- - ni S-V ls VJ, '- 7- - -JS&fA - -""tv '"' v , rj&jr "V'V iJfS" c -. j. fc . W ? : '(v d- THE LANOA.STJSB DAILY INTELLIGENCE!, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1880. 'rc-sara4TOOTrc0nunsgfHM.-r-vraCTrrafc4', liH fvttv .r ia If i? . S !H, v-j :vt f.H-i K WDT BILLIARDS. Y) Ne One Knows Where Game Originated. the fU AKB NEW METHODS OF PLAY A IMMd Story Atxmt tlw Ksnloslen of (VapeeitJea Ball A raw relnlen h Same The Great Behaefer : ! rtejiBc, HERB U ranch doubt whether wa are Indebted te France or Italy for tbe Invention of bill tarda, but It Is certnln that tt was Imported hither from tbe former country. All the ao ae ao ceuntsof It bavin? been tatredticed by the Emperor Caligula, or hav ing existed daring the consulship of the Ro Re naa Leeullus, cannot be substantiated. It MBit bare been known te Englishmen aa early a the Sixteenth century, since Shake speare speaks of it, although when he repre sents Cleopatra as amusing hermit with the nam be probably commit an anachronism. The first reliable accounts are from certain manuscript once the property of Sir Reginald Mortimer, one of the Knights Templar who returned from the first crurade nnl after- ward Joined the second one. ltd by Richard Cauda Leen. According te these mdnu- j JWL0" JKWn ,W". ,D1,.r,edurw' ,y tUe AJUD, Raa wu twwiu mill gimi. ib.vi n a healthful recreation. After a time interest ia tke game languished and finally died out entirely, and It was net revived until Louts XI ascended lb throne of France. Frem this time en the game of billiards Ix-cam a wry popular one. It pleased the fickle fancy j i Jr." .""' " "" v" " ...-. j institution. According te hlttery, Mary Queen of Scots was a lever of the g.ime, and was al lowed the privilege of n table during her im prisonment. It was taken away from her shortly btfere her execution. Be much for the origin of the game. Geerge Washington and Alexnndtr Hamil ton were both geed players and possessed tables in their private houses. In the An nexed cut Themas JeJersen, Alexander Ham ilton and Lafayette are represented as par t&ipanta in the game, of which Oserge Washington Is a spectator. Lafayette was accustomed te billiards In Franca Fer two centuries billiards was played with only two balls, when the red ball was im ported from France. The cushions down te a recant date were lined with felt The came as played In America is entirely dif ferent from the old game as played in Eng land. Tbe tables in common use ere of three cites: Six feet in width by 13 feet in leugth, B by 10 and 4 by & It is net net wiry te describe the construction of a table (for every one has seen one) further than te say that Its horizontal position must be cstab- V-Msbed with, mathematical exactness. The usBicasnre moae ei vuicauueu rueueranu IK WASHINGTON'S T1UE. ether substances with tbe greatest care. A table with peer cushions is an abomination. The combination cushions new in uw weru patented in 1854 by Michael riielan, a fatuous American player. Tlie best balls aroniade of tba finest East India ivory. Composition balls are also used by second hand peel rooms, but they don't find favor with experts. The subject of composition balls brings te mind a story that is pretty old, but geed enough te retell. About twenty years age Jim Furlong kept a billiard room in Qulncy, Ills. Among the players who used te meet tberu were 8aui Furlong, his brother, and Dill Morgan, a Mississippi pilot, a very profane man and an expert blllisrdist. If tbe pauie didn't pro gress te his satisfaction hen euld commence te swear, run down the table, balls and play ers, and eventually threw up bis cue. Aothe story gees, he and Furlong were engaged in a came and using the first set of composition balls introduced into Qulncy. Sill bad been having a bad run of luck, the balls would kiss when Toast expected, or go off at en entirely different angle te that anticipated. Hill was working himself into an awful stew. Curses loud ana long flowed from hU mouth as sweetly and easily as water from a mountain rig. At last in the middle of a ruu be get balls in n position where a table shot would be likely te buuch them; be attempted the shot, but as the bell took tbe lest nugle tbe object hall rolled up against it sad ruined the shot. Enraged with disap pointment, be struck tbe cue ball a ter rible welt with the butt end of bis IXJUIS XIT. ens. It Jumped tbe table, rolled along the fleer at a terrific pace, struck the bata beard, exploded with a loud report and setthe weed work en fire, after which the pieces danced about tbe fleer. The attendant picked them p with a shovel and put them in a bucket of water, where they sizzled and sputtered. When licked out cold they bad turned from white te black. Composition balls wcre dis carded after that This story is vouched for by a well known authority en billiards, who was a spectator. The first thing a beginner should learn Is te bold his cue properly. One can't play the violin unless able te bow, much leu ran be play billiards unless he held his cue properly. The cue should be loosely held near the butt by tbe light hand, and should be kept as nearly en a level with tbe table as jKxsable. Of course there are shots where it U InipoI InipeI ble te make thorn with tbe cue In that jiosi jiesi jiosi tlen. The bridge formed by the left band ihaild rest firmly and steadily en the table, about six inches from the cue ball Tbe stroke of the cue should be given by the force of the wrist and forearm only. Right here U where most players make their mUtake by playing with the whole arm, and bangiug a if te knock splinters out of tbe balls and flat ten the cushions. It should always be borne in mind that skill aad quickness, rather than muscular strength, art required. There are, however, many fancy shots which expert de where muscle ptays an Important part It Is, of course, Im possible te gls directions here ter nr.y of these methods by which balls can I mad- tj perform many apparently Impossible fw's. Jacob Bcbaef er U a born billiard pluj er, and when in form plays a remarkably showy and brilliant earn. K Is a great favorite, and i friend wherever he coo- but he is un Baal lllMaHJIli "Mr uy te tbe tricks or tba trad It is related tbnt one en a tuna when Bcbaefcr and Hemunirer were te flay ad exhibition game of 400 point, straight rail, Bessuugcr worked hlmself Inte a, terrible stew because bis favorite cue was missing. "Nevor mind, Jack," said Scbaefcr In an undertone, "perhaps yen won't need It" Whereupon Bchaefer wen the bank, counted from tbe lay off and ran the cam out r liAi ' UOVIH XV. Here Is where tbe real enjoyment comes In when one has arrived at the stage where be can npproclate the flne plays of the ex perts, although unable te imitate thtm. All can't be Bcbaefers or Ole Dulls. Jake Is nervy another thing for lx-ginners te ro re memlicr. In Chicago, In 18(51, Vlgnaux had only 03 points te go, and Jake had 103. He was cool and steady when be took his turn, playing b!s first shot with his Ml band and following It up with teme fine and diffi cult tnasse shots, ruu out and wen the game, which was worth 10,(100 te $7,000 te him, be sides the title of champion. Aninforler player whose nerve Is geed at the start can often b-wta geed player by getting an enrly lead In the game, loe great te be overcome when tin hotter player pulls himself together. There Is always excitw- lnent cennected with the game, of nerve has a great advantage . liut the man ever the leu fertunate player. Many a brilliant exhibi tien player gees te pieces in a match ami Is beaten by bis en lack of nerve. When playing a gaine glve your undivided atten tion te Hi ileu't go running nbeut the room talking te Tem, Ulck and Harry. It is net lluc0lnm0ll fern player te Improve se that ln two wcci,g il0 u nole te gire wills te n man j who first Interested him In trio came. A be- gluncr w he hns n natural knack for tliu game may defeat, niter a week's practice, the man who discounted him at first. A HOME FOR THE CYCLERS. Tlie llamlnme New limine of tlm Chicago Wheeling Club. The new club houe of the Chicago Cycling club is situated nt the east end of the Ro salie apartment block, en Flfty-wvciith street, epxlte Heutli I'nrk station, and within n block of tlm m.iln cntrnnee te Jack Jack seu park. It is erycnyef ncccm en nil sides, being connected with all the principal driven and txiulevnril ru the beutli rid", white for reception mid entertainment pnr pnr pen"n geed livery M-rvicu and both Illinois Central Mihurlum trains mid cublu curs are only a block u ay. CHICAGO clud neusK. The building is of prated bi ick while stone trimmings, and cousins of tbieesteiicxniid a liescuiciit, 40 by TO feet. The Imminent centnlui a wheel loom, tool room, Icitcheu mid Janitor's apartments. Tlie lloer U coil ceil coil cretenud the whele In well adapted for got get ting In and out with w heels. On tlie llrst Meer, which lsllnMicilcntliery in haul weed, are the mciulicra' lounging loem.olKeo, libra ry, MiiuUmi; uiid illuliij; roeini, nt , n large jwiiler or reception room, liming two arched entrance.", te tlm right of the main ttaircav). TIicmi two laige rooms can te thrown together for dnnelng, gUIng n ball nbeut 40 by ID feet, and the wbole lloer can be uel If necvsNiry. The billiard, canl and dliecters' rooms en the woend lloer am innde very nttractlve te the tiienibers, w he nre exceptionally interest wl In this department. Tlie thlid lloer fa ill vided Inte six apartments, te rent te bach der uieinliers, or for ether purjieMU that may le neivwiry later en. Frem tlie tower or bay windows en the second and third floors there Is a grand view of n large irt of Jacksen park, uud pnrtn of the lake in through the eix-nliigs In the tlo-B;nle nil excellent view of the let resi resi dence dUtrict of thu city The cost of the bulUllug wus ever (5,000. The social standing of its uiembershlp I of the choicest, mid It cau claim ni It members a dozen or mere of the eldest and best known Aniuilcaii cjclUts. Tba Chicago club has bvunrcmatkably victorious en the read and path, and it lias tl.i cuampien team In Ainer Ica, which wen its tltle in RulTale In lKa OBSERVATIONS ON WHIST. Seme l'ulnts en Inrulni; the CiMiiit The llvit hihI (liilvhett Wuy. In large cities tcicliers of the game of wliUt re eiiahUsl at present, such is the popularity of the game, te earn quite i flMftablu. cemputenciM at their falling. I.iUe dancing maiters, they clnirgeii llxed ilgure s.t lemon and agree te glve In a cer tain uumber of lev-ens a goad working knowltslge of the game. The average. Amer ican, who perhaM in temperament Is half way between tbe stolid Englishman mid tbe mercurial Frenchman, wants, when betakes a fanry te a thing, te learn nil there Is ubeut It In the quickest peuibl way, uud he Is perfectly willing te pay for It, if he doeeu't hapieu te lsi tee peer, se that in America, when uuy new fad is "sprung" en the people, there Is rapidly de veloped a number of expert, and it it won derful what proficiency Americans attain at a new game in n short tlnie. Witness, for In stance, the roller skating craze, and hew quickly In every town In the country there arose a local champion. Nun, whist U net exactly e foil. It It a meiu lasting amuso amuse nient Hut as sivlely becomes nelihsl together in America tlie gnme glows mero popular umeng that clara who are anxious for Intellectual pleasure. The question nhlcli U mom often asked me than any et.ier by novices in the game is, "Hew seen can I learn it f and I propose te answer this question as well as it can be answered. In the first place, whUt can never be learned perfectly, uud thl is one reason why it is se fuscinatlng. There is al ways something mere ahead. It is a com mon expression in nhUt text books that al most any ene can, by practice, get up te a certain point, but Ixiyeud that few can go. This Is undoubtedly true, for whUt is like any ether ait llku music, or painting, or w rlti'jg One must first grasp a certain num ber of facts; must learn them se jmrfectly that the are second nature, and then that subtle something which come call genius ster In and put them te the highest use. What thu beginner in nhlst wants te knew is net hew he can beceme a great whist plajer no one can show him that but hew boom In the shortest time acquire all the facts se perfectly that he will use them in voluntarily. A child learns a latiguage net by any proceut of reasentug, but by memory. Indeed, the best way for an adult te learn a language is te memorize se many words a day until he get vocabulary enough te swim in. This is eidy a question of memory, and this is the most popular way of learning whist r I apparently the best. The beginner learut co i rules and then certain mere rules, uutil by nd by be kuews them all, and then whenever hu riakes a jilay be runs his men tal fingers ever hi mental keyboard until be v Jtotbrisbtent,j2rrsxitiuidbesl&Ti tn card, ut course, IT Be nas cot ordinary Intelligence be can't help but draw certain conclusions, but the point about Oil method of play is that it's parrot play and nothing else Yeu t'cgin en memory and Jeur i-easen In due course of time Is bound te assert ltlf. What you want te de is te begin en reason and use your memory ns nn nld. Leant the theory of the game first. Learn why you should play second band low and third hand high. Twenty-six cards, divided into two gseiips are pitted ngaiml twenty-six ether cord divided into two mero grnujn. Read Tele' emiy and find out why certain lines of play are rcoFenablo and logical. Think it ever and "bet the genrral theory of the game ledged in your tnlmL Then go Inte details, and this Is where your memory comes Inte Tlie best and quickest way te learn the game Is te reason out every mle as jeu come teft. Theu you will net only knew It, but knew why it wen made, which is of most Im portance, Teil Lanhi.ne. NKW FASHIONS FOR JLALKS OLIVE HARPER WRITES OF CLOTHES FOR MEN AND BOYS. Te the Feminise Kj-a Men' Apparel I Always I'ractlrally the Same, Though There Ural I r Are Chaugee The Over cuat That Are In fit?! New. (Special Ocrrcoedeace.) New Yekk, Oct 17. If the nrtlsta who design men's fashions would only tnkc rc:il tnuii nnd net w-nx (Inures for nxxlcls tlie tnsk of the fashion writer would be enslcr, for who could be ex pected te t;re cnthufdastiu nbeut wax works, particularly when tlicre are be many pretty and living women te write nlieut? Te the fciulnlne eye there is no appa rent rh.-itige in men's clotlies, unless tlie attention Is especially called te points of difference. One X)int was hIieuii in the tdiert overcoat maite of chinchilla bea ver for business wear. It leeks as if it might Im) very comfeibiblo, but Is net be dignified ns the longer coat of the ecu- MEN'S KBW OVEltCOATS. llcinaii en tlie right. Hut what peer fecblu words of initie could de justice) te the beautiful object in tbe Inverness coat nnd dress unit who, with Ilia vvlilte gloved liunds holding nn opera glass, is just ready for the opera! Ixively crea ture! Attention Is called te the elegnnce of the tmtiu lapel te his dress coat. Thu luiler who furnished me tlicse details ulse Bald that the newest gloves ure In KilTul red, which Is n rusty, brick dust color. Cravats nre feur-ln-liand, teclt nnd n loon r i'T ticirf. Trousers nre neither Ioemj nur ,ii. mill lioets nre lather long nml iKjlr.ti'd , t the tees. Wlilte silk li.tndkercliiefs ure used in preference, Inrge nml with hemstitched Iwrdcrs. Col Cel lais nre various, nccerding te taste. Fer evening, wlilte luwn or narrow bins untin ties nre worn. Tlie Prince Altiert uud cutawny coats in seme Blight variations will lie worn nil thu winter. The lapels te the coats nre wider nnd mero pointed, mid the cellars rather higher, indicating n leaning toward the directoire htyles in vogue among the women. Hals nrc much the wiine, only extremists wear n lather s'unll, close bilk hat. Dctbyn held their popularity, with the Inini lolled n little closer I lull last season, l.ittle fur will be worn by the gentlemen except for driving. Little boys, however, will hae cu(T and cel hits of astrakhan uud beaver en their overcoats, with handsoine Drnnde Drnnde lieurgs nenm the front. When n boy Ii.ih worn the first frcbhness oft nn overcoat n careful mother can buy half n jard of astrakhan for Miventy-llve cents and nwt of Ilr.iiidelieurgH, and with an hour's weilc malce it hniidseiuer than it was be fore by making culls and cellars which hide the worn places. This information is based upon successful experience. The Fauulli'rey suits nru seldom scen liewr nud I guess the boys nre glad of It, for the sashes wcre much in their way. A very pretty suit for out doers for a boy of 5 te 7 is shown in the center ilgure in the group with this loiter. It is really overcoat or kilt, according te the material it is tuade of. It of cash mere, or camels' hair, or ladies' cloth, it is suitable for the house. Of velvet or beaver cloth, for outdoor wear, tind it should be warmly lined. The model is fdate gray beaver cloth, with elive green plush fncings nnd belt. Leggings of dark cloth are te be worn for cold days. The Tain e Sbnntcr cap 'i ml I ! of the kude material us tlie coat, ler u bev et twclve or thirteen nu overcoat should reach nlwut te the knees, nnd this style has the Reams laid flat nud stitched. Stockings for children nre of heavy rihlied wool, with double heels and tees, nud double ulse ever the knees. Thu person who will invent something te fcive or make stockings mero durable will liave done n greater thing than he vhe writes n book, s-cl.ihl BOYS' NKW OVEHCOAT3. Theto will lie mero brivht colors worn by children this winter than heretofore. There nre many new nnd very brilliant colors adapted particularly te children, and it is well, for though chitilien al ways leek pretty, j rt they should alvva) s be associated with everything blight and fair. There is a lovely purplish crimson called jietunia which shows oil tlie pearly fairness of u child's bkin wonderfully, and there nre seme rich and pleasing dark and light blues, which nre very be coming te children, and there I n great variety of material in Turkey red, nnd a deep taflren yellow. While these will net be used together, separately and trimmed with black they will be very handsome. Olivb lLsitr-EH. Here is a unique Masonic event. On beard tke special train which conveyed the M. W. grand matcr nud hU efllrera te New Castle, Nbiv Seuth Wal, for the banquet, every one w as a Masen. Tbe engine driver, (lro (lre man, guard and conductor, as aUe tbe scrv auts attending bU excellency, were all Maeons. TIME GOSSIP. What is Going On of Interest in Amusement Circles. SUDDEN DL'ATH OF ACTOR IIISHOP Ite Died as tie Had Mtwl, In Harness. Kemethlns; About the tela Hnr. Alber tine, the Mind Actress Concerning Jeseph llawerth. Twe tragedies of tba stage have come te light within the past few weeks. Net of the kind that end with the dropping of the cur tain ou tbe last act, but mero real than ever were writ by playwright. Twe tragedies of real life, in en of which tbe fact that a theatre wheru comedy was supposed te held the beards formed the rUige netting, but served te enhance it tragic qualities. THX HH-V HARLEM TltKATnE. Net long age a large audience gathered In the Lyceum theatre in New Yerk te see E. II. Sothern and his company play "lrd Chumley." The plece Is a bright one, and the artersnnd actriww de their work well. Charles II. IlWiep took the pirt of "Adam Bulterwertli," a bluff, geed nntured, retired tradesman, who Inxlst en '"llnrity, 'llarity, my boy," even though the tears are In his eyes and bin volee trembles with grief as he snjH It Bishop us "Adam Iintterwerth" was always a favorlte with the uudlenccs, and when be left th stage that night at the end of his first K-ciie, after having advised two ) r,ung women in the geed humored manner in which he played the part, the spectators weru in a partlculaily happy mood. As he ttiade his exit be said, chuekllng, the werdi: "Healthy, wealthy and wise. Oh, lord 1 be wise," Tbe word wcre scarcely spoken when he staggered, gasjial and fell In n faint where the wings barely rcreeued him from the Bight of the scctaters. Willing lands carried him te the uuarcst dressing room, w here I) was placed inn chair. Messengers weresent for n physician, and thu lit tle group In thodiess thediess Ing room walled silently. The merry voices of the ieople oil tbe stage went down teu sub dued murmur. I'renenlly the tlnkle of the signal for lowering the curtain and the fol lowing iipplaiuennd laughter of the audlence reached .the drenslng room. Then the doctor arrived. Mr Bishop was still uipjieited in the chair, a ghastly pallor showing through the paint of hit make up. Tbe doctor lifted ene of the w hi te hindi and held it fur nn in stant. Then lie let itdiopgeutlyilennngahu "The mnn is dead," said lie. Beside the chair steed Bishop's wlfe, who was also it mcuilier of the company. Hlie stared lit thu doc tor In nina7enirnt. Net ene of th'i party, new In creased by nil the ether membeiB of the company, could realize that "the doctor" they sometimes culled li I in t h a t w n s dead. What a K-cne it was I O roil pod about the dead man steed the plajers, c. n. msner. each dressed in all.the. trappings of bis part. The polished Flench villain, the burglar, tbe bad man's victim, n bevy of young women and the dead man's wlfe; Sothern, ns the elegant little Lord Chumley. "Healthy, wealthy nnd wise!" peer Bishop's last weids, wviit back te them. The evpiisite pathos of bis end, d) tug as he did In harness, the rude and unexpected shock dealt by Grim Death te the widow, brought tears te avciy eye. Truly n tragedy of the stage, but played liehliid Ihehcvnesl Oniric Bishop was born at Baltiniore llfty-six years nge, studied medicine, received u doctor's diploma and served ns n surgeon in tbe southern in my during the civil war. Bo Be fore tlie war he had innde h theatrical debut at Kurd's thwitre, In New Yerk, and he re turned te the stage and pkivcd throughout the country w itb vm leus organizations. The less of his sun a short tlme uge gave hhn his death blew. He was a rough but effective, actor, and his best parts were I'tstel, with lttgueld, and thu burhvsque Blueskhi, with Nut Goodwin. MME. AL11EIITINE, THE I1LI.ND ACTUES3. The life and death of Mme. Albertine, tbe blind actress, also bad its tragla character istics. Her nauie was Ilaunu Manchester, und she was born fifty-eight years nge in Ilheda Island. Blie married a circus per former when she was Ift years old and went with him en the read; but she did net make her first appeal nnce ou the stage until sev eral j ears later, acting us Sephia in the "Ilendezveus," In Augusta, Me. Bhe studied with the euce famous Paulina Dcejardius, who vlslted America with Fanuie Elsslcr, and seen almost rivaled her teacher as a danseuse, Aftci nurds she appeared in sev eral plays with I 'rank Cbuufiau. Next she went te the 1'acille coast, where she bad u cem)iiiuy of her own for a number of jears, and then started for Australia. Ker a long tiuie sun was almost forgotten, but in lbT. Capt. llalpb Chandler fuund her hi an ii.sluni at lUlI.irut, n vietlm of "colonial fuvei " und totally blind. Kiudlieui ted Cant. Chandler had her taken ou beard bis ship, the Hwatarn, aud when they leached Amer ica took her te her sister's home, at New Bedford, Mass., where she lived, an Invalid, until her death, a few weeks age. A HEMAHKASLE PERFORMANCE. A friend, lately arrived from Londen, says a writer in The New Yerk Truth, tells me of u certain private exhibition of which he was a privileged Fjwctater, the description of which is almost beyond belief. A small body of Meers, calling themselves Auseuntt, and claim ing te be the leaders of a certain leligicus sect, gave au exhibition of seme of their rites lwfore a private party nt St. Jamas' hall. About n dozen turbaned Meers squatted in a semicircle ou the fleer, and, after a wild performance by oue of the number ou n tom tem tom eom, they gradually, and in turn, became reused te frenzy. One after another they would roll about the platform, writhing as if hi the most torrlble agony. At Intervals ene of the numler, apparently a priest, would drag tbe writhlm; subject te a sort of caul dron, from wbich a thick vapor ascended, and w euld force bimtoinhale a quantity of the steam. Then would cemmence tbe self torture of these fanatics. One man, for Instance, de voured a numlwr of prickly cactus leaves, and then, apparently uusatisfled with Ids meal, proceeded te demolish and chew up certain glass tumblers. Anether deliberately eat n piece of burning weed, while his neigh bor mi busily employed poking nalU Inte hU nose, spikes Inte his eyes, nnd, te all np pearanceti, enjoying the sensation. Yet an other wenld net cense his ragings nnd contor tions until n live scorpion had been given him, which, after ter uniting and teasing It until it w as in a iwrf eel fury, lie calmly placed in his mouth aud swallow ed. The met aw ful exhibition was that of ene Meer who, w heu frvuuud, was only quieted en a liatrh of snukes lieui handed te him; some of these he nursed In his besom and fuiidlcd much as an ordinary suake charmer until, suddenly dropping all but ene he proceeded te whirl it about his head, nnd then te chew It up, spitting thu bits of wriggllug snake all ever the lloer. Almeuds In North Georgia. Capt. J. P. Wilsen showed us nday or two kiuce seme nice biieciniens of al monds which grew ou the farm of Mr. Child, a few mile from thU place.- ChrksvUle (Qa.) Advertiser. JJCKTHWJwnriw. afgJftL A SECOND DESTRUCTION. THE WORLO SYMPATHIZES WITH DR. T. DE WITT TALMAQE. Beth a I Tabernacle Were Destroyed ea Sunday History of th Congregation That Ha Orewn Under III Ministra Ministra Ministra tionseow th Docter Take HI toss. Deth of Dr. Talmage'i Brooklyn taber nacles wers burned en Sunday morning both, rcry fortunately, before the hour for service, for the destruction waa rapid, and bad the audience room been full of poeplo less of life could scarcely liave been prevented. A curious fact is that both tabernacles wcre substantially as planned by Mr. Tnlmagc, that both plans were cendemned by meat judges te whom he submitted them, and that both proved te liave been about the right tiling when the buildings were com pleted. He says that he began te muse en and leek longingly forward te such a building when he was but a boy and dimly hoping te seme day bocemo a suc cessful minister. On Sunday, the 23d of December, 1872, the sexton, who was preparing the Tabernacle for morning service, discov ered a fire near the fltte in the southeast corner of the front vestibule. In one hour from the time the alarm was given the structure was a complete ruin, only small sections of the iron walls remain ing te show the original outline It was built about two years before a wooden frame, sheathed within and without with corrugated Iren, and filled in with brick st the places thought fitting. There proved te be just weed enough te make destruction certain and rapid. The plan had excited much derision, yet tbe building proved nttractlve enough in leeks, vvhile inside the acoustics were simply perfect. There were seats for 3,000 persons, nnd standing room for fcome COO mero, yet every one could hear with comfort. Char lotto Cushman read te the largest nudience that could be squeezed into it, and every ene heard her most ordinary conversational tenes. The con- iiev. DR. TAtiHAOB. grcgntlen griev ed much ever the less of their noted organ, which was built for tbe first Bos Bes Bos eon juhilee in 1800, nt a cost of S25.000. On the ruins seen rese a structure mero completely in accord with Mr. Talmnge's ideas. His plan, briefly ex pressed, was te have a huge auditorium se nrranged that every ene in it can both sce nnd hear the speaker with com fort, and he accomplished it. Ner was the building a fail ure as a matter of taste, though in the interior ene could fcce that extraordinary liberties had been taken with the platform, front of organ nnd ether appliances te give relief te the otitline wherever needed. Te cembine the horseshoe form with Gothic windows and ceiling heems in words an odd arrange ment, yet it secured geed hearing for Rome 5,000 pcople nnd without special effense te the eye of taste. The general plan cannot well Im) described In Mrictly architectural terms. The main outllue was that of a cress with bread and shal low arms, with reef, windows nnd dec orative details in pure Gothic. Dut the head of the cress was devoted te a com paratively small lecture room and study. The nave and transepts remaining for the nuditerium were se arranged that ene side appeared n long, straight wall, and the ether ns five of the faces of a regular octagon. Te btate it nnether wuy: Tnke an octagon and cut off three faces squarely; the square side thus left fronting the remaining ilve faces, the whole will bcciu very much like a t.emi t.emi clrcle or horseshoe. The middle of the btraight side was taken up by the huge organ and pulpit platform, and from this the seats retired in five concentiie semicircles te the five short walls (inner faces of the octagon), which were lin ished in light gray plaster. The ceiling was dark blue. Dy day the auditorium was lighted by huge Gothic windows of colored glass, nnd nt night by three enormous gas chandeliers. There was no pulpit; only the chair nnd table of the preacher. Back of him rese the im mense golden and silver liued pipes of the giant organ, nnd before him, below the front of the platform, sat the organ ist, with ilve key beards under bis hands. Te the preacher's right and a llttle below steed the cernetist, who gave tbe cue for the singing, a feature which often excited the amusement of visitors. There was no choir; every ene in the audience saug who wanted te or was able And this magnificent and popular btruclure was destroyed en Sunday morning, Oct. 18, quite as unexpectedly nnd suddenly as its predecessor had been. At 2:45 n. ru. a policeman ob served that smeke was Obcaping from the reef, and that the windows wcre il luminated, and gave the alarm; but be- THE TABERNACLE. fore the fire engines could arrive tne whele interior was a rearing mass of flauie, and by daylight there was noth ing but glowing embers inclesed by what remained standing of the red het walls. In the first tire the jieeple saved most of the cushions, livuin books, etc., und they ure still kept as heirlooms, mementoes of that flre; but in this nothing whatever was saved. When the first persons nr rivrd the inteiier was already falling in. Mr. Talmage and several of the trustees arrived in time te witnes3 the closing dertiuctien. The organization te which Dr. Tal Tal nuige ministers is officially Etyled the "Central Piehbytcrinii church," and like most of the Presbyterian churches of Brooklyn, had Its origin by nn ngreed separation from ene of the original churches, ns a regular system of separa tion and re-estahlislimcnt grew up with the rapid growth of the city. This so ciety first worshiped In a wooden build ing en AVilleughby street, near Pearl, then moved te Scliermerhern street nnd used n small structure near vvheie the Tabernacle afterwards steed. In 1S09 Dr. Tnlmnge was called te be their pas tor, from the Second Reformed church in Philadelphia, te which he was then minister; nud thereafter the fame of the Central church grew rapidly, till it be be bo came national, and, te seme extent, in ternational. But ene never heard thu name of the society; it was simply "Tul "Tul sage's rh"fh" that people heard of, rend i .v'uli uuest, nnd visited if they get an epKirtuiiitv The new Taberna cle wiu lU'ifieited n li. JJ, 1874, and was then ceh'hru'i'd far and w hie us "the largest Pieteitant church in America." The fame of Dr, Taltuase ai writer, prcacner nnd lecturer went en growing till he took rank among the eminent men of the age, whether in England or Amer ica; yet both church and pastor seemed te grew, if possible, mere orthodox and mero exact in discipline and observances with each advance in fame. Tlie meth ods of the church wcre sometimes ridi culed, and Dr. Talmage was geed humor ed ly satirized as the "gymnastic preach er," but his rigid Presbytcrianlsm was never questioned by synod or laymnn. His church was free te all, being main tained wholly by voluntary offerings, and he has organized a religious annex, if one may se call It, in the style of a lay cellege for religious training. It is open te (icrsens of all denominations, and gives instruction in philosophy, logic and general literature, in natural theology, sacred history, the evidences of Christi anity nud interpretation of Scriptures. His many contributions te current litera ture, as well as his extensive editorial labor, are well known. He is, indeed, a busy man. The general feeling of Brooklyn, in deed of all New Yorkers, about Dr. Tal maeo is summed up thus tersely by ene of them, "Yeu may smlle whenever he is alluded te, but you must net say u word against him." That's it, exactly. They nearly nil smile, and a few laugh, at seme of his methods; but all are in tensely proud of him. Yes, all agnostic and indifferents as well ns orthodox. He is a thorough man and a thorough American, and the pcople will sce te it that his beloved Tabcrnacle is raised again in greater glory than liefere. The less, it may be proper te state here, will scarcely fall lielevv $200,000, including thu magnificent organ; but there was an RUINS OP THE TAUnnKACLE. insurance of $130,000. The cause of the lire remains a mystery, but is bclieved te have licen lightning acting en a building lighted by electricity. Perhaps the feel ing of the congregation and Dr. Talmage may be bebt judged from the following circular Issued immediately after the lire: Totbeiieople: llysudden calamity we are without n eliurch. Tbe ImlMlntf associated with se much that Is dear te us Is In ashes. Ia behalf of my stricken con gregation I make an appeal for beljs as our church lias never confined Its work te tills lo cality. Our church has never been sufficient cither In size or appointments for the people who come. We want te build something worthy of our city and worthy of the cause of Ged. We want SI00, 00O, which, added te the Insurance, will build w lint Is needed 1 make appeal te all our friends throughout ChrUtcndem, te all denominations, te all creeds, and them of no creed at all, te come, te our rescue. I ask all nadcrs of my sermons, the world ever, tocentrlbuto as far as their means will allow. What we de ns a church depends upon thu Imme diate res)onse made te thU ealL I was en the eve of deinrtum for a brief visit te the Hely f.ind that I Might be hotter prepared for my work here, but that visit must be postponed. 1 cannot leave here until something Is done te de cide our future. Hay the Ged w he has our destiny as Individuals nud churches lu his hand appear for our dellv er nnce. Hespenses te thli apical te the eople may be bent te me nt ISrueklyu, N V., and 1 III, vv Ith my ehu hand, nckneiv ledge the receipt thereof T. Uu Witt Tauwee. The Yeuupet J mice. Here is a portrait of Hen. E. B. Bel den, who is believed te he the jeungest judge in the United States, no was born in tlie village of Kechcbtcr, Wis., in May, 1SC0, and ia therefore but 23. He ii a son of dipt. Henry VV. Bullion, who sorveil in tlie Thirty-se enth 'Wisconsin infan try during the war. He gradu ated from the Rochester se mi liary, and in 18S!! went te R.iciue, where he entered the olllce of the county judgeasa1 cleik. In the fall of 1881 he entered the Wisconsin State university, HON. E. D. DELDEX. and graduated in 1880, at the nge of 20 years. Although qualified te practice in any court in the Ftate, hu was debarred until he became of legal age. In August, IS38, he opened an olllce in Rncinc. In the spring of 18S9 he was elected county judge by a handsemu majority, being only 22 years of age nt the time. After the resignation of his giandfather. who was county judge, he was appointed te fill tlie vacancy. RUSSIA'S BORDER LAND. An Interesting Ix-lter from the Pen at Iliivld Iter. (Special Correspondence. New Yekk, Oct. 17. Theio appeared lately in a Russian weekly, just ufter a terrible accident en the St. Petcrbhurg Petcrbhurg Petcrbhurg Moscevv tallread, n picture icpresentiug un Amciican tourist traveling along it with a Russian, te whom he beasts that "wu liave trains in thestnte ' t'll carry you boventy-flve miles nu In ei " "Call jeu zat anysing?" ansvvei . t iv Russian with calm disdain; "we haf trains en dis very railroad what sail carry you into ze next world in von moment!" This Amelic Rives combination of the quick and the dead is the only sense in which tlie term "quick" can be applied te the trains that crawl ever the vast dusty plain forming the border line lio lie tvveen Russia, Persia and Asiatic Tur key. The "express" (which runsoncea week I) takes twenty-four hours te cover the 400 miles between Tillis the capital of the Caucasus and Baku en the Cas pian sea, vvhile all the ether taains take thirty-six. Ner does the surrounding landscape de much te atene for this delay. The railway te Tiflis from the Black, sea pert of Bateum, indeed passing as it ders right through the shaggy gorges nnd fi owning precipices of the Southern Caucasus has n savage plctuiesquenebs which m words can convey; but as for the scenery between Tiflis nnd Baku en the Caspian sea, the best way te imagiue it Is te multiply a billiard beard by five millions und subtract the cushions. Moreover, the frequent halts for "re freshments" are merely n hollow mock ery, the Bald refreshment consisting chiefly of "black bread," much blacker than It is painted, tea, se weak that it can hardly get out of the teapot without help, and se called "cabbage soup," that Is really vvarm water, into which n 6tale cabbage leaf teems te liave fallen by seme accident. In fact, the only palata ble item in the local bill of fare is the magnificent grapes, which are Beld here at half a cent per pound. But even this dreary flat is precious te Russia. Firstly, as the great storehouse of mineral oil, which, though its present sources nre said te be showing signs of exhaustion, is believed te contain many mero bprings which are qulte untouched, and secondly, as the natural starting ueiut of the fresh advance which alie u ft Vy &W:V&- iSS. undoubtedly Meditating gainst the al ready halt devoured dominions of th sultan and the shah. Acress tills bound less level Russia's largest army might march unimpeded, with all its stores and cannon. Net many years have passed since it belonged te Persia instead of Russia, and te, this day the Caspian ports of Baku and Lenkeran, as well as the outlying villages of both districts, are just as quaintly Persian as ever in architecture, speech and population. Dut the capture of Erivan and tbe treaty of Turkiuent chai pushed forward "Russia's elastic fron tier at the expense of the Bhah, while by the war of 16)77i 8 she sliced off another huge plece of territory (including Ba teuiu and the great fortress of Knin) from peer old moribund Turkey. When the time comes for Kin-: in te strike another blew at her two i.'ih i.'ih bers, she will be at no less for n pit l t. Unhappily, there are nlvvavs ciis.fi enough of outrage perpetrated by Turk ish masters upon Armenian vassal te glve Russia an ever leady excu.su for "protecting her fellow Christians" by arguments pointed with bayonets, und remenstrances uttered through the mouths of rifled cannon. Against Per sia bIie lias an even mero plausible ground of complaint in tlie prevalent brigandage along the Russe-Persian bor der. Among our companions en the Baku train was a young Russian lady wiie told us quite coolly that les than a year age, wliile staying at a country house in the southern Caucasus, she had been awakened at midnight by finding the bloody hand of a gigantic brigand twist ed in her hair, vvhile the sword that had just cut down the trusty bervnnC" who lay writhing at her feet, was brandished with herrible threats before her very eyes. Only a few days before we our eur belves pas-.cd,a train was stepped and roblied by banditti net far from Baku itself. That the shah of Persia himself would"' gladly hang nil Persian brigands te-morrow if he could, makes no difference whatever, for when a strong state is de termined te attack a weaker oue causes of quarrel are never wanting, und a men tion of "outrages upon Russian subjects by Persian robbers" would leek very well in an etllcial declaration of war. War once declared, Russia would be likely te make short work of it Of the 107,000 Russian soldiers permanently stationed in the Caucasus, nearly two-thirds would be available for field scrvice after all necessary deductions had been made for garrison duty a force sufficient te Bvveep from the eaith any nrmy that the shah could put into the field against it. Ner nre Persia's natural defenses worth mere than her artificial ones. The last "rectillcitien" of the RusbO-Persian f rentier Indeed gave te Russia only a few miles of bairen hill country.-but theso few miles included two of the most important passes in the great mountain wall of Kherassan, through which a "living column" of Cossacks could make a dasli into Persia whenever they pleased. Then, tee, the unfertilled Per sian pert of Enzclli. ejcn te any nttack of the Caspian flotilla, is only 122 miles from Teheran itself, nnd the march offers no (lilliculties te men wlie liave passed the Caucasus and the Baikal.. Moreover, Russia haj new what she iiad net a few years age, viz., a complcte line of rail way along Persia's whele neithcrn fron tier, by which men, stores and ammuni tion may lie huiiicd up te any point be tween the Caspian und the border of Afghanistan. Such being the case, one cannot won der Hint the peer shah should have twice rev eked the concession granted for Rus sia's proposed railway te his capital f loin tlie Caspian seaboard, or that his unnoted "ftiendly iclatieus" with his bigneighber should remind ene of Mo Me Mo liere's clown, who, when assailed by a bear, attempted te conciliate the mon ster by pattiug and compliment ing' it A New Torpedo Iteut. The Ilalpiue torpedo beat is the first oue of the kind which propels itself by ?3? iiixiwaaji4SS& THE hauuni: TOnniDO ItOAT. irrein Harper's Weekly means of u storage, battery contained within itself. The ferce derived from the battery is sufficient te make the beat muve fiem twclve te fourteen knots per hour. The torpedo beat is of copper, cigar like in shape, length 23 feet und in diameter 21 inches. It carries a shell 4 feet long, of 10 inches diameter, and capable of holding 100 pounds of explo exple explo sive materials. The shell which the torpedo beat carries can be made te leave the apparatus at the will of the op erator en the shere, or it is discharged from the beat automatically when an impediment is met with. At the bow of the torpedo beat pro trudes u short 6par, which has a javelin head. When this head becomes entan gled in the netting of tv man-of-war it im parts u dip te the torpedo beat, and at the same time files the charge which drives out thu leaded shell. This shell either explodes by contact or by means of nn electric battery within it. The beat is independent of the projectile, and is nlvvnys under control by means of a wire from the shore. After having sent off its shell thu beat returns te the point of departuie. In the trial recently in the waters of New Yerk bay the beat was directed by means of n single wire, 6e light that ferty-five pounds of it can be extended te the length of a mile. By means of thocenttollitig wire, if there lie a netting around the object of attack, ns seen as the shell is discharged the beat is made te back and return. This was demonstrated at the public trial. The beat can also be used te drop shells in a channel, te remain unexploded until connection is made between them and the shore. The Halpine toipede beat shows admirably the rapid advauce made in Riectricitv in wart" A I'ucllUt's Client Lurk. Pat Killeu, the pugilist, has received a let ter from his attorney lu which be is notified that a contested will of ene of bis ancestors lias just been settled In bis favor. The amount that Pat will recclve is about $17,000. His windfall is a portion of tlie es tate of his mother, who died recently la Philadelphia possessed of property worth up ward of $ 100,000. lu Time te Come. (Time, A. D. Siee. scene. Metropolitan tr.u fceum, Chlcag.) She The cntale. e says "Ancient Hall Player;" but hew cmU Ue play ball! be has no arms! He Well, you kc , m dear, thoe weie in the dajs before thi-j pitched by electricity Tbey played re hard then that they wcre probably pitched off. Harper's Weekly. 2rrs&-?-;-? t ri'rift tf?U i!lL-& -Ml hJBS5x ..
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