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Homesick Immigrants.

IN the steerage Office of a European
steamship line sat sad-eyed men and
women of the steerage type.
America too swift for 'em. eh?" said
a brisk American passing through 60
ing back home. chr
Nothing Of the kind" said q clerk
THE poor devils haven't been here long
enough to find out whether they will be
a failure or not. Just at present they
are knocked out by homesickness. That
is why they are here.
The individuals comprising this par
ticular group came over alone. They
have no friends here and the loneliness
has f1oored them. A visit to the Office
of the steamship line that brought them
over is about the best bracer they can
find.
Here they can at least see the picture
OF the ship they came in, and maybe
strike up a conversation with some one
who Is buying ticket to go back. They'll
hang around here or and on for several
weeks until the sharp edge Of their home
sickness has worn OF"
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at one time. that being about the amount
Of meat that two wagons can we'll dis
pose Of the next day. Some persons pre-
fer meat that has been kept over for a
full day, so that the dealers try to have
a few pieces carried over to fill this de-
mand.
There are some firms OF butchers, both
in Virginia and Maryland. who run sew
eral wagons, employing different drivers,
one man having for his sole duty the
end of the affair.
Compared with the prevailing prices In
Washington. the figure at which good
meat Is bought within few miles of the
capital is a revelation. 1t is noticeable
that the farther out one goes. to certain
degree, the more reasonable in price does
the meat become. Within three or four
miles Of the District of Columbia there
Is not the noticeable difference in price
that exists still farther out city in
fiuence" is the way the buyers there ex-
plain the difference. However. as soon
as few miles are placed between the
capital and a locality the cheaper meat
is noticed, no matter what direction is
taken.
In not every county in the neighborhood
OF Washington Is the supply of beef
stock plentiful. dealers say. The short
grass occasioned by last summers
drouth caused many farmers to crowd
their surplus stock off to market, so
that in a few instances there is an actual
scarcity of stock for butchering pur-
poses This is being relieved this sum-
mer.
Perhaps the most decided difference
noted is in the price of veal. For several
months the price Of veal in Washington
has been practically beyond the pocket
books of great number of the people.
Thirty-five cents per pound. and even 40
cents per pound, was not uncommonly
asked for the outlets throughout the win
ter. Even now, when the price is lower
by few cents than formerly not every
dealer will consent to part with the
precious tidbits for 80 cents per pound
1t is decided shock to the Washing
tonian to learn, on inquiring at the meat
wagons. that he can get a nice porter
house steak for 20 cents per pound, when
the same quality of meat bought from
his dealer at home costs 30 cents per
pound. while the best qualities run at
least cents per pound higher most of the
time. Prime rib roast. a decided boarding
mouse favorite sells there at IL cents per
pound, cents less than the same quality
could be bought here. Chuck roasts are Z
cents per pound cheaper. while the stand
Dy round steak may be had at ID cents
per pound. whereas here it sells for 20
cents per pound.
Il consider that the meat we are get
ting compares most favorably in quality
with the average to be had in WASHING.
ton,' said the wife OF a well known clergy
man in one OF the smaller towns in Marv-
land few miles east of the city. when
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Declarations and Slogans P@rp@tuate Memory of Patriots

vHE honors Of Memorial day
are fittingly bestowed. But
without any 3oth of May
the memory OF thousands Of
patriots would still be per-
petuated Every year statues or obelisks
are set up TO the memory Of those
whose lives have left some lesson to
the world Yet even these testimonials
seem less effective in their purpose when
compared with the monuments which
our national founders and heroes them
selves unknowingly left as heritages to
their country. These latter memorials
are scattered broadcast and are the
various national notices and slogans
which inspired the establishment and
maintenance Of our government. and
which are indeltbly inscribed as epitaphs
in the hearts and minds Of the American
people
When the American colonists sought
to protect the liberty which they had
found and suffered for in the new
world they fought solely for q purpose
and not for selfish gain Their posterity
can erect no monument to them sufa-
GENTLY imposing TO perpetuate tho
grandeur of their purpose. The simple
motto for which they were willing to
sever their tie with their mother coun-
Try. England, and TO endure the hard
ships which they knew would follow
proved to be the foundation principle
of A new republic. The colonists' cry
Taxation without representation is
tyranny was then heard from Maine
TO Florida Now il has been written as
memorial on every hesarthstone
throughout the land.
Quaint little st. Johns Church, still
standing in Richmond today, - SO hon.
ored that IT will be preserved for years
to come Those who visit the edifice
have only 70 hear the name Of Patrick
Henry, and there arises splendid
monument illuminated with the words
Give me liberty or give me DEATH
This very sentence pictures a raw
honed mounral neer. forgetful of his own
lack of educational attachments. and
unmindful of the culture of his audi
ence. impetuously arising to inspire the
assembly with his oratory. His words
possessed the magic power of opening
private treasure boxes for public good,
Of filing ancient powder TASKS and OIL
ing rusty muskets.
The simple warfare Of the revolution
did not pass into history for its scien-
tho methods. nor tor its heroes. %
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SO Careless of Him.

THE late Gen. F. d. Grant used often
to tell on Memorial day q funny
story about Bull run
"A soldier" he would begin, had
scar on his face.
Where did you get that scar? they
asked him.
"'At Bull run he replied.
What? they cried. incredulously.
What shot in the face at Bull run? How
could that Der
well explained the soldier, It was
fike this. After I'd run four or i've miles
I rot kind Of careless and looked back
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animal will feed 400 persons a pound of
meat each. 1t is a fact that the veals
are crowded of to market now and that
practically no cattle are kept until ma
turity in this part of the country. The
result Is that there Is actually less meat,
and that is just what is boosting the
the high price of feed and high meat will
continue just as long as feed Is scarce.
Lamb, when sold by the country
wagons. runs about as much less per
lamb retail at about Is cents per pound,
the headquarters being about 2 cents per
pound higher. French chops. a decided
luxury in Washington at 30 cents and 30
cents per pound, may be had OF the coun-
try dealers, when they are able to obtain
them at all, for 20 cents and ID cents per
pound. Stewing lamb retails in the coun-
try from the wagons for as little as s
cents and 10 cents per pound. while the
same kind of meat in Washington now Is
selling at around Is cents per pound.
What provision is made for the in
spection of the meats sold from the
wagons?" was asked one Of the leading
meat men in one OF the nearby counties
of Maryland.
"Just the same inspection as that made
in the District Of Columbia of meats
killed within the District for consump-
ton within the District" he responded
quickly only good, healthy meat Is
slaughtered by the local butchers in any
part OF the state or in Virginia. II. on
killing, the meat does not appear healthy
we call an inspector who passes upon its
quality. If unfit for food, the meat Is not
sold. That's all there IL to the inspec-
ton OF any meat that Is not sold o; T.
side of a state in which 1t IL killed. as
far as the federal government IL con-
cerned.
Il never knew of case OF infection
from eating the meat from one of the
wagons. However. the country butcher
is no better than his brother in the towns.
so that occasionally there may be a bad
grade OF meat sold from the wagons. But
the instances are decidedly rare. for. re-
member. the wagon dealer has his Gus
toners tust as surely does the man in
town. and he must exercise the same care
Of any other business man II he wo-id
continue business"
Inquiry in localities where meat il sold
from the wagons failed to lead to any
information that would indicate bad meats
being upon the market. Asked why they
do not bring their meats into the District
the dealers said that they objected to the
trouble and red tape of ''fooling with
expressed 1t.
There Is but very little Of the District
that receives meat from the wagons. In
some Of the neighborhoods in the north
ern part of the ten miles square the
meat wagons have licenses to carry their
meat, and on some OF the roads In the
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the other articles that the first settlers In
America used for trade with the savages
along its shores. In fact many Of the
baskets and indian mementos in my col
lection were bought in just this fashion"
Among Mr.. Pittier's collection are two
Indian wooden pillows. These are rough
ly carved and stained, though the latter
results probably from long use They
are gently followed in the center. To the
American mind they scarcely suggest
physical comfort, but are considered COM
Portable by many of the Choco Indians.
The Indian pillows bring to mind a
with a similar object" remarked Mr.. Pit
tier. 1T happened that during my visit
with the Choco Indians had occasion to
be of some assistance to one of the men.
He offered me as a return any of num-
Der of objects in his little house. 1 Sc
lected, as one Of the most used and char
acterfSttc mementOs, a wooden pillow cor
responding to those in the collection. The
and begged that let her bring 1t to me
the next day Sure enough. she ap-
peared with the pillow at the time stated,
but what different pillow. The whole
thing had been scraped until the wood
shone white and clean. In her eyes it
was beautiful, but to me the atmosphere
Of actual usage had been taken away,
and as a relic it was almost useless.
+
The Choco Indians are rather clever In
the making Of baskets and like material.
Tho most OF 1t Is done. perhaps. by the
woman, and only from time to tins. They
are q leisure1y race and work only when
there is actual need. The baskets are
of all sizes and shapes, some Of them
with nicely fitting covers and all made
of the stems of various plants or of strips
of bark. A sample of this braid or
basketry material is in my collection.
There is also sort Of basketry pouch
used by the Choco hunters to keep their
matches and frecaps dry. In making
their fires the Chocos use fire fans to
fan the flame. These are made OF bas-
kerry material, and in the collection Is a
sample that has seen much usage In one
Indian home. Mats are also made Of
this material. though they are not much
used by the tribe.
THE Choco Indian lives in q house that
Is more or less original in its construc-
ton. Tall piles support it, raising 1t sew
eral feet above the ground. The hut is
open on all sides, for in that country the
temperature is always warm, and the
architect of the house has no need to
build a protection for his family against
cold winds. The house is really two
stories in its construction. The floor Of
the top story Is formed of logs and rough
boards laid side by side. There are cracks
between each OF these logs, and when tho
Indian housekeeper undertakes her spring
cleaning she stmpliies matters very much
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heavy consumption Of veal exerts on the
supply OF beef cattle, and hence on the
price Of beef in the future, is given by
an old Virginian. who for forty years
has been a butcher in one of the smaller
towns. and is something of a student of
economics.
No small part Of the reason for high
prices OF all kinds Of beef is the immense
quantity Of veal consumed" said he
Years ago there was practically no veal
eaten. farmers raising the calves to ma
turtty and then feeding them for beef
Now, however. the demand for veal is
as great as for beef
"A veal, when dressed, will weigh about
sixty pounds; the same animal. II ma
tured before killing. would dress about
400 pounds. The veal will feed sixty
persons a pound Of meat each; the older
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THIN the last few
days, since the
prices of various
kinds OF meat here
have richocheted
to figures outside
the reach of even
the moderately
well-to-do, the at
tention of many
Washington mar
keters has been at
tracted to condi-
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extreme northwest part a few persons
buy their meat in that way but the num-
Der is very small indeed
Why don't You ask city prices for your
meat was asked OF one wagon man.
The country people simply won't pay
II, was the reply. IF we should boost
the price 10 where II is in the city for
the sanr qualities OF meat the country
along the line. There wouldn't be any
manner parade either. or any talk about
not eating meat. They would eat some
thing else. and we would have our meat
left on our hands"
Besides" the man added. I'VE are
making pretty good thing OF II at pres
emit prices. We are no meat trust. and
are content TO make a reasonable mar
gin and TO sell more
But don't you have TO pay the ex-
pense OF delivering the meat over far
greater territory than the city dealer.
who says that his delivery costs him
very heavily?" was asked
Yes We do deliver meat all over the
country. but somehow we get along al
right. OF course. we don't have any
clerk hire. and We get our meat at a
little less perhaps than the city dealer
can get the same kind OF meat ready
dressed. However, We do q little more
work than he does AS said before.
though, We are doing very we'll. and be-
sides little temporary trouble in get
ting all the stock we would like, which
Will pass away with the coming OF bet
ter pastures. We are pretty well content
with things as they are, and haven't
raised our prices for many months"
Country meat men are confident that
the price on all country-slaughtered
stock will be materially less within thir-
ty days. Grass-fattened stock that just
now Is subsisting on the excellent YER
dure that clothes every hill in the coun-
try will then be ready for the markets.
and In the very best Of condition.
To be sure the quality OF beef from the
grass-fattened animal is not as good as
that OF the stall and grain fed one, but
In the quotations given the price is for
the grass-fattened cattle. Country users
say, however. that the quality of the
CRASHED stock is much better about
the LIST OF July, when the flesh il much
moro arm and succulent than IL is when
the cattle first go upor grass. which pro-
duces what the butchers call a grass
streak in the beef
The countryside observes its fish day
with about the same regularity with
which 1t Is observed in Washington. The
wagons arrive at the 18th street wharf
In Washington or at wharves in Alexan-
dria- where they pack fish in ice. during
the summer. Departing on their way
very early. they are back among their
customers before the day is old and sell
ing the fish at about the same price
they may be had from the street fishmen
in the city.
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numerous that hosts of them are I'M
known: but one monument of the great
conflict arose. and on 1T was emblazoned
the spirit Of young America, Give Me
Liberty or Give Me Death"
If all the heroes among the American
col0nists had given their lives in the
conflict of the revolution the victories
won would soon have been lost AS
1t was, such men as Washington. Adams
Madison. Hamilton and Jefferson stood
at the head of affairs ready to launch
n new nation. Each did his part. and
each left the imprint Of his work upon
the history of that time In the franz
ing and adoption Of the document which
astounded the world on the 4th of July,
1IsS. the names of the chief workers, es-
pecially Thomas Jefferson, are perpetu-
independence. from John Hancock. who
wrote his name so large that the old
king could see 1T without his glasses
down to the writer of the smallest sig
ment of fame. The original document
of skeepskin is still preserved and
cherished. but he who reads any copy
of the Declaration of Independence feels
erected to the glory Of the founders Of
the nation.
While the republic was but recovering
from the turmoil Of war a guide arose
to lead the people to the establishment OF
a sound government empowered not only
to make laws but also to enforce them.
This man had no model to use for the
structure of the constitution which he
was to originate. He was breaking all
precedent in his plans for a government
totally different from any the world had
ever seen. 1t was Pelatiah Webster who
in 1888 announced his invention OF the
entire plan of the existing Constitution
of the United States.
He had then worked out the details OF
the great document which the federal
government was to adopt several years
later, and so to his brain may be attrib-
uted the glory OF the architecture Of the
greatest government which has ever ex-
listed. In his immortal Dissertation on
the Political Union and Constitution OF
the Thirteen United States of America =
he gave the original plan of the existing
Constitution of the United States as his
personal contribution to the science of
government. Although II took about a
century to carry out this mans plans for
a Department of Commerce. yet the ne
cessity for such a government branch
has lately been recognized In the estab-
lishment OF . Department Of Commerce
and Labor.
So stupendous has been Pslatiah Web
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sters monument and so powerful have
been its blessings that the memorial has
almost obscured the man himself Until
recently little recognition was ever given
government, but since Congress ordered a
memorial printed in behalf of the "Archi-
tect of Our Constitution" great honors
have been accredited the farseeing pa
triot.
Gladstone proclaimed the American Con-
stitution the most wonderful work ever
struck off at a given time by the brain
and purpose OF man. Concerning the in
vention of our new type of government
Tocqueville declared it to be "a wholly
novel theory. so unique that 1t can no
more be COMPOUNDED with any preceding
federal government than a modern mogul
engine can be COMPOUNDED with an an
Client stage coach" Such is the monu-
ment left by Pelatiah Webster, although
the task of embodying his wonderful
ideas was worked out by such men as
Madison. Charles Pinckney, Sherman
Ellsworth and Hamilton.
A memorial which has ever been rev.
erenced by our people Is that left by a
President who filled the highest Office Of
the land when the infant country was in
such repose within itself that his term
was called the era or good feeling" II
President Monroe had attempted to devise
how he might erect for himself a monu-
ment. he would surely have decried
against the fates for placing his presi-
dency at a time when opportunity for
fame was so lacking. 1t happened
though, that his presidential term was
the time for America to assert herself
regarding the planting of foreign colonies
on the western hemisphere.
Monroe grasped the situation and en-
bodied the idea of America for Ameri-
cans in a message to Congress, thereby
founding his great doctrine. This monu-
ment, left to the memory OF a wise man,
has been so stupendous in its strength
that 1t has ever since determined the
policy Of the United States in regard to
foreign affairs.
Il
That which Is most dearly won is most
carefully guarded Surely nothing has
cost our nation mo0o than liberty, and
over that treasure she watches as does
the bird that is the emblem of her
strength and protection. When the ma
tional enjoyment Of liberty seemed about
to be 1eopardixed by France, in 1871. C.
c. Pinckney arose to quote those famous
Eordss ''A6illions for 6efeusA but not one
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NEARBIo
Cwri@s From Panama i'm National Museum.

- ARRIVING with it into the
II heart OF Washington the atmos-
phere Of romance and mystery
~ that surrounds the life of the In
dams Of Panama, the collection
of curios brought from that country by
II. Pittie of the Smithsonian Institution
is soon to find it's place among the ex-
hibitions Of the National Museum. Glass
cases will inclose baskets OF all shapes
and sizes woven by the Indian women
and used in their homes.
II
dance drum and a rattle are soon to
lie in state never again to sound in the
dances that are customary throughout the
Choco Indian tribe. Crude little toys
have found their way to Washington
toys that were dear at some time to some
little Indian child. In fact, each one Of
the articles in this collection was at one
time in use among the tribes of Panama
THE collection was obtained entirely
from the Choco and Quaint Indian
tribes Mr.. Pittier explained. They
live their lives in the forests and on the
plains OF Panama, and have little to do
with the white man or his customs. A col
lection Of thevariety Of objects In use among
these indians is in a way rather difficult
to obtain. for, unlike many tribes. they
weave their baskets and mako their toys
and other articles for their own use only.
Money means very little to them. and no
Choco or Guaind Indian has IS yet set
up his stand of Indian mementos to DO
sold to the white people.
During the time that ! spent with
those two tribes l met very few white
men, While the Indians are not hostile
they have no very hearty welcome for the
man from civilized lands. Perhaps it
would be more accurate to say that 1t is
the white man who Is an unwelcome
visitor, for many in their own tribes have
been in the white mans country, and one
chteftain lived and was educated in the
United States between the ages OF 1--WE
and twenty years
TT is not that they arc ignorant OF the
existence Of civilized countries. but sim
ply that they are content with their own
lot and are not DESTROYS Of changing their
mode of life. And theirs is truly an in
teresting and care-free existence, with
most of their needs and comforts around
them and no worries about dollars and
cents. Only the men who occasionally go
to the towns and cities have need of
money; consequently found 1t Of little
use during my sojourn among the In
dams. Instead, I ladened myself with
small mirrors. bright beads and many Of