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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

How many inches make and how many
vIras docs it take 10 make an acre? Ii. 4. d.
The Spanish lineal vara equals rs feet.
or little over 80 inches, oar statute acre
contains $3.50 square feet. or nearly 500
square vara.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

Evidence for Shakespeare is the main
theme of the volume entitled Notes on
the acon-Shakespeare Question, by the
Hon. Charles Allen. which will shortly be
published by Messrs. Houghton, Miffiin e
Co. The work purposes to be q digest of
evidence, direct and indirect. bearing on the
authorship of the plays and poems attrib-
uted to Shakespeare from every available
Shakespearian student, commentator, and
editor. with a study of the legal terms
used by Shakespeare and by contemporary
writer's.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

Il there any mode ,t travelling to the main
land Of Florida ireH5 hos West other than BY
waterl L. s
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

d. c. Heath & Co. Boston. announce
new work upon School Sanitation and
Decoration" by Prof. Severance Burrage.
of the Department of Sanitary Science in
Perdue University, and Mr.. Henry T.
Bailey. State Supervisor of Drawing in
Massachusetts. Each of these gentlemen
is a recognized authority in his depart
ment.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

No; the city OF Key West is on an island
of the same name. and is about fifty miles
distant from Cape Sable the nearest point
Of the Florida coast.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

The Mink" by Mrs. Warrington Caffyn.
is one of those irritating books in which
the wrong people seem determined to fall
in love with each other, and take three
hundred pages TO find il out. In addition
to this. the heroine is rather an uninter-
esting young lady, and the fascination
which she seems 10 have for the Two men
in the book. (who are really very good fell
lows is inexplicable except on the ground
of good looks The sympathy of the read
er is decidedly with another woman. who
ought to have been the heroine and is
not New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Cnmuauv
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

st. George Mivart, the eminent English
biologist, has written his first novel, at
the age of seventy three. The title is
Castle or Manor
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

What is meant by gefrymander? VI. L.
To gerrymander is to divide the political
map OF a State or city into abnormal dis
tricts in order that some party or faction
may benefit thereby. The word is traced
TO Elbridge Gerry who, while Governor Of
Massachusetts caused a wonderful ar
rangement of the Congressional districts Of
the State.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

A curious piece of literary Information
appears in the Savannah News" which
quotes a poem, THE Song of the Camp. -
usually ascribed to Bayard Taylor and
says in Introduction ti>at it was written
"by the late William ROBERTS. of Knoxville
Tenn" A thing which adds interest to this
plagiarism is that the poem is badly
mauled by misquotaticn
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

Diana Tempest" novel which repre-
sents some Of the best work OF Mary Chol-
m0ndeley, author of Red Pottage" is
shortly to appear in d new edition with a
portrait Of the author. and an introduction
which will give a sketch of the authors
life and methods
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

The wooing episode in "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac'' is now said to have been taken
from Rostand's own experience in aiding
one OF his friends to win a coy but lovely
y3ung woman while he was a student at
Stanislas College Paris. The entire pla :
was developed with that leisure which. as
Matthew Arnold Gays, is meat and drink
TO authorship
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

a Danvis Pioneer" by Rowland E. Rob
inson. is a story of the Green Mountain
State in the days OF Ethan Allen. and the
rugged leader of bush lighters is one OF
the characters. The hero. a Connecticut
youth, takes up land in northern Vermont.
and is thus thrown into the midst o! the
border wars which were continually occur
ring in those days. The book will be es-
pecially interesting TO boys for there is
plenty of lighting in it, and the hero has
several hairbreadth escapes. Boston:
Houghton. Mifiin & Co. $1.25.)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

President is c. s. Mellen: vice president.
ID. ). Lamont; second vice president. ]. ".
Kendrick; third vice president. J. VI. Han
naford: secretary g. H. Earl The general
offices are at St. Paul MINI.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

The percussion cap was invented vers
early in the century, and was made of
practical value for small arms about 1920.
1t Immediately succeeded the iint-loei<
which for 1JU years had been the arm of
infantry soldiers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

Who are the Officers oi the Northern Pacific
Railroad! v Y
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

How came ''thitty cents to be used as agurc
expressive Of contempt? b. l.
He looks like thirty cents worth of
pennies was a form that spread through
the variety shows, where the expression
very likely originated Thirty cents to
the national debt IS a later comparison.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

Frank NJ. Chapman, the welI-known or
nithologist ard writer. is completing
new work 10 be entitled Bird Studies
With Camera" Mr.. Chapmans success
in phOtographing live birds has not been
equaled, and the numerous illustrations
which he has obtained for his new book
are said TO be of peculiar, interest and
value
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

Ibsens new play When We Dead
Awake, is TO be published by Herbert s
Stone q Co The translation is made by
William Archer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

William Pet Ridges new novel, a
Breaker Of Laws will be published in
this country by the Macmillan Company in
April. Many people will remember this
writer's clever work in story of the East
End of London. called "Mord Emily He
has already written four or five other
novels. among which a Clever Wife and
THE Second Opportunity of Mr.. Staple
hurst attracted some attention. "A
Breaker of Laws takes its name from the
cnief character in the book, cockney
burglar.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

How Jar is it to the most distant star, and
how long does it take light to travel from it
to the carthl X. l..
No one knows which is the most distant
star The stars number over 50.000.0 GOO.
and Alpha Centauri. one CT the nearest, Is
taken to be twenty million million miles
away. Light travels 1S6, 800 miles per sec
Ond
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

A. c. McClurg & Co.. Chicago. have in
press and will shortly publish "Th. Pri-
waite Memoirs of Madame Roland" edited
by Edward Gilpin Johnson. The editors
introduction enables the reader to COM
prehend the whole situation and to appre-
ciate this intensely interesting book The
present work is based upon a translation
made from Bosses original edition of the
Memoirs and published at Londoa with
in two years after Madame Roland's death
by the guillotine. and it will be the first
English translation 10 be published since
the above-named, and now very scarce,
EngliSh edition.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

4 small boy has written to the School
Board of London complaining of the prize
he received at school. He states that it is
Rigid Kipling's tumble Book. 1t is a
dream about snakes, and father says It is
only suitable for man who drinks"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

The announcement that the famous an
them. Maryland. Ny Maryland was
written by "a Baltimore lawyer is cal
culated to be misleading. Col. James Il.
Randall. the author of the poem. was d
school teacher in Louisiana when he wrote
the poem and it was originally published in
a Louisiana paper. II was written at
single sitting. though afterward revised
ana elaborated. Colonel Randall is now d
resident OF Washington serving as Sec
rotary 10 Congressman William H. Flem-
ing of Georgia
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

e. II.
Frederick Sleigh Roberts. Baron Rob-
erts Of Kandahar and Waterford, was born
in Cawnpore. India. September 80. 1892.
he entered the Bengal Artillery in 1852,
won the Victoria Cross during the Mutiny:'
in 1880 as major general he commanded
the force sent 10 avenge the murder of Sir
Louis CavagGari in kabul and to occupy
Kandahar; he was made 4 baronet for his
success He served in Abyssinia in So:
in the Afghan war. 1873. and in various
lesser campaigns in India. He commanded
the army in India. 1858. was made a
field marshal on May p, 1885. and from
October. 1895. until December last wd1
commander u-chief in Ireland.
What j. the pay Of officers in the Army? :.
How many miles Of railroad are there ia the
United States? }. L. ;
For the first five years service major
general gets $500 year; a brisadier
general. So 500: colonel. $500; lieutenant
colonel. SO goo; major, $500: captain, ST.
500; first lieutenant. $500; second lieu
tenant. 81 400. Mounted lieutenants re-
ceive 500 yearly additional. mounted cap
tains 5000 extra. After each five years OF
service the pay is increased by f6 per cent
OF the original figure except in the cases
of major generals and breadier generals
and OF colonels and lieutenant colonies.
The last two grades may not receive more
than 81 500 and $4,000 a year, respectively,
The pay of retired officers is three fourths
of these figures. =. At the beginning OF
this year there were ls4 1874 miles. Side
tracks and sidings add 60.344 miles to
these figures. Expert estimates IF this
years increase of mileage puts il at 1850
milss.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

What was the popular vote in the Presidential
election Of 1896? = What does c. o. T. meant
J. says Andrew johnson was impeaehed.
says he was not Which Is right? p. b.
Mckinley tRepD. 7.1G4.7I9; BryaT
CDem) 65O2. 925; Palmer tIndJ. 133.14s;
lowering (Prol. 1872 007. 2. Grand Old
Party" 3. President Johnson i'm
peached by the House Of Representatives.
but he was not convicted by the SenaIe.
The charges. therefore. fell.
The sun., 1900-09-26
SI.9IEllS IL}T ACTIVE
Men Marching From Nine to Nine In
lIazIeton District.
INDUCING WORKERS TO STOP
Viewing the Entire CoaIfeId 1t
is Said Tint More Men Are
Now Out Than Since the
Strike Began.

Philadelphia, Sept. 25.--Thcre is more
activity in the coal miners strike situa-
ton than for several days past. Men
are marching from mine to mine in the
Hazleton region inducing workers to quit
and go home, being careful to so conduct
themselves as not to transgress the law.
Near Wilkesbarre several small wash
cries that were idle are producing fuel,
and around Scranton the operators show
disposition in one way or another to
move things.
In the neighborhood of Shenandoah,
where the soldiers are located, everything
is quiet, though the Reading company
has three less mines at work than were
working before. Taking the entire coal
field as a whole, it may be said that few
er men are at work than at any time
since the strike began, and consequently
less coal is being produced.
From Hazleton comes the interesting
report that Marlile y Co. have granted
some of the demands made by their men
ten days ago, leaving to arbitration, how
ever. the main question of a reduction in
the price charged to miners for powder.
The sun., 1900-09-26

,ntg wera MI onae discharged. This was
taa cpae m tl Higg Archibald and
IIsllca r'rae, The 5o&cn WaeAary AZ
Tas sior N,4 iinHdS n.a NJ
6'Hlehmen ai rtr lel.rgue collicly kept
up fiiHs II iata~a luIing the night,
hut 33 crowds Wele attracted. as tie
suise leadels bad warned the mcn To
hoep ciaar 81 any alarming indications
and give the uino operators no excuse
for saying mob was assembling.
The strikers lrrcahouts continue to
show solid front. and there is no eyi-
drucc of disposition on the part Of any
Of them TO return To work.
The coming of hitumnous coal to sew
eral Scranton factories heretofore using
anthracite is stirring up the miners, and
representations thereon were telcphoned
to President Mitchell at Iazleton. What
course he will pursue is eagerly awaited
as well as the course which the railroad
switchmen and trainmen will take on
the question of hauling nonunion coal.
The sun., 1900-09-26
The FeItZ-DehIer Bout.

Tommy Feltz of Brooklyn, and Lew
Dehler of Wilmington, who will meet in
a fifteen round bout at ITO pounds at
Pyle's Cycle Academy tomorrow night
are in good shape, and an interesting
contest is expected. The men have
trained hard and the result is that both
are now In condition to 60 beyond the
number of rounds scheduled. There haa
been much speculation regarding the
relative merits of these boxers and the
match will decide which one is entitled
to meet Danny Dougherty of PhiladeI-
phia, for the bantam weight champion
ship. A number of sporting men from
distant csties, will come to this city to
witness the bout. Dehler and Feltz will
weigh in at 3 p. m. on the day of the
contest at the rooms of the Warren Ath-
letic Association. The six round prelimi-
nary and the main event will be called
promptly.
The sun., 1900-09-26
The Democratic Ice Trust.

1t is hardly necessary to point to the
recent deceit of the New York state
leaders, who were forced to accept an
antitrust plank in their platform while
their pockets were bulging with stock
in the ice trust combination, which,
with the help of the dock commissions
ers, the mayor and other officials in
New York city, was formed with the
object Of robblng the poor by unnat-
urally raising the price of lee in hot
weather.
1t is no wonder that Congressman
Sulzer wanted to expunge from The
Congressional Record reference to the
ice trust when the legislation for trusts
was under discussion in Washington
last June. 1t IS characteristic that, as
the New York attorney general Da-
vies) says, the prosecution of the ice
trust has met with "stays and appeals,
and, in short, every legal technicallty
has been invoked on the part of the
combination that the ingenuity Of
counsel for the defense could devise"
Eject of Trusts on Wages.
Mr.. Bryan, in his recent speech at
st. Louis and in his letter of accept
ance, dropped his paramount" i'm
perialistic issue altogether and put the
trusts issue in it's place. According to
him, the trusts are guilty of almost as
many crimes against society as he
charged against the gold standard in
1896, before four years Of prosperity
under it had silenced him. Let us ap-
ply the simple test of q few figures
in this connection. Let us see what ef-
feet the enterprises Unfortunately
called trusts by Mr.. Bryan have had
on wages and on the course of prices.
The following official table, prepared
by the labor organizations themselves,
shows the increase of wages in various
employments since 1896:
The sun., 1900-09-26
GAINS BY STRIKERS.
A March by HnzIetOn Men Bears
Fruitful Results.

IIaalcton, Pa, Sept %. : About 300
men gathered at the Cranberry collicry of
A. Pardee ~ Go. and marched TO Tom
chicken, nine miles west OF hero. for the
purpose of cndeavoring to prevent the
men employed at that place from going
to week.
The march was kept secret. and the
first that was known of it was when
squads of men from different parts Of
IIazleton were seen going in the direction
eff Cranberry. McAdoo, Jeancsyille, Au-
dcnricd and several other towns We're
represented in the crowd, these delega-
tions coming to this city on the last troll
ley car from the places mentioned. As
soon rs the Coal and Iron police on duty
at the Cranberry coliery discovered the
men congrCgating they quickly summon
ed Sheriff Harvey, who was spending the
night at Jcddo.
The sheriff tried to induce the men To
disperse, but they insisted on marching.
He followed them to Humboldt, three
miles from the starting place. and then
returned to summon Il posse of 30 depu-
ties. These were quickly gathered, and
they left on special train and arrived at
Tomchiclien after the marchcrs had
| reached there.
On the way to Tomchickcn they passed
| through Harwood and left squad of
men at that place to carry out the work
| of getting the men to quit at the colliery
| located there.
At Tomchickcn the strikers broke VI
into tour groups and stationed them
selves along the public road leading to the
mine there. Men also watched the roat
to the mines ut Derlinger and Gowen
IL miles distant.
The sheriff and his 80 men dill not in
| terferc with the strikers 50 long as they
rcfrained from intimidating any one ant
did not trcsrass on company property
One unruly striker WAS arrested.
The marchcrS were quite successful
the operators admit. in intcrceptng tho
mine workers who came over the hilh
from Nuremberg anl Weston on the wal
to Tomchirken, DoninScr aud ''o"cn
The working forces at the two lattci
places wcrc badly crippled. TAe F"m
chicken niuc. however, was oniE >isH'!i
alfce! H.
NJ acfual clash occurred between tht
shpriH's p5saa ;Hl tAc s'iiEer hN tlta
was II war or wrds. iluee "h. ncl
wrra aTTa,;gd tlIey, with tHo ttrsi l1ni
taken into cJfs,o,a, hei-s c!n
breach Of tho nnste.
Aftcr tic S, iGcss ha1 f,i JIM thoil
work Of gotiiAs ~ mi " iaat
places tAey nHugh dyF thr n.ls, tW.
hy two unl ahorn lej les aIalt, h "A,
direction 81 Weston.
All is quiet on the south side. \ few
more mon arr reported out III irddo,
Reports received ii headquarters show
that the strikers gained Il considerable
| nunhnr Of mon on thn north side.
The sun., 1900-09-26
Gravesend Entries for Today.
Special to The sun.

First Race-2M. Hurdle handicap.
Challenger l5S; Three Bars 149; Elmer
13S; Burlington Route 1856; Long Isle 132
Matt Simpson, Holland 130.
Second Race-5lF year olds selling.
About 81; Frank Hail. Monod, Lady
Padden l02; Cherished 100; Peasant Sail
Farmer Bennett l04; Piedrich l05; Roll
ing Boer 1l2.
Third Race-15M. Handicap all ages.
Charentus Belle of Troy 110; Greenock
l07; AIotey l05; Ninnikinic lOl; King
Barleycorn ll3; Withers 80; Jack Point
l26; Decanter li5; Cambrian III; Au-
tumn III.
Fourth Race-GlT, year olds. Gold Or
ll5; Nabocklish, Flesper, Kitchener 105;
Mayor Giroy, His Royal iliehness 10;
Fec Path, Presyidiritator lo2.
Fifth Race-1A. Toy. Selling. insight
~, Trestidigitator, Fonsolce l06; Miss
Hanover l03; Hlmnock 100; Annoy l04;
Carbuucle ll0; Pupi lis.
Sixth Race-5t. year olds, maidens.
Yelp Pigeon Pest, Victor, tinki, Frank
kenuey, Carnelian, SLarp Shooter Rap
panecker, Drseoll, Sporting Duchess,
Lord Pepper, Mark Lane, Labor l12; Ba-
loon, Mistress, Templeton, Add, Pleas
ant Sail 100.
The sun., 1900-09-26
AROUND SHENANDOAH.
Reports Show but Iivr ont of Fiiiy-
five COIIierics working.

Shenandoah. Pa, Sept. 23.-Reports To-
ccivcd here from various points Indicate
that out of - colicrics in the Shamollin,
Mahanoy City. Mount Carmel and local
district only five are i'll operation the
Trrvcrton, ut North Franklin; Locust
Spring ut locust gap: Bast, at Ashland,
and the Cambridge and Park place col
licrics.
-Four hundred miners marched from
CcntrAlia to Locustdalp, q distance Of
four miles. ana held Il mass meeting. As
Il result the pott coliery At thai place,
employing 200 mon. is idle.
General Goblin said hc had received no
repoHt Of amy disturbance in the region.
The governors troop returned from H.
practice march with the announcement
that no crowds had boon encountered.
Gcncml Goblin Also said tlat ii was air
together liEcy tbut hr would moyc pnr-
i,ou III bis command to Mahanoy (ily.
The 4cant wdter uppls hora has bccUnc
SERIOUS question. aud u thcra appears
Lint litlt likelihood OF ttla evil boHg feni-
elicd Il will hc NECESSARY 70 sgleqt q moro
sliiulu caap site.
j. &. McGiuHia % the Camhridyr Coal
company made statement in Nhich l.c
denied cmphatically a story tcirgrapLr1
from here ihat hQ adviscd his nicn 80
work 10 sdoot to XII IN che event ol sttil,-
ors attacking t!!cn.
The sun., 1900-09-26
RooseveIt,s western Tour.

Cheyenne, wy, Sept. Ex-Governor
Roosevelt and party left this city for
Denver. Senator Lodge of Massachu-
sets boarded the train here and accom-
panied the Republican vice presidential
candidate, for whom a hard days work
had been mapped out. Eight speeches
had been arranged. At Greeley the train
was transferred to the Colorado and
Southern railroad for the trip 'around
the Horn" Senator Wolcott and large
committee of Denver citizens with spe-
cial train joined the Roosevelt party
there.
The sun., 1900-09-26
Many Trainmen Idle.

Reading, Pa, Sept. 25.-But $50 cars
of coal were brought down from the
Schuylkill regions. This includes the
Reading company and individual collier
les in operation and is less than one
third of an average days run with all
the mines going. 1t is estimated that
500 trainmen in the coal service are
idle, and many more will be thrown out
of employment. Engines are now being
stored in the shops and roundhouses.
Hundreds of carloads of bituminous coal
are being delivered to the Reading COM
pany at Williamsport and Harrisburg
and rushed through this city for the large
cities as well as manufacturing towns.
The sun., 1900-09-26
a.,icncln l.iarec .ene!ltea.

T6l9aclpaia, Sept ~ "l'inney''
Pierce. wha was charged wish the " r.
dar W George +. ESlc, was acqdued IN
iAc Delaware county court "a. Nw-a,
III. after tln jury had baai drawn ifis.
trcl Attorney Smith said he had not
found sufficient evidence to waHant =
conviction aad recommended Il verdict ol
not guilty Eyre disappeared from hi.
homo in Chester Doc. :; lgst. and lis
body was found month later 1T thc
mouth of Rareoon creek, New Jersey
James Pierce, brother Of "pinncy,
who was arrested charged with compiled
ty in the murder, committed suicide in
his prison cell.
The sun., 1900-09-26
All ouiet IN slnmol.in.

Shamokin. "a, Sept 25.-Thc officials
Of thc Cameron colliery one Of the lar
a2st operations in this place. cndeayored
to start the WORKS. but i'd miners re-
spondcd to thc blowing of the whistles.
~ frutlrss attempt was made to resunle
work 1T several other collieries between
here ana Ccntralia, but the mon remain
ed AWAY. Tho North Franklin and Lo-
cuSt Spring culliciies at Trevcrton and
Locust Gap, operated BY the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron company, are
still working. Everything is quiet i'll
This dislriet.
The sun., 1900-09-26
burglar Deitnel Sentenced.

Newark, \. j.. Sept. % Richard Dcil-
eel, the burglar against whom dozen
charges Of robbery are on file ana who
pleaded guilty to having shot policeman
Of South Orange. N. j.. while making his
escape after having been arrested for Il
burglary, has bccn sentenced by.Jud Y
Skinner to 10 years imprisonment at
hard Labor OF this term seven years is
for the shooting of the policeman, seven
for having committed robbery On the
day or tile shooting and five wears fol
four other robbcrirs aud because biud-
gcan WAS found III Ills cen.