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A MODERN SOLOMON.
The l)og< in nn Aralilua Family Made
to Tell the Truth.
Prom the London Morning Post.
A recent French Judgment may be cited
as an illustration of Arab manners and
Gaiiia astuteness. An Arab was traveling
through the Interior with his wife; he was
on U'inkeyback and she was afoot. By came
came a rich Arab on horseback and offered
her a lift behind him. She accepted, and
presently, in the course of the journey, con
fided that she was unhappily married. Her
companion proposed a plan by which she
might elope with him. and she agreed to it
readily. Accordingly, when they came to
a branch road they ir creased their pace
and paid no head to the protestations of
the husband, who was soon left behind.
He succeeded in tracking them to the horse
man 3 village, only to find that precautions
had been taken against his arrival, for
all asserted that they had known the
runaway pair for many years as man
and wife and that the real husband must
we an impudent impostor.
The unfortunafla ma.i had recourse to the
French, who were at lirst puzzled how to
act in the face of a village's unanimous
testimony. At iast a happy thought occur
red to the judge. He placed the real hus
band's dogs !n one room, those of the other
auui in another, and confronted the woman
with both. Arab dogs are very faithful to
their own households and very fierce to
ward all strangers; so. though she did her
utaius; to irritate her own dogs, they could
not b> restrained from fawning on her
and though she lavished every blandish
ment toward the dogs of her new home
they barked and showed their teeth with
ever-increasing fury. The Judge thereupon
ordered her lo be given back to her hus
band. and he placarded the village with the
following notice: -The testimony of one dog
la 'jere more to be believed rlian that of
ten Arabs." As a dog is one of the Arab's
worst terms of opprooriura, this notice Was
deemed a worse punishment than fines or
Imprisonment.
THESE IS A GLASS IF KOP11
sr. injured bj the m or coffee. Recently
there baa beei. placed lo all the grocery atom a
?new preparation called UUALN-O, made of pare
grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most
?eliiate stomach reeelres It with.Kit distress, and
^nt few can t 11 It from coffee. It doea not cost
**" 'a as micfe. Children ma/ drluk It with great
&2S&4 a ^
WON BY THE BROWNS
Senators Failed to Bunch Their Hits
Off Hugbej.
SIAIM WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BOI
Only Four Safeties Off Donovan in
Seven Innings.
CURRENT SPORTING NOTES
Today's Schedule and Weather.
Washington at St. Louis?clear.
Baltimore at Louisville?clear.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati?clear.
Boston at Cleveland?clear.
New \ ork at Chicago?clear. *
Brooklyn at Pittsburg?clear.'
Sunday Games.
St. Louis at Cincinnati.
Pittsburg at Cleveland.
Louisville at Chicago.
Record of the Clnhs.
j Clnhs. w. L. F.C.r Clubs. W. L. P.C
Cincinnati.. 41 23 .641 New York... SO 81 .4H2
B?-ston. ? ? -38 24 .613, Philadelphia 27 30 ^474
Cleveland... 37 24 .607! Brooklyn.... 25 34 .424
Baltimore... 35 24 .51)3; Waahlnston. 24 38 .387
r.?.!".*'1 36 37 571 s?- Lou's.... 22 42 .344
Pittsburg? 33 29 .532, I.ouisTllle... 21 43 .328
Donovan, the young Senator of terrific
speed, pitched seven innings against the
Browns at St. Louis yesterday, and but
four hits were made off him. He gave but
two passes, demonstrating that he Is grad
ually acquiring that command of the ball
which, it is predicted, w-ill make him a sec
ond Rusie, if not that famous twirler's su
perior. The young twlrler also gave evi
dence of his power at the bat by hitting
to the left field fenca In the third inning
for three bases, and scoring one of the
two runs trade by his people, when Sel
bach sent a long fly to Stenzel. Cy Swaim
started off as the Senatorial twlrler, but
being tit for three singles in the first In
ning, two runs resulting, ha was replaced
by Donovan. Hughey pitched for the St.
Lcuis men and proved very effective
against the hard-hitting Senators. Seven
hits were made off him, one of which was
a double by Selbach and one Donovan's
triple. Hughey gave but one pass and
struck out but one man, Donovan compel
1:'S two to fan. Three errors were made by
the Browns, two by Qulnn and the other by
Hughey, but they did not figure In the run
getting of the Senators. Gettman and
\\ rigley were the cnly offenders on the
visiting side, one mil resulting from the
Utter s mispiay. A wild pitch by Donovan
was also responsible for a run.
Two runs were scored by the home people
In the first inning. Dowd sent a single to
right, went to second on Stenzel's out at
first, and to third, on Harley's single past
first. Decker's cut at first sent Dowd
home, and Harley, after stealing second,
went home m Clements' single to center.
In the third inning the Senators got a run
cn Donovan's three-bagger and Selbach s
fly to center. In the fourth the Browns
sent another man across the plate. Decker
sent a single to right, went to second on
Clements' sacrifice. Sugden was given a
pass, yumn hit a grounder to McQuire, who
touched the bag, but his throw to Wrlgley
to complete the double play escaped the
sailor. Decker scoring on the error. The
Browns also got a iun in the next inning.
Dowd received a pass, went to third on
Stenzel's single to right, and home on a
wild pitch. The Senators got their last run
in the eighth inning. Gettman bunted
safely, went to second on Anderson's foul
fly. stole third and went home on McGuire's
out at first.
St. Louis. R.H.O. A.E. ? Washington. R.H O A E
Dowd Jb.. 2 2 8 8 0 Selbach, If. 0 1 1 0 0
bteuzel. cf. 0 1 4 0 0 Gettiuau.rf. 113 0 0
Harley, If.. 1 l o n (? Anderson.ef 0 110 0
Uetker, lb. 1 1 lo o 0 McGulre.lb. 0 1 12 1 1
Clem.nti, e 0 1 4 0 0 Farrell. c.. 0 1 2 2 0
t-uK.ien, rf. 0 1 2 0 o lleltz. 2b... 0 0 8 8 0
yulun. ss.. 0 0 2 3 2 Myers. Jb.,0 1 1 1 0
Crooks. 3b. 0 0 O 1 o Wrlgley, ss 0 0 0 1 0
llughey, p. 0 0 0 1 1 Swalin. p.. 0 0 0 0 0
Donovan, p. 1 1 1 1 0
Totals 4 7 27 10 3 Totals It ~7 24 11 7
,';uia 20011000 x?4
Washington OolOOOOl 0?2
Earneil run?St. Louis. Two-base hits?Sugden,
Selbach. Three-base hit?Donovan. Double play ?
yuiuu stiil Deeker. Fltst base on balls off
Hughey. 1; off Donovan. 2. Sacrifice hits? Relta.
Clements. W iltl pitch?Donovan. Stolen bases?
Gettman. Harley, Stenzel. Srrnck out?By Hughey
1; by Donovan. 2. Time?1.55. Umpire*?Swart
wood and Woods.
Cincinnati, 14; Philadelphia, 2.
The Phillies ?e'j easy marks for the
Ewingites at Cir clnnatl yesterday, their
batting being poor and their fielding weird,
the score being 14 to 2. Wheeler was
driven out of the box, and Dunkle was no
Improvement. Dwyer Bitched well for the
home club.
Cincinnati 02101130 1?14 is ?2
Philadelphia... 00200000 0? 2 8 7
New York, 8?- Chicago, 4.
Amos Rusie pitched good ball for the
New Lorks yesterday at Chicago, and, as
a result, the Orphans were defeated by 8
to 4. Warner was put out of the game for
kicking.
H B
Cklcago 30000020 0? 4 7*6
New York 01103030 0? 8 10 1
Brooklyn, ?; Pittsburg. T.
Another extra inning game was pulled
off at Pittsburg yesterday, the game this
time lasUng ten innings, the Brooklyns
winning _ln the last inning from the Pirates
by 8 to 7. A two-bagger by Tucker and a
single by Magoon scored the winning run.
Brooklyn 190000000 1?12 ' E;i
Pittsburg... 0130000210-7 11 n
? _
Baltimore, 2; Louisville, e.
The Baltimores shut the Colonels out
without a run yesterday at Louisville, the
first time a whitewash has been given the
Kentucky lads this season, the score be
ing 2 to O. Both teams fielded brilliantly,
the playing of Dexter being especially
worthy of mention.
6 0 0 9 0 1 1 # 5' *6
UwlsrlUe 00000900?-0 9
Cleveland, Vif Boston, U.
The Indians had on their batting clothes
yesterday at Cleveland, and the Bostons
were defer ted by Vi to 6. Pitchers Lewis
and Klobedsn* were hit hard, while Jones
secured recently from a minor league did
welL '
Cleveland 4 9 0 1 0 8 0 1 0-5" ltt' *9
Bustoc 010900014?9 11
C.m.\KV ASO BROWN.
Two Ex-Washington Managers Ap
pointed Iniplres.
President Young of the National Base
Ball League made the official announce
ment today that he has appointed John H.
Gaffney and Thomas Brown umpires, to
take the places of Umpire? Cushman and
Curry, the appointments to go Into effect
Monday morning.
For some time past. In fact, almost since
the season opened, there have been
protests against Cushman and Curry, and
n9twlthstandlng the fact that President
Young and the league magnates had de
cided to keep the umpire staff intact, *
change had to be mads, and the new ap
pointments are the result.
As a forerunner of the change, Umpire
John Heydler was recently shifted over as
a running mate for Umpire ESmslle and
Umpire Curry was assigned to help Cush
man. The new men will simply step Into
the dates assigned to Cushman and Heyd
ler and the umpires' schedule will continue
as originally mapped out.
The new appointments will doubtless
meet with general satisfaction, as both
Gaffney and Brown are well and favorably
known. Gaffney at one time acted as man
ager of the Washington league club, back
in the eighties, and has been in and out of
the leapie for the past twelve years or
more. Jack s trouble has always been cre
ated on account of being a "good fellow "
and as he has promised to foreswear dissi
pation for tlie next }-ear at l*a*Th? wwk
behind the bat will be along the old satis
factory line.
Tom Brown, although having several of
fers on his hands to manage minor league
clubs, decided to accept President Young's
invitation to join the umpire corps, as the
position is rtore than likely to be perma
nent and the money sure. Tom has all the
requirements that go toward making up a
good umpire. He possesses a cool and even
temperament and knows the game thor
oughly. He has been an ornament to the
national game and President Young has
done the right thing in thus rewarding an
old player.
B?e Ball \otei.
At home Monday, two games.
Swalm's bad day In St Louis yeeterday.
Donovan seems to be rounding into form.
He gave only two bases ou balls yesterday.
Mercer may try his hand again today
and It is to be hoped he will do better than
on Wednesday, when the Browns didn't do
a thing to him.
Tommy Dowd seemed to be the real thing
at second yesterday. He had ten chances
and coppered them all, besides getting in
two nice singles.
The Brooklyns will begin a series with
the Washingtons Monday morning at Na
tional Park. The Bridegrooms are play
ing a muoh improved game now and the
Senators will have a hard time winning.
Gus Weyhing will probably pitch the morn
ing ;ame.
Bill Egan's return to Syracuse caused
Johnny O'Brien, the ex-Senator, to be shift
ed tQ short. Both men are playing well.
Before 12,000 spectators the Torontos de
feated the Syracuse team twice yesterday.
Gaffney and Brown should make a capa
ble pair of umpires and Heydler will get
along verv well with Emslie. Soden of
Boston and Brush of Cincinnati urged Gaff
ney's appointment.
Tommy Tucker appears to be at his old
tricks again of getting in hits when a hit
means a run. He has been hitting in hard
luck lately as to a high percentage, but
very timely. Yesterday his two-bagger,
coupled up with Magoon's single, won the
game for the Bridegrooms from the Pi
rates.
Baltimore follows Brooklyn for two
games and then we get the strong trio from
the west?Chicago, Cleveland and Cincin
nati?in the rotation named. This will be
the first appearance of these clubs at Na
tional Park this season.
Little Charley Dexter appears to be the
second baseman Louisville has been look
ing for. Dexter was tried there once be
fore. but couldn't get started right. Yes
terday he smothered twelve chances with
out a slip-up and his work made the Balti
mores play for their life to win out.
EXPERTS AT THE TRAPS.
Much Interest In Monday's Shooting
Tournament at the Hiffhlan<l?.
Great Interest Is being manifested by
sportsmen in the all-day shooting tourna
ment at clay pigeons to be held Monday
next at the beautiful grounds of the Capi
tal City Gun Club, at The Highlands, and
as the events are open to all.comers, the
entries promise to be numerous and ca
pable. At 10 o'clock a.m. will begin an
average shoot, divided into ten events, five
at ten and Ave at fifteen targets. Tn the
ten-target events the entry fee will be *1
and in the fifteen-target events 11.30.
Twenty dollars will be divided Into four
moreys and given to the fours men shoot
ing in all ten events and making the four
highest averages. In the afternoon thero
will be a shoot at twenty-five clay pigeons,
In which tlie nominal entrance fee of fifty
cents each, to pay for the targets, will be
chaiged, the high guns receiving valuable
rrtlcles as prizes.
A number of experts are In ntter.dRnco
on the regular practice shoot of the Capital
City club this afternoon, these weekly
events becoming more and more popular.
McDowell Will Kot Row.
Owing to a technicality Dr. W. S. Mc
Dowell of Chicago will not participate in
the Diamond Sculls rowing race at the
Henljy regatta this year. Several months
ago McDowell resigned from the Delaware
Boat Club, under which organization he
rowed last year, to acecpt the presidency
of the Montello Athletic Club. The latter
institution existed only for a few months.
Under the rules of the Northwestern Row
ing Association and the Mississippi Valley
and National Rowing Clubs, an oarsman
must be a member of an athletic club for
at least three months before entering a re
gatta.
EnKllMh Athletic C'hnmpIonHlilp.
LONDON, July 2.?In the amateur ath
letic championship games at Stamford
Bridge today H. Welsh won the mile run
by twenty yards; W. E. Luytens, second,
and D. G. Harris, third. Time, 4 minutes
17 4-5 saconds Orton, the American run
ner, did not take part in the mile run.
A PAYING BUSINESS.
Hotel In Sltanrnay That Has Cleared
f20,(WU In Ten Months.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
L. N. Lowell, formerly of Milwaukee,
started for Alaska a year ago this spring,
and reached Skaguay about the beginning
of July last. He had had experience f s a
hotel and restaurant man, and concluded.
Instead of going to Dawson City, as he
had started out to do, to stop at Skaguay
and open a hotel. He struck a bonanza.
His wife, who accompanied him, writes to
her sister, Mrs. Frederick Puhler of this
city, under date of April 9, as follows:
?'I never felt so lonesome In my life and
I never worked so hard in my life, but I
never was so happy In my life. The money
comes in so fast we actually don't know
what to do with It. It is a little bettei
now since a bank has been opened we can
trust to put in our money, but before that 1
was in constant terror. We had gold
money, paper money, silver money and
gold dust hidden in every nook and corner
of the house. Loren tore up a plank from
the kitchen floor, and we had over $3,000
in all kinds of money hidden there. It
was an awful anxiety to have the stuff
lying around like that, and it worried us
r.ore than the hard work we were doing.
The place was full of people, dead broke
and hungry, and they would cut one's
throat "for a dollar. We got a chance in
December to Bend over $6,000 to Seattle,
and we felt awfully relieved when we got
the notice of credit from the bank. You
don't know who to trust here. I hardly
trust myself, and I keep an eye on Loren,
I can tell you. Everybody is on the mnlce,
and you'd get done out of your eye teeth if
you didn't watch out.
"The transportation companies think
they run things, but they are thieves and
swindlers and liars, every one of them.
They are getting thousands of people to
come to this awful country who will never
get home. Their charges are awful.
Loren bought fifty tons of flooring tn Seat
tle. It was over a month getting here, and
some of It was damaged getting It ashore.
But we have no kick coming. We paid *6
a barrel for flour In Seattle: It costs $6 a
barrel to ship it. and Loren sold it for
$42.50 a barrel before It left the dock. I
managed to get half a barrel that had been
broken open, and I am glad the stuff is
gene?It wouldn't even make doughnuts or
pancakes.
"We are Jvwt everlastingly fixed here to
make money. I have heard of bonanres,
but I never dreamed we would strike one.
We have got the 'bon ton* restaurant and
hotel In the place. It 'would not be much
for Milwaukee, but it's the thing here. I
send you an outside and inside view by
this mail. We keep things neat and clean,
and my cooking is something like the
people got In God's country. We have six
tables in the restaurant that will hold six
people each, and there Is not a vacant seat
from 6 o'clock tn the morning until 12
o'clock at night. Then we have a lunch
countei in the rear that is kept running
all night. Lunches run from. 50 cents up,
and meals from $1 up. For a good square
meal, with two kinds of meat, potatoes,
canned corn or tomatoes, beans, bread,
pie or pudding, and coffee or tea, we
charge $1 now. but two months ago we got
$1.60 or $2. There has been money* in It,
but there is a good deal of competition
now, and ptrices are coming down.
"You ought to see the people that come
here to eat Meet of them are nice, strong,
healthy young fellows, as polite and nice
as if they were at home. But there are
'bums' and toughs' and gamblers?the
looks of them make me shiver. The gam
blers thought they could run the town,
but thay got left They are as meek as
lambs how. But the women! oh, dear! oh,
dear! I pity them from the bottom of my
heart They don't get their breakfast
until 1 or 2 o'clock in the afternoon. They
come In bunches of tour or five or more,
and thny get the best wa have. I wait on
them nryself lots of times, and you wouldn't
know 11 ?9U didn't know. Poor things!"
PENNSYLVANIA WON
Cornell Beater^, in the 'Varsity Race
on Saratoga Lake.
BUT TOOK TB 1ESH1AI CONTEST
Good Water, but the Heat Was
Excessive.
SOME POOR MANAGEMENT
SARATOGA, N. Y., July 2.?In the Uni
versity boat race, three miles, this morn
ing, Pennsylvania won, Cornell four and
one-half lengths behind, Wisconsin a close
third and Columbia last. Time, Pennsyl
vania, 15:514; Cornell, 10:01; Wisconsin,
16:07; Columbia, 16:21.
In the freshman boat race over the two
mile course. Cornell won by two and one
half lengths, in 10:51; Columbia, second, in
11:12, and Pennsylvania, third, in 11:13.
If the purpose of the officials in setting
the races so early in the morning was to
Insure' good water, then In this particular,
if in no other, they made a success.
The heat was excessive, and the day
promised to be most uncomfortable.
The freshman race was scheduled to be
rowed at 9 o'clock and the 'varsity at 0:30.
Not all of the people who attended yester
day knew the time set, for no official an
nouncement of the postponement was made
until nearly all had left the grandstands
and hillsides. For this reason comparative
ly few persons came to the lake this morn
ing. Many left town last night for their
homes, not caring to take the chance of
further postponements and disappointments.
The Pennsylvania launch responded to a
question shouted from the grandstand by
saying "postponed till tomorrow." after a
majority of the disgusted people had left.
The referee's boat made the official an
nouncement to empty seats and bare hill
sides. Those who heard the hour announc
ed had learned not to put much reliance on
the referee's schedules, and. they began ar
riving slowly about the time for the first
race to be over.
Colombia's Sport.
The Cornell freshmen won the first con
test in 10:51 3-5, three and one-half lengths
ahead of Columbia, who finished second
through a splendid spurt in the stretch
which put her boat slightly over a quarter
of a length ahead of the Quaker boat.
The freshmen were sent oft at 0:15. Penn
sylvania caught the water first and Co
lumbia second. The former splashed con
siderably. After the Jump at the start Cor
nell and Pennsylvania hit the stroke up to
34 each, Columbia pulling 32. At the quar
ter Cornell led by a quarter, with Colum
bia and Pennsylvania fighting for second
place. At the half mile the crews were in
the same positions and maintaining their
respective strokes. Between the half and
one mile flags Colombia spurted into sec
ond place, a half length behind Cornell.
The Cornell boys hid now dropped their
stroke to 32, Columbia rowing at the same
rate, while Pennsylvania was pulling 30
and pushing Columbia hard for second
place. Cornell slowl^ drew away from the
others, and at the mile and a half led by
two lengths. At the' mile and three-quar
ters the Coiumbfa stroke went up to 34 and
Pennsylvania's to -HVstrokes to the minute.
Pennsylvania's spurt was of no avail, Co
lumbia having the 'strength to keep the
slight advantage they had gained. As the
crews neared the finish the Cornell boys
raised their stroke to 36 and crossed the
line a winner by-thre^ and one-half lengths,
Columbia petting second place by a little
over a quarter of a -length ahead of Penn
sylvania. ?
Freshmen iu Fairly Good Shape.
The freshmen finished in fairly good
shape. Pennsylvania gave out i?erceptibly
at the last "in their fight with Columbia.
The Cornell boys showed their condition by
rowing back to their quarters, a distance of
four miles.
The freshmen rowed in almost glassy wa
ter, but the 'varsity crews had a rapidly
Increasing south wind at their back, which
accounts in part for the fast time made by
the winners.
Pennsylvania, pulling the only paper shell
used in the contest, won the 'varsity race
In the remarkably good time of 15:51Vi.
Cornell got into second place after a lively
sprint with Wisconsin, leading the western
ers nearly a length. Columbia paddled
across the line four and a half lengths be
hind Wisconsin.
The quadrangular race developed sur
prises, namely, Pennsy's victory over Cor
nell and Wisconsin's heading of the others
all through the first mile and her remark
ably good work from the standpoint of the
disadvantages under which her men suf
fered by reason of a long Journey so near
the time for the race.
Columbia's place in the 'varsity had been
bo uncertain all along that her finish was
not a surprise.
The Wisconsin 'varsity crew had to row
two miles to the starting point, for the lack
of a launch. At the finish of the 'varsity
race two men In the Cornell boat required
a dash of water to enable them to keep
their seats. The Pennsylvania and Wis
consin crews finished strong, but the Co
lumbia eight evinced considerable exhaus
tion.
Tho four 'varsity crews were at their
stake boats and ready for the word as soon
as the referee's boat reached the starting
place at 10:35 o'clock. Just as the referee
was to give them the word Cornell's stake
boat started adrift, and in order not to de
lay the race, tie other crews agreed to
have the race started with Cornell taking
a free start. At the pistol shot Columbia
took the water first with a thirty-six stroke.
Pennsylvania second with forty, Wisconsin
third with thirty-eight and Cornell last
with thirty-four. Before a half dozen
lengths had been rowed the Wisconsin boys
With their "Yarara" stroke had forged to
the front and at the half mile had a lead
of half a length.
Contesting; Crew*.
The following are the 'varsity crew sta
tistics :
CORNELL.
? Weight. Height. Age.
Stroke..F. A. BrfggK, '98 138 8.6 23
No. 7...E. 1. Savage, '98 159 6 -4>3
No. 0. ..E. W. Beardslee, 1900. 1ST 5.11 21
No. 6...C. 8. Moore, '98 166 6.104 21
No. 4...B. T. Bailey, 99 179 6 20
No. 8...8. W. Wakeuian.., '99. 166 6 20
No. 2...W. Bentley, '98 188 5.114 21
Bow W. O. Daisell. '99 183 5.11 29
Cox F. D. Colaon, P. CJ.... 113 6.8 22
COLUMBIA.
, ; Weight. Height. Age.
Stroke..B. B. Tilt... 159 5.114 20
No. 7...0. N. Krdrf:..i'4...... 166 6 2u
"o. 6...J. W. Mactey y*?t.).. 169 6.11 21
o. 5...E. P. Shattuck. 190 6.11 20
No. 4...F. V. Jontv. .*- 163 6.10 20
No. 3...H. H. Oddi#..,u 169 6 21
No. 2...C. H. Mortyo.......... 156 6.08 21
Bow A. Q. BettsT. 164 6.004 .22
Cox M. O. Bogue.. 102 6.0354 19
PBi>fNS?LVANIA.
_ ? Weight. Height. Age.
Stroke.. Gardiner, .tiff..?. 183 8.1# 21
No. 7. ..Weeks 169 5-114 23
No. 6. ..Buscti 162 6.014 22
No. 6. ..KlnUlng. 154 5.11 19
No. 4.. ,8no*er. ....... ' 171 5.10 22
No. 8 . . .Buckwalter (capT.) 162 6 21
No. 2. ..Hall /, l5 5.104 21
?w Kttckcer. .vp....? 162 8.10 19
Cox Wist .U..JT 10? 5.44 20
WffiCb NSIN.
. Weight. Height. Age.
8t roke?Sat berland 186 5.08 19
No. 7. ..Anderson 176 5,11 19
"WO. 6t..MeCourlUtv...167 5 104 23
No. 5. ..Chamberlain, 1644 5.09 21
No. 4. ..Seymiur. 1654 B.0T 21
No. 3. ..Croaby -.7. 1524 6.10 19
fte. 2...Williams 161 6.08 20
Bow Logeiffi^ 218 6.084 21
Cox Dillon.... 106 6.08 SO
Apparently.
From Puck.
Mamma (teeing the story of Jack and the
Beanstalk)?"And the |>utcher offered Jack
a handful of beans for the cow."
Johnny?"A handful of beans! He mast
have thought Jack was from Boston."
A French engineer lieutenant near To;i
louse became convinced recently that one
of his men had stolen. As the soldier
would not confess the lieutenant ordered
him to be shot, and put him through all
the forms of a military execution, save
that the firing platoon used blank car
tridges. The lieutenant has been court
martialed and sentenced to two months'
imyrlsonmeat.
general bicycle gossip
Crntnrr Cycle Club.
The CentuiV Cycle Club maCt a run to
Camp Alger last Sunday under the com
mand of Lieut. O'Connor. Capt. Byrnes
and Bob Williams made a century run
ever the triangular course and marked off
the places for chcckers in the coming cen
tury run to take place August 7. In the
last half of the century they were joined
by Jimmle McAnally. who rode fifty miles
of the coin se.
Captain Byrnes will not call a run for
tomorrow.
The open century run which will take
place August 7 will be given on a fine
scale. A silver cup will be awarded to the
club bringing through the largest number
of survivors, and a gold medal will be pre
sented to each one surviving the run. The
start will be made from the club house,
627 E street northwest, at 0 o'clock a.m.
The committee in charge of the affair li
composed of Captain Ed. 8. Byrnes, chair
man; Robert C. Williams and Jas. Mc
Anally. The prizes will be on exhibition
two or three weeks before the run in one
of tlie large store windows In this city.
A letter was received last week from the
club's former secretary, Mr. Frank Horri
gan, and one also from the treasurer, Mr.
Alva Erastus Weesner. Both are of the
opinion that there is no bicycle town like
Washington.
Mr. Howard Fisk has started again to
run up his mileage.
Bobby Williams and Russell Millward
start this evening' to enter the quadruple
century run in New York.
Levant Wheelmen.
Owing to a defective "die" the century
medals have been a little delayed, but will
be distributed to all survivors tonight, and
the committee requests all those who are
entitled to them to call at the club, 63U
Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
The club run last Sunday was to Greai
Falls, and a better time the boys have
rever had.
Only one Incident marpxl the pleasure cf
this trip, and that was the accident which
befell Captain Lee L. Herrell on the way
out. While crossing M street bridge the
head of his wheel snapped, lettii.g him
down so hard that he was disabled to
such an extent that he had to be as?istcu
to a street car and sent home. Tlie run
was continued under Lieutenant Fryor.
Aft^t dinner they went over to the Falls,
and It was here that the popularity of the
[ eiub was manifest. Three different pho
tographers insisted upon taking their pic
tures, and now the club rooms are adorned
by three handsome pictures.
Wednesday the club run v.'a3 to Glen
Echo. Twenty-eight boys were out ar.d en
t joyed the opera i.i.d other amusements.
I These night runs are becoming quite popu
lar and the attendance is steadily growing.
The captain is proud of tlv: fact that
he can take out twelve men who are all
over six feet tall, and they are men who
can ride at almost any pace.
It was very gratifying to have Johnny
Shine on the run Sunday. Mr. Shine has
had a very severe illness.
Arlington Wheelmen.
The club run last Sunday was to the
Anglers' club house, on the Conduit road,
and a large representation of the club was
on hand. The day was exceedingly warm
and oppressive. Lieut. R. H. Stone was in
charge, and he selected J. F. Broadbent for
pacemaker. Several hours were pleasantly
spent at the bridge, during which time
some of the boys went boating. On the re
turn trip a stop was made at Glen Echo.
Capt. E. J. Murphy was unable to attend
the run Sunday.
Secretary J. F. Broadbent returned from
a business trip to New York on Monday.
While away he visited New London and
witnessed the boat race.
Chairman Mott's recent wholesale trans
fer of local amateurs to the professional
ranks affected but-one of the Ariingtons.
The unwritten rule, but one which has
been followed since the organization of the
club?that is, that all membeis on club
runs, going, may ride as fast as they
pleast?has been the means of keeping
many of the members In good trim; where
as, if on the club runs, both going and re
turning, all the riders are required to keep
together, no one is given an opportunity to
get in condition, and consequently, if called
on to represent the club in any contest, is
greatly handicapped. A suggestion that a
modification of this rule be made has
caused a majority of the members, and es
pecially the club's best riders, to declare
themselves to the effect that a change
from the present system governing club
runs would be disastrous to the club, as a
bicycle club.
The next regular meeting will be held at
Highland Park, on the Bladensburg road.
The club smoker will be on a larger scale
than usual.
Captain Murphy last week sent out no
tices stating that the proposed three days'
Shennandoah valley trip will begin Satur
day evening, July 2. He has since (after
Interviewing several of the members) de
cided to postpone the trip.
The club run for tomorrow is to Atlantic
City via Philadelphia, and those members
desiring to go will meet at the Baltimore
and Potomac depot this evening in time for
the 6:20 train. The boys will remain in
Philadelphia tonight and ride to Atlantic
City early Sunday morning, whence they
will return by rail Monday evening.
Bine Ridge Cycle Clnb Meet.
The second amateur bicycle meet of the
Blue Ridge Cycle Club will be held at Win
chester, Va? Monday. The rac>s will be
run on the famous Blue Ridge quarter-mile
track and will begin at 3 o'clock In the
afternoon. The promoters of the meet have
been granted a sanction on this occasion,
and ths races will be run under the L. A.
W. rules. The afternoon's sport will be
preceded by a grand street parade, headed
by the Independent Band, which will form
at the corner of Market strset and Rou^fc
avenue at 2:30 o'clock and proceed direct
to the track grounds. The program will
consist of one-half mile novice race, one
mile open, one-half mile open, two mil?
open and five mile handicap. Prizes to the
amount of $150 will be awarded to winners
of the several events.
Hygienic Bicycling.
"Hygienic Bicycling" is the title of a
I pocket manual for the healthful use of the
1 wheel. It Is written and published by H.
E. Clark, Delaware City, Del. It has con
tributions from twenty-five of the leading
doctors and specialists of the largest med
ical schools and hospitals In the country,
fully covering every branch of the subject
of the bicycle. How to use the wheel to
I promote physical culture, to maintain
health and to cure disease Is regarded as
a great problem, and the aim of the book
Is to solve It. Every page Is Interesting.
There is an attractive lithograph cover in
I four or five colors.
MIRAGE IS MANITOBA.
Train Seen Twice Fifteen Minn tea Be
fore It Waa Dne.
j From the Loadoo News.
Arrived at Shanawan, my companion
I kindly offered to stay with me till the train
came, but I sent him off and took my stand
on the track, With nothing more substantial
than a telegraph pole to shelter me from
the icy blast. When I was left alone?sky
overcast, curious kind of mist In the air,
the wind howling around me, and the loose
snow that the wind raised from the prairie
driving past me In sheets, I thought it
about as desolate a picture as I have ever
set eyes on. As luck would have it, the
train was late, and I had fifty minutes In
which to enjoy myself alone. I was never
so abjectly cold as when that train eventu
ally came. I was rewarded by seeing a
curious atmospheric phenomenon that I
used to read ef as tantalizing weary trav
elers in the Sahara, and that, I am told,
is common here under certain conditions,
viz., the mirage. At least fifteen minutes
before the train arrived I saw it suddenly
leap Into sight in a way that made me pick
up my bag an<l hop off the track in double
quick time. Then I -craved my handker
chief for it to stop, and suddenly I noticed
that it had stopped about fifty yards off.
I began to charge up the track so as to
get on board, when it mysteriously and
suddenly disappeared. A few minutes later
I saw it again, only this time off the track,
and running along the prairie. It gave me
quite an eerie feeling, and I began to think
the cold had got into my head, and I cast
superstitious glances round me to see If
there were an5 more trains frolicking about
In the snow, and suddenly I bethought me
of what I had heard about the mirage.
When I saw distinctly that the train had
stopped it murt have been at Laaam, near
est station, about nine or tan miles up tip
Comimencnng at 8 p.m. July 4th.
:: There are more entries at this race meet J:
:: than ever. Bring your fireworks and
see the best races of the year.
:: Tickets mow for sale at ::
j| ECLIPSE BICYCLE CO., jj
;; 14th and H Sts. N.W. ;j
;; jysjt ' i?
i i : ?i-m-i-m i it t ? t , *
THE FIERY ORDEAL. OF FIJI.
Inexplicable Performance* of Sa
tires lu a Reii-Hot Oven.
From the World-Wide Magazine.
The Island of Benjra, where the fiery or
deal takes place, was the supposed resi
dence of some of the old geds of FIJI, and
was therefore considered a sacred land.
Naturally, also, its chiefs took high rar.k.
First of all, it is necessary to explain the
native lovo, or o\en, in which the niasawe
root i? baked. This o- en is merely a more
or less circular hele or hollow dug and pre
pared in the ground, with a dia.netcr of
from eighteen feet to twenty-four feet.
The oven is next Oiled with rough logs of
firewood, piled up nine or ten feet. On the
logs are placed a great number of water
worn stones, va-ying in weight from eight
pounds or ten pounds to one hundred
weight. It may here be explained that the
m&sawe is a Dracaena, with fibrous roots
as large as a yam, and full of sugar. These
roots are baked in the lovo for four days.
The fire for the ordeal is lighted in the
niasawe oven before daybreak, and burns
for several hours?that is to say, until all
the stones on the top, big and little have
fallen through it-to the hole and become
aiinost white with heat. Then, of course,
nothing remains but a quantity of charred
embers and a few half-burned logs. * *
In due time, the embers are dragged or
ii-shed out by means of vines attached to
long sticks, the tnd of the vine having a
running loop, which is placed over the log.
The partially burned logs and embers
having been removed, green stick*,
eighteen or twenty feet long, are then in
serted into the oven among the h? aps of
hot stones, and using thete as levers, the
stones are distributed evenly over the sur
face of the whole tloor of the carth-ov- n.
Sometimes the heat is so terrific that the
operators ura unable directly to manipu
late thd levers themselves, so thev ur_?
compelled to rest the polos on the sides of
the ovtn, and then pull on them by means
of vine ropes. The Fijlans who take part
in this ceremony make for themselves out
of the broad banana leaf a special kird
of garment to shelter their bodies from the
heat given off by the white-hot stones.
When the big embers have been removed,
the wood ashes are swept away by means
of whisks fastened to the ends of long
sticks, and then nothing remains in the
oven save the clean layer of glowing
stones. 1 fcese preliminaries, after the
fire has burned itself out, occupy about
half an hour, and then all is readv for the
ceremony ittelf. At a given signal the
performers, bare-legged and bare-footed,
excepting for the anklets of dried fern
leaves, crowd into the pit and begin walk
ing lei-surely about as if on a fashionable
promenade.
Here is the narrative of a person who
witnessed tho ceremony: "Jonathan, a na
tive magistrate, led the way into the pit.
closely followed by fourteen others. They
marched round about the oven, moving
slowly and leisurely, and treading firmly
on the red-hot stones. The spectacle held
me spellbound. Every moment I expected
my nc-strils to be assailed with the smell
of burning human flesh, but it was not so;
and as 1 looked in the face of the men
strolling about in the lovo, I could see no
emotion whatever depicted, but merely the
inscrutable impassivity of feature common
to many sa%-age races. Some of the by
standers threw bundles of green leaves
and branches Into the oven, and then lm
meUlately the men inside were half hidden
in the clouds of steam that arose from the
hissing, boiling sap. Handkerchiefs were
also thrown in, and afforded an unmis
takable proof.that there was 'no decep
tion." Before these lace trifles reached
the floor of the oven they were alight and
almost consumed by -the great heat.
Presently Jonathan and his followers
marched out of the Inferno, and were
promptly examined by the governor's
commissioner. Not only was there not
the least trace of burning, but their
anklets, which were of dried fern leaves,
and therefore extremely inflammable, were
not so much as singed."
Jonathan himself was closely cross-ex
amined by the government officials
present?of whom he stood In great awe? 1
aud he declared with perfect candor,
"There is no trick. Why should there be?
I and my forefathers have done this thing
for generations, long before the white man
came into the islands. Some of us may
not believe the legend of the Fairy Chief
Motiwai, but I do believe that It has been
given to my tribe to pass unharmed at all
times through the masawe oven." An
other official eye-witness declares "the
men had not anolted themselves with any
preparation whatsoever/'. Traders, mis
sionaries aud others who have witnessed
the ceremony cannot explain it, and some
have endeavored to do the thing them
selves, with the most borrlbte and dis
astrous results.
One official theoTy, given by Lord Stan
mcre's ald-de-camp, is contained In the
following: "I venture to think that the
ordinary mortal who visits tropical climes
has no Idea of the amount of heat the na
tives can bear on the soles of their feet.
Let any one put his hand upon a rock or
object on which the tropical sun has been
playing for hours, and the result will be
that he will find himself extremely
anxious to withdraw It as sjieedily as pos
sible^. The native, however, can go all
day on the rocks and not f??l the beat.
In fact, he has on the soles of his feet a
natural sort of leathery subtitance?a non
conductor of heat?perhaps an eighth of
an Inch thick. He can even peel off the
skin of the soles of his feet and yet feel
no pain." Lord Btanmore himself, how
ever, In a letter to the writer, directly
contradicts the Inference here crwiveyed.
"It we accept this theory." be says In
effect, "the thing excites no wotuier. It
la not, however, the case that the natives'
feet are so Insensible. I have often seen
the hardiest of natives, crossing a short
extent of the shingly bed of a river in the
hot sunshine, compelled to run off and cool
their feet In the stream, being utterly un
able to bear the beat of the sun-warmed
sfbnes." And Lord Stanmore's testimony
Is conclusive. In his opinion tho thing is
simply Inexplicable, and a better theory
will have to be found than the callousness
of the performers' feet. But even grant
ing that the naked feet of the Fijian* do
become somewhat hardened In the course
of years, la It to be supposed that they
evn walk leisurely about barefooted on
White-hot stone*, pressing their cuticle on
to the glowing surface with all the x.eight
SKIX Fl LL CIK VOLD.
IIow It Wna Aliwrkrd b> Mnndieg In
* ^ ikflB Strraiu.
From the OMeags Triljuo.
Superintendent Woodson of State Lunatic
Asylum No, 2. at St. Joseph, Mo.. ric< ntly
received into the institution for treatment
a. patient wh>se case is without a precedent
in medical annals. It may also have :i de
terring effect upon some of thosj who aro
madly seeking to Join the exodus to the
Alaska gold fields at the sacrliice of every
ether interest.
' Abe- Boyle, the ;>atl;nt, went to Alaska
j in the summer of 1?W and succeeded in
reaching Circle City ir. September of that
year. \\ hen the news of the big .strike at
Dawson City reached the camp he was one
of the first to set out for the Klondike dig
gings. He spent the winter months in un
| del-ground mining, the output of which was
to be washed when ice broke on the Yukon
in the spring.
He was moderately successful, but his
claim v.as one of the few from which the
nuggets and coarse gold had, to a consider
able extent, been carried lower down the
creek, waile thi washing froci above left
the gravel heavily impregnated with what
is known as "flour gold." This is the finest
lorm taken on by the yellow metal. There
is no known method of saving "flour gold,"
which wlil escape over the quicksilver
pliites of a stamp mill In spite of all efforts
to capture It.
Boyie during the ?summer of when
th'i first great bonansa strikes were report
ed from the Klondike placers, was much of
the time immersed to the waist in the wa
ters of the Y ukon. The ice that comes
down from above Is rich with gold absorb
ed from the sands of the shallow str. ams.
The cakes get aground on a bar. acl. as
they rujlt, deposit their treasure. It is in
tiiis nay that placers are sometimes form
ed. The alert miner then washes the sand
from the bar and obtains his reward.
Boyle washed Ihe gravel from his own
claim on one of thes; bars, hop'ng to nap
a double harvest. Beiug in the water con
stantly, his body seems to have accom
plished what no invention of man ha* yet
done, for through the poris of the skin
I there was absorbed tin incredible quantity
of "flour gold." He was seized with what
he thought was rheumatism, but kept on
w'ith his work until his limbs became un
manageable. It was as if ossification, If
not putrefaction, had set in. His condition
giadually spread upward. an1 hi lost his
appetite and eventually became a victim of
dementia
There being no physician in the camp
capable of handling the case, he was sent
to the states In charg; of a friend, who
kept him for several months at his old
home in Bander, Wyoming. His condition
I did not improve, even under a course of
treatment at the Saratoga (Wyo.) hot
I springs, and he was finally taken to Bara
| ttie. Wyo.
There Dr. William H. Harris, an old army
surgeon, made a careful examination of
Boyle, and thought he had located the
source of his trouble. He resolved upon an
experiment to test the correctness of his
theory. Boyte was given temporary lodg
ings in a Turkish bathhouse, and was suo
mltted to a treatment in which the medi
cine administered consisted largely of mer
cury, which, as is well known, will carry
from the human body every alien and pol
| sonous matter.
When he had been there about a week,
being dosed constantly with mercury, Boyle
was given a thorough Turkish batli, being
kept in the sweating loom as iong as It u as
i considered safe for him to remain there.
His ehlir in the sweating room was placed
in a shallow basin of Bine, so that the per
spiration that poured down from his body
nould all be retained. He was afterward
rushed through the remaining features of
the bath and put to bed. When he awoke
from a dreamless sleep he was found to
have entirely recovered from the hitherto
unaccountable stiffness of his limbs, his
flesh being soft and pliable as an infant's.
This was a great step toward the demon
stration of Dr. Harris' theory, notwith
standing Boyle's mind was still affected.
The next thine done was to examine the
contents of the sine basin In the sweating
rcom. An assay of Its contents showed
that the mercury administered In the form
of pllis had passed oil through the open
pores of the skin, carrying with It the
Hour gold with which Boyle's body had
been -saturated. An assay by Superintend
ent M. A. Grant of the Keystone mine
showed that the value of the flour gold
drawn from Boyle's body by means of the
mercury approximated ?T7U.
It was evident that the treatment had
.been pre-eminently successful, so far as
Boyle's malady was purely physical. It*
effects upon the mind were something with
which his physicians did not choose to ex
periment. and so he was sent to Asylum
No. 2, In this city. He Is now appare ntly
in the best of hoalth, physically, and Su
perintendent Woodson belle\ es that be will
be able in a short time to restore his rea
son and make him a sound man.
Wky s?tr
From the Criterion.
Why dees not soma millionaire who seeks
the distinction of doing a great wat service
to the nation buy Mr. Holland's submarine
warship and present It to the government.
We cannot toy whether It be red tape or
?frorse that governs th? Navy Department's
scornful treatment of the offer to take the
?>oat to a Cuban port and destroy Its de
fenses as a preliminary to sale, but we do
know that a most promising, a fairly test
ed and extremeiy novsl war engine Is likely
to be left on Its builders' hands until sheer
necessity shall compel-its sale to some
rower that may ultimately use it against
the defenses of New Tork. Who is the rich
man to prevent this? The Vesuvius setms
to be vindicating herself.
? - - ? ? w mi wwini) Kiunw u ifflLBB
linsltaud or Lover is the Arm, or Nsvyl 11.11
thu today a 25c. package of AUea's Fooi-Easa a
t^'d,er ft? ,th? feet. All wbo e arth, walk ?r
?fand Med It. It cur1* arblnf, tired, mi* awnl.
Jro. ffweating feet, and makes bot. ti?tit or new
SSSr'SS S
-Ass tar rsS
?ted. La Boy. N. X.