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The Washington times., 1903-01-25
VICTOR HUCO'S GUERNSEY HOME.
The GIassCovered Study Which Some of the Best Known Works
of the Great Frenolman Were Written

dOWs. The visitor. on entering the apar--
uent. is at once struck by the cracked
appearance OF the walls Investigation
proves that inuumerabIe cupboards flush
with the wall account for this peculiar
ity, and it was on these shelves th5
the MSS. Of all Victor Hugo greatest
works were Iaid day by day till they
reached completion
Next in interest 10 these two room
comes the dIniHg-r00m. tiled from flo.
to ceiling with Dutch tiles. which g
a most curious and somewhat cold Fl
feet The furniture is oak, bus or
manteIpiece. Of very quaint shape. tile
also, and a washhaud basin let into the
wall and provided with china taps, for
additions before and after meals. striE-
another original note. Facing the law
abo, on the opposite wall, stands q small
pedestal attached 70 the wall, bearing Is
huge and particular hide0us china sal
cellar. the work of q pupil Of Michel
angelo. an, valued at G6Qo. -Four golden
figures and a beautiful Venetian glass
chandelier. both from the palace of the
Doge. are also remarkable features The
hail is partly hung in ancient tapestry
and one reception room is completely
draped therein; but though of value. 1t
required a counoisseur TO appreciate III p
workmanship ana artistic beauty ct IT,.
true merit
The house is very vel situated in il.
own grounds. exceedingly quIet, and
spot conducive in every way TO liter
airy effort To know the home OF Victor
Hugo IS ia special sense 10 kno" the
man for his touch Is everywhere, and
the impression OF its owner which is al
ways drawn from O. visit 10 any house
is in this case clear and vivid % 81 unique
degree.-FaIi Mall Gazette
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

10 the Holy Synod-that is to the pro-
cUrator-who likewise reigns supreme
over church. finances. and schools.
Circumvented the Car.
This brief description of the charac-
ter of the Office of procurator general
Of the Holy Synod will convey some
faint idea OF the vast extent Of the
power which its holder enjoys. and will
likewise serve to explain the blight
which NJ PobyedonosteT has been able
10 exercise upon all the most enlighJ-
ened and progressive projects of the
present Gar and Of such HberaI-minded
ministers as Count de WiJte-
It explains. too. how the famous au-
thor. Count Tolstoy happened to be ex-
communicated by the Holy Synod, at
the very moment when several members
Of the imperial family. including the
Emperor himself, we're expressing good
viii and sympathy for Russia's most eel
ebrated living writer and philanthTo-
pist. The accommodation was issued
sanctioned by the procurator general OF
the Holy Synod as representative of The
Gar. although the latter was person
ally opposed in the strongest fashion 20
any such proceeding.
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
SIXTY-FIVE YEARS IN PUBLIC [
At the Age Of Eghtyfour Judge Reagan, of Texas Ret
Office to Write His MemnLe

At the age of eighty-four. Judge
Reagan. of Texas. has retired from office
after Il most singular career. OF his
youthful contemporaries Galusha a
Grow. OF this State. alone survives. and
he is about to lay down the cares Of
public life
The careers of the two men have lit
tie in common except longevity. Judge
Reagan comes Of Pennsylvania ancestry.
but was born in Tennessee. AS a youth
he fought for the independence Of
Texas. and received promotion for his
vajor. It is believed that no other sol
der of the war Of 1885 survives. or at
/ least none who has since achieved emf
hence Reagan held Office in Texas while
it was independent. became a judge
while it was a state and was sent TO
Congress He was far from being a
rabid advocate of secession. but when he
had done all he could TO prevent if. went
with his State into the Confederacy. was
member of the provisional Congress,
and was at once appointed postmaster
4 general. an Office which he held through
/ out the career of the iH-starred gov
eminent. He had served on the postal
committee in the house, and through
/ friends in the department at Washington
who had Southern sympaJbies he got
blanks and information which enabled
/ him to establish his system without
trouble except where military move
ments prevented.
After the war he was confined in Fort
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

direction. Every made to bene>
the world way another
any rate called upon to praise human
outcast but average man; where is the
binary standing something to his
good characteristics should be traced
mented upon as last mark respect who survive
him
say there is something tragic at the beE
of criminal ezpiated msdeed He might have
different under other conditions might been
better had he had some to him. The living
may then pause ponder principle thy
reached his place" ethics OF the
TathersJ provides the who
quence Of his crime was put hanged
body disgraced by remaining thereon
night. that burial granted it also.
a relentless discrimination against the
dead by socaed searching truth doubtless ret
repression to stage of seIfsucency and an outrage on
mans most sacred FEELING all due respect to the
learned dtvnes who initiated the movement thar
action in contradiction spirit Bible
and of religious ethics
II these same gentlemen always held within bounds
in the matter concerning living they certainly
permit themselves exercise this truth" to
dfsparageent OF memory those who long
able defend themselves If those who left behind
being better and purer the
his earthly task. then. only then, may
they justly besowing word of praise upon
the dead
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
A Master Of Masters.

The Holy Synod. however. which is in
permanent session at 81. Petersburg uu-
der the presidency Of the Metropolitan
and Archbishop Of St Petersburg. is in
reality subject to the de facto contro.
and direction of the procurator general
The latter is always a Iayman. and is
the personal representative Of the Ca
I'm thu synod He is the channel OF in
tcrcourse between the Emperor and the
synod and between the latter and the
government. in this way the business of
the synod is entirely concentrated in his
hands His assent TO the acts Of the
synod are requisite to make them valid,
and De IS al liberty to withhold it when,
in his opinion. the measures projected
BY the synod would affect injuriousIy the
veal Of the state
There is no discussion at the meetings
OF the synod. various departments man
age its affairs. and needless TO say these
departments are all personally directed
by the pr0curaror. the Holy synod Civ
ing its sanction as q whole 10 the meaS-
uTes submitted ~ the departments. All
the eplscopacy. and clergy are subject
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
Key to Throne Room

In fact. ever since Nicholas became
Emperor he may be said to have been at
odds with the procurator. and if the
latter has not been dismissed long ago,
It is partly because he enjoys the sup
port Of the Empress DOwager. who can
not forget that he was her husband S
tutor and boyhood mentor, and partly
because the procurator may be said to
hold. much like the Sheik u Islam at
ConstantinopIe, the key to the throne
room in his hand. For just in the same
way that the Shefk u Islam and his
synod OF UIema had it in their power TO
issue q fetvah pronouncing Sultan MuTad
unfit to reign and placing his brother
Abdul Hamed on the throne in his
stead. so has the procuraL0r general and
the Holy Synod the power 10 remove
from the throne a Gar whose presence
there they consider dangerous to the
orthodox church, and to proclaim the
next heir as Emperor in his stead. OF
course, the affection which exists be
tween the Gar and his brother and with
I his mother render the possibility OF such
a move as this so remote as to be I'M
worthy of consideration otherwise than
for the purpose of indicating the powers
/ of the procurator Of the Holy Synod.
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
Change IN High Office.

Change IN High Office,
Now that the car is about 10 dis
pense with the services Of NJ. Pobyedo-
nosten. popularity known both al home
and abroad as the Russian Torque-
NADIA by reason OF his bigoted intoI-
e-ance and fantastic persecution Of all
Muscovite subjects unwilling to accept
the yoke Of the so-caIIed Orthodox
Church it may be timely 10 explain the
nature Of the office OF pTocurator Of the
Holy Synod. which he has held for twenty
years and which has enabled him 10
WELD a power only second 10 that Of the
Emperor himself.
In no country in the world are church
and state so Intimately bound up with
one another as in Russia. The Holy
Synod. composed IL the main Of metro
poIcaus. archblshops and bishops Of the
Orthodox Church. Ieavened by a sprink-
/ ling of Iaymcu appointed ~ the Gar on
the nomination Of the pTocurator- is the
I highest and most august body Of the
state. having precedence of them all.
even Of the senate and Of the council
/ Of the empire Every law and measure
f! enacted by the imperial senate, before
receiving the final signature Of the Gar.
must be submitted 10 the Holy Synod
/ IN order TO determine whether it con
taius anything contrary to the dogma Of
the Orthodox Church, and on matters
relating directly or indirectly TO dogma,
the Holy synod is supreme. even the
/ Gar himself being theoretically and de
lure bound by its verdict
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

a little torture once in twelve months
or so TO wish the President a happy lew
year, but as for strapDing in their
waists and straitiackertng their chests
every few evenings through the winter,
they viii have none Of it, Their wives
and daughters have. therefore. invented
the name Of their aiImeat. so as to have
something 10 oEcT in excuse for lha
noticeable absence OF papa.-Eew York
Evening Post
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
The naughty and ExcIusive Nine.

Mrs. Woody There's nothing Ike
college education to open the way to eZ-
elusive society. Since my son started
20 go TO the university he's gotten into
the Four Hundred.
Mrs McGinty-My sons doing even
better at college. He's on the nine
Philadelphia Press.
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

Warren. whence he ISSUED
appeal 10 the people OF Te9
the arbitrament of war an
allegiance The tine was +
and he was baratcd for hi
later he was elected to the 5
he served q portion Of one
signed to become the bead
railroad commission. which
body because Of the Eraz-
the legislation under which
He Ieft the rongeuiaI atmos
Senate by request. as there
ing that be alone would be
~ out the expressed viii O.
in the commission. After te
vice he has retired and is
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
BE Faced Bursting ShaLIs-

Rodrick-You say he has faced burst
ing shells What battle was he in?
Van Albert-None, He is a chestnut
roaster--Chicago Daily News.
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
The DilatOTy Noah.

Sunday School Teacher-And il tooE
Noah a hundred years to build the ark. 81
Street .Arab-What was the matter
was there a strike Puck
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
Not the DAYS Of SteeI

TcacheT-And why did John Paul
Jones order his flag nailed to the mast
Pupii-Cause in those days warshiPs
didn't have steel masts, ma'aI n.-Fuck.
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
In the Public Eye.

Ian NacIarea has come out against
wEas la calls over education IN
recent address before d teachers asso-
citation in England the writer said no
one ought TO be educated beyond his
measure and thus rendered useless for
his natural work. Or the other hand,
no one should fail TO receive that edH-
cation however advanced or costly,
which his talents deserve
While in Paris on one occasion the
Frankfort Rothschud had occasion 10
insrribo his name on some register Of
visitors calling on a great parsonage
He wrote If "R. De FRANKFORT Soon
after there came another financial mag
nate. CppeuhcImer of Cologne. What $
thisz- asked he, looking at the cabai-
isuc Initial like Edward r of Eng
land" The meaning was explained 10
him. -Ah-' he exclaimed r. De
FRANKFORT" frankfort air. Il shall
sign the same way" and he wrote.
70 De Cologne" Cologne water)
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

science that it is really a budding vol
sano that runs underneath not only the
Place de Ia Republique, but also the
Boulevard St Martin.
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

When "a Chicago clergyman last week
suelled smoke in the auditorium. and.
fearing panic dismissed his couErega-
ton with the remark that twinEe of
an old indrmfty prevented him from
finishing the service, it doubtless did not
occur 10 him that he was furnishing
material for a new controversy about
means and ends In several places
moraItsts have written 10 the news
papers raising two questions. one of
fact. the other Of ethics. nid the Old
injury TO DIT. Gunsaulus' hip actually re
appear and iucapacitate him for duty
just at the moment when ne thought the
building was on fire. If not was he justi-
fed i'm saying SO. in order TO get his
congregation out of doors as quickly
and as quietly as possihIe2
1t would be interesting TO know who
said the word that sent out the order
that pulled the string that fred the
guns that bombarded the Venezuelan
forts.
The study OF slang in the making ma.
always been hampered. by the fact thai
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

StanisIaus Meunier. a scientist ana
lgzad SOIL thrown up from beneath the
Place de Ia RepubIIque. in Paris. France.
and found considerable deposits OF sui
phur- Now ne tells the Academic des
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
IN THE COURTS AND CAPITALS OF THE OLD WORLD

Ponosef supreme
oiyn to
to
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

The study OF slang in the making has
always been hampcred. by the fact that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18
MAHER COULDN'T Hit BOB.

What little things make or mar the
fortunes of a pugilist. All expert fol-
lowers of the ring know that Peter Ma
her in his prime could punch hard
enough to knock out Cog or Magog or
any other giant. But poor Peter has
always suffered from sudden attacks of
doubt as to his hitting power.
When Peter fought Bob Fftzsimmons
at New Orleans he rushed at the red
headed man and knocked him sprawl
ing. Fitz got up deliberately and be-
gan TO fight with care. He kept out
of the way of Peters furious rushes
and jabbed him in the nose with his
long and powerful left at least forty
times in twelve rounds.
When he returned to his corner after
the twelfth round Peter tried to take
off his gloves and leave the ring.
The mans a divil' he exclaimed. Il
can't hit him, and I'll fight no man 1
can't nit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18

violated the racing rules at the start
and awarded the race to the Defender.
In the third contest the British boat
sailed across the starting line and re-
turned to her anchorage This race
was awarded to the Defender after she
covered the course alone.
The victories of Columbia over Sham
rock I. and Shamrock II, owned by Sir
Thomas Upton of the Royal Ulster
Yacht club. are of such comparatively
recent occurrence as to still be fresh
in the minds Of the public A descrip-
ton of them would only serve to bore.
and the best thing TO be done under
the circumstances is to turn our eyes
toward the coming races between the
Herreshof built defender and Lipton's
third Shamrock and hope that the glo-
rious old mug the Americas cup
will not go across the Atlantic with the
indefatigable English sailor knight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18
ILLINOIS FOOTBALL.

The University of Illinois football
squad viii be taken to Spring Lake.
Mich. for the preliminary training in
the fall. Coach Woodruff and Ath-
letic Director Huff have settled on the
resort, which is near Grand Haven and
is described as a suitable place for the
candidates to begin the fall campaign
Coach Woodruff and Captain Roth
geb will pick the men for the squad.
All the varsity men from last year viii
probably be taken and new men of
promise on the scrubs. The trip is ex-
pected to do much toward conditioning
the footballists early. Heretofore pre-
liminary practice has been held on the
field, the men scampering around in
scanty attire. looking more like track
athletes than gridiron warriors
Coach Woodruff is anxiously awaiting
the arrival of the fall freshman class in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18

General Butler won several races
with the America. In 1870 she defeated
the Cambria. owned and operated by
James Ashbury of the Royal Thames
Yacht club. This race was the first of
the series. The Ma gic (American) also
sailed in this race and was first to
finish. America also won over Cambria
by finishing second to Magic.
In 1871 Mr.. Ashbury, undauuted by
previous defeat. came over with Lii
vonia. a new craft built by Ratsey
Ashbury claimed that he represented
twelve different British yachting or
CARNATIONS and insisted that he be al
lowed to sail twelve races. one for each
of them and to be awarded the cup
should he win any one contest. This
was disalIowed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18
BY FREDERICK R. TooMss.

waters the America was sold to Eng
lish parties and passed into the posses
sion of various owners. Finally she
was taken on \ cruise in Mediterranean
and West Indian waters and afterward
used as a blockade runner during the
civil war.
A gunboat pursued the America off
the Florida coast. To avoid capture
her captain ran her into the mouth of
the St. Johns river and sank her After
the war she was raised. mainly because
she was menace to navigation. Being
found to have suffered little by her i'm
mersiOn. she was taken to Annapolis
and equipped as a training vessel for
naval cadets. Years later she was
bought at public auction by General
Benjamin F. Butler, who fitted her up
as u pleasure craft.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18
Cnnadn,s Challenger.

In 1876 Canada made an attempt to
win the cup. sending the Countess of
Dufferin. an imitation of the Amer
lean schooners. Two races were sailed
the schooner Madeleine winning both
by wide margins. The America started
five minutes after the first race began
and beat the Countess of Dufferin home
fifteen minutes, finishing second to
Madeleine.
Mr.. Cuthbert, owner of the Countess
of Dufferin, again challenged in 1881
with a sloop. the Atalanta- The Poca-
hontas, built to defend the cup, was a
failure. and the Mischief was chosen
to meet ATLANTA. The Mischief won
the only two races sailed by 2Sm. 3OAs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18
HOMER LIND AND HIS ONE ACT OPERAS.

Harrison Of
OF
n by dandNIr Lind
to in
these and others discovered
Aus Return of
Roa1ner as Willard Iolconb o
Martha
nd Julian
trann
n He RETURN to
Opera
Marching
a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18

Murray Hall, N J.; Raymond D. Little
of New York, who with Frederick B.
Alexander has held the intercollegiate
and southern championship in doubtless
kreigh Collins of Chicago. winner of
the western championship: Richard
Stevens of Hoboken. N. J.; Edward P.
Larned of Summit. N. j.. brother of
the champion; ]. Parmley Paret of
New York, who with John c. Davidson
of Washington formerly held the south
ern championship in doubles; F. B.
Alexander and many others.
Ware, Clothier and Wright are I'M
doubtedly the strongest players in the
list, but neither of them would have
any chance of winning against r. F.
Do,Ierty, and it is more than likely that
the Englishman viii win the All Com
ers' and again try conclusions with the
American champion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18

"HE national tennis championship
d contests to begin at Newport.
+. l.. Aug. IS. viii be rendered
dOubly interesting by the APP
pearance Of the redoubtable Do
herty brothers, English champions in
doubles. who recently participated in
the international championship meet at
Longwood. Mass. Their brilliant play
ing al Longwoad has whetted the appe-
tites of the racket enthusiasts for an
other opportunity to see them perform
and the array of spectators at the
courts of TIE famous Newport casino
viii make UP one of the largest gather
ings ever seen there in spite of the fact
that the Americas cup races, which
start off Sandy Hook during the course
OF the tournament. will attract many
people who would ordinarily attend the
tennis matches
H L. Doherty will make another at
tempt to capture the national cham
pionship of the United States in singles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18

her owner to be famed for ages to
come and this reward is certainly suf-
hcient to lead foreign sportsmen into
taking all kinds of chances to win it.
The Americas cup was originally Of
fered for competition by the Royal
Yacht squadron of England and not by
the late Queen Victoria, as many people
have supposed. The queen offered a
cup for yacht racing shortly after the
America defeated the English yachts,
but the American schooner was not an
official starter in the second contest.
She participated in the race however.
by starting an hour after the English
yachts got away. in an endeavor to
overhaul them. She finished within a
few minutes of the winner, and would
have won the race by a wide margin
had she started at the official time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18

/" HE Americas cup. often termed
the blue ribbon of the sea" is
the oldest and best known yacht
ing trophy in the world. 1t rep
resents the racing supremacy of
the two greatest nations of mariners,
therefore why should not immense for
tunes be spent in determining its pos
SCISSOR? The history of this cup is the
history of the development of the
worlds swiftest sailing vessels, and
since 1851 when the schooner America,
owned by Commodore Stevens of the
New York Yacht club. plucked the
trophy from the grasp of the British
tars. it has come more and more to
be desired by transatlantic sailors. The
first craft to lift the America $ cup
from these shores will achieve a feat
that will cause her name and that of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18

A series of seven races was finally ar
ranged for Livonia. the Americans re-
serving the right to name a different
raft for every race if they so desired.
The schooner Columbia defeated 1.-Two
MIA in the first two races. Livonia won
the third through accident to Columbia,
and the splendid schooner Sappho, pick
ed to sail against the challenger When
Columbia was disabled. won the fourth
and fifth contests handily. Ashbury
protested three of the races on tech
nicalities, but his claims were found
groundless.
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The volunteer and the thistle.

In 1887 were held the noted Volunteer
and Thistle races. The Thistle was
owned by James Bell of the Royal
Clyde Yacht club. She was opposed by
the Burgess craft Volunteer, which was
financed by General Paine of Boston
The latter was the first iron craft to
take part in a cup race. The Thistle
was beaten in both races.
Lord Dunraven made his entry into
Americas cup racing affairs in 1898.
He challenged with Valkryie II, and,
Burgess now being dead, the Here
shoffs of Bristol, who had risen to take
his place in the marine world, were
commissioned by the Morgan-Iselin
syndicate to build Vigilant Vigilant
defeated the Colonia, the Pilgrim and
the Jubilee all built to meet Valkyrie
IL, and in the cup contests was victo-
rious over the challenger. Three races
were sailed in that year In the last
race the British boat was beaten by
only forty seconds.