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has arrived during the past week was put
on board at Philadelphia at Us ton
The present price of gas coal on the Tyne is
l6s I'd. Freight from America Is heavy
but IT, as the directors of the South Metro
poitan Gas Company believe, the American
coal will yield more gas than that from
Northumberland, it will really be the cheap
er coal. Within the last three years the gas
coal from the north of England has in
creased in cost threefod. The colonies are
alive to the peculiarities of the situation
Carriage from the states to most of them is
a. least as low from England, and there
is reason to believe that good many colon
ial orders are finding their way to the Phila-
delphian market.
This condition of things alarms dealers
here, though the market is not yet infiu-
enced by American coal. / hear that manu-
featuring companies have placed large or
ders in America. The Taft railway strike
has, of course. sent up the price of Welsh
steam coal, but the household article has
not been much affected, though it may be
soon. AT any rate, there Is no prospect of
fall in kitchens and other sorts for house.
hold use before next spring. One reason
among others for this Is that heavy con-
tracts have been entered into between coal
owners and merchants at current rates
which will make 1t impossible for the latter
to reduce prices for many months to come.
Telephone Toll System.
London hopes to have a new system OF
telephoning early in the coming year. The
The new one is to be controlled by the post
office and will be, IL carried out as now
planned, great Improvement.
The work necessary for its installation has
caused great deal of inconvenience and
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grumbling, because of the continued dis
turbance of the streets, which have been
dug up In all directions, but the results
Will probably reconcile even the grumblers
Inc central exchange. and practically only
one, is to be situated near st. PauTs Ca
thedral The postmaster general has decid-
ed TO adopt the toll system. which is better
known In some parts of the provinces than
III London itself 1t is believed that this
VIII be very economical system for the
customer, and, owing to the patronage It
VIII secure, profitable to the post office It
self. The customer will pay for the in
stallation, and after that will be only asked
10 pay a small toll, probably one penny
every time he calls. There is to be no ring
ing up or ringing off, the operations, re-
spectively. will be automatically performed
by raising the receiver from the instrument
ana the replacing it when the conversation
IS over. In place of the old colored disks
at the exchange little electric glow lamps
will identify the caller.
Rather Light Salaries,
American visitors have seen the stolid
police in and about the parliament build
ings In London. 1t is not generally known,
however. that they are not merely police
men, but are firemen as WELL and that once
a week they spend an hour on fire drill
The vote of e. $50 set aside for their MAIN
tenance in the estimates is described as
being the pay of the police engaged in
watching and protecting the building from
disadvantages. The chief advantage is that
while the ordinary outside custodian of the
peace receives only ~ shillings per week
his brother officer in the house of COM
mons receives 80 shillings. On the other
hand, this extra pay is held to be equiva-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-08
A BUSY WEEK.
FashfOnables Having No End of q
Good Time-WashingtOn Arrivals.

Fashionables Having No End of a
Good Time-WashingtOn Arrivals.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NEWPORT. September 6. 1900
This week, with possibly one exception
has been the liveliest of the social season.
The horse show and the automobile races
were the largest affairs. The fox hunts
were continued. Bourke Cochran and Sir
Julian Pauncefote were entertained. The
coachmen had their annual ball.
Perhaps the most amusing event was
Herman Oelrich's stag dinner to Fighting
Bob Evans and other naval officers.
Junior tennis has finally ended. with such
conspicuous contestants as James c. Blaine
third.
]. Edward Adde'S of Delaware has bought
land around Belvoir, and will put up a villa
for himself. letting the present cottage on
the place.
Late Washington hotel arrivals: Geo. c.
Reid, F. N. Potts. Mrs. r. Hatton.
S. w. Woodward and family of Washing
ton have closed their Jamestown cottage
and gone to their Lenox farm.
Misses Ida and Lulu Adams Of Washing
ton. who have been visiting their aunt. Mrs.
Anton Peters on Broadway, have gone
home.
Mrs. Ebbs of Washington was one of the
patronesses of the recent german given in
jamestown.
Mrs. F. j. Higginson of Washington has
given st. Matthew's Church $50 from the re-
ceipts of the Mother Goose entertainment
given for the benefit of the Soldiers and
Sailors Home at the national capital.
Ex-Speaker Reed and United States SEN
ator John Kean of New Jersey have been
the guests here of Mrs. E. H G. Slater of
Washington, who gave them dinner at
Hopedene. her villa, also at Gooseberry
Island. Mr.. Reed is likely to be made an
honorary member of the Kat Bote Klub
Mrs. Selfridge and Mrs. Ebbs of Wash
ington assisted at the recent church fair
given Al jamestown.
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AT THE SEASIDE.
Numerous Washington Visitors for an
Early Fall Rest
ience OF The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
CAPE MAY. n. j.. September G, 1900
September IS proving to be popular
month at Cape May, and the crowds grow
less. but slowly
NJ dc Wollant. charge d'affaires of the
Russian embassy, will remain here through
September
NJ W. Budd of Washington is a guest at
the Devon
William f. Mahoney of Washington is en-
toying the late season at Cape May Point.
Charles Z. briggs has Joined the Wash
ington colony at Congress Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bohrer and Miss
Beulah Bohrer are late arrivals from Wash
ington at the Ebbitt.
Ulysses Schuyler Catlett of Washington
claimed a Cape May belle for his bride on
Wednesday. The bride was Miss Carrie
Bate Foster. The wedding occurred at the
First NJ. E. Church. In the presence of a
large congregation.
Washingtonians at the Columbia this week
were j. Addison knight, Miss Mae E. Cat
Wilson Wi; mf ana mrs y : heeier and T. .
Miss X. B. Mcclure of Washington is a
late arrival at the Aldine.
Miss Lignere of Washington is enjoying
q season at the Star Villa
Washingtontans who have come to the
Stockton this week include A. H. Baldwin,
]. c: Davidson. Miss Gertrude C. Fry, Miss
Edith g. Fry, Percy Ash, r. Ross Perry, IT.
II. q. Kemp, A. Nj. Lambert. Mr.. and Mrs
W, A. Hopkins and z. d. Williamson
Washingtonians at the Marine Villa are
John Ridout. Mrs. Ridout and Miss Ridout
e. A. Burdick and J. p. Burdick have
Joined the Washington colony at the Chal-
fonte
Washingtenians who came to the Ebbitt
this week were Mrs. Harriet II. Froment,
H. A. Howarth. J. Chaser. Miss Mary Hun
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ter. Miss Grace l. Guy, Mrs. w. B. Guy.
Clinton Guy. Mrs. T. B. Queen, Mrs. NJ. w.
Bohrer and Walter b. Guy
Miss Emma Stansbury Wines Of Wash
ington was among the bellies who came to
Baltimore Inn this week.
William E. Tnney, Miss T. NJ Tyler, Miss
Elizabeth Tyler. Fred C. More and r. l..
Shannon Joined the Washington colony at
the Devon early in the week
D. G. Stuart of Washington is a guest at
the Stockton.
Mrs. P. w. Coleman of Washington has
joined friends at the Colonial.
Mrs. NJ. Cook of Washington is enjoying
September days at the Brexton.
n. j. Hart and Miss Hattie S. English OF
Washington are guests at the Windsor.
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"1 Sell Houses"

lent to any added sum that might come
with promotion, and consequently any adj
vance in rank is denied to the house of
commons policemen. Again, while the out
side officer works Systematically eight
hours a day, the house of commons men
have much longer spell of duty. While
they receive 80 shillings per week so long
as they remain on the force, their pension
is only calculated on the pay of the ordi-
nary policeman, viz, 81 shillings per week.
There are in all twenty-one men on the
permanent staff, who receive 80 shillings
per week; while there is what is called a
junior staff of ten men, who receive the
larger salary while the house is sitting but
who are cut down to 30 shillings during
the recess.
Novelty I'm Clubs.
A day club-that is, club which closes
its doors about p.m.-is a novelty in Lon
don. This, however, will be one of the
peculiarities of a new club for music hall
artists. which, 1t is expected, will be OPEN
ed in few months. The old club In South
London, started two or three years ago
for actors generally, was found to be too
small and inconvenient, and this had led
some of the leading members of the pro-
fession to lay their heads together for the
purpose of obtaining more suitable prem
ises. A club house has been obtained in
central place in town. and is now being
furnished and fitted up with all up-to-date
improvements.
L. H MOORE
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"One-half of the world doesn't know how
the other half lives" declared a notorious
female scandal monger.
THAT isn't your fault" quietly observed
one of her auditors.-Tit-Bits
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$500 cash, balance including interest.
The greatest VALUE for the The LOWEST
Inspection comparison will
So, 3 IS,
lowest at
41=2 per cent,
enni=annua) to the
estate

Description.
THE GROUND: red press brick and brown stone;
veIf iasg ga doors , and windows Making very
work, but thoroughly SUBSTANTIAL.
FIRST FLOOR: Three large. light rooms. richly
finished and decorated. open tiled tireplaces, cab
met In mantels; drop chandeliers: every room has
SLIDING doors The kitchen is completely equip
ped. buffers pantry, china closet, set-in COAL
range, GAS range, etc.
SECOND FLOOR: Three bed rooms of good size
and well lighted; papered: large closets: DROP
chandeliers; modern BATH best open plumbing.
CELLAR: Under WHOLE house, cemented; en-
closet; SEXTON'S furnace. These houses have
every modern CONVENIENCE; speaking tubes
electric appliances, etc.
There are several different styles-haIlway to
case in dining room.
YOUR HOME.
Am Opportunity
FOR THE MAN OF MODERATE INCOME.
This property brings within the means of the
man : Of moderate ate, circgmsances property that
has heretofore been OFT of his reach, property
that could NOT he duplicated today for the price
surrounded by HiGHER priced houses Occupied
by a class of people that INSURES its surround
Price.
The price here quoted In NO WAY measures the
value of the house. $3,376.
Terms.
The terms Insure SUCCESS to the purchaser,
and the DECREASING of interest every month at
Az per cent is proposition heretofore unheard of.
A LITTLE MORE THAN YOUR ACTUAL RENT
PAYS FOR YOUR HOME.
Many are. discouraged from home buying be
UP. This difficulty is met squarey by the
LOWEST RATE OF interest EVER OFFERED to
the HOME BUYER-414 per cent.
FOR INSTANCE. WHEN YOU MAKE CASH
PAYMENT OF $500 THE PAYMENTS WILL BE
AS FOLLOWS:
PRICE OF PROPERTY. Observation-Disclosures So, 375
CASH PAYMENT. Observation-Disclosures. 800
Balance due Cat AZ per cent?. SO, o75
Interest charged on this amount, which
is REDUCED EVERY MONTH. .$1152
Payment on principal. .............. 1900
TOTAL monthly payment Of PRIN-
ClPAL and INTEREST. .......... S30.52
WHICH IS REDUCED EVERY MONTH
Differing from the way others sell houses where
the accumulation of interest keeps a man to the
GRINDSTONE.
The TOTAL payment is REDUCED every month
The largest payment You will EVER be called
on to make Is the FIRST MONTH, which is
5000: NEVER will your payments be more.
Privilege of prior payments, which the inter-
est CEASES.
Interest payable semi-annually IL desired
After $3.50 has been paid the interest is reduced
TO average about 50 per month.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-10

sented in the drawing. B, B, are
pieces of board 12 or IA inches wide
at the widest point, spiked or nailed
on each side of the joint in the raft
ers. A piece same thickness as raft
ers should be fitted in between these
boards, filing space formed by the
angle in the rafters and all firmly
nailed together. c is piece of board
eight inches wide spiked on each side
of pair of rafters at ridge. The car
track can be hung on these.
The ridge of barn should be one
half as many feet above the
plates as the barn is in width. The
dotted half circle touching at the
points marked a, a, a, a, a, shows the
form of the roof if properly made.
Rafters two feet from centers. Raft
ers put together as described would
break in solid wood before they would
part at the joints. This is considered
one of the strongest roofs. made.-H.
E. Taber, in Ohio Farmer.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-10
WEAVING THE PIGS.
Expert Experience on a Subject
Which Is of Utmost Interest
to Every Farmer.

am aware that there is great diff
ference of opinion in regard to age
that young pigs should be allowed to
remain with their dam. / have no
fixed rule, as I am guided largely by
the way in which the young pigs are
thriving. I have frequently noticed
that the milk from the dam does not
agree with the young pigs. causing
excessive diarrhoea, and in this case
we wean the pigs at six weeks, but as
a general rule have found better re-
suits by allowing the pigs to remain
with the dam until eight weeks old.
A great many young pigs are injured
by feeding the sow too literally upon
strong rich food, and not having
much exercise in the open air. I would
strongly recommend moderate exer-
else, with plenty of fresh air, which
is quite as essential as pure food.
After the young pigs are 10 days old
the sow should be literally fed upon
bran and Underground oats, with the
addition of small quantity of ground
peas or corn, but great care should
be taken that the SOW should not re-
ceive much gram for about 10 days
after narrowing. Many young pigs
are so seriously injured during this
period that they never recover.-J. E.
Brethour, in Farmers Advocate.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-10
TIMELY SHEEP NOTES.

Every farm where flock is kept
should have it's patch of fax grown
for the seed for the use of the ewes
and lambs.
/, In the United States we now have
nine sheep to every $40 acres. In
England they have 244 on the same
area of land. There is a chance for
improvement here.
AS soon as the sheep are sheared
the ticks gather on the lamhs, much to
their discomfort and damage. The
easiest remedy is to dip the lambs,
or to wet the skin all over with any
good sheep dip.
Scours in young lambs may be
checked by giving them 20 drops of
this mixture: One dram each of tine
ure of opium, ginger, rhubarb and
cordamon seed. 1t is cordial and
a preventive of trouble of this kind,
and should be given in little water
twice day, or in bad cases three or
four times. Give three times as much
to the ewes.-Midland Farmer.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-10

sho could get the back fire going. The
horses had smelled the smoke and
were quivering with excitement. She
loosed them from the pillow and they
broke away from her and gallopeG
off across the prairie at the highest
speed. She glanced after them with
dismay. One more chance of life gone,
she thought. 1t had occurred to her
as she was trying to plow that she
might possibly take her sister and the
babe, one at time on one OF the
horses, to some place of safety, but
now she could not do that. She stood
for a moment dazed and undecided,
then another plan suggested itself.
One thinks very quickly in time like
this; hours seem ages; moments
seem days. Up the canyon few rods
there was an old dugout built well up
on the side of the canyon, where
there was no tall grass and SO no
chance for the fire to come. If she
could just reach this in time! She
ran into the house and found her sis.
ter awake. Pheme had not much
breath to spend in words, so she said
briefly and hastily, There's big fire
coming. and I'm going to take you
and the baby to the old dug-out down
the canyon" AS she spoke she took
Maggie up in her arms and started.
"Oh! take the baby first-take the
baby first," walled the sick sister, but
Pheme paid no attention. When they
got outside of the door and Maggie
caught sight of the red flames SO
near, she tainted away at once.
Pheme did not have time to get water
to restore her. Trembling with IA
tigue she FASTENED on through the
tall grass to the old dug-out. She
reached it, laid her sister down and
hurried back for the baby. The
flames were now quite close to the
house. The baby was wide awake and
smiled up at her as she, took him in
her arms. When he caught sight of
the flames he crowed with delight,
thinking no doubt that this was some
new and pretty plaything that had
been arranged specially for him.
Pheme was by this time so weak
with the excitement and overexertion
that she could hardly drag herself
along. She could hear the flames close
behind her, but. dared not look
around. A little faster now and all
The Ely miner., 1900-08-10
SOME PROFITABLE PIGS.
Excellent Results Obtained In sis
Months by Judicious Feeding
and Sanitary SURROUNDINGS.

Pigs may be easily made to weigh
200 pounds at six months If properly
fed.
give my experience with litter of
eight pigs farrowed on June 6, last
year. The SOW and pigs were allowed
the run of 15-acre grass pasture,
which was kept picked pretty close by
dairy cows They had free access to
river ana plenty of cool shade. The
sow was fed twice a day all she could
eat of buttermilk, with bran stirred in
till it was thick slop, and the pigs
were allowed to eatwith her when large
enough, care being taken to feed
enough so that a very little bit would
be left In the trough when they were
all full.
They had nothing else fed to them
till two and half months old, when
they were taken from the sow. The
milk and bran ration was continued,
and one ear of corn for each pig was
added. At four months of age the milk
and corn were discontinued. The pigs
were placed in half-acre lot and fed
al, they would eat clean, three times
day, equal measure of bran and corn
meal ground fine, mixed thoroughly
and wet to make stiff dough. At five
months the pigs were placed in a loored
pen, and fed one month all they could
eat, three times day, on dough made
of two measures of corn meal to one Of
bran.
On the 9Th of December the pigs were
slaughtered. weighed the one that
looked to be the largest, after it was
killed, but before it had been dressed.
1t weighed 23o pounds. I don't think
any one of the pigs would have weighed
less than 200 pounds on foot. They
were not thoroughbred pigs, but were
crossed with Yorkshire, Berkshire, Po-
land China, and perhaps some Scrub"
I believe thoroughbred trough" is
better than a thoroughbred pig. Ineg-
lected to say that these pigs had ac-
cess to salt and ashes at all times; and
I will add that have never had a sick
hog that had salt and ashes before it
at all times, and had some bran fed to
it every day.-R III. Carson, in Country
Gentleman.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-10
How to Fight Hog Lice.

81. v. Tellor, in his Diseases of Live
Stock" says: These disgusting para
sites abound on ill-fed and half-sick
hogs. Indeed, their presence may al
most be said to be a sign that the ami
NAL is out of condition. 1t is not
sufficient therefore to destroy the
lice with an insecticide; if the cure is
expected to be permanent, the animal
must be kept cleaL, well-fed, and
supported with tonics, such as sui
phate of iron, if occasion demands it.
AS safe and efficient ointment to
kill lice we may use scotch snuff,
rubbed up with lard or the following:
Stavesacre seeds four ounces, white
hellebore one ounce, water one gallon.
Boil to two quarts, and apply with .
brush where lice are seen.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-10
Put the Hens 10 Work.

Hens that go in the corner and sit
down should be put to work. In the
morning give them about one-third as
much food as they can eat, so as to
have them hungry. Then get some
leaves, cut straw or dirt, and scatter
about a teaspoonful of wheat, corn
and oats (mixed) through it. The hens
will soon get hungry, and finding one
grain will hunt for another. That is
just what you want. Give them moth
ing until night; then feed all they
want. Do this every day. Keep them
hungry every day, but feed them well
before going to roost, and they will
keep well and lay.-Farm and Fireside.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-10

will be well! Through the high grass
safe? Good! You can easily reach
the dug-out now before the fire
comes. What! tripping and falling :?
Oh! Poor Pheme. Hear the flames
right behind you! Up and on! Quick!
Quick! But Pheme could not move.
just on the edge of the tallest grass
she lay powerless. She tried to lift
her arms but could not. She could
not even speak.
Maggie had by this time revived and
looking out through the open door
from where she lay, saw Pheme fall
ing. ''Oh! Pheme! Pheme!" she
called in agony, but Pheme could not
reply. She tried again to move her
arms. She could not. She tried again
to speak, but not sound came. Mag
gle screamed and moaned. She could
see the flames now almost upon
Pheme and the baby, but she was
powerless to help them. Her torture
was horrible. Suddenly Pheme felt
her strength come back little. She
could not get up, but she could move
her arms. She took the baby up, and
reaching as far as she could pushed
him from her with all her strength
out of the way of the fire. Maggie,
looking out from the door, saw all
this. "Oh! Pheme. Pheme!" she
cried. "Can't you move just little?"
she cried. "Then you will be out of
the tall grass" But Pheme had used
all her strength to save the baby.
''It's too late, Maggie" she said, 'too
late" The flames were upon her now,
but the baby was saved! In one mo-
ment of time her whole life flashed
before her. Scenes from her child
hood came back to her; she saw her
self a child again, wandering about
her old eastern home, now chasing
butterflies under the pink bloom of
the apple blossoms gathering
autumn berries on the crimson and
gold-crowned hills. Then later life
scenes came up. She thought of a
lover waiting alone for the bride that
would come to him only in death; of
the modest little prairie home that
she would never share. All these
thoughts passed through her mind
with lightning rapidity while the
flames were doing their horrible
work. The agony now was too in
tense for thought. There was ter
rible struggle for breath in the fierce
heat and black smoke, and then all
was over!
On lonely spot on the prairies OF
southwest Kansas there is grave
marked with a plain white slab.
There in the evenings you will often
find boy of about ten years of age
tenderly watering the white rose he
is trying to get to grow on the lonely
grave, and if you should ask him
whose grave this is for which he is
taking such care he will reply: "That
is the grave of my Aunt Pheme, who
was burned to death while she was
trying to save my life and my
] mammals"