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to stand up calmly in the corner Of a field,
and throw curves very cleveriy. But that
is not pitching a ball game, and Paddy
knew it.
IF the Iuck's all with him. said he to
himself, 'he may not get batted out of the
box
Well the luck was with him in a sur
prising degree. The terror Of his mighty
name helped him at first Harvard men
went to the bat with the idea that they
weren't going to hit the ball, and some of
them didn't. Those who did find II batted
IL straight at the large on q Yale uni
, form. AS the gentlemen from New Haven
we're not oblising enough to dodge the ball
and made only a couple of errors, Harvard
did not score Yale got three.
Lawrence thought that he was doing
amazingly we'll and he could not under
stand why Johnny Wilkes wore a brow of
gloom and kept repeating, Bangs. Bangs.
what's the matter with you today?"
The unrefecting crowd the blue side
| of the field cheered Justify, for the game
seemed TO them to be going the right way,
and Lawrence heard his name mingling
with the almost continuous cheers and was
happier than he had ever been before in mis-
| life ii' MS
| IF you don't feel WELL old man." said
likes, Just before Yale took the field for
the seventh time, TN let Whitley mitch
the game out"
on, no." said Bangs, I'm getting along
We'll, don't take any chances, and for
mercy's sake use your head You don't
seem TO have 1t with you today"
III IL had been anybody else except the
great Larry Bangs, Capt Wilkes would
have sent him to the bench without saving
by your leave. Bangs was pale with ex.
citement and c'light. and the color which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

From the New York Sun.
The charcoal business has been on the de-
cline for thirty years. Its first great start
downward came with the Introduction of
kindling wood, business that has grown 70
large proportions. Kindling wood has, in
this city, almost entirely taken the place of
charcoal in it's ordinary domestic uses
Nowadays charcoal is hardly used any
where except In hotels and by plumbers,
tin roofers and coppersmiths. Hotels use
1t for broiling; a frst-class French cook I'm
a hotel won't cook unless you give him a
charcoal hre to broil with. 1t is used for
this purpose In some private houses but
not in many.
Most of the soft-wood charcoal that Is
used here comes from New JERSEY and
Delaware, all by rail. Thirty-five years ago
there were thirty schooners engaged In
bringing charcoal to this market: now there
is not one. Most of the hard wood Charcoal
used here comes from chemical factories in
Delaware county, this state where tbe
wood has been treated for wood alcohol nd
acetate of lime. Seven-eighths of the hotels
in New York use this coal, but perhaps n
little less is sold every year, for even in
first-class hotels gas is to some extent tax
ing its place.
Charcoal has other uses however. Placed
in retorts or kilns 1t is subjected to fire In
such way as to get the gas out of IL and
make II near carbon as possible IT Is
then ground I'm different grades of hneness
and sold to distillers for use in rectifyine
high wines. Granulated charcoal is sold "a
fee manufacturers for use in fiitering wa
ter. The use of ice machines is increasing
In the north as well as the SOUTH and New
York graduated charcoal is shipped to ali
parts of the country. That trade is in.
creasing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
CHAPTER x.
The Parts Are Changed.

The second Harvard game was played In
'snbridge. 1t was preceded by the usual
abilities. Although the first meeting had
zen so disastrous TO the crimson, there was
! strong hope among Johnny Harvard S
boys that the nine might win on the home
grounds. Yale in New Haven is like that
giant of mythology whose strength was In
vincible while his feet rested upon his moth
er earth. But he was conquered when Her
Jules lifted him into the air.
So the Cambridge boys kept up a good
heart and encouraged the nine However,
IS two or three of the best men happened
to be disabled just before the game, there
was very little money bet. Previous to the
New Haven game # had come down like
snowhakes in the great blizzard.
Larry Bangs-the real one this time-ap-
peared in the box for Yale. The reader
knows very well that he had no business
there. but Larry did not know that himself.
He had accomplished wonders, considering
the time that he had had for preparation
He had learned of a master of the art and
he fondly hoped to fill that masters shoes.
If he had come anywhere near doing it,
Paddy O'Toole would never have worn a
Yale uniform again.
Probably Paddy knew that, but he had no
fear of losing his job. His prayers were all
for Lawrence. The student had surpassed
all PaGdy'S expectations, He had learned
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we'll Within an hour he had mastered the
| fashionable handshake, and had learned TO
enter a room without giving the impression
that he was hunting for trouble. Lawrence
was a patient teacher, and encouraged his
pupil heartily.
The next day, however, the boot was on
the other leg. and the relations between
teacher and pupil were less cordial
Lawrence may have been by nature as
apt a scholar as the other. but the young
gentleman from the South Cove was wholly
lacking in educational method.
They went to a vacant lot in a secluded
part of the city, and there practiced in the
shelter of a board fence.
You've got to learn the curves to begin
with said Paddy. Wen begin with the
outcurve. because there's some kind of a
chance that you can learn 1t In two or
three years. Now take the ball this way
and slam II in
Paddy hurled the ball against the board
fence, and splinters few off the board which
IL struck.
II would suggest" said Lawrence, turn
Ing his spectacles toward Paddy. that you
give me some brief theoretical demonstra-
ton OF the leading principle involved
Give you what? gasped Paddy. Say. 1
amt got 1t with me-
Il mean that instead of resorting to sim
pie imitation. which will be extremely diff
cult for me, as L am unfamiliar with the
method. you would do better to give me a
sort OF lecture on the subject at first. Then
/ can begin work with an intelligent appre-
citation of the necessities of the case"
He drew note book from his pocket and
sat down on a log. ready to reduce Paddys
lecture to writing. But the Speeches
Wonder" had never been less able to talk
Perhaps 1 have not made myself clear"
said Lawrence. Let me explain. The ball
as propelled by you takes a course which
varies from that of ordinary projectiles
Now, what makes the ball curve?'
Il do" responded Paddy, promptly. What
lid you think IL was?'
How do you do it?"
Do11 \.
oarged the ball against the fence once
more.
This scrap of conversation may give some
dea of the difficulties under which Law
'ence labored. And 1t is, therefore, the
more to his credit and to the honor Of the
porting blood OF the Bangses in his veins
hat he triumphed over these obstacles and
earned to pitch a curved ball within a
eek.
Lawrence. as has been said, was strong,
though very thin from overwork. He de-
Hoped speed wonderfully soon.
It's your build Patsy said. You can't
. absolutely no good. You're too much
re me. But this is only part of it. Have
on got 1t in your head? That's the ques-
on"
II believe that I have" said Lawrence
Only can't do 1t as well you can yet.
iut wait awhile. There's a fortnight yet
efore the next Harvard game"
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stopped the Play.

From the Paris Figaro
There is law in France which embitters
the life of every dramatic author, as 1t con-
fers upon every French citizen the right OF
having a novel or play Immediately sup
pressed by the police II his name happens
to be mentioned in 1t. If a character in a
comedy bears the name of Dupont or Du-
bois. all the Duponts or Duboises in France
are entitled to insist on a change of the
name. or If the manager refuses. of the re-
moval of the play from the BILL In their
anxiety to avoid unpleasantness the paro-
dists Of the Cluny Theater decided to desig-
nate the characters in their piece de salon
by means of numbers. The effect thus pro-
duced is somewhat peculiar. las, for instance:
"Ah! charming 1872, you are the most
adorable of all women"
And you a fiatterer, Count 49,"
While the two are thus exchanging COM
pliments an elderly gentleman suddenly APP
pears and calls out in a voice of thunder:
Il have caught you now. Count Is! Say,
are there any towards in your family?"
Heavens whispers Count Is. trembling
in his shoes. Heavens! Duke 53:''
Duke So rings the bell; lackey appears
"seventy-four." exclain.s the duke, turn
this gentleman out"
But at this point man in the audience
springs to his feet. THAT Is really too
badr he SHOUTS In the direction of the
The Duke answers In surprise: What
have you to complain Of? seventy-four is
only a number
That's just 1t. 1t is the very number
which 1 bore when in Jail, and I am not
going to allow 1t to be degraded by having
a servant dubbed with it."
Everybody had to give in to that argu-
ment; 1t was the law. The play was
stopped there and then. 1 have never been
able to ascertain what further befell the
charming 1872, Count 1S and Duke 3d. /
have not been able to sleep at night through
specializing on the subject.
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all I can about how to behave in society
Then you can fix 1t so that I can pitch q
game, and 1 will get you into the SWEETEST
social affair there is in New Haven during
the remainder of the season"
Its a co." said Paddy. 1T amt quite q
square deal on your brother. but it's even
worse for us. Say, they'll bat you out OF
the box. It will ruin you"
1T may be-" said Lawrence both ways
But I'll take the risk"
Don't you be afraid OF my part of It," re-
Joined Paddy. 'That'n be all right. Say
shall put on that swallow-tailed dress suit
Of yours now, and learn to sit down in II ?"
Lawrence agreed; and thus was ratified Q
most nefarious agreement, calculated to be
tightly detrimental to the university. 1,
must be admitted that Paddy did extremely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
That Fatal Opnl.

From the Detroit Tribune.
With a sweet smile she took his hat and
cane.
Dearest" she cooed, when they were
seated in the glaoming, ~ have something
to tell you"
Summoning all his fortitude, he babe her
speak.
Dearest" she proceeded, q delicate flush
overspreadlng her cheek, papa has at last
consented to our marriage"
he was too deeply moved to express him.
self for about forty-five minutes When al
last he found voice, the latter thrilled with
emotion
That"
A gentle assure Of the hand told hin,
she was listening.
rs what I get by monkeying with an
opal ring"
with q fascinatioa Of horror
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
NapoIeon at Table.

From the Chicago Inter-0eean.
The revival OF interest In Napoleon has
brought TO light some entertaining informa-
ton about the emperor's gastronomic tastes.
He always ate from silver plates. of which
he purchased 1000 at one order. Chicken
was his fayoritte article Of diet, but while
confined at st. Helena he developed q great
buildings. His table manners were not very
refined. He bolted his food, used his fingers
in preference TO fork ana spoon. and dipped
his bread into dishes having sauces and
ers at the table. The Countess OF Albany,
seeing the emperor at dinner on the island
of Elba, recorded that he lived like q pig"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

a dark and menacing fashion.
II was II o'clock, and that was a very
"-rly hour for Lawrence to cease studying.
f-; he had less appetite for study on this
hl Int than on any other that he could re-
member. The truth is that he had reached
L crisis which usually comes much later In
the college life OF a thoughtful man. that
period. to put it plainly. when he first
realizes that he does not know as much as
a COW. The information of a COW regard
ing that sphere of life to which she is
called is apparently exhaustive. and emil
nently satisfactory to herself. She has
learned to chew the cud, an operation
which yields greater contentment with less
visible result than anything else in the
world. To the college professor is often
granted an almost Identical blessing. but 1t
Is different with the student He VIII
certainly feel, now and then. desire to do
more than chew the cud. He will wish to
swallow it. In other words, he will desire
to make an end of something. not merely
by laying IT aside, but by getting the whole
OF it And he can't do 1t. in his line of life
Not enc educated man in a thousand really
knows very much about the alphabet.
He cannot give its full history. nor sug-
gest a truly valuable improvement upon II,
nor even say it backward without making
a mistake. When the student finds that
this IS true of everything which he had
previously thought that he knew. he may
very naturally feel desire to turn to some
other pursuit in which the triumphs are
speedy and final He will find such pur-
suit right under his nose. He will see that
the man who makes home run with the
bases full exhausts the possibilities of the
situation. that anything which he or
anybody else may do afterward will be at
best no more than a repetition. And
though the finest player in the world may
scarcely hope for so much glory as that,
there are lesser achievements which have
the same agreeable quality Of completeness,
and are nearly sure to come.
LawreLce's thoughts took such a course
as this while he sat scowling at his book
and when he had reached the point to which
the reader has been brought he lifted his
gloomy eyes from good old Horace and
liked them upon Paddy O'Toole. The hour
which was early for Lawrence. was late
To- PADDY, who was ordinarily asleep by
10. The sight Of him at that moment
would naturally have led one to believe that
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From the New York Journal 80
They are always bringing out novelties
over In Jersey. Their latest discovery A :
oasning girl burglar. who a said 20 be can,
tain OF band which makes nights very un.
pleasant for the wealthy dweliers IN villas.
An added piquancy is given to the STORY by
the statement that the fair crackswomsn h
In good society. We are evidently on ne
verge OF new series OF dime and half
dime novels, In which girl burxiars. strj a.
tectives and young highway women are 10
be chased by female Old sieuths through
the maze of exciting adventure common -
that sort OF literature
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
SHORTHAND WRITER'S
Modern Stenographers Must Be Men
Of No Small Capacity.
PITFALLS FOR THE BEGINNER
Washington's Tremendous Array u
Stenographic Talent.
EXPERTS BORN, NOT MADE
PITFALLS FOR The BEGINNER
BORN, NOT MADE
Written for The Evening Star.

- ~ - - @N - -
United States con-
tains more stenogra-
piers than Washing
ton"
This assertion came
from a well-known
member of that pro-
fession who has made
a hobby Of collecting
statistics, and for
this reason cannot
very we'll be contra
dicted. 1t was while
discussing the ayoca-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
SOFT SHELL CRABS
Over a Thousand Men Employed in
the Fisheries.
MILLIONS HANDLED IN 4 SEASON
How They Are Caught and Sent TO
Market.
THE SHEDDING" PROCESS
THE SHEDDING" PROCESS
writtea Tor The Evening Star.

HE SEASON OF
the soft-shell crab Is
well opened and the
markets Of New
York, Philadelphia.
Washington and Bal
timore are flooded
with the most tooth
some Of the sum-
mers table dainties.
The soft-shen crab Is
distinctly an eastern
product and one OF
purely eastern con-
sumption; because
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

Retired GentIeman-"Afy boys have writ
ten figures on this newly painted wall
Wha' ran he done about ttr'
Artist-"Oh. We will soon have that al
right"
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had been reading
dfrom the works of
Quintus Horatius
Flaccus, q gentle
nan for whom h
entertained in hi.
customary state o.
nind the most cor
dial sentiments. Or
this occasion, how
sver, he laid down.
he monument more
lasting than brass.
and scowled at 1t IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
kR0 FIELDING

WRITTEN FOR TIE EVENING STAR BY how.
Ard FIEInING.
Copy right. 1894. by Bachelor, johnson q
Bacheller)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
Art Triumphant

From Fliegcnde Batter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
CHAPTER TX.

A Plot Against the University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

Until the theory Of shorthand is thor
oughly mastered success as writer and ac-
curate transcriber Is impossible, and this
accounts for the scarcity of competent
stenographers. If students would bear in
mind that 1t is absolutely necessary to un-
derstand the theory before they commence
to practice, the standard of stenographers
in all our cities would be raised, employers
would be saved much time and labor spent
in correcting their errors, and there would
be fewer failures Correct spelling correct
grammar, good business FORM and rapid
and legible penmanship or skill in the use
Of the typewriter are essential qualifica-
lions, and are now being demanded of ap
plicants by business men. Lacking these
needfuls, a student may expect to make
slow progress, and, unless endowed with an
indomitable will, in the end will suffer
much disappointment and distress.
'One Of the best experiences a student
can go through with is to secure a position
that embraces all kinds of dictation and
plenty Of 1t. recall a young man who Sc
cured place with a wholesale drug firm
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-20
French Schools.

EVERY child in France at this
hour" says the complacent minister
m the well. known story. lis study
ing the same lesson;" and IL is prac-
tically the same for every under
graduate still. Uniform knowledge
and uniform precision, with uniform
Justice for every young citizen are
thus secured, and what are com
monty reckoned the essential quail
ties OF the French mind are I'M
questionably developed.
Not only the symmetry but the
working OF the system Is perfect: the
Grande Armee Is gone, even the Code
has its uncertainties, new govern
ments and principles come and go;
but the University OF France has sat
as il was set, above the reach OF time
or politics, as beSeems the mighty
spiritual organization IL is. The
body OF the nation is in it's outer
court, its governing classes are in the
second and third. We recognize in
England how largely the public
schOUlboy is father OF the man, but
we must deepen this impression ten
fold TO realize the national import
ance OF the lyceen and his baccalau-
reat
One might write a good account Of
modern france in terms OF him alone
the lyceen full-1lown as ~litteura-
teur and critic, as artist and engl-
neer. as journalist and politician, as
soldier and coloniZer, and so on. In
all such occupations, however, he
has too much TO do with the outer
court; il Is i'm the inner one. that OF
the doctorate, the aggregation, the
diploma OF the Ecole NOrmale SUI
%perieure, that he fully blossoms, I'M
spotted from the world. He becomes
"A professor or other functionary, for
above all things the ambition OF the
conventionally we~ll-educatcd French
man is TO belong - some bureau or
other.
The profane call this inner court
with some approach 10 descriptive
accuracy, IL must be cOnfessedD that
OF the "mandarinat, " its more erudlte
and authoritative ~persOnages bccom-
ing ''mandarins," and it's humber
Leyites 'ronds de CUR" !. G. civil
servants, viewed t~eleolOgically as
coverings for stools. So upon every
mind In France there Is laid the dead
hand OF the great lawgiyer. The
Portability Review.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-20

Some time ago mention was made
OF an English pneumatic road skate
The India Rubber World says that
this device has lately been seen in
the streets OF Birmingham, and judg-
ing from the admiration il excites, is
not unlikely 10 lind its way soon into
all parts OF England. The invention,
which was patented a short time ago
by a Scotch firm, Is evidently derived
from the old roller skate OF skating
rink celebrity, but whereas the ordi-
nary roller skate has four wheels, the
pneumatic skate has only two placed
In line at either extremity OF the
skates. The wheels are rather larger
than those OF the roller skate and in
stead OF being solid rubber are COW
cred with pneumatic tires. The
patentees claim for them that one
can skate owe ordinary turnpike
roads with them the same rs on ice
and ven at greater speed, while at
the same time they will easily ascend
and descend hills Six or seven miles
an hour, however, is the maximum
speed attempted in the streets OF
Birmingham, and that only on soft
roads. An obvious advantage OF the
pneumatic skate over the pneumatic
cycle is that p%unctured tires may be
readily replaced, as the skater may
carry surplus tires, or eve reserve
wheels ready fitted, in his overcoat
pocket The skates are arranged 10
clamp or strap on the soles OF shoes
like ordinary skates, but the rollers
are fitted with pneumatic tires. The
rollers are fitted with bali bearings
and run noiselessly; the rol ers being
81 inches in diameter. the tires ,
inches, and the average weight OF
each skate is y pounds.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-20
RECEIVED A NiNE.Toep BABY.

Children Snapped by Mistake During the
Purpose.
Among thu. patrons OF the nursery
at the Worlds Fair on q certain day
near its close were two women. n
from St Paul and the other from
Rhode Island, who's babies were SO
nearly alike In features and dress
that an exchange OF babies was made
and the mistake was not discovered.
until the very day the Fair closed.
The ST Paul mother fell q victim TO
a long sickness and did not see her
child for a month. Then she dis
covered that the child had but nine
toes aud the trouble began immedi-
ately.
Chief Perkins OF the Pittsburgh de-
tective force was an intimate friend
OF the family, and he was given the
task OF finding the missing child and
making another swap
Accidentally he heard one OF the
fakirs on the tair Grounds emphasize
the efficacy OF certain charms which
he had for sale by asserting that one
woman who had purchased "A charm
had reported success in raising a toe
on a foot which nature had supplied
with but four. Chief Perkins knew
this woman possessed the missing
child, but there was no clew that
would lead 10 her identity. He as
sumed that a woman credulous
enough 10 believe that "A toe could be
charmed 10 a child's foot would be
apt TO read any literature that fosters
that species OF incredulity. So he
wrote a letter TO the editor OF a Jour
nal devoted 10 such phenomena in
which he expressed doubts rs TO the
efficacy OF charms 10 produce physical
changes in humanity and asking II
any person could produce authentic
proof that such change had be N
made.
In curse OF time this paper reached
Mrs Druyea, wife OF a French-Can
adam mill superintendent IN a Rhode
Island town. She bad the desired
proof at hand. During her visit at
the Worlds Fair she had purchased
a wonderful charm with which she
rubbed the foot OF her baby upon
whom nature had bestowed but four
toes. The fakir had assured her that
the charms would work out any cure
she desired. The next day she took
her baby TO the Fair Grounds and at
night the little fellow had his nat
ural complement of ten toes. She
thanked God for answering her
prayer, but told nobody else OF the
miracle.
Chief Perkins received her reply 10
his incredulous communication and
he Immediately set out for the happy
mother. He had some difficulty In
~persuading her that her little nine
toed youngster was on earth and in
st, Paul, but she finally convinced
herself with Mr.. Perkins aid.
The chief set out for Minnesota
with a nurse and "A ten-toed baby
i'm tow, ready for another swan