Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-08-30
From Washington.
correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. !
Washington, Aug. 30

correspondence OF tue AlcAahuiIa p"Dc''0'i
Washington, Aug. 30
How to entice hens to lay more eggs
is the delicate problem which the Agri-
culture Department has sci for itself
The Bureau OF Animal Industry has
emp loyed Robert r. Slocum at a hand
some salary to have charge of this new
work. and besides seventy-five as chip
per White Plymouth Rocks as man ever
laid eyes or, Mr. Slocum will have the
assistance of few well paid assistants.
For fear 100 much time would be paid to
the social side OF life, the hens will be
taken to Baltimore instead of being per-
mitted to enjoy the gay whirl at the cap
ital. This is entirely task for profit, the
department taking the ground that very
slight increase in the average egg would
be of vast importance TO the poultryman.
First, Mr. Slocum's pullets will be ask
ed to show whether. NAH should be fed
10 hens moist or dry. Then, the depart
ment wants to know whether it is best to
feed hens all they want, tina; is by the
hopper method, or just as much as man
thinks they should cat. That is by the
meal method. Regardless of Lincoln's
maxim about the divided house, Mr.
Slocum will divide his. There will be
three pens. ~ the first there will be
breakfast of cracked grain, sad dinner OF
the same. For lunch there will be moist
ened mash. Breakfast and dinner in
pen No. 2 will be the same as IN No. l.,
but the mash will be served dry for
lunch. In No. 8, the chickens will be
fed by hoppers. incidentally it is ex-
planned that Plymouth Rocks were
chosen merely for reasons of convenience.
u. s. Minister Merry, at San Jose,
Costa kica, 10 3 dispatch to the State
Department announces that the govern
ment of that country has invited the
delegates of Guatemala, San Salvador
and Honduras, who have been commits
stoned TO prepare treaty Of peace,
amity and commerce, to hold their SEES
sions at San Jose beginning Saturday,
September 10Th, the anniversary OF
American independence. The govern
ment of San Salvador has already ac-
eepted the invitation.
Gen. Jas. F. Smith, the new Cover
nor General of the Philippines, who was
stranded at Honolulu when the steamer
Manchuria went ashore while on his
way to Manila to be inaugurated,
managed to ge! his trunks ashore
from the Msnchuria in time TO per-
nit him to take passage on the
army transport Logan which touch
ed at Hawaii at an appropriate moment.
Word to this effect has ust been receiv-
ed by the Quartermaster Generals Of
flee. As the franks contained the coro-
nation or Inauguration robes of the
Smith family, and as General Smith
could not have appeared at Manila with
out these necessary appenages, the news
of their safe transposition to the Logan
has relieved the minds of officials here
who were afraid that the Inauguration
ceremonies at Manila might have to be
postponed to some later date than Sspt.
2Oth, the original time set
Teachers as we'll as parents, and pos
sibly pupils, in the District of Columbia
are greatly wrought up over the an
nouncement of Superintendent Chancel
lor, of the District schools, that phonetic
spelling will be taught in the schools of
The teachers, it is said,
had laughingly discussed the subject,
little thinking that the superintendent
wonid ever seriously consider introduce
ing the system. He has only recently
come to Washington, and they did not
know just how much of a cuckoo he was.
Miss Eulalie Pickett, S5 years old, Of 1882 |
Twelfth street northwest. employed as clerk |
in the Department Of Agriculture, is being |
held at the House Of Detention for alleged |
forgery. 1t is charged that she was about to
negotiate loan Of 5000 on property which |
she represented 40 be her own, hut which |
Frank Sprigg Perry, Assistant United States !
District Attorney. claims belongs TO hil |
mother, Mrs. Fannie Sprigg Perry, Of
Natchez, Miss. Mrs. Perry is the wife of
Rev. Josiah Perry and daughter Of Rev.
ID. f. Sprigg. form -rly Of Alexandria.
Nearly score of complaints arising under
the new railroad rate Law have already been
filed with the Interstate Commerce Comnis-
sion. number Of these were made public
today. They came from all parts OF the