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Proposed Appalaehlan Park.
From the Asheville (X. C.) Citizen.
The statement that Secretary of Agri
culture Wilson is enthusiastic over the pro
ject to establish the proposed Appalachian
Park under government control is very
gratifying to those who are in favor of
this movement looking to the preservation
of the forests in this mountain region and
the saving of the mountains from the de
nudation that is bound to be followed by
disaster to the surrounding territory. The
secretary is accompanied by his chief for
estry expert, and his Indorsement gives
added impetus to the plans of the Appala
chian National Park. He has considerable
Influence with the members of Congress,
and as his plans are very comprehensive
regarding the preservation of forests he is
likely to have considerable support In this
project, which is a forerunner of forestry
plans in other parts of the country.
The Secretary made one statement that
had considerable significance. He ven
tured the opinion that if the bill for this
park didn't go through the next Congress
it would never be passed. He, however,
believed that if the park had the support
It ought to have Its establishment would
pass the next Congress.
It is interesting to observe that the Sec
retary during his week's stay here has
greatly enlarged his plans. He believes
now that they should be much more exten
?ive for the preservation of the forests
than originally suggested, and he is heart
ily in favor of the greater plans.
Cruelty to a Wife.
From Life.
"They say her husband treats her worse
than ever."
"What has he done now?"
"Why, the other day, instead of giving
her the money to pay her bills, he paid
them himself."
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"Papa, what does It mean to be blase?"
"My boy, it is getting tired of all the
things that are not worth living for."?Life.
Part 2.
WASHINGTON, D. O., SATURDAY, AUGUST
fatf.
Pages 13=24,
?TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
The Erection of Houses to Meet a
Constant Demand.
EXTENT OF THE WADSIORTH HOUSE
Notable Landmark at the Head of
11th Street.
A GROWING POPULATION
A row of four houses is being built at
the northeast corner of l?th and Rlggs
streets northwest by T. A and C. L. Hard
ing. They are to be three stories in height,
with fronts of light brick, designed after
the French school of architecture. Three
of the houses will be 20x?i0 feet, w e *
corner house will be 21x00 feet. The in
terior finish will be hard wood.
A row is also being erccted at the south
east corner of 18th and Riggs streets by
John Nolan.
Three Sew House*.
Now that the widening of Columbia road
has been finally determined upon, it is the
intention of Messrs. C. L. Harding aind
T. Hensey. the owners of the half-finished
houses at the northwest corner of Colum
bia road and 18th street, to complete thos
structures. Some months ag" ^ ? fQUn(j
r.f building was stopped, as it was iouih
h ri
country^road, ta still'detained, but it was
of?Odrty-^three^feet 2
houseL that were partially built extended
over some distance into the roadway as pro
jecled and now they are to be
wmbe two^ronting o^olumManMd^ &oc
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house and the interior will have the spa
cious effects which such an arrangement
makes possible. The exteriors of all three
buildings will be of brick and stone.
Sale of Vacant Gronnd.
During the past week a tier of lots on
Madison street between 17th and 18th
streets northwest was sold. The price paid
was $1.35 per square foot. The property,
which belonged to J. B. Wimer, is located
on the south side of the street, and has a
frontage of seventy-two feet and a dept
of ninety feet. It is not known definitely
what the plans of the purchaser, Mr. Her
bert Wadsworth, are. but it is c?"Jectured
that it is his intention to use a portion
St ground as a site for a stable. Some
time aero Mr. Huidekoper erected a stable
on the rear of a lot on this street, and the
portion fronting on the street is still ""oc
cupied. There is an alley in the rear which
is the approach to the building.
Mr. Wadsworth is building a fine house
for his own use on Dupont Circle. It is
one of the largest private residences in the
city, and in some respects will be one of
the notable ones. It occupies practically
the whole of the building space of the tri
angular square bounded by Massachusetts
avenue. 18th and P streets. The materials
used are brick of a light shade and terra
cotta. the latter being of a soft cream
color, that is especially attractive. The
latter material is used exclusively in the
broad frieze cornice and balustrade, and
gives not only a fine color effect, but modi
fies the tendency of the lines of the struc
ture toward emphasizing mere bulk.
A Substantial Residence.
While the building is not entirely com
pleted. and for that reason its effect can
not be fully determined, still it would ap
pear that the first impression which the
structure will give will be that of size. It
may also be thought that the effectiveness
of the design, which is colonial, is weak
ened by the great number of windows.
The house is substantially built and the
material used forms an admirable color
scheme, so that the edifice will be an ad
dition to the notable specimens of domestic
architecture in this city.
Not Conventional.
There is nothing conventional in the in
terior. and in this particular the surprises
in the way of the arrangement of the
rooms will give an additional charm to the
house, which, It is understood, was de
signed entirely by Mrs. Wadsworth, who
employed a draftsman to put her ideas in
shape. The main floor is the second, with
the approach through an arched opening,
which extends through the first or base
ment story from the principal front on
Massachusetts avenue to P street. In ad
dition to the domestic apartments there s
a room at the east of the driveway, while
on the west is the opening to the main
hall, which ib to be a paneled room with a
piatform staircase on the Massachusetts
avenue front, leading to the main floor.
The feature of the latter floor will be the
ball room, which occupies nearly the whole
of the eastern end of the house. The ceL
ing as is necessary In a room of such pro
portions. is very high and extends through
the height of the third floor, so that it oc
cupies two stories of the house. A large
central hall gives a spacious effect on this
floor and from it opens all the rooms, in
cluding the ball room. The proportions of
the latter room are such as to admit above
the doorway a gallery for musicians.
The Demand for Hounea.
In speaking recently of the additions be
ing made to the number of houses in the
District. Mr. A. T. Hensey of the B. H.
Warner Company said that in the one lo
cality alone of Washington Heights eighty
houses had been erected in the past three
years, through the agency of that com
pany. Another member of the company,
Mr. Clarence B. Rheem. who overheard
the statement, called attention to the fact
that the company had also been largely
instrumental in the building activity on
Columbia Heights.
In the opinion of Mr. Hensey the im
provements in progress in the various resi
dence sections were apt to give rise to the
comment that too many houses are being
built. He thought that such a view was
not well grounded, for the reason that, to
his mind, the building that was being done
was merely to supply the demand.
"It should be remembered," he added,
"that according to the census figures the
population of the District has increased
during the past two decades an average of
about B,000 per year. That means a yearly
addition of about one thousand families.
Homes must be supplied for these new
comers, and it will readily be understood
that a good many houses can be erected in
the course of a season merely to meet the
current demand. The statistics show that
at no time in the history of the city have
jo many apartment buildings been erected
and started as has been during the past
twelve months. Many of these buUdings
have a capacity equal to thirty-flve or
forty houses of average size, so that when
the accommodations of this character are
added to those provided by separate houses
It will be recognized that the supply is not
greater than the demand.
"Another interesting phase of the present
conditions," continued Mr. Hensey, "is the
dwindling list of vacant houses. It is the
experience of all real estate men that there
are fewer houses for rent than has been
the case for years, and that, too, In spite
of the fact that rentals have advanced
somewhat from the scale thafe prevailed
during the period of financial depression.
With a growing demand for home accom
modations, It is quite evident that the
population of the city is growing, and,
therefore, the prevailing building activity
is a response to a demand."
A New Section of lltli Street.
The residence of the late Christian Schnei
der, which was left by the grading of 11th
street above Florida avenue on the edge
of a high embankment, has been removed.
This course became necessary, as the wash
ing away of the embankment had exposed
the foundations, and the safety of the house
was threatened. The structure was a large
one, and, owing to its location on the brow
of the hill, was one of the conspicuous fea
tures of the landscape in that locality. It
was very substantially built, and the trus
tees decided that, as the house must be
taken down they would make use of the
materials.
A subdivision of the extensive grounds
north of the building, which extend nearly
to Roanoke street, has been made, and plans
for two three-story houses have been made
by Frank H. Jackson, architect, which will
be erected on two of the lots of the subdi
vision fronting on 11th street. The south
grounds, which adjoin those about Garfield
Hospital and which extend to Florida ave
nue, have not been subdivided. The ma
terial for the exterior of the houses will be
entirely new. and the structures will be
heated by steam and finished in hardwood.
W. H. Chandiee'i Residence.
An attractive house has been designed
by Robert Head, architect, for Mr. W. H.
Chandlee. It is to be located in Chevy
Chase, and the general style has been
chosen to harmonize with the surroundings
of that purely suburban settlement. The
treatment follows the simplicity of what
is known as the colonial style of architec
ture. This agrees very well with the gen
eral character of the structure, which is
to be a small and unpretentious affair. The
two stories will be covered with a high
roof, and the long lines of the building,
with but few breaks, will give an effect of
solidity which is often lacking In houses of
this description.
A feature of the exterior will be the
abundance of wide, roomy porches, and on
one side a section of a porch will be un
covered, so that when desired the occu
pants can enjoy sitting out in the open.
An Apartment House.
An apartment house Is to be erected by
Mrs. Caroline G. Caughey, from plans pre
pared by F. B. Pyle, architect, at 1223 and
1225 L street northwest. It is to be five
stories in height, 50x100 feet, and light
brick and terra cotta will be the material
used in the front.
DIAMONDS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.
A Comprehensive Report From Con
nut Baker.
United States Consul O. H. Baker
writes to the State Department that dia
monds have been found In Bingara dis
trict of New South Wales at seven differ*
ent places, and in Inverell district in fif
teen different places; also at the Ruby tin
mines on Vegetable creek. In Bathurst dis
trict diamonds have been found In four dif
ferent localities; in Mudgee district, at
fourteen different places; in Tambaroora
and Turon, at six different places, and in
Berima district, at eight different locali
ties. Several of these diamond fields have
been worked extensively with modern ma
chinery. The diamonds are small; Some
are said to be of fine quality. In Cudge
ling district, in the first five months of
systematic washing, over 2.500 diamonds
were discovered, and over 1,000 more were
discovered afterward, ine largest being
5 5-8 carats. The gems were mostly color
less, but some had a straw color, yellow
tints, or tints of brown. Light and dark
green and black were discovered. One or
two opaque ones were found, and one of a
dark-green color, with the appearance of
having been polished with black lead.
Black specks within the crystals were not
uncommon. The weight of the diamonds
averaged 0.224 carat.
In the Bingara diamond field the dia
monds averaged about five to the carat;
the largest stone weighed 2 5-8 carats, and
more than 50 per cent of the diamonds are
straw colored. It is estimated that In the
Bingara district 12,000diamonds were fonnd
up to 1887. In Boggy Camp diamond field
(the most sysetmatically worked of any in
New South Wales up to 1880) 23,000 dia
monds were found?total weight, 5,151
carats. In 1895 the prospectors obtained
from one load of wash 515 diamonds. In
forty-two loads of wash 000 carats of dia
monds and 510 pounds of stream tin were
found. At this place there is a plant cap
able of treating 250 loads per week. It
handled during the year 1898 1,300 loads of
gravel, yielding 12,li?J carats of diamonds;
also a large quantity of stream tin, which
nearly paid the cost of treatment. The out
put in 1889 was 21,830 carats of diamonds
and 20 tons 18 cwts. of stream tin. The
mine closed in 15)00; total product, 37,400
carats of diamonds and 39 tons of stream
tin. The largest stone found in these mines
weighed 0% carats; it is believed to be the
largest diamond ever found in New South
Wales. It was a straw-colored broken
fragment of a crystal, from which it was
estimated that the original stone may have
weighed 15 carats. About a half dozen
3-carat stones were also found, but the av
erage size was one-third of a carat.
The Elliot Diamond and Tin Mining Com
pany recently started operations near the
Inverell diamond field. The first washing
Is said to have yielded 3 carats of dia
monds to the load, and over 40 pounds of
stream tin. Many diamonds are picked up
by prospectors here and there and find
their way to Sydney, but the quantity is
unknown. The jewelers who buy them
toave been accustomed to send them to Eu
rope to be cut. They do not care to make
a statement that might invite competition.
Value of the Sharpshooter.
From Harper'a Weekly.
The experience of the British forces in
South Africa demonstrated the value of the
sharpshooter, and charging an intrenched
position seems now to be a thing of the
past. Had the Spaniards been as well
armed and of the same fighting material
as the Boers the American victory at San
Juan would probably have been a dis
astrous defeat almost Identical with that
of the British at Colenso. Hence the ne
cessity of drilling the National Guard ac
cording to prevailing conditions. The old
method of marching a company in front of
a target, and firing a volley while standing,
has been eliminated, and skirmish firing
by company has replaced it. According to
the new orders each company advances
to the 500-yard line, and each man fires
two rounds; then at the word of com
mand the men advance on the run to 400
yards, and again firing two rounds, they
rush forward to 300 yards, where, after
using two more rounds, the order Is given
to retreat, the line being halted at 350
yards, and again at 450 yards, a volley
being fired at each point. The firing is al
ways done prone, so that in actual warfare
each man would be able to take advantage
of any inequality the ground might offer.
In the first three instances each man aims
and fires as quickly as possible, regard
less of the others, but the last two are
volleys, only fired when the order is given.
In some Instances the whole line sounds
as one shot, only one report being heard.
The Land of Earthquakes.
From tbe London Expresa.
There are certain generally accepted con
clusions that are entirely wrong. One of
these is as to the land of the most frequent
earthquakes. Ask almost any person and
he will tell you that the most earthquakes
are in Japan; but he Is wrong. It seems
as though we hear more about earthquakes
at or near Japan than at any other place,
but when the cold facta are tabulated we
find that Greece is away ahead of Japan
in seismic disturbances. The latest com
plete reports cover a-period of six years
from 1893 to 1898, and during that time
3,187 earthquakes occurred in Greece and
about one-half of that number in Japan.
The Island of Zanta alone had 2,018 shocks
during the six years.
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Chief Interest Centers in Bifle Meet
at Sea Girt
BRIGADE TEAM D8BG 6D0D f QBE
Marked Success of Encampment
and Navaf Battalion Cruise.
ABSENCE OF COMPLAINTS
With the annual encampment of the
troops a thing of the past chief interest,
so far as the District National Guard is
concerned, now centers in the coming rifle
competitions at Sea Girt, N. J. The "neet,
which opens the 30th of this month, prom
ises to, and unquestionably will, be the
most elaborate affair of its kind ever held
in the United States. Never before have
so many experts with the rifle, the revol
ver and the carbine, from so many parts
of the world, assembled in any one spot
on the western hemisphere in order to test
their skill in marksmanship, as will be
seen on the Jersey shore within a few
weeks. And the District of Columbia is to
be prominently represented through the
participation of its military riflemen. The
local citizen soldiery has acquired the
habit of gathering in nearly everything at
Sea Girt in which honors and prizes are
obtainable, and no good reason exists why
the enviable record heretofore established
should not be maintained in connection
with the contests soon to occur.
Unless the present unofficial plans are
changed, the contingent to represent the
District of Columbia National Guard will
depart from this city the evening of Wed
nesday, August 28. and will be under can
vas on the Jersey range the following
morning. The meeting will open Friday
morning, so that this arrangement will al
low all day Thursday for the competitors
from the national capital to indulge in
practice and familiarize themselves with
the Sea Girt conditions which, by reason
of the ever-present wind, are decidedly dif
ferent from those here.
The Several Teamn.
In addition to the brigade team which is
to engage in the strife for the Hilton and
, the Interstate trophies, teams will be sent
| by the 1st Regiment, the 2A Regiment, the
Gth Battalion, Company A, 6th Battalion
and Company B, 4th Battalion. Further
, more, there will be In evidence a large
j number of District guardsmen engaged In
the individual competitions; and good rea
son exists for the belief that the District
will figure in the make-up of the Ameri
, can team to shoot in th$ international
match for the Palma trophy. Especially
i to compete for this famous prize teams are
cxpected from Ireland, Switzerland, Argen
| tine and other countries. France had hoped
to be represented, but .at the last moment,
finding that the project could not be car
ried out. has sent two valuable trophies to
be placed in competition as an evidence of
good will and friendly feeling- A...?p?cial
match between the team from Ireland and
one to represent New Jersey Is being ar
ranged.
Kra?-Jorgen?en Gnna.
The contests this year will constitute a
battle between the Krag-Jorgensens, or
new army rifles. Practically all the com
petitors will be armed for the first time
with this guri. The meet will mark the in
itial work of the District teams with the
Btrag. Teams representing twelve states,
and others from the army and the Marine
Corps, have entered for the Hilton and the
interstate military matches so that the
team that proves victorious in either com1
petition will have won a re*l honor. The
Hilton match will be shot Monday, Septem
ber 2. and the Interstate match, Wednes
day, September 4.
The practice work of the members of the
District brigade team is of a scale of ex
cellence never equaled In former years, so
that gratifying results are anticipated. The
team indulges in practice every Tuesday
and Saturday.
Among the District guardsmen who may
be selected for places on the American
team are: Major James E. Bell, Major
Glendie B. Young, First Lieutenant W. M.
Farrow, First Lieutenant H. H. Leizear
and First Lieutenant H. M. Bell.
Echoe* of Encampment.
The District National Guardsmen have
been home from camp just one week today,
and not a word of complaint has yet been
heard from any one relative to any branch
of the outing. That the encampment was
noticeably the most successful in every way
in the history of the local brigade Is not
disputed. This result was brought about
by the hardest kind of work on the part of
everybody, from the commanding general
to the private last enlisted. The distin
guished visitors to camp were loud In their
piaise of the efficiency of the brigade, and
Lieut. Col. Maus, inspector general on Gen.
Miles' staff, pronounced what he saw to be
well-nigh perfecc; and it Is his particular
business to see everything.
The commissary department, perhaps,
achieved the most notable success, al
though right in line was the quartermas
ter's department. The medical department
was thoroughly equipped and prepared to
do and act, but by reason of the strict ob
servance of sanitary precautions there was
no sickness. Therefore Surgeon General
Henderson and his assistants were practi
cally Idle. ?
The appearance of the guardsmen on the
ellipse of the White Lot last Saturday af
ternoon was entirely creditable, although
everybody was tired. The opportunity was
afforded the citizens of Washington to see
for themselves that the city has a military
command that, as regards real efficiency,
need not walk In the rear of aay state or
ganization in the country.
of IVaval Battalion.
The third annual cruise of the Naval Bat
talion, District of Columbia National
Guard, terminated last Sua day morning. It
was conceded to be the meat snacessfui and
instructive season at sea every enjoyed by
this organization. The trip eovered the
period from Saturday, JuJfr 4), to the 28th,
inclusive. One hundred awl sixaofficers and
men participated, under Commander Rob
ert P. Hains.
While the outing was veny similar to that
taken by the same organiaation<ln 1809 and
again in 1800, there was a nafllceable im
provement in every departonenl. aboard the
ship. The vessel used by ?he "Jackies" last
year, the U. S. S. Fern, was bought into
service again this year, and the old craft
never presented a liner appeoaance, even
when In the regular service, than she did
the day she dropped anchor In the Wash
ington channel. Kvery pact of the ship
had been scraped and painted, decks put in
first-class condition, while the brass work
throughout the ship was highly polished,
making a very creditable showing when
inspected by the commanding general last
Sunday afternoon.
The fact that every officer of the battal
ion participated in the cruise, the first time
this record has been attained since the
naval branch of the guard, was organized,
was favorably commented upon. The en
listed men also turned out welL The men
attended to their dutiei la a seamanlike
manner, and the rapiClty. #lth which they
entered upon their numerous duties was
most gratifying to the commanding officer.
?11 were pleased wtth the' experience and
only regretted that they could not spend a
longer period on thg water.- Several men
re-enlisted for another three years' service
before the ship's company was put arihare
last Sunday. Their term of enlistment ex
pired while they wens at sea.
Commander in his report of til#
cruise to the adjutant general, says that,
while he cannot refrain from expressing his
great satisfaction of the hearty interest and
co-operation on the part of both officers and
crew, he notes for special mention the
cheerful manner In which the entire engi
neer's force responded in the discharge of
their arduous duties In the engine and fire
room. The engineer's force Is composed
entirely of volunteers of the Naval Bat
talion.
The Target Practice.
A feature of the croise was the target
practice, which proved to be satisfactory
from every standpoint. The sailor boys
had ample opportunity to display their pro
ficiency, and the results attained were
most gratifying to Commander Hains and
to all of the officers of the battalion who
were present and witnessed the work of
the marksmen. The men were first drilled
at the great guns in subcaliber practice,
each man firing twenty rounds, the regular
crew firing first. Small arm practice with
the rifle, with the same allowance of am
munition per man, was also allowed, fol
lowed by practice at the guns with full
charges, the men firing the three six
pounders, three rounds each, and those at
the two one-pounders six rounds each.
As the time did not permit the completion
of the practice in one day the wo.k was
continued at a later date.
During practice two regulation great gun
targets were used, the first one put out
being destroyed, with a range verying from
1,200 to 2.000 yards, with the ship under
way at the time. The practice this ytar
exhibited a marked improvement over that
of last year. The Fern's armament was
strengthened just before starting on the
cruise by the addition of two six-pounders
of the latest improved style, and it was
these large guns which played such havoc
on the canvas target.
ine health of the crew was excellent
with two exceptions. The patients were
sent to their homes-one from Old Point
Comfort and the other upon reaching
"Washington. The condition of neither was
regarded as serious.
The officers of the naval battalion who
attended the cruise were: Commander
Robert P. Hains. Paymaster Sidney Kie
ber, Chief Engineer Thomas W. Power,
Surgeon S. , Clifford Cox, Lieut. R. B.
Brummitt, navigator; Lieut. A. P. Lang,
commanding first division; Lieut. J. A.
Dempf, commanding second division; En
sign George A. Berry, second division; En
sign Howard Fisk, aid to the command
ing officer; Ensign William H. Lantz. first
division, and Pay Clerk Frank W. Si
gourney. 0
EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES.
An Apparent Decreane for the FiMcal
Year
Exports of manufactures from the United
States show an apparent decrease of $23,
3412,583 in the fiscal year 11X>1, compared
with 1000. The detailed figures having just
been completed by the treasury bureau of
statistics, It is now practicable to analyze
this decrease and see how much of it is
real, and how much of that which Is real
is due to temporary causes.
As has already been explained by the
bureau of statistics, the export figures of
1001 do not include the exports to the Ha
waiian Islands or to Porto Rico, which are
now customs districts of the United States.
The shipments of domestic products to
Porto Rico were during the year, $0,SGI.017,
and including the foreign with the do
mestic products exceeded $7,000,000. For
the shipments from the United States to
the Hawaiian Islands there are no official
statistics, the exporters having taken ad
vantage of the letter of the law and re
fused "to-give th?? information-to the bu
reau of statistics; but the collector of cus
toms at Honolulu estimates the shipments
to those islands from the United States
during the year at'fully $20,000,000. This
makes 127,000,000, therefore, which should
be added to the export statement in an
attempt to compare the figures of the pres
ent year with those of 1900. An analysis
of the exports from the United States to
Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands last
year shows that fully two-thirds were
manufactured, and assuming this as a
basis of the calculations for the present
year, there should be added $18,000,000 to
the statement of manufactures exported
jfrom the United States, bringing the total
up to $428,000,000, or only $5,000,000 below
that of last year. The exports to China
from the United States fell off about f?S,000,
000 in 1001, compared with 1000, the fall, of
course, being entirely due to temporary
causes. An examination of our exports to
China in 1000 shows that practically all
are manufactures, so that the temporary
reduction of exports to China, due to the
unsettled conditions In that country, cou
pled with the absence of export statistics
fo<- Hawaii and Porto Rico, fully equals
the entire decrease in our exports of man
ufactures.
In four important articles of our manu
factured exports, however, there is a ma
terial reduction In the value of exports in
1901 compared with 1000. These articles
are (1) copper, a reduction of $14,500,000;
(2) Iron and steel, a decrease of $4,500,000,
Which Is entirely accounted for by the ab
sence of figures on the exports to Hawaii,
to which the exports of iron and steel alone
from the United States last year were over
$5,000,000; (3) mineral oils, in which there
is a reduction of $3,800,000 In value, and
which is due entirely to a reduction in the
export price of oils, the number of gal
lons exported having actually increased
from 817,599,409 gallons in 1!HH> to 870,498,
9<>4 gallons in 15101; (4) cotton manufac
tures, a reduction of $3,700,000, which is
entirely due to the temporary falling off
in our exports to China, the decrease in
exports of cotton goods to China in 1901,
compared with 1900, being $4,183,000, or
more than the entire decrease in total ex
ports of cotton manufactures. Taking the
entire available list of exports of manu
factures, numbering about 200 distinct ar
ticles or classes of articles. It is found that
60 per cent show an increase in value as
compared with last year, while in a con
siderable number of those showing a de
crease the loss is entirely due to the re
duction In price per unit, the actual quan
tities being in several cases greater and
the values less than last year.
The following table shows the exports In
1900 and 1901 of all manufactures in which
the total exports In 1901 exceeded $1,000,000:
1900 1901
Iron and steel and mfra. .$121,913.548 $117,319,270
Refined mineral oils 62.247,588 64.425.859
Copper, manufactures of. 57.852.960 43.267,021
Leather and mfrs. of.... 27,293,010 27,923,653
Cotton manufactures 24,003,087 20,272,418
Agricultural implements. 16.099,149 16,313,434
Chemicals, drugs and dyes 13.203,610 14.384,448
Wood manufactures 11.232.838 11,097.042
Paper and mfrs. of 6,215,833 7.439,001
Scientific Instruments 6,435,766 7,361,231
Paraffin 8,602,723 6.857.288
Tobacco manufactures.... 6,010,141 5,092,603
Fibers 4,441,833 4,302,776
Carriages and horse cars. 3.794,138 4,210,108
Railway cars 2.558,323 4,195.019
Books, maps, Ac 2.943.435 3,471.243
Spirits, distilled 2,278,111 3,054,708
India robber and gutta
Dercha mfrs.??????..... 2,367,<88 3,017,253
Sugar, teflned 1.004.135 2,969.596
Musical Instruments 1.958,7(9 2,780,796
Bicycles 3.553.149 2,515.729
Clocks and watches 1.977.694 2.340.751
Glass and glassware 1.936.119 2.126.309
Paints and colors 1.902.367 2,036,343
Brass manufactures 1,866,727 2,007,450
Starch 2.604,362 2.006,865
Malt iiqnors 2,139,216 1,723,040
Gploslre^r. .aDd .?!ber.eX: 1.891.604 1,712,102
w?o?' manufactures 1.300,362 1,542,682
One to the Parson.
Prom Tit-Bits.
prompted by the feeling that it was his
duty, a well-known bishop once remon
strated with one of his clergy for attend
ing the meet of a local hunt.
"Well, your lordship," replied the offend
er, "I really do not see that there"Is any
more harm in hunting than In going to a
ball."
"I presume," answered his lordship, "that
you refer to having seen my name down
among those who attended Lady A 's
ball; but, 1 assure you, throughout the
whole evening I was never once In the game
room as the dancers." .
"That, my lord. Is exactly how I stand?
I was never once In the same field as the
hounds."
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THE ROADS OF PALESTINE.
Report From United Stated Conttnl
Merrill at Jernwalem.
United States Consul Merrill, at Jeru
salem, has made an interesting report to
the State Department In regard to the
thoroughfares of Palestine, in which he
says:
"One of the greatest thoroughfares in
Palestine is that between Jerusalem and
Nablous, the ancient Shechem. For cen
turies it has been only a camel path, in
many places rough and stony, and in ppite
of the vast amount of traffic it was not
until 1900 that an effort was made to con
nect the two cities by a carriage road.
Early in that year the route was surveyed
and specifications sent to Constantinople,
whence orders for the construction of
roads must emanate. Work was begun the
following autumn, and in March of the
present year the first carriage passed over
the completed section between Jerusalem
and Bireh.
"The extreme width of the roadbed Is 19
feet 6 inches. After the grading, a bed of
cracked stones 8 inches in thickness was
made, over which earth was spread. The
road was then well rolled. The grade is
good, there being very few places where a
horse cannot trot. I refer, of course, cnly
to the completed portion between Jeru
salem and Bireh. The culverts and small
I bridges on this section are twenty in num
ber, with three additional bridges of fair
size, the largest having two ten-foot arches
separated by fifteen feet of solid masonry.
These culverts are necessary to accommo
date the small torrents created by the win
ter rains, which often do great damage.
"From Jerusalem to Sinjil is a little over
19 miles, and from Bireh to Sinjil about 10
miles. The entire distance from Jerusalem
to Nablous is 38>? miles. American travel
ers will remember Sinjil as their camping
place the first night out of Jerusalem, go
ing north toward Damascus. It is a
curious fact that 'Sinjil' is an Arabic adap
tation of 'St. Giles' of the crusades, and
'Bireh' is the Biblical 'Beeroth' mentioned
in Joshua ix, 17. Bireh has a good spring,
and there has been talk of bringing water
thence to Jerusalem.
"The contract price for building the com
pleted section of the road was about ?23,
000.
"The distance between Bireh and Sinjil
is only one mile greater than that between
Jerusalem and Bireh, but the country is
more rugged. There are many natural ob
stacles to be encountered, and the esti
mated cost of that section is from |40.(H?0 to
$44,000. Specifications have already been
sent to Constantinople, and it is hoped this
portion of the road will be built next year.
The money will be raised in the Jerusalem
district by a tax upon the peasantry. The
Jerusalem district ends at Sinjil; what is
north of that point comes under the Juris
diction of Nablous. This route is associat
ed with many famous historical events,
and the contiguous country contains the
sites of the ancient cities of Nob, Gophna,
Beeroth, Bethel, Ramah, Shiloh, etc.
"The wagon roads already existing In
Palestine are:
"(1.) Jerusalem to Tafa, 40 miles; begun
In 1868, but & number of years elapsed be
fore wagons could pass over it, and then
only with difficulty, ten to twelve hours
being required to go down to Yafa and
fourteen to sixteen to climb back up the
mountains. Thousands of tourists will re- i
member the great discomforts of this trip. ,
It was only in 1892, when the railroad be
tween these two points became a certainty, j
that the Jerusalem and Yafa road was
made fairly comfortable for carriages.
"(2.) Jerusalem to Hebron, 23 miles; com
pleted In 1890.
"(3.) Jerusalem to Jericho, about 22 milesi
completed in 1898. Ten years were spent
in building this road.
"(4.) Jerusalem to the top of the Mount
of Olives, about 4 miles; made In 1898 for
the Emperor of Germany.
"(5.) Jerusalem to Bireh, 9 miles; Just
completed.
"It is true that carriages ~go from Jericho
to the Dead sea and the River Jordan, but
there is no road, the carriages driving
where they please across the plain. Lake
wise wagons go along the roadless sea
coast from Yafa to Haifa, at the foot of
Mount Carmel, the road which was made
#
for the Emperor of Germany In 1K98 being
entirely in ruins. Wagons also go from
Yafa to Gaza, but no road was ever mtde
there."
LIVELY TIMES AT COLTOS'S.
Where Many WanhiiiK(onian? Enjoy
the Coolintc Breesen.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
COLTOX'S, Md.. July U5, 1901.
A number of Washingtonians arrived at
Colton's during the week and are enjoying
the cool breezes of that quiet resort. Much
excitement was caused Monday night, dur
ing a small squall, over the non-arrival of
a yachting party, under Capt. Fred. Har
veycutter, the well-known stockbroker,
which started for Piney Point early in the
evening. "Gridley" Evans of the Lafayette
Theater had engaged a corps to sail the
yacht, consisting of Pitcher Holmes of the
Post Office Department base ball team, as
first mate, and Mr. "Hud" Armstrong of
the Lafayette Stock Company, as second
mate. Everything went well until the first
mate lost his compass in ducking under a
stiff sou'wester off Ragged Point. It may
have been a sou'wester, or probably a pass
ing cork, but at any rate the navigating of
ficer was all "at sea" and was compelled
to put back. It was impossible to make
Colton's, however, on account of the break
ers, and with much difficulty the yacht was
run aground on Nomini Cliffs on the Vir
ginia shore, where *.he party remained until
daylight. There was much, rejoicing at the
pier when the party finally returned. All
were much exhausted after the hard night's
buffeting.
A german was given at the hotel Tuesday
evening, in which about seventy-five cou
ples participated, led by Mr. Harry Love,
the hotel proprietor. Music was furnish
ed by the Leonardtown Band.
There will be, at an early day, a match
game of base ball for ?2(H> between the
Leonardtown team and Colton's Point nine.
The Colton's Point Club is made up of
well-known Washington players. On days
when the ball n'an.es are played at Col
ton's the place nas the appearance of a
county fair, the f.irmers being willing to
wager their belongings, from a sack of
corn to a fine milch cow, on the result.
The "Broken Shutter Club," consisting
of Mr. Fred. Harveycutter, Mr. Walter
Evans, Mr. C. A. Armstrong, Mr. John A.
Holmes, Mr. Gus Kaylert, Master George
Holmes and Albert Welcker, are occupying
Schley Cottage, the liveliest spot on the
beach.
There was a performance Wednesday
evening of a condensed version of "I'ncle
Tom's Cabin." The principal parts were
taken by Mr. Walter Evans, as Uncle Tom;
Legree, Mr. J. A. Holmes; Marks, the law
yer, Mr. Gus Kaylert; George Harris. Mr.
Fred Harveycutter; Eliza, Mrs. Harry
Love; Aunt Ophelia, Mrs. J. P. Welcker;
Topsy, Miss Maude Hunter; Little Eva,
Miss Florence Gause. Miss Lillian Love
presided at the piano, and the performance
was under the personal direction of Mr.
C. M. Armstrong. There was a large and
appreciative audience.
The Persistency of Plavue.
From the Medical Record.
An editorial calls attention to the fact
that Hong Kong is now passing through a
severe recrudescence of plague, the seventh
definite outbreak within eight years. Over
?. thousand deaths are already reported
his year, and the disease is only just at
taining the maximum of its fatality. Ra
cial immunity and racial incidence seem
to play no part in the onset of plague,
household and personal cleanliness would
seem to hatfe little to do *rtth the spread
of the disease; nor can public sanitation
claim that it has done much to thwart
plague In Its virulence or In Its spread.
At Montreal recently Judge Desnoyers
ruled that an Innkeeper commits a distinct
offense and exposes himself to a separate
fine every time he sells a drink to a cus
tomer on Sunday
Malaria Makes Yoa Weak.
Grove's Tastelsss Chill Toale stakes yea Strang.