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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02
REVIVAL OF WRESTLING.
Englishmen Turning Again to an An
cient Sport.

From the London Mail.
The wrestling boom of the present day is
no new thing. This country has expert
enced similar revivals of the sport through
out many centuries. At one time they
might have been fifty termed annual gath
erings, because they came in their allotted
turn In each years sporting calendar.
In the middle ages there were great an
nual displays at Moorfields and Smith
field, at which the lord mayor presided
and matches between the citizens of Lon
don and Westminster at st. Giles-in-the-
Fields, which sometimes degenerated into
scenes of violent tumult. At the Field of
the Cloth of Goid,'' after the English wrest-
lers had vanquished their French rivals.
Bluff King Hal insisted on bout with
one of the wrestlers. and experienced as
severe a fall as royalty ever encountereA
In more modern times we had the Cum
berland and Westmoreland Society appar-
emily firmly established In London But
where is it now? The second of the two
principal English styles. the West Country,
as practiced by the men of Devon and
Cornwall, once had a home down Hackney
way, but you rarely hear of the existence
Of an exponent of this style in the present
day.
What has been the reason of this decay?
The answer is-the men themselves. They
were allowed to rule the roost too much;
shady practices were introduced, ana what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02
Habit Of Doing Ones Best.
From Success.


This habit of always doing ones best en-
ters into the very marrow of ones heart
and character; 1t affects ones bearing.
ones self-possession. The man who does
everything to a finish has feeling of SER
entity; he is not easily thrown off his bal
ance; he has nothing to fear, and he can
look the world in the face because he feels
conscious that he has not put shoddy into
anything that he has had nothing to do
with shams, and that he has always done
his level best. The sense of efficiency. Of
being master of ones craft, Of being equal
to any emergency. the consciousness of
possessing the ability to do with superiority
whatever one undertakes. will give soul
satisfaction which a half-hearted, slfpshod
worker never knows.
When a man feels throbbing within him
the power to do what he undertakes as
well as 1t can possibly be done. and all his
faculties say amen to what he Is doing
and give their unqualified approval to his
efforts-this Is happiness. this Is success
This buoyant sense of power spurs the fac
ulties to their fullest development. 1t un-
folds the mental the moral and the physi-
cal forces and this very growth, the con-
seriousness of an expanding mentality and
of broadening horizon. gives an added
satisfaction beyond the power Of words to
describe. 1t Ii realization Of nobility, the
divinity of the mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02
EXPOSITION AT NANTES.
Excellent Opportunity for the Display
Of American Machines

United States Consul Ridgely, at Nantes
France. has reported to the State Depart
ment that an important Industrial and
agricultural exposition is to be held IN that
city during this year, beginning May and
ending September %. The exposition is to
be international in character and is to COM
prise four great sections. they being agri-
cultural. industry marine and fine arts.
The opportunity will be an excellent one
for the display Of all sorts of American
products. and more particularly for those
of an agricultural and mechanical charac-
ter. American hardware, farm Implements
and windmilis and all articles of export
able character may be well displayed there
American products for display can he
shipped direct to Nantes in bond, and will
be entered free OF duty. Gold. silver and
bronze medals are to be awarded for the
best displays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02

was once a fine. manly sport which reared
and encouraged a fine race of hardy En-
glish men-many of them quite as big az
the giant foreigners who now carry all be-
fore them-grad duality languish.d and be-
came moribund
Lancashire catch-as-catch-can wrestling
was never seriously taken up in London
until the music hall proprietors Introduced
it: therefore IL is little understood of the
average Londoner, while Its support IN the
country itself cannot be described as mu-'
nificent. seeing that most Of the best
wrestlers in the style today are veterans
and not Of sufficient size and strength to-
tackle with any chance OF success the stall
wart continentals, who now play such a
great part in the enterts inment of the
British public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02
A PLEASANT SURPRISE
IN STORE FOR THOSE WHO DOUBT

When you read that sufferer OF many years
standing has been completely restored to health
by using Smiths Cure-all. you inclined to
doubt the statement and, In fact, have belief
in IL whatever. TIE reason for this is that
much Is ciaimetl for the Cure-sll 1t Is impossible
for any TO believe IT: II the advertiser
fined his claims the curing of one disease, as do
the prcprietors of Pyramid Pile Cure, readers
would have much faith in published festi-
nonals. Those familiar with this great remedy
know that testimonials as TO its merit may be re-
lied implicitly. also that the cures brought
about by Its little short OF marvellous. The
genuineness Of the testimonial here given Is
vouched for and is but of thousands received:
II wish to write you and tell you what your
Pyramid Pile Cnre has done for me. / have been
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used every remedy that recommended TO me.
While some would give relief for a while they
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could not get up down without pain; could not
attend to my household duties Finally | got
50eent box of your Pyramid Pile Cure at the drug
gist's. and it is two months since used ths
last of the box. and have had no trouble since.
say IT is really and truly a good remedy
81 thankful I tried Ii, know Ii has
cured me-, and If at any time should have any
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am cured have recommended II to my friends.
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they will 1t, too 1 thankful l
learned OF your cure Mrs. F. Hutt, $50 2pd
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02
Authorship in America.
From Leslie's Monthly.

From Leslie 3 MUhtnly.
We should like to call the attention of
home market clubs and infant industry
nurseries to the condition of the author
ship business in the United States. Dur
ing 1902 the total production of this hust-
ling world was 100000 volumes. The out
put seems small enough in comparison
with the worlds annual stock of other
commodities, but so long as 1t is large
enough to keep our evenings and holidays
busy we have no general right to complain
The trouble comes when We .analyze the
figures. During 1902 the United States pub
lished but 1883 volumes, barely Worsting
England, which follows us with total or
1900, and losing to Germanys 25WO
to the tune of l to 3. What becomes OF
our Ladies Literary Leagues and Home
Culture clubs in the face of hard hgures!
Where Is Kentucky now, and where Is In
diana? Shall three Americans go down
before one German? Shall each million
Germans have 354 books each year while
a million Americans are content with eish-
ty-one?
Reverse the shield. Last year Germany
published 500 newspapers and periodicals
The United States 21.00O. There's the ex-
PLANTATION The American is the man OF
the minute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02
ennIoyed. Most of the blacks are now at
work on plantations growing bananas

employed. Most of the blacks are now at
work on plantations growing Dahahas'
oranges and cocoa nuts.
The other day, while scouting traI, We
found a Door old negro and aSkeU MN "
tell rs how he came to this country. He
was a sad sight, bent with age. but quite
Intelligent 81 was born in Africa, he sara
many years ago. how many years canho,
remember but I was something IKE eisht
years old when was brought TO kihsstoi
Jamaica, with a lot of others. All can re-
member is that a big French ship came
into a dock at Kingston and a lot OF US
went to the dock to see the snip, because
we heard that there were many rlch men Oh
the ship who wanted men to work 1or them.
There was much excitement then. ana we
didn't understand much about what 1t all
meant. Anyway, the Frenchmen put up
signs that men were wanted for the lsthncs
canal They offered big wages, good 1ood
Many of us accepted very quickly we were
promised free transportation here and BACK
on demand if dissatisfied. That ship car
ried hundreds of US and many ships AFTER
ward brought hundreds more. We were
treated very badly, hardly received our pay
and when we did it was a very small part
of it, Some of US were whipped. we were
getting very, disconnected and We We're
about to revolt, when to our surprise the
white men who engaged us left US suddenly,
and In short time we began to realize that
we were deserted. Not a Frenchman re-
NAMED behind-that is the reason you see
so many negroes here on TINS ltshmus.
Some own their own little homes. but many
are very poor and all are waiting anxiously
for the canal work to begin again.
DRUMMER JOHN SWA1L, Jr,
list Marine Battalion, list Regiment
Company B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02
Old Cold Cure.
From the London Chronicle.

From the LONDON Cnronlcie.
The advice given by parent to MS son
at oxford in the year 1856 against catchlns
cold when attending the theater Will not Dc
without interest in the pantomime season.
"Child-I heard that the players are gon
down to oxford. but l am unwilling that
YOU should go to see them act. for fear on
YOUR coming out of the hot play house into
the cold aver you should catch harm, for
as did once coming out Of the theater at
nublic act when it was very full and steam
ing hot, and walkin Broad in the cold. and
gave me sutch a cold that 1t had Likt TO
cost me my Life. Your best way In sutch
a cold is to go HON to your one cnamper
directly from the play house. and drink
glass of Sack, therefur Be sure you send
your servant At your hand for bottle OF
the Best Canary and keep 1t In your cham
her for that purpose: Harken thou unto the
voyce and Advise of NEE Thy father. Low
ing Thee Better then himselfe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02
Squelcher for the Kansan.
M the Kansas City journal.

From the Kansas City Journal
Recently Wichita man was in Vermont
and took a drive along the hillsides. FL
naliy he came to a place where an old man
was laboriously hoeing a small patch of
corn. why don't you come to Kansas" he
said to the old man. where we put l60
acres into one cOrnfield with less work than
you put on this little patch?"
We'll. dunno" said the old man. I've
got mortgages in the house yonder on four
or five sections of your Kansas farms, an
| guess it is about all the Kansas land [
need
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02

Walter Sebastian. r. A. Duvall; alternates.
NJ b. Lichty. W. III. Quackenbush.
Lafayette Post. No. 0-Walter G. Butlcr'
commander Representatives, e r. Rey-
nolds. Lawrence Wills )n Lewis Mundhe:nl.
r. NJ. Calhoun. E. J. Sweet; alternates, W.
W. Chambers. Fl. G.. Watson. G. f. Benz l.
min, Fl. W. Burns, Bfiscoe GGodhars.
Frederick Douglass Post. No. 21-J. N.
Aayue commander Representatives. Alex
ander Ogiesby, Alexander Freeman; alter
mates, Nathan Anderson. Joseph L.verp oil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02

The town of Grand Forks. A. T.. Is being
undermined in the pursuit Of gold The
town stands on what was originally claim
No. 6, above Discovery, On Bonanza creek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02

Mrs d. r. Thorp. formerly Miss Aria
Cody, a daughter of Buffalo Bill" died
suddenly at Spokane, Wash, Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02
GRAND ARMY TO MEET
Opening Session of Depart
ment Encampment Tonight.
THE ANNUAL BANQUET
FUNCTION IN HONOR OF COM
CHIEF.
Election of Officers to Occur Thursday
Night-The Delegates and
Alternates.
THE ANNUAL BANQUET

The tnirty-sixth annual encampment Oh
tho department of the Potomac, G. A. H.,
will convene this evening at I o'clock at
q \ r. Hail. Pennsylvania avenue oe-
,pc,.n 11th and 18th streets northwest lnl-
,,ediate,y after the encampment IS con-
vened the report of the department com
uardcr will be read and the reports of the
other officers will be presented IN the Or
der Of their precedence. This Will, or
rours. be preceded by the report OF the
commit Zee on credentials and the roll call
of delegates. The encampment VIII con-
;inue until Thursday or Friday evening.
The annual banquet in honor of the com
rnander-in-chief of the G. a. r., tomorrow
night. will be given at the New wizard.
Ceircdcnt with the encampment of the
department is the convention of the Wo-
mems Relief Corps.
1t Is expected that two matters of I'M
portanca will be discussed during the en-
campment and acted upon. One of these
relates to the establishment of sinking
fund in the department for charitable pur-
poses. A recommendation to this effect VIII
be made during the meeting tonight and
referred to the proper committee. The
other recommendation relates to the action
Of the annual encampment of the q. A r.,
held at San Francisco last summer. in
adopting a resolution favoring the payment
of a pension of So per month to all veter-
ans of the civil war arriving at the age of
sixty-two years. These two matters arc
considered of utmost Importance to the or
ganiZation and will probably be discussed
at length.
The election of officers for the next year
will be held Thursday night. it is ex-
pected. Mr. Abram Hart the present SEN
ior vice department commander. is said to
be the only candidate for comma nder
Judge Kimball having declined reelection.
The list of committees. appointed for the
encampment, have already appeared in The
Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02
Department Officers.

Following is a list Of encampment officers
aud delegates and alternates from the vari-
Gus posts:
DepaI tment offlcers-I. G.. Kimball COM
mander; Abraham Hart, senior vice COM
naGder; Hiram Buckingham. junior vice
commander; Thomas Caiver. Md, medical
director: Rev. Fl. H. Stevens. chaplain; B.
F. Chase. assistant adiutant general A. p
Iasker. assistant quartermaster general:
Charles c. Cole. judge advocate; p c.
George, chief mastering officer: L. F. Ran
dolDh, inspector.
Council of administrations. ". Nc
Elderly, Phil NJ o Bryon. r. H. Marcellus.
w H. Grimshaw. w. H. Anderson.
Past department comma nders-Frank H.
Sprague. BENZ. +. Hawkes., A. H G. Rich.
ardson. Geo. +. Corson. Harrison Dingman
charles Z. Royce. Samuel S. Burdett New
ton NJ. Brooks, Jerome B. Burke, Charles
F. Lincoln. William s. Odeu, M Emmett
GrelI' j. M. Pipes, A. F. Dinsmore. S. E;
taunce, Nathan Bickford, Marion r. An
derson, John McElroy. Thos S. Hopkins,
Arthur Hendricks, Calvin Farnswortb,
Geo. IL Slaybaugh. Israel w. Stone, F.
Bingham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02
The Negrosss on the Isthmus.

The negroes here are the descendants of
Africans. who were originally brought from
Africa to the Island of Jamaica. French
contractors stopped at Kingston while on
their way to the isthmus, and by means of
extravagant promises that were never full
filled, they induced many of them to come
here to work on the canal. The French
contractors took French leave" abandon
ing many thousands Those who were not
able to go back to Jamaica philosophically
remained and made for themselves little
homes. When the canal work begins again
1t will certainly prove big boom" for
The Washington times., 1904-05-17
WOOD ON MARCH 4
AGAINST NOROS
viii Recover Bodies Of Soldiers Killed
Near Lake Liguasan.

Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood is marching
with 450 soldiers against the Moros who
ambUshed and killed nineteen American
soldiers near Lake Liguasan on May s..
General Ainsworth, military secretary,
received the following dispatch yester-
day:
Maj Gen Leonard Wood and $50 Of
licers and men are en- route to recover
the bodies Of our killed. Two Of the
number who were previously reported
killed have come In. It is learned that
four more who were reported killed are
alive
There is no trouble outside OF AIRS
band Piang is friendly 10 the United
States. Everything quiet IN Cottabato
Valley; people planting crops are anxious
10 have AIS band taken, and are fur
nishing assistance freely and willingly.
AIS outfit is in the country east of
Lake IAguasan. which is swampy and
almost unlnhabitable
Word from the expedition is not to
be expected for several days. 1t will
take the command six days hard
marching to reach the place where the
engagement of May occurred"
The Washington times., 1904-05-17
TO PAY FOR AID
TO FIRST VOTERS
State of Rhode Island Will Bear the
Cost of a Novel Educa-
tioR2l Rally.

PROVIDENCE. May TZ.-Under the
auspices IF the State OF Rhode Island
and paid for out of its treasury a FIRST
voters rally" will be held next Thurs
day eve ming in Infantry Hall, with
GovernGr Garvin presiding and distin-
guished speakers TO discuss the "du-
ties of citizenship" The meeting viii
be one OF the most novel ever held in
the country.
The idea is novel,, Sid Governor
Garvin today. but I do not regard II
as in any sense socialistic. The State
has often expended money in less use
full ways My predecessor. Governor
Kimball. used a part of the civil fund
at his disposal for the purpose Of enter
tanning President Roosevelt only two
years ago.
This proposed meeting Cor the bene-
fit of the first voters is educational and
should be Of great value TO the State
II is TO be nOn-partisan. The speakers
are to be Bishop William Nelson Nc
Vickar head OF the Episcopal Church in
the State; Rathbone Gardner. former
United States District Attorney: Lieut.
Gov. George H Utter. a Republican:
President William H p Faunce. OF
Brown University, and John P. Bea-
gan"
The Washington times., 1904-05-17
Assessor CQustic over
Educational Baseball
Exemption Epidemic, He Fears, Will ParaIyZe
the Tax Fund--ExpeCts No Vacant Lot
Need Fear His Office.

am alarmed by the rate at which
the exemption of property from taxa
nor Is growing in the District" said
Assessor DaineiIle today to a gTimes re-
porter Something must be done to
better the situation"
The Assessors uneasiness is caused
By tn opinion of Corporation Counsel
b. Duvad, recently rendered. that
the old Van Ness property. used as a
baseball park by the Columbian T-nl-
versity, ought 10 be exempted from
taxation on the ground that when land
is used by an institution Of learning for
athletes it is entitled to exemption.
Vacant Lots Exempt.
1t is the most unreasonable thing =
have ever heard of, declared Mr..
Darneille. with some heat Take that
view of the situation, and there win
loon be not a single vacant lot in-the
District paying taxes. 1t will be easy
enough for property owners TO squirm
around under Mr.. Duvalls opinion. us
their land for educs tional baseball
ana laugh the tax lists In the face
The Washington times., 1904-05-17
GIRL BLOWN FROM
RAILROAD TRAIN
She ClingS TO Umbrella and
Lands Safely.
TRUDGES ON WITH BUNDLE
-
Strange Experience of a Five Year-Old
Whose Father Was Left at
the Station.
TRUDGES ON WITH BUNDLE

BENNINGTON, Vt, May Truth,
the five-year-old daughter of Charles G.
Walker, had a remarkable escape from
death by falling from the platform of
a southbound train which was running
forty miles an hour.
Mr.. Walker, with his two children,
Ruth and Ina. reached the station just
as the train was starting. The father
placed Ruth on the platform on the first
car ana turned for the other child. Be
fore ne could pick her up the train was
moving too fast for him TO board Il.
Little Ruth was sitting on the front
platform, where she managed TO remain
for about three miles. holding her two
small bundles ard an umbrella
She raised the umbrella to prevent her
nat from blowing away and the strong
current OF air under the umbrella car
ried 1t, with the child clinging to Il, off
the train. She landed in a sand cut
uninjured. The fireman, who had nap
pened TO be looking back, saw some per
son leave the train. The train was stop
ped and was run back until the child
was met. She was trudging along the
track One of the passengers on the
train recognized the child and brought
her safely home.
The Washington times., 1904-05-17

Baseball may be educational to those
youngsters who hope TO make their life
work a business OF playing professional
baseball but as far as the general
public is concerned I hardly agree with
The Corporation Counsels view.
Will Agree With Assessor.
The District Commissioners are sun
considering the matter OF exemptinR
the Van Ness property. which is now
owned by the Columbian University.
Mr.. Darneille has submitted 20 Com
missioner West his adverse report on
tie plan. and Il is understood Mr.. West
Will agree with the Assessor and save
the tax books from a wholesale loot
ing by such n term as educational
baseball.
No final announcement will be ma Ie
in the matter until IL has been brought
before the whole Board OF Commission
ers. which will be done this afternoon
or tomorrow morning. IL is thought,
however, that for once the Commits
sIcners and the Assessor viii take tho
law into their own hands and disre-
gard Mr. Duvalls decision on the base
haf exemption proposition
The Washington times., 1904-05-17

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