Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1897, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1897-14 PAGES. SS : ; A COMPARISON OF HOGS The B C arial - 7 Sth i kes IS, Kann, Sons &Co. — LUN. It is to Laugh! At the many different styles displayed and worn as up to date millinery— so many different ideas and fancies make up a world of fashion that any one in their day’s travels may see Fall headgear from the Flora Mc- Flimsy point of style to the top of Parisian perfection. Our progressiveness has been appreciated. Our show rooms praised in the highest terms. Our prices indorsed as the best for standard qualities. We offer three very special items for Wednesday. The prices ™may seem very small, but they all represent elegant values. 2 000 new fall and winter shapes in Light-weight English and 9 Vienna Felts—the very latest styles—in every color worn this season. They are for ladies, misses and children, and represent value up to 69c. We display this grand collection on our 2d floor—millinery depart- ment—giving you the choice of any at 18C. EACH. Ostrich Tips and Plumes. We have already made the reputation of showing the largest and most complete stock of real Ostrich Feather Boas, Plumes and Tips to be found anywhere. 1,000 DOZI TOMORROW —REAUTIFUL ND SINGLE BLAC BLAC ¢ ARE VERY PRICE WE HAVE ° EITHER KIND. . 2d FLOOR-MILLINERY DEPARTM BBONS, E This is one of our strongholds. We have made greater gains in this department than the mayoralty gain last week in New York. Our Ribbon buyer is an out-and-out ribbon man. Has made this line a study for years. He just made a purchase of 50 cartons Or Hie RADE ALLSILK RIRRONS—-THEY ARE ROMAN ¥ ) REPRESENT THE HAN T THEY RUN FROM 3 ALLY WORTH FROM 5¢ NESDAY .. 44 TO 5 INCH! TO 69. A YARD. RIBBON DEPARTMENT, OPPOSITE THE ELEVATOR. When luck comes one’s way it seems like it never stops. 8c. a yd. WE JUST RECFIVED ABOUT 3.000 YA URED AND PLAIN POINT 1. IN REMNANTS F1 A) R YESPRIT, NE 1 To 6 STLY PINK AND BLU FLANNELETTE DRESSIN AND BRAID TRIMM! SECOND FLOUR—NE' SPECIAL PRICE... BUILDING. Underwear and Hosiery. LADIES" FLEEC LINED RIBBED V1 INFANTS’ FLEECED RIBBED V! BUYTUNED FRONT. SIZES 1 TO NA’ IMPORTERS’ SAMPLES OF LADIES’, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S WOOL, COTTON, LISLE LINED HOSE, IN PLAIN AND RIBBED, FAST BLACK, TAN AND THREAD AND FLEEC FANCY. REGULAR 5c. VALUES. 19¢c. pair. CHILDREN'S HEAVY RIBBED FAST BLACK COTTON HOSE, FULL SEAMLESS, WITH DOUBLE HEELS AND TOES. 15c. QUALITY. 9c. pair. MEN'S FAST BLACK, TAN COTTON SOX, WITH DOUBLE SOLES AND HIGH SPLICED HEELS. Se. QUALITY. 15c. pair. STATIONERY. 1,000 Boxes Extra Good Note Paper and Envelopes. Special 5¢, Sussex Linen Paper Writing Tablets, plain or ruled. Special. 10c. Select stock Writing Paper and Envelopes, assorted tints, 24 of Extra Fine Cream Wove Note Paper, one pound packages. Cs Seo mrre re. Pepa ere cial .... ruled velopes to match. Special. . 1ST FLOOR—NEW BUILDING. Santa Claus Has very near completed his Toy Department, and w: for the children. He will hold daily receptions fro: vember until ChristMas eve. You will find our line of Toys as co Goor front will be used for this display. So KANN, SONS & €O., 8th & Market Space. OF TWO STYLES OF FEATHER HAT TRIMMING < HIGH-LUSTER s ND ARE WORTH MORE THAN STRIPES AND ‘S_ONE WOULD ND ARE GOODS E FO MEST COMBINATIONS 25C. RDS OF SWISS, FIG- ae, KH IN CHECKS AND STRIPES, EMPIRE AND HIGH NEC MIXTURES. REGULAR 8c. VALUE. SACQUE TO MATCH THE Gown: NICELY FINISHED, XCHET EDGE AND TAPE NECK, REGULAR 1c. KIND...... Tomorrow, 1214¢. 'S VERY FINE ALL-WOOL CASHMERE VESTS FOR ,OUBLE BREASTED, WITH SAFETY BELT, NO BUTTONS, 75. VALUE. VESTS AND PA} RAL TS, SILK STITCHING (OR GRADE OF FINE WOOL. ALL ES. REG.98¢.VALUE, Pound Packages of Extra Fine Cream Laid Note Paper, plain or ---- 18¢. a pound Royal Vellum Extra Superfine High-grade Note Paper, with en- ill open it shortly m the 15th of No- mplete as any. Our entire third 7th St. Entrance Famil:- Shoe Store. Experiments Made to Determine Quality of American and English Breeds. Results Show but Little Difference in Commercial Value—Character of Food Required. Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture has just received from C. F.” Curtiss, director of the Iowa experiment station, a partial report in regard to the raising of English hogs,and what are known as“American lard hogs.” The test was made to ascertain what food is best for the an- imals, and also to determine which of the two kinds, the American or English, brings the highest price. The slaughter test which took place re- cently at the Coliseum building in Chicago was conducted by Swift & Company, and attracted large crowds. The communication received by Secre- tary Wilson from Director Curtiss states that the market discrimination between breeds is very slight—only 10 cents a hun- dred in favor of the Tamworts and Berk- shires, the English breeds. They sold for $8.80 per hundred, 5 cents above the top price, while all the others brought $3.70. Swift & Company stated frankly that they are goverred solely by the demands of the American market, and that the for- eign market has no effect on prices here. At some seasons of the year, they say, there are comparatively fewer lght hogs on the market, and the variation in price in favor of the light weights amounts to as much as 25 to 40 cents a hundred. Now, however, the cenditions are different, and they run close. Carcasses for Analysis. Mr. Curtiss states he will send carcasses for analysis, as arranged, and will en- deavor to have the “block” test made. This is to chop the carcasses on a block and determine exactly the relative amounts of fat, bone and muscle. He thinks arrange- ments can be made to send two average carcasses from each lot to London tor compariscns on the English market. If the dealers in Chicago cannot be induced to send them the director states he can furnish the carcasses, if wanted, if the department can handle them for shipment in some such way as butter has been ship- ped to the other side. All the breeds of hogs tested, Mr. Cur- tiss states, made pork at substantially the seme price for raising, feeding, etc., about 2 cents a pound. Secretary Wilson says that in early days, before kerosene or cottonseed came to be used, the farmers of the Miami valley, recognizing the need of something of the ki d, produced the Poland China hog. This makes more lard than any other kind. The “bacon” hog was produced under entirely different conditions, being fed on skim milk, barley, oatmeal and the like. While the demand in foreign markets may be more for the bacon hog than the other, that for the lard hog here is as great as ever. —— GOES THROUGH SLOT MACHINES. Ten Tons of Pennies Gathered at One Collection in London, From the London Mail. Now that the evenings are lengthening the demands on the resources of the gas companies are on the increase and many thousands of pennies are being nightly dropped into tne ever-ready penny-in-the- slot machines. The introduction of these machines into London households has been attended by results that verge on the mar- velous, as much as ten tons’ weight in cop- pers having been removed from the ma- chines at one collection. When the directors decided on introduc- ihg the slot machines they resolved to provide the necessary fittings, in addition tu a gas stove, wherever it seemed de- sirable. The cost of providing these facili- ties amounted to £6 per house, and to cover this outlay the company charges an extra ten pence per 1,000 feet of gas to coin meter consumers, The effect of the “aimighty penny” on the company’s revenue may be gathered from the fact that the coin meter con- sumers number G1,C00, and that the average takings from each are £3 per annum. The jimit, however, has not been reached, since 0 of these meters are being fitted up weekly, and by Christmas the company's total receipts from this source will be equivalent to £200,0)) a year. The “almighty penny” has worked a revo- lution in the conditions of the gas supply. Prior to the introduction of the coin meter Sunday was an extremely slack day for e But now the demand between 12 and 2 o'clock, when thousands of dinners are being cooked on the gas stoves, is enor- mous; so great, in fact, that at times it has been a problem to get sufficient gas through the mains to et the demands of the exigent housewives who are super- intending the baking of the family joint. Another excellent result from the ‘com- pany’s point of view has been the equal- izing of the summer and winter consump- tion. Formerly there was a great dis- parity, but the consumption of gas for cooking in the summer months has worked a marked change. Under the slot system the consumer can obtain twenty-seven and one-half feet of gas for a penny. An ordinary burner con- sumes about five and one-haif feet per hour, so that a pennyworth of gas will light up a room fer just five and one-half hours. It is not surprising to learn that there have been attempts to cheat the penny-in- the-slot meter. In the meters first sup- plied the weight of the penny set the me- chanisin in motion, but with the patiern new in vogue it is necessary to turn a han- dle after dropping in the coin, and if a penny with a piece of twine attached is introduced by any person of felonious pur- pose the knowing machine simply cuts the cord and annexes the coin with the cool- ness of a living gas collector. It is, of course, out of the question for the evil- disposed to effectively cheat a penny-in- the-siot machine which is put up in their own abode by means of disks of metal or spurious coins, since the imposition is de- tected the first time the collector calls, and restitution is promptly demanded. But, as a matter of fact, the gas com- pany’s collectors declare they have scarce- ly any trouble. They are on the best of terms with their customers, and the dis- honest are few. Frequently when no penny is at hand the consumers will use a token, or a 2-shilling piece, and then when the collector calls they will tell him of the fact, and hand over the pennies, or receive change, as the case may be. The collections are made at intervals of about three weeks, and there has been at times an equal dearth of copper monew in south London, owing to the fact that £10,- 000 in pennies has been locked up in the gas company’s coin meters. Since this method of supply was introduced the ofti- cials assert that they have not lost more than a dozen of their coin meter custo- mers, a striking testimony to the popu- larity of the penny-in-the-slot machines. MISSING LINK. How Present Day Things Will Ap- pear to the Scientists of 2000, From the Detroit Free Press. The party of scientists and antiquarians who were exploring the Rocky mountains in the spring of the year 2000,’ mounted on their new ‘00 model bikes, suddenly heard a loud cry of triumph from the Nps of Pro- fe:sor Rubbertire of the Smithsonian In- stitution, who was some distance ahead. Hastening forward, they found the pro- fessor standing by the side of the molder- ing remains of a wagon. In front of the decaying fragments lay the petrified re- mains of four extinct animals. “See!” said the professor, pointing to the arimal to the right, nearest the wagon, “we have found the missing link between that noble machine, the bicycle, and the animal kingdom at last.” “What is it?” asked the excited group. “That, gentlemen,” said the professor, “is undoubtedly the fossil remains of a wheel horse.” ————_++______ Relatively. From the Philadelphia Bulletin. “That rich Mr. Muggins is a distant rela- tive of yours, isn’t he?” “Oh, no; he’s exceedingly close.” —_—_+ 0+ —___ It y 3 an ad, in The org Dee isa a Sek Te Annotated Editorials From The Star. From the .) Republican. Civil_service reformers are warned by The Washington” Star that they “have a big fight on their, hands to prevent the de- bauchment of thesigensus service at the coming session of Congress.” The bill now on the Senate caleptiar providing for the taking of the cen: in 1900 “nails down” the several thousamd places, so that the hated reform and merit system shall not apply, and, accordiPg to expectation, this ‘bill will pass t spoils-loving Senate. In the House refortlers may win their battle, but many repubjicags, led by Gen. Gros- venor, will be thtre to baffle them, if pos- sible. Even if the House indorsed the merit system, the spoilsmen would have the conference committee stage to fall back upon, and there doubtless some compro- mise would be ade The last census was made on the spéils'basis. Shall we ever have on that wHl nét be tarnished by the hunger of the office-seeker? From the Staunton (Va.) News. The Washington Star is advocating the adoption of continuous rails for the Wash- ington street railways. It seems that on some roads rails are now welded at the ends, making a continuous track, and avoiding the sinking and bumping at the joints which have heretofore seemed un- avoidable, no matter how well braced and supported the rails may have been. If this system of welding is successful, as claimed by The Star, it represents a Snead advance in railroad construc- ‘ion. From the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch. : ‘The Washington Star says: “War against an armed foe is terrible, and is always in- tended to be, but war against the heipless, such as General Weyler has been waging against the non-combatants in Cuba, is without a vestige of excuse among civilized people.” - All of which is true. But doesn’t The Star remember the famous,~or rather infamous, Order No. 11, issued by General Ewing in Missouri, during the war between the states in this country, by which the vo- men and children of a large rural section of that state were driven into the cities and their homes razed? Has it forgotten that General Hunter burned the houses of the Women and children in Virginia over their heeds, or General Sheridan’s heartless re- pert about his work in the valley, or the twenty-miles wide swath of fire and _rapine that General Sherman cut through Georgia and his order driving the women and chil- dren of the confederate soldiers of Atlanta out of that city and inte the desolate wil- derness into which he had transformed a large portion of that state?—The Alexan- dria Gazette. Yes, and the Gazette might have added that General Grant’s inhumane order for- bidding the exchange of prisoners probably cest more lives than have been lost in the Cuben war. Talking about “war against the helpless,” who could have been more helpless than the thousands whom Grant left to sicken and die in military prisons? The Spaniards and Cubans may not be ccnducting a very civilized warfare, but it will bear comparison with many thiags done for “Old Glory” and to “save the Union.” From the Philadelphia Press. The Washington Star calls attention to the fact that the new marriage law of the District of Columbia, which requires al) persons authorized to perform the marriage ceremony to make returns to the clerk of the court, is not well observed. The same complaint is made elsewhere and will con- tinue to be made probably until there is a national law on the subject and it is en- forced by severe penalties. Many states have laws, but they are practically a dead letter except in a few cases. In Massachu- setts, Michigan and Minnesota statistics are well and systematically collected. It is not at all to the credit'of the eastern states that the western states are far ahead of them in the matter of complete and intelli- gible marriage returns. It is unplessant to say it, but it is probably the truth, that ministers are largely responsible for che practical failure of the marriage laws in many cases. Their course in this matter and the exhibition a minority of the minis- ters gave of their hostility to a marriage license law in New Jersey does not strengthen popular trust in their good judg- ment and farsightedness. From the Eagle River (Wis.) Republican, The Washington Star says: “The police are still looking in ‘vain for murderer Fuultz.” Naturally, as they are constantly on a Faultz trail. From the Trenton (X.J.) American, Commenting ujon the remark of the Washington Star, that “nothing more pain- fully ludicrous can be possibly imagined than Richard Croker’s attitude of condo- lence” on the death of Henry George the Philadelphia Ledger says: Not less painfully ludicrous, nor offensive- ly impertinent, were the precisely similar efforts of Boss Platt, his machine candi- Gate, Tracy, and Croker’s Tammany nomi- nee, Van Wyck, all of whom sought to use the death of Henry George by public ex- pressions of regret and condolence for their own political advantage. . From the Burlington (lowa) Hawkeye. The Washington Star finds that in admin- istration circles there is some concern over the result in New York, Maryland and Kentucky, but that the republicans seem to have things a good deal their own way elsewhere in spite of the indifference of the republican voters. It seems that in most states where there is an election the oprcsition is even more apathetic and only inclined to laugh when the silver question is mentioned. ————_++<e_ Optimism in Crop Reporting. From the London Standard. Optimism in crop reporting is often lu- dicrous, but it is seldom that so striking an example of counting chickens before they are hatched is to be found as that of a paragraph from an Indian paper, Guted September 24. “In the north of India,” it is stated, “the wheat crops are expected to be large, but they have yet to be sown.” After this it is not surprising to learn from English papers that the crops in the northwest of India, where wheat is chiefly grown, are “looking splen- did.” As to Argentina, now that the drought has been broken, we have any number of triumphant’ assurances as to a great harvest being secure. It is true that the Buenos Ayres Standard, received by the last mail, says that “locusts are now swarming in immense clouds all over the north of the Platte, and threaten wholesale devastation.” Commercial ad- vices, however, perhaps not absolutely disinterested, make light of the locusts, effirming that they have come too late to do much harm to the wheat crop. But is precisely what was said a year ago, and it was not till about a month later than the present date that news of great damage arrived in this country, the esti- mated surplus being reduced from 4,000,000 or 5,000,0@0 quarters to 2,250,000 quarters. Even this reckoning proved to be high, for, up to the end of August, less than 500,000 quarters, including flour, had been exported from Argentina, and the surplus was then practically exhausted, no Ar- gentine wheat having been received in this country in September. Indeed, some wheat has been shipped from the United States to Argentina. It is earnestly to be hoped that the devastation will not be as disastrous this stasom as it was in 1896; but it is ronsense t@ say that October is too late for seripys, famage to be done, bearing in mind the fact that the locusts kept on devouring the wheat last year until it was harvested in December. = —297——___ Hand Organs for Soldiers, From the Buffalo Copmercial, The Alpine troops-of the French army have reason to ,be grateful to M. Felix Faure, for, thanks to the hand organs which he has sent them, they can now be- guile the winter evenings by dancing to the strains of more:or ;less inspiring music. There 1s a picture published by an illustrat- ed paper in Paris which shows, in fact, a party of mountaineering militaires enjoy- ing themselves at a rough ball in a wooden hut, where one of théir number grinds out a waltz from a ‘hurdy-gurdy. It appears that the president of the republic was much struck by the loneiiress of the Alpine out- posts which he visited this summer. Ques- tioning a few of the soldiers he learned that when they found somebody who could play un accordeon and make dance music for them they were able to cheat the dull tediousness, of the snowy season. An ac- cordeon player, however, was a rarity, so that ieee could be organized. The president, hearing this, at once re- solved to supply ready-made music to the defenders of the southeastern PROGRESS OF METHODISM Plan Adopted for Decorating National Rifles? Armory for the Bazaar. Shields Represent Development Since Days of the Wesleys—Entertain- ment to Open This Ev. The decorating of National Rifles’ Armo- ry Hall and the booths from which articles for the benefit of the Methodist Union are to be sold during the next ten days, was completed this afternoon, and the bazaar will be opened to the public at 7:30 o'clock this evening. The plan of the decorations is to give an object lesson in the development of Meth- odism from the days of John and Charles Wesley to the present. Immediately over the platform is an open Bible, on one page of which is the injuction of Christ: “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature;” on the other, “And they went forth preaching everywhere, the Lord being with them.” Depending from the Bible is a shield in- scribed: “Simpson, 1852,” referring to the year when that great preacher became a bishop of the church. Festooned to the right and left of the stage, and at a proper distance from the ceiling, are the words: “Bible Society,” ‘Foreign missions,” “Home missions” and “Tract Society,” and on the wall on either side of the platform are shields bearing the names J. Wesley and C. Wesley, respectively. On the east wall are shields inscribed with the names of Whitfield, the first Meth- odist missionary to the colonies; Harris, an early supporter of the Wesleys in their re- ligious enterprise; Walsh, who was styled the apostle to Ireland, and Fletcher and Nelson, general workers. On the west wall are shields inscribed Embury, Straw- bridge, Asbury, Walters and Summerfield, each of whom was a pioneer of early Methodism in this country, and most of whom were subsequently elevated to the episcopacy. The Aggressive Element. At the north end of the hall are shields inscribed: “Peter Cartwright, 1808,” and “Chaplain (now bishop) McCabe, 1860,” tne two men being regarded as representative of aggressive Methodism. the former in the early part of the century and the latter of the present. Shields inscribed “‘Hurst” and “Tayler” adorn the walls of the gallery, the former being looked upon as the repre- sentative of intellectual deveiopment in the denomination, and the latter being the first bishov to Africa. All the available floor space has been taken and will be occupied, either by the churches represented or private firms, whe have in this way aided the bazaar. The fancy booth, which will be managed by representatives from Hamline, McKen- dree and Metropolitan churches, is dec- orated in green and white; the lemonade stand, members of Metropolitan in charge, green and white; apron tables, ladies from Trinity in charge, pink; “old woman in shoe,” attended by representatives of all the churches, yellow and white; mystery box and old ladies’ table, representatives of all the churches, blue and yellow; chew- ing gum, etc., representatives of all the churches, yellow and black; confectionery, representatives of all the churches, pink and white. The ceiling of the hall and the room be- low is festooned in red, white and blue. The construction of the booths and their decorating was superintended by Miss Ella Stinemetz and the other work of that char- acter by Dr. Coe. ——.__. MARYLAND TERRAPIN. How the Toothsome Bird is Being Exterminated. From Forest and Stream. Dr. Geo. W. Massamore, secretary and treasurer of the Maryland Game and Fish Protective Association, sends us the fol- lowing report of investigation of the Mary- land diamond-back terrapin supply: “I recently visited Crisfield, Somerset county, and spent several days investigat- ing the causes that have made diamond- back terrapin so scarce in Maryland wa- ters. More terrapins are shipped from Crisfield than from all other points in the state combined, I believe. At Crisfield are located the two largest terrapin ponds in the state, and perhaps the only ones of any size in Maryland. The impounding of ter- rapin is uiquestionably doing more toward exterminating them than all other causes combined. Terrapins will not grow in con- finement, or at least but very slowly; nor will they propagate. ‘The largest terrapin dealer in this country is A. B. Riggin, Cris- field, whose pound at this time contains 20,- 000 diamond-back terrapi: The sight was novel. I visited Mr. Riggin’s pound just af- ter the terrapins were fed. The scrambling after mashed hard crabs, upon which they were fed, was an interesting sight. The terrapins were so thick that they were crawling over each other; the pound was a moving mass that filled me with wonder and amezement. Think of 20,000 diamond- back terrapins on the move at the same time, within an inclosure of about an acre. The time was low tide, affording a good view. The ditches, grass tussocks and mud puddles all seemed like a living, moving, conglomerate mass, struggling for life. “The other pound in Crisfield is owned by A. L. LaVallette, who is also an extensive dealer in diamond-back terrapins. Mr. La- Vallette was the first man to introduce the impounding of terrapins as a business. The enterprise has, no doubt, ‘proven profitable, and others have embarked in the same business. All terrapins caught near Cris- field are sold to these two dealers. Mr. La- Vallette, I am told, has agents at different places in Maryland, who buy up terrapins for him. Mr. Riggin buys considerable of his stock in North Carolina. They are the exact counterpart of the Maryland terra- pin, and it is claimed they are as fine in flavor. The pounds in which the terrapins are confined are inclosed with a tight board fence, ten feet high, with wire screens across the openings where the water floods and ebbs in and out. The pounds are watched day and right by armed men to protect the terrapins from being stolen. “From all the information obtained during my stay in Cristield, I am thoroughly con- vinced that the impounding of terrapins must necessarily result in their final ex- termination. It is a well established fact that terrapins will not propagate confined in pounds. Females lay from 12 to 20 eggs twice during the season for incubation. A fair estimate for each female would be 30 eges. Take 20,000 female terrapins now held in confinement in the pounds at Cris- field (this number, I am told, is a modest estimate), and the result figures up the de- struction of 600,000 young terrapins. These figures demonstrate very clearly the neces- sity for a trict enforcement of the laws against having in possession terrapins out of season. “The impounding of terrapin is clearly a violation of the law, both of the general state law and the local laws of the several terapin counties. The laws have been al- lowed to go by default, as had the game and fish laws, until the game warden, through his deputies, has been rigidly en- forcing them throughout the state during the past year. An enforcement of the laws at this time against parties who have thousands of terrapin impounded would be ruinous from a monetary standpoint. It ‘would only be just to notify parties having terrapin Impounded to get rid of their steck during the coming season, and at the same time inform them that after the expiration of the open season the laws will be strictly enforced. This will be my rec- ommendation to the €ame warden, Mr. J. Omey Norris, and to the executive commit tee of the Maryland Game and Fish Pro- tective Association. “A new general law is much needed in this state, the season for taking and having tn possession diamond-back ter- rapins uniform. The state law permits taking terrapins from November 1 to April 1. The possession of terrapin at any other time is prima facie evidence of a violation of the law; penalty, $5 to $10 for each terra- pin. In Charles, Calvert and St. Mary’ Penalty ‘tor having ta eee apin at any other time from $5 to $25,. in the different counties. “The-stat arche. Bon Marche. 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CASH OR CREDIT. HOURE 2 ERG 7th and I See aa eae ae eae eae a one passed, making the season uniform, regulating the size of terrapins allowed to be caught the same in all counties, and im- pesing a uniform fine for violations of the law. The Maryland Game and Fish Pro- tective Association will be glad to hear from parties throughout. the terrapin dis- tricts of the state, giving their views on the subject, as the ussociation is anxious to as- sist in having a law passed that will re- dound to the best interests of all parties in- terested in the protection of diamond-back terrapins in Maryland waters.” ——_+e+_____ Charm Lost Many Years. From London Sketch. The following instance of the utility of advertising and of solicitude on the part of the possessor to discover the owner of a long-lost’ article could not be easily paralleled. Seventeen years ago this month Wiliam Scott, a member of the Caithness County Cycling Club, won in a long time to think of it. ‘The other day there north- ern an announcement that the “wife of Scott, Bi itzer- land,” had given birth to a son. A few days after a called at the house in —. and inquired if the William Scott ition- Pay of Expert Witnesses, From the Chicago Times Herald. The supreme court of this state has re- | cently handed down a decision which seems Likely to have an important effect upon expert testimony henceforth. The case in point was carried up from Sengamon county and was entitled “Dixon iversus The People.” In a damage suit in which the plaintiff had injured a leg by falling through a defective sidewalk Dr. Dixon was subpoenaed as a witness and was questioned concerning the extent end nature of the injuries. The witness re- fused to testify unless he was paid a large fee as an “expert.” The lower court held that the witness was not entitled to extra fees. . If this rule is accepted as the highest authority it probably will put an end to the scrambling of expert witnesses for employment in cases involving technical points. A physician who cannot distin- guish a human femur from the thigh bone of > gorilla pro!