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Evening star., 1909-05-16

making plans to hold Its annual race
| meet July f.. The club expects q larger
| entry list this year than ever before.
ate m in the pending tariff bill is an in
crease from 30 to 45 per cent on tires.
ball bearings, bodies and all finished
parts.
Never take unnecessary chances. If
in doubt as to the wisdom of driving past
another car or between two street cars
always give yourself the benefit of the
doubt.
A movement is on foot In Dieppe,
for amateur drivers, to take the place of
the Automobile Club of Frances aban-
doned Grand Prix.
The Ameer of Afghanistan has given
route from the Khyber to Kabul. to per-
init the use of automobiles. The idea
seems to be to establish an automobile
postal service to and from Kabul.
Out of seventy-four cemeteries in cities
of more than $4,000 inhabitants queried
cept twelve admit motor cars. One ceme-
terry, in Allegheny, Pa, uses automobiles
to bury the dead.
1t is estimated that there are now
nearly 100000 chauffeurs in Great Britain.
Automobiles will play a prominent part
in the Champlain tricentenary celebra-
tion during the week of July 4. 1t will
commemorate the 3OOth anniversary of
the discovery of Lake Champlain, and will
be jointly observed by the states OF New
York and Vermont
Search for a site for a country club
house has been actively begun by the
Buffalo Automobile Club. The plan sug-
gested is to obtain a site not more than
twenty miles from Buffalo and not less
than ten miles from the city headquar-
ters.
1t is expected that about fourteen town
ships surrounding Oklahoma City will
soon be put in close communication with
that city as the result Of a good roads
movement started to build bouievards for
a distance of three miles in each drec-
tion.
The purpose of making the carburetor
with a jacket is to allow the use of the
hot water IL desired All carburet0rs SO
made may also be had without the jacket
Evening star., 1909-05-16
cHEErAH IN INDIAN VILLAGE.
Thirteen Persons Injured Before the
Beast Was Killed.
From the Madras Mail.

FROM the MadraS MILL
A large cheetah. evidently from the jun
giles near Malapuram. descended few
days ago on the village Of Tirur and
caused panic among the village folk
Entering a Molpah hut, the beast
pounced upon a woman. killing her and
then eating away a portion Of the face
and body. The poor woman screamed
for several minutes, but the terrified
neighbors could not find sufficient cour-
age to go to the rescue. and on the
cheetah emerging there was a general
stampede.
The brute went out. savagely attacking
all 1t came across. and some thirteen per-
sons were severely mauled. four of them
succumbing to their injuries. Eventually
the cheetah concealed itself in pit.
where it was followed by a railway in
spector, who shot 1t. The first shot did
not tell. and the cheetah sprang on Mr..
Noronha, the official, who managed to
evade it, A coolie and Molpah villager
going to the rescue were attacked, the
villager being dragged down by the
cheetah.
Mr.. Noronha then shot the beast
through the heart. When the villagers
found that it was dead they rushed up
and belabored the carcass with ston>s
and any weapons they could pick up.
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ably quiet running qualities were very
early conspicuous by comparison with for
eign machines Interesting instances are
related of Europeans taking apart Ameri-
can-made motor cars while in Europe to
ascertain the cause of their relative noise
leSSneSS.
The Bay State Automobile Association
is making preparations for the race meet
ing to be held at Readville June IL. The
association is also arranging for an auto
mobile run from Boston to Providence
May 30 where the Bostonians will attend
the race meeting Of the Rhode Island Au-
tomobile Club at Narragansett Park.
A three-day reliability trial is to be
held in July under the joint auspices of
the automobile clubs of Russia, ST. Peters,
burg and Riga. On the first day the run
will be from ST Petersburg to Riga. On
the second the competing cars will be on
exhibition, while on the third the run
back to st. Petersburg will be undertaken.
An American automobile is little known
in India, and still has to prove itself the
equal of the continental makes used.
There are now 1000 cars registered in
Bombay, and not one of these is of Amer
lean make, with the exception of a few
'cripples.'' the remains of a lot of cheap
runabouts which We're dumped on this
market some years ago.
Advocates of good roads in Colorado
are greatly encouraged by the passage of
state aid bill in which the sum of $780,
600 will be appropriated from the state
funds The various counties will have
twice that amount to spend on the roads,
thus making a total of $i50.OO0 to be
spent in improving the roads next year.
The majority Of garages rent an auto
mobile by the day rate or hour rate alone.
the usual charge for the day being from
$25 to $50 for a five to seven passenger
car, whether the customer uses the car
full day or not. The length of the day
varies also, some garages reckoning eight
hours to the day, while others reckon
twelve hours.
Motor license returns show an increase
of nearly 100 per cent in lsconsin in
Evening star., 1909-05-16

year From January 1. 1908, to April
Is. 1905 200 licenses were issued. as COM
pared with 515 during the same perloo
for 1909. The total number OF licenses
now issued has nearly reached the 7,0Oo
mark.
Judging from the success attending the
recent hill climb held by the Chattanooga
Tenno Automobile Club up historic Look
out mountain the event will become the
annual stellar hil:-climbing contest of the
entire south The course is sufficiently
dangerous to afford the public that
thrill 1t loves so dearly.
According to a motorist OF Seattle.
Wash, the 500 members Of the Seattle
Automobile Club have decided to wait
until the completion of the ooean-to-ocean
contest before buying any new cars this
year. He SAYS the manufacturers whose
cars are entered in the contest and make
a good showing will reap substantial
harvest in Seattle and the northwest
The ST. Louis Automobile Club Is push
patterned after the rules which have
given so much satisfaction in New York
city. Under 1T sloW-movng vehicles, such
as trucks, will be required to keep to the
curb side of the street. and faster vehi-
cies, such as automobiles and carriages
will have the center, going each way.
While motoring in the country near
Richmond, Va, Allen Earring, a miller
discovered a copperhead snake in the car
The snake wound itself around the brake
lever, and Earring ran through Richmond
at full speed. A fellOw-motorist, suS-
pecting that something was wrong, gave
chase. and. coming up beside Earring
machine, knocked the snake out of the
car with an umbrella.
The government roads from Placerville
Cal, to Lake Tahoe are being rapidly
put in good condition. The county OF
Sacramento recently voted $500 600 in
bonds for roads, and in conjunction with
the bonds recently voted by San joaquin
county, to the amount of one and quar-
ter million, will put the roads in good con-
dition all the way from Stockton to the
lakes.
British motorists are up in arms against
an increase in tax on their cars, pro-
posed in the new budget announced by
the chancellor of the exchequer. Lloyd
George himself an ardent mOtorist The
tax is to be graded according to power
from guineas for horsepower to 40
guineas for above 60 horsepower. 1t was
believed that the motor tax will yield
$1O,250,OOO. Doctors cars pay only half
rates.
There will be Dead Horse hill climb
ing contest this year after all. The diff
culties between the Worcester (Mass.)
erty abutting on the hill have been ad-
justed, and June II has been set for the
contest. That the hill may be as safe as
possible the club has put force of men
to work on it, widening the road in places
where it was found dangerous last year.
Evening star., 1909-05-16
WHEN THE CITY SLEEPS

is polishing the glasses and the brass
work. The mixer" fixes up stiff drink
all around, and the boys with the aching
heads and the burning throats are on
their way as soon as they have swallowed
the liquor
Home for me and a Sleep is the slo-
gan, and they scatter, leaving the street
to the policemen and the topper whose day
begins and ends at the barroom and with
the opening and closing thereof.
The city seems now to be yawning and
stretching itself. The last of the might
liners is rattling out of hearing through
side street: the rumble of heavy wag-
ons, post Office vans or big drays from
the breweries floats on the morning air
to our ears from somewhere. A belated
rustic on the way to market clatters by
in makeshift of a conveyance, and q
scarcely perceptible light that Is neither
that of day nor exactly that of night ap-
pears to the eastward.
AS you look up the avenue toward the
hill the dome of the Capitol, seemingly
more massive than ever, is silhouetted
against the strange gray morning sky.
1t is a weird light. that Of the early
morning, and familiar places seem strange
when viewed in it.
There is more life in the street now
and all roads seem to lead to Center mar
ket. 1t is refreshing to get within the
brilliantly lighted Enclosure. The retailers
are arranging their stocks for the day,
and the air Is fragrant with the smell of
the things that come out of the earth, or
the odor of luscious beef
Over on Wholesale row immense wagons
are being emptied of the beeves which
have been carted from the abattOir or the
refrigerator car. Helpers huge as Ursus
are stocking other drays with sides of
beef to be delivered to the small shop
keepers of the city.
Get to work early. don't you?" said
the prowler to a friend of his on the row.
"Early?" echoed the market man. 1--WE
do a days work before the sun gets up
The gigantic helpers on Wholesale row
handle side of beef with the same ease
as that which the housewife carries home
a roast.
The picturesqueness of the market, how
Evening star., 1909-05-16
AUTO LAMPS THAT TURN.
illuminate the Road When Running
Around Curves.

The majority OF automobile accidents
are attributed to the inability OF the
lamps to illuminate the roadway when
running around curves. An Ohio inventor
has designed and patented a device
which makes possible the turning Of the
lamps with the steering apparatus, as
shown in the illustration. The roadway
In front of the automobile is thus as we'll
Illuminated in rounding curves as on
straight road With automobile lamps
stationarily attached to the frame OF the
machine, as is now customary, the illu-
minated stretch when going around a
curve or a circular track Is away off In
Evening star., 1909-05-16

ERE you ever on
the streets Of
Washington in
those still, dark
hours just before
the sun begins to
sit up and take
notice? 1t is
then that the
great ster-
the sleeping city
seems to be
most t G h [ l y
Evening star., 1909-05-16
The Landlubber,

From the Throne.
Small Boy-Did you ever catch any
whales?
Sailor-No.
Small Boy-Ever shipwrecked7
Sailor-No.
Small Boy-Ever cast on a desert is
landf
Sailor-No.
Small Boy-Ever caught by cannibals? :?
Sailor-No.
Small Boy (disgusted)-Why, you might
as well have stayed on land.
Evening star., 1909-05-16
Not Impossible.
From Sketch.

From Sketch.
The Topper-You must have had an
awful fright when you .awoke and found
the place burning.
as vite as your shirt-no, Viter than
that!
Evening star., 1909-05-16

At one establishment a negro auctioneer
is haggling with a group of Greeks and
Italians.
Come on thar. You cheap ginnys. and
gimme a bid on his var bunch of ba-
nanas," barks the negro.
"TWenta-fiya the cents cries a Nea-
politan, taking up the challenge of the
negro.
From this sum the price is raised to
an amount satisfying to the auctioneer,
and the bunch Is knocked down to Igna-
clio Ippolto. The Italians are enthusi
astic bidders, and are apt to pay extrav-
agant sums for inferior fruit. Often they
seem carried away by the excitement OF
competition in the bidding. whereupon
their ardor is checked by the padrone,
who exercises over the men of his class a
power which only ends with death.
The number of Italians in Washington
is greater than one would suppose.
When they all get at tne fruit market.
and most Of them meet there every morn
ing. they make very respectable sized
gathering. and their chatter sounds much
like the clamoring of a mob. They are.
however, only talking fruit prices and
such other insignificant topics.
There is an old emaciated colored wom-
an at the fruit market who goes from
stall to stall while these morning auc-
tions are taking place, picking up as she
goes the bananas which fall from the
stalks. In half an hour she, succeeds in
filing good-sized basket This accumu-
lation she sells from house to house in
the poorer negro quarters. With the in
vestment of no capital whatever she
makes anywhere from 25 to 80 cents
day.
An old vegetable huckster, who lays in
his stock in trade at the commission
teresting characters of the early morning
at the market. He Is little weakin the
brain department and his pet delusion is
his belief that he Is the inventor of the
Spanish onion, for which he claims TO
have secured patents in all the civilized
countries on the face of the globe
Evening star., 1909-05-16
ATLANTIC CITY FORBIDS
BEAUTY SNAPSHOTS

A ILANTIC CITY has passed n
IA law to stop exposures on the
~ beach: Not exposures of those
Il " feminine charms that consti-
tute such lure of the famous
watering resort-o!.. dear. no!-but ex-
posures of the sensitive plates of cameras
aimed with Photographic purpose.
In the future the provision of this law
will make it possible for the fair mermaid
to stroll the beach in comfort and happi-
ness, serene in the thought that the man
who strives to take picture Of her with
out permission is likely to be arrested.
fined couple of hundred dollars and de-
faulting in payment Of 1t be sent to Jail
! for three months. there in the dark room
of bondage vile to repent his temerity.
Councilman Bolte is the hero who has
thus drawn the veil over the charms of
the fair bather, and the photographs like
those which accompany this article will
soon become rarer than the extinct great
aux.
The councils did not pass the law with
out some conflict.
Atlantic City is ever in the throes Of a
division The moralists always find a cer-
tain opposition from those practical men
Oh business who believe that the greatest
charm of the city-by-the-sea is the good
natured freedom that has ever been per-
mitted and which, it must be admitted,
has rarely developed into license.
X
One councilman in fact even went so
far as to say that he did not believe that
there ever was one we'll authenticated
case of a woman objecting to having her
picture taken.
He was quickly contradicted by the gal
liant author of the bill, and there were
others who declined to take sides, but
urged that the question was a purely eth
ical one, far beyond the powers of mere
man to deal with.
Councilman Bolte had ample and eff
cient support in his crusade against the
active and pestiferous beach photogra-
pher. In fact, he carried with him a col
lection of letters written to him by women
and girls who resented being made the
mark for the cameras of men whom they
did not know.
1t was something of a novelty. this cru
sade. for in years past these hunters Of
feminine beauty had been granted unlim-
tied sway on the beach, and none thought
to interfere with their work in stalking
the stately blonds and handsome bru-
nettes who appear on the beach to see
and be seen, to do everything but battle,
in fact, at the fashionable bathing hour.
Most of these suits in which the superb
Venuses have been pictured never had
been wet or at least not wet above the
slender ankles of their owners and even
to the man who never clicked the shut
ter of camera 1t is not to be denied
that in the harvest of beauty there was
a whole lot worthy of photographing.
The whole controversy seems to hinge
on the permanenee of a woman's pride
in her appearance in q bathing suit.
Most women think they look we'll in
this open-work style of garb II she is
thin she pities those who carry a surplus
OF avoirdupois, and thinks with content
ment OF how much more thin she looks
Evening star., 1909-05-16

The whole controversy seems to hinge
on the permanenee of woman's pride
in her appearance in bathing suit.
Most women think they look we'll in
this open-work style of garb. II she is
thin she pities those who carry a surplus
OF avoirdupois, and thinks with content
ment OF how much more thin she looks
II nature has been generous in the mat
ter OF weight then she pities the skinny"
girl. who Is all bones and presents never
the hint of a curve.
But though a woman may be for the
time proud Of how she looks In a bathing
Evening star., 1909-05-16

ever, is on the outside. At the first sign
Of daylight human forms emerge from
covered wagons. They are the small
farmers who came in from the country
the evening before, arriving early to Sc
cure desirable positions. There is bit OF
chill in the morning air, and they bulN
fires on the pavement. over which they
warm their hands. Some Of them have
small charcoal stoves, on which they heat
the rations they have brought with them
One old negro woman fries eggs on
dilapidated stove in which she burns a
piece of wood picked up in the street.
AS the minutes slip by and brighter
light outlines the objects about the mar
ket space there is greater activity. The
planters dispose of their products to the
commission men, who go from wagon to
wagon seeking the most desirable prod
ucts. There is a clattering of hoofs on
the paving stones as the farmers skirmish
for the best positions.
Along toward 5 o'clock a commotion is
heard in the direction of the fruit houses
south of the Majestic Theater. Ii you
take the trouble to go over there you will
find plenty of sights to interest you.
1t is here that the Italian pushcart men
purchase the stock which they sell all
over town during the day. Bananas seem
to be the principal article of trade.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-03
LIGHTS TO DRAW TRADE.
Unique Lighting Scheme Adopted by
Some Jersey Merchants.

Unique Lighting Scheme Adopted by
Some Jersey Merchants.
Newark, the metropolis Of New Jer-
seE, has recently demonstrated that
lights draw trade. In other words, the
human insect is like any other bug or
moth and swarms after the candle,
the lamp or the electric bulb. Man, Of
course, knows too much to bump his
head against the light or SINCE his
wings, but this knowledge is acquired,
while the love of the glitter is inner
emit
4 bunch of Newark merchants have
taken advantage of the buglike trait
in human nature to increase business.
The chief street in the Jersey metrOp-
Oils is Broad Market street bisects
Broad into what are known as North
Broad and South Broad. Of late years
through brilliant electric signs and
other means all the crowds at night
have been drawn to North Broad.
while the south end of the street has
been comparatively deserted. This
caused the merchants in that neigh
borhood TO do some thinking. The re-
suit of thinking was an organization.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-03

The result of the organization was the
most unique lighting scheme ever at
tempted in an American city. 1t con-
sists of row of orange colored, high
power lights on both sides Of the
street. These lights are about fifty
feet apart and extend for five blocks.
The cost is borne by the merchants
and amounts to about a hundred dol
lars a year to each man. The lights
are so brilliant that they make North
Broad street, electric signs and all,
look like a dim twilight in compari-
son.
Since the new system of lighting has
gone into effect the crowds have ''fol-
lowed the CLEAN" and now cOngregate
nightly on South Broad, Trade has
followed the crowd, and the enterpFis-
ing merchants are already reaping the
harvest. OF course the thing IS yet in
the experimental stage, but it is an ex-
pertinent that is being watched with
interest by merchants throughout the
land. Crowds of them travel to New
ark from New York and other cities TO
study the system. So far the depar
ture has proved a pronounced success
and has made everybody happy with
the exception of the rival merchants
on North Broad street.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-03
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