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Evening star., 1896-12-23
Meeting Her Half Way.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
Cant 1 persuade yoI?"
Bernice Panhandle had never looked more
beautiful than when she uttered these
words. At least so thought Bertram Gallo
way. as he viewed the finely chiseled profile
of the young heiress it was outline ii
against the scarlet draperies near which
she leared in half expectant attitude This
young girl had indeed all that a vast for
tune and boundless love can well bestow
Her father, having made the mistake of
starting out early in life and owning his
own home. had struggled for years against
what seemed overwhelming odds, but his
native pluck and dogged persistence had
turned the tide, and he was now accounted
one of the wealthiest property owners III
his ward. Bernice, however, remained the
same simple, artless girl that she was when
the bills for plumbing and other repairs had
kept them in such straitened circumstances
Some time before she had met the young
been strangely moved and attracted to-
ward him by the story of his lonely life as
with rare insistence she had drawn it from
him little by little during his frequent calls
And SO it was that she had determined to
make him happy by inviting MIN to join In
the little home gathering which always
took place in their house on Christmas eve
and II was the young mans unexpected but
polite refusal that had drawn forth the re-
mark which opens the story.
NO. Miss Panhandle" he replied once
more. q faint smile lighting up his pale and
patrician features. Believe me. it is better
Evening star., 1896-12-23
HAD A SHORT CAREER.
Close of the Racing at the HaIf-Mile


Track.
The winter race meeting at the Magruder
track, in Maryland, short distance be-
ycnd the District line, came to an inglori-
GUS end yesterday. The meeting was open
ed Thursday last, and while, as was point
ed out in The Star, its success was doubt
ed from the first. it was not supposed that
its life would be so short. The purses were
hut $125. and small as they were it is
claimed that many of tn. m remain unpaid.
From the fist the venture proved a losing
one, the borses engaged being of the most
inferior grade, even for an outlaw track,
and but two books doing business.
The trouble eliminated just after the
first race yesterday. In some way it be-
came apparent that the purse would not
be forthc, ming, and a Mr. Clos, who is
understood to have financially backed the
enterprise. agreed to put up so for the
race. 1t was run. but three horses start
ing, but after that no more funds were In
sight, and the meeting was declared off
The track is said to have cost over $4,000
and it Is understood that the men who
put up the grandstand and other buildings
and built and graded the track remain
unpaid. To w. H. Ast the concern was
turned over by President Koppel. Asst being
the representative, it was said, of the
creditors. The few horses at the meeting
will he taken to Elkton, Nd. VIII ere q
winter mee:ing commences Christmas day
Evening star., 1896-12-23

not. 1t Is too true, as / have in an un-
guarded moment limited, that with the an
huai recurrence of the yuletide season, and
particularly on the night before Christmas
When all the world is gay in contrast,
the loneliness of my existence Is likely to
press upon me more than at other times
BUT you cannot have estimated the-er-
oelicacy of my motives if you think for one
moment that l would willingly intrude at
sucn time upon the sacred spirit of a
iamlly gathering. Moved by the finest of
Impulses. doubtless on the spur of the mo-
ment. you have thou ght to cheer my lonely
ne, out what would your father say If he
knew what you had done?"
Nv hat would my father say? she re-
peated, vaguely. why, papa knows all
about It, l spoke to him yesterday"
Then said her companion, wading
rapidly through the eight-dollar -a-yard
carpet. and swiftly throwing his arms
around the one girl In all the world for him.
my own hearts darling. you can count on
me every time. l didn't know you wanted
me 10 come as one of the family.
Evening star., 1896-12-23
Bowling.

The bowling committee of the Columbia
Athletic Club has under consideration the
giving of another tourney on the alleys,
which will most likely be a ten-pin affair.
The success of the nine-pin tourney, which
closed Saturday evening, has induced this,
the interest in the tourney being very
great.
In the major bowling league the lead of
the Saengerbund is regarded as almost
safe enough to give the club the cham
pionship for this season. The other two
clubs in the league may. however. regain
their form, and wrest the championship
honors from the present leaders.
Evening star., 1896-12-23
SPECTATORS WE'RE INDIGNANT.
Referee Mantx's Decision I'm the Will
sOn-Marshall Fight Denounced.


sOn-Marshall Fight Denounced.
The sparring contest between Jerry Mar
shall of Australia and Howard Wilson, the
lightweight champion of the District.
which took place at the Suburban road
house last night, was a great disappoint-
ment to the hardy sports who braved the
wind and snow to see it. Fifteen rounds
were fought, consisting principally of
clnches, and, to the surprise of a great
majority of the spectators, Mr.. George
Mantz, the referee, promptly awarded the
fight to Marshall when it was patent to
everybody that, with the possible exception
of the first three four rounds Wilson
had the better of every exchange. He had
Marshall 'groggy'' when time was called
in the last round, and would have finished
him if another round had been ordered.
The referee was roundly scored by the
indignant spectators, and his decision was
openly denounced as 'bare-faced rob-
berry"
Mr. Mantz, who is well known in this
city, is the official referee of the Eureka
Athletic Club of Baltimore. of which Mr.
AL Herford, the hacker of Marshall, Is the
president.
Evening star., 1896-12-23

of athletics. 1t is understood that In base
ball, track athletics and foot ball. SUBJ
stantial agreement was reached, leaving
only minor details to be arranged. The
only solution of the difficulty Is for Yale
to consent to enter the intercollegiate re-
gatta. in which Harvard will row. The
Blues, it is admitted. can hardly ask Har-
ward to handicap herself with two long
races, nor can they ask the Crimsons to
break tEeir agreement to row Cornell.
Evening star., 1896-12-23
Books were given him. He would place his
hand over the printing and tell the title Of
the book.

The recent invention. vimoid. kit for
repairing a puncture of q pneumatic tire
instantly and permanently, has made the
Vim tire virtually puncture-proof, In that IL
has enabled the rider to make his own re-
pair on the road. You can use 1t yourself
on ordinary punctures: but II you get bad
puncture that you cannot mend. take the
tire to Holmes & Co., 51l 9th street NV
who viii repair 1t free You can buy a
Vimoid kit there for 80 cents.-Advt.
Evening star., 1896-12-23
HARvARD-YAEE pEADLock.
The Athletic Treaty Likely to -Fal
Through.

Through.
Cambridge. Mass. special says that i;
seems to be almost certain that the ne
gotls tiors for an athletic treaty between
Yale and Harvard will fail, and that the
two universities will meet in, no branch
of sport during 1897. 1t Is now disclose ]
that several weeks ago. when the first ap-
prcaches toward new treaty were made
by graduates of Yale and Harvard. 1t was
unde rstood that any such treaty ought to
include all sports or none.
The opposition of Yale to rowing Cornell
and Harvard's disincltnation to rowing two
four-mile races In one season are respon-
sible for the deadlock which. under the
earlier, understanding, affects all branches
Evening star., 1896-12-23
IncOnscauentiaI.

From the Detroit Tribune
All rejoined the Recording Angel, $50
you took mans life. did you? Where did
he live?"
I'm Brooklyn"
Petit larceny"
Evening star., 1896-12-23
Certainly.

From the New York Herald
Synicus-'I heard of a man today who
buried wife and child in the afternoon
and went to the theateg at night
Maudc-'He was a brute"
Synicus-"No, undertaken"
Evening star., 1896-12-23
A welcome Holiday Gift.

Ihe Saturday Evening Star. sent for one
year Tor one dollar to any out-of- town ad-
oress' would be welcome holiday gift for
any one who would appreciate the chance
TO Keep In touch with life at the capital.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09
He Settled IT.

At Market street soda fountain the
other day two summer girls were enjoy
ing pineapple frappe together. The
day was hot, it was the noon hour, all
the seats along the counter were taken,
and a number of thirsty men and wom-
en- were on the outskirts, patiently
waiting their turn for refreshments.
The two girls slipped and dallied with
their frappe more leisurely than the
situation warranted, and when they
had finished they began the usual fem
mime wrangle as to which should pay
for the treat. The blonde girl put
down dime and the brunette snatched
it back and put down two nickels; then
the blonde showed her money to the
front again, to be again violently de-
TERED by the determined brunette, both
exclaiming: mo, you shan't pay: it's
my treat" At this crisis a big, inn
portant-looking man in his shirt
sleeves. who had been waiting for some
time, broke harshly into the dialogue:
Great Governor he said, '.quit
shown those nickels around and give
other folks chance. Rather'n SEEM
that goin' on any longer I'll pay for the
layout myself" The girls both desert
cd their dimes and fled.-Boston Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09
Queer Facts About Air.

The celebrated chemist Of the six
teenth century who argued that it
would be impossible for us to live OH
the earth's surface if the atmosphere
would suddenly increase to twice it's
present thickness could not have been
far wrong after all; that Is, if the ex-
periments Of DR.. Arnott are to be taken
as conclusive. In his observations on
atmospheric pressure at the bottoms of
the deep mining shafts of Europe. Prof.
Arnott has found that the change be-
tween the readings of barometer at
the bottom of a four thousaud-foot
shaft and one at the surface is great
enough to warrant him in making the
statement that air at the bottom of q
shaft twenty miles deep would be as
dense as water. Figuring on the same
ratio he finds that if a hole could he
sunk forty miles into the bowels Of the
earth the density Of the air at the bot
tom would be as great as that of quick
silver.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09

fireman to drop the scoop ct the right
time. Mr.. Buchanan moved his en-
CINE along, and when that point Of the
track was reached abreast of Mr..
Toucey the scoop was lowered. Instead
Of scooping up water the device tore
up the ground and created small
sized sensation among the Unlocking
officials. 1t was afterward discovered,
on investigat ton, that the scoop work
ed all right, but that Mr.. Toucey had
inadvertently moved down the track
and forgot to return to his assigned
point. Mr.. Buchanan subsequently
tried the scoop again, but he took pains
that it was dropped at the right time.
Another instance Of similar nature
is recalled Of an inquisitive yardmaster
of an Eastern line who wanted to see
how a water scoop worked and got on
the blind end Of a baggage car next
the tender to make his observations.
The train struck the scoop going at full
speed, the engineer not slowing down
because he was behind time, but more
especially because he was aware Of the
yardmasters presence on the platform
behind him. For two hundred yards a
perfect avalanche of water plowed up
between the tender and car, half
drowning the enthusiast on water
SCOOPS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09

A New York paper asks: lis the Sui
tan suffering from monomania, lunacy,
arrangement, alienation, alteration,
delirium, mania, frenzy or demenha p
1t does not appear to be the Sultan
that is Suffering" When it was men,
toned that Great Britain and Russia
each had more Mohammedan subjects
than the Sultan who would be liable to
rise in instruction at the Sultan's or
der he held what card players would
call winning hand. There are 2OO,-
100000 Mohammedans In Asia, the
most of whom are in the Asiatic posses
sions Of Great Britain and Of Russia.
The Sultan in holy war could call
100000 soldiers to the field. All India
would be in rebellion against Great
Britain and all Tartary against Russia
If the Sultan, the head Of the Moham-
medan Church, should raise the banner
of Islam. So the Sultan does not appear
to be drunk nor crazy in his conjecture
that neither Great Britain nor Russia
can afford to make open war against
the vast body Of his followers for the
sake Of a few thousand Armenians.
The Sultan is much ADLER and craftier
man than the Christian world has sup
posed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09
In discussing the recent horse she

IN discussing the recent horse show
in New York, a journal of that city
estimates that the women there paid
to dressmakers and milliners $52O.OO0;
that the men paid to hatters and tail
ors S13O,OOO; and that there was paid
out altogether for flowers, carriages,
admissions. boxes, dinners. luncheons,
and incidentals about $4,000. The
figures are tabulated infinitely, giving
ten women who spent $4,000" fifty
who spent 81 ,O0O," lone hundred who
spent $780, etc. down to 5000 who
spent $50 each.' 1t is quite probable
that the figures are within bounds. In
the table, 5000 people are included,
and no account is taken Of the 10000
or 1000 who made no extra expendi-
ture for the horse show.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09

A moment later he FEL1CIANo CHAVEZ
discovered the large bone Of human
pelvis, burned to dead, flaky white.
All around, as his eyes grew accustom-
ed to the sight, appeared smaller bones,
but they crumbled at a touch.
The riddle of the grewsome heap was
solved. Jesus Vialpando and Feliciano
Chavez were arrested, tried and hang
ed the other day, in the presence OF
1000 people. Pablo Martinez, broth
er Of murdered Tomas, followed them
to the scaffold Don Carlos was at his
heels The crowd cheered the dog.
Jesus Vialpando turned his lean, dark
face in time to catch glimpse Of the
brute's Scared and ferocfous head, and
a great shudder passed over him just
as Sheriff Cunningham pulled the lever.
Don Carlos work was done.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09

leap to fame is the story Of a foul
crime. Don Lorenzo Martinez, of San
ia Fe, owns and operates an extensive
Baca Cow Springs), in the southeast
ern part of the county. Last January
his sons, Tomas and Maximiliano, were
there looking after their fathers inter-
ests. On Thursday morning, Jan. IT,
Tomas, the older Of the young men,
back in quest of missing cattle. He
was mounted on good horse, had a
first-class saddle and bride; was well
armed and had an excellent equipment
of blankets and warm clothing. Car
los, who was accustomed to such trips,
eagerly followed his master. AS the
young man rode away he told Maximil-
iano that he would be back on Sunday
afternoon.
Tomas Martinez never returned. On
Tuesday morning, when Maximiliano
was becoming anxious about his MISS
ing brother, Carlos limped back to the
homestead and fell exhausted on the
threshold. There was CHASTITY wound
in his head, and his limbs were culver.
ing with weakness produced by loss of
blood, hunger and exposure. Water
was brought to the dog, and he drank
greedily. 1t seemed to restore his
strength, for he parked, ran out of the
house again, looked around at the
younger Martinez, and barked again.
more loudly. Eyes! yes! will come
with you, my brave Carlito," replied
Maximiliano, whose fears were now
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09
Where Flowers Do Not Live.

There must be wide difference in
the geological formation as we'll as in
the climate of the regions surround
ing the two poles of the globe-that is,
providing the flora of country is an
index to it's climatic or geological con-
ditions. Explorers who have had
charge of the botanical work in both
the arctic and antarctic circles have re-
Gently met and compared notes, and
from these comparisons we deduce the
following curious information: With
in the antarctic circle there has never
been found single species of flower
ing plant. In the arctic circle 1852 diff
ferent species Of flowing plants have
been collected and classified. Fifty Of
the above numbers are flowers Of var
led hue and Of different degrees Of
odoriferousness; the remaining 712 are
pale or entirely colorless, and with no
perceptible perfume whatever. These
latter are what the botanists term
types of true polar flowers
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09
FIRST PERSON PLuRA,
Editor Who Fears the Time.1on
1--WE" May Be Overrn1aa lure

Hoi'or ~ 'ne Time Honorsa
eve" May Be Overruled. ed
Some kind-hearted editor in NJ
England has furnished new exams,
of the misuse Of the prerogative Of a ple
tors and kings. A lady corresnondo1,
wrote him, recommending raw na.u
toes for asthma. She said she had tr,s,
them, eating one every evening tn
before she went to bed, and. in sh vus'
the effect was all that the most ev.a.
ing before-and-after photoeranh.
could require. So she recommona' s1
them to all the similarly afflicted roas
ew of the New England pubGca tiol
aforesaid, and asked the editor if W.
would not be good enough to trv ths
remedy himself, so that he could sne.,
with authority.
This placed the editor in rather NV
pleasant predicament He, hovorns
gracefully avoided the difficulty Nv W.
plying editorially to this effect:
eve have great confidence in HI,
kind lady in regard to her own case ons
others cited, but our stomach is \ ro4
er delicate one, and our digestion pvo,
Of cooked potatoes none of the best"
1t is such curiosities of editorial En-
lish as this that threatens the min -
the first person plural. Already co.
tain Of our contemporaries which how,
a fine taste for humor (notably Life ana
the Brooklyn Eagle) have started tna
fashion. We suspect that they have
done so in order that they may bara
many jokes at the expense of thoso
newspapers which still say I'VE" m
all possible occasions. The Washinp,on
Post will not be long in following thoir
lead. It refers often in it's brisk, crisn
paragraphs to such well-known phrases
as 1--WE have new Methodist ministor
in our midst" and it will doubtless hail
with glee the editorial utterance orot.
ed above.
If the first person plural is to STAY
something must be done to convince
editors at large that while their mepto,
faculties belong in q sense to their read.
ers, and while on questions of public
policy what eve" think and what "oDr"
policy is, and how a certain proposal
strikes ''us,' makes good reading. the
first person plural does not extend to
the editors personality. and therefore
that references to the editorial stomacb
should be strictly in the singular Here
is a subject for the schools of journal
ISM" Syracuse Post
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09

Not many people realize that the Unit
ed States is spending $1O,OOO,0O0 year
for the diffusion of literature yet such
is the fact. The postmaster general
reports that two-thirds Of all the weight
of matter carried in the mails consists
not CT letters, but Of ''second-class mat
Textbooks, magazines and newspapers
and that the transportation of this
second-class matter costs about $751;
500, 900 more than the Government gets
for it, AS the annual deficit in the en-
tire service is about $1O,OOO,OOO, it is
clear that the Government is spending
a good deal of money in giving the peo-
pie cheap reading matter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09
Whitest City in the World.

There cannot possibly be whittier
city than Cadiz, unless it be built Of
snow. The best way to approach the
port is to take a trip in one of the small
steamers which ply between the ports
of Morocco and Spain. AS you near the
coast you see in front of you white
mass, which appears to be floating
upon the water, just as you are. The
first thought Of a foreigner is that he is
i'm sight Of an iceberg. The white mass
glittering in the sun, and rendered
more dazzling by the blue sea and sky,
looks exactly like monster ice noun
tain partly melted, so that the outlines
of the castles and hills appear upon it;
but only for second does the illusion
last, for you know there are no icebergs
in that part, and you are quickly in
formed that you are looking at Cadiz
No other town in the world presents
such magic appearance-Detr Free
Press
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09
PUT IN JAIL.
An Attorneys Peculiar Predicament
in Justice Trial.

An Attorneys Peculiar Predicamen t
in Justice Trial.
II was imprisoned in a stable once"
said well-known attorney to a Wash
ington Star writer. II had been re-
tanned to recover mule in mountain
county of North Carolina. The mule
had been taken from my client and |
obtained a writ Of replevin, under
which the sheriff turned the animal
over to me. He was placed in a log
stable until the case could be tried the
next morning. Court convened about
sunrise, under a big oak tree, and the
mule was sent for, but the brute had
escaped and could not be found.
"'Cou't will come to ORDER said the
Justice, AN es the critter is gone, the
red-headed lawyer'l take his place, be-
in as he was the las one tibet he'd i'm
in charge
''The trial progressed and judgment
was rendered in favor of my client for
the mule, but in the absence of the
property, the justice said:
"'The mule was with a hunderd dol
lars, an as the lawyer let i'm git away,
I'll render judgment agin i'm for a
hundred dollars an costs, an the sher-
iff'll imprison i'm till the cost are paid
"Of course the proceedings were il
legal, but as 1 did not have enough
money in my pockets to pay the costs,
/ was locked up in the log stable until
I could send thirty miles over the
mountains and get the cash. All day
long staid in the impromptu jail, and
as it grew dark my thoughts were not
of pleasant nature. Suddenly a nose
stuck threw the chinks. It was the
lost mule, and have never been as glad
to see any living creature, as was to
greet that long-eared representative of
the equine race. l succeeded in max
ing the owner Of the stable hear me,
and in a few minutes the mule had
taken my place in the stable"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09

The House of Representatives with
out dissenting voice passed a bill ap-
propriating 100000 for an American
judicial commission to ascertain the
true boundary between British Guiana
and Venezuela. This is the beginning
of the first step in carrying out the as
sertion Of the Monroe doctrine as q
principle Of the international code.
Leaders Of all shades Of domestic differ
ence in Congress agreed as one man in
supporting the President. It has been
the taunt of the British press and the
belief of the anti-American public
abroad that in the assertion of the
Monroe doctrine at this time the Presi-
dent was playing politics." 1t will
shortly be apparent abroad that in sup
port Of the right OF Americans to rule
America there are no parties in the
United States. This is nation.