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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-15
MEDLEY OF A SABBATH.
Chimes, Hymns, Roof Garden Songs
and Row for Man With Toothache-

From the New York Sun.
window that opens on the court of an
apartment building in the Harlem Hun
dreds was wide open Sunday morning. The
occupant, a bachelor. was unwittingly de-
tained at home owing to the failure OF
dentist to give relief the day before.
A good supply of a fine brand OF July
weather trolloped across the opening. The
breeze also carried with 1t the sound OF
chimes in a belfry few blocks distant
A musician down below added his con-
tribution. Onward. Christian Soldiers"
blended appropriately with the sounds from
the belfry. The musician below switched
to Nearer, My God, to Thee" and then
Coronation filed the court.
As the chimes ceased the musician seemed
to lose the spirit of the occasion, for he
rang in Dixie If II were an inspiration.
The bachelor was an ex-confederate. Con-
seQuently he took the sudden change from
spiritual airs to the favortte of the south
In good part,
The musician made a staccato movement
on Yankee Doodle" He never missed
note of that composition. From that he
went by rapid changes to all of the old IA
vorites Some antedated the civil war.
Then there was a hull. The July weather
kept coming in through the opening in
healing drafts
of the musician down below, for he mixed
1t up with number OF popular airs played
by the orchestras and whistled by the au-
diences. Then he took up his religious
portfolio and ran out more spiritual music
Suddenly he got back into roof garden
and comic opera selections. Just then the
chimes began a second installment. The
musician evidently thought this was a chal-
lenge. for he banged out and howled Tam
many" until people occupying rooms on
the court shut down windows. as women do
when they see a storm coming.
The bachelor, however, kept his window
open. He had intermittent attacks of erup-
tons among his molars. and little thing
like '"rammany." even II 1t was butchered
did not upset him.
Just as the musician finished his slaugh-
ter a dialogue further down the court broke
in upon the July consignment of weather:
SAY!
well what is it?'
Somebody's been stealing the cream of
the top of my bottle OF milk again"
What's thatT'
You heard what l said. This is the sec
ond time this has happened within the-last
three days, and If It happens again"
The remainder of the threat was lost
amid the banging of other windows, In
Guiding that of the bachelor with the tooth
ache, but as he was barricading out the
sound of the rumpus he heard coming up
from below 'Tam-man-ee Tam-man-ee"
And thus another Sabbath was broken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-15

lines of the ordinary rowboat and rugged
with simple spiritsail or the most element
airy form of the boom and gaff tackle.
there now are trim sloops and schooners
that would be able to hold their own with
honor in a brush with any specimen OF salt
se.l architecture OF corresponding size.
These inland vessels are staunch and
seaworthy as any In our marine harbors-
indeed, many of them carry their owners
periodically on deep sea cruises, and many
others are emigrants from the salt water
and can show fine records of racing and
heavy weather
Rise Of the Cutter.
The old superstition that 1t was neces-
sarily unpatriotic to deny the superior
virtues of the shallow. broad-beamed CEN
terboard craft. has happily passed. 1t is
not worshiped blindly today as It was
twenty years ago as the true American
model. When the writer first became In
terested in sailing, the fight between the
upholders of the shoal centerhoard type
and the deep keel (or cutter as IT was call
ed loosely them had just begun to be viru-
lent. Both sides were unreasonable; but
the keel advocates had some excuse for red
wrath. for they were branded as traitors
to their country.
Out of the war of words. and aided by
the popular education given by the inter-
national cup races, has come singularly
sane and efficient national boat architec-
ture. The average sailing craft today is
not a coffin. 1t will be one IL II is abused.
The best yacht ever built will drown Its
owner If that owner Is fool enough to try
to handle II without knowing how. But In
the right hands the American sailing boat
can stay out at sea till the weather gets
professionally bad; she can carry her kites
through a real blow and remain right side
up; she is not SO shoal that sandbag bal
last must be shifted from side to side every
time she changes tacks and at the same
time she is not so deep that she cannot go
into reasonably shoal harbors.
There is hardly water In the country,
from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific,
that has not some beautiful little ships on
1t now, and as for the ocean ports. there is
not one without from two to a dozen yacht
clubs, and whole fleets of unattached sail
ing craft ranging in dimensions from forty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-15
NEW WORLDS HIGHWAY.
Transcontinental Route Between
Tehuantepec and Coatzacoalcos.


Tehuantepec and Coatzacoalcos.
United States Consul Moe. at Dublin. Ire
land. reports to the State Department that
considerable interest has been aroused in
the development of the transcontinentai
route between Tehuantepec and Coatzacoal-
cos In Mexico by British capital and enter
prise. The British public considers this
prospective new route as an additional out
let for their Pacific trade and are pleased
to think that 1t will be something of
rival to the more southerly canal at Pan
anna. The press discussions have been nu-
nerous, but II is only recently that the
subject has come under notice in Ireland
THE new worlds highway" as the Te-
huantepec route is termed, is a railway 100
miles long. and Is to be reconstructed by
British company under a partnership ar
rangement with the Mexican government
1t crosses the 1sthmus of Tehuan from
Salina Cruz, on the Pacific, to Coatzacoal-
cos, on the Atlantic When reconstructed It
is said there will be no better railway in the
world There have been expended already
50. 1873, 900 on the road itself and SO 1919 COO
is being devoted to the ports which will be
perfectly equipped. The railway company
has come to an agreement with a steamship
company by which the train services will be
fed by eleven boats, averaging 10000 tons.
The vessels will sail, of course, In both the
Atlantic and the Pacific.
This is going to be one of the greatest
routes of the world, said Sir Weetman
Pearson, in recent interview. "and 1t will
divert traffic that now goes round Cape
Horn and by the Suez canal 1t will COM
pete, too, with the American transconu-
mental railways, for we shall be able to con-
vey goods from the Pacific to the Atlantic
coast of the United States In twenty days,
which is less time than is occupied by the
express freight trains OF some OF the rail-
WAYS" The Panama canal will not he
thinks injure this big enterprise. The rail-
way with all its appurtenances, Is loo
miles north of Panama and 500 miles south
of New Orleans Here, then" he says, is
the natural highway TO the Atlantic
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his vessel, big and little. through q deadly
storm. Driven headlong by elemental
wrath. yet In the extreme moment obe-
dent still TO his hand beset by seas whose
every wave weighs more than does his
whole craft yet winning over each surge
at the last desperate moment, pitching ana
rolling and feeling. yet ever recovering IT
self stiffiy Just before the final inch OF free
board is submerged-with the wind re-
naorseiess. souiiess, inexorable. striving
vastly TO destroy; with every ridge OF
oncoming water opening n dozen graves:
with natures every face set in menace,
an n with no help to come from humankind.
ihat Is the widest, most perfect most
triumphant JOY that man may know.
Inc salt water sailor makes the mistake
OF believing that true sailing can be had
only IN the open sea. 1t is true that no
man has tasted the perfection Of sailing
TIL ne has been swung by the vast endless
unduiations OF the Atlantic or Pacific, and
mas seen his horizons rise and dip through
long sea days. But there is as much On
portunity and need for smartness seaman
snip and courage on inland waters Aside
rom me great lakes, whose ravaging
storms are known throughout the world.
there are hundreds OF large areas OF fresh
water where winds kick up seas that any
salt water sailor would have to recognize
as nasty"
Fresh Water and Salt.
In circumscribed bodies OF water the run
ming waves may not have the weight that
tHe oCean klNcs Its DlliOWf, ana the seas be-
come smooth and placid again almost as
fast as they arise. But In that very fact
lies the threat of the inland waters: for II
their anger soon dies. so It breaks forth
suddenly and terrible. Rarely does the
ocean awaken to storm 40 swiftly as do
inland waters, and though their waves lack
the weight of brine. they make up for II
by being bewilderingly lively and irregular.
demanding quick eye and hand to meet
the battling, tricky onslaughts.
In gale at sea, given a stanch craft.
a clever sailor can ride out almost any
thing. for he has thousands of square miles
OF clear. deep water TO work In. But In a
gale on lake twenty or thirty miles long
the sailor has q lee shore under his stern
before he knows It. He cannot scud or
ride. hove to. but must work into the gale
II he would weather It.
In either case the man who has II In
him soon learns TO beat lake or ocean.
Water and wind. infinite in their variety
are alike everywhere In their essentials TO
the true sailor.
Whether he sniff the pungent odor OF the
Atlantic swept at him by a wind that blows
straight across 1900 miles of Embarrassed
water. or breathe the wind that flaps shout
ing from pine-clad mountains, he Is facing
a primeval force fresh and young as on the
first day when sea and wind were made.
Despite all superficial improvements or
hull and rigging. he is back to the state
of the first sailor-the unknown, savage an
cestor who first bestrode a floating log and
with a greatly daring heart steered forth
into the mysterious sea.
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away from shore the man who sails them
Is playing lone hand in a game with abb
solute1y undisciplined elemental forces.
That is the great virtue, le never-ending.
immortal delight of the sailing vessel. It
is that which has held It in It's place as the
ideal craft for the lover OF the sea, despite
the eminence of steam as power for pro-
pulsion.
sport of horsemanship, automobiling hunt
ing or any other terrestrial pleasure, he has
at least a stable surface under him. He
has refugees ACCOMPLISHMENTS. houses,
communal help.
But the moment he gets on the sea-salt
or inlahd-he has to depend absolutely on
himself His naked hands, his naked wit
and his naked soul are the only factors on
his side.
Changes In the Sport.
Great changes have come over the sport
of sailing in the past two decades. Twenty
years ago even the most simple form OF
pleasure craft cost enough money to de-
mand a certain degree of prosperity to en-
title one to own 1t. There were few boat
models within reach of small purse, ex-
cept the most miserable of fiat-bottomed.
wide-beamed, crude things that were aptly
named collins
The name originally came to them on
account Of their shape. But the type
missed no opportunity to earn the name by
deeds. 1t took advantage of every heavy
sea to justify Its sinister reputation.
Boat builders who aspired to better
things demanded high prices for their
work. There were comparatively few of
them and all the material that they used
was expensive. 1t was not as It is today,
when there are scores of rival factories
equipped with labor-saving machinery to
turn out ship hardware by the ton from
gaskets to capstans.
1t was almost all handwork then. That
brought the cost of a twenty-fivefoot boat
to figure beyond the reach Of any except
the very prosperous.
In addition to that there was not so much
individual wealth in those days. Men OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-15
BOATS OF ALL SORTS
Rapid Rise in Popularity Of
Sailing Graft.
WORD YACHT OBSOLETE
SAILORS, LIKE POETS, ARE BORN,
NOT MADE.
Cost Of Small Boats Greatly Reduced in
Recent Years - The Larger
Ones More Costly.
WORD YACHT OBSOLETE
Written for The Star.

Written for The Star.
A good many years ago every man who
owned any kind Of a floating thing with
any kind of sail on 1t fell into the easy
habit Of referring to 1t as yacht So the
men who owned real yachts fell into the
habit of calling their craft boats"
The word yacht became almost the
same object of taboo in select conversation
as the word lady"
Then the other fellows reverted to the
use Of the good old word boat" too
Hence today when a man refers to his
boat, the craft may be a steel ocean-going
schooner or fat-bottomed skin with a
sail not much bigger than bed sheet.
Different as they are in every essential
from keel to owner, they are alike in the
one great thing that they go abroad on the
waters driven by the wind. and that once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-15

cap'n." PIN said.
''Plugl' Meaghan cried. did yuh leave
the gag In him?
Sure PIN said, II couldn't get his
teeth OPEN
AN what's more" the policeman said.
with grin. when it comes to ta1kin' about
this business, he allus will have 1t in. saw
him. He's scared dumb. Mark my words,
cap'n, he'll never raise no squeai.
And, SO far as the authorities know, he
never did. AS for Donnelly-as PIN says,
They say St. Patrick drove all the snakes
out of Ireland. but there's good few OF tn
Irish breed in the fire department. an when
/ step near the tail of one get off an away
without any debatin'. There'll be another
of his kind happen along some day, an put
a sting in him. Don't doubt 1t.
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Refused Stamps Till He Dotted an a.

From the San Francisco Chronicle
BECAUSE John C. Setter, postmaster at
Fern cal. neglected to dot the ''f' In his
name the Post Office Department at Wash
ineton declined to honor his requisition
for Office supplies until the omission was
rectified. The blank was returned to Setter,
who dotted the 90 and then returned the
paper to Washington. The supplies came
in time, considerably delayed by the de-
Fern post office were unable to purchase
stamps for two weeks because the postmas-
ter neglected to dot the little letter 81.
Setter has been postmaster for ten years.
and this was the first time he ever had
blank returned to him for correction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-15
Ad Astra.
JoM HAY.

Margaret Jeanette Gates. in the N. Y. Observer.
Our mother-country, weeping, still shall lead
With tireless hand the children who are left.
But now she hides her face while memories plead
For that strong Of whom she Is bereft.
Though mother grief Is deepest, though land
Owns most the sorrow for his spirit fed,
Still pulse across the to strand
The heart throbs of the Nations for our dead.
The glory vanishes. Those stars Of night
which glowed and purpled through the fruitful
years
OF his wise counsel beckon with clear light;
They welcome him and leave to Us our team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-15
Spanish Place, London.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Spanish place Is a London locality that
the King of Spain might very appropriately
visit If his crowded engagement list would
permit. 1t is a little thoroughfare running
from Manchester square to George street
One side of It is occupied by Hartford House
and grounds, now the home of the Wallace
collection, once the residence of the Span
ish ambassador. Opposite stood the quaint
old chapel of the Spanish embassy, which
has recently been replaced by a large and
beautiful church dedicated to St. James, the
patron saint of SPAIN
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every one who has 1t in him" If he hasn't
got IT in him he will not learn to sail
boat, though he cruise ION for fifty years
with the best OF sailors by his side.
Or course any one can learn to push a
rudder' this way and that haul in or
let out the rope that holds the BOOM"
and thus make a boat move, so long as
the sea and weather are kind. I know a
man who got boating fever after his first
experience on the water in friends boat
week afterward he had boat of his own
"a fat bottomed coffin" He sailed 1t for
an entire season. and then, having grown
weary of his fad. he retired from the sea,
undrowned Yet all he knew of sailing
was shown in his answer to me when /
asked him how on earth he dared go out
alone without having had any experience
Why, said he, II don't anything
hard about 1t. It's simple enough. When
the wind Is with me let out the rope that
holds the sail. and when it's against me
/ haul 1t in
Blind, fantastic luck was with him. But
he wasn't cut out for a sailor any more
than a mud turtle is cut out to be a bird.
Hundreds of men can sail boat In
light weather Only the born sailor can
sail 1t SO that he keeps the grip of it in any
weather that doesn't actually tear his craft
apart.
Joys of Sailing.
No horseman. no wrestler, no boxer nor
fencer can ever experience. even in his mo-
ments of keenest thrill. the glory of life
thaf the boat sailor feels when he Steern
New-York tribune., 1905-04-14
SMITH, RECEIVER, GETS $4,000.
Fees Awarded by Court for Sales of Mort
gagged Shipbuilding Properties

Judge Lannng, in the United States Circuit Court
in Newark yesterday allowed James Smith. jr.. as
special master in disposing of the assets of the
subsidiary companies of the United States Ship
building Company $4,000 fees OF this sum- $i00OJ
is for the sale Of the property covered by mort
gage held by the Mercantile Trust Company, and
the remaining $4,000 is for the sale of the property
covered by the mortgage Of the New-York Sc
curty and Trust Company, the New-York
Trust Company.
Counsel representing all of the interests were
present in court and none opposed the allowance
of the fees 10 Mr. Smith. Counsel for the Mercan-
tile Trust Company hled order asking for de
hcienGy judgment Of SS.$7e9363 Sc and counsel for
the New-York Trust Company also filed order
asking for deficiency judgment of 50 629OJ 80. The
amounts asked for represent the difference between
the judgments to which the court decreed that the
two companies respectively were entitled and
the amount that their property brought at the sale.
Mr.. Smith has in his possession more than
H0O0OOO which belongs to the subsidiary companies.
and he filed a petition in court yesterday for per
mission TO disburse part of this money After hear
ing argument the petition Judge Lanning direct
ed Receiver Smith distribute about $4,000 of the
cash in his possession. and he also allowed $4,000
counsel fees.
Senator Smiths fee as receiver. when filed will
be taken of by the Bethlehem Steel Corpora
ton.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-14
NEW PACIFIC LINER IN.
Eastern ShpbuiIding Co.'S Dakota
Duplicate of the Minnesota.

The Dakota came into port yesterday from New
port News She IS the second OF the gigantic vessels
constructed by the Eastern Shipbuilding Company,
Of New-LondOn. Conn, for the Great Northern
Steamship Company, and Is in practically every
respect duplicate Of her sister ship, the Mime
sofa, now making her first homeward voyage from
the Orient. The dimensions Of the Dakota are:
Length over ALL $50 feet; extreme beam. 721a feet
and depth from upper navigating bridge TO bot
tom OF the keel IS feet inches When fully laden
the displacement OF the Dakota is 5000 TONS and
with her fun cargo (and she has a gross tonnage
OF 25lS tOns) she make fifteen knots. even
IN heavy She starts for Seattle in about two
weeks.
The Dakota embodies the latest ideas Of the naval
architect for safety The first cabin passengers have
accommodations IN large deckhouse amidshps
and every convenience IS provided to make the If
tesn-day trip across the Pacific voyage of pleas
ure. The large dining saloon, furnished in mahog-
any, with a seating capacity for 200 passengers is
at the forward end OF the deckhOuse. and in the
daytime Is lighted by large ports three sides.
There i8 most complete system OF ventilation
over all cabins and rooms. Practically all the
stateroOms have outside windows That the chill
dren passengers have not been neglected Is atested
New-York tribune., 1905-04-14
NEW MEXICAN LAWS.
Important Concessions Made to American
Investors, Says Colonel Greene.

Colonel William c. Greene received from Mexico
yesterday a summary of the executive decree COW
ering changes Of great importance to the mining
interests Of Mexico. AS American capital is doing
most OF the development work in Mexico, Colonel
Greene saws the changes all Of which in favor
Of the miners mean far more favorable conditions
for all the mining enterprises there Said Colonel
Greene yesterday:
Some Of the more important changes are as fol-
lowe: -, - -
refined gold and silver.
Abolition OF the internal stamp tax on renneo
gold entered at Mexican mintS for coinage.
"A reduction in the annual mining tax OF from %
IN 20 per cent (from 10 to and pesos) per mining
ciaiU, vbere one and the same mining concern con-
tains more than twenty-five claims.
a reduction OF the general per cent maximum
tax 70 IA per cent as maximum in any state
Abolition OF the important duties on zinc. hings,
sulphur alkaline cyanides, saltpetre ana oIheF IN
gredients used IN cyaniding processes.
A rebate OF import duties on machinery Tor min
ing and metallurgical establishments which comply
with certain requirements.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-14
TaE DAKOTA THE GREAT NORTHERN

land elected a director. to succeed william T.
Cole. Mr.. Blanchard is managing director and
vice-president of the Mechanical Rubber Company
Of Cleveland and Chicago The other directors
were reelected. The board organized by electing
Charles H. Dale president Ernest HODkinsOn first
yice-president Charles A. Hunter second yice-presS
ident Talbot J. Taylor third vice-Drestdent and
Harry Keene secretary and treasurer:
President Dale made statement In which he
said that he would not favor any distribution OF
profits on the common stock until the company had
become sufficiently strong in its surplus TO warrant
the continuance Of such dividends without fail
While the company was approaching that condi-
ton, It would be inadvisable to pay such dividends
this time, he declared.
The company's report for the year ended March
81. which was made public yesterday. showed that
the total sales last year were $4 562S9, the gross
earnings 81 SOL $50 and the net earnings S172S 298
The amount paid out for dividends SS1O.746 and
the balance on hand on March 81 was 8, ,171.536
New-York tribune., 1905-04-14
LOW 1904 FIRE LOSS.
Report Shoes AUerage Wa
5000 90 for 1919.

An excellent record was made by the Fire De-
prrtments Of the Boroughs Of Manhattan. The
Bronx and Richmond for the year 1904 The re-
port OF Fire Marshal Seeryfo the year shows that
the Fire Department in these boroughs reduced the
average cost per fire during that year to a point
never reached before in the history OF the depart
ment.
According to the statistics of the Fire Marshal
there were 754s fires. The total loss caused by
these fires amounted TO S453O9iS The average loss
per fire but $500 20.
The efficiency Of the department in coping with
this large number of fires Is shown by a comparison
Of the figures of previous years. During the year
1893 there were s76 fires. entailing loss Of $Z46-
$50 which brought up the average loss of each hre
TO s6256s In the year 1902 the average fire loss
was S772 IS. The total fire loss that year was
Sa5lO 982, aud the number of fires was 5SS.