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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06

The teams OF the Riverside Athletic Club and South
Orange Field Club rolled three games in the Morris
Friday night. The Riversides scored . triple victory.
The scores:
Kirk. l80; staniar. lb2; smith. eos. Total. so7.
H. a.,; a Shepard ISL Una''AuI' 1885, wnd''' 1877 To-
SECOND GAME.
Riverside Athletic Ciub-Cadiz. la; Teller. 100;
Kirk. ios; staniar. i4s; Smith. 1855. Total. 7s7.
south Orange Fielo c~lnbHGrady lcs; Cameron.
Total, 7e4.
Riverside Athletic Club-Cadiz, 100, Teller. 1866;
KIRK. l7s; staniar. 1877; Smith. its, Total. s6a.
south Orange Field ~Ciub-6rady, I7o; Cameron,
Total. 7Vi.
The postponed games between the teams of tho
iBayonne Rowing Association and New Jersey Ath-
llstic Club in the Hudson County trolley Bowling
alleys. ny winning two Of the three games the oars.
men win undoubtedly elinch the championship. The
Bayonne Rowing AssociAtion-o. J.. Prior. 40;
Johnson; i7s' Pyatt' $50; Brown. 1885 Dickson. sio'
New Jersey Athletic Club-southard. 1871; Pitcher.
1875 Bodino. 100; Day. 1893; Lewis. las. Total. 794.
SECOND CANE.
nAyonne Rowing Association-Pnor. 1911, johnson,
loo9i PyAtt, 1905 Brown. 1895 Dickson. l7a. Total.
New Jersey Athletic Club-southard, 100; Pitcher,
l+l' Bodine. l7li Day. 1897 Lewis. l6S. Total. sos.
THIRD 0AME.
IA Rt' Pyss.. h fss: Bt a;sSeli isG9 DIcisen ao i4S !0a 4Stst
New Jersey Athletic club-southard. 1877; Pitcher,
lsAi Bodine. $50; Day. IAS; Lewis. 100. Total. 7So.
The teams Of the First Ward Republican Club OF
three games in the Morris and Essex Bowling Lsaaue
~ Lne formers alleys on Friday night Tho home
team captured TWO OF tne three games The scores;
FIRST GAhK.
First Ward Republican Club--Far9uson. lGs; Aaek
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FIRsT CANE.

Riverside Athletic Club-Cadiz, 1913; Teller. $50;
Kirk. log; staniAr. 1872; Smith. eos. Total. S07.
li THu shs Ss1as ISL fi' Gnd G'dSna rs ik iss; G isa. Go.
tal. 77H.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

suddenly insane a few years ago. His mind
had been disturbed for some time by the
hard-heartedness Of a young woman who
declined to marry him. on the day that
his wits We're completely awry he made
for the magazines with the intention, as
he quietly announced to a young Swedish
recruit whom he met on the way of blow
ing them up. The Swedes eyes stuck out
a this but ne was one of the tribe OF quick
thinkers.
"Ay tank Avn go alang an halp," said
he to the crazy ordnance sergeant, whose
eyes cleaned with insanity.
The sergeant made no response, and the
Swedish recruit walked after him. The
sergeant opened the door OF one of the
main magazines, that held many thou
sands of pounds Of black smooth-lOre pow
der, and started to break out a big box of
it. The Swede saw that the crazy man
actually intended to blow up the maya
zine. When he was convinced of this he
picked up a shellbar, waited for the in
sane man to turn his back and banged him
over the head with it. The ne carried the
crazy ordnance sergeant on his back to
the guardhouse. The Swedish recruit was
a corporal the next day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24
HOGAN,
The Broughton and Barnard SITS.

shall have to give an account of my stew
ardship None Of my class are Christians,
and what shall I say2" a queer feeling
came over me and we wept together. l
prevailed upon him to delay his return
home. and securing a carriage we started
out to visit each one of his class. The
first girl he visited he called by the first
name, and / said: II want you TO be a
Christian" There was no levity then. The
girl broke down and after little talk he
prayed and | prayed. It was the frst
time l had prayed for the conversion OF
souls. We kept this up for ten days Up
to this time my highest ambition was 20
be a business man, but business lost favor
in my eyes. l tell you those were days
of the son OF man on earth. At the end
of the ten DAYS the teacher came to me
with radiant face and said that all had
been converted The night before he LETT
we had a meeting at his home. All the
girls were there. He talked TO them OF
the way of Hfe and then we got down TO
pray. The girls who had been so much
trouble 20 me prayed. 1t was a revelation
We tried to sing blessed BE the Tie that
Binds" but we couldn't do Il. The next
night we went 10 the station to bid the
teacher goodbye. With no previous ar
rangements we all gathered at the station.
As he talked to us the conductor, the
brakemen and tralnmen came and listened
to his simple words | shall never forget
that scene. Business then became re-
pugnant to me and | said 10 God that If
He would take care Of me would give up
business. God has taken care of me ever
since. ] would rather have my position
to-day than that of the Gar of Russia
My dear young friends, whatever profess
sion you take up, make up your mind that
you are going TO be a soul winner
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24
From To-day.

When stating his qualifications for the
desired billet. the young Hindoo IN search
OF employment frequently makes use Of
the following phrase: 81 was candidate
for naturalization at the Bombay univer-
sity." He gives that as a sort Of guaran-
tee of his proficiency In English. 1t does
not follow that our young friend has at
tanned much knowledge for Of the many
candidates. the number that pass the eX
animation rarely exceeds 20 per cent. 1t
has been my lot to act as an examiner at
many matriculations, and ! can vouch for
the authenticity of the following examples
of candidates replies 10 some questions
asked In the English examination papers:
To the question, Give "a short life Of AL
exander the Great" youth wrote: "The
fame OF Alexander has reached so prom
inently before lis. nc played his part on
such lofty stage, that the eye Of the
whole world was upon him, marking the
strong and weak points in his character,
like TO the glare Of sunlight that shows MS
the defects on our body which the night
conceals"
OF Diogenes one youth gave the follow
ing information: He lived in large
tube" while another said that "an earth
en- tub was has inseparable companion"
The Cynics were described as "a kind Of
ornament worn Ia the court" Another re-
ferred to Themistocles as being IAN Ain
enian statement" which reminds me of
young Hindoo clerk who described Niagara
as "a large American contract" ! have
heard Illish described as a nymph."
THE servant of Eliza" a colony in the
Portuguese" IAN Arabian province IN the
Persian gulf"
In an essay on the subject, Adversely
tries friends" one youth introduced the
story Of the Drodigal son, whom he des-
cfibed as having been driven by hunger To
feed on the tusks Of his own pigs
Here are a few strange and wonder
full definitions Of words which ! have
called from the examination papers:
Custom and Habit.-Custom is annual
Habit Is not. THE habit Of rain is TO
wet things" HE has a habit Of drink
ing and q custom of falling in cutters
after its intoxica ton"
Entire and Complete.-"Entire means
very completely. Complete is that which
Is not entire"
Pride and Vanlty.-l"A cock struts with
pride on account OF the vanity Of his
hinder part"
only and Alone.-"He came alone, that
is without bringing his wife"
Authentic and Genulne.--''A genuine
book il one N which tales s-re written
whether true or false; an authentic book
IL one IN which many Of the words are
not written by The author"
one youth explained the sentence, '.He
was such methodical man that he used
10 check his accounts daily" "He was
man of the Methodist religion. VINO spent
nothing az all day by day"
The most absurd mistakes, however, &C.
cur IN dictatiOn. The sentence, "Haunts
Of nymDhs in the days Of Heriod, and lairs
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

come Of nearly 100000 per annum, par
tally derived from large Investments in
New York. The Italian royal family
have private income of $4,000 a year.
also very largely derived from American
property. Thus the British royal family
IS b. far the poorest of the great ruling
houses.
The Sultan Of Turkey as a despot is. Of
course, fabulously rich. His annual eN-
peuses are said TO amount to six million
sterling. \ million and half OF This
goes for the clothing of his harem, fSoOGJ
for his own wardrobe. a. 10000 for pres
enis, 100000 for pocket money and an
other 100000 for his table 1t seems in
credible that one man can spend SO much
money in one year, but when il is re
membered that some IT, 500 people live
within the palace walls, live luxuriously
and dress extensively at the cost of the
civil list, it appears more comprehend
bic.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

of pirates in the days Of Byron" was rem
dered: Horns of lmps in the days OF
hsau, and layers OF parrots in the days
OF Byron"
In one of the higher examinations the
subject was Shakespeares' play OF Rich
ard III candidate was asked for a,
snort sketch OF the character of this mon
arch. He wrote: Richard III was a
patron OF the Fine arts, he painted beauti-
fully, and was a skilled musician, ana If
he had been spared would doubtless have
become one of the most enlightened SOW
ereigns that ever graced che English
Throne"
Itindoo clerk once wrote to me i'm
ploring charity for a female relative On
the following grounds: "She is widow.
poor chap, and has two little post-mortem
children"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24
now ID. l.. MOODY WAS CONVERTED
His Personal "Reminiscences to the |
students at NOrthfieId - The An
nuaI Field Day.

nuaI Field Day.
Mortified (Mass) Letter in Springfield
Republican.
Mr. Moody's description OF how he came
to enter Christian work made a marked
impression upon his hearers. He said in
part: 1 do not Ike to talk about myself
but If / can be Of any help to you young
men, am willing to do IL, for that is what
am here for. / do not believe that there
is a man in this haIl who was so un-
promising as / when 1 began work. / be-
ieve that when a man Is truly born of
God he has the impulse 20 work, but when
l began / was awfully bungling. one
thing / knew, that whereas l was once
blind / could see, ] didn't know how to go
to work. ] used to get up in meeting and
exhort until the minister came and told
me with a stammering voice thai he hadn't
any doubt that j was a Christian, but il
wasn't my work 70 talk. Then / went TO
work and engaged a good pew In the
church and invited young men 10 sit in 81,
but / never said a word 10 them about
their souls. / thought that was the minis
ter's duty. ] had such success getting men
in thai ! soon engaged five Dews Then
/ went to q mission Sunday school and Of
fered my services as a teacher They said
that they had enough, but if 1 wanted to
/ could have a class If / could get The
scholars / had success getting boys in and
furnished the other teachers with boys
| was a commercial traveller then and i
had 10 20 away and when ] came back
1 made my maiden speech scolding the
teachers, and the boys shouted Bully for
Moody" which made the other teachers
mad. 50 / got out Then / hired a hali,
which was used for a dance hall during
The week, and was filled with tobacco
smoke most of the time. ] used TO clean
the building out myself Sunday mornings,
for didn't believe then in hiring any one
to work for me Sundays. / didn't know
how 20 teach so ! used 20 tell stories /
had a chorister who stammered. And while
ne sang / would think up another story
one day / got up a stump ana ] asked
him 10 tell story, and no said, You
ttt-ell mo wwwhat to sss-a-y and / Will
sssing it,"
The school was a success. ! had be-
tween OO0 and 1900 boys. and when Lin
coin was nominated for President he visit
ed the school. ] had the biggest Sunday
school in Chicago and l was greatly eiatcd,
but there were no conversions. One sun
dav one Of the teachers was absent and
took the class, a class Of girls. Wei, IL
was a picnic / declare / believe that
they were born gigglng. ] couldn't do a
thing with them During the week their
teacher came to me with "a sad counte-
nance He told me that he had had a
hemorrhage and was going 10 die II shall
soon meet my Master" he said, "and 1
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-03

Africa We're evidently Joined by land at
no very distant epoch of the earth's his
tory, the districts north OF the Sahara
are, for geological purposes, regarded as
part of Europe and Asia. Typical, or
Ethiopian Africa, as it is more generally
termed, includes, therefore, only such
portion of the Continent as lies to the
south of the northern tropic.
But the critical reader may perhaps
here be led to remark that some at least
of the animals of Northern Africa are
common to the South; the lion, whose
range extends from Algeria to the Cape,
affording case in point. TO this it may
be replied that, popular prejudice not
withstanding, the lion cannot in any sense
be looked upon as a characteristic Afrl-
can animal. Although year by year grow
ing rarer, 1t to this day still fingers on
in certain parts of Western India, while
1t is likewise found in Persia and Meso-
potamia and within the historic period
was common in Southeastern Europe. 1t
may to a certain degree be regarded as a
cosmopolitan animal, when may nave op-
tanned entrance into Africa by more than
one route. In q minor degree the same
may be said of the hippopotamus, which
was formerly found in the lower reaches
of the Nile. and at a much earlier period
In many parts OF Europe. Being an
aquatic animal it can avail itself of routes
OF communication which are closed to
purely terrestrial creatures.
One of the fauna of typical Africa, as
q whole some of the most striking fea-
lures are OF a negative natures that is to
say, certain groups which are most wide
ly spread in most other districts of the
Old World are conspicuous by their alb
sence. This deficiency Is most marked
In the case Of bears and deer, neither of
which are represented throughout the
whole OF this vast expanse OF country.
Pigs allied TO the wild swine of Europe
and India are likewise lacking; their
place being taken by the bush-pigs and
the hideons wart-hogs, both of which
are among the most characteristic OF
African animals. Except for couple of
species of ibex in the hills OF the north
east, sheep and goats are likewise un-
known in a wild state. Among other alb
sentees in the fauna special mention may
be made OF marmots and their near al
lies the susllks. as we'll as OF voles, bea-
vers. and moles.
OF the mammals which may be re-
garded as characteristic of typical Africa
as whole, the following in addition to
the bush-pigs and wart-hogs already
mentioned, are some OF the most i'm
2ortant Among the monkeys, the most
widely distributed are the tideons
balloons, now restricted to Africa and
Arabia. the southern portion of the latter
country being included in the same great
geological province. The guenous species,
OF which are the monkeys common
~ led about by organ-grinders, have
also wide distribution on the Continent
although. or course, more abundaEy in
the forest regions than elsewhere; and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-03

quite peculiar TO the Continent. 10
great extent the ostrich is characteristic
of Africa and Arabia, although there IS
evidence to show that it formerly enjoy
ed a considerable range in parts OF Asia
The above are only a few of the more
striking instances showing how diHereht
are the animals of Africa as a whole
from those of the rest of the world. OF
course there are many groups, like the
cats, common 10 other countries. the non
and the leopard being found alike III
Africa and India; but such do not detracl
from the popularity of the African fauna,
as a whole And here, 1t may be men-
toned that a large proportion OF the
types now peculiar TO the DARK continent
appear to have come from India or some
adjacent country, fossil remains of ba-
boons, CRATES, hippopotami. ostriches,
antelopes, of an African type. and not
improbably zebras, having been discovered
in the Tertiary deposits of India.
But If the animals of Africa as whole
stand out in marked contrast to those or
the rest Of the world, much more is this
the case when those characteristic OF GER
tain districts of that huge continent are
alone taken into consideration. And most
especially is this so with the inhabitants
OF the great tropical forest districts eX-
tending from the west coast lar into tho
interior of the Continent-reaching, In
fact, the watershed between the basins OF
the Congo and the Nile in the neighbor-
hood of Wadelai Since large number or
the peculiar animals of this district are
more or less exclusively confined to the
west coast extending from the Sierra
Leone to the Congo, the area is appro-
prfately termed the West-African sub
region 1t is here alone that We find the
gorilla and the chimpanzee, the former
being restricted 10 the nelghborhood of
the coast, whereas the latter ranges far
into the heart OF the continent. And this
district is likewise the exclusive home OF
the pretty little mangabys, or monkeys
with white eyelids. The galagos, which
are near relatives of some of the lemurs
of Madagascar extend throughout the
forest region; but the even more curious
pottos, or thumbless lemurs, are confined
to the west coast. Huge and forbidding
fox-bats, some of them with remarkable
tufts OF long, white hairs on the shoulders,
are likewise restricted to this portion of
the tract, as is the insectivorous otter,
first discovered during the travels OF Du
Chaillu. The equatorial forest tract is
also the sole habitat of the African flying
squirrels distinguished from the very diff
ferent flying squirrels OF Asia by the pres
ence OF a number of scales on the under
surface Of the tail. Dormice OF peculiar
types and tree mice are also very charac-
teristic of this tract. But far more .cene-
rally interesting are the pigmy hipIakjota-
mus Of Liberia and the water chevrotains
Of the west coast, an ally OF the true
chevrotains of India and the Malay coun-
tries. SO far, indeed, as the equatorial
forest tract fauna has any representative
in other parts of the world. It is 10 the
Malay peninsula and islands that the re-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-03

the guerezas have also a considerable
range In q totally different group, the
curious little jumping shrews form a
peculiarly interesting family of African
mammals belonging to the insectiverous
order. There are also many peculiar
genera of mungooses, but as most of these
have more or less local distribution
they can scarcely be considered charac-
teristic Of the Continent as whole; still.
they are quite different from those found
elsewhere. very curious carnivorous
animal, known as the aardwolf, strik-
ingly like a small striped hyena, is not
the least peculiar among the animals
of Africa, where it has a comparatively
+ wide range. The hunting dog, which
presents a considerable resemblance to
the spotted hyena, is an equally remark
able representative OF the dog family.
Although formerly found in Europe, the
spotted hyena itself is now exclusively
African.
Passing by the rodents, or gnaWing
mammals, as being less familiar to non
geological readers we have the two spe-
cies of hppopotami, absolutely confined
to Africa at the present day; we are all
familiar with the common species in the
menageries, but the small West African
kind, which has more the habit of pig,
is less commonly known
but appear to be mainly confined to the
more open districts. The herds of ante
lopes, for the most parts belonging to
generic types unknown elsewhere. with
the exception of a few in Arabia, form
one of the most distinctive features of
African life Many of them, like the
strange gnus and the graceful gemsbock
group, are confined to the open districts
of the south and east; but others, such
as the bush-bucks and the harnessed
antelopes, have representatives in the
forest districts OF the west. Both
species of African rhinoceros are quite
different from their Oriental relatives,
but only one of these. the common spe-
cies, has wide distribution In the coun-
try. Zebras, and the now extinct
Quagga. are familiar and striking Afri-
can animals, although they are confined
to the open plains and mountains. On
the other hand, the African elephant.
which differs so widely in the structure
OF its teeth from its Asiatic relative. has
d much more extensive distribution, and
may, therefore, be classed among the
most characteristic Of Ethiopian animals,
Even more peculiar are the little hyra-
ces the miscalled coneys of our version
of the Bible, which form a family abso-
lutely peculiar to Africa. Arabia, and
Syria; some OF the species dwelling
among rocks, while others are active
climbers. and frequent the forest dis
tricts. But perhaps the strangest mann
NAL that may be regarded as character
istic of Africa as a whole, Is the aard-
vark, commonly known to the Colonists
as the ant-pig. Ii is strangely isolated
creature, having at the present day no
near relations, either poor or otherwise.
The African buffaloes with their seve-
raj races or species, also belong to type
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