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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20

five cards face down on the table and re-
marked:
BY Jove. this Is getting exciting. and
forgot about that smoke
We'll, II was pretty good 20 see the
my man put that bag OF his on the table
so that they both saw the p. Sheedy' in
small letters. IL was great. They both
went pale. and then they flushed. Their
features worked painfully. They shot
lightning glances at each other They were
really in a distressing state.
We'll, 1 guess You two have got me
beat. remarked the young man-it was his
bet Fight IL out, You two
I'm afraid our friend across the way
remarked the older sharper has go; us
tied in knots. I'm out. The openers Il
you pleaseT
Mr. Sheedy threw his cards face nm on
the table. and when the two crooks saw
the four kings their faces were worth
studying. Mr.. Sheedy pulled i'm the Dot
without any exhibition of triumph and
yawned enormously.
Well. 1 think III take a bit of a nap
said he
The bank was Strengthened out. and the
man who recently conducted the negotia-
tions for the return of the stolen Duchess
OF Deyonshire portrait by Gainsborough To
Its English owners-Patrick Sheedy, the
most famous and unquestionably the squar-
est gambler in the world-pocketed about
sl,1ou OF those two crooks money. Then
he picked up his Gladstone bag. politely
excused himself. on the plea that he was
exceedingly sleepy, and returned to his
chair"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
A New Dairy Product.
From Chambers Journal.

From Chambers Journal.
Many new industries have been develop
ed in the British Isles at the close of the
last century. One of the most novel had it's
birth in the vicinity of Northumberland
iy' that of the manufacture from the milk
OF creameries, after the butter has been
extracted, of a substance known by the
highly classical name of plasmor. This
substances takes its name from the Greek,
meaning that which gives form"
The fresh milk as ii comes from the cow
is put into separator, all the cream be-
ing removed by this method. The separated
milk Is afterward treated so as to coagu-
late all the proteidS Of the milk: and this
coagulated mass is then kneaded and dried
at a temperature OF 40 degrees centigrade
under an atmosphere OF carbonic acid gas
When perfectly free from moisture the
plasmon is ground into a granular powder
winch Is completely soluble in hot water
AS to the economic valI of plasmon
there can be no doubt, when IL is known
that the German government supplies il
IN very large quantities to the army and
navy. AS portable, concentrated nutri-
eht, according to the German government
department. for the investigation of food
stufs for the troops, it has been found that
one ounce of this powder is equal in nour-
lshlns and sustaining properties to three
ana quarter pounds of the finest beef
STEAK OF to about ten or twelve pints
of milk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
EngIishman Saw No Joke.

From the New York Tribune.
Eve have all heard innumerable jokes on
the obtuseness Of the English race in gem
eral and their conspicuous inability readily
to see a Joke said A. c. Bennett of San
Francisco recently. ''They form a prolific
and never ending theme for the funny men,
put to it if they had not English denseness
to fall back on. OF course, it is greatly
exaggerated, but for all that there is no
question that Englishmen. as race, see
the point of joke less readily than do the
Inhabitants Of other countries. They, too.
are prone to accept things literally and to
believe with a touching simplicity most
things that they are told. Some years ago
a globe-trotting Englishman came into the
city by the Golden Gate, and 1t fell to my
lot to entertain him. So one night l took
him to dine at the far-famed Cliff House.
1t was a beautiful moonlight night, and
looked out upon the broad bosom Of the
Pacific ocean. The moons light made
path across the waters, and In Its center
the Seal Rocks lay like black patch. The
Englishman inquired what they were, and
upon my informing him, said Bah Jove!
Are those the Seal Rocks of which l have
heard? I'd very much like to see the seals
'caun't I see the seals? Don't you feed
them at night? oh, yessir.' replied the
waiter, who was Of Hibernian descent,
without blinking an eye, at 8 o'clock we
always gives them their ham and eggs,
SIR The Englishman accepted this sur
prising piece of information without turn
ing hair, and announced that he would
He was, but, needless to say. the waiter
WAS not"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
The French-Irish,
From fhp Genfleman'S MAGAZINE.

France, with its MacMahons O'Neills,
OConnors and Nugents, possesses many
Irish names. The Boulanger movement in
troduced to us Count Dillon, in whose gar
dens the Floquet. duel was fought. Most
Of the Franco-Irish, though 200 years may
have passed since their ancestors left our
shores. have preserved % great affection for
Ireland, and each1st. Fatrick's day sees
certain number Of them united to celebrate
the feast of Irela1d's patron saint. 1 had
the pleasure of being present at one of
these diners de st: Patrice,' under the
presidency Of thes Vicofnte O'Neil1 de Ty-
rome, a charming nobleman, who claims
descent from Owen Roe ONeili.
Among Irish names In France I NAV
mention Crebillon de Ballyhigue, MacGuck-
in de Slane, Mahon de,sMonaghan, O'Ouin
d Mcheparc formerly mayor Of Paul.
Harry de Pierrebodrg. Harden-Hickey (Who
shows his Irish origin by editing the prin-
cipal comic paper in Paris, the Triboulet3.
There are few names with the prefix
"O," and 1t is hard to know how thew
came by it. There is Baron O'Tard de Ia
Grange and Cofntesse O'Pole; and I have
also seen in list of students O'Diette and
O'Lanyer. These are to be distinguished
Of course from such noms de guerre as
O'Monroy. O'Diu, OSquarr. etc Your
average Frenchman takes the bearer of a
name with an 'O'' or MAC" as noble.
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Tale of n Frugal BisboD.

rrpW tne New York Tribune.
T. s. Everitt Of Cleveland Ohio. at the
Hotel Manhattan. told the following story
last evening: There used to be I'm a city
IN which L lived certain bishop who.
While possessed of the highest principIes
and whose aims and ambitions i'm life were
of the highest character. at the same time
united with these a penuriousness in money
matters that caused innumerable sto-
ries illustrative of this falling TO
be tackled upon him. One of these
related to certain church confer
ence which the bishop and other dignita-
ries of the church at one time attended. AT
one of the meetings the bishop. in endeay-
orlng to open a letter neatly with his pen
knife, was so unfortunate as to allow the
latter to slip and to cut a finger severely
The injured member bled profusely and a
hasty search for court plaster ensued
There being none forthcoming, a clergyman
standing by fished out his card case. and
extracting from it a five-cent stamp the
smallest-priced stamp he had, offered ii to
the bishop to use a substitute for the
much-needed court plaster. The bishop ac-
cepted 1t gratefully. and In his turn took
out his own card case. In it he placed the
fve-cent stamp and then. producing q one
cent specimen Of his own, he pasted IT
over the still bleeding wound"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
Night Life Among Wharf Cats.


It Is astonishing how many outcasts of
the feline family inhabit the wharves bor-
dering on the harbor basin of Baltimore.
Along every line Of docks on the water
front a band Of cats, both large and small,
have adopted the surroundings as their
homes, and nightly come forth to wage
war upon the venturesome tom of an ad-
joining clan who has imprudently ventured
into the enemy's country.
The cats rarely venture from their lairs
during daylight, but at nightfall, when
traffic is suspended, the water fronts are
alive with the fitting forms and the air is
resonant with the voicing of their seem
irgly numerous troubles.
Men whose business takes them along
the water front at night tell many stories
of feline battles. One Of the most charac-
teristic is of two cats approaching a rat
each unknown to the other, and springing
upon 1t at the same time. The rat escapes
and the cats fight until one falls dead and
the other limps away.
Another story illustrates the adeptness
Of cats in water. The overturning of q
loose board throws three kittens and their
parents into the dock. The mother swims
to safety with one kitten on her back and
another In her mouth. The father follows
with the third kitten in his mouth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
The Cathedral at Sayftta.


The construction of this cathedral. at the
END OF the middle ages. was practically the
result of wager; the canons heroically
ruined themselves: they wanted to Guido
the Christians of Toledo, they desired to
surpass the Moors of Cordova; they wanted
marvel for Sevilla, and Sevilla got the
marvel. The central nave is of an extraor-
binary height; Notre Dame of Paris could
easily be put into 1t. AS for the four side
naves, they could shelter many churches
ana steeples in their depths The main altar
Is immense with superimposed rows of
scuiptured panels and numberless statues
Inc organ pipes are as large as cannon:
everything is huge gigantic, overpoWering
mus religious ceremonies born in that pro-
olSlous edlflce break forth into Sevilla with
character of grandeur and lavishness.
they, so to speak, inundate the streets of
the city. Be 1t grave epidemic to be
reared or great joy to be celebrated all
the prestige of gorgeous ceremonial is re-
sorted to as means of appealing to all the
inhabitants. Voluntarily organized process
Slons unanimously follow professions each
one larger, richer and more imposing than
its predecessor
On Easter Sunday there is procession
OF another Kind, more cheerful and more
NOISY christ has risen again In the after
noon, strange proof Of the Spaniard's logic
every one finishes the day by witnessing a
bull fight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
A TRUE FISH STORY,
Peculiar Adventures of Wedding
Ring That Was Lost Overheard.

'About the queerest fish story l know Of"
said highly truthful-lookfng man-indeed,
he was clergyman-"happene to me at a
little lake in Wisconsin, where 1 used to
summer with my family. One day my wife
was out in our boat with party of friends
She was letting her hand trail in the water,
without thinking about its shrinking eff
feet and when she finally took her hand in
her wedding ring was gone. The lake was
deep at that point, and although we made
considerable effort to recover the ring. 1t
was not found. Naturally it worried her a
good deal. and the next year she would not
go back to the same place. Nor did we go
the following year; but the third year we
went there again, and one day I was In the
woods about a mile from the lake. with my
boy, trying to get shot at some denizen
Of the forest or other. AS we went peering
around among the trees to get a squirrel
we had seen noticed something shining on
twig in tree about twenty-five feet from
when he came back I was more than as
tonished to find that the shining thing was
my wifes wedding ring.
How 1t ever got there was mystery at
first, but was not believer in fairies and
that sort Of thing, so I began to ipvesti-
gate for material causes. The top of the
tree had deadened, and with a suspicion in
my mind l sent my boy up to see what
signs might be above the green bougf1s He
called down to me presently that there
were remains OF fishhawk's nest In the
forks Of the tree. and. putting this and
that together, I came to the conclusion
that the hawk had caught the fish that had
gobbled up my wife's ring in the lake. and
had taken it to the nest for the young
hawks. They didn't care for jewelry and
had left that part Of the fish in the nest
from which, as the nest was blown to
pieces by the wind. and beaten by the
storms. the ring had dropped out and by
chance had caught on the twig where
found it. In any event, If that was not
the way 1T got there, how did it? For It
surely was there, and my wife is wearing
1t today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
His VOiceless GRIEF.

From Harpers Baxar.
Tillets-"Tyrder looked very sad when he
heard that telephoning across the ocean is
possible"
Crustham-'T suppose he did, Door fell
low. It will be an unhappy day for him
when he cannot get beyond the reach OF
his Wife's voice." 49,
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o"e1o11e
Farmer Korntop-'I guess our Johns
goin' to make preacher. Seems to be
great on the Bible. from what I hear
tell"
Mrs. Korntop-"Do tell? Stopped out to
the college when you wuz in town, did
ye?"
Farmer Korntop-'Yaas. and when I
asked his perfessor how John was rett,n.
along he said the thing he noticed most
was that he wuz rather inclined to be
bibulous'"
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The Dearest.

From the Detroit Journal
Eve are resolved" exclaimed the saw
ages. Ito sell our liberty as dearly as pos
sible"'
Then why don't you rattle 1t orr" we
shouted back at them through the gath
ering gloom.
For we deemed it only just to give them
to understand. definitely and at once, that
we, even although We're thoroughly
British, were yet not devoid of the sense of
humor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20

How long must I keep praying for you
and papa?
why. hope always. Willie"
'Well. I've been asking God to make You
more indulgent, but. don't notice any
cGso&es-k - =
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Avoiding the Danger.

From the Syracuse Herald
Snariey-"You are In the same class as
Carnegie"
The Spendthrift-'How?
Snarley-"You seem to be afraid to die
Etoh."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
When the Mini.ter stays Out.

From Puck. -.
Henriques-'T should like to have heard
the song and dance the minister gave his
wife when We kept him at the club till /
O'clock the other night.
Ottfnger-"Sopg and dance? I'll bet he
had to give her q whole sacred concert
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29
FILIPINO FORT CAPTURED
Our Men Calamity Climb Another Cliff
and Surprise the Enemy,

Our Men Calamity Climb Another Cliff
and Surprise the Enemy,
Manila, Nov. 25.-Captain Edward
T. Lawton's company of the Nine
teenth infantry has attacked and cap
tured an insurgent fort on Bohol isl
and, south Of Bebu, in the ViZayan
group. This fort was surrounded on
81! sides by a precipice, and the only
path to the higher ground was guarded
by stockade with a line of entrench-
nents behind it. Captain Lawton sent
Sergeant Mcmahon and twenty men to
climb. the precipice and attack the fort
in the rear. Sergeant McMahon's party
accomplished it's task after three
hours climbing through the thick I'M
dergrOWth of brush and vines that COW
cred the almost perpendicular cliff.
They took the enemy by surprise and
drove them from the fort. AS the in
surgents escaped they had to pass the
remainder of Captain Lawton's COM
pany at distance of 100 yards. Here
the enemy suffered terrible losses The
Insurgents defended themselves with
both cannon and rifles. The cannon
were captured. Captain Lawton, in
his report, makes special mention for
bravery Of Sergeants List and McMa,
hon.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29
HORROR AT DETROIT
Boiler Explosion Wrecks Building and
Kills Many People.

Detroit, Nov. 26.-At least half a
hundred men who began their days
work in the factory of the Penberthy
Injector company are victims of an
explosion of the large boiler situated
in one end of the structure in which
they We're at work. OF these, eleven
are known to be dead and the bodies
of several others are believed to be be-
meath the debris.
The boiler was located III one end OF
a three-story brick building, 54X150
feet in size. That structure was in
stantly and completely reduced to 4
mass of burning ruins. The only men
on the first floor which was largely
utilized as a storCroom, were the en-
gineers, fremen and some Workmen
who were making alterations. All Of
these were either killed or badly
MANNED
On the second floor were seventy
five hnlshers; on the third were seven
ty-hve brass molders. Just how many
escaped from this building is not yet
determined, but up to 1 o'clock thirty
eight injured had been taken to hos
pitfalls and eleven dead bodies had been
gotten out of the debris
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29
viii Debate for Michigan.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. 25.-L. O.
Meigs 1902 law; Hugo Sonnenschein
1895 literature, and A. J. O'Connor
1902 law, will represent Michigan in
the senli-fna1 debate with Northwest
ern In the Central Debating league
The laws had the negative side of
the question of compulsory arbitration,
and this will be the position taken by
Northwestern when she meets Michi-
gan in January. Sonnenschein, who
took second honor, halls from Chica-
go. He was orator of his class at the
west division high school last year.
He is a brother of one of the men
who represented Michigan against
Minnesota and Chicago last year
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29
DEAD NUMBER JUST TWENTY-FIVE
List of the Lost at the Smuggler-Un as
at Last Made Up in Full.

List of the Lost at the Smugg1er- Union as
at Last Made UP in Full.
Telluride, Colo, Nov. 23.-The work
of recovering the bodies of the victims
of the disaster in the Smuggler- Union
mine progressed slowly until at II a.
m. yesterday, sixty hours after the
breaking out of the fire at the mouth
of the Bullion tunnel, the last body
was brought to the surface. 1t was
that of John Nevada, and was found
in one of the slopes of the seventh
level. The death list now numbers
twenty-five, the. brave engineer who
sacrificed himself in an effort to res
cue his comrades having died yester-
day afternoon. A correct list Of dead
follows August Kaauter, Charles
Macki, Thorwald Topkelson, William
Merriweather John Nevala, Alik Fill
man, Iva Sundstrom, Battistol
Oberto, Antoine Auseii, John Passori,
Eloi Berzago, Joseph Berzago, Emil
Dahl, James Nelson, John Ashe, Mat
Starck, Alexander Barley John Pc
terson William Jones, William Ora
ham, Mark Zadra, Gus Sundborg, AL
len Hendrickson, Frank Zadra and
Hugh J. O'Neil.
The responsibility for the disaster
has not yet been fixed and no one at
Telluride is being blamed. The coro-
ner has held an inquest over the bodies
at the morgue, and several of them
have been sent to relatives in various
parts of the state The citizens have
completed arrangements to bury the
others with honors. which will be done
this afternoon, and during the funeral
all places of business will close. 1t is
said that the company will close its
mine for about thirty days. during
which time the workings. which were
damaged to the extent of more than
$4,000, will. be repaired. and will then
reopen with a force Of between 700
and 1000 men,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29
NO COMMANDMENT OF COLON
Not Even Colombian Troops Permitted III,
Endanger Commerce.

Not Even Colombian Troops Permitted to,
Endanger Commerce.
Washington, Nov. 26.-It is pretty
we'll understood here that there is to
be no bombardment of Colon by either
side. While Commander McCrea was
given wide discretionary power and
nothing was said to him about STOP
ping the bombariment directly, never
theless the state department estab-
lished precedent i'm these matters last
year when it instructed Gudger to
warn some insurgents at Panama that
they would not be allowed to lombard
that port.
If the government troops on the Pin
zon should persist i'm their purpose it
is said that the commanders of the
various warships at Colon would re
Guire that ample time be allowed for
the withdrawal from the town of all
foreigners, and that the attacking
force, to escape restraint, would be
obliged to direct their bombardment
with such rare precision as to destroy
the insurgent defenses without 1arrn-
ing the railroad property, and even
without endangering the passage of
trains, conditions probably not to be
met.
The secretary of the navy yesterday
cabled Captain Perry, of the Iowa, to
assume full command of all the United
States naval forces on both sides of
the isthmus, in order to insure har-
monious operations. Later advices,
while showing the situation on the
isthmus to be still unsettled, contain the
information that free transit by way
of the railroad has been re-established.
These advices came in a dispatch re-
ceived by Secretary Long from Cap
tain Perry, of the Iowa, who had made
a trip across the isthmus from Panama
to Colon, from which place he sent
telegram, an extract of which the sec
rotary made public, as follows:
Captain Perry reports that free
transit across the isthmus is. restored,
and that he returns to Panama this
afternoon. The captain will leave
guard on each passenger train for the
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29
PoIOts Want More Paw.

Pittsbrrg, Nov. 26.-The members
OF the Masters and Pilots association
have struck for an advance in wages
of 33 per cent. The towboat owners
are preparing to start their boats with
heavy coal shipments within the next
twenty-four hours, and claim they will
have no trouble in getting all the pill
OTIS required to man vessels at the old
rate, but the strikers say this will
be impossible. The pilots have been
getting $4,000 year, and demand $3,-
900. About 100000 bushels of coal
awaits shipment on the present high
water
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29
Family Arrested for Burglary

Pittsburg, Kan, Nov. 25.-George
Lane and family, consisting of his
wife, a 14-year-oId daughter and an
adopted son, Is years old, have been
arrested and lodged in prison here.
charged with being leaders of a gang
that has been Systematically robbing
merchants of this city for the past
year. Lane and his wife are prominent
in society and church work. They
have a beautiful home on West Fourth
street, where nearly $1,000 worth Of
stolen goods were found.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29
Pittsburg switchmen on Strike.

Pittsburg, Nov ga strike for in
creased wages of all switchmen be-
longing to the Switchmen's Union of
North America in the Pittsburg dis
trict has been inaugurated. Reports
have not been received from all the
yards, but the officials of the union say
it affects nearly every road entering
Pittsburg and all private individuals
and corporations. There are between
600 and LOCO members of the local Or
ganization and the union officials
claim that the response was general.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29
Fights Bravely for Life.

South Bend, Ind, Nov. 25.-C1em
Studebaker, according to u statement
by DR.. G. A. Daugherty. the attend
ing physician, has a fighting chance
for his life, although he is still in q
critical condition. He passed a COM
raratively comfortable day and is per-
fectly rational. During the day he
took nOuriShment
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29
Nation Is Tired of Carrie.

Medicine Lodge, Kan, Nov. 26.-The
divorce suit brought by David Nation
against his wife, Carrie Nation, the
saloon smasher. was begun here yes
terday Nation claims that his wife
took away his feather bed, drew 5000
from the bank, and refused to live
with him.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29

Washington, Nov. 26.-Lying against
the shore at Mount Vernon, with the
coat pockets filled with stone, the body
Of Alexander d. Anderson, a we'll
known Washington lawyer and COM
missioner to the Chicago Worlds fair
was found yesterday. He had sui
cided because Of bad health. His age
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-11-29

Sofia, Nov. 22.-Dickinson, the dip
1omatic agent here of the United
States, will leave this week for Con-
stantinop1e. There is obviously no
prospect of q settlement with Miss
Stones abductors The departure of
Dickinson will probably have a good
effect upon the brigands, as they may
fear to lose everything by not accept
ing Dickineon's proposals.