jj & rr.yvf1 y ') t r ? i A REM SPORTS, Some of the Leading Baseball Eyents of tlie Week. TWENTY-FIVE CENT BALL. Oarsman Hanlan's Opinion About McLean and O'Connor. CHALLENGES TO FIGHT SULLIVAN Here we are acain, and the fight is still going on; of coarse I mean the baseball fight "We must not ignore baseball, as for the time being that is the alpha and omega of terrestrial affairs. Matters have not been as lively during the week as they might have been, rain having prevented several games. The wet weather has been pretty extensive, and while the water has been falling many o" the new baseball capitalists may have looked on with an aching heart, to say nothing of the players. The rain has been unfortunate, indeed. But it has given some people a pretense of saying that it has been the inclement weather that has kept the crowds down. I will be very harpy if future patronage verifies this opinion: hut I fear that It won't The weet has not heen fraught with anything of a prominent kind, except the rain. The various clnbs have not been as successful as the friends of each expected to see them. There have been big "openincs." of course, but we all have lived to learn that onetimes are openings nowadays. In many cases I don't hedtate to 6ay that there has been a drummed up enthusiasm that has soon shown itself to lie of an ephemeral kind. It is hardly fair to Uk this kind of enthusiasm Into consideration, that we most wait much loncer to see what the lasting or per manent sentiment is goini; to be. I don't think that any of us who are at all fair minded can prove anvthing bv the patronage bestowed on the respective clubs so far. There must be a longer test, but I am quite free to admit that as far as matters have Kone the Plavers Leaiue has had much the best of it Bnt how much? Thit's tne ques tion. It is preposterous to talk abont 10 to 1 or 4 to 1 the best of it. Such statements are so ridiculous that they injure the side on which they are made. It is singular to me to find that during the week those who dabble in figures, one-sided figures I mean, seem to have over looked the fact that at Boston and Brooklyn the new League is having quite a struggle to keepi even with the old organization. In deal ing with matters of comparison most as suredly we should use our best endeavors to be impartial. If we don't our comparisons are as worthless as a rotten peach. Well, now. If the struggle continues at Brooklyn and at one or two other places as it has begun it will need some very curious figuring to make either side pay. Don't let us shut our ees to this fact. It matters don't mend there will be a collapse somewhere. It is only nat ural to expect that after the first flush of en thusiasm produced by the novelty of a new de parture is over, that patrons of the game will more or less settle down indifferently. Then will be the time for the real test, and then will be the time for each side to put forth Its best attractions. The Work of ibe Clubs. There has been little orno choice between the playing in the two rival leagues during the week. There has been some very loose playing on both sides, which fact goes to strengthen my contention that the revolt has Interfered with the quality of the respective teams. We need only to look at the Boston or New Tork teams to become convinced of this fact. Last rear there was something like an ideal base ball team, and this year, judting from work so lar done, neither of the clubs is good second rate. A fact uf this kind ought to discourage disinterested lovers of the game. Our local clubs, in my way of thinking, are neither as good as that which we had last talk 1 am aware i that Manager Hanlon thinks differently.and he is a good practical judge, but work so far done leads me to my conclusion. It is fair, however, to note that the season is just start ed, but I am taking that into con sideration. The local National League club, I am inclined to think, is destined to be a good team. The youngsters have played some good came?, just "as gnod as any team has done so far. They are irregular, and that we must expect to seo for some time to come. What is needed most is a cood pitcher and an inflelder. I don't mean that the young pitchers arc not good; they are among the most promising in the country, but I mean that a good and reliable man is needed to help the Joun6tersouU Another good lnfielder would also make a great difference. Altogether I anticipate that the team will develop as the season progresses. They have time on their side. Two Leading Features. During the last few days the baseball world has been considerably agitated regarding two happenings in Pittsburg, and what makes mat ters more interesting is the fact that one of these happenings relate to the new League and the other to the old one. Of course I refer to the reduction of the price of admission to games and to the transfer of the Pittsburg Chicago series of games from Pittsburg to Chi cago. There has indeed been much said and written concerning these two changes, and each of the contending parties have endeavored to prove that the change of base on ihepart of the other has been caused bywbatis termed "weak ening." Now,l pay very little regard to the word weakening, particularly when used ai many people are using it. It is invariably used in the present conflict just as children would use it when playing at school, and has no real applica tion to the case at issue. If we will take the time to examine the matter with a little care I think we'll find that m both the cases above referred to there were reasons of the most potent kind for both changes. I do not attach much significance to the transfer of games made by the National League because I fail to see any proof that it is the precurser of any thing like a general change of dates. A change such as the one in question might be made even in the most pacific times; in fact, games bae been transferred from a city that did nut seem very profitable to one that was much more profitable time and time again. And in no instance have we argued that it was a case of "weakening." Common sense of the most ordinary kind taught us different; it taught us to know that ordinary business in terests prompted the change. J ust so with the transfer ot the games referred to from Pitts burg to Chicago. Mr. bpalding thought that to open the Chicago season ahead of the Play e"S' League would be a benefit to him. and he requested the Pittsburg club to assist blm in making the change. The change was made, then, for business purposes, and it would cer tainly be very bad business tact to allow senti ment prevail over the sensible demands of business in snch a case. Well, the little move on the part of the Pittsburg and Chicago clubs has been cause for man people sajing that the National League was about to make a change all around. I wish such a change were made, but Mesrs. Day, Young and others tell us that no such thing will happen. A change would be the wisest thing. The Reduction of Price. There Is more Importance to bo attached to the reduction of the admission price to ball games to 25 cents than to anything else that has taken place durmg the w eek. Most cer tainly it does mot seem to me an absolute evi dence of '-weakening," but it does seem, and really, is a very wise stroke of policy. I don't see bow the directors' of the local Placrs' League club could w ell do anything else. Base ball patronage in Pittsburg is of the 23-cent pei suasion, and the tumult of the present sea son has mtersined that conviction. I am aware that same feeble efforts have leeu made to show that baseball in Pittsburg is just as popu lar this season as it has ever been. A mure misleading uotion was neter conceived, and as practical business men, the directors of the lo cal Players' League club know this. The fact of their stepping down to popular prices is absolute proof of what they think about the matter. The fact is, and we shouldn't shut our eyes to it, that the popularity of base ball in Pittsburg has undergone a great change since last 6eason Win. the patronage so far this season under any circumstances should have been greater than that of last year. Look at the effuiis, the "drumming" effort that have been used during the last month or so to Imbue baseball notions to almost every pedestrian on the street and almost every patron of saloon bars. And notwithstanding this the patronage, the joint patronace bestowed on the two clubs has been miserably short of what It was last year. Of course, there has been Inclement weather, and so was there last year. A large percentage of the baseball pnbllo have become wearied of the quarrels and unpleasantness. It Is not in mauy cases unalloyed pleasure now to see a ball game, unpleasant comparisons or the respective rival clubs are noised into one's ear continually and this mnst mar the pleasure of some people; so much so that they make up their minds to fiud outdoor amuse ment somewhere else. We'l, then this waning popularity has had an influence in causing the new club directors to change their prices. They Trero receiving the bulk ol patronage, and. therefore had, comparatively speaking, little reason to make the change. But assuredly if by makinc the change tbey thought they would be attracting a still greater number of people they were wise to do so. The larger crowds ihev have the less will there be for the oppo sition, and in a time of life and death conflict such as the present,surely that is a great stroke against the enemy. From any standpoint. I think the reduction of price is a wise move. Doubtless many of us have read what Mr. Tal cott. or the New York P. L. club, and others have said about the change. They are opposed to it and intimate that the Pittsburg club may be called down for it. It is also said that it is against the constitution. All this to me sounds like idle talk. Manager Hanlon emphatically claims that there is nothing at all in the con stitution forbidding the change and he ouiht to know. But why, I ask. should Mr. Talcott or any other official of the new Leaguo stand on his dignity about the sacredness ot the consti tution! Even if it did forbid a reduction of price what about itf Has rules, constitution and almost everything else In the new League not been stretched and more or less Ignored to meet the emergencies that appear in the pres ent conflict!- The change is a good one and the public ought to appreciate it. The Players' Mdo of It. But the reduction of price concerns the play ers probably more than anybody else, and in considering this question one or two interest ing featurespresent themselves. If a lack of interest In the game causes a reduction in price of admission will that change not cause a re duction in the salarios of the players? I think it eventually will. There is now a greater probability of other cities adopting the 2o cent rate than there is in Pituburg returning to the 50 cent rate, because it is much easier to reduce the price than to raise it. This being so will not a general reduction follow and then a gen eral reduction of the salaries of ball players? 1 am very much iaclined to the belief that the days of theso enormous salaries for ball play ers are fast drawing to a close. There are many reasons which lead me to this belief and perhaps one of the strongest reasons is the dis contenteduess of the players themselves. But 1 don't mean to argue that point just now. I wish the plajers to get all the salary they can, but what! want to state in passing is that the signs of the times are to the effect that big salaries won't last long. Cheaper ball in the long run must mean lower salaries. There is another feature of this qnestion. If the players are only to receive their salaries from the receipts of the clubs. Is it fair that they should not have a direct voice in deter mining the fiuancial policy of that clubT To prevent the in would seem to be an injustice similar to ihe old one of "taxation without rep resentation." The players really have more at stake than anybody else. Their entire salaries denend on the mooev received at the turnstile and to tbem it is of vital importance whether the per capita fee be 25 cents or half a dollar. 1 mention this feature now, because I have all along held the notion that it is a faulty part of the new League's organization. I don't sup pose that if the local players had a direct voice in the matter they would have objected to the recent change of price, because the necessity of it was too apparent. The County League. I use the above title.but it seems to me that it is somewhat out of place, because there is no County League at present, and I don't think w o'll have any this year. A few days ago I had a talk with Mr. Clark, who was president of the County League last year, and he gavo me to understand that there are no hopes of an Alle gheny County Baseball League this year. I am sorry for this, but I am not much surprised. There has been one great difficulty for the local amateur clubs to contend against, viz., their inability to secure inclosed crounds. Without the latter It is almost impossible to have a successful organization. Some of the strongest clubs are unable this season to secure inclosed grounds, and this fact has killed all desire to organize the League. Of conrse, the absence ot the enthusiastic Mr. Will Barr is another force operating against reorganiza tion. An amateur league should always be en couraged by those who want to see the national game perpetuated. It is from the leagues of this kind that almost all of our "stars" come; the amateur leagues are really the manufac tories of ball players and every populous dis trict should have one. The Allegheny County League has done very well in the past, as many of its old members are now before the world in full fledged professional organizations. Mr. Clark also told me that many who were Inter ested in the League last year intend to devote almost all their time to tennis this year. An other unfortunate proof of the present waver ing of baseball's popularity. Hnnlan and Hoiner, Two or three days ago I had a very Interest ing conversation with the two famous scullers. Edward Hanlan and George Hosmer. There is always a pleasure in talking to them about matters aquatic, because each has had a long and busy experience and have been vere care ful observers. I cannot forget my first impres sion of either Hanlan or Hosmer. When I first saw the former be made an awful show of Jack Hawdon in a race on the Tyne and when I first knew Hosmer he was known as the "Boston Lightning Boy." Well, time slips awav and looking back 10 or 11 years seems a very short time, indeed. Hosmer has just recovered from a severe attack of fever. He is almost all right again and will take part m the Duluth regatta. Hanlan is a little heavier than usual, but be states that he is In excellent condition to com mence training. He talked exceedingly interesting to me abont rowing affairs in Australia and expressed the highest opinion regarding the rowing abilities of young Mc Lean. The ex-champion says that McLean is 6 feet high and measures 44 inches around the chest and is one of the most powerful scullers that ever satin a boat. "I feel sure," said Mr. Hanlan, "that he can defeat any sculler in Australia and w ere he and O'Connor to row five miles to-morrow I would put every dollar I had on McLean. I have seen him row a mile in 5 minutes and 50 seconds. That is speedy enough for an j thing and he can certainly outstay O'Connor. His method of rowing is not al together attractive, but that is because of his legs. He begins his stroke prettily and finishes it in an accomplished way, but in pulling it through the movement of his long legs gives one the idea that be is far from a finished sculler. However, bis stroke is all right and he imparts Immense power into it. If O'Connor defeats him he will row the hardest race of his life, because a more determined man never sat In a boat than McLean." Mr. Haitian's opinion gives us a definite tip as to who he thinks will win between Kemp and McLean. They row on the 15th Inst., and if Mr. Hanlan's estimate of McLean is anything like correct, Peter Kemp's fate is doomed. Certainly Kemp is agjod row er, but he is not of that class that Mr. Han lan speaks of when estimating McLean. The latter. Mr. Hanlan says, is better than Beach was and certainly on public form Kemp was far short of Beach. Stansbury and O'Connor row for the championship on June 23 and the result of that race will give us some idea as to what chance O'Connor has against the other Australians. If 8tanbury defeats O'Connor and if Mclean is all that Mr. Hanlan says he is then the sooner O'Connor re turns home the better. But the ex-champlon has not an excellent opinion of O'Connor. Mr. Hanlan does not think that his countryman is correctly built about the cbe-t to make a world beater. However this may be, none of us can gainsay the fact that O'Connor Is a good scal ier. It is probably too much to say that he is the best, because, judging him on his form against Searle on the Thames, lie is not the best by any means. But I have an idea that he is a better sculler than Mr. Hanlan wonld have us believe, and if he is beaten in Australia I don't think there'll be a rosy chance for any other American or Canadian to turn the tables on bis victor. Abont Engllah Rowing. Ex-Champion Hanlan also expressed the no tion that prof essional sculling in England was doomed never to rise again. Hosmer held a contrary opinion, claiming that, out of the large number of scullers there, a champion is sure to blossom forth in time. Hanlan. however, agreed that the yonug Britishers, for some reason or other, do not learn the modern art of rowing; they don't master the correct style of propelling a boat and as a result much of their strength is wasted. However much I would like to see England regain its position in scull lug, I fear there is much truth in Hanlan's contention. But it is going too far to say that sculling in England will never reach a higher standard than now. I think it will, and just as sore as rowing is speedier to-day than it was when Hanlan, Alexander-like, was crying for more worlds to conquer. It is only a short time ago since we all laughed at the sculling pretensions of Aus tralia. To-day there are scullers there that are Hanlan's superiors. But if sculling is declining in England never to rise, what about the United States? We have our stock-in-trade scullers to-day that we had Tears and years ago. 1 heir faces are almost as familiar as sun light; it Is the same old lot year after year with out any signs of promising talent. The Scratching of Hnnover. Something of a surprise has been caused dnrinc the week In turf circles by the scratch ing of Hanover for the early handicaps. The horse has been fired and blistered and conse quently thrown out of training. The hone has been backed heavily for the Brooklyn, and as a result the backers will urop their cash without having any chance to win. There has naturally been considerable indignation at the with. drawal of the horse, but it Is all In the fortunes of turf speculations. No doubt there was good reasons to scratch horse. It is also rumored that Qorgo, Senator Hearst's mare, will also be a non-starter and if she tails to appear at the post I know a uumber of backers who will lose money with out a "spin" for their cash. Butit la the uncertainties of the turf that prompt the bookmaker's odd, and were til lnvestniiaU THE " made with a start or no bet, quite a different rate of odds would obtain than is the case now. Abont tbo PdbIIUH. Joe McAuliffo is now in New York. With his appearanco Corbett has vanished and gone West McAuliffo is now,the new star and I suppose will more or less twinkle for a few weeks. According to general custom he has made his appearance in the East known by challenging "John L. Sullivan or any other man." Poor Sullivan! John is the great ob ject of all the aspiring heroes of the ring or stage. It now seems to be a fact generally un derstood that a pugilist is no earthly use if he does not issue a bold challenge to Sullivan. That done, he has bis passport to a big hall and profitable benefit; he is announced to the world as the "man who wants to fight Sullivan," and thai is sufficient trademark. Now, what does all this mean? Why it means deception and frand on the public. Those parlor fighters have no more idea of fighting Sullivan than 1 have of flying to the moon. Were Sullivan to get into a ring with a batch of them they would rush away as would a lot of noisv cats at the appearance of a hungry bear. I estimate Joe McAuliffo as a good man, a little better than Kilraln and probablv better than Corbett. But all these three combined would not make a Sullivan were the Utter in form. But what puzzles me is this fact: while all these wonderful pugilists, of glove fame only, are issuing challenge after challenge to John L. Sullivan, why don't they have a battle with each other? That is a very interesting question indeed. Corbett made con siderable noise abont fighting Sullivan, and McAuliffe says he has covered the entire con tinent trying to get a fight with Corbett The whole thing is a fraud, a scheme to make money by gulling the public A Critic Answered. I am in receipt of a letter, a kindly and well written letter, from a gentleman whose initials are M. C. He finds fault with me because, ac cording to his opinion, I have not given Corbett "a fair show." He then points out Corbettfs record, etc, claiming it to be a good one. There is not space to publish the entire letter. I have never said that Corbett was a bad fighter or that he was a good one. I don't know, be cause be has not been tried. He is a very good boxer from a professor standpoint, but so far as his record goes that is all that I can see he Is. Mark, if he is tried and proves himself to be a good man as a pugilist, I will be one of the first to give him credit, bnt I cannot call a man first-class who has not been tested by a first-class man or in a first-class way. Some time ago his record was published in this paper and commented on. Thp DTnrlne'e Retaliation. George La Blanche, the only vanquisher of Dempsey means to get even with the latter. The Marine claims that when he was beaten by Dempsey the latter took his own time in con senting to another battle. The Marine now means to carry out a similar policy, and claims that it is business. It Is business according to latter day pugilism, and I don't think that any of us can very well blame La Blanche for acting as be is. There was a time when Dempsey was on a very high horse, and was very reluctant to look down on an ordinary citizen. Defeat has somewhat knocked him off his perch, and be now will feel as others felt be fore. Among the lightweights Billy Meyer is having a nice time with snch men as Hopper. "The Western Cyclone" is, to some extent un like many of the "only champions." He is having a "go" at anybody who looms up in his class. If be cannot make terms with Jack Mc Auliffe he Is ready to tackle anybody else, and this is apparently a profitable plan. Each man be downs will add anothervictory to his record, and it seems that numbers have as much in fluence nowadays as quality. There is still some uncertainty about the international feather weight battle between Wallace and Dixon. The latter bad better steer clear of the little Englishman. There are easier men at home, and many of them are willing to meet Dixon. PlUijaiiE. FOLEY'S PLEASING GOSSIP. Some Racy Tnlk ibont Boston Baseball Af fairs Etrlng's Bis Hani Among the Beanealers A Suggestion Tor Advertis ing Denny and GlaisLeck. rSFZCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH. Boston, May 8. The Brotherhood boys are so far out of sight in this city that it would take a Lick telescone to sight the men. Kelly is still king, and so far everything has gone on as smoothly as a June wedding. Kelly andKilroy are not only a great battery, but they are also a fine song and dance team, being capable of doing an Irish turn with tbo best men on the variety stage. In the vicinity of the Brother hood grounds lives an Irish bagpipe player, and nearly every morning finds "Kel" and "Kil" practicing Connemara reels and shufSe-offs, while the piper strikes up: Bo now farewell to Paddy Klley, The villain that killed poor one-eyed Itlley; Soon we'll have poor Paddy choking. Upon your sowls, do yoa think I'm Joking? I thought the Boston League club would have fully as many people at their opening game as the Brotherhood team, but it proved another big victory for the men under Kelly, it was a cold, clear day, with the thermometer down to 47, but that failed to dampen the ardor of 8,300 Brotherhood shouters, who yelled long and loud when Boston won her first victory over Ward's men. The Brooklyns did well here and carried away two of the five games. The opening at the League grounds drew out oyer 3,800 people, who witnessed a game full of slugging and boisterous coaching. In the sec ond game Byrnes' men (N. L.) raised the merry jinks with Substitute Umpire Weeden, who knows as much about umpiring as a farmer knows about bunco steerers. "Byrnes' Boister ous Brooklyn Bridegrooms" bit the dust on three different occasions in this city, but since striking the City of Churches they have taken a big brace. The League clubs are playing good ball, but the attendance is a big disap pointment in all the cities, and especiallyso in New York and Pittsburg. Just think of Glass cock. Denny fc Co. playing to about 1,200 people In three games with the strong Philadel phia clubl How happy President Day will feel when he has to shell out over 700 a month to ungrateful Glasscock, who is really responsible for this revolt, for he was the man who was always beefing about bad treatment by the In dianapolis clnb. The New York Brotherhood team has not much to boast of: after the big send-off at the opening the crowds took an awfnl tumble But old Boast-on oh, she is the cuckoo of them all! In eight games the attendance has been over 30.000, an average of nearly 4,000, with op position and cold weather. The D03r Giants received a bad shaking up here, and even the great Buck Ewicg couldn't kick hard enough to pull off a game. The games from a financial standpoint must have pleased Ewing, for be carted awav over J3.000 as the New York's share for three defeats. Some people were kicking when It was announced that Deacon White's Buffalo team were booked for two games here on Decoration Day. "A poor card" was the way Brotherhood admirers put it as they shook their heads. The great batting of the Buffalo team against Cleveland gave the Bisons a big boom in this and other cities, as they bad been Bized up by the knowing ones as the weakest team of the lot; and if the "Buffs" don't go all to pieces during the month of May they cau depend upon a big reception in this town, where so many of the men are well known. Haddock and John Irwin live here; Sam Wise is almost a Bostonlan, as he plaved here eight successive years: Deacon White once wore a Boston uniform; -Carney lives in Salem, 12 miles away; Person makes his home at Man chester, N. H., while Mack halls from Worces ter. Iwillarowtbe Buffalos 15,000 for the two Decoration Day games, if the weather is fine; so just watch and see how close I come to call ing the turn. The Boston team (N. L.) will miss Clarksnn on thbir trip to Philadelphia and Now York. The great pitcher wrenched his foot so badly that :hls physician has ordered blm to remain quiet for two weeks. Young Nichols seems to be showing up fairly well, but be is rather slow in watching bases; beside bo gives too many men bases on balls at some criti cal stage of the game. Uetzein is begin ning to get in shape, although when he struck town he resembled a Mullingar heifer beef from the heels up. He haspltthed a few good games, and bids fair to do better when warm weather sets in. Young Lowe, the New Castle lad, is playing like a second Nash on third base, while his batting has been hist-class. The tea son is yet young, but up to date joung Lowe has the honor ot leading our Beineaters in batting. Bennett is hardly in trim, as be fears his throwing arm during thecoldspelk Hardie did not show up very well at fiist, but he is now settling down and doing splendid back stop work, beside bitting the hall very hard. The New York Leaguers are surprising people by their poor sbowine, and people of a super stitious turn of mind are beginning to think that Denny and Glasscock would hoodoo any club. Is there any truth in that story about transferring the Pittsburg League club to In dianipolis? Perish the thought! Slop con flicting so much, Mr. Nimick, strengthen up and things may come your way after awhile "Every cloud has a silver lining," hut the clouds that hover over Pittsburg at this time arc so dark that a man would lose bis way among them it he went in search of heaven. Say, talking about advertisements, why not have a bridal party ascend heavenward in search of the silver llninc? Hi!, mart mrs Jake Becklcy is in lore, and why not send him up with a new bride from Exposition Park? Oh, what an advertisement that would bel CHAELXS J. FOLET. "Wk Invite investigation. See page 14, to-day's Dispatch. Oabinzx photos fl per dozen, prompt de livery. Crayons, etc, at low prices. Lies' Gaiaest, ttsu 10 and 12 Sixth it. Bead? Bead? Bead? Pge 1 to-day's Dispatch PITTSBURG DISPATCH, JOHN L ON BOXING. The Champion Says Nearly Every body Can Handle Gloves Well. HO INTRICATE ART AFTER ALL, But Stupid Chaps Can't 'Expect to Become Clever With Tnelr Fists. THE RUDIMENTS TAUGHT 15 AH HOOK nrirrmt ros tbx sisnTCH.1 VERY broad-minded, liberal physicians will tell you that there is no better exercise for a young man than boxing. By this I don't mean slugging or knocking your opponent out. But a good, active, friendly bout two or three times & week is better than all the medicine in the world. It gives a young man confidence, strength, activity, manli ness, grace, a clear skin and a good diges tion. The woods are fall of so-called "pro fessors" of the manly art oi self-defense who make the innocent vonth believe it wonderfully difficult to become a good boxer, when the fact is really it is very simple. There is also a large number of pretentious books published here and in England on boxing that generally tire or contuse the ambitious reader so thoroughly at the start that he soon becomes dis couraged and gives np the sport in ntter disgust. It may seem a little bold to say, but I will guarantee to teach any well put ut voune fellow of ordinary intelligence the rudiments of boxing in half an honr, so that he will be able to continue on without farther instructions and become a clevej Sis Characteristic Position. boxer if he devotes the proper time and attention to the art. JUST A I"AIB STAKT. I don't mean by this to make him a pro fessional or ring general in halt an hour, but simply to give him sufficient knowledge to start out just as I did 13 years ago and work his way up to the top of" the art. Of course I expect the young fellow to learn the remainder by close observation and hard practice. Ho "professor" or master of spar ring can ever claim me as a pupil. "What I know about boxing I picked up from time to time by hard experience and intelligent observation. I belong to no scnooi oi Doxers, ana nave copied no special master's stvte, and I always fight according to my own judgment. I have always con sidered it very necessary that a yonug man in order to become an accomplished boxer should have brains as well as muscle. I never knew a thick-headed fellow yet to be come skill nl in the manly art. A good boxer must be clear and cool-beaded, quick to decide, with a keen perception, always able to size up his man at all stages of the game, and know exactly what he's doing, even wbeuhe's punched into a dazed condi tion. I generally box with my body, from the waist ud, extended somewhat forward. Per haps at times my body is straight up. I seldom lean back". O.' course a good deal depends upon whom lam fighting and under Stopping the Left Lead. what rules. So with holding your hands; with some men you can adopt a high guard and others will require a lower one. If a young man finds he can do effective work by extending his left like Jack Dempsey, let him do so. If, on the other hand, my style suits him, all right whichever is the most easy and natural. LEARX DEFENSE FIRST. Learn how to stop a blow before you at tempt to deliver one. Two novices of equal sizeweight and knowledge will generally find it more difficult to avoid a punch than toteive one. The first thing a "professor" will teach a pupil is to stand in position. He will show him how to tarn his toes out, spread his feet so many inches apart and will try and convince the yonng man that his style and position is really the only cor rect one in the world. Now I consider this is all simple rot. My advioe Is to stand in whatever way is best salted to your purpose whichever way you can hlt'your opponent the straigbtett and hardest blow and avoid a return by getting away quickly. I hare seen In my time a great many athletes jump, and I don't remember of ever seeing two jumping in the. same way. Bo with boxing, the position that suits yoa best S 4JH2aKr fit mBrnkSSmt I 'WZ?7 err- SUNDAY, MAY 4, is certainly the proper one for you to as same. If your opponent leads with his right af your head, throw it off with your left. If he leads with his left do the same with vonr right. If he sends his right at your body ward it off with your left. Do likewise with your right if he leads with the left for the body. These are really the tour principal and simple points in boxing, in fact the very rudiments. Don't take any stock whatever in a-sys-tem that teaches vou to punch more with one hand than with the other. Try always to be a good two-handed boxer. Learn to strike straight and clean; swinging blows nearly always leave an opening for yonr op ponent It is always well to do yonr lead-, log with the left, reserving your right for a good opening. Wherever you hit your man with one band, let the other fist land in the same spot if possible. It will be very much mbre effective. X.OOK INTO HIS EXES. Always watch yonr opponent direct in the eyes. Yon will soon learn to tell by this when and where he intends to smash you. Jnst as soon as you see him about to lead, shoot your lelt "into his f ice, and the force of his coming toward yon will increase your blows considerably. It yon have not time to do this, throw off yonr opponent's blow as explained above. Novices should be careful about ducking; it is a very danger ous game even fora skillful boxer to indulge in. In ducking yon lose sight of your op ponent for a few seconds, and if the latter happens to catch yon with a stiff upper-cut it may be "all day with you. There is considerable folly and non sense abont keeping vourself in condi tion. Most young fellows who go into athletics imagine they are obliged to follow a certain diet, go throngh a severe course of training, keep their muscle as hard as flint, and live, indeed, a very un natural existence. My experience has anght me this is all wrong. Live regular, take jnst enough of exercise to keep your Avoiding Left and Counter. liver and circulation active, and don't get yonr biceps too tough, for you will vety soon find that very bard muscles will slacken your speed, and I wonld not give a rap for a boxer without speed. A good thing for a younf fellow to do who wants to become a boxer is to join some worthy athletic club of amateurs who hold sparring contests every once in awhile. In a short while he will learn enough to put on the gloves with some of his fellow members. Alter a few bouts he will find out whether nature intended him for a champion or not, for all men are not born champions, and yonng boxers will discover this fact sooner or later. FIGHTING AND SFABRING. "When I say that every healthy yonng fellow with a good physique and a clear head can become a clever boxer by close at tention, hard practice and the use of good judgment, I don't mean by this that he can become a fighter. There are many skillful and fancy spnrrers who will not stand three ronnds before a man with less ability and more heart. When it comes to fighting the heart plays a most important part indeed. However, it is not necessary for us all to be fighters. It has been argued by some narrow minded cranks as an objection to the study of boxing that it leads men to be pugnaci ous, to seek encounters in order to show their superiority with their fists. This is not true. I know personally of many in stances where professional pugilists have been positively insulted by weaker men, and yet the boxer having such perfect self possession of his powers, and not wishing to take advantage of his helpless opponent, has retired. In the first place, the professional knows that public opinion is against him because he's a member of the prize-ring; and, in the second place, he does not consider it any honor to whip a man away out of his class. Of course there are a few professional pugilists who go about taking advantage ol their fighting ability, but I always put them down as cowards. I never knew of a good man in a 24-foot ring who was quarrelsome outside of it except they were under the influence of some intoxicating beverages. If every man under 45 practiced boxing in this great big America we would have less narrow-chested dndes, less quack medi cines, less shooting and stabbing, less narrow-minded cranks, more manly and cour ageous men, healthier and better formed children and a far greater nation in every respect. John L. Sullivan. SOME FIGURES QUESTIONED. A Correspondent Appenls for Fair Ploy and Points Out Some Inconsistencies. Bportlng Editor of The UlsDatch: Dkar Sir The particular quality of news paper comment that commands respect and ad miration, no matter what the subject, is fair ness, and a writer who permits bis partisanship to warp and twist the truth soon finds his field of usefulness confined to very narrow limits. In tbe sporting columns of a daily paper this morning, in somo rather disconnected re marks on the conflict between the Players' League and the National League, occurs the following statement: "At every point where the two organizatious have been in competi tion the attendance has averaged over four to one in favor of tbe new league." Writers on sporting matters who have established a repu tation for ability and honesty, and whose writ ings are found 1j the colnmns of newspapers that do not countenance misrepresentation, have not placed the figures above two and one half to one in favor of the new league. In the same remarks a little below the state ment quoted occurs the following: "So far neither side has made any money," and a little below this occurs the remarkable statement that "the attendance up to last night at Play ers' League games since tbe openineof the championship games was 219,107 1" Up to Fri day nieht tbe Pla ers' League played 36 games, and 219,107 divided by S6 gives an average at tendance per game (in round numbers) of o.tso. so mat euner tne i'Ja era- ueaguo mauo a mint of money up to Friday night or the ati tendance was considerably short of 219,107. Writers who have any ability, or ambition do not thus distort facts and insnlt fignres. In the same remarks the attendance upon the National League games Is given as 59,924, and it is asserted "this makes a i:rand total at tending the hall games within tbe past two weeks of 279,031." If the maker of these statements quoted will show, even to tne satisfaction of any honest and intelligent Players' League man, no mat ter how radical, that the atetndance upon the Players' League games up to last night was half of 219,107; or will show that the grand total attendance upon tho Players' League, National League and American Association games up to last night even approximated 279,031, I will make him a present of "a bottle ot the best" and one of tbe finest silk hats made. And in the event of his promising to endeavor to make such showing, vou are at liberty to give him mv name, auu i win nut up tne price. x-ixxaiiunu, juay a. ROSCOE. Large and fine selection of gold and sil ver watches, diamonds, jewelry, onyx and marble clocks, bronzes, sterling and silver plated wire, Rogers' knives, forks and' spoons. Oar trade is daily increasing, be cause we give yon the best value lor your money. Examine our stock and prices. M. G. Cohen, Diamond Expert and Jeweler, S33 Smith field st. We handle nothing bat first- ciass goods. Hebb. Is the plaee to pnt yonr money. xo-day's jJUpatch, page 1. Persons who want character and intelli gence shown in their photographs ahottld bo photographed by Sabbs, eO 1890. SOLVING A -MYSTERY. Detective ffo'rris Relates the Story of His First Experience. FATE OF A GREENSBURG CITIZEN. He Was Found Shot in the Breast Near Ex President Hayes' Borne. MURDERED BY A MAK AND A W0MAS rWEITTEK TOBTHB SISrATCH.1 'While en route .for the East last week, Colonel John T. Horn's, of Springfield, O., stopped off to visit with his friends, As sistantSuperintendent O'Mars, of the Police Bnrean, andD. S. Orcntt, of the St. Charles Hotel. There; is little in tbe appearance of this citizen of the Buckeye State to indicate the detective, but the gray matter under the broad-brimmed hat he wears has unraveled the tangled skeins of so many criminal mys teries that he is to-day one of the best-known of American man hunters. Seated in the lobby of the hotel Friday night he talked to a Dispatch representa tive of the incidents of his life. Between the puffs of his cigar he told the story of how he won bis spurs in his profession. The story ran: Some is years ago Christina T. Schlach berger was a house servant in Greensburg. "With the natural thrift of her race she had saved from her earnings some $1,200, which, for safekeeping, she placed in tbe hands of Sheriff Bolan, of "Westmoreland county. Andrew Cotreker, a sturdy Teuton, met Christina. Her charms made such an im pression npon him that they soon were mated. Some months after the happy event Cotreker became dissatisfied with his sur roundings. "With $1,000 of his wife's earn ings in tbe shape of a draft, he started tor the West with the intention of founding a home for himself and wife. A TEAOEDT AT HAYES HOME. Not long after his departure from Greens burg the body of a German was found on the outskirts of the town of Fremont, O., jnst in the rear of the residence of ex-President Hayes. A ghastly bole in the breast told of a violeut death. In the dead man's band was a revolver. On the body were found a draft for $1,000, a silver watch and a small notebook, on a p.ige of which was written, "I am tyrd uf life berry me hear." AH indications pointed to suicide. A photograph of the body was taken. That night the potter's field bad another occu pant. Feeble efforts were made to ascer tain the identity of the man, bat without success. Among that class which figured to a more or less extent in the nolice records of Fre mont were one-legged John "Welsh, known as "Pelter" "Welsh, and May Isenbeis. This conple. had lived together for some years. Frequent quarrels ruflied the se renity of their lives to snch an extent that they soon possessed an unenviable reputa tion. Some 18 months alter the discovery of the dead German they quarreled over some money stolen from the woman's mother. As a resnlt thev were arrested on a charge of larceny. "When the case came to trial Welsh testified against the woman in any thing bnt complimentary terras. In the height of passion at being held np to the shame of the public, the woman threatened to enlighten the Court as to the story of the dead German. "Welsh at once ceased his tirade. A MTSTEBT ONLY HINTED AT. "When questioned, the woman refused to say anything further on the subject. The case went to the jury and the woman was convicted on the charge of larceny. Prose cuting Attorney Garber now set to work to learn what the woman knew of the death of the supposed suicide. He sent fprMr. Mor ris to whom "he" related tbe circumstances connected with the discovery of the body and tbe strange hints thrown ont by the Isenbeis woman. At his suggestion the de fective was locked up in a cell adjoining that of the woman. The pseudo ririsoner soon became acquainted with her. He stated to her that he knew "Pelter" Welsh, and that it was "Welsh's intention to have her sent to the penitentiary for five or six years in order to have her out of the way. He had grown tired of her. The woman was enraged at her partner's perfidy. Urged on by the idea of revenge, she told the story of the German's death. She had decoyed the German to the edge of the town one night under the direction of Welsh. Here they were discovered by "Welsh, with the intention of extorting money. Daring tbe wrangle which ensued the revolver held by Welsh was discharged. The stranger dropped to tbe ground, shot through the heart. The confederates at once set to work: to hide tbe traces of the crime. The revolver was placed in the dead man's hand. In the notebook found nnon the corpse Welsh wrote the supposed last words of the dead man. "Welsh then took from the dead man's pocket a gold watch, but fearing that the absence of the watch would be a deathblow to the theory of sui cide, he replaced it with an old silver one which he himself carried. not enough etidence. Upon the strength of this confession "Welsh was indicted for murder by the grand jury. In conrt the woman substantially repeated the story given to the detective. The man strenuously denied that be had any part in the crime. Without more evidence the case was likly to end in an acqnittal. How be gan the work of forging the chain of evi dence necessary to the conviction of Welsh. . Mr. Norris exhumed and made a careful examination of the body of the supposed suicide. The skin npon the forefinger of the right hand was bard and calloused, and the nail was bent. Tbe man had been a tailor. Constant use of the forefinger in sewing had roughened the skin, while the nail had been bent in pushing the needle through heavy cloth. An examination of tbe clothing and other articles found npon the body at the time of discovery yielded more clues. Tbe neatly mended socks and underclothes gave the detective the idea that the man hjd been a married man. One of the pockets of the coat bad been mended with a piece of calico. To secure the gold watdh which tbe Isenbeis woman had ac cused "Welsh of abstracting from the body was the next step. The watch was traced to Mansfield, O., where Welsh had traded it for a horse. The silver watch was indenti fied by a Mansfield jeweler, who bad at one time shortly befote replaced a broken main spring. Upon seeing Welsh in the conrt room the jeweler recognized him as the man who had bad the repairing done. IDENTIFIED AT LAST, The Sheriff of "Westmoreland county, hearing of the case, and seeing in one of the papers a. picture ot the dead man, which bore a strong resemblance to the missing Cotreker, wrote to Mr. Norris for full par ticulars of the cise. As a result of this let ter, tbe detective went to Greensburg. The Sheriff recognized the draft as one he had drawn for Mrs. Cotreker prior to her bus band's departure for the "West. The gold watch, being heavily ornamented with a head of "Washington and n picture of a soldier, was easily identified by the wife, who also produced i shirt stud, which cor responded with the two found upon tbe body. To complete tbe evidence, she pro duced tbe remnants of an old sun bonnet, which exactly matched the calico patch iu the dead man's coat. ' With all these facts in his possession, Mr. Norris went before the jury sitting on the case of "Welsh and related to the court the full particulars of his search. As a result "Welsh was convicted of murder and sen tenced to hang. Aside from the woman's testimony, all the evidence produced against (he convicted man was pnrely circumstan tial. Up to the day appointed for execu tion he strenuously protested his Innocence. The day of execution was at hand. Welsh was to be hanged at 3 o'clock. That morn ing Governor Foster respited the prisoner for 30 days. He dispatched a messenger with tat pzwieai deeaaeat to Vnaost, Fearfnl lest he should be too late to save the doomed man, the messenger hibed a locomotive and reached Fremont in time to stay the hangman's hand. Before the 30-daV re prieve had expired Governor .Foster, influ enced by the number of petitions presented by the convicted man's friends, commuted the sentence of death .to that of imprison ment for lie. "For my part," said the Colonel, throw ing away h'is cigar, "I was thoroughly con vinced of the man's guilt, and, although my belief was unsupported save by the tes timony of the woman, still I felt sore that sooner or later something would transpire which would be conclusive .proof of thj man's guilt. 1 was right. "One morning not long after the great gate of the Ohio State prison had onened to receive an unwilling guest, whoshonld never more in life pass through tbe forbidding portals to the outer world, "Welsh was found hanging from a gas jet in his cell. His last message to the world was: 'I am tyrd nf life don't berry me hear berry me with my brother.' "Thewriting and spelling of this note was identical with that of the one found in the notebook of tbe German. The last words of the murderer bad substantiated my theonrof his guilt" Seaeioht. GOSSIP OF THE GUAp. Lieutenant Colonel Fbanx L Rut X.XDOE is making a short business trip through Ohio. He expects to be home the early part of this week. Colonel Norman M. Satrrn arrived hom from his wedding journey yesterday. The Colonel, besides wearinga happy smile, is much improved in health, Durino the last nine months in the regular service there bavo been 1,673 desertions. This is a large decrease over the reports for the pre ceding period of. the same duration. Evert member of Company B, Eighteenth Regiment, is expected to report at the armory, on Diamond street, to-morrow evening, as busi ness of importance will bn transacted. All State property must be turned in at the same time. Mr. Robert Patterson, formerly Quarter master of the Fourteenth Regiment, but now a member of Battery B. proposes giving a pair of gold marksmen's buttons, set with diamonds, to the enlisted man in any of the local organi zations who may make tbe best average scores in rifle practice taken thionghont the season. The Washington Infantry is drilling twice a week in preparation for the trip to Cleveland on the unveiling of the Garfield monument. Tbe boys expect to make a good showing as tbe only renresentatives of Pittsburg that will be present, tbe other organizations that con templated going having apparently given up tbe idea. In orders from tbe Adjutant General's office the following officers are honorably discharged: Second Lieutenant Michael A. Young, of Bat tery C: First Lieutenant William A. LaTorcbe, of tbe Sixth Regiment; Captain William E. Thompson, of the Fonneenth Regiment, and Lieutenant Frank W. Whitcomb, of the Six teenth Regiment. AN interesting gnard mount was held in the Diamond street armory last night. Details from the different companies were presented and tbe ceremonies gone through in very good shape, considering most of the officers were new at the business. All the companies of tbe Eighteenth Regiment are making an especial feature of gnard mounts in preparation for the inspections next week, which commence with Company A, Monday, May 12. The annual allowances from the State for company armory rents for lb9, arrived in the city last Friday. They were just three months behind time, on account of tbe carelessness of some of the officials at Harrisburg, and as a re sult several company commanders in this vicinity have had the unpleasant experience of being sued for their last year's rent. The rifle practice fends, which wero to have arrived at the same time, were again delayed for some unaccountable reason, and it will probably be several weeks before they are heard from. BattkrtBwIU be inspected by Major Frank Patterson Thursday. May 22, at 8 r. jr. it is tbe regular semi-annual inspection. Captain Hunt and his officers have been hustling pretty lively dnrlng tbe past few weeks, and ic is ex pected the battery will make an excellent showing both as to numbers and evolutions. All tbe State's property will be moved into the new quarters, on Diamond street, early next week. An order for inspection next Saturday was first issued, but afterward rescinded and the dated fixed as May 22. The drills in tbe local companies during the past wees were better attended than any simi lar period for six months. The usual rumor which precedes every spring inspection in refer ence to certain companies being kuocked out on account of poor showings has stirred up both officers and men to a pretty fair state of activity. A visit to the different company drills shows that in spite of tbe repeated warn ings of certain officers about the severity with which Major Patterson would work on the "setting up" exercises, little or no attention is being paid to those movements. EDUCATIONAL MATTERS. Yestebdat was pay day for the cIEy teachers. There will bo a grand Jubilee day this month at the Liberty School, It is Prof. Sleeth, and not Pror. Spear, t who bas charge of the callsthenic class at the High School. The commencement exercises of the Beaver Falls high school take place next Tuesday evening. Prof. J. K. Batne, of the St Clair schools, was called yesterday to Claysville. Washington county, to attend the funeral of his uncle, Mr. Kerr. The Washington School Board meets on Tuesday evening to elect a successor to Miss Davidson, tbe deceased teacher of the Wash ington schools. The day preceding Decoration Dav, the 29th insc. will be observed as reception day at both the O'Hara and Forbes schools. Tbe Hiland school will also shortly hold a reception day. Considerable interost is manifested among educators in tbe next meeting of tbe Central Board, when Dr. Kearns' resolution to abolish corporal punishment in the public schools of iflttsourg win do luscuMeu. The school reports for the month of April show a very big attendance at tbe schools. Especially so at the Hiland School, Nineteenth ward. Two additional teachers will be asked for at the next meeting of the Central Board. Miss Agote McCance, of the Forbes school, has resigned. Her marriage to Mr. Brown, of tbe Fourteenth ward, occurs shortly. This makes the third marriage for the present year among tbe Forbes teachers. Miss Jennie Acbeson, of the O'Hara school, has also re signed. In the month of June she becomes the bride of Mr. Melvin, ot .Eicbbaum & Co. At the meeting of the Teachers' Guild held yesterday, the following were admitted to membership: Miss R. Torrence and L. Stein ert, of the Grant School: Miss K. H. Lowry, Miss Hulton, Minersville; and Lizzie McCabe. High School, Tho Executive Committee of the gdild meets next Saturday at 2 p, St., at the Central Board rooms to transact some un finished business. 1 he three educational conventions to beheld Tuesday will all be love feasts. On that day school superintendents are to be elected for Pittsburg, Alleeheny and Allegheny county. Tbe Pittsburg convention meets at the Central Board rooms and Superintendent Luckey will receive a unanimous re-election. He has served as superintendent for over 20 jears. Superin tendent Morrow will be elected without opposi tion and it is likely that his present salary of $2,000 will be increased. The Allegheny county school directors meet at tne Jttaiston scnooi. Superintendent Hamilton has no opposition. Tbe salary for this office is not considered ade quate and will likely be increased. The salary of Pittsburg's school superintendent is S3.000 a year, while the school superintendent of Phila delphia receives $5,000 and has several assist ants. The following are tbo names of the pupils who stand first in the highest grammar rooms of tbo ward schools: Thad Stevens, Cora Turner: Forbes, Herbert May; Mt. Albion, Edith Fulmer; Morse, Thomas Charles; O'Hara. Minnie Shelly; Liberty, Bertha Young; Mt. Washington, August Ulnch; St. Clair, Lottie Hopkins; Howard No. 1, Mazgie Hall: No. 2, Bernard Sternmeslck; Minersville, Charles Mc Elhaney; Washington, Verona Oraesle: River side. Nellie Dugan; Springfield, Christ Ludwlg; Birmingham, Eddie Knoell; Franklin, Sadie AnfUainmer; WIckersham, Linnle Isler; Han cock, Blanche Kelly; Duquesne, John A. Con nelly; Monongahela, Jerome Kernan; Hiland, John Men air; Humboldt, John Rudolph; Knox, MayMcKee; Peebles, Gertrude Cam; Moor head, Sadie Huston: Lawrence, Fred Ocnsen hirt; South, Jesse Edwards; Bedford, William Stone; Lackey No. I, Willie Bell; No. 2, Hugh Lindsay; Ralston, Stella Scott; Grant, Deborah Payne. The finest diamond hr-thii cltv, a bine gem weigeing 2f karat, is on exhibition at the store of M. G. Cohtn, Diamond xptrt ma J iwuwa jw Bwusua imM. lBf A BABOON SWITCH MAN. He Asslsta HI LcxIcm Hosier With Almost Human Intelligence. ' Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. The baboon which fignres in tbe illustra tion is a well-known character in the Capo Colony, but more particularly in the neigh borhood of Port Elizabeth. The signalman, his owner, was run over by a passing train, and had to have both legs amputated, which would naturally incapacitate him from, work, but the idea struck him to seenre a baboon and train him to do bis work. This he bas successfully accomplished, and for many years the one in question has regu larly looked alter the levers, and done the bard work of his afflicted master. The animal is possessed of extraordinary intel ligence, and has never made a mistake. Of course, the human servant works the telegraphs, and the biboon the levers, according to instruction; and, taking into consideration tbe fact that at the station in question, fjltenhaga Junction, and about 20 miles lrom Port Elizabeth, there is a large volume of traffic, the sagacity of the creature is really won dertul. One of his most noteworthy performances was the correct switching of an unannounced special train on its correct line in the ab sence of the signalman. The latter lives about a mile up the line, and the baboon pushes him ont and home, morning and night, and is the sole companion of his leg less master. The picture is from a photo graph by C. "W. Smart, ol Port Elizabeth, and although depicting the baboon in a somewhat theatrical attitude, is from life, and gives a capital likeness of both man and monkey. "Where is Clifton? Dispatch. See page 14, to-day's Embeoidebed silk crepe shawls, all colors, 45 in. to 72 in. sizes, the balance of an importer's stock, greatly under value to s close. Hugus & Hacks. TTS3U "We invite investigation, to-day's Dispatch. See page 14, New crepe ring Windsors at Pfeifer's. Eeal estate! real estate! real estate) See page 14, to-day's Dispatch. 8100. Mnr PositirclT tbe Last Month. S3 50, You can get a life-size cravon portrait for S3 50 or 12 cabinets for $1 00 at Aufrecht's Elite Gallery, 516 Market street. Come now and avoid the rush. AN0THERGREAT SUFFERER Cured by the Catarrh Special ists at 323 Penn Avenue. The above is a portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth. Bratt, who lives at Verner Station. The catarrhal secretion that formed in her head and dropped down into her throat, caused a severs ulceration to set in. Her mouth, throat and tongue became so sore, that she could not chew her food, and was compelled to eat only soft foods. She wonld often have sharp pains m her face, and a drink of cold water would cause tho most intense pain. As some of the catarrhal poison extended to her Inngs. she coughed badly, her breath became short and she felt much pain and soreness in her Inngs. She had a constant weak, tired feeling, and she often felt so nervous that her whole body would ba in a tremble. The food she ato would sour on her stomach, and she felt a full, distressed feel ing after eating. Her heart would often palpi tate as if it would jump out of her body. She bad much pain across tho small of her back and lower part of her body. Exposure to cold air would cause her to take cold, and often for a month at a time she would not dare to step outside tne door. Aitnougn doctoring an ox the tune she gradually crew worse. She lost much flesh, nntil she onlv weighed 93 pounds. It was while in this condition that she began treatment with the physicians of the Catarrh; and Dyspepsia Institute, at 323 Penn avenne, and became cured. She says: "My disease was of 12 years' standing, and my condition was much worse than bas been described. I now feel well and strong, as I did when I was a girl. I have regained my flesh and am very elad to testify to my enre, as above stated by these specialists. Signed with my own band, "MRS. ELIZABETH BRATT." Please bear in mind that THESE SPECIAL ISTS HAVE BUT ONE OFFICE, and which, is PERMANENTLY LOCATED at 323 Pena avenue. Office hours, 10 A. St. to 4 T. 3t, and 6 to 8 T. X, Sundays. 12 to 4 F. M. Consultation free toalL Patients treated suc-.k cessfnlly at home by corresoondence. Send two -cent stamps for question blank and ad dross all letters to tbe Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute. 323 Penn avenue. Pittsburg. apl6-Mwy38n LADiES Who Value a Refined GomplsirM MUST USE MEDICATED It Imparts n brilliant transparency to fhm Skin. 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