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The election of Dryau in li would
have been a calamity. Ills election in
-J! -would lie a greater calamity, for
it would mean the Ions of all the ires:
tige gained by the nation since hi
fortunate defeat at that time.) r.
1 ...j i..i IVolloivi f e-C a i!i nr
wa nniou to make "hi. siKech at
IMiilailelphia, in order to inform tiie
country of the iiolitleal conditions In
OreKouJ"There'-i no denying the fact
Hint lie 1 qualified. He should have
1mcii allowed, to make hi wpeecli.
. I'very reason that wa nrgid against
the election of -Bryan In IN! ran be
reieutcd tin year, with, the added
force of experience. Among the many
new reason 1 his cry against our
nation accepting the fruit, and retqiou
sihilitle growing out of the Spanish
war. If that were t lie only one, it
should lie sutiicient argument for- his j
"defeat. - ' '..
Tliere is 110 lM'iiiocralie party thi
year. It is merely Hryauisiu. The
platform I Bryan. The iK-rsonality
of the candidate- for, Vice President L
o nothing. He reireseiits no distinct
principle or iioliey. Bryan i the wliole
tiling. And he 1 the same Bryan of
four year ago. and lever si uce, with
only 'the empty cry of a "anti-irinierial-Imii"
-added.
Tiie scheme now lieiug worked by
some of the turned-down Portland "pol
itician 1 to send out to-certain ' of
the country- press in Oregon all
sort of minor to Ik? published, osten
sibly heard or manufacture In the
place of publication. It would Ihj a
gr-at idea, if it had hot:already" lieen
worked rnit. As it is. no one in part ie
. ular i misled by the scheme, so it will
not have it desired effect.
." Both "of the national platforms de
clare lu favor of the construction of
the Nicaragua canal, and it control
and ..'ownership by the United State
t'ovemmeut. The report of the latest
commission will lie in by the tluia of
the meeting of Congress next winter,
so action will certainly not lie long de
ferred. One of the first duties -of
Congress! will lie the passage of the
law, which has been too long deferred.
Adla! E. Stevenson, of Illinois, can-
Extreme cases of dis
ease test the real value
of -a medicine. Many "tonic" and,
"stimulant" preparations, which" havt;
no real medicinal value, seem to brace
up the users ' when they are feeling
played out." Any stimulant will do
this whether bought at the liquor store
or drug store. The true test of a med
icine is when life itself is staked on its
remedial power. In hundreds'" of sucTrt
cases Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Pis
, co very has been the means of saving life
when even the "family doctor" .had
pronounced sentence of death. . i
I had been great sufferer for nevrrat yer
and mv family ooctor Mid t would not be a liv
ing man in two ran, bt, thank (Vol, I am stjll
livinjr," writes Mr, iVeorge W. TraOow, of I-ip
comb. Augusta Co., Vs. "Dr. ricrct's CoUUa
Medical lHcorry L what saved my life. 1 had
heart trouble ao bad that I could not lie on my
left aide without a great deal of pain. 1
nearly past work when I commenced your med
icine, but t can do about aa much work now as
any man. I cannot aay too much for the benefit
I have received," j
Many diseases, named for the organs
affected, as "heart disease," "lung dis
ease," "liver complaint, etc., are per
fectly cured by Dr. Pierce's Goiden Med
ical Discovery, which cures through the
stomach diseases which originate in the
stomach. ' -
AIAVYS HELPS.
ALMOST ALMVVaS HEALS.
didate of the Bryan party for the Vice
Presidency, 1 a very 'nice old gentle
niau. He rau with Mr. Cleveland in
Uirj. and served for the four year
commencing Maveh 4, lSt3, a presid
Ing otiicer of the Senate. Very little
was .heard of him during 'thai
He iierformed hi duties In a ierf tnic
tory maimer, without offending the
feelings of anybody, and drew hi sal
ary. It Is' to be presumed that he held
the same opinions as Mr. Cleveland
when he ran with him. if he had any
at all; and that hi beliefs will tally
now j with Mr. Bryan's ;on the Imiior
tant issues, if te ha -or exprew.se any
at all. Thi notwithstanding the fact
that Mi. Cleveland and Mr. Bryan
hold views diametrically opposite pu
nearly all questions of national iolIcy.
Mr. Stevenson will certainly; not add
anything to the strength of. the ticket.
Neither will. lie weaken it4: . 4
i AX IMHOHTANT
I - .- .
DECISION.
Judge William K. Townsend, of the
I'nited States District Court for; the
southern district of New York, recent
ly rendered au important decision on
the jMditical status of Porto Kico, In
the case of a firm of importers who
protested against ".paying tariff duties
on toliacco imiiorted from Porto Kico
on the ground that Porto Kico was not
a foreign country, and that it was un
constitutional to impose duties on
gotMls tiirried from on part "of the
L"nitel States territory to another
J The di-clsion conclude as follows:
j "The treaty cannot be - considered
unconstitutional, therefore, i on : the
ground that we have no Tight .to gov
ern territory witliout. any- restraint,
ait l, perhaps, caniiot violate anywhere
the negative provisions of the Consti
fution'agalnst infringement uiion ordi
hajjf civil rights, : If the treaty-making
iw:?rs acuire territory, and Congress
wishes to hold and govern it in accord
With constitutional principle, yet
Without bringing It into membership
in the Tn ion, and without subjecting
It to our national taxation, there seems
no valid constitutional reason why this
t-aniMsl lie done. It may lie lest for us
not to make; it citizens fully our citi
wns; it may lie more just toward It
not ! to subjH-t it to iiaylng it sliaie
of taxatkiiu In the case of I'orto Itlco,
with her tobacco and rum Industrie,
such share would proluibly lie out of
ail proportion t tliat paid by other
district. I'tihw we tax her for na
tional purp ises there is no just claim
on her part for the protection of" the
institutional provision for uniform
Utxation. If we mmsHler it for our
own ad Iter liest interest to keep her
apart from" the laud which must bear
t lie burden if taxa tton, . why shouhl
we 'not have the 'power to do so? ' It
may Ih tfie only just course to pursue.
Thus, wisest statesmanship and high
est consMerat iou for , the, rights j of
people under our charge may influence
ns to refrain from making ceded terri
tory part of our nation. . , r
'That we have the power to govern
without the obligation of uniform tax
ation may lie an uufamiliar proiKtsi
tion, but it I so IxK-ause we have nev
er lie fore had ticcasion to use the pow
er to the same extent. The Constitution-makers
may not have thought oT
it.' yet, a we have seen, it is an inci
dent of full sovereignty commonly ex
ereised at the time .the, Union was
formed; one whieh .1 now prohibited
to the states, and so must have passed
to the federal government .-.-with the
swer to make war and treaties j to
which it is incident. For the fraiiiers
of the ConstltuTion intendetl that In
strument not as a limitation uiion tlM
freelom of the new sovereign in act
ing lor Rie states in foreign affairs;
not as a check to growth, but as the
organic law of a .-nation that can lite
and grow. To deny thi power to
govern territory at arm length, would
lie to thwart that intention to make the
United State an unfettered sovereign
iu foreign affairs. For if we wage war
successfully, we must some time ; lie
come, as many thinkf we are now,
charged with territory which p would
lie the greatest folly to lnrporate t
once into our Union, making our laws
Its laws, It citizen ouritizens, our
tax Ms taxes, and which, on the oth
er hand, international considerations
and the . setre of pur responsibility to
it inhabitant may forbid ns to atian
don. The construction of the Consti
tution which would limit our sover
eign power would force us Into a di
lemma between violating our duty to
other nation and to the people under
our care on the one hand, and violat
ing bur duty to ourselves on the other.
That construction would lu such Case
Imperil the honorable existence of our
republic It could not have been In
tended by those who framed our Con
stitution that we sliould lie born a
cripple amoug the nations.
.There lias Un "ounu, then,- no
reason, either on principle or author
Ity. why the United Stafe should not
accept sovereignty over territory with
out admitting It a an Integral part of
the Union or making it bear the bur
den of the taxation uniform through
out our nation. To deny thi ; power
i to deny to this uat km au important
aitHbute of sovereignty. The intent
of the Constitution !to make the fed
eral government a full sovereign." with
Kwer tifnal to those of other ; na
t ioii.-t In it dealings for tlve'j&tates in
foreign affairs. If the United Slate
have thi power, and we hare found
no reason to deny it, the Treaty of
Pari is constitutional. It I unneces
sary to determine . what limitation
may. control us in governing such ter-fj"i iifee in JT'iVj'j jn and Iibas
tU.n v: it. I Kiitlick nt that we have the' fsoViafes Vent to Kentucky, in 1T5U. At
IHjwer to govern it without suujeeitug
It to the burden of our national taxa
tion. There Is,; then, no ground for
declaring unconstitutional the ; treaty
of -cession, which accept so vereternty
on the condition that ihe status of the
cedeil trritory a foreign ctiitntry sliall
le preserved as it wits until Congress
s! all determine it Tin? Treaty of Par
is, then, is "valid.- It left the political
status of the inhabitants of Porto Ifieo
unchangetl. Their status at the time of
the cession wa, as tlecjared by f the
Supreme Court, that of inhabitant of
a foreign country as regard the Con
stitution of the United States and
within the meaning of the tariff acts.
The treaty , of cssiou did not change
that status. And as Congress had not
acted at the-time of this Importation
Porto Rico was still a foreign country
iii the .sense of the tariff , law, m and
duties were lawfully assessed on the
articles Imported therefrom." . ,
ROOSEVELT IX KANSAS.
Theodore ; Roosevelt journey across
Kansas was a j. triumphaL procession
and a most inspiring oi)ening of the
national campaign. Governor Roose
velt was on his way to a non-partisan
gathering, and did not intend to make
any political siieeches. But cheering
thousand demanded .a word from the
foremost representative of stalwart
Americanism, and he was forced to
Ieak. Even then he did not "talk
politics" in the ordinary fcense. A he
said of hi address at" EmrHiria: "This
Isn't iKdltic. but! plain Americanism
jus.t living up to one's duties."'-'
All Kansas, from the Kaw'a mouth
to the Oklahoma 4ine, clietrtHl for
Roosevelt and expansion, i The people
could not but approve when the facts
wore, brought home to them in such
sentences a those: :
I !tou are j here In Kansas lieca use
yott exiiandeil. You iuade this coun
try, trees and all. How did you get
here? IJeeause you expanded. .There
was a strong sentiment against this
Louisiana 'purchase,' and the., name
cries were heard about It as now over
the Philippines. We were told we
could not handle this country nor our
selvesw iV have managed -to get along
pretty Well.";
And the! Kansnns cheeretl to tiie
echo Governor Roosevelt 'definition of
our' position and i national duty in the
Philippines when he said:
"The Philippines have come .under
our care and we shall keep them. Any
land we take under our' control we are
I ion ud to kep in order., - America ,is a
great nation, and, must, take tlie liur-
den 'that come with its. position in tiie
world- AVe are putting down ' brigan
dage and murder ' in .the Philippines.
and introducing the lilerty that -.follows
."the; "paths of justice.; Wo xShaH
never leave to others the islands
drenched with our soldiers blood. Our
fatluT .were not .weaklings, atid ' we
are not weakling now. Our flag is up
in the Philippine and ft will never Jie
Iia tiled down." . i - v
A coloretl man came forward to
shake Roosevelt's hand and to say that
he fought in the Tenth cavalry at
Santiago, f The incident afforded an
ojiortunity to show how the United
States makes citizens and soldiers out
of its "subject races." Governor Roose
velt said:!
The Tenth did nobly at Santiago,
and I am glad to meet one of it men.
The ' Spaniards called our colored
troops "smoked Yankees,? and found
that they foughtjust as bravely as
white men: I noticed at Lawrence some
of our men of7 Indian blood. Some of
them werein my regiment at Santi
ago, and Jf know one now bearing his
(ountrySj commission In : the Philiiv
pint Kansas expanded' over- these
Indians, and; If a new war arose I
might have Filipino In iuy regiment.
We lia ve expanded over them, and
they will be Americans in time, just
a our bla-k and red soldieis are
Americans." , ; . , i
The greeting given Governor Roose
velt In Kansji shows where the
American people Instinctively .take
their stand on the expansion question.
They see their country going forward
to higherdutles, and their heart throb
iu sympathy with its mission. They
are Americans, and have no fear of
the future. That is why they gladly
follow tiie standard of stalwart Amer
icanism borne by Theodore Roosevelt.
A HISTORIC SENTIMENT.
The spirit of expansion In this coun
try Is older that the spirit of independ
ence. - . -
The colonies had formally come to
gether to resist the pticroachmcnt of
the--French and to act against the In
dians. With thi action developed the
Umpulse toward expansion. Before the
sentiment in favor ' of Independence
tumid expression the expansion senti
ment m as moving - both -" leader : and
KHpIe, ; r : " .
As early a 17o Washington snl
tnittctl to the Virginia: Assembly a
scheme for extending and defending
the frontier, v In a letter written nnder
date of April 15, .l?.T. he "urged the
lislodgmeut of the French from the
Ohio country, declaring "experience
"as conduced every thinking man fn
Ms colony that we must bid adieu to
'icj- e and safety while tiie French are
tllowe4l to iHKys the Ohio." - -Washington
made several exiell
Mons to the Ohio country and submit
tal plan for tiie encouraginet t of
cmigratiom : Tiie . coktnist went to
alsiut the same timt; settlements were
made iu Illinois ami llid ulna. George
Rogers t'lark went to Ohio in Im'2. In
I77,"i he- leI the expeilltltili info Ohiii
and Kentucky which wa; the frxruii
ner of thti exiKlition of IT".? , that
iurnel Illinois, and the Nyrthwest te
ritory over to the tiiiited cilniies. -,
Tiius, liefore there .Wasj auy declar
attoit of , lutlej.Hfmlencp tliere wa prn-tic-ally,
if not odiciall.v, it declaratio.t
in. favor of expansion north wartl arid
west wrL ; Tiie feeling for - eiaus'tiui
wa so strong In s;1774 and 17TT tiutt
Waslungtou and hi associate , tijiF
templated the eontroUuot only of Can
ada lnit also of Reruiuda. and otlier
island off t he Atlantic coast. i,
While lighting for 1ndpendence, the
fathers of the republic kept 'ever in
mind a purpose, to ctmtrol wliat they
then describetl as "all the contineut'
This lmnos was'' indicated In the ti
tle "Continental Congress," and In.tlie
arguments In favor of a "continental
scheme." ' After ' i lndeiendence had
hoeix' semrel, the name impulse; of iia
tionality.fouud voice in the letters atwl
messages yof . President Washlngttm
and In.the lKilicyJof I'resident Jeffer
son, and It control the men of today
a it did the men of 124 years ago wto
stood fast by thej slgnergof tloe Dec
laration of Indeiendenee, ! . -..h
A GREAT COM5IEi:CIAL POWER.
An Interesting document Is the re
librt of the British Consul at Manila.
It contains some facts, which may he
rather shocking to Filipilio sympathiz
ers, audi it. Is' very gratifying to those
who. believe in the etticacy o Ameri
can methoils ami American spirit ..as
civilizing.iHiwers.:', ' 1 :. . x .
, Siieaking of. Manild', the Consul says:
"Improvements are visible in 'every
direction; and already ,Hlie towhJts
quite a different appearaiieefrom last
yt?ar," and adds that Manila "may le
come a; great commeiflal power in
these water before the first quarter of
the' century is passed. i ; (
t'oueeriiiug tin Filipiiios themselves,
he says: "They make excellent clerks
if they can lie well -overlooked; but if
allowtsl, thej will spend their time in
gamliling ami cixk-ig;htiug. 'They
have-no 'idea of putting energy into
any of; their pursuits., a nd have lio
commercial instincts; t.liey "also -are
little for money, loss or gain lM'ihgfo
them apiKirently a lnatter of fndilTer-
ence." ' - ' : 1 ' "j
11 -. .'..';"" 'Ho:-.. :;) ', ,- j.::'-
" ! BODY AND UiiVAj. " .
'.fr, BrynnV as the.act-eptcil leader of
the natioiml Ienitsrratie, organization,
is receiving from his party such proof
of. absolute ciHilideJic And, ncognititin
of his authority as' haver seldom been
given to a iolitieaI chief in thi or any
.otlier country. St. .- Ixitiis Reputrtic
Dnocratic), iK'fore tho Convention,
i ltrtlwr event ha ve:J proven r tliat
this estimate of the Republic was jus-'
titied Mr, Rryaul; autiuirity is abso
lute. No doubt afiout that.. IIeowns
theBryan party, Inxly anl soul. It is
hi 'completely and unresTveTly. ' II
possession Is more, than a fee simple:
It J purely alhMlial He i welcome to
it. He will keep It until .the Novenier
election. And after tliat t here Will le
no Bryan party. :!
Mr. Bryau netnl-no boss and no
running inate. lie is the; whole thing
himself. ' !' ?;.'-. : I ' : . !''''
i HYSTEP
la' purely a Bcrrau .' disorder and ; all ti
ymptoma-are of nerroos origin.-Hy8teria
aa be perf-jctly .sad pcrtnanentljr ctd.
BVDTAX y111 car
hTSteris. BtDYAN
will; relievs every
ysaptom. nrDTAN
wiU restore the wetk.
ened nerre to best
tbf condiUon ad thi
ay is p torn will disap
pear. : HlDVA'Nli
vegetable tcmedj and
baa no bad effect, on
thm ystcra. ; Study
your yipptoma caro
(ally. When you fcara
done ao, nae the Htri
TJK!f and then UU
jut frienda wtaot It ku done (or you.
HERE ARE YODR SYMPTOMS:
1-1. f LUTTEBINO O J THE EYE
LIDS, HUDYAM wUl reUav UiU almoat
immediately,. j: .'
-.11 TBtMBLIHO O?. THI Z.ZFS.
BTTDTAN wiU reatore tbe nerrea to a beaV
tty comdltion, and tne trembUnc will diaap-
paar. ; . . .; j;: '. - ;.-". ;-;,
"LUMP , XJ5T - THIS jTHBOAT, Tha
leensg la aa thong h there waa m ball In the
tkroat. alVOTAM vUl canae It to diaappear.
. . : - . . . : ' i- -! : s r- . : ' '
4, FAXPITJa.TIOB O T T H H
EEABT. HUDYAN will atrengthen the
heart mnaele and caoae the beau to become
trongaad regular.,-,;- ,;f-; j; t;--i'
f 5. BiSKnra TBEiaisrCr iw this
rrr or the btoicach. it u a t
the actios f the weakened nerrea of the
atomaeh. IIJDTAN win atrengthen the
nerrea, and the alnktng (eeUng will not reenr.
Woman, ttta U f or you. Eemember that
KTJDTAH Cares men a&4 women. ' It will
relieve yon el all the above tymptoma and
yoa eaa be) emrad. BUUTAN will effect a
permanent ear. Take HCUTAN now. Ton
can get HTCDTJt.lt et your druggist for M
eenU pet peckage or t package for 13 M. II
reurdrnggiet doea sot keep it,aend direct to
tbo BCDTAN nEXEDT COMPAICT, Ban
Franciaoo. California. Yon eaa consult' the
doctor ol the nrDTAW BEMf DT COM.
PANT TOE. Call on the doctor. II yoe
cannot car yon may write and ad rice will be
gtren lrer Add)
HUD1 111 REIIEDT COMPANY.
Ceft ttaUee, Market a ad CIlie w-,',
;) ''f
DISHWASHING.
Woman. Vji-eatest Drudgery Near ,lta
(Frederic J. Nasi in Aluslee's.) -"Few
women have the courage after
ilinwr, when the 'day ''Is tioue. to wash
di'slK's. That i drudserj-'. It means
putting the cup and Kaueers plates,
platters . aud vegetable dishes, into a
big iKin. of hot sud. rubbluj them
jWitlua tliish ciola I-et ting them to
drain, and wiping each piece with a
towel. Noah"' wife's dishes were
cieanvnl 1n the snnie way, and very
proIably. Norh wife Iametitel '' her
reddened and roughened luind a tiie
wives of tcto . distinguished men ; iiave
doUe ever since. Irol)alily, too,' she
lound that her best 'pieces of table
ware 'got scratched in the prK?es or
liplel out of her soapyr liands and
suumhtMl to bits 'It 11 not likely
thougli. tliat she ' bothered Iter head
much alsiut the condition of the dish
cloth or the drying towels. ' living as
she did in that menagerie, she could
hardly bt 'blameil' f or pot keeping ev
erything stveet.' If any of her daugh
ters have bothered their- heads much
either It lias lieerr to mighty little pur
pose, seeing that they have not great
ly improved the process. Men -that
keep hotels, though, being able to get
only the lowest class of help to wash
dishes what a comment! that is upon
us men that expect the fwive of our
liosoui to do such workfound that
the bill lor broken china! was ruinous,
tiuest Insisted upon being served up
on tine porcelain, and refused to eat
from slabs of Ironstone, so some way
out had to lie found. A machine was
Invented, capable of being operated by
anybody, ami that eould 'be trusted to
wash thoroughly, rinse and dry the
naost delicate ware 1 without chrppage
or breakage, all at the rate of (",000
pieces an hour. Think what au army
of dishwashers such a machine must
displace and what an economy.it must
1'! For not only is the hotelkeeper
rid of the necessity of giving standing
room and subsistence to that army,
but of providfng captains and general
for it, and of enduring the damage
that it must . inflict upon friend and
foe alike, after the fashion of all
"rn'k. . ' -
-"The dishes are collec-ted and scrap
ed and then dropiied Into wire bas
kets with wooden interiors so arrapg
ed that the dishes stand on elge
without touching each otlier. I'i tell
ers, cups, bowls, and the like go into
the centre. Tins ba-sket Is loweretl in
tori tiie washing jtank, where hot sud.
mixed with air-so as to present thous
ands of sharp cutting edge, are driv
en against the dishes with tremendous
rapidity and force. They are washed
in twenty seconds. ' A trolley carries
the basket to the rinsing tank, where
two souses take' off the soapsuds. They
drain and dry from the heat they liave
absorlied from (the rinsing water. Chi
na and silverware thus treated always
look brighter and newer than if wash
ed by hand.
Stats op omo. City or Toledo, 1
j o ' LtJcAa Coeinnr.-
. 1 .akk J. Cbkhkt makes oath that he Is the
a-.i- r partner of the firm ot F. i . On bnkt &Co. .
doiiK lusineia in the City of Toledo, County
and State afceaaid. and that said firm will pay
Vie I'-im of ON 13 HUNOKED DOLLARS for
each aad every case of Catarrh, that cannot bo
Cared by the use of IIai.i.'s Catarrh Cckf.
- - - FRANK J. CHENEY.
- Sworn to before me and subscribed in' my
presence, thia tUi day of Jjeoember, A.O. 18S6.
I1
A. W. GLEASOX.
Jiotary rvhltc.
Ball's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and arts
directly on tho blood and mucous surtacesof
the system. Send for testimonials, free. 9 1
- F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
ifjr Sold by Druggists, 7So. .
I Hall's Family Pills arc thel best. .
THE FIRST GAMK OF ItASKHAId
j SoniewlHTe aliout lS4."i the first rv
cordetl match 1 was fplayed by a -club
just orgauiKinl in:!iw York C'ity. and
called the KniekerlHwkers. 'ltase
ball." or "Base. or "Uounders had
lieen played In'fore by lMiys.of all
ages; but this club; formed doubtless
liecause of the growing interest in
the siMrt. is -undoubtedly, the first or
ganization which really made the
game a study and carried on regular
praetiee and arranged regular matehes.
The game in New York was in
many reiects different from the one
plavtNl in Boston., but our jiresent
"qld cat" is the basis of liotht Hoys
had playetl "old cat" all over the
country for forty 'years ln'f ore thej
Kniekerliockr ever tiiought of form
ing themsdves into a club and making
rules fovnthe government -of the sport. !
i ,lvL xw 'York.' tliere "were usually
niue a side;"' but one good , spott
iiuin full if the-joy-of the game he
musty have" Imh-u. too saj-s that in;
r-ostou they usually playetl with X
or eight men to a side. Then he goes
on to sjiy that "the pitehiug or 'tossing-
of a ball toward the batsman 1
rtever practictnl tin New Hugland i . ex
cept by the juvenile players; and he
who would ecu pyJ the i mst of hohor
a catcher must lie able to catch
expertly, a swiftly , delivered trill, or
lie will lie admonished of his cxiert
nes by a reiuest of some player to
"butter hi tineer."
I u New -York at ! this time the ball
Jiad to lie pitched and could not 1
thrown; and w. the Ilostonians not
only put he New Yorker to con
tempt, but really anticipated the pres
ent rule on that point.
And It wems also that the catcher
stool at frm three lo ten pace !er
hind the "striker. as the ' batsman
was, called; although there are some
daring examples on reortl of catch
er wlio stood as near tbe striker a
they could without coming within the
radius of . the swinging bat, which
was usually wieldetl with one hanl.
; This bat, by the way, wa Interest
ing In itself. It wa most likely ; to
be the stout handle of a rake or of
a pitchfork, 'cut to a length of from
tlu-ee. to three and one-half feet. jjThe
ball . with which the Itoston men
playetl wa front five and one-ltnf to
six ounces In weight, and two j and
one-half to . liiree and . one-quarter
inches in diameter, ' It was made of
yarn tightly vvonud round tt lump of
cork of india-rubis'T an l eovered jwith
mMith calfskin in quarter a we
quarter an orange), "the' wain closed
snugly and not ra I sett, lest they blis
ter the liaml of the euteher an 1
thrower." 1
So farahe game peiii-to have lieen
more or less similar in New York aud
Ilostoti. the two centre or the ypsrt.
and of course It should Ik Itoriw - In
mind that the element -'of the uuiii .
suclt a the striking, running or bases,
siiul so on. were in all phiee Hie snm
iut the KniekerlKw-kers W'tc 11if pio
neers in the development of! thf
zame, and to them lielongs thejpar
tietilar honor of the lM?rinning of
svstem. Soon otlier el til is weiv
formed, and the. number ' gradually
knX. .Tdst Iwfore .the '.ei !L war, tlj-re
were iierliaps two or th'reegtHMl Vlul.
In Ilrooklyn, New York, Ilostou and
a few otlier cities.
The war, of course, brought ths
game to a stop: but after ISt, base
ball startHl with renewed vigor, and
lieeatiie so Import a nt and so popular
tliat in 1S the lirst acknowledged
prof'ssioiial teams were organize
and the National Itaseball AsmM-ia-t
ion formed. ' - '
TO VKI HIS MUTHER.IX-IWi
Milwauket Man. Agei Take Am
Hride His Wife's Mamma, Aged "u.
The niot h-ea ten and weather worn
joke alsiut the motlier-indaw lieing.a
biiglit to domcstie happiness, was put
out of busiuen at Milwaukee the other,
day. Iouls Hirseh, a lireman, w1m
tvoi k iiiglit nt the ! electric ower
iKiuse, took out a license to wetl In
mother-in-law,- Mr. Abrahams, who
live at 717 Klnnickinnie avenue. Thy
groom I as year old and the bride "m.
UK'S CAUt.IIT TIIE CAR.
: "And did you notice this, that as
soon a Mr. Sousa reached the 'Wash
ington Post March iHriod of hi life
he had no more autobiography remin
iscences? Life should be interesting to
him now; he live at the Netlieriainl
Hotel, which I very comfortable, in
deed; he iierfornis at the MetroHlitao
Opera House, wliieh-stand tolerably
high among the theatre of the coun
try; his band is to play at the I'ari
KxiKisition. Why should he nof talk
aliout ids later life? Iieeause he in au
Areadian. and' so knows what is dra
matle and what i not. k
See that man running for a car.
He yell, he whistles on his lingers." he
wave his umbrella, perhaps Kmie of
the synifiathetic pedestrians help him.
They hallo: 'Hay! hay, there r Couduet-
or. the women, lean out of the win
dows: the ehildreti Ktmi llx.li-
The ear goes bumping- along, the silly
conductor dreaming a he leans
against the dashboard. Hut by and by
even his ear deteets n iioi.e: "even biV
eye oliserves a commotion. He turns,
sees the mafu give the niotoniian tiie
ueu to stop.hiiKl pulls t lie passenger
anoard,' All interest in the man tliat
ran alter the car eease."The wounn
take in their heads; the children : re
sume their quarrel where they left off;
the idlest ria us mind tiiei'own a frail's
They -are glad if fliey heljMHl to' call
the conductor's attention, but they
don't care to know that now the man
- - - - - - - - - v 1 1 -1 1 inn
foreliead, now lie says to t lie eontlnet
or: 'Wliy didn't you stop when I hoi-
h-h-ii .n .iimi; now lie giv's tiie eolt-du-tir
a dime, and th eouduetor give
him baek a mV-kel ami riiuis 'up ": the-,
fare. They are satistied to know that
it must lie all right witii him nmv tliat
he lias caught.-the-ear.: j
"Mi". Sousa may lie said to have"
caught tin; car." "
"iiomii miei:s" 1
Colonel UtM)seve)t's friend claim
ftir him the credit of first designating'
troops by the. name "Hough Hiders.""
Your r correKjMiinleiit, .Mr. tre'Imaii.
concede -thi to Colonel Kooscve't.
The term wa used long prior to
the time Colonel Roosevelt tmtted
u I Km the stage of war. Major John
X. I-hvariN. the irnUunt uli.i '
adjutant to that intrepid - cavalry
chieftain. General Joseph O. Shelby.,
coined and used the termjiu his book,
entitle!."-"Shelby and Hi Men," a
hi only tit cognomen by which Shel
by's troops could lie designated. (
Rnffaio Hill had the "Hough Kiders
. . .1... w i.i., l . : i ........ .
ui,', .iiiv ,11 m in imici iimti mnni ini- .
programme of hi Wild West show
yea r , ago. lie ugireKtel to Mr. i
IooKevelt tho lile:i of a retfirnellt 'of
"long-luiired priests of the plain."
and that he should call them the.
"Hough Hider." J. Duling, in St.
Ixiui Hepulilic. . I
r incaiu.
descent lighting in New York City-i
an astonishing amount. On April 1.-
1!nhi. the Kdison (Company was sujh
plying" -1.15..2tK! lamps. jTlie New
York tJas, Heat." I.igiiti atid il'ovvor
Ctuupany, covering tht' lioroiigh-'-of
Manhattan and The Hronx, and in
cluding the Kdison station, was sup
plying l..'?7.i.S'Ji ltt-candle nowur
la nips, and the Unitel Kh-ctrlc Light
and Iower Company aliout TiKi.tsm
la nips. Including istilateil plants, the
grand total must lie .aliout $.mio.oim
lamps, representing at least "i
horse-power.' Some Ulosi of this power
may 1m had from the fact; that it rep
resent the joint output of more than
2K IiMomotives. i more than the com
bined Iiorse-iiower of Sampson's and
Dewey'a squadrons In the war. jand
require a consumption of 2.ink Wii
of coal an hour, or a ton in less than,
two seconds, while all the lights are
At last the punkah coolie In India
is to. have a season of j .repose. - The
Indian government ha jssued order
for the installation of electric 'fan in
variou barracks and military sta
tion, dispensing with the half-heart el
and sleepy wallah whose Immemorial
duty It ha been to pull the string of
the punkah, or ceiling fan. whenever,
aroused thereto by the cursing or
lioot-jacks of the perspiring white
man. Now-' he Is. to tie replaed by
the whizzing and sleeples electric
fan, and the suggestion ha lieen made
In good faith, that the fouvicts cottj?
fined in the local jail lie set .to wiirjt
on n tread mill aud the energy tm
... . . . i , . . . i - .1...... ..... 1 1 . l
charge storage batterle for ojKTating
the fan. Nothing ha ! lieen ' heard
from the punkah puller" uiiion. ami It
1 likely, that the plan a outlim-d will
lie carried into effect.
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