davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13

Never judge a player by the balls he bats
over the fence while hitting fungo. It's the
man who makes the base hits in a sched-
uled game who gets the average.
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voyage with more or less success it
was not until fourteen years later
that regularly built steamship
crossed the ocean. This vessel was
the Canadian steamer Royal William,
built at Quebec in 1882 and making
the voyage to London the following
year. She left Quebec Aug. 5, 1888,
and went first to Pictou, Nova Scotia,
for coal. Seventeen days after leaving
Pictou she was in Liverpool, and once
again the maritime world got a thrill.
This time, however, trans-oceanic
travel by steam seemed assured.
Then in 1888 came the voyages of
the Sirius, Leith boat 178 feet long
and of 320-horsepower, and the Great
Western, built at Bristol, 236 feet long
and 750-horsepower.
The Sirius arrived in New York
from London on April Fl, having con-
sumed eighteen days in her trip. To
the establishment of ALL the Great
Western, which left Bistol three days
after the Sirius, steamed into New
York harbor alongside her rival.
Following the performance Of the
Britannia in 1910 came an important
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development in shipbuilding-the
transition from wood to iron and from
paddle wheels to screw prOpellers
The first regular line of iron screw
steamers between Europe and
America was the Inman line, estab-
iished in 1850 The transatlantic rec
ord was greatly reduced and at the
same time each succeeding vessG was
longer and of greater horsepower than
the last
A few more years brought another
change-from iron to steel, and in
1882 the Cunard company put out the
Aurania, a steel vessel 40 feet long
and with a gross tonnage of 1868
Meanwhile the Servia, launched a
year before by the same company, had
cut the New York Queenstown time to
six days, twenty-three hours and fifty
minutes.
The new City of Paris went on the
seas in 1892, launched by the Inman
company. The Paris clipped the time
to five days, fourteen hours and TWEEN
ty-four minutes.
The next Queenstown-Sandy Hook
record, made in 1894, stood until
beaten by the Lusitania. On Oct. Il
of that year the Cunarder Lucania
sailed from Queenstown for New
York and ran abeam the lightship at
Sandy Hook just five days, seven
hours and twenty-three minutes later.
While the record of the Queenstown
New York trip went to the Lusitania
On her maiden trip, the Deutschland
of the Hamburg American line claims
speed honors for the Plymouth Sandy
Hook trip, which she made in 1900 in
five days, fifteen hours and forty-six
minutes, running 265 miles farther
than the Cunarder. The Kaiser Will
helm II. of the North German Lloyd
line made a speed average of 25.5S
miles an hour in 1904, while the Lusi-
tania's average was 23.01. But the
latter holds the undisputed record for
the fastest run ever made from shore
to shore.
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HUMANS ARE LIKE SHEEP.
An Incident That Shows How they
Flock to Follow Leader.

An Incident That Shows How They
Flock to Follow Leader.
az witnessed a little circumstance
the other day." said a merchant whose
store is on Pennsylvania avenue, "that
made me think that in some respects
the human family is very much like a
herd of sheep. When a leader starts
off in any direction the whole crowd
will follow regardless of results.
1.-The occurrence of which | speak"
he said, happened during the heav''
lest part of that equinOctial storm
that drenched the town early in the
week. Eight or nine miserable pedes'
TRANS, whose umbrellas gave them nc
protection, had gathered under the
awning in front of my place and were,
it appeared, waiting for the storm to
let up little before venturlng on
their respective ways.
1.-TWO of the damp and detected
looking mortals were women and
really felt sorry for them as they
stood and gazed up at the clouds in
the hope of seeing little bit of fair
SKY.
Every one of the party was alone
and there was no conversation but the
countenances of each one Of them
gave utterance to the hope that the
storm would soon be over.
cat last a young fellow raised his
umbrella and with the words L think
the worst is over stepped away from
the protecting awning. Every one of
The others followed him. They didn't
seem to reason with themselves a
2erticle, but just adopted his idea and
:Cllowed in his tracks.
The storm, however, had just let
ND a little bit to take breath and in
less than two minutes came down
harder than ever, and l know every
one of the party must have been
drenched
THAT'S why I think mankind as a
rule will follow any sort of leader
w}o comes forth in a dilemma with
out reasoning a bit on it's own hook"
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MORE JAPANESE ASSAULTED.
China Gets Into the Game With an AZ.
tack on Buddhist Missionaries.

Assaults upon Christian mission.
aries in China are not unusual and in
times past have been one of the chief
assets of European powers seeking an
excuse for grabbing parcel of land
here and there, but attacks by Chinese
upon Japanese priests of religion
common to all the Orient are unusual.
Japanese papers do not comment upon
the uniqueness of an assault recently
committed by Chinese upon Buddhist
priests in the province of Wwantung,
but as many Christian organs have
been known to do in times past, they
clamor for retribution
At Changte a Chinese mob recently
attacked Buddhist temple erected
and supported by Japanese priests OF
what is known as the West Hongwan
sect of the Buddhistic creed. The
Toxic papers say that after the as
sault the chief priest of the temple,
Matsujima Shise, sent a letter of pro
test to the district magistrate setting
1OfLu Ill pretty pain teILuo Iu0 diIouIs
of the damages both to the temple and
to the pride of the priests.
Receiving no answer, the priest
went in a litter to the yamen of the
magistrate. While he was actually in
conversation with that official the Chi
nese runners and court attendants fell
upon him, so the Japanese papers
have it, AID kicked him brutally. The
Chinese official made no move to in
tervene and the Buddhits priest had
to run for his life.
The Japanese press sets this down
as another instance of the growing an
tipathy against Japanese which is
found by them all through China from
the high court officials at Pekin to ths
traders AT Canton. There%was no re
ligious impulse behind the attack on
the West Hongwan temple, for al
though most of the lower class Chi
nese are devil worshippers and at best
devoted to the ancestral worship cult
there still remains a sufficient leaver
OF Buddhism to prevent any antag
onism against the propagation of its
teachings.
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When old Father Neptune tossed a
strand of seaweed across the bows of
the Lusitania the other day he
crowned the newest queen of the
oceans and at the same time herald
ed another period in the development
of travel by water-the most wonder
full development contained in the an
mails of progress.
Neptune is old, so with him it was
only yesterday that man first invaded
his hriny domains with the aid OF
steam. Mortal man, whose span of
days is brief, looks back into the not
very dim past and sees the builders OF
ships still experimenting with steam
ers, while the younger. man remem-
bers the great sea palace which bore
him across the waters decade ago.
Then. in the light of what they have
seen they all turn to the ocean won
der of 1907 and they witness sight
which suggests the wand of the ma
gician.
Fame. which is SO tickle on the
seas, and progress, which, like the
giant, wears seven-league boots when
he goes wading in the ocean, have is
sued this edict for the transatlantic
express which would claim honors in
this year of grace.
She must rush across the ocean on
q i've days schedule.
She must be able to carry from s.
thousand to 1000 persons.
She must be built Of steel, driven
by turbine engines and quadruple pro
pellers.
She must be so fitted as to make
nervous passengers and persons in
clined to be ill forget they are at sea.
She must be a floating palace with
every accommodation of magnificent
hotel
She must be all of this, for the Lusi-
tania, finished product of the develop
ment of passenger shipbuilding right
down to the very minute has set
new standard.
Just siXty-seven years ago-a long
time in a mans life but merely an in
cident in the records of the worlds
Drogress-the owners of the Lusitania
launched the Britannia, the pioneer OF
the Cunard Atlantic mail service. The
Britannia was 207 feet long, 81 feet
broad and "a feet deep. Her gross
tonnage was 1854 tons and her indi-
Gated horsepower TAO. She was pro-
PEELED by side paddle wheels and car
ried sails. She could carry 225 tons
OF cargo and she had accommodations
for 1lJ passengers.
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sea in 1910, and the Lusitania, laurel
bearer of 1907, is written virtually the
history of the development of modern
steam navigation. True, it was many
years before that the first steamer
crossed the Atlantic, but these early
years were the precarious and expert
mental days of ocean travel.
1t was in 1919 that the steamer Sa-
vannah, a wooden craft of $50 tons,
was turned out from Corlear's Hook,
New York, and sent down to Savan-
nah, from which point Scarborough &
Isaacs, rich shipping firm, wanted
the honor of starting the first trans
atlantic steamer The Savannah car
ried a set of sails and pitiful little
pair of side paddle wheels which were
turned by a single cylinder engine.
She burned a little coal, but wood
mostly served for fuel. No passengers
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HABYs ECZEMA GREW WORSE.
Hospitals and Doctors Could Not Re-
Iieve Him-But Cuticura Remedies
Speedy, Permanent Cure.

Eczema appeared when our baby
was three months old. We applied to
several doctors and hospitals, each of
which gave us something different
every time, but nothing brought relief.
At last, one of our friends recommend
ed to us Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment. A few days afterwards inn
provement could be noted. Since then
We have used nothing but Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, and now
the baby is six months old and is quite
cured. All that we used was one cake
of Cuticura Soap and two boxes Cuti.
cura Ointment, costing in all $1.25 G.
F. Kara, 343 East 65th Street, New
York, March 80, 1906"
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turned up at sailing time on May %,
1919, probably. from fear, for there
were many who prophesied dire things
for this venturesome craft-so the Sa-
vannah sailed with her crew, her car
go and twenty-three empty state
rooms.
According to her log she was able
to use steam only eight hours during
the voyage to Liverpool, which lasted
twenty days and eleven hours,
and when her funnel did send forth
smoke, more than one passing craft
hurried to her assistance, thinking her
on fire.
The feat Of the, Savannah, while as
founding the world, did not at the
time indicate eventual success in
transatlantic travel by steam.
While other vessels essayed the
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The Britannia left Liverpool for
Boston on July 4, 1870. heralded as the
wonder of her time. Making S.5 knots
an hour and consuming thirty-eight
tons Of coal a day, she steamed tri-
umphantly into Boston harbor just
fourteen days and eight hours after
she left Liverpool, and the whole
world applauded the feat.
She was the queen of the seas in
1870. Now what of the ocean queen
of 1907?
The Lusitania is 100 long, So feet
wide and 81 feet deep to boat deck.
Her gross tonnage is $4,000 tons and
her speed Is knots an hour. She can
carry $500 to 1000 passengers. and
crew while in her great engines she
has stored a horsepower Of $4,000.
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Wrath Auerted.

The magistrate looked severely at
the chauffeur.
THAT makes two people you've kill.
ed in my jurisdiction he said.
Besides five crippled" suggested
the chauffeur. why, that's peach of
a machine. They just can't get away
from it"
What did you say the make was?"
inquired the magistrate, who liked an
occasional spin himself.
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She towers ZIG feet to the top of her
mast heads.
Leaving Queenstown on Sunday
evening on her maiden trip she rushed
across the water to Sandy Hook and
ran abeam of the lightship there On
the following Friday morning, just five
days and fifty-four minutes from the
screams of hundreds Of whistles, and
while telegraph and cable spread the
news of her feat around the world,
her owners made the remarkable
statement that she had not been seek
ing a record, but was merely sailing
on schedule time Between the days
of the old Britannia, best ship of the
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The Reward of Virtue.

Magistrate Ito prisoner)-It's some
time since saw you here.
Prisoner (virtuously)-Yes, sir; I've
been quiet an law-abidin' since the
last time | was up before you, and
that wer' bout six months ago.
Magistrate-Ah. yes, I remember,
gave you six months for stealing a
ham. It's year this time.
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down pains and the kidney secretions
were much disordered. / thought /
would not live long, but since using
Doan's Kidney Pills 1 am different
woman, can do my own work and have
no fear Of those troubles returning"
Sold by all druggists. so cents n
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Uncertain.

Doctor, | suppose that cross
grained. crouchy old patient of yours
is grumbling now because he can't
complain of the heat"
well, | really can't say whether
he is suffering with the heat or not"
what! In this raw weather."
"Oh, then, you don't know he's
dead"
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A Delicate Hint.
lOokine

Two very cadaverous looking
tramps looked in at the window of a
railway station where a telegraph op.
orator sat at his key.
Say, pardner,' one Of them said in
a very husky voice, report couple
o. empties goin' east"
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Unjtlnu the Cats.

$50 Bangs is running for Officer
''He is, and you bet it's going to be
a walkover."
If it wasn't for getting her front
hair mussed no girl would object to
being kissed against her win once in
a while.
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DELAYS Are DANGEROUS.

Young Scads-I don't want to go to
college, dad
Old Scads-Youll have to, my boy,
because you can't afford to neglect it.
l had to give college million last
year in order to get my degree. -
Puck.
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Short of Space.

Showman-Look here, your paper
said the biggest snake in my show
was twenty feet long, when it's really
thirty-one feet.
Editor-Sorry, but we were pushed
for space yesterday, and had to cut
everything down.
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Too Much of Good Thing.
Jagger-Bibber says he's on the
cart for keeps now
Tippler-How's that?
Jagger-Couldn't stand seeing two
of his wife when he came home late
nights.
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PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.

'N"' H''VOSe~''' '''V~''H0'Ss
Reported by nothrop & Johnson
patent lawyers, Oil Pioneer Press
building, ST. Paul, Mimi: James L.
Coleman, Duluth, Mimi, pulley; Chas
D. Edwards, Albert Lea, Mimi, grad
ing machine; George Fink, Northfield
Mimi, carrier; Edward L. Southwicl
Mapleton, Mimi, non-refillable bottle !;
Max Toltz, st. Paul, Mimi, super
heater; Aanen Travland, Hoffman,
Mimi, bicycle boat; Charles E. Mapes,
Havana, N. D., grain door for cars.
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Squelched.

Impecune-Pm poor, sir, but love
your daughter.
Old Rocksey-Tut! tut young man;
you can't make money as quick as
that in this world.
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His Mind ReIievAd

Mrs. Post-Both the cook and wait.
ress have left.
Mr.. Post-Good! Now / dare bring
some of the fellows home for dinner.
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VieWinu With Alarm.

"You look downcast, old man."
Eyes, feel that way. l asked Miss
Hoamley to marry me and she fixed
the day in the last week in June"
well, the time will pass quickly"
Eyes, that's what's worrying me-
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Not Definite.

I'm in a get-rich-quick scheme this
time, sure" said the optimist.
(Which end of it,"
81 don't understand"
do you give or receiver"
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SIT In a cnalr DAY
after day unable to
move about on ac-
count Of rheumatic
pains in my back.
hips and legs. l was
short of breath and
my heart would fiut-
ter after the least
exertion. ] had dizzy
spells and bearing
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-11-14
The Old coquette.

when my rescuer appeared the
robbers ran away"
''And the rescuer?"
''He ran after the robbers"
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After all, the only sure happiness
we have to-day is the knowledge that
we don't know what is going to hap
pen tomorrow.
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Not the Real Thing

Not the Real Thing.
Patience-You know the captain.
don't you?
Patrice-Oh, yes.
Patrice-Do you suppose he was
ever in a real engagement?
Patrice-No, only the seashore
kind, I guess.
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GaiIninn His Sneed.

''Of course, your friend Graphter is
rather fast"
well, he isn't as slow as he looks. +"
mo; nor as slow as he pays his
debts"
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are serviceable. II your dealer does not
have them, apply to Goodyear Rubber Co..
st. Paul, MINI.
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for guaranteed bedbug and coclSgoach exter
minator. Nothing equals it, lasts q months.
r. Chem Co, "a E. 4th ST. st. Paul, MINI.
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Not That Kind.

Boy-Is this trust shop, mister?
Clerk-Yes. What do you want?
Boy-Pop wants to know if you'll
trust him with two plugs of black navy
and paper of mild smokin' till pay
day.
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Some men imagine they are decent
because they wear a clean collar every
day.
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"GOLD SEAL" IS THE ONLY SEAL
on Overshoes and Oil Clothing that indi-
Gates best made. II your dealer does not
have goods bearing this brand apply to
Goodyear Rubber Co., St Paul. MINI.
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Knicker-Weston is walking to Chi.
cago.
Bocker-Did his machine break
down so far away from home?~
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Blessed Are the Peacemakers.
The Wife-Where did you get all
these terrible bruises?
The Husband-Oh, at the peace dem.
onstration.
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When a man kisses a girl for the
first time she tries to act so that he
will think it is her first experience.
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The Master of the House

Wife-My husband did not come
home at all last night.
Maid-Have you looked under the
bed?
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CASH FOR CREAM AND POULTRY.
Top prices, quick returns. square deal
Ship to us to-day. Write for tags & prices
r. e. COBB. st. Paul MINI.
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HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS' SUPPLIES
All kinds of Sporting Goods. CataIog free.
Kennedy Bros. Arms CO.. st. Paul MINI.
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SHIP YOUR CREAM
to Crescent Creamery Co., st. Paul. Nina
Write to-day for tags and prices.
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Why is it that the average chaperon
thinks it's up to- her to work overtimeF
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Do all the work you can; there are
lots of lazy men who will do the rest.
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A fathers pride in his children's
music is based largely upon what is
cost him.
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TIED TO A CHAIR.
Unable to Move About On Account
of Kidney Troubles.

Mrs. Anna Beebe, River and Monroe
Sts., Anoka, Mimi, says: II had to
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HIGHER CREAM PRICES.

When a wise man gets angry he
goes away back and sits down.
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WE PAY TOP PRICES FOR CREAM.
Cash every day Write for prices and tags.
MILLER &. HOLMES. ST. Paul. MINI.
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When a man talks of himself he is
usually more eloquent than interest
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Write us to-day for particulars and tag
MILTON DAIRY CO. ST. Paul. Min
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CREAM OF OIL
is the best kerosene, and does not smoke
the chimney. Nor char the wick. Try it,
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MeMURRAY'S VANILLA.

Worth a dollar a drop. sold by a
grocers at a low price.
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275 McDonough ST., Brooklyn.
Coffee hurt her, she quit and used
Postum. She didn't attempt to an
alyze but she enjoyed the results. I'M
derneath it all There's Reason"
POSTUM CEREAL CO., LTD.
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Dear SirS:

Dear Sirs:
am, this morning, in receipt of the
enclosed mighty good letter from one
of my subscribers, which l forward to
you, and which I am sure you will be
glad to use. am personally acquaint'
ed with this lady, and know that she
has no object in writing, other than
to do good.
Cordially,
John W. Pritchard, Pres.