davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17
WIT AND HUMOR
CleUer Things in Rhyme and Prose,
MostLY zcitk Pictures.

The author OF The Rubaiyat of a Persian
Kitten Charles Scribner's Sons) Mr. Oliver
HEREFORD, drives tandem, so to say, through the
pages of that little book. He Is at once poet
and artist. Also. may add, he is very
delicate humorist, and. finally in all the rela-
tons of his work, he shows an individuality
that constitutes perhaps his chief claim upon
admiration. Merely to have conceived the
IDEA of this book is for Mr.. HEREFORD to have
placed a happy stroke to his credit and he has
carried out the idea in some very neatly turned
quatrains and some inimitahle drawings His
little Persian is a veritable ball of quicksilver
we know such animal to be, changing as the
seconds change in attitude and expression.
Sometimes the Illustrations are distinctly hu-
morous. in the one accompanying the follow
ing lines:
Myself, when young did eagerly frequent
Inc backyard fence and heard great Argument
About it, and About. vet overmore
Came out with fewer fur than in / went.
The veteran street cat confronting the be-
wildered Persian in this picture is a remarkable
in this book is one of the sweetest and gentlest
playfulness If there is one of the drawings
more charming than all the Others it is the one
showing a number of kittens on a slender bough
and certainly there is no better quatrain in the
book than that which We take from the facing
page:
I sometimes think the Pussy-Wilows gray
Are Angel Kittens who have lost their way
And every Bulrush on the river bank
Cat-Tail from some lovely Cat astray.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17

t'ned Tor neither the heavy work assigned to
the great Spanish galleon nor the simple service
OF placid Waterways. amply discharged by the
venetian gondola. 1T was quite natural says
Captain Clark, that refined and wealthy peo-
pie as the Hollanders were. living in country
situated upon ali inland sea and intersected by
waterways and canals-the highways of COM
merce and travel-should have had both their
private and public conveyance by water. This
was what the people did have; and this con-
Veyance was called 'Jaght.' from 'Jagen. mean
ing. originally. boat drawn by horses (to-day
Jaghers Gaeren' means a towrope). and later
a swift, light built. handsomely furnished and
beautifully decorated vessel used either as a
private pleasure vessel or as a vessel Of state
or of the Admiralty or attached 10 an expe-
dtion or squadron. The English word yacht is
derived from the Dutch 'Jaght,' and. until late
into the eighteenth century. was frequently
written 'Yatch' and 'Yatcht.'" The yacht
then, at the outset was Dutch, and light
built" 1t presents, IN Captain Clark's iustra-
lions. an ornate and almost heavy appearance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17

10 begin at the beginning. The ancient world
had its pleasure craft, stately vessels in which
the rulers of the East voyaged beneath purple
seiIs the sym hols OF their royal ernnence. Cap
tain Clark points out that we have the authority
Of Putarch for that description of Cleopatra's
galley which is quoted in this book from Shake
speare's play. and which must quote our
selves. merely 70: the pleasure of doing so:
The barge she sat in, like FURNISHED throne
Burned the water; the poop was beaten sold,
Purple the sails and perfumed that
The winds were lovesick with them; the oars were
silver,
Which 10 the tune Of flutes kept stroke
And made the water which they beat to flow faster.
AZ anorous OF their strokes.
obviously. however, Captain Clark would have
been hard put to 1t If he had sought to make
q history Of yachting from Cleopatra's day. In
stead. he has wisely chosen as his point of de-
parfure the development of this kind of sea
craft in seventeenth century Holland. the scene
OF the first enterprises having clear relations to
Yachting understand it. The character
q the Low Countries inevitably called for the
creation of small and convenient vessel. des-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17

company presented that curious piece to the King:
Wagsr Telg excellent sailing vessels. 1t was on
Irsateh TX one OF the Duke Of York's the
r. Iuv podhas STERLING; the from Greenwich
refur wna PTS haggo contrary but saved stakes in
lords on board his majesty sometimes steering
himself His barge and kitchen boat attended
in bi N aSi TINS morning with the King at return
ana only four more, who were noblenen with him !;
his majesty. " -
The King, 10 doubt in his debonair way. was
capable of using a yacht as he used many other
things-merely a toy CAPTAIN Clark notes
mat in the memoirs of Prince Rupert Charles
Is described as having with his oharacters-
NC frlVoIlty. had a yacht moored opposite
"hltehaiI III which he might fancy himself at
sea This childish hobby was appropriately
called the Folly and aboard this yacht was
one OF the many lounging places of the Court"
But II is plain from the history of shipbudng
IN England. upon which Captain Clark freely
draws that there was high activity In the
yards in Charles's time. and that yachtsmen
owe much to him for the initiative he took in
the development of their sport That race of
his so tersely commemorated by Evelyn fore
Swallowed the performances of the eighteenth
century amateurs the growth of cup raging
and the establishment of the Royal Yacht Club
early in the nineteenth century. Captain Clark
makes Of it all very entertaining story He is
discursve, and brings in matters not clearly
gernane to his subject Since he includes the
frigate Constitution in his record printing a
fine picture of that heroic vessel it is clear that
ne gives a rather elastic Interpretation to the
title of his book. But he is none the less read
able on that account On the contrary the
wide scope of his work only makes II the more
welcome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17

FOUND HIS COUNTRY. By Henry Kitcheu wsos
ster- Illustrated I2no cloth. 81 so
Blockade running during the Civil War forms tbs
theme this sea story.
limo. CLOTH 81 So.
The frs. novel OF trilogy on the Civil War from,
the point Of view OF she rising generation
THE CNPARDONABI.D WAR. BY James Barnss n.
lustrated. limo. cloth. 81 80
\ tale Of a future with England, involving
invention OF destructive engines and a sea nEht
FALAISE OF THE BLESSED VOICE. A tale Of IN.
youth Of St Louis. King OF France. By william
Stearns Davis limo. cloth. 81 go
4 story OF medieval France.
SI5O 1870 O'N~
The BATHS OF a strong for political slpr.r1sc-
in the pivotal State his own MASTERY by me
love Of a - 49,
DOCTOR TOM. The CORONER OF BRETT. Bv John
Williams Strceter- 12nlo. cloth, 90
Love making. fighting. log raising and The avniof.a
zion OF mineral and agricultural wealth come int,
this tale OF a mountain fsud KENTUCKY
Continued fourth mage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17

The New-Orleans Picayune," and on. The
book has the merit of preserving many good
things which would otherwise have been left TO
laneush forever in oblivion. We must COM
mend, too. its full index. Woman and Her
Wits Oh NJ. Caldwell Company is made up OF
epigrams on woman, love and beauty. collected
and edited by G. F. Monkshood. The terse OBJ
servations In 1t are from Lord Beaconsfeld.
Chamfort. Emerson, DR.. Johnson. EuripideS,
George Sand and many others, including nat
urally. our friend aforesaid. old Anon. The
booklet is prettily made. with frOntispiece in
photogravure and a cover decorated in original
fashion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17

shaughaied sealing schooner. who falls into tbs
power OF Wolf Larsen. frela whom subsequently,
shipwrecSed girl.
wIIOSOEVER SHALL. OFFEND BY - Marion Craw-
ford Wi;A eight illustrations. drawn IN Rome with
the authors suggestions. by Horace T Carpenter.
I2r1o- Illustrated Ci-th. 81 80
\ story OF modern Rome and Sicily. In which ths
villain tries destroy the by then
BY making degenerate % him. ana fails through tbs
Devotion Of the hcroines.
CAPTAINS or THE WORLD By GVsnGoen Overton.
limo. Cloth. 81 81
\ story Of American labor conditions AMI n
which IS a manly Thoroughly
American labor leader and the heroine the daughter
Of one q the capitalists whom he IS fighting
THE COMMON LOT. Sy Robert Herr!cS i2us Clo.h.
$3.50
Chicago Is the scene OF this t7'e of architect:
who seeks 70 escape "the common lot 81 crankilt
and 10 enjoy the special privileges % wealth
sABRINA wARHANL BY Laurence Horesnau- Cloth.
limo. 81
study OF v91au's life d a coast -ou-ty oe
Encand-
TRAITOR AND LoYAI1sT. OR. The MAN WHO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17
YACHTING.
THE Gift of the Losc Countries to
the Modern World.

7-t,r, HISTORY OF YACHTING. 16oo-la5. BY Ar.
thur II. Clark Published Under Authority ana
by Direction of the New-York Yacht Cup.
Sons.
To the yacntsnian this book must prove a
boon. and even the laynlen may very easily find
Measure in turning its beautifully illustrated
nage. Captain Clark has overhauled his sub
sect with the enthusiasm and thoroughDess of
an expert, and has accumulated a mass of inter-
est,ng information which he has set forth in or
se-Iv fashion. His numerous plates are taken
froun contemporary engravings of the historic
vessels, or types Of vessels, which he mentions
IN his text and with the aid of these quaint
pictures the veriest landlubber should be able to
follow the history Of yachting without falling
into error. It IS very old history, If you choose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17
THE STUPID SERVANT.

Mrs. Pneubride spoke sharply to the cook.
Kathleen she said. my husband can't eat
that hominy. The next time you buy any 1
want you to get the seedless knd."-(C'hicago
Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17

Continued on fourth page.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
A Pioneer Dealer.

Frederick Roach, who was a
pioneer in the bicycle business in Min
neapolis, seventeen years ago, is still
located at 519 Hennepin avenue,
where he first started in business. Mr..
Roach has seen the bicycle business
grow from two or three high wheels
in Minneapolis to- the. present, when
in I Minneapolis to the pres
ent time, when there are at
least $4,000 - bicycles in use.
In spite of the talk about the
decline of bicycle riding, Mr.. Roach is
firm in the belief that the wheel is to
be not only serYiceable but very popu-
lar for. years, ito come. People look
upon the wheel now, not as a luxury,
but, as a necessity, and the thousands
of wheels that are still in use and the
splendid bicycle paths Of Minneapolis
bear witness to Mr.. ROach's belief.
Mr.. Roach has received many in
quiries this year for wheels and is
very confident that the season is to be
much better and more profitable
from a dealers standpoint than it has
been for several years. The bicycle
is being used for business and for
exercise and hundreds Of Minneapolis
people are to have new wheels this
year,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
REJECT CAPTAINS UNION
Lake Vessel Owners Decide to Per-
sonally Engage Masters.

Cleveland, Ohio, April 9.-Owners
of lake vessels decline to treat with
the Masters and Pilots association,
desiring to deal with the captains in
dividually. The executive committee
of the Lake Carriers association will
not therefore, make any arrange
ments with the union for the coming
season.
In explanation of this action H.
Coulby of the Pittsburg Steamship
company said:
I'VE want to get back to the old
plan where the captain will be master
of the ship in every sense of the word,
so that when he gives an order it will
be carried out at once before the
rules of some organization of which
he is member are consulted"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS

A team of athletes will be brought
from Ireland to compete in the Olym-
pic games at the st. Louis exposition.
They will make the trip under the
auspices of the Greater New York
Irish Athletic team. Among the men
expected to compose the team are Den
mis- Morgan, shot-putter with record
of 48 feet2 inches, who won the cham
pionship on Manhattan field in 1900
with a put of Is feet IN inches; Peter
o'connor, Irish broad jump record
holder who cleared "a feet II n inches
from a board take-off; the Leaphy
brothers, also jumpers; Dennis Muir
ray, who defeated Arthur Duffy in a
handicap sprint on his tour, the pres
ent 100 and 220 yard dash champion;
J. j. Daily, cross country champion.
The Tuxedo second team defeated
the Tasmo second team in an exhibi-
ton bowling match last night. The
scores
r 1asu No. 3 49,. 5o5 ssa s43 2ssa
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
RAIN PREVENTS CONTEST
MILLERS SPEND DAY IN GYMNA-
SIUM-HUFF SAYS TEAM is TOO
WEAK WITH STICK.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Champaign, ILL.,, April 9.-The base
ball~contest scheduled for yesterday
afternoon between Minneapolis and
the varsity teams, was called off on ac-
count of cold weather and rain. The
players Of both teams were not sorry
as it gave them chance to rest after
their continuous performance of this
week. The Illinois players were given
a complete rest but Captain Fox kept
his men busy at work both morning
and afternoon killing time in the uni
versity gymnasium. The men were
not feeling as well as usual yesterday,
but good weather promises to bring
them around in good shape.
Manager Watkins spent yesterday in
Indianapolis on a business mission, but
was expected to return this morning
in time to accompany some Of his
players to Springfield for their two
games with the team of that city to-
day and Sunday. No releases were
reported. "
Coach Huff of the varsity nine, who
has recommended several Of the Chi
cago National league men to Manager
Selee, is we'll pleased with the manner
| in which the nillers field their posi-
tons and run the bases, but he be-
lieves their batting will have to i'm
prove considerably before they can de-
velop into a championship team. For
league players they have been rather
weak with their sticks, but they are
expected to remedy this fault as the
season progresses.
The players hold Manager Watkins
in high esteem. They say that he is a
man who knows whom to blame for a
!. misplay, and who at the same time
recognizes that the players may have
brains as we'll as the manager. There
has been no knocking by the players
against one another and the best OF
friendship exists among all the candi-
| dates.
All indications point to g. banner
season for the Northern league. 1t is
thought that if this years efforts are
crowned with success it would not be
a remote possibility that the Northern
would invade Minneapolis and ST
Paul.
Chicago baseball fans will have nc
chance of seeing the two rival big
league teams in a post season series
for the local championship this fall
President Hart of the National league
freres that under absolutely no condi
lions will he permit his team to con
test with Comiskey's White Sox.
The National baseball commission
in the case of Skopec has decided
that the Detroit CLUB pay to the st
Paul club the 800 held out Of Sko
| PEGS salary. Skopec was purchased
: by Detroit from st. Paul before tn,
American association adopted the Ma
tionaI agreement. The matter is re
! ferred back to the two clubs for ad
l justment.
Owing to the rain the Universit
E and North Side high school baseball
i teams were unable to get together yes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
How the Bicycle Saves Time, Health and Money

take man who lives forty or fifty
blocks from his work. if he is for
tunate enough to catch a car right
away, it will take at least thirty min
utes to get home on a car, and the
chances are that he will be obliged
to stand up and hang on to strap,
or if he is lucky enough to get seat,
he is walked over and crowded to
death, and has to pay for these privi-
leges besides. With a wheel it is no
trouble at all to cover forty or fifty
blocks in twenty minutes and have
exercise which is very essential es-
pecially if he works in an office bent
over a desk all day. These are the
very things that have set the people
TO thinking.'' -'-7..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
JEFFRIES TO WORK HARD
CHAMPION WILL TAKE NO
CHANCES IN TRAINING FOR
HIS FIGHT WITH JACK NUN
ROE.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York, April 9.-"Jim" Jeffries,
accompanied by BILLY" Delaney,
Joe Egan, and Joe" Kennedy, left
for the Pacific coast yesterday to train
for his fight with Jack Munroe. Upon
his arrival at the golden gate city he
will at once proceed to his old train
ing quarters, where he prepared for
the fights with Fitzsimmons, Corbett
and Rubin.
.'For this fight with Munroe," says
the champion, Il will work just as
hard as 1 did for the other men l
have met. 1 do not mean to belittle
the ability of the examiner in the least,
but still think 1 will finish him
quickly. However, II the story OF the
fight tells another story it will be be-
cause Munroe is the better man. He
showed when he defeated Sharkey
that he was eligible to fight for the
championship and that is why / am
giving him a chance. I expect to
start hard training in about ten days
and 1 will not let UP until the day OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09

the battle. I have been doing some
light work since the fight was ar
ranged and will have little more to
do to fit me properly. I am down to
235 pounds now and expect to go into
the ring Weighing about 220 or 225
pounds
Charley Neary of Milwaukee was
given the decision over Jimmy Briggs
of Chelsea, Mass, after six-round
bout before the Badger Athletic club
at Milwaukee last night. The bout
was one of the fastest of the season.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
COMPANY B HAS
A GREAT RECORD
HER MARKSNIEN AMONG BEST IN
THE COUNTRY.
Sixty-nine Members of the Company
Last Year Won Honors as Sharp
shooters, Marksmen, or Distin-
guished Rifemen- Team Wins
State Championship from Com
Dany G.

. . -.... - 80. Esss d. atr-.g !
The national guardsmen Of Com
pany B Of Minneapolis have made a
remarkable record as marksmen in
the last two years. This company de-
feated the crack Company G team of
Brainerd and Winona last year in the
contest for the state championship.
It is claimed that this company can
show more sharpshooters and marks
men than any other company OF ma
tional guardsmen in the country, II
not in the world.
Out Of a total of seventy-six men in
the company, one qualified as distin-
guished rif1efman, twelve as sharp
shooters and fifty-six as marksmen.
Altho the company has lost a
number Of good shots since last year,
the members feel confident of main
tanning their place at the head of the
Minnesota national guard, as there is
plenty Of good material from which to
choose another team. The records OF
the men follow:
DISTINGUISHED RIFLEMEN.
- bir-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
terday and the game will be played
Monday.

Edward S. Merrill. the former star
athlete Of Beloit college and now
coach Of the teams of Colorado col
league team. Manager Selee has Of
fered Merrill a place. Merrill has not
yet accepted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-17
New Britain Currency.

Dewarra. currency of New Britain.
is an instance of how the spolls of the
chase may be turned to account as
the outward and visible sign of wealth.
Dewarra is made by stringing the
shells OF dog-whelk upon the ribs OF
palm leaves. These strings may be
retailed at so much fathom-usually
the price is equivalent TO about three
shillings fathom length--or they may
be made into various articles OF per-
sonal adornment to be worn on great
occasions. In New Britain the de-
warra boarded up by IL rich man IS
produced at his funeral and divided
among his heirs in much the same
kind of way as personal property is
divided amongst us.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-17
WISE WORDS

n yon do not love folks you will not
be happy.
Most people make their religious bar.
gain days come on Sunday.
"rhc world has no greatne.s which II
does not owe 10 self-sacriGce."
The waves Of public opinion do not
affect the tides of Gods purposes.
The warmth of mans heart cannot
be told by the temperature of his head.
The earth is the Lords. but n man
does not show his religion by trying
to get 1t all.
A living character affords the only
colors in which God could paint His
idea OF man.
There never will be a poor prayer
meeting so long as there is one heart
rich with gratitude.
1t is not wise to put all your energies
into working for old rebels to the
neglect OF new recruits.
1t is better to lose the setting Of
prosperous circumstances than the
Jewel OF pure character.
We have no right to upbraid men for
loving the world unless we are offering
them something more lovable.
Nothing is more al enemy to saving
knowledge of gospel mysteries than a
priding ourselves in head knowledge.
Set yourself earnestly to see what
you were made to do, and then set
yourself earnestly tc 90 it. Phillips
Brooks.
Get holy principles, and thou shalt
get the pinlons Of an angel. which snail
bear thee above all clouds and storms
of earth. into the sunshine and calm
of eternity.-D Thomas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-17
Az EARTHQUAKE

This is funny little trick that Is
easy TO do. and needs no apparatus.
Nearly ill tumbler with water. wipe
the edge dry If you happen to have
wet 1t, lay on it card which is large
enough to project at least half an inch
all around and let 1t stand unds-
turbed. In half an hour or so you
will find that the card has become hol-
low, like a cup, and has sagged down
inside of the glass. This is caused by
the vapor rising from the water. The
lower face of the card. being moist,
has swollen or expanded while the up
per face has not and therefore the fat
card is warped into the shape of a
cup. Take it off and replace it with
the damp convex side on top. The
rounded card represents the round
earth, or portion of it. and in min
ute you will see 1t quake.
But to make the earthquake more in
teresting your earth should have in
habitants. You cannot make these
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-17
THE CIIIPMUNK.

AS the woodchuck sleeps away the
bitterness of cold, so in his narrower
chamber sleeps the chipmunk-happy
little hermit, lover of the sun, mate of
the song sparrow and the butterflies.
What goodly and hopeful token of
the earth's renewed life is he, verifying
the promises of his own chalices, the
squirrel cups, set In the warmest cor
ners of the woodslde, with libations of
dew and shower drops, Of the blue
birds carol, the sparrow's song OF
spring!
Now he comes forth from his long
night into the fulness of sunlit day, to
proclaim his awakening to his summer
comrades, a gay recluse. clad in all the
motley. a Jester, maybe. yet no fool.
His voice. for all its monotony. is in
spring of gladness and contentment,
whether he utters his thin. sharp ehirp.
or fulI-mouthed cluck. or laughs chit
tering mockery as he scurries into his
narrow door.
He winds along his crooked pathway
Of the fence rails and forages for half
forgotten nuts in the familiar grounds.
brown with strewn leaves or dull with
dead grass. Sometimes he ventures to
the top rail and climbs to giddy ten
foot height on tree. whence no looks
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-17

Religious superstition asserts itself
in Chinese architecture. and the uni
versal sacredness of the numerals
three and nine is shown in the arrange
ment of temple doors. There is a
triple gateway to each Of the halls or
the imperial palace, and the same Or
der prevails at the Ming tombs, ana the
sacred person of the Emperor when he
was in his Pekin home could only be
approached, even by the highest OH
Gals after three times three prostra'
tions. The Temple of Heaven has Il
triple roof. a triple marble staircase,
and all its mystic symbolsms point
either TO three or its multiples.