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Evening star., 1899-03-11
SPEEDY TORPEDO BOATS.
The Record of the Hal Lung VIII
Probably BE Broken

From the Scientific American.
Since the celebrated Turbinia has been
robbed of her laurels as the fastest boat
af1oat by the English-built Hal Lung. con-
structed for the Chinese government. tn.
Englishmen are banking their hopes on the
new boat now under construction of the
Turbnia type The Chinese boat Is credit
ed with having made run of 1S1s knots at
an average speed of over 80 knots and hour.
The highest speed realized during the run
was 367 knots, or 1926 miles, per hour.
The best run of the Turbinia for a mile is
30 knots, so that the Hal Lung has a sub-
stantial lead
The most remarkable feature of this hoat
next to her speed is the fact that she Is fit
ted with reciprocating engines. At the
time the Turbinia made her phenomenal |
speed 1t was popularity supposed that 1t was
entirely due to her new form of motor
In great part, no doubt, it was: but there
Is reason to believe that the excellent steam
raising qualities of her boiler contributed
In no little degree to the result. Relatively
considered. the performance of the Turbinia
was more meritorious. for the reason tha-
she Is only 4o-ton craft, while the Schi-
chau boat is of 1S0 tons displacement or
four and one-half times larger The new
and enlarged Turbinias will be fuIl-sized
torpedo boats, and for this reason IT is
likely that they will surpass the Hal Lung
by a considerable margin of speed. Just
what the excess will be is a matter which
Is exciting much speculation in naval quar-
ters.
Evening star., 1899-03-11
A New Russian Sect.

From the London Standard
Another of those curious sects which are
continually springing up in Russia is re-
ported from the government of Astrakhan.
They call themselves, or are called. Enoch-
ties and their beliefs are as usual In these
cases. the result of gross ignorance, COM
bined with much reading of the Bible. All
tokens of the imperial government are un-
recognized by them. as being the works of
anti-christ. whose seal. namely, the Russian
eagle they find on all official papers and
the current coin of the land. That wonder
full priest John of Kronstadt Is for them
the Prophet Elias. while the local orthodox
priest is Enoch. and the appearance of
sagng the end of the world AS is the Gus
tom in such cases, the police have laid
hands on all members of the sect that they
could, and some seventy persons are now
lying in prison, and will in the ordinary
course be sent off to residence" for life in
Siberia From one point of view the fire.
quency with which these sects keep sprine-
ing up is good sign for Russian progress
though the Orthodox Church cannot we'll
afford to recognize the fact While men
read their Bibles. and however absurdiy or
mistakenly interpret what they read for
themselves, they are making progress. for
the average Russian, even in Very much
moro exalted circles than the poor peasants
among whom these sects appear, know a
great deal more about the code of laws
than about the Scriptures.
Evening star., 1899-03-11
Colonial Art.
From the Boston Transcript.

fFoui lhe bfston Transcript.
Never was word so overworked as the
one we hear on every hand nowadays
namely, colonial" If a man builds house
severely plain in style, why, it is Colonial, -
if he has an old house remodeled by the
addition of three four posts as supports.
he has by that alteration secured for him
self colonial mansion. If madame be-
comes the possessor of any old piece of
furniture, why, 1t is Colonial If she Sc
lects for her windows very simple drapings,
they. too, are entitled to be called "co-
lonial. So it goes. Some remarks which
Mr.. Clarence H. Blackall makes in the
current Architectural Review upon the sub
ject OF Good and Bad Colonial Architecture
are quite apropOs of the times. He SAYS
that colonial architecture at its best is a
third-hand style, brought about in this
way: Sir Christopher Wren, who gave a
distinct imprint to the English work of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, drew
ms IDEAS of Italian architecture not from
Italy, but from France and the American
colonies borrowed their architectural ideas
from the English work, chiefly through the
medium OF the very meager books upon the
subject when colonial architecture as such
assumed its best phases. The scarcity of
architects in the America of those days
and the limited means at their disposaI
forced them to a limitation of style which
came very close to poverty both. in idea c
and in details. On the other hand. their
architectural problems were necessarily
worked out in straightforward manner
and with such close copying of really good
models that the best of the work rose to
the dignity of historic style. 1t IS to these
Older examples rather than by studying the
modern buildings that the student of CO.
lonial architecture should look for real
help. In the modern buildings the distinc-
tive characteristics are less appreciable and
the difference between what really good
and what is only passable is not so readily
appreciated as in the older work for which
the models were exact and the convina
therefrom carried almost to servility.
Evening star., 1899-03-11
The Heart of u Child.
Olfve Custance In London Sketch

ofve Gustance In London Sketch
Why was given chiid's wild hear.,
L am tired OF acting woInan's part
II was different in the days of piay e'
When the soul was brave, and the heart was o,r
And one rode away to fairyland on a painted rock
MY friend. you will never understand
HOW 1 dream of those rides to fairviapd,
VI those long, sweet rides in the ireIft r,om
W. w men one started off with leap and bound
U IN one steed so quantity caparisofed
10 the sllyery sound of little bells that twinkled ir
the gloom - II " IL
MY friend, you fair and strong and trua
m Win your sun-gold hair End your eyes so blue.
M But Why nave you stnien my heart todayl -, -.
Ff III Is such strange. and aEayward thing
tAm birds that are Gagged viii not always sing,
ANA enid $ heart, what shauld 1t know of 1--we
~ ~ only cares for play: ~ - =.
Evening star., 1899-03-11
RANDOM W ERSE.
kfT Nl.
kipii,ff'. Better.

kipIiIiE'a Retter.
Edmund Day in Detrot 4 1ritne,
We're glad to hear yJJufe ntter. Mr.. Kip,ip,,
We heard as how you nearly passed away,
AN Wr we dia1t a6 vow %ant t9 ess S9T M kpn
You've kinder made yer s.xay among our people.
You know jest how to MAY UPON our heart strings
An put real human shttr IN your books
We're glad to hear you're better Mr. Kiplin',
For you're a man that knows the Thoughts of
You catch ea the facts add fan5es in their passin.
And chain them down to paper with your pen
To her sat beside you Mr. Kiplin',
watchn you a fghtfn' hard for life
We tip our hats and hw ip admiration -
And send lovfn' greetin's to YOUR wife
We're glad TO hear you're better Mr. Kfplip
For men like You don't turn up every day
We hope you'll learn to know and love us better
We're glad you made your mind up for TO STAY
Evening star., 1899-03-11
Why He Dared.
ON the Chicago News.

FROM the Chicago News.
Miss Williston,'' he pleaded, 'I am go
ing away. shall travel thousands of miles
before return. May 1 ask you for your
photograph before 1 go?'
Jeanette "illiston looked. at space and
sighed gently.
Il don't know" she replied, "why Won
should ask me for my picture"
Our friendship" he said: surely that is
something"
Yes" she answered. that is-somethinv.
But 1t doesn't seem to me that you have the
right to carry my portrait near your hea rt
yet"
"Jeanetter' he cried "will you be nline?',
"Ah. Percy she said, after it had been
arranged that they should be married n
week from the following Thursday. .how
did you dare to ask me? What reason had
you for not fearing that would bid you go
away and never show yourself in my pres
ence AGAIN.
Il don't know he humbly replied: per
haps 1t was intuition"
Evening star., 1899-03-11

said to me confdentially. saw General
Wood Che had been calling him nothing
but doc before) and tried to slap him on
the back and put my feet on the table and
all that sort of thing. and the way he called
me down was a caution to snakes. After
that he explained the necessity of uphold
ing the dignity of the office, and he did IL
In such nice. manly way that l simply
couldn't get mad i mention this Incl
dent, said Mr. Watson in conclusion, lie
cause it indicates how admirably Wood has
risen to the occasion and what a DOWN
right sensible fellow he really is. The case
OF my friend was evidently no exception,
for l was told that the governor sat down
on all overtures of a too-familiar character
at the same time retaining perfect simple
ity and being the most accessible official in
Santiago"
Evening star., 1899-03-11
Lie.
From the Denyer News

From the Denver NewsI -.yc
Silently, swiftly, one ~ enc
we march down the asles of time;
Musical murnur and mournful moan,
Piaintive pleading and tender tone,
Blend In living rhyme
Hope and happiness faith and fame,
All are swept along
Into future misty and gray
Peopied with phantoms grim and gay,
Some with curse and some with song.
Lives that were full of happiness, +.
Others that teemed with sin;
Shadowy phantoms of bygone days
On suffering soul turn full their gaze.
And we long for the "Might have been
But the longing is vain for the past Is dead.
And passing present is all we know.
Futurftys riddle we may not read,
But the pains Of the past with ifs lust and greed
Should tell US the way to CO.
Prince and pauper are peers In death.
Their ashes are blown where their feet once trod
Out OF the past with Its veal and woe
into the future of doubt we 90,
christian and pagan to face one Godi
Evening star., 1899-03-11
To a Dear IneOnstant.

l. zanswiil in collier.sweskiy.
As still amid the fiukref things
And purposeless gray happenings,
Some force subsists That makes for Beauty,
And something through the chaos sings,
So mid your fevereh fuf<erings.
Or airy fights or proudipoised wings,
Some Wfstful instinct gropes for Duty,
And still Ger all yonf yagrant moods
Love- like crowded heaYen. brcods.
Dear, trust the STILL smalll voice. distrust
The fawning court Of lesser selves.
The tricksy swarm Of slnftes and elves,
Informed with sly usutpfng lust
To drag the central '.yu'fito dust,
And render mute thef sovereign .'mIst"
That sends them seurryiIg to their delves.
Let their gay friskings serve to grace thy reign
But be thou Queen by work and love and pain.
Evening star., 1899-03-11
The Sailors DirCe.
Caroline wetherell in Leslie's Weekly.

Caroline Wetherell In Leslie's Weekly,
Meath the wave he lieth low.
None his sepulchre may know,
Graded sweet on Oceans breast.
Whom he loved the fondest, best
Why for him the tears outpour2
Weep for those that wait on shore.
Nausht recks he of wind or tide,
ShadOwing fleets that override
Blackening hulls beneath the wave.
Foemen moldering in the grave:
Naught TO him the savage gun.
Wrack of death or victory won;
Coral wreathes that tropic tomb.
Phosphor candles light the gloom
Boom of surf. the atOlrs knell-
Ihus the hero slumbereth well,
Evening star., 1899-03-11
Whist,

Hour after hour the cards We're fairly shufHed,
And fairly dealt but stiffiI got no hand:
Inc morning came and with Il mind unruffied.
only said, II do not understand
Life is game of whist; from unseen sources
me car'is are shufffeh ana the hands are dealt;
bInd are our efforts to control the forces.
That, though unseen are 10 less strongly felt
do not like the way the cards are shuffied.
But yet like the game apd want to play:
And through the long, long night will | unruffied
--Play what get bntn the break of day.
~ Il u zgF-EUGENE WARE
Evening star., 1899-03-11

lava is said to be the region of the globe
where 1t thunders oftenest, having thunder
storms ninety-seven days in the year. In
Europe Italy occupies the first place, with
thirty-eight days of thunder, while France
and southern Russia have sixteen days.
Great Britain and Switzerland have each
seven days and Norway has four. Thunder
is rare at Cairo. being heard only three
days In the year. and extremely rare In
northern Turkistan and the polar regions.
Evening star., 1899-03-11

Foreigners I'm China buy nearly every
thing on credit, giving signed "chits" for
every purchase, the reason being their ur-
willingness to load themselves down with
silver or native coin. while paper money
f1uctuates too much.
Flies are not the only things found in
ambers In a big mass of clear amber.
dredged up out of the Baltic sea recently.
there was distinctly visible in its interior
a small squirrel-fur, teeth and claws in
tact.
Evening star., 1899-03-11

rare that no employer can afford to let him
go. He is wanted in every city, town and
village-in every office, shop, store and
factory.
The world cries out for such; he is need
ed. and needed badly-the man who can
carry message to Garcia.
Evening star., 1899-03-11

Il
From the Egyptian Courier
During my fifteen years Imprisonment I
never saw a mirror, and gradually all in
terest in my personal appearance faded
completely away. When it became sure
that an expedition was on its way to Om-
durman 1 began to live again. When at
last the cannon began to thunder and the
wild cries of the battle penetrated the city
laid my sword ready, determined, should
this last hope be destroyed, to put an end
to my life. When finally the noise of the
cannon ceased, and the victor Kitchener
stood before me- congratulatfng me on my
release, 1 thought / should suffocate with
emotion. The next day l made my toilet
in an officers tent and neld in my hand the
first looking-gl L had seen for fifteen
years. / looked curiously at my reflection
in it and started back. had gone QUA into
the world a young, active, strong man, and
the image which now stared at me was
that of a sick, hollow-eyed wrinkled
broken man Never did all that 1 had suf-
fered enter my mind with such strength as
at this moment. and l wept wept like a
child. the first tears In fifteen yearst The
day after was made prisoner 1 saw INV
the relief of tears; my child was torn from
me and died of starvation far away. and /
could not weep; suffered deprivations and
ill-treatment without a sign of weakness
but now, before this small looking-glass /
was overwhelmed. The pain of all that /
had lost seemed concentrated in the grief
stricken features reflected in the mirror
At one glance l saw the story of my suffer-
ings-
Evening star., 1899-03-11

FOOT BALL IN CHINA
| "ahts rake Part and a Game Os,.,,
Lasts for Days.

from the New York Herald
Chihdmen are generally not credited with
oeihs quick to accept innovations so tba,
"hen 1t Is said that northern China hoas,s
OF several foot ball teams a good daaI of
surprise will be evinced Yet foot han is
no new game among the ceIestials. at lea Ct
among those of them who inhabit f,or,tbern
emma, and has been in existence a nupher
| of years.
vi course the game is not played exactly
accofulhs TO intercollegiate rules, and a
o'ehe'' vi something which looks like one.
replaces the modern foot ball. The China
men, besides, have no goals. and the grid
IRON is replaced by the street of the town
m "hlch the deadly combat is wased with
nifty iusty celestiais on a side
Ihere Is not man among them how
ever VINO Is not six feet high and several
or them are three inches taller whiIs tbair
average weight is about 30 pounds The
men who form the team are inha bitants Of
northern China and are typical of the race
world. ~
Lined up against them the knights of the
gfidiron Of Yale or Princeton would apnear
as team or pigmies, and the Chinese
giants would give the collegians a battle
royal II they could be induced to appear on
an American foot ball field. A club with a
collective weight of 2,00o pounds could car
ry everything before it.
The main idea in the Chinese gspoa of
1901 ba!i as in the American is to carry
the Wlcker-work basket into the opponents
end OF the town, and this is often done by
stealth as we'll as by brute force There
are no tWenty-minute halves, but the game
Is continued until one side accompIishes its
purpose, and it often lasts for days
The hundred combatants are scattered
over the town, and are each provided with
whistles, which they blow in order to bring
assistance. When a scrimmage occurs the
Chlnamen give vent to their feelings in the
most peculiar noises, frequently shrieking
with delight. Their yells of triumph which
resound through the air when the ball is
discovered, are Hkened by one who has
heard them to the 'plaintive cry of pig
that has been speared. The charging is
generally done with the head.
The only precaution taken by them on
the foot bali field is for the preserva ton of
their pigtails, which are cared for as
though they were worth thousand times
their value. With this exception they
throw caution to the winds and devote
themselves with all their strength to the
play. Any game where brute strength is
required they would excel in.
On the day when a foot ball match Is to
take place the streets of the town are
cleared and the non-participaQts sit at
their windows to watch the game If il
should come their way. considerable
quantity of opium is given to the winning
team.
Evening star., 1899-03-11

An exchange says there are $4,000 mus
cies in an elephants trunk. 1t was eyident-
ly packed by a woman.-I1t-Bits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-19
GRINSTEAD GETS 1T.
Kansan Commissioned CAPTAIN
In the New Volunteers.

Washington. July 19.-The following
appointments in the volunteer service
were announced today:
To be lieutenant colonel-Lewis H.
StrOther, formerly captain, First infan-
try
To be majors-Edward B. Cassatt.
second lieutenant Fourth cavalry; JOS
eph T. Dickman, captain Eighth cavaI-
ry; Robert D. Walsh, captain Ninth
cavalry.
To be captains-James l. Burchfeld,
captain A, Third Kentucky; John P
Grinstead, captain 21st Kansas; John
Hockey, major First Connecticut vol
unteers; Charles Miller, first lieutenant
Sixth u S infantry; Frank w. Lat
timer, captain D, Sixth Illinois volun-
teerS.
To be first Heutenants-Charles H
Boyce, first lieutenant First New
Hampshire volunteers; James Law
renee Long, captain First Arkansas vol
unteers; Marion B. Wilhoy, First Ken
lucky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-19
SHAMROCK TRIAL
Challenger Defeats the Britain
mia OFF Cowes.

Cowes, July 19.-There was beauti-
full weather today for the trial of the
yacht Shamrock, challenger for the
Americas cup against the Britannia.
There were big crowds, both ashore
and afioat to witness the race. The
course today was yesterdays course re-
versed. The starting point was off the
Royal yacht squadrons house around
the SoIent-bank buoy thence to the
Nab Hghtship, finishing at the Spit
buoy off Portsmouth.
The Prince of Wales boarded the Bri-
tannia shortly before the start. There
was a good southeasterly breeze blow
ing all the morning but it softened
considerably towards the time for the
starting of the race. Both yachts car
ried club tOpsais A good start was
effected at 1912 a. m, the Shamrock
crossing the line a half a length ahead
of her competitor, being smartly han
died.
She had a new spinnaker set for the
run to the SoIent bank. Her sails seem
ed to set better than yesterday The
breeze almost died out as the yachts
stood along shore and the boats housed
their spinnakers.
The Shamrock then headed for the
center of the channel to avoid becoming
becalmed on the lee of the island. The
Britannia followed. There was but lit
tie air and the yachts practically drifted
during the next half hour. The breeze
then revived and the Shamrock, which
meanwhile had, slightly increased her
lead, secured a start. widening the gap
that separated her from the Britannia
and rounded the SOlent Bank buoy at
11:17:20. The Britannia rounded the
buoy at 11:21 :35.
The boats returned close hauled on the
port tack There was only the faintest
breeze and the Britannia was getting
the best of it slightly reducing the gap.
Nearing COwes, however, the breeze
freshened considerably and the beat to
the Nab light ship promised to show
better time.
The Shamrock passed Ryde going to-
wards the Nab lightship a mile and a
half ahead of the Britannia and finally
won easily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-19
GEN. ANDERSON EMPHATIC
In His DenisI of the Allegations
Made by Zialcita.

Fort Thomas, Ky, July 19-GeneraI
Thomas NJ Anderson, commander of the
department of the lakes was seen here
today by a representative of the Associ-
ated Prass and was asked for q state
ment concerning the Minneapolis Times
report from its Manila correspondent, in
NIdic4ta, was quoted as saying that Gen
eral Anderson. at dinner given az Ca
Vlte, had said that the Americans had not
come to the Philippines for the purpose
of taking one foot of territory with the
purpose OF giving the F1hpinos their inde-
General Anderson promptly and decided
~ said he had not used any such lam
guage. He stated that when he reached
OF LueI; and ne applied to Agpinaldo for
these things. This drew him into cOrre-
spondence with AguinaldO, from which
the general soon saw that Agunaldo's
purpose was to put every obstacle in the
tne Omted states army and at the same
time to lead the United States, through
General Anderson. into some sort of rec
oghltlon OF the, Filipino government In
that correspondence the general says he
there N purely military capacity with
no authority whatever to bind the United
intercourse with AguinaIdo was purely
military. both being opposed by a com
no nation had recognized the Filipino
government or had even given it beliger-
do anything of the kind.
I want it distinctly stated" said the
StLlGiai. lilal never at any TIME made
any such statement as is attributed to
me by Zialcita. Another matter I wish to
set right. 1t has been charged that 7 had
clashed with General Otis and it has even
been said that 1 was recalled on that ac-
count There was no clash between me
and General Otis. 1t is true that / made
a suggestion with regard to attacking the
FilipinOs because they were entrenching
in our front and that General Otis did not
act upon it. But this made no clash.
General Otis may have been acting under
direct orders from Washington. AS to
my recall, that was dated in January and
hOstilities did not begin until February.
so 1t could have had no connection with
the active camDaign as suggested.,, :,