eT
Between.
Between tha sea sand and the sen,
The yeMow foam flakes lightly lie,
A very dross of waves, till free
Quick-kissing breezes surge and sigh,
And all the laurels on the loa
Bend low to listen as bends the sky
Where spaces throb wiih melody,
Then form is wrought to gold, and I,
Silent, ind Heaven surrounding me—
In gilded fringe—n breeze's sigh;
Betwoen the sea sind and the sea
Where vallow foam takes lightly lie;
Whore spaces throb with melody
Petween the skylark and the sky.
Between the sunset and the sun
Night slumbers on the sleeping bars,
And through 1s curtain, one by one,
Gleam tender glances of the stars
Petween the sunset and the sun,
And so between my love's lips lies
An noptold message meant tor me;
Whether “twill bring me sweet surprise
Or dole or doubt er paradise
Is known alous to destiny.
Yet, as I wails, a dream of tears
Between her eyelids and her eyes—
mystery of mist— appears,
Phat hints of hope and flatters fears,
And on har lips a burst of sighs,
Aud on her lids a red that dics
To slumbercns shadows that fall and rise
Till as I seek some sign to see,
Between her eyelids aud her eyes
Love lights his lamp and laughs at me.
St A a.
A WARNING OF DEATH.
No superstition 1s perhaps more wide-
lv spread, more
than that of the “warning” of ap-
proaching death. Not a royal house in
Germany but has its familiar herald of
the destroyer. The
precedes misfortune in the palace of the
double’ finds believers among
Qe
peasants of Lower Brittany,
always
anc the
and
evil
Midway between Versailles and Sk
Cioud. half hidden by the luxuriant
foliage,
built by the famous Countess Du Bar-
rv, the frivolous lady love of the selfish
and profligate Louis XV.
ne evening the Countess had gather-
around the King's
distinguished guests, among them the
M d’Argeneon; Frigonard the
Minister
TQ
ter
pain
his career; Montesquieu, who had em-
bodied the ‘‘Spirit of the Laws,”
I"ield Marshal the Prince of Soubise,
ana
the tricks and mummeries of the *
valsionists,”” a sect that had achieved
great success during the reign of the
soanifestations of the mysterious Ger-
man Mesmer. ;
These ‘*Convulsionists’’ maintained
approach to them that heed it, while
the majority, ridiculed the idea as pre-
posterous,
The King was watching the Marshal-
Prince, who nodded his head approving-
y at every argument adduced by the
Convulsionist believers.
“Marshal,” suddenly exclaimed the
King, **you look as if you could tell us
something on the subject of these warn-
ings, if you cared to. Countess, Gill our
fair hands pour the wine,
better. iet usdrink to
they have a place at the
all the
dead ;
guet.’
The guests rose to fill
with the rosy liquid poured out of a
Venetian glass decanter by the Count-
“* An’t please your Majesty,’ said the
ban-
taken their seats, **I will relate
legend of the Lo’ Christs of Brittany.”
ing.
the old family ot Ker’ Lan?”
“It 13, your Majesty,
tany thay are always called by their
older name. All the Breton legends
affirm the fact of the dead returning to
earth
they pass away.”
The King pushed his silver plate
from him and leaned across the table
while Soubise continued:
** Admiral Jehan Baron de Lo’ Christ
was retuming from the chase, and had,
a8 usual, dismissed his retinue of ser-
vanis. Though he was fully sixty he
jooked hale and hearty as ever as he
trotted his horse along the narrow path
leading through the forest to the park
gale,
the chorus of a hunting song of Gaston
de Faix's time,
hound, more tired than his master, ab-
stained from beating around the bushes,
and followed quietly in bis wake,
“The road led through a little clear-
ing, and as the Baron rode across it he
glanced up al the silver crescent of the
moon, huug above the tree tops mn the
dark blue sky, dotted here and there
with ghttering stows, All at once he
perceived that be was pot alone; at a
Jittie distance was a man hard at work
at sowelhing or other, he could not tell
what, but he pursued his labors with
energy by the flickering light of a lan-
tern on the ground beside him,
“The Baron could scarely believe his
eyes when on nearer approach he recog-
nized his old friend the village sexton
hurriedly digging a grave,”
“Allan,” said the Baron, *‘what are
you about? Speak!”
The man did not seem to hear him,
#0 after a pause the Admiral shouted
again;
“Allan, old fellow, what are you do-
ing there???
But the silent worker continued his
dismal work and gave no heed. Baron
Jehan was brave; he had ita
thousand times, but now a cold perspi-
ration broke out on his forehead as he
asked again:
“Will you tell me why you are dig-
gig sat vers,
“he old sexton mnswered never a
word as he bent over the edge of the pit
and flung out great shovelfuls of earth
ai the foot of the lantern, while the
moon shone full on his bald han. Sn
i Sigtine fk
i
di
vanced foward the old grave digger
wilh a gesture of ‘impatience, The lat.
| ter droped his shovel and seized his
| plek without even turning around.
Then Jehu de Lo’ Christ caught sight
of a warble slab all ready to be put in
iits place. He bant over and read the
| inscription;
“Here lies, in the peace of our Heav-
| enly Father, Almighty God, Jehan de
{ Ker’ Lan, Baron of Lo’ Christ, who
| was Admiral in the Fleet of our Gra-
! cious Lord the King.”
As he finished his reading a mist rose
{ before his eyes, teok shape, and he saw
| before him the pleading face of a be»
| loved daughter of his youth, It was
| bathed in tears and a long drawn sigh
| broke the stillness of the night as the
| figure melted away in the darkness,
| The Baron was as white as a sheet and
| took his departure with all speed; nor
did he draw bridle until he was out of
{ the clearing.
i The sexton and his lantern had disap-
| peared; the shadows of the great trees
{ that lined the main avenue fell athwart
| the road, illuniuated by the pale, cold
light of the silver moon and the stars
flickering in the blue vault overhead.
Ker’ Lan to the gates of his chateau,
{ but once there the bright lights, crack-
{ ling fire, and more than all, the fective
| board, with its generous wines, spark-
| ling hydromel and smoking viands,
{ soon banished all thoughts of evil,
“By the body of our Lord,’ cried the
Baron, “It was hunger that conjured up
that ugly phantom, A plague ‘on old
men’s fancies.’
Aud as he took his seat at the table
i
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i
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fully pinched the ear of the pretty serv-
ing mawd, who placed an enormous
haunch of venison before him.
| ron, who had promised to grace on that
day with his presence the
the morning as bright and gay as a boy
of twenty. After he had passed through
the hands of his valet, who tightened
his sword belt and applied powder and
pomatum hberally to his hair the Ad.
miral emerged from the presence of his
“own man,” an old sailor of the Dun-
fleet, to descend the massive stair.
)
de his golden spurs ring as he stalked
over the flagstones to the beautifu
black horse that awaited him-a superb
brute, with arched neck aud blood-red
nostrils,
ess, pointed ears,
| low is the Admiral, as, notwithstand
| gether,
himself. The Admiral 18 off at a swing-
ballad of the Reine Margot.
The park gates are soon reached and
as he flashes through them he increases
his pace.
irritate his horse. He gallops faster
| and faster; every now and then he gives
a mighty bound and pants with excite-
ment.
His master strokes his neck and tries
to soothe him with endearing words,
but the brute does not seem to hear.
The rider tightens his hold on the reins;
the horse, all foam-flecked and covered
with sweat, rises straight up in the air,
{ down again and with a violent
| the reins
| grip on them is off like an arrow, He
| scours across hill and dale, meadow and
| plowed tield, in his frenzied course.
Hike
the service of your Majesty, AH at
once Madame de Ko Lan gave a pier-
cing ery, her faee became livid, a trem-
bling selzed her lis Look in the
glass?” sald the poor lady in a broken
voice, “There are candles at my fleet,
Do you hear the bells? Da you see the
shroud? Ah, it 1s the end of all, Don’t
you see the old Baron with his bloody
face? Oh, what a ghastly wound in his
temple, It is the warning of our faai.
ly. Ihave but a month more and |]
must die. Prince, do me one favor.
Find my son, Let me see him once
more before 1 leave him.”’
“On the following day, after a night
of agony, the Baroness, in spite of my
expostulations, assembled her house-
hold, her farmers and her men of law,
and proceeded to put her wordly affairs
in order.
“I took my departure for Paris, leav-
ing her at the brink of the grave, think-
ing of nothing now but the repose of
her soul and her adored son. Not far
from the capital I met a courier from
your Majesty with orders for me to join
the army at once.”
“Well?” said the King, anxiously,
“When I returned I met Herve de
Ker’ Lang, who gave me an account of
his mother’s death *’
There was silence for a few moments,
Then the King rose, As he did so his
eyes fell on a Venetian mirror suspend-
ed above his head and remained riveted
Yate
HES,
Seeing that he had attracted the at-
tention of the guests he mastered his
agitation, emptied his glass of wine,
and with a gesture of farewell to the
Two months later Louis XV, died of
That evening a hearse, im-
in the
A single attend.
ant followed on horseback, the Breton
page, Herve de Ker’ Lan,
The Prince de Soubise relates in his
memoirs that when en the night of the
supper at Madame Da Barry's be look
ed over the King's shoulder into
Venetian mirror he saw there Louis |
[V, as he appeared in death, laid out |
tate upon his bier, and that it was |
3 sight that blanched the cheeks of |
is XV
resting-place of his ancestors
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Widowhood in Hindostan
An illustration oo a more extended
scale of the favorite human art of self. |
tormenting would be hard to {ind than
the custom of enforced widowhood in
Hindostan, When a Hindoo dies the |
the widow's head and
Hence- |
forward she may wear no silk, gold or |
silver. She takes her meals apart, and |
is put to the lowest household work,
Her tonch pollutes. Voluntary aus-
terities if she be conscientious and in-
her miserable lot. There is no refuge
for her from her wretched and unbon-
ored isolation without loss of honor.
Cast, not civil law,
than any imperial code, She and a
second husband, if she venture und can
discover a man with equal courage to |
remarry, become outcasts, His and ber
families are often visited with the same
penalty. To a woman of advenced nnd
dle age, with children to atone to her
by their fondness in private for the pub.
1c barbarity of superstition, the orde |
must be severe, Multitudes of the suf
than children
themselves, and to them it is death in
The [ndian system of infant mar
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whirl wind.
| a stone, falls to his koees and pitches
his rider over his head.
remained there motionless,
been killed on the spot.
| he had seen the old sexton digging the
i grave.
The King slightty knitting bis brows,
turned Lis chair around so as to face the
hearth, where the great oeken loge
famed and crackled. He gazed into
the embers for a time without speaking.
“Well, Marshal,” said the young
i Duke de Richelieu, a notorious skeptic,
“1 for one must say that ghost or gob-
| lin possesses no terrors for me.”
“But you believe in God,” answered
| the Marshal slowly, *He from whom
! no secrets are hid can certainly unseal
| your eyes if He sees fit and unveil the
i future to whomsoever Ha pleases, A
soul that has been on earth, why should
{it not return tot, since it is immor-
tai?”
| The King, who was listening, made a
gesture of impatience. The Marshal
understood and added quickly:
* Permit me, sir, to ask you whether
you remember to have seen at court
some years ago the Baroness de Ker’
Lan. whose great beauty attracted some
attention?”
The King nodded. “Ido. She was
accompanied by her son, Herve, who
became a page of mine. Go on, Mar-
shal, go on,” apd he turned his chair
away from the fire to the table again.
“She was the daughter, your Majesty
of that unfortunate gentieman whose
death I have just described. Wasthere
ever a more charming mother or more
amiable sou? At courtan atmosphere of
virtue and nobility seemed to surround
her, and she outshone all the famous
beauties of the'capital. When she spake
the slightest touch of Breton nt lent
an additional charm to her wo When
she sang the ballads of our native coun-
try the sound plerced through our pow.
dered periwigs and gold laced court
dress to make our blood tingle with the
memories of our beloved Brittany,
“1 passed all last summer at Ker’
Lan manor and felt for her the tender-
ness of a father, Her almost filial at.
fection and pretty confidences about the
future of her son were to me a precious
boon, and gave me inconceivable pleas.
ure.
Ti a te So
00 a ng
casement was heavy with fra.
the plaintive
tingale in a bush
to us on the
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rocious treatment of widows, It ageri-
vates the horrors inlinitely, W
10 have their subsequent half century
wok af
ives o
of hope. Hindoos common
wed when far advanced in years or en-
feabled by dissipation. They consign
Hindoo race has
prospect; and |
No one ;
their own. Half the
this dreadful doom in
millions in reality andergo it.
13 the better, and countless hosts of
lives are unspeakably, the worse for a
rule which can assert no legal authori.
ty, vet itis a spiked chain about the
peck of every Hindoo woman.
William Penn.
It is pleasant to picture the ehildhood
of this man who was afterwards to be
the founder of Pennsylvania. It was
spent chiefly in Wanstead, Ile went
to Arch-bishop Harnsnett’s school, at
the peighboring village of Chigwell.
Before he left the school he believed
himself to have been the subject of. a
special visitation. It was in his twelfth
year, when he was alone in his room, he
tells us, “he was suddenly surprised
with an inward comfort; and, as he
thought, an external glory in the room,
wh ch gave rise to religious motions,
during which he had the strongest con-
viction of the being of God, and that
the soul of man was capable of enjoying
communication with Him." He seems
to have looked npon this as a first call
to a holy life. But his convictions can-
not be dated from this event, which
was probably nothing more than the
waking dreams of a boy whose con-
sciousness of bigh and holy things was
springing into life.
His education was carefully looked
after by his varents, who probab'y des-
tined him for public services, For some
years he studied under a private tutor
at his father’s res. dence on Tower Hill,
It was pot until arter the Restoration
that he was ehterad as a gentleman.
commoner at Christ Church, Oxford.
Yet, soon after he commenced residence
at the Hatveray, he came under Par
tan influence. Perhaps of all sects,
none were at this time more discredited
than the Society of Friends, But at
Oxford their views were taught bya
notable preacher, Thomas Loe, a disci.
ple of George Fox, who was destined to
ise the greatest influence over
William Penn. Thomas Loe was im-
Prinoned for his faith, but not before
teachings had taken root, and Wil
liam Penn headed a little band of un.
dergraduates in resisting the new man-
dates against Non-conformityl Within
the walls at Christ Shree Penn or.
congregation 0
THE FIENDISH SIOUX.
Which
Tortured
The Terrible Manner in
Stalwart Soldier Was
by Indians.
The chief sent tor we aud gave ms to
understand that I might go and talk
with the prisoner, At the time I took
it as a gracious favor but later on I saw
that it was only the first step on the
programme of torture. They wanted
to torture the poor fellow mentally as
well as physically, I atonee went over
to hum. He was dust-covered and blood
stained, and ovidently half-dead of
thirst. Jefore speaking to him I
brought him a gourd of water, The
vessel held a full quart and he drained
it to the last drop before he lobked up.
“My God! You are a white man!” he
exclaimed, as he saw my face,
“Yes, but a prisoner like yourself,”
“Oh! you will save me, won't you?
These infernal devils are going to tor-
ture me!”
I promised
save it, and then asked:
“Gen. Sully’s.”
“Where is 107”
**I was captured about twenty miles
from here, and we broke camp this
morning.”
“Who was your captain?”
“Capt, Smith,”
“What is your name?’’
He promply replied to the query, but
I cannot now recall the name; it was
like Saulsbury or Blaterly,
most direful forebodings of the imme-
diate future, and anxiety and ill-usage
had almost driven him erazy. He was
a large, stout man, with black hair and
deep-black eyes, and had evidently been
in the service for years, He might have
been termed a game man, but the fear
Al his
1st solicitation I went to seek the
warriors seized the
and burried him toa
the clear space in the center of
prisoner
the
I saw that I was too late, and started
it
down on the
The
made to BIL
grass beside a sub-chief,
the
satisfaction he had anticipated.
great
a human being before or since, Heen-
He offered to be aslave—a dog—to join
them and fight the whites—to do any-
thing on earth to preserve hus hfe. I
began.
to state, was sripped stark naked,
first move was to cul a great slice from
his left arm just above the elbow. The
piece was held up
thrown to the dogs.
bul while so doing a slice was cut from
ood flowed
man in ive minutes, Then his
aud laughter.
ears, nove and chin were cut off, his
ly cut and slashed, hig toes severed
from sf and ULrands of fre held
against his legs and body that the
braves might see Lim squirm and dance
Even now, fifteen years after, I gro
faint at the thou
LE
££ 14
ght
before Lim | peitber turnad
There was a
which | could not
shake off, and then the feeling was
strong upon me that I would be the
neXi victim,
stant when he was not pleading and
begeing for mercy, He was dyed in
blood after the first five minutes, and it
ran down until the ground was satura-
ted, but it was certainly a whole hour
before he gave up, Along towards the
last, when he showed signs of fainting,
the knives where applied to a fresh part
and the fire-brands thrust again him,
when he would at once revive, At
length he fell forward, almost gone,
and a warrior stepped up and scaiped
him. This was a signal to about twen-
ty boys in walling, and they at once
rushed in, each armed with a knife, and
cut and slashed and stabbed, until
what was left of the poor body resemb-
led a piece of bloody beef,
— .
Wealth of Some Americans.
Among the richest American estates
ever gathered is that of the Astor fami.
ly. Efforts are made to conceal the
enormous figure that would express
the worth of the property, but it is
probable that §30.000,000 is not an ex-
travagant estimate, The estate of
William II. Vanderbilt was $200,000,
000, A. T. Stewart was worth at the
time of lus death fully §060,000,000, a
large part of which has gone one way
or the other, bu’ mostly the former.
Jay Gould may be credited with §100,-
070 000, and just as much more as he
pleases to make, Armour, the Chico.
go hog-packer, is worth §15,000,000,
Mackey, whose step-daughter, the child
of a camp-barber, married the Prince
of the ancient houses of Colonna, is
worth at least $200,000,000, and Fair,
his former partner, has fully that
amount, D. O, Mills is worth at least
$7,000,000, and Elwin D, Mo Baie
heir of the ex-Governor, has " >
000, James Gordon Bennett, one of
the richest of the young men of Ameri.
ca, has a fortune of $15,000,000. Miss
Catharine Wolfe, the weallhiest
ster in the country, hai nearly $15,
000,000, and is the last of her line.
WaeN the ground around a plepen |
as thoraughly underdrained, i plage
Dn the A ee ot a
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shoul! by
FASHION NOTES
— otible muffs,
are found in the ends of the mantles,
— isle thread and silk gloves are
shown with a fleece lining,
them desirable for winter wear,
The walsts of mourn
are made imitate
coat, a bright-colored
t in vestwise where
be,
A great deal of applique work is
outlined and filled in with needlework,
in which wide gold thread and tinsel
are used,
ing
in i“ gentleman's
material
the shirt woul
lo
worn by young ladies at home, They are
made of corduroy, and have
soup-plate-buttons made of horn,
Paris they would probably be
chic.
— They say that the latest in water-
but which 1s so light that it falls in as
graceful folds as though the silk were
—This season has not produced auy-
are carried at the receptions and have
natural flowers fastened to them by a
gold or other ornamental pin.
every imaginable part of the costume,
wardrobe,
an imitation of the natural ones that it
is to be hoped they
and allow the little birds to go free and
remain unmolested.
‘There are many varieties of lace
caps for elderly ladies, and now that
the young people are well cared for in
fashions for a month or two, many sug-
gestions are coming for those thus far
neglected by Dame Fashion.
— A VOry
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orel
i ty effect is
iveLls, the
Seen in th
tiny brocade
The latest novelty in Paris jewelryis a
gold anvil with the smith’s hammer ly
ing upon It is called
maitre de forge,” and is made in va
» . ™
sizes for brooches, clasps,
it % 04}
i Le
The C
a pretty make
romwell shoe holds its
15, with
Own
and it
kle in front; it
Embroidered
shoes, boots and ippers are much
worn, the more elaborate the embroid-
ing a simple bue
in
Effective dresses are made entirely
several shades of the
same color, If in pink, the first skirt
lighter, the third still lighter, while
the outer skirt would be the delicate
tint of a blush rose. The bodice would
Shaded
ostrich feathers trim these dresses
~The richest gowns for afternoon
call and home recep
fur, passamen-
terie and beaded ornaments in many
designs, Black velvet, which is never out
of style for matrons, is but littie wora
in companson with these of dark rich
tints, such as mwaroon, green, copper
and tobacco brown, Skirts veivet
costumes are made very there
¢
81
plain,
5 an elaborately looped
* 3
- A new winter head cove
added to the \
most comforiab i ors now
fashion, povelly is made of
golden brown satin, the rounding head
portion covered wilh elwork
golden brown beads, The hood
lined with gray plush aud edged with
very unarraw bands golden brown
beaver. Just in front, above the fur
trimming, are set three full pompons
powdered with bronze dust, This lit-
tie hood is very becoming of itself, and
the glittering crown face trimmings
render it doubly so,
—For those to whom the stately
style of coiffure 18 found most becom-
ing, there are now a number of pretty
and graceful modes of arranging the
tresses, One 13 called the “Leah”
style, in wiich the hair is all combed to
the crown of the head and there tied.
i i } OLA
T™ bat 4
430 RAEN
a
is
Os
made of the entire length of hair, and
when completed this is laid in a high
upright coil about the head and above
the waved front. A large jeweled
hair is first tied. For another style,
the hair is tied, then disposed all over
the crown of the head in coils or soft
loops, these held in place by headpios
set with “electric” diamonds, With
evening dress blondes wear strings of
pearisintertwined with theses coils; bru-
nettes choose garnets,
—Never before have flowers and rib-
bons figured so exteusively in evening
dresses and ball costumes, Separately
they have been ever in demand, but as
combination is nll the style this winter,
and both natural and artificial fowers
are used, these groups of flowers, which
are generally made up with long
leaves, tendrils or clinging vines, are
fastened on the folds of the drapery of
the skirt or overdress, on the shoulder
and on the bosom and in the hair,
Feathers are sometimes added to the
flowers worn in the hair in imitation of
the English court costumes, Moire
and satin ribbons in light shades are
generally used for these flower combi.
nations, The nbbon is generally four
or five inches in width, and long, un-
equal ends are quite a characteristic of
this new fashion. Velvet ribbon in
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n Goldsmith will asast Ed win
| Thorne in managing the Poughkeepsie
{ Driving Park.
lam The old gelding, Hopeful, (record
12,147, wagon record 2,164) is to be
| raffled for at New York on March ©.
ihe b. g. Alley Bonner, trial of
, by Btartie, will be trained for the
14 im by C, 8B. Burr, at Comac.
Alde
or
A
Po
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i Farrell, of Mount Moriah.
Me
valued at
qi
thas lost by
ger, by
{ $3000
death his stallion
Messengar Chief,
en.
~W. HH. Wilson, of Cynthiana, K
it by death his much-prized
{ling Olly by Bimwmons, out of laf
Jarnette,
has |
| ~—George Work, of New York, has
{ purchased from B, J. Tracey, Lexing-
{ ton, Ky., the b, g, Campbell, by 1mp.
| Glenelg, for $750.
i ~The trotter Willie F.. that took
part in the ice trotting at Poughkeep-
sie, on Thursday, was sold to W, F,
| Shay, of Athens, N, Y., for $1000.
| —Crit Davis, the well-known trainer
| and driver of trotters, of Harrodsburg,
{ Ky., has recently purchased ten more
i acres of ground to add to his home,
Matt Byrnes, the Rancocas trainer,
is to open a public training stable near
| the Monmouth Park race course. He
| will have Olney and Rafferty as jockeys.
{ Matt Feakes will be second trainer.
{and all the Rancocas Stable lads will
remain mm his stable,
his
'
cele
-— Benjamin R. Davis, who with
brother, DD. D..Davis, owned the
{ brated old gelding Hickory Jim, acci-
dentally took some morphine pilis in
the place of vegetable 8, at Drighton
20th ult, and before
ance could be summoned he died
in great agony,
Beach, on the
a
—{xeorge Nelson, Sr., who at one
| time trained horses at the old Hunting
Park Course, bad a stroke of paralysis
atl his home, in Baltimore, on January
d, aged 60 years
recently Sto
— Matt
trainer,
lard
lew Byrnes, the Rane
explaining why Mr. Loni-
Falsetto, sire of the now
famous filly, Dew Drop, sald: “We
{did not like him, If he covered a
coupie of mares close after each other
he'd get off his feed ; he acted like a
horse of delicate constitution.”
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The Pacific Coast Board of Appeals
{ has suspended for one year J. RB. Wel.
| ler, George Bement and F, R. Burke,
the judges of the race that took place
at San Jose, Cal., last fall, between
Guy Wilkes, Adair, Marion and Nellie
R. The case of Andy McDowell, who
was expelled at the Bay Distriet track
for pulling Thapsiu, was held under
advisement,
— Wesley P. Balch, of Boston, was
instrumeental in selling four horses for
$00,260, the largest prices ever realized
by one man for the same number, viz
Fearnaught to Colonel H. 8. Russell for
£25,000 « Purity to the late Thomas P.
E: Para-
Wallace, of New York, §25.000 :
Major Higginson for $18,260 ;
od to the same party for
All of these horses passed
Mr. Balehi's hands.
-W. L. Jones arrived in New York
ntly from Tennessee with the b. m,
ecord 2.193 ;: Tyrdl an im-
ported Frene! and
Rosew
Harrison
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CAITIAR
: OO ae
od, 2 24. by Bia
[rurkee
4am
} Danbu
—Forty-eight horses that ran last
year won eight or more races, as fol-
lows : Barnum, 21 ; Jim Douglas, 15 ;
{ Tom Martin and Little Minch, 13 each ;
Belle B. Colonel! Sprague, Logan and
Hickory Jim, 12 each ; Hazaras, Kos-
{ clusko, Pear Jennings and Ben.
Thompson, 11 each ; Valley Forge,
Monogram, Bob, Kirkman, Beacons-
field, Farewell, Leman, Bob Miles,
Bersan, Tattler, Modesty and Deasel,
i 10 each ; Donzld A., Captain Warren.
| Lord Cliftden, Strathepey, Whizgig,
| Favor, Ascoll and Bessie B., 9 each ;
Mivette, Miss Goodrich, Binetie, Mamie
| Hunt, Ned Cook, Tabitha, Joe Cotton,
| Quebee, Freeland, John A., Pontiac,
| Chantilly, Windsall, Jim McGowan,
Punka and John Sullivan, 8 each.
{ —Mr. P. Lorillard, who has contrib-
{uted so much to the development of
| racing in America, has decided to retire
from the turf and will sell his racing
stable under the hammer at Rancoeas
on Febroary 27. It includes the six.
year-old Drake Carter ; two five-year
olds, Pontiac and Emperor ; three four-
year-olds, amoung them Unrest ; nine
| three-year-olds, one of which is the
flying Dew Drop, and twelve two-year-
olds, the get of Mortimer and Duke of
Magenta. Wanda will not be offered,
as she 18 retired for breeding purposes,
Mr. Lorillard’s career on the turf began
in 1871 when he purchased the English
mares Girasol wml Bluestocking from
Sir Joseph Hawley. The first horse
Mr. Lorillard ran was a colt called
Free Lance. in 1873. At that timae his
colors were “scarlet, with blue cap.”
Saxon won him the August Makes of
1873, at Monmouth, In 1874 he adop-
ted the since famous “cherry and
black.” Saxon won the Belmont, and
what with Attila, James A., ete., he
had a . In 1875 he had Parole,
Cyril, thio, i. and In 1876 aro,
Shirley, Merci Darrioade, Idalis,
James A., Counter, Pera, ete. In I8TY
Parole was still at the front, and Zoo
Basil and
Jes