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awake, and, I regret to say. in many re-
spects wide open. OF the latter feature,
however, you must come here yourself
to learn.
And speaking of the wide openness of
Singapore. such conditions are to be
found without much searching In every
center of the far east. There is more
truth than poetry in the suggestion con-
tanned in this verse of kipling:
Take me somewhere east of Suez
Where the best is like the worst
Where there amt Ten Commandments
And you've not to raise thirst
:. X
At the same time there are churches
and chapels everywhere and as many
good people as bad We have an American
Methodist Episcopal mission here with
thirty of our own citizens in charge as
teachers and preachers. I have found
thriving American missions in every
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THE Cobra and the Python
l The Dainty Meal of a
Man-Eater "A Story With
Moral or the Missionary
Versus Tiger - How John
Bull Manages a Colony
American Trade Fortunes
In Rubber and How a Sultan
Makes Over Sc, 900 an Acre
Social Singapore.
Copyright 1910. by Frank Il. Carpenter
Special Correspondence OF The Star
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the skin on each side of the head SO
that IL seems TO have put on hood. At
the same time il makes a noise like an
angry cat, and if attacked il will throw
to a distance of six or eight feet
poisonous fluid which, If it touches the
eye sore, means sure death. 1t is
this snake that the jugglers all over the
far east Use To show their skill. They
handle it with impunity, laying it on
the ground and playing upon flute.
which seems To charm ii. They also
wrap cobras around their naked necks.
and fondle them. The other day a trav-
eler who was watching one 81 these Hin
doc iugSlers made bet that the cobra
poison glands had been extracted. and
offered to prove this by handling the
cobra himself. He grabbed hold of 1t
arm. He died within few hours.
\ cobra was recently found in a bath
room where a title baby was playing
1t did not offer to injure the child, and
seemed inclined TO play with il. and it
was only when the other people came
in that il elevated its head. swelled out
its hood. and began to spit. The other
day three of these snakes were found at
one time in the bathroom of a villa
near here.
Among the other snakes are pythons,
twenty or more feet In length. They
not dangerous, and out in the coun-
try the natives domesticate them and use
them rat catchers I'm the place OF
house eats. One twenty feet long was
recently captured in Buddhist temple
outside Singapore The government Is
now paying - apiece for dead snakes of
fourteen feet and upward. and from that
down 10 30 cents for the smaller varie-
ties.
Stories like those / have just told seem
strange in connection with this island OF
Singapore. which is perhaps the richest
trade center of its Kind. 1t is the great
halfway station around the world, the
chief city at the crossuass of the hemi-
spheres and our southern gateway to the
Philippine Islands. 1T has 4 harbor which
cost millions, and today something like
Si00Gu.0D worth of merchandise comes
annually into il. 1t is the seventh harbor
of the world in tonnage and seventh in
the number of vessels which call. There
arc fif'y-two different steamer lines which
stop at singapore, and the English gov
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- - - 49,
Ills Malay penin-
sula offers some live
opportunities for
Theodore Roosevelt
and his son ker-
nit Its jungles
are infested with
tigers, and the
Singapore govern
ment is now offer
ing rewards of So
each for every full
grown tiger killed,
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were for, the reply was that they were to
sharpen the teeth of those ants.
The exporters here say that there 10 stili
money I'm pepper but that for the time
the profits of the rubber industry surpass
those Of all other farming.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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the hands of a governor, aided by an
executive council, and there is a little
legislature which makes the laws. There
are Chinese in both council and lesisla-
ture and altogether the government is
something of democracy. Singapore
has its own municipal body. some of
whose members are elected by the tax
payers and some appointed by the gov
ernor.
The present governor of the island is
Sir John Anderson. who is also high COM
missioner for the federated Malay states
and for the British colonies in Borneo
lie is a Scotchman who Was a member of
the Betins sea arbitration staff in Lon
don, wears ago. and who has held vari-
Gus other important offices.
The Governor of Singapore receives a
good salary and he lives like lord,
His palace here is finer than the White
House and he maintains court some
what similar 10 that of the Niceroy OF
kings birthday. and to this everybody
who is anybody gets an invitation. In
deed. it il said that every one who is
not in jail at the time is invited.
These whites of Singapore are fond of
society. They remind me of old col
lege friend who attended every funeral
ed why, he said: az always like to 60
to gatherings That is the way with
these Singapore people. They like gath
to bring themselves into company Some
are for sporting, rowing, cricket and
lawn tennis. and others are devoted to
art. reading and education, There is a
magnificent clubhouse at the end of a
wide stretch of lawn just next the har-
Dor and country club three miles
inland at which dances and theatricals
arc frequently given. There are many
picnics and outings Of various kinds.
The city is semi-inteIlectual. | mean
far as the whites are concerned. The
Rallies Public Library contains 5000 vol
unes, and has also a museum relating
to the Straits Settlements. The city has
four English newspapers, two Chinese
dailies. Il Malay weekly, and two other
journals published in East Indian di-
alectS.. Altogether. the town is wide
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-IossyrisAt. fs1c. b. Hess-rt KssAnaA

You won't stop trailing and failing until 10diine
you'll change yourself there's need change Work
Your present last will all right you'll stick to the last
When to be conplacen we'll begin be- There's
plenty of chance for right where you
Ragpicker and clohespm maker-baher and soap boiler
cobber and founded fortunes equal those of
banker and barister and Only fools dsda their TOOLS
Investigate tale of uck and you'll stick front of
the 81" Accident doesn't build things; destroys them
Theren be harvest if there isn't sowing. Any will
be successful he's willing the pricewor work. WORK.
WORK!
A. T. Stewart but ordinary Scotch merchant plus
extraordinary application.
Rufus Choae read from the law books his classmates
but he kept reading until he understood them.
Half dozen had the Westinghouse idea their heads
but they lacked the doggednes get and fit it to
SO LONG AS THERE'S SPACE BENEATH THE STARS,
THERE WILL BE ABUNDANT ROOM FOR THE BUILDER
THE BEST SHALL HAVE BEEN DONE ONLY WHEN THE
LAST DAY OF ETERNITY IS REACHED THERE ARE STILL
NO FOOTPRINTS ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF PROGRESS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
By Herbert Kaufman

you think that you're bigger than job it's plainly
evident that you're small for it. The last word still be
said upon every last idea waiting be developed
each branch and and and
No permanently ahead of you. Yesterdays leader is
that best only when pass through teshen
shou what you knouo
you're operating pin machine, your record of spoage
demonstrates whether belong the post you're posting
day book your tell your selection is an error you're
cutting pants you'll ahead only by cutting of them the
time your felovs you're running street your
track will lead the office require
superintendence
you're of pace present place, you can't help
trying pin machine devising simpler day book
-perfectine your cutting kne-or nventne fender
But you're complaining of your lot it's safe bet that your
employer is complaining lot of you.
Ambition good thing until it Aatters- help only
when it scolds and taunts sereLance Vanity may
nominate for advancement but nothing short of hard labor
will elect you
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and Sla apiece for tiger cats. Just out
side the city are tracts of dense veSeta-
ton in which such beasts sometimes
shot. They swim the old channel north
"f tho island. coming out of the lahore
iupgleS. and now and then pick up a
MALAY baby for breakfast Just the other
day Tic yo1ug Sultan of lahore Who is a
great sportsman. killed a big tiger. 1t is
Tie nineteenth he has shot since reaching
manhood AZ Inc showed its claws. which
10 had cut off as trophy, he was asked
II lac expected to bag his twentieth. He
replied:
bag me
Of 4 tiger IN tho mud not far from this
man palace 1t had prowled through
me city during the preceding night, and
had played around sawmill walking
through the dust in front of the then
quiet buZZ-Sau.
The word Singapore comes from two
uatIvc terms meaning LION City" It
should bc called Tiger city for i'm the
past the island upon which it stands
las been the lair Of these beasts, and it
= said that as many :}o natives
aaVe been devoured by them in one year
The animals came here first at about the
itue the colony was founded and some
ears ago one was discovered choking to
death III the fishing nets off the shore
facing the mainland. lie had started TO
swim the channel and got caught in the
nets.
VS. | sat III the Singapore Club the other
Night one of the English officials told me
low rnan-eating tiger recently slaugh-
tered a Malayan. his wife and five chill
dFen leaving only the sixth. a little boy
who related the story This family was
living on the edges of the Jungle not far
from the channel in "A hut covered with
tlatch. The tiger sneaked up and sprana,
upon the roof He scTa tched open a large
hole and the Malayans within as they
looked up and saw him were So frightened
that they Were unable TO move They
were huddled together just under him
and before they recovered their senses
with his right paw and Drained him. He
then proceeded TO kill the other members of
the family with the exception of the boy
al Dove referred to who was lying In a
bunk raised high above the floor and thus
escaped discovery. The boy SAYS the
tiger first killed his father. mother and
the four children. leaving his little sister.
baby of three years. After he had
killed the first he began playing with
4 cat does "A mouse. IT she attempted
1" creep away he would wait until she
. had moved just outside the length of his
paw when he would reach over and drag
her close to him. He would then go on
playing with the dead bodies sucking the
blood and taking bite now and then
until tho child attempted to move, when
the same proceeding was re-enacted
This lasted until the little gtri expired Of
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other Caucasians. They took hold of
this island over ninety years ago. when
1t was jungle. and they have now made
one part of it the most important COM
mercial center of the far east They
have cut down much Of the tropical
vegetation and have reduced 1t to profit
able farms. They have built up on the
shores of the island one Of the finest
cities of Asia. Singapore has two or three
hundred thousand people. 1t has big bust
ness blocks of several stories. with high
ceilings, double walls and wide galleries.
on account OF the heat. It is a city Of
enormous hotels. which are lighted by
electricity and cooled by electric fans. It
has numerous banks with millions OF
capital, and also churches, libraries, mu-
Seums and schools.
The white population, all told, numbers
only about five thousand. the remainder
being Asiatics of various kinds, But
these five thousand are the lords of crea-
ton and many of them live in magnif1-
cent villas surrounded by botanical gar
dens of the trees and plants of the
tropics.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09
SPIDERS CREW
TRAINING HARD
Local Collegians Showing Up Well
in Trial Spins on the
River.
SEVERAL EXPERIENCED
MEN ARE CANDIDATES
Former Member of Virginia Crew
and Others Trying for
Positions.

Captain johnson, of the local Spider
crew. has had his healthy looking
squad out regularly for the past week
taking advantage Of good weather; q,
present they are down to hard train
ing.
The squad In composed of the fol-
lowing candidates: johnson, captain
Long. banner. Smith, Horslip, Kerr
shaw. Tyler. Parker, Duran and
Knight
are many of exceptional ability; John
with the local boat club crew last
season. are well known to the fol-
lowers of the soprt here, while Knight
gtroked the manual crew of Philadel-
BAia fer q number of seasons. They
were than champions Of Eastern
Pennsylvania. Horshaw has had con-
siderable experience also with the
oars at Herman school OF Massachu-
eetts.
The Spiders crew In indeed very
powerful and with good working
out win bring forth excellent reaults.
The Virginia Boat Club has most
generously offered the accommoda-
tions OF the clubhouse. as well AZ the
use of their shell, and with a few
more weeks Of hard training they will
Internationally put out a snappy
crew.
1t ia hardly likely that the Spider
crew will take part In any big races
this season. The fact that they have
no shell of their own is a big handi-
cap. as they could not expect to take
away with them n shell belonging to
the Virginia Boat Club.
It IL quite probable, however. that
the Spiders will meet the Virginia
crew In q number OF trial spins during
the summer.
Judging from the appearance
the men and the knowledge of rowing
displayed by them II Ia safe to say
that they may be expected to have a
good crew.
Captain Johnson Is working hard to
mako the crew project q go. and he
has been promised the cordial sup
port Of the faculty and many Of the
student body. who are interested In
the sport This 10 the most promising
attempt ever made at tho college to
have crew. and from present indi
cations the attempt will be successful
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL
DEFEATS FREDERICKSBURG

FREDERICKSBURG. VA. April Q
THE Ashland High School baseball
team defeated Fredericksburg High
school at Hanover Park yesterday
evening by score OF 14to 0. FRED
ericksburg played q good game for
the flrst two innings. but Ashland
cinched it In the third with four runs
BlantQn pitched an excellent cams
for Ashland, allowing few hits and
striking out sixteen men. Freeman
pitched rather unsteady game. but
tho score would have been much
smaller II his team had supported
him.
Batteries r. III. g., Freeman and
4 fsewe: A. IL T.. Bianton and jeter.
Umpire. Gouldnan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09
Purchasers Of small cars With closed

Purchasers OF small cars with closed
bodies--mors especially the doctors---
should not forget that closed motor
car body acts a. q sort Of sounding
| board. Every bit OF noise ths& 3
closed car makes h magnified perhaps
| ten times to the occupants By hood
! Or . coupe body. How orten one sees
| trial runs on secondhand cars taken
with the hood down. M wet weather.
or the landAdlette body opcned. dmpiy
because the astuto salesman know4
that q series Of crcahs may escape
notice with the car open, which would
infalfibly arise and sxnite In the car
OF the purchaser were the body closed
It, II the prospective owner u really
Aforementioned by noine, he should In
sist on trial runs being gwen him with
= closed body, whether the car be new
or old. Dealers often say they regret
with the closed type Of body, rucn as
the doctor intends buying, but that
he may take his trial on an open
car and they will afterwards con-
struct = body to his requirements:
thon they show him q broughann or
lAudauiette In the snow room. and
regret they cAnnut afford to risk
scratching II by taking 4 ON the road
What seems to be 4 silent car when
Suu viii - OpSN 10y psVsOS ~ -
quite otherwise whom the buyer A.
terward sits on . similar chassis under
: closed body.
ffers.a the most enthusiastic auto
mobile owner we have ever heard OF:
Howard CARPENTER. Ellisyilln. H..
bought an EMF $50" from Hdell
Bros, who control that terrstevv.
whether or not 4he car had anything
to do with the ORIGINAL courtahip or
Mr.. and Mira Carpenter. depOnant
Faith not, but, anyway, the Elllsv1tle
man was 10 enthusiastic over hin car
that when little Carperter arrived
q few dav~ Hxp ~ forthwith had n
chrtstenefI EMF Carpenter" m
honor Of the car
while tse fnAn~tAi etrinsency u
long nince psat. Wcnev IN sttll heinx
hos rHcd. Fred fbsndiar, the Ft..c
aren't at North Yakima. tells q strrv
where the herewithsy was planted
and where . highly dslectabie fruit
grew upon II.
t,-e dsv his telerhcne rel, rane.
s.fsey. 10 y0u aeii the rora cer =.
sahsa 70 ss,sce, snd be arsMereAs IN
s'ss.. the ssspe ar thas Nnishe1 nrss
IN thst rare fcrs Nav York a.
se.stse Z. A~rin the Affirmative.
! VISIT 70 sre ono. I'm
thirNsnw ef huv1nw 0u@s''
nast ID - aAAt~ss eNA fnpnN ~
sasal6e hAlrks6 M y f~sslsxr
$500 M hssn III n iA~ sSsi n Iss|
4 = !; 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09
RECORD CROWDS
At jamestown
Ladies Day Proves Big Drawing
Card For Races In
y, Norfolk.
FAvORITES WIN AGAIN
Three Come Under the Wire First.
Several Sensational
Races.

NORFOLK, VA. April 9.--All re-
cords for attendance were smashed
Friday at the Jamestown Jockey Club
course on Hampton Roads The day
being laaiea' Gay. the fair sex and
their escorts turned out In big num-
bers.
The crowd was well rewarded, as
three fasoriteS again finished In front.
John w. Scnorr scored a double vie
tory with Uncle Fred and SiIverin.
l.ochiel, Joe Jones good two-year-oio.
ran a sensational race In the opening
event, coming from far back in the
stretch and mailing Green Morris good
two-year-oid. Edmond Adams, In the
last few strides. Immediately after
the race Albert Simons. acting for
John w. Schorr, offered $500 for
Loehiel. Joe Jones refused. stating
that his price was $4,000.
A gucn thing that went wrong in
the second race was Nora Emma. also
from the stable OF Green Morris. She
was supported by all the wise people,
and after leadaing by three lengths
into the stretch she began to tire q
sixteenth OF a mile from home, and
{ tseiie Frcd, the srruud choice. coming
with a rush, was up in time to peat
her in hard drive.
A Rafting Finish.
Another sensational race, as we'll as
an upset. WAS the victory OF the Gold
en- Butterfly, usually a front runner.
He came from behind in the stretch.
mailing the overwhelming favorite,
kohora. and the outsider. jolly. In
the closing strides To many In the
grandstand jolly seemed to have Sc
cured the place, but the official plac-
ing WAS otherwise,
Another good thing went through in
the fourth race, when q. w, Plant
land, well fancied by a. select few
after getting away none too we'll with
ratio through the stretch. gained
the decision from Hyperion ii and
Lois Cayenagh, both OF whom were
closing with great determination al
the end.
The race for the amateurs to-mor-
row aroused considerable interest To-
cally. The conditions Of the race are
the horses to carry lao pounds an
up; distance, Ia miles. Ten hun
ers, all owned by members of the Nor
folk Hunt Club, will probably 60 to
the post The summaries:
First race. purse, furlongs--Lo-
chiel. first. Edmond Adams, second:
Bondage. third. Time. 0:4s 4-b. Good
acre and Raceweii also ran.
Second race. purse, furiongs-
ncle Fred, first: Nora Emma, second;
Stepchild, third. Time, 0:5p. Janaida
and Bertha u. also ran.
Third race, purse. liz furlongs-
The Golden Butterfly. first: Takahira,
second: Jolly. third. Time, 1907 2-b.
WOODLAND also ran.
Fourth race, selling, ntie---
Piantiand, first; Hyperion II, second;
Lois cavanagh, third. Time. 1:40 2-s.
Havre, w. !. Hinch and Chopper also
ran.
Fifth race, purse. 6 fnrlongs--Sil-
verin, frst; Dander. second; Snug.
third. Time, 1:l4 as. Henry Cross
eadin, Flat Creek and Kiiderkin also
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09
|Is PROCESS
Of WEED|NG OUT

:
n rive the arm time 20 mend.
3nymAck fails to make good,
3oe Lawlor win make an effort
y pouthpaw elsewhere. as he
4a Il IA essential that there be
AAe stan
60 Catcher 70 Go Soon.
1mnn<r Lawyer has not yet made
Ioctnton about which OF the three
&4n will BE- retained. He says.
%T4t, that one OF them viii, be
M after next week. but that he
N1Na no idea OF which 1t will he.
The new receiver, has been
~ apiAndtd work, and II will be
q1 manager TO decide to send
nN4ay unless he shows q great
taI In form. keifel has been
~ veil and has a good arm for
[1&x. Mcs&itt, the veteran, has
fNt hexn seen at work. He IL
m ~ 4 good man to hold up
fechers and having q great
nNPn az the game. In always able
~ great assistance to the team.
~ these three men Manager
1ef Will dispose OF In hard to tell.
sla see1a TO be worth considera-
n First Base Fight.
~ 1ta4st for frat base between
3Aa md Bigbie will probably not
& 1ldea for several weeks Both
sed men. and II will be hard 10
~ IN the one who will stay. Gill
~ excellent flrst saeker, and
80 practically any position on
e1A. Whichever man proves to
heet hitter will doubtless se~
~ ~ position.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09
Friday 5 Games

At Macon, Ca: Macon, South At
lantio League. I; Atlanta. Southern
League. Q.
At Atlanta, Ca: Georgia Tech. z;
Mercer University, 4.
At Blacksburg. Va: Virginia Tech.
4; Bingham School Of Ashevilie. N.
c.. /.
At birmingham, Ala: Buffalo, East
ern League. s: Htrminxham, o.
At Austin. Tex: University Of Tex
as. 4; State Medical College, =; game
called on account Of rain.
At Cincinnati: Cincinnati. 10; Phil
adeIphia Americans second team. ..
AZ Rtchmond. Va: New York Amer
icana. =; Richmond. Virginia state
Al Ralsish, N. c.: A. and N. Coi-
legs, =; Hampdsn- Sidney, 3.
Az Al Columbus, o.: Cleveland Amer
icanA .; Columbus. Amesacan Assoc
Al Danviils, Va: Rochester. Eastern
League. p: Danvtlio. Virginia State
LeAGue. !.
AZ Roanoke. Va: Greensboro, Caro-
Tina League, 8: Roanoke, vtrxtniA
State League, 8; game called at END
Of eighth inning on account Of cold
weather.
Al Columbus. Ca: Montgomery
Southern League, 4; Columbus, gouth
Atlantic League, 4: game called 1t
end 81 ninth inning on account OF
Al BAitimorss Brooklyn Nationals.
10; baltimore. HAstern League, ..
AZ Clinton. Miss: University az Mis-
sissAppL 4: Missiasippi College. o.
Al Nashville. Tenn: Nashville.
Southern League, 8: Boston Ameri-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09
AUTOMOBILE GOSSIP

to Chambers AK. and than sid:
/ "WOuld you Iniald giving u little
spin? meanlng hfnaAeif and his In.
terested VIE. Chandler eurNiy was
Wiling. He took them down =
stretch and whom they arrived 81 the
farmhouse the Ford was soid.
| "You talk 10 the woman ! whils, :
ana the farsas rwas "a. a shors
while later Chandler looked around
and he saw tho old farmer near the
barn dtggtng with .oveI Present.
w, he returned anu handed el.e3x
70 chAadisE. the price q the or.
Automobile racing sntAusiastx are
intersstsd. IN = nlaMmcth national
championship race, which Ii 20 b
held under the direceicn of the zen.
test beard Of the Americas Autoeno.
bio Association ~ the Indianap0ltD
Motor Speedway on Decoration Day.
There VIII be IL races Ia the cham.
pionshtp events ana the eAtiEo dae
VIII be required 70 run thenA. HveE8
dtyfston 10 the new Candidates q
half = hundred medaE viii s. ais
tributed among tho wtnnerA The cars
nnis1inx Mrrt IN NAeh division win ~.
ceive gold ModaIa the eocoada ell>
ycr and tho thirds hrOnxe.
II r likely the otartAn u ~ o1ys
erAl Divisions VIII tar Outnumb&r the
held ~ previous motor rsaeA Hv4sy
Man0facturer viii nasurAt1y ~ n.
ship medals bscauss 90 iaot thai his
oars have compete dexAlnn< ana a.
featsd ~ d the eeeek eass Win tAo
sanno pint0n dtnp1Ao41Ae0t win - AZ
irnn1enoe oo1mm1feial 49lue Auf1ne ehe
snsaine ysas. GSoA i ase1al would