ATTHE ROYAL ASCOT Description of the Gorgeous Proces sion and the Contests of Speed "Which Followed. CRICKET KKV BASE BALL GOSSIP JQtchell Is Willing to Meat Sullivan tut He Strongly Advises the Latter Kot to Fight Ajaia. A SEW TEES10S OP THE POKER STOKT. lit Quarter of the Faaons rtllean Club are Dlsap polntisg to the BtikBger. reoKEisroxDjucci op the disimtch.: LONDON, June 2L Sporting reviewers hare always plenty ot subjects to deal with in England. A halt energetic writer need sever hare any dearth of matters to deal with. Horse racing;, ot coarse, is the great thing among Englishmen in summer time, jndging by the space devoted to it by the sporting press. Pages of newspapers are given up to the description and details of the various race meetings. This week is one of the prominent weeks of the season, it being the Eoyal Ascot week. Americans who have never been at Ascot during the summer races have no idea ot the surround ings. It would seem impossible to convey to readers anything likea correct notion of the scenes by a written account, and most certainly no American should visit London without going aown to Ascot if the races are going on i.t the latter place. The races there are under royal patronage, and that means that almost fell the leading aristocrats in the land are there. I was one of the big crowd of spectators yesterday, and what was to be seen wa well woith seeing. The crowd was not extremely large, but roy alty was well represented. According to cus tom the meeting was opened by the royal procession, and this was a very imposing sight. It was about 1:10 o'clock when the attractive procession in semi-state appeared on the new mile course. The people tormed , themselves into a human lane through A which the cortege passed amid pleasant greetings. It was headed by Lord Coventry, who Is Master of the Buckhounds, which office, I am told, is an absolute sinecure. He was adorned in a green coat. Beside him was a Mr. Overton, this Queen's bead gamekeeper, dressed in the green plush and gold which he wears this week alone of all the year. Trie first carriage contained the Prince and Frmcesa f Wales and the Dnke and Duchess of Edinburgh; the second the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, his two sisters and tho Duke of Cambridge. A long line of dukes, lords and knights followed. The carnages passed into the royal luclosure free, if not far, from the "madding crowd." There we could idagood look at the rojal representatives. The t inces of Wales was the cynosure ef all eyes, hlle her rojal husband came in for a good share el capeseta. a. looted jusi as aarmles and in nocent as ever. The Princess wore a drens of a sew shade, between lavenuer and slate. The dresses renerally on the reval stand were gor geous in the extreme. But there was a person age mere wno aiiraciea more attention tnan all the princes pnt together. 1 refer to bir Charles Russell, the famons Irish member of Parliament and lawyer. He and Lord Cnurch- ill were 1b company and probably nobod) en- Joyed tne close snisnei nettertnan mrcnarles. He is a real sport, and I am told does not hesi tate to put up the cash on more events tnan horse racing. w Abont the Racine The racing was good as English racing gener ally Is. There were one or two big surprises, one of them being the easy defeat of Burefoot, the horse that was bacced so heavily for the Derby and didn't win It. The bis event of the day was the Ascot Stakes, which was won by the favorite, Lo d Lome. A gentleman who claimed to know all about every race en the card ooK considerable trouble in trying to con vince me that Lily of Lumler couldn't win. I became convinced of that fact to the extent of a few shilling-, nut Lily couldn't get nearer man tnira mace, ine race was a good one. There were eight starters and Lord Lome just Wit VnmA in tmiA w TT-flMi" in iiiitirlaf passed him a stride beyond the post. Lira Lome won the same rate last year. The dis tance is about two miles, and yesterdays win. ner carried 111 pounds. The time was 3 minutes 64 3-5 seconds. The value of the stakes was about 4.000- Tbe English, however, pay little or no atten tion to time. Ever thing crocs on the perform ance of horse against horse. The Briushirs are excellent judges of horseflesh, and are not slow to select a good horse. I have just referred to Surefoot, and it ir safe to say that he has no chance to win the for. Leger. He has turned out to be a rank diapnointuient. It was claimed that he Iot the Derby because be was not ndden correctly. Instead of allow ins: him bis bead to go in the front at once lil jockey kept him back, and he attempted to bite the other horses. When he was required te go to . the front he would not. Ii was, therefore, 0 arcued that he was sure to defeat an of the &year.olds when they met again. Tuesday's race, however, was different and he still lo'st He led well into the stretch, but when Alloway and Blue Green challenged him, he refute. I to make aa effort. There was a very large amount of mrtney lost over him. One tking worthy of , note at the racts was the lack of enthusiasm compared with what wo see at an American racetrack. Still the Britishers make things pretty lively, and are good bettors when they have the money. The Cricki t Player. I am aware that there is not much interest to Americans in talking about cricket affairs, but I think 1 have an exceptional feature to deal with this week. The other day I visited the Oval and saw part of the match between the South ef England and the Australians. The latier did not perform well by any means, but I don't intend to comment on the merits or de merits of the plav. We have time and time Bgam bad comparisons made botweeu cricket and base ball and after all the arguing ajd talking Englishmen generally claim .ricket to be the only game and Ainnncaus hold a similar opinion regarding lae ball. Now I took a thoroughly impartial iewf the matter at the Oval. As the contest proceeded, to the best jf my ability, I compared it in all respects with baseball and I cams to the conclusion that base ball is certainly better adapted for the masses as a national game than i crlctot. Now, I don't intend just now to go into de tails on the matter, but certainly I am prepared to defend my position if it is assailed. That cricket will never be a leading game through out the United Stales I aui certain, simply be cause it does not contain the elements that the Americans must have. True, there are many . good features in cricket, but the tery features that would be attractive to Americans are not present at all. I noticed one thing in the matcn 1 hare referred to which enables me to make something of a comparison. Dr. W. G. Grace, the champion, was playing, and be was a point, or what in baseball narlance might be called an infield player. Now, Dr. Grace is a very corpulent man, almost as much so as our genial officer Fowler, who stands at Wood street and Fifth avenue. Well, what I claim is that Dr. Grace could uotnlay an infield pos. tion in a baseball team because of ins corpu lency and yet be is ranked first class a a cricket fielder. How is this? It must mean that there is a better class of fielding jn base ball or that the work is more difficult. I am not exaggerating the case at ail Take Ed Williamson, for example. He was too corpu lent to pla only a few weeks ago, and yet he was only about balf the size of Dr. Grace. There is another matter in this connection with which I wish to deal. It relates toama teurisui. In the cricket teams there are ' , numerous gentlemen who do nothing dur- lng the summer but play cricket. These gentlemen are classed as amateurs, and are, therefore, supposed not to receive one cent for their services. For instance, take the ctsei of Dr. Grace and W. V. Read. Ibo latter has no other means of living except by receiving money for his playing. He lias no business nor has beany capital. Thebnrrey Club pas hlmiWa year for being Assistant Becretary, bnt it is certain that besiuc that he receives money for playing at various places. Dr. Grace I-i.ot awealtby man, and can he atlord to neglect his practice all summer for nothing? 1 contend that it would be better to make no distinction at alL At present there is every encouragement to deceive and misrepre sent. Eosltib Baseball. I hare only a poor knowledge at present as to how the baseball war at horns Is waning. All that guides ns here in the latest movements of the game at home are the results of the games every day. Bat there will soon be plenty to In terest baseball admirers here. The champion ship season of the new league here opens on (Saturday. I have just received a copy of the schedule, and it is a very crude affair as far as is ret so Is concerned. The season is anlv a short eat, bat I cannot avoid tho conviction that it will bo long enough for those interested in it. I don's intend To deal with tho subject definitely until the championship season has been opened. Then we will.be in a much better po-itionto judge as to its pros pects. I have bad several conversations with Londoners on the matter and they have a very poor estimate, indeed, of baseball. Readers of The Dispatch, therefore, will I trust exercise a little patience and they will get a comprehen sive statement as to the prospects of the gaino here. A Talk With Mllcneli. Charloy Mitchell is just the same loquacious "Cholley" that he ever was, I looked in at bis mu'ic hall at Battersea last nignt and had a long conversation with him on matters ougil istic Charles' music hall is not one of the first rank: it is a little badly lighted building and is named the Washington. The most expensive seat in the Washington costs a quarter, and patrons can sit and smoke and drink as much as they want and pay for. if too much noise is not made. The way matters looked to me 1 came to the conclusion that the business was not verv pron table as the house was pretty uob icij f ., ..,. An if ThrA worn three bars connected with the hall: two in tbe hall proper and one outside the entrance Charles Mitchell is undoubtedly, looked upon as a great personage by the ordinary citizen ol Battersea. Whenever he appears in public many eyes are watching him intently, and be knows it. When I saw him he was looking extremely well and only a few pounds above hn boxing weight. He was quite willing to talk abont anything; but he showed a pref erence to discus- que-tions relating to John L. Sullivan. The Enclisrman on this point said: "I'll have to tackle the big fellow again, but if he Is wiohewill tight no more. I am quite ready to rreet Sullivan again for a big stake In a 21 foot ring. I have every confidence of being able to beat him, at any rate I know that he cannot beat me. I often wonder if the Ameri can authorities would Interfere with me if 1 went back there. I will visit the country soon if I find that I will not be interfered with for the part I took in tho Sullivan-Kilrain battle. 1 have written Kilrain three or four times and i eceived no answer. Well. 1 am ready to meet Sullivan or anv man in the world. I would, however, prefer Sullnan to anybody else." General Opinions, Mitchell proceeded to give his opinion on fighters in general. He rated Slavm as only a second-clas man, and has no: a very high esti mate of Joe McAuliffe. The latter with Billy -Madden will be in this country before this ap pears in Thk Dispatch. Already there is some busy ncuring for engagements for Mc Auliffe. It is likely that he and Slavin will meet for a purse, or stake, in a battle to the finish. Mitchell says that if McAuliffe can fight at all he will de feat Slavin. and this seems to be tbe prevailing opinion among English sporting men. Mitchell declares that Slavin is a cur. and if there is any truth in that statement he is of lit tle good as a fighter. 1 here are some authori ties, however, who have a good opinion of Sla vin. But if a match is made between Slavin and McAuliffe I shall have more to say about their respective chances. There is one thing very prominent in London spurting circles, viz: bigotry: It is rare that you find one prfeslnnal saying a good word about another. It is, therefore, un-afe to rely on the statements made by many authorities. Even the sporting papers w ork for factions. One paper condemns .Slavin and another praises bim to the skies. The latier paper is tbe one which holds Slavin's forfeit. elL what 1 want to point out is the fact that amid all this envy and Digotry Mitchell or otners may allow their feelings to prompt them into saying many untrue things. For instance. Mitchell has nothing good to say about the Pelican Clnb, be cause Abingdon was put out of it, and Abine don is Mitchell's friend. Burke and Slllchell. Jack Burke and Mitchell met at Ascot yester day, and the latter talked very plain, indeed, to tbe "Irish Lad." Last week I remarked that Burke had issued a challenge to fight anybody in the world, with gloves, eight or ton rounds. Mitchell spoke to Burke yesterday about this, and made tbe fallowing definite state ment to Barke in presence of many prominent sporting men: "Jack, I am ready to fight yen in any style, with gloves or bare knuckles and from one round to a fimsn. Now, don't say another word about flch ing me with out yeu mean business and pnt up the money." It may be that Burke and Mitchell will Sght in a glove contest, but the former made no definite reply to Mitchell's sweeping offer. Burke stated that be would never fight with bare fists acain. as he had a family to take care f now. He further claimed that a man can fichtjustas effectively with two-ounce gloves as with bare fists. I feel confident that Mitch ell is the superior ot Burke in any style, ana It seems to me that Burke is also of ihit opinion. At any rate there would not be much money lor Burke were he tn fight Mitchell. .Speaking of Burke to Mitchell, the latter remarked that Eurke would be a good man for Jack Fogarty to meet. Tbere would be plenty of money in a contest between those two Miicnell also staled that Alf Mitchell, the middle-weicht, would be backeu against Fogarty for 11,000 a side and the gate receipts. 11ns would be a good match for Fogarty, as he would certainly defeat Mitchell. - Charley nnd tbe Poker. Mitchell took pains to explain to me all about bis row with Bill Goode, in which the poker was used. Mitchell's explanation shows that Goode was the man who used tbe poker. MitchellGoode and a man named Coborn were at Abingdon' private residence w hen a quarrel took place between Mitchell and Goode. The latter and Coborn attacked Mitchell and he knocked Coborn down and then seized Goode. He soon downed Goode and punished him ter ribly. He dashed Goode's bead on the floor andjumped on him. Wnen Goode got np he ran and got the poker. Mitchell took it from him and then Gxode got tbe tongs, whuh were also taken-from him. This was the ac count given at the trial and Mitchell was acquitted. Of course this puts the matter in a different light to what we were told when tbe affair happened. I have every reason to be lieve that the above accouut is the true one. The Pellcnn Clnb. Of course everybody w ho reads sporting news has read about the Pelican Club. That club has lately jumped into prominence because of the boxlnc contests promoted by it. A day or two ago I Mslted the club, and was shown through tho entire building It is a very ex clusive affair, but in appearance is somewhat disappointing. Ot course its membership gives it great prestige, as on its roll it numbers such men as the Marquis of Quecnsberry, Sir John D. Astley, etc But, as I nave just said, its in terior is very disappointing. I was never more surprised in my life than 1 was when 1 saw the room in which tbe battles take place. It is an underground kitchen, and there is not much more room than is safllcient f or a 24-foot ring. This metiis tbat all the members of the club cannot pussfbl see tbe fights. I was informrd that tbe fighting room or cellar would hold CW oersous, but it appeared to me to be much too email for even that number of people. There is a recess in one corner of the room in which tbe contestants strip in presenco of each otber and there is only one bathtub for the neuters whan they are done with their ngnting. There are three bed rooms and a splendid re freshment room. '1 he clnb is managed by tbe proprietor, Ernest Welis, and 1 dare say he makes very well out with it. They have no gate receipts, and it is, indeed, very difficult to see any of the coutests tLattake plate within ltd doors. The purses are made up by tue members of the club, and as there arc 1,000 mem be is and only room fur W0 where the fight tkes place, it can easily be understood how difficult it is tor a stranger to get in. But when a man tights before the club It gives him prestige, and ou that prestige he can secure some good engagements. There are plenty of methods ot exercise 111 tne club, and and tue striking bags and boxing: gloves are very much used. Pbikole. ATLANTIC CITT. Second Popnlnr Excursion of tho Seaaon to Atlantic Cur, Via the picturesque B. & O. E. B., via Washington, D. C, Baltimore ni-d Phila delphia, on Thursday, July 17, 1S90; tickets good for 10 days, nnd good to stop off at Washington, D. C, returning. Rate for the round trip, $10. Special trains, with Pullman parlor and sleeping cars, will leive B. & O. It. K. depot at 8 A. M. and 950 P. 21. For detailed information address or ap ply to E.- D. Smith, Division Passenger Agent, Pittsburg, Pa. OltAKGEMEN'ts PICNIC At Hnlton, Allechery Volley It. R., Saturday, July 12. Trains leave Union station 8:30, 9, 10:10, 11:15 A. M., 12.05. 1. 1:45, 3, 3:55, 4:55, 5:30, 620 P. 31. Tms is the only picnic author ized by Keystone District, L. 0. L. No. 6, which is composed oi all lodges in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. Fare lor round trip, including admission to grove, ouly 65 cents. What Makes Good Beerf Bohemian hops, New York hops, Canada and Western malt, the best modern appli ances and a good brewer. All these essen tials are incorporated in onr beer. D. IiTTXZ & Sow, TTSu Telephone S003, THE THE TEA WE DEINI. Varions Processes Through Which It Goes From Plant to Cup. FLAVORING OF CHINA'S PBODUCT. Pictureique Scenes the Tired Trareler Encounters in Tokio. FUBLI0 GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS rWBlTTEN TOB THI DISPATCH. 1 On entering Yokohoma harbor, the trav eler's vessel is boarded by native health and custom house officers. They are uniformed and conduct their work with exactness and dispatch. Ou the wharf one's baggage is subject to a respectful examination by simi larly uniformed officials, In the streets, native police adorn the corners. Post boxes swing from the lamp-posts, A net work of telephone and telegraph wires are overhead. The streets are wide, well paved and clean. The buildings, wh ile not tall, are spacious and well-built. Indeed, were it not for the picturesque costn mes of the people and the nnmerons jin-riki-shas, or perambulators for adults, that are flying hither and thither, one would think oneself in some prosperous Southern town. In tbe capital, Tokio, the scene is still more interesting. "We find our way there by a railroad, with neat cars, Japanese guards, porters, engineers and all. The en tire road, bridge, tressels, etc, are all the work of Japanese. In Tokio the streets are still more roomy. Gay stores and bazaars rilled with both foreign and domestic goods are everywhere. Imposing public build ings, court houses, barracks and schools are met with at every turn. Soldiers in uni form, half German and half French, march the streets. Everything indicates advance refinement, thriit, cleanliness and a high degree of civilizition. FULLY UP TO THE TIMES. In our thoughts of Japan, we must not forget that she has an excellent standing army, a well equipped navy, a thorough police system, public schools everywhere, Government hospitals in almost every town, a university that ranks with any in the world, postal, telegraph, and cable system, railroads fast stretching to every part of the country and numersus churches where Christ is worshiped. Japan is a very paradise for children, and everv possible device for the amassment of the little ones may be found iu the streets. Foremost among these is the "cookie" man, who carries on his shoulders, balanced on either end of a stout pole two charcoal fur naces or stoves with copper tops. These he sets down in some corner and soon the youngsters of the neighborhood flock around him and purchase for one-half or one-quarter of a cent a small enp of vweet batter and a cooper knife. They then proceed to bake their own cakes on the hot furnace tops; shaping them into dogs, birds or men, and after the fun is over, enjoying the result. Then, there is tbe Midzer-Ame man, who has a preparation of malt, of the consistency of dough, which he moulds into all sorts of fanciiul shapes at the ohildrens' suggestion; or blows the paste np into bal loons or pi res and attaches bamboo stems to them. Then there are street acrobats and performing monkeys, and sweet-meat ven dors, and toy sellers, and in fact everything which the shaven-headed Japanese baby could wish is at hand. AMUSEMENTS FOB THE KDDEES. The older people are also very childlike in their amusements, and enjoy games as much as the children. Tbe principal ad vantage is taken of this teeling in spring, during the time of the cherry blossoms. Then all the parks are thronged with happy people in holiday attire, playing tag, and all sorts of childish games among the blossom laden trees. Durinc the games, the outer gar ments ol the girls ere thrown eff, revealing the gay silken robes of red, blue, lavender, pink and every delicate shade imaginable. The pure white of the cherry blosonn, the green turf, the tall pines rearing up their dark heads here and there, and the gaily dressed and happy throng, laughing, run ning and playing beneath the trees, with natural grace in everv motion, make a pict ure never to be forgotten. The times lor tbe blossoming of the plum, the wisteria and the crysanthemum are ob served as similar holidays. Iudeed Japan garden country that it is seems to divide its year into the different blooming times of their favorite Hewers, rather than tbe fonr seasons; and the terms "when the cherry blossoms were out," and "when the kikn (crysanthemum) are in bleom," are fre quently substituted lor "spring" and "fall." HOTf THE TKAYELEB FARES. Japan is also a paradise for the traveler. After a weary day's travel along the King's highway, or Tokaido, you are driven in to the cool earden of some wayside inn. In stantly a flock oi pretty girls appear and as sist you to alight. A silken cushion is thrown on the broad step of the porch, and one girl, kneeling at your feet, deftly re mnvis yonr heavy shoes and slips your feet into cool matting slippers, while another re lieves you of hat and bag, and gently fans yon, while asking your wishes. A third hastens to bring tea and cakes. You are then escorted over the soft mats into a quiet room, open op all sides, with with sliding doors, through which you can catch a glimpse of the garden, with a vista of shade trees, miniature waterialls, quaint stone bridges and shrines beyond. Here you rest among silken cushious; nnd as you sip your iragrant tea you realize the bliss of having every want so gracefully minis tered to. In the meanwhile the pullers of your jinrikisha have had buckets of cold water brought them to wash their hot and tired feet in, and ar: already enjoying a quiet doze over their tea and pipes. THE TEA OF JAPAN. Speaking of tea, few of us in this country realize the vast superiority of Japanese over Chinese tea, as far as cleanliness in its manufacture is concerned. Briefly, the cul tivation and manufacture of tea in Japan is as follows: The seeds of the tea plant are planted in circles of about two feet in diameter. After the seedlings reach a height of six or eight inches they may be transplanted. The plants are then allowed to grow for two or three years without being picked, but are prumed and shielded from the sun by mats of straw and cared for constantly. A tea plant is at its best during the fifth year of its growth. One or two crops of leaves are picked yearly. The leaves gathered are the new growth, and do not include the hard leaves of the year before. The picking is done by girl", and one girl can pick between seven and eight pounds of greeu leaves a day, which, however, when prepared will only make about one and a hall pounds about ten cents a day. TBEATMENT OF THE LEAVES. The tea farmers sell tbe leat to the tea merchants ot the villages, and the next step in its preparation is proceeded to. Six or eight pounds of the green leaves are put into a sieve over a large cauldrow ot boiling water and covered. This process is called 'steaming" and is continued only until the natural oil of the leaves hils been brought to the surface and the leaves are partially wilted. This usually takes about five minutes, the condition of the leaves being carelnlly watched by an attendant. Then the contentsof the sieveare dumped into the firing tray. This consists ot a large wooden box, lined with plaster 'or mortar, five feet long, and three feet deep and wide. The bottom of tbe box ii filled with glow ing charcoal well covered with oharcoal ashes. A wooden frame, over which stont white paper is stretched, torms a tray which covers the top of the box and receives the tea. This paper shows no dis position to barn, although it soon becomes dark from the heat. Tbe temperature of the tray during this first "firing" is about 110 Faareniwk, The wilted and wet leaves are PITTSBTJKGr DISPATCH, first thrownon the hot paper tray and scat tered over it by the workman, who keeps them constantly in motion, moving them backward and forward over the hot surface without a moment's rest. Presently he will gather up a handful of the leaves and roll them briskly between his palms, then again scatter them over the tray and keep them moving. This process is repeated again and again. FOUR POUNDS EEDUOED TO ONE. Finally the leaves are gathered np in one ball, which the operator rolls backward and forward over the tray, U6ing considerable pressure. This manipulation, or "firing," as it is called, takes several hours, and when it is completed each leaf will be found to be separately rolled, or twisted, and al most dry. Six pounds of the green leaf are generally placed upon the firing tray, and when the process is complete it is reduced to one and one-half pounds. Some moisture, however, still remains in the tea, and it is therefore trans "erred to a second firing tray of a lower temperature, and there allowed to remain several hours. Sometimes even a third firing is resorted to. The leaves then pass into the hamds of the sifters, who, by means of Bi'eves of various degrees of coarseness, get rid of the dust and dirt, and divide the smaller from the larger leaves. The tea then goes to tbe pickers. The picking is done by girls, who throw the tea on low tables, only a few inches from tbe ground and pick out all stems, twigs, stones aud other foreign matter which has found its way into the tea. From the pick ers it goes to the packers, who weigh the tea and pack it in large wooden boxes tied with straw rope. Does the story end here? By no means. The tea now comes into the hands of the American or English tea-dealers and is pre pared for export Tea from various locali ties are tested and tasted, and blends made, to which fancy names are given. Bnt the leaves are still somewha moist or green, and would mould if shipped as they come from the Japanese tea-farmer. They are thereupon subjected to A FINAL AND THOROUGH FIBINO in copper vessels over charcoal fires. This takes place in the "godowns" or ware houses of the foreign merchants. Women and girls are generally employed for the worK, ana tne furnaces are arranged in long rows, several hundred being nnder one roof. Before each furnace stands a girl with a basket of tea. At a given signal from the foreman the tea is emptied into the copper pans and kept moving by the hands. Again, when the firing is complete, at another signal, the work is ceased and the tea quickly removed from the pans. It is this final firing that so discolors the tea, blackens it, and spoils its appearance, that it would be considered unfit for sale by American tea-drinkers. To get oyer this difficulty it is colored. The coloring matter used is powdered soapstone and Prussian blue, and, in the minute quantities em ployed, it is entirely harmless. The color ing is done during the final firing, a small quantity of the powder being thrown into each pan by the foreman. The tea is there fore not colored in order to disguise an in ferior artiole, but merely to meet with the demands of tbe American and Euglish con sumers, who, as a rule, fancy they detect a superiority in the different grades of green tea, and erroneously imagine they are ob taining a fresher article than black tea, whereas, in truth, black tea is the purest. ' HOW IT IS DONE IN CHINA. The Chinese method used in the manu facture Of tea diSers but little from the Japanese in its essentials, save that the latter is by far the more (esthetic and clean method. The Chinese roll the leaves on dirty matting with their feet. The operator is nearly, or entirely nude, and shuffles among the moist leaves until the process is complete. The man's perspiration trickles down off of his greasy face, body and limbs on the tea and gets mixed well up with it. It has been said that this addition imparts the agreeable flavor peculiar to Chinese tea. But in charity to the drinkers of Chinese tea, let ns draw the curtain before such a thought! The best quality of tea is made from the youngest and most delicate leaves from choice plant". One can nay as high as $10 a pound tor such tea in Japan. A good tea mav be purchased from 30 to 40 cents a pound. The best teas are powdered. The powder is briskly stirred up in almost boil ing water, and a foamv decoction, looking almost like pea soup, hut of a most delicate aroma and exquisite fl ivor is the result. The art of tea making and drinkibg in Japan involves the most elaborate cere monies; and the ceremonial drinking, called "cha-no-yer," is replete with the most fas cinating etiquette of this interesting people. For daily use tea should be prepared as follows: The water should be boiled thoroughly and then poured into a bowl and allowed to cool just below the boiling point. The requisite quantity of tea should be placed in a dry tea-pot and the hot water added. The decoction shnnld then stand lor a minute or two. In this way the full aroma and flavor of the tea is retained, and the bitter taste avoided. Boiling water poured directly on tea scorches it and in jures the flavor. In good tea milt and sugar are unnecessary additions. With us these are used to disguise the imperfections of inferior teas. W. 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Alex Boss, Man ager, 137 Federal street, Allegheny. Auction Bale Ol 80 lots in Flowers! plan, Harelwood, Sat urday, July 12, at a o'clock. Do not lorget it 81 Until September 1, 180083 SO. 12 cabinet photos, $1, or a life-size crayon portrait, $3 60. -Aufrecht's Elite Gallery, 16 Market it, Pittsburg. Bring children. SUNDAY, JULY 6, AMONG THEIOSLEMS. Pen Pictures of Constantinople ly Dr. White, of McKeesport. THE CELEBRATION OF THE BAIEAM. Gorgeous Display Made Upon the Bnltan's Tisit to the Mosque. SHEKELS FOE A GLIMPSE 07 A HAREM rcORRESPONDENCK 07 TUE DISPATCH. 1 Constantinople, June 8. The Mo hammedan period of six weeks' fasting, called the Itamazan, is followed at its close by three days of feasting and general jolli fication, called the Bairam, during which time little is thought of but pleasure, and Constantinople, the center of the Moslem world, indulges in a regular revel. Every body is npon tbe streets; the gardens, drives and cafes are crowded; the pleasure steam ers and ciaquese upon the Bosporus over laden and the Turk indulges in his favorite' drink of mastio more than is bis wont, for I have found tbat the Mohammedans are an unusually temperate people. When the steamer which had borne me sa ely from Athens anchored off the Golden Horn and I found all the shipping in the harbor gaily decorated, I learned with pleasure that I had been fortunate enough to arrive in Constantinople on the first day of the Bairam. The Sultan that morning, as is tbe annual custom, held a grand re ception at the Yildiz Palace. All the great functionaries of the Ottoman Empire were there to testify their loyalty by kissing his garment. The venerable Osman Pacha, the defender of Plevna, was mister of cere monies. A luncheon was served to the diplomatio corps; and tbe representatives of the Circassian province, as is also the yearly custom, presented His Majesty with an acquisition to his harem in the person of the most beautiful maiden to be found in the province by the government officials. The family of the damsel thus chosen con siders it a high honor, but how the young lady thus introduced to a household num bering already over 350, and wedded to an infirm man ol near 50, regards the matter, let those who may, tell. THE EVERT DAT CAPITAL. Such was tbe Sultan's celebration of tbe Bairam. The throngs upon the streets have noticeably diminished since the season of festivity, and one can the better judge what kind ot a place the Turkish capital really is. Having 'ormed an idea of the city from newspaDer letters, the writers of which seem not to have seen beyond its dogs and crooked streets, I must say I have been agreeably disappointed. It is true, the streets are crooked, but not nearly so crooked or dirty as in other Eastern cities. And the dogsl It is certainly trne they are a very objection able feature, and a most absurd one. They are numbered by tbe tensof thonsands, and that they can serve any good purpose is hardly possible. The sacred bull oi Burmah is not treated with more consideration than are they. N But there is much of beauty and interest to offset all this. At every tnrn some strik ing scene confronts yon; "some picturesque old corner of Byzantium time; the crested minarets of some domed mosque rising above a cypress grove, or perchance a stately palace amidst terraced gardens, with a distant view of the Bosporns, of that noble stream whose beauty no pen can describe. Nature has been lavish of her gifts in the short valley of Turkey's famed river, and art has placed many diamonds in nature's setting, in the beautiful villas, terraces and palaces which line its banks. To see it once is to have it photographed on the brain forever. THET SPEAK "WITH THEIB ETES. Every visitor here is struck during his first stroll or two at the absence of Tnrkish women upon the streets. The red fez of the Turk is plentiful enough and a constant stream of ladies dressed in the most fashion able attire flows past him. He might easily fancy himself in Paris or Vienna. Occas ionally his eye will meet a pair of large.spark ling, speaking eyes, looking at him above the white silk veil which hides the face of the fair occupant of a passing carriage. What doesit mean? It means that he is in Pera, where all the fashionable hotels are, and which is practically the European quar ter of the city. But let him seek the Galatea bridge and cross over to Stamboul and he will find mat ters reversed. There he may study the Turkish female character, through a white veil, to his heart's content, j He will find them there of all ages and conditions, alike only in their evident appreciation of the notice of strangers, and their faculty of let ting the eyes do the work of the tongne. In the minds of most people the word Constan tinople is synonymous with the grossest im morality. But I think it is an unjust and erroneous opinion. Certainly it is bad enough, but that it exceeds in wickedness several of the European capitals, or, for that matter, some ot our own larger cities, I do not believe. The plurality of wives is ol course common. THE MOHAMMEDAN SUNDAYS. Friday is the Mohammedan Sunday, and consequently an interesting day .o visitors here. Every Friday morning about 10 o'clock streams of people and lines ot car nages may be seen making their way out tbe Bue de Pera in the direction of the Yildiz Palace. All tbe citizens who can conveniently will be found in the throng, and every visitor, without exception, for to miss the sight of the Sultan going in state to the mosque would rank as a grievous neglect oi duty on the part of the tourist. The Yildiz Palace is beautifully situtted in the suburbs of the city, on a gently slopinghill overlooking the Bosporus. The Imperial Mosque is close by. Com manding a good view of both, a large es planade, capable of holding a thousand car riages, is reserved for the visiting public. It is a beautiful morning; cool in spite of the bright sunshine. We are early our carriage being fourth to arrive and takes position quite near the palace eate. Cnr. riage after carriage follows, and in an in crediblv short time the vast inclosnre is fillcdand down the hill road are to be seen the disappointed late comers. Every now and again from out the green-hedged road on the other side of the palace appears the carriage oi some member oi the diplomatic corps, resplendent in nniform, with liveried dragoman on the box. The carriage stopped; he enters a pavilion on the right, reserved for him and his colleagues. PINES! CA VALET IN THE "WORLD. Now we hear the sound of approaching horsemen, and coming up a road in our rear we see the Imperial Ottoman Guard acknowledged to be tbe finest tody of caval ry in the world. In number they are an even thousand, mounted on magnificent white and spotted Arabian horses; of sol dierly bearing; picked men all .'rorn the Soudan to tbe Cnucnssian. Their unilorm is of dark green; each carries a triangular red gmdon; tlieir gold cartridge boxes gliiteu in the sun, and the red guidons seem to form a canopy overall. They range them selves in line right in front of us, stretching so tar down the hill that the flag ol the last horseman seems to be dipping in the Bos porus. Such a magnificent spectacle has so engaged our attention that we have almost failed to notice that infantry regiments and Zuave corps have been getting into position on and about the road to tbe Mosque and almost at the same moment tbe entire mili tary force in the city some 5,000 is massed about tbe palaces. Promptly at noon time the Saltan in the state carriage, with Osman Pasha at his side, and preceded by about 20 pashas and followed hy another score on foot, their gaudy uniforms and deeorations glistening in the sunlight, appears. One tremendous cheer, which is taken up all along the line, greets him. Slowly he it driven between the lines of soldiers to the entrance to the Mosque, where he alights and enters, and anothercheer reverberates through the little 1890. valley. The spectators rapidly disperse, bnt the soldiers remain to see their sovereign safely back in his palace. HOW THE SULTAN LOOKS. And so we saw the Snltan Abdul Hamid Khan II. the thirty-fourth consecutive ruler of the family of Osman. He is 48 years old, thin, pale and dyspeptic looking, with the eye of a falcon and hair of raven hue. Gentleness is depicted in his features, yet withal he has a careworn look, as though the affairs of State, or of his numerous harem weighed heavily npon him. A certain French woman living here, lately called upon the wile of the American Consul General, and told her if she knew of any American ladies wishing to visit a harem, she could take a party of five at any time for $20. So it came about that a party of five ladies, guests at the Hotel Bysance, sent for this woman and arranged to go with her the next atternoon. They were in structed with great care how they were to act, told that they would be expected to smoke cigarettes, etc., and the impression left with them generally that they were ex tremely fortnnate in having an opportunity to inspect a real out-and-out harem. One of my duties tbat evening after dinner was to instruct the five aforesaid ladies as to the proper way to light, hold and smoke a cigar ette. So next afternoon I saw them leave the hotel in carriages; they were in great glee; visions ol luxurious oriental man sions; of costly furniture; Persian rugs; Damasans curtains; of veritable houris, re clining in voluptuous abandon on elegant divans, filled their minds. They were going to tell me all, so I could write it for the newspapers. A GIGANTIC SELL. That evening at dinner they were silent Later, I had to resort to the pumping pro cess. At last they decided they would tell all as a protection to others, they said. Af ter getting on the way they were told sick ness bad suddenly occurred in the family ol the Pasha, to whose house they were to be taken, but they could go to the barem of a wealthy merchant; it was just as good, said their conductress. To the merchant's house they went; to find it one of painful plain ness, looking even as though the wolf might be at the door. They were asked indeed to smoke cigarettes and were treated to the favorite confection, Turkish delight. And the haremt It consisted of the merchants' first wife, a sample of Shakespeare's Seventh Ages of men. She was sans one eye and entirely sans teeth. Then there was wife number two and last, almost as old, and two passably fair daughters, and the merchant had been dead lo I these 20 yearsl This is an o'er true tale. Let other American ladies visiting Constantinople bear it in memory. The party returned dis gusted and with well-grounded suspicions that their SJ20 was divided between their conduotress and the widows ot the harem. ON THE SWEET "WATERS. The Sunday afternoon resort of the Turks is a sequesteret spot about six miles Irom the city, called the Sweet Waters. Beaching the Sweet Waters about 4 o'olock, we found great difficulty in proceeding on account of the large number of boats like our own crowding the little stream. They were nearly all freighted alike. Tbe priceless cargoes they carried were the beauties of the finest and most aristocratic harems of the city. And no wonder they were enjoying them selves. It is the one day of the week on which they get an outing. Finally we made a landing, and for an hour or more walked up and down the banks among this interesting company. Their thin yasmak or veil or w ite gauze does not hide their features as does the black one of the Egyptian, or the horrid spotted one ol the women of Jerusalsm. They spoke not to us, yet they conversed with those wonderful eyes. To come here weekly, at tended by their eunuchs, and breathe the fresh air, is the sole diversio ot these poor creatures. Having sipped some Turkish coffee at a bazaar, we returned to our boat, and in the gathering twilight, in the midst of a regular flotilla ot caiques, with tbe Bweet, weird musio of Turkish melodies and the sounds of castinets, zithers and guitars wafted to our ears, feeling we were on sweet waters, indeed, we made our way down the Golden Horn to our wharf on the Bosporus, and sought our hotel to dream perchance of fairyland. Thomas L. White, M. D. From Arknnsai. A prominent citizen of Forest City, Ark., pays the following tribute to the excellent result of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Eemedy: "After spending hundreds of dollars lor medicine and doctors' fees, without any good results, for my wife, who had been troubled for years with chronic diarrhea, I procured for a trial two bottles of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Eemedy, and I can say it effected a complete cure." East Ar kansan, Forest City, Ark. 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We make sample glass sign free of charge and ship to any addreS3. Let us have atrial order. -In the few months we have been in business we can refer with pride to the following business houses: Jackson, the clothier. . Collins Cigar Co. S. S. Marvin & Co., crackers. W. J. McClurg Cigar Co. The Dispatch. Heffly & Co., clothiers, Homestead, Pa. Lyons Liniment Co., And many others. We have the capacity to turn out 500 signs per day. Orders by mail promptly attended to. 639 Smitbfield st. MERCHANTS' EXCURSION. Lurny Cnvcrna and Atlantic City. Thursday morning, July 17. Special train ol Pullman cars, via the picturesque B. & O. E. E. Fare for tbe round trip, 516 60, Pullman car accommodations going and admission to the caverns, included. Lowest rates ever offered. Ticket and Pull man car space can be secured only at the office ol the Pennsylvania Grocer, Virgin alle, one door below Sinithfield street, and applications for same should be made at once to secure comfortable accommodations. Send lor circular containing full informa tion of the trip. Peect F. Smith, Proprietor Pennsylvania Grocer. All for S3. One large crayon portrait, worth 55 00 One handsome frame, worth 2 50 One dozen best cabinet photos, worth.. 2 50 One panel picture, worth 75 All for 55 until further notice; also cabinet photos "at $1 per dozen LIES Gallert, 10 and 12 Sixth street. ttsu LAWN tennis flannels, new color effects, stripes and checks, exceptional value. 25e, 30c and 40c a yard, Hugus is Hacke. txssu A Dnrcnln la Home, Bnroocno and harness. This outfit belongs to a gen tleman who has no further use for it, and will be sold cheap at in. Kerr's tales stable, Noi. 523 to 527 Penn aye. Fob a finely cut, neat-fitting suit leave your order with Walter Anderson, 700 Smithfield street, whose stock of English snitings and Scotch tweeds is the finest in the market; imported exclusively for his trade. su SOUTH SEA BATTLES. Hard Knocks on Hard Heads the Chief Delight of Savage Life. A TYPICAL FIGHT DESCEIBED. Warriors Will Hot Stir Till the Chiefs Have Tested Strength. THE BLAUGHTER KEVEE VEET LARGE Twarrmr voh Tin msr-Aics. Modern ethics and morality found peace societies and preach the statecraft of arbi tration; modern life, like all human life since man first arose above the anthropoid, gives lie to every peace society ever founded and to all the morality and ethics which brought it into being by driliing armies and forging great guns, all to show that man after all remains what he always has been, a fighting animal. If civilization can make no better record for itself, surely no more Is to be expected of the savage who makes no pretense at ethics, but fights every day and finds in deadly hazard his keen enjoyment and takes no shame to himself to confess it. No one has counted the races of the West ern Pacific, nor has anyone numbered the people of the islands which sttill remain the wildest spot on earth, the least known and the most dangerous of all places which en gage the attention of the explorer. Here island wages war with neighboring island and town tights with town in fends whose origin is lost in the forgetfulness ot the latners and wnicn will cease only with tbe extinction of one or other of the contestants. In every house bows bang upon the walls and arrows are stacked by the armfnl in the corner; no man goes beyond tbe clustered houses of his home without his clnb upon his shoulder, and strangers meeting in the forest paths fall to without words and settle there and then who is the better man. A CRUDE TACTICS. It is not by any means disorderly rioting, this joining of the savages in battle. There is no drili in marching, there is no manual of arms, there are no complicated evolutions, yet there is obedience to the command of tbe chief and there is strategy and such tactics as necessity has taught in generations of fighting. Each man fights for himself and his neighbor and emulation preserves the line ol battle even an arm's length away from the foe, where, indeed, is the best ol all the fighting. Men go down and others spring to close the gap, the weapons speak deadly speech bnt not the men, heavier work is toward, there is panting when strong men lay on with lustv blows, but the tongue is still until the time has come to raise the cry of victory. Bead the tale of one day's fighting and see how men conduct themselves to whom daily battle is the only delight fit to stir the heart of men. "When the morning cares of bath and breakfast have all been dispatched tbe chief, war-blackened and armed like his followers, joins the company and tells them where the business ot the day awaits them. Upon his success in supply ing them with amusement of this sort de pends his popularity and his undisputed tenure of office. OFP FOB TIIE BATTLE. A mighty shout arises when the destina tion of tbe foray has been announced, the warriors hasten to shove their canoes down the glistening beach into the sea; the women, curiously unmoved, go about their daily tasks, although they know well that many of those who set so bravely out in the early day will cot return to share the evening meal. At last the bay opens broad before them, the village is seen where people hurry to maice provision to repel the invasion, the battle cry sounds over the narrowine- water as brave men on the sea draw closer to brave men on the shore. They land in order somewhat apart from the houses of the town where the ground is clear for fighting and find the other army drawn up, not to oppose the landing but to meet them, lor there is an etiquette about such matters even with the savages. Hot even when the opposing forces stand armed over against one another does the conflict begin; there yet remains a ceremony which on no account would any willingly forego. on tbe plain until he comes near the line of the enemy. He then beeins a speech in which he recounts his deeds in days gone by; he shonts his dreadml war name and telis how he earned it by heaping corpse on corpse beneath the might of his club; he tells of the deed3 of death which he intends to do that day and defies the bravest of the foe to come out and meet him. COMBAT OP THE CHIEFS. It is arrant bombast, he is a very brag gart, yet snch is the custom of his race and it lashes bis followers to the pitch of fighting frenzy while the enemv ieels the sting of his fiery tongue. The o'ther chief stands ont before his rank and sends threats and defiance btck In turn. Hr, too, has a war name as dread as any, and he has earned it by deeds of valoj:. So they scold and wrangle across the field until they can bear it no longer. Each grasps bis bow and sends arrows screaming through the air at his opponent. The arrows shot all away they case the long spears and rush together with a shout. Over and under, cut. slash and thwack the clubs crash through the air in practiced strokes, deailv blows are parried, guards are broken down, calloused heels stamp the earth and stir up the dusc in a cloud which veils the furious com batants. The armies, keenly intent upon the issue, see but an eddv in the dust cloud, or per haps the flish of a gleaming arm. They can hardly restrain themselves as they stand in order, each with his arrow fitted to the string awaiting the order which shall set them free to act. From the whirl of dust comes the shout for which thev have been waiting. The dust begins to settle as tbe struggling champions drop to the earth to clear tbe ground lor the other fighters. Tense bow strings fill the air with their humming, light shafts of cane fly between the ranks, doing execution where thev strike, then with a shout tbe armies begin to close and hurl their spears as they draw nearer. THEN THE LITTLE AES1IES MEET. When the missiles have all been shot across a clear field the prostrate chieftains scramble to their feet all the better for the resting space, each leads to the attack the rapidly advancing line of his followers and seeks out his former antagonist, orconvinced of his prowess selects some other man with whom to fight. Clubs whirl in air before tbe advancing line; they clash, they meet, the shock is sometimes so great that there is no room forcndgel play and the men, locked in a close embrace, grapple and wrestle, each struggling to seize the other's fhro.t Boil ing upon theground orstanding face to lace, they tug and toil until exhausted, they rest and pant weary defiance each to each and then begin once more the even encounter. Such battles last lor hours, aud are de cided only when hunger bids the weary combatants desist. Each chief closelv scans the field to count the number of his dead, and by that record learns the issue o the dav. Whichever one has killed the most hoarsely raises the shout o- victory, which puts a stop to all further fighting. The van quished suddenly withdraw, the victors gather up the dead, their own for funeral rites, the ntbera for the food of those who yet live. Victorious or beatrfii, the company returns to its fleet and embirks forborne, and the day's fighting is at an end. But if victory attend the fleet there is rejoicing on tbe homeward trip. When they sight tbeir homes they shout the glorious news, tbat a welcome may be ready lor them; they drag the captured bodies to the ever ready ovens; they sit upon the green and solemnly tell the story of the day; tbey magnify the num ber of the opposing force; they praise their ability as warriors in order that their own boastings may be the greater. VALIANT LIABS, TOO. Each takes his tnrn in telling the number of the slain who fell beneath his club, and no one seems to notice his neighbor's 11a while awaiting the chance to tell his own. One who hears this boasting ceremony would be justified in believing that tbe car nage was. something terrible. To add up the numbers announced by each warrior would result in a total away up among tha thousands and the wonder would surely grow how so small a force could do such execution. The carnage is all after the battle; the number of the bodies brought in to be baked scarcely amounts to a dosen. These battles are scarcely more fata! than tbe tremendous conflicts of the old Teuton' heroes who hacked and hewed while tba days spun ont into campaigns and at the end of the season hardly enough had bien slain for a decent fnneral. It is not the fault of the fighters, tbey are terribly in earnest, but it is the fault of their weapons, which are not sufficiently destructive. Yet they do their best as brave men should and they are not tbe only soldiers whose victoria are greater as they recede in time. The slightest wound inflicted by a poisoned arrow is fatal, but not immediate, and the wounds made by the unpoisoned sort serve only to make the fighter fight all the harder. The spears are more dangerous, because of their greater weight, which gives them greaterpenetrating power. They are capabla of making ngly wounds, which at once inca pacitate the warrior from further fighting on that day, even if they do not succeed in kill ing him outright. Yet, as they are thrown from the hand with the unaided strength of the arm, they may be avoided, and all tha more easily because of their size. NOT A HEAVT SLAUGHTEB. The main reliance is placed in the clubs, great beams of ironwood four feet long, ana so heavy that it takes all the strength of two arms to swing them. They indeed are great weapons; they are handled skillfully, but the art which is skilled to cut is skilled as well to parry, and club play between two well-matcbed warriors becomes an exhaust ing bout at fencing, in which there is small chance oi inflicting a fatal blow. Heads are hard in the islands and are nsed to hard knocks, savage men bear unconcernedly blows which would disable men of weaker frame. So not from the absence of the lust of kill ing but from the absence of really destru tive weapons the islanders fight with ona another in little armies of some 200 on each side and the day must be counted fatal in deed which shows a total of a score of dead. But though each day's total is small the roll grows large by indefinite frequency. For the savage finds but one pleasure, his great est and highest enjoyment in risking his life in a hand to hand struggle with soma man who will make the life worth the hav ing if only be cab succeed in keeping it. So day by day the battle rages, and children grow up to take their fathers' places as fight ing animals. William Chukchill. CHANGE OF TIME. Alleshenv Valley R. R. Sunday, Jnly 6. Train leaving Pittsburg at 6:55 A. M. will run through to Foxburg. Niagara express leaves at 6-30 A. M. instead ot 8.45 A. M. A new train will leave Pittsburg at 9:00 A. M. and run to Kittanning. Oil (Jitr and Dubois express leaves at 1:45 P. M. in stead of at 2:00 p. m. Kittanning accom modation leaves at 3:55 P. M. instead oi 4:00 P. M. Valley Camp express (formerly Braebnrn express) leaves at 4:55 p. ax. in stead of 5.00 P. M. Buffalo express leaves at 8.45 P. M. instead of 8:50 P. M. See tima table lor changes in arrival of trains. Attend our summer clearance sale for bargain assortment unsurpassed. ttssu Huous & Hacks. When Exhausted by tbe Heat There's nothing so beneficial in its result as Wainwright's beer. Perfectly pure. Families supplied direct. Telephone 5525. THE RENOWNED HARDMAN, KRAKAUER, KIMBALL and VOSE s Faultless Instruments, possessing Phe nomenal Durability, and sold at Honest Prices, and on, Easiest Terms, Have gained a world-wide reputation, for excellence of material and workman ship. 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