Evening star., 1897-03-27

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Written Exclusively for The Eyening Star.
The recent rbett-F'itzsimmons fight
has been a blessing to those engaged in
the Manufacture Of boxing gloves, re-
marked a dealer in sporting goods to a
Star reporter 'and though the supply
made up was unusually large in aEtcipa-
tion of the event. it did not hold out Peo-
pie who never thought of boxing gloves
before have purchased them during the
past two or three months For the lower
priced goods. such are bought by boys,
the demand has been very great. and con-
tinueS to be The advent of Charley God
frey, DIXON and Peter Jackson, as well as
others of color. in the prize ring turned the
attention of the colOred people of sporting
age in that direction. and they bought
gloves in very large quantities. especially
Of lowpriccd goods. and the manufac-
turers rcaped harvest in a field which
they had never before worked. Now the
boys have it bad and for the moment they
have dropped tops. which were just in sea-
son. and are having their fun in friendly
and at times unfriendly set-tOS. or argu-
nentS. they now called More than
one boy appeared at school during the past
week with beautifully coIored eyes and
bruised noses. the result of the late cham
piOnship contest out in Nevada"
People out west observed a Kansas
congressman. have learned number of
things from the Indians, and many of them
are of value. Probably the most valuable
has been in the matter OF cyclones. We
have learned that whenever a city or town
was built on the site of an old Indian set
tlement. it has been free from any of the
cyclones which have now and then come
along in the western country. How the
Indians Were obsarvant ard smart enough
to select sites for settlement which have al
ways escaped cyclones is more than we
have been able to learn by study inEes-
tigatiOn. but the fact remains that towns
or cities on original Indian settlements are
Cyclone-pr0of- These towns which are To-
Gated thus fortunately use their Indian or
iSin as an advertisement and as a guaran-
tee for settlement. Thus lots in an orig
inal Indian settlement town are sold for a
higher price and are In greater dcma Hd
than in towns laid cut by white men 1t is
rather rough on our intelligence. but il is
dollars TO pennies that il is right The cy-
clone insurance companies will insure a
policy on houses in an Indian Settiernent
town for one-third the prices they charge
for similar policies in other sections. They
have found that il pays them better to is
she the low-rate policies than other poll
Cies at the higher rate
My experience has BEEN said an expert
enced hoIsekeeper to a Star reporter that
the best time to clean beds is during the
week thar ST. Patrick's day falls or the
week following. With the same amount of
work, or great deal less. greater results
are secured. At this season of the year.
though am inclined to think that any tire
up to the last week in March Will do equal
ly well. the eggs of bed vermin are in an
Unmatched condition. and killing the eggs
all fur Il,r- IL.
April come before your beds are looked
after Snd you have end of trouble for
the reason that the small bugs crawl into
Places where they cannot be reached. Coal
oil. gasoline, beLZine turpentine mixed
with ammonia, or separately. Will do the
work as well as any of the proprietary
preparations The great thing is to do the
Work thoroughly and early enough. Then
I'll Up all the holes found about the bed
stead with yellow soap, and YOU are pretty
safe from annoyance from that direction al
least. ! do not recommend any special de
Stroyer. for any Of them. II freely and prop.
eriy applied, early enough. will do the
work. but unless it is done earIy-and by
no means shOuld II run into April-great
risks are run, and risks that careful house.
keepers should never run. Another thing
Il is better that hOuSekeepers srlperyjS.
such matters themselves. even ii they do no
actually DO the work. Servants are goot
enough IN many ways. but not good enough
Tor me In this matter"
The Spanish methods of raising taxes
observed a gentleman who has just return
ed from Cuba, to a Star reporter. "ar,
somewhat in advance of anything / hav,
seen in our own country In nearly al
the taxes levied there is special prize fo
certain persons who pay taxes arranged
SO that all taxpayers stand an equal chanc,
OF securing the same. or at least they sup
pose they do II is kind of a lottery at
tachment to tax collections Every TWEEN
tIeth. thirtieth of ittieth payer gets a priZ
or dra" back. by a schedule which is ar
ranged by the authorities, daily or weekly
Persons who have property pay take
Just the same as those who have. through
the Royal Havana Lottery. which is rul
by the government The police sell tn
tickets and every person has to buy on
Al least once a week. For this ticket the,
pay about what would be In our none:
twelve cents They stand to win prize
running all the way from the capital whicl
Is the largest prize, down TO a prize tel
tines as large as the price Of the ticket
For Instance. twenty-five Thousand dollars
worth Of tickets soId every week o
this the authorities are willing to pay tMcl
som. weeks five thousand and alternat
weeks ten thousand dollars in the way O
prizes The Cubans are gamblers born
and they rush after these tickets as req,
larry and with the avidity they 90 afte
fhsr morning coffee and brandy Will
'H's an dl"ayS get Just the part1cuia
number they want. they can get number
that are near il or thai end or begin wit
the numbers they desire to hold The
Know tnat there viii be some prizes com
out Of the wheel, for the govern men
KNOWS that the scheme would fail unIes
there were returns in the shape of prizes
The members of the royal family or per
sons IN position are always remarka bl
lucky IN the matter of drawing the capita
prZrs-thdt is. the prizes Of the large
s1ElS-aHd curiOusly enough there Is nc
much kicking about this. The police re
qure even the street tramps to buy a
least one ticket a week. IL does not nee
mitch effort, however. for the average ma
ard woman in and about Havana ar
bound 10 have ticket even II they have
forego meal or two to get 1t. Now an