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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.

The st. Stephen Institute base ball
team played rings around the Blooming
dale Athletic Club yesterday afternoon
at the Capital City Park. The score was
Is to I.
Murphy. who was on the rubber for the
winners. twirled mastery ball through
batsmen down to four scattered hits
famed seven and passed only one.
Moore did the box work for the Bloom.
ingdale squad and pitched excellent ball
teammates went to pieces. The St.
Stephens boys could hit only four safe
ties OF his delivery until the sixth ses-
sion and then they hammered out eight
hits. Moore has to his credit eight
strike-outs. but was very wild. giving
on the register at the close OF the In
ming.
The batting ionors go to Murphy. the
clever little pitcher. He ciouted the
sphere for three bingles and made three
Of his teams talltes.
Klopfer. the brilliant center fielder for
the losers. carried OF the fielding honors.
His playing In that territory was real
classy. Three running circus catches was
his record.
The Bloomingdales were first to score
They made their only run in the third.
Clark. first up In that inning. made a
clean drive to right Fiddler. next to
the plate. flied to Warden. Clark was
caught trying to steal second on the out.
Klopfer got safe on first Of an error
OF Heinrich Conover came to the plate
next with a Texas Lacquer bat" and
connected with one of the shoots on the
nose for a terrific drive to left. scoring
Hopfer.
St. Stephens scored two of its runs in
the same round. still another In the
NTH and in the sixth hammered Moore
for eight binsles, which resulted in twelve
runs.
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PHILADELPHIANS WIN.
Worcestershire Cricket Team Defeat.
ed by IS Runs.

WORCESTER, England. July 1.-THE
American cricket team representing the
gentlemen Of Philadelphia today won the
first match Of the four that It is booked
to play against the English county teams
by defeating Worcestershire by 96 runs
The credit for this victory Is due largely
to Wood. who played magnihcently. In
the second innings he scored 132 before
giving chance. He was finally caught
out. He was at the bat for three hours
and twenty minutes. His hits included
one six and nineteen fours. King. White
and Bohlen gave him useful assistance,
making. respectively. 20. q and Is runs
Woods departure was the beginning OF
complete collapse. the next Ave wickets
falling for IA runs.
The Worcestshire eleven started the sec
ond innings badly. King and Hordern
bowled with bewildering effect. taking to-
gether nine w1ckets for IS runs. It then
began to rain. and this initiated against
the bowling. but Worcestershire was all
dismissed with 40 runs.
Worcestershire is one Of the strong
county teams. It tied Yorkshire for Sec
ond place in last seasons championship
games.
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ENTRIES FOR MONDAY.
Brighton Beach.

First race, handicap: three year -olds and up;
six furlongs-Dreamer, 40: King Cobalt, Tour.
enne. 116: T1leing. Ill: Nimbus, 10; Rialto,
Question Mark. 1O6; Golden Pearl, Altuda. los;
Julia Powell. 104; Pantoune. 10B: Cohort. Nota.
sulsa. Tom McGrath, 100; Beaucoup. Salvolatile,
es; Bat Masterson. 90; Alauda, 03; Hartford
Boy, IS.
Second race: two,gear-olds; selling; five fur
To- n0.,S shc Cat lo
P Ps...,S1s My'sify areenOaek 49, huble 81
Third race. mare. and eeldinss: three year
olds and up: mile and q sixteenth Beaucere.
Dolly Spanker. lib: Cressina. Ill; Chase Away.
Maid. ios; coan.ersisn. ics; Joe Stanley, ioi:
Grace Cameron 80.
Fourth race 1:nds.p; and up;
esty. us; Cairngorm. lis; Question Mark. ia.
Ss i zsnaP nse
Lally. Shadow Glance, 30; Campaigner, ss;
FfpS sS and nm:
short course; about two miles-Grandpa. la;
Jimmy Lane: IA; RobadSr Ito; Calf all, ,a';
Sixth race. three ar-olds and upward; selling;
mile and a sixteenth.Corneob. ia: Eilisdaie.
Als1ds. Fsran dor lvi: Import. 30; Miss Nor.
folk. %; Winning Star, d.
Windsor.
First race. I've and one half furlongs; sellns.
three-year-olds and up-'William H. Lyon. .
Rs,ery: lo2: King Folly. 1913; Nat at. B., ~:
Barrett 1O5: Comic Opera. III; Golly Ding.
1902; Gresham. 1902; Usury. 10.
Second race. two miles; steeplechase; four
year-olds and up: selling-Gault, 1875; Bank Hol-
liday. 1856; Sam Farmer. 14s; Dacra. 1873; Man
zano. lbs; Waterway. 1854: Dulcian. 1874; Pick
time. 1873.
Third race. seven furlongs: three-year olds and
up-Blember. IS: Johnnie Blake. 80: Fleming.
1Ql; Cave Adsum. liz; The Thorn. 80: Lexing
ton Lady. 90; Terah. 1o3: Superstition. 90; Park
Row. 10l: Gold ]. c.. lOi.
Fourth race. one mile and hree-quarters; sell
ing; three. year-olds and up-'C. H. Shilling,
81: Bedford. 81: Wilton Lackaye. lO9; sDuuve-
gan. SO; L. N. Eckert, %; Holscher. 1l2; Royal
Chance, 81: Ismailian, 30.
Goldins, IS; Straight Taik. 50: coiored LADY.
1903: Gladys Louise, ITO; Lady Gore. 80; Hawks
light. IS: Sight, 100: Cheek. 10; Trappe. es:
Hanover King. 101; Miss Imogene. 108; May
LufZ. no.
Sixth race. five aud ne.half furloncs; three
yea r-olds and up-Mabel Lee. 95; Rivea 102;
Tenakoc. 1o7; Waterbury. lO7; .Servile. 81;
Cora Price. los; Inventress. 105; Belmere, III;
sPlease, 1907 Miss Delaney, los, Blue Lee Ito.
apprentice allowance claimed.
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WIN OLYMPIC CUP.
Golf Trophy Captured by the West
ern Team of Chicago.

ROCK ISLAND. Ill, July 11.-Four Chi
cago golfers, constituting the western
team. today won the Olympic cup. team
trophy Of the Western Golf Association,
playing over the arsenal links. with a
total score of 632 for the thirty-six holes
Kenneth Edwards of the winning team
proved to be the star of the days play,
making the two rounds in Il and -. The
total scores of the teams follow:
Western So: Minnesota. Col; transmits
sissippi. GIL; st. Louis. 81: Iowa, G9a;
Missouri. 72S.
The winning team was composed of
Warren X Wood. D. z. Sawyer and r. +.
Hunter and Kenneth Edwards.
On Monday the qualifying rounds of the
western amateur championship tourna-
ment will be played. More than 100 golf
ers are expected to tee off during the
forenoon.
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COMMERCIAL LEAGUE.

romor.ow.s s.me,wm Hahn { @; V ~ M.
avenue northeast. at $3.50.
The e. ]. Murphy aggregation defeated
the leaders Of the Commercial League
yesterday in a hotly contested eleven In
ming game at 9Th and Florida avenue
northeast. Score. 4 to 8.
The game was a pitchers battle from
the beginning. Gray for the paint men op.
posing Reichard of the National Electric
Supply Company. Each twirled q great
game Although the losers connected for
one more hit than the Murphys the neces-
sary hit at an opportune time was not
forthcoming. Dolly Gray struck out four
teen men and was touched up to the ex-
tent of six hits. while Reichard famed
eight batsmen. and allowed only i've hits.
three of which were obtained In the
eighth inning.
The Nationals secured one Of their runs
in the third round. Hamilton. the first
man up. reached first by error. went to
was on his way to the home plate With
two out and two strikes on the batter.
when the catcher. seeing him coming. got
over-anxious and dropped the ball.
to get more than one hit. made the first
hit Of the game, but was caught trying
to steal second.
The Nationals scored their other two
tallies in the eighth round Dyer reached
first on a slip-up and Dugan. the next
man up. connected with the ball for a
home run. driving into deep center field.
This stopped the run-getting for the lead
ers. and not until the last inning did they
show any dangerous signs Of scoring.
when a man reached third but died there
The paint men got their first run In
the eighth. when with two men out and
two on base Murphy connected for
clean single and scored on q wild throw
to catch him at second.
The winning run was scored In the elev-
enth. when Sullivan got first on a life.
stole second. went to third on an out and
scored a minute later. when Evans drop
ped high fly.
The fielding Of Freddie Dyer at second
for the losers was easily the feature Of
the game, he getting FIVE putouts and
nine assists, several being hard balls to
handle. The official score:
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WILL REST TODAY.
Arrival of the Glidden Tourists at
Bedford SPRINGS.

BEDFORD. Pa, July 1.-The pilot car
in the Glidden race reached here en- route
to Bedford Springs at 1905 pm. and at
O'Clock forty-three Of the contesting
cars had passed through Bedford. No
accident of any consequence was report
ed.
BEDFORD SPRINGS. Pa. July 1.-THE
Gliddenites experienced the toughest roads
thus far in the tour in the third days
run of 1864 miles from Pittsburg to this
place. over the Allegheny mountains. In
spite Of this handicap. however the
schedule of seven hours was beaten by
many Of the cars.
At 3:15 o'clock this afternoon all the
touring cars except No. 60 which Is dis
qualified in the race, therefore not COM
peting for trophy. had reported In.
The route today with the schedule of
seven hours is considered one of the hard
est courses ever marked out for an auto
mobile contest, the roads being decidedly
rougher than last year over the same
course. In climbing hills second speed
was quite generally used.
The tourists will remain here over Sum
day and enjoy a much-needed rest
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St. vincent Oe1eatS V1g1lAntS.
The Vigilants. the newcomers in the
Marquette League. proved an easy vic
tim for st. Vincent yesterday, going
down before Wilkerson's pushing shoots
by II to 3.
st. Vincent put a crimp in the Vigil
lants' hopes early in the game. getting
three men across the plate in tho sec
ond inning and nine more in the fourth
session. The losers succeeded in chalk
ing up tally in the fifth round on hits
by Rheinhard and Rountree. They also
made two runs In the last inning.
America, the first man to the pan.
clouted a terrific drive over the center
felder's head for three-bagger. scor-
ing when Broome failed to handle the
throw.tn clearly. Frydeli singled.
Rountree hit to short, who threw to Sec
ond. He scored a moment later on
Becker's clean single. Davis ended the
game by striking out.
A. Connors and Davis. who were on
the hurting block for the losers. were
both hit freely. They were given rank
support, twelve errors being charged
to the team. The contest was devoid
OF features Score.
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ANOTHER LONG GAME.
White Sox Defeat Athletics in Six
tenth Inning.

PHILADELPHIA. July 1.-THE Chi
cago Americans today played their second
game In successive days.
winning here. s to 4. Jones scored the
run on his two-bagger. Vickers'
failure to cover first base on IebelIs
grounder and Dougherty's sacrifice fly.
Tannehill prevented the home team from
at least tieing the score In the six
teenth by getting hot liner and COM
pleting q double play. ending the game.
1t had been intended to play q double
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Wright and Little Win.

NEW YORK, July i..-B. c. Wright
and r. D. Little. the international pair.
won the cups today in the final of the
Round Robin tournament on the turf
courts of the Country Club of West
chester. They came through the series Of
matches against the strongest pairs In
this section Of the country without the
loss Of q match. In the final they de-
feated H. H. Packet and e. p. Fisher In
three straight sets BY the score Of ell
rs. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12

The Washington Cricket Club has ar.
ranged a match game on the grounds Of
the Washington Club. near Chevy Chase
Circle today with the Sons Of st. George
Cricket Club Of Baltimore. The game will
be called at IL o'clock noon. This will be
the NTH game between these clubs
during this season, the Washingtonians
having won one and lost three games
Several additions have recently been made
with the Wow to strengthening the team
and close contest u anticipated during
today's game.
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First base on balis-On Counors. 8: Oh Wnker.
son. 8. Hits made-On connors II: on Wilkes-
son. II; Oh Davis. g. Struck out-By Conno.c.
America, Walter. Two-bass hits-Crown.
Broome, wilkereon. Sacrifice hit-Brcome.
Stolen bases-Crown, Moreland. Walter. Brewer
e.. Miller, Cohill.s Hit By pitchsr-By Wnter.
son. Passed ball-A. Connors. Umpfee-Mf.
Cleveland. Time Of xame-1 hour ana 20 min
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Hack" May Be Down and Out.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

BERLIN. July lit is stated that it Is
doubtful II Haekenschmidt. the Russian
Lion" will be able to resume wrestling.
One consequence Of his recent illness was
an operation which left a temporary
paralysis OF the left hand. An affection
Of the knee. which is now eighteen months
old. is still very painful and shows little
signs Of improvement
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Two-base hit-Oonover. Stolen bases-Heinrtck
49, Gleason a.. Moriarity. Dunn ~. Double
plays-Clark to Fiddler Hits-OR Moore. II: OF
Murphy. 4. First base on balls-By Moore. 3: BY
Struck out-By Moore. 8; by Murphy. 6. Left on
electromagnetic. 8; st. Stephehs. 8: Time
Of game-1 hour and 30 minutes. Umpire-Mr.
Pete Holman.
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decorate the initial sack during the last
four innings. The official score:
sBatted for Hoffman In 9th inning.
fRaffed for Railev in ninth fnnih1

sBatted for Hoffman In 9th inning.
fBatted for Bailey In ninth inning.
Washington. ........ O o o IA
st. Louis. o o o o o.
Two-base hit-F. Jones. Hits-Of Dinneen. 3
In rs innings; of Bailey. In 51s innings. Sac
'rifce hits-Hartzell Ferris. Stolen bases-Siilan,
Hartzell. Double play-Milan and Warner. Left
on bases.Washington. 8; st. Louis g. First
Bailey. 2: First base on error-st. Louis. Struck
out-By Hughes. 8; by Dinneen /; by Bailey, 2.
Passed ban-Spencer. Time Of Rame-1 hour and
IS minutes. Umpire-Mr. OLoughlin.
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Canoe Race for Prizes.

The Red Men Of the District would like
to hear from amateurs who wish to enter
a canoe race at Marshall Hall Wednesday
at pm. Cash prizes are offered to the
first three that finish in the race. Address
street southeast. Entry fee, 80 cents.
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Two.base htt-Stecker. Three. base bit-Hands.
Stolen bases-Hamann Cole. Double play-Hands
Mcmahon, 3. Struck out-By Mehler, 4; by Nc
Mahon. 8. Left on .bases-Einth. 8: First S.
Passed ball-Kerper. Wild pitch-McMahon.
Time Of camel hour and 20 minutes. Umpire
Mr.. Hughes.
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Two.base hit-White. Home run-DuSan.
Stolen bases-Hamilton. Donohue. Sullivan e.
Double play-Sullivsn to Murphy. Hits--On
By Gray. 2; by Reichard. 1. Hit by pitcher
BY Gray. l: by Reichard. I: Struck out-By
E. g. Co., 8; Murphy, T. Passed balls-Cramp-
ton. 2. Umpire-Mr. Hart. Time Of game-2
hours.
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base on bsiis-By Powsil. Z: by Tassart. j.
STRUCK outIBy Powell. 3: by Taggart. o. Three
hite-Gtewart, Levy. Rupertus, Hutchinson.
stolen bases-Davis Hutchinson. Donalley ~.
Tsggart. Kelleher ~, Rupertus. PaSsed balls
Il hour and So minutes.
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INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE.
A Hot Contest.

The Twinings defeated the Gurley A. c.
In q hard fought game yesterday on Nc
Devitt's Field by IL to 8.
Both catchers played an excellent game.
Terry starred at second Score:
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At Chicago-Chicago .: PhiladeInhia. q.
At fredericksburg. s: New York. 2.
At ST. Ious-St. Louis. o: Brooklyn. 1.
At acknowledgements 3; Boston. =.
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MARQUETTE LEAGUE.
STANDJNc or TEE crr1,s
st. Vincent Defeats vieilants

Game t0nnorrow-Marines vs. st. Paul's, al
18th and D streets northeast at $50 O'Clock.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.

STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
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Nationals Right ION the Job"
With the 0pportune Hit
Big Bill Dinneen Gets
the Hook.
landing Of National League Clubs.
American League Games Yesterday.

At Observation-Disclosures. 4: st. Louis, 2.
At Observation-Disclosures 4; Chicago.
(sixteen innings,.
At New York-F'irst game. New York. s. Cleve-
land, 9 Second game. New York, 3: Cleveland. =.
At BOston-Boston. z: Detroit 8.
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Yesterdays win was lucky for the Ma
tionals, as the New Yorks have evidently
taken on Il brace, and are right on the
locals heels, having defeated the Cleve-
lands in both games. Had the Browns
won yesterday the Nationals would have
once more drifted back to last place.
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Continued on Eecond Pase.)
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-25

Cranberry ROll.--MaRe rich bis
cult dough; roll out one fourth of an
inch in thickness, spresA with cram
berry sauce. Roll up and press the
edges we'll together. Sew up ina
Toured cloth and steam tor over an
hour. Serve with cream and shgar
or sauce.
Cranberry Sauce.-WaSll four cup
fuls Of cranberries and put in sauce
pan with four cupfuls Of granulated
sugar and one cupful of cold water;
cover and allow them sV boil for
fifteen minutes; then remove from
the fire, skim and pour into the dish
in which they are to be SERVED.
Coffee Substitute.-Put q slice of
stale bread into the stove oven and
toast until brown, then place it in the
coffee pot and add pint OF boiling
water and half as much rich milk,
and let It boil half an hour; t1rn into
cups and sweeten to taste. Excellent
for dyspeptics and sickly children.
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winnina Compliment.

The beautiful girl shook her head in
the negative.
NO." she said, after moments de-
liberation, 81 can never-no, never-be
your wife. But I'll tell you what I'll
do. Just to show you that there is no
hard feeling on my part, will be pres
ent when you marry some other girl
and lombard you with old shoes for
luck"
All, here was an opportunity. Quick
as flash the young man responded:
please don't If you must throw
old shoes, borrow them.P
"And why not use my OWN"
Because they are so small we could
never detect them from the rice"
Flattery won. The beautiful girl de-
cided right there that the young man
was altogether too clever for any 9th
er girl, so she reversed her decision
and the cards are out-Chicago News.
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The worlds Gypsies.

The Gypsies has passed under a
variety Of names, arising eitheV from
their supposed original country or the
callings and characteristics G6 the
race. The old English Egyptian, the
Spanish Gittana and the Magyar.
Pharas nepek (Pharaoh's people, all
point to an Egyptian origin. The
Scandinavian Tartare identifies them
with the Monaghan hordes which ter
rorized early Europe, while the
French Bohemian suggests yet an
other country as their cradle,
AS to the names bestowed by their
supposed character, the Arab boldly
calls them harami "a villain, the
Dutchman, heydens, or heathens. and
the Persian takes his name from
their complexion and dubs them
karaehi, or swarthy. A charter Of
William the Lion, as early as the
twelfth century, mentions their
Scotch name of thinkers, which II
commonly supposed to be corrup.
tion of tinker, although possibly the
substitution of 1T" for ~" has pro-
duced this form of the italian Tin
CARO-, one of the most widespread Of
Gypsy appellations.--London Chron-
icle.
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Crimson Glover.

Can It be sown in summer in grow
ing corn, to pillow under the follow
ing spring, without injuring the corn?
], B. A., Logansport, Ind. Answer:
Yes. Sow ten pounds OF seed per
acre Immediately preceding the last
cultivation. If that is done with an
implement with eight or ten moder-
ate sized teeth, similar to a spring
tooth cultivator, It will be better than
~ the last cultivation is given by an
implement having fewer and larger
teeth. Ordinarily, clover seeds sink
into the ground and grow without
being covered, but at the season when
IL is proposed to SOW 1t the ground
may be dry, and heavy rains may not
supply sufficient moisture; therefore
IL Is best either to harrow or oulti-
nate IN the seed, although success
frequently comes by sowing imme-
hiately after the oultivator when
heavy rains quickly follow the SOW
Ing, It will not injure the corn to
any appreciable extent. We are in
Clined to believe that the shade the
clover furnishes is a compensation for
the moisture and plant food which
the roots take from the soil. FIRE.
quently this crimson clover is killed
during late winter and spring, but
this need not discourage you from
sowing 1t, since the quantity of nitro
gen and other plant food which 1t will
gather or set free for the use of fol-
lowing plants is very large, although
there may be no clover in May to
pillow under. II 1t lives through
the winter nicely, so much the bet
ter. The seed may be sown from
horseback, the horse being muzzled
If the corn is tall.--Country Gentle
man.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-25

It is not known when gloves were
llrst invented, but they are very an
eient, says the Washington Herald.
The first clear account of them comes
from Xenophon, where the writer
speaks of the Persians wearing them
to protect their hands from cold.
Homer describes LaeFtes working in
his garden with gloves to protect his
hands from thorns, and Varro men
tions the wearing of gloves by the Ro-
mans. Gloves have long had a SYM
bolic meaning. In the eleventh cen
fury came the custom of TIA owing
down glove as a challenge, and
gloves were early used in church rites.
They were not worn by women until
after the Reformation. In preparing
the leather for gloves it had to be
"fulled" with peculiar kind of clay
to lend it softness and flexibility, and
this was trade the secret of which
was guarded for many years. The
men who knew this trade were called
fullers, and thus the proper name of
Fuller came into existence.
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international Postage STAMP.

The new international stamp per-
mits the sender of a letter to a for
eign country to pay for reply. The
stamp was agreed upon at the Rome
congress in 1906 on the motion Of Mr..
Henniker Heaton, and will be sold In
all countries belonging to the Postal
Union at the price of 2 IL d. The
vignette on the stamp represents the
figure of a goddess with a background
of olive branches, and is the work Of
M Grasset, the originator of many de-
signs of the same kind for the French
10-centime stamp. Five millions OF
these stamps have been printed at Elm
siedeln in Switzerland, and each Of
the large states has ordered them to
the extent of several hundred thou,
nd.-London Times.
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Looklnn for Free Advice.

Every doctor has had unpleasant ex-
periences of the economical minded
person who takes advantage of cas-
ual meeting at the dinner table or else
where to importune him for counsel as
to his ailments. 1t is not always easy
to get rid of these pests.
Abernethy was, as we know, equal to
the occasion VIXEN a. wealthy alder
man whom he met at friends house
recited his catalogue of woes, ending
up with the question: What should
I take?" The reply was: Take ad-
vice."
A French doctor recently rid him
self in an equally ingenious manner
of a patient who sought to impose on
his good nature, He was accosted one
afternoon on a crowded boulevard by a
lady notorious for this practice. She
at once began to tell of her Affections,
making particular complaint of pain
in her hypogastric region. To which
the doctor gravely replied: my dear
madam, 1 must examine you. Be good
enough to take off your things!"-Brit-
ish Medical Journal.