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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-08
PASTOR GIVES THIEF 81.
Heart Touched by Hunger of Man
Who Stole in Church,

NEW YORK, January S.-Rev. D. Asa
Blackburn, pastor of the Church of the
Strangers, 57th street near Sth avenue, ap-
peared before Magistrate Whitman, in the
West Side police court yesterday, and asked
for the discharge of a man accused oil
stealing an overcoat from his church Sun.
day. The prisoner said he was Fred c.
Harrison, forty-nine years old 201 Wes
2Sth street. Robert S. Whitehill, 421 West
50th street. was the complainant.
Your HONOR said Mr.. Blackburn. this
poor man tells me has had nothing to cal
for more than twentyfour hours. He is
evidently in want and is in bad ohysica
condition. We don't want to press the
charge against him, and would ask to have
him released. He needs a square mea
more than anything else, and I'll give a dol
lar with which to get it if you allow hin
to CO.
Certainly" said Magistrate Whitman
III turn him over to YOU
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-08
Reggie jumped to his feet excitedIv

ttSBIe jumped 70 his feet eXcitedly
No use wasting time here" ne said
Come along, Cora. I'll just scribble a few
iines on one of my cards, so that YOU can
De safe at Edward street. There YOU are
Ana II L don't get those stones before bed
time, why I'm bigger fool than the police
take me for
Thrilling with excitement. Mary followed
the others into the street. She saw the two
eet INTO cab, and she proceeded to take
one herself. The cabman looked AT her du
blously as he asked where he was TO go to.
NO. 100 Audley place, Wandsworth Conn
mon, Mary said. IF you get there ten
minutes before the cab in front I'll give
you an extra half-sovereign"
Go be continued tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-08
Wants Illinois Central Money.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, January s.-Gov
Charles S. Deneen will send a special mes
sage to the legislature Thursday asking
that an additional appropriation be made
for the prosecution of the suits of the state
to recover share of the gross income,
amounting to several million dollars, from
the Illinois Central Railroad Company Me-
gouations with the railway company for a
settlement of the claims of the state are
still going on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-08
cUNARDERs TO CHANGE ROUTE
White Star Line Move Alarms Liver
~ pool

LONDON. January S-The decision of the
White Star Line to remove part of it's serv-
ice from Liverpool to Southampton is con-
sidered to be significant and far-reaching
movement on the part of the British lines
to regain control of the passenger traffic
TO and from the continent. The German
and American lines have been gradually
absorbing the cream of the passenger trade
at continental ports, as their landin- at
Cherbourg and Southampton tapped all Eu-
rope, whereas Liverpool tapped only Eng
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-08
CURED OFF PILES BY
PYRAMID PILE CURE
If You Suffer, You Can Be Cured
Costs Nothing to Try.

II you think that you must be operated upon to
be cured Of piles you wrong. Thousands of
cases OF piles Of excruciating severity-worse. no
doubt, than yours-have been cured painlessly
quickly and permanently. while the patient has
been at his work, without the loss of time necessi-
tated by operation. In fact, many sufferer
has not been able TO reach his work
the room until after using the home remedy
prepared by the Pyramid Drug Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-08
Shot His Mother Dead.

PROVIDENCE. r. l., January S.-Winiam
NJ. Rhodes. a local real estate dealer, forty
one years old, shot and killed his mother.
Harriet C. Rhodes. aged sixty-five years, as
she sat in a rocking chair in their apart
ments at a local hotel yesterday, and then
shot himself. dying almost instantly.
1t is believed that he was mentally unbal-
anced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
French Actors Pay.
Paris Cor, London Telegraph.

farlS COf, London Telegraph.
The annual parliamentary report on the
four state-aided theatres-the Opera.
Opera Comiaue. Theater Francois and
Odeon-iust issued. contains interesting
and some curious information. The Opera
took during 1906 over s125O 900 for 1877 per-
formances. at an average Of e670 per per-
Torrance. Yet "the profits realized by
NJ. Gailhard during his lesseeship. ending
December 81 next have worked out at
II Soc" The expenditure naturally in
cludes fair salary, for M. Gailhard. The
salaries of the company are not particu-
larly high. Mile. Breval draws s3,6OO a
year. Mile. Grandiean draws 60, 400 Nine.
Hegion s1.7OO, and Mile. Lindsay and
other ladies f720. The tenor Alvarez is
paid f3.sOO a year. the tenor Affre E3,35O,
the tenor Scaramberg s2,SOO. and the
baritone Delmas the same salary as NJ
Affre. But their duties are not exact
ing. NJ. Affre sang only forty-nine times
last year. and Mile. Breval about the
same. Mile. Borgo. who draws e4OO a
year. sang nine times in the year. and
Mile. Hattie sixteen times for a salary
of E720. The best-paying operas during
which averaged ssO0 per performance
for twenty nights. the perennial Faust"
twenty-six performances at an average of
seOO. "Salammbo'' On. Ernest Reyer)
four performances averaging E720, and
Samson ct Dalila." by Saint-Saens. the
nights One of the ieast-paying operas
was IT Pagliacci." with an average of
under a600. The Opera Comique took
100000 for about $50 performances
"Manon" realized the highest average
receipts. just under ESQ. during twenty
six nights. The highest salaries are those
of the tenor Clement. E3O0 a month, and
Miss Mary Garden. ESQ month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
TIES FROM HAWAII AND JAPAN
Railroad Looks Far Ahead for a
Future Supply.

When an American railroad company
looks so far ahead and so far away as
to provide for its future supply of cross
ties from forests in lands across the sea
and at the ends of the EARTH" said lum.
Der operator, ''the seriousness of the rail-
road tie problem may be imagined This
is what the Atchison. Topeka and Santa
Fe Is doing.
Some time ago this company sent E. o.
Faulkner, the head of its tie and timber
department, to investigate the statements
that had been made about timber grow
ing on the Hawaiian Islands known ,as
ohia wood and which is being cut away
rapidly to clear up land for sugar plan
tations.
The wood was found by him to answer
so we'll all the requirements of a good and
lasting tie that he signed a contract with
a Hawaiian lumber company for the cut
ting and delivery at San Francisco of
100000 ohia wood ties a year for five
years, besides 800 sets of0switch ties
each year for the same period.
MIR. Faulkner went also to Japan,
where he made arrangements to secure
several millions of ties to be delivered
an oak that grows abundantly in that
country and which has all the qualities
which made our white oak SO valuable for
railroad ties.
Further providing for contingencies in
the supply of ties, the Sante Fe has pur-
chased several thousands of acres of for
est land in Australia, the possibilities of
which for furnish ing ties are said to be
virtually unlimited"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
Navy Likely to Go Again
to Poughkeepsie Races

The air has been full of aquatic dis
cussion lately, Notwithstanding the. at
mosphere is anything but propitious for
outdoor work on the water, but neverthe-
less the gossips have been pleasantly in
dulging in talk of prospects for the season
of 1908.
The action of the stewards of the inter-
collegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie in set
ting the annual races for Saturday. June
81, meets with the almost unanimous
acquiescence from the various institu-
tons that make up the crews that are
each year represented on the Hudson, as
the wonder was always expressed why
the stewards ever changed the day from
Saturday. as 1t always was previous to
1904. 1t is the most natural day for
the big race, and hence all are elated
because Of its adoption again.
There has been some talk of the Navy
not being represented at Poughkeeps:e
next year on account of objection by the
authorities at Annapolis. as we'll as at
the Navy Department. the gossipers
claiming that the rule not to allow the
cadets of their reservations for athletic
affairs. excepting the foot ball game, Is
to be strictly enforced in the future.
Little credence is placed in such talk. as
every one is aware that the commandant
of the Naval Academy is an enthusiastic
oarsman and ready at all times to foster
rowing, and If the question ever reaches
Secretary Metcalf every one is fully aware
the way he will decide. When the Secre-
tary was an undergraduate at Yale he
was member of the varsity crew that
beat Harvard in one of the finest races
that ever took place between the insti-
titut.ons, and naturally his whole ath-
letic tendency is toward rowing The
Navy will be represented at Poughkeepsie
In 1908 to certainty. and already Coach
Glandon has the candidates at work in
the rowing tanks Of the academy
There is also prospect of the Uni
versity of Washington making a trip
across the continent with a crew, as the
residents of this live and growing state
are going daft over rowing. and they
are very DESTROYS of seeing their crew ar
rayed against the best of the east Stew
ard Barstow Week of Poughkeepsie has
been in communication with the Wash
ington University people, and he says they
are lively and enthusiastic and just crazy
to get to the Hudson to meet the crews
that yearly meet at this great resort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
Pointed Paragraphs.

From the Chicago News.
A womanly woman has no earthly use
for a ladies' man.
Some people even pride themselves on
their lack of pride.
You can't always judge what a man
was by what his monument is.
It's human nature to want to fly a little
higher than your neighbor.
Too many men attempt to make an arc
light show on a kerosene income.
What a different world this would be if
we all practiced what we preach!
Men who are bald always sneer at the
man who parts his hair in the middle.
Never judge the sweetness of woman
by the sound of her voice over the phone.
1t Is often safer to follow your own in
tuition than the advice of disinterested
friend.
When you hear a woman talking about
her ideal husband it's a sign she is a
widow.
Most people are willing to lend a hand
if they think there is a chance of borrow
ing two little later.
II a man tries to do business without
advertising or winks at a girl in the dark,
the result is much the same.
It's easy to predict weather in advance,
but when 1t comes to making 1t stay pre-
dicted-well, that's another story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
Stuff Dreams Are Made Of.

From the American Magazine.
Some of our common dreams seem to
be directly traceable. Slipping down of
the blankets is followed by dreams OF
arctic relief expeditions or falling into
snowdrifts. A gas-distended stomach
pushing up the diaphragm and compress
ing the lungs, produces dreams of some
thing sitting on your chest" or dramatic
struggles against other forms of suffoca-
ton.
The common single dream, that of fall
ing. falling from a great height, to wake
with a gasp of relief just as you are about
TO be dashed to pieces, is probably due to
the general muscular relaxation and fall
ing of the head. arms and limbs which
accompanies settling down to sleep. Care
full studies have shown that it almost
invariably occurs during the first forty
five seconds of sleep.
slip, a change of position of a six
teenth of an inch. is enough to suggest
the idea of falling to the brain. 1t docs
the rest" and provides out of its swarm
ing storehouse of images the precipices
flights of stairs. giddy mastheads. and
other scenic effects. If the impression is
not vivid enough to wake you, you strike
bottom" with a delicious sensation of rest.
full warmth and repose. just such as your
tired body is getting from its 'downy
couch"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
FIRST TO PITCH CURVES.
Jimmy Banks of the Old Eagles
Credited With the Feat

lot of kindred spirits of the halcyon
days of base ball of bygone periods were
gathered Tuesday night In one OF the up
town hotels and. as usual. the talk turned
to the doings in the base ball world the
trading of Charley Jones to St. Louis for
Pickering. and base ball affairs genera.ly.
The ancient historians got to work on the
gories of the game in the past and each
and every one was firmly OF the opinion
that the present up-to-date scientific way
of playing the game was not the equal OF
the days when in long trousers they used
to gambol on the White Lot and soak
out liners to the willows that bordered the
famous canal.
1t was a general and running discussion
and the tanning OF the old boys at
tracted quite a crowd of listeners. who
were RECALLED with the doings of Fatty"
Joyce, Johnny" Anderson. Dutch"
Hardness. 'Jakey" Doyle. New Price and
the rest of the boys who years ago made
base ball history for the local public.
Now" said Mr.. Lewis c. Denham, the
old-time historian and scorer of the Eagle
base ball club of 1865 to 1873 IT know full
well that according to all base ball writers
Arthur Cummings, the pitcher of the
Junior Excelsiors of New York, first DEM
onstrated curved pitching when that team
played against the Junior Nationals in
this city on September II, 1867. the game
being played on the White Lot In the
morning previous to the game with the
senior teams
But in the years from 1865 down to
1874, the Eagles had pitching for them
youngster by the name of James Bangs
called by all frequenters of the White
Lot Jimmie Bangs, and I say without
fear of contradiction that in pitching the
ball to the batsman he made 1t curve. or
what Is nowadays called the 'out-shoot' as
l used to go behind the catcher and watch
the ball take its peculiar movement
Bangs was brother of the celebrated
actor, Frank Bangs, who was also ball
player of repute. Afterward he would talk
to me of the cause of the ball curving aft
er 1t left his hand and he ascribed 1t to an
accident that befell him one day while
cunning. Like the noted pitcher of the
worlds champion Chicago Cubs. Brown
by name. Bangs was short a finger on
his right hand and in grabbing the ball
before pitching, with one digit gone, 1t
gave 1t a motion not accomplished by one
with his full share of fingers.
Jimmy Bangs pitched curved ball
two years before the world was startled
by Cummings announcement that he
could do the trick, and therefore" said
Mr.. DeRham. "he should have the credit
of being the pioneer of the art. 1t be-
longs to Washington. The old Eagles
know well that Bangs was the first in the
field and should have the place in the hall
of fame of base ballists.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
WOMEN CLEVER sLEUTHs.
They Cannot Be Bluffed by Preten
sions Of Feminine Lawbreakers.

From the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
"An intellectual woman is the snartest
thing in the world" said Supt Thomas A.
McQuade Of the bureau Of police and de-
tectives this morning, speaking of the
work done by female detectives in Pitts
burg. 1--WE have women in this city who
can as readily go out on the street and
pick out the thieves as the best man in
the employ Of the city.
I'VE find that women are the most care
full students of detective stories, methods
employed by crooks and characteristics OF
these gentry. Inquire at bookstores and
you will find that detective works have
their best sale among women. Woman
detectives are an absolute necessity to
all well-regulated detective divisions
While We do not employ any steadily we
frequently find use for one or more and
their work in every respect is satisfactory.
They are sent out on cases in which a
man In most instances would be hopeless
ly lost. In others perhaps the men would
have the right track and all that sort OF
thing, but when the time for the arrest
was at hand they might be slightly nerv-
Gus and therefore more easily bluffed.
mo man that ever lived can approach a
stylishly dressed woman criminal with the
same assurance as a bright, nervy wom-
an. The women understand one another
characteristics. I repeat that women in
my opinion are the best detectives, but
their sex units them for most of the work
a thief taker is called on to perform
The public Is not aware that a woman
secures the evidence, because she is saved
the notoriety of attending a trial or hear
ing. The accused persons plead guilty
because the woman who exposed her
methods has got the evidence and a de-
Tense Is useless. Supt McQuade and
Capt. McGough declare that as long as
they are in charge of the local detectives
women will continue to play important
parts in the detection of criminals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
IN HIS BEST FORM.
Recent Remarkable Showing q
Champion Swimmer Daniels.

champion Swimmer Daniels.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. December 81. - SWIM
mers are beginning to wonder whether
Champion c. M. Daniels of the New
York Athletic Club will ever reach the
end of his tether. A few days ago the
voice went around that he was out of
shape, going back and unable to come
within striking distance of his former
times. Thursday night in the 10 by so
foot pool of the Oakland A. C. in Pitts
burg the human pickerel' set out to
diSprove the statement, and he did to
the queens taste. Paced by his club
mate. L. Deb Handley, to whom he con-
coded a handicap, he forged through
two lengths and one-quarter of the pool
at such a terrific clip that the time
keepers could hardly believe their
eyes when they consulted their watches.
One stood at 20 4-5 the other two at 80
seconds fiat, so yards in exactly half a
minute.
The wonderful performance, one and
one-ffth seconds faster than the previ-
Gus worlds record made by Daniels
himself last year, gives the welcome
evidence that this phenomenon can be
counted upon at any moment to equal
his best figures if called upon to. Dam
iels swan that peculiar, long, easy
stroke of his own brew that is half
trudgeon and half crawl and that car
ries him over the surface with hardly
any apparent effort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
People Whose Eyebrows Meet.
From Answers

The person whose eyebrows meet may
rest content in the knowledge that he is
the possessor of a vigorous constitution.
The growth of hair above the nose is as
a rule a fairly sound proof of good health.
That is what the scientists tell you. but
the superstitious have much more to say.
In the northern part of Aberdeenshire
there is a common belief that a CLOSE
broo't" man. or one whose eyebrows meet.
is foredoomed to end a wicked career on
the scaffold. This may be compared with
the view held in parts of the English Mid
lands, that the close-browed person Is des-
tined for fame and fortune.
On the continent there are several su-
perstitions on this subject. The eyebrows
of gypsies are often formed in this way,
fact which they turn to good account. for
In many parts 1t is believed that the own
er of meeting eyebrows is also the pos
SCISSOR of what is called the evil eye and
therefore a person whose good will must
at all costs be retained. The gypsies. es-
pecially in Germany and Austria, use this
belief to extract money from the credulous
peasants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
The Right Sort of Spirit
for College Athletics

In view of the incessant and almost
intolerable squabbles between colleges of
the present time. and also from the fact
that a few years ago Georgetown Uni
versity and the University of Virginia
were at daggers points. 1t is rather re-
freshing to read the following leading
editorial in College Topics, the organ of
the University of Virginia:
COMPLIMENTS TO GEORGETOWN.
I'VE were going to run this editorial
n with the rest. but it seemed worthy of
place by itself. Sometimes we play a
big game and come back with a bad taste
In our mouths. Our opponents did not
give us just exactly a square deal. and
the spirit of the game was not all that
We hoped. We have no such feelings
about Georgetown. fairer. cleaner,
drawer set of men We never met. They
lost, but we almost envy them For they
played gritty, hard game. cleanly and
honestly, even when defeat was staring
them in the face. And it takes sports
mansh:p to fight gamely with the score
"A Virginia man who was with the
team all the time says the treatment
Georgetown gave them was good for the
heart. Their students and faculty had a
nod and word for us at all times. We
were their guests and they made us feel
it. On the field the spirit of their play
ers was of the kind that makes amateur
athletics one of the finest things in life.
They wanted to win and they played to
Win- out there was no underhand work.
no scraoping, no desire to win without
the honor of victory Even when the
decisions of the officials were seemingly
little bit against them. there was no
quarreling with fate, no ill-temper When
the ball was given to Virginia after
georgetown had carried it to our 15-yard
line. their captain accepted the hard luck
quietly; without surliness or growing
1t is good to play against such op-
ponents.''
Needless to say the, article has caused
many thrill at Georgetown and the
students are very much pleased witt
College Topics screed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
GRAHAM's LONG SWIM.
VIII Start From Niagara Falls and
Will Go Down to Montreal.

WILMINGTON, Del, December GA
long swim is being planned by Capt. Car
Isle D. Graham of this city, who is famed
as the Hero Of Niagara" because of his
feat In passing through the rapids and
whirlpool of the falls in a cask in JULY.
1886. His plan is to start at Niagara
Falls and swim down the st. Lawrence
river, crossing Lake Ontario, a distance
of thfrty-six miles on the way, his final
landing place being designated as Mon
treal. That will mean total of $50 miles
for the captain to cover, and he intends
to average about ten hours a day in the
water, covering approximately fifteen
miles in that time. During the crossing
of the lake, however, Capt. Graham reck-
ons that he will have to be in the water
for twenty hours He will start training
in June. and though fifty-seven years old
he is confident that he will be able to me-
gotiate the full distance.
THE start will be made" says Capt.
Graham. from point about half a mile
below the falls. l shall wear a rubber
life preserver and boat will accompany
me. l must pass through the Niagara
whirlpool and four rapids in my swim.
Two of these rapids will prove a great
undertaking. One of them, the Long Sou,
near Cornwall, Ontario, is six miles long.
anu the ItdClHS TdpIOS III the ST. Lawrence
river are still worse. The boat Is not to
join me until reach Lewiston, about sew
en- miles from the falls.
From youngstown. N. Y. I shall start
my thirty-six-mile swim across Lake On
tario. dread that. not because of the
distance. but because the lake is very
rough so much of the time 1t will prob-
ably take me twenty hours to get across,
and l shall have to stay in the water and
keep apart from the boat all that time:
otherwise my swim would be broken
While In the water I will be fed on
beef tea and other liquid nourishmept If
l succeed in crossing Lake Toronto with
out breaking my swim I shall proceed
down the lake from Toronto until / reach
Kingston. Here I shall enter the st.
Lawrence river. and passing through the
Thousand Islands shall make my way to
Montreal. the end of my trip. 1 should
like to make the swim in thirty days. If
things go as l hope, l shall make an at
tempt to swim the English channel AL
though have been abroad forty-six times
l have never tried.