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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-23
MAIL IN AUTOS.
French Government Orders
100 HOrseless Wagons.

Paris March 23-The department Of
posts and telegraphs in France IS prepar-
ing to install complete AUTOMOBILE serv-
ice for the distribution and collection OF
mail One hundred automobile wagons
NJ Mougeot. the under secretary and
an official test of one of the new wagons
last Monday, with the satisfactory result
that the time made by horse wagons was
BUfLT FOR BELGIAN KING.
The new Panhard- Levassor automobile
recently delivered at Nice to King Leopold
of Belgium, is a model Of completeness
ana iuXurs, II mas noi ~ lMSnt ~
hammered aluminium All the visible
woodwork is of highly polished mahOg-
any and the fittings are OF brass through
out The seats are covered with red mo-
rocco and are of the shape Of easy chairs.
The question of the relation between
maximum horse power and minimum I'm
the highest possible rate of speed has
oeen Drought 10 noIce Dy a pet petWe .
a German make Of automobile NJ ca
nello undertakes to construct an automo-
bile of seventy horse power weighing not
over / 200 kilogrammes. A speed Of 120
kilometers an hour must be reached. If
M Canello succeeds M. Charron will pay
will pay NJ. CharrOn that amount.
AUTO SERVICE IN LONDON.
Lon9on, warren zs--Llohe s = hIst sue
ance of passengers was started this week
between Streatham and Chaplain juno
An attempt was made two years ago to
run automobile buses between Victoria
and kensingtOn. These vehicles were or
binary omnibuses, with heavy broad tired
iron wheels. but were SO noisy and cumber-
some that they We're unsuited for Lon
don streets as so many steam rollers, and
quickly disappeared. The new service
really deserves to be called automobile.
The carriages. are light, smart and com
Portable, seating eight passengers inside
and one by the side of the driver
ROUTE IS PICTURESQ UE.
The route selected is one of the prettiest
around London. Through broad avenues.
lined by residences OF the well-tO-dO, the
route leads to footing Bee common a
veritable oasis of shaggy moorland, where
the suburban L0ndOner reyels It the week
end and with feeling that he IS miles
away from town; thence through BALKAN
to Chaplain common, sacred to Saturday
cricket, emerging near Chaplain juno
ton. where trains go everywhere on
earth.
Besides being a splendid ride through
the country, this new service affords easy
and rapid transit between two populOus
districts. where before there was only a
circuitous railway journey, taking twice
long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-23

arrangements. AS a monument to the
fortunes OF the famous family it has
been surpassed. first. by the twin dwell
ings built at Fifth avenue, Fiftieh and
Fifty first streets, and later by the
palace erected on the block front in Fifth
avenue, Fifty-seventh to Fifty-eighth
street As a site for a club house, hotel
or apartment house the old Vanderbilt
mansion Is unsurpassed. 1t has a large
frontage on Fifth avenue, about 40 feet,
and sufficient depth to assure the proper
tions of a tall building. Opposite the
new library and adjoining the Union
league club house, light and air are as
sured for all time.
Real estate men are carefully watch
ing the several negotiations under way,
and the active bidding already begun at
private contract promises that the price
Will approximate seven figures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-23

stranger began to look embarrassed.
Drawing a trif1e nearer to Mr.. Gage,
and dropping his voice several degrees
he said:
1.-THE fact is. Mr.. Secretary, I am lit
tie short of funds this morning. There
are two leading publishers in England
who are owing me money, and / thought
possibly that you, as a banker and bus
mess man, could advise me how to pro-
ceed-''
Il should think your best plan would
be to draw on your debtors.
quite so. But. you see. it costs a
good deal to send the advices by cable"
s.That is true Under the cireum-
stances you had better send your mes
sages collect
sfOf course. of coursep BY this time
the insinuating stranger was beginning
to mop his brow. There again. how
ever. I am confronted by a little diff
Guilty. The cable company has refused
to send both dispatches collect
HAS it?" asked the secret airy, with a
look OF real concern. We'll, then, my
friend, it seems to me that you are re-
duced to a single course of conduct.
Send one dispatch collect and get your
money from that: out of the proceeds
you can prepay the other"
And with a bow and a smile Mr.. Gage
disappeared through the swinging doors
Of the treasury building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-23
SELL VANDERBILT PALACE.
Million Dollar Residence Built by w.
n. Vanderbilt on Market.

New York. March Bone of the
noted landmarks Of the city. the first
palatial dwelling built by the Vanderbilt
family is In the open market for sale
The property is the brownstone mansion
at the southeast corner Of Fifth avenue
and F7ortieth street. diagonally opposite
the new public library and directly ad-
Joining the Union League club.
Tentative offers have been made by a
syndicate for the property to Frederick
W. Vanderbilt, the owner, and have been
rejected. Other negotiations for its sale
are under way. and the present month
should see the finish Of the deal and the
final passing Of the old house into the
Oblivion caused by the ceaseIess march
up town.
William H. Vanderbilt was the build
er Of the house, and little alteration has
been made in either external or internal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-23
GIRL ON PIXIES PEAK.
Lizzie Wallace of Adair, Ill, to Build
her a House for the Summer

Denver. Colo, March 23.-Niss Lizzie
G. Wallace, of Adair, Ill, will spend
this summer roughing it alone in the
Rockies. I'm going to build myself
summer home on Pixies Peak she said
today. and as soon as the snow gets
off am going up on the peak and stay
all summer. I am just %. and since my
aunt, Lizzie Prescott, of Adair, died and
left me a little income, am my own
boss
You say you are going to build your
own hOuse2"
Certainly I am" said the intrepid
girl. I'm strong-here. try that mus
Gle" and she held out a short but grace
full arm.
why, that's immense" said the Wis
You bet" said Miss Wallace, land
what's the reason can't pile one rock
on another and build myself just the
sort Of romantic grotto I've dreamed
about for years2 And then I can get
some carpet and put down, and a cot,
and a little camp stove, and provisions,
and a cat, and. with my trusty rife
and revolver-oh, can shoot. amt
afraid of anything on earth. No. sir;
no man for me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-23

MARRIED FOURTEEN TIMES
With This Record Julio castelanos Is
Trying to Escape Into Mexico.

Phoenix, Ariz., March 23--With a rec
ord of fourteen marriages with no in
cidenta1 deaths or divorce proceeding on
the part OF his numerous wives, Julio
Castelanos is hurrying to get out Of the
United States and escape into Mexico.
Castelanos was arrested in the A 10 mine
district yesterday. and while en- route
to Jail at Tucson this afternoon made
his escape and fled southwark
Castelanos is 45 years old. His first
marriage occurred when he was 26. He
abandoned his first wife at Eel Paso and
since then has married wherever he hap
pened to be working and left his wives
wherever he wearied of them. He boasts
Of five wives in Mexico and nine in
Arizona and New Mexico. His last wife
was Francesca Mercedo. a handsome
senorita from near ella Bend. whom he
left last week. officers and brother
Of the girl are in close pursuit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-23
Secretary cages Financial Advice

From the Philadelphia Post]
Secretary Gage is a benevolent looking
person; with a pleasant mode of speech
and a genial manner But confidence
operators who trade too lar on these
appearances and attempt to impose upon
his good nature soon find that there is
pretty solid stratum Of worldly wis
dom beneath his gracious exterior.
The other day. as he was returning
from cabinet meeting, he was warmly
greeted near the door of the treasury
by a well dressed man of middle age.
Mr.. Gage, assuming at first glance
that the stranger was one OF the multi
tude he has met in Washington, and
whose names he. cannot hope to remeln-
Der, returned the salutation and shook
the hand held out to him.
Il trust you viii pardon me, Mr.. Sec
retary," the man began, but repre-
sent London illustrated newspaper
which has commissioned ne to obtain
a set of photographs Of your country
seat. Have you any objections to my
taking a few views theTe?
None in the world answered the sec
rotary, aMiably, IF you tell me where
my country seat is. never knew had
one"
= 'Ahs" exclaimed the stranger, IT must
have been misinformed. Then would you
consent to my taking some pictures Of
the interior Of your mansion in Wash
ington ?s
with all the pleasure in life. If there
were any house in the city that I could
call my own. live in q rented dwell
ing house, and my landlord has notified
me that must get out Of that in a few
weeks.
In spite of his air Of assurance the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-23
vANDERBILTS ON A TOUR.
Duchess of Marlborough and Mr.. and
Mrs. W. <. Are at Monte Carlo.

Paris. March 23-There is quite
gathering Of the Vanderbilt clan at
Monte Carlo, where are the Duchess of
Marlborough and Mr.. and Mrs. w. K.
Vanderbilt. All are at the Ermitage,
and are to be seen dining together at
smart restaurants every night.
Other well known Americans conspfc-
uous at Monte Carlo just now are Elisha
Dyer, jr-, and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Tuck. The latter have just given 500
francs to local society for the protec-
ton of animals An entertainment is
being got up in aid of the society. Owing
to the active support of the English and
American visitors it will probably be a
success, which would not be the case if
it had to rely on local enthusiasm.
Americans are also very conspicuous
in cosmopolitan society at Cannes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-23

Counterfeits of -DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Eaive are liable to cause blood poisoning.
Leave them alone. The original has the
name DeWitts upon the box and wrap
per 1t is a harmless and healing salve
for skin diseases Unequalled for piles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
Horses Knew the Noon Hour.
ON tho Nav yorL Sim


A pair Of intelligent horses attracted the
attention of large crowd on Nassau street
at noon one day last week. They were at
tached to a heavily loaded ice wagon COM
ing down the steep grade between Cedar
street and Maiden lane and were holding
back the wagon with noticeable effort.
When they were half way down the whis-
ties blew for II o'clock. Suddenly the
horses drew in toward the curb. and began
to plant their hind feet well forward to
stop the wagon.
The driver made no effort to check them
and their hard work at once attracted no.
tice. Pedestrians looked at the horses and
then at the driver, who had broad grin
on his face. BY hard work the wagon was
stopped. The driver sat still and watched
his animals. One of them Immediately be-
gan rubbing his head against the neck of
ceeded in rubbing bis bride off. Then the
other horse took his turn at rubbing, and
his bride. came off.
Fully two hundred persons had watched
this and when it was completed the driver
got down from his seat and swung a bag
of oats from over the nose of each animal.
They stood there and ate their midday
meal. The driver was patient ana proud
of his team. He petted them and talked to
them. and when they were through drove
off whistling
Talk about the laboring man dropping
his shovel at the sound OIL the noon whis-
tie" said one man. THAT beats ANYTHING
/ ever saw. No one hereafter need try to.
convince me of the intelligence of the
horse. That ice wagon team settles it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20

From the Centlemans Magazine.
In old Egypt there was a burial place for
sacred cats as we'll as sacred bulls; and
the reason was no doubt the same-namely,
that they had place in the symbolic wor-
ship. A cemetery of cats existed near Bu-
bastis, which Is the modern Tel Basta not
far from Zag-a-zig Junction on the rail-
way. Buried in the mound, NJ. Naville a
few years ago. found the ruined temple of
Bast or Pasht the Cat goddess, who gave
her name to the city. The foundation Of
Bubastis carries back to the beginning
of the historical times of Egypt and Is
contemporary with the pyramids, the old
est monuments. Herodotus says: THE
temple stands in the middle Of the city,
and is visible on all sides as one walks
round 1t; for as the city has been raised
up by an embankment, while the temple
has been left untouched In It's original con-
dition, you look down upon 1t wherever
you are. low wall runs round the in
closure. having figures engraved upon 1t,
and inside there Is a grove Of beautiful
tall trees growing round the shrine. which
contains the image of the goddess And
concerning the goddess herself he says:
The Bubastis of the Egyptians Is the
same as the Artemis OF the Creeks To
this may add that the Artemis Of the
Greeks is generally said to be the same as
the Diana of the Romans. goddess Of
light, representing the moon. Thus we see
that Bast. or Pasht, was connected with
| the cat on the one hand and the moon on
the other. So 1t Is quite feasible that puss.
when she figures as symbol in the Egyp-
tian worship. represents something in the
domain of astronomy and the calendar.
Ovid calls the cat the sister of the moon,
and says that Pasht took the form Of a
cat to avoid Typhon. According to Plu-
tarch. a cat placed in lustrum denoted
the moon. 1t is a night animal and its
eyes glisten in the dark. Mr.. Hyde Clarke
remarks that there are phenomena of pc
riodicity in the cat which are supposed to
have given rise to it's relationship to the
moon What 1 think l have discovered
or at least made clearer than it was before
is, that the cat was an intercalary month.
added In the one hundred and twentieth
year to rectify the calendar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20

the legal fees for performing the rite OF
marriage. These provisions extend. as a
rule, only to the civil officers authorized
by law to perform the ceremony In one
state only tNirginia) Is any special penalty
provided for charging a greater fee than
that provided by law. The statutes Of this
state state that the person officiating at
a marriage is entitled to a fee OF 81 there
lor, ana any person eXacting a greater Zee
shah forfeit TO the party asgrieved $50. On
the other hand, in West Virginia IL is pro-
flded that the fee shall be at least 81 and
In Idaho that the fee shall be s. or any
other or greater sum voluntarily given by
the parties to such marriage
IN sixteen states and territories pro-
vision Is made for the giving Of certificates
OF marriage to the contracting parties
usually upon their request. These are:
California, Dakota, Idaho, Iowa MARYLAND
Michigan, Minnesota Montana. Nebraska
Nevada, New York, oregon, Penasy lvauia
W ashington, Wisconsin and Wyoming
In Arkansas. after the return to the clerk
OF a marriage license. officially signed as
having been executed, and after the same
has been recorded, such license is returned
by the clerk to the party, certified as hay.
ing been recorded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
A Fish and Lizard story.

From Field and Stream
One afternoon thought I would go down
the river and troll. I had on my hook a
live minnow, and in a little while had a
strike and l hooked my first fish, which
seemed to be quite large one 1 reeled
him where 1 could see him and found it
was large pike, twenty-five or thirty
inches long. pulled him up to my boat,
but when lifted him from the water he
was as light as feather. I measured him
and found he was just thirty inches long,
and should have weighed eight or nine
pounds. while he only weighed two He
was just skin and bones. l killed him, took
my knife and cut him OPEN and found a
live lizard five inches long, In his stomach.
The reptile was as black as coal and very
lively. living twenty-four hours after l took
him from his prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
NEW SCHEDULE PROMISED.
Better Facilities for Getting in mud
Out of Washington.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star

special correspondence or The Evening Star
COLLEGE PARK, Md, April ~ 1901
News has been received here that the
officials of the City and Suburban Railway
Company have promised new time table
for the running Of cars from Berwyn to
the city. This schedule will It is said, af-
ford passengers of this section OF the line
better facilities for getting In and out OF
Washington.
The gymnasium of the Berwyn Athletic
Association. under the supervision of Ber-
wyn Chapel, branch of the Fourth Pres
byterian Church of Washington. is becom-
ing more and more the source of much en-
joy ment to the commuuity at large. Be
sides the teams of base ball, tennis and
croquet. composed of the seniors OF the
association, there is being organized a brt-
gade of the juveniles of the Sunday school
of the church. The name given the new
movement is the Boys Brigade of Bcr-
wynn" and the organization is under the
direction Of a military cadet Of Washing
ton. Athletic appurtenances are being
added to the gymnasium, which at present
is equal to many such outfits in large
cities.
The residents of Berwyn have organized
a Belgian hare association, which Will Sc
cure a large stock of hares with pedigrees
The association will have an election Of
officers within the next month.
Mr.. W. T. Wallace of Berwyn. who has
the past week. is out again and has re-
turned to his duties in Washington.
The condition of MIR. Francis Shanna-
brook. who for the last eight months has
been housed on account OF illness, has
81 eatly improved
Mr.. E. Newman of Washington Is having
dug on premises owned by him in this To-
caiity a large lake which is to cover. when
completed. an area of ten acres. He pro-
poses to stock the lake with fish. In the
winter he will have It made into skating
rink.
Mr.. Jay Van of Lakeland is confined to
his home by attack of the grip.
The annual oratorcal contest of the
Maryland intercollegiate Association, which
was to occur the 2rth instant at the Mary
land Agricultural College, has been post
poped to May next. Among the colleges
to be represented at the contest are st.
Johns. Annapolis Washington College,
Chestertown, Western Maryland, Westmin-
ster and the Maryland Agricultural Col
Iege. which last has chosen Mr.. 2. l..
Peach and Mr.. w. Wilfred Cabey as prin-
cipal and alternate respectively, to repre-
sent 1t. A program OF interesting features.
in addition to the contest, has been ar
ranged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
Ohio and Maryland Election Laws.

To the Editor OF The Evening Star:
! read this sentence in the editorial of
The Star yesterday the subject of The
Supreme Court Vacancy" concerning Mr..
Thomas H. Anderson, now district attor-
ney, who is thought to be the most likely
candidate for the vacant Judgeship: 1T is
generally understood that MIR. Anderson
has his legal domicile in Ohio. and is a
citizen of and a voter in that state" How
harshly strange this sounds to the ears Of
a native-born Marylander who never lived
outside of his state nor voted anywhere
else, but unfortunately is now employed in
the government service here, too far from
his home to go hither and thither each day.
and hence is compelled to ''domicile" here
in the light of the new election law recent
ly passed by the extra session of the Mary
land legislature. 1t is we'll known that Mr..
Anderson has been engaged for a number
of years in private business in this city,
and not continuously in the government
service" And yet Mr.. Anderson is classed
as and understood to be 'citizen" of Ohio.
having his legal residence" and being a
voter there. while the Marylander who
is only here in the government employ tenn
porarily, for he may be separated from the
service at any moment, and fully intends
to resume his residence in the state when
so separated from the public service. is de-
clared an alien from his state and deprived
Of his citizenship and right of franchise
therein, because. forsooth, he can't walk
pdch"diu anu ioith edSti uas " MS nome
in the state, nor go on the railway train
there. This classes him with felons or I'M
naturalized persons. And the case would
be the same If he owned a million dollars
worth of property and paid taxes thereon
in the state. He must have veiocipede or
an automobile of some kind to carry him
to his state domicile each day, or he can't
votei No such ungenerous or unreasonable
law has ever before been passed by any
state, although In some quarters and in
some newspapers the law is pronounced the
best election law ever passed I'm any state
and Ought to be adopted by all the states"
The writers of such rot" don't understand
the purport of the law or what they are
talking about. But ''the best laid plans OF
men and mice aft gang aglee." A hasty
trip over into Maryland to endeayor to
comply with this law and save his heaven
born right of franchise in the state he was
born in convinced the writer that unless
many signs fail, the law will fall short of
Its purpose. J. T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
Book DevOurers.


From Good Words
The death watch (Anebium domesticum)
sometimes plays havoc among the books,
especially where they are little used and
comprise some Of the good old sort, leather
pound with thick, heavy boards But not
only may the bindings be, attacked; the
more important reading may suffer also.
Kirby and Spence quote from Horne's
photography a remarkable case in which
t"enty-seven folio volumes that had long
reposed side by side had been bored Clean
through In straight line, 80 that the set
could be threaded on q piece of string
passed through the sharp round holes
Occasional reading of the books instead of
merely gazing at their labels is the remedy
this wholesale character "a
Inc caterpillar of the 'tabby moth (Aglos-
sa p1ngu1nal1s) has been charged with de-
stroylng bindings. and theIate Prof. West
wood reported upon a. colony of exotic
wood-boring beetles Hypothenemus erudi-
tus) discovered tunneling into the bindings
The name eruditus. or learned which W est
WOOD gave to this alien criminal. is an in
stance of that humor which scientific men
are commonly supposed to lack but MANY
Latin name of bird or beast of fish or
insect. the naturalist knows bears witness
TO the Waggishness Of the savant. An
other of these insects of literary tastes is
the book louise (Atropos), a minute wingless
creature that reminds one, when viewed
through a powerful lens. of its big reia-
ton, the white ant. This pest, whose very
smaIlness causes it to be treated ordinarily
with contempt. can yet do a great deal of
damage. 1t will eat the surface off en-
ameled paper or card, make the bindings Of
books shabby by the same process, gnaw at
the edges of the leaves. and even carry on
it's nefarious operations between the pages
and destroy the glue and paste that have
been used in binding the sheets together
Crickets and cockroaches will also de-
cess RI them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
Better III He Had.

From the London King
Coming home rather late one night, old
Jones discovered a country yokel with a.
lantern standing by the kitchen door.
Young man." said he, what are you
doing here?'
I've come accounting. sur"
Accounting? What do you mean?"
''WeH. I'm a follower OF Mary, the kitcs-
en- maid, sur
do you usually carry a lantern when
you are on such errands?" asked the old
man, sarcasticaIly.
Yes. sur. alays."
Don't tell me such nonsense You had
better be off quickly-courting with a Ian
term indeed. In my young days I never
used such a thing
mo. sur" replied the yokel, siding OF;
Judging by yer missus. / shouldn't think
yer did