Iesolut fon,
A fecling of sadness oppressos,
Aud my lingering feet would wait
Ere they press the untrod threshold
Otthe New Year's swinging gate;
But I'm one of the mighty procession
Of the millions marching abreast,
To cross the line at a given time,
‘I bat may neither tarry nor rest,
I would tain erase from the pages
That a year ago were so white,
From my book every blot that defaces,
But it's too late to do so to-night;
Fer I'm one of the mighty procession
Of the millions marching abreast,
And must cross the line at a given time
And pass through the gate with the rest.
1 shall open a new book to-morrow,
W Lose pages are now fair and white;
Will they bear the same record of sorrow
When 1 close them a year from to-night?
But, maykap, from the mighty procession
Of the millions marching abreast,
1 may fall from the line o'er the given
time
To cross the next year with the rest,
The old book, all ameary with blotches,
With its sad, sad record must stand;
But the new one I'll guard from deface-
ment
With the aid of a mightier hand;
And I'll tread with the mighty procession
Of the millions marching abreast,
If 1 fall from the line ere the given time,
That Hand will take care of the rest.
EP IL ONT
DACO’S HAPPY NEW YEAR.
er?”
“De fellers es kiddin’ a Dago—boss
racket!’
boy standing on one corner of a street
opening into Newspaper Row, and
“Curley,”
written law of the fraternity, the corn-
er opposite. In a lull of business the
excitement of a struggling mass
howling paper-sellers and
lar of » popular journal.
The in ormation, shouted above the
matter until a rapidly-moving body was
brought up against him, an eager hand
clutched the sleeve of his blue shirt,
year-old bare-headed, bare-footed girl
was upturned, ber bright eyes ghisten-
ing through a tangled mass of yellow
halr.
“Oh, Curley! that Lankey an’ he
'
8
they’r abusin him awful. Go for 'em,
creature gasped,
kill that Lanky somer thes’
Here, you jist take my stock,
I'll tend ter Mr. Lanky’s racket.
Yaller, the girl, received the bundle
of papers from Curley’s arm and took
up her position on his corner without
embarrassment and in
that the row would soon be settled in a
manner satisfactory to her, at least,
Y aller;
$s
both hands,
blows to follow soon let him into and
through the throng, most of those com-
as a leader,
Curley cleared a space and looked
downward at what seemed to be the ob-
ject of offensive attentions,
What at first sight appeared to be a
bundle of velveteen rags was huddled
up against the steps of a large brick
building, over this inanimate mass was
a loose-jointed, shoek-headed, long-leg-
ged fellow who stood with foot raised
to add another kick to the bundle, and
a stream of vile language was cut short
in the street had
pressure of boys broken its
landed him
surrounding
violence,
‘buse that yer got to jump onter Kids
es ain't weaned yit?
ter fan ser agin, does yer,
Chump.’
And now the crowd soon turned into
yer
expectation of seeing Lanky ‘‘knocked
out” in the most approved pugilistic
style, exerted itself to the utmost to
hurry the very deliberate preparations
of the champion, and to prevent the
evidently intended flight of the coward-
ly assailant,
was evidently the maxim of these street
merchants, for just as the entertain-
ment was about to commence, a small
voice, some few feet away, piped out,
“Las’ dishuns ready!” and in a mo-
ment the place of proposed combat was
deserted by all but the victim of brutal-
ity and ke who had hurried to the
rescue
Curley, after hurling a promise of
future punishment after the last re-
treating Lanky, approached and lightly
touched with bis foot the object on she
pavement, A slight movement, an at-
tempt ut still further inward shrinking,
was the ouly response, The newsboy
kuelt down, threw aside the fragment
of the lnoken kit of a bootblack, fum-
bled about the clothing, and at last
closed bis fingers mn a bead of thick
hair,
sCome, Cully, look up an’ less see
who yer Le and wot yer got tosay fur
yerse'fl"
But the object only culdled closer,
“Shol looker here, I ain’s goin’ to
hurt yer! You needn’s be skeered o’
me, young feller! Come, show's yer
mug!” and, with a little gentle force a
dark-skinned, large-eyed, frightened
face was turned into view, while lips
and the entire body trembled with
‘terror.
. “ 120. sure nag said Curley,
: n belong roux these corners, er
I'd know ‘im. Whatcher name, old
Jes ru Sako keer ¢' yer, Whar
e belong,
The great dark eyes of the Italian
had been studying the face that was
over his own. sight bad been re-
assuring, The limp body partially
surned and straightened out, bua deep
“Hurted, eh? Whar "bouts es it?”
asked the protector, adding, *'I'll knock
the bloomin’ head offen thet Lanky
afcre I sleep this night.”
Suddenly two arms were thrust forth,
ten fingers moved with amazing rapid-
ity, and from the mouth came inarti-
culate sounds,
“Oh, by Jinks! a dummy!” and Cur.
ley’s face set hard, *-I’d kill thet I.an-
key this minit ef I hed him,"
Tenderly ho tried to Lift the body of
the poor boy, but the evidences of pain
were so strong as to force him to desist,
Aid came to him in the form of *'Swiv-
el,” who was about to renew his stock,
and **Yaller,”! the girl messenger of
mercy.
“What's the matter of him, Curley ?”’
was the question of both, as they ar-
rived together,
“J dunno, but he’s hurted bad, thet’s
sure, Here, Swiv, ver len’ a hand an’
try pelp straighten him out, Yaller,
yer skip round’ de biock and find a cop,
an’ tell him ter ring fur a am’blance,
Thes’er es a hospital case, thes'er es.”
While the girl went off as ordered,
the two boys dud what they could to ease
the sufferer.
“I didn’t know as he wer a dummy,
Curley; wishermaydie ef I did! An’ ]
didn t do nuffin’ ter ’im no how. I
jist see ’im a layin’ wher Lankey en de
boys foun’ ’im, an’ I guess when they
| foun’ he didn’t talk none, thet put thet
i big skinny up ter maul’ im.”
A yong was heard sounding as an
ambulance came full burst around the
corner. The injured Itallan was gath-
ered in and away went the horse to the
hospital
Curley had accompanied his charge
and heard the verdict of the doctors
| The boy was
of health besides,
injuries were dressed, and he was as-
leep in a neat, comfortable bed, Curley
ward,
“See here, Mister, that chap’ under
my speshul care; now yer }ist look out
Oh, yer needn’t grin, I'm fixed, 1 am,
an’ got der boodle in der savin’ bank
| ter whack up fur all kontracts fur."
| It was early summer, but a few years
| since, when this little drama in low life
was enacted. The boy Curley who, so
far as he knew, had neither relatives or
| other name, accepted and met his self-
| assumed responsibilities in regard
| the Italian in their fullest extent. As
i for the dark-skinned patient, if there
| were other ties to bind him he bad for-
| gotten or abandoned them, his whole
| being was wrapped up in the boy who
| had befriended him, and while
yet tha two soon established a means of
understanding by motions of thelr own
originating, and were able to communi
| cate sufficiently for all practical pur-
| poses, It was five months before the
| dumb boy was discharged from the
hospital, the lung disease from which
| he suffered could never be cured, a Jife
i of ease and comparative luxury could
ouly prolong his existence, and this the
newsboy proposed to and did give to
the poor foreigner whom he had picked
up in the streets; the dog-like reliance
him; he petted and coddled the Italian
in spite of the ridicule of all his com-
panions, but he was repaid by the love
| given in return, unspoken love, |
| shown in every look and action,
It was in the holiday times, it was
| the last night of the year, Curley, in
| the reckless bravery of youth and robus
strength, was marching wilh muffler
and overcoat along lower Broadway, At
| his side, wrapped to the eyes in rough
| but warm top garments was his shadow,
| his friend, his Dago. It was late, very
| late; a visit to the theater had been the
| treat for that night, The two hurried
home to the cozy room that the work-
ing man of the pair was able to provide
by his industry:
They turned off the main thorouglh-
§54
DUS
| towards home,
The deep sound, a stroke upon the
{ bell, boomed out upon the clear, cold
| air. the newsboy halted, laid his hand
upon the other and =aid (it was babit
to talk to his quiet companion), as they
strolled slowly on:
“Ther goss fust stroke o’ 12 clock,
Dago, wait till she’s done an’ I'll wish
yer Happy New Year. I think 1'se
I’m goin’ ter see yer all serene an’ out
er all yer pain an’ trubble, o'e man, |
| means yer ter hev good times fur ever
| after this,”
i
;
on to 12; and the next chimes would
gloriously ring in the new year. But
heard; there were rushing hoof-beats
on the streets, a stream of sparks flew
backward from the rapid approaching
fire engine,
The boys stood upon the curbing of
the corner, the heavy machine was
nearly opposite, the driver gave a sharp,
quick jirk to the right rein, too quickly
the spirited horses responded, they
dashed against, up aud onto the curb-
ing. For once the bright newsboy
was dazed, for an instant unable to act
with his useal promptoess; a fraction
of a moment it seemed, then his faith.
ful Dago sprang from the safety in
which a step or two had placed him,
To grasp and drag backward his be.
wildered benefactor was impossible,
even if it were not beyond his strength;
he saw what alone would save the life
he prized far beyond lis own; with all
the strength of love he hurled himself
upon the body of his friend, the force
drove the boy by a hair's breadth in
front of and beyond reach of the [right-
ened, curveting horses, The newsboy
was saved, but when these animals
were driven iE Vero lay upon the
stones a bleeding, mangled, almost life
the spot; he clasped the shattered form
and carried it a few feet; uader the
§ Sh Staged iatup he
the debt of love pald in full——then the
light faded out of them forever.
Voor Dago had gone to a rich reward;
his happy New Year had begun, a year
that should know no ending.
He had laid down his life for a friend.
——
The Title Nuisance in Germany,
And then the way a man’s titles are
piled on when addressing him is very
amusing, I remember how this botli-
ered my memory in Altenberg years
ago. when my family was there. Ata
semi-literary dinner was a doctor who
wis assictant professor of rhetoric,
He was always addressed as Herr Dr.
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric Schuei-
der, all the titles being compounded
into one word: or Herr Colonel Master
of the Duke’s Tables von Reuter.
Woe to the guest who failed to com-
pound into one word all of these posi-
tions when addressing Mr. Reuter or
who left out the “vou!” 1 made many
mistakes and finally settled the matter
by telling them frankly that [ was an
unlettered Yankee, They let me go
through with the title in addressing
any one, but 1 think they very much
pitied my lack of good form. 1 do not
wonder that kings, princes and nobles
think themselves made of finer material
than that of common men. The people
by their adulation teach them so to
think. Socialists in Germany and
France rail at the privileged classes,
Nihilists in Russia slay them, but the
great bulk of the people show that they
worship them, and when one matter is
gotten rid of they each pick up a lamp
and grope around in the dark, Diogenes
like, trying to find, not an honest man,
but another master under whose fect
they may lay their necks.
A —
California Justice.
days of
greatest
California in the
niners’’ saw the changes!
tice of the pesce. Rough, ignorant
miners practised law and physic, and
One of the alcaldes, or magistrates,
of California. A lad once complained
without paying him Ins wages,
Vail started two constables after the
man who was arrested and brought into
He did not deny the boy's
but insisted that had
money to pay it,
he
man on his head, shake him well, and
$
thousand dollars in gold dust, Out of
it the boy’s claim for two hundred dol-
lars was paid, and three ounces of gold
for the fees of judge and coustables,
Then the bag of dust was returned, and
he departed, with less money, but with
more respect for the law than he bad
before.
sss AAI SNS
Why 1000 Will Not be a Leap Year,
The fol.
why the
Says the London Standard:
lowing explanation is given
year 19000 will not
leap years, Lhe year is 365 days §
hours and 49 minutes long: 11 minutes
the year
Jo} days long, and every fourth year
we havean extra day. This was Julius
Cmsar’s arrangement, Where do these
minutes come from? They come
from the future, and are paid by omit-
ting leap year every 100 years,
leap year is omitted regularly every
hundredth year, in the course of 400
years it is found that the 11 minutes
taken each year will not oniy have been
paid back, but that a whole year wil
have been given up, So Pope Gregory
dar in 1582, decreed that every centurial
So vw: borrow 11 min-
ules each year mote than paying our
years in three centurial years, and
square matters by having a leap year In
the fourth centurial year. Pope Gre.
gory’s arrangement is so exact, and the
borrowing and paying back balance so
closely, that we borrow more than we
pay back to the extent of only one day
in 38606 years,
—— MIO 5
Extraordinary Absence of Miod,
“III, there! Where in the name of
all that’s sensible are vou going, Miss
Evans?’ asked the manager of the
Haymarket Theatre, Chicago, the other
night, when he saw Lizzie Evans in the
act of taking a cab for home,
“Sir,” indignantly replied the star,
as her upper lip curled hanghtily at the
unwarranted impudence of the mane
ager, “I am going to my apartment,
if the information will in any way
grat fy your insolent curiosity.*’
“Well, but great guns, who will take
your part in the fourth act?’ fairly
screamed the bewildered manager,
Miss Evans uttered a startled exclamna-
tion and dove for her dressing-room,
When the curtain rose the audience,
which had worn out its shoes in stamp~
ing and made its hands sore clapping at
the extraordinary delay, noticed that
Miss Evans was flustered, ting and
without paint or powder. he bad en
tirely forgotten there was another act,
——————_
*. Dastre, a French physiologist,
who has been experimenting with ani-
mals to determine the nature of seasick
ness, reports that after they had been
subjected to varlous kinds of motion,
corresponding to the rolling and piteh-
ing of vessels, he found their intestines
strangely displaced, He concludes that
a similar disturbance produces seasicky
ness on board ships. Coeaine is said to
an excellent remedy.
WHAT WE GIRLS LIKE,
I
The Trifles of Lite Which Influence
Our Choice.
I was tying In my hammock the other
day-by the way, 1 had it swung across
a windowed corner of my room-lying
there and thinking what the things
were, which women did speclaliy like in
men-—of course I am writing now of
nica men and nice women—and I came
to the conclusion that the things which
particalarly influence us in our choice
among men were the little things.
Yes, the little things, the trifles. A
rman may be an Apollo for beauty, but
if he says “no, ma’am’ and yes,
ma'am’ to you when he should say
“ves’’ and no,” adding your name
when necessary, you cannot thoroughly
appropriate him, and he will, for all his
perfection of feature, grate upon your
keen sense of well-bredness much as
the squeak of some organs does when
it mingles with the music,
though the man who wears diamond
studs and ping and a diamond ring
geased of all the virtues under heaven,
yet do these misplaced gems outshine
them all in their glaring vulgar brilli-
ancy. It isn’t of course, the jewels
themselves, Instrinsically, any more
than it ia the “ma’am’’ us a simple part
of speech, It is the lack of that innate
sense of the fitness and unfitness of
things—that dawn of discrimination, I
would modestly christen it—which all
the sterling qualities and all the heroic
characteristics taken together
{ fined women’s fancy.
THE MAN WHO WINS,
Ah, no--it is the man who falis not
| The man who knows by instinct which
side of the railway car or which end of
the boat is the shady one,
out whilst the other man secures Lhe
desirable seats, It is the man who
mentally fixes the right station to get
off at, and consequently makes no wild
plungings—generally to relrace as he
discovers his mistake; the man who
knows the correct entrance at a theatre
and the portion of the house in which
his seats are located; the man who can
out a few
his own
that causes him to
inside
gel into
skirmish
~it is this man, master of the little
things of life—who wins,
The amount of it all is that a woman
t admire before she can love, In
point of fact, a genuine admiration on
either side may oftener be trusted as an
insurance against an ultimate divorce
court than many and many of the mad
“failings in love'’ of which we
too much, and which are not inapt to
guarantee as reckless a “falling out”
again! If a woman feels Insecure
about a man—is nol quile positive
whether he will do this, or that, quite
correctly; whether he will be dressed as
befits the occasion, or if be will be awk-
ward at a moment when savoir faire
seems almost a prime factor in being at
then be sure she is no more sure of
her own heart, Ler own feelings,
is of his possible behavior,
weak of I will admit, but
{ and the more womanly pure, sweet an
i charming the woman, the more certain
nus
Hah
aie
us,
the ma
{nf her iu
{ position aud requirements,
FAMILIARITY OF SPEECH,
Another little thing that is ntoler-
able in some men, otherwise nice en.
| ough, and that is the moment you per-
mit them to know you at all well, that
| moment they develop that borrible
| trait of an aptitude for familiar inti.
macy of speech which no relation in
| life under heaven condones, Or can long
| stand under the pressure of. Why, be-
cause two people becotne engaged to
each other, or are married to each
other, they should at once drop the
little attentions, the little politenesses,
the little respects for each other's pri-
vacy and Individualities, 1, for one,
never could comprehend! For my part
she gives hersell to, a necessiLy
life, in order to prevent then degeners
ating, as they too often do, into the
mere couventionalities of an accepted
code of society and morals, required
the most gentle deference to just these
little things that I have ventured to en-
umerate, The closer the relations the
more necessary the glamour, if you will
to call it so, of mere well bLredness (it
is nothing else) to sustain them in their
supremacy of a mutual affection and
reverence,
There is another point upon which 1
must touch in speaking of what we like
in men, It is simply, briefly, this—
clothes. 1 know that some of you will
scout at the mere idea, but that doesn’t
alter thecase, [ know and lamina
position lo speak,
of use in denying it; not one particle.
| (3irls like io sce a man, and be seen
with one, too, who is smartly gotten up,
whose garments have the correct cul
and air, just as much as men like to
see and be seen with a young wonlan
who is attired in a charming, well fit-
ting gown, pretty gloves, boots, hat.
It is human, girl nature, just precisely
as it is human, man nature,
And as to beauty! Trust me, all you
ugly fellows, we don’t care that! about
it in your faces, We are content to
monopolize that ourselves, If you are
only manly and brave and tender and
nice we are prepared to adore you,
Kissed the Wrong One
A Yarmouth (N. 8.) paper 1s respon
sible for the following: ‘‘A respect.
able gentleman went to the cars one
day to see his favorite daughter off.
FASHION NOTES,
~ Among the prominent features of
midwinter fashions are the extreme
elegance of the fabrics, the stylishness
and perfect fit of the new garments,
and the modifications of the Directolire
and Empire styles, that are to a cer-
tain extent Influencing aimost all of
the garments seen in the new lmporta-
tions,
—Upon stylish dinner gowns of
China silk very deep mousquetairs cols
lars of dark velvet, combined with a
fichu or scarf ends, are worn with excel-
lent effect. The collar is so shaped as
to leave a Lit of Lhe throat exposed,
and is cut off sharply just beyond,
Searf ends are then aided —thess of
crepe lisse or silk net. They are draped
lightly over the chest, the one on the
right side being long enough to lap
over the darts and extend to and cover
the ends of the shorter scarf on the
left side just below tue belt,
—IJress an average woman in close
| fitting serge or quite neutral tinted
tweed; give ber a spotless lipen collar
and cuffs to mateh; take away chains
land gewgaws, and say if she ever
| Jooked better uniess it was in a pink
| cotton cambric on a summer's morn.
ing with a rose at her throat instead of
{ a brooch. Well built women will do
| well to remember this when they seek
| to cover themselves with ribbons,
braids and guimps that serve only to
fritter away the figure, and are abso.
lute death to the clear, fine outlines
| that should Le followed with the great.
| est exactitude,
The more elegant brocades have
| plain silk matching the ground in
| weave and color. It 1s also sllowable
| to match the leading color in the bro-
| cade patlern.
with a ground of silvery gray and fig-
{| up with either the gray or the rose in
the plan fabric. Changeable effects,
while to some extent popular, are less
80 than heretofore, at least
nounced combinations, There are very
delicate shadings made by combina-
tions of colors that are not at all con-
spicuous, and merely suggest Iiride-
scent effects.
~A great deal of plain velvet will
be used in combinations with brocade,
fancy silk, plain sliks and wool fabrics
of various sorts. Very deep pointed
yokes of velvet are popular for dresses
of Henrietta cloth, fine cashmere,
| materials, The yoke is plain, and very
| long in front and back, in some cases
| extending almost to the waist line. It
| has a high collar, and the wool fabric
turned toward the middie, overlapping
| the velvet on either side,
velvet at the shoulders,
| When velvet and plain
{combined the arrangement may be
| somewhat varied, Toe plain skirt of
velvet is, however, admissible with all
| materials,
— After simplicity—a costly sim.
piieity, if you will, or rather asa con-
sequence of it—comes freshness, that
most desirable quality which fo a wo-
man's dress is much the same as a fair,
| healthy ski to her face. To say lo a
| woman she always looks so fresh is the
greatest compliment you can pay her,
To be simple then, to be fresh at
| every point, are two long steps gained
| toward being well dressed, The
is a longer and harder lo take; it is to
dress suitable, not only to your station
complexion first.
stade of blue from azure down to vio
ilet: but if you have green,
{ cordancy if you suffer a morsel of blue
near you. On the other hand, a per
feetly falr, green-eyvel woman adds
| weirdness and charm to her fairness
when she arrays herself in all the paler
shades of green.
For brunettes scarlet and amber,
! white and orange, though If there be
the smallest tint of yellow in the skin,
| orange may only be ventured on at
night. Some women who might come
under the heading of blondes, stand
| vivid yellows and cranges well, but
| they must have some color and a skin
transparently fair. But up to the age
of 40, and sometimes beyond it, the
typical healthy, fresh looking woman
is at her best in white, and at her very
worst in black. Give her a white
morning wrapper, or even a white
muslin bib to her dark dress, and she
looks shades fairer and more rosy than
in an unrelieved winter gown.
—QOne of the notable features in
winter wraps is the elaborateness of
the garniture with which they are
trimmed, Not only the quality but
the quantity is remarkabie, Some of
the more expensive wraps have entire
front, long sleeves, collar and deep V
in the back in 2lmost solid embroidery.
The redingote style 18 among the most
popular for these garments. The
backs are in almost every case close
fitting, and favor 1s almost equally di.
vided between newmarket and half
joose fronts. Sleeves vary greatly in
siyle, some models showing pelisse
sleeves with the back of the sleave be-
jow the waist line gathered very full
foe
if!
HORSE NOTES.
— Jack Chinn has been reinstated vy
the Latonia Jockey Club.
~The 3 and 2 year old sisters to Cad
have been named Vesta and Veta,
A, J. Cassatt purchased only the
racing qualities of the filly Abaca, full
sister to Foxhall,
~David Bonner has decided to ace
cept the Presidency of the New York
Driving Club, and a new election 13 to
be held,
~William Easton has purchased in
England the bay horse Prince Jo, 6
years, by Prince Charlie—Mystery, by
Trumpeter.
~1t is reported that George Coving»
ton who rode for the Chicago Stable
last year, will ride for Senator Hearst
next season,
~John 8, Campbell says that Lhe
oer of $25,000 for Sam Bryant's Proc.
tor Knott was made in a joke by him
self and Matt Byroes,
~The latest English advice contra.
diot the report that the Duke of West.
miniter has sold Ormonds for 17,000
guineas or any other price,
(ld Barnum was 10 years old last
Tuesday, January 1st, and he celebra~
ted the day by winning the Happy New
Year handicap at Clifion,
—A man who persistently backed the
favorite in England last year would
have come to grief. During the year
828 out of 1417 favorites were beaten.
~A. J. Feek, of Syracuse, N. Y.,
| has purchased of J. 1. Case, Racine,
Wis,, for $6000, the b, g. James G.
record, 2.20. Feck purchased ths
horse for parties in Germany,
-Fallia, b, 8, foaled 1878, by Elec.
tioneer, dam Felicia, by Messenger
{ Duroc, recently purchased by A. J.
Alexander of Hon, Leland Stanford,
| California, has arrived in Kentucky.
~The gray stallion A. W. Rieh-
| mond, by Simpson's BlackUird, sire of
| the pacers Arrow, 2.13%, and Elwood,
{ 2.234, the trotter Romero, 2.19}. and
{of the dams of Aut.v), 2.16} and An-
| tevolo, 2.104, died recenliy on the
i ranch of John Hill, at Ventura, Cal,
~The Clifton mapagement paid
George Taylor $1000 and Walter Why-
burn $500 on New Year's day for
being the most successful jockeys at
Brighton and Clifton during the past
season. Taylor having sixty winning
| mounts at the two tracks and Why-
burn forty-eight.
~Mr., E, IL. Robinson's new pur-
chase, the gray pacing mare Sallie C,
(record 2.174), and the black pacing
| mare Bessie M. (record, 2.16}), should
be the fastest double team in Philadel-
phia, and as they are both pleasant
drivers, there Is no reason why they
shouid rot go in 2.20 or better. Mr.
| Robinson is one of the new subscrib-
ers 1o the Belmont Driving Club.
—The ch. m. Mary Howard, foaled
1874, by imported Hartington, dam
Anple Butler, by Ulverston, died on
| the night of December 30 at the farm
of Walter Payne, at Lexington, Ky.,
{rom inflammation of the bowels. She
was the property of Edward Corrigan,
was the dam ot Pearl Jennings, Isaac
Murphy and Mary Payne, and was in
foal to Imported 111- Used,
—~Of the lot vpomipated for the
Withers there are such performers as
Mr. Withers’ Faverdale colt, Cyclone
colt, Majority colt and Sluggard; Mr,
Haggin'’s Fresno, Winfield Ransom
and Filorentin; Mr. Belmonl’s Lady
| Margaret and Forest King; Mr. Gid-
eon’s French Park, Captain Brown's
| Reporter, The Don and J. A. B; Mr.
| Cassatt’s Eric and The Tartar; the
Castle stable’s Diablo; Mr. Blunt's
Seymour; Dwyer Bros.” Oregon, Long-
street and Long Island; Mr, Walden’'s
| Howe and Harrisburg, and Mr. Eald.
| win’s Caliente,
—Guaranteed stakes are becoming
| popular. The first one of any note was
the Eclipse stakes of 1856, ran at San-
{down Park in England. It was opened
| in 1884. The club guaranteed Lo make
| it worth $50,000 by making up what-
lever sum should fall short after the
| subscriptions were added. It is becom-
| ing quite popular in England, and even
| the classic Derby at Epsom, which for
| a hundred years has existed on owner's
| subscriptions, closed last season for
11801 as a guaranteed stake. ‘I'his sea
| son the Suburban is a guaranteed stake,
| and so is the Brooklyn Handicap, and
| also the new Greal Amencan stakes, to
| be run at the Brooklyn Spring Meet-
ing.
—Oa the first day of the Flemington
races at Melbourne, Australia, on
November 6, the attendance was 110,-
000. The Melbourne cup was won by
the 4 year old Mentor, with 115
pounds, next to the top weight, from a
fleld of twenty seven, the two miles
being run in 3.30§. On the third day,
November 8, Mentor also ran a dead
heat with Oyclops for the Royal Park
Stakes, two miles, in 3 36, carrying
eight pounds more than the 6 year old,
his impost being 133 pounds. On No-
vember 10 Mentor also won the Canter.
bury Plate, three miles, in 5.46, with
126 pounds, defeating Cyclops and
ustralian Peer. Easign, winner of
it was quite the custom to back
his mounts, In 15064 he bad 164 wine
ning mounts to Fondham's 137, while
in 1866 he had the fine average of 113
872 mounts, He never
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