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Birds That Fly Faster Against the Wind.
From the London Field.

'N~ wv NNf
In tho Field. July 8. Mr.. Tegetmeier gives a
very interesting account OF the race Of homlng
pigeons from the Shetland Islands to Middle
sex. q distance Of 591h miles. which the birds
accomplished In 10 hours 81 minutes. making
a speed Of thirty-seven miles an hour. 1t Is
also stated that " 1t must be taken into consid-
Grafton that the wind was favorable during the
whole course" the wind being due north the
whole distance. excepting at the Shetlapds.
where 1t was northwest. This is q most
interesting point. l should much like
TO know whether 1t has been proved that
q pigeon can fly faster with the wind or against
1t. as 1t at once occurs to me that thirty-seven
miles an hour is a very slow rate for a pigeon to
travel when compared with the speed other
birds are capable Of attaining. For instance.
] will allude to a note read in the Field d year
or two ago, uron tho flight ofteal. n rememh Der
rightly. A correspondent mentioned having
carefully timed teal passing from one point ,of
land to another, a distance OF exactly one mile,
and upon working out the average time that
several teal took to traverse the mile 1t was
found that the, speed amounted TO no less than
the d%ireetIon oftSe windwas noted. Surprising
the wind TO huvc boon favorable TO the teal, IT
would make 4 teal capable OF accomplishing the
81 y mi.es in n little. over four hours which
took the pigeons a little under sixteen hours TO
do; and tho difference would be still more
the ngrva,lons speed OF $50 miles m hour at
tanned 10y so small, and com paraGly"ly t"cDlc a
DlTu uS lnh DiucLnTOdJ Wncn migrating, al
though they fly at q greater elevation, whore II
Is isupposed they are capable Of flying with
greater ease: IN any case such dying iS, OF
course. outot all proportion to tho flight Of the
pigeons which Mr.. IegetmGlsr has alluded TO,
the wind was favorable TO the birds; If 1t was.
I is clear that a hominG pigeon is a very poor
flyer.
II Is well known that rertnin birds choose a
head wind mot u gale for n,lRgat az, am. that
a far greater speed can. be obtained when flying
against a wind than with Il or in a calm, 1t
has been well ascertained that the great autumn
nal iliGhts Of gnlls 70 be seen along the coast
birds in general do the same. Therefore il ~
only reasonable 10 suppose that az a head wind
is chosen by birds for the purpose OF miErat:
ing, 1t is ne most beneficial TO the powers Of
fllr ht, and when W" know that crows, larEs.
and other land birds migrate with u head wind.
why should not such a wind be tho most favor
able for pigeon flying
II woilT no most interesting II the Same
course OF 50lS miles could he flown under OPP
posito conditiuns, so that q relative, speed oitho
same birds could be obtained. No doubt Mr..
Tegetmeier, whose knowledge on pigeons was
utilized by Darwin. could give some valuable
information on the subject. I. W. FIOHAwK.
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Manhattan Beach. The numbers set down IN
the lists for to-day represent MendelegQhn,
Gounod, WakneE,. Herbert, MoszkoWeki. Han
Victor Herbert leads these musicians. Mr..
lIerberts ADVERTISING agent sends TO The U
the following matter:
BY far the most Interesting lguro among the gAy
second Regimen Band, Indeed. Herbert has n most
engaging appearance when hrrayed In his striking
TegimentAls. His hne, manly hgure and striking
head would compel attention enywhere. even ununi-
formed, but whom decked out In the gala dress OF the
Twcnty-second Regiment, with medallAden breast
t~ls'squo fellow, Aided by nature with fhat
e~1eCtedly hts. ~ IL not surprihinR that no IL
wellnigh Irresistible to the troops OF dainty mAidens
and the fond mammAs and chRperona who swarm 70
Manhattan Beach, not alone to hear the splendid
ccncerta, but 10 see tho handsome Norbert ns well.
On tho other hand, and this IL the charm OF II all.
Victor, Herbert Is the last mar, in the world who g
tainted. with one drop OF the blood Of a poeeur. II ie
and quickly out Of sight, looking neither TO right nor
left, though gazed at by hundreds OF his fair adj
mirers.
Similar illusions regarding John Philip
Sousn got into THE Sun type last year, instead
Of It's waste basket, as examples OF what some
mon like to see In print about themRelves, and
Il IA no more than fair that. Victor Herbert'e
appeal for tho same kind. OF publicity ghould
win upon Its exceptional merits. Both Mr..
Sousa and Mr., Herbert are very excellent com-
posers of music and conductors Of. bands, the
illusions OF their "'prsss agents" to the CON-
trary Notwithstanding.
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The Staining Of the Sec Wolves.

The Stalking Of the Sea WolvsS.
They had come from out Of the Isl
10 rAvaGo and burn and kilt
Ana they stopped for Q momont 70 r0gt 0na wait
In o lnndlooked hnrbor still.
But o grim See dog there was
Who had stalked them through spray aAd foarnI
Ana he came. and he looked, and he 1mil0d, end satdi
They'll never get homer
Then another old 80 dog cana.
And they set themd down TO wait
Untirins. stern. through long. dry dayA
At the hArboFs roWninG gate.
Under the hot. neroe sun.
Under the still blue dome, -
The sea dogs waited and watched and Gr0WlO0.
They'll never get homel'
And the wolves came forth 81 Last
And the grim see doGs closed tni
And the battle was won. and the Old flag waved
Where the banner Of Spain had BEEN
The colors Of blood and gold
Sank deep in the ohurninG foam.
And the sea dogs Growled; We have Kept our world
They'll mover get homer'
Cheers for the VOW we'll keptl
To the sea doEs twain . toaSti
From our lands btrth-thrOOs have our OA dog been
Our glory. our pride and boast
Whatever our perils DO
In the unseen years to como.
Our trust Is In men like the man who Baid.
They'll never get homei''
onAaLnsw ". Tzo1Rsoz.
0BA 0rGrR BrRRET. BlooKLXN.
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The Yankee Duds'll Do.
Rrom tAs Cleveland LAadsr.

From ts CLSueLoNd LSadsP.
When Cholly swung his golf stick. ON the linkn.
Or knocked the tennis ball Aoroas the net
VIII his banEs done nH IN cunning nttiS hnaa-
oh, II was tho fashion then
To impAle him on the pen
To regard him ~ . being made Of Putty through and
But his rI9ueta laid away.
He 10 rouRhing IL to-day,
When AlRy, a. some knight Of old arrAyed,
Was the leading figure ct the "faMnoy ball."
We loathed him for the silly part he PLAYED,
He was set down as o nonkoy-thAt was all
Oh, We looked upon him thon
As UNIT to class with men,,
Al one whose heart was putty. and whose brains
were made OF glue
But he's thrown his cane away,
And he graspa q gun to-day.
While the world beholds him.. moving that the
Yankee dude'n do.
When Clarence cruised about upon his yacht,
Or drove out with his foOtmAn through the park.
ought to have him in her Looping after dark
oh, we ridiculed hin; then.
We impsled him on the pen,
We thought no WAS efeuitnAte. We dubbed him
But he nobiy marched away
He Ia eating pork to-day,
And hsroically proving that the Yankee dudS'n dc.
How they hurled themselves against the angry Toe.
In the jungle and the trenches on the hill
When the word % charge WAS given, every dude WHs
He was there to die, 10 capture or to XIII
Oh, he struck his level when
Men were called upon sgain
To preserve tho ancient glory OF the old red. white
He has thrown hiS spAta away,
He Is wearing .purs today,
E,EKnEA.
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PEACHES.
This Years Splendid Crop from Georgia
Fine Fruit at Low Prices.

This Years Splendid Crop from Georgia
Fine Fruit at Low Prices.
The peculiar pointed peach that has been sold
80 commonly hereabouts the past few weeks 10
name ed the liberia. This peach has been out
about eight years. but has never before been
seen In such numbers In this market The
smaller aud medium-sized fruit is likely to
show the end pointed in a marked degree; the
larger and largest Elbertas may practically lack
thu cnaracteYLstic OF the smaller fruit and DO
round ia form like the ordinary peach.
The peaches with. which New York has re-
Gently been supplied 30 aoundantly have come
mostly from Georgia. The Georgia peach crop
this year has been more abundant and more
excellent in quality than ever before, and fnes
handsome fruit from this. State has been sold
here this year cheaper than ever; NJ about
half the prices OF last year, The FIRST, OF the
plentiful supply ends With the month OF. July
and the first week In August sees practically
tho last from Georgia. Though this years
crop OF Georgia peaches was tho greatest ever
known and the prices low, they ara said TO be
Bttn planting peach trees IN Georgia.
The first peaches 20 arrive IN TINS markeO
come from Florida the next, from the Eastern
fornia reaches in this market MS year was
monty Sold by dealers and wonders were mostly
Of the abundQn crop Of Georgia.
Wholesale dealers say thai the mafylanuJ
Delaware, nd'Ne Jersey peach crop 10 light
this year. and that peaches are not likely 70 ~
any cheaper than they have been aheGdE
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To tho Modern Batslsship.

To the Modern BRteloOhips
On, men have fought with arrowS,
And men have fought with swords,
And tho deadly spit from the munhsts mouth
Has withered its countless hordea.
But mot for these would sing q cong.
Nor raise the glass 70 my Lip.
Stand upi Now ALI Ipledge . heath
To the modern battleshipl
Here's to the graceful batleshiD.
Beautiful in her strength.
A sho lies at rest on the hArbors breast
Swinging an idle length;
4 giAntess Numbering the hour away.
A tgress at rost in her don;
At rest till tho word OF the order II heard.
Go, shatter the work. Of men,"
Here's to the deadly bAttlsShip.
Terrible in tho nRht;
With each dragons breath see her beloh forth death
Glorying In her might.
Her ere In keen for an enemy hull,
And she misses never Q one,
TIL each nndB its grave in the shuddering WAVO
To the knell Of u twelveinch gun.
Then here's to the lAurelled battloShip.
ConQueror over all;
We may safely Leep while she rides the deep.
Ready at dangers call.
We have tried her again and We know uhOs true.
And we'll trust her another trip.
Hsr health. hTt. boys; and then. with . noiSa.
Three cheers for the battleahipi
Rosx1z jazz
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Taps.
RoBEn1 JAlrA

ovsr The hill. where the sun went down
In . dying glory Of red and gold.
Was o swnth Of crimson. whore death had NOVA
His gFist In the ohAparral-sa6 and cold
Grand phySiques for the graves dAnk mould
All. that the grave should such enfoldl
The reaper hath reaped what the sword hath soWn.
And viii hold till the scroll Of time be rollsdi
Over The hills that they stormSd that dag.
Nan and man Ike . solid WAn.
knowing no thought but the one "Obey."
Following orders, that IN all
While the gaps close up - the hGsoes fa1
And the black smoke 0urlB like o funeral pail
Over the dead that shall 1--we for aye.
Though they sleep till the roveillSB VA1tnG can
DottnG the hills where the fight was won.
Poor rude mounds whore the dead men GlsSDi
Hot IL tho Glars0f the tropio sun,
But cold they lie in their slumboR dssDs
knowing not Of the ones " wesp.
Needless Of fAm0 that their names GhAn reg.
Resting 0Uhils after work IN done.
~ The sunbeams CLINT whore the shadows creep
Q. 4 Z.
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"HAM1Er" As A BALLET.
The Story OF S~hnkespeare's Tragedy Once
So Used in Vienna.

So Used in Vienna.
The subject Is not one that seems adapted to
such treatment. but 1t is q fact that Hamlet"
was the subject OF a ballet. a serious ballet. at
that. which did not burlesQue the play. but told
the story Of the tragedy by means Of panto-
mime and dancing. This happened many years
ago. Hamlet a tragic ballet in five acts.
devised by Franz Clerico. ballet master In &C.
tual service at the court theatre. was per-
formed at Vienna on July 9. 1898. 1t was given
as an interlude. and followed the first act OF the
opera called The Apothecary and the Doctor"
TIL theatre programme contained o synopsis
Of the tragedy in these words:
Hamlet, King Of Denmark. was poisoned by
his brother Claudia and his wife. Gertrude.
| who was in love with her brother-in-law and
had made a resolve to place him on the throne
and marry him. This treachery remained I'M
discovered. and the death Of tho King was
regarded by the court as the result Of illness.
After the crime was committed Gertrude.
troubled by a guilty conscience. sought to
make her guilty lover retire. In order to place
young Hamlet. the only son of her and her
husband. on the throne. The Queen. still
trembling In uncertainty. selects Amelia.
the daughter OF Claudius. to give to
the riRhtful heir Of the throne as his wife. and
as n proof OF the fatherly affection of CLaudius,
crown. While the guests were celebrating this
festival Of the marriage they are interrupted by
the appearance OF the ghost of Hdnnlet, who
urges his son to avenge his murder and
accuses Cldudius., Then Cldudirs organizes o
way. The intercesslon of Amelia to save her
father Claudius, the efforts Of the traitors, the
death OF Queen Gertryde and Of Clnrdius-thes
commences with the browning Of Hdmlet."
1t will be seen that Hamlet" as II was danced
the tragedy. or even tho weird opera that Am.
brose Thomas wrote a score for. The ballet
times and then disappeared completely from
the repertoire. 4 second effort to use
successful. In November. 1920. at the same
theatre In Vienna. this second ballet was pro
duced.. 1t was also In Ave acts. and was de-
head Of the ballet at the opera In Paris as wei
as in Naples. The music for this effort. which
attained as many as seventeen performances
was by Gallenberg.
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How to Eat watsrmslons.

How to Eat wAtermelOns.
FTom ts AGanta OOnSatGHon.
whom you slice a 0eorgy melon you mug know
what you Is at
An look out how do knife is gWtne mi
Put one half on dis side er you-do yuthsr half On
dat,
En- den you gifts bstwtrt 'Om. en- bsSinl
Oh, melonSl
Honey good tar see;
But wen II como ter sweetness,
De melon make for mel
En- den you puts 20 knife up. en- you SoFtSr Hicks de
blade,
En- never stop fer SRyin' any grace;
But cat ontell you satiaty-rUll over In de shade,
In sleep ontell dc sun shine In 20 facet
Oh, melOnsl
Honey good ter sOs;
But wen II comes TER BweetnSsA
Dv Laelou mako fer mel
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just Out of Reach.

From brooklyn LDs.
Wife-Here's a letter from the Scots asking
us 10 spend d week with them in ElmsYille.
H~usband-Let's see. Fares $40. II they'd
make i two weeks. or pay the fare one way. We
could dc II.
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QUESTIONS AVID ANSWERS

L, Did the Montserrat land any troops In Cubai II
no when and whereof 2. What IL tho sisa and cost Of
the largest rrn used In our forts md where loentsdi
the ~ oiOctile coat2 o. Nhatdoos II cost 10 Are the
gun, irrespective OF cost Of projeotilef q. What 10
the greatest distance the gun can hrrl pro5Actilo,
irrespective OF edectiyen sssf IA" claims Gapo.
leon had battle Of Waterloo practically won and that
Wellington from defeat b says the battlg was
never in doubt. 2. y.
i. We think not ?. Twelveinch. We have sev.
eral Of them, At various forts. but mono Of them Is on
exhibition. o. One thousand pounds. 4. About
$3.50. 8. The total cost 10 about t21T. Tho powder
We have estimated At about set. o. About twelve
miles. Z. The result of the battle was never IN
doubt. Napoleon had only one chance during the
day, when the Old Guard held the PruSsiAns for
a time, Just before Noy's charge. When no lost that
he lost the battle.
The evening times., 1898-07-30
wheeler Not sharpe.

Stories of Gen. wheeler's service during
the civi1 war are continually coming to
life, and most of them are very lively.
One of the tales is told by Major George
F. Barnes. who was a major in the Fed
eral Army at the time when Gen. Wheeler
was lieutenant general in the Confeder-
ate service.
At the surrender of Athens. Lieut.. Gen.
Wheeler was in the forces that surren-
dered, and desired to get over and join
some other Confederate forces. He and
several of his san wrote out paroles and
started toward the other camp. Major
Barnes had his scouts out, and they met
Wheeler and his men In the road and
halted them. Wheeler said he was pa
rolled and produced a parole in the name
of Lieut.. Sharpe"
The sergeant in charge of the scouting
party read the papers and said:
These papers are not right
''You seem to doubt my veracity." said
Wheeler. feigning great indignation.
We'll" replied the sergeant, II hap
pened to be your prisoner two weeks ago.
Gen. Wheeler, and know you. You treat
ed me pretty nice. too, and I'm going to
treat you nice. You'll have to go with me
to headquarters"
"They brought him and his stan before
me-" said Major Barnes, in relating the
incident, land Wheeler laughed heartily
at his failure. He was a small man, with
red hair and big freckles on his face,
and you could see the daredevil in him
from. his chin to his scalp. I afterward
wrote him a parole"
The evening times., 1898-07-30
1,syusKDFm Z MN

Niece ~ W1111aa C. Wh1tney keoDs
Frsn . TAirA-SteFy Wlsasw.
Norwalk. Conn. July 0.JThc Summit
House. one Of the handsomeSt and best
situated Of the summer hotels at Belle Is
and. occupied largely by New York pat
rons. was burned to the ground yester-
day morning. Only small part Of the
contents was saved.
Miss Mary Henderson, Of No. 81 Mott
Avenue. New York. niece to William
window twenty minutes after the fire
ture OF the LEFT thigh. Che had fushed In
ter. Miss Rosetta johnson. whom she
thought was caught In her room. and
flames cut on her retreat.
Servants who attempted to fill a kerr
osene stove while II was lighted caused
the fire. The tank overflowed and the
flames spread to the oil reservoir. A ket-
tie of water sumcient to extinguish the
fire was on the stove. but the girls rush.
ed screaming from the room the moment
the tank caught. and in q moment the
kitchen became mass Of flames which
spread quickly to the surrounding rooms
The Summit House was on a high
rocky point across the cove from the
Norwalk Yacht Clubhouse, and It was
from there the alarm was first given.
A telephone call was sent to South Nor
walk. but the hotel was ruin before the
could drag their trucks over
the four miles in the melting sun.
The evening times., 1898-07-30

sprisonment so4. the humblest citisen.
Yet at the close Of the nineteenth CEN
tury q military commission finds scores
OF men incarceraied in filthy and un-
wholesome dungeons under Spanish au-
thOrity. without even record OF their
alleged offenses in many instances. and
in obvious violation Of the laws In 9TH
ers. Some have been kept In prison for
years without trial. every witness to
the supposed crime being long since
dead. Perhaps most Of the unhappy
victims Of Spanish tyranny have suf-
fered worse than death In losing their
reason from long confinement and sense
Of injustice and persecution.
Spanish misrule. which is so appar-
ent In the prison spectacle at SAINT ago,
is even more pronounced and far more
extensive at Manila 1t is positively
known that political prisoners in the
Philippines. and especially innocent
persons held as witnesses against
others charged with political crimes.
have been subjected to forms Of torture
that have been abolished for
centuries by every civilized Eco
pie. Visitors to the disgraceful prisons
there have seen the mangled thumbs
that have felt the screw. When Span
ish island Official wants testimony
against native he knows how to get
1t. If bribery fails. the thumbscrew
is usually effective.
The evening times., 1898-07-30
WANTED his AUTOGRAPH.
A Young Lady Seises the Lapel Of
Admiral Cervera's Coat.


Annapolis. Nd. July 3o-While Admiral
Cervera was walking down Francis
Street yesterday he was suddenly espied
by young lady. a sister Of prominent
railroad president, who excitedly ran over
to aim. and seizing the lapel Of his coat
requested him to write his autograph on
a card which she held in her hand. The
admiral did not know what to make of
the ladies' strange actions a; first. but
seeing that she meant no harm, he po-
litely complied with her request.
Probably because the long walk from
the Naval Academy to St. Mary's Cath
olic Church Is too tiresome, Admiral Ger
vera has been having mass held in his
own house for the last day or two
There are two Spanish priests quart
ed here. who were captured at the battle
OF July 3. and they conduct the services
for the admiral and his son.
One Of theSpanish soldiers at the Neval
Academy. probably growing weary of the
uninteresting routine of prisoners life.
decided to have a little fun on his own
account. Having reached as near COM
plete intoxication as would admit of mo-
tion, he started out to do. the academy.
But unfortunately he was stopped by one
of the marines on duty and was promptly
placed in a cell on the Santee
Some of the Spanish prisoners have
taken to bicycling. and have made great
progress in becoming riders. They can
be seen almost any hour Of the day
scorching down the beautiful lanes Of the
navy yard. rid~.1r I-r - s'fe- az,
The evening times., 1898-07-30
The pecrea.e Of. Crime.

Authorities who ought to know say
that during the last few months there
has been q decided decrease Of crime
in New York and other large cities. It
is said that not In twenty years has
there been SO little evidence of crime In
New York as at present.
Most people who read the papers have
noticed this, and some have concluded
that, on account of the war news, &C.
counts Of crime have been blue-pencil-
ed and boiled down" This is not so.
The crime itself has decreased. as can
be seen by careful study of the news
columns Of the papers. The police, the
district attorneys, the detective bu-
reaus, the court records, all tell the
same story. In the New York district
attorneys office the dockets are
has not been so free from criminal
cases since 1871. At Jefferson Market
Police Court the ordinary business OF
the day has previously taken four
sessions of two hours each.
Now the entire business of the court
is often disposed of at one sitting OF lit
tie more than an hour Other police
courts show the same record. The
detectives say that their business has
fallen off fully one-half since the first
gun of the Spanish-American war was
fired. One particular form Of crime
petty larceny from apartment houses
has always been especially common at
this season in New York. There has
been scarcely case Of 1t this Summer.
What Is the reason of all this? 1t
cannot be that the criminal classes
have gone to the war. for our regi-
ments are not made up Of that sort OF
men. The only reasonable conclusion
to which one can come is that the peo-
pie who usually find their excitement
in fighting among themselves. or in
planning and executing nefarious
deeds, are getting all the excitement
they need in watching the bulletins
from the front. And this sue-
gests another thing. Is It not possible
that the cheapest way to diminish
crime in large cities would be to furnish
plenty of other amusement tree? The
old Roman cry, Bread and the cir
cus!" has basis in a real need of hu.
man nature.