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The Washington times., 1902-05-29
NICKLEBY AT THE CORONATION,

An interesting contribution to the
evening meeting OF the Boz Cuban
association composed of those who knew
and loved Dickens during his lifetime
held at London. was narrated by a pesP,
who himself had received it from the
mouth CT one who was present with his
peers at the coronation OF Queen Victo-
ria. They had assembled in the abbey
at 6 o'clock in the morning. with the
prospect OF remaining in their places
fer ten hours; but twenty-five peers
came provided with copies OF paper
covered installment. published the pre-
vious evening of story by Boz. Less
fortunate peers demanded that the num-
ber should be read aloud but this pro-
posal being objected to as inconsistent
with the saIctity OF the place. they
waited as patiently as they could until
each in his turn received the coveted
chapters. II had been said that the
story was "Pickwick." but this was OBJ
yiously lapse Of memory. for the last
number OF "Pickwick' was publishes
eight months before the coronation.
Probably II was "Nickieby." but tbs
name OF the work matters little The
point OF the story. says the London
Graphic" is that there was at that tino
in England n novelist who. though only
twenty-six years OF age. could COM
mand the public interest to such an eI-
tent that no fewer than twenty-five cop
les of his work were TO be found in one
gallery Of that august assembly.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
Why the Girls Laughed.

4 bevy of boarding school girls, in
charge of a chaperon and directed by a
Capitol guide, entered one OF the House
galleries the other day. They had
scarcely seated themselves before one
OF the number, looking down upon the
forum below, gushingly exclaimed:
"Oh, girls. what a handsome lot of
men. Aren't they Just lovely? Would
MT it be just jolly lark to see If we
can find the handsomest man down
there?'
There was a unanimous Endorsement
of this suggestion. and fifteen pairs of
bright eyes scanned the House floor in
search OF Congressional beauties. At
| first there seemed to be a difference
Of opinion, some selected one. some an
other. and not few chose as the Adonis
of the bunch certain Republican from
| Illinois, who is the chairman of an i'm
portant committee, but whose name it
would be unfair to mention in view OF
what occurred later. Finally one OF the
girls exclaimed. with an enthusiasm
which might have indicated that she bad
discovered the hidden bird in a mystery
puzzle:
"Oh. girls, I've found him; I've found
him. There he is-don't you see him?
Just look"
A dainty little hand which glistened
with diamonds indicated the occupant OF
a seat about in the center of the Demo-
cratic side.
Sure enough! Who is he?" cried the
entire delegation. in chorus. The guide,
who had been appealed to for the in
formation. replied that the gentleman
was Representative Pou of North Car
ollna. And then he added after a mo-
ment, but he's married.
"Oh, what a shame" exclaimed a pc
tite maiden. who had heretofore main
tained silence. And then they all
laughed
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
Some Pumpkins in Ohio.
When the frost is on the pumpkin,
And the fodder Is in the shock

When the frost is on the pumpkin.
And the fodder Is in the shock
Hummed Representative Tompkins of
Ohio, blithely, as he passed through the
I House restaurant yesterday. His good
humor was due to a successful attack
upon the storohouse of seeds presided
over by the Secretary Of Agriculture.
Last year the pumpkin crop Of Ohio
failed, and during the past winter the
good housewives of Ohio we're depcn-
deut upon imported pumpkins.
Rightly or wrongly, II was the univcr-
sal impression that the imported pump
hins did not have the favor and ripe.
juicy pulp OF the domestic grown iruit
and there was q universal demand upon
hr. Tompkins early this spring Cor
pumpkin seed from the Department OF
Agriculture. The demand was coupled
with the suggestion that the more
pumpkin seed he secured. the better ii
would he for him in the coming cam
raign. and that for every round ripe
fruit grown from his seeds he might
reasonably expect to get vote
Mr.. TomDldEs. 10 comply with tine
wishes of his constituents. made many a
TIP to the Department of Agriculture
lie also interviewed all his friends in
tho House and offered 90 trade his Con
gressional documents. his flower seeds.
his maps, and. in fact, almost every
thing except his mileage and his sta
tiCnery allowance. and all he asked IN
return was pumpkin Seeds
Yesterday his numerous requests
were granted bv Secretary Wilson. and
a large quantity of the choicest pump
kin seeds were placed at his disposal
Il guess ell be some pumpkins in
Ohio this fall" he said
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
Beardless and Unknown.

Beg your pardon. sir; but only men,
bers and ex-members are allowed on the
floor of the House." said one of the
doorkeepers yesterday as Representative
Babcock started TO enter the House.
We'll, I'm a member" said the Rep
rescatitive from Wisconsin. Don't
you know me?"
oh" said the startled doorkeeper,
81 know you, now. but did not recog-
nize you at first. The loss OF your beard
makes big difference"
MIR. Babcock smiled and disappeared
into the House, where the members
looked searchlngly a, him, many failing
to recognize their colleague because Of
the absence OF his whiskers.
Mr. Babcock hasn't worn n smooth
chin in fifteen years. The change was
most pronounced. and many Of his
friends passed him in the corridors yes
terday without recognition.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
British Mule Station a Good Market.

Mr.. F. G. Stephenson. of Arkansas. at
the National Hotel. thinks the fact that
Great Britain is going to close up the
military supply station at Port Chal-
mette. La, will hardly rebound to the
benefit of live stock raisers in the Mis-
sissippi Valley.
'If the supply camp is abandoned IL
will mean that one OF the best markets
for horses will be lost to live stock
ralsers In the Mississippi Valley" said
Mr.. Stephenson last night. Thousands
of dollars have passed from the British
treasury into the pockets OF American
farmers In Arkansas and Missouri for
horses sent as mounts for British troops
in South Africa"
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
ALASKA'S POSITION.

In the adding wealth of the intrepid pioneers
who have cenered their efforts Alaska
While the inspiration like that at the foundation OF every
movement that of self ermen the
OF the whole nation And the of Alaska developed
stage where those who compose desire have
IN order that they consideration the Of
public and prepare the way for future.
The fact thai the people of the golden
ser to Washington to endeavor bring equitable
affairs out of the legal chaos existing there
inspired by the genuine spirit of Their
mendabe intended work higher civiza-
hon to aud IN correcting the anomalous position of
American where the have long
and proper regulations and the need of
with which they identified geographically Something
should be done for Alaska as
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
Historical Society Delegates.

! Three delegates representing the Citi-
zens Historical! Society OF Rhode Island
have been In the city several days. and
yesterday attended the funeral Of Sir
Julian Pauncefote. In the afternoon at
3 O'Clock they were received at the
White House by the President. They will
go to the Arlington National Cemetery
tomorrow to decorate the graves OF Gen.
Nathaniel Greene, Of Revolutionary
fame. and of Rhode Island troops who
have passed to the great beyond.
The delegates are Francis Gallagher,
secretary OF the society; Albert e. Chat
fee. and Mrs. Hattie Chaffee They oc-
cupy apartments at 51i-513 Thirteenth
street northwest. Their plans as mapped
cut include the honoring OF the memory
of Count Rochambeau and General La
fayette. both Of whom fought for a time
within the confines OF Rhode Island dur
ing the Revolutionary War. The graves
CT each of these illustrious dead will be
strewl with flowers tomorrow. and the
delegates will then cross the Potomac
and visit Arlington Cemetery. There the
graves CT Rhode Island troops will be
decorated, and like honor will also be
paid to the memory OF Generals Greene
and William Scott Hancock. Delegate
Gallagher fought under Hancock with the
Army OF the Potomac during the civil
war. Mainly for this reason the re-
nowned Federal officer will be remem-
bered by the representatives Of Rhode
Islands Historical Society.
On returning to the city in the after
noon the delegates will repair to Oak
Hill Cemetery. Georgetown. and there
they will decorate the grave Of John
Howard Payne This will end the vista
tions of the delegates. They will re-
main in this city until early in the COM
ing week.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
The Leveling.

Men build through ages. raising high
Their gilded towers and their spires
They sore the rain from out the sky
To give the plain what it requires:
They harness up the roaring stream,
And take :Ee strength Of fire and steam
Men change the mighty rivers course,
and rob the mountain of its treasure;
To men the tide resigns its force.
Men use the lightning for their pleas
ure;
Spurred by ambition and by greed.
Man shapes the earth to suit its need.
Men proudly crown themselves as kings.
And one rules over many others;
Men crowd and crush for worldly things,
Each striving o eclipse his brothers.
And here tow !ring Morgan stands
And there a Bqthschild crooks his
hands.
Men rearrangs Cole rk; they take
From this @ lat and wonder
How he n hrl Cga to make
So rnany aH FNa1sr- lip and blunder
Men big WIFI v.'.t. . pity blind.
Forget the H.s fr7t ght to bind.
Men pudot Win t-.-e assume to keep
With thor l4rra II worldly power,
When j., tH r Is buried deep
BY Goes .. 1 one dreadful hour.
Fear sN1lhs de stood high be-
fore
And al tho ar. kin once more.
S. L. hlss. - -"i-Ggo Record Herald
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
EIr. Newlands' Epigram.

Representative Newlands Of Nevada IS
one Of the most ardent advocates in tho
House OF the proposition TO irrigate arid
lands. He was especially delighted the
other day when the Committee on Rules
agreed TO report a rule in the near fu,
ture to take up tho irrigation bill, and
made 1t n special order in the House
There are vast areas in the silver
State. which, II vatercd. would bios
som like the rose" and rs the plan is to
devote the money derived from tho sale
of nublic lands to irrigation purposes.
wlthou: any tax upon the Treasury. it
Is likely TO PASS.
Mr. Newlands is opposed to the Cav
ernment's Philippine policy. The other
day he expressed his views upon these
two subjects in an epigram which
should make hin famous 1T would
be better" said Mr Newlands. "if the
Government would stop its irritation
Of other lands and begin the irrigation
OF arid lands"
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
Would Like to See Roosevelt.

People throughout the middle West
are highly pleased with the prospect Of
President Roosevelt visiting that Sec
tion of the country this year. as he
contemplates doing III September" sand
M-. J. c. Allentown. of st. Louis, at
the Riggs House last night.
There exists the most absolute con-
fidencc in him. besides a generous per-
sonal admiration for the man, which
will undoubtedly draw fully as large
crowds to hear him us turned out to lis
ten 20 President Mckinley.
II am rather surprised to hear some
of his official acts so freely criticised in
Washington. OF course. this Is natural
with any President. but l believe that
a retrospective view after Congress has
adjourned will contribute to a general
impression that the Rough Rider has
pretty we'll mastered the numerous try
ing situations in which he has been
placed" "
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
Miss Williams to Wed Mr.. Farwell.

The engagement is announced of Miss
Mildred Williams. daughter Of the late
Gen. Robert Williams. U. s. A.. and
Senator Farwell of Illinois. the wedding
to take place here on July IL. Miss
Williams mother before her marriage
to General Williams was the widow OF
Stephen A. Douglas. Mr.. Farwell Is
the brother OF Mrs. Reginald De Koven
and Mrs. Chatfeld Taylor.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME.
Talks With His Left Hand.

When Representative Cannon. some
times called the Watch Dog OF III,
| Treasury" because OF his position O
chairman of the House Committee OF
Appropriations, addresses the House h,
invariably gesticulates madly with hi:
| left hand. In fact. it is asserted that il
would be impossible for him TO talk
without saving the air with his good
strong left.
Some years ago, when Sunset Cox, OF
Cannon went to him and asked for rec
ognition, to speak on a certain bill
which was coming up. The Illinois
statesman was deeply interested in the
measure.
"All right, Cannon" said Mr.. Cox,
'IH recognize you when the bill comes
up"
How much time will you give me?''
inquired Mr.. Cannon.
Well" smiled Mr.. Cox, you can
speak just as long as you keep your left
hand in your pocket"
Thank you, that will give me all the
time / want"
The bill came up. Mr.. Cannon took
the floor and addressed the Chair. He
had not spoken thirty seconds when up
few his left hand. to emphasize a SEN
tence-and The Speakers gavel sounded
with whack. and Mr.. Cox. amid laugh
ter. said, The gent!eman's time has ex-
pired"
However. according to the story. some
member came to Mr.. Cannon's rescue
and Welded him time in which to make
his s-eoch.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
Russia Next.

Prcyidence Journal-The Spanish war
aCm1l 1lstratod that Great Britain is our
friend: the visit Of Prince Henry showed
nat Germany is our friend; the Rocham-
beau celebration reminds US that France
s cur friend. We seem to need some
iort Of an exchange of courtesies with
Russia.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
Short Story Club.

At the business meeting Of the Short
Story Club Monday evening last, at the
residence of Mrs. VI. L. Willis, 141f y
Street northwest, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President. Capt. Arthur Portman; vice
president, Mrs. NJ. L. Willis; recording
secretary, Mrs C. a. Metcalf. re-elect-
cd: corresponding secretary. Mrs. Z.
Maynicke stillnan, reelected: treas
urer Mrs. Clara o. Bland; and Miss
Gertrude Wilmington to continue as
chairman CT the program committee.
The club adjourned until its first meet
ing In October.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
Miss Phelps Mother Dead.

Mrs. Hanna left Washington recently
for the family residence in Cincinnati.
Miss Phelps. the niece of Senator and
Mrs Hanna, who spends the greater
part Of her time in Washington. has
been called home by the death Of her
mother.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
Ladies of St. Martins to Entertain.

The ladies' of st. Martins parish would
be pleased TO have their friends join
them in open air exercises on May 90,
on the grounds surrounding the old
Moore mansion. which has been used
as church for the last six months. The
ladies in chafse are Mrs. A. Rauel. Mrs
William Sardo. Mrs. ]. T. Connors. Mrs.
W. II. Reed. Miss E. Noonan, Mrs. ".
II. Groverman.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
A Popular Water Cure.

Louisville Courier -Journal-A theory
Is that irrigation in the arlf regions will
temper the heat waves sweeping along
eastward. and that rainfall will be in
creased. If It could be demonstrated
that irrigation would prove a water cure
OF this kind. IL would have mere friends
throughout the country
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Chafee on Waller.

fillmore American-We gather from
y' al Chaffee's review Of the Waller
ct that the defendant. as the old
81 y story has IL, was not guilty. but
he-. Oetter not do lt arain."
The Washington times., 1902-05-29
Senator Morgan.

New York World-tn this age of un-
certainty 1t is consoling TO know that
at least one thing is sure. Senator
Morgan still stands on the Nicaragua
route with both feet.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29

Any person who cannot buy the Morning Afternoon Sunday
EDITION of The Times any Washington in suburban
Towns, on railroad rans elsewhere will favor by
notifying the Publisher The Times Tenth and d Sts
Washington D. c.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29

-oWS POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID
1 lNENING EDITION. one wear. 81. six
months s1.5o: three months - cents
Evening and SUNDAY. one year 81: siv
months $3.50; three months. sia5.
Morn ing. Evening. and sunday. one wear.
so si1 months. ~; three months. $3.50.
The Washington times., 1902-05-29

sUDsDiiiPTioN RATES TO our oi,
MoBNING EDITION. one vrnr So; al,
mo itiS. $3.50: three months. sI.25.
Morning and sunday. one year, 81: six
months. . Loo; three months, si,.5.
Sunday editio only. one year 80: six
months. ai; thr months. 30 cents,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-06

Mr.. John Cowie of DesMoines. Ia, in
paper read before the Kansas State
Board OF Agriculture gave the results
of forty years experience as hog
raiser. 1t contained much valuable in
struction, from which we CLEAN the fol-
lowing:
Il have been in the hog industry for
the average human life time. ! went
into the business TO make money, and
have made it, and out of the hog. I
have stayed in the hog business be-
cause there was money in II. / start
ed with a pair at lbs apiece. / att
erward sold hogs dressed at $1.75 per
hundred pounds. But got away from
that style OF hog.
Years after that first experience. /
stood in the Chicago market and had
the proud satisfaction of selling four
carloads of hogs OF my own raising,
every one OF them. and received for
them $3.50. When that check was
cashed there was not a mortgage left
on the home, and there has not been
one on II since. You see / owe TO the
hog the greater part of my worldly
possessions. For twenty yeasr my an
nusl sales averaged over $4,000 When
the children grew up and had TO be
sent away 70 school,, and when the
wheat crop failed, as Il does some
times with us In Iowa, my main reli-
ance TO foot the bills was the hog and
he never yet failed me.
~ wish 20 speak 10 you plainly In re-
gard 10 breeding and feeding hogs In
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-06

bale of cotton for the negro. The bale
vas placed on the scales in the ne
gro's presence and it's weight taken.
1t seems as if the cotton did not weigh
as much as the negro had calculated,
and he accused Pippin of not putting
all of the lint in the gin. The ginner
did not say much in reply to the blacks
accusations. but closed down the gin,
went away and got his Winchester.
and hunted the negro up. AS soon as
he caught sight of the negro, Pippin
began pumping lead into his anato-
my. and before the firing was stopped.
the negro was lying on the ground with
not a spark of life i'm him. He was
not even given a chance to either apol-
ogize or explain matters before he was
thus shot down. Pippin fled in a
portherly direction and went as far as
Dothan Ala, where he was overtaken
by friends and persuaded to return to
Chipley TO stand trial. His father. it
seems, was murdered several years
ago by a negro, and the son naturally
held an aching desire TO avenge the
murderer's deed. The fathers muir
derer has never. been caught
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-06
Farmyard Manure Not Well Bal
anced.

The average farm crop uses plant
food in about the proportion of ten
parts of nitrogen to ten parts of pot
ash and five parts of phosphoric acid,
says the Farmers Monthly. AS farm
yard manure contains for each ten
pounds of nitrogen about ten pounds
of potash and five pounds of phos-
phoric acid it would seem that it is
fairly we'll balanced manure for gen
eral crops. In fact. this would be the
case but for the fact that much of
the nitrogen in general farming is de-
rived from the air, through the use Of
legumes, in rotation or otherwise. We
must first consider what is meant by a
well balanced" manure or fertilizer.
1t deals with the law discovered by the
eminent agricultural chemist, Justice
Won Liebig, that the food of plants con-
sists of three substances, nitrogen.
potash and phosphoric acid: and that
all plants must have these three sub
stances in certain definite proportions.
stated above. No excess o. any one,
or of any two, for that matter, can
enable crop to grow when there is
shortage of the other one.
Thus plants use certain quantities of
each of the elements of plant food if
there is sufficient nitrogen and phos-
phoric acid for a full crop. but only
enough potash for a half crop, a half
crop only will be grown. Not only
this. the excess of nitrogen and phos-
phoric acid is likely to be lost through
drainage, dissipation in the case of nj
trogen or reversion into insolube and
unavailable forms in the case of phos
phoric acid. Consequently, it is GER
tainly lack of prudence on the part of
the farmer to use plant food elements
in great excess as compared with an
other one. These points must be kept
in mind in order to understand why
even with a liberal use of farmysrd
manure. crop yields fall off, commonly
first noticed in a failure of the clover
crop or "clovere sickness"
A four-year- rotation, corn, wheat.
clover timothy, uses actual plant food
as follows:
Nitrogen ............s.. ..ooO pounuS
Potash ....................... 1926 pounds
Phoshoric acid ...............13 5 pounds
OF this, 1870 pounds OF nitrogen are
supplied by the clover drawn from the
atmosphere practically free of cost.
The nitrogen which must be applied
as fertilizer is thus $50 pounds, less 100
pounds, or 230 pounds. We must use as
manure, therefore. plant food as fol-
lows: Nitrogen, $50 pounds; potash.
325 pounds; phosphoric acid, 1876 pounds.
That is, for every 100 pounds OF nitro
gen. 141 pounds of potash and SO
pounds of potash and SO pounds of
phosphoric acid. Average farmyard
manure contains for each 100 pounds
of nitrogen 100 pounds of potash and so
pounds of phosphoric acid: hence, both
potash and phosphoric acid are short,
and manuring on this basis means a
loss of fertilizer nitrogen. the most ex-
pensive ingredient of the three-lost
because it has not the potash and phos-
phoric acid to accompany It to make
a crop.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-06
BIG TOBACCO SHIPMENTS.

Florence Times: The American To-
bacco Company shipped yesterday aft
ernoon to the Durham, N. c., stem
merry. train load of tobacco. The
Atlantic Coast Line furnished a spe-
cial train for the shipment, consisting
of Twenty-Five freight cars. The to-
bacco was all of the grade denoted
scrap" and of it there were 1885,. 552
pounds. Mr.. Louis b. Gregory. the
American Tobacco Company's manager
at this point, believes that this is the
largest shipment of tobacco ever made
at any one time from South Carolina.
He knows that il is the largest of anv
one grade. Several hogsheads of scrap
are in the factory here ready to be
shipped later, along with many thou
sand pounds of the finer grades. The
tobacco business is not over in Flor
ence by any means. None of the ware
houses have been closed. Some of the
warehousemen will remain open all
of the year. There was splendid sale
of all Florence county tobacco yes
terday. Between 5000 and 10000
pounds of various grades were offered.
1t brought over a thousand dollars.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-06
S0uTH CAROLINA.

Wednesday morning while 500 ne
groes were holding a watch night ser
vice in Fishburn Street Church at
Charleston, Thomas Daughtery made
a sensational entrance with a revolver
in his hand. With a wild veil he an
nounced his arrival and deacons rushed
up to prevent trouble. Babe" Coax
ley, a notorious character. attempted
TO take the gun from Daughtery and
was knocked down. The minister had
to dodge flying lead when Daughtery
began shooting, but he escaped harm.
Coakley was killed. falling dead at
the amen corner. With the revolver
still raised, Daughtery left the church,
daring the negroes to follow. He was
pursued for two miles by a posse and
captured. Daughtery came from In
diana and was employed at the race
rIr