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The Washington times., 1902-04-27

rich. lady, do you know what | would do?
would spend a heap o. money buyin'
green's from roomatieky old cuilud pus-
deed would T."
Which seems a good thing for the ladies
to remember next Christmas.
They are good natured and merry
hearted people, those curbstone hucksters
and their willy little efforts to catch trade
and fiatter customers into buying their
poor bits of wares would be laughable il
it wasn't, some way, sad.
The old time picturesqueness of the
race has been almost entirely effaced by
the conventional shirt waist and skirt,
and the once famous bandana handker-
chiefs have given way to hats. except on
the heads of an old ex-slave here and
there. Once in a while, too, an old-fash-
ioned sunbOnnet is in evidence. but the
average headgear is a rusty old hat that
may belong to a man Or child, and which
suggests the idea that the wearer had
grabbed up the first thing handy before
driving into town.
Enjoy Their Pipe and "Baccy."
The majority of the elder women smoke.
and surely nobody could have the heart
to find fault with the happy hearted old
souls for "takin' comfort with their cob
pipes and 'baccy."
When they are not selling to custom
ers they chatter as jcyously as robins in
springtime, and their laughter is delicious
to hear.
As most of the colored hucksters are
long past middle age. it is evident that
the younger generation does not intend
to follow in their ways. Colored boys
and girls, like the sons and daughters of
the white farmers throughout Maryland
and Virginia, prefer to try their fortunes
in town-so that the time is not fur dis
tGnt when this last relic OF the old-fash-
ioned negro life, with its picturesque and
lovable traditions, will pass away. leay-
ing this prosaic world little the worse
for its going
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dressed with egg. Then it is that its pc
culiar medicinal quality evidenced by its
slight bitter taste, has fullest play.
'Daldelion salad lady" softly drawl
the women in the market. Mighty good
fu de blood. lady, mex yo' 'plcxion good"
Another salad. savory TO the taste and
pretty to the sight, is the small poke
salad. Poke in its adolescent stage is a
close rival TO asparagus in tastc-always,
il cooked right. or course. there are peo-
pie who prefer asparagus, but they have
not had the proper training. or else they
have been unfortunate in having cook
whose soul could not reach the heights
necessary to the careful appreciation of
the possibilities of poke salad. few
weeks from now the market women will
proudly display little bundles containing
slender, short shoots, with few tiny
leaves. This is poke, poke salad. which,
when boiled and served with cream
sauce, is a dish, so the marketer AYERS, fit
for the gods. Later on, when the leaves
on the stems are stronger, poke is best
cooked as cabbage is cooked, but the real
epicure does not care much for it in that
stage. Gathering 1t, too, is as tedious an
operation as gathering dandelion. To the
uninitiated there is nothing especially in
teresting about various tiny shoots which
spring under your feet in your rambles in
the country. but the small boys and girls
and the market people know them and
dig carefully around them, pulling up the
succulent stalks from the earth.
After dandelion and poke, the aristo-
Gratis of greendom, came a long list of
various wild greens that are best when
mixed together and cooked with bacon,
ham, or, better still, the coarse salt bacon
OF the West. In a little white the hill
above "Howardtown." those about Ana
costa, and the extended streets will be
filled with patient. STOPPING forms, gather
ing an early harvest.
Now there is mustard. The marketer,
she who knows it all, says there is moth
ing to equal dish of mustard greens.
There are two kinds, that which grows
about houses with its brilliant yellow
flower. and the wild black mustard that
flourishes in waste places and must not
be eaten at all. The former grows in this
section only around the habitation OF
man; but deponent sayeth it is not SO in
California and Japan. There fields and
fields of it stretch golden TO the gaze as
far as eye can reach.
Then there is narrow dock, which grows
in small clumps and is most edible when
forming a part OF mixed mess. 1t is
not to be confoundcd with broad dock
which grows In great clusters with gigan-
tic leaves, spreading out like some tropi-
cal weed. The broad dock is coarse and
poisonous, although it is reputed by these
herb wiseacres 10 have wonderful cur
ative properties when applied in poultices.
Very like the narrow dock in appear
ance is the wild lettuce which every little
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
She Has Seen Heaps" in Her Day.

civil war. In those way back times a
sonian grounds, and the region running
parallel with the sluggish yellow water
was known as Murder Bay
These squatters, VINO are mainly COL
ored, possess what they call great
''miration" for the Saturday market, and
their rickety teams, with the mud of
Maryland and Virginia clotted on their
shambling wheels, begin to arrive at any
time between Fridays sunset and Satur-
days dawn.
I'm been sittin' heah on dis cubstone,
winter an summer. for nigh on to fifty
yeahs," chirruped one ancient brown soul
yesterday, from behind a board of wild
flowers, herbs, and tobacco twists, IAN
Cahline. dat gal o. mine ober dar wild de
apple blossoms an guinea keat aiggs,
she's ben comm along wild me ever sence
de wah."
You must have seen many changes in
your time. aunty?"
81 suttenly has. Befo' de wah all dem
where you see dem cars passin' dar used
to be a bridge. Many a time endurfn' de
wah ! seen amberlances creepin' ober it
slow-leavin' de blood to drip, drip, drip,
an / heahs de soljers groanin' in dere
pain. Yes. indeed, honey; rs seen heaps" :"
What are these??" asked the reporter,
pointing to rolls of fibrous brown bark
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"If Was Rich Would Buy Christmas Green's"

and withered switches tied with calico
strings.
Dat you got in your hand is red oak
bark. for cuts; dis wild cherry an sassa-
fras is for po appetites, and ladies buy
desc 'bacco twisses TO keep off reaches an
mofs. Dis dried gum is monstfous good
for fits. and here's sumpin' dats sure
cure for ole maids-it is, honey, for a
fac"
This boon for spinsters was a sheaf of
slippery elm chips. dozen or SO small
parcels girded together by leather shoe
string apparently much worn.
You ought to make pile of money out
of that, aunty. How does it work.
The old body chuckled and proceeded
to light her pipe.
You see, honey, ole maid ladies is
mostly lean an jubous lookin' and siipry
alum makes 'em fat. When dey gets
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Christmas His Hard Time.

minal STATEN in the reading room and at
each stack deck. At the deck station two
such racks are provided. one at the de-
parting and tho other at the arriving part
Of the chain ior the automatic delivery
and taking on of books. In the reading
room these two racks are both on the
descending part CT tie chain. one below
the other. one sloping inward. the other
outward.
All taking ou and delivery by the trays
occurs in the two vertical portions Of the
route. For this purpose . pair of planed.
vertical stationary iron guides are pro-
vided. which are engaged by the travel
ing trays. through fabricated grooves or
Jaws on the sides. ri5idly guiding the
trays in their course.
The capacity of the trays is the equiva-
in thickness. AS it arrives at the delivery
station its contents are combed of and
slid into n softly padded box.
The automatic action of the travelling
trays is secured through a set of ten
movable spurs Or keys on the back. one
for each OF the nine stack-deci stations,
and one general key. When book is
taken on dial is set by hand D. which
the general key is withdrawn and the
tray prevented from responding to any
call to take On another book along its
way until its load is discharged. II the
book is proceeding from the reading room
TO a stack deck the corresponding key
10. fCI Nj in
sures correct delivery. The capacity of
the carriers may he increased by adding
trays along the chains.
II is. perhaps, not generally known that
the sending OF book from the Library to
the Capitol requires little more time
than sending it to one OF the desks in
the reading room. Through a subter-
ranean tunnel between both buildings
runs Il small. flexible. endless wire cable.
passing over large sheaves at either ex-
tremity OF the route. and having attached
to it at opposite ends of the loop grooved
trolleys which run between pair of rails
parallel to each other and TO the cable
throughout the whole course OF quarter
OF a mile. including that over and under
the sheave5.
To each of the two trolleys is hung
carrier large enough to hold a bound vol
umc of newspapers, or a leather pouch
of similar shape and capacity. for books
and other matter. The carriers consist
OF set of deep parallel hooks similar to
the hanging human hand with the fin
gers turned upward nearly to the top.
Being hung from the top like a psndu-
lum. it travels always in an upright po-
sition. Its loads are therefore taken on
by passing upward through a correspond
ing toothed trough. and delivering down
ward through toothed rack.
The printing Office and bindery form an
interesting feature of the Library. which
Is unseen by the average visitor. These
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
"Takin' Comfort"

of all. was a fat, dressed chicken, with
its stiff legs shooting in the air.
Il will take that chicken" said the re-
porter. laying down nickel.
The woman laughed out with the un-
controlled merriment of child.
Go way. lady. When chickens draps
to cents de country's ruined. That dom
ineel,er pullet is wuth a half dollar, but
you kin have 1t for thutty-ive."
and what in the world is this?'' pok-
ing pencil at the Thing with-claws.
That's mud turkle's f;ipFer, caught in
de full de moon
"Is It oents?"
''De Lawd, no. Flippers comes high.
iady-when dey's caught in de full o de
moon. That identical fipper is wuth all
of 10 cents. but you kin have it dis mawn-
ing for TO-
"And how much for the hares foot?"
That's fust-class hare's foot, lady
amt seen none to beat it nowheres-but
amt gwine to tote it back home If you
wants it bad enough to pay dime. They
amt no luck to beat a hare's foot-ex-
ceptfn turkle fippers. o'cose.'
What is the difference between them?"
Their Remarkable Power.
"a hare's foot jes brings you money an
marriage, but a 'sponsible mud turkle
iipper. caught in de full O. de moon, des
materially bound to take you to the good
place when you die
Eternal happiness was cheap at the
price. and the reporter bought both the
chicken and the charm. And while the
laughing. garrulous body was putting the
dominecker in the basket, the purchaser
asked what she meant by calling out that
she was selling so cheap.
Oats jes my way er ketchin custom.
l calls an you ladies stops, an when
you stops you mos in general buys.
Don't make no difrence how you gets
trade-so's you gets it-ain't dat SO, Cindy
ANN"
Cindy Ann, who was on the alert to
find a purchaser for her string of green
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Obey the Gutter Rule.
NOW COMETH THE SEASON or GREENS

M ''; 's' 5ss s8. a6o''a5s ass;s's 's sssa. as
Y v the hunter and purreycr Of
green's appears. 1t is pic
tu-csuue occupation. and the results are
snyory bcycnd the conception Of the mere
eater Of bread and meat and store food.
Tie iiyst iniiInation that it was green
..zS=-s came the other day in market. The
eldest and most comfortable looking black
women on the outside OF Center Market
waved an expressive hand toward small
bcap OF Whitley green, curly looking leaves
.,d tepdrils. The marketer. she who
tnaws good things and knows when there
are TO be good things, burst into an ex-
clamation of joy. and clasping her hands
eurgled one expressive cry. "Dandelions.
..Yes'n." assented the market woman,
settling herself and spreading her skirts
with a flourish that bespoke volumes OF
scif-complacency. ies'm, dand line.
sho. had trouble gittin' 1t too. Mighty
tejous work. mighty tejous Jes' digsin
in de mud an piclSin' of little leaves
mighty tejous-'
"How much?'' queried the marke;er.
well. honey, bein's IT'S you. an you
cot sense enough to know dand'line wen
you sees 1t. guess you Kin have da fu
ten cents"
+, was small strawberry basket full,
and not too full at that. but the markcter
said that at this season it was cheap, and
would not dispute her for worlds, FOR
she knows.
Then we made the rounds of the market
wrrnen. There were no other wild greens
IN There was kale a-plcnty. and the
aycr present and common spinach. of
hoe, tons and turnip tops and radish
tons. too. there were none. as we Knew
but then these sre hardly wild greens.
They are good eating. so the marketer
affirmed. when properly cooked, and In
the season when they flourish, they may
bo had for the asking. in the market
where The greatest anxiety seems to be
,o get rid Of them. But these are COM
,,,o,, and well known. OF the Wild kind,
,,,oee that the small colored boy and girl
on fartb with knives and baskets TO gath
er from the commons about the suburbs,
there were none. Later in the season they
will be piled UP in their fresh verdancy,
crisp and good TO look upon, savory and
tempting to the taste IL properly pre-
pared.
Every child knows the young dandelion
sprouts. the first to appear on the lawns
and commons, and around the house. The
marketer is authority for the statement
that the gathering of greens is a matter
only done well by one who has a genius
for IL. know the cooking is. When the
dandelion has grown old 1T may be boiled
with bacon, but in its young days 1T is
delicious as a salad, wilted in bacon fat
with vinegar and a soupcon of sugar, and
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

fat an smilin some gentman gwine to
get a 'miration for 'em. an AK en-
unlessn dee done start drinkin' alum
tea too late"
The reporter left laden down with slip
perry elm chips and haited again before
another woman-laughing and buxom, with
a face as brown as a cocoanut and teeth
as white as its meat.
She was proclaiming in the tones of an
auctioneer that she was selling out for
cents, but experience taught the reporter
that the promise was a delusion and a
snare.
The stand was blush of laurel and
pink honeysucklc. On one end of the
board that served for her wares were
three eggs in a strawberry box, and at
the other was displayed a hare's foot, and
a withered black Thing -with-claws to it,
laid on big. green leaf. In the middle
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
Typical Curbstone Huckster.

peppers, chuckled and nodded her head.
And it seemed to the reporter that the
brown woman and Cindy Ann had the
doctrine of advertising-down fine.
Wealth of Spring Blossoms.
The stands against the wall and the
boards and baskets on the curb of the
Seventh and q Street sides of the mar
ket leave space enough on the pavement
to form somewhat narrow aisle. Yes
tcrday the marketers who passed down it
were hedged on each side by wild fruit
blossoms and field flowers that at this
season form the staple product of curb
stone trade. They made a pretty show
ing, contrasted with the vivid pink Of
rhubarb stalks and the tender green of
young poke sprouts that just now are
adding many dime to the vendei who
is energetic enough to gather them in the
of the morning, when it is juicy and
crisp.
One old man. who. like the majority of
his co-workers, has been coming to mar
ket for many years, knows how to talk
Interestingly of his wares. While the re-
porter was selecting her bunch OF bri-
dal wreath, he said:
''Yes'm. It's pleasant work gatherin'
spring blossoms, because 1 know
beforehand where dey grows an de
time for de bloomin'. Dis Judas
bush grows in a gully by a brook-you
kin see it hamin' red. and de wild cherry
tree where desc branches come from is
three miles off. nigh the Pierce Mill. 1t
takes lot Of trompin' round, but l amt
mindin' when de weather amt aggeryatin'
my bone aches.
Christmas His Hard Time.
"It's Christmas what gets me-man,
how / hates climbin' friz trees fer holly
an rootin' in de snow for crowfoot an
brier berries. Den when we gets 'em here
de ladies' don't want to pay what dey's
wuff. Ladies buys plentiful like of spring
flowers. hut when it comes to Christmas
greens, dey cert'ny is mean. Ef l was
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
Old Uncles and AuRties Who Sell Old- -Tine1
Flowers and Vegetables, and Have Anong1
Their Wares Also Many Curious and Pow
erfu Charms for Man and Maid ---Eternal|
Salvation in a Turtles Flpper.

"HE busiest spot in Washington on
Saturday mornings is the Center
II Market, between 9 O'Clock and
noon.
The big red brick, roofing food enough
to feed the District, begins its work with
swung on their hooks sufficient meat to
gorge an army of giants. Stacked on end
less marble slabs is butter enough TO
spread on the countless loayes piled high
on the bread shelves. Vegetable. fruit,
and flower stalls mingle with gay irregu-
larity, while down the entire length of
one wing are congregated finny delegates
from every river in this section of the
country. and, in their seasons, every sea
fowl that skins the water and every
game bird that wings the air.
The picturesque feature of the market
is furnished by the country people, who
run small truck gardens in the nearby
country, and sell their produce, squatter
fashion. OF the curb.
The stands against the wall are num-
bered and rented by the marketmaster TO
individual hucksters. the majority of
whom are white, but the curbstone sites
are free.
Obey the Gutter Rule.
The gutter rule of First come, first
choose is as ancient as the days of the
original market-a rambling, primitive
structure built years and years before the
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
7 IsIToRs TO the Library Of Congress.
that wonderful city OF books. are.
in general. unacquainted with the

Y 7 ISITORS TO the Library of Congress.
" that wonderful city OF books. are,
in general. unacquainted with the
inner workings Of that vast cs-
tablishrent They know that ii they call
for a book they will obtain it. providing
it is il its proper place, in a remarkably
shsrt space Of time. considering the mas
nitude CT the bookcazes. each one Of which
is as large as "A good-slzcd Office building.
It is by means OF the extremely inseai-
ous mechanism OF the pneumatic tubes
and automatic book carriers that this
quick service is rendered possible. the
pneumatic tubes are operated by com
pressed air, shooting short leather cases
two inches in diameter in a icw s,so7ds
between stations. These tubes run from
the central desk in the main reading room
TO each Of the nine decks or stories in
each stack.
Having received a readers ticket. the
desk attendant in the stack finds on the
shelves the volume wanted and places it
on one OF the automatic carriers which
are constantly moving on an endless
chain, and which traverse the entire
height of each stack. The carrier delivers
the book at the reading room desk to be
handed to the reader. When returned by
him II may be at once sent back to the
stack by the same machine.
The book carrier consists of pair OF
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

articles which passengers leave
in the sleepers." said the lost property
man OF the Pullman Company to a Times
man. Yes, even babies have been dis
covered among the left and deserted ar
tcles' handed in by the conductors.
think l can safely say that about the
only things which have failed TO reach
this company's museum are TASKS with
whisky in them and boxes of cigars.
Somehow Or somehow else these articles
have never been turned in to await
claimants. i suppose people are more
careful OF these commodities than of
others.
"All our conductors and porters are re-
quired to turn in all the property they find
during trip, and. of course, If they
found TASKS of whisky and cigars they
would not fail TO turn them in. They
give the name of the car. the date of
the trip, the points of starting and des-
;ination, and the names of the articles
they find. Then the articles are sent here
to The museum and examined, ticketed, in
yentoried and numbered.
when a patron writes and says he left
an article on one of our cars we write
back and ask him to give the exact date,
the route, the place at which he en-
barked, and the station at which he left
the car. We also insist on full descrip
tion OF the article. and any additional do
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

II UST take commercial dictionary
and everything you find named
~ in it can be found among the
articles which passengers leave
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-04-30

ley had something to say relative TO
the present status Of the Natlonal
Democratic party. He said tnat the
outlook for the future ascendancy Oh
the party was without doubt more en-
couraging than it has been in years
past, as recent events indicated mar
mony. He believes that all the dlHer-
ent factions will agree on certain prin-
ciples to be contended for and Will
adopt a clean, clear business platform
on which all loyal American citizens
can stand, and the party will go In 10
win. and will win, and after 1t wins
will carry out it's pledges to the people
and remain in power. 1t is safe to say
that two of the principal planks In the
next platform will be Down with
the trusts" and "Anti-imperialism.
Mr.. Finley says that he is an expan-
sionist:. but not of the variety that ad-
vocates going ten thousand miles from
home and spending millions and pour
ing out rivers of blood In subduing a
people whose instincts, morals and de-
sires are so radically different from
those of the American people. He says
he would gladly vote for the annexa-
ton of either Canada or Mexico. or
both, but does not think we Will be
benefited by forcing the people of the
Orient to become a part of the United
States. Mr.. Finley will return to
Washington either tonight or tomor-
row.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-04-30
MERE-MENTION.

Hon. J. Sterling Morton, who was
secretary of agriculture In Clevelands 8
cabinet, died at the home Of his son,
Mark Morton, at Lake Forest, Illinois,
last Sunday. Secretary or war foot
has returned from Cuba, where he mas
been to arrange for the withdrawal OF
the American forces. He gives 1t out
that 300 men will be left in the island
to take care of such guns and ammu-
milton as will be necessary for the va
rious naval stations to be establisheo.
Admiral Schley is being entertain
ed at Memphis, Tenn. up to last
Sunday, there had been 555 cases OF
cholera in Manila, and 449' deaths
from the disease. Miss Mary GUS
tis Lee, daughter of the late General
Robert E. Lee, took part In the memo
rial exercises held in Savannah, Ga.'
last Sunday. Governor Odell, OF New
York, who is extending his southern
trip from the Charleston exposition,
expresses the opinion that the indus
trial development upon which this Sec
ton is now entering, will be perma-
nent. The German government Is
arranging to lay a new cable between
Germany and the United States.
The dispatches from South Africa con-
tinue to indicate the early establish
ment of peace. go. Sol Smith Russell,
the noted comedian, died in Washing
ton last Monday afternoon. 1.-The
Savannah Cotton exchange is begging
the president not to appoint Negro
collector Of the port in Savannah.
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