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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28
IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE
ELECTRIC COMPANY BOUND By
Law TO SUPPLY CURRENT.

In the latter part Of November. when w.
c. Allen. electrical engineer of the District,
recommended to the Commissioners that
gas lamps be substituted for the incandes-
cent electric lamps in lexington, the ques-
| ton arose whether the electric lighting
company could legally refuse to furnish
current to any private premises In this or
any other subdivision or locality, should the
Commissioners discontinue the electric
street lamps. The opinion of the corpora
| ton counsel was asked for and today he
reported to the Commissioners in the mega
| tive.
He stated that the Electric Lighting Com
pany is a pubic service corporation, and
| such is bound to supply citizens with cleo
tricity on those streets where its conduits
are located. He stated that rule has been
applied to telephone companies, and he can
see no difference which will excuse the
electric lighting company.
The installation of new gas lamps in Eek
ington is the result of persistent complaints
from residents in that section who declared
that they were not afforded proper lighting
facilities. The darkness in that section was
further accumulated by the fact that the
trees which grow along the sidewalks of
the various streets permitted to hang
! so low that 1t is impossible to see any dis
| lance at night. Sydney H. Cluxton, an en-
ploye of the pension Office, who lives at 81
| Q street, had ton of coal stolen from his
cellar recently. In his protest to the Com
missioners, Mr.. Ciuxton declared that the
| darkness of the street upon which he re-
sides was a temptation to night providers.
he also said the square in which he lives Is
so dark that it is unsafe for women or chill
dren to venture out on the streets at night,
and that burglars ply their vocation with
apparent impunity.
On the other hand individuals protested to
the Commissioners that If the gas lamps
were substituted there would be a possible
discontinuance of the private lighting serv-
1 inQ hxyf al rio 1icrbt
| that the report of the corporation counsel
| upon this point has been made to the Com
| missioners, objections the part of indi-
| viduals will be removed and the work of
! erecting the gas lamps will be commenced
| shortly, and according to Mr. Allen Eek
| ington will be dark no more"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28
Obtains a License.

Isabelle Woodward. a colored woman who
has conducted an employment agency in
Georgetown for several years. has been I'M
able to procure a license to operate under
the new law because charges were made
against her to the effect that she was Hit
crate and failed to keep the books of her
buEiness with any system. She was given
a hearing before the Commissioners at the
District building this morning, when she de-
MED that she was illiterate, and the Com
missioners were readily impressed by her
conversation that the charges were mis-
placed. Size stated that the charge was
based upon the fact that her application
FOR the license was signed with her mark
She explained that at the time she had O.
bone felon on her hand and was unable
to write.
The Commissioners were satisfied with her
testimony, and upon the promise that her
books will be well kept In the future they
concluded the hearing by announcing that
the license will be granted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28
Farewell to DR.. McMichael.

At the Peoples Mission hall last evening
a large gathering bade godspeed to DR..
John w. McMchael, who will depart next
Monday for Oregon to reside. The meet
ing was opened with a song service. After
the reading Of the Scriptures by Mrs. T..
B. Olney, Mr.. III. D. Godon sang a solo.
Short addresses were then in order, many
complimentary things being said of DR..
McMichael. Mr. VIII G. Leaman contrib
uated a song. and in the absence of Mr..
Geo. w. HavilI served as member of the
mission quartet. DR.. and Mrs. McMichaeI
both said they appreciated the compliment
paid them. Mrs. McMichael will join her
husband next July. At the close of the
service friends crowded about DR.. Nc
Michael to bid him goodbye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28

January 2 Parker was arrested In Alex
andrfa yesterday by Detective Mullen and
Policeman Lintler of the first precinct
Robert Cobb last Saturday night was
standing near the corner of 18th and G
streets, when he was approached by two
men, said to be Parker and Joseph Ander-
son. One OF the men asked Cobb If he
could change s.. Cobb said that he could
and produced roll of bills containing So.
The man who had asked the favor snatched
the roll. 1t is alleged. and ran away.
Report of the matter was made TO the
police and the arrests followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28
Watch Night Service.

Arrangements have been made for a watch
night service Of the Sons of Jonadab by
Washington Council. Invitations have been
issued by the committee in charge The
meeting will be held at 80 Pennsylvania
avenue. The following are expected to
make short addresses: Rev. Eugene Han
nan. Judge William De Lacy. William +.
Downey, Gen. Andrew 8. Burt James l.
Feeney, J. B. Mclaughlin and q. II. Copp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28
Annual Visitation of Woodmen.

The annual visitation meeting of Wash
ington Camp OF the Modern Woodmen of
America was held last evening In Typo
graphical Temple. Representatives were
present from all the local camps and from
those in Alexandria. The following officers
were elected: H. A. Smith. consul; G. l..
Palmer, adviser; J. A. Moody. banker; w.
J. Hill, clerk; w. c. Parry. escort; E.
Jordan, Waterman; e. Davidson, sentry
and c. A. Enslow. c. B. Hughes and j.
NJ. Smith, managers.
The committee of arrangements consisted
of G. L. Palmer. c. A. Enslow and w. E.
Parry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28
Fire on Bfltmore Street.

A fire, said 10 have been caused by SPARKS
from electric wires, occurred this morning
In the basement at the house of Charles II.
Stinemetz, 1915 Biltmore street. No. en-
CINE company went to the scene, and ex-
tinguished the blaze after about 800 dam
age had been caused to the furniture. The
building was not damaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28
Half Holiday at the G. P. o.

Public Printer Stillings caused to be post
ed in the several divisions of the govern
ment printing Office today general order No
10, which provides that "by direction Of the
President all employees of the printery who
can be spared will be excused at II O. clock
noon next Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28
Acting Judge Of Police Court.

Samuel c. Mills. Justice of the peace. was
on the bench of the United States branch
of the Police Court this morning. In the
absence of Judge Mulowny. The latter is
spending a few days at Atlantic City, to
recuperate from a slight illnesa He exz
poets to be on the bench Monday morntn(
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28

Wide Range OF ACTIVITY.
Incidentally. the proposed certificate also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28

The Kid Gloves used in the windows and in
the department display during the holiday season
Some few are soiled, but the ma jority the
worse. Choice for 5Sc pair-irrespective of regu-
lar price. All sizes will be found, in style
another. See table full, on first floor, ele-
vator. Note that these gloves will not be fitted.
Other Gloves Will Be Fitted as Usual.
1t will be noticed that the Gloves offered at
the bargain price-58c-are not for sale in the de-
partment proper, and that the regular staff of ex-
perts will fit you with the usual skill and patience,
quite apart from the turmoil of the other glove
sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28
Robbery the Charge.

Robbery was the. charge filed In the Po-
lice Court today against George Parker.
colored. The hearing was continued until
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-03-15
Orchard Problems
Fruit Pests and Sprayinq.

One thing must be definitely settled
when we undertake to spray, and that
is that we know what pest we aim to
control or destroy. If the pest is a
fungous growth, then we must use a
fungicide. We must remember that
fungi are a vegetable growth, not in
sects. Fungi produce no seeds, but
multiply by producing spores. These
might, with much propriety, be called
divisions of the original plant. The
fungous growths die out, but these
spores start the disease in new places.
So the main thing we must aim at is
to kill these spores, and if this can be
completely done we can eradicate the
disease, but if this cannot be accom-
plished, then the best thing we can do
is to kill as many of these spores as
possible, and thus curtail the ravages
of the pest.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-03-15
HORTICULTURE
r. VALID EN-

In a paper read at the annual meet
ing of the Washington State Horti-
cultural Association at North Yakima,
January 9-12, l made the statement
that the cooling moth is to be found
in all the orchards of both King and
Pierce counties. | am frank to &C
knowledge that | was mistaken in
that statement. | was led to this
statement because the matter had been
so reported to me and also because
knew that this moth is found in some
of the orchards in both these counties.
| reasoned that once introduced II
would, and perhaps had already,
spread to the adjoining orchards. This
has occurred in the warm valleys OF
Eastern Washington, where it spreads
very rapidly. But it does not spread
very rapidly in the Puget Sound coun-
ties. The cooling moth, which flies
only at night, will not fly II
the nights are too cool. If the tenn
perature is below 60 degrees it will
not fly, according to Jenne's report.
Prof. Wadsworth, of California, says
that in certain sections of that state
the orchards are immune from the at
tacks of this insect on account OF the
cool nights. My own conviction now
is that this immunity can be claimed
for certain sections of Washington for
the same reason. One OF the best IN
formed men on such matters in West
ern Washington concludes letter to
the editor of this department as fol-
lows: "The codling moth has had as
good a chance to become distributed
in this part of the state, and perhaps
better, than in some localities badly
localities, but it does not seem to
thrive under conditions existing here.
The great problem here is to prevent
the scab from spreading" | have fire.
quently said in The Ranch and in pub
lie addresses at farmers Institutes
that the codling moth will never be-
come a serious pest in the Sound coun-
try.
AS soon as I was led to conclude
that | was probably mistaken in my
broad statement about the cooling
moth, l wrote to some of the best in
formed men in Western Washington
for information on this matter. Some
have already answered and others
doubtless will. | am glad to stand
corrected | am not infallible, but l
am ready to acknowledge my mis-
takes. One of the men on whom L
rely for correct information in mat
tiers pertaining to Western Washing
ton is J. F. Cass, Of Skagit county. l
accordingly wrote him, as knew
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-03-15
], c, HARRISON & SONS sgssssr* %5.

Have 1000 acres in peach, apple, pear,
plum and cherry trees, strawberry
plants, asparagus roots and grape
vines. By choosing small trees and
having them sent by express the horti-
cultural editor of The Ranch finds that
he can get them for much less than
they can be bought in the Northwest.
Send for price list.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-03-15
Select High Grade
Berry Plants

Phenomenal Berry-Great money MAX
er; as high as $1400 has been realized
son. Fruit of enormous size, one to two
inches in length; a brilliant rose red
color, deliciously favored; very product
per TO- s1oo 100, s75o; 1000, $4,000 pii'e
New Mammoth Blackberry-Crossb be-
tween the Crandall blackberry and Cali
fornia wild dewberry. Very, largest
ages from two to three inches in length,
and is produced in greatest abundance.
Highest favored and most delicious Of
fore any dewberry or blackberry. A
great shipper and money maker. $1.00
per 10; $500 per 100; $4,000 per 1000.
being widely planted ali over the coun-
try. Fruit very large and a handsome
dark red color, exceedingly productive,
and possessed of a rich, sub-acid flavor.
One of the best canning berries known.
soc per 10; $3.50 per 100; $25 per 1000.
Himalayan Giant Blackberry-Wil
yield 100 quarts of fruit to plant dur
ing season.. Berries ripen in July and
black, round, of exquisite flavor. $100
per 10; $500 per 100; $4,000 per 1000.
New Golden Blackberry-Fruit
glowing golden yellow, intensely highly
favored, very productive, and in size as
large as the Early Harvest blackberry.
25c each; 81 per 10; SIS per 100.
Matchless Blackberry-One of the fin
est favored, and most productive of all
upright growing blackberries. $1.0O per
10; $3.50 per 100
Rogers Early Dewberry-Earliest Of
all dewberries; large, very firm, great
shipper. soc per 10; $3.50 per 100; $40
per 1000.
Maye's Hybrid Dewberry
and best dewberry in the world. Ripens
10 days after Rogers EARLY; great
shipper, berries jet black and of the
highest flavor, enormously productive.
soc per 10; $3.50 per 100; $15 per 1000.
Mexican-BeSt all-purpose strawberry
on earth, largest known, and one of the
most deliciously favored; three crops
year; will succeed anywhere: 25c per
10: $1.00 per 100; $500 per 1000.
All Plants are Shipped Prepaid at Above
Prices.
S. l.. WATKINS
GRIZZLY FLATS. CALIFORNIA
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-02

the principal in another life and death
struggle. AS she drew her arm back
for another throw, at the same time
advancing rapidly, fired. She pitched
forward uttering most unearthly
screech and in moment all the
other monkeys were flying wildly to
the southerly point of the woods and
shortly had vanished entirely from
view.
What finally became Of them?
We never knew positively, but hunt
ers and travellers report that the
Everglades in Florida for the past
few years have been full of monkeys,
and that they appear tame and friend.
ly, but are i'll mortal terror of gun
and if the traveller approaches too
close they shake their heads violent
ly as if saying: No more cotton
picking for u.s.
Fernando was at first quite discon.
ISOLATE at his loss but | made him
foreman of the Buffalo mine, gave
him a generous share of the stock.
and he has proven a splendid man
for the position, so that the returns
are very satisfactory to each or us.
Except when we think of the sad fate
and mourn the untimely loss of that
remarkable Darwinian Specimen of
Evolution, we can afford. to laugh at
our first attempt to utilize the Miss
ing Link"
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-02
Kermit Roosevelt.

Kermit Roosevelt, second son Of the
President, is to considerable portion
of the public the least known member
of the Roosevelt family and yet he is
one of the most interesting. Kermit
is manly lad who is now in prepare
tory school and who will within few
years follow in the steps of his older
brother, Theodore, Jr, by entering Har-
ward. He bids fair to prove strong
err lad physically than Teddy" and has
always gone in for athletics and out.
door life in general. Not long ago he
went on a hunting expedition in the
Northwest, under the guidance of q
man who had been a companion of his
father in his ranching days and the
big game bagged by Kermit proved con
clusively that he in time will be as
good a sportsman as his father.
Coming home from this trip Ker
NIT politely gave up his sleeping cal
berth to an old lady who boarded the
train after all the berths had been sold
All the junior members of the Roose
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-02

welt family are fond of pets, but Ker.
NIT goes ahead Of all the others in his
love of domestic animals. Dogs have
always been his favorites and there
has seldom been time when he has
not had one or more canine followers,
these animals being transported from
Oyster Bay to Washington each autumn
and back again to the summer home
in the spring.
Kermit Roosevelt is also an excellent
horseman. He learned to ride on the
Presidents old pony Diamond, - a
sturdy black animal that served as the
Presidents mount when he was a
young man. Old Diamond is now a
pensioner in the White House stables
and when Kermit goes riding with his
father,-as he does whenever he is
home for a vacation,-he uses one Of
the saddle animals in the White House
stables, his preference being for Wyom-
ing, the handsome mount presented to
President Roosevelt by his friends and
admirers in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-02
Life.
&C. E. NJ


1 am grain of ouinine. white as the vir-
gin snow that falls from Heaven.
My name is Life. Forth / go into the
fever-stricken camps, where stalks
disease.
And do my kindly unseen work
nder my magic touch the germs of
death are vanquished
And shrink into themselves.
Where lies human tossing on bed Of
thorns.
Thoughts whIriing tumultuous through his
disordered brain;
A woman. wan and languished, with q
heavy eye and yellow skin.
The wasting fever hard ahold her life:
Or may. perchance. youth In southern
chimes,
Struck down by that insidious foe
that stalks the swamps. Malaria.
And lying stretched upon a couch Of skins
or Spanish moss.
Calling in wandering accents,
Mother" Sister" Sweetheart
Unto these I go, and waging 'cessant
warfare
Upon these tiny molecules Of death.
l conuuer;-I alone, and win them back
again
To Life's green shores.
search through every nerve and fibre Of
their being
And deal a blow to every aninalcuie
There working at his devilish task OF
And breaking down Life's tissues.
And then, the cause removed. kind Ma
tnre reasserts herself,
And brighter glance and rudy glow re-
turn to cheeks
Long wan with sickness
Dear ,, friends and comrades, aectors
Crowd round and say:
Saved his life. BY our good care.
And wondrous skin, he's living yet"
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-02

| "Most of my darkies looked upon
| the whole matter as joke and went
away laughing and jollying each
| other, but few muttered and shook
their heads, and acted as IL they
| might prove troublesome. One of the
latter said, evidently intending that
should hear, that he'd be damned If
| he'd work on plantation where they
employed beasts.
Il had had trouble with the man
| at several different times. He was a
powerfully built negro, nearly six feet
| four inches in his bare feet, and when
! not in liquor, holding the record of
the fastest and cleanest cotton pick
er in the section. But he had very
surly disposition, and was too fond
of threatening his fellow workmen
with his big. knife, which was half as
long as an Austrian sabre, and which
he kept as sharp as a razor. had
cautioned him about this and told him
that II ever saw him draw that knife
on any one, black or white, I would
shoot him without warning. He was
well aware of my facility with re-
volver and was generally obedient to
my orders. After his remark above,
however, I told him that was get
ting tired of his INSTRUMENTATION. and
ordered him to report to the cashier,
get his pay and for the future keep
off the plantation.
about two o'clock on the third
day, Fernando came driving up the
road with three two-horse wagons of
what proved the funniest and most
unique freight that ever entered our
gates. The occupants of the cages
were evidently little frightened at
their new surroundings, and their chat.
terings were quite subdued. Old
Pythagoras, however, their leader, sat
on the front seat by the side of Fer
nando. as quiet and dignified as any
judge, and seemingly as stoieal as an
American Indian. But his eyes
beamed cordially and he smiled as
nearly as a monkey could smile, as
he swung himself from the seat and
bounded up the steps to greet me.
| THE monkeys were permitted to
run and romp for couple OF hours,
their leader sitting by my side most
Of the time. smoking one of our pipes
with much seeming enjoyment and
after the manner of sober old Dutch.
man. He occasionally laid 1t aside
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-02

and I'll make no charge for the pick
| ing
Il won't bother you with the de
tails" said my old partner as he re
filled and lighted his pipe. You re
member | am a great believer in the
Darwinian theory. | like novelty and
never refuse to investigate new idea
because it appears to be out of the
common. I did investigate this one
very thoroughly, and paid several
visits to the vessel where the mon
keys were kept. | could almost con
verse with the big leader, who proved
to be the finest and most intelligent
animal | ever saw. The more like a
human being | treated him, the more
attached to me he seemed to become,
while l noticed that he at once re-
sented any familiarity towards me by
the others.
"After some thought as to how the
darkies would regard this remarkable
innovation of what they might con-
slider their rights, | made the trade.
In company with the sailor who
answered to the name of Fernando,
ordered my darkies out onto the
lawn and explained to them what
proposed to do. I added, l wanted
neither them nor any of the men on
the adjoining plantations to get it
into their Niger brains that this
would in any way affect their posi-
tons. 1t had taken this man years
of hard patient labor to educate these
animals to work, and probably no
others would ever be imported for such
a. purpose; that none Of my men who
cared to work would be discharged,
as there would always be plenty of
extra work at the mines, and l tried
to explain to them that this was
solely an experiment of my own. After
the cotton was picked, if it resulted
as Fernando said it would, I should
take contract to pick my neigh
boris 100-acre peach orchard. What
we should find for our Simian friends
to do during the cold weather would
have to be left for future considera-
ton.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-02

Some years since there was no
little excitement throughout the
South, caused by the announcement
that monkeys had been proved TO be
wholly capable as cotton pickers and
of course much cheaper than native
labor. All sorts of stories were in the
air, some partly true and many wholly
false, until finally some newer and
later sensation relegated this one to
forgetfulness.
A couple of years since, l received
a visit from my old California part
ner, who had settled in the South, and
now owned one of the finest small
plantations in the State. From him
| heard the story first hand, as he him
self was responsible for it.
AS We sat around the blazing log
fire in my Virginia home, and smoked
and talked of our early days in Cali
fornia and the Territories, he sudden
ly broke cut into his hearty laugh and
said: Erred, did you ever hear of my
monkey trade, and how they picked
my cotton for me, and raised merry
hob all through our part of the slater
l replied that since he asked the ques-
ton, seemed to recollect having read
something to that effect, only that
it was but a very faint impression,
and had probably been dismissed from
my mind as "fake' story.
NE" he answered, sit was abso-
lutely true, and yet believe it could
be made a thorough and complete
success, not only in the cotton fields.
but in large orchards and perhaps
among the smaller fruits and berries.
"You know" he continued, that be-
side my plantation have several good
mines In Georgia, the working of
which while not of bonanza nature,
adds quite materially to my income
"One morning short thick-set man
of forty, whose rolling gait plain
ly betokened the sailor, walked up
my roadway and to the piazza, where
| sat talking with my overseer and
enjoying my morning pipe. The two
large fields of cotton on either side
of the road were about ready to pick,