Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1897, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1897-16 PAGES. — 9 —— 1 Ws Willi Sees AMONG THE WHISTERS|s10%." om mee oe aie lt 3 e Williams. EF OPEN EVENINGS DURING THIS NONTH. yz : 3 Sg gy Say ea oy WHAT IS LIFE? pas Cut-price | Progress of the Contest for the | #2 A Disorery by Prot Gates of Wathing-|$ ace a Giga ie wn Xmas Shoe Buying fi} “‘'™ [fF | im Wich Aas he ein, | PSR at SALE OF ying § si ee at 3H ; " AN 1 NG SUBJECT. Already BH MUCH CRIFICISED $ECOND-EAND PLAY] 33 Re “What is life?” This question has been asked ro © CARPETS i ae = ao aes Vesterda o L « yen ma expert- — SS Wise shoppers—to avoid the rush during the last ‘> Clijbs.” hiage' at Masa ciliscomiscee thetic eae ame ested aed otesiage shopping now, when they can have the pick of stock Dainty, other carpet dealer will dare to hold out sible to sec with an ordinary microscope are re- such inducements for your patronage: $1.20 Body Brussels, 85c Made, Inid_and lined. $1.40 Body Brussels, 90c Made, laid and lined. $1.50 Axminsters, 98c. Made, laid_and lined. $1 Tapestry Brussels, 85c. 10-wire. mude, laid and lined. $1.65 Beatties Royal Velvets, $1.15. Made, laid and lined. OF Hundreds of Pretty Kugs reduced. Get the prices when you come in tomorrow. Wash. B. Williams,7th&D. deT-Gid “CRESCENT” Bicycles ror Xmas. Nos. 1 and 4—28-Inch ®heel Ladies and Men——Were Nos. 9 and 10—2%-inch wheel—for Ladies and Men— Nos, 2 and 5—26-ine Men and Youths— 3 and G- 24-inch whi ———Were $30. . models—brand ne —s months" guarantee. . 1 and 4—"96 models —28-in. wheels—were Bow $30. Wate si Sy Western Wheel Works, Wash. Brauch, s.e. cor. 9th and H sts. n.w. ’ H. 3. JONES, Jr., Mgr. de7 Our ‘sJubilee”’ A beard banisher—unmatchable this side of the glebe. Possesses all the virtues of the finest ra- fers man has proéuced. The Damascus blades of the middle ages contained no finer steel. Sold with the strong guarantee—it'll suit your notion of a perfect razor. Kept in shaving condition free. Walford’s Hd’q'r's, @ ¥"e Razors, 477 and 909 Penna. ave. deG-201 The test of a good tailor is his way of making a Dress Suit. 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Brushes and Combs, and all the famous Perfumes are among the late ar. rivi made prices CF You'll agree that we've very low—after you've been here. Arlington Drug Store, Cor. Vt. Ave. & H St. Alt ® Desrets. and sizes. Shoes bought from us now may be ex- changed at any time after Xmas—or, if desired, we lay aside any Shoes selected now till Xmas eve without prepayment. : Aside from these inducements we are at present making temporary price reductions on such lines as we have too many of to hasten their sale. - $2.25 500 pairs too many Men's Hand-sewed Laced and Gaiters—made of $2.25 Men’s hand-sewed $3 Shoes, this week, best-wearing sole and upper leathers—4 shapes of tos: Bulldog, Paris, pra or English. $3 is a low price for them, but we're reducing the surplus stock by offering these Shoes for a few davs at.. Special Sale of Special Prices ’ i Ladies’ and Children’s a's Slippers. 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There isn’t such another line of Fancy Furniture Pieces in town as we are showing—brand new—novelties—that have added to real worth the charm of exclusive design. Drop in. and let us show them to you. They're the choicest we’ve had in years—and what’s more—for all they're best they'll cost you the least. Seteetetetet Seeseegeegeeseegeogeegees SA ao es Corner. and Chairs — up- broce- 63 5) LG. finished with 75 e, » er sbelf and polished IGinch Down Pillows—full and DEe good shape. Cobbler-seat_ Ki mahogany Overstauffed Parlor Chairs, unique shupe, rich upholsiering.. Tabourettes, in oul wny-finished red in silk Oat S EOS $7.50 green and nies 98c. Morris Chairs, the acme of lounging com- fort; in oak and mahogany-finixhed frames, with reversible corduroy cush- i ye $10 jon easeegeageduadendeatnatieseeseeseeseeseeseeceazentee Tow . full and well shaped, “and finisied with @e ie 1S inch Down Pi I Tapestries—a novelty, and, more than that—a good substitute for the $35 and $50 original orientals. Choice of twelve sub- fects, exeeuted in ofl—nowhere else G3 4 but hei Open Book SI needs Ladies’ Oak De and shaped legs Doesn't begin to represent all the givables, ll take delivery whenever you say. A trifling deposit will These are only idea-givers. harge of whateyi wt "to any Belection HORKE, Pa. Ave. and 8th Street. & a ao ee pevcesoeeeroreeet CresoeSonSoegenengonecsengeogonsonroatoaseasoasenseeseeceeseeseseegees CCC OO (NS NNT | (KKM °° CORES oC les Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, Oa es MEMORIES OF THOREAU. The death of John Thoreau by lockjaw, oc- casioned by a trifling cut, was a terrible blow to his brother. About the same time occurred the death of a beautiful child whom Henry loved, and this added to his sorro Music was one of his consolations. Dr. Emerson was at some pains to dis- prove the idea that Thoreau was a copier or imitator of a stronger mind. Though in- fluenced by the transcendental movement then springing up in New England, Thoreau was by no means created by it. He may have picked up some tricks of style while living in the same house with an older and more mature writer, but in his thought he was vigorous and self-assertive. Originali- ty was emphatically his distinctive trait and his foible was combativeness, not sub- servience. After his brother's death Thoreau worked for the next few years in his father’s pencil shop and in the mean- time wrote constantly. He used to help Emerson with his garden, being expert in all such matters, and he acquired a coun- tryside reputation as a skillful raiser of melons. Dr. Emerson once attended a Con- cord melon party where Thoreau furnished both the melons and the wit.’ The charge of laziness which some brought against Thoreau is entirely unfounded. After car- rying the pencil-making industry to a high- er point than had been previously reached in America, Thoreau renounced his partner- ship in the business to devote himself to the higher interests of life. But he still continued to supervise the shop after a fashion until his last and fatal sickness. His main occupations, however, were na- ture observation, writing and the perform- ance of humble tasks whereby to supply his wants, namely, plain food, strong clothing, a telescope, a few books and occasional travel conducted on the cheapest lines. His much-misunderstood stay in a hut at Wal den Pond was simply an attempt to obtain the best evironment for the work he wished to pursue. If he occasionally brought home a pie from his mother’s or dropped into the houses of neighbors at nightfall, it was his mother’s satisfaction and the pleasures of friendship that he sought. He was little concerned about the pleasures of the table One Who, as a Boy, Saw Mach of the Great Lover of Nature. From the Brooklyn Eagle. Dr. Edward W. Emerson, son of the Con- cord philosopher, entertained the members of the Brooklyn Institute in Association Hall last evening with some personal rem- iniscences of Thoreau and quotations from his works. The doctor said that when he was a boy growing up in the streets of Con- cord he knew Thoreau, and his aim would be to correct certain misconceptions of the man which had become current. In the first place, Thoreau was not surly and rude. From his boyhood up he was the delight of the children, making them rustic flutes and acquainting them with the songs of the birds and nature's curious hidden pro- cesses; with the common people also he was friendly; but woe betide the fine city gentleman who came to Concord with airs of professional or social importance and looked with disdain on what Thoreau most cherished. He graduated from Harvard College in 1837 with fair rank and excellent charac- ter. A good student of the classics and mathematics, he nevertheless clearly real- ized the narrowness of the college cur- riculum of that day, and, though it nearly lost him a scholarship, he made it a prac- tice to devote a considerable portion of his time to the treasures of the college library. In this way he acquired a good knowledge of literature. After graduation the young man was appointed teacher of his village school, but it is related that he did not fill the requirements of the position as the school fathers understood it. The school theory of that day required a plentiful use of the rod and Thoreau would not whip. Local tradition avers that, after having been remonstrated with by the school HOW A MATCH WAS LOST BRESeenensene The western clubs and Buffalo, owing to the approach of the second week of Janu- ary (when the ciub-Kolding the A. W. L. trophy will have to surrender it to the western elubs) failed to put in an apparance at Phiiadelphia Saturday, and the Pennsyl- vania club, which is the next in line, faced the champions, whose team work has ena- bled them to defeat every club with which they have played this season. The Phila- delphias won, although Billstien and Steel- man put up brilliant whist, and the cham- plonseat no stage of the game thought they had a walkover. The play began at 2 p.m., and at the end of the first half the Phila- delphias were five tricks ahead. The final score was: Philadelphia, 29; Pennsylvania, 23. Their rotary discard, with bridge-whist modifications, ts another weapon in the hands of skilled artisans who hew close to the line. The Philadelphias, with such per- fect understanding, cannot go amiss in any play they deem it prudent to adopt. They are back where they never should have strayed from—the queen lead at the head of a sequence, as the king on the left, your partner holding the ace, seldom escapes, and many tricks are garnered that would otherwise have escaped. The reason for their afoption of the queen lead is that the use made of the ten as a supporting card lead is liable to cause confusion. Coming Matches. Next’ Saturday Walbrooks of Baltimore will face the champions of Philadelphia, and will give them a harder game than they have encountered this season. The Walbrooks are in great form, as is demon- strated every Wednesday night, they hav- ing beaten the strong Baltimore aggrega- tions four or five times. With a few more practice matches this team will put up a game hard to beat. Warren A. Hawley, chairman of the At- lantic Whist Association, has issued the following program for the annual meeting on December 10 and 11: > Philadelphia Whist Club, 104 Juniper street, Friday, 8 p.m. Progressive contest for fours. “Players may enter together, whether members of the same club or not, Entries close at 7:30 p.m., December 10. Saturday, 11 a.m.—Business meeting at the Continental Hotel, parlor C. Saturday, 2 p.m.—Pair championship of association. Any number from the same club can enter as pair: Saturday, 6:30 p.m.—Dinner in the ad- joining room. A. 8 p.m.—Pair_ champieaship completed. Baltimore, Washington, Wilmington, Seran- ton, and Easton, Pa., wit send strong dele- gations. Ace Played Second Hand. Considerable comment has been made in the whist columns of the newspapers throughout the country on the second hand play of a Cincinnati man in the re- cent match with the Philadelphias. The Cincinnati player held SAce Jack, 9, 8, 4, CAce King Jack 6, 5, H 8, 4, and the ten of diamonds. The trump was diamonds. He played the ace of spades: second hand. The play of ‘the Cincinnati player has been very severely critised. Holding ten black cards, he has a right to recognize an unusual distribution of the gards, and can safely credit his partner with as much trump strength as his left-hand adversary, presuming the original leader has opened his longest and strongest suit. If he does not take a spade trick now, when will he have another chance? Add to this the ad- vantage of being in the lead early, and with the king and ace of clubs, you give your partner the privilege of directing your line of play. His ten-ace is only a vice ten-ace, and as there are only three pades to be accounted for the suit cannot live two rounds. It is nearly the same play you make second in hand when your part- ner makes a discard in a suit of which you have ace. He declares weakness and you are bound to protect him. The. five spades being placed with the leader, your partner must be weak in spades, and you are justified in playing the ace with the array of clubs, which etves you the oppor- tunity to get the keynote of the game. The Press, commenting on the play, says incinnati certainly played very well after the first trick, but it was the ace play sec- ond hand on that trick that made the rest possible. A sadder play than this is hard to imagine. E, with short trumps and a long suit, gives up not only his only re- entry, but also a ten-ace in his adversary’s long suit to insure a trick which he stands a chance of winning in any event. It was probably the worst play made during the match, and that it should make a five-trick gain possible is one of the most peculiar happenings in the history of the game of whist.” Admitting that his partner had an equal chance to win the trick, E’s holdings in the black suits announced a hand out of the ordinary, and he was justified in trying to get into the game. His long suit ts use- less unless his partner gets out the trumps for him. His ace of spades would be trumped on the second round, and he has no re-entry. Had his partner been able to win the first trick in spades, he would have opened trumps, and he could have shown his club suit by the discard of a heart. Your partner may be weak in trumps, and prefers your playing spades to give him the chance to over-trump his right-hand adversary. Another good reason: He was playing against a team second to none in the whist arena, and he was right playing a little out of the regulation play. Chat of the Local Clubs. The Capital Bi. Club's Wednesdays have been devoted to team work of fours, and it was hoped that they would be in evidence at the Atlantic's annual meet next bi.uay and Saturday. There is nothing definite settled as yet. Their Saturday night hand- icap was attended with much interest and Pechin was the winner, Ulke winning sec- ond prize. The score was very close be- tween some of the pairs. NORTH AND SOUTH, , EAST AND WEST. Kerr and Barrick... 144 Dike and Stevens... 146 Wirt and Lewis 137 Pechin and Johnson, 142 Bishop and Nevitte.. 137) Spgulding and Clark 137 Selden and Williacd. 135’ Hobke and Young. .. 136 McComb and Hei Britton and Willia ‘son louze. 136 ‘1 135, Cogper and P Hi Quacken! | is and 134 Result of second handicap tournament of C. Bi. C.—Pechin, 26:34; Ulke, 23.51; Wirt, 16.23; Barrick, 15.97), The score of the four highest only is given. The Washington €.'C) and Whist Club has a game of whi#t- every afternoon, and Knight, Finn, Dr. Lee and Harvey make it interesting for all comers. The C. A. C. will_probably send four or six players to Philadelphia. This will give them some good prattice in fast company. The Cranfords are. practicing three or four nights a week Bnd re in fine form. Mrs. Rodman Wistar,'Mrs. Francis Wis- tar and Mrs. Vorhees of Philadelphia have been the guests of tha lies’ Whist Club of Baltimore the past week and have played some strong whist. The first named is a member of Mrs. Newbold’s team. Mr. and Mrs. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs, Kinne. Misses Burns, Fuller, McWilliams and Mrs. Brackett are practicing regular- ly and will soon be able to meet all comers. Lest by a Bad Play. ‘There are a large majority of deals where each of the adversaries bave four trumps, and the play is always interesting. Any > 30 DAC | JSt 9D Baltimore, 3; New Jersey, 10. xWinning card. Table 1—At trick 2, E. discarded ciuh 9, ghowing four trumps and that spades was his suit. At trick 3 W. makes the fatal lead of the ten of clubs, hugging his major- tenace in spades. At trick 8, W. again plays bumble-puppy, by allowing S. to es- tablish the diamonds; the queen of dia- monds is marked with N., and south makes the eight and two of diamonds, New Jersey gaining four tricks on this deal. At Table 2, S., at trick 9, makes a bad play, allowing W. to make the rest of the tricks. THREE STRAIGHT FOR W. A. C. Games With the Business Men’s Bow- Ming Club. The Washington Athletic Ciub defeated the South Washington Business Men's Bowling Club three straight games on the latter’s alleys last night. By so doing the W. A. C. moves into second place in the Bowling League, changing places with Carroll Institute. None of the team scores were particularly large, W. A. C. doing the best work of the evening in the last game, when they secured a total of pins. Burch made thé best single score for either team by rolling 184 in the second contest. The Business Men’s Club has the on} left-hand bowlers in the league, both Ful- ler and Land being left-hand men>and it is a fact worth noting that.these two men had the highest single games on their side, Land scoring 174 in the first game, and Fuller leading his side with 167 in the last The attendance of spectators was vei large, the alleys being almost uncomforta- Ly crowded. Washington Athletic Club had no trouble in winning the first event, all of their op- ponents starting poorly, Land being the only man who rolled a good game. Both sides secured the same number of strikes, but the W. A. C. boys showed superior skill in making spares, leading with 22 to the Business Men's 17. The score follow: WASH. ATH. €LU St Kida. a Tis Dietz MeCanil; Burch, Martin. [ Rem tones [temo Total. - 763, Total.. The Business Men lost the secord the first three frames, the Washington's securing a big lead at the start, letting up in their work after the third inning. Neit er side made a good team total. A peculiar feature of the game was the fact that while McCaully made five strike: triple header, and in addi spare on a strike. his total was but 163. score of se H. ATH. ¢ st, the teams t! second and Washington Athletic Club lead- ing with 217 to 210 in the third. In the fourth frame the Business Men fell down, securing only 59 pins. Stewart, who was substituted by Cpt. Schlesinger for Ors- pada, hardly justified the change, s but 103 pins in the game. Di good spare of 5—6—10. The score of third game: MEN'S BOWL. ¢. St. Sp. Tomorrow evening Saengerbunds roll the Columbia Athictic Club, on the C. A. C. alleys, and as the Columbia team is anx- ‘gus to have the honor of administering the first defeat to the league leaders, as well as to better their present low position in the race, the games promise to be very inter- esting. The standing of the teams follow Saengerbund .... Wash TO LEAVE THE N. A. A. 0. Dissatisfaction of the Philadelphia Rowing Club. The first gun against the National Asso- ciation of Amateur Oarsmen on the part of the dissatisfied oarsmen was fired in Philadelphia last night, when the Schuy kill navy board adopted resolutions pro- testing against the action of the associa- tion in electing a member of the executive committee not the choice of the ¢lubs in the district, and in spite of the practical protest of a large majority of the said clubs; declaring that the partisanship dis- played by Mr. Fortmyer in his office of sec- retary is strongly condemned, and that his conduct fully justifies the association in dispensing with his services at the first opportunity; and declaring that the action of the executive committee of the associa- tion in filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Statzel and ignoring the express wishes of the district cannot be viewed as other than a deliberate affront It is probable that nearly every club in the Schuylkill navy, with the exception of the Pennsylvania Barge Club, will resign from the national association. A move- ment is already on foot to form a rival or- ganization and some interesting develop- ments are expected in the near future. The oarsmen want home rule and less centralization of power. CORNELL WILL PROBABLY ROW. NEW HAVEN, Conn., December 7.—Cap- tains Whitney and Goodrich of the Yale and Harvard University crews report that the new Thames course, as surveyed by the regatta committee of the New London board of trade, is eminently satisfactory, not only for the Yale-Harvard race, but for the Yale-Harvard-Cornell contest, provided the Ithacans can be induced to row there. The regatta committee will be notified of- ficially that the course is acceptable, and it is practically settled that over it the crews of the crimson and blue will row. Both Captains Whitney and Goodrich think that Cornell will readily accede to the proposi- tion to take part in a triangular race on the Thames. — A Great Starter. From the St. Poul Pioneer Press. A. DeLacy Wood has sold his paper, the Finley, N. D., Gulden Slope, and will es- tablish another at Page City. This makes the 237th paper Mr. Wood has soli und the and he is to the Schuylkill navy or as an avowal of its purpose to conduct the business of the association without regard to the wishes or views of its members. Report of Capts. Whitney and Good- rich on Thames Course. 238th he’ has established, not an cid man, either. The rumor that Prof. Rockwell of the School of Science of Princeton University, vealed. In this way be is able to see the smallest cells of the body In an exceedingly large form. He says: ‘Cut a piece of protoplasm into a number of pieces and each piece will still be alive,” thus proving that the germs of life exist in even the minutest particle of the body. But he goes farther snd says that he believes mind Is Ife, and that mind ts present in every Particle of the body. ‘This is a new, a startling, a wonderful theory, and it may lead to a revolu- tion on the subjects of disease, health and of happiness. It explains clearly one thing and that is, why the mind is frequently affected when the body is disordered, and it brings home the ques- tion of health or disease very forcibly. It becomes plain that in order to have a clear head and a strong mind one must have a body that f# in perfect condition. When the body is deranged the mind cannot work rightly. With pains in the back, nausea, weariness, bearing down sensations and all the symptoms indicating a weukened condition of the kidneys and urinary to be a clouding of the + immediate action. This action can only be successfully tuken by using some great, modern discovery that is certain to put the tissues in perfect shape. There is such a discovery and it is doing more act pain and estab! h than anything knewn wdern tines. In speaking of tt Dr, William ard Robson of London says: “I emphatically state that I have been alle to give more relief and effect more cures by the uce of Warner's Safe Cure than by all the med British pharmacopoeia.” Doctor dean of the United States Medical College, says: “I prescribe and nse Warner's Safe Cure in both a d cheonie Bright's disease and commend it most frankly."* Such statements should cony Woman that there is no need e is made of t so highly. e any man or farther suffering remedy that is A NEW METHOD USED How the President’s Message Was Dis- tributed. tm in Former Adminisxtrations—Dif- ferent Ways of Putting the Document in Circulntion. The President's message te the newspapers t different from recent ye: Secretary Porter gave t was distributed time by a method Sunday night message to the Associated Press end other press associa~ tions under promise thet not a word of it should appear anywhere or be used in any way until released by its appearance in The Star received the message sued it to the public in un extra when it received word that it had been an- nounced in Congress. In other cities word went flying over the wires to every newspaper ollice: “Release President's message.”” This meant that Ue newspapers were at liberty to print “ex- tras” or do as they thought best about giv- ing the messege io their readers. Up to that time, however, all newspapers regard- ed as sacred the promises that had been made Ly themselves or their ugents that the mes: should be kept secret. In The Star composing rooms the mes- sage, 6s stated, had been put in iype by printers and was ready for release when the magie word was received from the Capitol. After receiving the message Sunday night the press associations sent it by wire to every newspaper served by them in the United States. The Former Method. Beginning with the first administration of President Cleveland and continuing to this time the method was to have the an- nual messages distributed to the country from New York instead of from here. The press associations and Western Union did this, and telegraphing it to newspapers from New York began Sunday nights. Not a copy of the message was given out in this city until Monday. The copies were sent from here to New York by a trusted White House messenger. Colonel Crook was always this messenger. Passing through Baltimore he was met by the col- lector or postmaster of that city. There he left copies for the newspapers. In Philadelphia he did the same. The ofti- als with whom copies were left dis- tributed them to the newspapers Monday morning with the greatest care and se- crecy. Arriving in New York Sunday night Colonel Crook left the remaining copies with the persons charged with their dis- tribution personally or by wire. Colonel Crook never went ee ee ee ee he ek a Q SPDOOPOOPOPOQOOOOONMO way with these messages without arming himself and being on the alert. His mind was con- stantly with his important documents. He did not know but that at any minute an attempt would be made to steal a copy or to assault him and take one. He was par- ticularly careful on arriving at Jersey City. Colonel Crook remembers when an offer was made to a White House attache of $25,000 for a copy of one of President John- son’s messages. 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SOOO” —~ No. 2-This Solid Gold Star Scart Pin, ¥ of diam with any color center 0 stcne, Worth $15, for "S10 ; No. 3—This Superb Cluster Diamond Searf Pin, with any center stows, Worth #15, for ‘$10 Hundreds and hand: lid Geld Scarf Pins, from $1.25 riety and lower prices any establishment in Washingt Any article res small deposit. R.Harris& Co Cor. 7th & D Sts. at rved upon payment of a OO DOOOOOOS SS > of dollars. The premature publication of a message would be equally dangerous. Various Other Ways. Prior to the foregoing method varicus plans had been in use. During the admin- istration of President Hayes his private secretary tried a plan of sending the mes- sage to newspapers by mail three or four days in advance of its appearance in Ccn- gress. This resulted in premature publica- tion and dissatisfaction all around. Th plan was dropped after the first tria During the terms of Presidents Lincoln and Grant, and for most of the term of President Hayes, the message was given to newspaper men at the White House at the hour of its arrival at Congress. This resulted in exciting contests between the newspapers to see which would get the message to the public quickest. No copies were given out in ‘advance of the hour mentioned, and every newspaper man re- ceived a copy at the same time. The Wash- ington papers, of course, had the advan- tege. They did not have to walt to receive the message by wire. There 8 naturally great rivalry between the Washington pa- Dozs-tu.thes-46 BRENTANO’S, 1015 PENN, AVENUE. Work done promptly and in Correct form. Rare and Very De- licious Chocolates, extraor- dinary Imperial Russian, put up in fancy boxes of various shapes and sizes. N. W Burchell, 1325 F St. N.W. pers as to which would get to the public first with the message. Horses were fre- quently stationed at the White House for the reporters to make the race to their offices. A few seconds’ difference in get- ting to the offices might mean a “beat.” How The Star Sceured a Scvop. White House officials recall an exciting race from there by newspaper men at one time. The Star was represented by a brainy, athletic and fleet-footed young man, who has since risen to one of the highest positions on the paper. When the batch of newspaper men received the mes- there was a rush down the White House steps from the President's office and a race out the front door and to their offices. The Star representative had pon- dered how he might “beat” his rivals. As soon as the message was in his hand he dashed down the steps, then down the basement steps, went through the White House basement and rear grounds, and was Salmon. From the Portland Oregonian. A. K. Peterson, who has been fishing in the Fraser river, says that the pack of fish there and in Alaska is large, and that the cannery men have really more fish thap they know what to do with. On the sound fishing is still going on, and the amount of second-grade fish packed will be cnormous. Mr. Peterson says the fishermen on the Fraser river and in Alaska attribute the increased amount of fish caught yeariy to the vast quantities caught, there may be something im this theory. The hair seals, which eat salmon and kill lots of them, and prob- ably the fur seal does the same. healthy seal should eat a salmon two cr three of the blue backs they the mouth of the Columbia, A geod, a day, Ww. W. Kimmel, Late with J. Louis Loose, desires to an- —— Bounce to his friends ind the public —— that he has a Flower Store for bad break may lose the match, as ts evi- denced in this deal from the match between Baltimore and New Jersey. South dealt, queen of hearts was 1p; west leads. in the Fraser and in Alaska. The immense herés of seal which go up to the Bering sea every year consume vast mumbers. If the herd of sea lions which have their trustees on this point one morning, he whipped six boys the same afternoon and in the evening his place. Next and his diet of beiled meal amply sufficed him. Thoreau inherited from his Scetch ancestry on the maternal side a love for office while his rivals were turning into sons that Prof. Shields withdrew are, ac- sth st on tt way t» the un * cording to Prof. Rockwell’s statement, without foundation. = -* year his brother, John, and himself set up| disputation; he would take either side and roundat headquarters at Seal Rocks, just south pes a ae the Concord Academy. erson has| would argue in most approved chop| Table No. 1—Otis and Eagles, north and way. ‘The Star scored one of its most nota. | Faise Si were exterminated, the oe asked several of Thoreau’s old pupils about | logic McCoy and Thomas, east and west. manner; this was usually, however, Table N when he had a man of the chop logic order for opponent. Thoreau died at the age of forty-four from a cold contracted in his out- door life. His books, in his lifetime, unsal- able, have become ciaasica, eS ble “beats.” - number of fat Chinook salmon coming inig the Columbia would be greatly Increased. ——+o- if you want an: an ad. in Tu Star. you will The Saturday Star BY MAIL $1.00 Per Year. this academy and has found that only the most pleasant recollections survive. One states that he never saw a boy flogged or whipped in the academy, but that the most perfect military discipline was enforced. 2-Cameron and Aymer, east Jt Js, to say the Ienat, wrong for anybody, to to or public “‘tneeti and he or ning. Wee Dr. Bull's church Sasa oe Trusses Easter ce, REA WASHINGRON BU AL. B HOUSE, 1108 F st. ow. apli-tr It matters little what it is that you want rhether’ a situation Say Vi sage is to leave the church for the same rea- | into Pennsylvania avenue on-his way to his ‘They had ——___--+_—____ ything, wy ent wes Dan ves Sey