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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
JOHN BARRETT'S VIEWS
SANITATION AND HEALTH ON
PANAMA ISTHMUS.
One Great Problem That Confronts
Americans in Building the
Great Waterway.

NEW YORK, May 20.-Sanitation and the
preservation of health is the great
problem which confronts the American au-
thorties in the Panama canal zone, ac-
cording to a statement given out by John
Barrett, the American minister to Panama,
who arrived here today on the steamer
Advance from Colon He considers as
alarming the report of five cases of yell
low fever at Coion-'-alarming," he says
because up to the time these cases were
reported no yellow fever had appeared
there, and it was hoped that the situation
was in hand" Il do not believe in de-
felving the public in these Matters said
Mr.. Barrett. 1T is far better that the
truth should be known. Existing condi-
tons on the isthmus present many diff
culties and while it Is not a case for pessi-
mism, it-is not the engineering, it Is not the
administration problem that is. confronting
US. These are of secondary consideration
to the problem of health and sanitation.
Here we have engineering problems that
have been solved somewhere and can be
met. but the sanitation problem is new and
presents many difficulties. The climate is
against US and is ever present. Under the
efficient care of DR.. Gorgas, the eminent
yellow fever expert, everything possible
is being done to Offset the increase of NOR
tally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

teams owing to the introduction of the
northern style of debating. The speak
ers will be allowed fifteen minutes each
in which to present their constructive ar
guments After the first round of elo-
quence each will have five minutes in
which to reply to his opponents.
The five minutes for rebuttal by the
Each debater has a chance to twist and
distort his opponents facts and theories
or to win applause by quickly grasping
rivals weakness.
The Debate Committees.
Negotiations for the debate have been
carried on by the intercollegiate debate
committees of the two universities. Act
ing for Georgetown were T. P. Dougherty,
'05; e. J. Fegan. 05; r. J. Kennedy. '06;
'O5; G. E. Kelly, 05; Leonie Bone, '05; D.
H Mclean '06: G.. A. Malcolm, '06. The
debate will be presided over by J. A. Len
of Georgetown Law School, The George
Washington Glee Club and Haieys Or
cheStra will furnish music Tor the occa-
sion.
The judges of the debate have not yet
been agreed upon by representatives of
the two universities, and their names will
be announced later.
Following is the makeup Of the George
town team:
The Georgetown Debaters.
Mr. w F. x Geoghan, the first speaker
for Georgetown, is a native of Philadelphia
and is twenty-three years old. He Is a
graduate of st. Joseph's College, Philadel-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
COMPLICATIONS ARISE.
Trouble Between Rival Organizations
of Plumbers Laborers.

of Plumbers Laborers.
The long-standing controversy between
the two organizations Of plumbers laborers
was given consideration at recent meet
ing of Plumbers Laborers Union, No. 1,
of the District of Columbia. The statement
is made that at a regular session of that
organization, held February %. 1905, a res
olution was adopted by which a committee
of three members was appointed and given
full power and authority to take such steps
as might be deemed proper to bring under
one head and government. with Union No.
/, the association known as the National
independent Plumbers Union. No /, of the
District of Columbia" The general pur-
poses and objects of the two unions, it was
stated. being practically the same.
AT the last meeting of the first-named
association the committee appointed under
the resolution for amalgamating the two
unions made Its report, in which 1t was set
forth among other things, it is said. that a
copy of the resolution had been submitted to
a committee of three appointed by the Ma
tional Independent Plumbers Laborers'
Union, No. 1, to represent 1t at any confer
ence that might be held by the two COM
mittees for the purpose of forming the pro-
posed consolidation of the two unions.
The report further stated that among the
several propositions which was submitted
to the committee representing the indie
pendent union, with the view of effecting
the unIncatlON, was tndt eacl committee
select one well-informed business man. and
the two men thus selected designate third
man of like qualifications, the three to form
a board to hear such facts might be
submitted to them by the representatives
of the two unions. That each union accept
the findings of such committee of business
men as final and binding, and act thereafter
accordingly.
This proposition was fatty refused by the
Independent union, and the original union
cd In w believed
be liberal terms upon which the independ-
ent body would be admitted to full member
ship in the other provided the terms offered
were accepted within thirty days. To this
communication the committee received no
reply.
1t was stated that Plumbers Laborers'
Union, No. 1, was the first association of
it's kind organized in the District. and has
been for more than twenty-five years a
body corporate. having been Incorporated
July %, 1903. 1t is understood to have more
than 100 members.
In conclusion, the committee reported that
"having made every fair and honorable ef-
fort to merge the two unions into one for
the mutual benefit of both, and having
been ignored by the other body, the MEM
bers of this union hope they will continue
to have In the future. as in the past. the
sympathy OF the public and the unqualified
confidence of their employers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

itary and health problems will be met sue
cessfully, but they far overshadow all
others.
II am going to Bogota and hope to ac-
complish something to establish most cor
dial relations between Colombia and our
country. Panama is now ripe for a full
re-establishment of cordial relations to Co
lombia and all feeling Of enmity caused by
the revolution has disappeared. My person
al relations have been most cordial at
Panama and there is no truth in the re-
port of friction. On my departure I re-
ceived a cordial letter from the foreign
minister. AT Bogota / hold pleasant re-
lations with Gen. Reyes the president
Herman Dietrich, United States consul
general at Guayaquil, and about twenty
canal employees, also arrived on the Adj
vance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

John Bradford are also in port with lumber
cargoes from Virginia points.
The schooner John 2. Robinson has ar
rived at Alexandria with a load of grain
from point on the lower Potomac, con-
signed to a commission merchant
The steam barge Dennis Simmons. laden
with lumber for this city and shingles for
Alexandria has arrived from North Caro-
lima.
The schooner Belmont, with a cargo of
OAK piles aboard, from Occoquan has ar
rived The piles will be used for wharf
pair work
The schooner Bramble and a hattIe with
salt fish aboard are in port from lower river
points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Honors for High School Boy.

Word has been received that Ernest Gal
laudet Draper has just 6eea elected presi-
dent of the Phi Beta Kappa Sociey of AM
herst College. Mr.. Draper graduated from
the Western High School in 1902. and is a
member of the class of 1906 at Amherst
College. He is also Junior manager of the
base ball team, which played such an IN
usual game with Princeton University last
week the score being to in favor of
Princeton after eighteen innings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
An Alarming Condition.

IAN alarming condition is the report of
five cases of yellow fever in Colon. 1t Is
alarming because up to the time these were
reported no yellow fever had appeared and
1t was hoped that the situation was in
hand. Considering the enormous number
of canal employees the isthmus. very
small percentage of Illness prevails. but
you know how these things are. If one
half were sick with malaria nothing would
be thought of 1t. but If case or two Of
yellow fever appears all the employees want
TO quilt and get away. | believe these san
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
STUDENTS IN DEBATE
open Shop" Controversy to
be Discussed.
THIS IS THE RUBBER"
BOTH TEAMS ARE STRONG AND
OUT TO WIN.
Interest in Debate is High and Big
Crowd of Rooters and Friends
q Will Attend.

The pros and cons of the all-important
"open-shop" question will be discussed at
the National Theater on the evening of
May 81 by picked debaters from the
schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
British warship Launched.

Z LONDON. May 20-The first-class bat
tleship Africa. of 1880 tons. was launched
at Chatham dock yard today. She Is of
the King Edward VII type.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Thousands of situations have Lcen Cb-
tanned through the want columns of The
Star.
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FEEDING LANES.

The Sheep Breeder says that no
young Animal makes so large and prof
liable growth as the lamb under skill
full feeding, that no other young ami
NAL begins to feed probably so early
as the lamb does. 1t is an exceedingly
apt and enterprising feeder and its very
inquisitive disposition enables it to
find the food placed for it in some safe
and convenient pen, and appropriate
it profitably. All it needs is rail or
board pen open at the bottom suffi-
GENTLY for it IT, crawl under, set in
the pasture, with a V-shaped trough
in which a little meal is scattered in
it. The ewes cannot enter, but through
their native instinct they will try to,
and will thus encourage the lambs to
go in, and finding the meal they will
nibble it, and SO learning the way they
will eat little at time several times
a day, the appetite increasing rapidly
with their growth. In this way the
lambs can be made to make more
growth and profit for the feeder than
any other method; and as newly
weaned lambs fetch the highest price
in the market, this method of dispos-
ing of lambs is to be encouraged.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21

Velvet coats are worn with cloth
skirts and cloth coats will be worn with
velvet skirts. Some Of the smartest
walking costumes have hip length jack
cts accompanied by short skirts. On
coats of moderate elaborateness a great
many braids are used, the designs be-
ing repeated on the skirts which accom-
pany them. The combing of braid is
one Of the marked characteristics Of
tailormade suits. Everything from
soutache to Hercules is used, as well
as fancy galloon. Waved braids are
enjoying popularity. Again the fronts
of jackets in cloth are often deliberately
decorated with revers Of velvet, which
are in turn deliberately braided.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21

Just enough labor TO give one an APP
petite for leisure; then enough leisure
to revive the appetite for labor that
would be ideal.
The reason why men take so long a
time to repent is because they wish to
make it a first-class. careful job.
A writer should have a feminine
helpmeet; first, to inspire him to pro-
duce, and. secondly, to console him for
the rejection of the production!
One good turn deserves an encore,
but no encores ad nauseam.
II is foolish to sleep on your rights;
wise to sleep on your fancied wrongs.
Each day of human life is made up
Of smile; song and tear And a
century Of years can add nothing to
those three simple elements.-N Or
leans Times-D Democrat.
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Glories Of a Dakota yvintsr.

From out of the haymow echoes the
homely cackle of busy ''biddies'' lining
their nests with two-cent eggs. The
wheel tire ereaks a shrlll melody on
the frosty track, while the roadside
wires, linking the farmstead to the
throbbing heart of the great, busy
world, keyed to Aeollan pitch, fill the
air with rhythm. The bouquet of rich,
pure ozone is in the air. 1t races
through the veins, mounts to the brain,
sparkles in the eve, and bursts from
the lips in laughter and shouting.
Sing. If you please, the beauties of the
tropics, of teeming, swarmlng life, Of
perennial foliage, flowers and fruit;
extenuate the ''lukewafmness' of more
temperate climes, and endure the pen
etrating chill Of lower attitudes III
you know no better but give me the
CHEEKY, reiuvenating, glorious Dakota
winter. Howard Is. Ds1 Spirit.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21

At the New York State Assembly Of
Mothers, a prominent New York doctor
told the 800 women present that healthy
American women were so rare as to be
almost extinct
This seems to be sweeping state
ment of the condition of American
women. Yet how many do you know
who e perfectly well and do not have
come trouble arising from q derange-
Ynent of the female organism which
rnanifests itself in headaches, back
aches, nervousness, that bearing down
feeling. painful or irregular menstrua-
ton, leucorrhoea, displacement of the
uterus, ovarian trouble, indigestion or
sleeplessness +? There is a tried and
true remedy for all these ailments.
Lydia e. Pinl5ham's Vegetable Conn
pound has restored more American
women to health than all other RENE
dies in the world. 1t regulates,
strengthens and cures diseases of the
female organism as nothing else can.
For thirty years it has been curing
the worst forms of female COM
plants.
Such testimony as the following
should be convincing.
MIS- L. ". WIlld0hen, OF manning,
la, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
II can truly say that you have saved my life
and cannot express my gratitude to you in
words. For two years spent lots of money
In doctoring without any benefit for mon
strual Irregularities and I had given up all
hopes of ever being well again, but was
persuaded to try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and three bottles have re-
stored me to perfect health. Had it not been
for. yon ! would have been in my grave
to-day
Lydia 3. PInkham's Vegetable Con
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21
BLOOD AS A POULTRY FOOD.

The best way to feed blood is to
take two pounds Of corn meal and one
pound of middIings. Mix well and
add as much blood as will make the
mixture a thick mass. then put into
bag and cook; or. if preferred, the
blood may be mixed with the corn
meal and be given raw; but it is not
advisable to feed it raw. as its use
may lead to vices in the flock Fresh
blood is a bright red and is fresh if no
disagreeable odor comes from ii. 1t al
ways coagulates quickly, but coagula-
ton does not mean that the blood is
not fresh. Dry blood is evaporated in
establishments prepared with appli-
ances for so doing, usually the blood
being steamed and then dried with hot
air If fed to excess it may cause
slight bowel disease. A pound of blood
to twenty hens day is sufficient. 1t
is better for poultry that are laying
than for those that are unproductive.
Bran and middlings are better than
corn because they contain more min
eral matter in their composition. The
point in feeding is to SO give the food
that the hens will have enough but
not too much. II too little is given it
will be indicated by the constant work.
ing Of the fowls in seeking food
Mirror and Farmer.
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] Mrs TcNl1ddsen MisA1ottie Henry !

Miss Matte Henry, Vice President OF
Danville Art Club, 4s9 Green Street,
Danville. Va, writes:
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham; Many years suf-
fering with femalew weakness, Inflammation and
broken down system made ne more anxious
to die than to live, but Lydia e. Pinkham'5
Vegetable Compound has restored my health
and am SO grateful for it that want every
suffering woman to know what Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound will do for her. !"
When women are troubled with
irregular, suppressed or painful men.
situation, weakness. leucorrh@a, dis
placement or liberation of the womb,
that bearing-down feeling, iniamma-
ton of the ovaries. backache, bloating,
Tor fatulency) general debility, indi-
gestion, and nervous prostration, or are
beset with such symptoms as dizziness.
faintness, lassitude, excitability, irri-
liability, nervousness. sleeplessness.
melancholy, "all-gone" and "want-to-
be-left-alone" feelings, blues. and hope
lessness, they should remember there
is one tried and true remedy. Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at
once removes such troubles. No other
medicine III the world has received such
unqualified endorsement. No other
medicine has such record of cures of
female troubles. Refuse to buy any
other medicine, for you need the best.
Alight heart, cheerful countenance,
and all the charms of grace and beauty
are dependent upon proper action of the
bodily organs You cannot look well
unless you feel well.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
TO write her for advice. Her advice and
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21

and fasten to the lower edge of the
board. Cut these pieces so that when
they rest on the ground with the other
end of the board resting ON the beveled
top of the post the whole thing is firm.
Then have hook formed with a
short handle. such hook as is used
by truckmen in the cities. With the
hook lift the sack of grain on the lower
edge of the board. haul it up the
smooth surface of the board and when
at the end set on the sloping post it
may be easily transferred to ones
shoulders. In the illustration Figure
shows how the wedge-shape pieces
must be cut, Figure 2 how the post
should be beveled, Figure the iron
hook and Figure the slope OF the
board. indianapolis News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21

varies ggeutly from year to year. The
death rate is greater in the south than
in the north; consumption claims thir-
ty-one per cent. In the north and TWEEN,
ty-eight per cent in the south. About
thirteen per cent. Of the deaths are
from accidental causes, chiefly drown
inc. In 1901 about eighty-four per
cent. OF the population sustained them.
selves by seal catching. fishing and
hunting. The remainder are connect.
ed with the administration, missions
and trades. Since 1884 there has been
tendency to replace the Europeans
by natives in the subordinate positions
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21
Jet Win Jeweled Centre.


Near Mayetta, Kan. live two broth.
ers, who for twenty years have con
Quoted their farm and kept house for
themselves, although one is entirely
blind and the other nearly SO. Their
names are Elijah ana William Bun
nell, They live In dugout, which is
a sort of combination OF sod house
and a cellar. Elijah Bunnell has been
blind for the last twenty years, and
William has lost the sight Of one eye
entirely. ana the vision Of the other is
farm work. and either Of them per-
forms the houseW0rks ...s......
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward tor
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hallis Gatarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known #. j.
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac.
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
VEST n TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o,
WALDING, KINNAN 4 MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cureis taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucoussur-
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Nrice, f5c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21

full and attractive, and is well adapted
to all the fashionable, soft materials
but, in the case of the model, is made
of cerise crepe de chine, the graceful
folds providing ample trimming.
The skirt is made in nine cores, al
except those at the centre back being
cut in two sections, the lower sections
giving the effect Of fiounce and being
shirred to form heading. The box
pleats are separate and are applied
one over each seam, and the fulness al
the top is arranged in gathers to give
the effect of shallow yoke.
The quantity of material required
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21
CHEAP FATTENING PEN.

Take a large dry goods box q am
using one six feet long, three and one
half feet wide, and three and one-half
feet deep, put stationary trough in
one end, elevate this end of the box
about four inches; to afford drainage
when cleaning, knock out the lower
plank in the other end, about six inches
wide to enable you to clean the pen.
Make shelter over the lower portion
of the box (say two-thirds of it, by
using the top, and there you have it.
IN. L. Avery, in The Epitomist.
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naterlals, WOOL as wen Is cotton and

materials, wool as we'll as cotton and
linen.
The dress consists Of fronts and back
and Is fitted by means of shoulder and
under-arm seams. The fulness at the
waist line can be arranged in gathers
or left free, confined by the belt only,
as may be preferred. The sleeves are
wide, full at both shoulders and wrists
and finished with straight cuffs.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size Eight years. is
three and seven-eighth yards twenty
seven, three and seven-eighth yards
thirty-twO, or two and three-eighth
yards forty-four inches wide.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21

The daughter of Mr.. Justin McCar
thy gives some interesting reminis.
cences Of Mr.. Parnell. She mentions
one curious instance of his superstition
zone evening Parnell was talking to
me at the coffee stage Of dinner, and
|. gazing at him with rapture. was
vaguely stirring mine and going to
drink it, when he said; "You must not
drink that; you have stirred it the
wrong way, and it would be unlucky.
Get another cup "-LesIie's Weekly. .
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21

According tc the census of 1901,
there were II, 1893 Inhabitants in Green
land. an increase Of 1877 since 1890,
This increase Includes AL Eslimos,
discovered by Captain Holm in 1894.
The European population was 272. No
real city exists in Greenland. The
largest villages are Sukkertoppen with
382, and Julianshaab with 393 inhabi-
tants. The census shows that the
East Greenlanders are Of pure Eskimo
blood. The remainder OF the popula-
tion, however, is greatly mixed. The
birth and the death rate of Greenland
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21
RAMBLING BAGS OF GRAIN.

In growing sections more or
less grain in bags has to be handled
by man-power. and this becomes con-
siderable of burden after time.
A device for assisting in this work
may be easily constructed by any
handy man. Set heavy post in the
ground so that it will stand about two
and one-half feet above the surface;
then take a heavy board, the wider
the better, and about ten feet long.
Cut two pieces Of board wedge-shape
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-21
Little ones FROM london.

Leaves appear to be quite as i'm
portant from a miIlinerial point of view
as flowers, even though the latter are
very much in vogue. Some of the
box turbans are, in fact. covered
with velvet leaves in soft shades OF
green and bordered with different furs,
a cluster of roses introduced at the
back or under the brim representing
the only relief.