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Capt. Abercrombie Tells of the Horrors Along the Copper River
Scurvy Killing Hundreds—Commander of Copper River Expedition Reports on Routes For Government Roads
Washington, Jan. 28.—The war department has made public an important report from Capt. W. R. Abercrombie, Second Infantry, who commanded the Copper River exploring expedition in Alaska last season. The chief topic treated in the report is the laying out of the great trans-Alaskan military route from Port Valdez, Alaska, to Fort Egbert on the Yukon. While engaged in this work, the officer was charged to take note of the mineral resources of the country, of its adaptability for agriculture and stock raising, and the fuel and food products for man and animal.
Capt. Abercrombie arrived at Valdez, the starting point of the expedition, on the 21st of April, being received by a motley crowd which had just come across the Valdez glacier from the Copper River valley. He found that hundreds of people were dying of starvation and scurvy in the Copper River country. The people at Valdez were in a most pitiable condition, crowded in miserable huts like sardines in a box. There were no facilities for bathing; most of the sufferers had scurvy, and not a few frost-bitten hands, faces and feet. The tops of old rubber boots and strips of gunny sack made socks for many of them. The stench was intolerable, and 70 per cent of the inmates of the huts were mentally deranged. This was common to those whom a fear of scurvy had driven over the glacier, where so many had perished by freezing to death.
Old railroad and trail builders were the men selected by Capt. Abercrombie to build a military road, and they started from Valdez April 29, and proceeded to the mouth of Keystone canyon. The harbor at Valdez, owing to the proximity of the Japanese current, is accessible at all seasons of the year to ships of any size, except about one-half mile at its head. The only feasible site for a railroad terminal is a narrow strip of land three-fourths of a mile broad, extending up the lower river some five miles, and south of a small stream flowing from Robe Lake. There is practically a nominal grade up the valley passage through Keystone canyon with ordinary canyon work, and emerging on the foot plain of the inner canyon basin.
From that point there are two feasible routes: One east of Marshall Pass at the elevation of 1700 feet and down the Tasnuna to the Copper River valley; the other turning north, crossing the mountain range and Thompson Pass, 2600 feet high, thence down the Telkhell River valley through the Swampy Pass at the head of Knata, thence down the Tonsina into the Copper River valley. Capt. Abercrombie believes that the future for a railroad through this section of Alaska is very promising, owing to the presence of large zones of heavily mineralized copper deposits, the development of which he says undoubtedly will yield a local tonnage of great volume. He states that the proximity of tie and bridge timber and the absence of any great engineering features, would render railroad construction a comparatively easy problem. Edward Gillette, a member of the expedition, contributes an important chapter to the report on the feasibility of establishing a practical railroad route up the Copper River valley. He draws a comparison between the route from Seattle to Skaguay, with the Valdez route, to the advantage of the latter. He shows that while the distance from Seattle to Skaguay is 1050 miles, as against 1250 miles from Seattle to Valdez, the difference is practically offset by the unimpeded passage of the outside route.
Then vessels are not required to pass through some 400 miles of water claimed by a foreign country, and Valdez is much nearer by railroad to the 40-mile country. Insurance rates on the inside route are also double those on the outside routes. Mr. Gillette describes in detail the route from Valdez to the Yukon country, elaborating a rough outline given by Capt. Abercrombie. He believes that the development of the country in the future probably will necessitate the construction of both lines from the northern end of the Keystone canyon through Thompson Pass and by Marshall Pass. He recommends that that line be constructed on a three foot gauge in the interest of economy and rapidity of construction, arguing that the narrow gauge would fully meet the needs of the country. The report makes a comparison of the projected Valdez road and the existing railroad from Skaguay over White Pass to Lake Bennett, showing that the maximum grades are much less; that the curvature is less and the Valdez highest elevation is fully 300 feet less than White Pass road.
The snow slides from which the White Pass suffers can be practically eliminated from the Valdez route by the peculiar formation of the country and the careful placing of the line. The point is also made that the projected route would lie entirely within United States territory. He fixes the probable cost at $153,500, or $22,531 per mile, the estimate being from 25 to 50 per cent higher than rates in the United States. A direct line from Valdez to Port Egbert, on the Yukon would be 310 miles long and 350 miles would afford all the diversion required for the line. The report refers to the trade of Central Alaska as an unknown quantity, but dwells at length upon the reputation the country has of possessing vast deposits of copper ore.
In conclusion the report treats of the agricultural resources, showing that the soil is productive, that vegetables and hay can be raised; that there is plenty of timber, and that hardy farmers from Norway and Sweden would farm as successfully in the Copper River valley as in their own country. The country also contains coal of good quality and marble of various colors.
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war office does not give any idea of the casualties in taking and holding Spion Kop, but a report from the Boer headquarters near Ladysmith, via Lourenzo Marques, says that 1500 British dead were left on the battlefield. This number is thought to include the wounded. The report also said that Gen. Buller had been down with fever, but had recovered.
If Boer reports are to be accepted, "the abandonment of Spion Kop was due to the inability of the British to resist the Boer attack, the Boers carrying the first trenches and taking 150 prisoners."
The following dispatch has been received in London from Pretoria, dated Jan. 25, via Lourenzo Marques, Jan. 28: "The government is advised that, after heavy fighting near Spion Kop, some British on the kop being stormed hoisted a white flag. One hundred and fifty prisoners. God be thanked, although we also had to give brave and valuable lives."
British Prisoners Praise Gallantry of the Burghers
Boer Headquarters, Modder Spruit, Upper Tugela, Wednesday, Jan. 24.—(Midnight), via Lourenzo Marques, Thursday, Jan. 25.
Some Vyrheid burghers from the outposts on the highest hills of the Spion Kop group rushed into the laager, saying that the kop was lost and that the English had taken it. Reinforcements were ordered up, little or nothing could be done for some time, the hill being enveloped in thick mist.
At dawn, the Heidleberg and Carolina contingents, supplemented from other commandos, began the ascent of the hill. Three spurs, precipitous projections, faced the Boer positions. Up these, the advance was made. The horses were left under the first terrace of rocks. Scaling the steep hill, the Boers found that the English had improved the opportunity and entrenched heavily. Between the lines of trenches was an open veldt, which had to be rushed under a heavy fire, not only from rifles, but of lyddite and shrapnel from field guns.
Three forces ascended the three spurs co-ordinately, under cover of fire from the Free State Krupps, a creusote and a big Maxim. The English tried to rush the Boers, with the bayonets, but they went down before the Boer rifle fire as before a scythe.
The Boer investing party advanced step by step until 2 in the afternoon, when a white flag went up and one hundred and fifty men in the front trenches surrendered, being sent as prisoners to the head laager.
The Boer advance continued on the two kopjes east of Spion Kop. Many Boers were shot, but so numerous were the burghers that the gaps filled automatically. Toward twilight they reached the summit of the second kopje, but did not get further. The British Maxims belched flame, but a wall of fire from the Mausers held the English back. Their centre, under this pressure, gradually gave way and broke, abandoning the position.
The prisoners speak highly of the bravery of the burghers, who, despising cover, stood against the skyline edges of the summit, to shoot the Dublin Fusileers sheltered in the trenches.
Mentions Warren's Difficulty in Holding His Position
London, Jan. 29.—The Daily News publishes a dispatch dated Spearman's Camp, Wednesday afternoon, but held back presumably by the censor until Friday, Jan. 26, 6.40 p. m.: "Having gallantly taken a portion of Tabanyama mountain during last night, Gen. Warren's troops are finding considerable difficulty in holding it. There has been heavy fighting today. The Boer shells are splendidly directed and in the face of the enemy's heavy fire, the further advance of our forces has been checked.
"Again and again attempts had been made to dislodge the enemy, and things had begun to look serious. Determined as had been their attack, however, the Boers had not succeeded in dislodging them. Meanwhile the Kings Royal Rifles, approaching from the Potgieter's Drift side of the mountain began the arduous ascent of Spion Kop. The heights at the place where they arrived were precipitous, and their task was no light one. They advanced, however, and apparently at first without knowledge of the Boers; but before reaching the top they became exposed to a flank fire from the enemy.
"The last part of the hill was even more precipitous than the road along which they had come, but the brave fellows scrambled up little by little, sometimes on their feet and hands, sometimes crawling on their knees, until panting and exhausted, they reached the top and threw themselves down upon the ground with a cheer. It was grandly accomplished.
"There is still the serious difficulty of keeping this important point without artillery. The position, therefore, now is that the British hold the Spion Kop at the east end of the range. They also hold the west end. The Boers are entrenched in the intermediate part, beside holding other entrenched positions on the adjoining kopjes, which command the British positions."
Dropped Shells Into English Ranks to a Nicety
Spearman's Camp, Friday, Jan. 26.—About 2 o'clock on the morning of Jan. 24 (Wednesday), when heavy clouds rested upon the kopjes, the main point of the Boer position, Tabanyama, was stormed by the British infantry under Gen. Woodgate. Our force crossed over a ravine and climbed the mountain side steadily, getting within 30 yards of the enemy's first line of trenches.
The Boers opened fire from several points, but it was apparent that they had been taken completely by surprise, and their resistance was dispirited. The western crest of the hill was soon won, and the infantry crept along the top of the hill. At daybreak, however, the Boers from a high point on the extreme east, sent a withering fire among the British, which momentarily staggered them.
The Boers had the range fixed to a nicety and their artillery sent several shells right to the top of the crest, forcing the infantry to take cover. The British held the position against great odds. At 10 o'clock strong reinforcements were sent up the hill and advanced in skeleton formation, the enemy being driven back to the extreme point.
Leyds a Lion
London, Jan. 29.—The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail says: "Dr. Leyds is a popular lion here. He is being welcomed with an enthusiasm ordinarily extended only to most favored envoys. I have ascertained from unimpeachable evidence, that he is trying to induce Germany to mediate on the basis of a guarantee of the independence of the Boer republic, which would be granted some minor territorial concessions, but not a port, this latter being left for future negotiations with a certain power having colonies in South Africa.
"Dr. Leyds is offering Germany commercial, railway and mining monopolies as well as other inducements. If he fails here, he will try Washington through Mr. Macrum and Montague White, and St. Petersburg by an envoy to Russia. It is not likely that he will obtain an audience of Emperor William. During his reception by Count Von Bulow, no present matters were mentioned."
That Is What St. Louis Residents Think Should Be Done
St. Louis, Jan. 28.—The Fourteenth Street Theatre was packed with enthusiastic sympathizers of the Boer cause today. Dr. Emil Pretorius, editor of the Post; acted as chairman. Addresses were made by ex-Gov. W. J. Stone, Judges Romijou and Estes, J. W. Taylor and Hon. O'Neill Ryan. Resolutions extremely strong and sympathetic were read and adopted. After declaring in favor of freedom as defined by Abraham Lincoln, they call upon the president of the United States to use his good offices to bring about a quick ending of the struggle between the Boer republic and Great Britain and if later development tend to forecast the ultimate victory of Great Britain, to step in and "demand" that the war be stopped. They also ask the president of the United States to at once recognize the representatives of the Transvaal and Orange Free State officially.
Citizens of Minneapolis Condemn the British
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 28.—A Pro-Boer mass meeting of citizens was held at the Exposition today, which was attended by about 4000 people. Addresses were delivered by Gov. John Lind, Mayor James Gray and Judge William Prentiss of Chicago.
Resolutions were adopted expressing hearty sympathy with the Boers of South Africa, denouncing the efforts of Great Britain to annihilate the republic and to crush the spirit of freedom, commending the manner in which Pres. Kruger and his people have conducted the war, condemning the British for the use of dum-dum bullets and lyddite shells, protesting against the seizure of American flour and beseeching the president of the United States to act as a mediator between the Boers and British.
Latest Movements
London, Jan. 29.—A special dispatch from Spearsman's Camp, dated Friday, and supplying additional details of the operations of Wednesday, says:
"The British made a most successful movement today. They deployed to Gen. Warren's right flank and reinforced the troops in possession of Tabanyama. They were subjected to a heavy Boer shell fire, but stood their ground nobly.
"Part of Gen. Lyttleton's Brigade extended on the plain in front of Mount Alice, and, within two hours, scaled the height of Spion Kop under a heavy fire. One rifleman, who reached the summit before his comrades, proudly stood on top."
A Limit Set
Cape Town, Jan. 26.—Sir Alfred Milner, British high commissioner, has issued a proclamation announcing that her majesty's government will not recognize as valid any forfeiture, fine or encumbrance upon property in the Transvaal or the Free State, subsequent to Oct. 10, the date when war was declared.
Flour Hearings
Cape Town, Jan. 28.—The prize court has fixed Monday, Jan. 29, for the hearings with respect to the American flour, said to be intended for the Boers, which was on board the British steamer Mashona, from New York, Nov. 30, when she was captured by the British gunboat Partridge last month. The overdue transport Manchester Corporation has arrived here.
Insane Through War News
New Britain, Conn., Jan. 28.—James Jubb, an Englishman, aged 28, in a fit of insanity, committed suicide this morning by gashing his throat with a carving knife. It is said his insanity was the outcome of constant brooding on the war in the Transvaal.
Little Barbadoes Aids
St. Thomas, D. W. I., Jan. 28.—An enthusiastic meeting was held in Bridgeton, Barbadoes, last Wednesday to consider steps for the organization of a volunteer force to demonstrate the desire of Barbadoes to share in the defence of the empire.
Roberts Visits Maine
Cape Town, Jan. 25.—Lord Roberts, after visiting the hospital ship Maine, over which he was conducted by Lady Randolph Churchill, expressed his entire satisfaction with the arrangements. The Maine will said for Durban tomorrow.
Leinster Will Go
Halifax, N. S., Jan. 28.—An officer of the Leinster regiment, stationed here, today received a private cablegram stating that the Leinsters were ordered to mobilize at Aldershot for service in South Africa. Orders to this effect received a short time ago were cancelled, but they are now being renewed.
Leyds Looks For Long War
Berlin, Jan. 28.—The Deusche Tages Zeitung publishes an interview with Dr. Leyds, which represents him as having said:
"The war will certainly last a very long time. The Transvaal will decidedly not be the first to seek peace, and will refuse any proposals on the basis of the status quo."
Revenged on Jameson
Head Laager, near Ladysmith, Jan. 25, via Lourenzo Marques, Jan 26.—It is reported here that as the result of the "Long Tom's" practice on Monday, Dr. Jameson was wounded in the leg. Pres. Steyn has visited this laager.
Churchill Commissioned
Cape Town, Jan. 26.—John Churchill, second son of Lady Randolph Churchill, who accompanied her in the Maine, received from Lord Roberts his commission in the South African Light Horse.
British Dead
Boer Head Laager, Ladysmith, Jan. 25 (6 p. m.)—The British dead left on the battlefield yesterday numbered 1500.
Dreyfus Persecutor Given a Seat in the French Senate, Defeating M. Rano
Result Leaves Composition of Senate Almost Unchanged—Announcement of the Vote Causes Much Excitement
Paris, Jan. 29.—The election of 99 senators yesterday resulted in a practical rout for the Nationalists, only 3 out of their 30 candidates being elected. The Nationalists made a great show of military men, including Gens. Mercier, Lambert, Robiellot, Pothier, Cluseret and Laveuve, and Cols. Ravant and Monteil. Admiral Gallibert was also a Nationalist candidate. Of these, Gens. Mercier and Lambert alone succeeded, both commanding large majorities. Gen. Mercier was the principal Nationalist candidate.
The Nationalist press is elated at the success of Gen. Mercier, and the defeat of the Dreyfusard, M. Rano. The Dreyfusard organs express their regret at the latter's rejection, because he took a leading part throughout the Dreyfusard campaign.
There was a scene of excitement outside the Hotel De Ville when M. Rano's defeat and Gen. Mercier's election were announced almost simultaneously, the news being greeted with cries and counter cries of "Vive Mercier!" "Vive la Republique and Conspuez Rano!" but there were no disorders.
The general result leaves the composition of the Senate virtually unchanged.
The Figaro says: "We have gained nothing and lost nothing. If tomorrow a minister came before the Senate, the Senate would repeat its treatment of the ministry of M. Bourgeois, and would force a resignation."
Lake Views Lose and Win in Contests Marked By Good Work
There were two hot games on the ice at the Lake yesterday, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. In the morning the Newports defeated the Lake Views by a score of three goals to two. The men had no cages but set two large stones on the ice to designate the goals, the space between being the objective points or drives. The line up of the teams was as follows:
Newports. Lake Views. Sibley rusher Torkelson Brown rusher Russell Carni centre Whipple Johnson half back E. Clark Page goal W. Clark
The game was hotly contested. At the end of the second period of 20 minutes the score stood two goals each and the men started playing overtime. Another 20 minutes was necessary before the Newports made the third goal.
In the afternoon the Lake Views retrieved their defeat by administering one to the Worcester Ice Polo Team. The score was one goal for the Lake Views and the Worcesters did not score. The goal was caged by Whipple, who made a beautiful drive that Lewis couldn't kick out. There was considerable good driving by both sides and the goal tends made many excellent stops. The line up of the teams was:
Lake Views. Worcesters. Torkelson rusher Sibley Russell rusher Carni Whipple centre Jones E. Clark half back Rawson W. Clark goal Lewis
A Promising Snowfall Spoiled By Rain
Yesterday's storm was of the kind the experts call tantalizing. The fall of snow began at 4.45 o'clock, in the afternoon, but before the sharps had decided that it was a real snowstorm, a woman declared that it was raining—and that settled it. In its early stages the storm was very frisky. It had a fondness for laying its white coating over every ice spot in the city, and fortune seemed to favor the storm in its frivolities, for each icy spot was trod upon by some pedestrian, but only for an instant.
There were some big drops yesterday all around, although Alderman Lichtenfels and others who have patted the ice with their backs, kept indoors. At least, few who fell yesterday did much of anything else besides look undignified and say things about the beautiful snow.
When the rain began to fall in earnest, about 11 o'clock last night, there was a street car traffic which hasn't been equalled in many days. The walking wasn't exactly walking, for the deep slush made it nearer wading. Cars on the Consolidated lines had no difficulty with the storm's doings. Slippery rails bothered a little, but storms have been such a novelty this winter, that street railway men haven't had a chance to wear their storm strength away.
Traffic on all the railroads yesterday was heavy, but there were few slipups in the schedule. Passengers from Western Massachusetts expressed surprise when they reached Worcester last night. The storm in that section of the State was confined to a light fall of snow.
Uxbridge Farmer Rolls Down Stairs and Dies
Uxbridge, Jan. 28.—George White, a well known farmer, fell down a flight of stairs in his barn this evening and was instantly killed.
Phelps' Case Hopeful New Haven, Jan. 28.—No alarming change in the condition of Hon. E. J. Phelps, ex-minister to England, has occurred up to midnight. His condition continues to be critical, though it was reported that the physicians seemed to be more hopeful.
Blaze in Providence Providence, Jan. 28.—Fire practically destroyed the bakery of J. H. Althans, corner of Brook and John Streets today. The loss on the building will be about $10,000, and on the contents about an equal amount.
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against such exhibitions as took place in Crompton block, Saturday evening. The chief has gone the full limit for the present. Even if no more is ever heard in regard to that fight the chief has done his duty. He may not be able to secure sufficient evidence to warrant taking steps to prosecute. He has promised he will investigate and he will and no executive could do more. It will not be his fault if he can't get evidence. He has a big task before him. For as the fight was pulled off in secret with only members and those holding "membership tickets" admittted, the chief may find it a difficult task to secure evidence.
But he's out after it. He says he will investigate. The Pelicans will use every means in their endeavor to cover their tracks. The Pelicans won't furnish the chief with a list of persons who attended the fight. The Pelicans will urge everybody who attended to guard against telling the police anything. The Pelicans will pose as martyrs to the cause of prize fighting and utter maledictions on The Spy for exposing the fight of Saturday night.
The Spy rejoices in receiving maledictions from such as the Pelicans. The Spy will continue to stand for law and order as it has in the past and The Spy will guarantee that
IF THE PELICANS HOLD another fight it will tell all about it and all about the "membership tickets." The Spy welcomes criticism from promoters of prize fights and cock fights, and if some of the Pelicans continue to hold cock fights as they have for years past, The Spy will not hesitate to print stories of those cock fights that will make the Pelicans open their eyes in amazement at the possibilities of a live newspaper in discovering events.
The Pelicans may think they successfully evaded the law by their "membership ticket" scheme. They may escape from the investigation the chief of police is determined on making but they won't take another chance. They will be fortunate if they escape the pending investigation. Although only those known to be "all right" were sold "membership tickets," the investigation may discover some who won't take their chances trying to hoodwink the police.
The Pelicans won't try to defy the License Board and the police again. Before the present incident is closed the Pelicans will find that they can't buck against the authorities and the moral sentiment of the city. The people of Worcester don't want prize fighting. If there is to be any boxing of a legitimate character, the License Board will grant a permit for it. It will come under police supervision. While some people may object to boxing meetings, they must certainly acknowledge that anything the License Board permits and the police supervise can't be very far from right.
But the Pelicans didn't dare take chances with the License Board. They got one chance, and, although they attempted to manage it under police supervision, it was so disgraceful that the police had to call a halt. The Pelicans wanted to run another, for they made money on the first. But the License Board wanted nothing more of the Pelicans.
The Pelicans planned a fight for Saturday night. If it was a legitimate boxing bout and they had any intention of respecting the law they would request permission of the License Board. Or they would at least
SEEK THE GOOD OFFICES of the police and allow the latter to witness it, so as to pass an opinion on it. But the Pelicans didn't want that. They feared their past record wouldn't pass muster. So they held the fight on the quiet. Only "members" were admitted. Some of those "members" were never in the rooms of the Pelican club before. They paid their money for "membership tickets" and went into the rooms for the first time to see a fight. They saw several. Some were entirely devoid of science. The men stood up against each other and tried to batter each other down with gloves. They weren't members of the club who were indulging in a friendly setto. Some were not members. Members don't have to get into a roped ring. They are satisfied with practice that can be obtained in an ordinary room. But the Pelicans have a roped ring with iron posts, and an effort is made to make it what is called a "postless ring." The rope, there's only one in the Pelican ring, is attached to the posts by a short rope, so that the ring rope does not touch the post. Postless rings are provided by every fighting club of importance in the country. All fights take place in postless rings. The Pelicans have a postless ring. To be sure, it isn't a wonder, but it's a postless ring just the same.
A boxing club doesn't need a ring. A fighting club does. The Pelicans have a ring.
The Pelican Club isn't large numerically. The room, provided with ordinary chairs, is plenty large enough to accommodate the entire membership even with
THE RING IN THE CENTRE. But to accommodate the "members" on a night of a fight banked seats are necessary. The Pelicans have banked seats. "Membership tickets" admit to the banked seats. "Every seat is a ring seat" at the Pelican Club.
The Pelicans are a fighting club. They encourage prize fights. Members of the club have taken part in prize fights in other cities. They receive their training in the rooms of the Pelican Club. They train for their fights in the rooms of the Pelican Club. Whether the police can secure evidence or not of fight that took place Saturday evening, the fact remains that the Pelican club is a fighting club. It has held many "athletic meets" in the past. It planned to hold several this winter. And it planned to hold them without letting the License Board, the chief of police or the public know anything about them. The only ones to get inside the charmed entrance were members, and those who held "membership tickets."
The Spy has thrown the light of publicity on the doings of the Pelican Club. The Spy will foster clean sport, but will not cater to what the Pelicans call "sport." Prize fighting and cock fighting are not "sport" such as the License Board, chief of police and the public wants.
Whether the agent of the Crompton Block will permit a fighting club to hold disgraceful meetings, the Pelicans will probably learn shortly.
Two-thirds of All That Enters the Country Goes to Boston—Consumption Increasing
The manufacture of chocolate is a great industry. Of all the chocolate beans imported into this country, two-thirds go to one firm in Boston, and the other third is distributed among the other manufacturers. The chocolates sold are of various grades. The Caracas chocolate is supposed to be the best. If you take the various grades, technically known as the Caracas, the French, the German and so on, and take a piece of each and place them in a pan of water, and allow them to dissolve, any expert will tell you which is the best chocolate. The better grades will leave no sediment. The others will. This is explained by the fact that in the cheaper grades the shell is ground up and used as a "filler." The lighter the chocolate the better the grade. The cheaper grades are dark, owing to the ground-up shell. It is a queer thing about chocolate consumption.
There are chocolate fiends, just as there are opium fiends, tobacco slaves, and liquor slaves.
I cannot tell you why it is, but if people begin to eat chocolate, the habit grows upon them. I don't think any amount of chocolate hurts any person. Of course, the cheaper grades of chocolate have a large percentage of sugar in them, and sugar is to a certain extent injurious, but for the chocolate itself, I don't think any one eats enough to hurt him materially.
In contradistinction to the exhilaration of alcoholic drinks, chocolate seems to be a soother. Persons who are nerves and irritable find it a food that in a way calms and soothes and satisfies them. It is queer, but it is the truth. The consumption of chocolate is increasing enormously in the United States.—J. R. Anso.
Parody on "The Raven" Which Tickled Princeton Football Men
Any one who is familiar with recent foot ball history will appreciate the following poem, which was recited by James W. Alexander of the class of '60 at the "smoker" given to the members of the victorious Tiger eleven by the Princeton Club. The conclusion of every stanza was greeted with roars of laughter by the assembled men of Nassau. The "smoker" developed into one round of praise for the Tiger gridiron warriors and good-natured laughs at Yale's expense. The poem, which Mr. Alexander said was written by "a Princeton man," caused as much fun as anything did at the Princeton Club on Saturday night. It is entitled "Poe's Tiger, a Soliloquy by Eli Yale," and is as follows:
I. Once upon a time I boasted that old Yale was never roasted By those outside colleges with whom we often wiped the floor, And I quite forgot those strapping Nassau fiends, who caught us napping, Energies and spirits sapping; quite forgot that heretofore They had often knocked the stuffing out of us and made us sore, This, indeed, and sometimes more.
II. Ah! disgusted, I remember it was in the raw November Eighteen hundred eighty-nine (they'd hoodoo'd Harvard just before), Swearingly we bucked the centre, vainly bucked at Nassau's centre, But somehow we couldn't enter, and a worried look we wore; For that bunch of fighting Tigers positively ripped and tore, Horrid luck! if nothing more.
III. And the fearful reappearance—not to mention interference— Of the Poes, whose blamed adherence to the game is such a bore, So oppressed me that I shivered, made me tremble, limp, white-livered, And as in a dream there quivered something like a Tiger's roar, "Some foul work of indigestion fooling me," I said—and swore— "Only this, and nothing more."
IV. Presently, although 'twas risky, down I poured a horn of whisky, Consequently, feeling frisky, I addressed that beast of gore— "Sir," I said "are Poes all gone? Johnson, Edgar, Neilson, John, Arthur, with the toe whereon winning goals are kicked galore? Tell me, tell me, gentle Tiger, is it possible there're more?" Roared the Tiger: "Several more
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