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He Was a Poor Guesser.

He was new conductor and anx lous to expedite matters When he saw woman holding two dollar bill In her hand he dispensed with the customary exhortation to pay her fare and began to count out change There had been drain on his pockets throughout the trip. and he was obliged to interview half the passen gers In the car before he finally se- cured the desired small coin. Finally the transaction was completed, and the conductor returned to the woman
 "Fare?" he said.
 The woman dshed a nickel from her pocketbook. Then she looked at tht two dollar bill
 Dear me.' she said. How careless am! forgot I had that money in my hand. Somebody might have stolen It."
 "Chump!" growled the conductor.
 The woman thought he meant her but he didn't. He was cursing his own stupidity.-NewY York Globe French Peasant Women Hard Workers The French peasant woman. Ere. tonne or otherwise, works hard as any man. It makes one sad to see the women working in the fields, digging and delving, carrying heavy burdens, driving the cattle, sometimes attend ing to the machinery employed on the farms. One wonders whether hus- bands and fathers appreciate 1t all, especially when you hear some of the ballads, for ballads are supposed to reveal the soul of a people. I heard one the other day of which the refrain Is as follows:
 Dear is my good wife Jeanne.
 Her death should deplore,
 But dearer are my beaVes,
 Their loss would grieve me more! From Plougastel Qrance) Letter ta New Orleans Times Democrat
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4 Candid CHtjo.

Author-Have you reed my new book?
 Friend--Yes
 What do you think of itr'
 Well. to be candid with you. think the covers are too far apart."- Chicago News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-28
Nature Sometimes Makes Mummies.

Nature Sometimes Makes Mummies.
 Natural nlummitication. the chang Ing of the human body into dried condition without artificial treatn tnent, Is an extremely rare phenomenon. In a case reported by Hon. <. N olffsohn of British Honduras, d middle aged cooly who disappeared bel Ween Jan uary and March, 1907, was found more than year afterward. on May 6. l9OS in q corrugated iron hut as |; perfect ly preserved mummy. The hut. in a somewhat isolated spot at Sibun. was raised on blocks four or five rect above he ground and had . door and three shutters. one shutter being open. while sne had fallen out. The body was Aothed in d cotton unuerskirt. dark Jersey and duck trousers, two pieces of rope around the neck proving self Itran.ulation. Tine deSiccation seem d to have been favored by combina- ton of conditions. the season having been extraordinarily dry and the small iron house excessively hot. though we'll ventilated. while the body was thin and attenuated as a result of mental disorder
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-28

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If . man emptles Aas p1f0 6to - VxON4 sxA.
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Wanted

The Pappas Cafe the only place serve the best dinner in town for 25c reserve tables for ladies. Open day and night.
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LOST

LOST-One Ladies gold watch be- tween 2004 F. Seventh avenue and river north of Cotton Belt shops
 route followed across shop yards by rounf house. The watch is an Elgin marked "K. NJ. H.. Liberal reward to finder. c. w Henderson, 2004 E. 7th. 11-o3 Ct
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\ CADILLAC RUNABOGT FOR SALE or trade for real estate. \ ] run ming condition, recently painted and
 oVerhauled. See pr. 0. C. Hanki-
 son. 1l-2S-Gt,
Evening star., 1909-05-30
BANK LEAGUE.
Played and Both
Games Had the Same Scores.

Two games we're played In the Bank
League on the White Lot grounds yester-
day afternoon, the Merchants and Me-
chanics and the Washington Loan and
Trust Company winning by the same
scores, 16 to 4.
The Washington Loan and Trust boys
hit the ball hard. and by taking advantage
Of their opponents errors put the game on
ice in the second inning. when ten runs
were pushed across the plate. Robertson
twirled a consistent game for the win
ners. allowing but six hits and tanning
fourteen.
In the second contest Merchants and
Mechanics sewed the game up In the
early sessions by clouting the ball when
hits meant runs. On the other hand,
American National could do very little
with Livingston's delivery, annexing but
two bingles in the hit column. Living
ston also famed eight. while Carpenter
did the best hitting for the winners. The
summary of both games follows
Evening star., 1909-05-30
ARMY OUTBATS AND
OUTFIELDS NAVY

WEST POINT. N. T.. May 29.-The
Army triumphed over the Navy in their
annual base ball battle here today by a
score of to 8. The Army led In the
scoring from the start, and had taken a
safe lead long before the midshipmen
gained their first tally.
West Point made the first score in
the second inning, when Harrison drove
out two-bagger, was advanced by
Lymans sacrifice and came in on a long
fly by Devers. In the end Of the sixth
inning, with the bases full, Lyman Of
the Army threw the stands into wild
enthusiasm when he knocked a low hit
just over the second baseman'S head and
brought in three runs.
The Navy missed two excellent chances
to turn the same trick. In the seventh,
with the bases full and only one out.
Hambsch sent a long. hard drive far
into the left field, but Surles made a
phenomenal catch and the side was re-
tired scoreless when Wilson was thrown
out at home. Again In the first half Of
the ninth the Navy filled the bases, but
clever work by Hyatt held them down TO
two runs.
The visitors included a party Of fifty
officers of the battleships now at New
York, Henry w. Taft. Mr.. and Mrs. j.
P. Morgan, jr., and Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood.
Evening star., 1909-05-30
SPORTS AT BRIGHTWOOD.
Harness Races and Base Ball Deco.
ration Day Program.

The standardized race horses, the
drivers. the 'swipes,' the base ball play
ers and others who hibernate at the
property of the Brightwood Driving Club
are all ready for the Memorial day sports.
Tomorrow should be great day at the
famous old race course.
Decoration day marks the inaugural for
the season Of 1909 of the trotters and
PAGERS of Washington. The directors Of
the Brightwood Driving Club have ar
ranged to fittingTy celebrate the auspi-
cious event with a series Of races that
will according to the entries, test the
mettle of the best OF local horses, in
cludng an entry from Baltimore. The
base ball contest, between teams repre-
senting Brightwood and Petworth, which
usually indulge In their favorite pastime
on the track oval. will be of transcending
importance to the players and their sup
porters.
Announcement is made that the race
program will begin at o clock tomorrow
afternoon. Thomas p. Baldwin will be
the starter This selection was the unani-
nous choice of the directors of the club.
who highly regard his ability. The selec-
ton Of judges has been left to the day
OF the meeting.
Evening star., 1909-05-30
HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.
Central Defeated Tech for the First
Time Since 1905.

Central High School defeated Technical
High School at Kendall Green yesterday
afternoon in an exciting game for the
first time since 1906, the final score be-
ing to 4.
Credit for the victory goes to Menefee.
who twirled an excellent game for the
Centralites, allowing but four hits and
striking out twelve Of the opposing bats
men. Opposed to him was Capt. Dolly"
Gray. who also pitched winning ball. but
whose passes to first lost him the game
Central started scoring in the third
when Rawlings singled through short and
was advanced to third on Richardson's
Texas Lacquer. both men scoring when
King allowed Bouschee's grounder get
through his legs. Central scored most
Of her runs after that by mixing hits
with bases on balls
Technical looked the most dangerous In
the eighth. when things looked bad for
the o street boys. After Gray had been
second, scoring a moment later on Kings
single. King crossed the plate when
Macdonald permitted Kelly's sizzler to
bound past him. The Machinists tied
life on Rawlings error. He stole
second and scored later on a timely
two-bagger by Gray.
The Blue and White boys broke the tie
and won the game in the ninth inning
when Harrah. the first man up, walked.
was sacrificed to second by Rawlings, a
misplay by Kelly allowing him to anchor
at third. He scored the winning run on
an infield hit by Richardson with one man
down. Great excitement prevailed after
the game. Spencer's catch OF his shoe
tops of MacDonald's drive was the field
ing feature of the day.
owing to some misunderstanding on the
part of the Eastern players, the game
scheduled between this school and Busi
ness was not played, although several
Business players were on the grounds in
uniform awaiting the contest. The score:
Evening star., 1909-05-30
CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.


Brentwood Shuts Out st. Stephens.
The Brentwood base ball team shut out
the st. Stephens aggregation yesterday
afternoon by the score of IA to o. The
st. Stephens put up the poorest exhibi-
ton Of base ball witnessed on the grounds
this season. Sanders was the star Of the
day. He did the twirling for the winners
and pitched brilliantly. Only Carroll and
Upthegobe could hit his delivery safely.
Upthegobe went for double and Silk
a single. Sanders was In fine form and
had his opponents at his mercy through
out the contest. Out Of the twenty-one
putouts he famed eleven. He was steady
and had excellent control. only letting
two reach first on passes. Griffin started
the contest for the Sunday school boys,
and he twirled poorly. allowing ten bin
giles. walking three men, and made four
wild pitches, also a balk. At the begin
ming OF the fifth Pete" Hoffman, went
in the box. and he, too, was touched up
pretty lively. During "Petes" stay upon
the mound, which was the last three
rounds, he was hammered for six hits.
which resulted In three tallies.
Hessler, Dutch Heinrich and Arthur
Noyes each got three hits apiece. Upthe-
gobe played nice fielding game. The
score:
Evening star., 1909-05-30
New Course for Boat Race.

ITHACA, N. Y, May 29.-Coach Court
ney of the Cornell crews is inspecting a
proposed new course for the Cornell Har-
ward boat races on Memorial day which
he will recommend to the Cornell man.
agement. The regatta management has
frequently encountered great difficulty in
pulling on the races because Of rough
water and winds and many regattas have
been postponed until almost dark. To
guard against any delays In the Memo
rial day regatta Courtney has been hunt
ing for another course for some time. He
found a stretch of water just south of
Ludlowville which he thinks will be sat
isfactory.
Ludlowville is six miles north Of Ithaca,
on the east side Of the lake. Ludlowville
point stretches far out into the lake here
and the waters close to the shore are
we'll protected from the winds.
Evening star., 1909-05-30
DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.
Post Office swamps the Navy.

Tost Omce Swamps the navy.
Uncle Sans mail men had their batting
lamps cleaned yesterday afternoon prior
to the game with the Navy team. and be-
fore they were retired in eight innings
had run up score of 18 to 1.
The contest was witnessed by a large
crowd. a great many OF whom cheered the
Navy boys for the game fight they put up
In the early part of the battle, but their
efforts went for naught, as the Post Office
team got busy with the Navy twirler in
the eighth inning and scored nine runs
Ferguson was on the rubber for the VIM
ners. and had the Sailors at his mercy
They were only able to connect for three
safe hits, all Of which were OF the scratch
variety. He also famed nine batters and
gave four bases on balls. Borland per-
formed the box stunt for Navy. and in
the seven and two-thirds innings he
worked fifteen hits were recorded against
him. four Of which went for two sacks.
Collie Wahler was the hero with the stick.
as he got four safe drives, one of which
was a double. Hanna did the best bat
ting for the losers. getting two of their
three hits. The official score:
Evening star., 1909-05-30
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
TENNIS TOURNEY

Play was resumed In the Middle At
lantic States tennis championships yes
terday afternoon, and the first round was
completed. the second round nearly COM
pleted and both the consultations and the
doubles started.
The best exhibition OF the day was the
fine work OF H. e. Doyle. when he de-
feated Brown In easy style In the second
round. His defensive work was OF the
highest order and his serve was almost
invincible. 1t looks very much as IL
the Doyle brothers will again be called
upon to decide the championship among
themselves
Another interesting match in the second
round was that between Leech and How
ard. The play In this match was also
Of the highest order. and the men were
SO closely matched that they were COM
PEELED to play the three sets, two OF
which ran into extra games. in order to
ard. considering the fact that he is seri-
ously handicapped. having but one arm.
was nothing less than wonderful.
Deis played a strong game in the pre-
lminary round of the consultations against
Count Torok. He Is picked by many to
win the consultations, and IL yesterdays
play Is a criterion he will probably do
SO.
The double brought to light two young
sters who play good game. In Hoffman
and Kendall. Although this pair had
never played together before and ap-
peared a little nervous at times they won
their match from ex-Commissioner Nor
row and Hendricks.
The summaries of yesterdays play are
as follows:
Singles. first round-Cake beat Flowrnoy, li
and 81: De struye beat Gore. e. and 81;
Hendricks beat sheridan by default.
s&s sns 81; Howard beat 1sseh' s-s' lib and
Singles. consolation. preliminary rounds-pies
Martin, 80 and 8-s.
Doubles. preliminary rounds-Holtzman and
Kendall beat Morrow and Hendricks, 6-3 and
81.
As the rain last week interfered so
much with the play and necessitated the
postponing of so many games. the tourna-
ment has not progressed as rapidly as
was planned, so the management has
decided to continue the matches this
morning and play all day. BY so doing
it hopes to decide upon the winners or
the sem-finals In each class and pull
off the finals tomorrow.
C. B. Doyle, the present champion. is
in fine fettle. and his followers not only
expect to see him land on top in the
singles, but also to see him and his
brother successfully defend their titles
as champions in the doubles.
The matches which have not been
played and are scheduled for today are:
Singles. second round-Graves VS.. Cake; De
Struve VS.. Hendricks.
Consultations, preliminary round-Donn VS.. Will
son; Won Prittwitz VS.. Tobot; Johnson vs. win
ner OF Won Prittwitz-Tobolt match; F1owrnoy
Doubles. preliminary rounds-Connt Tcrot and
.Nd uon Rs,nsrs Re % Count PrittWit1 and paraner
mot decided upon).
Doubles. first rounds-Martin and partner mot
cided upon: Mercer and Tobolt vs. Hills and
Deis; Howard and Graves drew a bye.
Evening star., 1909-05-30
Ocean Yacht Race.

NEW YORK, May 29.-Still another
ocean yacht race has been arranged for
the coming season, and the amateur skip
pers who enjoy getting out into the open
to test their seamanship will not lack
opportunities for lively sport. The re-
gatta committee of the Atlantic Yacht
Club has announced that an ocean race
from Sea Gate to Nantucket Lightship
and return, a distance of about 400 miles,
will be the big feature Of the Atlantic
Clubs race week during the first week
OF September. Commodore Leonard Rich
ards has promised to offer the trophy to
the winner, and other prizes will be
arranged later in the season. 1t is
planned to have this ocean event an
annual affair. The race this year will
start September 1. the opening day of
the clubs race week.
Evening star., 1909-05-30
HYATTSVlLLE WINS
FROM LANGDON BOYS

LANGDON, May 29.-Hyattsville de-
feated Langdon in the Prince George
County League in a loosely played and
uninteresting game by the one-sided
score of II to 2. The Langdon team
could do nothing with the benders of
Darnall, who struck out six men and al
lowed but one hit, that being Of the
scratch variety. Outside of the pitch
ing of Darnall the feature of the game
was the batting of George Leakin. who
got three-bagger and two two-baggers
out of four times at the bat In the sixth
inning Hyattsville loosened up and allow
ed Langdon to score five runs. but the
game was called before the end of the
inning on account Of darkness. The
Evening star., 1909-05-30
MARQUETTE LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.

Pension Office and Congressionals Tie
The game in the Marquette League yes
terday between the Pension Of1ce and
Congressionals resulted in tie. 10 to 10.
The contest was marked by heavy hit
ting, with the Congressionals the aggres-
sor, they connecting for seventeen safe
ties, three more than their rivals.
In the early stages Of the game Pen
sion Office looked an easy winner. being
Ave runs to the good in the fifth inning.
But after that things took different as
pect. BY a brisk batting rally in the
sixth and seventh sessions the Church
men evened things up. Neither side
scored In the eighth, but an error. triple
and two singles in the ninth inning put
the Clerks two runs ahead. Here the
Congressionals demonstrated their game
ness by again tieing the score.
The game was called at the expiration
Of this inning on account OF darkness.
Evening star., 1909-05-30
GATHERSBURG WINS
FROM BRIGHTWOOD
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

SpeCIaI DIEpdtch Star.
GAITHERSBURG. Md. May 29.-The
Gaithersburg Athletic Club opened the
regular season here today. defeating the
Brightwood team, leaders in the Sub
urban League, in one of the fastest games
ever witnessed on the home grounds.
Rupert, the Railroad Y. NJ c. A.
twirler, was on the slab for the home
team and was In superb form, allowing
only three scratch hits, and had his game
safe at all stages. Bells catching and
hitting and the fielding Of Diamond and
Meredith were special features. Man
ayers Cook and Marshall of the Gathers
burg club have gotten togeL.er one of the
fastest semi-pro aggregations in the
state and expect to win the championship
Of the state this season. The score:
Evening star., 1909-05-30
ROCKVILLE CAPTURES
GAME FROM LOCALS

ROCKVILLE, Md, May 29-The Rock
Vile Independents opened the season this
afternoon by defeating the fast little ag-
gregation Of the r. P. Andrews Paper
Company Of Washington. D. c.. by q
score Of to 3.
Poss, who did the twirling for the local
boys. was in good form, striking out
thirteen men and allowing seven hits.
which were well scattered. The game
was interesting from the beginning and
was marked by several clever plays.
The local boys play the Georgetown
Athletic Club May 81 a double header on
their grounds The score:
Evening star., 1909-05-30
Easy for Washington Grove.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WASHINGTON GROVE. Md, May 20
The Washington Grove base ball team
opened the season today at Laytonvilie.
Md. and defeated the homo team by the
score of 20 to l. Pace was given almost
perfect support and had the home team
completely at his mercy. Rabbit pitched
good bali, but was given poor support
and was wild at critical times The fea-
lures OF the game were the fielding OF
M. Knott and the batting of c. Knott
and Meyers. The score by innings was
as follows:
washington Grove. s41l226 IN
Lsytonvills. ........ o o o o o o o o.
Evening star., 1909-05-30
AGAIN WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
WALTER J. TRAVIS EQUALS
AMATEUR RECORD.
Plays Excellent Golf on Course of
Apawamis Club, Herreshoff
Being His Opponent.

RYE. N. T., May 29.-In q splendidly
played game, in which he equaled the
local amateur record of Il strokes for the
course. Walter ]. Travis of Garden City,
L. l.. defeated Fred Herreshoff Of West
brook. l.. l., today in the finals OF the
eleventh annual metropolitan golf cham
pionship. played here on the links Of the
Apawamis Club. thereby capturing the
title Of metropolitan champion. He has
captured the title twice heretofore. He
finished the thirty-six holes today with 3
up and to go.
On the first round the contestants ended
square. In the afternoon the first two
holes were halved. Travis got the third,
to 5. his rival being short and over
approaching. The next four holes were
halved. On the fifth Herreshoff almost
got down forty-foot putt. He did hole
out at more than twenty-five feet on the
seventh. fairly stealing the hole from
Travis.
Travis Goes Into Brook.
Travis gobbled the eighth in 2. HERES
hoff overputt fully fifteen feet. Travis 2
up. The next was a half in 8. Rimming
cost Travis the tenth. while Herreshoff
Travis went into the brook on the elev-
eutiis yet WOu tf0 IlOl6 Dy d 4C-lOOI putt
after losing a stroke because Herreshoff
flubbed on his second.
Travis up. Travis lost the twelfth.
Herreshoff getting down after his ball
hesitated on the brink. Travis / up.
Travis won the thirteenth, because Of
Herreshoffs poor direction. followed by
a missed putt. Travis 2 up again.
The fourteenth was halved. Herreshon
would have lost 1t after getting into the
brook, but for putt exceeding thirty five
feet Travis fha fiffoanth hv his
best putt of the day, as crooked as a
grapevine. Being up. Travis was left
dermie three.
Decides Match and Table.
Herreshoff was out Of the line from the
sixteenth tee, but Travis Offset by
missed putt. SO the hole was half. That
was enough. however, to give Travis the
match and title. 8
Tha q I'd folloxra.
Evening star., 1909-05-30
RAILROAD LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.
Outplay Baltimore &

Trainmen outplay Baltimore & Ohio.
The Trainmen defeated the B. O.
outfit in the Railroad League yesterday
in one-sided game by IA to 2.
The game started well. and until the
fifth inning both teams remained close,
but the Trainmen found Bischoffs bend
ers. and that. combined with the numer-
GUS errors. enabled the Trainmen to pile
up fourteen tallies.
Hanvey, the 1rainmen's second sacker,
delivered the goods in the batting line.
making a triple, double and a single
out of three times up. Sullivan played
the best fielding game for the Trainmen.
For the B. & O., Boswell easily took
the honors, although kerr's catch in the
first brought the big boy admiration.
The score:
Evening star., 1909-05-30
SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.
No game scheduled tomorrow.
Peck Boys Smother Langdon.

Peck Boys Smother Langdon.
A loosely played and uhinteresting game
of ball was played in the Sunday School
League yesterday. The Peck Memorial
aggregation of Georgetown made the
Langdon Episcopal crew look foolish In a
six-inning battle by the large and one
sided score of "a to g.
The suburbanites put up a miserable
game In the field and Mason and Cruick-
sanks. the twirlers for the defeated team,
could do nothing In the way of stopping
the Peck batsmen in landing the ball In
safe territory.
'Shad' Rogers at third and McDon-
ough at short played good all-around ball
for the winners.
Following Is the official score OF the
game:
Evening star., 1909-05-30

- Two-base hits.Upthegobe,. Heinrich. Hayes
Hess1e,; H.s-oG Sanders 2 Of Grimm 1o o
Stolen bases-carroll (9. Beckett (2). Moriarify
~, Noyes, Herring. Heinrich (2. Sanders e.,
brentwood. s; st. Stephens, 8. First base on
balls-on Sanders, 2; OF Grinin. 8: OF Hon
mann. l.. First base on errors-Brentwood, !; ;
st. stephens, 2: Hit by pitcher-Sanders.
Struck outoBy Grifin, 3; BY sanders. II; BY
Griffin Umpire-Mr. Setley. Time Of game
hours.
Evening star., 1909-05-30
Indians Win at Harrisburg.

HARRISBURG. Pa, Nay 29.-The Car
lisle Indians for the second time won the
track and field meet OF the Pennsylvania
intercollegiate Association held here to-
day with 81 points. Lafayette had 40,
Pennsylvania State 10. Dickinson o.
Swarthmore 6, Lehigh 6. Washington and
Jefferson q
Evening star., 1909-05-30

Two-base hits-Rogers. McDonough, Norris
Three base hit.Evans. Hit..on Mason. 4; Of
Stolen bases-Evans. Rapp. Rogers a., Brcom'
~. Lewis t3). McDonough t3). Norris, r. kanse
Santmeyers. Left on bases-Peck. s.; Langdon
3: by Cruicksanks, 3. Hit by pitcher-My Ma
son. 1 uewis). Struck out-By Norris. 8: b,
Lewis, 8: Love, I. wild pitches-Mason. 3
Time Of game-1 hour and Is minutes. Umpire
--AIr. Mcconnell