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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-01

50 A VIRGINIA GIRL IN THE CIVIL
a WAR" is the title of an at
traotive little volume edited by Myrta
Locket Avary. The name of the author
is not given.
The attraction OF the book lies not in
the illustrations, for there are none;
nor in the cover design, which consists
simply of the title on a blue-gray
ground: it is TO be found in the lively
yet simple style of the writer and the
indubitable interest OF the experiences
which she has to relate. There are on
every page laughable. tragic or pathetic
incidents. and vivid sketches OF the
conditions attending war in Virginia.
The heroine was the wife of a Con
federate officers. Married at seventeen.
separated from her husband by the
breaking out of the war while yet a
bride. following him from city to camp
whenever such thing was possible. and
often when it seemed impossible. md
nearly widowed more than once. the
story OF this little girl-wife is certainly
worth the slight trouble OF preservation
in this form. 1t is one of those human
documents which must of necessity grow
rarer as the years pass. and there are
few so daintily written and so full Of
sparkling humor-
Mobility in Virginia.
The writer of these "reminiscences was
Norfolk girl OF good social position.
and the opening chapters describe her
experience as a girl. when she and her
sister were among the gayest OF he
young people of that charming old
Southern town. and among their admir-
ers counted. as she states with innocent
pride, many foreign officers who have
since risen 10 high positions in the ser
vice OF their country. Among these were
Baron Won COLI and Count Won Monts.
afterward admirals in the German navy.
Count Ito ard Count Inouye. the organ
izers Of the japanese navy. also visited
Norfolk at that time
The story of the heroine's courtship
and marriage is one OF the merry inter
ludes Of the book. and it is capitally told,
Soon after her marriage her husband s
regiment became a part Of Lees army,
and she began a series OF adventures
largely due to her determination TO fol-
low him wherever he might go. Among
her experiences we're counted the siege
OF Petersburg the siege of Richmond
the crossing OF the Pamunkey River il
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A LITERARY DISCOVERY.

NHR. ANDREW LANG coyly eonfesses
Ifl to having been the discoverer OF
George Douglas Brown He says
of his FIRST reading Of The House With
the Green Shutters"
The reviewer takes UP each new nov
81 by an unknown author listlessly
enough: they are so numerous. and re-
semble each other so much. In care
less temper l opened Mr.. Browns book,
and then. looking at my watch after
what seemed Short interval. found it
long past bedtime. In the interest
aroused by these dreadful Ar-ell>-@ in
Barbie. every one OF them mean and
malignant in a distinct and special man
ner. one forgot all time like the poet
at cat's-cradIe with a beloved object
This, by the way. is not by any means
new business for Mr.. Lang. He was also
the discovorer of Kipling.
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A QUERY FOR LOTT.

A SHARP-EYED critic has discovered
n a puzzle in LOFTS latest book. The
Last Days OF Pekin," which has recent
ly appeared in an excellent English
translation. In the description OF the
international occupation Of he fort at
Ming Hia occurs this statement:
THE flags OF the seven allied nations
float there tosether, arranged in alpha
betical order. at the end Of long DoIcs
guarded by pickets-Austria. France.
Germany. Great Britain. Italy, japan,
Russia"
The critic triumphantly points out that
this passage was written in French. and
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VOTES IND RETZZEWS OF TIE L4TEST PUBLICATIONS
A LAST PRAYER.
By JOHN MASEFIELD.

When thes last sea is sailed and the
last shadow charted,
When the last field is reaped and
the last harvest stored.
When the last fire is out and the
last guest departed.
Grant the last prayer that / shall
pray; Be good to me, o Lord,
And let me pass in a night at sea
a night of storm and thunder:
In the loud crying OF the wind
thro' rope and sail and spar
Send me a ninth great peaceful wave
TO whelm and roll me under
To the cold tunnyfishes' home.
where the drowned galleons
are.
And in the dim green quiet place.
far out CT sight and hearing.
Grant l may hear at whites the
wash and thrash of the sea
foam
About the fine keep bows Of the
stately clippers steering
Toward the bright northern star
and the fair ports OF home.
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THE BEGINNING OF AN AUTHOR.

kH ARGARET HORTON POTTER. au-
Ih thor OF four novels. among them.
The House Of De Mailly.' and 'Istar
of Babylon" is not yet twenty-three
years old; but she began writing early.
At the private school which she attend
ed in Chicago the girls published by the
mimeograph process a little. paper called
The X-Ray." and TO this periodical
Miss Potter. at the age of thirteen. con-
tributed stories and poems Of quite IN
usual merit She also started ia the
school a fashion of writing all notes in
rhyme. and one shrinks from faneyIng
what the results must have been in some
cases. However 1t was good practice
for a budding author.
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that in alphabetical order" the flag OF
Germany would come first. He then
proceeds to speculate on the possibility
that France would allow this ascendency,
and inquiries whether the alphabetical
arrangement" was in French. German,
English, Japanese, or what not. This
seems one Of the questions destined 10
remain unanswered. since the feline Lott
Will certainly never take the trouble to
do It.
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THE HELPER.

strong man stopped one day
Beside the way
And lent a hand
To help another stand.
The fallen one had not
Gone down because Of lack
OF worth or will. He rose and sought
To win his honors back.
But he that helped stood by
Awaiting gratitude. l doubt
If in the sky
A radiant angel took
Her pen up then or ope'd a book
To write the fair deed out.
s. r. Kiser in Chicago Record Herald
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ct TAND IN HAND" is the title
~ .nohort roInrnc whose

LLJ TAND IN HAND" is the title
n Of a modest volume whose
subtitle is Verses by
Mother and Daughter" II is an open
secret. however. that the poems are the
work Of Mrs. John Lockwood KiPling
and Beatrice Kipling. mother and sister
OF the Anglo Indian novelist John
Lockwood Kipling has contributed title
page from bas-relief. in the same man
ner as the illustrations OF the Outward
Bound" edition Of his sons works, and
It is quaint and graceful enough 20 call
attention to the book all BY Itself
It may not be amiss. in ibis connec-
ton, TO recall little Of the kiplins
family history. Mrs John Lockwood
Kipling was a Miss Ma ,IonJil. AID a
sister of hers married Burne-Jones- 1t
is said by friends of the family that Mrs
Kipling IS one of the wi:isst ari most
brilliant women in India. and that the
novelist GETS most of his GENTS from
her. The Celtic Macdonald DlOD1 Is TN
doubtedIy responsible fov the intuition.
the mysticism and the poetry o: KIP
ling's work. and also for SITS suGnge
touches of fatalism AMI melancholy and
its bubbIing gayety-
Kipling's Horse Sense.
The STUBBORN strength and hos sense
also conspicuous in some Of his work
he probably owes TO the Saxon strain
Miss Beatrice Kipling wrote one rovel.
THE Heart of Maid" which appeared
not long after her brothers name became
famous. and which recalled in its charae-
ter drawing the cynical realism OF come
Of his Anglo-Indian stories. At one Sine
during Kipling's apprenticeship on he
Lahore daily, in whose office he did hack
work for come six or seven years, the
Joint efforts of the family produced.
purely for their own amusement. and
that Of their friends, a little periodical
full OF verse and fiction.
Possibly some of the verses in this
little book appeared then. II is GER
taInly a most interesting literary docu-
ment to students OF Kipling, since it
reveals with unmistakable clearness the
kind and quality of the influences which
surrounded him in his formative pc
Rod. In one of his stories he mentions
the debt which he owes to the head
master % the United Service College
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OF INTEREST TO COLLECTORS.

c ONE interesting relies. drawings.
Gently sold In london. The drawings
include King Charles Taking Leave OF
Bishop Juxon,' with the word "RemeIn-
Der" written beneath: a small full
length pencil drawing of himself lee
turing; Miss Perry as a shepherdess.
mounted; small humorous pen and ink
sketch of clothes Hung on the Line, -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-01
THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC.

A MONG the numerous experiences Of
n George Francis Train of which he
writes in his recently published au-
photography, one OF the most remarkable
was the terrible yellow fever epidemic.
OF this he gives a weird description.
which is in part as follows:
There were no hearses to be had.
Physicians and undertakers had gone 10
the grave with their patients and pa
irons. The city could not afford TO bury
decently so many of its dead inhabi-
tants. And the fear OF the plague had
so shaken the human soul that men stood
afar OF. aghast. and did only what they
had to do in a coarse, brutal. swift
burial OF the dead.
There were no collins to be had. and
no one could have got them If there had
been enough Of them. Corpses we're
buried. all alike. in coarse pine boxes.
hastily put together in the homes-and
often by the very hands-of the rela-
tives of the dead
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A CLEVER BIT OF VERSE.

L LIZABETH G. JORDAN. editor of
l. "Harper,s Bazar.'' and herself the
author Of two or three clever books.
was the person who introduced r Mes
BIT to American readers. The popularity
IF those delicious pictures OF human ma
ture, The WouIdbegoods" and 1.-THE Fed
House" has justified Miss gorden's as
tu;eness OF judgment. and she recently
received a poem from the English au-
thor which indicates that appreciation is
not dead in the world. 1t is an acrostic
on the name of the recipient. and is as
follows:
Eden. they say. was very fair and dear:
Let others image ali the beauty there
]. for my part, am confident Ihs mere
Zone that eaeircled it made it dear and
fairi
All that the primal world could show OF
price
by that straight zone was gathered
safe and close
er's eyes
The look where all the prettiest lyrics
are
Had we an Eden now. where sure and
small
Germs OF true friendship might in time
grow strong,
Joy would Ilant flowers. and some bright
rose OF song
On this your page might from her rose
tree fall,
Receive. instead. this pale December
rose.
Dear Lady, for the world is very wiJc.
Ana you are hidden on the other side
Never forgotten-but SO far. SO far
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MAX MULLER's PLAIN SPEAKING.

MAX MULLER'S PLAIN SPEAKING.
A LETTER from the late Max Null
n Ter to Sir William Russell indi-
Gates that the German philosopher not
only had the Teutonic train OF plain
speaking. but thought very little OF Bis
marck's biographer. He said
IF you wish to be Disguised. read
Busch on Bismarck knew Bucher. and
be was not the most exalted character:
but Busch, One feels ashamed 10 be a
German. 1 always knew that Bismarck
was brute. but be had the redeening
qualities OF a brute-but the reptilesl
Surely a man who does a great work
may be very small. a very mean man.
And now they are going to erect a mon
ument to B. in the Cathedral of Berlin.
OH the desolation of abominstionl Let
him who readeth understand"
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shop. and he was thus enabled to read
the whole story without touching leaf
Of the book"
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The reader will be likely TO conclude.
after perusing this book, that there is
way TO account for the genius OF Kip
ling. New York: Doubleday. Page &
Coz
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-30
BASEBALL BRIEFS.

Pitcher Mike O'Neill, st. Louis Ma
tionals, is fast fielder and also can
hit. He will make a good outfielder
after bis pitching days are over.
1t looks as though Ed Poole would be
added to the Cincinnati regular staff
Of pitchers and that in future Harper
and Phillips will be the pitching sub
sdtuteS.
The highest priced player in baseball
is said to be Patsy Donovan Of the St.
Louis Nationals, his salary for this
year being $4,000, $1,000 Of which came
for signing his contract.
My name is misspelled more than
any other players in the country" said
Pitcher Philippe in New York the 9th
er day. They persist In putting an L
on the end when it should be 'e.'"
Johnny Killing is the handspring
around whom the Chicago Nationals
work with automatic precision. It will
be q sorry day for the Orphans should
the hard hitting and perfect fielding
back stop get hurt.
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holder, to be given away by careless
training. JEFF needs the title in his
business. Delaney will see that 1t stays
in the family. Don't worry. JEFF places
great confidence In Delaney's judg
ment ana as rule obeys, him i'm
plicitly.
A critical comparison Of the present
condition Of the two men leaves the I'M
qualified belief that Jeffries will win
over COrbett by knocking him out in
side of fifteen rounds. The ex-cham-
pion will be able to keep out Of harms
way for ten or twelve rounds, but after
that he will probably begin to tire.
jeff will send him down at the earliest
opportunity, for the men are on any
thing but pleasant terms with each
other, and the champion desires to
show the world that Corbett is not
only his inferior as "scrapper," but
that he is not in the same class with
his former vanqulsher.
Corbett has been saying a few things
about JEFF that have made the ex-
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College Golfers.

The universities of Michigan and
Chicago are forming strong golf
teams. 1t is likely that ere long these
institutions will seek to match their
men against Yale, Harvard, Princeton
and the University Of Pennsylvania.
Such development would be valuable
to college golf and would prove very
interesting to the general public. Glenn
ent e. Smoot is captain Of the Mich
igan team, and Howard Sloan holds
the leaders position at Chicago.
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Wants American Tennsr .4onor.

Louis J. Grant, who played on the
other side last year with his son Wylie,
who won the national indoor cham
pionship, declares that s. III. Smith,
one Of the strongest Of the English ex-
perts, declared last fall that he would
play in America next year whether he
is put on the challenging team or not.
Smith has some relatives here and will
come over to visit them, Mr.. Grant
says, and play in some Of the biggest
tournaments while in America
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CHAMPION JAMES j. JEFFRIEs AND HIS
MIGHTY LEFT
his wonderful skill, may avoid the
deadly piston rod long enough to be
declared the winner on points.
"Jeffries has been in a rather sullen
mood of late, and this adds to the
discontinue of his hackers" stated enc
of the reports from Hardin Springs.
OF course such tales as the foregoing
must be accepted with two or three Of
the proverbial grains Of salt. jeff is
not in bad condition at present. That
he was few months ago, however,
no one who then saw him will deny.
He has been put through a grueling
course Of preparation by Billy De-
laney, who, by the way, is well able to
control Jeff's loa1ng tendencies, and
doubts not TINT the champion will en-
ter the ring in Frisco as fit as any
pugilHst ever was for a bout Mr..
Jef is taking no chances with Mr.
Pompadour Jim. No, indeed. The cham
paonshtD title has too great value as a
magnet Cor theatrical troupes, to say
nothing Of the tame it brings to its
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boiler makers blood flow like streams
Of liquid fire, and it is probable that If
the latter had his way the men would
use sixteen inch guns from Sandy
Hook instead of fists in their battle.
Fifteen thousand big round Amer
lean dollars, or paper if they prefer,
for a fight between Fitzsimmons and
Gardner! And in the shape Of a guar
anteed purse offered by Jack Herman!
That doesn't look as If any other box
er could rush in ahead of Fitz for the
first whack at Gardner since his de-
feat of Jack Root.
Herman had previously offered $1O,-
900 for a battle between these men,
but raised the price when other clubs
became enthusiastic for the match.
The Cornishman at first demanded
that the fight take place on the Pacific
coast, making the claim that there the
authorities would not prevent it.
But Herman has assured Fitz that
the Canadian powers that be will per-
nit the go to be held at Fort Erie.
Herman adds that he is determined to
get the match, and If any other club
raises the purse to $4,000 he will go
higher still. All Of which goes to show
what drawing card Fitzsimmons re-
mains.
Andy Craig, manager Of Gardner, is
confident, or says he is, that his man
can beat Fitz- Craig won over $4,000
in wagers when Gardner whipped Root.
Now he declares that he will bet any
part of $4,000 that Gardner will repeat
the dose on Fitz.
Craig has already posted a forfeit of
$1,000 in Chicago to bind match be-
tween the men. HARRY MARTIN.
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erF5gAk.

The coming fight between Jeffries
and Corbett for the worlds heavy
weight championship is the all absorb
ing topic Of discussion among followers
Of pugilism. The general opinion is
that the ex-champion has no chance
whatever of staying the limit, twenty
rounds, with Jeffries, and even people
that In the past have been prominent
hackers of Corbett aver that he will
be knocked out during the first ten
rounds.
However, Corbett has bundles of con-
ddeuce, as usual, and he thoroughly be-
lieves that he will succeed In staying
the limit with JEFF and will gain the
decision on points But as to knocking
out Jeffries well, Corbett is not so
sure that he can accomplish this most
difficult feat, although he says there is
a possibility that he can put punch
into the champions anatomy that will
stop his thinking apparatus long
enough for the mighty JEFF to be count
ed out.
Jeffries says that SO far as Corbett
is concerned there's nothing to it."
He has rounded into excellent shape
at Hardin Springs, CAL, and feels that
he has the purse "cinched."
Like Jeftlfes, Corbett is also training
within a few miles of Frisco, where the
fight is to occur Aug Ia Gentleman
Jim has been working for months in
anticipation of the bout He says he
is feeling ten years younger than he
really is and that his system Of train
ing has given him greater hitting
power than he ever had before. Well,
he will need this added ability If he
expects to bother jeff a great deal.
Pugilistic circles in Frisco were star
tied recently by stories Of lack of con-
dition from the Jeffries camp that
would not down.
The most persistent of these reports
was that Jeffries was finding the task
of reducing a most trying one and
that his efforts to acquire speed have
disappointed Fitzsimmons, Delaney
and the corps Of trainers called into
consultation.
The reason for Jeffries' trouble was
of course attributed to the rather free
and easy way In which the boiler
maker conducted himself after his last
contest.
The critical ones affirm that Jeffries
is not the Jeffries Of old by 40 per cent
and that Jim Corbett, after all, with
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light finish with the Milwaukee club,
of which James A. Hart, now Of the
Chicago Nationals, was president.
The next year there was no club at
Oshkosh, and Seiee went to Omaha, his
team finishing fifth in the Western
league race, but in 1889, still In the
same league, Selee led Omaha TO a
championship, and thereby gained his
second minor league pennant by wide
margin. Selee's work had already won
recognition in the big league, and dur
Ing that year he acted as agent of the
Boston club Of the National league IN
signing players for the Hub.
The following year, 1890, Selee en-
tered the ranks Of major league man
ayers, becoming manager of the Bos
ton team. Again he crossed the base
ball path Of James A. Hart, succeeding
the present Chicago National league
president as manager at Boston. Harris
Boston team had finished second in
1889, and In 1890 Selee landed his new
charges in fifth place.
Among the players whom Selee had
on his team, however, were Lowe, until
recently captain of the Chicago Ma
donals; Herman Long, Kid Nichols,
who is still with the Boston Nationals,
and others, all recruited from the West
ern league, and in 1891 began selee's
long list Of championships, the Boston
club winning the pennant in the Ma
ttOnal league. Long and Nichols owe
most of their success to the interest
showed in them by Selee.
In 1892 came another pennant under
the 1.-TWO series plan" Boston winning
the first series, Cleveland the second
and Boston finally winning the play off
and with it a second National league
pennant.
Then in 1893 Selee made it three
straight, Boston winning again, and
Selee had tied Ansons three year rec
ord Of 1881, 1882 and 1883.
Ned Hanlon and Baltimore then
sprang into prominence, and that com
bination won three successive pennants
in 1894, 1895 and 1896, Boston finishing
third. sixth and fourth in the twelve
club league.
Selee was not to be denied, however,
and he soon gave Hanlon dose Of his
own medicine. Boston won the Ma
tional league championship in both
1907 and 1898, each year beating Balti-
more, which finished second.
The consolidation Of the Baltimore
and Brooklyn clubs enabled Hanlon to
tie Selee, for in the years 1899 and 1900
Hanlon landed the flags, giving himself
total Of five championships, the same
as Selee and Arson. In 1899 Selee was
second with Boston and in 1900 third.
With the raids Of the American league
upon the Nationals stars in 1901 Fred
Clarke and Pittsburg stepped in, win
ming the championship, and Selee had
to content himself with fifth place for
Boston.
Last year Selee was induced to go to
Chicago by President Hart, and with
weak team the former Boston man
landed the club fifth.
This year he made strong start and
the critics are now about unit in
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Manager Frank selee, for whom
thousands Of Chicago's fans are pull
ing in the hope that he can guide the
National league club into possession of
championship, which has not visited
Chicago since 1886, is no novice in win
ming pennants. He has brought out
seven championship teams, five of
which have been figuring in major
league company.
Selee, Hanlon and Arson form a
class Of their own in National league
history. Each has captured FIVE pen
nants, and IL the quiet but hard work
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Can and Bells.

James r. Keene is bringing back Cap
and Bells from England and intends to
retire the Oaks winners to his Castle
ton stud in Kentucky. Cap and Bells
won the Oaks in 1901 and is now FIVE
years old. She will be the first English
Oaks winner to make America her
home, although the event is over hun
dred years old.
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Antn nninra-

Although the Paris Madrid race was
not completed the Spanish Automobile
club has awarded it's cup for the win
ner to Gabriel. who made the fastest
time to Bordeaux.
It is proposed to erect monument
in Paris to NJ. Renault, who was killed
In the recent Paris Bordeaux race.
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leagues Can't Combine,

There is no way Of agreeing on a
basis of merger with the American
league" says Colonel John Rogers, for.
merly president Of the Philadelphia Ma
tionals. @