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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-23
Today's Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption. 81. OF. los: government receipts
from internal revenue, $795.1I4: customs.
81 f37 ,20j. miscellaneous, III. $50. expendi-
lures. e. $4,000; available cash balance.
SAB ,O69 35S 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-23
AT JENNINGS TRACK
Improved Weather Condi-
tions Attracted Big Crowd.
A FAIR CARD OFFERED
LITTLE EXCUSE FOR BEST HORSES
FAILING TO WIN.
Bookmakers Trimmed Out-Winners
Today-Entries for Tomorrow's
Races-Incidents.
A FAIR CARD OFFERED

Improved weather conditions and fair
card served to draw out big crowd at
Benning this afternoon. The slight rain
of yesterday failed to injure the track In
the least, and the going was very fast.
F'air-sized crowds were also on the Bal
timore and Philadelphia specials. Al
though there were no stakes this after
noon, the card was interesting, with in
dications of fine sport.
With the exception of the opening event
every race looked extremely open, and
the only excuse for the best horses not
winning was in the size Of the fields.
The bookmakers have thinned out very
perceptibly, not more than twenty-five be-
ing on the line this afternoon. while over
forty were doing business the opening day.
The opening of the New Orleans meeting
tomorrow is responsible for the detection.
Following were the scratches bulletined
at 1:30 pm: In second, Out Of Reach,
Rawhide, Miss Shylock. Briarthorpe, Can
teen: In third, Lochinvar, Recreo. Delph1e,
Belle Savage; fourth, Gallant, Alster and
Dimp1e.
First Race. -
First race-For two-year-olds; six fur
longs:
Straight. Place.
/. .'Arkle ................... l to 8
= Blue Coat ................ ~
Foxy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Amberjack. Keonigen, Novena, Belle
Salvage also ran.
Start good. won handily. Time. lis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-23

With the Central National and the Amer
lean National disposed of. it Is freely talked
In the financial district that the Bank OF
Washington interests are really the factors
in the reorganization Of the downtown
banks that nobody denies is being quietly
conducted.
The progress., 1904-01-16
DECLINE IN CHESS.
DistinctlOn Fatal 10 the Game That
Is Rigidly Observed in
England.

London journals are discussing the
question, "How is it that Englishmen
are outclassed by foreigners as chess
players?"
In answer, it is said that the English
mans interests in life are Of too diversi-
fed a character, and he does not possess
an oriental imagination, says the Lon
don Chronicle. However this may be,
the number of chess clubs and chess re-
sorts and the number of chess players in
London are said to be greater than IN
any other city in the world. AS to the
oriental imagination it does not go for
much nowadays. Gambit openings, like
frontal attacks in war, are thing of the
past. The strong chess player must
have mathematical mind, and there is
no reason to suppose that Englishmen
are deficient in this respect.
The real reason why such illustrious
English chess players as Howard Staun
ton, Shakespearean scholar; Buckle,
philosopher of civilization Boden. the
artist, and others have no successors is
to be found in the fact that the present
generation of players, unlike the lovers
of chess of former times, never have an
opportunity Of playing with the strong
est players, most of whom are profess
sionals who devote their lives to the
game. A national masters tournament
has not been held in England for years
a meeting such as that lately concluded
at Kieff. where Tschigorin has come out
first, after hard struggle with the new
master. Bernstein England, by the bye,
is the only country in the world where
a distinction-fatal 10 chests drawn
between amateur and professional.
The progress., 1904-01-16
MATERNAL KANGAROOS,
Have the Mother Instinct strongly
Developed. as Is Here
shown.

Il have heard that men folk, in their
blindness, deem our does to be lacking
in the proper instincts of maternity be-
cause they have found that doe kanga-
roo, when hunted, will throw away it's
offspring to save its own skin by has
tening it's speed. This" says "Old Man
jack" in The Autobiograph of an Aus
tralian Kangaroo, in Pearson's, "is SIM
ply scandalous and foolish.
"Men-people are evidently not aware
that our youngsters use the mothers
pouch almost up to the age of maturity.
Would they have our does attempt to
fly from dogs and men and horses with
youngsters weighing nearly so pounds
in their poches? The thing would be
impossible.
Among us mother is taught 10
toss her youngster to place of safety
when she is hard pressed. If she could
not throw it to place far safer, in the
circumstances, than her own pouch, she
would turn at bay with it, and face any
Odds
"In the case of my own mother, when
We were chased, and, as sure as the hunt
became dangerous, she would pause.
draw me out of her pouch, throw me
carefully into long scrub on her right.
then turn sharply to her left, pause
again till the hounds had seen her, and
then be off like the wind straight away
from me-"
The progress., 1904-01-16
At Close Range.

Sir Samuel Baker once had thrilling
adventure with an African buffalo bull
which he discovered standing in the
shadows of small lake. He fired two
bullets without effect and the animal
charged Sir Samuel had no ammuni-
tion left, but, luckily, the bull halted to
stare at him. Suddenly a bright thought
flashed through my mind" says Baker.
without taking my eye off the animal
before me, put double charge of pow
der into the right-hand barrel and, tear
ing off a piece of my shirt, took all
the money from my pouch, three shil-
lings in sixpences and two anna pieces.
Making them into rouleau with the
piece of rag, rammed them down the
barrel. They were hardly home before
the bull sprang forward. The horns
were lowered with their points on either
side of me and the muzzle barely touch
ing his forehead when pulled the trig-
ger and three shillings' worth of small
change ratified into his hard head.
Down he went and rolled over with the
suddenly checked momentum of his
charge"
The progress., 1904-01-16
A SUBURBAN JOKER.
He Was "as Good rs Cold" Dut He
Laid II on Too Thick
mt Times.

The unconventional husband is much
more OF a trial to the conventional
wife than the casual, careless world
can ever know, says the Detroit Free
Press.
1T is uphill work trying to be even
civilized with man like Henry to deal
WITH dismally complained a pretty
young matron in little group of So
ciety women who were affectionately
abusing their respective husbands. 81
live in the suburbs to please Henry,
because he has such countrified tastes
likes to see cows go by, hear roosters
crow, see sunrises, sunsets, and all
that kind Of queer doings. Just as sure
as | have any extraordinarily fastidi-
Gus guests. Henry contrives to do
something horrid.
"The other morning. while he was
at home. Strengthening up outdoor
things on our place for the winter.
telephoned out from town that Mrs.
Lofty ard Miss Penelope would come
home with me to luncheon. Henry
doesn't like Mrs. Lofty. In fact, she is
airy. scorns everything in America,
and talks by the hour of everything
and everybody on the other side. Still,
l think Henry might have behaved
himself. He came to the station to
meet us, as if he were the coachman
only dressed in his old faded farm
overalls, and with hay tied all over the
horses harness and his forelegs tied
up in hay, as if he were rosebush or
a hydrant done up to keep from freez-
ing. II was too ridiculous and | wish
you had seen those two handsomely
dressed women riding behind that
horse.
"Yes, did have to laugh-and was
vexed. too. But Henry said Mrs. Lofty
called him The Master of Hayseed
Grange one time, and he wanted to act
the part. of course, my husband is as
good as gold, but | do wish he hadn't
such a galloping sense Of humor."
The progress., 1904-01-16

sees was SO crowded with people that
the police could only with difficulty
keep narrow lane up the center
for the pedestrians. The result was
that when the starting pistol was
fired those facing the avenue dashed
forward and took the lead, while the
girls to right and left of the line had
to fall in behind. In fact. a process
sion was formed with ranks FIVE or
six deep; those in the rear had no
more chance of forcing their way
through the solid mass in front of
them than they had of flying.
But It was intensely amusing to see
how seriously the competitors all took
the affair. With set teeth and clenched
hands, their eyes glued to the road
in front of them, they raced along.
am afraid, If the ordinary rules of
heel-andtoe walking were applied to
the race, about 80 per cent. or SO
would be disqualified. Many of them
covered the ground at a sort of gid
ing run, which was very far removed
from walking. But as they were all
more or less offenders, it die not mat
ter much. There is no doubt about the
way they got over the ground. BY
the time the Ronde point in the
Champs Elysees was reached they
were all flushed; and when they got
to the Arc de Triomphe they were as
red as poppies.
AS there were $50 prizes, ranging
f,o,,, a quito of DeuiuuIn furniture and
300 francs down to a packet of pic
ture postcards, it was worth their
while pressing on. Then there were
prizes for categories of all kinds
for the youngest girl and the oldest,
for the prettiest, for the tallest, for
the stoutest and the thinnest, for
Auvergnats, Lorrainers.
Bretons and a dozen other depart
ments; SO that everybody could hope
to get something. In an experience of
16 years | never saw such crowds in
the French capital-not even on the
The progress., 1904-01-16
FIRST AT THE FINISH.

occasion of the arrival of the czar.
There were at least half million peo-
pie between Paris and Nanterre. All
along the IL kilometers of route there
were unbroken lines of people: while
10000 or so On cycles. automobiles, in
carriages and on horseback accompa-
MED the procession. The race was
won by Mile Cheminelle.
The walk of the chansonniers was.
however, perhaps the mos. original
held yet. For each of the poets had
not only to cover the 16 kilometers be-
tween Montmartre and Suresnes and
back, but he had to compose poem
on a subject to be announced at the
moment of the start. The poets start
ed from the Cabaret des Quat'z Arts.
that last fortress OF Montmartre wit
and humor the last of the cabarets
artistiques on the Sacred Hill. NJ
Trombert, its genial owner, acted as
starter to the score or so of chanson-
niers who lined up on the boulevard
The subject given ont for the poem.
announced just as the competitors
went off, was: The inconvenience of
having corns on the feet NJ. from
bert gravely adding that the treat
ment of the subject might be Grave
or gay. The prize was won by NJ. de
la Fouchardiere
AT m s~T
The progress., 1904-01-16
WIFE BOUGHT AT AUCTION.
What Was Begun ns n Joke Termin-
ated I'm the Most Serious
Manner.

While some furniture was being sold
recently at auction at Orkellyunga, in
Sweden, a curious incident occurred, re-
ports London paper A young girl
pushed her way through the crowd until
she was quite close to the auctioneer-
SO close, indeed, that she somewhat inn
peded him when he desired to make eff
fusive gestures. Being a man of humor,
he resolved to get rid of her. and, there
fore, taking her by the arm. he shouted:
Here. now, is an excellent bargain!
A young girl, age 10, very pretty and well
educated! What am | offered? Come,
we'll start it at 5000 crowns"
At once there was brisk bidding, which
continued until an elderly bachelorfarm-
er offered 10000 crowns. The auction
eer tried TO get a higher bidder than this,
but failed, and so lie declared the farmer
to be the purchaser of the girl.
All those present thought ii was a
good joke, but it was more than that,
for a few days later the farmer and the
girl were married in the presence of the
mayor, and before the ceremony the
farmer presented the young woman.
who is an orphan, with 10000 crowns.
the exact amount which he was willing
to pal. for her at auction.
The progress., 1904-01-16
the start. and they all knew the char lc-

the start. and they all knew the char lc,
tor Of the horse she rode.
What race it was! Never to her dy'
ing day will Lulu Robinson forget the
danger and horror of that time
Swiftly, surely, steadily. her magnif-
cent steed kept her far in advance o.
her pursuers, but ii he should stumble
or she should miss her way! On, on
tLey flew. her light weight and cheering
voice seemed TO add swiftness to tbs
beautiful creatures wonderful speed.
Ten miles were passed in this mad
flight ere the light of the distant railroad
town cleaned before her, and when the
sound of hoofs became palmer and more
distinct.
"Oh, am to be caught now, and
safety so near?"
But no; the hoofs that were ap-
preaching her came from the little town,
and Lula soon found herself surround
ed by friends.
Then Lula hastily told them Of the
presence of the notorious band at her
uncle's house, of her flight and their pur-
suit.
you are now safe" they said, "and
we will see if they can be captured"
And away the little party dashed,
their fresh steeds soon overtalking the
tired horses of the robbers. Not until
The progress., 1904-01-16
a LAND Office BUSINESS.
Public Property In the Far West n.
ing Rapidly Sold 1T q Low
Figure.

The tremendous activity which Is ap-
parent throughout the western states
and tel -itories in filing upon govern
ment lahd under the various land laws
Is statistically confirmed by pre-
liminary statement which was made
by the commissioner of the general
land office, showing the lapd. business
done by the government Hng the
fiscal year just ended. There were
19,742,00O acres of public land passed
into private ownership, an increase OF
about 250,000 acres over the previous
year. But the cash receipts were over
$10,500,000, an enormous Increase
about 70 per cent. over 1902. This, says
the Homemaker, is said to be largely due
to the increase in the purchase of timber
land and the Communication In home
steads. Both Of these laws are continu-
ally and shamelessly abused.
1t is generally admitted that the
finest remaining government timber
land-in Oregon and Washington
worth 20 times the price asked per acre,
is being bought in by the big lumber
companies in great tracts, notwith-
standing that the timber law provides
that the applicant must be bona fidc
purchaser and that he is buying the land
not for himself and the purpose OF trans
ferring it to some one else. The COM
mutation clause of the homestead law
is likewise being flagrantly abused. and
the result is that very large areas of land
are being commuted. not for the benefit
of the settlers, but in behalf of various
western interests which furnish the
necessary money to commute.
OF these cash receipts Of over $10,-
000.0O about three-quarters go into the
arid land reclamation fund, which now
amounts to fully $15,000,000. This is
available to-day for national irrigation
work. The surveys by the engineers OF
the geological survey are progressing
in every part of the west, and it is prob
able that the next half year will see
four or five large contracts let.
The rapid growth of this irrigation
fund would be matter of congratula-
tion were it not for the fact that tre-
mendous sacrifice of valuable govern
ment porperty has been made to realize
this money. What the real value of this
large acreage of land, passed into private
ownership, would be to the nation it is
difficult to say, but it is far and away In
excess of the pittance received for It
a fact acknowledged by every student OF
the land and water question in the west.
Those who are opposed to the move
ment to repeal the laws under which this
of the public domain
is going on urge with much vehemence
that it would never do to cut off this
source Of revenue to the reclamation
fund. In other words, they would con-
vince the people that after all the prop
er method is to kill the goose that lays |
the golden egg
The progress., 1904-01-16
THE WkfsTLlN6 CURE.

One of the medical journals publishes thl
following prescription:
When the throes OF Indigestion and thu
quaims of dyspepsia are making your life
miserable, Just purse the lips and & whisti; ISL,
thing you know the stomach will have
righted itself, the liver will be working
good and strong, the blood will be bound
ing through your veins. your brain Will De
clear and vigorous, and you will tesl
twenty years younger"
When you think the world is going to the
dickens right away,
Whistle;
When you look out in the morning, think
Ing What a gloomy day."
Whistle;
When it seems that everybody wants to
nv, try to pull you down,
Wnen 1t seems that all creation wants 10
plague you just for spite,
When you see those black spots dancing
and your tongue feels thick and
brown,
Oh, whistle, whistle, whistle
Whistle on with all your might!
When you get to rather doubling that the
Lord is overhead.
Whistle;
Don't you care who hears you-go It till
your cheeks get hot and red.
Whistle!
NHeH you tnlnk the work you re uOlnS
isn't worth the time It takes,
When you've got to thinking nothing that
you try will turn out right,
When your. heart feels like a doughnut
and your poor old headpiece aches.
Oh, whistle, whistle, whistle
Whistle on with all your might.
When you hate to hear the children as
they wildly whoop around.
Whistle!
Don't you worry If your neighbors arensts
gladdened by the sound, "
Whistle!
Stick your chest out In the atmosphere and
throw your head way back,
Fucker up your lips and go it till things
get to looking bright
You can be a locomotive and scare trouble
from the track
II you whistle, whistle, whistle
Whistle on with all your might.
IS. e. Kiser. in Chicago Record-Heralo.
The progress., 1904-01-16
PARIS WALKING MAD
The Craze for Pedestrianism Becom.
ing a Serious Problem.
Competitors in the Races Fiji ths
Streets-Many Classes of People
Engage in Them Some
Amusing Incidents.

Paris.--Not long ago it was London
and now it is Paris that has gone
mad with walking craze Every
Sunday and holiday the streetR of this
city are overrun with crowds of men
and women competitors in walking
race. On a recent Sunday we had
three-the midinettes, or dressmakers'
apprentices, the carriers, and the
chansonniers, or singers and poets Of
the Montmartre cabarets. AS each ol
them brought together immense
crowds Of people, | imagine the pre-
feet of police will. soon get tired Of
the new Partisan craze.
IL must say nothing more amusing
was ever seen in Paris than the
marche des midinettes. OF course, as
sporting event it simply did not ex.
list. The whole question was one OF
getting well away; those who were
favored by the start, if they could
walk at all, had the race in hand
The 1000 competitors were drawn up
in line across the Place de la Con-
corde. The Avenue des Champs Ely
The progress., 1904-01-16
QUEER MATTED FIR TREE.
North Carolina Has Great Natural
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Man
Can Walk Upon.

One of the greatest natural curios-
tiles ever saw is the matted fir trees
of North Carolina, saidaC. r. Ball. of
Raleigh, in the Washington Star.
have never found botanist who could
explain the phenomena. but there is a
grove of fir trees on the side of Mount
Mitchell. which, when they attain the
height of eight or ten feet, begin to
twine their branches and form fat
tops They grow in this way until the
tops are perhaps 20 feet in diameter,
and these have in some instances COM
bined with the tops of other like
trees. and person can walk for a
considerable distance upon these tops
They are undoubtedly a species Of
fir, but wholly unlike the other nrs
which are plentiful in that section. ex-
cept i'm appearance of foliage. have
.aken several scientists ont 10 see
these trees and have not yet found one
WHO had ever seen or heard of a sim
liar growth. They occupy an area of
only a few acres, and are found no.
where else in the North Carolina
The progress., 1904-01-16
BRAIN VERSUS Drawn.
Chicago Professor Takes Issue with
Those who Talk About Race
Suicidc-His Views.

Prof Wilbur Jackson, dean of the
school of education, Chicago universe
ty, believes that quality of population
is more important than quantity, says
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
In a recent address he said: THE
highest evolution is in quality, not
quantity. l am not particularly dis
turbed by the hysteria of our strenu-
ous friends regarding race suicide. In
the course of evolution | believe that
the race has passed beyond the stage
of the rabbit and the rat"
The good sense of this is in marked
contrast to much of the rhetoric on the
subject.
When the country is new and sparsely
settled Drawn is wanted in large guam
titles to fell forests, clear land for agri-
culture and expel the wild beasts of the
wilderness. When the country fills up
and the problems of society press for
solution brain of good quality is most
in request.
The problems of civilization are com.
plicated and intellect of rare quality is
needed If quantity is not so much in
evidence in families, we have reason to
hope that quality is not absent
The progress., 1904-01-16
ROBBER BEES DESPOIL HIVES.
Their More Industrious NeighbOrs
for Winters supply of Honey.

To the person who knows nothing
about bees they represent the supreme
type of industry, says the London
Chronicle. But even the bee commu-
mites are disturbed by those of their
own kind who break through and steal.
Robber bees are always a source of
anxiety to beekeepers, and in the au-
tumn the marauders seem particular
ly active.
Having gathered no honey, or, at
any rate, an insufficient supply for
themselves, they descend upon hive,
kill its industrious occupants and
carry off the golden treasure in an
astonishingly short space of time. We
know of recent instance in which the
attack was developed and the home
bees killed in a couple of hours. Some
times a hive will attack neighboring
hive. In such cases the old straw
skip" was better than the modern
arrangement, for knife thrust
through the top would break the comb
and set the honey free, at which the
thieves would instantly return to seal
up their own store. 1t is not primar-
lily in their industry that bees are
human,