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The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-03
Diamond ScintiIiations.

Roger .Connor is playing first for
Springfield and his brother John is
catching. ..
a.--The St.:Ioouis Americans have a
Donah,re battery and the St. Louis Ma
tionals have an O'Neill battery.
-Hoffer, once one Of the stand-bys OF
the Baltimore club, has quit pitching,
and is playing in center field for the
Des Moines club.
Jimmy Williams is playing great
ball with Baltimore this year. There Is
no question about his being one of the
best in the land.
g Smith, the New York second base
man, is attracting general attention
through his excellent playing. He is q
conscientious. hard-working infielder,
who knows all the fine points of the
game, does not put on any style, but
gets there just the same.
Sockalexis, the once famous Indian
player, Is now holding down center
field for Lowell Of the New England
League. He is not as good as he was,
but is doing fine work with the stick
and is a grea. favorite. He says he
is through with fire water, which was
his undoing.
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why People Fall.

The total number Of business fail.
ales in the United States last year
was 1O,64S. The causes Of these are
divided into two classes those due to
the man himself and those due to 9th.
ers, the former, of course, being the
largest and most significant. OF fail
Tres under the first heading 1928, the
largest number, are attributed to lack
Of capital; incompetence comes next
with 2,O23 failures to it's credit, and
other causes follow in this order:
Specific conditions" 1,775; fraud,
Lisa; inexperience, S2S; competition
l66. and unwise credits 376. Con-
trary to what many might have been
Ted to expect, speculation is set down
As a cause of business disaster in only
l41 cases, and extravaganza accounts
tor only 1O1.-Leslie's Weekly.
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A BRAVE CHlNAMAN

He wa, then an experienced sailor.
having lserved aboard American mer-
chant ships IN various capacities. He
acted the part OF a hero during this
trip. and when he returned the Navy
Department, in recognition Of his SER
vices. presented Charley with hand.
some medal. Upon it is Inscribed:
Charley Tong Sing. Arctic Steamer
Jeanette; Fidelity, Zeal, Obedience"
On the reverse side is a picture OF the
old frigate Constitution, and the
words, Omitted States Navy" By spe-
cial act Of Congress, Sept 80, 1890. an
other medal was presented. 1t bears
the date upon which the act was ap
proved by the President. and around 1t
the words, Jeanette Arctic Expedl'
ton. 1S79-1S82" On the reverse side
is represented the jeanette in thesice,
with the crew waving her farewell.
The medal depends from clasp held
in the beak of a silver eagle. 1t was
not great while after this adventure
when Charley Tong Sing started with
Capt. Schley on the Greedy RELIEF ex-
pedition. After his return from that
voyage he served in the navy on the
Tennessee.
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How to Tell a Persian Rug.

e. A great many people flatter them.
selves that they are able to tell a
genuine Persian rug from spurious,
machine-made one by touch, but in
this they deceive themselves. The best
and surest way to tell genuine from
an imitation Persian rug is by the fol-
lowing:
If one will look close he will OBJ
serve that in the genuine Persian rug
the intricate and complicated pattern
or design is not altogether symmetri-
cal, the corresponding flowers, vines.
or geometrical figures of one side be-
ing little out of line, larger or small
er; or not meeting, and joining with
figures on the corresponding detail on
the opposite side of the rug. This is
owing to the fact that in hand-weaving
it is impossible to obtain perfect sym
metry of patterns. especially when the
designs are so complicated as they
are on Persian rugs. On the other
hand, let one examine closely the ma
chine-made rug, and he will find the
most perfect symmetry of pattern, so
much SO, in fact, that the design looks
positively rigid and harsh. This is
q pretty safe guide, and If observed
one will seldom mistake al imitation
for genuine Persian rug.
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Sample Love Letter.

When he began to learn to read and
write English, Rouche Sampson Bona.
venture O'Brien, Frenchman from
Montreal, happened to select, in pur-
suing his studies, a Ready Letter
Writer" which included love letters
for the bashful, as a medium from
which to copy. The copies We're sub
mitted to Mrs. Mabel Davis, his teach
er, which, he says accounts for his be-
ing named as correspondent in di-
vorce suit brought by Mr. Davis.
O'Brien is chief engineer of the Mar
ragansett Electric Company. at Provi-
uence. and while pursuing his study Of
English lodged at house where Mrs
Davis also had rooms.
In writing letters he did not confine
himself to those in the book but found
some to his liking in newspapers. and
says that on one occasion he copied
extracts from a letter which dish
washer named John, who worked at
the lodging house, showed him. and
which he sent to Mrs. Davis.
Some of his letters fell into the
hands of Mr.. Davis, and divorce suit
is the result.
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Charley, Tong Sing, Awho keeps q
restaurant at Los Angeles, CAL, is the
only Chinaman who ever received q
medal from Congress for bravery. He
is very proud Of this fact. Charley
was a member Of the Greedy relief ex.
pedition of 1894, commanded by Cap
tain (now Rear AdmiraD Schley. He
is q naturalized citizen of the United
States, and is as thoroughly Ameri-
canfzed as his thirty years residence
here can make him. But he has
greater distinction than having been
a member of this expedition. He Is
one of the three survivors of the
Jeanette expedition. He was steward
of the jeanette when, in 1879. that
ill-fated vessel sailed on voyage of
exploration in the arctic seas. His
splendid physique and natural hardi-
ness were all that brought him safely
through the >hardshlps and exposures
and horrors of that terrible expert
ence. Wher telling about it now he
says: I'VE 60 looking for north pole.
Many go to find pole, but no catch
him. None is able to reach pole.
Come back dead" Charley Joined the
jeanette expedition at San Francisco.
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Not Ready to MIKE Up.

They had been having discussion
concerning the necessity or otherwise
of purchasing a new silk dress in or
der to be on level with the De Mon
eys next door. Banks had vetoed the
purchase on the ground OF eXtrava-
gance and want of funds. and his Wife
was much put ont.
Dinner ready, my dear?" he asked,
in his most conciiatOry manner. Her
face had been like a stale thunder
storm ever since the disagreement
and Banks wanted to change it.
Yes" answered Mrs. b. shortly.
Must try again said Banks to
himself Then aloud: "Ah. l am
glad of that, my love. l have what
the poets would call AN aching void,
Sarah
"You often suffer from headache y
she returned in a cutting tone.
Banks drew his chair up to the
table with unnecessary noise, and re
Trained from further attempts at con
ciliation lor the rest of the day
Stray Stories.
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STORAGE or GRAIN IN AMERICA

Elevator EystsEs Reaches Developments
Unknown Elsewhere.
heYafmers OF the vnitedsEtates 70.
day are, A4MtHg corn fields aggregatihg
overASignty million adj C(res-ten million,
morS,thadAt& years ago, and h1fveSt.
ding two billion bushels and over in
q season. Their wheat fields cover
forty million acres-four million more
than IN 1890-and even the oat area
is. nearly thirty million acres, an in.
crease of 20 per cent. 1t may be i'm
possible to sell such q crop immediate.
ly except at q loss. Therefore the I'M
perative necessity for storage facili-
ties has resulted in the development
of the elevator system in America on
"A scale unknown elsewhere in the
world.
Il On. a Dakota Kansas or Nebraska
farm where the harvest field may
cover 500 or 1000 acres only small
portion of the yield is threshed and
placed in the barn bins. The bulk is
carried to what are termed railroad ell
evators located in convenient towns.
These vary in capacity from. 10000 to
10O. .O90 bushels. according to their lo-
cation in the producing district. and
from them the transportation company
loads it's cars for the domestic or for
eign market But the district eleva-
tors, as they might be called. repre-
sent only a fraction of the space for
storage which now exists in the Unit
g. States Before it is loaded on ship
board at tidewater, a cargo may pass
through four or five different build
ings, be transferred from car to YES
| sci and back again to car, as the mod,
ern processes employed facilitate its
handling with ease and economy.
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Mistakon Zeal.

Zeal in the prevention of cruelty to
animals is commendable, but some
times it gets one into ridiculous pre-
dicament. Instance: A kind fold lady
staying at New York hotel called a
cab, and the driver drew up to the
door and gave a jerk to free his reins
from the horses TAIL Now the horse
was old and had lost what hair his tail
naturally wore. and the driver had re-
placed it with an artificial switch
slSihfully tied on. The jerk on the
reins pulled the tail off, and the old
lady shrieked in. horror at such an ex
hibition of what she. supposed was
cruelty, and then summoned police
man to arrest the inhuman' brute,
When she was told what had happen
ed she adjusted her false teeth, which
had got awry in her excitement, and
called another cab, declaring that she
would not ride behind a horse that
wore another horses hair where his
own ought to grow. ,.,..--,..,:!
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Players League. This marked hls
sixteenth season in major league hay-
ness. There are several American
leag1e1s. wbUaeHtedate''n. for the
national MeteranM vii ungster in
kpse trqsdfs sasi HIM California
pWruAsss 81 ag ,after6 6ea9 n MCGUIRE.
Tom DAILY and Jimz6y Ryan had cut
their eye teeth IN fast company. With
George Van Haltren out of 1t there ara
four players in the National In line to
succeed him. four who began their
major careers in 'SS-One year after
"Old Rip Van" flrst woke 'em up in
Windtown. Three sofi that quartette
are in Cincinnati and two! wear the
red. st. Jacob Beckley, Billy Hoy and
Charley Farrell, who started In Pitts
burg, Washington and Chicago respec-
lively, and Billy fHollnan. who began
in the Quaker city and is once more
with his old love, comprise the four.
and it would be question OF day ana
month to determine who, after van,
is entitled to the rank of patriarch OF
the big family.
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Shakespearean enthusiasts in Eng
land have combined to produce a new
quarterly magazine of which Shakes
peare is to be the inspiration. 1t was
launched at Stratford-on-Avon on
Shakespeare's birthday. April %, and
it's title is the Shrine.
The idea of it's founders is that
Shakespeare was symbolist and the
magazine is to bear witness to his
personal thought as enshrined in his
symbolism.
The magazine begins by spurning
the contention that Shakespeare was
Bacon on the ground that Bacon's
verse is utterly contemplate. and the
mean, groveling and sometimes even
loathsome character of his moral SEN
timents would be impossible to
Shakespeare.
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NEW WAR AUTOMOBILE

terest in the idea, and are anxious to
secure the device for their own armies,
if it proves a success.
The sketches zaccompanying.lth the aP
plication for patents show = machine
built in the shape Of a cigar. having
turrets Of the revolving type fore and
aft. These are pierced for the use or
Calling guns in the smaller automo-
biles and for one-pound rapid-ffre guns
in the heavier machines. Each tnrret
is equipped with searchlight for use
at night and armored with half-inch
plates. @
1t is an easy matter to Nicture one
of these machines in the crisis of bat
tie belching forth shot and shell and
fire and death with no living thing id
it's wake. 1t would be more potent
in deciding the fortunes of the day
than BlGcher. Sheridan, the Tenth
Legion, or all of the famous men or
| corps who turned the tide of battle.
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1dent,a.d the Justice.

Justice Brewer of the United States
Supreme Court is from Kansas, and
Kansas people are mighty proud ..of
him. Soon after his elevation to the
supreme bench a cigar manufacturer
in Topeka dedicated a ten-cent do
nestle" to the jurist,. named 1t the
Our Justice cigar, and on the cover
of each box pasted highly eolored
portrait of Mr.. Brewer. @'*
"A few years ago the justice stopped
in Topeka on business trip. The
hotel clerk recognized him, and the ne
gro bellboy, though he had no idea
who the newcomer was. knew from
the way he was ordered about that
the patron was of some consequence.
Going up in the elevator the negro
stared at the tall,y ,dignified man, Of
a sudden the black face was wreathed
in a smile and without hesitation the
bellboy said: i.''G .+-<it =. rs
"'Scuse me, boss, but amt you de
gem-men dat invented dem 'Ouah JUS
tice' seegahs?"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-03

A. N. Miner former captain OF
the First Infantry, U. S. A., and
graduate of West Point. class of V5,
has been in Chicago talking to Cen
eral Macarthur, commander of the
Department of the Lakes, and other
officers at army headquarters regard
ing an armored automobile. :
He has succeeded in interesting the
government in his invention, likewise
army officers. The War Department
may decide to build several expert
mental machines on the lines laid
down by Capt. Miner. If it does not,
the inventor, who is former st.
Louis Street Commissioner, will or
ganize a stock company. build several
automobiles of the armored type and
turn them over to the United States
for trial.
The military attaches of the differ
ent governments represented at Wash
ington are exhibiting the keenest in
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-03
Another Purchase by Morgan.

Pierpont Morgan has just bought
the Gutman collection of silver art
objects, said to be the finest in all
Europe. There are In all about 60
pieces, among them antique cups,
hunting goblets and other plates.
dating from the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries. The collection was
recently valued at 900, and this is
perhaps about the price paid for it.
The eAtire collection is to be sent to
London and placed on exhibition for
charity. When will all these treasures
reach America7
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Companions In Courtesy.

Warm was the Irish heart and win.
ming the way of the late Lord Dufferin
Shortly before he left Canada, and
while he was in residence at RideaU
Hall. he was walking one windy day
when he came upon an Irish laborel
who was mending the roadway.
AS was his wont. the governor gen.
eral stopped to have chat, and the
old laborer stood bareheaded. the wind
blowing his thin, white hair roughly
about. 1. .," :tr-l. -
Put on your hat" said Lord DUFF
ferin.
mot before your eXcellency," re
piled the old man. .,. ...Nt,4
Then" said his lordship, taking Off
his own hat "if you will expose your
gray hairs to this wind out of defer
ence for my position, must expose
mine to it out of respect tor your gray
hairs. s."-You Companion.
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Value of Veterans.

"There is no place On team where
a veteran is more useful than behind
the bat" said Patsy Donovan. Ine
old fellows may not have as much
steam behind their throws and may be
little slower on the bases, but for
these drawbacks they show many ad-
vantages behind the bat. They DO
lot of effective work that the people IN
the stands never see nor hear or
These wise boys know every weak
point of the opposing batsman and
give their own pitchers valuable ad
vice. Then they work the umpire LOT
decisions that younger catcneF
would not think of asking for
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II the National League.


1t is a little early yet to make any
prediction as to the team that Will
carry of the pennant in the National
League. Wonderful changes may oc-
cur between now and the close of the
season, but, in the opinion of the big
majority Of base ball followers, it will
require a change little less than mi
raculous for the Pittsburgs to be dis
placed from the first position. The
club starts off the race like pennant
winner and unless injuries lay low a
large number of the star players on
the team it is hard to figure where 1t
can be beaten. On paper, at least. it
has the strongest aggregation of play
ers in the league, none Of the other
clubs comparing with it, with the pos
sible exception of Brooklyn. The
American League has made sad In
reads into the other National League
teams, badly crippling the majority OF
them, but not SO with Pittsburg. The
splendid aggregation of players that
captured the pennant for the Smoky
City last years remains intact. 1t is
the one prominent National League
Da80 U6ll CiuD IuStL udS put up a -SIOAAS
wall front against Ban ,Johnson's or
ganization. Its players seem to be well
satisfied with the treatment they re-
ceive from Barney Dreyfuss.
Pittsburg will place great reliance
upon her star player, Hans Wagner,
this year, as she has the past two sea-
SONS. Wagner is acknowledged to be
one of the greatest ball players in the
profession, some ranking him with La
joie and others as but notch below
Napoleon. He can play most any posi-
ton on the team, and play it well. AS
q batter he has few equals. In 1900 he
led the league with $3.50 and last year
was fifth with 1852. Wagner is also a
fine base runner and probably takes
more desperate chances than any
other man in the league. AS a thrower
he cannot be excelled. Last year Pitts
burg found him an invaluable man at
shortstop, which position threatened
at one time to be serious weakness
in the team. Wagner was brought in
from the outfield and his work at
shortstop was of the star order. Wag'
=. ner is about ,2S years of age and is a
native of Carnegie, Pa.
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oHENPEsT NEWSPAPER ON EARTH

Vienna Publiostion sells for low Price
os Halt Cent.
Hne fartbinx newspaper, xnfe fue
zGitung, whlchsI waa &nns hceafkor
4sast week. stm4 4Sput4 4eas! shu day #1ts
Mze Assab6at MoAGirdgk kthSl ofAhe
Daily Mail and It consists OF eight
pages. Three Of these are devoted to
advertisements and Ave to news. The
leading article appears on the front
page as is usual In Austrian papers. ....
The new paper is not party organ.
but will be generally progressive In
tendency. The proprietor intends to
give in tabloid for all the news
printed by other journals, together
with articles and generally interesting
matter. There. will be morning edi-
tion and an evening edition, the lat
ter published at noon.h
The fact that paper manufacturers
hold a large interest in the property
solves the most difficult part of the
problem of making farthing journal
pay, for the cost of paper is,. OF course,
one of the most. important consideN-
tions. .,...:..... ..... ....--f
The proprietor, who was . formerly
the owner of leading daily in Buda-
pest, states that he reqhires a circu-
lation of 10000 daily to cover the bare
cost of production. This is an enor-
nous circulation in Vienna, where the
most popular paper at present does
not exceed 10000 per day, and where
there are several dailies with clrcu-
lation of less than 10,O0O.-Vlenna
Correspondence London Mail, March
I
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What Astonished Her.

Last year Miss Anna Lindmark, a
bright young Swedish woman, made q
tour of this country and on her return
home wrote for Swedish magazine
an article giving her impressions Of
this country and it's people. She was
much impressed by what she saw and
heard, but the thing that astonished
her most was the extravagant way
in which American women dress.
When they go out shopping they ac-
:wally wear silks and velvets and
Jewels" says Miss Lindmark.
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Writer'S of fiction have been at great
pains to picture the effects of oscula-
ton. But their endeavors must sure.
ly prove fiat, stale and improbable be.
fore the description Of the intoxicat-
ing result of kiss on the hero of q
recent German novel. Sophia re.
turned my kiss, and the earth went
from under my feet; my soul was no
longer in my body; l touched the
stars. knew the happiness of the
6eraphim." Poor infatuated lover!
With how tremendous a crash must
he have struck the terra firma of mat
rimonyl
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Kept Silent Forty Years.

"Near the town Of SneIbyVille, in my
state" said r. L. Turner of Kentucky,
"lives an old colored woman who has
never spoken since her husband was
put upon the block and sold to slave
dealer over forty years ago. The vow
old Aunt Susan made at the time that
she would never utter word until
her husband was returned to her she
has religiously kept. She is now al
most 70 years old and in good health
and there is not a particle of doubt
that she will keep her vow of silence
for the remainder of her days"
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.savs,LaJoie Will Join Blues.

While both LaJoie and Bernhard
were sphinxlike in their attitude when
asked as to the outcome OF the nnai
conference with Charles Somers,
Cleveland's emissary, it has developed
from a reliable source that the deal
was clinched and the players are to
ioin the blues. LaJoie is to play sec
ond base and captain the team, for
which he is to be paid $4,000 for
three years. Bernhard's salary is to
be close to $4,000 per season.
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e ball player while a student at Holy
Ghost College Of that city, and IT, 1897
made his professional debut with the
Washington, Ind, Club, of the Central
League. He played with Dayton in
1898, Oswego in 1899, Springfield in
1900 and Albany in 1901. Last season
he batted 1896 and fielded .9OS in 115
games. His most notable performance
were five hits in one game and four
in each of two others and the accep
lance of 10 chances in a double-header
ON July 4 without an error.
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Ratters of This Year.

Jimmy Collins, the popular thlrd
,baseman of the Boston American
League team, led the American
League in batting up to this week with
LIE splendid average OF '.425. Many Of
the ,sluggers of this organization have
not yet struck their gait, as, for IN
stance, Jesse Burkett who stands pc
dow 300. Jesse led the National
League in batting last year.
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.aase Ball Veterans.

When good old Rip Van Haltren was
carried OF the field at SmoketowD
with . broken leg the dean Of the Col
lege Of League Play ceased to make
baseball history. Van is the sage OF
the big clals. He made his league
debut with Chicago back in 'S7, and he
came feom California as southpaw
pitcher. There is but one break In
his record Of continuous service OF ID
1ooro-the season he went with the
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Color Of steaIthy Torpedo Boats.

Color Of SteaIthy Torpedo Boats.
The German feet has been making
trials with different colored paint for
the outsides OF torpedo boats. The
authorities are dissatisfied with the
deep black color which has hitherto
been in use, but they have discov-
cred that no color is suitable for all
seas. 1t has now been decided to
employ a gray-brown color as being
to the least noticeable in the Baltic
and other northern waters. No
change is contemplated in the color Of
the paint used for German ironclads,
blush gray being found the most ser.
viceable both by day and by night.
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companv Was Too Fast.

George Merritt, the New York State
/ League pitcher whom Pittsburg pur-
chased from the Utica team the latter
part of last season. is not fast enough
for the National League. Utica MADE
an effort to secure him from the Pitts
burgs, but the Worcester team, OF the
Eastern League, succeeded in landing
him.
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ccrack Eastern ..RallpIayer.

,v Charles Chico Cargo, the shortstop
Of the champion Albany club, OF the
New York State League, and now a
resident of the Empire States capital
city; was born at Pittsburg, Pa, on
August IA, 1879. He showed ability as