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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
Railroad Lands High in Canada.
from the Portland Oregonian

From the Portland Oregonian.
The Canadian Pacific was less liberal
than the Northern Pacific in transferring
its wheat lands to settlers. and has profited
by It's conservatism. Thousands of acres Of
Washington wheat lands which the North
ern Pacific sold to settlers at from rs
cents to 81 per acre are row valued at S25
to $40 per acre, and show grain yields
which justify the prices at which they are
held. With such cheap land no longer
available in Washington there has recent
ly been quite large emigration to Canada
and the railroad company has sold a large
amount of its granted lands at from s. to
$40 per acre The company has already re-
ceived from the sale of these lands $37 OOO =
90, and 1t is estimated that the value of
the 1S.COO.O00 acres still unsold Is not less
than s9O,OoO,OOO This substantial collateral
may account for the fact that Canadian
Pacific stock is selling well above 100. with
strong upward tendency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
NIIT1M THINGS
! W(!!|SE; 2 2|R5 SEW

the office the next morning everything was
quiet. The vice president. who was ieis-
urely reading newspaper. jumped from
his chair when he saw me as II giant
cracker had exploded under him, and ex-
claimed. What the devil-why are you
here
because you telegraphed for me-
NO. 1 didn't he answered. I simply
wired you business quiet. Don't hurry
Then / showed him the telegram I has
received. Mixed up by telephoning. prob
ably He laughed heartily: thinking it a
that I kicking myself? Golf helps
some, but it's pretty hot. isn't it?'
X X
One Of Major Sylvester's policemen who
does duty In the resident section of the city
had a narrow escape several nights ago
Tom getting into serious trouble. SO several
of his superiors at first thought A ser
geant. in response to a complaint from u
citizen that the policeman was receiving a
bottle from saloon on his beat every
night that he was on duty, was detailed TO
watch the officer.
On the particular night, shortly before
the midnight hour. the policeman tarped
on the front window Of the saloon and then
continued down the street. walking slowly
with his hands behind him. Tho sergeant
who was not far distant did likewise walk
ing short distance behind the Officer, and
strangely enough he, too. carried his hands
behind him. The sergeant was only a short
distance past the saloon when he felt some
thing thrust into his hands. and on turning
around saw that the something, a bottle,
haG been placed there by a colored youth
who was returning to the saloon. The
official continued his walk. and on over
taking the policeman handed him the bot
tie. all the time thinking that it contained
beer. inquiring il It was for him. The
policeman unhesttatingly replied that 1t
was and that 1t contained ginger ale which.
he said. be was in the habit Of purchasing
from the saloon every night that he was
or duty. leaving the money on the window
sill. His statement was investlsa ted and
found to be true. and in view of the fact
that he had violated none Of the numerous
laws governing the behavior of policeman
no charge was filed against him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
School In Forest for sickly Children
From the London Standard.

A new kind of school is about To he
started by the authorities of Charlottenburg
for the benefit of children. who though not
exactly i'll. are so weakly that they ara
very liable to be attacked by disease. more
especially tuberculosis.
The school, which Is to accommodate from
12O to 125 children, is to be built in the
depth of the Junfernheide woods. near Ber-
lin. and the children will remain there the
whole day, special arrangements being
made to supply them with meals TbaS
are only to receive from two to three hours
instruction daily, and are to spend tie
rest of the day in taking healthy exercise
In the forest. The experiment, IL found
successful will result in a permanent school
being established.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
Uses for Sawdust and Slabs.
uisviIle Courier Journal.

From the Louisville COuFlFr-JuurnaI
Nothing about sawmill goes to waste
these DAYS, and the economic features are
being constantly emphasized" said C. D.
Bassett of Atlanta, Ga. For example ten
years ago the sawmill owners would pile
their sawdust Until they had a large heap,
and then they would burn it. getting no
return whatever. The most Of them now
have Dutch ovens for drying the dust, and
they they burn it In their engines making
the refuse pay for the operation. Still
others have established paper mills. and
the oiden DAYS great logs were taken and
squared and the slabs were thrown away.
Now a very thin slice is taken of Then
a board is sawed and edged. and In that
way hardly perceptible fraction is lost
with the bark. and even the bark has its
uses"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
Emersonian Lullaby.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The little boy leaned over the crib and
softly crooned:
They reckon i'll who leave me out;
When me they fly. am the wings:
am the doubter and the doubt,
And | the hymn the Brahmin sings.
What are you doing. Osgoodson?' asked
his mother.
Putting baby to sleep" answered the
little Boston boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
New Varieties Of Fruit.
From Country Life in America.

From Country Lie IN Amer1ca.
In the great majority Of cases new va
rieties Of tomatoes. as Of other fruits. are
not produced" they are rather discov-
cred. One finds a new form in his garden
and propagates 1t. Some Of the new forms
will not propagate themselves readily from
seed whereas others will come true to
a greater or less extent. Now and then q
man sets out to produce definite variety.
lust what means he shall employ will de-
pend entirely upon the character of the
particular problem. The peach-tomato. for
instance like many others, was probably a
chance Seeding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
Cards.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Mrs Newliwed-'I wonder what are prop
er calling cards.
Mr.. observation-disclosures mindedly)-'It de-
ponds altogether on whether you think the
other fellow has a good hand or Is merely
bluffing."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
at the Horse Auction.
From pJ

From Puck.
Some of these horses are quite expen-
sive."
Yes, but the most expensive horses are
not the ones you buy. They are the ones
you bet on"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
ACCOMPLISHED.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
Patience-'I see Chollie is home from
his European trip
Patrice-"Yes. got in yesterday"
lid he accomplish what he set out to
do?"
oh yes: he got home alive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
American cartridges. "

From Country Life in America.
In the north. where the ruffed grouse
is known as the partridge, the bob-white
is called the quail; In the south. where the
ruffed grouse is known as. the pheasant, the
quail is called the partridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23

Miss Pepprey-It seems hard to believe
Did she really call you Harp
Miss Passay-To my very teeth.
Miss Pepprey-To your teeth? But were
you present at the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
His Disappointment.

Reproduced from Leslie's Weekly BY permission
Copyright. 1891, by the Judge Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23

Clancy-"Pat, / hear we've bin down to
Washington lookin' afther yer pinsion. Did
yez the Prisidnt?"
Pat-"Ah. bad luck 1t wasi OF shtood an
the Garner fer tree hours waitin to see the
Prisidint, and whin he did come 1t wasn't
him."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

IL Will do MIN the
most good, and when Armour gets into
the pit as bull the bears usually take
to cover, or turn bulls. -.
There is no natural reason why
wheat should be selling above u or
% cents at the present time, but it is,
and the unnatural reason is Armour.
1t is at such time that the wheat pit
Is good place to stay out of. The old
time operators, the little scalpers, men
who buy and sell for the gamble of the
thing, men with small capital but a
long line of experience. understand
this, and reason dictates that they
stay OUTPUT they don't. Instead, they
exert themselves to read the Armour
mind, to follow the. Armour; deal, and
for their trouble get thrown into the
mir on the horns, Of the big bull a
Armour would rather break q corner
than build one. He does not lilz e the
reputation that goes with the manipu-
lator of corners. = In fact, there is not
big operator on the board who
values his regulations who, will admit
that he operates corners, or tries to.
1t was the Armour interests that i'm
ported wheat by the ship load to break
the Letter corner Of a year orz@Sztwo
ago, and caused the young speculator
q loss of some few millions. But. Ar
mour does sslike to regulate prices at
times, and-well, May wheat may go
, to one dollar, and it may break to 70
cents. The bears would like to- Know
which. I don't.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

So Yssr sE=4-s2 cs4er1es; cannot be- az
patch on those Of Rome. and Florence,
whose impoverished mobiles would glad
" sell their pictures out Of the coan-,
Try, but are forbid den by the law.y;N New
york does the best it can under diff
culties. And its galleries are freely open
to students; that OF the late William ii,
vanderbilt was open to the public also:
until the limited portion Of the public
that visited It behaved like hogs. Ihavea
never blamed the owner for withdraw
ing the privilege. The. Astorss have not
many great pictures I'm their gallery.
which extends across therear Of both the
Ae.or residences! Il igSreally rather ..
ballroom than "a picture display. The
.sameis true OF the Whitney, Cornelius
Vanderbilt andsa few1other houses. The
Marquand scollection was famous, but al
is now dispersed, Morgan's vast and.
valuable collections are stronger IN old.
books and cel1aneous articles than il.
paintings; and they are mainly ii Lon:
don in this Department the great trust
maker has been often cheated. Yorker
has done Melras s sq0ec{s q sdshou
s. tfme; but in Boston and Rsltimere are;
private collections that are better
- WEN LANGDoN.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

all over the South & :ran :. ::
side of the city. The builders designed
them for hotel purposes during the
fair and built them in such way that
they would be easily converted into
fats afterwards. The majority; of
them were of the cheapest construc-
ton possible. Mere fire traps, to go
up in a puff of smoke at the first op-
portunity. - =.
"A few days ago three of the build
Efngs burned inside of "a hours, rem
dering more than 100 families home
less,7 causing three deaths; and a num-
Der of injuries. Practically before the
department could reach the scene of
the fires the walls crumbled like pa
per. .,..
The Alexandra building, burned just
a year ago, was fair sample of this
class of buildings. 1t was absolutely
without fire escapes; but one stairway
and one elevator afforded egress from
the building, and the stairway wound
around the open elevator shaft. The
interior of the building was all of soft
wood construction, the outside
walls. bat Attle: more than mere brick
shells The city authorities have re- IS
Gently been forcing the owners Of these
bAldilks #to tqpip them with fra Is
caeesaf thint .fhey shoald haY ad
'0IA0sf'e f''h' ~ w
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

West sides cross ~''' ~'''' "'' '3'''''
under the south branch of the river,
one at Washington street and the
other at Van Buren, street. They are
used by the North and West side cable
lines
There is II feet six inches of water
above the LaSalle street tunnel, 16
feet 10 inches above the Washington
street tunnel, and about .18 feet above
the Van Buren, street tunnel. The big
-vessels~of the grain fleet draw, when
loaded, from 10 to 20 feet. It. is evil,
dent. that remedy Of some kind lie
needed
The city of Chicago owns the tun-
nels, and lease them to the car COM
panies. The lease has still three years
to run, and: if the tunnels are to be
lowered during that time it is obvious
ly up to the city to do the work, an
undertaking of enormous expense
with nothing better than an empty
treasury to pay the bills. The city lie
crying for time. If the inevitable, may
be put off for three years it may be
able to- force the. problem onto the
shoulders Of the car companies. AT
the same time the car companies hold
the tunnel problem as one of their:
trump cards in the franchise fight
and will not surrender their advan=
tage. They are willing to lower the
tunnels, but not without compensation
in the form of franchise renewals, a
Compensation Chicago does not wish
to give. ~ .~.>:: - =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08
Nr. Bennett Looks In

Mr.. Bennett as g. 90
young man. He is slender and sineWy,
but 62. He is physically the most stall
wart of all New York's famous editors.
He once upon a wager ran race COM
pletely around the city of Paris. His
fondness for athletic sports is widely
known. His great yacht, his swift au-
tomobiles, are famed throughout Eu-
rope; he spends a princes income like
prince. Yet he is not profligate. There
is a calculated shrewdness in his mag
culation of some other newspapers, but
selling at three cents a copy on week
days, has the greatest income. r. The
younger Bennett is like the elder in pre-
ferring income, to influence: H. ~.
Eccentricity is his deliberate policy.
His. famous cablegram from Paris a few
years ago, suspending the publication
of the Telegram, was in point. The pa
per was suspended-all of Mr.. Benefits
orders are at once obeyed-and it stayed
suspended for day or two Then it re-
sumed publication. 1t had never en-
joyed much circulation up to that time,
but with the drift uptown of the theater,
and shopping district it has since stead
lily gained. - - ms< ..,..
MI. BENEFITS cablegramns S are rein in their
effects electric. They are not always
bearers of bad news: Once upon a time
Mr.. Rowland, who 1ssthe :Herald's long
suffering manager, received one which
read: 49,
: Rowland, New York: Pay -
81 $780, =1% y:: - IT. E::y-: ,, = :; - :: 7
Il Thatzwas all The 81, $50 were paid.
It was Christmas tire, too + fancy the
man: who received it., and all his friends.
found the sum as: easy to remember as if.
it had been an even $1,000. 49,:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

[4s s%gsEs *eEsIS =: s1uudW0uu8S,A a
the end of Lake Erie, have passed it
An lumber receipts. The great = grain
elevators by which the cereals of the
west are transferred from train to
boat are, located on the south branch
of the river, and all three tunnels
have to be crossed to get to or from
them. 1t is impossible for the large
vessels Of the grain feet to load their
total capacity at these elevators and
Ithens reach the lake. =. :::..,s.&ss
The result Of these conditions lis
THAT the grain that once. came: to Chi
Eeago= is now being transferred !. at
South Chicago. at Milwaukee and at
Duluth. These ports are growing at
Ethe expense Of Chicago. :. :. IS. S.
b. When the tunnels were built It
would have cost but comparatively
little more to have put them few feet
flower, but q greater depth was not
tneeded at that time, andss 1T g was
Thought the maximum -of size OF lake
vessels had them been reached. lN0ws lt
would take more than 20 feet Of va
faer to permit the passage Of the laT.
best of the lake fee, and the tunnels as.
EMhen lowered, will Be put not less &.
Ehan.22 feet under the mean stage a
fthe river. WRIGHT "a PATTERsoN.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

.uries was as great as it might have been
If the bull movement in the street had
LASTED six months longer, but it was well
in advance of last years. The shop
ping activities of the great middle class
purchaser were bewildering, as they al
ways are. :...-..... -. -
+. The prettiest part Of Christmas In
New York is something that Dickens
should come back to write for us. What
might he not have said of the voiceless
antics of 400 dumb children in the
great school for deaf mutes that over
looks the Hudson? What Of the Gar
gantuan feasts spread in the city wards
at hospital and almshouse, this year
more humanely managed than ever be-
fore? What of the Newsboys' home,
that splendid charity which is Charles
Loring Braces monument? What of
the public Christmas trees with guests
by the thousand, special matinees, loans
of theaters and public halls for great
gatherings of energetic children who
clatter about in sort of-fairyland? Or
ganization has developed rapidly in this
field of benevolence, and there is no
question that much is done thereby to
ameliorate the lot of the little ones at
least. New York does pour out it's
wealth to take care of the children. It is
the old and the lonely who are to be
pitied just now.
T Do you wish a contrast? There are
just 1896 $4,000 bills in circulation in
the country. all but one of them gold
certificates. Bankers tell me that there
was an appreciate demand for these
few precious bits of paper for use by
those who: could afford them as holiday
gifts: Do they bring more joy than the
modest doll or the toy train of cars, sent
where wealth is least? .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

az eA1;;;::
a. al INSTITUTE nal church, end its
rector, Rev. Dr. Phillip IS the typical
=paN@ o9,h q aeprd MI .
,y6nnk mai. put littlsspa4t5 10 ;Eun1 lar
sried save his church Nork mans
man ans every sense Of sth1 word OF
athletic build, a lover of out door
saports,sa good mixer with men, q
member of mems fraternal societies, a
hail fellow well met" an advocate
of, and. worker for, good government,
and a business manager par excel
lence, one who understands the means
of getting money and Of spending it
to the best advantage,
l: met this man; a: few days ago in a
ghetto kindergarten supported by his
church: | He wore no ministerial garb,
but plain sack coat, trifle the worse
for wear, trousers that came but little
below his shoe tops, and a slouchs hat
EOf uncertain age. He WITS Il With the
poor, and be was one sc ssthem.sf He
played gam es with tn eschil dren, told
them stories, s some humorous {sand
some with a7fel1gtous turf; talked Ut
affairs with the parents who were
present, and made himself generally
agreeable, not from the standpoint of
a dispenser. of charity, but AS friend,
asa man, as a;fellow being.
This man, this preacher, teaches
athletics to a crowd of boys in the
ghetto, and while he is doing this he
>instills in them an ambition for a
rounds them: He is an accomplished
musician, playing half dozen differ
ent Instruments. and he has a large
class in music. AS business mana
ger, as a worker, he is, a success. i, AS
a preacher he confded to me that he
was not brilliant success, ''but," said
he, my assistant is IT,,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

Few persons realize how much big
ger and stronger the United States
navy is now than it was at the time
CT the war with Spain Every body
knows what the navy did in that war
how it swept the fleets of Spain from
the seas and astonished the European
critics. To-day the American navy iy
three times as big and three tlEge times as
strong as it was then. besides being
immeasurably better in, other respects.
And yet only a. beginning. has. been
made ayelv~preeFana.,~~ .-----.--
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

FTW . >
F. Onessof the longest fences lin the
North Nest is being constructed, rum
ming entirely around the Lower Brule
Indians reservation. on the Missouri
rivers In the central portion OF South
Dakota. This remarkable fence will
be 6aRnilesain aensth,IteiS composed
Of fopsswires placed on posts set a rod
apart, cedar and ash posts alternating.
In itsttonstruction ESQ miles OF. wire
will III used, or 900 spoNndsz To
erect the fence required al Aggregate
Of Il, 200 posts. IN this long fence
there Nesssb13s 81 sss a5tSG;ss
which will be guarded.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

1ylnf flpssosziksn.s3: Ct ksoueh Is lhs
|',4fs s. assi b:I INC 30
Eoh1tAe letter Of the law of4 hospit aliitty On
the first day Of the year. are the saloon
keepers. It is difficult for q man, to
spend money on January / IN a saloon
Ehese he 1haT 81 .1 flhei hbsrally
wonted joy Of free and sunli mited coin
age of inebriety So inspires the thirsty
soul with the will to dare that he visits
saloons where he is not known and does
have to pay. :, doubt. II. cash trade,
suffers. And New Years is by long
oddsathe drunkest day of the year; good
resolutions really date from the second
of January. L.: - ~. :.
The occasion will be memorable this
year. The Tammany hosts who are to;
move in and occupy the municipal Of
fees will make midnight time to be re-
membered. Though no such <upheaval
of the depths Of society is to be expected
asshocked the town eponselection night
of 1897. d Then.Ytof celebrate the victory
!of Tammany in a three-cornered fight
the unruly element IN the town, which
had been. held strictly IN leash by the
police board in which Theodore Roose--
welt; was the strongest factor, rose in
dizzying and unexpected. force and
wreaked upon the town an orgy that will
long live=in story and tradition. &
Since that day New York has been
'fore iva r against such sudden ebul=-
litions of disorderliness. And, Of course,
Boss Murphy and Mayor-e McC lellan
as little desire to see such rejoicing as
do the strictest of the strait-laced. $3.50 :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

Although Mongolia, in which Russia
is now entrenched, has, been a part; Of
the Chinese empire for the greater
part of the last two centuries. China
has not exercised much authority over
it, and the Mongol has been largely at
liberty to follow his own desires in the
method of government and conduct.
The; only tribute which has been here
tofore required from the country has
been certain number of men to serve
in the Chinese army
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

Speaker Cannon ands nafessnaans
De p6nd" have been in the House
together for as,dozen years, one a 70.
publican an1 hf sother a democrat
leadera They 4ayeascored Zach othelE
in speeches saAd lave rAung parlias
mentaty taunts at each other, but no
one Ever thought to introduce them
and they never introduced: themselves.
The other day John Sharp Williams
brought them together formally and
the two shook hands for the first time.
The speaker had appointed Mr.. De
Armond On the committee on rules,
and Mr.. Williams thought dt-1as
aboutstime the two sshdnldS be on.
speaking terms. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

Dor, the river, are
undoubtedly re-
sponsible for Chi
cago's loss of pres
:tig.e as "a. lake
port. The city: is
still the largest
port : on the lake,
from the total
tonnage tan d :
point, but it is
gradually. losing
in !, a comparative
sense. !,
For years it was
the greatest lums
Der center in this
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

5ings orig'in ina lily:
erected as Worlds
Fair hotels in 1902
and '03. I don't
want to know. I
d on t want to
fully realize the
enormity of the
carelessness of the
building d epart
ment at that time.
During the boom
days. just. preced-
ing the opening of
the Worlds Fair
a large number of
enormous build
ings were erected