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The times., 1899-10-16

The facts are. the rumor that National
League headquarters would be removed TO
New York is the creation OF an imagfn-
alton generously affected with dope, as
The times., 1899-10-16

Frank Bancroft Will start on his South
ern transforming baseball trip the earl,
part OF this week. His teams are made uE
and his itinerary and dates all fixed
The times., 1899-10-16

After all their good playing during the
last half of the season the Louisville club
settled down IN ninth place.
The times., 1899-10-16
The Second Game.

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The times., 1899-10-16

there has been no meeting of the magnates
of an official character at which the sub
ject could be considered
With the addition of two star pitchers
and a good third baseman, the New York
club would make a first division record
next season.
1t would not surprise the public to see
Ed Hanlon and his champion ball players
back in Baltimore next season, as there
| is no telling what viii happen.
Fleming the outfielder claimed by New
York and Washington, is not by any means
phenom, and it is not likely that there
will be very strong contest for his
/ services Washington, however, has the
| better claim. s.i
The Cleveland ball players are not the
impecunious lot they have been represent
ed few days ago they presented Mr..
Muir, their manager, with a beautiful gold
medal studded with diamonds
Earl Wagner is not after Selbach, Jack
Taylor, or Dusty Miller, as has been re-
ported.
Mike Roach is a very close student of
the stock exchange, and an occasional
plunger in limited way
Jimmy Slagle is one of the few ball play
ers that has taken home all of his salary,
except what he has expended inSlegitimate
expenses.
Catcher Bergen, of the Bostons, who was
in a recaleitrant state early in the season,
is charged with being the cause of the
Boston's loss of the pennant.
Pitcher Doyle, of the Sacramento club,
recently drafted by Louisville, is regarded
as wonder. He was recommended to
Clarke by Pitcher Hughes OF the Brooklyns.
The Philadelphia players lost the 81. 500
bonus by neck, yet they hope that Col
onei Rogers will give them good healthy
advance on their next season S contract
Outfielder Woodruff. of the New York
club, is among the valuable recent acqui-
sitions to the National League. He is a
heady man on the bases, and terrifcally
hard hitter.
Earl Wagner has wound UP all of his
business at Washington and turned over
the park and the old horse to Frank De-
Neal.
The consensus of opinion among the
magnates is that the double umpire sys-
TEN was frost. and that the probabilities
are that they will go back to the old way
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23
WHERE DOES THE WHEEL COME FRoMi

the frame are made to telescope and are
strapped to the leg. The chain and gear
are carried around the neck, and the sad
die, exceedingly small, is hidden in the
robe of the magician.
Every part of the wheel is fitted clev-
erly, and where hidden bolts can be en-
ployed to join the separate parts they
are used; where they must, catches are
arranged where critical search by the
uninitiated would fail to discover them.
By reason of the number of spring bolts
it is possible to put the contrivance to-
gether marvelously quick; but even if it
took somewhat long to do this it would
pass unnoticed. for all the time he is at
work beneath the shawl the Hindoo
keeps up a constant fire of incantations
and seems by the noise and the strug
Cling to be in the grasp of the evil one.
When he energies with the bicycle in
he has obtained it by the direct agency
of the chief of the internal regions
One thing more remains TO be explain
ed. When the fakir disappears beneath
the shawl, he is dressed in robe When
he reappears, he wears tight fitting BIZ
cycle costume. This costume he wears
beneath the oriental robe when he en-
ters the room. The robe, when the man
emerges, is secreted in its filmy folds in
the interior of the tubing. The Hindoo,
of course. has to do the work with light
ming rapidity, in addition to the clever
way in which the bicycle is built
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23
JUGGLING WITH A WHEEL.
How n HindOo Fak!r Produces n b.
cycle From His Clothes.

A Hindoo fakir is creating something
of sensation in European cities by a
wonderful bicycle trick. Dressed in the
fiimsy garments of his race, the fakir
would appear before a select audience
and, spreading a shawl on the carpet
would go through a series of mysterious
movements calculated to convince the
most unbelieying member of the audi
ence that something extraordinary was
about to happen. Then the Hindoo would
crawl beneath the shawl and remain
there for a few minutes, singing oriental
airs of Il weird nature, until suddenly the
shawl would begin to move upward and
gradually assume n tentlike appearance.
From beneath this tent there would pres
emily emerge the Hindoo. dressed no lon
ger in his Hindoo garments of diapha-
nous material, but rigged in bicycle
suit, and. climax of wonders, holding in
his hands bicycle of the latest model.
This bicycle the fakir would hand around
for inspection. and the audience, to their
amazement, would find no sign of any
collusion on the part of the machine.
Apparently it was an up to date wheel
capable of taking any member of the
company on century run, no matter
what the avoirdupos of the rider.
To convince the audience that there
was no deception the Hindoo would ask
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23

forest. To us the scene was terrible.
We spoke not Il word, walked away and
disappeared among the trees. That was
our first and only visit TO the sacred vii
lage of the cannibals.
AN hours travel brought lis to bat
tleground. There were dozens of head
less bodies, for the fight had evidently
been large one That night we paid
for our kindness to the released captive.
We reckoned that news of the coming of
the gods would hardly overtake us, but
our action in freeing the man threw sus-
picion on orr connection with the heav-
enly sphere. We entered village at
dusk. where the inhabitants for the first
time refused to give us. food and cast
many looks of hatred in our direction.
"A council of war was then held, and
we two starving Europeans were uncere-
moniously locked up in a cave. Rats,
snakes and other unpleasant companions
helped us TO pass an awful night, but in
the morning we were released. The ma
tives still had some fear of our godly ap-
pearance of the day before, but refused
TO give us any food. Next day we went
to the top of the mountain and narrowly
escaped falling through some of the great
crevices in glaciers near the peak"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23
A Mistake.

The late emperor of Brazil once spent
a very pleasant hour with great lin
guist and at the same time made rather
amusing mistake. The story is told in
Chambers Journal.
The emperor was in England, and DUR
ing the absence of the master of the
place this imperial student chose to visit
Chatsworth. the beautiful estate of the
Duke of Devonshire. He reached the
Palace of the Peak soon after dawn. be-
fore the family was up.
The housekeeper, arriving upon the
scene. found strange gentleman talking
In a language she did not understand
Fortunately Sir James Lacaita, the great
linguist and librarian. was in the house,
busy with the books. He came TO the
rescue and addressed the visitor in
French. The emperor replied in Span
ish. in which language Sir James con-
tinued.
Italian was next employed, and pres
emily particular patois of that tongue
peculiar TO certain district of Naples
was tried. II happened to be literally the
mother tongue of Sir James Afterwsrd
came the inspection of the books. TIE
distinguished cicerone still kept his iden-
tity secret. The emperor. assuming him
house:
DO all the servants of the Duke OF
Devonshire have 10 pass an examination |
In languages lSforc his grace engages |!
them?''
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23

permission of the hostess to ride the
wheel and. permission being granted.
would mount and wheel down the Boule
ward and out of sight, leaving the audi
ence to discuss the marvel and cry.
"Great is the mysticism of the east.
which performs wonders not given to the
white man to fathom or initiate"
The explanation has proved to be as
simple as are most explanations (wheD
they GOMEZ of such feats. The fakir car
ries the bicycle concealed about his per-
son and puts it together beneath the
shawl. 1t was made for him by a skill
full jeweler Of Bombay and is really Won
derful. The frame is constructed in sec
tions, which bolt together by cunningly
concealed bolts, and when the fakir en-
ters he has this frame in sections hidden
in various parts of his clothes. The
tires are debated and arercarried around
the waist of the Hindoo, where they are
hidden by his flowing robe. The spokes
hinge to the rim, and the rim of each
wheel is in four segments, which fold up
like a fan and are carried in pockets be-
meath the fakir's cloak. The tubes of
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23
GHOST OF THE SEA.
Reappearance of the Flying Dutch
man on the Atlantic.

man on the Atlantic.
The officers and crew of the steam
ship Albatross, trading between LONDON
and the Cape of Good Hope, report that
the ghostly Flying Dutchman recently
appeared to them in the south Atlantic
ocean. The most marvellous thing about
it all was that, though the steamer was
going l. knots and the wind was quits
light, the apparition to windward kept
pace with her knot for knot. The
Dutchman's sails were distended with
wind. She had half a gale behind her at
least. She keeled over until her molder-
ing deck and rusty guns were clearly to
be seen, yet those on the steamer felt
hardly a breeze. Equally strange was
the absence of life on the ancient galleon.
Not even tortured soul was there to
g1lide her path.
1t was the stubbornness of a wicked
Dutch nobleman, one Falkenberg, which
rendered this miracle of the seas posi-
BILE. According to the accepted version
of the story, as given by NJ. Jal in his
Scenes de la Vic Maritime" Falken-
berg set out on a voyage of discovery
during the early part of the seventeenth
century. He fad stout ship and gal
liant crew, each man as hot headed and
obstinate as himself The Dutch in
those days were reckoned among the best
navigators in the world, and all might
have gone well with Falkenberg had he
restrained his blasphemous temper. He
tried to round the stormy Cape Horn
against a furious gale and of course fail
ed, for the clumsy, slow sailing vessels
of those days were not much good at
reaching to windward.
Falkenberg made the vain attempt
again and again, for the elements seem
to have united against him. Then in his
rage he swore an impious oath that he
would do it or die. The crew, getting
tired of this ceaseless battle against head
gales, not unnaturally kicked" To quiet
them, for their obstinacy was of the true
Dutch type, their captain threw few
men overheard and kept on smoking his
pipe and drinking his beer.
To and fro with wearisome monotony,
the vessel tackled. but never a mile to
windward did she make. Then the Holy
Ghost descended on the ship. probably
for the purpose of arbitrating between
the captain and his crew, but the impious
Falkenberg was not the one to be daunt-
ed by spiritual manifestations. He drew
his pistol and fired point blank at the
heavenly being. The ofhy result was
that the bullet pierced his own hand and
paralyzed his arm. Falkenberg seems to
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23

"Yes, sab, | filed the queen of Zanzi-
bar full of bird shot in defense of the
flag of my country, and | am proud of
my act" Thus spoke Judge William G.
Riley. formerly of Accomac county, Va,
who now claims New York city as his
place of legal residence, says the New
York Herald.
1t was during the administration of
President Grant that Mr.. Riley was ap-
pointed consul TO Zanzibar. Before reach
ing there he was advised that former
American cousuls had been. subjected to
many indignities by the natives, and he
was prepared tc encounter some difficult
ties in the administration of. his Office.
When the steamer on which he was a
passenger dropped anchor in the harbor
OF Zanzibar. 4 delegation Of half clad
Arabs, prominent citizens of the town,
went aboard ship and inquired of the cap
tain if he had another cowardly Ameri-
can cousul aboard
According 10 Judge Rley-and he re-
lates this part Of the story with becom
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23

SKULL
serted village, and our unconcerned ac-
tiOns there nearly brought on us the
doom that irate ctlnibals had prepared
for other captives There were stone and
mud huts ON each side of the main street,
and, looking into one of these, its walls
seemed in the last stages of decay. We
walked up and down two or three low
rooms in each hut, and the echoes seem
ed peculiarly weird. Giant trees along
the half worn street overshadowed the
whole place to almost semidarkness, and
the silence was well nigh appalling. We
went into some more houses and were
startled to see above'the portals of doors
two grinning skulls with the fat fore
heads peculiar to Mongolians
81 can stand good deal, but the weird
silence of this hideous place was enough
to startle ones nerves. All at once,
though, the silence was rudely broken.
From up the hill came shouts and beat
ing of drums and all sorts of dreadful
noises that one could imagine. Soon the
crowd appeared. brandishing spears and
short weapons. They were all in war
paint and were physically very different
from any other Formosans that | had
seen. They are evidently a tribe of
Malayans who originally came to the is
land centuries ago. Their savage tend
encieS have alienated them from the
weaker tribes of the lowlands. The ad-
vancing crowd had several prisoners,
who would now and then utter heart
rending cries when one of the captors
pricked him with spear. There were
perhaps 60 in the band, and on top of ev-
cry mans spear was a skull, many of
them blood stained, all new and hanging
with shreds of flesh Some of the men
were eating this raw human flesh.
I'VE had not been seen up to this time
and did not intend being seen by mob
of that description.
1--WE rushed away among. the trees and
moment later hid in the largest hut,
that stood by itself
This house had extra decorations of
skulls, and natives approached only with
in 20 feet of it, bowling there with rever-
ence. They prepared for a feast, built
big fires and bound their captives still
more securely. We thought wes were
safe from discovery, but presently one of
their number, acting in the capacity of
priest. came into the house and began in
carnations. On his spear was human
IL
superstitious fellow and looked wildly
about when he came into what we now
know was the tabernacle of the tribe.
"For perhaps half an hour he stood at
the farther end of darkened passage.
going through ceremonial, and then ne
discovered lis. He gave one wild shrek
and fled through the door. We advanc-
ed. Five of the principal spearmen held |
a brief consultation, then came and |
threw themselves on the ground in front |
Of us. We had evidently been taken for
gods and had to act as such. We walked |
with silent tread past the band of ma
tives. They in turn threw themselves on
the ground and whined. Already two of |
the eaptives had been killed by knives |
Of savages and were partially roasted
by fire. Half a dozen of the miserable
natives were already tearing flesh off
bones and eating ravenously of the for
mer. The third captive was moaning
piteously, awaiting his turn. We cut
him free, and he sprang away into the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23
THE BEST RAILROAD
With the Best Trains Through the Best
country-PuIlman Cars-Dining Cars.

The Southern railway in connec-
tion with the Queen & Crescent
Route, forms the great short-line
highway from Louisville and Cincin-
natl to the principal points in Ten
nessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida,
Louisiana, North and South Carolina
with direct steamer connections for
Havana, Cuba; Nassau, n. P, and
Key West. Double daily trains with
through sleepers. Only "a hours to
Jacksonville; 81 hours to Havana
All agents sell tickets via the
Southern railway. Round-trip tick
cts to principal southern resorts.
Ask your nearest ticket agents for
rates and other information, or write
to G. A. Baird, Trav. Pass'r agent,
Louisville, KY, or j. G. Ream, jr.,
n. W. Pass'r agent, so Adams ST.,
Chicago, ILL.,, or VIM. H. Tayloe, as
sistant general passenger agent.
Louisville, Ky.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23
DAZZLED CANNIBALS.
Strange Adventures of Two
White Men In Formosa.
DEyOURING HUMAN FLESH RAW.
How n Sacred Savage Village Was
Terror.zed - Visitors Mistaken For
Deities and Compelled to Maintain
Superhuman Manners.

''Since graduating from Yale three
years ago." says Ludwig Stoepel to a
correspondent of the San Francisco Ex-
aminer, Il have been travelling in Eu-
rope as we'll as India and lately in Chi
na. In December / left Manila and a
month later found myself among the ma
tives in Formosa. My conpanion was
Leonard Walker, an Englishman, who
had been trading in the Philippines be-
fore the war broke out and was now
looking for a holiday and release from
the disease infected swamps of Luzon.
In fact, it was he who suggested noun
tain climbing, and so far as we could
journey than a trip through the wild
lcwlands of Formosa and an ascent of
Mount Morrison, whose apex can be seen
from the sea, but. which had never been
ascended.
I'VE were two weeks making the trip
from the coast to the mountains base,
and during that time we met many
tribes. Sport was excellent, and. besides
many wild fowl. we shot several leopards
and other large animals.
ascent of Mount Morrison is very
gradual. We travelled up slight incline
all one day and met very few people. and
those we saw seemed dreadfully afraid of
showing themselves. There seemed to be
a strip around the edge of the mountain
that was practically uninhabited. The
reason, as we afterward found, was that
cannibal tribes away up the mountain
had driven weaker vegetIrians of the
lower levels out. The district was heavi-
ly wooded, but away up nearly 1900
feet in height was the snow capped top
of the mountain. Weather was frightful-
ly hot, and all streams from the noun
tain were swollen torrents.
about noon of the second day we
walked into what was apparently a de-
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23
SIx Old Commodore.

"When Commodore Vanderbilt was
alive says New York Central Off
cial, ''the board OF directors of the
New York Central used to find their
work all cut out for them when they
met. All they had to do was to ratify
his plans and adjourn. Yet they had
their uses. Occasionally Il man would
come to him with some scheme which
he did not care to refuse outright.
My directors are a difficult body
of men TO handle,' he would say. 1'll
submit it TO 'em, but warn you that
they are hard to manage
THE matter would be submitted to
the board when it assembled and
promptly rejected.
There the commodore would
say when his visitor came to learn the
result. Il did the best | could, but
told you in advance. that my directors
were an obstinate lot"-New York
Herald
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23
"RAGTlME" UNDER FIRE.
How FunstOn's Men EnliveEed a
Rombardment In Cuba.

ROmbardment In Cuba.
A sensational event in the life of Gen
eral Funston occurred at Las Tunas,
Cuba, when he was in command of FIVE
guns. The army of Cuban insurgents. to
which Funston belonged, were besieging
the town OF Las Tunas, which was de-
Tended by q forts, each heavily garri-
soned with soldiers.
One by one the forts fell. until only q
last one held out. Impossible it seemed to
compel the garrison of that fort to ca
pitulate.
1t was impossible to effectively reach
it owing to the location of the besiegers'
guns.
To overcome the obstacle and render
their fire successfully effective the guns
were dragged into Il more advantageous
position, up the marble steps into the
fine stone house of Spanish army sur
geon named NIendez, who had naturally
been compelled to abandon it
Over the highly polished floors the
creaking gun carriages were dragged,
leaving heavy scratches and deep inden-
tations in their wake.
Into the great parlor they were drawn,
and there. through the deep window
easements, they belched forth their death
dealing fire upon the distant fort
Through the cumulus clouds of cannon
smoke, through the struggling threads
that drifted back from the rapidly
cracking Mausers, stalked lieutenant
of artillery.
He was Barney Bueno, an acco npIish-
ed fellow, a graduate of the Troy -o!,-
technic school of New York state.
Among Barney's varied accomplish
ments was music. In the great parlor
stood grand piano. Barney sat down.
He played. Dixie" he struck into first
il cheer, n boom, roar, lingering
rumble and-''I wish l was in Dixie"
a groan from dying Cuban. the
sharp, commanding voice of Funston, an
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-23
A CLEVER RUSE.
They Don't Mean TO Hurt Each 9th
er, but Cook Think. So.

You're a mean, horrible tyrant, and
l know you don't love me. believe
you never did love me. You just mar
risd me out of spite in order to show
that horrible Biggs girl who Tilted you.
that she was not the only woman In
the world. oh, how could you be so
cruel as TO take me. from good home
and abuse me like this?"
But, my dear, you are unreasona-
BILE. You have worked yourself into
passion because objected to that last
bill that Muslin & Co. presented. You
know you did not need the goods and
l have had an awful time keeping up
my club assessments this month all
on that account. Besides
."Club assessments, indeedI OF
course (crying) you thing more of your
mean old club than you do of me; you
always did think more OF everything
than you did OF me- The idea Of
thinking of your club when you know
l needed every stitch Of clothing
purchased, but you never think l need
anything with sarcasm); it's all right
as long as your club dues are paid"
And so the conversation is kept up
for half an hour or more. Cooks are
scarce articles In the suburbs, and this
young married couple is entitled to a
great deal of credit for the clever man.
ner in which the; are able to keep
one for six weeks = a stretch before
she finally discovers it is ali scheme
to keep the boss of the culinary. de
partment on the lookout for a thrilling
end to the prearranged tragedy
Cleveland Leader.