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SOME ODD STORIES
CLEANED AT RANDOM
Golfers Hostile Over Simple" Tres
pass.

Golfers Hostile Over Simple" Tres
pass.
PHILADELPHIA. August 19.-Totally
oblivious to. the harm they were doing.
William McNeely and Anthony McNulty
of Edge Hill, drove across a green in the
Philadelphia Cricket Club golf links yes
terday. and could not understand why
the players nearby almost had nervous
prostration trying to stop them. Nor
could they understand why their 'simple
trespass' resulted in their being held
under $500 bail for court while the golfers
stood by mad enough to lynch them.
The two culprits We're returning home
With load of barley corn, and thought
to take short cut across the links. In
spite of the frantic calls of the players
they persisted in heading for the NO. 4
green. and when they left it there were
two deep ruts. To understand the Sc
robustness of the injury the layman must
remember that the players never cross
the green wearing a shoe with heel,
ana a caddy would not lay down his
sticks upon it for fear of his life.
One player in red coat. with tears in
his eyes. explained that 1t would be days
before the turf could grow to be the same
as 1t was before.
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Cruelty Prober liked for Safety.

NEW YORK. August ia number of
tender-hearted women have been flooding
the Office Of Director Hornaday of the
Bronx zoo with letters complaining of
the manner in which the keepers treat
the elephants.
The Humane Society got wind OF the
complaint and yesterday sent an agent to
the elephant house. He examined the
whips and other instruments used. and
then expressed a desire to go into the
cages to look over the elephants. The
keepers refused to take the responsibility
of going with him and the agent was
about to enter Gundas cage alone when
the big pachyderm. whose temper is not
of the best. trumpeted few protests.
The agent suddenly changed his mind.
and saying, He guessed the elephants
were all right" went his way.
DR.. Blair, the zoo physician. said yes
terday 1t is frequently necessary to fright
en- the elephants TO keep them in subjec-
ton. but that they are treated no differ
entity than they have been for thousands
of years in India and Africa.
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ANACOSTIA AND VICINITY.

While the storm was in progress in this
section Monday evening the residence of
William H. Shaw, at 143 Green street,
Anacostia, was struck by lightning, be-
ing damaged in three places by the bolt,
which struck the frame dwelling about
$40 o'clock. Mr. Shaw was absent from
home at the time, Mrs. Shaw and several
children being occupants of the building.
They were severely frightened by the
crash and the subsequent shock and were
found in this condition by Mr.. Shaw when
he returned from his work. The bolt of
lightning struck the house on the north
side, damaging the roof. the coping and
the weather boarding. Numerous shingles
at $40
The copy of the order of the District
Commissioners making effective the
changes In the street names in this part
Of the District has been published by
Maj. Sylvester. the chief of police. and
has been promulgated for the Information
of members of the police department.
Forty-five sections Of territory are affect
ed, and as many of the names that have
now been done away with were of long
standing II was deemed advisable to have
the members of the force made acquainted
with the new names, to the end that there
may be no confusion in the issuance and
serving of warrants, the locating and di-
Mrs. B. G. Shreve Of Mount View place
and Mrs. John F. Reagan of Nichols ave-
nue. left today for an extended visit to
| Atlantic City.
Miss Grace Whaley is spending her va
cation at Round Hill. Va. where she will
remain for several weeks.
| Mrs Mckim Hopes of w street has left
| for trip to New York city and Niagara
Falls. She will join her father Mr.
| Faulkner. in the former city.
Rev. George NJ. Cummings. the pastor
| of the Garden Memorial Presbyterian
Church. who has been on leave at Bald
win. Nd, has returned and has again
taken charge Of the services at the
| church.
Miss Annie Lacey has gone to the vi
| cnity of Chaptico. Nd, to remain during
| the several weeks that she will be away
| from her home here.
The last meeting of the Ladies' Mission
| airy Society Of the Garden Memorial Pres
byterian Church took place several even
| ings since at the residence of Mrs. NJ.
Porter Smell. Avalon Terrace. and was
generally attended. Two new members
were received into the society! Papers
were read by Mrs. Charles Entwisle. who
| discussed Our Missions" and by Mrs.
J. II. Easter. the title of whose paper
was Prayer" After the business meet
| ing the hostess served a repast in the
dining room. which was tastefully dec
| Grated for the occasion
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Wood, widely
known residents Of Anacostia, whose
home has been here for many years, have
issued invitations for the celebration of
| the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage
The event will take place Wednesday
home, 1919 Minnesota avenue, Anacostia.
from until 10 o'clock.
Dr. William l.. Sheep OF the Govern
.ment Hospital, near Anacostia, has gone
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Nineteen Sentenced to Death.

ST. PETERSBURG, August 19.-Nine-
teen sentences of death have been signed
in various parts of the Russian empire.
one at Kharkov. three at Kiev, five at
Warsaw and ten at Lodz. The last-men-
toned are peasants who some months age
were condemned to death for revolution
airy activities, but who were granted q
retrial by the supreme military court
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She. Was a olive Western Wire.
SPOKANE, Wash. August 49,

I'm a live western wire. I'll marry
the man who opens this letter II he looks
good to me and will stand for a leap
year proposal"
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Capt. W. ]. Horsfield OF the British
steamship Glenroy, died suddenly yester-
day just before the vessel began a voyage
to England. Death was due to uremia.
He was fifty years old.
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on his annual leave. which he will spend
at his home in Elizabeth City, n c., and
at. Mays Head, n. c.
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Slid Down Pillar of az" Road.

NEW YORK. August 19.-The first thing
that Policeman McCue OF the East 22d
street police station knew of Richard
Arnold was when he saw him sliding
down an elevated pillar near the 23d
street station of the I'd avenue line. Ar
mold could explain about himself better
than he could about his actions.
He said he was a waiter in the Columbia
Hotel, Surf avenue. Coney Island and the
last he remembered was coming In with
friends, all Of whom, including himself,
were feeling quite cheerful. When he got
off at the 23d street station he thought
he walked along the track until he got
tired. when he climbed outside the rail-
ing and slid down.
Arnold was arraigned in the night court
on a disorderly conduct charge and was
discharged by Magistrate Harris with a
reprimand.
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Blackjack Winner.

As he entered the dark cellar Hassam
was unable to see for a moment, owing
to the semi-darkness.
When he was able to look about the
policeman found himself facing 3S-cali-
Der revolver in the hands Of Jessup. Walsh
came up from the rear Of the cellar, hit
the Italian heavy blow over the head
with his blackjack, sending him to the
floor unconscious.
He was then handcuffed, disarmed and
taken to the I'd and Christian streets
station. BalousO was in the meantime
rushed to the Pennsylvania Hospital. but
the physicians there pronounced him dead
They said he must have died almost in
stantly after being shot.
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Snake MIXED a Prize Cow.

LANCASTER, Pa. August ia week
ago the prize cow of the famous Attorney
herd of E. H. Kaufman, on his farm
near the city. apparently went dry and
for some .unaccountable reason refused
to give even the slightest quantity of
milk. 1t was feared that the milk was
being stolen while the COW was in the
pasture and she was watched.
The merest accident disclosed a garter
snake four feet long coiled about the
cows udder and she was being deprived
of her milk. AS an experiment the mat
ter was left go for nearly a week and
every day the snake was seen to nour-
ish itself at the cows udder. 1t was
finally killed and the cow again gives
its quota to the dairy
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Tragedy of Mirth.

Half dozen persons were congregated
In Balouso's room enjoying his hospitality
for several hours before the fatal shoot
ing, according to the police. In the ex-
uberance of his high spirits Balouso is
said to have picked up a glass of beer
and cast the contents over his friend
Jessup as joke. This pleased him so
much that he picked up heavy tin cup
and cast 1t at Mrs. Jessup,. also a MEM
Der Of the party
Her cry Infatuated her husband against
the man who had been his closest friend
for years In an instant it is said. he
had whipped from his trousers pocket
.38-caliber revolver. Balouso realized
his danger and rushed through the open
deo$ to the street.
Just as he reached the middle of 9th
street at FitZwater street. Jessup fired.
The bullet went through Balouso's head
and was later found in the street by the
police. BalOuso fell, dying almost in
stantly.
1t was then that the chase began which
led to the cellar in South Percy street.
This basement can be entered through
two entrances. Special Policemen Has
sam and Walsh, from the I'd and Christian
streets station. pursued. Walsh took the
rear entry and Hassam the front
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every day the snake was seen to nour-
ish itself at the cows udder. 1t was
finally killed and the cow again gives
it's quota to the dairy.
Played Poker in a Graveyard.
TRENTON. n. j., August 19.-Joseph
Meyer. John Bedesky. Stephen Fuchs.
Andrew Nodsky and John Kush were ar
rested here today on the charge of play
ing poker in Riverview cemetery, where
they were caught using tombstone for
card table.
To make the case more gruesome two
grave diggers and the superintendent of
the cemetery aided in the arrest of the
men. and they were conveyed to the
police station in the cemetery's dead
wagon. They declared that they went to
were afraid they would be arrested any
where else.
Dead Cat a Pendulum Of Spite.
NEW YORK, August 10. The rather
unique charge of hurting a dead cat
over a back fence 800 times was brought
against a twelve-year-old boy in Mont
clair yesterday, following his arrest for
malicious mischief.
The boy is Harry Mianatti. Next door
to his home lives Johnnie Mabey. ten
years old. Harrys family owned the cat
and it was killed. according to the testi-
mony, by Johnnie's bulldog. Finding it
dead, Harry threw it over the fence into
Johnnie's yard. Johnnie pitched it back
again.
For hours the game went on swiftly.
until an extra hard chuck by Harry
landed the cat on Johnnie'S roof. The
latter's father then had Harry arrested
Dead Whale With Owners Tag.
NEW YORK, August ia whale that
had been harpooned to death was passed
about five miles east-northeast of Nan
tucket on Thursday by the Italian steam
ship San Giorgio, in yesterday from
Messina
The fishermen who killed the whale.
which was unusually big. had attached a
buoy to it to secure ownership Its short
distance from Nantucket led the skipper
of the San GiorgiO to believe that some
Of the old whalers of the famous little
island had been enjoying themselves and
intended to come out later with power
boats perhaps and tow the quarry to the
beach.
Bather Gets Scare Of Her Life.
NEW YORK, August 19.-While in
bathing in four feet of water at Orchard
Beach yesterday afternoon Mrs. j. Math-
ewson of No. 1922 Victor avenue. the
Bronx, stumbled on the dead body of a
man. AS she bent down to see what it
was she touched the face She screamed
and tainted. and would have drowned
but for the aid of other bathers. who
brought her to shore.
Lifesavers brought up the body. 1t was
found to be that of a man who had gone
into the water from the bathing pavilion
about half an hour before. No one had
seen the man drown. though there were
several hundred bathers in the water at
the time
1t is believed oy the ponce the man had
been drugged before going into the water
and an autopsy will be performed today
Not hing in the clothes the man left in
the bathhouse led to his Identification.
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Find Jewels in a Birds Nest.

CALDWELL, N. j., August 19.-While
several boys and girls were playing In
the woods in the lower end of this town.
ship yesterday Anna Dodge, whose home
is in Brooklyn, found the nest of a black
bird, and after examining it closely sud-
denly exclaimed: "Oh, look what I have
found in the nest"
1t was a ring set with four diamonds.
Later a jeweler examined 1t and said 1t
was worth $3.50.
How it got into the nest is a mystery.
but it Is supposed that it was carried
there by blackbird.
Could Not Stand for Love Potions.
NEW YORK, August 19.-As an excuse
for deserving his wife, a former Salvation
Army lassie. William Moore of 661 South
18th street. Newark, pleaded before Judge
Davis in the court Of special sessions yes
terday that his wife had surreptitiously
slipped love potions in his coffee.
Moore met the Salvation girl last New
Year day, fell in love with her and a
speedy marriage resulted. Moore said
his wife visited clairvoyants and did what
they told her.
Mrs. Moore denied that she had resorted
to occult means to keep her husband
love, and declared he fagrantly neglected
his marital obligations.
liked From Jail to Get q Beer.
NEW YORK, August 19.-Every Friday
the prisoners in the Richmond county jail
at Richmond. l., are taken to the base
ment of the Jail and there made to wash
their clothes.
The procession was on its way down
yesterday when Frederick Colin, one of
the prisoners, remarked to another:
I'm thirsty. 1 think I'll go out and
get beer
Nothing has been seen of Colin since.
When the roll was called before the pris-
oners went back to their cells he failed
to respond to his name, and up to late
last night the Jail keepers were busy
beating the adjacent woods for him.
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JOKER LOSES HIS LIFE
Threw Tin Cup at Hosts Wife
in Ri0t0uS Fun.
BEER BATH FOR HUSBAND
Angry Victim of Merry Jest Kills
Him With Bullet.
LEADS LONG, STERN CHASE
Policeman, With Revolver at Head
Uses Blackjack and Sub
dues Murderer.

PHILADELPHIA. August f9.-Shot
through the head and almost instantly
killed by "a bullet from a 3S-caliber re-
volver in the hands of his lifelong friend
and companion. Carino Balouso. forty
five years old. of 9O6 South Darien street.
was the victim Of his own attempted play
full joke.
His friend. Paul Jessup thirty years
old, Of 707 South Hutchinson street is
under arrest charged with being his MUIR
derer.
The shooting occurred about O'Clock
yesterday afternoon in the middle Of the
street at the intersection of 9th and F'itz-
water streets.
Jessup. who, according to the police.
fired the shot, was chased by policemen
for several blocks. finally attempting to
throw his pursuers of the scent by hiding
In the cellar Of the house 7O6 South Percy
street.
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C7DZL GLllRDY NqPcfl0 I2lS7' TIT II1Rs1CV o, Iz2L0

of the inn proved that the other guard
had used his brains as well as his
weapon, and dropping through the
window to the ground Just outside had
placed himself near the back door In
time TO get good aim at the dark
form that could just be seen gliding
out of il.
The next patrol over that mountain
track found the inn tenanted by but
two living people, and their comrades
instructed them to send the necessary
functionaries to remove and inter the
bodies. while they remained, a vision
of grim destiny, pointing the obje t
lesson that in Spain he who interfers
with the duties of the Civil guard
must be ever ready to pay the price.
The circumstances of the formation
of this splendid corps came about as
! follows:
1t seems that in 1888 the poet Marti
nez de la Rosa was robbed by brig
ands on a journey between Granads
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Old Boots Made Valuable.

The Gaulos of Paris has been en-.
tertaining its readers with a patent
leather boot story. 1t seems that
every six months each sewer man OF
Parts receives q pair of heavy boots.
At the end OF the period these articles
are worthless as far as the original
purpose is concerned, but they have
actually Increased In value. The old
boots are sold TO the leather dressers,
Il is said, as the conditions under
which they have been used make Che
leather peculiarly adapted for con.
version into patent leather for di sss
shoes
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The Way Of the Trangressor
BY J. &. Piun,u7er
Copyright, by Daily story pub. co5
BY j. c. Piurnner

The steamer Juliet lay in the river
off San Nicola, outward bound from
Rosario TO London. A true specimen
lof the genus tramp was the Juliet
'ltun for dividends she was, like her
crew, overworked and starved, for If
the crew had little to eat, and that
bad, the poor old craft had so little
paint on her sides that great splotches
developed as If she rad a promising
case of eczema
Forward of the quarter deck she
was . hungry ship. Since the day she
had steamed out of Cardiff for Las
Palmas the crew had lived on rank
beef and petrilied Liverpool pantiles.
At the start three potatoes had been
served TO each man daily, aud when
the men en- masse petitioned for more
the supply had been cut down to two,
one, and finally none
Faith said Hennessy, "at home
Father John used to prache from tex
Ask and ven recave,' but on this
bloody hooker if ye ask re git less"
OF course there were shore days at
Las Palmas and Rosario, but then,
after the men had Hlled up with rum,
there was no money left for edibles.
What added TO the discomfort of the
crew was that the cabin lived we'll
and when they saw and shifted
chicken pie, etc, going aft it made
the beef nastier and the biscuit
harder
At Rosario the skipper had bought
ten turkeys for cabin delectation
They were in coop abaft the fiddly
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house and were to be sacrificed when
we were at sea. At these fowls the
crew glared with concupiscent eyes.
81 could ate one ov EN-, feathers
and ALL" said Hennessy.
"Ye might as well be contented with
salt horse and stone biscuit" laughed
Clark, the donkeyman; tits all yen
get"
Hin sick of the eatin' aboard this
bloody ship growled a man.
Whist" warned Hennessy; mot a
wurrd. If the old man catches a whis-
per about the attn he'll cut it off alto
gither.'
That night the steamer lay in the
river with both anchors out and steam
up. All vessels lie so in a river
where steam at moments notice
may be required to save going
aground. 1t was Clark's watch in the
engine room from eight o'clock TO
midnight. The second engineer had
halloed down from above If all was
right and Clark, after testing the
steam power, had hailed back that all
was right and that he could go to
bed.
Bye.and-by a voice came down the
tube:
Clark me boy?'
Aye, aye" went back.
Whist 1t was Hennessy's voice
Turkey for late dinner, Clark, If ye'll
ba after doin' the cookin',"
What ails ye, you Irish ass?"
snapped Clark up the tube.
"Ye know that two av the Turkeys
died last night They were found did
in the coop this mornin. The skipper
ordeerd me to trow thin overheard
hid 'em in me bunk and Wen ate 'em
tonight"
You bloody beast" snarled Clark
"do you take us for - buZZards that
well eat things that die natural?'
"The disease that they died av, me
boy, was a sail needle nately put troC
their eyes by man named Hennessy
durin' the airly mornin watch They
died daycently widout drop of blood
split. If yen cook EN- we II ate 'em
tonight"
What's for me to dor asked Clark
now interested.
"Kape your ears open about Til
o'clock" replied Hennessey; 'ye may
hear somethin'."
Clark sat for an hour on watch be
fore his engine and then he started
for two something's had bumped dowr
the ventilator on to the iron decl
floor. Inspection revealed two well
grown turkeys lying amid the Goa
dust, and then the donkeyman met the
situation.
Summoning the assistance of the
dago coal passer the feathers wert
promptly snatched off the birds anC
every bit or refuse cast into the fur
mace. Then the carcasses were placed
in two buckets and set to boil before
the furnace doors. a
The provider of the FEAST was impa
tient, as. Clark had several times t'
reply to a whispered inquiry down the
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Keep Busy,

Keep Busy.
Occupation issthe necessary bas,
OF all enjoyment.-Hunt
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and Madrid. When In later life We
became minister under Queen Chris.
tina, he bore in mind the perils he
had gone through as wayfarer, ana
determined to try and make the high.
ways safer in the future. Accordingly
he organized force of 5000 guard.
and equipped them in n uniform net
unlike that OF the Italian carabinerl.
They were trained to act both as sol,
diers and police, and when on foot
carried ariile and revolver; their equip.
ment included also a large and beauti.
fully made sword and they were when
mounted allotted magnificent horses
Their ranks are now recruited from
the sons OF those who have served
with credit. or died by violence, in
their country's service. They are edu.
Gated free in the college of the Civil
guards. Any soldier who has served
for many years in the regular army,
II he can read and write, is of un.
blemished character, and of the prop.
GER height and build may volunteer
into the Civil guard When superan.
nuated, he is pensioncd or otherwise
provided for.
The members of That very noble
body OF men" are under extremely
strict regulations, and so great Il
their esprit de corps that any back
sliding Is of the utmost rarity. They
are trave and serious in demeanor.
but always courteous.
Honor must be the chief object"
declares the written regulations of tha
organization "and It must be Pre-.
served spotless and intact, Once lost,
1t can never be regalned."
Bad language, bad manners. bad
habits, and rude words, must never be
INDUCED in by the Civil guards. who
must. before speaking. ever consider
the honored uniform they wear"
MRS. AUBREY LIE BLOND.
Keep Busy.
Occupation issthe necessary bas,
Of all eniOynelt--Hunt
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SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR

Frank b. Gary who has been elected United
States senator from South Carolina to fill an un
expired term, claims among his ancestors, Robert
Bruce, king of Scotland; John Knox, founder OF
the Presbyterian church: John Witherspoon and
other Scotch worthless. He is nephew OF the
late Gen. Mark Gary. picturesque character OF
the secession and reconstruction periods, who was
a major.general of cavalry In Wade Hampton's
legion. brilliant soldier, reckless leader and a
hard fighter. He famous for his profanity
and his ungovernable temper. There was no
fercer freeater in all the south, and he was
mixed up In dozen duels.
After the overthrow Of the Republican gov
ernment in South Carolina and the establishment
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Great Stadium Completed.

London has completed the sleel
structure OF its great stadium where
the Olympic games are to be held this
year. 1t Is designed to accommodate
10000 spectators.