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New-York tribune., 1903-06-09
PREsBYTERIANs PLAN TENT MEETING.
Well Known Citizens to Cooperate With
Clergymen.

A committee composed of Robert c. Ogden Morris
x Iesup Colonel J. j. McCook. James Yereance.
n C. DIN and Alfred T. Martin lders in the Pres
bvterfan Church OF this city aDpoicted yes
terday afternoon at a meeting Of the New-Nork
Forespytery TO cooperate with committee OF min
listers composed Of the Rev. Drs- Shaw stevenson.
Wiley RssseIl. Forbes and scholey. In evanseistic
work for the summer. The two committees viii
devote their attention 10 the purchase and allot-
uent OF a number of tents. to 'e used for sanctu-
purposes.
The Rev. a. Fl Evans presided moderator yes
terday in the absence Of the regular moderator
The question OF Where shall the North churcn
go?' was brought up again. and by vote OF 26 10
q was put over for discussion next Monday. The
church Is being forced It's present location in
Nintn-ave. Thirty-second-st. by the Penns- i
vanfa station construction work. which Is going
there Some of the members of the North Church
wish to remove to Washington Heights.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-09
HELPS TO BUY PARK FOR LOUISVILLE.
A Gift Equivalent to 100000 Made by Ma
ior Alexander II. Davis.
TRr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIEUNr-l

Louisville Juae S.-Major Alexander IL DAVIS
NJ New-York and London. the largest stockhoider
in the Louisville Railway Company. has given
one thousand shares OF the common stock OF the
new holding company. when IL is issued. TO help
h,.v Central PARK for the people of Louisville. The
offer was made through Logan c. MNray. presi-
dent Of the American National Bank IL Is the
most liberal subscription ever made by an indl-
yidual to the park system Of Louisville by TINS
act Major Davis gives outright $1,000 at the price
the new common stock will be sold 20 present
shareholders the road He considers. however
that he is giving 100000 and this is virtually what
his subscription means.
In talking the matter over with Mr. Murray TO-
dar Major Davis said. Il will give 10000 toward
buying the park BY that mean Will give hye
thousand shares OF Louisville Railway common,
which | believe will be worth par inside OF tive
wears at the furthest limit. You are authorized
TO make public my subscription
New-York tribune., 1903-06-09
FOR SENIORS.
Continued from first page.

I am sure. NJ. Odell. assist you to make theSe
two animals the elephant of the G. o. p ana
the Tammany Tiger, dwell together In sweet ac-
cord To Marcellus Hartley Dodge, the Weaithi-
est man in the class. Mr.. Megrue said that IN
view Of his poverty his classmates collected
small subscription of S11.0000o0 for him To
Louis Iselin. the first man in the class TO become
engaged was presented a long spoon, and little
trunk tied with white ribbon. literally be-
sprInkled with rice.
G. s O'LoughIin the vaIedictorian, then ex-
pressed the farewell OF the class in way 20 turn
the minds of the seniors to the sadness OF
parting
OPEN AIR FEATURES.
In the open air the class then sang Its ODE
composed by Albert Davis and Robert b Bar
thoIomew gave the class yew tree Grafton. The
seniors then smoked their pipe of peace ana
sang Sans Souci." their college hymn
The seniors beat the faculty at baseoaH IN tne In
class day game by q score OF 2S runs 70 l..
The professors were in regular suits. Every
pretty Dlay in the game made by them.
though they did not win DR.. Crampton Pro-
fessor Miller. Dr. Tower and Professor Knapp
executed three double plays and We're Wen ap-
pIauded The seniors started strongly by scor-
ing five runs in the first inning and in each
succeeding inning. with single exception, Ihey
brought in until their score OF % hau
been made
For i've innings the faculty runs were well
kept down but their team rallied late in the
game and made runs in the last four
innings through the heavy batting OF Professor
Bikle and Drs. Champion and Tower Won
Sholly, the student pitcher, had an accldeHtai
collision with DR.. Olcott. of the Latin Depart
rnent on third base, in the sixth inning, Whicn
resulted in some temporary damages to the in
structOr The game was delayed until the stu
dent had made his apologies The score:
r H
Ssasg7v Ssa,9f; ...i IS 10 10 Is
Batteries-Ioveman. Sholy and Rider Professor
Ernest Btkle. Of Teachers College and Pr9fessor t
New-York tribune., 1903-06-09
SUDDEN POLITICAL FEvERs.

The speaker then indicated some OF the tenderness
70 excess and ickleness Of purpose which the age
seemed 10 he developing in public and political
life On This point he said in part;
\ cry that the money that was good ehousn
for rs should be good enough for our 1oIelslI
debtors carries half the people captive d = %
national convention comes near noIIIIlA lllIS t4e
chief sdvocate OF this notion for the
and the country is the verge OF paying t@le @
national Cebt in greenbacks. A Few years la'eL
rather cheaD rhetoriCian catches the IahcH ~
an excited assemblage by talking about crucliE
ing The people on a cross Of gold ana Slrdisltt
zyzv there sweeps over the land, IKE d PIaIi Ie
FIRE a wave OF excitement for persuadIIlS water
70 flow uphill and silver TO be as gooo as goo
without the advice or consent OF any otIieL
nation on earth Next plunge INTO nuAlClpdi
affairs: give away priceless franchises because
No are ia such = hurry we can't take time 10
see what they are worth: borrow th we hs =
exhausted the limit and then marx up the Nal~e
Of our property order 10 be able 10 poTIoN
more upon it and chuckle over every Hesn
million Of debt incurred. II this were the emu
a that trouble. We turn out a reform adlliiIl
istration tor rot reforming fast enough anu
install Croker and TamulanE TO improve the JoD-
we grtIrable that the town has been too STRAIT
sacaI rejoice that IT last Il is blIssfully Wlde
open then wake NJ 10 find il intolerably "lde
open and once more put in refcrmer, hhaHy
New-York tribune., 1903-06-09
cavaI5Y DRILL AT WEST POINT.

West Point n Y. June s.-Rain to-day compelled
rostnonernant of the battalion drill for the board
of visitors and in its place there was cavalry
drill by the first class in the riding hall The drill
was under the direction OF Captain Sands, senior
instructor in cavalry tactics. and the manner IN
which the difncuit feats performed ELECTED
the hearty appIause of the members OF the board.
The hurdle jumping and hand to hand conflicts
with imaginary foes we're especially exciting and
interesting.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-09
STATISTICS OF SENIOR CLASS

.--he Nassau Herald comprises the class DAY
snaeches several cuts OF the class as represented
in various undergraduate activities and the staIls
+3es of the class The editors of the volume were
lanes : Conrad Walter F. Hollenbach FRANK II
LITTLE and John J. Macdonald Among the 4h'e'-
sstfng statistics are the following
rba r7axirna age 81 years months. the mini1na
age te years months; average age or the nne1l-
beTs D. wears months: 50 were born IN the year
iss3- the class numbers 23+, 90 Will enter -aN. =
business q engineering. 16 medicine u nlilst'
and the remainder will enter other professors VI
Continue postgraduate work; 1+s are RepuollctlS
and II Democrats; there are Y Gold DeniocLaSss
ard anarchist and I nhilist- Tne rellSlouSs Pr
erance is. Presbyterianisua. with l0t votes EpSC
naIia1 10: Methodist T. and Catholic 10 me otIeIs
sra adherents or attendants. OF otner cnuICneS
S'enrvson is the favorte poet. with long1eioW SCI
ond: history the favOrite study. with r-ISHsl -
ond Favorite sport-FoOtball, 80; baseDaA = zen
nis 95 Favorite wOman's cOlege-SIritn 4S.
sar rs. Wellesley o. Bryn MaWr. a Mount Llo'-
yoke I6: Wilson II. Favorite style OF Oeauts
Rr',re+te eS. blonde c.. FavOrtte woman : name
Helen q: Elizabeth. H. Mary 10 FaVorlte com
nosar-NixseIl o. %. Wagner. q Supportsu tneil-
seIves-Wh holly L. partially. 10 Emitted 70 Nsat
+he varsity '.P Il: entitled 70 wear class huIeI
ais AZ Athletic prizes won. 1S3: literary prizes
yo1 21 Number conditioned. l23. Number OF times
condtfoned SIS Total number OF pensunlS received
sof Number who smoke. l3S began smoking IN cot
iege n: stopped smoking in college. Number hay
ing girl correspondents. 49, total number OF 6fl
correspondents. 57s-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-26
FISH THAT SHOOT.

Certain fish have been termed
sporting" because they shoot their
prey with great precision. The Jacu-
lator fish of Java is OF this sporting
tribe.
Several of these fish. in the possess
sion of Javanese chief, were placed
in a small circular pond, from the cen
ter of which rose a pole upwards of
two feet in hight. Beetles were put
on the top of the pole on sharp point
ed pieces of wood. The fish then
came out of their holes and swan
around the pond. One Of them came
to the surface of the water and rested
there. After fixing it's eyes steadily
on a beetle, it discharged a small
quantity of water from its mouth with
such force and precision as to knock
it off the twig into the water. In an
instant the beetle had been swallowed.
After this another fish came up and
performed a similar feat, and so the
sport continued until they had caught
all of the beetles. If a fish failed to
bring down it's prey the first shot, 1t
SWAN around the pond till it came
opposite the quarry and fired again.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-26

clubs. and were evidently going to
fight. They were twenty in number,
and all big, strong fellows. I was for
running away at once, but not so the
gorillas. A gorilla fears neither man
nor beast, and is always ready to fight
to the death. Our leader uttered a loud
HUI" as. the negroes came marching
on, and the other gorillas scattered
about and armed themselves with
clubs. / did likewise.
l think the black men would have
run away if they had been let alone,
but the gorillas advanced to the attack
uttering screams of fury, and in a
+ moment there was a fierce battle rag
ing. l had never fought against men
before, and was rather frightened at
first, but after a bit [ was as savage
as any of the gorillas. The negroes
fought well, but, even with their spears
and outnumbering us twenty to fifteen.
they were not a match for us. Some of
the gorillas were wounded, but when
we had killed four of the negroes the
Others fled in terror, and we let them
go.
In my next I shall tell you how 7
played surgeon to the gorillas. and
how we had fun with an elephant.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-26
WITH THE INVENTORS.
Some New Devices of Note.

Some New Devices of Note.
An electric coin detector is the latest
for the purpose of doing away with
counterfeit minters. The apparatus is
said to be able to separate good from
bad coins on the principle that differ
ent metals show different electromotive
force, when the same strength of cur
rent Is passed through them. The
principle of the operation consists in
the use of number of primary coils
in relation to which secondary coils are
placed. Attached in circuit to the sec
ondary coils is a relay which operates
a magnet. When the operator wishes
magnet, and at the same time turns
on the current in the primary coils.
The variation in the secondary coils
sets up a current in the relay which,
in turn, acts on the magnet. The oper-
alton is then mechanical. Good coins
will be dropped in one place, while the
bad ones will be thrown out.
Somewhat similar to the above is a
recent invention for detecting the pres
of a Wheatstone bridge are inserted in
different places in the earth and cur
rent passed through the circuit. A re-
sistance box shows the amount of re-
sistance which the current has to over
come in passing through the earth be-
tween the two terminals. If there is
any ore present between these two
poles, the resistance will be much less
than if no mineral was present, and,
naturally, the more metal in the earth
at this locality, the less resistance
would be recorded in the box. 1t is a
simple matter then, says the inventor,
for the prospector to determine wheth-
err ore is present in u locality in suf-
ficient quantities to pay him for the la
Dor of mining it. The prospector of the
future must be something of an electro
clan, if he hopes for rich rewards. Aft
er the location of ore has been detect
ed, the inventor claims that, by vary
ing the distances between the termi-
nails and comparing the readings of
the rheostat, the exact depth may be
ascertained.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-26

, Iakerimmers their war canoe. A rope
was fastened to the bows of each, and
at the pistol shot they began to dig
the water like mad, starting up a
foam like two dying whales. After
much swerving here and there, and
much wavering of the knot in the CEN
ter of the rope from this side and that
SIDE of the line, the Lakerimmers final
ly seemed to get a good purchase on
he water, and at last with a mighty
struggle, they slowly dragged the bow
of the Keokuk shell across tIfe line.
The day had begun well. The first
two events were theirs.
After the seriousness of this strug-
gle, it was necessary to have some
thing more cheerful. A swimming
race with lighted candles was the next
event AS the Lakerimmers were so
| few and their best men were tired out
by the tug of war, the Keokukians
easily won this event-their man was
the only one whose candle flame was
not blown out by the awkward mo-
tons of the swimmer, or snuffed out
by being lowered in the water.
A CLOTHES" race was next. Out of
the dressing room came two Lakerim-
mers and two Keokukians. Each of
them was clad in suit of old clothes
mile too big for him. Each of them
also had a badly abused silk hat and
an umbrella that looked as if it had
been through a battle. But in spite
of all these beautiful costumes, the
swimmers, at the word Go" jumped
feet foremost into the pool and swan
for the opposite side. The heavy shoes
and the baggy clothes were bad
enough handicap; the silk hat was
troublesome too; but the umbrella was
worst OF all.
TY111a hO ond Praffv had anfared this
race for Lakerim. 1t nearly broke
Pretty's heart to put on such unbe-
coming clothes. He was used only to
the spickets and spannest and the best
/ fitting toys a boy could wear. The
ugly clothes were still more a trial to
him when they were wet. But he bore
up manfully and reached the opposite
shore a little ahead Of the others.
There he whipped off his coat and
jumped back into the water The
others followed suit and raced to the
opposite side.
Here the swimmers had to take off
their trousers. leaving themselves only
in their bathing suits, hats, shoes and
umbrellas. Pretty had a good lead
to the wall. But he had always been
slow in dressing, and undressing was
hardly a quicker affair with him. As
he balanced on the edge of the pool
he caught his right foot in the loose
leg of the baggy trousers. He gave
a desperate jerk to get his foot loose)
and before he knew it found himself
head first in the water. By the time
he had clambered back to the edge
and rid himself of the unruly trousers,
the Keokukians were well down the
track He swan manfully in his heavy
water-logged shoes, and gained consid-
era bly,. Here again he had trouble
pulling off the sticky leather.
The next lap found the swimmers
navigating with nothing to cumber
them but the dilapidated silk hats and
the umbrellas. But carrying the UNI
breUas was like trying 70 drive bal
looms against the wind. The handicap
was too heavy for Pretty to overcome.
There were four Keokukians ahead OF
him when he reached the opposite
hank. Here he was only too glad to
throw aside the umbrella and to swim
with long, clean strokes, both hands
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-26

were as stout as ropes of that size.
If he had been caught by only one
vine he might have broken it, but he
could not break the two.
We had the lion caught fast enough,
but he was a savage fellow, and we
knew we must look out for him. The
only way we could kill him was with
clubs, so, after looking at him for
awhile, we descended the tree and
formed a circle around him. He
growled and roared and plunged at
us, but every chance we got we jump
ed in and gave him a hard blow, and
at last he was finished.
When he was dead the gorillas
danced on his body, pulled it about,
and treated it with the utmost con-
tempt. 1t was finally dragged into the
forest for the jackals to devour.
The gOrillas were puzzled to know
whether 1 was a negro boy or one Of
themselves, but they thought me very
smart and cunning. If we could have
talked together l am sure they would
have given me words of praise.
You may wonder if I was satisfied to
live with them. OF course [ was not
1 wanted to get away and return to
my own people, but you must remem-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-26

never even crossed the starting line.
Inc other ten began to paddle madly
with their hands. Two or three of
them began to go round In a circle at
once, and one boy, after getting five
yards out on his race, found his tub
homesick; it turned back for the start
ing point, and, paddle as he would, it
bobbed gaily home until it slammed
MN into the wall and dumped him out
Ready and Heady, who had started
some distance apart, found their boats
fondly drifting toward each other, and,
paddle as they would, and yell at each
other as they would, they could not
keep those tubs apart. Finally, the two
yachts bumped together, and each of
the twins kicked the other over into
the water.
Such mishaps as these were common
enough and pleased the audience far
more than the tubbers. The spectators
did not laugh at anything quite so
much as at HiSt'ry, who was almost
hidden behind his big spectacles and in
his enormous tub. He was the last to
get started and was many yards be-
hind all those who remained in the
race.
But Hist'ry had a theory. He pad
died very slowly, and took great pains
that he should paddle no harder with
one hand than with the other. He stud
led his balance as if it were a problem
in long division. He had even parted
his hair in the middle that day. in or
der that nothing should upset him. One
by one those who were spinning so
gaily toward the goal went over on
the right, or slipped off at the left, or
leaned too far back, or bent too far
forward and the tub capsized. The
only one that finished the race at all
was Hist'ry, and the spectators held
their breaths as he went down the last
few feet lest some little ripple should
upset him. But he got gaily to the end
of the race and was rewarded with
tremendous applause.
The Lakarim war canoe had been
brought up from the river in wagon,
as had also the little canoe of the rum
away B. !.
The second event of the day was a
tug of war in canoes. The Keokuk-
ians had an eight-oared shell, and the
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-26
QUEER NAMES FOR THE BABY.

Naming the baby is a process which
varies in different countries and
among different races. Among most
civilized people the child is named
from some member of the family
Uncle James or Aunt Hannah-or it
gets a name which the parents think
sounds pretty. But among savage or
semi-civilized people, the child's name
is often determined by some circum-
stance attending the birth or some
characteristic of the baby itself.
Among the Red Indians, as soon as
a boy is born, the father goes out of
the wigwam, and the first thing which
attracts his attention decides the
name of the baby. Thus, when Sitting
Bull was born. his father stepped out
of the tepee and saw buffalo bull
sitting on it's launches. Returning, he
announced that the child's name was
Sitting Bull, a name which afterwards
became a terror to the white people
of the West.
When that fierce old chief, who IS
supposed to have killed Gen. Custer
at the battle of the Little Big Horn,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-26
H1sT'RY WINS THE TUB RACE.

And now the bloodthirsty bear began
TO tremble. Then he made a scurry
Tor the top of the tree and clambered
as far up as he dared.
Ready and Heady dropped to the
ground and made off to a safe distance,
Where they could watch the result of
the fight. 1t did them good to see the
tables turned on the bear.
After ordering the bear in vain to
come down, the policeman started to
climb the tree. He went up straight
for the brute and beat him over the
tender nose with the fiat of his hand.
Then he began to drag him down the
tree by his collar. The bear half fell,
malt scrambled to the ground, and the
park policeman led him away. He fol-
lowed as meekly as if he were an over
grown kitten. Ready and Heady look
ed after him in absolute amazement.
Ihey rubbed their eyes and pinched
each other and looked around to see
II they were not in bed asleep and
dreaming.
Then Heady said to Ready:
see 1t makes a heap of difference
what you say to a bear"
Ihen Ready and Heady rejoined the
other Lakerimmers and told them OF
thelr hair-raising adventure.
mat afternoon was the second day
OF the tourney. To put the crowd In
good humor, the first event was tub
race: So many boys thought they
could navigate q tub that there was
no washing done in Keokuk that day,
mere were tubs enough brought to
mat arena to have built an Indian
Vilage. There was not water enough
~ Inc lake to float half of them.
90 most of the Keokuk boys had
me pleasure of carrying their ships
PACK home to the indignant washer
Women.
The Lakerimmers, being guests,
were of course. provided with tubs,
Dul only a few of them had entered
eVeryone's surprise Hist'ry was
emong these.
Inc tubs were rounded up together
~ ~ one end of the pool, and the sailors
-au lively time getting aboard. 1t
,"as IKE bobbing for apples on Hal
I've en-, only, instead of simply duck
s your head, you went in feet first
o.er your head Many a boy stepping
Sut 70 put his foot in his bobbing boat
81 sQUud that it was like that extra step
me me top of the stairway that you
I'm Tor in the dark; it was not there.
t'udlly they found this out too late
j.; 10 save themselves from floundering
=" the water.
Others who got one foot safely
lard IN acted as if they had put 1t
tro,a,i steel trap, they had so much
b oat getting the other one into the
go Inc usual result was that while
LOOT stayed at home, the other
ia SSarted off on a long cruise. When
co.,, sailor foot had gone as far as it
to Oui a. the boy who had been trying
SAT pay Colossus of Rhodes, usually
tub ao~n In the water between the
wa ou' mo was in a tub so big that he
po SS almost lost from view. Sawed-off
st,,o,." le SO much too small that it
IN N 70 MIN, and when he climbed
t6 S On the bank he looked like a tor
t, liter an age of mishaps. enough
the s We're safely seated to start
T row and twenty boys in them.
Ten en nnally the pistol was fired,
proD,-ti,. those ambitious tubsters
Went over backwards and
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-26

preston Of the faces can usually make
good guess as to the position of the
ball After he has allowed the boys on
the fence a moment or two in which to
pass the ball about, zero calls
time" The ball must then remain
in the possession of whoever has 1t.
No change can be made after time"
has been called.
After he has thus stopped the ball
from changing hands, zero" calls the
number of the boy who he believes
has the ball. If he calls Incorrect
ly, every boy on the fence receives a
count equal to the number which
zero" called. If, for instance, zero
believes that No. has the ball and
calls four" when in reality No. /, 2,