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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-28
Because Her Name Was Dewey

There was a significant demonstration
of kindliness on the part Of the wounded
soldiers in Roosevelts hospital few days
ago. In most instances the disabled he
roes from Cuba do not lack attention, and
those in Roosevelt hospital have from
time to time received gifts of flowers fruits
and delicacies Of various kinds In one of
the wards of this hospital there is a young
girl named Dewey, who has been i'll for
long time with a hopeless malady, and
whose case has excited both the concern
and the sympathy of the physicians and at
PENDANTS.
In some manner the wounded soldiers in
another part of the hospital heard abou,
the suffering girl and their patriotic inter-
est being aroused by the name she bore,
they asked her many questions regarding
her case, and ascertalned that she was
poor, and that aside from her one or two
faithful relatives she had no other visitors
than Kings Daughters. By common con-
sent the wounded boys in blue constituted
themselves special friends of Miss Dewey,
and selecting the best Of their own bounflful
store of flowers and delicacies they made
up fine basket which they sent to her
bedside.
The suffering girl was unable to enjoy
any of the delicacies because of her pc
culiar malady, but the spirit of the gift
touched her most agreeably, and the sigh.
OF the flowers, she said, helped her to for
get her pain.-New York Times.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-28

"what is the matter. old man? You look
hot and excited
"Just been trying to dodge cross-eyed
girl on bicycle. "-DAtroit FreA Press.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-28
ODD THINGS AND QUEER PEOPLE

A Denver official owns an Episcopal
prayer-book which made more converts
among the Dakota Indians than all the
others ever printed. The book was bound
in metal. At the top of each cover was an
appliance for the insertion of an electric
wire. The missionary using 1t among the
Indians had concealed in his clothing a
small battery, which he connected with
the prayer-book. An Indian allowed 20
hold the book for a second felt a Sigh:
shock, and promptly attributed 1t to the
power of the white mans religion.
The Norwegian corps of skaters, a force
peculiar to the army of that country, is
body of soldiers armed with rifles, who can
be maneuvred upon ice or over the snow
fields of the mountains with rapidity
equal to that of the best trained cavalry.
The skates used are admirably adapted for
travelling over rough and broken ice or
frozen snow, being six inches broad and
between nine and ten inches long. In as
cending steep slopes the men take a zigzag
course, lacking up the mountain side as a
ship does against a head wind.
A foreign letter states that Prince Ferdi-
nand of Bulgaria persists in continuing to
render himself ridiculous. When at Carts
bad last summer he conferred one of his
decorations upon the local chiropodist who
had attended to his feet, and now 1t is an
nounced that while travelling from st.
Petersburg to Berlin he was so pleased
with the good cheer provided for him at TIE
railroad restaurant al Dantxig that on
leaving he solemnly invested the manager
of the eating house with the order of st.
Alexander, presumably in lieu of tip.
Here Is an extract from the will of the
late DR.. Cruel, of Philadelphia: "My
niece, Mrs. Bertha Lutz, shall have all that
is pertaining to the family of Cruel.
wish that she should take great care of a
basket containing the hair of members of
my family for hundred and fifty years
back. My collection of pipe cases and
pipes, which are pieces OF art and value,
shall be given 20 the Memorial museum a
Paramount park, provided they agree to
keep it in ORDER
Birds have separate notes Of warning to
indicate whether danger is in the form of a
hawk or cat, or of a man. If a hawk,
cat or owl is on the move the birds, es-
pecially biackbirds. always utter clatter-
ing note, constantly repeated, and chickens
have special sound to indicate the pres
ence of a hawk. But when disturbed y.
man the blackbirds have quite differen;
sound of alarm, and the chickens also.
Animals on the march are usually SILENT
but the hamadryad balloons use several
words of command, and the cries of cranes
and geese when flying in ordered flocks
are very possibly signals or orders.
English herring fishermen are, many of
them. remarkably superstitious. For in
CT nOn an 1-ts
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-28
The Rostrum

The spectacle of Lieutenant Hobson on
the rostrum recalls the fact that the ora
tors platform received Its name originally
from the iron 'beak" or PROV Of a ship,
The "Ros ira" in the old Forum of Rome was
embellished with two rows of the bronze
prows of ships of the Latin fleet captured
according to Livy) at Antum, in 1888 B. c.
Hobson fittingly spoke of taking the "gun
deck" and his rostrum might be ornament
ed by the prows of the sunsen collier Mer-
rimac and of the wrecked Cristobal Colon.
which cruiser he is to set once more afioat
under the Stars and Stripes instead of the
Spanish red and yellow.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-28
NEWS OF WOMEN WORKERS

Miss Jane Adams of the Hull House setv
tement of Chicago is giving a course OF
nine lectures on Social Theories and Ethi-
cal Survivals" at the summer school OF the
state university of West Virginia.
Miss HASTE, Scotch woman, Is about to
undertake a scientific expedition to the
South sea. Fifteen women have signifed
their intention of joining the expedition, for
which a barkentine is being fitted in Syd-
ney harbor. Miss Haste proposes to make
scientific collections and to take meteorolo-
g.cal observations. Miss Prince, botanist,
will be in the party, and conchology and an
thropology will be studied. They intend to
visit the New Hebrides, the Friendly ISL
ands and other groups.
Mrs. M. A. Curtis, the Afro-American
woman who went south under orders from
Surgeon General Sternberg to get another
rs immune colored nurses for Santiago, was
so successful that her quota was increased,
and she returned to Washington, having
secured 129 immunes for the work. By or
der of the war department, Mrs Curtis
then started for Tampa to see that her
nurses got off by the ship designated for
the purpose by the department, and she Is
then to continue her travels south, in order
to secure at least so additional immune
nurses.
That hard working class of women known
as the purchasing agents, or commission
ers, who gain livelihood from the big
stores through the orders they place with
their customers, have been classed as COM
mercial brokers by the internal revenue
authorities at Washington. They have also
been assessed 500 each as such, and have
decided to form an organization to protect
themselves. Their first action after organ
ization will be an effort to have the ruling
revoked which causes them so much hard
ship. 1t is known that quite a number Of
them have been forced to give up their
calling simply for the reason that they
could not afford to pay the war tax.
Miss Sarah G. Weeden has been appoint
ed superintendent of the Charlestown
(Mass.) almshouse. This marks depart
ure In the management of that institution.
Hitherto 1t has been general almshouse
for both men and women, but, after care
full consideration, the trustees for paupers
have decided to make. ~ an almshouse for
women and aged couples, to resemble, so
far as possible, an old ladies' home. Miss
Weeden, the new superintendent, Is dis
.ant relative of the poet, Whittier. Her
previous experience is such as to mt her tor
the work she has undertaken. The trus.
tees mean to accommodate from 100 to Lao
pauper women at Charlestown. and the
building, which Is pleasant and comforts
able, though old-fashioned, can readily be
adapted to thelr use.-New York Evening
Fast
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the Spaniards are adding rs and US to
make them natural."S
"Cervera's fleet were hardships after
ALL"
''The difference between a Spanish
cannon and second hand evening suit
is that the former Is fired but does not
hit, and the latter is hired but does not
fit"
can American squadron sails to fight:
a Spanish one fails to sight,
"Most Spanish senors are below Amer
lean freshmen"
For the average Spaniard Irdon't care
a Dom"
MARGHERITA ARLINA FIAMM,
Inspector of Supplies, Head of Nurses
Staff. Women's Auxiliaries, National
Guard.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-28
SENTRY GO

sentry go. to and fro,
While the hours drag on, and the time goes
slow;
Sentry go, when the sun is low.
Till far in the east comes tfA morning glow:
To and fro. till the trees around
Seem foes to the front and rear.
In the mist that comes from the cold, wet
ground
They seem to come creeping near:
And faces loom in the darkness there
And hideous Nightmares grow
And cries OF death all the night winds bear.
Yet still we sentry go.
Sentry go, to and fro,
Ready and steady to strike blow
When the skulking foe shall show.
Then face to face shall our rifles crack,
Face to face till their firing's slack,
And face to face will we force them
back,
As they feel the British steel
OF the men who sentry go.
Sentry go, to and fro.
While the camps asleep, and the watch
fires glow
They are safe in their trust of the sentry 60.
TO and fro In the midnight hush,
Or the stir of waking world.
When we start and bark at whisp' ring
rush.
Lest a foe thereon is curled.
We keep our watch though our comrades
Death
Who may, strike an unseen blow,
And we bark for his step with bated
breath .-r
AS still we sentry go.
Sentry go, to and fro,
Ready and steady to strike a blow
When the skulking foe shall show,
Then face to face shall our rifles crack,
Face to face till their firing's slack.
And face to face will we force them
back,
As they feel-the British STEEL
or the men who sentry go.
IT. M F. In Pick-Me-U
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-28
Spanish Names

The Spanish names
Still bother me,
The Spanish names
We daily see.
I tackle 'em
Both day and night,
/ tackle EN-
They're never right.
/ try to say
Them as l should,
The Spanish way
That Span!ards would.
Yet every hour
Some new one comes
With puzzling power
To vex my drums.
And now they lug.
In headlines big
The town Of PUG
Or Is it Puig?
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-28

ton Of the woman with the past 1t is re-
garded as an institution of morality and
humanity. With Its opportunities for
putting the ruined noble on his feet again,
1t is regarded as the salvation OF high class
society itself.-New York Sun.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-28
Poultry Advice

Now that ex-President Cleveland has
gone into the chicken-rdsing business, we
hasten to remind him that 1t is utterly i'm
possible to hatch Democratic rooster from
glass egg.-Utica Observer.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-28
MIDSUMMER
It 8 hot

It's hot
The quivering air by no cool breeze is
stirred,
The locusts' "Sting!" on every side Is
heard.
The parching grass looks dull and dead.
and brown,
Beneath the suns rays, fiercely beating
down.
The leaves hang limp and lifeless on the
trees,
All nature sighs-but vainly!-for a breeze.
It's hot!
It's hot!
But If you keep your mind upon the task
That's set before you; If you do not ask
How high the mercury is soaring now,
Or mop the perspiration from your brow,
In short, If unconcernedly you go
About your daily work, you'll hardly know
It's hot!
-Somerville Journal.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-23

Keller. of the Baltimores, who is the
champion batsman of the National
League. is a remarkable hitter Cor his
size. He is one of the smallest and light
est players in the country. and yet he
made 243 safe hits last year. His work
effectually disposes of the idea that big,
heavy men make the best batters, an
opinion that prevailed among magnates
and fans for years.
In the days gone by the Leagues bat
ting honors were won by Mike Kelly. An
son, Gore, Brouthers and other heavy
weights, who were known as ''sluggers,"
and there are many big fellows in the
League now who are patterned after the
style of the veterans. But the fact that
Burkett, of the Clevelands. a small man.
led the League two years in succession
gave the first real inkling that Ii was not
necessary to be a giant in order to hit
hard.
Keller. so bali players say, has a re-
markably good eve Few pitchers can
fool him. and he seldom hits at anything
but good balls. He is a free batsman, in
that he can smash the ball squarely,
whether il comes high or low, as long as
il is over the plate. He is also consid-
cred the best right fielder in the game
and a great base runner. He is noted for
his gentlemanly behavior. on and off the
field. He believes that the rowdies should
be squelched without ceremony. Both
the New York and Brooklyn clubs had
Keller, but he was released with scarcely
a trial of skill. He was developed by
Hanlon, who saw what he was capable of
when he was practically a green anna
teur.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-23
SPORTING WORLD Gossip
Breezy Chat of the Ring, Track
and Diamond.
CARTER HANDICAP WEIGHTS
sam Fitzpatrick Amiablc Frame OF
Mind-BiIy Rotchford n Coming
Champion-An Explanation of the
Cause Of Batting Streaks-The Art
eff Batting-0ther Items.

Sam Fitzpatrick is at present in a
very amiable frame of mind. Some
years ago he took charge Of George
Lavigne, then practically unknown, but
a very promising boxer. Under Fitz-
patrick's sl1illful guidance Lavigne rap
idly improved, ul he at last became
the lightweight champion of the
world. Having achieved that distinc-
ton. the boxer announced that in fu-
ture he would manage himself, and
he babe adieu to Fitzpatrick.
The latter Immediately cast about for
another champion, and i'm less than a
year from the time Lavigne cut loose
Fitz had developed another man of
great promise. Jack DAILY, of Whining
ton. has gone steadily TO the front, and
Thursday night at Cleveland DAILY SO
nearly defeated the champion that only
a very doubtful decision saved the Sag
NAV man.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-23

hundred
and fifty

different styles of Baby Car
riages for you to select from.
All new goods, too; this year s
styles. You must be hard to
please, if you cannot find
what you fancy among our
stock. Our prices, which
start as low as s.. 9S, can't be
matched. How about mat
ting? Do you know that we
have the finest stock in town?
Do you know, too, that we let
you make your own terms of
payment? Whatever suits you,
suits us.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-23

Many baseball cranks often wonder
what Is the cause of batting streaks. For
instance a pitcher has been holding n
team Of heavy-hitting opponents down 10
two hits and no runs for six innings.
but suddenly. in the seventh inning. he
is touched uD for half dozen solid
drives in quick succession. In the eighth,
however. he settles down again, and there
IS no more batting How IS IL that his
pitching is easy in one inning and cannot
be touched in the others?" That's an Oft
repeated question, and It has been an
swered in various ways. The best solu-
ton of the problem comes from Manager
Selee of the champion Bostons. He says
that II is simply a question Of sizing up
a pitchers delivery for n single inning,
and then losing the streak, because the
pitcher is clever enough to change his
tactics Says Selee:
II have always instructed my players
to study all opposing pitchers. Men like
Rusie Meekin. Nichols. Corbett, Hoffer,
Breitenstein. and others Of that class.
use their heads so well that their pitching
is far more scientific than the public has
any idea Of For five innings or so the
Bostons try in vain TO hit Rusie, well
say. We watch his delivery carefully.
After a while we perhaps discover that
he is using a slow ball mixed with his
speed or is working us with curve kept
Just outside or the plate. II We gauge
him correctly we try to hit him accord
ingly. Finally we believe that we have
him sized up right, and one Of our bats
men nails out hit. Rusie pays no atten-
ton to II. but the next fellow pops out
another one. A third drive is made, and
Amos begins to realize that we are get
ting on to his curves, literally speaking.
He promptly shifts his style. and in the
next inning, If he is in good form. we
find that ii is necessary to study him all
over again. OF course, many batting
streaks are due to a pitcher losing his
head and not knowing how to keep op-
ponents in check. Batsmen also can do
much by working UP enthusiasm among
themselves and rallying, just as the New
Yorks Bostons and Baltimores did many
times last season. It's invariably the
case, however, that pitchers who know
their business can, in almost every in
stance. cut batting streaks short by
changing their deliveries"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-23
A LECTURE BY DoUMIC.
The Critic Will Discuss French Lit
crature at Catholic University.

Crature at Catholic University.
Rene Doumic. who will lecture at the
Catholic University, on Saturday, is, aft
er Brunetiere probably the most Incl
sive and best equipped of critics in a
country where criticism is both a
science and an art. In his method he is
as different from Brunetiere as Bruno
there is from Anatole France. He is re-
freshingly Christian, but with no toll
Grafton for those whom he calls the de-
cadents Of Christianity, Huysmans, Pc
ladan and others of the sensuous school:
His style is more full Of color than that
of Brunetiere. II is said that he pos
sesses the best Partisan qualities with
out Partisan narCowness; he has, in his
lectures, shown that the life of the pro-
vinces is not altogether provincial"
He holds that literature is the result of
Intellectual and social forces which can
be analysed and defined. AS a college
professOr-he was professor Of rhetoric
in the College Stanislas for ten years
he laid the foundations for that serious
ness which bases all his speech and ac-
quired. too, that facility in treating sol
I'd subjects gracefully which draws such
constant attendants to every lecture he
gives in Paris.
Mr.. Doumic was born in 1860; he is
uldIIltu anu mas Two GUllQf6n. ana, &C
cording to one Of his friends. he throws
his influence against the opinion OF
many of his confreres. and declares that
marriage is favorable to the develop
ment of talent in literary men" His
brother accompanies him during his tour
in America.
Mr. Doumics most valuable books are
Portraits of Authors French Au-
thors Of Today" From Scribe to H.
SEN" and volume of lectures delivered
TO the young ladies Of one of the most
celebrated French schools, entitled THE
History of French Literature"
NJ. Doumic has finished a series of
conferences at Harvard and Yale Uni
Versities and this week he is at Johns
Hopkins University. Baltimore, Md.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-23
The more

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-23
JIMMY MICHAEL.
He May Be Forced to Follow tn"
Turf.

Turf.
II looks as if Jimmy Michael may be
forced to turn jockey and follow the
turf this Summer, although 1t has been
his intention right along while practic-
ing on the horses to stick to the wheel
this year. Now, however, a fat salary
that he received last year from a tire
maker has been withdrawn from him
and it is rumored that he may also lose
the salary he draws from the maker of
the wheel he rides Shafer. Michaefs
manager, is not the kind of a man to
work for glory and at present he is very
impatient with the Welsh midget, be-
cause of Jimmy's fondness for the
horses. Without the support of the tire
and wheel manufacturers. Shafer and
Michael would lose not only the good
=. income but would have to pay the ex-
penses of pacemakers out of the prizes
won This would hardly leave a decent
profit this season and unless Michael
quits fooling around the horses and
makes connections with some other
manufacturer, Shafer is likely to desert
him. In event of such a happening.
Jimmy would probably feel that the ac-
ceptance of a position as jockey would
be the only course left for him.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-23
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-23

There is really no heavyweight cham
pion in America now" said a veteran
lover Of the boxing game yesterday.
"FitZsimmons won the title fairly from
Corbett. but he relinquished all right to
il when he declared he was out of the
ring and, in difference to the promise
he made to his wife, would never fight
again. He is not bright man mental
ly. but even he. after awhile recognized
the fact that he could not eat his cake
and have IL, too. SO he has since tried to
square himself with the public by an
noUncing that he will meet Corbett
again. provided Jim will first fight and
defeat Peter Maher. There is no Eng
fish precedent whatever for this require
ment. FitZsimmons attempts to justify
himself by saying Corbett made him
fight several men before he gave him a
chance at the championship Even If
this is true. IL does not Justify FitZsim-
mons. Corbett had no right to do any
thing Of the kind and following a bad
example is merely eXtenuating Cor
belts conduct. Fitzsimmons now tells
Kid Mccoy he. too. must meet and de
feat Peter Maher before he can get a
chance at him for the championship.
There is no warrant in fistiana that JUS
titles him in so doing. and ii looks TO
me as though he was merely using Ma
her as a fender 10 ward off aspirants for
the title he has forfeited"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-23

Chicago sporting men regard Billy
Rotchford as a coming champion among
the little boxers. He has not attracted
as much attention as he merits. owing
to his weight-ll6 pounds-which places
him between the bantams and the feath-
ers, although he ought to class with the
feathers Rotchford is of the same
weight as "Pedlar' Palmer, OF Eng
land.
In this country there are about thirty
active fighters at this weight, and of the
number Rotchford's worthy opponents
are limited TO two-Sam Kelly and Dave
Sullivan. Palmer is the star of this half
way weight division. Dave Sullivan is
the only one who has tackled Palmer.
He proved awkward, but quite strong.
throughout the twenty rounds. the Eng
lishman gaining an easy decision on
points. Palmer injured his hands early
in the bout. and was content to keep
away with an easy lead. A great many
sporting men think that Rotchford
would have a good chance against Pal
mer.