Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1897, Page 11

~eoerr™ Reeves’ Famous Chocolates and ; Bon Bons, (47c. pound. ' \. —The height of delectable deli- ciousness. Every pound is made in our own factory—we guarantee that. Every bit of Candy is made with the utmost care by experienced candymak- ers. Best materials are used that money can buy. —We challenge comparison with any candy the exclusive candy- maker can produce for 80c. and $1.00. Yet the price is only 47c. pound. aly shipped anywhere, al postal order, stamps, ete. Reeves’ Bakery. A model department that daily out the most delicious i Cak etc., that are made —for less than you can make California Flour turns a them yourself. and fine creamery butter is used No_butterine, exclusively. lard. Home-made Pies no Coffee Special. You know we dry roast our own Coffee fresh daily. You know that our famous old se- lected Mandehling Java and Mocha Coffee is the finest drink in the world. You know it sells s for 38c. alw: Tomorrow only Reduced to 33c. Ib. Postum Cereal {large pkg.) .20c. The heusekeeper’s motto:— “Good groceries and popular prices at Reeves’.” S. A. Reeves, (Reeves, Poole & Co.) Grove ker and Man- PIP PD ILI LIISA OD Se St SO nest Confections. 1209 F St. Je2-3m-156 Women in Kansas. William Allen White in the Atlantic. Yet it is said that Kansas is governed by petticoats. If by this it be meant that women shape the public sentiment of the Kansas town, the saying is true. In most towns in other states the corners of the principal streets are occupied by ¢ram- shops. In the town where this paper ts Written the influence of women has been exerted so forcibly that three of the four corners where the two main streers cros8 d by banks. Instead of Hogan's treat on the fourth corner, stands a bookstore. There the boys and the young men of the town find a meeting place. ‘There they make their appotatments. browse through the weekly il- papers and the magazines, »nd lock through new books. In this bookstore the foot ball games are bulletined, the base hall games are talked over, and politics uinds its forum. Among all the men and boys who frequent this resort there is no 1 I =bitual erinker; there is not one ‘hose has been stained with scandal. young fellows are business men, . professional men, real estate brok- 1 college students. They are clean, active young men, who have been up in a town where the women rake public sentiment, in a town of petti- © at government, wherein a woman has never held an administrative municipal of- flew It 1s a town of eight thousand inhabi- t without a saloon, without a strange Woman, without a town drunkard. ——_—__+e+—___ The Bill Came Back. Fom the Philadelphia Record. had been told that mutilated currency he United States treasury would be re- «eemed for as much as that portion rep- Tesented, and, being possessed of a $20 ote, two-fifths of which were destroyed, determined to profit by it. He there- tore directed a communication to the Unit- «1 States assistant treasurer in charge of the redemption bureau, with the green- Tack inclosed, and hopefully awalted re- sults. Visions of $5 suits and 98-cent straw hsts flitted through that astute financier’s mnind.- After waiting a couple of days the eflictal envelope arrived and with trem- : bling fingers he tore it apart to more read- fly grasp the check he knew it contained. Much to his surprise out dropped the iden- tical bil he had sent to Washington for Fesemption, marked across with the word - it." He concludes to wait longer ummer suit. ime “For fifteen years my daughter suffered terribly with in- herited Eczema. She ITCHING 2282 mdical attention, was given many patent given, and it prompt- sound and well, ber skin ts perfectly clear Diight her life for- medicines, and used various external appli- cations, bet they had no effect whatever. ly reached the seat of the disease, so and pure, and she has been saved from ver." E. D. Jen- kins, Lithonia, Ga. 8.88. is GUARANTEED PURELY VEGETABLE, CZEMA rcs that she is cured what threatened to Hand ts the oaly cure for deep-seated blood diseases. , Books free; address Swift Specific Company, pAtlunta, Ga ~~] NATIONAL L:A.W. MEET INTERESTING PROGRAM ARRANGED District Contingent Will Leave the City This Afternoon. WILL HAVE A SPECIAL TRAIN Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.> PHILADELPHIA, August 3.—The eigh- teenth national meet of the League of American Wheelmen will be held in this city the last four days of the present wei. Fully 15,000 out-of-town wheelmen are ex- pected to take advantage of the low rail- road rates secured by the transportation committee to visit Philadelphia. The meet is being managed by the Associated Cy- cling Clubs of Philadelphia, composed cf twenty of the leading organizations cf wheelmen in the city. Preparations for the great assembly have been in progress fcr the past three months, and as a result of the hard work of the various subcom- mittees, under the direction of the execu- tive committee, all*the preliminayies have been arranged and everything is ready for the reception and entertainment of the league hordes, the vanguard of whom have already arrived, the Associated Cycling Clubs of New Jersey, 500 strong, having reached here awheel from Newark !ast evening, whence they started at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. Chairmen Rush of the entertainment and reception committee and Street of the hotel and accommodations committee have so disposed their forces as to handle the incoming visitors with the slightest possible delay. Members of the first named committee will be stationed at the principal depcts to direct all incomers to headquarters, which will be at the Arena, Broad and Cherry streets, where visitors will find an information bureau, through the medium of which they may be directed to their respective hotels. Races on Friday and Saturd: ‘The races are to be held on Friday and Saturday, Avgust 6 and 7, on the new third-of-a-mile board track at Willow Grove, which already has half a dozen state records to its credit. The well-ar- ranged program provides for seven events each day, the preliminaries to be run off in the mornings, beginning at 9 o'clock, and the finals in the afternoon at 3 o'clock. On Friday will be decided the one-mile prc- fessional champienship of the United States, the decision of which event will bring to light the best man in the country at the distance. On Saturday the event par excellence will be the $500 professicnal mile open, for which the flower of Americar professionaiism has entered. The numerous amateur championships will be character- ized by bitter struggles between the cham- picns of the different states, many of whom have elrecdy arrived in the city, where they will put in the first part of the week preparing for the momentous event. Entries for the races, which closed with the last mail yesterday, indicate that the fields In both the amateur and professional events will be representative in every sense of the werd, including, as they do, the best men in their respective classes in the coun- try. Some of the Entries. Among the well-known professionals whose entries were received up to-9 o'clock yesterday morning were: H. R. Steenson of Dayton, Ohio; E. 8. Acker, Philadelphia; “Teddy” Goodman, New York; Major Tay- jor, the colored rider, of Cambridgeport, Mass.; Chas. A. Church, Philadelphia; Rebert P. McCurdy, Philadelphia; Clarence Bower, Riverton, N.J.; Fred. Titus, New York; W. L. Becker, Indianapolis, Ind., last year’s five-mile champion; Howard P. Mosher, Boston, Mass.; Watson Coleman, Boston, Mass.; Fred. Loughead, Sarnia, Ont.; J. W. Judge, New York; Tom ‘‘Mon- arch” Cooper, Detroit, Mich.; Frank J. Jenny, Utica, N. Y.; Walter Dickerson, Fal- myra, N.J.; Homer Fairmon, Chicago, IL; J. W. Parsors, Australia; W. W. Ham- iton, Denver, Col.; Walter Sanger, Mil- waukee, Wis; J.C. Tinkhorn, Grand Rapids, Mich., and many others. Among the more prominent amateurs may be mentioned W. G. Douglass, Phil adelphia; W. A. Lantz, Harrisburg; J. E. Piper, Westerly, R. L; Ray Dawson, Bocnton, N. J.; Walter Roome, Belmar, N. J.; W. H. Le Compte, Baltimore, Md.; Al- bert J. Murphy, Baltimore, Md.; J. A. Powell, New York; Ellery M. Blake, Keene, N. H.; H. W. Middendorff, Louisville, Ky.; “Chub” Nelson, Springfield, Mass.; W. E. Tenzler, Broad Brook, Conn C. Fulton E, Peabody, , Chicago; Chas. M. Ertz, ‘ew York; Charles B. Parker, Baltimore; A. L. Lady. Harrisburg; Felix L. Gast, St. Louis, Mo.; J. J. R. Howard, St. Louis, Mo.; Dan Dougherty, St. Louis, Mo.; F. J. Cos- tello, St. Louis, Mo.; Walter C. Price, Stamford, Conn.; E. D. Stevens, Buffalo, N Y.; John Zimmerman, Philadelphia; Paul J. McLain, Pittsburg; Fred. J. Morse, Chi- R. L. French, Baltimore; E. 8. Youse, Reading, Pa.; W. Torrence, New York; Charles Muss, ee M. Zimbrick, Rochester, N.Y. . vall, Washington, D. C.; W. A. La Duy, Cold Spring, N. Y.; Wm. H. Fearing, New York; Fred. Schade, Herndon, Va.; C. M. Bly, Northampton, Mass.; J. B. Clift, Phila- deiphia; B. T. Allen, Bath Beach, N. Y.; E. S. Gee, Washington, D. C.; A. C. Moran, Washington, D. C., and many others of lesser prominence. Free Souvenir Program. The souvenir program of the meet, which will be distributed free to all league mem- bers, is a triumph of typography and the ilustrator’s art. It is @ comprehensivel2x10 publication of 96 pages, pee sa Bent, lendered peper and with a handsomely Socomal cover. It is profusely illustrated, containing half-tones of all the principal cycling club houses in the city, views of “beauty spots” in Fairmount Park and along the Wissahickon; of Philadelphia's principal buildings, including the railroad stations and city hall; portraits of L. A. W. and Pennsylvania division officials, and of the members of the various commit- tees managing the meet, etc., etc. One tea- ture of the zouvenir which will be of in- terest to visitors especially is the descrip. tive matter relative to ‘Philadelphi: “Fairmount Park’ and “The Trades,’ which was especially written by D. R. Perkinpine, chairman of the souvenir pro- gram committee, and articles en “The Pennsylvania Division,” by Samuel A; Boyle. cnief consul; “The Racing Man,’ by Albert Mott, chairman of the national racing board; “The Why of It,” by Sterling Elliott, editor of the L. A. W. Bulletin; “Road Improvements,” by Isaac B. Potter, president of the League of American Wheelmen; “Philadelphia Awheel,” by Ar- thur H. MacOwen, editor of American Cy- cling, ete. The District of ColumSia division dele- gation will leave the city this evening at 6:80 o'clock, taking a special train over the Pennsylvania railroad. The train will carry the chief consul and other officials, and will arrive in Philadelphia some time before midnight. The sides of the train will be covered with large cotton signs an- neuncing the name of the iivision. Word has been sent to tho committee at Philadelphia, and upon arrival in that city the local contingent will be met at the depot and escorted to their headquarters, which will be located «t the Lafayette House, corner of Broad and Sampson streets. On the official train it is expected that close to one hundred riders of both sexes will be carried, while still another deiegation will leave the eity on the 8 o'clock train. One fare for the round trip has been secured, and this was a ea ducement. The seadquarters of the decorated division will be will remain away most of the week, re- turning home Saturday night and Sunday. The meet will be of more than usual in- terest to local people w: ttend the affair, from the fact that A. & Moran, Edward 8S. Gee, Fred Schade. and several other riders well known to local people will be entered in various events. THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1897-12 PAGES. Si THE CROP REPORTS. * Effect of Last Week’s Weather in Different Sections. ee A weekly crop review of the weather bureau issued today says: “The week has been generally favorable in the south Atlantic and east gulf states and in the states of the Ohio and upper Mississtppi valleys and upper lake region, but in New England and over the greater part of the middle Atlantic states, includ- ing western New York and portions of the upper Ohio valley, it has been too wet, while the states of the lower Mis- souri valley have suffered seriously from hot and drying winds, and drought pre- vails over the greater part of Texas and in portions of Arkansas, Tennessee and Louisiana: The conditions on the Pacific coast have continued favorable. Much injury has been caused by heavy rains to the hay crop and to maturing and shocked grain in New England and portions of the middle Atlantic states. In the states of the central valleys corn has generally made favoratle progress during the week, except over portions of Nebraska, Kansas and western Missouri, where it has been seriously injured by hot winds and the general absence of rain. The crop is also suffering from drought,in Texas and portions of Arkansas and Lou- isiana, while in New England and the northern portions of the middle Atlantic States it has been unfavorably effected by excessive moisture and insufficient sun- skine. In the states of the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys and lake region the re- ports indicate that corn has made rapid growth during the week, and very favor- able reports, especially with reference to late corn, are received from the south At- lantic and east gulf states, with the ex- ception of Florida. Cotton has continued to make favorable progress over the central and eastern por- tions of the cotton belt, but in Missouri, Texas and ‘portions of Louisiana and Ar- kansas it continues to suffer from drought. In Texas, however, the crop is withstand- ing the effects of drought better than was anticipated, but is opening prematurely and shedding, especially on uplands. Pick- ing is progressing rapidly in southern Texas, and has begun over the central part of the state and in portions of Mississippi and Georgia. Reports concerning spring wheat are generally favorable, excepting the late crop in North Dakota, which is very poor, and some will not be cut; harvesting is well under way over the southern portion of the spring wheat region, and has begun in por- tions of the northern section. The outlook in Washington and Oregon continues excel- Jent. The outlook for tobacco in Tennessee ecntinues poor, but the crop in Kentucky is considerably improved. Elsewhere the general outlook is favorable, although some Injury has resulted from exzessive rains in Maryland and southern New England. Cut- ‘ting is practically completed in South Carolina, and is well advanced in North Carolina. = Considerable plowing for fall seeding has been done in Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia. o—___ DAIRIES AND DAIRY FARMS. New Regulations Sent Out by the Commissioners, The Commissioners today promulgated a set of new regulations for the government of dairies and dairy farms in the District of Columbia. These regulations were drawn by Health Officer Woodward, after con- sultation with Dr. Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal industry, and are be- lieved to be thoroughly adequate. The reg- ulations start off by providing that no building or space shall be used for dairy purposes which is not well lighted and ventilated and provided with a suitable floor, and if such space be in a ccl!ar or subcellar it must be properly concreted, guttered and drained. Another section provides that no dairy shall be located nor maintained with'n any kitchen, wash room, work shop or in- habited room, nor in proximity to any wa- ter closet, privy, cesspool or urinal, rer in any room which is not constructed £0 as to permit the entire separation of all milk and milk products, both in handling a storing, from all sources of contamina- ion. Every person maintaining a dairy is re- Guired to provide a sufficient number of receptacles made of non-absorbent material for the recepticn, storage and delivery of milk or cream in any form until it has been te his personal knowledge properly cleaned after suck use. He shall also provide a suppiy of pure and suitable water cient for the preper washing of cans, bottles and other appliances, and shall maintain the dairy and all appurtenances thereto clean and wholesome at all times. No butding is to be used for the stabling of cows for dairy purposes which is not well lighted, ventilated and drained, and must be provided with suitable stalls and sufficient facilities for feeding enimals in @ cleanly manner. It is also provided that cows shall not be stabled in any room which contains a water closet, privy, cess- pool, urinal or manure pit, nor shall any fowl, hog, horse, sheep or goat be kept in any room used therefor. It is also provided that every person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy purposes shall maintain one or more proper receptacles for drinking water for such cows, and shall keep the same sup- plied with fresh, clean water, and keep the entire premises clean and in good repair. Another section provides that all manure shail be removed within an hour preceding the milking of the cows, and no accumula- tion of manure is to be permitted within the building. Where cows are kept for dairy purposes within the city of Washington the inclosure shall be kept graded and drained so as to keep the surface reasonably diy, and the placing of garbage or the accumulation of cffal matter of ary kind is strictly pro- hibited. Section 12 requires every person keeping cows to keep the animals clean and have them properly fed énd watered. In case there is any infectious or con- tagious disease among the cows, the own- er thereof is required to notify the health office within twenty-four hours, and thor- oughly isolate the cow or cows diseased. Strict cleanliness on the part of the milk- ers is required, and any person violating the regulations is subject to a fine or $10, or imprisonment. —__ WALKER COMMITTED. Alleged Swindler Held to Await Ac- tion by United States Authorities. Otis Walker, alias O. Walker, was this afternoon committed to jail by United States Commissioner Mills, to await the action of the United States authorities of the district of Kentucky, to answer the charge of personating an official of the pension bureau, when, in fact, he was not 50 employed, in which capacity he is said to have obtained money from several per- sons in that state. An indictment was found by the grand jury of the Kentucky court ‘against Walk- er more than a year ago, but before he could be arrested the accused absconded. He was finally traced to the Freedmen’s Hospital in this city and was arrested. Walker denied that he was the man wanted, and the government then sent cn Douglas Calamere, one of Walker's vic- tims, who today positively identified che prisoner as the man who at Lexington, Ky., during June, 1806, swindled him out of $1 by promising him that by the pay- ment of that sum he could advance the claim of Calamere to a pension. —_.__—_ It matters little what it is that you want whether a situation or e@ servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. © ————-—__ High Tariff on Dogs. United States Consul Boyle at Liverpool informs the Department of State that dogs intended to be landed in England will have to pay a high tartff in the form of license, even in cases where the animals are to be re-exported. He says there will be no objection to temporarily excepting imported dogs on board a hulk or ‘tender, but if they are landed the tariff must be paid. ——___+___,— A Tarif! Decision. Assistant Secretary Howell today settled the controversy over the classification of “calfskins” under the Dingley tariff law by directing their classification under the provision for “hides of cattle,” dutiable at the rate of 15 per cent ad valorem. This decision was the it recog- based on apparent nition of “calves” as “‘cattle' in poe in other provisions of the law. It had contended that calfskins were entitled to Provision of free entry under the pr the free list for “skins not otherwise provided for.” FROM DISEANT LANDS =e The Many Varieties of Trees in the VALUED FOR FRI? AND FIBER Sixty Different !Sorts of Palms Along One sWalk. HOW THEY ARE CARED FOR Under the palms, not in southern Florida, nor in tropical islands, but in the Botanic Garden at Washington. Here is an avenue of palms, reaching from the main entrance at the foot of Capitol Hill beyond the great conservatory. The palms stand in immense tubs on each side of the walk, varying in height from six to twenty-five feet. Above them tower twenty-two different kinds of trees. All are umbrageous, and the palms flourish in their shade, whereas the heat of the sun would injure them. The first along the walk is a cocoa palm from Brazil. It has been-dragged from its tub and lies upon its side. The roots are exposed like the roots of a tree blown down by a storm. Palm roots in tubs are condensed like pressed corn beef—matted and intertwined so closely that water will hardly penetrate them. This plant is being disrooted; from its confinement in the tub tke old roots have become caked and mat- ted. Two negroes are hard at work upon it. One raises the tree to a perpendicular position, while the other attacks the roots with a pickax. The roots are torn apart and trimmed until at,Jeast half of them are removed; then the paim is lifted into a great tub of fresh water, where it remains several hours. All this time bubbles of air arise from the roots until they become thoroughly saturated. It is next placed in fresh earth in a new tub, and retains its censtant hue of green. William R. Smith, superintendent of the garden, oversees the operation. He says that this root-trimming process is done every year in the Botanical Gardens at St. Petersburg. The plants are afterward placed in hot beds, where they regain a thrifty condition. Here in Wash- ington, however, the rays of the sun are sufficient, when tempered by the shade of overhanging trees. Near this cocoa palm there is a fan paim from the Isle of Bourbon. There is noth- ing particularly remarkable about it. In fact, it is hardly as handsome as the na- tive palmetto of Florida. Forty-three years ago, however,. it was a great curiosity. There were only six of them on the North American continent. The superintendent says that today there are 3,000,000 of them in the United States in pots alone. It first frulted in the Botanic Garden, and from there the seed was disseminated through- out the country This is the plant from which the palm-leaf fan is made. Opposite the fan palm stands a palm of remarkable thrift and beauty. It came from Lord Howe's Island, off the coast of Australia. The leaves are long, slender and delicate in appearance. They are of a dark green, and arigé Ike water from a fountain, swinging gragefully over the Pathway. This fountain;like appearance gives it the name of ‘the fountain palm. Gem of the Group. Beneath a mossy over-tup oak, planted by John J. Crittenden at the outbreak of the war, stands a dwarf date palm from India, and near it some Japanese rattans, small and large. The gem of this group, however, is a femal¢,ddte palm from the Cape of Good Hope. It~is now in flower, with no hope of propagatton, owing to the absence of males of the #ime species. Here on the left is a beautiful palm from Brazil. It is called the plume,paim, and is one of the most thrifty specimens. along the walk. Near it waves a feathery phoenix from the same country, and two from the Canary Islands. One of the two was ralsed in the Botanic Garden from geed sent from the Canaries. : The next plant is a curiosity. It is not particularly attractive, in appearance, but it is the genuine date palm from the Sa- hara desert. Thirty-five years ago Superin- tendent Smith bought some dates at a fruit store on Pennsylvania avenue. They gave him the toothache. One of the seed fell into his coat pocket. Finding it there on his return to the garden, he planted it, and this date palm is the result:' You see near it the honey palm from South America. Palm honey ts sweet!and palatable. When the palm is cut, the honey runs out. It is of a pale, amber color, and is greatly rel- ished by the natives. At its side stands a wax palm from South America. It pro- duces a white wax, used in the cathedrals along the Spanish main. A tall palm near it comes from southern China. It is known as the hemp palm. The trunk seems to be covered with a matting of coarse black hair. This matting, however, is a part of the palm. It gives tt a commercial value, although it detracts from rather than adds to the beauty of the specimen. Another palm standing near is the rattan palm. It has been in the garden for many years, and Superintendent Smith says he is going to cut it into pleces and scatter it through the south, where it will grow to perfection and prove of some value. Its omipanion ae Sac cuemn enone tomentosa. similar to the Chinese hemp, a: fiourishéd in Mexico when Montezuma was emperor. A lace-like fiber clings to the tree like woven cloth. The Aztecs utilized ee poae ine, tt Be tunics and robes. It akes a dye, and is readil: y - yokes: ‘eadily woven into gar. Still More Interesting. So much for the palms. There are sixty varieties of them on this walk alone. Hun- dreds of people pags beneath them daily, totally unaware of their history and value. There are other plants here, however, far more interesting. One is the pandanus utilis. It 1s a sort of Spanish bayonet that grows like a corkscrew. More people sleep on its leaves than on hair or feathers. It grows in tropical climates. The leaves are stripped and woven into mats. They cannot be broken nor pulled apart. Thou- sands sleep upon these mats, as they can be thrown upon the ground anywhere, and no dampness can penetrate them. | The Fiji cannibals used these leaves in tying their victims at their feasts. This vegeta- ble corkscrew is thrown in the shade by what is known as the monkey puzzle. Its scientific name is auricaria imbricata. The branches are imbricated with spinal leaves. In the mountains of Chile and Peru it fre- quently reaches the height of 170 feet. The fruit is delicious. Monkeys are eager te secure it. They throng about the trees by hundreds when the fruit is ripe. It is found in the cones, which are quite large. Each cone contains 200 steds the size of a walnut. aan Ph, > ere on the t of fhe,path is the Auri- carla Cookii. It gets;dts;name from Cap- = Sooke in Australiavit grows to the ight o1 feet. When ‘the great naviga- tee and i i fortes i i: ree, and took it fer fp: built by the natives. Fancying thes sp fae tener ple, he made no landing dnd lef: the coast. Another specimen, new in the conserva- tory, was brought to thisjcountry by Com- Bec modore Wilkes, who it in his cele- brated voyage around. world. When he reached New Yorlthe tree was stolen sold to a lady it in her green-. ears it grew so by ore of his sailors anit in Brooklyn. She pléced'4t house. Within her and she sent it to bere ae ones 6" mountain fir, but thé delicate. beset ixe ‘Ten etepe further on and a collection of fig trees appears. is the sycamore fig from Egypt. ‘are far more It pe fi ws from twent thirty feet in height. This. nape knotty end gnarled, and son bles the southern mangrove. ‘This wood from which coffins were made thon sands of years ago for the ‘tian. mum- mies. No insect ever attacks it. ne r al Near it Mango tree appears. it bears @ delicious tropical fruit. This tree has been in the 3 re crc ee within the hot house inginter, > wee? Mt Passirg on you come to a group of rub- among the fig trees?" the superintendent “Because,” he replied, “the rubber tree is a fig tree. All the rutber trees decorat- ing homes in New in the country are fig Home-Folks And The Palais Royal. HE annual clearing sale of summer stocks is prolific of little prices for just the housefurnishings required during the warm weather. ‘ The 7c Bargain Tables. Choice of several thousand articles. Some worth 25¢. for Gas Stoves....Towel Rollers....Chopping Bowls. Ping Kuives....Knife Boxes. Diack sugar maple, states. The soil here seems to be exactly suited to it. A Vermont maple, which stood near, seems to be dying of the heat. Among the other trees is a varie- gated crown fig from New South Wales, and a laurel leaf fig from India. The col- lection is rounded up with the Ficus Cun- ningham, from Queensland. modore Wilkes over fifty years ago. nativer used these nuts in the place of oil. They were suspended upon a string, hanging from the peak of the hut. When a visitor entered, the eldest son kindled @ flame in the lower rut, which was drawn down to the end of the string. Each nut burned about ten minutes. When the last nut on the string was burned, it was a hint for the visitor to take his departure. Like a Tallow Dip. A candle tree from Panama attracts equal interest. It has plain leaves and a stately preserce. The seeds are of the size of and resemble a tallow dip. A tub of New Zealand flax recalls an interesting in- cident. Years ago Prof. Mackey appeared before a committee of the house of com- mons, dressed from head to foot in an at- tire made from the fiber of this plant. Its leaves resemble the yucca or bear grass of the south, but are very much longer. Mackey proposed to plant it in Ireland, fancying that it would give rise to a new 7c Stamp Tin Saucepans. Sat. Tin Pails... Lanch Beg Beaters.....Tea Canisters.....Wire -Floor Mops....Gallon Oll Cans....Tea Trays... ¥ -+.-Pastry Boards....Lemon Squeerers...Tin Cuspidors... Carlsbad China Plates, all sizes....Frait Saucers....After-dinner Coffees....Tin Water Pa with bieck handles. ... S-qt. Buckets with cover....2-pound Tea and Coffee Canisters.....Large Colanders with side handles....Dust Pans with half cover....2-qt. Coffee Pots....Large Soup Strainers... Muffins with stx cups....4 and G-qt. Retinned Puddipz and Milk Pans... .Retinned Wash Basins... .Ploar Sifters with crank....Half-gullon Of Cans—Z cents for chelce. and a new plece for any that leaks. -Chop- The 3c Bargain Tables. 3c Mason's. Best Patent Fruit Jars in pint and quart siaes....Dust Pans....Pie Plates ¥ +-:-Jelly Cake Pans....Basting Spoons... .Broilers....Tin Cups... . meg Graters. --. Funnels. Ollers....Cake Turners....Bread Graters, Wooden Spoons....Candle Sticks... Scoops....Bixcuit and Cake Flour and Pepper Dredgers....Spice Canisters... 4 Keg Beaters... Fe -Tea Strainers... Sponge 9 Racks...-Noap Racks... Insect Bellows ) Mops....Mustand Spoons industry. The experiment failed, because os. i it was found impossible to remove the -Sink Cleaners... .Hi Ironing Wax... Te green substance from the leaves. They -Sheif Paper... Garden Tools. could not be macerated without spoiling the fiber. landers scrape the green color away with shells, but the job is an arduous and difti- cult one. Neir the hot house we find a fragrant olive from China. Its buds are used in flavoring tea and are very valuable. This tree bas been scattered throughout -the south, and there are many fine specimens in Florida. .A tamarind near by brought smile to the fate of the superintendent. “Many years ago,” he said, “a very worthy Quaker sowed scme tamarind seeds in Vir- ginia. They sprcuted and came up, but the cold weather killed all. but one—at least so the Quaker thought. This one grew until it bore seeds, and the Quaker sold them to the seed department of the patent office, from which point they were distributed north, south, east and west as Virginia tamarinds. They were really nothing but the common honey locust, which had been mistaken by the old Quak- er for a tamarird, which it somewhat re- sembles.”" Far more interesting is the hy- drocarpus inetriens. It is a native of Cey- lon, and grows upcn the banks of its streams. The fruit drops into the water and is eagerly eaten by the fish. It has an intoxicating effect upon them. The flesh of such fish when eaten by human beings also produces intoxication and is poison- ous. Cups and Saucers—and 3 cents for choice of a hundred and one other articles, 2c for Table Glasses. each for first quality Table Tumblers, in three patterns,such as usually retail at SOc dozen. Only 3c cach for the Flint Glass Bell-ringing ‘Tumblers, engraved in thee choice de- signs, worth 75e. dozen. Only 4c each for the thinnes: of thin Tumblers, artistically engraved with stars, floral and geometrical bands, etc. $1.98 for $3.50 Refrigerators. for family size $1.98 cat stores at ice. All “‘Jewetts” are extra 10 per cent discount Chests that are considerably superior to those furnished by the $3. Only $4.95 for “Jewett” Refrigerators, holding 35 pounds marked in plain figures at 20 per cent less than lst price. The now allowed means a total saving of 30 per cent. $2.48 for Best $3.98 Trunks. $2 48 for Traveling Trunks of cxtra size and 34 jaches long. Covered with water- wa! proof English duck, protected with hardwood slats, irom bands, steel clamps, safe- ty bolts and brass lock. Tron bottom, inside tray and hat box. Lined throughout. Only $1.74 for $2.25 Steamer Trunks; 59 for T5e “Club” Bags; $2.39 for $3.98 “Gladstone” Bags; 48c for 16-inch Telescope Cases, with leather trimmings. 8c for Best 12!4c Towels. 8e Pr Huck Towels, measuring 18x36 inches. Only 19¢ for the 2c Bath Towels, 28x00 inches, xnd only 2c for best of 35c Pure Linen Huck Towels, 21342 Inches; only 3le for 50 Pure Linen Hemstitched Sheets, 90x90 inches. 72x90 Hemmed Shects;+$4.65 a pair for 39c for 69c Screen Doors. BOE 1 the Gre Sereen Doors and 12; for the 20 Window Screens, showing some signs cf handling. $1.29 for the $1.50 Mosquito Canopies, and only $1.29 pair for the $2.50 Summer Madras Curtains. Je yard for the Me Silkoline and 35¢ for the S0c Denim Table Covers. PALAIS ROYAL, Other Varieties. A camphor tree elicits the information from the superintendent that efforts have been made to disseminate camphor trees in Florida. They have also been planted along the streets of New Orieans by Prof. Maitre as shade trees. These trees are said to prevent malaria. Last of all worth scheduling is what is known as the mate. This is a fine speci- men of this celebrated tree. The South Americans use its leaves for tea. Eight million pounds of them are annually gath- ered. It has been in use for many centu- Ties. The Indians were drinking the de- coction when Columbus discovered Amer- ica. Large branches are cut from the plants and placed on hurdles until properly Toasted. ‘They are then thrown upon a hard floor and beaten. The dry leaves thus knocked off are reduced to powder. This powder is made into packages and sold by the South Americar merchants. About a teaspoonful of it is thrown into a gourd or cup, with alittle sugar. Boiling water is poured upon it, and when sufficiently cooled it 1s imbibed through a tube. Its odor is agreeable and slightly aromatic. It tastes a little bitter at first, but is extremely re- freshing and restorative after great fa- tigue. The opium eater will drop his habit. quicker than a South American will drop the habit of drinking this tea. Superin- tendent Smith is making an effort to intro- duce the tree into Dade county, Florida, and other parts of the south. The handsomest tree along the walk is a cut-leaf soft maple. This curiosity in the vegetable kingdom is on a par with the albino in the animal kingdom. The tree was originally found in the mountains by a@ nurseryman of the name of Weir, who perpetuated it by nursing and grafting. Near by is an enormous Scotch birch. It has a bark like that of balm of Gilead. A liberal application of it aided in the educa- tion of the superintendent of the Botanic Garden, and has also aided in the education of many another prominent Scotchman. —_—_. CRANBERRY FARMING. A. LISNER, G Street. Our Finest Shoes Are this week on the Special List. There are no finer nor better Shoes in America pet than some of those we have placed on the special list for this week. The prices tliey are going for are just about half of what is usually charged for similar quali- ties at other stores. This “MIDSUMMER CLOSING-OUT SALE” of ours has been the great local Shoe event during July—such prices as the following will undoubtedly still further increase the interest in this sale during August: { Ladies’ $4 Boots The Interesting Way the Wisconsin Marshes Are Managed. From the New York Post. Wisconsin cranberry growing will in time become as systematic as that of New Jer- sey or Cape Cod. The owners of large es- tates are constructing pumps, wind mills, drains and reservoirs in such numbers that the water will soon be under their abso- lute control. Water, properly controlled, is the great essential for cranberry growing. Too much of it is just as injurious to the Plaats as too little. An ideal bog, according to th Wisconsin grower's ideas, 1s one where the moisture Tien’s $5 Shoes Fi 1 ork H French Calf - > is held in the top soil like a sponge. As finest hand-made. wort This ye tm Braco This | you look at the bogs no water is visible to Patent Leat! ce the -khown maker ie the eye; but if you put your foot down, and Buttoo— Week, of Fine Shoos, Week, { the bog will yield to the pressure, and the Chocolate Kid Lace @ouble or single soles, 4 foot-prints will immediately fill with water. lS pe ple, HP Scmetmes piestoo: sinks dowa into the see ict Diack tia Boots $2.65 ‘Also Chocolate Kid $2 95 >| soft bog two feet, and the stranger be- ‘popular sh Finest Maite Shoes. 2 | comes frightened ai the soft, sucking sound sist os a = | at may indicate quicksand or some other tac? 9 treacherous earthly ‘compound. “in the| ¢ {| Ladies $3.50 Oxfords len’s $3.50 Shoes | picking season is not unusual to see the Finest Hand-sewed i Patent Leath i: men and women walking over the marshes Patent Leather This Oxfords, “with kid This up to their waists in water and mire, and Black and Brown Kid Week, backs, opera toes. Week, when the fields are not flooded the pickers Oxfords or Juticts, nae mee Came crawl along on their knees in the soft, a ee $2.35 fand spongy, moist bog. The army of pickers BF nete that descend upon the cranberry bogs of Wisconsin in the fall is compcsed chiefly of Poles, Indians and French half-breeds. $3 Tan Oxfords Men’s $3 Shoes strike camp upon the fields. There is ove peculiarity about the Indian pickers that sometimes proves very costly The Indians are considered the best pick- The finest Brown Kid This ee een This ers. They never strike, and always ac- Low Shoes made 4 Cotn Toe Laced, ‘ Sept, the prices offered by the overseers. for ladies— Week, Of finest, softest Week, 8 a rule, the pickers earn about a dollar on the nobby mabogany kid. <3 per day and their board. The Indians bring English 4 They are veautie $ me their fodges and tepees with them, and ex ez 1.95 woes = 1.95 4 Tlen’s $2.50 Russets to the growers. They will not begin work The nobblest styles i i until 9:30 a.m., and they promptly knock te be $2.50. This as This off at 4 in the afternoon. No amount 6f beng yp bie og Week, for Men— Week, persuasion or threatening can make them white calf trimned. and Boys’ Soft ae vary this rule. Tf a Xilling frost threatens Grams Lea ‘ies $1 37 eos $1 65 come irovel ie ni ie Owners of wit the estates curse the Indians and scurry tips and trimmings, s watcha = around to hire more white pickers. They know from experience that it is waste of 69c. SC. 9c. ime to try to get the Indians to work ex- a = # ra hours. They would see the whole field Ladies’ Comfortable fen's Boys’ Boys’ Thc: grade frozen stiff first. The Poles at such times ‘Black and Brown and Brown Tennis Slippers, realize thelr advantage, and they demand Kia $1 Oxterd Ties, ence Teed meer up in a hurry. The Indians are good weather prophets, and they serve a useful purpose in telling the owners when to prepare for it. When word issues from the lodge of the chief of the Indians that a frost is approaching, cranberry bogs are immediately and-extra help is employed. If the water covers all of the berries in time, no dam- age will happen; but those that are left ex- posed will be ruined. The white pickers 980 AND 932 TTH ST. 1914 AND 1916 Pa. ave. | 23 PA ave SE WM. HAHN &CO. ~ Reliable Shoe Houses, g a $s E BF i 4 E i 5. E i be EH ! E E i ? i : i 5 I ay AH Ly th i atl it 3 i fe: # 1 F a ; I t} i Hd i i to Res i H ii i | a