Evening star., 1897-03-27

then. of course, the street tramp draws a
prize and he is thus encouraged to invest
again. The weekly drawings are entirely
Independent of the monthly or grand draw
ings, when the capital prize sometimes
runs up high as ten thousand dollars in
Spanish money Often l have seen the
priests of the churches selling lottery tick
cts from a stand erected Just outside of the
churches. The churches in this way pay
their own taxes. the sale taking place af-
ter each of the morning services on Sun
day. BY this means the government raises
Il very large amount of money. The prize
feature Of it. or lottery, makes it very at
tractive. and people pay in great deal
of money without even knowing it,.
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1T is not generally known. said Mr..
Gustav Bender, a clerk in the War Depart
ment, to a Star reporter. that there is
herd of wild camels in Arizona. l have
not seen any myself Of late years. but 1
have plenty of information from others
that they still exist there. This herd at
time was very large. though of late
years II has grown constantly smaller.
Originally the government bought a herd
of camels i'm Arabia, paying 10000 for the
same. The purchase made by act of
Congress of March 3. 1850. and was made
on the recommendation of President Pierce.
Jefferson Davis, who was his Secretary Of
War. took AL active part in the purchase,
his idea being. for there were no railroads
then across the continent that they could
be used for beasts of burden much more
advantageoUsly than horses, oxen or mules.
The experiment. however. was a failure,
for the reason that, while the Arabians
can get good service out of camels, as they
pack all their goods in bundles. Americans
always box their goods, and the boxes
could not be carried by the camels to any
advantage. While the experiment was in
progress the railroad came along. and that
was the last of the cames far the gpv
ernment was concerned. The camels were
turned loose to look out for themselves.
Since then l have bought and sold camels
in Arizona at all prices ranging from SO
TO Sl0O. AS l have before said l have not
been in Arizona for some years, but my
information is that some of the descend
ents of the original purchase by the gov
ernment are yet to be seen in the noun
tainS In southern Arizona, between Yuma
and Shrewberg. Many of the camels in the
ZOOS of this country and with the circus
companies were raised in Arizona.
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Il all more convinced by the success of
the Sunday afternoon opening of the Cor
coran Art Gallery thai il will not be long
before the next step will ne taken, and
that the National Museum will be soon
orened TO the public on Sunday after
nc ons. remarked a gentleman who has
been prominent for some years in the Sun
day opening movement Every argument
that has been affectually used for the open
ing of the art gallery be used in equal
force In support of the opening of the Ma
tional Museum. l don't hear that any one
has been injured by opening the art gallery
en- Sunday afternoons. and yet those who
opposed the movement predicted all kinds
of bad results therefrom. 1t has been fire.
quently heard in other cities that the only
places open in Washington We're the drink
ii & saloons Now We can inform our ViSi-
tors that our Geological Park and art gal
lery are also open, and that 1t Will not be
l 4. L1 3D.,
the National Museum and the green houses
connected with the Agricultural Depart
ment will be opened part of the day at
least on Sundays
Accidents will happen sometimes even to
the veteran in official or social life. But
when Mr.. Grosvenors eloquence grew SO
spirited Wednesday that his false teeth
flew out into space, very few knew it. ex-
| cept those sitting close to him, and the
adept manner in which he caught them
| went TO show that he is familiar with their
| freaks. 1t reminded a Kansan of a man
/ whom he once knew. prominent editor OF
/ one o. the largest newspapers In his state.
| He had beautiful false teeth. but he didn't
| love them and when he had visitors and
| got into a reminiscent mood it was his
| habit TO remove his teeth and play with
i them. In this manner they were liable tC
| get lost, ard would be found in the most un-
| expected places. one day he absently mailed
! them among d batch of letters, and the
/ mischief was to pay, till he saw them ad
vertised in his own paper. After that hs
| had his name engraved on the solid gold
! plate and felt that he was quite safe
! When he talked very rapidly his teeth haG
| a startling habit of flying out. He was 8
! picturesque improvser of profanity. and
| when he got excited his false teeth would
often punctuate mis- remarks by their sud
den appearance. One day his unfortunate
| foreman was thus attacked, and the teeth
| struck him In one eye, nearly binding him
! He kept the teeth, sued and recovered dam
| ages.