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best officers, notably those works already
mentioned. that tha milftiaman has to do
with in the instruction of the company in
field work These he can become familiar
with without a great expenditure of time,
and the knowledge of these will certainly
put him In the way ofsibecoming an eff
cient soldier when his country needs his
services" ats
Pay for Drill Attendance.
A bill has been drafted to be introduced
in the legislature providing for the pay
ment of the enlisted men of the National
Guard of the state OF; New York for at
tendance at each assemblage for drill in
spection, muster, rifle practice. parade or
review. not exceeding forty in the aggre-
every four months, at the rate of Is cents
per man per drill If a man Injuries his
clothing or other state property, or Is ao-
sent from drill, an amount suntc1ent 10
cover the delinquency Will be deducted
from his pay.
Counting twenty-four drills each season
as a maximum, it is explained, each enllst,
ed man who made these parades Woulo
earn SO There are about 10000 enlisted
men. and the annual appropriation needed
for pay would be $4,000. From this
amount however, the state would get back
considerable from fines deducted. ana the
saving in clothing, aside from the saving
resulting from the greater care taken OF
clothing There would also be saving IN
the abolition of delinquency courts, and an
increase in recruiting and general efhciency.
Notes.
The enlisted men of Company FL, % Regi-
ment. have been ordered to assemble next
Monday evening for the purpose OF eieeting
a second lieutenant.
The following organizations attained 1Oo
per cent in attendance at the recent annuai
muster: The general star ana genera 81 no u,
coro rissioned staff list Battalion staff, "a
battalion staff, Sd Battalion staff, Com,
panies A, B, C, E and. F, 1st Regiment; "a
regiment staff, 4th Battalion staff. 9TH Bat
TALON staff. 9Th Battalion stan, company
staff Company A. 1st Separate Battalion
and the list Division, naval battalion.
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He Wrote frequently.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
Mrs Gaddabout-"Here are the letters my
husband wrote me before we were married
There are about thirty Of them
Mrs. Neverholm-"He wasn't much OF q
correspondent then?"
Mrs. Gaddabout-"Oh. yes. he was. You
see only knew him three days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25
Not Royalty's Fault.

From tho Chicago Record-Herald.
"An English Journal says no one mar
ries young nowadays save royalty and the
unemployed
sWell," remarked tho woman hater,
'syou can't blame royalty, The unfortunate
pi.ineessos and princes are forced into II. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25

Grandma-"Little folks must be reason
able
ElaIe-"Yes, but. grandma. AZ gure as you
want something, the grown folks want you
to want something else Brooklyn Life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25

The art in little things was conclusiveIy
demonstrated this week in the arts and
crafts exhibition held by Miss Bartlett IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25
Big Corn-Bresding Farms.

1T IL odd 10 tfIipt. of corn breeding
farm" continued Ir. shane1, but we
have farms where corn Is as carefully bred
ia respect 10 seed as hossas ana cattle
are bred on any stock farm in this cosin.
fry' The heads of these farms know the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25
Results of Corn Breeding.

Results or Corn Breeding.
what have the Agricultural Department
and the corn breeders so far accomplished
in improving our corn and cornstalks?"
"a great deal,'' said Mr.. Shamel '"To
show you what Is possible would say that
by selecting ears having long shanks, that
Is, the branch which connects the ear with
the stalk, we have increased the length of
the shank nearly two feet in five years
breeding. By selecting ears with tall stalks
we have Increased the height of the stalk
almost three feet. By selecting ears from
plants with wide leaves we have increased
the average width of the leaf. and by the
product of stalks with narrow leaves we
have decreased the width of leaves. BY
selecting ears high on the stalk we have
been able to raise the average height Of all
the ears in 4 field, and by selecting low
ears we have been able to lower all the
ears. By taking ears high in feeding value
we have increased the value of the crop as
a feed, and by taking ears from healthy,
vigorous stalks, planting them separat ely
and preserving the seed borne by the most
productive types, we have enormously in
creased the yield per acre. In ordinary
corn growing there is large percentage of
barren stalks and also a large percentage
Of stalks which produce nubbins ami dwarf
ears. These barren stalks produce pollen,
as well as the stalks bearing ears and the
product Of the union Of the pollen from
the barren stalks with the productive stalk
is like to produce grain which. when
planted, will yield large percentage OF
barren stalks. In this way the barren
stalks reproduce themselves. What the
corn breeder wants Is as few barren stalks
as possible. He wants every stalk to pro-
duce its ear Of corn, and the corn-breeder
gets rid Of the danger OF fertilization
through barren stalk by cutting OFF the
tassels Of such stalks before the pollen
falls in the breeding fields.
II the hills Of an ordinary cornfeld have
one stalk with well-developed ear they
VIII yield IS bushels of corn to the acre.
II each hill has two stalks, bearing such
ears. the Yield would be more than 100
bushels per acre. while with three corn
bearing stalks the yield would be $50 bush
els. The average yield In Illinois is little
more than 90 bushels per acre. and the
average there Is two stalks to the hill. In
other words. two-thirds Of all the stalks are
eliminate the barren stalks and to make
every stalk produce good ear Of corn.
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
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instruction in Field Service.


Captain Eli A. Helmick, 10th Infantry,
United States army. at a gathering of Ma
tional Guardsmen recently, concluded an
able address on INSTRUCTION in Field Serv-
ice," as follows:
Let your goal be the perfection Of your
organization. whatever 1t may be, the cor
poral his squad. the sergeant his section.
the lieutenant his platoon: then there will
be no question about the efficiency of the
company and none about the regiment and
higher commands.
Our ancestors were compelled to know
how TO use their rifles: 1t was the same
with the Beers; but today there is a sur
prising amount Of ignorance OF fire arms
among out Inhabitants and, OF course
corresponding ignorance OF their efficient
use against an enemy.
1T II the common sense, Yankee april
cation, II may use the expression, Of
these simple principles OF the profession
which are to be found In the works Of our
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

man and his supp Nrters TO the Governmen,
in preference TO a rival Statesman and hi,
following. As rule, the public la ouits
content to leave the composition Of IN.
executive committee and the ALLEGATION o,
tho posts in II 10 the leader and his adj.
visers-on condition. OF course. that the
power shall not be grossly abused. Pro.
vided the men appointed are respectable
upright and fairly competent politician,
OF good private character and OF some e1-
perienco in public life. the nation ls salts.
Ged. NJ. W H.
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II

Let W. glance az some Of the changes that
have taken place in the English system OF
government during the last forty years
There is no doubt that not only III England.
hut elsewhere in Europe. the institution Of
ROYALTY. though il has lost much Of the semi
religious sanction on which in most ages it
has rested, has gained rather than lost
ground socially and morally during the sec
ond half Of the nineteenth century. At the
time OF Queen Victoria's accession the in
stitution was good deal discredted The
great reaction which succeeded the revo-
lutionary wave AZ the close Of the previous
century mad spent it-elf. and distinctly
republican sentiment was noticeable in most
Western countries. Royalty had done little
TO vindicate its meier after the fall OF Ma
poleon The Bourbon restoration in France
had been a conspicuous failure and had
ended. ANONYMOUSLY enough. in the revoln-
ton OF 1880 The bourgeois monarchy Of
Louis Philippe, which followed, had failed
10 make the royal Office popular at home or
respected abroad. That King himself,
though a man Of considerable intellectual
ability, was a self-opinonated pedant who
believed that human nature could be de-
oeved 20 an unlimited extent by forms and
words. The system by which he riled
France was despotism Of the middle classes,
and II had not even the merit Of being hon
eet. Under THIS shabbily corrupt regime
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III

What il to become Of the House OF Lords,
Two chapters are devoted 10 this question
There is no doubt that this chamber has
experienced u great revival of influence
during the last fifteen years. In the great
ara al moderate liberal progress and middle
class predominance. which extended from
the Ministry Of Lord Melbourne 10 the
Ministry OF Lord Beaconsteld. the House
OF Lords was insensiby losing its inn
portance as working factor in the ma
chinery Of the constitution Largely COM
posed OF elderly or middle aged peers OF
the old Whiggish and old Tory connections,
its conduct was marked as rule. by a
natural timidity and shrinking desire
TO avoid forcing itself obtrrsively upon
the hostile notice OF those still dreaded
and unfamiliar legons whom the Reform
bill and the ballot box had brought into
the field The peers felt that they were
the reliquicc Ddndum the remnants Of the
old constitution that had escaped the
fierce storm Of change and progress. Be-
sides. liberal ideas were in the air,
and generation brought up on itS Mil
and it's Macaulay had an idea that
all privilege was opposed 20 the eternal
verities of politics Thus it came TO pass
that tho Lords, conscious that they con
stituted a privileged class OF Legislators.
evinced tendency 10 keep themselves
a good deni in the shade 10 shirk anything
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NEVER THINGS OF PAPER.
Table CoNcrs as Well as Napkins
FAyors -Women's Hats OF Paper.

Paper table covers may now be a. :
as well as paper napkins and doylies Table
coverings have long been made by glulng
together crepe paper. which can be bought
in long rolls OF any color or shade desired.
and, like paper printed with border or all
over designs, the borders being festooned
or otherwise treated for greater decorative
effect
But now there are offered paper table
covers OF a single piece. designed for out
ings or picnics or luncheons. They sss
forty-two by seventy inches. and are
printed in designs like those TO be found on
the paper napkins. They are made with
des gns appropriate to various occasions
as with vioets for a violet luncheon, PINK
roses for rose luncheon and holly for The
holiday season. luncheon set OF paper
containing a table cover, twelve napkins
and twelve doylies. all printed with 'he
same design can be bought for 25 oentS
There ara now made five hundred or NOR
cotillon favors that are in part or wholly
Of paper, these favors comprising an a
most endless variety OF things, and ranging
in price from five cents to - apiece Tier
are also made paper flowers OF every known
variety for the adornment of the home.
and for the decoration OF entire lnterou
including Towering vines, and TINT sort
OF thing
But the most astonishing among the
newer things made OF paper are ne
women's and ohildren's hats, which are
produced In great variety, ranging from
sun bonnets OF paper, made in imitation ~
Bingham, that sell for rs Snnts. up 10 ha'S
OF the most elaborate designs that sell Tor
81. Some OF these more elaborate h7i'
may have about them some real nhupn.
and perhaps tulle. but morn OF them are
made Of paper wholly. including flower
feathers and all, the paper, materials l~''
being built upon the hat frame and d.
tached TO the hat
These hats are made in every style am
IN white and In all sorts Of color and comm,
nations 81 oolors and in every variety Y
trimming. hats suited TO any and e'e''
sort OF cost,ArnS
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life Peers who already exist might have
suitable colleagues The leaders OF great
religious communities. other than the
Established Church OF England might
put in claim for certain number Of sea;s
in the reconstructed Senate. Then, again
IL might plausibly be urged that, for the
we'll being OF modern society, the medical
profession ls even more important than the
legal, and that the public service would
gain something II life peerages were
bestowed regularly on the presidents OF
the Royal College OF Surgeons and tho
Royal College Of Physicians. Learning and
science might be directly represented I'D
other ways, The members for Oxford
and Cambridge. for the Scotch universities
and for Trinity College, Dublin, who at
present constitute powerless anomaly
In the House Of Commons. might be trans
ferred to the Lords and REINFORCED by
representatives from other centres OF edu-
cation. To the Chambers OF Commerce ana
the Institute OF Bankers and other authori-
tative organizations OF manufacturing
mercantile and financial interests might
also he conceded certain number OF seats
Finally. the trades unions might be suffered
TO leaven the august assembly by sending
to 1t few Of their ablest officials. The
representatives OF labor might repel the
title OF Peer, but. il that could be dispensed
with, they might consent TO serve In
Chamber where their special knowledge OF
working class opinion would necessarily
be OF value. That a House OF Lords 80
modified would form strong Senate is
probable. Our author believes the real
danger to be that it might become too
strong. A body OF legislators nominated
because OF their real or assumed capacity
might often be unwilling to subordinate
their opinions to those OF the House OF
Commons 1t might prove at tunes moon
vuniently self-sssertive, and almost certainly
would be disposed TO exercise moro fro
quently the veto power.
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Prof Hearn. IN his book The Govern
ment Of England. suggested that an edu-
Gated Englishman, II asked 10y a foreigner
from what source the knowledge Of the
English Constitution might be gained
would probably refer the inquirer to those
three great statutes which Lord Chatham
called the Bible Of the British Constitu-
ton II IL pointed out in the book before
us that a reference to them would be disap-
pointing. The statutes in question are
Of course. Magma Charta, the Petition u
Right and the Bill of Rights. Mr. Low
SAYS. IF he turns to Magma Charta. the
student may read Of the writ Mort dAn-
ccsf9r. and the assize Of novel disseizin. Of
scnlages and aids of Yeirs and rivers. Of
weights and measures. In the Petition Of
Right he viii find ihat the Crown may not
make Illegal eNactions OF money without
the consent OF Parliament aud that It is
forbidden 10 perform various other acts
which as he knows perfectly we'll have no
sort OF relation to anything that at present
prevails. In the Bill OF Rights he viii have
The advantage Of reading all that James II.
ought not 90 have done. and he will he
Interested ~ observe that the Kings sub
cots may have arms suitable TO their CON
dition. and as allowed by law and that
jurors. which pass upon men in trials
for high treason. ought to be freeholders
How much light on the existing English
system Of government would be gained
from an inspection Of these staiuts.s2 Even.
moreover II n student looks at the three
great Reform Acts % the ninet zenith century
and TO the debates in both Houses Of Parlia-
ment which lcd up 10 them he will still
find comparatively little TINT guides him
nS to the true character 81 English insti-
iuuons though he may learn something
about forty shilling freeholders and com
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-22
FAVORITES TAKE TO MUD

Mud OF the sticky holding, chewing
gum variety just suited most OF the IA
vor1tes that raced yesterday at tho Cres-
cent City Jockey clubs track. Four of
them-Port Worth, Gold Enamel, Blue
Pirate and Hornbeck-won. The ring
was hard hit. as each first choice was
heavily backed.
The best finish Of the afternoon was
fought out between Gold Enamel and
Collector Jessup. These two horses had
the race between them from the rise Of
the barrier. Collector Jcssup had tho
early speed and arctcd as pacemaker un-
til the last few strides. when Gold Enam-
el got up and beat him out by a head In
n rousing struggle The winner was bid
up $500 over his entered selling price. but
his owner NJ. u. Miller retained him
Fred Hornbeck. the winner OF the last
race. was bid up Capt. Harry Brolaskl
thought the horse was worth more than
his entered selling price, $780, and raised
him 10 500 He was knocked down TO
the captain for that amount.
Richard Bauer, well-known To the rae
ing colony Of New York. picked uD
enough to buy many Christmas presents
by backing his illy ,Hyacinth. 10 win
the opening dash a odds OF 10 T. We'll
ridden by r. Chandler a son OF the
steeplechase rider "Nlck" Chandler. she
won in a gallon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-22
YOST SUGGESTS

Coach Yost Of the University Of Michi-
gan football team last night at Detroit
forwarded 10 Walter Camp a letter ex-
pressing his views on football. The let
ter was written at the request OF Mr..
Camp. and IL the first expression on the
matter which Yost has made
NOst strongly advocates any reform
which will make football more open. and
believes that ieugthening the distance 10
be gained will be a great help. lie be
lieves, however, that more downs should
be allowed for the gaining OF ten yards.
three downs. camps plan, being TOO great
change for the first year.
Nost tayors a return TO the old plan OF
allowing five men back OF the line. ire
spectve OF position. and says that this
VIII encourage end running more than
any other plan. bringing it does. one
more man into the interference
Host Concurs with Camp I'm the opinion
that Commute halves are long enough
and Is strongly in favor Of "a central ap-
pointing board Of officials, providing the
organization can be made representative
OF all sections Of the country.
He combats the proposed rule prohibit
ing tackling below the knees. stating that
this method H. not productive OF injury
and Is the only method possible for a light
defensive player who is called on TO tackle
"A heavy man.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-22
WANT Willis

II is announced al Pittsburg that the
Tri-State league OF bali clubs viii go into
court and ask an injunction restraining
Vic Willis, the Boston pitcher, from play
ing with Pittsburg. President Drcyruss
OF the Pittsburg club was informed Of this
today.
Last spring Willis. after an effort TO
get a certain salary from the Bostons,
is declared TO have signed a contract with
the Altoona club. Boston finally gave
him his salary demand and then Willis
returned 10 Boston.
The Tri-State league men think they
have a good case. They say the courts
have ruled against reservation Of play
ers by clubs and leagues as Illegal The
only claim the 1ri-State men assert either
Boston or Pittsburg has 10 the services
OF Willis ts that the former has reserved
him for 1905.
But 81 has no contract with him for
next year. hence the Altoona contract.
which antedates any other contract he
may now execute II he should change his
mind and sign with Pittsburg, Is tho only
legal covenant engaging his services for
1905 i'm existence which the courts Will
recognize.
On this reasoning the Tri-State mon
hold there is no doubt but that the courts
II appealed 20 by Altoona. will grant an
injunction which will prevent Willis from
rendering services 10 PittsbUrg or pitch
a game for any other club in Pcnnsylva-
mia
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-22
COLUMBIA ROUGHED IT

The Columbia freshman and sophomore
classes met yesterday in the annual cane
spree bouts held according 10 custom on
the Thursday preceding the Christmas va
cation. There were seven bouts. the soph-
omores winning four and thereby the
right 10 prevent the freshmen from carry
ing canes and smoking pipes throughout
tna remainder Of the academic Near. An
extra bout I'm the featherweight class was
put on TO prevent tie after all the sprces
had been held as has happened I'm former
years.
Under the new mo brutality" regime at
Columbia. the rules were slightly chang
ed II was made a foul to Scissors" an
opponents neck. which hitherto has been
a valuable bit OF strategy. Ernest s.
Within, 04 college. who acted as referee,
made decision against Robinson In the
science heavyweight class on this count.
but after much kissing by the spectators
IL was agreed TO let the bout continue.
Robinson, who was all over his man at
every stage Of the game. won anyhow.
In less that three minutes Bamber. who
faced him, suffered slightly from the
choking he got earlier and had his right
shoulder slightly dslocated
In the featherweight class, Townsend n
sophomore. won after three fast rounds
with Luhrs, 90 The freshmen evened
matters I'm the next bout. Breitenstein.
the college lightweight beating Shimmor.
0S college. after two minutes and forty
seconds Tucker, 0S science defeated IT.
mann. % science I'm the spree at the
same weight in two rounds of three min
utes each.
Epstein. college freshman. made short
work Of his opponent. Wardel i'm the
first middleweight match. taking away
the cane In one minute and thirty sec
onds. The sophomores made Il three to
two. when Jessup worked double scis-
sors successfully against Spaulding That
took Just a little less than two minutes
Chodorow. In the heavyweight class had
little difficulty with Glllcs, a big fresh
man. nabbing the stick from him I'm about
a minute and "a half