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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30
1T WORKED WELL.
An Experiment to Show How Easily
People Are Led.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
Over in the corner of the club room they
were discussing that sheepish tendency Of
most of US to follow the leader"
'Now, it is astonishing" said the young
man with a bald spot
During one of those miserable foggy
nights three young men in evening dress
were slowly making their course down
Chestnut street 1t was easy to see that
they were accompanied by solemn, dignified
'jags." Their clean shaver, Gbson-like
faces were entirely devoid of any express
sion of emotion, grave or gay. Straight
ahead they gazed with stony stare. When
they reached one of the theaters they
paused in their solemn stroll and stood on
the curb, facing the entrance to the thea
ter And all this done without a word
from any of them. Despite the penetrating
dampneSS their overcoatS hung open, re-
vealing snowy shirt bosoms. Their trous-
ers were turned up at least four inches at
the bottoms. Each chap carried a neatly
folded umbrella.
1t lacked but few minutes of the close
of the performance. The fog was growing
denser every moment and the lights in the
streets grew DINNER and DINNER. The
party of four stood motionless and silent
until the ushers came out of the theater
and opened the swinging doors. At this
instant each of the men opened and hoisted
his umbrella. The people coming out Of
the theater perceived the fog and then the
party with raised umbrellas.
ooh, jack" cried a daintily dressed little
woman, isn't this hard luck? My gown
will be ruined. How stupid of us not to
bring an umbrella" And she peered out
of the door for moment, shvered and re-
treated to the lobby Jack turned up his
coat collar and dashed out for a cab.
Then there was some dreadful grumbling
on the part of the unfortunates who had
carriages, but who could not get to them
heCauSe there awning from the
theater to the curb Many men hosted
their umbrellas and led women under their
protection to the carriage doors. One fell
low escorted a number of ladies, one at a
time, in order the better to protect them
from the rain. Lots of men in dress suits,
but lacking umbrellas, muffied up COM
pletely, turned up their trousers and gal
Hoped for the street cars at breakneck
speed.
Through it all the chaps on the curb
maintained their solemn, dignifed de-
meanor.
1t hadn't rained drop.
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At the top of Kynaston Hill jumped off
and walked my bicycle slowly along the
footpath. l heard the ting of a bicycle
bell and a girls figure rose to view on the
summit against the clear morning sky.
Heavensi She was never going to ride
down Kynaston Hill In this mud!
"Get off! 1 yelled. The road is like a
pond"
The girl glanced at me for instant
then at the long sweep of road falling away
before her, smiled. put her feet on the
rests and coasted Her bicycle sllidded
Just as l expected. and l hurried down the
road to find her sitting in the mud. looking
at her machine with rueful face.
She picked herself up without my assist
ance, while the pink of her cheeks deepened.
There is a warning to bicyclists at the
top of the hill" l said. stopping to take
the bicycle by the lamp rest which was the
only part l could see un5potted by mud.
1T is too late to tell me that now" she
said Nobody with any sense ever gets Off
for a Warning to Cyclists 3"
The tone showed me that further reproach
would be unwise.
She turned half round to gaze anxiously
up the hill.
He can't be coming yet" she murmured.
An unwarantable feeling of disappoint-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30
Timber Trees.
IN the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American
1t will be but few years before durable
timber becomes very much more durable
than it is at present. Good chestnut and
white oak POSTS are worth now II cents
undressed. and are hard to get at that
Ten years from now the supply will be
much less. No more profitable use of land
can be made than to plant walnut. chest
nut, oak, hickory, spruce, ash maple, pop
lar willow. locust and other trees that
have a value in the arts for their timber.
Plant the rough land to trees. The Euci-
lypts now grown in the southwestern
portion of our country more extenJively
than any other exotic forest tree
These trees are originally from Australia
they are known there under the name of
and large amount of foliage they absorb
the poisonous gases of the swamps making
the air pure and the climate healthy. In
California, Kansas and Indiana tracts of
land several thousand acres in area have
been planted with seedlings of the Eucalyp-
tus Rostrata- for fuel railroad ties and for
nd-breaks. On account of their rapid
growth they make desirable shade trees
for the dwelling and pasure lots. In many
parts of the southwest the Eucalypts are
utilized to advantage to furnish shade In
pastures. If set along the fences and along
frrigating bitches they can be made to pro-
tect the cattle in the pasture without at
any time interfering with farm work Seed
lings may be had from the nurserymen in
100 lots at cents each. There are some
thirty different varieties. and all of them
are said to grow equally we'll in the middle
and southern states. Plant the hillsides in
forest trees and farm the low ground
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30

, David Kynaston, 1 should not lose mo-
ment in"
Then Letitia interrupted.
1T must be nearly half-past g., she said;
land l have got to walk this wretched ma
chine to Kynaston to be mended. Oh. what
does it cost to have puncture mended?'
she said suddenly.
About a quarter, 1 think.
Letitia took dainty green leather purse
from her pocket and opened it.
II have only got twenty altogether. she
said. And 1 want to get some lunch with
that"
Again her gray eyes filled with tears.
II should rather think you would. said
/. Considering that Mornington is fifty
miles from here at the very least, you seem
to have come rather poorly provided. I
shall be only too"
Certainly not" interrupted Letitia, with
dignity. 81 ought to have had plenty of
money: Aunt Margaret gave me $50 on my
birthday, which l put in the bank at Kyn-
aston and yesterday 1 drew it out to come
away with. l put the notes in my saddle
bag. and when l got home l left the ma
chine in the hall. Uncle George went rum
maging about to see if l had taken his
screw-key. and he found the notes. and is
going to take them back to the bank to-
day. Old beast! l wish some one would
stop the trap and rob him. Ah!' she cried
as something evidently flashed into her
mind what a glorious idea! Why shouldn't
you?'
'Hold him up?" asked in dismay
Letitia was breathless with the brilliancy
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heave was to land on top OF the opponent
who fell on his stomach and is now on hi1
hands and knees trying to rise, with your
left arm clasped around his waist hinderS
Ing him. But to make sure that he will not
regain his feet try for the hammerlock.
Keeping the left arm in its original posi-
ton and your body on its knees by the
side OF the opponent. place your head In
his right armpit. as a fulcrum. As you
push forward with the head grasp and pull
the opponents left wrist toward you and
lift forward with the arm encircling the
waist. (Figure b If your strength and
endurance are greater than your opponents
this action will finally result in your getting
his right arm bent backward on his back,
which is hammerlock. Then, II you care
to. you can easily turn him over on his
back and shoulders
To keep the hammerlock from being Sc
cured, the opponent. the moment that the
right Cor lefo arm is in chancery. should
place 1t under his body as far out OF tho
aggressor's reach as possible. Even IL the
aggressor does get hold of the wrist when
1t is well under the body he will be apt Ia
desist In his efforts to secure the hammer
lock in a little while. IL both wrestlers are
pretty evenly matched in strength and skill
1t would be well not to carry the ham.
meriock. to its full issue. In this way Sc
we're wrenching. or possible breaking OF
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THE ORGAN MANS PET.
If It is Half as Unhappy as It Looks,
It is, Indeed, Miserable.

From the Baltimore News.
If all the happy little monkeys now hang
ing by their tails from the trees in African
forests could only see their civilized broth
ers. the shudder that would go through
their sensitive frames would set them all
a-swingng. There isn't more pathetic
sight in the world than the monk that is
attached to a street organ. Born in tropi-
cal climates, the poor little wretch is
turned out on an icy pavement the coolest
days in winter and expected to perform
for his bread and butter-or rather for his
bananas-and also for the bread and but
ter of the stalwart man who has him in
charge If he refuses shiveringly to go
through his little tricks he is jerked so
cruelty that even his desperate clutch on
the chain is insufficient to keep him from
being pulled off his feet
Then the beseeching look that he turns
on his master from his sorrowful homesick
eyes should melt heart of stone. but it
doesn't seem to have much effect on the
organ man. He must make money, and
the monk is his strong card, so that poor
little image of man takes off his cap with
feverish energy, turns somersaults. and on
cold days only stops to blow on his half
frozen fingers and look gravely at his feet
to If they are still there. To persons
who object to seeing animals treated cruel
ly, the bright word in the monkeys lexi-
con is death. Even sthose of the animals
winch are pest treated 90 not I'VE long IN
this latitude. Sometimes, it is said, they
die of consumption, ana sometimes of rheu-
matism,' but whatever their ailment. it soon
puts an end to their torturing efforts to
make money
One little beast the other day was patted
on the head by a young woman on one of
the business streets and Immediately
jumped into her arms, much to her embar
rassment. Then it put its head on her
shoulder with such a sigh of happiness and
content that the byStanderS laughed, and
the organ man frowned and muttered
something inarticulate. When once more
the animal set upon the pavement 1t
turned to it's owner with such an almost
human look of misery it's wizened face
that the young woman offered to purchase
it. But it was not to be bought and so it's
unhappy life goes on, and it works all day
and part of the night, for the organ mon
keys do not belong to a union, and the
eight-hour law is not applicable in their
case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30
FILTRATION PLANT.
The Wonderful Influence Exerted by
Them in Checking Typhoid
From the Scientific American.

From the Scientific American.
Once more the vital question of the filtra-
ton of city water supply as preventive of
typhoid fever has been brought forcibly to
public attention by the ravages of typhoid
epidemics in widely separated districts
The most serious of these outbreaks, and
the most pitiful in it's results, is that which
occurred recently at Ithaca, where the
dreaded disease cut a wide swath among
the students of Cornell University. The ex-
perience gained by those cities in America
which within the past few years have in
stalled filtration plants through which the
whole of the cityS drinking water Is passed
before it is turned into the city mains has
given the strongest kind of proof that the
reports of the wonderful efficacy of such
plants which have reached US from time
to time from European cities that have al
ready made the experiment are not in the
least exaggerated.
Prof. Siebert of this city, leading au-
thority upon the subject on both sides of
the Atlantic, in a recent work upon the re-
lation of typhoid to water filtration, gives
statistics to prove that for the decade
previous to the installation of filtration
plants in certain of the larger European
cities the death rate from typhoid epidemics
reached the high percentage of one in every
1900 inhabitants. whereas in the six years
Immediately succeeding the use of filtered
water in these cities the death rate fell to
one in every IL 600 Inhabitants The Sci
enlitic American always has been a most
earnest advocate of the filtration system.
and from time to time we have illustrated
various plants that have been installed in
American cities, notably those at Albany
and Philadelphia. Although it is not
claimed that filtration gives absolute immu-
nifty. this only being possible where the
water is boiled, this dread disease can be
SO far controlled by this means that the
possibility of an epidemic in city SO pro-.
tected Is extremely remote
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30
THE FAT MANS STYLE
He Can Do the Greco Roman
Form Best.
HEALTH AND MUSCLE
LEGS ARE USED SIMPLY AND
SOLELY FOR A BASE.
No Hold Of Any Sort is Fair Below
the Waist
Line.
HEALTH AND MUSCLE

Written for The Evening Star by Professor An
thony Barker
The phlegmatic or the stout man who
wants to take up an advanced form of
physical culture can find nothing better
suited to his temperament and physique
than the Greco-Roman style Of wrestling.
Unlike catch-as-catch-can. it does not Ie-
quire great amount Of agility. 1t de-
mands hard and steady work. and that Is
what the phlegmatic man needs. if he is to
be developed properly.
Greco-Roman has been made a fat mans
exercise by the rule which declares that
no hold Of any sort is fair below the waist
line. There is no leg wrestling whatever,
even tripping-fair in the three other rec
ognized forms of wrestling-being barred.
The legs are used simply and solely as
base.
Above the waist line. however, any hold
Is allowable, and, as in catch s-catch-can,
it can be changed as often as desired. AS
a result, many of the holds are the same or
analogous to catch-as-catch-can holds.
Despite its name. the ancient Greek. ath
letes did not strive with one another in
this fashion. They wrestled largely after
the catch-aS-ca tch-can style, for all holds
were fair with them. They even went so
far at times as to allow gouging kicking
breaking of bones and killing.
how TINS form or wrestling came to bear
partly Grecian title is not satisfactorily
explained The supposition is that the
Romans, who used this modification of
catch-aS-catch-can, not only named it. but
created it. 1t was exceedingly popular in
the latter days of the empire and today 1t
is favored above all other styles in those
continental countries that the Romans in
vaded, such as France. Germany and Spain
In those sections of the United States
largely settled by Germans and Scandi-
ndyianS the Greco Roman hOut iS held in
all it's old-time glory. Each community has
its recognized champion who when farming
is not occupying all the time of the imnli-
grants, is wrestling for his hackers de-
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prove my temper I handed her the roll OF
notes without a word. She took them VILE
evident pleasure and counted them over.
He has only given you thirty" she saio'
but even that's better than nothns'
Won't I have good time nowr'
But at last~ft began to dawn upon her
hand on my arm and looked up at my els
pleased face with such charming air OF
contrition that my anger melted away ike
the morning dew.
an angel to do it-yon can imagine how
grateful am"
NO." said I. smiling at last. IT certainly
can't. You don't accept it in at all the
proper spirit,
Letitia laughed again.
Il think it is time l was on my way to
Kynaston she said. Il will try to culd-
yate proper spirit as we go along
We reached the village all too soon. meet
ing on the way two of the incompetent viii
lage policemen, evidently sent by Uncle
George. Naturally they did not recognize
the terrible highwayman in young man in
bicycle suit All in good time we had the
puncture mended.
1t was while we were waiting for 1t that
Letitta promised that l should ride with
her to Mornington, and it was then that l
began to realize what a really delightful
girl she was. I wished the day would last
forever.
But it didn't-and when we stopped
for tea at a wayside cottage under a
3,
gate cried out in unkind black letters
that Mornington was only eight miles
further oni.
We came to Aunt Margaret's house even
sooner than l had bargained for. Letitia
jumped off her machine and held out her
hand as came to her side.
Goodbye she said, sit has been a
glorious day. and I'm not a bit tired
but it's all over now"
This one is over, certainly" l said;
but-there may be Others.
Letitia shook her head. She seemed to
have grown older and more sedate since
the morning But perhaps she was only
tired.
No" she said slowly, II don't think
there must be any others
Why" L still holding her hand,
but She did not seem to notice it.
Il think you do understand" she cried.
suddenly gaining courage and raising her
head. and l don't think it is very kind
OF you to make me tell you. 1t is because
kyna ston. and because l like you too much
already"
Il am glad you have been frank with
me- l said. still holding her hand, be
cause now l shall not be afraid to tell
you my name
Letitia stared in amazement.
why should you be afraid to tell me
your name?
"Because"-I spoke very slowly to give
my words the more effect-"because, ac-
cording to YOU it is the name Of beast.
My name is David Kynaston. and 1 am
engaged to be married to YOU"
This was all very well. but the really
unpleasant part of the business was after
ward, when Letitia insisted on my making
a clean breast of the whole affair to Uncle
George.
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Spanish Politeness.

From the London Express
The most perfect example of Spanish po-
likeness was a letter left fer the Duke of
Marlborough by Dom Arrom de Ayala, a
Spanish consul, who committed suicide in
Blenheim Park on April II. 1859:
MY Lord-I humbly ask your Iordship's
pardon and forgiveness for the great liber-
ty have taken in coming to put an end to
my dreary and miserabl existence in your
park 1t may be childish feeling, but one
cannot blow his brains out in common
road or on one of those cultivated fields full
of cottages and life and civilization and
railways and establishments of all kinds of
which your blessed country of England
abounds.
Il mean no offense. Your manor is one
of the most noble, splendid things / ever
saw in my life, and l have travelled about
and seen everything worth seeing. You have
the finest Rubens that can be seen. That
should have a great attraction for me under
other circumstances, bat now they have
been of no use. am your lordship's most
obedient servant e1Taa ks;ess s7ss=s
"ARRoM DE AYAI.A.s
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The Self-Growing Barn.
From the Pittsburg Gazette.

While this country Is suffering from
drought, 1t Is calculated to arouse feelings
of envy to learn how fructifying moisture
abounds In a certain district of Kentucky
and its remarkable effects in inducing plant
growth. According to accounts appearing
in southern papers, Mr.. Tan Crawley. a
farmer of Coral Hill. In the neighborhood
of Danville, KY, has a barn built on will
low posts. Being in moist and virgin soil,
the posts took root, and have been grow
ing. carrying the barn steadily upward 1t
Is stated that Mr.. Crawley has found 1t
necessary to lay second floor using the
original first floor as a roof, and, as the
barn keeps growing, he may put in addition
al stories.
A self-growing barn is a valuable addi-
ton to agricultural appliances. and Mr..
Crawley's success would naturally tend
to add barn-growing to the present list
Of farm crops.
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all your weight on his chest and bear down
hard, which will prevent him from resting
himself by rolling from shoulder to Shout
der. The arm under the neck will keep
the opponent from supporting or bridging
the body on feet and head, thereby clear
ing the shoulders of the floor.
When you have your opponent in this
position all you have TO do is to wait until
he becomes exhausted and logically lies
down.
This hold is analogous to the crotch hold
in catch s-catch-can Each is used to pre-
vent rolling, and the action is similar de-
spite the diversity of location.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30

Dealer-"Here is a cigar that can con-
scientiously recommend"
Observation-Disclosures me- but I'll try~soma
other brand. / was formerly in the busi-
ness myself."-ChicaSo News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30

The st. Adams Messenger is pleased to
recall to mind that Vermont's constitution.
adopted in 1777, was the first to contain q
prohibition Of slavery In the history OF
America.
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Breaking the Waist Hold.

The waist hold can be obtained from the
referee hold, with which, as in catch-as-
catch-can. it is customary to start Greco
Roman wrestling.
To secure the waist hold, put your head
against the chest of your opponent and
tightly clasp your arms around his waist
Press hard from you with your head and
pull hard toward you with your hands, so
that the opponent will be bent backward
and borne to the floor
To defeat the aggressor, the defense
should break the waist hold. He does this
by arclring his back, interlocking his hands,
pressing his biceps hard against the ag
gressor's elbows and walking backward.
(Figure II
Such tactics will not fail to break the
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Blocking a Roll From the Bridge.

In case the opponent is about three quar-
tiers down. with one shoulder and an arm
on the floor. work around in front of his
head, get one arm under his neck and the
other in the pit of his appraised arm and
under the middle of his back. (Figure ~
This arm is thus put out of business. Put
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light with the champions of neighboring
communities. The Germans are especially
adept in this form of wrestling
According to experts, the defense has a
little advantage in Greco-Roman, of which
four of the more noted holds follow. AS
in catch-as- catch-can many other holds
may be worked out by little study and
practice of these holds
Do not forget that the exercise should be
taken moderately, and that holds which
might prove too severe should not be car
ried out to the end. Be careful also to
see to it that your lungs will get an unlim-
tied quantity of fresh air while you are eX-
erciSing, which for best results should be
half hour an hour after a meal.
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hold, provided the defense has not been
drawn in very close by the aggressor.
In case the wrestler has been drawn IN
very close, he should quickly loosen his hold
with one hand, and placing this hand on
the opponents face, raise the latter's head
up and off his breast.
The Body Heave From Behind.
During the scuffiing incident to the ref
cree or many other holds. grasp the oppo-
nent by wrist and throw him forward In
front of you. While he is going forward,
spin him around get behind him, grab him
around the waist. lift him high in the air
hgure y, swing his feet out in front or
you and throw him to the floor. Or while
the opponent Is in the air. throw your right
hand to the back of his neck, taking care
to keep your right arm between his light
arm and body. This will give you the hold
called half Nelson when on the floor ana
from that you should get square fall:
bland back of neck)
The opponent has poor chances of break
ing the heave from behind. Attempting to
open the aggressor's interlocked hands by
pulling at the thumbs Is about his only
chance.
Working for the Hammerlock.
Perhaps all that You did with the body