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The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31
Lloyd's Mystic symbol.

The mystic symbol IS. g. on
Lloyds (marine insurance) policy
seems to have an irresistible fascina-
tion for great minds. The meaning
battles them as completely as the fa-
nous stone bearing the legend, "Bill
Stumps His Mark" bafHed the immor-
tai Pickwick. Lord IfGsbury could not
leave it alone last Wednesday,. His
imagination is not OF a very high order
apparently, for he could get no further
than a negative suggestion to the effect
that it did not signify Solicitor gener-
al."-Syren and Shipping.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31

The arrival of q number of locomo-
tives in France constructed at Munich
has naturally had a very i'll effect upon
Gallo public opinion which is becom-
ing irritated at the importation of so
many foreign locomotives when the
home concern are said to be crying
aloud for orders. That the state should
purchase American locomotives, and
other companies should give out con-
tracts to Vienna firm, may be excus.,
able under the circumstances, but the
purchasing of locomotives from Ger
many, which may eventually be at war
with France, and is supplying what is
classified as war material. is intolerable
to the .Gaul.-'The Engineer.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31
News of the PLAYERS.

Pitcher Jack Cronin has signed De-
troit contract
The American association claims to
have 112 players already under con-
tract.
"Christy" Matthewson will coach the
| baseball squad of Brown University
this year.
a. Yager of the Brooklyn Eagle picks
the Chicago White SoX as strong
enough to whip the Pittsburg Pirates.
John J. None. known as the father
of baseball on the coast is dead None
did more than anybody else in max
ing California baseball a success
Competent critics say that the Amer
lean league this year furnishes the
most evenly matched field that has
started in a pennant race for some
years.
Jimmy McAleer, the manager of the
st. Louis American league team, de-
votes his winter time looking after his
interest in a haberdashery house at
Youngstown, Ohio.
Jimmie Barrett will not go to Hot
Springs this year, but will put in his
leisure until spring reporting time at
AthOl, Mass. He predicts great things
for the Detroit Club this season.
Misfortune has followed the Robi-
sons persistently ever since they moved
from Cleveland to st. Louis but it
seems that the worst year of all con-
fronts the men who will buck McAleer's
new Browns this season.
Jimmy Callahan has a younger brcth-
er who is out after pitching honors
He was in the Eastern league last year
and made a good record. He is not
of age yet, but in another year or two
he promises to be worthy successor
of his big brother.
"Wee Willie Sudhoff," in speaking
of his shift to the American league,
says: 81 have made a change of clubs
for business reasons and signed with
Manager McAleer. We will have good
club and I believe the people of ST.
Louis will give us great support
pitcher, Poet and Orator. is the
title under which Young Kenna of the
Cleveland American league club seems
likely to travel. He is the son of the
late United States Senator Kenna, is
q graduate of West Virginia University
and the author of book OF poems en-
titled Lyrics From the Hills"
Manager Donovan and Third Base
man Kruger are the only ones of the
regulars of the last years st. Louis
Cardinals who will be in the lineup
this season. And the st. Louis Globe
adds: "In truth, too, they were the
weakest members of their respective
Aelds.",
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Important Move Planned.

Ban Johnson's declaration that his
league may consist of ten clubs next
season, together with the statement
that New York may be a member of
the organization, leads to the belief
that "the Napoleon OF baseball has
about decided to accept the offer made
him by President John T. Brush a few
weeks ago to place Cincinnati and
New York in the American league. It
was denied at the time, but neverthe-
less, was a fact that Brush, Comiskey
and johnson were closeted in a Chi
cago hotel several hours recently
Brush said he had authority to speak
for Freedman, and pointed out that
the American league could improve it's
circuit by taking Cincinnati and New
York under it's wing. He received no
definite answer from Johnson but the
promise was made to let him know
definitely at some future time. Since
tnen Brush has not overlooked an op-
portunity to say nice things about
Johnson. and incidentally Johnson has
taken occasion to declare that unless
tSe National league patched up it's diff
tefences at once. he would take a hand
and settle the fight. The most effec-
tive way this could be done would be
for johnson to. accept Brush's PROPOSE
tion; Ho4on.1 That 5d.1, wos%a virtually kill the
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31
A PIGEON RANCH.
Eighty Acres Devoted to the Rearing
of the Birds.

Eighty Acres Devoted to the Rearing
of the Birds
What is said to be the only pigeon
ranch in the world is near Los Angeles,
Cal. 1t covers about eight acres of
sandy, gravelly ground in the bed of
the Los Angeles river, where there is
an abundance of water. Here stands
an enormous ark-shaped loft, or pigeon
house, whose cruditieS of architecture
are concealed by the thousands of
pigeons upon the roof. Fifteen thou
sand birds fairly cover the ground and
loft, SO that at times from distance
it appears as though some of the snow
from the neighboring Sierras had been
dropped upon the roof. The increase
of this gigantic flock is enormous. If
the market should fail the owner would
be utterly unable to feed his birds, as
in less than two years he would by
calculation have million birds on his
hands Fortunately the demand is bet
ter than the supply and the pigeon
ranch sends about 10000 squads year
to the market.
The statistics of this unique ranch
are interesting. The estimated output
for the month is 5000, the gross income
being about $4,000 year. The average
price per dozen for the birds is about
So, sometimes ranging up to sic. The
expense of maintaining such an enor-
nous flock is considerable. The birds
are fed three times a day, each meal
costing approximately for all So, SO the
annual food bill is about $500. The
food consists mainly Of wheat, screen
ings, boiled meal and stale bread. The
daily consumption is about twelve
sacks of screenings, eight sacks of
wheat and many gallons of boiled meal
The bread is an additional fattener
given during the week
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Ocean Currents Cary Away
LARGE Sections Of Land

age in the spring of the year, for, to-
ward the latter part of July it had
res ched the latitude OF Wilmington,
Del. No large animal life had been
seen on it. though there must have
been 1nyriads of the small creeping
things which abound in the tropics.
By the end of August it had passed
Cape Cod and was veering toward the
Grand Banks.
'tIt followed the steamer lane routes
quite accurately, and several vessels
reported it. One month later it was
in mid-ocean, northwest of the AZoreA,
and its voyage evidently was begin
ming to tell on it. 1t was much smaller
and less compact. 1t was not seen
again, and probably it met destruction
in the October gales. But it had trav-
eled at least 1000 miles, and if, as was
thought, it came from the Orinoco, it
must have covered twice that distance.
1t is quite possible that floating is
lands, larger than this one, under more
past ages have made the complete
Journey from America to Europe or
Africa. and so brought about dis
tribution of animal species. OF course,
it is not absolutely certain that this
island went to pieces in October. 1t
might, though this is net probable,
have floated down into the region Of
calms and seaweed, where it would
be longer preserved"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31
Milwaukee May Have Two Clubs,

Milwaukee is now threa tened with
two ball clubs. Fred Gross, secretary
of the old brewers and principal own
er of the leasehold of the ball park.
says he has received the second 81 900
from Magnate Van Brunt on the West
ern league lease of the park He
says that league now has Peoria, Colo
rado Springs, ST. Joe, Des Moines and
Cedar Rapids and that this city COM
pletes its circuit. He also says with
great confidence that his organization
can get together a winning team at a
weeks notice. Allo which means that
Mr.. Gross intends now to be in the
baseball business himself. If the
Western league does put team in
Milwaukee Mr.. Gross undoubtedly
will be found to be interested in it.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31

President Johnson has the American
Leagues schedule for the coming sea-
son prepared, and Secretary McRoy
is in temporary retirement, making a
block draft of it for presentation at
the coming schedule meeting of the
league. This precaution is taken to
prevent the advance publication of any
of the details, which might be obtained
by breaking and entering Ban John
sons Office. The schedule is for an
eiSht-club circuit, in spite of the
rumors which have already added New
York and Cincinnati to the American
league circuit.
The season will open on April %,
with the eastern and western clubs
playing among themselves, and will
close on Sept. 20, in the same way,
instead of winding up with one section
playing in the others territory, as
closes the season at home, and South
Siders will have for their opening at
traction the Tigers of Detroit. After
playing at home eight games, the
White Stockings will go to st. Louis.
4 heSe are all the details of President
johnson will dlsclose at present. He
denies he has another schedule prepar-
ed for ten clubs, if an emergency
should require such a. document, but
short time. with thorough knowledge
of railroad time tables and no favors
to bestow on any Of the cities.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31
Worlds Greatest Monarch.
San Bias Indians Have Exalted Opinion

'The Mormon explorers reference
to the San Bias Indians. in an inter-
view printed in a local paper. was of
great interest to me- said we'll
known physician of Galveston, Texas.
81 happened to have some knowledge
of the curious people myself. Just
after l left college l took trip to
South America for the purpose of
studying fevers, and | had several en-
counters with the San Bias. There
are no more curious people in the
world than these presumptive, self
sufficient, stubborn Indians. During
a sojourn of several months in the
vicinity of their reservation | was able
to converse with only one of their
number. He was an old fellow who
had made several trips to- New York
on a steamship and who had picked
up little English irl| his wanderings
kHe assured me that the king of the
San Blas=Gthat is the title given to
their ruler-was the greatest monarch
that ever sat upon throne.
I"From' the general run of his talk
II saw that the San Bias looked upon
the rest of the world with pity and
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31
The New York Situation.

Possible, but not probable" was the
way President Johnson sized up the
chances of the American leagues en-
tering New York this y.ar and remov-
ing its headquarters from Chicago
This matter stands exactly as it has
for year." continued the expansion
ist The American league has al
ways intended to invade New York
eventually, and will do so as soon as
things shape themselves right. That
is an old story. It is barely possible
the league may at it's next meeting
two weeks hence decide to enter New
York this year, but it is not probable
The wheels have been in motion for
some time, but they have moved slow
ly, more slowly tnan l expected, and
we shall not go in there until we can
go in the right way
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or all passengers carried by ocean
currents floating islands are the most
interesting. Many of them have been
found voyaging on the Atlanti. These
Islands were originally parts of low
lying river banks which broke away
under stress of storm or flood and
doated out to sea, says Theodore
Waters in Ainslee'S The Orinoco the
Amazon, the La Plata and other tropi-
cal rivers often send forth such pieces
OF their shores. Some of the bits of
laAd al. of large size and carry ami
mails, insects and vegetation, even, at
times, including trees, the roots of
which serve to hold the land intact,
while their branches and leaves serve
as sails for the wind. Generally the
waves break up these islands shortly
after they put to sea. but sometimes,
under favorable conditions, they travel
long distances.
The longest voyage of a floating
island, according to government rec
ords, took place in 1898. This island
vas first seen off Florida, and appar-
emily it had an area of two acres.
1t bore no trees, but it was thickly
covered with bushes, and in one place
1t was thirty feet high above the sea
level. 1t was in the gulf stream, trav-
cling slowly and with occasional un-
iulations to show where the ground
swell was working beneath it. Prob
ably it got away from its river anchor
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31
How Senator Perki Get
E>IEs Start in Business.

Senator Perkins of California is one
OF the few members of the United
States Senate who could afford to
lose $365,000 and then have a balance
sufficiently large to purchase a con-
trolling interest in a large ocean
stSa mship company. That, however,
is just what he did, but the interest
ing event took place half century
ago, when he was a merchant in a
small California town, during the
time that the gold fever was at it's
The Senator had none of the ad-
vantages that accrue to most boys of
the present day, and when a lad of
II years he landed in CaliforAia with
nothing but plenty of pluck and de-
termination to begin life's battle for
himself He lost no time in starting
out, and managed to secure employ
ment as an errand boy in a grocery
store, receiving for his services $50 a
month and board. His earnings We're
carefully laid away, and when an op-
portunity came to invest them he had
a bank account which reached the
sum of $sdse One day he met man
who operated the ferry across a near
by stream and learned that the boat
had gone aground on a Sandbar
Disheartened over his failure to get
the boat off, the man was anxious to
sell out the business, and young Per-
kins was quick to see an opening for
embarking on his own account.
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As to Contract Jumpers,

The Players Union hasn't had much
Of a mission to perform since the Am
erican league expanded. Everything
reasonable that was asked was offered
by this league. The union was never
very much of card with the minors,
and its pronunciamentos are rot
heavily considered in that class In
the big contracts the ball tossers are
pretty well used just now, with salar-
les at high water mark, and advance
money plenteous. What the union
might to do good effect would be to
consider ways and means of dealing
with S1en of the baseball calling whd
are degrading it through actions pro-
noted by greed. Get some action on
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It THEN CONTROL THE oouNraY.
How thf Railroad Kings Have tho Land

How th<, Railroad Kines Have tho Land
brosled Out Among Them.
Here, Nhen, is vast continent belted
and banned and criss-crossed with
100000 m1Ses of railroads. Many of
the roads afVNgreat Independent lines,
and some are Systems controlled by
groups of men outside the five large
syndicates. But practically half the
stupendous network, affecting in one
way or another every inhabitant in the
country, is in possession of five little
bodies of men with headquarters in
New York.
A strip of land hundreds of miles
wide, beginning at the Washington
ports in the northwest and sweeping
east of the lakes, is practically an in
dustrial field of Mr.. Hill and Mr. Nor
gan. In Mr.. Hartman S hands. in
some measure is the prosperity of Cali
fOrnia and the southwestern states, as
well as of broad strip up the Missis-
sippi valley, fertile band through the
prairie states, and all the habitable
land reaching west from the Rockies
to the coast. The central Atlantic
states live to the rhythm of the New
York Central and the Pennsylvania
railroad.
1t is true that one can go from Bos
ton to San Francisco, from the gulf
to st. Paul and travel not mile on
the roads of the railroad giants, but
only through a very narrow pathway
and for the most part within view of
competing syndicate lines on either
side. And who that travels on rail-
roads or sends his products by rail-
reads within our borders does not do
so over some railroad line controlled
by that syndicate?
When it is remembered, further
more, says NJ. G. Cunniff in the
Worlds Work, that Morgan men are
directors in Vanderbilt roads, Hill men
in Pennsylvania roads, Gould men in
Hartman roads, and that every other
possible Interviewing OF common con-
troll exists throughout the great
groups, the lines of demarcation melt
away and we see dimly outlined
condition of affairs which may pos
sibly take the hue of monopoly.
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Fluctuations In Silver.

There have been great fluctuations in
the value of the Mexicon silver peso
since July last. Bankers and others at
tribute the cause largely to uncertain.
ty as to the course of our government
in the use of the peso in the Philip
pines. In July, 1876 pesos would pur-
chase an American dollar, but it be-
came understood that American money
was soon to become the current money
of the Philippines, and the value OF
silver declined until In November.
1901, it required s2.34 Mexican silver
to purchase an Al1erican dollar.
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Sohen for 1900 Coda.

Speaking OF the new rules, Mr.. Soder
of the Boston National said that they
We're not binding on the National
league, as the committee on rules would
first have to report back to the Nation
al any proposed amendments. For my
part said he, Il think that the rules
of 1900 are all right. The whole trou-
bic was that the umpires failed to en-
force them and failed to agree in their
rulings. AS far as l am concerned the
proposed changes will compncate mat
ters more than ever"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31
LIQUOR AND coRKs IN RUSSIA.
Govern nhe9t Has Monopoly on M"nufac'
ture of Both.

of Both.
Since the Russian government has
taken the control of the liquor traffic
in that country the excise department
of the ministry of finance, which has
charge of the state alcohol morOpoly
has been having trouble with the man
ufacturers of corks. The latter at
tempted to form a trust against the
government in order to compel it to
accept exorbitant prices. The attempt
failed, and the government determined.
in order to avoid similar occurrences.
to open a cork factory of its own. The
results afforded by tests made on a
small scale and under unfavorable cir
cumstances have proved satisfactory.
The yearly consumption of the Russian
excise department is about six billion
of corks. Thus it did not take the Rus
sian government many days to knock
out a cork trust. and now that govern
ment has a monopoly on corks. AS
some of the largest cork factories in
the world are in the United States, and
as Yankee ingenuity and American ex-
perie1,ce have devised improved ma
chinery for the production of corks,
there is a splendid opportunity for
manufacturers to sell such machinery
to Russia.
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the fagrant contract jumpers. -That
might be doing something for the good
OF the game.
To rest Merits of Learues,

According to President Hart of the
Chicago National league club, there
are one or two obstacles yet to be re-
moved before the long desired series
of games between the Remnants and
White Stockings can be definitely ar
ranged. The chief of these is the ar
ranging of the American and National
league schedules so as to permit play
ing the games without taking chances
on unfavorable weather in the early
spring or late fall. Mr.. Hart has long
been in favor of such series, not only
between the local clubs, but in all
cities where there are rival teams, and
looks for an ultimate settlement of all
difficulties in the way of an agreement
between the two big leagues for short
er and non-conflicting schedules.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31

10th as pitcher and outfelder. 1t was
as an outfielder that he attracted most
attention. and he was recommended
to Manager Selee while he was with
the Boston club by some of his own
pitchers. Williams was playing with
the Independent team at Woonsocket.
r, l., and rival teams in that locality
frequently hired professional pitchers
to play against Woonsocket. Because
such twirlers as Kid Nichols, Pitten-
ger and Dineen were unable to sue
cessfully fool Williams they consider
ed. him valuable player and told
Selee of their experiences.
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How much would you take for the
boat as it lies?" asked Perkins.
"A thousand dollars, and not a cent
less,'' was the reply.
Perkins closed the bargain on the
spot, agreeing to pay the money be-
fore sundown. Going to the bank, he
drew out his savings, and instead of
returning TO work spent the afternoon
in visiting every store along the busi-
ness street of which the town boast
ed, borrowing money to make up the
balance. From one business man he
secured $45, but in most instances he
was only able to negotiate small loans,
and even now he remembers that ev-
cry 5O-cent piece was a welcome addi-
ton to his pile; but he had the salts
faction of obtaining the needed
amount, and was the owner Of the
boat before he went to bed.
His new investment was nonpro-
ductive for a long time, as it took
him three months to cut away the
sandbar, as he was obliged to do the
work himself. He never lost heart,
however, and his natural business
acumen is shown by the fact that after
operating the ferry for only a few
months he was able to sell out for
$3,OOO.-Washingt Post
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What a Woman Photographer Sees.

A woman photographer, who gives as
much thought to each portrait she
makes as any portrait painter, says
that she has peculiar feeling in peer
ing through the camera of looking into
the souls of the sitters. Some people
are able to stand this, and she likes
them better after they have been put
to the test, while others she does not
like as well. She sees what the un-
touched photograph often reveals, the
true character of the sitter unsoftened
by color and with all the lines exag-
gerate3. The portrait painter frequent
ly reveals characteristics in a portrait
which the world has never suspected
in the subject.-New York Times.