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PROTECTING THE GAME.
League Recently Organized TO do the
Work.

League Recently Organized to DO the
Lovers Of the woods and OF wild ami
mails know that there has been an
alarming decrease In all kinds of
North American game, and that some
OF the noblest species are In Imminent
danger OF extinction. The matter Is
attracting the attention OF state legls-
latures and philosophical persons,
and has led to the organization OF the
League OF American Sportsmen, the
aim of which IL to create a standing
army OF game protectors. with repre-
sentatives In every state and territory
OF the Union. There are now nearly
1900 members, including such men as
Governor Roosevelt Of New York. Gov
ernor Richards OF Wyoming, DR.. G.
Hart Merriam, chief Of the United
States Biological Survey, Mr.. w. L.
Hornaday, director Of the New York
geological park, President Jordan OF
Leland Stanford Junior university.
President Gilman of Johns Hopkins
university and Mr.. Ernest Seton
Thompson, the artist-naturalist. An
illustration OF the good which the
league is doing comes from California.
Long before the first white man en-
tered the Golden Gate a vast herd OF
seals and sea-lions played about the
entrance to San Francisco bay. Part
of the herd still neutrality-suspicious.
thirty or forty thousand-an object OF
interest, even of affection, to the peo-
pie OF the state. Yet a few months
ago the California ASA commission de-
cided to have all these creatures
killed. Expert hunters and rifemen
had already been engaged; but the
league took the matter in hand. and
interested the authorities ut Washing
ton SO effectually that the herd was
saved. The protection Of song and
insectivorous birds: war against the
game hogs" who disigure the papers
with pictures OF themselves posing be-
side piles OF game or before clothes
lines full of fish; above all. the crea-
ton Of a love OF wild animals and a
gentlemanly and exalted standard OF
Observation-Disclosures are the interests
Of the league. At present 1t Is work
ing to save the antelope OF u west
ern plains from going the melancholy
way OF the buffalo.
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Goo Bad for the Boy.

In ~endeavoring to abolish the time
honored title OF brakeman on pas
senger trains, railroad officials arc
striking n blow at one OF the small
boys first heroic ideals in life. The
defense of the railroad man Is that
brakemen have ceased to be brake
men, since nowadays, owing TO air
brakes, they have nothing to do with
"braking' IN a legitimate sense. 1t Is
true that the brakeman maintains his
established right OF calling the names
OF stations In his own perplexing way,
but otherwise his duties are very diff
ferent from what they were twenty
years ago. Ii is, therefore, proposed
to call the brakeman assistant con-
ductor."-EX.
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The old shotgun at "Canonchet" has
lately been taken down from the wall,
where 1t has rested for twenty odd
years, and an aged man, bowed with
many real and fancied troubles, Is
again keeping watch for an intruder In
his domestic affairs. This time the
prescribed man is Orrie A. Weed. the
young brother Of the second Mrs.
%5prague.
The once beautiful home Of Ex-Gov-
ernor Sprague is overrun with weeds
and debts. 1t is a place Of many menu
cries likewise. Years ago every Cos
sip in this land told In whispers how
the wal governor drove from his prem
ises with the same shotgun a distin-
guished statesman who had sat with
him In the United States senate.
When the world seemed utterly lone
ly to him, when his wife had divorced
him and old acquaintance at Newport,
jamestown and the pier failed to no.
tice him when he passed by, ex-Gov-
ernor Sprague made a new start in life.
He married a Miss Weed, who brought
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HON. w. w. ROCKVILLE.
WHO HAS GONE TO CHINA ON
AN IMPORTANT MISSION.


william Woodville Rockhill. APP
pointed by the president to go to China
to advise the government here OF the
condition OF things in the celestial m
pire, is probably better qualified for
that task than any other man in Amer
lea.
Mr.. Rockhill has spent many years
as a student, explorer and traveller In
the far east, especially in the Chinese
empire, and has won worldwide fame
by his work on China and the Chi
nese.
Although he is as yet In the merid-
fan Of his life. Mr.. Rockhill has ac-
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When the story Of the present up
heaval in China comes to be written a
chapter will certainly be devoted to
the exploits of a young woman whom
California people knew not many
years z as Lizzie Mccarthy. She was
born and brought up on a n and
became skillful with the rifle and fear
less In the pursuit Of big game. The
family moved to San Francisco, where
six a ago the young Amazon met
Alfred F. Chamot, a Frenchman, whom
love OF adventure had led to travel
over the world. They fell in love and
were married. Soon after the young
couple moved to Pekin, China, where
they opened the Pekin hotel, which i'm
mediately became a great resort Tor
Europeans in the celestial kingdom.
On the last day of May word came
TO Pekin that the Boxers had broken
out into open rebellion at Chang Hsin
Tien, ten miles from Pekin. and that
they had surrounded and were iercely
attacking a party of thirty French rail-
way engineers at that point. The wives
OF the Frenchmen who were in danger
we're guests of Mrs. Chamot at the Pc
kin hotel, and to her they appealed
with tears and lamentations. Fortu'
nately she was exactly the m fol
the emergency. She hurried to the
French embassy and through the good
offices OF the French minister secured
the services Of a company of Chinese
soldiers and of nine Europeans. With
this small party she set out at once tc
the rescue Of the besieged engineers
Mrs. Chamot was obliged to lead hei
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THE ACADEMIC IDEAL.
''The Perfect Gentleman from French
Point OF View.

THE Perfect Gentleman from French
Point OF View.
Literature is backed by the institu-
lions, above all by the French acad-
envy. 1t is an error to suppose that
the academy exists mainly for the puri.
fcation Of the language and for the
completion of the dictionary. 1t;
great aim is the production Of the nor.
NAL man Of letters, the equipoised per.
sonality of wisdom, gravity, gayety.
the harmony of sometimes conflicting
opposites which old-fashioned people
look for in the perfect writer. This
product of fancy is as exquisitely pro.
portioned as a Greek temple. All his
powers are subordinate to sovereign
reason, working in a medium OF good
taste. Taste Is the enemy of excess, sc
he has to be not too much Of anything
but just exactly enough-a sort OF
Grandson of the desk. OF course he
is only Chesterfield, with the differ
ence Of the application to ethical char
acter, and Chesterfield, it Is needles:
to say, was French to the hearts core.
That noble lords ideal In manner Is
the academy's ideal in literary art.
His forgotten and overmuch derided
letters should be read again as a help
to the comprehension of this singular
institution whose concern is the good
breeding of style. Where he e~njoins
dignity of demeanor and warns against
horse play, romping. loud fits OF
laughter, jokes, and wa%ggishness In
company, the academy condemns their
a%nalogues In books. The man who
takes the floor in print is, in the acad-
emy's view, only the buffoon of a
larger society than the one that Ches-
terfield had in his mind. AS the good
little child Of nursery ethics Is
seen, not heard, so the good little
writer Of the academic ideal Is heard.
but not seen. Lie low in s~elf-asser.
ton; disdain to shine by tricks, says
the academy. Whoever is known In
company, say my lord, for the sake OF
any one thing singly, is singly tina,
thing. and will never be considered ir
any other light. 1t is the plea for uni
v~ersals, for balance. Chesterfield's
contempt for the man who boosted
that he had written for three years
with the same pen, and that 1t was an
excellent good n still, is the academy
to a hair. 1t was an individualizing
boast, and the grand style knows moth
ing of i~ndividualism. His horror OF
those who have a constant smirk on
the face and a whiting (precious
word) activity of the body may be
matched by the academy's horror OF
the professional humorist. His scorn
of proverbs and of can sayings Is the
academy's scorn Of cheap and easy
reference. His admiration Of the man
who ONE into company without the
least bashfulness or sheepishness, but
with a modest confidence and ease, is
the academy's admiration OF the
writer who makes no attempt to
recommend his work by tricks OF
apology, but just leaves it to speak for
itself. His pregnant saying that the
wise man will live at least twice as
much within his wit as within his in
come is the academy once more.-The
Century.
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three inches in "e"' "ie !" 'e"
depth. There are
gold epaulets, with solid cres-
cents, bearing three stars In
stead of two. as under the old regime.
The shoulder straps, of dark blue, are
four inches long, bordered with gold
embroidery, and on each strap arethree
stars embroidered In silver. In select
ing his h~eadgear and that OF his staff
Gen. Miles has followed the Russian
fashion. and on great occasions he Will
wear the cap which, in Europe, seems
to be the symbol Of a great and ter
rible power. The illustration is after
a photograph recently taken.
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W.
complished vast results in his special
ty of orientalism. He Is the son OF
Thomas Cadwalader Rockhill. q lawyer
Of Philadelphia, and he was educated
In France. lie entered, as n lad OF III,
the Lycee Bonaparte In Paris. and for
several years he was a student OF the
Chinese, Sanskrit and Thibetan Ian
guages and OF comparative philology
In the College Of France. In this
science the French are most excellent
masters. In 1871 he was enrolled as a
student at the Ecole Militaire OF st.
Cyr. When he was graduated In 1873
he was given a commission as n iieu-
tenant of the French army In Algeria.
and served In that country until 1875.
when he resigned and returned to
America.
After a short stay at home Mr.. Rock
hill returned to Paris to resume his ori-
entail studies. In 1884 he was well pre-
pared for the post OF second secretary
to the American legation at Pekin, to
which he was appointed by President
Arthur. One year later President
Cleveland raised him to the post OF
secretary OF legation. In which capac-
ity he served until 1883.
1t was In the last named year that
Mr.. Rockhill began the work which
was to make him famous. Resigning
his diplomatic post. he started out up
on a journey through mysterious Mon
golia and Thibet. For this he had pre-
..,ol lt.,.alf ~, IN th,,,h at,lu ~
the spoken languages of China and
Thibet. He reached the eastern region
Of the latter country and surveyed
more than LOO miles OF these un.
known lands. On his return he pub
lished the results of his investigations
under the title of Land OF the Lamas
which book is now an authority In this
line
The volume was yet In the review
stage when the daring and accom-
plished author set out for a second
Journey over the same territory. III
was gone n year., travelled 10000
miles and published his observation
In his book, Diary Of a Journey II
Mongolia and Thibet. He was re
warded with the Victoria gold media
Of the Royal Geographical societ,
and was elected honorary member o
several learned institutions and socie
ties in America and abroad.
In 1898 Mr., Rockhill was appointe,
head clerk Of the department Of state
In 1894 third assistant secretary O
state. and In 1896 assistant secretary O
state. More recently he vas assigne
to his present position OF director G
the bureau OF American republics. Hi
TRANSACTIONS from the Chinese sacre
books rank with the products Of tn
best oriental scholars In Europe. an
he is without q superior as an expeI
In sinology.
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She Aston.

The Duchess of Buccleuch. who was
the first Of the English aristocracy to
administer the irrevocable cut to Will
liam Waldorf Aston. was the lady who
first b~efriended the former American
in his efforts to edge himself into the
royal set in London. She Is the dear
friend of the Prince and Princess OF
Wales, and is the arbitress Of fashion
for all London. The duchess, II Is
said, was literally paid by Mr.. Astor
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been stored away by the proprietor OF
Holland House, New York, pending
the clearing up of the mystery. Mr..
Roche registered at the Holland House
in April from London. He left there
about May 10, saying he would soon
return, and leaving orders that his
Don be not disturbed. Since then he
has never been heard from.
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Aged Scotch Golfer.

Mr.. Tom Morris. the w~ell-known
Scotch golfer. attained his 10Th year
the other day. and. as usual on his
birthday. played a round OF the st,
Andrews links. The veteran golfer,
Notwithstanding his advanced age, Is
hale and hearty, and almost daily en-
Joys his round OF the links.
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was far removed
from the throne OF Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha until the death last year of the
crown prince of the realm and the SOL
emn abdication of ali his rights by the
Duke of Connaught. Victoria's third
son. The new ruler is 16 years old.
and during his minority the regency
will be held by Prince Ernest of
Hohenlohe- Langenberg. a son-in-law
OF the late Prince Alfred.
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Chnrncteristic OF Ginseng.

Ginseng is parsnip-shaped, and when
freshly dug is Of a white, creamy col
or. The roo is bitter to the taste. but
not unpleasant. and Is highly valued
In China for it's supposed medicinal
properties in combating fatigue and
old age. In that country 1t can only
be gathered by permission of the
rular
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DEFIED III BOXERS

force through a hostile country and to
cut her way through the great mass OF
fanatics which surrounded the camp OF
the engineers, but she finally succeed
ed In reaching them, and in spite OF
all obstacles brought them safely
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Gen. Miles Uniform.

The new uniform OF lieutenant-gen-
eral. which has been built after designs
made by Gen. Miles himself. promises
to create a reform in Europe which
will bring the old-style military dress
OF high rank up-to-date. Gen. Miles
new r%egimentals are something to
shame the antique styles of the conti-
nent and Great Britain.
While abroad the American com
mander was impressed by the coats
worn by various officers In the impe-
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Cbinese Minisfer.

Sir Chi Chen Lo Feng Luh, the Chi
iese minister to London, has been the
most prominent figure among the Chi
,ese diplomats in the West since the
trouble began at Pekin. 1t is believed
that 10 Feng has been used as a kind
Of clearing house by the Chinese gov
eminent in dealing with its ministers
abroad. Messages and DEGREES have
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toria. o y o ! d
died in 1884, three
months before the
birth Of his son.
The mother before
her marriage to
Prime Leopold
was the Princess
Helen of Wald-
neck -Pyrmont. Sis
ter of the Queen
of Waldeck- Hol-
d. Y o u n &
Prince l. ID | d
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Ing the boAeIo III
China. is he pros
pecting In I h e
Klondike. or has
he been foully
dealt with or
killed by accident?
N of r.
Roche's friends in
New York or
Washington ca n
answer these ques-
tions, and the II.
y a happape has
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Password to the Tower.

The Lord Mayor is the only person,
besides the Queen and the Chief Con-
stable who knows the password to the
Tower Of London. The password Is
sent to the Mansion House quarterly.
signed by Her Majesty.
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rial army of Rus
STA. On his return
he set to work
mentally TO invent
a uniform for his
own wear. The
concrete result Is a
noble creation Of
the art of the mill
tary tailor. The
coat Is OF a rich
dark blue material,
illuminated W | I h
triple rows of but
o n There are
collars and cuffs OF
dark blue velvet,
and the cuffs are
.l- t- T.
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We never know the true value Of
friends. While they live, we are too
sensitive of their faults; when we have
lost them, we only see their virtues
]. G. and A. w, Hare.
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a Metz Duke.

Duke Charles Edward OF Albany.
now the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha. is the son of the late Prince
Leopold, youngest son of Queen Vic
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WRATH OF SPRAGUE.
THE OLD WAR CONTEMPORARIES
DOWN HIS GUN.

Again Threatens To Use His Famous
weapon-This Time ON One Who
Seeks Ills Daughters Hand what
Will Occur Next?
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a Deep MySrerD.

What has happened to James Booth
by Burke-Roche, member OF the Brit
ish parliament for Kerry? Is he fight
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Bicycles are now largely used In
place OF horses on cattle ranches.
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DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH.
for her patronage, and there is no
question but that she gave quid pro
quo. The outrageous insult to Sir
Berkeley Milne, however, wiped out
the money obligation, and she Joined
heartily with royalty when royalty
pronounced the doom OF the snob from
New York, The duchess before her
marriage in 1884 was the Lady Jane
Hamilton, third daughter OF the FIRST
Duke OF Amercorn. She is mistress OF
robes to Queen Victoria.
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TAUGHT POKER
TO II II n 6 f..

himself with enough money to live on
during the remainder Of his life. 1t
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-20
DECIDEDLY BETTER.
Quarantine Raised-Trains Resume.
Mails Going as Usual.

Special to ire Register.
WESTON, w. Va, February 49,
Lewis county lifted the quarantine
against Gilmer county to-day. The
mails went forward to Glenville to-
day via Troy for the first time since
the quarantine.
Commencing tomorrow the passen-
ger train to Buckhannon will be aban-
doned. There will be one freight
train each way. Passengers may tray-
ell on the train providing they hold
a permit from the Board of Health.
In order to prevent the gathering OF
a crowd the post Office here will be
closed while the mails are being dis
tributed.
DR.. Pifer telephones from Buckhan-
non tonight that there are no new
cases and that they are using a steam
atomizer of formaldyhide fumigating
all clothing OF suspects and. the DON
where exposures were. The stores at
Chenille were opened to-day for the
first time.
Special 10 the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, February
IA rumor was circulated at Clarks-
burk yesterday that Parkersburg had
declared a quarantine against that
town, and for a time CONSERVATION
prevailed there among a number of
passengers who desired to come here.
To avoid complications, some OF the
passengers went first to Grafton, and
then came on through. There was In
tense disgust among these few when
they discovered. on landing here, that
no quarantine had been declared.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-20
HIS INDUSTRIOUS SIZE.
Death of William Lutz, the Largest
Man in Pennsylvania.
Weighed 3 Pounds and Had a
Most Enormous Appetite-Locomo-
ton Was Difficult.

READING, Pa, February 19.-Will-
lam H. Lutz, probably the heaviest
man in Pennsylvania, died at his resi-
dence in this city, aged As years. When
weighed just before his recent illness
he tipped the scales at 523 pounds. At
one time he weighed 537 pounds.
>Lutz was a halter by trade. He
was a son of the late manufacturer.
About ten years ago William inherited
about $25, 900 from his estate. AT that
time he was a man OF magnificent
physique, over six feet tall and built
in proper proportion. He worked hard
then in a hat factory. He developed
a most extraordinary appetite. 1t was
a custom of his to go to an oyster
house neal his residence, at 1136
Franklin street, and order a barrel of
oysters. He would eat a hundred or
more at a single sitting and tell the
proprietor of the oyster saloon to
keep the Balance for his next lunch"
He was known to consume the half
of a large turkey at one meal, and,
1t is said, he would frequently drink
a sixth of a barrel Of beer>in a day.
He began increasing in weight, and
as he grew in flesh his wealth de-
creased. He finally became compar-
atively poor. Last fall he was exhib-
tied at the Berks county and other
fairs in this section of the State. When
taking him to the fair grounds in this
city much difficulty was experienced
in getting him into a closed cab. He
greatly enjoyed agreeable company
and was always in a good humor. He
vas very liberal and spent his money
freely among his friends.
Lutz was married, and leaves a wild
ow and six children. Lutz measured
Il inches around the waist. and for
months previous to his death locomo-
ton was difficult to him. Death was
due to gangrenous ulcers of the abdo-
men. He was a member of the Friend
ship Fire Company and the biggest
fireman in the State. Much difficulty
was experienced in measuring him for
a suit Of clothes, and it required two
men for the task.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-20
THE F~RICK-CARNEGIE SUIT.
Mr.. Frick Denies That Litigation is
to be Begun in Behalf of the .Frick
Coke Co.

Mr.. Frick Denies That Litigation is
t. be Begun in Behal of the IFrick
Coke Co.
PITrTSBURG, Pa, February 19.-The
Post tomorrow will say: Henry G..
Prick, in order to correct false reports
concerning suits he is supposed to be
about to enter AGAINST the Carnegie
Steel Company in behalf of the Prick
Coke Company, authorized a statement
in which he denies in the most posi-
tive and emphatic terms all reports of
contemplated litigation of that char
acter.
The several separate and distinct
answers which will be filed by mem
bers of the Carnegie Steel Company
to the suit of H. C. Prick will form
a highly Interesting feature of the now
celebrated case. One will be from the
Carnegie Steel Company as a whole
through the law firm of Dalzell, Scott
& Gordon, and one will come from
Henry Phipps, sJr., through his indi-
vidual counsel. w. B. Rodgers. Ex-
Secretary Lovejoy will also be repre-
sented by private counsel and Thomas
D. Chantler will appear for H. M. Cur
ry, and both of the last named will put
in separate appearances, which means
different lines of defense and answers
to the suit. In MI. Tricks petition
to the court he points out with en-
phasis the fact that Messrs. Phipps,
Curry, Lovejoy and possibly other
members of the partnership are OPP
posed to Mr.. Carnegie's course and
showed their opposition by refusing
to sign any paper acquiescing in the
transfer of Mr.. Tricks interest at the
$4,000, 900 rate fixed by Mr.. Carnegie
to the company's books.