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THE FETTSBtTRGr DISPATCH, ' SUNDAY, AUGUST SO. 189L
A REVIEW OF SPORTS.
Some Remarks About the Alleged
Peace Conference at Wash
ington City.
THE OUTRAGEOUS DEUABDS MADE
tie American Association Magnates
Blown to Be False, Absurd
and Unfair.
1B0OT THE CHECKER COKTROTEEST.
ti JjTTTMfttef Bsttl BttrrKB Jack MeAulfflb and
Austin GMooa.
There is ahrays something tnleiestliig
and invariably important about peaoe con
ferences. They mean that there is -war and
strife somewhere and things never go Along
verywell amid hostilities. One peace con
ference has been made historic because one
of the members of it, after it was over, de
clared to his countrymen that he and his
colleague had obtained "peace with honor."
That is an excellent phrase and one that
"catches on" immensely, but I'm afraid
that not one of the members of the recent so
called peace conference of baseball magnates
at "Washington will be able to use any such
phrase. If there was "war" in the baseball
world before that conference began there
ought to be war extraordinary now. Of
course the meeting of magnates has been
the eTent in baseball aff irs during a week
in which things were very quiet, and, as it
is the most important event of the week. I
think we had better discuss it fully, and I
start out with the statement that in the way
of peace conferences 1 have never heard or
read of such a farce. I have steadily held
that there was no "war." but judging from
the- demands made by the Association
magnates who attended the conference.
there must have been a conflict going on
that has placed the National League within
one little step of its grave. In all tho
conferences of history the object of which
have been to permanently suspend hostilities,
there never were more outrageously unfair
and as extravagant demands made as those
made by Yon der Ahe & Co. Why, the
American Association couldn't have de
manded more if the National League had
been lotteriug and ready to collapse" at any
moment. There never was sucn ignorant
audacity displayed nor a greater insult to
intelligence gi en than the audacity of Yon
der Alio & Co. and the insult given to the
National League by the same partv. As a
rule ignorant people imagine that bluff
and bluster will succeed where power
and ability will fail, but when .the
dealing of this class of people
is with intelligent men, men who have
something like a correct notion of the prac
tical aflairs of life, the bluff and bluster co
for very little, just as it has done in the
case of the National League and the Amer
ican Association. "We can all belittle our
importance by assuming too much and
that's j ut what the American Association
people did at "Washington.
THOSE ABSUKD DE3IAND3.
f with a vengeance. But the demanding busi
ness docs not stop there. These modest
people want every League city as their ter
ritory? so that at any time they can put a
club into any place. whore they desire it.
They also want the Board of Control abol
ished and a new national agreement.
Oh, yesl they offer something in return
for this. They state that the League can at
auy time have the right to put a team in St.
Louis or Baltimore. St. Louis would, in
deed, be a great League city without Sun
day games. But I submit in all candor.
Is all this not a direct insult to the baseball
world? "Were there ever such outrageously
unfair and absurd demands made in the his
tory of baseball? If any supporter of these
preposterous requests will show me any
fairness or logic in them then I'll say no
more about them. The truth is that as far
as the logic of the matter is concerned were
these demands granted there would be
more war than ever. There would either
be more war or else the League would have
to vacate its principal cities and leave them
entirely in possession ox the Association.
This is the plain English of it, and it is be
cause of this that I hold the Association
magnates either want to ruin the national
game entirely or that they are the most
veritable fools en earth. Their action sug
gests to me a model war of making peaee
with one's neighbors. It is just like one
farmer, who is at variance with another,
going up and saying: "Sow, neighbor,
let's nave peace. Give me the right of your
entire farm and we'll shake hands and let
bygones be bygones." Not one of us would
for a moment think that any sane farmer
would make peace on any sueh basis, and
yet that is just the kind of basis the Asso
ciation wants.
THE LEAGUE HAS NOTHINGTO FEAB.
I am so strongly convinced in my own
mind that the League has nothing to fear in
comparison with the Association that 1
think it would be wise for the League to al
low the Association magnates to run their
course just as they choose. Cincinnati has
just git en the Association a lesson that will
not readily be forgotten, and I will be sadly
mistaken if other Association cities are not
about wearied of their company. True,
the Association at present can, if it de
sires, put teams in every League city, but
if that were done under present circum
stances it would be an open fight. But if
the right of going into League cities were
conceded the Association the League would
not then be at liberty to make the fight for
patrcnage as bitter and as disastrous as it
mieht otherwise be. This would favor the
Association and th magnates know it. The
National League has but one direct course
to pursue and that is the course of dignity
and justice. It cannot possibly maintain
its dignity f bending to men of the stamp
and character of Von der Ahe, and it cannot
maintain its policy ot justice by unreason
ably forfeiting the rights of any of its mem
bers. It can certainly join hands with the
American Association if the latter modestly
request it and will be content to play a
rational and honorable part. If this is not
done then it becomes the duty of the League
to ignore the Association entirely and let
it run the length of its tether, which it cer
tainly will do if let alone.
Certainly I am always in favor of having
everything going along as smoothly and as
harmoniously as possible, but I don't be
lieve in forfeiting one's right to live for the
sake of harmony. Liberty is very dear to
some people, particularly" to Ton der Ahe
& Co., in tact, it is so dear to them that
they want to keep it all and leave nothing
lor anybody else. They wanted the League
to consent to a reversal of the decision of
the Board of Control in the Stovev-Bier-bauer
caes, and that thee players be sent
back to the Athletics. The request was also
made that Yickcry and Shnver, who had
lately signed with Chicago, be returned to
the Milwaukee club, which had recently
joined the American Association; also that
Pitcher ICing, of Pittsburg, formerly of the
St. Louis Browns, be placed in the control
of the St. Louis ciub in such disposition as
President Von der Ahe might see fit to
make of him. In addition to this, the As
sociation demanded the right or privilege of
playing a club in any League city that it
saw lit to favor, and such right should be
perpetual, and that even if an Association
club m a League city should disband or for
any other reason forfeit its franchise, there
would still remain the power to replace
such club at any time it was deemed advisa
ble. That, in brief, is the substance of the As
sociation's demands. If there had been
anything left to demand doubtless it would
have been on the list, but the schedule of
these Association worthies was so com
pletely in the w ay of wants that there was
nothing more to desire except tliat the Na
tional League people should get off the
earth. This demand may have been kept in
reserve to spring at any opportune moment.
A LEAGUE VIEW OF IT.
After the efforts at peace making had been
made at this remarkable peace conference
Pesident Byrnes, of the Brooklyn Club,
said; "In consideration of our compliance
with aU these requests the Association was
willing to respect our contracts and right of
reservation, Tne absurdity of all their de
mands will Tie readily seen. "We came here
lor the purpose of trying to arrange things
lor the future and let the past be dead. They
insisted upon raking up old matters and
could reach no decision last night. Late in
the ctening the news came that Kelly had
signed a Leagup contract. They then said
that they would not proceed with negotia
tions unless we obliged ourselves ta force
Kelly to go back to the Boston Association
Club.
""We made no suggestions at all. "We
simply listened to propositions from the
other side. "Wo notified them informally,
however, that the Board of Control was or
ganized with their consent, and on all ques
tions its decision was to be treated as final.
"We do not feel that we had a right to re
verse the decision of the board, having no
jurisdiction over that body. "We were will
ing to respect their territorial rights, and
would have them respect curs, as such rights
existed to-day.
"We never had any understanding,
directly or indirectly, that I fcww of, that
each party to this controversy should keep
its hands off the players of the other pend
ing these negotiations, no- did our commit
tee hae any knowledge of whether or not
the Boston clubvias trading with Kelly.
"We were perfectly willing, if we should
come to some understanding, to allow the
American Association to retain all the play
ers they had taken from the League last
year. When we adjourned last night we
adjourned to reconvene this morning at 10
o'clock. Mr. Kramer said he would not be
here, as he had to co away, but Messrs.
Phelps and Von der Ahe stated they would
he on hand, although they have not done
so." 9
SOME DEFINITE OBJECTIONS.
It will be observed that "Mr. Byrnes does
not civc his reasons why he thinks the de
mands unfair, but he explains how and why
the conference terminated. He makes it
quite clear that the collapse of the confer
ence was no fault of the League; but it may
be that the Association magnates thought
shame of their own demands after they had
made them and hadn't the nerve to remain
in Washington ny longer. Just think of
the wisdom and iairness of the wonderful
trio who represented the Association. The
Association had already assisted in the or
ganization of a Board of Control, and the
latter had awarded Stovey and Bierbauer to
the League. But despite that, Von der Ahe
V Co. want the two players back, alsoKimr,
while at the same time every player that
lias been pillered from national agreement
clubs by the American Association must
remain where he is. Still further,
Vickery and 'Schriver must be taken from
Chicago and given to Milwaukee, for no
other clear reason than because Milwaukee
wants them. This is surely demanding
THE SALAEV QUESTION.
But in discussing this matter there is a
feature that is worthy of a few words, via:
the salary question. This is such an im
portant factor in the business that I am in
clined to think if it had not been because of
it there would have been no conference at
all. It has been claimed that the confer
ence was convened at the instigation of the
League. That of course is no discredit to
the League. We are also informed that
the League representatives desired or sug
gested. iue aesiraomty oi tne conierence
iormulating a plan by whioh player's
salaries could be kept down. I am ready to
believe that the salary question forced the
holding of the conference, because there ara
some very big salaries being paid in the
League this season. In the estimation of
more than one good authority in the League
the salary factor is working more ruin than
anything" or anybody else. But it has been
seen that even with a national agreement
lancy salaries obtained and tnev will
obtain as long as there is competition for
good players. While it may be true that
Kelly has signed to Dlav for Boston
at a verylarg; figure the magnates of the
club are entirely to blame in financial
losses follow the deal. Nobody compe.led
them to pay an unusual amount of money
for Kelly's services. The Boston magnates
certainly must have thought they were
making a wise and profitable deal no mat
ter what they paid. And it is this spirit of
speculation that will always prompt big
salaries for good and profitable players. Of
course I am not one who believes that
Kelly is to receive 25.000 for 18 months.
A statemenj to the effect that he is may do
well as an advertising means, but it does
not go with me as a fact Kelly may be a
good player, but he will not get any such
salary, and. in truth, the League would
have been better without him. It is by
countenancing such men as Kelly that has
brought lots of trouble on ths League
THE LOCAL BALL TEAM.
Finally our baseball team have proven to
us that they can play ball in a way that
equals championship form. I am sure the
veriest enemy of theHeam cannot deny their
excellent work during the week, and, in all
fairness, none of us can withhold due credit
from Manager McGunnigle. I am begin
ning to think hat he is getting a team to-
getherwhom will be very bad to beat. He
is making changes that ought to have been
made long ago, and the changes only show
that the system of getting together a lot of
"stars" is not a good one, thoughit is a very
expensive one. Of course, it is too late in
the season for the team to reach a position
in the race that would create a wild enthu
siasm, but it is not too late to bestow a good
patronage on the team because of their very
excellent efforts to make the best of a very
bad job. I firmly believe that if we had
been in possession of our pres
ent team a month or two ago
they would have been far up In the race.
King and Baldwin are doing extraordinary
work, but it must not be forgotten that they
are accorded better support now than has
been given them at any previous time dur
ing the season. I mean steady support.
With a team such as we have now and with
pitchers pitching in the form that has char
acterized the work of King and Baldwin re
cently, five of every six games should be
won against average teams. Well, it is
better to have a winning team late than
never at all, and most assuredly nobody is
prouder of victory than the gentlemen who
put up the money for the team. I mean
they are proud of victory entirely aside
from the financial feature. They have
worked hard, indeed, for a winning team
and now that their team is in winning form
they are certainly a happy set of fellows.
They deserve patronage and I trust they'll
continue to get it
THE CHECEEE CHAMPIONS.
While I have for nearly a quarter of a
century been more or less interested in the
game of draughts, I have never had occa
sion to discuss any prominent feature of
that historic and ennobling game. But I
am, to some extent, compelled to break my
silence to-day because I have of late fre
quently received requests as to my opinion
regarding the controversy about the rignt
ful owners of the title " Che"cker cham
pion of the world." I received a letter
Irom a correspondent this rcek plainly
telling me that I " dare not give an opinion
on the matter." Well, now, my friend is
wrong, because I dare cive an opinion on
anything. I am aware that the checker de
partment of this paper is looked after by
one of the ablest men in the country and
his work places him prominently above his
rivals, but the feature that I will now deal
with does not refer to the playing of the
game. It refers to a principle of ' betting
and therefore is as much a question of gen
eral sporting aflairs as anything else. The
questions I am asked to deal with is: Was
J. P. Reed entitled to Wyllie's forfeit and
is Reed champion draught player of the
world? Of course, there are two questions,
and I unhesitatingly answer "no to both
of them. Regarding the forfeit which my
friend Mr. Reed obtained from Mr. Bunlap,
the stakeholder, I fail to see in any way
whatever how any man who knows any
thing at all about bettine, or the principles
of match-making, can, for one moment, de-
iena tne paying over oi tnat lorteit to air.
ueea
?uiries into the matter, and my in
ormation is to the effect that
Messrs. Reed and Wyllie agreed or even
signed articles to play a match game of
draughts for the championship and a stake
60 davs after Mr. Wyllie landed in Ameri
ca. Each partv nut ud a forfeit of $100.
A certain time elapsed and Mr. Wyllie did
not come to America and his $100 was paid
over to Mr. Reed. Now; in all my experi
ence I have never known an unfairer paying
over of forfeit money. Why Reed had no
more right to that $100 than I have and I
defy anybody to prove it according to the
articles of agreement Tnese articles dis
tinctly state that Wyllie will play Reed 60
days after the former arrives in America.
That condition certainly was a loose one,
indeed too loose for real business, but Mr.,
Reed signed his name to it and most cer
tainly he had a perfect right to live up to it
Living up to it meant just what it said, viz:
That Wyllie would play 60 days after he
landed in this country. But he did not
come and strangely enough Mr. Reed was
civen 'Mr. Wvllie's S100 notwithstanding
the definite agreement just referred to. Be
yond the shadow of a doubt that condition
In the articles meant that if Wyllie did not
come to' America there would
be no match and . no forfeiture.
If ' it did not mean that
then by all means there should have been
another provision stating definitely how and
when the money could be forfeited. But to
me the matter is too conclusive to admit of
much argument Mr. Reed's claim, accord
ing to the articles, was worthless, and I
would be surprised if any experienced man
in sporting anairs would contend otherwise.
Of course, this conclusion forces me to the
other, that Mr. Reed has not obtained the
world's title yet, and that the contest be
tween himself and Mr. Barker cannot, there
fore, be for the title. Now, I trust I will
be allowed a rest on this matter after having
Tnaaemy say.
ABOUT THE PUGILISTS.
The time for the battle between Jack.Mo
Auliffe and Austin Gibbons is fast approach
ing. An evening or two ago eachparty put
up the final deposit of $1,000. They will
meet to fight on the evening of September
11, and are to be in the ring at 9 P. 31. The
winner will receive $7,000, and that amount,
I think, will prompt both men to try and be
in as good condition as possible. Jimmy
Carroll and Ed Stoddard are to second
McAuliffe and Charley Norton and James
Gibbons are to look alter Gibbons. I may
not have anything more to say regarding
this contest until after it has taken place,
and I now definitely confess the opinion
that I think McAuliffe will win. I come to
this conclusion because I think he will be
in tolerably good condition, and that when
in condition he is in a class above Gibbins.
There may and there may not be much bet
ting on the event, but I think McAuliffe
will be the favorite. Gibbons, I am in
clined to think, became overrated because
he Is tall, and came to the front just when
Fitzsimmons defeated Dempsey, therefore
causing the stock of tall men to go up.
Judging from the way in which McAuliffe
has lought his best battles he ought to have
no more difficulty with a tall man than.
with a short one.
GOSSIP OF THE. DAT.
The Life and Death of avMuoh-Abnsed
English Official.
A CHARMING LITERARY WOHAff.
Fresh Btcriei About the Wonderful Lwt
Cabin Gold Mine.
"OUTRAGES THAT ARE HOT (JHlflKSB
SULLIVAN AND SLAYTST.
Cables from Australia state thai John L.
Sullivan has in that country been challenged
to fight Slavin for $12,500 a side and that a
forfeit is up for Slavin. However this may
be, the fact remains that there will for a
Ion; time to come be much talk between
and about these two men. Sullivan states
that he will consider the matter when he
returns home, but the unfortunate feature of
Sullivan is that he almost does all of his
talking when he is drunk. It seems to me
that the prospects of a battle between
Slavin and Sullivan this year are very re
mote; indeed it does not seem possible for
Sullivan to get into condition this year
even tnougn ne were starting to tram as
soon as he returns home. But I expect that
before he leaves Australia an offer will be
made to match Joe Goddard to fight him.
Pbtnqlb.
rWBITTXlT TOB THE BISTMTCW
It seems but a few days sinoa the news
papers on both sides of the Atlantlo were
exhaustively dis
cussing Postmaster
General Raikes, of
London, England.
, Those in the Unit
ed States ridiculed
his rulings in a
number of ques
tions before him,
MmZ ii. a JlaiJta. anapanicuiariytne
one in which he had suppressed the boy
messenger service as organized by a private
concern in the English metropolis. The
news journals of his native land were if
anything, more severe than the American.
They argued that if he promoted the service
in his own department all would be well,
but inasmuch as he suppressed a very useful
institution, without supplying anything
adequate to take its place, he was a de
stroyer of a thing which was of publio con
venience; his administration a failure, and
the best thing the Government could do
was to dismiss him, in fact Editor Stead In-
iimated that Raikes would simply have to
"disappear" to save Salisbury's Cabinet
from abject ruin.
This was in April last. Mr. Raikes has
now left the public service. To use the ex
pression of the sarcastic Stead, he has"dis
appeared," but not by the channel sug
gested. Poor Henry Cecil Raikes is deadl
A man inclined to be a little narrow
minded and have his own way when tho op
portunity offered; also to resent what
seemedto be on usurpation of his authority,
yet all the same a good fellow. Death has
laid him low, and when this is. read his
mortal remains will have "disappeared"
forever from view. I am inclined to the
opinion that in the heart of every man
there is a germ of human kindness and con
scientiousness, and .that, therefore, those
who were the most severe on poor Raikes
four months ago are sorry to-day that they
were so unkind to one who, although they
knew it "not, was already entering "the
valley of the shadow."
expected to bolster up the Europeans in
their endeayor to secure satisfaction from
the Asiatics. I wonder if England and
Prance, who are leading the present move
ment, remember their own conduct at Can
ton in 1857 and what satisfaction they al
lowed the Mongolians after one of the most
unjust atrosities of modern history. The
Europeans had been worsted at every point
in a diplomatic conference by Governor
Yeh, and like cowards fell back upon theii
cannon to carry out tneir schemes.
"Yield to our demands," said the heroio
Lord Elgin," or we will attack the city."
To which the Chinaman replied: "We
will not yield, for we are right But, we
are defenceless and shall make no resist
ance." And"thenfor27hoursamileof gunboats
poured shot and shell into a helpless city of
a million inhabitants.
ON FOOT TE ENGLAND.
A Pittsburger's Trip From Bonrne
. month Down to Winchester;
SPOT WHERE WILLIAM RUFU&PELL
An Incident of the Outrage.
ITany-of my readers ore of the opinion
that the Chinaman is a coward, an incident
connected with the above afiair, related by
a correspondent of the time, who was a
witness, may effect a change in that opinion.
At sunrise of the second day of the bombard
ment, after 24 consecutive hours of firing,
and all the higher buildings adjacent were
seen to be knocked into ruins, there ap
peared opposite one of the French gun
boats a little low dwelling which had not
been injured. While it was being observed,
a door was opened, and one of the barbar
ians came out He stood for a few moments,
looking up and around unconcernedly, as if
inspecting the weather and estimating the
prospects of the day. and then returned and
shut the door. "Well, there is impudence
the infernal heathen! Who ever saw 'the
like?" ejaculated the beholders on the
gunboat Presently the door again opened,
and the Chinaman emerged for the
second time, but now with a washing-bowl
in his hand and a napkin on his
arm. Placing the basin upon a heap of
brick debris, he deliberately proceeded with
his morning ablutions. Having washed and
wiped his face,and then, in accordance with
the Chinese habit, wiped out his bowl, he
cooly returned with it to his domicile. The
inoffensive act was immediately interpreted
as an insult, and the gnus were at once or
deredto be brought to bear upon the little
dwelling, which was blown to atoms in a
twinkling and the wounded honor of the
high-minded Europeans was duly avenged.
Accommodations the Traveler Gets ia Small
English Towns.
THE BKHJATHEDBAL AT WEjrjHESTEB
A WEDDING AT CAIB0.
Description of the Ceremony and the-Xttch
and Dazzling; Presents.
"We now returned to the lower hall, says
tne yum, where a chair was placed for the
bride. Attendants filed in, carrying velvet
wrappers embroidered in gold, each con
taining a cashmere shawl. One by one they
were handed to tho bride's nurse, and in a
loud voice she proclaimed the donor. She
spread the shawls on the ground before the
bride's chair. About 220 were thus laid
out, and then, on a silver tray, were laid
the presents of jewelry. One was a brooch
in the form of a peacock, thVbodv one huira
pearl, and the tail quivering with diamonds.
The bridegroom's gift was a gold belt, the
clasp enriched with precious stones.
Loud cries announced the arrival of the
bride, and, proceeded by eunuchs carrying
huge candelabra blazing with eandles, and
singing girls with tambourines, she slowly
descended the stairs. Her dress and train
seemed aglittering mass of white satin and
gold. Diamonds glittered on her corsage,
but from her head hung on. each side a veil
with long gold fringe. The only present
she glanced at was the diamond spray for
the nair, presented by her highness the
Vicereine. As she departed thet ladies
present threw about little gold and silver
coins, which were eagerly picked up by the
attendants, and we followed to see the bride
again enthroned in her state chair.
GENIUS AND FASHION.
A Well-Known Authoress Defends the
Four Hundred From a Common Charge.
It is a fact, says a young and well-known
authoress, that much of the best talent in
every direction with whioh the world has
been made familiar in the last 10 or 15
years has come from the fashionable world.
Now you wouldn't believe that ordinarily.
It is true, nevertheless, that the people who
have all been called professional are not a
little jealous of the great display that
hitherto merely fashionable people have
made in many lines within the last decade.
Why, just think of it! Only a quarter of a
century ago "society" was very fortunate if
it could produce a single genius, or even a
few ordinary capable.
"fWell, now you cant go Into a drawing
room without encountering very clever ar
tists, extremely able musicians, more than
ordinarily skillful poets, and a few men
and women who have distinguished them
selves, so to speak, as all-round general In
tellectual athletes.- And these people hide,
their lights under the bushels of "amateur. "
In nearly every art, science and trade there
are at least a few members of the so-called
Four Hundred who are very close to that! well, for Mrs.
n npn vnprn innonrmv ..in ha,a r-ni ni-...i.. .... .
iiisnop yormeny
place where somebody said there was always
room, xne upper Ten Thousand ara nn
longer the lazy, shiftless, cynical, ease-loving,
good-for-nothing set that they once un
doubtedly were.
Speed On the Sea.
The very remarkable performance of the
Norwood, the small steam launch, which
beat the record to Sandy Hook a few days
ago, has produced a great sensation, and in
duced the belief that we ate on the eve of
another great development in ocean travel
Mr. Moshcr, to the efficiency of whose
boHers,the speed of the Norwood is largely
owing, is now actually engaged in building
a yacht which will be guaranteed to make
over 30 knots an hour, and he is confident
of constructing a boat before long, that will
make 35 knots. His idea is to carry no
freight at all and only a limited amount
of mail, .sacrificing everything to speed.
As the boat would be only 500 feet
long, the number of passengers would be
limited, and they would have to pay extra
rates for the privilege of being swooped
across the ocean in less than lour days.
Whether this marvelous speed will be at
tained in our time remains to be proved,
the probability being that H will, but in
the meantime the record of Atlantio travel
is being steadily lowered, and
The Lost Cabin Mine.
The story comes from the West that the
famous "Lost Cabin Mine" has been dis
covered. I hope this discovery is "a true
bill," but I would rather wait for further
particulars before agreeing that the most
famous as well as the most mysterious mine
in the country has actually been brought to
light at last It has been found and lost so
many times that one feels slightly skeptical
regarding repo. ted "finds." It cost all of
the original discoverers their lives, with the
exception of Allen Hurlbert, who brought
the story to civilization with the intention
of leading a party back to the claim, which
he was never after able to locater "Old
Pancake" Comstock, he of Nevada fame,
was made a pauper through searching
for this "Lost Cabin Mine" and be
sides fills a suicide's grave as a result
of his disappointment Bart Beckley and
Jack McDonald, two chums, spent years
hunting for it The former tired of the
quest at last, but the other turned up in the
Montana camps one day full of excitement
and mystery, and it was reported again that
the mine was found. Suddenly McDonald
took sick and died and that was the end of
the affair for the time being as he had com
municated his plans to no one. Joe Sweeney,
a prospector from the Southern mines, tried
his luck and thought he had found it in a
canyon in the Big Horn range. So certain
was he that the Associated Press took occa
sion to announce that the "Lost Cabin lead
was found at last" On investigation no
gold was found in the lead, so it could not
have been the mine that everybody was in
terested in. Jack Nye, a Nevada man, dis-
coverea a place, a gooa bit like Sweeney's;
made a big fuss about it, and eventually
disgusted himself and all the enthusiasts
who believed in him.
Again during the terrible times of the
famous Sitting Bull campaign, the one in
which Custer lost his life, three daring fel
lows forced their way right into the heart
of the Indian country; found one of the
richest leads ever known and, believing
they had found the celebrated mine, loaded
themselves with nuggets and rich specimens
and started in a boat down the Little Big
Horn, on their way home. One night they;
observed the campfires of Indians on the
shore and attempted to steal past in the
darkness, not knowing that it was Sitting
Bull's camp, stretching for nearly three
miles along the shore and containing the
largest concourse of warriors ever gathered
together on this continent, at least within
recent times. Of course they were discov
ered. Two of the party were killed; the
third made his escape in the prevailing
gloom and after wandering for days, without
food and almost naked, reached a settlement
more deftd than alive. He managed to tell
his story, show some proofs, and then lapsed
imu giuvvtLug iuiuuy. tr nut tne unior
tunate trio really found has never been
learned. Since then the "Lost Cabin Mine"
nas been undiscoverable.
j E4
Herbert Mapet.
OKI Heptane and College Athletes.
Old ocean must have a grudge against the
college, athletes this year. Early in the
season, Lamar,
Princeton's greatest
hero of the football
field, was drowned
While endeavoring
to save a woman
who shared his fate
on one of the south
ern coasts. Within
two months past,
Brokaw, the clever
catcher of the base
ball team belonging to the same university,
met exactly the same death, in trying to res
cue a drowning woman at an eastern resort
and last week Herbert Mapes, of Columbia,
one of tho best hurdlers in the country
was lost while bathing off Eire Island, N.
Y. Lamar distinguished himself, one year
ago, by a great running play, which won a
championship game for nis college, when
air hope of winning seemed gone. The feat
is atill the talk of the colleges, and Prince
ton's especial pride. Brokaw was a great
tall nlaver. He. Tonne? the niteher. and
Dana first baseman of the team, were con
sidered the crack players of the year.
Mapes made many college records at hurdle
racing that will live after him, and was a
close second in a race which established a
world's record at 120 yards in 16 seconds.
The deceased's younger brother Is also a
famous college athlete, who has mane a
record of 22 feet 9 inches in a running,
broad-jump contest
Bxpedltlons to Lake Tchad.
England, France and Germany are each
laying claim to Lake Tchad and the region
surrounding it The lake, which is situated
in Northern Africa, is large enough, but is
not remarkable for anything but an abund
ance of river horses and crocodiles. Its
usual area is about 10,000 square miles, al;
though during the rainy season it is some
times four or five times as large. A body
of water of such size and instability is not
of much value to commerce, as will occur to
the ordinary person, but the countries
named have made up their minds to possess
it for various reasons, no matter what the
cost England has so far been very fortu
nate In its expeditions, but the others
have caucht "Hail Columbia!" so to sneak.
from the natives, who have developed uu-,
expected warllKe strengtn ana ngntmg
ability duing the past year.
The French expedition divided into two
parties and followed the routes of the Kongo,
expecting to make treaties with the power
ful chiefs on the war. The newspapers
of two weeks ago chronicled the fate of
Crampel and his party, and .the Foumeau
division has met with equally crushing dis
aster. The Germans under Dr. Zintgraff
endeavored to make their way through Hin
terland, cross the Benue river and approach
the lake from the southwest. They were
met east of the Comeroons by natives and
practically wiped out of existence. Then
Captain Morgen was dispatched to avenge
the defeat of Zintgraff and he was even
more badly defeated. Another German
Gravenreuth is now on his way to the in
terior with a large and almost invincible
force. As the French have been driven
out and the English have not made anv im
portant attempt this season, it is likely tha
Germans will get the coveted tract
A Tery Interesting Woman,
The portrfat given herewith ia that of one
ofthemostdeservedlydistingnishedJiterary,
women oi tne aay.
She has been hon
ored in being the
first woman to de
liver an address
before the British
House of Com
mons. The lady
ought to stand high
in this country as
TP
a lame Tas-
. - mi ....."
Bencer steamer is now oemg nuut in Jing- Two Sides to Every Question.
joiiu iu tiusi iij iraa tutu live tuiu. & iiail rrr i , . . . ., ,
davs. She is designed with a special view e hear a great deal of the Chinese ont-
to secure expeditious travel for visitors rages on Europeans these days and we are
from Europe to the World's Fair, and will expected to sympathize with the latter and I
1 nave made the most careful m-J be in good working order before 0893. execrate the former. Wa are especially J feet from the ground.
known as Isabella -Ifrj. Bithop.
Bird) has traveled in it, particularly in the
region of the "Rockies," which she has
celebrated in that well-known work en
titled, 'A lady's Life in the Rocky Moun
tains." She is also the authoress of those
valued books of travel, "Six Months in the
Sandwich Islands," "Unbeaten- Tracks in
Japan" and many other shorter works treat
ing of wanderine and adventure in stranffi
lands. One would hardly imagine that
tnere was so much individual courage con
cealed in that refined, delicate looking face.
That is one of the tricks that physiognomy
plays on those who think the lace the in
dex of character under all conditions.
Mrs. Bishop's latest exploit was a journey
to Kashmir, Lesser Thibet, Persia, where
she went in order to carry out a bequest of
her late husband, who had left a sum of
money to establish a hospital farthest
from the reach of civilization. Everybody
knows what a journey to Thibet means. In
some respects the country is less accessible
and more perilous to explorers than a trip
to the J'darkest" part of "Darkest Africa.''
But this brave woman succeeded in every
particular. The details of her daring trip
will be published sometime daring the com
ing winter season.
v An Example Worthy of Emulation.
France erects costly monuments to ln-v
dividuals, while Americans are prone to
forget their wor
thy dead. Ameri
cans are too cold
blooded in this
particular. Every
thing Is done by
the "boom" meth
od. Give any
scheme or thing,
what might be
termed a "popu- LaFsmtalnt.
lar" impetus, and away it goes like wild
fire. People tumble over each other to be
in the swim, but start in the ordinary, dig
nified, business-like, thorough way, and lol
you do not get enough believers in the idea
to organize a quartet to sing its praises.
That is the reason our Stephen C. Foster's
grave is out of sight under the low-lying
creepers in Allegheny Cemetery; that we
really do not know where to look for unfor
tunate Braddock's lost resting place, and
that so many of the brightest figures in
American history are forgotten, except in
name.
When would Americans think of honor
ing a man like La Fontaine with a monu
ment Xia Jbontaine is tne last to ge' a
memorial in France. There are three
famous men -by that name. Two were
Frenchmen and the other a German. The
one to be honored is the famous writer of
fables. He was, of course, the greatest of
the three, but, even so, there are dozens
upon dozens ot men and women in this
country, compared to whom, Jean de La
Fontaine, the immoral fabulist, the fre
quenter of infamous salons, and whose pro
eductions are principally celebrated on ac
count of the company he kept, was a nonen
tity. WlLKIE.
Transportation of Lumber.
One of the latest applications of electric
ity is to lumbering, and a company has been
formed for the purpose of exploiting a lum
ber carrier to be electrically worked. The
apparatus consists simply of a clamp to be
swung from trees or other supports on
wmen nangs a cable; the cable is drawn
taut, and on it run pulleys from which Hang
tho chains which carry the logs about three
rcOKRXSFCCrPBltCZ OF TITS DrSPaLTCS-l
London, Aug. 14. Cycling trips or
coaching parties through England have be
come so common nowadays that but little
attention is given to the old-fashioned style
of seeing a country the one adopted by
Oliver Goldsmith namely, walking. But,
like in America, the walking is cheap here;
unlike it, otherwise, it is good, and every
mile of the Toad traversed is Interesting in
scenery or historical associations. In com
pany with a medical gentleman engaged in
similar special studies in the London hos
pitals the writer, recently paid a visit to the
session-of the British Medical Association
at Bournemouth, where a very profitable
and enjoyable time was spent. What with
hearing the moat famous surgeons and phy
sicians discuss new methods, and with gar
den parties, banquets, excursions, etc, tha
time went merrily as a wedding belL
Bournemouth is one of the fashionable
watering places of England, and the con
trast between its quietude, if not sleepiness,
and the gaiety of our American ones is
altogether in favor of the latter save
for people who are getting ready to die.
Were the average American disposed
to act as the average Briton does in Amer
ica and write an account of all the things
he finds to criticise or smile at, the intelli
gent Yankee would have little time for
anything else. But he does not He looks
on, and, saying nothing, "saws wood."
BRITISH "WAXS nrSCBUTABLB.
But the idea of a civilized individual get
ting into a sort of shanty on wheels when
he wants to bathe in the ocean, and being so
exclusive that h Tiants no one to look at
him or to use his part of the Atlantic is cer
tainly calculated to create a smile. But
tnere is no use going into this subject
After a residence of nearly'one year in the
capital of Merrie England the ways of the
brave Briton are just as inscrutable and
past finding out as they seemed the first day
tu me visitor.
It is claimed that Bournemouth is one of
the healthiest summer resorts in England,
and the facts seem to bear this statement
out The Inhabitants of the place extended
the most cordial and liberal hospitality to
all in attendance on the association meet
ing. But all good things must have an end,
so, with mournful feelings, after a stay of
two days in the picturesque little town, we
turned our faces toward our Mecca of Lon
don, determined to walk the greater part of
the way back and see the most historical
parts of the country. A hundred
and ten miles is nothing to two young
men with light hearts and light luggage.
for the latter consisted of an umbrella
apiece. The only disadvantage about this
style of traveling was that we were once
compelled to submit to the great indignity
of paying in advance, but this hotel was
kept by an Englishman who had been un
successful in America, and was trying to
get even, perhaps.
A JOLLV OLD BONrPACB.
The first afternoon the course lay along'
the ocean, with a view of the Isle of Wight
in the distance, and the length of the walk
was ten miles to the old town of Christ
Church. The King's Arms, Henry New
lyn, proprietor, was the first stopping place,
and fine accommodations were provided for
a very reasonable sum. The landlord is one
of the characters of the neighborhood, hav
ing lived there all of his 60jeax3. After a
light supper we were invited by the old
fentleman into his smoking room, where he
ecame reminiscent on slight stimulation
and spoke of the good old days when he
was Mayor, and had two hotels, and had
26 horses, and of the famous persons who
had been his guests. Red-cheeked maid
servants tripped in and out with pipes and
lights for the old gentleman, while a neigh
bor dropped in to talk or tor a smoke with
his old friend.
The church stands on slichtlv elevated
ground and commands a view of Christ
Church Bay. It has all the magificence of a
cathedral and with one exception, Winches
ter Cathedral, it is the largest ohurch in
England, if not Europe, being 585 feet in
lenghth. Evidences of tho War of the
Roses ore seen in many of the paintings and
sculptor work in its interior. The chair
seats or misericordias are very interesting,
being of carved walnut and are so arranged
that the luckless monk who fell asleep at
the midnight service would also fall to the
floor. A leper's window, where the sacra
ment was passed or thrown to the poor un
fortunate, as he stood in a small cell-like
prison, was shown. A handsome monument
to the memory of the poet, Shelley, is in the
ehurch near the entrance.
The River Avon flows througn the town
and on its banks are the ruins oi an old
feudal castle the walls of which are fairly
enveloped in ivy. Taking to the road at
9.30 A. M., we walked to Ringwood by way
of Hinton Admiral, seeing many typical
English sights, such as red-coated grooms
on horseback with hounds in leash ; old
quaint little cottages with straw roofs and
lozenge-shaped window pones ; curious inns
with still more curious signboards, such as
the Cat and Fiddle, with accompanying illustrations.
dates from the year 1100. Upon Its walla
are. the marks of cannon balls fired at it by
Cromwell's soldiers, and the latter stabled
their horses in its nave. It is said to be the
finest style of Norman architecture in this
country. As we sat at the window of the
room in the inn we could see the moon ris
ing above the towers and arches of this
landmark on the plain of human life, and it
seemed to gather in dignity and beauty the
longer one gazed.
In the mornini? wa explored its recesses
under the guidance of the sexton, whom we
rousea irom nis morning couch to snow us
the sights. The stone "crucifix at the nun's
door of this church is the onlv one remain
ing in England. The next place of import
ance was Hustley, and in the chapel ot the
town are the bodies of the Cromwell family.
In ike churchyard of this Gray might have
composed his "Elegy," so suggestive is tho
scenery round about of that described in
that famous poem.
wokkhto toe fifty cents a dat.
On the way to Winchester we fell in with
what appeared on first sight to be a tramp,
but on closer acquaintance he proved to be
an ex-soldier in the British army, now work
ing as a day laborer. He had four in his
family, all young, and received the equiva
lent of B0 cents a day for hard farm work.
He had been all through the Indian mutiny,
had seen Nana Sahib and the Taj Mahal,
and was altogether a very interesting com
panion. The Brothers' Home, near Win
chester, he pointed out as a place where the
wayfarer could get a glass ot ale and a piece
of oread and butter free of charge, and
showed us the hill where the seven sleepers
slept seven year's, which story he evidently
believed, as he pointed out the fact that
nothing would grow there now.
The town and valley of Winchester la as
fair a sight as one could wish to see, and tha
lines of Whittier's poem come up: ,
Bound about the orchards sweep,
Apple and peach tree fruited deep.
Fair as a garden of the Lord,
Over the mountains winding down
Horse and foot into Winchester town.
Winchester was the ancient capital of En
gland, and is full of quaint and interesting
sights. Its cathedral, however, is the main
attraction and it is worthy of everything
said about it by either guidebooks or the
people of the town, who are justly proud
of it It is 587 feet in length, the largest
of any of the English cathedrals, and oc
cupied nearly four centuries in its con
struction from the Conquest to the Re
formation and, what ia better, it looks it
THE OBKAT BUlilKD THEEEL
In Us walls and vaults are entombed many
of the ereat ones of thn land nnd tho rrai-
lant soldiers of the town and county are re
membered in bronze tablets set into its mas
sive side walls. Here is buried William
.Kui us, whose death-spot we had seen in
New Forest Wilberforce also sleeps be
neath its stones and many others famous in
history. The gentle Izaack Walton also
rests here.
But if all the points of Interest were
touched upon there would be no end to thia
already lengthy letter. So, with the state
ment that the walk ended at Winchester
and that 75 miles were covered, that we
were benefitted in every way by the jaunt
and would recommend any Pittsburger to
do likewise next summer, if possible, the
article will be brought to a close with a copy
of an epitaph from one of the tombstoner
in the cathedral churchyard:
In Memory of
Thomas Thatcher,
AOrenadler in the North Begft,
of Haunts' Militia, who died o?
nVJolent Fever contracted by drinkbur
'Small Beer when hot, the 12th day of Mar
1761, aged 26 years.
In grateful remembrance of whose untrersal
Sood will towards his comrades this stone
i placed here at their expense, as a small
testimony of their regard and concern.
Here Bleeps inpeace a Hamphlre grenadier.
Who caught his death by drinkine cold,
small beer.
Soldiers, be wise from his untimely falL
And when you're hot, drink strong or noft-at
FOE RAPID TRANSIT.
Desirable Improvements to Be Made
in the Tunnel System.
ELECTBICITY ON THE OCEAN.
An Appliance for Utilizing ths Curat
to Core Deafness.
PACTS OK COST OP ILLUHIHATrOI
rwBirxxsr tor tbs nrsrxTcs,
It Is'of interest to many cities now estab
lishing a system of rapid transit embodying
the best modem practice, to note tha
changes which recent experience on the
London electric line has suggested as desir
able for adoption on the new Central Lon
don Railway, which is also to be run by
electricity. The tunnel, which will pas
under the streets at a depth of 60 to 70 feet,
as formerly, will be 11 feet 6 inches ia
diameter, instead of 40 feet This will give
larger and more comfortable cars. Tha
train will carry 350 seated passengers, and
will run on 3-minute time instead of 100
passengers on 4-minute time, as on tha
present road. There will be a separate sys
tem of mains for the lighting of the stations
and tunnels, and probably the cars also,
which will remove the annoyance of tha
changing of the brightness of the lamps.
The strange feature in the present road of
running the large elevators at the stations
by hydraulic pressure, transmitted through
miles ofpipes from the generating station,
wUl probably be changed in the new road,
in which it is expected that electrical ele
vators wiU be used. An American electri
cian, now in England, speaks with aston
ishment of this anomaly. He says that to
an American so accustomed to electric ele
vators it seems extraordinary that this was.
not done on the present road instead of
making the system more complicated by
the introduction of a second system of
transmitting power, which was more liable
to failure than the electrical transmission
for which the circuits exist. If the latter
is relied upon for propelling the trains, why
should it be less liable for running the ele
vators? '
J. C. Thompson, M. XX
w
ONB OF THE HOTELS.
At 8. SO p. at. we reached Fording bridge
and stopped at The Greyhound, after hav
ing covered 25 miles of territory. The
neatness and cleanliness oi this hotel, as
Indeed, of all we were at, was a source of
great pleasure and comfort to us. Although
we were the only guests the table was pro
fusely decorated with fresh garden flowers,
while the table linen was like snow and the
furniture of the room of the most costly
leather and walnut variety and some very
handsome old paintings adorned the walls
of the room.
The next day the route lay through New
Forest, where Rufus, the son of William
the Conqueror, was shot. For six miles
through this tract of country not a single
nouse was seen or sign 01 me, only purple
heather clad plains as far as the eye could
reach. Finally we came to an old lady's
cottage and . lound her reading her Bible
contentedly. She told us she was perfectly
satisfied with her life and surroundings, al
though she had neither,riches nor children
left. During the morning we were passed
by many 'cyclers, but only saw one pedes
trian. This part of the forest was laid waste
by the conqueror, so that there are no trees
to be seen, although the heather, daisies
and holly made a pleasant scene. Rabbits
were the' only wild animals seen, and at one
place we counted 17 of these little fellows
in a field. Strange to say. weaw no birds
save the swallows under the eaves of cot
tages or the common sparrow, and in all the
trip we only saw two rooks. At Stoney
Cross, in the midst of a dense forest, is
raised a stone bearing this inscription on
one si-d e:
Here stood tbe oak tree on :
which an arrow, shot by Sir
"Walter Tyrell at a stag.glanced
and struck Kin William II. .
(surnamed Kufus) in the
bieast, of which he instantly
died on the 2d day of August, :
Anno 11C0.
MARKED 'WITH CANNON BALLS.
On arriving at Romsey we attended the
Congregational Church and afterwards put
up at the Market Inn directly opposite the
old Abbey. In the evening light the ven
erable grey walls of this historic edifice
took on a most imposing appearance. It is
I the only Nunnery Church in England, and, I
Y1HDICATZ3 MR. CAENEOIB.
An Itncllab. Paper Bits tha Kan an4hJEIail
With Two Little Pictures.
The Manchester (England) BmvOtrg
Chronicle, after a faithful course of reading
its American ex
changes, has been
struck with an
idea. Tt is so sel
dom that an En
glish newspaper
gets within four
andahalfmilesof
an even tolerably
accurate under
standing of the
situation of affairs
in the United
States, and so sel
dom that it seizes
the Ameri can
handle for a joke,
it would be a pity
to let this master-
Xbught for the Queen, ly performance of
the Manchester CkronieU pass unnoticed,
Herewith will be found two pictures re
cently published in the newspaper men
tioned. The first represents a victim of Her
Majesty's service. Armless and otherwise,
disfigured, he is '
covered neverthe
less with splendid
medals won for
bravery on the
field of battle. He
doesn't look es
pecially prosper
ous, but the adorn
ments on his
bosom show that
his services have
been appreciated.
The second il
lustration repre
sents the English
man's idea of a
Sensioner of the
ivil War in the
United States.
He, too, has lost
an arm in battle,
and is now an
honored citizen,
but his country's Ibttghtor VbdeGam.
appreciation is apparently shown in a more
practical way than in the bestowal of
medals. What effect the publication of
these two pictures in the Conservative Man
chester newspaper will have on the growth
of Republican tendencies in England can
only be imagined. In the meantime, one
point is scored for English humor and Mr.
Carnegie has been vindicated in his actions
up in Scotland not long ago.
Ship Propulsion and Telephony.
Oberlin Smith, in a recent lecture,. ha
propounded the idea that the ships of the
future will probably be driven by electric
ity by means of a simple rotating armature
fixed directly on the shaft of the screw it
self. The source of the electric current for
driving the motors of these prospective
three or four-day Atlantic liners. Mr. Smith
considers, would probably be storage batte
ries placed in the extreme bottom and
along the whole length of the hold, whera
they will serve as excellent ballast, or else
the current will be generated by some di
rect process from coal or other fuel? either
burned or otherwise chemically disorgan
ized during the passage.
Mr. Smith's idea of the telephone of the
future is that it will be as good a voice
transmitter by ocean as by land. It must
be so good that no sound can be heard but
the voice of the individual who happens to
be using it, and so cheap that it can be in
every house having any pretentions to af
fording the ordinary decencies of life. The
exchange system should be such that any
user can at once put himself in communica
tion with any desired correspondent in any
part of the civilized world. According to
our present ideas, this view is somewhat op
timistic, but, as Mr. Smith says, stranger
things have happened, and there is no
knowing what brilliant results may be
achieved by following out the general prin
ciple of runninir different kinds of phases
of currents through tho same wire at tha
same time. On this principle hangs tbe in
vention of quadruple! telegraphy. It ena
bles us to send an "induced message" in
train-telegraphy over a wire through which
ordinary messages are passing at the same
time. Mr. Smith's ideas may be so ad
vanced as to appear extreme, but they con-tain-food
for earnest thought
1 hmrv '
Something Like Cold.
A remarkable apparatus, called a cryo
gene, Jias been designed for producing a
temerature of from 90 to 110 below the
zero of the Fahrenheit scaler by the expan
sion of liquid carbonic acid. The apparatus
consists of two concentrie vessels with a
small annular space between ' them. A
spiral coil is placed inside the inner vessel,
and this is put in communication with a
closed vessel containing liquified carbonic
acid gas. At its lower end the coil is con
nected with the annular space, and at its
upper a stop-cock is fixed. When experi
ments are to be made the inner vessel is
filled with alcohol, the stop-cock
on the carbonic ' acid vessel fully
opened and the cock on the spiral
partially opened, when the liquid passes
slowly into the coil and takes the form of
snow. From the coil it passes into the an
nular chamber, in which are placed pieces
of sponge soaked in alchohol, which arrest
all acid which has not become gaseous,
while the gas itself passes out of the ap
paratus through a bent tube. The inventor
claims that with about 5 pints of alcohol
in the inner vessel and with the consump
tion of 4Vf to BVf pounds of liauid carbomo
a temperature of U5 Fahr, can be obtained
is a few minutes. 1
Electrio Light as a HoUanoe.
All is not gold that glitters, andmany
and wide-spreading as are the benefits con
ferred on mankind by the electrio light, it
appears that there are conditions under
which its use is fraught with, grievous in
convenience and distress. This has been
shown by the institution of a recent suit
against an electrio light company by a
householder. Two arc lights of the com
pany threw their bright beams all through
the night over the show windows of a stora
on the ground floor of the house These
lamps, however, also filled with a flood of
light the rooms of the flat above in which
the suitor resided, much to his disgust, as he
prefers the light only when he is prepared
to pay-for it Beyond this,it was claimed
' that the servants were afraid to clean tha
windows lest the electric current anight kill
them or set fire to the property. A third
nuisance consisted in the myriad of moths,
bugs and other insects which the intensa
light attracted. The suitor claimed that ha
had suffered tortures duringthe hot weather
if the windows were left open to admit tha
cool evening air, clouds of insects, drawn by
the bright light, swooped into the room. If
the windows were closed and the blinds
were pulled down to keep out the light and)
the moths, the room'became-hot and -almost
intolerable.
ElectrlcaTTreatmentTrf-Deaftieas.
Bo many swindles of the so-called "ereo
tropathic" order are nowadays advertised
all over the country that the publio is dis
posed to look askance at any electrical do
vica'which purports to be of special virtua
as a curative agent The extent towhich
electricity is being used in legitimate medi
cal practice, however, is rapidly on tha in
crease, and many of the new devices forap.
plying ft have distinct merit A. recently
invented apparatus for the cure of deafnesa
comprises a battery, a belt, an electroda
supported on the belt and shaped to rest oa
the ear, an opening on one side to receive
the ear, and connections between the elec
trode and the battery. This provides a con--venient
and efficient mode of receiving tha
current, whih can be applied in current
of finely graduated strength.
Detecting; Xlaws la Xeerju
Dentistry owes much to electricity for
hiving largely added to its possibilities in.
the way of skillful and scientific practice.
It is found that many of the flaws which
mark incipient decay in teeth are so minuts
as to be invisible in ordinary light Ths
importance oi being able to detect these
minute and tell-tale Indications before
serious mischief has been worked by decay
is evident, and for a means of accomplish
ing this the dentist has had recourse to the
electric light By thismeans the operator
is enabled to explore with thoroughness
every corner of the mouth, and to instantly
perceive the slightest Bhade of cnange,from
the normal color of the teeth.
Cost of Gas and Electricity.
The most recent figures on the relative
cost of gas and elecfho light in England
show that the cost of introducing, light ,
equivalent to 4,000 candle-power was 2n gt
cents lor gas, xo tor tna ara lignt auuuv -
cents tor tne incandescent lamp, .in
1 iiuviiuu mica ui ciuL'iauu al nw wi-..,a. .
that the average price paid by the consume"-
for gas per light per annum was 53 25 for
gas as against $2 60 for electric light
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