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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

Here is a little speed story that may
cause some of the motoring fraternity
to want to put somebody in the Ananias
Club, but it came pretty straight:
Robert Callahan, jr., and party o.
speed enthusiasts in Thomas car. and
Norman EngIe and another little bunch
Of the same sort. went out to Hagers-
town Thursday to see the county fair.
Coming back they clipped 1t off from
Hagerstown to Frederick. a distance of
twenty-seven good long miles. in thirty
nine minutes. Going some?
T. b. Spence and Z. z. iIough who
were standing out in front OF their CARA &c
on 14th street yesterday morning, We're
recOunCing experiences of their trip to
the Columbia factory at Hartford last
week. They stayed there only one day,
but stirred things up enough to last for
some time. AS result there Will he
lots of cars at that particular sales room
this fall. The 1909 cars ought TO be in
by November /.
They were also talking about a party of
Washingt onians who are aiming at going
to Savannah, Ga, November - to see
the races.
Dr. Steven d. gill bought Stevens
Duryea car. a 50 HIP, from the Motor
Car Co. Friday.
Lester D. Moore has moved from S14
14th street to 500 18th street. He is SELL
ing REQ and Premier cars. He expects
new cars the last of the month.
Howard w. Gill of Baltimore is sched-
uled as driver In the Vanderbilt cup
race. He has won twenty-siX out OF
thirty-one events in which he has started.
and has been in competition in track
events against some of the best racing
drivers.
He is so enthusiastic about the racing
game that he has entered this race purely
as an amateur, paying his own and his
mechanics expenses. He was born in
Baltimore twenty-SiX years ago, and is
well known in Philadelphia and Wash
ngton, where he has the reputation of
being a daredevil track driver, willing
and apt to take long chances to put his
machine through a winner.
He IS tall. slender chap. with light
curly hair and blue eyes. retiring and
unwilling to talk about himself or what
he has done.
The E. r. Thomas Motor Company of
Buffalo will have two of its famous Van
derbilt cup racers entered in the Wander
bilt cup race OF October n. One will be
driven by George Salzman, the veteran
race driver, known the world over, ana
the other by Mr. Gill.
Residents of Racine, Wyo., are still
laughing over the plight of their mayor,
A. j. Horlick, who not only lost a wager
that he couldn't drive his car backward
at twenty miles an hour. but was ar
rested by one of his own policemen in
the bargain.
sign of the times is the enrolment
of farmers boys as pupils in automo-
bile schools. 1t is said that these boys
are looking ahead to the time in the inn
mediate future when the motor vehicle
hacrf tl
country roads.
Automobiles figured largely in Phila-
delphia's founders week jubilee. In adj
ditiOn to the motor race in Paramount
Park. trucks and cars. figured largely in
the parades. and tie oldest motor In
the United States was on display.
Motor owners in the vicinity of Lewis
ton, Pa. have formed the Good Roads
Association of the Juniata Valley. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

compIish when it started to construct
fifteen miles of road for the grand prize
race Of the Automobile Club of America,
which will fill the southern city with
northern and western visitors on Thanks
giving day.
Country trails have been turned into
sixty-foOt- macadam roads Turns
have been banked until as great speed as
that possible at Brookands can be made.
and a houseto-house canvass has shown
where accommodations can be secured for
1880 visitors.
Spend Big Sum.
Following their precedent in the spring.
when the Savannattes showed the world
that they could run stock car race, and
run it right. $4,000 has been put on the
roads and the labor of a thousand con-
victs has been donated by the state to
make the Savannah course the finest in
the world And this twenty-five-mile cir
cult contains course within q course
for new road has made Il ten-mile route
over which the international light car
race will be run on the day preceding the
grand Prize
Starting from the grand stand, which
is within the city limits of Savannah. a
we'll banked turn takes the visitor into
an absolutely straight stretch five miles
long, on what is known as the White
Bluff road Montgomery crossroad takes
ed toward the grand stand. An abrupt
heavily banked turn to the right is the
continuation of the grand prize course
while straight ahead is the teN-mile quad
rilateral which will be used for the light
car race.
Through Semi-Tropical Vegetation.
In sight of the Vernon river and through
the magnificent senni-tropical vegetation
that makes the south SO attractive in
November is Meridian road, then White
read. This is the new part of the course
and Is sixty feet wide. Two magnifi-
Gently constructed turns lead into Fer
guson avenue, through which the return
journey to Savannah will be made Fer
guson avenue will stand a speed OF nine
ty-five miles a hour. and is as perfect a
piece of road building as has ever been
seen.
Six turns. all of which are heavily
banked, on the Isle of Hope road, lead
into La Rode avenue Here two miles
further on a turn to the right, leading
toward the village Of Mason. gives TO
the visitor a view of the Wilmington
river. Delaware avenue completes the
course back to the grand stand.
On the Way to America.
Twelve members of the Fiat team left
Genoa on the koenig Louise Thursday
of last week. Included in the team are
Navarro. Wagner and Bordino. the latter
4 spare driver in case injury overtakes
any of the stars during practice.
The French and German teams will
leave Cherbourg next Saturday. Hemery
Hanriot and Erbe of the Benz team will
have week on the ocean to renew
acquaintance with Duray. the De Dietrich
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

Warning has been sounded by the
Pennsylvania Motor Federation against
running cars over public roads either
on wager or in attempt to estab-
lish "A record between certain points,
declaring that unless stopped the prac-
tice will result in more stringent motor
vehicle law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

The automobile club OF Bologna has
decided to appropriate $4,000 for the
Florio cup race next year and SO 900 as
Il prize for the winner. The contest will
be run under regulations similar to the
Grand PriX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

Using an old touring car farmer
of Manchester Conn. hauled his crop
of potatoes to market at Hartford In
about the same time il required his less
progressive neighbors to store theirs In
cellars in the old-fashioned way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

Rapid progress on the conditions to-
govern the international road races next
year is being made by the committee OF.
the American Motor Car Manufacturers.
Association in charge Of the affair
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
The Road AnueI.

"The road hog" said a motorist, "is
the man who scorches on frequented
highways, who kills chickens and dogs
gleefully, who Stays human beings and
then makes off. The road angel"
He paused. He could not think of
words sufficiently laudatory Of the road
angel. At length he said:
THAT rare, but increasing type, the
road angel, may be told infallibly by
one sign. The road angel slows down
so that the dust of his great car may
not annoy the passing pedestrian. And
what blessings are rained on his head!
The pedestrian sees the oncoming car
in its swirl of dust He shrinks as far
away as possible. He turns his head
aside and puts his handkerchief over
his mouth and nose. And 10, with a
gracious smile, the road angel slows
down, he passes the pedestrian with
no more dust than a bicycle would
make.
when you meet with the road an.
gel don't neglect to thank him. BY the
same token, shake your fist and shout
abuse at the road hog who suffocates
you in his dust, for he knows quite
we'll that is doing a rude and self.
ish thing"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
The Pathos Went Wrong.

Irving Bacheller, the novelist, is OF
unusually agreeable appearance and
address. Once when he was reporter
en- New York morning newspaper
'he Sunday editor said to him:
Il want you to write me a good
story about the trials and discourage
ments of men who are looking for
work in big city. Get up early to
morrow, put on some old clothes an6
visit all the places that advertise fo1
male help in the morning paper. Give
an account of the number of applicants
and the kind Of men they are, and de
scribe vividly the feelings of poor
devil who, perhaps, has had no break,
fast and has walked miles because he
hasn't got carfare, and then meets dis,
appointment after disappointment
Draw it good and strong on the pathos
People like to read that sort of thing.
At noon the next day Mr.. Bachellel
appeared at the office crestfallen.
I'm afraid l can't make anything
out of that story" he said, to the Sun
day editor.
Whats the trouble?"
1--WE got three jobs already and a
promise of two more"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
GIRL WAS DELIRicuS
With Fearful Eczema-Pain, Heat,
and TingIing Were Excruciatne-
Cuticura Acted Like Magic.

"An eruption broke out on my
daughters chest. 1 took her to a
doctor, and he pronounced it to be
eczema of very bad form. He treated
her, but the disease spread to her back,
and then the whole of her head was
affected, and all her hair had to be cut
off. The pain she suffered was excru-
ciating, and with that and the heat
and tingling her life was almost un-
bearable. Occasionally she was deliri-
GUS and she did not have a proper hours
sleep for many nights. The second
doctor we tried afforded her just as
little relief as the first. Then I pur-
chased Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Pills, and before the Ointment was
three-quarters finished every trace of
the disease was gone. 1t really seemed
like magic. Mrs. T. W. Hyde, Brent
wood, Essex, England, Mar. 8, 1907"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
SATIN ROSES FOR GOWNS.
Ornament Innovation is the Work ot
French Designers.

The French designers have been u.s.
Ing satin ribbon flowers for some time
as means of trimming.
This has brought about the fashion
for extra large roses made of ribbon
and put on q skirt or the center of a
bodice.
These roses are quite effective on
alEblack costumes and are gratefully
welcomed by the women who wear
black and do not know how to vary
the gowns.
Satin roses may be applied to net,
to chiffon, to grenadine and also to
soft liberty cloths.
They are rather heavy and elabo.
rate for coat suits, but they are quite
smart for house gowns. Possibly
they look better on velvet than any
other fabric.
A black velvet one-piece frock which
is to serve for smart afternoon oc.
casions fastens down the left front
from bust to hem with satin but.
tons.
The huge satin roses on padded
stems form panels up the front, back
and sides, the panel at the back run.
ming under the belt up to the shoulder.
There is single rose in the front
of the bodice. The long wrinkled
sleeves and the gathered yoke are of
black tulle, unlined and untrimmed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
The MaIacca Wildcats.

In the forests Of Malacca and othe'
islands in the Indian ocean may still
be found the animal known as a wild
cat. The upper parts of it are gen
orally of a clear yellow color, witt
black spots; the lower parts are white
with black spots also. On the back the
spots lengthen almost into lines o,
rings, black on yellow.
The average length Of the animal
excluding the tail, is almost two feet
me tail averages nine inches. It,
height when standing erect is about l.
nches at the shoulder and Is inche
at the hind-quarters. It's temper i:
mild and gentle; it plays almost lik.
domestic cat, or, rather, kitten
chasing it's tail and amusing itself will
anything that 1t can roll with its paws
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
OPPONENT EASY TO BEAT.
Slight Accident Put Edmonia's Rival
Out Of the Running.

Mrs. S. was in a Richmond hos
pital, and she was lonely, so welcomed
the advent of a very black and very
languid maid, who came in one morn
ing to wipe up the floor. Some one
new to talk to, so no time was lost.
Il have not seen you working here
before. Aren't you new girl?"
Edmonia willingly let the cloth slip
back into the bucket, and sat fat upon
the floor before answering.
"Yas'm, rs new. rs jest washin'
up de floor; but l don't work, rs ed
jikated"
And where were you educated"
was the next question.
"In a seminary" Then, with a burst
Of confidence: There was me an an.
other girl workin' in house She was
cook and l was chambermaid, and
we had great times about who would
git de prize, but beat" Then, after
a pause, "She was easy to beat, cause
she got smothered to death with gaS
de night before de Examinations come
off."-Harper's Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
Statue of Gen. Spinner.

The statue of Gen. Francis E. Spin
ner, made under the direction OF an
association of women employees of the
government, is to be erected opposite
the Spinner home in Herkimer, N. Y.
Gen. Spinner was treasurer of the
United States from 1861 to 1875, and
when the clerks in the treasury de-
partment resigned, during the civil
war, to enlist in the army, he recon-
mended that their places be filed by
women. He carried his point against
considerable opposition, and thus
opened the door to self-support for
many women. He is notable also as
the inventor of a peculiar signature
which appeared on all the national
paper currency, and was the butt of
the newspaper humorists for years.
But he will be remembered longest as
the man who called on the women to
take the places left vacant by the men
who vert to the front to fight.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
JEFF DAVIS eARR.
Apparel in Which He Tried to Escape
Discovered.

Feff Davis feminine garb, the water
proof cloak and shawl, together with
the spurs which he wore when cap
tured near Irwinsville, Ca, following
the downfall of the rebellion, were dis
covered recently at the bottom of an
old iron safe in the office of the secre-
tary of war. Fred w. Carpenter, sec
retary to Taft, unearthed them while
doing a little spring house cleaning.
They were packed in a sealed tin dis
patch box, where they had rested ap-
parently undisturbed for no one knows
how many years. That they are the
veritable garments which Davis threw
about him that rainy morning 43 years
ago, when essaying dash through the
Gordon of the Fourth Michigan cavalry
that surrounded his camp, is proved
by documents in the box. Those docu-
ments account for every detail of the
history of the waterproof cloak, the
shawl and the spurs from the posses
sion Of Davis into the keeping of the
war department. They also serve to
set at rest the controversy that has
cropped up at intervals since the war.
One of the documents is copy of a
letter written by the former head of
the confederacy, in which is made spe-
cific mention of the waterproof or
raglan" as he calls it, and of the
shawl. Fruitless inquiries have been
made at intervals by historians and
others as to what became of the water
proof, the shawl and the spurs. 1t
was known that they were turned over
to the war department when Davis was
brought from Georgia to Fort Monroe,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15

where he remained for two years q
closely guarded prisoner, only to be
released under the general amnesty
proclamation. The last heard of them
was in 1868, when they were discov-
cred in the vaults of the treasury de-
partment. The tin box that Mr. Car
penter reached from the safe the other
day was doubly sealed. One seal was
of plain brown paper on which was
written, over the signature of Edwin
M. Stanton, President Lincoln's secre-
tary of war-"Shawl, waterproof and
spurs worn by Jeff Davis on day of his
capture, May 10, 1865" A smaller seal
of parchment additionally secured the
box, bearing this legend: Deliver only
to order of secretary of war, or Gen.
E. D. Townsend, A. A. Gen. E. D. S. ;"
"E. D. S." was Gen. Townsend, who
was assistant adjutant general of the
United States army in 1865.
The waterproof Is of course of gray
material, fashioned clumsily and un-
beautifully, as were the robes affected
by our grandmothers to protect them
selves from rain. 1t has a hood and
fastens straight down in front with big
horn buttons. The waterproof was the
personal property of Mrs. Davis. Any.
one who can recall what Paisley
shawl, the pride of the modish ladies
of a generation ago, looked like will
have a picture Of the Davis shawl. 1t
is of capacious dimensions, wholly
black, excepting for a three-inch bor'
der of dark red and yellow woven in
an East Indian design. Singularly
enough, the spurs are mismatched. The
parts that fit around the heel of the
boot are of brass, but of different de.
sign. The rowel points of one are al
most pin sharp while those of the
other rowel are dull and smaller In
size. It was the jingling of these spurs
and the CLEAN Of the brass from be-
meath the trailing hem Of the water
proof that betrayed to the union cav
alrymen that man was masquerading
in female apparel and led to Davis ap-
prehenSion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
Iookinc ont for Number One.

Both sides alike were brave" says
Admiral Dewey, who is quoted in the
st. Louis Republic, north and south
soldiers and sailors. And the bravery
of the recruits was thing to be seen
to be believed.
There used to be circulated. though
a story about Connecticut recruit
This young man, after he got initiated
fought well but in his first engage
ment he was very nervous. A chum OF
his was in the line ahead of him, and
when the bullets began to fly, the
chum began to dodge.
"Thereupon the recruit shouted, ex
cltedly:
Hey. Jim. don't duck! I'm behins
xe!'"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
Useful Place.

Freddie-Say, wouldn't you like tc
have three eyes?
George-Yes.
Freddie-Where'd you have the
other eye?
George-Fd have it in the back of
my head.
Freddie-You would? l wouldn't.
George-Where would you have
your other eye?
Freddie-Why, I'd have it at the
end of my thumb, so I could poke il
through knothole in the fence, and
see the ball game for nothin DE
iineator.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
FOR A LAVENDER LUNCHEON.
Serve custard in the Way Which Is
Here Described.

For a lavender luncheon try a Gus.
tard favored and tinted with grape
juice, making sure that the latter is
absolutely unfermented. Heat quart
Of milk in a double boiler, add half
a cup Of sugar. When dissolved, stir
in two tablespoons of grape juice and
directly after this two tablespoons of
rennet extract, which you can buy at
any first-class grocery. Turn into a
large glass bowl, which has been wet
with hot water and is sitting in hot
water This will prevent the crack.
ing of the bowl. AS soon as the bowl
is cold enough to handle lift out of the
water, wipe and set away in ice box
Serve with whipped cream, in which
candied violets, minced nuts and pull
verified sugar have been beaten. Or
you can turn the rennet into mold
with tube center, turn it out very
gently and, fill the hole left by the
tube with whipped cream. AS rennet
is very difficult to handle, it is safer
to pour it directly into the glass dish
FROM which 1t is to be served.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE TIME.
Colored Fisherman Most Satisfied
When the Bites Were Few.

Riding across the country one day,
DR.. Blank noticed an old negro who
had been for quite a while perched
motionless upon a little bridge, fish
ing silently from the stream beneath.
For some time he watched him from
distance, but finally, overcome by
the old fellows unmoved patience, he
rode up and accosted him.
Hello, Wash! What are you doing
up there?"
"Fishin", sah," came the reply.
"Not getting many, are you?"
"No, sah."
"Well, it seems to me you'd get
tired fishing so long without bite. "
II doesn't want no bite, cap'n."
well, that's funny. Why don't you
want a bite, Wash?"
Hits this.a-way, cap'n: when I gifts
q lots O. bites, hit takes all meh time
to git the fish off'n meh line, an I
doesn't have no time fob fishin'."---
Success Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
SETTING HER MIND AT EASE.
Landlords Endeavors to Reassure His
Fair Guest.

She was the wife of an army officer
on her way to a western fort, and when
a stop was made at the tavern in
pioneer town for the night she looked
about on the rough characters and
asked the landlord il there was trouble.
Not bit Of It, ma'am," he smiling
ly replied. Everything is all serene
and will continer fight on. There's
duffer in town who says he can make
me eat dirt, but l hain't goin' to tell
him to try it on till you git gone. l
know what belongs to manners"
Thanks, ever so much"
The lady had finished supper and
was on her way to her room when the
host halted her to say:
"A galoot named Jim Wheeler has
Just sent me word that he can break
me in two, and he will be here in ten
minutes to do it. Would you mind If
lit on to him?"
But there'd be fight" she queried.
"Yes, powerful fight"
Then l hope you won't"
"All right, maam-alI right. I've
allus been a gentleman and allus hope
to be-"
She thought she had seen the last of
the landlord for the night, but she
hadn't. An hour later he knocked at
her door and anxiously said:
"Thar's wall-eyed heather out yere
what needs shooting, but won't do it
tonight on account of you. I'd like to
ak you, however, if might take three
drinks at my own bar?"
But you might get drunk"
Not at all, ma'am. l know my man.
ners better'n that. I'll just jump on
my hat and hoot, and if l have to put
a knife in critters ribs I'll do it so
softly you won't hear a word. I'm a
gentleman and you are a lady, and if
necessary I'll kill five or six galoots
between this and daylight to make 'em
believe it!"-Kansas City Journal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
Coioreh Shnas

1t is in the perfection of each little
detail that the success of the ensemble
depends, and footwear is undoubtedly
one of the most important items and is
a point especially to be considered in
river toilets, as when stepping in anG
out of a boat the shoes come into spe
cial prominence. Colored shoes of g
delicate champagne, blue or gray are
proving very strong rivals to the
brown ones SO popular short time
ago and are worn with the fashionable
white ribbed silk hose. White suede
shoes and buckles to match are also
much in evidence.-Tattler.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
Exact Copy Of Wrapper.
Expresslona of a cYnio.

Walter Pater, an old man at so, bald
as .coot and grotesquely plain, ro
garded every woman much as did Dean
Swift, who wrote: "A very little wit
is valued in a woman, as we are
pleased with few words spoken intel
ligibly by a parrot" you don't ap
prove of marriage?" a friend once OBJ
served to Pater. NO" he replied,
nor would anybody else if he gave
the matter proper consideration. Men
and women are always pulling diff
ferent ways. Women won't pull our
way. They are so perverse"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-15
Book for Menus.

The various menus served at lunch
cons and dinners are so soon forgot
ten by the hostess. that she is often
apt to repeat the menu for some of
the same guests. To prevent this,
the woman who entertains might buy
a blank book and into it write list of
the guests entertained and the menu
served, together with word or two
about the decorations. In this way
she has but to look over the list to see
what she served when certain guests
were entertained. After few months
or so the book would prove valuable
for suggestions.