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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-24
TRAlNOR'S
TURE BUREAU.

Opening daY at BENNlNG starts another sue
cossful season for TRAINOKS RAGlAn EN-
PERTS for never We as well prepared TO
improve our wonderful work Of the past as
now This meeting could not look bright
er for u.s. and we have no fear in saying All
eclipse even our remarkable record Of last fall,
when 81 per cent Of the horses We named were
winners Among them were many LONG SHOTS,
which has made this firm the leader. Now is the
time to start with us, as have many surprises
to spring before the public can get line on
the horses. We know the condition Of every
horse here in training, our force OF experts
were among the first 20 locate at the track. Do
not wait until you are loser TO get even, but
start in as winner. We promise first sur
prise in Tuesdays Handicap, which is your
chance TO make a good beginning. Wire ready
at office at 1890 a. m, from agent at race
track gate. Terms, 81 daily. $40 weekly. Com
missions placed directed. MI
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-24
SENATORS AWAIT
GUIDING HAND

Freedman rumpus. the wholesale desert
,icn Of players. and the general indigo
outlook. the metropolitan scribcs seem TO
have their hands full
II is probable that Leon DeMontreville
will sign with the Philadelphia Nationals
his year.
Lave Cross reports that his leg, which
was injured last year. has completely re
covered.
There has been some doubt expressed
regarding the ability of Donahue to Off
ciate behind the hat without the aid OF a
net.
Atlanta can even be called grasping.
Twenty hall tossers have already been
signed by the Southern city.
The Western Association is after Zanes-
vile. Ohio, to complete its circuit.
Tommy Dowd has had the magnate
bug buZzing near his top-piece for some
time. Recently he paid a flying visit to
New London and made an alleged attempt
to land that franchise.
An optimistic Pittsburg scribe says that
Chicago and Brooklyn have signed strong
teams and will probably not take the
trouble of going after American League
players. What jar il will be when he
wax, up,
jim Nv Collins is going to try out
your fellow named Clancy. who halls
from ..csterly. X. 1. The youngster has
hopes of making coed in the twirling de-
partment.
Scoops" Carey is anxious for the sec
ond and third basemen and shortstop TO
report. He says that ii takes more than
twenty three days for a new inteld TO get
together. scoops" is determined to
make a coed showing with the Senators
this year. and Carey is training conscien-
tiously.
There arc many LOT al fans who will re-
gret the absence of Sammy DUNCAN from
The Senatorial fold. Sammy was the life
of the game last year. and even when the
bunch was getting the hide walloped off
them he ma naged to infuse little ginger.
DUNCAN will report at Cincinnati April l.
The Milwaukee aggregation will do their
training IN the Ohio town.
\ local fan. in discussing the chances OF
the local aggregation. said yesterday;
The preliminary practice. If done on the
home grounds. should consist mainly in
teaching the new Senators to slap the
horsehide over the left field fence. This
little feat was a sinecure for the visitors
last year while the home team was too
economical 10 risk the loss of the leather
Pound it. and pound it hard should be
their slogan. We can excuse few errors
if taey will occasionally lose the leather.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-24

The National Association of Amateur
Oarsmen has endorsed Titus, the national
champion. for the Henley regatta. and
Secretary Fortmeyer has been instructed
to inform the Henley authorities as to
the sculler's good standing as an anna
teur both here and under the Henley
rules. The association in response to
an appeal from the Olympian games COM
mittee, agreed to give it all possible sup
port at Chicago next year. A committee
OF five was appointed to define a junior
and an intermediate oarsman, SO that the
question should be beyond cavil in the
future.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-24
Captain Arrives Today.

The report is in circulation that Della
hanty will arrive in Washington this
morning. Although the Senators are not
ordered to report here until the last day of
the month, the majority are expected to
drop in most any time.
Word has been received from Coughlin
and Lee that they will reach Washington
the latter part OF next week. Manning
brings word that Lee is in excellent shape
and will no: require much time to get his
twirling apparatus into form.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-24
A SURE KILLING
JENNINGS.

We will slaughter the BOoKIES the first crack
out Of the box. We have one that has worked
on COVERED TRACK for the past two months
that should be as good as 20 to / and cannot
lose. Everybody get aboard for this EASTER
KILLING. Terms. 81 daily, SO weekly. We
handle commission at 10 per cent. Cali or write
WOODS & CO., Room i55. Nations Hotel, Wash
ngton, ID. {. ml
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-24
Little Rock Selections.

First racc-Braw Lad, Horseshoe To-
bacco. High links.
Second race-Lady Gallantry, Rocco,
Eva Russell
Third race-Orla, Ben HuiIum, The
Bronze Demon
Pomona
Fifth race-Cari KahIer, Choice, Brig
ade.
Sixth race-Plead. Chickadee. Algie NJ.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-24
Oakland Selections.

First race-Loving Cup, Lief Prince,
Alas.
Second race-Rubus, Dorian. I'm
promptu.
Third race-Delsegno. Dotterell ARABIC.
Fourth RACQUET, Duckory. Sly.
Fifth race-Janice, The Fretter, Col
Ballantyne.
Sixth race-Lento, Hungarian, Galan-
thus.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-24
0uakers Arrive at Norfolk.

NORFOLK. Va. March 23.-Philadel-
phia's National League team arrived here
this morning by Clyde Line steamer. They
leave for Washington, y. c., tomorrow.
They will practice there.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-24
Fight Shy of Presidency.

Robson stated further that the matter
Of the league presidency would not be dis
cussed al the coming New York meeting
unless decision should be rendered by
the courts in connection with the pending
litigation previous to April l.
The meeting begins Tuesday evening.
April l. and will be held in the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE
TROUBLES At AN END
Frank De Haas Robson Says
Fight IS Over.
Confers With Insurgent Leaders and
Sends Out Rainbow of Promise
Meeting in New York.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. March Gas a
result of a conference with Messrs.
Sodcn. Ebbetts, and Hart. l can say that
all the differences of the National League
will be laid aside, and that both factions
will be represented at a meeting in New
York next Tuesday. From now on we will
work in harmony"
The above statement was made by
Frank De Haas Robson tonight. and it
clears up the National League situation
considerably. Mr. c. E. Ebbetts, of the
Brooklyn team, was in conference with
Robson in the latter's Office here for
several hours. and during this conference
the two magnates talked with Mr.. James
Hart, of Chicago. and Mr.. A. NJ. Soden, of
Boston. over the long-distance telephone.
Robison's statement is the result of an
exchange of views between the four mag
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
After SOWING the Wind.

IS there not solemn warning for
the Republican party in the way in
which its campaign has been shat.
tered to fragments hy tie coal strike?
Here we see its managers in two
great states, with critical elections
on their hands. dropping everything
in unconccaled alarm and practically
confessing that they are beaten in ad-
vance unless they are able to settle
a labor difficulty. What a pitia5le
state OF panic for great party to fall
into. And the worst of it is that it is
the direct result of its own boasted
claims and favorite teachings. 1t has
posed as the guardian angel of every
laboring man, the universal provider
of prosperity, fatuously failing to per
ceive how this attitude puts it at the
mercy of every industrial disturbance
or crop failure that comes along
New York Evening Post, Und)
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
Electioneerinq Cabinet Officers.

The number of cabinet officers sent
out from Washington to aid the dom
inant party by stump-speaking is now
fixed at six. This, of course, implies
that six of the administrative depart
ments in that city are now without
their heads. How long this is to con-
tinue we are not informed, but prob
ably as long as the exigencies of poll
tics are supposed to require it. To va
cate six cabinet departments at once
in this way under ordinary conditions
would seem to border upon the scan
dalous. but we suppose the lesson of
this exodus from the public service to
engage in. stump operations is that, in
the eyes of the men in administration
at the national capital. the aiding in
partisan politics is more important
than the giving attention to public af'
fairs.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
No Money From Morqan.

A New York dispatch says that Pier
pont Morgan has declined to give any
thing to the Republican state cam
paign fund. Net a dollar is said to
have been his reply to the Republican
state committee when he was asked
for his usual contribution. which was
never less than $4,000 in off years and
was $4,000 in presidential or con
gressional years. The dispatch says:
1T has been generally understood that
Mr.. Morgan's s refusal TO contribute this
year was due to the attitude of the
Republican leaders in regard to the
coal strike. Men who should be in a
position to l:nOw, however, said this
was not the case. That Gov. Odal's
measures in the taxation of corpora
tions have not always met the APPROX
al of Mr.. Morgan is not secret, and
it Is said that the governor was veXei
because the Northern Securities com
pany chose to incorporate in New Jer-
sey instead If in this state If the
Republican party loses the support Of
the trusts. to whom can it turn?
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25

The 1sthmian canal will not only
save 10000 miles in the voyage De-
tween New York and San Francisco.
but-and this is fact less frequently
dwelt upon--it will avoid some OF the
toughest navigating known to seamen.
To sail ship round Cape Horn in the
teeth of the prevailing desperate west
erly gales is the supreme test of sea-
manship, and sometimes of human en-
durance.
A Maine shipmaster. who has dou-
bled the Cape thirty-two times. re-
Gently told the Boston Seaman's
Friend society that in his sixteen
westerly passages only twice did he
get "a fair slant of wind" and make
a comfortable passage. All the other
times there were weeks of battling
with adverse gales before the 200
miles between the Atlantic and the Pa
cific waters were traversed.
A Boston captain whose ship was
driven to and fro off the cape for
twenty-siX days. while he was making
a desperate fight for his westing, has
plotted the ships course on chart.
The lines are tangled like a cobweb.
To be sure. there is another route.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
A Deadly Cigarette.

Capt Peter Miller. the head of the
detective bureau. showed a visitor the
other night cigarette. 1t was long
and slim with a straw mouthpiece. or
tip, and looked like any other expen-
sive cigarette. except that it had no
name on it.
This said the chief, lis the latest
device of the law w-breakers-a knock
out cigarette. Innocent as the small
contrivance seems. the inhalation Of
ten whiffs of it would throw the
strongest man into coma. The Gig
arctic was sent to me by a Chicago
crook whom | once befriended. The
man tells me that an Illinois chemist
is manufacturing the nefarious things
and selling them to the profesh at the
rate of $40 for box of five. They
look like a good cigarette, and they
taste like one, but they bring on ten
minutes Inconsistencies. and in ten
minutes much can be done. | am glad
to say that they are not deadly. The
,-x they come packed in is yellow
philadelphia Record.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
Admits Embarrassment.

OF course we understand that the
question of tariff revision is full of EN-
barrassment tor the Republican party
The present tariff is only five years
old, and yet there is all over the coun
try revolt against it among the Re.
publicans themselves. Republican
candidates in Massachusetts are de-
manding the removal of the duties on
coal, wool, hides and steel. In Wis.
consin there is a strong opposition to
the present law among the Repub
licans. The schism in the Iowa Re-
publican party on this question is
clearly defined. In Indiana the tariff
reform sentiment is now, as it alway
has been, strong. When tariff law
becomes obsolete in five years there
is abundant reason for alarm on the
part Of those responsible for it.-ln'
dianapolis News Qnd.)
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
Pin-Mskinq Industry.

There's q pin on the sidewalk"
said the statiStician. but don't bother
to pick it up. for 100000, 900 new
ones will be made this year and
what's one pin among so many. The
pin" he went on lis an interesting
subject 1t is older than civilization,
and 5000 years ago it was made in
more beautiful form than it is to-day.
Then only the wealthy could afford
pins. but now we can all use them.
This is because they are made by
such an ingenious and intelligent ma
chine. Into its mouth a coil of wire
flows. and out of the other end comes
the pin completed save for its plating
and polishing. The plating is mere
matter of bath; the polishing mere
matter of dry shampoo in revolv-
ing barrel OF sawdust. Even the
packing of the pins in papers is ma
chine work. This year there are close
upon fifty pin factories running busily
in America. and their sales will ag'
gregate about $3.250.0
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
H5 OUTPUT OF WHISKY
How Seductive Fluid Is Manufactured {
in North Carolina.

in North Carolina. 5
$50 this is the only liquor distil-
lery in all these mountains?' re-
marked the visitor to a little noun
tafn settlement in North Carolina, in
a tone that was half questioning.
1T do beg said the mountain whls-
ky-maker.
How much do you turn out in a
day." asked the stranger.
Wall, | reckon we makes along
about twenty gallons day.
And is that all the whisky that S
drunk in these parts?'
"Say, you be-ent no revenue sharp,
be you?" he demanded suddenly.
"Cause if you be, l amt got nothln
to say. / pays my taxes. as ever one
knows. an that's all there is to it,
After time the stranger persuad'
ed him that there was no Interior mo-
tive in his questioning, and the old
man explained the whisky situation.
II tole you this was the only Sill
around here, an so it is-the oniy one
that pays a tax. But he continued
'eyery old woman in these mountains
has a copper kettle III which she bolls
her washing. Every old woman has
a lid that fits the copper kettle tight
ly, and that can be fastened down
They boil clothes in them on Monday
and they boil whisky in them the oth
:. er six days of the week.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25

-s,oYrc Of the prettiest names have
ever known are found among the ne
groes who live on plantations in Louis
lana" said an old citizen. "and where
they get them and what they mean
are questions whicn | am not pre-
pared to answer They are Creole
names, or are made up of Creole
sounds. but so far as / know they
have no meaning whatever, even in
the patois spoken by a large element
of the Louisiana population. Negroes
who speak the English language in
the dialect peculiar to the black man
in the South are noted for simplicity
in naming their children, and some of
them-frequently the ugliest and most
repulsive members nable-wear
the prettiest and most poetic rnmes
known in history. Mary and Ruth be-
ing very common among them. Among
the negroes who ngregAte in the
larger centers of population aliases
are very common. and there are really
but very few negroes who do not as
sumo name of soE,o sOr.. Frequent
ly it is descriptive of some physical or
other pecuIiarity but sometimes it is
a matter OF accident being the result
of jest or something of that sort
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
% B OId Coins
From Honolulu HarbOr.


The captain OF the dredger says that
for some time past his men have
known of the treasure thus being
brought up from the harbor, and ef-
forts were made to stop the silver flow
upon the dredger before it had a
chance to get into the outflow pipe.
box was constructed, and into this the
majority of coins sucked up have
dropped and are easily gotten out. 1t
is seldom that an opening of the box
mas not yielded up handful OF nick
els, dimes and dollars of several ma
tions.
Some coins are comparatively new.
while others are more than 200 years
old. Spanish coin dated 1855 was
found Another. picked up recently by
Capt. Barker bears the inscription,
Libra por Ia Constitution. Bolivia Re
publica. Boliviana. 1921
A gentleman who has known OF this
silver mine stated that it is probably
the deposit of coins began during the
whaling days. when no doubt many OF
the old-time coins were dropped over
board by sailors merely for the enjoy
ment of watching natives dive aftel
them-Columbus Dispatch.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
Roses-Once.

,rhe,e Won all lie in a little brown heap.
lust nothing but dead rose leaves.
But your story is told with an eloquence
deep,
Ncr YOU tell of soul that SrieVes.
Once with the powr OF your rose-hie
fresh.
All golden and crimson and white,
You circled some heart in your oenca'e
4. mesh
AS YOU glowed in the warm sunlight.
But now there you lie, and the 'eiioei
est breath
Would scatter you lightly away.
Nor leave your faint perfume to honor
the death
or a love that was noble, one day
M j. M. Powers in the Brown BOOK.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
rcrtoises Climb for Grapes.

Tortoises are known to be able to
live fer long time without food. 1t
was also believed hitherto that they
were rigid teetotalers. This BELIEF.
however, has been rudely dispelled by
the discovery that they are very fond
of grapes. The proprietor of vine
yard in Algiers had noticed for some
time serious depredations going on in
his plantation. The watchman he had
engaged reported that mysterious
noises were heard in the place at
night, and consegr emily refused to
stop any longer on the spot. But the
master determined to inquire into the
matter for himself. and, much to his
surprise. he found a large number q {
tortoises climbing up the zines vita
an alertness of which torto.ses are Of
dinarily thought to be incapable, anal
making the most of the good things
which the gods had provided fQr Their
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
Euus Are Sensitive.

"An egg in the process of hatchlnS,
saws an expert, lis remarkably sensl-
tive to vibration. Half the failures
that amateurs encounter in hatchlng
out chicks by the incubator method
are due to lack of precaution in pro-
yiding against the effect of vibration
on the egegs. The rumble OF tram
or the passage of a wagon along the
street will spoil whole incubator full
of eggs. If the faintcst vibratory wave
reaches the apparatus. Even such
little thing as the banging OF door IN
some other part of the house Will de-
stroy the chances of Matching out
brood where care has not been taken
TO place the incubator beyond the
reach of such disturbances. A thun-
derstorm always gives breeders
scare, as thousands of eggs may be
spoiled by sudden heavy thunder
clan. To sneeze or cough in the vicln-
ity of the incubators will sometimes
work a disastrous result"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
japanese Music.

Corea is coming on, having organ
ized a brass bant. AS a rule the mod
ern band is not popular among the
orientals, the Chinese having none
and the Japanese giving it but slight
encouragement. A japanese regiment
marches on parade to the monotonous
toot-toot of two bugles. eschewing
even the drum as an accompaniment.
During the war in 1S94-95 there was
but one band connected with an army
corps and that one was attached to
headquarters. where it played music
that few of its hearers understood or
really wanted to like. For musical in
spiration on the march the troops re-
lied on their own voices, a sergeant
starting up strident wall and the
men coming in on the chorus.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
HER KNOWLEDGE WAS POWER.
Familiarity with the Chinese Language
Made Woman a Countess.

One of the unmarried women IN DIP
,omatic circles at Washington is TIE
Countess Marguerite Cassini, the ac-
comnlished niece of the Russian am
oassador- who is countess in her
own right. not by heredity but by the
sDecial grace of the czar, and curl
ous story is told of the manner IN
which she won her title. 1t was when
Count Cassini had his fatetul confer
ence with Ii Hung Chang at Pekin,
long before the boxer trouble. Inc
counts interpreter was away, FOR IL
call was uneXpected, and as the thl-
nese statesman could not speak RuS-
sian and the Russian diplomat did
not understand Chinese the conference
came to deadlock. The count
niece. who had picked up something
of the language, stepped INTO the
breach and the affair was arranged to
the satisfaction of both parties. Inc
Chinese empress loaded her with pres
ents. the cZars government made a
note of the service performed, ana
when there was question couple ol
wears ago of the young lady pIece-
dence at Washington where the couh'
was then ambassador. the cZar hlmseh
confounded her rivals by making her
countess. This was something lke
rapid promotion for the lady.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
Shutting Of Trouble.

"Sing America and talk about the
war" That is Secretary Shaw's de
vice. put in practice at political meet
ing in New Haven, to shut off bother
some questions from the audience
about the tariff and trusts. 1t was ef
fectual. of course, and is likely to
have many imitators. who will heart
lily regret that the plan was not devei
oped earlier in the campaign. why
should the trusts have tariff protec'
tion?" Sing America and talk about
the war" why should homemade
goods cost more here than abroad?"
Everybody sing "My country, It's OF
thee Why should we not have free
coal. free hides and free wool?" All
together. now-"Sweet land Of liber
" -
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25
Remarkable Fate OF an
italian Countess,

That is a strange story Of spontan-
eous combustion that is told in tele-
graphic dispatch from San Francisco
in the Rochester Post-Express to the
effect that an inebriate, attempting to
light cigar at a gas jet. his breath
caught fire, the flames burning the in
terror OF the chest to a crisp. This
story is paralleled, strangely enough,
in the very interesting memoirs of
Bianchini 1t concerns the remark
able case of combustion of the body
of the Countess Bandi, of the city OF
Cessna, Italy One evening the coun-
tess felt an unusual drowsiness and
retired early, her maid remaining with
her until she had fallen asleep. Next
morning when the girl called to
awaken her mistress she found moth
ing but the charred remains OF the
countess lying in heap in the middle
of the floor; the unconsumed portions,
feet, legs, hands and fingers. still
The Jennings daily record., 1902-11-25

Coming back To the &feole nar1<
to which l have referred, 1 cAnnce
find any good reason, or reason ~ aAy
sort, for that matter. for their exlaes
cree. AS rule, they are made ~ ~
Creole sounds, with a rather deIfcAte,
regard for euphony. luany Of tEsD
are fascinatingly soft and musical.
Here, for instance. are trs names 81
negro women I have Known on some
of the plantations in southern LOuiS
lara: Sounee, Tounon, Cher, Cite,
Bobite, Bella. Sogo, and Grigo, while li
have known men who toiled in ths
field, black, ugly, awkward fellows,
who answered to the names SacatA.
foito. Faloute, Chinon. Papoute, Chere0
and so on. In some of these names
there is just suggestion OF Spanish,
and some of them, no doubt. owe their
origin to Spanish sounds combined
with certain other sounds peculiar to
the French tongue The meaning OF
these names ! do not know, but taey
are pretty and euphonious, if properly
pronounced. l suppose this is why
they have been selected. for the negro
you know. has an awfully keen ear for
the harmonies New Orleans 7 mes
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