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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13
Famous Sire Tonso Is Dead.


I.xinetan. Nv. July q - The famous race
horse anu sir. Funso has been dead tS' Ears
fiit tn fact has been kept e-Crsr and ter- i no
record n 1t in the American stud BJoA
FousO died two wears acp. ana hut Tor the N
curry u breeder who wished to mate . ma {
He was the winner OF the isentuC',v Derby u.
$50 srG a. a = and J year old a number Il
good rac-s He sized First Mate. Rudolph ana
many other rreat performers besides the dams
u imp NOoGlak.. -tv- IL - wears Old
sired by Hiug Alfonso an! out u imp WeaiEes-
witch 81. Weather liz
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WESTERNS WIN
LEMP TROPHY,
Onlv Two Crews Contest in Race
From Arsenal Island t."
Bnath0uSc.
FAST FROM START TO FINISH.
Referee lSe> Steam Launch IN.
stead of Freight Traiu TO So
Defeat % 81. Louis
Club.


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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13
HUNGARIAN ELECTION RIOTS
Seventeen Persons Were Injured
Military Was Called Out.

Buda Pest. Hungary. July l2.-Disorders
broke out to-day at meeting of electors
a Nagyvarad capital of Bihar Province,
which was being addressed by Doctor Bara-
bsS the leader Of the extreme left in the
Hungarian Diet. Seventeen persons We're
Injured and tire military had to be sum
n,cned to restore orde.. Many arrests were
,u.4da
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13
shooting Follow. aunrr.L.

7
West Plains Mo. July l2-Ieber Grace.
former resident OF this CITY shot George
Blakey. a wealthy stock dealer. at Hen
derscn. Just across the Arkansas line to-
DAY. a telephone message Just received
SAYS Blakey is dead and Grace has sur
rendered to the authorities The men had
trouble over business matters
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13
FOUND DEAD IN HIS OFFICE.
Doctor Hatlra Probably Overcome.
by the Heat d Dallas.
REPUBLIC, SPECIAL.

Dallas. Tex. July l2-Doctor D. f. Hadra.
one of the best known PHI sicians in Texas.
was found dead in mis- office tonight. II is
believed he was overcome by the heat.
This was the hottest day of the year the
thermometer registering tp1 in the shade.
Doctor Hadra was born in Prussia near
Presia. sixty years ago. He had lived in
Dallas only two years. but had lived in
Waco several years before coming to this
city.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13
Storm nj MarrhnII. Mo.

KEPCBLI Special.
Marshall, Mo-. July ia severe electrical
wind and rain storm RACED here last night
Lightning struck several places IN town.
burning one large barn. Trees were dam
aged and telephone wires blown down. In
the country wheat in the shock was in
iured some. bat corn and meadows are
greatly benefited.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13
Live stock Killed During storm.

Armstrong. Mo. July l2-DurinS the hard
electrical storm last night five head of reg
istered cattle belonging to A. x Markiand.
who lives west of town. were struck by
lightning ana killed. One horse and COW.
the property of G. g. Harvey also were
killed and other losses throughout the
township are reported.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13
WASHINGTON PAX SELECTIONS.

REM BID sPEiIAI~s.
chicago. July l2.-sSei.cti0as.
F.'s- Fsace-i-istuway. Frank carr Eain-aui-
Ssc"ad Race-RunneI.s. Golden Rule. Itcas
Lindsey.
-Th.-. Rarr-Postmast.r Wright. BAD New ~
F'aqr,h Raee-orteo. Balm CT GHead. Lord
-ouchwc5d-
Fifth Rsce-HunJs. Little F:ioin. Lady Gh7riS-
Sixth Ra,e-wi,chcrart, silk Maid Mss Mo-
lie
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13

Jockey vas !ngurei in automobile asri-
dent Friday. passed quiet day and HIS doctors
re hopeful Of MS recovery. Tn condition ~ ~
chs ufrau-r. hoWeSe-. remains serious King Ed
ward has autographed !uquiyinS about Maher's
condition
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13
MAGINN's SUPERIOR WISDOM

Maud Come WAS entered in This handicap.
Mr.. Mdginn pUt II. pounds on her. This
Mas before Mae Day beat her. Gahe Gay.
wn" owns Master. and other men in the
face swure that M4giuu was presenting the
rae. I" Come
Here Size viii win IN 81 walk to-day
Sila Nj. GAY. '.IrH Er. Waslt Us Il H. =
her tomorrow. She should have III up;
not lu.
suppose Mae Day gives her tNo pounds
and beats her. what then asked Mr..
Magiru.
Then l will say the weights are right. -
said lir. Gay. The result proved that Ma
gnn was rIchr Muginn always Is right
Who j. Maud Come, anyhow? The best
day Sin. ever NaS the day that Silver
. le gave her i've ty pounds. got left at
the post and beat her in = canJe~-
TAI" tr- horses I'll hv.mar now ANA class
them. PathuS ana The Wizard can beat
Judge CauTli and Jack Young "a often
aS De bs,ts th"m. h-l'ie Shute. = wall
eyed Joke. can usat PoUrquoi Pas. the best
3-year-old lilly. ana has done 1t beyond
her beSs distance. ZOO.
Wild Katie can h.a; I..iy StVa ,lmoT" On
what that formerly grand mare has shown
t|u rat green --ye:.r-olds- can beat MISS
Crawford Anne Davis and fGrehan1
Warner Ct- beat Ai,Uhe.:. ana Big Jim
Davis. the "ali"r. can take off MS SHOES
srU heat Ssprgio.
~ rh"-C things stand rhe.e cannot be- any
ON" viii M'u and TIE u'ircky one viii 90
beaten. There - Hot any sense IL p..-tiiS
of form or lack o. il.
IN this ease he.,nrs ii.,3 best have 1t the
lo;E Shpt who has a chance, aud a the
best riders. TroNlvI. -. Hall Watson. u.
ore hnu1s Tho fli!aCv OF betting On any
thing that can f3l),
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Vanderbilt Wins French stake.

Paris Iuly i2.-W. X. Nand-rbili'S Alpha.
ridden hy the American JOCKEY y Turner. Wen
the Prix du President dc - R-puuliud- tl-
principal event al to-days meeting
sIaison ..aflit-. worth SS.4O H:s Marigr!t ran
in the sane race. bat was unplaced
The French President aud Mime Lnubet. accom-
panied b. their suite. witnessed the race.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13
MRS, WOODS WRITES DENIAL
OF BEST FAM|LY'S CHARGES.

Iusa nd Are Absolutely Innocent of Ac
Them Connection With the Mysterious
Death of Millionaire That They Will Appear the
Their ID efense
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13

Second Race-Dole GRAY, DolHe Hayman, I'm
p.tuoUs
Thnd Race-Orient Fqrehand. MAJOR Pelham
! u~1h RasC-TrrXI-U'~ moGut
Fifth RaCe-B.nEai. JiruaIurE. Mis- Mae ilaF
sixth Rsce-Orpheum. The Messenger. NuI'
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13
GIcncn,. HanGicap weight..

N..y York July The weights tor the Glen
g " Handieap t,r.yrgz. for S-,caE-pids -
Re run Brighton Beach On TUESDAY. July IL.
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always beat them with ninety-eight pounds
up. Put nlnety-Iive pounds on ali OF them
Master. Bell. Scorpio and the -est-and
pounds on Ventura and the same on Sylvia
Talbot-wlich makes Talbot Civ. her fiji
teen pounds-and Ventura viii uey,r see
which Why Schreiber's dlly goes
Master i now supposed t. I've the best
hSadicap Splinter AZ pelmar. Stand Pat. an
average platter, gave him weight on SatUc-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13

Do you think I or Ne would run away
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
The ProPagating Gardens.

In the propagating gardens there are
thousands of these plants being grown
under careful cultivation by experts.
There are twenty-three greenhouses in
the establishment, most of which con-
tain from twenty-five to thirty thousand
pOtted plants, of which number the
great majority are foliage plants.
The foliage plants are of dozens of
species and countless varieties. One of
the most common kinds is coleus, whose
green leaves are variegated with yellow,
red and crimson; of these there are
&C, 600 plants set in the greenhouses.
Perhaps this number can be more
readily grasped when one reflects that
if set in thrceinch pots, rim TO rim,
they would make a line extending from
the Capitol to Arlington Cemetery by
way of the Georgetown Aqueduct Bridge.
Almost as many as these, are those
known 10 the horticulturist as alter
mantheras" which are OF the same color
as the coleus, and number $4,000.
The bright scarlet and green amaran-
thus, the red and green achyranthus,
the deep crimson irisineas, of which the
gardens have fifteen thousand, and the
green and white centaureaus, abutilions
and nepetas, which are growing in
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quantities of from three to five thousand,
are others of the more common species.
The collection of croton plants is one
of the largest in the world.
Setting Out the Plants.
The setting out of these plants will be-
gin in few days, when all
the dubious plants will have done fow-
ering. Later the pansies will be taken
up TO make way for the last of the
bedding plants for summer ornamental
ton. The entire work will be COM
pleted about the last week N June
Much interest is popularity displayed at
this season of the year in the compost
ton of the beautiful flower beds of the
Capital. In order to produce this pleas
ing effect of color, $4,000 bulbs. are set
out annually in the principal reserva-
tions. The remote parts of the city
cannot be given the same care in the
early decoration as is accorded them
later in the summer arrangement.
The White House grounds. Lafayette
Square. Farragut Square, Dupont Circle
and a few of the other prominently To-
Gated reservations are the ones to which
this early care is given. In them are
now growing bulbs of four varieties
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

of park bedding in all large cities. They
are used in preference to flowers be-
cause the season of bloom of towering
plants is extremely short, and this would
necessitate constant replacing by plants
of later Towering, to preserve the at
Effectiveness of the park.
Even the white narcissus with its
yellow center, the blue. purple, and
white hyacinths, the bright tulips, and
the sunny crocuses, which herald the
earliest advances of spring. last but a
few weeks and must be supplanted by
growths which will keep the various
gardens pleasing to the eye all through
the heat of summer and the frost Of
autumn. These requirements are per
fectly fulfilled by foliage plants -
Their leaves are profuse and bushy.
and the plants are of all sizes from
tiny growths two or three inches high
to luxuriant bushes several feet in
diameter and height. Their especial
value is that they can take the place Of
flowers in the parks because their
leaves are beautifully splashed and
streaked with all shades OF red from
pale pink through yellow to deep red
and crimson, which affords as pleasing
a contrast TO the green of the lawns as
would flowers.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

the man with the sixth sense. He sell
dom bottle about looking up and down
the street to sec what danger is threat
ening him. AS likely as not, he may be
reading a paper, and, under ordinary
circumstances, he Will scarcely take has
eyes off the print Yet he goes from
pavement to pavement without mo-
ment's hesitation, and, though ne may
have many seemingly narrow escapes
from accident. as a matter of fact he
has never been in real danger at all
He does not know what it is that pro
tects him. He is probably not even con-
scious that he has developed the sixth
sense. He will declare. in many cases,
that he saw the wagons on the street.
but if you ask him the color of the
horse or any detail, he viii not be able
TO tell you. In reality, he did not see
the wagon at all; his sixth sense made
him feel its approach.
Nearly all telegraph and errand boys
have this sense. In street gamins it IS
developed to, remarkable degree.
Many hremen have ii in different
form. In recent magazine story this
is mentioned in a scene at fire where
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Of the ranks. Only S.841 out of the
! 900 ,000, OF one in is, will live to that
age. At ninety-seven but PA, or one in
40, will be alive. At ninety-eight half
OF these nearly viii have dropped out
leaving only 119 souls alive out of the
original 1000, coo Ones chances to reach
ninety-eight. according 10 these tables
is about one in $40.
OF the original 1000, 900, only 81 will
live TO see 80 years, or about one per-
son out of 1880. The century mark
will be reached by only % out of the
]. 000. 900; or, in other words. out of a
group of 43, 500 people born at the same
time, only one will fill out the century
span of existence.
After 101 years only nine will be
found surviving; 1O2 years will leave
three survivors of the original l, 600, 600.
and when 1O3 years have rolled round,
these cold and unerring mathematical
tables assure US only one single indi-
vidual out of the vast host will still be
alive
The same authority declares that only
one in 100000 persons will reach the
age or 104 years; that one in 5000. 900
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
q THE SIXTH SENSE OF DANGER. *
IFE under modern conditions in a

z IFE under modern conditions in a
big city has developed many re-
markable instincts in men. but
none of them is more useful than the
one which warns of approaching danger.
It is so highly developed in some per-
sons that it might almost be called a
sixth sense.
It reaches its perfection in the man
whose days are spent hurrying through
the most crowded streets of the business
centers. He can run across street in
the face of what seems almost certain
disaster. Wagons and automobiles and
trolley cars. men. women and horses
will be rushing pell-mell around him in
a maze that would threaten even the
calmest mans peace of mind. Ninety
nine people out of hundred who want
to cross that street fight every step OF
the way, looking carefully up and down
and in all directions before daring to
venture a foot forward; and even then
many of them will require the protec-
ton of the policeman at the crossing.
But these difficulties are unknown to
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Tulips, VioIets, and Foliage Plants Without
Number Nused by Expert Florists in
TweRty-three Greenhouses. * *

hyacinths, tulips narcissus and crocus.
The last named appear first in the early
spring, even when the ground is covered
with a slight fall of snow. Next come
the tulips, which hold their striking
color for a long time They are follow
ed by the narcissus and hyacinths-
Thirty thousand pansies are now
growing in the public reservations.
Those in the White House grounds are of
exceptional size and beauty. Pansies OF
all varieties bloom until July, but these
will be removed in June to permit ,--e
planting of tbs tropical and decorative
plants, upon which the beauty of the
reservations depends throughout the
summer.
Production of New Varieties
The most interesting part of the work
both to the expert horticuIturist and
the outsider. to whom some of it's more
general features are explained, is the
production OF new varieties of plants
from old ones. This is done by cross
fertilization" pruning. grating, and de-
veloping unusual features observed in
weak or abnormal plants The new va
riety produced by any of these methods
is known as "a sport" When any IN
usual feature is observed in a plant.
:.such as streak of white in leaf
which would ordinarily be entirely
green, the stalk bearing the leaf is at
,.once cut off and replanted. The white
part is manifestation of weakness or
an unhealthy condition in the plant
which causes lack of the green color
ing matter known to science as
''chlorophyll." By nurturing this dou-
ble-colored leaf and pruning away all
leaves which exhibit the usual tendency
to revert to the common type. a dis
tinct variety is finally produced. Such
varieties must always be formed by
planting cuts, as growth from seeds al
ways results in the original type.
Then there is the method of fasten-
| ing a lump of moistened earth half way
up the stalk of a plant and keeping il
there until roots spring from the stalk
at that point into the lump of earth.
The stalk is then cut off at that point
and two healthy plants are in existence
where one was before. In some cases
the earth is held around the stalk by
little flower pots which have been
broken in two, and then bound around
the lump of earth. Observation-Disclosures
is the name given to the method of pro-
ducing a new variety by taking the
pollen from a plant of one species and
applying 1t to the pistils of a plant OF
| another species. The plant grown from
seeds produced by this method is known
as a hybrid" Many strange and in
teresting facts are developed by all
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these experiments. and the scientific
care and observation of plants and flow
ers and their methods of reproduction
is most fascinating employment.
Thrive Bravely in Spite of Their Names
Most of the plants thrive braveIy un-
der names which convey no meaning to
the unscientific visitor. Just outside tha
greenhouses there are rows of young
oaks, NAPLES, white birches. beeches.
cottonwoods, elms. and bushes which
are labeled with such names as ''colutea
arborescens,' ''abies excelsa," or ..po-
docarpus." The tree which many would
recognize as the swamp oak. goes IN
der the appellation of -Quercus palus-
iris All these are ready and waiting
till they shall be needed to be set out
in the waste places of the city. The
dark green. closely clipped, ornamental
trees which adorn the facades of the
White House. and have been dubbed by
the general public -"Noah's Ark trees"
are in reality bay trees. It is from the
bay tree that bay rum is procured.
The rising generation cannot take toe
great an interest in the observation and
care of plants. It is a sure sign of an
active mind. and healthy interest: il
will more than repay the time spent by
pleasure both to yourself and others.
One cannot walk two squares along a
city street carrying a bunch Of butter
cups without being besieged for them by
newsboys. dirty-faeed, but, nevertheless,
loving the beautiful.
Ethel and Archie and Kermit Roosevelt.
set an example of love for nature study.
animals and plants which all the boys
and girls and .'grown-ups,' too. in the
land would do well to follow. In ona
of the greenhouses of the Propagation
Gardens each OF the Presidents children
has collection Of plants and flowers
which are watched and cared for by
them with the greatest interest. Ker-
mit's collection seems a little in the
lead at present, but Archie is eager to
spend some of his time out-of-doors af-
ter his Illness, in making an outdoor
garden on the White House Grounds.
and permission has just been granted
him TO use a certain space for that
purpose.
Flowers for Memorial Day.
Every year the propagating gardens
furnish several carloads of flowers for
the exercises at the National Soldiers
and Sailors Cemetery, at Arlington. The
flowers used to deck the graves OF the
nations heroes are mainly roses, which
by Concentration Day, the soth o,
this month are in full bloom ar ths
gardens.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
How and Where the Millions Of Costly Plants,
Bulbs, and Trees Seen in WashiRgton's
CiyParks Are Cultivated for Trdnsplanting.

to time in the public reservations which
have come to be a large feature Of
Washington's landscape beauty
The present charm of 1.-The new Wash
ington'' is the result only of years of
patient industry directed by Expert
knowledge. Landscape gardeners and
botanical experts have joined forces to
make the home of the nation "a thing
of beauty and joy forever" The work
was commenced soon after the civil war
was over and peace brooded again on
the streets that had echoed to sounds
OF war and had been choked with the
debris of buildings destroyed by the
march of armies.
The work was actively pressed during
Grants administration. Under the direc-
ton of General Babcock, who dealt with
the national reservations while Governor
Shepherd carried on his regime of NUM-
cipal improvements, a new city sprang
into being. Following General Babcock
the good work has been kept up under
the superintendent of Colonel Bingham,
who is succeeded by Colonel Symons,
who has just arrived from his late post
in Buffalo.
In Charge of Captain Brown.
But from first to last the personal
oversight of the propagating gardens in.
which the trees, shrubs, plants and flow
ers for this work have been grown, has
been delegated to Capt. George H. Brown
civil war veteran, who has been in
terested in and actively employed on
Government work of this sort since the
great struggle between the North and
South ended. At that time the propagat-
ing gardens were located at Third Street
and Missouri Avenue, where they re
manned until Grants first administration.
when they were moved to the present
location.
Every day hundreds of tired workers
as they go homeward, passing through
the parks. find that their troubles are
Iightened and that they forget the moil
and sweat and sordidness of daily work.
at the refreshing sight of cool green
lawns and !springing flowers. All this
they owe to the work carried on under
Captain Browns direction.
More Than Million Plants.
For the summer decoration of flowers
beds in the public reservations through
out the city more than one million
plants viii be provided this season by
the propagating gardens. Eight hundred
and fifty thousand plants under the gen
eral classification of foliage plants"
are being grown in the propagating
gardens to contribute TO this number.
Foliage plants" now largely take the
place Of Towering plants in the scheme
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
MY FALLEN IDOL.

To far-off lays my memory flies.
And fonGly treasures yet
The longing IGnk within his ewes
That day when first We met.
My figure was so slender then,
Ny skin so soft and white.
l filled the eyes OF many men
With covetous delight.
Wooed by his breath my color soon
Assumed warmer tone,
And to d deep rich amber tint
Had ultimately grown
But. broken by a dreadful fall,
feel a jealous grippe:
The briars in my path all scott
At this. old Meerschaum pipe.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
IN ANDALUSIA.
BY NINA CAROLINE SMITH.

Beneath the brilliant Spanish sky a
tower.
Lofty and lovely, rears its graceful
height
Near the fair palace where by royal
right
The noble ARGOS ruled in feudal power:
Here Ponce de Leon. of his race the
flower,
Set forth upon his quest in all mems
sight
To seek but never fnd-oh, happy
knight,
A more than kingIy, more than mortal
dover.
Above the vegas still the palace stands:
Vast olive orchards sweep about and
fields
OF waving grain, where poppies
bloom in flame;
Here pilgrims come from distant West
ern lands,
and of the vital JOY that beauty Yields
Quaf youth renewed in Ponce de
Icons name.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
COPYING OLD TAPESTRIES
IT seems strange that with all

seems strange that with all our
clever women who are constantly
looking for something new and worth
while TO occupy their time and atten-
ton, they do not follow in the path
OF one of their country-women in Rome.
The Princess Pogguo de Suasa has start
ed school in that city IN which wonder
full copies of old tapestries are being
made. The princess usually oversees the
work. selects the tapestries TO be copied
and generally superintends the filling OF
orders So far the undertaking has been
quite successful. Besides giving employ
ment TO dozens OF poor cmbroiderers il
is a pleasing occupation for anyone OF
an artistic mind.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

can be expected to see 1O5 birthdays.
and as to living to be 1O6 years old.
these tables place that contingency as
out of the range of practical caleuIa-
tions. Possibly one human being ont
OF 100000 who shall have seen the
light for the first time in 1893. will he
alive TO sign his or her name in 2009