(raiV4ipi-RHW'kOT' """WWWfWW '? " -, .. yv" j-- 'ii4 ,"':- v-j -. -i'" i fa m' f; ' w- -v ' . j4 v-i t w-f V TflE LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1889. ' 2f-v -j- f-jt jv, '; 5'T J)F THE BARK CONTINENT. DANGERS ENCOUNTERED Y WARD, STANLEY'S UEUTENANT. aat, Imnl ef TIjAb, te Mm Oessje very Ment. rkysleel ea Mil XvB. Adventureu ctrclee In New Yerk dry are new enjoying the society of Herbert Ward, late a lieutenant of Stanley and one,of theTery few aarrirere of that awful Journey np and down the Conge, which comprised all the horror of African travel. Mr. Ward haa made many jeumeyi and had many adven ture in wild region!, especially India and Australia, but all their horrors and dangers combined, he thinks, would be but a primary school te the miseries of Central African travel Elsewhere death and disease are common, it is true, but life is still the normal condition in Africa existence k a continuing disease, death is the natural termination of a Journey and survival the exception. TONS Of IVORY. Frem Th. N.r Tork Herald. There are vast regions "where every native is a thief always, a murderer en occasion, and a cannibal whenever he can get the material. Thcre are ether vast stretches of wilderness where fever is as common as catarrh in New Tork, and almost always fatal regions the European can only traverse by kceping his system super-stimulated with qulntne or ether prophylactics, and where a low ering of the physical standard for even one day is a death warrant And te cap the climax of horrors there is a belt tra versed by the Conge where all these evils ere combined, where the air Is ab solutely be poisonous that no race of developed brain and nervous system can survive a year, and, consequently, none but the lowest savages live a land ap parently forgotten of Ged and afflicted with every possible moral,-physical and brute evil, where every bush has a thorn and every insect a sting, every worm is vile and every snake is venomous, every man is an assassin, every woman a beast of burden, and all of both sexes cannibals. There is a popular impression that the enormous natural wealth of the country will justify a risk of even such horrors, but Mr. Ward thinks otherwise. The re sources, he says, are nothing like what is represented, and, even if they were, white men would net be justified in the attempt te redeem such a region till all ether sections of the earth are civilized and filled. Ills experience befere going te Africa should have qualified him te judge He is but 20 years of age, small but compactly built, with a superb con stitution and phenomenal powers of en durance. He is English, of wealthy pa rentage, and in early boyhood ran away and became a sailor. As such he reached Australia, where he joined a circus com pany and traveled some time as a per former en the horizontal bars. Next he went te the mines and then explored the wild Australian interior. His next experience was in India, and then with a daring naturalist in the in terior of Bernee. With the explorer Hatten he penetrated te the interior of that island, where Hatten died, and Ward fought his way nlone through the wild Pyaks te the coast He was se worn out that he returned te England, but health and vigor wcre seen restored, and he cost in his let with Stanley. The latter induced King Leepold te appoint Air. Ward te com mand the most re mote station up the Conge; and this was CQUa' IIEItBERT WAIID THE CONdO STATE. the beginning of a five years' experience which made Australia and Bernee seem like Sunday school picnics. At the station itself a white man could retain life and a fair degree of health, but frequent expeditions were necessary, and finally he volunteered in the Em In Bey relief expedition under Stanley, and was in the forlorn band which struggled towards the coast, only a few of them reaching it. Among the block savages living nearest te the station Mr. Ward was often witness te the most revolting cases of cannibalism, and remained some time in villages scourged by smallpox and African fever. During all this time he kept up his nerve, took many valua ble photographic views and set down minute descriptions of the country and people. His most agreeable experience was with Tippoe Tib, the new famous bandit and slave catcher, who is an unusually intelligent negre with a slight dash of Arab bleed. Tippoe was of great use te Stanley en his fint expedition in hiring men, acting as interpreter and securing a free reute by the terror of his name. He then organized a larger band than ever of Arabs and Arablzed negrees and entered en a systematic course of plun der. His principal method is te attack a natlie village, capture as many of the principal men as possible and compel the tribe te ransom them. An elephant tusk is the standard ransom for an ordi nary black citizen, and ene of Mr. Ward's photographs la of a plle of tusks which would be worth at least $200,000 in Louden. A chief is rated much higher. If the raided tribe is tee peer te buy the captives they are sold as slaves or "beefed" that is, traded te the cannibals. And this monster is ranked with the nobility when he visits the court of Zanzibar! Mr. Ward notes the same curious con trast between adjacent tribes as exists among American Indians. The indus trious Zunls and utterly unwarlike Mo Me qujs, for instance, of Arizona, have long lUeil in the midst of ficrce Navajees, Apaches and Utea, At ene station in the cataract region of the Conge he found the people very civil and friendly, but, r 3 he expresses it, ''eaten up with superstition." Every untoward event of their lives is ascribed te witchcraft If there is a drought, all suspected sorcerers are kept in clese confinement till rain comes. Leopards' claws, snake skins and Uttla iaiagM carved, of irerr era 3?jBmlmmw fjjjic) curtetnrr MWMm " their "aaedfcmcn A oemmoa ma allowed te dis without muchdleirb ance, but. If a chief gets very skk, at least ana wjtch must be hunted out aavd poisoned. Rather the worst station was that at Baagala, where Stanley had such a bloody btttle with the natives ea hk first journey. The Baagalaa are most ferocious cannibals; nevertheless, Mr. Ward, when put In charge of that eta tieiC had te form "bleed brotherhood" with their chief, Mat BuikL The cere mony was as fellows! They sat aide by side, their arms were cut open till the bleed flowed freely, the wounds were then thoroughly rubbed with salt potash and powder made of gram, after which the two incised arms were rubbed to gether until the bleed mingled. There after they are bleed brothers and sworn te assist each ether. Mr. Ward thinks there k no danger of the elephant becoming extinct in Africa certainly for centuries aa there are millions of elephants where no hunters .can get te them. Hippopotami In that section are very large and fierce, and sometimes make beating dangerous, as they dive and oemo up under the beat There k plenty of ivory, iron, copper, coal and ether valuables in the Conge basin; but what's the use, asks Mr. Ward, of se much suffering and death, te say nothing of wholesale massacre and de moralization, te get what can be easily dispensed with or found in abundance in some cool climate and safe region? Frem the experience thus far it appears that nothing but extermination of the natives will make the region safe, and as te the fevers nothing will avail against them until the whole country k under cultivation. After three years at the Conge stations Mr. Ward went te Stanley Peel and there joined the Emin Bey relief expedi tion, and received from Stanley the com mand of ene of the divisions. The ether officers were Maj. Edmund M. Barttelet, son of Sir Walter Barttelet, M. P., and Messrs. Jamesen, Troup and Benny. Of these Barttelet was murdered by n na tive, Jamesen died of the fever, Troup get back te Bangela, but in a dying con dition. The expedition continued as a body te Bolebo, and there se many wcre broken down that a station was estab lished and Mr. Ward put in command. Then began the awful struggle of brave men, aganist pestilence, starvation and savage warfare. At Yambuya, en the Aruwiml, Stan ley located another camp, leaving Jame Jame eon and Maj. Barttelet with ISO men, and pushed en te the rometo interior. Smallpox, pestilence and murder rapid ly reduced the ferce at both camps. Fi nally the second camp was abandoned and the few survivors floated down the river, fighting off the swarming canni bals, who attacked them at every turn of the stream, shouting their war cry of, "yauimal yammal" (meat). Jamesen! died just after reaching Ward. Twice did Ward ferce his way te the coast and bring back medicine and supplies, but en the last return his legs were masses of ulcers, and the ferce was being se rap idly reduced that the remnant hed te cheese between a desperate etruggle te the coast or deatli in the wilderness. Btanlcy, be it noted, had returned te the Aruwimi station, taken the supplies left there, and resumed his marching and fighting toward the north and east. The return journey te the coast was through ever increasing horrors. Reach ing the station where forty men had been, left, Ward's command found there forty' bleaching skeletons. Frem their records it seemed they had been se reduced by disease that they could net procure feed, and se died of starvation. Fer twenty eight days and nights tliey floated down the Conge, fighting nil' the way, then they reached the settlements and below that were comparatively safe. "The cannibals were bolder than before," Bays Mr. Ward, "knowing us te be se reduced. Their yells were something homble; their spears and arrows were constantly fly ing about us, and their fiendish set earns of 'yammal yammal' warned us what would be our fateif we fell into their hands." LEONARD W. JEROME'S POSITION. III. lluferin nf Karhic anil Subsequent FeitiuiM mill MUfertunrs. ISp'clal CorrtwpeDdeno?. Nnw Yerk, Oct. 31. Leenard W. Jcrome lias recently resigned the presi dency of the New Yerk Jockey club the new racing organization, which is said te have the finest course in the world and was re-elected president of the Ceney Island Jockey club. And thereby hangs a tale. Leenard Jereme, brother of the late Larry Jereme the greatest wit and practical joker this country has ever produced and father of Lady Randelph Churchill, can fairly be termed the father of the Amciican turf. While, of course, it cannot be claimed for him that he is the first man te have started running racing in America, yet it can be justly asserted that when this great est of sports had lest its popularity through the chicanery which had do de bandied it, it was he who, unaided, lifted it again te the piano of its former respectability. Fer n peiiodef thirty years prier te the clese of the ciil war the turf was ta booed by decent people. It was the cus tom in theso times te run races in heats, and it was net unusual for theso who found that they had bet the wrong way te purchase the winner of the first heat before he made his second trial. Fer thirty years gentlemen sternly set their face against racing. Twe at tempts were made in New Yerk te revive this Bpert as the pastime for respectable o e o ple, but the recollections of the past were tee vivid, and two failures were the. only results. It was while this dark cloud hovered ever the turf that Leenard W. Jereme, then a man of immense wealth, mid with the keen sporting pro clivity of a true gentleman, determined upon a resunectien. There was no ene te give him a helping hand, and se un aided en the 21st of September, 1801, at a personal oxpenditure of mero than $500,000, he inaugurated the new famous Jereme Park track. His determination was te make it a re sort for ladies as well as gentlemen, te give it a club house tuirreumled with all the Eecial rigidncss of the most exclusive organization, and te tnake even the sus picion of fraud in the racing' of horses net only se odious but se severely pun pun ishable ns te remove all possibility of the slightest attempt at chicanery. It is needless new te nnrrate the successful result of that cxjieriuiput. Doubting friends flecked nreuud the master mind, ejaculating only, "We did net knew you were going te de It this way." Fashion smiled upon the project Meney rolled into the new association's coffers. Racing was again made the foremost sport of America. The Btery of its subsequent strides a tale the narration of which Is only made possible by Mr. Jereme's efforts is told in New Yerk having tracks at Mon mouth park, at Ceney Island, nt West chester, at Jereme park, at Brooklyn, at Elizabeth, at Linden, at Cliften and at Brighten beach, all w ithin easy travel ing distance of the metropolis; a story emphasized by successful courses at Saratoga, at Pimliue, at Ity City, at La La tenia, at St IjuiiU, at Chicago, at Lex ington, at New Orleans and Minneapolis; story that tells of millions of dnUersln. vested te horseflesh, of millions of dollars -wagered en horseflesh, aad of hmdrds of thousands of people shouting and gesticulating ever the panting struggle of the noblest creatures Oed haa made. Fortune, however, haa her whirligig. The Leenard Jereme of today 1 the same true hearted gentleman aad the same up right sportsman of twenty -five years age, but he k net the same millionaire. The story of his financial shipwreck can be told in two words Pacific Mall. Jereme Park today k only Jereme Park in name, for the feet of the stranger k upon it It k this condition of affairs which has made Leenard W. Jereme's yearly salary of (3,000 as president of the Ceney Island Jockey club an item in his finan cial calculations which k net te be de spised. That position he haa occupied for many years past Recently he, vlth many ethers, bad geed reason te believe that the famous Jereme track will be taken by the city of New Yerk as the site for a new water reservoir. Th e then existing commissioners favored the con demnation of the property. Te Jehn A. Merris, who has 'made a fortune of many millions by the manipu lation of the Louisiana lottery scheme, Leenard Jereme expressed his belief that the Jereme track would be seized, and that a new track In that vicinity would be immensely profitable. Merris was quick te act upon the suggestion, and Mr. Jereme was made president of the new racing association, which was named the New Yerk Jockey club. Werk was begun at once, and as the re sult of an expenditure of between $1,800, 000 and $1, 41)0,000 there was constructed what geed authorities claim te be the finest racing track in the world. But Mr. Jehn Hunter, enjoying a year ly salary of $10,000 as the president of the Jereme Park association, did net leek kindly upon the destruction of the cnterprise of which lie is the well paid head. Mayer Grant nppolnted new com missioners with different views concern ing the reservoir site, and, as a result, when the new track was opened, Jereme Park still lingered as a rival and an ob stacle te its financial prosperity. Jehn A. Merris is human, and consequently Jehn A. Merris is vexed. Rumer lias it that he foolishly lays at Mr. Jereme's deer the blame of his non-paying invest ment, and rumor stronger still says that, in return for mero than a year of the most arduous labor given up te the crea tion of the new track, a work made mero onerous by the accumulated years of Mr. Jereme, the father of the American turf has received, te use the exact language of one of the best known racing judges in this country, "Net ene dollar and a half." Fact, however truthful rumor may be, has it that Mr, Jereme wiu kindly in formed recently by the directors of the Ceney Island Jockey club that he must decide between it and its Westchester rival. His conclusion was prompt He instantly resigned the presidency of the new race track, and was again elected te watch ever the destinies of the Ceney Island association. And this is the tale which hangs uKs this action. Leuis N. Mkeahuer. A TRUE HUSTLER. Sketch nf Teny Cevtieliiia, the Champien Hese Coupler of the World. The champion liose coupler of the world U a citizen of Kearney, Neb., where he began hi. career as a coupler. His name is Teny Cornelius, ami be was burn in riatteville, Wis., tue some place where Ooergo Tuffley, champion coupler In 82, was born. The sub ject of this sketch level ved his early tiuliilug MOTT. CORNEUUB. In athletic B)erU iu hla natlve village, and removed te Nebraska at the age of IX lie is of medium stature, weighing 153 when In con dition for a contest Bis llrst feats of rapid coupling were performed In August '60, seen after being admitted te the O. Kramer Hese team of Kearney. In November of the same year young Cor nelius gave an exhibition of his skill tee small audience- In the Kearney opera house, scor ing remarkable time. Ordinary exhibition coupling hose was used, connected with heavy brass couplings, with threads for three full turns. Helding the hose pipe at arm's length above be ran twenty-five feet, uncoupled the hese and fast ened the pipe n Itb three full turns, averag ing three seconds. Standing three feet from the hose with pipe at arm's length he mode the coupling hi two seconds. At the Nebraska state firemen's tourna ment, held in Kearney in 1SS7. Cornelius matched Oreenc, of Plattsmouth, who at that time enjoyed the title of champion coupler of the state. Cornelius n en an easy victory ever Oreene, mid merited high honors from the association ter ether remarkable feats known te athletes. On July 4, 'S3, Cornelius, and Charles Mett, of Kearney, accepted a challenge from Geerge I)rett,ef Decatur, Ills., then champion coupler of the world. Tbev met at Dead weed. Run ning twenty feet, Cornelius and Mett together wen tnenty-ena beats out of thirty; best time, 2 4-5 seconds. Standing, three feet, these champions made the coupling in 1 3-5 seconds. Brett met Cornelius and Mett Oct. 15-10, 'S3, at Kearney, and made another at tempt te regain the championship, falling both evenings, against S2-5 seconds, running twenty-five feet, and I 8-5, standing. Corne lius met Brett at his home late in the season of 1SS3, aud matched him single handed, de feating him easily. Time, running twenty five feet, 3 seconds; standing, ene yard, 1 S-S seconds. In an exhibition after the contest, Cor nelius made the ruu and coupling In ) sec onds. At Red Cloud, during the firemen's tourna ment in August, Cornelius and Mett made a run of 50 feut, broLe the hose coupling, and fastened the pipe with three full turns iu 3 1-5 seconds. Standing, the feat was made in 4-5 of a sucend, beating all former records. Cor nelius made the nm of 50 feet and coupled alone in 4 seconds; standing, 1 second. Blindfolded, standing, 3 feet, be coupled in 1 8-5 seconds. At the International Firemen's tourna ment, held In Denver recently, Cornelius and Mett made the fifty-feet ruu and coupling In 4 seconds, beating Brett and Haugbn half a second. A IJIc Ilund. The late Jehn T, Raymond, who was en enthusiast In all games of chance, was play ing In a small town in the far west about ten years age when poker was a craie. He w hiled away the afternoon by having a small game of unlimited with a gambler who was noted for his skill and pluck. After playing with out Incident for hours Jehn struck four aces and his opponent four Lings. After staking all be was worth Raymond oxcued himself te bis friend, .ruilied across te the bank, and, showing his hand te the cashier, who was also a great poker player, said excitedly: "Hew much shall I stakef" "Here, take $30,000," said the cashier (who Is doubtless new In Canada), Jehn did se, rushed back, and seen afterward divided $15,000 winnings with bis friend. Out In the Weeds. Aggie (te Charlie) Oh, leek at that levtly, dear little bird en the tree. Charlie Yes, that's a robin. Aggie Hew sweetl Oh! Charlie, sheet it t" put en my bat. Epoch, tlwi PWK V dk JE it Si jsi?5Siasy ypffl NEW IDEAS FOR TUE FAIR. no matter wj4ere held, therh Will be novel features. The (Ileal DMrtnui smt te Re te Get 111 Semcittlng That Wilt llrat Mr. KiSfcls Tower. That 11m Hn Snefc a Beem for the Paris Shew. The novelty feature for the World's fair leems up independently of the ques tion of sI(e.v At llrst it was suggested that a tower be built similar te the Eiffel, Dnly higher. Then new device began ie appear, which, as time gees en, MR. MABTIN'S KlTDUUtATtO DESldir. Increase in originality. One would sup pose that the germs of an inventive genius were planted In America by Co lumbus 400 years nge, te gather strength unobserved and flower llke a four cen tury plant in 1803. Surely, if some one of the devices are carried out, they will be big enough and rcmarkable enough te attract the attention of the inhabitants of such neighboring planets as have tel escopes. Net long nge a plan was breached for building a tower with arched additions starting far from its baseand joining near its top. This device resembles a fountain pouring water from a center hi every direction. It was large enough and would cost enough te satisfy the cravings of the most ardent ycarncr after the immense, but new plans have come en which lay this gigantie structure In the shade, as it surpasses the Eiflei. "Originality is the first difficulty te overcome Towers and arches of all shapes, sizes and heights have been built from time Immemorial, therefore these should only be used as a necessary ad junct and net as a main feature The word 'world' has suggested te me the idea of turning the 'world' into a build ing and turning the eutside In." Thus speaks Mr. Louts U. Martin in The New Yerk World. iriHIIHMP" SMIIUIlllil BIDE VIEW. SECTION. Mr. Martin then proceeds te show that he has solved the problem of originality. He proposes a magnificent and glgantia sphere representing the world, supported by two towers built in the form of a let ter A, the initial letter for America. Blnce the fair is te eclcbrate the discov ery of the country by Columbus nnd net Amerige Vespucci, this docs net seem te come in appropriately. The towers however, are te be connected by a belt arch, en the keystene of which is a statue of Columbus waving the Ameri can flag ever the world. The designer has surely manifested n consummate genius for the marvelous, but there is a slight incongruity which somewhat mars the plan, The only flag Columbus waved was that of Castlle, and the star spangled banner was net waved by any ene till nearly COO years later. Fancy Jehn Bull coming te the fair and seeing the Stars nnd Stripes waving ever the world. He would probably pick up his traps and be efT in a huff. That flag may seme day wave 5vcr the world, but net just jet. The great glebo is te lw fixed between the two columns. it oe ft It is te be 600 feet in diameter. New, there are seme heavenly bedies frag ments flying about In space no larger than this, nnd It iu net unlikely that Eeme astronomi cal lunarian may mistake the big fair world for a previously undis covered satcllite efTellus. Ateny rate, a glebo 2,500 feet in diameter will nttract at tention en this planet. It will be noecsslblo by eight elevators from the lower , platform, and by two elevators In each leg of either tower in nil, sixteen elevators. Frem the top of oUher tewer there will be two douhle tracks. uisifw m rewtn J000 ft .UiiU- fiSrf" TUE JDDSON TOWCR. which will run inside I he belt arch ever the glebe. Having ascended te the sum mit of the structure, the spectator w ill have reached an altitude of 1,000 feet The cect will Ijo nearly $2,000,000. Mr. W. L. Judsen, the inventor of a pneumatic street railway system, has sug. gested a tower te be ene half as high again ns the nifTcl. A spiral way will lead around it, en the eutside of which its summit is te be approached. The dtive around the spiral te the top of the tower will take one ever a distance of three and one-half miles, or about as far as from the Ualtery te Union square in New Yerk, or from the county and city buildings te the Douglas monument In Chicago. This will cembine a tilp te the cleudd and nu afternoon drive. Though as the horses and theso who ride will constantly be turning in ene direc tion, and ascending at the same time te a great height, it is quite prebable that ene or both may become giddy. Mr. Judsen, however, takes a happier view of the matter, lle expects that there v ill le tram cars draw n hy his system, and making thenscent In twenty minutes. The view all the while will Ijo gradually expanding, until at the top, en a clear day, ene may see n distance of 175 miles. The tower Itself may be used for lodgings, which will be cool resting places en a het summer night, and very attractive, especially for thun der storms. The plan has been approved by competent engineers, and will cost $2,500,000. liut all schemes, especially as te their elevating facilities, paie befere the plan of Mr. Timethy liernard Powers, of New Yerk. Mr. Powers lias looked be yond the dull rides in elevators or the long circuit of tram cars. He has con ceived a plan which sheutd le known as the "rocket" plan, for by it the visitor te the clouds transcribes a curve some thing like that species of firework. He gU en at the tee of tha tower, or rather iu end, for it ts swung en a pivot te tha ground. He enters a car which also swings en a pivot, something as lights are hung en vessels, and thus preserves an upright position. Tills car Is capable of holding 1,000 people When all are aboard the tower Is ele vated by machinery. If anything should happen by which it should swing tee fast and step tee suddenly, the nama would be especially appropriate, for these en the top would sheet onward as stars sheet out of the rocket. This would net be pleasant for the riders, but would make a flne spoctacle for the crowd be bo be lew and thoroughly fulfill Mr. Powers' design of something purely original. A TOWER DsKtdN. The tower Is te be 1,000 feet high. It Is intended that having reached the sum mit it may proceed en its ceurse, and touch the ground en the opposite side from which it started. The rider will travel evor a complcte semicircle It will be like moving In a glguntle inverted swing. When at the top a pause will be made in order that the scenery may be vlewcd, and then the tewer will proceed te lie down ngain, llke a big elephant with children en his back, and the party may get off 2,000 feet away from where they started. Or, if they choeso te stay aboard, they may be rclandcd at the point of departure Thcre are ether suggestions besides theso given, some seriously, seme in the spirit of ridicule One plan is nri cloctrie light te be placed se high in the heavens that its rays can be seen nt night for hundreds of miles. Anether suggestion is for a building in the shnpoefa"plugn hat. The need for something novel lias thin far called out plenty of novel ty, but the sug gestions have TOWEU IX TRANSIT. barely begun. Many cholce designs have thus far been overlooked and seme which have been proposed are capable of improvement The World plan should certainly rest en the shoulders of Atlas. The swinging tower should be made in the form of a statue of Columbus. True when in a horizontal position the figure would leek naif seme irreverent savoge had knocked his hat ever his eyes, but n thousand peeple could get into its crown, nnd when the stntue steed vertical it might repre sent the new world rising from the slum ber of its past. Dut let us wait for our imagluatlve designer They will net disappoint ua. THE MARE POLLV. 8lis TreU as Utopias and Is Europe's l'Hitdt Tretter. The trotting home is the product of our century. The merit for producing the same belongs te the Hussien Count OrlelT and te American Intelligence. At the present day the trotting herse is regularly bred In Iluwia ns well as in America, though both countries are completely lndeKndcnt of each ether In this matter. It Is but a short time that In Germany even sportsman had no conception reu.Y. yet of the speed and nature of the gait that ts jiecullar te these horses. It seeined impos sible te I horn that a herse could makaamlle In two minutes aud ten seconds, as hed been told. Count Orlell was the first ene who placed ImportAuce upon great spent In trot ters, and for this purpose crossed full blooded Arabian stallions with marcs from Helland. Frem this cress he gained the sire of the Hus slan horses, known by the name, of OrlelT trotters. In America the raising of trotters Is traced back te the full blooded stallion Messenger, introduced from Uiglnnd. It is an acknowl edged fact that the principle- adopted in America te cress only torsos that have du- eloped great speed in trotting has contrib uted mostly te the. present stage of develop ment of the American trotter. Oennaiiy, tee, has new for seme years paid attentieu te trotting races. Thoi e are two racecourses in Berlin Berlin Welssensoe and Berlin Western). The best trotter in Eurepe today is Pelly, n big brown mare Blie was raised in America and trotted this year under the name of Utopias. About four years age she was taken te Eurepe from America, and thcre commenced her career as a trotter. Her achievements in France and Iluxsla have shown that she Is the best trotter In Eurepe. The fortunate posheshorof the tnare is the well known Berlin sportsman Ehrich, the first manager of the new Berlin Western! racecoure. Perhaja the principal reason why in Germany se much attention Is new paid te rnling fast trotters Is that the gov ernment recognizes the value which a crossing and careful brwilingef acknowledged geed trotters will have upon the natlve breed of horses. And geed horses are very desirable In a military country like Germany. 'luu icecurtl llrekcn, The first ejen handicap athletic games of the National Ciesn Country Association of America wcre held recently en thegroundsef the Staten Jslnnd Atlilelle club. Tint track and Jumping path ncie, considering the day, Iu first rata shne. Very few thought any receids would be broken, but two did go, however, nnd in ene cawj the record breaker was rewarded by winning the race, which U rare in a handicap coniietitien. Gcerge Bchwegler, Btaten Island Athletic club, lewirud the record In the 2.V) yard hur dle rnce 2 ft. C in. high, from Si 1-5 seconds te 31 4-5 seconds, nnd W. D. Day, N. J. A. C, knocked 1 I-.1 second off of the ten mile running record, doing 63 mln. 33 3-5 see., although he did net win. The Ineratltmle of the Turf. zg& Owner It's no u) feeling with him any leiiRir, OumbrllL, Bend him down te the city and wdl hint te a herse car company, lie's ruu tils lust race. "Well, gtntlemen, ! ran affurd tetakslt easy for a whlle. That bone of mine. Hake itiu, wen me a oeol hundred thousand tUU last tteu," Jutke. e?SsffSk. .-Ji SUCCESSOlt TO POPE LEO. PROBABILITIES THAT THE CARDINALS WILL 800N HAVE TO CHOOSE HIM. If Will Re aa Italian, and rrehabty Cardinal raroeclil-llew Far relltleitl Ilasan Arc Allowed te tuOacnee Math oil of Electing a fop. Pepe Loe XIII Is In falling health: It la conceded that, under the most favorable circumstances, his life cannot be greatly prolonged and se another pepe must seen be chosen, and this fact brings Inte special promlnenco two ecclesiastics. One of these is Satelll, papal delegate te tha Cathella centennial at Baltimore whose prominence at this great Ameri can asscmblage is thought by some te have a special bearing en tht)ucstlen as te whether the pepe shall lcave Reme Cardinal Maria Parecchl, vicar general, en the ether hand, Is a prominent candi date, perhaps the most prominent, and is just new especially noted for his pro nounced views en the relations of the papacy and the kingdom of Italy, lie la young for a cardinal, having been born In 1833, is a man of iron will and clear aims, and probably the ablest ex ponent of the policy of resisting the secular Italian power at every point of its onoroncn enoroncn oneroncn mont, Whlle bishop of Mantua he boldly espous ed the cause of the Jesuits dur ing the struggle between them and the se called liberal Lembard clergy, lle was made bishop of Padua and then archbishop of Be- Irifrnfi. hut tn tlil if i.. t.ii... rxnecaa government objected, and Parecchl re signed and went te Reme About this time Pope Lee dovelepcd his policy as ene of resletnnce te the sec ularizing tendencies of the civil govern ment. Se Uishep Parecchl was made vicar genera), and wielded a power sec ond only te that of the pope In fact, it was seen recognized that affairs of the Vatican wcre confided te Cardinals Rampolle del Tlndare and Luclde Maria Parecchl. When the electoral cenclave assembles, the power of Cardinal Paroc Parec chl will be supreme in nil the arrange ments, and he will be supported by all the priests of conservative views theso whom the Italian politicians affect te stigmatize as the "black party." Many shrewd observers in Italy leek upon his election as already certain. Others spoken of nre Cardinal San felloe, of Napless Cardinal Alomenda, of Turin; Cardinal Itattagtlnl, of Bologna, and Cardinal Monace. The situation is se peculiar that it is thought out of the question te choeso a Frenchman or Ger man, as, in spltoef iUsplritual character, the papacy is necessarily Interested in European complications. Spanish, Eng lish, American and ether cardinals nre net subject te the same disability, but nene of them nre prominently spoken of. The Italian cardinals outnumber all ethers, and, in view of the peculiar rela tions of the papacy and the kingdom of Italy, It is conceded that the next pepe will be an Italian. Thcre is a curious lack of information among non-Catholics en this matter of the relation of the pope te the local gov ernment, aud they often assutne that the cenclave is net free te choeso, or is in seme way unworthily influenced tn cheesing, wllli any refcrence te the sit uation of France, Germany, the United States or ether somi-Cathelio or non nen non Cathello countries. They forget the many Instances in Scripture where the peeple were told te choeso rulers accord ing te their temporal needs, and Ged then accepted their cholce as the divinely npveInted, and that the pepe is both spiritual head of the church wlien he speaks "ex cathedra" upon dectrine and a temporal adviser in Christendom, as free te decide upon policy as any ruler. It may Interest such people te knew that the first Catholle bishop in the United States was really chosen by Ben jamin Franklin, who would new be spoken of as a deist Father Jehn Car Car eoll nnd Franklin went te Montreal to te gethcr during the American Revolution and became fast friends, se Franklin suc cessfully urged the claims of Father Car Car eol I te the first mitre sent te the United States by the Hely See By this ex tremely democratic feature in the Cathe lle church the cheesing powers may consider all secular and spiritual, politi cal and civil rea sons for cheesing any man, but once chosen and Inducted he be comes spiritually supreme within his functions. Ner is It claimed that the cheesing powers are ex BATOLU. empt from error, but it is bclievcd that they have a measure of divine guidance. Much Is said in France just new of the uncompromising attitude of the quirinal (meaning the Italian court) against thu papacy, and the extremists, Kenan being their chief spokesman, predict a speedy removal of the pepe from Heme; but as that class of men have se predicted at intervnls for some 400 years, it need ex cite no present concern. It should net be forgotten that the pepe is bishop of Heme, as well as bead of the churclu Pursuant te the democratic principle ubeve set forth, the election of a pepe ea a purely business proceeding Is conduct ed with as scrupulous regard for fuir ness as that of any elllclal in the world. Each jwpe creates many cardinals, their terms being usually short, as they nre generally old when appointed, and Lee XIII has in eight years almost entirely recreated the conclave, for of the fifty eight cardinals only sixteen were creat ed hy Pius IX. It should be added that the last created (Cardinal Rends, papal nuncio at I'arln) is thought te be the ral l lug H)!ul of the opposition te Cardinal Parecchl, us Cardinal Kende Is thought te lx n bcliever in the mebt pacific pol icy. On the death of a pope the cnrdlnals nre at ence summoned by ene of the secretaries of the sacred collefe, and A'ilhln ten days nfter the deatli the bal loting begins. A number of biuall rooms or recesses open upon a corridor In full view of all. In these rooms the cardi nals sit after their orders. A 6elcmn muss of the Hely Ghost is said in the Vatican church, and thence the cardinals go in precession te the conclave; the hulls and entire building are then closed te the eutside world. There are a few attendauts, of course, the arrangement having a general analogy with these of ether small electoral tedies. Feed is served if necesnary, but no wiitten com munications are received. The forms of "identity," "credentials," cte, de iiet differ materially from theso of a senate The seats of the cardinals inside the rail ing are significantly decorated, and en election all the canopies are lowered ex cept that of the newly created pope, Th balloting proceeds br aaeli r t sMsll TOW Ha biiv J dinars advancing te the altar, praying a short time in silence, and repeating aloud in Latin this eath: j "1 call te witness our Lord, who ahatt be my judge, that I am electing Ma who, befere Ged, I think ought te be elected," . He then deposits hk ballet tn tbera tbera ceptacle upon the nltar. Twe-thirds are necessary te a choice, and there are rigid rules for long intervals between the bal bal eots. If any cardinal receives exactly a two-thirds vote.his ballet Is opened (they are marked, but se folded as te be count ed without exposing the voter's name), that it may be shown that be has net voted for himself; for no cardinal can cost a dccl8ive vete Irr his own favor. ENGLAND'S NEW WAR SHIPS. ', III Armer Clad Victeria I th Powerful of the British Hees, The British are getting out warships) notwithstanding the fact that they hava quite an cffectlve navy already. One of Urlttanla's la te productions la the armor clad Victeria, the meat powerfully equipped British war ship afloat Hew different her appcarancofrem any of the late cruisers built for the United Stalest With a very low hull and high built' amidships sh j resembles ene of the steam ers plying between New Yerk and At bany en the North river. Theso two ugly, lean looking barkers that sheet out from the turret in front weigh 110 tens each. These smaller noses projecting from the openings en the side nre five-ten guns. Thcre are six en each side of the vessel. Aft en the upper deck there ts a gust weighing thirty tens. tl. M. S. VICTORIA. The Victeria Is very large for a war ship. She Is atO feet long, 70 feet beam, anil draws 20 feet 0 Inches. Her die placement when equipped U 10,500 tens. She has twin screws, each driven by triple expansion engines, collectively In tended te develop a force of 13,000 Indi cated herse power, giving her a speed of 10 knots. Her manipulation through out is effected by hydraulie power. EMBROIDERED SCREENS. 1 JKs Design far Twe Very Pretty PIMM Necdle Werk. The design for the single fireplace given in this column Is just suited for ftl.lk .nrv IIAWM a, ..1a t ..Inl umIwaIiIjim. The ground stleuld be of colored "art sUn j"- tint the design with two shades of olive"? green: then with soveral shadosef repesllk,3r, J iiujiii iiuiii Ku ehiurf kViur tVURnsssfMBJIJg through the yellows down te golden breWnT?' cmhrolder the whole- design tn different'-'?,' j Llmls of point lace stitches, some parts bsuur -J ' very open. & J 'i no main parts, that, ns It were, support Sv the design, must le much mere solid. VVuer-S ever anything like a clrcle U Intredaesd, crochet the silk ever a metal ring of a suw tom tit the position It Is te occupy, than saw the -i ring se covered firmly In IU place wttb steel-4 unwind atll. Thl.. .--.-.- . . ..) '""! - . wiuhhhi viii Kin- u nWS ,5 M w nn amazing uogreo, ami is quickly aeasv-t Them rings, obtainable In manr atsea. eaa hV substituted with geed effect for the little tH' angles ornamenting the border. The liaetea',-) . either siae or the border should be of JapasK. en geld con! put en In the way alrsady;- scribed. Th space between the1 border audit the frame should be of olive green plash, "t M ir iireiernxi, the uesicn can be executed la V." lustra colors en moleskin, vel vet or plush, bat r, i ,1.1. ....IA ,1. ..!. ,VI.... I. ll 1 sy VMM -I.J .u, UWUU VUIKUID, HIUUW1TlHf ei uaie. Beirr BenEci wmi panix or recircB aa- u?: bem Euuneuisur. &J The design for a single panel screen In thlsj column Is of exactly the kind required for the ;, rrencu rimmn omnremery, which Hat pres- , cut something of a novelty In this country;"1' Exquisite spoclmensof ttiUcn&nnlns work fc?J are te be seen at the Decoratlve Art society's Cv; rooms, where they may be studied with ad- v vantage by any one ntmit te undertake this 'l kind of embroidery. The materials needed are French embroidery ribbon (sometimes called China ribbon) in two or three widths, 111 ttlfltll ffllrM- A.tfl nler. .tin.l.bl ,1.1 d1.JIhi helps greatly the general effect of the color- 'C glJ!tM'slttBlBSSSJs j-5P l! 4'Siifa' r ifi tr ij ITllXl liijxliisSlsui! P -, J RsWs'aasfefWMssWEIKjl&J D 1 fc Ing, ! Ine sawing silk matching the ribbons SI: will also be nuedud, and it will be necessary ji&ijj w uave seme etnnroiiiery suns te no used for "ft kii 1 ui iuu ueiii uvii mum ler me use or riiioen. Thu ribbon should be kept entirely en the '' ri-Anr rr rim .il.lil. !,.. u . f Jm . 'u po.irnnce. Fer roses and double flowers, the s?n rabed effort U further Increased by sewing K&; the ribbon in loops, following the outlines of VS the leaves, and crowding the loep3 together Jlj ua Knnvi) ua jmjsmuiu, be mat iney ierm a compact mass. Fer sinsle tinners and leaves, such as nnniles and forcet-mo-nota. the rib bon Is laid flat ever the f enn of the leaf, se-, gfjj& cured nt the extremtty of the leaf with sew-T Si Ing silk, and brought back te the center se jTgl mat tue riuuen is doubled. Tha centers of ilS the flowers are made with raised knots in .:! embroidery silks. FiRKi'LAcx scnacv mcsiasroarAiirrisaes) f a J rVafiVtviijB? : : n ?$ liHffiBffiSH if 41 JFK i , ,.1.1.1.1.1... 1... . SeS '"' V u- TIL M -.. f.,,. ,r.?JJi The floating ribbons are put tn with Ksi X-5 ngteu sutcu iu single embroidery, i - - also the scrolls and conventional parts ( ... a In the present Instance it U rseesa-IC' mended te suada the rolls Iu rich golden. ttew.-Jv. and the floating ribbon In pale blue en wf white or cream colored art satin. Tbesaere! ; colors and variety that can tx Introdaesd; i. Inte tha (lowers and foliage the better,' eedr ' thereU scepe here for Individual taste e4' juagawmi. Art AMatsur. t K & i .& v.. $$ . & m & VS1 ffl m 7 f B. -S7 n U) m WVS i ft H r.f:i b v, TO.' -- j