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proves sometimes more and sometimes less
each year. while season melts into season
and the citizen sees his parks changing and
growing greener in the walks and borders
and more striking in the coloring Of the
beds without often stopping to ask whence
the impulse for this change
It all comes nominally from the office of
public buildings and grounds over which
Col. C. 8. Cromwell presides. That Is
to say, the head of this office Is responsible
for the administrative work. If one ex-
cepts the Capitol. the Agricultural Depart
ment and the Botanic Gardens, all the rest
OF the government land in the District is
cared for by the office of public buildings
and grounds. But back of this office the
source of supply is the propagating gardens
south of the monument, and the nerve CEN
ter there from which all this work radiates
Is Mr.. George H. Brown, the superintendent.
He has been at work in Washington as a
landscape gardener for forty-nine years,
and to him is attributed the credit for much
that is beautiful in the grounds of nearly
all of the Washington departments.
There are hundreds of picturesque bits
that could be picked out for illustration Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20

races and the long flights OF broad marble
steps were added and the building grad
ually secured decent architectural APP
proach. But there was still something
harsh and unsatisfying in the great mass
OF marble dumped down on the lawn.
-
Then came the landscape gardener and
filled In the corners of the terraces and
fanked the balustrades OF the steps with a
mass of Towering yucca, pampas grass and
hydrangeas. The whole effect was changed
The right angle line between the marble
and the lawn was broken ana the great
white building rose like lily out of Its
green oalyx. The work was carried out at
the various angles and corners and now
the Capitol Is In an artistic setting that en-
hances fully fifty per cent the beauty OF
the building.
Any one interested In such work can see
1t is well worth the study of the humblest
householder.
The picture from Arlington showing the
Temple OF Fame, while striking. is more
conventional in design and shows merely
one method Of judiciousy breaking the
monotonous greenery OF a big lawn where
there IS no natural typographical feature
to be accentuated or brought to the gar
dener's aid. The straight lines and math-
ematica1 borders are after the style OF
the classic old French gardens.
America is resourceful. and while the gar
deners OF this country do not hesitate to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20

The accompanying illustration shows bet
ter than any amount of description one of
the best uses of ornamental planting
The old Capitol in its earlier days was an
unsightly structure, any old print Will
testify 1t sat on rOund-shouldered grass
mound and the outlook from the west was
about as unattractive as could be. The ter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20

money madness beside which the money
madness of the western people viii fade
into insignficGnce
1t will be intensified also by the fact that
as nation Japan IS poor. 1t is only lately
that her people have realized this. They
have always lived frugaI!y because Of their
poverty; never having known how other
people spend money, they have had 10 de-
sire to be eXtravag giant, and this explains
how, despite their relative poverty, they
have borne the enormous expenses of their
war so well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20

system involves the watching of the native
Japanese as closely as the foreigners. Po-
lice spies are everywhere. They take note
OF the mornings and outgoings of every
body. BY many people 1t is counted a dis
grace to the japanese that they iegalize
say that the workings of their spy system
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20

and the Japs are free to resume their nor
NAL life, the personal traits that help to
make them so patriotic Will be displayed
most unpleasantly.
The japanese, they hold. inordinately
greedy, intensely selfish and immeasureably
ambitious. After the close of the war these
traits will develop a general japanese
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20

the landscape gardeners work around the
city, but the few samples that The Star
has gathered show In the main the motive
actuating the work and they may aid pri-
waite householders in a small way to beautl-
fly their own gardens and get the best re-
turns from small outlay.
The work at the Capitol is, of course,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20

under the direction of Superintendent Elliott
Woods, who does not profess to be a
landscape gardener but who has obtained
advice from Mr.. Brown, who in this way
has done much of the planting that has
made the Capitol grounds what they are
and helped to set off the great white build
ing itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20
An Overworked Imagination.

From the Detroit Free Press.
do you think Shoppers would make
good detective?"
TOO good. He's always getting on to
things that never happen at ALL"
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BUDDHIST RRIE5TS alta HIMtHI.

largely offsets the evil effects of the recog-
niZed police protector Yoshiwura, or quar-
ter of sin." to be found in every Japanese
city of any size.
Japanese Money Madness.
The pessimists concerning Japan and its
future hold that as soon as the war is over
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
THEBES WILL BE
FULL OF EAGLES
ElGHTY-TWO WILL BE INITIATED
ON THE TWENTYTHiRO or
THIS MONTH.

There will be big doin's' on the
night Of Thursday Feb %. in the lit
he city of Thabes when class OF
eighty two will be made acquainted
with The mysteries of Eagleaom.
The doin's' will be under the di-
rection of Cairo Eagles who know ex-
lctly how such things should be car.
ried out and there win be nothing
lacking to make the introduction in
20 Eagledom interesting TO a marked
degree. Those IN charge OF the mi
dation say they can handle a great
many with as much ease as a single
candidate and none Of the initiates
viii be sighted in any way
Messrs. r. f. Powers. II. H. Wal
lace ana C H Shannessy were in
Thabes tlis week and succeeded in
securing class of fifty seven candi-
iates TO- membership in the Cairo
aerie twenty-five more viii go from
here TO take he initiation hoping that
he Taebes candidates will receive
an The attention and that they will
gee OF easy
special train will take the Eagle
team and The candidates from Cairo
to Thebes aud will return when the
work is completed The addition will
give the Cairo aerie a membership OF
about 250 and it is steadily growing.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
Free FOOD for Children.

Many thousands Of children go ID
school 10 France every day without
having had breakfast In Paris The
school canteons have proved a bless
ine. They buy food at wholesale rates
and are thus able to supply luncheons
of beans vegetables and macaroui al
three cents each for those who can
afford To pay while the poor are led
gratuitously.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
JOHN l. SICK WITH PNEUMONIA.
Former Champion Puglist Laid up
at ST. Louis--cancels Lecture
Dates

ST Louis. Feb 9-IOhn L. Sulli-
van is laid mp with pneumonia and
has been compelled to cancel his lee
ture dates The big ex-champion has
been confined 10 his room al Garrison
and Olive streets ever since his re-
turn from jefferson City.
He shows the effects Of punish
ment today more tnan he ever did
during his ring career. Scarcely able
TO speak, burning with fever and ter
ribly weakened the gray-haired glad
iator Is a pitiful sight
cts the worst knocldown I ever
got. he whispered tonight. In TAX
ing abe count. ynH bet, and viii be
glad 10 get mp when ten is said I
don't seem 10 be able to get rid of
this attack. I'm taking raft Of med
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
ATLANTA SHUT
OFF FROM WORLD
EVERY WIRE DOWN, 5000 TELE-
GRAPH POLES DOWN. AND g.
600 TELEPHONES OUT OF USE

Atlanta. Ga Feb BY special
messenger to Nom eomery Ala)-At
lanta is cut off from the resi- of the
world by wire communication as com
pletely az If no wires had been strung.
AT the present writing moon Thurs
day. Atlanta is isolated, both tele-
graph companies being without a
wire Western Union reports 1000
telegraph poles down within the At
lanta Offices jurisdiction. The Pos
tai company reports similar damage.
Six thousand telephones are report
ed out Of use" and perhaps weeks
must elapse before normal conditions
can be resumed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
NO LONGER HER DOG.
Blonde Woman Had Forever Lost
Claim on ~Godie.r

Blonde Woman Had Forever Lost
Claim on ~eoldie."
A big blonde woman descended
yiciously upon a less pretentlr but
determined woman she met walking
in Park avenue. holding a handsome
setter dog by leather leash
What are you doing with my dog?"
she shouted. Come here, Goldie."
Goldle established ownership by APP
pearIng orerioyed at the meeting.
1T may have been your dog once"
retcrted the little woman, but it has
been mine for four weeks"
From wrist-bag she took a docu-
ment signed by the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty 10 Animals &C
knowledging the receipt OF SO and Civ
ing her ownership Of the dog. Cards
we're exchanged. and the case was sub
seQuently Investigated by an attorney
re presenting the blonde woman But
she had TO give up her dog.
1t appeared the woman who was
leading the dog found him wandering
on the street. He was not regularly
licensed and had no collar She adver.
tised once for the owner and then
took the dog to the Animal Shelter.
She was told that ALI lost dogs were
Killed there il not claimed within
forty-eight hours. She asked to be
notified by telephone if the dog was
claimed within that time. If not. she
would pay the usual fee ard TAX him
away No owner appeared and she get
the dog Goldie was lost to the blonde
woman foIerer-New York Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
Aaed and EnthusIsstIe Hunt.r.

DR.. Stephen CAL Of ingalls,, Ola. Is
about 50 years ola, but he spends his
winters in the woods continuing His
friends declare he is the oldest and
greatest coon hunter alive. About the
time thar coons are riDest- the old
doctor arranses his spring wagon.
loads it up with grub. gets his hounds
together and pulls for the tall timber
IN the Greek country. He often goes
out alone for a lcpt in the fail and
does not uu until The following
spfins--Chicaco Chronicle.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
NEW EXCELSIOR COMPANY.

Mr.. H. Y. Hayner. of Eleven, b
street is a half owner in the Missouri.
Excelsior company. Of Cape Glrard.
eau. which has a capital stock Of $10.-
ea0 Mr. Hayner has recently patent
cd two machines which he claims
will produce excelsior in larger guam
titles at low prices.
II IS understood tha. he is interest
ing local parties in the venture, intend
ing to locate the plant here, but fail.
ing 10 do SO. formed a company at
Cape Girardeau.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10

a common nail Is an excellent Illus
tration Of The difference between ole
and new methods Formerly me,aI
was cut into strips and forged into
shape with hsmmers. an expert taking
enc and hz minute for each nail.
Perfect nails are now mace al an Az
efeae rate CT seventy per minute.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
Postcard Restrictions.

Picture postcards are subjected to
stern censorship In some continental
countries. In Russia those bearing the
portrait Of Tolstoy have been sup
pressed. Turkey forbids any postcard
bearing The name Of Allah or Mo
BANNED or the portrait OF a Mussut
man. France viii not permit the
designer 10 ridlcule the corpulenee Of
tie king Of Portugal
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
From a Novel.

In a novel recently published the
following delightful instance of the
easy descent from the sublime to The
ridiculous occurs. and has been glib
beted by q spiteful reviewer: When
Margaret. white 20 the lips With pain.
knelt in the woods one day, and kissed
the cross which Herr Hartmann had
erected 10 the sacred memory of their
early love. the leaves fell about her
like kilograms from high places"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10

For a love letter written by Robert
Burns. the Scottish root $50 was paid
not long ago. Yet a brass collar which
was worn by BoatsWnfn. the dog 20
whose memory Lord Byron erected q
monument al Newstesd abbey fetched
Fl guineas. while Tie collar Of Thuu-
derer. another Of Lord Bsron's dogs
realized 9 gaineas only.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10

In answer 10 query The Bulletin
win s,ate that the board of directors
cannot De appointed but must be
elected by ne league. Evidently.
some paper has misquoted President
Brown when it said that he stated
ne would appoint the board II
viii Be elected at the next league
meeting. when also the matter Of a
schedule viii be taken mp and COM
mittee selected by the league.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
BASE BALL DOPE
FOR CAIRO FANS

The Princeton Democrat says
Although there is sleet and ice in
plenty ii doesn't mitigate any against
baseball enthusiasm Yesterday the
! directors Of the Princeton association
# ne Kitty league made satisfactory
terms with Manager Ray and by the
gime the blue birds get busy with
their nest building he will be perma
nent fixture with Princeton, and nave
his baseball team al work
The directors are satisfied with Mr.
Rays ability as a baseball man and
feel that heswill bring a good team
to Princeton Those interested in the
club are. in fact go ing 10 insist on
ais and Manager Ray IS enough Of
IN enthusiast 10 want to he connect
I'd with a winning team and every
jody will be satisfied
Wants to Win.
Cairo is evidently out after The
)ennant this early in the season, for
she has signed % players and ex-
poets 10 pick a winner out of this
buncn. Paducah is also after the flag
and is collecting a gang of ball toss
ers who know the business.
The Paducah Evening Sun gives an
extract from letter from Johnny
Ray to Manager Lloyd Of the Paducah
team In which Ray says;
4 ana going 10 save all my pitchers
4tos 20 against Paducah and will work
ouifieldefs in the box against Cairo.
The Sun says that Lloyd takes this
70 mean that Princeron's main pur-
pose will be to beat Paducah and that
Lloyd wrote back that Ray had bet
ter get aim several teams when he
comes to Paducah as ne will need
them
Il am capable of taking care of my
end of the bunch gables Lloyd.
and am not afraid of your bunch
rave team | intend to go through
Ahe league with ana hit HE top So
hard that VIII stick as if glued"
The Sun is further authority for
an statement that Ray wanted to do
some trading and says he wanted to
swap Blackburn for McGin and
Reiny for Brahic aud Gerard. Black
burn and Reiney We're with Clarks
vile last season. McGill, so Lloyd
claims. was transferred to Tcledo and
has been loaned to Paducah and that
El0yd viii do no trading
The loug-haired chief Of he Pa
dncah ti4be is getting quito eock-suee
early in the game. He will find that
the base bah Jordan viii be a hard
road 10 travel this season,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
pimpIes on the rsee.

SoaIy Rough Skin, Black Heads. Tet
ter, Ring Worm, cured by Larks All
Healing Ointment. CSC. Paul G..
Schulz & Sons, and Harry ". Sehnh
Drug Co. No cure. NJ pay.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10

Major Harrison CT The Federal
army, has made a statement % Gen.
Chahce declaring that the submarine
and torpedo defeases Of ts5s cuuut-y
sre Numerically IT, Gc.eni.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
9O5 Commercial Avenue.

icine and haven't had drink in
long ime hope to b. able 10 get
back into harness again soon and
make up for lost time
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
rold bn ths smalf go.

Great self-confrol and fortitude
dwell with the small mouth of which
the lps are Kept tightly shut Never.
iheless. 1t is liable to occasional out-
bursts Ct ill-tempfzf.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10

Secretary Greaney in making his
viii be guided solely
by the efficiency displayed and ex-
perience of applicants for positions.
~ viii. in All cases, give preference
10 those who held similar positions
In the league during the past two
years
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10
MICHAEL J. Valdez
PLuMsINe

Dea .er In Gas Fixtures Estimates
cheeffully furnished. Cairo telephone
ioe. iii Washington Avenue.
CAIRO ILLINol
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-10

Sandford-When she said she could
never be mine because She loved an.
other ! was pretty well shaken
MertGn-Naturally seeing she
shook You for another
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-08

bows, and In this way practically de-
stroys ~ large amount OF land Some
fifteen miles below this place David
A. Rankin, the great land ANA cattle
king of Missouri, own 5000 acres or
land in one body. thru which the two
branches of the Nisllna wobble their
devious way. To redeem this land he
is digging two large bitches or can
ais. intended to straighten the course
Of the rivers. The smaller ditch ~
now about completed. 1t is four and
half miles long. twenty feet wide ana
ten feet deep. and is equivalent TO
eight and a half miles of the river.
II was dug with a steam drcdge on
scow boat, and cost $lS00 per mile.
The other and larger ditch VIII be SIX
ana q half miles long. thirty feet wide
and fourteen feet deep. and equivalent
to eleven miles of river. The drcdge
boat for this ditch cost $G.500. The ex-
cavation will cost $4,000 per mile. and
the total cost of the two bitches VIII
be about 100000. But they Will re-
deem and make immensely valuable
5000 acres OF land which is now so
wet AS to make crops uncertain or i'm
possible. The Nlshna valley is the
best corn growing soil In the world.
1t is expected that other land owners
owners Will follow Mr.. Rankin's ex
ample. and some day the crooked
streams will he made straight.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-08

mapped has been found A. young man
OF this city was arrested, and after q
vigorous examination by County At
torney Watkins he admitted that the
girl was in Kansas City, working at
the Cordovla Hotel, under the name OF
Maud Haynes. The county attorney
and Marshal Kozlovsky sent q tele-
gram to Kansas City and the girl was
arrested. She will be brought back to
| this city. Her disappearance some
weeks ago caused some comment as
she had some life insurance.
Davenport.
| AS near as has been ascertained G.
j. Ullberg, the man who committed
suicide d few days ago, left small
fortune amounting to $1,000 or more.
So far no relative has been discovered
to Inherit the money, altho it Is stated
that a sister is living. Yesterday the
matter was brought before Judge Boil
linger and as a result Charles Lind
holm, the alderman, has been appointed
administrator and has taken charge OF
the dead mans property. Mr.. Lind
holm has not made a complete investi-
cation as yet, but has ascertained that
ullberg left about $500 In cash. A
certificate of deposit on a Waterloo
bank Is for $500 and bank book has
been found which indicates that the
man had 1875 in bank In Des Moines.
Dubuque.
Helen Lockhapt Of Maquoketa, Jack
son county, has filed petition in vol
untary bankruptcy with Clerk Van
Duzee Of the United States court. She
cites her liabilities at $4,562.64 and her
assets at SIS, the value Of her house,
hold goods which under the law is ex-
empt, SO it will be seen that her credi-
tors will get nothing. The creditor in
the case is the bank Of Sturgeon Bay,
Wis, which secured judgment Of
$4,000 against the woman. 1t would
appear. that there was some frenzied
finance in the case. The bank loaned
the woman $4,000 on piece of prop
erty and when the mortgage was fore
closed the property realized only $500
and the costs of the sale were taken
out of this and the balance applied to
the debt. Now the woman asks to be
discharged Of further liability.
Shenandoah.
Articles of incorporation Of the
DalDey LuIHDeF SOlIlpdIiy, d ueW eli.
terprise organized and to be managed
by e. Fl. Daley, Of this city, were
filed in Clarinda Monday, and the
company already has their mill down
in Texas running. The capital stock
of the company is $4,000, half of
which is already paid and the balance
will be July !. The officers of the
corporation or are: E. H. Dalhey
president and treasurer; j. T. Briggs
University place, Neb., vice president;
Ed Curfman Maryville, secretary
These men, with William Aldrich, Ell
mon, and John Anderson, Clearfield,
compose the board Of directors. The
principal place of business will be
Shenandoah, and e . II. Dalbey will
have charge Of the affairs Of the COM
pany. - WV ~ ~~~~~~s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-08
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

and moved to Philadelphia where he
occupied himself with his library. He
I purchased 8 home ut Camden, New
Jersey, and had spent the latter years
of his life in that city.
Fairfield
A fire alarm was turned in Tuesday
evening about o'clock from the house
occupied by Mr. A. s. Pillars and fam
lily and Mrs. Carrie Brown, living on
East Briggs street. The fire ruined the
roof and greater part of the weather
boarding Of the house. While the
damages are heavy they are fully
covered by insurance which the owner
| of the house. DIR. j.. B. Monfort, holds
at $1,000. The property will soon be
rebuilt. The household furniture Of
both families was entirely saved!
CIarinda.
Our citizens We're greatly elated
when they received the good news the
other day that money has been APP
propriated by the Burlington rail-
road company for a new passenger de-
pot at this city. It will be modern
and up-to-date in every respect and
probably be located between Washing
ton and Main streets. The railroad
company has been notified that paving
will be done to the freight depot this
fall and that 1t was hoped that the
passenger depot would be located soon
that the paving might be extended to
1t also.
Iowa Falls.
E. S. Ellsworth contemplates maxi
ing extensive Improvements on his
college buildings this spring. All the
buildings will be connected with the
city sewer system, the main building
will be raised fourteen feet and a
gymnasium 40x07 feet built on third
floor the interior Of all buildings will
be remodeled and ten additional class
rooms will be enlarged to comfortably
seat 400 students, the boys dormitory
will be transformed into recitation
rooms the exterior Of the building will
be painted in cherry red and trimmed
in white, the clock tower will be re-
modelled and the dial figures coated
in gilt, slate roofs will be placed on
buildings and al walks leading to col
lege entrance to be built Of cement.
Cedar Rapids.
Two Globe trotters were at the sta
ton Saturday morning. both of them
youthful. Patrick Finnegan who walk
ed with weary feet and talked with,
musical brogue, said he made his way
from rim to London silk months ago.
went from London to the continent,
and shipped from there to New Or
leans. 1t has taken him three months
to beat his way from New Orleans to
Iowa and he doesn't seem to know, or
care, where he is going next. The
other boy, julius. Fieschienry, first said
he lived in Columbus Junction, but
afterwards said that he came from
Illinois. He had two five dollar bills
in his pocket and in this respect was
much better off than Patrick Finnegan
for he had .niver seen want yit.''
Maud Rebec, the young girl who left
her home in this city several weeks
agosandSwas thought to have been kid.