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TflE LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1889.
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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
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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,
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JE it Si
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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.
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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.. .--.-.- . . ..)
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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
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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
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tr ij ITllXl liijxliisSlsui! P -, J
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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.
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The floating ribbons are put tn with Ksi
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ngteu sutcu iu single embroidery, i
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also the scrolls and conventional parts (
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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'
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