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EVIEWOFSPORTS.
later Events and Deals in Gen
eral Baseball Affairs Discussed
and Commented On.
TEATUEES OP THE LEAGUE EACE.
"What the English Authorities Think of
the Abilities of the American
Sprinter, Carj.
THREE GEEAT PUGILISTIC ETENTS
FrobiWe Tnantn In the Bill and Fitoimmom tad
ITUlii and Diioa FijhU.
Before beginning our weekly talk on cur
rent topics I hare a few corrections to make
this morning. Last week, when writing
about President Young's circular, I referred
to the contract jumping that it "an
nounced," but by some mysterious way the
word "announced" was changed to "de
nounced." Also, in speaking of amateur
rculling, I said that an amateur can become
o professional any time, but the word "can"
was by Bomebody changed into "cannot,"
which was a very absurd change, Thera
were many other ridiculous mistakes in my
matter that must have kept those persons
very busy who made them.
Ilaseball in General.
"Well, I ruppose we'll have to give the
national game precedence this week a?ain
because, despite the fact that we have had
some big events in general sporting affairs
this week, the national game is still su
preme. But in the national game itself
there has been little of importance. Still,
the interest in baseball holds up in a won
derful way. We have seen the last of the
Eastern teams for awhile, as Brooklyn
wound up the "Western scries of Eastern
teams Friday. As far as Pittsburg is con
cerned, the latest visits of the Eastern
teams have not been of the glorious kind.
To say the least, the home team have made
e very moderate showing in the way of win
ning "games. They played thrice against
Boston and won one, twioe against Xew
York and won one, thrice against the
Phillies and won one, thrice against Brook
lyn and won two. In short, our slug
gers have non lour out of the
Tl games played on the home grounds.
This is nothing short of a wretched per
formance and as far as the good standing of
the team is concerned at the end of the
race I have lost almost all hope. For some
time pat matters hae been so muddled up
in the club that it will almost require the
balance of the season to get them put right.
Hat there has been one thing discovered.
At least raot pcoj'le locally interested in
he game have discovered "this one thing,
ciz: That it is suicidal to allow any man, no
matter now gushing he may be, to have
any authority whatever among ball players
who has little or no practical knowlege of
the game. It is often the case that men get
themselves to the front entirely because of
a morbid detire for notoriety, and I think
that all of us who have watched the affairs
of the local club this year will have seen
enough of that to convince us that it is a very
bad thing, indeed. But amid the miserable
mismanagement of the team .this season
theie may be one consolation. It may be
that the club directors will have learned
something and will be prepared to be like
other people next year and have one man
ager. The club directors must have dis
covered that baseball is a good investment
in Pittsburg, and that it is worth their
while to rely on some eld and experienced
heads and to have the business toned down
to a system; something that it has not been
thN year. 1 am sure 1 was considerably in
terested the other evening to see President
Uyrues, of the Brooklyn club, going the
round of our newspaper offices paying for
advertisements of the next day's games. It
:s ft raie sight to see the President of the
visiting team hustling about after "ads" for
the games. The matter is worthy the con
nlderation of the local directors.
"Ward's Trouble With Hurst.
During the week many of us who take an
interest in baseball were surprised to
bear of John "Ward's being ordered out of
the g.me at Exposition Park. "We were
surprised becauca it is indeed a very rare
thing to find "Ward so far at variance with
the umpire. But I am disposed to think
that Hurst had no other alternative but to
order theplaver to the bench; at any rate
Ward was decidedly in the wrong in per
sisting in argument with the umpire after
a decision had been given. Xoboay knows
this better than Vard,aad President Byrne,
nho witnessed the scene, was of that
opinion. The decision in question was
relative to a runner to first bae and was en
tirely a matterof judgment. Umpire Hurst
Jechired the runner safe, "which he doubt
less was, and "Ward walked in and made ob
jections. X ow, in cases of this kind, a cap
ia:n ought not to walk up with the inten
tion of bulldozing the umpire or of trvin?
to stir up a feeling againsthim. John Ward
n-.glu to be the last man in the business to
lo it, but I am inclined to think that
he began the objecting to give Terry
i rest, ns lie was being hit
-lard at the time. But captains
teams should guard against this useless
ticking, and if they don't the umpires will
perfectly justified in fining every one of
iiein. Players can soon incite the cranks,
diid then the umpire always gets the worst
of it. But in speaking of "Ward I am re
minded that Mr. Brvnes, of the Brooklyn
ieam, is considerably disappointed with
.John. Mr. Brvnes talked very freely tome
a few dnvs ago on the matter, and stated
shat Ward had been a great disappointment
this year. I could easily glean from Mr.
Bvrnes' remarks that he does not want Mr.
Ward next year, and that he regrets part
ing with George Smith. True. Ward has
not played his game this year, but he may
have been bothered by being in a losing
earn and by being responsible tor that team's
work. It has been a bad rear for "Ward,
md I am inclined to think that his big sal
irv period is almost over. Indeed, the big
salaried plaj ers this year have more or less
been very great failures.
Tho League Pennant Race.
It is remarkable how close the race for
the National League pennant continues. I
ion't think there ever was a time when tho
trugglo was so keen and so exciting for so
.ong a time, and depend upou it much credit
due Anson for the closeness of the strug-
:1c. Almost ei cry week adJs proof of the
startling work of that man as a baseball
idge and authority. It is not any such
'ling as luck in Anson's case; not "at all.
i is a raat'er of brains and intelligence
. ml an excellent idea of human nature.
Vell, he is making things eitiemely warm
.or the Giants, but I think we are all con
. inced that the Giants are in difficulties at
.ircsent. To say the least Mutrie's team
.ire not in good shape by any means, and I
" ill not be surprised to bee them take a big
Jrop. Their pitchers are in bad shape, as
e!sh and Keefe are to a great extent done;
Husie is K-ing overworked and John
Kwing lias been sick for sometime. This
!a a great blow to the Giants and handicaps
them considerably. If everything were
right with them of course they would still
Hold the lead and as soon "as they get
into good condition again they will
o to the front. The Chicago team
iiivc knocked a censiderable amount of
..jnbition out of the Boston team during the
-ck, but the Bostons are playing a great
.aine and now that they are in the East
sain I expect that they will play great
sill. The Bostons arc almost sure to make
sitters warm for the "Western teams when
lie latter go East and this gives them a
.ttlc advantage. And what a plucky and
,-ood game the Clevelands are putting upl
."hat loan is a credit to the city and to a
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very great extent they shame our slugger.
But there has been less humbug about the
management of the Clevelands than there
has been about our team. As matters look
now the Clevelands are just as good to take
lor fourth place as any team below them on
the list. The Phillies are about as high as
they'll get and there seems little hope of
Brooklyn, Pittsburg and Cincinnati getting
higher than the sixth notch. They make a
good fight for the three last places, although
the Brooklyns are quite liable to make a
big spurt.
About the little War.
While President Byrnes was in the city
during the week he expressed himself to the
effect that the trouble between the Ameri
can Association and the League would soon
be settled. He went on to say that there
were many intimations coming from the As
sociation to the effect that a settlement is de
sired. He iurthcr said that almost all the
Association clubs are losing money, and
that many of the stockholders are tired of
it. Of course, this is just as might have
been expected, and it was really expected.
The American Association only has itself to
blame for any trouble that may have over
taken it, and before any settlement with
the National League is effected the latter
has a duty to perforin. It has to make up
its mind that certain persons connected
with the Association be ousted from the
business entirely before any reconciliation
can take place. " The integrity and dignity
of the game demands this. There are char
acters connected with the Association who
have been a disturbing element in baseballfor
years, and for the League to recognize them
now would only be to place these charac
ters in a position to keep everything in a
tumult again. In fact, the satety of the
game demands that not only one or two
magnates, but a few players bo kept out of
the business. Of cours'e, this is a strong
and, at first sight, a tyrannical mode of pro
cedure, but desperate evils require desper
ate remedies. If the life of baseball can
only be saved by keeping a few disturbing
and disgraceful "characters out, the question
becomes a verv simtile one. Here it is:
"Would it be hetter to have the national
game ruined, or to preserve it by keeping a
lew persons UUfc Ul Hi J. uuu v vuiuji tuau
anv'l'riendand admirer of the game willhesi
tafe about the answer to that. Certainly it
is unpleasant to have trouble and ill feel
ing, but I would sooner keep a burglar at a
distance amid all the ill feeling in the world
than to have him in my house. The Na
tional League cannot aflord to make auy
important concessions to the Association,
and this fact should not be lost Bight of.
The Uomewood Knees.
If ever there was any doubt as to the
popularity of horse racing in Pittsburg it
ought to be dispelled after the events of the
week just ended. The Grand Circuit was
opened at Homewood and it is no exaggera
tion at all to say that there never was such
a great race meeting in Pittsburg. The
quality of the racing and the attendance far
exceeded the most sanguine expectations,
and for once, at least, we can say that the
Homewood meeting was in reality a success
in every respect I am, indeed, glad of that
fact, because tho directors and stockholders
of that track have had quite a long and
wearisome struggle. There is not a track in
the country that has been more handi
capped than the Homewood track, and,
amid the many difficulties surrounding it,
the directors have struggled bravely on to
keep it intact and make a success of it.
They have succeeded finally and they de
serve all credit. But the success of the race
meeting is also a very great benefit to the
city, and our wiseacres should see this.
Four davs' racing, such as we hare had,
does not make the city one whit less moral,
and depend upon it commercially much
good results and surely there will
be no more foolish attempts made
to prevent the races. "Well, the Grand Cir
cuit has opened in famous style. The con
tests were excellent and the time made in
the majority of the races shows that the
quality of the horses was first class. An
event of great local interest was the race in
which Dallas and Hal Pointer met The
latter, though a little off, once more showed
his superiority. I think we will all be
now convinced that Dallas is not the equal
of Hal Pointer. But there was another in
teresting feature of the meeting, and that
was the very peremptory way in which the
judge, Van Osten, "sat down" on any at
tempt to "pulL" This was proven in tho
race in which Charley Predmoro was sus
pected of not trying to win with Min
Young. Whether or not Prcdmore did try,
the fact remains that when he was taken
out of the sulky Min Young won the next
two heats in very fast time. I am not go
ing to argue as to the right or wrong of
what the judge did, but I contend that the
effort to prevent crooked racing will have a
very good effect on the sport It is to be
expected that when the Grand Circuit has
been inaugurated so well in Pittsburg that
matters will be gay and lively right round,
and as a result we may have one of the
best seasons for the circuit that we have
ever had.
Athletic Contests on Sunday.
The amateur athletes at St Louis and in
some of the other Western cities have
formed a new organization because the A.
A. XT. will not countenance Sunday con
tests. Briefly stated, several Western ath
letic clubs which were members of the A. A.
TJ. applied to have Sunday "field days,"
but this was refused by the national body.
As a result these Western clubs have with
drawn from the A. A. U. and made an or
ganization of their own. and it may be ex
pected that the new organization will be to
some extent a rival of the A. A. TJ. Well,
the entire matter hinges on the Sunday
question, and once more I am inclined to
think that the A. A. TJ. has made a mis
take. It seems to mo that in this matter
the A. A. TJ. wiseacres have been too much
inclined to look on society as they would
like it to be and have taken too slight a no
tice of it as it really is. I am, I trust, no
advocate for Sabbath desecration; of course,
I may have my own conception as to the
limitation of the word desecration, but I do
not propose to discuss that branch of the
subject this morning. What I want to point
out is the fact that it is foolish for the A. A.
TJ. to ignore the custom of a very large
community and there is, indeed, a very large
community in the South and West where
Sunday is to a great extent utilized in
athcletio and mental recreations. These
recreations are allowed to go on Sunday af
ter Sunday by the civil authorities and in
the face of that the A. A. TJ. declares to its
members out Wc6t, "you people cannot par
ticipate in these recreations with our sanc
tion." In other words, while athletic con
tests of various kinds are going on and
while theaters and drinking places are in
full swing the Amateur Athletic Union de
nies its members the right to have meetings
of their own. As a result they mu3t go to
the drinking places or somewhere else not
directly surrounded by church influences.
In view of the fact that it is a custom in one
part of the country to have athletic contests
on Sunday, would it not have been better
had the A. A. U. decided to make special
legislation in favor of this particular part
rather tlan cause such an influential por
tion to leave the union? I think it would,
and it may be that the A. A. U. leaders
will be of the same opinion before they are
much older.
Onr Athletes Abroad.
I am always pleased to note the opinions
of good authorities on any of our athletic
performers who may be taking part in con
tests abroad. I have steadily held the
opinion and expressed it often that Cary is
a better sprinter than a few amateur moguls
want to give him credit for. Here is what
the London Sporting Life says about Cary:
L. Cary, in the century and one furlong
departments, lias created as much astonish
ment as did his most famous fellow country
man in the quarter and the half, and Ins
American championship performance in the
hundred last year, which was supported re
cently when ho was timed to do 9 seconds,
proves him to be as speedy an amateur as
we have ynt seen. lie ran exceedingly woll
at Iluddersfield, when it is taken into con
sideration that he had scarcely recovered
from tne sea voyage, and cot home in his six
scoro preliminary in 131-5 seconds, and fin
ished an easy victor in tho 220 lovel, with tho
watch shoeing 22 S-5 seconds. Tho value
of this show is not apparent on tho time, as
the track had been but recently laid. Cary
showed the B. P. something of his quality in
t lie hundred, as he simply romped homo from
that 10 2-5 seconds sprinter, D. Basan, and
ran away with tho final by a good three
Tarda in the excellent tune of 10 1-5 seconds.
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when the sodden state of tho track is taken
into consideration. llenilngton's easy, grace
ful stylo in tho quarter milo was universally
admired, and his hollow victory in the final
of tho quarter stamps him as a runner of
good class. Koddy and Sarro were disap
pointing, and this may bo also said of Ford,
George, Dadman, Nicoll and Lango, although
tho last named is quite capable of showing a
good 'performance, and his disqualification
was matter for general regret. In striking
contrast to these mediocre performers, the
hammer throwing of Queckberner aroused
genuine enthusiasm.
Among the Leading Pugilists.
Matters are becoming exceedingly lively
among the pugilists, as there are at least
three big events slated to take place within
the next eight or ten days. Joe Choynski
and Joe Goddard are to fight to-morrow in
Australia and Hall and Eitzsiinmons on the
22d and Willis aud Dixon a few days later.
Doubtless my readers will be expecting a
few words about these events. Discussing
the probabilities of the Choynski and God
dard contest an Australian authority says:
Regarding the probabilities of the match
there is plenty of room for opinions to dif
fer. Choynski may have been a bit unpre
pared for the style of the last encounter,
and, having pondered o'er the situation, he
may fight differently this trip. With his
brilliant capabilities it would not do for any
one, however good, to come before him at
all "off" in form. And if Goddard shonld
happen to be that v.ay he might have to
mutter something" in the dismal shades of
a defeated man's corner after the go.
Tho readiness with which Choynskiagrecd
to meet his conqueror shows that he must
have gathered hope from some source or
other. There is, ot course, ground for sup
posing tho repetition of a trial of conclu
sions a reasonable one; since Goddard in
dicated that ho had had more to do to van
quish Dooley than ho had to down Choynski,
and the latter so significantly beat the
former since that idea was formulated.
Goddard, on the other hand, cannot he a
worse man than when he defeated the Amer
ican before. His subsequent doings have
been sufficient to keep him. together. And,
therefore.with proper care and no accidents,
tho second meeting of the giants should be
as interesting and eventful as the first. All
things considered it may be taken for
granted that whatever occurs a very merry
mill is a certainty.
Of course Choynski is a courageous and a
tough customer, but, after taking every
thing into consideration, I fail to see how
he can turn the tables on Goddard. Harris,
the bookmaker who was recently in this
country, has been telling the Australians
that Goddard can easily defeat all the
heavy-weights in America. If Goddard is
anything near being as good as that he will
defeat Choynski.
The Middle-Weight Contest
This will be the last opportunity I'll have
to say anything about the Hall and Eitz
simmous affair, and I am frank enough to
confess that I am not inclined to say much
about it As a rule I always speak freely
about contests between leading pugilists,
but in this Instance there is a mist that
I cannot verr well see through.
Certainly I hold the opinion that
the vanquisher of Dempsey" is a better
man than Hall, but I am not eager to go
further than that I cannot recall a battle,
and I can remember a large number, that
was more surrounded with suspicious feat
ures than the Hall and Eitzsimmons affair,
and there has been during the last ten days
such a determined effort on the part of the
managers to boom it in the newspapers that
I am more suspicious of it than ever. On
public form Fitzsimmons ought to win, and
I don't base the form on his victory over
Dempsey. I still hold the opinion that
that contest was no test of Fitzsimmons at
nil, as he was fighting a man below middle
weight. But both Hall and Eitzsimmons
have had an encounter with Billy Mc
Carthy, and the best that Hall could do
against that second-rater was to make a
draw, while Fitzsimmons defeated him
without any trouble whatever. But, to come
to something definite on the matter, and tak
ing everything into consideration, I ex
pect to see Fitzsimmons the victor. I am
inclined to think that he won't lose if he
can win, but, of course, I may easily be
wrong in this.
Willis and Dixon.
But to me the most interesting contest
that is to take place, and the one on which
it would be safest to bet, is the approaching
battle between Abe Willis and George
Dixon. There is every prospect that the
contest between these little fellows will be
on its merits and it is for the championship
of the world. There are many good authori
ties who have great confidence in Willis
and think him a sure winner, certainly the
young man has a long list of victories be
hind him and has performed in a very ad
mirable way. He is a game and handy lit
tle fellow, but I question very much
whether he has ever stood in front of an
opponent the equal of Dixou. I feel con
fident that he has never met a Dixon, and
the latter has performed very well and has
won his many battles in a way that stamps
him as a first-class man at his weight True,
Willis has defeated his recent opponents
Tery cleverly, but they were not in the
front rank, and he had much the best of it,
and when a man has tho best of an oppo
nent from the start depend upon it he ap
pears to the ordinary onlooker as a very
great fighter. In Dixon the Australian
will meet a better man, in the feather
weight class, than he has ever met
before. And then comes the question:
How will Willis perform in front of such a
strong, active and plucky pugilist as Dixon?
I don't think he will perform like a winner.
So far Dixon's method of fighting has fully
satisfied me. as he uses both hands aud keeps
his opponent's face and body simultaneously
warm. In many respects in style he re
minds one of Tom Sterck, now on the local
police force. Tom would never shirk a blow
if he could return two for it Well, for
Willis to defeat Dixon the former must be a
good deal better pugilist than I expect him
to be. Of course it is not impossible for
him to defeat the little colored champion,
but I dou't think it probable.
McAuliffe and Gibbons.
There is a likelihood of a contest between
Austin Gibbons and Jack McAuliffe, and
if ever these two men fight, mark my words,
Gibbons will get a much greater pummeling
than he has ever had yet The conditions,
as far as proposed, are that the two men
fight at 135 pounds, give or take two pounds.
This means that McAuliffe would fight at
137 pounds, and also that he would
win. Somehow or other I have not
become convinced that Gibbons is a cham
pion, and if he and McAuliffe meet, and the
latter will be at the trouble to get into good
condition, Austin Gibbons will, I antici
pate, get defeated. rsrsGLK.
PEPPEK IN HOT WEATHZB.
Nature Teaches the Birds and Animals of
the Tropics to Use It
New York Tribune. 1 ,
Peppered dishes properly belong to sum
mer time. Strange as it may seem, curries
and hot dishes oi all kinds are of a tropical
or Indian origin. Even the birds and ani
mals of the tropics use Chile peppers as ar
ticles of diet Under the influence of hot
weather the appetite flags, and seems to
need some such stimulus. It was Goldsmith
who wrote:
For palates grown callous almost to disease,
Who peppers the highest is sure to please.
Whether our palates are rendered callous
by warm weather or not, these peppered
dishes are exceedingly acceptable to most
people in summer time.
THE AHT AS A STTBOEOff.
Indians of Brazil Use the little Insect to
Sew Up Their Wounds.
Boston Courier,
The grip of an ant's jaw is retained even
after the body has been bitten off and noth
ing but the head remains. This knowledge
is possessed by a certain tribe of Indians in
Brazil, who put the ants to a very peculiar
,use. When an Indian gets a gash cut in his
hand, instead of having his hand sewn to
gether, as physicians do in this country, he
procures five or six large black ants, and,
holding their heads near the gash, they
bring their jaws together in biting the flesh,
and thus pull the two sides of the gash to
gether. Then the Indian pinches off the bodies of
the ants and leaves the heads clinging to the
flesh, which is held together until the gash
is perfectly healed.
THE' TOlTSBirRG- DISPATCH," SWDAT, JULY ' 19,
PALACE TO CONTENT.
The Unhappy Princess Clementine
of Belgium Becomes a Nun.
MISFORTUNES OP HER FAMILY.
Wonderful Plate Set Before Emperor 'Will
iam at Windsor Castle.
BAD 1TEWS FOR UNCLE BASTS AEMT
WMTTEir ron Tint dispatch.
It is not often that a Princess of royal
blood becomes a nun, and when such an
event takes place it
is worthy of more
than passing notice,
not only because of
its rarity, but on ac
count of the pre
vailing opinion that
only unhappy peo
ple enter convents,
and as a Prince or
IPrinress Clementine. Princess is or ought
to be the most contented and happy among
mortals, there must in such cases be some
interesting reason for the abandonment of
personal privileges and freedom beyond
that enjoyed by the ordinary individual.
With all their privileges and extraordinary
power, however, there is one thing that the
greatest of earth's princes or potentates has
no control over and that is human exist
ence and its attendant destinies; otherwise
instead of assuming the grave, somber garb
of the nun, Princess Clementine, the un
happy daughter of King Leopold of Bel
gium might to-day be wearing bridal dress.
Poor Clementinel She is not a handsome
womafi', neither is she an ill favored one.
Her face retains the quiet, kindly expres
sion of the father, than whom there is no
better monarch in Europe at the present
time, but she, like her comely but equally
unfortunate sister Stephanie, whom I had
occasion to mention last week, comes of a
fated race. Tho awful ill luck, born with
Leopold, father of the present King of Bel
gium, first maniiestea itseii in ioio,
when his wife, who might, if Bhe had lived,
have reigned in Victoria's place in Eng
land, died. The only stroke of fortune
thereafter was his elevation to the throne
of Belgium in 1830 when the country se-
sister was the unfortunate consort of Maxi
milian of Mexico; his only son and heir
died at 10 years of age; Stephanje, the sec
ond eldest daughter, married the wayward
Rudolf of Austria, and now Clementine
enters a convent with a broken heart, all
the bright hopes of her young life buried
in the tomb with Prince Baldwin the
young man who died a few months since,
and upon whom tho succession had been
fixed. The only hope of Belgium now lies
in the keeping of Prince Albert, the 16-year-old
son of the Count of Flanders,
brother of the King.
Morals of tho Regular Army.
There are about 25,000 soldiers in our
regular army, and if they have but few op
portunities for distinguisning themselves in
a military sense, there are evidently many
other ways in which they Can add notoriety
if not renown to our escutcheon, judging
from reports ot their achievements lately
received from the West. Following on the
heels of the lynching "bee" story from tho
Northwest comes another equally as inter
esting and impressing from Texas. Com
pany A of the Fifth Infantry, stationed at
Fort Kinggold, has three of its men under
arrest, charged with being common cattle
thieves, and another is held for mur
dering a weak old man. Still another
sweet story'of splendid discipline and good
military usages is wafted to us from Fort
Snelling, Minnesota. A visitor to the bar
racks there entered one of the officers' houses
unexpectedly and found nearly an entire
regiment engaged in a diverting game of
Btud-poker, conducted in the regular way,
with baize-covcred tables and ivory chips,
all gotten up in tho best of style. Standing
about were officers and privates in full uni
form and in a cupboard were three kegs of
beer, which was served as desired by a
soldier in uniform. It is stated on the au
thority of a soldier present that this sort of
thing has been going on for about ten days
alter every payday for the past five years.
Surely, it would not be a bad idea to organ
ize a missionary corps in connection with
the military system.
Blade Money Oat of the Emperor.
Excepting the royal worthies in London
during the last week, no one, perhaps, was
the subject of so
much newspaper at
tention as Augustus
Harris, manager of
the Convent Garden
Theater. Harris is
a shrewd fellow, who
takes care of the
main chance. If
there were any op
portunities for profit
around loose during Augustus Harris.
the recent reception to Emperor"William,
you can rest assured they were all properly
taken care of by Mr. Harris. Nearly every
body, and foreign diplomats in particular,
are hot under the collar because they had
to pay the enterprising manager anywhere
from 50 to 123 per seat on the occasion of
the young Emperor's visit to the opera.
Even Queen Victoria was compelled to pay
over $1,000 for the boxes necessary to ac
commodate the royal party.
Harris offsets the grumbling with the
statement that he paid $25,000 for decora
tions before the doors of his house were
opened, and was obliged to charge a little
high to reimburse himself. Notwithstand
ing this, it is more than likely a knighthood
will be bestowed upon him shortly in recog
tion of his valuable services as Sheriff of
London, a position which he now holds.
The Production of Bain.
It must be a source of satisfaction to
"Uncle Jerry" Kusk to know, as he must,
that if he fails in shooting rain out of tho
clouds in this country, he has still the
great region of the Congo and other parts
of Africa to work in. And what a field that
would be too, and how the Kaffirs and
Namaquas would exploit him and his rain
gun, even if he were unsuccessful. Of
course he might fail too often and be run
through with an assegai or have his brains
knocked out with a knob-kerrie, but, there
is little fear of that as long as Jerry retains
that persuasive eloquence which has
brightened agricultural headquarters dur
ing thi3 administration. Besides he would
be supplied with a goodly quantity of
dynamite, which has no rival when it comes
to stating a point with emphasis and a
quart used as a gesture at a place in the
explanation of his theories would go far
toward clearing away any doubts they
might have of its power, particularty if a
good-sized group gathered closely about at
the time, t'omore minutely watch its opera
tions. AVhileonthis subject it is remarkable
how many different people believe in the
ability of their sclt-constituted prophets or
rather wonld-be manufacturers of artificial
weather. Not only the Africans, but our
own Indians, have had their rain makers,
while the ancient Egyptians and Bomans
gave the quacks considerable credence.
Only the other day I read of a colony in
Bulgaria, that has been practising old super
stitions recently in the hope that they would
end a long continued drought in that coun
try. In this instance the people took a
young girl, stripped her,.and for the time
being called her "Paparooda." She then
led them through the principal streets of
the villages, stopping at every house to
T?l
knock upon tho door and order the inmates
to sing. The song chronicles the time when
the country was oppressed by a cruel Sultan
and the unclean condition of the "Papa
rooda" was the cause of a great and long
continued drought It is not stated as yet
whether the "Paparooda" of this year has
been a success. The experiments of our own
"Paparooda," Mr. Busk, will bo watched
with interest
Wedding or the Czar's Heir.
It is reported and contradicted again that
the heir-apparent to the Eussian throne
hastened home with
his intended trip
around the world in
completed to make
arrangements for a
marriage with the
pretty Princess
Helene, of Montene
gro. To play the
part of either King
The next Czarina. or Queen of the Mus
covite dominion requires a sacrifice which
few persons would care to make, as the life
which the monarchs representing that power
lead, judging from what is known, is any
thing but contented or pleasant, and yet the
Eussian Emperors have been singularly
fortunate in their selection of consorts.
The present one captured one of the hand
somest women in Europe when he married
Marie Dacmar. of Denmark, and now his
son emulates him by winning the heart of
the pretty Princess from the country of the
Black Mountains. Should this union take
place, it will still further cement an alli
ance which has existed since the beginning
of the eighteenth century, and will relieve
Bussia of one worry at least that concern
ing the little kingdoms of the Balkan Pen
insula. Sights tho Emperor Saw.
Without question there must havo been
some gorgeous sights in London during the
recent royal visit. Probably one of the
most brilliant was that at the opera Wednes
day night. All the notables of England
and many of those of Germany were pres
ent, and as each and every one was obliged
to wear court costume, the effect must have
been one of almost unparalleled magnifi
cence. Another splendid scene was that at
the banquet at Windsor Castle Monday
night On the table was the gold dinner
service of George IV. and plate valued at
about $2,500,000. The great silver wine
cooler weighed a quarter of a ton. There
were magnificent pieces taken from the
Spanish Armada; a peacock of precious
stones which was manufactured in India
and valued at $200,000; a tiger's head, from
the same locality, with a solid gold tongue,
and a collection of exquisitely ornamented
gold shields. It is said that Windsor con
tains over 54,000,000 worth of plate, not all
of which was used on this occasion, but
there was certainly enough, one would
think, to satisfy even that great martinet of
form, tho Emperor of Germany( who ap
peared to be contented for once with the ar
rangements. An Eyo on the Assassin.
The Prime Minister of Bulgaria cannot bo
said to lead an enviable existence. Every
where that M. Stefan
Stambouloff goes,
back of him stalks
the assassin, ready
when the occasion
offers to give him his
death wound. Al
ready one man has
been killed in mis
take for him, and M.
Stambouloff well
knows that the as- Premier Stambouloff.
sassin's bullet may not always err. Last
week he had the pleasure of reading on the
tombstone of M. BalchefF, the man who was
killed in his stead, the following, scratched
by some unknown person:
"Forgive us; we aimed at Stambouloff
and struck you. The second time we will
not fail."
Pleasant information to be snre, and yet
M. Stambouloff, whose presence in Bulgaria
is such an eyesore to Bussia, may long con
tinue to thwart his enemies, no matter how
steadily they dog his footsteps, and in the
end may triumph oyer them. If I remem
ber correctly, the grandfather of the present
Emperor of Germany was constantly fol
lowed by assassins, and on a number of oc
casions shot at, and yet lived almost to the
century mark: passing away at last quietly
in his bed at home. M. Stambouloff has
certainly one advantage. He knows from
what direction danger is to bo feared, and
being watched is watchful in return. Sus
picious persons are thus kept at a distance,
who might get dangerously close otherwise.
Communicating With the Planets.
Let not our youth with astronomical in
clinations complain of not having oppor
tunities of pursuing their investigations,
with hope of ultimate pecuniary reward.
An old lady of Spa has just died, leaving
100,000 francs as a prize to that astronomer
who will within the next ten years succeed
in communicating with any planet or star.
According to Camilla Flammarion this is
within the range of possibility, inasmuch
as he has already discovered streams, canals,
curious lines of artificial construction, etc.,
on the surface of Mars, to say nothing of
peculiar lights which have manifested
themselves lately and for all that we know
may be signals intended for the earth.
The gifted M. Flammarion is singularly
alona in making these discoveries, and' if
permitted will doubtless make many more
in the future. It may be jealousy that
prompts other equally well-known scientists
to remark that the great French astronomer
has a vivid imagination which he allows
full sway at all times, and that it is utterly
beyond their perceptions how he makes out
conditions on Mars his favorite planet
which other and infinitely more powerful
telescopes than he has at his disposal fail
to indicate at all. Wilkie.
CLEAN, HATCHET FACES.
The latest Tai Is to Cat Off the Whiskers
and Get Wrinkles.
Whiskers are going out of style again,
and in the future clean shaven faces will
only be popular, says a popular New Xork
barber. For two years every man who could
raise a mustache and beard did so, because
it was all the rage. Now it's the proper
thing to Bhave every bit of hair from the
face and let the hair grow long, and faU
over the collar if you can train it to do so.
Full faces are not going to be fashionable
in the future, and professional massueses aro
doing a prosperous business in training the
skin and flesh on the face to look flabby and
peaked. The object is to look as intellectual
as possible, and with a hatchet face, the hair
brushed back from the forehead and falling
over the coat collar, the effect desired is ob
tained. The fad originated here in New
York and is going to be a craze in a few
weeks.
SCKAPING THE PAN.
New York Herald.
We have often been told of the unalloyed
bliss.
Shared alike by tho simple and wise,
That has come to each one in his bright
childhood days
The making of tempting mud pies.
But it scorns to me strauge that the sweetest
and best
In our young lives should yet be forgot
The frolic, tho fun and exquisite joy
In scraping the pan or tho pot.
In tho long shadowed life "what is left" Is
but drogs,
Moro bitter the older wo grow;
Then we think, with a sigh, of tho cake in
tho pan
That we scraped in the sweet long ago.
Could I, from the years full of hours gone by,
Chooso one to live over again,
I would take that dear hour from my child
hood's best days.
On mother's old kitchen floor, when.
After waiting so long, with a hungering
At last, with a goodness benign.
The old ebony cook put the cake in to bake,
And the pan, all unscraped, then was
mine.
Margaret Andrews Oldham.
' $
(5Hf $?
1391.
HIGHLAND TAGAEHS
That Flow to Scotland's Lowlands
and Permeate the People.
EYERI HOME HAS ITS BR0TOIE.
The Peat-Fire Parties Are Superstition's
Breeding Places.
nniOETALS OP GAELIC MYTHOLOGY
fCOBBESPODESC! OP TnE DISPATCH.l
Jedbuegh, Scotland, July 10. The
superstitions of the peasant folk of any
country are not only interesting in their
suggestion of thought, feeling and beb'cf,
but through them much of the heart his
tory of a people can often be traced. Scot
land is peculiarly rich -in these forgivable
vagaries. A profound book might be writ
ten upon them. Such a book would have
much ethnologic and sociologic value.
In newspaper articles the merest refer
ence to quaint things discoverable on this
line of study among Scottish people can be
made. For in not quite a year's wander
ings among the Scottish peasantry the num
ber of these unique things secured has been
astonishing; and an interesting fact at least
to myself was the gradual change in my own
superstition regarding Scottish super
stitions. I believed they would be
found altogether gloomy, savage, barbaric
But I gradually came to know that, how
ever grim-visaged the face of the one confid
ing to me a weird assertion of uncanny be
lief, the masses of the peasantry, possibly
barring the Northern crofters and all Scot
tish fishermen from the Solway to the Fa
roe Islands, scouted and flouted them, save
those of a tender and winsome character.
Prom the Highlands and Islands.
Demonologv and witchcraft in Scotland
are matters of too recent record to expect
that their weird influences are anything like
largely dispelled. Scottish romance and
potry reek with "the deil's mischief" of
this order; but the glamor of this form of
mental superstition-worship is not alone
sufficiently powerful to foster and preserve
the witches and warlocks to the imagina
tions of the Scottish masses. There are re
mote districts in the Scottish southeastern
and southwestern shires, for instance south
of the Tweed in Eoxburgshire, and along
theEolway and Irish sea, where the old
wraiths, various and vagarous as in Tarn
O'Shanter's time, seem fadeless; but the
great cradle and source of preservation of
all uncanny things in Scottish superstition
is still, I am inclined to believe from actual
observation and study, the Scottish High
lands and islands.
These districts still annually send out
into all the lowland cities, villages and
countryside communities great numbers of
sturdy, honest, patient, though ignorant
and superstitious, men and women who en
gage in all manner of service. They are
truly children of the mists. Their associa
tion in homes, in inns, on estates and even
in factories, with lowland companions, ef
fects ceaseless transmission of the bngaboo3
they have brought from the mountains and
glens; and this in turn rekindles raid keeps
aflame in the breasts of lowlanders, ordi
narily subject to later-day influences, all
the inherent love for the fierce and gentle
spirits and sprites so marked among the
lowly of all olden Celtic lands and race
divisions.
A University of Superstition.
These humble and unconscious mission
aries of superstition ever a brave, tender
and imaginative folk are reared from baby
hood to manhood in what may be termed
a university of superstition. In their lonely
and isolated lives every physical object and
phenomenon of nature has a significance of
good or ill. Their entire environment is
rife with wild and fierce ancestral tales and
legends. Their homes in some "auld
cl.ichan" in the glens, on the mountain
sides, within the purple straths, or clustered
in the upland corries or hollows, stand on
Gaelic fanes many of which are 2,000 years
old. The pagan clachan (the "sacred circle
of stones") is gone. The later chapels are
razed to the ground. But there the High
lander remains in his glen-side home stand
ing within the relics of antiquity lost in the
mists of oblivion.
Thus down through the centuries have
come the wild bardio songs, shreds of the
barbarous rites, and echo of the clan and
clash of awful mountain battles, the whole
dim, weird end spectral to his grave and
silent life; until every grotesque form in
mountain landscape has demon shape; every
shadowy tarn or hollow glen has its presid
ing evil spirit, every cairn or menhir is tho
abode of warlock or bogle; every floating
cloud is the sable wing of some hovering
and awful presence; every cry of bird has
especial and weird significance; every
stream and loch has its spirit of good or
evil; and every trumpet blast of the tempest
is an undeniable challenge of personified
malevolence and fury.
Eight Months of Firelight Gossip.
And if this were not the omnipresent en
vironment of the region, see how his life is
threaded in warp and woortrom the cradle,
with the very spirit of demonology and super
stition. For eight months of the year these
folk are shut within theif mountain homes
by storm and flood. From time immemorial
almost the exclusive diversion has been
that incomparable nursery of superstition,
the ceilidh (pronounced "kailey," and Gae
lic for "gossiping party.") Here the auld
wives gather, and by the flickering light of
the peat fires recount, evening after evening
tho whole winter long, all tho harrowing
tales their ripe and bardic lancies conjure;
veritably curdling the blood with every
ghastly tale possible to human invention;
and steeping the very soul in the fumes of
black art cauldrons, infinitely more weird
and hideous than Shakespeare has conjured
in the witch scenes of "Macbeth."
So as the burns springing from the misty
crag-rimmed corries descend and water the
welcoming plains of the lowlands, the end
less streams of demonology descend from
the weird and misty ceilidhs of theso
crofters' ancient homes and render peren
nial the lowland growth of Scottish folk
lore and superstition. In tracing tho
Gaelic mythology thera will be found two
classes of immortals.
Two Classes of Scottish Spooks.
One of these consisted of imps and de
mons haying the power of taking upon
themselves the body of man or woman, at
will, and by wooing human men or wpmen,
and particularly in holding out ravishing
firomises of immortality, thus leading them
nto fatal unions through which the souls of
the mortals so deluded were endlessly ban
ished from heaven.
The second class comprised semi-immortals
and magicians, wholly devoted to
Dmidism and the Black Art Whether the
latter had existence or whether they were
creatures of the imagination solely, cen
turies behind them some sort of folk really
existed in ancient Caledonia. Their won
derful skill in the erection of sepulchral
mounds, 6tone circles and menhirs, and in
the making of metal ornaments and delicately-formed
spear-heads, was such as to
compel on the part of a less skillful and
more warlike people the gradual deification
of the mysterious race, and their eventual
identification with the local phantoms and
gods of the earliest historically known peo
ple of Scotland.
The lian-Shee Is Oone rorever.
In the gradual evolution of the fairies of
Scotland, whose real origin were in the
Finnish sylvans, satyrs and fauns, but who
became more propitious to humanity through
a natural modification by the sunnier na
tures of the Celtic people, that portion of
its demonology providing malevolent spirits
of an impish nature has been largely ex
tirpated. The "man of the hills," the
identical fcllow'found iu early Irish fairy
lore, was a very wicked gnome, indeed.
He was np to all manner of wizard harm,
and made no distinction -whatever be
tween good and bad people in his depreda
tions. The olden Scottish hon-ahap- lika iho.
Irish ban-shee, when first known, was a
most hurtful and vindictive female demon.
The former has been replaced in Ireland by
a throng of pleasant mannered imps, chief
among whom is that imp of infinite humor,
the leprachaun. The ban-shee has faded
out of Scotland entirely, but is retained in
Ireland as the tender mother of an endless '
brood of kindly fairies which under no cir
cumstances annoy any humans save those
of evil heart and sordid nature, and who
are full of rewards to the generous, the sac
rificial and the good.
What the Brownies Are.
In Scotland all these descendants of the
original bad man and bad woman of "the
hills" have within two or three centuries
come under the general appellation of "the
Brownies." These are possessed of every
good and evil characteristic, qualification
and power occasion may require in their
elfish relations with men. They are vari
ously known also as "those restless folk,"
"men of peace," and "gnid neibor." The
name "fairy" and "elf," though certainly
sweet in sound, is extremely distasteful to
the Scottish "wee folk," as we have it on
the authority of a rhyme one of their num
ber is said to have provided for settling the
matter:
Gin ye ca' me imp oreir,
I rede ye look weel to yourself!
Gin ye ca' me fairy,
I'll work ye muckle tarrie ( trouble )
Gin guid neibor ye ca' me,
Then guid neibor I will be;
But gin ye ca' me seelio wicht (me rry man),
I'll be your f reend baith day and nicht!
Bnt "brownies" they remain, despite
these express commands. Thi3 term is
generic and covers all sprites and fairy
powers of good or ilL Still they eeemin
the popular mind to comprise several di
visions. There is certainly an intermediate
class of spirits residing in the' air to whose
agency floods, storms and tempests are as
cribed by the Scottish lowly, though they
possess no distinctive title. Then there are
the mermaids, the kelpies of the South, and
the water-bulls and horses of the North, of
the lochs and streams, as stoutly believed in
by the peasantry who now live beside them
as they were centuries ago. And the
brownies, as a body, seem to be divided
into those whose engagements are of a gen
eral nature, and those whose duties are
strictly confined to affairs of the house
hold. Part the Elfs Played In Building.
Those nameless elfs and spirits of the air
which control the yargaries of Scottish
weather have much to attend to and ac
count for. They are not only constantly
employed in dispensing togs, mists and
tempests, but unless their wishes have been
invoked and directions duly followed, all
structures, especially churches and dwell
ings, are liable to destruction. It was not
so very long ago that the sites of many his
toric structures in Scotland had their origin
in this sort of interference. Work upon
the ancient church of Old Deer, in Aber
deenshire, was constantly interfered with by
the "restless folk" until its site was
changed from the hill of Bissau to Taptil
lery, at the express command of "the Spirit
of the Biver" there.
Every time work was begun on the walls
of Mauldslie Castle in Lanarkshire, what
was completed by day was razed by the
fairies at night, until a voice from the de
bris repeating,
Big (build) the house where It should be,
Big it on Maul's Lee;
was heeded, when the fairies themselves
aided in the completion of the castle. A
precisely similar action of the fairies ac
counts lor the building of the castle of
Melgund, in Forfarshire, on low ground,
veritably in a bog, rather than on a neigh
boring hill The castle of Cowthally, Lan
arkshire, remains where it stands to-day,
because the fairies, defying the first Somer
ville, who had taken it by storm, in his
efforts to destroy the old castle and build a
more imposing one on a new Bite, actually
"dung down at nicht" every stone his work
men laid during the day, until the stubborn
nobleman desisted, and restored the old
castle on- its original foundations of iron,
for which the fairies had some sort of a
liking.
Thoy Still Have Their Influence.
And as evidence that these wee
folk are still exercising their sway,
I personally know of the chang
ing of seven croft-home sites m
Inverness and Boss shires during the past
four years, and one in Aberdeenshire within
a year, on account of their peasant owners
absolute belief that they have received such
elfin commands.
As to the mermaids of the lochs, they
till exist past all dispute at least with
their friends, the Highlanders. The rail
ways, telegraphs and newspapers, like the
heartless poachers they are, have "sweeped"
or seined them well out of the lowland
shires. They are and were both dangerous
and beneficent personages. In olden times
they were not above giving recipes for
brashes, ringworm and other common ail
ments. To-day they have all retreated to
the shadowy Highland lochs, where they
find comfortable flat stones to sit upon, and
there, while combing their masjes of long
yellow hair, sing in plaintive tones much
that is ill or good to be heard. I know one
canny auld wife of Northern Perthshire
who gets along very comfortably through
her confidential relations with a mermaid
that at present passes the summer season at
Looh Banoch.
The Brownie of the Homehold.
But the genuine household "brownie" is
the most loving and lovable of all Scottish
elfs. He is never idle in all good office to
the lowly homo of the countryside, where
you may never fail of finding him, if you do
not enter his realm in the spirit of cavil
and scoffing. There in each simple home
and heart he sits enthroned with every
attributeiof benevolence and affection. lie
not only works with giant might to assist
in plowing the land, harvesting the crops,
fuarding the grain and minding the herds,
ut in every little household drudgery of
fuidwife and bairn he lends a helping
and.
No ill can come but that he has fended its
eruelest touch. No sorrow can fall upon
the household whose hurt would not be
deadlier were it not for his kindly and
palliative powers. And in all the stem
though glorious old land o' cakei, his
beneficent influence adds zest to every
peasant joy. They ars not useless folk,
these. If we could only get more of them,
with those who own and love them well,
through the New York Barge Office, there
would be fewer red flags to worry about in
our own fair land.
Edoar L. MTxKSiixse.
AH IHDUSTET IN C0BP8ES.
How an Express Company and an Under
taker "Whack. Up on Consumptives.
Bt. Louis GIobe-DemocratJ
The Wells-Fargo Company does some
queer things in the way of business, but
the strangest perhaps is a new line worked
up by one of the shrewdest agents of the
country at Denver. Colorado is a sort
of la3t chance for consumptives, and
pretty generally they die there. Most of
them are supplied with money from home
in regular installments, so when they die
not enough coin is found among their effects
to pay an undertaker. Undoubtedly many
of them would be buried by the county, but
right here's where the company gets in.
It has a contract with an undertaker who
takes charge of the body, embalms it and
gets it all ready for shipment Then the
Fargo agent wires to the agents inthe
towns from which the deceased received
letters. If any relatives can be found it is
a sure thing, and nine times out of ten
enough friends can be found to put up a
check for the undertaker's charges and
transportation. When this has been done
the body is shipped to the friends or rela
tives by fast train, and turned over by the
agent - The company makes a fat annual
profit out of this melancholy business "the
corpse industry," they call it it is a
good snap for the undertaker, and this coun
ty is saved just so many dollars. Many a
time there have been three to four corpses at
once in the company's "cooling room" at
Denver awaiting notice from friends in
just this way. It is a cold day when W. F.
& Co. can't discover a new way to turn an
honest Denny.
PHOTOS 0TJT-0F-D00ES.
The Amateur Can Go Out ffoTvadaja
Armed for Any Emergency.
EAILEOAD CABS THAT SWIXG.
A 2far Cooler for Liquids and a Machins
for Cracking Ice.
CEMENT TO UNITE PUCES OP IE0N
fwniTTEi roa Tin: DisrATcn.l
A largo number of devices to meet the re
quirements of vphotographers using dry
plates have at various times been brought
out, and one more is now added to the num
ber in the shape of a portable developing
tent. Although this tent, when closed,
measures only 26x20 inches, by 3 inches in
thickness, and weighs only 121 pounds, it
opens out without tiny trouble or fixing, to
up to 23x-20 inches, by 30 inches deep, so that
any size of a plate np to 12x10 inches can ha
changed and developed inside it. The body
of the operator, as far down as the waist, is
inside tho tent during the operation, giving
perfect freedom for the movements of the
arms and body, and at the samo time thera
Is no inconvenience whatever as regard3
ventilation this point having been care
folly worked out the tent admitting
abundance of air without any risk.
The non-actinic light is abundant, and at
the same time perfectly safe, whilo pro
vision is made for carrying off the washing
water, etc., in development When closed
as the measurements show it is quite flat
and supplied with a handle, very convenient
for carrying, while for working it canba
suspended from a nail in a wall, either in
side or outside the house, the branch ot a
tree, a post, or any projecting point, requir
ing no fixing whatever, and the operator
can work in either a sitting or a standing
position at pleasure. Tho portability of
this camera is not its least recommendation,
and it can bo advantageously added to tha
outfit of tho photographer who contem
plates traveling in countries where house
or hotel accommodation is bad or scarce.
One of the heaviest expenses in the proper
operation of a camera nsing dry plates is the
Item ui piuie uuiucrs, u ouiiiuiciib Buppiy
costing from a third to one-half the price 6f
the instminent. ilany improvements have
thereforeTieen made by which the bulky
holders are dispensed with, and the double
box or magazine substituted. Themagazma
cameras heretofore introduced have been
bulky and heavy, but a new camera is com
ing into vogue which forms a marked ex
ception to this rule. This camera is tho
smallest in the world for plates &&$. tha
whole outfit taking up a spaco of 3x.4i3
inches. Several distinct improvements ara
claimed for this camera, among which ara
the ability to expose a single plate, and to
extract and develop it immediately; it has
a very ingenious and rapid shutter lor timo
or instantaneous work; it has the best known
method for focussing, as well as both verti
cal and horizontal finders, and it has a per
fect method of automatically registering
every exposure as soon as made. All tha
working parts of the camera are of metal,
and as the magazine is airtight and light
tight, no moisture can Injure the plates or
films, and the camera becomes more useful
lor the purposes of the traveler.
A new method oi obtaining a glazed finish
for albumen prints without "the aid of gela
tine has been fonnd to give good resnlts. A
mixture of ox-gall and alcohol in equal parts
Is allowed to stand for several days, being
frequently shaken in the meantime, so as to
mix the substances thoroughly. A glass
plate is then coated with the mixture, and a
washed albumen print is placed on It and
held there under pressure. After drying
about an hour, the print will come off with ut,
surface beautifully glazed. ,
A Jfew Beer Cooler. v
The cooling of beer, soda and all draught
liquids to exactly the degree most grateful
to the palate of the customer has long been,
a desideratum. An improved appliance is
constructed of cast iron, and being fiat can
be placed in any desired position in an ica
box. The cover is secured by pivoted bolt3,
and when removed the passages for tho
liquid are all exposed and can be readily
cleaned. These passages are lined with tin,
glass or porcelain, and the under side of tho
cover is also coated in a similar manner, so
that any contact of the liquid with the metal
as it passes through the cooler, is absolutely
prevented. A great saving In ice is also
effected from the fatt that when tho metal
of tho cooler once becomes cold, a small
pleceof iceona portion of tho coyer will
keep the whole soolcr at a proper tempera
ture. In the ordinary system of pipe coili
the ice mnst be broken into small pieces and
the coil kopt covered to the top. A very low
temperatnre can be obtained by having two
or moro coolers placed one above the other,
the liquid passing from one cooler through
tho other before being drawn for u&e.
Swinging Hallway Car.
Various devices have been resorted to as
different times with the view of saving pas
sengers from discomforts inseparable from
travel. The idea of a swinging saloon for
steamers has long ago been found to ba
practicable, though Its commercial restric
tions have prevented its coming into gen
eral nse. This idea has now been applied to
railway traveling, and one of the latest in
ventions fa a car. which, suspended from an
outer encircling frame, is free to swing liki
a pendulum as the car runw oror rough
tracks or round curves. Spring buffers aro
provided on the side of tho outer frame to
prevent the car,bringing up with the shock
In its swing. It has been suggested that to
avoid seasickness it would be well to maka i
these Duffers long enough to exert cons id '
erablo pressure on tho car body when hang
in2 in mid-position. 'Were the car bodr
entirely free to swing, the passengers might
find the romedy worse than the disease.
Tho inventor claims that this system is
peculiarly applicable to dining and sleeping
cots. Its liability to injury from even a
slight shock or collision has apparently
been overlooked, however.
Ice Cracking Machine.
A newly-Invented machine for the crack
ing of ice Is rapidly coming Into use. This
consists of a 'hopper, underneath which aro
two cast iron plates covered with teeth, tha
plates being set at angles to each other, open
at the bottom. Two perforated sheet-steel
plates extend from opposite sides of the top
of the hopper to neany me Dotcom oi tne
teeth, the perforated plates being parallel
with the teeth plates. "When the lever han
dle is pushed down the teeth are pressed to
gether and the ice is crushed. One of the
teeth plates is adjustable, and by it the (lza
of the ice leaving the machine may be regu
lated. The machine cracks ice rapidly,
easily, uniformly and economically; and as
it is adjustable. large or small lumps can ba
had as required. All tho working parts that
the ice comes in contact with are galvan
ized so as to prevent rusting. The machine
is in successful operation in several of tha
leading cafes and saloons in New York.
A Simple Key Fastener.
A simple device has been applied to tha
ordinary door lock, which immediately ren
ders it burglar proof, by pre-senting tha
turning or removal of the key by anyone
outside the door. It is constructed of a
single piece of bent wire. It is applied to a
door by a screw passing through tha eya
formed in the short end of the fastener. A.
pivoted connection allows it to be turned
asido when the device is not in use. Tha
long arm of tha device is bent substantially
at a right angle, forming a finger which pro
jects into the keyhole alongside tho ward of
the key. effectually preventing its being
turned or removed. The release of the key
is effected by the pulling out of the finger,
which immediately flies out of the way auto
matically. When the key Is removed from
tho door the lock is made burslar proor by
inserting the linger of the fastener, which
prevents the insertion of a key from, tha out-
jide. , ,
Cement for Iron.
A cement for iron of great strength is said
to be produced by mixing equal parts of sul
phur and white lead with about one-sixth of
borax. The Ingredients are then thoroughly
incorporated so as to form one homogeneous
mass. When the composition is required
for use it should be wetted with strong sul
phuric acid and a thin layer of it placed be
tween the two pieces of iron to be cemented,
which should be at once pressed together.
It i- stated that the cement will hold so
firmly as to resist the blow of a steam ham
mer, and it dries so completely in a few days
as to leave no trace of the cement, tha work
then presenting tha appearanca of welding.
An Anti-Fat Prescription.
Bose Coghlan retains her shapely loveli
ness, she claims, by brain work. "There i3
nothing," she says, "like an active brainfor
reducing flesh. Then, too, I never drink
when I am eating, for I believe that drink,
ing with your meals makes you grow
chunky."
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