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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
FUN ON THE INCREASE
Gay Times During the Closing Nights Of
the @. A. U. Carnival.
hany Lucky Holders of Winning
Tickets Made Happy With
Valuable Articles.

The Columbia Athletic Club carnival
Beems to grow more attractive as it gels
older, because the crowds are increasing in
number with each succeeding night, and
the fun and gaiety becoming correspond
ingly more enjoyable. The entertainment
last night was fully up to the high standard
attained the first ten nights, and included
a very pretty exhibition of dancing by Miss
Edna Thornton, a sparring bout between
Prof. Carter and Mr. William Ambrose,
horizontal bar work by Messrs. Cobb. Ross,
Sewall and Allen and the living pictures.
The Madrid Mandolin Quartet played dur
Ing the evening in various portions OF the
building. and added greatly to the enjoy
ment of the visitors
AS on former evenings, the greatest in
terest conferred in the disposition of the
many articles which had been offered for
rattle or vote, and the drawings for these
prizes were largely attended
The handsome brass bedstead was won
by l.. e. Cannon, Conrad Becker won a G.
"A. c. sofa pillow and Miss Lillian Cava-
augh was voted the brass and onyx lamp.
A box of cigars fell to f. L. Shepherd and
a Dresden lamp to DR.. NJ. S. Finley. c. j.
Bell won silver cuff box, Arthur Kerr
silver perfume holder, and everybody was
glad when an ivory-framed mirror was
drawn by the number he'd by Sam w.
Stiaemetz.
Many novel features will be presented to-
night. and another big crowd will doubt
less be in attendance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
MADE HIS OWN MONEY.
Wanted More Valuable Dollars Thnn
Had Uncle Sam.


Ashland. Ky. Special TO Cincinnati Enquirer
Joseph Shoemaker Of Grayson, Carter
county. received the other day in payment
for horse sold to an old farmer living
Eear the Lewis county line, SAC. among
which were three Of the famous Sprinkle
dollars" of the early '3Os. 1t has been more
than twenty years since any of these Pc
euliar coins have been found in this sec
ton, and the production of these will recall
queer character who fourished in the
earlier part of the century, and went down
to his grave with a secret that has never
been unearthed.
Josiah Sprinkle, the party in question:
lived in one of the toughest sections of
Lewis county, and on a line probably fifty
miles from Grayson. In his days Washing
ten, the county seat of Mason. and one of
the oldest towns in this end of the state
was thriving. One day Sprinkle, then well
along In years, appeared at Washington
with a buckskin pouch full of silver dol
lars of his own make In every respect
they appeared the equal Of the national
coin. The weight was more than present
and the quality and ring of the metal were
all that could be asked.
He spent them freely, and they were
takel upon the assurance of Sprinkle that
there was nothing wrong with them be-
yond the fact that he and not the United
States mint had coined them. Asked where
he got the silver he laughed. and shook his
head knowingly. 1T doesn't matter. so
get 1t, and there's plenty left" was as
much as he would ever offer in explana-
ton. The inscription on the coins was
rudely outlined, and in no wise was any
attempt made at imitation of the legal coir
Rudely outlined on one side was an owl,
while six-cornered star showed with
more accuracy upon the other The edges
were smooth, no attempt having been made
at milling. The coins were considerably
larger than the regulation article, and
thicker as well. Upon various occasions
Sprinkle afterward visited the town, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
SOurceA of Ivory.


African ivory Is now conceded to be the
finest. The first quality of this comes from
near the equator. and t7has been remarked
with regard to this fact that the nearer the
equator the smaller rs the elephant. but the
larger the tusks. The ivory from equatorial
Africa is closer in the grain and has less
tendency to become yellow by exposure
than Indian ivory. The finest transparent
African ivory is collected along the west
coast between latitudes 10 degrees north
and 10 degrees south. and this is believed to
deteriorate in quality and to be more liable
to damage with increase Of latitude in
either direction. The whitest ivory comes
from the east coastf Itis considered to be
IN best condition when recently cut; it has
then mellow, waTm transparent tint, as
II soaked In oil. and very little appearance
of grain or texture
Indian ivory has an opaque, dead white
color, and has a tendency to become discol-
ored. OF the Asian varieties Siam Is con-
sidered to be the finest, being much superior
in appearance and density. The ivory of
the mammoth tusks is not very much es-
teemed, particularly in England: it is con-
s:dered too dry and brittle for elaborate
work, besides which. it is very liable to turn
yellow. AS a matter of fact. the largest
tusks very rarely leave Asiatic Russia. be-
ing too rotten for industrial purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17

available spot is filed with one OF their
slovenly structures. The stone heads of
the famous artists and sculptors that
adorn the front of the Boston Art Museum
are pillowed upon this sparrow's nest-a
droll thought.
1t was only yesterday that watched one
as he tormented a brown creeper. The lit
tie rascal had a miSchievous twinkle in his
brown eye, but he met his match in the
creeper. At every dart Of the sparrow the
creeper would place the tree trunk between
himself and his foe by quickly moving to
the right or left, until 1 was glad to see
the sparrow become discouraged, finding
the creeper a tartar at lodging. and he
gave up trying to tease him as a bad job
and departed, while the victorious Certhfa
went calmly with his spiral course up
the trunk as II such encounters were of
common occurrence and afforded him much
life
Too often have seen these little immi-
grants put some more gentle though larger
American to flight, and the day Is not far
distant when our common, rightful friends
of the garden and country streets will be
driven further into the backwoodS.
If the nest Of this sparrow was beauti-
full specimen of bird architecture they
would be welcome to build In our vines
and cornices, but such ugly, slovenly struc-
lures are an eyesore. If the plumage also
of the sparrow was Of more brilliant or
more refined colors they would add to the
beauty of our streets. Imagine fiocks of
SnoWbuntlngS, or ndhgo birds, both or the
same y-Fringdillidae-the first with
us in the winter, the latter in the summer
about our cities, or even song sparrows,
whose plumage is far superior to the En-
glishman's, though the song sparrow is
plain bird. The English sparrows have no
song, and their wranglings, gatherings
end squabblng CRATE upon ones ear.
Yes, their Importation was a decided fail
ure, and Is, L think, so admitted by the
American people. Far better had the time
and energy been spent in increasing our
own insectivorous birds. the Baltimore orr
ole. for example, whose tropical pIumage
Interesting ways and wonderfully beautiful
pendant nest would have ornamented
rather than destroyed the beauty of our
public gardens, streets and commons
Bulletin No. 1 of the division of eco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
THE CELLARS OF WARSAW.
Some Old Wine and What 1t II Val
ued At.

Some Old Wine and What 1t IL VAL
ned At.
From the Westminster Gazette.
Ninety-nine travellers out of a hundred
fail to 20 to Warsaw, and the one hundreth
probably misses the one sight which alone
should suffice to attract every one thither.
1 only CHANGED upon the most wonderful
cellars In the world because my guide hap
pened to be thirsty. My first surprise was
to observe that the bottles were kept up
right, and with the corks loosely inserted.
not hammered down and sealed These are
conditions for keeping Tokay in perfect
condition, and there is the advantage that
a sample, even of the oldest vintage, may
be taken out and tasted at any moment
without injuring it's contents. Moreover. a
bottle may be shaken to any extent with
out risk. No one Knows the peculiar vir-
tues of Tokay. 1t has not been made for a
generation-at least, the modern wine
which goes by the name comes no nearer
the genuine article than modern Madeira.
Real Tokay is the only wine which goes on
Improving forever. You may give cham
ragne twelve to twenty-five years a the
outside, and then every other bottle will be
corked; Bordeaux and Burgundy may not
be trusted much beyond 1865; port, with its
proverbiaI longevity, is generally but labor
and sorrow by the centenary; even brandy
has not much greater vitality.
1 tasted thimbleful of Tokay which was
authenticated 1906, and the exquisite men,
cry will always linger in my palate. Ten
dozen of 1t remained a couple of years ago,
and. taking compound interest into consid-
GRAFTON, it seems dirt cheap at f6 the bot
tie; 1862 costs Is a bottle; 1852, "a los; 1I34.
IA, and 1854, f3 los. From 1871 to 1896 the
prices range from f3 to II As. the bottle,
and after 1866 excellent Tokay may be
bcrght by the cask. For a little over go
you may purchase a cask Of the year 1868
containing $50 bottles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
GREEKS OF THE OLD SOD,
Origin of n Designation SOmet times
Applied to the Irish.

Applied to the Irish.
From the Boston Journal.
Some time ago we asked why long ago as
we'll as today Irishmen were called Greeks.
A correspondent writes as follows in an
swer:
prince Mletus, son of Greek monarch,
set out with a considerable band of follow
ers in search of adventure. They reached
Egypt, and finding the king Of that country
at war with a neighboring power, they Of
fered their services. Egypt prevailed,
largely owing to the skill and courage of
NIifetus. and the king bestowed on him the
hand of the Princess Scotia, his daughter. in
marriage. After a lapse of some years the
Greek prince and his followers set out in
quest of adventure a second time, and,
landing in Spain. subdued the inhabitants
very easily. Miletus became king. and
after his death his son Heber made a
voyage to Ireland. and, conquering the
country, called it Hebernia. Later he sub
dued the western islands of ancient Gale
don.a and named them Hebrides, also in
honor of himself. Finally the mainland in
the west was annexed and named Scotland,
in honor of hismother. Scotia.
This is how the IRISH came to be. called
Greeks and MiesiaHs-in my opinion"
Now. there are variations of this legend.
and one Is just as historically accurate as
the other. parallel instance is this IA
But earnest seekers after truth have dis
covered that the ancient records and ar
chives of Ireland show clearly that Jera-
miah escaped from Egypt with the youngest
daughter of King Zedekiah after the con-
quest of Jerusalem by NebuchadneZzar and
with her and others took ship and finally
reached Ireland in safety, and that there
at the ancient city of Tara, he did build and
plan successfully, and there can be no
doubt that
The harp that once through Tara's halls
The soul of music shed
was patterned from, IL 1t was not the veri-
table, harp of Israel's sweet psalmist, King
David"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
HEALTH AND HARD TINES.
"A Man In the Coffin Business Tells
Why They Go Together.

Why They Go Together.
From the Chicago Daily Interocean.
IT am In a hurry" said Mr.. Charles j. E.
Parker billiard expert and man-about-
town, to another man he met on Dearborn
street last night.
billiards? No. Billiards are just
trifie quiet just now. though see match
OF two in the near future. Just now 1 am
going to New York in thesinterest of the
coffin industry. No, that isn't strange;
was in commercial life before went into
the billiard business
'Hows the coffin business? It's bad. /
don't suppose you ever gave much thought
to that profession. It's funny, though
fact, that in financially hard times deaths
are few; the mortality rate goes down to
zero. Account for it? Sure thing. When
money is plenty people load up their stom-
achs with large cold bottles small, hot
birds, angel food Roquefort cheese and i'm
ported asparagus. This, mark you, on
stomach originally built to accommodate
pork and beans and fiapjacks acts dsas-
trously. Hence busy days for the register
of vital statistics and the undertaken.
When money is scarce the ordinary citizen
returns TO his natural diet of corned beef
and cabbage and potatoes with their jack
cts on. Then come the cold days for the
coffin builder. and the registrar aforesaid
sticks his feet UP on his desk and smokes
cigarettes all day.
"Ciffin trust? It's dead. Used to be
known The National Burial Casket As
scciatiol. That's dead and buried Bust
ness all split up nowadays. One lot Of
firms furnishes the caskets, another the
handles you cling to when conveying your
6ead friend down stairs, still another has a
monopoly of supplying the studs or little
rails that decorate the box, while yet an
other does land Office business in shrouds.
Let me take your order for Irlled
shroud? No? Well. Good-by," and the
Casket fend defiantly lit another cigarette.
grinned and disappeared in the gathering
gloom.
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in every instance he spent them more and
more freely.
At one time he volunteered the fact that
he had silver mine in the hills, but no
one ever succeeded in inducing the old man
to allow sharing of his secret. Finally
the government agents learned of the mat
ter, and came on to investigate. Sprinkle
was arrested and brought into court, but
the dollars proved to be pure silver without
alloy. worth in fact, a tr1fle more than 81
EACH and after an exciting trial he was &C
quilted. Upon the verdict being an
noUnced Sprinkle reached down in a cav
ernous pocket and drew out a bag of fifty
of the coins and promptly paid his attorney
in the presence of the astonished officials
Sprinkle was never afterward bothered
and continued until his death to make the
dollars, how and where no one ever knew
He lived practically alone. having his hut
away from his relatives who lived close at
hand. and died suddenly, carrying the
secret of his find to the grave with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
A Tramp's Trick,
From the San Era nciscn Chronicle

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Say. partner, yer from New York. amt
YEP heard one tramp say to another the
other day as they sat summing themselves
on opposite sides of the path in Union
Square.
The weary gentleman addressed made an
evasive reply intended to create the i'm
preston of negative without being one
in terms.
Yes, y'are," continued the first in an ag-
gravatingly persistent tone of voice. I've
been watchin' yer an yer've been keepin'
that foot O. yours movin' a the time yer
was asleep; an tn amt but one place in
this country where the gazabos learn that
an that's in City Hall Park, New York
where yer have to give the cops some kind
of eXcoos while yer settin' up sleepin' or
they'll run yer in. I've been there partner,
an kin do it myself.
But say" and the voice assumed a con-
fdential contemptuous tone, you don't
have to do 1t in this town"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
THE ENGLISH SPARROW.
study of the Hardy Immigrant
Who Has Come to Stay.

Who Has Come to Stay.
FROM the Boston Transcript.
Forty-four years ago the English spar
row (passer domesticus, was imported
from England to New York: later, In 1858,
to Maine and in 1868 to Boston. to protect
the trees of the great hordes of insects
which were then destroying them Now,
in 1895. they have reached as far north as
Cane Breton, am told, following the path
of the railroad. They have penetrated
into the far west and south; the country
is oyerrrn with them Their increase per
wear is enormous. 1t is difficult to find q
country town today that has not few
pairs breeding within its limits.
Passer domesticus is the business man
among birds and If he We're classified by
systematic ornithologists for his actions
alone it would be a difficult task. In the
country he plays at times the woodpecker,
the fycatcher, but rarely the true sparrow
or finch; he Is a vagabond, tormentor, a
pugilist, quarrelsome rascal, but FOR all
that he has a decidedly knowing air-even
II a little braggadocio. And 1t Is these
knowing sharp, wide-awake qualities that
have given him the foothold he now has
upon American soil.
The English sparrowS are surely natural
lied and true citizens by this date, and,
like all incoming immigrants, have come
to stay. Even If they spend their days in
teasing our own American birds. who have
more rightful ownership to the land than
our very selves. 1t Is beyond our power to
put them down; determination is practi-
cally impossible.
Bold hearts beat in their small breasts:
the rigors of our New England winters
they defy. The buzzing of the approac hing
trolley car is hardly needed; they remain
feeding until it is upon them before taking
wing. or hop calmly to one side. They are
beneath the horses feet and within cane
or umbrella reach of every wayfarer. yet
they stare with fearless eye.
In Bristol, r. l., they build their homes
in the base Of the oSpreys nest; every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17

nomic ornithology and mammaIogy of the
United States Department of Agriculture
shows that in ten years the progeny of
single pair of sparrows might amount to
215, 716,9S3. $685." and ct also states that
during the year 1886 the sparrow added
approximately $4,000 square miles to the
territory occupied by it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
The Safe Side.

From the Yale Record.
Tommy-"When I'm a man I'm going to
be a soldier"
Mother-"What. And be killed by the
enemy?"
the enemy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17

John Webb, Neal Dabney, John Bates and
Harry Steel were killed Saturday by the pre-
mature explosion of a blast near Big Creeh
GAP KY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17

Miss Phoebe Lincoln, cousin of the Presi-
dent, has died at her home, in La Harpe
IL, aged sixty-seven years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
IF THE II.

IF THE HAIR Is FALLING OUT, OR TURNING
gray, requiring d stimulunt with nourishing and
colOring food, Halls Vegetable Siciian Hair Re-
newer Is just the specific.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-27

tute Tor it that caused mo to write my
first article. The notion that members
OF the party have no right to discues or
oppose planks Of q platform between
campaigns is too silly for discussion.
He would have us like the man who
when asked his opinion on a question,
replied. 81 don't know, the convention
has not met yet" 1t ls this discussion
between times that fits us for the work
OF preparing.
He mlsrepresents nj when he says l
would have % BIO grains OF gold repre-
sent the dollar, and there is nothing in
nv writings to justify his making such a
statement. / vas only discussing this
land loan scheme as a system of finance
and not whether or not we need more
money or how to get out of debt. The
readers Of the UNION know I favor in
creasing the volume Of money back to
where it was when the great bulk of
Indebtedness was contracted. But I
want to know it will not be contracted
next year when we get it. Free coinage
will give no more money, hence / favor
this measure. Government treasury
notes (greeenback) substituted for the
national bank note will do away with
banks OF issue and give us more money
and | also favor that measure. He saws
have not told you how to get out of
debt. True but neither have you Mr..
Anderson. Increase the volume Of
money IN the way | have suggested, and
that will assist the debtor class.
If he understood the single tax he would
not callit socialism. 1t 10 the purest
kind of in%dlvidualism and socialists are
always wallng with SINGLE tax men.
No there is no statue against the
ownership of land, neither ls there
against people getting out Of debt but
there are conditions which are much
harder to overcome, that any statute
that could be framed.
l want to say one thing to Mr.. Ander-
son and that IS that one is not a gold
bug or working for the capitalist simply
because he refuses to Mallow all the
crankism and slush dished 40 now days
as political reform.
LEVI MCGEE,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-27
BELLE FOURCHE BURNED.

Nothing But smoulderlng Ruins Mark
h Site.
Az we 60 to press we learn that the
town OF Belle Fourche was destroyed by
fire Wednesday morning. The fire
started in the butcher shop owned by
Knight, and in = short time all Of the
best business houses in town were in
ashes. Two brick and one stone build
ing being all that is left to mark the spot
where the business portion OF the town
stood. Certain parties in the vicinity
are suspected and one OF them is now
under arrest. Loss unknown.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-27
MARRIED

In Rapid City, Tuesday September "a, 1895,
Patrick Dillon OF Rockerville and Miss Anna
Kehoe of Rapid City. Rev. Father dmo
OF officiating.
The contracting parties above named
are we'll know to every n in this va
entity and the announcement OF this mar
riage will not be a surprise to any OF
their friends as it has been generally be-
lieved by all, that they were contenpla-
ting this step for some time past. The
marriage ceremony was celebrated
at the residence Of the BRIDES parents
in presence of a few chosen friends OF the
bride and groom. Miss Kate Kehee and
Hugh j. Mcmahon acted as BRIDES maid
and groom's man. After the a
most tempting repast OF the choicest
viands was served. The large and spa
cious dining room a most delicately
and handsomely decorated with beau
tlful floral wreaths, wedding bell, etc.
Quite a number of handsome and val
liable presents were received by the
bride and groom. The bride is ope of
the best known school teachers in Pen
nington County and all have a good
wore for her. she is q lady Of man. &C
compllshments and universally loved
and respected by all.
he groom needs no introduction to
readers of the UNION, he is one OF the
early settlers Of the Hills, having resided
most Of the time neal Rockerville where
to know him is to be a friend; Mr.. Dill.
Ion, by a life Of honesty, fair dealing and
generosity has none other than friends
for neIghbors. No one ever went away
from the genial Pats house hungry and
no one IN the neighborhood ever suffered
for the n~ecessaries of life long after he
knew OF their condition.
The UNION force caught Pat sneaking
past the office early Tuesday morning
and all jumped onto him and accused
him Of being married. He denied it SO
solemnly that our whole force was con
Yinced that it was the victim Of a cruel
Joke, till about a half hour later when
the genial Pat came round to see us IN a
Way we always enjoy being SEEN"
The best WISHES Of the UNION is exten-
ded to Mr.. and Mrs. Dillon with the
hope that they may enjoy many years
OF happiness together.