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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-24

New Workers who visited the south the full
privileges enjoyed by all southern colonels.
The commissions are artistically engraved
A few of the privileges of the Texas colo
mel are given; as foIlows:."Po have babes
named for him and pay for the honor;
to have sufficient standing IN church not
to be expelled for taking dram; to abuse
the legislature of the reconstruction days
for making the glorious pastime of dueiling
a criminal Offense; to take mint Juiep
without having the mint crushed; TO rae
barebacked when necessary; TO be heid up
as a type of fast-disappear1ns race 10
wear over tapping mustacheS; to cheW TO-
bacco on ali occasions and swear when
necessary
In Memory of King Humbert.
The Italians Of the United States are
particularly anxious to participate in the
memorial service for King Humbert which
will be held in Rome on July %, the first
anniversary of his death at the hands of
Bresci. Paterson. n. J., anarchist, who
sailed from this port To that end me-
mortal tablet in bronze expressing the sor-
row of the Italians in America at the death
of their king has been forwarded to Rome.
John Vicaro. editor of the italian Herald,
who raised the fund for the tablet, sailed
for Italy on the steamship L'Aquftaine to
present the young king, Victor Emmanuel,
with an elaborate album containing the
names of those who subscribed to the tab
let. Soon after the death of King Hum
bert the Italians. in America decided to
send a memorial tablet to Rome. The tab
let. which is six feet long and five feet
wide was struck off in Brooklyn and sent
to Rome on July 10 in charge of n. Gemi-
guam. 1t has been placed in the wall of
King Humbert's tomb in the pantheon at
Rome, and will be unveiled with ceremony
at the memorial services on July %.
Fake Antiques.
In the effort to display the antique 1t is
astonishing how much taking is done.
1t has long been common to antique" fur
niture, but now it has reached rugs. Peo-
pie in buying rugs often say they like
certain pattern. but that the colors are
too bright; so the dealers go to the i'm
porter and ask him if he has an old rug
of that pattern. Nine times out of ten he
assures them that he has some coming,
and sure enough. in week he can supply
just the same design in beautiful SOFT
shades. He goes to the "antfquist to DO
it. 1t takes two days to antique rug,
and then the price is $40 or $50 more 1t
does not hurt the rug when properly done,
but an unskilled or careless workman can
easily ruin it, so that the fabric begins to
tear apart in year, instead of lasting
lifetime That's because there is a good
deal of oxygen used. and if the rug was
left in it little too long the oxygen would
burn 1t.
All classes of rugs are treated fine as
well as cheaper kinds, but only in small
sizes 1t would be dangerous to try it on
the big ones. as they cannot be handled
quickly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-24
CONTRACTION OF CONSUMPTION.
Famous German Professor Claims II
Is in the Sputum.

Famous German Professor Claims 1t
Is in the Sputum.
A feature OF yesterdays session of the
British congress on tuberculosis in Lon
don, was DR.. Robert Kochs paper, which
was Iitened to with the deepest interest by
a big gathering in st. James Hall.
Lord Lister, professor of surgery in the
Glasgow and Edinburgh universities and
one of the British vice presidents of the
congress. introduced the noted German pro-
fessor to the assembly with few very
complimentary words.
During his address to the congress DR..
Koch said his experiments had satisfied
him that human tuberculosis and bovine
tuberculosis were radically different dis
eases, and that he had amply demonstrated
cattle could not be infected with human
tuberculosis. The counter proposition that
human beings were not liable to infection
from bovine tuberculosis was harder to
prove, the doctor said, owing to the diff
Guilty of experimenting upon human sub
jects, but that personally he was satisfied
such was the case, and he reclted at length
pOst-mortem evidence supporting this be-
lief DR.. Koch said if this point were con-
coded it remained to determine the chief
source of contagion.
Continuing, the doctor said that human
immunity to bovine infection disposed of
the belief OF infection through dairy prod
ucts, and he considered this source of dan
ger so slight as to be unworthy Of precau-
tiOnary measures.
Heredity was also an unimportant factor
in the transmission of tuberculosis, though
the contrary had long been believed. DR..
Koch said the chief source of danger of
cOntagion lay ia the sputum of conaump-
tive patients. and that a remedy was to
be found in law preventing the consump-
tive from strewing contagion about him.
Several methods to this end were available,
said the doctor, the surest of which being
isolation in sanitariums. This, unfortu-
nately, was impraticable. But he strongly
urged the establishment of special con-
sumptive hospitals and the obligatory notf-
hcation of the authorities of the exist ence
of the disease, the disinfectien of their
their residences. and the dissemination of
information to the people concerning the
true nature of consumption to aid in avoid
ing and combating it.
Dr. Koch highly complimented DR. Her
mann NJ Biggs, pathologist and director of
the meteorological laboratories Of the New
York city health department. upon the re-
preSSlVe measures concerning Tuberculosis
taken in New York city. where he said
the mortality from tuberculosis had been
reduced 80 per cent since 1885, and recon-
mended the system organized by DR. Biggs
In New York to the study and imitation of
all municipalities
DR. Koch closed his remarks by exoress-
ing his belief that the ultimate stamping
out OF tuberculosis was possible.
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A SUGGESTION TO MIR. CARNEGIE.

Advised to Erect Monument to Him.
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
Not to beat about the bush what we pro-
pose Is that Mr.. Carnegie should establish
here great southern university Does any
one think this a chimerical project? In a
business way, Memphis draws today not
only from Tennessee, Arkansas and Mis-
sissippi, but also from Alabama. Texas.
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Missouri.
There is in short a need for the establish
ment of another great southern university.
st. Louis has none Louisville has none.
New Orleans has none.
We propose in short that he sh;lll estab-
fish Carnegie University, and we suggest
that he establish it in Memphis. He has
built many noble memorials to his name.
Why should he not build one that will last
OF course the question. comes up. Where
shall 1t be built? In TIE north, he will have
Harvard, Yale. Ann Arbor, Columbia
Pennsylvania, Cornell ndsmany others to
compete with him. II ,hs goes to the west
pated him. In the s6tith 2the Johns Hop
only ones that stand in tfh way. Here, il
anywhere, Mr.. Carnegie 1ean establish
great university that will be a monument
to the south, at the same time that it will
immortaltze him. In Short, here is an OPP
portunity to make theTCarnegie University
the equal of Harvard r5f Yale, or of Johns
Hopkins. B.; o., a,
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The Broyvn-TaiI Moth.

From the New York Sun.
The latest news of the brown-taf moth,
the little Euproctis chrysorhoea. which has
lately agitated all New England, comes
through the Boston Evening Transcript,
and Is to the effect that he has pupated.
This means. practically, that he has sus-
pended active business operations for the
time being, and u.s. SO to speak. recognizing
himself on a more business-like basis. II
let alone he will eventually emerge a full
grown caterpillar, prepared to resume ac-
tivitieS at the old stand on a much more
elaborate and extended scale
Unless the work of destroying Mr.. Brown
Tail and his offspring Is prosecuted prompt
ly and vigorously it will become necessary
sooner or later. to form and equip a brown
tail moth commission, whose duty it shall
be to continue the work carried on a few
years ago, at great expense to the COM
monwealth, by the gypsy moth commission.
Heroic treatment of some sort should be
applied. The pests must be made to show
cause why they should not die, or, at least
go elsewhere and establish a domicile 4
diligent use Of torches might accomplish
the desired result, If supplemented by the
use OF generous quantity Of paris green
nux Vomica. dfsparene or any one of a
dozen or more arsenical insecticides The
brown-taiPs death sentence has been pro-
nounced. Let no time be lost In it's execu-
ton.
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THE sUPERsTIrIOus CHINESE.
Queer Methods of the Orientals for
Propitiatins Evil Spirits.

Charles DENLY in the Forum,
The Chinese, high and low. are imbued
with superstition. No two houses in Pekin
are set on the same line. One Is always
further back or further forward than its
neighbor. The reason for this ALLEGATION Is
that it is believed that the evil spirits can
not turn corner, and that when they get
started they must continue in straight
line and go out into space and be lost.
Little clay dogs are placed on all the ridges
Of the houses, with wide-open mouths. to
catch the evil spirits as they approach
them The chief function of the great AL
manac, which is published by the govern
ment every year, and controls Chinese
action in every particular, Is to name the
lucky days for doing every act in lfepar-
tfcularly for marriages. dog is sup
posed to be eating up the moon at the time
of it's eclipse; and the population of the TN
pire turns out. beating gongs and tin pans
to drive him away. Several years ago. at
Tien Tsin a wretched little water snake
was caught in the Peiho river. and the
populace took it to temple and worshiDed
it as the water god Ii Hung Chang at
tended and orshiped with the others.
When asked IL he really believed that the
snake was water god, he said that wheth-
er he did not, the people did, and It was
best to humor them.
After all, in considering the subject Of
superstition, We must remember that it
prevails to some extent in all nations. In
our own country, people generally prefer
to see the new moon over their right Shout
der. and to have at the time some silver in
their pockets If the salt is upset some of
it Is thrown over the left shoulder to do
away with the bad omen It Is bad luck to
pass a funeral and ill-fate also threatens If
a black cat crosses your path. The theater
proprietor implicitly believes that If a
cross-eyed man enters the house early in
the evening there will be no audience that
night
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TO MAKE PLANTS BLOOM.
SuggestiOns to Amateurs i'm the Art of
Horticulture.

Horticulture.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Florists tell one that plants should never
be potted in glazed pots. But the condi-
lions under which the florists work are
very different from those which the anna
teur has to contend with, where rooms are
hot and dry and the soil In the pots does
not keep moist, it does in a greenhouse
The Japanese use glazed pots with great
success, and why shouldn't We? OF
course they must have a good-sized hole
in the bottom for drainage. Sow seeds of
kenilworth ivy or linaria in pots contain
ing palms. They cover the surface and
drape the pot prettily. Many insect pests
are almost too small to be seen by the
naked eye, so when the leaves turn yellow
or look unhealthy take a magnIfying glass
and examine the under sides Of the leaves
for red spiders. The preventive and rem
edy for the red spider Is moisture, This
can be attained by spraying. Be sure to
wet the under side of the leaves as that
is their chief haunt.
Nothing. Is better for plants than to be
set out in a gentle warm rain, but avoid
wind and cold rains, and never set bloom
Ing plant out in the rain II you want the
blossoms to last. Use the common garden
asparagus as green for bouquets of sweet
peas. Being so light and airy. they make
a most graceful combination
For large leaved foliage plants in the
house there Is nothing more important than
cleanliness frequent sponging of the
leaves. Do not give them driblets of water
give them a thorough soaking in a nail
OF warm water every week or a fortnight
and water from Watering pot whenever
the surface OF the soil looks dry. This in
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MRS. NckINLEI'S MINES
Suit Begun to Establish Rights n
PROPERTY,

Suit has been begun in the United States
court at Carson, New, by Mrs Ida Nc
kinley. wife of the President, and Mrs
Mary B. Barber against John Steele. VIM.
Hayes and others to recover possession OF
the Elijah mine, one of the patented claims
Of the Canton Mining Company, on which
defendants are operating and also for
10000 damages for ore taken out and
shipped by defendants during the period of
occupancy Of the mine.
Steele Is the owner of the Macon City
mine, adjoining the Elijah, and denies
that ne has extracted ore from the patent-
ed claim, all his workings being well with
ing his own lines.
When President Mckinley visited the
coast he had the manager of the Canton
Mining Company visit him in San Fran
cisco and report on several of the Canton
company's mines, large interest in which
Mrs. Mckinley inherited from her father
1t was decided then to develop the mines,
and this suit is brought to define the
limits of the Elijah mine and prevent
what is regarded appropriation of its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-24
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, AUCTToNEER

TRUSTEES SALE OF ELEVEN VALUABLE
FOCR-STORY BRICK AND STONE DIV FILING
HOUSES, LOCATED UPON KALORAMA
CALIFORNIA AND VERNON AVENUES Be
TWEEN EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH
STREETS, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
By virtue OF a deed OF given 10 u.s. and
duly recorded in Liber 2460. folio 1874 ct SEQ OF
the land records OF the District Of Columbia and
at the request of the holder u the notes secured
thereby, we Will sell at public auction. I'm front
of the premises, on SATURDAY, THE TWENTY
SEVENTH DAY OF JULY, 1901, AT HAIF-PAST
estate. in the county OF Washington District Of
Columbia, known as and being lots numbered 80,
81 80, 33 and 50, in Seymour W. Tulloch ct al q
subdivision OF lots in block 8, Of Washington
Heights, per plat recorded in Book County L.
at page So Of the records Of the office OF the
numbered %, %. 81 80. "a and s. in Seymour
W. Tunoch ct al subdivision OF part OF block g
of Washington Heights. per plat recorded in
County Book II, at page IS, of the aforesaid
records, with the improvements above stated.
This property is sold subject 10 a Of IS 900
81 500 on each Of lots %. 90 81 and 49, block g
and trust of $1,000 on each OF lots 80. 81, 81,
80 and IS, block 3.
Terms: All cash A deposit of $500 on each
house required at the time OF sale IL terms Of
sale are complied with within fifteen days from
resell the property at the risk and OF the de-
faulting purchaser, after five days advert isement
OF such resale in newspaper published in
Washington ID. &. All conveyancing recording
stamps, etc, at cost Of purchaser.
JOHN L. WARREN,
GEO. c. JOHNSON.
Trustees.
HAYDEN JOHNSON,
Attorney for Holder Of Notes
Columbian building iy12-d&ds
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CUBA'S FIRST PRESIDENT.
Gomez states Why He Thinks Palma
ShOuid Be Chosen

Gen Maxine Gomez, in the course of an
open letter setting forth the objects of his
recent trip to the United States asserts
that he went to New York with view Of
impressing upon T. Estrada Palma the ne
cessity of coming to Cuba to be the first
president of the republic.
Senior Palma has shown capacity for
governing, as witness his course in the
war of 1868, and also as chief of the dele
CATION during the last war" says Gen
Gomez. His official purity while occupy
ing those positions places Cuba under OBJ
legations to him. Not one of US has such
a standing as he has with the American
people and their prominent men
Taking Into consideration the fortuitous
relations which the Cuban republic will
bear to the United States Senior Palma Is
the most available and Is the only candi-
date. AS real Cubans we ought to make
him accept l shall turn all my energy
toward this end, and when 1t has been
accomplished shall keep apart from
politics"
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FOR A DEEP CANAL.
The Inter-Oceanfc Waterway Should
Float the Navy's Great Ships.

The Inter-Oceanic Waterway Should
Float the Nays Great Ships.
From the Baltimore Herald. .-s. e.
Since the two Hobbies operating at Wash
ington in favor of the respective canal
routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific are
about equal in financial strength and dex-
terity, the expensive surveys and explora-
tive expeditions to the canal regions are
likely to have slight weight in determining
which Of the two will be eventually used.
But there has been one tendency evident
that should be crushed in it's very infancy,
else the canal, no matter which route is
followed, will be Of but Indifferent value.
This dangerous movement is the one that
advocates a comparatively slight depth Of
water in the canal proper A twenty-four-
foot canal across the isthmus would be alb
solutely not worth one-third it's cost, and
It's restricted usefulness would grow less
and less as the science Of shipbulding cen
tinued to make vessels Of increasing depth
and draft of water. The use Of the water
way, in so far as it would be remunerative
in an ordinary commercial sense, Is I'M
doubtedly as channel for the transferring
of freight vessels from one ocean to the
other. Nevertheless 1t must not be forgot
ten that one great advantage of the canal
would be the nations ability to place its
war fleets in either ocean in a few hours
time.
"A tnlrty-lOOL Cnannel WOulu De SHALLOW
enough at present; and, with the continued
increase Of draft in all sorts of vessels, in
twenty years time the canal would be
available for only the smaller war vessels
of the future navy of the United States.
Less than thirty feet would give the canal
but restricted value even at the present
time. The costly lesson of the Suez canal
should not be forgotten There the depth
runs from thirty feet to twenty-four In sew
eral places; but since canal is only as
deep as its slightest Depth to all practical
ty-four feet Of water! Make the canal at
least thirty-fve feet deep, and then the
greater ships Of the future will not be COM
PEELED to regard the tfansfsthmian canal as
the relic Of a barbaric age, when vessels
were comparatively small and capable of
using what will then be considered shallow
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sures the whole ball of earth being kept

sures the whole ball Of earth being kept
Hell Heiotropes require tioa earth and plenty
of water. They are gross feeders and al
ways thirsty and like 70 be sprayed. Oc-
casionally give them dose of LIQUID ma
nure-
If roses become Infested with. green sv
don't dose them with nauseous tobacco
tea or whale-oil soapsNOry insect powder
Its effect is quick and it is clean easy to
apply and can be administered at intervals
thus killing the infant progeny as they ar
rive. kEE
Save all your wood Ashes for sweet nea
trenches There is nothing you can use as
a fertilizer that is good. and it is also
a preventive of insect pests. Sweet peas
like leaf mold Heliotfopes and mignon-
cite together give the odor of wall flowers
Plant sprays are expensive, but a Whisk
broom is in every honsei and does lust as
good work as a sprayer. Tip the plants
over and wet the undeE>side of the leaves
If you have a pot of flowers in bed give
them all the sunshine you can but when
the buds have opened keep them in the
shade and they will lastslonger Give LIQUID
manure weak and often rather than strong
doses.
Many people fail TO grow mignonette we'll
III lime, add old mortar or slaked lime to
the soil, well mixed. Mignonette wants CO.
pious supplies. of water; 1t will not make
much showing the carly part of the season.
but In August and September you will have
quantities OF the delicious, fragrant flower
It likes good deal of sun IL It has plenty
of water, but the little spindHng spikes
that grow in some neglected corner gener-
ally have the most fragrance.
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JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. AUcT1oNEEH.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING
LOTS AT CORNER OF MARYLAND AVENUE
AND 18TH ST. n. E.. CITY.
By virtue Of a decree, passed In equity No.
1914, of the Supreme Court Of the District Of Co
lumbia, I will sell, at public auction, the
TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY 1901 AT
HAIF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM in front OF
the premises. all those certain pieces parcels OF
land and premises situate In the city OF washing
mai lots nine 90 and QOD in square one thou
sand and twenty-eisht Q02Sl. being described as
follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of
said lot nine (e) and running thence north along
Thirteenth street hundred and seventy eight
feet (l7sD the northwest corner OF said lot ten
Q0l; thence Enthusiastically with Maryland avenue
seventy eight feet (7S) and nine inches; thence
southeastwardy 1t right angles 10 said Maryland
one hundred aud eleven feet dIl 2ll: thence
east two feet 2.655l; thence south one hundred
and sixteen feet Ql8) TO street; thence west
feet (124 to the beginning
Terms: 0ne-third or all cash. at the option OF
the purchaser. II only part cash Is paid the re-
mainder will be payable In and two years and
to be secured by decd Of trust the property sold
with interest at six per cent per annum. A de-
posit of two hundred dollars (s260 will be required
at time Of sale. and purchase completed In twenty
days thereafter. the trustee reserves the right
TO resell at risk Of defaulting purchaser. Taxes
LEO SIMMONS. Trustee
ty9d&ds Columbian building.
DTHE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED UNTIL,
MONDAY TwENTY-NINTH DAY OF JULY, 1901
at same hour and place.
jy23-d&ds Columbian building.
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AspRaH,,h
From the Philadelphia Record

1t may serve to greatib lessen the i'm
portaEcc of the determination of the Vene-
zuelan c"r-ts as to the ownership of the
great as. deposits in Venezuela II there
shall bo' con ;inuous supply of oil In Texas
at the present rate of output. It Is esti-
mated that in every 100 barrels Of oil there
are forty-four barrels of asphalt, which
would be equivalent to about ten tons.
Tests thus far made show that about IS
per cent of Illuminating oil of a rather in
ferior quality may be obtained from the
Texas petroleum As asphalt is worth
about $40 per ton, that is probably the
most valuable component of the Texas
product. The plentifulness of the asphalt.
however, ought to lead to a breaking down
of the present monopoly and a very de-
sirable reduction in price.
At the present time the Trinidad asphalt,
which Is mined under an English crown
colony lease, is sold in Europe. where it
completes with Sicilian rock asphalt, at $40
a ton less than the price obtained N the
United States.
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FUTURE DAYS.
JAMES W. RATCLIFFE. AUcTIoNEEl

TRUSTEES SALE OF A BRICK HOUsE No
416 SEVENTH STREET SOUTHWEST.
ALSO
ONE-STORY FRAME HOUSE, NO. 42O SEVENTH
STREET SOUTHWEST.
BY virtue Of the last will and testament Of the
late Marcellfna Jarboe, sometimes called Marcella
Jarboe, the undersigned trustee will sell by pub
lie auction, In front OF the premises, on WE'D
NESDAY, THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF JULY
AID 1901, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK
PM, the following described real estate situate
In the city OF Washington in the District of Co.
lumbia, to wit: Lots - and "a I'm Todd and
Gunnell's recorded subdivision in square 465.
ming back to 15foot alley, together with all the
improvements, rights, &c.
Terms: One-third cash, balance in equal INSTALL
ments, at one and two years, with interest at six
per cent per annum from day OF sale, secured by
deed OF trust property sold, or all cash. at pur-
chasers option. Deposit Of 800 each house
required at time of sale Terms to be compiled
with within fifteen days, otherwise trustee
the right to resell the property at risk and
cost Of defaulting purchaser. All conveyancing.
recording. stamps, &C., at purchasers cost
WILLIAM MEYER LEVIN, Trustee.
jy24-d&ds No 406 9th St NV.