Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1898, Page 7

acmereae ne, ortrlplrtateteltrtptlehrtiateteteiphelelel et THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1898-14 PAGES. , es sSeadoetoefondedipeootnet ° -. The Confluence of Trade and Trade’s Advantages is e=AT== PERRY'S. WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. drapertes. ete. High-class furniture, The handsomest chiffonier ever offered in this . Nothing cheap . ¢ nghl, built be y SEF tne oa Hae tive “drawers (OP 2 The popular store today is the store that has the popular drawer with swell front). goods, in the popular qualities, at the popular prices. The store that is maintained for the people’s convenience, and that places the people’s satisfaction paramount to everything else. Iron bed, woven wire springs and good mattress for § Such a store this is known to be. We are always open for worthful opportunities—always closed to the doubtful and faulty, no matter how temptingly offered, or how cleverly dis- fo} fo) guised. SEE sitet’ wressen :::!% Picked from the many Muslin Underwear Bargains oe are include e beds e be : CO pen Gry Spe Ge E in the Special Sale. © ¢ © substantially built. < Draperies cut deep. 3 different styles La dies’ Walking Heavy Muslin Cambric Drawers, of Heavy Muslin ¢¢ “Portieres and lace curtains reduced Gowns, plain tuck- Skirts, made with psbtey pea ith | trimmed with deep * ** to close the season. Prices too low ed yoke, or with brella ruff id tucked ruffle, extra © *°* to publish. ‘Get them at the store fwojrows of inser jum Bo | ee Re | eee Baie eannieg sebetn te te tion and cluster o collar and cuffs; a oss apie - oe tueks, or two clus- Got Se it extra well made. ters of tucks and inch ruffle of lace. jeombina iow) off ee i - and Worth 2c. a pair. Wash. B. Wil Ss x Tuflle of embrofd fect comfort Une i iam »7th&D FH —mmemmedg | Tae value is ze, | style. Worth 80e. | special price i "50c. ES 50c.. ; 75¢. 2lc. Neither the values, nor the variety, nor the prices, in this semi-annual sale can be improved upon. We are giving you a sample of our superior facilities. ENVOY Infants’ Mothers, _ we Tlen’s We have Wears, - want you to doa | Handkerchiefs. tested little figuring. We : andcom- want you to examine the mak- ing of our Infants’ Wears and the prices and tell us if you don’t think it is cheaper—and just as satisfactory to buy them from us all ready-made—-than to do the work yourselves? And to make it still more at- tractive to you right now we shall let you have the choice of pared and searched among all the leading makes of Hand- kerchiefs for the best. Some- thing that we could sell at the popular prices and be better than the average values at those prices. We have found them. They are not only good Handkerchiefs, but they are full size, and in the case of the colored borders are fast colors. From any of these six grades you can get satisfac- tion. Are Here. The latest and newest litions of the down to the best eyele muak- declared a who sees Se a aa te te to te ae a A te ee a ee Be ee ee oe he a es eee eee fe rey. sstly. 8 several lots at less than the usual low prices. A saving on top of a saving— Envoys at $60. Strongest looking f then eeSeegeaseeseasertenserengontenseesettndtneseeseesonponnedaedandtadiediodioreleotantootentendee settee tet ae Children’s Woven Skirts, made on satine y WS, bands, pith worked bu Men's Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs, "s an Handkerchie! half-inch hem and extra slsecapee” “" & Men's Extra Size Tape Border Hand- Se. cach—3 for $1, panese Silk Initial Handker- 13 9ths : § —REDUCED from 39¢ SC. new effects —Se. = Anything and everything good = = inChlldren's Outing Flannel Gowns, made See ee aed amered es . —for Cyclists’ Headqrs $] Sin Motner non hb Men's Pure Linen Hemstitched Hand- = Sey oo larg + collar. ke ie. Bi 5 - NOW . 3 50c. "2 OS It A small lot more of those Children’s Dress of tm made with the circular yoke s and insertion, and ruffle around yoke. One of the prettiest styles of the Beas Worth $1 that is what the price has been—NOW ' 59c. Children’s Qambrie _ Skirts, with cambric ruff and tuc bodies. Now ee Z ‘ = —— Senet time for = winter photography ( and we can supply any } amateur “‘fotografers’*” ( Sentene a % trimmed made on oe AE Mother Prizes for your card parties. What you want are unique novelties. Seetontess Soe dedecetedenteteteteetntntne Children’s Muslin Gowns, in wants. ( sauiiatecresatiaaean tan ere ie We have a counter filled with ras from $4 up. All the easentinis. \ epitenes the most appropriate trinkets d—we have. Printing and developing a that have a useful side as well as an ornamental one. Some reductions make them more conspicuous. Little Boys’ Silk Caps, Brown and White, made O'Shanter style—worth $1. 477 and 909 Pa. area . 50c. kind, for 39¢. < Jewel Boxes, 50c. kind, for 5c. toniuelinne | Ho with silver-plated ops, H Fancy When an Dress Goods. importing agent has a lot of Dress Goods of the finer types that he wants to dispose of at quick prices—if they are Remingtons and Orients aw Ou © Oe. Paper V Imperfect, f¢ Japanese Trays, at all prices from 10c. “RICYCLE SI GE tha ccna $ fashionable and worthful—he 10 Be el Boxes, with cut glass tops— a and met dy for immediate $ knows w e buvers. Delayed peste hs a 7 : & landings “se i hi and ‘Toilet Set combined—$4.50 F. G. Smith, 1225 Pa. Ave. |% landings forced these into the and Toilet Set combined—$4.50 & bargain market—and we took ku Jale-2od ra 15. Dresden china back— them—because they are good enough for our trade—and that means good as can be. Toilet a S 5 You have them The prices will attract you as Se eLeeteetonteeteetent 3 SNpEeeS Sundries, *¢¢ ommended 3 : they did us. to you as best % & —_At-inch Navy Blue Cheviot, fine 50c when you find them in our £ ~ \ K £ and heavy value for.....-. ¢ stock. These are what folks ¢ 7; Bs ee ee Blue BOC, are buying most now. Worth $ induces them. 50-inch Imperial Serge, in seven of the latest shades, especially desirable for early spring wear worth $1 75 6 egeete Real Bristle Nail Brushes—15e. to 40e. Real Bristle Halr Brushes, with solid dackn—250. to $2 $27.80. "98 “Ottawa,” $27.60. Biggest in Reseda, Wine, 45-inch Drap 4 worth $1.25— ¢ § Brown, Blue for. e. and *. an ounce, letta Extract : perfume— Roger & Gallet's Soaps—25c. a cake— Ge. 4 box. enuine Imported Castile Soap—Se. a é : %, PERRY’S, “NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” Established 1840. 3 ‘Telephone 99%. a oteegenteteedentetnefnbeteetentetetentetoentetneeatetoeontetneentetosenoerneeneteeentetreentetiefertotnetatetnatntetedtetetpce for 50-inch Striped Melton, taflor-made sults... sed ch Satin Colgate’s| Honey, Glycerine, Tai Bay Rum and Cold Cream Soups—8e. a cake. ™ $2 ieeeopereaiee() lard) Seed ote SOOO SD sSorteetessontentees Sondontentetey gotiations between the two big to-) It matters little what it is that you want : sive merchants of St Louis and the Amer-|—whether a situation or a servant—a . an Electric Light o Company has been declared | “vant” ad. in The Star will reach the : is the most judicious and ef- on who can fill your need. advertis he ‘Theaters, IN RREUMATISM are your Itmpg like a barometer and so ten- der and_sensitive thaf you fe foretell every storm and change in the thee by the excrutiating pains. ‘and aches in your muscles and joints? Acb- ail day and preventing rest and sleep at night? If’ so, a SECURE PROMPT PELIEF BY APPLYING A Benson’s Porous Plaster to the aching parts,, Inggnparably THE BEST and most ve external remedy ever com- BENSCN’S fs the cnly highly medicated plaster nd CURES Wi cas ve a HERE, OTHERS FAIL to even re- Ueve. But otly the Kenulng, effective. Insist upon a FENSON. Price, 25 cents. Refuse substitutes, 2 4 AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN Mr, George J. Killian Becomes Insane and is Removed to Asylum. Morris Post, G. A. R., Installs Officers for Ensuing Term—Acci- dents and Arrests, Mr. George J. Killian, aged thirty-eight, a butcher, living at No. 3412 P street, was taken into custody last evening shortly after 7 o'clock by Policeman Fritz Passau, and locked up at the station house on a charge of insanity. For several days the man has acted queerly, and for the past two nights has been violent. One of the neighbors reported the matter to the police last evening, expressing the fear that he would set fire to the house. Scarcely had the neighbor left the station house when an alarm of fire was turned in for the home of Mr. Killian. The engines quickly re- sponded, and the blaze was soon extin- guished. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the explosion of a lamp. The mental condition of the unfortunate man was examined this morning, and he was sent to the asylum about noon in the police ambulance. Annual Installation. The annual installation of officers of George U. Morris Post, No. 19, Department of the Potomac, G. A. R., was held at its last regular meeting on Monday cvening. Ccmrade H. M. Gillman, assistant muster- ing officer of the department, acted us the installing officer. The newly elected offi- cers are: Commander, A. B. Gunwell; sen- jor vice commander, Rudolph Ulmer; jun- ior vice commander, E. H. Harner; sur- geon, J. F_R. Appleby, M.D.; chaplain, George W. Fletcher; quartermaster, C. M. Robinson; officer of the Walter B. the Charles geant major, M. B. Lichty; quartermaster sergeant, H. M. Allan. The post also mus- tered in George W. Campbell, late of Com pany F, issth Ohio Regiment, and admit- ted Comrade A. B, Vancleep, Company F, 30th New Jersey Volunteers. Bicycle Rider Injured. Shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday afte! neon Thomas W. Grimes of 1737 De Sales street northwest, while riding a bicycle, fell from the machine at the corner of 30: and M streets and‘recetved a severe Injury to the right knee! “The ‘accident was caus- ed by the bad condition of the roadway. The injured man was removed to Brace’s drug store, and later sent to his home in a cab. Charge of Vagrancy. John C. Stephens and George Gaffney, two well-dressed. young white men, were arrested last evéning' shortly before 6 o'clock by Policeman Gus Hess and locked up at the Georgetown station on a charge of vagrancy. The young men were beg- ging from house to house when the officer came across them. One ran and was cap- tured by the son of Sergeant Haney, while the other was caught by Hess. They could not give an account of themselves and were locked up over night. Mins Frizsel’s Death. Miss Matilda Frizzel, the daughter of Mrs. Margaret Frizzel, died yesterday morning at the family residence, 3410 T street. The young lady had been sick but a short time. She was in the thirty-ninth year of her age. She was seldom seen on the street, owing to her affliction. At the time of her death her weight was esti- mated to be over 400 pounds. While the primary cause of death is given as con- gestion of the lun: the certificate also attributes elephantiasis as an indirect cause. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the chapel in Oak Hill cemetei Brief Mention. A marriage lice: has been issued to Mr. Oriando T. Updike of Front Royal, Va., and Miss Julia Memmert of Dumbar- ton avenue. Thomas J. Delaney, a newly appointed colored member of the police force, has been assigned to duty with the George- town precinct. The inspectors of the District government are beginning a crusade against the restau- rants and eating houses of this section of the city for failing to take out a license. ee Fourth of the Series. The fourth of the series of entertainments complimentary to the members and friends of the Y. M. C. A. will be given tonight at 8 o'clock, at the association rooms on New York avenue, in the form of a lecture by Lieut. J. M. Kenney. Lieut. Kenney wiil give an account of his personal experiences while with the relief party sent to the polar regions for the rescue of the Greely party, his subject being “‘Lost in the Polar Sea.” —>—— i For Relief of the Poor. The District Commissioners have ordered that the unallotted balance of $1,000 of the current appropriation for the relief of the poor be placed at the disposal of the cen- tral relief committee, to be distributed in accordance with such plans of work as the committee may ‘adopt. ISiGNS. i 2 ith and ‘a aves a jat-2oa 2 | 3 Notions In Prices. (\|# = | Barnard’s Cream, 17c. x|# A JAN l JARY PRI E I HAW! : Paine’sCeleryComp., 69c.\/| # 8 & Contl Ca . tar + 49. : wee .67e. : prams Canine Gage i HE real winter months are still ahead, but the backbone of the ° Boothe Hyomet--<1---fe Ey tailoring season is broken. Hence this January clearance-—this f- Terraline, 69c. Reena Cu mlb class falloring: at melted prices: Not a new event in | 2 our history, but our annual assurance that only new goods may be éx- |) Pennyroyal Pills, $1.37. pected here next year. 2 % : : Kolb Pharmacy, ee: 2 — 7TH AND E STS. NW. as ee etneotnnoeneerconrresttont Fine $8 $25, Diagonal $30 & $35 | Great Reduction Trousers, Cutaway Coat Suitings, To-order, & Vest, To-order, To-order, In Hair. : ‘ : : : Switebes, $2.50, formerly $5.00. § $ -50- FS H ret ache eee ar imperial Hair Regenerator for memecten eoe e jever S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. apl6-20d G This is the time for using Burchell’s Spring Leaf Tea—at 50c. a pound—at Teas and Receptions. N. W. Burchell, 1325 F st. WARFIELD SIMPSON, Expert Tailor, 1208 F Street. IN SPORTING CIRCLES Contest for Pairs in the Washington Whist Club. BIG TOURNEY AT CINCINNATI Stallings Signs to Manage the Phillies. AIM OF PAT POWERS ee ‘The Washington Whist Club had a con- test for pairs on the Safford system at their regular Tuesday night meeting at the Cairo, 1 Madame de Sibour and Mr. Carr. 9 Miss King and BR Pair No. Rank. 7 Miss Quackenbush and Mr. Barick...... 1 10 Mrs. Hoeke and Mr. Quackenbush. 2 6 Mrs. h and Mr. Stephens. 3 8 Mrs. Nichols and Mr. La 4 3 Mrs. Postlewaite and Mr. Norris, 5 12 Miss Daily and Miss Havenbui 4 8 9 10 The Cincin ‘The storm center of whist has been over Cincinnati the past week. The first meet- ing of the Ohio Auxiliary Association took Place last Friday and Saturday. It eclips- ed any similar event held by a newly form- ed association, and compared favorably with any A. W. L. congress. “The Cincinnati whisters,” says Tracey Barnes of the Toledo Blade, “outdid them- selves in preparation; not a detail was spared.” The contests were played at the Grand Hotel, where all outside whist players Stopped. The attendance was large, over 100 whist players taking part in the cham- pionship and open events. Distinguished visitors were present from New York, Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland, Dayton, Co- lumbus, Bucyrus, Marion and other cities. The Toledo players captured the state championship for fours. In the open con- tests the Toledo ladies distinguished them- selves. Mrs. C. Bond Lloyd, with John T. Mitchell of Chicago for a partner, made the highest score, with a plus of twelve tricks. Mrs. W. H. Harrison, with Colonel Buffington of New York for a partner, was a close second. The play of women whist- ers is a new feature at the different whist congresses, and it is not only a source of pleasure to have them as partners, but an encouragement to the men, to note the 1apid advancement they have made in the game. Whist of this month has the picture of Mrs. Henry E. Waterman, the wife of Cap- Waterman of the U.S. Engineer Corps. She is one of the ablest women players in the country. She learned the same in Milwaukee, where she and Miss Bessie Allen were taught together. A wo- man of noted intellectual ability, she has fully verified the high anticipation formed of her whist prow At Put-in Bay she was a guest of Mrs. Clarence Brown, and was one of the team which defeated the trophy winners. At the Brooklyn Whist Club, with Mrs. Baker as a partner, she made the highest score. A New Whist Book. Miss Elizabeth H. Gay, a prominent whist teacher, is the author of an interesting and instructive book, illustrating the leads as they should be taught. It will be a val- uable ald to those who wish to impart in- struction in a lucid and attractive manner. Miss Campbell, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Tuckér of New York are a quar- tet of strong players, not relying on any team signals or any system whatever, but are usually found near the top on whist nights at the different clubs throughout the city. Their game is similar to that of the Washington club, and will be heard from at the next whist congress. An Instructive Hand. ‘The hand below is given to illustrate the disastrous results of leading one round too many of trumps, which 1s the cause of the loss of more tricks than any other play at whi 13. Qs xWinning card. North, ‘Table 1--Trick 6, play. Table 2—East’s bold trump lead causes the gain of eight tricks. Thursday evening is the third evening of the mixed pair championship series of the Philadelphia Whist Club. Much interest is taken in this event. Saturday the Park Club of Plainfield, N. J., will go to Baltimore to battle for’ the A. W. L. trophy, which the Baltimores have held. Whist, with a little modification, gives the famous Duke of Cumberland’s hand. Spades are substituted for diamonds, and the nine of clubs for the queen of spades. They have given the same trump and lead. West makes the bad Stallings Signs a Contract. George Stallings yesterday signed a con- tract to manage the Philadelphia base ball team the coming season. His contract for last year ran cut during Christmas week, but, as he had previously been assured of again holding the reins in "98, he was not in any hurry to put his signature to the Lew one. Contracts have been sent out to all the players on the list, and they total thirty- six. Several have been signed and return- ed, while few have made any objection thus far to the terms or the price named for salary. Manager Selee Wanted to Be a Mag- nate. Manager Frank Selee of Boston was re- cently offered a franchise in the Western League, and was anxious to take it, but the Boston club refused to release him from his promise. Such is the story pub- lished in a Chicago paper. On his return from the California trip, so the story goes, Selee had several confer- ences with President Ban Johnson, who made him the offer of the eighth franchise in the Western League, the club to be placed in Omaha. Selee was delighted, and went to Omaha at once, where he is well known and can get plenty of backing. He then went to Boston to get released from his verbal promise to manage the Boston team next season. President Soden held him to his promise, and Selee had to give up his idea of becoming a “magnate,” at least for a time. Selee certainly lost a great chance, as a Western League fran- chise in a good city and in the hands of an able manager like Selee is a valuable piece of property. Sunday Ball in Greater New York. Mr. F. A. Abell, owner of the Brooklyn club, had a long conference with President Freedman of New York recently. It was supposed that the conference related to the playing of Sunday ball in Greater New York this year, which seems among the probabilities. Brooklyn has always played Sunday ball on the road, and if both the Greater New York clubs go to playing Sun- day ball at home and away from home and Pittsburg plays away home, it will leave only Pi hia and Bos- ton of all the clubs that will get no Sunday dates. If playing on Sunday ts allowed in both ends of New York and the legisiature of Ohio does not stop the game in Cleveland, there will be only five of thé twelve league citics where Sunday ball is prohibited—namely, Baltimore, Washing- ton, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Boston. After an Eastern League Franchise. Patrick Powers, president of the Eastern Base Ball League, visited Wilkesbarre yes- terday, and said he came to purchase the franchise of the Wilkesbarre club. He states that the cash is ready if the Wilkes- barre management wanis to sell, but it is understood that the owners will not sell at Mr. Powers’ price. Yale Students to Decide. Regarding the meeting held by the Cor- nell Athletic Council at Ithaca Monday night to consider Yale's rowing challenge to Cornell, Yale's coach, Robert J. Cook, said that an answer had not yet been re- ceived by the rowing authorities at Yale, and'that if the report that Cornell would ask for a race in 1N# were correct he could not say whether Yale would agree to that or not. He intimated that the general sen- timent of the under-graduates would be considered before making a decision in the matter. A prominent graduate of Yale ex- pressed the opinion that an acceptance of Yale's challenge by Cornell without any conditions imposed by the latter in regard to future races would be the best thing all around. Dates for Cable Chess Match. The Brooklyn Chess Club at a meeting de- cided to inform the British Chess Club that the Brooklyn would be pleased to play the next cable chess match for the Sir George Newness Anglo-American trophy March 11 and 12, 18 and 19 or 25 and 26. It was de- cided to invite the following to take places on the team: Harry N. Pillsbury, Jackson W. Showalter, John F. Barry, Edward Hymes, A. B. Hodges and Eugene Delmar. It was also decided to invite the presidents of the thirty-six chess clubs in this coun- try, to whom letters were sent last August asking their co-operation, to meet the six men already selected for the team, and to confer with them as to the best means of filling the remaining positions on the team. This conference will take place January 1. Ladies’ Golf Tournament. The qualification round in the ladies’ golf tournament was played yesterday on the links of the Washington Golf Club at Ro: lyn, and the following qualified for the finals, which are to be played Friday: Mrs. J. H. Purdy, Mrs. Blair Lee, Miss Patten, Miss Jackson, Mis: s Board- man, Miss Wetmo! Board- man. The grounds were in poor condition on account of the wet weather, and this prevented any exceptionally good play. AN INJURIOUS INSECT Results of Recent Investigation of the Mexi- can Weevil. It is a Dangerous Pest and Very Destructive to Growing Cotton, One of the latest circulars to be issued by the Department of Agriculture is “The xican cotton boll weevil in 1897." The circular states that as injurious as this in- sect has been, especially during the sum- mer and autumn of 1895, and less so in th two preceding years, to the planters whe fields it has actually entered, a greater cause for alarm existed through the prob- ability of its spread into more important cotton-growing regions. Thus the reports of damage in 1895 greatly disturbed the cotton planters, not only of the rich coun- try lying to the north and east of the in- fested region in the state of Te but also the planters of Lou Alabama and Georgia. It was at firsi thought the spread of the insect into th regions would be certain and rapid. T investigations of the first season larg negatived this possibility, ana now, three seasons’ observation it appears that the spread of the insect toward the north and east has been very slow: that this spread is practically checked by the first heavy frost, and that it is doubtful wheth- er it will spread to any great extent be- yond the region of growth of volunteer cotton. Studying the Insect. In the early part of the season an agent, Mr. C. H. Townsend, was commissioned to investigate wild and cultivated cotton in south which was assumed to be the original home of the insect, although the greatest reports of damage in Mexico have come from more northern counties Mr. Townsend was stationed during the spring and early summer months in the state of Tabasco, and had no difficulty in evil breeding very extensive- arly as February in the squares of tton and in following it on until in the bolls. He reared many speci- mens of the weevil, but was unsu ful in finding any parasites. He had been sent down there to see whether native parasites could be found which might be introduced to advantage into Texas cotton fields. He sent, during this time, from Tabasco to this office In Washington numerous speci- mens of bolls containing this insect in dif- erent stages: and the writer has also been unsuccessful in rearing any parasites, al- though dried fragments in some of the bolls indicate that a parasite does exists: however, in insignificant numbers. ry fact of the o rrence of the weevil in such quantity in Tabasco is in itself an indication that no effective parasite is to be found there. In October and early November Mr. Townsend was sent through the infested region in Texas for the purpose of exam- ining the conditions and learning whether the Insect had spread. Such an investiga- tion was not necessary in the early season of the year for the reason that previous experience has shown us that the spread of the insect takes place in the autumn, if at all. The early generations in the more northern portions of the range of the species are not so numerous as the later ones, and the migratory instinct does not become developed as long as there is plenty of feod. Wherever in a weevil-infested field the reasonably complete loss of the top crop through drought or from some other cause brings about a lack of food for the weevils in October or later, they then migrate in search of food and proper places to lay their exes. The statements which follow have been derived largely from Mr. Townsend's re- ports. Short Crops in Infested Regions, In all the infested region the crop this year seems to have been very short, rang- ing from ore bale to six acres to one bale to ten or even fifteen acres on uplands. This condition is largely attributed to drought. In the bottom lands at Victoria the yield was from one-quarter to one-half bale per acre, and, had it not been for the weevil, a good top crop would have been realized. On the uplands almost no top crop was made, although there was a slight yield here and there in occasional fields, as at San Antonio, Gonzales and Goliad. At Kenedy Mr. Townsend found that the yield averaged one bale to ten acres; at Cuero, one bale to eight acres; at Victoria, one bale to from two to twenty-five acres, vary- ing from bottom lands to uplands; at Gol- jad, one bale to six acres; at Beeville, one bale to eight acres. This will show about the yleld of the central portion of the area heretofore known to be infested by the weevil. The Outlook for This Year. At the close of 1895 it was feared that ‘there would be a considerable spread during 1896. The severe midsummer drought in 1896, however, resulted in not only limiting this spread but in bringing about a shrink- age o: the territory infested. Probably an- other factor which assisted in this shrink- age was the severe frost of the first week of December, 1896, which certainly resultd in the destruction of the majority of the insects at San Antonio, and probably also at Wharton, where the weevil was abund- ant in a certain field, and where it has not since been found. At San Antonio, by the way, in a field which was very badly in- fested in November, 1895, no specimens of the insect were found during 1896 and but a single adult weevil was captured in Oc- tober, 1897. The slight spread to the north and east ~ during 1897 renders it difficult to prey as to 1808 The almost uniform abs- Pe ececcccocs Don’t Lose Patience With Your Hair. ot your hair Try COORE now, Positt Coe e ee erereseeeoes? Peo e err errsereemeseeeoe Those Chapped Hand Can be quickly White and well, Qt TION is the secret . . . . 2 @ S et NX M Ceo oerreooeoree eeee a top crop over regions where the insect has previously been abundant, resulting in @ great scarcity during October, will prob- ably make the insect scarce in numbers in the flelds next spring. The writer would not be inclined expect any great dam- eee in such localities in the early part of Mr. Townsend writes: “I consider that the evil has been set hack greatly over near- the whole of the infested district this year.” The spread which did occur, how- ever, although not a great one, ts serious from its direction. With heavy frosts in the early winter the prospects for the fur- ther spread of the insect in the same g eral direction next summer will be very slight. Without such frosts it 1s to be fear- that toward the end of the summer of 1898. ther a further spread toward or, ‘al terms it may be said that the damage done by the weevil bears a direct Froportion to the value of the top crop, and since in southern Texas the top crop is probably proportionately more valtiable than in other portions of the cotton belt, owing to the greater length of th here that the 4: ge from the always be gr. It was the was brot ason, it ts weevil must t first supposition that nt from in- comparativ i region atout Matamoras, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas, to Alice or San Diego or us Christi in unginned « ton. Later observations seemed to. ne tive this suppesition, since the ins not found alout the gins. Mr however, the present 1 in visiting a at Vict found numbers of wling about , but even in th 1 passed through the gins had been examined qT Mexico, but served indi weevil my in ginned the y be taken from place to place well a» in ginned cotton, aconnisis carters Open the Library Te the Editor of The Evening Star: Now that members of the Congress have enjoyed the holidays, and are, presumably, in a holiday humor, it is to be hoped that they will take a favorable view of the p ton asking that the new National Lil the Botanical Garden and the Museum be opened on Sundays. t condition of reciauve ciuzen day. ‘ary, National Under the affairs thousands of are effectually shut off rom ail and any enjoyment of the treas- vies contained in these places, since a visit to them means the loss of a day's lavor, and, consequently, a day’s wages—whicli joss has to be reckoned with al the end of the week. But besides these sober, industrious ple there are others who should be sidered as well, I mean those to whom re ing quietly at home ts torture, reading cruel and unusual punishment, and sit- ng in church a something not to pe ught of. Imagine wh nday means They anft 1 the streets, and, Mnding themselve ut off from ail innocent amuse soon find th . for the saloon, wo en the ur to them! thes sets ajar and down- Uhus take another step or t ward course, you will say, “saloons jays; the law requi not yet dawned in this cit any one whe desired it could ne ited in the way of saioon vided he had the mo m. I had occasion © nd who lived bes du our ed by a pec which, my friend ex the pool playing next doo: set me to thinking and ing d-—well, [ stand by my declaration Ani this makes me think that tne people who so earnestly try to lessen the evil ot drink should give that petition thetr full and hearty support. So tar all their sit! erergy seems to have been expended in trying to prohibit unholy enjoyment, with- oul, however, in exchange an quivalent. which filling the aching void left by the forbidden pleasure, also inser purify and tastes of those for whose work so hard. In my humbl providing of rational and wholesome Joyment is the best weapon with which fight evil associations and bad habits, far more effective one, indeed, than edict of prohibition could possibly be. man is constituted as at present. We are all more or less full of the old Adam, and inherit his hankering after forbidden fruit. However little we may care to eat saucer kraut, for instance, once let a law be passed forbidding the use of it, and, 1 verily be- lieve, within a month the demand would be miles beyond the supply, and every farmer with a cabbage patch a full-fledged criminal. No; the old adage sity of fighting a c fire oncerning the neces- rtain Individual with was built upon a solid foundation of and should teach us that the w: called pleasures unpopular something the enjoyment of whi leaves no sting behind. And the best way > this is to open the doors to t nal treasure houses of nature, art literature, and make all, poor as we rich, welcome all the year round. Jai “MISS BROWN.” EEE ELEEEEEEL EES |) — YL Oo Nervous Weakness _ Young, Middle-aged and Old Suffering from ~ Nervous Debility Or any Wasting Diseases the result of ‘Vidlation of the Hygienic Rules of Health, producing Organic Weakness and injuring the functions of both Mind and Body can be permanently restored to Strength, Vitality and Nerve Power. 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