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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
The Hull Of the Maine,
From the New York Sun.


1t is evident that Mr.. Walter w. Conck-
lin has misunderstood our position in re-
gard to the wreck of the Maine. We offer
no objection whatever to the exhibition
of the ship at Coney Island, as he sug-
gests, or in Central Park, at the worlds
fair, or on the Mall in Washington. Our
protest is merely against leaving her
where she Is. in the accumulated mud and
filth at the bottom of Havana harbor.
BY all means let her be raised and
brought to one of our ports II that Is re-
garded as more desirable than her burial
in clean water. Let her be, as Mr.. Conck-
lin urges, lifted high on stills" Let a
mausoleum be erected over her shattered
hull, to stand as perpetual monument
which shall recall an epoch making ex-
perience in our national history. But let
all this or anything else be done at the
expense of the nation and as national
act. 1t should not be left to the hands OF
spectators as money-making enter
prise.
Yet on the whole we incline to our orig
inal idea. Let the Maine be raised at the
cost of the American government. Let
there be taken from her hull such por-
lions and pieces of her structure and
equipment will serve for memorial
purposes in the national museums in or
around the army and navy building, and
In such other places as may be deemed
fit and proper. Let her military mast be
brought to Arlington, to stand as a shaft
above the graves of her dead. Then, with
suitable naval observance and ceremony
let her be sunk in clean water
Six years ago the American people ex-
pressed their hatred of another nation in
shouts of Remember the Maine" and
ITO hi with SPAIN" That bitter ant
mostly is gone, it is hoped, forever. Let
the ship whose mishap was the provok-
ing cause of those sentiments be buried,
like the bitterness which engendered
them. No good can come from converting
the Maine into a money-making spec
tacle. She should be buried decently for
the sake of our own self-respect. and the
government should bury her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
STORY OF A PATENT.
Two Who Collaborated in the Invention
Became One.

"Iavman. Hiram D., and F. w. Parpart
(by marriage now F. w. Layman), New
York, N Y, Street Sweeping Machine
Some little Imagination would be re-
uuired to construct romance from the
bare facts given in the line quoted, when
Is to be found in the weekly Patent once
Gazette, issued today. This particular pub
LEGATION is the last one to which one would
look for romance Of any kind and yet the
line cited has a certain element of romance
possibly more than Is really known here,
and breaks a record of the patent ONCE
at the same time. In July. 1901, Fiorence
w. Parpart and Hiram D. Layman filed ap-
plication for a patent on a street sweeping
machine they had devised. The machine
was designed to clean the streets thorough
ly. and it Is understood that tests have
demonstrated that 1t was all that Its In
ventors claimed. The patent was amended
several times, new claims being MED ana
old claims struck out.
The business was being cleared up in the
Office and everything was in readiness for
the issue of the patent when a letter was
received from Miss Parpart announcing her
marriage and arrangements for the patent
issue were upset. The Office could not issue
there was no such person, and 1t could
not issue a patent to Florence w. Layman
because no such person applied for pat
ent. There was no precedent upon winch
action might be based and the matter was
made one for earnest consultation among
the legal lights of the office. 1t was finally
decided that the patent might be issued to
Florence w. Parpart (by marriage now
Florence w. Layman)," and this was done.
the issue being made today. The fact or
the marriage of the two inventors became
noised about the Office, and inquiry was
made concerning them Young romantic
persons made up a pretty story of strug-
Cling young man with brilliant idea which
a handsome young woman helped him to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
SANDSTONE A MYTH.
South Africans Persist in Belief That
It Absorbs Poison.

From the South Africa.
South Africans as a rule, trouble them
selves but little about snakes. although 1t
is very well known that few varieties are
particularly deadly. Among the natives
the properties Of the "snakestone" have
for many generations formed center of
half superstitious credulity, and, even by
people who might be expected TO- know
better, have been supposed to effect the
most surprising cures OF snake bite An
investigation of its properties by the gov
eminent bacterologists of Natal, who sub
mitted an Indian snakestone to the test OF
applying 1t to animals infected with snake
venom, has shown conclusively that Its
properties are quite mythical and that 1t
does nothing that is claimed for it.
According to tradition the snakestone,
which has absorbent qualities, and which
there is some reason to believe is frequent
ly artificially prepared, Is placed on the
wound inflicted by snake. There 1t is
believed to suck out the poison, and 1t
has been said that If afterward placed in
a bowl of milk the venom will exude and
the milk turn blue. In certain expert
ments narrated in the British Medical Jour-
nal all these directions were followed. To
the two rabbits injected respectively with
ly South African coulbrine, and with pun
adder venom, the snakestone was at once
applied. The stone, by virtue of its alb
sorbent nature, adhered to the wound, but
here its adherence to tradition ended. Both
rabbits died, and, what was more disap-
pointing, two other rabbits, used as a con
troll experiment. which were injected with
the same amount of venom, recovered. Nor
when the stone was placed in milk did the
milk change color, though slight quantity
of it was absorbed.
The amount Of absorption that the stone
could possibly effect would be no more
in hours than ordinary suction by the lips
could achieve in a few minutes; and it's
only possible usefulness might be that of
improving the physical condition Of the pa
tient by impressing him with the belief
that valuable remedy was being applied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07

tunate successor as practically the equal OF
the two eminent Virginians? Yet there are
greater honors for one President even IN
life, A signed note by Theodore Roosevelt
will cost an admirer seven dollars and
half He is thus equal to three of his pre-
decessors. and a dollar and half better
than Macaulay, with whom, as man OF
letters. he also comes into competition He,
too has written histories, and In his lie
of Cromwell has dealt with subjects that
Macaulay touched, and with louder fervor
of hero worship than even the great wing
apoloetst ventured to manifest. There Is
no Autograph of Washington In the list,
hnt one of Lincoln's sells for the same
price as Mr.. Roosevelts. The conclusion
is obvious.
Turning to literature strange mutations
of fame are also visible Holmes, Emer-
son and Eugene Field seem to be our great
est men of letters. Lowell and Longfeliow
nav be had comparatively cheap, and
Richard Harding Davis does not appear at
all, though Jefferson Davis may be had Tor
a dollar and a half. CA mice letter" from
William Black goes for a quarter less, but
fourteen verses of poem by Biackmore
are cited at fifteen doilars-good pay when
the ruling prices of poetry are considered
Carlyle shows mp fairly well; SO does
Southey: a note from Dickens asking for
a box at the theater is held at eight dol
lars, and one from Thackeray at three
times that; butoliterature in general is
rather ill-regarded, and Campbell, Bryant,
Hawthorne and Rider Haggard can be
bought for a song That unusual person,
Margaret Fuller, is among the exalted
ones: Tom Moore shows up fairly WE'LL and
Wordsworth has 7halfothe reputation of Eu-
gene Field. Truly the whirligig of time
brings in it's resenges. Some letters by
Cardinal Manning are evidently regarded
as attractive, although for eminent divines
generally the market rate is low.
One feature in this catalogue is the mild
contempt displayed for foreigners noble
proof of patriotism The signature OF
Frederick the Great is offered for three dol
lars: his Prussian majesty, though he is to
have a statue In Washington. thus cuts q
shabby figure in comparison with Mr..
Roosevelt Madame de Stael goes him
dollar better; but signatures of the four
teenth, fifteenth and sixteenth Louises OF
France are cheap at prices ranging from
two dollars to two dollars and a half. Even
Thaddeus Kosciusko, the great Polish pat
riot who fought in the American revolution,
brings less than four dollars; and this in
spite of .Thaddeus of Warsaw and the
fair land Of Poland. ploughed by the hoof
Of the ruthless invader with might Kos
suth is offered at bargain prices; SO is
Garibaldi, who actually suffers the indig-
nifty of being as lightly esteemed as Mr..
Baifour. Mazxini. too. is low on the list.
Such are some Of the freaks OF fame AIas
for the vanity OF human wishes! DR.. John
son might add a few lines to his poem were
he alive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
Modern Annoyances.
From the Hartford Courant.

A possibly well-meanlng habit among
people who want your money is becoming a
public nuisance. 1t has become customary
nowadays when an entertainment is to be
given. especially If it is more or less char
liable affair. to send bunch of numbered
tickets to John Smith or John Jones with a
note informing him that these are to be
sod and he IL to account for the proceeds.
Primarily the notion Is to get some money
which charities, like the rest of u.s. can al
ways find place for; end the idea no doubt
prevails that Smith or Jones Will say to
himself that 1t isn't worth while to hunt up
buyers ard will just draw his check for the
bunch and let II go at that.
That served a while and when the game
was new but now IL has taken on chronic
qualities and the public are wearying. One
sufferer recently remarked In this Office
that his invariable rule as to all such in
closures was to chuck them into his waste
basket on arrival. He hadn't asked for
them, and he wasn't going to use them,
and they were in the way. When you come
TO analYze II. there Is I lot Of calm impu-
dence In the proceeding.
Not long ago a widely and most favor
ably known publishing house sent by ex-
press 10 various addresses In this city I'M
solicited specimen volumes Of a work they
were bringing out. with circulars as TO
terms. These also invited the person re-
ceiving the volume to ship ii back at the
expense OF the publishers in case IT was not
wanted. This involved opening Ii first for
examination, then wrapping 1t up again,
and finally carrying or sending IL to the ex-
press Office. No doubt different people
treated the episode differently. but in one
case the book just lay where 1t was put on
arrival. Successive inquiries about II from
the publishing house were put with the
book, and at last along came the express
man uncer orders from the publishers to
get the book and carry 1t back to them
Then II went. but II need never have start
ed. Throwing things at peoples heads Is
not the best way to make them attractive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
HARD TO SHOOT WILD GEESE.
They Are Crafty, Resourceful and Cam
tious in Their Long Flights.

From the Illustrated Sporting News.
young geese near the remote breeding
grounds and before they have been edu-
Gated by the long. perilous flight from north
TO south and back, not seldom behave I'm a
FASHION calculated to cast doubt upon
their intelligence. but that is common
fauit OF youth and inexperience. The two
year-oid goose is very different fowl and
II there be anything in feathers better able
to extract chunks of solid wisdom from an
experience with trace of lead in IL have
not yet met that bird
NOT Is II at all strange that the ''honker''
should be tiriess in vigilance and exceeding
loath to trust his big, shapely body too near
any form of growth or shelter which possi-
bly, might conceal a man. Roughly speak,
ing, the initial southern trip, from the
fowls birthplace to the winter rendezvous,
Is an airy jaunt Of about 5000 miles, more
or less, at least one-third of which is pune
tuated with peril.
goose's migration experiences would be
something startling, especially in regard to
the quantity Of lead OF various sizes vainly
hurled after the adventurous flyer. Would
1t be pounds. or tons? At first glance. the
latter quantity might appear absurd. but It
must be remembered that a goose is long
lived while nine-tenths Of his would-be de-
stroyers use more lead than science in their
abortive methods. In any event, IL l had
the choice of contract for carrying in a
canoe the goose, or the stuff that had
missed him, there wouldn't be any hesi-
fancy over the selection of the freight.
The fact is that the honker IS the most
shot at and the least killed of all our fowl,
the reason for which is simple enough Not
a few old sportsmen and all new hands at
the game underestimate by about one-half
the distance al which flying goose is pass
Ing. The bulky body and great wings make
a noble spread. even when couple of hun
dred yards of, and only long schooling can
teach the utter uselessness of trying at half
tt.x.$ xxvffh 10 do utyr1
novice, goose actually within sure dis
tance will appear almost on top of him, and
II is only after few fowl have been killed.
gathered and the distance at which they
fell noted that the eye acquires the knack
of measuring with anything like correctness
the deceptive mark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
Spelling Foreign Names.

From Harper's Weekly.
The readers of war news from the far
east, perplexed at the names of the various
localities occupied by the Japanese and
Russian military forces, are doubtless UNI
aware that these names are transliterated
from their native sources, according to a
system adopted by most of the European
nations. as well as by Canada and the
United States.
In this country questions Of spelling are
settled by the United States board of geo.
graphic names, and the. rules that they
have adopted provide that the vowels shall
Rave the same sounds as are given to the
vcwels Of the languages of southern Eu-
rope. Thus r. used for the sound OF 90
In boot. and as q result the common form
IL Manchuria in preference to Manchooria.
Chefu for Chefoo, Amur for Amoor, etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
Wise Man of the Trolley.
rom the Baltimore News.

From the Baltimore News.
Yes" said the conductor. as he gave the
motorman the double ring, 81 can tell what
day of the week II is by the size of money
these young fellows have. Now, there is
that kid in front just gave me five-dollar
note and made me hustle for change
That's his salary. He'll be walking down
town next Friday morning. That young
woman there. who just gave me dollar
bill, had TO look through pocketbook full
of samples on Saturday morning to find a
nickel"
But this Is Monday" remarked the OBJ
servant patron, ''and saw a man give you
five cents just now. How do you account
for that7'
.'oh. that's easy" said the knight OF the
cord. hes married"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
A Persian Pessimist.

From the New York Tribune.
DR.. Richard T. Gottheil of Columbia Uni
versity has a broad knowledge of oriental
tales ana proverbs.
DR.. Gottheil was condemning pessimism
one day at Columbia.
'Pessimism." he said. rs as old as the
hills Mankind has always recognized it
and has always derided 1t.
There is Persian story about pessi-
mist. This story Is so old that no date can
be assigned to 1t. 1t concerns pessimistic
farmer.
"'Good friend a visitor said to the
farmer, you are fortunate this year He
pointed to the heavy and rich grain fields
spf eading as far as the eye could see. You
can't grumble,' he went on, about your
crop this season, chr
No. whined the pessimist, but crop
like this Is tasribly wearing on the soil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
From st. Nicholas.

From ST. NichOIas.
In the early part of the last century there
were fewer factories in this country than
now, and many things were made by hand
which today are the work of machinery.
This was especially true of the braid for
straw hats. Rye straw was commonly
used, although wheat was also In demand
But the rye straw had longer stems and
was more easily handled.
In driving along the country roads, in
Massachusetts, particularly, late in the sum-
mer, one would see great bundles of the
straw hanging on the fences to dry. When
the sun and wind had done their share of
the work, 1t was placed in casks where sui
phur was burning until 1t was bleached to
a pale yellow. Then it was split into mar
row widths suitable for braiding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
Keen.

From Life.
..They were disappointed in love. weren't
tkey?"
Eyes. Each thou ht the other h.s
money"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24
For the Si1o.

Corn for the silo should be planted not later
than the end of June. Plant in rows three feet
apart, leaving the stalks six inches apart in the
rows. Planted in this way the crop will make a
fair proportion of ears, and the stalks will mature
well and make good, sweet silage. On good land
from ten to fifteen tons to the acre can be made
in this way, and as a feed for stock of all kinds
nothing can excel it in winter, as it retains it's
succulency and palatability. 1t is a great milk
making food. AS a feed, it may be greatly i'm
proved by growing cowpeas in the rows along
with the corn. The peas, either the Clay or
WhippoorWilE are best, as they keep closer to
the corn-stalks and are less troublesome to harvest
than the Black or other. rampant vine-makers,
should be planted alongside the corn-rows at the
second cultivation, and will then sufficiently ma
ture at the same time as the corn. This combina-
ton makes a better balanced silage than corn
alone. and a greater weight of feed can be put
into the silo in the same space.-Southern
Planter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24
SilkWorm Culture.
Washington, d. G..

The Department Of Agriculture at Washington,
d. O., is investigating the possibilities of silk
worm culture in the United States. It is hoped
that it may in time be developed to such an ex-
tent as to prove of benefit to those members of
families whose time is not altogether occupied in
other ways, and also to other persons in a small
way as a side issue. To persons wishing to expert
ment, and who can furnish proper food for the
worms, the Department is distributing free of
charge a small quantity of silk-worm eggs and
also a manual of instructions. The proper food
for silk-worms consists of leaves from the differ
ent varieties of white mulberry tree and the Usage
orange. The paper mulberry with the fuzzy
leaves) is not suitable, nor is the common red
mulberry. As the season is now open, applica-
tons for the eggs should be made at once, and
must be accompanied by a statement as the num-
Der and kind of mulberry trees or the amount of
Usage orange which the applicant possesses; 9th
erwise the eggs will not be sent. IF the variety
of the mulberry is not known to the applicant, a
sample of large leaves should be sent to the De-
partment. The Department of Agriculture buys
the cocoons which the worms spin, paying for them
CATER they have been dried) Is cents to 81 a
pound according to their quality. The work will
prove an interesting pastime for women and chill
dren who can devote to it odd minutes during the
day.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24
Tuesday, May "a, 1904.


farm animals and farm procedure are not worth
studying or following. A knowledge of the facts
would convince any man of an inquiring turn that
this department affords every farmer a free Ii
brary, and issued in convenient form for carrying
around in his pocket for reading at odd Moments,
which would cost him in the open market many
dollars. The Department has specialists of it's
own on most subjects, men who are trained and
have given their lives to the study of their par
ticular branches. If any agricultural subject
comes to the fore upon which the agents of the
Department themselves are not entirely CONVEX
SAINT, the Secretary contracts with some acknowl-
edged authority for a special report or article on
the subject, in order to place the results of this
mans knowledge and experience before the Ameri-
can farm public. It is true that we issue a vast
number of bulletins and farm pamphlets, and we
are always more than glad to send out anything
we have when we believe it is appreciated, never
theless it is probable that there are hundreds of
thousands of farmers, who, if they knew more Of
the excellence of some of these farm bulletins,
would do much to secure copies of them"
GUY E. MITCHELL.
Washington, ID. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-24
Value of the Farmers Bulletins.
Alamance Co., N. G.
Editors Progressive Farmer

II do not believe" said Mr.. Arnold, the while
lingering the page proofs of a bulletin on farm
experiments, which / later corralled for the bene-
fit of the readers of The Progressive Farmer,
that the majority of the farmers of the country
appreciate how really good and useful some of the
publications of the Department are. Because farm
bulletins are sent to farmers upon request, free of
charge, and probably because such a mass of un-
interesting document is printed by the different
Government departments, farmers doubtless think
that these bulletins and booklets on farm crops,