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Evening star., 1911-06-11

most equal to that Of light itself, all
ships within that distance Of the new
station can be reached instantaneously
at noon and at midnight and pUt into
possession OF the exact chronometrio
time.
The acceptance OF this information over
a large part Of the civilized world IL as
sured a welcome. since the hour OF Paris,
some ten minutes in advance OF that OF
London, has lately been made the same
as that Of the generally prevailing Green.
wich time. Henceforth. sailing ships and
steamers not only on the North sea, the
Baltic and the Mediterranean, but also
over the larger part of the Atlantic, will
be able to calculate. not approximately
but exactly, the latitude and longitude OF
their position. The multiplication Of
wireless stations will IN the near future
enable the surface OF the entire globe TO
be covered by means Of the Hertxien
waves and Will standardize the chrono-
metrical observations by means Of which
navigation Is successfully prosecuted.
Thus another great and benencent ad-
vance Is made for the world at large by
the application Of the latest discoveries
In electrical science.
Evening star., 1911-06-11

| wanted to know why brewery should
want a tower Of light?
~ presume it's to show they make
light beer
Then the editor. man interrupted HIM
self with a chuckle, and the bunch
around Joined in.
And while they laughed like kids let out
from school, a lone she-person in a way
of corner, who was pegging at Sunday
club notes. regardless of the iron pulse
beat, stopped long enough to wish she
knew now to be jolly and nice and chuck
ly over nothing
Like men.
There's an exceedingly helpful gate
keeper out at the base bah park. To IL
lustrate:
Two fans went to the game the other
afternoon. The slim one was making for
a turnstile when the other held him up.
MOT on your life! I tried to get
through one of those things once and got
wedged in. The gate for mine"
The gatekeeper, recognizing. doubtless.
that 1t was just as impossible for a fat
turnstile as 1t was for the biblical camel
to crawl through the biblical needle,
threw wide the gates for automobiles
And the fragile fan blew In.
Here's q curious thing:
A young business woman, stylish In
dress. rather reserved in manner and q
|craclserJack at typewriting, surprised an.
other business woman by saying:
I'm many large cities IL young mar
ried woman secures work in the office of
a large corporation where there are many
sure more refined treatment. Men are
much more careful In speech and action
in the presence OF unmarried women
Listen to that. will you!
Evening star., 1911-06-11
Naming the Pullman Cars.
From the Indianapolis News.

From the Indianapolis News.
The mystery OF the naming OF the Pull
man sleeping, dining and parlor cars was
explained to the members Of the state
board OF tax commissioners recently by J.
D. Ferguson, representing the Pullman
company.
"One OF the by-uuest1ons always asked
me whenever lay myself open to ques-
lions concerning the business OF the Pull
man company 10: Who names the carsr
1t is popularity supposed that some one 10
employed by the year to name the cars.
One report 10 that the employe 10 q wom-
an and that she 10 paid $1,000 year for
the work.
THE Pullman cars are named BY the
clerk who happens 70 be in charge Of the
naming department when q car 10 to be
named. There 10 something Of . system
In naming them. recall that all the cars
OF one line are named for flowers. An
other ID named from q line Of ancient
Egyptian kings. Other names are chosen
haphaSard. Al any rate. no one ID paid
5000 . year for naming them. II the
company were paying that and got the
kind Of names II does would, to cav
the least, have my own idea about the
returns on the outlay"
Evening star., 1911-06-11
Child labor In Germany.
'. h. Dooley. in May Atlantic.

0VOaeys IN may AtIou1lCs
The most stringent regulations passed
by the German government are those
affecting children and women, and It is
in this respect that the state has clear
ly In view the interests Of the commu-
nifty as represented by its workers. The
total number Of children under fourteen
years employed for special reasons and
exempt by law In the manufacturing In.
dustrfes In Germany IL about 1.63O These
children are between thirteen and four
teen and the hours OF employment are
restricted to six, with half an hour in
terval for meals. Between fourteen and
sixteen they may work not more than
ten hours. they must have an hour 8
pause at midday and half an hour both
In the forenoon and afternoon, unless
their working day is not more than eight
hours; no continuous period exceeds four
hours. During the rest periods any par
ticipation In work 10 forbidden; even re-
naming In the room Is allowed only
when their own department Of the work
is brought to complete standstill When
past eighteen they cease to be youthful
workers. and are under no special reg
ulations. except that all under twenty-o -one
must be provided with . work book" or
place. nature Of employment. date Of en-
gagement. discharge and other particu-
lara All boys under eighteen are oblired
to attend the continuation school, FOR
nine or ten hours during the week, where
they receive instruction In the technical
knowledge Of their trade and religious
instruction from their own clergyman.
This time 10 taken out Of the reguiar
day work without loss OF pay. In 8
number. Of larger engineering and ma
chine shops the writer saw no youthful
workers.
Evening star., 1911-06-11
Around the City

All aboard for a trip around the world
1t won't cost you cent.
And there's no string to 1t.
The string trails over most propositions
to get something Tor nothing, but there
are always exceptions. This is one OF
them.
To get down to the desirable level OF
brass tacks, there are over $4,000 stere-
opticon views up at the Library OF Con
gress. They picture every worthwhile
scene. structure. peoples and customs OF
every nation on earth. And you have
only to slide under the lens some familiar
place to prove how perfect the others
are.
These views are on the third floor, in
the rear Of the Photographic section, and
are free to the public every day from
O'Clock until 4:3O, and on Sundays from
to 10 PIN.
The room is big and cool and quiet
with lofty, frescOed walls and windows
that show stretches, Of green, q slice OF
river and wooded hills beyond You will
have a comfy chair, big table. fine
stereoscope and the world before you to
choose from.
It takes time to travel by the slide
route. as well as by ship and train, So
to begin with earth's mightiest show
pA0SOs CApPOOO yOo SdhC q II III " lAS
Rocky mountains. with. say, Colorado foI
a starting point.
You run q slide or two under the lens
and then something happens. The big
cool room turns itself into an observa-
ton car. and there you are in natures
laboratory. with the finger prints OF the
Creator on every side; mountains and
mountains: some pine covered. some white
with the SHOWS Of centuries, some like
the ash heaps of hell. You cross webs OF
bridges spun over mighty riffs In the
earth; peep shiveringly down into can
yons 80 deep that the foam OF torrents
seem SO much cotton wool. and crane
your neck up at cataracts that fairly Leap
down from the clouds.
Incidentally, You surprise yourself into
q realization that Colorado is something
more than q splash on the map. And
perhaps you feel q bit ashamed when
you pass the broken turrets and towers
OF some cliff palace in the Mesa Verde
You've read about cliff dwelIers, OF
course, but you had to see these archi-
tectural ruins, some OF them inhabited by
hunched-up mummieA, before you could
get interested In the mysterious beings
who built high UP IN the stone RIBS OF
mountain sides and then vanished from
earth--to keep us forever guessingt
At Cripple Creek you view "the highest
cemetery In the world" /" and you get your
first glimpse Of Pixies Peak from the
gateway OF the Garden OF the Gods,
Your locomotive puffs you up the ~, ,OOC
feet to the summit--part Of the track
hedged In by stupendous wallis Of snow.
You watch miners digginG ooal . mile
Evening star., 1911-06-11
Time From Eifel Tower.
n the Chicago Record-Herald

From the Chicago Reccrd-Herald.
Paris. ''la Vile iumiere''-the city Of
light and leading-has just been doins
something more to confirm its title. II
now undertakes to tell half the world
exactly what time 1t 10 and to keep al
clocks and watches on land and on sea.
but especially the latter. Just where they
ought to be, to the tenth part OF q Sec
ond. The Eiffel tower, still the highest
out with q wireless apparatus and put
into close communication with the Paris
observatory. The effective radius OF &C
ti0n from such . height u over 5000
Waves involved n EaAio-activity y aa'
Evening star., 1911-06-11
Widely Travelled.

From uppincott's Magazine.
A number OF tourists were recently
looking down the crater OF vesuvius. An
American gentleman said to his COM
panion:
That looks a good deal like the In
fernal regions"
An English lady. overhearing the re-
mark. said to another:
Good gracious! How these Americans
do travel"
Evening star., 1911-06-11
Foreign Ecoentricities.
From Appincott's

Fr0m NppancouG
"rhe people In these foreign hotels. ;.
said the young tourist. have the queerest
ways ever saw ~
whats the matter now9'
why. I just now asked the clerk In
French what news from America, and he
replied that the Russian interpreter was
out. I'd like to know what connection
he thought thsrs was betwsen the iva"
Evening star., 1911-06-11
WANTED
A Good Real Estate Salesman.

Will give an inexperienced man Q
chance to show his ability, but be
must be q hustler and willing to
work-and he'll get all the work be
wants. Will be glad to 90 into the
matter more fully with any one inter-
ested- All communication connden-
tial. Address Box II. Star once.
Evening star., 1911-06-11
FOR RENT

Desirable space on the
third floor of The Evening
Star Annex building. con-
tanning I,4Oo SO. it. OF
space. Light on two sides,
7 windows; heat, light,
janitor and elevator serv-
ice. Permanent tenant de-
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to suit tenant. Apply
Business Manager,
The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1911-06-11

under ground, and you see burro trains
bringing gold from the mines at Ouray.
The trail to Helen Hunts grave In North
Cheyenne canyon with the .sunks rum o o. ,,s ne
grims, will want to make you read
sRomona" over again, and then to vary
the breathless grandeur OF the mountain
passes you ride by sheep rancnes ana
cattle ranges, and get glimpses OF pic
turesoue cabins perched on rocky Lodges
or tucked under primeval trees. You
watch a hunting party start from camp
at sunrise, and see 1t return from an
aspen forest at sunset, each horseman
bringing in his wildcat or pear. nsaa ,n
the dead of winter. and to that noun
tain of the Holy Cross. which carries on
its stone breast memory. or the cruci-
ffxion in everlasting snow. And by that
Ry that time you have finished the
Ar.f of the three boxes Of Colorado views
and had a two-hour trip to the American
Rockies.
=. was a big. big room on the seventh
aoor with q table In the middle, rallied
in chair Of state at one corner ana desks
all around - .,
hine nencil that flashed like blue light
Ming. More men. with the baldest one
in charge. sat around the table and
rushed headlines. Young men scooted m
flung themselves at desks and punched
typewriters as If the whole bunch was In
. speed contest, with each man In the
lead. A telegraph key clicked like an in
sistent cricket: messengers darted in and
ont. copy chutes ratified carriers up and
down, and fly wheels whizzed around Ike
so many gone-mad cats trying to catch
their tails. ~.
nun or slip-out at noon, the men worked
and typewriters clattered on, ana on
Then an iron pulse began to beat. and
the stan that had been rushing Its brains
fn ret an afternoon newspaper out took
The editor man started the ball with a
story that brought wrinkles IN his eyes
and dimple to his chin. Here is the
story:
was having q spin in the dark. AS the
automobile took the speedway one OF
the party called attention to tower
blazing with electric lights. and wanted
to know what it meant. A fellow who
knew .oid him 1t was brewery Still PIN
inx Tor mowIedgss the inquirtng fellow
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-29
hapolson,s Model Library.

In view of the recent talk about
limiting the size of Libraries by de-
stroying the rubbish. it is interesting
IN remember that Napoleon once tried
to make a list of all the books In the
world which were worth preserving.
He believed when he sat down to his
task that a thousand volumes would
suffice; but the list grew under his
hands and ultimately included three
thousand volumes. Even SO. however.
there were omissions of which Lord
Roseber- and Mr.. Edmund Gosse. as
well as the general reader. would have
been likely to complain. When the
emperor came to look over his first
list, he found that he had unaccount'
ably. left out the Bible. In his second
list he forgot to mention not only
Virgil anc Shakespeare but-ver,
Observation-Disclosures.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-29
Beware Of Cheap Bills.

An examination of paper currency
by Warren II. Hilditch of Yale showed
an average of one hundred and forty
two thousand bacteria to the bill.
Twenty-one bills were examined. and
while some were relatively clean, car
rying only a trife OF fourteen thou
sand living things. others swarmed to
the figure of five hundred and eighty
six thousand And, strange to say. the
bacteria did not seem to swarm to
the $1,000 bills in preference to the
81 bills.
This shows that II is far healthier
to carry $1,000 bills about than it is
to tote 81 bills. Here is a valuable
financial hint.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-29

the dibble. This is large steel blade
with handle. and while the plants
are being set is held In the growers
right hand. The dibble should be
forced to the depth of six inches. when
pressed outward, SO as to make an
opening large enough to take in the
roots of the plants.
The roots should be placed in this
opening before the dibble is with
drawn. After the roots are placed in
the opening and the dibble withdrawn,
thrust 1t into the soil about two inches
from the opening. Draw 1t toward
you. thus pressing the earth firmly
against the roots of the plant. When
this Is done. firm the soil with the
fingers about the crown of the plant,
leaving the top of the crown Just even
with, or slightly above the surface Of
the soil
| In this connection, We should say
| that all plants should be pruned be-
fore setting The rule to observe is
| to trim the roots by at least one-third.
This may be done by taking large
pair OF shears and cutting of the low
err end of the mass of roots. Then
|
| spread them out like fan.
The plants should be cultivated
every ten days during the season. and
a good rule to observe is that after
every rain. just as soon az the soil will
crumble in the hand. the plants should
be cultivated. BY SO doing, the sur
| face of the soil is covered with fine
particles of earth which, In common
parlance. is a dust-mulch.
The dust-mulch destroys capillary
action, and instead of the moisture in
the soil evaporating into the air. it
can escape from the soil only through
the plants themselves.
Set out your plants in April or May
of 1912 and pinch off every blossom
that appears during the entire grow
ing season of 1912. but in the spring
of 1918 every blossom should be al
lowed to develop into large and lus-
cious berry.
After the plants have been Guilt
waited the first season, and when the
first heavy freeze has come. the plants
should be mulched with straw of any
kind. Mulching between the rows
should be at a depth of from two to
four inches. depending upon the CHM
ate. and the muiching over the plants
should be very light. indeed. except
in the more rigorous climates.
The strawberry is seldom killed by
freezing. 1t is the alternate freezing
and thawing. that causes the soil to
heave, that is dangerous to the straw
berry.
But mulching serves many other
and important purposes-it helps to
retain moisture in the soil; 1t adds to
the richness of the soil, and 1t keeps
down the weeds while the crop of
fruit is coming on. thus rendering 1t
unnecessary for any cultivation to go
forward during this important period.
But to the lover OF fine. clean fruit.
free from all grit and sand. the most
important thing about this mulching
is that 1t gives the fruit clean carpet
to ripen upon, and thus the fruit goes
to the table clean. and free from
everything Objectionable.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-29
(By W. NJ. BURKE.)

Government statistics tells us that
next to the apple. the strawberry is
the most universally grown fruit in
this country, and that the amount Of
annual revenue received from the
strawberry crop is second only to that
received from the apple crop.
Viewed. therefore, from the stand
point of pleasure and profit. the
strawberry may be ranked among our
greatest and most promising Of pro-
ducts.
First, let us consider the soil. The
strawberry. although not requiring an
extremely rich soil, still is a heavy
feeder, and responds very quickly to
generous treatment in that regard.
Any soil that will grow good corn.
potatoes. or a general line Of vege-
tables, also will grow a good crop Of
ing of barnyard-fertilizer, scattered
over the plot during tie winter or
early spring. will aid greatly in pro-
ducing the desired results.
Flowing or spading should be done
to the depth of six or eight inches.
depending upon the nature of the soil;
and then It should be thoroughly har-
rowed until it is as fine as an ash
heap, when it will be ready for the
reception of the plants.
If the soil be composed largely OF
sand, or what is known as sandy
loan. 1t will be well to roll the plot.
the plants. This will firm the soil.
and put it in just the proper condition
for the plants. II the soil inclines to
clay. or is a clay-loam. then this will
be unnecessary. as the soil is by ma
ture compact.
The next consideration is the quail
fly of plants. During the last fifteen
years. no other feature of agriculture
has been more strongly emphasized
by the scientific and practical tillers
of the soil, than the importance of
good seed and good plants.
II one has room say for 100 plants.
he should select twenty-five plants
each of an extra-early variety. twenty
five of the so-called early variety.
twenty-five of the mid-season plants.
and twenty-five of the very late.
Where the plot is somewhat larger,
and Is to be cultivated with the hoe
rather than with horse-cultivator
the single-hedge system may be
adopted II desired. and rows may be
made 80 inches apart. and the plants
set 20 inches apart in the rows. I'm
der this system the grower will per-
nit the maturing of two runner plants
from the mother. or original plant
set, and these plants will be layered
in line with the mother-plant in the
row.
This will give the grower three
plants for fruiting in the season fol-
lowing instead of one plant, and as
there will be ample room for sunshine
and air, there probably will be an
actual increase in the quantity of fruit
as compared with the hill system. al
though 1t must be said that the hill
system is the one which will yield the
greatest number of large berries.
In setting plants, there is nothing
30 convenient in the way Of tool as
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-29
Nothing the Matter.

Canvasser-Are you single
Man at the Door-Yes.
why. the people next door told me
you were married.
so | am"
You told me Just now you were
single
yes; SO did"
We'll. what is the matter with
your"
Nothing, sir. My name is Single.
and I'm married. Good day. sir"
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-29

Don't be misled Ask for Red Gross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good groecrs.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-29

Most women like the villain better
than the hero.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-29

Another method of meeting the diff
Guilty of taxing the grease pound is to as
cess a specific duty on grease wool in
terms of its secured content. This obvi-
ates the chief evil of the present system.
nassely, the discrimination due tic differ
ent shrinkages. and thereby tends great
Iy to equalze the duty. The board re-
ports that this method Is feasible in prac-
tice and could be administered without
great expense.
The report shows In detail the difficult
ties involved in attempting to state In
categorical terms the cost of wool pro-
duction and the great differences In cost
as between different regions and different
types of wool II Is found. however. that.
taking all varieties in account. the aver
age cost OF production for tho whole
American clip Is higher than the cost In
The chief competing country by an
anount somewhat less than the present
duty.
Il Tho report shows that tho duties on
i9cjis. wool wastes. and shoddy. which are
The evening world., 1911-05-19
DAGGER FOR MURDER
SHOWN, SAYS INF0RMER.
Accused Camorra He Declares Ex-
hibited 10 Him Weapon With
Which He Was TO Kill.

vTTERBo. Italy. May io.-The two
men denounced by Glacomo Ascrittore
a. the sssassins Of Gennaro Cuocolo
md his wife we're given a chance to
fare their sccuser and verbally defend
themselves at the trial Of tho Canon
rists to-day. After Enrico Alfano and
other alleged leaders NJ tho Camorra
had been arrested on suspicion. they
were released upon tho intercession NJ
tn. priest Giro vitozzi. who sald that
he had learned OF their Innocence
through tho discovery Of the real essas-
sins while performing his office n con-
fessor. 1t developed that Giacomo As
had charged Tomasso de
Angels and Gaetsno Amedeo as the
murderers. These men although known
criminals. established alibis and VitozzI
and Ascrittors were arrested charged
with conspiracy against them n also
with an attempt TO shield the actual
asssssins. Subsequently Aifano and his
The evening world., 1911-05-19

associates were again arrested and held
for the present trial. De Angels and
Amedeo are now charged with being
active members Of the Csmorra, and
Ascrtttore as an accomplice In the muir
der n the Cuocoios and conspiracy
against the other two.
Nothing OF special Importance was
developed. Ascrlttore confirmed his
earlier testimony. repeating the circum-
stances which he said had led him 70
believe that the men denounced were
guilty. lie declared that At one time
he Angels had y him n dagger.
saying. with this 'uocclo Will he
served" The accused denied the al
legations. President Rianehi Instructed
he Angels to bare his leg ana show
nRain to the iurymen and to the medi-
cal experts the wound. which. according
80 As-rittore. was received from Quo
colo when the latter was lighting for
his life. De Angels reiterated that
the SaIr was from an injury received
In prison in 1904. tho Wound having re-
opened In 1905.
The evening world., 1911-05-19

81. Roses. John d. Crimmins. No. &7e
Cherry street, New York.
Names of recent donors includes:
Court Genoa of the National order Of
the Daughters Of Isabel. $50.
G.. V. Fornes q Co, NJ. G. Lenerts.
Mrs. Nicholas J. Lcsgrove. John y.
Dillon, Louis d. Conley. Graham +.
Blandy. each s25.
George l.. levitt. S1S.
= Henry w McMann. Robert Hughes.
Miss Alice s. Potter. each $40.
Mrs. W. Tomkins. John David Lam
men. John Winthrop Loveisnd. Mary r..
Clafy. Margaret L. &. Clany, Mrs.
Katharine Gcyer, Mrs. T. Brogan. Mrs.
HinSm Parsons. & J. Walk, James y.
Mcdonald. Mrs. Duiany Rowland. Mrs.
Y. Tack. Miss J. T. Ripley. C.. NJ Bon
nesell. each s..
NJ. Bedcrman. a.
T. o. sd r. \. March, isabel n. Mac
gregor, Mrs. NJ. Hess, Mrs. Ada Pentz.
each 81.
J. NJ. Robb. NB.
a Brooklyn Girl, No2.
Mary A. Atkin. Ellen Tonercher, Mrs.
]. Oppenhelm. Harry Leyden, each 81.
Anonymous. one OF 80. one Of q. six
Of 81 Stamps. t022.