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Evening star., 1903-08-18
POOR OLD MAN!
It is Not So Much Fun to See the Sui
tan Of Turkey.

From the New York Tribune
..And is that the Sultan of Turkey? Why.
the poor old man." exclaimed an English
woman in the throng watching the display
attending the Mohammedan feast of Bal
ram at the Turkish capital, several months
ago.
Yes. madam said an Englishman of
several years residence in Turkey. that is
the sultan" and he pointed over the heads
of soldiers several rows Deep lining the
thoroughfare on either side. to a queer, old
fashioned turnout in which sat a little. old
man. bent nearly double and clad all in
black.
That is he just raising his hand" said
the informant. and as cheer that savored
OF much practice went up from the lines or
soldiers the little old man raised a clawlike
hand level with his hooked nose.
Why. how old man Is he?' asked the
woman.
Sixty? Why. look at his hair and mus
tache-iet black!' was her exclamation
when the monarchs age was given.
That's dye. madam. just plain dye. said
the Englishman. 1T would never do for
the Raven chats what they call him here)
TO grow old. you know.
Let me tell you little about him." the
volunteer guide continued. This is an un-
usual occasion. The sultan rarely leaves
his palace just once a year he ventures
out under heavy guard to pay his holy
duties at Stamboul and once each week
every Friday-the ceremony of the Selemlik
Is observed Then he goes from the palace
down the hill to his private mosque. These
are the only times at which he leaves the
palace.
know he seer,.s a powerful monarch
and he is-but l wouldn't take the Job at
any-price- Trouble. trouble. every moment
OF his life Trouble with foreign countries.
trouble at home. trouble with his officials
trouble with his harem. assa assins and spies
about him day and night. Would you be
the sultan?"
The woman. as She turned away ex
claimed: The poor old man.
Evening star., 1903-08-18
DIVORCE EVIL IN FRANCE.
Repeal of Law Prohibiting Alliances
Of the Guilty.
From the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle
The official report Of the closing days of
the recent session of the French chamber
shows that an important article Of the civil
code was repealed almost at the last mo-
ment and without attracting much atten-
ton beyond legal circles. The repeal con-
cerned that law first Incorporated In the
divorce decree of 1885, which forbade the
marriage Of the guilty parties in a divorce
granted on statutory grounds. When M.
Alfred Naquet introduced his divorce bill
in 1876 the article in question was retained
because 1t was thought that. without it. an
Irresistible motive might be furnished for
divorce in many cases 1t has been dis
carded because experience has shown that
while the motive is practically non-exist-
ent. injustice has actually been inflicted
II not on parents at least on children-by
the continuance of the article.
In spite of the formidable fight that the
church IN France has made against divorce,
a few statistics will show how far the
night has been made in vain From July
n. 1854, till December 81, 1900. the courts
have received applications for 126,9O3 d.
vorces including 1892 cases for legal sep
seauenty applied 'h eh'eesstaa Of the aD
plications which wefe not preceded by a
separation 96.507 Hgfe granted, g. 76S re-
fused and 7.541 abandortd. OF the cases
preceded by separation if3, 100 were grant
portion of divorces grantee was II per 900
marriages in 1885 ana 1885. 20 per 1000 in
1887 and 1883. % pes1 900 in 1880 and 1880
and q per 1.0Oe fromf 1890 to 1900. The 10
departments in whfeA, divorces were most
frequent between 1898 and 1900 are the fol-
lowing: Seine. 73 1berfo1 coo marriages:
Rhone. 81: Eure. 49, Sofnme, a: Gironde,
43; rAisne. AZ; le Var Il: Seine -Inferieure,
40; seine-et-Oise, 40Iand Marine. 80. APP
plications made by the husband are less nu-
merous. AZ per 1O0;-appitca tions made by
the wife. 80 per 1OO Five divorces out OF
every 100 are asked fof@within one year
after marriage. sz-. q S.
But It should no. be supposed that the
alteration in the civfl Code above noted
puts an end to the interminable divorce
question In France. The socialists still
clamor for ''free marriage" while, on the
other hand, Deputy Able Lemire thinks he
has put his finger on the divorce trouble as
well as on the lessening birth rate by point
ing to the need of a series of measures to
facilitate marriage. In the meantime. II
cannot be denied that the partisans in the
chamber who support the frere Marguerite
scheme favOrfng divorce on mutual consent
are growing In numbers. although this
measure fs frank concession to the social
istic idea.
Evening star., 1903-08-18
Mohammedans and Pork
From the Chicago News.

from the chicago News
recent traveller in Somaliland gives the
following curious incident showing the Mo-
hammedan hatred for pigs: I'VE shot two
wart hogs. one a particularly big boar
Alan wished to keep the tusks but, of
course. none of the Somalis would touch the
unclean animal AT last a bribe of rupees
Induced the Midgan woman to chop the
tusks out with hatchet. Even then she
would not touch them. and with the help Of
two sticks. which she used like a pair of
tongs. put them on camel Then there
was long dispute about the hatchet No
one would touch It: II had been deflled OF
course this was pure affectation and playing
TO the gallery on the ayah's part. At home
With her native tribe she would have gorRed
nu the pig she could get But 1t fattered
tn Somalis. and we marched of the ayah
noidins the hatchet at arms length az II II
were going to bite her."
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panied by heavy1suarN the entire -popu-

panied by heavyakuarN the entire popu-
lace yelling and jeHinet
The old general, Gvho, by the way. is an
ideal looking revolptiopist calmly went
along with his capSbrs. hot the least sign
of fear betrayedndpoH his countenance.
being very cool landselfqossessed.
After doing all IN ourS power to relieve
the wounded. we weighed anchor. and as
we were passing ttn Venezuelan feet we
hoisted their colorStto our fore and gave
them a national salnteyt which was an
swered by the "Balivar'' We proceeded
down the stream fand Isanchored off st.
Felix. where we saw that the three steam
ers were coaled and provssioned and ready
to proceed. Upon hearing of the victory
of the governmentotroons, there arose g.
half f-hearted, listless cheer, not very de-
monstrative or enthusiastic. just a sort of
II am glad it Is all fever cheer"
We weighed anchor the next morning
and proceeded upon ouI way to Port Of
Spain, Trinidad. and away from scenes
which not one of us can ever forget.
Evening star., 1903-08-18
Fields Of Gold.
From the philadelphfn P,.hlfc Toltoar

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
The long spell of fine weather which Eng
land has recently been enjoying means
money In the pockets of the farmer who
mas large amount of hay to gather. The
continuous sunshine has brought the crop
TO high state of perfection, and thou
sands or farm hands are working hard to
get In the luxuriant crops This year the
yield of hay may reach two tons per acre
Last year the yield throughout Great
Britain exceeded the enormous total of
lOOOO.OO0. and this year promises. SO far.
70 give even finer results Reckoning that
~ per cent of the crop Is consumed on the
farm, and taking hay at SO per ton, the
commercial value Of the proportion sold
works out at the colossal figure of $S0.-
0O0,C00
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Satisfied With Britain.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

The legislative council at Nicosia, in
Cyprus. recently passed a resolution to the
effect that II England should evacuate the
island, the latter would be placed under
Turkish control. When the news of tho
resolution reached Limassol a great demon
stration was held condemnins the votes
and cheering for union with Greece
A deputation followed by a multitude
singing the Greek national anthem and
waving Greek flags Immediately awaited
upon the British commissioner. while the
bells OF the Greek churches were set ring
ing. The commissioner informed the peo-
pie that. so far "a he knew. Great Britain
had no intention Of surrenderfng her do
minion over the island.
Evening star., 1903-08-18

Mrs. Muldooly-''Th' throuble wild my
husband is that he niver sticks to any wan
thing mOre'n a week"
Mt. AcGroggin-"Yez do him injoostlee.
Mrs. Muidooly. Oh niver saw a flrrner man
than your husband phwin IL comes to Q
0thrtke."-New York Weekly.
Evening star., 1903-08-18

"Ruggles. we've agreed to leave Il to you
say no diver without apparatus ever re-
NAMED under water longer than four min
utes and Thumhskull says II isn't so''
We'll. you lose. Many a diver has gone
down under wGter. met shark. and not
come up at ail."-Chicaso Tribune.
Evening star., 1903-08-18

The council OF the city Of Roanoke, Va,
has, after hard fight. passed an ordinance
keeping cows out Of the streets of the city.
which boasts a population OF over 10000
people.
Evening star., 1903-08-18
Eczema, No Cure. No Paw.

YoGf dfuSgfst VIII ref,nd you, uopa, N PAzn
SsHLM ENT fe!s 70 cure Ringwusm, letter Old
S0D and Sofas. Pfmples and Blackhcads on the
Evening star., 1903-08-18
August Rug Sale.

W@ VERY year these sales grow better-opportun-
HLc> ties pentiful-vareteS arger-for de-
~ mands increase increase the stocks in the
sale-buy more buy lower, sell lower
give you finer Rugs at the old prices
Every line OF Rugs brand new-patterns fresh and
attractive-color and combinations perfect harmony.
There's scheme of floor covering within the prov
ince OF rugs carry that is beyond this
Evening star., 1903-08-18

whatever to clean or disinfect the city; 1t
was nothing but loathsome. morbid curl
Gus and thievfng crowd, the female element
being far the worse. In more than one
case did our boys stop them from looting
the dead. The clothing of the dead picked
up were left lying about the streets In the
pools of blood no effort being made to COL
lect it up to the time Of our departure
The soldiers Of Venezuela are an awful
looking lot. No uniform of any description,
they wearing whatever they could get,
some having hardly any, the only thing
with any uniformity being a yellow band on
their hat, the distinguishing mark from the
revolutionists theirs being white, not one
Of which was to be seen after we arrived
In the city.
They had little food. no footwear. except
those nature gave them. sickly. full of dis
ease, no dicipline or order Of any sort Just
simply an armed mob. led on and melted
1t Is doubtful If fifty per cent of the num-
Der engaged could tell you what they were
fighting for. They were provided with old
fashioned Mausers using the 45 calibre
lead bullets these tearing of large pieces
Of bark from trees. and knocking of largo
pieces of plaster from the houses. and
making frightful wounds. tearing the flesh
very unlike the modern steel-capped bullet
At places where the fighting was tho
heaviest one could gather bushels Of empty
shells. they evidently not being particular
with their aim just pumping lead as fast
as they could load their pieces. In some
cases we found some armed with modern
Mausers and steel-capped bullets but they
were few and far between. They also had
several improved aeid pieces of the very
gun-where they got 1t Is q mystery-was
also among their armament.
During the day we learned that General
Rolando had been captured, hiding in the
residence of the German CONSUL He and
his compatriots. with hands tied behind
their backs. were marched to jail. accom-
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But the most delicate Of all is nuns
pudding" This Is made from cocoanut
macaroons. Dip each one in sherry and
line a pudding dish. A glass fruit dish is
the most attractive for this. Cover the
macaroons with a boiled custard favored
with extract Of Glove; on top put meringue
made as described and strew with hand
full OF desiccated cocoanut. OF course this
pudding need not be Drowned. and It can
also be made with almond macaroons in
which case omit the desfccated cocoanut
on top and favor with almond or vanilla
instead Of Glove. Extract of Glove when
used sparingiy, gives the favor Of carna-
tions and Is delicious for boiled custartfs
What 1 have said about the baking of
custard pies holds good with buildings also.
To overlook Is to ruin them. They must
be soft and delicate, and to obtain this re-
suit they should be watched carefully, To
bake custard right set >the dish In the
oven in a pan Of water. It will not then
be so apt to get hard and whey as II the
dish were set on the floor OF the oven.
CAROLINE PELDEN.
Evening star., 1903-08-18

The hardest fighting was on the south
side of the city. this turning out to be the
bloodiest part Of the whole engagement. the
revolutionists commanding the key to the
situation. having q small fort on the left:
which we learned was betrayed by its COM
mander. and therefore losing their best
point Of defense: the barracks. trenches dug
along between these on the right, the cem-
etery.
After losing the fort tho fight was practi-
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$1,000 5 a; $''$ ] e. 5 S:;s: ems
ported fabrics strictly hand tailored like Merchant
IaorS cut them,
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ghostly sound, which at times resembled
the buzzing OF a bee in a bottle; at
others the baying OF hounds In the dis
lance. Tie news of the girls strange
affection spread through the ncighborhood
and people gathered at the girls home TO
satisfy their curiosity There We're many
conject,lres concerning the cause Of the
phenomenon. Some suggested that 1t was
due to deformity in the breathing APP
pnratus. Others that there was some IN
sect or animal in the walls OF the house.
This latter theory was soon exploded,
however, as the sounds occurred Just the
same when shewas away from home: Her
relatives finally concluded that she was
bew:tched, and. In desperation, she sought
aid from a local wise man ana faith
doctor, Samuel Harmols, who told her
she was bewitched. ltc told her to cut q
lock of hair from her head and throw It
in the stove, at the same time repeating
some mystic words. She did so, and as
she was in the act, she saw clearly OUT
lined in the window the head and shout
ders of Il man, and shc has never hcaru
the sounds since.
Two or three miles southwest of the
schoolhouse there is a narrow, dark lane
through which 1t IS said no one may pass
without cncountering a strange, dark OBJ
icct resembling n dog Or hog. Some or
the most responsible people there VIII tell
you, on their honor that they have seen
It again and again, and that it is no
living being, for they say they have shot
Mt it and struck at 1t and there was no
resistance to club or bullet. II never mo-
Tests anyone and keeps to its own side
OF the road.
Two lonely cedars at the mouth OF a
lane guard spot said to be haunted BY
the headless body Of man. BGlatcd
travellers have seen it time after time
living by the roadside. Farther down the
lane a prominent farmer told me lie saw
the phantom Of an old gray-bearded man
cross the road behind him and vanish
The lane leads back into field where,
twenty years ago stood the cabin Of Hale
Jernigan completely surrounded by vines
and bushes.
A few miles north there is cave, the
mouth OF which bears curious inscrip-
lions, and there is a belief that 1t holds
hidden treasure Tradition has 1t that
many years ago Il family was brought
captive up the Mississippi river from the
state of Miss,ssippi and hidden in this
cave by q band Of robbers, who held
them for ransom
One or two Of the family died, but the
older daughter csca ped and made her way
down to Alexander county to point near
Cairo, where she had friends. Telling her
story. she stated that after going up the
Mississippi for miles and miles they
passed a town the description of which
fits Grand Il over, and entered the mouth
Of a creek--doubtless Big Muddy river.
They were blindfolded and taken through
the woods and placed in the cave, where
the robbers guarded them while they daily
counted their ill-gotten gains which. ac-
cording to the story. they finally hid IN
Il cavity in the floor which closed with
IL square block Of stone lifted with an
iron ring.
1t is said that the robbers finally killed
: tho remaining prisoners and escaped
without being apprehcndcd -
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.SPO0KS THAT GALL
FROM MACEDONIA
Stories Of Ghosts and Witches
From ali Illinois Com
rlunity.
An Alto Pass dll,) special says:

~
III the country settlement called Mace
tpnia, seven miles west of here, ghosts
sSe almost as plentiful as are Republican
candidates Tor Governor Fore more than
twenty years that community has been
che abode Of witches and a playground for
g a, rs..natural beings. At least so say
nan Of the nest prominent residents
there, and the biggest earthquake that
ever he ppeaed couldn't shake their faith
Il TIE STOKES they tell.
The country around Macedonia is Wild
looking and iuEScQ. The forest Is dense,
tass. Ellis high and steep the rocks large
s;5d small .nd numerous. Residences are
fev and far between. The people are
,,s,-sst. hsrys.working farmers, knowing
ls1tIs z-,5lt tire World at large, ans carnS
lass II e,5;1i pei!ed 10 live in town they
=Tos1T. rrs-slars die ci ennui and go back
- s1Eas- otd camping ground and furnish
rs7E2 ira .a-1z! Cor ghost stories. Many
AZ rses t,..far residents here remember an
e,sa 7gr3zraa zFhp lived In the Macedonia
eseEts-es:.: Ezzes1tys yaars ago. Her name
=zas EsaEa jz-rtlgar. and she was known
rs re s2ga. glitch because of her seem
IEisg tt3.al r3weTs- 1t is said that
see ,.l5lEf sft%Eya opEsssuTs out of her
s--1r. ard THAT she had The power of APP
rearing mi disappearing at will. which
Eyl.4.2s. :: urc5ri portable for any one who
dared to spea.s iii Of her. for 10, she would
s;ars3 1t his side.
Joh2 Collins. al present city marshal
here. says he remembers that when ne
was small boy the sight of any one APP
prcacg3irg that In the least resembled Hale
Iernigan would frighten him as much as
tic sight Of the devil himself would now.
Air. Collins SAYS that parents within rad
i,.s OF twenty-five miles would friShten
their children into obedience when they
were unruly by threatening them with
old Hale .Ieruigan.
Hale JernigAn was also n faith doctor,
and this gift she transmitted to her
grandson. who is proud Of his gift. Once.
when called to the bedside of Il woman
very III Of erysipclas, he struck fire from
his flint, and L charm over her, and then
told the family that If he had done her
any good her breast next day would have
THO appearance of having been badly
burned, ana &c. treat it as they would u
hurn. Next day her breast and arms
were in blistcrs. Linsced oil was appl ed.
and she recovered.
Some time ago a young woman named
Mamie Rice, who lives IN an adjoining
settlement, had a strange experience.
Every night at a certain hour she would
hear an mccarthy sound. Others of the
family heri4l' it, hut it seemed to follow
her rvhnteN-r she went Tho frightened
slrl tried In vain to rid herself of tho
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cn,t vearling, 3by Eoh, dam Cara Behe,
,,ars;r,en by5yR. j.. Hancock X son, OF
=,,harlottcsville,l Va. brought Sazo' q p -;
cclt ycarlng, consigned by Messrs.
II Hancock and j. S, Stark, Drousli'
$3.50: after which ten yeariinss iro'l, tne
ANITA stud inf A. .. Payne, OF Cilar,
ln tIt sold for s1,250 They were al
sired bv IMP. Water Level. out OF mares IRE,
owned in the Annita Stud. a brown my
IN, Of yigilette, dam of Artillery ana
Crawling. fell TO r. u. Moss bid OF ;Saoo
while nrices received for the remainder
ranged from 5000 down to $50 each
NC corlcy,4 manager Of the Cable
piano Company, of this city. owns a
clever. we'll bred aud speedy roadster IN
the black marc toaled 1885,. by simmons
o.es dam Ida B. b. By Egotist, 2.22
second dam by Birdie Belle. by Red
Wilkes. third dam Maud. by Maud. BY
!. George Miller. sollGof Mlller's Sir FIcnry,
ana fourth dam Upton. by George NJ.
patchen. Jr.. 81 She has recently been
registered as Annie Laurie Simmons. rms
mare was bred By ". ". Patterson LeA-
ington. Ky. she is credited with trial
of 2:2l ~. half in Ill, but drrins mo
coming season Mr.. Corley VIII have
her handled for speed again, ana iioie"
to sec her 20 faster
mo \ynrcnton Vitginian says: The
Wurrenton Hunt Club has had lots or
sport this year, never missing us Tues
davis and Fridays hunts. Mr. Bcnnor
has made an excellent master ana there
have always been out good fields to tol-
low him. A good deal has been sad about
the hard ground by those who forget that
following tho hounds over frozen ground
Is The rulo in many places and not the
] 4 spr, at
up The Warrcnton Hunt and the mems
bers have the pleasure Of writing ana
reading about their exploits IN these
papers.
ono az tho fastest ,rotters to DO seen
on tie new speedway at Philadelphia Is
The brown geldlng Is, i, g., a:l7 Id py
Norwood, dam by Mambrino Blit%nn, tor-
merly owned byaM RI. White iiertfnfd.
y, c., but now the properly on VIZ y. ,osni
friend of the light harness horse, Colohel
N roudoun Snowden. Colonel Snow
,en figures as one of the principal pro-
noters of tho Quaker City's grand drive
mnv and has owned number 81 wen
known trotters, among them Fancy, $50,
rand dam Of the famous PAGER John rs.
Gentry, 200 ~.
A, ne recent l'asig-ripton t1ompany's
sale Nav York, William A. Walker, OF
tfhis city. purchased u good prospect N
he bay eeldlng Clarifier, foaled ly2 by
sable Wilkes ais dam Clara d., IA ~,
IN belmont This youngster Is well form
cd handsome and has the action Or y
y,rotter. Ills second dam was Eden itellc'
daughter OF Cnyler and Ethel dolddust,
by Go!ddust, $50. and bnck Of that comes
he lhoroushhred blood Or imp. sey-
THAN and Boston,
Il . a 4
Recent additions TO the. Monlezepm'.
FIRM stable of trottcl's, in charge .toi
Tralner NJ r.. Hanson, Include me nay
se'ily Intelligent. foaled 1905, by WisepuFH,
dam Clara r., 2;14 IA, and Hand Maiden,
bay filIy, foaled 1901, by Handspring, dam
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~ ~ Esn I'm SIS 90 Suit
,G %aa, s% s a an cd @ 81 41 s;5:, s sS.
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ea m eaEs VIII buy this week the best Sl5 90 SHIT
"a Nv REnh Oyccon III the newest styles OF coors and
~ 4 ~ WAw shapes
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A sale or UTMOST IMPORTANCE III HOLIpAY GOODS.

Suits and OyercoatS that have been selling all
the season ut ST. 30 are going on sale tomorrow
at only. ,,, ,,,.
Nothing like it anywhere
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EMV KILN VIII buy this week. the best $1,000 Suit nm
IN B rWHHH Otcrcoat that can be gotten. 5ast
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the former famous race mare Martha
Wilkes 2:0s. BY Alcyone, l'oth aye en-
tered in the Hartford Futurily Stakes,
10th Intelligent and Hand Maiden were
Murebred at Mariposa farm. Pawtuckst.
II, T.. and passed through, the Fas's-
Tipton company's sale .4t
s, p. Clay is wintprlnsI atll Is private
stable IN Churrl lIl 1.ous fllrceil, -;iu
"A. the speedy bay geidng ,bNssN ~
Purcell: Conqlielcr, a:lS ~, PACING bay
gelling, by NnrvaMine; The SpaniaIa,
s.lO IA. pacing. hrownsgcldins, by Castle
ton. and Drectress Glen. the black illy'
foaIed 1901, ny lhe Director, General Dam
l,rookglen, by Genbrook' DireclreFs. Glen
is large for her age, while ln#appea
ance She is Tptterned after her maternal
grandsire, Glenbrook, one-sol me ilhest
show horses In Kentucky,
Nj B. HicKson, well kDown,,ln social
and business circles Of Lynchbuis, Va.
owns Il promising Soungster In the Ken
lucky bred rolt, Genteeh foaled 1901, 4bN
Gambettu Wilkes, damby Mambr1no star
tie In The hands Of Mr. Hlckson, VINO
IS an amateur, tienteel has trotted = mile
Ia 2;41 ga to cart over q half mile track.
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Our R1arias1l pPrmon nea for r sho2pa
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Recent additions To The Monlezeuma
r.irm stable of trottcl's, IN charge ..tof
Tralner NJ. r.. Hanson, Include inc hay
se,lly Intelligent, foaled 1905, by MlsepurH,
dam clara u, 2;14 III, and Hand Maiden,
bay filIy, foaled 1901, by Handspring, dam