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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
WOMEN WHO RACE,
Two Females Who Attend the Great
English Meetings.

In most countries it is considered scarcely
consistent with feminine modesty for a woman
to consort habitually with bookmakers and
stablemen and to frequent race courses. But it
Is all right in England, says London letter to
the New York World The countess of Cardi-
gan, for instance, is never happy unless there
is racing going on. She is over seventy years
OF age and decidedly unwholesome old lady,
She is tall and straight, and these advantages,
added to a curled faxen wig and well padded
bust give her youthful appearance at dis
lance. But when you get close the illusion dis
appears; the highly enameled complexion and
the other accessories fail to conceal the raw
ages of age, and one cannot repress a shudder.
The dowager duchess of Montrose is as old as
the countess of Cardigan and not much more
wholesome. A year ago she married young
fellow named Miner, young enough to be her
grandson, and she is not in the least ashamed
OF the fact In her hilarious moments which
are not lnfrequent, she will even joke about her
youthful lord and master, and the merriment
is not. as a rule, of a delicate character She
Is ford and fat and big as a prize OK Add to
these natural beauties the manners and con-
versation OF fsh-wife and you have the most
unwomanly duchess on the face of the earth
She is reputed to be good-hearted woman,
but she is subject to fits of temper and at such
times RACES around the ring and sweeps through
the paddock like second grade cyclone. She
bets prodigiously, but is never satisfied, and as
she Is strongly suspected of manipulating her
horses to suit her book she is generally in bad
odor, both with the bookmakers and the gen.
eral public.
The foolish young man named Benzon and
more commonly called the Jubilee Plunger,"
or Jubilee Juggins," is, of course, no longer
leading British sportsman, but his memory
will be cherished for long time to come by
the bookmakers. During the jubilee year he
spent S20O, 600 among them, and within year
and a half he squandered his fortune of about
S2,000,000. He purchased an annuity which
brings him an income of Sl5 a week, and he
can now be seen occasionally eating dinner
costing about fifty cents in q cheap London
restaurant He has a good dinner or outing
now and then at the expense of the book
makers whom he enriched and whose generosity
he frequently praises. While he was spending
his fortune Benzon never wore a shirt more
than once. He has no other claim to fame.
But what claim ii is though
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
A TRAGEDY IN BALTIMORE.
Bookkeeper william Dolan Kills His
Wife and Then Himself.

About 1l:so O'Clock saturday night VIM.
Dolan, No. s2s East IAnvale street, shot and
Killed his wife and then shot and killed him.
sell az their home. The Sun says: Dolan was
.niry years old and n bookkeeper Tor J. a II.
Manu. NO. sos West Baltimore street, and his
we, who was formerly Miss Amelia L. Bal
lard was twenty yean old. They had been
married four years, the ceremony having taken
place In New York, and they had no children.
Saturday night they went to the Academy Of
music. They returned TO their homo. ON Lam
vale street, west Of Barclay street about Ii.ls
o'clock, and those who saw them salking from
the car TO the house noticed nothing mar
ticular in the conduct Of either one. The ress
OF their life was seen by none after polsn
locked his front door. few mome,,. L.,
four shots were fired in rapid suocessiou in the
house, and Sergeant Meehan and Patrolmsp
Fletcher, who were near by. entered the DWELL
ing IN the rear by climbing over the back fence
and at the head of the first fight Of stairs. in .
small hall between two bed rooms they found
Dolan and his wife lying dead He was ON his
back, with his head in the rear bed room, and
she on her left side, with her arm supportins
her head, which hay in the front room.
Before going upstairs the two had evidently
had a light lunch IN the dining room. In both
the bed rooms tho gas was burning, and Mrs.
Dolan had gone into the back one and partly
disrobed for tho night, while her husband. in
the other, had removed his coat and vest
Marks on her throat and bruise on her left
cheek seemed 10 show that he had choked ana
thrown her down before Killing her. The bull
let had entered about two inches on the left Of
the left nipple, and, passing through the lungs,
stopped just below the skin on the right side
lhe wife $ skin and clothing were scorched by
the discharge of the revolver. which was .
seven-shooter of thirty-two caliber. DolAn
held the weapon much nearer himself as he
turned II from his dyirg wife. for the bullet
tore great jagged T-shaped wound in his left
breast, on the left of the nipple, and IL was az
forwards found by Coroner Alexander Hill pro-
truding from the right side Of the dead man.
third bullet struck the wall OF the stairway.
and the fourth bullet could not be found. No
one viii ever know whether the bullets which
missed their mark were intended for Dolap or
ms wife. The revolver, with four shells empty
lay under Dolan. Though the bodies were still
warm when they were found, death in each in
stance must have been instantaneous. Every
body was lnquirlng the cause of the shooting
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
Lincoln as n Peacemaker

From the Bunafo Commercial
The following story, told by Mr.. Herndon,
gives a good idea of Lincoln's way Of prac-
tcing law. 1t is told by one who happened 10
be in Lincoln's Office and heard what passed.
He says, writing to Mr.. Herndon: lone
morning, not long before Lincoln's nomina-
ton, 1 in your Office and beard the
following: Mr.. Lincoln, seated at the baize-
covered table in the center of the Office,
listened attentiyely to man who talked
earnestly and in a low tone. After being thus
engaged for some time Lincoln at length broke
in and shall never forget his reply. Yes he
said, we can doubtless gain your case for you;
We can set a whole neighborhood at logger
heads; we can distress a widowed mother and
her six fatherless children and thereby get for
you $500 to which you seem 10 have q legal
claim, but which rightfully belongs, it appears
TO me, as much to the woman and her children
as il does TO you. You must remember that
some things legally right are not morally
right. We shall not take your case, but will
give you little advice for which we will charge
you nothing. You seem to be a sprightly, en-
ergetic man; we would advise you to try YOU.
hand at making goo in some other way" IL
this sort of thing was dreadfully irregular and
by no means calculated to enrich the firm Of
Lincoln and Herndon il furnished reminis-
cences, the dissemination of which enshrined
the senior partner in the hearts Of the people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
Facts About Indians.

fIOfn inc 81 FauI UIOte.
The Indian agencies are 81 in number.
The number of houses occupied by Indians d
q. 232
The estimated number Of Indians in Alaska
is $4,000.
The number of Indians living on and cult
waiting lands is 9.6l2
The total Indian population OF the United
States is 247, 76l.
The number OF Indian church members In
the United States is Is, 663
There are 10 Indian training schools in diff
ferent parts of the Union.
The number Of Indians in the United States
who wear citizens dress is l.62l
The number of Indians in the United States
who can read English is q, 495
The number of Indians in the United SsAtas
who can read Indian languages is lO.027.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
An Old Friend Gone.

From the Omaha Herald.
Charles W. Sanders is dead. Don't know
him? Nonsense! Sanders has made you weep,
he has made you laugh, he has kept you from
your play, and he has helped to knock some
ideas into that stupid head of yours. 1t is base
ingratitude to say that you do not know San
ders.
Think back little. There was the First,
and the Second, and the Third and the Fourth,
and the Fifth readers, and they took you from
the time you were six till you were sixteen to
get through them, and Sanders name was at
the head of every page.
/ How would one have known anything about
the boy who saved the dykes of Holland, or the
little match girl. or the bad boy who would not
give his sister q drink of cold water on the
night before she passed over the silent river, or
the industrious boy who picked red raspberries
and took up the mortgage on his widowed
mothers house. if it had not been for Sanders?
How few would be able to repeat, ''Sister, thou
vast mild and lovely" if it had not been for
this same benefactor, or which of you all could
have told anything sensible or rhythmical
about the Battle of Blenheim," or ''The
breaking waves dashed high" etc., but for
Sanders?
The rose had been washed, Just washed in a
shower, which Mary to Anna conveyed" San
ders told us-with the assistance of Cowper.
And did Sanders hint that it was the shower
that conveyed Mary to Anna, considered from
| u stauupoih9 hC uiu nut nc
showed himself q man who could be trusted.
He had ideas, too, about the functions of the
imagination. He thought the imagination
should be awakened. What, therefore, did he
do? Print thing like Hawthorne's .'Snow
Maiden" or some sweet fantasia of Hans An
dersen? Not at all. He printed stories in
which violets converse fuently with oaks and
grasshoppers were entertained by humming
birds. He meant to give milk to babes. Then
there were those select Summers of the fifth
reader-'.jewels five words long, which on the
stretched forefinger of all time glitter for
ever" There were words that it was a
positive gynastic exercise to pronounce, and
which were looked upon with such awe that
they were carefully avoided during the re-
mainder Of life. There were moral sentiments
80 high that even Chautauquan could not OBJ
ject to them, and general directions for climb
ing the hill of science, and the rungs of the
ladder of fame, that have been indelibly
stamped upon the memory.
And Sanders is dead-that guide, philosopher
and friend. What il he made hot tears dow
over his obstinate spelling pages and caused
the impatient blood to surge TO the head on
dread examination days? It is all forgiven and
forgotten. He was q close companion and safe
one for many years. His methods are obsolete
now, and the schools have learned trick or
two since then, but he was the first to venture
to entertain while he instructed, and Q great
debt Of gratitude is due him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
SULLIVAN LOCKED UP.
A Too Demonstrative Welcome by His
Friends-Iu Jackson's Jail.

The train bearing Sullivan did not arrive at
Jackson, Miss, until 4 pm. yesterday. The
day being Sunday q larger crowd than would
otherwise have assembled at the station we're
in waiting and numbered 1 500 or more. When
the party alighted and started for the Edwards
hotel the crowd followed and made considera-
BILE demonstration, some going % far as 10
hurrah for Sullivan.
The manner Of his reception, and evident in
tention Of his friends to make Q jolly occasion
of il, led Gov. Lowry to at once take steps 10
prevent what he deems an insult TO the state
and an unwarranted piece Of impudence on the
part OF those who should have advised quiet and
retirement on the part of sullivan, and at
O'Clock he sent for Deputy Sheriff Chiles and
ordered him TO convey the prisoner TO the city
jail, where he now is locked up with but one
friend, Matt Clune, who was allowed TO ac-
company him. Sullivan submitted quietly TO
the order OF the governor, and rather blames
his friends for making his situation worse than
1t otherwise would have been but for their over
jealous attentions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
Crows as Street Cleaners.

from the OlnanA world
The city of Omaha has in its service force of
thousands of scavengers, who draw no pay, re-
port to no official, but are protected by law
from molestation. They are the crows who
flock into town az regularly as cold weather
comes, stay during the winter, and vanish in
the spring. Each evening, the shadows fall,
legions OF crows wing their way in a seemingly
endless flight to the willow copses and clumps
Of small cottonwood trees on the banks Of the
Missouri, where they roost for the night.
favorite haunt is at the bend Of the river be-
tween Cut OF and Florence Lakes, where the
banks shelter them from the northwest wind
The air is thick with sable wings and resonant
with hoarse caws there after sunset each night,
as the scayengers settle down among branches
to dream of back area lunches and carrion
spreads.
With the break of day the sable flock bestirs
itself. Each member hops about to warm its
chilled legs, stretches its shiny wings and heads
back toward the city. The vast flock breaks
into email groups, and they alight here and
there ON the tree tops and survey the back
yards and alleys until they can pick out forag-
ing places. Then they descend, and in short
order the remains of the breakfasts, the scraps
of meat from markets and the rats killed by
household dogs and cats are gobbled up Some
crows do scasenger work about the residences.
Others alight cautiously in the alleys. and
others are attracted to the stock yards and
packing houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
CITY AND DISTRICT.

- A wealthy London merchant gives the
secret Of his business success a. follows: II
always feel happy when am advertising, for
then know that, waking or sleeping, have q
strong though silent orator working for me;
one who never tires, never makes mistakes, and
who is certain to enter the households from
which, If at all, my trade must come" To
secure the services of such an agent az this
shrewd merchant referred to. advertise in The
EVENING Star 1t 10 read by everybody IN
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
The Weather and the Crops.

The weather-crop bulletin of the signal Office
says: The week ending August was slightly
warmer than usual in New England and the
middle Atlantic states. The normal tempera-
ture has prevailed in the south Atlantic and
Gulf states, while in the states of the Ohio,
upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys the week
has been relatively cool, the average daily tenn
perature ranging from 80 to g below the nor
NAL. On the Pacific coast the daily tempera-
ture for the week was from 50 to 60 above the
normal. There has been large excess of rain
fall during the week in New England, the mid
die Atlantic and south Atlantic states, and in
Alabama, western Florida and the east portions
of Mississippi. The seasonal rainfall remains
substantially as previously reported, except
that the excess on the Atlantic coast has been
augmented. and from New York southwark to
North Carolina there has been from one-third
to three-fourths more rain than usual for this
period, namely, from January to August.
The weather during the week was especially
favorable for harvesting in Minnesota and
Dakota. In Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska
the weather was favorable for threshing and
haying, but unfavorable for corn owing to cool
nights. In Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
the corn crop was improved and is reported in
excellent condition. In Indiana and kentucky
excessive rains injured oats in shock. In the
latter state the tobacco and corn crops were
improved. In Tennessee the weather was gen.
orally favorable, but heavy rains in the east
portion caused some injury to crops. Cotton
was improved. In the cotton region from Ala
bama westward to Texas and Arkansas the
weather conditions were generally favorable
and the cotton crop was much improved. In
the east portion of the cotton region, includ-
ing North and South Carolina and Virginia,
excessive rains proved injurious to all crops,
especially to cotton and tobacco. South Caro-
lima reports cotton shedding and prospects
gloomy. Pennsylvania reports weather favor
able, corn much improved and very large oat
crop secure. In New England, New York and
New Jersey the excessive rains were generally
unfavorable cut grain is sprouting in shock or
rusting and potatoes rotting badly. In Oregon
favorable weather is reported for harvesting a
good wheat crop, although the absence Of rain
proved injurious to corn and fruit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
What a s,Jao,, Is.
From the San Francisco Alta.

From the San Francisco Alta.
An inquirer asks us the meaning OF Gag
applied to inebriety. 1t is new slang. In the
rural districts the cargo of wagon that is
hauling wood, when all that the wagon can
carry, is called a ''load." When il is less than
up to the full capacity it is called Jag"
Therefore, when a man is less than dead drunk
he has not a load on, but merely jag. We hope
our questioner will never get beyond jag.
Gladstone used to drink half-pint Of port at
dinner. He has recently increased the quaint
ity to pint and says it does not affect him as
much as the half-pint did twenty years ago.
That shows that he's a sound old boy. What
would have been load for him at sixty ID only
a jag at eighty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
Second Omaha lady-"No, of the clerks"
Mixed Drinks Worse Than STRAIGHT.

FROM TIE Memphis Avalanche.
why does a man weaken quicker under
mixed drinks than straight2" a barkeerper Was
asked. For two reasons" he replied. ..In
the first place, good deal more liquor goes
INTO mixed drink, like punch or julep, than
you think. In the next place, the liquor used
In making it is generally of worse quality OF
newer any way than that set out for customers
who take theirs straight. There is not one man
IN twenty who can tell the difference after the
drink Is mixed aud favored. The mint julien
Is the most ticklish tipple of all, because you
suck 1T through a straw and inhale the fumes
of the LIQUOR"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05

improvemsns.; 426 and 42S New jersey syenae AZ.
Apply =. ooo "a ave. NV. jy30-lm
t.. s245. "a I bet end sta NV. 2-ssory Groom
ws sss snd Cleveland sss sSs sC ~ soy Groom
..cl 1s S snd 7s Myrtle /: near North CAPITOL
!7aS sts, bet and sts ne. 2-story frame house,
.s7Ss} Sd. bet and sta No, Groom brick.
sss s.h sssbS
2 ro bet .n G.st Capitol and Sta ne tory
msns Sr;sf d e. Sss End s's assory and base
ss 100 a.d st.
6aa n; %
I" 1880 ESQ., n Capitol new ss'0ry and basement
;Ss. W. Sst 18th and 18th sts nw 2soy brick
S74I 81 q bet eda and sts. ne. 2story Frame lot
ssi Corner e goth and SITS 2-ssory frame.
m Ma4 18th Bet, and sts NV. 2stOry and base
s$55 bet ssh ana safs asS ..., a-..ory franz.
sn Rr e nst sns :s and base
bress For botS SsI5 S and LIST sts two Groom
ana SS1 side s,i q sl:s and so
$50 bet; I3th and Ain sts V s.story-.nd-
ss714Gs93 Sd bet and q sts. ne. $-ssory Brick
sc ssS East side of 18th BEL. and O 81, NV
$-astSS@rS Brick, rooms, ali modern Improvement
qg2) Corcoran st. bet. 18th and 18th, 3-story
G1S) bet. I'd and Sd SITS NV, 3-story Brick, IL
rooms ana bath, all modern improvements $500.
s3S0 18th st. NV. south of o. two Bricks For both
Brick, 10 rooms and bath lot 22xISO 10000
, s3n1 18th bet and SITS n W. lot 2oxlOO, i'm
proved by two frame houses. S12,5OO
tI4O bet. 9th and 7th SITS n W. several Brick
buildings paying 81 900 per annum in rental Lot
42xl32. good investment. $4,000.
"a B. II. WARNER CO.,
auo-3t 916 st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
He Wasn't Quite Cured.

From the Pttsburg Dispatch.
A Scranton mother whose SON had Q tooth
ache took him to faith healer. "Look me in
the eyes," said the doctor, fixing fascinating
gaze on the weeping youth. 'Now your tooth
ache has entirely disappeared You haven't
bit Of toothGche about you"
''You liel have" yelled the boy, with fresh
howl The mother then took him 20 the dem
tist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05

George Crawford, the star route agent be-
tween Cedar BluG and Cave Springs, Tenn,
was arrested yesterday for riding registered
pouches. He was placed in Jail
At Indianapolis the throat Of Mn. Mary
Smith, widow, was cut by burglar while she
was asleep Friday night
Every month shis year has been marked by
gradual decline in European in - grafton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
A Dreary Waste.

From the Philadelphia Press
Landlady to her star boarder-"Mr. De Nice,
what would you call this MONDAY meal, lunch
or luncheon?"
Neither"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
An Old SUNDAY Law Revived.

Officer Blanford had a small colored boy in
the Police Court to-day charged with crying
papers after 1880 o'clock a. m. on Sunday and a
fine was imposed but execution Of sentence
suspended. This is prosecution under an act
passed nearly twenty years ago and is the first
for a number Of years past. Recently there
has been much complaint by citizens, and
hence the arrest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05

MUST Be HEAD IN WAsHIxorox.-R
tative Cowles of North Carolina, and author Of
the Cowles internal revenue bill, was in Char
lotte Saturday, Being interviewed with regard
to the celebration Of the discovery Of America
he announced himself - opposed 70 voting any
federal aid for any celebration Of that event to
be held anywhere else than in Warrington city.
This Il believed to be the opinion Of every Con-
Rressman in North Carolina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05

The Utes are again Oh their reservation and
creating havoc in the western part Of Colorado
They travel in small bands, illuminating the
ranchsrs for the purpose Of securing provisions
and ammunition They ere slso killing ~ Ill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05

HOLLAND WINDOW SHADES. 25c.; OPAQUE
KxUfHxH's DOUBLE COMBINATION,
auS-3t 1241 aud 1913 1lth II "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
A Shopping Incident.

From the Omaha World
First Omaha lady-"How is il that you can
always SO readily distinguish the proprietor of
an establishment from the clerksY"
Second Omaha lady-"By the stylish clothes
and wealthy appearance" .
First Omaha lady-''of the proprietor, GER
tainlyl"
Second Omaha lady-'.No of the clerks-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05

The statement having been made that Q
school book trust has been formed. re lsadine
pubhshergof school books deny IL
Al Westboro', 4an., J. Purvis Bruce, aged
twenty-five. . velIknovn bicycle rider, vss
drowned while bathing n Chaunoey pond yss-
terdey. Bruce uas Tie son Il . Leoisians
pt,nter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05

An INTERESTING TRIP.-Every Thursday to
Harper's Ferry. No confusion or crowding.
Every ticket entities the holder to a reserved
seat. Round trip, 81. Train leaves Baltimore
and Ohio station every Thursday at 10 am.
Secure seats in advance at GIG and 1851 Penn
sylYania avenue. No extra charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
Our CLos1Na-our SALE CONTINUED
FOR ONE WEEK MORE,
COMMENCING FRIDAY, AUGUST I'd.

As we determined not to carry any our present
stock into building corner 18th and F, we
have made another cut in prices which by far exceeds
anything before offered. We mention q few of the
great bargains are Offering:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-05
SUMNER BARaA1Ss.

Decorative Art Goods ut Less than Cost
Monte Cloth Doylies tstznped) Sc. each.
roc. Splashers 1Qc. each 25c Splashers. 15c each.
20 skeins Embroidery silk, Toe.
Wash Silks, Sc. each; Soc dog.
Line OF Moire and sstin-edge kibbons ct special
low prices NN. q vIERBUCHEN,
mylS-Sm 1602 9TH ct nv.