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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-04

Commenting on the weakness In Amalga-
mated Copper stock. a report of one of the
largest copper-consu,ning concerns said to-
day that while it knew nothing about the
speculative position of Amalgamated, it did
know that the market for copper metal con-
tinued in a very strong position, and added
that all copper producing companies must
be earning very heavy profits
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10
she LOVES FLOWERS.
ChIna's Empress DoWager Has
Passion for Flowers and For
All Out-of-Doors.

Her Majesty's love of flowers was
ore of her characteristics which
seemed most incompatible with the
idea l had formed of her from what
l had heard, and her love of flowers
and all nature caused me first to
change that idea. It seemed to me
no one could love flowers and nature
as she did and be the woman she had
been painted.
She had flowers always about her.
Her private apartments, her throne
rooms, her loge at the theatre, even
the great audience hall, where she
went only TO transact affairs of state
and hold official aud.ences-9n were
decorated with profusion of flowers
cut and growing, but never, though,
of more than one kind at time. Sae
wears natural flowers in her coiffure
always, winter and summer, and how
ever careworn or harassed she might
be, she seemed to find solace in flow
ers. She would hold a flower to her
face, drink in its fragrance, and
caress it as if it were sentleat
thing. She would so herself among
the flowers that filled her rooms, and
place. with lingering touch. some fair
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10

Some fruit growers graft and bud
cions on the same tree. | find budding
most satisfactory. In grating. cions
from choice stock are transpianted
Up0n seedlings of unknown pOssibili-
ties; and also, ci0nS from plants OF
naturally weak growth are proftably
grated upon sturdier stock. In bud
ding, a single bud With as little wood
attached as possible is used; i'll graft
Ing. &rowthS of the preceding year
are employed, and these are embedded
in the stock i'll the spring In bud
ding. the lately formed buds of the
growing season are inserted. forming
Il union before the season closes, but
remaining dormant until spring. In
fruit tree grating. the cions are better
cut in the autumn and preserved over
winter
Grating is always most successful
&c It is done upon trees of same spe-
cies as the bud or cion. have TO
ticed that on some of our trees which
have been grated the fruit on one
limb Will he much different from that
on ther Of the tree.
Grating is usually done in the
spring. just as the plants are begin
ming to grow. although it can be done
later and Will be successful. One ad-
vantage is. if the CRAFTS fail to grow,
budding can be done ut any time dur
ing the summer, when the bark will
easily slip.-M. A., in Indiana Farmer
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10
"BuIlet-Proof" Armor.

An Italian armorer, Beneditti by
name, is in Jail, having obtained from
a Milan bank an advance of $4,000
on the strength of having invented an
alleged "bullet-proof" cuiras5 for use
in the Russo-Jap war. Experts de-
clare the cuirass worthless.
In 1896 a Berlin tailor made great
sensation in the Berlin music halls
with public tests" of "bullet-proof
vest" He offered to sell his secret
to the Government, and the Emperor
agreed that it should be bought on
this condition:
The inventor should stand up with
his "vest" on and the Emperor should
fire at him three times with a rife
taken at random from those carried
by the palace guard. The tailor ac-
cepted the condition, but the night
before the day set for the test he van
ished from Berlini
Of course, there is no such thing
as "invulnerable" armor, for a man
or a warship, says the Chicago inter-
Ocean. The heaviest armored ship
afoat is shot proof" only until SUI
fciantly heavy gun can be brought
Gear on her.
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10
No Demand.

1t was not Mr.. Graham's fault that
his vacation began late in the season,
but that it was his misfortune was
proved more than once. He spent
his holiday in a seaport village which
has for some years grown in popu-
larity as a summer resort.
He packed in great haste and found
on his arrival that certain pecessary
articles had been left behind. He
therefore walked to the shop known
as Browns Emporium" and express
ed a desire to see their stock OF
combs.
With uplifted nose and leisurely
step. the young woman in charge pro
.duced two. articles, one bright blue
and the other deep red. The material
was doubtful.
We've got these two" said the
young woman indifferently, but We
don't have much call for summer
noveltiea as late in the season as this
when the hotel is getting ready TO
close."-Eouth' Companion.
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10
No Apology Called For.

An amusing incident happened the
other day at a club which had nos
pitably thrown open its doors to two
other clubs A certain weltknoWn OF
ficer in the Brigade of Guards was
guilty Of the offence Of smoking in
the morning-room. As matter CT
fact he was under the impression that
If was the smoking-room. brother
officer told him of his mistake. He
went up to the only other occupant
Of the room-an old gentleman doZ-
ing in a corner-and apo-ogized for
having inadvertently broken one OF
the rules Of the club. The old gen.
tleman replied, without haste, as fol-
lows: My dear sir, pray do not apol-
ogize. In ale first place, | am sure
you would not have smoked had you
known it was prohibited; in the sec
ond, l should be the last person to
blame. you, if you had done so; in the
third, am not a member of the club,
and in the fourth, | have just been
smoking myself" Globe.
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10
Tom my Didn't Know.

4 teacher in one Of New York's pub
lie schools, in the course of lesson on
Natural History was explaining to
her class of boys the harm that had
been done to the trees in the city by
worms, and then went on telling how
the English sparroWs had been im-
ported to kill the worms, and that the
sparrows had increased so in numbers
that they had become as bad as the
worms. Noticing the boys were not
very attentive. she said TO one of them:
Tommy, which do you think are
worst. the worms or the sparrows?"
"I don't know" said Tommy; Il never
Aad the sparrows. New York Globe.
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10

than when the stem is pulled out.
Moreover, it IS not desirable that the
fun length of the stem should remain,
bHt by the use Of this apparatus any
desired portion of The stem may be
left upon the fruit. The blade of the
scissors being movable upon the rings.
The position Of the scissors can be
changed from the horizontal to the
vertical, or to any position between the
two extremes, so that the stem of the
cherry can be cut regardless Of the
position it occupies. As the stem is
cut the cherry falls into the receptacle.
and when the latter is full it may be
emptied and the operation continued.
The size Of the receptacle is such that
1t can easily be supported by the hand
holding the scissors, the user reach
Ing into and through the branches Of
Tie trccs.-rhiIadelphid Record.
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10

bloom in a better light, or turn
iardiniere so that the growing plant
might have more favorable position
The Chinese do not place certain
cut flowers in water, but keep them
dry In bowls or vases TO get their
full fragrance. The Empress DoWageT
had some quaint conceits about the
arrangement Of these. She would
have the corol1as of the lily-bloom or
the frangrant jasmine placed in shall
low bowls in curious, star-like de-
signs, beautiful to look at, as well as
most fragrant.
Her passion for flowers being gen
orally known among the courtiers,
princes and high officials, they send
daily offerings to the palace OF all
that is rare and choice in the way OF
plants and flowers; for they know
this is one present her Majesty viii
always accept and appreciate.
There are some quaint customs IN
the palace as to flowers and fruits
the grow Within the precincts. Thou9h
the princesses and ladies have the
freedom Of the gardens and may rul
as many flowers and Gull as many
fruits as they wish, 1t is not etiquette
for them to gather the smallest flow
ers or to touch a fruit when in the
presence of the Empress DoWager
unless they are specially told to &c
SO. When her Majesty tells them &c
pull q flower or fruit, the permission
is gratefully accepted and that spec
fal flower or fruit religiously kept
The first fruits Of every tree ana
vegetable. the first flower OF every
plant and growing shrub in the pal
ace grounds. are considered sacred
to their Majest.es, and no princess
attendant, or eunuch would touch q
Aower or fruit until the Empress
Dowager had been presented with the
first of them. All these apparently
trivial marks of respect to the sacred
persons Of their Majesties were re
ligiousIy obseryed.-From Katherine
Carl's with the Empress DoWager
in the Century.
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10
LiNCOLN'S FOREFATHERS.
All Pioneers and Strain Of Tragedy
Runs Through Their History.

Abraham Lincolns forefathers We're
nfoneers-men who left their homes
to open up the wilderness and make
the way plain for others to follow
them. For one hundred and seventy
years. ever since the first American
Lincoln came from England to Mass
achusetts. in 1888. they had been m0Y-
Ing slowly westward as new settle
mnnts were made in the forest. They
faced solitude, privatiOn and all the
dangers and hardships that beset men
who take I'D their homes where only
beasts and VIII men have had homes
before. but they continued to press
=teadily forward, though they IoSI
fortune and sometimes even life lost
in their westward progress. Back III
PENNSYLVANIA and New Jersey some
of the LinCOIns had been men OF
wealth and influence. In Kentucky,
where the future President was b0rn'
on February II, 1909, his parents Nv
ed in deep poverty. Their home was
q small log cabin of the rudest kind,
and nothing seemed more unlikely
than that their child, coming into the
world in such humble surroundings,
was destined to be the greatest man
of his time. True to his race, he also
was to be pioneer-not indeed, like
his ancestors, a leader into new
woods and unexplCred fields, but
pioneer Of a nobIer and grander sort
directing the thoughts Of men ever to-
ward the right, and leading the Am
erican people, through difficulties and
dangers and a mighty war, to peace
and freedom.
The story of this wonderful man
begins and ends with a tragedy, for
his grandfather, also named Abra-
ham, was killed by shot from an
Indians rifle while peaceably at work
with his three sons on the edge of
their frontier clearing. Eighty-one
wears later the President himself met
death by an assassin's bullet. The
murderer of one was a savage of the
forest; the murderer of the other that
far more cruel thing. a savage of CIV
ilization.-From Helen Nicolay's The
Boys Life of Abraham Lincoln" IN
St. Nicholas.
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10
The Lonaest Lived Fence Posts.

MANY years ago." says Andrew
Whilton in Popular Mechanics, while
engaged in running a sawmill in east
crn Connecticut I had lot of fence
nosts to saw from small Chesnut logs.
The posts were to be sawed taper
ing and to econ0miZe in lumber the
logs were first sawed square and then
split diagonally. OF course they were
to be set IN the ground large end
down, which would bring one-haf OF
them bottom up in regard to the po-
siticn in which they grew. | remem-
Der hearing an old farmer say that
posts set tnat way would outlast those
set right end up, and | determined TO
improve the opportunity at hand to
test the matter. SO l marked all the
inverted ones, and as the fence was
to be built in the neighborhood L
watched the result. Examining the
fence about nine years after it was
built. convinced me, as the inverted
ones were practically sound, while the
others showed very much more de-
cav"
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10
The Bearing Rein

The Duke of Portland, who holds
the position of Master of the Horse at
the Court of King Edward, described
the bearing rein as vulgar at recent
meeting of the English Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
ITO my mind" declared his grace,
"the bearing rein is vulgar, and its
effect is by no means beautiful 1t
is ignorantly supposed to be the cot
rect thing, however. among tLosa
who know no better"
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10

Remember that undesirable varieties
of apple trees may be grated over
into other sorts, but it Will take seY
craI yeas for grated trees to come
into full bearing and they are not
quite rs satisfactory as ungraftet
1rccs.-Thc Garden Magazine. ..s
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10
WORTHLESS TREES.

Worthless and decaying trees in tht
orchard are and only harbors breed
Eng places for the insects which prey
upon the fruit trees, and their fruit
II is a good plan to grub out all suct
trees root and branch if the sound an(
healthy fruit is expected
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10
9 8 ~
Some Physical Advantage
BY Capt. Charles T. Boyd.
,Git of Military Training is the EN-
EnfOrceS.

H: ::; T.: 4: ::
He is to squarey his
TSYa shoulders of direcness
and upright ready bear responsibilities with
He well his
healthy life and fill themselves with pure air
being upright in one thing helps
in
person character? is the result worth the
raj in he o
with
his is that he does not sufficiently exercise ms body
calling His mind frequently becomes narrow and his BODY eneS
form of bodily exercise entering into 1t hary ana con
nun i He
another days work with bis mind clear and MS BODY alert
those who forego athletics exercise either IN the gym
andas
the be
the accomplishment of the desires OF a"
b fnn
The sea coast echo., 1906-03-10

The value of the Pennsylvania z
ries between Jersey City, New -.
Brooklyn and the Bronx is So
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-05
The Watch Rplsoas.

The watch episode bothes the tariff
"standpatters" in Congress worse than
any other incident that has come up
during the present session. Vainly they
attempt 10 cry il down and TO discount
the effect Of the practical lesson It con-
veys.
One Of the efforts of the "standpatters"
was to prove, by the use of afiidavits,
that certain Of the watches bought in
Europe, brought over to this country and
then sold in New York City at less than
the current prices fixed by the manufac-
turers we're not bargains, while others
were Of varieties of which the factory
records showed that practically none had
ever been "bought for export"
But Representative Williams, leader
Of the Democratic minority, in the House,
promptly exploded this lame explanation.
"rhe frst fact is, he said, "that there
were a lot Of these watches sent over to
England, and a lot moro Of these watches
were later contracted to be sent over to
England, and the watches we're not de-
livered, and when suit was brought to
enforce delivery the plea of the defence
was that a man had bought the watches
to sell in France, and that they, the de-
PENDANTS, had found out he wanted them
really to sell in the United States. Hor-
rible duplicityp
Il was further stated by Represen-
tative Rainey of Illinois, that this action
at law was settled by the defendants.
The keystone Co., he said, paid on behalf
Of the Elgin Watch Co. rather than
keep this contract, and settled with
out having the case heard In court, too.
There is no getting away from this
watch situation, which is this; That the
protected American manufacturers sold
their watches in the competitive markets
of Europe st prices which warranted an
American dealer in buying them in
Europe, paying return freights and tariff
duties. and then undeselling the home
market in New York City.
Which shows how the American buyers
Of American watches have been imposed
upon by high prices, through the pro-
tective tariff.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-05
interference WIN The strlke.


Ina long douhle-leadci editorial printed
in is issue Of yesterday, the New York
sun warns President Roosevelt against
any interference in the pending strike OF
the coal miners. Il wants no repetition
Of his interference In the strike of 1902,
but insists that matters shall be permitted
to take their own course until the strike
shall come to an end, one way or the other,
through the action of the parties involved.
In relation to the Presidential interie-
ence with the strike OF 1902 the Sun tells
an interesting story. In August Of that
year, it says, the great strike 'was on the
verge Of collapse. The operators were
adamant. Owing 10 the warm weather
which had obtained for nearly three months
the public was not suffering in the slight
est for anthracite. More than a hundred
thousand miners and laborers had been
idle all summer, and they and their
families we're feeling the sharp pinch Of
poverty. They needed money for food,
clothing, house rent, medicines. Scores
and scores weakened and determined
10 60 back TO work. It is almost GER
tain that the strike would have ended
by September lst but for a bold move
planned with the utmost assurance,
and carried out instantly with amazing
audaoity by subordinate leaders Of the
local unions all over the coal fields, from
Scranton to Shamokin. Word went
forth that Mark Hanna and Bishop
Potter had promised John Mitchell they
would show the President that it was
absolutely necessary for him TO force
the operators TO come to terms. At first
these statements were doubted, but
newspapers reported the interest taken
In the situation by Senator Hanna and
Bishop Potter, who we're, of course,
utterly deceived as TO the use being
made Of them by INSCRIPTIONS labor
agitators. Still, the miners continued
20 break away from the union here and
there; and suddenly the whole anthra-
cite region blazed in a state Of riot and
insurrection. After weeks Of dilatori-
ness the then governor was compelled
by public opinion 10 place an army Of
10000 disciplined troops in the field
cavalry, artillery, infantry-only to find
them practically powerless. Cold weather
came without warning and earlier than
usual. President Roosevelt interviewed"
According TO this statement the virtual
effect Of President Roosevelt's interfer-
ence was to save the striking miners from
absolute defeat. Whether this is true
or not is a matter of conjecture II is
certain, however, that a large amount OF
public sympathy was with the miners in
their movement at that time. But this
is not the situation now. Public senti-
ment is against the miners. All the more
reason, therefore, why the President oI
the United States should not interfere
In their behalf The strike may be ex
pected TO settle itself properly in due time
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-05
E. B. RILEY.

The following specials offered
after o o'clock Saturday evening
and al n day Monday;
IS pieces I2Hc printed lawns,
Ioc yard.
s6-inch wide gray check and
plain suiting, 7sc a yard, value
SI.oo.
s8-inch checked and plain
Panama suiting at soc.
45-inch gray suitings at soc a
yard.
so-inch black Panama, special
at 7sc yard.
A table full Of soc dress goods
now 3oc a yard.
soc and 6sc fancy ribbons,
2sc, 4 to 8 inches wide.
25c and 3Sc Persian Ribbons,
I8c a yard.
25c and CSC Neckwear, Ioc.
A special lot of Embroideries,
&c, Ioc and I2Hc a yard.
38c Corset Cover Embroidery,
25c yard.
sI.oo and $3.50 stamped shirt
waists at 7oc.
Shirtwaists at SI.oo, value
SI.25 and SL38.
White Linene Walking Skirts,
two prices, SI.oo and sI.2si
three styles each price. We
have given a very large order fol
these skirts and expect the sale
to be immense. This is without
doubt the best value ever Offered
by any store in wash skirts.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-05
Tho BueInese sltuatIon.

r. G. Dun & Co.'s Review says: "The
violent decline in prices Of securities is
no criterion Of business conditions. Rail-
way earnings have continued TO su rpass
those Of the corresponding period in any
previous year, the gain Of April being 9.3
per cent over the same month Of 1905,
and other standards of measurement
make equally gratifying exhibits. Liabili-
ties Of failures last month showed a de-
crease Of over 40 per cent in manufacturing
and u per cent in trading branches of
business as compared with the previous
year. The only drawbacks regarding the
future are the labor controversies and
the stringency in the money market,
neither Of which may prove Of more than
temporary duration. Manufacturing
plants report little idle machinery and
trade in seasonable merchandise feels the
impetus of settled weather. Foreign
commerce for the last week shows gains
Of 81 ,909o72 in exports and 81 ol3 ,729
in imports, as compared with tho same
week last year Commodity prices are
well maintained by a good demand and
the crop outlook is fully as bright as
usual at this date, while in many depart
ments an increased acreage is under culti-
vation
'Failures this week in the United States
are 2i2, against DIS last week, 100 the
preceding week and 2l2 the correspond
ing week last year Failures in Canada
numbered 81, against 20 last week, Is the
preceding week and y last year"
Bradstreots says "Reports Of active
retail and iobbing trade, Of immense, in
fact Unprecedented, building operations and
Of really excellent crops, furnish a
sharp contrast to the weakness Of the
countys central market for securities.
This latter reflects liquidation due TO
past oxcesses by a comparatively small
number Of operators, not apparently, as
in some past yeam, generally shared in
by the public at large Continued favor
able weather has allowed good progress
in planting, the termination Of crops, the
enlargement Of country retail trade, im-
proved recorders for summer goods, and
the placing with confidence Of a volume
Of fall orders fully equal to a year ago
Collections have also measurably
improved. Easier money for legitimate
business needs is likewise ioreshadowed
Railway earnings are large. olearings still
make records for this season Of the year
and the call for replacement at San Fran
cisco Is q feature helpful TO trade in many
lines There are, Of course. some few
f unfavorable features in general industry
The coal strike still hangs FIRE, and minol
troubles, due 20 unionistic movements
on the lakes and in o few cities the re-
erudescence in a mild form Of May Day
strikes, are al elements to be reckoneC
3 with"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-05

tion. nor into our savings and trust insti-
tutions, which are conducted under char
tens granted by the State. How SUI
prcmely ridiculous il sounds. therefore
for the President to argue that railroads
should be put under the same system of
Federal examination that applies to
national banks.
But the Presidents suggestion that
Standard Oil monopoly be met by tho
removal Of the tariff on Standard Oil
productions sounds practical. Here we
would have a blow at the very root Of
Standard Oil monopoly. And the eXten-
sion Of this remedy TO the products Of
other Trusts would be attended by equally
admirable results. May il not be hoped
that the President viii soon branch forth
as an earnest advocate Of tariff reform
in all directions