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The Free List Debate.

he speakers IN the House ON the
soothing strip tariff bill have had
little attention. Rows OF seats on the
r"or have been empty. members prefer
ring the lounges III TN, cloakrooms where
Cigars and good stories Axs IL oS1-TiIi 8
e. turn has affected the galleries, for
when the picture downstairs is dreary.
visitors prefer an exploration of the big
building ana AN inspection of its con-
t'nts. vi the talk has been for home
consumption. ana will reach its destina
ti"n through tine Record.
Tie matter may he explained or several
scores. Gn The bill is certain to pass.
Ii came somewhat as surprise. but is
of a nature to land. Farmers are
numerous. and any cause tagged for them
Is popular in Congress With but few
eNceptions-supplied. Of course, by the
large cities congressional districts have
agriculture directly to consider The
>pceders of the plov We have always
with US and their interests are eminently
worthy OF attention. So no votes are
hanging in the balance to be turned this
way or that by congressional eloquence.
The members who have been taking their
ease out of the sound of the so-caled de-
bate have their minds made up. They
minutes after Chairmat Underwood had
reported the bill.
~ Members of the House are harden
listen to speeches intended for circulation
III Podunk and elsewhere They will
Shrk if it is possible. There is no
novelty and nothing impressive about
such deliverances to them. They are
- al nffp in no N
themselves. and therefore unforgiving.
The sights that others have shown to
them while they We're on their feet they
return in kind when opportunities present
themselves. Empty seats beget empty
seats. (,
90 There are but few men in any
House who as orators are drawing cards
there. Many a county courthouse repu
'ation has gone On the rocks and TO pieces
in the House chamber There is great
difference between thrilling a local bar
and a crowd from the crossroads, and
thrilling three hundred-odd picked men
familiar with tie tricks of the trade. and,
as old campaisners, long on experience
and short on enthusiasm. The present
House has share, but not an oversup-
ply, of good speakers, and not a single
orator of the first class. Since Mr..
cochran of New York dropped out of
the game by order of Tammany Hail.
the chamber has not heard the swelling
note of a great Grafton
But, although attention and enthusia m
have been wanting, progress has been
made. The bill has been kept before the
House. and those with speeches to deliver
and Indifferent to the field of empty seats
before them have had their several says
There is nothing peculiar in the fact that
no votes have been made Tor or against
the measure. Votes i'll Congress are not
rule made that way. The commit
tee or the caucus speaks. or both speak.
and, after receiving their cue from that
quarter. the rank and file fan III and
vote according to instructions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

and later the Washington Sanitary Hous-
ing Company. among the incorporasors
! of which were prominent citizens OF the
| District. Under the code OF law Tor the
/ District of Columbia enacted March 3,
! 1901, the Commissioners were gwen au-
! thority to condemn and extend alleys In
, der certain conditions. among which were
! the preservation of peace. good order,
public morals and public health. In 1906
| Congress passed a law providing for the
condemnation of houses unfit for human
habitaticr.
! Of late the campaign against SUM al
ieys has been well fought. Some have
been converted into minor streets and
many have been cleaned up. The report
. of the board for condemnation Of insani-
tary buildings for 1910 showed that 6s
alley houses were demolished and %
repaired. while l54 street houses were de-
inolished and 1s1 repaired by order OF
the board. Congress a. the last session
on the specific recommendation of the
President provided as a starter 70" the
reclamation of Willow Tree alley. the
worst of the city's points of conges-
ton. The anti-slum movement is gather
ing force. and its effects are apparent,
but there is work Yet to he done.
The practical question raised by the
present proposition is whether tho alley
conditions are so shocking and their cure
under existing law is so slow and so I'M
promising or hopeless that the District is
driven To propose in relief an infrac:iOn
of the organic act and the imposition of
Il special tax solely on the local taxpay-
ers. as an exception to the hslf-an-haf
principle of that act. The evil threatened
by the proposed remedy is not so much
in the actual burden of the suggested
new tax in the dangerous precedent
Ii alleys and minor streets in the original
Washington are not municipal concerns
!, i'll til" spirit and intent Of the organic
act. what items Of the municipal budget
can with any certainty he thus dests-
mated" The Commissioners will doubt
less deliberate very carefully before an
DouncuS that the only remedy of the
alley evil Is to establish a financial prece-
dent III accordance with which every nu-
nicipal expenditure. beginning with tho
schools. could in succession be excepted
from the organic act and the half and
half principle and be met by a spe-
cial tax levied only on local real estate
The conditions must be desperate to cause
the imposition of new and injury-work-
ing tax TO be hailed with enthusiasm as
remedy.
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Renaissance.

NJ Uncle jim. he says, says he
This world amt like it used to be
kin remember years ago
We used 10 travel sure though slow
But nov YOU simply take a car.
Sit down awhile and there YOU are
And ii YOU count the time once lost
You've made the trip at half tie cost
We're not as formally polite.
Nor are we near as prone to light
Where men would once draw swords O,
shoot
We now declare a libel suit
It's not as glorious or as grand
But much more safe, you understand
I'm kind o glad. 'tWiXt YOU an me.
This world amt like ii used to be-
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Take=dOWn House.

Attractive and sanitary; COM
plete circulation of air always.
Absolute proof against mosqui-
toes. flies or rodents. Can be
used any time, anywhere, for out
ings or as a permanent house.
Ideal for beach, mountain or city.
Can be put up in a few hours by
any one.
Fitted with rustproof screens.
flexible windows and awnings.
Your inspection is invited.
Fourth floor Outing Goods Department.
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A Slight.

supercilious.'
Positively impertinent, replied Mrs.
Cumrox. When he left lie let it be In
ecrred that he considered our silver very
poor stuff He didn't take a bit Of it
with him.
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Straddles Well.

From tho Louisville Courier Journal
IT am a republican,. more or lese ~
boldly announces Buffalo Bill, Long
experience In the saddle enable. V-;l.
liam 10 perch securely on the to,.er-
ing top plank OF the political fence
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Thrifty.

That speech Of yours contained some
things that have heard before
Yes. replied Senator Sorghum: there
is no use of breaking up Your lectures by
putting your new ideas into Your regular
speeches.
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Among Strangers.

Its a sad thing to be friendless and q
stranger, said Mr.. ChugSirs
Didn't think you were sentimental"
I'm not. But when YOU strike a
garage where they don't know you they
make you pay twice as much for gaso-
line.
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Nutmeg Forests.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
According to the papers force, 6,..
are raging in Connecticut It's hard
to see how they can rage for more than
ten minutes without scorchinr sur-
rounding states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

BY advocating the theory that Venus
is inhabited Prof. See may give over
worked Mars Il vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

Mayor Gaynor has made the discovery
that the privilege OF scolding in politics
can never be monopolized BY any one
person.
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The Revision Habit.

The CONSTITUTIONS out Of date;
My comment clearly shows it.
Why did not those old patriots wait
And let me help compose it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

Some of the European courts. in addi-
ton to demanding satisfactory financial
references, may insist that diplomat
shall pass an examination in court
etiquette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

Inventive genius may Yet wholly elnan-
cipate the horse from truck hauling and
permit 1t to figure exclusively as sport
ing proposition or & social pet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

Democrats are frank in stating their
suspicious that the original Bryan man,
who lives in Nebraska never gets dis
couraged.
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The Queen OF England superv.scs social
!.s,s as vigorously as some american
public men undertake 20 egulate BANQUET
invitations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

Patriotism In Canada Will doubtless see
to it that the question of reciprocity is
considered as an economic proposition
apart from local politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

Castro disappeared from public view so
thoroughly that he does not figure even
as magazine contributor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

Any question as 10 the Influence of
iskcrs in politics seems d deliberate
Slight 10 the nemory Of j. Hamilton
Lewis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

Further interest in arctic travel ma!
be aroused hy the fact that it is quite
as hard to rediscover as it was to find
in the first place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

Count Zeppelin Is still experimenting
to ascertain whether he has discovered
an airship or high explosive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

Dollar diplomacy may be all right until
it gets into the competition that requires
it to be marked down to CSC.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Concession,

Henrietta is not quite az uncompro
missing as she used to be- said Mr.
Meekton.
'Indeedc'
Eyes. She told me yesterday that sh'
was in favor Of votes for men
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Clean Up.

From the Scranton Tribune
Pile high the rubbish for the clean
up man, and you Will lessen the nnr,-
Der Of flies this summer
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Misquoted.

From the Toledo Blade.
Many politician changes his mind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

A . o'clock session Of the Senate is
liable to spoil some very promising golf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06

The pneumonia germ and the open cal
are again on speaking terms.
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Fiuckaback Toweling.
Plain and darr1ask figured eff
fectss inn am unusually varied dis
play suitable for both E1emstitch=
ing and scaIloping.
"a inches wide, SOC, 6Oc and
Z5c yard.
lS=imcG1, for baby or guest
towels, 3Oc, 4Sc and SOC yard.
Towel lengths, with border all
around; some with monogram
space, z5c and $50 each.
Baby and guest sizes, SOC and
ASc EACH
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Charming WearableS for Infants.

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1KJ beautiful and babies richer
O
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this showing
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Back to the Pines.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
1t seems that a good many Of our snr,ne
base ball ''phenoms' have already made
home rurs-oack to the farm
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The Evening star Newspaper Company.

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Toilet Necessities
Especially Interesting
to Travellers.

$n | this season of the wear,
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XIV trips OF many descrip-
tons are again in the
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ASH cloth Cases of cretonne rubber.
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Lon 80 -.....--,....-. ~ a." -
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! WASH cloth and extra pockets for 49,
soap and tooth brush. Each ~
Rubber-lined Cretonn.
ipii"t cases. Each...... soc TO SI.2S
Rubber-lned Silk Toi-
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C.hildren's Nainsook Dresses some
made Bishop style, others with YOKE VI
and tucks: rutfie OF emprolu-
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SOC to SIPS each.
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Daily. Sunday. Included luonth. go cents.
Daily. Sunday excepted. month. 10 cents
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Women French \ainsook Drawers,
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lops.
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Kitchen and Pantry Towels.
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Glass and Tea Towels, $3.50 to
$500 o0Zen1e
China Towels, ST so to So doz.
Silver Towels. 81 to $3.50 doz.
Roller Towels, Csc, AOc to 6212c
EACH
Dish Cloths, Sc, &c & 1Oc each.
Scrub Cloths, zc and 1Oc each.
Broom Bags, Csc eacEn.-
Dust Cloths, 121zc each.
Cloths for Washing, Polishing,
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Chidren-s Sheer Lawn Dresses made
long-waisted effect and trimmed with
hemstitching and tucks, others with low
neck and short sleeves, trimmed with
lace. Sizes :, to u years
SI.oo to S2.25 each.
Middletown transcript., 1911-05-20
Plans for MARYLAND Week

Plans for Maryland Week, which will
have for its object cl,ser relation between
the people of Baltimore city and the
counties, were completed at meeting Of
the executive committee OF the Maryland
State Horticultural Society in Baltimore
last week. The keynote of the conference
was a closer union between the people
throughout the state and definite plan
of campaign was outlined to attain that
result. It was decided to hold Maryland
Week from December to 8. Working
committees we're appointed to perfect the
details. It is believed that before another
month the entire program Tor the week
will be someplete.
According to the program the horticnlt.
ural exhibition at the Fifth Regiment
Armory, in Baltimore, will be educational
during the day and entertaining during
the day and entertaing during the even
ing. Speeches by men of national repu-
tation will be delivered in the morning
and afternoon. In the evening merry
making and pleasure will be in order.
Moving pictures, singing by church choirs
and vaudeville entertainments will be
provided. There will be no charge for
the children. The juveniles will be given
every opportunity to participate in the
merriment, and special features will be
added in order to delight them. The
boys and girls will be told Of the his
tory of Maryland in brief addresses. Good
care will be taken Of the farmers from the
various counties who go to Baltimore
during Maryland Week to view the ex-
hibition. Every attention will be accord
cd them and they will be made to feel at
home. The horticultural and agricultural
exhibition and the annual farmers Week
celebration will be held in connection
with the Maryland Week project, and il
Is q splendid opportunity to give the
affair an Importance never attained before.
Middletown transcript., 1911-05-20
BATTERED TO DEATH
Farm Hand Accidentally Killed
While DriVinn fn Newark

- AAAAS - AAA . ~ 49, - -
The almost headless body of John n.
Reed, farm hand, was found hanging
from his own tWo.wheeled cart in the
stable yard on the farm Of Charles
Walton, near Newark, Sunday morning.
The BODY was fastened between the body
Of the vehicle and the swingle tree, and
was hanging, head down, the head, or
what was left of it, dragging on the
ground.
Mr.. Walter, who had a stand in the
Eighth street market in Wilmington, was
awakened by hearing horse walking
around and making an investigation
made the greWsome discovery.
Reed owned the horse and cart and
had been in the habit of driving to
Wilmington every Saturday afternoon.
It is supposed that while returning home
be toppled off bis seat ami pfungsd head-
long to the ground between the cart and
horse. His head probably struck with
such force as 10 render him unconscious
and as the horse ran along Reeds head
was bumped over the rough road until
battered almost to a pulp. The mans
brains were found along the road for
more than q mile.
Walton extricaled the body from the
vehicle and later telephoned to Whining
ton notifying Coroner Chandler of the
case. Coroner Chandler went to the
farm Monday morning and held an in
quest, the jury finding a verdict of &C.
cidental death.
Middletown transcript., 1911-05-20
DELAWARE CROPS
Farm Values on May 1St Of
Produce in This State


The farm value OF important products
on dates named, according to the May
bulletin of the Department Of Agriculture,
en- May 1st, 1911, was 80 cent per bushel
for wheat; April lst, 1911, SO csRts; May
1st, 1910, 98 cents.
Corn, May 1st, 1911, 81 cents; April Let,
1911, 81 cents; May lst; 1910, 66 cents.
Oats, May 1st, 1911, 3s cents; April LET,
1911, SO cents; May 1st, 1910, 81 ceuts.
Potatoes, per bushel, May 1st, 1911, 81
cents. April 1st, 1911, 65 cents; May,
1910 4S cents.
Hay, ton, May 1st 1911, $3.50; April
Let, 1911, $500; May 1st, 1910, $17.
Rye, May LIST, 1911, 65 cents per bush
ell; April 1st, 1911, 6S cents; May 1st, 1910
70 cents.
Butter, May 1st. 1911, 26 cents psr
pound; April 1st, 1911, % cents; May 1st,
1910, 81 cents.
Chickens, May 1st, 1911, 133 cents /;
April 1st, 1911. 13 cents; May Let, 1910,
1873 cents.
Cost per acre, commercial fertilizer,
$4.15; preparations, $3.50; seed, $1.70;
planting, for market, $1.4O; mlscellane-
GUS 81 cents; land rental or interest on
land value, $S.15; total, excluding rent,
$l2.41; including rent, $l5,56,
Yield on grain, 20 bushels per acre.
Cost per bushel, excluding rent, 81
cents; including rent, 78 cents.
Value per bushel, 96 cents; value Of
grain per acre, 1920.
Value less per acre, excluding rent,
1878, including rent, 1894.
Value less cost per bushel, excluding
rent, 81 cents; inluding rent Is cents.
Per cent of value to cost, excluding
rent, 55; including rent, %.
Value Of by-products per acre, $3.50.
Average size of fields, 10 acres.
Value of wheat lands per acre, $50.
Per cent of rental of interest value to
land value, 6.3.
Number of reports tabulated, 9.
Farm value of important products,
hogs, April 18th, 1911. $3.50 per hundred
weight; March, 18th, 1911, $3.50.
Beef cattle, April 18th, 1911, $3.50,
March 10th, 1911, $3.50.
Glover seed. April 18th, 1911, $40 per
bushel; timothy, S5; sweet potatoes, $l.05
per bushel; bran, $3.50 per ton.
In crop value comparisons Delaware
stands 46 in the ranks, with Rhode
Island at the foot of the list.
Middletown transcript., 1911-05-20
Many Features in N. A. Base
ball Supplement

With more features than have ever be-
Goae appeared in one edition, the annual
baseball supplement of The North Ameri-
can will appear Sunday, May 81.
For years this special. baseball number
has been regarded as the greatest work Of
its kind ever published, and this springs
edition will far surpass all previous ones.
Color pages, illustrating the speed that
is required in the natural game and group
pictures ofthe Athlstics and Phillies are
only few of the features.
The Tristate page contains pictures of
all the players in the league, and spec
ial story on the batting, fielding and other
figures of the men in the circuit.
Diplomatic Strokes of our Baseball
Jeffersons," an illustrated story, gives the
fans good idea of the inside workings of
big league team, and contains many
humorous incidents about stars of the past
and present.
All the minor leagues, independent and
amateur teams from all parts of Pennsyl'
vauia, New Jersey, Maryland and Della
ware are given special mention in the big
supplement. Pictures of the managers
and captains of 100 of these teams are in
ending.
On the school and college pages, all the
leaders are shown, and there are stories
on the progress Of the various mines.
A page is devoted to tae New York
State, Main Line, Columbia County and
Tricounty Leagues, with interesting stor-
les and pictures. The Bucks county,
North Penn and Delaware county circuits
are also featured.
A complete directory and personel OF
the Philadelphia and nearby semiprofess-
ional and amateur teams occupy two pages
With pictures of the captains and mana
gers. The supplement shows the marked
strides baseball has made and is well
worth purchasing, which often kills them.
Middletown transcript., 1911-05-20
KICK KILLS FARM HAND

A solar plexus blow delivered by q
horse caused the instant death Of Charles
Moore, aged lS years, employed by Frank
Biddle, of near Bear Station, Sunday even
ing.
Coroner's Physician Bastian held an
autopsy on the body Monday morning at
the morgue, and was unable to find any
marks on the body. The brain showed a
slight conclusion where the boy had in
jured himself by falling from loft some
time ago, but this could not have caused
his death.
Moore had takena horse to water and
shortly afterWard was found dead. DR..
Bastian believes that death was instant
and that the horse had kicked Moore in
the solar plexus.
Middletown transcript., 1911-05-20
Enters a $50. 600 Race

NEWARK, May 16.-Herman R. Tyson,
the well-known trainer and driver, has
entered Sir Thomas Upton, 2.1s4, in the
$40, 900 handicap at Cbateaugay, N. Y, to
be raced on September 18th. This is the
largest purse ever given on a half mile
track and is to be dash for one and a
half miles. The entrance fee is $500 and
the money will be divided among the
winners as follows:
First, $4,000; second; $500; third,
So, 800; fourth, $2,650; fifth, So, $50; sixth,
s., $50 and seventh, $2,1O0.
Sir Thomas Upton started in fifteen
races last season and won first money in
ten OF them, second in four and third in
one, never being ont Of the money.
Middletown transcript., 1911-05-20
Enlarqinq the Berry Quart

New York and Massachusetts, Legisla-
ture having ordered that berry package
hereafter must hold qnart, many Of The
peninsula basket and crate manufacturers
have had TO change their roller package.
making machinery: The berry cup must
hold quart in the New York aud New.
England districts and Maryland and
Delaware consumers will ges the advans-
age Of the new conditions, although they
have bad no part il making them.