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THURSDAY, DEC. B. I90O.
A Chicago tobacconist hands ©very
cigarette purchaser a neighboring un
dertaker's card.'*
In the Black forest district of Ger
are 1,400 master clockmakers
and 6,000 workmen.
A church bell has an empty head
and a .long tongue, but it is discreet
enough not to speak until tolled.
The sultan has forbidden the Turk
ish war department to use balloons or
carrier pigeons for army purposes
A French' naturalist assert3 that
hightingales devour the drones of a
beehive, and never attack the work
rs-
A mint is to be established in Can
ada for the coinage of gold. Hereto
fore the coining of the metallic cur
rency has been done in England.
An official map of Vesuvius on a
scale of one in ten thousand has just
been issued, being the first since 1876.
A nerw plan in relief of the cone has
also been made. .•
A waggish stranger complained to
the police of Salina, Kansas, that a
resident of that town had fleeced him
out 6t a forty-dollar bill. After the
police had spent a day hunting for the
rogue, and finally located the suspected
man, it suddenly dawned upon the
sleuths that there are no foi'ty-dollar
tills.
There are few people who decline an
Increase of salary, but the Rev. George
3. Lorimer,pastor of the Tremont Tem
ple in Boston, is one of the few. Hi?
congregation recently voted him an
increase of $1,000 a year, but he has
declined the increase, stating that his
present salary of $7,000 a year is
4uite enough.
A collection of political curiosities
would properly include President
Pierce's ca/binet, the only one in the
history of the country which remained
Unchanged during the four years of ah
Administration. It is remarkable that
tile cabinet of Lord Salisbury, whioh
consisted of nineteen members,had not
Buffered a single change in the five
years since the summer of 1S95, when
the present government took office.
In some grottoes in Algeria French
explorers have recently discovered
etone implements mingled with the re-,
mains of extinct animals belonging to
Quaternary times. Farther explora
tions indicate that during the age
when grottoes were inhabited the coast
of Algeria had a configuration different
from that of today. AmoAg the ani
mals associated with the ancient hu
man inhabitants of Algeria were the
liinoceros, the hippopotamus,^ and
(iaests,
'The Bright Side of Humanity," a
new book by Dr. Edward Leigh Pell, is
said to be the first serious attempt that
lias ever been made to present the
characteristic ncfble traits of all races.
In the preparation of his book Dr. Pell
examined one thousand works of travel
and although all of them set forth
with considerable detail the vices and
disagreeable traits of the people which
they profess to describe, only two hun
dred dwelt at any length on their vir
tues. To supply the compensatory
high lights in these dark pictures was
a happy thought and must have been a
pleasant task.
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Little has been said, and probably
as little thought, of the beneficent
work done by the railroads in aiding
and promoting the measures set on
foot JEor the relief of stricken Galves
ton. Thousands of refugees from that
city received free transportation to any
part of the country, and immense
quantities of supplies were rushed far
ward without charge. This ready re
sponse to the cry of human needs char
acterized all the great railway systems
of the country, the express, telegraph,
and telephone companies. The cash
value of the services thus rendered is
as impossible to estimate as the
amount, of human suffering and misery
they helped to alleviate.
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). One of the most peculiar suits at law
ever brought before any court is soon
to be tried in Van Buren county, Mich
igan, between tw» neighbors and old
friends. One of the men, H. D. BurreU
of South Haven, keeps about sixty
colonies of bees. The othe* is a peach
grower. A few months ago the latter
complained of the former's bees de
.1 stroying the early Crawford peaches,
claming that the bees came into his
orchard in large numbers, bit holes in
-the fruit and rendered it unmarketable
for which he demanded $200. Prof. J.
M. Ra-nkin of the agricultural college
and the entomologist of the Agricul
tural department at Washington will
be called as expert witnesses by the
defence in a suij| for damages.
A motherless pig has been adopted
by a hen belonging to Mrs. Henry Lan
ders, of Mantua, N. J. The hen had
been sitting on a nest of eggs, bul
those she kicked out of the nest when
5 she took charge of the little pig, which
lies contentedly under the hen's wing
It is interesting to learn that thu
Czarina of Russia dispenses so much
in charity as to require to employ a
special lady secretary, bearing tlve title
of directress of the imperial chkritlea:
whose office is to disburse and oversee
the employment of her majesty's gifts
An advertiser proposed to reveal for
twenty-five cents ari easy way for anj
young lady to keep her hands nice and
soft A budding damsel in Sturgeon.
Mo., sent the cash, and received this
advice: "Soak your hands fn dishwatei
three times a day, while mother rests.'
New York's greq.t rapid transit tun
nel, so long projected, is finally under
way. The difficulties presented in some
places are immense., Iu the neighbor
hood of Union
Squk-e,
for example,
the tv.nnel must be h\wn out of solid
track.
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Vv MOLLY PITCHER, vV
AH day the preat euns barlced and roared
All day the big balls screeched and
soared
All day, 'mid the sweating gunners grim.
Who tolled In their smoke-shroud dense
and dim.
Sweet Molly labored with courage high.
With steady hand and watchful eye.
Till the day was ours, and the sinking sun
Looked down on the field of Monmouth
won.
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And Molly standing beside her run.
Now, Molly, rest your weary arm! ..
Safe, Molly, all is safe from harm.
Now, woman, bow your aohtng head.
And weep in sorrow o'er your dead!
Next day on that field so hardly won,
Stately and calm stands Washington,
And looks where our gallant Greene doth
lead
A figure clad in motley weed—
A soldier's cap and a soldier's coat
Masking a woman's petticoat.
Ho creels our Molly in kindly wise
He bids her raise her tearful eyes
And now he hails her before them all
Comrade and soldier, whate'er befall.
"And since she has played a man's full
part, yv
A man's reward for her loyal, heart!
And Sergeant Molly Pitcher's .name
Be writ henceforth on the shield of
fame!"
Oh, Molly, with your eyes so blue'
Oh, Molly, Molly,. here's to you!
Sweet Honor's roll will aye be richer
To hold the name of Molly Pitcher.
—Frojn a ballad by Laura E. Richards,
in June St. Nicholas.
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A Last Gift.
by KATE M. CLEAPvY.
(Copyrighted, 1900, Daily Story Pub. Co.1
The click-click-clatter of her busy
typewriter ceased. She looked acros3
the room at the man stretched on the
lounge. A tablet lay beside him. A
pencil was held loosely between the
Idle fingers of his right hand—a thin,
languid, transparent hand, with taper
ing finger-tips and azure veins. He had
lain so far an hour, during whi^i the
metallic clamor of her machine had
never ceased. Occasionally he had
coughed, and now and then his eye
lids had closed in the drowsy lassitude
of invalidism.
'No inspiration, Duke?" she ques
tioned gently.
"Not an idea. I'm wondering how
I ever wrote the stuff I did last year.
Every one said it was good. I don't
feel fit to do the commonest reporting
now. One of these days," he conclu
ded with a wan smile, "you'll be gath
ering the laurels—not I."
"No," shaking her head decidedly.
"Never that. I can grind out. mediocro
essays, and nice' little stories with
happy endings, and dull, instructive,
A tablet lay beside him.
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perfectly proper articles the accuracy
of which is vouched for by the cyclo
pedias. But the divine spark -never
burned in my brain."
She was a thin, brown little woman.
She had luminous hazel eyes under
straight, black brows, lots of straight,
soft, black hair, and a nervous way of
smiling.
You've made more money in the
past three months than I hase in six,"
he declared. There was a note of Irri
tation in his voice.
She laughed. "The wages of medi
ocrity," she commented. She left hei
typewriter table with a heap of order
ly printed MSS upon it, and the bulg
ing envelopes propped against the wall
at the back. "It's no use she said,
you've got to go away someVhere.
Chicago is killing you. You're burn
ing out. We must manage it—some
how."
She knelt beside the lounge, putting
one hand on his hot forehead.
He was a handsome fellow even in
his run-down physical condition. The
brow was broad, the nose perfect, the
line of jaw long and sweeping. In the
sea-blue eyes was a look at once inti
mate and lingering, which had flattered
many susceptible women.
"That's easy to say. I don't see hoW
it can be done."
"It must be done." She knit her
dark brows. "Where would it be best
for you to go?"
"To Colorado, I suppose—if you can
manage it!"
"I'll try." She took the tablet and
pencil away. She slipped a small vol
ume into his hand. "Don't think about
work just now. Here's Becket. Read
that."
She went back to the machine. For
another hour her fingers danced over
the keys. Then it was time to cook
their little supper. She looked around
the flat with a prescient sense of lone
liness. Their brief year together here
had been a happy one. She had loved
her brilliant husband dearly, and had
been proud of his literary achieve
ments. She could only rejoice when
his unusual ability outstripped and
overshadowed her best efforts. It
would be very desolate with him away.
But there would always be work, loads
of work. And work is a wonderful
panacea.
When the matter of his going was
finally arranged, she could not but
feel aglow of happiness in his tender
ness, his gratitude, his anticipation.
She took a little orphan niece to share
i*F solitude she wrote him long let
ters she kept her brain and bands
busy. Altogether Doris Fernald was
not depressed. The separation, would
be only for a few months. The spirit
of returning health sparkled on the
pages tie wrote. One—two—of his late
stories had been honored by generous
and complimentary acceptance. He
hoped she was not depriving herself to
send him the checks she did. He would
pay her barik many times over one of
these days.A O' course it was pleasant
to be able A move about, and enjby
the numer^^ beauties of tills bewil
dering Cc^Kio. But March had
stormed —April had cried
her capricious heart out—May had
passed, a cool, fair maiden, all blue and
gold,—"the deep, red June" had drawn
her last lovely breath, and July was
drifting towards sultry extinction, be
fore Marmaduke Fernald forsook the
fantastic beauty of western solitudes,
and came back to the culm skies and
placid plains of Illinois.
Doris met him rapturously. She was
radiant—almost beautiful—with the
joy of welcome long-deferred. Tall,
erect, bronzed, smiling, he was hand
somer than ever. He accepted her
eager greetings complacently. Yes, it
was good to get back. He had nevei
felt so fit He hoped she was all right
She must have worked hard to get so
much work written and accepted. But,
somehow, despite his caresses, Doris
felt more forlorn the night of his
homecoming than she had during his
months of absence. She fought the
strange conviction that he had
changed, but it would not be downed.
They were apparently as close
chums as they had ever been. He
talked freely of his journalistic aspira
tions—frankly, it
Beemed,
also, of his
personal experiences in the Rockies.
He praised her numerous late suc
cesses, which had been social as well
as artistic. But there was something
she missed in him—something which
of old he had, which now he lacked,
Or, was it the intrusion of a new and
alien interest which she noticed? Was
it the introduction of an unknown per
sonal interest in his life which had
wrought the subtle alteration? Or was
she merely imaginative—unduly appre
hensive?
"I fancy," she said to htkn one day,
"that you are doing better work than
hitherto—deeper, richer work. II
seems to have a new element."
He looked beyond her with nar
rowed, dreamy eyes. "I should not
wonder," he answered. One night ha
was going to a dinner—a function ol
importance. Doris was getting his
clothes together for him as wa3 het
habit. A pair of cuff buttons he treas
ured—an heirloom—she could not find.
Perhaps she had forgotten to remova
them from his dress suit case when ha
returned. She found the buttons in
the case—also a picture. It had been
thrust between the lining and the
leather of the case—a space cut to
permit its passage. She sat a long
time looking at it The photograph
was that of a woman in the full ma
turity of sumptuous beauty. The pose,
the bared bosom, the lovely, languor
ous face recalled Meredith's Lady ot
Carrabas:
"Queenly she leaned on one round, white
arm,
With that regal, indolent air she had
So confident her charm!"
On the back was written a line—ju3t
a few tender words. Doris Fernald's
little brown face flamed. She carried
the picture to her husband where he
stood, ready-dressed save for the links
she had gone to find.
"Who is she?" she asked." •,
Suddenly, before he replied, she
knew that all which had perplexed her
was plain and clear. In that moment,
before the dumb, gorgeous challenge
of that piece of card-board, she felt
her own physical insignificance as she
had never felt it before.
Duke Fernald flushed, stammered,
was silent. "Don't ask me to—I can't
tell you, Doris."
"You must tell me!" she insisted,
quietly.
Indeed, she frightened him a little,
she was so quiet.
"It would be better if you were not
to say any
She showed him the line on the re
verse of the card. "Is this the woman.
you love?"
There was the silence of the grava
between them. She heard the ticking
of his watch where it lay on the dress
ing-table.
"Doris," he said, one hand outflung
"you know I loved you!"
"Yes." Her flat bosom rose sharply.
"You thought so—once."
"I didn't mean that." He spoka
hoarsely. "You have given me every
thing—health, hope, new courags—op
portunities. You are the best wife in
the world, Doris, and
She broke in with a passionate ex
clamation. "I cannot accept gratitude,''
she said. "Go on. You love her, then,
And she—is she free?"
He bowed his head in shamed si
lence.
"And you think you could be happy
—with—with her?" She was hoping
with all her straining soul that ha
would make denial. But none came.
"I shall manage to make it—easy—
for you, as I did before. Here are yout
cuff buttons. I hope you will not b'
late."
She turned away. A queer sound ar
rested her—a sound like a sob.
"I do—love her—yes. I met her out
there. I was so weak. I seemed ta
gain strength from her presence. Anq
she came to care for me. But I can't
let you make this sacrifice, after ali
the rest
He stood staring at her. Her eyei
wandered past him to the picture lean*
ing against the mirror. How that
peerless perfection mocked her! Hon
that beauty of body derided her! How
the seductive smile glimmering in
those amorous eyes taunted her!
"I surrender!" she murmured. It
was to the picture she spoke.
And so it came that he was weal)
enough to take this last gift from hei
strong hands. The affair was quietly
arranged. Their friends never knew
the truth of the matter. For ot this
man and woman one had the coward
ice—the other had the courage—to b«
silent.
"Cprlilng Was Inevitable."
Prof. Maertens, in a recent course
of lectures on international law at the
University of St. Petersburg, declared
that the troubles in China were the
reasonable result of "the endless in
juries to which China had been sub
jected by Europeans since the early
years of the century. If we stood in
the place of the Chinese, attached to
his emperor and to his religion, we
should understand why the present
anti-foreign uprising was inevitable."
Prof. Maertens is private counselor
and perpetual member of the Russian
Foreign office.
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Free Mason 103 Tears Old.
The oldest Free Mason in the world
is Adna Adams Treat of Denver. CoL
He joined the order in 1823, and IB in
his 103d year.. Ho is still healthy and
active.
A SMALL B.EALM.
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UNIQUE KINGDOM iM REMOTE
CORNER OP ASIA......
Bomantlo and Adventurous Career of Ifa
rounder. Rajah Brooke—Independence
Recognized 1)7 Three Great Powers,
America, Italy, England. ,r
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There is a unique kingdom hidden
away in a corner of Asia of which mosc
people know nothing or at most the
bare outline. It was founded by an
Englishman, and is ruled by an Eng
lish king as absolutely as all the Rus
sias are ruled by the czar, and yet
England has no right, even of super
vision, in its Internal government, and
the warships of at least three great
powers salute its flag when they an
chor within its territorial waters.
Its name is Sarawak, and its present
king is Sir Charles Johnson Brooke.
He succeeded the first king, his uncle.
Sir James Brooke, whose life story
reads like a romance. $
The son of a civil servant of the
Honorable East India company, James
Brooke was bom in India in 1803, and,
after attending the Norwich grammar
fechool, received an ensign's commis
sion in the Sixth Native infantry of
the Bengal army, and joined his corps
at the age of 16. He was seriously
wounded in an engagement in the first
Burmese war, in which he commanded
a body of volunteer native calvary, and
on returning from England—whither
he had been on furlough—suffered
shipwreck, and was thus delayed in
rejoining, his regiment, to which he
had been recalled.
As it afterward proved, this was a
lucky accident, for it ultimately led to
his resigning his commission and sev
ering his connection with the East
India company. In the voyage which
he subsequently made to China he first
saw the isles of the Malay archipelago,
and some inner voice then whispered
that his destiny awaited him in those
long-neglected gardens of the East.
The possibilities of adventure and
discovery which Borneo held were suf
ficient attraction for an adventurous
man but above and beyond this rose
an ambition to extirpate piracy and
slavery, to reform a distracted country
by methods of his own, to stand as a
shield between oppressor and op
pressed and it was an ambition to
which he remained consistent to his
last breath.
In the face of great difficulties a
yacht was procured and manneu, ano
in this Mr. Brooke set sail for Brunei
in the year 1838. The sultan of Brunei
was little better than an imbecile, and
all state functions were practically in
THE PRESENT KING OF SARAWAK
the hands of his uncle. Rajah Muda
Hassim, who gave Brooke a warm wel
come, and at once enlisted his services
for the suppression of the rebellion
w^ich had broken out in the state.
In gratitude for this assistance, and
In order to retain the services of an
any whose value he was quick to rec
ognize, Muda Hassim handed over the
then small province—some 3,000 miles
in extent—of Sarawak and its depend
encies to Mr. Brooke, one cogent rea
son for this generosity being that he
was unable to control it himself.
Of this territory Mr. Brooke was
formally proclaimed rajah on Sept. 24,
1841 but in the preceding two years
during which he had administered its
affairs, he had completely won the
hearts of all the better disposed na
tives. In spite of the fascinations a
throne exercises over most imagina
tions, few kingdoms could have seemed
less desirable than Rajah Brooke's, for
the condition of the country was any
thing but peaceful.
There was practically no exchequer
and absolutely no revenue his peace
ful subjects were harassed to death,
and he never knew how much he. could
depend on outside assistance to right
them. Yet his influence was daily oh
the increase, for by a marvelous in
tuition he at once understood the char
acter and the native point of view* of
ti--ngs.
Brooke succeeded in enlisting the.
tympathies of the British naval author
ities on the China station, and his
great friend, Capt. Henry Keppel, whp,
with sword, pen and voice did more
for Borneo than any other man, the
Brookes excepted, was sent in com
mand of the frigate Dido to aid him
in suppressing the pirates of the Sore
bus and Sakarran risers, and more'
particularly the formidable hands who
followed the flag of the terrible Seriff
Sahib.
These pirates hstd nfeVOT been con
quered, and were regarded bjr Mh~
Brooke's people as inyincible.Yet when
he told them he shotald go, but gave
them the opportunity to accompany
him or not, as they thought beut, taey
merely replied:, "What is the us®, of
our remaining? If you die, we die
and if you live, we live. We will go
with you."
So expeditions consisting of the Di
do's boats manned by bluejackets, and
native craft conveying a large, forcb
of Dyaks, under the command -of'
Captain Keppel and Mr. Brooke,. pro
ceeded 70 or 80 miles up the great riv
ers and their tributaries, and attacked
the strongholds of Serobus and Sa
karran, so that for the first time In
native experience these pirates were
bearded in their deiis.
The fighting was of the. most Inter
esting description, and was attended
by quite a respectable number of casu
alties on tile winning side.
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Brooke's best fighting man, Patingi
All Mr. JSeward, 'one of his white
staff Lieutenants Wade of the Dido,
and many anotheB brave Englishman
and Dyak met their deaths In these
battles, but in attaining their object
the expeiditlons were entirely success
ful. The once dreaded chief, Serift
Sahib, was driven across the moun
tains single and unattended, beyond
the reach of doing further harm.
In 1847 Rajah Sir James Brooke
visited England and met with aa en
thusiastic reception from those who
could understand and appreciate his
work. He was bidden to Windsor,
where the queen not only made him a
knight of the Bath, but conferred on
him the appointments of governor of
Labuan and consul general of Borneo.
Two years before, his death, in July,
1868, the independence of Sarawak
was recognized by America, Italy and
England, and the great man died with
the knowledge that it had entered on
the path of prosperity, with increasing
population, trade and revenue.
Sir Charles Brooke, his successor,
was born in 1829, and having spent 10
years in the royal navy, served under
his uncle for 20 years in Sarawak. He
married the Ranee, Margaret, only
daughter of Mr. de Windt of Bluns
don Abbery, Wittshire, England, in
1869, who is now queen of Sarawak.
By concessions and purchases of ter
ritory, including coal mines, harbors
and splendid rivers away to the north
—chiefly from the declining sultanate
of Brunei, Sarawak has Increased to
13 times its original area. It now
comprises 50,000 mile3—five times the
size of Belgium—with 400 miles of
coast line, and has a population of 300,
000. Notwithstanding, the cost of it*
efficient administration is( less than
that of any Asiatic country presided
over by Europeans. Its expenditurf
is.about 1500,000 annually.
PSYCHE, OF GREECE.
So Beautiful That Mortals Mistook Her
for Venn*.
Psche is an exquisite creation of the
later mythology of Greece. She was
the youngest of the three daughters ot
a king, and so beautiful that mortals
mistook her for Venus herself, and
did not dare to love, but only to wor
ship her. This excited the jealousy of
the goddess, who sent Cupid to inspire
Psyche with a passion for the most
contemptible of all men. Cupid, how
ever, was smitten with her charms,
and carried her away to a beautiful
palace, where he visited her every
night, unseen and unknown. He bade
her never let curiosity overcome her,
and one night while he was asleep she
took a lamp and went to look at him.
She saw with rapture that he was the
most handsome of the gods, but in
her excitement she let a drop of hot
oil fall on the sleeper's shoulder. This
awoke Cupid, who upbraided her for
her mistrust, and vanished. Psyche
then set out to look for her lover, and
coming to the palace of Venus she waa
seized by the goddess and kept as a
p'.ave. Cupid, however, reconciled her
to his mother, and was united to her
in immortal wedlock. In works of art
Psyche is represented as a beautiful
maiden with the wings of a butter
fly. Her story has been considered as
an allegory of the progress of the hu
man soul through earthly passion and
misfortune to pure celestial felicity,
but it must not be forgotten that it is
merely a version of one of the most
widespread folk-tales in the wbrld.
A Word to the Sotitb. 1
Lawlessness begets lawlessness, bru
tality begets brutality, torture begets
torture. Is it not enough, in heaven's
name, that these terrible crimes are
committed by the black brutes, but
we must make the thing worse and
injure ourselves aijd southern society
by resort to barbarous torture of the
victim? Are we going to permit these
brutes to make us brutal? Are we
going to make these savages to make
us savage? Are we going to be more
brutal and more savage than the bru
tal savage who commits the crime?
Because a brutal negro commits a
nameless offense, are we going to
trample our laws under foot and over
throw our institutions and under
mine our society? These are ques
tions, we say, that the southern people
must consider seriously and prayer
fully. Our institutions are in danger
from ourselves. We cannot expect to
maintain law and order and to raise
up our boys to respect the law if we
ruthlessly trample the law under foot
and defy the officers of the law, and
not only deprive a man unlawfully of
life, but by methods that would put
a savage to the blush. We cannot be
law-abiding and yet trample the law
under our feet. -We cannot be civiliz
ed and yet imitate the ways of th»
savage.—Richmond Times.
Religions
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Mendicants In
Bussla.
There are two types of tramps in
Russia, and they may be classified as
the authorized and the unauthorized,
says a foreign correspondent. The
first are, the so-called religious mendi
cant, who are protected'by'the church
and tolerated by the police the sec
ond are the coihrnon vagabonds. Their
national name among themselves is
"Goriouns"—mourners or victims of
grief. If you aBk them why they do
not work—and the great majority are
perfectly able to do so-r-they reply in
the forlornest voice mortal ever heard.
"Master, I ani a Goriota, a Victim of
sorrow." They seem to have accepted
the ph^.os,pphy. that a c&tainpiiumber
of humaibeifegs afe foreordained to
a life of tnlsOTy and sadfiess'.'&fid they
pose as members of t$ds class.
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Deluding Tonng Filipinos.
In the. maps of Europe which were
used in the Filipino schools under the
Spanish regime a large place in the
center of the continent, usually occu
pying more than one-half the page,
was .^narked Spain all the* rest.of the
cqj|kntriQ0 were soa^tei^d abput the
Odge, ins the young FilltMo came
to have a very distorted idea the
magnitude of the country of his op
pressors. Even Aguinaldo was sur
prised to learn that America covers a
greater area than Spain.
Co-Operative Railway*,^'':
Victoria, Australia, has built seven
local railways on the co-operative prin
ciple. The ^railways were estimated
for by contract at 6S47.908 but by
working tne co-operative principle tbey
were completed for £251,211:
%$
The National League's territory
will be invaded by the American
League, with or without the permis
sion of the former, says a Washington
dispatch. The expansion policy of
the American League on a scale ap
proaching national proportions was
definitely proclaimed yesterday for the
first time by Byron Bancroft Johnson,
president of the American League,
who, with Mr. Somers of the Cleve
land club, has been here studying the
local situation for the purpose of or
ganizing an American League cliib in
this city. Johnson, when consulted as
to the purposes of the American
League, said:
"We have concluded positively to
include Washington and Baltimore in
our circuit next season, probably drop
ping Minneapolis and Kansas City,
and are now considering arrangements
for this purpose. We have finally de
termined to come east, regardless of
the circuit grounds. While we wish
to work in harmony with the major
league we have grown large and strong
enough not to be dictated to, and will
choose our own grounds and infringe
on National League territory, even
without its consent, if our wishes are
not respected. We are bound for
Baltimore, where we will look after
arrangements for a club in that city
in the next couple of days. From
Baltimore we will go to Philadelphia
and New York, to canvas the situation
in those cities. will call a meeting
of the American League magnates
within the next 10 days, when a re
port- will be made and the matter
discussed. We have decided upon the
above program after long and care
ful consideration. We have proved to
the satisfaction of all the American
League cities and demonstrated to the
entire country that we know how
base ball should be managed and im
proved as a sport. We had a remark
ably successful career, and with Wash
ington and Baltimore in our circuit
will be stronger and more powerful
than ever."
To Head Off Opposition.
Two plans of action, It Is under
stood, are being considered by the Na
tional League magnates to forestall
the organization which was formed in
Baltimore lately under the title of the
National Association, says the New
York Sun. One of these plans is to
re-establish the twelve-club circuit,
the other is to join the American
League in a scheme so that that or
ganization can extend its circuit to the
east. Should the first proposition be
taken up Washington and Baltimore
will be embraced in the circuit In the
east and Detroit and Cleveland in the
west. It is rumored that if the sec
ond proposition is deemed feasible,
that is, a coalition with the American
League, the league will be composed
of teams in Boston, Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Washington in the east,
and Cleveland, Chicago, Milwaukee
and St Louis in the west. A further,
feature of this scheme would be that
the American League schedule would
be so arranged as to have games on
National League grounds in the east
ern cities and in St. Louis and Cleve
land, while the clubs of the larger or
ganizations were traveling. The Na
tional League, to carry out this, would
provide the grounds In the places not
the magnates rare ^ai^ to think," would
discourage the National Association in
that it would insure continuous base
ball in the cities which, it is expected,
will have association, franchises.
A PHENOMENAL PITCHER.
Wyatt A.' Lee,- thephenomenal
pitcher Of the Kansas City club, was
born at Lynchburfc,- Va., on Aug. J.2,
1879, .and learned to play ball on the
lots of his native city. He made a
great reputation as an amateur in
Kansas. He was discovered by Man-
ager Manning while at Coffeyville,
Kan. His record for the season of
1900 was 23 victories and 22 defeats,
a percentage of .511, a decidedly credit
able showing when the Blues' low posi
tion in the race is remembered. His
WYATT A. LEE.
oest performances were one three-hit,
one four-hit' and four five-hit games.
He batted at a .234 clip. A year's ex
perience in thq fast American League
has done young Lee a world of good
and those who played With and against
.him expect him to be even more ef
fective "and valuable to the Kansas
City club in 1901 than he was in his
first season'.
Old.Storr la New Forms
A story has been given out by one
at the promoters of the new American
Basebali League- which would seem
to Bound the death knell of the Na
tional League. All summer emis
saries of the new league have been
busy working to consummate the per
fection of the new organization, and
they claim to have succeeded. This
circuit, which has been completed, Will
be composed of eight clubs, and will
Include Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, Brooklyn, St Louis. Detroit,
Chicago and one other city in the west
The managers for the new teams have
been selected, and, It is claimed, the
Brooklyn club will supply three. Hugh
Jennings is Ikely to be at the head
ol ttfe ^jPbDagelpbi* club, while Kelly
.. "-A
will go to Washington ant
manage the
St
Louis te&U
will, it is asserted, at last)
heart's desire, and be at
the Baltimore organization
mainlng managers have ni
nounced, but they are said
balanced baseball men, who'
years of experience. The
team will be .the principal los
matter of players, according^
story, as no less than nine of
tingent have promised to juml
National League when the opportl
presents Itself.,
1
A BRILLIANT SHORTSTOf
Fred Parent, the brilliant shorttl
of the champion Providence team!
the eastern League for the, season]
1900, was born at Riddeford, Me.,
November 25, 1876, and learned to pli|
baseball in Sanford, Me., where,
now resides. He made his debut lj
the Connecticut State League in 189l|
and his good work for the New. Haven
team in 1899 led to his getting a trlall
•r
FRED PARENT.
with the St. Louis club toward the
close of that season. Manager Murray
secured his services for the Providence
team for 1900 and his advancement to
the National League is considered cer
tain. He took part in 137 game.3, bat
ted .284, fielded .875 and stole 24
bases. Many of his errors w.ere made
on chances that a less ambitious player
would not have tried for..*
1
Satisfied with American.
That Cleveland will be in the Na
tional League again next season is the
latest in the baseball world, but while
this rumor may attract attention else
where, it is not likely to be credited
here, writes a Cleveland correspond
ent. Dispatches from the east state
that the national organization is anx
ious to get a foothold in Cleveland
again, but they do not state how it
is to be done.
This may be all very well fr0m'*8
National League standpoint, but {here,
are several other considerations, one
of them is the American League and
another is Cleveland. This city
Charles Dudley Warner.
A^as
had enough of the National League
methods as they are conducted at pres
ent and tt would pnly require a little
|bne, in .looking oyer the situatioi| to
convinceVthe^inagfi'ates of that organi
zation of the fact. One question Jmt
to Mr. Frank, de^ass Robison, late of
Cleveland, wbuld undoubtedly elicit a
convicting answers'
The American League took a chance
in .Cleveland when the other organiza
tion declared that baseball was dead
here. Results show that the National
League method and not the game we™
the cause of the downfall.
When questioned about, the above
dispatch, the owners of the American
League franchise in this/city smiled
audibly, ifeither Ari Klffoyl or jilr.
Soipers tdobk t$ie jpfjatter seriously.
win Be" if Cleveland with!-an
American League team next season,"
said the former,- "an^ wetare not Open
to propositions from? t|ie^ national*
(or
ganization."
The second plan suggested oulJ
meet ^ith more t&vor and it is con'sid
ered as'quite a compliment t^ thl
American and as quite a comedown os
the part of the .Natjonai League, whicli
latter organization has evidently dis
covered that it must meet the fo'AneJ
as an equal.
Hearthstone as Kallylng-Polntf
The fire on the hearth has allhos
gone out in New England the h^^rtl
has gone out the family has lost' if
center age ceases to be respected, se:
is only distinguished by the differenc
between millinery bills and tqjjprs'
bills there is no more toast and cider
the young are not allowed to eat minci
pies at 10 o'clock at night h&lf
cheese is no longer set to toast befoi
the fire you scarcely ever see in fronl
of the coals a1 row of roasting afjtylei
which a bright little girl, with xh'an
a dive and start, shielding her $$ipn
.face from the°?lre with one hand, turn:
from time to time scarce are the*|ray
haired sires who strop their razdii oi
the family Bible, and doze in* th«'
chimney-corner. A good many jJiingq
have gone out -with the fire of tin
hearth. Of course the family is^gone,
as an institution, though there stfll art
attempts to bring up a family ronnd a
"register." But you might Just afl 'well
try to bring it up by band, as without
the rallying-polnt of a hearthstone.^.
Operation*
John L. Sullivan was obliged t§?sub
mit to a severe surgical operatlipln for
congenital .hernia,^ oh October 2&t)i at
the Polyclinic Hospital in i^ew York.
The operation was successful!
formed by. Dr. J. A. Bodlne, 1
ex-champlon will be. confined to, bi|a,li£
the institution for a month or nnger.
The dqctors, after the operation, de
clared, that he had been afflicted,, since
his birth, and spoke of his case as a
most remarkable one, attributing his
career under the circumstance^ alone
to his splendid physique but Sullivan
appears not to have felt muchi'Mcon
venience' from the trouble until decent-'
ly, when he felt frequent pains, and
consulted a physician to loan* what
ailed, him.