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old stand on the road again and things Will
go on as before. The ubiquity of the town
Is quite confusing. and one can imagine
with what breathless interest the inhab-
itants of Jordanrun, wherever they may be,
must watch presidential election.
But HopeviIle has nothing TO fear, no
matter who may be President. Hopeviile
consists of one family. This family bears
the suggestive name OF Ours The tribe OF
Ours has house and store. One member
of the tribe Is a republican, the other
democrat. So that when 1t comes to max
ing a post Office appointment here, Hope
vile does not have to get up and walk on
the map, as happens with Jordanrun. but
quietly stays where 1t has been. a model Ut
municipal stability. OF course, the tribe OF
Ours might tire of this valuable monopoly
and take 1t into Its head to emigrate some
day. IN which case an act of Congress would
probably be needed to determine what had
become of Hopeyille.
Beverly Did Not Approve.
Twelve years ago Elkins, which may be
the new railroad center, was a swamp, and
Beverly was the county seat of Randolph
county and Its principal city. In fact Bev-
eriy Is among the Oldest settlements in
West Virginia, dating twenty years back
of the revolution. It's pride is in It's anti
guilty. Its people. living here from father
to son. view the hustle. and push of the
modern spirit that is now overrunning
West Virginia with dgnified scorn. Tilling
the fields hunting. tending their sheep are
the pastoral occupations that engross them.
Before Elkins was built overtures were
made to Beverly to lay the foundations
here for new progressive town. But the
proposition met with no encouragement.
The arstocratic Beverlyites were prosper
Gus and contented in their Arcadan fash
ion. They clung to the habits and customs
of a century ago because they preferred
them. Modern innovations were d.staSteful,
lowering. plebeian. So the proposition of the
moneyed men was rejected, and the town
of Elkins was conjured out of the wilder
ness. From the very start it has been the
struggle of the old. proud. traditional Vir-
ginian and the new money-making western
e. between the two towns. and Beverly has
suffered sadly in the contest. The history
of this municipal rivalry is typical of what
is taking place throughout the old south to-
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The Love of Buying.
From the London Spectator.


The love of buying for its own sake is in
stinctive with some people. Many men,
and perhaps more women, never enter for
the first time any new town, or even vii
lage, without wishing to take something
out of it which they have bought Prob
ably they live in London, where everything
which man can afford he may obtain,
and possibly there is nothing in the scene
of their travels which they could truly be
said to want; but the pleasure of explora-
tion is enhanced for them by the pleasure
of purchase. As between men and women.
there is no doubt that cheapness has a
greater attraction for the latter than the
former. Lien have perhaps more difficulty
than their wives in making up their minds
to go without what they wish for, conse-
quently they are often willing to give a.
little more for thing than it is worth. On
the other hand, they are schooner tempted
to buy what they do not want solely be-
cause it is cheap.
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towns of &aysville and HopevilIe there is
q town called Jordanrun- Its location is
clearly defined on the map and with COM
pass and ptdometer there would seem to be
no reasonable possibility for the place to
evade an intelligent search. After walking
for miles through an unbroken wilderness
of mountain and forest one looks forward
with keen delight to town along the road
Visions of hotels, hot dinners. comfort Bile
fires. lure one on to great exertions. But
in this particular case pleasurable expect
aucy is futile. There is no Jordanrun along
the road, for all its imposing presence on
the map. Careful inquiry afterward elicit
ed the fact that under the Mckinley ad-
mlnistration new postmaster was appoint
ed to the town OF Jordanrun. This new
postmaster lives somewhere two miles or
the road, and when he was appointed this
accommodating town moved over to him,
thus completely changing it's geographical
position There Jordanrun will stay in the
woods somewhere until democratic Pres
ident Is elected Then II will take up its
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Operas Popular in Germany.


list Of ali the operas performed on
German stages is given in a dramatic pub
lication issued by Breitkopf & Hartel in
Leipzig. Those given over a hundred times
during the season of 1900-1901 were: 'sDie
Fiedermaus,' 400 times; "The Geisha," 3ST;
''Lohengrin,' 294; Der Freyschutz," 27s;
Carmen 277; 'Tannhauser," 213; "Caval-
leria Rusticana," 269: Audran's La Pou-
pee" 257; III Trovatore," 225; "Mignon."
PA; Gounods Faust 1879; Lortzings
.'Undine," 1872; 1.-The Magic Flute" IS3:
Strauss THE Gypsy Baron" 1s4; MAR
tha," 1s2i Leoncavallo's "Pagliaci." 174:
Die Meistersinger Won Nurnberg," III;
Millockers THE Beggar Student" 1G7:
'"The Flying Dutehman." 155; Lortzing's
Gar and Carpenter" 154; Humperdinck's
'Hansel and Gretel," 15S: "Ffdelie," 145;
Lortzing's 'Waffenscmied.' 145: Ziehrer's
Die Landstreicher" IA; Rossini's Bar
biere," 139; Nicolai's Merry Wives" 131;
Die Walkure.' 131; LIE Nozze di Figaro"
1875; Donizettis Daughter of the Regi-
ment," 122; Nessler's "Trompeter Won
salNkingen,' 12o; Aida" 116: Zeller's s
"Vogelhandler.' 1O7. and Meyerbeer's '.Hu-
guenOtS.' lO4
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day. In a very few years the population
of Beverly was equaled by that of Elkins.
Then gradually the business of the old
town was absorbed by the newcomer and
finally two years ago the county seat was
openly coveted. For more than a century
Beverly had been the county seat of Ran
dolph and the dominant town of this sec
ton. 1t had endured the civic aggresSionS
of its upstart rival with silent dignity, but
when a graceless hand was stretched out
to rob ii of this last chief municipal treas
ure the ire Of the old Bourbons was aroused
to action. vote of the county was pass
ed on The subject and Elkins was desgnat-
ed as the custodian of the county records
by a comfortable ajority. So the enter
prlSlHS ElkiniteS declared forthwith they
would go to Beverly and take what belong
ed to them without waiting for any tedious
laws delays To this the scornful Bev-
erlyites answered nothing, but all the old
muskets, sabers, pixies of half dozen gen.
erations were furnished up and the little
town. with much earnestness and alb
sence of noise and excitement as is shown
when the same people go out to kill a bear
on their native mountains, prepared to do
battle.
E1kinites Never Came.
The story of the trouble sounds like some
stray chapter from the middle ages. By
turns one IS reminded of opera bouffe and
of some tragic feud of classic dimensions
Every male citizen of Beverly was sworn in
as a deputy sheriff put under arms and
stationed in front of the court house. where
the county archives were stored Mines
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Anothes, nuss.as Relic.
From the Scotsman. Sc ~ a..

From the Scotsman sc a., 2 zSes.
There has come to light in one of the
auction rooms an Interesting relic of Robert
Burns. 1t is an ordinary businesslilSe tum-
bier, inclosed in an oak.case lined with vel
vet and secured by a, Brahmint key. The
tumbler has engraved on it the following
inscription: This glass; once the proper
ty of Robert Burns, was. presented by the
poets widow to James Robinson. esq, and
given by his widow to her ,son-in-law, Ma
1or James Glencairn Burns, 1870" The
gave the relic was Sunderland gentleman
who became by marriage connected with
the Burns family. The box Is made from
one OF the piles of Old London bridge, with
Royal George.
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were dug under the railroad track with the
intention of blowing up the train bearing
the predatory Elkinites. AS for the, latter
they too Were preparing, in their own way
for what they supposed might be a slight
unpleasantneSs. There was every indica-
ton of the most serious kind of trouble. All
night the entire male population of Beverly
muSket in hand, stood in front of their be-
loved court house. Hunters, ,woodsmen
most or them, accustomed to conflict and
with ten years OF accumulated insoIence
from their municipal rival to goad them on
these BeveriytteS meant business Had the
men from EliSinS come when they were ex-
pected there would undoubtedly have been
pitched battle in the streets of the little
town. with results as disastrous and bloody
as any that characterized such battles Of
the civil war as were fought in this neigh
borhood. But, lame and impotent conclu-
sion to the display of so much valor on both
sides, the Elkinites never came Wiser
councils fortunately prevailed among them
Possibly the well-knOwn prowess in arms Of
the men of Beverly had a saiutary effect
upon the minds of these younger spirits
Anyway, their expedition was abandoned
the old muskets of Beverly were pur away
and the venerable archives of Randoiph
county were sent to Elkins, ignominiousIv
without escort, on freight car when the
courts. months afterward. decided that Bey
erly no longer had a right to keep them
Thus ended war that might have been.
and that il il ever had started would have
put this state in the van of Kentucky for
bloody feuds. Old West Virginia has never
come in armed contact with new West Vir-
ginia. but it-has met defeat nevertheless
The Elkins that grasped at the county seat
Is already aiming at a commercial impor
tance. and 1t seems likely to have a similar
bloodless success.
The plan for opening up the state is not a
desultory one. Hitherto 1t has been so.
Short lines have been run in various rncon-
nected localities. and the problem of trans
portat'on has been lacking in system and
eificiency. Now, however, the various rail-
roads OF VSst Virginia are to be combined
In one scheme, having for it's object the
throwing open of the entire state and the
finding for its products the easiest outlet.
AS planned now. about seyenty-five miles
of new road will connect the western mari
of the state with the great lakes and a
similar extension will join the eastern seq
tion with the lines running to Chesapeake
bay.
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Rich From SunflOwers.
From the Indianapolis News.

Ten years ago John Mcdonald. a shrewd
farmer of Clark county, Indiana, heard that
sunfower seed was a crop on which money
could be made. At that time even an infer
ior article paid six to seven cents a pound,
and he could raise from 600 to 200 pounds
an acre. John said nothing and planted
sunfowers. His neighbors laughed and told
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Wasted.

Written for The Evening Star.
There's mistletoe bough in the hall my dear
Seed pearls set In green;
But you, dear, are gone, and IL am here.
With miles and miles between.
So the Christmas joys and signs OF cheer
That are strewn thro' house aud hall
Make April eyes-a smile. then a tear
For the mistletoe hung from the wall.
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country is less known or less cultivated
than parts of these mountain regions. Now
and tEen a p-CspectCr has wandered
through the wilderness. but this fOrerurner
of railroads and commercial progress rarely
got away from the r.ver courses the
fairly level country easily adapted to cul-
tivation. one day an enthusiastic New
York sportsman pitC.ied his camp among
the back hills. His guide chuckled quietly
when the young man picked up a smooth
rock and paced il on the fire to heat for
a roasting stone In few minutes a blue
flame shot up through the rock and soon
IL was all ab!aZe.
.-Wh-whats the natter" yelled the
.'N6shin'-' laughed the guide. "Ye got
a ..uk OF ccal. that's all. l guess We bet
ter cook supper 'ithout the roastin' stone"
The New York sportsman became a wiser
man, SO far as a knowledge of West Viz
giuia roasting stones was concerned, and
when later in his rambles he came upon
a huge mountain of iron ere and took notice
of the valuable timber all about, he began
L. study the situation.
Now. the curious thing is that the West
Virginia mouHtaineer has known Ior
longer than the memory OF the oldest in
habitant that al he had to do when he
wanted a fire to take pickax and
break eff bit of the rocky ledge or hill
side which lay back of his cabin. Every
day he the wealth of timber and iron
all about him. but his simple nature had
inquired no further-a kind nature sup
piled his few wants, why should he care
ABOUT acquiring Inc troubles which affiiCted
the rich?
The section through which the new rail-
roads will pass. lying in Ine New Creek
and North Fork valleys. between Keyser
and Elkins. shows the contrast between the
primitive that has been and the progressive
that will be better perhaps than any other.
The distance between the two towns is over
a hundred miles At present there are no
railroads anywhere in reach. A meager
population Of about 800 straggles along the
one tEoroughfare that is honored BY the
name of road. but which in many places
bears more resemblance to the bed of a
mountain stream than anything else. Ii is
the home of the sand digger and the moon
shiner-d little primitive world in itself dis
tant in population, custom and Occupa ton
from the hurryinS world outside embosonl-
ed in a glorious phalanx of mountains
whose majestic contour gives this region
the romantic individuality and aloofness of
an undiscovered Switzerland.
HOpcyiIIe Citizens
Hopeville is at the heart of this rugged
Uudeveloped section. Why the place was
called Hopeville is not very obvious A
kind of depTecatory modesty. perhaps, that
is not always prominent III these mountain
towns IN appeal to the future for what
Is lacking in the present. There is certain
ly an elusive quality about these places to
which il takes an unsophisticated Traveller
Some little hard earned experience to accus-
tom himself For instance, between the
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player In the sixties" AS is recorded I'm
Badminton by Mr.. Everard: Perhaps his
most interesting matches were played with
the Rev. ]. @. Mcpherson as partner. This
gentleman at one time was one Of the very
finest amateurs, being hardly. II at all. in
ferior to the best professionals. When the
two played together their rounds were usu-
ally phenomenally low. While Mcpherson
was magnificent driver, his partner was
no less deadly in his cleek approaches and
putting, and the two in combination were,
it may almost be said, more than a match
for any two other amateurs, and but little
behind the best professional talent"
Amateur Champion.
The amateur championship by holes. in
troduced in 1856. brought to the front the
best talent Mr.. Horace Hutchinson car
ried of the blue ribbon Of the game on the
first two occasions. He Is the careful
critic and distinguished author Of ''Goif
and Golfers" the authoritative work on
certain lines OF the subject, though Me-.
clark Golf must still occupy first place
on the game in general Mr.. Hutchinson
mas still to be reckoned with In competi-
ton.
Next him came Mr.. John Ball, jr., who
has been five times amateur champion and
once open champion. His service at the
front during the last competitions pre-
vented him from entering the field.
On account Of that absence Mr. Hilton
came TO be the great amateur. Mr.. Hilton
has been twice open champion, and twice
amateur champion He is master of all
parts OF the game, and nothing puts him
IN the slightest degree about. The best
nnlsning rounds for the amateur cham
pionship at st. Andrews were between Mr.
Hilton and Mr.. John L. Low The latter
was hye holes down in the last round and
yet. by br1llfant play, squared the match
with two holes to play. But Mr. Hilton
can Just do it when required and he won
though only by an inch putt
Fav0rite Among Amateurs,
Perhaps the favorite among amateurs
was the late Lieutenant F. G. TAFT who
was twice amateur champion. Freddie"
as he was famillarly called. had a magnifi-
cent style His victory over Mr. Hilton
was great and most popular achievement
Th. Royal and Ancient Club has homo red
his memory by having his full-sized por-
trait placed in the grand room Of the club
house.
Considering that Mr. Leslie Balfour Mel
Vile was capital golfer nearly thirty
years ago. he plays a brilliant game still
He was runner-up to Mr.. Laidley in 1889
championship from Mr. John Ball. Mr..
Laidley was three times a runner-up and
twice the champion. Though Mr.. Mure
ferguson has not yet secured first honors
he has been twice in the final; a victory
for him would be most popular. But his
son, who has his Identical style-and ii is
powerful-may yet revive his fathers ban
nit
Mr.. Robert Maxwell. the Glennie medal
list for the lowest aggregate score for the
May and September medals at ST An
drews, is now considered to be the coming
man to represent Scotland against Mr..
Hilton, as Braid does against Vardon.
Evening star., 1901-12-21

Lawyer-'When I was a boy my highest
ambition was to be a pirate s.izss =,
Cnent-'You're in luck. 1t isn't every
ycuth."-Life - =
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noardins..

From Puck. $780, .
/ The motorman shrank back affrightedly.
as If he had seen a ghost Psf s.
How did you manage to board my carp
he gasped S
oh; I've boarded worse things than a
New. York street earl" laughed the Jersey
City landlady, with not ur1horrid JUNCTION.
Evening star., 1901-12-21

Hired Giri-"Now. you go away right this
minute ~ 5r - sasfi 81 Az ~
Tramp-"Please. mum,
Hired Girl-'Go away, / tell you. Clear
out now. or I1l-Iu give you piece of
mince pie that the young mtssus made her
self. New York Weekly. -
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Roll Of Great Amateurs.


Where SO many amateurs are on the roll
for selection, it seems invidious to particu-
larize few. Outstanding for neatness in
the days Of old was Capt. Stewart, though
Mr. Robert Pabullo could outdrive him.
The longest driver was Mr.. Messieux, who
drove from the Cross Hole at St. Andrews
into Hell bunker. Mr.. George Glennie long
held the record of that green in medal play.
Mr.. George Condie was the most consist
entity powerful driver of the "fifties." He
was splendidly built man, and hts style
irreproachabie: he was also an admirable
baffy player. With his club. also, Sir Rob-
ert Hay could play a deadly game
Admiral Maitland Dougan was the best
scorer of his day. gaining the medal at St.
Andrews more frequently than any other.
Mr.. Gilbert Mitchell Innes was medal
holder of st. Andrews, Musseiburgh and
Prestwick. all at one time This was also
achieved by Col. J. o. Fairlie Mr.. Robert
Clark was very powerful player with
short stiff club-all wrist work. The first
"three-bar match" was played by Old Tom
giving Messrs. Innes and Clark the choice
of their balls at each hole. The profess
sional was beaten by only one hole.
Col. Boothby was the best foursoIne
Evening star., 1901-12-21
The EnEIishman's Way.

When the Englishman goes to South
America to sell any class of goods his dom
inant thought Is that the natives are all
savages, unworthy of his attention. He
goes straight to the English bank and
draws on his letter of credit. He goes next
to the English club and makes the ac-
quaintance Of the men of the English COM
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-26
PRESERVED PEACHESA
FEATURE AT HOME FARM

The inmates of Home Farm had a
special Christmas dinner, supper and
entertainment. The dinner at noon
had many nice extras on the bill of
fare and the feature of the supper was
preserved peaches made possible
through the kindness of Worcester
hucksters last summer At the time
there was a special sale of peaches for
the benefit of the Adams Square
Church, a crowd of the hucksters
Clipped in and bought ten bushels
which they sent out to the inmates of
the Home Farm. The people ate the
peaches until they had their fill and
then by order of Superintendent Tho
mas T. Schouler the balance was pre-
served for the Christmas supper and
they rounded out a delightful day At
ter the supper the inmates were treat
ed to a graphophone concert from $50
to 40 by George C. Thompson of Bel
Videre Avenue
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-26
CHRISTMAS SERVICES IN
SWEDISH CHURCHES

In all the Swedish churches yesterday
Christmas was observed in very nearly
the same way. At $50 a. m. there
were services called by Them. Julotta,
after which the people returned to their
homes where they spent the day with
their families till the time for the open
ing of the children of the Sunday
schools entertainment.
All the churches were decorated with
.evergreens, and candles were dis
tributed at intervals of a foot apart in
one case, as at the QuinsigamOnd
Methodist Church, colored electric
lights were used.
At the Quinsigamond Lutheran
Church besides a musical and literary
entertainment there was a cantata
presented, in which the children of the
Sunday school took part They were
assisted by the string band and the
choir of the church. Presents and candy
were given the children.
At the Second Swedish Congrega-
tional a musical and literary entertain
ment was given by the children of the
Sunday school, assisted by the choir.
Presents and candy were given the
children.
At the Quinsigamond Methodist
Church there was program Of %
numbers in which the children took
part, ana Jney were assisted Dy ue
choir, which also sang several Christ
mas carols. There were several Sc
lections by the church sextet, under the
Leadership of Fred Hut The entertain
ments in other Swedish churches were
mostly on the same plan, a musical and
literary program being given with the
exception at the Mulberry Street Luth-
eran Church. where a supper was
served and in which church there was
music by the Norton Emery Wheel
Band. There We're also solos by some
of the prominent Swedish singers of
this city, among them being John A.
Larson, baritone solOist and leader Of
the Swedish Glee Club of this city.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-26
A. G. SpaIding Confident Supreme
Court of New York Will Decide
He Is the President of the Ma
tionaI Baseball League
BITTERLY ATTACKS THE
NEW YORK MAGNATE
Has Been Assured by Col. John |.
Roger of Philadelphia and His
Own Attorney That Election
Was Regular and viii Stand
Starts for the South

Washington, Dec. 25.-A. G. Spalding
left here this evening for South Caro-
lima, but before leaving gave out a
cation given out by Andrew Freed
mans attorney regarding Mr.. Spald-
ing's announcement that he would not
act further as president-secretary-
treasurer of the National Baseball
League. Mr. Spalding says in part:
''Mr. Freedman's attorney is at per-
feet liberty to make any deduction
from the letter he pleases, but it
speaks for itself If he had preceded
his quotation, that 1 must refuse to
act further as president-secretary-
treasurer of the National League" with
the words, pending the decision of
the court" he would have shown a
stronger disposition to quote my letter
correctly.
"On the morning of Dec. IA I was
informed by a committee of the Ma
tional League that l had been unan-
imOusly elected president of that or
ganizzation on that date. Col. John
I. Rogers, a prominent attorney Of
Philadelphia, has assured me that that
election was regular and legal.
A similar OLlllllOI HAS Dttn tx
pressed by my personal attorney, Al
fred W. Riddle of New York. 1 be-
lieve 1 am the legally elected presi-
dent of the National League. and as
I consider the opinions as quoted above
as good as the opinion of Mr.. Freed
mans attorney. I shall continue to
believe myself the legally elected pres
ident of the National League until
some court Of competent jurisdiction
shall decide otherwise. Pending this
final decision and in accordance with
the order of the Supreme Court of
New York, I am temporarily restrained
from acting as the president-secretary-
treasurer of the National League, and
1 must bow to the majesty of the
law and comply with the courts
order.
Il have instructed my attorney to do
whatever in his judgment hes may deem
necessary to make a proper answer at
the proper time to any and all charges
that may be preferred by Mr.. Freedman
and those who for personal reasons seem
to deem 1t necessary to continue their
association with him in these legal pro-
ceedings.
Il have instructed my attorney to in