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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-01
Movements of Naval Vessels.

The Navy Department has been informed
of the arrival of the armored cruiser
Brooklyn at New Orleans, the transport
Solace at San Francisco and the cruiser
Hartford at Norfolk.
The torpedo boat destroyer Whipple has
left Key West for Pensacola.
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REMARKABLE ACTIVITY
Z
JAPANESE HAVE OPENED
TREMENDOUS FIRE.

SACHETUN, Manchurla, March 1. pm.
The Japanese have opened tremendous
fire with field and siege guns against
Poutiloff Gone Tree HID. Columns OF
white smoke envelope the hill on two sides
The bombardment of the right flank con-
tinues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-01

A lynching is reported from Ha1en, New.
the victims being two men accusai of rob-
berry at the railway station. The alleged
robbers ran into the sage brush. where one
OF them was overtaken and hanged by q
mob. The other escaped
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Examination of Col. Adams.

Col. Henry II. Adams. 9Th Infantry. at
Plattsburg barracks. N. Y. has been or
dered to report to Brig. Gen. Grant. presa-
dent of an army retiring board at Cover
nor's Island. N. Y, for examination to de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-01
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers. 1910 F street, memba.s New
York stock exchange. Washington stock
exchange and Chicago board of trade
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Charles Myers. who was accused OF as
sauiting Samuel Lester, was before Judge
and after pleading not guilty . Jury trial
Wns dAmandaA
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CHADWICK BANKRUPT
ASTONISHING REVELATIONS IN
HEARING AT CLEVELAND.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. March Nv. "
Coons, a broker. was the principal witness
examined in the Chadwick bankruptcy case
before Referee Remington today. Coons ad-
mitted that he had made number of loans
to Mrs. Chadwick, and received therefor a
very large bonus or interest He frankly
stated that Mrs. Chadwick was to have
paid him much more than the legal rate
OF interest, and that. while he threw on
considerable in his final settlement with
her, there was still substantial bonus
left for him. Mrs. Chadwick had obtained
something like $4,000 from Coons, but the
lender had quite forgotten exactly now
much more than that he eventually reaiized
what is your business?" inquired At
torney Grossman, by way OF beginning
Coous' examination. Coons replied that he
was In the investment securities business.
Did you ever have any dealings with
Cassie l.. Chadwick"
II have Their nature? Well, l made
bar several loans. Along in 1903. l think
81 was. No. 1 cannot remember how much
they were. l don't recollect the aggre-
-
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Failed to Keep Any Record.

.Do YOU mean to say that you had deal
trss so important and failed to keep any
Arecord of them?' asked Grossman of the
lkitness. .,o,.,,,.
fail to recall either the amounts or the
dates of those loans. | did make a MEM
orandum. to be sure, but that was only for
my own private use. The TRANSACTION was
not one that went through my regular
books Yes, it's true that the amount was
large No il wasn't over 100000" when
Grossman suggested that figure. Coons
finally thought that the aggregate amount
of the Chadwick loans was something IKE
$4,000 Later he changed his estimate TO
$4,000.
Money Changed Hands in a Lump.
THAT loan was made in 1908" resumed
the witness. There were several transac-
lions. but the money changed hands in
lump. l gave a check for 1t. If 1 don't mis-
take. l don't know now just what bank 1t
was on. l do business with many of them"
as Grossman piled him with a continuous
stream of questions. Yes. / usually keep
my Cancelled checks. Maybe l could tell
from them just how much money I gave
her. / think l can find it. Anyway, I'll
look and If can get the information will
be glad TO give IL to you.
what kind of security did you get in re-
turn for those loans?" asked Grossman
Coons replied:
Merely Order on Reynolds.
well. there was a certificate by Iri Rey-
nolds worth on It's face $4,000 This
was In the nature OF an order on Reynolds
that was accepted by him officially No
this order was never paid. l turned it
over to my attorneys, together with tn,
notes. and they collected the whole amount
from Mrs. Chadwick. She also gave me
a pearl necklace. worth from $4,000 to
$4,000
why was this order on Fri Reynolds
for 100000 when the amount of the Joan
was only S75.OO0?" demanded Grossman.
II don't know" said Coons 'It was
Just given as collateral security. that's
all"
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gested Mr.. Bacon, adding, cit is more
courteous"
The change washable and the amend
ment was agreed to.
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EGGS-Firm, 2s.
small IA
SCGAR-Ftrm; coarse grnnnla ted, 6.15; hne. els
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Some 800 shares of gas stock were bought
and sold at prices ranging from GA TO
GIN. The prices were somewhat better than
those of yesterday. The demand seemed
to be a strong one at "a and a little better
61a was bid for 100 shares or any part
The bid for the stock at the close was ga,
and the asking price 671s. Yesterday 6's
was bid and 67A asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-01

The dealing In the common stock also
reached a large aggregate, the demand for
options serving to Increase the demand, as
those selling them bought the stock at a
lower figure. Options were sold for S5ss
to 35A, and the stock from 3ole TO -, At
the close 35Is was bid. and 1855 was asked.
Some 400 shares were dealt In.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-08-10
Cultivate a Plensan, Voice.

Kind hearts are more plentiful than
persistentlly kind and gentle voices,
and yet love loses much of its power
when the voice is sharp and harsh.
Try, therefore. most earnestly to ac-
Quire pleasant tone in speaking, and
guard yourself carefully from falling
into careless and bad habits of voice.
Often a sharp voice shows far more
ill-will than the heart feels; but people
do not know that the speakers bark
is worse than her bite" and they be-
leve her to be ill-tempered and dis
agreeable.
1t is very easy to pick up sharp
and snappish manner of speaking. Very
often it is acquired in mirth, and in
the playful battles of words, in which
boys and girls delight. There is no
malice in their sallies. and great
deal of fun; but. meanwhile. the voice
is often acquiring sharp and shrew.
ish tone, which clingS through life,
making it stir up strife and iil-will
among its listeners.
So be careful of the tone in which
you speak, and be certain that it is
gentle and sweet. A kind voice is like
music in the home, and is to the heart
what light and beauty are to the eye
New York Weekly.
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News of the Day.

Announcement was made at the De-
partment Of Agriculture last week
that Mrs. Bertha Burch, private secre.
tary to former Statistician Hyde, mad
resigned and that the resignation had
been accepted.
In a heroic effort to save his mother
and his sister, who with a score OF
others. were for a time in great peril
from fire. Nathan Newman, aged ~
lost his own life in burning BROOK
lyn tenement house.
Charles NJ. Pepper, one OF the gov
ernment special agents, reports that
the advance recently made in Canada
hy the manufacturers Of cotton goods
is attributed to the rise in the price OF
the raw materials. The stocks of man
ufactured goods are said to be very
light, and in consequence the advance
will be Immediately felt by the retail.
er. It seems, also, that the stock OF
raw cotton held by the Canadian mills
Is small, and that they are likely to
be compelled to go into the marker
shortly. a
Mr.. Alfred Wallace has been M dc
superintendent Of the Columbia Street
Railway. succeeding Mr. A. E. Legare
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Rape and Artich hoEes.

II. VI. c., Silcott Springs, writes: 1
would like some information regarding
the culture Of rape and artichokes.
Answer: The culture of rape is 4
comparatively small matter. 1t should
be seeded as early in spring as possi-
BILE. the sooner now the better. Plant
in drills about twenty-four inches apart
on the level, using about four pounds
Of seed per acre. Cultivate lightly un.
| til the leaves touch the rows and then
you can Craze with hogs or sheep. In
case of sheep you should watch out for
bloat.
Artichokes should be planted as soon
as possible in rows about three feet
! apart and fifteen to eighteen inches
apart in rows. Frcm four to six BUSH
els are required to plant an acre. The
ground should be prepared as for Irish
potatoes and the cultivation is practi-
cally the same. AS rule artichokes
will yield about twice as much as
Irish potatoes. From two to four
weeks after they bloom hogs may be
turned in the field and allowed to root
out and feed on the artichokes. They
will live on the crop practically all the
winter except when the ground is
frozen. They make an excellent graz
ing crop for hogs and are fairly salts
factory when fed to cattle and sheep.
Artichokes grow rapidly and are heavy
and will remain in the ground for sew.
eral years, unless the hogs are allowed
to root them out very thoroughly. -
A. NJ. Soule.
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Sincere Ouackery.

A rather remarkable case of sincere
quackery, which perhaps may not be
as rare as is generally supposed. Oc-
CURED in London some time ago.
An old lady sued Sir William Broad
bent, leading London practitioner,
because he refused to buy or try her
elixir. This was no common remedy,
being free from those minerals which
are the root of all evil, but the skillful
blending of an herb of which medical
men know nothing" Needless to say,
the old lady lost her case, which she
pleaded in person. Her sincerity was
rs obvious as her stupidity, and made
her a pathetic rather than ridiculous
figure
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Russian Diplomatic Sirens.

The Russian Government, too, is also
represented abroad, not only by its am
bassadors, but by unofficial diplomats
of a most interesting description, "A
corps d'elite of ladies who are de-
spatched to the various capitals of the
world. In Washington CZardom has
no less than ten Of these ladies. They
entertain lavishly. and their drawing.
rooms, with shaded rose-colored lights
and luxurious furniture and hangings,
are palaces of ease for weary legislat-
ors and Senator's" These fascinating
sirens then dictate in whispers what
laws shall or shall not be passed by
Congress.-Jouberts Fall of Tsardom.
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Pointed Paragraphs.

A French journal thinks that histor-
ians the world over must feel some
what uneasy because Of recent case
in the Paris courts. M. de Bertier de
Sauvigny has brought suit against Ar
mand Dayot for alleged defamation OF
his grandfather, Bertier de Sauvigny,
in his illustrated history Of France, in
which the said grandfather is pictured
hanging from a lamp post with the
ropes around his neck, while the text
says he deserved his fate.
At Williamsburg Councilman e. H.
Proctor has introduced an ordinance
in the city council prohibiting COWS
from running at large in the city.
Many residents own cows and 1t is like
ly that a fight will be made against
the proposed ordinance.
At Smiths Cross Roads Bruce
Barnes, youngest son of M. W. L.
Barnes, was thrown from a horse and
seriously hurt. Little Bruce is about
10 years old and was attempting to
ride an unbroken colt, when he was
thrown against large tree.
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Dogs in the Ambulance Service,

The Austro Hungarian War Dogs
Club has just held its first show OF
dogs for war and ambulance service.
The highest officers of the army wit
messed the performances of the dogs.
Soldiers had dispersed all over the field
Of action. and were concealed behind
hedges, among shrubs and bushes.
These were supposed to be the wound
ed. The dogs found them all, ard
either stayed with them SnG barked
if the trainers We're near enough to
hear them, or ran for the trainer when
the distance was too long. Then they
were sent with messages contained i'll
locket fastened to their collars. TO
which they had to bring answers
New York World. "a
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-08-10
Wide Tires.

One OF the means OF improving the
condition of the highways which is Of
Importance, but generally disregarded,
is the use Of wide tires on drays and
wagons carrying heavy loads. Such
tires are of great value in rolling the
surface Of the road and avoiding the
formation of rutS. The belief that in
creaSing the width of the tire increases
tine draft probably arises from the fact
that as rule the increase in width Of
tire is accompanied by decrease in
the diameter of the wheel. OF course,
diminishing the diameter Of the wheel
increases the draft, and increasing the
diameter of the wheel diminishes the
draft. The radius Of the wheel consti-
tutes the lever arm through which the
power Of the team acts to move the
load. The shorter the lever the greater
q power required to move the load.
Experiments invariably show the adj
vantages Of wide tires on good roads,
both in the less power required than
with narrow tires and in the beneficial
effect upon the road. AS to the effect
Of the width of the tire, where the dia-
meter of the wheel remains the same,
a trial was made where forty per cent.
more power was required to draw a
load on a wagon having one and one
half-inch tires than on q wagon having
three-inch tires.
Many European countries have laws
regulating the width Of tires. In Ger
many four-inch tires are required for
heavy loads. In France the tires must
be from three to ten inches. according
to the load, and the front axle must be
shorter than the rear axle to prevent
tracking" In Austria wagons carry
i2g two and quarter tons must have
tires at least four and one-third inches
wide, and every load over four and 4
hall tons must be carried on tires six
and one-fourth inches in width. SwitZ-
erland has similar regulations. In
some sections of the United States
laws have been enacted regulating the
width of tires on wagons carrying
heavy loads, but il many instances
they are ignored.
There seems to be a general awaken
ing upon the subject Of improved roads
throughout the country, and more lib
eral appropriations for this purpose
should be made in the future than have
been made in past. On the contrary,
however. at present. roads once good
are not being kept uD as they should
| be. 1t will not improve the financial
| condition if roads are not kept good to
facilitate the marketing Of produce.
1t is poor economy to let made roads
| fall into bad order, for il is an e-p2n-
sive matter taking them up again.
However, this year is III exceptional
time for tightneSs Of cash. and little
| patience must be exercised In the mat
ter Of roads. Along with general i'm
provement ir road matters there should
be developed better appreciation Of
| the importance and value of wide tires
in road improvement, that laws may
be made on the subject and gradually
brought into force. The subject needs
frequent and earnest discussion in or
der to secure this.-Journai Jamaica
| Agricultural Bociett.
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for log bencn in the hut to set against
the door. feared that the beast would
tear a hole in the ROOF and spring
down on me; but the thick, matted
mass of sodden boughs embarrassed it.
All the time was shouting savagcly.
and l madev haste to strike whole
card of matches. hoping that the odor
of birthstone or the sleam of light
would deter the beast from its attack.
But Immediately it came digging at
the door again, rs if transported by
fcrocity. and again threw my weight
against the inside of the door, for
dared not trust to the bench.
My disgust with myself for being
such a fool as to leave my carbine out
side can easily be imagined. | was at
my wits end to know how to beat the
creature off Plainly it was bold from
hunger. and had no doubt smelled my
salmon, half of which was on 4 shelf
lust inside the hut door. l had
thoughts of throwing the fish out to it.
and then an idea came into my mind.
For preserving the skins of birds and
small animals | had taken along a
quantity of arsenic in bottle. When
the violence of the creatures efforts at
the door had subsidized and it was rae
ing round the hut again. | hastily cut
a deep cash in the fish with my knife;
then. striking another match. I put in
as much as twenty grains of the poison.
BY this time the animal was on the
roof again, scratching and snarling and
snuf1ling. Opening the door Il little, l
flung out the salmon. l had scarcely
done so when, pounce! came the beast
to the ground. With a sniff and snarl
it seized the fish and ran off a little
way. Not so far, however. but than
could hear it eating, its teeth grlttinG(
on the backbone.
There must have been five or six
pounds of the fish; but within half q
minute the animal was back. shifting
about the place for more. I listened
anxiously. 1t jumped on the roof
again, then prowled round the hut
Presently there came an interval of
frightful staccato screech! Then fol-
lowed some lofty tumbling all over The
ground about the hut, enlivened by
the most blood-curdlinG yells it is pos
sible to imagine! Peeping out, l
caught glimpSes of what occurred.
Sometimes that poor brute went ten
feet in the air. then it clawed up the
earth and brush. turned wild somer-
saults, and tore and bit its own flesh.
1t tried in vain to vomit forth the
poison.
If not hard-pressed in self-defense.
would never administer arsenic to any
living creature.
Pathetic means succeeded the
screeches. and then the suffering ami
NAL dragged itself to the stream,
where heard it noisily tapping water;
and after that the end came very soon.
Fancying that its mate might have
been attracted by the yelling, | hastily
secured my carbine and stayed inside
the hut till morning.
At sunrise found the creature dead.
less than hundred yards from the
place where it drank. 1t was, as I
had supposed, mountan-lion. or pan.
ther, a big male that would have
weighed two hundred and fifty pounds.
I am sure, and probably one that had
never before seen human being, or
learned aught Of the deadly guile Of
Companion.
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The Paramount Question.

<ACEN l is taken Tor granted lh'lt
4 b every citizen is interested
Q @ in the discussion of the
I n good roads question and
~o< and the proposition that
the Government of the United States
shall cooperate with the States in
! highway construction and improve
ment. There are always political cues
tionS Of Importance, Of course; but
the question of good common roads is
paramount to them all as Gn economic
proposition, because it reaches all
classes and callings in town and coun-
try. 1t is pregnant with interest to
the consuming population of towns and
cities. and to railroads, manufacturers
and tradeSmen as well. But the
weightier consideration IS, that church.
school and farm interests must in
evitably be retarded while road con-
ditionS remain as they are to-day.
If the American home is to be pre-
served. the American farm must be
fostered. The logic of this deduction
will readily present itself. If ignor-
ance is the parent of superstition and
superStition shuts out the light from
the soul that should he free, then the
progress of civilization and the whole
some growth Of the religion Of the
Lord depends upon the universal
spread of education in the land. The
higher schools and colleges are doing
grand work. but the free common
schools are the more important. be-
cause they are the schools of the
masses in which are laid the deep
and lasting foundations for coming
lives of usefulness and for the better.
ment Of mankind. The common
schools are the schools of the rural
population. Whatever tends to better
these schools, to make them stronger
and of higher curriculum. to give great
er efficiency and better discipline. and
to make them easily accessible all the
time. should be the concern Of every
patriotic citizen. Nothing can possibly
conduce so much to these results as
improved highways. Neither rural
church or school. nor yet the farm,
can flourish where impossible roads
abound, and if these cannot flourish
our free institutions will soon or late
topple and fall. The question of ma
tional aid to good roads is one the
Government cannot afford to ignore
much longer. The necessity for it is
so apparent that it is without the do
main of controversy. Statesmen and
philosophers know that good roads
develop good people. Improvement
of highways means not only advance
ment of commercial interests, but also
moral welfare. The highways are the
paths along which civilization and de.
velopment move.
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Cost of Harvesting Hay.

What does it cost you to put up your
hay? This question is discussed in the
Southern Planter.
Western farmers use more labor saw
ing tools than their Southern brethren.
While our laborers get lower wages,
they are, rs a rule. less efficient and
their labor is really more expensive.
The claim is made for the South that
we have cheaper labor here than North
or West. In Nebra ska and Kansas the
cost Of harvesting ton of hay will
probably average less than $1.75 per
ton. whereas the yield is ton or
more per acre. Here in Virginia as
much as half of the crop is being
charged for cutting. raking. ETC., and
getting the hay in stack. Hay being
worth S14 per ton in stack, this charge
would amount to 81 per ton. Having
seen hundreds of tons of hay sold out
West in stacks at So per ton twenty
years ago when labor was higher thar
to-day, it seems to me that the cost
of haying should certainly not be more
than So per ton here, where labor is
cheap.
What is the actual cost Of moving
an acre Of grass? How much for rak-
ing? How much for tedding twice?
How much foS dragging the hay with
a sweep from the windrows to the
rick? How much for one horse and a
boy to operate stacker and a man to
spread the hay on the stack:
As anybody can make hay sweep
and q stacker, the charge for the use
Of these simple implements should be
very small. Something should be al.
lowed for wear and tear, on mower and
rake. While We are at it, how much
| does it cost to load ton Of hay on
wagon with pitchfork? How much
when the work is done with loading
machine? How much does 1t cost to
unload a ton into the barn with pitch
forks, and how much when the work
is done with horse fork?
While have but twenty-five acres Of
grass, yet, to pay for the harvesting at
the rate Of 81 per ton is quite an item.
A farmer doing such work for another
is, of course, entitled to fair profit Of
over and above the actual cost Of doing
the work. Merchants are usually salts
fed with a net profit Of from ten to
twenty-five per cent. above cost. In a
case like this perhaps fifty per cent.
more than the actual cost should be
allowed for profit.
If the readers Of the Southern Planter
will give their actual experience as to
the cost of harvesting their hay crops.
an exchange Of ideas is likely to re.
suit in giving all an opportunity for
learning the cheapest and best meth
DDS. Supposing We start with real
grass crops or grass and clover mix
tYres, what does the harvesting OF
your hay crop actually cost You per
ton, figuring your time as well as the
time of teams and help?