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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
The Future Food Supply.

The Department of Agriculture finds upon
investigation that the value Of farm real
estate in the United States increased some
what more than thirty three per cent or
roughly. six billion dollars, between 1900
and 1903.
Farm land has appreciated In value for
many reasons. There has been an increase
in population and improvement in methods
of tillage. More land has come under the
pillow because of the opening of new dis
trcts. because of the reclamation of arid
lands by irrigation. and of swamp lands by
drainage, and because OF the renewed TIL
lage of old fields and the clearing of wood
land. One Of the great incentives to all this
has been the higher price Of farm products
The food-producing area of the United
States has not begun to be developed. Agri-
culture though venerable industry, is still
an infant In the Potomac valley, for ex-
ample only a small part Of the land is
planted to food. and even that part Is indif-
ferently titled. Close by the river are vast
swamps-Mattawoman on the Maryland
side, Chappawamsic the Virginia SIDE
and many others which engineers could re-
claim. These swamps, deep with the forest
mold of centuries, would produce food
bountifully. Throughout the region of which
Washington is the center there are thou
sands of acres of swamp and marsh and
river shoals that will be reclaimed to the
pillow and scientifically titled when popula-
ton is denser and the demand for food
greater. There are thousands of acres of
unproductive hills, now rocky and clad in
scrub timber. that in time will probably be
covered with fruit and nut orchards and
vineyards.
AS irrigation will make available for food
an untold area of lands now arid, ditching,
dredging. draining and filing will make
available an untold area of land that is now
partly or wholly under water. great deal
of wet land is being reclaimed along the
coast of Texas. Along the Atlantic coast
the area of land susceptible of reclamation
is incalculable.
The time will come when the fertility and
productive capacity of food land will be the
question of greatest human interest Farm
land will not be allowed to wash away into
the rivers and then to the sea. 1t will be
protected against this loss. The wealth OF
plant food borne along by muddy streams
and rivers will be reclaimed and restored
TO the land. The sewage of every town and
city IN the world will be caught in mammoth
reservoirs and it's plant-food properties re-
covered for the aid Of agriculture Sewage
will be source of revenue to cities.
In the time to come nitrogen will be
taken directly from the atmosphere and ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

The President today appointed Charles
H. Robb to be an associate justice of the
Court of Appeals of the District of Column
bia, to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation Of Justice Duell. The appointment.
which was foretold in The Star last Wed
nesday. will give general satisfaction, In
spite of the disappointment that the oppor-
tunity was not utilized to give to the Dis
trict of Columbia the local representation
upon it's appellate court to which it is rea-
Sonably entitled.
Mr.. RObb was not a candidate for the
judgeship, but the desira bility of his APP
pointment was pressed upon the President
by Attorney General Moody and by Senator
Philander c. Knox Mr.. Moody'S predeces-
sor as Attorney General. 1t was generally
understood that Mr.. RObb's service as as
sistant attorney general was of so much
value to the Department of Justice that the
President was loath to transfer him from
that department to the bench of the Dis
trct of Columbia.
Mr.. Robbs legal equipment Is above re-
proach. He has shown himself able as a
lawyer. sound counsellor and energetic
and resourceful as prosecutor. Though
his first assignment In the Department of
Justice, after coming from Vermont to
Washington during the first administration
of President Mckinley, was as special at
torney in the inheritance tax cases, he did
not come conspicuously before the public
eye till he was made assistant attorney
general for the Post Office Department and
given charge of the postal fraud cases. That
he prosecuted these cases with pertinacity,
vigor and success is a matter of record. If
Mr.. Robb proves himself as capable on the
bench at the bar he will measure up to
the requirements of the Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

from W. J. Douglas and D. E. Garges OF the
committee on wharves. In their report pub
lished In The Star last evening they say:
THE canal and its surroundings form
very unsavory section in the capital CITY
the water looking for the most part IKE
diluted sewage. while the shanties and nuts
that line its course are nearly all OF the
filthy character that might be expected TO
be found In such environment
Plans are maturing for closing the canal
south to n street, but SO far as the public
has been informed there is nothing to show
that the canal Is soon to be covered from
N street to the Eastern Branch. The COM
mittee on wharves says:
LAS a part of the sewage-disposal system
of the city a number of sewers are being
built along the James Creek canal ana
when they are finished the canal will be
closed and filled from G street to l. street,
the tenants along that space having been
already notified to vacate."
The closing of the canal from L to N
street is in the future, for this Improvement
will be asked for by the District Commits
next session.
The old canal. discreditable to the city as
1t has become, has served the city well in a
way. The wharf commissioners say that II
has been of considerable commercial value
because the wharfage facilities along the
Washington and Georgetown channels are
entirely inadequate to accommodate the
river traffic. CORD wood and building ma
terial are brought into the canal in great
loads on scows and the commodities are
stored in large quantities along the shores
of the stream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
The Worlds Way.


This old worlds mighty busy It has 80
much to do.
It's got to skip lot O. things that ought
to be put through.
rest an say.
eat last we've got things runnin' in some
regular sort O. wayr'
But till that day. true worth will very oft
be thrust aside
An modesty be humbIed underneath the
heel O. pride.
The road Is steep an billy that this OIL
world has to climb.
It'ud like to help the stragglers, but II
hasn't got the time.
IT'S sad to see a singer starve, as singers
often do.
The old world says, I'VE have the song.
There's no more need Of YOU"
And honest industry is oft forgotten when
at last
It's buildings are completed an it's own
short hour is past.
But the old world says. We're strivin' and
we're toilin' fur a height
When every one kin have his share Of air
an food an light.
I'd like to stop each sacrifice, pathetic or
sublime.
But till the works completed-why, I
haven't got the time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Violence and Heart Strain.

Noting the longevity of persons in seden-
tary employments, American Medicine OBJ
serves that it occurs with sedentary per-
sons who are mot exposed to harmful con-
ditions such dust, dirt and dullness" An
inert life is declared to be the normal one
The savage takes life easily. Laziness is
natural. Sports should not consist of
'spurts," but of exercises that subject the
organs, internal and external, to no excess
sive exertion. The right thing for every one
is to avoid violent movements that strain
the arteries, enlarge the heart, waste nerve
force or cause one to become SO run
down" as to fall an easy victim Of bacteria
that invade the circulation. We want, says
our medical contemporary. to ''get back to
nature, where excessive labor is the rare
exception" Our modern athletics are con-
demned as 1.-The unnatural thing" since
they embrace too much Of violence and
strain for the normal man. The sports of
boys should. accordingly. be moderated
with a view to their escaping excessive
calls upon the heart and other delicate or
gans The boy is commonly supposed to be
immune from injury. however violent his
exertions. but his violence sometimes pro-
duces unobserved LESSONS that show their
ruinous effects a few years later. Modera-
ton in all things is the secret Of long life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Gaines on Roosevelt.

Campaign text books are never taken
very seriously anywhere. Why they are
issued has become a small puzzle. Maybe
they are to be explained as a sort of party
habit. Old dogs are as slow to unlearn old
tricks as to learn new ones. But what
ever the reason. both parties regularly Is
sue such publications. and thus add to the
junk piles of our free and enlightened
country. 'Tis true. it's pity; pity tits tits
true.
The democratic campaign book this year
Is just out 1t contains the usual amount
of matter prepared or collected in the usual
spirit. and will go the way of all pulp. The
man who welded the blue pencil Is the
Hon. John Wesley Gaines. That is to say.
he was the editor Of the publication. He
also contributed something of his own to It.
He is a strong partisan. with a partisan
vocabulary. but at the same time an ami
able and popular man. and in the every
day affairs of life and politics has a keen
sense of. and observes the best approved
of the amenities.
For this reason it is little surprising.
and even distressing to find in the book in
question this attack upon the President:
Even when he tells the truth he does
so In order to disguise an evil purpose or to
justify by precedent q wicked policy Sure
ly no one who values sincerity will be in
fuenced by the utterances of Mr. Roose-
Welt"
This is what plain people describe as
rather pinted." Even when he tells the
truth strongly suggests that in the ed
itors opinion the President seldom uses
that article. 1t would be difficult TO frame
a severer indictment. And yet what is to
be said of the announcement that on We'd
nesday Mr.. Gaines introduced two hundred
young women of Radnor College, Nash
Vile. to the President?
The picture we may easily imagine. Mr..
Gaines. handsome man. was, We may be
sure. looking his best and was in his most
agreeable mood. The young women as al
ways. were looking their best Mr.. Gaines
stood at the side of the President, who also
must have been looking his best, and as the
charming procession passed presented the
visitors. Any observer would have sworn
that Mr.. Gaines was glad to see the Presi-
dent. and that the President was equally
glad to see Mr.. Gaines. He performed his
enviable office for his fair constituents with
every appearance of profound respect for
the man he had but so recently lambasted
in the terms quoted
How does Mr.. Gaines explain this? Has
his opinion of the President undergone a
radical change since his labors as editor of
the campaign book saw the light? II not,
surely no one who values sincerity will be
influenced by the utterances Of Mr.. Gaines
about Mr.. Roosevelt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

piled to the SOIL Experimentation in this Is
proceeding. AS the human family increases
every water course or branch That
trickles through farm will be an asset OF
great value. 1t will be damned and forced
to run dynamos that the farm machinery
may be run with electric power. The wind
will be caught by air motors and be made
to supply electricity as these devices In
their comparatively feeble way now pump
water.
Another vast source Of food will be our
rivers and bays Sewage will not be turned
into public rivers. Fish culture will be a
great industry. Every acre Of land under
the salt water of the lower reaches OF the
rivers and of the bays will be set down in
oyster beds.
1t is no idle dream that it will be possible
to increase the food producing capacity OF
land and water many hundred fold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
The Massachusetts, Democracy.

The Jerome Of Boston fares better this
year than the original Jerome OF New
York He goes forward. while the other
has been halted. At Buffalo the original
Jerome aspired to lead the democracy In
the race for governor of New York. but
was not a factor In the fight for the nomi-
nation. His bItterest enemy defeated him
with ease. In Massachusetts the Boston
Jerome aspiring to the governorship Of the
Bay state, carried everything before him
yesterday, and his banner now hangs on
the outer wall.
All things considered, Mr.. Morans victory
Is even more notable than that of Mr..
Hearst. He won without the aid either Of
wealth or newspapers In fact, he won
against both of those agencies. The press
of Massachusetts opposed him, and the
wealth of the democrats of the state IS in
the hands of the conservatives. He had
only his assurance and his jawbone, and
Yet he got there. The Russelis. the Quincys,
the Whitneys, the Douglases-proud patrici-
ans and thrifty piebeians-are today in one
red burial blent. Mr.. Moran. holds the party
standard in his hand, and the name of all
democrats who opposed him is mud.
The platform. very properly, fits the man.
and the man the platform. The old ques-
tlOn IS 1ully answered w nat Is the USE "a
being a fellow unless you hades of a
fellow? Mr.. Moran, with the aid Of the
platform upon which he stands, is enabled
to be the very sort of fellow he likes. Radi-
cal himself. his party by its deliverance is
committed to the most advanced radicalism
of the day. respecting both measures and
men. Public ownership of public utilities.
national. state. and city. appropriately
enough. appears alongside hearty acclaims
of both Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Hearst. 1t is
known in the vernacular as going the whole
hog DR.. William Everett would character
lie it as accepting the porker in its en-
tirety.
Shall we witness bolt from the Moran
ticket of like character as that from the
Hearst ticket? The conservative democrats
of New York are not going to support Mr..
Hearst. He understands that, and figures
on election on the hope of receiving two
radical republican votes for every con-
sentative democratic vote he loses. Is Mr..
Moran so threatened and SO buoyed? Are
the Whitneys and the Douglases to reject
him, as the Parkers and other democrats
are rejecting Mr.. Hearst? And Is there a
radical republican vote in the Bay state
sufficiently large to fill any gap thus made?
After the defeat of Judge Parker in 1904
Mr.. Bryan explained the result by saying
that the democracy was a radical party,
and made a mistake in bidding for the con-
sentative vote. Appearances now indicate
that there will be no such mistake made in
1903.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Mems New
Fall Hats.

- HE variety of correct styles
4 | in which our $500 and S4.oc
W. Stiff Hats are made affords
wide range for the choice
of shape. They are made with
imported leather sweat bands and
silk bands and binding. The makers
name, with his so years experience
in making fine hats, stands as
guarantee for superior quality.
Stetson Self-conforming Derbies,
in different proportions, for young
and old men.
$3.50 and $500.
We have added to our large as
sortment of Soft Hats new shape
in the popular Telescope" style,
nobby high crown, with 3-inch brim,
in black and pearl gray.
$500 each.
Mems Golf Caps, in light and dark
mixtures.
soc. and $I.oo each.
Hat Bands, in college and high
school colors.
soc. each.
Main foor. F st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
James Creek Canal.

James Creek canal has been condemned
again. II has been condemned so often be-
fore that no defense can be made of the
canal. 1t has been repeatedly convicted of
Being an "eyesore." 'oesspool," ''loath-
some sewer" 'noxious, foul evil-smellins
stream of sewage" a menace to the public
health" and all that But what James
Greek canal needs is not so much con-
demnation as cessat ton. If it Is to continue
as a sewer it should be arched In. II it is
not to continue as a sewer 1t ought to be
filled UP.
The latest criticism OF the canal comes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Mems New
Fancy Shirts.

NMYS7 E are showing our new
U|UU Fall lines of Mems
NNN Colored Shirts, for
business and general
wear. Some have stiff boSoms;
some are made negligee style, with
soft fronts-nearly all have detached
cuffs. The popular plaids and stripes
are largely represented, and there
are also a number of neat, quiet eff
fects. Some are very pronounced.
The quality is excellent and the fit
and finish are faultless.
Special value, $I.oo each.
Main floor. + st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Danger.

Foot ball is a very dangerous game"
said the timorous citizen
"Everythings dangerous" answered the
athlete. IF you're dom nothin, lynn in
hammock. you're liable to get bump that's
worse than anything in the whole foot ball
catalogue. Some people won't be satisfied
until they get the game where joinin'
team will be the same as accident insur-
ance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Governor Magoon for Cuba.

From the New York Tribune.
The work Of pacifying Cuba and reor-
ganizing it's government on a stable basis
proceeds with gratifying smoothness and
expedition and with strong promise of
date Particularly suspicious Of good Is
the appointment of Mr.. Magoon to be the
provisional civil governor of the island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
The Trouble.

How do you happen to get arrested so
frequently" said an automobiles, "you
never go as rapidly as most of us?'
That's the trouble" answered the other
Il don't manage to get past before they
have time to take my number"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
SHOOTING STARS.
A Frank Reply,

why do you insist on asking me how
got my money!" asked the ex-boss.
Thought maybe could go there and get
some myself" answered the candid political
opponent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Saturdays
Pure Food List.

premier" Pure Maple Syrup. quart tin. SOC.
Pure Clover Strained Honey, large bottle. .l0c.
Colonial Grape Juice. pint 22e; quart. :4oc
Ginger Ale. dozen. $l-OO $i.Zo anu 81 %
Walter Bakers Cocoa can. &c.
Walter Bakers Chocolate, cake. 1Sc.
Cox's, Knox's. Chalmers and plymouth Rock"
Gelatine; pckg a ay'
Pure Baking Powder. Ls-lb can. 15c.; Id. can. Soc
Colonial Lard, 3, and 1O-lb
buckets. NV, osS' ann %i--o
Colonial Vanilla, 2-oz. bottle. De-; pint
Fancy French Prunes for eating: jar. I5c.
.Colonial' Extra Fancy Pure Cider Vinegar.
quart bottle. l5c.; gallon jug. 1oc
Refund Of 10c for return OF jug.
sNut-let' Peanut Butter. jar. 1Oc. l5c: and &c
Chandon & Gle Absolutely Pure French olive
Oil packed in Bordeaux, France. soc. to S3l0
Choice French Mackerel. packed In olive OIL,
Homemade Beaten Biscuit. fresh daily dozen l3c
Imported Cerebos Salt, can. ioc.
Freshly Baked Cakes, from &c &c
Choice Confections h.. Zoc. 10 toc-
Edam Cheese. - -. : :. %. 90
Pineapple Cheese. .. a0c
Oliychow. bottle ioc; an, ~'c.
bag aoc'
Choice Florida Grape Fruit loo. each and Tor 25c
Fifth foor, Tenth st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Mems CraVemette
Rain Coats.

~ NE of the most convenient
kNV and useful garments of a
Wy mans outfit. Intended orig
inally as protection from
the rain, it is now quite as freely
used as spring or fall overcoat.
We are showing complete new
line for rain or sunshine. Neat and
fancy cloths; conservative and ex-
IRENE styles.
$1,000 to $32.oo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
The Base Ball Season.

From the New York Times.
1t is all over but the shouting. That
must be done in Chicago. seeing that Chi
cago has won both pennants. that of the
National League and that of the American
League, and that the final play-on will be
of Chicago ia Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Infants
New Clothing.

~ UR new stock of Infants and
ANN Little Children's Clothing
wy contains every known wear
able and accessory that
comes into the life of baby until
he or she is four years of age-and
in great variety.
Special attention is called to our
line of Coats, which is the richest
and most comprehensive we have
ever shown. Elegant effects from
Paris and the best that American
manufacturers can produce. Also
showing a large line of coat Innings,
plain and quilted, to wear under
thin materials, which are becoming
more and more popular for little
folks.
A few items in garments suitable
for present wear:
Infants Cream Bedford Long and Short
Coats with double capes finished with 60 7c
cord Each. ...-.....-..--... ~ -
Infants Cream Bedford Cord Long and Short
Coats with turnover wet collar sI edged . %ith
Each. %O'oO
Infants Cream Bedford Cord Long and Short
Coats. with cape trimmed with narrow Sc ~
silk braid. Each. Observation-Disclosures. w.
Infants Cream Bedford Cord Long and Short
Coats with turnover collar edged with
wide rufie finished with narrow ribbon. S6 20
Each. TO
Infants Cream Bedford Short Coats, with turn
ovsr sSsg s scao sn with
na nsser White sss to
1 Infants E eSited white s.teen Coat S.
Infants Quilted White Silk Coat Lin e. ~
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Not Enough Action.

From the Baltimore American.
comic magazine suggests the transfer
of a South American revolution to Coney
Island as one of the exhibits there. 1t
would not be half lively enough to suit
the frequenters of that resort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

If Panama is as bad a place as it has
been represented, people who dislike the
Chinese ought to be shouting for coolie
labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

Mr.. Taft has been sitting In the chair
once occupied by General Weyler. The diff
ference Is that Taft fills 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

Mr.. Murphy Of New York has the oppor-
tunitS of his life to demonstrate that he
is really entitled to be considered a great
boss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
IndeciSion.

This autumn weather Is far from nice,
An Irritating scheme;
A little bit too cold for Ice
And rather warm for steam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

Out-of-town merchants have begun, to
appreciate the fact that politics Is not the
only commodity that this city can handle
successfully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

What a great many of w. R. Hearsts old
enemies find most irritating about him is
the fact that they have been compelled to
take him seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

w. r. Hearst has that once ferocious
feline, the Tammany tiger. almost as tame
as kitten. but not nearly so playful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

last years reformer may look a little
cherries. but he is never as melancholy a
figure as a last years boss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Superiority.

THAT man insists on trying to be bigger
than his party
We'll" answered Senator Sorghum. 'if
he keeps on trying he will probably succeed
in at least being bigger than what is left
of it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

The insurance people will welcome the
tendency to keep men who have been active
in investigation thoroughly Interested in
political campaigning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

1t is only proper to acknowledge on be-
half Of the base ball fans the debt of graft
tude that Washington feels toward Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

Uncle Sam is equipped for providing a
government on short notice for almost
every sort OF people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05

Fortunately. the education Of the young
idea is not likely to be seriously affected
by dssensions that may occur in official
circles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
Picture Frames and
Mats to Order.

Made in our own factory. and at
lowest prices consistent with first
class work.
Fourth floor