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through the game with all possibl le
speed. The rules and method of the
game are simple. Making the strokes
with skill enough to put" the golf
ball into each of the score holes scat
tered over the links within reason
able number of strokes is the difficult
part of the game, and a part to be
learned only by practice.
The ''links" comprise the course
over which the game is played. They
vary IN form and extent to suit the
taste of the makers of the links AMI to
conform to the ''lay of the land" As
obstacles in the way of "holing" ball
add zest to the game, the links which
have sand pits, clumps of bushes,
streams, bridges and so forth in the
way are considered most desirable.
Such objects that interfere with the
play are called hazards. A hazard in
the form of sand pit '"' e, wall,
ridge, bowlder or other |. obstacle
is called a bunker. The eightes- holes
usually constituting the "course" are
marked by either flags or signs bear
ing the hole numbers, beginning with
No. at the starting point and ending
with No. Is. Uusually the holes are
placed from 200 to 300 yards apart,
the course being away from the start
ing point to the ninth hole and back
toward the starting point to the eight
eenth hole. The first nine holes COM
prise the "out" course, and are usual
ly identified by red flags. The last
nine holes comprise the Gin" course,
and are usually identified by white
fags.
At the beginning of the course is
fleeing ground" from which the ball
must be "teed" or driven. This space
is bounded by two whitewash lines at
right angles with the course. The
distance between these lines is usually
about six feet, and stakes about twen-
ty feet apart indicate the other
boundaries. The player SHALL not
play in front of the foremost boundary
line nor outside of the stakes.
To make the first stroke, or tee, the
player builds a little hill of sand not
over an inch high, places the ball on
this elevation and. makes o strong
"drive" in the direction of the first
hole. The object is to get the ball
into the hole with the fewest possible
strokes. The holes are four and o
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Harry Vardon is now hailed as the
wizard of the golf links. He won the
English championship this year for
he third time on the links OF the
Royal st. George Golf Club at Sand
wich. His aggregate score for the four
rounds was 80. Last year he cap
tured the championship at Prestwlck
in 307, and won in 1896 at Muirteld
with BIG. Since the championship OF
1898 he has taken part in many con-
tests with wonderful success.
1t is easy to understand why golf
has become so popular. Any person
who is fond of being out of doors and
of wandering across the hills and fields
in pursuit of entertainment will find it
in golf. And yet the exercise may be
made as mild as ore wishes, for while
the player chases the golf ball from
hole to hole in going over the "lnks"
as much time may be consumed as de-
sired. The sport is 80 interesting,
however, that the player usually rushes
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sary for you to exercise great care
in having each of the ends cut to e1-
actly the same shape. Now put the
endpieces in their proper places and
inside the sidepieces. Have the side.
pieces resting on their top or straight
sides. When these four pieces that
form the skeleton of the heat are in
place the endpieces should project one
inch above the ends of the sidepieces.
Nail the frame together with large
copper, "wire!'' or wrought-iron nails.
The next thing; to do is to nail the bot:
tom boards onto the sidepieces (see
figure q. These bottom boards must
be of clear timber and each feet 2t
inches long and inch thick. Six Of
the boards should be 10 inches wide,
to cover each of the sloping ends.
Now you have completed the frame
Of boat that has an inside measure
ment of II feet inches in length by
8 feet in width. Next secure two
strips of elm each 13 feet long, 6
inches wide and fve-eighths of an inch
thick. These are to be nailed to the
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quarter inches in diam meter. The eregu-
lation ball is two and three-quarters
inches in diameter and is made OF
gutta-percha. Each hole is surround
ed by putting green," or plat of
carefully clipped sod. This putting
green extends to distance of twenty
yards in every direction from the
hole. Each hole is lined with metal
and is four inches deep. After the
first hole is made the ball is lifted out
and carried to the teeing ground,
there being one near each hole, and
again teed, this time toward the Sec
ond hole. This method is continued
until all the holes have been made.
In the ordinary match game Of golf
the side that wins the greater num-
Der of holes wins the game. The
holes are won by the side holing its
ball in the fewest number of strokes.
The same rule applies when only two
persons are playing. After the balls
are struck from the tee the ball farthest
from the hole being played for shall
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Soldiers Marvellous Escape.

Mrs. J. E. Overshine, wife of Lieu
tenant Overshine, of the Seventeenth
United States Infantry, who arrived
home from the Philippines recently,
reports that Joseph Kenny, of Com
pany L, Seventeenth Regiment, who
fell from q transport in the Indian
Ocean, on the way to the Philippines,
has turned up in Australia. j
! he was seen to fall by companions,
who threw life-preservers after him
in the darkness and gave the alarm,
but when the vessel was stopped roth-
ing could be heard of him and it was
supposed he had drowned.
: Kenny says he caught a life-pre-
server by which he was kept aaoat,
and was picked up by an Australian
vessel and carried to Melbourne.
. There he reported to his command
ing officer at Manila by mail and will
soon join his regiment there. ...
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|Howto Make aFlatboat:

Select two clear and straight boards
of elm, white cedar or pine, each -
feet long, 1S inches wide and II inches
thick, for the side pieces. This tim
Der must be free from knots or cracks
or decayed spots. For the end or
"nose' pieces. select two 13.inch
planks, each 8 feet long and 7 inches
wide. Next, from a point 2 feet 6
inches from each end of each sidepiece,
saw the boards diagonally (see figure
l in the ilIustration) SO that the
end will measure 6 inches in
width. OF course it will be neces-
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be played first, the players then play
ing in rotation until one side has holed
the ball. The side winning hole
leads in starting for the next hole.
After the ball is once started from the
teeing ground it may not be touched
with anything except one OF the
"clubs" or implements used for
"driving" or putting" ball. All
strokes must be made with the club
swinging freely in the hands-the
club must not touch the ground or
any object resting on the ground.
Each stroke made to get ball out Of
a hazard, over or.beyond an obstruc-
ton or toward the object hole counts
as stroke, regardless of whether the
ball is hit or not. When ball is lost
the players side loses the hole. A
players caddie (the assistant who
carries the clubs) may stand at the
hole being played for, but no other
person is permitted to indicate the
hole by any other means than point
ing to indicate its direction. Any
player by forfeiting two strokes may
lift the ball out of difficulty and tee
it from behind the same.
While the greater amount of skill is
required in putting the ball into the
hole after it has reached the putting
green, the "drive," or knocking the
ball to cover the long distances be-
tween the holes. is very important.
Your effort should be to get such q
grasp on your "driver," and stand in
such position when driving that you
will hit the ball squarely with all your
force and send it flying in straight
I, line in the direction of the next hole.
Figures l and 2 in the accompany
ing illustration will show you the be-
ginning and the finish of the driving
stroke. You will miss it often until
you learn the "knack" of driving, but
if you do hit the ball squarely you,may
send it skimming a distance of 400
feet. The accompanying illustration
shows representations of the clubs in
common use. These and the golf
balls may be procured at any sporting
goods store, but it is not difficult to
make your own clubs, and good ball
may be whitfield out of hickory.
Position OF Teachers in England.
A. E. Bernays, graduate of Keble
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clergyman and his wife, but under no
consideration will the family Of the
village doctor condescend to notice
the teacher. The position of private
governess in q good family is con-
sidered of much higher social
stan dard than that of teacher in the
public schools. The salaries, too,
are very low compared with yours.
The masters will not average more
than $500 year, and the mistresses
$3.50. These result in our drawing
our teachers almost entirely from the
lower classes, and the children, of
course, must suffer. New York Tri-
buQe.
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mailman with mail pouch slung across
the back of the saddle. Crimson
etripes mark the folds of the envelope.
Foreign Quarters in New York Cit

There are about dozen quarters.
in New York City. The Jewish quar-
ter is east of the Buwery, in and
around Ludlow and Hester streets;
the Italians have two quarters, one in
Mulberry street, the other in First
avenue at about 10th street; the
Germans have large quarter near
Tompkins Square; the French still
live around the streets just south of
Washington Square. The Chinese
live il. lower Mott street, Pell and
Doyers streets; the Bohemians and
Czechs live near First avenue and
Seventh street. Many Scots live
around Jackson Square. The negro
quarters are west of Sixth avenue, be-
tween Twenty-seyenth and Thirty
third streets, and around Tooth street
on the East Side; the Greeks live in
Roosevelt street, the Syrians in lower
Washington street. There are no we'll
defined limits to tho quarters.
New York Sun.
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Ratified at a Critical Moment.

"That son-in-law of yours is a cool
one," remarked one Griswold street
banker to another, "and has long
head for business. Does he ever get
rattled?"
"Oh, be has his limit, like the rest
of us. When he asked me for my
daughter, he was so confuddled that
he kissed me and shook hands with
the girl. "-Detroit Free Press.
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A Yankee paper mentions the case
of a near-sighted hen which mistook
sawdust for Indian meal, and ate
heartily thereof, then laid nest full
of wooden knobs, and in three weeks
heiched out set of parlor furniture.
-Pearson's Weekly,
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New Flag For Postal Service.

The special flag proposed for the
postal service by Postmaster Charles.
u. Gordon, of Chicago, and the adop-:
ton of which is now being considered
by the department, is in representa-
tion of the diverse side of an envelope
It has white field, with blue CEN;
ter, in which is the figure of 4 mounted
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The Mexican Government coins all
average of S25, 900, 900 year in silver,
gold and "copper"
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a forty-dve years. record Of all the
noted criminals of Cuba and Porto
Rico, knows hundreds of them by
sight, and as the Cubans haven't q rec
ord of any kind and Martinez has his
knowledge secured where the Cubans
cannot get at it, the merchants of Ha-
vsna, who really favor the return Of
Martinez to power, want to know what
guarantee of protection they have.
: There have been twenty-one distinct
attempts on the life of Martinez. In
general appearance he is thin, wiry.
man Of ordinary height and weight,
but he has the eyes Of mind reader
and the grip of a 'longshoreman.
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Position OF Teachers in England.
A. E. Bernays, a graduate of Keble
College, Oxford, and q Government
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IN THE CHINA SEA
/; A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE

By SEWARD w..HoPK1Ns.
a.
tcorra1aar ROBERT BoSSEn's soNs3
ESSzM&SSl;kSSS[X;SSe
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-23
COLORED TROOPS.

medicine, surgery and veterinary lore,
and should keep a special eye on new in
ventlons OF guns. carriages and proiec-
tiles He should famaliarize himself with
the general facilities of ocean or river
transportation and Of railway rolling
stock possessed by the foreign govern
menI and should examine the methods
Or o.. mllltary telegraphs and signaling ~
"A great deal Of this varied informa-
non he can get for the mere asking. and
the rest he can work out for himself BY
patience and diligence All this he for
wards to his home government from time
to time under the seal OF diplomatic cor
respondence, and when received it is d.
gested, arranged and added to the body
OF Information already on file.
& In our navy department we have spe
clal bureau known as the Official Naval
Intelligence, which keeps track OF every.
thing going on through out the world
respecting naval matters, and OF witch
Commander Richardson Glover is the
cnler. In our war department likewise
we have bureau known. as the Military
Information Division OF the adjutant gem
erals Office, where similar inforn1a ffor
respecting army matters are boarded and
classified. Both of these establishment
from time to time publish the results ofl
certain special investigations abroad for
the benefit and enlightenment Of the army
ana navy services, but vast amount Of.
the information received is kept secret
and Is never printed. az,
with the acquisition OF the legitfna te
lines OF Information outlined above the
military or naval attache is expected to
content himself and stop there. 1t is not
Tor MIN to know. under ordinary circum-
stances, any of the secret plans of a
n3ndly government respecting the mob
iiization Of troops or the use OF railway
systems In an emer1encys or ifs aocya+
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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER, 90 1899.
One of the strangest things is, that the.

One of the strangest things is, that the
whites are surprised that Afro-Americans
want the same sort of good things that
they enjoy; another is that they cannot
get it through their superior race heads
that whatever is good for them is good
for Afro-Americans. Another strange
thing is that so far as their treatment
of Afro-Americans is concerned one is
led to believe that, in their minds, .All
coons look alike to them The whites
are very peculiar lot anyway. At one
time they will say put money in thy
purse and then we will give you a show,
but those of us who have accumulated
over 100000, and the number is larger
than many would imagine, are treated
no better, except in certain localities
where they are known, than the vilest,
black tramp. Again they will say become.
educated and that will be the open SEES
anne, but their present ideal Of Afro
American intelligence. Booker r Wash;
ington, who, without any disparagement
of that distinguished gentleman, we say,
is eaualled in scholastic attainments by
hundreds among US, cannot walk into
thousands Of hostelries boarding houses,
eating houses, etc, without. being insult
ed In fact in several cities Of the North.
where white men have tried to secure him
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ADDRESS TO THE NATION

ADOPTED by the National Afro-Amer.
III lean Council at Chicago, August
ID, 1890. 2t5 ID g .
we point with pride to the growth
ana national development Of our country:
70 the place she occupies among the sis,
ternood OF nations; to the principles she
proclaims for Justice and fair play. and
10 the doctrine she has announced that
governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed.
We congratulate ourselves upon tho
1act that the Afro-American people have
never done anything to retard the prog
ress of the United States, but have al
ways defended her honor when assailed
ny Toes within or by enemies from with
out; that the flag intrusted to our keep
Ing has never been allowed to trail in
the dust; that in all the wars in which
this nation has been engaged, from Lex
lngton to Santiago, the Afro-American
has proved himself to be good and
valiant soldier and the equal of any
man in arms, according to his oppor-s
tunities. $50 =
Through all. the dark and cruer DAYS
of slavery he never raised his hand
against the government, and since he
became citizen Of the United States he
has proved himself to be worthy Of the
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GHOST STORIES.
CONTINUED From First Pare,

-
rne rrs1 snou1u appear 60 rne orner, anu
thus solve any doubts we had entertained
Of the life after death. c. went to
India, years passed, and had nearly for
gotten his existence. I had taken, as 1
have said, a warm bath. and while lying
In 1t and enjoying the comfort of the heat
turned my head round, looking toward
the chair on which had deposited my
the bath: On the chair sat C., looking
calmly at me. How got out of the bath
l Know not, but on recovering my senses
| found myself sprawling on the floor.
The apparition or whatever it was that
had taken the likeness of G. had dis
appeared. So strongly was affected by
1t that have here written down the
whole history, with the date, 10th Decem-
Der, and all the particulars as they are
now fresh before me-
On Lord Brougham's return to England
he received letter from India announc-
ing the death Of c. The date of the
death was Dec. 49, 1890.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-09-23
OFFICERS.

Prsident-Bishop Alexander Walters, of
First Vice President Bishop A. Grant.
Pennsylvania.
Second Vice President-Rev. 2. G. Nor
riS, Arkansas. s#s5-.
Third vice president-BtshOp Clinton, OF
South Carolina.
Fourth Vice President-Hon. Geo. H.
White, North Carolina.
Fifth vice president-Bishop Holsey, OF
sixth Vice President Bishop B. W. Ar
Seventh vice PRESIDENT. T.: Fortune.
Eighth Vice President ~ Bishop G. R.
Harris. North Carolina. 80
Ninth Vice President j. Perry,
TreasureNJ. w. Thompson, of, New
York.
Financial secretary-J. E. Bruce. Of New
York.
secretary-Mrs Elizabeth c. Carter. OF
Massachusetts,.
Corresponding secretary-Mrs. Julia
Assistant corresponding secretary-F. l..
McGhee, of Minnesota. sa
Chaplain-Rev. r. G. Ransom, Chicago,
Ill.
Several new departmental bureaus were
created by the council there now being
ex-Lieut Gov Pinchback. Of Louisiana,
chairman; business bureau, Prof. W.. E.
D. Du Bots, Of Atlanta university, chair
man; ecclesiastical bureau, Rev. A. ].
Carey, Of Chicago, chairman; legislative
bureau, Daniel Murray. of Washington,
Turner, chairman; = educational bureau,
Prof. B. "A. johnson, Salisbury, N. c.;
anti-lynching bureau, Mrs. Ida B. Wells,
Barnett.