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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-02
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(Ry Telegraph to VirEinian-Pilot)
Hampton, Va. Aug. THE most inn.
por.,n, entertainments. ,r tr, lnv i'm ,h.
,, , '..'
SVi''" lcNc' SITUATION was '"e us
coNcry Of three cases in the town of
phocbus, adjoining the Soldiers Home
,,,,
yic.ims ana ,,, r,o., ,,.n..,.u,,,o 60,
tnr,. nr III. ,.,.,. +. ,,,o e,'., J.,
" '''N % '"V '''' ~
HeVed re had yellow jaundico. While
walking about ;hc Streets to-day nc
v,. s.nr -, e..., V,,a.
- ~ '''"' "''''' vi '"1
Alarm" iiospl;a! service stationed at
hampton, VINO at once pronounced the
disease yellow fever. Dr White uv-
dercd Policeman MAatn To return to
his home, which WAS promptly quar-
antincd. Tho Other two victims are old
soldiers who were found IN a saloon
hry were sent 30 'ne hospital At the
fiu''c'
NEED OF PROVISIONS.
These are the only ,as.s that have
boon r,,nr,.d -, i,+,,f,,. ,i,h,,.h
many v'ud r,,unn,, ,a....,,,i,,,,
hrcni, ,hn,. h", ~,
rho ,a",r. MY @ ~ 80 "'' IN I;
ihnro ,nd,,. 'm' n'7 ,',S u'eu
t'V'c '-"'! - erroneous. hampton
Inns Inns morning InArantincd aSnins
""tp"S' BUSINESS lhrlc mas been al
i,uS' t"tire,y EuSpeMlrh' ana ii Is rrac-
tically dead here. The leading hote.
closed to-day, and merchants are dis
charging the clerks. Arrangements
have been made for the steamer lamp
ION koadS to run To Norfolk and New
r We, .Nt w., '. morrow 70 Dr'ns pro.
Iio,, 'V' 80 Wv" anu '"c "o'u'crs
Aio'''c'
AT TIL! HOLE.
Washington ID. e.. Aug. 1-.'rhrcc
new cases Of yellow fcvr, ~ rho 81
dicrs Home at Iinmn,nn ANA nnn
death. is the official report received
t"-niHht by surgeon Gcncrai Wymnn
no., ON ~ u, ~ Eni"M leN,r TN,
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Nvvn.,u ,,,t.t',I az ~ .
DAT. FORTY rns,s IN ali NH, a.,
CURED a, ,hr lin,u, yhi'.n i..h,
have proved fatal
SINI,Iy rni~..t,t,>.,.,,
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vTursron INTO today iciegraphed l'r.
,,,;l .''",' mae ~ NJ "nlni"n 'here was
fnvn, i,Tn',i 'm"; ''i N.Y. p'rh some
lagc of phnnh,,. h,, ,h' '','' ~ u
ri .n;d ,t,",. w." ~ ~ gu "''i - ne :
not been f'l9,ye1 hv ' nn, 'SiNi,,n nae
q positive ease ~, I'M ,,,,,c.. st,,,,,
the fever dcvolon tlnr. hn,,.,,.r -"
surprise will 30 feiI i'm viey Of ID.
proximity OF the place In .hc .soliiars'
1iomc ana the mixing of the inmates
OF the Institution with The nean!, of
Ph"ehuS
lis appearance" ut Phochu5 Dr. Wy
iiin. ,H'hhS under ihes" circumstances
would he SIMPLY coincidence.
ii'r' 80 lion tNCpi RAGING
t,',, ne "'lnl"n was expressed Tonight
in innsm,,nn ' ,, nus 'l''"ui as
ken, WITHIN !. - ~ ~ a.. nus nrrh
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-02
ALCER Steps
DOWN and OUT
EIihu Root, of New York. Now
Secretary Of War.
COM L!M ENTS
PASSED
Tho Retiring Official Asks God 20
Succcs-or- Gcmerni MILES nnd stnT
Witness the Induction or tho New
Secretary Into OHIcc-AI-er Nc-
turns 10 Michigan.
By Telegraph to virGinian-pnot>

Usy Telegraph to VirGinan-Pnot)
Washington, II. c., Aug. i.-Mr. Elihu
Root took the oath of office as Score
tary of War at l0:45 to-day. The cere-
mony occurred in the large Office of the
Secretary of War in the presence of
Secretaries Gage and Hitchcock, AS
sistant Secretary Meikeljohn, large
number of army officers in uniform and
other employees ana officials. The oath
was administered by Judge Cole, of the
Supreme Court of the District Of Co.
iumbid.
CONGRATULATION
General Al,er shook tho new Sccre-
tary'S hand most cordially and said
with evident feeling:
with all my heart I congratulate
you and the administration. You will
find around you here men who will help
in the arduous duties OF your position
May God bless you and give you
strength
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-02

London-The Gazette announces to-
day that Mr.. William waldorf Astor
was naturalized a British subject July
18th OF the present year.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-02
De VEL 0PMENTS
At HAMPT
Marine Hospital Surgeons Send
Out Encouraging Reports.
PROVISIONS ARE NEEDED

The Report That Two Negroes Pied
OF Yellow Fever I'm PIucbus H.
Erroneous 40 Evidence OF u Pos
itivc Case Ehcrc suspects Quar-
Rntincd-Evcry E'rccnutIOn Lai,cn
10 Prevent Spread OF Discnsr.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-02

Secretary Gage then stopped forward
and congratulated Secretary Root. He
was followed by Secretary Hitchcock
Assistant Secretary Mcikcljohn. Gene
raj Corbin and chief Clerk Schoficld.
General Alcer picked up the commits
sion siencd by The President and at
tested by the Secretary of state. APP
poiniinG Mr.. Root Secretnry OF War
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-02
GEN. MILES PRESENT.

General Miles appeared with his staff
in The fun dress uniform of the major
general commanding the army.He stop
ped 10 talk with Secretary Root for
some time. Longer than any Of the
others
Following the presentation Of the Of
ticers. the civilian officials and clerks nj
The department came IN and shook
hands with Secretary Root and said
farewell to General Alger.
Secretary Gage. before l. wing tho
room. went up 20 General Alger and
shook him cordially by the hand bid
ding him good hive
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-02
OFF FOR HOME.

General Alger left at l2:i5 o'clock to-
day for his home in Detroit.
The last official act OF Secretary AL
ger was TO sign requisiiion for the
allotment Of so. 600 for transports.
Secretary Root did not perform any
Official business to-day. As General Al
ger is Secretary and draws the salary
ior to-day, 1t was thought best TO
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-02
PRECAUTIONs CONTINUED.


surgeon tr.ci.s. now at The South At
NniC quarantine station. has been or
de.cd To Ncrlo!iS. and PASSED As.i.ten,
Surgeon simpson. row at 81. I.ouis
has been directed 20 report at old Point.
Arrangements have been made for the
disinfcct!or of mail matter sent bv The
inmates az tho Home to their friends.
TWO suspect vet rans who il We boon
al the Hampton Home. have been de-
tanned by the local authorities in this
city. but they appear to be all right ana
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eltloh does not entirely belong ia
podles animate. Their" are many INN
'nlate things, Including iron and steel
when grows fatigued temnorarilv
Slapped of vitality. the Same MS vf,n1.-
self after a hard bit of work., and lose
fhuch OF their strength and elasticity
through long continuous subsection 10
stress or vibration. But if they are al
lowed to rest for a while these metals
~recuperate and recover their original
strength and dependent virtues.
Tests conducted with great care
and accuracy, with full-sized bridge
members and various other CONNER
claI forms of steel and iron. have been
made, and have so thoroughly proved
his observation Of fatigue in inani-
mate things that it is generally accept
ed by members CT my profession as
a positive and we'll understood law.
The effect of constant vibration upon
steel and iron is to cause fatigue and
weakening of the metal. An English
engineer Of high authority years ago
called attention to the fact that iron
wires kept in torsional oscillation dur
ing the week behaved very differently
after their Sundays rest
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Eight Aged Smith Sisters.

The most remarkable collection of
aged sisters ever assembled in Maine
met at the house of Mrs. Olive Penney,
in Clifton, recently, when the Smith
sisters held their reunion. There
were twelve sisters in the family. Two
of them died when young and another
died in middle age. Of the nine sur
vivors eight were able to be present
at the reunion. Their m and
ages are: Mrs. Mary Silsby, Aurora,
So years; Mrs. Lucy French, Garwin,
Ia, 80 years; Mrs. Adah Garland,
Ellsworth, so years; Mrs. Olive Pen
ney, Clifton, II years; Mrs. Sarah
Saunders, Aurora, rs years; Mrs.
Louisa Frost, Mariaville, 70 years;
Mrs. Priscilla Jordan, Mariaville, 81
years: Mrs. Francis Smith, %Cathlamet,
Wash, So years. The living alb
sentee, Mrs. Nancy Frost, "a years Of
age, was detained at her home in
Mariaville with a broken leg. They
are all in excellent health and promise
to live for years to come.-New York
Sun-
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Cavite q Strange City.

General Merritt's private secretary
writes to a friend in Washington:
"Cavite is a Strengthening place.
The streets are narrow, houses only
one story high, and the horses are but
mere ponies. They are driven to
funny little two-wheel co~ntrivances.
Another man and myself drove around
in one OF these carts yesterday after
noon, and all it cost US for two the hours
we had it was thirty cents, Mexican;
fifteen cents, American. Notwith-
standing this low charge, clothes and
the like have gone up in price, al
though I ordered a linen suit, and the
price is be to 81, Mexican; $3.50,
American. The rainy season is now
on, and when it rains it rains hard,
coming down in regular torrents. The
mornings are usually clear. and, much
to my surprise. I haven't as yet found
any extremely hot weather. I think
the climate is not half as bad as it has
been pictured. Certainly it is not
overhot New York Tribune.
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WORTH KNOWING,
The army Of Germany boasts eigh

The army Of Germany boasts eight
women colonies.
The washing of clothes for the
queens household costs more than
s15,0 900 per annum.
At a recent auction in London $3.50
was paid for four volumes of a visitors
register kept in Sh~akespeare's house at
Stratford from 1921 to 1S48.
In proportion to population Texas has
furnished more troops for the war than
any other state. Texas pays each en-
listed man 81 a month in addition to
his government pay.
The natives Of some tropical coun-
~triea~chew the fbers Of green cocoa
nrs as- remedy for fever. They con-
lin much t3lnic acid, and are reputed
as effective as quintne.
Napoleon's cabbage palm at Long
wood has besa blown down. It was
the last tree of it's kind on the island
Of St. Hsleua, and the species has not
been found elsewhere.
Public drinking troughs for horses
are CONDEMNED by the ex-presideut OF
the Royal College of Veterinary Sur
geons, on the ground that they propa-
gate certain diseases peculiar to
horses.
There is one Christian minister for
every 900 Inhabitants in Great Britain,
one in every 114,O00 in Japan. one in
1865. 600 In India, one in 800, 900 in At
RIGA, and one in 437 600 in the Chinese
empire.
A traveller tells Of treasure chambers
in Bagdad that rival the tales of the
Arabian Nights" Among the multi
m~illionaires are the Sassoons. whose
banking firm exercises the functions
Of a great power throughout Asia.
In noting that it is the purpose of
the navy department in the construc-
ton Of the new ships to minimize the
woodwork, the Boston Transcript sug-
gests that a trife less woodwork in the.
wal department might also be tried
with good results.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-11
Freak of Kansas Wind.

J. B. Stinebaugh relates a very
queer incident Of the storm. He, with
his wife, son and daughter, was at the
farm of E. E. Stinebaugh, six miles
south of the city. They were all out
of the buggy except the son, a boy of
twelve years, when a gale of wind
caught the buggy, and tore the har-
ness into shreds, separating the buggy
from the horse. The buggy, with the
boy in it, shot up into the air several
feet and turned completely over, land
ing several feet away upon the ground
a mass of ruins. The boy came down
upon the top of a woven wire fence
but was uninjured. Mr.. S~tinebaugh
went out after what was left of his
buggy. Mr.. Stinebaugh says he has
had several experiences with storms
and wind, but never saw anything to
equal his experience in this Storm
Ottawa (Kan.) Herald.
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PIucky BiCycier.

No man knows when he will have a
chance to show himself a hero. 1t
may come on the battlefield, on the
deck of a war ship, Or in the street of
a quiet city. A citizen or Indianapolis
sends to the Sentinel all account Of 4
brave act witnessed by him the even
ing before in that city.
A wheelman himself, if we under
| stand him correctly, he was riding
along one of the streets of %Indianapo-
lis when he saw a runaway horse COM
ing at breakneck speed. In the car
rage was a young lady, clinging to the
seat with a look of terror on her face.
The carriage swung from u side of
the street to the other as the horse
ran.
Just then the correspondent of the
Sentinel noticed a young man on a BIZ
cycle dart into the middle of the street
in hot chase after the runaway. AS
he neared the horses head he reached
| out with his left hand and seized the
bride. Guiding his wheel with his
right hand, he kept alongside of the
horse. pulling upon its bride till the
horses speed began to slacken.
Then all of a sudden the man slipped
from his wheel and hung with all his
might upon the horses head, till pres
emily the frightened creature was
brought to a standstill.
The young IN as soon as she
was able to speak. thanked her deliv-
erer. who declined to give his name.
but lifted his hat, remounted his
wheel. which had escaped injury, and
rode away.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-11
Ancient Roman Hospital Found.

An ancient Roman hospital has been
brought to light at Baden, neal Zurich,
the discovery havt-s been made in
connection with recent excavations at
Windiscn. the Roman Eindontssa. l,
contains fourteen rooms, supplied with
many kinds Of medical, pharmaceutical
and surgical apparatus, the latter in
Guiding probes, tubes, pincers, cauter-
izing instruments and Nen a collection
Of safety pins used In bandaging
wounds. There are also medicine
spoons in bono and silver measuring
vessels, Jars and pots for ointment,
some still containing traces Of the
ointment used.
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taNCERs' HEROIC CHARGE
The Bravery of $40 British CavaIrymen, Who
Rode Through 5000 Deryishes,

Official reports of the engagement
which marked the downfall of Maid
ism say that the charge of the Tween
ty-irst Lancers, which was made
through a line of three thousand der
wish horse and foot, was not a part of
Sir Herbert Kitchener's plan of battle,
nor did he give orders for it. In re-
gard to this charge, the correspondent
OF the London Daily News says:
1T may be questioned whether Brit
ish cavalry ever did a more heroic
deed. 1t came about in this wisy:
Colonel Martin was trotting at the
head of his regiment westward. with
intent to cut off the retreat of the en-
envy in that direction, when, across y
Watercourse three feet deep, there
arose before the Lancers some thrf y
thousand dervishes.
Without an instant's hesitation
Colonel Martin ordered the charge to
be sounded, and in a minute or two
the troopers We're slashing and thrust
ing a way through the dense mas Of
the enemy. They made their way, but
at no small cost, for out of a total Of
only 800 men with which the regiment
went into the fray, they lost no fewer
than forty killed and wounded. Sew
eral horses We're quickly hamstrung,
and their riders were cut to pieces by
the ferocious foe.
with u exception no man who
u-oc orao a1,,4a1Jr ,,r1,nrcnl r,- n ,ro II,
seen alive. The exception was Sur
geon Major Ginches. His horse Was
brought down to the ground and the
officer fell among the furious dervish-
es. Sergeant Major Brennan, who
was riding ahead, saw the Majors
peril, and CALAMITY returned to his as
s%istance. After a tough fight, in the
course of which Brennan killed sew
eral dervishes. he succeeded in getting
the officer on to his own horse and
back to the regiment.
Lieutenant Grenfell was killed ear
ly in the charge. Knowing that the
dervishes would mutilate the body,
Lieutenant de Montmorency and. Lieu
tenant Pike rode back to the enemy,
shot three or four of them and brought
the lieutenant's body out of the melee.
The non-commissioned officers were
conspicuous throughout this thrilling
business. Several Lancers who were
wounded concealed the fact, and did
not go to the doctor until long after
the lighting was over. The Lancers'
charge was quite reminiscent Of old
times. Each trooper picked out his
man as he rode and went for him.
Before they could get at the dervishes
they had to jump the ~watercourse, and
they did it in splendid style"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-11
YANKEES WHIPPED pIcTAIL PIRATES
HI Debut OF the United States Navy in
Chinese Waters.

The first passage at arms between
American citizens and Chinese was in
1909, when Mr.. j. P. Sturgis, of Bos-
ton, arrived in the ship Atahualpa,
Captain Bacon, at Macao. The ter
rlble Chinese pirate Apootsae was then
raVaglng the coast, capturing imperial
forts, laying whole towns under con
trtbution, massacreing those who OPP
posed him, and terrorizing the man
1arlns. In vain were rewards offered
for his head. Having watched and
seen the chief officer and en- armed
boats crew leaving the Atahuaipa for
the city to obtain a river pilot, he
thought the capture Of the foreign
devils ship would be easy. Ranging
his junks under color of moving up the
river, and feigning to run past the
American ship, the pirates suddenly
rounded, expecting to leap on board
and kill the eighteen or twenty men
left there. Instead of quick success,
the ChinamA caught a tartar. As
founded as tAI Yankees We're, their
cannon were A,rtunatelT loaded, and
they made liveA. use of them, and with
Brown Bess tNuskets, horse-pistols,
and boarding-tikes, defended them
selves with spirit. The Chinese threw
On deck plenty of those homemade
hand-grenades which, owing to the
quantity Of sulphur in the powder,
we're unFoetically termed "stink-
potts." but they killed none of their
foes. Amid the shrieks and groans of
their wounded, a hellish din with
gongs and drums was kept up. The
Yankees fred with such effect that the
Chinese were beaten off. Apootsae
called away his men, and his ships
were soon lost to sight, This episode
put such courage into the ~cowardly
mandarins that by means Of bribery
and treachery, they secured the cut
throat Apootsae, and had him put to
death by the slow and prolonged pro-
cess Of hacking, called ''the thousand
outs" From this time fsrth there
was intense respect for Americans at
Canton and Macao, and business in
creased with little interruption. From
"Our Navyin Asiatic Waters, by Will
lam Elliot Gritis, in Harper's Maya
1lne.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-11
Ine1S9aRE
The subject Of a young lady's essay,

The subject Of a young lady's essay
who was graduated from a high school
in an Ohio town. was Hawthorne
and In her essay she said, AT the age
of thirty-nine Hawthorne married and
took his wife to the old manse." The
day after the commencement one of the
village nlaidens called on Miss E., and
in talking the affair over, remarked:
Wasn't it awful that Maude should
say such a thing in her essay"" Miss
E. inquired to what she alluded. why
she said at the age Of thirty-nine Haw-
thorne married and took his wife to the
old mans. Why didn't she say to his
father-in-law's?"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-11
SIR THOMAS LIPTON,

Sir Thomas tombstone Lipton.
knight, has the reputation of a true
sportsman, is a multimillionaire and
has various business interests in this
country. He began life as a laborer
on a Carolina rice plantation and rose
to his present position by force Of in
tellect and business ability. A gift
to the poor Of SIPS 900 in Jubilee year
won him his title Of baronet. His boat
will be named the Shamrock.
The Americas cup was first offered
as the One Hundred Guinea Cup" by
the Royal Yacht squadron Of Cowes,
England, for competition, open to
yachts Of all nations, in 1851. The
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Pianos for $1,000.



II is the time of great storms now in
the Philippines. Huge seas come tum
bling ashore on the beach and the
vessels in the great exposed bay have
all they can do to hang to their an
chors, as the surf sometimes dashes
a. high as their lower foreyards.'
writes the author Of yesterdays in the
Philippines" One bit of description
may we'll apply to the weather now ex-
~perienced by soldiers under Gen.
Merritt: "The other morning began the
first real storm Of the rainy season,
and we came very Lea having a bad
typhoon, but some n turned the
switch and 1t swirled up the back
coast on the Pacific side and crossed
through a notch in the mountains some
distance north of Manila, giving the
city only -four days of monstrous winds
and floods Of rain. The streets were
two feet deep with water in the bust
ness sections, and down at our house
by the seas the wind blew so hard that
Il carried the tin from our roof OF
to visit the next suburb. Then it was
that those sturdy windows of small
seashells set into hardwood lattice
seemed far more secure than glass, and
l doubt If anything less we'll construct
ed would have stood the blast that
surged in from the broad bay" In
another storm a thousand houses were
blern down in Manila and four Span
ish briggs in the bay totally wrecked
Boston Herald.
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A Movable Feast.

When should dinner be eaten?
The good oId-fashioned Elizabethan
Franklin warranted dinner hour OF
twelve" but the usual dinner hour in
Elizabeth's reign was II. In 1861 II
o'clock was the hour in English farm
houses. Cranmer dined at II. In 1850
Venner wrote: Our usual hour for
dinner in all places is about eleven Of
the clock This he thought too late,
and he advocated the hour of 10.
Alas. we lead an artificial life. We
10 not dine at Il. Would that we
could, Would that we could eat sup
Der at 6 O'Clock and 60 to bed at 8
o'clock.
But we should not be able then to
90 TO theatres or concerts or lectures
or parties.
That is the chief reason why we
should like to go to bed at = O'CLOCK
Dinners and Diners.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-11

"Our boy was absolutely helpless. His
lower limbs were paraiyzed, and when We
used electricity he could not feel it below
his hips. Finally we let the doctor 60 ns
he did not seem to help our son and We
nearly gave mp hope. Finally my motler
who lives in Canada wrote aiv,sing tn" u-n
of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Poo
pie and | bought some.
This was when our boy had been on tho
stretcher for an entire year and helpl4ssfor
nine months. In six weeks after taking
the pills we noted signs Of vitality in
his legs, and in four months he was abb" to
60 to school.
1T is two years since he took the first Of
the pills md he is at school now just as
nappy and we'll as any OF the other chill
.lren. 1t was nothing else in the world
that saved the boy than DR.. Williams PINK
Pills for Pale People"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-11
Omens ON -Shiphoard.

There are lots Of customs which time
and observance have made almost sa-
cred on s%hipboard. Whistling is
frowned down, because that Is sure to
scare up a gale CT wind. A flying fish
coming on deck or through q perthole
Is a good indication, while a minister
on a ship is son thing to Be dreaded
BY the supers,itious sailor. It's bad
luck to have a dog fall overheard.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-11

From hs Erening Crescent, appleton, VS..
A remarkable cure from a disease which
has generally wrecked the lives Of children,
and left them in a condition to which death
itself would be preferred, has attracted a
great amount of attention among the resi-
dents of the west end of Appleton.
The case ia that Of little Willard Creech,
son of Richard D. Creech, a we'll known
employe OF one Of the large paper mills in
the Fox River Valley. The lad was attacked
by spinal disease and his parents had given
up all hope of his ever being we'll again
when, as by a miracle. he. was healed and i
now in school as happy as any Of his mates.
Mr.. Creech. the father OF the boy, who.
resides at 1862 Second Street, Appleton,
Wisconsin, told the following story:
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course was around the Isle of Wight,
and It was won by the keel schooner
America, August q, Of that year, in
competition with a fleet Of IA yachts,
four Of which were Of greater tonnage.
The America won by eight minutes,
the Aurora being second and the bal
ance Of the fleet far behind. Twenty
one races have been sailed in United
States waters in defense of the cup,
which was offered on July 8, 1857, as
a perpetual challenge trophy, to be
raced for under the auspices Of the
New York Yacht club.