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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-18
MADE THEM LIE DOWN.
A Horse Thief Robs His would-Bs Captors
With Ease.

A Horse Thief Robs His would-Bs Captors
With Ease.
From the Kansas City Star.
l. L. Somers, a sewing machine agent, living
at Lees Summit, was driving in Csss county.
| about four miles west Of Harrisonville. the
other morning, when he passed a man driv-
ing horse and cart. Somers recognized the
horse and cart as property that had been
described as stolen, and as a reward Of $50
had been offered by the Anti-Horse Thief
Association for the capture of the man or the
property, Somers determined to do some
capturing.
He stopped at farmers house and endeav-
ored to borrow a gun. The farmer did not
have one, but Joined Somers, and the two drove
on to the next farm. Here they also failed TO
get a gun, and driving on they met the man in
the road endeavoring to sell the horse to an
other farmer.
There being three Of them they felt bold. and
the farmer with Somers spoke up and told the
horse thief that he might well surrender
At this the thief laughed loud and long. Draw
ing large, old-fashioned Colts revolver from
his pocket, he commanded Somers and the
farmer with him to get out of Somers' two
horse wagon, and then made the three men lie
down with faces to the ground and about ten
feet from each other. He then proceeded to
search them. He found nothing in the farm
err pockets, but took q silver watch. Sl2. SO in
money, several society badges and other small
articles from Somers, got into Somers' rig and
drove away.
Somers and the farmers then got up. The
thief had left the horse and cart. but the horse
ran away and Somers and farmer No. 1, who
went after it. did not catch il until il had broken
the cart to pieces. Then they walked into Lees
Summit leading the stolen horse Mr.. Somers
had started to capture.
A posse from Lees summit spent last night
in searching for the thief, but did not find him.
This morning, however. Mr.. Somers' horses
walked home with the wagon in good condition.
1t is supposed the thief turned them loose to
avoid being caught and came to Kansas City ON
foot,
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THE LONDON-PARIs TELEPHONE.
Landing the Cable After . Storm-Fifteeu
Cables Now.

From the London Times.
The unfortunate difficulties which arose in
connection with the laying Of the London and
Paris submarine telephone cable, owing to the
operations being carried on during the great
storm last week, were on Saturday evening,
March IA, overcome, the cable late in the even
ing being successfully landed in st. Margarets
bay, about a mile to the east Of the South Fore
land, thus completing the system which was
projected in 1889.
Mr.. J. c. Lamb, the secretary of the tele-
graph department of the general post Office,
superintendent the arrangements for receiving
the English end Of the cable on shore. 1t was
expected that the cable would be landed early
in the day, but it was nearly 8 o'clock before
the end was run ashore. The cable had be-
come so fouled by the storm that the electrical
engineers on the post Office telegraph ship
Monarch found IL necessary to cut il in order
TO clear II. After il had been spliced on Satur-
day was deemed advisable to relay about
twelve miles of it in order To clear the Calais
and Lepanne (Ostend) cables, which also land
at ST. Margarets bay, and the Monarch did not
reach the English coast again until the evening
Upon her arrival off st. Margaret's steam
pinnace and three cutters were got ont, and the
work OF landing the cable commenced and was
completed without further difficulty A raft.
on which the cable was cooled. was formed be-
tween two Of the cutters, and the pinnace
steamed forward with the cable As soon as
the end was landed it was hauled through
trench formed in the beach.
The French telegraph officials who had &C.
companied the Monarch during the LAYING of
the cable joined the English officials on shore.
The cable will be thoroughly tested before the
opening Of the telephone is formally inaugu-
rated. The Monarch arrived off the bay again
yesterday to assist In the testing operations.
The total distance between London and Paris
is about $50 miles, the distance traversed by the
cable being about eighteen sea miles The
cable is said to be the largest in the channel
special care having TO be taken to insulate the
four wires running through it. The new cable
which has Just been laid makes q total of fifteen
cables which now lie on the floor OF the English
channel, two running along and thirteen cross
ing the sea bed. The telephone cable runs
close to the Dover and Calais electric telegraph
cable.
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its full growth in thirty-six days and then,
crawling into some yet more protected spot re-
mains torpid during the winter within its case.
which by this time is thickened and fastened
at either end and is the full-sized cocoon. The
transformation Of moth takes place within the
case during the following spring. Such is the
life round Of the species. The worm feeds on
wooden fabrics. curled hair hair cloth, furs.
feathers or anything of that character which
NAV possess an animal deposit. for within the
cellula tissues of hair. there is the same nutri-
ment which one finds on Q smaller scale within
q bone.
1t is the thirty-six day period, from the time
that the eggs are laid to the time that the
worm or grub reaches the full size. that the
damage is done, and il is fortunate that all of
the eggs that are laid do not hatch-in fact,
but . small proportion ever find life.
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DraWn 10 q sale nve times the natural Size.
the front wings. which are black from the base
ton being sometimes crowded with dark gray.
The habits of these species are much the same.
with the exception that the larva or worm of
the last-named is most destructive. using for
its cocoon cylinder pieces Of the cloth itself on
which 1t is feeding.
How TO KILL THEM.
1t must be now apparent to the careful reader
that it is quite difficult to kill the infnitesi-
mally small eggs by reason of their almost i'm
perceptible diminutiveness and difficult also
to eradicate the moth by reason of its secretive
habits A benzlne spray is sure death. but
there are many objections to its use and danger
from Its inhammable character; still, if the or
binary throat spray, which can be bought for a
tribe, is filed with benzine and the vapor
thrown into crevices against moth or eggs it
will destroy them. but no light should be
brought into a room thus treated until after it
has been thoroughly aired and the odor dissi-
pated. After a thorough airing of a wooden
fabric, for the purpose of driving out any con-
cealed moth Cfor moth abhors light and after
time has been given to the development of any
concealed egg, you may be reasonably sure that
there is nothing harmful on the fabric; then it
il as safe done up in paper parcel as it would
be if saturated and buried beneath all the anti
moth remedies in existence Camphor. to-
bacco, naphthaline and other strong odorants
are only partially repellsnt to the flying moth
and have no effect at all upon the eggs or the
worm, which is the destroying element. The
benzine spray is the least Objectionable de-
stroying agent that We know of. 1t NAV be
used very safely upon carpeting but the ut
most care should be exercised in using it on
fabrics Of delicate character.
THE CARPET BEETLE
One should not confuse the moth with the
carpet beetle. Frequently housekeepers dis
cover their carpets eaten and they attribute it
to moths Indeed, the carpet beetle is fire.
quently called the Buffalo moth. The perfect
beetle is three-sixteenths of an inch long and
when disturbed il draws in its legs and feigns
death. 1t is white. black and scarlet the scar
let being confined to a strip down the middle
Of the back 1t begins to appear in the fall and
soon the species pair off and the female de-
posts her eggs on the carpet itself and not in
the cracks or crevices generally supposed
During the day time these beetles frequently
fly to the windows and may be caught there.
but they seldom leave the house until their
eggs have been deposited.
The treatment is similar to that with moths
A hand atomizer. charged with benzine, should
inject the liquid into all of the floor cracks
and under the base boards until every crew
ice has been reached The carpets themselves
after thorough beating should be lightly
sprayed with the same substance. The intiam-
inability of benZine. however. should be re-
membered and no light be brought near it
until evaporated.
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In the jury court and in the corridor leading
to the cell room are numerous iron screens and
rails as well as wooden rails, which separate the
court officers and lawyers from the ordinary
loungers and witnesses, and another part Of the
court is partitioned off for witnesses only.
Judge Miller's bench is against the west wall
of the building and the jury occupy raised
seats on platform in the corner. There are
not enough chairs to 60 around and, conse-
quently, four jurors have to sit on bench. the
seats being arranged along the walls in an L
shape.
The witness stand is between the jury box
and the court and the counsel table is some dis
lance from it. This renders it difficult for the
court, jury and counsel to hear at the same
time and keeps counsel constantly saying,
Speak louder or Turn around this way"
which will cause the witness to change either
his position or the tone Of his voice SO that he
can be heard.
Just beside the witness stand are three steps
when told to step up" frequently start toward
the judge instead of going upon the witness
stand.
A MISTAKE LIABLE TO OCCUR.
The witnesses stand so close to the judge that
should the mistake kiss the judge and look at
the book" be made, as it has been, Judge Miller
might possibly feel the impression Of two thick
lips upon his face before he could realize what
was being done.
The prisoners ''pen' is not very far from the
center Of the room. 1t is a small, square place
Enclosed by an iron railing and gate, and across
the room from the corridor leading to the cells
there Is wooden rail, and on top Of this is an
iron screen, which is intended to prevent any
possible escape of prisoners.
Clerk Potts has desk on platform directly
In front of the court and around his desk there
is also railing which keeps lawyers away and
prevents them and others from interfering
with and misplacing the papers.
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Coquette.


Lurng, relenting, then half consentinQ
Braggarts OF beauty boast in your eyes;
From the IRE cleaning in your glance beaminR
Borrowing roses, your blush In disguise:
Broken hearts blame You. yearningly claim you,
Tossing your favors to snare and forget:
Aye, you are rare 90, and maddening fair so:
Coquettel
Distracting your lovers, no one discover
Not even you, your unrestful mind
Though they adore you, lfeis before Won,
Prattle and babble. Lovers are blind
Mistaking kisses for surest OF blsses
As your lips coax them with passion beset
You may seal lies 30, even with signs so,
Coquettei
To your romancing, II by strange CHANGING,
Comes q proud lover too true TO sue
Though he may languish, in secret anguish,
Beware! Times in earnest even with Won.
shy love Is colder as woman grows older,
Haunted and pale with the ghosts Of regret
what are the roses old age uncloses,
CoQuettel
Fond eyes that fading, need the persuadfnQ.
Vi others grown dearer and stronger In rest.
Hearts faint In sadness finding sure Riadness
BY some mate resting contented and blestr
Dlstractng your lovers, no one discovers
You lonely and haggard and gray; and vet
OLD age VIII md You, wrinkle and blind Won.
Beware, fair Coquettei
-HARRIRT MAxwELL-CoNyKRsE
Home Journal
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row added to the list, but no witness was asked
to give its numbers. "1-2-S' and "4-11-44"
appear to be the most familiar rows while
stealing row." "blood row" and "cold dog
row" were played oftener than any other. But
very few Of the witnesses ever say they made q
hit or 'struck . gig" Some divide up
nickel or dime on many rows and play 1 cent
or more on each.
Lawyers Williams and Darlington have prac-
tically monopoly of the policy business, and
they are more than satisfied that they have a
jury to hear their cases. for formerly they were
sent to the upper court.
In the arguments to the jury comment is
made on the business Of this petty gambling,
which Lawyer Williams argues was once recog-
nized by the government when a license fee Of
81 600 was collected. "And," said counsel in
case. 1.-THE first court house in this city was
erected with policy money"
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from the London truth.
good deal Of discussion is going on in some
newspapers about the proper dress for women
The divided skirt seems to be given up by the
reformers. Petticoats are to be abolished and
are to be replaced by knickerbockers, while
over them short skirt is to be worn. I have
never personally tested women's Dress But I
should imagine that petticoats with the weight
on the hips would be more comfortable than
knickerbockers. Be this, however, as it may,
q short skirt in country like this. where it is
dirty two days out of three, is an improvement
over a long one; while as for trains, they are a
nuisance to all who do not wear them, and
probably to those who do. When I was lad
women took for time to wearing short red
petticoats with skirt over them, which thew
could by means of q string draw up above the
petticoat, and they wore balmoral boots coming
half way up the calf This was the most be.
coming and practical dress that have seen
worn during my sojourn on this globe.
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10 DksrRoK TIE PE9TS-rHk CARPET BUG
TIVE GREAT MISTAKE FOLKS MAKE IS
watching for moths Artless young Housewives
look sskance at the bare thought Of bugs in
their nsv-built home, but il they stop to
squarely censidsr the subject they must adj
INIT that visitors are at any time liable 70 bring
In with their clothing q guileless moth, which,
with good health and industry, can hatch hum
drsds Of its kind in 8 week and ruin everything
of ~ animal texture with which its larve or
grabs come in contact; therefore, the need for
serious watchfulness and . knowledge of the
subject becomes apparent
One Immediately protests, But I have
never watched specially for moths, and every
thing In the way Of clothing and fabrics in my
homo has not been ruined"
True, but your immunity from depreciation
has been good luck-nothing more. The moth
las its eggs in dark places and the grub which
n hstchsd moves slowly. and its feeding spots
are usually within . foot 30 Of its place Of
birth II by good luck Its place Of birth is
away from Q textile fabric, the texture will not
be hurt; If near, it 10 sure destruction"
SECT IN, NOT SHUT OUT.
The quacks and preventive" manufacturers
have always resped q rich harvest through the
ignorance Of people regarding the moth and
its habits. Folks have bundled up their wool
lens and packed them away in their chests full
of tarboline or eArboline or cedarline or cam
phorline, and actually believed that they would
Be safe until fall. They have wrapped up hun
dreds Of moth eggs which eventually hatch the
grubs- These odors will never kill a moth or
destroy its life germs To be sure a moth will
not voluntarily seek nesting place where the
odor exists, but if boxed up with an odor it
cannot escape from. it simply proceeds to lay
its eggs in the atmosphere, which becomes a
second nature to the grub when hstched-
THE WORN NOT TIE MOTH.
Anything saturated with arsenic, or creosote,
or even salt, or impregnated with sulphur, the
moth or worm will not touch, but the use of
these articles is dangerous to the colorings of
fine textures. 1t is discouraging, indeed. when
o housewife shakes out her clothes and puts
them into . camphor trunk and keeps them
there all summer to find that in the fall they
are fairly riddlsd, but the troule has been she
watched only for moths. when the moth is not
st all destructive. 1t Is the worm that she should
have been on the look out for, which matches
out Of the egg, and as the egg is hardly per-
oeptbls to the naked eye, mere white speck
like the point Of pin, the danger is passed
over unseen Until recently the utmost con-
fusion and ignorance has prevailed regarding
the Nomenclature of the moth species. but it is
distinct species Of Notwithstanding moths COM
mon in this country, all Of which are Of Euro
pean origin To be scientifically correct. We
should term them the Tinea pellionella, Linn;
the Tinea tapetzeua, Linn, and the Tineola bisel-
Italia. Hummel
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A ROMANCE OF THE COURTS.
Dramatic Points In . Chancery Suit Over Q
Great English Estate.

Ore4t Eng1sh Estate.
LOndon Correspondence of the New York Times
In 1854 an Englishman named Gladwyn Cave,
while in New York collecting evidence. gave to
. Times reporter the first published account Of
. remarkable suit he was about to bring for the
recovery of the estates Of the former Earls of
Newburgh, which are worth about so. OOO. 600.
In the following year Mr.. Cave brought a suit,
Was worsted on technicalities and appealed
The story involved was one of the most strik-
ing and romantic character. The estates were
those Of Lord Derwentwster, whose tragic end
in MS was q chief feature Of the first Jacobite
rising, and Cave wAs lineal descendant Of his.
Mr.. Caves claim turned upon the question
whether the last Countess Of Newburgh, who
died in 1858, had q right to viii the Newburgh
property TO her husband, whose heirs now
hold IL No novelist ever conceived stranger
circumstances than surrounded the deathbed
Of this old lady. 1t was alleged that q codicil
TO the will was framed after she was dead and
pen vas put between her cold fingers, which
we're moved to mark the signature while a
buzzing hy was caught on the window pane
and placed inside her mouth, so that the serv-
ants might swear there was life in her BODY
Cave lost his appeal, was made bankrupt and
Tor time disappeared A year or two ago he
came TO the surface again and Organized an
other assault on the property.
He succeeded at last in getting some money
together from speculative or sympathetic
people, and began q new suit on another tack
Through IL al saw him often, a gaunt. sad
eyed man. carrying forever with him black
Deg stuffed with papers, incapable Of thinking
or talking for a moment Of anything else but
his suit Last winter his opponents were beaten
on technical point they had raised, and law
yers Of position told me they half believed Cave
was going 10 win his suit The poor fellow
himself was haif Wild with JOY and confidence
Two days ago Lord Coleridge, on a motion nre.
huinary TO trial. dismissed the action as frivol-
Gus and yeIatious- shall be greatly surprised
n Cave does not go mad.
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A DIVERSITY IN WRAPS.
Some Of Redfern's Latest Designs for Spring
STYLES.


Styles
Once more all fashionable society Is in that
whirl and furry in which its members delight
but which to an outsider appears 90 very frivo-
lous and fatiguing. Weddings. receptions,
dinners, dances, the entire winter program 10
resumed and is hurried through with in order
that the end Of next month may find the gay
crowd ready to dispense to its country houses,
or to the summer resorts, or to start on its Eu-
ropean trip. And all day the streets are gay
with equipages and the pavements are thronged
with callers and shoppers. Most Of these have
gladly taken advantage Of the milder weather
to lay aside the cumbrous winter garments
which have become burdensome and TO don
their new spring plumage. And most varied
assortment Of fine feathers these lively birds
present. Their gowns. to be sure, have gen.
eral resemblance in style and trimming, but
there is a bewildering diversity in the wraps
and the masculine mind is puzzled to under
stand how such very differing garments can
all be in the fashion. The wearers. however,
OF this motley array calmly go their way.
This one compliment in a cavalier cape, with
feather-tipped collar, her neighbor equally
happy in a Louis Quinze coat, with its brocaded
waistcoat and lace cravat, while the next conner
trips jauntily along in straightforward
double-breasted tailor made jacket utterly de-
void OF trimming. And one is as correctly
gotten up as the other. Let Us follow this
stylish woman to Redfern's and see what takes
her fancy. All, No loose garments pendant
from the shoulders for her. Here is her choice:
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-
grub o. worm 10 almost 3 10 OF an inch long.
THE COMMON HOUSE MOTH
The commonest species are light brown and
distinguished by the spots shown in the illus
tration- They begin to appear late in April and
may occasionally be seen fitting about as late
- August They pair Of and the female then
searches for suitable places for the deposition
Of her eggs, working her way into dark corners,
crsviees of the walls, cracks in the floor or
deep In the folds Of garments, apparently
choosing by instinct the least conspicuous
places The moth lays from eighteen to lao
eggs at . time. From these eggs hatch, in a
period from three to seven days, the white soft
body larvs or worms (see illustration B, Fig. II,
all Of which begin Immediately to make a case
for themselves from the fragments of the cloth
upon which they feed The case is in the shape
of hollow roll, illustrated also in our first.
group and from a thirty-second to an eighth of
an inch long We have all noticed these ..rolls''
on fabrics and frequently we have crushed
them, supposing that have thus pre-
vented all damage, when the very existence
of the cylinder shows that the grub has
already fed. As the worms grow they
enlarge this case by adding material
which they get by feeding. The worm reaches
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After argument the jury have a duty to per-
form and that duty is to retire to an upper
room and reach a conclusion if possible. In
that room the jury find things uncomfortable,
the only chair in it being for the use Of the
deputy, who has charge of the twelve men.
Whether this is intended to make the jury agree
without too much argument and force them to
reach a verdict or whether it is attributable to
the poverty Of the self-supporting institution
is not known, but the latter is probably the
cause.
This court, like all others, has rules which
must be observed, and among them is one de-
timing the duties of the court officials.
Smoking in the court room at any time, "
reads one rule, whether during a recess or
after adjournment. is positively prohibited, and
any official of the court allowing the same will
be held personally responsible"
The last rule provides against loungers and
persons having no business there spending
their leisure moments about the court in the
way of those who have duty to perform.
After all the business Of the court is over for
the day and the prisoners are taken off the
janitor appears, and, while going through the
working Of cleaning the rooms he can sit on
the bench and say Five dollars to empty
benches as well as the judge can say it when
he can enforce it against the prisoner at the
bar.