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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-27
PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR RETAINING WALL.-OFFICE
Of Public Buildings and Grounds. Washington,
u. C.-Sealed proposals will be received here
until y. m. September 90 1915, and then opened
for furnishing materials and labor and construct
ing retaining wall along west side of Meridian
Hill Farh. Further information on application.
auo5 % % IS. se1S.19
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. DISTRICT
of Columbia. August %, 1915 Sealed proposals
will be received at the Office of the Secretary OF
the Board of Commissioners. Room 500. District
building until = O'Clock PM. September Z,
1915 for heat ting. plumbing and electric work for
l6-room School Building. No. 1iJ Square 2O33.
warder Street. NV, between Newton and Otis
Streets Washington. D. c. Blank forms of
proposal. specifications and all necessary informa-
ton may he obtained from the Chief Clerk. En-
gineer department. Room 42T, District Buidng.
Washington H. G. Deposit of s. required for
plans OLIVER 2. NEWMAN. LOUIS BROWN
Low. c. w. KUTz, Commissioners. D. G.
anil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-27

Mrs. Arianna +. S. Briscoe, daughter of
a long line of Maryl land jurists, died at
the home of John R. McCallum III Balti-
more. She was eghty-four years old and
was born in Princess Anne, Somerset
county, In 1871.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-27
U. S. Scout Cruiser Aids Refugees

The scout cruiser Chester has left
Beirut, the Island of Crete, with $50
refugees from the Holy Land. accord
ing to report today to the Navy De-
partment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-27
Special Membership

Until August 81 will sell q member
ship for s.. good for three months from
date of application, with the privilege Of
extension FOR the balance of the year by
payment of the other so al end OF that
time.
This is an excellent opportunity TO tn
out the Association facilities and decide
whether It will pay you to take years
membership.
We are sure that any man who VIII
honestly use the gymnasium and baths foe
one month will get so much benefit from
Il that he viii not want TO quit We
urge all men to give this fair trial.
Gymnasium classes to suit the needs
and convenience of all. Free physical ex-
animation for every gymnasium member.
This alone is worth The price Of the
three months ticket
This is the last opportunity TO get Q
ticket for three months for $500 this year.
Come In today.
Y. VI. C. A.
Tel. NJ. $50 1855 G st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-27
Is Sixty Miles Long.

THE canal crosses the peninsula,
from Eoltenau just beyond the north
ern suburbs of Kiel to Brunsbuettel at
the mouth of the Elbe, at sea level, the
locks at either end merely serving to
neutralize the tides. 1t is sixty miles
long, with depth of more than thirty
feet and a width sufficient to pass the
largest men, f-war A steamer takes
between eight and nine hours to pass
through the canal. thus bringing the
advance German naval base at Helgo-
land within easy reach of the Kiel
headquarters. The whole way at night
is lighted by electricity. The first cost
other millions have been expended in
it's Improvement. Regular steamer eX-
cursion service was maintained here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-27
Camp Struck at 8 O'Clock.

Camp was struck" at s o'clock this
morning. Promptly at this appointed
hour the staff bugler sounded the gen
eral." As the last note went ringing
over the camp grounds all the tents
which had covered the soldiers during
their stay here went down as though
trigger had been pulled. Every COM
mand was ready to let the heavy can
vas fall on time, for the orders pro-
vided that the canvas be Struck at
the last note of the general Orders
GERS and men, for no company wanted
to be behind when the bugle sounded
Breakfast served, the men returned
to the company streets and began clean
ing out the tents. Cots were folded in
the regula ton fashion and inspected
by the company officers. Blanket rolls
were made up, the stays" to the tents
were loosened and the canvas polled, Civ
ing ghostlike appearance to the camp
grounds.
Men were busy carrying the cots and
other company equipment to the road
running east of the company streets,
where the impedimenta was neatly
piled for the QuartermaSter department,
which will have charge of the trans
portation to the docks. Guards were
established for the various company
property, and these men will remain
on duty until the property is safely
deposited in the armories in Washing
ton. If this is done in plenty of time
these guards will report at the White
Lot at lis in the afternoon in heavy
in the parade and review by the Presi-
dent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-27

1t pays to read the want columns OF
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filed through them
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Go Under Shelter Tents.

Heavy skies hung over this camp today.
giving indications that the troop will sleep
tonight on wet grounds under the little
shelter tents. Today was raw and cold,
in great contrast to the intense heat of
the past few days in which the troops
were forced to operate. Aside from the
packing of the canvas today and the es-
adjustment of the shelter tent" camp,
military activities here today were few.
A detachment was sent out to the scene of
the battles of the past few days to fill
in the trenches and take down the wire
entanglements.
The efficiency board of officers also was
in session today giving efficiency rating
to the officers VINO have attended this
camp.
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HOME
BY NOON TOMORROW
Tents Struck This Morning and
Men Will Sleep Under
"SheIters" Tonight.
LAST DAY RAW AND COLD
AT COLONIAL BEACH CAMP
Men Have Made Excellent Progress,
Say Oficers-Review by President
at Ellipse at 100.

Special From STAFF Correspondent.
CAMP ORDWAY. National Guard OF
the District of Columbia, Colonial Beach,
Va, August 21.-The National Guard
of the District of Columbia, which will
close twelve-day encampment here
tomorrow, is ready to be reviewed by
President Wilson on the White House
Ellipse tomorrow afternoon. In addi-
ton to the soldiers who have been
practicing the war game here, the lst
Battery of Field Artillery, commanded
by Capt. Louis c. Vogt, and the Naval
Battalion, commanded by Commander
Joseph A. Dempf, will participate in
the review. These forces compose the
trict.
When the soldiers leave camp tomor-
row morning, shortly after o'clock,
they will be kept on the go, loaded
with their heavy marching equipment,
until late tomorrow afternoon. From
the steamboat wharf where the steam
er ST. Johns will disembark them at
about IL o'clock tomorrow morning
the troops will proceed along the line
of march previously announced in The
Star to the White House Ellipse, where
they will pass in front of the Presi-
dent, beginning at 1870 o'clock.
Brig. Gen. William E. Harvey today
had the entire brigade lined across the
camp grounds to ind whether the White
House Elipse was long enough to permit
the District forces to be strung across it
in company formation. President Wilson
will see the District infantry and Signal
Corps just as they return from the big
maneuvers in which they have been par
ticipatng.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-27
KEEL IS WELL SHIELDED
FROM HOSTILE ATTACK
Centrally Placed for Use of German
Fleet-Canal Thought of
for Centuries.

Built up around the deep pocket OF
the Keller foehrde, a narrow arm OF
the Baltic sea that cuts its way back
into the province of Holstein, the old
city of kiel lies well shielded from all
hostile attack and centrally placed for
the use of the fleet, either upon the
open ocean or upon the inland sea"
says bulletin just prepared by the
National Geographic Society. This
ancient port city is headquarters for
German sea strength, the first naval
station of the empire, the point from
which the orders have been issued di-
recting the unequal duel between the
ships of the kaiser and the fleets of
Britain.
The great war harbor of KEEL is one
of the finest and most powerfully pro-
tected hsrbors in the world. The sea
arm, whose base is "inclosed by the
port. has narrow entrance and II
long, irregular surface. The entrance
and the strategic points along the
bank are heavily fortified. Fort Falk-
enstein and Fort Stosch guard the mar
rows about three and one half miles
above the town. Thanking the north
ern termination of the new kiel sub
urbs. the Kaiser Wilhelm canal. a tri-
umph of patience and engineering,
By means OF this canal Kiel is in close
communication with the North sea. and
units. of the kaiser's navy can be trans
ferred rapidly and safely from the wa
theater of the open ocean to- that of
he Baltic
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All Worked Hard.

Both Gen. Harvey and the regular
army officers who have been attending
this encampment as instructors declare
that the militia officers and men have
worked very hard and have shown a
fine spirit of soldiery during the en-
campment. They have prof1ted much
from every drill and tactical movement
in which they have participated
Judging from the account the Off
GERS and men gave of themselves in
the tactical problems furnished them
by the regular army officers during the
last few days the men have made ex-
cellent progress.
The first movement of property to
Washington will begin this afternoon.
soon after the steamer st. Johns ar
rives The impedimenta of the Signal
Corps and 1st Separate Battalion Will
be loaded before pm, and will be
moved to the armory early Saturday
morning by a detail which will accom-
pany it to Washington. The impedi-
menta of the Sd Infantry will be loaded
on the st. Johns soon as she arrives
Saturday night and will be transported
to the armory Sunday morning. The
brigade headquarters property Will be
transported with the command Satur-
day.
Shortly after noon today Camp Ord
way was cleaned up. and practically
everything was in readiness for the re-
turn movement. For the first time in
two weeks one could yet view across
the camp grounds unobstructed by the
tall conical tents which had been re-
placed by long rows of the little pup
tents. The cots upon which the SOL
diers have slept during the past two
weeks will have been replaced by the
hard ground for a bed. softened only
bv an army blanket. And the one blan
ket had to serve both for mattress and
covering.
Tonight TAPS will not be sounded
earlier than the usual hour. 1880
o'clock, despite the fact that the sol
diers will be compelled to arise at
o'clock tomorrow morning to prepare
for the embarkation at o'clock. Ev-
cry soldier must be on the boat by that
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Idea Ripened Through Centuries.

The Kaiser Wilhelm canal Or the
Baltic ship canal is the product of an
idea which ripened through centuries.
North seas by water route through
the northern peninsula which should
avoid the dangerous voyage around
.Iutland were considered Spasmodically
from 1909 on, but 1t remained to the
military necessities of great empire
to bring about the realization of this
advantageous waterway for trade. Any
number of bashful beginnings of the
projected way were made before the
construction of the present canal was
undertaken by the first German en-
peror. Kaiser Wilhelm I laid the foun-
dation stone of the canal in 1887. and
the costly avenue was formally de-
clared open by the present emperor in
1895. The original canal has been ex-
tensively improved.
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important Specials!

These small lots that you will find available for
only now-but we'll into the fall However, they have
been features of stock and MUST be cleared
out-so the reductions unusually radical.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30
YOUTH HEADS BIG CONCERN
Younsster Of Fourteen in Charge Of
Corporation Which Is Well on
It's Feet.

Russell Monbeck. fourteen-year-o
Dayton fO.j boy, is president OF the
Boys Box Furniture company. incor-
porated under the laws of the state.
1t is cooperative organization. mum.
bering among its stockholders %
boys. ranging from ten TO seventeen
years.
The company operates from to 8.
p. N. daily and the company products
are chairs, music racks, piano benches.
writing desks. flower boxes. bird
boxes and other light articles, fos
which it finds ready sale
The profits are divided up at the
end Of the year on a basis of the num-
Der of hours worked by each boy Last
year the % stockholders divided near
ly 5000
The capital stock is one dollar a
share Some of the boys are anxious
to buy more stock. but the rules of the
company prohibit IT.
/ Young Monbeck has systematized
| the producing and selling ends OF the
! business Cleveland Leader.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30

Rarnum,s Erankness

On one occasion Barnum had an
elephant engaged in blowing on the
sloping hill where II could plainly be
seen by the passengers on the New
Haven and Hartford railroad. an agri-
cultural innovation that he knew
would get notice Of some sort in every
newspaper in the country.
1t was even said that he received
letters from farmers far and wide
asking how much hay one elephant
ate. and If it were more probable to
pillow with an elephant than with
horses or oxen.
His replies were invariably frank
and were Of this purport:
If you have large museum in
New York, and a great railway com.
pany sends trains full of passengers
within eyeshot of the performance. il
will pay, and pay well; but if you
have no such institution. then horses
or oxen will rove more economical
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30
FEEDS UPON INSECTS
Bobolink a Common Summer
Resident in Northern States.
FEEDS MAINLY ON INSECTS
Also 0evours Many Weed seeds-In-
accurate Grading Cause Of Much
Loss to Western Wool Grow
ers-Remedy Is Suggested.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The bobolink, rice bird, or reed bird,
IS a common summer resident OF the
United States, north of about latitude
40 degrees, and from New England
westward to the Great Plains, winter
Ing beyond our southern border. In
New England there are few birds
about which SO much romance clus-
tiers as this rollickipg songster, natur-
ally associated WIZ SUNNI Sone
meadows; but in the South there are
none on whose head SO many maledic-
tons have been heaped on account of
Its fondness for rice.
During its sojourn in the northern
states 1t feed mainly upon insects and
seeds of useless plants; but while rear
ing Its young, insects constitute its
chief food and almost the exclusive
diet of its brood After the young are
able to fly, the whole family gathers
into small flock and begins to live
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30

a pound, before securing. In tn.
American fleece the kind Of wool that
this manufacturer really wantea
amounted to 1919 per cent of thf
total; In the foreign fleece to 1896 per
cent A more accurate system Of
grading had given this manufacturer
IL per cent more of what he wanted
than the American methods In con
sequence the foreign sheep grower
got the larger price for his fleece.
The manufacturer paid for the I'm.
ported wool % cents a pound and foi
the domestic wool 1915 cents
pound--a difference of 9t8 cents. B.
the time shrinkage. "off Sorts etc.
had been deducted, however, the
cost per clean pound to the manufac-
turer of the wool he wanted was Al 80
cents for the American fleece and
4469 cents for the imported-a differ
ence of only 3.37 cents. 1t may haxi
cost the foreign grower a little mort
to prepare his fleece, but he more
than recovered this in the higher
price he sold it for.
The bulletin suggests Is rules for
the wool grower which. IT is said. no
one can afford to neglect If he is at
all solicitous of the reputation OF his
clip. These rules are:
l. Adhere to a settled policy OF
breeding the type of sheep suitable
to the locality.
2. Sack lambs, ewes. wethers' and
all buck. or very oily feeces sepa.
rately. II the bucks or part of the
ewes or wethers have wool of widely
different kind from the remainder of
the flock, shear such separately and
put the wool in separate sacks SO
marked.
3. Shear all black sheep at one time,
preferably last. and put the wool in
separate sacks.
4. Remove and sack separately all
tags, and then allow no tag discount
upon the clip as whole
5. Have Slated floors in the hold.
ing pens.
s. Use a smooth, light and hard
glazed preferably paper twine
z. Securely knot the string on each
fleece.
s. Turn sacks wrong side out and
shake well before filling.
9. Keep wood dry at all times.
TO- Make the brands on the sheer
as small as possible and use brand
ing material that will scour out.
II. Know the grade and value oil
your wool and price 1t accordingly.
-. Do not sweat sheep excessively
before shearing.
10. Keep the corral sweepings out
of the wool
IA. Do not sell the wool before Il
is grown
IS. When all these rules are fol
lowed place your personal brand OF
your name upon the bags or bales.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30

man advised me to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and got
bottle. felt better the next month SO
] took three more bottles of it and got
well SO could work all the time. I
hope every woman who suffers like did
will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. p. W.IANsENG, Box
8, Allyn, Wash.
Why will women continue to suffer day
In and day out or drag out sickly, half
hearted existence, missing three fourths
Of the JOY of living, when they can find
health in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound?
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands Of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, inflammation,
liberation, tumors, irregularities, etc.
III you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (c0nfi-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter win
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held In strict confidence.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30
CABBAGE STORING is SIMPLE
cheaply Constructed Bank or Hillside
Root Cellar is Only Shelter
Needed-keep Place Cool.
by X A. KIRKPATRICK, Minnesota
Experiment Station1

by X A. KIRKPATRICK, Minnesota
Experiment Stationl
Cabbage storing is rather simple
and easy. The shrinkage is small. A
cheaply constructed bank or hillside
root cellar, or a basement under al
most any farm building. is the only
storehouse necessary. This should not
be too dry and should be a place
which could be kept at temperature
of about 40 or so degrees in the early
part of the season This is often ac-
complished by opening the doors to let
in the cool night air and closing them
to keep out the warmer air during the
remainder of the day. Later, of course,
the doors must be kept closed contin-
uously
In storing. most growers place the
heads in cellar with all leaves and
roots attached. Many market garden
ers have a better plan. They cut of
the stalk as though preparing the
heads for market, but leave two or
three rough leaves to protect the more
tender parts. They then pack in or
binary cabbage crates and rack these
crates up. leaving a gangway every
third or fourth tier for air circula-
ton.
This work is not particularly diff
cult. and will certainly pay the grow
er well if it increases the selling price
of his production eight or tenfold. For
the last few years, it has been market
ed and harvested at from IS to $3.50
a ton. The purchaser has stored it
and sold it during the late winter for
$50 or $50 ton.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30
Mean DISPOSITION.

Before engaging rooms in your
house. said the bachelor. Il want to
know II there are any families with
crying babies staying here"
I'm afraid there is replied the
landlady; but we"
We'll. was just going to say" con-
tinued the other, that if there are. |
want you to put me in the room next
to theirs l want to wake up in the
night and hear their trouble, SO that
can congratulate myself again that
I'm not married"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30
MOI euIItx.

Hey, you big busher.'' yelled an
excited fan as the pitcher of the home
team issued his fourth successive base
on balls. forcing a runner across the
plate. Where did you learn to pitch
In correspondence SCHOOL,"
II the pitcher heard, he made no
sign. but another spectator sitting
near the excited one administered a
singing rebuke.
You talk like a fish," he said
scornfully What makes you think
that dub ever learned to pitch any
Ehere?"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30
FEED THE PIGS SEPARATELY
Young Animals May Be Given Same
Ration as That Provided for Moth
ers During Nursing Period.

When the pigs are from four to six
weeks old they will begin to eat with
the sows.
They should be fed separately by
penning of a small space on the feed
ing floor or hog lot where the young
pigs have access to the feed.
The feed should be given in a small
trough which can be cleaned easily
before each feeding.
The pigs may be given the same IA
ton as provided for their mothers dur
ing the nursing period and continued
on the same ration after weaving.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30
The Female Of the Species.

Look. dear, at that bird in yonder
tree. How clear his song notes. He's
been twitting happily for over an
hour"
The husband looked up from his
paper, but not at the bird.
4 wish you'd understand one thing,
he said When you hear a bird
twitting don't make the mistake OF
referring to it as he. The twitters are
invariably the woman birds"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30

Not a Black Hand.

A stenographer was out of a Job.
He was discussing the best ways and
means OF rehabilitating his ebbing
bank roll with a friend who also was
listed among the unemployed said
the friend:
If were you, I'd write letter for
money"
4 have. replied the stenog.
For how much2'
.'Oh, $1,000"
Well" asked the friend in
establishment.
Well" repeated the shorthand man
sadly, the letter askins. for the $4,000
is all ready to mail. but I'll be darned
if can think OF anybody to mail il
to. Louisville Times.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30
TENDER SENSITIVE SKINS
Quickly soothed by cutieura. Moth
ing Better. Trial Free.

Especially when preceded BY a hot
bath with Cuticura Soap Many com.
forting things these fragrant super.
creamy emollients may do for the
skin, scalp. hair and hands and do ii
quickly. effectively and economically.
Also for the toilet, bath and nursery.
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. KY.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-AdY.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-30
Probably Not.

Il believe man should be mas.
ter in his own house." said the new
ly married man. There can be only
one head in family. and l mean to
be it."
That's a very good idea" answered
his friend, who had been married
more years than the other had lived.
"A very good idea indeed. Have you
spoken to your wife about it?"