Sweet Peas.
Once within my garden wall,
From their daily flight,
Rested a flock of butterflies,
All in pink and white,
Why they chose my garden plot
I shall never Know-—-
But people call them now sweet peas,
And really think they grow!
St, Nicholas.
——
In a very ancient building near the
Battery, New York city, there is a very
modern sort of office. That is to say,
the internal arrangements of the second
floor in that antiquated block comprise
every modern improvement known to
the present-day office-builder and fur-
nisher.
Not many years ago, upon the ground
glass in a door upon that same second
floor, in neat black letters, appeared
the words, **Arlington & Kane,” while
upon a lower line, in bolder letters,
one might have read *‘ American Mer-
chant.”
Arlington & Kane was a very old busi-
ness firm, whose credit in New York,
London, and any South American city
was almost boundless. Three genera-
tions of Arlingtons and Kanes had
passed over to the majority since the
business was established, and now the
reins were entirely in the hands of Mr.
Walter Kane, bachelor.
Now, although Mr. Walter Kane was
looked upon as a rich man by his friends
and business associates, Mr. Kane knew
better, and so did his chief clerk and
book-keeper.
In fact things were coming to a crisis
when, one mornivg, Mr, Walter Kane
summoned his head man into the pri-
vate office.
““ How long can we hold out Oxtoby ?”
¢ Certainly not more than thirty days,
sir; perhaps not so long. There's a pile
of paper falls due in about a month.”
ive minutes later Mr. Kane
wending his way up a narrow and dirty
St., and presently entered a little dingy,
own was hight and airy.
headquarters of Messrs. Isaacs & Hub-
bakuk, vessel-owners, speculators, bill-
that would bring fish to their net.
The door of Isaacs & Hubbakuok’s in-
per sanctum being closed and bolted,
and
‘i
sroceeded ;
M
ers of Rawley & Co. ;
of it.
of sugar and indigo at Bahia, and upon
thousand dollars. Of course.”
one in the South American trade.”
““ We know your firm well by reputa-
tion, Mr. Kane, and are pleased to make
your personal acquaintance,”
SBACS.
make the advance you mention upon
receipt of the bills of lading from Bahia.”
Mr. Walter Kane then bowed himself
out and busied himself 1n his office until
a very late hour that night. He seemed
to be trying very persistently to write
a signatare, which was evidently not
When he finally got it to suit
him it read ** Roderigo Claro.”
The next morning Mr. Kane instruct-
ed a junior clerk to address an envelope
to Messrs. Isaacs & Hubbakuk. In this
the merchant placed a forged bill of
lading and a the cover.
wrote a long, newsy letter to an old
3
iis OWI.
questions — and among other things re-
& Habbakuk owners, left Bahia.
Three weeks later the bill of lading
for three thousand hogsheads of sugar
and fifty barrels of indigo had been
duly received at the office of Isaacs &
Hubbakuk, Greenwich dt., New York,
and on the afternoon of the same day
Mr. Isaacs wrote out a check for sixty
thousand dollars in favor of Arlington
& Kane.
The Miriam arrived in New York two
weeks after the mail which had bronght
the bill of lading, and the captain re-
ported a very light cargo.
surprised tone. ‘‘ Why, man alive, what
do yon eall a cargo? Did’'nt you take
aboard 7”
“Sugar! Haven't got a speck of
Suge on the vessel!”
nvestigation quickly followed, and,
upon proceeding to Arlington & Kane's
office at Bowling Green, Mr, Isaacs was
not long in learing the true state of af-
fairs. Mr. Kane had gone suddenly the
day before, and had left no address, no
instructions, no money and no credit.
Half an hour later Julius Wells, the
celebrated detective, who had at one
time or another been employed by half
the bankers on Wall Bt., was closeted
with Isaacs & Hubbskuk in their Green-
wich St. office.
The whole affair was explained to Mr.
Wella,
“The only thing that puzzles me,”
said Mr. Isaacs, *‘is how he got our
agent's signature. Roderigo Ciaro cor-
responds with no man in New York but
ourselves.”
“Bah! That was easy,” replied the
detective. ‘You ean bet that Kane did
not cook this scheme in a hurry. He
hun had it in his mind for months, and
gone to some pains to specially se-
cure Ciaro's signature. Vente gh
shout some timid business matter, pos-
sibly.”
* Well, see hore, said Isaacs & Hubba-
kuk together. e hate to lose sixty
thousand clear cash, but we will spend
as much to see that d——d sharper in
Sing Sing. Spare no expense, Wells,
draw on us for whatever is necessary.”
» . . - .
In the office at the well inted
neen's Hotel, at Montreal, sat two men,
th were well-dressed and ntly
men of refinement; both sat huge
rocking-chairs and leisurely smoked very
delicately-flavored o1
“‘ Like myself,” said the elder of the
-4wo, who spoke with a strong, high-
toned Sritish accent, ‘¢ you seem to have
considerable leisure on your hands.
Pardon me, but you are a Canadian, 1
presume?”
* Yes,” said the other, in a very pleas-
aut, lazy voice, “1 am a Canadian.
Like yourself, as you say, I have a good
deal of leisure. There, I imagine, the
resemblance betweén you and me ceases.
For, while you are an Englishman who
can afford to ‘ tour,” I am a poor, broken
down, cuss, a failure in business, and
with the narrowest of narrow pocket-
books. You are in Montreai because it
suits you to stay here until you tire of
the place; I am here because it is as
hotel snd indulge in a cigar once in a
while.”
The Englishman
hearty British guffaw,
is My dear sir, I am afraid you paint
your own picture in more sombre colors
than is necessary. Permit me to hand
you my card, and as far as a name goes,
introduce myself.”
The young man took the pasteboard
on which was printed from a fine cop-
per plate:
“8g Winriam Harney.’
* Sorry I cannot reciprocate, Sir Wil-
liam,” said the Canadian. ‘Copper
plates come too high, and I should have
to forgo a good many smokes to pay for
such a pack of Inxuries as cards. How-
ever, name is Carleton—Robert Carle-
ton, snd i am pleased to meet such a
genial gentleman as yourself.”
“Thanks. Now, see here, Carleton,
take pity on a stranger, will yon, and
show me the sights. My family is up at
Alexandria Bay, with a lot of Toronto
cousins 8f mine. I got tired of shat
laughed a lond,
alone. Let us go down to Quebec on
forty eight hours.”
“ Impossible, my dear Sir William.
I am not joking.
to indulge in suything of the kind.’
“+ Look here, Carleton, when I invite
Will you come ns
a pure kindness to me? That's all 1
The Canadian demurred a little, but
at last he consented to accompany Bir
They started off by the boat
forty-eight hours they were absent four
They took in all points of
had a good time general y.
aged English baronet proved himself to
host.
A couple of days after their return to
in the office of the Queen's Hotel.
“ Well, Carleton,
I must go up to the Island for
people and then start.
fellow? 1've telegrrphed for the steam
yacht, which I chartered for the season,
We can have one
more jolly time together as we run up
the river. Now, don't refuse me."
“ Can't do it, Sir William; 1've been
indulging too much already.”
“Oh, pshaw! What difference will
another night make to you? You can't
plead other arrangements—you lazy
rascal. Come up and be introduced to
Lady Harley and my girls. There, if
the old man isn't any inducement for a
youngster like you, try the girls
of them; and over in London they pass
as fair lookers, I assure you
two
“ Much obliged, but it cannot be.
You have been so exceedingly kind
that it hurts me to disappoint you, Sir
William, Still, I am compelled to de-
The baronet looked vexed. He stroked
his British whiskers, and bit his lip.
“ Why are you compelled to decline?
anked after a moment's pause.
A curious smile played over the feat.
ment was pe" Septibla in his eye as he
turned to the baronet.
“ If you wish, Sir William, T will tell
you my reason,” he said. “1 have most
thoroughly enjoyed being the honored
J asule of becoming
ulius Wells, at Alex-
Is that reason
sufficient? Good-bye, Sir William,” he
until it bled, “remember me kindly to
Messrs, Isaacs & Hubbakuk."”
iss ——
The Body and its Health.
Harr Fanore.—It is difficult for
any one conversant with the organs of
the human body to understand how
any human being ean die without heart
failure, while the causes of the failure
of the heart at death may be very num-
erous. This might not be of serious
moment were it not for the fact that
hundreds of people are being nearly
frightened to death by the constant use
of the words ‘heart failure” as describ-
ing the cause for sudden deaths, and
many people who are sick and neces
sarily have some heart symptoms, are
kept in constant terror by reading or
hearing other ways of death after death
by heart failure. It would be well if
physicians who are too indolent or too
ignorant to search out the disease lying
back of the heart failure, to consider
how much harm they are doing the
community, and if they cannot correct
the habit, newspapers and the public
should avoid giving currency to this
unfounded and Sangorous phrase,
There are probably no more deaths
from heart failure in these times than
heretofore, but a new cause for death
has been coined, and the nervous and
timid are being severely injured by it.
American Analyst,
»
~Captain 8, 8, Brown, Pittsburg,
has entered sult agamst a New York
paper for libel through Howe & Hum-
mell, placing damages at $100,000, Mr.
Brown takes um at the criticism
during the Monmouth Park meeting as
io the rw running of his three-year-old colt
a
CARE OF THE HAIR.
Combs Should Always be Used
Sparingly.
**A thing of beauty isa joy forever,”’
and 80 18 a rich mass of hair on a wo-
man’s head. Even if nature has de-
nied her other gifts, this one will make
her lovely, for tis woman's crowning
glory.
The German and Breton women have
beautiful bair as a rule, Among
American people, strange to say, a
really 5 ood head of hair is the excep-
tion, One cannot imagine why this
should be, but scan a room full of men
and women and you will be assured,
Perhaps a few hints on the care of
the hair may be welcome, says a writer
in the Boston Globe,
Let the first great requisite be clean-
liness, The epidermis of the scalp, like
that of the hody, is constantly being
thrown off and must be removed while
the glands of the scalp, particularly the
oil glands, are very active, pouring out
their secretions, which spread through
the hairs by capillary attraction, serv-
ing to lubricate and keep them in a
glossy condition, but at the same time
rendering them lable to catch dust and
floating particles,
The very best methods of keeping the
scalp and hair clean and in good condi-
tion is frequent brushing with a soft
brush, A celebrated halr dresser says:
You caunot brush the scalp too much
or the hair too little.” This Is a better
rule to follow than to spend money for
powades, ete., many of which are
Lighly injurious and result in harm
where good was expected,
Persons whose hair is kept short, as
{ with children and men, derive a lasting
benefit from plunging the head in a
busin of cold water every morning and
| then rubbing the scalp briskly with a
course towel,
| Under ordinary c'rcumstances fre-
| quent brushing is sufficient to keep the
hair and scalp clean and in good condi-
tion. Washing need be indulged in
| only once a month, while persons whose
| occupations expose them to the influ-
ence of dust and dirt, as well as those
| having by nature excessively oily scalps,
| Try the following German prescription
| aud vou will be repaid: Wash the head
thoroughly ouce a week with the beaten
yolk of an egg, rubbing it well into the
| scalp, then rinsing with plenty of
water. This formula may be improved
Ly adding half a tea cup of aminonia, a
tablespoonful each of oil of bergamot
¥ ey
oil of bergamot and white castile soap,
| monthly washing of the bead.
Those having loug bair, and who
braid the hair in several braids; this
will also keep it from tangling; dry it
thoroughly with coarse towels, and sit
| If any good-natured person will
your hair dry, so much the better, Per-
sous liable to colds should never ven-
ture out of doors when the halr 1s at all
moist, Many contract neuralgia by
such carelessuess,
Water, if allowed to dry on the hair,
promotes decomposition of the natural
| oll, giving rise to a disagreeal le odor.
To assist in drying long hair afler wash-
brushing thoroughly in
the hair, and theu brush out again, For
those desiring a nice dressing for the
Lair, a little perfumed cosmoline
swers Lhe purpose best, as it does
become rancid.
Do not forget in dressing the
that the true use of the comb should be
not
| scalp in order to relieve itching sensa-
tions, The fine comb must be
| very sparingly. Troublesome diseases
i great use of the combs,
| closely cut,
i says that the hair never afterward
| grows to the length it would otherwise
| have attained,
“Crimping the hair over hot irons or
This is
i not of so much importance with young
| pencils soon causes it to break.
| in the case of older women, whose hair
| is beginning to *‘thin,” it only hastens
| the fall of what remains, and causes
| baldness of the forehead and temples,
The use of soap, where bendoline
does not prove sufficient to preserve the
desired shape of the crimpa, is injurious,
If it must be used, however, get the
very best white castile soap, as it con-
tains lesa alkali than others,
Premature gray hairs are frequently
brought about by debility, anxiety and
keeping the head too warm or dressing
too long a time in one position,
Dyeing the hair, whatever may be the
inducement, is ever an unsatisfactory
procedure, One cannot conceal the
ravages of time so easily, and no one 1s
in reality deceived. It 1s certainly a
loss of dignity for every one smiles at
the thought of would-be youthful peo-
ple whom one sees with the complexion
of a peach melting into *‘crows’ feet”
at the corners of the eyes, and through
whose raven locks can be seen a play of
irridescent coloring. Apart from all
this, these dyes are injurious, often af-
fecting the eyesight.
Each hair grows from its “papilla,”
lives its live from two to four years in
healthy persons, and then dies and
then dies and drops out, to bs succeel-
ed by another, just as plants grow year
after from the same root. Nothing
contributes so much to the loss of hair
as the disease commonly called *‘dan-
druff.” If this cannot be got rid of by
gentle means then visit a physician,
who will be able to cure it If he is
visited in time, During a long illness
the physician should be called upon to
examine the scalp and give directions
for preserving the hair,
—— pe
tharides acts as a mild stimulant, Rub-
bing the scalp with a raw onion is sald
to be beneficial, with afterward a touch
of honey put on, but from forty to fifty
strokes night and morning with the
brush is best of all. This will ull de-
velop the arm muscles,
Dress the hair in whatever style suits
you best without following fashion's
behests, Do not comb it up to the top
of the head so that you almost take the
roots along, it not only ruins the halr,
but should be worn only on perfectly
shaped heads, Those whose hair grows
in streaks or patches should avoid any
conventional style, simply arranging
the hair in loove fluffy waves and care-
less twists, They will find it much
more becoming, and 1t will help to
cover the unequal coloring.
— —————
About Trifles.
“Trifles light as air’ are sometimes
quite as suggestive as the most weighty
facts, A colored soap bubble, blown
from a clay pipe, gave to Dr. Young
the idea that led to bis discovery of the
law of the interference of light.
Another *‘snapper-up of unconsidered
trifles’’ saw in the fall of an apple the
law which bids a tear trickls from its
source,” and ‘‘guides the planets in
their course,”
“‘Because | have neglected nothing,”
stood so high ameng Italian painters.
The rule which guided him wus the
slinple one that 80 many persons know
and so few heed —‘‘whatever is worth
doing at all is worth doing well.”
Those who ‘‘despise the day of small
things’ are themselves overlooked in
warded,
a visitor to whom Michael Angelo had
bringing out that muscle,
“but trifles make
fection 18 no trifle,
Samuel Smiles tells us in his ‘Self.
the unequal bed of the river Clyde.
vation learned bow to excavale the
Thames tunnel.
Thousands of men
issuing from the spout of a tea kettle,
without seeing that Nature was Urying
| to attract attention to the
| drops of water expanded oy heat would
man a power equal i
of horses, She waited for an observer
until circumstances put the Marquis of
| Worcester in the town, where he had
nothing better to do than to walch a
vessel containing hot water, She blew
off the cover before his eves and he,
attracted by the trifle, mused upon it,
till the idea of steaw-power was re-
vealed,
Then niture waited for som» ons to
deveiop the idea, and apply it to prac.
| tical purposes, Savary, Newcome aud
| others tried their * ‘prentice hand,”
but one day « master workman, whose
trade of making mathematical instru-
went had trained him to observe trifles,
was called upon to repair a model of
Newcome'sengine, James Watt came,
saw conquered ~for he developed the
model steam engine,
Mr. Smiles begins his chapter on the
volose olservation of little thiogs.”’
{ with this quotation from the Latin;
| “Opportunity has hair in front, behind
she is bald; if you zelze ber by the fore-
{ jock you may hold ber, but If suffered
to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch
her again, —**Youth’s Companion.”
——————— .
How Women Rest.
How differently men and women in-
dulge themselves in what is calld a rest-
{ing spell. “I guess I'll sit down and
mend these stockings and rest awhile,”
says the wife; but her husband throws
himself upon the easy lounge, or sits
back in his arm-chair, with hands at
rest and feet placed horizontally upon
another chair. The result is that his
| whole body gains full benefit of the
half hour he allows himself from work,
| and the wife only receives that indirect
| help which comes from change of oe-
cupation. A physician would tell her
{ that taking even ten minutes’ rest ina
| horizontal position, as a change from
| standing or sitting at work, would prove
| more beneficial to her than any of her
makeshifts at resting. Busy women
have a habit of keeping on their fest
ust as long as they can, in spite of
Lo Bo and warning pains. As they
grow older they see the folly of permit-
and learn to take things easier, let what
will happen. They say, “I used to
think I must do thus and so, but I have
grown wiser and learned to slight
things.” The first years of housekeep-
ing are truly the hardest, for untried
thrust upon the mother and home-
maker. — New York Graphic,
i A> - -
A Simple relief for Lung Troubles,
It has long been known that a pine
needle pillow would alleviate persons
afflicted with lung troubles, and a Flori-
da editor relates an incident in support
of the fact, as follows: ‘During a visit
to a home of a most estimable lady
living on Indian river, this editor was
told of a discovery that had been made
that may prove a boon to sufferers from
lung or bronchial troubles. This lady
having heard that there was peculiar
virtue in a pillow made from pine straw
and having none of that material at hand
made one from fine, soft, pine shay
and had the pleasure of noting immedi-
ate benefit. Soon all the members of
the household had pine shaving pillows,
and it was noticed all coughs, asth-
matic or bronchial troubles abated at
once after sleeping afew nights on these
pillows. An invalid suffering from lung
trouble derived much benefit from
sleeping on » mattress made from pine
shavings.
makes a very
FASHION NOTES,
While many have protested against
the plan, close dresses without fulness
and form, we have indeed desired to
add our approbation and to protest with
them. It would have been very easy
and very simple, upon the whole, to
slightly modify the style of our cos-
tumes, without going so completely
from one extreme to the other, If the
majority of those who give their time
snd attention to ““the fashions,” dis-
played more common sense we should
not see such exaggerations; but so
many of them consider that elegance
consists in gross exaggeration, that we
soe dresses like sheaths, without the
least fulness, with small trains and with
corsages quite as close as the skirts,
held at the waist by a belt of the same
fabric as the dress or of gros grain, We
prefer rather, that style of dressing
which is quite as elegant and much
more spirituelle. An exquisit costume
hiss light apron folds anda coquettishly
draped corsage. The front isin em-
broidered, black China crepe, which
outlines the curves of the figures. The
corsage is draped from right to left. A
gash in straw colored surah, also knots
of the same are seen at the waist and on
the front. The tunic cut *‘en red-
ingote” is of plain China erepe, the
colored gilk, also the revers of the cor- |
sage. Puffed are held at the
elbow and at the waist by bands of
straw-colored faille, To make a toilette,
according to this model, which will be
more simply, lace or tulle may be used |
for the apron and the redingote may be
in black tussor, peau de soie or even of
mohair. The or tne lining
be, according to one's fancy, of |
green, black. This |
model we think very charming and we |
are will not shoek those of our |
readers who write to us, that they dare |
sleeves
ribbons
may
1
old-rose, or
sure
to the flat, plain skirts. For young
This material, so
coquettish |
a fact which will
favor wit
causes 1t to |
bh those of limit- :
od means, i
Our advice is that all young girls
should have, in their summer ward-robes
ross of fussor,
Could any thing be prettier than this |
with its little apron of silk, |
panel of fussor, with its graceful |
The
has the left side entirely em-
broidered, the right side plain and
crossed, and trimmed with English
point. The sleeves are extremely ele-
gant, very high on the shoulders and
close to wrists. The hat is of
black horsehair, the brim lined with
puffed velvet and trimmed with a half
wreath of jessamine and thistles. The
parasol is of plaited point d'esprit tulle,
entirely surrounded with white satin
ribbon. We are more than ever in
favor of the sailor costume for young
girls and children of both sexes, " Only
chemise of percale or batiste,
striped or covered with small dots are
to be seen; and are worn in theopening
of tailor-like vests,
Always the belt with its three leather
straps, this fashion comes to us from
England and we know a pretty little
miss who has brought quite a collection
of them from London.
The prettiest are in coarse silk fab-
ries of all colors: red, rose or blue with
three or four thongs and a set of buck-
les which close it in front. Less origi-
nal, yet greatly in favor, are the same
chemiseties in India {rizwor of de licate
old rose, pistache and straw
These fussors are so much in
favor that London houses, dealing in
novelties, dress their windows with |
these silky stuffs; each day changing
the colors. The prettiest style of those
chemisottes, is to gather them lightly
at the top and at the waist, then to place
a beautiful Jabot on the front, a ee
rolling collar and full slevees with
large cuffs trimmed with double revers.
The sailor costumes with skirt and open
vest, leaving the little blouse, of which
we speak, to be seen and the belt with
thongs of leather are very elegant and
also very new. Little girlsalways wear
these belts with a chemisette, the
lower part of which is concealed by the |
shirt band. Linen drapers are entirely |
occupied in making these blouses which |
are the success of the moment. Of the |
hats we can only say that they are mar-
vels, poems, delightfully combined, and
executed. We might describe them by |
the score, each one prettier than its |
predecessor. Among the large hats is |
a rye straw of fancy color, trimmed with |
a knot of black velvet and a torsade of |
the same around the crown, as an orna-
ment, a little to the left, three close |
puffs of crepe of three shades; straw,
of ecra tint, fall over this ruche.
wards the
ties,
colors;
The trimming |
Upon a hat of |
Italian straw , the brim of which has an
A large broad-brimmed hat in
blue ribbons, half satin, half velvet; |
these ribbons of different qualities and |
shades, are one of the prettiest fancies
of the season.
A hat in coarse rye-straw ornamented
on the back of the crown, by a small
sheaf of wheat held by a twist of brown
crepe. On the side a beautiful swallow
y to take his flight. The very
broad brim is lined with Italian straw.
As to the y ial
oa
favorites, with " Jrcuias aoe
own. Jet, very fine and delicately cut,
is the ornament preferred. For ex-
ample, a little capote, or rather toque
in rose crepe, is trimmed on the front
with a bandeau placed like a diadem;
crossing the bandean a small band of
ot. Another toque is made of two tar-
HORSE NOTES.
—Palmer had three mounts at Mer
chantville recently and won them all,
—Gabe Caldwell, the starter at
Brighton Beach, is able to be about
again.
~Trainer Richard Pryor, who died
September 10th, was buried at Holmn-
del, N. YX.
—Every race at the Brooklyn track
on Thursday September 19th was won
by a colored jockey.
—W, IL. Scott's stable, including
Chaos, Torso, Banquet, Leighton, ete.
will go into winter quarters,
~The chute at Loutsville will not be
used hereafter. The main track has
been widened to 150 feet on the back-
stretch,
—Telle Doe will be retired after the
Washington meeting in October, and
will be sent to Mr. Jennings’ stock
farm in Virginia to be bred,
~f(iregory, formerly the Abundance
colt, was sold by Mr. Withers fora
mere song, and yet he ontclasses any
two-year-old now in his stable,
—At the Erie County Fair, at Buf-
falo, on September 12, Moorehouse &
Pepper's Roseberry cleared the high
jump at 6 feet 6 inches
—Mike Steinhart, one of the owners
of Ballston, who was ruled off this year
ville track on Saturday last, September
224.
—Mr. John Kelly, who has so suc-
—Jockey Healey has again broken his
collar-bone, He has bad twelve horses
killed under him and has received in-
injuries while riding over
He will hardly be able to
—~—At West Chester, Pa., J. B. Ser-
II's roan gelding Nonpareil won in
the 33-minute
Dee took second
Time—
ciass race, E. Jay
money, and Dom Pedro third.
2.444, 2 433, 2.524.
—Foxnall, the American-bred win-
ner of the Grand Prix de Paris, Cesare-
witch, Cambridgeshire and Ascot gold
cup, is announced for sale at the New-
market second October meeling.
—Jockey “Marty” Bergan is trying
by it. He “lays up’ with his horse,
and if he has any chance of winning he
will get there. He is a splendid fin-
race,
~All doubts as to the cause of the
death of the promising young Mount
Holly pacer, Howard Burr, have been
removed, as Professor Leffman, of
Philadelphia, found arsenic in the
stomach submitted to him,
—Ruperta, the filly which ran up to
cap at Westchester and nearly beat
him, has been priced by a leading East-
ern turfite. The sum $15,000 was
asked, with the formation thrown in
that “Brown Dick considered her worth
$20,000."
—Isaac Murphy never made a more
determined finish than he did on King-
ston in the Oriental bandicap. During
the struggle he had Jost his cap, his
jacket had become loose atl the waist,
and working tirelessly with hands and
feet he presented the picture of one de-
termined to win at all hazzards.
—]It is gaid by many that Mr, Bel-
mont will do with Garrison as be did
with Godfrey a year ago, quietly
for the year. He
has never felt satisfied, neither has
Rowe, since they lost the Futurity,
which they expected to win with St
Carlo.
—Said John Splan recently: “I don’t
think Guy will ever bea: the record of
Maud 8. He is not the horse to do it.
Just think of i1t—Iin order to beat her
time you must drive a horse to the
half-mile pole in 1.04} and come home
in 1.04. It looks impossible, for how
many horses can go even the first
balf of the journey. I tell you they are
few and far between."’
— As a means for detecting glanders
a bucket half filled with water should
be held under the animals nostrils, and
the mucous permitted to drop into it.
If the substance remains on top, spreads
or dissolves, the disease is not glanders;
but if the drop remsins undissolved
and sinks to the bottom it may be
fairly assumed that itis. It 1s eaid
the ancients tested the disease in this
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—E. C. Walker, the Eastern editor
good reinsman, He has driven the bay
mare Miss Alice several good races this
season, and has given her a record of
2.204. He won the $5000 purse for hor-
#8 of the 3-minute class at Fleetwood
track, New York, with the little lady.
Mr. Walker is careful but fearless in a
race, and he uses excellent judgment in
handling his horse,
“What do 1 think of the 08
son?” said C. M. Wilson, of Wilson &
Stanley, owners of Reference, 2.194;
Chapman, 2.104; Jim Fuller, 2.194, and
other fast ones; *'I think it is the great-
est season we have ever had, The at-
tendance all the line has been lar-
sociations than the present system.
Hamilton, the black jockey, who,
ever since the beginning of the West
chester meeting, has ndden so brils
wild over
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