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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14
SPRING BREFEEs.

The time is now approaching when
 the wise and forehanded people on rec
 reation bent are beginning to think of
 the happy days when, leaving house.
 hold routine behind and pent-up city life, they will hie themselves to the "big
 sea water" that laves our near-b by shores and headlands and promonto-
 ries, and, grasping clam hoes and
 rakes, will proceed to assail the domi- ciles of the denizens of the mud-flats | commonly known as clans, and rout l them out of their aforesaid homes to
 furnish material for most toothsome
 and appetizlng dinners. Already the city owners of shore cottages gladly es-
 cape from the carking cares of busi- ness and devote sunny hours to brush ing up their shore places and planting and transplanting in order that flowers
 may add to their shore-resort happi-
 ness. A prominent New Havener was thus deserted at work about his cot tage grounds last Saturday digging and transplanting choice towering plants,
 and perspiring at every pore owing to
 his exertions and energy and plenteous Eavoirdupois. The same amount of labor of a routine kind at home would have
 been eschewed as utterly unworthy and a bore. But with soft, zephyrlike
 April winds blowing from the sea, the bright sunshine overhead and the songs
 of happy birds in the near woodlands reaching the ear, the work was diver sion-a happy change that brought rec
 reation and refreshment. With what
 zest and joy does the new-made shore cottage owner enter upon his little par adise by the sea and enjoy it for the
 first year he possesses it, especially if | he has quiver full of happy boys and girls to enjoy it with him! And how
 satisfactory is the investment the next year, and the next, perhaps! But, with the children grown up and gone, the glamour goes likewise and the annual visit becomes a perfunctory duty and
 after awhile is skipped for pastures and
 pastimes new, and the cottage is put on
 the market for rent or for sale. Even
 shore-cottage pleasure palls at last and
 becomes an old story, and most surely
 so if the cottagers find themselves an-
 nually invaded by friends from near
 and far and the cottage becomes prac- tically free hotel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14
SELLING" A GEAR.

The Emperor Nicholas of Russia was
 "sold" few years ago. During an in-
 terview which Martineff, the comedian and mimic, had succeeded in obtaining
 with Prince Volkhonsky, high steward,
 the emperor walked into the room un- expectedly, yet with design, as was soon made evident.
 Telling the actor that he had heard
 of his talents, and should like to see a specimen of them, he bade him mimic the old minister. The feat was per- formed with so much gusto that the emperor laughed in1noderately, and then, to the great horror of the poor actor, desired to have himself taken off"
 "'Tis physically impossible" pleaded
 Martineff.
 "Nonsense!"- said Nicholas. q in- sist on its being done.": Finding himself on the horns of a dilemma the mimic took heart of grace and, with a prornptiture and presence of mind that probably saved him, but toned his coat over his breast, expend- ed his chest, threw up his head, and,
 assuming the imperial port to the best of his power, strode across the room and back; then, standing opposite the
 minister, he cried, in the exact tone and manner of the czar, ''Volkhensky,
 pay Monsieur Martineff one thousand silver roubles!"
 The emperor for a moment was dis l concerted; but, recovering himself with
 faint smile, he ordered the money to
 be paid.-London Tit-Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14
An Easter I30nueI.

Where lilies hid the Latin text, And smilax wreathed the altar, And every head was gravely bent
 Der sacred psalm and pslater, And all the font was pink and white
 With roses strewn upon 1t, He saw little maid in gray,
 Who wore an Easter bonnet. He walked behind her from the church,
 And viewed her girlish graces, And breatheG the vague, delicious scent, Of dainty bows and laces. A Prayer Book was in her hand
 She kept her glances on 1t, Till came gust of frolic wind
 And whisked away her bonnet. Her eyes were full of April tears,
 Her scarlet lips were smiling; Her sunny curls about her brow Were made for mans beguiling. Her face was like dewy rose
 He paused to gaze upon it. And found that he had lost his heart,
 As she had lost her bonnet. But now a spray of orange flowers
 Is wreathed about the Latin; The little maid is all in white
 A dream of lace and satin. And, as he takes her slender hand,
 And slips the ring upon 1t, He murmurs softly i'll her ear
 X blessing on the bonnet! -Minna Irving in Frank Leslie's POpul
 Monthly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

the Baltimore and Ohio and the irl- provement of it's track. the proposed double tracking Of the Norfolk and Western system and the numerous new short lines projected or being built to reach coal fields and forests makes this Q notable period in railroad construc- tion. It was stated not long ago that fourteen lines of railroad are either un- der way or to be built at once in West Virginia.
 Another feature is the large number of new electric railways. At the pres ent rate it will not be long before the trolley joins many of the principal towns, and it is linking the suburbs to every city in the State.
 'WaterWorks, gas and electric lighting systems, whole blocks of new buildings, fine schools, hospitals and churches are going up in every direction. Some places that were villages a few years ago are FapldIy assuming a. metropolitan ar, and nearly all the towns are growing at a gratifying rate.
 Best of all, this is not caused by any 'boom,' but appears to be the result of actual investments in worthy properties that promise a handsome income to the legitimate business man."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14
HIS START IN BUSINESS,

"What was my first business ven- ture?" The wealthy Chicago broker rolled back into his chair, his face re- faxed, and he roared with laughter, un- til the clerks looked astounded. Well" he resumed, when he had re- covered from the laughing fit, "it was pelting cats" Then he laid back and roared again. You people who are born in cities may not know 1t, but pelting cats is a profitable business. At least it was when was a boy. was twelve years old and spending money was as scarce as Northern Pa- cific stock was just before the merger. My special chum was Lie Mcintyre, and we went into the pelting business at his suggestion. Lie lived over back of the dump and knew more about business than I did, and besides, my parents would have objected had they known I had formed a. community of interest with Lie or was in the cat pelt business.
 Anyhow, I decided to keep my vo- cation secret until Lie and I had made our foraunes. I had little ri- fle and Lie could throw stones straight, so we prospered and cats grew scarce. We started with our own cats, and there was sensation over the mysterious disappearance. Then we raided old Mrs. Mooney's cat colo ny and got seven excellent pelts. We carried on our petling operations over on the railroad dump and sold the pelts at from fifteen cents to quarter. We rapidly grew rich Success made us want to branch out. We began peit- ing any other animals that came our way. In three months the town was fairly well cleared of cats and business was getting slack.
 '"Then Jamie Campbell, the son of the Presbyterian pastor gave a circus in his barn. That proved our ruina- ton, Jamie borrowed old Mrs. Smiths Angora cat for his menagerie, and he dragged Shea's billy goat up { into the barn loft, and entered Colonel Walkers skye terrier there, besides numerous other animals. Lie and I paid two cents each and attended. Then he held a secret meeting of the stockholders in the cat pelt company limited. That night we pelted the me- nagerie.
 There were troubles. Mrs. Smiths Angora was traced to the hide store, shea's billys skin was found beside it, Colonel Walkers dogs pelt furnished the last link, and it took my ather a week to keep us out of court. That was my last venture in hides for some time. ."-Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14
HEST VIRGINIA.

West virginia's s day of prosperity has come at last, and so marked is her pro- gress in this regard that at the present time no other State in the Union sur- passes her in this happy state of affairs. Her, rugged mountains and large for ests until recently held her back in the race. Now, however. she is forging to the front because, of the excellent tim Der her forests yield, and because her mountains are found to be treasure houses of valuable minerals. The why's and wherefores of all this gratifying development of sister State are set forth by the Baltimore Sun, and cer- tainly the array of facts presented is most convincing The Sun says:
 ''The opening up of vast coal fields like the New River and the Pocahontas regions has brought thousands of work CTS and added many millions of dollars to the States wealth. Its graphite, OcIlGEy SdlluS ttilu NullGu ilIlblul ucts have brought scores of factories that send their products to every quar- ter. Natural gas in some sections furn- ishes the cheapest and most efficient light and fuel. and the annual produc- tion of the many oil wells brings in an immense revenue,
 Probably never in its history has there been such rush of capital to West Virginia as in the past few months. Almost every day the Sun prints accounts of investments in coal, timber and oil properties, the opening of new mines and the extension of old operations. Timber and oil lands are second in demand only to coal proper ties, and all three are being developed at rapid rate.
 "rrhe linking of the West Virginia Central with the Wabash in the trans continental system, the new branches of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

The Germans have formed a society. with a capital of $17S,5OO. to encourage the development of the culture of cot ton in their African colonies, and their first efforts have been made toward the Togo.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CIFy l5CEETs A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, SSyoR SIX MONTHS, s6 YEAR. THE SAME FERRIS BY NAH.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

Rabbi Abraham Reser, formerly of Brooklyn, Is in Omaha, Neb., founding g children's synagogue in which He brew and the English translations may be taught and for educational purposes. He is by birth Russian and gets from the Czar pension of s75 a year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

The total value of the seals and whales taken last year by British ves- sels was about s162,O ,OOO. Whalebone now fetches as much as s12,5OO per ton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

The Journal de St. Petersburg, just published by the Foreign Office, prints an appreciative article on the St. Louis Exposition. pointing out the benefits to be derived therefrom.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

The only ancient gold diggings yet discovered which are of sufficient mag nitude to be those of the Ophir of Da- v.d and Solomon are those of the Zam- besi region. The gold contributed by David alone to the tbuilding of the tenn pie. being 'tS,oOo talents of the gold of Ophir," would be in value over $sO,oOO,- 900.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

Secretary Cortelyou is pleased with his new position at the head of the De- partment of Commerce and Labor chiefly because it will enable him to spend some of his leisure hours at home While Private Secretary to Pres idents Mckinley and Roosevelt he par ticipated in fifty-eight journeys similar to the present tour of the president. This statement was made by MT. Cor telyou himself in answer to query as to whether he did not feel lonesome not to be of the party accompanying MT. Roosevelt. These fifty-eight trips prove in a striking manner that the presidents of the United States are not so tied to the capital as would be imagined. With this record MT. Cortelyou says that it is a great relief to him not to be responsi- ple for any of the details of the present excursion of the president. In his fifty eight trips with presidents MT. Cortel- you travelled more than 50,OO0 miles.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

-., ADVERTISING RATES.
 Situations, Wants. Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each h. sertion. Five Cents Word for full week lsayen timesl.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

An attorney of the Wabash road is putting up a strange defense to a suit which has been brought by farmer to recover $10O for a horse which fell through one of the roads trestles and was killed. He maintains that "the Wabash railroad is no more liable for the death of the horse than if it had wandered into the yards and butted its head off against g. freight car. It (the horse) had evidently made up it's mind to jump off a bridge somewhere, and tust because it happened to succeed on one of ours is no reason why we should have to put up the price of it."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

THE WEEKLE JOURNAL. IEsusd ThursdSys, ons Dollar a Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

A Philadelphia baker is authority for the assertion that the latest fad of dys- peptics is bread made with sea water instead of fresh water. Tt has salt fer taste,' he says, "than we are &C., customed to, but it is very palatable. Tn fact, he who likes salty things is apt to like it better than the other kind of bread" ,'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14
GEH HAVEN. CONN.

THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

It is recalled by an old resident that eefhe Rev. William Henry. Milburn. the e.oauent blind chaplain of the United States Senate, who died in Santa Bar bara, Cal, last Friday, lectured in this city at St. Johns P. E. church at or about the time of the civil war and afterward our venerable townaypan,. Edwin Marble, secured him for several lectures in the Young Mems Institute course.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

A French soldier has invented de- vice which will prevent all sound and smoke from escaping from a rife, &C., cording to his claim. The device con- sists of a steel tube 30 inches long, which is larger than the bore, and at tached to the muzzle of the rifle. There are partitions in this tube which have orifices slightly larger than the bullet, and the bases are retarded by each nnnoticed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-14

That miller does not always need a safe was shown by a recent fire at Sumner, Kansas, which destroyed the Touring mill at that place. It was sup posed the owners account books were lost, but on investigation it was found that one of the big wheat bins was so situated that the wheat fell all over the desk, and not only saved the books, but even kept box of matches that sat on the desk from being ignited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-22
Baltimore, and Ohio p ID

Yeaye Washington. New jersey ave- and q NJ
Chicago and Northwest. al 100 am, $3.50 p.m
Cincinnati, st. Louis and Louisville, sIO:OS a m
.x:16 pm, s1:10 night.
Pittsburg and Cleveland. '1I:00 am, .s:43 o. m.
q Columbus and Wheeling. .e:2o p.m
Winchester, 1885 am. t4:lS. $3.50. 1920 pm,
LuIay ITO. $3.50. 1890 noon. .,.a,
Frederick. ts:a5. ss:l5 t11:OO am, si:iS, fa:so
aaeerstown. t1o:O5 I'm. and $3.50 pm.
Boyd and way points, 1885. 1915 an. s1:1s
Gaithersburg and way points. ts:35 1918 an
1880. si:15, 1890 1880. $500, 1880 t7.oa
sf:9O sio:1s t11:30 IN.
Washipgton Junction and way points 1855 sols
an. sI:ib. t4:30, $3.50 pm.
,I:2o $500. 1880. s:s5. 1900. 1880. xio:oo
III .0o an xl200 noon 1905 II zoo 10 on
900 xsO0, x4:30. $40, 1880. 1920 xe:oo. $40
200 $500 10000, x11:30 II :35 o m SUNDAYS
1900 x7:oO, 7:2o $3.50. 1890 am, x1:OO, lis
Raw Ridge, 5:IO An. week days, $50 AN. and
i:A0 i'' ROYAL BLUE LINE.
All traIns .Ilumlna ted with Pintsch light
Raltimore Philadelphia New York Boston and
the Fast 1900 1900 Diner) 1880 jBureJ
60 90 IDinsr). t10:o0 Dinerl am, 1900 (Dinerl
ss.O0 ('.Royal Limited" Diner) ti:OO (Pbiia
only. $500 Dnerl, 500 and 'Ii:30 pm. Csleep-
Atlantic City, t7:o0. tlo;oo am. fi:oo 800
Daily Except Sunday. Sunday only.
Express trains.
Baggage called for and checked from hotels ana
ticket Offices. eie Pennsyvania ave. NV, New
3. y. HEGE. District Passenger Aeest
D. ,. MARTIN. Manager Psssenssr fa0e.
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proper treatment may be recommended to
the farmers of the country.
An especially convenient device for
watering such cops as lettuce and celery
has been perfected by Mr. Beattie. From
the river, by means of a little pumping sta
ton, water is forced through a system of
surface pipes, about three inches in di-
ameter. running between the rows. From
these main pipes there are two-inch up
rights about every eight feet. These up
right pipes are provided with a patent
twin-mouthed sprinkling attachment, which
throws water in a wonderfully fine spray
over large space When field of these
sprinklers is in operation, it Is a pretty
sight. The spray is so fine that The Star
photographer. in attempting to take a pic
ture got his camera pretty well dampened
by some of the mist that was being borne
on the breeze.
Fine Varieties of Corn.
Mr.. Hartley is making specially of
breeding fine varieties of corn. For several
years he has been working out his scheme
of selection, and already some handsome
specimens can be seen on the farm. Stalks
nearly ten feet high. with good, healthy
looking leaves, and bearing large. fine ears,
are standing in the fields now. Paper bags
are tied over the tassels of some to hold
the pollen and over the ears to prevent
pollinatiOn. in order that a certain variety
may be developed, distinct from the others
The bureau of chemistry is growing sew
eral kinds of sugar and starch producing
vegetables, such as sorghum. sugar cane
and casSava. Besides determining the
amount of each substance they contain 1t
will be asceratined what varieties are suit
ed to certain conditions of locality and soil
DR.. r. II. True, in charge of drug and
medicinal plant investigation. is expert
Inenting upon a large number of medicinal
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
ULO. W. do u,
General Passenger Agent.
Schedule effective June 81, 1903.

Schedule effective June Fl, 1908
Trains leave from Pennsy lvania Station.
40 am Daily. Local for HarrIsonburg, War.
rentoa Danville and way stations.
1o.hi am. Daily. Washington and Florida LIN.
tod Firstclass coaches and drawing room sleeper
20 Jacksonville. Fla. Dining service.
First-class coaches and drawing room sleeper to
- orleans Dining service
A.o1 nm Week Days Local for Harrisonbure
md way stations on Manassas branch.
4:3O pm. Daily. Local FOR Warrenton and Char
o.o0 n'm. Daily. New York and Atlant. NJ.
o.s First class coach and sleeper To Atlsrts
pondavs Wednesdays and Fridays Sunset Roufs.
tourists sleeper Washington to San Franciseos
a.bo pm Daily. New York and Memphis Lin.
- Svfa Iynchburg). First-class coach ana 49,
IT, t car TO Roanoke. Knoxville. Chatts noor. IA
Memphis; sleeper to New Orleans Dining css
io.45 p.m Daily. Washington and southwest.r,
, tm;ted All Pullman train, club ana obsary.tsaS
LIZ TO Atlanta and Macon: sleepers to Anonsss
Nashville. Atlanta. Macon. Memphis New Orieans'
Dining TRAINS ff ON BLUEMoNT BRANCH.
leave washington e:l0 am. 100 pm Ana
m I:4o pm, 6:25 pm. daily except Sundsv
latter for Leesburg only. Sunday trains for Blu.
mont, s:ol am. s:1o an: e:25 pm.
az an. s:b2 am. e:%5 am. 900 pm. III
n m. and $3.50 p m. daily. Local trains from HaS.
Gsonburg. i1:55 am. week days and s:O5 pm.
daily. From Charlottesville, s:2s am. and eco
Tickets. sleeping car reservations and detailed
,uforms tion can be had at ticket Offices 70s ibth
erect 5i1 Pennsylvania avenue and Pennsylvan1a
Station. Baggage checked through from hotels and
'Phe ne iG4o p. r. R. Cab Service.
O. r. ACKERT. General Manager
g. a. HARDWICK General Paasr Aesnt
L. 8 BROWN. General Agent.
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Is upon grasses, and is under the direction
OF the division of agrostology.
Secretary Wilson declares that in no
country in the world are there better men
for carrying work such as this; and
here in Washington is their home and
rendezvous Difficult experiments in hibry-
dizing, breeding by careful selection, test
ing for content and practical commercial
value and ascertaining exact cultural con-
dltions can be conducted at the capital,
when nothing like them can be attempted
by the less experienced agriculturists at
the state experiment stations, and which
the farmer has no time or inclination to
take up. These in the end will be produc-
tive of real benefit to every farmer and
therefore to every person in the country
There is an experiment, now in its infancy,
by which it is hoped that an ever-bearing
species of strawberry will be evolved, but
as yet there has not been enough progress
to enable the experimenter to make state
ment in regard to it. Few persons realize
the Importance of the nations department
for farmers.
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this hemp that the narcotic known as
hashlsh is obtained. The plant grows all
summer, and after the pistallate or female
flowers come into bloom and before they
begin to seed, the tips of the branches Of
the shrub which averages about six feet in
fe1ght, are nipped off. These, with both
young leaves and flowers, are dried and are
tnen ready to smoke. The narcotic exists
IN sort of covering of the seed and can
De extracted and made into a resinous
compound or paste for chewing instead of
smoking. In this form 1t is very powerful,
peing capable of giving a man sweet
creams for long period of time. Mr. Ty-
Ter states that as soon as the flowers reach
the proper stage some of the men intend to
Iy smoking little of the hashish-entre)y
IN scientific way, of course.
Fiber Plants Cultivated.
A growth of ramie is one of the attrac-
tons Ramie is a plant which grows in
large stalks, having good-sized dark green
leaves and is cultivated for its fiber which
is stripped off the stalk The fiber is very
strong and makes up with a fine, silky fin
ish, suitable for underwear stockings and
SO forth. Last winter dealer in this city
put some goods made of it on the market,
selling mems hose for so and 80 cents a
pair, and the longer hosiery for over a dol
lar The absence of any machinery for
adequately separating the woody part Of
the plant from the fiber makes the manu-
is almost impossible to prevent small pjeCeS
OF the woody matter from appearing in the
finished material. Mr. Lyster II Dewey
who has charge of the fiber investiga tons
is also growing different varieties of hemp
fax and other fber-producing plants.
Mr.. Beattie published a bulletin last wear
setting forth the results of his work on
celery. His principal work on this crop
now is in the direction of producing new
varieties and of proper watering. He is
very proud of his pipe system of sprnklers
described in foregoing paragraph
The Tobacco Cloth Tent
A small area on the farm is under what
is known a tobacco-cloth tent. This
tobacco cloth is used in Connecticut to
shade tobacco, and SO it's name. 1t is a
very fine netting, which allows the sun to
penetrate with soft, diffused light. In
this tent there are melons, lettuce, celery
and caulifiower. the latter being grown
there in an attempt to secure seed. which
cannot be obtained in this climate under
ordinary conditions. The tendency of the
shade thus produced Is to make plants
much finer in their development The tc-
bacco grown under this shade in Connec-
ticut Is used for the wrappers of cigars.
AS intimated in the beginning Of this
article, the future of 1.-The fats" as the
men, is uncertain. The Arlington farm,
which is also under Mr.. Beatties charge IS
fast coming to the front as a rival of this
one In Importance. and should the time
come when the park commission will claim
this tract of land there will doubtless be
another as good if not better across the
Potomac. The chief work there at present