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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Ladies' 81 & S1.25 wrappers, 55c

Another lot of ladies' heaviest and
best quality of percale wrappers; trim
med with ruffies and braid. full width
skirts and most perfectly made gar
ments: the regular 81 and sl.25 sort
to go for SIC
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

The Commissioners yesterday accepted
the proposal Of II. f. Burgess, the low
est bidder for the construction of q re-
ceiVing ward at Washington Asylum Hos
pItal The price bid was 81. 81
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Mems usual 81 pants, 81.

lot of first quality Dickeys allwool cashmere
men which the best 81 values to be had will be cl
day at 81 pair.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

II. Boswell & Co., in consideration of
the test in Baltimore of a boiler con-
structed for the Washington Harbor boat
in which the boiler was ruined. have ask
ed for an extension of the time of the
contract, and the Commissioners grant
ed them 100 days.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

l. c. Rines has requested permission Of
the Commissioners to hang flag on II
Street. between Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth Streets northwest. TO aid In the
decoration OF his hotel in connection with
inaugural week
Upon the recommendation Of the Major
and Superintendent OF Police the appIicss-
ton was yesterday granted.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
$3.50 skirts. S4.9S.

Lot OF ladies black cheviot skirts
trimmed with three bands of stitched
satin also plain pebble cheviot and
black cheviot skirts: fun width; al
$3.50 values for $4.98.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Youths odd pants. 99c.

Lot of youths pants which have be-
come broken from suits of clay di-
agonal, check cheviot, serges, chevi-
OTIS. for 9ac.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

The Commissioners decided today to ask
for proposals to build an eight room
schoolhouse on the east side of Half
Street between n and o Streets south
west. The proposals are TO close al noon
March q
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

The members of the Committee on Pub
lie Order. upon the recommendation of the
Major and Superintendent of Police, yes
teriay commissioned additional prlvates
of police. for duty in connection with the
inaugural ceremonies from yesterday I'M
I'll March Z, inclusive
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Ladies' 81 underskirts, 39c.

Lot of ladies' colored and black I'M
derskirts with pleated f1ounces and
plain corded ruffies which are 81 val
ues to go for a9c
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Boys long pants suits, S3.9S.

Lot of young mems long pants suits
of mixed cheviots and cassimeres In
sizes Ice to 19c some Of which will fit
small men: regular $3.50 values, for
S39S.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

Commissioners Ross and mcfarland
spent some time at the Capitol yesterday
looking after various District matters.
One of them was the amendment offered
in the Senate to appropriate s1oO,OOO for
the Memorial Bridge. The Commission
ers are all much Interested in that pro-
1ect, and they think that the appropria-
ton of the amount named to start the
enterprise would be wise on the part OF
Congress.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

The Commissioners yesterday approved
and returned to the President for his con-
sideration joint resolution ls9. extend
ing the time in which the Washington and
Gettysburg Railway Company and the
Columbia Railway may construct pro-
posed lines.
They also returned to the President
after approval House resolution 34Sl. to
permit certain burials of the dead in the
lands OF the Protestant Episcopal Cath
edral Foundation.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

Upon the recommendation of the Major
and Superintendent of Police. and at the
instance of r. Rathburn, Assistant Sec
rotary of the United States National Mu-
scum. the Commissioners have appointed
7. Elfriih Watkins, John +. Dolan, John
w. Hall. William II. Goldsmith, r. Am
brose Green. Walter Humphrey, Thomas
S. Reese, Harry g. Lugenbeil Fred a
Rabbit as additional privates, for duty
In the Museum
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
$l.25 for fancy silk vests up to $3.50.

Lot of mems fancy silk vests, the nobby doub
fects in sizes 33, "a, 81 and 40; formerly sold for
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
HARRY FARMERS TALKS,
TX

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer
On every hand we hear of great |
preparations to supply farmers this
year both with general merchandise
and fertilizers. Brother farmer, are
you going to tie yourself hard and
fast so that you will be virtually a
slave probably for two or three
years? Count the cost. Base your
hgures on Scent cotton. Place the |
yield at the smallest crop you ever
made your land Then think about
what it may cost you to gather it.
Take three things into consideration
in regard to the labor Question
First, the negroes are leaving the
State and many are going to the
towns to live; second, most of the
white people who have helped you
to hoe and pick your cotton have
gone to work in cotton factories
third, your neighbor is going to
plant all the cotton he can possibly
manage. Now, to what other source
can you look for help? When you
have to pay from rs cents to $1.25
per 100 to have your cotton picked
as is the case in some places now,
your profits will be in some other
mans pocket and you with a mort
gage to lift. You ask if Harry
Farmer is going to plant any cotton?
Yes he is going to plant some. He
has planted cotton for 30 years. He
needs the seed to feed cattle. He
finds it paying crop in his rotation.
He will give his experience along
that line at another time.
Meat is selling we'll, pork bringing
to 81 cents per pound. At this
price farmers can make money. Can't
you raise few pigs for your mar
ket? The kind most saleable are
small size that will average about so
pounds each. Smaller sizes were in
demand few years ago, but there is
change now, brought on by so
many large families moving to town
from the country.
We are glad to see that a large
factory is going up near the mouth
of Cape Fear river to manufacture
fish scrap for fertilizer. Harry
Farmer has often mentioned this en-
terprise as a paying investment, It
will enable truckers in this and ad-
joining counties to get their fertii-
zers for growing early vegetables at
lower freight rates.
Now is a good time to prune grape
vines. Six weeks from now they
will "bleed" too much, so do not de-
lay this important work. This ap-
plies to bunch grapes. What is
known as ''Muskadines" do not need
pruning. Such as the Scuppernong,
Flowers, Thomas, etc.
We will give some items from the
Western people who have settled in
this county, mostly around Chad
burn, in future article.
HARRY FARMER.
Columbus Co., n. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
TO KEEP TOOLS BRIGHT.

Take crude petroleum, which is
sometimes sold as lubricating oil,
and any cheap mineral paint that
you get for about 4 cents per pound,
and make mixture. Apply this by
means of brush of some kind to the
parts of the tools which it is desired
to protect. This will keep them per
fectly free from rust and they may
be used the next spring without go
ing to the trouble of scraping off the
mixture with brick or metal scraper
of some kind. If tools are used
shortly after the mixture is applied
it of course should be applied again
before they are put away.-L H.
Galloway, Bethel, Ill.
The Roanoke-ChowanT Times says
'EMr. Thomas c.. Peele, OF the hlcn
Square section, is living example
of the successful farmer. II his
naiobbors. for miles around, are IN
need of seed oats, wheat, corn, pea
nuts. cotton seed, or any product OF
the farm from a sitting of eggs from
thoroughbred fowls to the finest
MI UIII Cox Gov their wants can generally
be supplied by Mr.. Peele. This
week While in our office he informed
as that during the year just closed
he sold twelve hundred and htty
nonnGs Of butter. besides supplying
his family of ten members with all
theV wished to use" The Times
miGbt have added that Mr.. Peele,
like most of the States best farmers,
reads and pays for the States only
farm newspaper, The Progressive
Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15

Plaster renders crude materials
available, and prevents the escape of
ammonia till the plant roots can use
it. Having done this there is moth
ing more for it to do. Add more
material by the addition of stable
manure or a green crop plowed un-
der. and it will again do good It's
continued profitable use depends on
adding new material.-J. G. Senger,
Ore Banks, Va.
We want not time, but diligence,
for great performances Samuel
Johnson.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15

A few years ago used to see a
farm upon which everything seemed
to be going to ruin. The owner never
made his farm pay. A young Swede
who had gathered up few hundred
dollars by working as 'month
hand bought the place, and in a
short time you would hardly have
known it. He fixed up the buildings
and fences, worked the land care
fully. and soon brought it to a state
Of snlendid culture From which 1
conclude that it is more in the man
than in the farm whether farming
pays or not,-E. L. V.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
Agriculture.
.Izg OF EARS IN CORN YIELD.

o.r Issue of Dec. 90, Mr.. sufern Talked
liked on Size of Grain as Factor; Jan.
;. Size of Stalk-Now He Discusses Size of
The Washington times., 1901-11-04
PERSONAL.

The Sultan OF Turkey IS extremely fond
OF his children. for whom he has a tiny
theatre, wherein they play small parts
| for his Majesty's delectation.
King Alfonso XIII of Spain, who be-
comes of age In lis sixteenth year, will
| be crowned in May, 1902 The Queen
Regent will have reigned sixteen years
| and six months when her son takes the
! crown.
| Col. .. f. Middleton. a veteran of the
civil war, has been appointed custodian
of General Grants tomb. to succeed
James Butler who died recently, and who
had held the place since the completion
Of the monument, being also veteran.
Colonel Middleton served through the war
in the Fifty-seventh New York Volunteers
and Eighth United States Volunteers
Hancock Corps. He is a companion of
the Military Order Of the Loyal Legion
and member of Alexander Hamilton
Post. G. A. r.
Representative Theodore E Burton. of
Ohio, who was stricken with a serious
attack of rheumatism a few days since
at Hartford, Conn. arrived at Cleveland
on Saturday and was Immediately re-
moved TO a hospital. His campaign en-
gagements in Ohio have been Cancelled.
Prof. W. D. Gibbs, of the Ohio State
University, has been elected professor of
agriculture and director of the experiment
station at the New Hampshire College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, at Dur
ham. n. II.
Mrs. Charles c. G. Thornton and her
daughter, Miss Mary c. Thornton, of
Magnolia, Mass. have given $4,000 for a
library building to the Thornton Acad-
emy, Saco, Ne, as a memorial to the
late Col. c. C. C. Thornton. who. in his
VIII. provided that on the death of his
wife and daughter the academy should
receive $4,000 to found a manual training
department.
Leonard King has left London, on be-
half of the British Museum, for the pur-
pose Of inspecting the mounds of Kon
yunJik, the traditional site of part of the |
City Of Nineveh. and reporting on their |
ole Hausen, the peasant who has been
appointed Minister of Agriculture in the
Danish Cabinet. was visited by Journal
list recently. who found the Minister en-
gagged in harvesting The statesman
looks after all the work of the farm and
~en personally feeds the cows in the |
sheds.
President Pritchett, of the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology, in relating
mis- experience in college recently said
that the way the boys had of finding a
certain professor was to step into the
middle of the college yard and call out
A date in American history. Instantly |
The professor would come out from some |
window or door in the college and say |
hat the date was incorrect.
The Washington times., 1901-11-04
JUDGE PAUL's SUCCESSOR.
Virginia Democrats and Republic
cans Who Are Being Mentioned

RICHMOND Va, Nov. 3-Considerable
interest has centred in the selection of a
successor to the late John Paul, judge
of the United States District Court for
the Western District of Virginia, In view
of the Presidents policy disregarding
political lines in making appointments to
Federal offices in the South. A number
of prominent Democrats and Republicans
are announced as aspirants to the place,
and President Roosevelt will it is as
sured, soon be besieged by the friends OF
the various candidates.
Among those who are said to be appli-
cants for the vacant judgeship are: Re
publicans-Walter S. Poage. of Wythe-
Vile; John c. Blair of Wytheville; Henry
c. Mcdowell. OF Big Stone Gap; A P.
Gillespie, of Tazewell; Gen. John E.
Roller. OF Hauisonburg; Democrats
Holmes Conrad, of Winchester; ex-Rep-
resentative Harry st. George Tucker. of
Lexington; Daniel F. Trigg. of Abingdon
George E. Sipe, of Harrisonburg, a Gold
Democrat IN 1896. and at present a Repub-
Iican and United States Commissioner is
also being mentioned for the place as is
Capt. Warren H. Lurty, who was
United States District Attorney under
President Grant.
1t is being suggested that as Virginia
viii probably elect the Democratic State
ticket on Tuesday, the friends of Col ].
Hampton Hoge. the Republican nominee
the President in connection with the va
cant judgeship. The Gold Democrats are.
however. hopeful that the plum Will fall
to one of their number.
The Washington times., 1901-11-04
LITTLE COPPER PRODUCED.
The Nominal Output CurtaiIed Fully
Seventy-lye Per cent.

BUTTE. Mon. Nov. with the ex-
ception of a limited amount of work be-
ing done in a few of the mines of the
Anaconda and Parrott companies. there
is no change from a week ago in the cop
per production in Butte. All of the mines
of the Boston and Montana Company and
the principal producers of the Anaconda
Company are still closed. while there is
still a material reduction in the working
forces of the other companies, to what
extent, however it is impossible to as
certain. The output of the working
mines. however. is a small portion of
Butte's total under normal conditions
The shutdown of the Boston and Mon
tana and Anaconda mines will be indefin-
lite. It was given out at the time Of the
shutdown of the Boston and Montana that
1t would be for two weeks only. When
the Neyersweat and st. Lawrence, the
two big mines of the Anaconda Company
were closed it was stated that work would
be resumed within a week. but operations
have been suspended for a month or six
weeks
\ conservative estimate is that by the
suspension of work at the various mines
the production Of copper has been cur
tailed fully 10 per cent
The Washington times., 1901-11-04

the case in pioneer days, and it is said
that in the neighborhood of abandoned
| farms in New England where large
game parks have been laid out. the far
mers are again having trouble with
wild animals, who are becoming so bold
that they invade cultivated land and
spoil the crops. 1t is only when game
has become rare, as it has in England
after a thousand years of civilization,
that preserving it becomes a matter of
paramount interest. The deer are killed
off and then with great pains bred for
sport or for show, just as forests are
felled, and then trees are planted and
tended with extraordinary care. To the
historian of the future, the whole bust
ness may seem rather like the behavior
Of a child who tears up his picture
books and breaks his toys. and then
wishes he had not. But the methods by
which wild land is cleared and cities
are built make such things inevitable.
1t is fortunate that before the most val
uable birds and animals Of this country
were entirely exterminated. the move
ment in favor of natural history parks,
IA ~ sAtS tilh fbDliS, ilr4S btSuii-
Mr. Seton rightly argues that there
is nothing which can be put into a
house which is as beautiful as the views
which one may have from it's windows.
What painting is comparable to an
outlook into autumn woods. or tree-tops
in which the birds build in spring? Yet
people will build expensive houses in
places where they can see nothing from
their windows but similar houses on the
other side of the street. and they think
they are building homes.
The affection which an Enslishman
feels for his ancestral estate is a thing
which, perhaps, few Americans can un-
Sometimes this affection does
not exist, but when it does, it is deep
inbred. comparable only to his
loyalty to his family. 1t is doubtful
any city house could inspire
such sentiment as is felt for some of
these old country estates with their |
avenues of huge trees, their moors and !
If Americans can be brought |
% see the Importance of founding such !
houses, they may lay up tres sures for !
heir children and grandchildren whose /
worth can hardly be estimated.
The Washington times., 1901-11-04
THE FIGHT ON KoESrER.
His Friends Prepare to Meet opposi-
tion in the Senate

Friends OF George r. Koester. the Cold
Democrat recently appointed by the Pres
ifient to be collector of internal revenue
for the district of South Carolina and
against whom bitter opposition has arisen
because of reports to the effect that he
several years ago attended the lynching
OF negro near Columbia and fred a shot
INTO the dangling body of the victim. are
delighted over the action of President
roosevelt In naming DR.. G. K. Ensor for
postmaster at Columbia DR. Ensor's ap-
p"intment was announced at the White
House yesterday, and is significant, so
Noesters friends say. for the reason that
hoester was a member of the party of
south Carolinfans which called at the
W hite House last Wednesday. and. pre-
senting DR.. Ensor to the President.
strongly urged his appointment. 1t is re-
marked that the President was exceed
ihsiy cordial to Mr. Rooster at this meet
i'is' although complaints had reached
MN as to the part Rooster is alleged to
ItFe taken at the Columbia IynchiDg
Noester explanation that he fired a shot
at the negro in order to prevent him from
suffering the torture of being burned at
the stake had also been communicated 10
Mr- Roosevelt. and. while 1t is stoutIy
denied in certain quarters. 1t is assured
that the President was satisfied.
AT any event on Thursday Koester filed
his bond, and on that night returned TO
Columbia to take charge of the office of
collector of Internal revenue.
II Is also authoritatively stated that
hoesters friends have begun the work of
preparing to block efforts to prevent the
confirmation of his nomination bv the
Senate. That bitter fight win be made
against confirmation is realized by Koes-
ter and his friends, and they are getting
reduy 10 meet the opposition. Mr. Koes-
Yer forces will be led by Senator Nc
appointed. %
It is said that the President is espe-
claIIy anxious for the nomina tion of Koes-
ter to be confirmed, as he believes him
10 be the proper man for the place The
of Rooster came about in a |
most unique way he came to Washing |
ton with several of the prominent South !
Carolinians to urge the President to an |
point LOOMS Blalock collector of internal !
revenue for the State. This was after /
BIaiock had been assured the place. but
had subsequently, 1t IS said. INDUCED in |
certain ccnyiviality which caused Presi-
lent Roosevelt to change his mind The
party from the Palmetto State was here
% Try to prevail upon the President to
name Blalock.
But Mr.. Roosevelt had in the mean
lime, called in Senator McL.aurin and
tsked MN TO name one or two reputable
democrats qualified to fill the office This
hr. McLaurin did, Rooster being one of |
he men named. 1t was, therefore,
great surprise to Koester while spokes-
nan for the South Carolinians who called
1t the White House to plead for Blalock
% be interrupted by the President with
IN Interrogation as to why Mr. Koester
lid not speak for himself 1t is said that
1r. Roosevelt. at this point. told Koester
hat he had determined tc appoint him ,
md that he asked Rooster. for the good
" the country. to accept, which Koester
did
The Washington times., 1901-11-04
A Connecticut Park.

Ernest Thompson Seton, who is bet
ter known 10 American readers as
Seton-Thompson. has recently Dur
chased eighty acres of wild land in
Connecticut. and is developing # into
park. 1t will be stocked with deer,
small game and birds of rare species.
and it is hardly necessary u say that
sportsmen with dogs and guns will not
be welcome on the premises. Mr. Seton
is carrying out in person the idea which
he advocates in his latest book, that of
spending money on beautiful surround
ings for Country houses instead OF on
rare furniture and valuable paintings
for the inside
The American park is comparatively
new thing. Until few years ago the
average American of wealth spent his
money on his town house, and on ma
terial luxuries in his country home If
he had one. Even in the South, where
country estates have always been the
rule rather than the exception among
rich landowners, money was usually
spent rather in the building and fur
nishing Of the house, and in the enter
tainment of guests, than in the delib-
crate improvement of the property af-
ter the English fashion, or in game-pre-
serving. In fact. for some two hundred
years after the discovery OF America.
game was so plentiful that the difficulty
was not so much to preserve 1t as TO
keep it from encroaching on the land
devoted to cultivation. When bears
come by night and kill sheep and pigs.
and foxes make raids on the poultry
yard. and deer trampIe the crops. the
farmer does his hunting as a matter of
duty. not of sport, though he gets some |
sport out Of it nevertheless. This was !
The Washington times., 1901-11-04

The political situation in South America
is not without a menace of trouble which
might involve four at least Of the Repub-
lies Of that continent, not counting
Venezuela and Colombia, which have their
own diffic c.'lties. 1t is quite possible that
the differences between Argentina and
Chile can be composed, and the good Of
fees of the United States doubtless would
be offered to that end. But should they
by any chance go to war It is regarded
as certain that Peru and Bolivia at once
would press Chile for a settlement OF the
old Tacna-Arica dispute favorably TO
their contentious. Then, in case Chile
should prove unyielding, they might take
sides actively with Argentina. 1t would
be rather unfortunate to have such things
happen at q time when all concerned are
engaged In a peace and arbitration con
gress at the City of Mexico.
The Washington times., 1901-11-04

Just why the Chinese Empress should
take it into her homicidal head to re-
call Minister Wu In disgrace, at this time,
is a question hard to answer If ever a
hopeless tyrant had a loyal and able sery-
want, Tsi Hsi has had one in Wu Ting
fang. During her war on Europeans. and
her attemp. to capture and massacre the
foreign Ministers and legation people in
Picking. WI worked like beaver to keep
this country from interfering, and his la
bors were crowned with remarkable de-
gree O success. So much So that when
We went to war with China and sent an
expedition Of invasion to that country. he
was able to impress the idea upon our
Administration that it was only a friendly
picnic, and that ii was intended as much
10 help the amiablc Empress Dowager in
her hard struggle against the Boxers, of
which she was the notorious chief. as to
succor the legations In fact. the time
soon came when WI was jocularly known
as the American Secretary Of State for
Chinese Affairs, although in fact. that
honor was divislbe between him and the
pleasant and persuasive M de WOllant,
Russian Charge dAffaires at Washing
ton. But ii is said that WI has Of
Tended in permitting himself TO become
too popular in the United
States. What. in the name of the great
red dragon. was he sent here for, but to
make himself liked and pull the wool over
American official eyes?