davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun., 1904-06-14
The Scots in the Antarctic.
From the St. Jau,es's Gazette,

Mr. Ferrier. secretary Of the Scottish Antarctic
Expedition, has received . letter from Mr.. ". S.
Bruce. leader Of the expedition. who says: I've
have reached the southeastern extremity Of the
Weddell Sea. discovering there great barrier of
Toe. part OF the Antarctic Continent We have zone
7i5 miles further south than last year. and $50 fur
thcr than Ross In this part Of the Antarctic regions
We got bcset here In "a south rs west. and were
frozen in from 7th TO 18th March, SO when we got
out by chance thought wisest not 10 proceed
further In trying 10 get south apd west. but to
continue our programme 70 Vie northeast. Dur
Ing bad weather We sounded from here up to Cough
IslAnd. and from Cough Island 10 the Cape. revo-
lutionixing the map Of the South Atlantic Ocean
By nndng relatively shallow where specially deep
water was expected"
The sun., 1904-06-14
Balfour and Russia.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In the
Westr,iaster Gazette Of May 81 Mr.. Henry
Norman says: II the opportunity for media
tion should come, let us freely recognize the
great sacrifices and the national necessities
Of both belfeerents. and not forget that the
statesman who IN set terms invited Russia
to Port Arthur was the present British Prime
Minister.
. Having always supposed that Russia's
original occupation Of Port Arthur was II,
defiance Of the wishes Of most OF the Powers
land especially in defiance Of Engiand's
wishes). and under a promise that II should
not be permanent, this statement OF Mr..
Norman leaves me founderine, and turn
to TaE Sun for light u. TRorTIR.
NEW YoRK, June IL.
The sun., 1904-06-14

promise to assist China in projecting
Manchuria against the aggression Of
other Powers. That the importance OF
the acquisition was at the time grossly
underrated by the British Government
is evident from tho fact that Lord SAILS
BURY, speaking at Albert Hall In May,
1898, said thrt in his opinion Russia
made great mistake in taking Port Ar
thur, as it would be of no use to her what
ever. This although, with Port Arthur
as base, 1t should have been patent that
Russia could command Corea on the one
hand and put pressure upon Pekn on
the other by simultaneous advance from
east and west. Manifestly, moreover,
Lord SALISBURY did not foresee that by
means of the free ports which she con-
templated opening Russia hoped to oust
British trade from northern China and
that in obtaining Port Arthur she had
effected the keynote Of the political
game.
Under the circumstances, 1t is difficult
to see when the invitation to occupy Port
Arthur, which Mr. HENRY NORMAN at
tributes to Mr.. A. j. BALFoUR, could have
been extended, for Port Arthur was al
ready occupied when Lord SALISBURY
was still Prime Minister. The psychologi-
cal moment for extending such an invi-
tation would have been during the nego-
tiations between Sir C. SCOTT, British
Ambassador at st. Petersburg, and Count
MOURAvIEFF, Russian Minister for For
eign Affairs, for an agreement respect
ing spheres of influence in China. As a
matter Of fact, however, it was not until
April 2s, 1890, when Port Arthur had been
in Russian hands for about year and
FIVE months, that the Anglo-Russian
agreement respecting spheres OF influ-
ence in China was signed. By that agree
ment, it will be remembered, Great Brit
ain engaged not to seek for her own ac-
count, or on behalf of her subjects, any
railway concession to the north Of the
Great Wall Of China, and not to obstruct,
directly or indirectly, Russia's applica-
ton for railway concessions in that re-
gion; while, on her part, Russia cove
nanted not to seek for her own account, or
on that of her subjects. any railway con-
cession in the basin of the Yang-tse, and
not to obstruct, directly or indirectly,
Great Britain's application for railway
concessions in the region drained by that
great river.
Such are the facts, chronologically
stated. We can discover in them no basis
for Mr.. HENRY NoRMAN's assertion.
The sun., 1904-06-14
soxtATrxRs IN srArs LANDS.
\, y r. ~ q NJ ~ . -
Explanatlon Of the Pslicy ef the Fsrcst,
4 Fish ana Game csmsIssien Of New York.

Expianatlon oS the Pslicy of she Fsrcst,
4 Fish and Game csmmIssion OF New York.
8 TO TIE EplroH OF THssux-str; consid-
cradle criticism has been made b the public
press relative to the action Of the Forest. Fish
and Gane Commission tn ejecting equatsers
from state lands and In destroying camps
erected By the sauatters.
! This matter has been largely misunderstood.
and great Injustice has been done to the State
commission and to the game protectors who
arc carrying cut their orders. As matter OF
fact. the State officers are entitled to praise
for their endeavors to protect the State land
and conserve it for the benefit OF the public
desiring to camp and enjoy the woods and
waters during the summer season.
In order that the matter may be better
understood we will state that 1t has been the
custom for many years past for sauatters to
erect permanent camps upon the State lands.
without any permission whatever from the
state. and then without shadow OF owner
ship or title to rent. the camps for Large large
plcious purchasers, thus deriving large sums
entailine much trouble and litigation upon
o.p: saSsa IL s sssssE e
and campers from the state lands. and n
ss ' sSe Il M pubic
are desirons Of fishing and camping on these
lands, and Of enjoying the State property
as the public has right to do, are deprived
of the most desirable points on the lake FRONTS
and are unable to camp except by going BACK
into the woods or to some undesirable spot
In order to prevent the acquisition Of own
ershfp by adverse possession, which tney
would claim after certain number OF years.
the game protectors have been directed by
the commission to elect these beligerent
squattere: and when they absolutely refused
to leave and asserted their pretended title
against the state. the campo were torn down.
No considerable number have yet been re-
moved. however. 1t being hoped that the squat
ters would leave peaceably
In no instance have the game projectors
acted barshly or prematurely. In all cases
the trespassers were repeatedly ASKED 70
remove quietly. and It was only where they
absolutely refused and claimed title that the
camps were torn down. Only four camps IN
the entire Adirondack wilderness have been
removed, and In those instances the squatters
did notpay cent for the property, but merely
moved in and occupied old camps that mad
been abandoned by previous parties.
It is obvious that there Is no great reason
for sympathy. with these trespassers and vio-
lators OF the law who are endeavoring TO ex-
clude the. public from the enjoyment Of the
state lands and sHho are renting State lands
and pocketina, the rent. The action Of the
State offlcials II wnplly for the benefit of the
public. and their action should be supported
by all right thihAing citizens. to the end that
the public may be free to enjoy the woods
and waters Of the state lands. B. &C.
. MALONE, June IL.
The sun., 1904-06-14
Is Uncle Joe Receptive or Deceptive?

The Hon. JOSEPH G. CANNON is sixty
eight years old, yet this is the sort of
food which is offered to him by some
of his admirers. We quote from the
Philadelphia Ledger:
HIS popularity Is general and has no geographic
cal limitation and II four years hence he should
be as eager to secure the Presidential nomination
as he Is now to escape the nomination for Vice
President his chance to win the prize would be
greater Is Speaker Of the House than as that neg
ligibie quantity, the President Of the Senate
Is there some justification for Mr..
CANNoN's apparent megalomania? Does
his firm resolve not to be Inundated
by presiding over the "blankety-blank
Senate conceal lurking longing for
first place?
He Is too old bird to be caught by
chaff about 1908. The living present
Is his chance, II he has any. After
ROOSEVELT, the deluge. Perhaps sooner.
Now is the accepted time for the CATO
Of Vermilion county.
II his popularity is general and has no
geographical limitation, he has an adj
vantage over Mr.. ROOSEVELT.
Unfortunately the delegates, with the
exception Of the Hon. Lou PAYN's con-
ungent, are for, Mr.. ROOSEVELT for
President. At least, they will have to
vote for him. In the case Of Mr.. CAM
NON they can exercise their free choice.
Often there is something cruel in the
humor Of crowd; and the reluctance
of Mr.. CANNON to be Inundated would
add piquancy to the act OF forcing the
nomination upon him.
FAIRBANKS grins coyly AND yearns to
be @humIiated. CANNON blusters and
swears that he will not be "humiliated.
The latter's tactics are, the wiser, If he
wants to be nominated.
The sun., 1904-06-14
Skipping.

In a mastery article on Skipping,
a writer in our learned contemporary
the National Reriew, DR.. FRANCIS T,
BOND of London. discusses the various
forms of health exercise which promote
the circulation of the blood and avert
the horrors Of obesity.
That exercise, Dr. BOND points out, is
the best which can be practised most
conveniently anywhere; which is most
readily available at any moment, and
which can be enjoyed by all, whether
old or young, gentle or simple, tall or
short, and last, but not least, whether
spare or fat, at the smallest possible
cost TERrvLLIAN's definition Of cath
olicity. AQuod ubique quod semper
quod alb omnibus, ," is the test which this
enthusiastic advocate Of skipping applies
successfully to walking, running, swim
ming, riding, golf, lawn tennis and so
forth; and he rejects them all, in respect
Of universal availability and peculiar
charm, in favor Of the skipping-rope Of
our childhood. DR.. BOND implores his
readers not to be deferred from giving
serious attention to the merits Of this
form Of exercise 4by what a great epi-
grammatist has happily called the idle
chatter Of irresponsible frivolity.'" He
cites this case:
"One of my correspondents, who permits his
evidence In this matter 70 be used. and who has
been systematic skipper all his life. AYERS that
on one occasion At school he piled up . record OF
5000 singles and. ON another, Of 800 doubles
being stopped each trip only by the school bell.
He claims, however. to have executed only few
trebles,' and not many Of those consecutivcly.
Those who. even ss active childfen between seven
and eight years Of age, which was his age at tho
time. win attempt 70 rval this record will appre.
ciate tho enormous effort and the soundncss Of
wind and limb which enabled this now aged cham.
pion Of the rope to perform such exploits
Another witness to the virtues OF sys-
tematic skipping is that we'll known
pugilist of the mid-Victorian era, JEM
MACE, who had 80 high an opinion of
skipping for the purpose Of training that
he used it largely to get himself into con-
dition for fighting, and especially as a
means Of promoting agility, in which he
was remarkably proficient.
We are surprised at the failure of the
National Reuiew to note the case of an
even more distinguished practitioner of
skipping than JEM MACE. We quote
for DR.. BoND's benefit from page % Of
the Hon. JACOB RIIs's biography OF the
present President Of the United States:
1T is remembered that TnxoooRz Roosrvxpr
set Harvard to skipping tho rope. sport 1t had
II suited this student TO keep up the exercise a. a
means OF Strengthening the leg muscles. and rope
skipping became pss.me OF the class of 1880"
Why should the advocates of skipping
fear tho idle chatter rofirresponsible Of friv-
olity when they can point to the illus
trious legs Of ROOSEVELT?
The sun., 1904-06-14
Tobacco lnvAdes London Guilds.

In tho good old days" when tho vino circu-
lated freely after dinner and every bon Wssur
could gauge tho merits Of Q gass Of port. to have
paid homage 70 tho goddess Nicotine would have
been almost sot of sacrilege. To-day cigar
Il looked upon the Inevitable sequel 10 . dinner.
For long while the moro sedate City Guilds re-
one they have conceded tho point and now the
last of tho "old guard" has fallen Into line. The
Goldsmiths Company has just granted permiaaion
TO smoke ss soon - the loyal toasts have been
hnnofed.
The sun., 1904-06-14

The woman suffragists have gained a
powerful ally for their cause in Mgr. La
vxlLE, the rector Of st. Patricks Cathedral,
for probably it is safe to assume that he
represents much Roman Catholic clerical
sentiment on the question.
The sun., 1904-06-14

The Atlanta Constitution comments AZ
follows upon the probable absence Of the
Hon. JOSEPH RALPH BUsIoN of Kansas
from the Chicago convention that meets
one week from to-day:
Circumstances over which he has no control
viii make II Impossible for Senator JoaxPa RALPH
The sun., 1904-06-14
Marriage Not a Failure in Kansas.

Ff0HI IR ESkVuDe t1uT.
The dimplcd bundle resting innocently upon tho
arm OF its admiring mother at the homo of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles MogGie since Monday. June Q.
certainly acccntuatcs 10 the happy father that
marriage Is not failure. Marriage failure, No.
the happy, grateful expression OF almost divine
love seen In the young mothers eyes as she croons
sweet lullaby over her hrstborn. son. uproots
all such thoughts.
The sun., 1904-06-14
Tho l3.th birthday Of the Flag.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN--,sir: Never before
In the history of our country was the American
nag 50 respected II Is this 127th birthday, June
IL, 1904.
Tho poet william Henry Hs worth. well says:
Man never made and nature never produced any
thing more beautiful than the American flag"
NEW YORK, June Is AMERICAN.
The sun., 1904-06-14

The Virginia delegation will be power
in the st. Louis convention, and it will be
q power becauseit goes thither uncommitted
in advance to any candidate for the nomi-
nation and free to assist in making the
ticket that il most likely to win.
The sun., 1904-06-14

My Paw. he started In one night
To kick about the farm.
An this Is what he sez to Nav:
Il listened: what's the harmO
Paw ser the climate shets plumb down
An oil ambition kills
Yer picter never glts In print
A. bcin' cured o. chils.
He sez the house Is rottin' down:
The water. II aint At;
The bugs eat up the garden truck:
He wishes he could git.
Then Paw he licked his pencil hard
A.pralsin' o. the hum.
An In about week or so
The summer boardefs come.
LcLANpDu1oH WILSON.
The sun., 1904-06-14
"Keeping out OF IT,"

From the Springfield Republican.
President Roosevet's success in keepin9
clear OF the Colorado mix-up has been one Of
the clever and well sustained political man
9uvres of the year. For months there has
been . strenuous combination OF effort to
keep him out. and no one has seconded the
effort more earnestly than Mr.. Roosevelt
himaelf ~ d
The sun., 1904-06-14

We had Just asked the successful mefchaat for
his motto.
"his on both sides Of the door" was his steFeo.
typed reply.
"Ah." We responded. Push and 'Pun'f"
Nope" he answered II stay on the inside and
keep you on the outsdc.-
And while the siam Of the portal echoed h our
ear we saw the true method Of rreasness.
The sun., 1904-06-14

story comes from the Elmdale nood about
q stubborn mule He was said to be si. 500 jack
In attempting 70 lead him out Of the nood he had
70 cross little ditch that would almost swim him.
Several men got ono side OF the ditch. the mule
ON the other. and they all tugged away ~ the halter
rope, but the mule would not bulge. He stood
there several hours until the water got up arovnd
his neck and he decided TO move. Nothing less
serious than q prospect Of drownins could hs-.
hudRed him,
The sun., 1904-06-14
Small Pay for school Teachers.

FT0U M EouedlI0fIdI Rtv1eU.
The average wage Of o male school teacher In tho
United States Is sbout S450 per year.
The average salary of a woman teacher In the
United States Is about $3.50 per year.
The sun., 1904-06-14
woman In .Jasxs.

From ths Japan weekly Aag.
Countess Otani telder sister Of the Grown PrpeSsD
wife OF the Lord Abbot OF the Nishi HonSWAAii.
Kyobo has arrived at Gifu on the way from Toxic,
On May 10 she delivered speech At . meeting o
Buddhist ladies with reference 70 the oblig stons
OF women 1t the present time.
The sun., 1904-06-14

Their Habit
Mary had . little COOK
I'm told that 10 WAe 49,
And everywhere that AaGV vanA
The cook WoD 0uyo ~ -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-08-09
Three Farmers Boys.

Alton B. Parker, Henry G. Davis, Charles v.
Fairbanks, the three men whom the recent Ma
tional Conventions have thrust into national
prominence, were all farmer lads. They are hne
men, brawny and vigorous with the good blood
of early life in the country-one OF them active
still at eighty-one. They are wholesome men. OF
the kind Americans love, clear-eyed, self-rellant,(
domestic, successful, unafraid. All that they
got, of education came to them through their
individual exertions. They married young, and
married for love-at least two of them displayed
their confidence in their future by comparatively
early marriages. We have not yet come across
this particular item concerning Mr.. Davis, but
the chances are he did as the others. These men
obtained their high place in public esteem on
the basis of Notwithstanding Christian AdVo-
cate.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-08-09
The Japanese Women and the War.

So great is the enthusiasm of the Japanese
in the war, says The Delineator for August, that
the women of every class, from the Empress to
the lowliest, are giving not only half of their
wealth and incomes but of their personal efforts
to make easier the lot of the soldiers in the field.
Everyone is fired with the ambition to have "a
part in the success of japanese arms, and, as a
result, many associations have sprung into exist
ence with the purpose of providing for the sol
diers and their families. One of the greatest Of
these is the Ladies' Nursing Association, a self
supporting auxiliary of the Red Cross Society.
1t numbers among it's members the best aristo-
cracy of the Empire, and these women are to be
found daily at work in the bandage room or hos
pitfalls. The Ladies' Patriotic League has for It's
aim especially the care of the soldiers and their
families. 1t has a membership of $4,000, and in
cludes women from all ranks. The Ladies' Edu-
cat1onal Society, also a mammoth organization.
has extended its aims to cover the needs of the
war, and does incalculable good. In all the girls
schools the pupils are helping in some way, knit
ting socks for the sailors or making caps or 9th
er articles for the soldiers. The humblest are
doing something. 1t is said that the servant
girls are dispensing with the services of the hair,
dresser, a great deprivation to them. and others
OF the poor are doing without fish with their rice
every other day. Millions of these people are
mlserably poor. but they find a way to give or
90 something for the common cause.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-08-09
Railroad President and Engineer.

The Rockingham Anglo-Saxon gives a North
Carolina incident that furnishes a good example
for young men. We quote:
Speaking of working men, these Page boys
are that sort of people. A year or two ago an
engineer refused to do the shifting at Pinehurst,
while he was resting, and got off his engine and
quit his job. It made no Inference. Henry A.
Page, president of the road, jumped on that en-
CINE and did the shifting. In the afternoon hev
wired to Biscoe for another engineer to make
the evening run. The recalcitrant engineer
spent several days begging to get his job back.
and he did not again refuse to do any work re-
CURED of him. The moral is, most of US fear, we
will do too much for the money we get and the
result is that this littleness of spirit keeps us from
getting as much as we need"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-08-09
Utterly Impossible.

Uncle Daniel Harmon's pastor was a vigorous
temperance advocate. For years and years he
had preached to the old man about the virtues
of total abstinence, but had never succeeded in
convincing his parishioner that it was wisest and
best for him to part company with the "cussid
stuff" At last one day, after long persuasion,
the minister managed to extract from the old
man a promise that he would not drink another
drop. The Saturday night following the day OF
which this promise was obtained the parson met
Uncle Dan on the street with a basket of gro
ceries in one hand and a ~tell-tale "little brown
jug" in the other.
"What you got in dat jug, Uncle Dan" asked
the parson.
cts liquor!" exclaimed the old man; otis
liquor. It sho' is liquor, an / amt gwinetah lie
bout it."
"Whose liquor is it" inquired the minister.
cit b1ongs to me an Deacon Walkah-me an
Deacon Walkah, sab" said Uncle Dan, looking
the questioner straight in the eye.
"Bruddah Harmon, you amt forgot you
promus so soon, is you?" asked Rev. Mickins.
Uncle Dan made no reply.
"Set dat jug down-set it right down. COM
manded the parson, can POI dat whiskey right out
on de groun'w
The old man put the basket and the jug down.
Then, Strengthening up, he said: :
"Bruddah Pastah, you knows I tries to hey
you in ev'yting-I. sho' do; but I don't think
you'd want me to follah yo' ordars in dis mat
tab eff I toP you it would cause me to treat Dea-
con Walkah wrong"
Il don't see," protested the preacher, "how
yond be treatin' Deacon Walkah wrong by po'in'
out dat liquor"
Aim l done toP you" explained Uncle Dan,
"dat me an Deacon Waikiki went GIN ooboo+s,
in buyin' dis liquor-dat ha'f Nv it b1ongs to him
an de uddah ha'f blongs to meg"
Oats so,o said Rev. Mickens, "dat's so, I'm
Gle Dan; well, den, you POI out yo' ha'f-I reckin
you kin do that!'
Oats impossible" said Uncle Dan, "dat's on
possible; / can't POI out my ha'f 'dout poin' out
Deacon Walkah's half"
"How's dat~ asked the preacher. allows
datw
cause" said the old man, deacon Walkah's
hats on top, an mines at de bottom p-Silas
| Xavier Floyd, in May Lippincotts.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-08-09
THE HOME CIRCLE
Things and the Man.

"And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it
to his brethren; and they hated him yet the
1875.
Oh, We who hold the written clew
To all save all unwritten things,
And half a league behind pursue
The accomplished fact with fouts and filings,
Look, to your knee your baby brings
The oldest tale since earth began,
The answer to your worryings-
Once ON a time there was a man.
Thrones, powers, dominions block the view
With episodes and underlings;
The meek historian deems them true,
Nor needs the song that Clio sings,
The simple central truth that stings
The mob TO bee, the priest to ban:
Things never yet created things.
Once on a time there was a man.
A bolt is i fallen from the blue,
A wakened realm full circle swings
Where Dothan's dreamer dreams anew
Of vast and forborne havestings;
And unto him an empire clings
That grips the purpose of his plan.
Ny lords, what think We of these things?
Once in our time is there a man?
From Rudyard Kipling's new poem in praise of
Joseph Chamberlain, published Aug. 1, 1904.