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Evening journal., 1902-09-27
Japanese Racing Stroke

From the St James Gazette.
Az the ROYAL regatta held yesterday
at Ryde there was n race for man
of-war cuttens. in which a boats crew
from the Japanese warship Takasaga
was among the competitors; tine nov
city was provided by the style Of oars
manship affected by them. This is in
the way you do IT, according TO close
observation. Stand up at the begin
ming OF the stroke, dig your blade as
deep as you can reach. and then drop
suddenly backward with your legs IN
the air. Something will probably hap
nen to the boat then; II II goes for
ward. well and good; II not, go on
dropping backward in the same way
till it does. The Japs came in third
as fresh as paint, which seems TO show
there is something in the Toxic STYLE
after all.
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

Oh. how Byrne used to revere the
President His slightest intimation had
all the force of law. He did not look
beyond the presidential sanction, and
with unctious tongue and reverent
mien hastened to obey. That was when
Byrne was seeking presidential favos.
But when Byrne chooses Addicks as
his portion, his attitude towards the
President changes. He advises, warns
insults. What does ByTne want now
an election to Congress? That is
hopeless. What then? Well, there are
two vacant seats in the Senate anC
Pyrne hopes to hold down one, whil'
'Addicks occupies the other. Shall Tn
places occupied by Clayton, the Bay
ards, Higgins and Gray be thus prosti
tuted? Hardly.
Evening journal., 1902-09-27
The Age of Bathtubs

From the New York Tribune.
Disquieting gossip gained some cur
rency that famous old Battle Abbey,
built on the spot where Harold, THE
last Of the Saxon Kings, was killed
when William. Duke OF Normandy, in
vaded England, had been desecrated
by an American lessee. The practical
scion OF Uncle Sam says he has made
no changes except to put in electric
lights and bathtubs, and adds that
there was not a single bathtub in the
entire abbey when he took POSSES
sion.
No modern apostle OF cleanliness can
blame the new occupant for what he
has done, but II the wraiths OF Will
liam the Norman and Harold the Saxon
still stalk about the scene of the great
battle OF Hastings how peevish they
must be at the mere thought of such
innovations!
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

Signor Schiaparelli, the Milan as
tronomer. has been elected an associate
of the French Academy of Science, in
fine room of the late Baron Norden-
skiold.
Papa, what is 'inerbia?'
"Well. If / have it it is pure laziness,
but if your mother has it it is nervous
prostration."
Mrs. A. d. T. Whitney still writes
something every day at the age Of 7S,
but. as she says herself, being a grand
mother IS her chief occupation.
"Is the manager up-to-date
"Up-to-date! Why, he's just intro
duced a game of ping-pong in the bal
cony scene in Romeo and Juliet
William T. Simpson, of Cincinnati,
proposes starting the largest hennery
on earth near Dupont, Ind. He has
bought 1000, 600 eggs. They cost SlS,-
600. and viii be placed in 100000 incu-
bators to hatch.
The Maid-l see they nave now a
''Woman's Dictionary" Do you sup
pose it differs from any other?
The Brute-Probably has more words
in it
Queen Maria Pia, of Portugal, has
lust ordered from Paris a twelve horse
power automobile, with which she in
tends to make extensive tours through
the country.
Nellie was sitting thoughtfully on the
fiocr one day. when locking up at her
papa, she asked him how to spell
knee" He answered "k-n-ee."
Soon after She wanted to know how
to spell grow" He answered
grow"
Now l know how to spell negro,
said Nellie. 'K-n-ee-g-r-o-."
Mrs. Mary a. Kidder, 50 years old
and one of the Oldest authors in New
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

The whole Atlantic seaboard has
been visited by a most remarkable rain
storm. Considerable damage has been
done to the railroads. the p. b. & w,
being washed out in several places in
Maryland. It is doubtless the equinox.
although we are told that there is no
apparent reason for a storm at that
particular season. Yet, someway, Il al
ways occurs between the middle and
last of September.
Evening journal., 1902-09-27
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Tobacco a Necessity

From the Kansas City Journal.
Justice Brown, of Joplin, has rem
dered a decision which will win for him
the gratitude and admiration of every
man who uses the weed. The city lis
trying to compel its merchants to keep
their stores closed on Sunday. The
law permits the necesearies Of life to
be sold on the Sabbath. During the
trial Of test case it was proved that
a grocer, had sold chewing toOacco. His
attorney Immediately raised the point
that chewing tobacco was a necessity
Of life, and the court sustained him,
and said the man had right to keep
his store open to sell that Indispensable
commodity. Oh, wise judgel
Evening journal., 1902-09-27
erotherhood Of 81. Andrew

At Calvary Episoopa, Church, Third
and Washington streets. a special SCR
vice will be held tomorrow at 7.30p m.
under the aupices of the brotherhood OF
St. Andrew of the parish. Instead of
the sermon, DR.. Jefferis. by request.
Will repeat the address he made in Bal
timOre. ON last Sunday evening. be-
fore all the chapters OF the Brother
hood OF St Andrew.
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

England. continues to write poetry. 8
is the mother Of Edward e. Kidd
who wrote Sky Farm" and otl
plays.
She-Do you love me for mys
|alone. dearest?
He-Of course do. You don't si
pose | want your mother about y
all the time. do you?
Day-Has Old Timelock forgiven y
for eloping with his daughter?
Weeks-FOrgiven mel have.
asked him since / discovered he
dered the carriage in which we r
away.
Evening journal., 1902-09-27
A nnIGANn,s INsuLr

A BRIGAND'S INSULT
John Edward Addicks yesterday
made the following announcement over
his Initials:
"THE REPUBLICANS OF DELLA
WARE SHOULD REALIZE THAT
NOTHING WILL REMOVE WILLIAM
MICHAEL BYRNE FROM THE
UNION REPUBLICAN TICKET AS A
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS EX-
CEPTING DEATH. IN SUCH A CON
TINGENCY THE PLACE ON THE
TICKET WILL BE FILLED BY ].
EDWARD ADDICKS."
There we have it--Ownership abso-
lutte and complete. Mr. Byrne was
nominated solely by Addlcks. The
leaders protested; the delegates plead
ed. but all In vain. Addicks said to
those leaders and delegates that they
must nominate Byrne. and they did IT,
Now Addicks declares that nothing but
death will remove Byrne. He consults
nobody; his State Committee is ig-
nored: he takes upon himself the whole
responsibility and commands his pup
pet TO stick, and he sticks
Then comes the most remarkable ut
terance that ever came from the lips
Of an American politician: II Byrne
should die his place will be taken by J.
Edward Addiclsl
Who says so? Addicks. Not living
soul is consulted not a hireling is
asked for his opinion; Addicks coolly
says what he will do in given con-
tingency Should this thing occur in
any other State, we should think the
people were a lot OF spineless individ-
uals OF the jelly fish variety.
And this adventurer this beach
comber. cast upon our shores by an un,
friendly tide is in no true sense a Della
warean. His business. his methods
his character. are foreign to our soil
He refuses 20 allow any native Della
warean TO become one OF our senators
He has his hirelings vote for him 10
both places, and leaves two vacancie
because his within cannot be gratined
He refuses his support OF a Republican
for Congress. not because he has no
made a good record, but because he re
fused to sell out And he selects as hi
instrument to make Democratic success
sure. an alien in everything, and on
who cares nothing for Delaware but Z
use her for his personal advantage.
Thus two men. alien to all that /
sacred in Delaware. have taken her b
the neck and expect to strangle he
into submission. No monarch in mod
ern days has dared to insult his sui
iects as Addicl1s has the people Of Dela
ware How long shall we stand Il
How long will the lieutenants OF At
dicks stand It? Have they lost a
sense Of shame? And are they read
to admit that a republican form Of go,
ernment is a failure. and that the
have a master?
Republicans of Delaware, those WI
have the stature OF men. we must ngl
this brutal and presumptuous adve
turer. We must put aside person
ambition if necessary and subordina
everything TO the one object OF mai
tanning our freedom. We must divi
ourselves into two classes: The boug
and the unbought There is no midt
ground. There are yet men in De
ware who viii eat grass before tn
will submit 10 this modern slavery.
for William Michael Byrne. he I
shown conclusively that newly ms
traitor. like a recent convert, alwi
possesses an excess OF zeal.
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

Mr.. Morgan and his associates refuse
TO neutrality-suspicious. for the same rea-
sons that actuated the gentleman who
was on trial for stealing a pair OF trous-
ers. When he was requested to stand
and take the oath he refused, on the
ground that he might inoriminate him
selef. because he was wearing the stolen
ers.-Baltimore American.
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

By an order Of the President, a CEN
sus OF the Philippines is to be taken,
and much accurate data is expected
which will be OF great value in the es-
tablishment of civil government
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

The total volume of business done BY
the mail order houses OF Chicago IS
about S4O,OOO,0O0 a year. One firm in
Chicago does n trade Of sl5,O0O.0OO; an
other Sl2lO0O,O0O 1t is a cash business.
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

The Roumanian Government has
discontinued the issuance Of passports
70 her Jewish subjects who wish to
emigrate to America This is regarded
as a concession to our suggestion con-
Evening journal., 1902-09-27
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

sienor Schiaparelli, the Milan as
has been elected an associate
of the French Academy OF Science, In
the room of the late Baron Norden-
skiold.
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

Papa, what is 'inerbia?
"Well. if / have it it is pure lazinessi
but if your mother has it it is nervous
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

Mrs. A. d. T. Whitney still writes
something every day at the age Of rs,
but. as she says herself, being a grand
mother IS her chief occupation.
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

Queen Maria Pia, of Portugal, has
lust ordered from Paris twelve horse
power automobile, with which she in
tends to make extensive tours through
the country.
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

Mrs. Mary A. Kidder, 50 years old
and one of the oldest authors in New
Evening journal., 1902-09-27

The Maid--I see they have now a
''Woman's Dictionary" Do you sup
pose it differs from any other?
The Brute-Probably has more words
in il.
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
HARD TO GET STARTED.
Things Which Overcome a Writer
When Beginning IN Article.

There is q feeling of timidity that
oftentimes overcomes writer when
beginning an article. AS in writing a
letter, it is getting started that puzzles.
1t is the custom to begin with slow
moving piston and work gradually into
full speed until the flow Of words is
free. and then the difficulty with some
of us is to find the brake valve. Again,
a writer sometimes discovers that his
beginning is a more fitting ending, and
vice versa. The newspaper style is to
throw general conclusions up strong
under the headlines, while the sermon
izer reserves them until his final eli
max
Thackeray remarked once that he
could never tell exactly what he was
going to say until his pen was in hand
and under motion and then did not fully
realize just what he was saying until it
was written. There is subconscious-
ness that shapes writing as it does
speaking. This, l know, distu1bs some
well known theories Of speaking and
writing-as to weighing everything and
then measuring it out as a druggist
compounds prescription-bu my OBJ
seryations are that the preparation is
more in getting full of a subject and
then letting the mind work free under
the impulse of the dominating idea.
There are as many ways and meth
DDS in writing and speaking as there
are individuals, and yet the fundamen-
tai law in the transmission Of thought
and speech runs largely in the same
groove, whether it be the jargon Of the
Hottentot or the polished periods Of
the scholar. Human nature has its
own primitive impulses that defy all
rules of rhetoric and the power Of ex-
pression-that is, the power, mind yon
lis deeper seated than any artificial
formula of stylists. - National Maga-
zine.
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
ANTISEPTlCS.
They Do Not Destroy, 1t Is Said, hut
Only Arrest Germ Life.

They Do Not Destroy, 1t Is Said, hut
Only Arrest Germ Life.
The Edinburgh Scotsman begs leave
to correct the erroneous belief that i'm
plies that antiseptics can prevent de-
cay. Decay may be arrested without
killing the microbe which would pro-
duce it. few drops of a solution of
carbolic acid added to -four paste will
keep it sweet for a certain time, not
because the germs in the paste are de-
stroyed, but because these germs are
hindered for the time being in their
growth and multiplication and because
the paste is rendered temporarily an
unsuitable soil for the growth of what
ever microbes may fall from the air in
to it.
When the effect of the acid has worn
off and disappeared, we see the paste
going to the bad as rapidly as if it had
not been treated antiseptically at all,
Molds will grow in it, and it will decay
in the fashion familiar to everybody.
1t is in this way cold may act as an
antiseptic when it is used to preserve
meat and fish. There is no destruction,
but only arrest Of germ life. If we wish
to kill microbes, therefore, we not only
have to use disinfectant, but we must
employ it in proper proportions and see
that 1t thoroughly attacks the germs
we wish to destroy. 1t is for this rea-
son that all attempts to kill germs
which the air may contain are worse
than useless. We cannot "disinfect'' the
air. If we could do so, we should re-
quire to saturate the air with our germ
icide to such an extent that to breathe
it would kill US.
We get an excellent example of this
fallacy of "disinfecting air" when we
reflect that in using burning sulphur to
purify room after a fever case we
have to use it in such a way and in
such proportion that it is impossible for
any person to remain in the room at
Ill
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
Ronsted Too Soon.

The rear end of Fordham car was
congested the other afternoon. There
wasn't even standing room only" A
jocular commuter said, Beware Of
pickpocketsr'
Everybody laughed.
A gentlemanly looking fellow said:
"No man need be afraid of pickpock-
cts If he does as l did. | have a self
patented scheme. l have buttonhole
in my vest pocket. l run my chain
through it and attach the other end in
the usual way. They can't draw that
watch through that buttonhole. No
pickpockets in mine, and don't you fer
get it,
The crowd thinned out
At Wendover avenue the "patentee"
said startingly:
"AIy watch is gomez
Somebody had clipped the chain,
drawn it through the other way and
abstracted the wateh.-New York
News.
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
Hiding Behind Big Words.

A mining expert recently described a
lode as traversing "a metamorphic
matrix of a somewhat argilloarenace-
Gus composition" This means literally
a changed mass of somewhat clayey-
sandy composition" This in its turn
may be translated into plain English
as MUD.
Why choke puny fact with n1ur-
derous polysyllables? Huxley and Dar-
win, Lyell and Faraday could so write
as to be 'understanded of the people,"
and there is suspicion abroad in these
times that the big words so freely used
by small men are a device to conceal
ignorance and inexact thought rather
than a proof of superior knowledge
Youths Companion.
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
PICKINGs FROM FICTION.

Women love the lie that saves their
pride, but never an unfattering truth.
THE Conqueror."
Slander is the crime Of saying what
other people think-Max Pemberton,
"The Giants Gate"
1t is as easy to escape from death as
from woman when once she's after
you.-"Twenty-six and One"
If the sentence, "Thy desire shall be
unto him." was laid on Eve as a curse,
yet her daughters have found their
deepest happiness therein.-"The Wind
ing Road"
The patron saint Of bachelor girls is
a saint Of expedients. He has to be.
He couldn't hold down his job or his
halo if he were not.-"The Misdemean-
ors Of Nancy"
While with mathematical accuracy
two and two always make four, by
adding certain amount of personality
the result will very nearly equal five
"The College Student"
De meanin' Of courage an common
sense must be understood Many a
man have died f'om havin' too much
bravery, but common sense never killed
nobody.-"The Black Cat Club"
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
FRAT is TEMPERAMENT
No Wonder This Child's Brain Is All
In q Middle.

The half dozen blocks about Dupont
tifcle include the homes of as many
scientists Of national reputation. These
gentlemen of course know each other
and meet frequently. Not long ago one
Of their neighbors began to wonder
whether such intimate intercourse
among scientists was a good thing,
his cogitation having had its rise in the
following incident:
His little daughter has just reached
the age when she asks 200 questions a
day. About a month ago her father
spoke of some author as lacking the
proper Temperament for writing on
history. That word Temperament"
apparently took root in the youngsters
mind. What was temperament? She
asked that question twice an hour for
an entire week.
Finally her father gave her a note to
Professor - and sent her off to find
out. That scientist answered the que
ry as fellows: Temperament is an in
dividual tendency to the rise of a cer-
tain mental state" Father and daugh-
ter wrestled with that little while and
then applied to a second member of
the scientific group for help. No. 2
called temperament "an ensemble Of
physical and mental traits arising from
fundamental constitutional differences
in individuals" This put the little
girls father completely at sea. So No.
3 was tried. His judgment was that
temperament is the psychic resultant
Of the whole organic life of the indi-
vidual." By this time hope was aban-
doned. But when No. volunteered to
make it clear the family spirits re-
vived. Temperament is a general dis
position Of the mind" he wrote, ''the
distinctions of which depend on the
dominance Of one or the other Of the
physiological systems"
And nc = family dictionary is
worn out. Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
THE INNS OF CHINA.
Their Chenpnes. Is About Their One
RedeemtnR Feature


Chinese inns are without register or
clerks. On riding through the gateway
your bride rein is seized by a dirty
boy, who helps you to dismount, shout
ing loudly meanwhile for the proprie-
tor, who presently looms up through
the wilderness of carts and mules. Pro-
prietor and boy then hold a parley as
to what rooms are eligible, and then
door is pushed open and the traveller is
shown to his apartment. 1t is usually
about twelve feet square. The walls
and floor are of hard mud, and so are
the beds, which extend entirely across
the side of the room, with only space
enough between them for small table
and one chair. The room is lighted by
one window, in which paper takes the
place of glass.
The first duty of the proprietor in
making patron comfortable is to stop
up the holes in the paper window pane
He never tears the paper off entirely
and replaces it with new one, be-
cause the sheet of paper is worth
about one-tenth of a cent, and the inn
keeper is not wasteful Indeed he
pastes little slips of paper over the
holes until all the light that filters
through it is of a mottled hue.
At one end Of the mule shed is the
kitchen of the inn. 1t is here that the
meals for all the patrons are prepared,
to be eaten in the rooms The menu is
not elaborate. 1t consists only of bowls
of rice and tea. Should the traveller de-
sire Il greater variety of food, he can
buy it himself in the market, and his
own servant can cook it in the kitchen
Of the inn. To sleep on the bed of a
Chinese inn would be for a foreigner
an impossibility were it not thas he is
always so exhausted at the end of
each days journey that he finds it diff
tcult to remain awake ten minutes
after alighting from his pony He lies
down on the mat that covers the hard
heap of mud and surprises himself at
the soundness of his slumber
The one redeeming thing about the
inn is its cheapness. Just as the trav-
eler is about to depart in the morning
the proprietor tells him the amount of
his bill. Everything is charged on the
European PLAN" Every cup of tea,
every rushlight candle, the paper win
dow pane, are all itemized in the long
list which the proprietor reels off in
singsong, but the total is surprisingly Y
low. The cost of food and lodging for
one night for traveller and two serv-
ants. with stabling and fodder for his
ponies and cart mules, is about 30
cents.-New York Mail and Express.
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
The F1orin.

The form, one Of the most famous Of
modern coins, originated in Florence.
Some say that it gave the name to the
city, while others assert that it was
first so called because 1t had on it a
aower-de-luce, from the Italian 1orone,
or flower" for the same reason that
an English silver piece is called a
Crown" or certain goldpieces in
France indifferently napoleon" or a
louis" or the ten dollar goldpiece in
America an "eagle."
Two countries, Austria and Holland,
have retained the form as a unit Of
monetary value, taking it at a time
when it was very universal in Europe,
Its usage having been rendered general
by the financial supremacy of the little
states Of northern Italy and the imper-
feet coinage system of the other coun-
tries of the continent.
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
COFFEE ADULTERANTS.
The List Runs Through the Alphabet
From A to w.

If all of the substances that pass
through coffee grinding machine dur
ing the year should be written in al
phabetical order, "a" would begin the
list with acorns, and "w'' would end it
with wormwood, sprouts of which are
sometimes used to give the debased
coffee slight aromatic bitter taste.
Adulteration occurs largely in the
coffee that is sold in the ground FORM
Several coffee berry factories have
been discovered in Europe which were
doing a large and profitable business
by molding an admiXture of tanbark,
stove rust, clay, sawdust, chicory,
coffee sediment and coffee meal into
a neat berry by the aid Of some agglu-
tinant, and these berries were so well
made that the deception was not dis
covered for long time This produc
ton had large sale among the lower
classes of Russia and Poland, and.
mixed with the genuine coffee berry,
its sale was quite lively in other parts
of Europe
Unroasted coffee berries are often
made from oat and rye -four and corn
meal. The natural aroma of these
grains is destroyed by some process,
and after the proper amount of coffee
aroma is added the berries are formed
and caused to maintain their shape by
some adhesive substance The test
usually employed to discover this de-
ception is to place the beans in n re-
ceptacle containing warm water, which
will dissolve them in a few hours
Honolulu Star.
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
A story of Two Necklaces.

When General Weyler was sent by
Spain as governor general to Manila,
Don Carlos Palanca, the wealthy Span
iardized Chinaman, determined to send
Mrs. Weyler gift, the customary way
of obtaining the good will of the Span
ish officials. He found at jewelers.
two necklaces, each costing $4,000 and
both being so beautiful that he could
not choose between them. So he sent
them both to Mrs. Weyler with the
message that she should make her
choice. He received warm letter of
thanks from her, stating that the neck
laces were so beautiful that she could
not decide between them and hence
would keep both, which she did.
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
rheories About Drowned Bodie,

1t was popular theory in days gone
by that the body of drowned man
would float the ninth day. Sir Thomas
Browne alludes to it as believed in his
time, and in his "Pseudo-doXia Epi-
denies" there is a discussion on this
fanciful notion. 1t was also believed
that the spirits of those drowned at sea
were doomed to wander for a hundred
years owing to the rites of burial hay
ing never been properly bestowed upon
their bodies.-Notes and Queries.