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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09

recognizes his boys and beckons them
down. The three converse in whispers
The situation Is expiained-how the lion
was wounded, the direction in which he
bounded away. The boys urge caution.
Lion plenty fierce. Afkango mkah nditu.
Master must take care; better climb tree
and look all round-not go into grass"
But there is no tree anywhere near. A
boy hoiss himself to the slender summit
of the ant hill and reports that he sees
the grass moving in the direction whittier
the lion had withdrawn-movlng as
though stationary animal were shaking
1t with convulsive throes (all of which is
explained more by gestures than by
words). The doctor, clambering up before
the boy, thinks he can even descry (as
the grass stems blow and droop before
some wrthing object the lions waxing
tail and a yellow-gray haunch He fires.
descends from the ant hill to reload
A rush comes through the grass, deafen-
ing roar some great yellow object in the
air above him moment rilv
dark against the sky yellow eyes
dnsensibiIty)
Click, clock click, clock. click. clock
wonder what that funny sound is
am / in train? No, 1t is the en-
glneS OF the steamer-or is il the pulse
beating in my temples? Then I have been
asleep. and in broad daylight with the
Dlue SKY above me and in the broillng sun!
no" FOOLISH! But mott must be some
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wood. You need a wood that will rebound
and skip along. not finding too much re-
sistance from the grass
Most alleys are Of wood in center and
grass on each side; few are OF asphalt.
With the asphalt you can use big heavy
nan or any material, the asphalt rolling
u easily along until II reaches the pins
The wooden alley has about the same re-
slstance, and a big ball can be used. They
are making very large balls now OF very
light wood. The fingers sink deeply into
the holes and the ball can be aimed and
flung with great force.
The most rustic effects are aimed at in
the outdoor alleys. In one the balls were
or hard wood, smoothed and polished TO
bring out the grain. There was no at
tempt made at staining or painting. The
natural color OF the wood was preserved
ana the players took their choice Of the
woods. They could have oak, cherry or
walnut pine, ash or maple. The different
woods contrasted very prettlly as they
tapped each other IN the racks on the re-
turn trip.
The rack can be made OF a log cut In two
ana followed out, and the railing around
the alley can be made OF small round logs
Joined IN rustic fashion. The score board
can be piece Of birch bark covered with
a square OF celluloid fastened neatly In
Ahe middle, or slate hung 10 the front
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09
BOWLING IN The OPEN AIR,
Every Lawn as Big as Sweater Is Con.
verified Into an Open Air Bow
ling Ground
More Popular
cnhhies. a. Irer~

New York, May 7.-Bowling has gone
back to the time when4t was called bowls.
1t was played then upon very closely
cropped grassy surface with small wooden
| balls, the object being the knocking down
| OF ten pins set in an open space beyond.
Bowls was primitive compared with the
science that has been developed in bowl
ing, science so exact that in 1895 there
was congress of bowling clubs formed
! calling itself the American Bowling Con-
! gress," with officers formally elected and
yearly programme arranged.
From this very complete game there has
been developed one of the most pleasing
sports of the summer 1t is the game of
outdoor bowling, to be played upon any
lawn that will accommodate the bowling
alley.
1t used to be said that any lawn large
enough to spread out cambria handker-
chief in, was large enough for a croquet
ground. Now it is claimed that any lawn
large enough to dry sweater is big
enough for a bowling alley. You need
length, not breadth. but if you have sixty
feet you can get along.
1t is remarkable fact about a bowling
alley that 1t needs more space outdoors
than indoors. This is due to the physical
strength given by the open air. 1t is the
same with golfng. If you strike ball in
a gymnasium at a practice game. and
send it fifteen feet HIGH you are doing very
well. Outdoors you can't help driving it
thirty feet in the air The lungs get a full
breath of ozone and they give strength
to the muscles
In bowling you want an alley not more
than sixty feet long if you play indoors.
Outdoors you can lroll upon as long az
alley as you can find, the longer the bet
ter, provided you have the balls for carry
ing. An alley eighty feet long and six
feet wide was used with good effect by
suburban bowling club One 100 feet in
length, perfectly level, without the Sight
est aid for the bowlers, allowed the play
ers to average a high score But that has
nothing to do with the fact that you can
make very good bowling alley in your
front yard If you have enough space for
any game at all and the full width of your
house, say fifty feet.
There is great deal written about Q
balls for bowling. Experts say they
should weigh from two and a half to four
pounds, but you find some of the best wo-
men players rolling only a two-ponud bail
1t is ali as you have accustomed your
hands to holding the ball. If you are used
to big ball you oSn iisef4t well, but if
you have handled only the little ones you
viii do better execution with a two-pound
than with a. four.
In indoor bowling the size Of the balls
should depend upon the length of the alley
and its material An outdoor bowling al
ley may be Of grass, and in that case you
want a very light ball of the most elastic
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years. and in spite OF the fact that the
swindles discovered and the percentage
or rejections is amazing, the dealer VIII
not learn his lesson, but still lives la hope
mat the foxes may some day counfound
the red-haired barbarian and enable him
10 reap the reward Of his mlsdirected a-
bors. one can but vaguely realize the
confusion caused In New York " Il were
round necessary to unpack, examine ana
repack all the multitudnous merchandise
OF American make which daily leaves that
port for alien shores.
The tea brokers consider Japan as yet IN
the stone age. from the number Of cobble'
stones found In ,oa boxes destined for ex-
port and prominent tea shipper In Yoko-
hama assured me That he could have
erected house for himself had he pre-
served the multitude OF stones which have
reached him In tea cases during the last
ten years.
For fertility of resources and schemes
destined TO hornswoggle the foreign devil
the average japanese runs the Bombay
Arab wonderfully close second. To
enumerate them would be hopeless task
put one OF the commonest methods, which
mere ranks IN the same category with me
Eoid brick manipulation and the illuslve
pea IN America. ] regard as well worm
reproducing
assured that his foreign client Is not be-
ing swind.ed.
Although this has been going on foe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09

do now. The secretary of state
board of agriculture and the state land
agent thought the idea a most admirable
one. An arrangement was made whereby
Mr.. Jones, at his own expense sent sew,
eral carloads of barley into the Aroostook
region, and Land Agent Oak undertook
to supervise its distribution among the
farmers.
One would have supposed that the till
ers Of the soil would have been grateful
for such aid and opportunity as were thus
gratuitously offered to them. But they
were not. Far from II. Instead of meet
ing with gratitude and communication. the
states agent has had to face what is
described as "a storm of opposition" The
Aroostook grangers are up in arms
against barley and barley-ralsiug. The
members of the Houlton Grange have for
mally condemned barley-raising for beer.
making purposes, and as no farmer can
be absolutely certain that, If he raises
barley and sells it, 1t will not be used for
the manufacture OF malt. 1t is obvious that
they have practically pledged themselves
not to raise any barley. except for their
own use. 1t is asserted that the grane-
ers in every town in the county have
Joined the county temperance league in
"a crusade" against what was intended 10
be a benehcent project. The clergymen
have Joined in the hue and cry against
the grain. ~
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Famous shop TO ne Rared.
From tho chicago Chronicle,

From the Chicago Chronicle
one of the landmarks OF Ludgate circus
and Fleet street. London, is Hardham's
tobacco shop. which will soon disappear
after more than century's existence, in
order to widen the thoroughfare. About
the middle OF last century John Hardham.
a Chichester man-nunkey, lapidary, actor
and theater check counter by turn-set up
In business as a tobacconist In Fleet street.
His shop was surmounted by red lion
and guarded by highlander lie vend-
ed a special mixture OF snun, No. 81, which
Garrick obl'gingiy puffed In one OF his COM
edles Thereupon the shop was thronged
by all the fashionab.cs OF London and
Hardham made money fast. on his death
IN i772 he wiiled his fortune Of $1,000 for
the benefit Of the charities Of his native
town OF Chichester. His mo. 81" was
doubtless 80 named from the number OF
the drawer In which Il was kept. but az
one time a story was current TO the effect
that thirty-seveh was selected by Lord
Townsend as the nomenclature OF the
snuff, as Il represented the majority gain
ed by the government In an important a.
vision IN the Irish House OF Commons
while he was lord lieutenant
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HAVE NO FIXED PRICES.
Dealing With the Merchants Of III.
NKikadO's Realm.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

ASAAA AAAC OAA4NdsSO chronicle.
Foreign buyers of Japanese product.
are slowly and painfully realizing the ola
truism that IF figures don't lie liars a..
ure;" that fixed prices in Japan are nevo,
fixed; that the stranger within the coD,
mercial gates is fieeced according 10 n,
limit of his knowledge of them and Tho
length of the fleece; that most Japansya
bronze is brass, that much of the SOCIAL
ed enameled cloisonne is not enamel b,4
wax; that here carved ivory changes il.
principles and becomes cunningly MANN.
ulated celluloid; that antiquities of anaz.
ing age are here made cheaper and NOR,
artistically than at Birmingham; thar
cheap Japanese lacquer doesn't stand in
our climate and that the bamboo furni-
ture. cut green and kept in cool room.
pops like a pistol and scatters fantasu,
oriental bugs over the carpets of our fur,
nace-heated homes.
The japanese workmen of to-day differ
greatly from the artisans of old japan.
who spent patient months, and even years
of toll in fashioning one beautiful vase
an ivory netsuke or a royal tapestrv
Then the main idea was to make some
thing beautiful. Now it is to make some~
thing to sell to not too discriminatins
globe trotters. of whom Americans ar,
largely in the majority
Japanese products to-day are but du-
bious simulacrumS of those of the past
Much display for a little money is the
present watchword. This being the case
Japan may in time become an agile com
petitOr of Germany, but never of America
Politeness, metaphorically speaking, is
a coin which passes current throughou.
the civilized world, is generally accepted
at its face value, and is rarely rung on
the counter to test its genuineness. Po-
likeness, however, is not always synony-
nous with perfect sincerity, and foreign
ers unacquainted with the inner work
ings of the Japanese mind are prone 10
attribute their extreme politeness to I'M
bounded good will, and the people, as a
mass, are apt to be registered by time
pressed tourists as pleasing, sympathetic
and congenial. Practical manufacturers
of the occidental world nevertheless look
askance at a people who are ever ready
to evade. by fair means or foul, certain
commercial responsibilities which follow
in the train of goods purchased, and are
quick to believe that the truest politeness
springs from a kind heart and nobility Of
soul, and that loose business methods
never yet established permanent compe-
tition.
OF the millions of feet of straw braid
tons of small china pieces, hundreds of
bales of raw silk, paper, etc, constantly
being brought from the interior and ship,
ped from Y Yokohama and Kobe, every incl
must be unpacked and carefully examine,
IN the go-downs before the broker can fee
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09

OF the board. Every effort is made to have
the alley rustic" At the same time II
must be waterproof for anything that
can spoil with rain is short-lived in the
outdoor alley.
The post of honor in an outdoor aIlev
is the corner occupied by the pin boy, or
the bowling caddy," as he likes to call
himself. This post is gener lily taken by
some small boy in the neighborhood vino
combines business with pleasure in his
own way. In certain suburb there is
a boy of 10 who printed his own cards
ana sent them around bearing the follow
ing legend:
Master Donald Gardiner, caddy in gen
eral TO Germantown and caddy in particu.
lar TO Mrs. -, announces that he can
take few more engagements to pick up
bowling pins. He can come mornings
as soon as school closes. p. S.-Don'
make the work 4th of July
In the blank line he inserts the name
OF the lady whose patronage he desires
and sends her the card. If she accepts
she mails it back with her thanks and
acceptance
AS several of Master Donald Gardeners
bowling patrons are people of taste, lie
is obliged to wear a suit to match their
livery, and to execute lightning change
at certain hours.
Dresses for bowling are "a mixture Of
free-and-easy and dressed up" That is
the way a young woman who is now
having an outdoor alley built described
them. She meant that they were of con-
Ventional length and of conventional an
pearance, but specially designed to be
comfortable.
This description is only met in it's per-
feet form by the bolero, the women say;
ana the boiero over a shirt waist is a
dressy thing for any one to look upon. The
bowling skirt is, by popular consent. of
some imported material. There are Eng
fish tweed, and Scotch plaid, and Irish
facecloth, and German wool ANYTHING
with foreign name makes a good bowling
dress, because it is sure to be strong. 1t
must not be long, for the bowler
must stoop and run STEP or at least keen
her balance when bent far forward, and
this she cannot do if she steps into the
front of her skirt
The bowling shoe is fancy. The Louis
Quinze with long tongue, standing as tall
as the ordinary boot, is a favorite so are
the Louis Quartoze heels. They make a
combination of these that is called the
bowling shoe. 1t had buckle upon the
front, and makes the bowlers foot look
very tiny.
Bowling is very fine exercise, so they
say. But the reason outdoor
bowling is coming in so fast is not because
1t is such good exercise as much as be-
cause it is something new, and because a
pretty girl looks twice as pretty posing
a ball in her hand, her eye flashing with
the aggressiyeness Of the conqueress!
Harry Germaine.
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narIcy-RalsIns a sln In MnInc.
From the Hnrtford Tlmo

ANAN AAAN AAMA AANiM AAtlfNs
The brewing OF malt and disullatlon NJ
alcohol arc and long have been regarded
az very wicked by many people In Maine
But down In the big Aroostook country
tho farmers, or a portion OF them. mr.,
actually up Ia arms against a propos,.
ton 70 Increase their prosperity bv an.
cultivation OF barley as erop. Franl,
Jones OF Portsmouth. n. H.. who uses \
vast amount or barley In his breweries
ana who "a also very largely interested h.
Maine, conceived the idea that IA wouii
be a good plan 10 have enough barley n.
bis use produced on the fertile plains ~
Aroostook instead OF sending to CnnaA,
Tor most Of what he uses, as he has 4,
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preserved by the Christians of 20.
A church was erected on what is S,osne.
De the site Of the slaughter. and ia Il to
now as THE Church of Eleven TI,n ,A,lo"n
Virgins" The bones were PLACED ~ 4. nd
treasure-chamber of the sanctuary - me
are regarded by the devout of CoIoss-,r. ana
being of priceless value. A visitor IA as
recently entered the treasure-room va" 5s
scroes 1t as "a chamber walled aronr3
with crossbones paneled in nac1,-t ~ d
signs where innumerable SKINS - 90 Ne
at me in CHASTITY rows, and where sisal '-'l,'u
limbs protrude from many and ancient ~ ,o9
ieWeled casket" '' ana
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e, Louis, May IA ST. Louis capitalist
med to ride the bike!
lat is the beginning Of a long story.
was a rich capitalist; not one of the
that talks about money, but one Of
kind that handles It and has it.
Nothing Is as wearing as money. If
you put it away it worries you. If you
don't put it away you are kept busy ex-
changing it for something else.
This capitalist was on the verge of nerv-
Gus prostration and was looking about
for retreat in which to rest his weary
brain. He wanted one where they we're
kind to the inmates.
one day he saw a picture Of a bicycle.
A few minutes after he saw a man rid
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09
THE HUNTER AND THE LION.
A Realistic story of How a Man MAY
Meet Death Ina an Encounter.

He Is young doctor and surgeon on
board one of the small gunboats placed on
a great African lake. Fresh colored still.
though slightly tanned by exposure to the
lake winds, with merry Irish eyes of blue
gray a square-cut jaw, and an obstinate
chin. long upper lip, a little whlsker at
the temples. and short wiry back-brown
hair. Like many men of his class he is a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09

outside the door. What more natural
thah the step beyond, to the wheelmen's
own church! Harvey Lincoln
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A CHURCH FOR BICYCLISTS,
ST. Louis Capitalist Has Planned One for
the Exclusive Use of WheeImen.

In street ana
STRAIGHT Their PeWs-Paces fOr
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CHURCH OF THE 1900 VIRGINS,
The Fate of the Christian Fiancee of
a Heathcn Teuton Prince.
From the Pittsburg Dispat

Sc UrsuIa's church, at Cologne, has
probably one of the most remarkable
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-09-27

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT of the State of Ore
i gon for Wasco County.
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. a
corporation organized under the laws of the
State OF Oregon Plaintiff
Thomas j. Bulger and - Bulger, his wife,
whose given name is unknown to plaintiffs
D. L. Gates, George Gardiner and Fannie E.
Gardiner, Defendants.
To Thomas J. Bulger, - Bulger, whose given
name is unknown to plaintiff, George Gardi-
ner and Fannie f. Gardiner, defendants
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON
you and each of you are hereby required to ap
pear d answer the complaint filed against you
in the above entitled action on or before the
first day of the term of the above entitled court
in the order for the publication of this sum
mons, to wit: on or before the Sth day of No
vember, 1897 that being the first day of the next
regular term of said court, and if you fail to so
appear and answer the complaint OF the plain
tiff for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to
the court for the Judgment prayed for IN said
conn plant, towit: For the condemnation and
appropriation for right-of-way for a railroad of
a strip of land one hundred feet wide over and
across the following described lands: COmmenC-
ing at a oint lI9O feet north from the southeast
corner of the southwest quarter OF section six,
township two north, range eight east, in Wasco
county, Oregon, thence north 20 feet to point;
to point in the orth boundary of the right-of-
way of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
Com pany's right-of-way; thence southwesterly
along said north boundary of said right-of-way
to the place of beginning, containing 22CO acres.
Also another tract of land situated in said Sec
ton six, described follows, to-Wit: Com
mencing at point in the south boundary OF tue
righr-of-way of the said Oregon Railroad and
Navigation Company, which point is 1175 feet
north and 800 feet east of the southeast corner of
the southwest quarter of section six, township
two north, range eight east; thence north sc de-
grees and "a minutes east, S15 feet to point on
the south boundary of the said right-of-way /;
thence a curve to the left with and along the
said boundary of said right-of-way in awesterIy
course TO the place of beginning, containing
4710O acres; said land to be used for the reloca-
ton OF the railway of said PLAINTIFFS across said
premises as provided by section 3241, Hill An
notated Laws of the State of Oregon. And plain
tiff will also take Judgment for its costs and dis
burSements in this action.
This summons is served upon the defendants
above named by publication thereof in THE
DALLEs CHRONICLE by order of Hon. w. L. Brad.
| shaw, Judge of the Seventh Judicial District of
the State of Oregon, made at chambers in Dalles
City, Oregon, this 25uh day of September, 1897.
W. W. COTTON,
J. NJ. LONG and
w. H. WILSON,
sept25 Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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d. ath of Arthur G. Phelps.

Mr.. Phelps came to Oregon in 1852,
which made him one of our oldest resi-
dents. He came from Salmon river
with Mr.. J. w. Blakeney. who waited
sixteen days for him with his teams at
that place. Mr.. Phelps first settled at
Puget sound, but in 1854 OF, 1856 came
back to Oregon aud settled at Hood
River. In June, 1864, at that place he
married the lady who survives him, and
in 1874 they buried their only daughter,
Grace.
Born in 1928, Mr.. Phelps was the
youngest of eight children, some of
whom are still living at the old home in
Michigan. He also leaves one son, liv-
ing in this city. Stricken two years
ago with the disease which ended his
life, he has sat helplessly in his chair,
awaiting, in patient submission, the
summons from his Maker. In all that
time he uttered no complaining word
over his hard fate, and left this world
with hope and confidence in Him who
called him to bear that grievous burden.