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Racing at San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec ?o-Knshna a maiden In
the stable OF Walter jennings, ca M Ired the rch
Californ futuuty at lnylesde this afternoon.
Ridden BY Tommy Burns. the black. good .look g
son Of NstcrcreSs, took the lead tuning into the
stretch and won In a cantcr with Nervator, the
Boots en-, ". second and Mscdonough's Organdie
o head in front Of The Fog for third place
krisina was the savonte on the strength Of 3
wonderfully good work .out on Thursdsy after.
noon John Msckay OF Rancho Del paSO bred the
colt and will receive o. 600 The stake was worth
~ Oh to the winner ~ SIS TO the second and 81 ie8
TO the third youngStcr. Horses ran well to forn
during the afternoon and the bookmakes lost
heavily.
First Race--Fu,urty coursc--Bard Buns. 10
Mlnderl, TO s won: Katherine Ennis. l07 1Birk =.
enruthI 30 10 l, second: oscar Tote III Frawleyl
10 to 5. third Tine. iI24.
Second Race-Futurty oourse-Maggc Felix, III
Burnsl. Ito ?, won: Ned Dennis, III (Birkenruthl.
sto second; Golden Cottage. 100 o. Daly'. 20 TO l..
third. me. i:i3.
Third RIce-one mile and q sxteenth-Hves q. .
o. Reed, II 70 20, won Bessie MEGA Vhy, OF (Waldo
u to S. second Mdcrot. 100 Ninden. 10 10 third.
Tine iAo
Fourth Raee-one mile and 10 yards. handicap
Corngan. lie tRsnsohi. to 10. won: "esursn
Firh Race-caliiorna Jockey Club Fu,urty.
six furlongs and 100 fcet-Knshns, tos Burns
II to 5. won: Nervator 100 tMlnder. to l. second
Oryandle. ii2 tBlrkenruthl, 3 to /. third. Time.
ii7A.
sixth Race--Six turiongs-Huachuca. ios Dirk.
enrithl. TO won: Sa sam, li3 RAnschl. TO 10.
second Irene Lindsay. 40 Burns. 10 s, third.
Tine, 1873
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international Chess.
,Spsctai Cable Despaich TO The Sry.

PARIS, Dec. 2o-Arnous de Riviers. in
charge OF the forthcoming interna tional
ohessmasters' tournament. to be played at
Monte Carlo In February and March. said to-
day that the following players would be asked
to play. Iasker. Marc CIV. Pilsbury. Delmar.
Burn. Teichmann. Moreau, Taubenhaus.
Mieses. Tarrasch. Tschigorin, SchiTers. Marco
and Schlechter. In addition to several
special prizes for brilliant games, dc. there
ton, the first prize to be not less than 500
and the second not less than $500.
Narier and Marshall OF this country. Mas son
and Gunsberg OF England. Reggie OF Italy
and Wolf Of Vienna are the players who
will be excluded from the competition. in
addition to Janowski, who did not even re-
ceive a preliminary invitation.
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Barrett. Old Time Jockey. Die. IN .,.u

Jesse Barrett. an old-time Jockey, died on
Friday at the Hudson County Jail in ,Jersev
City. where he was serving a term Of thirty
Gays ior intoxication, He was we'll known
racetrack In its pllmy days He mads
fortune on this track and spcl il in a short
Time ne had been homeless for seyeTai
years: ivln on Z charity OF men who mads
money on his successful mounts. Rapra,t
Vas, Was leit s2's%9S by his brother David CONS
turned over to him next week. "~'' ven
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-21
Turf N0le.

Lord Derby, 2o5a will be pre- pa red at the Empire
City track for his 1905 racing season T. T. Smaters
sss that not only Lord Derby but his entire string
Viii be Quauered at the course In Yonkers In.
Guided IL the lot are Lord Derby ?05s.; Ida HI Oh.
wood. 209s4 Al e Barnes, 2lo'3: Antezeila. 2:l0l.:
Wentworth, 2Osts: Shadow Chimes, 400 Sphinx
s., 2:0TS: Amokin. 2Iii.; Gold Brick. 2;osi3. and
Queen Wilkes. The horses are In charge OF Georre
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Sir Wiifrid Laurier In Florida.

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla. Dec. 20. Sir Will
frid Laurier, Premier Of Canada. Lady
Laurier, Attorney General r. LeFontaine,
J. u. G.. Clemier and the Hon. Henri Laurier
arrived tonight from Canada.
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ENGLISH POLOISTS COMING.
Team, Which May Not he First Class, Ex.
pected to Play Here Next Season.

BosToN. Dec . That a team OF English
polo players will return the compliment bv
visiting America next season Ia practically
assured r. l.. Agassiz, the Myopia polo
expert, whose game was a feature Of the
international cup contests In England,
does not believe, however, that the visiting
team will necessarily be a representative
one. although the contrary may possibly
be the case.
Whereas We were playing for a cup
which We did not win,' said Mr. Agass liz,
-the Englishmen would have nothing TO
gain by sending a regular team. They
will come over in an informal sort Of way
for the enjoyment Of the trip and the
sport"
A he added. however. that Buckmaster
and Freake will, bar ring accident, be in.
cluded in the visiting team, IL appears that
this being so the English team will not he
weak. whoever arc the other members
OF it.
The Englishmen will probably make their
first appearance at Newport during the July
tournament, but their visit will be by no
means confined to an inspection Of that
watering place.
-They would like to 60 about as much a.
possible, fancy" continued Agassiz, and
they will be invited everywhere without
question"
Correspondence on tho subject Of the
visit is now being exchanged by the English
experts named and several representative
American players and club men.
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Corinthian Omcers Nominated

The annual meeting OF the Seaw anhaka
Corlnthian Yacht Club will be held In the
clubhouse. ~ West Forty-fourth street, on
Tuesday. Jan. IS, at $50 p. NJ. The trustees
have nominated candidates for Positions
10 be filled for the year 1909 as follows:
Henry ". l. ndon.
Commodore. Arthur Curtiss James. suxiliary
bnganune Aloha.
Vice Commodore-win,am J. Matheson. steamer
Layrock.
, Rear commodore-Frank s. Hastings. yawi
Peggy.
Secretary-Francis q. stewart
Trcasurer-Frederc r. Moore.
Measurer--John Hysiop
Fleet Surgeon-N. Bowd,tch Potter, n. D.
Water. II. d,
Race Commluee Johnston De Forest, Charles
John R'Msxwell, it,
Committee on Lines and Models-John Hysiop,
A. Cary Smith, ~. John Smith.
Law Committee Henry De Forest, William
A. W. Stewart. William g. Low Jr,
Evening star., 1902-02-15
A MooNsHINE CABIN.

aroused community were anything but re-
assuring. Until midnight Spurred our
horses over road that eluded us more
than once In the intense darkness Nothing
could be more weirdly impressive than
TINS stealthy approach in the black silence
OF the night, through a hostile country.
hampercd by all the obstacles that the
toughest section of the Aleghanes could
present. No houses were passed until
within a mile of the place where the moon
sinners were at work. Here a strange
spectacle came into view that caused each
of us an involuntary shudder. The house
of one of the moonShiners was burning
Not a soul was visible, not n sound could
be heard except the roar Of the flames and
the occasional plunge of kissing log TO
the wreck-streWn ground beneath. What
tragedy was marked by this cont1agration,
what midnight orgy or deadly mountain
feud, none of the raiders hurrying by with
blanched faces looming through the circle
of fire could fathom. 1t was a mountain
home gone, and possibly entire family
of these strange people slumbered beneath
the ashes. The mystery of it, undoubtedly
connected in some way with the raid, will
probably never be solved. More than one
tragedy occurs in those wild mountains
and never a whisper of it reaches the
world side
Evening star., 1902-02-15
How to Do Business in Mexico.

1t Is difficult for an American business
man to appreciate fully the differences that
exist in Mexican business customs Not
few important undertakings have been
abandoned through the demands for more
immediate results from the men at the
other end. A representative Is sent here to
inaugurate a business or secure conces-
sions. and when these. things are not Sc
cured in the time supposed to be necessary
from experience in the states disappoint-
ment ensues that occasionally results In the
representatives. recall and the abandon
ment Of the field. Such instances are prob
ably for the best. The firm that does not
select Its foreign representatives with care
and send them out with confidence that
they will do the best they can under the
circumstances as they find them will
scarcely make a success in Mexico Some
OF Mexicos business customs are undergo
Ing gradual change, but few transa ctions
are consummated with the same rapidity
as in the states, nor Is the result arrived at
In the same manner. There Is much good
business to be found in this modern push
ing, expanding Mexico. but a very large per
cent of it is to be secured from men Of other
nationality than American, and the sharp
trader is the one who can adapt himself to
the laws and customs Of a country filled
with cosmopolitan population.
Evening star., 1902-02-15

prevent it, however fmna teTial 1t might be
IN Its local effect, would degrade the nation
ana do more injury TO its political interests
than much greater degradation on her In
land frontiers from these considerations l
should argue the necessity of the different
ways and sea ports being fortified at the
expense OF the union, in order that one
general and uniform system may prevail
throughout, that being as necessary an
uniformity in the discipline of the Troupes
10 whom they are to be Intrusted.
mater myself your Exeellency will ex-
cuse the freedom with which l impart to
You my ideas on this subject indeed my
confidence In this Business arises in a
great measure from a persuasion that the
SUBJECT has already engaged your attention.
having had the honor to belong to the
corps OF Engineers acting under your or
ders during the late war, and being the
only officer of that Corps remaining on the
tered myself with the hope of a reappoint-
nient nope which was encouraged by sew
erai individuals of the former Congress
ana now when the establishment of a truly
iederaI Government renders every post un
der 1t more desirable, 1 view the appoint
ment or Engineer to the United States as
the one which could possibly be most graft
lying 10 my wishes and tho the necessity
oi sucn an Office to Superintend & direct
the fortifications necessary in the United
states is sufficiently apparent the advan-
tages to be derived from the appointment
VIII appear more striking when it is con-
-, ~ siie'l tHc SCleuCeS Ol military anu
CIVIL architecture are so connected as to
render an Engineer equally serviceable in
tlne or Peace as in war, by the employ
ment OF his abilities In the internal i'm
proyement of the Country
Not to intrude any longer on your pa
ilence and without entering on any particu-
iars relatlng to my private circumstances
OF which l believe you are sufficiently in
formed l shall conclude by assuring you
!nat ever animated as l have been with
oes,r to m"rite your good opinion nothing
II the remembrance of nv former services
connected with a variety of peculiar cir
cumstances during fourteen years resi-
1ence IN this Country can plead with your
licite.
nave the honor to be with profound
respect your Excellency
Most humble and obedient servant
p. G.. L'ENFANT
Evening star., 1902-02-15
Ideas About Gems.
Gentleman's Magazine.

From the Gentleman's Magazine.
The Indians called the rock crystal an
"unripe diamond" and until the beginning
of the eighteenth century India was thought
to be the only land which produced that
precious stone 1t was not, therefore, until
the discovery Of India that the diamond
was known to US. Yet as far back as 900
B. c. "didactic history" of precious stones
was written, and in Pliny's time the supply
must have been plentiful, as he wrote: "We
d1. Ink out of mass of gems and our drink
ing vessels are formed Of emeralds. We
are also told that Nero aided his weak
sight by spectacles made of emeralds. But
1t is very difficult to determine whence all
the gems came, as dsccVerers took care to
leave no record. The nations who traded
in them were afraid of their whereabouts
being known, and even the most ancient
merchants would not disclose any definite
locale All sorts Of myths have, according
ly, sprung up concerning the origin Of the
gems. Diamond" was the name given to
a youth who was turned into the hardest
and most brilliant Of substances to preserve
him from the Ellis that flesh is heir to-
AMETHYST was a beautiful nymph beloved
by Bacchus, but saved from him by Diana,
who changed Amethyst into gen. where
upon Bacchus turned the gem into wine
color and endowed the Wearer with the
gift Of preservation from intoXication.
The pearl was thought to be dewdrop
the shell had opened to receive. Amber was
said to be honey melted by the sun, dropped
into the sea and CONCEALED. According to
the Talmud, Noah had no light in the ark
but that which came from precious stones.
Evening star., 1902-02-15

moonshner. With my gun all ready I
calmly waited. The laurels swayed then
parted-and the burly form of Dan, the de-
tective, stood before me-
A Brook of Mash"
AS the sun swept down the surrounding
hiiis Cunningham destroyed the plant the
moonshiners had been forced to leave he
hind them. About thousand ra,,ons n,
peer or mash" were thus poured into the
brook. This represented net value of at
least $ooO Then We followed path that
led us straight to q house that we knew to
be the headquarters OF this particular gang
OF moonshiners. 1t was the home of Lens
Lilly. They are all Lillys In this wild COM
munity. Lilly seems to be a tribal name
among them, due, probably. to the fact
that century or more ago q family OF
Lilly settled here and in time spread over
the country. The history OF creation Is fire.
Quently re-enacted on a small scale In these
remote corners Of West Virginia.
Lens, Of course, was not at home when
Evening star., 1902-02-15

the raiders entered his cabin. His wife,
wild eyes woman dividing her attention be-
tween spinning wheel and child, who
was dying of whooping cough. persistently
denied any knowledge of her husband S
whereabouts. Probably the primitive cabin
had never held so many strangers before,
ana its mistress with her half-starved chill
dren clinginy about her, regarded the I'M
welcome intruders with the gaze of some
female wolf at bay, until the detective
asked some questions about her dying child
and tried to soothc its cough. This show
OF interest had humanizing effect on the
woman. although it failed to elicit any in
formation regarding the absent husband. AS
we left the house the woman crept out af-
ter us, and commenced calling the cows. 4
favorite signal among these people to warn
moonshiners lurking in the brush that they
are in danger.
Capture of Three.
For the next two days and nights we
secured the adjacent country and succeed
ed In capturing three of the gang. More
than once in the chase we were at the
mercy Of ambushed moonshiners, and the
aim OF these outlaws is unerring We spent
three days vainly trying to capture the
leader. For the past thirty years he has
had master hand in most of the moon
shining in the neighborhood and his arrest
would go long way toward breaking up
the open outlawry that 1ourishes In this
part of the country. More than one deputy
marshal and revenue officer has lost his life
tracking him In his lair. and Willy has con-
hdently announced that he will never be
taken alive.
For the past twenty-five years the gov
ernment through its marshals and revenue
otf1cers has been waging war on moon
shining, and undoubtedly the latter is less
prevalent than at the time when the first
serious effort to abolish it was made. Ex-
Governor Atkinson of West Virginia, who
was the first to make effectual headway
against this class Of outlaws, the first mar
shal TO enforce the present revenue policy
or the government, declares that during
four years of warfare between moOnShiner
ana official In the southern states nearly
hve thousand stills were SEIZED with eight
thousand moonshiners captured. This was
accomplished at sacrifice of twenty-ninc
government officers murdered and sixty
three seriously wounded The saving in
revenues to the government by the cap
ture OF these distilleries Governor Atkin-
son places at $7,0425O0 annually. From
these figures the extent and seriousness Of
moonshining can be estimated, although to-
oay, judging by Governor Atkinson's thrill
Ing "reminiscences. the moonshiner is not so
formidable as he used to be. Indeed, with
the continuance of the present official ac-
tivity by another generation the moon
Sinner with all his strange social environ
1nent may become as much a matter of
fiction as the Highlander of Scotland or
the outlaws Of Robin Hoods England.
Meantime many a brave deputy marshal
may bite the dust amid the solitudes Of these
southern hills, many a daring outlaw
spread the terror and fame of his deeds
over country that he dominates with the
authority of a chieftain of old.
Evening star., 1902-02-15
FRENCH DAIRYMEN.
Adulteration and Pollution of Milk in
Paris.

From the New York Herald.
New Workers for whom the results of the
Rockefeller Institute investigation into the
character Of the milk drunk in this CITY
provided rather unpleasant breakfast read
Ing yesterday, may find some comfort in
the knowledge that the Londoners and Par
isians also are just now much exercised
over their milk supply
Special cable dispatches have touched up
on the campaign which the Matin and
other Paris papers have been waging
against the adulteration Of the milk sup
piled to that city. From data published it
appears that the abuses disclosed are on
such vast scale that every resident Of
Paris is more or less affected by them
Some weeks ago milkman was caught
In the act of watering the contents of his
cans out Of the Place de la Concorde foun-
ta1ns. This water is fouled with the dust
raised by traffic and serves to rinse the
brooms and other implements used by
street cleaners. One may, therefore, easily
imagine the danger OF infection to which
every consumer Of such milk is liable. And
the case just described is by no means
rare; on the contrary. it may almost be de-
scribed as. the invariable practice of the,
Paris milkman. NJ. Girard the director OF
the Municipal Laboratory, declares that the
milkman of the Place de la Concorde is not
an exception, and that his imitatorS in
Paris are legion.
There are about 500 milkmen in the capi-
tai. According to NJ. Girard, they have
thoroughly well organized system of fraud.
The dairy companies pay them seven
francs night. Each of them habitually
pours a can of water into the receptacles
carted by them. This is equal to another
sixteen francs. Out of the 1GO francs they
earn a week these men contribute twenty
francs to fund which is destined to sus-
tain them in case of legal prosecution, and
to pay for the organization and mainten-
ance of a counter police, the purpose of
pal Laboratory"
According to NJ. Girard. 1t Is almost i'm
possible to circumvent the watchfulness of
the milkmen's agents. Formerly the labora-
tory staff received sealed orders to inspect
the dairymens wares, but it was found
that cyclist spies would track the chemists
and succeed in warning the threatened
milkman Now the milk Is tested while it
is in the train. The chemist often stops
the milk train far away from any station
and proceeds to take samples. The water
ing process is never carried out at the rail-
way station. Accomplices, known by the
eloquent sobriquet OF "acrobats," baptlze
the cans zen route"
TT is a remarkable thing adds NJ. Gil
darr, that the milkmen caught red-hand-
ed and sent to prison for adulteration are
invariably taken back into the employ of
their former masters. The reason for this
is that they pay directly for the goods con-
flded to them and undertake to collect the
money due to them by the shopkeepers
whom they supply. The dairy farmer is
thus spared the bother OF investigating
the shopkeeper's solvency.'
Evening star., 1902-02-15
CLIPPER SHIPS FAST.
Could Outstrip the Best Yachts That
Sail the Sea.

From the london Mail.
The Shamrock II is credited with a speed
OF only IA knots an hour for short dis
tances when everything was in her favor.
1he Columbia has never actually covered
Il Knots In an hour, but has sailed at a
speed Of fully IA knots for as much as 10
minutes together. For long runs in cruis-
ing rig no yacht has ever exceeded II knots
an hour. The Valkyrie H. in June 1894
on her voyage home to Scotland, did a
best days run Of 256 knots. which gives
her speed per hour of 1902 knots
Seeing that modern racing yacht Is
sailing machine pure and simple, nine per-
sons out Of ten imagine that 1t represents
the acme Of speed obtainable from wind.
10 these 1t may come shock to hear
that there have been during the past CEN
tury. and are today. sailing vessels afoat
with which In long race even the Sham
rock II would stand no chance at all.
The Aberdeen clippers of the early eos
We're the first craft to show what could be
done In the way Of speed under sail. The
Maid OF Judah. in 1860 made the passage
from London to Sydney In IS days. The
Lilies, clipper Of !, ,605 TONS took troops
from Dublin to Gibraltar In four days, and
later sailed from Liverpool to Melbourne
IN - days. On this occasion she logged
800 miles day for several days in success
sion. This is more than one-third as fast
again as the Valkyrie lis best record.
The well-known Hurricane Of the Thomas
and Mersey line came home once from Mel
bourne in "a days. On this occasion she
achieved what is probably a worlds record
for speed. She ran 27O miles in 161a hours
"a speed exceeding 16 miles an hour, a per-
formance that her builders and owner
might well be proud Of
In 1867 occurred the greatest of China
tea-clipper races. Fourteen ships took
part The Ariel won, covering the dis
tance from Foo-Chow-Foo to London in
102 days. The curious part Of this race
was that a ship which was not entered for
the race, the Sir Launcelot Of Greenock, a
composite-built vessel, beat everything else
by three days. The Sir Launcelot was 75O
tons burden and carried 10000 feet Of cam
vas-that Is. Just over an acre. Her main
mast was 200 feet high Her record Of
1900 miles in 50 days still stands, while
| her best days sail was 354 statute miles in
"a hours. The absolute record, however
| is held by the Thermopilae, a 94S-ton clip
per. On January 3, 1870, she sailed $50
| statute mles-a rate of 1873 miles an hour
| The enormous five and six-masted fore and
after rgged ships of today carry on these
| traditions Of speed.
It is. Of course, the size Of these ships
| which gives them the advantage over rae
| ing yachts. The displacement Of cup
| yachts. all under 100 tons, makes the diff
| ference between them and the big trading
| clippers almost as between q small steam
| tug and the kronprinz Wilhelm.