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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1903.
FOSSIL WINS EASILY
Mile Handicap at Oakland
Proves a. Big Surprise.
THE FAVORITE IS OUTCLASSED
Divlna Gets Second Place, and
Claude, the Winner of Several
Derbies, Third-Sport Is Fine
and the Crowd Large.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 2. An excel
lent card drew a large crowd to the Oak
land track today and some lino sport
was witnessed. The mile handicap was
one of the main attractions. Beau Or
monde was favorite, with Divlna next In
demand. Beau Ormonde led for a time,
but at the half mile pole began to drop
back. Fossil assumed command, and
after shnjipg off Claude, won easily from
Divlna, who got up In time to beat
Claude a nose.
The two-year-old race. In which several
clever performers met, was marred by
a bad start Casclne was off badly, while
Bear Catcher, who was very fractious,
was practically left. Summary:
Six furlongs, selling Laureata won.i
Alice Carey second, Bee Bosewater tnira;
time, 1:14.
Five furlongs Shotgun won, Hager
don secorfd, Sad Sam third; time, :59?i.
Six furlongs, selling Rollick won, Quiet
second, Loyal S. third; time, 1:144
One mile, handicap Fossil won, Divlna
second, Claude third; time. l:40i.
Five "and a half furlongs, purse Cas
clne won. Otto Stlefel second, Don Domo
third; time, 1:07.
One mile and threeslxteenths, selling
The Fretter won, Dodlo S. second, Grail
third; time, 2:01
At New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec 2. Summary:
Selling, five furlongs Morning Star won.
Docile second, Trossachs third; time,
1:03 2-5.
Selling, one, mile Mauser won, Tioga
second, Sarah Maxim third; time, 1:46.
Six furlongs, for two-year-olds Rain
land won. Exclamation second. Lady
Free Knight third; time, 1:18.
Handicap, mile and 70 yards Lura
Lighter won, Wltful second, Ancke third;
time, 1:47 4-5.
Six furlongs Big Ben won. New Tork
second. Aggie Lewis third; time, 1:15 1-5.
Selling, three-year-olds, one mile Bob
Hilllard won, Lela L. second, Exapo
third; time, 1:46 3-5.
Eastern and California Races
By direct wires. "We accept commissions
bj phone from responsible parties at Port
land Club. 130 5th street.
FANS WILL GO HUNTING.
Deacon Van Buren and Andy Ander
son Will Play Hosts.
Deacon Van Buren, Andy Anderson
and his father leave this morning for a
month's hunting trip on their claims in
"Washington. When the ball players are
not hunting they will spend their time
proving up on their claims. These claims
are in "Washington and it takes a thirty
mile stage ride to reach them, but this
will not prevent Ed. Schiller and a num
ber of other fans from accepting the In
vitations which Anderson and Van Buren
extended.
During the summer months these ball
players have been generous in extending
"Invites" to the faithful, feeling that
they were secure in offering the invitation
because their places were so far from
the main line of traffic, but in this they
figured without their guests. All would
have been well if it hadn't been for Ed.
Schiller, w;ho next to baseball; likes noth
ing better than hunting. He was given
an invitation among the rest. The other
day about ten of the fans who had re
ceived invitations to hunt on the Van
Buren-Anderson preserves, compared
notes. Schiller then arranged that they
should all accept, so when Anderson and
Van Buren sho'wed up at the cigar store
yesterday, each In turn Informed the pair
of baseball farmers that they would be
pleased Indeed to spend a week with them
hunting ducks and killing bear. About
noon Anderson and Van Buren got to
gether and began figuring out just where
they stood. They have two cabins that
are just large enough to think easily in,
but when it comes to caring for a dozen
or more. It is a case of some one sleep
ing on the roof. Next thing was to buy
the food stuff. A whole month's salary
was expended In this and unless game is
forthcoming, there Is a chance that some
of the party will go hungry.
Coach McFadden Banqueted.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest drove.
Or., Dec. 2. (Special.) Coach McFadden
left yesterday for Palo Alto, v where he
will resume his studies at Stanford Unl
erslty. Mr. McFadden did excellent work
In coaching the Pacific University team
this season and will probably be secured
for another year.
Before leaving Mr. McFadden was ten
dered a farewell banquet by a number of
the upper-class men.
Protest on Coast Race Invalid.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2. The Board of Re
view of the National Trotting Association
today refused to sustain the protest in
the case of W. G. Durfee, of Los An
geles, who appeared to answer a petition
protesting money won by Sweet Marie
and Brlney K., on the ground that the
two horses were trained by the same
stable and were entered in the same race
at Seattle In August last.
FEMININITY AND "SHAPE."
Why the Women of Today Differ
From the Early Greek Models.
New York Press.
The influence of certain kinds of food
upon the female form is apparent to all
"who have made a study of models. The
woman of today, particularly the woman
of society, is overdeveloped In places
which probably were underdeveloped in
early Greece. The goddesses did not need
straight fronts. The food which they
partook did not develop abnormally that
part of the anatomy which the modern
corset of the modern divinity conceals,
but had Its effect upon the neck, bust,
arms and particularly the lower limbs,
rounding them out Into a perfect fullness.
Grapes and figs were the chief diet of the
women of the Hellenes, and they pro
duced the shapely ankle, the beautifully
symmetrical calf, the classic knee and the
chiseled thigh.
It Is not necessary to go further than
the stage to study these matters at the
present day. The commonest defect Is the
hollow thigh. Women tell me that this
Is due not pnly to congenital malforma
tion, but to the feminine habit of crossing
the legs. Venus and Juno were never
known to cross their legs, and as they
were born perfect their thighs were not
hollow. Another serious malformation Is
the big knee. The patella looks like a
knot, and in many cases It is necessary
for women to be bowlegged in order that
their knees may pass comfortably In
walking. In classic figures the calf really
begins at the ankle, the leg gently swell
ing upward from that point Many of
our latter-day women have "shanks," by
which I mean that the leg from the ankle
to a few Inches above the shoetop is of
about the samo sizeL then the gastrocne-
mlus and soleus suddenly lump out Into
a nhaneless hummock. Women of the
African Taoe have legs of this type, and
the Caucasians seem to be acquiring tnem.
The great development of the mesogas
trio xone in modern woman is due prln
clDallv to high living. As a rule, woman
eats more in proportion to her weight than
man. She is eternally nibbling at some
thing. Sho drinks a great deal with nor
meals water, coffee and tea, if you please.
aro quite tis bad as -wine when indulged in
to excess. She is essentially a meat and
vegetable eater, and both foods make in
ternal fat where it is not desirable, we
often hear women speak of their "high
stomach": why. bless you. no woman
should mention such a thing. She should
not admit having a stomach. Corned beef
and cabbage never yet produced a classic
form. It is said that the lassies of
Scotland havo the finest legs In the world.
They eat oatmeaL German girls have
poor figures; they eat sauerkraut.
'The most symmetrical women are the
Japanese, but they are very small. Their
principal food is fruit, and they drink
sacki. Italian women havo splendid busts;
they eat macaroni. The women of Nor
way are -without finish, as a rule; they
eat too much of fish. The same applies
to women of all other fishing countries.
The coolie women are very beautiful phy
sically. Their chief food is fruits and
nuts. Persian women are inclined to fat
ness; they eat meats boiled to excess, with
rice, and are fond of sweetmeats and
hard-boiled eggs. The illustration of food
effects on women might be continued in
definitely. The object of these reflections
Is to point the way to a proper develop
ment along lines of symmetry and
beauty. The best agents are simple diet
and soft water.
INDIANA HAN IN PANAMA.
Colonel Shaler Is Running a Railroad
for This Government There.
Indianapolis News.
One of "the men who are taking a promi
nent place In the changes which have
brought about the new Republic of Pan
ama Is Colonel J. F. Shaler, general man
ager of tho Panama Railroad, who took
prompt action when the crisis came, tho
dispatches saying that ho averted blood
shed by a display of nerve and determina
tion. Nearly every old railroader in Indiana
knows Colonel Shaler. He was born In
Kentucky, and, after the usual number
of occupations into which a young man
drifts, he went Into the railroad business,
and learned it from the bottom up. He
went to Ohio and was employed, there
for a number of years, and later to Louis
ville, where ha was made superintendent
of the old Jeffersonville, Madison & In
dianapolis road. He held this position
during the years of 1S79 and KS0, and re
signed to take the general managership
of the Loulsvlllo & Nashville at Louis
ville Levi Hege, of this city, who has had
years of experience as a railroader, knew
him very well, and tells many stories of
the former superintendent He was an
excellent railroad man, but had a gruff
manner and was not popular with the men
who worked under him. His friends as
signed this to the fact that the men were
never acquainted with him and that when
he once made friends with a man there
was nothing that he would nefc do for him.
When the Union General "Jeff" C. Da
vis, died In Louisville, and was taken to
Memphis for burial, a number of promi
nent Kentucklans wished to attend the
funeral. General Davis was a popular
man in Louisville after the war, and the
men who had been close to him in his
last days wished to pay their respects at
the grave. They appointed a committee
to confer with Colonel Shaler, who was
superintendent of the J., M. & I. The
committee asked for a special train to
and from the funeral. They were met
with a curt refusal, and Colonel Shaler
Informed them that they could ride on a
freight He said if the freight train was
not good enough for them that they could
stay at home from the funeral. His de
cision was final, and there was no spe
cial train. The affair resulted in a
great deal of unfavorable comment
against Colonel Shaler, and there was con
siderable feeling both against him and the
road.
After remaining with the Loulsvlllo &
Nashville for about one year he went to
Georgia and became general superinten
dent of the Chattanooga, Rome & Colum
bus road, which place he held for several
years. Leaving the employ of this road.
Colonel Shaler went to Mexico, where he
was made general manager of the Mex
ican Central, and later drifted into Pan
ama. When the offices of the Panama
Railroad became the property of the
United States Colonel Shaler supposed
that tho manager of the road would be
some military official, and offered his
resignation to the United States Gov
ernment The officials at Washington In
formed him that they wished a practical
man to have charge bf the road and re
tained his services. He Is still In full
charge, and will probably remain there for
some time.
Senate Votes to Revise Loan Bill.
HAVANA, Dec 2. The Senate commit
tee today reported favorably the revision
of, the $35,000,000 loan bill In accordances
with the petition of President Palma,
with amendments. The chief amendment
Is to the effect that the entire sum in
bonds be applied to the cancellation of
the army claims. It also forbids the sell
ing of the bonds under 90 per cent of the
par value. The Senate majority favors
the payment of the bonds in part through
the New York Junta from the existing
treasury surplus, thereby meeting tho de
sires of President Palma.
Army Officers Fighting Wood.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2. Almost every
member of the Senate committee on mili
tary affairs has received a confidential
letter from Army officers protesting
against the confirmation of General Leon
ard Wood, as a Major-General. Other
senators are being similarly favored. One
of them has received a strong letter of
protest from an ex-governor of a depart
ment under General Wood, when he was
Governor-General of Cuba.
Bishop Leonard Critically 111.
SALT LAKE, Dec 2. Rev. Ablel Leon
ard, bishop of the Salt Lake diocese of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, embrac
ing Nevada, Utah and Western Colorado,
is pritically ill of typhoid fever. He is
Date Fixed for Royal Wedding.
LONDON. Dec 2. The wedding of
Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess
Alice of Albany has been set for the first
week In February at St George's Chapel,
Windsor Castle.
Wages of Five Hundred Men Cut.
YOtTNGSTOWN, O., Dec 2. The wages
of 00 laborers employed' at the Ohio
works of tho Carnegie Steel Company,
have been reduced.
Pope Receives American Diplomat.
ROME, Dec. 2. The Pope today received
in private audience Bellamy Storer,
United States Ambassador to Austria,
and Mrs. Storer.
Earthquake Shakes Buildings.
LOUISBURG. B. C, Dec 2. Buildings
here were considerably shaken by a slight
earthquake today, but no serious damage
was done.
Chamberlain' Conch Remedy Cares Colds
on Nature's Plan.
The most successful medicines are those
that aid nature. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy acts on this plan. It aids expec
toration, relieves the lungs, opens the
secretions and aids nature In restoring the
system to a healthy condition. It not only
relieves. It cures the cold effectually and
permanently, and Is unquestionably the
most successful medicine in use for this
purpose It is pleasant to take and con
tains no onlum or other harmful druir.
I For f&le by all druggists.
BUTLER BECOMES BOSS
BARRIE'S NEW PLAY HAS NOV
ELTY IN HEROES.
Servant Is an Admirable Crlchtonj
but Ends Up by Buttling
Once Again.
The fantastical Barrle has 'scored an
other New York success with his "Ad
mirable Crlchton," which was a frost in
several other American cities. The New
York Times says of the play:
In the wilderness of mediocre plays that
infest Broadway, behold a fantastic com
edy of pure and absolute delight a mas
terpiece of the modern English school,
beautifully staged, and interpreted with
a mingling of sly humor and delicious
sentiment
"The Admirable Crlchton" gives us
Barrle in his Tommyest mood of senti
ment, Gillette at his most austere and
romantic, and Mr. Daniel Frohman's
Lyceum management at its best In a play
that challenges Pinero's "Amazons" and
surpasses it
The admirable Crlchton is a butler to
the nobility. His father before him was
a butler, and his mother a lady's maid, a
combination of which, as he says, he is
particularly proud; and he is a stickler
for all the eltquette of place, which
abounds alike in all English drawing
rooms and servants' halls. Tho one cross
of his otherwise perfect existence is that
his noble master Is bitten with the mod
erln fad of social radicalism, and in be
half of the innate equality and brother
hood of man requires his servants to be
entertained by his family once every
month In the lordly drawing-room.
It is such an occasion with which the
first act ojjens, and the resulting comedy
of cross purposes, while it delights the
audience with Its delicate and humorous
satire, pains Mr. Crlchton's sense of fit
ness to tho core There is a whole vol
ume's library of protest In the way he
stands washing his hands of his lord
ship's vagaries. His is no mere instinc
tive conservatism, no blind subservience
to the powers that be He is a philoso
pher, and he finds occasion to unburden
his soul to Lady Mary, the eldest daugh
ter of the house Conditions in England
havo made noblemen and butlers. But
ho darkly hints that were the conditions
to become otherwise the laws of nature
might turn things topsy-turvy.
Conditions speedily become "otherwise.
Tho noblo family, goes a yachting and is
wrecked on a desert island. Established
civilization gives place to the struggle for
existence. Food must be had, shelter must
bo fashioned, clothes must be made.
Crlchton, being the one real man of the
party, rises in tho order of nature to
the position of "Governor." The Hon
orable Ernest Is Idle and given to making
epigrams at the expense of the- others.
Crlchton solemnly takes him off and ducks
his head In a bucket,-threatening to repeat
tho process for every epigram. After
three years Crlchton is in a way to mako
himself King.
Lady Mary, the proud and Indolent, also
feels tho hand of nature. She has become
a wilding huntress and, together with her
sisters and their former maid, (who had
been all but betrothed to Crlchton), has
fallen a sentimental subject to the quon
dam butler. There is rivalry among tho
young women as to which shall servo
him, and while Lady Mary stands at the
table where he is dining in austere state,
her eagerness leads her instinctively into
the gesture of washing her hands.
That gesture Is critical. Cricton has
fallen in love with Lady Mary, and, true
to his philosophy of the order of nature,
he modestly declares his right to her.
There Is a quiet and touching- moment
of sentiment; but-Just as he is accepted
and has been eagerly welcomed in his new
relation by Lady Mary's family, the gun
of a ship Is heard, and with deliverance
from the Island the old order returns.
Agonized In soul, Crlchton Is still true to
his philosopsy. In a passion of renuncia
tion he silently bids farewell to his power
and his love, and In his agitation falls
Into the old gesture of washing his hands.
The last act shows the triumph of tho
old order In England. Tho much-ducked
eplgrammarian has written a history of
the adventure in which he claims all the
credit of ruling the colony. Lady Mary
fdrgets her Island passion, and lapses
again Into her former manner. Crlchton
acquiesces in romantic gloom, and lets
his eye dwell again on his cockney lady's
maid.
The play is full of deft little touches of
comedy, which can only be called Fltchlan,
though the play is much more consistent
and harmonious than anything Fitch has
yet done. The second scene on the Island
is full of the color of atmospheric phan.
tasy. Crlchton's costume Is a symphony
of regal splendors. Tho leggined heroines
are Rosalinds of the first water of beauty
and whata dance that Is they break Into
at the celebration of Crlchton's engage
ment tjb Lady Mary!
It must be added that good folk who
are reasonable above all things will find
the story Impossible. Many are destined
to wonder what anybody can find to de
light him. When Charles Frohman took
the English, production over for a per
formance In Paris the rational and logi
cal Parisians were amazed at its unreality.
But there can be no question that It Is
destined to succeed hero as It succeeded
In London. There were so many curtain
calls last night that the admirable Gil
lette was forced to break through his rule
and make a little speech.
Mr. Gillette, who gave up Hamlet to
play the butler, was as solemn as the
ghost of Hamlet's father, and played
throughout with exquisite comedy feeling
and In the sentimental passages with his
well-loved romantic charm: Space falls
for praise of all but the Lady Mary of
Sibyl Carlisle (who created tho part In
London. Eer pretty face and graceful
dancing in leggins and klrtlo are destined
to be a long delight Beatrice Irving,
Rosalind Coghlan and Pattie Browne were
her comrades. Henry Kemble, late the
radical greengrocer in "Tho Man From
Blankley's," was the radical Earl.
The White Queen of the Six Nations.
Springfield Republican.
Among recent deaths Is that of Harriet
Maxwell Converse, the only woman who
was ever chief of the Six Nations. She was
70 years old. Born In Elmlra, N. Y., daugh
ter of Thomas Maxwell, she was left
motherless in Infancy; married in 1S61.
She came of a family for generations inti
mate with Indian life in the New York
tribes; her great-grandfather and her
father were both adopted by blood b'roth
erhood rites into Indian tribes, and to her
It happened likewise. She was first adopt
ed' by the Senecas In 1SS4, when she was
making her own -the Interests of tho In
dians of New York State At tho Albany
Legislature sho was well known when
ever any danger threatened her tribes, and
sho was the main agent In defeating in
1S31 a measure which would have robbed
these Indians of their lands. The Sen
ecas made her a member of their national
council, and the Six Nations Senecas,
Onondagas, Tuscaroras, Cayugas, Mo
hawks and Oneldas chose her as chief,
and she was called also "priestess" and
"mother." General Ely S. Parker, a full
blooded Seneca, who was chief of his tribe
and a member of General Grant's staff in
the Civil War, serving In its last years as
tho General's secretary, asked the Six
Nations, when he was dying, ten years
ago. to make her 'chief, and his wish
was law. It was Mrs. Converse's custom
to visit the reservations every year at
the religious dances and great ceremonies
of the nations, and to wear tho costume
and Insignia of her rank. Through her a
great quantity of ancient wampum belts
and caskets, arrowheads, war headgear,
feathers, blankets and beadwork were
given by the tribe, or by herself as pur
chaser, to the natural history museum of
Albany and New York City; while her
house on Fiftieth street was fllld with
1 such characteristic work- of her brothers
and sisters. She well understood the old j
religion and legend of these relics of the
powerful 'confederacy, whoso chief she
was, and as well held them In sympathy.
She maintained that their religion and .civ
ilization were as worthy of respect as
any other. She spoke several of tho In
dian languages with fluency.
Long Feather, chief of tho Mohawks,
made an address at her funeral.
GEAPT IN OH) LETTER.
Writer In Revolution Tells of Eng
lish Boodling.
Philadelphia North American.
One hundred and twenty-four years ago
Robert Slddulpb, a beef contractor for
the British army of occupation In New
York City, wrote by packet to his friend
"Powell," in England Christian name
and residence unknown giving some
fragmentary town gossip, together with
a substantial order for goods.
Mr. Powell never got the letter. It fell
into the hands of 'the enemy, and by some
chance of fortune has been handed down
as a Revolutionary curio to later genera
tions. Here it is:
NEW YORK, Oct 7, 1TTO.
Dear Powell:
My lost went by tho Packet, by which con
veyance this also goes; It you get either. It
Is more than I expect . . . Nothing has
been done by the Army this Year, nor, In
deed, is much to be expected. An expedition
was going forward & week ago, which was
conducted with very great secrecy, ot 3000
men under the command of Lord Cornwal
lis; they wero hardly out of the Hook before
we received Intelligence of a fleet of 23 sail
of the Lino ot Frigates off the Bahama Isl
ands, standing for this Fort, which brought
the whole expedition back again. ...
Our Naval Force Is 0 sail of the Line, who
have formed themselves In a crescent at the
Narrows to prevent entrance If they should
Intend to pay us a visit. . . . All our
hopes are Bet upon Sir Chos. Hardy and his
fleet. . . .
I am. better acquainted with this Town
than I was when I -wrote you last, and like
It better than I expected. Though there are
no public places, I cannot call It dull.- I
find very little difference between the cli
mate. The manners of the people are much freer,
especially the Women, and resembles (or
rather exceeds) any Country town In Eng
land In the accomplishment of scandal. The
season has been very unhealthy; two-thirds
of tho Army have been sick the Guards ex
cepted, who are almost' constantly drunk.
If Mr. Harley should desire tho goods on
hand to be sold for what they will bring
there would be a very great loss on the con
signments, the principal port of which will
fall upon him If the Tradesmen are paid
the full amount of their charges.
Would It not be agreeable to Mr. Harley to
receive the clearest Proofs that almost every
article. Woollens and Haberdashery In par
ticular, are charged In the involco from 10
to 15 per cent dearer, of the same quality
with those brought to this Country by other
people; the shoes and boots were remark
ably dear. ...
You have my slnccrest good wishes, which,
though they go In a very small compass, are
very extensive. The Weather'now begins to
be comfortable, and one can walk about
without melting. I am apprehensive we
shall find the other extreme anij. the more
so, ad we are told there Is nof a week's
fuel lnXhe Garrison. Pray send mo plenty
of Shoes and Boots, etc
This quaint missive has been for more
than a century an heirloom of the de
scendants of Christopher Marshall, of tho
Revolutionary committee of safety. Mar
shall's house In Germantown had been,
seized as headquarters for a coterie of
British officers, and he had fled to Lan
caster with the committee. This pajrlot
kept an elaborate diary, in which, under
date of November 25, 1779, it is recorded
that the combined fleets had beaten Sir
Charles Hardy In West Indian waters,
and that these victorious ships had come
to Charleston and Chesapeake Bay with
prizes, capturing packet ships and trans
ports on the way.
In one of these packets was the Bld
dulph letter, which Is now the property of
Christopher Marshall of Germantown,
direct descendant of tho Revolutionary
patriot of that Ilk. Beef Contractor Bld
dulph's apprehension of none-dellve.ry was
fully realized.
Having noted recently that a Blddulph
had been raised to the peerage In Eng
land, Mr. Marshall wrote to the new
Lord of Ledbury, reciting the circum
stances under which Beef Contractor
Blddulph's letter had fallen Into alien
hands, suggesting a possible family inter
est in the document and offering. In that
event to forward the tlme-stalned letter
to England.
By return mall came reply:
Dear Sir:
Robert Blddulph was my grand uncle, and
he was In America under Lord Corwallls.
He was not In the Guards, but had a con
tract for supplying beef to the army, which.
I believe, ho obtained through tho Earl of
Oxford, who was a friend of my family,
and who owned a largvi estate In Hereford
shire. Robert Blddulph represented tho
County of Hereford from 1790 to 1S02, and
he died In 1S14. I represented the same
constituency for thirty-five years, from 1805
to 1000, when I retired.
It is very kind of you to offer to send mo
the letter, but you would spoil the interest
which attaches to It. You may, howover,
like to Join this letter to It as a kind of ex
planation. I would Hko' to know tho ad
dress of Mr. Powell, to whom the letter was
written. Having been recently created a
peer, I must sign myself.
Yours faithfully,
J BIDDULPH OF LEDBURY.
HEW WAY TO GET TURPENTINE
Large Increase In the Product by the
Use of Cup, and Gutter System.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. The discovery
of a new way of extracting turpentine,
made two years ago by Dr. Charles H.
Herty, working under tho direction ot the
Bureau of Forestry, Is resulting in a
complete change of methods by turpen
tine operators all over the South.
In a bulletin published last Spring by
the Bureau of Forestry the. claim was
made that the experiments with the new
cup and gutter system of turpentining
had resulted In an Increase over the old
boxing system of 23 per cent in tho
amount of the product extracted. This
figure has now been raised to more than
35 per cent. In other words, Dr. Herty's
system, when universally adopted In the
South, as It Is bound to be sooner or
later, will have raised the turpentine pro
duction of this Country by more than a
third, provided the same number of trees
are used. Two years ago when Dr. Herty
first made known his discoveries he put
20,000 cups Into operation. Last year
this figure was increased to about 400,
000. This year a conservative estimate
places the number of cups to be used at
3,000,000. The figures give some Indica
tion of the rapidity with which turpen
tine operators are adopting the new sys
tem. The change of methods has been
so rapid that the pottetry company which
undertook to supply operators with
earthen cups has been unable to keep up
with Its orders and has been obliged to
refuse contracts for over 2,000,000 cups. It
is safe to say that the majority of the
large turpentine operators In this coun
try have given up the boxing system and
will extract their turpentine by means
of cups and gutters.
Tho economic saving of this new dis
covery is enormous. It not only causes
a great Increase In the amount of tur
pentine produced, but it is a most impor
tant factor in saving the pine forests
of tho South. Every one knows that trees
from which turpentine has been extract
ed by the old method "boxed" timber it
Is called soon die from the wounds In
flicted on them. The cup and gutter
system, on the other band. Is not fatal
to the life of the tree, and does very little
damage to the timber.
The Bureau of Forestry has arranged to
give the personal assistance of Dr. Herty
to turpentine operators who dcslro to
1 install the now system
UPHELD BY GOLLEGE
Professor Who Eulogized B.
T. Washington Won't Go.
RESIGNATION NOT ACCEPTED
Bassett Called Down Upon His Head
Fierce Attacks by the Press, but
Trustees pface His Worth
as a Man First.
RALEIGH. N. C, Dec. 2. The trustees
of Trinity College voted today, IS to 7, not
to accept the resignation of Dr. John S.
Bassett, professor of history, who has
been bitterly attacked in Southern news
papers .because of a eulogy on Booker T.
Washington contained In a recent maga
zine article written by Dr. Bassett. In a
statement, tho trustees say:
"Candor Impels us to admit pur regret
that Professor Bassett has expressed cer
tain opinions which gave offense to many,
and wo are glad to find that these opin
ions wero expressed solely on his own
authority, through a medium which Is In
no sense an organ of the college, and not
at all In his capacity as a college official,
so that neither this board, nor this col
lege, can be held responsible for them.
"On tho contrary, It clearly appears that
tho faculty and the students disagree with
certain of Professor Bassett's oplnlpns, so
far as we can ascertain, unanimously.
Neither do we agree with him. Neverthe
less, both faculty and students with equal
unanimity have manifested their desire
that this board decline to accept Professor
Bassett's offer of resignation, which we
do decline to accept.
"Wo state as a fact that Professor Bas
sett doe3 not believe In, nor does ho teach,
social equality, and we have confidence In
him, both as a man and a teacher."
THE WOMEN AND THE WEDDING
A Theory Which Accounts In Part for
Their Censurable Behavior.
New York Times.
It is an added, and we incline to think
the worst, offense of the women who mis
behaved at the Roxburghe wedding that
erven after our entirely sincere request thdt
they explain and defend or excuse their
conduct a request that Implied at least a
hope that the suggested task was not an
Impossible one, and was, therefore, quite
the kindest thing that has been said about
them not one of the culprits has been
moved to break the callous silence they
havo" maintained ever since the savage
criticism of their manners began, and tho
whole lot aro apparently content to let go
by default a verdict that convicts them
of outrageous vulgarity, immodesty and
brutaUty.
Weh. as tho women won't take the trou
hle to defend themselves. It shall be done
by a mere man, who happens to have
more regard for their reputation than they
do. So far from being impossible, the
task is almost ridiculously easy for any
body who has even an amateur's knowl
edge about tho observed psychology of
crowds. To such a one the assumption
upon which most or all of the denunciation
of these women was based the assump
tion that the wedding attracted to the
street In front of the church In which it
was held several thousand women differ
ing from and worse than the ordinary and
therefore rather nice run of women
seem3 to be quite unnecessary.
It is probable almost to the point of cer
tainty that they were women much Hko
other women not half a dozen of them
would as individuals have dreamed of
doing any one of the disgraceful and
shocking things that so many of them did
as mqmbers of a great crowd. But a
crowd is a living and organic entity, in
many respects different from any of the
individuals composing It, just as a com
posite photograph resembles none of Its
divers sitters. The emotions of a crowd
act like any other force, like combining
with like, and unllkes neutralizing or de
creasing each other. Now, the women in
tills particular crowd had just one common
desire to see as much as they convenient
ly could of the wedding, and especially to
examine a3 closely as they conveniently
could the garments of the bride.
With nothing- worse -than this assumed,
the whole affair becomes explicable, and
tho offenders can be acquitted of any
graver ciimo than that of carelessness In
subjecting themselves to a dangerous In
fluence, For the common desire. In each
neither very strong nor very reprehensible,
becamo both violent and shameful In the
same way that a "cloudburst" is formed
from harmless raindrops by mere aggre
gation of mas3 and energy. This theory of
what has been taken for a most humili
ating phenomenon is certainly charitable,
and w think it is philosophically and
scientifically sound.
.
Real Diplomacy.
Manchester Guardian.
Mr. Powell, the representative of the
United States, who has cut his diplomatic
connection with tho Republic ot Santo
Domingo, has been less successful but
that Is not to be wondered at than tho
Foreign Office emissary whom tho lato
Lord Salisbury sent somo years ago to
mak6 demands of tho Haitian Republic,
which occupies the other end of the same
island. Lord Salisbury explained to his
emissary In London the exact nature of
the demands.
"But what If," said the diplomatist,
"after I have said everything, tho Presi
dent refuses?"
"Oh," said Lord Salisbury, "that Is not
a matter in which we have tho least
thought of fighting. If the President re
fuses, why, you will simply have to come
home again."
Tho emissary went and said his say to
the President of Haiti. The President
blankly refused to give In. The emlssary
retlred to think things over. A few hours
later he wrote to the President:
"I regret that Your Excellency does not
see your way to recognize the justness ot
the claims which I havo had the honor to
present. I have now to say, on behalf of
Her Britannic Majesty's government, that
unless Your Excellency yields on all
points which I have named, It will be my
painful duty to act on the second half of
my instructions."
Under this vague, and tremendously sig
nificant threat, the President yielded at
once. There was diplomacy!
Beacon Lights in History.
Milwaukee Sentlnenl.
Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte, the
great French General, was born in a
stormy age. His father, one of the most
successful canvassers for enlarged pic
tures that France has ever known, gavo
to the boy his wonderful persistence In
the face of obstacles, and his mother,
who was a dashing coquette, taught him
early in life to think little of the hap
piness of his fellowmen.
When Napoleon was 12 years of age he
bought a khaki uniform, organized a
i squad of rough riders, and waited for a
war to break out somewhere. When the
time came, he hurried to the front, and
won the day by detecting, with his field
glasses, the yellow streak which the
enemy were showing.
Learning of an embalmed" beef scandal
In the War Department, ho hurried back
to Paris to get his divvy; arriving Just
In tme.
Tho greatest military feat ever per
formed by Mr. Bonaparte was his trip
to Moscow. Upon reaching that city the
satives. built a largo bonfire to welcome
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him, said bonfire including the City Hall
and all other buildings in the city. Not
withstanding the Intense heat, several of
his officers got cold feet and Insisted on
returning home. On the march back, the
Russian peasants, as a slight token of
their esteem for the French soldiers, did
everything In their power to give the visi
tors a warm time, thawing out their
frozen limbs by holding them over a slow
Are, and In many ways expressing admira
tion and sympathy. During all the rigors
of that terrible Journey, Napoleon never
flinched, sticking resolutely to his auto
mobile and commanding the chauffeur to
go faster.
At the battle of Waterloo he lost the
belt to a welterweight named Wellington,
who won the decision on points, owing
to the fact that Napoleon's seconds went
back on him. He spent the remaining
duys of his life at a quiet watering place
called St. Helena, and his memory Is still
green in the hearts of the magazine edi
tors. What Fairs Accomplish.
Chicago Tribune.
Next March, eleven years after ,the
World's Fair really opened, there will
be a final settlement with the stock
holders, who will get their second and
last dividend. They will get back on
every H00 put in $14.63. This Is not the
return which some sanguine spirits
looked for when they paid In their
money. They thought thoy would get
It all back. There were a few who
reckoned that the receipt which they
overestimated, would exceed tho ex
penses, which they underestimated, &nd
that subscribers would get back more
than they put In. Such dreams did not
last long. From the point of view of
the man who thinks no investment Is
profitable which does not return princi
pal and interest In cash the exposition
was a failure. But there were divi
dends besides those paid In cash. The
Field Columbian Museum Is by Itself
a large dividend. The elevation of Its
tracks by the Illinois Central, which
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of the exposition, was an object lesson
in track elevation. But for that first
step the abolition of grade crossings
might have been long delayed. The
credit which the city won, 'and never
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another didend which cannot be ex
pressed In terms of money, but which
is well worth having. As a matter of
dollars and cents the "World's Fair was
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Priceless Tapestries In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Record.
Old tapestries to the value of $1,000,000
or more are, an Instructor at the School
of Industrial Art claims, to be found In
some eight or ten Philadelphia mansions.
"A number of Philadelphia women," ho
said, "are good Judges ot tapestries. They
could not be duped. It would be Impossi
ble to palm, off on them an Aubusson for
a Gobelin piece, or a Cluny for a Neullly.
The old tapestries that hang on these
ladles' walls faded, dull, dusty looking
things some time I wonder If, after all,
they are very beautiful, or very appro
priate to a modern parlor. I suppose you
know the use they served In the past.
No? Oh, In the past they were more use
ful than ornamental. Houses had seldom
glazed windows then, and there were
drafts everywhere. Hence, tho tapes
tries were hung In cold weather before the
open -window spaces and about the beds
and about the seats of the family. They
were In the main a very needful protec
tion against the cold. They were orna
ments as well, but chiefly they were pro
tections. "With the coming of cheap glass
the use of tapestries disappeared and that
is why the great tapestry centers cease to
exist.
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