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Evening journal., 1907-06-01
PRAISE FOR
THE FARMERS
Address Of Secretary Wilson
of the Agricultural De-
partmeRt at Lansing

LANSING, Mich, June 1.-THE pro-
ducers from the soil are the nations
jury. when questions Of public policy
are 70 be settled"
When the professions need quiet
nerves and capacity for study and
strain. the farmer is IN request.
LAS a people we are quite success
full in governing IN the country; the
city perplexes."
Good farming is the basis Of bank
accounts in our country
Fill the pupils stomach before you
teach altruism, and see that the teach
er has had beefsteaS for breakfast"
These were a few Of the epigrammatic
remarks Of the Presidents official FAR
mer. Secretary Wilson. of the Agricul-
tural Department. in his address here
Yesterday on the occasion Of the SEMI
centennial celebration Of the founding
OF agricultural colleges in the United
States.
I'VE must not be content with re-
search work that hits nothing secre-
tarv Wilson said, THAT IS not apple
to something. that helps no farmer o'
handler OF crops. We must make good
and ind pots Of gold. at the ends OF
all our rainbows. The half Of oui
people who are producers from ths
soil owe 81 70 the other half 70 pre-
pare themselves for dischorging the
duties of citizenship with the highest
inteuigence. They are financially abis
20 educate; they have leisure and more
facilities for reading and reflection
than the other half.
Evening journal., 1907-06-01

grown at points where other varieties
failed to mature. The Early Amber
sorghum and its other forms, as I'm
proved Amber and Earliest Black, still
remain the earliest varieties known in
this country, where they have been cul-
tivated for nearly forty years. They
require 20 to 100 days TO reach maturi-
ty, the time varying according to the
latitude, season and soil.
Many different methods OF preparing
the soil for sorghum are practlced In
various parts of the country. In gen
eral, it may be said that the land
should receive essentially the same
treatment as if it were to be planted to
corn or cotton. The time and depth Of
plowing will necessarily vary, accord
ing to the climate, season and char
acter Of the soil.
As a general rule, sorghum should be
sown later,t than corn. 1t should not be
sown until the soil has become quite
warm. Otherwise there is danger OF
losing much Of the seed. Even II the
seed remains uninjured, termination
takes place only slowly and unevenly,
and growth is very slow when the
weather is cold. Weeds are likely to
overtake the young sorghum. and
where It cannot be cultivated they
make replanting necessary. Uneven
termination and growth mean uneven
maturing, which makes It impossible
to harvest the crop TO the best advan-
tage from the standpoint either Of the
labor required OF Of the quality and
quantity Of the resulting forage
Carleton r. Ball.
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EMBROIDERED TRUTH.
Mark Twain on His Own Reputation
For Noracity.

Mark Twain on His Own Reputation
For voracity.
1 am used % having my statements
discounted. My mother began it before
was seven years old. Yet all through
my life my facts have had a substra-
tum Of truth, and therefore they were
not without preciousness. Any person
who is familiar with me knows how to
strike my average and therefore knows
how to get at the jewel Of any fact Of
mine and dig It out OF its blue clay
matrix. My mother knew that art.
When I was seven or eight or ten r
twelve years old-along there-a neigh
Dor said to her.
"Do you ever believe anything that
that boy says?7
Ny mother said:
"He is the wellspring Of truth, but
you can't bring up the whole we'll with
one bucket" And she added: Il know
his average. therefore he never de-
celves me. discount him 30 per cent
4. for embroidery, and what is left is
perfect and priceless truth without a
flaw IN it anywhere MARX Twain's
Autobiography in North American Re
view.
Evening journal., 1907-06-01

the lengthwise ones. The lines Of the
latter are again taken up at the bottom
Of the skirt. then broken again by
bands and insertion Of the two kinds
Of lace.
Points of Venise, tucks and little
German Yalenciennes medailions trim
the bodice. which has a tucked lawn
yoke and high collar inset with bands
Of Valenciennes. The sleeves are cut
out and the large armholes finished
with lace. Emerging from these are
puffs of lawn reaching to the elbow,
where they met by puffs Of the same
material, smartly shaped and daintily
decorated with tucks snd lace.
Soft cotton fabrics make quite as
dainty lingerie gowns as the linens,
and many of the former are as sheer
and silky Of finish as the latter.
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E. B. RILEY

Bargains ! Saturday
Nights and Monday S
Bargains at this store are
growing more and more popu-
lar. Every reduction genuine
and from our regular stock.
TIuck Towels. 21x4O inches,
bleached, with or without colored
borders regular, 15c; bargain
price. IL lie.
India Linen. 80 inches, very
fine and sheer bargain price, l0c
: yard.
Bed Spreads, extra large size.
honeycomb. Marseines Bed Spread;
regular Sl.75 quality; bargain price,
S1.5O.
Pillow Cases, bleached Pillow
Cases, hemmed. 36x42 and 36x45
inches; worth 16c; bargain price,
II lie.
Pillow Tops, lithograph Pillow
Tops values up to 25c; bargain
price, &c.
Pillow Covers, finished creton
Pillow Covers, ready for the
cushion were 25c to 39c; bargain
price. 1oc.
Silkoline, 36-inch wide Silko-
line. eight patterns in the lot; were
II lie; bargain price, &c yard.
Infants Dresses, long and short
white Dresses for infants, slightly
soiled were So 90 and $3.50; bar
gain price. S1.O0.
White Guimpes, odd sizes in
children's Guimpes; were SOC and
SlC0; reduced TO 25c and SOC.
Percales, 80 inches wide,
medium shades, Percales. regular
15c material; Saturday night and
Monday only, 10c yard.
Madras, 30-inch Madras, white
grounds. neat figures; regular l5c;
bargain price, l0c.
Remnants and odd pieces of
mercenz.d voiles, bstiste and
eoli-nne; worth up to Csc a yard I;
bargain price, 10c a yard.
Dress Goods, 38-inch. all-wool
Dress Goods, gray effects. blue
and fancy colorings were SOC and
S9c yard; bargain price, 39c.
Evening journal., 1907-06-01
The Einhtina Lemminn.

II the jennings powers were pro-
portioned to his pluck. the lemming
would make things lively for the
hunter. It attacks with reckless fury
the harmless passerby. One Of these
smaller than rat, will as
sail without second thought a couple
of human beings weighing 100 pounds
apiece. 1t will spring to ones knees.
barking and biting, and in purblind
fury fail back 'nll ends up" to the
earth. only to renew the attack again
and again. One day while one lem
ming was flying at me another from
beyond a small stream Joined in the
Demonstration and presently swan
across TO get to close quarters. was
not quite sure that the first fall into
the water was not accidental, but
hardly think SO, since once there it
came straight to the charge.-"Wild
Norway"
Evening journal., 1907-06-01
W @ M AN KIND
How Lawna Are trimmed.

The notifications Of the lingerie
froeks are various. but as many de-
sings as there already are upon the
market. new effects are constantly ap-
pearing and each succeeding one seems
prettier than the last A pretty way
TO make an Inexpensive lawn is shown
above. imitation Venise and Valen-
ciennes lace being used for the trim
ming. The skirt hangs from a belt
formed OF little points Of the Venise,
stitched under Valenciennes beading
run with narrow silk ribbon, the rib
bon being tied in a series Of tiny bows
at the back. Below the belt the skirt
is laid in small tuclSs, and more tucks,
running around the skirt appear below
Evening journal., 1907-06-01
MEREDITH RESIGNS
AS INSPECTOR

Willard S. Meredith an inspector IN
the employ Of the Street and Sewer
Department has rendered his resigna-
tion 70 take effect at once. He resign
ed to accept a more lucrative position
as claims agent for the Peoples Rail-
way Company.
Mr.. Meredith was appointed TO his
position as inspector by the recent
Democratic Street and Sewer Commis-
sion and was retained after the board
became Republican. He will take up
his duties with the Peoples Company
on Monday.
Evening journal., 1907-06-01
snraYina Potatoes.

As a general rule, commence spray
ing when the plants are six to eight
inches high and give four or five spray
ings at intervals OF about two weeks.
When the blossoms begin TO come the
plants should be kept covered with
bordeaux mixture until they have com
pleted their growth.
The application OF bordeaux mixture,
aside from preventing parasitic diseases
and repelling flea beetles, causes the
plants to make a better growth prob
ably by protecting the foliage from
the intense summer light and heat.
and so is Of value even when no dis
ease IS present.. B. S. Norton.
Evening journal., 1907-06-01

aging fine machinery, and the crops
grown by one mans efforts are aston
fishing. Few Of the immigrants COM
ing TO our country could do the work
required on the farm.
.The farmer is in request when the
army and navy are to be recruited,
when the city is TO be reinforced; when
capital and labor take their dispute
TO the polls; when public men are to
be weighed: and when the nation set
ties great questions at the ballot box.
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officers Were Elected.

Usage Hayloft, Of Haymakers. held
its annual election on Wednesday
night. The result was as follows;
Walter Buck was elected Past Chief
Haymaker; Leslie Talley. chief hay
maker: John Spencer. assistant chief
haymaker; Eugene Francois, overseer|
and keeper Of bundles; William Bunt-
ing collector of bundles.
Evening journal., 1907-06-01
Miscellaneous.

NNNNHt"fHNfN~H
ST. stephens Lutheran Church. Tat
nall street near Seventh. Rev. Frederic
Doerr. pastor. 1890. morning service.
subject, A Test OF Love. 2i5. Sunday
school T30 Children's Day service.
The Christian and Missionary ALI
ance. sos shiplcy street Services:
Prayer, $40 a. M. Praise and tesii-
mony, 1880 n. IN. Sunday
school. las p. m. Preaching. 315 p.
m. Young Peoples Meeting, Z p. M.
Preaching, p. m. Rev. W. p. Robin
son. of Pittsburg. Pa, viii speak af-
ternoon and evening. G.. Werner
Brown, superintendent.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Rev.
J. II. Main, pastor. Services, III a. m.
and 7.3O D. m. Sunday school. 10 a.
M. Morning subject. Obedience TO
Duty's Call. Evening subject. Wise
Unto Salvation.
Church Of the New Jerusalem, cor
ner OF Delaware avenue and Washing
ton street. Rev George Henry Dole,
pastor. Services. 10.45 a. m. subject,
A Satisfying Religion. sabbath school,
9.15 a. m.
First Unitarian Church. West street
above Eighth. Rev. Alexander T. Bow
ser, minister. Sunday, June 2. preach
ing by Rev. Oscar B. Hawes. Of Ger
mantown, Pa. IN exchange with Mr.
Bowser. Services. 10.45 o'clock. Al
seats free. Sunday school meets At
- o'clock.
First Methodist Protestant Church,
Seventh and Walnut streets, Rev. j.
e. Nicholson, pastor. Services 1870 a.
M and 745 p. m. Sunday school 2.
Christian Endeavor, 6.45. Morning
subject, second sermon on The Lords
PRAYER: HalloNed be Thy Name.
Night. Jesus in Gethscmane. Com
| munion.
Evening journal., 1907-06-01
Raspberries For Profit.

Experienced growers Of raspberries
claim that, with good varieties and
care. m acre viii produce as many
bushels as it will Of corn and give FIVE
times as much profit as well as re
main for several years after the plants
have been started. Occasionally esti-
mates are given OF large yields and
good prices. but at the present time
more raspbcrrles are grown than for
merly, and prices are not so high.
Nevertheless a large number Of grow
ers do not use a suficiency Of fertilizer
and could secure larger crops by more
judicious cultivation.
Evening journal., 1907-06-01
SAINT 10 the HnsnitaI.

While at work in the washington
Fire Company's house yesterday. Frank
while lifting a heavy weight. He was
sent to the HcNseopathic Hospital.
Evening journal., 1907-06-01
2zO-2SO KING STREET

Parents and Friends of Graduates.
Why not give the boy or girl a nice
watch? Nothing more useful. Our
offer to you is a chain Free. No out
lay. S1.00 weekly. Mitchelrs. Seventh
and Poplar Streets
Evening journal., 1907-06-01
$500 Chain Frse.

During June we give this Free with
all watches sold. si.OO per week
Mitchelrs, Seventh and Poplar
Streets
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Read TIE Evening Journal want ads
g. page ssvon-
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Baptist


North Baptist Church, Lincoln
street near Delaware avenue. Rev
William t. PettinKill pastor Preach
ing at 1890 and 7.45. Morning subject
Christian Work. What is a.. and How
70 do Il. Evening SUBJECT, Scenes in
Heaven During the Absence from tho
Earth Of the Church With Her Lord
Baptism at evening service. Bible
school at noon.
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church,
Delaware avenue and West streets.
Rev. T. J. Hopkins. pastor. Services
1880 a. IN. and 73o D. m Bible school
nj 2. Christian Endeavor Society at
6.45. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at s. Y. p. S. c. r. Friday
evening az s.
Morning subject "fn Memoriam."
Communion follows Evening Rev. >.
D. Skies breaches. Baptism precedea
evening sermon.
Evening journal., 1907-06-01
CITY CHURCH NOTES

Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church,
Third and Walnut streets, Rov. H. A.
g. Westerheid. pastor Prayer meet
ing, a. m. The Sacrament OF the
Lords supper and the reception OF
members, 1890 a. m. sabbath school,
2 p. M. Mems me ding, $50 p. m.
Epworth League. $40 y. ma. Song SER
vice, 7.30 p. m. Preaching. 5 y. M,
subject. The Betrayal Of Christ.
Scott A. T.. Church, seventh and
Spruce streets. Robert Is. stephenson,
pastor. 1880. Sacramontal service
ana reception OF members D. M,
Sunday school. $50 y. m. Epworth
League services. music by the Junior
choir. 7SO p. m, preaching, subject,
A Challenge.
Evening journal., 1907-06-01
Eninconal.

Emmanuel T.. =. Church. w. Seven
seenth street and Riyerview avenue.
Rev. Kensey J. Hammond. rector.
Services 1880 a. m. and 7.30 p. m.
Sunday school a. m. Holy Communion
at morning service.
Trinity Episcopal Church. corner OF
Delaware avenue and Adams street.
Holy Communion 7e0 a. m. Sunday
school $50 a. m. Litany. Holy COM
munion and sermon at II a. m. Holy
Baptism $50 p. m. Evening Prayer
and sermon 7.45 p. m.
Calvary =. =. Church. Washington
and Third streets. Rev Joseph Russell
Peckham. rector Holy Eucharist.
73O. Sunday school. $40. Holy
Eucharist and sermon. 1880, Evensons
and sermon, 7.30.
ST. Johns Episcopal Church, corner
Market street and Concord avenue.
Rev. George c. Hall. ID. d.. rector,
Rev L. A. Hcisley assistant. Services,
7.3O and II a. m; si5 . M. sunday
school. o.45 a. m; az Edgemoor. 4.So
p. m.
ST. Andrews Church. Eighth and
shipley streets. the Rev Hubert w
Wells, rector Holy Communion, a.
M Sunday school, a.5 a. m. Mornina
prayer. sermon and HOLY Communion
IL. Evening prayer and sermon, 7.AS
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The Coming Peace Conference.

Il is now only five days until the meet
ing at The Hague of the Second Inter
national Peace Conference, a meeting
which may be fraught with far-reaching
consequences to civilization and the world
Since the first conference, in 1893. much
has happened to lend the coming meeting
interest, and most important, as bringing
up new questions. was the Russo-Japa-
neSe war.
When the Peace Conference was first
proposed by the Gar Of Russia nearly
nine years ago, there was a general mis-
understanding as TO its purpose; it was
pretty generally supposed that its OBJ
ject was a general disarmament II is
known now that the Peace Conference
does not expect the impossible, but hopes
only TO mitigate the horrors and lessen
the wastefulneSs Of war. and, possibly.
to bring about a limitation of armament.
Practically all Of the nations Of the world
coming conference, and acceptances have
been received from no less than fifty
three. Panama declined TO send dele
gates. and Korea. Ecuador Nicaragua.
Uruguay, and Venezuela are yet to be
heard from. Thus practically the entire
population Of the globe is to be represent
ed, and a strikingly new departure is
that the Latin-AmeriCan republics should
be included. This IS due. doubtless. in
part to the Pan-Americau Congress Of 1906
and the PRONUNCIATION Of the Drago
doctrine.
The programme for the conference has
been outlined by Russia. but both the
United States and Great Britain have re-
served the right to propose matters for
discussion not already listed. II is prob
able that the United States delegates VIII
suggest the Drago doctrine for general
international acceptance. and Great Brit
ain. It is thought. has a proposal to limit
the expenditure Of the powers for arma-
ment. Germany, Austria. and Russia
each reserves the right TO withdraw from
such parts Of the discussion as they wish
to avoid, and Denmark, Greece, the Meth
erlands. and Bolivia each has something
10 bring forward that Is not on the pro-
gramme. One Of the principal questions
TO come up IS that Of the maritime prop
erty rights Of noncombatants. a matter
that threatened to become acute IN the
RUssO-Japanese war.
Because Japan opened hostiIitIes in what
was declared to be an uncivillzed way.
by striking at AleXief In Port Arthur
before she declared war, there will be an
attempt to revise the second convention
Of the last conference by inserting clauses
as TO the opening Of warfare and as to
the rights Of neutrais on land. 1t will be-
remembered that Roiestvensky. by his
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shipping and Subsidies.

That class Of citizens which believes that
without government subsidies there can
be no profitable shipbullding or shipown-
ing in this country finds another chance
20 exploit the old stock arguments in the
withdrawal by the Oceanic Steamship
Company Of its three vessels between San
Francisco and Australasian ports. John 4.
PeHtOn. secretary Of the Merchant Ma
rine League. writes a letter to the New
York Times in which he says that this
is "a stunning blow not merely at the
shipbuilding and shipowning industry Of
the seaboard. but at the whole productive
and commercial interests and the naval
reserve strength Of the United States"
Following this line. he tries hard 10 make
out a tangible relation between the
growth Of commerce and ship subsidies
He points out that in the four years be-
fore the Oceanic Line was started Ameri-
can exports to Australasia were valued at
S79OOo.OO0. while in the four years there
after they rose TO Sl1s,O00,OOO, but falls to
mention that in the third period OF four
years there was a decrease Of some
S5.OO0,OOO.
The truth Of the matter is that trade
hnd commerce expand and contract with
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-10
4 Worthy American. But

We quite agree with our esteemed con-
temporary. the Baltimore News, that Mrs
Annie Gayhardt, of that splendid city, is
an object worthy the approving attention
Of the President Of the United States, in
his ex officio capacity of anti-race suicide
supervisor Says the News:
"she Mrs. Gayhardu IS the mother Of fourteen
children, all boys and all healthy Death has
never invaded that grand family circle and high
vitality chsncterizes all their domestic arrange
ments. To preside over such a household is a
feat that calls for a striking display Of energy.
There are seven or eight beds 10 be made mp fer
every nights respCse Family meals proceed by
relays as there is not room enough for al az one
table They come IN squads and bring such hearty
sppetitcs with them that a barrel d -four lasts
only two weeks although helped ont by supplies
q bakers bread Il is stated that an The children
90 20 church on Sundays and every house mother
knows what this mssns-vhst cleaning, polishing
hairsmoothng and general bringing % neatness
and order Such a record as this has decided
claims upon the admiration not only Of Mr. R0Cse-
welt but Of ali Of as"
Far be it from US to dim one ray Of the
luster of renown that should by right
shed an abundance Of its great white
light about the person Of SO estimable a
lady We would not, if we could. nor
could we if We would. remove from her
brow one laurel wreath or snatch from
her hands one olive branch. She deserves
our commentator, and it would III be
come any patriotic American TO seek 20
detract from the great measure Of praise
which is her due. Il is not. therefore. in
a spirit OF captious criticism that we would
point out a flaw in her superb record,
but merely that We may voice an humble
protest against what seems 10 US TO be an
example which, if followed too closely,
may bring about "a condition freighted
with possible dire disaster If it does not
actually tend TO the ultimate destruction
Of the republic itself We refer, Of
course, to the overwhelming preponder-
ance Of boys in the household, and the
/ persistent scarcity, not TO say deliberate
exclusion, of girls
Boys are undoubtedly all right in their
way Without boys TO begin with, we
should have no Presidents. no Senators.
/ no Congressman, no statesmen 10 end
with But we respectfully submit that a
/ household composed exclusively Of boys
| is a household far short Of the American
/ ideal Fourteen boys and no girls IS
rightly 10 be rated good" Eleven boys
and three girls would be rated better,
while seven boys and seven girls would be
indisputably rated best The proud
mother of such a clan would be freely
/ accorded the mark Al and given high
apd distinguished honors in that temple
I Of fame reserved for those who fulfill the
Scriptural injunction, BE fruitful and
multiply"
Such are our ideas concerning the ex-
act status Of the theory upon which rests
4 the entire fabric Of ant-race suicide. Il
/ is not that we, as an American citizen,
/ love the Mrs Gayhardts less, but that We
| love those who maintain an even balance
/ upon lifes ledger more.
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MEN AND THINGS.
GIastonbury,s whitethorn.

Glastonbury Abbey, as many of us
doubtless do not know, is connected by
tradition with one of the best known Of
all nursery rhymes. Little Jack Homer
The abbey was noted far and wide for its
magnificent kitchen, and when Henry
VIII was razing the monasteries, Richard
Whiting, the Abbot OF Glastonbury, sent
his royal highness a pie which he thought
might satisfy the kingly appetite for
plumber The pastry contained title deeds
to seven or eight small estates II was
carried to London by one John Horner,
who. on the way. put In his thumb and
pulled out plum in the shape Of one
of the valuable documents. Then he
passed from view. to be later resurrected
in song The King received the pfc. but
Richard Writings purpose was not ac-
cOmplished. lie was hanged, drawn. and
quartered, and Glastonbury, with all IT'S
rich revenues. was confscated to the
crown. All this should be of especial
interest 10 Washingtonians. because a
cutting from the abbey's famous white
thorn, which blossoms twice a year-in
the spring and again at Christmas-has
been planted near the little sanctuary
not far from the proposed site Of the
Cathedral Of IS. Peter and Paul, on the
Tennallytown road. Other relics Of old
Glastonbury are to be found there, too.
According 20 tradition, the original tree
sprang from the staff Of Joseph Of Ari-
mathaea. which burst into leaf and
flower when planted in the earth by the
saint on his arrival at Glastonbury one
Christmas Day. The original was cut
down by fanatics in Elzabeths time, but
many Of its descendants still flourish
around Glastonbury