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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-13

With the three time winner out, the
heat winners. Kroker who had been
moved into the front position by the dis
tancing OF Look Wilkes. and Mary M.
who had captured two heats. were
brought out for what proved TO be the
final number. Kroker was in most of the
way around, and Mary M came under
the wire first i'm something under three
minutes Nearly everybody at the track
had wagered on the chances OF the win
ming mare. Dreamwold Prattler had been
the favorite in the opening heat of this
race, which was run Thursday This
horse never had chance
Uncle Dick. driven by Crowley, who pi-
loted Mary NJ. to victory. led In three
straight trips around the track I'm the 2:2i
pacing class. The first heat of this event
was also pulled off the day before.
Charles King opened favorite and re-
mained the choice until one heat had
been run.
The heavy shower which came in the
middle OF the afternoon transformed the
track into a pond, which ran dry about
an hour later. when the sun came out for
a workout. The delay caused further
postponement of the 2:30 pace, which was
unfinished on Thursday.
Local horsemen were much Interested In
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-13

DETROIT 1-s, NEW YORK 0-s.
Detroit and New York broke even In a
double header at Detroit yesterday. The
first was a brilliant exhibition, won by
Detroit, 10 o. Chesebro outpitched Kill
lian but the latter's support was perfect.
The only run was fluke, due 10 Moriar-
tvs wild throw. Schmidt really won the
game for Detroit, throwing out FIVE men
going to second.
New York took the second easily. hit
ting Mullen hard. Until he was taken
out Hoeig was effective at all times. Cobb
of Detroit made his Tooth hit OF the sea-
son in the second game. the first Ameri-
can league batsman to reach the century
mark. Score:
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PROVIDENCE Q, BUFFALO i.
The Grays snve Buffalo bad beating
yesterday. and although the rain for a
time threatened to prevent the slaughter
the Providence team succeeded In cele-
brating the opening OF the series with the
Herd by trimming them by to 1. Cronin
was In the box for the Bisons. and but
for a lucky homer by Needham would
have had a shutout 10 his credit. As IL
was. however. he let down McAllister's s
sluggers with but nve hits. and In the
eighth inning. with three men on bases
and none out, walked out OF the hole a
great deal easier than he got in. Vowin-
kle started in we'll but the Grays had
their batting togs on and killed his offer
ings.
In the first Chadbourne landed on the
ball with a slam, over the heads OF
Schirm and Neodham and under the fence
out in centre, admitting Chad to score.
Bob Peterson contributed singing tr.-
pie In the fourth. and his slam might
have rolled under the fence IL Schirm had
not made a great stop. Crawford whang-
ed out a double. and in addition to these
lusty clouts there were IL juicy single
base swats of which every man except
Cronin secured at least one. Mcconnell
made three hits. and Lord, Chadbourne,
Abstein and Poland had two apiece. The
fielding OF the Grays was fautless and
there was not one instance of hesitation
on the part OF any of the players. The
single double play the Grays made came
with three men on bases and cut off a
run. On the contrary, Buffalo was off in
fielding and Mattress and Ryan made
costly errors.
Pheian, the ex-Montreal outfielder, was
in Providence uniform. and did some
good fielding. He secured single and a
sacrifice hit. but twice famed with men
on the sofas.
The game was marred by an unfortu-
nate accident shortly after Umpire Sui
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Runs-Engle, Mullen, Sharpe, Zacher.
shea-5: Hurley-1. Two-base hits-Engle'
Mailing Mullen, Zacher. Thoney. Sacrl-
tice hits-Mahling. Sharpe, Applegate.
stolen bases--Jones. Shea q Thoney. First
base on balls-On Pardee /; of Appiegaie
q struck out-By Pardec 3; by Applegate
6. Hit by pitched balls-By Appleehte 2.
wild pitches-Applegate 2. First base on
errors-Toronto .. Left on bases-New-
ark 3. Toronto 5. Double play-Applegate.
Hurley and FLYNN. Time-1h. Sm. Um-
pires-Cusack and Sullivan Attendance
1000
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JERSEY CITY.

Left on bases-Jersey City 8; Rochester l..
First base on balls-Om Foxen 2; off Pap
palau l. Struck out--By Foxen 3; by
Pappalau g. Three-base hit-Hayden. Sac
rifce hit-Foxen. Stolen bases-Clement,
Pappalau. Double plays-Bean. Vande-
grift and Sentelle; Sentelle and Woods;
Doran and Loudly. Umpire-Conway.
Time-1h. 5Om. Attendance-l2oo.
NEWARK s. TORONTO l.
The Newarks took the first OF the series
from the Torontos yesterday at Newark
by hard hitting. Applegate was hit at
will by the Sailors. while Pardee had IL
on the Maple Leafs at all times. Dou-
bIes by Zacher, Engle and Mailing IN
the sixth. with Shea's single sandwished
in, clinched the game. Score:
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Runs-Slagle. Sheckard, Evers-3. Two
base hits-Sheckard, Dooln. Hits-Of
Corridor, 8 in s innings Sacrifice hits.
Sheckard. Schultz Hoffman Stolen base
-Evers Left on bases-Chicago g. Phila-
delphia g. First base on balls--Off Brown
/: off Corridor g. Struck out-By Brown 3;
by Corridor /: by Richie /. Time-lh.
Som. Umpires--O'D Day and KLEIN.
sBatted for Corridor in eighth
NEW YORK 3. CINCINNATI ?.
New York, July l3.--Loose fielding and
poor base running helped New York to
defeat Cincinnati yesterday in rather
uninteresting game. The score:
NEW YORK
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BEAT RED FRIAR
WITH GOLF BALL

Dugan. 4 to /. won: Red Friar. 121 MAR
tin), to l. second; Sonoma Belle, l0i tJ'
Johnson). 90 TO /. third. Time 2:05. Bank
er, Smiling Tom, Dick Finnell and Ma
bochan also ran.
Fifth race. furlongs-Number one, 10l
(Garner), 10 to 1, won; Sir Clegg, JIG
CTroxler). 13 to 8. second; Hessan, liz
CMfllery even, third. Time 1:l5 10. Frank
lin. Smirker. Troublesome, Ormuz. SUI
keys Son, Madison, Montauk and kus-
selison also ran.
Sixth race. selling 1 Lie miles-Sayloi
iOl &c Dugan). TO g. won; Ed Ban, lol
(Bcckman). 6 TO I. second. Eudora, q
(Shreve). Is to l. third Time l:f6 20
King Cole. hnneppe. First Mason. Bul.
wark. Trenola. Sailor Boy. Magma Stella
Campaiyner and Yada also ran
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Cleveland /; Boston 6. Struck out-By
Rhoades /: by Young g. Tlme--1h. 3Om
umpires--O Loughlin and Evans.
wakefield batted for Rhoades In ninth.
CHICAGO 9, WASHINGTON 2.
Chicago, July 12.-Pitcher Hughes was
hit hard and poorly supported in yester-
days game, Chicago winning easily. to
2. Paterson was effective after the first
The score:
Innings ....... 2 3 4 5 6 IS
Chicago ............0 3 0 o x 0
Washington ..... 0 0 0 0 o.
IIits-Chicago 10; Washington 3. Errors
Chicago o; Washington 3. Batteries
Patterson, Fiene and Mcfarland: Hughes
and Heydon.
PHILADELPHIA O. ST. LOUIS /.
ST. Louis. July 13.-Philadelphia batted
Dneen and Morgan hard yesterday and
won, Q to 1. Score:
Innings ......... . 4 6 7Ss
Philadelphia 49,. 4 o S 0 o 0 o. .
st. Louis ......... o o o 0 0 l. /
Hits-Philadelphia Is; St Louis IL. Err
Philadelphia o; st. Louis 4, Batter
ies-Bender and Schreck; Morgan. Dineen
and Buelow.
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Runs-A. mcconnell, Lord 2, Chad-
bourne. g. Crawford 2, Cronin-9; Need
ham--l. Sacrifice hits-Lord, Chadbourne,
Phelan, Schirm. Stolen bases-A. McCon-
nell Poland 2. Two-base hit--Crawford.
Three-base hit-Peterson. Home runs
Chadbourne, Needham. First base on
balls-On Cronin 3; off Vowinkle 2.
Struck out-By Cronin 5; by Vowinkle 2.
Double playa Mcconnell to Crawford
to Abstein. Time-lh. 4Om. Umpire-Sulli-
van. Attendance-1i25.
.Batted for Vowinkle In ninth.
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Runs-Joyce 2. Brockett. Madigan. Nor
gan 2. Shean-7; O'Hara-1. Two-base hit
-O'Hara. Three-base hits-Corcoran,
Shean. Sacrifice hits-Brown 2. Hughes,
Madigan, Waters. Stolen bases-O'Hara
Morgan, Corcoran. Double plays-Dunn
to Beach; Benson to Corcoran. First base
on balls-Off loren 4; off Hughes 5. Bat
ters hit-By Hardy /; by Hughes I. Struck
out-By Hardy 1; by Hughes 8; by loren
q Passed ball--Waters Left on bases
Baltimore s: Montreal 5. Time-1h. 50m.
Umpire-Owens.
ROCHESTER, 2. JERSEY CITY /.
Rochester administered another defeat
to Jersey City at Jersey City yesterday
beating out the Skeeters by a score of .
to /. The victory of the Bronchos was
due to Foxen's bad throw to first in the
third 10 catch Bannon off the bag. the
ball rolling to the bleachers and Bannon
scoring, and Hayden's three-bagger and
squeeze play in the eighth. which resulted
in the winning tally. The score:
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Runs-Anderson 2. Leach. Clarke, Wag-
ner-5. Two-base hit-Wagner. Three
base hit--Leach. Home run-Wagner'
Sacrifice hits-I,each, Storke. Casey,
Hummel Maloney. Stolen bases-Ander-
son, Wagner, Jordan, Ritter. Double
plays-Lewis and Jordan; Jordan and
Mcintyre; Alperman and JORDAN; Wills
Brooklyn. Q: Pittsburg. 5. First base on
balls-Off Mcintyre, A. off Willis, J. FIRST
base on errors--Pittsburg 2: Brooklyn 2.
Struck out-By Mcintyre 4; py wins T.
Time-1h. 52m. Umpire-Johnstone.
sBatted for Ritter in ninth;
tBatted for Mcintyre In ninth.
CHICAGO 3. PHILADELPHIA ..
Chicago shut out Philadelphia at Phila-
dalnbia. Yesterday through the effective
nitchine OF Brown. The score:
CHICAGO.
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Tbe old fayrsz ~se iookng over oossA-
ic paper the stoTekeeper ut the cross
roads had given him.
II don't think much Nv this paper. no
how" he remarked.
whats tn matter with it?'i oueried his
good wife.
They amt nothin' much III Il but pic.
ters" replied the old man, an tn most
Wv them amt so."-Chicago Daily News.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-13
: |NEWS-DEMOCRAT SPORTS
RIGHT OFF
THE REEL
MONTREAL !, BALTIMORE 1.

The Montreals turned the tables on the
Baltimores by taking them into camp by
a score OF TO I. The Royals jumped on
Hardy in the first inning for three singles
and triple. which. together with a hit
by pitcher. netted them four runs. Toren
who succeeded him, was also hit hard In
streaks. but the locals good fielding kept
the score down. Hughes proved a puzzle
TO the Orioles and. although a trife wild.
he was particularly steady when the
bases were occupied. Score:
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CONNECTICUT LEAGUE

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
New Haven s. Holyoke 1.
Norwich Z. Springfield 2
Hartford Z, Bridgeport 8.
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LEAGUE STANDING.

PITTSBURG. 5: BROOKLYN. o.
Pittsburg shut out Brooklyn yesterday
at Brooklyn by score of 5 TO o. Willis
pitching was most effective, Wagner $
batting was the feature. He drove I'm four
of the hve runs scored by Pittsburg.
The score.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-13

Runs Mitchell. Schlei-2; Browne,
Deylin, Bresnahan-3. Sacrifice hits
Hannifan, Schle. Double plays-Schlei'
Coakley, Mowrey and Kane: Strang'
Dahlen and Hannifan: Bresnahan. Dew
lin and Strang. Left on bases--Cincinnati
8: Devlin and Strang. Left on bases
Cincinnati 8: New York g. FIRST pase on
baIls-On Taylor s; off Coakley 8. First
base on errors-New York 2; Cincinnati
Struck out--By Coakley 3; by Taylor
Time-ih. 49m. Umpires--Enislie
and Carpenter.
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Runs - Ferris. Knight "a: Turner.
First base on errors-cleveland 2; Boston
q Two-base hits-Knight. Criger. Sacri-
ice hit-Sullivan. Stolen bases-Turner.
sullivan Double plsys-Conealton 20
Unglaub; Flick 20 Turner. First base on
bl..s-On Rhoades g. Left on bases
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-13
EASTERN LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Providence 3. Buffalo !.
Newark 3. Toronto /.
Rochester 2, Jersey City /.
Montreal Z. Baltimore 1.
GAMES TODAY.
Montreal at Baltimore.
Toronto at Newark.
Buffalo at Providence q games).
Rochester at Jersey City.
EASTERN LEAGUE STANDING.
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IN SEMIS

New York. July 1S--ln the New York
state lawn tennis championship singles at
Travers leland yesterday u G. Anderson
defeated r. ID. Palmer In the semi i-nnals
fail defeated ~. w. Niles. Boston s-s.
3-6 and 7-5.
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Run--Crawford--1. Sacrifice hits-Ross-
man. schaefer. Stolen base-Cobb. Dou-
BILE pIays--schmidt and O'Leary. Left on
bases-Detroit 4: New York T. First base
on balls-On Chesbro 2. First base on
erTor-Detroit 1. Struck out-By Killlan
.: by Chesbro T. Time--1h. com Umpires
stafford and Hurst.
Second Game)
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MIGHTY HONuS DROVE IN
FOUR RUNS; THAT'S HIM
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

NAIIONAI LEAuUE'
Yesterdays results:
Chicago. 3; Philadelphia, 0.
Pittsburg. s: Brooklyn. o.
New York. 8; Cincinnati, 2.
Boston-St. Louis (rain).
GAMES TODAY.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at New York.
Pittsburg at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at Boston.
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BOWLING

In the Thornton tournament last even
ing the New Hampshire team won two
games from the Maine quintet.
Youde ratified the pins for 200 total
and 10s single.
THORNTON TOURNAMENT.
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COBB OF DETROIT BATS
TO THE CENTURY MARK
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays RESULTS.

YESI IEHJAf > HES = L ,.
New York so Detroit 81.
Boston 2, Cleveland /.
Chicago 3. Washington 2.
Philadelphia 3. st. Louis I.
GAMES TODAY.
Washington at Chicago.
New York at Detroit.
Boston at Cleveland.
Philadelphia al st. Louis.
AMERICAN IEAGIIE STANDINl
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>
Williams. Thomas, Hogs: Coughlin.
Rossman, Schmidt--3. Three-base hit
Williams. Hits--off Mullin. s in innings;
of willett, in innings Sacrifice hit
Hoffman. Stolen bases-Chase 2, Conroy
2. Double play-Schmidt and Coughlin.
Left on bases-Detroit s; New York 2.
First base on errors-Detroit 1. Hit by
pitcher-By Mullin /. Struck out-By Null
lin 2: by willett s; by Hogg Z. wild
pitches-wlllett /; Hogg i. Time-2h. bm.
Umpire-Hurst
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COLLEGE
AND AMATEUR:
CONTESTS
THE you never CAN TELL"
FELLOWS HAD LOT OF FUN

the showing OF Morrow in The 2:24 pace
on Thursday. Scsnlon's bay gelding had
forced Uncle Dick to step some TO reach
the wire in front, and much was expected
from the Woonsocket speedway cham
pion. The speedy animal couldn't be kept
on his fcet, however. and third money
was the best that he could get.
The summary:
2:2T class. trottng. purse $500:
Mary NJ, b. m. by Dexter
Prince (Crowley) ........1 2 9
Kroker. b. z. (Forshner)...6 3 8 2 l 2
Boxer, b. x. (Wilbur).. .....2 4 70.
Mollie Wilkes BIN. (Spauld-
Dreamwold Prattler. b. h.
Look Wilkes. b. g., by
Look Way (Nute). ............3 l ds.
j. l.. b.. b. q. tBrewsteD.....5 5 DIR.
Time-2 :2sh 2:25, 2:3i, 2:33. 2:321z 2:l.
2:24 class. pacing. Purse $500:
Uncle Dick, br g.. by j. r. Shedd
lCToWleyl -. ................... ........l I I
Charles King, b. &. (Rockwood). 2
Morrow, b. (Hodgkins). ..............2 4 3
May H.. b. m. HHewetD ..............f
Admore. b. g.. (Brewster.... DIS
Albertus. b. &. fMcGrath). .ds
Time-2:23ls. 2:24h, 2:27.
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'Batted for willett in ninth.

Cleveland. July l3-Boston beat Cleve-
land, 2 TO 1, yesterday. Young was unhit-
table. Errors by Turner and Stovan and
fuke singles 10y Ferris and Young gave
Boston the only runs. Score:
BOSTON
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
POE AT FORT MONROE

to Richmond on leave There is no record
of a furlough, but he reported on Feb
ruary 2Sth.
or his career at Fort Monroe practi-
caly nothing Is known apart from the
fact of his conscientious attention to
duty and strict sobriety, as attested by
the officers Of the fort when Edgar was
applying for cadetship at West Point
a little later.
Lieutenant House states that he was
OF ''ureXceptionable conduct" and that
''his habits are good and entirely free
from drunkenness" Captain Griswo!l
testtles that up to this date"-January
!, 1S29-''he has been exemplary in his
department. prompt and faithful in the
discharge OF hs duties and Is highly
worthy OF confidence" Colonel North,
in command of Fort Monroe, adds:
II have known and had an opportunity
of observing tho conduct of the above
mentioned Sergeant Major Poe some three
months during which his department has
been highly p.aiseworthy and deserving
of confidence. Ills education is ofAa Very
high order and he appears to be free
| from bad habits, in fact, the testimony
of Iieutenant Howard Is fun upon that
point Understanding he Is. through his
friends, an applicant for cadets war
| rant. l uuhesitntingly recommend him as
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Or. r. A. Stewart. of Richmond Col
lege, contributes to the Southland Maya
zine, Norfolk, Va, an interesting arti-
Gle on Poe at Fort Monroe. DR.. Stewart
was assistant editor of the Virginia edi-
ton of Poe's works. He writes:
Edgar Allan Poe is no exception to tho
general rule that In the career of every
great literary man there Is n period OF
eclipse, But in Poe's dark perod-from
1927 to 1s33-we possess two facts OF
vital Importance. One of these Is the
publication of "ramera!ne'' in Boston,
and the other the authors enlistments, on
May 20, 1927, as private In the United
States army under tho name of Edgar
A. Perry.
After enlistment Poe was at once as
signed 10 Battery III, OF the First Ar
tillery, then serving In the harbor OF
Fort Independence, On October 3lst, the
battery was ordered to Fort Moultrie,
Charleston S. c., and one year later ia
Fortress Monroe Here the recruit ap-
pears to have discharged in an eXem-
plary manner his duties us company clerk
and assistant to the commissariat, and
on January !, 1929 i.e was appointed
sergeant major promotion made for
merit alone. About this time he inform
ed Mr.. Allan of his circumstances, and
soon after Mrs. Allans death, returned
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Secret of Opening a Safe.

"Milner James was the most artistic
safe breaker in the business" said MecoH.
the detective. "He is dead now. He Opened
In his time more than 700 safes without
tools or gunpowder-solely by worktpg
out the combination with his fingers. .
Tt took me year he once said, to
learn the trick Of picking combinations. I
studied all the locks there We're, and I had
three safes of different makes to practice
on. The ear Is the most important factor
in my method, and it must be held tight
against the safe door on line with the
tumhlers. When the knob of the lock Is
turned slowly and one of the turnbera
reaches the notch corresponding to tho
first number OF the combination the tum-
bier will fall With a little click Care
must he taken not to dlsplace this tum-
bier, You keep on trying the knob hack
and forth gently till each of the tumblers
drops. Then the door opens. Hardly one
fnan In a thousand has an ear delicate
enough for this work, and to be n succesi
at it you'e got to give up tobacco and
alcohol. louisville Courler-Journal
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forget-had clipped with tho assistant typo
writer. Say, 1t was rather NUS
ance about the typewriter woman. boz
cause she was the one who made tho
jellles, jolly cool yellow jelles with
lust a drop OF sherry in them. that
were perfectly ripping when YOU had
Seen sick. My mother used TO mako
aelies like tl1aS herself for us kids when
we were sick
He was still rambling on when the
Erooboy returned. and by that time the
fever was burning dangerously high. 1t
was not running It's normal course. Te
had undergone abnormal eNertion. and
the resulting fever vas, correspondingly
fierce.
White Mans Trouble came In out OF the
warm moist night outside, with some
LIQUID in a cracked teacup. The patient
refused to know him, and so the kroo-
boy picked him UP in his enormous arms
and got the liquid down his throat by
drenching him as nurse might drench
fractions child.
Carter coughed and spat, but the dose
was down, and In three minutes 1t had
started its work In five minutes 1t
had laid him out, and then White-Man's-
Trouble carried him into the next room
and laid him on bed. Then from a bag
he produced materials and did with them
what will not be set down mere.
And after that he CROPPED around INSIDE
the mosquito bar, Killed what insects
were lodged there, pulled down the net
ting. and tackled 1t accurately round the
mattress.
Then he took UP his matchet again,
spat in his great right hand to get
a good grip on the hilt, lay down on the
mat before the door and went to sleep.
The room pinged with mosquitoes;
leopard roared persistently from the bush
at the back of the factory, and rat
somewhere up in the rafters snawed at
n sounding piece OF board with irritating
persistence Moreover, of course there
was the probability of the okky men COM
ing 10 the factory at any moment for that
much-talked-of massacre. But none OF
these things disturbed White-Man' s-Trou-
bic. He suddenly wished for sleep, and
therefore to sleep he promptly resigned
himself. All thoughts of anything be-
yond that immediate desire wero blotted
out from his simple brain. The patient
might awake. and rave. or want assist
nnce; but that did not matter Nothing
mattered beyond his wish there and then
for sleep.
The beautiful unreliability of his tribe
was strongly present in Whte-Mans-
Trouble.
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READING Not Always Beneficial.

"Thc surest way of having no thousI,s
of our own is to take up a book every
time we have nothing to do says Scno'
penhnuer That is not the popular lae'l,
for reading is generally regarded as q
generator OF thought and character. bu'
II Is not so of itself. One must do some,
thing beside read. He must digest VIVA.
he reads He must increase the rahse
OF his perceptive powers start UP q ne"
set of relations and draw some fresh con.
clusions. There are people who can read
a great deal more than other people' pu,
know a great deal less. They Just reao
to read-to put in time; for afpleasu Ta bla
sensation that one gets lying n ham ham.
mock or drinking a glass Of soda There
is no digestive force that builds up praln
fibre. tt is a sort of reading that sustains
inspid talk and makes. one, in. llttld
serious subject is referred to: The fact IS
the only kind of reading that Is worth
the time employed is that which arouses
reflection and builds up ideals a man OF
woman can not put in all spare time m.
reading. They must have time to think,
compare idealiZe. apply, inquire Of their
own conscience and consciousness Il what
they read is true, pure and uplifting. Il
We had that sort OF reading-thc though I,
inspiring kind-the country would be 1M
Der cent. better off.
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promising to acquit himself of the obli-
CATION of that station studiousy and
faithfully
Poe accordingly procured n substitute,
and was honorably discharged.
Those who delight In damninE the un-t
fortunate poet will be chagrined to learn
that there was a period when Poe APP
pears to have lead a life absolutely be-
You'd reproach, and that at the age Of
twenty. His actions called for no special
remark, but men, like nations. are often
most happy when their annals are brief.
The Imagination, however, can readily
supply the lack of records; we can fancy
the poet in his hours Of leisure sitting
on the ranparts in deep contemplation as
he draws inspiration from the lovely
waters of Hampton Roads for those mar
velous water tales--"MS. Found in Bot
de- Descent into the Maelstrom," ar
thur Gordon Pym"--that he was soon to
produce, AS has been said, mo one has so
we'll depicted wind in all its myriads and
magic shapes forms, and sensations. and
water in all its diVersties of color and
motion" Hence 1t is not overrash 10
affirm that to the sublime grandeur OF
Hampton Roads we owe some OF the most
remarkable masterpieces of the greatest
literary genius that America has pro-
duced,