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The second base ball nine of Brown
City came down to Yale last Friday to
cross bats with the
A Friendly second nine of Yale.
AS good and lively
Game. game was played on
the fair grounds, but
the Yaleltes didn't yell very loud
ly. The b. Q. club did good work and
carried home the laurels in q score of
IL to 6. This exchange of fun and
courteses In vacation season helps to
make time pass pleasantly, and the
lads enjoy the contests. When prop
erly conducted base ball is helpful to
young manhood more than physically.
1t is also a test of character. The
young man who cannot, or does not,
play an honest and square game of
ball is not in fair way to do honest
business by and by.
Yesterday was the Cloth anniversary
of the Battle of the Boyne, when King
William is said to
Battle Of have caused Prince
James to skip at a
The Boyne. lively pace. L h e
date was commorat-
ed by gatherings in many places. The
Orangemen of this region and Western
Ontario held their celebration in Sarnia.
Excursion trains were run from all
parts and many availed themselves Of
low rates and other favorable oppor-
tunities for an outing. Some 75 tick
cts were sold at Yale. The battle was
indeed a notable one and great issues
to England and the world hinged up
on 1t; but compared with other battles
both in ancient and modern times, it
was insignificant. Only small force
was actually engaged in it, and it in
fact was comparatively a skirmish.
Were it not for the issues growing out
of the contest and we might add, the
strifes and animosities engendered, il
would only be known to close students
of history.
One notch more and w. III. Ballen-
tine will have passed into the borrowed
time decade of life.
The Goth His Goth milestone
was reached on We'd
Mile stone. nesday, July 18th.
To help him remem-
Der the day of yore as well as the pres
ent, family reunion was arranged on
that date. All the children and grand
children were present and it was a gala
day and time. The. children present,
including sons-in-law and daughters
in-law, were:-Henry S. Ballentine,
wife and daughter Nellie, William F.
Ballentine, wife, son Fred and daugh-
ter EVA, Frank Minnie, wife, son Frank
and daughter Laura, all of Port Huron;
Henry +, Martin, wife and son Ralph,
of Flint; Wallace b. Ballentine, wife,
and daughters Ethel and Olive, Glen
Ballentine, wife and daughter Marjorie,
+. Harvey Drake, wife, son Clarence
and daughter Jean, all of Yale. The
grandchildren presented grandpa
with numerous little tokens of kindly
remembrance and love. The sons and
daughters had their minds on the fu-
ture, and tittingly remembered their
father with an elegant and most coy
accompaniment of life's Sabbath-an
upholstered reclining chair. May he
find comfort and live to take many
winks of sleep, and noon maps in the
same.
The Yale expositor., 1900-07-13

One notch more and w. III. Ballen
tine will have passed into the borrowed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10
As Solid as Ever.

One OF the reasons advanced In oppo-
sition to cutting down the representation
from the Southern states In proportion
to their limitation Of the suffrage IL that
this will tend TO prevent the breaking up
OF the solid South. Leave these commu-
mites alone, we are told. and their COM
mon senrc will presently bring them into
thc Republican column, where all their
real interests should lead them, But re-
new their sectional feeling by attacks
upon their treatment OF the negro, and
you prevent the disappearance OF Sec
tionaiism. which IL so greatly TO be de.
sired.
In the first place. II would seem that
the measure In question is a very mod
crate treatment OF a very serious matter.
n does not contemplate andolng what the
South has done, although that amounts
60 notification Of the constitution.
Three states have excluded the negro
from the ballot by legislation which.
though II does not name him. shuts him
out and leaves others in, This Is abso-
late notification OF the afteenth amend
nent, yet all the other Southern states
are preparing 20 follow snit
Now q Is not even urged In congress
or out Of Il that this legislation must he
wiped away. II Is proposed simply 20
remedy the lnius,iee OF giving to white
voter In a state where this system pre-.
walls from three to ten times as much
weight Ia congress and In the electoral
college as TO one In the states where the
suffrage is untrammeled The Southern
states may persist In taelr aisfranchlse-
ment u they please. But they must pay
the price. not only written IN the con-
stitutlon but dictated by every considera-
ton OF fairness and political equality Is
there anything sectional in thise Is IL
an attack upon the southg Is Il not
a price which the Southern people should
be perfectly willing to pay Tor their dar-
lng denial OF the application OF negro suf-
rrage Ia their territory
Agsia. AZ say that the experience OF
the pas, does not warrant any confidence
in the dIsintegrstion of the solid South
as a political aggregation. II is true tina,
Maryland and kentucky have broken
away, but they are border states at best
in which the feeling that dominates the
remainder of the South has never reached
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10
New Varieties OF Wheat.

Among the most important OF the ex-
periments made by the department OF
agriculture are those In connection with
the cross-breeding of wheat. so success
full have they been In the production OF
rev varieties that scientists are inclined
to believe that the yield OF wheatan the
United states. with the present acreage
may ultimately be Increased to 100000. 90
bushels year.
The November bulletin OF the bureau OF
American republics discusses briefly the
result OF experiments which have extend
ed over ten years past. In the creating by
ARTIFICIAL means Of new varieties of wheat
which promise to give larger yields. bet.
ter and stronger grains. and which are
possessed OF more highly nutritious prop
critics. These experiments have been car
ried on at different agricultural stations.
and have been based on the theory Of the
survival OF the hltest. From single
grain OF wheat, produced by cross breed
Ing in lss2, enough seed was saved
through successive harvests TO aeeumu-
late planting seed for ave-aere tract In
isss. The field yielded a fine harvest OF
excellent wheat, the quality OF which sur.
passed all expectations
The method followed was one of xrea;
care. the seeds being planted one by one
and being well protected from Injurious
influences, During The period of their de-
yelopment the plssts were watched and
all weak and uneromislng plants re-
meAed only the strongest and best being
left for the harvest The wheat thus
produced is destined for distribution on
farms. In different parts OF the country,
where It win be surrounded by the same
natural conditions attending the growth
or other wheat
II Is to be noted that some Of the wheat
grown b. the stations making these az
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

When the entire message has been read
one leaves 1t with the impression that
the president has given congress great
deal of valuable Information and several
hints. but has left the matter of action
entirely in its hands.--San Jose Mercury.
And let us not lose sight of the fact
that we are now calling for 1000Oe troops
and spending 800, 100000 per year to ex-
tend our sway over an unwilling people
on the other side of the globe. not TO
promote liberty or peace. equality or JUS
tice, but commercial expansion so-called--
that is, in order to make money Tor our
own pockets which there is not the small
est prct ability that we shall ever GET
New York Evening Post.
Thus a notably businesslike message
closes with a patriotic utterance for econ
omy. caution. freedom simplicity and
peace.-Brooklyn Eagle.
In the greatest range of its topics Is
conclusively shown the new place the
United States now occupies as n world
power with worldwide interests. Chicago
News.
1t is prolix and tedious. IT touches upon
almost every topic conceivable, and most
of them, II introduced at all. could adj
vAntageously have been treated In half
the words Louisville Courier-Journal.
+ 1t is an important and interesting sum-
mary of the history of the year so far
as 1t affects the United States, written
by the man who has been the most potent
factor In directing the course of our coun-
try.-San Francisco Call.
His warning is timely, for it is always
better to be conservative before reckless
ness is practiced than to wait until errors
have been committed. Idaho Statesman.
The message is a most able and states
manlike document and, although II Is
somewhat lengthy. 1t will bear careful
perusal from beginning to end.-Los
Angeles Times.
The document will live as a faithful
exposition of the affairs OF the republic
at the height of what has been the
most prosperous period we have ever seen.
Great Falls Leader.
In general It may be said that the
message breathes the spirit of patriotic
craftsmanship which pervades all the
presidents uttcr4nces.--St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
( Nothing is more important In the mes
sage than the closing words of caution.--
Minneapolis Journal.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10

Among the recommendation In the
presidents message was one that con-
gress should participate in the exercises
arranged for John Marshall day. Febru-
ary Z, 1901. This recommendation is in re-
Spouse to the request Of the American
Bar Association, made by resolution al
recent meeting. February I next Is
the frst centennial OF the installation OF
the Great Expounder' as chief Justice
Of the sur enc court OF the United
States. and It Is certainly Atting that the
bench and bar OF the United States. and
congress as we'll. should unite in appro-
prfately observing the day and in com
memoratins the splendid career Of the
great jurist whose services to the in
FAINT nation were among the greatest
rendered by any one Individual: although,
necessarily, they are more highly appre-
ciated by lawyers and constitutional stu
dents than by laymen. Certain 1t Is. as
the committee of the bar association ex-
presses II. that 1.-THE science of iurispru-
dence will forever acknowledge him as
one Of its greatest benefactors. The con-
stitution OF the United States owes as
much to him as to any single mind. for
the foundations on which 1t rests and
the expositions by which 1t is main
tained'
The committee OF the bar association
having In charge the matter of the OBJ
servance Of the day has as its washing
ton member the Hon. c. H. Hanford.
United States district judge, and arrange
ments are already making for the bench
and bar of this state to celebrate appro-
priateiy the anniversary In the same
manner as IT will be observed In nearly
all Of the other states and In the ma
tionai capital as well.
The recommendations OF the committee
are that the day be properly observ-
ed on the part OF all state and national
courts by the cessation Of judicial busi-
ness. and that all state. city and county
bar associations participate In proper ex-
ereises In such manner as shall seem 20
them appropriate. Similar ceremonies are
recommended to be held In all American
colleges, law schools and public schools.
10 the end that the youth OF our country
may be made more fully acquainted with
Marshails noble life and distinguished
services
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10
Building Big Schooners.

The enlldiaS og wooden ships has not
become a lost art on the Atlantic BY
any means On the contrary. the indus
tIy seems TO be rcviyius about as fas, as
any other Ia the country DURING the
present year there have been built IN The
Mane shipyaras neaEiy s1,ooo tons OF new
ships In thls tonnage but one large steel
ship IS included. The increase for the
year over lsss is upwards OF 1000 tons.
The feature of the years shipbuilding
la the Maine yards IS the increase in the
size of the schooners now being launch.
I'D: some Of this years addition 10 the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10

Certain facts are commended to the at
tention of those inclined to believe that
the election of president by direct popu-
lar vo,e would be desirable. 1t II now a
month since the late national election. Yet
probably no two authorities are agreed
upon the exact figures of the popular
vote The Philadelphia Press gives Presi-
dent McKinley's plurality as s47.ss7. The
Chicago Record makes 1t s7as2l. Both are
able and careful newspapers. Their esti-
mates diner by more than a quarter OF
a million votes; larger margin than
would exist In a close election. Fancy
having the question OF who was elected
president remain open for months after
election. and the result finally determined
by belated returns from Texas or Ken
lucky.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10

peflments mas Yielded as high as forty
two bushels an acre. an amount which
would not be considered as excessive In
the peculiarly favored Palouse regior Of
Eastern Washington, although 1t ap-
proaches three times the general farm
average. The farm average for the whole
United States is but fifteen bushels per
acre. Experiments which will result in
raising ultimately the average by any con-
siderable percentage are Of the greatest
value, not only to the farmers of the
United States. but to the people Of the
whole world. 1t is approaching the time
when the area of new land to be brought
wheat. viii be exhausted; while the aver
age annual increase In population shows
no signs Of becoming less. Heretofore the
new area to be brought under cultivation
has kept full pace with the increase in
population. When this equilibrium be-
comes disturbed. the world will have
to face an annual deficit In bread
stuffs. or measures must be taken to in
crease the productiveness of each acre de-
voted to their production. Higher culti-
walton. fertilixing the soil and rotation OF
crops will do much In that direction; and
the experiments OF the department of ag-
rIculture show that the creation of new
and improved varieties of wheat may do
still more.
While the annual average of the Amer
lean wheat farms remains at fifteen BUSH
els per acre. and the highly cultivated
and heavily fertilized farms OF Great
Britain produce as high as sixty bushels
per acre. it is apparent that there is a
wide margin to work on in the direction
OF an increased product long after the
remaining area Of new land has all been
brought under cultivation.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10

Meet BENG OF dDS0lute1y gfgdntlc propof-
lions. while even larger ones are in con-
temptation for next year. The George W.
Wells. for example. which was launched
in August last. registers 2s7o tons gross.
She has already carried one cargo of t,749
tons of coal from Baltimore to Boston,
andsin November went from Philadelphia
ID Iisvsn&F With cargo Of 47,s tons. The
Eleanor A. Percy. built at Bath. is even
larger. She is expected to carry cargo
OF $500 tons OF coal she Is s2s.5 feet long.
20 feet beam and As feet deep. register
ing s.4oi tons gross. Each OF these gigan-
tic schooners has six masts. and each Of
them is equipped with steam winches for
banding canvas and cargo. Among 9TH
ers of the big schooners launched this
year may be mentioned the Mary w.
Martin. of 2.O2o: the Marie Palmer, 1884:
the William c. Carnegie, of ESQ; the Van
Aliens Boughton. OF 1905: and the Fan
ME Palmer. of 2,o7s.
It is only twenty years ago that the
first four-masted schooner was built on
the Atlantic. the William L. white. of s95
tons This was thought at the time to
be the extreme length to which schooner
building could 20. The first Of the nve-
tons. built In 1885, which has been very
successful vessel. with the exception Of
her initial voyage, on which she was dis
masted. In 1898 two nve-masters, each
IN excess OF 1900 tons were built. and
have proved money makers In the cool
trade. This year sees the entry Of the
six-masted schooner into the coal trade.
and also the first neutrality-suspicious. of
sending a big schooner loaded with coal
on deep-water voyage. The Nautical
Gazette from which these figures are
obtained, is convinced that there is every
chance Of the big schooners engaging reg
ularly in the oversee trade.
These schooners are driving the squares
rugged vessels out of the Atlantic coast
ing trade, and there seems no reason why
they should not be equally formidable
competitors on the deep water. A six
masted schooner like the big ones launch
ed this year carries a crew OF but thir-
teen men all told. A sqnare-rigged ves-
sci Of like tonnage carries about thirty
one men all told. Under the old British
rule, in the days of single topsails, the
crew for sQuare-rlgged vessel of 1900
tons, II such had been In existence. would
have been sixty men and thirty boys, or
total Of ninety.
The Pacific coast has az vet tried no
experiments In the direction Of building
schooners of such dimensions as those
launched this year from the Maine ship
yards. although the three-masted schoon-
err is common. especially N the coast lum-
her trade. But they win come. The pros
pect OF carrying a 5,ooo-ton cargo in a
vessel costing only $4,000. and carrying
crew OF but thirteen men. will catch the
shipsowners. should the slx-masters prove
az successful money makers as the Ave-
masters have.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10
Queen victoria's Illness.

The reports which come from London
that Queen victoria's health is breaking
viii - received with profound regret by
the entire EngIish-speakins world 1t Is
to be hoped that the stories have been
exaggerated: making too much OF the
natural weakness due TO her advanced
age. which is aggravated at the present
time by the knowledge Of the critical con-
dition OF her oldest daughter, the Empress
Frederick.
Yet, necessarily II must be but COM
parativeiy brief period. in the natural or
der Of things, when her death must come.
she is we'll Into her eighty-second year.
and has been on the throne eleven years
longer than any other monarch In Eu-
rope, having been crowned in 1887; the
Emperor Francis Joseph having acceded
10 the throne Of Austria Hungary In isis.
The venerable Christian TX, king Of
Dennapsx, ssecne year the ssenicrs Of Queen
Victoria. having been born In 1873 Many
Of the thrones Of Europe will ultimately
be occupied by the descendants Of one or
the other OF these venerable monarchs.
The emperor OF Germany Is the grandson
OF Queen Victoria: the emperor OF Russia
IN the grandson Of King Christian. The
throne of Great Britain will ultimately
descend TO the Duke OF York, grandson
OF both Queen Victoria and King Chris
tian. The present king OF Greece is son
OF King Christian. and the heir to that
throne Is married to a granddaughter OF
Queen Victoria. sister OF the emperor
OF Germany. The present empress OF
Russia IL a granddaughter OF Queen Vic
toria The crown princess OF RoumanIa
Is a granddaughter OF Victoria Four OF
the minor states OF the present German
empire will also have descendants OF
Queen Victoria on their thrones
The present king OF the Belgians IL a
cousin OF Queen Victoria. and his wife IL
a daughter of the late King Louis PHILIPPE
OF France' Through this Orleans connec.
ton there IL a tie OF relationship be.
tween the royal family of Great Britain
and the royal houses OF Italy. spain and
Portugal.
Five OF the European rulers are now ap.
preaching a very advanced age The pope
was born In 1910. King Christian of Dem
mark Is nearly 81 King Oscar of Sweden
and Norway and Emperor Francis Jo-
seph OF Australia Hungary are both past
~ and both are sadly broken in health
and strength. the former so much SO that
the crown prince has recently been con.
dnctlnE regency from the inability OF
the king to longer perform public duties.
In tho order OF nature. all Of them must
pass away within a few brief years. The
death Of none OF these rulers. save the
emperor Of Austria, would resul, In any
crisis IN world politics. bu, /; Is much
feared that when Emperor Francis Joseph
y called away his Heterogeneous empire,
which contains 50 many descendant e,c.
ments viii break up
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10

iui Herceners. Anu what mas pcth eisS
attitude of the remaining states? Let
the support which every one Of them
gave to william Jennings Bryan in the
late campaign be the reply.
We should have no quarrel with these
Southern states IL their people were ar
dent admirers of Mr.. Bryan. believers In
the doctrines that he preached. and there
fore supporters of his candidacy for rea
sons OF conscience But It is not true.
They voted for him this year because he
was the Democratic candidate. and for no
other reason on earth. This is amply
proved by the tone Of their leading jour
nails, the utterances OF their public men
and the expressions q opinion by their
people.
This year the interests OF the South lay
altogether on the side of Republican sue
cess. and they knew 1t. The free silver
myth has passed from control among
them. 1t never had other strength than
such as the comparative scarcity of cur
rency in that section gave It. The South
OF today cares nothing whatever about
the silver question. The whole South was
in favor of expansion. On its merits.
proposition to retain the Philippines would
have carried in a popular vote in every
Southern state. The South Is today In
favor of protective tariff Under the
stimulus OF protection the great natural
wealth OF that section is being developed.
The South hopes to see protection pre-
vail
1t IL matter of common notoriety and
common knowledge that the people all
through the South hoped that Mckinley
would be elected. But they voted for
Bryan just the same. Why! Because he
was the Democratic candidate. they have
made Of that party name fetch against
which neither reason nor self-interest
seems able to prevail. The Republican
party has made no attack on them and
proposes none. AS they knew, its sue
cess would not imperil any interest dear
to thera In the state or the nation. And
yet an archangel. on a platform sent
down out of heaven like the command
ments. would be last In the polling In
any Southern state unless he was on the
Democratic ticket.
What this strange and senseless bond IL
which still keeps the South solid we will
not attempt to say. But with the evidence
of its existence so plain. 1t IL foolish to
stay our hands from any proper and nee
essary measure on the ground that II
would prevent the breakup OF the solid
South. 1t Is az solid as ever. and II like
ly to be. Meantime the Republican party
should consider the rights Of all the vot-
ers: and since 1t IL apparent that nothing
short Of extreme measures which the
people would not approve could establish
the negro In the constitutional rights now
denied 70 him, the least that It should
do Is to render justice to all other voters
by making the representation Of each
state in congress conform to the number
of its legal voters instead OF to Its popu-
lation.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10

London correspondent of a Leipsic
paper writes that he has 1t from high
placed parsonage that. II the Beers will
surrender, England will permit them to
establish new Boer republic in the
northern half OF the Transvaa,. He does
not say whether this proposed republic is
to be allowed to exist permanently. or
only tin such time as gold is found within
its borders.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10

No one csa have forgotten the sorrovs
OF the Puerto Rieans OF the alleged In
Iquities Of the Puerto Rico tariff of which
we heard so much few weeks ago. II
Was provided in the bill that the Is per
cent. OF pingley tarin rates levied should
be abolished as soon as the Legislature
OF Puerto Rico should provide other
means Of raising revenue Thai hody =