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A REVIEWOFSPORTS
Opinions Concerning the Battle Be
tween Hall and Fitzsimmons
That Didn't Take Place.
EVILS OP THE SO-CALLED CLUBS.
S The Generosity of Americana in
Giving
Their Jfcmey to Foreign Pugil
ists VTho land Here.
1 PEOPOSED NEW FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
EcarUiias Afcont Contract Jumpers and the LRiilnj
Features f BsstUll.
Things are jnst as unoertain in the sport
ing world as anywhere else, and those of
os who take an Interest in the sporting
affairs of Era meet with very many sur
prises indeed. A week ago we were all ex
pecting to know before this morning who
vouid be the victor between Hall and
Fitoinimons and, to be frank, I dare say
none of us for a moment thought that the
men would not be allowed to enter the ring.
Hut the contest was prevented, and pre
vented in a way that makes it to some ex
tent remarkable. There may be some peo
ple who now contend that they knew there
would be no contest, but I emphatically
contend that even a week ago there was
nethicg to 6how that a veto would be put
on the proposed encounter. But at any
rate the affair was prevented, and as a re
sult we have for once been given to under
stand that these so-called athletic clubs are
simply "not in it" when Unncle Sam takes
a hand. I am not at all sorry that the
aflhir was stopped, not at all because I am
opposed to the principle of two men fight
ipg, bat because I am opposed to this
athletic-club business, lly readers must
know by this time my position on this
point, and I once more venture, even at the
risk of being tiresome, to assail these club
arranged contests. In all the history
of pugilism or glove fighting the chapter
relating to the athletic club at St 1'aul
stanusout prominently as being very unique.
It affords good material for use by those
who are opposed to these so-called clubs m
general. In the club in question we have
an organization that was lounded for no
ether purpose than arranging a fight be
tween fa-o foreigners, Hail and ritzsiin
roons. This very extraordinary feet is ad
mitted by the omcials of the "dob them
selves. Of coarse, had the contest gone on,
there would have been others, but the
pi iuiary caure of the organization of that
club was to liaeafiglit between the two
men named. And the club built a monster
pavilion in which the contest could take
place and in which the dollars of the Ameri
can public could be raked. And according
to the latest reports the club is to disband
because the law has asserted its supremacy
In prohibiting glove contests or lights of
any kind in the club's new building. Cer
tainly the brief existence of the Minnesota
Athletic Club has been a very costly and
painful one to those who have had or will
have to pay for the fun.
Those So-Called Athletic Clubs.
In truth, I am 6orry for any man or any
bodv of men who lose as much monev as
ihe few members of the Minnesota Athletio
Club will lose, but they have only them
selves to blame. If their experience is a
lesson to others, something good will have
"been accomplished, and as a result we will
have fewer of these gigantic frauds than wo
have had recently. Just allow me at this
juncture to define the cause of my opposi
tion to thee clubs that exist for no other
purpose than making money out of glove
contests. As a general rule they are com
posed entirely of professional "gamblers,
whose characters and antecedents are of the
Most shady kind; men who aie innately
opposed to making an honest effort of anv
kind to work for a living; men who wifl
t-tonp to any trick or scheme to filch
dollar from the public. Oh, yes, there are
exceptions, but the rule is what I say. "Well,
these men baud themselves together to do
A hat? "Why to encourage and promote a
more degrading system ot pugilism than the
laud that is defied to the remotest extent by
the law. The law stoutly and emphatically
prohibits the most manly style of pugilistic
encounter that of adjourning to some se
cluded spot on the turf and settling affairs
with nature's weapons and for years has
winked at these brutal and, in many cases,
fraudulent glove enoounters. And, mark
yon, scores of men of the stamp of charac
ter I have just noted have lived on these
club affairs, and some have grown rich on
the dollars gulled from the public This has
nil been done under the eyes and recognition
of the law. But if two men choose to retire
from publio iew to test their pugilistic
skill lor even a small amount of money
down, the law would pounce upon them and
have them in jail in very snort order.
In short, when these fleecing clubs
have been allowed to conduct the
most brutal of contests and thereby filch
from the public thousands of dollars,an ob
tcure fistic encounter for the matter of a 510
bill would not be allowed at all. "What I
claim is this: An inconsistency of this kind
is absurd and it is untair and" this is the
main cause of my opposition to these club
aftairs. For the lite of me, I have always
been unable to see why there is any more
reason for che toleration of a fight to a fin
ish in a club, under Queensberry rules,tban
there is for a bare fist fight on the turf. Of
the two the former invariably is the most
brutal. If there is not a disposition to give
one system as muoh liberty as the other. I
trust that they may be absolutely prohibited
from end to end ol'the land.
Tlall and Ifitzsimxnonft.
Just as sure as we live the whole scheme
of the Hall and Fitzsimmons affair was to
make monev. The parties directly interest
ed in it are known throughout the country
as men who won't have anything to do with
clove eontcts except they are winners un
der any circumstances. And it seems
Etrange to me that two men should be im
ported to come and carry off 510,000 or 520,
00 of our money. "Wc know already that
Hail and Fitzsimmons have done "busi
ness" before; that the latter has himsslf
told us how he "lay down" to Hall for the
magnificent sum ot 575. And here we have
these same characters in our midst; charac
ters who have been induced to act dishon
estly and fraudulently for S75 contesting for
purses of tlO.OOO and soon. Iteallyitisa
wonder to me that every man in Australia
who can put up his hands at all is not in
the United States. Fitzsimmons in one
venr can "work" his way from his native
Leath to this country and the next vear we
read o: his being robbed of his diamonds
and 2,000 in cash. I suppose the latter
was kept on hand for trivial expenses.
Surely this must be the land ot" wealth for
the stranger, and I may add the land for
transforming the poor'pugilist into a man
of wealth. 1 can somewhat picture in my
mind's eye Mr. Fitzsimmons in tattered at
tire at Melbourne pleading with the steam
thip officials to allow him to work his "pass
age across" as he hadn't a penny in
the world. And I can see him now with
liis diamond and big rolls of f 100 bills. I
wouldn't be surprised to hear of his buying
a steamship of his own to return home with
our money. Well, generosity is a very fine
.jaality attcr all; nut it would seem very
hard on Mr. Hall not to be allowed to get a
slice of our surplus wealth. Jim was speci
ally imported here for the purpose and if I
mistake not he didn't "work" his way here.
His passage was, paid for and surely he
should have had a chance to lay hands on a
pile of American bills. To say the least,
.liBi is in Hard luck and he may not be able
ioieturnhomc and buy a blacksmith shop
or a farm. But looking at the matter more
seriously I canuot get the thought out of
my mind that Hall and Fitzsimmons were
going to halve whatever purse there was to
be offered. No doubt this was the under
standing from the very beginning: so that
the great object was to get tnepublie money
either by hook or by eroek. It the contest
bad been allowed to proceed it might have
been on its merits irrespective of the divis
ion of the purse. I am strongly of opinion
that Fitzsimmons would not consent to "lay
down" to Hall this time if beeould avoid it,
and this being so, I had come to the conclu
sion that Fitzsimmons would have had the
glorv of defeating Hall if there had been
auv 'defeat at.alL The pairmay fight before
some club yet, but I fancy that the Hall
stock will not rate so high now as, it did a
week ago. During the week Billy McCarthy
hai been again defeated, and as Hall could
only njakca draw with McCarthy, publio
estimate of Hall cannot be extremely high.
WllUs and Dixon.
On Tuesday night we may expect a con
test to take place that will be of a very
livelv kiud as tar as club contests go. Abo
Willis, the Australian, and George Dixon
are to fight before the California Athletio
Club for a purse and the feather-weight
championship of the world. I anticipate a
fierce battle, because I know that Dixon is
able to make one, and judging from reports,
"Willis is a wonderful little fellow. In com
ing to a conclusion regarding the probable
result of thp contest, there is one great diffi
culty in ih way. "We have had little
or no chance "to find the meswuno
of "Willis in this country. He has me!
a few of our more or less unimportant
feather-weights and has "done them up"
without much trouble, I daresay. But he
had not yet polished off a McCarthy, a
"Wallace or a Murphy and by all means he
has not yet met a man like Dixon. Still ho
may be a wonder and something that seems
to be in his favor is the fact that he is from a
country whose representatives have for a
time being carrying everything before thorn.
All this is to be taken into consideration in
examining the matter. On the other hand
Dixon has proven himself to be one of the
best feather-weights there has been for a
long time. He is a handy, strong and
pluckly fellow and has a very safe and ef
fective method of fighting his opponent. I
cannot help thinking that it will require an
extraordinary man of his weight to defeat
him and the question follows: Is "Willis
one of the extraordinary kind? I don't ex
pect he is, at any rate the probabilities are
against it, and therefore, I anticipate that
he will be beaten by the American.
General Fugilistio Affairs.
L-ast week I had a few words to say about
the then three approaching battles, viz.:
Choynski and Goddard, Hall and Fitzsim
mons and "Willis and Dixon. Only one has
taken place, but I may be allowed to re
mark that I recommended the winner, God
dard. Now don't any of you retort by say
ing it is the old question of "I told you so,"
but just kindly refer to the files of the
paper. Goddard some time ago proved to
the world that he is in a much higher class
than Choynski, and I am beginning to think
that Goddard will be a very hard nut for
anybody to crack. At any rate there is
plenty of money in Australia to back him
against anybody in the world. Should ho
ever meet Peter Jackson again Peter will
likely come off second best, and I don't
think that Corbett and Goddard will eser
meet.
Onoe more we have had Mitchell nnd
Slavin to the front. This time they have
appeared in a drunken scene in a theater.
At least cables from England state this.
But I mention this to point out that not
withstanding the loquacity of Mitchell
nobody can truthfully say he is a
coward. I have often had occasion to say
things against him, but he is frequently
proving that he is by no means a cur. I
firmly "believe that Mitchell dare face any
man in the world, and tho very fact
that he stepped into the ring with Sullivan
when the latter was a terror is sufficient to
prove that my contention is right.
No match has been definitely made yet
between Jack McAuliffe and Austin Gib
bons, although there seems to have been
efforts made to effect one. But one thing
connected with the negotiations to make a
match amuses me. It is the statement that
the men are to fight for the lightweight
championship. The challenges and counter
challenges of the men imply this, nnd yet
McAuliffe wants to fight at 135 pounds, give
or take two pounds, which means ho will
fight at 137 pounds. In view of this fact it
is ridiculous to talk about a battle between
these men being for the lightweight cham
pionship. At Football Xeagne.
A talk about football at this season of the
year may seem a little out of place, bnt
when matters are explained I think the few
words I have to say will bo deemed quite
appropriate. "What I want to point out is
that efforts are going on toward organizing
on a firm basis a football league, to embrace
"Western Pennsylvania and probably East
ern Ohio. The young men who are busying
themselves in this matter at present desire
to have their names withheld from the pub
lic, but, after listening to their 'plans, 1 am
inclined to think that by the time Oc
tober cets here we will have quite a great
football organization here. The league is
to be organized on a basis similar to the
English football leagues, and the season
will open about October and close on New
Year's Day. There are numerous football
players in the territory which the proposed
league intends to cover. Last year proved
this, and, although the efforts of last season
were not of the most successful kind, they
showed that a football league can be asuccess
in this vicinity. I am informed that a meet
ing will be called to discuss the matter
shortly and in the meantime it might be
well if the football clubs in the various lines
of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio
would meet individually and have matters
talked over; that is, have plans of their own
discussed so that they would be quite able
to judge as to whetner or not they could
join the league. It 62ems to me that foot
ball is bound to be a success here when
played in its proper season and it is likely
that we'll have numerous contests here this
year.
Baseball Affairs.
I have kept baseball for last place in my
talk to-dav simply because there has been
so little of importance in connection with it
during the week. There has been a particu
lar dullness nationally although locally mat
ters have been a little livelier. More players
seem to have gotten themselves into trouble
on account of contract-jumping and in this
respect matters have developed so far that
something definite must be done to check
this jumping as far as the national agree
ment bodies are concerned. "Whatlmean is
that some kind of penalty be enforced for
contract-jumpers that will make them feel
the effects of their violations of good faith
and honor. I see no reason why any com
promise should be made with a player who
deliberately breaks a contract that has
been made in good faith, and that has not
been violated by the other contracting
party. For instance, let us take a player
who deliberately jumps his contract with a
"Western League club and joins the Ameri
can Association. That player should never
be allowed to play in a national agreement
organization again. I'll tell you why:
Because he has done his best to ruin the
national agreement, and a reinstatement
would only give him another opportunity
to lend his example and influence in the
same way. The perpetuation of the na
tional game does not depend on the employ
ment of contract-jumpers. Oh dear nol It
is only, its disgrace and failure that de
pends on them, and this fact should
not be lost sight of by the magnates. But
almost daily the fact is demonstrated that
baseball players are their own greatest ene
mies,and no better instance is afforded than
their jumping from clubs controlled by
the national agreement to clubs that have
no protection at all, and therefore cannot
afford any protection to anybody. "Why, at
the present time baseball players are entire
ly at the mercy of a few men who have no
rules to guide them and no power to en
force them to do right to the ball plaver.
Whatever these Association magnates or
moguls may do to a player in the way of
fining or suspending him there is no
way of appeal for redress of an injustice
done; and. pray, somebody tell me
who has the worst ot this arrangement?
Why, the ball player, by all means. It is,
therefore, just as plain as the noses on our
faces that the ball player has everything to
gain by a national agreement, and if he per
sists in trying to ruin it, he should not ex
pect nny leniency of treatment from those
who have labored to have it established.
President Kramer's Awakening.
On Friday there appeared in this paper a
little news item to the effect that President
Kramer, of the American Association, had
declared himself on the "war" feature. It
was stated that he had said that the "war"
must be stopped even though he tried to do
it himself. It is interesting to note that
the president has finally awakened to the
faot that the "war," as he calls it, has had
and is having a very bad effect among his
forces. But it is better late than never; I
mean his awakening. But it is amusing to
me to learn of Mr. Kramer talking about
the "war." Why, bless .your soul, gentle
reader, there is no war at alL I have not
noticed any war; nor can I re
member that at any time this season
was any war declared. But I do re
member when the Association disrupters
and malcontents declared that they
would draw out from the National League
and other national agreemeent organizations
and "go it alone." They trotted offin their
own way and along their own road, and
surely tho National League didn't run after
them with bowie knives, pistols, etc., to
kill. Oh, no; they were allowed to proceed
in their own way. And surely a fine mess
they have made of it. The entire lot of
them have nearly ruined themselves, and
now they talk about the necessity of ending
the war. Balderdash! Let them end their
nonsense; let them get rid of the fools and
hot-headed disrupters now in their ranks
and say: "Now we are tired of going it
alone; let us all get into one common fold
again." If this were done, depend upon it.
the American Association would be much
the better for it. And if I am not much
mistaken it must eventually be done.
A Few "Words About tho Home Club.
Matters have not been going along very
pleasantly with the home crub for the last
week or two, but there are now indications
that things will go along with more smooth
ness than in the past As stated in the news
columns of this paper Friday, the club direc
tors and Mr. McGunnigle could not come to
terms. There was a considerable difference
between them regarding the salary to be
paid. This difference evidently was the re
sult of a misunderstanding caused by the
very loose method of telegraphing usually
indulged in.
Onr Strange Local Club.
If ever there was an organization of
funnvisms, or, I might say, jelly-fishes, the
Pittsburg Baseball Club is one. For some
time past the club has been the laughing
etoek of the country mostly through the
very foolish actions of one "or two people
connected with it. But certainly the climax
has been capped this week. Here is a brief
outline of the work done: The directors
met Mr. McGunnigle on Thursday and de
clared, after an exchange of opinions, that
they could not engage him. Then they
agreed to give Hanlon full control. But
Friday came, and once more they, or at
least some of thein Messrs. McCallin and
Bea had left the eity changed their minds
owing, I am informe'd, to the influence of a
party who would rather see any being on
earth at the head of the club than see Han
lon get increased power. Well, .owing to
this scheming, another change was made
Friday, and that change resulted in the en
gagement of Manager McGunnigle. I have
not a word to sav against that gentleman, but
I do contend that the methods used to get
him here, and the spirit that has
prompted these methods, have been of
the most sinister kind. Matters have come
to a pass when the welfare of the'dab is
lost sight of in tho struggle for personal re
venge, and under these conditions surely
the directors of the club cannot for one
moment expect any public support. Every
step they have taken recently has courted
failure, and I am not wide of the mark
when I say the publio is about disgusted at
it. It seems to me that the majority of the
club directors are allowing themselves to be
led by the nose, and sooner or later they
will find themselves in a sea of troubles
greater than ever dreamt of. The publio
cannot have a live interest in people who
adopt such a vacillating policy, and it
seems to mi that matters will never bo
any better until the disturbing element
of the club is removed. The treatment of
Hanlon has been unfair and unjustifiable
nnd the latest insult to that very earnest
man is the result of a personal spite of the
lowest kind.
The Pennant Race.
The contest for the League pennant con
tinues to be iust as exciting as it ever was,
but I cannot help thinking that the chances
of the New York team are not as bright as
they were a short time ago. So far I have
steadily held by the Giants, but they are
not so formidable as they were. Of course,
I still pin my faith to them, but I cannot
shut my eyes to the fact that both Chicago
and Boston are in slightly better form just
now than the Giants. Anson's pitchers are
in excellent condition, and he has three
good ones inGumbert, Hutchinson and Luby.
The Bostons are strong all round just now
and playing probably better than they did
earlier in the season. But the little won
der continues to be Cleveland. I'm sure
they are a surprising lot of fellows, and I'm
just as snre that we 11 all be happy to see
these plucky fellows take a good place in
the race. They are worth it, and I am in
clined to think that they will do so. Phila
delphia, as usual, continues to peg away
with tolerably good success, and Brooklyn,
like Pittsburg, bo far has been a failure.
The Cincinnatis, like the two last named
teams, are sometimes brilliant and very
often very bad. Peingle.
AGE EEVEALED BY A HAUL
An Ancient Experiment Which Is All
the
Itago is tewiston, Mo.
Iiewlston Journal.
If, perchance, at any time during the past
week you have seen a man steathily pull a
hair from a horse's tail by the curbing, you
mar know that he has the experimental
stage of the latest neighborhood fad. The
idea is this: Suspend a gold ring from a
piece of hair over a glass of cold water and
the ring will begin to swing to and fro until
it hits the sides of the glass. Furthermore,
it will Btrike the exact age of the horse, or,
if it be a person's hair, of the person upon
whose head it grew. .
In a Lisbon street tailoring establishment
this week this has been the feature of the
weeK, ana with such a surprising success
that if accidental, as probably it is, it is
simply marvelous. On Friday a horse
stood by the door. A hair from his tail
tied to the gold ring and duly suspended
swung twice only, striking out the two
clinks audibly against the side of the glass.
"Ho, hoi" quoth the skeptic, "that horse
is 11 years old."
"Not so," said the owner of the horse,
who was hunted up. "That's -a 2-year-old
colt."
A hair from the head of a very interesting
young lady on Lisbon street was kindly ab
stracted by her from among its companions
on Thursday. The same thing was done
and the ring struck 20 (well, no matter
just how many,) but she said:
"Well, that's mean; that's my very age."
Another lady was agreeable, and this time
the ring clattered along until it struck SL
It was her age.
A horse on a hack was unaware of the ex
act moment when a hair was pulled or of
the experiment that rung out 17 times on
the glass of time. "That said wrong,"
said the Lewiston man present at the ex
periment "That horse is only 7 years old."
Going home to dinne'r, one of the gentle
men overtook the driver of this horse and
asked him the age of his horse. The driver
laughed and said:
"He's most old enough to vote."
"I heard that he was only 7."
"Well, he is twice seven and three more."
The Most Remarkable Memory.
Chicago Tribunal
The most remarkable feat of memory on
record was that of an itinerant actor of Eng
land, William Lyon. He won a bet of a
crown bowl of punch that he could repeat
the whole ot an issue of ihe LondoniW?
Advertiser after hearing it read. Tftis was
the more remarkable because there is no
sort of connection between advertisements
and the variety is endless.
A TERT BUST EULER.
The Sultan of Turkey Is a Bettor Man
Than Popularly Supposed.
PALESTINE FOE THE HEBREWS.
Interesting- Facts Developed By Experts in.
Census Figures.
THE ORIGIN OF A LITEEAET METEOR
I wan tew roit tub dispatch. 1
The Sultan of Turkey is a very busy man.
That sounds a little strange, as in the aver
age mind the very
name ot Sultan
seems associat'ed
with indolence, ori
ental luxury and
vicious ignorance.
And yet, Abdul
Hamid II. is an in
dividual far differ
ent from those who
have ruled Turkey
in the past Even
Abdul Eomia JL before being called
to succeed his idiot brother, his talents and
abilities were recognized. Instead of giving
himself up to idleness and his affairs to in
triguing ministers, he has always taken a
great interest in everything pertaining to
the welfare of his people. In1 his palace on
tho Sweet Waters he has gathered together
a most complete collection of maps of all
kinds and general Information relating to
European affairB. It is his wide knowledge
of geographical and international law, and
the fact that he is about the only European
sovereign whose judgment would not be
more or less hampered by international com
plications, that has no doubt led to the sug
gestion that he serve as arbitrator in the
settlement of the Bering Sea muddle, pro
vided the matter is submitted to arbitration.
It is stated that Lord Salisbury is in com
munication with the Sultan in reference to
the opening of Palestine to tho settlement
of the Hebrews. The correspondence on
the subject between the statesmen and
others is said to be very interesting. The
wealthy Hebrew philanthropists are at
variance in many ways. The Baron Boths
child declares that he will not contribute a
cent toward the purchase of the land, argu
ing that it really rightfully belongs to his
people. Others contend that the Hebrews
are not agricultural people, that Palestine
is not tillable if they were and that it
would be ridiculous to expend a large sum
of money in its purchase if no practical use
could be made of it
' Palestine Is Hot TJnfruitfn.
Considerable stress has been laid on the
statement that Palestine is unsuited to ag
ricultural purposes, but such is not the fact
if we accept the authority of those having
given the country careful study. Truej its
condition now is anything but promising.
Geologically considered the general forma
tions of Jurassic and cretaceous limestone
suggests barrenness of soil, which is really
the case in some places, but in the greater
portion a condition directly the opposite
exists. The plain of Philistia extends from
the coast to the first rising ground of Judah,
averaging 15 miles in width, the soil being
a rich brown loam, with scarcely a single
stone in it The two towns situated in the
district are surrounded by olives, sycamores
and palms. This entire plain 40 centuries
ago was one vast corn and wheat field. It is
the same to-day and has been ever since, and
that without the slightest artificial aid. The
soil of the plain of Sharon is also very rich
and capable of producing immense crops,
although only a small portion of it that
near Jaffa is cultivated at present. Tho
plain of Esdraelon, a large territory drained
by the Kishon, is also extremely fertile
when cultivated, but is now nearly over
grown with thistles. It is the best in the cen
tral part, which is, by the way, tho battle
ground on which Gideon triumphed to the
iscomfiture of Saul and Jonathan. The
plain of Jericho is a great level covered
with the richest of soils.
In the South are dry, unpromising lands,
the limestone rocks being liardly covered,
but there is every indication of it having
been used for farming purposes in ancient
times, to support the tremendous popula
tion whicli crowded the neighboring
heights. Northward the country improves
until at Nablous the beautiful streams and
luxuriant vegetation spggest the scenery of
the Tyrol. There is no question that the
country is productive, no matter what its
appearance be to-day. Josephus said of it:
"One may call this place the ambition of
nature, where it forces those plants that are
naturally enemies to one another to agree
together. During ten months of the year
the markets were laden with the fruit of the
land."
Modern travelers have compared portions
of it with Northern New Hampshire, only
the latter shows no such growths of color
ing. The climate is excellent The mean
temperature is 65 degrees Fahrenheit; the
heat being tempered with the exception of
a few places inland by the sea breezes from
the Northwest. The dewfall in summer is
very heavy and the annual rainfall about
61 inches or 30 more than the average in
this country. Everything points to tha
country being available to the agriculturist,
the only doubtful quantity being the.
Hebrew himself. From time immemorial
it has been almost impossible to prevail
upon him to engage in this industry.
He Might Have Succeeded I.eo.
The week before last there died in Hun
gary a man who was looked upon as one of
the most promising
candidates for the
Papacy, in case of
the death of Leo
XITL. and at the
same time one of
the most determined
opponents of the
dogma of infallibili
ty as connected with
that dignity. Cardi
nal Louis Havnald
was considered one
of the foremost
among "European -.,,,
statesmen, and was Cardinal HaynaKL
also distinguished as a scholar and scientist,
having been President of the International
Botanical Congress which met in Florence
some years since. He was rich and liberal,
and owing to his independence was only
elected Cardinal after a tremendous oppo
sition. And yet in spite of all he might
have been Pope had he lived.
The Cream of the Census.
Some interesting facts culled from the
latest reports of the late census are worthy
of consideration. According to the latest
figures the total population is fixed at 62,
885,548. The highest percentage of increase
is shown by North Dakota with a percent
age of 395.05, Washington State following
with 365.13. Of the South Atlantic division,
which includes nine States, Florida, the
land of swamps, leads the list with an in
crease of 45.24 per cent; whilelittle New
Jersey heads the North Atlantic division,
including Pennsylvania and New York.
Gains in population are shown everywhere
with the exception of Nevada, a decrease
amounting to 2o'.51 per cent existing there.
Of the cities, Omaha has grown the fastest,
with a percentage of 360.23; Albany, N. Y.,
the slowest, with 4.59. But in the way of
towns of all classes, Spokane Falls, Wash.,
leads the list in the way of growth, with the
enormous percentage of 5.C92. Arkansas
shows the greatest increase of colored popu
lation; Kentucky the least Texas has more
Chinese than any other State, (727); North
Carolina the fewest (15). Louisiana has
the most Japanese (39), and curiously
enough Illinois has but 1 Indian.
More than half the population of the
United States live under a temperature of
between 45 and 55. The great 'cities of
A . II AU1 ... , w j w.vi MVIHM1. I
Jul " 1R
Philadelphia and Chicago are all located in
latitudes ranging "between 39 and 43.
The center of the United States, excluding
Alaska, is in the northern part of Kansas,
latitude 39 55' and longitude 98 50'. New
York has the most convicts aud insane to
take care of. Tho religiously inclined can
worship in 140 different ways, there being
that many denominations. There is 5199,
034;956 worth of land mortgaged in Iowa, on
which is being paid interest ranging from 1
to 20 per cent. There is evidently profit in
what is called "truck" farming. Out of
f 100,000,000 inyested,in one year $76,517,155
has been realized, after all expenses were
paid. It may surprise some to know that
more anthracite is mined in this State than
bituminous coal, the mines in 1889 pro
ducing 40,605,152 tons of the first and
36,124,089 of the second. The census figures
altogether are interesting and well worth
study.
Going to Become a Jap.
It was, no doubt a
learn recently that
surprise to many to
Lafcadio Hearn, the
brilliant Southern
writer, had married
a Japanese lady and
settled permanently
in the land of his
spouse. Not a few
will remember with
pleasure reading his
articles in a favorite
, magazine, describ
ing a trip to the
West Indies and
South America.
Lacadto Iltarn.
That was only a few
years since and at the time he was compara
tively unknown, but within a few months
he had achieved a national reputation. And
weU he deserved it His style was abso
lutely unique and extremely entertaining.
Every sentence fairly glowed. Pictures
and places, before as prosaic as homeliness
could make them, in Hearn's hands turned
into miracles of beauty, suffused with the
glamour and perfume of an Eastern fairy
land. Hearn's career has in some respects been
remarkable. He w as born 41 years ago on
one of the Ionian Islands, his mother a
native Greek; his father a surgeon in the
British army. Liberally educated, he came
to this country after his father hail died in
India, and his own prospects ruined by a
disastrous failure and at once learned the
printer's trade in Cincinnati, holding a
number of positions until he at last engaged
'as a reporter and correspondent with sev
eral newspapers in that city. After trans
lating and publishing a volume of stories
from the French of Theophile Gautier he
went to New Orleans. There he published
"Stray Leaves From Strange Literature," a
collection of stories and legends from the
East These are considered veritable poems
in prose. They were followed by "Chinese
Ghosts," a volume in the same vein de
voted to legendary lore of the Chinese. He
then traveled in southern latitudes and hid
been lost sight of until now, when the state
ment is made that he has followed in the foot
steps of Edwin Arnold as he did in litera
ture, by settling in Japan.
A Half'Century of Indian History.
One Indian in Illinois! So says the cen
sus, and what pathos is contained in that
little sentence. Two hundred years ago
the same district swarmed with red men.
Then they were known as the Illinois In
dians. Let us look up their history. There
is not a great deal of it, but that little is in
teresting. They belonged to what was
known as the Algonquin family, and com
prised several clans, the Peorias, Tamaroas,
Cahokias, Kaskaskias and Moingwenas.
Long ago they drove the Quapaws out of
Dakota and into the country of the South
ern Mississippi. In 1640 they fought and
almost exterminated the Winnebagoes, and
then for a number of years waged a bloody
war with their neighbors, he Iroquois and
Sioux. About this time the Jesuit mis
sionaries arrived in the vicinity, and their
records confirm the statement that tho coun
try was very thickly settled by the savages,
one town visited containing 8,000 persons.
In 1079 the Iroquois gave them a dreadful
beating, and they in turn assisted the
French in their campaigns and were con
verted to Christianity.
It may seem odd, but their downfall seems
really to commence nt this point, although
the deterioration was not marked until the
latter part of the last century. At the
.siege of Detroit by the powerful Foxes
they again went to the assistance of their
friends, the French. Even the vicinity of
Pittsburg retains recollections of them, as
they were well represented at Fort Du
quesne, although they refused to join in
Pontiac's conspiracy. In the Revolution
they favored the British. By provision of
treaties they ceded their lands and went
West In 1872 the whole Illinois Nation
had dwindled to 40 souls. Now on the old
hunting ground but one of the race remains.
It is difficult to realize that it is but 59
years ago since the .famous Black Hawk
War was fought in what was then the wilder
ness of Illinois.
Itellgion for the "Workers.
Ben Tillett is an English socialistic labor
leader, who first became famous during the
great dockers' 6trike
a year or so ago.
Since that time his
name has been kept
prominently before
tho publio by his
speeches and writ
ings dealing with
labor matters. A re
cent enunciation be
fore a religious con
ference wiU be in- f
tcresting to different Ben TUlelt.
classes in this country. He says; "There is
an element of religion in every working
man. Heaps of my own associates have as
much religion in their hearts and lives as
would do for a half-dozen archbishops. I
want to tell religious people -that the work
ing classes are to be won. There is as much
intolerance and pure cussedness in the
agnostics and atheists as anybody. The
agnostics are simply beljeved 'in because
they seem to have the interests of the work
ingmen at heart. Why don't you come out
among them instead of preaching to the
four walls of your chapel? You say we are
ignorant and do wrong. Come out with
your riper judgment and show us what is
Tight In the name of the working classes,
in the name of God, in the name of Christ,
who had not where to lay His head, come
out and better our work."
The above is important at the present
time, and the publication of1 the Pope's
encyclical and the fact that several Protest
ant organizations in the Eas.t have appointed
committees to recommend ways of bringing
the churches within reach of the social and
industrial situation indicates that they
recognize the importance of it and that
they will give it more attention in the
future. Wilkie.
FAMOUS FOB EXIBAVAQANCS.
Somo of tho Doincs of Vitellins, the Glutton,
and Ilis Rival.
As a glutton Vitcllius is easily first In
eight months he squandered the incredible
sum of 520,000,000 on feasting alone. At
his table appeared every delicacy of the
day brains of nightingales and peacocks,
heads of parrots, tongues of thrushes and
flamingoes, roes of lampreys, etc He kept
six ponds for red mullet and paid thousands
for a fish' of any extra size. His cooks had
salaries ten times as large as his tutors, and
his dancing girls were paid 100 times as
much as his cooks.
In striving to beat this record the crazy
young Elagabalus mashed his peas with
f rains of gold, stirred his beans with am
er, snd mixed-pearls with his rice. When
at the seaside he would not touch fish, but
when far inland he had his army supplied
with fresh roe. His shoes sparkled with
rubies and sapphires, and he was the first
Konian to wear a complete suit of silk. His
chariots were of gold studded with precious
stones, and yet he grew bo tired of life after
four years of this splendor that he contem
plated committing suicide by a golden dag
ger inlaid with emeralds. The soldiers
saved him the trouble by killing him with
a plebeian iron sword.
Bapid Transit In Mexico.
In Mexico the law directs that a horse
car shall wait three minutes for apassenger
to Dia nis irieuus uuuuj
mm.
SUMMERS NEW YORK
It Offers More Attractions Than Any
Other City in the World.
WHERE A DOLLAR WILL TAKE Y0H.
The Salt in the Air Is a Boon the Gothamite
Doesn't Realize.
A BAIL OYER LONG ISLAND S0B7JD
fCOBMSPOIIDEMa! OF THE DISr-ATCH.l
New Yourc, July 25. Summer in New
York is not the summer of any other Amer
ican city, save perhaps that of Boston. Yet
even Boston environs do not present as
great a variety of cooling pleasure resorts,
as easy of access, as cheap of enjoyment
Manhattan Island is crowded, it is true, and
it 1b sometimes oppressively hot in the
glowing dog-days. But lying as it does lie,
practically surrounded by great stretches of
salt water, it suffers more from the excessive
moisture in the atmosphere than from the
direct attacks of the sun.
The steady salt water breezes that do not
affect the mercury in the thermometer
spread their gentle influence everywhere
among a grateful people and make daily
summer life in the metropolis tolerable and
even enjoyable. It is but a fewx years since
I thought this sort of thing "taffy." But I
have experimented a good deal in the mean
time and with an experience founded upon
extensive travel I have come to the con
clusion that the city of New York, taken all
in all, the year 'round, is the most satis
factory place in which to live.
No City Bivals the Metropolis.
This is not only compared with other
American cities, but with the chief cities of
the world. I carefully make the distinction,
all the year 'round and all in alL For there
are many delightful cities of the earth
where at particular seasons of the year and
for particular purposes desired it is more
agreeable to live. It is alike lovely in
Venice, Berlin, Lucerne, Paris, Washing
ton, Borne, Charleston at various certain
seasons, and the experienced tourist will so
time his visits as to be in such places when
they are at their best When it comes to
living vear after year, and remaining in a
place winter and summer, you have the true
test of your judgment of an abiding place.
In this respect I know of no large city of
the world that will fairly rival the city of
New York.
The principal summer attraction of this
city for the resident, as well as for the visi
tor, is in its lovely and easily accessible en
virons, its parks and gardens and summer
amusements. Perhaps 500,000 people, born
and raised in New York, Brooklyn and
Jersey City, enjoy these things quite as a
matter of course, without any particular
knowledge of other cities.
Don't Realize Their Advantages.
They never knew anything else, and, like
the boys on an Indiana farm, they regard it
in a humdrum way, as hunting for meadow
larks or going a fishing down by the old
mill, or an occasional visit to the county
seat I was thinking of this the other day
when in company with an old college chum,
now a well-known Western politician, I sat
on the upper deck of a steamer plowing her
way up the East river through Hellgate.
We kad boarded her from the elevated in
the heat of the mid-afternoon at Cortlandt
street, beheld the white squadron coming in
to the Government anchorage, steamed out
of the mouth of the Hudson, rounded the
Battery and passed under the graceful span
of the Brooklyn bridge. Tho smeli of the
salt water was incense to the nostrils and
the channel breeze played soothingly upon
the cheeks of some 250 men, women and
children between decks. To the right and
left were two large cities of 2,000,000 souls.
The vessels, steam and sail, that thickly
lined the docks on either side and the un
broken miles of.warehouses represented tha
commerce of the world.
Sights of ft Single Sail.
There was the United States Navy Yard,
with its immense shiphouses and its repre
sentative specimens of the navy of the past,
the present and the future. A little farther
Bandall's Island, with its grim iron-barred
palaces of stone set in a smooth, emerald
sward, and Blackwell's great workhouses
and reformatories are soon passing in re
view. And here is the mouth of the Har
lem on the left, and whole fleets of steam
and sail. Just ahead of us, steaming slowly
through a uangerous Channel, is the grand
Pilgrim, the finest steamer ever built, on
her way through the sound to Boston.
She sits the water like a great snow-white
swan, with the same beautiful lines and
symmetry, and by her side the City of Bos
ton, of a rival line, seems an insignificant
lake packet, and the cigar-shaped ocean
steamers mere dirty pigmies. Now rapidly
follow large islands, ono after another on
either hand. Through the deep shades can
be seen beautiful villas. Here on the sharp
promontory is a fort, the declining sun
glazing the lacquered cannon; there is a
bay full of trim little vachts riding at
anchor, and a smart village, Whitestone,
behind it Opposite in the center of an
other island is the great asylum for the
blind, a truly magnificent pile. And here
are more forts, more secluded bays with
watering-place hotels lining the leafy shores.
Thousands Out Seeking Pleasure.
And all along this route we meet steamer
after steamer, swarming with people of all
classes and conditions, and great barges,
with their double decks loaded with little
children coming back to the city after a
healthful and mirthful day among these
pleasure-giving shores.
Finally we are landed 32 miles from the
city at one of these same cannon-crowned,
pavilioned, deeply-wooded oases of the sea,
and are soon getting on familiar terms with
baked clams and other seasonable edibles!
While we are at this pleasant task a sharp
shower goes by and for 20 minutes we are
treated to a sight rarely seen more than
once in a hfetime a perfect rainbow span
ning the waters close at hand and reaching
almost to the zenith. This bow is perfect,
and calls forth the subdued but deep ad
miration of every living soul present I
have never seen such a bow since early
childhood, and that was fleeting; this lasted
l unbroken, unobscurea nnd evenly distrib
uted tor fully -U minutes, then laded away
in the evening sunshine.
Flttshorg, forjlnstance, Doesn't Know It
"I have been thinking all the day," said
my Western friend, as we were going back
to town with our coats close buttoned and
gazing on this same panorama, only re
versed, now twinkling with myriads of
electric and gas lights, "I have been think
ing how little we knew of all this vision of
life and loveliness when we were boys in In
diana. Take the most intelligent and well
read people of the interior, for instance
how little they realize that sujh a picture
as we have this day seen exists at all; and
if they were told of it in the most glowing
English they couldn't comprehend it, I sup
pose. I confess that I have never dreamed
of it, and I have been to New York several
times. And all for 40 cents!"
Yet this is bu' on.e 0f the many avenues
of summer recreation and pleasure for New
Yorkers. For 50 cents you can board an
iron steamboat built for excursion comfort
and pass down the bay under the guns of
Castle Williams, Forts Wadsworth and
Hamilton, throngh the Narrows and the
lower bay, viewing Sandy Hook and the
Highlands, out to sea and around Coney
Island, and return either by the same route
or by rail through to Brooklyn. There are
three or four ways complete by rail, by rail
and boat, and by- boat entirely all tor 50
cents for the round trip.
Coney Island and Other Itesorts.
For 25 cents you take a splendid Statcn
Island ferry boat, cross the upper bay, land
at St George, at the head of the island,
transfer to the rapid transit cars and be car
ried along the romantic shores of the Nar
rows to South Beach, the lower end of the
island. Here are pavilions and all sorts of
naam.nll Ban iMltninr .$ tliA mnmi ah
you can get at -Coney Island, though with
out bo heavy a surf. The same 25 cents sees
yon back by the same or by the all-boat
route.
For 51 you can go to Long Branch and re
turn by sea or land, visiting the swellest
watering place of the Jersey coast That 51
gives you a five or six hours sea voyage and
an appetite at the close that craves roast
beef and potatoes. If you are going or com
ing on this sea route by night be sure you
take your spring overcoat. The hotter the
summer day, the more you will need that
overcoat before you get back. Thousands
go and come on the same steamer without
getting off at Long Branch at all. For
there is plenty to eat end "lashin's o' beer"
and other drinks to be had on board the
boat If you do want to get off, however,
there are Asbury Park, Ocean Grove and
half a dozen other places within the reach
of 25 cents more.
For2o cents you can join the wedding
couples in the middle of the bay on Bedloe's
Island. There is the Bartholdi statue of
Liberty to be seen and two restaurants give
food and liquid refreshments in a modest
way.
Ton Can Even Go Fishing.
For 50 cents you can go to the fishing
banks with rod and line and try deep sea
fishing from the decks of a steamer in half a
dozen different places outside from early
morn till dewy eve. And you need not
bother about bait or grub either, for they
have them on board by the gallon, keg and
carload. And if you should be a man and
of that particular turn of mind you will
come back not caring whether the fish bit
well that day or not. You would have so
much fun.
For 1 you can take a big dav boat on the
Hudson and a long view of the American
Bhine. You will see the homes of the
millionaires along its wooded banks, be
shown tha historic towns and villages, the
school of the American army officer, the
Kaatskills, the Poughkeepsie bridge and
any number of seductive looking watering
place hotels. Tho trip will be more enjoy
able because you will find good restaurants
on the boat and bands of music refresh
ments for the physical and mental man. If
you are in hurry you can come back by rail.
But you will never regret the day boat oa
the Hudson. For 51 by day, or?2, whichin
cludes a stateroom at night, you can take one
of the floating palaces and "do" the Sound.
It also embraces the entire scenic effects de
scribed in the first part of this article.
Alwajs a Safe Investment
I have never yet heard anybody say that
a voyage up the Sound in midsummer, when
the city air is close and business is not
pressing, was a mistake or that the money
was not well invested. If it is a clear day
the Long Island shore under a good glass
presents a pleasing landscape as long as the
voyage.
These are but a few and the outside sum
mer" attractions of New York pleasure and
health seekers. What other city on the
globe offers such a variety of sea and river
and romantic and fashionable shove? But
there are scores and scores of parks and
gardens within or close to the city limits ac
cessible for five cents going and five cents
coming. You can join from five thousand
to eight thousand people underthe immense
electric lighted cylindrical dome of Madison
Square Garden and listen to the grand or
chestra of Theodore Thomas for fifty cents
and drink beer at five cents a glass while
you enjoy your cigar and conversation. You
can go out to One Hundred and Fifty-fifth
street at a Harlem garden and spend hours
among the German families. There is an
endless choice of these kinds of amusement,
and all are cheap and few unwholesome.
Therefore, all in all, if a man or a woman in
New York is short of something to do and
some place to go, he or she must be very
stupid or very narrow of thought
Chakxes Theodore Mtjkhjlt.
aOBDON-CTJlQIINQ SAILED AWAY,
Ha Had Won Union Clabbers' Cash and
Didn't Give Them Kovenge.
ITewTork World.
A etory comes from Newport of a visit to
the Union Club on the part of Sir William
Gordon-Cumming that would have been
heard with some interest in London at tha
time of the baccarat trial. It seems that he
was given a visitor's card at the Union
Club by one of his friends here, and natu
rally found his way in a very short time to
the card room. One night he participated
in a game where the stakes weTe pretty big.
He won constantly. Among other men sit
ting at the table was that experienced and
accomplished card player, James V. Parker,
and Mr. Frederick Schenck. The game did
not break up until 4 or 5 o clock in the
morning and at that time Cumming was a
winner to a very large amount
When the party separated it was taken
for granted on all sides that they would re
assemble in the evening and continue the
game. The partydid reassemble, with the
exception of Sir William Gordon-Cumming.
Some casual inquiries were instituted,
prompted by surprise that he did not ap
pear and give his associates of the green
cloth an opportunity to secure their re
venge, and it was learned, with what amaze
ment it may be imagined, that he had that
afternoon sailed for England. He had
given no previous notice of such intention,
nnd his sudden departure, which, because of
its suddenness, became instantly suspicions,
has never been forgotten by the card play
ers whose money was thus whisked away to
England.
USE OF TOBACCO AND BEANDY.
Alphonse Daudef s Opinion Called Ont by
Tolstoi's Itecent Denunciation.
In writing of Tolstoi's opinions of to
bacco and alcohol, M. Alphonse Daudet
says: "Doubtless abuse of tobacco and al
cohol ia folly; but after dinner nothing is so
good as a good pipe taken with one or two
little glasses of excellent brandy. As for
myself, I have never sought, and I never
shall seek, alcohol as a stimulant for work.
When it happened to make me drunk when
I was a young man I was incapable of writ
ing or conceiving a line. In return, I have
smoked a great deal while working, and the
more I smoked the better I worked. I have
never noticed that tobacco was injurious."
AN EHPEROB'S IDEA OF WOKEN.
A Talent for Jam Slaking With Kaiser Will.,
lam is a Prime Requisite.
New York Times. J
The Emperor of Germany does not take
at all kindly to women of literary or learned
"proclivities, and is said to have once re
marked: "That for his part he preferred a
lady with a talent for making jams to one
who had an aptitude for discussing the Con
stitution." Now, if his imperial Majesty
will come over to America he will find a
large number of ladies who can not only in
telligently discuss the Constitution, "Ger
man or American, but can also make truly
delicious jams. It is evident this young
Hohenzollern does not appreciate the ver-.
satility of the fin du siecle womanl
Italian Lignite.
The extent to which a casual discovery
may affect the revenue of a country lias just
been illustrated ia Italy, whore lignite, dis
tilled according to a now method, has been
experimentally used instead of coal for rall-
ay work. Tho experiments were made on
a very heavy gradient, and only one ongine
was employed for the trip, instead of two, as
usual, although an excessively large load of
freiaht and passengers was carried. There
nas no unpleasant smell, and the consump
tion of lignite was small. The trial wasmost
satisfactory, and it indicates the probability
of llcuito coining into general use for house
hold, as well as for industrial pumoses. The
great importance attached " to this
subject by Italian manufacturers may
be easily understood from the
fact that Italy produces no coal, whilo it
imports about 5,000.000 tons of coal yearly
from abroad, at a cost of over $23,000,000.
Tor Cool Traveling.
Another improved apparatus for railway
carriages will be welcomed by summer trav
elers. This apparatus provides for the pro
duction of a cool and pleasant breeze
throughout tha car. It is fitted under tho
body of the car, is self-revolving, and is so
arranged that it will catch the air from all
directions. Not the least of its advantages
is that it will keep working for 13 minutes
after the train has Jieen stopped.
BENEFIT OF A WALK.
A Prominent Physician Says It Beata
All Modern Gymnastics.
MODERATION IE ATHLETIC WORK.
lignite, Distilled on a Heir Plan, Used
Instead of Coal in Italy.
USE OP C0L0ES IN CUBING EiSASB
mirmr ron the dispatch.!
Physical culture Is one of the fads of tho
day, and as such stands in danger of being
overdone. It has been pointed out that in
rapid development of tho recent craze for
athletics in America, two things of grave
importance have been overlooked by both
men and women. The first is that la
England, where every little boy rides and
runs and playacrf cket and tennis, and every
girl, from tho Princess daughter down, has
systematically walked and ridden and
played outdoor games in an kinds of weather
from babyhood, there is less danger from a
high degree of athletio effort than here,
where entirely untrained and soft muscles
are put to the sharp and often fatal test of
powerful and concentrated effort without
previous discipline. Tho other i3 that tna
real value of athletio training 13 its effect
upon the success of all endeavor in life, and
in so far as it becomes the end instead of tha
means, it is to be condemned.
Many of our masters and teachers forget
that a trained brain, a trained digestion and
trained nerves are the basis of athletio
power and health, and the too common re
sult is the man with sinewy muscles hard
ened at the expense of impoverished vital
ity, and the woman with a disarranged or- "
gani8m, through too vigorous exercUe.
Americans are naturally keen and impetu
ous, and they are carrying these qualities
into athletics to their serious injury. He
would be a truo philanthropist, who would
just now urgo upon them the necessity of
moderation and common sense in this mat
ter, and impress on them, that they muse
exercise according to their previous train
ing and their actual physical powers of en
durance, and not according to any arbitrary
athletic standard.
One of the most noted physicians of New
Tort insists that no exercise in the gymna
sium is so perfect and calls into play so
many muscles at once as brisk walking in
the open air, in upright easy position and
loose clothing, and with some light burden
in the hands, and it has been wisely said
that five or six years of this sort of safe and
salutary exerciso would make an excellent
basis for athletic improvement, especially
among women, whose gymnastic work u
apt to be erratic rather than regular or sus
tained, and takon without regard to dietetic
and hygienic conditions. This principle has
been recently inculcated with regard to
schoolboys. Many boys are not attracted
by boisterous games, and it seems bard that
any sort of compulsion should be used to
compel them to take part in them.
The Itev. T. A. Preston, in writing on this
subject, shows with great force how much
advantage the study of natural history
might, in some instances, bo substituted for
baseball and football. Boys out for a Held
excursion actually take a great de3l mora
exercise than they ever tako at baseball,
and the exercise is of a nature to give better
permanent results, to say nothing of tha
other advantages of such a form, of recrea
tion. A Kemedy for Itot.
Various remedies havo from time to Hma
been tried for the rot from which the potato
and tomato crop3 suffer so severely. M.
Thieupont, of Brussels, has for some years
been experimenting on a cure for the phyl
loxera, which has so ravaged certain dis
tricts in Franco and Germany, as to havo
thrown tho vineyards out of cultivation. 21.
Thieupont has been most successful with a
mixture of equal weights of sulphate of
copper and lime, used as a solution in water,
and tho distinguished chemist gives it as
his opinion that this combination is tha
most efficient one known for both prevent
ing and arresting tho disease. His conclu
sions have been confirmed by experiments
made in many countries and with every
imaginable variety of soil?.
It is now stated that this solution is just
as efficacious for the prevention and cure of
rotas of phylloxera, and the agriculturists
of this country have been recommended to
put it to a test. The mixture should be ap-
Slied before the disease appears, and always
i the early morning when the dew is on tho
'plants. The application should he repeated
in from 15 to 20 days. The good results at
tained by this remedy in Franco, Belgium
and Portugal have been so marked that it it
now being experimented with by the Land
Commission of Ireland, with a view to tha
prevention of the potato blight, from which
that country has Buffered so severely.
A New Use for Draught.
A common source of cold and discomfort
In winter is the drauhgt from tho bottom of
a shrunken or badly fitting door. A simple
device has been brought out by which these
currents of air can be so diverted as to ba
made desirable instead of objectionable. A
slab of wood works on two pivot hooks pro
jecting from the bottom of tho door, and
fitted at one end with a curved piece of wood
which comes against the jamb on closinir
tbe door, and presses a felt facing close to
the floor. On opening tho door, an india
rubber spring draws the Dottom of tho slab
toward the door and so clears tho carpet.
The bottom edge of the slab, being lined
with felt, is absolutely draught-tight. On
tho door being shut, the air which rushes in
strikes against the slab is turned upward
and goes to the top of the room. In this
way, the draught under the door, which was
before a constant menace to the health of
the occupants of the room, becomes a posi
tive advantage in promoting tha thorough
-Ventilation of tho apartment.
2ffect of Color on Insane.
It is well known that colors havo great in
fluence on the moods of some persons,
especially those of sensitive temperament.
Insane persons are exceptionally susceptibla
to the effect of color, aud a record which has
j ust been made, of experiments in this direc
tion, by the directors of the Milan Insane
Asvlum, is most interesting. A melancholy
patient was placed in a flood of rosy light,
and in 13 hours he improved perceptibly.
In 14 he called for food, although for many
preceding days he had refused nourishment,
which had to be given him by force.
Green and blue were found to be the most
quieting; rose the most cheering; and red
the most exciting to patients generally.
The results obtained wero so uniform and
so satisfactory, that tho authorities of tha
asylum have decided to adopt a systematio
course of color treatment lor the inmates
of the asylum. In future, every aDartment
In the building will be furnished fn colors
especially calculated to improve the condi
tion of the patient.
New Style of Observatory. "
A novel stylo of observatory has been de
vised by an ingenious Manitoban, who is
of opinion that tho scenery of this country
Is such that passengers on a railroad ought
to havo better facilities for seeing it. Throa
or four sections of a car roof are raised to a
height of 12 to 13 inches above tbe ordinary
level, forming a sort of "conning tower," tho
sides of which are glazed. Second-story
seats are provided in these sections, where
passengers can sit and enjoy tho scenery in
any direction. If perfectly heated and ven
tilated, such a car would be most desirable,
but it is a question whether the added weighs
in the upper part of the car would affect Its
Bafety. and wnether the considerable motion
in swinging round curves or running over
rough track would not affect many travel
elers very unpleasantly.
An English Stair Tread.
An English invention, which suggests tha
fact that elevators are not so much in requi
sition in England as in this country, is an
"unwearablo stair tread," which provides
against wear and tear and prevents slip
ping. The stair tread is a combination of
chilled steel and lead, run in alternate lay
ers. The lead Insures a firm foothold and
the steel makes the tread practically ever
lasting. This is an excellent invention, and,
while the domand for it may be subject to
certain pointed restrictions, there are
many conditions under which it will prove
of the greatest service.
Care uflinolenin.
Oilcloth in various forms has become such
a common article of domestic uso that a hint
to its care is opportune. Many people aro
unaware that oilcloths, and especially lin
oleum, shouldnevcrbe scrubbed with a hard
brush. Neither should they bo washed with
hot wator or soda. The best way is to uso
warmwatet- and ordinary yellow soap and
wipe thoroughly dry. An occasional rub
bing over with a mixture of linseed oil and
vinegar, after they have been well-cleansed,
is advisable, or they can be considerably
brightened by a simple application of milk.
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