u A REVIEW OF SPOffTS Features of the Negotiations Between the Association and the Players' League. A5 UHTN8E STEP POIHTED OUT. $plloj Aboat the Two Local BaseM. Clibs and Their Prospects far Kext Season. THB ATHLETIC CLUB'S BANKRUPTCY. Hclallft ant EUtIb Flint and Dempsey aid Fltl timaons Talk. One of the great features of the week as far as baseball is concerned has been the unanimity of opinion to the effect that some thing inust be done to gave the national Came from absolnte rnin. I would add to aave the baseball capitalists from losing all the money they hare. It really is the finan cial loss that has brought many people to view the matter in its trne light, and I yen ture to say that there are many, verv many baseball magnates to-day, both new and old, who are very weary of baseball business. I am very clad, however, that every base ball official is convinced that there is some thing wrong, because when that conviction is certain we may expect something to be done to set matters right again. Of conrse I still cling to my original notion of making the American Association and the Flayers ' League one organization, and then let the latter and the National League adopt a new national agreement I notice with a great amount of pleasure that, since I dealt with this matter two or three weeks ago, mauy baseball anthorities have indorsed the notion. I don't know whether or not this plan has been discussed by the American Association and Players' League officials. It it has not been discussed bv them officially, I presume they have informally talked the matter over, but as far as I am aware we have not been told officially what are the prospects for such an amalgamation. Many leading members of the Players' League seems to spurn the idea of an amalgamation such as I have just mentioned, but this fact does not convince me that it will not be effected, because there is indeed little truth in baseball nowadays. At any rate I mean to persist in my ad vocacy ol a plan tbat to me seems a sure and successful method of ending a dispute that has brought injury to baseball ana that has sadlv tarnished its fame. We must not for qct that almost every man interested in base ball is in it for money. That is the primary object; love of the came is secondary, and very secondary at that This being so we we can easily perceive the injury that can be wrought by contending and rival factions whose great object is to get money from the public. Kot n Wine Step. "While many of the Players' League offi cials are denying that there is any prospect of an out and out amalgamation between themselves and the American Association they are all willing to admit that efforts have been made and are being made to arrange a series of "World's championship games be tween the winning club of each organiza tion. A more uwnise, and I may add in many respects, a more stupid arrangement could not be made by the American Asso ciation. In such a aeal I fail to see what the Association could gain, and certainly it would loose. Sow let us look at the matter closely. At present the Association stands just as solidly regarding the national azrec inent as it ever did, but it is by no means as wealthy. To identify itself with the Plavers' League bv playing games with it would simply make it a target lor all the organizations in the country; that is there would be no semblance of a protection for it, becuace whatever the Players' Leaeue may do in the .utnre it cannot protect anvbody at present Then, I ask, what could the Asso ciation possibly gam by becoming a declared opponent of the National League and the national agreement? The few games that would probably be palled "World's cham pionship games would not amount to any thing, because no sane man who Knows anything about baseball would for a moment lojk upon a tenes of games between American Association and Players' League as contests for the real world's champion ship. In my humble opinion the affair would be more of a burlesque than anything else. And I don't hesitate lo sav that the public would look upon the affair in the same light as I am now looking at it. I fail to see what there is to gam by anything short of an out and out amaleamation, and that is quite distinct from the series of games talked of. Certainly I am aware of another method that wonld terminate the present conflict; that is to fight until one is killed. But it is because there is a possi bility of the same consequences that befell the traditional Kilkenny cats that many of us di-sire a speedy and timely settlement It is easy to say that an amalgamation of any two organizations is impossible, but to give solid reasons lor such a statement is another matter. I would like to know why an amalgamation of the Associatiun and Players' League cannot take place, and why it should not take nlace. So far I have been unable to find a Bingle argument against such a result. I have read assertions, but they are not arguments. Common sense facts are on the side of an amalgamation, and "Facts are chiels that winna ding And daurna be disputed." Certainly, I am of opinion that schemes and plans are being hatched. An evening or two ago Manager Haulon intimated to me that something would be done shortly, and he added that something must be done. "Well, whatever mav be done there is one thing certain, and that is two clubs cannot remain in Pittsburg. Any scheme that will retain two baseball clubs in Pittsburg next season will, I think, be trampled in the dust as far as Pittsburgers are concerned. I don't think that the gentlemen behind each club are stunid enough to have another year of hostilities, but we are never sure of any thing in baseball affairs. The unexpected generally happens. To Pioicct l lie Game. In the midst of a hot and bitter contest many things may be overlooked at the cost of the general weal, and I fear that there is a tendency among baseball organizations at the present time to overlook things that are aimed at jeopardizing the reputation of the game. I reler to one organization engaging a player that has been released by another organization lor drunkenness or questiona ble conduct In cases of this kind there is a very great principle involved and one that 1 every baseball organization in the country ought to recognize to its fullest extent I concede that we are all desirous of keeping tht national game as pure and as respectable as possible, and, this being so, I contend that there is no justification for one or ganization engaging a player who has been released by another organ ization lor disreputable conduct To make this clear let us suppose a case: Suppose Brown is a good player and is in a National League club. Brown cets drunk and acts in a way that brings discredit on the club and on the game generally. He is released and is immediately signed by the Players' League. Mark this is only a supposed case. "Well I hold that the interests of tne game in every sense should prompt the Players' League or anyother League not to sign Brown. The good name of the game generally ought to and must be above the passing interest of one club. Whatever rules two hostile or ganixatlowsMfJiaT' concerning securing ,A,)rfAt n&ixiw J each other's players, there ought to be a common understanding that players released because of bringing disrepute on the game should not be signed by anybody. To do so is simply encouraging all the acts and con sequences of drunkenness that have dis graced the game in the past. If Brown de sires to get drunk and act disgracefully, the Srobability of being released by his club is little or no influence because he knows that another club in the opposing camp will tike him. It is to be hoped that amid all the efforts of one organization to down another there will be a general desire to keep players ot the kind spoken of out of the business. t The Local National Lea tree Clnb. During the last few days there have been many very harsh things said abont the un fortunate National League clnb of this city. Everyhody who has at all taken an interest in the national game has been more or less disgruntled about that clnb. As a result there have been many things said and writ ten about the club that in calmer moments would hardly have been thought about A mother in temper will say many cross words to her troublesome child that she never dreams of at other times. Well, all these outbursts of feeling abont this unfortunate club coes to show that there is a great base ball interest in this city and that It is the general desire to have a team here just as good as the teams atother places. It would, indeed, be a discouraging sign if nobody was to grumble and "kick" at the poor work of either of our clubs. If pnblio indiffer ence got to that degree I wonld give up all hope of baseball in this city. Doubtless the local National League clnb has bad a remarkable career so far this season, and one of the chief canses ot all its misfortunes was the unprepared way in which it started the season. Had the club officials followed the example of Anson and others and gone out and tested the young players before the real struggle commenced, things wonld have been better. But the sifting and test ing has all had to be done while the contest has been going on. No doubt the manage ment of the club has done its best under the circumstances, but the circumstances have been against success; in deed it wonld have been extremely remarkable if the club had been a success under the conditions that have existed. But in calm moments there is one feature of the clnb in question that we should ever re member and that is: Gentlemen connected with it have invested many thonsands of dollars in it and have stood by it lor many years. If any of us would put ourselves in the places of the stockholders depend npon it we would see things quite different to what we see them looking from the outside. I am quite ready to admit that there are many extenuating circumstances surround ing the local National League club, but its officials seem to me to have depended more for success on the breaking down of the Plavers League than on the good quality ot their own players. There is reason for thinking that the local N. L. clnb officials' only or at least chief desire has been to maintain a club of any kind in this city, fully believing that the new club would last only a short time. The Flayers' Leagne has fooled many people and the Pittsburg N. L. officials are among the number. But to oust the N. L. club from Pitts burg would be one of the nnfairest transactions that I know of; that is to oust the team out without compensation to the stockholders. The club has as much right here as any other, ana I dare say more in many respects, hut !or a club to be retained or maintained by a city there is always one condition at least necessary, viz: That it is reasonably good. There is no reason that I know or, moral or otherwise, why the pub lic should patronize a ball team that num bers among the worst in the country, and we may even rest assured tbat a clnb's snecess will always rest npon the qnality of its players. If there is only to be one club in Pittsburg I want the best club we can get. Sentiment and rotten eggs will never make a meal no more than sentiment and bad ball players will make a good and successful team. The IMnyerV Team. Friends of the local Players' team must admit tbat they have been more or less dis appointed by tbat team. I am free lo con fess that I have, although at this juncture I do not intend to point out the causes of that disappointment But, to make a general statement, I say the team has come far short of doing what I expected it wonld do. and it seems to me that to make a good team of it many changes will be necessary for next year. There is time yet this season for the team to make a respectable showing, but I fear that the players generally will not be equal to the task. At the beginning of the seison I expressed a lear regarding the pitching power of the team, and my fear was well grounded. But about next season! According to all rumors, the great question with the club is: To be, or not to be? One condition in every rnmored baseball deal is that Pittsburg is to be dropped from the Players' Leagne, or whatever it may be.list. I am prepared to place credence in a deal of this kind only on one condition: That is, if tne deal is a general one and one in which the National League will participate. If a general deal of this kind were made I would not be surprised to find only a National League club here; but if a limited deal is made, that is, a deal between the Players' Leagne and some other or ganization outside the National League, I see no reason for thinking that the Pittsburg P. L. club will be dropped. True, as I bave just intimated, it has not been the success that its friends expected it would be, and what is more, many visiting clubs have an idea that Pittsburg is not a success'ul baseball town. This idea has originated from the patronage bestowed this season; but it would be wrong to come to any permanent conclusion regarding Pitts burg Irom what it has done this year. However, there maybe outside influences at work to have Pittsburg dropped from the list Manage; Hanlon and others emphat ically deny that there are. But if there is a Plavers' League team here next season we may expect to see many changes in it. I have it irom a trustworthy source that some important changes are contemplated, and they are necessary. Some of the players have not been as true to Manager Hanlon as they ought to have been. This fact has not been overlooked by the officials of the club, and there are other players who are not clean enough for the team. If re ports are true there will be many changes in various P. L. clubs and I have it on good authority that Lirkin will not be found with the Cleveland club. It is stated that Al. Johnson and others are not favorably inclined toward Larkin. Manager Hanlon, however, declines to say anything definite regarding any changes, but he emphatically contends that neither Kelly, Bwing, Ryan or any other leading player in the Players' Leacue has jnad; any engagement with the National Leagne officials for next year. I believe that there is truth in Mr. Hanlon's contention. At any rate I am disposed to discredit all the statement to the effect that National League officials have signed lead ing P. L. players for next season. Local Lawn Tennis. A weekly review of sports would be in complete without dealing with lawn tennis. That branch of sport has jumped into a prominence that demands attention not only nationally but locally. I do not intend to say much on the subject nationally this week because all my space at com mand is needed for a few remarks locally. However, the great vic tory of O. S. Campbell cannot be passed unnoticed. Mr. Campbell has won great tennis honors and bv the best kind ot play ing. His victory gives us to understand the great improvement there has been in tennis playing during the last year or two. Mr. Sears and Mr. Slocum who not long ago seemed invincible are now out of it But during the week the local players have had a great time at Sewickley. The tournament 'there commenced on Tuesday and lasted three days. I bad the pleasure of visiting that beautiful little place on one of the days o the tournament and I assure my readers that tennis conrts couldn't well be located in a prettier plaee than are the conrts ot the Sewickley clnb. But, however, pretty ihe JUiajfaaJBB --fcge jtMjaaWaME k? " 3mUSkm'StliWSm Wl TfrnriillTaaVfrTlM h' li T.'mSal SW 'tim 'aagaeKeft "-',trM '- "''ill '"""fafilil f- " -a.' -.-.-.'- Y ulayikj. J L . -i.i. '.it- AT .STirfu . , 1 l v ,-. . ' ..swlfi, -J.. ,jB -flttff . JL f :Linr.-A. .J--.Ajji!L-, . ' - . A ... . ,f.2Su JiJf-Afl JJ. 3i ...7l . . . " .V . .1 . . . , L-,A,. .-. . ....,. ' - , t A grounds may be I think our local tennis clubs are a little behind those in En gland and other places in one respect On a scorching hot day there onght always to be opportunity on the grounds for visitors to get refreshments. The surroundings will look all the better for it Well, there, were many enjoyable features in the tournament Ot conrse lawn tennis hasn't charms for everybody, and I am free to confess that it is possible for me to admire it exceedingly much more than I do. But I don't think that anybody will deny that it has many ex cellent qualities. It is, indeed, not so simple as it looks, and to be a good lawn tennis player is to be a very skillful una with accurate calcnlative faculties, to have plenty of strength and activity, and above all, to have lots of patience. Tennis affords opportunities for the development of all these faculties, and surely a sport of that kind is sure to receive patronage. x The playing at Sewickley was very good and the interest shown in the contests indicate that next year we may have tournaments here on a very large scale. Like many others I was much interested in the Dlavine of Mr. Moorhead who did so well at Hew-) port. He, however, was scarcely seen at his best He is a very skillful and grace lul player. But I have much faith in the abilities of Mr. Christy. I believe he would like to win a set with one smash. -He is one of the most vigorous tennis players that one can Bee but I am fully persnaded that he handicaps himself considerably by being too impatient and fretful. In vulgar parlance he is.too apt to gef'rattled." If he wonld tone his temper he would accomdish more and that means that he wonld hold his own against any local man. There were many promis ing young players in the tournament and probably one ot the most notable in this class was T. E. Ewing, Jr. With steady practice Mr. Ewing onght to occupy a prominent position in the State next year as a tennis player. Altogether the tourna ment prompts me to expect that next year we shall have some very 'important tennjs contests in and .abont Pittsburg. It is bonnd to increase in popularity here just as it has done at other places in the United States and in Europe. A Plea for Hnndball. Dnrine the week I have bad general in quiries as to whether or nota handball court will be arranged in Exposition Park dnr ing the fall and winter. There is a grow ing desire to have a conrt established, and if I mistake not Manager Hanlon, of the local P. L. club, is a strong advocate for the erection of a suitable court One could be erected at yerj little cost, and those wanted to use it could be charged a small sum cer eame or a certain fee per month. Last winter I had a few words to say in be half of handball, and I don't intend to re peat them now, but I do say that nothing could be lost by erecting a suitable hand ball court I have an idea that it wonld be well patronized dnrirjg tbe cold days of winter, not only Dy Dan piayers, uui uy other citizens who believe in- good healthy physical exercise. Even if the conrt 'did not yield a profit, its worth would be re alized in giving ball players an opportunity to keep themselves in condition. It might be well lor the directors of the local P. L. club to discuss this matter when next they meet I know that more than one director is in favor of erecting a court A Slerml of Distress. An unmistakable sign of the depressed condition that baseball has come to is fonnd in the bankruptcy of the Athletic clnb of the American Association. It is a olnb that has been made venerable by years, and every baseball lover cannot but have feel ings of regret at the unfortunate condition ot the club. Of conrse it is the result of the row that has been going on which has estranged the minds of the public from the game. The Players' League, too, dealt the clnb a powerful blow by inducing some of its best players to desert the club. The em barrassments of the club point unerringly to the fact that all this humbug that players and others have perpetrated on the public will recoil on the players themselves. Just as sure as we live they, I mean players gener ally, will be tbe sufferers in the long rnn. Already the importance ol a baseball player is on the wane. Not long ago the average player was imbued with the notion that his ex istence was ot greater necessity to tne nation than the man who produces the necessaries oi life; in fact the idea prevailed among ball players that the public might well withstand the ravages of hunger but it cer tainly could not do without pro "essional baseball players. A reaction is setting in; has set in and players have only themselves to blame for it Already the pubiic,including the street arabs, seem to see a great deal ot the ordinary human being in the ball player. Brnlsera In the Theaters. Judging irom an item of news which ap peared in the paper yesterday, we will not have any any leading pugilists during the winter to defend the prestige ot the country. Onr champion bruisers are all goipg into the "acting" business, and we may expect to find quite a revolution in theatrical methods before many moons come and go. It may be that the Irvings, Booths and Barretts will have to stand down and out for these slugging tragedians and fistic comedians. Such names as Jake Kilrain, Jack Ash ton, Joe Lannon, Peter Jackson and Jim Cor bett are snre to add great luster to ths pro fession tbat has had in its ranks a Forrest, a Kean, a McCready, a Garrick and others. Time docs indeed work wonderful changes and such events as the appearance of this bruising element in theaters almost con vinces us that there is nothing at all Uto pian in "Looking Backward." I had thought that a -certain amount of intelli gence and training were necessary to make an actor presentable, but here we have not only actors, but stars blocked out in whole sale fashion. Well, well, after all truth, is stanger than fiction. Prospective Battles. An extraordinary amouut of effort is being made to drum up an enthusiasm regarding the proposed fight between Slavin and Mc Aulifle. The object is, of conrse, to make money. The Armonde Club is giving the purse, but the Armonde Club is rnn by a proprietor who profits by the receipts. His name is Temple, and Mr. Temple has cer tainly done a remarkable amount of hust ling lately to get his club before the public. That he will make lots ot money by the battle there is no doubt The fight will take place sooner than agreed upon, and this arrangement will be to the advantage of Slavin, as McAuliffe will need all the time possible to get into condition. I still think, that both men being all right, Mc Auliffe will win. A talk is going on be tween Eitzsimmons and Jack Dempsey relative to a fight between them. I don't know whether or not they will ever meet, bnt if they do I have a notion that Dempsey will face a better man than himself. In all respects Fitxsimmons has the advantage of Djempsey, and the former, too, polished off Billy McCarthy in short order, while it took'Dempsey 47 ronnds to settle Billy. I don't think that Dempsey has anything, to gam by forcing matters with the lengthy Australian. Pbimqle. Now Patents. C. E. Doyle, manager ot Higdon & Hig don, patent attorneys, 137 .Fourth avenue, reports tbe following patents just granted to Pittsburg and Allegheny inventors: T. J. Blake, starching machine; John EaVrell, whip; H. W. Fisher, stripping tool, etc.; T. W. Fitch, wire rod mill; J. J. Franks, molding apparatus; Frank Moore, triple valve for automatio brake mechanism; T. M. Bees, balanced valve; John Boberts, electric cigar lighter; T. W. Welsh, fluid pressure signaling valyev Blankets! Blankets! Blankets! Immense assortment, all priees and all colors. - Huars & HjlOkz. ttssu Messrs. French, Keadrlek 6c Co. Wish to call your attention to their card of thanks, top of page 8. DISPATCH, T OTERTHEMOUNTAINS. Alice MacGowan Starts on a Thousand-Mile Trip Horseback. CAUGHT IN A THUNDER STORM, In the Midst of Which a White-Robed Luna tic Disputes the Way. THE 8T0ET OF A TENNESSEE EOBSE ICOKJtZSrOKDXXCX OF TUX DISrJLTCB.1 BAKEB8TJ.I.I.E, N. C, September & I havelelt Cloudland and the hotel, aban doned my trnnk and all It contained, turned my back upon my faithful railroad pass and sent it convoying the trnnk to Chatta nooga; while I, with a toothbrush, a pocket handkerchief, and a rnbber coat, ride a roundabout way of some 1,000 miles to the same point The little, black, mountain-bred mare is mine, and we two are going to make the journey alone. I am armed and panoplied for the work before me. My riding cat) has given place to a broad-brimmed soft felt hat of the dashing, rebel cavalryman sort; and, as Phebe's beauty is decidedly of the wild and rakish style, I am a little afraid we don't present an entirely staid and conventional appearance, I have a pair of large calfskin shoes. Everybody advised me to get them, and I would advise everybody to get them when starting ont upon such a trip. Their weight, size and coarseness I bear with Christian fortitude and meekness; bnt the double barreled, four-horse power, steam calliope squeak, which can be heard all over a large summer hotel and halfway across a village, is a bitter pill for my proud spirit I cringe inwardly every rasping yap-they fetch. I must find some way to stop it, or they will destroy my mental poise, and make me lose my grip on myself. But I tell you as the beautitnl and anstocratio looking you'ng lady at the railroad eating house said of the potatoes, "Them's the jockeys for me," when going up or down a wild mountain road I get to a place so bad I have to dismount and lead my horse over rocks and through water. They know they are indespensible; they have, as it were, the "dead wood" on me, ro they yell demoni acally whenever they get me "before folks." TWO LITTLE TEHEOKS. There is, I admit, one thing I do fear and dread in setting out npon this trip. It is not wild beasts nor wicked men, not the river roads, perilous mountain passes nor the skittish mare. It is the nimble genus palex, vulgarly flea, and his able coadjutor and fellow conspirator, the sluggish but persevering and multifarious cimex lee tularius, vulgarly, bed-bug. I do not flinch from the "long days of labor" but the thought of the "nights devoid of ease,'r makes me groan. Tncre would be some glory in valiantly defending myself against big snakes, or wild-cats, or escaped convicts; there wonld even be some romance in going over a blufi or down a ravine, and acquiring a few picturesque injuries; but what satis faction can one derive from being slowly eaten alive by a crawly-wawly, whose name it isn't polite to mention. I am going down through Quallatown too, along the Tnckaseegee and Oconaluftee valleys, right throngh Lo's country the North Carolina Indian reservation to hunt up the legend of Vengeance Creek, and dis cover the myths which gave Standing In dian, Hanging Dog Creek, Blood EocK and Chunky Gal, their respective names; and haven't I often read, in various reliable publications, the words of bitterness and warning of those who had been there, and who all stated, in terms of varying warmth and emphasis, according to their religious convictions, tbat where Lo is, there are fleas and bed-bugs galore fleas of great size, fierceness and rapacity; and bed-bugs as the sands of the sea lor numbers, and with the bull-dogged and revengeful tenacity of Lo himself? HOW THEY OPEHATE. Between the two the unfortunate traveler stands small chance. The flea possesses the power of instant translation. He is always there when heSisn't wanted; and when wanted he is absolutely nowhere. He needs none ot bnakespeare s "lernseed. with one leap he launches himself into very in visibility; and, sitting secure in space, a de materialized bit of ether, he laughs to scorn his victim's clumsy search, whereat the bite that he has bitten itches horribly. The bed-bug is possessed oi ho such ac complishments; he is vulgar, ungainly and alow-gaited; but he takes a horrible posthn mns or post mortem revenge. He comes crawling over your hands and face he, and his large family, friends and acquaintances and he says: 'Tea, now, strike!" Hijt me if you darel" And yon don't dare. You get up and make a light, by which time the bed'bug has bidden yon a laughing au revoir, and returned to his inaccessible fastnesses. O, I have waked with them both many nights, in my search after the beautiful and the picturesque; and tbe absolute certainty of many more such nights casts a large sized shadow of considerable density upon my otherwise delightful anticipations of the cruise. THE MOUNTATNEEB'S APOLOGY. These people the poorer mountaineers in the little cabins will say to you naively, "Well, stranger," or in my case, "Sis I'll keep ye if ye 'low ye can put up 'ith our 'commodations; but ye know how 'tis yer self; in bug-time folks has ter jest do the best the kin 1" "Upon which my hair stands on end, my blood rnns cold,my tongue cleaves to the roof of my mouth, and I envy Phebe, with her bundle of oats or armful of corn, which she is quite capable of defend ing against all local intruders with her ears laid fiat On her neck, and liberal bites and kicks all around. 1 was riding along the other day when I overtook a young man mounted on a pretty mare something like my own. We fell to talking horse, and he told me this little yarn: , "There was a fellow here named JoeTaft, about ten years ago, when I was a boy of 18 that had a powerful nice mare he bragged a heap on. He talked it far and near that she could outrun anything in the valley, Jim Eustis and some more fellows got together $200 and I took it over into Tennessee, where I was raised, and bought a horse I knew of there, and brought him over here just all for the purpose of beating Tatt's mare. He was a quarter horse, and he could just run like a streak of lightning; but he was the hardest-mouthed, most un controllable beast you ever saw. THE TENNESSEE FLYER. "Well, we took him out to have a trial the day after I got back, and all Jim's crowd and backers were there. I was to ride the horse, and Jim showed me where to rnn him, right across a piece of bottom land,-straight to him, while he sat on the other side. I told him that would never do; that no man living could stop tbat horse when he was in lull swing, but he sort olwmiled and said he reckoned I was afraid to ride the horse. Of course my blood was up then. I never said another word, only that I wasn't afraid, went and got on the horse and started at tbe signal. "Tbat horse went as straight across that field to Jim as a bullet and pretty near as fast. When he got within a hundred or two feet I commenced to pull at him; I sawed and pulled with all my might with out the least effect in the world. Jim sat there like a wooden man until the horse's head struck him with the force of a cannon ball, right here," touching his chest "I went on over the horse's head, Jim, the fence, a road and another fence, into the timber beyond, bnt wasn't hurt Jim lit about two-thirds of tbe way across the road on his baek, and the horse tore. right throngh the fence and Just stopped short of Jim; barely missed trampling him to death. We picked him up as limber and as senseless as a dead man, and 'twas two hours before he oould speak. And when the race came oft" and I beat Joe Taft's mate, Jim didn't ofler SUNDAY, 'SEPTEMBER to sit on a fence, or even stand in the road for me to run toward him." NATTTEE AT HEB BEST. I rode away up Cane creek yesterday, a wild and lonely road, to see old Mrs. Go forth, out on North Toe river, who is a sort of institution. She has religious ecstacies, trances and visions. She also gets a little violent occasionally, and they do sometimes talk of shutting her up in the county jail, insanity is hereditary in the family; her father is a harmless lunatic I started ont after dinner and fonnd the road lonely, wildly rngged, and picturesquely beautiful. I rode slowly under the heavily shading trees, throngh snnny stretches where shal low streams sparkled across the road, and felt more deeply than ever the glory and the beauty of living close to nature's heart, or at least of getting there occasionally. I think even Phebe, unregenerate little sinner, felt the quiet influence, for she went along soberly, hen email feet falling softly and regularly on the springy soil, or clink ing lightly on the rocky places. She stopped for the fiftieth time to drink a lew mouth iuls from a little stream, when, looking dreamily into the wood, 1 was startled to find two big liquid eyes gazing at me from among the leaves. The next moment. I saw it was a deer, crouched trembling in the thick undergrowth; then I heard, very far and faintly, the bay of a hound, and with a barely seen and heard flutter and rnstle of leaves, the poor, pretty creaturewas gone. PHEBE FBlGHTENED. I tarried so long over the beanties and allurements of the way, that day closed, and the nearly full moon was rising as I rode to the foot of a ridge, where flowed a silvery creek, tbe gap in tbe timber made by the road letting the moonbeams fall full npon its dimpled surface. "The holy time is quiet as a nun," I said to Phebe, as I sat and gazed. It is nature's revenge that when we slight and neglect her too long, giving our hearts and minds to the getting of sordid or trivial gains, we have no longer eyes lor her beau ties, nor ears for her music; that All nnmoved we hear the blackbird sine. As blind men wake not at the sudden light. But while I lingered a heavy cloud climbed up over the moon, and as I hurried on faster and faster the darkness increased. A storm broke suddenly and violently upon us. I was now on top of the ridge, the road rnnning between walls of dense laurel. Phebe was wild and trembling with terror; we only went ahead in the prolonged blazes of lightning, between which the blackness was utter and appalling, when suddenly she whirled around, almost unseating me, and ran back, snorting, some distance be fore I could get her stopped. I brought her back slowly and with difficulty, watching in the flashes for the cause of her fright There was a more than usually fierce illu mination, and I saw at some distance ahead a whitish object, lite a draped human fig ure standing in tbe road. THE OHOST IN THE BOAD. The horse saw it at the same moment and again flew round audwent back. I brought her up again, only to have the maneuvre re peated. Finally in despair for the light ning was becoming fainter and more infre quent, the rain heavier, and I knew that my destination was not more than a mile ahead I dismounted, grasped the bridle reins close to tbe bit, and dragged Phebe up towards the motionless object. She wasn't much more afraid than I was; but in my des perate anxiety to solve, if possible, tbe diffi culty, I raised my whip and' struck tbe thing at arms length. It emitted an un earthly scream; Phebe tore loose and sprang away irom me, and I stood fairly paralyzed with terror, when the shrieking voice bnrst out: "What came ye out for to see?" It flashed over me that I had found whatl came out to see with a vengeance; that this must be Mrs. Goforth in one of her "spells." I rushed back with "ye generation of vi pers" ringing after me, and found Phtbe, fortunately engaged in shying and making dashes at something I could not see. I ran right into her in the darkness, caught the. orioie, louna tne stirrup, and climbed upon her. I succeeded in getting her past the screaming woman; for, though I was more afraid, Phebe was much less so,tinceshehad seemed to realize that I was a human being. I rode as fast as I dared and soon heard voices and met several people looking for the crazy woman. One turned back toward the house with me, the others went on to bring her back. They were out nearly all night searching; and finally came in, weary and wet, bringing her in an exhausted, al most comatose condition. My curiosity was entirely satisfied, and I willingly came away this morning, leaving the celebrity I had gone so tar to interview still asleep. ALICE MacGowan. HER LUTE OF SACRIFICE, Tonne Sir, Highflyer Baa the Disease Bred In Divorce Conns. 1WBITIEX FOB TBS DISPATCH. Young Mr. Highflyer had just told young Mrs. Highflyer that he could not possibly afford just then to buy the new $20,000 house on the corner, upon which young Mrs. Highflyer had fixed her whim; and yonng Mrs. Highflyer was consequently in tears. "I thin-hink you're real mean," she sobbed. "Yes, you think that; but you never think of the sacrifices I am making every day since onr marriage to keep up the pace which you are setting." "Sacrifices? And who's made more sacri fices since our marriage than I have, I'd like to know?" she asked the brute. "This house, which we don't need, is the first thing I've ever refused you, and you've had everything else you wanted. I fail to see your sacrifices." "But I don't! Why" "Well, why what?" "Why, I haven't been engaged a single time since we married 1" Polk Swaips. A POLYGLOT STATION. Bnrdette Pats the Knilroad 'Brakemao's Falling In n New War. rWEITTEH FOB Till DIbT..TCU.j A local train swept through tbe pleasant stations tbat help to make a garden of West Philadelphia, and slowed up at Elm station. "Elm I" cried a brakeman at the front door. "El-luml" shouted his colleague in the rear; and drifting back from the forward car came the call of tbe new brakeman, Donald ClongocKetty, "TJl-lum!" The sad passenger looked wearily out at the new houses dotting the meatiow. "I'd give 10 cents," he sighed, "to know where we are." But only the soft gurgle of the conductor's punch went rippling throngh tbe car like the murmur of the April streams at Over brook. F.OBEBT J. BtTBDETTE. A Popnlar Remedy, Mr. John Keown, the worthy postmaster at Keown, Allegheny county. Pa., says: "Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy sells better than any other." The reason of this is be cause itcan always be depended upon. Let any one troubled with a severe cold give it a trial, and they will find that the first dose will relieve the lungs and make breathing easier, and that tits continued use will free the system of all symptoms ot the cold. The promptness and certainty of this remedy in the relief and cure of colds, has won for it many sincere friends, and made it very pop ular. "WSU 813 TO CINCINNATI AND RETURN. Pittsburg rnd Cincinnati Packet Una Steamer Keystone Stale Will leave foot of Wood st Monday, Sept 8, at 4 P. M , for Cincinnati. Fare, ST; round trip, 13. Or down by boat and re turn by rail, $12 CO. Tickets good until used. Jab. A. Hendebson, Supt Down tfaa Ohio. The Mayflower will make her regular ex cursion on Sunday, Sentember T. Will leave wharf, at foot of Wood street, at 2 7. M. Fare, 25o round trip. Paelob suits re-upholstered, Hatjqh Sb Kbenajt, 88-84 Water ft 1890. WHY IT WAS- DONE. City Attorney Moreland Says the Dn quesne Traction Company WAS GRANTED VALUABLE EIGHTS Because the Public Demands Eapld Transit to the East End. THE ALLESnENI WHABF CASE AKGDED City Attorney Moreland yesterday filed the answer of the city of Pittsburg in the suits of the Pittsburg Traotion Company, lessee of the Central Transit Company, against the Duquesne Traction Company, the city of Pittsburg and others. The suits were brought to restrain tbe Duquesne Traction Company from constructing and operating its line on Ellsworth and Center, avenues, the plaintiffs claiming a prior right to occupy those streets. In the answer it is stated that the Central Transit Company has no right to Center avenne, because tbe city only granted it a right to construct its line providing it got the consent of the Central Passenger Bailway Company. This it never obtained, and cannot get As to Ellsworth avenue, the plaintiffs have no rights on it, because they never obtained the consent of the local authorities. Continuing, it said: "It being the intention of tbe Duquesne Traction Company to extend its throngh line to points, eastward far beyond any point now reached by the rapid transit line, and the specified portions of Ellsworth ave nue being a necessary part ot the route of the Duquesne Traction Company, it will be greatly to the disadvantage of the public to have the project of the Dnquesne Traction Company defeated bv excluding it irom Ellsworth avenue, and this result would benefit no-one save- the Pittsburg Traction Company, and would only benefit it by en abling it to maintain a monopoly of the transportation of passengers to and irom the East End; and this notwithstanding the fact that said Pittsburg Traction Company is now unable to furnish full facilities to those desiring rapid transit to the city from the East End. "The action of the city in granting its consent to the Dnquesne Company and its allied lines to construct and operate its lines of street railway was largely influ enced by these considerations. Undoubt edly it will be greatly to the interest ot property owners and to the city of Pittsburg and to the people at large to have a com plete line of railroad to and from the resi dent portion of the East End to the busi ness portion of the city, thus affording rapid transit, and defendant believes it accom plished this result by granting its consent to the Duquesne Traction Company and its allied lines. The Central Transit Company, since December 4, 1886, has not taken any steps to build a line on Center or Ellsworth avenues, and under the facts as. they existed when the ordinance was passed for the Du quene Traction Company, it was obvious that the Central Transit Company could not and did not bnild on Ellsworth avenne." In conclusion, it was asked that the suit be dismissed. GEHJDDf G THEM OUT FAST. Almost Any Nomber of Divorces Wanted and Being Granted. The divorce asked for by Elvira Mlnnick from her husband, W. J. Minnick, was granted yesterday. The parties to the suit will be remembered as the Braddock, couple who created a sensation in the courts several months ago, the wife having secured the husband's incarceration in Dixmont for al leged insanity, and whence he was released by an order of conrt The testimony of the wife in her petition lor divorce alleged cruel treatment, which was not combatted by the respondent A divorce was also granted to Clara O. Smink from her husband, William Smink. Tbe latter is a baseball plaver and tbe ground for the action was based on the hus band's conviction sometime ago for bigamy, he having been proven to have had two wives living. On the ground of desertion there were sev eral petitions granted. Charles Zeller against Katharine Zeller; Annie Alsop against Thomas Alsop; Thomas L. Thomas against Annie Thomas; Jennie Peterson against Henry E. Peterson and B. T. For ney against Harriet B. Forney. In the lat ter case tbe couple were married at Waynes burg, Greene county, in December 1884, and the wife left him fonr years later. She testified that he abnsed her and it appeared she had brought several charges of assault and battery against him that were taken to court and settled there. She testified to having been educated by a banker of Waynesbnrg named Lantz, with whom she lived. The libellant objected to that charge and testified tbat she had been expelled from Curry University for being "fast," and also that he had paid part of her tuition there. The petition oi Elizabeth Schafer for di vorce from her husband, Henry Schafer, was refnsed. A divorce on the ground of desertion was granted to Augusta Koth from her husband, Edward Both. In the new cases for divorce James D. Lambie was appointed Commissioner to take testimony; James K. Mills against Mary A. Mills; J. A. Emery in the case of Lese'tte Turner against Julius M. Turner; J. Grant Hays in the case of Alice S. Mc Gregor acainst Charles H. McGregor, and Andrew Fisher in the case of Elizabeth Bichards against James Bicbjrds. A subpoena in divorce was awarded to Anna Kohler against Jacob Kohler on the ground of being an habitual drunkard. Testimony was filed in the cases of Mary J. Tippev against James Tippey, desertion since 1887 being alleged, and in tbe case of Ida J. Mullen against Joseph Mullen, abnse and drunkenness being alleged. ABGTJED THE WHABF CASE. Left for tho Conrt to Ccntlnue the Innne tlon if It bees fit. The final argument in the suit of Beese & Thorn and others against the city of Pitts burg and Chief Bigelow, of the Department of Pnblio Works, to restrain tbem from dumping dirt along the Allegheny river wharf and making alterations there, was heard yesterday morning by Judge Slagle. J. S. Ferguson, Esq., appeared for the plaintiffs, and maintained that the city had no authority to make changes which, it was asserted, would unfit the place for wharf purposes, to which it was dedicated. He cited a number of legal authorities in sup port of his position. City Attorney Moreland appeared for the defense. He argued that the changes being made did not injure tbe wbarf, but instead, improved it; and as it now stands, it is ot use only to a few, including tbe plaintiffs. He asked tbat the case be dismissed. APPB0YED BY THE JUDGES. HcKeesport and Cbarilers Township to Have New Sub-Divisions. . J. E. Patterson, 'James Campbell and Bobert Taylor, the commissioners appointed to redivide McKeesport borough into more wards, yesterday filed their report in the Quarter Sessions Court The new division gives the borough eight wards instead of fonr, as heretoiore. The new boundaries, etc., were submitted by the commissioner! and approved by Judge Magee. W. W. Shaw, D. G. Foster and J. W. Bell, who were appointed commissioners to divide Chartiers township into election dis tricts, also filed their report It divides the township into seven districts. Tho report was approved by Judge Collier. Lota of New Cltlaena. Twenty-eight new citizens were natural, ized yesterday in the United States Court. Tbe greater portion of them were natives of the British Isles. '- WTTT. ffET.r. THE BOAS. Tbe Squirrel Bill Company -Given the HIht to Dispose of Its Effect". An application was made in Common Pleas No. 2 yesterday by James Benny, Be ceiver of the'Squirrel Hill Bailroad Com pany, for leave to sell tbat road and all its effects. The application averred that the road is unable to pay its debts, and the best interests of all concerned demand the sale. An order was made directing tbe sale to take place on September 27 at the Court House to the highest bidder, tbe purchaser to pay $10,000 down and the Dalanee at con firmation of sale. " The date and place of sale is to be made by proper publication, and the 'whole pro ceeding is to be subject to confirmation by the conrt THE W0BKH0 USE AKD IHE PES EeeelTB a Number of New Inmates From This Term of Conrt. A number of sentences were imposed yesterday in tbe Criminal Court by Judge Magee. Andrew Gangwisch, the cripple who was convicted'of two charges of bur glary, was sentenced two years to the peni tentiary. For pointing firearms Edward Madison and Frank Debold each received six months and John Allen one year to the workhouse. Frank Bedenkovitz received two months to the workhouse for larceny. George Binder, for larceny from the person, was sent six months, and Mary Debold, for. sell ing liquor without a license, four months to the workhouse. Belensed to Look After His Family. Judge Magee yesterday ordered the re lease of William Moore from the workhonse at the request of Magistrate Hyndman. lr ;e was committed on August 30, by Magistrate Hyndman, for 30 days on a charge of disorderly conduct. Yesterday, however, he asked the Conrt to release Moore on acconnt of the destitute circum stances of his family, for whose support he is needed. Judge Magee granted the re quest, and Moore was released. Charged With Rnl.Inr a Bilk United States Deputy Marshal Blair yes terday brought Theodore Bloom from Du Bois and lodged him in jail here, to await trial in the United States District Court Bloom is charged with altering a $1 silver certificate and making a $10 bill out of it by changing the figures. Honday' Trial List. Criminal Conrt Commonwealth vs. William Cox, David Madden (2), Morana Koschef.Lena King, frank fJlitzne, Susan McOlade, Joseph Keenan, John Miller, alias Sidney. A Hpprless Case. rWKlTTJHt FOB THE EISPATCH. Pity, dear friends, mv direful case: I'm haunted by a noman's face A face so radiantly pare and fair. Such as an apgel e'en migbt wear. In church or street at rout or play, No matter where my footsteps stray, Although I fail ber name to learn, I meet her face at every tarn. I take my latest magazine I shall escape her now, I ween And hie me to a qniet nook. I turn the pages of my book Alas, 'tis vain; ber face alone A face I ne'er can call my own Looks archly out from printed page. And 'gainst my will my thoujihu engage: For, seest that glowing evenine star Tbat sheds its radiance from afar T Tbat star is quite as near to me As ever that fair maid can be. All tbis I know, and yet confess I worship still such loveliness. No tongue can tell, no pencil paint The beauties of tbis earthly saint. The flush of morning lurks witbln The rounded cheek and dimpled chin; Such graceful curves her form displays, Unhampered by tbe torturing stays. x long 10 ciasD ner to my neart, Xhongh fate decrees we dwell apart. ENVOT. And shall I tell the reason why To make ber mine I ne'er can hope 7 Because, yon see, she figures as An "ad." for a complexion soap. Elizabeth Fijkt Wads. Comforts! Comforts! Comforts! Cotton from $1 00 to 5 00 each; Eider down from 5 00 upward; assortment now complete. Huous & Hacks. TTSSU 81-Until September 10. 1890-83 30. 12 cabinet photos, (1, or a life-size crayon portrait, 3 60. Auirecht's Elite Gallery, 516 Market st, Pittsburg. Bring children. Thanks. See card of thanks, top of page 8. Mattbesses made and renovated. Hauoh & Keenan, 33-34 Water st. BLANKETS ARE THE STRONGEST NONEGENUINE WITHOUT tmcBA LABEL The 5'A Baker is Best of AU. Its strongest endorsement Is Its use by Bailroad, Express and Fire Companies In all large cities. There zn30 other itvlu of 5iV Horse Blankets, each at its Cost The Best you can buy. &A Extra Test ranks next to ,VA Baker. 3A Five Mile Is so named because each blanket has five miles of warp threads SUA. Boss Stable is a giant In strength and 5tV Electric very strons for out-door use. SX Horse Blankets are tor sale by all dealers. The different styles are shown in the SIX Book which you can get Free from your dealer. Ask for it. If yonr dealer does not handle B Good, write to tba manufacturers, WM. AYItES & BOSS, PMladelphlsr sp-7 91-ir 5A HOPPER BROS, k CO.S Exhibit at the Exposition is a fair sample of our general line of. stock kept at the store. We hope you will take the trouble of visiting us, while at the Ex position. Of course, you know where we are on Wood st., 307 is the number, when you want to purchase a bill, cash or credit. I i OUB HUBSEBD2S ALSO. English Capitalists After a Promlneat la dnstry of Western New York. Bochzsteb, N. T., September 6. To day it transpired that for several weeks ne gotiations have been in progress that may result in the sale of a number of Western New York nurseries to an English syndi cate. It is said that the combination in cludes 18 of the principal nursery firms in this section. Mr. Bouse, of the firm of Jones & Bouse, said: "The matter is but in embryo. Several of the nursery firms stated to the Englishmen what they would do in the way ol combination, but tbe syndi cate has given us no decision yet We can not say, of course what will be done in the matter. There are many advantages to D gained by such a combination." Several of the nurserymen admitted that negotiations for a general combination were in progress. When baby was sick, we gave her CastorU, When she was a Child, she cried for CastorU, When she became Miss, she clung to Castorls, When she had Children.she gave them CastorU ao5-T7-5TWTStt PAIS! PAO! PAH! The Terrible Suffering of a Lidy Hsf Neighbors Thought She Mast Die. As farther evidence of tbe cures made by tho catarrh and dyspepsia specialists of S23 Penn avenne, and of patients who have suffered from disease In Its most aggravated form, ana after they had exhausted all available meant elsewhere. Is tbat of Mrs. Henry Hunziker. who resiacs at 219 Colwell street Irx tb Eleventh ward, of this city. J&fcs?J&s.x mmmm ss st7ti-- its ti2a Jlrs. Henry Hunziktr. Ibe aches and pains she had in almost every part of her body were simply unbearable. Im mediately after eating, ber stomach would be seized with terrible pain and cramps, which would continue until sbe would Tomit up her food, and tbe gas that formed would canse her stomach to swell as if It wonld bnrst. In fact all kinds of food except milk wonld canse pain. She bad pain oyer ber eyes, dizziness and noisrs in ber ears. Her mouth would haye a bitter, disagreeable taste every morning. She bad vain In both sides and across the small of ber baok, and in the night if sbe lay on ber left side she would be seized with tbe most ex cruciating pain, and ber heart wonld palpitate as if it would jump oat of ber body. Night sweats weakened her fast, and she had a constant tired feelinir, bet more tired in the morning than on going to bed. While In mis condition she consnlted the above special ists, whose reputation for making permanent cures has lon since become thoroughly estab lished. She says of the matter: "Although I had doctored with several phy sicians and with patent medicines, I Ot no re lief, bnt gradually grew worse. In faot my neighbors and even 1 myself thought I could only live a few montns. Reading in the papers how Mrs. Bratt had been cured of terribla cramps and pains by th catarrh specialists at 323 Penn avenne I took a conrsa of treatment and now I gladly testify to my complete cure ot all my acnes and pains as above described. 1 cheerfully recommend these specialists to all snfferlnz from catarrh or stomach trouble. Siened with my own band. -.MRS. HENRY HUNZIKER." Please remember these catarrh specialists are permanently located at 3-5 Penn avenue and nnwhere elsp in tlm city. Office hnnrs, 10 a. M. to 4 r. II, and 6 to 8 P. X. Sundays. 12 to 4 F. St. Consultation free toan. Patientstreated suc cessfully at home by correspondence. Send two ¢ stamps for question blank and ad. dress all letters to the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute. 323 Penn avenne. Pittsburg. A GREAT BARGAIN 1 SOLID 14 KARAT GOLD Flalrd Of rr ran SUnrlst or Sllrrr Ore. niTIIC C1SE OB OPED FACE. UDlES'Os CERTS' SIZE. Tor tO Djti w.will lend till .te-.nl w.tch nr tilii t" UmxttnordDMTT low ua ot $10 SO, jmt one-tMrd tl regular frit. Fttfcd complete; with on of the tnrat, moit "?' J" perpct moTemeota eTer offered for nle nt any xricef oil Jrwelrl, mperJlT ornamented, Tffculated and adjusted to perfection, war anted perfect timekeeper, and eoiiaf in appearance to many watcnea retailed at I mm (40 0O to $50 00. NO 3IOVET REQimJED Until Alter Full Examination. Cot tola ont and send It with your order and we wCl fend toe watch to yon by express C. O. D. Yon eiamlnettatlbe expreat oBee, andlf astifactoT pay tie aeent S10JO and express eharrea. andltlayoitrSfOtnerwfseTon pay norhine and It win to retnrnaet at onr expense. Tfclf prlee Is for SO dan only. Addreaf TllE SiTIOXiX SITO 0 ISH'OKTHII CO , (tneorporatad.) 191 and 153 Clark Street, Chita jk, UL S67-95 & rjassa:-cii--,,-ijitSij THIS MONTH. pNEXT MONTH. til. '
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