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Evening star., 1901-10-04
Hawks Wanted a Testimonial
Sites for Cordage Factory.


Senator Cockrell asked about Colonel
Heistand's inquiry regarding sites for
cOrdage factory
Il telegraphed TO General Otis It is the
only thing in the whole matter that has
gwen me any concern" said Colonel Heis-
Senator Cockren read the cablegram, as
follows:
Charge to War Department
Government rate.
official Business.
War Department Telegram
War Department Telegraph Office,
Washington, ID. c..
Received July 27, 1899.
To Otis. Manila: '' i0''
Is there procurable near Manila, on deem
water. accessible by spur track to railroad
manufacturing site twenty acres; probable
cost. HEISTAND
Western Union Telegraph Company.
The answer, which was also read was as
follows: 80
MANILA, August 1. 1899.
ASwar tAdjutant General, War Depart
meno, Washington:
Number OF available sites between Bacoor
and Cavite We'll protected. permitting build
ing OF wharves to deep water-about twen-
ty-four feet Price depends upon Vicinity
to villages, and now iuctuating Otis
These were official cablegrams and the
government paid for them?' said Senator
Cockrell.
II presume they were" replied Colone,
Heistand- Il never paid for them 1 wrote
the cablegram, gave 1t to my messenger.
told him II was private message to make
no copy Of II and TO mark It for an answer
AT the end of the month 1t was the habit
TO mark up those cablegrams that were
official. After had left Washington I was
afraid had gone away without paving for
the eablegram II was the only thing that
gave me concern
Did you show this cablegram to any,
body else? asked Senator Burrows
ITO Mr.. Meikletohn. I asked him if he
thought 1t would be all right to address
Gen Otis, and he said yes, IL 1t was a
private message No one else saw the ca
blegram. unless my messenger looked at
II as he took II down the hall"
Hawks was continually pecking away
about colonelcy In the army and he never
let up till all the vacancies had been filled.
Then he wanted me to go TO Gen Corbin
about 1t. The first intimation / received
thai he had secured an appointment to a
civil position was In postscript to a letter
fro1i my attorneys. Dudley & Miehener"
You had no knowledge of how he got
that appointment" asked Senator Cock
rell.
None whatever"
Did Not Pay for CabIeEram.
You did not pay for the cablegram sent
to Otisr' asked Senator Burrows.
Il forgot IL, senator" said Col. Heistand.
Evening star., 1901-10-04
Martin MADDEN. Ambition.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. October 4.-Mart;n
s. Madden of Chicago has stated to a per-
sonal friend that he had withdrawn as can
didate for the United States Senate, but
would be candidate for Congress in 1902
Evening star., 1901-10-04

Edward Downey, colored. was today con-
vfcted In the Police Court Of assaulting
Mary Smith by throwing her down stairs,
and Judge Scott fined him $40, with sixty
days In jail as the equivalent
Evening star., 1901-10-04
one whatever"

Did Not Pay for CabIegram.
You did not pay for the cablegram sent
to Otis?"' asked Senator Burrows.
Il forgot IL, SENATOR" said Col. Heistand
Evening star., 1901-10-04
Condition Unchanged.

No material change has taken place in
the condition of Mr.. Walter d. Dayidge
during the past twenty-four hours. This
afternoon he was reported as resting easily
and as holding his own.
Evening star., 1901-10-04
Childrem's and r1isses' Wear.

Chldrens Muslin Gowns extra good quality,
have cambria rufties: sizes to s ZSC.
years. Special price. ce.............-. 9OSo
Misses and Chdren's School Aprons, made
Of white India linen; styles; some ~
trimmed with lace and embroidery; ZSN
Evening star., 1901-10-04

% III TeldtlOQ TO
MS negotiations with Fling, Eddy & Co
Witness said he did not receive the let
ter from Colonel Heistand now lost until
Germ" letter of July 13, 1899. Re1ying to
Senator Cockrell. witness said that when
Mr. De Buys made the remark about re-
ceiving advance information he said he
would try to get such information and
make the $4,000
Evening star., 1901-10-04

MISSES And CHILDREN'S WORsTED AND
waists neatly trimmed with fancy
szas srald and I'd Tgies ri extra gae skirts WC
CHHDREN'S FANCY EIDERDOwN co.rs
5Fin%sS maasSs With 9Ssd ysa4, and tut ssss 80c
Evening star., 1901-10-04
GOLDENBERGS
Ribbons.

ALL-SIL.K FANCY TAFFETA Ribbons, in
light blues, pink. white and maize, about
. inches wide. for fancy work. bows. etc. Sc
Regular 1oc. value; Saturday, yard. 49,. 0No
Evening star., 1901-10-04

Prerequisite to Education.
The kindergarten is now universally re-
garded as prerequisite to modern educa-
tion. The German-American kindergarten
and preparatory school at 1911 New Hamp-
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
THE BEST COSMETIC.
diciOusly Applied with =
Wooden Cloth,

"There is no cosmetic equal to hot
water and a woolen rag" says a
bright, rosy matron of 50, who for
many years has used no other. Every
night and morning give my face a
thorough washing with piece of
white flannel in hot water. Once in a
great while use soap, but not often,
as I have found the hot water, per-
sistently used, very satisfactory. If
the skin has not been exposed to a
great amount of dust the water may
be merely sopped upon the face at
night, as once a day is often enough
for the scrub. After the hot bath
dash on a liberal quantity of cold wa
ter with the hands, until the skin
fairly glows. This is the cheapest
and most wonderful cosmetic known.
A month Of such treatment will trans
form any complexion. My skin is
much iairer and roster than when I
was 20. I had naturally a poor COM
plexion, coarse and muddy. I tried
many remedies, but they were unsat-
isfactory,> until one day an old lady
whose skin I always had admired
for its youthful appearance, gave me
her recipe. I tried it faithfully, and
before lc1g saw with delight that
my complexion was clearing.'- Phila-
delphia Telegraph. r<
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
KEEPING MEAT FRESH.
Treatment That Will Keep Beef, Pork
or sausage Palatable for
Long Time.

, To keep fresh beef, pork or sausage
all summer, prepare as for the table;
fry very lightly. pack closely in glass,
stone or tin fruit jars, cover with hot
lard, seal and set away When wanted
for use, open the jar and set where the
lard will melt, then take out as much
meat as is needed, reseal the jar and
set away again. This is much better
than covering with lard in open jars,
as the meat is almost sure to get
strong in warm weather and always
does after a jar is opened if not used
at once, but when sealed it keeps in
definitely.
When pouring on the hot lard care
must be taken not to break glass jars
or to unsolder tin ones, and the lard
should not be boiling. Those who have
sealed fruit with cotton batting and
know how admirably it keeps, may per-
haps prefer to use straight, open
mouthed, gallon stone jars for the
meat, as they would be little more
convenient than smaller fruit Jars. II
covered first with heavy paper, cut
just to fit, then with two layers of cot
ton batting tied on securely, and over
all stout cloth or paper to prevent the
cotton being torn, it will keep a. we'll
as when regularly sealed, and meats
thus treated will be as palatab;e late IN
the. summer as though freshly butch
ered-Rural World. y. "a: 1 !. >. .sS., ss.s,.. {,
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
HOMEMADE HAY RACK.

front piece that being elevated about
six or eight inches on corner posts,
d, of two by three-inch stuff which can
be made with long pin-like tenon
which serves to hold the load on the
corners. These posts are bolted Sc
curely to side sills. This elevation
gives free action to front wheels while
turning. Four pieces, e, one by eight
inches make side projection each side
of the rack. Four pieces, +, of five
eighth by eight inches, with probably
double lemons on each end make the
bow or arch over hind wheels.
Two standards, 6, one and quarter
by four inches, cut tapering and bolt
ed to side sills in such a manner as to
fold down when not in use, serve to
anchor the back end of load. Any
kind of a device can be used on front
end to hold the lines. A single post or
two pieces fastened to side sil]s and
inclining together toward top with two
or three cross pieces framed in, will
answer. when binding on the load. A
tight bottom can be placed within to
save grain that shells while handling.
R. O. Logan, in Farm and Home.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
TOO HONEST FOR. SOCIETY.
This Incident Shows That 1T Ia Not
Always Expedient to Speak
the Plain Truth,

A demure little maid who has had
much experience in society made the
customary New Years resolutions at
the beginning of the new century, but,
unlike some of her sisters, announced
the intention of using a good deal OF
flattery in her intercourse with her
associates in the future, says Chicago
exchange.
"You may talk about honesty and
sincerity all you wish," she said to a
friend, ''but neither of these qualities
makes one popular. The popular girl
is she who always has something nice
to say whether she means it or not.
Perhaps I've been little too blunt in
my frankness, but at all events the
cooling dove couldn't be gentler than
1 will appear in 1901.
Honesty is the best policy in busi-
ness. In society I'm not sure it ism t
the worst. As preliminary and by
way of practice let me tell you that
you're looking remarkably we'll to-
night. Your frock is a dream and your
eyes are like stars. You're delight to
my eyes and. the JOY of my heart.
'Of course, won't apply my compli-
ments quite as thickly as that in the
majority of cases, but I'm going to put
in artistic touches whenever I think
the subject will stand it," And then
she dashed away, intent on her new
role and quite unconscious that he1
last words contained any reflection
upon the sagacity of her listener.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
MAID CAUGHT A BURGLAR.
How q Discreet New York Servant
Adroitly Brought the Police
Patrol.

A rather curious method of burglar
catching was resorted to by an in
genious maid servant recently in New
York. While in pursuit of her house.
hold duties the maid noticed q mans
foot inside the clothes closet. She
did not scream, neither did she jump
at the door, nor shut it with bang;
instead she took broom and began
to sweep that corner of the room
near the closet. Her approach was
gradual, and the sweeping was done
so naturally that it would not have
aroused the most suspicious burglar.
At last the broom brushed the door
gently, but hard enough to close it
to the fraction of an inch. With
five or six more gentle sweeps that
closet door was shut and almost
latched, which she at length sue
ceeded in doing by gently pressing
her arm against it.
AS the telephone in her house was
so near the closet that the burglar
would be able to hear her if she called
for assistance, she bethought herself
of another plan. In the back yard
some telephone linemen were at the
time making repairs on wire that
runs to another house in the block.
She went out and spoke to them.
They promptly tapped wire, at
tached testing instrument and
called up one of the downtown ex-
changes, which in turn called up po-
lice headquarters. From there the
call was sent to the police station
nearest the house and two policemen
we're sent around and got the man.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15

cause they must. They obey it under
protest. They choose to have no
politics until they have their "rights."
Other women, through selfshness or
ignorance, hug their personal COM
forts to their hearts. They either
do not care for others good or do
not know how politics touch the
home and the woman and the child
in it.
Other women believe that ours is
the best government under the sun
that American manhood is of the
highest type yet developed; that
American standards for woman,
though not ideal, are the noblest
yet produced; that under this gov
ernment and in the civilization of
which it is part woman possesses
wider opportunity for personal devel-
opment and for pure and happy fam
lily life than in any other land.
The best women, those of widest
information and deepest study, serve
the government as best they can un-
der the limitations which men put
upon them. They do not one whit
resign their claim to larger oppor-
tunity and higher service; they are
conscious of the injustice of their
present relation to politics; they be-
lieve that at the close of the twenti-
eth century these distorted views OF
political ethics relating to women
will have passed away, and that the
republic shall then be established on
the sure foundations of equal justice
to all.
For myself beg to say that, keen
ly as I feel the injustice which the
limitations of my political status i'm.
pose, I'd rather be a woman citizen
of the United States in the twentieth
century-though disfranchised-than
be a queen under any other flag
]. Ellen Foster, in Chicago Times.
Herald.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
DURABLE HAY RACK.
Wagon, Especially When Made
Very Nearly Flat.

The dull winter season is good time
to prepare for summer rush work.
One of the jobs which should be done
carefully, without hurry, is the max
ing of hay rack. The rack portrayed
herewith is in one piece, bolted solidly
together. This style is particularly
adapted to low down wagon or one
with front wheels three feet two inches
and hind wheels three and one-half
feet in height. It can be made very
nearly fat when used on this style of
wagon. It can be made of any desired
length or width, according to the fancy
of the user. The side sills, a, for low
wagon can be made of two by six
inches stuff or Of two by eight inches
for the common high wheel farm
wagon. The four pieces, b, are of two
by four by six feet long. The four
pieces, c, are of one and one.quarter
by four by 40 inches long. These are
bolted through and also through the
sills, longer ones, b, on top, shorter, or
c, underneath. One bolt holds both
pieces. This 10 done with all but the
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
CHEAP ICE HOUSE.
It Can he Built for Fifteen Dollars,
e1d Will. Answer All Ordinary
Farm Purposes.

At very little expense an ice house
can be constructed that will hold and
keep well all the ice needed for any
farmers family. We are using q
small cheap building that keeps the
ice as well as one we built 20 years
ago, that cost four times as much.
Some farmers have an idea that they
must forego this luxury, when almost
any kind of shed will preserve the
ice very well, provided it is properly
packed. Our present ice house is
built a. cheaply as possible, and took
less than a days work in construc-
tion. The cut shows the plan of the
framework. We used white oak poles
set into the ground about two feet.
Some cheap hardwood bill stuff of
2x4 and 2x6 pieces were used for
plates, nail ties, braces and rafters.
A fair grade of pine stock boards, IL
inches wide, were used for siding.
The siding Was nailed on the inside
of the poles, horizontally, better to
resist lateral pressure from the packed
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
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IS FRR{$psaE4|}g "a s. y
M9fEy2SlEzaqIltlxg qEtl
WOMAN IN POLITICS.
the President Of the Woman's
Republican Association.

Long before the twentieth century
shall have passed women very gen.
orally will have found out that civil
government is the most comprehen-
sive form of human association, and
therefore the most effective human
agency for protecting human rights
and promoting human happiness.
Women will know that the ordi-
nary instincts of maternity and the
higher intellectual and spiritual pur-
poses of motherhood may be hindered
or may be helped by the caprices of
rulers and the will of governments,
and that according to the measure of
woman's concern for her child and
for her family and for her own de-
velopment she should desire to be put
in the most influential relation to
government.
The fathers, brothers, husbands and
sons of women will then scorn or pity
the men of to-day, who base their
estimate of woman's value to the
government on her supposed physical
weakness, her claimed mental inferi-
ority and the supposed limitations of
her femininity.
A hundred years from now govern
ment will have emerged from the
dominance of materialities; the
dream of doctrinaries that the golden
rule should reign in law as it now
does in morals will then be realized ;
the full stature o. manhood shall have
been so far attained that the incident
of sex will not differentiate the exer-
else of political activities and the
discharge of political duties.
Woman's present relation to gov
ernment-"politics'' is government in
action-is a practical contradiction
of the declarations of constitutional
liberty. Woman is taxed, but not
represented; she is governed without
her consent.
Many women 50 keenly feel the
humiliation of their political status
that they submit to the expressions
of man-made government simply be-
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
Biz Money in Small Farms.

The small sized farm is the sort of
farm have always had faith in, believ-
ing that good living and pleasant
home can be had thereon with less
worry and contention than on the
large farm ,and the tendency seems to
be to decrease the size of the farms
from what they have been nearly. all
over the land. AS time goes on and the
population of our country becomes
more dense this will probably be the
case in larger degree than it is at
present. I believe in more thorough
working of the soil-intensive farm
ing, if you please. That is the kind that
is the most profitable without doubt.
National Stockman. -: Hi: :.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
FRAME AND ROOF BOARD.

fee and sawdust A better grade of
stock boards, one foot wide, furnished
a good roof. Such board roof should
be made quite steep, to shed water,
and, with kerfs cut on each edge,
makes almost perfect roof.
The cut shows how the kerfs are
cut, one-half inch wide and three
eighths of an inch deep. The roof
boards should be dressed on their up
per surface, and the kerfs should be
cut at least three-fourths of an inch
from each edge. The mill operator
sets the buzz saw out of line on the
mandren shaft just right to make a
half-inch "wabble" Nail the roof
boards on each edge, outside the
kerfs, and drive one nail in the Gen.
ter Of the board, as shown in cut.
Our ice house cost us less than SIS,
and will last as long, and keep ice just
as well, as one costing 500 or more.
j. H. Brown. in Rural New Yorker.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
Ekeepiny the Soil Fertile.

We not only must add fertility to the
soil, but also keep it so clean from foul
weeds that the fertility shall not be
exhausted in the growing of useless
and harmful things. In brief, note
what can be done to clean the land, and
to keep it clean. The sweeping drag
will kill many weeds in even small
grain, when properly used. It is a
wonderfully efficient help in the corn
field. Sheep husbandry is a great ad-
junct in making and keeping a farm
clean. Rotation of crops by which
some years we can smother many
weeds. is another great help. The
growing of grass tends to do this to a
great extent, save only in such excep-
tions as found in weed seeds that have
an oily covering like the mustard
Rural World.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
ICE IS i NECESSITY.
The Farner Who H~s Once Pst %
. Crop OF 1t VIII DO 50 Eysry
= Year Thereafter.

Although the storing Of ice has been
urged often. the subject is quite time
~ now, and the advice given to every
one to put up ice for next summers
use will not be out of place. The idea
that ice is only luxury is . back
number" with those who have had ice
for several years; to them it has be-
come q necessity. With its use tho
butter can be kept solid, the milk kept
sweet, victs.h kept palatable from one
meal to another, and the family can
enjoy ice cream without purchasing
it or without going miles perhaps to
buy q chunk of ice. The idea Of buy
ing ice as cheaply as it can be put up
is mistaken one, and the calculation
being made to buy ice the coming sum-
mer simply means that We will do with
out it.
It is not essential to have a house
built on purpose for the storing of ice.
We once stored q block of ice eight
feet square and about ten feet high,
and after the block was finished we
built a square of rails around it, put
ting straw in the cracks to hold the
sawdust, placed cover of boards over
it, and the ice kept quite well.
In storing ice we always cut the
blocks in size to fill the house to within
q foot from the walls, and pace in the
same position as it is taken out of the
water; this makes every layer quite
level and it is much less labor than
when We set up on edge as some recon.
mend, and it will keep fully as we'll
After each layer the joints should be
filled with snow or pounded ice, or saw.
dust will do about as we'll. lamp saw.
dust as solid as possible around thu
sides and over the top. Watch your
ice closely during the spring month.
for this is really the most critical time;
if air passages are formed through The
sawdust, the ice will melt very rapidly
and by the time you wish to com
mence to use it, it may have melted
away considerably.
When using ice remove the top laye,
entirely before taking off the second
Try putting up quantity Of ice thi:
winter and see if you wish to do with
out it again.-Jacob Dickman, in Ohio
Farmer,
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
SWEET CORN PATCH.
One Trial Will Convince Any INTEL
ligent Farmer That He Cannot
Do without 1t.

No farmer knows the advantages de-
rived from a good patch of sweet corn
until he has tried it. When he has once
had patch, he is very curious farm
er, indeed, if he fails to plant in after
years. 1t is not only good for table
use, but most excellent for helping out
the pastures and keeping up the flow
of milk. It is also good for hogs. They
will devour it, stalks and all, unless
fed too much at a time. They will
chew up the stalks, taking all the
juice out and leaving nothing but the
fiber. It is one of the cheapest ways
of making pork. But if you feed too
much hogs will eat the ears first, and
leave too much of the stalks.
Sweet corn can be planted from the
1st of May to the 4th of July with
safety. The late planting should be
some of the earlier sorts, such as Early
Minnesota. But the early planting,
up to the middle of June, may be Sto-
wells Evergreen. The latter variety
makes q very large crop of fodder,
with long, broad leaves, and large ears
with deep grains. This variety can
not be cut and put in very large shocks,
unless it is quite ripe, as it will mold.
I have found no sweet corn, let it be
ever so dry, that will stand stacking OF
putting in mows in large quantities.
1t must be left out in the shock, and
drawn in only as fast as fed.
1t is best suited for cutting and feed
ing in the green state, and for conven-
fence should be planted near where it
is to be fed. We use wheelbarrow for
hauling it, leaving it out in the field
where it will be handy. The feeding
is quickly done, and is cheaper than
pasture. 1t is good plan to have some
temporary racks to feed in, or the COWS
will sometimes muss it over and not
eat it up clean. We sometimes use a
large box, not so high but that the
cows can eat from it, but high enough
to keep them from stepping into it,
I. y. Cowdrey, in Agricultural Epito'
mist.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15

noble and generous-hearted girl. The
first and second days of the battle
she spent in carrying water to the
soldiers on the firing line and help
ing to care for the sick and wounded.
Early in the morning of July 3,
1868, she was busy in the kitchen
getting wood to heat the old-fash-
ioned brick oven to bake bread for
the soldiers. While thus employed
she was called to the kitchen door,
and as she went there was the whirr
of a bullet from sharpshooter's rifle
and the brave girl dropped dead, shot
through the heart.
On the evening of the same day,
while the smoke of the battle still
hung over Gettysburg, she was bur-
led by the soldiers she had so ably
assisted. Her coffin was one that
had been perpared for a confederate
colonel who had also died that day.
Every year on Memorial day her
grave is decorated with flowers and
American flags.