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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01
THE GAME OF WHIP VAN WRINKLE

THIS story and game are des-
tined to fill long-felt want.
4 They are to fill out a painful
gap in the history Of one OF
Americas most noted historical char
acters.
That character is Rip Van Wrinkle,
Everybody knows of him and how
he played at bowls in the mountains.
Yet who knows what kind Of game il
was that resulted so strangely?
This will tell you.
The description of the magic game
which was taught to old Rip by the
mountain gnomes, was written out on
piece of quaking aspen bark in the
middlest midnight in the middle of
an uneven year, by Saperlot, King of
the Little Men. He hid it in the dark
est part of a dark cave and wove a
spell over it so that only the tallest
son of a short father should ever be
able to get it, providing he entered
the cave neither by walking or run
ming or jumping or crawling.
Last winter it happened that the
tallest son of short father was look
ing for rabbit which had hoped
into the cave. And while he stood
STOPPING, bull came along and gave
him a bump which sent him into the
cave head first. So, having fulfilled
the conditions of the spell, he found
the bark manuscript.
He sat down and studied it, but
though he was the short fathers tall
est son, he was not by any means the
smartest. So he soon became per
picked, And as he had brain that
was unaccustoned to thought, he fell
asleep
While he was asleep, the Little Men
stole out of their holes in the noun
tain and filled his head with queer
dreams They made him dream that
he was playing Rip Van Wrinkle. and
that he played at bowling with the
gnomes and beat them every time
Faster and faster he rolled the
bowls down the mountain, and they
made such a tremendous noise that
the oldest inhabitant in the village said
January thunder
Will make the crops wonder"
Indeed no." said the next to the
Oldest inhabitapt. Its the other way:
If it thunders DER the snow
All the crops will fail to grow"
Thereupon the two old inhabitants
| became bitter enemies and wrote tc
the papers about it.
Then the tallest son dreamed that
the COLLINS grew tired of being
beaten and all at once they seized the
tenpins and belabored him until he
woke up.
He felt stiff and sore and he was
quite sure that he had had another ex-
perience like that of Rip Van Wrinkle
So he clambered heavily down the
mountain and entered his native village
prepared to tell his wondrous story
But to his sorrow he discovered that
nobody was surprised to see him
Also, nobody seemed day older thar
when he went away. And when hi:
short father came out and roared al
him to know why he had not done hi:
chores, the tallest son sadly realized
that he had only been asleep a few
hours.
! But he really and truly did have The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01
got briars and the thistle grew its
wicked sDiues.

got briars and the thistle grew it.,
wicked spines.
Soon the world, that had been a
peaceful garden, with sunny, open
glades and messy paths through the
woods, became a sadly tangled will
derness; and flowers that once had
thought only of turning adoring faces
to the sky, now were forced to fight
for life so fercely that they spent
most of their time struggling upward
through entangling thickets Of other
flowers.
The roses clambered in and out and
over vines and trees and shrubs, chok-
ing them with the strength of their
arms and stabbing them with their
sharp, little daggers. The woodbine
and the honeysuckle learned to hang
on the other plants and suffocate them.
The thorn apple learned to squat itself
on the ground and spread out its
leaves and roots so that no other
plant could live near it. And the bur-
dock learned to arm its flower heads
with hooks.
The war Of the plants lasted for
many years. 1t was in those hard
days that the jungles grew where the
great serpent-like creepers still stran-
gle the trees and wonderful flowers
grow in the lower gloom be ause they
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01
Each player selects a man.

A twirl of the teetotum, and the
player places his man upon whatever
figure is indicated. Should two play
ers each hit upon the same number
the last at the wheel sends his oppo-
nent back again to the starting Of the
game.
Numbers 2, 7, 9 and 6 are safety
posts and are shown in shaded panels
If a player is on one of these he is
safe and then the second player, on
striking the same number, loses his
turn.
A tally sheet must be kept, for the
players, to win, must eventually strike
all of the pins or numbers.
Repeated numbers count against the
player-the addition of these must be
subtracted from their sum total. For
instance, if player is at number IL
and has already struck IA or II or any
other number, and his turn Of the
wheel brings either of those numbers
back again, that number must be sub
tracted from the combination Of the
other numbers already put down or
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

leaves-for the oaks and the naples
and the other foliage trees be-
gan to rain down leaves, and the
pines and the cedars showercd needles
till all the earth in the woods was
covered with soft, thick carpet.
Then the plants that had fought
so hard to get more than their share
Of sunlight could not live in the woods
any longer, for the leaves and needles
smothered them; but the shy little
flowers that had run away timidly and
had learned to grow low and hidden,
found safe nests there.
That is why the dear, timid flowers
like the arbutus, the wood anemone,
the violet and the forget-me-not are
so plentiful now in the woods,
while the bigger flowers and plants
grow on open hill sides and in the
fields.
And when the fighting plants had
all been driven out Of the woods. and
were forced to crowd together else
where, they became weary Of war,
too. For the nettle and the thistle
and their allies thrived in the open
places and conquered everywhere. So
it came about that at last the plants
appealed to the fairies to arbitrate.
The result was the great Peace Of
the Flowers. 1t came about in the
winter, and the first thing that the
fairies commanded was that all the
plants should cast aside their uni
forms. That is why all the plants
are bare and brown now in the win
ter.
Then the fairies set for each plant
a limit beyond which it might not
go.
They drove the orchids and giant
creepers to the burning Equator. The
wicked cactus and the yucca and
Spanish bayonet, which had helped
the nettle and the thistle, were sent
to hot, sandy deserts to live alone
with the company only of rattlesnakes
and ella monsters The lichens and
the MOSES. which had been so zeal
GUS in war that they had forgotten
how to blossom, were banished to the
cold lands in the Arctic circle.
Most of the plants obeyed the or
ders of the fairies willingly, for they
were weary of fighting The rose
was the first to come in and declare
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for peace, and as a reward, she was
crowned the Queen of Flowers. But
she was ordered to wear her thorns
as an eternal mark to show that she
had once engaged in war
Other plants, such as the tulip and
the dahlia, were punished by being
deprived of their fragrance. Because
the morning glory had ,choked so
many plants during the great war, she
was permitted to open her flowers
only IN the morning. The aster and
the chrysanthemum were commanded
to have no flowers except in the au-
tumn, just before all the plant world
goes to sleep.
All obeyed at last except the nett1e.
the thistle, the poke weed and a small
army of similar plants. They CON
tinued to fight and to attack and kill
the others. At last the fairies sought
counsel again from the wise, old live
oak, and he said to them:
Call man in and give him com
mand over the plant world. He will
subdue the rebels and will punish
them"
So the fairies called man in and he
made strong engine of war called
plough. He fastened it to horses and
drove it over the world, from the
north to the south and from the east
to the west
The plants that had accepted the
fairies terms of peace were lifted
carefully by him whenever his plough
tore them out of the earth; he car
rled them home to woman and she
planted them afresh and watered them
and tied them to props until they be-
came more beautiful than ever.
But the rebel plants were not spared
by man, because they would not yield.
His terrible plough cut them to
pieces and threw them aside. And
soon they had been driven from all
the open fields of the world.
They tried to escape to the woods.
but the trees spread out their arms
and covered the ground with a shade
so dense that they tainted for want
OF sunlight. They rained leaves on
them and smothered their buds. They
rained needles on them so that their
seeds could not reach the little brown
beds that good old Mother Earth
makes for the babies of the other
plants.
So the nettle and the thistle and the
Unison weed and the dandelion and
the poke weed and all their friends
became outcasts, and they live to this
day only as rebels, growing in the
waste places, in the dust of the high
ways and among refuse and desola-
ton
But they have never yielded entire
ly And that is why, to this day, all
over the world, man is forever fight
ing the weeds
JULIUS MULLER.
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magic bark of quaking aspen He
told everybody about it, but nobody
believed it, for the King of the Little
Men had, unfortunately, caught old
Rips name wrong in his haste and
had written it down as Whip Van
Wrinkle
However, the tallest son soon
formed bowling club and they all
played the new game. 1t made him
exceedingly popular everywhere ex-
cept at home where the short father
had to do all the work.
But virtue is its own reward; and so
it was in this case, for the bowling
club nominated the tallest son
successfully for Congress, the State
Legislature, Sheriff, Coroner, Alder
man, Tax Clerk and Town Constable.
He would have been elected to each
and every one of these Offices if there
had not been too many votes against
him. AS it was. he gained SO much
political experience that he ran tri-
umphantly for village dog catcher and
he lived happily ever after, earning
fully one-third as much as the unfor-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

the valley and other gentle little flow
ers learned 10 hang their heads so
hat only the sharpest eyes can see
them.
At last the fairies (of whom the
world was full in those days just as
it is now called on the oldest tree in
the forest TO advise them how to re-
store peace. He was a tall and
mighty live oak, with a brown, wise
face scanned with wrinkles, and he
had vast silver beard of Spanish
moss. He shook his mighty green
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01
Tedrchtight's Dead Spots

NE Of the complications that
make us unhappy on bat
~ tleship when we expect a
torpedo attack" said an
American naval officer last week, us
the fact that there is a dead spot in
the beam of the searchlight If a
torpedo boat can fit in and lie in the
center of this beam of darkness that
plays over the water wherever our
beam of light plays, it can lie there
with impunity. We cannot see it from
the ship.
Il had an excellent opportunity to
test the truth of this during the mimic
war off the New England coast.
commanded small dispatch boat, and
when we were off Plum Island at the
entrance to Long Island Sound, [
was sent in to scout and report what
! could discover of the batteries OH
the island.
eve ran in until we raised the
searchlight on the Notifications.
Slowly we proceeded then, lodging it
until we were in full range Of it. 50
that we had TO lie still. We waited
until the operator of the light ceased
for moment and held it steady. Then
we pushed in quick and lay almost
in the center of the dazzling white
pencil of light. 1t seemed to us on
the ship that we must be shining forth
like a set piece on a stage, for the
fierce beam illuminated every ripple
on the water around us; but our little
ship was right in the center Of the
dead spot, and as long as the light
was held steady we kept steaming,
boldly and unseen, in toward the fort.
Of course the moment the light was
moved we were discovered. But by
that time we had seen all we wanted
to, and approached so close to the
guns that we were entitled to claim
point for our side. which we did"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

the keeper of the only herd
in the United States last
week, pointing to the four
wierdly-shaped but beautifully-marked
animals, ''is worth at least $4,000 |
don't know how long we can keep
them alive. There is no animal living
that is harder to keep in captivity,
although the giraffe doesn't pine much
for freedom, apparently, if it once be-
comes accustomed to its surroundings.
These giraffes here are as tame as
horses. Indeed, they are even more
affectionate, for ] can't go into their
Enclosure without being followed all
around by them. I'll show you"
He went in and Immediately the
four great beasts lowered their heads
to touch him with their slender black
muzzles and followed him around with
swinging, easy glide that was
remarkably graceful considering their
unwieldly build.
ITS terribly hard to move them
around" said the keeper apart from
the trouble of moving a pen big and
high enough to hold these immense
animals, their footing is so insecure
in a confined space that they are like
ly at any moment to slip and fall with
the jolting of the wagon or car when
they are being transported, And then
it is goodbye, giraffe and goodbye,
$1,000 You can't mend broken bones
in a giraffe"
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and driven into the water So the
water lily and the lotus and their sis
tiers were born. There they found
peace; and white and calm and beau
tiful they stand to this day.
There were gentle plants that did
not learn to fight at ALL They fled
to the shadows Of the forest, and
there the tall, kind trees offered them
refuge among their roots. Thus the
arbutus and she may flower and the
NOW drops became wood flowers.
Thus, too, the violet and the lily Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01
had to flee to the depths of the will

had to flee to the depths of the will
derness during the war.
Some of these jungle flowers grow
now not in the earth, but high on the
bark of the trees, because they were
too hard pressed on the ground. That
is how the orchids were made.
The thistle and the rag weed and
the poke weed and other similar
plants joined the nettle at last, and the
allies drove some plants into the
thickest woods, and others were even
forced away from the land altogether
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

crown; and that
sent a message to
all the other trees,
compelling them
to listen.
And when they
had heard, there
came a soft, pleas
ant sound of show
ers in all the
w o 0 d S Of t h e
world; these were
showers, not OF
Aw A I err but O 1
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

ABOUT the plants III those days, Wnen
they were all alike beautiful and alike
gentle, with neither thorn nor needle
to hurt beast or bug.
But the nettle became so angry that
>she declared war against the other
plants.
Until then they had all lived in
peace, envying each other neither the
dew nor the sun, for there was
enough for all; but when the war be-
gan, jealousy began with it.
Immediately the plants began to
study the military art; and some de-
vised weapons for themselves while
others invented ways to become
stronger and taller than the rest of the
growths around them.
SO it happened that before long
there were plants that stood shoulders
higher than other plants, thus rob
bling them of their share of sun
and rain. Others learned to choke
and twining around them. And still
others found way to increase their
forces by shooting their seeds out
violently in all directions, thus max
ing new armies spring out Of the
ground.
But where the war was fercest, the
plants went so far as to arm them
selves. The first one to do it was
the nettle herself. She suddenly APP
peared with an armor beset with
thousands of tiny poisonous needles
that blistered everything that they
pierced.
For a time she carried all before
her, since no other plants in the
world had any except soft stems. But
then they also began tls to gre grow Wv. weap p+
her thorns and the blackberry vine
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01
The Tender Giraffe

nTTHiS herd of girafes,' said
the keeper of the only herd
in the United States last
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-09
DAVIS ADMIRED
BY BOTH PARTIES

Senator William Campbell of
Jefferson county, in looking over
some old legislative papers, came
across the following resolution,
which was passed by joint as
sembly Of the West Virginia Leg
islature in the spring Of the year
1888:
Whereas. Hon. Henry G.. Davis
will conclude on the 4th Of March
next his second term as a Senator
Of the United, States from West
Virginia. and, having declined to
be a candidate for reelection, will
then voluntarily retire from the
Senate: therefore. be it
Resolved. That a legislative ac-
acknowledgement and public express
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-09
LEGISLATIVE
SESSION

Charleston, Aug. 9.-The sec
Ond week Of the extra session was
passed and the House, after deIib-
Grating several days, passed six
bills. as follows: House Bills No.
"a. 22. 10 and ! and Senate Bill
No. I. Each Of them are tax bills
except No. "A, which is the Ches-
ter Independent School bill.
None Of them are Of special i'm
portance, but belong to the batch
Of bills prepared by the commit
tee Of four and re-edited by the
Finance committee Of the House
and Senate.
House Bill No. !, a bill to fix
licenses, came up Saturday on sec
ond reading for amendment. and
after wrestling with it nearly all
day Mr.. Gregory of Tyler, moved
the previous question and shut off
all further alterations. One Of the
sections of the bill provided for
taxing carnivals and street fairs,
and Gregory moved to amend the
same by excepting such entertain
ments held by or under the aus
pices of volunteer fire depart
ments. The motion prevailed and
the fremen will be exempt from
any such State, county or city
license taxes.
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There are eighteen more bills
to be gone over by the House, and
twelve by the Senate, so that it
would seem that the session will
close this week at most.
The Board Of Trade Of Charles
ton has extended an invitation to
the members Of both Houses To at
tend a banquet and boat ride this
evening and the same has been
accepted.
There is nothing new in poll
ties. except Delegate Cunningham
Of Tucker county. who was de-
frauded out Of the nomination
for Judge in his district, declares
he will run independent. The po-
IiticaI situation in county poll
ties is not so rosy for the Republi-
cans, as the factions have not
come 20 any terms in many Of
them.
Gaines and Edwards are fight
ing bitterly for tine Congressional
nomination, and defeat will be
sure for either in this district, az
the anti-Hog Combine have an in
dependent ticket out.
Senator Elkins is summering
at White Sulphur while the ses-
sion il in progress and touches
the wire every day with the lead
ers.
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INSTITUTE

The teachers gathered in the
auditorium of the High school
building yesterday morning at 10
a. M, and were called to order by
County Superintendent D. l..
Talkington. He introduced DR..
S. E. Swartz, of Broadus Scientific
and Classical institute, Clarks-
burg, who conducted the devo-
tional exercises by reading the
nineteenth Psalm and prayer.
After singing exercises the
teachers enrolled. DR.. Swartz for
mally opened the institute with a
discussion Of the teachers call
ing. He said the teachers welded
an influence greater than that Of
any other profession, not except
ing the ministry. He related some
interesting incidents in his own
life. and said he could not help
being a teacher. The Doctor is an
earnest educational worker, and
the success of our institute is as
sured from the outset.
Miss Ethel Garlic Of Morgan
town, was next introduced, and
gave an interesting talk.
Prof. VI. E. Hess also gave a
short talk in his interesting way.
After noon DR.. Swartz spoke on
the value Of a graded course Of
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sion of thanks is justly due unto
an hOnored and well tried public
servant. and that in accordance
with what we believe TO be the
sentiment Of the people of West
Virginia, not restricted to the
limits of one political party, we
do hereby declare that by his de-
votion to the public service at all
times and especially to the in
terests Of West Virginia, the Hon.
Henry 6. Davis has justly earned
the gratitude Of his constituents,
and in the respect and good will
Of the people Of the State he will
find the reward for a career Of
honesty, capability and energetic
endeavor in the public service.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-09
HORRIBLE RAILROAD DISASTER

occupants of these escaped death.
Fortunately two sleeping cars and
a diner completing the train, re-
mained on the track at the edge
of the abyss and none of their oc-
cupants was killed or injured.
How many perished probably
never will be definitely ascertain
ed, for the treacherOus sands are
drifting over the bodies. Seventy
corpses have already been taken
from the valley of death. 1t is be-
lieved over one hundred persons
perished.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-09

According to the correspondent
Of the Morning Post at Shanghai,
it is reported there that there are
10000 sick and wounded persons
at Port Arthur. and that the Rus
slams are negotiating with the
japanese to send the hospital ship
Mongolia away full of sick.
1t is reported. the correspond
ent says, that Lieut.. Gen. StOes-
sci (in command Of the military
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-09

The wreck of the Worlds Fair
Flyer, on the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, near Eden, seven
miles north of Pueblo, Sunday,
proves to be one of the greatest
railroad disasters in the history of
the country.
The crowded passenger cars and
baggage car were engulfed In
the torrent that tore out a tres
tie spanning Steele's Hollow, 9th
erwise known as Dry Creek, and,
SO far as known, only three of the
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study for district schools. ., He
spoke Of the bright and dull boy
in school work and thought that
no pupil would be unruly at school
if kept busy. He thought teach
ers were culpable for the mischev
iousness of the bright boys in
school in not providing them with
something to do, and holding them
back in their studies to keep in
their grade. 1t was said that
manual. and industrial training
was the solution Of the dull and
incapable boy problem. Many
good things were said on this sub
ject.
a. J. Williamson, representative
Of the American Book company,
next engaged the attention Of
the teachers. He held his audi
ence spellbound for an hour and
told many interesting and Illus
trative incidents of his own pro-
fessional life as teacher in the
West Virginia schools.
Charles Fleming Of Peasants
county, was next introduced, and
spoke for the Interstate Cor.
schools Of Chicago.
An interesting session is being
held today which will be detailed
in full tomorrow.
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Judge VI. II. Willis arrived in
the city Yesterday afternoon on
the 3:l4 train and left immedi-
ately for .Middlebourne. where he
is holding court. Judge Willis
stated TO an Oil Review represent
ative just previous to leaving for
the county seat that. in his Opin-
ion, the present term Of court
would cover a period Of two