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GREEKS IN AMERICA.
THOUSANDS ARE SEEKING
THEIR FORTUNES AMONG US.
l'hey Have Largely Supplanted Italian
as Fruit Sellers Some Oreckn Who
Have Won Hucceni In the United
.States.
(New York Letter.)
URING tho last
fifteen years the
number of Greeks
in this country has
boon Increased
from 2,000 to 12,--000
or 1B.000, who
are distributed tin
follows: Chlcngo,
2,500; Now York
and San Francisco,
1,500 each, and
smaller numbers In
Lowell, Maps., Pittsburg, Philadelphia,
Boston, Baltimore, Savannah and Gal
veston. Tho majority of the Greeks In
this and other largo cities aro engaged
In tho fruit, flower, nnd confectionery
business. Next como thoso employed
In tho manufacture of cigarettes and
tho Importation of sponges, and most
of them mako a comfortablo living.
There- aro a few whoso social and com
mercial standing Is equal to that of
men of any nationality. But tho ma
jority aro men of small means, nnd
aro engaged ns flower and fruit ped
dlers, In which capacity thoy have
largely supplanted tho sons of Bunny
Italy.
As a rule, tho Greeks arc a prudent,
economical, Industrious, and good
hearted lot of people, and, while thoy
often deprive themselves oven of the
necessaries of life In order to save a
little money, they never fall to provide
for tho old folks at homo with prompt
ness and liberality.
In this way hundreds of mortgages of
the old people have been paid off, sis
ters and daughters made comfortable
for life, and money in various other
ways has poured Into Grcok villages
and towns. The same spirit which the
Greek exhibits In tho performance of
his filial duties he also manifests to
ward his commonwealth. It Is not
utrange, therefore, (o find that many of
tho churches and schools nnd other
charltablo Institutions recently put up
in tho towns nnd villages of Greece
have been paid for by money contrib
uted by tho Greeks in America, who,
six or eight years ago, started buslnos.'
hero with n push cart.
Tho Greeks engaged in tho manufac
ture of Turkish cigarettes, although
hampered by want of capital, have
suceeded fairly well, owing mainly to
the purity of the article which they put
on the market. It has been often said
that tho American people llko some
times to bo humbugged. If that bo so
then tho frequenters of somo fashion
able clubs aro never so much hum
bugged as when they pay a ridicu
lously high prlco for a package of "Im
ported Egyptian cigarettes," making
themselves bellevo that thero Is noth
ing llko the Imported article. It Is Im
possible to tell how a "Canadian cig
arette" would commend itself to the
average American smoker, but an In
vltlon to smoke an "Egyptian cigar
ette" would bring a smllo to tho lips
of tho natives of tho land of the
Pharaohs, because thero is no such
thing aa Egyptian tobacco. The brand
of tobacco which Egyptians Import for
tho manufacture of "Egyptian cigar
ettes," generally from certain districts
In Asia Minor and Macedonia, Is also
used by the Greeks In New York In
the manufacture of their "Turkish
cigarettes," tho only difference being
that one has to pay 45 cents for a
package of "Imported Egyptian clg
nrcttes," whereas for half that price
one can have the same article and
much fresher as manufactured in this
city. An important advantago enjoy
ed by the Greek cigarette manufactur
ers is that they aro masters of thelt
trade. They aro not novices In tho
business. They have pursued this line
of business since their infancy. With
their friends and relatives In tho tobacco-raising
countries In Turkey thoy
havo all the facilities for supplying
themselves with the best brands of to
bacco. Tho same may be said also as
regards the Greeks engaged In tho
MR. VLASTO.
sponge trade, somo of them being
practical dlves who followed tho busi
ness at their native Islands In tho Aeg
ean Sea, and their progenitors, for gen
erations past, were engaged in the
samo business.
The Greek, bo ho from Peloponnesus
or elsewhere, Is gifted with a keen apt
itude for business. Be ho over so poor,
hla solo ambition Is to become master
of himself, and for this purposo he de
votes tho best energies of his youth.
Ho disdains anything like servitude;
he would much rathor bo tho solo own
er of a push cart Belling fruit or bo the
owner of a corner flower stand than be
bossed by others, and It Is on this ac
count that very few Greeka are em
ployed as servants or waiters at ho
tels, where their tireless energy and
their ability to converse in several lan
guage! would be highly appreciated
iPWir
and liberally recompensed. It Is truo'Ofl COLLEGE SPORTS.
mai a iew urccxs nave sinncu uie in
this country as waiters In some of tho
fashlonablo restaurants, but they havo
only followed that occupation for tho
purposo of acquiring a knowlcdgo of
the languago nnd to familiarize them
selves with American customs and hab
its, which experience thoy turn to ad
vantage In tho future. Thus equipped,
after a couple of years' service, plus a
thousand or moro dollars of savlngo,
with a light heart and a pleasant smllo
thoy hid their employer nn affectlon
nto adieu and start out to seek their
fortunes, which they seldom fall to
find.
Thero is nothing more comforting to
a Greek fruit or flower peddler after
his day's work Is over than to go and
spend tho early part of the night In
one of these restaurants, to pnrtako of
n plato of "Greek dish" and discuss
homo politics over a quiet gamo of ca
Blno. Tho average Greek always takes
a deep Interest In all matters relating
to homo politics, no matter how far off
he may bo from old Hellas.
Ono of tho best-known Greeks In thin
city is Consul-General D. N. Botaasi.
For thlrty-flvo years ho has represent
ed Grceco in tho United States. As n
linguist Consul Botnesl has few equals.
HIb long researches Into tho origin of
Albanians, the topography, hlBtory
and lnnguago of tholr country havo
rendered him almost an exclusive au
thority on matters relating to that
country. Consul Botassl Is C9 years of
ago, a natlvo of tho heroic Island of
Spczzla, and a direct descendant of tho
hero who did so much for tho llberntlon
of Greeco during tho struggle for In
dependence. In his manners Consul
Botassl Is noticeably unassuming, and
though of a very nervous temperament,
is oxtremely agreeablo to those around
him, and hns tho faculty of making
strangers feel nt home cither at his
offices or at hla residence. Most of his
evenings the Consul spends In his 11
CONSUL GENERAL BOTASSL
brary. Ho is a regular attendant nt
the Sunday services at tho Greek
chnpol, and often takes a leading part
In tho choir, when hla tonor volco londs
nddltlonnl melody to that of the Byzan
tine style of singing.
The GrecKs in the city worship nt
the Greek chapel, Holy Trinity, In the
basement of a German Prosbyterian
Church nt 354 West Fifty-third street.
It was tho first Greek Orthodox church
organized In this city, about flvo years
ago, by the Greek society, Athena. Its
first priest was tho beloved Father
Ferondlnos, who, after serving two
years, was obliged by falling health to
retreat to his mother monastery, on
the Island of- Patmos, followed by tho
good wishes of his congregation. His
successor is materially assisted in car
ing for his flock by Mr. Llvierato, n
gentleman of culture and moans, a
merchant nnd superintendent of the
Greek Sunday school. Tho Greeks of
Chicago are talking of building a tem
ple of their own, and It Is more than
probable that they will succeed, thanks
to tho tireless efforts of their pastor,
tho Rev. Father Flamboll.
Another prominent Greek figure In
the mercantile clrclo of this city is Mr.
Solon J. Vlasto. He Is the husband of
an Amerlcnn wife, nnd with their son,
a robust young man, 19 years old, they
live at the Gerlach. Mr. Vlasto is also
the owner of a weekly Greek paper, the
Atlantis, published in this city, and
tho only one of its kind published In
tho United States. Mr. Vlasto launch
ed the Atlantis as an experiment, for
tho purposo of 'advocating tho intro
duction of tho modern Greek pronun
ciation In American schools and col
leges, but It seemed to have supplied n
need; and the demand for the paper
has steadily Increased during tho
three years of Its existence. An amus
ing incident occurred in the office of
Atlantis during tho last Presidential
campaign, which goes to show to what
extent political factional hatred Is
carried by tho descendants of Pericles.
Tho Atlantis espoused McKlnley's
cause, and the proprietor handed the
chief compositor, a young Athenian,
an artlclo to bo set up. Tho Greek
compositor, though only three years In
this country, was an ardent admirer of
Mr. Bryan. Upon perusing the copy, ho
handed it over to one of his assistants,
remarking that he was a Bryan man
himself, and under no account would
he lift a finger to help set up an article
that spoke against Bryan. Tho article
was set up by his assistant, who had
been a few months in thla country, and
his political preferences were still un
developed. On election night the grlet
and disappointment of the Athenian
foreman were painful to witness aa
tho returns told the story of the de
feat of his candidate, and several days
elapsed before ho regained his usual
equanimity.
Mrs. Shallow What a quoer name
for a fish "smelt. " I wonder where
they come from? Mr. Shallow I can't
say for a certainty, but I think they are
of German origin and come from tho
Oder. Botton Courier.
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3EVEN UNIVERSITIES HAVE
AGREED TO CHICAGO RULES.
Michigan Win the Flrt to Take the
Initiative The Union Take a Long
Step In Advance Tho (lame at Wor
cester Next Mb) Other (lottlp.
HIS University of
Michigan Is receiv
ing wcll-doaorvcd
commendation for
committing hor
nth lctlc Interests
without rcsorvo to
the excellent rules
adopted at tho Chi
cngo confcrcnco In
November last. It
will bo remember
ed thnt these rules, although agreed
upon by tho representatives of tho
soven universities In Interest, required
ratification by tholr respcctlvo nthlctlc
associations boforo becoming effective.
Purdue and tho University of Illinois,
both of which had been contending vig
orously for tho adoption of nn under
graduate rule, accepted tho rules with
out hesitation; but as thoso institu
tions have practically no professional
bcIiooIb, this Btcp was for them a com
paratively ensy matter. Tho first of
tho larger universities to mnko tho
plunge, bo to Bpenk, was tho University
of Michigan. In Jnnuary sho approved
and adopted tho new rules without
qualification, and hor courageous and
altogether commcndnblo act has boon
followed by tho Universities of Mln
nesotn, Wisconsin and Chicago. North
western University Is tho only ono of
tho seven which has thus far failed to
adopt the rules. Her reason Is stated
to bo a wish to preserve from ineligi
bility Vnn Doozer, her famous half
back a.nd captain. But sho would not
bo any worse off than Wisconsin, where
Captain Atkinson hns been shelved,
nor Chicago, which will sacrifice from
hor 'Varsity teams at lonBt Roby, Gale,
Jones and Nichols; nor would hor
losses equal those of Michigan, the lat
ter being deprived of tho services of
Captain Ferbert, ex-Cnptaln Honnlngcr
nnd Carr. Tho question Is, however,
ono of prlnclplo and not expediency.
Northwestern could mnke no greater
mlstako than to rcfuso to co-operate
with hor sister colleges. This would
bo truo, not only In tho loss of public
respect nnd confidence, but it Is hardly
probablo that tho other colleges would
bo willing to compete with Northwest
ern under BUch unequal conditions. The
rules themselves are admirable and
mark a great step In advance. If they
nro faithfully enforced and thero
seems no reason to doubt that they
will bo thero will no longer bo oc
casion to crltlclBO tho athletic condi
tions of tho universities whoso repre
sentatives hnv,o subscribed to them.
New England Association.
At tho annual meeting of tho New
England Intercollegiate Athletic As
sociation, hold recently In Boston,
Worcester was selected aa the scene of
tho annual battle In May. Tho most
Important action of the gathering was
tho abolition of tho 1-milo walk. This
1b a most welcome and refreshing an
nouncement, and wo nro glad that the
New England Association has shoY,n
tho courage necessary for tho change.
It Is to bo hoped that the Intercol
legiate Association and tho managers
of tho various dual contests will' fol
low this excellent example. At this
writing It is difficult to sec how Dart
mouth can make good the loss of thoso
fifteen points which tho redoubtable
Stephen Chase has been in the habit of
contributing to her score for tho last
two or three years. To turn out a
winning team again will tnx tho ability
and resources of Captain Bolser moro
than any Dartmouth captain In sev
eral years. Meantime Brown and Am
herst are coming up with a rush. Both
of them have new men of unusual
promise, and the outlook Is more un
certain than It haB been In a number
of years. Wesleyan, too, has reason to
expect a better showing at Worcester,'
me presence or young Jesse Hurlburt
CAPT. GOODRICH OF HARVARD.
and several other promising new men
having imparted new life to this hith
erto neglected branch of sport at Mid
dletown. Hack In the A, A. V,
The New York Athletic club takes
Its place onco more In the ranks of the
Amateur Athletic Union with good
wishes on the part of thoso who havo
upheld tho general organization
throughout the recent crisis. When
two men or bodies of men who havo
been estranged are prepared to admit
the possibility that tho othor side may
not havo 'been in all respects wrong
a gigantic obstaclo In the way of re
conciliation has Jieen removed. It was
in bringing about this spirit of con
cession and moderation that Mr. Mills'
services were of greatest value. Mr.
Mills, being a many-aided man, had
more than one string to bis bow. These
be employed with admirable Judgment.
At times ho wan ns pacific and con
ciliatory as Phillips Brooks, but on oc
casion could bo as vigorously de
nunciatory no Dr. Parkhurst. Illus
trated American.
llimkrt Hall How n Kant.
In tho east, tho gamo of basketball
has thus far found Its most skillful ex
ponents among Young Men's Christian
association athletes, a condition easily
accounted for by their longer experi
ence with It. FIvo tennis pecm to stand
out above nil others. Thoy aro found
In the associations In Now Brltnln,
Connecticut; Trenton, New Jersey;
Twenty-third Street, Now York, and
tho Eastern District nnd Centrnl (Ful
ton street) branches In Brooklyn.
None of tho college or athletic club
teams hnvn linen nliln to rune with
these, although tho colleges, with their
greater opportunities for practice,
should be able to surpass them In about
ono moro year.
Hockey llclnrrcn Vale and rrlucrtoii.
Tho Yalc-Prlnccton hockey scries
has been Indefinitely postponed. Tho
reason therefor Is twofold: tho men
who proposed giving tho cup havo fail
ed thus far to come to tltno, and tho
Princeton faculty, or at lua.it somo of
Its members, Is not sure that it wants
tho students to organize another 'Var
sity team.
It 1b believed that the faculty will
sanction tho development of hockey nt
Princeton when tho beauties of the
game aro better understood. It Is nn
eminently dcslrablo addition to tho list
of collego sportB, nnd many a collegian
will endorao the opinion of R. D.
Wrcnn, expert In tennis, football, base
ball and many other games. Ho de
clares hockoy to bo the finest gamo ho
over played. The Princeton hockoy
team haB Improved wonderfully within
three weoks, as Its victory over tho
greatly strengthened Brooklyn Skating
Club team and Its plucky fight against
tho strong All-Baltlmorca have shown.
With proper regulation and reasonable
CAPT. BAILEY OF YALE.
encouragement hockey nt Princeton
would obtain a strong hold. Tho pres
ent soaeon Is eminently the ono In
which to learn tho gamo. Any college
which defers tho matter until next
winter will havo reason to regrot Its
action. Its players will bo atruggllng
nlong with first principles, while tho
teams of its rivals will havo become
moro or less expert. Now la tho time
to tako It up, as all the colleges are
occupying the position of learners.
Death of Horrel .lolin.
Mr. W. Balhatchct reports tho death
of tho well-known locnl road horse
Sorrol John, formerly owned by Arthur
N. Eason, nnd a member of tho side
drive fast fleet. Ho was a vory bruahy
horso and fast for a wayB, but hit his
knees terrifically and, too, had had too
much bruising work In tho years gone
before. Lost season ho was trained a
month or so at Thornton and stepped a
mllo In bis work In 2:19. It was in
tended to race him over tho "fair cir
cuit," but that idea was abandoned and
ho had been on tbo road all fall and
winter. Ho wns a brccdy looking chap
and some say had taken tho word un
der various names and was charged
with a record of 2:15, but of that I
could never satisfy myself, although I
partially traced him once or twice.
"Samp" Wilson had him awhile and
drovo him miles In 16 nnd around
that notch. On the snow when good he
was among our fastest local horses, but
unreliable unless exactly at himself.
Second-Hand Wheel,
In referring to the numerous adver
tisements now appearing In the "For
salo" columns of the daily newspapers
of bicycles as "good as new, to bo sold
for mere songs," one authority says:
"Now Is the season of tho year when
tho wily wheelman speculates in a 25-
ccnt bottlo of enamel and a dollar's
worth of nickel plating, applies them
to his old wheel and then draws up an
artfully worded advertisement regard
lng his antediluvian bike, in which be
lauds It in such glowing adjectives
that tho cautious buyer wonders why
the owner or sucn a magnificent ma
chine should bo anxious to sell It at
such a nominal figure. After carefully
studying a number of these advertise
ments I havo como to the conclusion
that the writers can scarcely claim do
scent from the Immortal Georgo Wash
ington, who was unable to tell a lie."-
Home Talk.
Mr. D. W. Brenneman tells me ho has
contracted to handle, In connection
with his string of Anderson Wilkes
stock from his farm, that fast mare
Prestorla Wilkes, 2:17, which was
sold at auction last week. Her new
owner likes tho maro and considers
that she is a bargain at $600 and Mr.
Brenneman thinks there aro winning
races In her class along the line enough
to pay to race the prettily galted chest
nut mare. She should surely reach
2:12. The Anderson Wilkes family
push to the front each year, George
West has a green pacer by him ownod
by a local roadlte which has stepped
quite easily a mile In 2:15. If his un
derpinning holds good he Is apt to get
a very law record. r
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.
QUITE A FAD AS APPLIED
FREIQHT CARS.
TO
Scarcely a Manufacturing Concern of
Magnitude That Don't Tomcm Them
luventora Drlnglng Out Mew Ideal In
Their Conittuvttnn,
VERY largo Bhlp
per In theso days
must havo his own
prlvnto fro Ight
cars, says tho Pen
ny Press, and tho
won derful growth
of tho special car
Idea can bo demon
strated nny day by
watching n through
freight train. It la
.lollnrs to cents thero will bo nny where
from one to n dozen Bpcclal cars In tho
string, and tho purposes thoy sorvo
aro ob varied ns tholr ownership. Tho
tlrcsBod meat refrigerators aro now bo
well known ns to oxclto no Interest, un
less It bo tho vague conjecturo as to
how many millions of dollars are tied
up therein, for tho number of theso
traveling Ico boxes 1b legion. Directly
the opposlto of tho refrigerators aro
tho heater cars, cloverly contrived to
keep tho contents at a fixed degree or
temperature throughout tho trip, nnd
thoreforo Invaluable for shipping fruit
In cold weather. Tho heating Is done
by oil atoves. Thero nro qulto a num
ber of .Bpcclal fruit car companlcH
which own enra especially equipped for
tho carriage of fruit nnd produco In
bulk, and theso cars aro divided Into
many clnBses, such as orango cars, cab
bago cars, melon cars, and bo on almost
Indefinitely. Thero Is a plclclo line, a
coffee line, numberless beer lines, nnd,
strangest of nil, a chicken or poultry
lino, theso latter cars being filled with
permanent coops and feeding and
watering facilities, Intended for tho
snfc handling of fowls of nil kinds.
Thero nro furniture cars, buggy enrs,
chnlr stock cars, Ico cars, plate-glass
cars, crockery cars, and Indeed cars
for almost every known commodity
manufactured in sufficient quantities to
mnko It worth while for tho producers
to build their own conveyances. Aa to
live stock enra, thero aro all kinds,
from tho pnlaco or stable tars down to
tho plain ovory-dny slatted affairs, and,
unllko most of tho othor special ve
hicles, tho stock cars can bo used by
any shipper willing to pay tho owner
a nominal Bum for tho rent of tho car,
over and abovo tho usual freight charge
Imposed by tho railroads, tho advan
tage gained being tho much better ac
commodations afforded by these spe
cial cars than glvon In tho regular
equipment of tho railways. In tank
cars thero aro varieties for nearly
everything liquid. Petroleum, lard,
cotton oil, molasses, acid, tar, elder,
water and oven whisky aro a few of
tho commodities carried In tanks now
adays, says tho St. Louis Evening Jour
nal. Tho ownors of theso private
cars got no direct benefit from their
use. The contents must pay just tho
samo freight charges aa If carried in
railway company's cars, but tho ono
grent advantage lies In tho foot that
a supply of cars ready to load can al
ways be depended upon, for tho special
cars when empty aro promptly sent
home or to their point of origin, and
aro not used In any other trado with
out tho owner's permission. Tho rail
roads allow tho owners a trifling sum
for mileage which scrvoa to keep the
cars in repair but hardly yields any
great revenuo to them. Of course,
many of these special cars aro built
because of the special trado In which
sorves to keep tho cars In repair not
pay a railroad company to tlo up monoy
In furnishing tho equipment necessary.
As builders must conform to the rules
of the master car bulldors, tho prlvato
cars aro as safo to run as thoso owned
by the railroad companies, and Indeed
many aro superior to the average cars
In gcnoral use. A western Inventor
has recently brought out a now Idea in
a car which looks llko a tank but which
revolves and can bo used either for an
open or closed car. When tho latter
is desired tho goods aro placed inside,
tho, tank turned half around and the
opening brought to tho bed of tho car,
when the conveyance becomos rain
and burglar proof, Tho brilliancy of
the Idea has not yet brought about any
overwhelming desire for a supply of
tho odd vehicles on the part of the rail
way managers.
The Illble,
Thore la a Bible of the spirit and a
Blblo of the letter; it Is tho latter
which has been altogether too much
advocated and used. Tho Blblo of tho
letter has led to a blind acceptance of
texts, taken without due consideration
of contexts nnd origin. Rov. E. A.
Horton.
Heehlve In a Wall.
A board on tho side of a house at
Forbca, Mo., was removed tho other
day by the owner, as it appeared
warped. He found a hive in the wall,
nnd 125 pounds of honey, Tho bees
had entered through a knothole.
Making a Pair of Hood.
With the assistance of tho latest ma
chines a piece of leather can be trans
formed into a pair of boots In thirty
four minutes, In which tlmo it passes
through the hands -of sixty-three peo
ple and through fifteen machines.
Novel Aondon MUtloti.
A useful charity, called the London
Spectacle Mission, provides spectacles
for noedlowomon and other deserving
persons dependent upon their eyesight
for a living. Lost year 726 applications
were provided with spectacles.
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FACTS ABOUT MAHOGANY
The Iteatitirul Wood Drought With Much
Kffort to Anterlna.
It will undoubtedly bo news to many
thnt tho vast mahogany forests of Nic
aragua aro controlled In Boston. Tho
cutting nnd shipping of tho Immense
exports from that country Is n great en
terprise In Itself, to say nothing of
bringing tho wood hero nnd manufac
turing It Into lumber, says tho Boston
Transcript. Ono steamer piles regu
larly between this port and Central
America engaged In this trade. Flvo
hundred thousand to 700,000 feet Is her
usual cargo. Whllo tho steamer Is now
on her way to tho lumber porta, there
nro Homowhore on tho'seau bound to
Boston four schooners laden with ma
hognny logs. Tholr cargoes aro each
about 250,000 to 300,000 feet. Employ
ed In Nicaragua nnd tho United States
of Colombia ore from 1,000 to 1,500 na
tlvo workmen and lumbermen. Theso
nro under Amerlcnn bosses. Tho trees
from which mnhogany furniture Is
mndo vnry In ago and bIzo. When cut
thoy rnngo In ngo from twnty-flvo to
thirty yenrn, and sumo of them nro
oven sovonty-flvo years old. Thoy
nvorngo twenty-flvo Inches or moro In
diameter nnd run as largo aa forty
Inches or oven moro. For ovory ma
hogany trco that Ib cut two others aro
planted, and thus tho fo rents nro prac
tically unoxhnuBtlblo. From tho tlmo
thnt the trco la felled to the hour that
It Is dumped off tho steamer at tho Bos
ton docks Is nn eventful llfo for tho
mahogany log, Tho trco Is cut Into
tho proper lengths nnd then cornea tho
tedious journey to the coast, whoro It
Is taken on board tho vessels bound for
this port. Tho greater part of tho cut
ting Is dono during tho dry season,
which in tho United States of Colora
bln begins nbont Dccombor 1. Tho na
tives of that country soom to maka
bettor loggors nnd are hotter adapted
to lumbering than tho Nlcnraguans. In
Nicaragua tho sooson is moro irregular
and for lumbering Is loss to bo de
ponded upon. After tho troo Is cut It
is hauled to tho nearest waterway and
rafted to tho coast. Tho logs are
hauled by teamB of oxon from ono to
six miles In Nicaragua, but otton tho
dlstanco Is vory much grontcr, tho
journey sometimes taking two days.
Tho roads consist of paths through tho
forest that aro nothing loss than
Bwamps nnd morasses, through which
tho oxen and horses fioundor along.
Only anlmnls trained to this kind of
work would over mako any progress
and American beasts woufd wallow
about perfectly helpless.
Clan-Day scrimmage at Harvard.
Young Harvard has boon stirred to
tho doptliB nt tho news that the corpor
ation Intended to abolish the scrlm
mago around tho treo which has formed
part of tho class day exercises for moro
than eighty years, says Harpor'a Wcok
ly. It seems that every class since tho
bnttlo of Waterloo has had a scrlm
mngo around the treo on class day ex
cept the clnss of 1877, which could not
manage to select class-day officers and
fallod on thnt account to follow the
usual programme. In that year, no
provision for class day being made by
tho class, tho corporation lntorvonod,
appointed officers of tho day and, with
the assistance of Prof. Lowoll, who
entertained tho class at breakfast, and
of tho Harvard nlno, which beat Yale
In tho nftornoon on Jarvls field, pro
vided a day of considerable festivity.
There wore no chnpol exercises, no ora
tion, no poem nnd, so far aa is known,
no regrets nt the omission of those
features. But successful aa this class
day wns there Is no desire to repeat it.
So strong were tho objections of tho
class of '97 to the suppression of the
scrimmage that it was proposed thut
If tho corporation was obdurate and
wouldn't "listen to reason" tho class
day officers would resign and no ob
servance of tho day be attempted. Hap
pily harsh measures llko theso are not
likely to ho needed. Tho seniors have
grown calmer, mlldor mothods are ob
taining, and tho last nows was that
the authorities would bo glad to ugree
to any compromise by which those
features of the trco exercises which
had become dangerous, through tho
great Increase In tho number both of
participants and spectators, could he
eliminated and tho more attractive
ones be retained.
Heaven.
The real heaven Is a mate and not
a rfloce, Tho heavenly character con
ditions the heavenly Inheritance. Lovo
to God and love to men are the es
sential elements of this character.
Earth is a hell below without this love,
and heaven would also be a hell if It
were wanting. Bishop Fallows.
False Claims.
A man Is making a false claim for
himself who calls hlmlf a. Christian
while denying the supernatural ele
ment In the Bible and reserving for
himself the right to reject or accept
any portion of it, as would any other
teaching which might bo presented to
him. Rev. Walter Calloy.
The HMt l'owerful 1'oUoa.
When snake venom Is concentrated
by removing tho albumen substance
and retaining the othor two, what la
left constitutes the most powerful
poison known to toxicology. It has
been reckoned, that a single thimbleful
of It suitably 'applied would be enough
to klH 25,000.
A Domeitlo View;.
"Mamma, what Is the bicycle indus
try?" "Well, it must be the way we all
have to hop around and wait on your
father when he takes a notion, to eleaa
his wheel." Detroit Free Press. '
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