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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04
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Ga 40 women's Finest Mercer
oil. WS lied Understands; equal in
~ appearance to and better
wearing than amy silk skirt: $3.50 to 81
are the usual prices.
NJ Boys Fine All-weel Red and
ZSC. Blue Flannel Waists; Moth
er's Friend wristbands; soc.
and ti9c. value.
IN - An Choice of any Boys Suit
oNaA. AV that sells regularly up to
81; all styles and sizes.
N~ Boys Fine Corduroy Knee
ZVC Pants that sell regularly up to
<n Boys Satin Calf Dress Shoes.
QDVC solid leather soies and stiffen-
ing: worth up to s1.5o.
IN Chldren's Neat Dress Shoes.
OVC lace and button: extra back
stays; worth 81.
o. no Choice from the finest
SO. VIZ Black Peau de Sole and
Taffeta SILK Dress Skirts:
some handsomely trimmed with silk
medallions and clusters of tucks; lined
and unlined: sell as high as S25: a
great chance in the Hour Sale at s6.9s.
ST. 90 skirts Of a'S aIi wool ns elo9n:
smart hip trimming of
match bands; In gray and black. 1t
Will be one of the most sensational
offerings In the sale at $16e.
@A& mQ New purchase of
ceived. and to be sold
later at $25: beautiful ali-wool i'm
ported cheviots and yenetians; some
with military capes. some with the
new bolero and girdle; wide revers;
beautifully trimmed with metallic
braid, &c; blue, brown. black.
ST o. famous Priesaiey 81 c rae
venette Rain Coats, in
oxford. green and gray mixtures:
coats sold regularly as high as $40
While the lot of several dozens lasts,
your choice at SLABS
d. EN- Lot of finest quality
S0.SV I.ouaging Robes, from
line sold at SLABS: to
close. $3.50.
Ns Mems Four-ply Linen Col
Ze0C lars. In all shapes and sizes;
the latest and most popular
KINDS; sell regularly at from loo. to
2oc. each: one dozen for 25c. this hour.
Rzk- Dress Ginshams i'm all the
SN&G. new styles: best 10c. quality
% Black and Blue Mohair: full 80
ZVC inches wide; beautiful iustrous
quality; sold readily at Soc
nn MORE Velour that sells regu-
W. larry at jbc- yard; gray and
brown: be quick for this at Zoe.
yard
5c. !: :? 8: 1T e s''; sfsf s.S il
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Chinese Smuuule Opium,

Chinese seamen are the only people
I ever heard of who repeatedly defy
United States customs officers and
make good" said an officer of the
Sikh, British steamship that has ar.
rived in port with a cargo from the
Orient. eve tell the officers that
we believe they have opium, they
search the ship, but find nothing. P
may call one of them to do something
and find him so 'dopey' that he is use
less.- I know he has used it within
five minutes, but when I make
search the result is nothing.
where they hide it is the mystery
to all of us; we, who know every bolt,
plate and link in the ship, have never
yet uncovered their supply, and this
crew has been with us nearly year.
The entire crew. except the officers
and engineers, are Cinnamon, and ;
never saw better crew. Opium i7
the only trouble.-New York Globe.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
The Ridiculous in Poetry.

It is the custom of the American
journalist, who respects nothing and
invents little but his facts, to enliven
his pages about this time of the year
with ridicule of the spring poet"
Poetry seems to the transatlantic
newspaper mind especially ridiculous.
And, indeed, there is something pa.
thetically old-fashioned in the bard
sitting down to string rhymes together
on the fact that for nobody knows
how many thousandth time the days
have grown warmer and longer, and
the leaves come out and the flowers
peeped in the hedges and over the
meadows Besides, when the spring
poetry appears in a monthly magazine
readers will remember that it was
probably written during the autumn
of the year before last That is about
the time that the wine Of poesy takes
to filter through the editorial strain
er-London Tattler.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Blushing Maid Crab.

The tree of this variety is a very
vigorous grower, but limbs and trunk
are comparatively slender. Size of
trunk at base 201a inches in circum-
ference, at head 1S11 inches; upright
grower with fairly well rounded head.
Thus far this variety has not shown
much susceptibility to disease, either
OF foliage or fruit, says bulletin of
the Virginia station. First bloom
noted in 1892, three years from plant
ing, and few fruits were produced
the same season. In, 1895 and again
in 1897, 1899 and 1901 this variety
bore full crops of fruit. The CROPS in
o.: years were much lighter. In 1899
we picked ten and one-half bushels
fruit from the two trees, and in 1901
the trees were loaded with snowy
fruit. It is generally very productive.
Fruit of medium size, striped: and
washed with deep red and very snowy
on tree. Flesh white and crisp. not
very rich, mild flavor, with slight as
,tringency. The quality of fruit Of
this variety is hardly. equal to varie-
ties like Transcendant, but the pro
ductiveness Of tree and beauty of the
fruit commend Il: for more general
planting . Il. i ID MI
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Gen. Grant Sized It Up.

Gen. Fred D. Grants favorite story
Of his father is one that aptly illus.
trates the great soldiers faculty of
sizing up situation in few words.
1--WE had an old coachman," he says,
"who was not the brightest man in
the world, but what he did not know
about horse was not worth learning.
Mother used to call on him to do all
sorts of things that were not in his
line, and old John, of course, was al.
ways making mistakes to aggravate
her. Once she sent him to the bank
to do some business, and he did it
wrong. She told father all about it
and said:
"'1 guess you'll have to let John
60. He never does as he should any,
thing want him to do
"''Well, mother said MY father, If
John could do everything you want
him to do, and do it right, he would
not have to be our coachman.' New
York Times.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
In Growing Native Plums.

Frederic Cranefield, in a paper on
the growing of native plums, read be-
fore the Wisconsin State Horticultural
Society. said:
In the propagation of the natives,
many difficulties have been encounter
ed. Root-grafting is but rarely sue
cessful; crown-grafting on one year
seedlings is better, but expensive. Top
working on two year seedlings is all
right for the amateur, but impractic-
able where large number of trees is
wanted. The relief probably lies in
fall budding on stocks of the current
seasons growth. The next difficulty
encountered, after the trees have been
planted year, is the matter of prun-
ing. Nearly all of the natives are of
struggling habit and strong growers,
and if allowed to go unchecked, pro-
duce bad forks that commonly break
down as the head becomes developed.
On the other hand, if we practice re-
peated cutting back, a compact, dense
head is formed, which necessitates
stalking the tree in early life and him
ders the development of fruit spurs
as the tree develops.
While I am not prepared to give
definite directions for pruning, am
inclined to believe that a compromise
of the two methods would prove best.
l would prune a two-year tree to
whip when setting in the orchard and
head back severely. A little judicious
summer pruning the first year will
aid in forming the head. The follow
ing spring the. longest shoots may be
shortened somewhat; this to be fol-
lowed by a careful summer pruning.
After this it is probable that as little
pruning as possible should be done.
There is a very wide difference in the
habits of the different varieties, re-
quiring close study of their peculiar
tiles. Trees of the Surprise and Ham
mer will often make straight and
shapely specimens without pruning
after the first year, while Rockford
and Quaker remain struggling and
forked in spite of the best efforts.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Il lot a 4 TEN-No 4 q sCoLD.s
Angry Wife Needed More Than That
@ { I..3 TO Do Subject Justice. T K : ~ -

Angry. Wife Needed More Than That
s5 TO Do Subject Justice. E5
There were little red 5streaks IN her
face and a blaze ia her eye: as she
1ca came into the elegraph ohbce and
said: ssS $zY he .5sE. 3I :. . t,:s W II: sS
II want to A telegraph to to b my hus-
band e ',s G;s53s ss,.,sz{: & .'[ =.
Eyes, madam" responded the oper-
ator, handing her some blanks.
"How much will it be?" she in
CURED ..-:a
lJ"I don't know, madam" replied the
operator with keen politeness and, a
faint smile. y
/ Don't know!" she exclaimed.
What are you here for?" -:''E
ITO send and receive messages,
madam" sa
well, why don't you know how
much telegram will cost?"
Because, madam, don't know
where it is to be sent.'' =,
"Well, you needn't be so smart -
she snapped. 'It's to go to Chicago -
"Then it will cost 40 cents.''
She made no further remarks, but
took the blanks and in the course of
time returned with about six pages
of rather closely written matter.
There" she said, laying four dimes
down with the message, "send that"
"But, madam" explained the oper-
ator, lit is 40 cents for ten Words"
What" she CALCULATED; you can
only send ten words for 40 cents?"
She looked him square in the face as
she tried to suppress her feelings
"Are you married man." she asked.
"Yes, madam"
"Well, you must be very stupid if
you don't know woman can't give
her husband piece of her mind in
ten Words" and without waiting to
hear anything more she glided out of
the office, taking her message with
her.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Grading Up the Flock,

There are several ways by which a
farm flock can be kept up to a yery
good standard of excellence for prac-
tical purposes, by just a little effort
OF the keeper, said J. H. Robinson in
an address before the Massachusetts
State Board of Agriculture. Thus.
where it is the practice to take the
eggs used for hatchtng from the gen,
eral flock if, besides reserving his
best pullets, the keeper weeds out all
the decidedly inferior ones, and uses
only well developed males, any one of
which would be considered desira.
BILE breeder, the stock cannot go back
very rapidly, even though, as we have
seen there might not be enough of the
product in any year from the best
birds to strongly impress their quality
on the flock.
It is such selection as this, accom.
panied by selection of the largest
eggs for Matching, that is practical on
most farms where some special atten.
ton is given the matter Of making
poultry profitable. It is doubtful
whether any marked progress was
ever made by such methods, but thew
are long way in advance OF leaving
it all to nature. At best, these meth.
DDS are crude; their use under the
condition described is Illogical.
The logic Of such a situ@tion re.
quires that poultry keeper Who real.
ICES the Importance Of reserving his
best fowls to breed from, should make
sure that it is only the eggs Of his best
hens, fertilized by his best males, that
are used for incubation. The logic
of the situation requires that poul.
try keeper who thinks It worth while
to select the best eggs for Incubation
should, sooner or later, come to, con.
slider it necessary to know that these
eggs were from hens possessing the
other qualities priced. and 1ertiltzed
by males most suitable i Tor. mating
with these particular hens. 3election
is not complete Il It stops short 81
the separation of the fowl s{lected
unless the whole Ha lock SCI select
|Sa thing which does not often happen.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
DEATHS FOLLOW DOGS HOWL.
Tom sawyer's Theory indicated by
Strange Occurrences in Maine.


Strange Occurrences in Maine.
A black dog whose owner is I'm.
known has been bowling for two
weeks around Elm street, Saco. He
sits in front of a house with his head
turned skyward and keeps up a con-
tinual unearthly howl, which can be
heard within radius of quarter of
a mile.
There have been an unusual num-
Der of deaths in this neighborhood
recently, and it is claimed that this
dog has howled in advance in front
of every house in which a death has
occurred. The superstition has held
good in six instances, and Saturday
the dog was dividing his time between
two houses in which there is sickness,
bowling for a while before one of
them and then taking his station be-
fore the other. Some people in the
neighborhood are a good deal worked
up about it.
Nobody has been able to get near
enough to the dog to get a shot at
him, and when driven off he soon
returns. The superstition is as old as
the hills. It is claimed that within a
radius of 200 yards from a central
point In that. neighborhood twelve
deaths have occurred within less than
that number of months-Bangor
News.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Preparing Orchard Land.

The land should be- cultivated for.
two or three years and freed Of all
wild sod and weeds before it is set
to orchard, says O. M. Morris, of the
Oklahoma station. The land should
b, plowed deep so as to give as deep
soil as possible. Most of the prairie
soil in Oklahoma is very poor in hu-
mus or decaying vegetable matter.
Such lands should be we'll manured
before the orchard is set. The ma
nure should be scattered evenly over
the field and turned under with the
turning plow. The practice of apply
ing large quantities of manure in
places where the tree is to stand can
not be recommended. This practice
OF uneven manuring is usually car
ried out in one of TWO ways. The
manure Is applied very thickly in
the immediate vicinity Of the tree
and worked into the soil or it is
thrown in dead burrows that are made
in the row where the trees are to be
set, and then covered. The manure
will decay faster if evenly distributed
over the land. The trees will gather
food from all directions and form
bett. r root system. Where the fer
tilizer is unevenly distributed, the
roots seek the most fertile soil and
are developed there in greatest num-
bers. AS a result the water is taken
out OF such places very fast and in
dry weather these spots dry out and
the greater, part of the root system is
left without water. Trees set on such
land will always suffer more for water
than on soil evenly fertilized. Sub
solling is beneficial on soil that has
hard clay subsoil. Throwing out a
deep dead furrow where the row of
trees is to stand and then filing again
after the trees are set is often of
value both to loosen the subsoil and
to help drain the land. These fur
rows should run up and down the
hill and be as deep as is possible to
make them with the tools at hand.
The water that stands on the ground
seldom does any harm to the trees,
but the soil becomes packed and in
a little dry spell bakes and dries out
very rapidly. A short time before
the trees are set the land should be
stirred deep and the soil we'll pulver.
lied and left in smooth, level condi-
ton free from dead burrows and
ridges.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Literary Relics.

Among the literary relics of John
Howard Payne, which are to be SOLD
soon at Philadelphia, is a rather ex-
traordinary item. The Glove letters"
of Payne and Mary Wollstonecraft
Shelley are included among the relics.
The correspondence was sent to
Washington Irving, with letter from
Payne, in which he says he thought
Mrs. Shelley had been using him as g
catspaw to further her acquaintance
with Irving. ~ -4st5 -
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
They Belonged There.

At the latest of the ladies' clubs a
"pets' room,'' with little stalls for
dogs and cats, lemurs and lizards, all
the small creatures that lady finds
necessary as companions, is provided.
One of the most enthusiastic mem.
bers was showing her friends of her
sex over the establishment, and open
ed the door of the pets ROOM with
proper pride.
There, in the center of the room, on
two chairs, sat two Immediately
clothed young men, grave of face, but
with wicked twinkle in their eyes.
Don't you know this is the ladies:
pets room'?' asked the enthusiastic
member, with some acerbity.
That's why we are here" replied
the more serious of the two young
men, with becoming gravity.-Sport
ing Times. ''>.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
To Moscow.

Across the steppe we journeyed.
The brown, fr-darkened plain
That rolls to east and rolls to west,
Broad as the billowv main.
When 10! sudden splendor
Came shimmering through the air,
AS if the clouds should melt and leave
The heights of heaven bare
A maze of rainbow domes and spires
Full glorious on the sky,
With waited chimes from many a tower
AS the southwind went by. ,
And a thousand crosses lightly hung
That shone like morning stars
Twas the Kremlin wall! Twas Mos
COW
The jewel of the Cars!
Edna Dean Proctor.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
MEDN1I u !! u Q 4 IA NTS
SCIENTISTS Ian EXHAUSTIVE
s:ss,$ kPERlMEk s. I. u sss. .5
Tests Already Made Show slt i Pms
sibIe IT. lrnpregnate Growing vsoe-
tables with sli't h Substances Of AZ NaIue 70
the Human System I. ..::l5s}& is4Sa

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It is a common observation that the
quantity OF any characteristic element
Of a plant varies with its richness in
the soil. This, is, Of course, q cor
relative Of the wel1 known beneficial
action of fertilizers in increasing plant
growth It is now proposed, however,
to attempt the cultivation of medi-
Gated plants that is, common vege-
tables containing abnormal quantities
of substances it is desired to admin
lister. -
1t is evident to every one at all ac-
quainted with the laws of physiology
that the assimilation of mineral ele-
ments by the body is much more read
lily accomplished when these are par
taken in the form of food in vege-
tables. In the past, if the body has
needed an excess of iron, it has been
supplied by iron tinctures taken
through a glass tube after meals.
The modern idea is to supply this
want by certain vegetables, such as
spinach. Experiments looking to the
demonstration Of this scheme have
been undertaken recently in Europe.
Ferruginous plants were grown in soil
enriched by the addition of hydrate
of iron, and upon analysis it was found
that plants grown in such soil con-
tained a much larger percentage of
iron than similar plants grown in nat
ural soil.
Of course, it is not to be supposed
that this increase in the percentage
can be increased indefinitely, but it
can be carried to a maximum point
which is very much greater than the
average. This same demonstration
has also been carried out in connec.
tion with tea cultivation. Samples of
tea leaves from several plantations
having similar >climate and altitude
conditions, but different soils, were
gathered, and, after drying, were an.
alyzed in the laboratory for their con-
tent of iron, nitrogen, phosphoric acid,
silicic acid, caffein and ash.
The various soils in which the sew.
eral plants yielding the sample leaves
udu Deeu grown were also 10alyZeQ
for similar elements, and it was found
that the chemical composition of the
soil, especially the quantities of those
substances taken by the plant, has an
influence, clearly demonstrable by
chemical analysis, on the composition
of tea leaves produced on such soil.
A very interesting vista opens up
to the prophetic eye in giving free
rein to the imagination on this fasci-
mating subject. Will the doctor of the
future, instead of ordering a nauseous
dose from the druggist, prescribe
course of medicinal vegetables, fur
nishing the iron, or potash, or manga
nese, etc., by means of these "doc-
tored' and 'medicated" vegetables?
Certified milk, which, with it's guaran.
teed proportion of milk fat, milk su-
gar and solids, might have seemed
an improbable commercial article fifty
years ago; and, if so, why not "certi.
fed vegetables in the immediate fu.
ture?
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Get Out Your Chiqnons.

Nine. Marie Paille, the autocrat OF
Parision hairdressers, has decided
that the hideous chignon is to come in
again. All Of feminine France doubt
less will bow in submission to this
decree, Englishwomen will fall into
line, and It is not to be thought that
Uncle Sans daughters will lag be-
hind. The chignon has been describ.
ed as ''about on a par, as barbar1c
ornamentation, with the note ring
and the jingling bracelet. It is unsanl.
tary." - y. .-E.1l--. -. : :
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
The Nun.

IT you become, a nun, dear,
A friar I will be;
In any cell you run, dear,
Pray look behind for me.
The roses all turn pale, too;
The doves all take the veil. too;
The blind will see the show;
What! you become a nun, my dear,
I'll not believe it, no!
If you become a nun, dear,
The Bishop Love will be:
The Cupids every one, dear,
Will chant, We trust in thee!"
The incense will go signing,
The candles fall a-dying,
The water turn to wine.
What! you go take the vows, my dear
You may-but they'll be mine.
Leigh Hunt.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Our asks.

For what we cannot do, God never asks:
Beyond what we can bear, He never
tries,
In sweet fulfillment of the little tasks
We make our preparation for the Skies
great
And let's the common things of life
slip by,
Forgetting that the trif1es indicate
Which path we're taking for eternity
London Sunday. School Times.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04
Reformino Colorado Boys.

+ Hundreds of boys from the Denver
Juvenile Court will be sent into the
sugar beet fields near Longmont
Colo, to work. The boys will be sent
out in parties OF twenty-five each, ii
charge Sof a probation officer, and will
be equipped with tents and camping
5outfi They can earn from $1.20 to
S2sa day each. 81 }$ 3s31 ss- s3
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

1t would serve the convenience of
editors. compositors, proofreaders and
readers alike if the American news
papers would only agree upon a COM
plete set of Yankee names for both
the Japanese and the Russian war
Ships l.,.'
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

II the Italian chemist who thinks he
has discovered chemical combina-
ton in liquid form that will prove a
substitute for kerosene oil is right,
he may be endowing universities or
giving away libraries dozen years
from now. ,1y. 3 I. NIL 3.s II >1$,s 1$ 4
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

The decision of Philadelphia court
that wife does not own her hus-
bands pay envelope will not disturb
the average wife. All she wants is
the contents-Kansas City Journal.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

In one block of twelve houses in
New Brunswick there are six brides.
That block is good deal more desir-
able now as place of residence than
it will be a few years hence, If they
all stay there.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

Novoe Vremya, which is the name
of one of Russia's leading newspapers,
means The Times and The Vsemirnaya
means The World. It must be excit..
ing when The World newsboys flock
out with an extra.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

One of the Japanese officers who
were killed at Port Arthur has been
elevated to the rank of war god in
Japan. Still, comparatively few of US
would care to be blown to pieces even
for that high honor.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

The eminent authority that describ-
ed Uncle Russell Sage as a man who
did not care for money for it's own
sake must have heard of the reckless.
ness with which he sometimes spends
$7.98 for a. suit of clothes.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

1t is to be hoped that the fact that
= defendant in a breach of promise
case used to send his sweetheart
million kisses in every letter will not
be used as an argument against the
feasibility of one-cent postage.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

One Of the mysteries of nature is
the ease with which song birds and
game can be exterminated as COM
pared with the difficulty in getting
rid Of the boil weevil.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

1t would be interesting to know how
much Prof. Crittenden, since he dis
covered that people generally eat too
much, has reduced his own daily bill
of fare.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

An esteemed New York contempor-
ary is discussing the question, "Why
does popcorn pop?" 1t will be follow
ed by symposium on the topic, why
is gourd."
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

1t is unsafe to make running COM
ment on a baseball team or the
weather. Either is likely to present
a complete change of form without a
moments notice.
The Cook County herald., 1904-06-04

The Englishman who has been in
vestigating the question decides that
there is measure of stern reality in
dreams. Any man who has paid or
his wife's spring hat will corroborate
this.