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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
SHOPPING IN HAVANA.
Where Clerks Have Time to Be Very
Attentive.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
A Brooklyn woman who has been winter
ing in Cuba. in speaking of that occupation
dear to the feminine heart, shopping. de-
clares that she never really enjoyed 1t until
she went to Havana.
Shopping has always been my bette noir,
she said to a friend the other day. THE
hurry and hustle of a big city shop COM
pletely exhausts me and l always feel hui
initiating sense of my insignitcance as one
among a crowd of hundreds of determined
women who are elbowing and pushing me
another thing. Imagine yourself in huge
bazaar. the sky overhead. except in the heat
of the day, when awnings are frequently
stretched across from one store to the store
opposite, the narrow streets with their gay
little shops stretching in every direction.
The shops themselves are for the most part
one-story affairs. the size of an average
room. and lighted only by a door and win
dow reaching to the top. These are always
open during the daytime and early evening"
at night heavy doors and iron shutters bar
them. The clerks have plenty of time to
be attentive. for there Is never rush OF
customers; in fact more often than not
shopper has the place all to herself. Moth
ing is very cheap. to be sure. In fact. l
paid 20 cents one day for pair OF shoe
laces. but then had the pOliteSt of clerks,
no distracting crowd of surrounding shop
pers and was in the quaintest little shop
bearing the romantic name of La Fe-the
fairy.
Nearly all the shops and cafes bear poeti-
cal names in large lettering over their
fronts Just think how delightful instead OF
going to Smith Jones and Brown for your
shoes to buy them at Las Nimfas-the
nymphs. Then you go to La reina de las
foros or La gran sonora for dry goods, to
Ell angel or La perla to buy your flour and
nr la
Luna (the moon) you may find bacon and
similar products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
MATTER OF sNEEz1NG,
In Nearly Every Language "God Bless
~ You" is In Vogue.

From the New York Press.
It is very curious thing that all over
the world there exists the same super
stition in regard to the apparently trivial
matter of sneezing. In nearly every lam
guage under the sun there is some equiva-
lent of the God bless your with which
our Oldest inhabitants in the country still
salute the person who sneezes. To this
salutation in France is added sometimes
the phrase, land preserve you from the
fate of Tycho Brahe." who is believed to
have got rid of death of cold' by a
single sneeze-which killed him. In Eng
land regular formula is used Once for a
wish, twice for kiss three times for a
letter and four times for a disappoint-
ment'
In Italy the salutation is simply "Fe-
licita" or May you be fortunate. In
India it. Is customary when one sneezes
to say. May you iive!" and the reply
runs, Long life to you." Should Hindu
chance to sneeze while he is going through
his peculiar ablution practices in the
Ganges he will make a kind of sign over
his face. stop in his ritual and begin all
over again.
In ancient times the Romans holding
the idea that sneezing between noon and
midnight was a good omen. believed that
between midnight and noon 1t was most
unlucky, and If they should chance to
they would at once get into bed again.
There must be something in this espe-
cially on very cold mornings, but boys
home for their holidays are not, as a
rule. superstitious. and it might be diff
cult for them to impress their parents
with saving belief in this happy super
stition.
The Germans say Good healthr' be-
cause they maintain. and not without
reason. that sneexing is warning of ap-
preaching catarrh, and also marks the
moment when charm, wish or a sug-
gestion May drive 1t away. The Persians
go further IN this idea; they say what
practically amounts to .aThank Godp' be-
cause they consider that the sneeze has
actually driven away some evil spirit that
has attempted to get into mans body
to feed upon his sacred fires.
The people of the Amazulu go even
further than this into superstition and
arrive at the stage of actual devil worship.
No doubt they would style It. eangel wor-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
The Kangaroo Kicks.
rom the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
The porters and cabmen at Euston were
wiser than they knew when they rapidly
retreated on observing that the escap ping
kangaroo was assuming a belligerent atti-
tude. When a big odd man" kangaroo
stiffens his tail and converts it into sort
of revolving pivot bearing the whole weight
OF his body. leaving his tremendously pow
erful legs free for attack and defense
everybody does not want to be ripped up
or thrown in heap for a considerable dis
lance will give the marsupial wide BERTH
Only those who have seen the full-grown
Kangaroo in his native Australian bush
with his back TO a tree scattering dogs
bleeding and torn. right and left, can form
any adequate idea of the prodigious
strength the animal is capable of exerting
when he finds himself in a tight corner
kangaroos are now getting scarce in the
southern parts of Australia. but they are
still pretty numerous in the thinly- peopled
north.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
INDIANA,s GOLD FIELDS.
They Are Being Invaded by California
Prosecutors.

'tThe Indiana gold fields have not at
tracted the attention they will attract
when they become better known, although
California prospectors are now invading
the fields" said G. II. Robinson of Fayette-
vile to Star man at the New Willard this
morning. THE mining is now being done
under the hydraulic system. and the lack
of water appears to be the only reason why
1t is not an Immediate success. When the
development of the gold field is begun on
a large scale this question of water will be
overcome as easily as other obstacles. The
White and other rivers, though from ten to
thirty miles from the proposed working.
will easily supply the water by the means
of fumes. The conditions for mining gold
In Indiana are otherwise good BY actual
test soil in Morgan county has been found
to run about 40 cents yard. The hills are
not high. and there is no very hard sub
stance In the Gold-bearing banks. When
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
ELECTRIC STOVE.
New Continuance to Cook Food Per.
fectly.


From the New York Times
: No longer is there occasion for any wo-
man to dread the hour of dinner, and, per-
chance, her husbands displeasure, because
the cook, according to her humor may
send In the7potatoes half raw and the steak
burned to the cinder. Nor need any man
look at his watch with the air of a martyr
and remark with a weary sigh that Break
fast is Ave minutes and half late, as
usual" The electrical cooking range VIII
now obviate all these trying domestic or
DEALS
This twentieth century invention is in ap-
pearance very much like tho ordinary, me-
dium-sized kitchen range. I: Is box-shaped,
with plain smooth, metal top-slab, on
which boiling. frying, stewing &C., may be
done. Under this is the baking compart-
ment or oven below which again Is a COM
partment for keeping the food warm. On the
right side. and adjoining the Oven Is a
third compartment, about six or eight
inches wide, running the full depth of the
stove. which is used for broiling purposes.
Against the wall, to the back of the stove,
is the switchboard, which connects a 10
or a 21O current with all or any particular
one of the compartments and top-siab Of
the apparatus. OF course, no fire is visible,
but as soon switch Is turned on mod
crate or strong continuous, even heat Is
produced, which. with just a little care,
reduces to a minimum the chance of burn
ing and thus wasting food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
Perpetual Motion.
From Success

It is the corner stone of modern physics
that perpetual motion, in the in
which 1t was sought by the old philoso
piers. cannot exist. An unfailing original
source Of energy is contradiction in
terms. since energy can only be trans
ferred. not created. This being true, ply
sicists have lately been put at their Wits
ends to explain the newly discovered phe-
nOmena of 'radio-activity, in which GER
tain rare metals continuously give on
rays much resembling the Rontgen radia-
ton In their properties. The energy Of this
radiation Is sufficient, estimated in heat
units, to melt in years time a layer of
Ice one-sfxtfeth of an inch thick above tho
radiating area. This is not much. but,
such as 1t u.s. 1t has been given of for mil
lions of years without apparent change in
the emitting substance. 1t can hardly be
said that this phenomena has yet been
satisfactorily accounted for. Some authori-
ties belieye that the energy of the radia-
ton does not really come from the ra-
dating substance. but is derived by 1t
from outside in some way. Others think
that there is an alteration In the active
substance. so slight that it cannot b de-
tected. and that in time the radlat1oa win
cease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
RAPID TRANSIT IN NEW YORK
Looking Forward to Use of the Under
ground Line.

The construction of the underground
rapid transit line in New York has about
reached stage where the people are be-
ginning to count in weeks as to when it
will be thrcwn open for use by the pub
lic," said A. X. Lamb of New York to a
Star at the Arlington this morning.
1T will certainly be a welcome addition to
the methods for getting about in the big
city. The street car system of New York
is totally inadequate. In fact, 1t should
hot be expected that the surface cars should
be able to carry the thousands Of people
who travel the principal thoroughfares
every day in the year 1t looks as if the
underground system is the only method by
which the stringency can be relieved"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21

(Notes from Brooklyn Eagle.)
(a) The sacrifice involved by this consti-
tutes the Rice Gambit.
(b) Up to this the play may now be considered
book all else having been discarded in favor
Of this line The queen is deployed here to pre-
vent White casting R.
(c) 1t is moot point whether this square or
Il is proper post for queen.
I'D This is key move to Napier variation.
(e) Blacks queens bishop, threatening mainstay
to Whites defense viz, the knight must be rem
dered harmless. II Pos, for White has been
found wanting
10 The outlet for the king via the king fie being
closed in 1t is important to gain time by means
Of sacrifice
, (g) draw by perpetual check is forced. Black
could not play RxP, mate in three would have
followed.
Following are some of the late scores
from the Monte Carlo tourney in which
the American players took part:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21

The members of the club had the pleas
ure last week of welcoming back Capt
Jas. Hill. who has been at Evansville, Ind,
for the past year on pension bureau bust
ness.
The Franklin Club of Philadelphia and
the Manhattan play a match on Decora-
ton day.
The three openings. Ruy Lopez Queens
Gambit and Sicilfan, monopolized at Monte
Carlo more than half the games. AS the
following table shows the French defense
was Blacks weakest reply and the Sici-
liam bv long odds his host.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
The Superior Blondes.

From the London Iadys Pictorial
Red or fair-haired and lght-eyed persons
are quicker-tempered, but far less suIlen.
than brunettes. They are also more popu
lar. more intelligent. though only slightly
so, ana generally more straightforward
than their darker brethren. On the whole
the blondes show in the best light and the
amateur character reader will be fairly sa fe
in ascribng to the fair larger proportion
OF virtues and good qualities than to the
dark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21

ship" but the things to which these So
called angels are supposed to lend them
selves put that high-sounding name quite
out OF the question. Their uncivilized IA
m,iar spirits are said to give some sign
when they are near and able to hear their
YOtarieS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21

the supply of water for washing is obtained
the problem will be solved, for the Indian
gold has not appeared in nuggets yet 1t
Is of very fine quality, some of it as fine
as flour.
"Prospectors go after this gold by plac-
ing series of sluice boxes in the streams
and making fast current, through which
they wash the earth they have dug up.
This Is of course slow, and does not pay to
any great extent. The fields will take
boom when the proper mining arrange
ments are made"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
IN CHESS CIRCLES

The team match of the local chess club
April IL was on eight boards. Mr. Guthrie
and Dr.. Wilson were the captains. and as
the doctor was wanting in experience IN
choosing he got the worst end of the argu-
ment in the total score. He also lost his
individual game, but this was no discredit,
as he was playing one of the strongest
players of the club.
The lineup and results show in the
table:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
The Rice Gambit,

About $50 players have entered the Rice
gambit by correspondence, and it is ex-
pected to make the number somewhat
greater by the time that play starts. Prof.
Rice. the inventor of the gambit, with the
determination to find out what IS in It,.
offers $3.50 to be divided into several prizes.
The following game was played last Sun
of the late proposals as to lines of play.
Lasker, Rice, Hymes and Rocthing con-
Quoted one side and J. F. Barry, Finn
Sternberg. Hanham and Koehler played
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
Stones Of Newgate.
m the London Taller.

From the London Taller.
People who see Newgate vanishing won
der what becomes of all the old bricks and
stones Already tons of them have been
built into villas In the suburbs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
Schoolboy Cigarettes.
nm the London Medical Press.

Youth is the initiative age, and a boy win
smoke as naturally as. duck takes to
water How can smoking magistrate or
smoking schoolmaster dare to punish a
schoolboy because the latter has turned
likewise to tobacco for solace and deep en-
joyment? We trust the day will be long
distant when the strong hand of the law
win be set in action against the schoolboy
cigarettes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
STOP THAT
HEAD COL I'D
i'm 10 minutes.
in 10 minutes.

Or IL Will develop INTO chronic Catarrh Dr A.
news Catarrhal Powder stops cold in the head in
10 minutes, ana relieves most acute and deem
seated Catafrh after one application. Cures quick
" and permanently II have used DR. Agnew =
Catarrhal Powder with best results. 1t is great
remedy and never cease recommending ~ eiohn
E. Dell. Paulding. o. 'on "
DIR. Agnew's Heart Cure is the best remedy nj, III.
age for nerves. heart and stomach
SOLD by y. $. WILLIAMS. 9th and + SITS and
MODERN DRUG Co. IA 7th st. a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21

Peter Winchester Rouss son of the late
Charles Broadway Rouss, has purchase
for $4,000 a plat OF ground 100 by 125 feet
at Prospect Park West and Garfield place
Brooklyn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
Queens Pawn.

The following is the game contested the
night of April II between the captains of
the respective sides in the team match:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21

If you want work read the want columns
of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
THE HEEL OF THE TURK
UNSPEAKABLE OPPRESSION IN
MACEDONIA.
Analysis Of the Causes Which Have
Led Up to the Present
Situation.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
1t was Nilghai the war correspondent. in
THE Light That Failed who kept his field
kit ready packed at the Office, and always
opened the conversation by remarking.
'There'll be trouble in the Balkans in the
sprirr." Torfenhow always replied that
those little states are all the time screech-
ing" Now it Is spring. there is trouble in
the Balkans. and at least one American
war correspondent has sailed for Turkey.
Turkey has rushed three army corps into
the rebellious province of Macedonia, and
1900 Macedonian refugees have fed to the
shelter of neutral neighboring nations. In
the light of these circumstances the annual
cry of Wolf has at last the ring of gen
uineness.
Territorially. Macedonia is practically all
that remains of Turkey in Europe, the last
stand Of the retreating Moslem, whose
next backward step must be across the
BosphOrus into Asia. But this does not
imply that the Macedonians are Turks.
Turkey in Europe" means. like England
in India ruling class forming an insig-
nificant fraction of the population. Ethno-
logically. Macedonia spells chaos There is
Macedonia. there are no Macedonians
This peninsula, midway between Europe
and Asia, has been the crossroads of the
nations. Every tribe that came out from
the cradle Of the Aryan race has passed
that way camped there day and night
and passed on. leaving a few stragglers to
take root and endure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21

Over this Aryan bed. out of the mystic
rious northeast, successive waves of Sla-
vonic migration have flowed down to the
Mediterranean and ebbed back again, each
leaving behind in the crevices it's colony of
exhausted camp followers The Macedo-
MAN people are the spill-box of nations.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-23

The Rock Island announces that
Mr.. Thomas Rookie has been appoint
ed assistant superintendent Of ma
chinery Of that road, with headquar.
tiers at Topeka. The Rock Island now
has " assistants to the superin.
tendent Of machinery. Mr.. J. ,. XII.
patrick, who has the entire line under
his supervision, and Mr.. Rookie, the
new assistant. will look after those
lines Of the Rock Island lying west
Of the Mississippi river. The change
Is effective at once.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-23
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

one size smaller after using Aliens
Foot.Ease, a powder to be shaken in
TO the shoes. 1t makes tight or new
shoes feel easy; gives instant relief
70 corns and bunions, It's the great.
est comfort discovery " the age.
Cures and prevents swollen feet,
blisters. callous and sore spots. "A /
lens Foot.Ease is a certain cure for
sweating, hot aching feet. AT all
druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial
package Free by mail. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy. N. Y.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-23

According to n railroad official,
the railroad conductors, brakemen
and trainmen on the various rail-.
roads in the middle west who are
clamoring for increases in wages any.
where from ~ to rs per cent, had
better get what they a out Of Il,
for the railroads contemplate q cut
in salaries next year-presidential
year. They expect a slump in bust.
ness, and II is said that the railroads
will either have to make a small cut
or diminish the number Of trains.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-23
Homestead Entry No. 7O43.)
Notice for Publication.
Department OF the Interior,

Land Once at Santa re. N. M,
Sept. Is. 1908.
Notice Is hereby given that the fol.
lowing-named settler has fled notice
Of his intention to make final proof In
support OF his claim. and that said
proof will be made before the register
or receiver at Santa Fee, N. M, on DC.
tober ~. 1903. viz:
FRANCISCO s. LEYBA,
for the e IL of Sc IA, NV IA OF Sc
IA and lots / and 3. Sec. 33, T. ~ N.
r. IS e.
He names the following witnesses
to provo his continuous residence upon
and cultivation Of said land. viz:
Crespin Leyba OF Galisteo, N. M;
Dario Chavez OF Galisteo, N. M: Ma.
tividad Leyba, Of Galisteo, N. M: Jus
to Leyba, OF Galisteo, N. M.
MANUEL r. OTERO,
9.112. Register.
as
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-23

1t is pretty generally understood
among trainmen on the Ell Paso &
Northeastern that Trainmaster Lewis
will resign the first Of next month to
take back the position Of passenger
conductor between Ell Paso and Santa
Rosa. When Mr.. Lewis took the po-
sition Of trainmaster it was with the
understanding that he would hold his
rights as passenger conductor and not
finding the work exactly congenial, it
is said, he will take back his old
run.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-23

The seventh annual report OF the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad com
pany has just been issued in Denver.
The gross earning Of the road for the
year were 81. 304, $50. an increase Of
$267,7 31 over the previous year. The
operating expenses were $10,629,S $50,
showing an increase Of $29S.307. The
net earnings were s6.674,709; de-
crease, $30,576.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-23

R~oundhouse Foreman Jones, who
was absent in Santa Fe for several
days, has returned and Assistant Fore
man Frank Hockett, who oficiated in
his absence Is laying on today to get
even.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-23
Dysentary Cured Without the Aid Of

Dysentary Cured Without the Aid Of
Doctor.
am Just up from . hard spell
Of the fiux" (dysentary), says MI. T.
"A. Primer, q well known merchant Of
Drummond, Tenn. X used one small
bottle Of Chamberlain's Cole. Cholera
and Darrhcea Remedy and was cured
without having q doctor. l consider It
the best cholera medicine In the
world" There is no need Of employ.
Ing . doctor when this remedy is used.
for no doctor can prescribe q better
medicine for bowel complaint in any
form either for children or adults. It
never fails and is pleasant to take.
For sale by all druggists.