?r& A HEVIEW OF SPORTS, Good and Dad Points of the Various National League Teams in the East and West. REHIRES ABOUT THE LOOAL CLUB. The Beneficial Remits That Will Follow the Setr lllianca of the Amateur Organizations. PROSPECTS OP HOMEW00D EACE8. Ojidass ilett tie Ccnir-g Glcre Bittlt Bitmen Jtek icn ul Corbett. Chilly winds carrying with them a good supply of biting frosts are not altocether conducive to the success of baseball. It takes quite a quantity of really unadulter ated enthusiasm to prompt one to watch a ball game when one has to go through va rious kinds of acrobatic feats to keep warm. It is, therefore, safe to say that cold weather Is a Tory trying time for baseball. If it can hold up its head triumphantly amid the cold winds it will be a big success at other times. "Well, during the week just ended there has been some very cold weather in deed, and despite that fact, judging from reports, the games at the various cities have been very well attended; in fact, the patronage bestowed gives very strong indi cations of a very successful year financially. There has alto been a slight improvement in tbe playing ot the various teams in the league, although the quality of playing is yet still far below par. We cannot expect to see the real out and out contest of the first rank until everybody in the contest has gotten warmed up thoroughly. But we have had some excellent contests, and the fact that the teams iu the races are, gen erally speaking, so close together, shows that matters are alicady quite exciting. Al though the coutcst is a close onr at the start, it may soon develop into one of a more one cided'kind. I don't hesitate to say that one or two teams are being greatly favored now by what may be called the stroke of fortune. By this I mean that as soon as all tbe teams get down to their best work, some who are new playing a very prominent part may take a considerable drop. This has been so in the past, and will certainly be so again, not only in the League, hut in other organiza tions. In dealing with baseball contests we must never forget that they are to a very great extent different to almost any other outdoor contest that we know of. I know of nothing more uncertain, and I know of nothing wherein public form is, as a rule, so misleading. For instance, we may have a team which is regularly near the foot of the list, and jet that team may down tbe very best team in the country three times out of every five times they rueeL "Vc have all seen results of this land, and these results very plainly show that there arc indeed many elements to con sider when discussing baseball affairs. And there is another tact, viz., that the strongest team we can put together are, at any time, quite liable to make a very sorry show, and to continue that ery sorry show for a very longtime, lint no doubt It is tills uncertainty In trie natlon.il game tbat males It so interest ing, and tlicrcforo so popular. Were one team aluatsso certain or defeating anotner, as Is a superior uller.of defeating his Interior, every tln.e they met, we would tlra of baseball verj. very soun. Tliere is notbing like honest uncer taintj. Well, wc have plenty of 1 Jan o In tbe leag e race, ami auj body wno can pick tlio winner Mill perform quite a task. Of course e can all guess. I trust tbat the race Mill continue In a way tbat It will always tbouud uith uncertainties. The Teams In General. To-morrow the Eastern teams will begin tbelr first battlo In the West this season, and H mar not bo out of place to say a few words about them. For a long time I have noticed that tbe Eastern contingent ot the League Is always welcome In tbe Western part and I suppose the case is vice veisa. Many of us invariably have a notion tbat tbe great teams must necessarily como from the las.. Tins is not a notiun of mine, but I am mjiiick liar, disposed to think that at the present time tue East has slightly the bet ot the argument. But like tbe Wen cm teams those in the East are far from being in their best form, 'llio -New York; are un doubtedly getting better every day and they nucht tu uo In verj good couditioj whea they commence hotllitiiis hero to-morrnw. But it scemi to nie that the present New York team will ncter be as reliable and as brilliant as were the .New Yorks who won the pennant during rtcent;eais. lucre are good men no doubt In the preeut New York team, but bow vastly theymut improve to equal the work ot tbe former champions who made such a battle rgaiust I$'-tu'i! True there are many of tho tatuepUjcrs bit it dues not follow that they are piatmg u.ll the sinie skill ana unity, end It may be that the pitching force of the Giants this ear will not be as reliable as It u-i d to be. Already tbere are indications of Tom Kvfe bciug on tbe wane, at least the Kcw York club talks ot releasing him. I also firruli believo that in coming to Pittsburg the Kew Yorks meet the strongest team in the est. Boston by all accounts is also In diffi culties. 'Ihe pitchers of tbe team aro in bad shape and this may be a fatal blow to tbat team's chances of winning the pennant. It serms to me tbat the Boston club has made one very grave mistake, viz: in working Clark son so hard at the very start of tbe contest, lie pitched iu tbe opening games just as he world pitch in the fall and as a result his "arm is sure." lie might hive lookea for nothing else. Boston bad younger men who could have occn utilized with ad vantage even though defeat were tho result. Philadelphia is another team tbat is alrcad In difficulties. Ihey, too, lack good piicntr, aud until tbeyget oue or two 11. cy are alwajs likely to make a more or less pojr show. Jobu Ward's team so lar has been quite a disappointment. From the first I have i.eer been able to see how the Brooklyn team could rank with some others In tbe Lcague,and If the Bridegrooms succeed in finishing near the top. Iwill begreally surprised. Thn lower down the list the Brooklyns get. of coarse tbe Morse it will ue lor John Ward. Butbo selected tils own pith. Tbe Western teams are getting better. Probably tbe team in tbe best condi tion iu the western section are the Chicago, and it may nut be unsafe to say tbat they are almost in as good a trim now as tbeywillbe tins season. If this is true. It means tbattney are much lighter than the majority or .League clubs. Cleveland continues to do well, but 1 fully anticipate a big drop for our genial neigh bors, although I woula be very sorry to see it. Cincinnati 13 eetting stronger every day, and witu any kind of cooa fortune that team should do very well. Our Own Team. To say tbe least of lt,our own team have been disappointing so far; they have been disap pointing in that they have not played as well as they can play. Once or twice they have given cs glimpses of what they can do, but there has been an irregularity about their work that bas wearied almost every admirer they have. Now 1 am not at all going to "toast" the club or any body else, because tbere is not sufficient reason to c!o so. Tbe season hasn't progressed far (ti.owgb yet for us to say definitely ihat this or tbat is an absolute failure. The truth is I have jus. as much faith In the local team as lever bad, anu until I am saiish;a that they cannot get down to tbeir best form X will continue to Lave faith iu them. They have shown us that tbey are capable of playing the veiy best kind of ball: but tbey have been unable to sustain that first-class form. Probably the local team hate taken part in the very best League games this year. But w e will bave a much better chance to judge our team during the next two or three weeks, while they are contesting against tbe Kagiern teams. 1 am not uuinindlulof tbe lact that tbere are still many complainings about the makeup of tfau team. Miller con tinues to be the target o the complaincrs, but judziug from what President O'Nell said to me the other day I tancy that George will 1 eniain at short a few days longer. Let me say a word or two about Jlillcr. lam nut going to make an apology; not at all. but simply stato a fact or two. .Miller bas played short in the worst posihf u:o lasuion, ana ne has piayea it oruiiauuy. The latter gives hope that be may become steadied in his play, aud make a first-class man; for wo must nut forget that be Is an expert. mem. Well, is not this hope suflclent to in duce tie management to keep hold of him un til all cope is gone? I think It Is. But at tbe rams time I am disposed to think that not ranoh harm could result from giving Laroqne a trial. Mr. O'Neil told me the other day that three or four men most bt released, ai the Club could not carry Is men. Well, would It sot be poller to see what Laroone can do as foouas j9Hibler Of eourse, we can all begin to make tip the team for tbe management, but rhr presumption does not lead me tbat far. In making up the team I certainly defer to the judgment nf AJanager Hanlnn. 1 am talking now ab ut a matter of policy when 1 refer to the cae of baroque. If wunnlT had short all right 1 am quite .itifivl with, the team. Ptclds I think, will be released and Bercer re tairtd. lam informed tSat tho latter is more reliable than "Jocko." and Is improving. If he takes due care of himself he may become prominent before the season is out. Ot course, Smith will be released, but there is some un certainty about the others. Tcere is a strong desire, I mean public desire, to bave Maul re tained, and I don't think tbe Idea a bad one. Albert is quite a good general player, and he Is always a first-class substitute for any out fielder that maybe sick or injured. It Miller comes nut all right I bave amotion tbat Manl will be kept and that Laroqne will be re leased. At any rate It is not likely tbat both Maul and Laroqne will be retained, A Sensible Alliance. After considerable labor and anxiety the L. A V. and tbe A. U. U. have joined hands. An alliance between them has been formed and all good amateur athletes will teel glad at the result. In my way of thinking the effecting of the alliance has been one of the events of the week because it holds out a strong hope tbat all these quarrels which ot recent years have threatened the stability of amateurism will be done away with; at least they will be greatly diminished. Both the LAW. and tbe A U. Tj. are strong organizations and I am led to be lieve free from tbat maundering andpnritanlc sentiment which bave raised so many ama teur organizations. That there bas been a rivalry between them may be true but I be lieve tbat each organization has ever bad the welfare of amateur sports at heart and it seems to me that it was only tbe. prosecntiou of this desire that lead to the quarrel which pro duced the allianco In question.. 1 refer to the suspension of a number of wheelmen some time ago. That caused a scnsation'in amateur circles and taking evervtbingloto consideration was not a bad move. But we need not again discusj the "expense." What I want to draw attention to is t,-e leading features of the al liance. I do this because we bavo in our midst a member and a very flourishing member of the A. TJ. U. Here are the conditions of the compact: First-All cycling events Jn the championship or other meetings of the A. A. U.. or of its asso ciations or clubs, shall be given under the rules or the L. A. V. tecond-Every cyclist shall be subject to.test as to his amateur standing exclusively by the provi sions or the constitution of the U A. V. denning an amateur. . . Tliiid Cliarees against anv cyclist shall he trl-rt hrth. 1. A IV. lTppnt that a CTClISt A member or an A. A. U. club shall be tried by a committee 01 three, one of whom shall be named b) the A. A. U., one by the L. A. W.. and the th Ird member bv the two -so chosen, provided the accused shall, within 20 days alter the receipt of a copy or such charges, submit to the Kaclng Hoard proof or his A. A. U. membership and claim trial by such committee. rourth-The League or American Wheelmen shall annually, or at snrh time and for such pcr!olas it miy deem advisable, appoint a dele gate who shall act with and constitute one or the Hoard of Uovernors of the A. A. U.. and shall havci vote upon all questions coming before said hoard, ana a right to sit upon committees and take pirt In all the actions thereof as fully as mem trs,of the board elected from the several associa tions of tbe A. A. U., aud to the same extent and in like manner as tho delegates from the Horth American Turner llnnd. Fifth These articles of alliance shall be term inable by cither party npon SOdays' written notice to the other. In caseor disagreement between tbe L. A. W. and the A. A. U. upon anv point cov ered by these article, the ttiuo slii'l be submitted to the Board or Goernors or the A. A. U.. In cluding the meinbcm of the board appointed by the L. A. , 'lurnerKund and any other asso rlatl n In the alliance with the A. A. U. and hsrlni- drlpirntn nnon the snld board. In witness whereof Ihe Amateur Athletic Union, 1 by Its President and Secretary, thereunto amy authorized, aud tbe League or American Wheel men, by the Chairman and Secretary of Its jilnt committee, therennto duly authorized, have duly executed these articles. The Local Shooting Tournament. As a rnle Plttsbnrgers never do things by halves. They "go tbe whole liogor none." And it this is true about any class ot men in Alle gheny county it is certainly true of the trap shooters. During tbe week tbey have had a three-day tournament under the personal man agement of Messrs. E. E. Bbaner, Jim Crow and F. F. Davlsdu. I take exceeding pleasure in stating that in all respects the tournament was a successful one. If tbe opinions of those who were there go for anything at all, tben we must conclude tbattt was the best ever held in Pittsburg. There is a great' pleasure in noting this, because It means that trap shooting is bo coming moro popular here every year. It is not many years since a good trap-shooting contest ot even one day's duration was a raro thing In Pitlsburg: but wo have cue-day shoots every week now, and very good ones they are, too. This .increased popularity has undoubtedly been brought abont by the energy shown by the local gun clnbs, and every encouragement should be given to the latter by those wno find pleasure in gun shooting. Bat it is also worthy of note tbat while -tbere, are more people Interested now in the sport in question than there used to be in and about Pittsburg there Is certainly a much Improved quality of shoot ing. Tbere is every hops that next year's tournament will be tbe best In the history of gun shooting In Pittsburg. The Ilomewond Races; To-morrow week tbe entries for tbe Home wood spring trotting meeting will close, and before tbe month is out we will have a chance to go out to the track and see the contests of trotters and pacers once more. Secretary Mc cracken tells me tbat the prospects of the meeting are ot tho very best. Of course, a statement of this kind is wbatws would all under ordinary circumstances call "chest nuity," that is, we would not expect tho gen ial Secretary to say anything else. But in this instanco Mr. McCracken is stating exactly what Is true. The prospects of the meeting are good, indeed, and the probabilities are tbat tbere will be abantlZO or 130 entries, together with the stable of IS horses owned by the Myrtlo Poek Company. Ot course my readers well know that as. far as tho spilng meeting is concerned, Pittsburg is a member of tbe Southeastern circuit, which includos Philadel phia, Baltimore, Washington and Pittsburg, The circuit opened on Tuesday at Baltimore and there were four days ot excellent racing. The attendance was also large each day, and that is certainly a very bopefnl sign. This week tho racing will be at Belmont Park, Philadelphia, and there are 110 entries for tbe meeting. Pittsburg's meeting ought to be even a bigger success than the others because there is more money being offered here, a.d the probability is that tbere will be larger entries. Certainly tbero will be a good class of hopes here and that will make the sport; but spring meetings, as a rule, aro always fnll of excitement be cause of the uncertainty ot the horses so early in tbe year. Already tbe stables at flomewood are fully occupied by horses tbat are training there, and there are several good goers among tbe lot. The track never was In better shape, and its condition shows that tbe officials have spared no expense in getting it into a condition that makm it one of the very best in tbe country. It is not too mnch to say tbat the directors of the Driving Park Association are showing a deal of rouraceln giving $0,000 .in purses. They deserve to be patronized and well at that. Tho success of the spring meet ing will make an extraordinary summer meet ing certain, because if things come out right at the early meeting some special inducements will bo offered for the following one. 1 un derstand that tbe association is almost entirely free from debt, and that a reasonable margin on the right side at the spring raci will about even matters up. If this could be attained it will be a great credit 10 tbose gentlemen who bave battled against bigotry ana even tyranny so long. Let us try and make the meeting a success. Jackson and Corbett. Tbe date of the Jackson and Corbett glove battle at San Francisco Is approaching so rapidly that I mnst not besitato much longer or else I will not get my say on tbe matter before it is over. As the day of contest gets nearer tbe interest in it increases, and it is increasing at a very rapid rate. Tbere are two or three things tbat make the contest of more than ordinary interest. One is the .fact tbat tbe winner bas to ftgbt Slavln; another is that neither Corbett nor Jackson has been defeated in America, and the third is that Jackson is the first really acknowledged good pugilist whom Corbett will have faced. Well, I suppose we'll bave to tackle tbe old question: Who will win? 1 bave courage enough to make tbe venture. But before discussing the probable outcome let me say thai tbe most conflicting reports are in circulation about tbe condition of the two men. A friend of mine wntes me that both men are training bard and are in as good con dition as tbeir respective friends can wish. I am ir.clit.ed to believe this statement. I as sume then that both Corbett and Jackson will meet each other in the beat condition, and If this turns out to be the case I certainly expect Jackson to win. Let us discuss tbe matter. Corbett is a powerful and activo young fellow, with a certain amount of experience. He is a very active boxer. Ho came Into prominence by, according to report, besting Kllrain in six rounds. That in itself does not go far with me. because when Kilraln stands up and tights a very good man Is no: needed to knock him out, and he stood np and fought Cor bett, believing he could knock -the latter out. But when Corbett bad much tbe better of 'the contest at tbe end of six rounds be declined to continue It, although Kilraln requested him to do so. In that Corbett did not show the pluck of a really first-class man. I may-alio state tbat Corbett made a very creditable fight against ChoynslskL These two events are In chief Corbett's "great" contests. Jackson bas had considerable experience and bis contests are so well known that it would seem useless to recapitulate them. I will deal briefly with one. via, his late contest with Qod dard in Australia. There bas besn mnch Said against Jackson regarding that battle because it Is alleged that he was defeated. He was defeated in a sense. He undertook to knock Goddard out in eight rounds and failed. But that does not make Goddard a batter man than Jackson, We mult bear in salsa that a. THE man who undertakes to knock another out in a given number of rounds Is handicapped more than we really think. There is little or no rest for blm; he has to ilgbt all the time, and possi bly may defeat himself Well, then, Jackson and Corbett aro going to fight to -a finish ana things will be aillorcnt. In my estimation Jackson bas proven himself to be m the very foremost rang of pugilists we have, to-day. Corbett has not done this yet. 01 course, as I bave often said about other people, Corbett may be a wonder, bnt I will nover pin any faith to an nntried man In the hope tbat he is a wonder. The probabilities aro tbat be not a wonder, and If be Is not be will not de feat Jackson, because be has not had experi ence enough. Some people are of opinion tbat Corbett's intelligence will pull blm through. Jackson la not a fool; besides, tbere very often come stages in a prize fight where intelligence is soon scattered to the winds for tbe time be ing. Bo far Corbett has not satisfied me that he is a terrific hitter, and I am Inclined to think that it will need some very powerful blows to down tbe colored man. At any rate, all being well, I expect to hear of Jackson being tbe victor. Other Pugilistic Events. Outside ot tbe Jackson and Corbett contest there is not mnch more of a prominent kind In tbe pugilistic world. It bas been definitely set tled tbat Slavln undertakes to knock Kllrain ont in .ten rounds. If tbe affair is not, an en tirely business affair Slavln ought to accom plish his task without very much trouble. But really tbere are so many suspicions transac tions going on nowadays among the leading pugilists that one is never sure of anytbing be ing honest. Arrangements bave definitely boen made for a battle between George Dixon and Willis, the Australian. Tbe latter has re cently made a yerj creditable showing In tian Francisco: in fact, the showing was so credit able tbat the California Athletic Clnb on tbe strength of it offered a purse for a battle be tween Dixoo and Willis. .They havo agreed to tight some time in June. Willis may be a good man, but I will be hard to convince that he is good enough to defeat Dixon. Tbe latter bas proven bimsolt to bo a fighter of tho best kind. We still bear a few words now aud then abont the coming contest botween Hall and Fitzsimmons. Slnco I last wrote anytbing about it there bas nothing occurred to change i my opinion. I bave a strong notion that Fitz simmons wilt win, wnaiever way it goes. i be sure it is his turn to win because be did tbe "lying down" the last time they met. They are not new in tbe business of taking part in fraudulent battles; indeed, Mr. Fitzsimmons himself bas told ns all about it already. Bowen and Merer will soon meet again and It is somewhat difficult to get much information abont them. The last time tbey met Bowen was the victor, and Meyer alleges that be was beaten because of not being in good condition. Since tbat contest there have been many cbanges and many events. Since tben Bowen has refused to fight Gibbons, and none of us can tell hew matters are standing between Messrs. Meyer and Bowen. At any rate I don't propose tofinterfere wiib it. Slavin continnes to make a good impression among the citizens of this country by his frank ness and unassuming manners. Opinions re garding his abilities as a pugilist are varied, many of the best judges claiming tbat be is a first-class man, being very active and a very powerful hitter. But we will know all abont him by and by. Pbinolk PERQUISITES OP SENAT0BS, Freedom of the Bath and Barber Shop and Other little Things. New York Sun. There are many other perquisites and privileges besides ample clerical assistance enjoyed at Government expense and that cause jealousy to rankle in the bosom of the members of the Lower House. For instance, tbe Senators are bathed and shorn and shared free of expense, while all tbat the representatives get free is an occasional bath. Their tentorial privileges they must pay for like an outsider. The Senate barber shop and bathroom is a delightful place, with its marble doors, lace curtains, steam heat, and perfumed fountains. It is so attractive that Senators will pntron iis no other shop under any circumstances, and it is a fact that certain old gentlemen who once were Senators, but now are not. still patronize the free barber. Some' of them who live in Washington come early and often, evidently thinking that a Senator once is a Senator always. Others only call on their occasional visits to 'Washington, a In addition to the barber shop tbe Sena tors use the big mail wagons to transport their household goods about when they leave' or arrive in town, or when they change their domicile; they keep their horses in the Senate stables by the payment of a nominal charge, and tbey do not hesi tate to use tbe publio laborers at tbeir residences when occasion requires. So ac customed do Senators become to sponging on tbe Government that sometimes tbey store their household goods, including baby carriages and children's bicycles, in .the Capitol corridors. BLOSSOM OF THE K0SE. Why the Toper Soon Gets So He Always Has ' a Cigar Lighter. The toddy blossom on the nose, says Dr. 'William Gray, of Washington, has been for years an affliction to -the amateur inebriate. Usually he is interested as to tbe philosophy of the symptom. It is very simple. The skin that covers the nose is very full of little blood vessels highly vascular, as we say. Alcohol we-ikens the nerves which control the circulation of the blood. Thus an accumulation of blood at the end of the nasal organ closes np the mouth of one" of tbe little sweat glands which are found all Lover the body. So the perspiration fails to escape trora ine pore mat is ordinarily open; it forms a clot, and nature seeks to re move tbe clot by inflammation. That makes a toddy blossom. Long continued indulgence in an excess of alcohol occasions a general clotting of the sweat glands which results in rt swelling of the nose, so tbat a man's pro boscis may eventually assume the appearance of a sweetbread, through fatty enlargement of the degenerated tissue. .. OOTOTEBFEITS BT PHOIOQBAPtt It Is a Allstako to 8nppose That Any Pro cess Is Better Than Hand-Work. Chief Engraver Casalier, of the Bureau of Epgraving and Printing, says, through the pen of a writer in the Washington Star: Reports have been circulated to tbe effect that photographic processes of new inven tion have rendered counterfeiting so easy tbat it is a mere bagatelle to reproduce our own notes with such accuracy tbat we our selves cannot distinguish the real from the Imitation. So- far is tbat from being true that we were never so sure as we are to-day of the fact that such processes are not to be feared, and that our work oan only be dangerously imitated by the art of the skilled engraver. Against the accomplished workman with the graver's tools, whose facility in the art is equal to our own, we can never be en tirely secure, although nothing that he has done yet has been beyond detection. HOBLEMEN OH AK, EHGIHE. Novel Railroad Bide Taken by a Grand Dnlce and a Prince. . The Grand Duke oi Hesse and Prince Henry of Prussia, says a Berlin correspond ent, arrived at Fraukfort in a carriage the other evening from a bunting excursion, bat found, to tbeir disappointment, that tbeir train had just left. The Grand Duke at once ordered a special train, but when Prince Henry found that it would take 20 minutes to attach the carriages, he proposed that they should mount the locomotive and start without delay. Tbe Duke at once fell in with tbe pro posal, and soon the two aristocratic travel ers were speeding away on the engine to Darmstadt. Both agree tbat it was' the most interesting, exhilarating and quickest ride they bad In tbeir lives. ' Bepnted Remedy for Sewer Gas, The exclusion Of sewer gas from the apart ments of a bouse Is a task tbtt Inventors ban long essayed with bat indifferent sue eets. It Is claimed that as apparatus has been designed which accomplishes the de sired remit by means of one valve, loeated at the exit of tbe main sewer nine from tho Ijouse. A certain weight of water above this J Taive opens it and discharges all the con tents of the pipe. A counterpoise than shuts and locks It, excluding all foul air from the house. FETTSBURG" PISPATOg, A TALE.'OF'TrtE WEST. How Short Creak Dave Introduced Religion at Cinnabar Camp. . ,THE REVOLVER A8 AK ARGUMENT. Bill Titt Objected to the Personal Allusions of the Sermon- T00I i BHOST EECK8S FOE TBI DUEL rWBITTIR TOB TBI DZSrATOX. J HOET CREEK DAVE was a lead ing citizen of the little camp at Cinnabar. In fact - bis friends would not scruple at the claim that Short Creek was a lead ing cltuen of Arl ions, Bowbentne news came over from Tuscon that Short Creek, who had been pay ing tbat metropolis ' a breezy visit,bad, in.an inadvertent moment, strolled. within the confines of a gospel meet ing then and there being waged, and suffered conversion, Cin nabar became a prev tq some excitement. "I told him," said BillTutt, who brought back, the tidings, "not to go tamperin 'round this yere meetin. Bufhe would have it. He. just kept perradin' about the 'go in' place and looks like I can't get him away. Says I: 'Bill, you don't understand this yere game they're turning inside, so jest you keep out a whole lot; yon'II be safer.' But warnin's warn't no good; not as much as tbrowin' water on a drowned rat." "This yere Short Creek was allers snesbul obstinate that away," said old Scotty, the driver of the Tucson stage, "and he gets them moods frequent when he jest won't stay wbar he is, nor go nnywbar else. I don't wonder you don't do nnthin' with bim." Known to Break a Good Fair. "Well," said Bosewood Jim, otherwise James Bosewood, Esq., "I reckon Short Creek knows his business. I ain't, myse'f, none astonished muoh by these yere news. I've knoweJ him to do mighty flighty things, sech-as breakio' a good pair to draw to a three flash, and it would seem like he's jest a pursooin' of his usual system in this yere religious break. However, he'll be in Cinnabar to-morry and then we'll know a Tkt Arrival n Camp. mighty sight more abont it; pendin' whloh, let's licker. Jlr. Barkeep, please inquire out the nose paints for the band." Tbe people of Cinnabar there present saw do reason to pursue the discussion so pleas antly ended and drew near the bar. The discussion took place in The Gold Mine Saloon, so, as one observed on tbe issuance of Rosewood's invitation, "tbey were not far from centers." Bosewood, himself, was a suave courtier of fortune who presided be hind his own faro game and who, being re puted to possess a straight deal box, held high place in the Cinnabar breast. His bhooter Might Be Restless, At Inst out on the gray and heated plain a cloud of dust announced the coming of the stage. Stsoks were ' cashed and games cleaned np and'presently the male popula tion of Cinnabar was in the street to catoh as early a glimpse as might be of the newly converted one. "I don't reckon how he's goln' to look sech a whole lot different, neither," said Ed Paso Bell, as he stood in Iront of the dance hall of which institution be was a pronounced ornament. "I wonder would it do .to ask Dave for to drink?" said Tutt in a tone of vague in quiry. "Shore," said Old Scotty, "and why not?" "Ob, nuthin', why not?" replied Tutt, as he watched the stage come up, "only he's nacberally a mighty peevish man tbat awav, and I don't suppose now his enterin' the fold has reduced the restlessness of that six shooter of his'n, none whatever." "All the same," said Bosewood, who stood near at hand, "politeness 'mong gen tlemen should be aljers observed, an' I asks th'a vere Short Creek to drink as soon as eyer be comes, and I ain t lookin to see him take it none invidious,' neither." The High Crime of Curiosity. Not a word nor look touching Short Creek's conversion betrayed the question which was tugging at the Cinnabar bcatt. Cinnabar was too polite and then, again, Cinnabar was too cautious. Next to horse stealing, curiosity is the greatest crime of the frontier and one most .ferociously re sented. So Cinnabar just expressed its polite satisfaction in Short Creek Dave's return and took itoutiu hand-shaking. The only incident, worth a record was w.ben Bosewood Jim said in a tone of bland iriendship: "I'don'i reckon novr. -Dave, yqn're ob jectin.' to whisky aiter your ride?' "I ain't done so usual,." said Dave cheer fully, "but this yere time, Bosewood, I'll have to pass. Jest coufidin' the truth to you all, I'm a little off on them beverages jest now and I'm allowin' to'teil you the ins' and outs thereof a little later op. And now, if you nil will excuse me I'il canter over to the O. K. House and feed myself some." "I shore reckon he's converted," said Tutt'as he shook his head 'gloomily. "I wouldn't care none only it's me as gets Dave to go oyer to Tucson th'ia yere time; and so I feels more or Jess responsible." "Well, what 0! it?" said Old Scotty, with a sudden burst of energy. "I don't see no kick romin' to anyone, nor why this yere's to be regarded. If Dave wants to be re ligion" and'sing them hymns a heap, you Jbet that's his American right. I'll jest gamble $100 Dave comes ont all even and protects his game clear through." Tbe next day the excitement bad begun to. subside, when a notioe posted on the post office door caustd it t rise again.' 'The no tioe announced that Short Creek Dave would preaob that evening in the' big ware house of the New York store, Closed Oat (or the Sermon. "J reekon we better all go," said Bose wood Jim. "I'm coin' 'to' turn ns mr box ''and close tbe gam at 7'JBO sharp; and Ben son says be s goln' to shut np the dance hall, seein' as how several of .the ladies li dni to sing t lot la the ekolr, IT aUght .. iSf JsbL-- XntheFulptt STOTDAt; MAT'' 10, Jest as well turn ont and rnaxe the thing a universal deal and give Short Creek the best turn in the wheel, jest to start blm along tbe new trail." "That's whatever," said Tutt, who Had recovered from bis first gloom and uo en tered into tbe affair with great spirit. That evening 'the New York warehouse was as brilliantly lighted as "a wild and un stinted abundance of candles conld make it. All Cinnabar was there. As a result of a discussion held lu private with Short Creek Dave, and by that convert's own request, Bosewood Jimf took a seat at tbe drygoods box which was f serve as a pulpit," to assist in the conduct of the meeting. The congre gation 'disposed Itself about on the in pro vised benches which the energy of Tntt had provided and all was ready. At 8 o'clock Short Creek Dave walked up the space in tho center reserved as an aisle in company with Bosewood Jim; this latter gentleman, M" . Settling Bill TutVt Objcctioni. carrying a new and giant 'Bible which be placed on the drygoods box. Bapping gently on the box for order, Bosewood then addressed the meeting briefly. "This yere is a publio meeting of the camp," said Bosewood, "and I am asked by Dave to preside, which I accordin' do. No one need make any mistake about tHis yere gatherin' or its purposes on account of my presence. This yere is a religious rqeetin. I am not, myrelf, given that away, but I am allers glad to meet people what is, and see that they have a chance in for their ante and their game is protected. Religion Noxt to lynching. "I am one of those, too, who believes a little religion wouldn't hurt this camp much. ' Next to lynchin', I don' know of a more excellent influence in a Western 'camp than these yere meetin's. I ain't expectin' to be in on this play none myself, and jest set here in the name of order and for the pdrpose of a square deal. I now introduce to you a gentleman who is liable to be as good a preacher as ever banged a Bible your townsman Short Creek Dave." "Mr. President," said Short Creek Dave, turning to Bosewood. "Short Creek Dave," saidBoscwood Jim sententiously. at tbe same time bowing gravely in recognition. "And ladies and gentlemen of Cinnabar," continued Dave, "I shall open this yere play with a prayer." The prayer proceeded. It was fervent and earnest and replete with unique expression and personal allusion. In these last tbe congregation took a breatnless interest. Toward tbe close Dave bent his energies in supplication for tbe regeneration of Bill Tutt, whom he represented in his orisons as a good man, but living a misguided and vicious life. Tbe audience were listening with a grave and approving attention, when, at this Juncture, came an interrup tion. It was Bill Tntt, who arose and ad dressed tbe chair. "Mr. President," said Tntt nueuily, "I rise to a p'int of order." "Tbe gent will state his p'int," responded Bosewood, at the same time rapping gently on the drygoods box. "Well," said Tutt, drawing along breath, "I objects to Dave a-tacklia' of me and a making' of statements which aims to show I'm nuthin' more'n a felon. This yere talk is liable to queer me, an' I objects to it." "Prayer is a iree-for-all game and thar ain't no limit onto it," said Bosewood. "Tbe Chair, therefore, decides agin the p'int of order." Time to Do Some Shooting. "Well, then," said Tutt, "a-waviu of the usual appeal to the bouse, all I've got to say is this: 'I'm a peaceful man and have allers been the friend of Short Creek Dave, and I even assists at and promotes this yere meetin. Bnt I gives notice yere now, if Dare keeps on a-malignin' of me as hereto fore. I'll shore call on bim to make them statements good with his gun as soon as the cuntreebution box is passed." "The Chair informs tbe gent," said Bose wood with vast dignity, "that Dave, bein now a evangelist, can't make no gun plays nor go canterin' out to shoot as of a former day. However, the Chair recognizes the rights of the gentleman, and standin', as the Chair does, in the position of lookout to this yere game, the Chair will be ready to back tbe play with a 'Colt's 45' as soon as ever church is out in person." "Mr. President," said Dave, "jist let me got a word in vere. I've looked up things a little in the Bible, and I finds that Peter, 'who was one of the mam guys of them days, scrupled not to fis'nt. Now, I follers Pe'ter's lead in this. With all due respect to that excellent apostle, he ain't cot none the best of me. I rnieht add, too, that while it gives me pain to be obliged to shoot up Deakon Tutt in tbe first half of the first meetin' we holds in Cinnabar, still the path of d'ooty is cla'r and I shall shorey walk tharin,' fearin' nuthin.' I tbarfore moves we adjourn ten minutes, and as thar's plenty of moon outside, if -the Chair will lend me its gun I not'packin' sech frivolities no more, a regardin' of 'em in the light of sinful bluffs I shall trnst to Providence to convince Bill Tutt I know my business aud tbat he's 'wav'off in this matter." The Preacher's Aim Was Best. "Unless objection is heard, this yere meeting will stand adjourned for 15 min utes, said itosewooa, at tne same lime passing his six-shooter to Dave. Thirty paces were stepped off and the men stood up in the moonlit street while tbe con gregation made a line of admiration on the "Bldewalk. "I counts one, two, three and drops my hat," said Bosewood, "whereupon you all fires and advances at will. Be you all ready?" Tbe shooting began on the word and when the smoke cleared. away Tutt had a bullet in his shoulder. . "Tbe Congregation will now take its seats in the store," said Bosewood, "and tbe deal will be resoomed. Tiro of you all entry Bilk over' to tbe hotel nnd fix him up all rlghf. This yere shows concloosive that Short Creek Dave is licensed from above to pray for whoever he pleases and I'm mighty glad it occurs. It's shorely goin' to pro mote public confidence in his ministra tions." Tne concourse was'duly in its seats when Dave again reached tbe pulpit. "I will now resnome my intercessions for onr unfortunate brother, Bil Tutt," said Dave, and be did. This was Cinuabar's first preaching, albeitt bas Had man more since, under the instruction of tbe. excellent Eev. Dave. On this first occasion he preached an earn est sermon, the dance hall girls sang "Bock of Ages," with spirit and effect and the wounded Tutt sent over S3 to the contribu tion box from tbe hotel where he lay with his wound. ' VI tnowed be would," said -Rosewood Jim as he received Tutt's contribution. "Bill Tntt is a reasonable man and yon oan gamble religions truths allers assert them selves." t Das Quia-. Handling Negatives, Photo-engraver's will And the handling of negatives saneh facilitated by using a de vie wh'ieh has.been Invented for the pur pose. This is a thimble for tbe first finger, at the bottom of which is an elastio suction onp? Between the'oup'and thimble then 11 a tabular OBnt''oma,whioa it washer Wik,' C1891T JOYS OF CHILDHOOD No Longer Ranisbed bj False Ideas of Religion and' Discipline. AN ERA.-OF TQE ROLE OF LOYE. Barbarlo Practices That Uava Gone With the Change of Creeds. DAHQB FEOH TAB 0THJ3E EXTREME iWRrrrzir tor thx DisrAica. 3 The children of to-day must be having a verys much happier time than bad their fathers and mothers before tbem. At Sun day school and at chnrch they now bear very much more about love aBd heaven than of the devil and eternal flames which were served up to their elders so constantly and persistently. Even if they only stole a pin, or told the littlest bit of a lie, they were Instructed that they were doomed to live forever with Bat an and bis angels, and spend the hereafter in endless fire ai-d chains unless they secured a new heart. How puzzling and mysterious the "new heart" business used to be to the poor children whose blood was almost frozen in their veins in contemplation of the horrors to come If thev committed the most trifling sins. Happiness in large measure was' really stolen irom tne cnnaren not many years ago by tbeir religious teachers, who believed they were 'doing them good, when titer frightened them half to death with their stories of "the bad place." The evil- one going nbot like a roaring lion, ever ready to devour tbem, was a terror that made dark many hours of cbildrenVlives that otherwise might have been happy. That there was A Seal Personal Satan ever prowling around to make mischief and offer temptations to sin was a fact most pro foundly impressed npon the minds of the small folks. They did not understand ir, but it made tbeir teeth, chatter and tbeir hair rise when they had to go upstairs in the dark. In their fancy they could see the fiery eyes and feel the clutches of this ter rific being who was always ready with' plans to ruin souls. Only' a "new he irt" could save them. Only by being "born again" could they escape eternal torments. Only by a plunge into a fountain filled with blood could they lose all their guilty stains. Only by being baptized and believing could they avoid the wrath to come. Only by faith and prayer could they hope to be let off from this dire penalty of sin. The wonder is that parents and teachers did not realize what cruelty was inflicted upon young children by teachings to them so incomprehensible and so horrible. It was'bad enough to be "plunged into a gnlf of dark despair" after they grew old enough to know what tbe words meant, bnt to sad den and darken the .lives of little children by dinning into tbeir ears such horrors is surely nothing less than the murder of the joys of childhood. It is good for those of to-day that the belief in a material place of torment is going ont of fashion. It is true that Thomas a-Kempli, of saintly mem ory, asserts that "the luxurious and lovers of pleasure shall eternally be bathed in bnrning pitch and stinking brimstone; that the slothful shall be 'pricked forward with burning goads; that the envious shall bowl like mad dogs for grief, and tbat one hour of pain there shall be more bitter than a thousand years of the sharpest penance here," but his dogmatic statements are now taken with Many Grains of Allowance. The chnrch is growing very.shakr on this doctrine. There is bnt little preaching npon it now as compared with past times. 'The pews rebel against it and tbe pulpit knocks under. Tbe people repudiate the old Cal yinlstic doctrine.neld so strongly and firmly by tbe Puritans, of predestination to damna tion, and tbat tbe chnrch is "coming round" is made evident by the demand for a re vision of th'e Westminster Conlessiou. How tbe world is movlngin these matters is shown by the fact tbat when ministers nowadavs fall into heresy and express their disbelief on certain points, tbe congregation generally, instead ot being desperately shocked, are rather more inclined to stand by them than to let them go. " Dr. Bridgeman announces himself an un believer in the idea of eternal torment 'and resigns his position, whereupon the people show themselves to be more ready to sur render tbe doctrine than to accept his resig nation. Said a Congregational minister lately: "II tbe idea of eternal torment is true, there is a better wamjo win the hearts of men to Christ than to preach it. I do not preach it any more, because I have no confi dence in.it as a means of repentance." 'It is likely that many more than he are of the same mind, as it seems very plain that this doctrine of everlasting fire and endless tor ment is decidedly out of style at present. There is much more of a disposition to ac cept tbe teaching of Origen to the effect that hell was merely a purgatorv, that sin ners were there purified and fitted for heaven, and that object being attained. punishment would cease even for the devils themselves, and tbat its duration would be proportioned tn the sins each individual had committed. The World Growing In Humanity. Although this view was formally con demned by .the Council of Constantinople, and is decidedly out of line and consonance with orthodoxy, it would seem as if it were more strongly entertained at present than ever. The world is growinz in humanity. Its people prefer to let a doctrine so mani festly inconsistent and cruel go by tbe board, although a pious old lady says she does not see how in justice there should not be a place of eternal torment lor some people. However, it must be a comfort to all to know that the children of to-day are in large measure escaping the unbappiness of the past when the catechism was a "holy terror," and when they were condemned to sit up in church and hear how God was angry with sinners every dav, aud how they would Iry forever iu the fl jmes below be cause Eve ate the apple in Paradise, and "thrniii'h Adam's lall we sinned all." One little girl I know of was heartbroken almosf every Suuday when sue heard aoout "tbe wrath to come," of the "worm that never dies," of the flames that are never quenched, and where is endless wailing and gnashing uf teeth. Her father was a good man, whom she loved beyond anytbing on earth, but he was not a specially godly, man and'sbe was impressed by her teachings in the Sunday school that he was doomed to burn for all eternity because be did not go regularly to church nnd "get religion." What the child suffered who ctn tell? A Loving-Father's Punishment Tbe doctrine that tbe vast majority of men and women and children are predestined for the pit' is shocking to contemplate, and could not be entertained save for the thought and hope encouraged by each individuilly that he belongs to the company "elected" unto salvation. "Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing more courageous, notbing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleas ant, notbing lul'er nor Detter in heaven or earth, because love is born of God," says our good friend A. Kempis, and yet he preaches that a loving Father will inflict eternal punishment upon Hts children for faults they commit by reason, of the "fallen nature" due to Adam's sin. To know why the many should be bom into the world only to sin aiid suffer eternally, t hile' the few hcloved ones were cbosen to salvation before -tbe beginning of the world, he says, should not 00 U1SCUS3CU, or reasuueu .auout, or uii- pnted over. But such blind acceptance of dogmatic statements as A. Kempis advises ' has.no gronnd to go on in the Nineteenth Century. This is an age when old theories have get to stand up as truth, or be knoeked. to pilots. an age. when ancient dogmas hart to hold tbeir own under disonssloo, reasoning and searcbing-out or ga under, an age when creeds and ooaiessioos must be in accord ance with reason,, justice and humanity or be revised or battered ont' of all belief. Sparing the Bed. OfcUfcM tor eight fe to.teflM x too, than their predecessors, in tbat Solo mon, with, all his wisdom, is also going out of fashion. Through a belief in tbe inspi ration of his Proverbs tbe rod was held to be a honsehold necessity in the days agone, and a pair of "taws" hnng in tbe kitchens of tbe old houses was - held to be a godly institution. How barbarously fathers thrashed thefr.cliildrea in accordance with the idea thai the;"rod of correction" would drive foolishness far from tbem, and in deference to tbe words of Solomon when be asserts that "he that spareth tbe rod hateth his own son!" Good fathers and mothers nsed to imagine tbat their children would grow np into terrific sinners if they were not sufficiently switched lor every little wrong they hap pened to do. Some imagined they were committing this barbarity in the most Solomonic style, if tbey deferred the thrash ing until bed time, when the poor little trembling sinner instead of being "snugged" down in bed with loving kindness, was duly wbinped and prayed over and left to cry himself to sleep. Another common (asbiou used to be to whip a boy for nlaying "hook," and sending bim to bed without any supper. Did such course make the sinners any fonder of school? Not a whit. It only made them more stubborn! more em bittered and more inclined to lie in order to escape. Severity makes hypocrites, not converts, as somebody well savs. "Force in .the family circle," remarks Herbert Spencer, "is merely the complement to im morality. Bods and fernles, equally with the staffs and handcuffs of the constable, the jailor's keys, the swords, bayonets and cannon with which nations restrain each other, are the offspring of iniquity, and co ercion in all its forms is essentially vicious." Doesn't Agree With Solomon. Spencer is evidently at the "outs" with Solomon, but his philosophy is what the world is growing np to while the barbarous system of Solomon with regard to the train ing of children is dying out. In old times, when women stayed at home under apostolio injunction, and only men were teachers, they were oftentimes elected for theirability to "lick the boys" rather than for their scholastic attainments. We have been told of a man in one of the schools of Pittsburg who was selected simply because he was big enough, and strong enoueh, and dogged enough to flog and floor the big boys, but wnose knowledge of the three B's was by no means up to par. His fame was founded on bis power to wield a cowhide. Now that women are in the schools and corporal punishment bas fallen into disfavor it is well proven that Solomon was wrong when he so strongly advocated the rod. Many vows of vengeance were made by the pupils 01 that man to thrash bim when they grew up, but well perhaps for all be died before they were fulfilled. In tbose days when Solomon's rule was more in vogue than at present the domestic fireside is said by a writer "to have been a ibeater of war where olten a tragedy was enacted by the sons, who had attained their majority, retaliating upon their father for the blows he bad given tbem as children." The nse of the rod as enjoined by the wisdom of Solo'mon results in revenge, in lying, in hypocrisy, with all their attendant evils. Domestic Despotism Zfo More. In outgrowing this barbarity the world is becoming better. Kindness, sympathy and humanity are taking the place of the old time domestic despotism, and under their rale homes are made brighter and happier, and the olive branches nnder tbe sunshine of love grown to fairer proportions and nearer to perlection. "Solomon or no Solomon, Bible or no' Bible I will never whip another child," said a good woman who bad nsed tbe rod upon a little darling for some childish misdemeanor. "I feel as if I were a crnel monster." Experience and expediency, to say nothing of love and humanity, prove that Solomon is about nsed up as an au thority for the training of children. Tbe danger would seem to be now in rush ing to the other extreme. In that elder day tbey were treated as puppets, and not allowed to open their heads. No proverb was more impressed than tbat '"children should be leeu end not heard.'' For even small infractions of the domestic law they were soundly whipped aud put to bed. Now adays with many people they are encouraged to 'be a nnisance. Children have their rights; but so have tbeir elders. At tbe other extreme from tbe barbarism ot Solo mon, there are parents who pamper and sub ject themselves to their children in a way that promotes, not their happiness, bnt selfishness tbat instead of encouraging the good iu tbem gives growth to the evil. By taking them to theaters, parties and other entertainments, they force a knowledge of the world upon them tbat shortens the joys of childhood, that makes tbem unnatural little prigs, immature coquettes, or sharp little creatures Almost Too Smart to TJve. - 1 Themat school tbey are "crammed" and jammed and driven like galley slaves by re lentless teachers into an arduous struggle tor high percentages at competitive exami nations, and into gaining high marks at ex hibitor shows. Then when it is remem bered bow girls are martyred at the piano who have no talent for music; how boys are ground but as clerks who would be better at anything else; how both are subjected to the prejudices, whims and narrow notions of their parents and teachers, it will be seen tbat with all the' advance tbat has been made they have their tribnlatons and draw backs as well as tbose who were brought up nnder terror of brimstone and corporal pun ishment. To be happy children need light, air, sun shine, love, freedom and protection. That they have more of these now than of old is made panifest by the contrast of the past and present. Bessie Bbajible. A SHAH. IN THE -EYE. Peculiar Little Creature That Will Hunt Up Any Dirt In the Optic Did yon ever bear of an eye snail? It I found on the coast of some of tbe South Pa cific islands, a product of tbe sea, and in appearance not unlike the half of a dry English pe"a. The flat side is slightly con caved, and by close inspection the numerous small legs can be seen in readiness for busi ness, closely folded together. Now comes the most singular part of the story: Place the little animal under fne lid' of the eye, and be springs off, running all about and-around the ball apparently in search of anything of a foreign nature, which, shonld he find, he will seize and come out-ofthe eye, evidently satisfied with having performed his duty. Stranger still, the thing remains lifeless, in tbe pocket until immersed in a little vinegar, where upon it begins jumping about, signifying its willingness to work. A Ithough tbe thing resembles the half of an English pea, there is nothing irritating about it iu the eye. Whites are made acquainted with its use by the natives, who frequently-get grains of sand in tbeir eyes while'diving. A WOMAN EV.2BYB0DY I0VE3. Something Abont a Very Popular Corre spondent of This 'Paper. Xcw YorxSun. Shirley Dare, a nom de plume well, known and beloved among woman readers, conceals the identity of oue of the most gifted woman journalists of the day. She is sensitive, rrticent and intangible in person ality, in person fair, with hazel eyes and red gold hair. Th? eentle melancholy and tenderness of her nature may be due to the sad story of her husband's loss of reason, which took place early in their married li.'e. Progress in Tlower Manufacture. In manufacturing a flower, a perfect one of the kind intended to be represented is taken, and ever petal, stamen, pistil and other portion is imitated with sorupulous regard to the original, both la color, slae and shape. The material ef tbe best grades of flowers Is so fine that the imitation Iaeks aotblng, and in some very oholee and ex pensive goods even the perfume is supplied by small receptacles'hidden in the stems, so tbat the vnreoaser. la buying a asanafaet- nred lower, if maklag a better purchase. n, JjMWJ jywfl u "t THE POWER OF WATER - What a Stream With Les3 Thair400 Feel Fall Will Accomplish, IMPROVEMENTS FOR LIGHTHOUSES. ' The Land Will Be Carried Inte the Be la 4.500,000 lean. . PiCSiSe FOK THIS F0EEI6X TElDl' iwairraa roa thx dispatctt.1 The old ascription of the power to remove mountains to sneb as bad faith as a grain of mustard seed, bas come to be nor mere figure of speech. The effect of tbe'hydraulio monitor, which is now nsed for the purpose of removing masses of earth, well nigh passes belief. A stream of water issuing from a nozzle or pipe, 6 inches in diameter, with a fall behind it oi 375 feet, will carry away a solid bowlder weighing a ton or more to a distance of CO or 100 feet. The velocity of the stream is terrific, and the coldmn of water projected is so solid that, if a crowbar or other heavy object be thrust against it, the impinging object will be burled a considerable distance. By this stream of water a man would be in stantly killed if he came into contact with it, even at a distance of a conple of hundred feet At 400 feet from the nozzle, a six-loch stream with 375 feef fall, projected momen tarily against the trunk of a tree, will in a second den nde it of the heaviest bark ai cleanly as if it had been cut with an ax. Whenever such a stream is turned against a erawel bank it cuts and burrows it in every direction, hollowing out great caves, and causing tons of earth to melt and fall and . be washed away in the sluices. The quan tity of material which can thus be removed iu a short time is almost inconceivable. This quantity depends, of course, very much upon the nature of the soil, whether loose soil, ordinary gravel or cement gravel. Some idea ot the immense amount of earth and gravel which has been removed in this way may be gathered from some statistici on tbe subject recently compiled in Cali fornia. During the height of the bydranlic In dustry there was in use from the Feather, Ynba, Bear and American rivers and three other streams of water, a total of 18,650,503 miner's inches of water every 21 hours. At an average of Z4 cubic yards 01 gravel to the inch, tbere was thus washed away daily 38,600,000 yards of material. This is a low estimate, and as an actual fact mnch mora' was carried away. Tbe amount stated rep resents a mass of earth BOO yards long, 383 yards wide and 200 yards high. If such a prodigious quantity can be washed sway In 24 hours, it can require no great length of time to remove mountains and cast thta into tbe sea. Illumination for Light Houses. A few months ago a special committee was) appointed In England to Investigate the present method of illuminating lighthouses, and to determine tbe best mode of securing better results. Following on the report ot this commission are two -inventions which have been put before the Tjoyal Dnbli. of wnich gss made from nrH,nn -okinir 01 wnicn gas made from ..ji coal can b? ,0 enriched by hydro byasuppy0(BMted ,rJTn illnminatinp ,,,., "';? . rocarbons and produce an of theme LtPwer Practically double that lichthN. "Prful gaslight now nsed la .!... - es- The other imnrovement con. naratus v nw arrangement of dioptric ap nnd gr' J" wh'cb lenses of larger surface entater focal distance than those at Pre j, . adopted can be used .-in Ugh1 onies, with an enormous increase la their power. It also pointed ont that if this burner was used in connection with certain arrangements of lenticular apparatus, a power could be evoked for tbe benefit of the mariner in toggy weather equal to abont 8,000,000 candles, which, owing to the com position of the gaslight and its great volume, wonld have an effect on fog or hixe very much greater than that of the most power ful electric light hitherto nsed. This light wonld be six times as powerful as that of Tory Island, which is 'the largest light, bouse flash in the world. Packlnc for Foreign Market The desire to secure economy in the mat ter of packing often leads to tbe exercise of considerable sagacity. A visitor to an ex port shoe factory was surprised at finding cooper and all the surroundings of a first class distillery in the packing room. On in vestigation be fonnd that tbe casks he saw were being used to pack boots and shoes for foreign shipment. The goods were going to a market where these casks were wanted for wines, rum, etc., and brought a good price aside from tbe saving of the cost of the usual package. In another instance some shoes lor tbe Sooth American market were packed in wicker baskets so as to meet a certain demand at the point of destination; the shoes were carefully wrapped in paper, and the baskets well lined with some ma terial salable in the soutbern ports, the lat ter, of course, being used only as a packing, and going, in as such, vlt' h.s long been the custom in the wheat trade to sbip all grata to "South American ports, Portugal and Spain, in bags manufactured from the best quality ol drill, and made of such dlmen- .' sionsthat tbe cloth, which thus evades a usually very high duty, becomes available for many uses. j Disintegration of the Earth's Surface. A French geologist bas made a careful calculation of the amount of solid msttez yearly carried off into tbe ocean by the ac tion of the rivers of the world and other causes. He estimates that tbe reduction of the average height of the surface ot tbe solid ' land is 0.006 inches each year. Making al lowance for the corresponding rise in the bed of the ocean, and taking do account of 1 the occurrence of volcmic and other excep tional phenomena the general tendency of which is to hasten tbe process of disintegra tion the period at which the solid land will have ceased to exist, and the surface of the earth will be covered with water, has been estimated. As, however, th.it period is 4,500,000 years distant, the prediction need cause no immediate disquietude. Damp-Coarse Cloth. A damp-course cloth la now nsed for. pre venting the rise of dampness in walls. It la specially applicable to lonndation walls, arcbes, floors and roofing purposes. It ie composed of an absolutely waterproof bitu-j minoui cement applied to a very strong labric, and will not crack in any tempera ture. Where a building is erected on low,, wet gronnd, masons find the damp-coursa'u invaluable to lay between the courses off brick or stone work.by which moisture ia ' prevented lrom ascending to the snpersirno- .' ture. Something Kerr In Ship Railways. A unique combinationof a steamer and ft locomotive is reported from Sweden. 1 la order most effectively to carry on traffic on a river In whioh there fs a waterfall, it ia said that a railway traok has beenjlald 900 asilea in length, with a sttep Jnoline, npon whioh the vessel enters and travels on wheels ttttei along the sides, and whioh are worked kf ' its own engine. a-ring Horse' Baeka. In a new invention for the doable fVh pose of preventing the Jolting preeeare el heavy loads e'a horses' baeka and ef kteptef t the back ef the hen eool by a supply of fresh air. eoils of springs are plaeta hWes f j&epurittvatmti'Hfe , , 4 .3 -i 1 . "f it I v.-ex. 3im :?' "i.i.ka fe&fe&xii& HtsyaiSa. juLi'wEdi&i
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