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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1905-02-08
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
Begins Her Second Century.

Mrs. Melinda Bowles Brett of the county
of Goochlan, five miles from Stokes on the
James river, has entered upon her second
century. Last Tuesday she celebrated her
Tooth birthday. her children grandchildren,
great-grandchildren and great-great- grand-
children being with her at the ancestral
home. There are some fifty descendants
of the old lady living, and they went to see
her and to spend the day with her. Mrs.
Brett Is living in the home To which she
went seventy-eight years ago a bride.
She has had no other home in that time
and she is delighted to boast that she is
under her own roof and can have her
own way, and she, has her way in every
thing that comes under her observation.
Mrs. Brett is an intelligent woman, and
her mind is as clear as that of the aver
age woman of sixty. She does not look as
though she has passed q hundred years,
and her conversation is OF things of today
rather than of a century ago. Her eye
sight is not good and an attack of grip
last March impaired her hearing. Sew
enteen years ago she had severe fall
since which time she has been wheeled
about the house In roller chair. Mrs
Brett is the mother of five children, the
eldest of whom. a daughter, lives within
half mile of her mother. Mrs. Brett has
never been in but four counties of the
state, has never seen a ratroau train and
has not been five miles from her home in
twenty-five years. Her husband died forty
three years ago, and she has been to this
city-ffty miles from her home-once since
that time. She came when packet boats
were in vogue along the river. She was
seven years of age when the war of 1872
began, and she tells of IAN immense gang
of seven hundred soldiers which passed
flies, going to the Spottsylvana bridge and
OFF 10 the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
COMMANDMENTS THE THEME.
Methodist Evangelist breaches Sermon
From the Decalogue.

The second and third commandments were
the theme of a sermon yesterday in Doug
las Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
by Rev. A. H Zimmerman, the evangelist
of the Baltimore NJ e. conference.
The second commandment" said Mr..
Zimmerman. does not prohibit the forms
and beauties of art. Man is not forbidden
to make anything, but he Il forbidden
to use such a creation that he may make
as an aid to worship. How long will 1t
take some of us to learn this? No soul
that knows God, no soul that lives in daily
communion with God, needs a picture to
help him pray. The new birth restores tho
spiritual consciousness so that man Is able
to communicate directly with God. Lose
your sense of God and of His presence and
YOU will find yourself going to something
that you Lave made or some one else mas
made to represent Him.
LAS to the third commandment, the man
who never uses the name of God at all,
the man who, through sincerity of ques-
tioning doubt. has dropped the name or
God out of his vocabulary. has better
chance of being clean than he who Is al
ways talking about God, but is all the time
denying Him in his life. Prayer without
practice Is blasphemy. Prayer without
alteration violates the third commando
ment.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
He MAY FIGHT ATTElL
BoWKER AFTER THE FEATHER
WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.

When England has a boxer of ability the
Britons regard him with fondness apt to
astonish patrons Of pugilism in this coun-
try. Charley Mitchell Jem Carney, Dick
Burge and Pediar Palmer have all basked
in the light of British favor and have been
petted and fawned upon in true British
fashion. Now they have passed out of the
llmelight and the center of the stage is oc-
cupied by new idol, Joseph BoWker who
as bantam champion of England did some
thing that no other British champion has
ever accomplished, and that is to beat the
American champion for the worlds title
Englishmen had a good opinion of Bowker
before that event, but when he beat frankie
Nell decisively for the championship of the
world everybody in the little island simply
went mad over Bowker. He cemented the
high opinion of his admirers when he easily
disposed of Pinkey Evans, a challenger for
the title
But Bowker was steadily getting heavier
and soon found it impossible to make the
bantam limit of 116 pounds. Then he was
compelled to relinquish the title and turn
his attention to the next class. He frankly
confessed that he had outgrown the BAN
tam class and came out as the claimant of
the featherweight championship of England
His first challenger was Spike Robson an
English f9atherweight of some class, whom
Bowker beat after a rather snug battle
Bowker now is resting on his laurels and
his next battle may be with Atten who
claims the featherweght title Of America.
II they do meet it will not be before next
spring, as Bowker intends to take a rest
He was married recently. and according to
the custom of the successful British pugil-
list, ne has started public house.
In style of fighting Bowker who is gen.
orally and enormously called "Jem' (his
name being joel, is much like the typical
British boxer. He is shiftier than the aver
age Englishman and uses his feet to better
purpose. as most Britons stand on the fiat
on their feet. He is good, stiff puncher.
as was proven by the comb lion of frankie
Neil's face when the latter got back to New
York two weeks after the bout. Although
Neil is a heavy hitter and has put many
clever fellows down for the count, he was
utterly unable to land with effect on
Bowker. In fact, at the close of the bout
the Brton did not have mark on him.
while the American was badly cut and
bruised
There Is a general opinion in this country
that Attell will be too clever for Bowker
and will easily defeat him, but this is an
age of surprises in things pugilfstic, and
AHell may not run away with the long
end of the purse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
Foot Ball, Racing
and Other Sports
Continued from Ninth paseo

tournament players should be Cure and
Gibelein of Paris and Sutton. Slosson,
Hoppe and himself. Schaefer regards these
players as the ones best entitled to enter the
tournament. -Vignaux is considered a back
number from age and improbability that
he VIII ever cross the water again. Marva
Is physically incapacitated from the strain
of tournament play, and GARNER. having
acquired considerable money, plays now
only for amusement, With the six entries
mentioned Schaefer believes the tournament
would be great success and he has been
using all of his influence to have 1t take
place.
For the proposed tournament the Bruins
Observation-Disclosures Company will give the
most valuable trophy ever offered in a bill
Hard contest. The 1872 balk line emblem
representing the worlds championship has
become VignauXs personal property.
Schaefer says he has no doubt of vanquish-
ing Vignaux, whom he de-eated in every
big game played in America, and lost only
one in three played in Paris
Speaking of the straight rail game, at
which style he played before the largest
crowd of his life. when he met and de-
feated Slosson for the championship at the
Cooper Institute in New York in 1879 1900
spectators being present, Schaefer says the
knowledge of the rail is absolutely essen
tial to a good player. The test is shown,
he says, in the rail nurse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27

the most proper f1nesse rests an attempt
to make the cards yield an extra trick by
taking advantage of the inferred position
Of other cards. So far as finessng in ones
own suit is concerned, it is of the utmost
Importance to retain possession of the COM
mand SO long as is consistent with safety,
and this is manifestly the controlling In
fuence when one is dealing with the oppo-
nents
IF it be essential to retain a command of
your own suit until the third round. in or
der that its bringing in be assured. the
same must be equally true for purposes of
defense So. that 1t is quite as important to
refuse to part with the commands of the
suits of the opponents as long as this may
be done with safety, If you would have your
game strong in defensive well often
sive tactics.
Trump and Plain Suits.
In dealing with the suits held by the OPP
ponent, it is necessary to note the differ
ence. which, for obvious reasons, exists be-
tween plain and trump suits. The master
card In the latter must always make. so
that to postpone playing it until later
trick unless for some reason the trump
lead should be at once interrupted, cannot
lose and may gain. This is not the case
with plain suits, except where trumps have
been exhausted, In which case plain suits
may be played just as If they were trumps
when the master card of an adverse plain
suit may be held up with safety until the
third round, and this means that the
player must possess ability to read the sit
uation from a fall of the cards, and pos
sess a certain knowledge of the methods
followed by the other side.
A Case in Point.
AS an example, consider the position of
second hand to the return of fourcard
suit. led originally upon your left, in which
you held king and two small cards Sup
pose the ace in your right hand opponents
hand to have won the first trick and that
the size of the card returned Indicates his
original holdings to have been three In
this situation you might refuse to play the
king with a tCQerable amount of safety, as
the suit would be one that WILL in all prob
ability, outlive three rounds, and the orig
1nal opener, unless his holding be headed
by two cards in sequence, such as queen
and jack is placed in the position of being
compelled to make the finesse obligatory
and your partner may be permitted to win
the trick with the third or fourth best
card.
If the suit under consideration be trumps
any nice caicula ton of its chances going
around three times would be almost unnec-
essary, and it would always be proper to
play low, trusting that your adversary may
make a mistake. If you are able to win
the next trick and lead out three rounds of
trumps, that is often a justification for re-
fusing to play the master card of an adj
ond round of 1t. There is. however, always
an element of luck about such plays as
there is usually involved in all questions of
fneSse.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
WALLACE WAS
A GREAT THROWER

There was a ball player named Wallace
down in the South Atlantic League" says
Pitcher Jack Bracken Of the Cleveland club,
who was the champion bug of them all
His chief lunacy was his arm. He could
wing them in from center field clear over
the grandstand, and he was just as likely
to do ii during a game as not. If anybody
called him down for ii he would point with
pride 10 the strength of his whip and tell
the manager he ought to be proud TO have
a man on his team who could accomplish
the feat
There is a building in Charleston ten
stories high | heard Wallace around one
day trying to bet that he could throw
ball over the structure and never touch II.
The manager cut him off just as he was
posting his money.
But his star feat came after a game on
the Charleston Park. The crowd had gone
and | waiting for car, after changing
my clothes. Wallace was emerging from
the gate in uniform and was directing his
steps to a neighborng lot on which the
government has a wireless telegraph sta
ton. There was a framework there with
the wireless apparatus, | don't know how
many feet high, they used to telegraph to
Hampton Roads in Virginia.
Wallace had a small BAH in his hand and
he walked TO the foot of the pole He took
a big swing and let the ball fly upward. He
was trying to throw over the top of that
pole.
THE shot was low, of course, and hit
some of the wires. Out of the building
rushed three or four employees in blue suits.
They grabbed Wallace and there a
fierce palaver. They thought he was a for
eign spy trying to destroy their apparatus
with a bomb"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
MANY SPECIMENS ADDED.
The Hall of Prehistoric AnthropologJ
in the Smithsonian institution.

Arrangements have been completed ior
opening the hall of prehistoric anthropoiosy
enc archaeology in the Smithsonian lnsi-
tuition next Monday. The exhibit occupies
the entire second floor of the building. Inc
nall has been overhauled the walls repias-
tered, specimens rearranged, new cases IN
stalled and large amount of material
pd6ed The casts of rare examples of Aztec
and Inca art in the museums of Berlin and
Rome, which were acquired at the ST. Louis
exposition, the Fewkes collection from
Porto Rico and casts of objects in the Mu-
SEQ Nacional de Mexico; the fine COLLECTION
of gold objects from Chiriqui, the jade cafV-
ings from Mexico curious pipes, Inca pot
terry and fabrics have also been rearranssa
and placed in handsome cases near the
west end of the hall Some new Egyptian
material has been added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
On the River Front

The thick fog which covered the greater
portion of the city from about to o clock
last night was particularly heavy on the
river and caused considerable discomfort
to the masters of the steamers that were
out in 1t navigating their vessels The
steamer Harry Randall, due here at about
pm. last night, did not arrive until about
IL O'Clock the delay being due TO fogs en-
countered along the lower river. The fog
last night was the thickest that has pre-
vailed so far this fall. at one time the men
in the pilot houses being unable to make
out the fiagpoe on the bows Of the steam
ers. The steamer Anne Arundel. due here
from baltimore. last night, had not ar
rived al noon today, and 1t is supposed that
fog Is the cause of her delay.
Arrived: Schooner Farmers Friend and
buSeye Reba Sterling, lumber from the
lower river; schooners Earl Biscoe and Lit
tie Carter, cord wood, from river points
schooners NJ. f.. Smith. Ada Wood Ster-
ling Sisters, Martin Wagner Ruth and
Ella, John Nicely, Fair American, Dread
naught and c. A. Pryor, oysters, from Po-
tomac beds.
Sailed: Steam barge Dennis Simmons for
Edenton, n. c., to load lumber and shin
giles for this city; steam barge Daniel K
Jackson. for NOmini, to load lumber for
this city; schooners Lorena Brambel, Lot
tie Thomas, Ida Vernon, Fannie Shop
paTd, George b. Faunce and Capt. Parks,
for Potomac oyster beds.
Memoranda: Schooner Augustus Welt
from Port Tampa, arrived at Punta Gorda
Fla, 23d instant, to load for Alexandria
tug Bohemia. with one barge, from this
city, at Baltimore, on her way to Chesa-
peake City.
Capt. Frank Pippler. formerly master of
the tug Active, has been transferred to the
command of the big sea-going tug Sea
King, and Capt. l.. Pippler has been trans
ferred from the command of the tug Lead
er to the Active. Mate Wheeler of the
Leader has been placed in command of that
boat.
The power barge Icicle has sailed, hav-
Ing In tow the houseboat belonging to
Mr.. Frank Rawlings, bound on a hunting
trip on the river below Glymont. The
houseboat will be gone couple of weeks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
THIS YEARS OFFENSE
REVIVAL OF THE GAME OF
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

One of the points considered by members
of the foot ball rules committee last winter
when informal discussion of probable
changes in the rules in order, was
whether anything ought to be done to make
the offense more able to cope with the
defense The defensive side of the game
had improved more than the offense, and
1t was argued that If offense had more of a
chance there would he more action.
This fall there has been anything but a
lack of doings on the offense and if any
thing the attacking powers of the teams as
a rule have been stronger relatively than
their defense A great deal of ground has
been gained in nearly every game. and
while perhaps not as much steady. two TO
three yard gaining through the line as In
the two or three preceding seasons. a
greater frequency of long gains Offense
has been more In evidence than defense this
season, showing either that defense is not
quite so stanch or that offense has made
the desired relative Improvement
Neither Yale nor Pennsylvania who were
the best teams in the east on defense la Il
year, are as strong in that regard this
year, but each lost two or three men who
We're particularly. good on defense. and
the changed condition is due more to an
increased quichening, versatility. and drive
In ofrense rather than a less virile defense
There has been as fine secondary defensive
more need for 1t on account of the way
attacking formations have been slashing
through the line of forwards.
Harvard. Yale, Princeton and Pennsyl-
vania have had more ground gained
through them by opponents than last year.
A total of seventy-nine points already has
been scored against Harvard, Princeton and
Pennsylvania, and Yale has been forced
back over the chalk lines and close to her
goal line by three teams-Pennsylyania
State, West Point and Brown.
Each Ct the twenty-three teams in the
east has been scored on and, what's more.
barring Yale, each has been scored on al
least twice. The best defensive showing,
outside of Yale, has been made by An
napolis, with Swarthmore close third
Has less persistent clinging to con-
tinual line hammering with it's set forma-
tons Increased the general efficacy OF the
offense? Quite probable There has been
marked tendency to get away from the
short, sure gain policy, and by opening out
the assault to take a chance of longer
gains, but gains with less of the elements
of sureness.
So far the revived policy has worked well
1t is a revived policy, for it revives the
tactics of twelve and fifteen years ago,
when running here and there and not ham,
mering was the method counted on to gain
ground. Yale's present game resembles
strongly the game of the days of Butter
worth and Bliss, when the attack was
speedy and free So far it has worked
well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
Match king.

From the New York Press.
The manufacture of matches is one OF
the great industries of the world. Before
the uncivil war there was not a railroad in
the United States that would carry them as
either freight or express, as they We're con-
sidered too dangerous. They had TO be
transported by wagon or canal. But all this
has been revolutionized. Just now the out
put of the match trust each day in the year
is 100000 paper or strawboard boxes con-
tanning from sixty-five to 800 matches each.
The annual product quickly runs into BILL
lions The biggest factory in the world is in
England, and belongs TO the American cor
poration controlling % per cent of our home
industry. We also import billions of matches
from Sweden, Italy and other European
countries. Japan makes nearly all the
matches used in China, and their eheapness
and good quality would stagger humanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
ANNOUNCED HIS STAFF.
Appointments by New Division Com
mander, S. of C. v.
Special Dispatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star
NORFOLK, Va, November 27.-WilIiam
w. Old, jr., of Norfolk, the new division
commander of the Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams of Virginia. has announced his
staff as follows: Theodore s. Garnett tr,
division adjutant and chief of staff Norfolk,
Va; w. H. Hurkamp, division inspector
Fredericksburg, Va; Allen D. Jones, divi-
sion quartermaster, Newport News, Va !;
DIR. Joseph Grice, division surgeon, Ports
mouth, Va; Clarence NJ. Trinkle, division
commissary. Wytheville, Va; Rev. c. E
Woodson, division chaplain, Norfolk Va. ;
Aubrey E. STROBE, division judge advocate
Lynchburg, Va: James II. Tateni, assistant
division adjutant. Berkeley, Va; Rev. Rob-
ert W. Barnwell, assistant division chap
lain, Petersburg, Va; f. B. Thomson as
sistant division judge advocate, Richmond
Va; Charles T. Edwards, assistant division
commissary, Stony Point, Va.
State inspectors were appointed as fol-
lows: o. L. Harris, Fredericksburg Va. !:
T. Paul Woodhouse, Princess Anne Court
House, Va: r. NJ Glenn. Richmond, Va. !;
Clarence Walden, Manchester, Va; S. d.
Rodgers Petersburg, Va; w. C. Hurt Dam
Vile, Va; r. c. Blackboard, Lynchburg, Va. :;
E. b. Glover, Berryville, Va, Paul w Gar
rett, Leesburg. Va.:.M P. Farrier, Pearls
burg Va; II. t. Taliaferro. Hot Springs,
Va; B. r. Harrison, Amherst, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
REDFERN TO STAY HERE
CHANGES HIS MIND REGARDING
EUROPEAN TRIP.

Jockey Arthur Redfern has changed his
mind regarding his proposed European in
vasion next year. and, according to the
present plans, he will remain in this country
and will ride on the tracks of the Jockey
Club circuit The announcement will be
pleasant news TO turfmen and racing fol-
lowers, as Redfern proved beyond a ques-
ton of doubt by what little riding he did
during the present season that when he is in
the best of form his peer as a rider does not
exist. The crack jockey was seen at his
home in Bensonhurst recently, where he
was recovering from serious accident suS-
tanned several weeks ago as the result of a
collision while riding home his motor
cycle. AS a result of the mix up Redfern
sustained a bad fracture of the right arm.
The break, however, has healed perfectly,
and the plaster cast in which it has been for
nearly six weeks has been removed and in
few days he expects to be around in the
best of shape again
While Redfern had but compare lively few
mounts during the season that is just clos
ing, his work when he did get into shape
was the best that had been seen on the
Jockey Club tracks this year. He found it
difficult to get below 112 pounds early in the
season and received but few mounts until
the latter part of the Sheepshead meeting
in the spring. 1t was at Saratoga, how
ever that he was at his best and the ham
ding of the Sanford horses particularly
Mohawk ii in the running of the Saratoga
special and Hopeful stakes. and Caughna-
waga in the Saratoga cup and Burgomaster
in the United States Hotel stakes were mas
terpieces of jockeyship. He also rode Or
mondale to his memorable victory in the
Futurity.
Redfern's last mount of the year was on
Shot Gun al Sheepshead Bay on August %
the third day of the meeting. On that oc-
casion he got into trouble with Starter Cas-
sidy and was set down for the remainder of
the meeting. The ruling caused much bitter
criticism at the time, because of its unlsll-
al severity. in view of the fact that Shot
Gun was known one of the worst actors
at the post in training
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
Georgia Dominic Found Guilty.

The committee in the case of Rev. w. w.
Wadsworth, DID, of Hartweu. Ga,
prominent Methodist minister and mem
Der of the north Georgia conference in ses-
SION at Newman, Ca, has made the follow
ing report:
We, the committee in the case of Rev.
w w. Wadsworth, find him guilty and rec
ommend that he be suspended for one year.
The report was signed by all eight minis
tiers who composed the committee.
The alleged conduct of DR.. Wadsworth
toward lady of Hartwell on whom it is
alleged he called while her husband was
away, is said to be the basis of the charges
on which DR. Wadsworth was tried by the
conference.
The conference adopted the report of the
committee.