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The evening times., 1899-03-18
COLD AND CRUEL.
But the Letter BeIied Her State
neut


From the New York AGrerti>er)
\ flushed and worried young woman rush
ed up to the enquiry window of an up
town substation a day or two ago.
Il want to get a letter that I sent this
morning" she said to the clerk.
What time did you send it. and where
was it posted?" asked that worthy.
"Oh-let me see, at Seventy -frst--no
now | come to think, I told her TO bring
it here, | was in such a hurry to get il
cff-but | must have it back I've changed
my mind. | must ask you TO make haste.
You will pardon me, but l am so anxious
-" She was excited and she dropped
her umbrella, and picked it up. and then
dropped her muff and bumped her head
against the window shelf as she diyed for
it.
'.Ill have TO know how long twas post
ed drawled the clerk. 1t may have
gone already
We'll, what time is it now. One? Well.
I guess 1t was half hour ago. l know it
was just minutes after II when | sent
her out. but she had two errands to do
first. Oh. l DO hope it hasn't been sent
away. Tell me what to do. III do any
thing at all to get it back.
The clerk gave her a slip for her name
and address and asked her to write an
exact copy Of the superscription on the
envelope. She sighed at the delay. pulled
off her glove and scrbbled hard. Her
hand shook and she biotted the paper. But
the clerk was unmoved. He walked off.
and she paced up and down biting her lips
and glancing feverishly through the win
dow every instant. In two minutes he am
bled back to the window. I've got a let
ter with that name and address. but I'm
afraid you'll have TO write that out again.
This don't look like the writing on the
envelope-we have to be careful you see
No, / don't see. I'm so nervous. My
hand shook. | assure you that is my letter.
You can open it if you like, but it's "a
a very-personal letter. That's the reason
l want it back. l was very angry when I
wrote it. 1t is to very dear friend, but
was annoyed and said unkind things
which could be misinterpreted. That is
why l want it back. If you do not give it
to me you will be the cause of destroying
a friendship of years. / will never be for
given for such coldness and cruelty as I
wrote when angry
"Wel if you'd just as lief. I'll open it
and you can tell me the beginning and the
| end, and II they're the same as you say
| why. of course, it'll be all right" said the
| clerk, calmly. He ripped open the top OF
| the envelope and read the first few words
| of the first page. "Well?" he asked, and
| the faintest suspicion of a smile hoyered
| over his lips.
MY dearest Dolly" said the young
| woman eagerly.
1T starts right. Now the ending please
| and he turned to the last page, the smile
almost defining itself.
| LAS always devotedly, Helen.'" gasped
/ the young woman. A minute later she had
| tucked the 'cold and cruel letter that
came so near destroying "a friendship ol
| years in her muff and was walking down
Amsterdam avenue smiling seraphically.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
GOVERNMENT GARDEN
ON POTOMAC FLATS
LOWlands to Be Broken By the
PloW April |.
Agricultural Department to Con-
duet Experiments.
Important Tests of Tobacco and For
eign Plants by Expert
Bctsnists.

The Potomac fats will be plowed Zip
about April l. Corn tassels will wave
there and potato blossoms will bloom there.
A great Government garden will be culti-
waited where the rag weeds grow The
crap shooters stamping grounds will be-
come the scene of honest toll.
The last Congress authorized the Secre-
tary OF War TO transfer to the Secretary
Of Agriculture seventy-fiye acres or so
much thereof as the Secretary of Agri-
culture might desire on the made land,
known as the Potomac flats, for use in
agricultural experiments. This bill was
passed at the solicitation of Secretary Will
son, who wanted land close to the depart
ment, where experiments with certain
crops might be conducted under the direct
observation of the department specialists.
II will be the central experiment station
of the Department of agriculture and many
of the reports which are sent to farmers
and gardeners throughout the country,
will be based on observations made here
rather than on reports from distant eN-
pertinent stations.
The first step in connection with this en-
terprise will be the selection and survey
of The land. The gardeners and botanists
of the department will indicate that part
of the flats best adapted to their pur-
poses The War Department will then
order a survey. marking the outside lines
and laying the land off in acre lots. The
work of clearing will then begin. This
will not be difficult undertaking, as the
growth consists principally OF weeds-tall
rag weeds and polk bushes. This will be
burned on the ground. The land Will be
broadcasted with lime or hardwood ashes
for sweetening purposes and piows VIII
then be set to work.
As the soil is of course raw, the crop
which il has beeen decided to put in, is
corn and potatoes. The product of this
land ought to be considerable, but the
disposition TO be made of the crop after
garnering has not been considered.
The vegetation with which it is desired
to experiment will be put In next year.
Important tests will be made with tobacco,
particularly in the matter OF curing. Tests
will be made of the adaptability of certain
fyN lizers to certain crops and various
kinds of Insecticides will be tried.
Many foreign trees and plants will be set
out in this Government garden for the pur-
pose Of testing their growth in this eli
mate The tests will be directly under the
supervision of Or. Galloway, Prof. COlville
and Prof. Dewey.
These gentlemen believe that the soil o,
the fats will prove satisfactory. 1t is said
TO be a rich. sandy loan. 1t has tbeen
analyZed and found 10 contain in abundance
the chemicals required 10 promote yegeta-
| tion.
Ii is thought that the work Of breaking
! up the land will be commenced about two
weeks hence and thereafter the expert
ments will be inaugurated as soon as pos
sible.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
MARYLAND HAPPENINGS.

A Game Protective Association was organized
IN Laurel last night by local sportsmen.
The Hagerstown Homing Pigeon Club has been
Incorporated. The incorporators are: d. NJ
Shrader, Charles B. Funk, Harry E. Funk, Eu-
gene Stoddard, c. L. kcedy, jr., and b. A. Gar
linger, ir.
Two candidates are announced for the mayor
atty at the approaching municipal election in
Laurel on April 3. They Edward Phelps.
who has served three consecutive terms as mayor,
and Mr.. Charles W. Darr. Until few DAYS
ago IT was not known whether Mayor Phelps
would stand for reelection.
A number of Annapolis business men and Bal
timore capitalists are arranging to erect can
ming factory in Annapolis. The incorporators
are: John B. Flood. president; Raymond Moss,
secretary; DIR. Joseph n. Worthington, treasu-
ward Weiss, John Mason, ano D. P. Thompson.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
A HERO OF SAN JUAN.
General Wheeler Suggests n MOnu-
ment to Lieutenant Smith.


ment to Lieutenant Smith.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler has inaugurated
movement looking to the recognition OF
the heroism of Lieut. William H. Smith,
of the Tenth Cavalry, who was killed while
leading his men in charge up San Juan
Hill on July /. The project is to erect
monument in his memory, and the follow
ing letter has been received from General
Wheeler:
To the Editor of The Times:
hero OF the highest type was buried at Ar
lington today. In the battle OF San Juan Hill,
July l, 1898, among the most conspicuous heroes
First Lieut.. William ii. Smith, Tenth u. ).
Cavalry He advanced with his command under
the severe fire from FL Paso to San Juan River
waded the water wasL deep, and led his troop
over Kettle Hill driving the enemy before him.
and was killed while preparing TO advance on
San Juan. He was one OF the eleven out OF the
twenty-five officers OF the regiment who were
shot in less than fifty minutes. He was a distn
guished graduate of the Military Academy, and
an honor graduate OF the Infantry and Cav
airy School 1t Fort Leavenworth. He su-
perb cavalry officer, and any army would have
been proud Of him as brigade, division. or, |
might say, corps commander. Had he lived
his cl-ee~ wou!d have been Of the most
brilliant in the army, but such is the fate Of
war.
He was buried today at Arlington He leaves
a widow and three small children to mourn his
death. Ii would be an honor 10 the people oi
Washington and 10 the army to erect monu-
ment TO his memory. " YOU and your paper
consent 10 receive subs rs? | enclose a
check for SO As my mite this effort Yours
very truly, JOSEPH WHEELER.
March II, 1899
At the request of General Wheeler The
Times will receive any contributions that
may be rendered for the monument fund.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Dangerous Condition of the Old
BuiidinG n Matter of Concern.

The proposition to rent building into
which the Department of Justice shall be
moved pending the erection of the new
structure authorized by Congress is being
seriously considered by Attorney General
Griggs.
The dlapidated condition of the old
building is fastening the desire of this de-
partment to get out. New cracks are con-
tinually appearing in the walls of the o,d
structure, and it is considered dangerous.
In accordance with a request from Attor
ney General Griggs, an architect from the
Treasury Department Is making a thor
ough investigation of the building and
upon his report will rest the decision of
the Attorney General in the matter Of
moving out.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
SALOONS IN ANNAPOLIS.
Number Likely TO BE Reduced This
Year

NumDer Likely 10 ne heduceG This
Year.
Annapolis. Md, March 1S.-Some of the
saloonkeepers in Annapolis are beginning
to look around for signers to their appli-
cations for licenses which are granted by
the city council before May 1. There are
now twenty-five saloons at the State cap
tai. The revenue from each is 5000. or a
total of $4,000 per annum, ne-quarter of
which goes to the State treasury and three
quarters to the city treasury.
An application has been filed with the
city treasurer, who at present is Charles
G. Feldmeyer, containing the names of ten
reputable taxpayers. If after examination
the city treasurer finds that the applicants
for license are all right, each applicant is
required to pay SO as part of license
which amount goes toward the payment
of advertising. which must be done ten
days before action is taken on the appli-
cation by the city council 1t is under
stood the number of saloons in AnnapoIis
viii not be as large as formerly
The evening times., 1899-03-18
Easter gloves, 81.

The new spring gloves are crying for
attention now-and the stock is the
most worthy We've ever had to show
you We invite your attention to our
line OF Dollar Gloves, with the proud
knowledge that IL hasn't a peer any
where. Made of superior quality kid
in white, pearl. mode, tan, and gray
in 2-clasp style-with fancy and self
stitching We try on every pair-and
guarantee them as we'll
The evening times., 1899-03-18
Buried without Identification

Annapolis. Nd, March 18.-The BODY of
the man supposed to be Charles Hantehke,
of Cleveland, Ohio, who was run over and
killed by freight train near Odenton
Thursday. was buried yesterday in the
cemetery adjoining the village church The
body remained in the freight house at the
station all night. and yesterday morning
the Pennsylvania Railroad sent a coffin
from Washington with instructions to give
the deceased proper burial.
The evening times., 1899-03-18

Mrs NJ E. Weed gave reception Tues
day evening in honor of her son and his
bride, Mr. and Mrs Chester A. Weed, of
New York The parlors were decorated
with palms and Golden Gate roses, recess
being formed by a curtain of smilax, in
which the bride and groom stood to re-
ceive the congratulations of their Wash
ington friends. In the dining-room large
bell of smiIax and pink carnations was sus-
pended above the table, which was iilu-
minated with pink-shaded lights.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
A 20C corset offering.
JeWeIry S leather goods.

Usual 10c belt pins in black and
metal for &c.
Usual 25c Friendship hearts in ster-
ling silver for 19c
Black watch chains, 25c sort for I5c.
Usual 39c brooches, plain and Jew
eled, for 25c.
Usual 25c leather belts in black and
all colors for He
The evening times., 1899-03-18
Offensive Even to MyseIf.-F. !

BOTTOM druggist. Cookshire, Quebec, SAYS: 'For
twenty years / suffered from Catarrh. My breath
was very offensive, to myself i tried ey-
erything which promised me cure In almost
all instances | had to proclaim them no good at
ALL I was induced to try DIR. Agnew's Catarrhal
Powder. I got relief instantly after first appli-
cation II cured me. and am free from all the
effects of it." Sold by F. S. Williams. Ninth and
F Streets; Edmonds & Williams, Third Street
and Pennsylvania AYenue--22.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
Struck by n Falling Tree.

Aberdeen, Md, March 1S.-John Harvey.
of Aberdeen, Hartford county, aged fifty
five years, was severely injured while cut
ting down large tree yesterday. The tree
struck him on the head. knocking him
down. His right leg was broken in two
places below the knee and his foot was
crushed, and it is thought his spine is in
iurpd
The evening times., 1899-03-18
Toilet wares under price.

Woodbury's facial soap llc a cake
Lyons tooth powder. =, a box
Tooth brushes, the ljc kind good
bristles. &C.
DIR. Aliens Talcum powder for &c
box.
English linen correspondence paper.
i-2c a box.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
A MINUTES SOCIAL CHAT.

Continental Chapter, d. A. R., will hold
a public meeting at the Burton Hotel,
209 East Capitol Street, Monday evening,
March 20, at s o'clock There will be
patriotic address by Major George Ross,
G. A. R. Friends will be welcome.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
Coal for Deyyev,s FIeat

Norfolk. Va, March 1s.-The bark st.
James, 1,453 tons, Captain Tapley, which
arrived here last evening from Baltimore.
will take on here a cargo of Pocahontas
coal for the use Of Dewey's feet and sail
for Manila.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
A pair of hosiery offers.

Ladies' Isle thread hose. full regu-
lar made, in black, tan, and fancy boot
patterns-fast cO!ors-sp spleldid quail
ity-best ever sold at 35c-will DC
The evening times., 1899-03-18

Mr.. Anthony Drexel Biddle will give a
dinner of fifty covers this evening at his
residence in Philadelphia in honor of Mr..
John Vinton Dahlgren, formerly of this
city A party will go over from Washing
The evening times., 1899-03-18

Mrs George Washington Cissell has in
vitations out for cards Wednesday, March
%, at o'clock. at her residence, Oak
Crest Georgetown.
The evening times., 1899-03-18

Mems fancy half hose. in Isle
thread and silk striped effects-fuH
regular made-with double heel and
fos 5os@the s9r6ss 6ss' move g9n ever bought 25c
The evening times., 1899-03-18
Potomac Water Fatal to Oysters.

Fredericksburg, Va, March 1S.-The
great volume of fresh water from the Up
per Potomac, caused by the continued
rains, has affected oysters in a peculiar
way, and they are dying by the thou
sands They seem TO puff up TO such an
extent that they fill the shells. then open
their mouths and die without closing them
again.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
Hlnyadi J3nos

Taken in the morning. either pure or diluted with
hot cold water. it produces copious evacua-
tion without leaving behind it any intestinal dis
comfort or exhaustion.
The evening times., 1899-03-18

Miss Audrey Pauncefote. who has been
visiting Mrs. Barklie Henry, OF Phlladei-
phia, returned to Washington Friday.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
The Eugene Field Primer.

'The Tribune Primer" written by Eugene
Field. while employed the editorial staff OF
the "Denver Tribune (the last copy of the
original edition of which was purchased few
weeks ago for sl5o), has been reprinted at Se-
aaia, Mo-, and is being sold in the interest of
the Field Monument, which it is proposed
to- erect at Columbia, No. Single copies, %
cents. Apply to j. West Goodwin. Secretary and
Treasurer, Monument Association, Sedalia No.
n,h19-lmo
The evening times., 1899-03-18

Transport Sedgwfck Taking Coal.
Newport News, Va, March IS-The
United States transport Sedgwick will take
on 200 tons of coal here before returning
TO Cuba. The ship will probably get away
some time tomorrow, and will go directly
TO Havana.
The evening times., 1899-03-18

.xCURSIoNs.
The evening times., 1899-03-18
Knee Pants.

40c. Blue Serge, per pair. Doc
50c Gray Cassimeres, per pair. :35;35c
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-28
A chILp,s FANCY.
Explanation of What Seems Preco-
ciousness In maginative Children.

Explanation of what Seems Prec0-
ciousness In Imag NATIVE Children.
"An active, healthy imagination is
one of the happiest gifts child can
possess, y is the theory advanced by
Florence Hull Winterburn, the well
known padiologist. in The Woman
Home Companion.
''If we watch an intelligent child
four or FIVE years old, who believes him
self unnoticed we will probably be as
tonished at the richness and fertility of
the fancy which can give life and color
to dull, commonplace things and weave
whole stories and dramas around the
simple toy that means nothing more to
us than what it plainly stands for But
we will perceive that even his widest
romances found themselves upon many
facts, for free and froIicsome as imagi-
nation may appear. it is subject to its
laws 1t deals with real things in a
playful way. 1t embroiders, paints,
molds, but it must have its material.
its basis in actual life.
"What we call creative ability is
really nothing but the power to recon
struct, perhaps to connect several sep
arate plans or patterns into whole
which seems different from the original
The child is an artist who daubs ON his
colors boldly, without any sense of the
absurdities he may commit and SO he
often produces effects that surprise 9th
ers as well as himself Many of the acts
that seem so precocious because we sup
pose them to be the outcome of well
considered plan are really happy acct
dents, not devoid Of the merit of orig
inality, but neither to be overpraised as
work of genius, Childhood is one un-
broken succession Of experimenting.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-28
TAKING THE REINs.

Roberta a, 2:29A, new 2:30 trotter,
Is sister to Beunetta, 2:05A.
In the free for all at Hookstown, Pa,
the other day Alice Minis lowered the
track record to 2:19H.
Tonita F, 2:11%, is another Iowa prod
uct that is doing well this year. She has
Won nine straight races.
w. V. Bakers bay mare Miss Haley.
2:241A. holds the Columbus tO) wagon
record, having trotted mile at that style
of going in 2:21
Sunland Belle was recently hooked to
sulky at Cleveland, and when she got
used to the light rig stepped a mile in
2:0S last half in :03
Ethel B, by Redield, who won the 2:2G
trot at the Rockport tO.) meeting, was
bought two years ago for $26. She cost
Henry Sanders $3.50 few weeks ago
The gray gelding Who Is 1t, by Nut
wood Wilkes, made his first start of the
season in the Pip trot at Readville and
took record of 2:i0l5 in the first heat.
Red Star stepped the second heat of
the free for ali at Bainbridge, Ind. Aug.
IL in 2:l214, reducing his record quar-
ter of IA second and breaking the track
record.
Rustic, the gelding that had such an
easy thing in the 2:35 troi and pace at
Goshen. N. Y. was recently sold for SIS
and up TO a short time ago pulled a
butchers delivery wagon.
Arrigle is yet unidentified and after
winning the FIRST heat of the 2:33 trot at
Auburn, N. T., in handy fashion was
ruled out. owing to his owner not being
able to identify the horse.
Idolita and Mamie W. winners of first
and second moneys respectively in the
New England Futurity and both Palo
Alto bred ones. went through the Fasig
sale in Cleveland year ago.
Paola, 2:1S. registered as Lone Pine.
full brother to Palo Alto. 2:0SA: Altiyo.
PISA, ETC.. Is now in the Great Table,
his daughter Precita having taken a rec
ord Of 2.26. This gives Dame Winnie
smother produeap ~ sneeh Il forseman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-28
6EIRX|ll2E5NNE2lI.
RED PoLLED CATTLE.
Dual Purpose Cows and How
Judge Them.

Dual Purpose Cows and How to
Judge Them.
The demand at present in the central
and eastern states is for strictly dual
purpose cow-milk and beef combined
writes J. McLain Smith of Ohio in
The Breeders Gazette Such cattle are
best adapted to farms where mixed
husbandry prevails, where it is desired
to grow and feed few steers each year
and to make it pay For this purpose a
COW is needed that will produce first
class steer for feeding-a steer that
will top the market when properly fat
ted-and at the same time COW that
will give milk enough to raise her calf
well and pay profit on her own keep
in cream and butter That such cows
exist and may be bred with reasonable
assurance when the proper means are
used is put beyond question by the rec
ords made both here and in England by
the two or three breeds adapted to the
purpose.
The ideal cow of the breed and Of
course with suitable allowance the ideal
bull or heifer is one with the form and
capacity to lay on flesh of high quality
in the parts commanding the highest
price or to produce steers of this char
acter and at the same time showing
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-28
slack Bituminous Coal For Hogs.


Slack bituminous coal is often rec
commended as condiment for swine,
says John NJ. Jamison in The National
Stockman. The only reasonable ex-
PLANTATION why they relish it is because
their systems are out of condition.
The rough particles when first taken
into the system act as an irritant, re-
sulting in a physic. While this may
seem all right under some conditions
1T is not the best way to reach this end
When allowed free access to it, their
appetite for 1t seems to become NOR
bid, and they put in most Of their time
eating 1t, and finally, instead of acting
as a cathartic, it causes serious cos
tiveness. Hogs sometimes form an ap-
petite for gravel or slate as it may be
found In their feeding lots, with a sure
result that they lose their thrift and
cease growing. The coal should not be
fed to them, because the evil effects
from feeding it oyerbalance the seem
ing good it does. Farmers sometimes
clean the slack out Of their eoalhouses
and scatter 1t in their feed lots and al
low their hogs free access to it, but
very few are so well pleased with the
results as to make a continuous prac-
tice of it. Often it is done with the
view to starting hogs in a thrifty way
that are out of condition. 1t is doubt
full If such results are ever secured.
1t is much better to give a variety Of
feed that is easily digested than to
hope to aid digestion by feeding arti-
cles that have the least possible diges-
tive properties.