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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
HEARINGS AND INQUIRIES.
This Congress Will Probably Hold the
Record.

This Congress will no doubt hold the rec
ord in the matter of hearings and inquiries.
MANY committees have spent nearly an
their time in taking testimony OF one KIM
or another and the views" OF cltlzens ana
officials OF the government possibly nave
been equal in the matter of space TO thoS''
of senators and members of the House
Beginning last April with nearing on
rates before the Senate committee on IN
terstate commerce, when several huge
volumes of testimony were accumulated
renewed again as soon as congress
convened, there has been constant
stream of hearings ever since. me lsth-
milan canal has filed several large volumes,
for testimony has been taken before poth
appropriation committees concerning IL, as
well as the committee having charge or the
work Day after day was given by the
committees of both Senate ana house OH
the Philippine tariff bill, While other M
sniar possessions and Alaska have also had
their innings The statehood bill, as usual
was discussed by friends ana opponents
at length, and the committees tIla' hdlpdIo
appropriations seem to nave gone mo- c
thoroughly into the subject of expenditures
than ever before, requiring hundreds OF
government officials to appear DefoTe LheH
The proposed reform in printing, the con-
sular reform bill, as well as dozen othel
measures, nave peen the supgfS. VI ca III
sive hearings all of which have oeen
printed, and will go to swell the cost OF
the session of Congress.
The end is not yet in sight. for EFFORTS
will be made to authorize extensive near
ings during the recess of Congress. Hep-
resentative Littlefield of Maine, who g
chairman of one of the committees on ex-
penditures in the departments tthe Agri-
cultural Department., purposes TO make MS
committee of some value and VIII try 10
have 1t authorized to take testimony. Other
expenditures" chairmen may do the same
and 1t would not be at all surprising TO see
these committees active, for time al
least, before the second session or congress
convenes These committees were created
many years ago, simply for the purpose
of giving some members of the dominant
party chairmanships and clerk during the
session. That was when every member was
not allowed q clerk. They have been DOR
mant committees for years. Littletieid may
wake them up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
Love of Home In the Horse.
From the Outing Magazine


The strongest instinct IN the horse is that
of home-all his thoughts and interests lie
there-and the most wearing pain he SUI
fers is that of nostalgla-the longing for
the familiar stall and the well-loved SUR
roundtngs. What wonder that our pets al
most invariably return to US from such UNI
happy experiences mere shadows of their
former selves, and In such wretched bodily
condition that 1t is months before they re-
gain their usual health and spirits. We
blame the man In charges poor feed, bad
stabllng, insufficient pasturage, etc, and
overlook entirely the fact that 1t Is our
own fault, and the direct result of heart
hunger which no grass, grain or roof-tree
could entirely assuage. or course the little
used muscles have, from lack of exercise.
shrunk and lost their firmness and plump
ness: the crest has fallen from the same
cause; poverty lines" appear in the quar-
tiers and shoulders: the tail and name are
all out of shape, or ali worn away; the
feet stubbed Off the coat dingy and sun
burnt; the skin full of all manner of scars
cuts and abrasions; all these are the eff
feet, not the cause, OF the lack of bodily
condition which Is two-thirds due sheerly
and solely, in the high-bred, nervous, sensi-
tive horse, to simple homesickness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
CITY GARDENS.
Making Beautiful an Unsightly Back
Yard


For the adornment of the city back ward
OF ordinary size nothing is more suitable
than old-fashioned mixed borders where
anything can be planted and bouquet cut
every day without the effect being spoiled.
The back yard OF a city lot of twenty-five
or thirty feet is ample room for garden of
those ANIMALS that are easily grown from
seed
II there is a little grass In the yard. SO
that strip can be left on each side Of the
walk from the back door to the wood shed
or alley gate, 1t will add to the effect Dig
a border from six to eight feet wide alor z
the fences, the entire length Of the yard.
Leave the grass strips between the border
and the walk, or better still, take up the
sidewalk and make bed down the center
or the yard. In a yard thirty feet wide
there Will be room for bed three feet wide
down the center.
If the wood shed is unsightly, plant tall
ANNALS. such as morning glories. to cover
1t. Too much cannot be said about the
proper preparation of the soil. Dig the
border deeply and break all the large Jumps
II the ground Is sandy or otherwise poor
dig In good coat of well-rotted manure
and make the surface smooth and even. A
garden should not be attempted with the
idea of planting the ordinary ANIMALS If
the yard Is much shaded by adjoining build
ings and trees. But there are many plants
that are fit for shady places. The following
ANIMALS can be sown directly In the border:
Asters, nasturtiums, petunias mignonettes,
candytuft, zinnias, coreopsis gaillardias,
sweet peas. If space permits Introduce 4
few of the hardy perennials, scattered
along in clumps of six more. Among
them are blue larkspur, peonIes, phlox
German iris, columbne. Ageratums, gera-
NUNS, verbenas. heliotrope, dahlias, glad
ioli, cannas and hoHyhocks may also be
planted in the border. 1t Is also excel
lent place in which to plant old tulips, hya-
cinths and other bulbs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
American-Bred Singers.

music worship.
American-Br Singers.
Nobody knows how many canaries are
bred annually In this country. for no sta
tistics are kept but the number is very
large.
1t used to be said that American-bred
canaries were much harder in the various
climates of this country than the German
birds, and that seems natural. The I'M
porters deny this, and that surely is natu-
raj.
They also say that the American-bred
birds song is not sweet the Ger
mans, and that is perhaps true, speak
ing in general. That American canaries
can be trained to sing as sweetly as those
bred anywhere else even in Germany, many
German-American canary breeders assert
They say that inferior notes of the average
American-bred canary are due to the lack
of systematic training alone, but the i'm
porterS, whether right or wrong, say that
the notes of the American bird are natu-
rally too loud and too shrill to be wholly
agreeable. no matter how well trained the
bird may be.
be left to the breeders, importers and
dealers, whose annual transactions are of a
magnitude by no means to be sneezed at.
The canary business of the Greenwich
street importer is probably 100000 a year,
and Of all the importers at least $4,000
The transactions in domestic canaries can
not be estimated, even loosely, for no
records are kept
The American canary bird importers, who
are also importers and dealers in parrots
and other birds, aquarium fish and many
varieties of wild animals, practically con-
troll the importations into Canada, Mexico
and the northern part of South America.
Nearly all the Cayenne Manchester top
knot and Scottish fancy canaries received
in New York are sold in Canada, there
being little demand for such birds in the
United States No duty Is eXacted by the
United States; the Canadian government,
however exacts 20 per cent rate on the
cheaper birds and about third more.
nearly q per cent, ad valorem on bros OF
higher grade. There Is also some dlscrlni-
nation in Canadian duties against BIRDS
from Germany. In Canada, therefore,
canary birds are much higher than in the
United States a condition that obtains in
very few lines.
Canary bird seed is imported from turkey
SMYRNA, Sicily and the Argentine Republic
rape seed from South America, Germany
and Russia mainly. Some rape seed is
grown commercially in this country,
though not much. 1t grows wild, as a weed
here. and so does genuine canary seed, nut
the latter is cultivated very little, II at
all, here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
100000 German canaries a Year.

Inside the store the stranger learned lot
about the canary birds that came from
Germany, and a few things about those
bred in other lands.
First OF all. nearly all the canaries i'm
ported into America, like the entire con-
signment received that day, are from Ger
many. The Greenwich street bird dealer
imports from 10000 to 10000 canaries a
year, and estimates the total American i'm
portatons of the melodious little creatures
at about 200, 600 annually.
Everything considered the German canary
birds are more satisfactory to most people
than those bred anywhere else. They are
not so hardy in this country, perhaps, as
the American bred: they are not so large
and good looking the English or Scotch
varieties, nor so freakily snowy as those
raised In Belgium. But of all canaries the
German bred sing most satisfactorily and,
as ninety-nine in hundred buyers of>birds
want them for their song, the bulk of the
business is in German birds.
The canary was first found wild IN the
islands of the same name, though whether
the islands were named from the bird or
the bird from the islands nobody knows.
Today though canary birds still fly about
In freedom among the tree branches of the
Canary and Madeira Islands. many thou
sands more are bred in Germany than any
where probably than everywhere else. And
for some reason most German eanaries are
bred in that part of Germany known as
the Hartz mountains. Perhaps there is a
climatic reason Tor Hartz mountain blrus
to be stronger and more melodious than
others; perhaps the breeders there learned
their business better than other breeders
two hundred and fifty years ago when the
birds were first taken to Europe; perhaps
IL Just happened so. At all events there are
no. only more Hartz mountain canaries
than any others. but they are the best in
everything but size, color and freakishness;
ST. Andreasberg, whence came the famous
full roller songsters. is in the Hartz
mountains
Inasmuch as the Hartz mountain breed
ers have TO supply the demand for canaries
in all parts OF Germany and some other
European countries as well as the chief
part of the American demand 1t is probable
that nearly a million birds are bred there
every years. Oddly enough. while the rails
ing Of canaries Is one of the leading indus
tries Of the region, no one Is understood 70
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
Chance for a Fall.

From the Chicago News.
BeJlngs-"smiley is making a strenuous
effort to keep sober during the forty days
OF Lent
LeBlinks-'That may not be difficult
but how about the nights?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
.FEATHERED SINGERS
Canary Birds by the Hundred
Thousands
IMPORTED FROM GERMANY
Hartz Mountain Region Develops
Sweetest Songsters.
CANARIES BRED IN AMERICA
How the Birds Are Taught to MARBLE
"A Queer Whistling Instrument
Profits in the Industry.
CANARIES BRED IN AMERICA


NEW YORK, March 80 1906.
Picking his way through the thorough
fares of lower Manhattan Island, one damp
day, recently, n stranger was attracted by
two oddly loaded trucks. which had been
backed up against the curb on Greenwich
street near Cortlandt, under the roaring
elevated railroad.
1t was plain to see that whatever the
commodity with which the trucks were
laden, it wasn't very heavy. for the loads
were piled up eight or ten feet high. That
they We're valuable and perishable was ev-
ident from the fact that they were care
fully, almost fussily, covered with tarpau-
lin. As the stranger approached, men came
bustling out OF the store In front of which
the trucks were standing and began to
strip the tarpaulins off the loads, disclosing
their nature.
1t amazed the stranger vastly for the
great trucks were laden with canary birds,
In little wooden cages, Grated, the crates
being piled so that the cages stood tier on
tier, really impressive array.
Them two trucks" said one of the men
who was working at the unloading, has
about thirty-five hundred birds on board.
They're little more than half of a consign-
ment of $500 that got here on a steamship
/ his znorning. Ali from Germany too,
where most all the canaries in the world
are bred" ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31

Fig and Rhubarb Relish.-Another good
relish that can be made now Is this: Chop
together tive pounds of figs. six pounds
fresh or canned rhubarb, two lemons. yell
low peel pulp and juice, six pounds sugar
and half tpaspo0nful each cloves, alspiCe
and cinnamon. Simmer gently for three
hours. then cool and bottle. This Is fine
with game or roast meats.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
Big Game ON the Nile.

"A traveller OH ;.le upper Nile gives
this picture of big game that abounds
there: "Of wild nn!...,l, elephants take
the first place; there are enormou2
herds Of them, and the ivory Is Of the
greatest size. A big Lcrd wanders
down from the fanks OF E!gon and
uses u remarkable elephant road. which
is apparently used only during the sea
son of migration. This herd frequently
crosses the Nile at the southern end Of
the lakclikc extension near Wadelni.
IIippopotalni come next III size and are
to be found in countless numbers In
the Nile. When the tributary rivers
are in food they 90 a long way up
them. Were 1t not for the fact that In
tine Nile they are extremely dangerous
and cause considerable loss Of life.
they might we'll be preserved. for they
lo little other harm-a very small fence
is sufficient to keep them out of cult.
vation."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
The One Way.

Elder ]. S. Mcdonald will
again be in Mo. Valley, April s,
and lecture on "The One Way" "
Matthew 7th, 1914. The way
that Jesus has prepared for all
that go to him shall walk in, st.
John l46. The way is so per-
fectly pointed out to all that
we ask you to "come and let us
reason together" and take the
instructions that has come to
us (the Bible) as our guide. and
be not deceived, st. John 1O-1.
See to this, good people and let
no man take your crown.
The morning service will be
in the Kreider Hall at II a. M,
and evening service at 7::30 r.
m. Come, and bring pencil and
paper and jot down items, and
compare with the Bible, and do
not be deceived. King James
Bible, the standard of evidence.
Everybody invited. Don't
forget the place and time. We
want to meet you there.
j. S. Mcdonald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
A GRlsLY SIGHT.
Slaughter of the Baby Seals On the
GlitterinR Ice Elacn

bloughter OF the Baby Seals on the
GlitterinG Ice FlOen.
Never shall man who has once
watched the slaughter of fur seal
herd forget the CHASTITY sight. From
the deck Of the blunt nosed sealing
steamer you can count thousands upon
thousands Of seal families stretched
out on the glistening ice foes. the dark
mottled bodies Of the adults standing
out in high relief against the blue white
ness of their floating homes, while the
snow white fur Of the baby seal blends
almost imperceptibly into the back
ground. Out from the ship, hurrying
over the Ice, rush nearly 200 men Of
the crew. each armed with an iron
tipped club. From near and far go up
the agonized cries OF the terrified seals.
Flopping along over the ice, the adults
rush frantlcally for the water, doin::
their best to hurry their young VIII,
them.
In most cases their way OF escape IL
cut Off by the sealers. With IA blow OF
the iron bound club the si..::'l of tho
seal pup is crushed, its blood staining
the whiteness of the foe. while its
parents nrc allowed to get away in
safety Technical World Magazine.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05

a tunbllng wave With log ON ii
back. Again he would jump from one
tossing log to another, aud once as Q
leg swung about which would have
struck his knees he jumped clear over
1t as 1T passed under him aud landed
Lack on his log. Once he fell to hi.
hands, but was on his feet in an In.
stant.
The men on shore were unable to run
as fast as the stream, and when they
last saw him he was still! on his feet
now jumping. now riding With all his
strength and agility. ever trying TO
near the shore. When they found the
poor man. Il week later. all his limbs
were broken, so..e or them twice. and
numerous bralscs covered his body, but.
so.sc May or Other. not IL sc:lr ui;lig
u.el h's f..vc. New York Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
Hamlet.

Hamlet prince of Denmark, Is, OF
coiirse. best known as the hero of one
of S!laaespeare's greatest plays. Tho
time when lie lived is unknown. Some
historians say $50 II. c., others say al
100 a. d., and there are some who say
he never lived. Shnkespcures play
vas based on the Danish story of Am
ct, whose history Is recorded ln Saxo
examinations, twelfth century. Belle
Forest adopted the story in 1864
among collection of novels he began
nt that time. From him the history of
ilalnlet was translated, the earliest edi-
ion bearing the date lGoS. The char
actcrs of I.aertes and Ophclia are
wanting in the original. Some events
that transplrcd in Shakcspcare's time
must have brought the old legend be.
fore the poets mind. The murder o:
Darn!ey and the marriage OF his wild
ow. Mary Stuart to Lord Boutwell, fur
n!siics counterpart of some portions
Of Hamlet. The theme of tragedies
generally mt the close Of the sixteenth
century was revenge. The tragedy Of
Hamlet IN Shakespcarcan form appear
ed In 1GO1-0o. His grave is shown at
Elsinorc, the scene OF the play, and
there ls garden near by called Ham
let's garden"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
AoLBEIN, THE ARTIST.
llis Eariy Training nnd HIS VIA,
E:.MYc of Genius.

Ills l.ariy Training and His Vide
RaMYc of Genius.
Dorn at Avg ;,,urs ;ll.lo t at the Very
ei.d OF the fifteenth century. twenty six
years later than Durer ANA twenty
years after the date usually gwen a..
that of the birth Of Titan, Eoli,c.n was
II child OF the high renaissance and,
slowly as the Renaissance crept north.
| ward. fell early under Italian Influence
ut Basel. where hc began Ills inlepeMG.
ent career nj the uyc of seventeen or
eighteen, this influence must have been
greatly strengthened i'll some way and
reaches Its visible height about 1926
just before his first journey to Eng
land. The Multifariousness of his
work during these early years Is some
what surprising to us who have learned
TO think of him as almost exclusively
portrait painter Here Is an all round
artist who cum turn his hand to any.
thing and III tho absence Of steady en-.
ployment is very willing to do SO.
Book Illustrations, portraits, designs
for stained glass, anything from initial
letters to altar pieces. he is glad to do.
and lie does them with wonderful
fertility of invention and q precocious
mastery. The earliest are decidedly
German III accent, reminding one not
Il little of Durer, but almost from the
first there Is a finer taste in ornament
and In architecture, II y.slter freedom
of movement, IL more ltalianntc COS.
tune and more concentrated compo-
sition, while the study Of light and
shade becomes early visible preoccu-
patton There is IA whole series Of his
cartoons for glass In the museum ut
Basel which are worth attentive study.
and the designs for the shutters of the
Basel church organ. there preserved.
seem to Inc admirable III character, in
decorative propriety and III beauty of
inc-far finer than anything of the
same sort by Durer or by any other
northerner. As for his little woodcuts
Of the "Dance Of Dcntl," every one
knows them, and every one admircs
tlicm. No one else has packed so much
action, SO much energy, SO much fan.
cy, into such small compass. These
tiny blocl.s are among the worlds
H.a itcrplccc:; Of designs. Kenyon Cox
IN &crbners.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
No Time to Sort Her Mail.

'vThe ways Of women are beyond the
comprehension of mere man." said her
companion as after purchasing her
stamps at the general postoftice she
carried her mail to the nearest post
box. will you kindly explain why
you did thatY"
Simply because hadn't time to sort
my mail into Letters. Newspapers and
Packages, Foreign, Domestic, New
York City ana few dozen other sub
divisions and then walk around that
monstrous building to find the proper
drops for the various articles" she re-
piled. ut takes time, patience and In
genuity to post anything In the general
postofRce. aud don't possess any OF
those things. Give me the plain, un-
complicated letter box for practical
purposes"'
And OF course he remarked that that
was just like woman New York
Press
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
Low Rates to Los Angeles,

Low Rates to Los Angeles,
Via the North Western Line
An excursion rate of one first
class limited fare for round
trip, will be in effect from all
stations April 25 to May 5, in
elusive, with favorable return
limits, on account of Imperial
Council, Mobiles of Mystic
Shrine. Three fast trains
through to California daily.
"The Los Angeles Limited"
electric lighted throughout, via
the new Salt Lake Route, with
drawing room and tourist sleep
ing cars. "The Overland Linn
ited," electric lighted through
out, less than three days en-
route. Another fast daily train
is "The China & Japan Express"
with drawing room and tourist
sleeping cars. For itineraries
and full information apply to
agents Chicago & Northwest
ern R'y.
There is considerable talk in
the city today in regard to the
passage of an ordinance by the
city council raising the salary of
the water commissioner and
compelling that officer to devote
his entire time to the position.
The Times believes the ordin-
ance should be passed, and who
ever is elected water com mis-
sioner should be required to de-
vote his entire time to the wa
ter system and he should also
have supervision of the pump
ing station. In this way the
water commissioner can collect
more than enough water rent
to make up for the extra al
lowance he is paid for devoting
his whole time to the work of
the water system. The water
plant of this city is worth $40,
600 and it looks to us that a
salary of $500 is cheap enough
for any man to take the entire
charge of a plant of that mag
nitude.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
woman's Work.

A lady doctor writing to the London
Chronicle on "Women Workers" makes
the following unanswerable statement:
III you come to estimate days work,
even in foot pounds, the woman who
cleans, bakcs. washes and takes to
school six children. carries water and
tramps up stairs and down for sixteen
hours day. need not fear comparison
as to kinetic energy even with miner
working eight hours"
True. but Is all this quite necessary :
asks Punch. Could not her children
sometimes go to school unaccompanied
and unbaked? And why must she keep
OH carrying tramps mp and down stairs
all that time? 10 It even fair on thoso
poor unemployedl
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
Rebuked From the p.l.,,.

Preaching In Westminster abbey Can.
on Wilberforce told good story Of
the celebrated Welsh preacher, Christ
mas Evans, who dared publicly to ex.
press his thankfulness for Jenny Lind's
beautiful singing. A member Of his
congregation, straitlaced Calvinist,
standing on the steps of the pulpit,
asked the preacher whether man dy.
Ing at one OF Jenny Lind's concerts
would so to heaven. Sir" replied Mr..
Evans. "a Christian will go to heaven
wherever he dies. but fool remains q
fool even on the pulpit steps," Even
the sober abbey congregation could
hardly stife its enjoyment OF this
repartee.