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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
POLLING THE FIRE FIEND.
Good Thing That Pushes Itself
Along in q Beautiful Way.


Along in a Beautiful Way.
From the Buffalo Courier.
A merchant of Gowanda has invented q
most remarkable apparatus for saving
stocks Of goods from fire. Instead Of put
ting out the fire the apparatus opens the
front Of the store, and the counters, cases
and shelving roll out into the street into
their owners arms.
The shelving and counters In the store are
all portable, and mounted on rollers At
tached to the rear end of the shelving is q
cable which runs forward and over a wheel
below TIL, floor in the front of the store
To this end of the cable are suspended
weights sufficiently heavy to overbalance
the shelving, cases and goods In them. A
trake device keeps the weights from set
ting the machine going. Attached to the
lever of the brake Is a combustible cord
which passes upward into the store and is
carried along the walls and ceiling, where
1t will be quickly ignited in case Of fire.
The sundering Of the cord looses the brake,
shelves start heller SHELTER for the front of
the building. At the same time the win
dows and doors open automatically out
ward, and the entire contents of the store
are dumped on the sidewalk in a jiffy. To
Illustrate the designs Of fire thieves the
shelves fold up when they reach the street,
presenting only blank wood and glass.
Those who have seen the apparatus tested
say that 1t works admirably. One night q
mouse found something palatable in the
brake cord and gnawed 1t in two where
upon, much to its CONSERVATION, the furni-
tire, boxes and shelves with one accord be-
gan a swift mavement forward, and an
automatic alarm attached to the machine
began to rouse all the Inhabitants OF Co
Wanda, the hour being 2 o'clock in the
morning. The ingenious inventor was one
of the first on the scene and his disgust at
being routed out by a false alarm was
greatly mitigated by the spectacle of the
smooth working of his machine. 1t seems
to be a good thing, and pushes itself along
with no help.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
DESTRUCTION OF BIRDS.
The Demands of Fashion Create Havoc
Among the SOnGstcrs.

The Demands of Fashion Create Havoc
Among the SOnEstcrs.
From the Chicago News.
The destruction of the birds-of- paradise
for adjoining women's hats reaches alarm
ing proportions when one realizes that one
London firm alone sold 10000 sprays of
these plumes during the last season. Tho
herons of Florida are said to be suffering
terribly at present from this heartless
practice Of woman. lovely woman"
Mrs. Edmunds Phillips, vice president of
one of the branches of the Society for The
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, writes:
1.-The dorsaI and other plumes Of certain
species of herons, known in trade as os-
preys or egrets, or dn French) aigre.tes.
are 1t is well known, obtained In their full
beauty only in the breeding season. 1t is
the nuptial plumage which is torn from
the parent birds. whose bodies are flung
aside dead ur alive, as may be, in fostering
heaps, while the young ones are left to
starve, utterins loud and piteous cries.
Extensive heronries in Florida and else
where have been utterly destroyed in his
manner, and exact statistics have been re-
corded by American and other naturalists
Endorsed by the high authority of Prof
Newton, who has suggested that the wear
ers of an ornament obtained at such a
murderous cost should be tarred as we'll
as feathered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
TRICKS OF HORSE sHARps.

Some of Those That Are Said to Be
Practiced Down In Tennessee.
From the Chicago Record.
The greatest day in every county in Ten
nessee and other southern states is horse
swapping" day, which comes to the county
scat the first Monday in each month and
to the other towns on every other Satur-
day. 1t is one of the Oldest customs of the
country and each county numbers hundreds
Of men who make their living on the profits
Of horse swapping. There are about 6, 900
Of these horse traders in Tennessee alone.
Some grow rich and others grow poor by 1t.
There are lots of tricks about this busi-
ness" said one of the horse traders, land
I'll give you some pointers that everybody
doesn't know. Unless a man is accustomed
to horses it's the greatest folly in the world
to depend upon his own knowledge in pur-
chasing, for the horse swappers make their
living by bringing up horses with all sorts
OF defects, and their art enables them to
cover them long enough to make good
sale. These tricks are practiced in buying
as we'll as selling.
when a man wants to make a true pull
ing horse balk he mixes corrosive sublimate
end tincture of cantharides and applies 1t
to his shoulders. To make a horse appear
lame a single hair is taken from his tail
and run through the eye of a needle; the
front leg Is lifted. the skin pressed between
needle showed through. The horse will go
lame in twenty minutes. To make horse
stand by his food and rot eat 1t, his front
teeth are creased with tallow, and he will
not eat until 1t is washed out. fine wire
fastened tight around the fetlock between
the foot and heel will make a horse ap-
pear rs II badly foundered. The heaves are
covered up by a half pound Of birdshot
given to the horse. When a jockey wants
to nerve horse that is lame he makes
small inc.sion about half way from the
knee to the joint en- the outside of the leg
At the back part of the shinbone is a small
cord, which Is cut Off and stitched. The
horse will walk on the hardest pavement
and not limp particle. When a horse
goes dead lame in enc shoulder 1t is dis
guised by creating a similar lameness In
the corresponding leg by taking off the
shoe and inserting bean between 1t and
the foot.
BLACK spots are put on a horse by ap-
plying mixture of lime and ntharge. A
star is put on a horse easily enough. A
piece of towel the size of the desired star
fs spread on the part ard warm pitch ap-
piled. After two days 1t is washed until the
hair grows out white. Old horses are made
to appear young by filing down the teeth
and removing the dark markings with a hot
iron. The depressions over the eye are
filled up by puncturing the skin over the
eye and filling through a tube by air from
the mouth, then closing the aperture"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
SHUT DOWN on FOREIGN BOOKS.
Big Blow Given to the EIkton Turf
men.

Big Blow Given to the EIkton Turf.
men.
States attorney Austin L. Crothers yes
terday sprang a surprise on the crowd as
sembled in the betting room at the Elkton
Nd. fair grounds by arresting Bookmaker
Lewis Gilbert, the agent of Bookmaker
Duffy. The charge was the violation of law
by selling pools on races at tracks other
than the Elkton course.
Gilbert accompanied States ATTORNEY
Crothers to the office of Magistrate Peter H.
Cleaver, where he was held in 500 bail for
his appearance at the December term of The
circuit court. The loss of the foreign"
books, in which the Latonia, Morris Park
and Alexander Island tracks were PLAYED is
a severe blow to the betting men, and their
attention was turned to the local books.
eight In number.
The bookmakers did big business, and
were unable to accommodate all the money.
President Andrew Burns of the Racing
Association stated that Baltimore will be
recognized as desirable point from which
to dra ~ racegOerS, and arrangements will
be completed at once to accommodate the
people of that city. He said that 1900
passes would be sent to Baltimore for dis
tribut;on.
The reason that no attempt has been made
heretofore to bid for an attendance from
Baltimore was that the racing syndicate I'D
not wish to antagoniZe the Washington
tracks at st. Asaph and Alexander Island
each track being deemed entitled to all the
support 1t can get from within a radius
of 100 miles. The race promoters on the
Potomac have posted notices that the horse
men who left them to go to Elkton shall l. OF
return. The feeling now is not of the bast
between the Virginia and Elkton synd.ca .es
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
EMMA EAMES' HOUSE.
The Singers Residence I'm Paris Fit
ted Up With American Devices.

The Singers Residence I'm Paris Fit
ted Up With American Devices.
From the New York Sun.
Three seasons with the opera company in
New York. half a dozen more in London.
including her concert engagements and the
big prices paid her to sing in private
houses, have brought to Nine Emma
Eames-Story something more than a mod
est competence. The money the prima
donna has earned she has carefully in
vested, chiefly in good American securities,
and this autumn she moves into her new
house in Paris. which, even for a Partisan
home, Is perfect little bijou Nine. Emma
Eames-Story confesses that both senti-
ment and a fondness for the pretty gar
dens In the square led her to buy and build
on the charming Places des Etats -Unis.
that lies in the most fashionable center of
the French capital. just a step off the aris-
tocratfc Avenue Kleber, and not SO very
far from the Avenue du Boise de Boulogne
where the young Countess de Castellane is
having a wonderful model of the Grand
Trianon erected for her occupancy. Much
OF the charm and interest of Nine. Eames-
Story's pretty house lies in the fact that
she directed the architect in making the
plans, and, with the aid of her husba nd 8
taste, has decorated and furnished 1t
closely after American models.
Without 1t is a three-story mansion,
built Of the beautiful cream-white stone
used in Paris, and within 1t is fitted with
every American convenience-beautiful
white bath tubs, electric bells and lights,
dumb walters, stationary washstands in
pretty alcoves. and even the latest and
most approved American door locks and
burglar alarms. The sale d'honneur of
the house is its mistress music room, done
all in pale yellow and white. The grand
piano Is Of American make, and built in an
alcove is a small organ. which Nine Story
thinks. next after a great orchestra, is the
most inspiring music to sing to. Opening
out Of the music room is Mr.. Story's
studio, and above stairs are the bed room
suites. That of Nine. Story is hung in
Pompadour ch:ntZes; its broad windows
look out on the flowery square that bears
the name of her native country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
Sporting Notes.

Preparations are being rushed at Cumber-
land Park. Nashville, Tenn, for the rall
running meeting. which will begin about the
middle of November and continue for Two
weeks. Secretary Farmer is now visiting
northern and eastern tracks obtaining en-
tries.
At Fountain Ferry. Louisville yesterday
b. w. lyman broke the one-hundred- mile
record. The weather was perfect The for
mer record, made by himself during his Ia st
Wenty-four-hour record ride, was 4:29:19
His time yesterday was 4:27:32 The first fifty
miles covered was minute or so behind the
record. The last mile was made in 2:47.
Quads and tandems were used to pace.
Judge Beach of New York has signed an or
der directing Philip J. Dwyer to turn over to
the sheriff of Kings county $500 belong
ing to Robert Fitzsimmons. This is part of
the stake money in the fight in which he was
to have met Corbett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
Brazil Would Ret.liate.

A special to the New York Herald from
Buenos Ayres says: Rio Janeiro. Brazil.
telegraphs that, in the event that Brazil
should be compelled to pay what her gov
eminent regards as outrageous claims,
made by European nations. she will re-
taliate.
Retalia ton will take the form Of an IN
creased rate of duty upon all goods enter
ed at the custom house from countries
which press their claims. The cabinet has
already decided this question.
All persons concerned in the revolt 81
Rio Grande do Sui have been liberated I'M
der the amnesty law recently sanctioned by
President Moraes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
foot ball eleven defeated the Haverford

-
team % to 6.
University Of Pennsylvania yesterday de-
feated Duquesne A. c. by 80 to o at Pitts
burg. This is the lowest score the univer-
sity men have made this season. The game
was fast and furious from start to finish.
The first half resulted in 4 for Pennsylvania,
no goal being kicked. In the second half
the university kicked three goals, but fail
ed on the other two touch-downs. The
weather was fine and crowd of about 5000
was present.
Capts. Lea and Brewer have agreed on
the following rules, which will govern the
Princeton-Harvard ganas November 2: In
addition to the four ordinary backs. two
other men, these being either the tackles
or ends, are allowed bshind the line in any
formation. provided they be not more than
five yards behind the line. No man, how
ever. is allowed to start before the ball is
put in play. In case Of a free catch the
man making the catch Is not allowed to
run with the ball or pass it, unless he first
touch 1t to the ground. If he does not run
with the ball, he can have the option OF a
first down on the spot at which the ball Is
caught. or he can kick the ball from that
si~1t. the opposing side not being allowed
to line up within ten yards Of the ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
To Prevent Smuggling.

To prevent smuggling is the ostensible
reason assigned by the Nicaraguan govern
ment for the issue Of decree which
bids fair to lead to complications in the
future. It provides for the imposition OF
fines upon any person who boards a vessel
at anchor in the harfors of the republic
without a written permit from the port Off
Ger in each case and requires even those
persons who have permits to submit them.
selves to search upon returning to the
shore. Owners of small boats in the coast
ing trade are also required to pay licenses
ject to disqualification if they violate the
decree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
ECONOMIZING AT MONACO.
Evidences That This Resort IL ON tn
Downward Grade.

Evidences That This Resort il ON the
Downward Grade.
From London Society.
A very decided and unpleasant change
is coming over the spirit of the dreams of
the speculator in the formerly much-covet-
ed shares Of the Monte Carlo Casino Com
pany, and the very decided impression
conveyed by study of the report issued
at the meeting of shareholders held the
other day is that the whole concern is very
rapidly proceeding to that disastrous ter
mination vulgarly known as pot" from
bad to worse Is the progress reported.
There was a falling off of more than 3d.
100000 francs G12O,OOO) from the previous
year, nnG nearly 100000 (f2OO, OOO) less
than the total received in 1929.
After deiucting SOOO.OOO francs GEO COO
for expenses, 11,OOO,0OO francs GAO OOW
were left Tor division among the holders of
10000 shares in the company. So 1t was de-
cided to declare a dividend of 100 francs per
share, which, with % francs interest paid
upon each coupon in October. totals up to
8 per cent per annum upon the present
value of the shares This, Of course, would
satisfy ordinary appetites. but not the vo-
raciols cornorants who have been used to
much higher interest for their money, and
so all kinds OF economies are once again
under consideration.
Some OF these retreno hMentS In expenses
were tried on at the beginning of the sea-
son. and met with the disapproval of the
Prince of Monaco. who cannot get rid of
this gambling scourge (even If he really
wished to, which, perhaps. he does noD un-
til 1913.
All this shows the downward grade and
We very much doubt II this hell keeps its
fires burning till 1913. There is a proposal
to charge admittance to the rooms instead
of. as always hitherto has been the case,
admitting ATS presentation nf n r.
ing card, and this innova ton would be a
good one, for it might possibly keep out
some of the toughest who now frequent
the gambling saloons at Charley's Mount.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
Protection for the Defenseles..

A resolution was adopted by he w. e.
T. U. at Baltimore yesterday deplorins the
numerous outrages upon defenseless wo-
men and children and urging that steps
be taken to mold public opinion or to Sc
cure such legislation as would secure to
the victims a greater degree of protection.
Invitations were received and referred to
the executive committee asking the w. c.
7. u. to hold its next convention IN Los
Angeles. San Francisco, Seattle. Chatta-
nooga and NaehvilIe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
ALTAR CLUB RACES.
Interesting Sport Followed by a Ban
quet.

Interesting Sport Followed by a Ban.
quet.
The annual meet" of the Affair Cycle
Club was held yesterday afternc on on the
Conduit road The course selected was
from reservoir to reservoir. All the thirty
three members of the club were present
along the course, together with many out
side bicycle enthusiasts. The occasion was
full of spirit.
There were three races, tn. first begin
ming at S:15 o'clock. This was a quarter
mile contest Then followed a mile and
later a five-mile race. Competition for
championship honors waxed hot, but J. E.
Hanger pulled out victor In every contest
The prize Of the first race was a pair of
patent leather shoes, offered by Weaver &
Moran; the second a gold medal, and the
third or five-mile prize, a twentieth CEN
fury bicycle lamp, donated by w. T. and
F. B. Weaver.
Messrs W. T. Weaver and H. P. Gilbert
were referees of the races and Mr. r. W.
Darby timekeeper.
After the contests. q BANQUET was ten
dered the club by Mr.. Darby at his home
corner 18th and N streets. 1t was a highly
sentation of an entertaining musical and
literary program. Among the numbers rem
dersd were vocal octet, by the club;
chorus, "Old Kentucky Home" club; bari
solo, Miss ]. Pauline Barnes; piano duet
Misses Rarnes, and solo. Mr.. Louis Weaver
Then came the awarding of prizes by Mr.
Darby.
Second prizes were awarded to Geo.
Weaver, Charles Weaver and Robert Lay
ton.
Robert Cox deserves mention for the
good general management he gave the va
rious events of the day.
At the banquet the following members
of the club and their friends were present:
Mr.. and Mrs. w. I. Weaver. Mr.. and Mrs.
D. F. Weaver, Mr.. and Mrs L. Keyser,
DR.. and Mrs. Marion, Mrs. Pruett, Misses
Crowley. Pruett, Wise. Darby. Cobath Adj
die Pussy, B. Hoffman, Jennie Britt, L.
Barnes, Bessie Barnes, b. Barnes, Rhodes,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Darby, and Messrs
Ballard, r. Cox, A. Cox. Chas. Weaver,
L. Weaver. G. Weaver, F. B. Weaver, Theo
fred Fisher, E. E. Darby. r. Layton, Chas
Moran, Chas. Jones, H. c. Staub, b. b.
Wilson and Thomas Hume.
An Old Oxford Oarsmnn Dead.
The death of H. B. Cotton, president of
the Oxford University Boat Club, and bow
of the university eight for the last four
years, Is announced.
The Lee DfOits.
A foot ball team has been organized un-
der the name of the LIE Droits. They
would like to hear from all teams of 100
pounds. The lineup is as follows: FYtz-
patrick, CT; Rueth, lg.; Brush, r.g;
tain; Bushnell, re-; Ross, RIB; Loutz,
lib; Stanley, OBJ, and Clarke, f.b. Ad-
dress challenges to Thomas Reedy, 1854
9Th street northwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
The Dupont Trophy Shoot.

"PUHt
There were large number of new entries
at Baltimore yesterday for the big handi-
cap shoot for the Dupont trophy and a
purse of $1,000. Among them were the
veteran Capt. Money of New York, Bland
Ballard of Louisville, Sewell Daily of Long
Branch. Elmer E. Shaner and John G..
Messner of Pittsburg, the latter the winner
of the great American handicap of 1885.
The entrance fee to the big shoot is $25,
and entries will not close until the TWEEN
tieth gun has been fired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
FOOT BALL,

Yale defeated Williams easily yesterday
by "a to nothing. The nearest Williams
came to scoring was in the second half.
when they carried the ball to the fifteen
yard line and then lost it on a tumble
Long runs abounded, Benjamin scoring for
Yale from the center and Draper doing ex-
celIeut work for Williams.
The foot ball team of Swathmore was de-
feated by the Rutgers team by 26 to r.
The University of Pennsylvania freshmen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
Irwin to Manage the Giants.

Arthur Irwin will manage the New York
base ball team next season. He returned to
Philadelphia yesterday from that city,
where he had been in conference with Pres
ident Freedman concerning the matter
Mr. Irwin said that both Mr.. Freedman
and himself had named figure as the SAL
airy attached to the management of the
Giants, and that the difference in the
amounts was so immater.al that a definite
agreement had been reached. He will as
sumo the duties of his new office immedi-
ately after the expiration, on November l.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24

Of his contract with the Philadelphia club.
This will make Irwins third venture as a
league manager, his first experience be-
ing In this city in 1892 and his second m
Philadelphia. In neither place he sue
ceeded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
Real Estate.

VIM. IN. Payne yesterday decided to Maurice
Baer part of lot IL, in Corcoran's sub of
"Old Georgetown" being improved prop
erty in Co"coran's alley. between NJ. N. 31st
and 32d streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
A KiplinR StorY.

Saturdays Star will contain a capital
story, complete, with characteristic Illus
trations. from the pen Of Rudyard kipling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
High School Team Won.

The Eastern High School foot ball team
defeated by 10 to yesterday the second
eleven of Kendall Green. The lineup of'
the teams follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-24
Challenged by Brooklyn.

The following message has been sent tt
London: "Sir George Newnes, British Ches.
Club, London-The Brooklyn Chess Club
in behalf of the American chess players
challenges the British Chess Club, repre-
senting the chess players of Great Britain
to match for chess supremacy to be
played by cable on November IA, If poss.
BILE. Teams Of eight players and terms tc
modate Mr.. Pillsbury's departure for St
petersburg. MAREAN, President"
Basket Dnll League Election.
Delegates to the District Basket Bal
League met last night at the Washington
Light Infantry Armory. The following or
CARNATIONS were represented: Light In
fantry, Young Mems Christian Association
Carroll Institute, Washington Athletic
Club, Cycle Corps of D. C. N. G. and Pc.
from the Corcoran Cadets that they would
join the league.
Inc following were elected officers: Pres
ldent, Oscar Schmidt (re-elected); vice pres.
ident, ]. p. Tade, Y. NJ. c. A; second vice
president, Robert Akers, w. A c.; secre-
tary. F. p. Libbey, Cycle Corps; assistan.
secretary, Arthur A. Alexander, Cycle
re-electedD.
Last years playing rules were adopted
and to these will be added such amend.
ments as the committee on rules may re-
port, and upon which it was instructed
The rules committee consists of Messrs
p. Sanderson, w. A. c.: C. E. Marshall, Y
NJ. c. A, and Maurice Joyce c. l.
The first game will be played on the first
Saturday evening In November.
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