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LADIES SUITS AND COATS.
THE urpnOy REMNANTS.
MEMS FURNISHINGS.

forces with the other in the main AISLE
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Miss Holloway WEEDS Mr.. Radford.

Mn john K. KduIUTu' JI'' III = =
CHRISTINE Holloway were married las
niebt at X o'clock in the parlOr OF Rev
i II. Hutson the officiating minister
After the ceremony. which was witnesse
bv only a small company Of relatives an
friends a reception was held at the HON
OF the groom. $500 40,
MIR. Radford Is a worthy young mar
and ia an iron-worker, being coilnsc'e
With the Relic Isle Works His bride
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. john
Holloway. and is held In affeetionate II
gard Inv a wide circle OF friends.
Evening star., 1899-03-20
DEMAND FOR GOOD ROADS.
Meeting of Citizens at Riverdale. Nd.
Friday Night.
y If The Evening Star.

sg-.ri.I Correspondence of The Evening Star.
RIvERDALE. Md. March Il. 1899.
\ mass meeting of citizens Of the second
election district OF Prince Georges county
was held last evening at Riverdale for the
purpose Of taking necessary action to have
the roads of this section Of the county i'm
proved.
The. meeting was called TO order by Mr..
] A. Bluudon and its object stated. Upon
motion OF Mr.. ID. M Nesbit committee was
appointed ~ draft suitable resolutions call
Ing upon ths county commissioners for ii
statement of the amount Of funds expended
Oh roads in the Bladcnsburg district during
rh- years 1888 and 1899. The committee was
conposed Of d. NJ. NeSbit. W. II. Morrison.
Capt W. A Bartlett DR.. W. o. Eversfield.
Col. ]. l.. McC;ee.
Resolutions were adopted setting forth
that it Is apparent that the public high
ways in the central part of Badensburg
district. Prince Georges county, Md. are
In "A bad condition. to the Inconvenience of
the public and the depreciation Of property
values. and. IL Is alleged that funds ap-
propriatcd for the Improvement OF roads
have. not been eNneHded according to The
recommended tion OF our district road COM
miSsiOnerS. representing the wishes of the
peoUIe. Therefore in the opinion OF this
meeting. our local representatives are the
fEireSt eNponeHtS al the wishes OF the peO-
pie and their recuruIuc nda ton should be
respected. or the controlling reasons TO the
Ttr1ry should he given to the public"
Also that we respectfully request from
the county commissioners full informa tion
10 the expenditures for road purposes in
Shis district during the past year; that the
attention of the county commissioners be
specially called 10 the fact that the Column
bla and Maryland electric railway has de-
faced and injured our roads in many places
and We ask them to enforce the law and
compel that corporation to restore the roads
To good CONDITION as they were in before
the occupation 10y said railway"
Aessrs- Charles b Calvert, D. M Nesbit
j. A. Blunden, ]. e. Burchfield and b. d.
stephen were appointed a committee to
wait upon the county commissioners for
The purpose stated
Those present 1t the meeting were Chas
Evening star., 1899-03-20

incubators and big capital for feed, to run
a duck ranch, and the prices have been
going down steadily. Another illusion in
the poultry business is the production of
capons. When you come to figure that
down. the number of people is 50 limited
who know what Il good capon is and the
market is so circumscribed that the breeder
has got to know his buyer pretty well in
order to get anything like a profitable
price. The finest kind of capons nave been
for sale all winter in the Philadelphia mar
ket for II to Is cents a pound. This is for
large-siZed birds. that the breeder has to
keep at least twelve months, and they can
not be produced successfully at that figure
Egg farming has been talked of a great
deal a source of profit. The only time
when there is anything in eggs is in the
winter, when you can get from 20 to "a
cents dozen for them. Few people have
them at that time and that is the reason
they are high. During the rest of the year
you can't make expenses. The men who
are making money out of chickens are the
breeders and those who exhibit at the
shows. OF course. ii pays people who have
a place for them to keep a few chickens to
get their supply Of eggs and table fowls.
Otherwise there is a great deal said about
thN poultry business which is not So
THE wild and practically groundless ru-
mors which have been passing over the
country In regard to alleged serious trouble
in the Philippines b.ing forcibly to mind a
period of similar excitement which came
under my observation almost forty years
ago said Col. Jas. A. August OF Hot
Springs. Va. at the Raleigh. ''It was dur
ing the time of the trial of John Brown at
what was then Charlestown, Va now
Chariestown, w Va. / was a member of the
state militia Of Virginia, and belonged to
one of the companies which were assigned
to do guard duty around the town.
We. We're all green then and minded the
report of the gun of some frightened sentry
who shot at a stray COW for an enemy more
than We did a pitched battle five years af-
terward. And rumors-they were always
af1oat, and of the strangest kinds. too.
Every day we would hear that the whole
north was in arms, and that the Yankees
were marching, hundred thousand strong,
to capture Charlestown. wipe US off the
face of the earth and rescue John Brown.
None of them proved true. of course. but
they did not add to the pIeasantness of the
task we had in doing picket duty in the
lonely woods around the historic Old
town.
IF am a judge Of popular sentiment
the time Is rapidly passing when We shall
Evening star., 1899-03-20

steamers from either Galveston or New
Orleans to Havana, in order to compete
with the South American cattle. The 'Red
d line of steamers will probably be ready
to take next springs output of steers corn
fed in transit to Havana, Cienfuegos and
Santiago. ports which now receive practi-
caily their entire beef supply from South
America 1t Is believed that whIe the
South American beef is somewhat cheaper,
because of more extensive ranges for grass
and very much lower wages. the better
quality of the American range-bred and
corn-finished beef will sooner or later dis
pute the market with the South American
product
Some one ought to have said something
long ago about the practical effect Of poul-
try shows" said John II. Gardner of South
Alfred, N. Y, prominent poultry breeder,
at the Metropolitan. so much has been
said and printed about the profits of the
poultry business that one of the large re-
suits OF big show is that great many
people rush headlong into the chicken bus
mess. Now. / am an old poultryman, and
have exhibited all my life at the shows.
To make an honest confession. have been
what they call a 'huckster'-that Is, fell
low who keeps three or four specimens of
forty or fifty different breeds, and follows
around from one county fair show to
another for the sake of the premium mon
ey he can win. I want to say frankly here
and now that that is about the only way
nowadays to make much money in the
poultry business. man came to me the
other day who wanted to go to breeding
Belgian hares. He had heard they would
breed six or seven times a year and have
four five young ones in each litter. L
have been in the hare business. There
isn't anything in it unless You can find
enough people who don't know anything
about it to buy your entire output at fancy
prices for breeding purposes. To breed
them for meat is absurd. You can go right
into your Center Market here and put a
fine, large eight-pound Belgian hare on a
bench alongside of a pile of rabbits and
you will see people come in and buy two
rabbits for a quarter when they would
never think of buying a Belgian hare for
40 or 80 cents. A great many people have
gone into the Pekin duck business on the
theory that they wiR get all their ducks
Matched in January and February and sell
them In April and May for 20 to 40 cents a
pOund. This Ia another dream. 1 happen
to know that very few OF the big Pekin
duck men made any money last year. 1t
fakes big stock Of layers, extra skill with
Evening star., 1899-03-20
WONDERFUL FOGS.
Those ON Puget sound Move With
Pcrpcndicaiar Walls.
From the Tacoma Ledger.

rom The Tacoma Ledger.
Scdfaring men have often described meet
Ing with fog hank at sea the limits Of
which were SO clearly defined that the for
ward part of their vessel would be in bright
sunlight with the after portion enyeloped
in dense fog. That the phenomenon is not
msstated any Of the many people passing
the brink OF the decline leading down Pa
citic avenue from the city hall at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning could readily attest. This
had cleared that the ships at the ele-
Vators We're plainly visible
Suddenly there came from the straits a
bank of fog. which instead Of unfolding
and drifting over the surface of the bay,
came solidly on. This formation was kept
up until the fog struck the rise on Pacific
avenue leading to the wharf. Then it
broke. the mist drifting up In trailing
clouds. The Spectacle of this onmarching
wall of fog. as clearly perpendicular as the
side of a building, With the suns rays
striking against il, was, indeed grand Sew
eral shipping men noticed 1t, and fog was
made the subject OF conversation in a num-
Der of offices ON the water front, bringing
forth the narration of similar instances.
One OF these came from Capt McCabe
who said:
The strangcst combination for fog to
take on that has come under my observa-
tion occurred here on the sound some
months ago. ] was travelling by steamer
from Port Townsend to Seattle. As we
rounded Admiralty Head there doomed up
before us what appeared to be a water
logged steamer From her bulwark rails
up everything was perfectly visible The
lockout on the fo'castle head, the officer on
Evening star., 1899-03-20
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Western cattlemen." said Frank X.
1.anders of Kansas City. at The, Arlington,
are making study Of the Cuban beef
trade For the next two. wears Cuba will
get the main portion of her supply OF beef
from Venezuela Havana firms of large
capital have been buying heavily since the
cessation of hostilities, at the rate Of about
$4,000 head a month. They maintain that
these cattle are better than ours for the
Cuban market. as they are raised so much
farther south they caa stand the hotter
climate. Nevertheless western shippers are
n8urtng on establishing q line OF ea3f
Evening star., 1899-03-20
1t VIII Be Known as the National
70. Library.


From the New York SIM 20
The subjoined letter from Boston refers
to an institution of which every Intelligent
American is proud:
"Fe the Editor. Of the Sun-Sfr: I have
just read your editorial article Of Thursday
on The National Library 1 am glad you
call IT the National That is certainly what
1t ought to be designated. but Washington
seems to be given to speaking of it as the
Library Of Congress and the Congressional
Library 1t strikes me that such an insti-
tuition ought to be broad enough to be
known as the National Library. In fact
belieye that that name Is the only proper
one for it, H. H. A Jr
Boston, March 1S'
The vast collection of books. pamphlets
and manuscripts newly housed opposite the
Capitol Is officially known as the Library of
Congress. That is the title ii bears at pres
ent In the government directories and in all
statutory enactments concerning 1t. Pri-
marliy 1t has been regarded as a library of
reference for the use of senator's and men,
bers OF the House of Representatives.. Its
librarian is styled the librarian of Congress.
The existing nieehanical connection be-
tween the library and Congress is subter-
ranean. A tunnef has been constructed by
which the legislators in the Capitol can pro-
cure the books they Nant without crossing
over to the librarS bHtiding. 1t will not be
long before the legal and technical link be-
tween the library ana IIthe legislative branch
of the government will be much out of
sight as this book tupuel. The people will
insist on calling it thss, National Library. ii
we are not mistaken, bills We're introduced
at the last session Of Congress to make the
official name Of the institution accord with
the larger conception of its status and
functions. =,
The Library of Congress is already one of
the greatest Iibsaries of the world, The
number of printed volumes on its shelves
Is somewhat over sS.DU00 and is rapidly.
nearing the million mnrk; in 1852 the aggre-
gate Of the collection was 2e.0oO. The new
building will afford shelf room for 4,so0 600
volumes. Our correspondents is right in his
idea of the proper designation for this truly
national establishment. So,
Evening star., 1899-03-20

elect United States senators through the
state legislatures rather than 10y direct vote
of the people" said G. X Rngsuid "f San
Francisco, at the Arlington, "stnd the SOON
er that time comes the betteI. Every two
years we are treated to the same spectacle
of legislatures occupying the time that they
should employ for enacting needed state
legislation in attempting to break a dead
lock. Out i'm my state we are being treated
60 a pretty spectacle. and there Is hardly
a senatorial election anywher,- which does
not result i'm cries of bribery and corrlp-
ton. The present mode of election Is obso-
lete. and all that the people of this country
want is a leader and few active men who
will take the initiative in this matter and
they will overthrow the present system of
election. | firmly believe that if the ques-
ton was submitted to popular vote today
not one man in twenty would favor the re-
tention Of The present system"
Uncle Sam is sometimes very liberal hut
at other times he is not even honest i'm his
dealings with private creditors" said A. /.
Tying of Boston at the Normandic "I am
In Washington now to look after a claim
that has been pending for over twenty
years. 1t was for some extra work done on
a contract. and there was no dispute what
ever about the work being extra and not in
Guided I'm the contract or about the amount
due for it. The government engineers
agreed with the contractor as to the
amount the work was worth and the gov
ernment engineer gave vouchers that
agreed In every detail with the bill filed
with the contractors. Owing To some hitch
there was no particular fund out of which
the amount could be paid. The Department
therefore, certified to the correctness of the
account and the claim was introduced In
congress ana referred TO the proper COM
mlttee, which recommended its payment. IL
has now been referred to seven different
committees In as many different Congresses
ana has never had a dissenting voice
against its payment. But II has never been
voted upon, and consequently never paid.
Roofs of small dwellings in Paris are now
made on a new principe. They have onfy
very gentle slope, and are covered with
nattens and tarred cardboard, over which
is layer of clean-slfted gravel nearly
two inches thick. Rain and haH and sun
have very little effect upon such roof, and
houses thus covered suffer less from the
extremes Of heat and cold than those with
zinc or slate roofs.
Evening star., 1899-03-20

the bridge the deckhouse, masts and
smokestack were all as plain 10 Our sigh,
as IS the Northern Pacific warehouse across
the railroad track where We now sit
BUT below the bulWark line nothin,
couid he seen of the vessel 1t might have
beeh some Puget Sound Flying Dutchmau
LOT an we knew. or possibly a craft seek
ing a beaching point before sinking.
IT was weird, and for several moments
deceiVing. The morning had opened 50
thlck that the fog had driven down so Close
10 the surface of the channel as to form :,
blanket for all but the lower part of the
vessel Yes, so 1t was. We came near
enough to hail, and were Informed that the
steamer was doing finely All well or
board and beyond 1t being Il trihe damn on
the lower decks through the fog failing ia
rise everything was lovely.
, IL was Il strange sight, however to see
'hat steamer plowing ON toward us with
every part invisible but its upper works
and with passengers and crew walking nm
concerneiiy about the decks''
no" DO you account for such freaks nj
fog! was asked
IL was simply some odd combina tiop of
air and elements taken by the weather inst
as Inc atmosphere along the water front
ioueht against the approach of the fog Sat
urday morning last. and only Welded when
the log bank found its advantage in the
racine avenue incline
Evening star., 1899-03-20

Il. Calvert. Geo. II. Calvert, d. NJ. Nesbit
Dr. W, o. Diversified. J. II. Deakin. Col
j. l.. NcGee. VIM. Burchheld, j. G. Burch-
field w. IL. Morrison. Walter Morrison
Capt. W. y. bartlett. K. c. Mangum, w
r. BendZ. II. e. james. j. II. D. Ketner
V. II. Hartman. r.. G. Rote. Chas. Wagner
c. ID. Metchutur. r +. Reddick. r. E.
Potts. Perry browning, j. A. Blundon, II.
b. Fowler. l.. o. Knowles and Mr.. Walker.
The meeting adjourned subject to call of
the chnirm.in-
Evening star., 1899-03-20


SWISS funeral customs are most peculiar
AT the death of Il person the family inserts
black-edged announcement in the paner,
asking fer sympathy and stating that :.the
mourning urn will be exhibited within GER
ID tdlh hours on a special day. In front of the
house where the person died there is niacna
a. niue black table. covered with a little
pIach cioth' on which stands black lar.
into this the friends and acauaintances Of
ne family drop little black ma rgined visit
ing cards sometimes with a few words ,of
sympathy on them The urn Is put on the
table on the day of the funeral Only men
ever go TO the churchyard, and they gen
orally follow the hearse on foot
fhe London streets IN summer are care
fuily diSinfected by means of water carts
which are at work by day and night. while
the openings of the sewers are also strewn
With disanfeetant powder OF the same
sort as that used in solution for the water
carts The powder used in watering the
streets Is commercially pure potassic per-
manganate, or pern,anganaie Of potash, a
powerful 6xidizing agent One ounce Is suf
fieient Tor 100 gallons of water.
Evening star., 1899-03-20

If am a judge Of popular sentiment
the time Is rapidly passing when We shall
Connecticut western news., 1899-06-29
RAINS STOP FIGHTING.
General otis Reviews the Philippine
 Situation.

In reply to a cablegram from the war department asking for information re- garding the present situation and condi- tions in the Philippines General Otis has cabled the following:
 Rainy season. Little inland campaign ing possible in Luzon. We occupy large portion Tagalog country, lines stretching from linus south to San Fernando north, nearly co miles, and eastward into La guna province.
 ''Insurgent armies have suffered great losses and are scattered. Only large force held together about 1000 in Tarlac province and northern Pampanga. Their scattered forces in bands of 90 to 600 in other portions Luzon. In Cavite and in Batangas provinces could assemble possi- bly 2,000, though demoralized from re- cent defeat.
 Mass of people, terrorized by insur- gent soldiers, desire peace and American protection. No longer flee on approach our troops unless forced by insurgents, but gladly welcome them. No recent burning of towns.
 Population within our lines becoming dense. taking up land cultivation exten- kively. Kept out Manila much as possi- ble, as city population becoming too great
 
 combining to drive out insurgents.
 "0nly hope insurgent leaders is United States aid. They proclaim near over throw present administration, to be fol- lowed by their independence and recogni- ton by United States. This is the infiu- ence which enables them to hold out. Much contention prevails among them, and no civil government remains.
 Trade with ports not in our posses sion, former source insurgcnt revenue, now interdicted. Not certain of wisdom of this policy, as people in those ports are without supply of food and h,crchants suffering losses. Mediate restoring trade privileges, although insurgents reap bene fits. Courts here m successful operation under direction of able Filipinos.
 Affairs in other islands comparatively quiet, awaiting results in Luzon. All anx ious for trade and repeated calls for American troops received. Am giving at tention to Jolo archipelago and Palawan islands.
 "Our troops have worked to limit of en- durance. Volunteer organizations have been called in. Replaced by regulars, wno now occupy salient positions. Ne braska, Pennsylvania and Utah now talk ing transports and Sixth infantry sent to Negros to relieve California. These troops in good physical condition.
 illness among troops has increased lately, due mostly to arduous service and climatic influences. Nothing alarming.
 ''Of the 12 per cent of the command reported ill nearly 6 in general hospital, of whom 3 per cent have typhoid and IT malarial fever. Twenty-Five per cent have intestinal trouble. Remaining 5 per cent have various ailments, 14 of which due to wound injuries.
 Many officers and men who served in Cuba break under recurrence Cuban fe. yer, and regular regiments lately received are inadequatcly o.licercd."
Connecticut western news., 1899-06-29

ifrd.- nave sometimes been saddened at the thought that this world, accord ing to science and revelation, Is to be plotted out of existence, for 1t is such a beautiful world. But here Is this layer of the heavenly wall, where the numeral seven is to be embedded, this strata of green Is to be photographed and embalmed and perpetuated, the color of the grass that covers the earth. the color of the foliage that fills the forest, the color of the deep sea. One glance at that green chrysolite a mil lion years after this planet has been how 1t looked In summer and spring and we will say to those who were born blind on earth and never saw at all In this world. after they have ob- tained full eyesignt in heaven, If you would know how the earth appeared In June and August. look at that sev- enth layer of the heavenly wall, the green of the chrysolite"
 And while we stand there and talk, spirit with spirit. that old color of the earth which had more sway than all the other colors put together. will bring back to us our earthly experiences, and noticing that this green chrysolite Is the seventh layer of crystallized mag. nificence, we may bethink ourselves of the domination of that numeral seven over all other numerals, and thank God that in the dark earth we left be hind us we so long enjoyed the light of the seven golden candlesticks and were all of us permitted to shine among the seven stars of more or less magnitude, and that all the seven seals of the mys- terious future have been broken wide open for us by a loving Christ and that the seven thunders having done their work have ceased reverberation and that the numeral seven. which did such tremendous work In the history of na- tions on earth. has been given such high place in that Niagara of colors, the wall of heaven, "the first founda- ton of which is jasper; the second. sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; the fifth, sardonyx: the sixth, sardius: the seventh, chryso- lite.'
 When shall these eyes thy heaven built walls
 And peary gates behold,
 Thy buwarks with salvation strong.
 And streets of shining goldf