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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

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The census office
finds that within
six years the in
$ a n e in U u l.
asylums have in
creased from 1S6. >
TO cess per 100000
of our population.
And that lunacy
is inc Re a S j n &
throughout tn e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

= short distance east Of the road the
left bank OF the stream "Opens out and
then c.oSes in. forming an amphitheater
OF about TWO acres extent. At this sea-
son the place is tangle of sumac
spice bush. hOneysuckle, scrub oak and
common weeds Both banks of the
stream are closely grown with water
oaks. sycamoreS- sweet gum. elder and
vines In 1871 Harper's Magazine con-
i.tlI+ed tin following descri 5tion of the
,iueiiua teniczvous:
I'm tit- old stage rad lradin.. from
fNss siiifstcn - ia tinore a short half
uiie bsS ond thc boundary of the District
az Columbia and WITHIN u mile of Bla-
et3.sburS. u few Years ago the trave, er
- "nt EHvC observed on the right hand
Siia.5f the road-Jfst where he crossed
., little briC ge-a small patch of low, I'M
reclaimed and, thickly overgrown with
lrees and tangled vines. There may be
ten or fifteen acres of it. Ii was one
OF those neglected corners where every
thing had SO long been permitted to
have its own way that even bold Gu tiva-
ton might well pause before it in despair.
\ rank vegetation overspread the place
in savage luxuriance. apparently defying
all human efforts TO penetrate it.
Great groups of alders radiated their
stems i'm every direction. Willows in
nunacrzibi, clustered along the margin of
the brook. Occasional sycamorcs dis
played their unmitieatcd usliness with
impunty. While here and there the dark
core Of q cedar crowded its WAY upward
int,. the Sunlight. Altogether. it was as
forsaken loOl,n. spot and one as little
likely To be sought BY man as would
probably he encountered in a summer
dan : journey"
The place il not as bad as that now.
The ''innunlerable willows" are not there
now. though some may be found along
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
The Feel on the Line. "

NTHATS a little eel nibbling at the
line. He'll nibble away for some
time. but it's no use To pull the line in
because / fish with big hooks A big
eel would swallow the bait and run with
it: so, too. would catfish, but you can
tell the difference between them by the
feel of the line.
The man who said this was sitting on
a lew camp stool on the bank of the
canal just above the Boatmen's Chapel.
On the right We're canal boats. noping
mules. and a fringe OF towpath green
cry. Opposite was a gray rock wall nearly
green with weeds and looping vines. All
around, shadows and reflections overlay
the yellow, softly flowing water of the
canal. The man had two lines out. To
save the burden of holding them. each
line was caught through the top of n
slender and supple split stick sunk up
right in the mud OF the canal bank.
Il get big catfish, big carp and big cells
out of this canal. Carp is good eating
if you know how to fix it. Clean il.
soak il over night in salt water with "a
little vinegar in the water. change the
water and soak again for half day.
Then stuff il just the same as YOU would
d turkey and bake il. Carp is too rich
TO fry. / have caught them in the East
ern branch that weighed twenty pounds.
but 1 try To catch them that weigh about
Ten OF lNthe laltA
eating.
There is no better fish than catfish.
People sometimes don't like the name,
but it's like eating Dorterhouse steak.
When l began fishing around Washing
ton in the seventies you could but catfish
for :; cents "A pound; sometimes fishermen
and fish dealers would give you the cat
fish to take them away. Now catfish
costs about 20 cents a pound, and often
YOU can't get them at that. I catch big
bass in the basin and around Chain
bridge, bat catfish, to my MIND. is bet
ter eating than bass. Eel IL also good
fish. You should skin ii and fry il. The
only bone in il is tire backbone.
There is good fishing i'm this part Of
the canal The fish are big because they
get so much food that is thrown over
from the canal boat kitchens. That 10
also the reason they do not bite as
quickly as they do in some other places:
they get too well fed here. But when you
get fish here you are pretty apt to be
getting something big enough for a meal.
x *
That bait is right on the bottom in the
mud. The water is about fifteen feet
deep in this place. Catfish and cells
travel right along on the bottom. / fish
most of the time / am not working at my
trade. Night fishing is good sport. There
is plenty of good fishing around WASH
ington, but ii takes patience, and most
people would rather have the excitement
Of riding in automobiles OF sitting around
at moving picture shows. But ME for the
land-line.
Il was fishing FOR bass i'm the tidal
ba sin one day. and "A flock of wild ducks
(croW ducks) settled down not far from
where l was sitting. One old fellow the
tamest wild duck | ever saw. swan close
lp to me. The bait was well down i'm the
water, but he saw it and dived for il and
took il, but he got away. ] didn't lct
him have enough time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

dispoSing causes of insanity best be
eliminated?''
The subject of mental hygiene is an
extensive one. Preventive medicine as
applied to mental disorders has it's most
difficult problem, ard its most complex.
In the main, a more intensive scientific
study of the various mental diseases in
order to determine more accurately the
various factors that are at work in their
production and Development is an es-
Sential piccOnditon.
Are not improved methods of living
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

GO2iitS 81 ltiic sfpSti atih5 t14S Las
C; of Columbia and Maryland. BY the
dsile is big sign painted in tall and
ie letters Maryland Boundary" and
the, north face of the signboard is
strict OF Columbia Boundary"
" this point the road begins gradual
fcscent till about go yards beyond the
cuadary sign ii crosses, by means OF
g. brick culyert and high dirt fill. stream
hat j. mild or wild. according to the
janper of the weather. In rustic par
lance it is a quick branch'-that is. "a
iranch which. because of the extent and
Steepness of the watershed it drains may
be suddenly swollen into a torrent. This
stream has its source ia Mount Rainier
under the road enters the Eastern branch
below Bladensburg. On the left of the
road il dribbles or roars through the
Huyck property and, flowing under the
road. it continues or through the Steub-
ner tract. The steep em5ankment of the
I'll across the raVine vale through
which the branch luns. the thick bush
growth and barb-Wir. fencing may deter
you from climbing down To the stream.
but once there YOU will soon find a path
leading east on the north bank. Follow
this for 10 yards and YOU will stand GA
the t.ladenSbur% duelipg grounds "A Sc
aucsteFcd vale where much human blood
was shed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

100000 is not due in amy considerable de-
gree To an increased prevalence of IN
sanity. hut simply To an extension OF this
method of caring for the insane. 1t is
a change that might result from an in
crease in the number of institutions al
TINS class and from an increasing dispo-
sition on the part of the public 10 resort
To such institutions
1T is somewhat startling TO reflect that
the lsi. ib4 patients confined i'm our hos
pitfalls for the insane make up a popula-
ton larger than that of the city OF
Columbus, Ohio.
The state which in proportion to its
population. had at our last inquiry the
largest number of insane reported in
institutions WAS Massachusetts with 3I4-6
per loo.nD population. New York how
ever. lad almost the same proportion
namely. .;4., per lND. 0n population And
the state which ranks next is Connecti-
cut. where the ratio is :;21.l per 100000
population. But ii should be borne IN
mind that the variations between differ
ent states in the number of insane in
institutions. i'm proportion to- popula-
ton, prohab due 10 differ
enoes i'm the sufiiciency of provision for
caring for the insane i'm this way. and
also to differences as regards the practice
OF committing the insane To institutions
quite as much as To variations i'm the
insanity rate prevailing i'm different COM
muuitieS. There is no doubt. for eX-
ample. that in AIassa chus.tts and New
better provision is made for the care Of
the insane i'm institutions than in most
of the other states.
I'm general. the number of insane in
hospitals is. in proportion TO populat..,.
much smaller in the west than in the
east. The ratios are also smaller in the
south than i'm the north. In thirty-four
of the states and territories the ratio Of
insane i'll institutions to total population
has Increased in the six-year period.
Most of the states in which this ratio has
decreased lie west of the NJ ssiss.ppi,
these commemorative Including all OF the
Pacific coast states and all of the noun
tain states but three-WNomine, Colorado
and New Mexico.
The section of the country showing
this decrease has undergone very RAPID
development in recent years and II is
possible that the new population coming
from other sections of the United States
represents a class i'm which insanity IL
less prevalent than in the stay-at-homes.
Copyright 1872. 10y John Elfrcth watkns.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

AITER, bring me Il clean
spoon, this amt been
washed since last SattIr-
day Sure, she only
gets 800 per and she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

ARYLAND, X en-
lucky and Louisi-
ana have dark and
bloody d u e Ii n g
grounds, and prob
ably the Maryland
field OF honor leads
all others in the
number of combats
and the distinction
of the combatants.
Going north on the
Bladensburg road
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
Changing Of a Sign.

THE word rector" has been changed
to pastor in the sign on St Johns
Episcopal Church. The sign is attached
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20


saws she gets sluo." That's her own hair.
but she was "A brunette when she was
with the Fat Sylphs' show" Waiter, re-
move the remains and bring me triangle
of hot mince poultice.' well. l drawed
one card and didn't fill'' she wasn't
made from the rib of man. she was made
from the rib of an umbrella. oh, no.
she don't paint, she works "A trowelr'
Before Bobby Manchester made her
Queen OF the Amazons she used TO do
solos on washboard.' He raised me
and / called him. HE got off gag that
ed China and it took like smallpox"
Now. just don't her hair look like she
made her toilet in the stable?' etc, etc.
Out of the rattle of Clipped crockery,
the metallic clash of knives and forks
the clutter and shutting of brown walters.
the buzz-buzz from a score of patrons
and the general prandial discord. The
Star man caught the miscellaneous OBJ
servations here recorded.
Those persons who think the capital of
their country is city of marble and
bronze and books. where everybody is
weighed down with the cares of state:
where solemn men in frock coats and
baggy trousers stalk the streets their
faces deep-furrowed with lines of
thought; where diplomats in gold-leaf
clothes traffic with the fate of nations;
where jeweled beauties ceax solons and
twist legislation from the straight and
narrow path-ah. well. such persons
should think again. Indeed they have
another think coming to them. This is
only one side Of Washington, aud the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

EY JOHN ELFRETu WATKINS.
The Washington times., 1912-07-02
''VODEVEEL" ARTISTS
PRESENT ACTS TO
KING AND QUEEN
Her Royal Majesty of Eng
land Enjoys Knockabout
Acts Best.

LONDON, July 2.-society assembled
In strong force at the Palace Theater
Of Varieties last night to see what ef-
feet vaudeville show would have upon
the King and Queen-especially the Sc
date Queen. This was the first COM
mand entertainment at an English Mu-
sic Hall, and for eighteen hours people
waited for admission.
The house was magnifcently deco
rated, the royal box for the occasion
costing $4,000, but the performances
fell very fiat with the exception of the
knockabout turns. which pleased tho
Queen greatly.
A joke By George Robey most peo-
people thought risque in the presence Of
royalty, but It went" As a mayor
opening swimming baths he announced
the regulations governing admission,
thus: Gentlemen on Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays; ladies on other
days; the Mayor to use his discretion
which day he goes in"
The artists were all nervous and the
various turns were strictly censored.
with the result that the sovereigns did
not get the true atmosphere of the halls
Mt all.
Queen Mary obviously was vexed at
being compelled to sit through long in
tervals with hundreds staring at her
through opera glasses, for no ante-room
had been provided.
The Washington times., 1912-07-02
Fourth of July Plans
At Glen Echo Park

Spotlight" the moon dance and 9TH
ers of the kind apparently have lost
favor with patrons of Glen Echo Park
since the Capital has been introduced
to the very latest, THE Pickering
Dance" recently introduced at the park
The big pavilion at the resort was
thronged all last evening and when the
ned dance was tried again II met the
instant favor. Time and again the
dancers insisted on an encore and the
hundreds of onlookers who were en-
loying the music by the Charles o.
Mis- orchestra, Joined in the applause.
Plans have been completed for the
celebration of the Fourth on the safe
and sane order The main feature OF
course will be the fireworks and the
management has expended a thousand
dollars for the display
arrangements have been made for a
car service that will handle the ex-
pected crowds without any tiresome de-
iays nyi or crowding. Admission as usual,
The Washington times., 1912-07-02
Chamber Meeting.

The regular monthly meeting of the
directors of the Chamber Of Commerce
will be held tomorrow night The re-
port of the special committee appointed
to consider the proposed amendment to
the constitution permitting the Retail
Merchants Association to take into
The Washington times., 1912-07-02
Pastors Anniversary.

The third anniversary Of the pastor
ate of Rev. b. d. Cav. Of the West
Baptist Church, was OBJ
served with a reception in the clubroom
of the church last night Following the
an entertainment was given,
and addresses were made by Rev. j. G.
Ball and w. Hunter Haycock.
The Washington times., 1912-07-02
Odd Fellows Outing.

The eleventh annual outing Of the
various lodges of the Grand United
Order Of Odd Fellows Is being held
today at Green Willow Park, Anacostia.
II is being given under the auspices OF
John r. Cook Lodge No. 1885. More
than 500 persons are In attendance.
The Washington times., 1912-07-02

Der will be made. 1t is expected that
the directors will concur in the commit
tees adverse renort
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-12-27
RERT 6. PIERCE,
DENTIST,
Oregon, Mo. "a SS !" n !; s;s p "''s S
Phones, Old ~, Mutual 43.

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Herald, on his splendid effort In Civ
ing his readers and patrons the best
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the press in the history Of Maitland
newspapers. We are glad TO see the
spirit shown by the people OF Matt
land in supporting their paper, and
our word for il, Mr.. King will make
good ii he is but given the proper EN-
couragement.
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The Holt County sentinel., 1912-12-27
BARGAINS IN FARMS.

No ll",acc farm. ~ miles
the
Der and pasture Fair
IN good
NO T. miles north
practically all in cultivation Has
small q is
sold AZ term
No Il"
of Mound CITY, Missouri Practically grass
and and
Price and terms right sold
"
doing So.
IT YOU wish to borrow
for
Dnce uu~ta in ieaciIrr building. of
GEORGE s. LUKENS,
OREGON. MISSOURI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
COTTON FUTURES
 OPEN AT DECLINE Weak Liverpool Cables Re- ceived - Trading Slow
 in Afternoon

New York, January 9.-Cotton futures opened easy at a decline of to 12 points in response to weak Liverpool cables, re- ports of hitch in tho Lancashire strike settlement. and a rather bearish view ot the census figures from Washington. Gov ering imparted steady tone at the de- cline, but prices gradually worked off to net loss of about 10 points on the active months before the end of the first hour under heavy selling. which appeared to be for both accounts.
 Private cables from Liverpool reported active realizing by recent buyers there.
 The list became little less active late in the morning. Tho undertone seemed unsettled rather than weak, and after selling off to net loss of b to 19 points the list worked up or points from the lowest on trade buying and covering by early sellers.
 Spot nominally unchanged. Trading was less active during the afternoon, but the list ruled steader on scattered covering and prices were 6 to ' points up from the lowest, although still showing a net loss from g to 12 points.
 Spot cotton closed quiet and 10 points lower. NIiddling uplands, 9.50e; gulf, 975c. Sales none.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
BUSINESS BETTER ON MORRIS AVENUE All Receipts Are Improving. Grain Receipts Heavy.
 Eggs Brisk

Despite the dull opening of tho week with the clearing of the weather busi- ness loomed up 10 slightly above normal Tuesday. with trade good both locally and out of town. No special receipts were reported, but commodities in gen- eral were much in evidence, tho only small supply being that of celery.
 A feature in the fowl markets was the heavy traffic in eggs and young fowl. The demand was strong and steady until the close, with prices showing no changes. Hens are quoted at II cents per pound, and fresh eggs at $ and 50 cents q dozen.
 The feed merchants reported exception ally heavy receipts of corn and oats. Business in that line was good, and quo tations seemed to have an upward ten- dency.
 On account of cold weather several produce shipments have been delayed in transit. The merchants, however, are eX- necting a lot of fresh stock to arrive to- day.
 The current market is as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, January 9.-Cotton futures opened steady at decline of ? to points on poor cables. The census bureau re- port on ginning, 14,332,756 bales up to Jan uary 1, was not quite up to bearish ex- pectations. but still was not low enough to stimulate selling. The market would have been steadier around the first call but for reports of a hitch in the nego- tiations looking to the settlement of the Lancashire labor troubles.
 Immediately after the call prices were to 9 points down on the most active months Good buying entered the market at this level and at the end of the first half hour of business prices were un- changed to 1 point down compared with yesterdays final.
 Around the middle of the session shorts were aggressive and their offerings fur nished enough pressure to put all the active months points down. Heavy buy ing started on the decline coming from several sources and the list displayed a decided disposition to recuperate.
 Bears ndustriously circulated figures to show that the morning estimate of tho government had underestimated the crop using the ginning reports as the basis of their calculations, but, however, with cut much effect.
 Before the second call prices were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
STATE: ELECTION
 IN NGEORG|A TODAY

Atlanta, Jenuary 9-(special)-Despite the urgent call to democrats by Chair man w. C. Wright of the state execu- tive committee. 1t is not believed there will be any large turning out of voters for the state election tomorrow, at whieh A. governor and commissioner of eom- merce and labor will be elected.
 The vote in the state primary was un- usually light, being but little more than fOo, ,OOo out of a voting strength of g75,OoQ and if that is any criterion, it Is probable that there will not be more than 10000 or 15,OOO votes cast all over the state on Wednesday,
 Gov. Joseph M. Brown will be elected governor ard II, M. Stanley of Dublin commissioner of commerce and labor.
 It is not generally known that there are socialist candidates in the field for both of these positions. A. F. castleberry of Columbus is the socialist candidate for governor. while c. E. Daniel of Macon is running on tine same ticket for labor commissioner.
 Only tho names of Governor Brown and MT. Stanley appear on the tickets sent out by the state committee, and wherever they are voted for, the socialists will supply their own tickets There IS no danger of their election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
Available Supplies

New York, January 9.-(SpeciaD ,-Spe- ciaI cable and teegraphic communications received by Bradstreets show the follow. ing changes in visible supplies, as com pared with previous account:
 Available supplies: Wheat United States east of Rockies, decreased, 8,3s3, ,OOt bushels.
 United States west of Rockies de. creased, 9s,0o0 bushels.
 Total United States and Canada in. creased 5,325,O0o bushels
 Canada, increased, 6,26l, ,000 bushels.
 Afloat for and in Europe, increased 26O1,000 bushels.
 Total American and European supply increased 7925,OO0 bushels.
 Corn United States and Canada in. creased 363000 bushels
 Oats; United States and Canada in. creased 93S,OO0 bushels.
 Large Canadian increase caused by ad- -dition to visible supply of Canadian wheat in Buffalo and Duluth harbors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10

heavy and there was some support around the ring. but the market eased another ? or 3 points during the middle of the day owing to talk of slack spot demand and light warehouse deliveries
 Later or points of the loss was re- covered as a result of realizing by re- cent sellers and the close was steady at a net loss of 2ds points. Sales 60,ooe bags: January, 13.37c; February, 1S.3Sc March, 13.04c; April. 1e.94c; May, June, July and August, l2.s4c; September. l2,S3c october. 12.S1c; November, 12.7sc; Deeem- Der, 12.76c.
 Havre was F to F franc lower. Ham, burg was is pfenning lower Rio barely steady, but unchanged at SIX l15; Santos inactive and nominal; receipts at the tive Brazilian 21,000 bags, against l7,0oo last year. Jundiahy receipts 11,0oo against 46O0 last year. Rain was reported Tn all but one district of Sac Paulo. New York warehouse deliveries yesterday, es56 bags, against 12,797 last year. Today's santos cable reported As nominal with Sac Pauio receipts 21,0 900, against 24,o0o yesterday.
 Spot coffee, quiet: No. Rio, l4asc; No. f. Santos, l5s4e; mild coffee, Cordova, quiet: Cordoya, 16Ik41S16c nominal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
THE KNICKERBOCKER
 WRECKED; NONE DEAD

Dunl<irlk, N. Y., January o.-Kunhing seven hours late through binding snow storm the Knickerbocker special train on the Lake Short railroad encountered switch engine headon near here today. Three coaches were hurled from the ralis.
 Several trainmen were hurt. Keller trains were sent to the scene, but did not reach it owing to the neavy snow ana and high wind. How many passengers were hurt was not determined.
 While the shock frightened the passen- gers no one was hurt. Among them were 90 young women from Vassar. After some delay q relief train reached the wreck and the passengers were transferred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
Pavement Convention

New Orleans, January 9.-The na- tional association for the standardiza- tion of paving specifications opened Its third annual convention here today with about hundred delegates in attend ance. The convention will hold daily sessions throughout the week.
 Following an address of welcome by Mayor Martin Behrman of New Orleans. the delegates listened to the annual ad- dress of the president. George W. Till- son, of New York.