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Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
A FEW ImPERsONAL POINTERS

A PRINCESS, a countess, Q duchess and the daughter of reirniug prince were among the four thousand thieves, professional and unProlessiynal. ar- rested in Paris during the first six months of this year.
 TIE secretary of a big irrigation con- vention called to meet at Goodland, Kan, last week, was prevented from being present because of his inability Co reach the town on account of high water caused by phenomenal rains.
 A YOUNG Indian horscman recently gave a display of his skill at Wilbur, Wash. Holding on his head a can filled to the brim with water, he rode at 0 quick gallop the length of the main street, and returned, without spillinP a dropof the water.
 A M0HANMEDAN widow of Bombay started on a pilgrimage to Mecca re- gently, taking her iewelry with her. After arriving at Jcddah she was forced to marry a Turkish soldier whom she had never seen before and who disap- peared in a couple of days with all her property.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
SCRAPS OF LITERARY GOSSIP.

RUDrAED KIPIIGG is said Co have been tilted by six London girls before he woocd and won his American wife.
 NIH. GLADsroSE# introduction to Che Peoples Bible History" will be more than 8 lncre preface; it will be a kind of analytical history in itself
 ANDREW LANG is writing a life of John Gibson Loclihart, the son-in-law and biographer of Sir Walter Scott and editor of the Quarterly Review
 WILLIAM MoRHr5' new romance, "Chud Christopher and GoldiIiud the Fair, has just been issvcd in a limited edition by the KelmscoJt Press.
 RoBEET POLLOK, author of "Thc Coarse of Time, published his "Ta,es of tuc Cavcuautcrs7 more than sixty years ago. The house which published the original edition of the book is now about to pr.as 8 new one.
 FRANK |. STANTON, the Georgia post, is an opa.ml. ia everything and man of the most sunny, cheerful disposition. He is described as q sturdy broad ahaulIerel Eag"e of about Uaaiem height tae head uotiaaably large, the forehead broad and full"
 AFEw days ago James R. Randall. author of "GarglanJ, My Mary land, '" received @ severe aaosI, in Augusta, Ga., ta 8 fall from an electric car. X false step iD getting of tae ear tArcw him heavily to Che ground upon his faee, uaI his lower lip was badly cut.
 1IaE. Iguru GArrwH. ;auEh-ar of the poet Ihoaahlu GaGt.er, and trans lafar of mary Japanese gaa other oriental 1or}a has written a1 Aaaam- i-a play, "Erilaes @ Eia,H'jagae" for Sarah Bcruhar,t. and g hva-aet IIir39o drama for tle Gymnase. eailad "Ap- sara. which means .Ihc Ey-agh.'
 RoaTRT GRANT, whom tag ba.'s-rgai- ing pgl,e knows as @ clever gugAor, but who is known in Boston gs u pro- bate iu1ee as we'll is 8 bard-workiDg Iawgeron the shady side of forty, but apparently younger His pen and his bicycle consume almost equally his in tcrvals of leisure.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
eALKED A JOKE AND WON.
How Banker Held Six Cards at Poker
 Swallowing the Extra One.

How a Banker Held Six Cards at Poker,
 Swallowing the Extra One.
 The west is 8 great place for poker playing, and some of the largest jack pots ever opened have been west of the Mississippi river In the early and halcyon days of Colorado, Nevada and California, when everybody was either prospecting for gold or speculating in real estate, money was very plentiful, and much of it was spent with an abandon that would have done credit to the count of Monte Cristo. Pretty nearly everyone gambled more or less, and poker was always the favorite game from An Sin up to the bonanza kings.
 One of the best business blocks in the city of Denver is or was owned by q man who laid the foundation to q big fortune with money won at cards, and many of the high rollers who have taken a hand in the games where he held cards have quit sadder but wiser by reason of their experience. When Denver was but a small place it was the rendezvous for many skilled players There was a banker there at that time named Cook, who had an abundance of cash and who could handle the cards like an expert. Jerome E. Chaffee, at one time United States senator from Colorado, with two or three others who used to play with Cook a great deal, concocted a little scheme by which they figured they could have great deal of ful at Cooks expense and at the same time get champagne supper out of him. So Chaifee and his companions, who had plenty of money and who had sui fcred financially by being caught in a good many jack-pots that Cook had opened, arranged among themselves
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07

Mas MAETHA WHITE, eighty-three years of age, of Unadila, \. Y, recent Iy took two-mile spin on a bicycle.
 ALTHOUGH Rev Dr. Newman Hall, the famous dissenting minister of Eng land, is scventy-fve years old, he walks dozen or more miles every Sunday to church.
 PEsAHo, on the Adriatic, where Ros- -iui was born, hasa surgeon, Dr. Asiari who has completed his one huudredth year. He took his diploma seventy four years ago, and became university professor more than seventy years since.
 JEREMIAH GREENIvG, a noted hunter, died recently at Milford, Ia. He is be- lieved Co have killed more bears and deer than any other man in the state. Mir Greeniug was never sick until two weeks before bis death, He was seven ty-ilve years old.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
MANY ODDITIES ANDEOVELTIEs

BEnLIN's oldest iuhabitant is a shoe maggruamgd PTgnzgi, who is now one hundred and one years old. 1ill four years ago be worked at his trade. He smokes. and drinks coffee.
 TIE waste heat in tho blacIlsmiths forge is now utilized in pumping the bellows. A small water tube boiler sits just oyer the frebON. and az engine of the simplest form attends todriving the bellows.
 TuE left half of the autlers of six year-gId elk was recently found im- bcdded in lhe heart of a Iive-oalS stump, at Graut'a Pass, Oregon. The rings iu- dicatiug the trees growth showed that for over seventy years the horns had been ia the tree.
 ON a tombstone in Laudaff Center. \. H., is tLc following: "Widow Susan Browusgu was born August 8l, 1899, and died June P, 1909, aged l05 years. " The remarkable part of this record is that Mrs, Browusou lived in the seven teeuth, eighteenth and nineteenth cen turics.
 AEElGUBOG chickens annoyed lady in San Diego, by roofing up her garden. She tied a lot of small cards with strong threads 10 bigkernels of corn. and wrote on the cards: Please keep your chick ems at home" The chickens ate the com end the startling message was conveyed by them to their owners.
 As THE colonel of the Royal Horse Guards Lord Wolscley enjoys the tite Of gold stick in waiting" This title was first conferred by Charles H., and means that his lorjship must on state occasions carry a gold-hcaded ebony etaf and be especially responsible for thc personal safety of his sovereign.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
somg PERsoNAL pARTIouLARs.


 WILLIAM EARL COOKE, of Ports mouth, k. l., who is ninety-six years of age, has been n mason for sevcnty-siX years, and is still in good standing
 HIRAM HALL at Point Thomas, Me, has in possession the iron kettle used by his great-grcat-grandfather, the original settler of Matinicus, who was killed by the Indians.
 IN 1859 George Howe left his home and family in Webster, H.; since then all trace of him was lost The other day he returned to his wife and chil- dren, who have been living in poverty since he left them.
 DR. ADAM CLARKE, even when boy, had a memory so phenomenal that after hearing sermon last an hour he could go home and repeat the whole verbatim, initiating the manner, voice and gestures of the preacher.
 SOME weeks ago James McGrif bought round trip ticket from Muncie, Ind, to Boulder, Col, and asked if he could return on it, dead or alive He went to Colorado, to be littith iDI 'DllGulIl lAlbis anu 'AlNNl there, and returned in coffin.
 4 VERY young couple were recently married in Logan county, Ky. The age of the groom, c. NJ. Ellis, is sixteen and that of the bride, Minnie Scar, borough, is only twelve, The parents of both principals had consented to the marriage.
 GEORGE BROWN lcoloredJ, a native of Virginia, has certificate from his former master setting forth that he was born in l7G4 Brown lives in New Orleans. He says that he blacked George Washington's boots and lighted his cigars.
 Miss NELLIE MURPHY is room clerk in a large hotel at Colorado Springs She is said to be the only woman who holds such position in large hotel in this country, though in England similar positions are frequently held by women.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07

SARAH BERNIARDT has presented her two pet gorillas, Paul and Virginia Go the Jardin dcs Plantes; they had grown too big to be amusing.
 TIE princess of Wales, while visiting Q London hospital recently spoke to all the patients in turn, and gave each one a flower from her bouquet
 LADY WoLsELEY, the wife of the new commander in chief of the British army, was Miss Louisa Ersline, a Scotch. woman. Her husband was Col Wolse- ley when she married him in 1867.
 Mss LILIAs HAMILTON, a young Scotchwoman, is an important member of the court of the ameer of Afghanis- tan, in the capacity of physician and surgeon.
 FRAULEN WON GoTzE, daughter of the general commanding the Seventh Prussian army corps. saved a servant girl from drowning at the risk of heI own life recently, and has received the German medal for saving life, and a letter from the kaiser praising her pluck
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
FOX AND NAPOLEON.
The English Statesman Fascinated by the
 First Consul


 First Consul
 During the summer of 1909 Fox jour yed 10 Paris, where he was pre- lated Co Bonapartc early in Septcm- ar The English statesman was .n cinated. and although the first con rl said nothing definite or precise, .ls visitor departed convinced that his host desired nothing but peace with a liberal policy, both domestic and for eign, as far as was consistent with safety. But the attacks of the Eng fish press became none the less viru- lent in consequence of Fox's favorable report, or of his brilliant defense of France from his place in parliament. Toward the close of January Talley- rand rcmonstrated with Whitworth, this time giving point to his rcmon- 5trance by plump demand as to what England intended to do about Malta. Whitworth replied that he was with ont instructions, and made an evasive answer, hinting that the kings opin- ion of the changes which had taken place in Europe since the treaty might be of importance in determining him as to the disposal of the island This vas the first intimation that England
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
OF THE NOBILITY OF EUROPE.

LORD NAPIER and Ettrici, who just before the war was British minister at Washington, and later was ambassador at St. Petersburg and at Berlin, has just celebrated his golden wedding
 LORD CHARLES BEREsFoRD got a ducl5ing recently; he was testing new kind of punt in the Chatham backyard when it capsizcd, and he had to swim ashore. The sailor who was with him was completely exhausted by the swim.
 TIE duke of Atholl. of British nobil- ity, may claim to have the greatest number of titles. Besides his duke dom he holds two marquisates, five earldoms, three viscountcies, eight baronies, and is also 8 knight of the thistle--twenty distinct titles in all. He is, moreover, co-heir of five other baronies.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
Tlt Nn- mi

In a larisian omnibus, an ll-bred male passenger made a grimace when a very stout old lady got in. Hippo p0tamus.' he exclaimed under his breath, but SO loudly that the old lady heard him. sir" she said, you know an omnibus is like Noah's Ark; it takes in all the animals-evgu don keys"-Youth's Companion.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
How She Jnlrrh Him.

Shc--Who is that man smoking a cigar?
 He-That's Gympson. He pays fifty cents apiece for his cigars
 Well, he seems to expectorato a very common sort of saliva. Chicago Record.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
George Washington Was No Gutter.

07--T 'Papa, know what I'm going to buy for you next birthday" Well, what?'
 "A nice painted shaving mug" "But I've got a fine one now" "Oh! I've just broken that."-FIieg- cude Blaetter.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
MIshnm and Arndnstr-

The celebrated Aboo Yusuph, who was chief cadi, or judge, of Bagdad, in the reign of the Caliph Uadec, was a very remarkable instance of that hu- mility which distinguishes true wis dom. His sense of his own deficiencies often led him to entertain doubts, where men of less knowledge and more presumption were decided. It is related of this judge that, on one occa- sion, after Q very patient investiga- ton of facts, he declared that his knowledge vas not competent to de- eide upon the case before him. ''Prav, do you expect" said pert courtier who heard the declaration, "that the calipb is to pay. you for your igno- ronce?" "I do not" was the mild re- ply. "The caliph pays me, and well, for what do know If he were to at- tempt to pay me for what l do not know, the treasures of his empire would not suffice. Golden Days.
 Nothing can constitute good breed ing which has not 0ood natura for. ;ts
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07

Nothing can constitute good breed ing which has not good nature for it's foundation. -Bulwer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-05
THE cH1ckAMAuGA DEDICATION.
Invitations to Participate in the Cere
i1s Nn2xc Heinz. Semi

Invitations to Participate in the Cere-
monies Now BeinE Sent Out.
Col Bright. sergeant-at-arms of the Sen
ate, Is sending out notices to the members
of the joint committee of Congress ap-
pointed at the last session to attend the
dedication of the Chckamauga and Chat
tanooga National Park, September is to
u next. This visitation was authorized by
concurrent resolution, which passed on
the I'd of March, directing the sergeant
alarms to defray the expenses of the
trip of the joint committee out of 5000
of the S20,OOO appropriated by the act of
December 10, 1894. which gave the Secre-
tary of War authority to prepare for the
dedication. Secretary Lamont afterward
extended an invitation 10 the Congress to
attend the ceremonies, but as they would
a representative committee from each
house. and accordingly the following ap-
pointments were made by the Speaker and
the Vice President: Representatives Kill
gore, Morgan, Wheeler of Alabama, Cox.
Maddox, Grosvenor, kiefer, Strong Avery,
Hatch, CulDerson. Reed. Savers. Talbot,
Sickles, Wilson now the Postmaster Gen
crab. Mallory, Boutelle, Alexander, T j.
Henderson. Hooker, Tarsney, D. b. Hen
derson. Bingham. Draper. Harrison, w. B.
English. Marshall, H. c. Van Voorhis and
Lapham; Senators Palmer, Pasco, Proc
tor, Mills. PETER Squire Davis, Cockrell,
Daniel Hawley. Gordon, Quay, Berry and
Sherman.
In addition to these Congressman the
resolution provided that the official rep
resentation should include those who mar
ticipated in the campaign befoSe Chatta-
noosa. and the circular that is being sent
out states that this designation, from the
best information obtainable, includes the
following named members of the two
houses: Senators Bate, Harris, Blackburn
Caffery, Henderson, Mitchell of Wiscon-
sin and Morgan. and Representatives Bow
ers OF California. Breckenridge Of Ken
lucky and Wise of Virginia.
Special rates have been secured over all
roads leading to Chattanooga, and arrange
ments have been made to quarter all the
congressional delegation at the Lookout
Inn, on the top Of the mountain The
party will rendezvous at Chattanooga
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-05

Farrall when the latter died. which was
later turned over to the administrator Of
the estate.
Trials of the Jury.
Inc twelve men who were SO difficult
to secure in order to complete the jury
are in position far from enviable. They
are constantly under the eyes of two ex-
tremely visilant bailiffs, and are not al
lowed TO communicate with outsiders ex-
cept through the court. At night they are
locked in room on the top floor of the
motel, and are not permitted to patroniZe
tn solitary barber that the new county
seat boasts of. while the climax Was
reached late last night, when the chief
Justice summoned one of the bailffs and
directed that nothing of an intoxicating
nature be served to the jurors.
Every morning before the opening of
court and each evening after adjournment
the jury Is taken for a walk OF course
the members are not allowed to separate
and the scene is en- interesting one to the
Spectator when member desires to pro-
ceed IN certain direction. second in an
other way and perhaps third along still
different path, all a the same instant
The struggling appearance of the jury
mas earned for 1t the appellation Chain
gang, and not infrequently as the hon.
oreo body passes along does 1t hear sug-
gestions that the gang" be put to work
improving the county roads or performing
other chores
But particularly CALLING is it for the doz-
en- men, who have sworn to render true
verdict according to evidence regarding the
guilt or innocence of Mrs. Belle Farrall, to
maintain silence when the loungers about
the saloons remark: MY. Jim. there's q
thirsty look on your face: come over and
have a drink with me-" In whatever light
Jim" regards the invitation, he cannot
respond. but must walk on with the laugh
ter of jolly throng ringing in his ears
Truly, position on the jury of the Farrall
murder trial is far from being a sinecure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-05
THE INCOME TAN,
Not n Single Claim for the Return nj
the Money Paid In.

Not u SAhSie SlHIHa LOT the return of
the Money Paid In.
Notwithstanding the lapse of time since
the income tax act was wiped off the stat
ute books by the decision of the United
States Supreme Court. not single claim
has yet been fled at the Treasury DEPART
ment for the refund of money paid into the
treasury on the superstition that the law
was proper one ana would be sustained
by the court. Although by the terms of
the act time for the payment of the tax
on incomes for the year 1894 did not expire
until July ], 1895. quite number Of persons
anticipated the date Of final payment and
paid the amount of the tax against them
even while the question of the constitution
atty of the law was pending in the Su-
preme Court.
About $4,000 was paid into the treasury
in this way. and the commissioner of in
ternal revenue, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Treasury, has announced
his intention of refunding this money with
out waiting for specific authority from Con-
gresS
In SO doing he is acting under a general
law authorizing the refund of internal rev
forms of claims for refund of income tax
were prepared at the internal revenue bu-
reau several weeks ago, but, according to
Commissioner Miller, not single applica-
ton has yet been made for them. The pep
pie who paid the tax are concededly we'll
to-do, but there is some surprise at their
apparent willingness to allow their money
tic remain idle in the government Golfers
without profit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-05
Got Into the Harness.
CONSIDERING THE CASE.
Tb:lrp Bonds Post Office Contract BE
fore Mr.. Inmlin.

Tbarp Bonds Post Office Contract Be
fore Mr.. Hnmlin.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin has under
consideration today the question to
whether Tharp & Bond, the contractors for
iron work on the Washington city post Of
flee, shall be granted extension OF time
to complete their work on the building. or
whether their contract shall be forfeited
and the unfinished work undertaken by the
government at the expense of the con-
tractors.
The question will be decided one way or
the other tomorrow. If Mr. Hamlin fol-
lows the suggestion of Supervising Archi-
tect Aiken, contained in his letter to the
contractors of June 26, heretofore published
in The Star the present contract will be
forfeited tomorrow and the government
will then complete the iron work at the
risk of the contractors. 1naSmuch how
ever, as the contractors say that the iron
beams the absence of which is responsible
for the delay in the work, will surely be
delivered at the building reXt week and the
work prosecuted with the utmost diligence,
it is not at all unlikely that Assistant Sec
rotary Hamlin may corclude to give the
contractors another chance by short ex-
tension of time for the completion of the
work.
This probability Is strengthened by the
fact that the government is in no wise
prepared to secure the material necessary
for the independent prosecution of the
work without the delays incident to the
making of new contracts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-05
wn.hinxton Stock Exchange.

Government Bonds.-U. s. 49, registered, l11x
3d. a ssf Sd J. Is f is5s a e. ia Did T.
sd 1851 ss5s5 5$& ia Wss 81 .s.SS ISL
currency eur 1is bid ass, funding; currency. iioE
Nh oS aST S and Georgia
town Railroad conv 6s lst 100 bid 1876 asked
los bid Iesh asked, Belt Railroad 5. IS bid %
nstSn Ca Gas COMPANY s series ~ pa Wash
n Ing I,S Gas Company s so g. 1$S bid sc
Security and Trus! IS, F. and A. 100 bid. 1872
os s ne r5ns & a% ~
1st 6s, 10 bid. 10 asked Washington Market
G@Papy %g % 3D. hs
lst 6s, SO bid. Washington Light Infantry I'd Is.
National Bank stocks;;mBank Of Washington, go
$50 bid 500 asked Central. 20 bid. F Farmers and
Mechanics; -, ESQ bid second iss bid; $50 asked.
lo5 bid. 1904 asked. Lincoln. 90 bid. Ohio, So
bid, 80 asked
Deposit and Trust. is3 bid. iso asked. american
Security and Trust, lbs bid. Washington Safe De-
Railroad Stocks. Washington and Georgetown.
POI bid; PSI asked Metropolitan IS bid. so asked.
Gas and Electric Light Observation-Disclosures Gas,
g. g s 'S lshF Electric sss' E Gsas i sG "a
asked
Insurance stocks..Fircmen's. IS bid. Franklin,
ii bid, As asked. CorcOran, % bid Potomac, GSIg
bid. Arlington. $50 bid, 1865 asked. Germa,i-
American. 16o bid National Union 10k bid. Is
asked Columbia, Is bid, 10 asked Riggs, a.. bil
sls asked Peoples 81 bid, asked. Lincoln, s
bid, So asked. Commercial. AZ bid
Title Insurance Socks.-Real Estate Title los
bid, 11J asked. Columbia Title az bid, asked
Washington Title. asked. District Title. 10 Liza
Telephone cks.-Pennsy lvnnia, 90 asked o,es.
apeake and Potomac, Go asked. American Grapho-
phone. bid, 3 asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage
- bid. Us asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks.-Washington Market 10
bid. Great Falls Ice. 12o bid, 40 asked Bull
Run Panorama. 20 asked.
The board VIII adjourn over Saturdays during
July, August and September.