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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-09

ioned locks, 1ni Ir1ken key, F0uud ar
the hole" These lhe narrator naivels
adds. are proof o. the discovery
The legend that mas existed for years
IN this favored iscalHv. that sDr's o; me
coveted remains" OF the great pirate
we're hurried at ESer's Point. M tho iT-
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-11-13
TRAINED IN TREE ART
Government Preparing Young
Men as FOreSters.
OPENING FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES

Though the Remuneration as the start Il
Not VERY Great. the 0pportsaitie. for Adj
sancemest Are Well Worth Csn.idera-
riea The ~eieHee of Forestry Beeamins
More Important Each Year-FieIa Par
ties Of Candidates. for Federal Places.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-11-13
Fn.hian- in Flowers.

From the Woman's Home Companion.
The favorite flower for wearing on the
street has long been the violet, much
marred last season by the inariistic tas-
seled ribbons or ropes combining the stems.
When one cannot afford 10 give roses, or
conventional relations do not admit Of an
expensive gift. violets are always choice
Offering. This season the punches for
wearing are ungracefully large. Huge
lunches will also be worn in the hair-as
also OF other howers-pointing forward
until they project somewhat over the
brow. II is an ugly style. and good taste.
LEI Us hope. viii soon rule II out Violets
quickly lose their fragrance II exposed 10
the air: and IL sprinkled will part with
their freshness. The best way 10 keep
them is in a tight box with moist paper
about the stems. Orchids are OF late sup
planting vi6SStx for street wear. because
of their keeping qualities and their deli
cate and exquisite colOrings- They are
easily broken, but If handled and worn
carefully will last several days.
For the theater bright flowers will be
worn. as pale or subdueds tints are lost
when see across many feet OF space.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-11-13
Believes In Horse sense.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean
Experience has convinced me that
there is such thing as horse sense"
said veterinary surgeon, who has shop
en- the South Side. "A friend of mine had
a beautiful chestnut driving mare that
was subject TO severe spells OF cole
About a year ago she got very sick, and
Jones. the owner. brought her over here
for treatment. / cared for her. and she
seemed as grateful as a human being
might, rubbing her nose against my coat
sleeve and showing her affection in her
dumb way.
zone day about six months ago up she
came 20 the door OF the shop. moaning
and evidently suffering acutely. | treat
ed her again, and she got better / foun
out afterward that there was no one AT
her home stable that day and that she
had worked the halter OF and had set our
TO ind the doctor"
Curious circumstance. said the man
who had heard the story.
But that's not all OF II" said the doc
tor. Three DAYS ago j came down TO nv
office In the morning about o'clock
There lay the chestnut mare In front Of
the door-dead She had been taken slez.
had made her way as before 10 the shop
In the night, and found nobody there TO
give her medicines. and she had died
Now, In this story isn't PROOF that horse
can reason, l would like 10 hear some
thing 10 beat II"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-11-13
FIELD OF The CLOTH OF GOLD.

A tale q the olden time,
A tall By Ministries told.
How they held royal tcaFnament
On 1sId Of the eloth Of sold
Only kings and princes FtrOTe
snd knights q high degree.
Fsf The hsEe-5orn ehHTi might not conterd
IL the Fxhss u ehtEsiry-
And the story echoes stii.
F-ofu thGss far days % Old,
Thosrh they are dust who rode the lists
on ths held Of the cloth u gold.
Here In a happier age.
Ead In q vide free lard.
where rank on rank. like soldiers tall.
The tzxny eofnselds stsnGs
A million suas0usrH spread
Their glofles. field on fold.
To make The whoof and % weave the Esi
OF ssld C the elssh Of gold.
Woven Of earth snd sis.
star dex snt burntnF noon.
A dazEls Of yellow zane BY dsy.
Pale gol1 Ia the srxeBt Eoon.
sioar TIE brsnSlhs slopes.
ws1s 70 ire sgtgmn ssn.
AZ bsigh, n hoe a. Danss's robe
All fich ak s3lk ufss1n.
miiIioa EonsOxers spread
Theif glsriea. f1i6 oa folt
To make the soof sus &c stsss the web
o. feh u the esesk Of sols.
--ssiss A Aeesssy. n caiesso Pest
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-11-13

fEodiufl sEiIeatel. enc part TO ten parts
of water. the mixture to be poured over
the eggs IN Jars. which should then he
placed in a dry. cool cellar. A coat Of
Fassline does about as well. but Is more
troublesome. while iime-wafer gives a
peculiar and undesirable flavor.
Various by-pr0duets OF hens' eggs are
used to-day In interesting ways. From
rotten ores Is obtained an oil useful as
lubricant. which In Russia has been
highly priced for centuries as cure for
burns The shells-turned cut in immense
quantities from the dried-egg factories
are valuable for chicken feed Some %
the yolks are employed by hair-dressers
and purchased by many women 20 make
their hair soft and glossy and to keep
the scalp in good condition. Just as in
the hog packing business the "only part
Ct the pig not utilized is the squeal." so in
The egg industry nothing worth MENTION
ing Is wasted The stale eggs, known in
the trade as seconds" are broken into
cans, each holding thirty dozen, frozen
solid, and, when wanted. are chopped out
and th2wed. In this form great quantities
OF inferior eggs are carried over from
summer 70 winter and disposed Of at 4
satisfactory profit.
Previous Attempts To Preserve Eggs.
More than twenty years ago an enter
prising manufacturer undertook to turn
cut a product which he called "fmperish-
able eggs" Much money was invested
in the enterprise. but il failed. chiefly
because the stuff. after being kept for
a few months, could not be dissolved In
water. Next a famous maker of con-
densed milk, who had earned an enormous
fortune in that industry, took up the
matter, and tried to condense eggs Ia
vacuum pans, by much the same pro-
cess as he had used with the milk He
established large plant for the purpose
In China, where eggs are plentiful and
cheap but the enterprise did not go"
and he gave it up at length.
In the present year two great meat
Dackers-the two foremost in Chicago
have invaded the egg field on a huge
scale. During the recent summer, while
the American hen has been producing
they have bought up pretty nearly every
egg in sight, and, as a consequence, they
viii control during the coming winter
the market for the whole country, SIM
ply by means of certain billions of eggs,
which they have now in cold storage.
1t is a striking fact. as relating to the
subject here discussed, that New York
City alone-that is to say. the population
on Manhattan Islaud-Uses nearly 2,0O0,-
GOO eggs per diem. For Chicago, and 9TH
er great towns of the country, one may
reckon a relative consumption. in pro-
portion 10 their population.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-11-13
A weman's CInb ia Hawaii.

From the WomaE's Home tcmpanion.
Mention may be made OF the Hawaiian
Woman's Club. successfully launched In
Honolulu five years ago. II was started
by an American school teacher WHO was
wont to invite young girls 10 her home
once a week for informal conversation on
some topic. The outgrowth was a full
fiedged club OF thirty-four members. most
OF them being HawaiIzns. with a mixture,
however. OF Chinese and Portuguese The
president this year is Chinese girl. who
wears her quaint national costume whea
she fills the Official chair.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-11-13
The Harry Myth.

IN South America the harpy lives IN the
dense tropical forests and preys on small
animals. When hungry, II the stories OF
The Indian natives are TO be believed. II
viii not hesitate 10 attack larger ami
mails or even man himself II Is probably
the fercest OF all flying birds and Is OF a
most uninvitlng cast OF c0untenance
When seen In full face its head looks like
that OF one Of those creatures of MYTH
o.ogy, the harpies which had the head
ana face OF woman and the body of a
bird Of prey. In Grecian mythology the
harpies were ravening creatures, defiilne
everything they touched ana carving
away human beings 10 devour them Who
knows? Perhaps. after all the harry
myth was not entirely a myth. Perhans
IN earlier times the harry eagle may have
existed IN Greece and through the course
Of The ages tradition magnihed the bird
into the obscene and fierce creature OF
mythology. Some OF the stories the South
American Indians tell Of the harry eagle
would not need 20 be embellished much 10
~ the Greek description % the harry
There are those who not only demand
second place ior the bastard. but are In
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-11-13
BIGGEST OF ALL BIRDS
Great American Condor Is
First Prize Winner.
PHILIPPINE BIRD COMES NEXT

America Seems TO Lead In PredHcins Great
Birds, Tor the Largest OF oar TurkeJs
Also Rank Hish In the archaeological
worIa-Great Bird. said TO Exist Hun.
drsds Of Year. Ago-Popaiar Beliefs and
Tradition. ReSardiss Large Birds.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-11-13
faee,ioasly Inteaded.

Prem The Detroit Free Fresa
s.Oh. Jack. isn't my reversible plaid golf
skirt loyeiyZ'
sWeil.hoW's the bili7 HIM, "a. are
these nxures reversible teor'
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-11-13
Be.l Pre.ervaiire q. Es...

Unfortunately, it appears that each egg
contains within It's shell a small amount
OF air, which will Inevitably cause decom-
position after a while. even though the
outer atmosphere be wholly excluded one
inventor has proposed 10 withdraw this
air by placing the egg in a vacuum. but
the plan does not seem 10 have worked
successfully. Freezing retards decay in
definitely. bat destroys the edible quality
OF the oyi-product. On the whole. as de-
ciared by the Department Of Agriculture.
the best pTeseryztiye Is "water-giassi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-29

first the most wasteful consumers and
gradually work down to the individual
householder, whose use of water should al
ways be the last to be curtailed, in the in
terest of health. The government being
once held under some check, or at least
properly charged with its waste in the
schedules, it would then become desirable
to stop the waste that is going on, accord
ing to the reports from the water mains
themselves, many of which are old and
leaky. 1t is said to be possible to trace
leaks and waste to a nicely. thorough
investigation would doubtless acquit the
household consumer of the heaviest respon-
sibility for the extravaganza of which
there is this annual official complaint. The
authorities now have the power to apply
meters to certain large users of the water,
and it is within the privilege of individuals
to adopt the meter system If they believe
they can secure a more equitable rate of
payment than the prevailing mode. When
all the alternative expedients are exhausted,
ii then it be found that the water con-
sumption is excessive, 1t may be in ordeJ to
begin to consider the project of saddiing
upon the small individual consumers the
expensive and unsatisfactory water meter,
but not until then.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-29

Nothing has been more surprising in this
campaign than the development of what is
called the drummer" vote At the outset
the drummers were represented as support
ers to man of Mr.. Bryan. Many thou
sands, it was stated. had lost their places
through trusts and other business combina-
lions. and they and their friends it was
asserted. would make themselves felt at the
polls Clubs were to be formed and sys-
tematic movement inaugurated in Mr. Bry-
ans behalf.
Although the talk was so very confident
somehow it was not convincing. Those
familiar with the business world had re-
marked no wholesale disappearance OF
drummers. 1t seemed to them that the gem
tlemen of the road were still quite numer-
Gus, and that all We're busy. And why not:
Admitting the many combinations of CAPT.
tai, 1t was still true that such combinations
must provide for the selling of their pro-
ducts. They had not risen superior to the
services OF the drummers, but needed them
the same as the ordinary business firms
which were still commanding them.
After awhile the truth began to appear.
The time came when this innumera BILE host
OF discharged drummers must show itself
1t must parade for effect. There was a call
but nobody answered. The drummers were
either deaf or Indifferent to their own woes
or else had gone back to work again. Then
little by little it developed that there had
never been an army of discharged drum
mers. but that the great majority of tray-
ehng statesmen had all along had work and
Were never buster or more prosperous
Moreover. straw" polls showed that as a
rule they were for Mckinley and not for
Bryan They expressed themselves as
n El lytvi-h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-29

Max Muller. whose death is reported from
England, was entitled to rank among the
world greatest scholars. Although his
speciality was philology, he rendered valua-
BILE and practical services. He opened to
the western mind the rich literature of the
east, brought under scrutiny the religious
writings of India, traced the relationships
in language and invested the science with
a poetry which 1t previously lacked in large
measure. Orientalists will forever thank
Max Muller for his translations, ard fur
thermore for his aids to original research
in the Indian literature He made it posi-
BILE for the western scholar to undertake
the study of Sanskrit alone, and much of
the present mutual understanding between
the peoples of Europe and of southern Asia
is due to his pathological efforts. Like most
specialists, Muller had a hobby which he
never ceased to ride, the theory that Ian
guage is science, and Furthermore that
there is no thought without the employ
ment of word forms. Thus he urged that
language and thought are identical. He
was severely assailed for this doctrine, but
maintained it to the end of his active work
Such men as Max Muller should stand
alongside of the statesmen when the credit
is given for breaking down the barriers Of
race and bringing the human family into
closer relationships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-29
Germany and Venezuela.

A report reaches Washington from abroad
that there is a prospect of deal between
Germany and Venezuela which will result
in the transfer of coaling station or naval
base on the Island of Margarita to Germany
in satisfaction of certain claims which Ger
many holds over Venezuela. Naturally
American interest is aroused by this state
ment, which involves possible invasion OF
the Monroe doctrine. 1t Is clear that this
government, to be consistent, would have
to protest against the acquisition of the
port by Germany. 1t has interviewed be-
tween England and Venezuela to prevent
British encroachments upon Venezuelan ter
ritory, and it has even prevented the press
ing of claims by other powers upon South
and Central American states to the point
of territorial seizures or the grant of land
indemnities. 1t would matter nothing in
this case if Venezuela voluntarily gave the
port TO Germany acting under no duress.
The United States has always held that II
cannot complacently view the alienation OF
territory by any of the states south of 1t to
European powers. to permit the intrusion OF
European influence upon this continent tc
a greater extent than previously existed.
AS far as known there Is but little foun-
dation disclosed as yet for the report. The
claims are old ones and unfortunately are
continually accommodating. They represent
the profits which the Venezuelan govern
ment guaranteed to German investors who
provided the capital for the Transandean
railway, which has never paid. Negotia-
tions have been undertaken in the past for
a settlement of just this sort, but nothing
ever came to them. Trouble might have de-
veloped between the two governments over
the claims in 1895 had it not been for
President Cleveland's firm stand in oppo-
sition to Englands encroachments upon
Venezuela. which made 1t inadvisable for
Germany to press the matter at that time.
The claims are undoubtedly embarrassing,
but there should be some means of settling
them other than by a territorial grant. 1t
is decidedly against the policy of this gov
eminent at present to allow the European
powers to increase their military equipment
in this hemisphere. especially in the vicinity
of the Nicaragua canal approaches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-29
The Home Stretch.

The contestants for the presidential stake
have today swung into the home stretch.
Mr.. Mckinley is clearly in the lead, and ne
ought to finish first with plenty of daylight
showing between him and Mr.. Bryan. But
until a race is won-until the wire has
actually been reached-it is never safe to
shout. The favorite may fall and break
leg within twenty feet of the goal, and MS
rival go past to victory. Not until the
record has been made and the time caro-
hung out do experienced observers indulge
in a long breath and lower their glasses.
Something very unusual must happen, it
would appear, If Mr.. Mckinley is to be de-
feated His campaign. so far, has been well
managed Both in the matter of overcom-
ing the apathy that at the outset existed,
and in that of keeping up the interest after
arousing it, the republicans have shown
good judgment. They have worked hard,
and their returns in some quarters have ap-
peared to be slow. But everything is We'll
in hand today. and 1t seems to be merely
a question of holding to the end to the
advantages gained.
The Morey letter and the Burchard cpl
sode are often quoted as evidence of how
the unexpected may sometimes influence
national result. But l. it absolute GER
tainty that those two circumstances were
actually powerful is commonly sup
posed? DIR. Burchards remark found no
defenders anywhere. Thousands of Roman
Catholics paid not the slightest attention to
it They worked and voted for Mr.. Blaine
as though it had never been made Some of
the most eminent members of that COM
munion in the United States refused to hold
Mr.. Blaine responsible for the outgiving of
a chance caller. The truth is that Mr..
Blaine running under the handicap of
a serious split in his party. which cost him
heavily in New York. But, even as matters
stood. he came within an ace of carrying
the state and according to the belief of
many people he did carry it and was cheat
ed out of his own in the count.
But, whatever the weight of those two
circumstances may have been, history does
not in such matters repeat itself. If a sur
prise of any kind is coming in this race it
will be a surprise of original order. We
may be sure that 1t will not be a copy or
pale imitation OF something that has gone
before. And SO well advised are the people
now as to the whole situation that we may
expect them to vote according to the case
as it is today made up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-29
Water Waste,

General Wilson, the chief of engineers
REEVES the question of water waste in the
District by his reference to the matter in
the course OF his annual report He doss
not apparently indorse the Recommendation
'hat the trouble be cured by the adoption
OF meters, but inferentially approves the
recommendation of the officer in charge or
the aqueduct that new conduit be laid 70
relieve the pressure. There is no doubt
whatever that, as General Wilson saws
There Is a reckless waste of water in the
DISTRICT Those who deny the need of 'ap-
plying the meter system forcibly to the
private consumer admit that there is far
more water taken from Great Falls than is
reasonably required by the capital Ii is
hrmly believed and practically proved that
a very large proportion of the waste occurs
In the governments own premises, where
the water is used with extravaganza no.
where else to be found. The advocates of a.
general and compulsory system of meters
adduce statistics to show that Washing
ton is more prodigal of its water supply
than any other city. This may be true,
and yet the resident householder may be
innocent of waste, may, in fact, use less
than the householder in other cities No
where else in this country is there a single
consumer whose waste is so great as that
of the government.
II the filtration system about to be es-
omy, as General Wilson suggests. some
method Of restriction may assurediy be de-
sirable. But that system should attack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-29
Election WaRers,

There's little to do but wait, just now,
For care to fade from the troubled brow;
Or else for the brow to make more room
For that mournful shade of election gloom.
1 guessed and figured the best 1 can,
And bet my cash like a little man.
And some one, when this elections Ger,
VIII be happier than he was before.
With brand-new hat and a brand new
suit
And money to scatter free;
While the incense floats from a fine
cheroot
Oh, wonder which twill be!
oh, some may dance when the fiddlers play
And toll to make up the fiddlers' pay
And I'm waiting to see, with an anxious
glance,
If my turn is coming to toll or dance.
VIII l revel in bliss without alloy
Or try to smile at another's joy?
For 1T really is comfort great
To know that some one will feel first rate
With brand-new hat and brand-new
suit,
And money to scatter free;
While the incense floats from a fine
cheroot-
Oh, wonder which twill be!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-29
ChfcagO's Post Office.

The governments building bureau, which
had Washington guessing about it's new
post office for several years. now has Chi
cago on the ragged edge of apprehension and
| impatience. The local experience Is almost
being duplicated in the windy city. Urg-
ent citizens are counting the workmen and
| estimating the probable length Of time the
construction will require just did the
Washingtonians few years ago. The Tri-
bune calculates that at the present rate
of progress persons living in 1927 may hope
to see the building finished. Work was be-
gun in 1897. and it is estimated that about
one-tenth of the way toward completion has
been covered.
There Is much more excuse in the Chicago
case than in that of this city. Chicago has
! been troubled by strikes for some months
past. The post office itself came in for d-
rect assault by the labor organizatio
There has been almost total tie-up of all
| lines of building industry. Now the troubles
are settled in the main and the hopes of the
J citizens to live until the building is COM
| pleted are revived.
| In any case the Westinghouse hope that
| Chicago will be better satisfied with its
| building when it is finished than the capt.
| tai has reason to be with the local structure.
! If delays bring many changes and con-
| fusing complications to the Chicago enter
| prise as they did to that here the result
| will be deporable indeed. 1t was hoped
| that the Chicago building, being erected
under the provisions of the Tarsney law,
which gives the outside architect a chance
| to display his skill, would prove a notable
| exception to the rule which has prevailed
in this country for many years, that gov
eminent buildings are excessively costly in
| time and money and are generally unsatis-
| factory in style and excellence of construc-
| ton. 1t remains to be what discount
must later be made for the influence of the
strike, before the Chicago building may be
accepted as a type of what the new law
| can produce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-29

The resumption of work in most of the
anthracite coal mines today ought to be
followed in short order by renewal of the
coal supply in this city. which has dropped
almost to the vanishing point. When the
strike was ordered. with every prospect of
a long duration. fears were expressed on all
sides that great suffering would ensue
among the people dependent upon this
source Of supply for their fuel. In view of
the approach Of the cold season. But by
good management the strike has been end
ed earlier than was feared and by good
fortune the weather has been exceptionally