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Washington sentinel., 1898-12-31

ugasblngton sentinel
Published and Edited by
LOUIS ScHADE.
red schade, Business Mah"Ee'
APPEARS EVERY SATURDAY.
Evening star., 1898-05-14
Exhibiting Africa.
From the Independent

From the Independent.
1t is a fitting time at the end of the Gen.
tury to exhibit Africa, and now under the
new masters. Like poor Poland. it has
been fully partitioned, though, unlike Po-
land. not torn limb from limb
What political changes the next century
will bring in a continent which has inter
ested the world for thousands of years can
not be foreseen; but there is 70 probability
that great native negro kingdom will rise
The control is likely to continue where it is
states that MAY be called native have no
promise of permanence. The destiny of the
two Boer republics is absorption in British
sem-independent Tripoli, on the Mediter-
ranean, have no future of their own. Soon
er or later they will go to swell the posses
sicns of France and other European pow
ers.
We must regard Africa, therefore, as ar
appanage of Europe. The white races
which pushed back the natives and settled
and control the American continent, from
Cape Barrow to Cape Horn, dominate all
the other continents, and the black tribes
of Africa, as well as the brown and yellow
of Asia, are subject to their rule. The
greatest of the Asiatic kingdoms is in proc
begun. 1t seems terribly unjust for ths
white interlopers to wrest two continents,
America and Australia, from the aboriginal
man and make them their own; to take ane
other from the Asiatic races and erect their
standards over it, and, finally, 10 take
Africa from thu blacks and subject it
" holly to their will.
Evening star., 1898-05-14
CAN'T TELL ABOUT HORSES

IT went out to Morris Park races the
other afternoon said a travelling man
from New York, "as escort for a wealthy
friend of mine from the west who had
| never seen the ponies run, and who frank
| ly confessed that he couldn't tell a race
horse from ton of coal. 1 have always
kept more or less track of the horses and
although it is grievous to think of all the
good Jumps of necktie and cigar money
they have cost me, I've generally flattered
| myself upon being at least able to occa-
sionally light upon runner who could get
| in the money in any sort of a race. This
western friend of mine had no confidence
whatever in py ability to pick them, how
ever.
It's all lottery, said he, and a man
| might as we'll throw his money into a cis-
tern as to play any of them
| we went out to the betting ring to see
| now the betting was going on the first race
Inc race was for a field of fourteen horses
| There were one three-to-five shot and three
| seven-and-eight-to-fiv shots, and the rest
OF the horses prices ranged from ten to
| one to nifty to one. l put my money down
on the three-to-five favorite. Said my west
ern friend to me:
You're putting down twenty dollars of
| your cash to win twelve. aren't your
That's what. said 1.
well, I'd like to have a personally con-
| quoted inspection Of the inside of your
| head, that's all, he replied. Now" he
| went on, can you pick cut for me a horse
| IN this race who hasn't got the ghost of a
| show to win?''
Certainly, can, and WILL said /, and 1
named him one of the fifty -to-one shots, a
! morse that told him wasn't worth S4
| Ihat horse can't runtwo blocks without
| settlEg tied up in knot" said l. Il can
| peat MIN running myself, with my feet in a
| gunny sack. If he doesn't fall over his
| Ieet at the post. he won't be able to get out
! OF mis- own way by the time the quarter is
| reached
% is that so?' inquired my western friend.
| wen, he's the hound for my money and
| ne went over to one of the bookmakers and
| put down ten-dollar bill on the fifty-to-
| one shot. Then we went UP to the stand
| TO Watch the race. which was a straight
| away mile.
My horse, the favorite got away from
the post like a cyclone and at the half he
was good two lengths ahead of his field,
| Inc hfty-to-one shot my friend had play
ed sulked at the post, and he got off with
| the wrong foot, five lengths in the riIck
He was horribly bad last until the stretch
| was reached. Then the boy on top of him
| went to work on him. The fifty-to-one shot
| had Tour lengths to make up but he came
| on IKE Missouri river sandstorm and
| peat TWO short-priced horses at the wire by
| the prettieSt nose you ever clapped ewes
| upon The favorite had sulked and sWery-
| eo IN the stretch, and got eighth place
| MY western friend wasn't mean and
| Irtoid-you-so-ish about it, and he blew me
| on royalty with a portion Of the $500 he
had won, but l am not airing my horse
knowledge to any large extent any more.
| not now
Evening star., 1898-05-14
An UnwcicOme Suggestion.

"Wah." said Colonel stilwell, lis indeed
a terrible thing
Yes replied the young woman who
quotes poetry, but L am confident that
We have little to fear from 1t You know
thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel
just
ITO he sure. And we have been doing re-
markably well. We have captured num-
Der of very valuable prizes
But these triumphs are slight compared
TO those which wait. There will be more
encounters, fleet to fleet. And then where
will be the galleons OF SPAIN"
Il beg your pardon. L didn't quite catch
that remahk."
Il say where will be the -galleons OF
Spain?''
DO you think they will be Destroyer"
'Certainly-eNcepting what capture"
That's the idea, rejo!ned the colonel
earnestly. Lets don't destroy them. Let'a
capture them. There is no of wantou
Evening star., 1898-05-14

Once in a great while Mr. Biykins devel-
ops an impression that he is wiser than his
wife. This state of mind is only occasional,
owing to the completeness of demonstra-
tions to the contrary which almost inva-
riaby follow it. The baby had been cry
ing. All her efforts to soothe it had been
vain, and finally Mr-~Blykins laid down the
book whose reading he had interrupted
two or three times page to cast blameful
glances. and said:
Julia, are you aware that We pay rent
for only a portion of this building? Does
1t occur to you that while We have a right
to fill this fat as full of noise We choose.
We are not morally justified in causing
noise to overflow and pervade the entire
structure?'
It's the baby that's crying" she sug-
gested.
You are not adopting the method like
liest to quiet the child. You have been
hupming to 1t. but what the child needs is
music. Give him to me and I'll show you
what mean"
He took the child and proceeded to chant
a lullaby. The little one stopped crying
and stared at him.
There" said Mr Blykins, as he reached
the end of a verse, what he wanted was
with any make-believing humming. OF
course. the fact that 1 used to sing in a
glee club and had my voice cultivated may
make difference. too"
He had not gotten very far into the next
stanza when there came ring at the bell.
He gave the baby to his wife. while he
opened the door. A girl Of fourteen or fif-
teen said:
We're the people who have just moved
into the flat above. There's sick lady
with us, and says if it's all the same to
you, would you mind letting the baby cry
instead of singing to it?''
Evening star., 1898-05-14
CAUSE FOR WORRY.
Fears of a SuPerstftiOus Man Aboul
the U. s. S. New York.

Fears OF SuperstftfOus Man About
the U. s. S. New York.
I surely am worried heap about the
cruiser New York. said young man in
one of the departments to a Star writer.
There's no need for me to be worried, for
1 know just where she is, and 1 ought to
feel confident that her officers and crew are
thoroughly capable of handling her in any
scrt of a muss. but somehow or other l
can't get it out Of my head that some
things going to hal pen, to her. I'll tell you
why. I've got one of those maps The Star
issued of the fighting waters that we're ex-
pccting to hear something about any day.
AS soon as got the map l cut out all of
those little bits of paper representing the
ships of our navy, ard pinned them on to
the map in accordance with the telegraphic
reports as to the whereabouts of the ships
I've been changing their positions right
alcng since 1 got the map. Yesterday
orning l read about change in the
cruising waters Of the New York, and /
went to my map. that is pasted on one of
the walls of my room. to shift the ship. l
couldn't find the New York. 1t was gone,
pin and all. I CROPPED around for that ship
everywhere, but couldn't find hide nor hair
Of her. 1 ploughed around beneath the
bed, inhaiing dust and feathers, and 1
moved every bit OF furniture in the room,
but the New York had run the blockade
and got away from me. After searching
for her for hour with the aid of a
searchlight in the shape of a movable gas
lamp, gave up the job. l haven't crossed
the bows of the New York yet. and I've
been dreaming every night since that she
was NAMED somewhere or other by a Span
ish torpedo. l suppose this is all moon
shine, but l lived long enough in the south
to be 'askeart of hoodoos"
Evening star., 1898-05-14
Written for The Evening Star.
PrefnsIfrn

Written for The Evening Star.
4 Prejudice.
They say that we're short on a national
song;
They're callin' on genius to hustle
throng
An give the old-timers a tussle.
l reckon our folks must be clean out O.
date:
That is. if we're jedged by the manner
In which were accustomed to all congre-
A-singin' ."The Star SpangIed Banner"
''Oh. long may it wave"' When we git to
that part.
There's somethin' more to it than singin'.
It's prayer that devoutly goes forth from
each heart
AS the chorus is risin an ringin'.
So mother an me an the gals an the boys
Gathers. round our old-fashioned pianner
And whatever of talent each has he en-
ploys
A-singin' 1.-The Star Spangled Banne-'
The source of the tune doesn't worry me
hone.
L never ask, Where did they git it?''
1t was destiny it, when the wrtin got
done,
The music was waitin to fit 1t.
An / feel that 1t echoes from sea unto sea
Whenever our youngcst-that's Hammer
Strikes chord deep an full SOS to give us
the key,
An we jine in 1.-The Star Spangled Ban
ner"
Evening star., 1898-05-14
CuriOsIties of the Bible.
rom the PRESBYTERIAN Review.


The following Bible curiosites are said
to have been gained by a study of the
good book by the Prince of Granada, heir
apparent to the Spanish throne, during his
thirty-three years Imprisonment at the
Place of Skulls prison, Madrid
IN the Bible the word Lord is found
1,S53 times; the word Jehovah, 6,S55 times,
and the word reverence but once, and that
in the ninth verse of the 111th Psalm The
eighth verse of the 11Sth Psalm Is the middle
verse of the Bible. The ninth verse of the
eighth chapter of Esther is the longest
verse. The thirty-fifth verse, eleventh
chapter of st. John is the shortest In the
1O7th Psalm four verses are alike, the
eighth, fifteenth, twenty-first and thirty
first. Each verse of the 136th Psalm ends
alike. No names or words with more than
six syllables are found in the Bible. The
thirty-seventh chapter of Isaiah and the
nineteenth chapter Of III Kings are alike
The word girl occurs but once in the Bible,
and that in the third verse and third chan
ter of Ioel: and the word boy but once.
Zach. s:5. There are found in both books
words.
Evening star., 1898-05-14
Flagged the Moon.
From the Philadelphia Record,

FROM the Philadelphia Record.
Say, you want to hear this story" said
the Reading railroad conductor. Its a
good one on Joe Gibson, one of our fellows.
Joe's good deal of kidder himself but
the boys are having their turn at him now
1t happened up in the Trenton yards a few
nights ago. Joes train was to be side
tracked at Nice avenue. Well, when the
train arrived at that point Joe jumped OFF
and ran ahead to the switch. He threw
the switch over, and waved his lantern TO
the engineer to come ahead The next
minute Joe happened to glance due east
down the track, and he nearly dropped his
laatei with fright. There was the great
round headlight of another engine beaming
down upon him On the very track his train
was about TO take. Recovering himself
he swung his lantern furiously, at the same
time shouting: Pull out, pull out! Don't
you see her coming? The engineer Jam
med her up, and stopped short What's
the matter" he shouted. Joe had gath
cred some new knowledge in the meantime
and his expression changed completely.
He didn't say anything. but simply gave
the signal to go ahead When the engi-
neer pulled into the track he saw the full
moon climbing up over the track dead
ahead of him. Joe had simply tagged the
moon, that's ALL"
Evening star., 1898-05-14

| head. Then he reached for a stool and sat
down.
What's the matter?" inquired the young
man with a purple shirt and white COL
lar. This is the first time / ever knew
you to sit down to your work
MY ankle hurts me-" was the reply. Il
don't like 10 put my weight on it,
Did you meet with an accident"
NO. 1t wasn't an accident. ] was
! teaching my wife to play whist. Two
friends OF ours came to pass the evening
and they played sgairst my wife aud me.
! They We're both old players, and OF course
they beat us easily. But not until ! had
suffered bodily harm. When the second
hand was half play ed j felt violent kick
on the shias. l jumped and looked at my
wife She appeared as innocent an an
gel. L didn't say anything. but put NV
feet as far under the chair as possible. II
wasn't long before felt boot heel grind
ing into my flesh. 1 observed my wife sit
ting rather low in her chair, but there was
nothing in her expression TO show that il
was for the purpose of increasing her
reach. 1t happened twice more, and then
L said / had a severe headache and would
be Obliged to quit playing. AS as
there was an opportunity l asked her what
she meant by lacerating my shins. 'Didn' I
you hear what they said?' she asked. They
talked as boldly could be about signaling
for trumps. and / thought that If they
weren't above 1t there was no reason why
We should be- "
Evening star., 1898-05-14
A FEATURE OF THE WAR.
Some of the Trials and Tribulation
of an EdffOr


of an Editor.
The editor of the humorous literature de-
partment looked up wearily from his work
as he heard football on his threshold and
MS gaze fell upon a visitor who bore the
unmistakable evidence of what the editor
Sd greatly feared. For weeks the editor
had been plunged into sea Of Jokes, which
he thought could not have been possible:
yet they continued to flow in upon him. and
he was slowly but surely realizing the hor-
rCrs of war.
Good morning. SIR said the solemn
raced visitor. In such profoundly sorrowful
tones that the editor was sure of his man.
Morning" responded the editor.
Inc visitor coughed nervously, dragged
small boy out of the shadow behind him.
shuffied foot or two, hesitated a mo-
ment, and spoke:
DO We" he began.
No. sir" snapped the editor. I'VE don't,
and, by Jove l should think that by this
time you would know better than to try to
shove an old chestnut like that in on a civ
ilized community. Why, we said that in
the mead lines in letters as long as your
hair, the morning after the scrap and a
thousand imitators have followed our ex-
ample. And not only that sir, but We
don't want anything about Dewey ewes,
nor 'Do-he? Don't-he?' nor Didn't he
deweyt up brown nor 'Dew-Dew, Huckle-
berry-Dewey. nor Yankee Deweydle Dew.
nor Give the Spaniard his Dewey nor We
kr ew our Deweyty. nor"
. The visitor coughed again nervously and
Slid UP close to the desk
Poor man. poor man." he said, kindly,
and the boy looked sorry.
What the began the editor.
Excuse me-" interrupted the visitor as
the exasperated editCr was about to say
what Dewey gave the Spaniards at Manila,
Il think you must be mistaken. was GO
ing to say do We"
And 1 say don't say it," exclaimed the
editor.
But the visitor would not listen
DO we," he persisted. do We go to the
floor above or the floor below to pay fer
our subscriptions" and the editor fell help
less across his desk, laughing hysterically.
Evening star., 1898-05-14
THE ALL-ROUND ATHLETE.
But He Was Really Expert Mt Onl,
One Thing.

But He Was Really Expert mt ONLY
One Thing.
1t was New York drummer stopping in
Washington on his way west lust long
enough to tell the administration how to
conduct the war. and while he was resting
after his efforts in that direction, he was
talking something else than war talk
Il stopped in Wilmington, Del, four or five
nights ago. he said, "and being rather
lonesome. for Wilmington Is not the Chi
cago of the Atlantic seaboard, all report
to the contrary notwithstanding, / went
with three other fellows I'D street a piece
and half to billiard parlor for excite
ment We had played a few games, in
fact, it was about time to quit, when a
rather well-dressed party. six feet tall and
weighing two hundred in his stockings,
came in. and after talking around promis-
cuouS like awhile, he offered to bet any
amount that he could beat any man In the
roc m, even, at any game of billiards he
might select. l am only fair sort of a
player, as my companions were and we
BACKED away, for I'm never the one to
catch any singed cat snaps If / know my
SELF. Everybody else was as cautious and
seeing no takers of his bet, he offered to
double his wager that he could knock any
man in the room out in four rounds. He
slung out his chest and shut UP big pair
OF fists in way that was not inviting to
the amateur, and nobody Offered to go into
the ring with the slugger. AS for myself,
l couldn't have stood up against a giant
like that for half a round, and | felt like
chucking down behind the table till the
air cleared.
''The big fellow by this time was becom-
ing sassy, and in rapid Succession offered
to swim. or row, or shoot, or fence. or ride,
or ever play a game of golf against any
man in the room, at any time any one
night designate, but there was no one TO
take him up, for 1T was apparently a Dela-
ware crowd, and, therefore. pre-eminently
conservative. At last the stranger picked
up one Of the billiard balls on the table
where We had just finished our game and
juggling it minute. he offered to bet the
could hold it out at arms length for thirty
minutes. Well, 1t seemed that every man
in the loom knew how darn heavy a pos
tage stamp got >at the enc of a mans eX-
tended arm in about five minutes, and there
was rush to take him up. He was bet
tirg three to five. and it wasn't long till he
had up seven or eight dollars covered by
all the loose change the crowd had. a CO.
operative bet having been made up against
the Spaniard. let us call him. The pre-
liminaries being finished, the feat began
and we sat around waiting hungrily to
divide the spoils. but the longer We waited
the longer he held on, and when the half
hour was up, he let the ball down as easy
as If 1t didn't egh over an ounce.
I'VE looked at each other and looked at
him. Sorry. gents he said, as he raked in
the pot. Sorry but you ought to have
seen my bluff. This little trick is my entire
stock in trade and l can't row, or SWIM or
ride, or to do thing except a lot of suck
ers. Good evening"" and before we had
time to take the offensive he had disap-
peared into the foggy Wilmington night"
Evening star., 1898-05-14

demolition of property. If il becomes abso-
lutely necessary let us sink the ships. That
is a legitimate paht of wahfare: but let
us save the-er-the galleons. They won't
take up much room, and they will be none
the less soothing because they have been
taken by the enemy
But, colonel, l am afraid you misurder-
stand me. The galleons. YOU know, are the
ships themselves"
He passed his hand over his brow in an
effort of recollection. Then he exclaimed: ::
To be sure! To be sure. 1 hadn't heard
the word since my school days and had
fohsotten ii. You must pahdon me- miss
L didn't like to question yoh pronouncla-
tlon. knew that you We're FUN up moth
somen here, and 1 supposed that 'galleon
was yoh customary way of expressing the
liquid measure which consists of fo'
Quahts"
Evening star., 1898-05-14
COULD THROW 4 LARIAT

A very thick-set, coMpaoviy built man.
who wore glasses and Rad disort of rumi-
nant smile on his broad, hkaithy-looiing
ceuntenance. was swinging along street in
the northwest section asfew afternoons ago,
apparently taking his time, and observing
things as he went along,i On,the good-sized
lawn of one of the residences he was pass
ing. there was flock of half a dozen young
boys In knickerbockers, playing Wild West.
They were screeching land tooting fit to
wake the dead, for they were evenly divid-
ed, three of them being bold, bad scouts,
and the other three being Indians with an
especial mission for yelling. They were
having plenty of fun with a couple of
lariats, witnou, being able 10 exhibit any
skill whatsoever in the manipulation of the
same. One of the scouts would throw the
lariat Intellectually at an Indian Ave or six
times, with no more result than that of
scraping the Indians nose with the rope.
Then the scout would walk up bravely to
the Indian. place the loop of the lariat
around the latter's neck. and drag him a
few feet in bowling triumph
The thick-set smiling man stopped, leaned
up against tree-netting, and watched this
sport amusedly. 1t could be seen from the
He studied their play for few minutes
and then started to walk on. He hadn't
taken more than two steps before the sing
ing OF thrown rope around his ears in
deavoring to lasso him. OF course, the lad
didn't succeed in doing this, but the thick
set, smiling man turned around good-hu-
moredly.
Bad throw. my boy" said he. Now
If were fleet maverick, I'd be a good
hundred yards away by this time. You
boys haven't just got the hang Of roping
yet. Let me show YOU
The boys, highly pleased at getting a
grown. good-looking and good-natured man
involved in their play, studied the thick-set
man with interest. He stepped on to the
lawn took one OF the lariats out of the
hands of willing lad, and said:
This isn't such good laSso as it might
be, for it's not heavy enough, but maybe
it'll do"
Then he gathered the lariat up into a
coil carefully, swung 1t about his head a
few times in a realistic manner that made
the boys stare, and in the twinkiing of an
eye little chap who stood about twenty
feet away, near the steps of the house had
his arms pinned to his side by the loop OF
the lariat
.Cracky!' exclaimed the boys in a chorus
'Tll bet he's with Buffalo BilPs show, all
right. Aren't you, mister?''
No, I'm not with any show just now u
said the thick-set man, pleasantly. It ex-
though, a little later on. But I've often
seen men throw the lariat. It's all a
knack. Any one of you boys can learn how
to do it if you practice it carefully
Then the good-natured man stepped from
the lawn onto the sidewalk. AS he was re-
Stunning his stroll. young man passed
him, and, touching his high hat, said:
Good afternoon to you, Colonel Roose-
velt"
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt courteous!y
acknowledged the salutation. and passed
on, still wearing that ruminant smile of his