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GAITHERsBURG NEWS.
Social and Business Meeting Of Ep-
worth League-General Notes.
of The Evening Star.

worth League-General Notes.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
GAITHERSBURG, Md, May Z, 1893.
The May social and business meeting OF
the Epworth League of Epworth M. r.
Church was held last night. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles F. Hogan entertaining on this occa-
sion. Mr.. David F. Virts. the president.
conducted the exercises which were of an
unusually interesting character. Business
was dispatched in order to afford the league
a special literary and musical treat, under
direction of Capt. Richard Moore of Wash
ington, who was guest of the evening. en-
PERTAINING with his graphophone, to the de-
light of all present. Refreshments were
served at the conclusion Of the meeting.
Mr.. Perry A. Gloyd has purchased of Mr..
Frederic w. Carlyle, near washington
Grove, building site, containing five acrea
of land, paying 500 an acre for 1t. de IS
making ready for erection of residence TO
cost about 81, 800.
At the meeting of the Jefferson Club. held
at the library Tuesday evening, the Misses
Darby of Washington gave number OK
vocal and instrumental selections, adding
greatly to the interest of the program rem
dered. under the direction OF the program
committee.
Mrs. Ella E. Darby was successfully oper-
ated upon few days ago for the removal
of two tumors at the Maryland University
Hospital in Baltimore.
Rev. Charles e. Ely Of Hyattsville was n
guest OF former partshioners here this
week.
Prof. Lee David Lodge Of South Carolina
has been q visitor at the home of his father,
Rev. DIR. J. L. Lodge. at Arnmors.
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CREDULITY OF THE HINDOO.
Sample of the Decisions Which he Oc'
casionally Harbors-

From London Truth.
Here is a remarkable instance of the
credulity of the Hindoo and the wild kind
OF decisions which he occasionally harbors.
The writer Is described a Hindoo gem
slenan of standing and reputation, and this
extract is taken from a letter written to
gentleman in England:
I'VE are having awfully serious news
circulated in the papers here. Extracts pur-
ported to be from the Morning Leader OF
London and La Bon Guondia OF Spain i'm
press us that the emperor on the coronation
day was dangerously i'll and was never
really crowned. for the ministers caused
him to be personated by beggar of White
chapel. We are really very concerned to
hear 1t, and we firmly believe the news to
be false creation, but wonder why the
government is still inactive in regard to
taking any steps to punish the author OF so
foul a calumny."-
The gentleman who sends me the above
extract gives some other quaint examples
OF the amusing fictions which gain cur
rency among the natives of India The
bigger and the more preposterous the lie,
he says. the more readily 1t Is believed.
When the jubilee bridge over the Hoogiy
was being built. the story got about that the
government required q thousand heads OF
natives for the foundation Of the bridge.
and had given orders that all natives walk
ing over the madam after dark were to be
seeized and taken to the Sultan Khana the
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CONFRONTED BY PROBLEM
Effort to Get Rid of Pond OF
Water

The Commissioners are still at work on
the problem of getting rid of the pond of
water in the square bounded by Columbia
road, Kenesaw avenue, 18th and 18th
streets. Columbia Heights. The pond is on
property owned by non-residents, and 1t is
impossible to secure proper service on them
to abate the nuisance The Commissioners
have had several schemes suggested to
them, but none has proved available or
feasible. Mr.. G. B. Hunt, the computing
engineer, has reported to the Commission
ers that a suitable alley system for the
square would probably cost 5000. to be
assessed against the property adjoining as
a jury might determine the benefits arising
therefrom. 1t was thought that the con-
struction of alleys might relieve the situa-
ton. In view of the large cost, however,
this method may not be reSOrted to at this
time. Commissioner West has now sug-
gested that the sewer department make in
quiry as to the availability of some sewer
in the vicinity by which the pond of water
might be carried off.
In this connection Commissioner Macfar-
land has just made a statement with re-
gard to communication from the Brook
land Citizens ASSocia ton, in which 1T was
recommended that the Commissioners ask
Congress to grant them ample authority to
enforce the laws relative TO sanitary con-
ditiOnS on vacant lots owned by non-reSi-
dents.
II move that the Brookland Citizens AS
ISOLATION be informed says Mr.. Macfar-
land, that the Commissioners have been
endeavoring for three years to obtain from
Congress an enlargement of their powers
to deal with insanitary conditions in the
District Of Columbia, including cases where
their efforts to improve them have been OBJ
structed by the fact that the property in
question Is owned by non-residents, and
that the Commissioners appreciate the sup
port which the citizens association pro-
poses to give to the efforts which they will
continue to make to secure the legislat ion."
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Everlasting Flowers.
N Country Life in America

From Country LIE IN America.
I should never consider garden of pleas
ant annual flowers to be complete that did
not contain some of the ''everlastings' or
These paper flowers" are
always interesting to children. 1 do not
care for them for the making of dry bou-
quets," but for their interest as a part of
a garden The colors are bright, the
blooms hold long on the plant and most OF
the kinds are very easy to grow. My ia
vorite groups are the different kinds OF
and helichrysums. The
gomphrenas, with clover-like heads (some-
times known as bachelors buttons). are
good old favorites. Rhodanthes and am
mobiums are also good and reliable.
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How Islands Acquire Vegetation.
From the London Telegraph.

Nature in her slow, leisurely way is max
ing highly instructive experiment for US
to show how islands may acquire their veg
citation. Just twenty years ago the most
stupendous volcanic eruption of modern
times destroyed all life. animal and vege-
table. In the Island of Krakatoa. Three
years later Dr. Treub visited the place and
found some lowly microscopic algae set
Ting on the pumice and lava. These. 1t
seemed. acted as decomposing agency, and
prepared the way for ferns, which soon be-
gan to appear. Then followed few flow
ering plants. probably from driftseeds.
Five years ago there had settled sixty-two
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species of vascular plants. fifty of these
being Towering species and representinp
twenty-one natural orders. All these Mr.
Bottlng Hemsley of the Kew Gardens
man. He computes that about per cent
We're carried by birds, 80 per cent borne
by the wind and over 60 per cent cast up
by the sea waves. In time without mans
aid the island, twenty miles from its near
est neighbor, will be again covered with
vegetation.
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valley below!
But long before the seed of this hoary
giant was sown in the wind forests were
old on these hills. For fifty thousand
years and more have these mountains
been forest-clad one forest rising five
hundred years from youth to maturity.
sinking away in ripe old age. and giving
room to another generation of trees. Deep
in the earth today lie some of these
ancient forests changed by the slow chem
istry of the ages into coal. and now at last
beginning to give out for men the sunshine
which they stored up centuries before the
beginning of history.
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Probable Merging Of Two Plants.

Negotiations are in progress 1t is under
stood, for the purchase by William Berens
& Sons. bakers. Of the Charles Schneider
Baking Company. It is supposed that II
the deal is carried on there will be q merg-
ing of the two plants.
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Fire at Elkhart, Ind.

ELKHART. Ind, May S.-The plant OF
the Consolidated Paper and Bag Company
was destroyed by fire today. The loss is
about SIS, 900. with $4,000 insurance.
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Sternhsrg,s Emn|oYment Lpenng

ARE you looking for hrst-class help, city or
country, or good situation? Come, sss
me. Fair dealings. German spoken. Open
evenings. 81 COURT ST. Tel 1421-2
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aMants.

ons cent word for each inssrtions
ave cents wsrd for fun week. ssvsH
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NOVEMBER MAGAZINES.

The leading article in the Engineering
Magazine for November is by DR.. Louis
Duncan, who treats the subject of TECH
nical education from a standpoint of
rather unusual familiarity with both the
methods of the schools and the actual
practice OF engineering in the execution
of large works. To his criticisms of ex-
listing college courses is added by the
editors very interesting appen-
dix giving the gist, of leading opinions
in England and Germany. The illus
trated features Of the number are c..
". Aliens account of the electrical and
mechanical equipment of the Kimberley
diamond mines, q. Jacobs description
of the ore-quarrying methods which
have been applied to the vast copper
deposits Of British Columbia, Mr. Lakes
study Of the latest practice in locomo-
tive engineering, and Professor Red
mayne's review Of the coal-mining in
dustry. Professor Sexton has CON-
tribution on the recent improvements
In the manufacture of water gas; Mr..
Flynt gives a very useful as well as
interesting explanation of the methods
of purifying water for domestic and
boiler use; E. P. Watson puts the re-
suits of long observation and experience
in the machine shop into the form of a
paper. on 1.-THE Ethics of Workshop
Management" and Professor Diemer
discusses the Fixing Of Piece-Work
Rates." giving the details of plan
which he has successfully applied and
reproductions of the forms and blanks
needed to carry it out.
The November number of Scribner's
Magazine contains most notable arti-
Gle on the work Of John S. Sargent,
the foremost painter of our own day
and one of the greatest portrait paint
ers in the entire history Of art. The
article by the late Noah Brooks, "How
We Bought the Great West" is time
ly and authoritative contribution to the
picturesque story Of the great LOUISE
ana purchase, which more than doubled
the area Of the United States. The ar
ticle by Senator Lodge on THE Senate
is an intimate personal view of the du-
ties and responsibilities of this the most
important legislative body i'm the world.
e. c. Peixotto's article, Through Bret
Harte's Country recalsl with humor
and picturesqueness the chief charac-
ters and localities of some of the au-
thor's most famous stories. Andrew J.
Stone, the explorer Of the great ice re-
gions of the northwest coast, writes of
recent experiences in Camp Life in Arc
tic America" The article on 1.-THE Lit
erary Merit of Our Latter-ay Drama %
by Brander Matthews, Is a timely dis
cussion of present-day aspects of stage
literature and a. reply to those critics
who are inclined to find little of worth
in the plays of recent years. The field
| of art discusses Some Tendencies In
Contemporary American Art" and the
point of view deals with Reading in
College," Relative Age 1.-THE Owner
ship of Yourself" and Rene Balm.
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TAxpAYERs

! gs. TAXPAYERS
Are hereby notified that the Board of As
SCISSORS Of the City of New Haven will be
in session at Room No. 8, City Hail. daily
from 8 a. m. until p. M, from October
[, 1908, until Nov. 2, 1908, inclusive, Sun
days excepted, for the purpose Of receiving
lists of all persons owning property, real
and personal, subject to taxation.
IL any RESIDENT taxpayer neglects or
refuses to hand In list, made and sworn to
IS prescribed By law sickness 9r absence
ors must make out list, and add thereto
TEN PERCENTUM as required BY law.
of in swearing to list; nor can the husband
swear to list of property or which the
wife Is the sole owner. nor contrariwise.
the wife for the husband.
Each parcel Of real estate must be sep.
arately described.
EDWARD F. MERRILL.
= OSCAR p. IVES.
JOHN j. HOGAN.
TIMOTHY r.. CALLAHAN.
THEODORE 81. MACDONALD,
rs No2 Board Of Assessors. +
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bought at 1890 cents per pound, with
reports OF occasional sales as high as
25 cents. At Warehouse Point, sixty
per cent has been sold at 1926 cents
per pound Most of the crops in Glas-
tonbury have changed ownership at
2O@2S cents per pound. Sales OF New
England Havana have been limited, as
most crops are still on the poles. Prices
in both Massachusetts and Connecticut
have ranged at 10@22 cents per pound,
depending entirely on quality. But few
wisconsin crops have been bought,
prices TOLL cents per pound. In New
, York growers are asking 12@15 cents
per pound.
The cigar leaf crop in Florida and
Georgia was probably the finest ever
raised in those states. Increased acre
ages were planted. In Gadsden county,
Fla, the area is estimated at over
twenty-five hundred, and Decatur coun-
ty, Ca, is believed to have raised about
two thousand acres. Crops were large
ly contracted for before they were
planted. Sale prices ranged from fif-
teen cents for outdoor to one dollar per
pound for part shade and part sIat
grown Sumatra. In these sections the
industry is largely controlled by syndi-
Gates. .=-.s..s.
SALES IN CONNECTICUT.
East Hartford-SeveraI tobacco sales
We're made Saturday, October a. E. F.
Hills, C. P. Cummings, William Hills
and e. Hills being among the number
who sold to e. O. Goodwin of East
Hartford. Prices ranged from twenty
to twenty-five cents per pound.
| Some buyers apparently intend to
wait until crop is assorted. Only seed
| LEAF was raised this season and aver
aged from fourteen to fifteen hundred
pounds per acre. which is less than
last year.
Thompsonville-A few crops have
been sold in the bundle for 1920 cents
| per pound, and one hail cut for five
| cents. Some forty acres were badly
hail cut this year. The average yield
was about fourteen hundred pounds.
Crops are coming through the cure a
| nice light color and free from pole
sweat and are being taken down rapid
\ ly.
Suffield-SaIes of tobacco are becon1-
| ing more frequent as the crop is taken
from the poles. Several, have been re-
ported recently at from 1O@22 cents per
pound in the bundle. Farmers who
have good crops of broad-leaf have in
some instances received as high as
So cents per pound for assorted. Most
of the crop has cured down nicely, and
is superior to the '02 crop at this date
last year.
West Winsted-All the 'OS crops in
Pine Meadow and Barkhamsted have
been sold for 1920 cents per pound for
| good lots.
! East Haddam-The cure is well adj
vanced, and satisfactory. No sales are
reported. Leaf is unusually sound.
Quality fully as good as last year.
Havana seed was the only variety
raised.
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TOBACCO CROP AND MARKET,
SLIGHT CHANGE SN THE ACRE
AGE.
Crop OF Good auatisy-Ltghter Yield
Than Last YeRr. q

Than Last Yenr.
Returns from the tobaceo-groWing
states which produce cigar leaf have
been received by the New England
Homestead and show slightly reduced
acreage, and the yield per acre lighter
than in 1902 The quality is claimed to
be generally better than last year. The
New England acreage showed only a
slight decrease, 1890 to 1900 u
Crops in all states, excepting possi-
bly, Wisconsin, where quality was UNI
even. went into barns in the soundest
condition in years. Growers had prac-
tically no troublefrom worms or insects
of any kind. In this respect the season
was a phenomenal one. Leaves are
wonderfully free from holes; damage
bv hail was also small. In few sec
tons in Hartford county, this state,
and at scattered points in New York
and Pennsylvania, some crops were ru-,
ined by hail. The damaged sections,
however. compared with total tobacco
area,are insignificant The greatest
trouble the past summer was due to
season. .,...- .-r-.--~ -------
In New England crops ranged from
eleven hundred to eighteen hundred
pounds per acre, but the average Is not
likely to much exceed fourteen hun
dred pounds. New York crops will
likely run thirteen to fourteen hundred
pounds, Wisconsin fifteen hundred
and Pennsylvania fourteen hundred and
Ohio one thousand. So few crops have
been taken from poles all estimates Of
this nature are necessarily largely sur
misses at this early date in the distri-
button Of the crop of '0S. The season,
however, has been favorable for curing,
and as shed damage has been light,
figures given may be pretty safely
taken as at least approximately cor
rect.
In many respects this fall has been
one OF the best in years for curing.
| The lack of prolonged rains or other
/ unfavorable weather has resulted in
the least damage in years. The only
fear now expressed is that the cure may
have developed a little too rapidly. In
this case leaves will lack the elasticity
so much desired, -
| The cigar leaf market is in most en-
couraging shape. Every pound of the
| good tobacco, in the opinion of the
Homestead, will be needed. There has
been great rush for all left over
stocks of the '01 and '02 crops. But lit
tie of the New England crops remain
on hand. The '02 Wisconsin and Penn
sylvania broad-leaf are on the market
and are being called for eagerly. Pack
ers have no difficulty in disposing OF
their holdings. Supplies on hand are
so limited considerable anxiety is be.
ing expressed as to how the new croI
lis going to come through the cure.
/ Already a considerable portion of the
| '03 Connecticut broad-leaf has beer
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WANTED.
BARBER at 50 MEADOW STREET. tp
WANTED

FOR the Q. S. Army; able-bodied unmar-
ried men, between the ages Of 81 and So:
citizens of United States. of good char
speak, read and write English. For in
formation apply RECRUITING OFFIC-
ER, $50 Chapel street, New Haven; 66
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bridgeport, or 1879 Bank street, Water
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SLEEMAN'S Reliable old Employment
agency has removed to 1853 Chapel street.
Just below old stand o2 I'm
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ORDER or NOTICE.

ORDER OF NOTICE.
JOHN GADINO VS.. PHILOMENA BA-
s NONE 8(SADJNO.
State Of Connecticut,
New Haven County, S.
New Haven, October %, A. d. 1903.
UPON THE COMPLAINT of the said
John Gadino praying for reasons therein.
set forth for divorce, now pending be-
fore the Superior Court in and for. New
Haven County, to be held on the first Tues
day Of November, A. D. 1908, 1t appear ng
to and being found by the subscribing au-
thority that the said defendant has gone to
parts unknown: therefore,
ORDERED, That notice of the tendency
of said complaint be given by publishing
Courier, a newspaper printed n said New
Haven. once week. three weeks success
lively, commencing on the Esd day Of Oct0-
Der, a. ID. 1908.
EDWARD A. ANKETELIs
Clerk Of the Superior Court for New Haven
County o2233 ::30:n2
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LubriGating Oils.

District Of New Haven. IS. Probate Court,
ESTATE OF MARY ANN WARD. late ate Of
New Haven, in said District, deceased
Michael Ward of New Haven having made
written application praying that adminis-
tratlon OF , said estate may bs granted az
more fully appears, 1t Is
. ORDERED, That said application be-
heard and determined at a Court OF Probate
on the 23d day Of November. 1908, at
ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that
public notice of the tendency Of said appli-
cation, and of the time and place of the
hearing thereon, be given all parties inter-
ested In said estate, by publishing this Or
der three times In a newspaper having
circulation in said District.
By order of Court.
JAMES KINGSLEY BLAKE,
nan BIT Clerk.
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MINIATURE ALMANAC.

NOVEMBER 2.
Sun Rises, 6:23 Moon Sets High Water
Sun Sets, 4:47 332 8:33 a. m.
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Italian Silk Coolers

Fall importations Of these beautiful and use
full stripe silk covers, for divan use, hangings,
table covers, etc.
Large size, Sligo each.
Extra large size, $3.50 EACH.
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en- Tailored Waists of Pean de Cygte, in de-
sirable colors, made with tucks, strappings,
new large sleeves, deep cuffs, handsome
stock, and small buttons. Special at $3.95.
Value, $500. =.
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MAXINE LIST.
49, PORT OF NEW HAVEN saNN
ARRIVED

ARRIVED
Sch Mande Sherwood. Smith, Norfolk.
Sch Fraconia, Young, New York for bangor.
Sch j. H. Chaffee, Buell., N. Y.
Sch Julia Berkele, Anderson, New York
for Hayerhill. Mass.
Sch n. 5. Gallup, Gallup, n. Y.
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AUCTION

AUCTION
r. NJ. MALLORY, auctioneer, sells at 1S9
Winthrop avenue (near George street,,
Tuesday, 10 a. M, carpets, rugs, mating,
dining table, chairs, rockers, tables, pie
lures, linoleum, range, blue flame stove,
refrigerator, crockery, ETC. nj ZIP
District Of New Haven, IS. Probate Court,
October 81, 1903
ESTATE OF WILSON WADDINGHAM,
late Of Orange, in said District deceased.
The Administrators having made written
application praying authority to sell certain
shares Of stock Of The Chicago Cattle Com
pany, as by said application on file in this
Court more fully appears, it Is
ORDERED, That said application be
heard and determined at a Court Of Pro-
bate to be held at new Haven, in said Dis
trlct, on the 9Th day of November, 1903,
at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, and that pub
lie notice of the tendency of said appli-
cation, and of the time and place of the
hearing thereon, be given by publishing
this order three times in some newspaper
having a circulation in said District.
BY order Of Court, n sI
JAMES KINGSLEY BLAKE.
nj st Clerk.
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thirty bushels per acre. This in
crease in yield meant a total gain of
about nine thousand bushels, which
represented a cash value of about
four thousand dollars for that sea-
son. AS this increase did not repre-
sent an increased cost of production,
the gain was pure profit. In another
case, a farmer in Central Illinois be-
came interested in improved seed
corn, through the school of corn
judging in the Illinois Agricultural
College. He secured enough seed,
grown by a corn-breeder, to plant
eighty acres. AS a result, he raised
almost twenty-five bushels more per
acre on this field than where the or
binary seed was planted. The next
year, over one thousand acres we're
planted with improved seed; and last
year over seven thousand acres of
improved corn, from the more care
FULLY selected seed, was grown on l
farm. In addition, there were thirty
breeding fields laid out for the pur-
pose of systematic and scientific i'm
provement of the varieties grown at
this place. In northern Illinois the
manager of a large farm became in
terested in the benefits of improved
seed-corn, with the result hat last
year nearly three thousand acres of
improved corn were grown, and Sew
eral breeding-felds were established.
By A. D. Shamel, of the Illinois
Experiment Station, in the May Co.'S
mopolitan.