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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21
ONE-LEGGED MEN.
Are More Numerous Than Supposed in
All Walks of Life.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Have you ever thought about the one
legged man, how numerous he is, what he
does for LIVELIHOOD" asked an observant
man. well. 1 suppose you have without
paying much attention to what you were
thinking about. You will find many men
who are thus afflicted quite as well off in
the affairs of the world men who still
retain both of their lower limbs. Many of
the brave soldiers who took part in the
little skirmish of the COS left the fighting
with one leg, or they We're wounded In such
way that they lost the limb afterward
because amputation became necessary.
Frequently this condition confronted the
wounded soldier many years after the war
So there are many one-legged men who are
prominent in all the professions and in all
the business affairs of the country.
But / was thinking of another class of
men, men who are not, for one reason and
another, fitted for the more responsible po-
sitions in life, the class of men who per-
force fall into the most convenient grooves
for the aims and responsibilities which be-
set them. He is bootblack now and then,
and we find him lounging on the corner,
waiting for some good customer who will
give him the usual allowance for a shine.
Sometimes we will find him at other things
which do not require too much leg work.
as the saying goes. But had in mind
still more curious fact in connection with
the calling Of the one-legged man. Did
you know that fully so per cent of the
railroad fiagmen in the United States are
one-legged men? Did you know that fully
90 per cent of the men who sweep out the
grooves. and who grease them. at the
curves on street railway lines are one
legged men? 1t ts fact. whether you
4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21
A POWERFUL KITE.
Steered by Operator, Draws a Boat
Through Heavy Sea.

From the London Telegraph.
The projected cross-channel voyange by
Mr.. S. F. Cody in a collapslble boat towed
by one of his kites had to be postponed in
consequence of the adverse wind which was
blowing with half-gale force almost due
! west. In this direction it would simply
have carried the adventurous voyager up
channel toward the Goodwin sands and
| the North sea- He will require a northwest
wind to cross from Dover to Calais. About
noon Mr.. Cody decided to make a trial trip
in the channel At this time there was a
30 mile breeze blowing, with a rough sea.
Mr.. Codys preparations were watched with
great interest. The kite used for towing is
about nine feet along by four feet wide,
somewhat on the principle of the box kite.
The material of the kite Is stretched on a
light bamboo frame. AS soon as it was
lifted clear of the beach 1t caught the
breeze, acting splendidiy and the towing
line was steadily paid out until the kite
was floating gracefully several hundred
feet high. The force 1t exerted could be
seen by the manner In which number of
willing helpers had to hang on to the line.
The connection with the collapsibie boat
having been made, Mr.. Cody and Pitcher,
coxswain Of the Dover lifeboat, took their
places in it. and the boat was launched, the
event causing a good deal of excitement
among the crowd of spectators. 1t was GER
tainly both interesting and remarkable to
see the power exercised by the Kite upon
the boat, which is strongly built of canvas,
with timber ribs and has alright COM
partments and is also we'll covered in with
canvas rising well up to the mast, leaving
small aperture in the center. This
forma ton of the boat, Mr.. Cody contends,
will keep the sea from breaking into her.
The boat is IL feet long by feet beam,
and is double-ended, with a particularly
powerful rudder.
No sooner did the boat take the water
than 1t sped away to the eastward at a
great pace. the kite being the only means
Of propulsion. 1t was blowing very heav-
lily, and there was a big sea running. Mr..
Cody informed our Dover correspondent,
who accompanied him. that, with a favor
able wind he would not fear to cross the
channel in his boat in such sea, as the
kite gives considerable buoyancy and stead
mess to his boat. His trip across the
channel Is simply to show that the kite
can be used for towing boat where other
means are unavailable, and that 1t is capa-
BILE of accomplishing much which comes
within the province Of aerial navigation
Mr.. Cody Unanswered his bat with great
ease, the little craft lacking about with
remarkable rapidity, for the inventor
claims to be able to steer his kite eight
points to the wind. T. boat was event
ually landed In another part of the bay.
The trial showed that, with a favorable
wind, the kite ought to make a fast voy
age across channel. In the afternoon Mr..
Cody with some friends. crossed to Calais
for the purpose of making arrangements
for his trip and with the object of study
ing the condition Of the sea in the channel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21
Learning and Work.
s~ AA6 eAA0 W VI
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The establishment of institutions Of
learning for his benefit is not the way to
bring the colored brother out properly OF
course, he should have the means of learn
ing how to read and write. He should also
have instructions In other branches that
come somewhere within the definition Of
common school education" What he is
in greatest need of is a situation and en-.
couragement to work The same is true
of many thousands of white men. Higher
education has carried a great many young
men out of their environment and they
have been made useless members of soc1s
ETY.. The university ia not the panacea for
all deficiencies. To be plain and homely
about it. it is impossible to make silk
purse out of a sow's ear. Moreover. there
has to be a tremendous contingent of hew%
ers of wood and drawers Of water" The
demand for wood-hewers and water-draws
ers is a thousand times greater than II 10
for men with knowledge Of Greek roots,
And on the average. the wood and water
workers are a great deal the most useful
members of society,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21
Scientific Training in America.

From tho Electrical World and Engineer
In a very interesting lecture delivered in
London recently on Lord Bacon, Mr.. Sid
ney Lee expressed doubt whether a Temple
of Science, such as Bacon imagined in The
New Atlantis" would ever come into exc
istence. At present the portents Were Mr..
Lee feared. not favorable for its emers
gence in England. 1t seemed more likely
to come first to birth in Germany or in
America, where things of the mind re.
ceived from the general public a considers
alton which was denied them in England
The experience of recent visit TO America
had shown Mr.. Lee that there was nothing
In his own land to compare with the wide-
spread eagerness among the youth OF the
United States to enjoy academic scientific
training. 1t was difficult for them at home,
too, to realize even dimly the mun.flcent
readiness with which American legislatures
responded to demands made on their re-
sources to supply the American people with
fit endowment and equipment of research.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21
PEANUT HARVEST.
Women and Children More Expert in
the Work Than Men.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
Peanuts are harvested in October in all
the large peanut-growing states. The har-
vesting must always take place before
frost, for the nuts and haulm are both
greatly injured, II not ruined, by frost If
the fall should be wet or the peanuts ma
ture very early, many Of the first-formed
nuts will be ruined by sprouting. Dry
weather should always be selected for har-
vesttng. 1t cannot be done when the
ground is wet, for then the dirt will adj
here to the nuts and ruin them, or at least
greatly detract from their market value
by turning them black.
The crop Of white peanuts is harvested
by running furrow on each side Of the
row with bull-tongue pillow or a pea dig
ger so as to dislocate the roots. Care
must be taken not to detach the nuts from
the vine in running the side furrow. After
the pillow has been run on each side of the
row (and 1t is sometimes necessary to run
twice on a side) then lift the vines gently
with the hand, carefully shaking the dirt
off, and lay them on the ground. Let them
remain in this way, If the sun is shining,
from six to eight hours. The vines will
wilt like clover, when they may be brought
together and stacked The stacks are made
around a pole planted in the ground and
rising some eight feet above the surface
A platform made Of old rails rests upon
logs placed around the pole, and upon this
the stack IS QUILT. Inc PLATFORM prOteCtS
the nuts and vines from the mold and
dampness Of the ground. In stacking the
nuts should be put on the inside, next to
the stack pole, but not so close as to pre-
vent the air from circulating freely from
the bottom to the top Of the stack To
make the stack entirely secure 1t should
have Gaping Of hay or corn fodder. Put
up in this manner, the nuts will keep Sc
curely all the winter should 1t be desired.
The red nuts are more easily harvested
than the white, as they have but few roots
and the nuts adhere closely about the
stem. In loose land they may be pulled up
without running a furrow on each side OF
the row, though to do this will make the
work much easier. There are but few red
nuts now grown. An Overproduction OF
them for a while reduced prices below the
cost Of the labor in producing them.
Usually the nuts are allowed to stand In
the stacks about four weeks and are then
picked off by hand, the white always. me
red nuts are sometimes threshed off by
taking up bundles and beating them
against a rail or the side of box This
latter plan greatly Injuries the peanuts.
Five to six bushels Of red peanuts can be
picked off the vines in day by nlmpl
fingered person, but the picking of three
to four bushels of the white is considered
a good days work. Women and children
are said to be much more expert in TINS
work than men, The price paid for pick
ing is about 10 cents bushel AFTER TINS
thew ought to be screened in cylinder, SO
as to separate them from the rust and
leaves and also for the purpose or bright
ening the hulls by abrasion After sun
ming they are put in sacks containing -FOUR
To five bushels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21
PALM FIFTY FEET TALL.
Rare Plant Added to Collection at New
York Botanical Gardens.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
number of rare and valuable palms
we're secured last week by the New YORK
botanical gardens and were placed on ex-
hibition in the palm house, the central ana
largest building of the conservatory range.
Most Of them were gifts from private col
lections, but by far the largest or the
plants was obtained fro mthe Central fark
Conservatives by exchange.
This palm is fine specimen or Cocus
Plumosa which has attained height or
fifty feet and threatened to push Its way
through the roof Of the tallest building In
the Central Park range OF glass houses.
be- given a fixed position in the garden
palm house, all its neighbors being potted
or else growing in large wooden tubs ana
boxes, while this plant was long since
found to be too large and a TOO vigorous
grower to be 80 treated.
II required seven men and a derrick to
uproot it from it's position in the park con-
servatories, but the gardeners OF the DO
tanical gardens managed to plant IT IN
the palm house without derrick The
uprooting, transporting and replanting
required nearly six days work The plant
IL named from the plume-like grace OF Its
great leaves, which remind one somewhat
of the more familiar Kentia palms. put are
fully fifteen feet in length.
The palm was planted directly in the soil
and was surrounded with an attractive bit
OF rockwork which in turn has been called
upon to nourish many vines, begonias and
more typical rock-loving plants. In its
new situation the plant will have an op-
portunity to add fully thirty feet to its
height before it begins to feel oppressed
for space.
Two Neowashingtonia robusta palms re-
ceived from c. NJ. Hyde of Greenwich,
Conn, are considered important acquisi-
lions to the garden collection, and attract
much attention. In shape the trunk re-
sembles great egg, two feet or more in
diameter at the base, with great clusters Of
large fan leaves rising from the smaller
apex on heavy stems, giving at least ten
feet spread of foliage.
Mary 8. Ames presented fine specimen
Of Acanthoriza aculeata twenty feet In
height, it's slender trunk thickly beset with
stout spines, some of them fully ten inches
in length This Is another of the fan palms.
the leaves more deeply fringed than most
Of the varieties. 1t came from the donors
Conservatives in North Easton. Mass.
OF four palms presented by Geraldyn
Redmond. the most important is the Phoe
nix dactylifera, date palm ten feet in
height Seven cacti. among them some fine
examples Of the Peruvianus monstrosus.
nearly six feet in height, were also includ-
cd In the collection from Miss Redmond
conservatories at Tivoli. N. Y.
Although this cactus has been a favorite
in private Conservatives for some years,
very few as large specimens are attainable.
They bear handsome pink-white flowers,
peculiar and frequent interruption Of the
parallel ribs Of the plant gives 1t the ap-
pearance of being made up of a succession
of short joints, and the singular appear
ance Of the plant commands attention at
all times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21

now It or not. and little closer observa-
ion will convince you of it. So you find
he one-legged man at crossing of the roads.
md your life is often in his hands. II he
Iaps he may Whit your candle out Or IL
he should give a false signal for some rea-
son something might happen to whole train
load of people. So true is ii that the one
legged man is the fiagman in all the plays
where 1t has been necessary to introduce
him, the fiagman is one-legged. The verdict
of the stage is not always good, but in this
respect | am inclined to think that no
mistake has been made. So after all. the
one-legged man plays an important and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21
Financial Success.

From Puck.
Hamfatter-'So you presented Hamlet
very successfully in Coon Hollow?"
Barnstormer-"Yes: somebody yelled
up seven pocketbooks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21
A Case in Point.
From Pucl

From Pick.
Crawford-'Women are never satisfied"
Crabshaw-"Thats SO. My wife begged
me to get her a chinchilla coat and now she
wants to go south for the winter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21

almost disappeared in favor OF the heavy
line plugging style Of play. Under the
rules Of this year there has been more
kicking than ever before. and II Is a Ques-
rived to reduce the value Of the goal from
the field.
0olAng During the Winter.
The active golhng season will practically
close in the vicinity OF New York with the
Thanksgiving day fixtures. Many of the
local courses. however. will remain open all
winter. Temporary green's will be used in
stead Of the regular summer green's in order
to give the members the advantage of en-
Joying the favorite sport when the weather
permits. Most Of the courses remain good
the entire year. and 1t is only heavy fall
Of snow that puts the links out Of commits
sion in the winter. and 1t seldom lasts more
than a week or ten days at a time. The
regular set events do not often take place
during the winter months, owing to the I'M
settled condition Of the weather, but sweep
stake handicaps are liable to be played al
most any Saturday. while during the week
there Is preliminary play and .private
matches almost every fine day. All the local
courses are in excellent condition.
The Wireless Telephone.
The wireless telephone is to be installed
on the battle ships Kearsarge and Ala
bama, now lying at the Brooklyn navy yard
Frederick D. Collins, the inventor of the sys-
TEN. has been at the navy yard several days
perfecting the arrangements and setting up
the machinery. He has already tested the
system for short distances and found 1t
worked satisfactorily Some experiments
have been made with his instruments be-
tween ferry boats plying across North river
and these have been attended with more or
less success. The recent reports of the pos
sibflfty OF telephone communication across
the Atlantic without the use of wires has
aroused great interest in the experiments
about to be made at the navy yard.
s. s. 8.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-18

the latest published inquiry only one
State in the South had attempted to car
~ pupils to school and that (Florida) in
only "a few counties. Also that only two
other Southern States besides our own
had made any efforts to combine schools,
and those in a very limited way To the
minds Of Southern educators the pres
ence Of two races had roads the sparse
nes, Of our settlements and the poverty OF
our people all argue against both trans
portation and consolidation.
Whether our beloved old North State
will succeed OF fail by this method the
weight of example from common wealths
South Of Mason and DlXon's line Is on
the other end Of the scale. Some, II not
most, of those States have established
schools that reach all, or rather, that all
can reach. To deny their efficiency, as
voiced by outsiders IN encyclopedias and
other directories Is to dispute the most
worthy, impartial evidence. That in most
Of these States the negro population Is
more dense that in North Carolina, ana
that with no greater resources, conVen-
lent public schools can be maintained Tor
four months Is conclusive proof that sucn
thing is feasible with Us. Some inquire,
how about taxation? We know something
about that already Within Il radius Of
three miles of the spot on which l write,
it is fair to say that enough money i
realized each year to keep separate
school for all the white and colored child
ren for at least six months out OF twelve.
But of that sum the whites get nothing,
unless they ride from three to six miles,
yet within this radius there are two col
ored and one Croatan school For the sake
of a convenient school, as an individual,
l would gladly raise my tax from $50 to
$4,000. There are reasons for hoping we
would carry an election for local taxation,
ia district were laid of giving Us home
school, but for years it has been denied.
We believe that Robson was one Of the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-18

many others it would fail At best, it
would hardly raise the class to whom the
State is cue special debt. Years Of ex-
perience In teaching have convinced the
writer that the probability of child's
attending school diminshes with rapid
ratio beyond distance of two miles
But some viii urge that our education
al department IS only conforming to the
practice IN many other States IL adopting
the plan of consolidation. To this re-
ply that according to the report OF the
United States Commissioner OF Educa-
ton for 1901 volume 2, there are twenty
three States which practice consolidation
to a greater OF less extent, OF these tWen
ty-three the same leOrt says all but three
have laws requiring the TRANSFORMATION OF
the pupils to school Kansas pays for their
conveyance IT the pupils live three miles
from school, Vermont il over one and one
half, Ohio # over three fourths OF mile.
But s there no other plan? The his
tory of common school education would
indicate there is The little school house
by the road in New England, and the
log school house by nearly every church
in the West were great factors IN the
moral and material development of those
sections. Ttheir prevalence and conyen-
ience We're the chief elements by which
they raised humble people to the chlei
esats OF national significance.
In many localities they now have con
! solidatfon. Yet this Is where the conven
! lent home schools from generation to gen
GRAFTON have so elevated the people that q
! central institution. where the hIShei
branches are taught Is an acknowledge
necessity but even this is possible only
| in densely settled, wealthy communities
where the tax rate can provide transpor-
tation of pulls as well as tuition. Many
such districts, even where the children are
hauled are not so large as the common
back woods district of North Carolina
1t should be observed that at the close o
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-18

tility which the clay soil gives, then
you can raise clover at homo
Any upland which IS not toe sandy.
if rich enough, viii grow orchard grass
rIohtably.
TIE second excuse can be answered by
ayng, begin the raising OF wheat and
roller mills viii naturally follow
The question OF buying western meat
cheaper than the home grown is tenta-
tive one. Ii YOU can raise corn cheaper
than YOU can buy it. then you have made
meat cheaper. It all depends upon the
expense attending the cultivation of
crop, whether it Is cheaper 20 ,1uy OF
produce.
The farmers with their fertile lands
mild climate suffciency OF moisture II
the air. and also underneath the surface,
can certainly raise corn, wheat, grass
ond a surplus of pork, every year if they
will but try. Diversity OF crops making
a surplus of everything you may raise
ana selling at remuneratIyc prices, ls the
great secret of success to the husband
man. The farmer may raise large crops
OF cotton and tobacco, he may receive
large returns from the sale Of same,
and yet if he has to pay out his money
for other supplies which he should make
at home, that farmer IS not making any
thing, but is perhaps. getting Iboorer
/ every year The time has come IN the
1 l!fe Of the farmer when he must not
I only work, but must think, devising the
! best way possible, backed by coed judg-
nent, to make farming a money making
business The merchant, the lawyer, the
Physician, all men Of al professions,
study very carefully every detail 6 busi-
ness and by close attention n2ake sue
cess. SO it should be with the farmer
4 Not only be a worker but q thinker
that you may perfect your plans, and
be great success in your adopted life
work. Farming Is the foundation of al
other occupations and professions IN this
lfe Farmville, N. c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-18
Talks With Farmers.
in Paotca
0Fof W. F. MASSEY, in Practical FaY,oor.


are beneficial. Not giving scientific
classification and Latin names. but com.
mon ones have several works on en-
tomolo2y but mono are worth ANYTHING
Tor practical use. When / was examined
lei teacher my certificate showed 100
per cent. on entomology but when |
went TO farming and fruit growing ali my
knowledge Of insects, except as to 1holr
three stages, was Of no practical value
Sucn department in the p. r. would
b" OF great educational value o the youne
20 ople.' our friends suggestions are
very valuable, and we are hoping TO see
the time when we can enlarge the paper
and include this and other instructive
matters The Editor viii be glad to give
just such matter. But with the various
departments that now occupy he space
1T is hard 20 add more until the patron
age OF the paper warrants The increase IN
pages Now il Mr.. Umholtz and all 9th
ers who want to have the paper enlarged
and made more educatiOnGi and in,trut-
tive viii go heartily TO work to increase
( lie circulation until we can get TO the
foint where these things can have room,
they Will be doing not only themselves
d favor, but aiding the proPrietGrs TO do
more. There Is no farm paper that sticks
more closely to It's text as an Cducat onal
/ journal than the p F., and we are anX-
/ iouS to increase its value IL TINS respect
| One additional subscriber sent by each
one nov on the list will put the paper
! where we will be able to make great i'm
/ prOyementS