-$:& THE" PTTTSBUHQ- DISPATCH. SUNDAY, JUNE '22, 1890. 14' i 'r I r ! SPORTONJHEOCEAN. Lots of Material fur a Lively Col umn Found Among the Pas sengers of the City of Home. CAOT05 AKD CARKEEK ON BOARD. They Were Slipping: Across the Pond In cognito to Take in a Few Shekels on the Unknown Eacket. BASEBALL COMPARED WITH TJJMIS. A Great Deal f Excitement Created T tie Utile Uunap at Fastnet Exk rcoBKKsrOKOiNCi or thi bipatch.i Ok Boakd the Citt or Rome, June 7. "We bare all been told that poets hare license, and doubtless the majority of excursionists -who cross the Atlantic will think that Henry Russell took a little too much license when be wrote that very pally colne eonc, 'A Lire on the Ocean Wave." A life on the waves may be all right for seawalls and other kinds ot animal life, even including a portion of the human 'race, bnt I Tentnre to say that the rank and file of citizens whose ocean trips are only as numer ous as satisfied politicians m see mue, inaeea, of that ealety in a sojourn on the "ocean wave" that the poet sines to us about. Certainly there is lots ot fun for the initiated; but to those who hare not the confidences of the ocean wave, all the fun Is of a verv forced nature. When one reaches for his shoes and finds his head buried in them without making any effort to accomplish such a feat, it Is very funny to those who can appreciate it. How ever, the performer is not the appreciator, nor does he care about the involuntary acrobatic tricks that he now and then performs, from the trsttinc Into his bunk until the cettlnj; out of the same. However, it Is not my mission to tell a Ion? story about a sea trip. What I in tend to do is to relate to those who have been readies my reviews, my observations of mat ters, sportings, and make reasonable deductions from them. Quite a Surprise. Itls indeed surprising to find so many mat ters of sporting interest in an ordinary journey. Who would have thought that 1 would board the same ship as Tom Cannon and Jack Car keek, the famous wrestlers. I was surprised to meet them, but tbey were astounded to meet me; because they were traveling under the no tion that nobody aboard knew them, and Car keek was on his way to "floor" some unsus pecting Britishers in catcb-as-catch-can matches. The story of our meeting is worth re peating. I bad never met Cannon, and having only met. or rather seen. Carkeek once, had only a sliebt, very slight remembrance of him. They were placed nearly opposite meat table, and the appearance of cannon told that he was a man of muscle, that is, a professional man of muscle. Cannon's tremendous shoulders and Srodigionsly thick neck leave no doubt as to is business in life. I was convinced that be and his friend were of the sporting fraternity, and I subsequently took occasion to begin a conversation with'Cannon. I soon got an Idea of his identity and pointedly asLed him if his name was Cannon. Ho laughed and said it was. He introduced bis . friend as "Mr. Hudson, a sprinter from Den ' ver," who was going to take part in a Sheffield handicap. Cannon might bare allaved all suspicion by introducing Carkeek as Mr. Potter, of Texas, but the most outrages insnlt on public credulity was Cannon's attempt to class Carkeek as a sprinter. Might as well talk about an elephant graceful! handling a per ambulator. X could not exactly locate Carkeek at the moment, but I didn't Delleve Cannon. 1 thought the matter over and the next day I bodly remarked to Mr. Hudson: "Now, this Hudson story is not true. You are a wreler and four name is Carkeek." He was dnmb foundeikand hadn't the nerve to deny it. He called Cannon to nim and the latter did not enjoy the expose at all. However, I assured theiu that it was none of my business to say they were. I know I did not tell a soul on ship. Cannon was content to have himself n, but Carkeek continned to be known to in board, except mrselr, as "Mr. Hudson, of iver." An Old Fashioned BnckeU Cannon was tafing Carkeek to England as a "ringer." Doubtless tbe Michigan athlete Is without an equal in the world as a catch-as-catch can wrestler and by the timo this latter is In print he may have met and defeated some chan pion. But really the "ringer" scheme is so old and has been repeated so often that noth ing but tools ought to be caught by it. There is such an exchanpng of newspapers and hu man beings between England aod America tbat nobody but a very shortsighted man would ever think or playing Carkeek off as a ringer before tbe British public But he has an en gagement to go and so has Cannon. 1 bey are going to give exhibitions in a theater in Paris. Canton's fee is 1100 per night for 15 nights. He then has engagements in Turkey, Prussia and Germany. Carkeek will go no further than France. He has been extremely lucky in card plating while aboard ship and will land in England pretty well fixed. He Is In excellent condition as he has been taking plenty of exercise all tbe way across tne Atlantic, tie is eager to meet the best wrestlers in Europe. Carkeok is a very intelligent young man and very powerful. H e Is more intelligent. I think, than Cannon, but the latter has had tbe experience and has the American under his care this trip. Said Can non to me: "I think Jack will down them all and wherever you are and hear of us in a match bet, we'll win. Bnt we don't want the business spoiled." Of course the "business" meant the "ringer" part of it. As I have clearly stated there was nothing requiring my making known Carkeek's Identity any sooner than to ray readers and that is too far ahead to hurt anvbody. I have never been asked who "Mr. Hudson'' is by any body so that my conscience is entirely free on tbe matter. The names of Cannon and Car keek do not appear on the ship's list of passen gers and few people have noticed my talking to these two wrestlers. dots of Sporting Hnmor. On shipboard, that is on ships crossing the Atlantic to England, there is any amount of sporting talk, betting, and even contests. Almost every class or branch of sport is repre sented in a crond oi 600 or 600 passengers. Like soon draws to like, .and before a day has passed aw ay the admirers of sport lngaffairs are known to each other. During tbe week some very in telligent gentlemen have talked ably on all the leading sporting topics. Wrestler Cannon has had considerable to say about tbe future of sports in Australia, as compared with the pros pects in England and America. Cannon has spent some time in Australia, and has had good opportunity to judge as to the prospects there. He thinks it is the sporting country of the future, and claims tbat there are better men being reared there than in the older coun tries. He farther claims tbat trickery has not become so general there as in America and England. He still further ar gues that in rowing, fighting and sporting tbe Aurtrallans are already In the lead. Cannon's opinions are supported by tvio young English athletes who are just returning from Austra tralia. Certainly these opinions, coming from the sources named, demand respect, bnt I can not place my entire faith in them. Ofconrce, the further one travels tbe more be learns, but I bare jet to learn the absolute proof thor oughly making good the opinion just quoted. I am not unmindful of the fact that Australia hat made very rapid studies in almo t every branch of sports during the last few years, but I fail to see any particular Instance where they are superior to Americans. The Australians have yet to prove that their sprinters are bet ter tban those in America, and tbe Antlpo deans are certainly behind in matters pugilistic. For a time the Australians carried everything before thsni in almost all branches, but they have suffered a check. So far, their best pugi lists have not been victorious over our best. Whatever Jackson and Slavm may do does not effect present conclusions. Tbey have not beaten our best men yet, and I don't think they wilk Cannon, who has seen both Jackson and Slavin perform, thinks the former a great man, but second to Sullivan. However, I do not wish to prosecute this subject further at present. I merely want to show that while some prominent men may make statements, we very often find tbat those statements are not backed by solid proof. Sow, I don't wish to say anything that may be con strued to mean tbat the Australians are an in ferior lot of athletes. Not at all. Tbey are excellent in that particular, but wbat I claim is they are a trifle behind the Americans. Per haps there is some doubt as regards sculling, but we must wait for approaching results on that point. I wish to' be clear, because one of tbe young English athletes to whom I have just referred tells me tbat something I one time wrotein Tee DisrATcn about Australian scullers was copiously reprinted in Australian papers, and tbe opinion seemed to be tbat I treated those on the other side of tbo sphere somewhat unfairly. I don't Intend to do that and I hare never Intended to do so. Baseball on Deck. Oh. yes; the baseball crank is among the City of Borne crowd, and he makes himself known "to everybody. An old gentleman from Detroit has been wondering every day this week whether or net the Players' League Is still alive. He was introdnced to me the second day at sea, and every morning since he has been on deck with a baseball schedule in band awaiting me. He has nightly figured out the winners and tbe crowds of each game, apd ot course, being a National Xeague man, has given that organization much tbe best of it But the new League has more supporters on board tban has tbe old one. This was somewhat surprising to me, because 1 had U ought that almost all business men were .National league supporters. However, I v found a common opinion on one feature, viz., that the national game of America has been injured. Tbe pre vailing notion among these cranks seems to be tbat the baseball players were well enough off before, and ought not to have originated any trouble. I don't know at present writing what tbe situation is. but I venture to say tbat the common opinion relative to the game being in jured has much truth in it. Tbe Players in tbe long run will be the greatest sufferers, just as sure as we live. About Lam Tennis. Among the passengers ot this ship are two or three extremely warm admirers of lawn tennis. In their estimation tbat is the only out-door sport or exercise worthy of patronage and they have argued their case with movery-forclbly and reasonably. What they mean is tbat it is a sport tbat contains more exciting features than anything else, and has Just as many scientific points. I have said comparatively littls about lawn tennis for a very long time, but it is not because I do not aporeclate If .nnrl nnllltl Thnffi it lOUCh In & lSWU tOU nls contest to enthuse both contestants and spectator, out the popularity of tbe game has been kept back because of the tendency of its patrons to keep it a select sport. I am not going to sv tbat there has been a wilful or de signed endeavor to keep the gam' confined to what we may cll the "upper ten," but the fact remains that It extends little further than that class. It is not to be found among the mabSes; that is, it is not to be found there to an extent worthy of mention. As long as this is so lawn tennis will never be popular, but as soon as tho mases are inter ested in It, depend upon the fact that it will become a leading game. The unfortunate trnnMn in hitoii.ill this vear may cause many feoplo to turn their attention to lawn tenuis, know that in aud about Pittsburg there are many people who last year were great baseball enthusiasts who are this year patrons of lawn tennis. It is a fine game and may rapidly be come popular. All Wers Excited. There is probably excuse for the digression I am about to make, but since writing the aboTe paragraph we, that is the City of Rome and her cargo of human beings and other things, have been on tbe rocks. This is something sensa tional hero I can assure everybody. This is Sunday, and about 6:15 this morning while a dense fog prevailed tbo monster ship ran on Fastnet rocks. Almost all passengers were in their bunks when the shock took place, but within a minute scores were rushing on deck and all was wild excitement. The boats were lowered and the sea was calm. In a few min utes, however, it was discovered that no serious damage bad been done. At tbe time ot the ac cident the steamer was scarcely moving, as the captain had evidently lost his bearings. As soon as the rock was sighted the engines of the ship were reversed and almost as soon as the latter struck the rock she retreated with a loud grating sound as if hnge sheets of iron were being torn asun der. Few people have anv idea of the consterna tion on ship board under such circumstances. Women and children were rushing to and fro and many got down on their knees and prayed in the most excited manner. Who was to blame for the mishap I know not Some blame the lighthouse authorities on Fastnet for not giving fog signals and others think the captain ought to have known 'where he was. What ever my opinion may be worth it is to tbe effect that Captain Young was in a very trying posi tion and probably did no worse tban anybody else would have done under the circumstances. Comedian Hoey, of Evans & Hoey, has a berth close to me. an'l amid the wilCest excite ment and fear be looked out of bis Derth with tbe symptoms of the-morninz-afterlook and exclaimed: "Why don't you people get out and let a fellow have some sleep. You're fine ducks, you are." However, the affair even among the passengers was greatly exaggerated, although the results might have been serious. A I.llllo Monte Carlo. Certain it is that almost every ocean steamer Is a little floating Monte Carlo. The gam bling in various forms on each vessel is extensive. Last night I watched a poker game where the ante was S5 and the betting tremen dously heavy. Sovereigns and $5 bills were chipped in as if they were nickels. Thousands of dollars change hands during the trip not onlv on card playing but on the number of miles the steamer covers each day. On every steamer there are men who get no further than titpirnklT' saloon and their berths. When they are not sleeping tbey are gambling, or; to use a mlUer term, betting. Aud I ask, are the balance of the passengers any tbe worse for this? I say No. Tbe surroundings remind us somewhat ot Mallocki's "Positivism on an Island." because humanity is limited to such small dimensions that we can easily see tua results of causes. And if this system of betting can go on here without injuring priest, parson, man, woman or child, who do not patronize it. why is itclalmed tbat pool selling in licensed places injures the community? This is not an apology for gam bling. I simply claim law won't stop betting, and tbat it is less injurious morally when law gaurds it PBtsotK. Are Yon Supplied? Families not already supplied should lose no time in procuring a bottle of Chamber Iain's Colic, Cholera aud Diarrhoea Bemrdy. It is the onlv remedy that can always be de pended udoq for bowel complaint in all its forms. 25 and 60-cent bottles for sale by E. G., Stucky, 1701" and 2401 Penn are.; is. if. btucKy & uo., cor. Wylie ave. and Fulton st.; Markell Bros., cor. Penn and Frankstown aves.; Tbeo. E. Ihrig, 3610 Fifth ave.; Carl Hartwig, 4016 Bntler st; John C. Smith, cor. Penn ave. and Main st; .Tas. L. McConnel & Co., 455 Fifth ave., Pittsburg; and in Allegheny bv E. E. Heck, 72 and 194 Federal st; Thos. B. Morris, cor. Hanover and Preble aves.; F. H. Eggers, 172 Ohio st, and F. H. Eggers & Son, 199 Ohio st and 11 Smitbfield st ThSu Special Annooneemeot to the Everett Piano Club nnd tbe Public Miss Msry Crown, 227 Market st, Alle gheny, held certificate No. 10 aud is entitled to tbe pianoidelivered this week on tbe $1 weekly payments. This list of 350 members is about completed, and will be closed this month. Owing to great demand (or Everett Pianos all over tbe crountry we are unable to make another contract with the Everett Company, at tbe price secured for this club, bnt will be able to supply the demand on and alter July 1, at the retail prices ranging from $425 to $500, according to tbe style of cases. Those wanting Everett pianos at the club price, $350. must apply for membership betore July 1, 1890. ,Alex Boss, Mgr., TuSu 137 Federal st, Allegheny, Pa. ATLANTIC CITY. The First Popnlnr Excnrsloa of tho Season .to Atlantic Cltr. Via the picturesque B. & O. B. B. via Washington. Di O., Baltimore and Phila delphia, on Thursday, July-3, 1890. Tickets good for ten days, and good to stop off at Washington, D. C, returning. Bate for the round trip $10. Special trains, with Pullman parlor and Bleeping cars, will leave B. & O. B. B. depot at 8 A. M. and 920 P. M. For detailed information address or apply to E. D. Smith, Division Passen ger Agent, Pittsburg, Pa. Two Famous Drtlcns In wall paper at present are the Water Lily and Pond Lily in their natural colors, with freize and ceiling to match. These goods are choice, sell on sight nnd are guaranteed to produce the most lovely effect for wall coverings. Same can be had at the old stand. Jacob J. Fncns, 1710 Carson st Babr. Bnbr. Bnbv. If yon want a nice cabinet photo of baby take it to Pearson, the leading photog rapher, of 96 Fifth ave., or 43 Federal st, Allegheny. Yon are sure to get a good one. KkT fast black, fancy top ladies' hose 22c, lisle 35c, S8c, 45c, at BOSENBATTM & CO.'S. AMEKICAircballis New assortments trill be opened this week, at 10c, 12r and loo a yard. HtjodS & Hacks. TTSSU LtrCEKitE awnings, one of the best styles. Mama tjx & Sox, 539 Penn are., Pittsburg. WAili Tkkts from $7 up. Pittsburg "Water Proof Co., 426 Liberty street Bee tbe new styles of Paris Exposition awnings at Hamaux & Son's, C39 Penn ave nue, Pittsburg. A SHIPBOARD SHARK. Drama of Modern Life "Which Began on a White Star Steamer and ENDED IN A ST, PAUL BARROOM. Knowing Englishmen Stripped of Burping Cash and Jewelry. A W0BSB FATE FOB A FEENOH MAID roOBxxsroxDzsrca or thb dispatch. i New Yoek, June 21. VEBYBODT who has been abroad has met the pool shark of ship board," said a well known theatrical man ager, as we reached cof fee and cigars. 4They work every vessel be tween here and foreign ports. Talkabont smug gling there is more money picked up in this way by some subordi nate ship's officers than they could possibly make by running the gauntlet of the reve nue laws, and.with no risk whatever. It reminds me of the old days of Mississippi river steamboat travel. You know how they used to work the Mississippi river boats. The gamblers who work the Euro pean boats are the slickest set of robbers you ever saw,and they are almost invariably Americans. Their game is principally En glishmen. Tbe English tourist hasn't enough sensetinsuch matters to come in when it rains. "Now, I have Just rounded up a little ex perience with one of these ocean gamblers that, looked back upon, seems more like stage romance than a bit of real life. The first scene is laid on my last trip across the Atlantic; the last in St. Paul last week. It was on a White Star steamer. I had with me about 30 Asiatics, who were booked in termediate and steerage. Besides my people there were but three other intermediate pas sengers. A CHARACTER IK THE DRAMA. One of these was a yonng French girl. She could not have been much over 16 years of age, but, like a good many French and Italian women, she was nature in figure and general appearance. She was not Eretty she was not plain; and yet when er face lit np with a smile she looked ac tually handsome. "When she took on the sad look which I noticed quite irequently, the face grew quite homely and careworn. My French is very poor and her English A Female Figure Fled. was worse, but we became as well acquainted as these circumstances Dermitted. "Her sold companion on board was a sleek lookiug, jolly gentleman of middle life. He was dressed in quiet but good taste, made it a point to be polite to and friendly with everybody, and was the li'e of the party he happened to be in. He spoke French fluently, though he claimed to be an American and said his business was im porting blooded horses. His name was Bis sell. He called tbe French girl Arline. He volunteered tbe information that he was taking her to America as a governess for his children. I sauntered into the smoking room one night and the first man I saw was Bissell actively engaged in getting up pools on tbe run of the steamer. He was sur rounded all the evening by three or four young Englishmen, who were coming over to make a lortune on a few hundred ponnds, and they appeared to enjoy Bissell's Ameri canisms immensely. They invited me to join them and I did so. This pool business bores me, however, and, alter a second cigar, I stepped out on deck. PEEPING THROUGH THE KEYHOLE. "There was a flutter of a dark dress, and a female figure fled precipitately irom me. "Whoever it was had been peeping through the eyelets into the smoking room. When I sat down to breakfast Arline gave me a shy, confused glance. Then I knew it was she who had been on deck at midnight peep ing into the smoking room. And Arline thought I had caught her at it Mademoi selle Arline had a secret The next dav Bissell asked me to join him and a couple of his English friends in a game of cards. I never take a back seat for any man jn a game of poker when I am well heeled, and, of course, I accepted. It was a jolly party, and we had a couple of bottles that made it jollier. It was a 50 cent limit, and nobody quit very mnch be hind. Bissell made several bad breaks, and told a good many excellent stories of wild "Western life, whereat the Englishmen laughed uproariously. Daring all this - uVN" 11 Wat Madcmoitelle Arline. hilarity I made the discovery that Bissell was an expert gambler. Tbe Englishmen were children at poker by the side of him, bnt you couldn't have knocked that into them with a club. The game was renewed After supper that evening, and lasted till after midnight Bissell had won 20 on tbe run of the ship that day, and excused some small recklessness as because of that fact I got most of that money. The Englishmen several times proposed to raise the limit, but "Bissell steadily objected, on the ground that we were only playing to pass the time. BISSELL WANTED TO DIVT. "Before we went to bed the horse dealer had coolly offered to go halves with me in the next sitting, and we would 'make it in teresting for the English flats.' I respect fully declined. Tbe next sitting saw my placs filled by another man. The English men were to be skinned. That was clear. I felt inclinedto warn them, but inasmuoh as I had been the lucky man so far, I had no ground to go upon. Then I saw a sudden coolness on their part, and I retired to the somewhat exclusive and saler amusement of minding my own business. "Scene third is laid at the Hoffman House. Strolling into the art gallery a few days afUr my return I came across a forlorn IJpf looking individual, who rose .from his seat at one of the nearest tables and extended his hand. It was one of our Englishmen. He Vas very glad to see me 'the only familiar face, he said. He begged me to sit down. I glanced at him. His diamonds were gone. The lovely scarl pin that erstwhile gleamed from his manly chest was no more. The bright anticipations that bad once illumi nated his face had vanished. In that one glance I read his story before he had opened his mouth with 'That rascal Bissell' but he told me his story jdst the same. HOW HE PLATED THEM. "They had been fleeced of all their money on shipboard. "When they arrived here the jolly Bissell had shown them the town and the proceeds of certain drafts had goae the same way. Tbe others went West on what little they had left to battle with the new world as they might He was penniless and had to remain here and await a remittance. Tbey never suspected Bissell's real char acter until be bad one nigbt borrowed all he could of eaoh separately and disappeared. 'And he had privately warned us to beware of you,' the young fellow stammered, 'as a as a gambler and a cheat!' JB or scene tmra oi mis arams oi every day life several months are snpposed to have elapsed. It is in Central Park. Win ter had come and gone and the rhododen drons bloomed. Everywhere white-capped nurses and happy mothers pushed and trundled the lovingly decked baby car riages. I paused long and finally sat down on a vacant bench to enjoy the, to me, pret tiest scene in the world. I had scarcely done so wben one ot these infantile vehioles stopped before me. I mechanically looked first at its occupant, then raised my eyes to the manipulator.' She was looking intently at me. With an exclamation that was al most a startled cry she sank on the bench at my side. It was Mademoiselle Arlioel In a neat gingham dress, white-aproned, French cap of spotless purity Arlinet HOW ABLINS HAS 7 ABES. " 'Ah! monsieur! pardong you remember me?' r "I extended my hand. She clasped it with both of her hands, quite overcome with emotiqn for a moment Then flashing her dark hazel eyes on mine she whispered fiercely: " 'Where ees monsieur' with an effort 'Monsieur Beesell? You know! Pardong, pardong 1 1 mustl Where ees he now this moment? You know since that night tell me, monsieur, I pray youl' "The wild, pitiful, distressing pathos of that lookl What wonder if I answered, im pulsively, 'Gone where all wicked men go, I hope!' "Ahl thanks, monsieur! Thank you! It was ter-r-riblel He took me from my home with his fine words, and abandoned me here alonel My poor papa! Mon Dieu! he is now deadl See me, now! Look at me, a poor servant! Oh, monsieur! I could have died!' "Her hands were clenched and her voice sank into a lower whisper nnd a more dead ly earnestness, as she hissed in my ear at parting: 'Ec! he ees alive eefheees alive and I I will keel himl' LAST ACT OP THE DEAMA. "And now for tbe last act," said my friend. "Last week I was in St Paul look ing alter a date there the coming season. It was a very hot day, and I stepped into a barroom. It was a common beer place. Tbe usual loungers to be seen about such places were in the room, some standing at the bar and others sitting at distant tables. One or two seemed to be so overcome by heat or liquor, or both, that they dozed where they . sat "I paid no attention to anybody particu larly, until the waiter who had served me made an attempt to get tbe sleepy men out Tbe barkeeper re-enforced this effort with the emphatic declaration that 'this wasn't no sleeping car.' He finally came from be hind the bar and grasped one oi the somno lent gentlemen by the collar and roughly yanked him to the floor, Where he fell and iay like a log. The barkeeper swore and kicked him vigorously once, twice. 'Come, Bissell, this won't dol It won't do, I tell yon! I say, Bissell!' "The sound of tbat man's name, gentle men, sent a thrill through my veins. I joined tbe lonngers about the heavy figure on the floor. Just then they bad roiled him over, jeeringly. "Great God! Jimmy, he's dead!" "I stood speechless. For I gazed upon all that remained of the horse dealer, ship board shark and gambler the whisky sodden corpse of Bissell!" Charles T. Mtjrhat. Cholera In Mlchlgnn. Dr. F. D. Larke, of Bogers City, Mich., says .the epidemic ol the summer of 1888, in Presque Isle county, in which so many per sons lost their lives, was choleric dysentery instead of cholera as first reported. He used Chamberlain's Colic; Cholera and Diarrhoea Bemedy and says it succeeded where all other remedies failed. Hot a single case was lost in which it was used. This remedy ;s the most reliable and most successful medicine known for colic, cholera morbus, dysentery, diarrbma and bloody flux. Thsu CHEAP TU1P TO WHEELING Via the Fennirlrnnln I.loeo oo DIoadar, June 30. When the .American Flint Glassworkers will hold their second annual reunion in that city. Special train on the P., C. & St. L. Br. will leave Pittsburg at 7 a. m. Bound trip rate, $1 35; tickets good return ing until July 1. wsu Lace sacques and lace eapes, closing out regardless of edst, at BOSENBATTM & CO.'S. Ezeoralon to Atlnntlo City, On July 3, via the B. & O. B. B. Bate, $10 tbe round trip, tickets good for 10 days, and good to stop at Washington, D. O., re turning. French satines Koecblins&Schuerer's, Bott's best styles and finest qualities, 20c a yard. HtTQUS & HACKS. TTSSU 6rrla Shrine Buttons, New designs, in gold and enamel, at $1 50 to $4. E. P. Roberts & Sons, Corner Fifth avenue aud Market street Tuxedo awnings. A favorite stvle. Mamaux & Son, 539 Penn ave., Pittsburg. Fine furniture re-upholstered. Hauoh & Keenan, 33 and 31 Water St ABE you going fishing? Hire your tents of Pittsburg Water Proof Co., 426 Liberty st Mueano awnings are much admired. Mamattx & SON, 539 Penn ave., Pittsburg. Etching's, Engravings, Mirrors, etc., at lowest figures. J. J. FtiCHS, 1710 Carson street Headquarters pob Tents Pittsburg Water irooi uo., tzo XiiDerty street The Shipboard Shark Wat Dead. MISTAKES IN DRESS. i A Village Turmoil Over Daughters of the Rich and Poor. HOW QUAKERS FOOL THEMSELVES. The Transition In the Church Illustrated by a Wicked Old Man. GOOD BT0ET OP BDWIH M. BTAHT0N rWMTTEW VOB ISI DISVATCB.1 In a village neighboring Pittsburg dwelt a man who spoke certain words that raised a little storm of indignation among some of his neighbors. He said he "hoped the time would come when it would be possible to tell a rich man's daughter from a poor man's daughter." That was all; but that was enough. Mucb wrath resulted. Indignant criticism was freely indulged in. AH the more because the man happened to be rich and to have a daughter. Most indignant of all was a poor widow, who also had a daughter; and who had a hard struggle to put fresh meat on the family table once or twice a week. "Pretty talk that was for an American!" the widow declared. "She'd let him know, for one, that poor girls had just as many rights as rich girls. She'd let him see that her daughter had just as much self-respect as his daughter dared to have!" So, in order that there might be no possible doubt in the matter of self-respect, she had a gown made for her daughter exactly like the new est gown the rich man's daughter possessed. The foolish mother had to go in debt for it; and even then she had to content herself with much cheaper material. But she did what she could; and her girl looked as much like the- other as poverty can ever look like riches. Bleanloa Beneath Jt All. Her girl's 'right to dress extravagantly was vindicated; it was made certain that poor people are as respectable as rich peo ple; the self-respect of that family was em phatically declared, and the woman's spir ited conduct was a good deal applauded. And what did it all amount to? Simply an open avowal tbat these particular poor peo ple did not respect themselves at all. They respected the rich man's circumstances and opportunities. These could not possibly be theirs, and they had so little independence of spirit that they must needs cheaply imi tate wbat they could not have. I happen to know that the rich man in tended merely a philosopical reflection when be uttered his unfortunate words. It is inevitable that rich girls shall dress rich ly. That is human nature, and it rules not only the girls but the men. For the rich to dress richly involves no sacrifice of comfort, health' and means or self-Improvement They can afford it Poor people cannot It would be delightful if tbey could, but they simply cannot And this rich man merely expressed the hope that they would give up sacrificing necessary comforts lor the sake of show. There are plenty of poor people who are not ready, like this foolish mother, to declare that their poverty disgraces them. They would like to have money and all the gooa ifbrincs; bnt they respect tnemselves just as much, being poor, as they would re spect themselves being rich. They are not ashamed to seem poor since they have to be poor. They sturdily refuse to admit that their respectability, or lack of it, depends in any degree upon the coarse or fine clothes they wear. Onlfnthlonlng Fashion. The potent influence of clothes has been recognizerd by the Quakers as fully, perhaps, as by any other class of people. They themselves might not readily acknowl edge that they are more subject to that in fluence than most others, for such subjec tion is what they condemn and protest against But when you come to think of it a "gay man" goes to his tailor and orders bis suit without thinking very much about how it shall be made. The sober man of drab, on the other hand, takes much thought about how be shall be clothed; and the woman of his kind much more thought In their protest against fashion they become subject to fashion to a greater extent than many of those whom they disapprove. A consciousness of this inconsistency has something to do, I think, with the change which leading Friends now openly deplore in their order. In fact the change is so radical and rapid that they have almost ceased to strive against it, and some of them now freely declare that in a very few years the Quakers, as a distinctive body, will have wholly disappeared even in Phila. delphia. At the yearly meeting recently held in that city, many of the young men and maidens who sat in the seats were clad as gayly as if the meeting house had been a theater and the meeting a matinee. And this departure from the old standard is be coming constantly more pronounced. Not only tbat Quaker maidens are learning music, and Quaker homes, many of them, have pianos in them. In various ways they arc declaring their independence. They are in tbe world and they have decided to be no longer apart from the world. They must be fashionable in one wav or another, and tbey prefer to be fashionable in a way that satis fies themselves rather than in a way that satisfied their remote ancestors. The Quakeress In Transition. As to the matter of dress, the change is rather to be regretted by those who are not Quakers. For tbe old-time Quakeress, matron or maid, is a figure altogether pic turesque and charming. Her final disap pearance will be cause for lament But something to lament still more is the woman Friend in a state of transition. She who has emancipated herself just sufficiently to dis card some of tbe old, but not enough to adopt all of the new, has progressed just .far enough to make herself an undesirable ad dition to any scene she may choose to adorn. Such queer bonnets as she devise! such odd draperies! such out-o'-the-way jackets! She wore her old garb with grace and ease. She would wear the new garb of her worldly sister with grace and ease. But in the at tempt to make atimid compromise she comes perilously near to making herself a fright. But the oddest and most emphatic protest against tbe restraints of the peaceful, sect which has come to my knowledge was made by a man long past middle age. AH his life he had been rigidly observant of all Quaker forms and customs, and up to the very last he continued to wear the prescribed dress of the society, and to use the "plain language" without a break. He Wo old I.enrn 10 Mrenr. But a restless spirit was within him, which chifed under thef restraints it had to endure. So this elderly man decided that he would learn to swear! For any gray-headed man to deliberately take up profanity as an accomplishment would be a strange thing; for this gray-headed Qnaker it was a thing that went beyond strangeness. But he seemed to find mnch comfort in it; so he persevered and flattered himself that he had become a very pirate in the fierce ness of his blood-curdling vocabulary. But he was prudent enough, even in his reck lessness, not to use his new accomplishment in the hearing of other Friends. It is doubt ful if they would have known that he was swearing, so innocent, was his wickedness; but he thought they would be shocked be yond endurance, and he retrained. He was suddenly cured one day on the local train which took him to his country home. Behind him sal two ribald youths, who amused themselves by taking liberties with the old man's straight coat collar. Here was his opportunity. He turned fiercely upon his tormentors, and selecting tbe irreverent youth who seemed most ag gressive he crushed him once lor all. "Hwkthee,friend rascal! If thee does that again I'll slap thy byjimlneddy face for thee!" , , The roar which shook the car convinced the old man that he could not swear success fully, and he gave up trying. The Stories Not All Told. Long ago the stories were all told. So we have been assured by an eminent au thority; a man, who himself continues to tell us now and then a very interesting story in spite of his theory. Most of us believe that the stories have not all been told; and will not all be told so long as tbe same old range of faculties and affections and passions find a new ordering in every new individual that comes into the world. There are only a very tew mnsical notes to work with, and men have beln working with them since the youth of the world; but the tunes have not all been made even yet A stoty has been told to me, and I doubt not to other Pittsburgers, which is old in its motive, but none too familiar in its devel opment. The motive is the beautiful old one of high magnanimity and generons for giveness. Years since a man of acknowl edged eminence and of brilliant attain ments, had his home in Pittsburg. He had a commanding place in the prolession he was active in, and was wonderfully success ful in his work. Tbe most active of his pro fessional rivals was a man who also pos sessed great abilities, but who did not pros per greatly by their exercise. As the other man advanced this one fell behind; and failure and disappointment did not add greatly, perhaps, to his love for the man who did not fail and was not disappointed. Summoned to tbe Capital. The war launched itself upon the country. Already the more fortunate of these two men bad achieved a national reputation, not only as an eminent lawyer, but as a man of wonderfully strong personality. A man like him was needed In Washington to help meet the tremendous emergencies of tbe times. He was summoned there and went ATid from that time forth be held a position of despotio power. Men said many of them say now that he used his power like a despot; that he was hard, un merciful, unforgiving, moved by no gentle impulses. , But there is this, too, to be said. The professional rival of those other days had fallen upon times of misfortune. He needed the help or a friendly hand. He made this known to the man in power; not without misgivings, for as may be supposed their relations had not been those of cordial friendship. For this very reason the man who had the power to help was quick to use his power. They had striven together; therefore now the one should aid the other. The man in authority gave the applicant a clerkship in his department at a good sub stantial salary. Criticised His Chief. But that was not the end of the matter. The new clerk, smarting perhaps under the sense of obligation and willing to protest against being considered a mere subordinate, indulged in open criticism of his chief; and in snch terms that, to permit him to continue, would be to wreck tbe discipline of the department The chief was not a man of patient impulses, and his too critical subordinate was prompt ly dismissed. Still this was not the end of it. Bather than be too severe with the man of fallen fortunes he would be too lenient; and the indiscreet clerk was soon reinstated at his desk. Again, and more than once, he repeated his indiscretion, was dismissed and taken back. At length dismissal did not follow the offense at all. The offenses did not become less; forbearance became greater, and finally conquered resentment wholly. The final outcome of it all was that the frequently offending clerk held possession of his desk still talking as he pleased until the day of his death. The Pittsburger who was chief of the department was Edwin M. Stanton, a man whom most people in times past or times present have not been wont to regard as an embodiment of generous forbearance. Perhaps, after all, Secretary Stanton only exhibited a national trait instead ol an in dividual virtue, for if there is any one thing in which the Americans excel all other peoples, it is in "putting up with things." This peculiarity may be simply a survival of pioneer philosophy. Of course it is al together admirabie, in pioneer times or any otner times, to endure with cheer. ul forti tude what cannot be bettered. But the moment bad things can be improved the cheerful endurance should come to an end. James C. Puedt. Hammer Trips to the Seashore, Tla Pennsyl vania Railroad. In accordance with the custom of past summers, the Pennsylvania Bailroad Com pany has arranged a series of pleasant sum mer trips for the people of Western Penn sylvania to the most popular resorts of the If ew Jersey coast. The dates fixed for the excursions are July 10 and 21 and August 7 and 21. The resorts covered by the tickets are Cape May, Atlantic City, Sea Isle City, or Ocean City, every one of which is a de lightful place to pass a few daysof rest. The excursion tickets will be valid for ten days, and will be sold from Pittsburg at $10, and at proportionately low rates from other sta tions. A special train composed of dav parlor cars and dav coaches, will leave Pittsbnrg on each of the days mentioned, at 8:50 A. M., and run through to Philadelphia, arriving at 7:16 P. M. The night will be passed in Philadelphia and the party will take regu lar trains to the seashore next morning. Passengers from Pittsburg, East Liberty, Irwin, Union town, Connellsville, Scottdale, Stonerville, Greensburg or Johnstown may take the evening trains leaving Pittsburg for Philadelphia at 4:30 and 8:10 P. M. and proceed to the shore the next morning. The immense success of these excursions in the past will uudonbtedly serve to in crease their popularity this season. Any special information in regard to these ' excursions may be obtained by addressing Thomas E. Watt, Passenger Agent, Western district, 110 Fifth avenue, Pittsburg. A USEFUL DEVICE. Ekslrom'a Patent Tentllatort For carrying off extra heat, steam or smell of cooking. Splendid lor natural gas appliances. Saves discomfort and adds to health.' Call and see it in operation at tne stove and mantel warerooms of James O. Thompson. 640 Liberty avenue. New Patents. O. D. Levis, patent solicitor (established over 20 years), offige No. 131 Filth avenue, next door to Evening Leader, furnishes the following new patents just issued: J. S. Kinney, steam boiler; J. H. Eichey, preparation of gas 'or gas engines; W. H. Malouey, boot or shoe sole; Gustav Linden cbal, suspension bridge; C. A. Clockuer, meat-rack, John A. Adams, joint for sheet met.il, all of Allegheny county, Pa.; also J. C. Brown, Dover, O., ironing support; C. E. Peck, Kent, O., permutation p-idlock; John A. Williams, Mouudsville, W. Va., vend ing apparatus, 3 patents. Office open every evening until 9 o'clock. f For I lie Hot Weather. The hot weather is here and light, whole some, nutricious fnod is what the people are hunting. Marvin's XXX milk biscuit fill the bill exactly. Order them from your grocer and be hapDV. WFStt Gbeat reduction in ladies' and chil dren's picnic and sun hats, sailor and Leg horn hats, at Bosenbaum & Co.'s. Deapert, tosca and fish nets, all prices, from $1 to $5 per yard. Some very hand some entire new designs shown for the first this week. Hugus & Hacke. TTSSU The crayon portraits made by Pearson always give satis Taction. If you want one made go to his galleries for it. You are sure ot a good one. No. 96 Fifth ave., or 43 Federal st, Allegheny. Catholic prayer books in German and English in all the latest binding at the lowest possible figures, at Jacob J. Fuchs', 1710 Carson street A CHUTESE FTJHESAX. Death of Too Boon Wnh, a Christianized Celestial. Yee Soon Wah will be buried this after noon In TJniondale Cemetery. The funeral services will be conducted by Bev. Dr. Sutherland at the Second Presbyterian Church. Yee died on Friday of consump tion at the West Penn Hospital. He was 28 years old and had been in this country nine years, working in a laundry in this city nearly all the time. Five years ago Yee's brother, Yee Sic Wah. was rnn over and killed by a Pittsburg street car. This brother had been converted to. tbe Christian religion, and bis tragic death affected Yee and turned his thoughts toward the Christian faith. He joined the Sabbath school and became a prominent worker, and was elected a delegate to tbe coming Sunday School Convention. Three years ago consumption attacked Yee and he finally became so weak that he was removed to the West Penn Hospital, where he died, protesting his firm belief in Christianity and his assnrance of a future existence. The services this afternoon will be in English, and will be participated in by tbe members of the Chinese Sabbath school class. The pall bearers are Yee Om, Yee Kim Wah, Yee Que and Yee Yuen. HEW TTAT.T, TOE THE EAST EHD. American Mechanics Will lasno Stock for Its Erection. The American Mechanics of the East End have purchased a lot on Penn near Highland avenne, on which they intend to build a large hall. The lot is 83x200 feet in dimension and cost $22,000. The building will be three stories high, and will contain store-rooms, a large concert hall and lodge rooms. The concert hall will have a seating capacity of 2,000 people. A committee consisting of B. G. McMil lin, W. L. Lytle, F. S. Bell, C. B. Jones, W. D. Cyphers, Bobert Porter, A. G. Tim, J. C. Thoma and ;A. S. Jones, has been( appointed to take chaige of tbe enterprise, and issue stock for the erection of the build ing. Keir Patents. Hlgdon & Higdon, Patent Lawyers, 127 Fourth ave., Pittsburg, and LeDroit build ing, Washington, D. C., report these patents jnst issued: J. W. Abrahams, joint for metal tubing; C. A. Gloekler, meat-rack; G. Lindenthal, suspension bridge; W. J. Bitchey, "preparation of gas for gas engines; H. J. Heinz, bottle all of Pittsburg and Allegheny. Daring the Summer. Housekeepers will find great comfort dur ing the heated term by using a reliable gas cooking stove. A perfect gaa stove is easily regulated, will d all the cooking for a fam ily, is very economical in the use of gas and makes life in the kitchen pleasant while the weather is hot. A line of the best ens stoves, ranging in price from 85 cents to $90, can be found at Demmler Bros'., S26 and 523 Smitbfield street, Pittsbnrg. The celebrated Alaska, North Star and fibre-lined refrigerators. The wonderful Gem ice-cream freezers and Crown ice chip Tiers, the best and most economical in tbe United States. Tbe Pasteur water filters, the most perlect filters in the world. Fly tans, water coolers, ice cream dishers, lemon squeezers, lawn chairs, carpet sweep ers, and an endless variety of useful articles and novelties for tbe kitchen, can be found at Demmler Brothers. Summer Drinks Are in vogue. Beer probably leads in the estimation of all. Oar beer never was finer. Try it. D. Lutz & Son", Telephone 3002. TTStt Neapolitan awnings, which are guar- JIamaux & Sox, 639 Penn ave., Pittsbnrg. E II I To TakeAdvantage of Our law n Law Cap Free. Some rare bargains in this line can be seen on our floors, together with the handsomest line of Curtains and Upholstery Goods ever offered to a buying public Make haste while the sun shines and get something to keep cool. See our line of Refrigerators and Ice Chests, Coolers and Freezers, Window and Door Screens. BABY CARRIAGES! BABY CARRIAGES! Our Furniture Department. The largest assortment of Oak and Walnut Bedroom Suits, Folding Beds, Chiffoniers, Wardrobes, Sideboards, China Closets, Hall Trees, High-Back Diniers, Extension Tables. The greatest variety of Cane Perforated and Wood Seat Chairs. In our Parlor Department we have an elegant variety of all grades of Parlor Suits and Parlor Tables. Also quite an assortment of odd pieces in different fabrics. Come to our Carpet Warerooms if you want bargains. There is where we are working our hardest to cut down the enormous stock,, rather than carry it over the summer months. Try and call early in the day, as the crowded condition of the rooms in the afternoons means too much haste in selections. We have the largest variety and best selection of Rugs ever shown in the city. REMEMBER: We make and lay your carpets for the next week only free of charge, and will com pete with any cash prices offered in the city. HOPPER BROS: & CO., ".. PIONEERS OF LOW PRICES, SEW ADVEKTISEMEirrS. YES, MY DEAR BREAD ISJTHESTA i HMD TIT ONE CAN EAT TOO MUCH OF ITt An orerload of bread may not fnjare 70a trot will mxke joa tmj uncomfortable ; so will crreuoadinj of M'sAglf Blacking not injure jatxr iboes, but maks them look nnsThtl until cleaned. To prorent abnM follow directions. Jjk in Drug, Faint nnd Kauae Turnuhvtg Stems foe Kk-Boa, h-AkA witx8Tm Old new furnitvr VdrnUA will Stain Class and Okinawa af fj will Stain tinwahc tamo will Stain your Old baskets time willS-mn Dasy's Coach and 77jr 7. v W0L77 & RANDOLPH. FhOadelphla. ; miwi-TTSStT SUPERFLUOUS HAIR On the Female Face On tbe npper lip. chin, cheeks, forehead, be tween the eyebrows, en the nose, neck, hands and arms destroyed forever by the ELECTRIC NEEDLE Of ERA.HON By DR. J.Vah Dyck, Electro Surgeon, 502 Penn are., FittsDnrg. This is a purely scientific operation and indorsed by all physicians as being positively the only method in tbe world by which hair can be destroyed forever. Dr. Van Dyck has operated for If years, has treated hnndreds ot cases and will forfeit 15.000 in cold in any case in which he fails to destroy every coarse hair forever, even if the patient has a regnlariv developed neard. This is In deed a godsend to every woman with hair on her face. Every lady thus afflicted who has the leas regard for her personal appearance shonld stop nomp the deDilatones. tweezers, scissors or razor. Dr. Van Dyck will make special terms to all who consult uim dnrinzthis month. Office 502 Penn ave., Pittsbnrg. Hours 9 to 8. Sundays 10 to 3. Book free. Tbe doctor also successfully treats moles, warts, wens, birthmarks, red nose, enlarged veins of the nose and every blemish, disease or discoloration of the skin, complexion, hair or scalp. Office 502 Penn ave. my31ssu e BOTTLES Cored me of Ervtlos las. 51 y face and bead were Terribly 5woll en. Mrs. C. S. Lobd. Agawam, Hampden uo., jiass. II L F-Sosl FF JWI. fTtKta ..,rv h I i .Hr Vcw tiia lMWr& illlS wv n m .zfi ii ix Y"gfc 3faJ Mf A PANT TMAT O fit I rL fc III Km " - IB f 1
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