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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
A JerObOam.
From Cassell

From Cassells Magazine.
jeroboam is reputed to be the largest
wine bottle known. 1t resembles an ordi-
nary champagne bottle very much magni-
fed, but 1t is now rarely seen, for mer-
chants like them not-they are too risky.
A breakage or crack in the cork would
mean eight times the loss of an ordinary
bottle. Some unknown wit in past years
dubbed such large bottles jeroboams from
the name OF the Hebrew king who made
Israel to sin. There was SO much wine in
the big bottles that they caused people to
be drunken. for bottle once opened could
not be closed, and the name has stuck.
though the bottle has almost gone. Mag
NUNS may be more frequently seen. They
are equal to two ordinary bottles and COM
mand the price Of two. and are used for
fine clarets. champagnes and hochs Dou-
Bile magnums, again, contain as much as
four ordinary bottles. But the tendency is
to avoid altogether the use Of large bot
ties, and to keep the ordinary sizes. SIX of
which contain a gallon. e. about twenty
six and half fluid ounces each. With
some wines. bottled abroad. the tendency
Is to use smaller bottles still. The worthy
householder. therefore, who thinks he has
purchased certain light foreign wines very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26

Sibe
From Bradstreet's.

The soil of the greater portion Of the
grain region of Russia and Siberia is well
known in that country as the "Chernozem"
or "black earth" 1t is broad belt of
prairie coo to 100 miles in average width,
beginning in Hungary and extending north
eastward to the Ural mountains, and then
eastward into Siberia to unknown boun-
daries. On the north and the west are
the gray forest lands" and on the south
and west are salt and alkaline districts ard
sandy wastes. and finally the Caucasus and
the Ural mountains By both chemical and
mechanical analysis the soil is shown to be
remarkably similar to that Of our own
prairies, also commonly known by the
similar term of "black loam.'' The
depth is. on an average. probably
a little greater than that of our
prairie soil. From a chemical stand
point the soils of the two regions are
similarly characterized % by an excep-
tionally large amount of thoroughly humi-
fled organic matter; C9 by the presence of
an unusual proportion of phosphoric acid;
and CS) by great amount. comparatively,
of lime, potash and other alkalies. These
soils are, therefore, alkaline. while many
others, especially of forest regions. are
acid 1t is well known that the substances
thus more abundant in these soils than in
others are just those usually needed by the
wheat plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
III
The Hurrying Hours.

How often the thought comes home to me,
As the moments hurry AWAY.
OF the many things I intend to do
Somehow some time. some day.
There are promises that have not been kept,
Though l always meant TO he true,
But time Is too short for all the things
That u body intends to do
l will answer a letter, or read hook
will write a bit Of rhyme:
/ will do the things that ought to do.
Some day when l have the time.
So l look beyond. as l hope and plan
For the days that just ahead.
While the day that is here goes into the grave
With Its opportunities dead.
Today Is the only day have.
OF tomorrow can't be sure;
To seize the chance IL comes along
Is the way to make II secure.
For every year Is a shorter year.
And this Is a truth sublime.
moment misspent Ii q jewel lost
From the treasury Of time.
ARTHUR LEWIo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
UNKNOWN PARTS OF CANADA.
A Big Region of Country That Has
Never Been Explored.


From the Syracuse Post Standard.
Charles A. Brambie of Montreal. civil
engineer employed by the Canadian govern
ment in surveying unexplored parts OF the
province of Quebec and now visiting this
city. talks interestingly of his explorations
and of the vast amount of game found.
During the past winter he traversed from
Alaska to Lake Teunscaminique, 100 miles
from Ottawa. The work of surveying the
country is done mostly in winter, but Mr..
Bramble intends returning June 1. He will
spend the summer in hunting as well as
exploring He has been engaged in civil
engineering work in Canada for twenty
years, and says that civilization In the
northern part of Quebec has been extended
slowly. Dense forests of pine and spruce
are all that can be seen and the land is
not fit for farming.
Indians constitute the meager population.
They are harmless. half-breed variety. and
live peacefully, never creating disturbance
for the Canadian government. There is
colony of Engl!shmen at the head OF Lake
Teunscaminique who devote themselves 10
fishing and hunting. OF late during the
summer there have been hunting parties in
the region.
American spectators have leased plots OF
timber land 100 miles square from the gov
eminent. Mr.. Bramble says the pine has
been found to be the best yet discovered
for the manufacture of pulp. A pulp mill
is to be erected at Mattawa.
The climate is cold in winter and warm
in summer. Mr.. Bramble says the four sea-
sons are about week behind those of this
district. a person can live cheaply In the
district said the explorer. Moose Is album
dant. and the principal subsistence of the
natives. Wild ducks are undisturbed as
they are too small game for the natives
The Canadian government Will send an
expedition to the extreme northern part OF
the province next winter in search of min
erals. because of recent discoveries by some
of its engineers. 1t Is thought that gold
and diamonds are to be had in the HUDSON
bay vicinity.
There is a territory as large as Ireland.
said Mr.. Brambe lin the center OF CANADA
that no civilized man has ever explored.
Nothing is known of that part. even 10
whether it is inhabited. The Canadian
government is working industrially in this
direction and has many engineers and men
engaged for the purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
San FrnnciscO's Sanitary Difficulty.
From the Philadelphia Record. .

rom The PtlIaleIphiA RECORD.
Because of the terror inspired among the
ignorant Chinese residents in San Francisco
by the proposal of the health authorities of
that city to inoculate them with prophy-
Tactic against bubonic plague it has been
decided to abandon the attempt. The ter
rified Cinnamon simply shut up their stores.
left business to take care of itself and bar
ricaded themselves against the invading in
oculators. They believed ii was a scheme
to poison them and get rid Of them. Against
this passive but resolute resistance neither
threats nor argument awaited. The author
tiles might burn the Chinese quarter in
San Francisco if the plague should gain a
foOthoid there, was done In Honolulu
but any less heroic means of battling with
the disease would be impracticable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
Awakening a Taste for Corn.

From the Chicago Record.
Several attempts have been made in Eu-
rope by private persons and by agents Of
the United States government to popuiarize
maize-commonly called Indian corn in this
country-as an article of human food These
efforts have met with some success. as has
been shown by the fact that in Italy. AUS
tria and other countries in central Europe
considerable quantities of corn are used by
the poorer people. In northern Italy, par.
ticularly, there is a large consumption Of
Indian meal mixed into a pasty substance
known polenta. But most of the corn
heretofore ground for human food in Eu-
rope has been the product Of the soil where
1t has been consumed; and, although the
export of maize to foreign countries from
America has increased enormously in the
last few years. it Is believed that the great,
er part of 1t has been fed to animals or
turned into alcohol. rather than used as
food for human beings.
The Inauguration of kitchen devoted to
the cooking of maize in such appetizing
ways as to make 1t attractive and fashion,
of similar endeavors that have been made
at nearly all the preceding worlds fairs. 1t
is hoped that all the visitors at the EXPOSE
ton will be so much pleased at the dishes
made from corn in the government kitchen
as to awaken in them taste for the hith-
erto neglected cereal and induce them to
demand 1t from their grocers and bakers
when they return to their homes. Thence.
1t is believed, will result large increase
in the expectation of corn from this coun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
Grammar in the Public Schools.
From the Chicago Post

Grammar is one thing that cannot be
successfully acquired by absorption. 1t is
true that child,s environment will have
much to do with7hs use of the English Ian
guage. but an understanding of the rules
of grammar Is essential nevertheless. This
is especially true OF apr own language. the
ase pa yh ns With BY SO
exceptions" These must be drilled into
the child. 1t must know what is right and
why it is right . 1t IS not enough that 1t
reading the best. authors and hearing it
properly spoken, FOR Il is then likely to fall
into error at any timsr It speaks correctly
because 1t hears others with whom 1t ASSOC
ciates speak correctly. but 1t cannot detect
a fault as 1t could II given proper instruc-
ton In technical grapmar.
English grammar Should be study-a
real ssudy-i1 the public schools That is
speak correctly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
Irritation of the LIP Causes Cancer.
From the Philadelphia Record.

Cancer OF the lip" a city physician says,
lis caused more frequently than one would
think by the toothbrush. Let me illustrate
this by typical case which I am treating
now. John Blank smoked q good deal. and
to keep his teeth white he cleaned them
hard three times a day with brush whose
bristles were like wire. He brushed a little
patch OF skin from his lower lip. Afterward
he was careful. and the sore spot healed.
But then he forgot and the spot became
sore again. This went on year or SO. Two
days out of the seven this one place in
Banks lip was sore. Finally 1t began to
pain him; 1t hurt all the time: It smarted
even when apparently healed. He would
awake in the night with the sharp pinching
pain there. and the pain was like the clutch
Of a crabs claw. for he had cancer now
cancer due to the irritation which he had
applied thrice daily for a year to that one
SPOT with his stiff-bristled brush"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26

II thou shouldst bid thy friend farewell
But for night though that farewell should be
Press thou his hand In thine; how cansf thou tell
How far from thee
Fate or caprice may lead his feet
Ere that tomorrow come! Men have been known
Lightly to turn the corner of street
And days have grown
To months and months to tagging years.
Before they looked in loving eyes again.
Parting, at best. is underlaid with tears
With tears and pain
Therefore, lest sudden death should come between.
Or time or distance, clasp with pressure true
The palm of him who goes forth. Unseen
Fate goeth too!
Yea hnd thou always time to say
Some earnest word betwixt the idle talk,
Lest with thee henceforth. night and day.
Regret should walk.
MARY EVELYN MOORE DAVIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
Wonderful Memories of the blind


Inc acuteness of their memories seems to
be compensation for the blind. One of
the visitors to the reading room for the
blind in the National Library at Washing
ton expressed desire to learn to use the
typewriter. There was none provided so
Mr.. Hutchinson very kindly sent down his
own. The girl sat down to the machine,
and had explained to her the position Of
the letters and the keyboard slowly read to
her twice. She practiced for few mo-
ments, and then wrote letter in which
there We're only three mistakes. feat
which 1t would be difficult for seeing per-
son to surpass. One afternoon Mrs. Ward,
the Kansas vice regent Of the Mount Yer
non Association. read in the pavilion While
doing so she repeated Iron Quilts we'll
known verses on Dewey's victory. begin
ming oh, Dewey was the morning" Later
In the afternoon one Of the blind listeners
brought TO her a complete copy of ali Of
the verses. which he had remembered from
hearing her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
Wireless Electric Clocks,

The Royal Society held its annual con-
Sersazione at Burlington House, when, as
Usual. large and distinguished company
a. seD,bled to view an interesting collection
OF scientific appliances and inventions.
OF these. perhaps The most remarkable Is
. clock controlled at distance by wireless
biography of the Hertzian wave system
The great potentialities Of the Invention
may be understood when 1t Is explained
that under the conditions which the ex-
hibitor. Mr.. Richard Kerr. F. G. s., pro-
poses. II would be possible for the whole Of
the clocks in London to be simultaneously
adjusted by one clock to which the neces-
sary continuance had been attached To
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
The Smoke Law in Indianapolis.
From the Indianapolis News.


From the indianapolis News.
There is a promise that the smoke ortii-
nance is to be enforced. There have been
intimations of this before. The community
will be pardoned II 1t be somewhat tncredu-
lous on this subject. We hope that events
will show that the ordinance will be en-
forced. If It be not 1t were better for us
that 1t should be repealed. 1t Is public
education In violation Of law to have O
smoke consuming ordinance when In any
direction from the center Of the town 20
the circumference one may see great CHIN
neys pouring out clouds of de1lement IN
violation of the law. and know that no ef-
fort Is made to call a cessation. Examples
of this kind teach the weakness OF law and
the impunity with which 1t may be deael.
It would be better for the community to
have no law than to have such evidence Of
its defiance as people have every dag In The
binding clouds that are beginning our
buildings, befouling the state monument
and rendering life unpleasant for all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26

cheaply would probably find. II he were to
measure the quantity, that he has really
paid high price.
One sound reason for the rare jeroboam
and the little seen double magnum is that
good wine natures best in big bottles.
Nevertheless. we can imagine that in for
mer days a sparkling dinner table might be
furnished forth with the huge bottles to
give promise of plenteous drinking as well
as of well-matured wine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26

render a clock sensitive to the influence OF
the wave system it would be necessary to
affix receiving instrument with a coherer.
an arrangement which might be extended
not only to the public clocks. but to those OF
private residences. Then by means OF a
transmtter established at any point OF the
city 1t would be possible to adjust every
clock in the metropolis by the instantaneous
pressure of button.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26

At one place in England. at least. states
are washed twice day with a disinfecting
fluid. The states of children should be
carefully inspected and great attention
should be paid to the sponges with which
they clean them.
In certain parts of Africa 1t is consid-
cred mark of disrespect to bury out OF
doors at all. Only slaves are treated in
such unceremonious fashion. The honored
dead are buried under the floor Of the
house.
|, There are thirty-three jute mills In India,
employing 94.540 persons. The mills con-
tain 1881 looms and over 27S.OOO spindles
Nearly all Of the mills are In the neigh
borhood of Calcutta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
At the Paris Exposition.

At the FdF1B EXpOaHtIOms
From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Yankee man was he,
And he went to gay Paree
To view the wonders of the exposition;
He had hardly turned around
In the town before he found
His pockets in very limp condition.
The cabby caught him first.
Next he sought to quench his thirst,
And they gave him something picturesque and
pleasant;
That was all he had a chance
To behold do in France
It's supposed that he Is swimming home at present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
On Purple Lille. BY tn. Wall.
From the Chicago Record.

To give her French publicity,
Ny sister calls them '.heur de lis;''
Then mother, who oft talks aIniss.
With quite an air says: "leur de lis;'
While good Aunt Sarah. curt and spruce.
Boasts Of her garden flower de iuce;'
But Uncle John, whose wit ne'er la0B.
Exclaims: Them winner ali mean 6agD."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
For Our Dead-May 3Oth.
linton Scollard in Golfers Weekly


Flowers for de8d'
The delicate wild roses family red:
The valley lily bells purely white
As shines their honor in the vernal Light
All blooms that he
As fragrant their fadeless memory
By tender hands entwined and garlanded,
Flowers for Our Dead,
Praise for dead
For those that followed. and for those that led
Whether they felt Deaths burning accolade
When brothers drew the fratricidal blade,
Or closed undaunted eyes
Beneath the Cuban or Philippine skies!
While waves our brave bright banner overhead,
Praise for Our Dead.
Love for dead,
o hearts that droop and mourn. be comfortedi
The da rksome path through the abyss of pain,
The final hour OF travail not in vain
For Freedoms morning smile
Broadens across the seas from isle to isle.
By reverent lips let this fond word be said
Love for Our Dead!
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1900-07-17
u aus 4tAot
amO 1tmee8en0.

= Rubolpb &ebler, Elm 5armer In
Sieniten pes Mildmannss SoIspl
Sutter bon Dubuque Sopn1bip Be-
bena4ri6tigte perfl. Wo6e bic polisei,
elm Mann Ramens @rob babe ibm feis
ne ubr geitpblen unb nit benz Siebz
itabl in ben Walo sefliidtet. 0ie poz
li5ei fanb ben Mann nit Der ll6r, ipels
he berielbe i'm @eitrdu9 beritedt bate.
= gu 2uremburs purben Serr
stephan Sreimann bon NeusWien u.
SRI. Maria Sriebmann bon 2uremz
burg bon Hep. SberbrDdlins ebeli6 sss
traut.
s.. g. Sranben, peutidsr Mbpotat
unb Notar, 3immer 413 Sffice>9 es
bGube. 9. unb MatnsS traBe.
poliaeimann Yfeffer, pel6er
bon elmer Srau SEEING bei6uloist pors
ben mar, er babe bieielbs bel Grill
lung ieiner @mtspfli6ten grau1am be-
banoelt, ipuroe na6 einem genauen
@srbOr Dor Jrisoensri9ter &sblsr
frsigsipro9sn.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1900-07-17
Observation-Disclosures

SIM 4usi6uIie fir bas 9anSe u1z
feres S%taotratbes purbe am Sonners>
tag QbsnO bsi6lofen, baB r~iiditGnbige
9ebdlter tpie folgt beaablt iperoen iDlz
len: MaDor, 5000; Mari6au, $500;
Stabtz Sngenieur, $500 unb 4ubitor
$500. Wappr 9erg's Sindnatalent
fdeint in leBttr Snitan3 ibm Ielbft bod
nod audi 81 9ute 81 tommen. Sails
bic Serren geamten our 3eit nit ibrer
GntbaltIamteit pruntten, 10 BADEN Tie
llria9e ii9 gu benz gelungenen &unitz
eriff Slid gu pini6en, benn ni6t nur
fonnten tie Dor Dem Publitum als ecu.
te eelten bic nit Der Spariamfeit Bel
fi9 felbit anfangen, ionbsrn jebt baben
fie bic retpas mebr reele" 8efriebiz
sung, baB iie ibre friiberen 8ebdltsr
erbalten. Gs gebt bod ni9ts iiber elm
rfinbiges 5inanaiaenie.")
Ser S6ulratb bate aus @eIunbz
beitsriidii6tsn ben Stabtratb sebeten,
einen QbSu9szGanal an Der Weitz2Os
cuffs traBe ltgen gu lafen. 9agesen
remonitrirten fiinfaebn BETTER bon
gigentbum an iener Strabe. Sa tsin
8ertreter fir bic 8egenpetition Dor
hanben mar, purbe bas 9eIu6 an bas
gpmite fir Candle unb ben Stabtz
antpaIt psrpieien, tpel9e ii9 nun
yorin legen" fperber.
Sas 9eiu9 Der Dubuque Qltar
WRfs. SO. I'm Steuerna9lab, purbe
auf ipGterbin 6uriidgelegt.
Den 8uHerpertzS ruiees tpurbe
@rlaubniB gegeben, einen artsfii6en
Drummer SIDE Der 2incolnz unb Se6Ite
4benue 81 bobren.
Sas 9eiu9 capt. &imbau's UNI
einen 3ui4uB BON 500 fir ben gau
zines Sanbungsplases purbe ao acta
seleet.
s. 80. Su9nipn er6ielt ben gontratt
10 Stabltdfige fir bas Stabtaefdnoz
nib ber5uitetlen, ba Isin Qnae6ot bon
$3.50 bas Hiebrigite mar.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1900-07-17
seratnr 0rar tu0t.

g(us Der Sunbesbauptitaot tpurbe
am peril. Samstag bas Ibleben bes
Senators Sobn 8. Scar 9emelbet.
Gr lit felt lGngerer 3eit an elmer Ser5s
frdntbeit, pel9e ii9 am Samstag 10
Iebr peri9limmerte, Dab er binnen 3
Stunben fir INNER Die 4ugen i6lpB.
Sobn Senrp Scar tpuroe nm Z. IprtI
1926 gu Stbacu, %. g., geboren uno
iiebelte ipGter na9 Burlington, Sa.,
iiber. Sierielbft ipuroe er am %. Sas
nlar 1894 als Senator bes Staates
Soma in ben Gongreb sepGblt. @uber
Der Satin, binterlGbt er nod 5pei
SD6ter, ndmli9 5rau S. 80. Slptbe,
Satin bes Inpdltes Der Chicago,
burlington &c Quincp Giienbabnges
IeGi9aft unb Srau Sorace Hano, Sat
tin zines prominenter Embellishments
mes BON burlington, ga. 8te ipGter
miteet6eilt tpirb, iperben bic iroii6en
ueberreite bes Senators na6 8urltngz
ton gebru6t perbsn, poIelbit er gun
&ube sebettet tperben tpiro.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1900-07-17

= Der Staa unb S9pber bes Srn,
Nifplaus Steffen bon Ct. &atbarina
i'm bieiigen gcuntp puroe am Sreitaa
Morsen bonn 8libe setrpffen unt
brannten Bis auf ben 8oben nieber.
IS tamen atpei Pferbe unb anbsres
8ieb um uno man9e ~pertbpoqe Older
gerdtbe perbrdnntsn. Der S6lag til
rt9t bart fir Srn. Steffen. Der nun
etlpas 9erii6erung bate.
- gu Sellepue traute perfl. Wo6e
Rep. Sagemann !Serrn Soiepb 9afer
bon Dubuque nit SRI. Srun5istaMpsz
Ter, tpel9e spDlf Sabre lang in &ess
ler's Store in Sprinsbroot arbeitste.
= @erfl. @o9e ftarb babier in ieiz
ner Wpbnung an Der Gouler Ipenue
Der beitbetannte Serr Peter Rutb.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1900-07-17
Snh uuo Gcroerbcn i'm Sturme.

Gin Gturm, pie er felt Sabrsn nt9t
beftiger porgetummen 1T, fe9te Don't
rerstaq Ratt iiber bieie 9egeno bin.
Gs ftel 1.73 3pG &eg.n. Der 8ltB
1i6tete in Der Stabt groBen S6aosn
an. Oas Saus BON Sobn Mcauilan
purbe getroffen unb Die IA Sabre alte
Sp6ter apia, pdbreno lie i'm Bette
fblief, eri9ldgen.
9egen 5 ubr Mprgens traf Der
8ltbitrabl bds !6arls, pur6orang Das
Dad, seriplitterte Die Shire oss
@6lafsimmsrs, in tpeldem SRI. Wecs
9uinan in einem 9ette nit ibrer Gous
fine geQie S6ort bon Qnamoia lag.
rib ungefGbr cine Yaro bes Wanoleba
mes al, unb fiel auf's Sett, oura5oe
bic ra6te Settle pes gan5en &Drpers
Der ssrl. Short, pel6e augenblidlif
bonn S6mer5e obnmG9tig puroe uni
febte oann arf SRI. McNuiaan iib:r
beren Sera er traf unb beren S6ultsrr
er entIebli6 p%erbrdnnte. Sas W&do'
den erbob ii6 i'm Bette unb i9rie ben
ms 3immsr geeiltsn 8ruber bGnoe,
rinsenb entgegen: rSobann, i9 iterbe!'
ipDrauf iie als 2ei9e an bic Sett
ibrer betGrbten Gouiine auf's Bet
fisl. SRI. Sbort pirb ben S3lol
iiberleben. Die 10 plOBli4 gu Sob
gefommene SRI. McQuiGan ib:rlebel
Elm 8ruoer unb cine S9peiter.
sSGmmtli6s elettrif9e 3t6tz uni
giienbabnz@ nldgen purben bei6doigt
FARMER beri6ten iiber i9pere 8erlu
fte. Man6e iagen, buB p~enigitens pi
!SGlfte Der Ssuernte Derborben lei. &!
ipurben mebrere StGae bonn 8lib ger
itDrt unb piel 8ieb getDotet.