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The Washington times., 1907-05-19
NAVY CREW WINS
FROM COLUMBIA
BY Il LENGTHS
Middies Lead From Start and Easily Meet Des<
perate Spurts-Coach GlendOn Thinks They'll
Be AS Good at Four Miles

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, May 1S-In a
splendidly contested race OF two miles,
rOwed on the Severn this afternoon. the
Naval Academy crew won from Column
bia University by a length and a half
The winning time was 10 minutes 80
seconds, and that Of the losers 10 minutes
IS seconds.
The midshipmen got the jump on
their opponents at the start and were
slightly over a length IN the lead
quarter OF a mile from the beginning
From that point TO the half mile Col
Umbia pulled Up and almost pushed her
boat even at times, but the terrific stroke
Of Navy wore down the New Workers,
and they lost distance slowly but stead
lily from that point 70 the finish.
POughkeepsie Outlook Bright.
Conditions were excellent for the race.
Though there was some wind blowing Up
the course which lowered the time, yet
the sea was smooth and neither crew
had trouble on account Of shipping
water. The course is sheltered BY ths
lofty Severn hills. and for most OF the
distance the water was ideal. In the
last third the course is more exposed,
and there was some roughness. but not
enough TO interfere with the clean water
manship OF both crews.
Special interest was taken IN today
race because the Navy crew has an
nounced that it would enter the Pough-
keepsie regatta As Columbia would
De one Of its opponents IN the big race
and has already shown its strength by
defeating Harvard, today's contest was
regarded in the nature Of a test OF
the middies' chances for making a good
showing or not II is now established
that the Navy has a mighty crew for a
two-mile race. and Coach Glendon' s
efforts will now be devoted 10 making II
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Just as good for double the distance. ID
Is cOrEcent he can turn the trick
At the start this afternoon, the Nav,
with the outside course. started with
tnirty-five strokes 10 the minute. rbes
visitors taking about three less IN tho
same time. Navy jumped TO the front
almost at once and increas ed It's lead
-or 200 yards until clear water began
70 show between the beats From this
point until after the first mile uasse<I
Columbia not only held her own. b,r
pushed the nose Of her boat 10
until the midshipmen barely held thelu
lead Then Navy hit its stroke I'd tI
thirty-seven, pushed Its boat until ieT
was again length 10 the good. then
settled back 10 thirty-five Two kun.
dred yards from the finish the NAVY
crew again raised the stroke. finishing
strongly a length and a half ahesd. CO..
lumbia rowed most gamely, but was nor
able 10 stand the pace toward the last.
Among the spectators was D,,ka
DAbrBzzi. who. accompanied by Cant,
George P. CoIvocoreses, saw the ract
from a launch.
How They Rowed. 3
The crews were as follows: i
Colurnbia-Snevely. bow; johnson. q
F3ul9lng. 3; J. Mackenzie. 4: Won Sa1za-
o, e Mackenzie, s; Boyle (captain). n
Cerussi' stroke. Average weight. 1854
pounds Coxswain WiHslow, I2O pounds.
naval Academy-Davfs. bow: .Race q
FTltchard. 3; White. 4: Leighton. ::
rockwell. 6; Mckee, Z: Ingram CcaD-
Ialn)' stroke Average weight. 17sas
pounds Coxswain Roberts, 10 pounds
The officials were: Referee. F 6
Bangs. New York: starter. Lieut. Con-
noble Irwin. T. s. N: Judges n
GlIhs, Columbia; AIidshipman SEYMOUR.
liners. N Reed, Columbia; NidSbi0I
men COnman and Gilmore.
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RICHMOND BEATS LYNcHBURG.

RICHMOND, May 1s.-Long was In
vincible in the box this afternoon, win
ming his game from Lynchburg by a
score of 6 TO O. The shoemakers made
only four hits, all of which were
scratches. Oakley, for Lynchburg
weakened perceptlbly in the sixth in
ming, allowing five hits, which resulted
in four runs. Cowan, catcher of Rich
mond. filed Kirkpatrick's place at third
and did the star work for Richmond
Score: R.H.E.
Lynchburg- o 0 o 0 0 90 4
Batteries-Long and Walsh; Oakley
and Bentley.
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IS BEATEN
BY RYATTSYILLE

LAUREL, May 1s.-Hyattsville won
from Laurel today in an errorless game
by II 10 l. Fulton, who was in the box
for the Midway City. could not cope
with Hyattsville's heavy hitters He
was touched up for thirteen singles.
Roses fielding was the redeeming feat
ure Of Laurels work He caught sew
eral difficult flies with the bases full
and two mon out. Fulton and Mangllm
are each credited with a three Dagger.
while George Leakin made three
singles.
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"One out when winning run scored.

zone out when winning run scored
Innings pitched-Rhoades, 8 1-3; Thiel-
man, %. Hits-Of Roades, 8: off
'Thielman, g. Earned runs-Cleveland, .;
Washington. l. Two-base hits-LajOie.
Clarke. Anderson, Altizer. Three base
hit-FleCk. Sacrifice hits-Bradley, Flick.
LajOie, Turner. Thielman. Cross C2). =.
Jones Stolen bases-La iOie Ganley.
First on Dalls-Off Rhoades. 8: off Thiel-
man, l.: off Smith. 1. Hit by pitcher-Bv
Smith, /; Left on bases-Cleveland, Z;
Washington, 1. Struck out-By Thiel-
man, 2; by Smith, 5. Double plays-Al-
tier to Hickman; Clarke to Bradley;
Bradley, Stovall to Bradley: Cross TO
Hickman. Time, 1852. Umpire Connolly.
Attendance 5334
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LUNDGREN'S TWIRLING
WINS FOR CHICAGO

BOSTON, May ls.-Lundgren let Bos-
ton Nationals down with three hits to-
day. and Chicago won a close and ex-
citing game, to /. Beaumont, Hoff-
man, and Bridwell contributed sensa-
tional plays. Stupid base running IN the
sixth was costly TO Boston. King and
Steirfeldt making a double play on an
abortive double steal. The biggest Sat-
urday crowd seen on the grounds in
years attended the game. Score:
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YANKEES WIN ANOTHER;
ST. LOUIS THE VICTIM

ST. LOUIS, May 18.-"Happy Jack
Chesbro made his first appearance of
the season today and pitched the New
Yorks to victory. While the Highland
ers finally won. it was not due to Ches-
bros pitching. for the st. Louis team
forced him to retire IN the sixth. Keefe,
who replaced him, pitched fine game.
The score:
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ball, but he was just able to get his
hands on the ball while on the dead run.
Ganley hit the ball in regular Billy
Keller style. He also scored two Of
the four Washington runs.
Charley Jones gave an excellent ex-
hibition Of sprinting in the third inning
when he raced home from second on
HickmRn's long fly TO Hinchman.
Cross sacrificed twice, each time turn
ing back when he saw Stovall holding
the ball. Connolly would not call him
out the second time until the ball had
been tossed to first.
Altizer, in the second. raced out TO
short left, and pulled in Hinchman's
short pop fly as it was going over his
head. Birmingham thought the hit was
safe, and had turned second for third,
forcing an easy double play at first.
Turner robbed Smith of a hit in the
Seventh by a stop near third, the throw
being perfect.
The paid attendance was 5,334. Good
for a cloudy and threatening day.
Hughes and Lieberhardt, the Iron
Man of the South" will pitch Monday.
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EaT-led EOnS-CnlcagO, = SIOlen pslSeS-
Tinker. 2; Chance. Tenney. 2; Howard. 2;
Sheckard. Holman Left on bases-Boston. 3;
Chicago, s. Bases on balls-On Pfeffer. I;
of LUndgren. 2 Struck out-By Pfeffer. 8;
by Lundgren. 2. Sacrifice hits-Beaumont,
Bates Sheckard. Double plays-Beaumont
and Ncedham; Bridwel and Tenney; King
and Stelnfeldt. Passed balls-Needhan- I'M
pire-O'D Day. Time OF game-1 hour and 81
minutes Attendance, 4S7.
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The Score:

Loft on bases-Georgetown .; Fordham. 10.
Two-base hits-O'Reilly, Hartman. Sacri-
fee hit-McDonald. First base on errors
GEORGETOWN 2 Stolen sbases-Hartman.
SIMON. Mcdonald Double plays-Mudd and
Smith Bases on balls-On Cantwell. 4.
Struck out-By MahCney. Z: Cantwell. T.
Hit by pitCher-MatOney. /. Cantwen. 2.
Passed ball-Mudd. Umpire Robertson. Time
Of game-I hour and 30 minutes.
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Stolen bases-Oldring. Seybold. Davis. Ross
man. 2; Jones. OLeary. Sacrifice hit-Ross-
man. Two-base hits-Murphy 2; schreck.
C'Leary. Crawford. Cobb. Bases on balls
OF Dygert, Z; on COMBS /: off Mulin, (.
Hit b. pitched ball-Bender. J.: Mullin. l.
First base on errors-Detroi.. ?: Philadel-
phia, l. Struck out-By Bender. /; by
COMBS, L by Dygert. :; by Mullin. 3.
Double play-O'Leary. s.:haofer and Ross
man. Wild pitches-Bender. Mullin. Dygert.
Passed ball-Schmidt. Umpire-Evans Time
OF game-2 hours and IS minutes Attend
ance-e.2A. -.---i..---
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Two-base hits-Bransheld. Odweu. Three
base hit-McLean. Sacrifice hits-Schlei
Knabe. 2; Courtney. Stolen bases-Huggins,
Kane, Lobert, Thomas Double plays-Ma-
son. Hugginx. and Mclean: Gordon. Knabe
and BransfielG. Left on bases-Cincinnati, g.;
Philadelphia. 6. First base on balls-On
Mason. Z; OF Corridor. 2 First base on
errors-Cincinnati, 2; Philadelphia, l. Struck
out-By Mason. 3; by Corridor. I. Passed
balls-Jacklitsch 2 Umpire-Carpenter- Tine
500.
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DETROIT HITS BALL HARD
AND BEATS ATHLETICS

DETROIT, Mich, May 1S.-Detroit
batted three of the Athletics pitchers
out Of The box in tOday's game, and won
by 10 70 8. Mullin was hit hard in the
early innings, but braced after the third.
The battiog of Cobb, who hit success
fully three times with the bases full,
was the feature. Score:
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BROOKLYN AND PIRATES
SPLIT D0UBLEHEADER

BROOKLYN. May lS.-The Brooklyn
and Pittsburg Nationals split even TO-
day. Both contests were pitchers bat
ties. the Brooklyns winning the first
by punching their hits in the eighth IN
ming, while the Pirates shut out the
Trolley Dodgers IN the second, scoring
the only run Of the game in the first
inning. Score:
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A1pilt IuuH-t5resuAnAu. HOLY. 1NO-Dal.t
hits-C0rcoran, Bresnahan, Byrne. Stolen
rors-New York. 2; St Louis 8. Bases on
balls-On McGlynn. l. Struck out-By Wiltse,
?. Wild pitch-McGlynn. Left on bases
New York, 4; ST. Louis, 3. Double play
Burch md Beckley. Umpire-Rigler Time
Of game-l hour and SO minutes. Attend
ance-I1 200.
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riends of Charley Smith

The many friends of Charley Smith
rwere out strong. and pulled for VIC
tory. He appeared to have the Maps
guessing for a while. but he did not
have the proper respect for the hitting
ability of Flick.
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NOTES OF THE GAME.

Hughes was sent out TO warm up
while the Maps were at bat in the ninth
inning Cantillon had figured on send
ing another man TO bat for Smith in the
tenth
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TWo-base hit-Ritter. Sacrifice hit-Hall-
man. Stolen bases-ClariSe, Wagner. First
base on eTrors-Brooalyn. l. Bases en- balls
Oh Mcintyre. 3. Struck out-By Mcintyre.
3; by Willis. 3. wild pitch-McIntyre. Left
on bases-Brookl--n, 3; Ptttsburg, 5. Umpire
tombstone. Time OF game-l hour and 3
minutes Atten1ance-1OO 600
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First base on errors-Navy, q Army, l.
Left on bases-Navy. Il. West Point S
First hass on balls-On Beavers. 3. Struck
ByLampier, 8: by Beavers. 6. Two-base
hits-Bacon. 2. Stolen bases-Gularn. StrIck-
land. 2; Groning. Hit by pitcher-By Van
Auken. I, BY Beavers. ?. Wild pitch-Lam-
pier. Cmpire-Emslie. Time OF game-2
hours and minutes.
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GIANTS KEEP UP
WINNING STREAK,
BEAT ST. LOUIS
McGraw's Men Capture
Seventeenth ConSecu-
tive Victory.

NEW YORK, May 1S.-The New York
Nationals won their seventeenth straight
game today by taking the ST. Louis
into camp. The batting Of Bresnahan
and Mccain was the feature. Score:
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PHILADELPHIA DOWNS
CINCINNATI REDS

PHILADELPHIA, May ls-in a close
and interesting game Philadelphia de-
feated Cincinnati today. MasOn's wild
ness. coupled with timely hitting by the
QualIers, gave them the victory, Score:
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ALTIZER'S THROW
PROVES UNDOING
OF WASHINGTON
G. areless Heave in the Ninth Let Cleveland Win.
Hickman Makes Star Stop-Smith
Pitches in Hard Luck

CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 1S.-Wash-
ngton made its debut here today under
the impresarioship OF Joe CantillOn by
losing to Cleveland 5 10 (.
The Nationals wore brunette uniforms,
somewhat on the Jim Crow order, and
made things look dark for the Larrupers
for a while. Pitching for them was
Charley Smith. who votes in Cleveland.
and he was troublesome & large portion
of the time. He pitched vigorously and
convincingly while Rhoades, who had
the opening act on the bill, was not so
emphatic.
Altizer's Costly CareleSsness.
The Lengthy Altizer must be charged
with the defeat IL was his wild heave
to Hickman in the ninth inning that
gave the Maps the chance to win.
Hinchman grounded to him. and he had
plenty Of time TO throw him out but he
chucked the ball low. Turner beat a
hunt that would have been a sure out
had not Hinchman been on base and
Thielman sacrificed. Then Flick came
along with a single, short fly to left
that Anderson could not quite reach,
and the Maps scored the winning run.
The ali-star of the contest was Flick.
1t was his work that enabled the Lar
rupers TO win. he being responsible for
four of their tallies. His triple drove
in two runs, and he scored himself later
with the deciding run on Bradley's
single.
Hickman shone. too, his great stop
of Clarke's terrific grounder in the
fourth inning, when Lajoie, was on sec
ond by virtue of a hit and a steal, cut
of a run Altizer played a nice game
and Smith felded his position exceed
ingly well.
Nationals Start Well.
The Nationals counted in the first.
Ganley singled and stole, and after
Jones walked and Cross sacrificed, he
scored on Hickman's out.
Two more were added in the third.
Ganley showed that a bunt could be
beaten, and Jones again took exercise
Cross sacrificed, and when Hickman S
prolonged fly went to Hinchman, Ganley
and Jones scored. the latter from second
base. one of the most daring bits OF
baseball running ever seen here
Rnoades was erased after Anderson S
double in the fourth. and Thielman was
inserted. He succeeded in retiring the
against though In the sixth when
Altizer doubled and Andersen hit one
that Lajoie could not get.
Smith in Hard Luck.
Smith held the Maps safe until the
fifth and allowed only two hits up tc
that inning. Then Hinchman got a
scratch hit after one was gone, but was
forced by Turner. Thielman strolled
and Flick tripled TO the right field fence,
scoring Turner and Thielman. A second
later Bradley hit safely, adding another
Another run came in the sixth or
doubles by Lajoie and Clarke. How the
last tally was produced has already beer
described.
Cantillon coached. His voice sounded
like a catch-as-catch-can convention OF
raw filers, but his remarks were not
grating In fact, they were enjoyed
In order that his voice may not NEE
with interference. he amputated his
famed sable moustache and his facia
contour is now Ike that Of a harves
moon. His advent enlivened matter!
considerably.
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stolen base-Hahn. Two-base hits--Doho-
hue. Mcfarland. 2; Ferris. Collins, Tame
hill. Double play-Criger to Ferris Struck
out-Rv AItrocx 2; by Tannehiile l. Bases
on balls-On Altrock. 2; of Tannehill, 4
Umpires-Sheridan and Hurst Time Of
game-1 hour and - minutes.
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Sacrifice hits-McCarthy, Butler. Double
plcys-Strick' ut. Lewis and Jordan. Wagner,
Abbatanchio and Nealon- Left on bases
PtJtsburg. s, Brooklyn. 6. First base on
balls-On Strfcklett 3. First base on err
rors-Brooklyn. /. Struck oUt-By PhiIlippi.
3; by stricklett. 2 wild pitch-StrickIett
Umpire ohnston. Time Of game hour and
minutes.
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.SOX COP GAME
FROM HUB TEAM
IN LAST INNING
MCFarland'S TWO-Bagger
Drives in the Win
ming Run.

CHICAGO. May 1s-A double by Nc
Farland. following Quillen's single, in
the last inning. put Boston out Of busi-
ness this afternoon. Score:
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Home run-Elberfeld- TWo-pase hlts-L+a-
porte Yeager- Sacrifice hit-Chase. Stolen
bases-Wallace, Chase, Conroy. First base
on errcrs-New York. ?; St Louis. l. Bases
on balls-On Chesbro. l; of Petty, l. Dou-
BILE play-Niles and Jones. Umpires-O Lough-
liz and Stafford. Time Of game-l hour and
IS minutes. Attendance 600.
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Standing Of the Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results-

New York, 6; St Louis, 2.
Chicago, 2; Boston, l.
Brooklyn, 3; Pittsburg, Gst camel
PitJsburg, 1; Brooklyn. 0 Cd camel
Philadelphia, 3; Cincinnati, 9.
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There were four double plays. both
teams making two. All were Of the light
ming order.
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Hinchman made a sterling catch OF
Anderson's terrific drive 10 left center
that was ticketed for two bases. 1t did
got look as though he could reach the
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Georgetown
Is Banked
By FOrdhanl

NEW YORK, May 1S.-Under ideal
weather conditions today at Fordham
Field, Georgetown was made 20 bite the
dust by the Bronx ColIegians by 2 10 o.
Singles by Mahoney and Egan, and
O'Reuly's two-sacker in the first inning
broke up the game and was the only
scoring. The game was a warmly con-
tested battle. as these two rivals play
ed a fourteen inning tie two weeks ago
In Washington
Mahoney was in fine form. allowing
only three bingles and tanning seven
men. Cantwel allowed six hits, but
three of these came In the first in
ming. and two in another. MahOney was
steady Throughout. not giving a base
on balls. while CantweI distributed
four passes. O'Reilly played his first
game of the seaosn with the Fordham
varsity, and was responsible for the
runs tailed. He played a clever game
in the field. nicely handling three outs
and four assists
Three Hits-It's All Over.
At first Gargan played brilliant
game. making some clever stops Of low
throws. Fordham's twirler was kept
busy fielding his position, having nine
assists to his credit Captain Smith, oil
the visitors, ambled around third sack
in good style.
Georgetown was easily disposed OF ir
the first but Fordham was a harder
proposition. After two men had beer
disposed Of Mahoney singled and Egan
followed suit. both scoring on O'Reilly'
long twO-sacker.
This ended the run-making, as in
the following innings both sides went
out almost in one, two, three order
except in the seventh inning, when the
visitors secured two hits, but failed
to tally. Gargan vanished Simon
Byrnes hit safely to left. but was
forced at second. Schlafy hit out L
Hartman, but O'Reilly and Gargan re
tired Scheller. Hartman's two-sackeI
and Egans infield hit did not producC
any runs. as the other three b5tsmeT
were pat away in good style. The
players on both sides were retired i;
quick order during the remainder Of
the game
Tho Crora.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Resu!ta

Cleveland. 8; Washington. 1
New York. !: ST. Louis. 8
Chicago. 3; Boston. >
Detroit. Is; Philadelphia s
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ball, but he was just able to get his
hands on the ball while on the dead run.
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Ioday's Games.
New York at ST. Louis.
Boston at Chicago.
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Totals Is 1925 p Totals &c 2717 6
TWO out when winning run scored.
fBatted for Meredith in ninth
Annapolis -....-------.1 O 2 o. o O-5
West Point............S o o 0 ) O Go
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Ganley hit the ball in regular Billy
Keller style. He also scored two of
the four Washington runs.
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EASTERN LEAGUE RESULTS.
At Rochester

Batteries-Grey and Hearne;
and Ryan. Cmpire-Conway.
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The Public Printing Evil.

washington.-The are stored in
the basemcnt Of the capitol, in the old
government printing Office. In th'
Baltby building, In the old car barns
and in two rented warehouses more
than $500 tons OF documents aSd re
ports-enough to MI freight train more
than three miles long. according t'
Victor l.. Rickett. secretary OF the
printing investigation commission ap
pointed two years ago. In addition 10
its own storage capacity. the govern.
ment is paying SIS. 500 q year in rent
ais. A large proportion Of these docu
ments are obsolete.
The Joint committee on printing cut
on this year nearly million volumes
OF the congressional printing alone
and in this the committee only touched
the waste which was piling up In tn,
warehouses to rot 1t cost the govern
ment millions OF dollars for labor and
material to no useful purpose.-New
York World.
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How IN. VILLAGE Progressed.

well. WELL" exclaimed the mar
who had wandered back TO the village
so the Eagle house il stlll the Eagle
house, No change after twenty
years
There hev been few changes, as
serted the oldest inhabitant with some
ascerbity Since you've been gone the
hotel hez been respectively the Grand
Union. the Grand Central. the Grand
Junction. the Great Northern. the
Great Southern. the Imperial. the Re
gal. the Empire, the Monarch the
Prince OF Wales. the Regent. an few
other royalties which disrecnllect,
the Mansion house six times an the
Eagle house seven. the latter happenin
to be its proud patronymic at present
writin'. Plunkyille. my travelled friend.
hain't SO ALFRED behind the times e.
you seem to imagine.-Washington
Herald
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Strange Bird is Shot.

Knoxville, Tenn.-Inhabitants in the
region of Zions Mil, Lee county, Vir-
ginia. are greatly puzzled over the dis.
covery of a strange bird in the noun
talns near by by J. +. Witt, a mer-
chant of that place. The bird Is of
great size, measuring nine feet from
tip to tip. The feathers are perfectly
white, except the tips Of the wings,
which are black.
Its head and bill are IS inches In
length, its webbed feet are seven
inches across. A great pouch under
its bill holds gallon Of water and this
gives the idea that the bird must be
Of the pelican family, found in south
err waters. It IL supposed that thu
bird was driven to the north ~ 1
storm and lost IT. bearings. II VII
b brought here. mounted and 1xhit
red. &, .'
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OLD CUSTOM FROM GERMANY.
Goshenhoppen Reformed Church Dec
oratee 1000 Graves.

Pennsburg. PA religious OBJ
scsvance altogether new in south
eastern Pennsylvania, and probably
conducted for the first time in the
United States. took place the other
day at the New Goshenhoppen Re-
formed church. 1t was, service in
memory of the dead. and the principal
feature was the decoration of 1000
graves in the graveyard with flowers.
The idea was suggested to Rev. c.
NJ. De Long. pastor, when he visited
Nuremberg, Germany, some years ago.
One Sunday in June nearly the whole
populace assembled in the cemeteries,
placed flowers on the graves and then
attended religious service.
All afternoon and next morning un
til ten o'clock the members of tho con
gregation brought great quantities OF
flowers to the churchyard and placed
them on the graves. When the time
arrived for beginning the service.
the great expanse of flower-decket
graves presented scene of rare
beauty. An appropriate sermon wa.
preached by Rev. Mr.. De Long.
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New Automatic Rifle.

The selfloading or automatic musk
ct is now being seriously considered
as the infantry arm OF the future. The
equipment OF the great armies OF the
world with an improved rifle is hardly
completed when the mechanics begin
work on n new weapon. At the recent
examinations OF the German War
Academy the automatic rifle was one
OF the themes for discussion. The
piece now OH trial has magazine
holding ten cartridges: the recoil is
utilized to load and cock. Consequent
ly the soldier can remain quietly In
position, never removing his eye from
the target. and fire his ten shots
New York Sun.