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Didn't Want Sympathy.

From the Chicago News.
native Of the mountain district of Ken
lucky had occasion to go on journey re-
Gently, and, before starting, took out an
accident policy. He CHANGED to be one of
the victims of railway collision. and the
next morning his widow, armed with a
newspaper report in which his name was
mentioned among the killed, called on the
agent of the insurance company and de-
manded the money.
But, madam said the agent. I'VE will
have to have more definite proof before we
can pay your CAIN
More proof!' exclaimed the bereaved
woman. why, he's dead'rn a door nail,
l reckon"
Possibly, my dear madam" answered the
polite agent, land l am very sorry
Sorry! You are sorry. are your
II certainly am, madam. l sincerely SYM
pathize with you in your sad affection
But halnt you goin' to give me the
money what's comm to me?'
Not today. Your claim will have to be
Investigated first
That's just like good-fer-nothin' man,
angrily retorted the bereaved woman. You
all are mighty perlite bout things so long
as they hain't costn' you nothin, but the
minnet a poor, lone female does git a
chance to git hot of leetle spendin'
money. you got the gall to say you're
sorry"
And the indignant female slammed the
door behind her as she left the office In
search of additional proof.
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GiuOcO PinnO.

Notes by Teichmann:
(al To pin tn. knights with the bishops in this
opening Is. rule, bad, and this is proved again
in this game
Oh Another weak move and loss Of time.
(cl These III judged exchanges seem to be the
sequence of his last had move as he could not
retire his bishop to kt 3.
td) very good move, enabling him to bring his
knight to R4 and Rs.
ie) A decisive mistake which ought 10 lose the
game for him. But there is more defense to
blacks powerful attack.
~ If P-KKt4. then R-B7. threatening Kt-B5,
and winning at least pawn.
tgl Black is too TO simplify the game. HIS
two doubled pawns the queens side ought to
have given him apprehension about the
tainty of winning. Kt-Q5, followed by R-R3,
would have given Black won game In a few
On Suicidal: he could have forced the draw at
once by P-Kt4ch, after which fail 10 find
winning continuation for Black. White only moves
his king, never exchanging pawrs, and cannot
see how BLACK do anything.
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Curious Aegean Sea.
rom tho Minnaanali IDurnal

11nn1HIUf1S
In the Aegean vessel may sail into
the top of a crater, and though 1t is hurd
to find an anchorage there. yet mere sail
through is appreciated greatly by captains,
because it cleanses the bottoms Of the ships
from marine growth. More than 1000 years
ago the isle of Santorin was spit in halt uy
an earthquake, with the result that what
was once the crater of a volcano is now a
crescent-Shaped harbor. Two glistent!lg
white towns of Thera and st. Nicholas are
perched on the summit of the steep cliffs,
whose dark and dismal hue is similar to
that of the top of VeSuvius. Between the
main island on the east and the smaller,
Theresa, on the west, are the three small
Kaumene islands, all of which have como
into existence since the original earthquake.
The water in the harbor into which The
sulphurous streams from these volcanic
islands drain has peculiar property which
completely cleans off growths of every kind
from the bottom of any ship.
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The Homes of the Toiler,.

James Buckham in the Catholic World.
Here dwell the toilers-dingy block on block
OF houses like kernels round a stalk;
So many windows, doors; such space of brick:
Two steps, and then the street-0ne's heart grows
sick!
An day within the mills the roar Of wheels
Dizzily sliding belts and buzzins reels
Then home, weary that the way is dim,
And III, brick desert seems to whirl and SWIM
But home yes. hcme despite its meagerness
With wife and babe and heartside cheer to bless
Yea. when the light shines out. what peace is east
Before the feet Of him who wanders pasti
What recks the outward. If by loves clear blaze
Is crowned the inner altar that we raise?
These humble walls that shelter human hearts
Need no distinction save what love imparts.
The magic name of home shall ever be
Their badge of beauty and of dignity.
And wheresee'er the toiler shall abide
With peace and love to bless his ingleside,
There homeless wealth may fifty crave n place,
And art q finer charm than beautys trace.
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(a) Threatening the queens knights pawn, put
there is a pretty play here that makes biacR .ose
lis rock to save his queen il he takes. Whch ne PRO
ceeded to do, as one of the players expresses H.
"wtthout any doubt r hesitation.
(b) II Kt1Kt, White hoses his queen Ds b1ht
lei 1t Is impossible to save the queen bishop.
The players of the Y. NJ. Z. A. are pre-
pairing their fall campaign. The nrst thlns
on the program will be a rapid transit, an
easily started and soon over form OF ahluse
ment. in which blood-curdling mistakes are
the order Of the day, with no bones broken
after it is all over. For those VINO are no.
familiar with this style Of tourney II may
be stated that the players are llned up ID
two opposing sides. with a tlmekeeper al
one end. Every thirty seconds ne calls al
ternately white move. and then Biack
move" Half a minute is precious snort
time to consider, when one is in mole, put
he must do something, even II 1t loses.
fall tourney is under consideration ana
will probably be commenced in a short
time.
Two examples are given this week IN NUS
ira ton of the Guioco piano opening. In the
first game the opening, except the transpo-
sition of blacks third and fourth moves,
is l<;ular and usual up to whites sixth
which among the experts is not looked on
as good before black has castled. Retreat
ing it Immediately to K3 means that the
sixth was lost move.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-20
IN CHESS CIRCLES.

The playing in the continuous tourney at
the Washington club during the quarter
ending September 80 produced 1855 games
not counting draws. The following hst
embraces all who played sufhcient num-
Der of games to entitle them to enter TOT
prizes. Messrs. Hill and Tibbetts did not
meet a sufficient number of opponents to
come in The prize winners-four in num-
ber-are in the order named. Capt. j. +.
Walker also took the special prize for the
nlnor Of
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Man Never without Beer.

From the Chicago Chronicle
When the Romans first invaded Germany
they found that the beverage Of the people
was liquor produced from barley. But
that was at time comparatively modern.
From the earliest times and in every cline
man has had to resort to some stimulating
and exhilarating beverages prepared by
fruits, grain or plants. 1t is sad that Osiris
as early as 1860 B. c. taught the process OF
extracting the juice from barley and fer
menting it, while the Greeks learned how to
brew and ferment from the Egyptians, who,
800 B. c., had established a number Of
manufactures at Potassium on the Nile.
Xenophon, 400 B. c., refers to a fermented
drink from barley and t Is alluded to by
Aristotle, Strabo and others under the name
of Zythos. Pliny mentions nd of beer
called "cerevis.a," and Eunemenes in A. d.
296 says that Britain produced such all
abundance of corn that 1t was sufficient to
supply not only bread, but liquid compar-
able with wine. In the seventh century
beer had become general a beverage in
England that Ina, King of Wessex. lev ed Il
tax to be paid in ale, and early in the
fifteenth century brewer s company was
formed in London. Up to the sixteenth CEN
tury English beer was very poor, only
favored with broom. bay berries or Ivy
berries, but in 1912 the cultivation of the
hop plant was begun in England. and from
that tine a great change was made in the
quality Of the beer manufactured. In 1910
the first brewery was established at Bur-
ton-on-Trent and by the end of the seven
teenth century beer had become the ma
tional drink.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-20

Following is Mr.. V. Sournin's game with
Mr.. Pillsbury in the recent biindfoid
seance From the lateness of the hour II
was adjudged a draw, but Mr.. Sournln
claimed that If played out he had an un.
doubted win, from the strong position OF
his center pawns, and it is due him TO say
that he has forced the game from several
strong players of the club who thought
that Black ought not to win. from the tact
that the bishops were of opposite coiors, a
strong factor in end games in winch the
pawnS must do the winning.
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Happy Young Brother.

From the Detroit Free Press
Il suppose YOU had careful rearing, Mr.
Courtney?'
mo, I didn't have any rearing at all;
my parents exhausted all their disciplinary
enthusiasm on my elder brother, Bill"
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No Place to Get Rich.


First Politician-''I hear Kelly got good
job in the public works department"
Second Politician-"Rats! I refused that
job
First Politician lin surprise)-'Why?"
Second Politician-"Why he amt got the
handling of penny, except his salary"
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Prudent Mamma.

Inquisitive Relative-"Willie, what floor
do you live on in the apartment house in
the big city?"
Willie ION visiO-"Mamma says 1
mustn't tell stories.
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RAVEN ROCK.
A Gigantic Chip From the Side OF One
of MaryIand's Mountains.

of MnryIand's Mountains.
From the Ba tmore American.
DIR. Philip r. Uhler, provost of the Pea
body Institute, is much interested In a
plan to have the farmers and other resi-
dents in the neighborhood of Buena Visa
Springs Washington county, combine and
develop what DR.. Uhler declares to be me
of the most wonderful natural objects az
where in this country. This Is Ra-el
Rock, high, castellated fragment OF rock
which rears its head hundr eds of fe,t IN
the air, appearing just like great 'ne-
diaeval castle in one of the European coln-
tries. The rock is now overgrown with
trees and underbrush, so that it Is hard to
get a good idea of its remarkable structure,
and DIR. Uhler's idea is to have the farmers
and residents clear the vegetation away.
when the rock would stand out clear and
bold and would be one Of the sights OF the
Atlantic Seaboard.
Raven Rock is 50 called because in former
years a great number OF ravens had their
nests on it's summit. Not many of the birds
remain now, but the name still clings TO
the rock. 1t Is a fragment OF what In earli-
er ages was a mighty mountain pass, but
which Is now broken into number Of
masses. There were great outlying ridges
which were connected with Mount Quirauk,
and Raven Rock was rent away from one
of the ridges by some great CONFUSION Of
nature. 1t is now more than half mile
from what was originally the other part OF
the mass.
Raven Rock rises like a great ruined
CASTLE" said DR.. Uhler yesterday, beside
the road to Hagerstown. extending along
the line of the road for 700 feet. 1t is con-
stituted OF Potsdam sandstone, which Is the
everything rock Of that region, and which
has been cracked apart in a singularly SYM
metrical manner. 1t gives the effect of
perpendicular wall Of rock rising hundreds
of feet above the present level Of the ravine
which bounds the opposite side Of the road.
Being completely covered with trees, 1t
can only be seen by going some distance
down the road to a point where only one
end is visible.
THE upper part Of the rock Is craggy,
and can be assembled by path which leads
of to the right, 800 or 400 feet to the east.
1t is possible to ascend it by crawling right
up the rock, but 1T Is awful climb. The
rock Is wonderful thing. l have been all
over the country and seen the natural Won
ders that people travel hundreds and thous
ands of miles to see but have never seen
anything like Raven Rock-at least. in this
part of the world
The rock is on part of the property
which belongs to Joseph Brown. a well-to-
do farmer of the section. There are about
ten acres Of vegetation which obscure the
beauty of the view. but If they were cut
away the rock would stand boldly out and
be sight worth going far to see.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-20

Visitor-'I hear that your next-door
neighbors have got a new American organ.
Do you know how many stops it has?"
Host-"About three a day, and those are
only for meals. Tit Bits.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following Is a list OF advertised letters re-
manning In the Washington ID. O. Post-ofice Sat-
urdAy, October 20 1900
To obtain any of these letters the applicant
should call for Advert s, d Letters" 49,
II called for within two W weeks they WILL
no 10, . 10 I).at Let for Office.
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Stella n.

Notes by Mr.. SOurnn: . =. =, a.,
a) should have played Kt1kt and then II Boz,
knight retires the o.. ~.
~ KtNR3 will not answer on account Of KOS
check and after the king moves Bxkt, and pawn
cannot retake. because QxR.
Co II XXX, the rock stays tied In. and IL h-b'
the white queen seizes XII.
ID The only to save the game. II bAhe'
then Q-ktSch, winning the rock.
Following is an example in the con-
tinuous tourney Of the local club Black the
superior player must give pawn ana Two
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STATION D.
Henry.SH Norman. Mabel Miss
STATION g.
Close CP Kent, Laura Miss
Hickerson, Walter W
STATION II.
Birch. Mamie fAnacostia) Noe. Jas II (Coneress
Brown, Harriet Mrs tAn- Hefghtsy a.,
aeostial Thomas Lula Miss lana
Robinson H lAnacostia) costfa) -
kully. Jno (Anacostia) Thompson Mary Ai.A
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(a) An unsound sacrifice. as will be seen by the
sequel
f) P-OR3 would have avoided the DANCE at
tack that follows Whites game is broken
upon the queens flank, with piece minus and his
king in danger.
(c) A remarkably ingenious refOinder. leaving HIS
oneen en- prise for two in succession. II now
IL RIO White is mated In two On the
previous move the capture of the queen involved
ma q the
(d> Kt-K2 would have been preferable.
(e) fatal miscalcuaton.
10 Blacks last three moves are a study.
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They Bet and Both Won.
n, tho CLEVELAND plain Dealer

They Bet and Both Won.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He was a bashful youth. and when he
tried to frame proposal to the girl of his
heart his tongue glued itself to the roof of
his mouth and refused to be loosened
One day they talked of politics. And then
of political bets. His eye suddenly bright
ened.
.Wh-what do you say" he stammered
desperately, Ito making little bet with
me?'
1--WE no objection" she sweetly answered.
Then" he went on let's go ahead and
make a bet. If Mckinley is elected you
w-wln agree to m-m-marry mel He could
get no further.
But she nobly came to his rescue
'I'll make a bet, too" she softly MUIR
INJURED IF Bryan is elected you will agree
to marry me-
There was brief silence. Then a queer
smile struggled across the face of the agl-
tated youth. Another smile lighted the
counteaance of the happy maid
why wait for the election returns?' he
chuckled.
why indeed?" she echoed.
And they were married the next week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-09-14
A LITTLE PRINCESS.
Is q Busy Little Body
at Home.

Princess Victoria, the only daughter
of the emperor and empress of Ger
many, is being brought up in homely
Dutch fashion, says writer in Har-
per's Bazaar.
The emperor said: 81 could wish no
better for the men of my nation than
that the girls of Germany should fol-
low the example of their empress and
devote their lives, as she does, to the
cultivation of the three great Ks
Kirche, Kinder and Kueche." And it
may be readily understood that wom-
an whose life is bound by church, chill
dren and kitchen will train her daugh-
ter in domestic virtues.
The little princess knows nothing of
pomp, luxury or self-indulgence. She
gets up at six o'clock in the morning
and until one o'clock, the. hour when
the imperial family dimes, is busy with
her tutors. Her mind and body are
carefully watched over by her mother.
Her play hours are as Systematically
arranged as her study hours. There
were already six sons when this little
daughter was born to the house of
Hohenzollern, and the coming of a
baby sister was happy event. There
is rowing on the lake with her broth
ers, riding on her pet pony. picnicking
in the woods of the park and long
botanizing expeditions, with her moth
er as companion, through the beauti-
full grounds that surround the palace
at Potsdam.
Princess Victoria has an intense love
for animals. She has pets of many
kinds-dogs, big white cat, birds, fish,
squirrels and rabbits. and it is her
daily delight to feed them with her
own hands. She is a quiet, amiable,
affectionate little girl. with much of
her mothers sweetness Of nature.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-09-14
DUTCH AND ENGLISH.
The War in which a Dutch Adj
miraI Hoisted Broom to
His Masthead.

In the July installment of his study
Of Cromwell, in the Century, Mr.. Nor
ley reaches the period of strife be-
tween the two Protestant republics.
The navigation act of 1851 was
passed, the one durable monument OF
republican legislation. By this IA
nous measure goods were to be adj
lnitted anto England only in English
ships, or else in ships Of the country
to which the goods belonged. What
ever else came of it, the navigation
act made a breach in the. Dutch mo-
nopoly of the worlds carrying trade.
An unfriendly Holland seemed as d.
rect peril as the enmity of France
or Spain. and before long it was seen
how easily combination between
Holland and Denmark, by closing the
gates of the Baltic, might exclude
England from free access to tar, cord
age and the other prime requisites for
building and rigging her ships. The
blow at the Dutch trade monopoly,
was a fresh irritant to Dutch pride,
already embittered by the English
claim to supremacy and its outward
symbols in the narrow seas, as well
as to right of seizure of the goods
of enemies in neutral ships. War fol-
lowed (1652), and was prosecuted by
the commonwealth with an intrepid
ity, decision and vigor worthy of the
Roman senate at its highest. Cromwell
had little share, SO far as we are able
to discern, in this memorable attempt
to found the maritime ascendancy of
England. The renown belongs to
Vane, the organizer, and to Blake,
Deane and Monk, the sea-generals.
To Cromwell, for the time, war be-
tween two Protestant republics
seemed fratricidal war. 1t was in
conflict with that ideal of religious union
and England's place in Europe, which
began to ripen in his mind as soon as
the stress of war left his imagination
free to survey the larger world.
Apart from this, he grudged its con-
sumption of treasure, and the vast
burden that it laid upon the people
He set the charge at 6 100000 a month,
OF as much as the whole of the taxes
came to, and there was besides the
injury to trade. The sale of church
lands, kings lands, and delinquents'
lands did not suffice to fill the gulf
Embarrassed finance, rs usual, deep
ened popular discomfort, heightened
the unpopularity of the government,
and put off the day of social and po-
litical consolidation. Events or dreams
were by and by to change Cromwell'9
mind
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-09-14
GREENLAND's EAST COAST.
Lieut.. Andrup, a Danish onicer, WIN
Try to Outline the Unknown
Part of IT.

There is a part of the east coast of
southern Greenland that has not yet
been visited by any explorer. Quite a
number of Arctic investigators have
been north and others south of it, but
the region between 60 degrees and 67
degrees 20 minutes north latitude, a
distance of about 100 miles, is as vet
entirely unknown. A year ago this
unrevealed part OF the coast was a
good deal longer than 1t now is, but
Lieut. Andiup explored a part of it
last year and now he will return to
complete the work, says an eastern
exchange.
Andrup, is an officer in the Danish
royal navy. The work he was de-
tailed to do last year was successful
ly carried out. He mapped the east
coast from 65 degreee As minutes to
81 degrees 20 minutes north latitude.
He will leave Copenhagen this month
on the steamer Antarctic with three
companions and his intention is to go
ashore near the Goth parallel, and will
then travel south between the island
and the coast ice. His destination is
Angmasalik (65 degrees IS minutes),
the only settlement in East Green
land. During this journey he will
pass all along the unexplored coast.
While he Is on this mission a party
of five naturalists on the Antarctic
win travel north to the entrance to
Soresby sound for the purpose of
studying natural istory ana exploring
the northern flords if the condition of
thte ice permits. At the end of Au-
gust the Antarctic will go to Iceland
to take on a supply of coal and will
then proceed to Angmagsalik to meet
Lieut.. Andrup.
1t may be that the ice will prevent
Andrup from reaching that station
this fall. In this case he viii have to
camp where winter overtakes him
and will resume his route toward the
south next year. Arctic ice experts
are very much afraid that the Ice con
ditions will not be favorable this sea-
son and some OF them predict that
Andrup will not be able to go SO far
south as Angamasalik. but that he
will be compelled. like Lieut.. Ryder. in
1891, to winter on the bleak coast.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-09-14
Some Engllah Financinr.

Not only babies, such as Methuena
Modderina Belmontina Jones, but also
companies are receiving names COM
memorative of the war. There has Just
been registered, for instance, the Spion
syndicate, which will carry on the
business of bankers, capitalists, finan-
ciers, promoters and so on, with an
authorized capital of ego. A similar
company with a similar capital to
transact similar business, promoted
apparently under the same auspices,
is the Delta syndicate. The one COM
pany is presumably to bring the power
OF Its capital to reinforce the other.
With ego to back up SEQ, there is no
saying what may be done in the way
OF banking, capitalizing and financing.
Westminster Gazette.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-09-14
Trying to start a Fashion.

An incident occurred ON Darby car
the other day which shows conclusively
that the average woman is well able to
take care of herself and her own. The
car was crowded, and when the mother
Unlocking woman came in, leading a
little boy by the hand, none of the men
arose to give her seat. AT this point
n newsboy entered and the woman
called him to her quickly and bought
q newspaper. Then, in deliberate
manner, amid the chagrin OF the male
passengers and the amusement of the
conductor. the woIsan spread her
newspaper on the floor of the. car, seat
ed herself there and took the boy in
her lap. After this she said to shame
faced man who arose with an apollo
getic air to offer her seat: mo, sir;
don't accept courtesies from man
who is SO reluctant to extend them as
you have been. l hope to start the
fashion of making you men as polite
as your fathers used to be. but | ans
afraid the task is a heavy one" -Phila-
delphia Record.