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The Washington times., 1906-12-02
SPEAKING OF FIsH sTORIEs.

During a recent Boston engagement
Miss Eva Tanquay had occasion TO meet
at the house of a mutual friend a
certain professor who holds a chair At
Harvard. Miss Eva, who is somewhat
OF a wag. and who might be called
In the vernaCular Of the green room
a wonderful gold fsh which she had re-
moved from its aquarium every day,
each time increasing its atmospheric So
iCurn in such a gradual scale that at
length the subject was trained to we
in the air altogether.
The professor of science looked per-
picked. The Carassius auratus,' said
he thOughtfuIly, living out Of water
why. my dear Miss Tanguay, that is
Impossible, because
Now professor, 30 interrupted the mis-
chieViOus Eva. in all seriousness. If
should bring the dear little fellow over
20 your laboratory IN Cambridge would
you believe il thenE' The scientist
laughed. and, of course, accepted the
challenge.
A short time after this conversation
Miss Tanguay and the professor came
face 70 face on fremont street
How about that aerial goldfish
story?'' asked the scholar, with a
chuckle, confident that the other was
cOrnered.
oh, professor" lamented the. artful
Tenguay. There was pathos In her
voice. but her eyes sparkled with mer-
riment. "A most sad end" she sobbed,
has come 70 my little fish. l was cross
ing the Charles river on my way TO your
Iahora tory when the goldfish fell from
my bag into the water and was
drowned
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
WORSE AND WORSE.

George c. Boldt, the famous Testau-
rateur, was talking at the Waldorf
Astoria to a friend from Philadelphia
The subject of cooking came up, and
Mr.. Boldt said that the French were
the best cooks in the world.
Don't you remember" he said,
smiling, 'the story of the French
aristocrat OF the gloomy Faubourg 81.
Germain? This man gave in his Sc
cluded and grim old mansion. an elab-
crate dinner. The dinner was a sue
cess from the oysters 10 the dessert,
but one dish was particularly fine-so
fine, In fact that the cook was brought
into the dining room and publicly con-
graduated.
What though. is this dish, my good
Francols?' the master asked. We know
1t Is some kind of wild fowl. but It has
a flavor all its own-a flavor none OF
Us have ever met before
Z" That dish. the chef answered
proudly, SIS a triumph of the culinary
art. Only "A Frenchman could have pre-
pared IL. 1t is. in one word, an-owl-
An owl" cried every one. turning
a little pale.
But how a lady asked. could you
have been so cruel as to kill the poor
biTd2'
"'Ah madame said the cook, L did
not kill 1t. 1t was dead already
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
BALTIMORE CYCLIsTs BUSY.

Baltimore papers contain a large
amount OF bicycle gossip considering
the lateness of the season, and il Is evi-
dent enthusiasm is waxing rather than
waning. in the Monumental City, A new
club. which is 10 be known as the
Broadway Wheelmen. was organized
there this month The members are all
young men, some of them yet in their
teens. but they are all fired with a de-
termination 10 succeed. and know that
their health ana personal interest can
bu best looked after by combining in the
interest OF wheeling-nOt for the fad and
fancy-but for the true craftsmanship
OF the game
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
HOW A FAMOUS HYMN WAS BORN.

a pathetic and yet charming story is
.old of the origin of the well known
hymn, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds. "
which was written by the Rev John
Fawcett, an English Baptist, who died
In 1917 having spent nearly sixty years
IN ministry.
1t was in 1772. after a few years spent
in pastoral work. that he was called to
London to succeed the Rev. DR.. GIL.
His farewell sermon had been preached
near Moinsgate. in Yorkshire. Six or
seven wagons stood loaded with his
furniture and books, and all was ready
for departure.
But his loving people were heart-brok-
en-. Men. women and children gathered 8
and chung about him and his family
with sad and fearful faces. Finally
overwhelmed with the sorrow of those
they were leaving, DR.. Fawcett and his
wife sat down on one of the packing
cases and gave way 20 grief.
"Oh, John" cried Mrs. Fawcett at
last, II cannot bear thisl 1 know not
how TO go"
"and we win not go. The wagons shall
be unloaded and everything put in its
MS people were filed with intense joy
and gratitude at this determination.
DR.. Fawcett at once sent letter 10
London explaining the case and then
resolutely returned 70 his work on
salary of less than 800 a year.
This hymn was written by DR.. FaW-
cett To commemorate the eVent.-Pitts-
burg Press.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
'HELLBENDER' MENU
THANKSGIVING DAY
Pennsylvania S tud n t S
Feast On Ugly Poisonous
Amphibian.

HARRISBURG. Dec. IA live hell
bender" considered the ugliest amphib-
ian that inhabits the Pennsylvania
streams, and always regarded as pois-
OnOUs. II eaten, was received at the
State Economic biologists departemnt
recently. and two of the bug and snake
students got into an argument as to
whether this water dog or fresh water
alligator was edible 1t ended in the
"hcllbeuder' forming the piece-de-re-
sistance at their Thanksgiving Day din
ner. and after the bird" had been
eaten all pronounced IL delicious.
The after results are awaited with ap-
pTehensiOn. as this is the first recorded
instance Of the 'repulsive thing being
eaten.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
NAVY NOW LEADS
BY zoo POINTS
Departmental Honors Are
Still Held by the Record
Smashing Sailors.
BOWSHeR's AMAZING JUMP
Crack Bowler Has Risen From Last to
Second Place, But Four Points
Below Garrett.

During the past two weeks the Navy
quint has increased its already record
breaking lead 20 200 points In the De-
partmental League. The Sailors old
rival the champion Interior five OF last
year, with but three Of the veterans on
the team. has dropped back to sixth
place, the Farmers, Printers and Com
missioners each forging one peg 10 the
front Besides adding to the distance
between Il and the nearest team. the
Navy has duplicated the Ss7 game mark
set by the Bureaus.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature
of the bowling done since the official
averages were last printed in these col
umns Is the rapid gse in individual work
Of BowsheT. OF Navy. who has climbed
from last TO second place. with but four
points separating him from Garrett
Bowsher's big jump was mostly due to
his making a new seasons set record
OF $50
Another mark 70 go in the last four
teen days was that OF z5S set by Gar
rett and Akers for high game. O'Don-
nell, OF Navy, has raised these figures
10 26S
Following are the official records;
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
SPELLING IN THE SCHOOLS.

Just because everything depends upon
a growing public opinion in favor OF
stricter intellectual school discipline. I
call It a calamity that the spelling board
takes advantage % the alarming state
OF the schools TO spread the impression
that the backwaTdness of American
school children results from the dim
Guilty of correct spelling. If this fairy
tale becomes dogma then every for
ward movement Of serious educational
progress is sIdetracked again for a long
while Then there is no one to blame
any more; our women teachers are then
splendidlv prepared Tor their task; our
school children are in the most excellent
frame of mind for hard study; the par
ents make the most ideal efforts 10 de-
velOp i'm the children the sense of duty
and intellectual responsibility; and the
only Culprit is the treacherous diction-
ary-maker who does not write blest and
blusht In short. all that IS in future
needed for the thoroughness OF our
school children Is that 1t shall be spelled
Just rhoroness- Hugo Munsterberg IN
McClure's.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
GUNFIRE THAT COSTS MONEY.

General Crozier reports that the Pinch
guns are exhausted after firing sixty
rounds at the highest power, the rifiing
wearing out, thus converting them into
smooth bores. In the latter capacity,
however, they are powerless, and more
over would be dangerous to the men
serving them, His recommendation is for
a larger gun with lower velocity. An
hour or two of rapid firing would use
up all our big guns Fortunately the
guns Of an assailing feet, though capable
OF more shots than those Of fortresses,
are not of much longer life. The guns
moreover. are served by artillerists every
one OF whom costs the nation at least
81 000 year to pay and maintain. War
under modern conditions is terribly ex-
pensive in money alCne. The nations
practically fire gold. and perhaps it Is
well fer the worlds peace that they
do.-BostOn Transcript.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
COW CLOSES DOOR,
WOMAN PRISONER
Naval Com m an d a n t S
Daughter Forced to Spend
Night in Stable.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal Dec. 1.-The
naval station at Mare Island was
thrown into the widest excitement
when IT was discovered that Miss Eliza
beth Keith Pond, the daughter of Com
mander Pond, was missing from her
home. Every available man on duty at
the station was called out and the island
was searched from end TO end.
When the man IN charge of the stables
opened the door in the morning Miss
Pond greeted him. While on her way
back 10 her home the night before she
stopped at the stable To feed her pet
pony. An old COW that was loose pushed
the door shut The door had a spring
lock and Miss Pond found herself a pris-
Oner. Finding her summons for help
unanswered. she made a bed In the hay
with a horse blanket and went to sleep.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
DESERVING Forty Cats
Family Disappear
Vacated Menagerie Home MystfieS PhiadeI-
phians-Daughter of House Once Found
Chained and Guarded by Animals.

hood OF Twently-seveuth street and Co
lumbia avenue and have caused panic
among housewives.
Several years ago the attention Of
the police and the public was first at
tracted To the cat home b. ne dis
Covery -. tn- preUy laughter chained
10 the floor. With her hair matted and
IN a dirty condition she was surrounded
by colony Of cats licking her hands
When the outsiders entered the prison
Ike room the cats. lean and lauk
jumped feToCtOusly at them. one Of the
men was bitten and had TO be taken 10
a hospital The authorities tried 10
have the matter taken up n couTr. hut
the protest was futile. II is believed
they have gone 10 Milford, Del
The Washington times., 1906-12-02

GETS -FOUR YEARS

, BERLIN, Dec. William Voigt,
former shoemaker who made Emperor
williams soldiers the joke of all
Europe, through his impressing a com
pany OF soldiers 10 assist IN robbing the
treasury Of the city Of Koepenick. after
making the burgomaster and treasurer
prisoners and sending them away 10
jail under military escort. will pay the
penalty Of his crime and joke by serving
four years IN prison.
Voigt already has spent the greater
portion Of his life behind the bars.
Voigts audacity in carrying out. his
robbery has so charmed the people of
Germany, however. that an effort viii
probably ne made to induce the Kaiser
70 pardon him.
Voigt, who personally conducted his
defense, claimed police persecution
drove him back to crime after he had
tried 10 live honestly.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. with their
mysterious departure marked with the
waiIings Of scores Of apparently grief
stricken cats, supposedly pets, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Prettyman. with their
daughter, Lillian, have disappeared
from their late menagerie home at l3Vo
North Twenty-seventh street bringing
TO a close a curious and remarkable
case of ecCenUicity.
For years the Prettyman family RAD
made a hoJby Of collecting cats and In
their house neighbOr5 estimate over
forty eats were secreted. When the
Prettvnans closed their home they al
lowed the feIines to escape. The cats
have scattered around the neighboT-
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
WHERE OLD BIKES GO.

Where do the old wheels go2 The
question is as pertinent as the immortal
query about old pins. The out-of-date
bicycles, however, are much more easily
traced. Jobbsrs buy them up In Ameri-
ca and Europe and ship them literally 10
the uttermost corners Of the earth.
South America is enjoying the bicycle
these days Just as America did a dozen
years ago And the natives, IL Is said
take very kindly 10 the wheel. Return
Ing travellers tell OF the immense pride
which ownership OF a bike develops in
the heart Of a Zulu. who by the way,
never needs trouser guards, and is thus
spared much annoyance.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
RAIL INPALES GIRL
IN FARM RUNAWAY
For Brothers Sake She Had
Been Doing His Work
In Fields.

FORT WAYNE. Ind. Dec. Caro-
line. twenty-six-year-oid daughter OF
Charles Kruse. was killed on her father )
farm. She was on "A load Of fodder, and
the horses ran away. The load over
turned and a rail on a fence entered
her brain through the left ear.
She had just returned from tour Of
Europe. and promised 10 do the farm
work OF her brother William, TO permit
him 10 make q winter tour Of Cali
fornia He left recently, and the plucky
girl had been helping IA the work with
great enthusiasm.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
FOOTBALL IS MORE
POPULAR THAN EVER
Statistics Show That Nine
teen Games Drew Over
100000 Spectators.

The attendance at nineteen football
games this season will be in round num-
bers $4,000. II. as recently asserted bs
one who is not violently enamoured Of
the game. it IS not as popular as here
tofore. there stu are a few who care
for Il.
The nineteen games herewith listed
were picked out because the attendance
figures were available. For a great
many games the attendance was not
given. The figures are not exact. but
they serve to give a good idsa of the
size of the crowds at the more impor-
tant games and 10 show how trsmen-
6ously popular the sport is. Itemized
attendance at the nineteen games fol-
low,
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
CHASE CHICAGO STREETS
FOR DAYLIGHT R0BBER

CHICAGO, Dec. bessie Levine.
daughter Of a State street cloak manu-
facturer, reported to the police that she
was held up by a lone bandit at the
doors Of the First National Bank build
ing today, and an attempt was made
to rob her of $467 The man fed without
securing the booty. she said. Police Of
ficers and citizens gave chase through
the crowded downtown district. The
chase after the robber was unsuccess-
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
OH, DEAR NE! HARVARD
WINS A SOCKER GAME

kEARNEY, y. J., Dec. 1.-The HaT-
ward s0cker football team defeated Co
lumbia here in a drizzllng rainfall today
by l TO 0. Reggie, for the New Eng
landers, kicking a lucky goal. sending
a shot past Graybnl for the only tally.
The play was clean but rapid In the
extreme. and the game was high class in
every particular.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
DESPERATE HIGHWAYMEN
OPERATE NEAR NORFOLK

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 1-Desperate
negro highwaymen are at work in Nor
folk county, near Norfolk city. one of
their number, after an exciting chase.
was surrounded in a thicket and shot.
and is now In the county Jail. This ne
gro held up and robbed several men IN
broad daylight.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
BASEBALL.


Manager HanlOn is quoted as saying
thai Tommy COrcoran's fate will not
be decided until the meeting Of the Ma
tionaI League in New York in December.
Eddie Tiemeyer. the youngster who
made a sensational showing at third
base for Cincinnati, will play third for
Toledo next season. He VIII replace
OTTO Kruger, who goes TO the American
The prosperous semi professional
league in Chicago rejected the applica-
ton Of club organized by Adrian An
son.
President Comiskey is a standpatter,
saying that a team that cleans up a
worlds series should not be touched
year ago.
Ban Johnson and Charley Murphy are
firm advocates for an interleague series
during the Championship season.
Hughey Jennings. who will manage
Baltimore next season, retains his inter
est In the Baltimore club.
BOWLING.
Dan ODonneu, Of the Navys and
Orientals has been UP against an un-
usual streak of luck.
Charles Lennon. champion OF the De
partmeutal last season, is in Chicago
Charley's witty and terse sayings are
missed by those with whom he wal
acquainted.
The Aggies are going a good clip nov
and from present indications they prom
Use to give the leaders a rub. They hav'
won their last six games and have con
seQnently advanced several pegs in the
championship ladder.
~ Bum, the old Interior bowler, is
in Chicago pracucing Law, and from
last reports was doing splendidly- While
here al was one Of the best and most
popular bowiers In the Departmental
His many friends wish him the best
Of success.
With Fred Eckstein, Harry Waters
and Lew Ludwig in the lineup the Com
merce and Labor team viii prove
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
A Few Figures.

Pennsylvania-Swarth 5000 Penn
sylvania-RroWn 6,C00; Princeton-B Buck
nell 400; Princeton-C CorneII. 10000;
PeEnsyl Indians, 1900. Yale-Anl-
herst. 3.0JG. Princeton Dartmouth, $500;
Yale-West Point. 5000; Harvard-Indians.
$780, sylvania- Michigan. 1900,
Yale-Prlnceton. q, 900. Minnesota-In-
dians. 5000; HaTvard-Yale, $500
Chicago Minnesota, 2OO00; Brown
Dartmouth. $500; Harvard-W West Point.
&. 600; Princeton West Point. 5000; Penn
syIvania-Cornell. 2O.O0o: Army-Navy.
%. 600
SeN eraI contests which drew well and
any one OF which would increase The
attendance TO $4,000 approximately are
the Yale-BroWn. Brown. and
nsyiyanla-Lafdyette games, With
out the figures an estimate Of the en-
tire attendance at football this fan IS
the merest gUesswOrlE.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
FOOTBALL GOLF : RACNC BOXING ATf1IETICS
Personal Comment on Men and
Things in the Field of Sports

tough proposition TO some Of the teams
for the rest of the season The Labo-
rites have always before been a little
weak. but from nov on they viii have
good show.
Bob Barr continues to set the pace FOR
the Commissioners, as in days OF Old.
By the way, that bunch seem TO be
pretty husky aud composed mostly OF
athletes. Bob was a bail player u
some note; Akers wa At one time
champion wrestler Of the South, and IL
is even said that Jack Brosnan can play
ping pong.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
No Danger of Extinction.

However, there We're IN the neighbOr-
hood OF 200 games IN addition to those
mentioned. and estimating the atten-
dance at them at 90 each, they would
bring the grand total for the season 10
about half a million.
Evidently the game Is IN no immediate
DANCE of becoming extinct for want Of
patronage. With the public approval
that tie new rules have had this year
still bigger crowds may be looked for
next season.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
AUTOMOBILING.

Inquiries are now being made BY
many autoists fOT anti-freezing soIu-
lions for use Ia the water cooled cars.
Something Of this sort IS very neces-
fary for machines that are used on
long runs in wiHtry we8ther. One =
the best Of these solutions, according
"a tests made b. engineers. is the fol-
lowing: Wood alcohol, u per cent; gIy-
ccrinei Il per cent water 20 per cent.
This withstands freezing az 5 degrees
below zero. For colder weather a great
er percentage of aiontcl - y,-,-s4rrs
may be used.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02

The ordinary method or testing the
brake horsepower OF an automobile
motCr is by means of a prOuy brake.
This. briefly is a clamp with a scale
beam and scales The clamp Il tight
eued upon the hy wheel Of the motor
being tested. ana with the engine run
ming at certain speeds a reading is
taken On the scales. Con siderable heat
Is generated by this method. and he
system Of installing hvcraulic brakes
IS being Instituted by some manufaC-
turers the resi- stance being water un-
der greater or less pressure.
The employment bureau established
for the students in the automobile
school Of the West Side Y 81. C. A..
in New York, has received an unusually
large number OF applications since -he
school resumed its sessions in Noyem-
ber Not only 90 these requests for
competent chaufeurs come from priv
ate owners, but from manufacturers
and managers Of garages Is well. Prac-
ticalIy every good chauffeur graduated
from the school Is assured Of a POSI-
ton, and a number 6I men who re-
Ceived their motor training in the y
NJ. G. a. school are now driving high
priced cars In the Gotham city.
Newport daily independent., 1906-04-23
BATTERED BUT CHEERFUL
A Little Negro Patient at New Yors Hospital Makes the poc-
 tors Laugh.

Mirth and misery commin@le oddly at times to tighten the burden ot wretchcdness and woe which is the ,5. she city's great hospitals. X score Of wan-faced sufferers were distributed among the neat white cots of medical ward in Bellevue one day when a new pati0l.; was brought in. He was a dimi"Gtiye co'ored man. short, squat, thic~-,yt, black as ebony, with heavy prottuding lips and a bullet-shaDed head sparSeiy sprinkled with kuEE graz b,acl, hair. He said he was George Smith, 33 years old, and was born in 'Lond2n county, Virginy, sah." Al! was quiet in the ward save m occasion al groan from some weary sufferer. when the doctors. four of them, grave facsd and diguifed. came to examine the new arrival.
 Well, George. how do you feel?" asked tho house physician, bending over the cot.
 The little darl1y looked at the doctors aslpance for 6 moment, rolled his big eyes around, and said mournfully:
 'I'se hungry"
 "Have you any pain?'' asked the doc tor.
 No, sah, 'ceptin' Fse hungry"
 Then the doctors proceeded to make the usual examination. Tn the middle of his back they found 8 criss-cross cicatrix.
 How did you get this2" the doctor asked.
 "Cow-bunlele," replied the patient, sersely.
 "What's h.s?" continued the inquI itor, placing his finger on big depres- sion in the calf of the patients leg.
 ''Dorg chawed it, said Smith. apa. theticaNy.
 A smile fitted across the faces of the doctors and patient in the next cot forgot to moan. Next the physician found a mass of irregular scars, which looked as if an eight-inch shell had exploded and left it's marks upon the patients face and neck.
 "Explosion?" queried the doctor. pointing to the spot.
 Newt kicked me-" sast Smith with q vou-mo ife-me etired air.
 Even the grave equanimity of the men of medicine was disturbed, and pa tients in adjacent cots laughed out right. Further examination showed a network of scars on his face and neck resembling the tracks in the New York Central freight yards.
 "Razer fte," was Smiths expiana- tion.
 And where did you get theser" said the doctor, with an amused smile, lay ing his fingers on three big welts on the negro's scalp.
 "Cakewallz. Kin I hey chaw uv ter baker," he went on, and the ward was ia an autburst of laughter.-E1 Y. Sun.
Newport daily independent., 1906-04-23
American Bank in Japan.

An American bank in Japan, as a profitable enterprise and a great aid to the American manufacturer, is a sug gestiOn from c. A. Francis of tl Higher Technical school of Tokio, who also advises his fellow Yankees to study Japanese manufacturing condi- tions and needs One Tokio shop em. plOying from l5 to 20 workmen make by hand sewing machine which is claimed to be better than a famous American product of which it Is 8 copy. It is sold for nine yen, while d poor quality of the American machine costs from 40 to 5O yen. How shall Uncle Sans agents demonstrate that their companies make certain machine tools which do his work cheaper tha. they are now doing it and that nc more capital will be needed in the iu- stalling of the plant?
Newport daily independent., 1906-04-23

There is more Catarrh ill this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was sup posed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pro- nounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurabie. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall $ Catarrh Cure, manufactured by IF. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts direct lv on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case t fails to cure. Send for circu- lars and testimonials.
 Address: F. J. Cheney < Co.,. Toledo, Ohio.
 Sold by druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.