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The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
CHAMPS DOWN SENATORS
Detroit Climbing Fast-Athletics De- feat Maps and Boston Wins
 Twice from Browns.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.
GAMES TO-DAY.

Chicago at New York. Cleveland at Philadelphia. Detroit at Washington. St. Louis at Boston.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
Detroit.

Home runs Schaefer, Cobb; sacri- flee hits, Shipke; stolen bases, Ganlcy 2. Pickering. Mcbride; double plays, Thomas and Coughlln, Cobb and Thomas; left on bases, Washington 8. Detroit 5; first on balls, off Killian [; first on errors, Washington 0, De- troit l struck out. by Burns 2, by Kllllan {; time, 1:45; umpire. Egan.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
New York.

Twobase hits, Jones, Walsh; three base hits, Jones. Hahn, Chase; hits off Newton , in 2-3 innings, off Orth in , Ia innings; sacrifice hits, Parent, Moriarity, Ball; stolen base, Davis; double play Ball and Chase; left on bases, Chiacgo 3, New York 6, first base on balls, off Walsh l; first base on errors, New York 2 struck out by Newton 3, by Orth g. by Walsh 8; time, 150; umpires, Evans and Hurst
 fScCou1 Enn1el
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In the dreary and roadless wastes
Of Siberia the racers will be many days
without means of communication Win
the outside world and they may suffer
great hardships from lack of supplies.
The entire trip from New York to
Paris. if any of the machines succeed
in making it, will consume a period
varously estimated at from six to nine
mcnths. In all probability the cars
will remain close together until Siberia
is reached, when the element of speed
will enter into the contest. The sport
ing world will follow the contest with
interest and nobody will be surprised
if all of the contestants give it up be-
fore Asia is reached.
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New York to Paris by Auto,

Ihaf automobile race last year from
Pekln to Paris was simply a little
pleasure run in comparison with a
contest which began this week. This
is nothing less than an automobile race
from New York City across the CONT
nent to the Pacific coast, up that coast
to Alaska. across the Bering Strait
to Siberia and thence through Siberia
and across Europe to Paris. 1t is the
most sensational undertaking since the
automobile appeared and the interest
in ii is International. Only one of the
six cars entered is an American
Three of the others are from France
and one each from Italy and Germany.
OF course such a race is nothing less
than mad adventure and can accom-
plish nothing for science. 1t is a mat
ter CT craftsmanship and if any one of
the contestants succeeds in getting
through to Paris he will be the hero
OF the motor world until somebody else
hits rpon a more perilous scheme OF
course there is something admirable in
tie pluck that makes such a race pos
sible hut the contestants are all men
of wealth and leisure and the world is
fortunate that they select to engage in
nothing worse than such a contest
From New York the racers will
travel westward to San Francisco,
where the cars will be put aboard a
| steamer and transported to Valdez.
Alaska. whence they will proceed to
Nome and go down the Yukon river to
BerinS Strait. 1t is expected that the
| adventurers will travel down the
Yukon on the ice, as that stream will
be frozen over until the latter part Of
May. Perhaps the greatest difficulty
of the entire trip will be encountered
IN trying to cross Boring Strait. The
scheme contemplates crossing on the
ice. but those who are familiar with
that lonely part OF the world aver that
such crossing will be impossible as
| berinS Strait is never frozen complete
ly over and that there is always a mar
row area Of clear water where the
tides rush with tremendous force. If
such sond i ii lis is found to exist a
steamer will probably, be, required to
4 r.
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CLEANiNGS AND GOSSIP.

An institution has been founded in
one of the larger German cities with
the object Of investigating how to I'M
prove the health of people who work
in factories.
Even the fact that you can buy 4
second hand automobile for about
what YOU want to pay for it doesn' t
make up for the fact that the coal bin
is beginning to look thin.
A New York policeman VINO SnofeS
has been taken off duty III a hospltai
because he disturbed the patients and
put back on a street beat. where MS
snoring won't bother anyone.
A Pittsburg man SAYS that he can
make better and cheaper houses out of
glass than Edison can out of concrete.
But you can throw stones if you live
in an Edison $1,000 mansion.
Europeans are looking for q slump in
the prices of automobiles this year and
a crisis in the industry. A good many
people in this country are looking foi'
about the same ching.
The Germans are the only COMPETE
tors for the American typewriter bust
ness abroad, aud they are bad seconds
Mere and more American machines are
used on the continent each year
A woman in Newark. \. J., is suing
for breach of promise, and one of the
exhibits in the case is a check for
100000 kisses drawn on Newark
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GREAT ENGLISH HOMES.
Estates That 1t Takes Huge For
tunes to Maintain.

IT Il i pathetic fact that there are
several mon in the United Kingdom
who would consider themselves on the
brink of bankruptcy if they were re-
duccd, by any evil stroke OF fate, to
mere pittance of $1,000 Il yeek-who
would find IL simply impossible to rub
a long anyhow on the income of Il SIM
pie millionaire. which would be barely
sufficient III some cases to pay the cx-
pcnsrs Of the iordly pleasure houses
which they have inherited from their
ancestors.
TIC Duke Of Dcvonshire. for exam
pic. has no fewer than seven of these
stately homes-siX in England and one
III Ircland-cHch Of them fit for the re-
ccDtipn of king. and in not one Of
which. as h" confessed the other day,
has he lived long enough to explore
thoroughly. Probably he himself
does not know within $1,000 how much
these ralatiHl homes cost yearly to
maintain, but the annual cost has been
a"id to make Il very big holc in Geo.
900.
In Wentworth, W"odhnusc which is
only one Of his four palaces. Lord
Fitz"illi2m owns the largest private
house in England 1t has frontage
Of co. feet. its hall is 50 enormous that
four suburban villas could be built
inside it, and its owners could live in
a different room every day for six
weeks and stiil leave several rooms
unsCta. The Duke of Portland owns
fiTo regal homes in England and Scot
land. the value Of which runs into
millions. and which. with tile attached
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not accustomed to roam at will,
through woods and meadows
| Having stayed in that dark chasm
/ long enough, we emerged again into
the bright daylight and watched the
tNo priests who did not wish to be
stumped by US. take the same climb.
| The drawer was the less fortunate. for
he had gone but a short distance when
VIC heard Il splash, and there he was
III to the waist in water, with his
gown spread out around him like a
sail Even that unprecedented bath
did not deter him from his purpose.
for he kept on until he too stood way
uEdtr the farthest end.
Coming back we saw high IN on a
mountain side. the stone house where
Petrarch is said u have lived. Here it
was away from the haunts of men
That the first modern man as he is
c2lleu dWeit. He it was who foresaw
whole new phase of European Gull
ture, and the world owes much to him.
Petrarch first saw the value of public
libraries and took steps to found one.
tie first advised his countrymen to
collect coins and medals as historical
materials. He urged them akso to pre-
serve their ancient ruins both for SEN
tirnent and science He sought to
reSurrcct the manuscripts of classic
literature from the monaSterieS. In
Nlchelcts words to Dim belongs the
discovery Of man. Ha was the first
one to climb up the rugged sides Of
mountain for the sake of the view OBJ
tanned for he WAS the first one to love
Nature for her beauty. Before when
people Travelled it was on some pill
grimagc but Petrarch Travelled for
travels sake. We felt it a privilege
indeed 10 have visited the haunts of
a man who did as much as he did for
the human race.
Returning to the village Of Vancluse
we crossed the SorgIic. and went under
q solid rock-like mountain, until we
came to the garden of Petrarch's Laura
1t was pictured on the postcards as
We found il, ana as we saw no one
around we opened the gate and went
into a fairy like bower of trees and
shrubs. and strolled along the winding
paths that gave us good view of the
Sorgnc, particularly picturesque from
that point. We imagined to ourselves
the pleasant moonlight evenings
Pctr&rch and Laura must have enjoyed
y P"trarch ever succeeded in getting
down from his hermits haunt. But
tas for the Evolutionary legends of the
people, and the romantic thread which
'hese simple country folk weave
through the story, When we returned
nome and looked carefully in the books
written by learned authors, we found
that those who admitted that there
was d Laura, stated that she never
vent to VaRcluse at all. We like to
think however. that at some time or
other she eluded the careful watch OF
her b!ographers and fled to Eancluse
for pleasure outing. But Petrarch
lived at Vancluse those many years
and enjoyed it for he writes,
THAT part Of my life 1 have passed.
at Vancluse 1 have passed in sucH
sweetness, that since / know what nus
man life is. I consider it as almost the
,n!v time in which i have lived, ana
Ill the rest punishment
MABEL FRANCIS KNIGHT.
& 7Ca Ho--AApI OF Y5Noh
crhe seventeenth s letter s@fil' be ~
fol ~ ~
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gardens ard estate, keep hundreds OF
servants employed. At Walbeck he
has more than thirty acres Of kitchen
gardens alone; in the glass houses and
garden proper he employs about
seventy men and boys, and his hCrti-
cultura! bill for this one house is said
to exceed $4,000 year.
Blnnheiin Palace. the Duke of MARI
borOIgh's oxford seat, is so colossal
that the late duke used to declare he
spent $500 a year on putty alone for
his window pancs. 1t actually cost
100000 to build in days when money
was more valuable than it is today.
II is 3iS feet long, has fifteen stair
cases, ara when il was repaired some
time ago his grace found il necessary
to sell his pictures and books to pay
the cost, which amounted to more than
G2G,G00
The Duke of Northumberland own.
FIVE stately seats, at one Of which,
Syon Honse, BentfOrd-a staff of
thirty or forty men is kept busy, large
~ in the magnificent kitchen garden
and lighthouses. And yet the duke
spends only q small portion Of the
year in this princeIy home. tho rental
value of which probably exceeds the
lord chanc"llor's official income.
Tn, MARQUIS Of Butte has five seats
II England, Scotland and Wales. and
ono If the. Mountstuart, Rothesay.
covers an acre Of ground. has $50
rooms and has actually cost over
g. .0OC,000, representing even at 4 mod
crate 4 per cent. Z value of E60,000 d
VI al. ono can easily understand that
his lordship's income Of c230. 900 Il year
IS not Il penny too much for the de-
man1S of it.-LOndon Tit Bits.
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VOICES OF The PRESS.
concord Regrets Mrs. Eddy's Removal.

cortland Evening EXpresS.)
The removal of the venerable Dis
covercr and Founder of Christian
Science, Mrs. Mary Baker EDDY, from
concord. n. H., to Brookhne, Mass,
has occasioncd many expressions OF
regret in Concord. That she was much
loved and respected by the toWnspe"-
ole of the Granite state cap'tal may
he gathered from published interviews
with its prominent citizens. Inc Con-
cord Patriot says editorialIy:
"Therc is no denying the TACT that
Mrs. Eddy's lcavetakinG OF Concord
to make her horne permanently mere
after in Boston is a cause of general
reeret in this civ With most of us
= great VOID has been created, and
many years viii pass before that VOID
is filed, if we may ever hope to have
# tlled. The less is not only Concords
but New Hamrshirc's and while it VIII
be mora poi2nitntly felt III thc Capltai
city, all the state will share
Mrs. EDDY was loved in Concord,
and she takes with her the abiding at
lection Of our people, not because of
what she has. nor SO much because or
what she has done, nor SO much be-
cause of what the expectations en-
tertanod by the people OF concord as
10 what in the future she might have
done, hut almost holly for what she
is.--for the broad Catholic spirit that
has marked her life amongst us; pc
cause Of her refusal to interfere III the
affairs If other. save for their or the
general good because Of her ever
readiness ana Willingness to contribute
10 cvcrr need: because Of her public
spiritedness: because of her manifest
ed. ever present interest IN concord
and in ConcCrd's welfare, and in the
welfare and good name Of the old
Granite State.
Not only has Mrs. Eddy been Sener-
Gus and humane in a pubic way, Out
she has been charitable in the NEST
personal and private way, Tor she mas
given, ard given when ana where no
one kncW,-given whenever and where
ever she was satisfied and convinced
that by giving she would relieve SUI
ferinS, advance the interests OF
worthy cause, promote worthy Ell
fort, or stimulate one with Il proper
ambition to struggle on
Twenty years ago Mrs. Eddy leit
Boston and came to Concord for III"
purpose, as She herself has SAID, OF
helping her native state and home city
and living for Il time amid the scenes
where she WAS born ana among the
descendants OF those with whom she
spent her girlhood years; but i seems
that She has concluded that she has
done her part. and now She mas So:;c
back to the people among whom her
carly struggles i'll the founding Of the
Christian Science religious movement
took place. there to remain.
The hope of all our people is that
she will find there peace and CON-
fort and happiness and blessings. ami
that her service to mankind Will be
continued for many years t" como;
and they have no doubt but that it
VIII nc 50. because they know that by
a life of sirglcncss Of purpose, con-
rcntration o. effort, unrcmittinG toll
in devotion, and absolute
to well doing, she has
earned the right to all these things
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IL seems that there were some things
omitted after all in that remarkable
constitution which Oklahoma adopted
One OF the first laws passed by the
legislature of the new state provided
that every hotel shall furnish nine-foot
sheets for its beds ard shall use no
cup fHsh. vessel or receptacle for food.
which has n crack visible to the naked
eye. Those Oklahoma statesmen
shohid be in the vaudeville business
Instead Of trying to run state.
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An Augusta Teacher Abroad---L letter No. 10

The next day we locked ourselves out
These tall iron gates that l spoke of
before, had an inner chain which pre-
vented anyone from entering the gar
den when it was detached from the
bolt. The morning following Mardi
Cras we went out forgetting that the
chain vas detached, and once outside
we could not get in again.
Never caring to cross Il bridge until
we came to it, we started off up to the
city to 90 some errands. chief OF which
vas to get some things to eat. 1t was
this morning that we were given some
lead money at the bank. We did MOI
recognize it for counterfeit until thu
clerk IN the grocery store rubbed it
over his palm leaving a great black
streak. As we had just come from the
bank We Went back and showed the
teller our lead piece. He did not seem
in the least disturbed. but gave us
another and put the false piece back
again into the drawer from which he
VAS constantly giving out change.
From that time on, we made it a rule
to rub CNery coin we received over our
hand t. FIND out its worth. We noticed
many others doing the same thing.
Coming back to the Villa we were
brought face to face with the problem
Of entering the garden. We piled
bricks and stones against the gate but
even then We were far from Tie tor
of it. That would not do at all. so we
walked around all sides of the villa but
of the nciglibrrS yards we saw n nor
ton of our wall. that was not covered
with broken glass. That was our only
hope. so with the assistance of nv
friend, L was soon on top of the wall.
ard letting myself drop was at last
within our coveted Eden.
That night Madame and Mousier
came back ana order was once more
established in the villa, another girl |
being found to take Felicc's place af- |
ter Madame bad discovered the true |
reason of Tclceie's sudden tlcuarture.
1t was r1t to the death-bcd Of a be-
loved SiS'"r that she went. no she had |
taken t.!It opportune moment to elopc.
and mover again was Felicic seen in
Avignon
Wherever we wandered through
ANlGnon, We We're sure to come lDon
some street nr villa named after
fetrarch and his Laura, for in this
same city so many centuries ago tho
famed fetrarch lived, and in one of |
those old churches is said to hay.. seen
his Laura on n fine April morning.
Cold history removes the romance from
THIS interesting story, by stating that
Laura never existed, but whether there
ever was Laura or not. she exists as
a TACT in tie minds of the people and
the legends Of the country.
Although Petrarch lived in Ayipnon
Tor so Inany years after his father no.
came political exile from italy. nc
never liked the city He thought that
Avigntn had wrongfully derived
Rome Of her privilege Of having the
papal see. for it was when the pones
lived at Avignon that Petrarch was
there. and during his lifetime he
ahored for two things. one the lestora-
ton of the papal see to Rome, and the
other for the unity of all Italy. The
former was accomplished about 1910
the latter not until within the last CEN
fury ~
But there is spot not far from
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inc recurrence of Lincoln's birthday
mas set numerous well-meaninS people
10 talking this week about making the
anniversary legal holiday. No doubt
the fact that it occurs in such close
proximity to the birthday of Washing
Ton mas tctractcd somewhat from the
observance which might otherwise
nave been given it. but the observance
OF Washington's birthday itself has
not been very generm or enthusiastic.
aithough 1t has been on the list of holi-
Gays Tor many years. The fact is that
It is wholly unnecessary to have .
ceieorasion or to close business - nav
national or local tribute TO either
washington or Lincoln. 1t is very
doubtful if Linooln's birthday is ever
'aaQe a aationa, holiday. but it is al
together probable that coming .apsr-
atoms will have greater and ,xa,sr
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Inc relatives of UEc,c Gassaway
Davis have had their way after all and
he IL not TO be allowed to marry the
young laly of his choice. II would
seem as il he were old enough TO know
MS own mini in the matter. but there
were 100 May I9Rlions involved and
ms children and grandchildren no
oonot think more OF his millions than
they do of the old mans happiness.
The affair is something that pert para
sraphers all over the country are
utilizing in their business. but there
Is nevertheless an element of pethos
in it.
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Remembering the Maine.

today, the battleship Maine was
blown up in Havana harbor and the
lives of 266 American sailors were end
ed in tragic and awful fashion. The
story Of the mysterious explosion
which wrecked the great battleship
and caused this sacrifice of life has
never been told in full and in all prob
ability never will be told The investi-
CATION which followed demonstrated
to the satisfaction, at least. of the
United States authorities, that it was
All outside and not an inside explosion
and this verdict made the war with
Spain inevitable and Cuba's indepen-
dence assured.
The decade which has passed since
that eventful night in Havana harbor
has been big with history for our coun-
try Much has happened, to be sure
in other quarters of the world, but
nothing compared in interest and i'm
portance with the chapters of Ameri-
can history which have been written
iii that time. AS we look back over
time, for the country remembers vivid
ly the thrill of horror with which the
news of the destruction of the battle
ship was received and the difficulty
with which the American public
obeyed the injunction Of Captain Sigs-
bee to suspend judgment"
At first, even in the excitement of
the war months which followed, there
was no doubt that the wreck of the
Maine would be lifted from the mud
of Havana harbor, but 10 full years
have passed and nothing has been
done toward this end. Many plans
have been proposed, to be sure, some
providing for government action and
some for the recovery Of the wreck by
private persons, but nothing has been
accomplished and it seems altogether
proba BILE that there in the mud the
broken and twisted hull of the great
battleship will remain, a menace to.
navigation and enclosing both the
bones Of scores of American sailors
and the mystery of the explosion which
caused their death.
Although it only 10 years many of
tho prominent figures on the stage of
national affairs at that time and in
the exciting months which followed
have already passed away. President
Mckinley, Admiral Sampson. General
Secretary Hay, Secretary of
War AIGer. General Wheeler and Cen
eral Lee are all gone. though Admiral |
Dewey, Admiral SchIey, Captain Sigs-
pee. now an admiral. General Miles |
Ind Captain Hobson remain, and the
colonel Of that unique organization.
he Rough Riders, has been for six |
md one-half years the president of the |
United States. In another decade
here Will be relatively few left of
hose who were prominent figures in
hose stirring times. but the influence
f the conflict that began with the
mixing Of the Maine will outlast this
entury and the century to come AL
eady the results have been nothing
hort of stupendous. In its recognized
'lace as a world power this country
las become a factor in affairs beyond
he seas such as was little dreamed of
dozen years ago. The 10 years fol-
owing the blowing up of the Maine
ave been ten years Of wonderful
AMI progress for this country,
ut they have brought gigantic respon-
Utilities whose discharge will test to
ne utmost the quality of Americanisn
urinS the generations to come.
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Mr.. Bryan declared in his Montreal
speech that americans chased after
the dollar until they dropped dead ''
There is general impression that the
Nebraskan himself has covered a
considerable amount of territory for
some Gears past. converting the free
advertising he received during his
presidential campaigns into coin of the
realm.
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The Columbia dcbaters have yielded
to the inevitable and will no longer
protest against the presence of a coed
on the Cornell team which they meet
later in the month. The Columbia
boys say that if they win they will be
criticized for defeating woman and
that IL they lose they will be ridculed
Cor allowing woman to beat them.
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Evidently Nevada is not the only
state where the militia needs to have
its backbone strengthened. Down in
Mississippi the other day mob, and
not n very large one either. captured
and lynchcd a negro in spite of the
protection" given him by several
companies of militia which were called
out for this purpose.
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1t is reported that a Glasgow engi-
neer las produced small rotary tur-
bine engine. little more than a foot in
diameter. capable of developing forty
horsepower Only two blades are used.
Inc new turbine is to be fitted on
board an experimental torpedo-boat.
and the inventor asserts that it will
produce speed hitherto unknown.