Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 28 August 1897 — Page 2

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mu.\nKI.IMIIA*«t ROY \I. PROGR FOR THK I.. A. W. MEET.

HOUNDING THE MARK, THE CR1TICA L PERIOD IN THE R.VJH.

RECORD-HHEAKING TRACK.

Aafe»( ntxl Speedlent In the ('ountry nnd ReoordM Are Sure to Be Annlli tin ted—A Monster t'entury Run

Planned.

PHILADELPHIA. —Not siuce tin* wntennlal year lias this city had such a bis job on its hands as now confronts it. Fully 50,000 wheelmen are expected to attend the annual meet of the L. A. which begins on Wednesday, Aug. 4. and. aside from tin* largest attendance in the history of file annual gatherings of the orgauiza tlon, there are many considerations which point to its being a record breaker all along the line. One of the most important features Is the new board track at Willow Grove, constructed especially for the races of the meet, and generally considered to be the fastest and safest track in the country. The racing men, and particularly the pacers on quads and sextets, can let themselves loose to the limit of their power, with the knowledge that the track will hold them, no matter what their speed. "A 1.30 dip," says the builder, "won't worry tills track a bit, and if tin* men can bit it up to even a higher gait they will be as safe as if they were riding

eight miles an hour.”

There is little doubt that the records will suffer, for all the distances included In the racing schedule, as the track certainly merits all the applause It has received, and the painstaking method of its construction will surely serve as a model for a loug time. The track is three laps to the mile. Tin* foundations are of stone and the supporting timbers are of heavy pine, tirmly braced with iron stays and bolts. The surface lumber is of 2x4 yellow pine, selected stock, laid lengthwise iind bent on tin* turns, which gives a ttiirface offering the least possible resistance. Tlx* entire construction, the surface as well as the supporting work, lias boon thoroughly coated with waterproof paint. With a view of preventing the annoying glare so often complained of by racing men, tlx* sur-

face of tlx* track lias been painted an ~ 7 olive green color, as it lias been deni- Junction with the L. A. \\., the proonstrated that that shade la peculiarly B r * mme , ' v,,, " s »>e ,n * “ follows:

restful to the eyes.

t> its widest point the track meastin's 40 feet, that being the width the

MiLLKIWS,

CRUISE OK THE X. Y. YACHT ClA'B

Allot T TO UEUI.V

SQUADRON TO NUMBER 100.

NEW YORK, .—On Monday, Aug. 2, lu the pretty Long Island harbor of Glen Cove, will be gathered two and a half millions' worth of yachts, or, in other words, the cruising squadron of the New York Yacht Club. There will be one hundred of these dainty vessels, from the small sharknosed, thirty foot single sticker to the leviathan steam yacht, representing an outlay of $501,000 and costing $300 u

day to keep in commission.

There will be a greater number of very small and very large yachts lu this year's cruise than ever before, as the racing men are steadily going in

L. A. w. specials, leaving the Chest-

iii"v run over nut street \\ half at 0 .\. ^1, Lveiy-

linum is 20 feet, in the

The sweeps from tin* straights Ae turns are constructed with

music, dancing, etc.

Thursday, Aug. 5-

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entir. length ot the stu.di 1 lx min- mile, championship, profes- the picturesque Wissahlckon. ‘‘All- evening. backstretch. , , , U1 „i mi i t . open, amateur; night smoker" (stag., a nnislco-athletic Assurances have been received from lut0 one mile, 2.05 class professional. melange, to bo held In one of the larg- 1 all the crack riders, both professional

P ar * Second Pav Half mile, ehamplon- est amusement buildings in the elty. i an ^ amateur, that they will be on

tjoular care and the lines arc so ac- sl) professional; one mile, handicap. L. A W. ball, probably at Horticul ! hand to try for the prizes hung up by curately adjusted that tlx* danger of a . imnU , ur one mile open, professional; ! turnl Hall, ,1 "‘ Committee, and Philadelphia spill is reduced to a minimum. The nvo mi j e8 championship, amateur; Friday, Aug. (V Runs to League Isl-1 cyclists arc counting upon their abil- . xtreme banking at tlx* apex of each nil | 0 handicap professional; five and and Point Freeze, West Fairinount, i»y to show the world just how a turn is upward of 8 feet. miles, championship, professional. Park, the Wissahlckon. Trial heats league meet should be held. The Race Committee has exercised programme for the entertain- at the new Willow Grove track. Run i splendid Judgment in Its arrangemeut m cnt of the League prepared by coin- to Willow Grove. Finals of the llrst On a certain man-of-war on the Paof the championship events. The mittees made up from the associated day's races. ‘‘Wheelmen’s night” at elfle station a few years ago the ofllamateurs and professionals will com- ( q n t )S 0 f the city is a varied one, and Willow Grove; music by the Dam-i cers had Chinese servants, and alpoto in their respective classes, in- w jn ^ecp the visitors busy during the roscli Symphony Orchestra, refresh- 1 though they could scarcely speak a stead of riding in open championships. : f M1ir days of the meet, and even long- ments, exhibition riding, fireworks, etc. word of English, they were quick to Distance races have been excluded er if they eare to attempt the task of Saturday, Aug. 7—Run to Fort learn what was shown to them, and and while tills is certain to raise a exhausting the hospitality of their Washington. Run through West Fair- soon did like clockwork the lire drill wail of protest from a limited few, the hosts. The amusements are briefly mount and up the Wissaliiekon. Trial with buckets. One day there was a majority will be well pleased. The outlined in the olticial programme as heats at Willow Grove track. Run to real Are. Volumes of smoke poured up trial heats will be run oil' in the morn follows: Willow Grove. Last day’s races (In-1 from the fore hold, and it took several lug, leaving the semi finals and finals Wednesday, Aug. 4 Reception and eluding the $500 professional mile j streams of water nearly an hour to put to whoop up the excitement in the af- registration of visitors. Distribution of open) at tlx* Willow Grove track. i out the flames. When the fire was unternoon. Several hundred entries are credentials, badges, souvenir albums. While tlx* meet proper ends on Sat- der control some one thought of the expected, and complete arrangements etc. All day run to Valley Forge, unlay night, then* will be a monster i Chinamen, and behold! there they have been nude for the care of the Tour through Fairinount Park. Ex- century run on Sunday to and from | were, ranged in line and in plain sight men at the track. Icursion on the Delaware, affording a Atlantic City, In which it is expected I of the smoking hatchway, rapidly The races will be decided on Aug. O'view of the harbor at night and fol-.thnt two or three thousand riders will passing their buckets along and empnnd 7, under the auspices of the As-j lowed by a trip down the river and a take part. This will be under the man-j tying them over the ship’s side, as they •related Cycling Clubs, acting In con-1 stop .'it one of the popular resorts, with agemenl of a combination of the Tours! had been taught to do.- St. Nicholas.

BIKERS OK ALL KINDS AND IN EVERY COSTIMB WILL SWOOP DOWN UPON THE QUAKER CITY.

CRIME AMONG WOMEN. and Administrative Force at the

l-rlKon of Aylesbury.

Is crime decreasing among women? A day spent by special order from the home secretary In the female convict prison at Aylesbury would lead one at first emphatically to answer in the affirmative, for within its walls is contained the whole of the feminine criminal population of England and Wales, undergoing sentences of penal servitude of three years or over that term. The entire number was on the date that I was there 199, a total now seldom exceeded by more than five or six, says a writer in the London Telegraph. Statistics unfortunately are less reassuring, though the reformatory and industrial schools act, the summary jurisdiction act and the shortening of sentences have relieved the convict prisons of a considerable proportion of those who would otherwise have been

? ii i -i rdoaunn, inmates, while the last committee on for smaller craft, while the pleasure ' ...... „ crowd are just as steadily moving in Prisons forcibly pointed out that a the direction of the big ocean liners. | diminution of persons under detention Ten years ago a 200-foot steam yacht could not for many reasons be taken was a nautical century plaut, but now as conclusive indication of a correit is as common ns plentitude can spending decrease in crime. Women's make it. leu years ago the racing offenses, with a few exceptions, belong

man owned, or aspired to owning, a 90-foot sloop, but now such a craft is regarded as a white elephant, while a 3u-fgoter Is viewed with tlx* highest favor, even by men to whom expense

is no consideration.

The reasons for tills change are tenfold. In tin* first place, the 90-foot sloop is practical only for racing, and to handle her huge sails requires the strength of a crew of thirty or thirtyfive men. For ordinary cruising at least twenty men have to be shipped, and the berthing of these men. the necessary cooking, and kindred requirements encroach heavily upon the space which ought to go to the owner and his guests. Then the expense of maintaining them is such that the ordinary single calibre millionaire finds that the biggest item in his yearly expense Is that of yachting, for the big sloops are delicate craft, and something is continually getting out of gear, and the repair figures for the

season are enormous.

In a small yacht the owner can have twice ns much racing at a small fraction of the worry and expense of running a big sloop. Then he can take a more active part in the handling of tlx* boat. A crew of three or four men serves all ordinary purposes, and In a race the muscular assistance of a couple of friends for handling the main sheet is all that is required. For these reasons the 1897 cruise of the New York Yacht Club will be conspicuous for the number of small boats, and for another reason, namely, that the newly elected Commodore, J. Pierpont Morgan, will be in command of the fleet on his palatial steam yacht

Corsair.

There Is some curiosity among yachtsmen to see what kind of a cruising coaimodofe Mr. Morgan makes. He has the wealth behind him to do almost anything, but it is a question whether he has the inclination. In yachting, as in everything else, Mr. Morgan has always leaned toward exclusiveness, but if he continues this course during the cruise he will be judged a fiat failure. The Commodore's yacht during the cruise is always regarded as a stamping ground for the men of the whole fleet, a fashion established by the wide hospitality extended by Elbridgo T. Gerry during the several years that he served as Commodore. Everyone belonging to the fleet was welcomed to the Electra, Commodore Gerry’s yacht, and made to feel that his visit was a great honor to the Commodore. But Mr. Gerry was a prince of urbanity and goodfeilowshlp, while Mr. Morgan’s well known irascibility and his habit of riding roughshod over everybody aad everything to the exclusion of all things but the convenience of Mr. Morgan, makes his part in the cruise a

matter of speculation.

Another feature of the cruise will be the number of yachts In the squadron owned and captained by women. The most conspicuous of these are the steam yachts Barracouta, owned by Mrs. Sarah D. Fell: the Elsa, owned by Miss Eloise L. Breose; the Scythian, owned by Miss S. Do E. Day, and the Stranger, owned by Mrs. George Lewis. On all of these steam yachts there will be large parties of ladies, the guests of the owners, who are

proven deep sea sailors.

Some of the other big steam yachts will he G. \V. C. Drcxel's Alcedo, lionry M. Flagler’s Alicia, P. A. B. VVidener’s Josephine, John P. Morgan's | Kanawha, John Jacob Actor’s Nourj mnhnl, E. C. Benedict's Oneida. Henry | \V. Caution's Egret, John H. Flagler's Anita, Robert Goelet's Beatrice, John R. Drcxel's Sultana, Joseph Stlckney's

to the less heroic orders of crime, and passing base money, theft, assault and even cruelty to children are dealt with in the humane spirit which has prompted the lightest punishment consistent with justice. Hence penal servitude is comparatively seldom meted out to the sex. Woking was vacated as a female convict establishment last November, when its inmates were transferred to their present quarters at Aylesbury. Originally the buildings were used as the county jail, but Buckinghamshire is now in the creditable position of requiring far less prison accommodation than they offered, and it was found that they could well be converted to a penal establishment for women. The edifice stands on an elevation outside the old-fashioned little town and Its exterior aspect, save for Its heavy, iron-studded doors, hardly suggests its internal character. One Is courteously asked to wait a minute or two within its massive, doubly locked portals while the credentials with which one is furnished are taken in and laid before Dr. George Walker, who enjoys a unique position in the prison administration of the united kingdom, inasmuch as he is both governor and superintending medical officer. These being satisfactory, I am ushered into the governor’s office, where Dr. Walker quickly enumerates a few facts and figures as to the establishment. Next in authority to himself ?s Miss Collingwood, a lady who ranks as deputy governor and who has had many years of experience with female criminals. The position of lady scripture reader is an official one, and this Miss Collingwood held before her appointment, to the higlier responsibility at Woking. There is a chief matron, six principal matrons and several under matrons, numbering in all, with four school mistresses, a staff of thirty-two women. Some half-dozen stalwart and well set up men, who have served in the army, act as gatekeepers and in nominal outdoor posts, for long experience has proved that if a woman prisoner becomes exceedingly violent or refractory it is an absolute necessity to have male assistance at hand. Speaking generally, however, the convicts are most amenable, and scarcely ever give any trouble; but if one does fairly "break out,” the mere appearance of the two men standing behind the matrons is the quickest and most effectual way of restoring order and quiet. As times go and the keen competition for all posts open to women, a prison matron—the term "wardress” is not used—is comfortably placed. Her salary starts at £60 a year and she is provided with a room, firing, light and uniform, this last consisting of a black dress, a neat bonnet and a long dark-blue jacket. Many are the daughters or sisters of warders in other prisons, and, of course, the fullest inquiries are made and the utmost care is exercised in selection and appoint-

ment.

L.I Hung; ('hang;. It Is said that the international r» lations of China, the progressive move' menta of the empire in appropriattn western arts and sciences, have for th, past score of years been mainly i n . corporated in the personality of oilman, LI Hung Ohang. This remanable individual was born at Su CVw in the Hofei district in 1819. He w u among the first In three successive literary examinations, in 1847 In the Im. perial Academy, accorded the highest degree in the empire. He was an official in the Imperial printing oflhe when the famous Talplng rebellion that cost 20,000,000 dives, broke out in 1851, and then first attained national prominence. He was called to the war to act on the staff of the Generalissimo, and before it had ended became governor of the important province of Kiang Su. Li’s appreciation of western military skill led to a reorganization of the army, a Chinese legion being disciplined and armed according to European fashion, led first by an American, Ward, who recruited the troops, and afterward by the more celebrated Gordon. This small army, known as "the Ever Victorious Force,” fought with great valor and signal success under both these leaders, and was the prime factor in the overthrow of the Taipings. Li led the last campaign in person and showed as much genius in the field as he had displayed in the council. In 1870 he was promoted to Che viceroyalty of Kiang Su, a province of 20,000,000 Inhabitants. It was by his authority that thirty Chiuese boys started to the United States in 1872 for their education, and the Tung-Wan-Khan College was established by Dr. Martin under his patronage in the same year. In the Russian war scare of 1880 Li became the authoritative leader of the peace party, and prevented China from rushing into a disastrous war. He at this time advocated the telegraph as a factor of war power, and over 12,000 miles are in operation, connecting provincial and commercial centers with Peking. He began a similar move in favor of railways in the empire, but the opposition of all classes was overwhelming. As administrator of foreign affairs, his policy was peace even at the price of concession, so that the empire might be strengthened and the progress of internal development proceed unbroken. The army of North China has now 150,000 men equipped with the latest pattern of repeating rifle. Li has opened coal and iron mines, is establishing blast furnaces, two large steel plants having been established at Hankow. This will eventually enable China to build her own navy. In spite of tremendous obstacles this tenacious Chinaman has never swerved or lost his grip, and has wrought wonders in overcoming the prejudices against moderism that exist in Chinese society. In addition to being governor of the province in which is located Peking, LI Hung Ohang is Senior Grand Secretary of State, High Imperial Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, Director General of the Coast Defenses of the North and Imperial Navy Northern Superintendent of Trade, Commander in Chief of the Army of North China. He might seem a verit able Pooh Bah, but these offices aro not merely nominal, as they are all carefully watched by their progressive and vigilant executive.

An Invisible Monkey* There are many animals, especially birds and insects, which mimic in their colors and shapes the natural objects amid which they dwell, and thus fre-

quently escape the eyes of their ene-

Susquehanna and Francis Peabody mies; hut, as Dr. Lydekker says in ™S ,n ii 'v lp< K. ! " un,u flUl " •'

absent, as her owner is cruising in the

North Sea.

Of the big sloops and schooners, the only absentee of historic fame will bo the Defender. Even the old schooner

case was known where a monkey, for the sake of protection, resembled in form or coloration either some other animal or an inanimate object." Such monkeys were discovered by Dr. J. W.

America, that won tlx* America's Cup ; Gregory during his recent journey in more than half a century ago, Is being East Africa. Near relatives of the tuned up, and will prohahlv join the m ,„,i i u. , . 1 fleet at New London or Newport. “ onkeys seen 1,y him have lon e been From Glen Cove the fleet will make known ,r) na t ur &llBts, and have excited the sixty-four nlle run to New i^,n- ‘ suri,1 ' iso by the brilliant contrast of the don; or, if the wind Is light, a stop will | black fur covering their body and be uiade at Morris Cove. The next limbs with the snow-white mantle of

long, silky hair hanging from their shoulders and the equally white plumes on their tails. This contrast. Dr. Gregory found, serves to render the animals practically invisible,for the trees which they inhabit have black stems, and are draped with pendant masses of graywhite lichen, amid which the monkeys

■an hardly be distinguished.

a.xi kuus and Entertainment and Re-1 ecptlon Committees, and all things | An American naval officer, washing considered, it promises to be the big to bathe in a Ceylon river, asked a nagest feature of the meet. tlve to show him to n place where The slow riders will be started on there were no alligators. The native the Journey at 5 A. M„ and detach took him to a pool close to the estuary, ments of other riders will he started at The officer enjoyed his dip. While short Intervals until 7 A. M„ when drying himself, he asked his guide why I the crack riders will leave in a bunch there were never any alligators in that Those who do not care to make the pool. "Because, sail,” the Cingalese l trip awheel can Journey by rail in j ropiifi "thqy plenty’fraid of shark!"

run will be to Newport, where the races for the valued Goelet cups for sloops and schooners will be sailed on either Aug. 5 or 0. These races are sailed over a triangular course from the Bren ton's Reef lightship each leg of the course being ter. miles, and from present indications they will furnish tlie most notable yachting

events of the year.

On Saturday the fleet will head for Vineyard Haven, and If the weather be at all rough the little boats will have a splendid chance of showing their seagoing qualities on this run, as the forty miles of sea between Martha’s Vineyard and the Rhode Island coast has a nasty habit of cutting high Jinks on short notice. Monday, the 0th, the fleet will head over to New Bedford, and the following day will return to Newport, the dis-

banding point.

This cruise is regarded as a yearly godsend by the thrifty New Englanders. More money is spent by the yachtsmen in one of the small towns in twenty-four hours than is ordinarily seen lu twenty-four days, and It Is ail spent with.a large profit to the seller.

Strawberry Short Cake. Mix one-fourth pound pulverized sugar with one-fourth pound clean creamery butter, grind into this onefourth to a sound lemon peel. Mix very thoroughly for about ten minutes, using the hands. Then add three eggs, one at a time, and continue mixing for about ten minutes longer. Then gradually add, during thr*a minutes, one-fourth pound well-sifted flour. Cover a baking sheet of brown paper, placing on top two tin cake rings nine inches in diameter and one inch thick. Divide the preparation equally Into two parts, then place in a modern oven to bake thirty minutes. After which take out and allow to cool thirty minutes in the air (not in the refrigerator), then remove paper and take off the rings. Pick and clean one quart of sound strawberries and have a dish ready with a paper cover. Lay one of the cakes on this and then spread two spoonfuls of whipped cream and cover with cream. Sprinkle the one-half of the strawberries with pulverized sugar, after which place the other cake on top and place the same amount of cream as before on this and then place balance of berries on this cream. Sprinkle liberally with sugar. Place on this one-half pint of whipped cream a la vanilla, spreading it even|ly. Any decoration will he suitable for the top, nice choice strawberries being the most suitable.

Burking Dogs In Japan. When a dog harks at nights in Japan the owner is arrested and sentenced to work a year for the neighbors who were disturbed. The dog is killed. Perhaps this accounts for the superstition that when a dog howls at night a death will shortly occur.

A Trolley Air Ship. A St. lands genius has completed plans for a trolley air ship between Si Ijouis and Chicago. It provides for a balloon to lift a cir a few feet from the ground, where it engages a trolley and starts away for Chicago. B u not yet in operation.

< horolate Ire Crexni, For about two quarts and a half of cream use a pint and a half of mnit. a quart of thin cream, two cupfuls of sugar, two ounces of chocolate, two eggs and two heaping tablespoonfuls of flour. Put the milk on to boil in the double boiler; put the flour and one cupful of the sugar In a bowl; add the eggs ami heat the mixture until light. Stir this into the boiling milk, and cook for twenty-minutes, stirring often. Scrape the chocolate and put It in a small saucepan. Add four tablespoonfuls of sugar (which should be taken from the second cupful) and two tablespoonfuls of hot water. Stir over a hot fire until smooth and glossy. Add this to the cooking mixture. When the preparation has cooked for twenty minutes, take it from the Are and add the remainder of the sugar and the cream, which should be gradually beaten into the hot mixture. Set away to cool, and when cold freeze.