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THE LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENuiiK, SATURDAY, DEOEMfifiR 21. 1889.
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NYE MAKES A FIND
" .flfcivJ
He Dtoeover Berne TTnunifreMn
Private JUm te Mr.
IrRwUMJ
Senlfat HIM MartgnM Bntte aa Tlrtfcnwf
Mr. Brlgfctiratec 11n4 wttfc. the FroeU f
dcnt-A MritlMml aaei On a
ttreadway C twm Wlht
the "SUafe Oat of DmU"- '
A tVaat ftMMHtbt.."
Oepjrlalit, lkfefcyEdfar W. Nje.1 ,
A mat) la Washington who Mjt he la
a buyer -of old paper, rags, paper ate,,!
ete., en a large acalty told ma that ha
bought net long age a quantity of .waste,
paper at the White Souse and nil that!
oej ex nis, jme ia just old eneagh te
p-owl around and p Inte aueh thlaga,
beran t read over7aeine of, the tUll
legible but unimportant letteraHa
found quite a quantity et them .watch
were net personal enough te arlenalyt
involve anybody If printed without that
signature and se he allowed me te uaa
aome of them.
One read as follews:
Mr. President of the United States.!
Sir I see by the papers that you are
coming West a far as Chicago this
month, and se, of course, you will pasa
through our place. We lire at Marlen,
this State, and my name la harrlsen.
am et Scandinavian extraction. It hap-,
pened about 40 eight years age.'
iWeuld you mind stepping ever one
train with us, where you oeuld be quiet?
I de net want nothing oft you, but, eh
I would be se glad te take you v te my,
heuse and ahew you te my ehlldren.
We could have a little bite te eat, and
if you de net mind taking it. farmer,
'fashion, we oeuld have a geed time. 1
will net make any. difference en your
acceunt'except te have some prunes
the way et fruit ""
' I will get you tee and from the train,
and It shall net cost you a sent whlle in
the town.
i Se far none of the Prosldenta have
ever stepped any length of time in our'
place, and none of them have been te
my house at all.
I I was In the war. Served all the way.
through It and overhet myself at Bull's
Justly celebrated Run, but did net ask
for a pension as yet. 1
Will you step with us? we will freshen,
a mackertl If you will, and if you are
coming we ought te begin new. j
Thore will be no speeches and you can'
take off you coat In the setting room if
you want te.
Yours with great respectfulness and
sincerely yours also, i
Eaiutsst Mexie Harrison.
(This name la fictitious.)
Anether one is written by a young,
woman who Is very ambitious te de
something in the world which will at
tract attention. She states as follews:
Mil Benjamin Harrison,
Trcslilent of the United State, of America.
WAsnjNOTON, D. O.
Honored Sir T knew you will think
me a great bere te wrlte te you, but I
must go te seme ene whom I can ro re ro
spect. My parents unfortunately de net
llElt UNAri'RECIATIVE MA.
-.belong te that gang. They are rude and
at llmca their behavior Is oxtremoly
rocky and eutray.
1 have long wanted te be something
mero than a beast et burden and nonen nenen
lty, cooking things for poeplo te eat up
or knitting great cearse socks for men
folk:). I am hungry for the plaudits of
the poeplo which is ever ready te demon
strate that; earnest endeavor can mltl mltl
gate or at least In a measure and possibly
evon te a greater degree these which la
first te recognlze true merit of mind or
heart, whether in friend or tee is my
earnest prayer and wish from day te day
both te you and yours whilst we jeurney
through Ufe.
I ha te drudgery, eh, se much, and
knew that I hae a beuI If I could glve
It 6cepe. It pants some days, eh, se
bard for oppressions and yearns for rec
ognition, till it just seems as if I would
better Just quit the business.
O. why was this spark ever planted in
my breast, Mr. Harrison, If net for a
neble purpese? I want te appear before
the public as seen as I can, but my
parents are qulte cearse. Father works
hard but makes himself offensive te a
young man of gentle meld who comes
te comers with me at times. Father
employs the solar system as a cuspidor,
and ter soul and thought and things,
like that he says he "docs net care a,
tinkers dam." (I use his exact lan
guage.) As ter me myself, I hunger or the.
applause of my fellows. I can rcclta
things en the Btage with great facility
and almost forget myself in seme of my
delineations, though I have a geed flg
ure and have been told se twice by a
man who travels ter a large seed house
in Detroit. i
Would it be tee much for you te write
me a kind word of encouragemont, ro re ro
memberlng that practically I am an
orphan, for ray parents are no geed en
earth. Mether can cook a geed meal of
-victuals and keep beuse; but what Is
that, Mr. Harrison, te ene who pants
and cries out for the plaudits et the
masses?
Mether says my figure is no hotter
than hers was at my age and gees en te
state that when my flgure Is llke hers I
will be sorry that 1 had net lcarned hew
te cook.
I hae taken lessens in elocution and
gestures and am well fitted te adorn a
higher plain of society than I new move
in. A word from you would old me very
much and might lnfluence my parents
for geed. I Inclese stamp for reply and
will ever remain
Your slneere llttle friend end admirer,
Lauba Majiiqei.u Uutts. -
f (This name, also, Is highly fictitious.)
Anetner is irem a plain man who
writes with bluing en a letter heed
which Is beautifully executed in purple
by means ei a rubber sump, it is as
fellows; """
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KARKEST briehtwatms.
T.(vrv 1Pr1 and Rain Rtftblit lle.rfllnf '
I:1 andualtlnr. Alse J eteUifenee Office. ;
V Herse taken te beard by the day or week. !
; alsoluaerslsauencdteaudjustlceof the :
I : peace. :
'" Dtaie,u.
jTe the Presldest et the United States.
I Sir It is seldem that I monkey with
ithe high prerogative of a person who
ihaa enough te thlnlcef hla own self In'
(Carrying out the, duties ethlfl offlce, but
I must say that H fiHlme te call a halt,
,as our paper here lastwweelc stated. ij
am net a hide-bound, radical, either
(Democrat or Republican.. X nevcr was!
'hide-bound, as yeu'tnlght say, and if Xj
jhad been I would, have,knewn what tel
'de for it, for I have aoendttlon pewdeij
ithat has no equal j tnr&Mr. President, D
dflLtajr that Uw JUXaaliths is cendjiaM
Fn tlJA
Hi
tffgll JLk iliUnl
1
m u ww oeuatry u aajpaneM. t
let "m-pjTwX anu
1 IVBL
BOW IT ZAOXa 0vOAnWAT.
!ls;net confined te any party, but the
leafara et the United 4tatea ire the
men that ezpreae the will of the people.
Bew a man can live In a doubtful state;
;new-daya and avoid the perdlttea Veatts
jbule train la mere than I knew". 'Men'
who want te be able te leek Gabriel In
the face should avoid the doubtful state
aa they would the deadly Upaa'tiee et
the reading book, Mr. Harrison. j
I've get three beya growing up, Mr.
President, and I like them first rate.,
iThey are net allowed te leaf around the
ill very stable, but have te go toacheol
jand be better beya, hope, than whatj
Ithelr father was bofero thorn. But some
'day they may win attention enough te,
Ibe nrcd by a eaueua. Yeung and foolish
like, they will think It means that If,
faithful te their consciences they will
be rapidly advaneed. By and by they'
will learn dlffcavnt Then will they
have the moral atrength U go Inte the
livery sUbie Industry, or will they yield
te the polltleal customs of the oeuntry
ana swap tneir souls let a auary.
J The way It la newaday: you don't
,yuu Knew wuun you sre oiectea inas is
was a geed thing. Maybe It was an ex
periment and you are aoeUed into an of ef of
fleo just te bee what's the lT.ea that you
always hurrahed ter and which nearly
elected you, is able te stand against the
patrenage in a doubtful state.
I Suppese Ged should lntrodueo the
question of utility into the plan of sal-)
vatien. suppose lie steppod and asked,
jHlmself overv little while, when a manj
with a aln-slek soul came along require
lng salvatien: "Will It pay?" "Will U
.make religion mero popular In the coun
try this fall or will It hurt the adminis
tration?" t
I Ne, you can't de It that way, and dot
iright It pesters me a geed deal, be-)
.cause when it gets te be a quostlen of
utility among high offlelals, there is no
stepping-place. If I had a better com-,
mand of language and knew aa much,
abeutgrammaras I de about hew todls tedls todls
ceurage betts, I would wrlte a long pleee
jfer the North American Review regard
ing this thing; but I have te work
mighty hard te express myself even
ifeebly as I de. I hepe that you will net
(let up en Congress, Mr. Harrison, till you
lmpress both houses with the Idea that
they are net In session purely for the pur-,
jposeef putting up a Jeb for the next elec-,
I tien. I knew thore are a great many pure
mien In Congress, for it has been ae
Stated repeatedly In the Congressional
iRecbrd, one et our biggest and most
Isprlghtly publications, a paper that may
jbe called the editorial waste-paper
basket of both houses, for what nobody
will listen te In Congress may there be
'embalmed In lmperlshable characters
,for the use of the vast army et Vahoea
I
A LIVELY r-KAIBIE STJXE11AL.
cattered throughout our bread land,
'amongst whieh I beg leave te subscribe
myself, Yours truly,
EASIEST BBIQHTWATERa. '
Scooting along the smooth and beauti
fully ballasted read-bod of the Great In'
ter-State Commerco BUI Defyre rail'
'u.w 4YA 4VlAM A n t M IaIII.. Ta1r 1..
costly carriage, we caught a glimpse et
a country funeral. It was going slowly
across a wind-swept prairie, with the
cold, bleak sky and frosted fire-weeds
skirting the horizon. The clergyman
sat en the Beat with the undertaker.
and his nofie was extremely red as he!
faced the blast. The undertaker wept
steadily and honestly as the north wiadj
played about his purple bugle. The
Imeurners rede in a cheorless lumber
wagon, and little frozen fatherless chil
dren with green bed quilts ever their
shivering knees helped te heighten the
gloom.
Hew different from the cheering, so
ciable, buslncss-llke air of a funeral en
Broadway. I saw ene net long age en
that street and made a minute et It
while attending my regular blockade
below Fulton street, In fact, I made six-'
ty minutes of it before I get through.
This Ih the erdc r of the precession.
1 Hearse containing deceased and
driven by a handsemely-dressed coach
man who swears in a gentle manner at'
the truck drivers who try te delay the
precession bycomlnglnatFulten street
Hearse occasionally gets its wheelslnte
the Btrept-car track and can net get out,
though emitting a low, gutteral sound.
a Broadway car Ne. 008' driven by a
coarse man with a horn whlstle half way
down his threat, he. Is prevented from
swallowing It by a stout string connect-!
ing the whistle with his button hole.
He Is heard ever and anon whistling at
the hearse driver as who should sy
"Come, wake up, wake up, don't delay
business."-'" '- "" " I
i 8 Carriage lead et mourners in olesq
conveyance
4 Lead et green hidea and pelta,
driven by a profane, aelt-made man,
wearing a retired policeman's helmet
and an Injured air, which latter is also
shared byJlsoarge.r"f -w-
B Lead ot'lxenl rails, hauled by four
large horses and driven by a deaf and
dumb gentlemaivwhp Is net In any way
rolate4te,dooeased:i "' '
6 CJam bake. lead, of exourslenlsta
golngtever tefitatcn Island for painting
purposes, aocempanled'by embryo Jags.
7 Clese carriage containing ether rel
atives of doeeased and drlven by a new
man, who is net familiar with New Yerk
City, having fermerly driven a thraaht
lng machine near Owatonna Minn. He
knows that if he loses sightef the hearse
he will wander farther and f arther away
from the grave. In the meantime a pro pre
cession et Oyster Openers, headed by s
'German hand, cuts In ahoedof him from,
a side street, and the pole et an leq
'wagon knocks a hole In the back of hU
carrlag. J&.W
i 81 wajen owned by tbe Hudset
Silver : -oho leu. Company, and drives
v " i t be haa-fcwn t j .; t 'VatbW
vnreie-M-hajpMNHrf6W1tMewBV
.a'clethlig'maa ea.the prtWef aa evsm
oetbyeeBaefVBej-bilW "
I t Heavy .tfuck, hauling consignment
of llaahnrger cheese for ' 'down-town,
house, driven by a neseless man who waa
iblttea by a warn peraenal friend during1
the war. "" t "
10 Proeeaalon of exouralenlata known
aatheMoekTurtleClub, headed by drum
oerpa and followed byChrlatephnratreet
ear Ne. MS, driven by nan with Ingrow Ingrew
ing mustache and dog-eall wblatle. '
11 Other mourners In open carriage,
smoking eleotlea cigars.
1 -Salvation Army passing through
New Yerk en lta way te convert Newark.
1 18 Ambulance ea Its way te ptek up
some mangled people who tried te es
cape from a fire-proof building -h
means of a fire-escape. I
' 14 Parade by Knights of Pythlaa
wun arawn awjeMa.
15 City effinala with drawn salaries
18 Milk wagon carrying pure country,
milk and cream, eoeompanled by an oe-,
caalenal muffled creak. i
'. 17 Oiher meurnera in deg-cart read
ing evening papers.
I a fu. ui qmieu nay thriven ey a1
Boneiariy-iooKing oeiorea man, lnahlgi
inahlghj
' funeral
In at a!
nat ana rea nannei abut.
I 19 Anether '.and competing
rem me eaai wae, wntcn out in at a,'
aide atreet before the polleo oeuld Inter
fere. 90 Balance of original proeeaatou In-
terMM with horse cars, butcher carta,
seer wagons, cabe, profanity and rag
fanciers. " " ,
I Aa unknown man can have a biever
and cheaper demonstration, by dying la
new vow UM tn jjy ether place I can
at this moment call te mind. Te die in
New' Yerk and get one et these funeral
demonstrations almost pulls the atlngerj
out ei aeaw.
COL. LEONIDAS L. POLK.
Be lias Been Elected rmldent of the
National Fanners' Alliance.
Cel. Leenidaal Polk, who was elected
president of the National Farmers' alli
ance at the recent St. Leuis convention
of that organisatien, which new repre
sents a mcmberslilp of nearly 8,000,000
of American farmers, is a native of North
Carolina, where he la at present engaged
in publishing The Progressive Farmer,
and which paper has wielded a potent
influence in giving irreslstible impetus
te the "farmers' movement" through
out net only the south, but the entire
country. Cel. Polk is 03 years of nge,
but leeks several years younger. He wn
born in Ansen
county, N. C,
and is a descend
ant of the Mcck-
lenburg family of"
Pelks, of which
Cels. Themas and
William Polk of
revolutionary
fame and Presi
1 dent James 1C
Polk were illus
trious scions.
Cel. Polk is, in
the truest sense
of that much
abused phrase, a
eelf lnniln mnn.
Left at the age of leenidas l. reur.
14 an orphan, he lcgan the struggle! ei
life single handed. Reared en n farm,
his inclinations naturally followed this
bent, and he adopted farming as a pro
fession, which lte prosecuted with suc
cess until called te another sphere.
He was married nt 21, and was seen
after nominated and elected te the low
er heuse of the stnte legislature, receiv
ing a flattering vote. He served the
regular and-two extra sessions, in"18C(T
and 1801, and then volunteered as a pri
vate in the Confederate service, declin
ing the captaincy of e company. He
served in the Twenty-fifth and Forty
third Nertli Carolina rogiinenls until
late in 1801, when his comrades initie
army nominated him as the "army
candidate," and elected him again te
the general assembly. The following
year lie was put forward in opjiesltion
te his earnest pretests, and elected te the
state constitutional convention called by
President Jehnsen.
Iu 1877 he was elected commlsRienet
of ngriculture, and had the responsible
and important task of organizing a de
partment et agriculture, the establish
ment of whlclrhe had for many yean
strenuously advecatcdr In 1880 he TIF
signed his position and entered upon
business pursuits.
In 1880 he began the publication ei
The Progressive Farmer, and with it
began the organization of farmers' clubs,
and when in 1887 he espoused the cans
of the Farmers' alliance, lie had organ
ized nearly flve hundred clubs in hit
state. Anether important inove Cel,
Polk's paper exerted itself in behalf ei
was the establishment of n state agri
cultural and mechanical cellege, advo
cating the restoration of the laud scrip
fund te that purpose, which had up tc
that tltne been applied te the State uni
versity. The agitation met considerable oppo
sition from influential quarters, but
his plans were finally adopted, and the
cellege is today an established reality
and an ackneu ledged ornament te the
state of North Carolina.
In 1887 Cel. Polk was elected state
secretary cf the Farmers' alliance, K
which position he has been tuice re
elected. In the National Alliunce con
vention of 1887 he was unanimously
chosen first vice president of that great
order, by which he has new been honor
cd with its highest ofll:e.
The Interstate Farmers' association,
coui(eseU of farmers in the cotton stales,
was organized at Atlintn in 1887, and
the subject of this sketch was chosen
president. At te Lubscqucnt annual
conventions iie lias Immhi re-elected U.
that position.
Pitcher KUley.
Here Is a picture of Hurry n. Staley, a
very premising young pitcher. He w as born
In KpringfieM, UK, nlieut twmty-tlirre jwirs
age. In lbS.1 he pitched for the Pecatur
club. This was his lint season as a profes
sional The teuten et ltW) found him tilling
tbe same position for the Springfield club,
and lu IStiThe ea again a member of the
Decatur team, The
St. Leuis Hretvni,
of the Western as
sociation, toeured
him iu 1537, and he
remained with
them uutil Ven
dt-r Ahe disbanded
the club. Ha and
BecLleyolthesame
team were then
sold te the Pitts-
burg team of the
National league.
The deal and trans
fer were made by
Herace I), l'liit.
HAHUV E. STALKT. JlpS who WOJ thU
manager of the PitUburgs. He remained
with the PitUburgs throughout the past two
seasons, and did excellent work In the box,
hU most notable teat beiug the retiring et
the Indianapolis team for a single base bit,
July 28, ltei Stiy runked fourth ameug
the twcuty-tU pitchers of the National
league lu lb&. He steed up among the lead
ers cf last season, although he hed pitched
mere championship gemes than any etbtr
pitcher et the Laagua accept Clarkaen.
i i --a 3
THE LEGAL ASPECT
Peintt at Issue Between the
Brotherhood and the League.
THE FAMOUS "RESERVE" CLAUSE.
Oa the Meaning the Werd In the Bvm
t the law Depends the Fata of the
Brotherhood's Veature Arguments Pre
and Ces.
net an easy thing te explain the-kg
points at base between the Brotherhood
players and their old masters, the National
league magnate, and I am net aura that I
ran make it thoroughly plain.
In 1887 the Brotherhood presented a con
tract drawn up by lte committee, wtich the
League accepted. In that contract appears
the following anctten, new famous the coun
try ever:
"Section 18. It b further understood and
agreed that the said party of the first part
shall bava the right te 'reserve' the said
party of the second part for the season next
ensuing the term mentioned In paragraph
2, herein provided, and said right and privi
lege is hereby accorded the atld party of the
flrst part upon the following conditions,
which are te be taken and construed aa con
ditions precedent te the exercise of such ex
traordinary right or privllege, vlx.t
"1. That the said party et the second pert
shall net be reserved at a salary leas than
that montlened in the twentleth paragraph
herein, except by the consent of the party of
the first pert.
"2. That the said party of the second part,
If he be reserved by the eald party of the
flrst part for the next ensuing season, shall
be ene of net mera than fourteen players
then under contract, that is, that the right
et reservation shall be limited te that num
ber of players and no mere."
Under this section the National league
claims it holds an option for the season et
1890 en each player who signed a contract
containing the clause. Flndlug that Messrs.
Erarts, Cheato & Desman, the celebrated
New Yerk lawyer, backed up this belief In
an elaborate opinion, the League determined
te force its players te keep their contracts,
and have brought a suit against Jehn M.
Ward te obtain an Injunction te restrain him
from playing with the Brooklyn Players'
League club.
The point made by Mr. Ward and hi law
yers. Judges Hewland and Boeon, is that the
word "reserve" used in the contract was put
in quotation marks te show that It was mere
ly a technical word, and that it did net gire
the League any option en the player ether
than that understood by the reserve prevision
et the national agreement, which means a re
serve only as against organizations or clubs
members or parties te that agreement.
It Is a well known fact that the National
agreement is a covenant entered Inte by cer
tain parties by which each agrees te recog receg recog
nleo certain rights of all the parties thereto
as set forth. It has always been considered
that players could play with outside- organ
izations, and they have frequently done se,
as, for Instance, with the California league
before that association was admitted te the
protection of the national agreement. The
players contend that as tbe Players' league
Is net a iarty te the national agreement, the
reserve does net held against thorn when tbey
Jein that organization. In ether words, no
matter what may have been the spirit of
their contract with the League, the letter of
It dees uet held thorn. Te effset this claim
the League will use another soctlen of the
contract, which expressly states that ue for
eign documents shall be used in the Interpre
tation et the contract.
A geed many people suppese that this In
junction suit Is brought te test the validity
of the reserve rule. This, however, Is net
the case. The reserve rule la net in question
at all. The League never has claimed it te be
legal and has generally believed that the
courts would se decide. The reason it has
never been bought up by the -players is that
a faverable decision would be of no value, as
the courts could net compel a club te hire a
player if it did net soe fit te de se, and hence
the combination made by the magnates has
remained effective. .
The point the court has new te declJets
what the players meant by the word ' 're 're
serve" whether or net they Intended te give
an option en their sorviees as against any
e'her club or organization. If they did, the
League can bold them; if they did net, they
ere frce te go te the new league. Tbe Na
tional league claims that it the intention hed
been te limit the reserve te organizations
under the national agreement, the fact
would have been put into the contract, as It
was drawn by the Brotherhood's own lawyer,
and they stated at the time that they desired
te put Inte the contract every condition of
the agreement between clubs and players.
They say that the national agreement was a
matter between the clubs, and that the play
ers were net parties te It directly or indi
rectly, in any manner, shape or form.
On the ether hand, the players say that
they considered the question when they drew
up tbe contract, and that the word "option"
was flrst used, but afterward 'stricken out
and the word "reserve" Inserted in quotation
marks, as it was believed that It would cover
the point and leave them free te sign with
any league outside the national agreement.
These are the facts, stated as simply as pos
sible. The evidence will no doubt be volu
minous. The players will have te show what
they meant when they signed the contracts,
and the League will bring evidence te the
saine effect They will endeavor te aid their
case by producing an eutside contract with
Ward, in which he uses language which en
its face shows that he considered that he bad
given the League an absolute option en his
services. Whether or net this document will
be admitted in evidence as net lieing foreign
te the contract, and the national agreement
be thrown out as being fereigu te it, is a
question for the court te determine.
On the decision et the injunction case rests
the future of tbe Players' league. If a per
manent injunction is granted the players
may carry the case te the court of appeals,
but the injunction would held until a final
decision was reached, and that would re
quire se muchtlme that the players could net
be able te start their league until the season
was halt ever. It the Injunction U refused
the League can carry the case te the court of
appeals, and it will be a standing meuace
against the players, and should the lower
court be overruled along in the middle et the
season it would disrupt the Players' league at
a time that would be mere disastrous than if
the League had never made a start.
The case will be tried In January or Feb
ruary, and a decision may be reached seme
Uine in March. W. I, IUuuis.
HOW THEY GREET YOU.
The Manner In Which numerous Celebri
ties Shake Ilnuds.
Special Correspondence
New Yer.K, Dec. 19. Lavater lias
told us hew te read character fa the
features and Spurzheim has given us the
language of our bumps, but if there is
net as much character in the way peo
ple shake handH, then both of these phi
losophers are dead failures,
A close observer, and ene who writes
whereof he knows, has taken the pains
te record the charactciistlcs of seme et
the best known poeplo in this respect, and
thus presents his experience:
President Harrison gives ene an Inter
rogatory sort of grip tliat seems te imply
the idea 'Can I trukt you?'
When James Q. Blaine fakes your
hand, it always impresses you with the
notion that he Is glad tosce you, whether
he If or net.
"William L. Kvarts gives you only his
fingers, and hcem te begrtidgu the tiiue
spent in the operation. Diplomatically,
he will sometimes spare his whele hand,
Hx-Pruiident Cleveland has a chubby
hand, which he puts into yours in a hur
ried manner that seems te say, "I'm a
busy man pass en."
Hev. T. De Witt Talmage has a hand
bread and hearty, and n lien the Ilrook Ilreok Ilroek
lyn dominie wishes te emphasize a point
it comes down like a spile driver,
Cyrus W. Field lias a long, wiry hand,
betokeelns caution and astuteness, and
ne seems almost unwilling te give you
even a part of its palm.
Edwin Beeth haa a hand which a
woman might envy. Its grasp is gentle,
and the casence of politeness itself.
Henry Irving gives ene a "Mr. Mcrdle'a
shake," and then his hand aeems te re
treat up hia coat alceve as if it was
ashamed of itself,
Oscar Wikle has a ghostly, clammy
hand, such as might have belenged te
Uriah ITecp. The touch makes ene feel
like rubbing hia own hand afterwards te
rcstore lest warmth.
Billy Florence's dlglU twined wilhin
these) of a friend plainly say: "New,
nene of that. Come, 1've get you, you
knew, and you go quietly along with me
te the Heffman house."
Abram Hewitt new nnd then shakes
hands aa if he were delivering an opinion
that grated en his own hinges.
When Inspector Dyrnes joins palms
with eome strangers he leeks nnd acts aa
if they were catalogued in n collection of
rarities, if net the rogue'a gallery. Te
his friends hla clasp is cordial and em
phatic, The late Thurlow Weed had a sinewy
hand though soft, and when you took
it you felt what n geed nnd trusty com
panion it was te his honest brew and
gray hair.
Herace Greeley waa net n great hand
shnker, but when he did indulge In the
salutation, his hand could be cither a
sledge hammer or a scalpel.
Sunset Cext What should lie have
but a genial shake that carried in it the
smlle of his nature?
Peer Maurice Strakeech used te play a
aert of rock-a-by-baby motion with the
hand given him te shake. He would
first press it te his heart, kiss it nndthen
return it with thanks.
P. S. Qilmore, the famous maestro,
also has a foreign way of fondling the
fingers laid in his, seeming loath te re
turn them te their rightful owner, but
no ene objects te this in the genial
"Pat."
Tliemas A. Edisen, the wizard inventor,
has a jerky style which says as plainly
as words, "Just se much of my time
wasted."
If Cnpt. Bunshy were in the flesh,
"Unde" Kufus Hatch, of Wall street,
could givehim points in henttinesnet
grip nnd "go him ene better."
Chief Justice Fuller is known te be a
large hearted, poetical gentleman, but
he oscillates his digital oxtremltlcs with
as much gravity, when "bofero folks,"
aa if he were delivering n judicial opin
ion. Socially, (here is no discount en
their warmth.
When Clmuncey Dopew takes vigorous
held of nn old friend, which he is apt te
de, the friend aforesaid usually feels like
putting his hand in hospital.
Vice President Morten's hands are like
velvet. When he and Clmuncey indulge
in a palmar cmbrace thore is a Damen
and Pythias style about the operation
that is touching te the bystanders.
The characteristic of Jay Ueuld's
grasp is that he wants te "cut it short."
That's in the Western Union building.
At Irvington-en-tho-IIudson it mentis
"Ah, thore! Stay therel"
Equally indicatlve et the financial
and social conditions of the atmosphere
is the Bhake of Jehn Jacob Aster. It
may be a mero touch of the fingers or
the loyal embrace of a whele hand, but
"thcre'a millions in it."
A pump handle would emphasize one's
feelings qulte as eloquently as Senater
Edmunds when he tries te be "hail fel
low well met"
Beb IngerseU well, hia is a model
shake, natural, magnetic nnd captivat
ing. It's like an everture by u full band,
which you expect will be followed by
softer melodies en the stringed Instru
ments. Mrs. President Harrison docs net put
much cmpreBsement In her publle greet
ing, her manner being reserved; but in"
private the pressure of her shapely hand
shows that nhe eilers a wealth of wel
come. Mrs. drover Cleveland gives ene the
faintest semblance of n squeeze, which
every person Individually appropriates,
and is consequently made happy.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox puts as much
passion in her hand slinking aa she does
in her poetry.
Mrs. Barney Williams takes your hand
in both et hers with a cordiality that
says "Yeu are welcome; what is initie is
yours."
Mru. Jehn A. Legan, in shaking hands,
gives you the impression that you are
"all in all" te her. It is a splendid cam
paign grip, and she is a clever di
plomat. Mrs. Qcorge Oeuld, daughter-in-law of
the great financier, puis the daintiest
kind of a jeweled hand llngeringly in
yours. F. O. dk Fe.ntai.nk.
FIGHTING THE POOL SELLERS.
Patrons or the Turf 8y Iloekmaken Are
Uegritilliig Ills Spert.
Levers of sports, mero particularly the
horsemen, prejierly se called, are making
common cause with the opponents of the
peel sellers in aud about New Yerk. It
is net only true that the man who se vigor
ously opposed the Iven peel bill hi the New
Yerk legislature have organized a movement
te repeal that act, and that Antheny Corn Cern
stock is reaily te lend te their movement all
the aid that U in the power et the Heciety
for the Prevention of Crime, but the mere
rtectable et the herse breeders and bone
racers are disgusted with the methods et rac
ing as at present conducted in the vicinity et
Nuw Yerk.
Only a few days age that honest old turf
man, Ham Bryant, of Leiilsvllle, said that he
believed henw racing te b en the brink of de
struction. Ue complained et the mimW
and character of many men who run herses,
and of the numlMsr et hersnx they run.
In summing up his reasons for dU;eMng et
his racing stable, including the great Procter
Knett, Mr. Bryant said: "The buuiiiuns Is
getting tough, sir tee tough for me."
Frederick A, Levecraft, secretary and
treasurer of the American Jockey club, of
New Yerk, gives hU reasons for believing
that the days of racing, as a siwrt, are num
bered. Ue says plainly that it is Umply au
adjunct of tbe peel room practically tjwak
ing, the roulette wheel of n vet gambling
community. He speaks of the limited num
ber et vihlters te the race courses as com
pared with the thousands who frequent the
peel rooms te openly conducted iu Nuw Yerk
city.
These peel rooms places where anybody
enn het en the races an) net only many iu
number, but they at e also eiK-nly conducted.
Ne precautions are taken against tha jiellcu;
there Is no turvelllauce ever the betters. The
etllcu boy cau but as freely as the veteran
turfman, and meney is as seen accepted from
iikii who must evidently have steteu it as
from thorn who are known te be able te iu
dulge their sporting propensities.
Krerythlug has been sacrificed tn the end
of giving as many races as possible iu the
shortest possible time. Distances and weights
have bcui cut down te the last extreme. It
is only a few years since thore were many
horses in the country who could ruu in
heat races et one, two, three aud even four
miles. Today they have vanished from the
turf. The se called Improvement of the
breed et hersus has resulted iu tbe produc
tion of a class et celU which can show, even
in S-j ear-old form, considerable spued, but
they cannot show any bottom.
One of the bast trainers and breeders that
this country ever saw sold, lu speaking of
the ramjuint evils
"They are running the whele thing Inte
the ground. The bookmakers are tee greedy.
It is uet enough for them te run a fully de-
eloped herse te the full extent of his
strength; they must start an unlimited num
ber of racers at distances less than a mile, sun
clr se that tha boeknukeri may bat agtUut
teem, neuune can sutuu me su-niu. nn
have seen repeated Instances of unbeaten 2-year-olds
never doing anything afterward,
and 3-ycar-elds forced into the stud. This Is
net right, and If there is net a speedy reform
racing will sink te the lowest depths and oc
cupy a position en a par with the fare lav lav
eut," It has already ceme te the point where
competition between Iho tracks is se strong
that seme must go te tbe wall. In place et
seven lest year tliere are cloven new, and
they are all well equipped. It Is only a few
days sluce visiters returning from ene track
were met ou the train by emissaries from an
other, offerlng free admission tickets te the
next day's racing.
These are a few et the things that militate
against the grandest of all .ports, and it un
checked wilt ruin it utterly.
OllESTKS CLXVXLaHD, Ja.
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN.
lte Have Just Drought Out a Mew
9pern Are They riaglarlster
That famous comle epcra-llterary-musical
cepartnership acting undw the firm name of
Gilbert & Sullivan haa scored another success
in their latest production, the "Gondoliers,
or the King of IlarnUrln." It was produced
at the Savey theatre, in Londen, early in De
cember. The piece, both as te play and musle,
has been very favorably criticised. Doubt
lets It will seen be produced In America,
When Gilbert and Sullivan appeared before
the publle ns claimants for attention as comic
opera writers Offenbach was the senlth star,
lie had produced a great number et bur
lesques, which were se familiar te the poeplo
of all nations that one might hear the popu
lar airs In thorn whistled en the streeteet any
city tn the world. Mine. Aimee was the great
medium through which Offenbach's operas
became familiar te the American people.
The operas were Frenchy and se waa Almee.
Tbe two went well together. As this dialogue
was in a langunge that few Americans could
understand, the operas were net very objoc ebjoc objec
tionablo. At any rate they took amazingly.
But there was nothing either English or
American in uiren
txichVi operas. The
publle hail become
In a meosure sati
ated with them
when a llttle cloud,
no bigger thnn a
man's hand, ap
peared, which was
destined te ebscure
Offenbnch end
drive him out in '
America almost al
together. "II e r i
Majesty's Bhln
rinafere," a new Bin Annum suluvak.
comic opera, was put en the hoards. It was
written by Arthur Sullivan and W. a Gil
bert, the latter having published some time
bofero the "Bab Ballads," a work which
showed considerable ability In the cemta line.
"Pinafore" was English te tbe core. The
music, the words, the action icre each re
markable and togethnr produced a gem.
Besides, there was In it a most delightful
satire en the chief lord of the admiralty of
the British navy.
There was something pralrie flre like in the
way "Pinafere" took. Te have heard It onre
was nothing. Almmt every ene heard II
half a dozen times, and many poeplo could
say that they had listened te from ten te (If.
teen representations of it. It was the begin
ning of a new school, and se excellent In all
its parts that it seemed that the publle would
never grew tired of It.
Then came the "I'lrntes of Penzance" from
thn same brains. The novelty waa net there,
ei course; tiiatwaa
all In "Pinafere"
but the publle was
ready for mera,
and "Tbe Pirtet"
was a success. Os
car Wilde was at
that time exciting
the attention of tb
people of Londen,
and the next opera
Gilbert end Sulli
van produced was
"Patience," a satin
en Wllde and his
followers. It con
tained a great num
w, n. aiLnciiT.
ber of very pretty airs, and the music, though
net se Inspiriting as that et "Pinafere," was
very refined. It had an excellent run.
Since then the partners have been bringing
out ejieras almost without limit, The "Pi-Inv
cckn Ida" was based en Tennyson's poem of
the "Princess," which, something of a satire
in ItKelf, gave a faverable opportunity for a
Gilbert & Sullivan combination. Since the
"Princess" there has ceme out "The Mikade,"
"Iluddygere," "The Gelden Lcgeud" and
ethers.
Gllbert & Sullivan certainly deserve the
thanks of England and America, for the rec
reation and amusement they have afforded
these two hard working oeplee has been a
weuderful relief aud enjoyment. Sullivan
has meanwhile been permitted te wrlte "Sir"
before his name.
In the Londen cast which brings out "The
Gondoliers" Is a charming songstreM, Goral Geral
dlna Ulmar, who for several years delighted
se many Americans by her vuice and rendi
tion of different characters. Meanwhile there
is an expectancy In America te hear the Inst
production, and the American publle are net
likely te be disappointed In auythlng the
famous due de.
1 1 should be stated that Mr. Octaviu Cehen,
of The Charleston World, claims that be fur
nished the teal inspiration te the authors for
tbe latest opera. Ue says that he sent a syn
opsis et the libretto et an opera b himself,
entitled "Nlatrlcl," te Sir Arthur Sullivan,
asking the composer if he would write the
music Sir Arthur declined, but, from what
Mr. Cehen ltulieves te be the nature of th
new opera, appropriated manyet tha Ideal
in the "Gondoliers." Se firmly convinced ii
Mr. Cbhcn that this is se that he says he in
tends te de all he can te prevent tha presenta
tion et the "Goudellors" in America.
The Champien St. llenuird.
Champien Ilespcr is a magnificent animal.
Ue belongs te the neble race of St. Bernards.
One can from this picture form an idea of
chamme.i nrsrm.
bis beautiful markings and fine massive head.
Ue is of splendid proportions, standing S3)
Inches in height, and is of a kind disposition.
Ue vi as brought te America recently, having
been shipped by his former European owner
te his purchaser, K. B. Scars, et Bosten. The
price paid for Champien Hesper was 2,GIO.
1
Langtrv's Figure.
Mrs. Lnngtry is said te have a beautiful
figure of the conventional sort, dittoes well
and I rolled graceful. That is te say, her
wahtls brought te an Ideal smalluess; her
theuklers are squared and lifted, broadened
out of projiertloii te the rest et her body,
and from tlKhtlaclugshohasbeoomechlcken tlKhtlaclugshehasbeoomechlcken tlKhtlaclugshohasbeeomechlcken
breasted. The only real or ktutueMjue beauty
she has left is the exquisite Una from the
crown et her head down the nape et her
neck. Happily she has net been able by any
artificial means te spoil that. But all around
her body, about two inches below the arms,
can be clearly seen through the silk, satin or
wool of her gown a hard ridge which ruarki
the upper limit et her corset. 1 he sama
(lecullar physiological phenomena may lw
observed In almost every actress he has a
conventional reputation for dn-sklng w-ll.
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few or no ceses of rudlcal cure of chronic ca
tarrh by any of the multitude of modes of treat
ment until the Introduction of Kb'' L'ream
Halm a few jeftiu ave, The success of this
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