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Evening star., 1898-10-15

water, was even better than the Industrious
owner had hoped for. 1t matured rapidly
and was gathered and taken to the city,
where he received an advance on st. Louis
prices for it. Since then Lee has gathered
four crops, and another is now ready for
the market The little farm and every
thing about it is unique. Early in the
plant little corn and a few sweet pota-
toes, but these have been neglected for the
Chinese plants and have gone to grass.
Queer Plants.
In all Lees farm there is not a single
plant which is known to his neghbors, who
are thoroughly familiar with American
farming. Near the railroad there are half
a dozen rows of what he calls Chen FOX.
or Chinese cabbage. The plant looks not
unlike huge turnip. but the taste is pecu-
liar, hot and slightly spicy. Below the
cabbage bed, supported on sticks which
take the place of trellis work. there are a
number of rows of yepmein, little green
gourd-like melon, which is much sought
after by Chinese eptcures. Lee has been
particularly successful in raising these and
they bring excellent prices. Further on
there are melons, not ike our own melons,
but hard, queer-Sharei things q whitiSh
green in color. They ripen in November
anu when fully grown sometimes weigh as
much as sixty pounds. When they ripen
theseInelons will be the first ever brought
to Washington. There are none raised 1t
is saia. nearer here than California
On the hillside, just back of the barn.
several beds are planted with aromatic
herbs and strengthening vegetables with
Gnpronouncable names. Many of these help
to make un that mysterious but none the
less toothSome dish known chop suey.
Evening star., 1898-10-15

This VIII happen: In thu first place, a
terrible blow will have been struck at the
army. Public confidence in the army will
decline. The common soldiers will cease
TO respect their officers The officers, In
suited and ill-treated. will throw up their
commissions. The esprit de corps will be
destroyed! In the second place. the whole
secret service system as it now exists will
be thrown open to the inspection of our
enemies. That alone would be almost as
great a victory for the Germans as SedanI
And then"-he shook his head mysterious
ly, as they always do-"who knows what
other things may come out if the thing is
ventilated? War! The breaking of our
RUSSIAN alliance! Revolution!'
Then l asked a partisan of Dreyfus what
Will happen if new trial is not given.
" nat Will happen if a new trial is not
given?" was his answer. This will hap
pen: The army will have struck itself a
greater blow than any of it's enemies could
give it. Public confidence in the army
VIII decline. The common soldiers will
be continually doubling their officers. The
officers will go about with stigma on
Them The esprit de corps will be de-
stroyed!'
in the Second Place.
Then, in the second place" 1 ventured
wondering whether he would make his par
allel cOmcIete
In the second place, a blow will have
been struck at the republic Is it not the
essence of the republic that the military
power should be subordinate to the civil?
There will be a stigma on France itself
1t Will be shown that we are unable to gov
ern ourselves. 1t will show that we are
being governed by cabal of generalsr'
Not to speak of the injustice to Drey-
fus,' | added
''Dreyfus?" said the Dreyfus partisan.
What do I care for Dreyfus? We are far
beyond him. Think of Picquart!''
STERLING HEIL1G.
Evening star., 1898-10-15

unique place among his countrymen in this
part Of the country
Lee Poit, a moon-eyed celestial arrived
III W Washington last April with his savings
/ GU up IN a buckskin bag He came direct
~ from California, where he had lived for
several years, and began at once to look
around, with an eye to investing his little
store OF dollars. Lee found the laundry
heio crowded, and his capital was too small
LOT MIN to consider for moment the es-
taphshment of a grocery store.
one sunday Lee dined at the Chinese
restaurant on lower Pennsylvania avenue
Lee VINO has an inquisitive mind uues-
tloned the proprietor about the source of
supply Tor the many queer vegetables and
hefpS which form part of every Chinese
ulsh and learned to his surprise that they
an came from st. Louis, two days distant
by ran from Washington. None were raised,
ne learned, nearer the capital
here was Lees chance to invest his
money and he was quick to see it. After
alhher as he watched the blue smoke curl
ing UP from Eis pipe, Lee began to picture
lne future, and pleasant picture he made
OF IL. He would start a farm within easy
Instance of Washington and supply that
restaurant and his fellow w-countrymen with
an the vegetables they could use Competi-
lon was not to be feared, because II was a
poio move ne was going to make, and Chi
namen are not given to risking their money
IN uncertain business ventures Good prices
were PAID for the St Louis produce and it
was not as fresh as it might be when IT
arrived. His would be fresh from the soil
when delivered. ana would Of course. com
mand better price. He told the restaurant
man OF his intention to start a farm and
was assured that all the truck he could
raise would find a ready market
His Tiny Farm
The next day Lee began to visit the sub
urban districts in search of a suitable place
for his farm, and after week he decided
upon a little four-aere tract of land near
Ierra Gotta station on the Baltimore and
ONO railroad as the spot best suited for
his purposes. The owner of the land has
number of coored farming tenants but he
was mildly surprised when Lee with an
interpreter, for Lee speaks little English
called upon him ito lent farm" Mr. Lynch
became interested in Lee at once. Here in
deed. was novelty-a Chinese farmer The
owner made the rent reasonable and in
an hour Lee was in possession of the farm
His entire outfit, aside from his clothing.
consisted of two four gallon watering pots
ana a yoke such as the coolies in China
use for carrying burdens
Lee got down to business at once. On the
place there is a nice dwelling but. for rea-
sons known only to himself, Zee has never
Evening star., 1898-10-15

Queen of Holland of the Emperor of China,
Of the English in the Soudan- So We passed
Antwerp and were leaving Brussels. 1t was
lunch time. The French lady mad a bottle
of champagne. The French gentleman had
bottle of Bordeaux. Each drank with
comfort. Then the topic of the hour came
into conversation.
My poor country mUrmured the cham
payne. When great things are happening
throughout the world. to give our energy
up 10 this disgusting cabaI, The English,
the Americans and the Germans are busy
over their affairs. while France is torn
apart in a domestic feud, l was ashamed
il Amsterdam.
They are Going their bes, to wreck the
army groNled the Bordeaux. ''DIeyfus-
ards. They are not Frtnchmen; they are
anareais,s. But give them their way. II
is The only thing to 10. The matter must
Le cleared up Clear it Up and make an end
Of IL
Keep Their Views Quiet.
Foreigners in Paris have learned TO be
discreet touching The painful affair.
Thought the p.u,Ie:s:str.'s summing up con-
tanned a Moderate and iuoffeuslve senji-
ra-uc. and resolved 10 usc it on ;he next
occasion JulapTl!y il did not work At ali.
..Ilaus- exclaimed lhr first French friend
I IaeJ in Paris, $50 ypu are back. And
T.a- ar. th"y say-uE o. us in tho land Of
III. fair Win, miua .'' ! told him tha;
every yuaay felt grvst sym .'stHE; thar every
body regretted Franc, should take Jhe al
fair So seriously, and that people said il
would joe. baS, ts clear tEc mystery up and
t.v. an end OF IL
Clear J, up ne cried. That is exactly
what oIE enemies desire, What aoes il
matter" l.. went on. ''th- gull, or limo
ceuce "f me MANI Let MIN stay there on
his island, Is Is innocent becaus. Lc is Il
jew Eauup- q jew b- - traitor like an
ether. I.une,U, or -gilty. what do 1 care?
Evening star., 1898-10-15
And Now They Don't Speak

From the Chicago Evening Post.
"a man." said her dearest friend will
always give up his seat in a street car to a
pretty woman"
Il never have to stand" she asserted,
promptly.
Yes" went on her dearest friend, most
men also have the same regard for age"
Evening star., 1898-10-15

the laundry to the
farm. is a long stride,
but il has been taken
by one Chinaman in
the District, and the
results have amply
compensated him for
the bold venture. A
Chinaman in a laun-
dry or a grocery store
seems perfectly at
home, but a Chinese
Evening star., 1898-10-15
Bliss.

From the New York Journal.
Ragged Reube-"Wot would yer ike ter
be, Willie. if you wasn't a man?"
Weary Wilie-"One of dose rare insects
wot de scientists preserves in alcohol"
Evening star., 1898-10-15

Jack Gcellng his way)-'I--I wish we
were good friends es ough for you TOTO
call me by my first name"
Jane (helping him alongl-"Oh, your last
name is good enough for me."-Tit- Bits.
Evening star., 1898-10-15

The plants are all dwarfish, but very lux
uriant. Beans Il foot long, bent and
twisted in every conceivable shape, take
up couple of beds. They are black in color
ana nave a sweetlsh, insIpid taste. Chinese
Ientils are given space in the beds and
they are very successfully raised. Next
year Lee intends TO attempt the cultivation
of bamboo sprouts in the damp land along
the ditch. If he succeeds his income will
be materially increased, as the sprouts now
used at the restaurants are all imported in
Evening star., 1898-10-15
Views of the Different Factions on
the Dreyfus Affair.
FUTURE OF FRANCE Is INVOLVED
The Claim of Both His Friends and
His Enemies.
EFFECT OF a REVISION
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

o VI / y G. 1 y 7 o
France on the Am
fSteTdam eXpre s 5
there ere two
French people in the
compartment, a lady
and a gentleman,
both of whom had
been to the corona
ton. AS there were
foreigners present
they said nothing of
the Dreyfus matter
for some hours. They
talked OF the young
Evening star., 1898-10-15
Sees a Fortnus Ahead,

Lee IS enthusiastic, that is, as enthusias-
tic as a Chinaman ever gets, over his farm.
ana he expects great things of it in the
future. A particularly large melon or plan.
Is Hehomlnated by him as bully fat" and
small one as "stngy." His melons are
sold b. the pound, are also the beans
Every morning Lee gathers his vegetables
IN large sacks and prepares to go to the
city. The sacks are attached TO the woke
&ttd with his heavy load the industrious
ceIestial trudges down the road to Cniyer-
Nefslty station, mile away, whc1e he
takes an electric car for WASHINGTON. All
ms produce Is spoken for the day before
ana 1t Is easy work for him to deliver if
1t Is all sold on lower Pennsylvania ave
nue., where the Chinese colony is located
ana before noon Lee is back and at work
On ms farm. The barn in which he lives is
deNold OF furniture. A rude bunk in a cor
ner answers for bed and an empty f1our
barrel IS his table. To bed with darkness
he needs no lamp, and he wakes before the
sun comes over the hills in the morning
Lee venture opens uu new field for Chi
nese labor and capital in this section. and
already several laundrymen are said TO he
considering the advisabiIity of following
his example.
Evening star., 1898-10-15
First Crop II Failure.

At first there were many things to con-
tend with Lee did not understand the new
soil, and his first crop was failure Then
he began intensive farming. Large guam
titles of fertilizers were put on the beds
and a new crop was planted. Every morn
ing before the was up Lee, with his
yoke his neck, watering pot on each
side. Watered the tender sprouts of green
which were just bursting out of the ground
His water supply was obtained from a
ditch, 100 yards from the beds and the
operation was tedious With the energy
and perseverance of his race Lee would
plod back and forth between the ditch and
the beds until every plant on the place
was given it's share of water. Again in the
evening We're the beds watered by the same
slow process.
Finally Lees unremitting toll began to
tell. The crop. forced by fertilizers and
Evening star., 1898-10-15
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following is q list Of advertised letters re-
naming in the Washington %. CO Post-orace Sat
urday October Is. 1898
To obtain any Of these letters the applicant
should call for Advertised Letters"
not called for within two t2l weeks they will
be sent to the Dead Letter Office
Evening star., 1898-10-15

occupied it. preferring the barn as a home
The day after he took possession he en-
p Dyed a colored man, who lives nearby, to
plow UP his little farm. Seeds were OBJ
tanned as quickly as possible from San
Francisco, and Lee worked all day and
sometimes on moonlight nights in his little
farm. Beds were laid out in regular check
er-board fashion, and with hoe, borrowed
from a neighbor. Lee pulVerlzed the soil
carefully removing every stone.
Evening star., 1898-10-15

an anti-Dreyfus weekly sheet given up to
the most bitter caricature. Brisson is
shown in the act of having cut the army s
head off. He is about deposing it upon a
platter, when a voice calls. ''Brisson, are
you sure it will not grow again?" And the
pubic is requested to Seek for the ex-
PLANTATION. On the other side of the sheet
there is printed the crowned head of a mil
itary dictator. Holding it to the light. this
head fits on the headless soldier.
Evening star., 1898-10-15
FOUR ACRES ENOUGH
A Chinaman Who lis Making Money
as a Farmer. es.....
The ONLY ONE IN THE DISTRICT
Lee Poit Has Branched Out Into
a New Field.
RAISES QUEER VEG GETABLES
ONLY ONE IN THE DISTRICT
RAISES QUEER VEG GETABLES
Written for The Evening Star.

THE FLAT
Fifon to the plow, from
Evening star., 1898-10-15

What will happeu?" was his answer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-27
PLUGGING THE PIANO.
Mr.. Go1zleby Finds Temporary RELIEF
from the Heavy Pedal by
Simple Means. ~

1T is familiar fact" said Mr.. Gozzleby,
cor it is fact at least familiar to all fond
parents, that children, without exception,
like to play the piano with the hard pedal
on all the time. All children like to make all
the noise they can, in playing the piano as in
everything else. Playing upon the piano
without the heavy pedal does not disturb me
at all; but the minute the heavy pedal is put
on I am greatly disturbed, and the continued
resounding of the notes fairly racks me.
"Of course, can't be forever saying don't,
and it's ungracious to say it at all, I suppose,
for why shouldn't the children have their
fun? And so I hit upon the desperate ex-
pedient Of blocking the heavy pedal. I have
whitfield out nice little piece of soft white
pine into plug that just fits into the space
under the pedal in the opening in which it
works.. SO that the pedal cannot be de-
pressed.
- 1T has only been there two days now, but
it has been two days of blessed relief. It
can't last much longer, because the children
are liable to ask me any minute what's the
matter-1 wonder they haven't asked me
long ago-and of course I'll have to tell 'em,
but I am grateful for the rest I have had, and
the respite has given me strength the better
to withstand, for time at least, the uproar
that will surely come when the children dis
cover the plug."-N. Y. Sun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-27
ITO BE CoNTINUED,1
PRESENCE OF MIND,
An Actor Who Was Equal t. the Oc-
,casiOn.

AN 1ActOT VINO was Equ0l T. the OC-
casiOn.
1t will be remembered that in the
farcical comedy, "Never Again." at the
very end of the play, the stage is sud
denly darl1ened just as the schoolnms-
ter and his wife return. The object in
darkening it is to get rid of this pair of
detestable bores. The people are all on
the stage, but, of course, the darkness
hides them.
The schoolmaster's voice is heard at
one of the entrances.
"Oh, they have all gone home," he
says, "the room is dark
Then he and his tiresome wife 20
away and the lights are turned up, dis
closing the rest of the company scat
tered about the stage. =
At recent matinee one Of tho
rear windows of the opera house stage
happened to be without shade. When
the electric lights were turned cut 4
sudden ray of sunshine streamed
through this window and made the
stage as bright as day:
At the proper entrance appeared the
schoolmaster. Probably he was
stumped when he saw the stage, but he
concealed his feelings.
"Ha!" he calmly said, '*they havenear-
~ all gone home-the room is almost
dark"
Then he made his exit and the elec-
trio lights chased the sunlight from the
boards.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-27
SpOuting Blue CLAW.

A strange account is given of the per.
formances of a government artesian
we'll at Lower Brule agency, in South
Dakota. When first driven, the we'll
threw up column of water six inches
in diameter. After awhile it began to
spout, alternately, sand and water.
Recently blue clay has taken the place
of both sand and water. There seems
to be an endless supply of the clay,
and the pressure upon it in the bowels
of the earth must be tremendous. 1t
completely fills the six-inch pipe, and is
sues at the top like gigantic sausage,
rising to height of five or six feet be.
fore it topples over. 1t is necessary to
remove the deposit of clay in order to
save the well from becoming buried
under it. The clay does not flow con-
-tinuous]y, but, it is said, usually com
mences a little before the advent OF
windy and stormy weather, indicating
a change in the pressure due to the
state Of the atmosphere. = Youths Com
panion. %@ ~. IT.: Il =1@
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-27
FORECAST.

Take back, take pack the harsh word now:
q Consider It USspoken; .
Break, break. though late, the angry vow
z That better far were broken.
The stream Of death will bear away
The object of thy passion:
Oh, then, obliterate to-day
The thought Of his transgression.
Forget the little i'll, revealed
AS though by hates intention;
Remember all the good, concealed
Az though by loves invention.
The hour may come when thou wilt stand
Unsheltered, and unshriven;
Forgiveness price is in thy hand,
To-day let it be given.
With hatred in the heart at last
Bethink thee Of his terror -.
Whose alienated gaze were cast
On loves eternal mirror.
Thou might'st endure the sight of woe
The scofing-the derision-
But where thou dost expect to go
How couldst thou bear the vision? =.
Edward N. Pomeroy, in Youths Com
paniOn.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-27
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

f He (before the wedding)-"You are
sure you won't be nervous at the al
tar?" She flour times widow)- ''I've
never been t.'-Tit-Bits.'
A Thrust.-Miss Passay-''I dread to
think of my fortieth birthday" Miss
Pert-*"Why? Did something unpleas-
ant happen then ?"-Brooklyn Life.
Spelling His Record. - I"You love
Harry and yet you have rejected him.
SWELL, he Dragged to me that he never
made mistake about girls. Chicago
Record.
Johnny Hay-"What kind of engage
ment rings dye sell?" Polite Jeweler
-"All kinds.", Johnny Hay-"Well, I
want one that girl can't sneak out of! -
Jewelers. Weekly.
Good Hater.-Mrs. Weeds-"Do you
like widows, Mr.. Grumply?" Old Bach
elor-"I do not, madam. I'd like to for
bid marriage altogether in order to
wipe 'em out" -Ally Sloper.
II have learned a new distinction be-
tween pessimist and optimist." "What
Is it?'' "A pessinist always calls cream
milk and an optimist always calls
milk cream Chicago Record.
Cautious.-"Alfred," she exclaimed,
1how do you like my new hat?' "Well,'
be replied, very slowly, in order to gain
time, II dunno. How much is it going
to cost?''-Chicago Daily News.
"Who wrote of the seven ages of man
Johnny?'' civilian Shakespeare.
And are there seven ages of women p
Il guess so; but she sticks by one Of
EN- all the time. '-Harper's Bazaar.
A Maine lady, in telling about the
wretched condition of certain road:
near Bar Harbor, says they are ''futet
IN manner which leads to the belle:
that the man in charge must be sew
lng-machine agent"
A Complete Retirement.-"Is your
friend out of politics?" "Out of poll
tics!" echoed Senator Sorghum. &c
should say he was. And that isn't tn.
worst of it; he's out of money."-Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-27
Observation-Disclosures : haggard, but
determined rider, far in the lead. Thers
unc ~ +ir1oo for 9 . Int +sor ,[T

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES haggard, but
determined rider, far in the lead. Thers.
was no time for salutat ton. .=F
| I''sWhat answer?" demanded the lieu
tenant, abruptly and with wide, burn
ing, bloodshot eyes. -' -
"Too late," said Hayne, "too late by
AS hours" -.
"You don't mean," gasped Merriam,
shat they are married already?" .s
"That's what Parry wires," was the
brief response. "Here's the dispatch"
For q moment Merriam sat in saddle,
a dazed, stupefed look in his bloodless
face. Then his eyes closed and he
seemed about to swoon. Hayne sprang
from his painting horse just as Mer-
RAMS wearied escorts came numbering
to the spot. Together they lifted hin,
from his seat and bore him to little
patch of grass, bathed his temples from
their canteens and gave him goutte
of cognac. They made what frontier
troops call ''dry camp" that night,
just there where the two parties met.
There was fuel a little grass, but Nd
water beyond what they had in their
canteens, and with the contents of one
of these Hayne brewed a pot of tea
while one of the men cooked their fru-
gal supper. They needed no other canc,-
Ply than that of the heavens in that rare,
dry atmosphere, and with the stars fo=
night lights and the waning moon to
peep in upon their slumbers later and
start the gaun. coyotes at their queru-
lous, unregarded serenade, the troopers
slept, or seemed to sleep, until dawn
Twice Hayne awoke to find Merriam
staring with burning eyes at the radiant
vault aloft, but he wanted nothing,
needed nothing. He could not sleep for
thinking, he explained, and when the
morning came the fever was with him
again, and Corporal Tracy gacoped
| northward along the foothills, long
| days ride, to fetch once more the doc
tor from the cantonment, and with
Wells came the ambulance. The can
Torment lay so miles away to the north,
| Sedgwick a hundred to the southeast.
It was the nearest port in the storm.
This time Tremaine would have had
fitted up for him room in the big, airy
| hospital. but his better-half interviewed.
"It would never do after our having
| had him here BEFORE" she said. HE
| must have his old room under our roof
and everything he had before-except
Florence"
But when, after ten days of burning
fever and desperate illness, Randolph
Merriam seemed again to realize where
he was, and how weak he was, and how
good they had been to him, the first
name he whispered, the first thing he
asked for, looked for, seemed to long
for was Florence-and they let her
| come.