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REVIEW OF SPORTS
Details of tho Eecent CFbre Cratest.
Between Slavtn and Elrain
Fully Discussed.
THE AUSTRALIAN'S GOOD WESTS.
noir-OwTlctar Banks u IlgMer Oem-
pared TFIth John Ik Suffinm ni
Other leading Pugilist.
MR. ETON'S EEMAEKABEE DTCE3I02!'.
A. Few Imsita Abort Ots Leal Ball Teas and a
Otnenl Baseball Aflain.
Without donbt the great event of the
week in sporting circles has been the contest
between Frank Slavin and Jake Kilrain. ,
Before that contest took place it was deemed
of very great importance, because the Aus
tralian undertook to settle in ten rounds a
boxer and pugilist who has for a long time
been figuring as one of the best men in the
fistic class in America; indeed, a man who
for more than tljree hours stood in front of
the renowned Sullivan in a London prize
ring contest. The contest, I say, was
deemed of great importance because of
this, but since it has taken place it is of
greater importance still because of a style
of fighting displayed in it which is new to
America, and also because of the most re
markable decision on record regarding the
contest. Altogether there are some ex
traordinary features connected with this
contest, and because of this fact I propose
to deal with it first to-day, and to discuss
it at length. But before going into the de
tails of the contest I want to
draw attention to what was said t in this
paper about it two weeks before it
took place. I desire to do this to show
that almost every word said here has been
verified. Tito weeks before the contest
these words were said in this paper: "Both
men have been prominent public perform
ers, and if public form has to go for any
thing at all, X don't hesitate to say that Kil
rain has very little show, indeed, of stand
ing ten rounds before Slavin and public
form is almost the only thing that can guide
us."
And again: "And if the coming contest
is in earnest, Kilrain will be forced to hit
Slavin from the beginning and take heavy
doses in return, or else ne may get the
heavy doses without giving anything at
alL But whether it may be the intention
of Slavin to try and knock Kilrain out or
sot, I am content to believe that he will
win."
Well, I submit that the contest entirely
fulfilled the above forecasts. One reason
why I refer to the above expressions here is
to show that there is no desire here to lay
claim to any credit without absolute justi
fication. Abont the Great Contest.
"Well, with this preface let us start and
discus this contest a contest that will in
the history of the fistic arena be very often
referred to. The contest was one of the
most terrific that has taken place in modern
times as far as glove contests are concerned;
it was terrific but mostly on one side.
Slavin had a very big man to knock out,and a
man who has had considerable experience in
glove affairs, and who, while not a first-class
boxer, is quite a handy one. With these
facts before him Slavin got to work to
polish off his man at all hazards, and hence
the terrific nature of the contest. That Kil
rain was beaten from the start will be ap
parent to all who have read the accounts of
the fight. I have gone carefullv through
every account written by Hew York eye
witnesses; that is, the accounts of the New
York press; and, while in some there are
apparent efforts to disparage Slavin, they
all agree on the fact that Kilrain
was a doomed man almost from
the start of the contest Little com
ment is needed on the fight Itself, because it
was too one-sided: it was only a matter of
bow many of Slavin 's tremendous blows
would be required to knock Kilrain out. It
took more than many people expected. I
mean it took more blows than many people
who were at the contest expected. A very
great number of people thought that Kil
rain would easily last the ten rounds, but
the people had no idea of the awful blows
that would be dealt on Kilrain's body. Had
this fact been anticipated very few people,
indeed, would have expected Kilrain to
last as long as he did. Slavin had such a
different style of fighting to that of Kilrain
that the latter, after making a somewhat
lively beginning, at once became little more
than a target, and apparcntlv resolved to
stand and see how long ne could hold out
against Slavin's terrific onslaught Kil
rain's method, that is, this mod
ern method of fighting, such as
Dempsey, McCafircy, Corbctt and Jackson
have given us illustrations of, was of no use
whatever against Slavin; indeed, as far as
Kilrain's display of it was concerned, it was
useless. And, by the way, I have always
contended that it is much prettier than it is
useful. "Well, Kilrain soon discovered this
and he did the next best thing to save him
self. He commenced to hug Slavin and the
latter was then compelled to bear up 190
pounds of flesh and bones while he was try
ing to accomplish his task. This was, in
deed, a big handicap and much greater than
is generally imagined. But Slavin was
equal to the emergency. He and Mitchell
had been practising means to meet dodges
of this kind and Slavin counteracted Kil
rain's hugging in a way very disastrous to
Kilrain. The Australian just put into
operation that old time plan of naif-arm
work at a vital mark. Here again was our
new style outclassed by the old.
Some of Kilrain's Good Point.
Not for one moment do I want it under
stood that there is nothing to say in favor of
Kilrain. The fact is that while he was out
classed as a fighter he showed many points
worthy of note. He began as all of our
modern or latter-day champions of the box
ing school class begin, viz : by standing off
and trying his man at long range. And he
really got home some ot his best blows
when he did this, but his best blows had
little effect on Slavin; in fact, one report of
the contest says that Kilrain might as well
have tried to knock the door of a safe in
w ith his fist as to budge Slavin. "While Kil
rain was landinghis long rangers on Slavin's
head and neck the former's friends were
jubilant, and Kilrain really did good work
in this respect But ah! the wily Australian
was just playing the fox. He at once dis
covered that Kilrain's blows were not of the
knocking out kind, and as soon as he found
this out he commenced a cannonade on poor
Kilrain's body, face and neck that lasted the
i-ntire contest Slavin just sailed into his
aian regardless of his long-range science,
and in a very few minutes there was neither
hort or long range about the man from
Baltimore. Don't let anybody suppose
hat Slavin couldn't have dodged many of
Kilrain's blows. Certainly he could have
lone so, but that would not have accom
plished Slavin's purpose. He had to knock
liis man out in a given time and he couldn't
aflord to wait by dodging and sparring. He
v. as, therefore, compelled to rush in at his'
man at all risk. Had the contest been to a
finish I do not hesitate to say that Slavin
would have commenced by dodging Kil
rain's blows and continued it tor a long
time. "Well, I think we all are convinced
that Kilrain was nothing more than a
puncLiug bag for Slavin after the first
round and when we consider this it is in
ilccd remarkable how Kilrain lasted. I
,ra e the man all the credit possible for
lis pluck in this respect, because
.ie received a tremendous amount of pun
ishment His gamencss I think was the
n-sult of stubborn resolve to stay there and
fiis suggests the question of the quality of
Kilrain's gameness. During all Kilrain's
career I ha e not been impressed with the
ztotloatnat Kilrain's gameness was of the
very best quality. He will stand punish
ment of course, that is he won't run away.
But while he won't run away he lacks the
spirit of retaliation that characterizes an
absolutely game man. "We have all seen
men and boys who will stubbornly stand
a smack on the cheek or a blow on the
mouth and they won't retreat, but they
lack the grit to fight back. "Well it seems
to me that Kilrain's gameness has always
been of this quality.
How the Two Hen Bank.
Now that the contest is over, k and that
Kilrain was fairly knocked out, which I
will presently show, we may have a few
words about now the contestants rank as
pugilists. I will soon dispense with Kil
rain. I have always held that Kilrain is
not by any means a first-class man, and my
contention has time and time again been
assailed by certain people who write about
sporting matters. All thatl need say now
is that it will indeed be difficult to find a
person who will rate Kilrain above second
class now. I rate him as a moderate second-class
man, and I have always done so.
But all the glory that he may have had has
vanished now, because it "certainly is a
crushing defeat for a man who has claimed
the championship of the world to be knocked
out, and in a limited number of rounds.
He is gone, and let us deal gently
with him. But Slavin's rank is
more problematical. There are various
opinions as to his standing; but I unhesitat
ingly come to the conclusion that he is the
best pugilist in the world to-day. The
manner in which he polished off Kilrain
convinces me that there is not a man in
America who can defeat him. Of course
we have heard much since the contest in
question regarding how John L. Sullivan
would do up Slavin; in fact, some of the
wiseacres in If ew York during the last few
days have told us that Slavin would not
last two rounds in front of Sullivan; others,
who have a little higher estimate of Slavin,
think Sullivan would settle him in six
rounds. Now all this is the merest nonsense.
Nobody is readier than I am to admit
all the good points of Sullivan, but
good gracious, he is" only a human being
and was one of the greatest disappointments
in a prize ring of modem times. Nobody
can deny this. And what is more, Slavin
accomplished in about 40 minutes what Sul
livan could only do in three hours or more.
Facts of this kind ought certainly to prevent
our making extravagant statements about
how Sullivan would kill this man and how
he would paralyze that man in a very few
minutes. "Why, even in a glove contest, un
der Queensbufy rules, he did not knock a
man like Dominick McCaffrey out in six
rounds. "But McCaffrey wouldn't stand
up and fight," scores will reply; but great
scott, didn't Kilrain try the same dodge
with Slavin? and didn't Slavin move about
in a way that left no hole of escape for
Kilrain? In talking about Sullivan,
don't let us forget these things. For a long
time the name of Sullivan has been held up to
frighten people just as the bug-a-boo is
talked abont to frighten children. Just as
sure as we live, that if ever Slavin and
Sullivan were to meet in a prize ring under
London prize ring rules. Sullivan would be
defeated, and I don't think" Sullivan ever
saw the day that he could defeat Slavin in
a prize ring. A glove contest is another
matter. In his prime, Sullivan was with
out doubt a terror in a four-round glove
contest, but it is remarkable that he really
never knocked any first-class man senseless.
He had nothing else to do but hit Tug
Wilson, and yet that little man, in spite of
the tremendous power of Sullivant was in
the ring four rounds. And, again, in a
glove contest he was fairly knocked doVn
by a comparatively little man like Mitchell.
I mention these facts to show that there
were limits to Sullivan's nower even as a
glove fighter. But, still, I am ready to ad
mit that as a glove fighter he was a terror
compared to anybody we have had in this
country, and taking him at his best, it
would be a hard question to decide as to who
would win between Slavin and him if
they were to fight I think that my
preference would-be for Sullivan. There xs
not space enough to compare Corbett and
Jackson with Slavin. But, in my judg
ment, Corbett would share the fate of Kil
rain were he to meet Slavin. Certainly I
don't believe he would stand the punish
ment Kilrain received. Jackson has seen
his best day, and ought to steer clear of
Slavin.
Sunn's Remarkable Decision.
In dealing with the great glove contest, I
reserve for the last point the most extra
ordinary decision of that sporting man
known as Jcre Dunn. I have heard and
read of many decisions in contests, but
Dunn's outdoes them alL He really out
Brewsters Brewster, the man who fjave the
decision in the Myer-Bowen affair. In a
word, I don't hesitate to say that the deci
sion of Beferee Dunn conclusively proves
one or two things. It shows that Dunn is
thoroughly incompetent, or that the de
cision was one of the grossest frauds ever
committed in the ring. This is strong. Cer
tainly it is, because the circumstances war
rant it. Just tor a moment, gentle reader,
think of it Two men meet to fight ten
rounds, and one undertook to knock the other
out in that time. But at the end of eight
rounds aud a half one man was knocked
down and the contest was stopped by the
order of the timekeeper aud the permission
of the referee. Yet that same referee sub
sequently decides that one man won the
fight but that the other was not knocked
out Did you ever hear of such a thing?
Why, in the name of everything on the
earth, above the earth and beneath the
earth, why didn't Dunn order the contest to
continue if Kilrain was not knocked out?
If Dunn was convinced on the stage that
Kilrain was knocked out what caused him
to change his mind when the contestants
had left the ring? But he" had no right to
change his mind after he had ordered the
contest ended, and when he ordered the
contest ended before the ten rounds had
been fought his order beyond a doubt im-
Slied that Slavin had accomplished his task,
'o other conclusion than this can be
arrived at If he stopped the contest in
the middle of the eighth round without being
aware as to whether or not Kilrain
was knocked out, he was robbing Slavin.
There is no denying this. But the most as
tounding part of the entire business was the
resolve of Beferee Dunn, after he had re
solved to change his decision, to decline to
make another until he had consulted with
friends whom he declared were honest and
knew whether or not Kilrain had been out
ten seconds. This was simply outrageous.
But probably Dunn was not aware that there
was an official time-keeper, whose statement
on the matter was just as binding and as im
portant as the statement of Beleree Dunn.
If the latter was not aware of Mr. Kelly's
presence and official capacity he is somewhat
excusable, but it certainly showed his in
competency. If he was aware of Time
keeper Kelly's presence and duties then I
contend that he, Dunn, had no right what
ever to consult anybody else regarding a
question of time. I defy either Dunn or
any other man to deny the force of this con
tention. I am fully persuaded that the
trouble, if such it can be called, was delib
erately planned with a view of saving the
money of those who bet that Kilrain would
not be knocked out The whole affair is a
disgrace to the Granite Club and is one
more proof of the very questionable charac
ter of those so-called clubs and of the ma
jority of affairs that take place under their
auspices.
He Was Knocked Clean Out
Begarding the knock out of Kilrain, I re
produce the opinion of an eye witness, a
very able judge, and who wrote an account
of the contest for the New York Herald.
The eye witness says: "Slavin knocked
Kilrain out There is not a shade of doubt
about that in any impartial mind, in spite
of Beferee Jere Dunn's tardy and badly
warped decision that 'Kilrain was beaten,
but not knocked out" Ihappehed to be at
the side of Timekeeper Honest John Kelly
when Mike Cleary, the Baltimorean's sec
ond, rushed over and yelled: 'Why in the
blankety, blankety blank did you ring that
gong? He wasn't out!' "
"He was out," replied Kelly. 'He was
out 14 seconds before I tapped the gong.
"Are you sure of that? asked Jerc Dunn.
"Positive," said Kelly.
"Then you lose," cried Beferee Dunn,
waving his left arm impatiently at Muldoon
and Cleary, who stood on either side of the
gaspinjj and glassy eyed Kilrain. How
Beferee Dunn, with all his cleverness, was
Able, two hdurs later, to whip this decision
around intp "No knockout" is a puzzle that
is hard to 6olve. I have reported the con
versation verbatim, with the exception of
Cleary's curses. It is possible, as some
scoffers suggest, that Jere Dunn was so
moved by the pleadings of his friends who
had bet hundreds of dollars that Kilrain
would not be knocked out that he tempered
justice with mercy on their account?
Something: About Baseball Affairs.
Those of my readers who are interested
in the national game will observe
the reason why I have compartively
little to say about baseball matters. I have
talked so long about the glove contest that
for once there is little room to deal with
other matters to any lengthy extent Of
course, we are all aware that the Eastern
trip of the Western teams is over, and that
our band of sluggers have returned home
without "bringing their sheaves with them."
The trip has, indeed, been a disastrous one
for the local team. True, it was a financial
success, but the defeats that have character
ized the trip have certainly brought the
team into considerable disrepute among the
cranks, whose enthusiasm demands victory
at all times. I am no apologist for short
comings, and I never have been, but wlien
there are causes for these shortcomings or
defects, it becomes a duty to point then out
When they are pointed out they
speak for " themselves. Well, then,
it Is only fair to say that there
is no ball team in the country that has suf
fered more because of sickness and injuries
as has our team of late. I need not re
capitulate the many misfortunes that have
befallen the players and to a great extent
broken the team up. Misfortunes of this
kind surely ought to nave some weight with
those who make it their business to con
demn the team. There is reason in many
things, butsthere is certainly no reason in
anybody who rails against an injured man
who does not perform as well as a sound
one. To add to the bitter effects of all these
misfortunes players and officials are coming
in for a very large amount of abuse from
the cranks. Again I cpntend that this is
not fair. I know of no body of men who
have put np their cash more pluckily or
have worked more energetically to get a
first-class team than have the directors of
the Pittsburg club. And they did get
a great team, and they .proved
they had a great team, as
long as that team were in form. Now that
misfortune has overtaken them it is hardly
lair, under the circumstances, to heap abuse
on their heads. Depend upon it they are
more anxious than the publio to have a
winning team. To them it is dollars; to
the publio it is pleasure. What I would
like to ask those people who won't look at
matters impartially is: Who would you take
out of the team and who would you put
in? It is all very easy to say and even
prove that this player or that player is not
playing first-class, but where will you get a
better? is the rub. There is another feature,
viz., that abuse will do no good, that is, if
our wish is to make the team better. I dis
tinguish, of course, between criticism
and abuse, and while the former often
does good, the latter generally
leads to bad results. But there
is another thing in this connection worthy
of note. The officials of the club have
probably been humbugged more than tongue
can tell with people who want this player
nnd that player released. Neither Mr.
O'Neil nor any other sensible official of a
club can be expected to give ear to all these
wild requests. There is no sense in any
body recommending the release of a player
without showing clearly how and where a
better man can be secured. Were this as
surance not given the officials would be very
foolish indeed to pay any attention to the
suggestions; nor can they afford at this junc
ture to make experiments bad as the present
team may be.
Blacklisting the Ball Flayers.
During the week President Young has
issued an order blacklisting at least for five
years Meekin and Kaymond, two players
who have deserted the Western League and
joined the American Association. And by
the way, those people who have been shout
ing so loudly about the contract jumpers of
Pittsburg will have new material to deal
with in their own organization, the Associa
tion. But what I want to point out is the
very dangerous step ball players are making
in getting themselves on the black list Of
course some people may jeer at the mention
of the consequences, but it is a serious mat
ter for ball players, and if a little common
sense were exercised the probable .effects
would be plainly seen. Let us take the case
of Meekin and Kaymond. Theseplayers, by
their dishonorable desertion of the national
agreement territory, have entirely confined
themselves to the narrow limits of the
American Association. A decree has been
issued to the effect that these players can
not again play in any organization within the
jurisdiction of the national agreement Well,
now, if the clubs of the American Associa
tion come to the conclusion that they do not
need Meekin or Kaymond what will they
do? And it is quite probable that either or
both may be released just as scores of other
players are released. But men like Meekin
aud Baymond could not find refuge in any
of the minor leagues because ot the black
list In this respect, then, a ball player who
places himself on the black list narrows his
field of work; in fact he places himself en
tirely at the mercy of the American Asso
ciation, the magnates of which can simply
do almost anything they choose with the
players. Meekin and Raymond, no matter
now ill-treated, could have no redress, nor
could they secure employment elsewhere as
baseball players. Surely the baseball player
to place himself in such a fix as this would
be extremely foolish. Ball players will do
well to bear in mind that the national
agreement will stand, no matter how preju
diced people may rant and rave about it It
must also not be forgotten that just as soon
as the officials of an Association club come
to the conclusion that a blacklisted player
is not filling the bill for them that player
will be cast adrift regardless of these very
officials being the cause of the player's
blacklisting himself. In all respects, a
E layer who shuts himself off from the bene
ts of the national agreement makes a very
big mistake. The Beilly case at Cincinnati
recently plainly showed that the only real
protection a player has is in the national
agreement Under the latter he can refer all
of his grievances to a proper tribunal made
up of representatives of various organiza
tions. There is no such appeal outside the
national agreement These are very im
portant features for professional ball play
en to consider. Pbingle.
lEEDIMAND WARD AGATJT.
He Will Be Out in Iss Than a Tear and
Back in Wall Street
I visited Sing Sing last week and had a
good, square look at Ferdinand Ward, the
man who wrecked the fortunes of General
Grant and 100 other people, said Wharton
Deming to a New York correspondent the
other day. I also had an opportunity to ex
change a few words with him. Ward's term
does not expire until next May, but he is
already laying plans for his future. He has
not changed much that I can see, is just as
slight and oily looking as ever, and his
movements are just as quick and nervous as
they were when he had Wall street in his
grip. He is a good workman, the keepers
say, and has become a competent typesetter
and pressman. He gives no trouble and
does not mingle much with the other pris
oners. During my five minutes' talk with him he
said he had not fully determined what he
will do when he gets out, but says he is
greatly interested in Wall Btreet afiairs, be
cause he has a natural liking for specula
tive business.
A Craze In Hearts.
New York Herald.
The very most recent fad in jewelry and
metal ornaments is to have them made in
the shape of a heart In all the swell
jewelers' windows you will see cute little
buttons of gold made that way. The fash
ion extends to sleeve buttons, studs, dres3
buttons, shoe buttons, hat pin heads and
lace pins. In fact, anything that calls for
a small head is subjected to this newest
craze.
A CHORUS GIRL'S WOE.
Out of an Engagement Three Times
in Her First Season.
BUT SHE ISN'T DISCOURAGED.
Went Up and Down With the Bed Hussar
Company at First.
A ROUGH EXPERIENCE AT NIBLO'S.
tCOBBKSrOITDXKCE OT THE MSPATCH.l
New Yobk, June 20. "The life of a
chorus girl is full of nps and downs, and it
takes plnck and
nerve and all the
philosophy of cool
headed woman
hood to stand the
racket This is
my first' year on
the stage, and I've
seen mere and had
a more variegated
experience than
most women get
In a lifetime. Even
chorus girls are
rarely called upon
to go through so
much in so short a
time."
The speaker was
a young woman of
perhaps 22. Of
medium height,
well-rounded,
lithe figure,
straight as an ar
row, a rather pret
ty, strong, woman
ly face lit by azure
eyes that seemed to
snap with latent
purpose. Her attire, In good but inexpen
sive taste, is a symphony in blue. Her
voice, firm, cultured, but abrupt and in
cisive like her manners, betrays the calm,
self-reliant woman who has tut out a career,
who expects difficulties and expects to over
come them.
Fall of Courage and Confidence.
She is a Western product, a growth of the
farm, the country school, the village high
school, the normal school, the Metropolitan
Conservatory f Music She is alone in the
world, but is not afraid of it She is a
student of Delsarte, she sings, she dances,
she plays with the foils. She is but a
chorus girl in a big, strange city, out of a
job, running in debt for her board. But she
meets the issue with a courage and strength
of purpose of which heroes and heroines are
made. Her stakes are set ahead. "
"If it was to be but a chorus," she con
tinued, "I would quit the business in fact,
I never should have entered it I am de
termined to know my business thoroughly
and the chorus is but a means to that end.
I fill in every interim of idleness with
study, with dancing lessons, music and ob
servances of the best methods at the leading
theaters. I have no means and am even
now living on the firm confidence of the
landlady and my dancing lessons are on
credit They know I will succeed and
trust me. I know their confidence is not
misplaced.
The Stage for Its Promises.
"I have been out but a year. The first
play I ever saw was 'Pinafore,' in St Louis.
No, I was not stage-struck, in the ordinary'
acceptation of that term. I had to make my
own living. Typewritine, - store clerking,
teaching and all the other avenues of a
livelihood were calmly considered. I went
into this in cold blood and with a cool head,
just as a man would go into other-lines of
business. Having a trained voice and good
figure I could here best turn them to ac
count My mother was very much averse
to my going on the stage, and, well she
yet thinks I am singing in concert
"As soon as I decided the matter I studied
Delsarte and passed a year at the Conserva
tory of Music in New York. My resources
were then exhausted and I got an introduction
to Manager Duff It was in Chicago and
after a preliminary examination I was in
vited to join the 'Bed Hussar' company, then
at Palmer's. That was Jast August and
there and then I made my debut It was
my 'first appearance upon any stage' and I
was plumped right into tights the first
thing. I got through all right The real
scare was at the first rehearsal, and there I
was
Frightened Nearly to Death.
"Mr. Duff is very severe, very brusque.
The girls were deathly afraid of him. I'll
never forget his manner when he came up
from the tront at my very last rehearsal,
after we had been nearly drilled to pieces,
and declared 'it was the most rotten chorus'
he ever saw or heard. He came on the stage
and singled me out and asked me coarsely if
my hand was made of wood. I was com
pletely upset, but managed a sharp retort
That Dun is a 'terror. He treats women as
so many cattle, in every way but actually
beating them. Just at that time I needed
encouragement more than at any other
period. I have found out since that I had
the luck to fall at the start into the hands
of the very worst manager, so far as patience
and gentleness is. concerned, there is in the
business.
"My greatest surprise, however, was in
entering the dressing room for the first
time. My ideas of that place were rather
hazy and gained from the front of the house.
When I went into that dirty hole under the
stage at Palmer's and found myself one of
ten girls who had to change clothes there,
all at once my neart sank within me. About
the makeup 1 knew absolutely nothing.
She Found a Friend.
"So I had to take one of the girls into, my
confidence. She had seen me at daily re
hearsal and had been playing in the piece
every night (it had been running about a
month when I joined) and knew all the
business. When I told- her I had never
been before an audience, she was as
tonished and whispered to me not
to say anything about it to the
other girls, as they were apt to throw
every mistake on the green hands. She
showed me how to put on my tights. I had
taken lessons in Delsarte and fencing and
had pretty good use of my body and limbs,
and I went through my first performance just
like the rest. The tights didn't bother my
mind a bit for I knew not a single soul in
New York, and then those thick woolen
tights don't leave the wearer the sense of
being uncovered. They were a new sensa
tion which was swallowed up in other new
sensations.
"I signed a contract with Mr. Duff forthe
season of '91 and '92 at $17 a week, and I
was in great spirits. All seemed now plain
sailing. I thought of the stenographers
and typewriters drudging for 57 and $10 a
week, and congratulated myself upon a
level head for business. We had a nice
stage manager and 20 of us were happy.
Her First Disaster.
"In this condition we went on the road
and played the 'Bed Hussar' five weeks.
All at once in Philadelphia we received
two weeks' notice and the company was
disbanded. Thisr was just before the holi
days. The girls were in a panic. Many of
them, supposing that the play would run
through the season and that our contracts
would last as long, were improvident and
hadn't a cent that is, when they got the
notice. In the innocence of my unsophisti
cated heart I supposed from my contract
Mr. Duff would see my all right So I
came bacW to New York and to my old
boarding house (where I now am again),
and waited to hear from Mr. Duff. I had
enough money after settling np to pay two
weeks in advance, and expected by that time
that he would get me placed. You can see
how exceedingly green I was.
"Well, l was out or an engagement Just
weeVi nnd was runnine no a board bill
and never missing a meaL The season was
a bad one to get anything to do, but I fin
ally went on at Niblo's in the pantomime,
"Babes in the Wood." It was but 512 a
week, but that was a good deal better than
nothing, so I tdok it That pantomime was
absolutely dreadful to me. There were 150
people, and those English and Italian ballet
girls are coarse and vulgar like so many
wild animals. -
The Downs of Stage life.
"We had five changes of tights. Those
tights were pink silk, and I tell you I wore
them . with an overwhelming sense of
womanly degradation. They were quite a
different thing from the woolen opera arti
cles, and I came out in them with a feeling
of shame I shall never forget. I was per
fectly horrified at first, and really never got
over the matter. That ballet was worse
than the tights. Bad language and swearing
among them was common and their manners
were well, they didn't have any manners.
"You know we had a strike among these
girls at the final breaking up of the play. It
was awful! Those English girls led
the break and things were red-hot Two
weeks' salary was unpaid when the storm
broke. The girls swore they wouldn't go on
unless the ghost walked; and they wouldn't
leave the stage either. They formed a
genuine mob, and bad language in Italian,
French, German and Spanish mingled with
the worst language of the London boards.
Policemen were called in and went among
the girls to prevent an actual outbreak of
violence. In the meantime the time for the
curtain to rise had gone by and the audi
ence was stamping and pounding. They
didn't realize that there was
A Bigger Show Behind
than they ever -saw. One of the funniest
parts.of the scene was that many of the girls
were partly ready to go on if they were paid.
Others were in their street clothes. Most
of the girls were so excited that they didn't
know whether they were dressed or not
and didn't care. Finally the old janitor,
Flanagan, who has been there 30 years and
is rich, came in among the jabbering crowd
and told us we would be paid by him out of
his own pocket if we would go on. So the
girls hustled into their tights, the belated
curtain went up and the play proceeded.
About midnight we found that Flanagan
meant to pay for that performance only, and
while the girls were crying about that the
old man went off and got drunk and we
never got a cent! Yes, it's funny now, but
it wasn't very funny at the time.
"I was now out of an engagement for the
second time in my first season. If I went
on breaking plays like this J'd have to call
It a bad start. I went back to my kind
hearted and sympathetic landlady wonder
ing what would happen next I had just
saved enough out of my .$12 a week at
Niblo's to square up my account I now
began to run up a fresh bill. If it hadn't
been for that dear woman and kind friends
in her house I should have lost heart They
were very good to me and cheered me up
when I felt low-spirited.
"Wouldn't Ask for Money.
"I have never taken a cent from my mother
since I started out I know that if I wrote
her she'd send me a railroad ticket and tell
me to come home. So I took up my study
again aud waited. In about four weeks I
secured a minor position as 'extra' at the
Broadway, in the Booth-Barrett engage
ment From wearing flesh tights in pan
tomime I was wearing court trains, or act
ing as a mob in the legitimate. The pay
was but $6 a week, but it was worth the
difference to see Booth act nightly.
"I was crazy about Booth. I stood in the
wings until I was fairly ready to drop. He
was grand. I had seen something of 'ex
tras' and heard more, and had made up my
mind that they were a hard lot But I
changed my opinion at the Broadway, for
those were some of the nicest people I ever
met. Our dressing room was elegant
While at the Broadwav I was engaged In
rehearsing In J. M. Hill's "Ship Ahoy,"
and signed a contract for the summer sea
son. The salaries were but $15 for us, but
the management repeatedly reminded us
that it was an all-summer job, and we
were contented. This would carry me over
the season.
Tho Third In the First Season.
"You know how the contract was carrie
out We were told one Saturday nigh;
upon the fall of the curtain at the close o
the performance that the company would be
disbanded and that no more performances
would take place. In other 'words we were
thrown out without any notice whatever.
And here was the third disaster before my
first year was three-fourths gone. What do
you think of that for luck? So again I
went back to my friend better and stronger
and dearer to me as time rolls', on my. land
lady; and there I am again running up a
bill and sparring for an opening wherewith
to settle the score.
"Discouraged? Not a bit It is no
worse lor me than other girls. But it can't
continue that way. It can't rain all the
time. The sun will come out and the
flowers will bloom for me, as well as for
others. This is necessary discipline. See
what I have learned in this time! I've
sung in the operatic chorus, carried banners
in the pantomime, worn the court trains in
the Shakespearean drama, drilled and
marched in the 'Ship Ahoy' a pretty wide
range for a short season.
Drilling Is an Ordeal.
"That drilling is terrible. It is the hard
est work I ever did and requires more ex
acting rehearsals. I suppose it will not
hurt me, but I'll never go through it again.
Another thing, I have learned a good deal
about stage business, not to mention'people.
"There was a lady in our last piece who
was in the chorus for that sole purpose.
She is a splendid singer in concert and has
sung before the crowned heads, but she was
hidden away in the background by reason
of favoritism and not allowed a show. This
mere matter of favoritism is another inter
esting lesson. You would think for the
sake of the success of a piece and the swell
ing of the receipts consequent thereon the
manager would so dispose his company as
to get the best results out of it No, he
don't do it It is largely a question of
favor based on other considerations."
Charles Theodore Mttkhat.
A PIGEON'S GOOD SENSE.
Wouldn't Fljr'Blx Mile "When It Could Do
the Same "Work Faster.
At on of the big sporting events in
Jersey, on Decoration Day, some reporters
used pigeons to transmit their stuff to the
main telegraph office at Jersey City. It
was a race against time to get the news into
the home office in time, and as soon as an
event was over the result waa sent-away
attached to a pigeon. The distance from
the scene of the games to the telegraph
office was about six miles, but there was one
only half as far that 'the reporters knew
nothing about
One of the pigeons did, however, and In
stead of speeding away with the others, flew
off alone. He Whirled through the open
door of the telegraph station and lighted on
the shoulder of the young woman at the
key. She understood the situation and
sent off, his message. Then the pigeon flew
back to the games. The report sent by his
owner beat all the rest That shows wheth
er pigeons have any intelligence or not
WHY CIGARETTES KILL.
Phosphorus, Arsenlo and Nicotine Found in
the Victims' Stomachs.
Fall Man Budget.
A post-mortem examination of two boys
who died from excessive cigarette smoking
took place atPrairiedu Chien the other day.
The result of the'autopsy was to show that
there was phosphorus in the stomach, and
the symptoms indicated that death was
caused by this substance, combined with
nicotine and an arsenical solution used in
the preparation of the paper wrappers'of the
cigarettes.
- Intelligence of Carrier Flgcons.
A carrier pigeon is trained for a race with
as much care as is devoted to a prizefighter.
They are dieted, exercised and cared for in
much the same way. The result of this
careful training is very satisfactory. A
greater degree of speed is attainedand in
telligence to a surprising degree is mani
fested by the birds.
SEHI OF POACHERS.
How They Hook Salmon Almost
Under the Bailiffs' Noses.
AGILITT THAT IS MARVELOUS.
Brutal Methods of Men "Who Gather In
. Frightened Pheasants.
WHAT ENGIAND PATS I0E ITS SPOETS
coimxsroiroiKCE or Tint hisfxtch.1
Carlisle, England, June 11. My first
introduction to a British poacher was in the
ancient city of Gal way on a summer's morn
ing in 1888. I wandered out of Elie Madi
gan's quaint little inn before sunrise, and
after a few moments on the quay among the
fishwives of Claddagh had started for a
stroll out Oughterard way." As I was
crossing Queen's bridge my attention was
attracted by hundreds upon hundreds of
salmon in the shallow waters of the Corrib
beneath. They lay, bunched in groups of
scores and more, in little pockety pools of
the greatest depth, their noses pointing np
stream, but all the shoals apparently as
motionless as the rocky bed of the river
beneath them.
It was early for Galway, save at the
Claddagh-side, as the sleepy old town is
hardly astir before 9 o'clock. But I had
stood there hardly a minute when a man in
corduroy high-lows, jockey cap and visor
and bearing a huge club in his hand, ap
proached me from the city side. He gave
me a sharp look of scrutiny, touched his hat
apologetically, and walking smartly away,
crossed the bridge and scrambled along the
opposite shore, looking closely here and
there in odd corners and shadowy nooks
along the bank. Finally he disappeared in
the vicinity of the Salmon' Leap of the
Corrib above. He was one of the. Boyal
Fisohry Board water bailiffs, and was in.
quest of salmon poachers.
How the Poacher Works.
He was hardly out of sight before a bare
footed man followed upon the bridge. He
in turn scrutinized me closely and passed.
A moment later the man's arm slid along
the waist-high stone coping of the bridge.
Then there was a gentle splash in the water
below. The man kept straight on, increas
ing the speed of his walk. Directly I saw
his arm jerked back, as if by a sudden
grasp from the bridge-side over the coping.
Then he seemed to exert very great strength,
while there was some little commotion in
the stream beneath. But the man kept
straight along, his arm now in a position as
if dragging a half floating burden. When
near the end of the bridge he turned, put
his elbows upon the coping in an attitude of
contemplation, and waited thus for a few
minutes. Finally he passed off the bridge
end, and turned toward the bay.
Without seeming to watch him, I soon
saw him reappear near an old falling mill
several rods below. With him there was a
mangy-headed lad who was hastily unroll
ing the bottoms of his trousers with one
hand, while carrying his jacket in a singu
larly heavy and baggy way with the other.
The bare-footed man had within three
minutes' time captured two huge salmon
with a murderous "drag hook" armed with
six huge hooks; and the lad with the
pouchy jacket who had rejoined him was
In waiting beneath the bridge end to care for
fish, hooks and line. In 15 minutes more
the two salmon were dressed and, in the
"herring skibs" of the fishwives, being
hawked about the city; and the Corrib
poacher had secured 8 shillings for his deft
morning's work.
Has a Peculiar Fascination.
The entire procedure was so amazingly
audacious and clever, that on meeting the
poacher later in the day I taxed him with
his performance. He knew I would not be
tray him. I found that he was of a respect
able family, a brother being a reputable
contractor in New York City, where he had
himself had a decent wage position; but he
confessed that poaching and poverty were
more fascinating in Galway than contracts
and a career in America.
My next experience was while's guest
during a pheasant-shoot on the demesne of
a young nobleman in one of the English
Midland counties. Some time during the
day's murderous onslaught upon the
birds, I had lost a diminutive, but to me
valuable, notebook. It so worried me that
I arose the next morning, dressed and stole
down into and out oi the castle yard,
through the huge open gate facing the sido
next the demesne, before a soul was astir
about the entire place. I was not
long in reaching the open place
where I felt sure the previous day's
slaughter of pheasants had occured; and
just as my hand left the wall, following my
impulse of search over the shooting ground,
my fingers came in contact with the bushy
hair of a man's head. I am not exactly an
athlete, bnt that hair and the man under it
came up alongside of that demesne wall to
nearly my own height, as the Germans say,
"Im augenblickl" and I instantly saw I
had taken, red-handed, a fine specimen of
the English poacher. The fact was all' the
more interesting as I recognized in the
precious rascal one of the "beaters" em
ployed by milord's gamekeepers during tho
previous day's sport
The Information Proved Serviceable.
He was a handsome, dirty, chunky fellow
of 20 or thereabouts, and ne knew how to
beg as well as poachy Not being specially
interested in enforcing the game laws of
England, it occurred to me I could utilize
this particular "misplaced matter" both on
the lines of acquiring information and in
the recovery of my notebook. A proper
compact had no sooner been agreed upon
than two of the poacher's companions,
agreeable to his signal, appeared. One was
a weazened old man, spry as a cricket, and
the other was a lad of perhaps 15 years.
The latter at once produced what I had
made my quest for, and got a half-crown
for his trouble. Then in a few moments'
hasty explanation I secured a good idea of
what had been going on in that quarter
during the night
All three had been employed by the
gamekeepers the previous day as "beaters"
and "helpers," the latter to watch for the
falling birds and carry them back to "the
bags, A large number were thus stowed
away in secure coverts for the following
night's work. The poachers well knew that
after the evening's tips, beer, pipes and
boastful stories in the servants' hall and
harness room, every gamekeeper would
sleep soundly that night if not another in
the year. They were therefore over the
demesne wall and at work long before mid
night Their outfit was simple and inex
pensive. Equipments for Catching Pheasants.
A strong rope sbout 12 feet long with
triple nooses, one in the middle well bound
for securing a fastening on the jagged wall
coping, and another at each end, answering
for a ladder. A handcart, the wheels
wound with straw ' and rags to prevent
noise and lessen the trail, with a fourth
man beside it as a sentinel, was brought
along for carrying away the plunder. The
three who entered the grounds had long,
litHe poles, each a "bulrs-eye" lantern, and
between them sulphur or some such stuff
and matches for making, smudgers. They
knew every inch of ground "beaten" the
day before; and also that the clamor and
fright had broken up the rucks or coveys
into detached files of pheasants, and that
these would retreat as -high as possible
among the branches of larch and fir. The
fog, too, was in their favor.
All night long they had methodically
hunted out certain trees, discovered the
pheasants within them, smudged them into
insensibility and deliberately knocked them
from their perches, dispatching them the
moment they fell by sinking their beastly
thumbs into the brain of the befuddled
birds. The work of gathering those which
had been stolen from the "bag' the previous
day was left until the break of day, and
was just about completed as I had corns
upon the scene. Downs went over the
wall into the waiting cart in the few min
utes of my investigation. The poles, the
lad and the little old man followed. As the
burly fellow I had caught followed these,
and he was still astride the wall where he
had pounded the glass away and daubed a
covering of hard clay, I asked him how
many they had probably taken.
"Hus doa'nt rightly know," was his mod
est and hoarsely whispered rejoinder;
'"likes there be nigh unto 40 bracel
Money England Spends for Sport.
Few people in America, or for that mat
ter here, have any adequate idea of the
tremendous sums annually expended in the
preservation and ta&ing of game in
England, Ireland and Scotland. On a
former occasion I had need to secure the
figures for Scotland alone. Hunting and
fishing with attendants expenses annually
cost British sportsman in Scotland
520,000,000! What must the sum total
consequently be for the three kingdoms?
Here then is at once found the real origin
of poachers and poaching. Every Briton,
is a born sportsman. Hence with every
square rod of ground under lease as a
"shooting," and every lineal rod of shore of
beck, burn, river, loch or harbor, under
lease to somebody as a "fishing," millions
are debarred by the severest game laws in
the world from any use whatever of the rod
and gun, save by stealth and illegally. Al
most every one of these millions becomes a
quasi poacher, on opportunity, as against
the few thousands of privileged class, and
not unwilling poachers' agents in the dis
position or consumption of the illegally se
cured booty.
Low as is the scale of the professional
poacher, it must not be supposed that he is
a proscribed outlaw. British newspapers
always discuss him from his humorous side.
His vocation is everywhere known among
villagers and countryside folk, and there
are none so dastardly as to give him into
the hands of officers. I personally know of
many instances where poacher graduates
have become gamekeepers. Other game
keepers often seek their friendship, rather
than their enmity, thus reducing ravages to
the lowest limit And there are well au
thenticated cases where milord himself has
hobnobbed with them for lessons in cunning
and woodcraft
a Two Poachers of Reputation.
- Two of the most noted and incorrigible of
.British poachers mtest tne loons ana aeer
forests in the vicinity of Fort William,
'Scotland. One is named Macewan, and the
'other, a confirmed tramp poacher, is known
about the region of Loch Ell, as "Drousy
Mogins." Macewan seems unvanquishable.
In 1888 Lord Abinger of Inverlochy House
obtained an interdict against him. He im
mediately secured its removal for 15, a
part only of the proceeds of two days'
shooting in Lord Abmger's preserves, since
which time his operations have not been in
terfered with. His greatest revenues are,
however, secured by night "sweeping" by
seines of the pools of the river Lochy, hun
dredsbf grilse or young salmon and some
sea trout always being secured.
"Drousv Moeins is more of a poacher
aneler. and less of a pirate. He wanders
at will among the Grampian trout
streams supplying the tames ot tne noDuity
with the choicest trout from their own
streams; and has been offered fabulous sums
for a glimpse of his marvelous "flies." But
a year since Lord Morton sent a young
poacner resident on nis .axugour esuuc iu
Cameron of Loch Eil, begging him to em
plov him as a gillie in order to suppress his
genius for poaching. An entire volume
might be filled with similar incidents and
illustrations.
The Bailiffs Usually Fear Them.
Poaching is carried on among the vast deer
forests and in stream and pool "sweeping"
by net in a most lawless and defiant manner.
Tt is simnlv impossible to provide sufficient
gamekeepers and gillies to protect the for
ests from the inroads of poacher "stalkers;"
and the poachers of fish arc so thoroughly
organized and in sudden conflicts with water
bailiffs handle the latter so mercilessly that
the bailifis usually seek seclusion rather
than the marauders.
Genuine cunning, patience, with marvel
ous moor and woodcrait, are, tnereiore, more
often found in those poachers who hang
about the outskirts of well-stocked "shoot
ings" and preserves, alert as sparrow hawks
or moor buzzardsfor poults of every descrip
tion which have market value. Pheasant
and grouse poaching bring the most profita
ble returns. .ajiue irom me nigut raius
described above, the ingenious device Is re
sorted to of fitting a gamecock with artificial
spurs, and stealthily placing him alongside
the pheasant covert The pugnacious pheas
ant cocks instantly respond to the gams
cock's crowing challenge, and often three
or four brace of pheasants are thus taken.
Again in the highways near where pheas
ants are bred they may often be seen
scratching and rolling in the dust of the
road. The poacher provides himself with
corn kernels into which short bristles have
been inserted. These are greedily devoured,
and the birds, choking to death in the
hedges, are quickly and quietly dispatched.
Grouse are taken by being shot from be
hind stone walls, an entire brood often being
picked off at a time, if the poacher keep
himself out of sight; with fine hair snares
set on the moor hillocks, in the "runs"
around them, and between the "rests"
among the heather; and just before day
break, by silk dragnets with glazed bottoms,
on moors which are systematically burnt, an
entire covey often being bagged at one
sweep. Edgak L. WAKraiAir.
XISSIHG THE LITHE ONES.
Mothers Should Insist That Visitors and
Nurses Restrain Themselves.
One of the things upon which careful
mothers insist is that indiscriminate kissing
of her charges must be prevented. Many
persons consider that a baby or sweet-faced
little toddler met anywhere is a legitimate
object for kisses and fondling, a practice
which cannot be too much discouraged. A
writer in the Epoch recently made the start
ling statement, credited to a physician, a
specialist in treating croup, that an adult
with a simple case of catarrh can give a
child membranous croup. A physician's
wife safjd not long ago in regard to the same
matter:
"I was surprised in securing a nurse for
my first child: to have my husband object to
one who came to me on trial. She was
efficient and neat in every way, but she had
very poor teeth. They were discolored and
evidently in very poor condition, and my
husband insisted I should discharge her at
the end of her trial week. The mouth,' he
said, 'was a hotbed for septic germs even in
its most perfect condition;' he would cer
tainly have no nurse about breathing into,
his child's face who could not, at least, show
a sound set of teeth. And our next nurse,
whose teeth were promising, but not quite
perfect, he sent to our dentist for care while
she remained with us."
The great trouble about this is that visit
ors have a habit of "kissing the baby" with
the best intentions. They think to please
the loving mother whereas, if she be in
telligent, she is in agony at the sight
Courtesy keeps her from stopping the oscu
lation and she sits trembling at the danger
her darling is incurring.
Sullivan Has a Perfect Foot.
John L. Sullivan has the handsomest foot
that I have ever measured, says Shoemaker
McNamara, of St Louis. It is a 9)i, which
is small for a man of his weight and height;
but it is absolutely without a blemish.
A York County Hon Finds a Cure for Diar
rhoea. Last summer during harvest time a man
by the name of Mackay (who is himself a
medicine agent for a cholera and diarrhoea
remedy), took a very severe attack of diar
rhoea while here. We had no other suitable
medicine in the house, so he said he would
try Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Bemedy. After taking one dose he
felt great relief, and after taking three doses
according to directions he was entirely
cured, and has had. no attack since. He
says it is the most pleasant medicine to take
and did him more good than anything he
had ever before tried. We can recommend
it as being a very good remedy for diarrhoea.
Henbt Beelilvk,
Dillsburg, York county, Pa.
ECONOMY IN FOOI
Edward Atkinson's Efforts at Eef
in the CooMng System.
HBSTOTE AND DIMER Pi
Dynamite May Ee Made to Do the Ted
Work of the Engraver.
WIPING THE PEN 02T THE POT
rwairrxjf xoa tux dispatch.
The question of cooking reform was ta
up actively in England a few years ago,
a large number of Bchools were establii
where the upper and middle classes
able to lean at the same time how to n
cooked food more toothsome and more
gestible. The admirable results which 1
accrued to the health and well being oi
classes has drawn attention to the posr
ity of extending its benefits to the labo.
section- of the community.
A vigorous movementhaa been set on
in this country with a view of affording
poorer classes the means by which they
live better and at smaller cost on a m
less quantity of food than has her
fore been considered necessary for t
proper sustenance. This movement
been placed on a sound and scientific bf
and is now being diligently prosecutec
Mr. Edward Atkinson, the well-known
tistician and economist, of Boston,
method proposed by Mr. Atkinson of proi
ing popular knowledge of the principle
good and economical cookery is to estab
schools where these principles can
taught, and kitchens where food can
cooked on a large scale, and made avail:
from its reduced cot for the people. Q
work is now rapidly progressing in m
cities, and among the latest to fall into r
is New York, where a philanthropist
subscribed $6,000 for the establishment
kitchen on the Eastside where women l
learn the art of economy of cooking.
Furthermore, Mr. Atkinson has desig
a .special stove, which he calls
"Aladdin," and a "workman's pail,'
which food can be cooked according to
system which he has proved by long
periment and practical working to be j
ductive of such salutary results. He ss
"It is not true that the Lord sent the f
and the devil sent the cook; the true vers
of the case is that the Lord sent the f
and the devil sent the stove;" addi
"What more infernal place of dwelling
you find than a small kitchen containin
big stove working away under a str
draft in midsummer?"
It has been proved beyond question t
by the use of these improved appliar
complete and adequate nutrition can
supplied to the average working man
woman at a cost not exceeding Si a w
for the food material and the fuel to coo)
with. The significance of such econom;
brought out strinkingly by the fact tha
the present day the mere cost of mater
for food, 'even in this landof huge abu
once, absorbs one-half the income of m
than nine-tenths of the people. In
Aladdin stove 50 pounds of bread, m
and vegetables can De cooked in the n:
perfect and nutritious manner w
two pints or two pounds, or a little 1
of kerosene oil burned in an ordin
Bochester lamp. As the cost of this st
is at present not less than S25, a price wh
practically excludes it from many si
families as it was especially designee
benefit, Mr. Atkinson proposes that din
rooms be built and f tted up in each la
factory with a range or stove large enoi
to cook for 100 people. Each man or won
who applies for the right to make use of t
room may then bring two boxes of food i
terial to be cooked and one box of coffee
cocoa. These boxes may be brought l
wire frame, which can be set in the st
on reaching the mill. All that is then nee
sary is to light the gas under the stove, i
at 13 o'clock a hot appetizing and nutriti'
dinner will be ready. A nominal cha
per head per month mijjht be made to g
a fair percentage on the investment
The cost of the cooking pail, by means
which a workman can have his dinner b
good and nourishing, instead of chid a
uninviting, is , and, like the Aladi
stove, it is made by a firm in Brooklu
Mass., which shares with Mr. Atkinson t
profits on all sales. The latter's share
these profits is devoted, by agreement,
building kitchens and to other charital
objects, the ultimate aim of which is
teach economy. It is certainly time tl
such lessons should be taught throughe
the land, when the fact is established tl
25 cents' worth of food a day is much m
than sufficient for the heartiest appeti
and that the workingman who now spen
12 and 52 50 a week for his food can ha
just as much for $1, and have it, moreoV'
in comfort and enjoyment"
Engraving by Dynamite.
A most remarkable method of engravi
has been discovered by, accident A hea
charge of dynamite was being exploded
Newport by some Government officers w
were making fuse tests. Somehow a smt
dried leaf had slipped in between the dyi
mite cartridge and the iron block ire
which the charge was fired. At the cc
elusion of the experiments the officers we
surprised to find in the iron a perfect ii
print of the leaf, each delicate line of whi
was permanently engraved with startli
distinctness. This discovery was follow
by a series of experiments which ful
confirmed the fact that a new possibility h
been created in the art of engraving. Leav
and flowers were placed between plates
boiler iron and a moderate charge of dyn
mite was fired on the upper plate. In eve
case the reproduction was perfect, includii
even the veins in the petals of the flowei
The idea has been taken up by manufactt
ers, and dynamite is coming into practic
use as an engraver.
Bath Xin tor the EleJc,
The administration of the bath to the sit
and paralyzed is often attended with mat
difficulty, if not danger, and the bath li
which has just been invented in. England
both a welcome and a beneficent appliance
Its special purpose is to prevent tha act
dents and make the bathing of the most d
bilitated patient by a singW nurse at om
possible and safe; and to better secure pr
longed immersion, a mode of treatment
which it is frequently necessary to resor
The apparatus consists of a light, rigi
frame, supporting a strong net. and raise
at the end to form a pillow. Placed on th
the patient is lowered into or raised out i
the bath by a rack and pinion arrangemei
controlled by a handle. The apparatus cs
be made to fit any size or shape of bath an
can be fixed to an ordinary bath in a fe
minutes.
The Potato as a Penwiper.
One of the chief woes of a ready write
consists in the fact that he no sooner gets
pen into good working order than it :
spoiled by the corrosion of the ink. Quill
are nowadays as much out of date as pei
wipers are impracticable, and the rented
for the writer's grievance must be an expi
ditious and easy one. This has been foun
in the potato wiper. The juicy tuber hold
the pen steady, removes at once all in.
from the nib, and prevents, or at leas
greatly delays, the process of corrosion;
A Kovol Glove Mender.
Among the novel inventions which hav
lately passed through the Patent Otfice is
glove mender made of nickel and consistin)
of two parts, which press against eacn othe
by means of a spring. Part of the top edgi
is provided with small teeth ranged close t
each other. The seam of the glove to b
mended is pressed between the teeth, "an
the needle is passed in aud out at ever;
opening.
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