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safe hitter and fast, heady base runner
Joseph Rapier will backstop for the team
this season. He has a good record as
catcher, throws well to bases, hits safely,
and steadies his pitchers by his cool. easy
work.
d. o. w. Holmes, '97, will be in center
field. He Is one Of the best fielders on the
team, and is good all-round player; hits
the ball hard and runs bases we'll.
G. w. Garner '9S, will play In right field.
He is good fielder and quick, sure throw
er; heavy, sure hitter, and good base
runner.
w. o. Bunday will cover left field. He
has played the position before, and has
good record. Opposing batsmen find few
holes in his field. He is another Of the
heavy hitters of the team.
w. W. West will be found in the box, ard
is considered one of the strongest pitchers
on the team. He pitched last season and
made a star record. He is in good form
for the opening of the season, and ready
for hard work. Unlike the majority of
pitchers, he is a sure hard hitter.
j. M. Eaos will substitute with West in
the box. He has shown considerable abill-
ty as a twirler and is good batter and
base runner.
In addition to the two pitchers men-
toned above, the team has some six or
eight others who are connected with the
reserves. upon whom they can call in case
West and Enos should both be disabled.
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OLD-TIME sTENOGRAPHERs.
They Swap Confessions as 10 the Mis-
takes They Had Made.
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They Swap Confessions 10 the Mis-
takes They Had Made.
From the Chicago Dispatch.
They were both old-time stenographers
employed somewhere by the week. but the
consciousness of being able, at will, to pro-
duce pages of hens tracks which only they
could decipher-and sometimes even they
failed to do so-invested them with a feel
ing of intense superiority to the rest IF
mankind.
But this normal feeling was for the mo-
ment usurped by one of humility, as they
sat on the sofa, the light turned gently
down, and the soft radiance of the flicker
ing jet in the street alone Illuminating the
apartment.
1t was an hour for confession, and he
paved the way By saying:
THE first job ever struck lost through
carelessness. My employer dictated a let
ter to client, asking him to meet him at
a hotel called the Seven Ravens. / wrote
1t out the Seven Elephants"
"A wholesale chemist was my first en-
ployer." she murmured. He dsed TO Keep
diary. One day he dictated to me the
fateful words: Bought a carload of sui
phuric acid Quite good days business
How did you transcribe it?" he inquired
eagerly, for he had registered vow in
his inmost soul that he would never marry
a perfect idiot.
Il didn't get 1t quite right Bought a
carboy of sulphuric acid. Good God, It's
poisonous.' -
He moved a little way from her. but re-
membered his own early struggles and edg-
ed back again.
DE irest." ne whispered do you remem-
Der the convention which nominated Gar
field?"
She thought he was trying to find out
how old she was, hut curiosity got the bet
ter of discretion, and she confessed to a
dim memory cf that occasion.
Il was hired by the Times then to report
the speeches. New Yorker got up and
said the dissensions among their opponents
we're very timely. for they bid fair to cre-
ate a break in the ranks of the democratic
party.
''Oh, tell me- cried the fair girl. with a
sudden accession Of Interest, "how did you
get it?'
His head fell on his breast.
Il cannot / dare not tell you"
Rising, she turned the lamp down stIIl
lower This man said the dissensions
among their opponents bid fair to create a
breach in the ranks of the democratic
party?"
He did! And / transcribed IL pants OF
the democratic party and what is more,
1t was printed in the paper that way the
very next morning"
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THE RED PARLOR.

park surrounds 1t. and going up to The
front door you walk about a drive mich
leads in the shape of a half moon to Penn
sylvania avenue On one side of this drive
there is flag pavement, and in coming
into the side of the yard nearest the
treasury you walk half the length of
the building before you reach the front
porch. As you do this you can look
right down into the basement and see the
servants at work. The room below you is
devoted to the laundry, and you may see
coiored women here almost any day of the
week rubbing away at Presidents
shirts or ironing the pretty white dresses
which the White House children wear.
RAISING these you reach the large porte
cochere. The columns which uphold this
are as big as the biggest oak tree, and the
stone platform within them is so large that
a regiment of soldiers cou1 be sta toned
upon 1t and have room to spare. You reach
TINS platform by stone steps and stand at
ISst before the front door of the White
House.
The Front Door of the White House
Stop moment before you go in, Do 1ou
realize where you stand? You are at a
point where the great miracle in the his
tory of nations is enacted every four years.
Within a few weeks through that door will
pass out forever the king of what is one of
the greatest people of the world and at
the same time a new king will step in.
Without jar. without the stoppage of a
single wheel, in the twinkling of an we
the government of seventy millions IF peo-
PIE Will be changed, and our national ma
chlnery Will go on smoothly and as ir-
reslstibly as 1t has since its beginning.
lhink again where you are. You are at the
goal of the Americans ambition At the
door Of the White House. the point where
thousands are ever striving to enter as
masters, but where few succeed Look
back over the procession which has AL
ready passed in. and in your minds eve
picture the disappointed faces of some who
have gone out. Note that little fat man in
gorgeous coat, knee breeches and CATERS.
How his bald head shines and how he
sWells and Puffs as he walks through the
door That is John Adams the first Presi-
cent who ever lived in the White House
His great ability was so leavencd with
vanity that he thought himself superior to
George Washington. Look again. It is
four years later and Adams is about to de-
part. How his face frowns. He leaves the
w hlte House with regret, and now at mid
night on the Sd of March his coach is At
the door for he cannot bear to see his sue
cessor inausurated. Now 1t Is morning
A new President stands upon the stone
steps under the great porte-cochere This
man Is big and raw-boned. He has a red
head and his face is covered with freckles
See how democratic he Is and how his blue
eyes smile on all those about him. That
is Thomas Jefferson. He feels proud and
rich as he enters the Executive Mansion.
1t Is eight years later. and he also Is about
to depart. He has been denounced and
illuminated during his reign, and the IRON
OF bitterness is in his soul as 1t was in that
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of John Adams. He hes during his term
spent more than his salary. His wine bills
alone have cost him more than s1l,o0O, and
now at the clcse he finds himself going
back TO his Virginia home almost bank
rupt He sees that he is destined to be
pinched for the rest of his life. but he does
not yet relize that he will have to sell his
magnificent library to Congress for a song,
or that his estate will eventually be dis
posed of by lottery that enough NAV be
gotten to support his children.
More White House Ghosts.
Ihe next party that comes is little old
1eiiow with jolly young wife. who makes
the White House ring with the fun which
goes on about her. 1t Is pretty Dolly Madi-
son in her high turban cap and her sober
oS husband, who is tied to her apron
str1ngs. Then comes Monroe and -zhn
Quincy Adams, and behind them see the
handsome and stately Andrew jackson.
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by Mrs. Cleveland. The Harrisons spent a
lot on the kitchen. When they came in the
basement was full of rats. One kitchen
floor had been laid on top of another, and
they were all rotten. Mrs Harrison order
ed the wooden floors taken out and had the
ground covered with concrete. Upon the
top of this she put porcelain tiles and
walled all the rooms of the basement as
high as your shoulder with the same ma
terial. The White House is now lighted
with electric lights. The chandeliers have
electric globes and the lights are kept burn
Ing in the basement and in most of the
rooms of the building all night long. The
electric plant cost sl3,GD0, and this did not
include the dynamo, for the electricity is
brought to the White House through an
underground cable from the State Depart
nent engine rooms, where ii is generated.
New China for Mrs. Mckinley.
l think it was Martin Van Buren who
was denounced all over the country for
buying set of gold spoons for the White
House. The new china which has been re-
Gently bought is worth almost it's weight
in gold 1 know nothing about the late
purchases of Mrs. Cleveland for the Pres
ident is very secretive as TO his domestic
matters. But there is q new set of cut
glass in the cupboaris of the Executive
Mansion which cost S,913, and 1 happen 70
Europe for twenty-four dozen china plates
and five dozen coffee cups of a special de-
sign. Congress allows each President some
thing like $4,000 a year and more to run
the White House, and a large part of this
goes into new furniture and dishes The
linen costs a small fortune. The table
cloths are of the finest damask, and the
napkins used at state dinners are as big as
baby's bed quilt. They shine like silk.
and they are so heavy that 1t takes some
time for a drop OF wine to soak through
them.
Mrs Mckinley will probably buy a lot
OF new linen when she comes in and one
Of her pleasures may be the shopping
Whlch she can do at government expense
New White House Carpets
New carpets are bought about every six
years, and though the ones which 1 found
on the different parlors are good she will
probably have chance to select new ones.
l don't believe she will care to redecorat te
the rooms. When the blue room was las [
fixed up the artists received more than
5000 for the job. Think of 1t, Five thou
sand dollars on one room! Isn't it awful
Yes, but the walls of the blue room look
1ar different now than they did when An
drew Jackson's callers tramped around
within them sampling the big cheese which h
one OF his admiring constituents sent him
or at the reception which he gave on the
day OF his inauguration when buckets of
orange punch were given out In each room
and both walls and carpets ruined The
walls OF the blue room are now padded
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and draped with silk as fine as that of
the ball dresses of the ladies who will
come here to shake hands with President
Mckinley The silk is of the most delicate
blue. and 1t Is interviewer with silver 1t
il the same with the red room, which is
also hung with silk and whose furniture
has been designed and cushioned to match
The carpets of all the ground floor parlors
are fine. That on the east room Is so soft
that your foot sinks into IL as though
II were bed of moss. 1t takes almost 800
yards of carpet to cover the floor and the
one now tackled down cost $3.50 1t takes
more than q thousand yards to carpet the
white House parlors and dining rooms and
me carpets everywhere match the furniture
and hangtngs.
The White House Good Enough,
VI late II has become the fashion to
sneer at the White House. 1t 10 said to be
not good enough for the President and that
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ready low records attaching 10 heir ramas
Will be cut down several notches. The
men are all here and in excellent condition
the Swede claiming TO have recovered en-
tirely from the effects of his long and
arduous ride. They have been practicng
faithfully at the rink since their arrival in
this city, and each one has expressed him
self as delighted with the arrangements
made for their trials. and also with the
track which they declare to be the finest in
the world. There is not much doubt OF this
latter statement, for ten-lap indoor track
is rarity, and, beside. this fact is eXceD-
tionally well adapted for generating great
speed, on account of the wide corners
which are left after the track has been
staked out. Experts who have seen the
track and have examined its peculiarities
in this respect are unanimous i'm their ap-
proval of its properties. and predict that IL
will be In the future the one on which the
yearly championships will be decided.
Accommodating the Spectators.
Extra accommodations will be made for
caring for the large crowds who will at
tend the races, and every facility for COM
fort and convenience will be in evidence
throughout the meeting. The races will lie
held every afternoon and evening. and IL
Is more than likely that some of the local
fast men viii be given chance to show
their worth on the long steels before the
meet is over. There a number of local
skaters who are interested in racing. and
some very fast men could he easily picked
out. They will be given q handicap, of
to race, but apart from their relative skin
in regard to the three central figures the
races will allow definite line to be gotten
on their respective skill to each other.
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been greatly changed within the past few
years. All kinds of improvements have
been made. and the white hair of John
Quincy Adams ghost must rise in holy
horror as he looks at the extravagant fur
nishings. Mrs. Harrison expended some
thing like $1,000 on improvements and
q number of changes have been made
Evening star., 1897-01-09

tlAN Il 81 G@-N sN''Atc
time this week get
ting i II { o + m Il ton
about President Me
Kiuley's new home.
! have had Il photoS-
raDher with me- in
the White House,
and have gone over
the different rooms
almost with a tape
line to let you know
how your new ruler
is TO be housed. The
" hite House has
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Truly n Wonder

From the Cleveland Leader
Dawson-'My wife Is one of the most
extraordinary women in the world"
"Howland-''Thats pretty broad claim.
What's your reason for thinking so?"
Dawson-"She got telegram yesterday
and didn't faint or utter a solitary Shrek"
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Then there is the foxy Van Buren,. with
his hair brushed just SO and looking
as though he had come from a band
box, and bluff General Harrison, who
used to go in and out of that door
carrying a market basket, for he liked to
select his dinners himself. There Is the
Rcman-nosed Tyler, who had more fights
Evening star., 1897-01-09
What He Meant.

From Puck.
Mr.. Johnson-"I seed George wearin' one
of dem negligee shirts"
Mr.. Black-"What yo' mean by er negli-
gee shirt?'
Mr.. Johnson-"One what hadn't been
washed for tree weeks"
Evening star., 1897-01-09
Ricyele Accidents.

From the Philadelphia Press.
An analysis of 1000 accident policies. on
which benefits were paid, showed that only
seventy-six cases were injured in bicycle
accidents.
Evening star., 1897-01-09
Woes Of an Inventor,

From the Chicago Post.
The great inventor was buried in thought
or something that was a very close imita-
tion of it.
''The trouble with u.s. he said, as he
pushed back a few layers of thought and
poked his head out, ''is that we are handi-
capped"
How is that?" asked the man who al
ways wants to know.
why, we can't keep up with the sensa-
tional press" explained the inventor. mo
matter where We go-in the air or under
the seattle sensational newspaper has told
all about it long before any one knew any
thing about it, and it's considered a chest
nut when first it's possible. Do make my
meaning clear?'
The man who always wants to know hesi-
tated, but finally got around it by saying
his meaning was as clear as most of his
inventions. and then succeeded in escaping
while the inventor was trying to make up
his mind whether or not it was an insult.
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'T see they have made submarine bi-
cycle row.
'"Too bad. isn't it?
why, I was thinking of the poor whales
and sharks and things! suppose they're
not entitled to much consideration, hut 1t
does seem horrible to think Of permitting
them to be scared to death by bloomer
giris."-Chicago Post.
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Mr.. McKinley's Home After the
Fourth of March.
APPEARANCE OF TEE WHITE HOUSE
Some Memories That Cluster
About the Front Door.
AN HISTORIC STRUCTU RE

Copyrighted. 1897, by Frank C. Carpenter,
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with Congress than Cleveland. and bluff
old Zach Taylor. who died in the White
House. There are Fillmore and Pierce and
the pompous Buchanan, and, greatest of
al. there is Abraham Lincoln. Then come
the Presidents of more recent days, and as
they pass before us the tragedies and come
dies of twenty-four lives are played over
again as we look.
Evening star., 1897-01-09

We ought to build a great palace for our
rulers. The truth is our Presidents, as a
rule, have never had anything SO good
before they came to the White House.
The most of them at the beginning of
their lives were fed on hog and hominy.
Cleveland had probably none too much to
eat when his father was a poor parsoh,
and the biggest feasts. venture.were often
the donation parties. Mckinley had to
skirmsh for his rations while he was in
the army and when he was teaching a
country school he got a salary of $25 a
month and boarded round Andy Johnson's
empty stomach tapped against his back
bone many time before he filled it with
the rich things of the White House
kitchens and Ben Harrison lived in mar
row quarters at Washington boarding
houses, even when he was United States
Senator. None of the Presidents / ven-
ture had setter beds at home than they
got in the White House. Those used now
are of the finest hair resting on sprir gs
which give at every turn of the body.
The old bedsteads of mahogany which L
have been told were dangerously alive at
times with unmentionable insects have long
since been displaced by bedsteads of brass,
and the White House to day is as clean as
a pin and comfortable as any home of
the country Mrs. Harrison was a sDlenlid d
housekeeper and SO is Mrs. Cleveland Mrs.
Cleveland, I am told. watches everything
about the Executive Mansion herself and
sees that things are kept up to date and
in good order. The house, you know, is
cleaned every spring. 1t takes about 2@
people to do the cleaning, and so you need
not worry about any lady of the White
House beirg overworked if she has enough
executive ability to know what she wants
and tell others how to do it,
The White House In 1897.
But let me tell You just how the White
House looks in this wear of our Lord 1897.
1t is bigger than it seems. for it covers
the third of an acre. ou Go not see the
basement as you look at it from the street,
and the basement Is almost a house in
itself Its rooms are nigh. and, with its re-
bone. The White House Is, you KIN wv,
some distance back from the street. A big
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the woman when she first saw the petri-
ned body. The prosecution brought in a lot
of pathetic evidence to show that the in
slant Mrs. Bradley saw the stone man she
screamed and said between sobs: "Oh,
my poor, poor father; I'd know you any
where
The identification seemed complete. Old
settlers recollected Silas Legg as a great
lighter. He never came to town without
loading up with whisky and paying off
lew old scores. He was strong as a mule
and could lick anybody in Newton county.
once ne got INTO rough-and-tumble
scrlmmage ana his adversary bit off the
top Of his right ear. The daughter told
TINS story and Old settlers corroborated it.
rms seemed to fix the identity of the petri-
fled man.
The defense claimed that the woman
had been coached to make the claim by
persons who recognized the fact that a
in the house.
The trial played out Somebody used
influence somewhere, and the prosecution
was Withdrawn. About this time a curl
Gus individual wrote TO the Smithsonian
institution. The authorities wrote back
mat they had heard of a good many fool
things, but that this was the worst; that
petrifaction didn't take place once in a
million times, and then in only parts of
bodies; that conditions must be very pc
culiar for this to happen; in fact, that
such a wonder as a whole petrified body
was absurd.
We'll, Sandy is now lying around some
where, gathering mold and dust The
story has leaked out pretty generally by
this time, and it's as much as your life is
worth to mention 'petrifed man to any
body down there. The accepted theory
now is that somebody, not necessarily old
man Todd, had IA plaster cast made of
Charcoal who was a great character in
his day. He is a big numbering Virginian,
who went to Neosho after the war He
was never known TO be sober. He would
sell his soul for pint of whisky. 1t is be-
lieved on all hands that Charcoal was the
original of the petrified man, alias a Mex
lean hero, alias 81 Legg. The man was
nodded out of some sort of conglomerate
in st. Louis from the cast of Charcoal's
classic figure.
Todd pursues his mastery policy of 81
ience, and smokes and trades horses"
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