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Paulding Boy. 2-1aA, and Finch, 2.1714. will
all start In the free-for-all. Mr. Dorsey is
at present at work getting the fair grounds
track in shape for the several events which
Will certainly, he'says, be pulled off May 10
and Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06
SLEEPING SICKNESS.
Authorities Investigating Death Of an
English Victim.
pecial Cablegrsm to The Stal

Special Cablegrsm to The Star.
LONDON, May 5.-The authorities are in
vestigating the death OF Mr.. John Mahon.
one of the first English victims of the
dread African malady, the sleeping sick
ness, which, 30 far has bafiied science,
and IL etill classed as absolutely fatal
Two years ago Mr.. Mahon was the SUI
perintendent OF the botanical gardens at
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TOOHANDSOME TOTO|L
France is the Paradise of the
Lazy G0od-L0oker.
WIVES OF THAT COUNTRY
Spend Their Lives Admiring Their
Husbands.
DON'T WANT THEM TO WORK
Domestic Happiness Better Than Gold
The Partisan Zizoto-Ameri-
can Ideals Reversed.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, April q, 1905
How do we spend our time? Why,
In admiring our husbandsr' replied the
wife of a British prime minister to
visiting Frenchman fifty years ago.
Jules Cambou, in a recent after dinner
speech. used the story In comparing
French and English women
"Our women do not only spend their
time admiring US" he boosted. They
also sustain and direct us through our
entire lives" And. while he did not
say 1t, the thing is well known to for
eigners in France. Frenchmen would sink
into innocuous desuetude were 1t not for
their females. Paris. in particular, is the
paradise Of the incompetent ana lazy good
locker
The peculiar cause of the phenomena
is the enormous proportion of moderate
but sufficient incomes from investment
that distinguish France from every other
country capital built up through gem
erations by systematic saving and added
to by marriages and inheritances. And
really, when young husband brings
lump sum equal to his wifes dot our
American Ideals may remain shocked at
his couteuted laziness but We find it hard
to Critictse with logic.
Pretty little Agnes b. for example
mother; and she was engaged TO Paul
c.
DO you give her only s2oooo?" asked
Pauls mother. Make II $4,000 and 1
will give Paul the same" But Agnes
mother remaining obdurate and Paul's
refusing TO make an unequal bargain.
the young folks started life on $50, 900
each i'm gilt-edged bonds, producing
Joint income OF $1,5pu-and here comes
the point.
Promised Not to Work
Paul had promised Agnes not to work
If l quit father and mother II viii not
be to live nay days alone she said. while
20 Paul she murmured: You win rather
be with me all day than out and make
money!
After marriage it was up to Paul to
make good. But we have only $500 a
year" he argued; and being tempted of
the devil he accepted congenIal situa-
ton at SO per. And his young wife fell
sick of it, His own mother was uneasy,
and his mother-in-law scolded. His con-
genial occupation ought TO be to jolly
Agnes.
Agnes grew anaemic pinned, had head
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RELATIONS SEVERED
BREAK WITH THE FOREIGN
SECRET POLICE IN PARIS.

Special Cabegram TO The Star.
PARIS. May 5.-One of the first results
OF NJ. Clemenceau being Installed in the
Place Beauveau as minister Of the interior
has been that the prefecture Of police and
the department de Ia surete generate or
detective department, have been ordered TO
break off all relations with the secret police
Of the Russian and Turkish governments in
the French capital. For both the car and
the sultan keep a large and well euuipped
private police force In Paris Their bust
ness is to keep an eye on Russian nihilists.
The police In the pay of the Turkish en-
bassy are expected to watch young Turks.
Armenians and other dangerous" persons.
as the word dangerous Is interpreted at
the yiIdiz kiosk. 1t need not be said that the
means Which two such Irresponsible police
bodies employ are reprehensibIe in the ex
IRENE especially those in the pay of the
sultan. The latter are recruited from the
fotsam and jetsam Of broken down Turk
ish officials. with here and there a dis
missed employe of the French or Belgian
police. When some two or three years
ago France broke OF diplomatic relations
with Turkey apropos of the quays ques-
ton and the Turkish ambassador was given
his passports, the government took adj
vantage Of the fact to ship the whole Of
the secret police, bag and baggage, across
the frontier.
Fresh Force Recruited.
Since Munier Bey's return to Paris few
of these have returned and a fresh force
has been recruited, just as precious rascals
as their predecessors. To the credit OF the
French police it must be admitted that
they furnished the Turkish secret police
with as little assistance possible; but
since NJ. Clemenceaus circular they will
cease to have any relations with them
whatever. 1t will not be the same thing
with the Russian secret police. On account
of the alliance and for political reasons the
Russian secret police had its grands ct
petits entries at the prefecture and the
surete, and services were rendered by the
French police of a than doubtful
kind.
case in point recently came to light
NJ Mikhail Aschinasi. a writer. better
known under his nom de plume Of Michael
Defines, being a man of culture was
naturally political refugee. He had been
on the staff of q paper in Odessa and had
dared to write an article cri1cising some
of the acts of the imperial government
The matter was reported to St. Petersburg
and NJ Aschinasi had to choose between
exile and Siberia. He naturally chose
exile and established himself IN Paris,
where he won a prominent place among the
him in Paris a young nephew, who had
been studying at the university rms TACT
alone served to bring him under the OBJ
seryation of the Russian police, and,
strange as It may appear. he has been sub
iect TO police bounding ever since
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06
FIELD AND TRACK ATHLETIC
GOSSIP IN THE COLLEGES

n there is to be an intersectionai track
and field meet between the college
athletes of the east and west II win
Il be accomplished only by a challenge
from the west. The east Is not seek
ing the meet. and apparently does not care
to risk a defeat by taking the initiative
This statement is the result OF the care
full consideration of the whole matter
given to it at the recent meeting of the
executive committee of the Intercollegiate
A. A A. A. in Philadelphia
Whether or not the west could beat the
east in such meeting is an open question.
A study of the records made at the west
ern Intercollegiate a year ago and those
of the eastern meeting shows the startling
fact that, counting only winners. the Chi
cago team could have won the champion
ship of the east and likewise defeated the
Cornell champions In dual meet. AT the
same time the permanent records of the
east are superior to those OF the west
Because of the eastern attitude 1t Is
doubtful If arrangements can be perfected
this year because of the lateness of the
season.
The wonderful work Of the American
team at the Olympic games in Athens this
week and the equally high-ciass perform
ances of the college athletes of the east
and west at the University of Pennsyl-
vania's relay races a week ago emphasizes
the remarkable progress which is beng
made in track and field athletics in THIS
country. Although the American Olympic
team was far from being the best team
that this country could have sent, it was
still able to win handily over the other
countries. Had the games been held in
this country, or even abroad. in the sum-
mer, so that the American college athletes
could have competed, we would have
swept everything.
AS it was the big majority of the Ameri-
can winners were college-trained men, the
club athletes taking only a sn1Il percent
age of the first places. This, coupled with
the great work of the men who stayed at
home and competed in PENIS relays,
clearly proves that the best athletes pro
duced in America are those who get their
training on the college track and field
At the Pennsylvania relays the most re-
markable work of the day was that OF the
Michigan four-mile relay team. For the
second year in succession this university
has lowered the world record for four mil IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06

Lee s. Dorsey writes The Star from Rock
Vile that the geldlng Harry H.. owned by
Henry Daley of Washington. has been con-
verified from the pace to the trot, and is
showing up well in his new way of going.
He has shown Mr.. Dorsey quarters already
In O.40. Noble Boys miles up to date have
been around 2.30 and his quarters around
086 T. E. Shugrue's Harry c. has been
pacing around the same notch. with quar-
tiers a second faster. Charles Grifhths
Edna G. has stepped miles around 2.40.
Grace D., owned by Amos Donaldson of
Montgomery county, can easily negotiate
miles in 2.40 and can step quarters around
O.40 Mr.. Dorsey writes that he has nine
youngsters in training In addition to the
above, eight of them trotters and all good
prospects. The only PAGER In the bunch is
owned by c. A. Langley OF Washington.
Two youngsters that Mr.. Dorsey thinks will
be heard from in the near future are gray
Ally by Harry c., the property of Louis Col-
Inns OF Ballston, Va. and a gray gelding
owned by q Mr.. Getzendammer Of Mont
gomery county AS the $50 pace did not ill
for the May meet. Mr.. Dorsey writes that
he has made race for Montgomery county
horses, the entries to close May 8. The en-
tries for the free-f0r-all RS pace and the
216 trot also close on the sauna date It Ii
expected that Bedworth. Jr.. 2.061k; Gaiety,s
look; Ida G.. 2lsA; Bedford Boy. r. s,<
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German Savant
Corrects Solomon

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06

AS they passed:
"He was a fine fellow, but he would drink.
It's my opinion that if Jack had been sober
at the time there would have been no ac-
cident and he would be a living man to-
day
Another tragedy tabloid:
yes, sir: i practically sold the thing
for a song, end now It's worth Millions
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-08
HiNDOO ACROBArs
They Perform Wonderful E..
Balancing and Juru,, " OF

They Perform WOnderfu,
Enhancing and Juggling. OK
There is always an abundant s
Of stories of the experiences of u tpply
jugglers and acrObats. One who n nuoo
about perched upon a single lone I've, s,'s
Is remarkably clever. This norso so'A
Is mounted on a bamboo pole about s.
teen feet high, the top of which iS w; ~,
to girdle around his waist A Sm.u
cushion is fastened a few foot Ian 'i
the pole, which acts as a leg rest ~,
acrobat hops around large sn.oo ~,
the liveliest way, uttering cbeorrr,
shouts and accompanied by the tonn;n"
Of curious drum He also eyecntoa
sort Of dance and goes through = Itt,a
pantOmime. 1t is marvellous foot -,
equilibrium. To walk on n mir -
stills as high as this would he n mo-.
Torrance worthy of comment hnt ;,
hop around on one is quite anotbo,
thing.
The same man can do many otbor
wonderful things. He appears abso.
lutely perfect in the art Of balancin,
He can balance a very light stick ON
his nose and a heavy one on his Obi,
and then throw the heavy one int,
the air and catch it on the end Of tho
light one. When balancing these two
sticks; end on end. he will make ono
rpvOlvp in one direction and tho .,
the reverse. He puts one hand on
fiat, circular stone. throws his feet IN
into the air and balances a stick q,
each Of them. At the same time ha
revolves rapidly ON the pivot formed by
his arm and the stone.
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humorous story to which it imparts
the stages mimic life, it at once made
a most palpable hit more than twenty
years ago. has enjoyed lucrative pat
ronage ever since, and promises to
long survive the many imitatOrs that
have failed to successfully follow the
sunlit path blazed by Peck's genius
into the very heart of FINLAND. Thous-
ands of youngsters who have gleefully
seen themselves and their pranks mer-
rily mirrored therein, have in turn
taken their own children to enjoy the
same soul stirring, mirth- provoking
delights, of which the play mas large
additional quantity on tap this season,
besides added special features, calcu-
lated to amaze and amuse all tastes
and ages.
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MNtboy, 2:0E
Leads In
WINNINGS
The Once Erv1tic Tr0tter
Rises to National
Fame.
He Passed Through Many
Hands-His Career q
Varied One.

The biggest money winning rotter Of
the year is the once cratic Nutboy,
2:O7A, he that clipped a quarter of
second from his previous record at Syr'
acuse recently. This remarkable horse
has passed through many vicissitudes.
He first saw the light Of day at john
II. Shuts stock farm, Long Island,
N. Y. From the first he was wild and
ungovernable Foaled in 1896, he was
sold as a four year-old under the name
of Bengaline to DR.. Spaulding Of De-
catur, III. There he distinguished him
self as runaway, and the genial doc
tor to stop him would steer him against
a load Of hay or a board fence. From
Spaulding he passed to a man named
Bates Of Richmond, Va, but quickly
found the sales ring in New York.
This was in December, 1903. BY
this time he had shown a half in 1907
and a quarter in O:33. His breeder.
John II. Shuts, purchased him at a
sale. supposing he was buying a mare.
Finding his mistake, he ordered him re-
sold, and he became the property OF
Paul Connolly of Philadelphia. After
running away and nearly killing his
driver he was bought by Thomas
Young of Philadelphia. He decided to
fatten him, cut off his tail and sell him
for a high stopper. He put him In a
quiet place and stuffed him with hay
and oats, but he worried his flesh off
as fast as it was put on. After a
months trial Young became discour-
aged, and away he went again to the
auction block William Mcfarland got
him and put him in the hands of a
trainer. He was so unmanageable that
his trainer threw up his hands and re-
tired. To the auction block again he
posted, and as Nutboy probably be-
cause he was so hard to crack he
passed to Henry Creasdale of Avon
dale, Pa.
At Avondale he quieted down and
showed some speed. Creasdale did not
want a race horse and sold him to
George Hindermyer of Philadelphia.
He took him to Belmont park, Penn
sylvania. and introduced him to Stote
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Brown Leather RaUs.

The salesman brought out a superb
kit bag of cowhide. a rich brown bag.
hand sewed, as big as trunk
'"This," he said, lis $40"
I'D take it, said the patron, "Only
brown leather luggage gets SO dirty
and shabby after n few months use.
1 have a leather steamer trunk l paid
$75 for, and it is scratched and stained
and discolored so l am ashamed of it."
The salesman frOwned.
Haven't you sense enough" he said.
Ito clean your brown leather luggage
with a tan dressing the same as you
clean your brown leather shoes? As
brown shoes, uncleaned, become IN
slightly, so brown luggage does, but this
luggage, cleaned whenever it is used.
is the most imposing and the most
beautiful you can have.
"Get bottle of brown leather dress
ing, apply it to your brown trunk and
rub with a wooden cloth for five min
utes. I'll guarantee that the trunk vii,
then look better than new. 1t vii:
have a richer, deeper color
Suit cases. valses and all sorts Of
brown leather things should be rubbed
up each time they are used. Then. in
stead of shabby luggage, we would see
everywhere spick and span luggage of
the richest brown."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-08
WHAT WE NEED IN NOVELS.

Why do not our novelists give US
more stories that SAVIOR of the soil,
and deal with the Municipalities that
are to be found in small communities.
instead of persistently turning their
attention to the social life of cities
where there is sustained effort to
destroy originality and reduce all the
actors in the drama to a dead level of
conventionality-t alone rising
above the surface whose vices are of
peculiar piquancy?
George Eliot laid the scenes of some
of her strongest stories among plain
English country folk, whose character
istics and pecuiiarities she portrayed
with the touch of a master hand. Dick
ems found his best subjects among
the common people; and when the
great American novel is written Of
which we hear SO much, it is to be
hoped that its characters may be men
and women who are really Americans,
not those VINO ape the manners and
customs. the fOllies and the vices of
other lands without copying their
compromising virtues. In this ideal
romance, whatever social problems are
dealt with-and life as a whole should
be open to the novelist-one may VEN
ture to hope that they will be treated
with a breadth and purity of vision
that will make it possible for men
and women to turn over the pages
without averting their eyes, with a
feeling that they are treadnig near
social quicksands.
From Few Novels Suited to Read
ing Aloud by Anne Hollingswortn
Wharton, The Book News Monthly
for November, (Philadelphia.)"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-08
THINK IT OVER.

Notwithstanding its BELIEF mat II
is too late to correct the evils that
are past, The Statesman would caii
the attention of the property owners
and taxpayers to the action OF the city
council last night in obeylng the be-
hest of the Warren Construction COM
pany in every instance in which That
concern was, or is, to be benehtteu
financially. To say the least, the
aforesaid action is suspicious.
In the first instance, the council Vot-
ed TO allow the balance Of the COM
pany's pipeline account, even with
the statement of the city clerk that
discrepancies existed.
Again, in the face of remonstrances
from property owners, in direct CONTRA
diction to the former resolution ADOPT
ed to the effect that no contracts for
paving would be let where remon-
strances were filed, those men, under
the influence of Frank Reese, awarded
the contract for the paving of South
Second street-and the action was
taken because the contract went to
that company.
Then, with a haste susceptible OF
uncomplimentary construction, those
servants Of the Warren Construction
company passed on other contracts,
amounting, in all, to $4,000, every
contract going to the Warren COM
pany, which has proved time and
again, that it is not complying with
specifications and is not giving the
property owners all that they pay for.
Tuesday night the council accepted
the Fourth street paving, regardless
of the admitted statements that the
paving was not in such alignment as
to afford proper drainage-and the
further fact that it was not completed.
The Statesman asks the property
owner-DO YOU BELIEVE THOSE
COUNCILMEN VOTING FOR THE
WARREN CONSTRUCTION AT THE
BEHEST OF LOBBYIST FRANK
REESE, ARE DOING THEIR WHOLE
DUTY TO YOU IN AN HONEST
MANNER?
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Clark, driver and traines of Kinstress.
Stote drove him a first quarter In
0:341a and a second in O:321a and Of
fered $1,000 for him if Hindermyer
would identify him. The horse was
now nine years old, and his owner
could not go back farther than four
years. c. n. Payne Of the Point Breeze
track now took a shy at him. The son
Of Nutpine ran away with him three
times, getting entirely out Of the har-
ness once.
One day in the fall Of 1905 an angel
came to Hindermyer and whispered in
his ear, "Lo and behold, your nag
looks good to me- and after haggling
after his kind over the price paid him
$1,000 and carried away the horse. But
before the stranger got fairly away
from Hindermyer and he had partial
ly recovered from an acute attack OF
heart failure he ventured to ask OF
him his name He replied, Il have got
the horse and you have the money"
and he straightway "skiddooed." Hin
dermyer believed the new owner OF
the horse was going to ring him, but
it turned out that John A. Crabtree was
his owner. The rest the world knows
And this is a romance Of horse.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-08
Remembers a Voice for 81 Years
Kansas CITY Star.


John H. Dawson, Y years old, of
Leavenworth, Kan, a veteran of the
Civil war, tells of the recent reunion
he had with his brother while at the
Soldiers home in Dayton, O., having
his eyes treated. He was walking
through the corridor of the home when
he heard voice that sounded familiar
to him. He stopped and listened and
recognized the voice as that of his
brother, T. ]. Dawson, whom he mad
not seen nor heard from in 81 years.
Neither knew that the other was in
Dayton. John lives in the Soldiers
nome in Leavenworth and his brother
lives in the Dayton home. John moved
to Quenemo, Kan, soon after the war
and lost trace of his brother. He be-
lieved his brother was dead, as he
had been in bad health.
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Liqhts Turned On.

Leavitt's Bright Lights are certain
ly the real things right off the reel
and the enthusiasm which they are
creating at the New Orpheum is not
only genuine but enthusiastic.
Every turn is a special feature of it.
self and is we'll worth five times the
amount asked for admission to the
whole.
The New Orpheum is in every sense
is therefore entitled to the liberal pa
tronage which it is receiving. The
management is putting forth every
endeavor to keep the show up to the
high degree of excellence which made
cess.
Thursday night will be devoted to
World. A special bill is in course
of preparation for this occasion and
several amateurs will be added to the
program.
Friday night will, as usual, be a
grand gift night and many handsome
and useful presents will be given to
the patrons of the house. Save your
coupons for the drawing and be pres
ent in person as no presents are
awarded to absentees.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-08
SECESSION IN AUSTRALIA.

A loose federation of states in which
each member strives to maintain its
own separate existence has USUALLY
proved short-lived. The American
colonies tried it after the war of the
revolution with Indifferent success ana
there are several other examples in
history of similar experiments. The
latest federation Of this kind is that
set up in 1900 by the states of Aus
tralla, says the Minneapolis Journal.
The recent vote whereby West Aust.
tralia decided to secede from the fed
Grafton Is the first open break, al
though there has been much dissatis-
1actlon among the members owing to
dlsagreements over the tariff uues-
ton, the location of the capital and
other matters of divergent interest.
west Australians special grievance
was the federal parliament's rejection
OF the survey for the proposed trans
continental railway, which was design
ed. to give it a much needed land con-
nectlon with the eastern and SOUTH
ern coasts. The newest of the anti
podal colonies has grown rapidly un-
der the impulse of the Coolgardie gold
held discoveries and its heart was ser
on the building of the railroad.
Inc railroads in Australia, however.
are state-owned and if the line was
TO be built, the federal parliament
would nave to find a way and supply
the money. 1t would be over 1000
| miles long, expensive to build and
through long stretches of wild and
barren country. The situation of
West Australia is not unlike that Of
California after the gold discoveries
OF 1S49. 1t is similarly isolated, for
the trip by water is a long and trouble
some one No doubt transcontinent-
al road must one day be built and NO
doubt 1t must be done before the coun.
try is settled up to any extent, fol-
lowing the American plan of letting
population follow the road instead of
delaying construction until population
| demands it.
Meanwhile the commonwealth of
Australia seems likely to disintegrate
into its original states, unless the
Australians take leaf from American
experience and weld the five colonies