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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-15
LEBANON CAMP GROUND
ATTRACTS 5000 VISITORS

LEBANON. Pa, Aug. I5.-Five thou
sand persons attended tho services at
the Mount Lebanon United Brethren in
Christ camp meeting.
The Rev. ". Z. Funk preached the
sermon at the dedication OF the new
great auditorium IN the morning. and
missionary services in the afternoon
were addressed by Dr.. ". NJ Bell. ger
eral missionary secretary; Mr.. and Mrs.
a. I. Howard. recently returned from
Japan missions. and Mrs. Mary Albert
Al Africa missionary.
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LAYING THE ASPHALT
ON SEVENTH STREET.
Long Neglected improvement Of This
Important Business ThorOughfa1e
Begins a. Last.

The paving IF Seventh Street north
west. from Pennsylvania Avenue 10
New York Avenue. began today TIE
Improvement. for which The Times and
tic merchants Of Seventh Street worked
last winter, VIII be- completed in two
months.
The asphalt will be laid from Penn
sylvania Avenue 10 Z Street. and from
. Street 20 the north side Of New York
Avenue The total cost viii be S2z.o0Q.
The contractor in charge Of the work
is the Crawford Paving Company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-15
TREASURE-HUNTING VESSEL
GOES DOWN WITH SAILORS

DURHAM. Natal, Aug. Is. The
steamer Penguin. while searching FOR
treasure. supposedly belonging 10 former
President Kruger. and lost during the
Boer war off he Zululand coast. was
wrckd today
twenty-five OF her crw were drowned.
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CHARTERS GRANTED
UNDER DISTRICT LAWS

A certificate Of the Incorporation Of
the Idaho Cold Extraction Company
was filed today. The capital stock is
$4,000 and the incorporators Arthur II.
Doble. Charles A. Dustin, d. S. Fletcher.
y. A. Smith. and X. NJ Fletcher.
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WANTED AT cULPEPER.

Detective Lacey this morning arrested
two negroes, William Porter and Henry
Strother, who are wanted an Culpeper.
Va, for robbery. The Culpeper authori-
ties have been communicated with and
have wired that they will send 10 Wash
ington for the prisoners
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-15
GREAT FRIENDSHIP
ARE MADE IN EUROPE
France and Scandinavia on
the List of Friends.
A BULLY GOOD TIME IN PARIS
Students From the Scandinavian Towns
Will Flock TO French
Capital.

PARIS. Aug. Memorable friend
ships have been started which are des-
tined to affect deeply the political and
intellectual life Of Europe" said the
president Of the co-ScandinaVian
Associa ton. The members Of the asso-
citation have been in the city more than
month spent studying the university
system and meeting the leading men or
rho country
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A Delightful Award.

Transportation both ways and week
az the Hotel Agnew. Atlantic CITY. Is
one Of the most inviting prizes offered
by The Times in its famous figure puz-
zle contest The trip may be taken as
soon after the contest closes as the win
uer desires.
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Take Back New Ideas.

We are taking back many new ideas
AS well as one real discovery" cOutin-
lied the president. I'VE have found that
there IS a close mental kinship between
the French and the Scandinavian.
Hereafter we shall always have a
strong representative Of our students in
Pans; while nearly fifty French stu
dents are already enrolled in Stockholm
Christiania. and Absala for next year
when the Professionalism Wan congress
will meet for closer organization and
more practical aims ut Stockholm. -
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Times Want Ad Branch.

Want advertisements and subscriptions
for the Evening and Sunday Times will
be received at regular Office rates at
j. B. Coblentz's pharmacy. corner Flor
ida Avenue and North Capitol Street.
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81 Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg; g.

Cumberland. and return. b. G. o. r. r.
SUNDAY, August q, leaving station sos
a m. Splendid opportunity for country
outing.
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$3.50 'Labor Day. Excursion ss.s,

Via superb Norfolk & Washington
steamer. 10 Old Point Comfort and Nor
tolk, Saturday. Sept 3. al $50 D. m
Round trip tickets, $3.50. good leaving
Norfolk and old Point" Monday night
sept. >. StatcroOms reserved FOR round
trip Phone 1890 or $50
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Selection of Goods Optional.

Of merchandise at Goldegberg's may
select whatever ne or she desires a
there is no restriction upon what may
2e seiecteq- ne prize Is Simply an or
der for s. worth OF merchandise.
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so6.7s San Francisco, Cal, and Return

B. & o. r. r. August Is to September
707 Fifteenth ST., sic Penna. Ave, and
Station, New Jersey Ave. and c St.
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s1e-world,s Eair-c. & 0. Rv.

Coach excursion each Saturday in An.
out.
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BaltimOre 8 ohio wOrld'g Fair Ezcur-

sions. 81 round trip. Wednesday, I'm AT
gust. September, and October. Tickets
good ten days. Coaches only
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SCIENTISTS WILL
ORGANIZE CLUB
Government Employees Are
Behind New Scheme.
HUNTING A SUITABLE HOUSE
Plan to Have Large and Up-to-Date
StTucture-The
Purposes.

The employees of the Bureau Of For
estry. Land Office. and other scientific
departments Of the Government. both
high and low, are organizing club.
The club viii be run on the same lines
as the Cosmos and Century Clubs. only
on a larger scale. II is proposed To
have sleeping quarters, diring-room,
smoking room, grin room, pool and bill
lard rooms, and all the other appli-
ances that go TO make the ideal social
club.
Hunting a House.
The CLUB intends TO rent or lease a
hoube to use as a clubhouse, until they
can have one built. and at the present
time have several large houses under
consideration. and also several sites for
the building which is to be erected.
clifford Pinchot will be president, but
it has not been determined as yet who
tho other officers Of the new organization
will be, rs great many OF the men con-
nected with the enterprise are at the
present time in the field.
Objects Explained.
TIE object OF the club is 20 bring tho
men of the different scientific branches
not alone of the Government. but gener-
ally. into closer intercourse with one an
other and in that way benefit each and
every member of the organization, as
well as the Government. for, as men
talk they are very apt to speak OF the
different methods used by scientific
men I'm their attempt to gain knowledge
and so may get many hints that may be
useful TO them in their particular de-
partments.
Still the object IS not entirely 90 ad-
vance the members in knowledge but
10 give the men in the different de-
rartments a greater range of social IN
tercourEe
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Given a Royal Time.

Royal entertainment was given TO the
Scandinavians. The theaters we're
thrown open TO them; comfortable quar-
tiers were furnished them free. and re-
ceptions were arranged for them. in
Guiding much Of official France from
LOubet down.
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MI AsnTOrd requesTs m the report
hat an additional field Inspector be ap-
pointed in bis Office He then continues:
But one other assistant will be
asked for. and as an example OF the
necessity for such help ] beg TO state
that builders are compelled to waste
many hours in obtaining permits, be
cause the one man employed or as
signed 10 such duty has numerous other
tnlngS to attend to, such as revision OF
school plans and preparation OF speci-
ications and other duties. such as
deputy usually performs and cannot
issue more than twenty permits day
without making sometimes an error or
0Nersight IN some renmirements.
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An "Eye7 Always on Your Valuable

You can't guard your vaiua bles always
but Union Trust & Storage Co. 1874 r
ST.. can. Safe deposit boxes s. year
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Cases in Court.

Last year invited attention 70 the
provisions OF the personal tax law
which imposes a license fee on building
and other contractors. and which has
led up 20 several cases IN the court to
( determine what is meant by a building
or other contractors and where the
line should be drawn.
There is no way Of determining and
no one with authority to decide whether
a man Is d builder or not and most
every man In business is a contractor
An examination of the permits issued
during the year will show that nearly
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llaIf the persons IN charge Of the erec-
ton Of buildings are not builders ana
should not be allowed to OBTAIN
license for. such work even If apPiled
II therefore most earnestly recon-
mend the passage OF tie Dill suomltIeu
by the Master Builders Association 10
the Commissioners providing for eXami-
nations and license for builders AND
architects.
Given Aid.
Il am glad to say that on July 1. 1904
an appropriation Of 5000 was MADE
available for the removal Of dangerous
buildings neglected by the owners. Dur
ing the past year the emergency fund
and the Fire Department have come TO
nv assistance and removed several
buildlnes or repaired and made safe
others which were facing on the pubic
streets and Liable to cola pse.
Il have under observation many build
ings where the line OF demarkaJion be
tween uusanitary and unsafe IS scarce
~ discernible and during the past ses-
sion OF Congress bin passed the House
for condemnation of unSanitary or un-
safe buildings. But | most sincerely
trust that the present law relating 70
the removal OF unsafe buildings, appro-
we'd March : 1899 Will not be- conpli-
Gated as suggested in the House BID
No. 9293.
Should Amend Law.
The present law relating unsafe
buildings might be amended by defining
the duties Of the jury or committee OF
survey or condemnation. and badly
needs a provision for penalty where the
owner refuses to comply with the no.
tice OF condemnation. ! find grow
ing tendency To neglect the work and
allow the District to do It and assess
the cost.
Il beg 10 invite attention to the re-
ports OF the inspectors Of elevators that
notwithstan ding the lnrOads on their
time for miscellaneous inspections. they
have made nearly 1900 inspections, in
Guiding United States Government build
ings when requested, or an average Of
two inspections each working day for
the two inspectors. But one accident
has occurred as the result OF breakage
In the machinery or hosting apparatus,
but carelessness IN opera ton end neg
lect in the maintenance will not be cor
rected until some control IS given US
over the engineers and operators.
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Municipal Buildings.

The municipal buildings erected under
the supervision OF the Building Inspector
We're as follows:
Ten school buildings and addi-
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Apartment Houses.

n .hc fiscal year 1903. forty apartment
houses were erected In the year 1901
teis total jumped TO seventy-two. an in
ei'e ,Sc of thirty-two.
Thirty-four more dwellings were erect
I'd IN 1904 than IN 1913. The increase IN
-cpair~ was forty-aine. Th~ total num-
htr OF permits issued i'm 1904 was 6.1I3.
tn" permits were for new buildings re-
pairs. awnings. and ire-escapes.
4 census Of the number or building
lu the District at present gives tho
number as follows: Brick buildings
e.t6S; frame buildings. 20 961 and sheds
IA 36l
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RAPID GROWTH
Of WASHINGTON
Million and Il Half More
Spent Than Lust Year.
REPORT OF Mr.. ASHFORD
Figures Show an Astonishing Develop
ment in the Capital Municipal
Building.

The value OF building Improvements in
TIE District OF Columbia during the
l-~caI YEAR 1904, not Including Govern
ment work. was 81, 422 972 greater than
tie value OF such improvements during
the fiscal year 1903
{ asst year ihe total value was 1l5.-
9I,.J.5. Tho preceding twelve months it
was sll5Si. eog.
Thcs, figures. Indicative OF the rapid
growth or Washington and its suburbs.
are contained in the report OF Snowden
Ashford. Inspector Of Buildings, for the
fiscal year ended June 60. 1904. made pub
lie today The contents OF the report
show toas the city Is on the increase ia
every line Of building operations.
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SWiping Watemelons by Moonlight,
IN Ye Days of "AuId Lang Swe'
n 'koE NARRATIVE. BY j. POLK RACINE
A TRUE NARRATIVE.

Rccausc every word herein written is
straight >ltalt not spare amy of the old
bows VIII" participated i'll the fun of that
nlght of byg"ir~ days Not even shall
Uncle DAIRY ger away this time because
forty years ago when he, too was, u
HHS1CilLter. fac WAS as cOlfish as amy of
the rest AT she Barrenites But JJncte
Ii're has lived in Elk Meek almost ever
since thc jallr event which | ann about
to call my rCutIerS 7ltteartion to was p,lll-
ed off. yoIn!@r in the BaIrtsls. And be-
cailSe OF his as>sSo~f;rtioll with the clarssit.
boys +f che Neck he hrs become civil
ized and las bong since put aside his
outward ctISScdneSs.
Now, render. please remember. that at
tlpe opening OF nifs story Otur old Uncle
Dilry was Il frll-tiedgcd Bsrrrenite. and
Inn EIk Ncckcr should not be held re-
slnTiSlhIe for what irc did 40 yeaus, ago.
Nov. ! 0uSt say, tIeut it wac, bealrti-
ful night hrcst,lSu il was. and IT must
have h2eu .tu-:Ust. rs it wals sveItcriu.,
hot. and W"srnEe,US wets, ON tan.
lake Holden. Ike Ha1,nnOnd. .Jo,a Yo-
cum. Benny WuIf. .IirWuie Mitchell. Geo
BWIldcA and elIe writer were sitting on
tire new post fcnce iust below Fort
Whortieherrr trying to trttsl. away some
or tn" heat and humidity that was
bngertuG tear. Suddeaay the fumes of
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BY J. POLK RACINE.

burning tobacco came dancing to Ills on
the languid breeze of the evening.
Hurry, Dave" said Ben, we've been
wanting for you for an hour"
Can't You give feller time to light
his pipe, said Dave, coming up and
pulling off cloud after cloud of smoke
from the cheap weed THAT he had ignited
Just up the road, and was now aiding to
burn by pulling and putting and snort
ing like an old wornout engine.
do you wrnt to have u little fun.
Dave? asked Jake, after Dave had
come up "F'um, fun" Said Dave. "now
where there is amy of THAT going on Just
count ON me-"
just here ! shall linger long enough to
explain eNHur Things for the purpose of
putting the reader right, as to what WHY
he or she is going mnd coming. The
s'tnge of action is over There i'm the North
East BarlnrS, on the Marley and North
fE.St I1Hd, 'Ti,f just where the Nothing
lr;rn AND iIktun roid CROSSES the former
ut FTt Whmtghcrry On the, next Hill
North innt then but now stands. tile little
rel meeting E':lsr. known IT'S B0u!:lt.n'
NIIHpr!. At one pace in ncu:ting tlc
lL"'lnr, next tly' clapCl, t!i@ iDuii is very
deep frCIn the barrk. on the sunset side.
just about half Il mile east from this
p0nvt, and entirely hcmmed in on all
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mar l9-3nos
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| ..E,f,v ,f,,,. :, l,,r.t f,o,,, J,l.,, ,,,,j
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to catch rn ~, 10 +bo s,,1,rc,, a,,tl,.nnl. ~
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but srill bummng his n,,,nn b.a o,,,l +ho
lovely iodo went off nuicl,nr op1 rollnd
down Down to tbo Lottnm f,r haIov,
"Ah bo " called por,r. VIE ,,,nn;r,
70 tbe r,ecinicn from (which nov, and
his nrct+v how b,l nro,.;ri+ .+od -, ,nh.
thn cedar c,ustar Nr Coni.a.Gaod
thot.s what vnn gat for .to,Iins, h" w,bola
sale Won couIdn.t ho ,,,sr md s,,.;,,o
one like we did hut won mr.t 1oad roir-
self Down Win forlidIon f,.,,i+ ,n1 In
consequence Won bova n hrol;nn rn,.l "
"V-hosn uocl, i. hrc,.'n" ,.oiloa nn,-,.
pulling tbe gravel and whitn sand from
his ontics and clomber+nc IN thn So,1', 81
his old cowbida boots ! didn.t fail 7
iumnad down nor noi+ho,. did s+aaI tho
melons for Mr. T. cnmo down tn tbo
potch and gave thnm 70 mo -
"Rock off hnc, off tharo old HOY
that wont 90 with tbis IttIn ioml If ns
WON s,v T. unbonl;od +bom ,,oIn,,, HOW.
in thn name of orr S,nF,v s,.hnaI I;d yo,,
rot hero an thn 6,.,, t,.oir ami v.br ,,,,n
Won c,tchinp vour wind with such ,,,fu,
rosns orJ why din v,n NOW down thot
hi,. ,,y,thn cn,nir,, th,nr@h tbn ,.bira,,,.
hin bushes
"Ycs" S,id Jolo .,,nd rotv.;th,,+,,d-
ing that wide mouthod dcy wg,. nnr,,,nJ-
Ing us to rnt :, umicknr ,,oit ,,,. hr mih-
hlin,r ,,n, LreIs nIl tho way. ~ tbo hn,,s
Won h,y,. Yottcn nn tho hIirgl ho,r,ogo Of
fine Same troiu thut wn did"
"\fLhln bnrlS mana " s,id linn In >,otto
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y Among the Captive Snakes :
d. L- W
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;SaDDDDDD@@@ @G@@@&@s

TIE only rs7rre c<tgras in the United
States are tw@ IL khis city in the reptile
house Of clue. New York Geological Park
On Tue Rcaqry- The park did have three
cOhras: hut cIpe was lost in Il curious
manner.
Thee defi TtfS were put in the CO.
bras cage tdrc dry rus food for the ser
peids und @lrfl cobra got one; but be-
fore. the SrnarT4.Sr mF the three, this one
being 1 f4eI ire leneeh less 3 inches, had
swallowed its rtt another cobra which
mad been prmupPer in SWALLOWING the rat
that It gs,t ,.eia>,d upou the nat in the
slower tohra's u@u.h ard took THAT in,
and ccok che cgR,rt with it. swallowing
the co!l2t. zoo. or adj hut three or four
incil,r. pf iGS GHiI.
Witt 4 pair ut FHrceisS the swallowed
cot,r,l Vas drawn otIt OF the grsedier co
bras i@ter0yr with thc at which it had
seized upon ANA tNtNd to swaftow, still in
its Mplth. The sCIIu was still alive and
every elforr was ular,e tn save it, for Co
bras are vnTcclhEe ard scarce and diff
cult TO lhenfr here.
IL w;.,' soaked IN Iepid wateT and mas
sacvd and sui }ettcd 10 the process of ar
titiciul respiration, bUs all unavailingly.
In the emf tlse Zebra succumbed to its
hard eXPerirlpr".
4 little laser the cobra THAT lfpd sswal-
lowed the Oehec had Il haEd experience of
its GANIl. Il; v1.ss bitteR on the lower jaw
by the othec Surviving cobra, with the
final CUtsOmr st losing one of its jaw
bones.
Poisonous snakes arr. immune to the
other snakes: bur sls, "a result OF TINS bite
which WIS ihrom@li the flesh to the bone,
there de- seIu(,fI .aIi che hirten snakes jaw
bone an a6srcss 't9lt IcrsisEteptly resist
ed trA;ltlscns. Jife cobra WIS taken
frtHu is cage ard me jaw oIHrDed and the
diSc,ts.i POI s.oIl Gf the hMpe scraped off,
bur tw" day, sttcr the abex'trsss reappeclT
ed, us K C2ld uEiriu Sftcr z1notiler similar
trCNtlUr &.
tsEl2rr:l, apuHatcd ani tilon % portion
of thr bong Was sg!iIicd ,tway, with the
hope Of rrn!Wv1ug the S,eIt Of the infec
ton. tiUt che t@isc;iEr Continued to arp
petT. ;rrd th@If. as I'll. one method of sstlv
img tlte cfbra's lie. il WIS decided to re
move thr >rc;ian %Of tie jtwiIone affected
The inctSiuIl fCt shiS purpose WIS msrdp
an clio tUi. ~ t@lck. az TIE head, 80 THAI
fine r!il%r. ~r tr<aH. side Of the lvud
should moc t~ onrr'd by Il sclr. With
TIL" :!,:.jrrC-T 0r StstllS4s the muscular
tiSHuc* were separated from tho bone to
be removed. Which WAS one of the lower
bones, AND il WAS tlvcSi unjointed from
the ~ ger hone aud taken out through
the q ING IN tle tNi1 Of the heard.
After thr nGst GIurouSh mltiseptic
trrtmr Il. ;hc PXttiic:' wu;lmf was sew
ed up wit!i two- sEitc,I2>: AND the cobrr's
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CROP BULLETIN.
CONDITIONS DURING THE PAST WEEK.

Wealth ER.-Thc week WAS general
ly cloudy and rainy. The sky WAS: over
cast during most of the first five days,
and damp weather with northeast winds
prevailed during the greater part of that
iEl!uh. The night We're warm and sui
try most of the week, hut owing to the
cloudy weather the temperature did not
lis> high by day WNl the last Of the
week. when clear skies wcrt, general ana
maximum temperatures &i'rve 80 de-
grrt.( occurred.
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MINOR CROPS.-potatUas continue
TO make fine growth and a good crop is
confidently expected. TlunSplanting Of
sweet potatoes was general during the
week under favorable circumstances.
The weather WAS excellent for setting
out cabbage and tomato plamS also. and
much of this work was accomplished
These plants have been attacked by cut
worms in Garrett county and many de-
Stroyed Some peas have been picked
cn the Eastern Shore n large crop is
promised Gardens are doing nicely
where properly cultivated and are Civ
ing good returns.
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GRAIN AND GRASSES.-The weel

GRAIN AND GRASSES.-The week
Was excellent for wheat. which made
good growth and is heading fairly well.
Much early wheat On heavy soils in
NoIth-central Maryland is reported to
he fine: some that was Sown late on corn
ground is very thin and short. In Car
rett county there is some good wheat
but much of the crop WAS too badly VIII
tcr-kilcd to yield satisfactorily. Con-
siderable damage from smut and the fly
is noted locally III Frederick and Carroll
counties. An reports regarding the con
dition of cats are encouraging. Corn
looks we'll and is growing rapidly; much
of the crop has received the first cult
vaticn. Considerable repDanting was
done in Nolth-central Maryland, and
stands in that district are still quite I'M
even. Elsewhere fair to good stands are
reported. Wire worms are numerous
and destructive in Howard county, and
cut worms in Anne Arundel county. The
acreage of sweet corn for canning pur-
poses is larger than usual in Hartford
county. In Washington, Frederick and
Carroll counties corn is getting weedy
and is much in need cultivation. The
rains of the week have been especially
beneficial to meadows and pastures. and
marked Improvement has occurred i'll all
grasses. The outlook fO' Il full crop of
hay III good. PaStulWge is gcneluily
abundant. Some orchard grass is being
cut for hay in North-central Maryland.