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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-29

and sinking fund on the funded debt, ex-
elusive of water bonds, 81 ,213, 947.97, ST.
213,94197.
Emergency fund-To be expended only in
case of emergency, such as riot pestilence
public fnsanitary conditions, Calamity by
flood or fire, and of like character and in all
cases of emergency not otherwise sufti-
GENTLY provided for, $1,000, $1,000.
Rock Creek Park-For the care and i'm
provement of Rock Creek Park to be ex-
pended under the direction of the board of
control Of said park, the unexpended bal
ance, amounting to $23, 1894 of the appro-
priation made by the act approved Septem-
Der q, 1890, for expenses of acquiring said
park, is hereby appropriated, 1903 45
10000.
For reformatories and prisons Support of
CONTINUED on Thirteenth Paee1
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labor and other necessary items, $4,000;

labor and other necessary items, $4,000;
$4,000
For purchase and erection of the neces-
sary poles, cross-arms insuators, pins,
braces. wire, cable, conduit connections ex-
ira labor and other necessary items IS, 600;
5000.
For extension Of police patrol system, IN
GLIDING purchase of twenty new boxes mr.
chase and erection of the necessary poles
cross-arms, insulators, pins braces wire
cable, conduit connections, extra labor and
other necessary items. $1,000; 5000.
Health Department..
Health officer, 5000, 5000 one chief
inspector and deputy health officer (new)
$500; thirteen sanitary and food In
spectors. who shall also oversee the
collection of garbage and dead animals, at
$1,000 each, $4,000; one sanitary and food
inspector $500; sanitary and food
inspector. who shall also inspect dairy
products and shall be a practical chemist
$1,000, $500; one sanitary and food in
spector, who shall also be veterinary sur
geon and act as inspector of live stock and
dairy farms, $1,000, $1,000; one inspector of
marine products, $1,000, $1,000; one chief
clerk and deputy health officer 81 800,
$1,000; one clerk. S1,400 81 400; four clerks,
two of whom may act sanitary and food
inspectors, at $1,000 each, $500. 4SOO;
three instead of two clerks at 81 900 each,
$1,000; messenger and janitor 5000, $500;
poundmaster 200, 81. 200; laborers at not
exceeding $40 per month, 81, 800, 50, 400; am
bulance driver, $3.50, $3.50; one engineer at
smallpox hospital, to perform such duties
in addition to caring for such hospital as
may be directed by the health officer, pro-
Vided. that when said hospital contains
cases of smallpox or other contagious dis
eases such additional compensation as the
Commissioners may determine may be paid
said engineer from the emergency or other
available fund new. $3.50; one sanitary
and food Inspector, who shall be a veter-
mary surgeon new, $780,
Miscellaneous.
For rent of stable, $40. $780, for collec-
ton and disposal of garbage and dead ami
mails, S57 600, $40, 600; for the enforcement of
the provisions Of the act to prevent the
spread of scarlet fever and diphther1a in
the District of Columbia, approved Decem-
Der 20. 1880. under the direction of the
health officer of the District new, S.
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For chief engineer 5000 5000 three
instead OF two assistant chief engineers at
Sl,c| each. Si.c00; clerk, $500. $1,000: fire
marshal. $1,000. $1,000; machinist 81 COO
men at 1000 each. $1,000. fourteen engin-
GERS at $1,000 each. $1,000. $1,000: four
teen hremvu at $N4n each, 81 100. 81 76p:
SIX instead of four tillermen at $50 each
S1.oi". twenty-three instead of twenty host
lerS AT $50 each, S19..;3n: 1NS instead of 49,
priVatcs At $500 each. $1I0,4op: twenty-three
iHSJea! Of eight Watchmcn at $500 each
S1:;.>n": laborer new. $50. Miscellaneous
expenses: For repairs 70 engine houses, 81, :
50r 81 oaa; repairs to apparatus and new
appliances. $l5tn. Sj.nGa. purchase of hose.
S9o1p. Sll .o0a, fuel. $1,000. 5000; purcba 50
of horses. $500. $IO..b0: forage. IS 800, 50
500, for contingent expenses. horse shooting.
furniture. fixtures. washing. oil. medical
and stable supplies harness, blacksmith H.
Ing labor. gas and other necessary items.
ST. .nuE,. $1,000.
Tor flags and haliards for engine and
truck houses, 500.
For the purchase of water meters. TO be
placed in such private residences as de-
sired. and installed at the expense of the
property owner. the sum of 81 GOO is hereby
appropriated out of the revenues of the
water department: and said meters shall al
all times remain and be the property of the
water department. 5000
New Houses.
Increase FIRE department $4,000: one en-
CINE a $3.50. 81 900: one hose wagon, 5000
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Increase fire department $4,000; one en-
CINE at $3.50 $500: one hose wagon, $500
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Informal showing of millinery

While the decorating and embellishments quite
pleted for formal Opening Monday Tuesday and We'd
nesdav, the showing of the millinery ready And what m
merry! The creations with those
which ask attention Exquisey handsome
hats from London Paris BerIthe ceveres conceptions of the
noted mlline those host from
New York we'll hundreds work
Come and feast % beauty freely
opinion. We wait verdict
As special souvenir of this occasion shall sell lot of
ladies' trimmed hatsof exquisite beauty and d. no
elusive stvlisness-wfch we shall sell for so9S eDOoVO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-29

Tomorrow morning we shall put on sale
several hundred pairs of Indies corsetS, JUST
arrived, consisting Of corsetS of coutll and
sateeu in gray, white and black, in long,
medium and short lengths: in as many as
IL styles They were bought to sell at
80; as Saturday special we shall of
fer them ut 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-29

Boys blue golf caps-siik lined-instead Of
Doc. for 25c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-29

DeDt's Toothache Gum stors the ache. cures the
pain All druggists. Is cents.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

exercised in it's performance. In Brook
Ign, for instance, there is an establish
ment entirely devoted to the repairing
of naval flags and pendants.
The mere landlubber has no idea of
the number of flags in use in the
American navy. Every vessel going
into commission finds it necessary to
draw the complete outfit, which in
cludes, besides the national flag, the
various ensigns and admirals' flags,
some half dozen sets of signal flags in
different sizes, each set with several
dozen different pendants, and a selec-
ton of colors representing different for
eign nationalities.
The orders for. new flags come into
the department at odd times and in va
rying quantities, but come they always
Go, for it must be remembered that the
life of the ordinary signal flag does not
average more than six months. A flag
ship carries some 600 signal flags alto
gether, so it will be seen that the
preparation of these pieces of bunting
is no trifling thing.
The material generally used for the
manufacture of these very necessary
trifles is worsted bunting. This bunt-
ng is specially dyed for the purpose,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

in basket will allus be thirsty.
Never give a man full credit fur
goodness till ye hev seen him fall over
a wheelbarrer"
Might that be PREACHING" asks the
stranger as he gifts down and takes
seat on the grass beside me.
1T might" says l, "but I'm no
preacher. I'm jest a humble minded
critter with a mishun. I'm travelin'
around and payin' my own way and
speakin' softly and sympathetically to
Those who sorrer. In other words,
I'm carryin' pail O. the milk O. hui
man kindness DER the tracaless desert
o life, and lettin' a lettle slop over
here and there"
And what's the grasshopper a-doin'
in the bottle?"
'Jest stayin' thar. l kinder wanted
companionship on my travels, and so 1
picked him up. I'm also studyin' him
as we so along I'm believin' the
grasshopper would hev got along bet
ter in this world if mankind had I'M
derstood him better. Hath any per-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02
PILGRIM JOE.
He Meets Up With Absolam's Brother and
Gives Him Particulars.

He Meets Up With Absolam's Brother and
Gives Him Particulars.
was seated under the grateful shade
of a plum tree, on the road to the town
of Last Hope, when a critter Gums am
blin' up on spotted boss and looks
me over for a mint before he asks:
might yer name be Absolam john
son of the State of Injianny?"
ut mought be-" says l, but it don't
jest happen that way on this occa-
shun."
Then ye amt promenadin' around
the kentry in s'arch of a long-lost
brother whose front name ar Moses?"
Not slassly, stranger I'm sorry if
I've disappointed We, but never had a
brother Moses, and I'm not travelin'
about to hunt up the lost sheep of the
family. Lemme take advantage of this
opportunity to obsarve:
"Conker yerself before We set out to
drive hog to market.
"The man who seeks to draw water
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

This season of national celebration
might well be called the season of flags.
Since that day when Paul Jones first
unfurled the newly established Stars
and Stripes on the Ranger, Old Glory
has passed through many changes.
Since that time, too, the number of our
national flags has somewhat increased,
30 that now, as a rule, even the most
patriotic citizen of this republic has a
very vague idea of the number of Stars
and Stripes that are floating in differ
ent parts of the world.
All these flags have to be duly made
another fact which the ordinary citi-
zen does not often take the trouble to
remember.
The astonishing number of national
emblems used in our navy, in the mer-
chant service, on government and mu-
nicipal buildings, and also in less Off
cial capacities, renders the manufac-
ture of Old Glory and her attendant
emblems in bunting a very important
industry.
Another branch of the flag business
by no means insignificant is the repair
ing and patching of government flags.
This work has to be done by expert
hands, and the greatest care has to be
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

and made of such strength that it will
stand the test of specified strain.
After the different patterns are cut as
desired they are fitted in a specially
constructed machine, which, by an in
genlouS arrangement, imposes a haul
age test of almost 100 pounds on the
fabric. If the material does not tear
under this test it is handed over to the
sewers and made up into the regula-
ton patterns and combinations. The
colors chiefly used are red, white, navy
blue and yellow. Sometimes. instead of
using bunting, duck is employed, espe-
cially for the back edge or heading
to which the line, by means of which
the flag is drawn UP, is attached.
For their guidance while employed in
making our naval flags the different
persons at work are supplied with the
governments official flag book, in
which several hundreds of different
flags are displayed in their correct di-
mansions and colorings. 1t is not mere
caprice that governs the size which a
flag shall be made, this being laid down
with the utmost precision by the OIL
Gals at Washington. Each grade of
size has particular significance, and
is regulated by the proper officials.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

tickler sorrer of yer own jest at pre-
sent?"
Il can't say as I hev," he replied.
Eve run away from my old woman,
lodged the sheriff, and got boss and
$50 ahead Of the game. It don't ap-
pear to me that I've got any pertickler
sorrer to sorrer over"
Then l might give We one" says l.
GAS to how?"
Gas to yer brother Absolam. I was
with him in his last hours yesterday"
Eyer don't mean it?"
"For sure. l was reposin' on the
grass on 'toher side of the town of Gold
en- Hill when he Gums along with sad
die on his back and bride in his hand.
| didn't make no mistake on yer broth
er Absolam. That is, didn't take him
fur a stray boss. He wasn't lookin'
none too peart as he sits down beside
me, and so seeks to hearten him up by
sayin':
Thar may be difference between
crow-meat and buzzard but if the fell
Ter who is eatin' don't complain the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

some Iolks never sop u ngger on those
things.
we might just as well hev had Or
ange trees in place of crabapple, but
there would hev bin Jest as much
complainin' after the first year"
"Them's the sayin's that I said to yer
brather Absolam, and his face sorter
softened, and ne kinder braced up. and
l think he was tryin' to shake of his
sorrer when he was interrupted. A
crowd of critters galloped up over the
road he had cum, and thew wasn't q
mint layin' hands on yer brother.
And what was the natur of their re-
marks?' asks the stranger.
They menshunde that Absolam had
stole boss, and that they was pre-
pared TO pull him up to a limb Of the
nearest tree in good shape and free OF
all extra expense. AS the boss Law
dead about mile away, and as he had
the saddle and bride with him. It
In seem necessary fur yer brother
Absolam to waste much breath over
tryin' to prove his innercense."
But We did yer best to churk him I'D
I take it?"
Il did. While they was fxin' the
rope and selectin' tree / patted yer
brother on the back and spoke en-
couragingly OF the prospects of git
tin out of the kentry on deadhead
pass. As it was cool day, and. he
seemed to be sufferin' with chiIls, 1t
cum In handy to guarantee that he
would find the next climate hotter
one. Yes. did all could to chirk
Absolam up and make him believe the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

There is nothing particularly compli-
Gated about the actual process of flag
making, but principal point about that
business being the accuracy of design.
Inc dlfferenr parts of each flag are cut
out in their designated colors and then
sewn strongly together with a double
seam. When this is done the bunting
Is fitted with head of duck canvas at
tached to the swivels, these having re-
Gently taken the place of the old fash
Toned toggels.
Some Of the pendants and streamers
are made Of extraordinary length. the
longest ranging from 60 to 800 feet.
When the Buffalo, for instance. was
homeward bound from Manila she flew
pendant 2SS feet in length.
1t sometimes happens that a country
has found it eXpedient to change its
flag, and this means that all the flags
OF such country in use on our ships
nave to be remodeled as WELL
Each of our navy yards has it's flag
loft where this work is carried on. the
sewing being done by women. These
women work under the supervision of
experts Every woman has a sewing
machine aud on this does remarkable
amount OF sewing each day.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

change was fur the best, and he SEEM
ed thankful to me. +"
Yes, Absolam was grateful kuss, !"
unused the stranger, lad hev no doubt
he thought well of We. Did he deny
stealth the hoss?"
Il think he said he simply borrowed
it,
THAT was like him agin. He never
did admire harsh terms. And did they
give him a chance to make any last re-
marks?"
They gave. him five minutes, but /
don't think he used over three. 1t
looked to me as if he didn't want to
delay the crowd any longer than neces-
sary to cuss every man OF 'em high and
low and tell 'em to go ahead and do
their durndest. can't say that his
language belonged to the classics, but
it weighed Is ounces to the pound and
was plainly understood by all. When
he got through with the crowd he ask
ed me for sum of my sayins to help
grease the plank he was goin' to slide
out on, and l stepped forward and said:
1T isn't whether a man is hung or
dies in his bed, but what his friends
engrave on his tombstone that he is re-
membered by.
Most men travel further and use
more powder 70 kill a rabbit than to
bring down a lion.
1T was the ass who first mistook his
conceit fur wisdom. but mankind
speedily adopted the plan.
Life is what we make it. A man
content to go on foot is never hung
fur hoss-stealin'.
"A man with no object is life is SIM
ply tryin' to build barrel around a
bung-hole.
Them was the sayins said to your
brother Absolam, stranger, and when
they had bin said the crowd pulled on
the rope and he riz from airth and
went his way"
And didn't be menshun me?"
"Jest briefly, sab, and in a whisper.
He menshuned that he had brother
named Moses, and that he was also a
great hand to borrer bosses. He said
| might even meet up with you on
boss you had borrered. Then he died
with the usual ceremonies, and the
crowd was kind huff to plant his body
beneath the daisies"
"That was kind of EN-" said the
stranger, as he got up to go, and l
want We to know how thankful | feel
fur what We did. Ye not only helped
my bother on his onward way when he
was thurstin' fur kind words, but.yer
sympathy and good will hev sunk deep
into my heart and made better man
of me. I've got to be goin now"
And Yell return the borrowed
hoss?"
mot skassly. I think I'll steal a
mate to him, so as KIN drive Gouple!
Pore. Absolam. Pore Absolam.'
And when he had bin gone half an
hour another crowd of men cum gal
lopin up and sped on to overtake him,
and as l watched them disappearin'
around a bend l felt to say to my
self:
HE who neglects to arm himself
against sore-heeled mule and red
headed woman hath no weapons at all.
"In a dark night we may forgive
humanity for mistaken a bob-talled
rabbit for long-tailed fox.
But fur the rest of mankind we
would have no trubbles, and could
make this world wuth Twin in
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02
rest Of us shouldn't kick.

rest Of us shouldn't kick.
If Natur' had given a hog fur in
stead Of bristles she'd hev been obleeg-
ed to give sartin folks four legs in
stead of two.
1T takes just as long to tumble down
a well as it does to fall up stairs, but
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

of their recently acquired territory IN
Hongkong they found number OF
very interesting Kauung One Of the
all but old which
The accompanying picture
will celestial in which
implicit confidence
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

TRovEI A
asmadf
recently presented her
with Of silver
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thing their line made
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-02-23
MAKING EXPORT CHEESE.
How to Produce n Uniformly High
and Profitable Quality That
VIII stand Shipping,

In an address to California dairy
men, L. II. Hogeman said; Cheese for
export that will stand shipping can be
made in the following way: Take good,
sweet milk and heat it to SO degrees
Fahrenheit, have the rennet test at GO
seconds before adding the rennet.
Then add rennet enough to coagulate
the milk in about 80 minutes, using
from two to three ounces according to
strength Of rennet, and cutting when
firm; stir the vat gently at first until
the curd firms up. Cook to 100 degrees,
then stir vat every 10 minutes to keep
curd in granular shape, till curd has
developed one-eighth inch acid, when
they should be run off, which usually
takes from one to one and one-half
hours. The curd is then ready to be
placed on curd rack and strainer cloth
and when matted down cut in square
blocks and turn over every Is minutes.
If gas holes form in curd the pieces can
be piled two or three deep; this will
press out the gas and will hatten out
the gas holes in the curd. When an
inch Of acid has developed and the curd
shows meaty texture it is ready to
mill. When the curd is milled let it fall
onto the bottom of vat, If kept on racks
after it Is cut too much moisture would
be lost and cheese would perhaps be
dry. Keep the curd stirred till ready
IN ea1t and soIf tho nurd q bo,t n M. bo1 ~
to three-quarters of an hour after mill
ing, using two and half pounds of salt
per thousand pounds of milk. Give the
salt n chance to dissolve well, which
also takes from one-haf to three-quar-
ters Of an hour, then put TO press about
80 degrees. A point of vast importance
is to have the cheese well pressed and
all Of the same size. If tainted milk is
used it should be treated somewhat
differently from the above, but remem-
Der that the best cheese cannot be made
from sour or tainted milk. A soft,
mild cheese, Of which a great deal is
used in this market, requires absolute.
ly sweet milk without faint. Heat to
IS degrees. Rennet test should be 1870
seconds. Set the milk at So degrees,
using the usual amount Of rennet.
Cook to 1O6 to 1Os degrees. Cut when
firm and run whey off at one-eighth
inch acid Use about two pounds of
salt per 1000 pounds of milk, This curd
can either be worked in the granular
form or with curd mill and put to press
at IS degrees. If pure, sweet milk is
not used and is tainted, gas holes will
form and the cheese will likely swell |
up and roll Off the shelves.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-02-23
PORTO RICO POSTAL SYSTEM.
structiOns to Put the American SyS-
TEN into Eject.


Washington, Feb. 18.-Capt w. Il.
Elliott, of Newcastle, Ind, director Of
posts for the island of Porto Rico,
sailed from New York to-day for San
Juan with instructions to institute an
independent form of postal govern
ment on the entire island on March Is
next This will be the adoption in its
entirety of the postal system of this
country, and will be identical with
the postal system just inaugurated in
Cuba Orders were given for the
printing Of complete set of stamps
for Porto Rico, simply surchargiDg
the United States stamps by printing
the words Porto Rico across the face.
All postmasters will close their ac-
counts in the name of the United
States, furnishing statement of all
transactions, and returning all stamps
on that date and open accounts afresh.
The international money order rates
will continue permanently, both as
applies to Cuba and Porto Rico
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-02-23
GLIMPSE AT STORE LIFE.
to Those of II Small Conn
munIty.

ut would surprise an outsider to
know how much great retail store re-
sembles a town." remarked a clerk in
such an establishment, reports the New
Orleans Times-Democrat, 1T has all
the familiar characters of a small COM
munity and all of its gossip, its circles
and inner circles, and its class distinc-
tions. In modern department house
you will find certain social leaders and
their regulation system of satellites, all
fully developed. There will be one
group that goes in for frivolity, and an
other group that goes in for literature
and art, and people who are plotting
and scheming to get into this set or
that, just as they do in the outer world.
1t is very quaint and amusing. One EN-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-02-23
SEEDLESS MELONS.
Much-Advertised Theory About
Their Production Fails to Work
when Given n Trial.

A good many varieties of fruits have
been grown so long from cuttings that
they have become seedless. We have
now apples and pears that are almost
seedless, specimens frequently being
found that are altogether so, and seed
less grapes and oranges are not at all
uncommon. The banana has no seeds
or at best only rudimentary ones, and
the pineapple is seedfess fruit. All
this must have taken long years of Sc
lection, whether it was done intelli-
gently or by chance, and all seedless
fruits are valued because they are
usually of superior sorts.
A story is going the rounds that a
melon grower has discovered method
of producing seedless melons, This is
to cover the joints of the vines until
roots start from them and then cut
them off at the roots, leaving the sec
ondary roots to support the vine. This
sounds quite nice, and the only trouble
with it is that it isn't true. If we could
produce seedless melons in this way it
would be valuable discovery, but hav-
ing tried it we found the melons had
the usual number of seeds, as usual in
the sweetest part of the melon
Farmers Voice.