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NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD
JOHNSON S RING WISDOM
BIG FACTOR IN BATTLE
Cowboy Willard. However, Has Every
Physical Advantage Over Negro
Champion—Biggest Boxers of All
Time to Meet in Havana Encounter
Hy .tuwuiM
New York. March 39.—The history
of the prise riug otters no parallel of
the bat lie for the world'# heavyweight
championship, iu which Jack Johuson
and Jess Willard will cugage next Mon
day at Havaua. Ouba. Big men have
fought for this premier title ot fistiaua
since the eariv days of the eighteenth
century, but never through he long list
of champions from James Figg to Jiui
Jeffries nave two fighters of the phys
ical proportions of Williard and Johu
sou crossed arms in the roped arena.
Of the champions of modern times,
OoH>ett. Jeffries and Johnson all passed
the six-foot mark, while Sullivan. Shar
key and Pitssimmons were from one to
three inches below this height. When
the uegro title holder aud his challenger
gtep :uto ti'.e rinj on Kaster Monday
Willard will tower six feet six inches
in the air. while Johnson will stand five
and a half luches below him. In weight
these fighters are also far above the
ring average of the heavyweight class.
Willard will weigh close to 235 pounds,
which will give him an advantage of
about twenty pounds over Johnson in
the- clinching and tussling which will
doubtless play an important part in the
battle.
Next to Jini Jeffries, the Goliath of
Modern ring times. Johnson is the big
gest niau who ever held the title. Jet'
fries weighed 220 pounds aud stood six
feet one and a half inches iu fighting
shoes: Johnson is six feet one-half inch
tall and weighs about 215 pounds, in
condition: Jim Oorbett scaled IS7
pounds at his best ami was 6 feet 1
inch tall: Pitrsimmons was one and
one-fourth of an inch shorter and
fought at al>out 170 pounds: Sullivan
stood 5 feet 10\ s inches and fought
at 195 pounds; Tom Sharkey was five
feet nine inches and fought his best
bouts at ctost to 190 pounds.
Oompared with these past heavy.
• weight gladiators. Willard appears as
a Samsou. Even when ranged along
side of Johnson, the Kansas cowboy
overshadows the negro title holder in
almost every point of physical measure
ments. In additin to his 5«. 5 -inch ad
vantage in he-.ght and ten years dif
ference in age. he outweighs Johnson
by twenty pounds. His reach of S 3 *-a
iuohes. against the negro's 76 inches,
will also prove of exceptional value if
properly used In all the measure
ments of trunk and limbs Willard shows
an advantage iu structure, muscle and
oaest expansion varying from two to
lour inches.
To offset taese physical assets John
son has the benefit of ring wisdom and
craft cultivated during his long career
as championship contender an i holder.
Just as Willard surpasses Johnson in
every point of physical makeup, the
Gal*e ston pugilist excels the Kansas
l>oxer in all departments of the science
of giving and evading punishment.
With youth anv|~power ranged against
exferience and skill, the battle is likely
to develop into a contest in which ring
s:rategv will equalize brute strength
and courage.
Johnson s ring assets are well known,
t>ut uncertainty clouds Willard's pros
pects. In his short period of active
glove battling he has never faced an
opponent of the power, skill and experi
ence of Johnson. The negro is no pliy
ical weakling, even at the age of 3S
years, and. while Willard must be a
corded the advantage here, it is likely
that the champion's offensive and de
fensive skill in both boxing and clinch
;n 2 will nullify this to a considerable
exten:. In the .-losing rounds of the
battle it is probable that endurance and
eourase will play an important part.
Willard has shown both thes quali
ties. but up to the present time has not
been noted for aggressiveness or boxing
ability. Whether he can -:se to :h->
oyportuni:y will ">e demonstrated in the
supreme test at Havana next Monday.
The future drawing rowers of a new
champion, towering far above many of
bis predecessors, adds a glamor to the
battle which the promoters have had
in mind since they began the prelimi
narv arrangements some months ago.
That the match making was not
■without its delays and upsets is shown
by the fact that if the pugilists meet
as scheduled next Monday exactly -4x
months will have elapsed since the day
Jack Curley and the other promoters
of the big bout decided upon securing
Johnson "s signature to the articles of
agreement. The big champion was in
France at that time and Curley was en
trusted with the commission to go find
the Texas negro and setsure his en
dorsement on the articles which had
been signed by Willard a day or two
previously. The syndicate which pro
moted the boat had picked Willard as
the most promising of the white heavy
weights to take the title from Johnson,
and they still believe that the Kansan
will prove the victor.
Curley arrived at Paris. Fran.-e,
early in November only to find that
Johnson had gone to London. Englan 3.
KUBSSSA
ASK FOR-,
Lancaster's Favorite Brew
RIEKER'S BEER
JNO. G. WALL, Agt.
Harrisburg, Pa. Frank J. Rieker, Mgr.
HARRISBURQ STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENIXO, MAKCH 29, 1913,
Thriy Ourlev fount) him and After a
good deal of wniuwion succeeded in
securing the champion's consent and
signature. The moment Johnson sign
eti his name to the contract, which stip
ulated that the contest should be sehea
' uled for twenty to forty -five rounds,
| Ouriey handed' SI,OOO to Johuson.
which was half of the amount to be al
i lowed him for traveling and training
expenses. This contract bearing the
date of November 18, last asstmv- John
son that his end of the purse, $30,000
shall be paid to him before he enters
, the ring and that in addition Johuson
is to receive one-half of the net amount
j received from moving pictures to be ta
; keu of the contest.
i Ouriey came back to America and
'completed arrangements to hold the
tight on the race track at Juarez, Mex
ico, on Mareh 6. Early in January,
Cur ley reeeived a cable from Johnson
~t Buenos Aires, and immediately wired
him SI,OOO, the other half of the ex
pens* money, from New York and left
tor Juarez the day following. At that
( time and for several weeks afterward
Curley believed that the bout would
; surely take place at Juarez but subse
: ipientlv he had to change all his plans.
Willard left New York for El Paso,
Tex., in January and begun training at
the Kuaublack Ranch, January 25,
where he remained hard at work for a
month. Meanwhile Ouriey was disturb
ed with rumors that Johnson would not
be able to reach Mexico in time. The
' negro and his party arrived at Barb*
does, B. W. 1., February 8, and sailed
from that port for Ouba three days
later. On February 21 Johnson reach
ed Havana, and kept the wires to
Mexico busy with messages to the ef
fect that he would not fighi at Juarez.
Ouriey was persistent in his efforts
to bring oft the bout sis scheduled and
1 started for Havana, where he met
j Johnson on March 3- There he made
[ arrangements to have the bout take
] place at Havana on April but finally
settled every detail for tiie decision of
the world's championship at the Mari
' anso race track next Mondav.
In the meantime Willard had brok
en up his training camp and started for
Angeies, Cal.. but was induce i to
return t» Texas. He got to K1 Paso on
March 11 and accompanied by his man
aged and handlers left for New Orleans
,en route to llavana the same day ar
; rivinjr in Cuba March 16.
Heavyweight Championship Bouts Un
der Queenabury Rules
September , IS92 —At New Orleans.
1 4k.. Jim Corbett knocked out Joiiu L
Sullivan. 21 rounds.
January 23. ISSM—At Jtokwnville,
Fia.. Jim Corbett knocktvi out Charley
i -Mitchell, champion of F.ngfcui?!, 3
i rounds.
March 17. IS97—At Carson City.
Nev., Bob FitEshnmons knocked out J.
J. Cortwtt, 14 rounds.
June 9. IS99—At Corney Island. X.
V.. James J. Jeffries knocked out Bov>
Fit2«inimoM, 11 rounds.
November 3. IS99 —At Coney Island.
X. V.. J. J. Jeffries won from Thomas
, J. Sharkey, challenger. 25 rounds.
.July 25. 1902—At San Fraucisco.
'' al.. J. J. Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitz
sinuioiis. v*haJleitge-, S rounds.
August 14, 1903—At San Francisco.
Cal.. J. J. Jeff cries knocked out Jack
Munroe. ehalleniJer. 2 rounds.
July 3, 1905 J. J. Jeffries, having
previously announced his retirement.
'■ officiated as referee at Reno, Xev.. and
i declared Marvin Hart champion when
the latter knocked out Jack Root. 12
: rounds.
February 23. 1906—At Ix>s Angete,
Oal.. Tommy Burns won from .Marvin
Hart. 20 rounds.
May 7. 1907—At bos Angeles. Oal., j
Tommy Burns won from Jack O "Brien.
20 rounds.
July 4. 1907—At Cotma. Cal..
Tommy Sums knocked out Bill Squires,:
| 1 round.
! December 26. 190S—At Sydney,
Australia. Jack Johnson (colored) won
from Tommy Burns. 14 roonds.
October 16. 1909—At Colma. Cal..'
Jack Johnson knocked out Stanley
Ketohell, 12 rounds.
■fulv 4, 1910—At Reno, Nev., Jack
Johnson knocked out J. J. Jeffries, 15
rounds. ' > 1
Ju» v 4. i9l2—At Las Vegas. X. M..
Jack Johnson won from Jim Flynn, 9
rounds.
June 27. 1914—At Paris. France.
Jack Johnson won from FVank Morati.
20 rounds.
Blue Tossers Win, 37-19
The Blue and White teams of the
Steelton Central Grammar five played
Saturday afternoon, the Blue team win
ning by a score of 37 to 19. The
lineup:
Blue Five. White Five.
Ford F Sostar
Proud F Landis
Wueschinski .... C Mover
Karmatz G Jacoby
shutter G .... Tuptanoski
Field goais. Wueschinsk:. 4: Ford,
4: Proud. 3: Karmatz, 3; Shutter. 2:
Sostar. 2: Landis. 2: Mover; Jacoby.
Foul goals. Mover, 7; Wueschinski. 5.
Referee. Crump. Steelton High; scorer.
Shutter: timer. Yeany, Gettysburg!
Time. 20-minute halves.
Lincoln Team Claim Championship
Manager Walker, of the Lincoln
grammar school team, of Harrisburg.
lays claim to championship on this class
in Dauphin county and will play anv
team contesting tie claim. The "series
with the Central grammar team, of
Steelton. stands even, efforts to pull off
a third game being unsuccessful.
Methodist Ball Flayers Out c
More than twenty-five candidates
for the Methodist Club baseball nine
reported for practice Saturday after-;
coon. The opening game will be play-1
ed with New Blootafield Academv at
Xew Bloomfield next Saturday.
INDEPENDENTS WALLOP
LANCASTER FIVE 40-31
Overcome a Bit of Stage Fright at the
Outset and Bc«re Decisive Victory
iu dosing Momenta of the Contest
—McOord Star*
Overcoming « serious case of stage
fright at the outset of the important
•» omest with Lancaatur Saturuuy night
in the Ohestnut street auditorium, t.ie
Independents fought their way to de
cisive victory in the elosiug minutes ot
the contest, winning bv tiie score of
10 to SI.
Lancaster forged its way iuto the
lead soon after the start 01 the game
and had a comfortable lead t>v tue tunc
Harris burg woke up. Tne uoor wor.t
of the Harrisburg team improved to-
I ward the close of the first half and
baskets came more easily. Lancaster
had one advautag- iu Diehi, t-ae cen
ter. He stood far above Oeisel, the lo
cal man. and got the jump on the toss,
but his floor work was woefully weak
and Oeisel outplayed him in tnat de
partment of thi' ganfc.
McOord had an off night. making
twelve out of twei.ty-oue called fouls.
Rani h was uot a whole lot better, iniss
mg five v-ut of fourteen chances. Mc-
Oord and Bote played splendid tloor
games and Ford played a steady game,
making three field goals. McOonnell
guarded well. Evans, the door general
| of tiie Lancaster team, made twelve of
his team's points on field goals.
The final minutes of the game
' brought the spectators to their feet.
The locals made eignt field goals and
I seveu fouls, while the opposition to
' taled five field goals an.i four fouls.
The score stood even at IT at the close
:of the first half. The lineup:
INDEPENDENTS
O. P.O. A, Pts.
| Rote, forward ...... 3 0 1 6
McOord. forward I 12 i 20
Oeisel. center S 0 1 ti
Ford, guarc 3 0 1 6
McConnell, guard ... 1 0 1 2
Totals 14 12 9 40
LANCASTER
O. P.O. A. Pts.
Ranch, forward .... 3 9 0 15
Evans, forward t> 0 0 12
Diehl. center 0 0 1 0
Jones, guard S 0 V 4
Nightingale, guard ..001 0
Totals 11 9 2 31
Fouls committed. Independents. 14:
t-aucaster. 21. Referee. Early. Timer.
Kiineline. Scorer, Ressing. Time of
halves, 20 minutes.
BARRISBURC JNNERS WIN
West Fairview Team Loses Its Third
and Final Match to Locals,
43S to 429
Harrisburg marksmen defeated West
Fairview shooters in the third and de
ciding mat h of the series Saturday
by tie score of 153 to 429. In the
tare* matches llarritburg made 1,335
targets, while the West i-'airview saor>.-
ers made 1.2 79.
Mrs. Ray Bover. of West Fairview,
who won a silver cap iu the women's
; event in the Westy Hog.itt shoot at
i Atlantic City, broke 50 of 73 targets
| in an exhibition shoot before the big
i match.
The scores follow:
Harris burg Tea*n
I Worden 24 23 49
I Martin 24 24 4S
! Shoop 23 22 47
Sheafer 23 22 4.'*
Hoffman 23 22 43
Shissler 22 23 lo
May 23 21— 44
Donson 21 23 4 4
Shearer 21 20— 41
Total 433
West Fairview
| Disney 23 25 4S
Vomers 23 24 47
Heiges 21 23 4i
Bretz 21 22 4:i
Miller. ,1 22 21— IS'
Stewart 21 22 — 43
Miller. W 22 20— 4 2
Wagvmer 19 20— 39
Givler 21 I< 39
ArnoKl 23 lt»— 39
. ' Totals 429
League Celebration at Carlisle
Carlisle, Pa., March 29. —The con
clusion of the winter season of the local
Industrial Basketball league was cele- 1
brated here Saturday evening and a
loving cup. presented by William and
Edward Kronenberg. was given to the
Bedford team, winners of the season's
i.'ampionship. A farewell was tendered
to George B. Heckman. physical direc
tor of the local Y. M, 0. A., who goes
j to a similar position at Bofalosa. Lu.
Agoga A. C. Ready for Games I
The Agoga A. C. has organized a
baseball team for the coining season
and Herb Hunter, 1223 Susquehanna
street, manager, is anxious to schedule
j games for the season.
SCHOLASTIC CARE TO-NIGHT
Tech and Oentral Will Meet For Bee
end Time In CThsetnut
Street Auditorium
The Anal scholastic tramp of the sea
sou will be stage,! this evening 011 the
Cheataut street auditorium, when Tech
High and Oentral clash for the second
time this season. Oentral has the ad
vantage of a former victory. The
game will be called at 8 o'clock and
Hermau Early, who referees the games
of the Harriobuitg Independents, will
officiate.
While the Ohestnut street hal) is
the home floor of the Oentral five, yet
the Tech team has been prscticiug
there for two weeks and will be fa
miliar with it by to-night. Hoth Tech
aud Oentral are iu splendid condition
for thin gnme. A large -number of
rooters will attend the game. The
scrub teams will plav a dual attrac
tion. The line-lip :
Tech. Oentral
Melville F Rote
v, (Oiptain)
Yoder F Ford
Emauuei ~0 Winn
Book (1 Heed
Scheffer G Bingham
(Oapuinl
WINS IMPORTANT CONTEST
Steelton Central Grammar School Five
Tops Winners of Reading
League, 4H to SO
The Co: tral O ram ma r school five of
Steelton defeated the Evans Grammar
school five, champions of the Reading
league, Saturday afternoon in Felton
Hall, siieeiton. by the score of 16 to
20. Steelton made sure of its chances
and played a steady tloor game until a
chance for a basket arrived. The great
est crowd of the season saw the con
test. It is a signal victory for the
Steciton team as the visitors have won
two cups this season and sent rhe chal
lenge.
Kraut and MvCauley featured the
plav of the winners, making seven and
eig.it field goals, respectively. Cox, of
the visitors, made fourteeu of his team 's
points. Tiie line-up:
Steelton. Reading.
Snell »..F Julian
Kraut . .. P Aulenbaugh
McOaulev C Cox
Bel man O. Adams
Jones 0 Seheidv
Field seals —Sitell, ;!; Kraut, 7; Mv
*'aulev, S; B«lman. I; Julian, 1; Cox,
; 4. Foul goals—Snell. 4; Cos, 6. Ref
| eree-—Crum . Scorer —Shutter. Timor
- Ycamv. Time of halves— 20 initi
ates.
Atticks Still Loading Casino League
During the past week Atticks. who
lias been the leading; scorer in the Ca
sino Bowling League, bettered his aver
age and now leads with sir. average of
20t> for 6t> games. Montgomery is sec
ond with an average of IS3 for 72
panics.
SEA MINES IN WARFARE.
The Result When > Vessel Strikes One
ef These Deadly Engines.
To merchantmen. to the smaller nnd
older wnrshiiw-tn everything that
flouts except the very highest and more
mvut products of the shipbuilder's art
-the minv presents the danger of com
plete and almost Instant annihilation
The rigidity of the ship Is In Itself an
element of dancer, for the water sur
rounding it Is Incompressible
If the skin and frame could give way
without rupture and permit the enor
tnously expanding crises iC.OOO tim.Ȥ
the volume of the sotid exploslvel to
transmit their energy In such a way as
simply to push the ship aside and thns
find a way to the surface, the damage
mlcht he slight
But this cannot b?. There Is no such
elasticity avnllahle And the expansion
Is so nearly Instantaneous that push
Ine the sbfl' aside Is physically Impos
sible, Therefore the structure must
break, releasing the gases first Into tbe
Interior and then by lines of least re
sistance finally tip Info the air.
This action l» completely Instantane
ous If blows off hatch covers and deck
plates, twists massive steel members
Into unrecognizable shapes, spreads
havoc broadcast It transmutes a proud
ship Into a sinking mass of wreckage—
a happy pauueoKer saloon Into a sham
bles—carries mounting Into a hundred
bomex. Such Is the effect of mines.—
Sidney Graves Koon In Leslie's.
Hard to Kill.
A dtstlncni«hed entomologist writes:
•TVlieti 1 was still new to collecting. In
the sonth of Frame I discovered one
day. to ray great Joy. n large female of
Panirnin pyrl hidden away In some
bushes. The siivclmeu was the first I
bad ever caught, and I decided, ou ac
count of Its large hody. to stuff It (a
qolte unnecessary operation: 1 hare
kept 4yzen* since unstnffedt Tbe moth
was first apparently killed by belnij
forced into a cyanide bottle, where it
was left about an hour The abdomen
was then emptied nnd the cavity tilled
with cotton wool soaked In a saturated
solution of mercuric chloride. The In
ject. pinned and set was discovered
■est day attempting to By away from
tbe setting board."
Her Alimony Explained.
Mtsa Cnrley kept a private school and
one morning was Interviewing a new
pupil.
"What does yrrar father do to esrn
his living?" tbe teacher asked tbe little
girl
"Please, ma'am." was the prompt re
ply. "be doesn't lire with os. My
mother supports one."
"Well, then." asked the teacher,
"how does your mother earn her lie
lug r
"Why." replied the little girl in a*
art lea* man net. "sue gets paid for stay
ing away from father."—London Stand
aid.
DR. KLUGH, Specialist
Pfcyetetaa sail Sartre ea
OMeeat M Walaal M. HsrHetatK Pa.
Dtneaeea ef wesata aal ani apeetaV
private. eyeeMe. serresa sal ehraale
41—aeea. Geaeral alt* week. Caaewl.
tatiaa free saf M>I4M«II1. A«4ldst
(eralrked. Wark «iatsate«A Ctawe
■Mkratr. as yaata* e«|«»lsaea
INL kJLtiaa the mlMaees ifedslM
WMNM6 A BATTLE
How One Defeat Was Turned
Into a Brilliant Victory.
1 THE REAL HERO OF MARENGO.
It Wu Not Napol»on Nor Fvon ths
Oaring Dsoaix, but tho Foarlost
Drummtr Boy Who Refused to Boat
a Rotroat, but Boat a Chargo Inatoad.
Napoleon was sitting In bis tent Bo
fore hiw lay u map of Italy. He
took four pins and stack them up,
OMUBKd, moved the pins and measur
ed agal*. "Now," said he. "that U
right I will capture him there!"
"Who, slrT asked u officer.
"Mllas, tho old fox of Austria. H«
will retire from Genoa, pass Turin and
fall back ou Alexandria. 1 shall cross
tho Po, meet him o» tho plains of La
conla and conquer him there." and th«
Anger of the child of destiny (minted
to Marengo.
| Two months later the memorabls
| campaign «f 1800 began. The 20tb o(
Maj saw Napoleon on the heights of
St. Bernard. The 22(1, Larmes, with
the aruiy of Genoa, held Padua. So
far all had been well with Napoleon,
lie bad compelled the Austrian# to
take the position he desired, reduced
the army from 120,000 to 40,000 men,
dispatched Murat to the right and
Jnne 14 moved forward to consum ma to
his masterly plan.
But God threatened to overthrow his
scheme: A little rain hsd fallen In the
Alps, and the To could not be crossed
In time. The battle was begun.
Mllas, pushed to tbe wall, resolved to
cut his way out. and Nnpoleon reached
the Held to see Uirmes beaten, Cham
pea ux dead. Desalx still charging old
Mllas with bis Austrian phalanx at
Marengo till the consular guard gave
way, and the well planned victory was
a terrible defeat
Just as the day was los Desalx, the
boy general, sweeping across the field
at the hend of bis cavalry, halted on
the eminence where stood Napoleon.
There was in the corps a drummer boy,
a gamin whom Desalx bad picked up
in tbe streets of Paris. He had fol
lowed the victorious eagle of France In
tbe campaigns of Kgypt and Germany.
As the columns halted. Napoleon shout
ed to him, "Beat a retreat!"
The boy did not stir.
"Gamin, beat a retreat!"
The boy Rtralgbtened up, grasped his
drumsticks, turned and looked Napo
leon straight In the eyes, and said. "Sir,
1 do not know how to beat a retreat;
Desaix never taught me that but I
can beat a charge—oh, 1 can beat a
charge that will make the dead fall
Into line. 1 beat that charge at the
Pyramids. 1 beat that charge at Mount
Tabor. I bent it again at the bridge of
I.odi. May 1 beat It here?"
Napoleon turned' from the boy to
Desalx and said. "We are beaten; what
shall we do?"
"Do? Heat them! It Is only 3 o'clock
md there Is time enough to win a vic
tory yet. Dp! the charge! beat the old
charge of Mouut Tabor and Lodi!"
A moment Inter the corps, following
the sword gleam of Desaix and keep
ing step with the furious roll of the
gamin's drum, swept down on the host
of Austrlans. They drove the first line
back ou tbe second—both on the third
and there they died.
Desaix fell at the first volley, but
the line never faltered, and as the
smoke cleared away, the gamin was
seen In front of his Itne mnrchiug right
on and still beating the furious charge.
Over the dead and wounded, over
breastworks and fallen foe. over can
nons belching forth their fire of death,
he led the way to victory and the
fifteen days in Italy were ended.
Today men pnlnt to Marengo in won- ;
der. They admire the power and fore
sight that so skillfully handled the bat
tle. hut they forget that a general only I
thirty years of age made a victory of
a defeat I'hey forget that a gamin
of Paris put to shame "the child of
destiny."—Anonymous.
HE KNEW ALL ABOUT SIAM.
Had Even Heard of th« Famous Twino
From That Country.
One day President Cleveland sent for
John Barrett, now director of the bu- j
reau of American republics, and said: j
"Mr. Barrett. I am looking for some
young man who is not afraid of hard
work and who wants to make a repu
tation for himself, to go as minister to j
Siam to settle the claim of Dr. M. A.
Cheek involving several million dol- !
tars, and also involving some delicate
matters In connection with the inter
pretation of our treaties with oriental
countries. This particular case is one
of the most Important we now have in
the orient. You have received strong
indorsements from the Pacific coast
as consul general to Yokohama, but
the office was filled when your recom
mendations arrived. Will you accept
the position as minister to Siam? But
first, what do you know about Slam?"
Mr. Barrett couldn't remember wheth
er Slam was tn Asia or Africa, but a
little thing like this didn't bother him,
so he said. "Mr. President, I know all
about Siam."
"Well, what do you know about
Siam?" said Mr. Cleveland.
Mr. Barrett was stumped for k sec
ond. and then Mid. "Why. Siam la the
country tbat produced the famous Si
amese twins."
Mr. Cleveland, with a twinkle in bis
eye, arose gravely and said, as he ■
shook hands with Mr. Barrett: "Mr.
Barrett. I am happy, indeed, to get
hold of a man with such profound
knowledge and abundant information
about Slam. As a matter of fact, I am
Clad you know nothing about it, as
yon will not be prejudiced one way or I
the otber In regard to the questions
to be settled there."
Mr. Barrett went to Slam, where he
stayed for four years. At the time of j
his appointment he was twenty-six
yean old and was the youngest minis
ter plenipotentiary that the United
States had ever appointed.—Portland
Journal. '
LAWT OF GRAVITY VIOLATED.
Condition* Under Which Water Ac
tually Flaw* Upward.
There am ceudlUona under which
water actually flows upward and rise*
above Ma suurce. If a glass tub* be
dipped Into wuter the column Inside
will b» above the level of the sur
rounding surface. Moreover, if a tube
of half the diameter be substituted the
column doubles Its height. The water
creep* along the Inside of the tube,
owlu* to the adhesion, and forms a
cup shaped depression at the top.
An explanation Is not dlltlculL It
caa he proved mathematically that if
the diameter of a circle be diminished
one-half the circumference is also re
duced to that extent, while the area Is
oue-fourth of Its (oruier value. The
clrcnmference of the column of water
being reduced one-half. Its contact
with the glass, and hence the ndheslve
force. Is also diminished to that extent,
while the cross section, aud hence the
weight, ts decreased to a fourth of
what It was before Therefore the sec
ond column can be twice the height of
Jhe flrst without exceeding the lining
power.
Remarkable as the underlying prin
ciples of this phenomenon undoubtedly
are. nature made use of them long be
fore man made their discovery. Bvery
tree and flower adds Its testimony.
The core of a tree or plant, iustead of
being a single open channel, consists
of s spongelike substance containing
many miniature tunnels through which
the sap and uiotattire collected by the
roots flow upward In small rivulets,
rising higher and higher In sheer de
fiance of the great law of gravity.—St
Louis Republic.
Taking th* Jewaharp Serioualy.
The Jewsharp has been taken far
more seriously as a musical instrument
than most of us have ever Imagined
Its music has bee-: known all over Eu
rope for centuries, and quite elaborate
effects have been produced by It One
virtuoso devised on Ingenious r
by means of which he played flve
harps differently tuned, and Eulensteln
used no fewer titan sixteen Instru
ments. keeping them on a table in
front of him. And Sir Charles Wheat
stone, Inventor of the concertina, once
wrote an elaborate essay on the tech
nic of the Jewsharp.—Londou Mall.
Thought Astor Wss Craxy.
People said John Jacob Astor was
craxy because he paid SI,OOO an acre
when he bought the estate of Aaron
Rurr about a hundred years ago. It
was a farm of 120 acres. located about
where Twenty-first street is now In
Manhattan. In ten years he com
menced to sell lots at $5,000 an acre,
but he did not sell much at that price.
What It Is worth today la hard to com
pute In millions.
The Modern Way.
He—Listen! My love for you is a con
suming fever. The blood runs through
mv veins like molten lava from a seeth
ing volcano.
She—Well, just hold this thermom
eter in your mouth till I get your tem
perature, to prove it.—Boston Globe.
AMUSEMENTS | AMUSEMENTS
MAJESTIC Photoplay To-« Say
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Thr i>rnin«Hr sen...tion of Hie featured in Broadway-Star
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Have You Heard
the Pipe Organ eterybody i: talking sboul, ths new
$25,000 Pipe Organ Orchestra
Very Aptly Termed the Pipe Organ With the Human Voice
VICTORIA THEATRE .
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The Difference.
"The Mlluercnt man who was Pl
pelUnl from the audience Is very rnocb
unlike n bnriitns house."
"Row* thiitT
"He wws «fITI fnll of fire eren after
he was put out."—llaltlmore Ameri
ran.
Great men are they who see that
*ptrltunl Is utronsrer than ony material
force.
Artistic Printing at Starlndei>cudent. ;
HERE ISA REALSTAR
AND SHE'S ONLY 11
VIVIAN TOWN as ALICE IN
"ALICE IN WONOER.LA»kE>:
BOOTH "THEATRE.
Eleven years old, bnt a full fledged
star, Is little Vivian Tobln, for she Is
the Alice in "Alice In Wonderland,"
now playing In New York. She looks
like only a half portion of a star, but
near her deliver her lines—and it Is au
Immensely long HMe—and you will
tiuiekly realize that she is uiuch bigger
Intellectually than physically. Vivian
comes of a theatrical family. Bnt de
spite this she is not the least bit stagy;
Instead, she is a lovable child and one
who promises tome day to be a full
grown star.
Virtu* It* Own Reward.
"Sir." saHl the bookkeeper, "I have
been with you thirty years. I need
more money. I have grown gray la
your service."
"I am sorry to hear It," replied the
employer. "I would suggest that you
use Blank's hair dye. Good day!"—
Philadelphia ledger.
Why He Loved Her 80.
My love's not like the red. red rose,
Her nose toward hpnv'n doth mount; \
She's piKeon toixi and cross eyed. too.
But, oh, her bank account!
—Judge.
Inquisitive Youth.
"My boy lias the whoopiug cough." ]
"That mnst worry you."
"Well, maybe it's all for the best.
When he's whooping he can't ask ques
tions and 1 get time to rend up on the
Inquiries he has already made."—
Washington Star.
Mathematical Marksmanship.
They aim the Riant Runs at win,
Bv fi:;urinp Reometry:
They do lot pull the trlprKer till
They puli the triggemometry.
New York Mail
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