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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05
Origin of the Term.

The origin of the term "chestnuts'
is varied. One explanation is this:
William Dillon wrote Il melodrama
entitled "The Broken Sword" Two
principal characters in it are Capt.
Xavier and the comedian Pablo. The
former Is a sort of Baron Munchausen.
and in relating his exploits says: Il
entered the woods of Collaway, when
suddenly from the thick boughs OF
cork tree" Pablo interrupts: "A
chestnut. captain. a chestnut"
BAH" replies the other. BOBBY,
say cork tree"
"A chestnut" reiterates Pablo. Il
should know as we'll as you, having
heard YOU tell the tale these twenty
seven times.
Now. the introduction of the word in
IT'S slang sense is attributed to William
Warren. the veteran comedian OF the
Doston museum. He had often played
the part of Pablo. and in 1888 was the
Guest M a dinner. when one OF the
gentlemen present told a story OF
doubtful age and originality. "A chest
mt" quoted Mr.. Warren, In muir
muring tone: II have heard you tel
the tale these twenty-seven times me
arplication of the lines pleased the rest
of the party and when they separated
each helped to spread the story and ME-
Warren's commentary. The other the
DRY, that it originated from the tniia-
4. toll
delpbia Chestnut Street Theatre jokes
is not so plausible.
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NOTES OF THE DAY.

John Morley said recently that as a
man grew older there was no branch
of literature which seemed calculated
to give more refreshment or exhilara-
ton as the study of Greek.
In Sweden the education of Journal
lists is treated as function of the state.
Under this system the young journalist
gains knowledge of the world by trav-
cling at the expense of the taxpayer.
Much uneasiness is felt in Egypt at
the deficiency of the water supply,
which is causing loss to rice growers.
and threatens the coming maize crop.
This seasons Nile food is a fortnight
late.
The success of Giordano's new opera.
Andrea Chenier." bids fair to surpass
that of Faust" as already it is booked
in upward of 100 theaters in Italy. like
wise at st. Petersburg, Marseilles and
Lyons.
The commission on pauperism in
Paris recently heard several managers
of theaters on the subject of q great
grievance. A tax for the poor is levied
on the total receipts of theaters and
other places of amusement, and this the
managers want changed to n levy On
the net receipts.
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Behanzin of Dahomey, or King Prem
peh of Ashantee, whom the French and
English have ruined for their alleged
misdeeds. The Sultan is criminal un-
III to live. let alone to rule.
Will the Cretans fare any better than
the Armenians? That is still an unde-
cided question II is not probable that
thew will get any more help from the
sympathizing civilized world than ala
the Armenians, but on the other hand
n 10 likely that they will make good
fight for themselves. They have strong
friends in the Greeks. to whose race
thew belong, and Greece may even de-
clare war on Turkey to save the Cret-
ans from determination.
The Cretans are now in open rebel
lion. and are holding their own in GER
tain parts of the island. The Turks, on
the other hand, have slaughtered Chris
tians in the cities and destroyed many
of the unprotected villages of the coast
which were easily accessible to the SOL
diers.
some photographs sent TO England by
the Rev. William Bourchier. chaplain
of the British war ship The Hood. give
q vivid and grewsome idea OF Turkish
roetbods in Crete. The Hood witnessed
a series of outrages committed by
turkish war ships. but under fnstruc-
,ions from the government was power
less to interfere.
One OF Mr.. Bourchier's photographs
shows the desecrated Christian grave
yard at Galata. It seems that the Mos
iou should be satisfied with his sim
nile and sincere belief that every Chris
tan must go TO hell, but he is not. He
wants to make earth he'll for the un-
believer while he lives, and TO insult
his remains when he is dead.
In the Galata churchyard the Turks
have deliberately dug every grave,
thrown rubbish into il. scattered the
homes about the ground and destroyed
the crosses which served as tomb
stones. Many other graveyards were
similarly dosecrated
Some light is thrown on such conduct
nv tho following Mohammedan prayer.
which is sanctioned by the highest au-
tbority and Is reclted five times daily
throughout Turkey:
"oh. Lord of all creaturesl oh. Allan!
destroy the Ghiaours and Polytheists,
thine enemies, the enemies or religion
oh Allah! Make their children or
nhans and defile their bodies; cause
their feet to slip; give them and their
families. their household. and their
women. their children. and their rela-
lions by marriage, their brethren and
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series which will continue until the
Cretans have been exterminated or
achieved their independence. While
the Turkish conduct in Crete and in
Armenia is similar, it must be under
stood that the Cretans and the Armen-
ians are different. The Cretans are a
very aggressive and warlike people and
have had a large share in causing the
present trouble. There have been mas
sacres because the Turkish soldiers
have taken advantage of the helpless
situation of individuals or small bodies
of Christians.
The Cretan patriots are in active
communication with the Pan-Hellenist
party in Greece, and have been sup
piled by them with arms. money and
men. At the outbreak of the present
hostilities there were 10000 Cretans
and Pan-Hellenists possessing arms
They had been drilled secretly.
The outbreak was precipitated by the
Turkish soldiery. men who had taken
part in the Armenian atrocities. The
Mohammedan citizens Joined them. At
thte end of May they broke loose or
were turned loose in the streets of
Canea, the capital. They murdered all
the Christians they met, and plundered
many of their houses. The sickening
scenes so often described in the case
of Armenia were repeated. Little chill
dren were thrown into the air and
spitted on bayonets, and women were
abused and then slaughtered. The ca
vases, or guards of the Greek and
Russian consulates, were stabbed to
, death outside the doors of those build
ings
Turkish soldiers were TO be seen af-
terward in the streets of Canea carry
ing ears OF Christian women as decora-
tions.
A state OF bloody anarchy continued
in Canea for TWO days, at the end of
which the authorities. thinking that
the patience Of the European powers
might be pushed too fer, did their best
to restore order.
After this AFFAIR the Cretan noun
taineers assembled under arms and
swore that they would not lay them
down until they had avenged their
brethren and escaped the yoke of the
Sultan, either by annexation to Greece
or by independence.
The outrages in Canea were the more
criminal because the city had taken
little or no part in the patriotic agi-
tation. The Turk is a savage. who will
rather attack the helpless and unof-
Tending than the armed and aggressive.
The affair at Canea was followed by
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The De Reszkes Home.

Nearly all the great singers and ac-
tors own beautiful homes, where they
hide themselves for rest when the
opera season is over, but of all these
homes that of the De Reszkes is the
lOveliest. Patti has her Craig-y-Nos
and Bernhardt's island in the Mediter-
Ianean is picturesque, but the beautiful
estate of Borovno in Russian Poland
surpasses them all.
The land surrounding the chateau
comprises 1909 acres-more than
twenty Central parks. The chateau
was built in the time of Louis X. and
stands in a beautiful garden; 1t is a
mixture of French and Russian archi-
lecture and has walls OF stone OF srcat
thickness A huge door leads directly
into the banquet hall, which extends up
two stories and has two immense stair
cases leading from 1t. On the right OF
the hall are the dining hall, breakfast
room and library.
On the right of the chateau proper
are the bachelor quarters of Jean and
Eduard, opposite are the servants
quarters. where sixty domestics are fed
and lodged, and in the rear of the
chateau are many acres devoted to a
kitchen garden. Beyond the surround
ing wall are many low acres-10,00O.
devoted to potatoes, which are used by
factory on the estate to make aqua
vitae
Beyond the potatoes is a superb for
est of oak and chestnut trees that is
The hun ing preserve of Jean de Reszke.
Small game and deer are plentiful. Be
yonu is the pet fad of the great tenor
his stock farm. Here are enough
racing horses to stock several stables.
The winnings of the stables were $780,
600 one year.
The visitors to Borovno have fine
time. Coffee is served in ones room at
1870 and then all go for a horseback
ride. At there Is breakfast and then
the horses are brought out and exer-
clsed. AT noon lunch is spread and one
eats when one feels hungry. In the af-
ternoon trips are made around the es-
tate and dinner at night is the end of n
pleasant day.
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Phirad.Iphla.s Clear Pitcher.

John B. Taylor, the clever pitcher
and mainstay of the Philadelphia
team. was born May q, 1873, at Staten
Island, N. Y, and 1t was with an anna
teur team of his native place that he
learned to play ball. In 1891 he ac-
cepted his first professional engage
ment with the Lebanon club of the
Pennsylvania State league. The New
York club made bid for his services
for the season of 1892 and he accepted
1t, but later on was released TO the
Albany club of the Eastern league
without being given a fair trial, and
what has since proved loss to the
New Yorks has been great gain to
the Philadelphia. Taylor took part In
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Jimmy EYan.s story.

ct saw eighteen Englishmen try to
play baseball once" says Jimmy Ryan.
"and their ideas were fearfully and
wonderfully original. They had the
rules down pat, except in one particu-
lar. They didn't know that a man
stops, gets through and waits for an
other bat after he reaches the home
plate. Their idea of run-making was
the one they had always followed in
cricket, and the result was excruciat-
ingly funny. So far as the fielding and
batting went they weren't half bad.
The pitcher stood up in the box at the
start, let go a good, swift ball and the
batter soaked It. The short-stop made
a rafting good line catch, and l said:
why, these fellows are all right. They
have learned the game mighty WELL
The next man up hit the ball clear
over the center-ielders head. We'll
cut, Harry! Well cut! Run it out!
Run it out!' They all howled and the
fellow did run it out. He made the cir
cult in good time, to my intense as
constituent kept right on and reached
first before the fielders got the ball.
He was off on the next ball thrown
and made a good steal Of second. Then
the fellow at bat hit n good three-bag-
ger to left and the fellow who had just
navigated around for six bases went
home. started for first, reached it and
STAYED there. l hadn't said a WORD.
They kept on hitting the ball and the
fellow who had made the first hit kept
on running. Finally, when three men
had been Put out, figured up that this
gentleman mad made seven runs and
the rest of his team three. SO they
| counted Il and l then realized that they
were playing on the cricket plan-keep
on running till you get put out. But
| | wasn't fully prepared for their game
| vet. In the second inning one OF them
| hit n long foul to the rear. What does
| he do but start off and circle the bases
| 10 the same old howl of Run it out!
Run it outr while the catcher chased
the ball. This made the captain OF the
side in the field figure that there must
| be something wrong with his arrange
ment OF playing. So he opened the
rules, found that paragraph which says
the captain may place his men any
where he sees fit, and sent the center
| fielder back of the catcher.
1.-THE move proved a success, for
these Englishmen, accustomed to cut
ting the balls for fouls, sent him III
flies, all Of which he caught very pref
tily.
"They played seven innings, the
game finally winding up when a long
hit was made, the ball was lost and
the man who hit it made twenty-four
runs before IL was found. They agreed
to come out and play the other two in
nings the next day and adjourned, with
the score of 1913 to 81"
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their friends, their possessions, and
their race, their wealthy and their
lands, as booty TO the Moslems, Oh,
Lord OF all creaturesp'
On June Mr.. Bourchier saw two
steamers and gunboat land four thou
sand soldiers at Sebrona, where the
garrison was besieged by a small force
OF Cretans. After, liberating the gar
rison they proceeded along the shore,
burning all the villages they passed.
These soldiers were fresh from the Ar
menian atrocities.
They had then spent FIVE successive
days in burning unoffending villages
and committing outrages. "A more
disgraceful thing" says Mr. Bourchier,
''has never been permitted by Europe"
Crete is an island lying to the south
east of Greece and to the southwest Of
Turkey, in Asia. 1t is 155 miles In
length and 35 in width. THE popula-
ton Is 294192. 1t Is painful to relate
that they have a European reputation
for untruthfulness. but that, of course,
furnishes no reason for massacring
| them.
The people are Of pure Greek race,
and ancient Greek is still spoken in the
interior. Crete Is conspicuous in myth
ology as the home of Minotaur.
Crete has considerable commerce In
wines, olives and other natural prod
ucts, and in very pretty silk fabrics.
1t has several fine harbors. The capital
! is Canea.
In the course of its history it has had
many masters. The Roman Empire
annexed it in 81 b. c., and was followed
by the Saracens, and next by the By
zantine Empire. The Venetian Repub-
lie acquired it in 1904 A. ID. and the
Turks took it from them in 1869. The
Cretans took part in the Greek war of
independence. but were held by the
Turks. Twenty-Five years ago they ob-
tanned a local legislature. In spite Of
this they are ruled by Turkish officials
and have less freedom than the Cubans
had under the Spanish.
The present trouble is one of long
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rhe New York Season.

The New York theatrical season VIII
open early. As Abbey, Schooner q
Gran have made satisfactory arrange
r,ents with their creditors, that firm
will continue in possession of the Met
ropolitan Opera House, and they an
rounce another season OF French ana
Italian opera with the usual hign,
priced European stars. Palmer's VIII
onen in September, and on October D.
Georgia Cayvan will make her frst APP
roarance as a star at this house pre-
sentipg w. r. Walkers new comedy
MARY Pennington, spinster" Daily S
Tbeatre will be opened with the first
production i'm America of the Japanese
operetta THE Geisha," which, TO al
accounts. has been successful III Lon,
don. The usual Shakespearian reVivn'
will follow, Henry w" being the DILL
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that company at Niblos Garden. New
York, she was prevented from appear
ing by the Gerry Society. She after
wards was with Henderson's "Crystal
Slipper and "Sinbad" companies. In
1884 she was Joined by Mile Stevens
and they worked at several Chicago
music halls. After she Joined Miss
O'Neill the team played the Chicago
halls during the Worlds Fair. making
many friends. Their first New York
appearance was made at the Union
Square Theatre, in March, 1895, after
which time they were engaged for the
Merry World" company, subsequently
appearing with Irwin Brothers COM
pany. For next season they have been
secured by Charles E. Blaney for his
Boy Wanted" company, to play the
soubrette roles. The young ladies are
gracefully petite and of attractive form
and feature.
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isn't. On one side the critic persistently
declares that average-keeping does the
game more harm than good; that play
ers work solely for percentages in the
records and thereby damage the game
winning chances Of their teams. On
the other hand, managers still, as they
always have, take the average tables
as criterions for their selections OF
players and be without such figures ut
terly at sea. Were there no averages
published the manager who desired to
engage a player would have to either
take the word of the player or some
mutual friend as to the mans ability or
make a long and expensive journey TO
see him play. Figures properly in
terpreted mean a great deal. Read
carelessly, the averages are certainly
deceiving. Thus. the casual reader,
glancing at the statistics, would judge
such a shortstop as Connaughton of
New York far superior to Dahlen of
Chicago, because Connaughton's field
ing average is about 1922 to Dahlen's
.905. Yet, again, these same figures,
read by the veteran judge of ball-play-
ing, bear an entirely different mean
ing. 1t will be seen that Dahlen has
accepted or attempted to stop about
seven chances per game to young Con-
naughton's five. The fact that he has
missed enough chances to give him the
lower fielding record of the two can
not for a minute compare with the
plain evidence which shows that he has
gathered in balls on every side which
the other man was not in the habit of
even stopping. AT the top of the short
stops stands Jennings, and in his case
the average seems to be deserved, for
an investigation of his figures will
show him to have accepted and at
tempted as many chances in the aggre-
gate as anybody, while fewer
chances have got away from him
than from any other shortfielder. In
this case the figures are evidence of
perfection, seldom !. marred with the
slightest flaw. In Dahlen's case they
show that the little fellow has gone
at everything, but that a number Of
grounders have eluded him or been
thrown too low. Farther down the list
will be seen the name of young De
Montreville. He stands way down in
the figures, yet count-up would show
that he has had as many chances per
game to handle as either Jennings or
Dahlen. The inference here again is
plain and correct-De Montreville
shirks nothing. but lacks the finished
perfection which would make him the
equal of Dahlen and jennings. At the
extreme bottom of the list, with a
large bunch of errors. will be found
the name of Charley Farrell, and again
the figures tell their own story-that
of a catcher trying to play an infleld
position and lacking the experience
necessary.
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The brooklyn Catcher.

John II. Grim, the clever catcher of
the Brooklyn team, was born Aug. 9,
1867, at Lebanon, Ky, but at an early
age his parents took up their residence
ut Indianapolis, Ind, and it was at
the latter city that the subject OF this
sketch learned to play ball. After
gaining quite local reputation with
amateur teams he accepted his first
professional engagement with the DAN
VILE club of the Interstate league in
1887. In 1888 he was with the Lima
team of the Tri-State league, and after
participating in fifty-one championship
games and ranking thirteenth as
batsman i'm a field of one hundred and
sixty-two players, according to the Of
fetal averages of that organization, his
release was sold to the Philadelphia
club of the National league, where he
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THE LOCH SALMON.
How an Eighteen Pound One Was Capt.
ured.

How An Elghteen-Pound One Was Capt
ured.
Cruising along the sandy shore and
trailing the flies just where the water
suddenly becomes profound there came
to pass a mighty commotion; a great
form doomed out OF the side OF a wave,
a broad tail swept around in the brown
water, the line frightened bravely, the
good greenheart bent in sympathy and
away went the salmon, buzzing of
thirty yards OF line at a stretch, says
Blackwood's Magazine. The charm OF
these loch fish lies in the splendid fight
they show for liberty. Many a river
fish can be played under the point of
the rod and landed without running out
more than half a dozen yards OF line
But it is far different when there is
plenty OF sea room, with no banks or
shoals to COW the fish and nothing to
bar his powerful rush toward deep
water. 1t is this and the splendid dis
play loch fish generally makes on the
rise that compensates the fisherman for
much weary, monotonous flogging of
the surface. The bold rise is very
characteristic of loch salmon. In
streams where it is expedient to fish
the fly deep, fish in selling it most
often never breaks the surface; but in a
loch the flies cannot easily be kept in
motion if sunk; they must be drawn
along near the top and the salmon must
dash to the surface to catch them. there
by imparting a peculiar charm to this
kind of sport. Well. our fish made a
grand run. the glllie bent stoutly 10 his
oars and followed it, the anchor was
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A Clever Young Actress.

A clever young actress who has not
been seen in New York for several
years Is Miss Emily Bancker, formerly
leading lady at the Lyceum Theatre.
Miss Bancker has been touring the
past few seasons in the farce, Our
Flat" and, according to all reports, is
a successful star. She is a handsome
woman, and is credited with consid-
cradle versatility. This season she
may go to the metropolis and present
an entirely new and emotional play.
which Is now being written for her.
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O'Neill and Sutherls nd.

Nellie O'Neill was born at Hot
Springs, Ark, July Il, 1880. She was
reared in Denver, and made her first
appearance at the age of nine years, in
Leadville, in a little song and dance
win banjo accompaniment. She went
lhenee to the Black Hills, her childish
grace and clever work making her a
PRIME favorite with the miners. She
was then engaged for Ten Nights in
d Barroom' company, and appeared
win II for one season. Next she was
seen with a small hall show. the per-
,orhance being given by herself and a
Joy eontortionist. The tour closed sud-
gehiy, and she was secured for the
Daniel Boone" company, playing the
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The Cretans, like the Armenians, are
Christians, and it is for this reason
that they are being massacred. Their
slaughter is accompanied by the same
circumstances of horror as was that OF
the Armenians. Old men, women and
children are outraged and murdered
and nameless cruelties are committed.
The Sultan is again demonstrating
that he is a monster, capable of any
crime. He has permitted during the
space Of two years every conceivable
outrage and cruelty to be perpetrated
under his authority and by his officers
in one part of the unhappy land which
he rules. Now he allows the same
crime to be committed in another part.
AS in the other case, he is doggedly re-
sisting every effort to obtain mercy for
the victims of his brutal officers.
In personal intercourse with Euro
peans the Sultan appears to possess
many of the qualities of civilized hui
manity, but those superficial qualities
do not make less hideous the crimes
which he has permitted He is really
an infinitely worse savage than King
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His Very Object.

"My dear sir" said the publisher to
an author, "why do you wish to print
on the title page OF your book the line,
for private circulation? l thought you
wished to sell the volume in the general
market.
That's the very idea, sir" replied
the author. That's the very idea. I
wish it to obtain the widest possible
publicity. Exchange.