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I REVIEWOFSPOHTS.
Prominent Features of -the Base
ball World During the Week -and
Leading Teams.
THE PROBABLE PENNANT WINNERS
ScrrTcrk Em Qnite an Argument to (Jet
Clear of Chicago and ths Ben
tons in the Race.
DISHONESTY IN THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
Trd Frttdurffi Offtr to Come to Amtric wl FtgTlt
Fttx&immonfi, the Australian.
It I s a long time since things -were so gen
eially quiet in the sporting world as they
have been during the week just ended. In
no branch of sport has there been anything
out of the ordinary, while in many branches
there has been nothing going on at all. Of
course we have had the usual interest shown
in the race for the National League pen
nant, and it is safe to say that never before
in the history of baseball has there been
such a close contest as the one now going
on. Few of us ever dreamt that the first
three teams would make such a desperate
light of it ns they are doing, and it may not
be wide of the mark to say that the team of
the three who gets along with the least
number of accidents will be a winner. My
readers will know how strongly I have
pinned my faith to the New York team, and
t dare say that many will think me wrong
a doing so. I am not at any time in
Jined to keep butting my head
gainst a brick wall, but while
am ready to confess that the
chance of the Giants are not so good as
they were, I aui not yet disposed to aban
don them. There have been many great
difficulties surrounding the Giants lor a
long time, and of course accidents and mis
fortunes upset all our plans at stages. But
f we could have the Giants as we had them
when the "Western teams were in the East
:lie last time, why there would be only one
team in the race just now. "When Mutrie
had Sharrott, Eusie and John Ewing pitch
ing all right he had the best team in Amer
ica, even without the aid of Buck Ewing.
f know this is saying a great deal, but
i ery word of it is true, because perform
nces proved it. But since then the team
:ias gone to the bad to a very great extent,
'oth in hitting and in pitcliing. This has
.riven the teams of Chicago and Boston a
much better chance to win. Anson is
really doing wonderful things with his
icuu. and he has again proven, if any more
oroofwere needed, that he is one of the
mo?t remarkable men in the baseball busi
ness. ANSON AS A manager.
It is doubtless a threadbare subject to
make any remarks about Anson as a mana
ger, but an opinion or two on the matter in
iiis connection may not be out of place. I
ion't think that any other manager in the
i-ountry could have placed that Chicago
team where it is to-dav than Anson. When
the season started if we took his team
singly wo couldn't help thinking that he
had a ery poor lot in comparison with
many other teams. But Anson was more
-onfident about his team than anybody else,
because he knew better than anybody else
their good points. Got them working to
gether like a piece of machinery and they
soon took a prominent place in the contest
Well, Anson deserves all the credit
of it, for, in fact, he has m.tde good play
ers of his men, and I may add win
ning players. As a rule, Anson is
never beaten until the last man is out, and
io matter how his team may be in the rear
in a contest, he is on the alert ready to em
brace at any stage an opportunity to turn
defeat into victory. In this he has suc
eeded admirably, and I know of no man in
ttaseball business who is as ready to see a
hance to turn defeat into victory as is An
on. Tou never know when he is beaten,
tut because of his remarkable talents he
uas in all respects the Chicago team to him
self. Nobody interferes with him; he has
uo President to go bothering around him or
jo directors to hold three or four meetings
i week to teach him his business. Ue is in
the truest Eense of.the word his own "boss."
Well, that is a very important feature, and
.t has no doubt aided materially to make
him so successful. "Well, then, what I want
to say as a res.ult of the above opinion is
that Anson will always be a dangerous op
ponent in a pennant race for anybody.
He will cot have a team vtho are
not good players, and this fact con
vinces me that Anson's team will make
a great struggle for the pennant this
rear. I am strongly inclined to think that
it' the Chicago team does not win the prize
lloston will not, because I fail to see where
the Boston team are as good as the Chicago
'ot. To be sure the Bostons are a good
ieam and can play a great game, but they
.ack the steadiness of the Chicago team,ana
I don't think that the Boston Ditchers are
m the best of form. I have wondered
irhere the Boston team would have been
tad the Pittsburg club not taken pity on
hem and let them have Harry Staley.
.Vnd every time I think of the Boston team
! am reminded of the great business Beads
f the Pittsburg club. Certainly if there
ver was a stupid transaction in baseball it
vas the releasing of Staley by the Pitts
urj club, and amid such stupid work we
.eedn't be surprised at the team being in
last place. The Bostons should be thankful
md doubtless they are. If they win the
:ennant Staley will have played a great
, art in securing the victory.
THE TEAMS IX GENERAL.
But aside from the three leading teams in
the race there is plenty to afford lots of in
cresi. Cleveland and Philadelphia are
making quite a nght ot it lor fourth place.
1 ha e olten had occasion to admire the
pluck and grit of that little band from
'ieveland. How they have struggled
tgainst any amount of difficulties far more
:lian hae ever met the Pittsburg
.cam, and still they are in a very good po
rtion. The Cleveland team have all along
een handicapped by lack of good pitchers,
il" they had been strong in the box depend
iipon it they would have made matters ex-
remely warm for the best teams in the
i.eague. As it is, they are quite a danger-
us element, and even though they bhould
..nish below fourth place, taking every-
hing into consideration, it will be no dis
credit to them. But one of the most dis-
ippointing teams so far in the League con
. -t has been the Brooklyns. They have
t ut a sorry show, and lor Ward's 6ake, I
, m sorry for this. 01 course the poor
owing of the team will prompt the opin-
in that John is not a manager.
..e may and he may not be a hrst
.tass one, but I am inclined to
eard the opinion that he has a lot of sec-ud-rate
men to deal with. At the opening
of the season I argued that the Broonlj n
pam was over-estimated, and their work has
crtainly shown that opinion to be correct,
it" the Brooklyns finish among the tail
endera it nirty doom Ward as a manager,
ut no matter where they finish I am of
pinion that he will not be manager of the
iJrooklyns next year. The truth is, I think
he will not be on the Brooklyn team at all.
.."here is not a very good relationship
etween Mr. Byrne and Ward, as
iclormerdoes not hesitate to make kpown
is disappointment in the manager. The
i .'cent work of the Brooklyn team has
jused many people to think the Cincinnati
inn will Imisn ahead of them. I will not
o surprised if this be the result- The Reds
' . -e playing a good game, and as far as I am
. jle to judge they are a stronger lot than
..ie Brooklyns. The Beds got a very bad
r-uirt, and that has been a drawback to them
. ight along. Manager Loftus has gotten
well together at last, and from now on it
is likely that they will do tolerably well.
THE tOCAL SLUGGERS.
It is needless to say much about the
home disappointments. Every day is adding
proof that they are about the most dis
appointing lot of plavers that have ever
been in Pittsburg. All the patrons of the
club must be almost convinced that our
alleged stars are no stars at all. Downright
bad playing has had more to do with their
lack of success than bad management and if
we scan the list of the team we wiH soon
discover a number of very useless men.
Weak hitting has been the great difficulty
and as far as I can see it will continue to be
so. Mr. McGunnigle cannot make a bad
hitter into a good one any more than Hanlon
could. Such great failures with the stick
as Carroll and Bierbauer cannot be made
sluggers in reality by the new manager no
more than he can make a star infielder out
of Miller. These players certainly are more
or less liable to have a good batting streak,
but if thev have it would be verv foolish
indeed, to attribute it to the influence of
Manager McGunnigle. 1 will do no such
thing. But so far there is no denying the
fact that both Carroll and Bierbauer have
been miserable failures as batters, and I
don't hesitate to say that Keilly has been a
big failure. I say this in good spirit, and I
also say it because we are strongly requested
to say nothing but truth about the team.
Well, Beilly hasn't filled the bill as a .third
baseman, and King has been a collossal
failure, as a pitcher. All these failures com
bined make a very sorry state of affairs, but
w e cannot shut our eyes to the fact of the
failures. Oh, not I do not forget the man
agement, that is the mismanagement: nor
do I forget the first two or three weeks in
the season. Then the team were near the
top of the list, now they are last. Alto
gether it would seem wise on the part of the
directors of the club to commence to lay
their plans for next season. This one is
ruined, and if they can get to "work and
mature plans by which harmony all round
can be restored there will be some hope for
baseball prosperity in Pittsburg.
HIGH-SALARIED PLAYERS.
It is a player's duty totry and secure as
much money for his services as he can; on
the other hand, it is the duty of the direct
ors, or magnates, as we call them, to keep
the salaries just as low as they can. We
cannot well concede one of these duties
without conceding the other, and thus we
have two opposing forces at work. A high
salaried player is an eyesore to the mag
nate, and there are many eyesores this sea
son; in fact, so many that I am led to be
lieve an effort will be made to reduce these
big salaries before next year comes. A very
prominent League official told me some
time ago that this salary question would
surely come to the front again because play
ers were receiving almost every dollar there
was in the business. So far, this season, it
has been remarkable that some of the great
est failures have been among the high-salaried
men. In instances of this Jdnd
matters will right themselves because the
law of economics will prevent a failure
from getting a fancy salary. But the
feature of the high salaries that I wish to
say a few words about is concerning any
concerted action the magnates may make to
reduce salaries and keep them dowu if they
are once down. Sometimes it is possible
to systematically reduce salaries and keep
them down and sometimes it is not. In
baseball affairs we have seen that the mag
nates have always failed to keep salaries
down. They have met and passed resolu
tions to keen salaries at a low ebb, but that
is about as far as they have gone. It, there
fore, seems quite plain to me that any effort
there may be made this year to reduce
salaries will result in the usual failures. I
still clin? to my old notion that a good
player will always command a good figure.
A2T INTERESTING BOAT RACE.
On Thursday last I witnessed an event
that is now something rare in Pittsburg,
viz.: a match boat race. It was, indeed, a
pleasure to me, for after all there is not a
hner sport than rowing. The day was fine
and the spectators pretty numerous. The
course was excellent and the contest was
one of the "squarest" that has ever been
rowed here or anywhere else. The contest
ants were Pearl Pickett, of JJellaire, and
Albert Denmaesh, of 3IcKee' "Hocks. Tbey
are real youngsters, neither of them having;
been in a contest previous to the one in
question. An account of the race was given
in the news columns of this paper Friday
and it is unnecessary for me to repeat any
thing about the details of the race. What
I desire to do is to draw attention to the
two scullers. They are two really
"promising young fellows and though
defeated Uenmarsh is the making
of a good rower indeed. He has only been
a very short time at the business, and on
Thursday he naturally showed a lack of
teaching. A young man cannot become a
sculler in a month, and the probabilities are
that he will never become one without a
good tutor. With a good instructor Den
marsh ought to blossom out into a really
good sculler. Pickett, the winner, is a good
one already. He is a very cool and deliber
ate young customer, and the way in which
he rowed his race Thursday shows that he
knows well how to row three miles. ' At no
time did he stroke faster than 29 to the
minute, and even at that he got more speed
on his boat than did Denmarsh
who was stroking considerably taster.
Pickett has a good, clean and reaching
stroke and he is likely to defeat some gooa
men before he is very much older. His
backer, John McCaffrey, of Bellaire, is the
kind of gentleman who desires to have a
good performer. He is an honest and up
right man and there is much credit due him
for the trouble and expense he has been at
to bring his young protege to the front. I
trust that the race will.be a forerunner of
many more in and about Pittsburg. There
are lots of good young scullers and it is to
be hoped that Thursday's race will prompt
them to get down to work and arrange some
races that will tend to popularize the sport
again.
THE GRAND CIRCUIT RACES.
Last week I had a few words to say about
the suspicious features of one or two events
in the Grand Circuit I said my few words
because in my way of thinking the popularity
of the Grand Circuit races is to a very great
extent at stake. I don't hesitate to say that
the public is fast becoming wearied of the
ti otters entirely, because of the dishonesty
prevailing on the trotting track. Day
after day norses start in races and never try
to win, and if this is honesty, then I fajl to
know what thieving is. For instance take
a horse like Happy Bee driven by Turner.
In two or three races that horse started
and could have won easily, but in
each heat landed in almost last.
At Cleveland the horse was "let
out" and won the race there with ease. Now
what I argue is that all money lost on
Happy Bee in the races which the horse
did not try and win, was money gotten dis
honestly by those who won it. Then I ask:
Are actions of that kind honest? I don't
think that anybody will for one moment
contend that there is anything honest about
it and depend upon it that being the case it
will eventually work great injury on the
trotting track. The American public are
not bad losers in honest contests but most
assuredly they rebel when they lose their
money by fraud. The "dropping of heats"
is mainly a fraudulent piece of business and
the public should be protected against it.
BASEBALL FOR STAKES.
Baseball matches for stakes, that is so
much a side, are becoming very popular of
late. During the last two years I have had
my say on that feature of baseball playing,
that is I have always been opposed to intro
ducing the gambling system pure and simple
into the national game. But despite my
humble objections and the objections of
anybody else we have this season a greater
desire to have ball games for stakes than
we ever had before. Probably the most
popular match game this year was that on
Wednesday between Wooster and East
Liverpool teams. Everything went off so
well there that I have an idea many more
such matches will follow. There are any
amount of players and clubs and among the
great number probably seven-tenths of them
call themselves champions. To a certain
extent this rivalry is all right, but there is
a regular condition about these match games
that I question very much. For
instance yesterday the East Liverpool
team in reply to a challenge from the
Beaver Grays which appeared in this paper
said they would play the Beaver team, but
I not a picked team. Now this is just the
feature that I have been intending Tor a
very long time to discuss. There has for a
number of seasons been a custom of teams
being built up on players who were mem
bers ot many teams, je or instance i could
tell the publio that I had organized the
"only original" Bloodeaters, the best
"amateur" team in Western Pennsylvania.
But my team were simply the best mem
bers ot a number of other teams; that is, I
had gathered together a team made up of'
the best men of probably nine other teams.
This is not fair; it is a fraud, because we
can see that the system will allow the
Eclipse, the Beaver Grays or any other
teams to at all times have a picked nine.
What is necessary then is that each team be
limited to its own members, that is mem
bers of its own club. If this were done
then we would have an idea as to
what this club or that club could really
do in the way of baseball. We would not
then be arranging a game with the small
potatoes only to meet, in fact, a team of the
giantkillers. What is required is to have
information at all times as to who are really
to play. So far there has been much mis
understanding on this point and I am glad
that there is a sign of improvement. "What
we want in baseball is frank and fair deal
ing. PBITCHAED AND BTTZSIMltONS.
There is hardly a point worth covering in
the world of pugilism. There has not been
an encounter worthy of repetition, but it
may be interesting to note that Fred Prit
chard has at last consented to meet Fitz
simmons in America. I don't think that
Fitz can well refuse to deal with the Eng
lishman. The Australian may have made
other arrangements as to leaving for East
or West but he cannot decline to assist in
the getting into trim. But we are told that
Pritchard will shortly be here and will be
ready to fight Fitzsimmons or any man who
fancies the business. That Pritchard is a
good man there is no doubt, but at the
present time I have nothing to say regard
ing the comparative merits of thetwo men.
If they are matched to fight I will have
something to say definitely but not until
then. Pbingle.
A FBODUCT OF TEXAS.
Something About the-Bnc-That-Gets-on-the-Back-of-Your-Neck.
The Bnn.l
It is high time that the claim of that
truly interesting creature, the-bug-that-gets-on-tlie-back-of-your-neck,
was acknowl
edged. A man might come to Texas and
live for years without seeing tarantulas,
centipedes or scorpions, but he couldn't
possibly remain in Dallas 24 hours without
becoming intimately acquainted withthe-bug-that-gets-on-the-back-of-your-neck.
Ho
picks out some mild looking man who has
come to Texas with his mind full of ex
aggerated stories of tarantulas and centi
pedes. He waits until the victim has
hnished his supper and has settled himself
in an arm chair in front of his hotel to en
joy his evening cigar.
And then, when the stranger's thoughts
are far way in his peaceful home, and his
eyes are blind to all about him, the-bug-that-gets-on-the-back-of-your-neck
gathers
all his energies togetherand hustles through
the night air like a bolt from a catapult
Straight to the mark he whizzes and hits the
unoffensive dreamer with a horrible thud
right on the upper extremity of his cer
vical vertebra. The man's thoughts jump
back to the present with a suddenness
which jars his whole system and upsets his
chair, and, with a yell like the shriek of a
lost soul be begins to dance, which, for
wild abandon and recklesss contortion, has
no parallel on earth. A similar perform
ance would have caused a panic even at the
Carmencita balk
With ever increasing activity and des
peration he claws madly at the back of his
neck, but bis assailant is prepared for this
he has had experience and ne has slipped
down inside the collar out of reach. Just
as the man is about to collapse through
terror and sink to the sidewalk a limp and
hopeless idiot a big Texan calmly takes
told of him deftly turns him upside down,
shakes the-bng-that-got-on-the-back-of-his-neck
out, and having restored the unnerved
victim to the perpendicular, remarks:
"I reckon you air a stranger to these
parts, CunneL Them bugs never bother
me."
TBAVEIHro IN EtTKOPB.
Depew Condemns the System by Which
People Are Shut In Boies.
The whole railroad system throughout
Earop: seems to'me to be simply a system
of barbarism that smacks strongly of the
middle ages, says Dr. Depew in the Boston
Globe. In the first place, no one is safe in
the small compartments of their railway
conveyance which we would call cars, but
which they denominate "carriages." In
one of these little compartments you are
left alone with several utter strangers, per
haps only two or three, and often out one.
Now that one may be a thief, a lunatic, or
even a murderer.
Under such conditions, then, you are shut
tip in a miserable, detestable box for an
hour or more, while the train, rolling and
thundering along, drowns and cries that you
may make in case you should be attacked.
The signal bell is out of reach, and if you
are unarmed or dose for a moment you are
quite at the mercy of any villian whom the
railway company may have forced you un
willingly to accept as your traveling com
panion. Fortunately, the evil consequences are
not so great in Europe as they certainly
would be in the United States, for among
Europeans the criminal classes seem to be
less daring than with us.
BIG BELTS MADE OF PAPER.
They Are Better Than Leather Except
"Where They Most Bon In Water.
Hew York Son.
One of the largest establishments In this
country has for some time been turning out
paper belts that have the reputation of being
superior in many respects to those of leather;
these belts are made from pure
linen stock, and are of any desired
thickness, width, or length, having also
a driving power equal to any other
from an equal surface, and, while it is not
claimed for them that they are adapted to
all kinds of work, they are found to serve
well as straight a driving belts of not less
than five inches in width.
Where they have been tested side by side
with leather belts for strength and durabil
ity, they are alleged to have proved equally
satisfactory, adhering very closely to the
pulley, generating no electricity while run
ning, beiiig also flexible, and unaffected by
temperature within'ordinary limits, though
there is one place in which they cannot bo
used, and that is where they have to run in
water, or where they would be constantly
subjected to moisture.
GOLD THAT IS LOST.
Chicago People Carr Around Ten Tons
of It in Their Teeth.
Chicago Times.
According to estimate there is carried
around in the grinders of the people of
Chicago not less than $5,000,000 worth of
gold. Putting the value of a troy pound tf
gold at $250, it would appear that the Chi
caeoans daily make use of about 20,000
pounds of gold.in the mere matter of masti
cating food.
Another phase of this dental use, of gold
is the fact that the gold so used goes out of
the aggregate fund of gold in the world for
good and all. The riches that a man has in
the gold in his teeth he carries as far as the
grave on his journey out of the world, even
if he getsjioiurther with it. It is thus lost
to the living world.
Stop at the Hollenden, la
American and European plans.
Cleveland.
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LUCK OF A FAULT.
The Latest Misfortune Which
Come to the Saxe-Coburgs.
Has
INFORMATION ABOUT COLUMBUS.
Emperor William's Theory of the Connec
tion of Beer and Suicide.
KEUGEE'S POLId IN SOUTH AFRICA
rwRrrror roa toe Disr-ATCH.J
The trials of the Saxe-Coburgs are evi
dently not yet over. It is but a couple of
weeks since I called
attention to the re
markable ill-luck
that seems attend
ant on this family.
Then It was on the
occasion, of the re
tirement to a con-
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"" I betrothed of Bald-
Belgium' Queen. vin helr to tho
throne of Belgium, who died last winter.
Now another visitation has come upon this
unhappy house. Queen -Marie Henriette
became violently ill, and for a time it was
thought she would not survive, and as if to
accentuate the fact of this last incident
being another link In the chain of fate it
has been discovered that the present con
dition of the Queen has been brought about
through an assault made upon her by the
insane Carlotta, ex-Empress of the Mexicans
and sister to the King of Belgium, which
occurred during a recent visit of theQueen
to the chateau in which Carlotta is confined.
It is worthy of note that Carlotta's insanity
is the result of her experience as a Mexican
monarch, an experience which cost her hus
band his life.
COLUMBUS MUST BEST U-NEASTDT.
What next? In the craze after relics or
information pertaining to Columbus, there
is no telling what astounding revelations
will be made. Already he has been allowed
as many if not more birth-places than
Homer, which fact has rather a chilling
effect on those who intended to transport
the entire district concerned in that event
be it ever so laree to Chicago. The enthu
siasm of the windy citizens was raised to
such a pitch that they could easily see their
way clear to conveying a section of, or for
tha't matter an entire city, to Chicago, if
need be, but a dozen or two was more than
they could stand.
By the way, while on this subject, it Is
apropos to ask what has become of the in
dividual or individuals who endeavored a
few years since to prove Columbus a He
brew. It is singular they are not up and
doing now. What an excellent opportu
nity if the case could be proved even if
only for the time being to bring Palestine
over on a raft and hitch it to the lake front.
It would not be impossible, for if all one
hears be true, Chicago can do anything. I
would feel no surprise if "the committee"
should throw out a line for Mars or Venus
or promise patrons a ride on the tail of a
comet.
But to return to the subject of Columbus'
nationality. An alleged scholar endeav
ored to prove the great discoverer to be an
Israelite by certain peculiarities of his sur
name and the fact that his father's name
was Jacob. The theory found many be
lievers, but I do not intend to follow the
subject further, simply mentioning it out
of curiosity. It would be equally as intel
ligent to make out that President Harrison
was of the race referred to, because his
name is Benjamin. Everything is argu
ment in these days of Defitzschs, Tottens,
and Ignatius Donnellys.
FKOJt THE PEJf TO THE STAGS.
It is rather an unusual thing for such an
excellent story-teller as -David' Christie'
Murray to abandon
the pen for the
stage. It is a fact,
however, that the
author of " Val
Strange" will make
his debut in London
during the latter
part xf the present
month. One would
think from the
manner i n which
Mr. Murray jumps
from one occupation
to another that he David Christie Mm-ay.
lacked application or persistency, and yet a
man who has worked so hard in his time
that insanity stared him in the face cer
tainly cannot be charged with indolence or
indifference. It is said that the SG chapters
of "Val Strange" were written in as many
days, but toward the end a ghostly figure,
with upliitea ax, stood bemna the over
worked writer's chair and remained there so
steadily that, according to Mr. Murray's
physician, he was given the alternative of
quitting work or going to a madhouse. He
quit work and the specter soon quitted
him.
Mr. Murray has had quite an eventful
career, lie started in as a teacher ot elocu
tion and reading; went from that to jour
nalism, trying the "tramp" idea and several
others equally sensational for the purpose
of attracting attention. He then served as
war correspondent for the London Times
during the Russo-Turkish difficulty and
then in 1879 produced his first novel, which
was so successful that he has followed the
profession of writing books ever since. He
is credited with a most prodigious memory
and he claims ability to repeat any of his
works by heart. He published a volume of
poems, the most of which had been lost as
they were written and published while he
was yet young in newspapers that were out
of print and which he rewrote from
memory. Besides the novel named above,
he is the author of "A Life's Atonement,
"Joseph's Coat," "Coals of Eire," "Hearts,"
"By the Gate of the Sea" and "Aunt
Eachel," all good stories, and the best luck
that can be wished the author is that he be
as successful in his new profession as he was
in the old.
BAB BEEE AND SUTCIDB.
According to official reports 147 suicides
occurred in Berlin during the first two
weeks of July. Emperor William attrib
utes this awful epidemic of self-destruction
to the dissemination of bad beer among the
people by unscrupulous dealers, and inti
mates that he will inflict severe penalties
on all those found selling or disposing of
bad liquors. If the Kaiser has really found
the cause of suicide, the people in this
country who are in the habit of condemning
the native lager must change a long-standing
opinion, as our percentage of suicideis
not to be compared with that of Germany.
However, I am inclined to think that the
Emperor is slightly in error. If bad beer
was the cause of Buicide, half the popula
tion of Ihe United States would take their
own lives before reaching the age of 2L
A GLACIEK IN CALIFORNIA,
Nothing serves better to show how much
is unknown of this country than the dis
covery now and then of new natura
wonders, seemingly in places fully explored
long ago. For instance, most person's "would
think that there are but few spots in the
State of California that the feet of man have
not trod, in fact, the prevalent opinion is
that it is as well-known as Pennsylvania,
and yet there are many places even in this
State which are as yet unknown. The as
sertiqn seems daring, but it is nevertheless
true. But the most recent as well as the
most remarkable discovery is that which has
just taken place in the Golden State.
A party oi travelers in Dan ijiorgonlo
Pass have found a canyon 600 feet Seen.
with perpendicular walls which effectually
item.
V "A L
fPwwk
prevented the sun from penetrating to the
bottom ,for more than an hour each day,
and then it afforded so little warmth that
Its presence was hardly apparent At the
bottom was found a glacier which every
body knows is a solidly frozen river or
stream 2j feet in depth and 60 feet across.
Not such a tremendous aflair, most persons
will say, but its presence at all in this
locality is what is considered remarkable.
The condition of the ice and the masses
of rock in it show that it is very old and
possesses motion. A test gave the height
above the sea level as 920 feet The San
Giorgonjo Pass is at one of the highest
points in Southern California, but no one
ever thought that such a thing as a glacier
existed in the vicinity of the comparatively
well-traveled trail. A party of scientists
will make a thorough investigation shortly.
A POTENTATE OF SOUTH AFEICA.
This quaint face, for all the world like
that of an old farmer from some of the in
terior parts of Berks county, belongs to one
who has deeper rows to hoe than those
usually contained in a corn field, and his
"farm" covers more
miles than the big
gest Berks farm
does acres. The por
trait is that of old
Paul Kruger, Presi
dent of the South
African Republic, a
man who has occu
pied more than the
ordinary share of
public attention dur
ing the past few
President Eruger. years. The rough
featured old Boer has shown ability to
grasp subjects, considerably above the
wheat and tobacco grown on his farming
land in the Transval. In statecraft he has
proven himself the equal of some of the
men that older and more experienced coun
tries have put forward. Great Britain has
endeavored to gain control on several occa
sions, but without success; the first time
through the use of that pouderous machine
of theirs, the military, which Piet Joubert,
another quaint old soldier-farmer success
fully opposed, and sin.ee that time through
the negotiations, framed by the ablest of
English statesmen, all of which have been
met as ably by President Kruger. True,
the military effort made by England dnring
1880 was not the first time that the Boers
were attacked, but it was the first time that
the affairs assumed any considerable
dignity.
But now, satisfied at last that the little
Dutch Eepublio has the best of the argu
ment, England no more endeavors to over
come it, but instead sues for co-operation
with these people of the Transval in the
effort to open lor settlement the rich coun
tries beyona uecnuana land.
A story told of President Kruger affords
ns an idea of the prime characteristics of
the old man and his manner of meeting
matters pertaining to this country. A
famine threatened Johannesburg, one of the
most important places in the country. Cer
tain meichants "cornered" all the corn to
be found, and held it for use during the
rigors of the famine. Kruger heard of the
affair and immediately summoned all the
merchants concerned before him. He then
offered a fair price for all the grain at their
command, or the alternative of declaring
martial law and siezing it for the welfare of
the State. It is hardly necessary to add
that his proposition' of a "fair price" was
accepted.
Would that we could boast of an occa
sional Kruger in this country!
DBS. VTBCHO-W AND KOCH.
Profc Rudolph Virchow is the name of a
German dooctor, fa
mous on the other
side of the water
and well- known
here, but, not near
ly so familiar to
Americans as' Dr.
Koch, the use of
whose alleged con
sumption cure has
been so vigorously
.opposed by the first Dr. Virchow.
namea. juanynave attributed Virchows
opposition to professional jealousy, but as
time goes on and the number of actual
cures"by the Koch method grow daily less,
it being even said that instead of its being
curative its qualities are dangerous, the
more the opinion grows that Virchow's in
structions are the Best to go by.
This will not be the first time that Vir
chow's opinion has prevailed. When he
pronounced the late Emperor Frederick's
malady a cancer and incurable he was al
most hounded out of the Kingdom. Other
physicians, seeking the good graces of the
royal family, aired their learning, and
through ponderous essays sought tonrovn
how well they understood the Emperor's
case and how it could be cured. They suc
ceeded for most part in proving nothing so
conclusively as their own ignorance ofthe
whole matter. Frederick died after all, and
about the only one who did not come for
ward to remark: "I told you sol" was the
little doctor who was .nearest the truth of
all.
It is said that Dr. Koch admits that his
lymph is as yet not perfect, but claims the
time will come when he will be able to Bhow
Virchow whom he considers an enemy
that he was right after all; in the meantime,
however, those interested had better "saw
wood" with Virchow and await a mutual
agreement of both men that the medicine
has the virtues claimed for it
THE LAST OF THE MIAMIS.
The history, conditions and characteris
tics of the early inhabitants of this country
the Indians are among .the most interest
ing of American subjects. The mystery of
their origin, their wide difference from any
other savage race of which we know, and
above all their interesting history since this
country has been settled by the Europeans.
all combine to make us wish we knew more
of them than we do. The death of the last
surviving representative of the famous
Miami tribe last week, recalls the subject
or rather the race to which the deceased
belonged. The death in question removes
a name from history, which In the days of
border warfare was only too familiar to
the pioneers. Successively a powerful
independent tribe, the allies of the
French and English as 'the humor
suited them, they survived many a
bloody battle until intemperance and dis
ease laid them low. As an example of their
prowess, it will be remembered that these
are the people, who led by Little Turtle, a
celebrated chief, in 1790, routed the army of
General Harmer so badly that the work of
subduing the native tribes beyond the Ohio
was for a time considered next to impossi
ble. It required a "Mad Anthony" Wayne
to prove this idea erroneous. The battle of
the Fallen Timbers was so complete a de
feat that for the first time in their history
the Miamis were compelled to askfor peace.
They made one more rally in 1812 as the
allies of the British, but were too far gone
to be of much use, and when the result of
that war became known, slunk back to their
reservation near Fort Wayne, Ind., where
they have remained and where the last of
the race, James E. Godfrey, passed out of
existence within the week past
WlLKTE.
Steamplpes of Bamle Fiber.
New York Sun.:
Steampipes have recently been, made of
ramie fiber, hardened under tremendous
hydraulic pressure, and possessing a tensile
strength equal to two and one-half times
that of steeL Tho ramie fibre, or China
grass, has the property of being unaffected
by moisture;' it will not shrink nor swell, it
is a non-conductor of heat, it cannot rust,
and these features, together with its great
strength, are all desirable in steampipes, its
utilization in this line being regarded,
therefore, as one of the possibilities of the
future.
A Bhyme for Statesmen.
Detroit Tree Press.
How doth the little huzzy bee
Improve each shining minuteT
Go search the little hat and see
, If he's not buzzing in it.
mrd -a (! T
Mm
PICTUEESQUE SHANKS.
Resembled Lincoln Personally, Ex
cept He Had Ambrosial Locks.
HE COULD FURNISH LOTS OP PM.
Became Famous Through the Preamble to
the Civil Eights Lair.
HOW HE GOT AWAY FEOM BULL BUS
WRITTEN FOB THE DISPATCH.
An odd genius in many respects was
Shanks, of Indiana. "A fellow of infinite
humor," and withal of very decided convic
tions on all subjects; no compromiser or
temporizer; n'ever using untempered mortar;
a man who "saw his duty a dead sure thing,
and went for it then and there."
He was possessed of a rollicking sense ot
fun and yet as tart as vinegar if anybody
stroked his hair the wrong way. He was an
intense partisan, fully believing in all the
tenets and practices of the Republican
party, and ready to battle for them on all
occasions, neither giving nor asking for
quarter, but apparently governed bv the
sentiment of one of our revolutionary
heros as expressed in the couplet:
Lay on Macduff,
And damned be he who first cries hold,
enough!
' EMIGRATION TOTXE OrrOBTUMTT.
John P. C. Shanks was born in Martins
burg, Va., and emigrated to Indiana, where
he was admitted to practice law in 1850 with
only such preliminary education as he had
been able casually to pick up, but had evi
dently made a good use of his limited op
portunities. He was another illustration
how much man's destiny depends upon cir
cumstances. If he had remained in Virginia
he would possibly have dragged out an un
eventful existence and never made his mark
in the world, as he probably belonged to
the humbler ranks of society, and would
have grown up and lived and died under the
blighting influence of slavery. But his em
igration to the free soil and free air of In
diana gave him his opportunity.
He was elected to Congress in 1860, and
it is stated in the brief biography of him.
as given in Lauman's dictionary, that, in
July, 1861, he went to the field of Bull
Eun as a visitor, but "became a partici
pant" This is exquisite, and was probably
given by Shanks himself to the biographer.
It means that he was one of the.number
who made their masterly advance on Wash
ington on that memorable occasion.
SHANKS PBOBABLY BEAT THE NEGRO.
A good story in this connection is told of
a colored waiter of Willard's Hotel, who
was relating to a crowd how he visited Bull
Eun on the same occasion.
"How long didit take you to get there?"
inquired one of his auditors.
"Oh, about three days."
"And how long were you in getting back
to Washington?"
"Two hours and a half, and there were a
good many who got there before I did."
Shanks was probably one of the number.
During the recess of Congress he did staff
duty under Freemont in Missouri for a
time, and organized one of the Indiana
regiments, of which he was given the com
mand, and won in the service the rank of a
Major General by brevet
He was certainly never elected to Con
gress on account of his personal beauty. He
was a rough specimen of nature's handiwork;
tall, angular, straight as an arrow, rough
featured, with a luxuriant
GROWTH Off TEBT YELLOW HATH
crowning his tall figure, and which the
courtesy of his fellow members was wont to
style ambrosial. Except for the color of
his hair he was not unlike Lincoln in ap
pearance and possessed some of Lincoln's
traits of mind and character, though lacking
the lattcr's dispassioned judgment.
He won his first nomination for Congress,
as he told me, by a rather peculiar method.
There were, as usual, a number of aspirants
for the 'honor, and, to test their respective
fitness, it was determined to have a "go as
you please" discussion in the convention by
the several candidates, so that the delegates
might make an intelligent choice. Shanks
carried off the palm and received the nom
ination, and so far justified the selection
that he was subsequently elected for four
additional terms. At the expiration of his
service he was appointed an Indian agent
an appointment which would seem to in
volve some risk, if the traditionary taste of
the wily savage for a well covered scalp
still survives.
A GOOD FELLOW FOB DULL TIMES.
Shanks was a ready debater and possessed
of an unusual fluency of speech for one of
his limited education, and was always able
to command at least respectful attention.
His most remarkable achievement while in
Congress was in connection with the civil
rights bill which became a law in 1875.
During the deadlock which occurred in the
attempt to pass it through the House, and
which held the House in continuous session
for 48 hours, he relieved the almost insuffer
able tedium and kept the House in a roar of
laughter by a constantly reiterated inquiry
of the Speaker at every lull in the proceed
ings, "Whether it would now be in order to
read the first resolution of the Democratio
National Platform of 1872."
The appositeness of this resolution to the
subject matter under consideration appears
from a recital of the resolution. It is in
these words: "We recognize the equality of
all men before the law, and hold that it is
the duty of the Government in its dealings
with the people to mete out equal and ex
act justice to all, of whatever nativity, race,
color or persuasion, religious or political."
HOW HE CBEATED LAUGHTEB.
The bill was intended to give legislative
effect to this declaration. It i3 unfortun
ately impossible to give any adequate idea
of the exceeding grotesqueness of the scene,
as after the tedious monotony of three roll
calls, occupying about an hour and a half,
and the House had settled into comparative
quiet, and a good many of the members
asleep, the tail form of the "gentleman
from Indiana" would be seen lengthening
itself out, and the members would be
wakened up by a sonorous voice saying:
"Mr. Speaker, I rise to a parliamentary in
quiry. "The gentleman from Indiana rises to a
parliamentary inquiry, and will state it"
"My Inquiry is sir, whether it would now
be in order to read the first resolution ofthe
Democratic national platform of 1872."
"It requires unanimous consent Does
the Chair near any objection?"
"I object," comes from Eandall and a
score of other Democrats, and Shanks is
obliged to subside till another opportunity
occurs to repeat the performance.
TAKING A FALL OCT OF CESSNA.
During thesecond night ofthe protracted
struggle Blaine had become wearied and
had retired for rest and refreshment, after
calling Cessna, of Pennsylvania, temporarily
to the chair. During Cessna's occupancy of
it Shanks again arose with his parliamentary
anything.
Then Shanks rose in an apparently tower
ing rage to a question of personal privilege
and said that lie had been grossly insulted
by the Pro Tem. Speaker of the House;
that the Speaker had declared in the pres
ence of the House and of the whole coun
try that he couldn't reap anything, and
wanted to know why his father had wasted
so much money on his education without
even teaching him to read; and .then in
sisted on reading the resolution of the Dem
ocratic platform to show the House that he
could read something. But he got even ,
wiiii wciu ui last, "jrerseverentia omm;
vincit," and Shanks' perseverance was at
last rewarded with more abundant success
than he hadprobably anticipated; for when
the final vote was reached in the House he
pot the floor and mnrpd nn Ampndment to
the preamble of the bill, striking it out and '
BUUaukuMug Ui lieu VI lb lilO ,1eillUVittbAU
resolution.
VVOTJXB NOT BE CETED DOWIT.
He was met with clamors of order on the
Democratio side of the House, but he held
Ms ground and appealed to the Chair as to
whether his amendment was not in order.
Blaine decided that of course it was, and the
question was put, and then Shanks called
the ayes and noes upon it for the purpose of
putting the Democrats on record on their
own resolution. With but one or two ex
ceptionsj as I remember, they gracefully
"took to the water," the amendment was
carried, and that resolution stands to-day as
the frontispiece of the celebrated civil rights
law, and Shanks was made immortal by it
I give the preamble as it was enacted, in
which appears some of the grammatical in
accuracy that often characterizes amend
ments to legislation during the progress of
its enactment:
. "Whereas, it is essential to just Govern
ment we recognize the equality of all men
before the law, and hold that It is the duty
ofthe Government, etc, eta, and, it being
the appropriate object of legislation to
enact great fundamental principles into law,
therefore be it enacted, etc., eta
Clinton Lloyd.
Copyrighted, 1891, by (he author.
BILLIAED BALLS 0? HILS.
The Latest Novelty or Science U a Substi
tute for Bone.
New York Sun.J
Another substitute for bone, celluloid,
eta, in some ofthe industrial arts has been
brought to publio attention, the substance
in this case being milk, its usefulness being
exhibited in the form of combs, billiard
balls, brush backs, knife handles, and vari
ous other articles for which ivory, bone, or
celluloid are employed. In accomplishing
this casein, or the solids in milk, is first re
duced to a partially gelatinous condition by
oneans of borax or ammonia, and then mixed
with mineral salt dissolved in acid or water,
which liquid is subsequently evaporated.
The casein is placed in a "suitable vessel,
and the borax incorporated with it by heat,
the proportions being ten kilograms of casein
to three of borax, dissolved in six litres of
water, and, on the casein becoming changed
in appearance, the water is drawn off, and to
the residue, while still ofthe consistency of
melted gelatine, there is added one kilo
gram of mineral salt held in solution of
three litres of water. Almost any of the
salts of iron, lead, tin, zinc, copper, or other
minerals soluble in acid may lie used. On
the mixture being effected, the solid matter
is found separated from the greater portion
of the acid and water, and is then drawn off
Next the solid matter is then subjected to
great pressure to drive out all possible
moisture, and then to evaporation under
great heat to remove any remaining taoist
ure. The resulting products, called "lao
titeSj" can be molded into any form, and by
admixture of pigments or dyes may be of
any desired color.
UT THE CHAFING DISH.
Delicacies That Are Easily Prepared for
Sunday Nljht's Sapper.
St. Paul Globe.
If you cannot afford a fifty-dollar silver
chafing dish, a little affair in granite ware
costing $2 or $3 will cook your Sunday night
suppers as quickly and as daintily. The
remains of your cold roast chicken may be
deviled at a moment's notice "while yon
wait" seated around the table. Have the
cold chicken cnt in neat pieces, dusted
lightly with salt and cayenne pepper and
left on a dish in the ice box. When ready
to use put apiece of butter the size of half
an egg into the chafing dish, and when hot
add two spoonsful of stock gi-avy orbouillon,
lay in the chicken, and when hot serve.
Beef chopped as for Hamburger steak can
be prepared by stirring into it some hot
butter in the chafing dish; dust with pap
kira, celery salt, salt and pepper and serve
at once.
A delicious dish is made by beating four
eggs very lightly, adding a gill of cream or
milk, seasoning, a tablespoonful of butter,
a teaspoonful of bouillon, or twice as much
very strong gravy or stock. Put this in the
chafing dish and beat rapidly until it be
comes a jelly-like mixture.
Lay the slices of baked or boiled ham in.
the chafing dish before lighting the lamp,
dust with cayenne, spread lightly with
French mustard and pour over a tablespoon
ful ot vinegar. Heat quickly on one side,
turn the other for a moment, and serve.
WHAT TO EKTHTSE OVER.
The Chicago Plan of Discovering Whether
a Man Is Sophisticated.
Chicago Times. 1
It is as much a mark of good standing to
know what to enthuse over as it is a token
of undeniable rusticity to wonder at and ad
mire the wrong things. To-gape at a cable
car, to look up in timorous amazement when
plunging into a tunnel, to stare at shop
windows, to show fear in an elevator, or in
terest in a brass band these innocent dem
onstrations are certain indications of hope
less nnsophlstication. Jn this city one is
expected to marvel at and adore the Audi
torium, to gaze at the new skyscrapers, to
stand speechless before Chicago's mighty
energy and enterprise, and to jose spell
bound on the shores of her magnificent lake.
The trick is to do these things profusely
enough and at the same time gracefully.
One must not forget to show deep interest
in the great preparations for receiving the
world as a guest, to calmly admire our great
park system, and, if a Westsider, he may
row sentimental over our old Exposition
uilding. With these pointers one may be
set down as a competent judge of what is
trnely wonderful in art and nature.
A POEM HT TEH HIHDIM.
How
Mile. TBcaresco Got Into the
Geod
Graces of Carmen Sylva.
A tory Is told of how Mile. Vaearesco,
the young lady whom Prince Ferdinand of
Bonmania wants to marry so badly, first
came under the notice of the Queen of Bon
mania. Several years ago Mile. Vaearesco
happened to be at Arachon, France, and
one evening she dined with several
distinguished people, one of whom
was a priest who aspired to the
Episcopal chair. She was asked whether
she could sit and write some poetry appro
priate to the occasion, it being known that
the had a talent for versifying. "Give me
eight minutes' time," said the young lady,
and the company at once granted her ten
minntes. She took up a pen and within
the appointed time managed to get np 20
lines of very pretty rhyme, which was
very highly applauded.
This came under the notice of the Queen
of Eoumania, who was so well pleased that
she invited the young lady. When Her
jVlaiestv saw the eirl she was so charmed
with her manner that she at once made her
one of her maids of honor. Thus she met
the young Prince, and their acquaintance
ripened into love.
IAHFEET EELS AT WOBX.
How They Pick TJp Pebbles With Their
Month and Build With Them.
St. Louis Republic!
Among the most remarkable of the stone
masons or builders are the lamprey eels. Of
all fishes they would hardly be accorded
any especial intelligence, and certainly they
are repellant creatures, the long, snake-like
bodies, the curious sucker-like mouth being
features far from attractive. Yet the 1am
phreys show not a little intelligence in
their work, and among fishes are most re
markable as "stone toters." When the
breeding time arrives the eels apparently
decide to form a community, all the indi
viduals working for the common good.
If we watch them carefully we shall see
that they are searching for stones and peb
bles. Many go upstream, and when a peb
ble of suitable size is found fasten their
sucking mouth to it, and, lining it, go
struggling down the current to the site
selected, where it is dropped. In the Saco
river, near its mouth, a remarkable tower
of this kind can be seen.
THE HOPE OF AFEICA
Lies in the Repatriation of the Ne
groes ofthe United States.
WHITE MM CAMOT LIVE THERE.
If Men Would live Ions They Mnsteej
From Seven to Kins Hours.
SCIENCE IS THE ETEBTDAT UPB
rwnrrnKT tor thi pisrATcir.
The question of the development of "West
ern Africa has brought to the front another
question which concerns this country very
closely. It is now recognized that the white
colonists have bnt little chance of success in
a climate like that of tropical Africa. It Is
believed by African explorers of experience
that the negro In Africa Is capable of large
development if he only has the assistance
of his civilized brother, and a proof of this
is afforded by the fact that a whole district
In Kambia, Sierra Leone, now under negro
domination, is admirably governed and pos
sesses a notably happy and contented popu
lation. The African problem has thus resolved
Itself Into the importation of civilized ne
groes from abroad. Sir Alfred Maloney,
Governor of the British colony of Lagos,
says: "The repatriation of educated and in
dustrious negroes from the New World is
the key to the prosperity of future Africa.
The progress of tho tropical parts of the
continent in wealth and civilization must be
for generations to come dependent on their
progress in agriculture.
The London 'IHmes has published recently
long articles advocating Government pat
ronage for the repatriation of American ne
groes in West Africa as the only solution of
the burning problem of our Southern States
and the development of tropical Africa.
Others of those most interested in this im
portant question have also begun to turn to
this country and South America for civi
lized negroes whose influence, they hope,
will be exerted in the land of their father
to spread the civilization and the industries
with which they are acquainted. A leading
English paper, in commenting on the sub
ject, thinks the day will come when Europe
and America will unite to return the negro
to his home, as through their Joint efforts ho
was torn away from his native land. The
movement seems to be taking definite shape.
There are now, according to the American
Colonization Society, upward of 1,000,000 of
onr colored fellow citizens who will be glad
to Immigrate when means are provided for
them, and the provision of such means is
now boing agitated. If the idea of reclaim
ing Africa by the efforts of onr civilized ne
groes is found to be thoroughly practicable,
it will develop Into large proportions, and
enlist a great number of powerful agencies
and forces, and the middle of the next cen
tury may see an enormous work In progress
carried on by large colonies from -this coun
try and South America, under the guidance
of white men, for the civilization of Africa.
Protection Against Lightning.
Prof. Kowland has recently shown the
fallacy of many of the popular ideas on the
subject of protection against lightning.
Recent scientific stndy has swept away
many of the old notions about conductors.
The method now considered the best is to
provide tho buildings with metal roofs with
an ample number of metal conductors reach
ing to the ground, which will receive and
carry off the lightning. Copper is thebess
material, but tin or iron will answer the
purpose, the placing of condnctors at the
comers of buildings so that all parts will be
equally protected being advisable. Prof.
Rowland considers that all patented light
ning rods are of little value beyond conduct
ing rods that any man can put np himself.
The simple underlying principle is thai
lightning will follow the best conductor.
In speaking of the avoidance of danger in a
thunderstorm, Prof. Rowland says that an
iron bedstead would probably be about as
safe a refugo as could be found during n
storm, providing the ground connection was
perfect.
Photographing by Moonlight. '
A photographer, incited, as he himself
states, by the many fabulous stories about '
moonlight photographs, has lately written
an intelligent and practical paper on the
Impracticability of moonlight photography.
The conclusion at which the writer arrives
Is that for scientific purposes, and as a tech
nical object lesson to the photographer, the
attempts at making pictures by moonlight
are very instructive, and In many ways in-
teresting; but artistically they do not '
amount to much. Light and shade are no9
distinctly defined, na the motion of the
moon obliterates ail artistic effect in the
prolonged exposure, and the finished piet.
ure is suggestive of tho works of Chinese
artists, totally devoid of detail, as well as of
light and shade. Moonlight photographs
with distinctly pronounced shadows are im
possible, and those claiming to he so are in
variably made h.v daylight. In such pict
ures, however, the moonlight effect can. by
clever printing and skillful manipulation,
be very beautifully brought out.
Grass Collector for laira Mowers.
It is well known that the most unsatisfac
tory part of nslng a lawn mower is the rak
ing of the grass cnt by the revolving knives.
The lawn usually looks wellafter the mower
has passed over it, but the rake Is likely to
tear and pnll np the roots of the grass mora
or less and give the lawn an unkempt ap
pearance. If the grass is gathered in a col
lector, the lawn is left smooth and velvety,
and the grass thickens until the ground is
completiy covered with a thick green mat.
A collector which very effectually perform
this office is now made so that it can be
readily attached to the mower. It is mads
of canvas, with a galvanized iron frame and
weighs about three pounds. It can be easily
emptied by pulling a cord, and the cnt grass
can either be left in heaps or in a wind
row, similar to that made by a horse rake.
Its moderate cost makes It generally avail
able.
The Importance of Sleep.
The English Lancet has again been laying
great stress on the importance of sleep, to
those who would live a long and useful life.
Seven to nine hours, according to the tem
perament and constitntlon is the modicum
that ought to be taken, and the greater the
regularity of tbe hours of slumber, the
better Its effects are. Tbe publio Is urged
not to unduly prolong the day, for man, in
common with most of the animal creation,
has accepted the plain suggestion of nature
that the approach of night should imply a
cessation of effort. If he Ignores this prin
ciple his work Is done against inherited
habit, and, so far, with additional fatigue.
The practice of working by artificial light
is strongly deprecated, and theXonertshows
that tbe old custom of early rest and early
waking is certain to prove in futnro, as re
turns of longevity and common experience
have shown that it has proved in the past,
most conducive to healthy and active life.
Steam for Street Cars.
It is rather late in the day to talk of steam
for the propulsion of street cars, but a Wash
ington inventor has projected a scheme for
putting the idea into practical shape. He
proposes to place two pairs of minute en
gines in a box under each seat and to feed
them from four steel reservoirs of hot water
superheated to 100 or SCO degrees. A con
denser is to be applied to the top of the car.
and there is to be no escaping steam andbut
little noise from the engines. The Inventor
savs that he can run a car an hour and oover
a distance of eight to ten miles with one fill
ing of the reservoirs, and that the cost of
running will not be more than one-fourth
the cost of cable cars or electric motors. An
invention that can do all this has a strong
claim on public attention.
Antidote for the Tsetse Tlj.
One of the greatest obstacles to the ex
ploration of certain tracts of country in
Africa has been the tsetse fly, a small insect,
which, though harmless to man, large game
and goats, is deadly to horse, oxen, dogs and
donkeys. Its bite proves fatal In a few
days, the blood in the meantime losing con
sistency and color. Jt is, however, an
nounced that a remedy has been discovered,
and so confident of the virtue of his specifla
is the discoverer that he has accepted a con
tract to transport Portuguese military stores
on the hacks of bullocks through the dis
tricts infested by this pest. If ltsefilcaoyls
estaoiisnea tne settlement or vast ana
fertile regions hitherto inaccessible will
rapidly follow.
New Car Scale.
A car scale, attached to the frame of the
car and intended to weigh the contents
alone, is now being used. The body of the
car Is lifted by hydraulic jacks In a few min
utes, and the weight is then thrown upon a
system of compound levers resting upon the
vruci roisters.
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