'? Tf? ". V3M; 10 ,1'HK' PITTSBUKG DlSPATOSIJNSS:Z7OCTOBER10i88 EZlM Jw- i w I r IFTflEYWEREWOMEN. Famous Men Tell What They Would Do Under the Circumstances. BAD BOB BZJRDKTTE'S PROGRAMME. Hax O'Eell Would Crate for Triumphal Arches and Adoration. THE POET OP THE SIEKEAS ON WOMAN rwBITTXN TOE THB DISIM.TCII.) As in ourissne of last Sunday some ten of cur famous women told what they would do if ther were men, we now give the men a chance to reverse the discussion and tell what they wonld do if they were of the fair sex. We Delieve that the subjoined contri butions will be read as eagerly and create as striking an impression as those printed last week from the pens of the ladies. BUEDETTE WOULD BE A BELLE And Contemptnonslr Rt-faie to be Any A ststance Whatever. What wonld I do if I were a woman? I wouldn't try. to be a man. Cnt that out end paste it in your looking glass, daughter, and it will be an ornament of grace unto thy head and chains about thy neck many times a day. I wouldn't shudder and groan every time the name oktbe monster was mentioned, but I would studiously avoid acquiring the lightest of his many accomplishments and the best of his manifold ways. I would never learn to lay a fire, in range or fireplace. Every time I touched a fire, cummer or winter, I would put it dead out. Then I'd never be expected to make one. The first loaf of bread I baked I wonld let drop on the dog and kill him. Then I'd never be asked to bake bread again, and I'd get a new dog. When I descended into the laundry, I would manage to brine out all the fancy flannels white as ghosts, and all the white shirts as blue as the skies of June. Then I'd sever be asked to assist at the washtub again. I would pinch every babv that was given fit to bold black and blue in half a dozen usees oeiore it couia eaten us Dream nough to shriek, and I would frighten the e: life or tease the temper out ot anybody's children whom Iwas asked to amuse. Then I'd never be troubled with other people's young ones, and nobodv would ever ask me teach the infant class while the tired teacher took a vacation. It I had to sit on the front seat when asked to drive, I would carry a large sun umbrella, and gouge the driver's eyes out end run the team into a fence corner the first mile out. Then I'd get the back seat on tne shady side every time ever after ward. I wonld always sit sidewavs in a street car. Then I would have plenty ot room. I would wear a carriage dress in the street car if I had no other place in which to show it off: I wonld smash something choice and ex pensive every time I swept a room or dusted s parlor. Then I'd never be asked to do such work. In church I wonld never rise during the ringing, and never kneel durin? prayers. Then people wonld notice me, and sav: "Who is that pretty girl with such lovely eyes?" At the theater I would wear the biggest hat obtainable. At cricket and lawn tennis matches I would sit in the front row and raise my parasol. J wonld cultivate such charming helpless ness, such hopeless innocence, such pretty, childish ignorance, such fascinating de pendence, such dainty babjways that people wonld say: "Oh; we must take care of her; she doesn't understand these things." Then, all my life Ions I would be petted, end coddled, and fondled, and cared for in a thousand ways, where more independent women have to "hustle" for themselves. That is, daughter, if other women would care for sucn a sweet little bit of helpless ness. May be they would. You know bet ter than I do how women regard that sort of a woman. But, yon can gamble your peace of mind your love of ease and nil yonr enjoyments of life that the Monster Man wouldn't torment the solitude of snch a woman with his pres ence longer than a day or two, and she would thus be spared one or the createst annoyances to which mankind Is subjected. EOBEKT J. BtJBDETTE. JOAQUIN MILLER PHILOSOPHIZES. 'fie Talks of llie Modern Eve's Encerness for New riff Lenvrs. If I were a woman, what would I do; and not do? Kow, let us look into this thing, as the man said when he fell in the well, and go back to the beginning. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Then, we read in the Good Book that he rested on the seventh day. Then the Lord God made man "of the dust of the ground." And then He rested again. And then the Lord God "planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom he had formed." And then the Lord God rested again. And I hope it was a rood long rest. For the next that the Lord God made was woman. And I search the Bible in vain for any word or sign that the Lord God or man either ever rested after that woman was madel A flirtation, and a fig leaf. As the doc tors say, "There has been no marked change." And how many leaves of other trees do you suppose she tried on before she found the fig leaf to fit her? Fancy the late Mr. Adam coming home from downtown in the crowded street car, and Eve rushing in upon him with her arms full of leaves, and she msking him get up and swing his heavy frame to a greasy strap, while she nnrsed her fig leaves ano flirted right and left with the simpering clerks. What wonld I do if I were a woman? I wonld quit tooling with fie leaves. I wonld dress up once, modestly, tastily, with great regard Jor health and com'ort" and comeli ness, and then I would rise up and try and do something else before the day of judg ment. For this fig-leaf business has lasted long enongh. The very first thing laid down within the lids of the Bible, after the chronicle of creation, is this f nssand trouble about women's dress. For on the very next page we find Eve still unsatisfied about the cut and qnalitv of her fig leaf dress, and we read that "Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins and clothed them." Next, after I had given the clerks a rest and stopped running to the stores, I would try to stop talking so mucn and let the world rest mentally a little, as well as physically. My. oh myl If a woman onlv could learn bow to keep quiet in word and deed and dress, what a dominion wonld be hers! All the ships we sail are for her; the gold and diamonds that we dig, the deepest ruins we explore, the lands we discover ajd subdue, the battles that we fight, where brother goes down to death against brother all, all for woman! Yet here she goes ralloping up and down, street car and store, store and street car, the same garrulous parrot as when she was the first to speak to the ser pent; the first to open ber sweet mouth and eat of tne forbidden fruit. Fig leaves and flirtations! Flirtations and fig leaves! "Get thee to a nunnerv." .lOAQUIN MrxLEB. CHAUKCET WOULD BE A BLUE-STOCKING Dr. Depew Thinks Edaeailea Shenld be Wtnin'i Chief Aim. I went once to a lecture wherein one of the most eminent physiologists in the world argued that women were not only weaker nhytically, but that they were sot so strong and vigorous in mind as men. My own experience with the two women (my mother and my wife) with whom I have succeeded in keeping up to to date, has been directly the opposite of this proposition. The pro cesses may not be the same, but the results are identical. Europeans claim that our fashionable girls are not educated. They acknowledge they are pretty, alert, witty and audacious, but claim they are not serious. They are accused of knowing comparatively nothing of literature, science, politics, history or art. So Europeans say and for that rea son, if I were a girl of wealthy parents, I would postpone the ball and the german and get education first of all. If all women of fashion were educated in proper institutions no interference need re sult with social pleasures. Snch education, where needed, would add enormously to the future of woinan's position in the family and belore the public. If I were a woman.no matter what was my condition in life, or what sacrifice it would be necessasv to make. I would strain everv nerve, first and last, to acquire an educa tion. The area of self-support to a woman enlarges in proportion to the education of her mind. And, further, were I a woman, I would let no ambitious consideration compel a marriage without love. If the man was firm of character, capable and energetic, I would defy all opposition and take my chances with him. From my own observa tion and experience I do not think it is diffi cult for a woman unless she is obtrusive and offensive to sit upon the box of the domestic carriage, hold the reins and direct the course of the coach about as she pleases. CHAtTKCEY M. DEPEW. POETEE WOULD NOT BE A 8AIL0E If He Were a Woman, Bat Wonld Sest In the Iap of Ijnxnrr. 'Oh, woman, in onr hours ot ease, Uncertain, cor and hard to please: Wben pain and anrnish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou.1" If I were a woman, I would be just that, and nothing more. In these lines lie the secret of woman's greatest charm. Man was made to work for woman; woman, to charm him in his hours of ease. If I were a woman I would never go to a weather earing to reef topsails; wonld never take a musket and stand post in the rain and sleet for fonr hours; wonld never be a "walkist" and "go as yon please" five or or six days. I wonld be the great magnet in my domain, and draw husband and chil dren toward me by those unerring charms which every true woman possesses by sweetness of temper, a loving heart, and the absence of all strong-mindedness. If my husband was named "John," I wonld change it to "Luxury," and sit in his lap whenever 1 could. A man can never know the trials to which women are subjected, and it is idle for him to say what he wonld do, and what he would not do, if he were a woman. But one thing is certain, he would not perform woman's duties half as weil as the woman does. So let us thank heaven that man is satisfied to be confined to his legitimate sphere, for those who interfere too much with what belongs to the other sex generally make a failure. David D. Fobteb, Admiral. HE WOULD NOT BE A MANLY WOMAN. Dr. Tnlmase Believes Each Hex Should Keep to It Appointed Sphere. If I were a woman, I would stay a woman. ' If there is anything despieable to my mind it is an effeminate man or a masculine woman. " Just in proportion as woman does her work in the sphere that God has appointed lor ber, she will De nappy and attractive. There is a great multitude of men now who, by their manners, assume a sort of womanhood. They want to be soft; they go simpering through the world, and they are far from being of interest to anybody. A man should be a man; a woman a woman, and nothing else. There is no reason why there should be any distinction as to where the line should be that divides man's appropriate field and woman's particular sphere. Every man knows when he is engaged in his right occu pation, and so does every woman, and when they attempt otherwise they become oflen sive to all sensible men and all sensible women. T. De Witt Taxiiage. HE WOULD BE A HEALTH! WOMAN. The Anihor sf Helen's Bablea Givea Some Common Senae Tlews. If I were a woman: I would intrust my appearance more to Dame Nature than to the dressmaker, for I see that healthy women attract more atten tion than exquisitely dressed invalids. I would regard my health as my fortune, to be respected accordingly by others as well as myself. I would spend a great deal of time out of doors, even if I couldn't do it except by weeaing my own garden. I wonld read and study as much as my father, husband, brother or son, so as never to be regarded as "only a woman." I would never treat a man of doubtful moral character as any better than a woman ot the same sort. I know how men regard women who "make allowances" for men whose lives are not what they should be. I would never regard a mere admirer as a possible husband, nor accept admiration as a substitute for love. I have seen thousand! of dogs as much admired as women. I would "cut" any male acquaintance who talked sense to men, but trivialties to me. , John Habbebtoit. EDGAR SALTUS W0DLD HAYE A MOTTO, Bat li Particular to Slnte That Be Wonld Hot Live Up to It, Were I a woman: I shonld consider that nothing was less aristocratic than disbelief, andnothingmore vulgar than jealousy. I would never forget to remember that beauty may allure, but that graciousness enchains. I would not do anvthing important I should emulate the rose and its wisdom: I should charm and be silent. I wonld not wear corsets. I would not wish to be a man until I was 30. My motto would be Pourquci pas, and I should be careful not to live up to it. Eoqab Baltus. MAX O'EELL W0DLD WANT THE EARTH. Koiblnc Wonld be Too Good for Him It He Was a Woman. I have been a man a good many years more years than I care to tell and I have come to the conclusion that, if I were a woman I should consider few men, if any, worthy of me. If I were a woman, I shonld expect a tri umph ial arch erected over each door through which I was to pass, and each floor strewn with flowers upon which I was about to tread. This is what I wonld do. And if the men were to expect me to re turn any gratitude to them for it why, that's just what I would not do. Max O'Bell. Will Carleioa'a Idea. If I were a woman, I should thank God for considering my soul worthy of such an environment, and strive each day to show Him that His confidence was not misplaced. Will Cableton. Not Up to City Way. Detroit Free Preu. A leading citizen of Michigan village baa complained to the Governor became, he alleges, that one of the Aldermen keeps a gambling house and that another has ap- Eropriated town funds. Lands alivel but ow can such a town ever expect to become citified if they notice inch trifles! ABOUT CO-OPERATION How -the System of Profit-Sharing Was First Put in Operation. WEALTH FOE THE WAGE-WORKER And Reconciliation Between Capital and Labor Its Eesult. THE QUESTION OF THE DAT IN AMERICA IWBITTXK FOB TUB DISrjLTCH.J Hot long ago a statement was published coming from President G.'B. Day, of the New York Baseball Club, to the effect that no system of co-opeiation had been success ful. Beside being a prominent man in base ball affairs Mr. Day is a leading business man, and what he states publicly has con siderable influence. That Mr. Day was mistaken iu his statement I shall fully prove, and in adducing the proof I have an other object in view. I desire to draw public attention to a sys tem of co-operation which in my opinion is destined to be the only key that will solve the very important and burning question of the unequal distribution of wealth. If the facts and opinions which follow these few words of introduction will prompt a consideration of the subject by employer and workmen then certainly some good will have been accomplished. The system ot co-operation to which I draw attention is industrial partnerships, or, as it has latterly been called, profit-sharing. In mv estimation this is the very highest and fairest form of co-operation. The idea of industrial partnerships origin ated with Babbage, an English economist, but the putting of that idea into practical operation was entirely due to Edme-Jean Leclaire, a Frenchman. The story of how Leclaire came to adopt the principle of profit sharing is probably one of the most interesting in industrial history. At the age of 26 he set up iu business for him self as a painter and glazier, and two vears later undertook his first contract to paint and glaze a block of seven houses for $4,000. having started with a capital pf only 5200. He started on his work by paying his work men 25 cents per day more than current wages. This really was the key to Leclaire's future success. He got the very best kind of work done and when the job was finished he had cleared $1,200. Leclaire's fortune was now made, for the Paris architects be gan to run after him and in 1834 he was em ployed on the Government buildings and Bank of France. A WOMAN '3 APPEAL. Leclaire's wife now urged him to try and do Something for bis workmen and the ap peal was not in vain, although it took him seven years, from 1835 to 1842, to elaborate a plan. This was the kind of calculation he entered into: "I aske'd myself," said be, "could a workman in onr business, by putting more heart into his work produce in the same lapse of time that is, a day, a surplus ot work equivalent to the value of an hour's pay that is, 12 cents? Could he besides save 6 cents a day by avoiding all waste of the mate rials entrusted to him and by taking greater care of his tools?" The answer was in the affirmative, and. if one workman wonld do that 300 wonld gain $15,000 per year. Leclaire, therefore, saw that he could not onlv benefit his workmen, but also himself by sharing the profits. He adopted the system in 1842 and it has been a great succsss ever since. Although Leclaire is dead tne "juaison .Leclaire still is flourishing and has a capital of more than 8100,000. In connection with it is a mutual aid society, from which employes are amply supported in old age. Of the net profits, one-quarter goes to the two managing partners jointly, the senior partner taking two-thirds, the junior one third; one-qnarter goes to the mutual aid society; the remaining half is divided among the workmen and others employed by the firm, in exact proportion to wages earned. Now, the above is a very brief statement of the most successful application of the profit-sharing principle. But there are other proofs of its success. My friend Mr. Sedley Taylor, who has spent vears in the collection of facts relative to tne system in question, gives ns many convincing proofs of ITS SUCCESSFUL OPERATION Among other instances of its success he mentions, he states: "Profit-sharing has existed in the pianoforte manufacturing establishment of M. Bord, at Paris, since 1865, on the following' basis: At each an nual settlement interest at 10 per cent on capital invested in the businesses deducted and handed over to its proprietor, M. Bord. The remaining profits are then divided into two parts, respectively proportional, the one to the sum already allotted as interest to capital, the other to the whole amount which has been paid during the year in wages at the current market rate. The former part is added to Mr. Bord's receipts; the latter is divided among all such work men as have been employed by the house for not less than six months of the year in question." Several hundred thousand dol lars have been paid over as profits by this firm. The Companyof General Insurance, Paris, is successfully operated on the same princi ple, and so is the printing, publishing and bookselling establishment of Chaix & Co., Paris. The Paris and Orleans .Railway Company has practiced profit sharing since 1844. The principle has been suecess'ullv applied in almost every branch of business. Of course, there are instances of where it has been adopted and abandoned. This was doneat the collieries of Messrs. Briggs & Co., at Whilwood, near Normantown, Yorkshire, England. The responsibility of the break-down, however, can in no way be attributed to any defect of the principle. Well, now, having established the fact that the principle of profit-sharing is sound and beneficial to employer and employed alrwe. the question is, can it not be tried" ib. the TTuited States? T. think it can, and if ever there was a suitaDie neld for its suc cess ml operation, that field is America. It is a system of co-operation that is not in the least tainted with socialism. Co-operation is divided from moU modern socialistic schemes by advocating no disturbance in private property, by insisting on self help, and by abhorring State help and all unnecessary interference with individual freedom. Of course I am aware that co-operation has much sympathy with and has learned much from modern teachers of socialism, but the broad principles are distinct. Profit sharing in no sense retards competi tion, but inspires every man to do his best in all respects. Arthur Toung has very wisely said: "The magic of property turns sand into cold and a barren reach into a fertile garden." Profit-sharing gives each workman an in terest in. the property and establishment where he is laboring, and this fact is a stimulus for him to act as if be were really a joint owner of the concern. In this con nection I thinK I cannot do better than quote Mr. Taylor s own words. He says: BECONCILINQ CAPITAL AND LABOR. "A good participating house is animated by a remarkable spirit of unity and indus trial peace. The inveterate antagonism which, under the ordinary system of re munerating labor so frequently prevails be tween employers and employed, is wonder fully softened. The interests of the two great agents in production, capital and labor are practically fused together and made one. Industrial conflicts, with all their mutually deter mined consequences are thus powerlnlly discouraged because both parties are con scious that whatever damages the prosperity of their house curtails, and so , directly in jures themselves. A high appreciation of good workmanship and a determination to discountenance scamping in every form find their natural home among hands of a parti cipating establishment, who have learned the lesson that its good name, and con sequently their own durable prosperity abso lutely depend on its reputation for genuine work of high excellence. Suchmendonot content themselves with existing standards of work; they set themselves to inquire whether by some modifications of proceed nre it may not be possible to work faster, to spare wear and tear of machinery, to effect economies in materials, to prevent injury to any portion of the stock in trade. When heavy pressure of business visits the estab lishment its hands are ready with alacrity to redouble their efforts, well Knowing that the ordinary machinery of participation will, at the year's end, bring the reward for their additional exertions. The employing capitalist probably finds the chief benefit of participation in the industrial stability jnst described, which relieves him from the worry and anxiety of constant social fric tion, and allows him to devote himself wholly to the development of the enterprise which' he directs." NECESSITY FOB CO-OPEBATION. That there is a necessity for the introduc tion of some system that will harmonize capital and labor.or, more correctly speak ing, employers and employes, nobody, I think, will deny. There is "a perpetual war raging between these two great elements of production, for xno sooner is a conflict settled in one quarter than an other breaks out somewhere else. As a re sult, everybody is the loser. It is also a fact that a comparative few are amassing the wealth of the land. The profit-sharing system would give a more equal distribu tion, not by making the incomes of the capitalists less, but by increasing the in comes of the workmen. The country would be stocked with a larger quantity of useful things and of a better quality. This is a question demanding the atten tion of everybody interested in the indus trial progress of the country. It is only by the adoption of sound and reasonable principles that the wild demands of Anarch ists and Socialists can be made absurd. It is true that on questions of this kind there are many conflicting opinions. However, we should not allow these opinions to crystallize into creeds. The industrial condition of the country to-day demands that something be done. Eokald Dunbar. AN ENGLISH HOME. The Olanston of Sir Harrr nod Lndr Ver ney, In Bncklnchamahlrp. Louise Chandler Monlton In Boston Herald. I have just returned from a delightful vist to Sir Harry and Lady "Ver ney, at Claydon House, in Buckinghamshire. Fancy a great rambling house, hundreds of years old, in the midst of several hundred acres of park, where tbe trees, some of which are said to be 900 years old, and others planted by Sir Harry Verney in his boyhood, have grown to be 100 feet tall, while yet he lives to see them. It is very easy to lose one's way in Claydon House. From a great hall two wide staircases climb to the different wings. There are two great libraries, one above stairs and one below, so overfull of treasures one hardly knows in which corner to linger there are drawing rooms, boudoirs, dining and breakfast rooms and everywhere on the walls hang portraits of dead and gope Verneys by dead and gone old masters, Vandyke and others. Carvines, engravings, o)d china, curios of all sorts you might forage among them for months and not half make their acquaint ance. Picture to yourselves this pleasantest of houses, inhabited by tne Kindest, gen tlest, most hospitable people the sun shines onl Yon know something of Lady Verney, for I wrote to the Herald of ber interesting and discriminating work on the snbject ot "Peasant Holdings in Europe." She is also the author of several widely read tales, one of which is "Lettice Lisle." She is the sister of Florence Nightingale, and there are several portraits or Miss Nightingale at Clavdon House, beside a statue and an ex quisite bust. W. B. Richmond has painted the full-length portrait of Sir Harry and Lady Verney, and these portraits will keep the old Vandykes company on the walla of Claydon House when future generations of Verneys shall dwell in the ancestral home. Sir "Harry Verney is nearly 88, and yet gallops off for his daily ride as gayly as if he were only half thatage. He took me a long walk through the park, and I confess he is a far better walker than I am. We went into the parish church, which is within the park, and not far from tbe house, and it, too, is full of monuments and memorials to dead and gone Verneys and Calverts. It was so restful and lovely a spot this beautiful old English home, in tbe midst of its trees that one hated to come back from it into the strenueus turbulence of London. Lady Verney drove me thro nth the estate where perhaps 50 of the comfortable littfe cottages have been bunt since bir Marry came into possession and I did not wonder at the happy laces I saw everywhere. I never be fore had quite such a sense of what might be the charm of rnral peasant life, under the benign care of a master who is also a friend. THE TIETUE IN ONIONS, Jnst Try tbe Fragrant Vegclnble When Ton Can't Get Quinine. American Garden. One day I was taken with chills and headache, signs that my old enemy, mala ria, was on hand. My qninine box was empty, and I was looking forward to a restless, sleepless night. In desperation I peeled a raw onion and slowly ate it, and then went to bed, with warm feet and an extra comforter, when , preitol I was asleep in five minutes, and awaked in the morn ing free from malaria and ready for the day's duty. Our bomelv but strong friend will be ap preciated in time as a medicine, and if aeri- culturists would turn their attention to raising a model onion, with the strong scent taken out that taints the breath so unpleas antly, families will be putting their "pills" in the cellar by the barrel, and the doctors will take to onion farming. The onion acts as a cathartic and diuretic, and may help to break up a cold or lessen the bad symp toms: Said a doctor: "I always store n bar rel of onions in my cellar during the fall. We have them cooked twice a week, and whoever of the family is threatened with a cold eats some onion raw. If this vegetable were generally eaten there wonld be no diDhtberia. rheumatism, gout, fcidnev nr stomacn trouoie. "But bless youl the young men and women are afraid to eat them. One young man went so far as to say to me: 'If my wife ate onions I would get a bill of di vorce.' " ALL THE HOGS DOING WELL. A Farmer WeiHher Prediction That Was Fall of Hidden Meaning-. Hew Tort Snn.'i He had bis baggage piled up so as to oc cupy tbe whole seat in tbe car, while two or three men who lacked moral courage were sitting on the arms of seats already full. By and by he turned to one of the men on the seat behind and queried: "Are you not a farmer?" "Yes, sir, I am," was the reply. "Well, farmers generally hit the weather pretty straight Do "you say it's going to be a cold winter?" "I do, sir, but I expect all the hogs will pull through without any extra suffering." The other tried to say something further and to preserve the placid look on his countenance, but the result was a fiat fail ure, and he whirled around and resumed his reading. Snmetlitnc Locking. Philadelphia Becord. Complaint to a farmer in Twelfth street yesterday: "That wasn't very good buck wheat I got of you last week. You couldn't taste the buok In It" Th Right Man Cansht It, Lawrence (.Kan.) Beeord.l The committee at the Salina Fair awarded the first premium for the best bushel of potatoes to a. recC THEDIPLOMAT'SGAME Revival of Popular interest la Intricate Game of Chess. the THE KING'S GAME IN THE CABINET. Some Prominent Men and Women Who Are Experts. THE CHAMPION PLAIEE OP THE W0BLD 'WMTTJOf FOB IBJ DISPATCH, t "Mate in five moves." The speaker was one of two gentlemen who were playing a game of chess in 'a club honse recently. The game had been a long one and closely fought and black bad now declared that he would be the victor. Three moves were made, but white still fought hard. Four moves, and he would not give in. Five moves, and the player of black announced: "Checkmate." Chess is getting to be a very popular game. It is safe to say that now there are a score of players to everv one there was ten years ago. It has been estimated that there are 20,000 players residing in New York City and Brooklyn. Nearly every city in the union now nas a cness cmo. In St. .Louis, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and all the large cities there are many prominent amateurs who can hold their own with any of the pro fessionals, and who have won prizes in State anu national tournaments. Chess players are, as a rule, great think ers; in fact, to be successful as a chess play er one has to be a deep thinker, and to be able to think ahead, as it were, to forecast the result of certain moves. A chess player has to plot, scheme and maneuver all the time the pieces are before him. Chess has become a popular game in all the colleges for several years, and so the chess players can count iu their ranks many lawvers, clergymen, artists, musicians, scientists, merchants and, in fact, all the better edu cated classes. It is rather a curious coincidence that all good chess players are musicians, and many of them are good linguists, some of the most prominent playeis being able to converse in two or three languages. THE LEADING AMATEUBS. Eugene Delmar is considered to be the best amatenr player in the conntrv. He is connected with one of the leading "New York banks and lives in New York City. He is a comparatively ybung man, medium height and good looking. While he is very fond of the game, he does not devote all his time to it, and particularly objects to being called a chess crank. Mr. Lelmar has won the championship of the New York Chess Club several vears in succession. TT nli. a dashing, brilliant game, said by many to be the most brilliant game played by any one in this country. He has never yet been beaten in a match. Another player who can hold his own with any plaver in the country is Captain George H. McKenzie, of Brooklyn. He is now in Europe. Captain McKenzie is a veteran player. He won the world's championship at Frankfort, and took the first prize in the American Chess Congress three or four times in' succession. He has been the strongest player in America for more man zu years. Bussell Sage is a very good player. He makes chess a hobbv, and is said to dream of the chess board when his mind is not occupied with Manhattan elevated stock. After playing with the "puts and calls" on the stock exchange boards all dav he goes home and solves problems. He' has been known to write several letters about one problem. Mr. Sage is a very good problem ist, and after having solved them explains them to his wife. Cyrus Field is another fair player. Mr. Field has not distinguished himself in any brilliane games, but he is very fond of solving problems and takes a great aeai ot interest in all thetournaments. Mr. Field is a home man. He likes to plav a game in the evening with some member of his lamilv. i CHESS IIT THE CABINET. Secretary of State James G. Blaine is a very clever chess player. He plays a .close, careful game, and is particularly fond of solving problems when the cares of his office allow him time. Mr. Emmons Blaine who was recently married to Miss Anita McCormick, follows his father's footsteps in the chess world. He has frequently given his father a good fight on the chess board. His young wifeplavs a little. Mr. Walker Biuine ana dames U. Ulaine, Jr., are also lair players. Secretary of the Treasury William Win dom is an enthusiastic player. He keeps himself well posted on all the games played in the tournaments. He plays a close quiet game and is a hard man to beat! Postmaster General Wanamaker is also a first-class player. Chess is played a great eal Jhe Union League Club, the New York Club and at the Knickerbocker Club At tbe St. Nicholas, Kane, the brother of tue society lavorite, Delancey Kane, is about the best player; He plays a fine dashing game, and is particularly fond of solving problems. William C. Nye is another good player, and Chauncy M. Depew is said to be able to hold his own with a good many players of the club. He makes no boast, though, of being a chess crank. Colonel Fellows, the District Attorney of New York, is very fond ot a good game and can defend his king with his queen, castles and pawns as well as he can defend a client, and attack his opponent as brilliantly as he can prosecute a criminal offender in the law courts. Colonel Fellows is somewhat of a crank at the game. He never misses a tournament. He is member of the New York Chess Club and is very fond of wager ing a bottle of wine or even a few dollars on the result of the game. MUSICIANS GOOD PliAYEBS. Gottschalk, the famous pianist and com poser, was a very fine chessnlaver. nnrf n prominent musicians are very exnert at the King's game. Dr. Samuel Warren, the organist at Grace Church, is an expert. He finds a great dealofrest and recreation after a hard day's work with his music in a quiet game of chess. He can beat a number of good players. Dr. Arthur Sullivan, who has composed operas, songs and church music, is anomer good plaver. Theodore Thomas, Walter Damrosch, Theodore Toedt and A. H. Messitts, the organist at Trinity Chnrch, play a great deal. Edwin Booth is one of the best players among the actors. He is fond of every game that requires a great deal of brain work and study. He plays a brilliant dashing game. Billy Florence will very often leave off telling fish stories and practi cal joking to have a game of chess. He says the quiet ot the game affords him a great rest alter the laborious work of think ing out some joKe to piay on captain Billv Conorer. The late Johu'T. Raymond was a very good problemist. Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, the English actors, enjoy many a game together. Henry Irvine, E. H. Sothern, Augustine Daly Joe Jefferson and Francis Wilson are experts at the game. S WOMEN TVHO PLAT. According to Captain McKenzie, the best women players are the Misses Worrels, of Brooklyn. They play a strong, brilliadt game each, and it is hard to tell who is the better of the two. They play together a great deal and have played against some of the best amateurs in the country. Mrs. Gilbert of Hart-ord, is the strongest cor respondence player. She has played a number of very brilliant games by letter and has beaten the best of them. She can see the result of a game a long way ahead and has successfully announced mate in 20 or 30 moves. Among the physicians, Dr. O. C. Moore stands near the bead is a chess player. He plays a fine ganie and is a first-class problemist. Dr. Louis Sayre plays well and plays a good deal with his sons. Dr. Austin Flint; Dr. Doremns and Prof. Loomis can teach many professionals how to play the gome. xno mie langressman, a, a. uox, was a C LT.e.ry-e Player .He .toofc a great deal 01 interest in all the tournaments. He was very fond of. watching a good game, and would become so Interested in watching the different moves that he would forget every thing else. He gave a number of prizes at the various tournaments. The late General Paine, the brother of the celebrated owner of tbe Volunteer and other fast yachts, who died two weeks ago, was one ot the best players of Boston. ,He played a very strong game, and like Mr Cox gave prizes to be played for at the tournaments. Richard H. Proctor was an. other chess crank. He frequently said that if he could afford it, he would do nothing else but play chess. He was very fond of making problems and of solving tliem. NEW TOBK.'S BEST PLATEBS. Mr. Philip Richardson is one of the best amateurs in New York. He is a. nhotoer- rapher and devotes a great deal of bis time to the. study ot the game scientifically. He is known everywhere for his noted analysis of the game. J. Burke, of the New York Chess Club, is a very strong player. He is young, and devotes a good deal of time 'to the game. He is a cham pion. Harry Davidson, the well known engraver, is another good player. He plays at the Manhattan Club. Samuel Lloyd, an editor, is one of the best problemists in the country. He makes cnrssquitea stuay, w. uevisses, an ac countant, is a very solid player. He won the highest honors at the State champion ship tournament George Koellar is the champion of the Columbia Club, and M. J. Hawhorn won the tournaments of the New York and Manhattan Clubs recently. All these gentlemen can hold their own with any professionals. The best player of St. Louis is Max Judd. He is a very wealthy merchant and takes a great deal of pleasure in playing or watch ing a good game. Mr. Judd is short, stont and has a German cast of countenance. He was said to be the handsomest man in the sixth American Chess Congress. He made a great showing at that congress and scored even gardes with all the best players of Europe. He plajs a brilliant game, full of dash and daring. PLATEES OF PHILADELPHIA. George Beichhelen is the best amateur in the Quaker City. He plays in all the tour naments and has won a number of prizes. He is a good solver, too, of some of the hard est problem's. Jacob Elsen, a newspaper man, is also a good all-round player. He is a close, solid player, and a problemist with a great reputation. The veteran among the Quakers is Mr. Martiney. He has been a noted player for a number of years, and has played and beaten Steinitz. He plays a very close game and is slow and deliberate abodt each move. Messrs. Pnester, Shipley and Kaises are all good amateurs, equal to many professionals. Among the champions of Boston is voung Burrill. He is only 19 years of age, but plays a wonderfql game. He moves quick ly and plays with a dash rarely seen in older players. P. J. Ware is the veteran of this city, and has played and won against the best players in the country. Messrs. Stone, Young and Snow rank next in order as the best amateurs of this city. Bostonians are good chess players and they take a great deal of interest in the game. THE BEST PLATEB IN THE WOBLD." William Steinitz is regarded everywhere as the best player in the world, and the strongest all-round plaver living. He has the greatest match record of any player liv ing. He has made many matches' with such players as Yankertort, Tschigorin and other professionals, and has always beaten them. He has never played against an American. It is said that Mr. Steinitz has retired from the chess arena. He now lives in Brooklyn, where he has lived for fiveyears. He has taken out bis citizenship papers and is very proud to be called an American. The champion ot tbe Manhattan Club in Sew York, is Sam Lepschutz. He won the championship of the clnb, the State cham pionship in the New York State Associa tion and made the best score of any Ameri can in the United States Tdurnament. He is a compositor by trade, voung, slim, and looks as though he were in the last stages of consumption. He plays constantly, and puts up a close, solid game, after the style of Steinitz. Bishop Fitzgerald, of the Methodist Epis copal Church, plays a remarkable game. He is very fond of solving problems and stndyiDg the game. Episcopal ministers are first-class players. Bishop Potter can play a good game and so can Dr. Morgan Dix, Dr. J. Wesley Brown, Dr. Morgan, Dr. Gocer and many others. A. F. Aldbidge. FATTENED LIKE CATTLE. Fate of Slaves In Homo of the Cannibalistic African Countries. Fattening slaves in a park and feeding them up like animals destined for the table, and then leading them to a sham bles, where they are slaughtered like oxen, cut into pieces and shared bit by bit among hungry cannibals snch' is the practice which is per mitted, according to M. Fondese, a French explorer, in some of the French, Belgian, Portuguese, and even "British territories in Ubanghi. M. Fondese was- sent ont three years ago by the French Government to dis cover the sources of the Niarguillion, and having returned after the successful accom plishment of his task, he hastens to tell his countrymen all about the terrible things which he has seen in his travels. The "fattening parks" or paddocks are, he says, to be seen in each village, and contain men and women who have been taken in war. Tbe poor wretches take their doom philosophically, and some of them to whom M. Fondese offered freedom actually refused it They eat, drink, dance and sing until the head "Fetish-man" comes round ac companied by an orchestra ot tom-tom and tin-kettle players, selects a sufficiently fat specimen, carries him or her to the market place of the village and splits his or her head with a hatchet or scythe-like knife. The eves and tongue of the victim are given to the' "boss" fetish and the rest of the body is divided among the anthropophagi. Tbe Finest -Olan In the World. Los Angeles Lire. A bright 6-year-old boy whose name is Clarence asked bis mother where she was going one afternoon. She was going to see Mr. Edwin Booth in one of his great im personations, and replid to her son that she was going to see the grandest man in the world, to which the boy responded, "Then you are going to see my papa." "-A dirty house creates i r t,i- -j w.ta ,.j Derwecn mo use 3Ipw. If is asoHd c&k rT'lilrvV. v I WW iSAPOUO reduces laJaorbut iff j2' 1 airr&na majes name angnrajxa. A complete wreck of domestic happiness has often resulted from badly washed dishes, from an unclean kitchen, or from trifles whfch seemed light as air. But bv these thines a man often judges of his wife's devotion to her familv. and charges her with general neglect when he finds her careless Many a home owes a, large part of its thrifty happiness to SAPPHO.' jrrSHUA. Continued from Ninth Page. in which he bad grown up, and for which his heart had longed, there lay a dust heap of ruins. Where those near and dear to him had proudly watched him depart beg gars were searching for booty in the rubbish. ji-asanas latner was the first to hold out a band to him in Tanis, and instead of a glance of kindly welcome be had nothing from him but a tale of woe that bad cut him to the heart. He had dreamed of fetching home a wife, and the house in which she should have been mistress was level with tbe earth.- The father whose blessing be craved, and who was to have rejoiced over his promotion, was by this time far away, and the foe henceforth of the sovereign to whom he himself owed his elevation. It bad been a prond thought that, in ipite of bis birth, be had risen to power and dig nity, and that now, as the leader of a great army, he" might indeed show of what great deeds he was capable. There was no lack of schemes in bis fertile brain, plans which, if they had been ratified by the au thorities', might have led to good is sues; and now he was in a position to carry them out at bis own pleasure, and be himself the motor power instead of the tool. All this bad roused a delightful exultation in his breast, and had lent wings to his feet on the homeward march; and now, when he had reached the longed-for goal, was 'he to turn back, to become the comrade of shep herds and masons?. By birth, indeed, he belonged to them (and how hard a fortune did that at this moment seem), though there was no longing that they were now as alien to him as the Lipyans against whom he had taken tbe field. On almost every point for whicfi he cared he had nothing whatever in common with them. To bis father's ques tion as to wnetner be bad returned still a Hebrew, he had believed he might truly answer, yes; but now he felt that it would be against his will, a less than half-hearted adhesion. His soul clnng to the standards under which be bad marched to battle, and which he now might himself lead to victory. Was it possible to tear himself from them, and forfeit all he bad won by his own merit? But bad be not beard from the grandchild of his old slave, Eliab, that his people ex pected him to qnit tbe army and follow them? A messenger must ere long arrive from bis father and among the Hebrews a son might not resist a parent's command. Yet there was another to whom be owed strict obedience Pharoah, to whom he bad sworn that he would serve him faithfully and follow his call without hesitation or re flection through fire and water, by night or day. How many a time had he stigmatized a soldier who should co over to the foe or rebel against the orders of his chief as a wretch devoid of honor, and many a one who had deserted from his standard bad perished shamefully on tbe gallows "under his own eye. And shonld he now commit the crime for which he had scorned others or done them to death? He was known for his swift decisiveness throughout the army, for even in tbe greatest straits he could arrive at tbe right determination and re duce it to action; bnt in this dark and lonely hoar he seemed to himself as a bend ing reed, as helpless as a deserted orphan. A gnawing rage against himself possessed him wholly, and when he presently thrust his spearhead into the fire, so that the glowing brands fell in and the sparks danced brightly up into the night, it was fury at his own vacillating mind that spnrrSd bis hand. If the events of the past night had called him to the manly task of revenge, all hesi tation and doubt would have vanished and his father's call would have determined hint to net; but who bad here been the victims of ill-usage? Beyond doubt the Egyptians, who bad been bereft by Moses' curse of thousands of precious lives, while bis people had escaped their vengeance by flight. To find the home of his fathers destroyed by the Egyptians bad, indeed, roused bis wrath; but he saw no just cause ot a bloody revenge when be- reflected on the unuttera ble woe whicb had come upon Pharaoh andr nis suDjecu tnrougn tbe .Hebrews. No. He had no revenge to take; he could only look upon himself as one who sees bis father and mother, in danger ot their lives, and knows thathecannot saveboth, but if oe nsjui ma oira'iiie 10 rescue one tne otner must certainly perish. If he obeyed the call of his people honor was lost that honor which he bad kept as bright as the brass of his helmet and with it all be most hoped for in liie; if be remained faithful to Pharaoh he was betraying his own blood. bis father's curse would darken the light of all his days, and he must renounce all his fairest dreams "tor the future; for Miriam was a true daughter of her tribe, and woeHo him if her lofty soul could bate as bitterly as it could love fervently. Her image rose before bis mind's eye, tall and beautiful,, but" with a dark look and warning mien, as he sat cozing across the dying fire out into the night, and his manly pride surged up,, and it seemed to him a mean thing to throw away everything that is dear to the warrior's heart for fear of a woman's wrath and blame. "No, no," he murmured to himself, and the scale which held duty and love and filial obedience and. the ties of blood sud denly kicked the beam. He was what he was the captain of 10,000 in the King's army. He bad sworn allegiance to him and to none other. His peoplel Let them run away if they chose from the Bgyptian yoke! I ae luosnuaj scorned Uignt. .Bondage bad lain heavy on them; but as for hint the mightiest in the land had treated him as their equal and held him worthy of high honor. To repay their good will -with treason and desertion went against him, aad, 'with deep sigh he started to his feet, feel- in g as though he had chosen rightly. .A woman and a weak desire for love to fill his heart shonld never lead him to be false to grave dnty'and the highest aims of his ex istence. , "I reteainl" cried a loud voice in bis breast. "My father is wise and kind, and when he hears ray reasons be will approve them, and instead, of cursing he will bless me. I will write to him, and the boy that Miriam sent to me shall be my messenger." A cry from the tent made him start; look ing at the stars he found he had neglected bis dnty toward the sick youth and went quickly tq his bedside. Ephraim was sitting np expecting him, and cried 'to him: "I have been wasting yon a long time. So much has passed through my mind, and, above all, the mes sage from Miriam., Till I have delivered 'it 1 shall, not find any rest, so bear me now." Joshua nodded to him, and after the youth bad taken the healing draught that he handed him, be began: uuu mo.1 oiiu secure pe op scouring soivp-Try it t t " 1 t - neatness "Miriam, t&e dsogMer of ABiraaa mm Jochebed. sends greeting to tfre sou of NnS of the tribe of Enbraim. Hosea. or tfcas Helper, is thy name, and the Lord thy Godf bath chosen thee to be the helper of His? people. And nencerortn tcoa sbalt be called Joshua the helper or Jehovah. For the God of ber fathers, who is tbe God of thy fathers also, bath spoken by Miriam, His handmaid, commanding thee to be the shield and sword of thy people. In Him is all power, and His promise is to strengthen thine arm that He may smite the enemy." The lad began in a low tone, bat his voice gradually grew stronger, and the last words rang loud and solemn in the silenee ot the night. Thus had Miriam spoken to him, and bad laid her bands on his head and looked earnestly into his eyes with her own, which were as black as the night, and as Epbraiax repeated them he felt as though some secret power compelled him to cry them aloud to Joshua, as be had beard them from tfeo mouth of tbe prophetess. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, turned his face to the white canvas wall of the tent, and said quietly; "Now I will sleeps" But Joshua laid, his hand on bis shoulder and said in commanding tones: "Say it again." The lad did bis bidding, but this time 1m repeated the words nnbeedingly and in a low tone to himself. Then he said implor ingly: "Leave me to rest," pat his hand under his cheek and shut his eyes. Joshua let him have bis way. He gently laid a fresh wet bandage over bis burning bead, pnt ont the light and east more leg on the dying fire outside; bat the keen, resolute man did it ail as in a dream. At last he sat down, resting his elbows 09 bis knees and his head on his hand, with bis eyes fixed on vacancy or gazing at the names. Who was this God who called bias through Miriam to be, by His aid, the sword and shield of His people? He was to bear a new name, and to 'the Egyptians the name was the man. "Honor to the name of Pharaoh!" not "to Pharaoh!" was written in every inscription and docu- ment, and if henceforth be was to be called Joshua this involved a command to east the old man off and to become a new man. This, whicb Miriam had declared to him as the will of the God of his fathers, was nothing less than a bidding to cease to be an Egypt ian, as bis life bad made him. aad become a Hebrew again, as be bad been as a boy; How could he learn to aet aad feel as a Hebrew? And Miriam's message required him to go back to his own tribe- The God of his nation, through ber, bid him to do what bis father expected of him. Instead or tbe Egyptian host,' which he mat make baste "to forget; henceforth'he should lead tbe seas of Israel when they went forth, to battle;, this was the meaning of ber words; a4 when that bigh-souled maiden and prophet ess declared that it was God bisuelf who spoke by her mouth, it was no vain boast;, she was certainly obeying the voieeoftba Most High. And noWMhe image of tbe woman whom be had dared, to love appeared to him as unapproachably sablime; many things which he had heard ii bis child hood of the God of Abraham and His promises, recurred to his mind; and the scale which till now bad been the heavier gradually rose., What bad but just now seemed.finaly settled was 00 longer sare, aad eaee more h stood face to face with the fearful abyss which he fancied he bad overleaped. How load add mighty was the call be had beard! The ound in his ears disturbed his clearness and peaee of mind. Instead of calmly weighing the master as be had done before, memories of bis boyhood, whieh. be bad fancied long since baried, lifted up their voices and disconnected flashes ox thought confused bis brain. Sometimes be felt prompted to tora is prayer to tbe God who called him, bat as often as be made the attempt hereaesa-. bered the oath he must break, and the vast bost be must leave behind.himto beeeae the leader, no more of a well-trained, brave, obedient troop of brothers in anas, bat of a miserable horde of cowardly serf aad wild obstinate shepherds aceastoaed to tbe rale of oppression. It was three hours past midnight. The men on euard bad been relieved, and be be gan to think of giving hisself a few bows' rest- He would think tbe aaUerewt.sgaJa. by daylight wira hU wonted ratfanal ad- clsiveness, which, now be felt be eoaM at attain, to.' Bat ishe entered the test, s43 Ephraim's steady breathing tell oa ak ear, in fancy he heard again tbe lad's selea delivery of bis message. It startled Ma, and he was about to repeat tbe words to him self when be beard a tumult aaesg tfeo oat posts, and a vehement dispate brake tfca stillness of tbe night. '. , . The interruption was welcomed. He asi Tied out to where the gaards were posted., &L ' & More correctly JehesbM. jut L; lv oju w.iiij umj jiiii auajfAX.j. A gray eagle Beowriag sevea fcet fmr' , upwutfuaaBBaera jttscaxooc j&rjEer weea.,4 killed by residents of Nemaha eeasty. Set, i3b week. JHy Xoasr.sfaealhwebeeaigfac'lwyfrjiaM JhrtajjaaysaeeswearlonanrlliiiiiBiiii linwi,aad i is? tees wet, estiao not aacBMrwec aawaealtntBsedJt. JfedUn Iadl.mTaatIainimqumaee Ina. Yoatefet thai area ageodteteciaentr (sod wsBjrapir used. You hare not eren leoted i tha illini'iiti'iiiii.fce they no jet tamj tfcenccfcof tsebettle. Wowjoamast wad thmviaa teeyirg tstjoaostof jotrrrroohle. Yonr Mas? sad I keep oarahoesiaelegaBtonler&itaBsa. laasKaeoat esse a wasib asd papa afcoot onea a nek. 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