Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-10

4 clear case of Observation-Disclosures was
enacted by a leading grocer of this city the
othe- day An order came over the <eie-
phone from a weil-to-do customer for some
oranges to be delivered during the after
aeon.
"How much are they?" asked the woman.
"Oh, we have them at all prices, from -
cents dozen up. .
We'll, l am not particular aboYt the
price What / want is the quality and
size"
wait a moment, please The grocer
vent to the window, which contained his
choicest fruit selected a large, yellow sam
pie. and then hurried back to the telephone
Holding the orange in one hand, wniie ne
gTasped the receiver with the other. he
said
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Consul James B. Jackson or Alexan-
dretta describes the method in Asia Cinor
of providing a substitute for Ice:
Snow is gathered In the adjacent noun
ta!ns and packed in eonical pit, stamped
in tightly and covered with straw and
leaves At the bottom of the pit well
is dug with Il drain connected at the rot
tom to carry off the water formed IRON
melted snow. As the cost OF coilectlhg anu
storing is very small the only labor Is LII
delivering to the consumers. which Is &C
complished by pack horses. The Hins
price is71o to p cents per hundred pounds
and often cheaper.
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China has. according to consular repor- =.
again decreed the abolition of the culture
of the opium poppy and the Use of opium
or its products in any of its forms, save
medicinal This action. which comes IN the
shape of an imperial edict, was the direct
result of the report of the Chinese com.
mission appointed to visit this country and
Europe and the edct is signed by the
heads of both civil and military affairs
This is not the first attempt of emma 10
free herself from the effects of he opium
trade The first effort as made in lS99-
That result led to a war with Great Brit
ain, which profted by the export of OPT I'm
to China. and as result Oh the war the
edct was recalled and China had to pay
an indemnity of about 5000 90 Inc
Chinese commission which visited England
last year found public sentiment far Off
ferent from what it was three-qu.rters of a
century ago. Hence the issue of Thu sec
ond edict the abolition of the opium trade
both in the way of home products and I'M
ports.
One of the favorite stories of Corporal
Tanner late nder-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic. gives his APP
probation of the complete reconciliation of
the north and the south. and his belief
that such a thing is possible only in the
United States. Here is the picture as the
corporal told it recently:
ION an afternoon as | was about to enter
my office in Washington | was halted by a
prominent member of the bar who said TO
me How do you feel? Where have you
BEEN?
Il answered. I have been witnessing a
scene impossible to see in any other coun-
try than ours. and l am feeling little
prouder of my American citizenship than
ever did before
What was it?' he asked me. and l an
swered that l had been to Gen Wheeler S
funeral. and there | had seen great ag-
gregation of people. who came from widely
separated localities, people who represented
every phase of religious and political belief,
and who by their demeanor and subdued
expressions showed that they had not gath
cred in idle curiosity. is SO often the
case. but that they were there to testify
their sincere sorrow that God had seen tit
to call from among us this distinguished
son of our nation. There 1 saw the most
distinguished of our land, our highest Off
cials from the President of the United
States all down the line. gathered to do sin
cere honor to the memory of man who
spent four of the best years of his life in
trying to destroy our union. / saw him go
to his grave in the nations cemetery. its
starry banner enshrouding his coffin, ac-
corded the highest honors that II Is posi-
BILE to pay to an American.
What an object lesson 1t was to the rep
resentatives of the monarchieS and repub-
lies of the world at large there assembled
what a guarantee of the perpetuity of our
nation and of its future internal peace"
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"The naval medical bureau said the sur
geon general recently, regrets that the eff
forts thus far made to fill the vacancies in
the medical corps have not met with the
desired success. 1t is evident that qualified
young men of the medical profession do
not regard the naval service with special
favor as a life career. There are several
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less attractive to them than other branches
of the public service Some of these are
the time spent at sea, inability to retire
after thirty years service and slow promo
ton. Sea service is undoubtedly a strong
factor against the medical corps of the