Evening star., 1900-09-29
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| age allotment of hands and feet. Mike
| Bowling is on this account one of the most
! interesting men in this country.
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| The effect of the long Cuban war on the
| homes of the Cubans is shown in the re-
turns Of the census that was recently taken
| there under the supervision of the War
| Department. The census showed that "a
! per cent of all the women who have been
married in Cuba are today widows. Per-
| haps country in the world can show
| larger per cent of widowhood. An appar-
! ent inconsistency of figures contained in
| the Cuban census is shown by the percent
| age of widows in that island being only a
| little more than per cent of all the women
! on the island This apparent discrepancy
results from the fact that the marriage
ceremony in Cuba was an expensive luxury
! during the years of Spanish rule. 1t then
| cost So to get married at o'clock in the
morning. and this expense was Increased
| as the hour of noon, the most fashionable
time for the performance of such cere-
| monies, was approached. Many OF the
/ poor people were thus forced to do without
| the luxury of a marriage, although tney
| proceeded to bring up family In an or
! derby fashion. Had marriage been univer-
| sal in Cuba it Is quite likely that the per-
! centage of those married who were made
widows by the war for independence would
| have been quite as large as 1t Is shown TO
| be under present conditions.
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| directions that they sometimes fall into the
| habit of giving them In a hurried and me-
| chanicaI manner, consequently they are fire.
| quently misunderstood" remarked the clerk
| of a savings institution in New York to
| Star reporter the other day. "For instance,
| the usual formula when stranger is called
| upon to sign his name is: Sign here-pen
| and ink at your left hand. One morning
| last week stranger entered our bank and
| asked me for certificate of deposit for a
considerable sum of money which he hand
ed over. I counted the money and found
| the amount to be as stated and hurriediy
| said: Sign there, Sir-pen and ink at your
| left hand
well, 1t took the stranger a long time to
! sign his name but l thought nothing more
/ of it, and issued the certificate OF deposit
| About a week later the same man. whose
/ face | had forgotten. reappeared and pre-
| sented the certificate. He dashed off an
| ornate signature. which proceeded to COM
| pare with the first signature. The two
| We're vastly different. as the first one was
| apparently the labored effort of an old
| man.
Il can't pay you this money, sir said
why not? asked the astonished
stranger.
because it is not the signature of the
man to whom issued the certificate of de-
| post,' 1 replied.
We'll said the stranger, when I was
| here week ago you told me to write my
name with my left hand. and l did SO, but
l can't write very we'll that way"
" Then will you obige me by writing your
name with your left hand again. l asked
as light dawned upon me.
Certainly said the man, and after
much labor he produced a fac simile Of his
iirs& signature, and l apologized, and paid
| hin; his money
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or all the men who compose the demo-
| cratic party the three of most dignity and
| reserve are Senator German of Maryland,
| Gov. Stone of Missouri and Senator James
+! K. Jones. The subtle smile of a Machia-
| velli marks about the utmost extreme of
| relaxation in the face Of German, Stone has
| the poetic solemnity of the tragic figure in
/ blank verse, and Jones Is the very personi-
| fcation of statesmanlike dignity. The three
were in secret conference at the Hoffman
| House, in New York. recently. discussing
| the plans and prospects of the campaign.
| The door was carefully guarded, and no one
was permitted in the corridor in the vicinity
| OF the room TO which they had retired An
| anxious group of politicians of various con-
! ditions and an assorted collection of ambi-
/ tions were in waiting in the hotel lobby and
IN the corrldors as near as opportunity Of
Torded TO the fountain head of democratic
! enthusiasm and authority. When time had
| come to drag most heavily from the pro-
| traction OF the wait for the conference to
] conclude an excited gentleman rushed in
4 among the group OF lOlterefS and demanded
| 10 know If there was any Mckinley money
| In the house that he could cover at any
/ odds II was not just the right place to go
for Mckinley money. but all the money he
| wanted to bet was covered before he fairly
/ got his breath. When he had reached his
i limit and recovered his breath explanations
| Of his conduct were demanded by the group
| OF eager democrats.
! Why he. said, I've got the room IN
| derneath them. They have hold Of hands
ana are dancing around the room on ac-
| count of the good news they have got"
! Who are dancing?" the crowd demanded
| Why, Stone and German and Jones
| They are having a regular breakdown"
| Some one suggested that maybe 1t was
not dance they were having, and the odds
| In the betting ring became normal.
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| "One Of the latest betting schemes that
| is being worked as to the election" said a
/ bright young politician to Star reporter,
is the following: A bets $50 that he car
Eame fifteen states that will go for Nc
/ kiniey; $50 that he can name fifteen states
| that will go for Bryan and $50 to 800 that
| all the balance will go for Bryan Unless
/ B Is sober old election betting citizen he
| Will figure on having a soft thing and he
I will al once take all three bets, believing
1 that ne will lose the first two but win the
I last sure. inasmuch he reasons it, Brya N
| cannot carry fifteen states besides the fif-
| teen that are named for him sure. But A
] Is the man who has a snap out of the
! bet. He proceeds 10 name fifteen sure
1 states for Mckinley, thereby winning that
| bet, as any sane man will admit that Nc
/ kinley is sure Of fifteen states that almost
! any man could name. These, for instance
4 might De put down now Maine New
/ Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts. Rhode
/ Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio. Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
| Oregon, California and Illinois. or, If he
/ had any doubt of either one Of these he
still has the pick of Michigan, Kansas and
several other states that are usually re-
| garded as certainly republican. A next pro-
/ ceeds TO make up the list of states tnat he
| bets $50 will go for Bryan, but he does not
attempt to put real Bryan states In this
/ column. He makes II up Of really doubt
! full states. so as to lose the bet, something
] which never suspects. A then makes up
| all the balance for Bryan column In
| this column he puts fifteen states that are
| certain for Bryan, thereby winning BIS
| 800. He, therefore, loses one bet of $40
| and wins two others aggregating $40, a
| neat invest tment for little scheming. In
| Guiding the southern states and several
| western states like Utah, Colorado and
| Nevada there would be no trouble in giving
| all the balance to Bryan"