The times. [volume], April 01, 1900, Page 15, Image 15

About The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903

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ALL FOOLS' DAY.
NEWS ?F ?I?RSES
AND HORSEMEN
The Scene at the Norfolk Track
Quita a Busy One Now.
KITTY R., 2:081-4, IS THERE.
Virginia Well Ueprcscntcil in tlic Rig
i*>tec*?>c Chase at Washington.
'flic Dci-?? linn Hunt
Club i taces. ?
The so?.:i? at the State Agriculture So?
ciety's half-mile back at Norfolk, Va?, is
quite a busy one now, and a greater
number of fast trotter:; and pacers 'are
quartered there than during any previous
??eason. A large- poriiuu of the horses
ou the grounds have wintered there,
wnile others have l?ul recently arrived.
The track is one of the best in the South,
and ia kept in first-class shape. The
?largest stable there is that of John
Clarino-:?, the principal owner of me
gi'i.uncis and financial backer of Lhe As?
sociation, who will campaign .some good
horses tiiis season. Taat very callable
'trainer and driver, Charles .Atkinson,
,vho has Uevn very sueei-ssiul, both at-,
a developer of speed and race driver,
wiil do uie teaming for Mr. Mariner,
us he did in lS'.'S and 1SS9.
?Ylkinson is well lniorniid on pedigrees
a.ud can drive a good rac*?. The stable
includes the bay pacing n.are Kilty ii.,
"inAi 1-t, who is faster than her record In
dioales. and looked upon as good enough
to win lu select company. ("eel's old pupil
Uie bay gelding Walter S.. 2:1": 1-?, who
has been *?et to pacing and will be cam?
paigned at that gait this season; W'ilLon
Boy, 2:14 I-I, pacing, by AVilion: Miss '
Giace, 2:li> 1-2, pacing bay mare, by Cost
?siantiiK?; Irene, 2:1S l-'l, bay mare; by
aCagl.? Bird; "SOrval -\1., 2:19 1-1, bay
gelding, by Normal; Too Soon, InO 1-1,
bay gelding, by Allerton; Lelalion, chest?
nut lilly, 4, by Allerton; tiie handsome
and very promising brown horse Bow
Bells, Jr., G?, by Bow Bells, dam Tampa,
by Nutwood, and seven others, trotters
and pacers, without records, but regard ?id
as the making of race horses and money
winners. John Seeley, who developed the
great pacer Joe Patc-hen. 2:0 1-4, is al the
tra-ck with nine head, owned by Judge J.
3>. Y*t*oma*is, of Iowa. Judge Yeomans
has recently purchased, in conjunction
?with F- B. Stout, of Bubuque, Iowa,
former owner of Nutwood. 2:1S ;?-l, a tine
farm in Xorthern A'irginia, and will breed ?
trotters ?m it. Seeley's stable includes
Ainsv.-orth. 2:10 G.-4. t?acii*-g, bay gelding,
by Parker, son of Alcantara; Ahead, *i;ir>
"1-2, pacing, by Ambassador, out of Low?
land Girt, 2:131-4, by Legal Tender, Jr.,
Prank P_L_.cn, 2:15 1-2. pacing, black
?elding, by Joe Patchen. and George
R. Peck, brown horse, by Joe ratchen,
out of Adele Tyler, dam of four in the
list, ln ad.lition to these Seeley has some
veay ] romising green trotters and pacers
by prominent .sires of ?speed. AV. B. Fos?
ter, who hail.?- from Bradford, Penn.,
has a stable of seven head,? including
?Broker, 2:101-2, pacing; The gray mare
sapphire, 2:17 1-4. and others by such
aire?* as ilubenstein, Alacanada, AA'ilk
sonian and Longworlh. Several local
trainers are also Quartered at the track,
among them Colin Steele, who has ten.
ten or twelve trotters and pacers in his
.??table, among them being Annie Mariner,
2:231-4; Little Stakes, 2:241-4, by Great
Stakes, 2:20 and Bot, 2:24 1-4. Other stabTos
are expected shortly from Tennessee and"
Alabama, nnd other Southern States,
which will remain and take part iu the |
?annual spring meeting which begins on j
"May 34th and continues four days.
? ? ?
A-v?dstant Secrcitary Algernon Bainger- j
; field f<*fl"w?Tds ime the programme /*?f the j
? spring meeting of the AVashington Jockey I
! Ciub aaid writes that lhe prospect is very I
bright. The meeting begins to-morrow, j
?the 2d Instant, and closes on ?Saturday,
the 14th. Over two hundred horses are
?stabled on the ground??, among them the'
famous black mare Imp, who has seve?
ral engagements for this meeting. One
of the most popular events schedule's for j
the meeting is the Spring Hunter'?? Steeple- j
?oh-tse. to be run off on .Saturday next. ?
the ??? lnst-*?.. The conditions and lisi i
Of ?""?itrlrs. follow:
eteepleciJiaso?For hunter?, four years
oi ? ?u. u_*??,.txvi, c_u_?vh_ mida ui? muni*'
of tiie Xational Steeplechase and Hunt
Association, that have been regularly
hunted during the season 1S39-1900, owned
and i-idden by members or recognized
hunts :n Maryland, Virginia and the Dis?
trict of Columbia. By subscription of $10
each, play or pay. The Washington
Jockey Club to add plate of the value of
$100 and a purse of the value of $"*"?0, of
which $100, the subscription money and
the plate to Uie winner. The second to I
receive S100. and the third $00 of the purse. !
X. It.?Hunt Clubs and individual sub- I
Rcrihers may make as many entries as j
they ?lesire.
WEIGHTS. PENALTIES AXD ALLOW?
ANCES. -"
Four-year-olds to carry* HS pounds; five
year-old.--, 1C7 pounds; six-year-olds and
over. 17t! pounds. Mares allowed, as by
rule. 5 pounds: geldings, .'! pounds. Pen?
alties.?Winners in 1S99 or 1300 to carry
8 pounds extra. Xo horse shall through
penalties carry more than ISO .pounds.
A 1 ! o ">." a ? c ? s.?Half-breds allowed 10
pounds; half-breds that have never start?
ed, allowed IF, pounds; half-breds. both
sire and dam unknown, allowed 20 pounds;
gentlemen never having ridden a winner,
allowed S pounds. No horse by allow
L'.iu-c can can y less than I'M pounds.
Note.?Allowances ?or half-breds must
be claimed when the horses are named,
and are not cumulative. Overweight al?
lowed to any amount, if claimed by the
Line announced for the Jirst race of Uie
day of the race.
About three miles over the Steeplechase
Coursa of tlie Washington Jockey Club, .
which will be altered to better suit the
character of the race.
H. Kozier Dulany (Piedmont HunL Va.),
b. g. OcMl'tree. S, by Tom Oe'ailtree or
Galore?Imp. Hester.
11. Ro-rier Dulany (Piedmont Hunt,
Va.), b. g. Emory, -1, by King llazem?
Mimosa ?ii- b.?
J. D. Mall. Jr.. (Pine Hill Hunt. Va.),
bv. g. Rlley, ?I, by Montloello?Smart Girl.
E. O. Hayes (Warrenton Hun-?. Va.>.
l.r. g. Taghairm, 4, by imp. Inverness
Trade Wind.
W. C. Hayes (Warrenton Hunt, Va.),
b. g. Champion, 4. by imp. Cavalier?Ma?
Bee.
J. D. Hooe (Warrenton Hunt, Va.), eh.
m. Becky Rolfe, G, by Tristan?Pocah-o?i
tas.
J. E. L.ircomb, Jr., (Chevy Chase Club,
D. C), eh. on. Jacobe!, .">, by Jacobite?
dam by Harold.
W. K. Levering (Elkridge Fox Hunt?
ing Club. Md), b. g. Young Exile, 4, by
Exilo?Fid?le.
A. C. Marshall (Piedmont Hunt. Va.),
b. an. La Tornine, d, by Yucatan?Marga?
ret
J. Henry McCauley (Piedmont Hunt,
Va.),- b. g. Sacket, 0, by Bcif-an?Cathe?
rine C,
T. Nelson Page (Chevy Chase Club. D.
C), b. g. Hobson, 4, sire and dam half
bred.
F. A. B. Portean (Warrenton Hunt.
Va.), h. g. Sh.uidy Gaff, aged, sire and
dam half bred.
C. W. Smith (Warrenton Hunt, Ya.),
eh. g. Mr. Fore Paw, 1, by SL Carolus?
Queen of the Forest..
E. L.. Smith (Elkridge Hunt, Md.). b.
g. Diver, G., by Clear the Way?Di Ver?
non.
raid forfeit, one each, Chevy Chase Club,
E. K. Salisbury and E. L?. Smith.
? ?
During a reeeent visit to the Blue Grass
region of Kentucky Mr. V.*. C. Marshall,
of Marshall & Thompson, breeders of
thoroughbreds, he rt.es. an? saddle* horses,
Warrenton, Va., visited the noted Cas
tkton stud, of Jam?iS It. and Foxhali p.
Keene, Lexington, and secured the grand
locking black stallion Blackcock, foaled
in 1S?W, by Pontine, out of "Bonnie Doom
by Rapid Rhone, sec-ond dam the famous
Queen Mary, and will place him in the
stud at Warrenton. Blackcock is lt?:2
is height and of powerful muscular devel?
opment. He will be u.ed as sire of hunt?
ers and jumpers, and should make his
mark In the stud. In addition to Black?
cock, Marshall & Thompson have H:s
Grace, a big chestnut son of Eolus, and
Circusslan. the son of A'.am that sired
Mars Chan, one of the best steeplechase
horses Yirginia has produced.
* . *
Secretary P. A. S. Brine and the Race
Committee, of the Deep Run Hunt Club,
made ur? of Messrs. J. T. Anderson, E.
H. Suvage and H. C. Beattie, are busy
arranging the details of tlie annual sirring
race meeting of the club, which hies be?_<i
Jixed for Thursday, May 17th, during Car?
nival Week, when thousands of visitors
from other sections will be iu the ?iity,
anil numbers of them will ? rasp the op?
portunity to witness the well-arranged
programme provided for the occasion.
With a farmer's raoo a couple of steeple?
chase events, two or more flat races and
a high jumping contest an afternoon's
sport of more than ordinary attractive
r.ess will be afforded Lhe thousands who ?
?jaihcr on the beautiful grounds of ? tho j
olui^ The t?Eort of the.-Doe*) Aim Hunt J
Club lo provide good racing free from
objectionable features ar.d of ;i kind
well calculated to elevate the sphere o,f
cross-ooiintry sport, merits the generous
patronage and support of tho best class
of citizens.
? .
Smyth Bros., of tha Southern Horse
Bazaar, held one of the best sales of the
season on Wednesday last, disposing of
several hundred horses of all grades.
Buyers and dealers from various ??actions
were r,ut in loteo?, while bidding was
spirited and prices realized were satis
fac? ory to consigners. The offerings includ?
ed the fast bay pacing gelding Smitti
O'Brien. 2:19 1-4, by Aparka, dam Ada M.,
2:39. by Corsair, who fell to S. T. Clay's bid
of $2*5. while the speedy chestnut mare.
Belie McGregor. 2::;i 1-4, full sister of
Molly McGregor. 2:29 3-4, by E.:rl J!c
Grrgpr, put of Marni?, by G;-ntrnl Fietch
or, wont to Frank T. Mills. Wilmington,
N. <*.. tor S2."t?. On Wednesday next,
tho 4th inst.. at their regular semi-weekiy
auctlorf sale the Messrs. Smyth w II
dispose of 20 car loads of hcr?es, con?
signed by well-known Kentucky and Il?
linois shippers. I". G. Saunders, ?? Hills
boro Ky., and AVilliam G. Hart, of Alt.
Sterling. Ky.. will sell three carloads ot
extra-fine combined saddle and harness
'horses, also some matched pairs an.l
speedy trotters and ?ace?*?.
* ? *
The former well-known jockey Edward
Bunn died at his home in ?loomingto'n,
111.; on March l-jth, aged :;0 years. Eddie
or "Hickie" Bunn was always? looked
upon as a good rider, his most sensation?
al achievement being on Castaway 11..
whne that bay son of Outcas? and Lucy
Lisle, by A irgli, won the Erooklyh Hundi
cap in 1890 from The Bard. Castaway, II..
who now heads the stud ?if U. S. Senator
Thomas S. Martin, Scottsville, A'a.. v.as
not regarded as li factor in the^rnce.
In fact, ti?e son of Outcast was Quoted
at li II sorts of fantastic odds in the
betting, but he won by a block after
leading all tir.? way over a track that
was very muddy and sloppy. .:
* . *
Mr. Joseph Basii ter. ?G the Richmond
Horse Bazaar, whose s?mi-weekly auc?
tion sales of horses of all grades attract
buyers from various sections, is also well
known as a breeder and owner of fast
trotters, having now in his stable such
horses as Kodras, 2:151-4; Firewood.
2:17 1-4, and Hoben Ransom, 2:29 3-4. The
latter is a grand looking brown stallion,
? of splendid size and muscular develop?
ment, sired by Gambetta, son of A'olun
teer; dam Black Maria, by C. M. Clay.
Jr., 22. Robert Hansom has been placed
in ithe stud during the present season and
can be seen at the Richmond Horse Ba?
zaar on Basi Franklin Street*.
The A'irginia-brod marc Charina. a six
year-old bay daughter of Imp. Charax
us and Clash, by Eolus, was campaigned
in England last season by Alec. Coving?
ton and won about $4,<0W. She started in
fourteen races, winning four, getting
? bird piace in one and finishing behind the
money nine times. Charina' -was claim?
ed out of a selling race at Chicago in
1SSS. by Covington, from J. AV. Schorr
&. Son, of Memphis, Tenu.
Among the winners at the recent Xew
Orleans meeting was the bay colt Gray
less, by Jam Gray, out of Fearless, by
imp. Pr. Blaise, bred and owned by A. B.
Payne, of the Annita Stud, ?Charlottesville?,
A'a. Grayless defeated Arolnadies, Sister
Fox and nine others, running six and a
half ?furlongs In 1:2S over a heavy track.
* .' *
Tho Elierslio bred lilly Eonic, 2, by
Eon, out of Mermaid, by imp. St. Blaise,
won at San Francisco on March 2?lh, de?
feating a field of ?fourteen at ?three ?and a
half furlongs in forty-two seconds. The
track was fast.
? ?
The grand combination sale of horses to
be held by the (MeCleary and McClellan
Live Stock Oomp.any, of Xorfoik, at their
mammoth sale mart in that city on Tues?
day, April 17th, will afford an opportu?
nity for 'those . in search of high-class
horses to supply themselves. AVell known
shippers and owners from the most
prominent breeding centres will be -rep?
resented by choice consignments, while
the offerings will include speedy trotters
and pacers, fast road ..horses, combined
saddle and harness horses, matched pairs
and a ?large number of good gc-neral par
pose and business horses. The sale com?
mences at 10 A. te. and catalogues can be
liad from the MeCleary and ?McClellan
Live Stock Company, Xorfoik, A'a.
BRO.AB ROCK.
The ?French Opera Company from Xew
Orleans has ber-n singing recently in
some of the AA'estern cities, and has
reached Chicago. In St. Louis three per?
formances were to have been given, but
the attendance at "Les Huguenots"' was
so poor that the season was promptly
brought to a close. Opera in English at
cheap ?prices entirely satisfies the' de?
mand of ihe Isnsiss qu_1_, -_ Jiajr. "Xnn\
HE
HIS ROUNDS
Richmond T, P. A.'s Hustling to
Secure the Prizes,
KNIGHT OF GRIP UP AGAINST IT.
l'en Pictures of the Man He Has to
Approach and Interest in lhe
" Bargains of the
Ase."
The T. P. A.'s are hustling for the
prizes offered, by the State Division for
tlie securing of new members. A T. P.
A. button is given to each new member
between February 20th and April 20th,
and It is stated that there are few mem?
bers who cannot easily win one of these
prizes. Writes a member: "We have
many who can win the best, while there
is not a single member of Virginia Di?
vision who cannot bring in at least onu
of his friends before April 20th. We ap?
peal to each of you- 'that you will at
least promise to do this much, and thus
serve your friend ami' the association at
the same time. Think of what a grand
showing our division will make when the
Xational Association meets at New Or?
leans in May if each one of our present
members will only send In one new ap?
plication." Membership March 1, .?rw?*,
14/.I52.
The writer again seats himself in his
easy chair. This time he is patiently
waiting an opportunity to approach one
of those merchants who he will style ?
the autocrat of the village store. Many I
of his readers will recall having been I
similarly situated, and will readily rec?
ognize the aforesaid autocrat. You per. j
haps have heard of him before visiting ?
him. He is one of -those august per- '
sonages who have p?rsuaded themselves j
they are absolute monarchs of their ,
surroundings. You discover this as you |
lie in wait to catch his eye and ear. He ?
is apparently insensible to your presence j
as he ipasses and repasses the place |
where you are sitting, and' is seemingly
absorbed over matters of "great pith and j
moment." You realize that you are in ;
the presence of the autocrat before :
making his acquaintain??. and you find :
yourself involuntarily taking an inven- ?
tory of his probable wealth and stand- ?
Ing. If you begin at first by com- I
paring him with the merchant princes
of the day, he is bound to suffer by '
the comparison; while you will not only
be wasting valuable time, but are liable
to involve yourself in a labyrinth of
speculation from which you will emerg?
will? a decidedly prejudicial view of the
autocrat. Besides time is valuable. Do
not. therefore, permit yourself to enter |
a field like this at such a time, but hold
yourself in readiness to take advantage .
of the first favorable opportunity to ap?
proach, if such time should come. If you ?
must speculate upon your surroundings '
let it be upon the size of the order you \
hope to get. This is an all sufficient !
speculation, and' one, too, in which 'you ,
simply start from zero and advance step |
by step, as fancy shall dictate. Of !
course, he is just now a very busy- man? '
has been ever since you entered the ?
store, not waiting on customers, or put- '
ting ???? goods or working on his books, I
or making changes in his stock, er get- j
ting rid of accumulations of dust which ?
you have noticed everywhere. He is not ;
"busy cleaning up round the stove, nor [
cleaning out the old sawdust spittoons
with their abominable accumulations 'of
stubs and quids:. nothing of this kind.
He is just sim-iiy busy, unapproachably
busy, forbiddingly busy, studiously neg?
lectfully busy, importunately busy. You
waiL Will he see you? "Will he note
your presence? Above all, will he abate
that forbidding, austere demeanor long
enough to admit of .your approach. If
he would just only deign to give you
one pleasant look, but he doesn't.
GO AFTER. IHIM.
What shall you do? If you could obey
your feelings you ?would, no doubt, like
to spring Into the middle of the floor
near him, giving forth an Indian y?n,
and. jerking out a revolver, proceed' to
perforate holes ?'through the various ar?
ticles of household utility hanging over?
head, just to get him to look at you. to
s?_e you. as it were. fBut you re'strato
.yo?rseif, merely climrlng your throat
J6_a_. s-jnaduiated '"herttF' sthiio x_a.--aa__3j ?
your eyes upon him. It is plain that
you must risk everything and walk right
up to him, breaking over his regal re?
serve, to place your business before him.
A'ou have done so. and now you stand
before this august personage, who is
staring at you as if uncertain as to how
you came to obtrude yourself upon him,
and seeming to be debating with him?
self as to how he will dispose of your re
maiiw after he has annihilated you. He
may now condescend to scrutinize the
business card you have handed him. anel
may relax sufficiently to speak to you.
Y.-u may now be thoroughly frightened,
but you must control yourself; this is a
critical moment. On your life, do not let !
him discover your perturbation in look. !
act or word: if you do you are undone.
Just stri'-e to assume that air ot" non- (
chalanee you might be expecte?! to assume [
were you confronting the King of the ?
Cannibal Islands, as the accredited rep?
resentative and minister plenipotentiary ?
of your government. A'ou see the whole j
matter thus far has been one of diplo?
macy, in which this autocrat of the vil- .
l?ge store has been playing the leading
hand. A'our turn now; he has been striv- ?
ing ?ill ? along to impress you with his
importance, and you are now passing in?
spection, in his mind's eye. AVoe be to you
if you Hindi at this supreme moment.
Happily this mercantile specimen ls the
exception, and not the rule, among those
whom a traveller meets by the wayside.
Even this fellow after you have once
broken through the crust, may prove a
jolly good fellow, in his own way. AVhen
he begins to warm up a little you are
enabled to see that he has been simply
play?ng a part, and you lind that he is
stamped with enough of the leaven of
humanity to take his place among ordi?
nary mortals. He is unfortunate in his
treatment of travelling men. however, j
and you hear him unfavorably spoken of
by others. He gets credit for being an ,
undesirable person to meet. Happily, he !
?ii? not populous along your route.
?HE WAS "WORKED." j
Xew here is another specime-n one meets
| in his wanderings. He is ?the chap who I
! quotes lictittousy _o>w prices on goods, I
I that he has bought (this in a whisper), the
? fellow iwith the transparent lie on his !
tongue*. He wishes you tto think that his I
predominating shrewdness Is such that
he e-orners the market in buying. He? is
not the keen, shrewd business man, nor
the man well up in his lines. He discovers
this to you uninientionar.y in the course
of his conversation, and you find yourself
disposed to rebuke him bluntly; but con?
trol yourself for the nonce?humoring ills
bent patronizingly, luughing Inwardly
meantime.. as you gather * from
himself how he has been "worked"
in a business way, with leaders,
and has paid full ?price as inteie-st for hi/
presumption in deals with '".hat fellow
ahead." This specimen, like Ine first, is
found along the iway? at intervals, and is
i entitled to pity, for he invokes a elepart
I tire from plain business methods, and finds
his counterpart in shrewdness in the
traveler, who baits his limited knowledge
with cut prices, only to recoup lo??es
where ignorance shields overcharge. This
method of doing business could not obtain
with tiie ?there ugh-going merchant, btat is
frequently a questionable resort, in order
to sell tho last described dealer, ?who
may be styled the "smart aileck" of m?r
e-antile life. He enjoys a marked distfiie
tiori, not being so numerous as to appear
at all times and places, in fact, he is
among the rarities. The astute traveler
?readily recognize-s him and soon has him
seated upon the throne of his own self
conceit, by accepting apparently as gospel
truth all wilful perversions of fact that
tins "smart aileck" may see fit 'to Indulge
in. by ?way -of showing that tiie market
breaks whenever he essays? to "bull
prices." Meantime our ?traveler -will be
menially assorting his "bait for suckers."
? "COME OFF." i
Tho moral to be drawn from these two
pen pictures is an invitation to "come off
your perch,' pretty birds."
Then there is the follow in business who
is manifestly out of place. He don't know.
ORGANIZED 1832.
THE VIRGINIA
Fire and Marine insurance
Company
OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
ASSETS, - - - $800.000
j W. ? PALMER, - - President
I ?f. H. McCABTHV, - -
ar.d don't want to know. You wonder by
what misguided fate he landed In mercan?
tile business, or why he continues In it.
Yeti realize that if he stays _or.?g enough
the sileriiT will relieve him and let him
! out. and that it is just as weil to "pass
? him up" now. rather than be a mourner
! at ?a mercantile funeral: and you drop
him and pass on. There are others?others
whom it is a pleasure to meet, and whose
actiuaintance you cherish. These are
found more numerously along by the way
; side, and their friendly greetings as you,
! go forward, help to? thraw a little sun?
shine across the otherwise gloomy path of
the weary', way-worn traveler, and to re?
lieve the tedium of his sojournings.
Good-bye. old grip!
On many a trip
We have braved the world together,
With grinding wear and lashing whip
And snubs of men and sales that slip.
Through storm, and* sunny weather; ..
And on my face
They leave their trace.
As on your battered leather.
For years, old grip. i V
On train and ship.
In every clime and season
I still have swung you at my hip.
In hustling hours, with jibe or quip,
Or words of business reason:
And to the end
You are my friend.
With, not a thought of treason.
You know, old grip,
That many a tip
For you has been demanded,
And sometimes I have had to skip
When I had neither coin or scrip.
Though starting out full-handed;
Yet, you anil I
Would not say die.
However we were stranded. _
Ah, me. old grip!
Companions hip
Is strong as love to bind us.
And something starts from every rip
To make me smile with trembling lip.
Good people, do not mind u_?
We never know
How dear they grow
Till friends are left behind us!
Then shake, old grip!
To you I sip
A parting toast, full tender;
Yet while regretful tears will drip.
In deeper love my heart I dip.
To home my homage render;
For home excels
The best hotels
Or palace cars in. splendor!
I
i Good-bye. old grip!
1 And so I clip
:j And lock you up forever!
| For absent hearts their faith ouesfrp,
j And sundered hands will los3 their gr ? ?
In spite of all endeavor
To love my wife
I give my life.
No more from them to sever!
Boer Strategy.
The second stage .'f the war may in?
deed prove very short; but if so it will
not be due to strictly military considera?
tions, but to the sensible decision to
give up a hopeless resistance. Although
so tiny a people, the Boers have already
in__oted tearful punishment upon the
great empire that is opposing them.
Our readers will remember that in the
exchange of predictions before the war
bjagari English statesmen and English
generals alike had taken the view that
the march to Pretoria would be a prac?
tically bloodless holiday picnic, while
President Kruger's prediction was that
if the English marched to Pretoria
they must expect to do it with the loss j
of 10,<*XO ?men. What happened was ?hat .
the Boers, by way of preliminary strat- .
egy, went over Into English territory to '
meet the enemy as he approached, with i
the result of .inflicting a loss about equal
to Kruger's prediction before the war
had got as far as Transvaal territory.
The English rejoicing over Cronje's cap?
ture and the relief ot Ladysmith and
Kimberley was so great last month that
many readers of the newspapers were
misled Into supposing that these events
were great victories In the military
senso and that the war was virtually
ended. It Is not strange that the Eng?
lish relatives and friends of the 12.000
men of General .White's army, who were
on short rations and suffering from dis?
ease at 'Ladysmlth. .were overjoyed when
the Boers gave up the siege and with?
drew. But It should! be borne ln mind
that from the strict military point of
view the Boers had won ?most of the
substantial points In the .game. Their
object had been simply to toold "White's
army in check at Ladysmlth for 'the
longest possible time, ia Jorder to put
the English to tha heaviest possible cost
in men and money by the attempt to
relieve "White?thus diverting the E_ig
.iisfc tasm tbat?sassbtal ?la? a* ^caa**
palgn. This piece of Boer strategy waa
carried out with brilliant success from
the beginntng t?> the end. It would have?
cl'or.e? the Boers no ?particular good to
?rapture t^ttdysnaith?. in;i?smuch ax the
position itself would have been valueless
and thev would hLivo hail White's army
to guar. '. and feed as prisoners nf war.
So long as they could maintain the sieg?
the army was virtually imprisoned,
while cumpelled to find' its own supplies.
When at length the massing of immensa
English armies made the I^idysmith?
siege no longer feasible, the Boer3 quiet?
Iy departed with their guns and munl
i tions. For mam' weeks the Boer army
I near Ladysmith hud' been only T.OCO or
8.000 srro?ng.. t'tough it ?bad ?ffsctiurfly
penned up 12,C<W British soldiers under
General "White and repeatedly repulsed
a great army of relief under Generat
Buller. General .Toubert. as chief In
command of a body of undisciplined;
Boer farmers, had for months outwitted!
and outfought about seven times as largo
a force of British troops led by famous
generals, and had then retired ln fairly
good order and lighting trim, having in?
flicted greater losses upon the enemy
than had been visited upon his men in
return.?"rem "The Progress of tho
1 World." In the American Monthly Re?
view of Reviews for April.
.T?panos.?* Treaty Revision*.
It Is true that for twenty-three years
the Japanese had been clamoring in vain
for a revision of the old treaties, and,
that they were perfectly justified ia
pressing this chiim. On the other hand,
the avowed object on the part of tho
Japanese was persistently to bring for?
eign residents ar.el visitors under Japa?
nese- jurisdie-tlon?a demand which was
absurd. This was the purpose of ?ie?
first representative embassy under the
Kug-? Iwakura Tomoml. which reached
Washington in 1STX Every intelligent
\ man acquainted with the country opposeil
Japan's claims to be intrusted with
power over the life and property of a
foreigner.
This opposition was b.iscil upon unan?
swerable reasons. Tho Japanese possess?
ed no written codes, and in crlmin;il
cases 'torture was resorted to for many
years to extract a confession; Besides
this, the joi, or anti-foreign spirit, was
daily growing more and more rampsnt
among ail .classes, and there was ample
evidence from cases brought against
Japanese and adjudicated in? their courts
that foreigner? could not obtain?"justice?
against a native. These facts prevented
tho heads of legations at Tokyo from,
recommending a favorable consideration
of Japan's reiterated re?iuests, until on
! July 17, 1*>94, It was suddenly .mnouncecl
| that Lord Salisbury had signed the re
[ vised treaty, granting all of Japan's de
' mauds on comiition tha: it should go
| into effect after five ycLirs, ami provided
that at that time the written codes should
have been in operation for one year.
?After this decisive act of Great Britain
th? othe-r treaty Powers could no longer
resist, and Japan's most ardent d?sira
was :ul*illc*d.
It was more than a mistake?it was a
crime agLiinst Japan's real progress.
Marquis Ito. then Prime Minister, had
opposed the treaty, as is fully proved by
the British Blue Book of ISM, in which?
the negotiations arc published at length.
That the Japanese were* clamoring for
an authority which they wouid surely
abuse was no more excuse for granting
it than for an over-indulgent ".rarent to?
give his child 5nri*5e fruit because It
cries for It. Admitting that Japan had
adopted written codes and that they hact
been in operation for a year, it would
have* been a duty to examine these laws.
The discovery must have followed that
they might suit a Christian nation from.
whom they had been copied, but that ?e
vfos ridiculous to expect an essentially
?Oriental people to obey them. Because?
our ladies look well dressed In the cos?
tumes they wear, it does? not follow that
their Japanese ??asters apfpear to advan?
tage In similar dresses. Indeed, the Japa?
nese women have wisely discarded our
fashions and returneid to their kimono,
an.l obi. Even so the codes now in ex?
istence in Japan, have been quietly disre?
garded by the authorities when they
clashed with old-established usages?from
'-Japan's New "Era," by R. v;in Eerg**n.
in the .-Vmeriean Monthly Review of .Re?
views for April.
Germ.-?.
"Doctor, I wonder If Tm not gettlnjr
old?"
'?Quite possibly. The bacillus of old ag?
is very prevalent this spring."?Detroit
Journal.
s K'isv jlet.'x? _,
Johnson?Jackson, how would you got
into society?
Jackson-Oh. if t felt like it. and had
the -clothed, a-..?t waa invito.?, id so.-?ia
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We show a strong hand in Parlor Suite
selling; Over ?00 styles of designs in
every conceivable style of frame and ma?
terials. You're sure of a saving at any
price starting at .*3!4.50 and going as
high as 52.0 for a suite.
This special value in large 5-piece Par?
lor Suite, highly polished mahogany
finish frame, covered
in tine silk tapestry,
price.?
Bed-Room Suites.
Handsome Oak Bed-Room Suite, such
as we are proud to show, golden oak
finish; neat carving, large dressing case;
with bevel plate mirror {J* -j ?*f C
and four roomy draw?
ers
Here's an unusual Bed-Room Suite
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swelled front, dressing ase beautifully
carved
patte:
Pr
Baby-Carriages & Go-Carts
Springtime is baby weather. Take
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d
rved, large French rt? T*T f. ?\ 1 mm out ,n ??=?1,G? vve iisuppiy a prcuy
ttern plate mirror. T?| ? i Tai ! baby-carriage complete with parasol and
iC. <p^J S, ?~* V> brake, upholstered in ta- ?rt? ? a p?
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-VP-"\ A great Chiffonier only.?-*G??-??_#
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This Chiffonier is nicely
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the price ?
A beautiful 5-Drawer Chiffonier, in
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oak, with large beveled
plate mirror in toilet
$9.2.
Floor Coverings.
There's such an immense variety from
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Good Fancy Mattings, 12 l-2c a yard.
Extra Kea._. ?Mattings, 15c a yard.
Fine Quality China Matting, 20c a
yard.
Extra Fine Inlaid Jap .Matting. 22 l-2c
a yard.
Large Japanese Rugs, SI.29.
S12.00 Baby Carriage value is offered,
large size and finely up- t?* Q *T ?"*
holstered. at the ?ow price ji Q ? ^
Large and complete line
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A Swell Roman Seat; ma?
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Why should home be without a rocker
y; h il. w? sell this extra
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one with rattan back and \ 1 /S
Sideboards.
ien Oak S
s$12.T5
ge size,
,95
? splendid Golden Oak Sideboard,
larsje and roomy, rinely
carved, with 3 drawers,
handsomely tir.tsheJe
? 525 Sideboard value, very large size,
full swell front, beveled
plate glass, highly pol?
ished golden oak. tinish
it