The Part Played by Company K, K. 6. P., of Waynesburg, Greene Connty, in the Ontbreakof 77. HADE TWO TRIPS TO PITTSBURG. The First Time the Place Was Too Hot for Soldiers, So Discretion Was the Better Part of Talor. 1EE70LTE SCENE OX A STEAMBOAT. Bow a Flints tn It T"ow a Minister Hade a Senates Snap Oct of Gnsrd Duty. twnrnnx tor Tin DisrATcn.1 HE roll ofdnims startled tifepeace able people of "Wji-ynesbur g, yrecne county, Pa., one July evening in 1877. It was a call to aims. In a lit tle while a crowd swarmed around J the door of the Tillage armory. Persons brought there by curiosity read a bulletin that bad been posted summon ing the numbers of Company K, ? Tenth Regiment, 25". 6. 1.. to assemble immediately at the armory, fully equipped, in heavy marching orders, for acme service The news spread. Children ran borne and repeated what the plaoard said. Old men and women hurried up street to see if It was true. Excitement began to rise, and ere lone the qniet old town was the scene of much buule and confusion. Soldier boys responded promptly, and soen they be gan to d-op back to the armory, uniformed, knapsacks on their hacks and glistening, - -bayoneted guns in their arms. "When GO of them had cathrred there the' muster was complete. Though it all occurred in one or the nio&t remote little towns of the State, It in nowise Reminded you of the provin cial musters of the old-time cornstalk militia. Not a hit of it! A COMPAXV OF GOOD MES. There stood 60 of the finest specimens of manhood to be found an yw nere, tully armed and brightly uniformcd.as Greene county's contingent in the National Guard of Penn sylvania. Captain John M. Kent was com mander of Companv K. then. He hud a reputation as a drill nmter and tacticjan second to none in the guard. This stalwart body ot men he had intrue ed and trained nntil he felt he had them ready for any test. Yet little did he dream of the terrible test they were to be brought to within the next few days! That afternoon the following telegram from the Colonel of the Tenth Regiment had been placed in Captain Kent's hands: Aemblc Company l. at once, and pro ceed to Wee's, Landing, on the Monongahela river, w here a stcanibo.it will be awaiting jou. 1'roceed by this steamboat to Pitt-j-uurg, stopping at Bronnsiille and. Monon gubela Citj lo take on other companies of this regiment. Act quickly. The great railroad riots were raging in Pittsburg. The Comminder of the Tenth Regiment had sent dispatches to all his rural companies in accordance with the movement of the Adjutant General of the State to .mass all the militia of "Western Pennsylvania in the citj. THE GEnEXE BOYi WERE LAST. As the Tenth lies wholly in the country districts, it was known that it would be one of the lat rciiments to be on hand. The troops already rendezvoused in the city were moved out to the scene of the labor troubles, nt Twenty-eight street. The iatal attempts to form a "hollow square," the mobbing of the sold'ers, and the awful vol Icv of musketry followed, and by the time the Greene county boyi were assembling at their little armory far away, Pittsburg was being ruled bj blood, fire and outlawry. Rice's Landing was distant from Waynes burg some 15 or IS miles. Greene county was without railroads, and the march had to be overland. "With drums beating and" colors living, uompany iv. filed out ot "Waynesburg, and cheers on all sides bid the members Godspeed. To facilitate matters, however, wagons were presently utilized, and in a short time the Monongahela was Captain Kent Holds CJ the PUd. reached. The steamboat took the company aboard and started down river. Delays were encountered from fogs and other ob stacles, and the break of day found them still many miles away from their destina tion. Tins was Sunday morning the same Sunday on which the lire started by the rioters in Pittsburg was steadily eating its way in from Thirty-third street to tho Union depot. LEAESTNR THE NEWS. The pilot whistled for Monongahcla City during the morning. When the boat drew up thcr,e, an immense throng of excited peo ple was lomid on the wharf. Soldiers xainglfd with civilians, and among both there sounded deep curses ngaiUbt the men who precipitated the public slaughter in Pittiburg the evening before. It was here that the Greene county boyt first heard the details of the riot at Pittsburg. Captain Kent saw that indignation ran sj high in Monongahcla, City that an attempt might be made to prevent the militia of that place from shipping for Pittsburg. The sympathy of tie populace was unquestionably in favor of the strikers. Two companies of the Tenth Regiment were to b: taken aboard here, one com manded by Captain Hazzard, and the other a company composed of colored soldiers. The latter came over the plauk first. Then a movement began to accomplish just what w as feared by Captain Kent to intimidate the boat's crew from taking aboard the com pany of white militiamen. Frightened at the show of firearms, and at the threats hurled at him, the pilot and commander of the vessel cut loose Irom shore ami were about to start on down stream again when Captain Kent dashed into the pilothouse, and, presenting hi loaded revolver at the head of the man at the wheel, compelled him to bring the boat around and return to the landing. Despite all other demonstra tions the other company of militiamen were then taken on. THE KEGKOE3 WEEE AFRAID. The steamboat had not proceeded far, . - J- . AHA f jl 1ft rni-ii?'J ' ilfcftfrsMi'fi-'j however, until it was found that a mutiny was to be feared from the colored troops. Tie threats of the mob sympathizers at Monongahela City had so worked upon the negroes, who expected nothing lessthan in- that th-r became fairly frenzied. Some of them pleaded to be let go home, and this demoralized the rest. It became wisdom presently to nut to shore and ret rid of the whole coldred company, the few who were brair nnicrli tft ramnin Annnll(lfttini With ' the two white companies. Pittsburg was reached Sunday afternoon. The Union depot, grain elevator, and other large pieces of railroad property were in flames. The mob was in the zenith of its power. Firemen, policemen and com manders of the State militia had, at the muzzle of rifles and revolvers, been com pelled to retire. Not a hand was being lifted to stay the tremendous destruction of property. From the deck of the Mononga hela river packet the little bandof Greene county soldiers beheld, with dismay, the dense clouds of smoke that hang over the city, The boat landed at the foot of "Wood strait. Captain Kent sent out a courier to notify the Colonel of his reeiment that he lhad arrived and awaited orders. TTSflFOBalS WEEEX'T SAFE. That messenger returned very quickly, becuuEo a man In soldier's uniform was not sate on the streets of Pittsburg that after noon. Another wan dispatched in citizen's clothes. Whether he found tho Colonel of the Tenth or notls something that has never been tullv determined, but certain it was that within an hour Captain Keni receh ed orders from some source high in com mand of the X. G. P. that it was not advis able for the soldiers on board the vessel to remain in Pittsburg, and that Company IC was to return home immediately and await further orders. The pilot did not dare to blow his whistle, but slertlv pointed the prow of his vessel up stream and lelt the helpless city. So brief had been the stay of Company K in Pittsburg that perhaps it was never known that during the midst of tho reign of terror a handful of soldiers had arrived at tho foot of "Wood street from the extreme southwestern corner of the State, ready for work. That little fact having been o erlooked m the great con fusion of the day, this narrative of thrilling events has, until now. remained unknown to the people of Pittsburg. BECETVED WITH ST02TE3. "When the steamer reached the dam at Port Perry a lot of the emploes of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroa4, who lived there, were found apparently waiting for niU-hi :C Everybody w ho lived in that sec tion was pnt down as sympathizing with the mob, and there were some indications that the mam mob itself had outposts sta tioned here to preent the approach of troops by way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. As the vessel steamed into the They Frightened the Servant. lock a heavy guard was thrown out on the lock walls by Captains Kent and Hazzard. It became "necessary for them to make a grizzly show of bayonets, for the populace fired stones, clubs, etc, at the bluecoats on the decks. However, no person was hurt. Upon arriving at Monongahela City the excitement was found not to have subsided much. The boat lay long enough at the w harf to permit some" of the Greene county company to escort the Monongahela City boys through the streets of their town. Returning to the boat, Captain Kent faced the unfriendly people with two revolvers, one in each hand. Thus he came down street. Just as the boat left here it was learned that the sympathizers of the mob who lived at Bellevernon had ringed up a cannon on the river bank and proposed TO BOMEAED THE STEAMER as it passed up. Of course everybody up the river knew the soldiers were aboard it Captaii Kent believed this report to be true, and as a consequence when the vessel passed Bellevernon that night every soldier was out of sight. The captain believed it unwise to incite unnecessary bloodshed, and took this plan to avoid it. Somebody from among a suspicious group of persons on the shore at Bellevernon might have hailed tho captain, and putting his hands to his mouth he would have bawled back: "Very dull trip up to-night!" The ruse was suc cessful. When Company "K"got hoincto Waynes burg the boys were pretty well worn" out, but they wen! doomed to greater trials yet. They were only permitted to be at home that night, for another tclegrapi to Captain Kent ordered him to take his company overland to Greensburg, Westmoreland county, where he woild find transportation on the P. R. R. awaiting him to Pittsburg." So at last thoy made a gafeentry into Pittsburg, One of the best 'nrtn' who per formed the hard work of this forced march the most cheerfully, named Jamison, was killed within an hour or two after the com pany arrived in Pittsburg. It was a sad nnish of the plucky band's great detour around Pittsburg. BEDS ON THE BENCHES. Company "K" was assigned guard duty along the tracks ot the Pennsylvania Rail road in the neighborhood of East End sta tion. For weeks the only beds the Greene county boys knew were the benches in the waiting rooms ol Jiast Liberty station. Every night a couple of men were detailed to go down the tracks as far as Shadyside station and act as patrols all night and the bovs would grumble whenever they were ordered to Shadyside. One member of Company K, whose name was W. H. Glad den, however, thought he would like a trial at Shadyside. He applied for the job and got it. The night passed off quietly, the only thing he had to guard himself against being numerous freight trains. Day dawned and as usual rations were missing. The sun heightened, but no rations arrived. At last it was high noon. . "Here, we'll stop this." said Gladden. and taking his partner he opened the gate into the handsome grounds, and residence nearest the -spot they p'atroled. "They knocked at the kitchen door. The colored cook opened it They told her who they were and what they wanted, but the sight of their uniforms scared her and she was about to beat a hasty retreat, when a white gen tleman, evidently the master of the prem ises, looked over the cook's shoulders and asked what the men would have? Gladden re tated the case, to-wit, that his superiors had forgotten to f.end them rations and, after being on duty all night they were nearly starved. v "Come right iij, gentlemen, and make yourselves at home," exclaimed the gentle man, quietly. ".My name is Robert Pit cairn; I am Superintendent of the Pennsyl vania Railroad, and you two soldiers are protecting the property of my company. You are welcome here every morning for breakfast" So Gladden and his comrade lived on the fat of the land after that THEY TOOK UT A BAX1 OAVX. In tho course of three weeks, howerer. this routine at Shadyside grew Intolera ble. Private Gladden, mode up his mind to lip away from, the monotonous railroad tracks at Shadyside and see a game of ball. He induced his partner, who, at that time ifflftui i i .. hdBMJHa.Jl4Ji&ai. SMf7tmA lilHiily 1"mhI 'ml iiiii' I YriitfiilllftfifTlirf was the First to go along. would not few-houn The ,oaseall game jiver in Allegheny was intensely interesting. Priyate Glad den and the Lieutenant in their enthusiasm forgot all about the weeks ot hard patrol work. It was nearly dusk when they stepped oil a train at Shadyside ready to re port as usual when their superior "officers nhniiM (Vrnip.'smnnd. Bnt. (rrpat Cms-irl I What a transformation met the eyes of the two soldiers from Greene county. There in that lonely Shadyside hollow, where not a man was'in sight when they had gone away a few hours before, THE GOYEBXOB OP THE STATE was now quartered. There was Governor Hartranft's private car; on each side of it were picketed armed guards, and the space Tim Ftght at the locks. roundabout was peopled with newspaper re porters, telegraph messenger boys, railroad officials and brigade officers of the N. G. P. It was a scene of military activity. Of course, official inquiry was made into the absepce of the two soldiers, but Glad den, by a straightforward course, succeeded in clearing the Lieutenant of blame, and retaining for him his straps. The matter was eventually dropped, as both men-were good seldicrsand the company couldn'J. af ford to lose them. SEQUEL OTf THE STOET. Fourteen years have passed. The Sec ond Brigade, N. G. P.,,held its annual en campmjnt at Kensington, on the A- V. R. R., last month. Camp Kensington was but five miles distant from Tarentum ileth odist campmeeting ground. The religious meetings there were being conducted by an evangelist 'from Ohio. When he heard that the military encampment was in such close proximity he remarked: "I think I will visit it and hunt up the quarters of thfl Tenth Regimemt. Before I became a preacher I belonged to the Tenth. I was a member Oi Company K." One afternoon, between the hours of prayer meeting and regular preaching, he drove down to Camp Kensington. He found the Tenth Regiment without diffi culty, and was introduced to Colonel Hawkins. Rev. W. H. Gladden, of East InverpooL was his name. "Ah, yes," sighed Colonel Hawkins, as they went over the lively episodes of 77, "I wish we had companies like old K." Rev. Sir. Gladden found but two men in the present company from Waynesburg who were with it in its memorable march on Pittsburg. They are James E. Leonard and G. A. Stoy- A night or two after Camp Kensington broke up Rev. Mr. Gladden related the above story to me. The clergyman was resting under the trees preparatory to de livering his evening sermon, and reminis cences of his amusing connection with the National Guard was like so much mental recreation to him now. ' At last the bell for evening worship rang) clear and sweet, across the grove at twilight "Yes, indeed," he said, as he arose to ret Lhis Bible, "I almost forgot' the sad finish of my story, it is just a little more than a month ago since Captain John JL Kent died in Allegheny City. He was a brave man." L. E. Stofiel. AST IN DECOSATION. Regard for tbe Angles Win Prodnc Wo .derful Result In the Home. 8t. Lonls Post-Dispatch. 1 When arranging the movable articles of a room bric-a-brac, pictures and tho like people should keep in mind "the theory of arrangement" The human face preserves certain definite rules of expression which can be followed in home decoration. Thus: When the lines which form the mouth and eyes are par allel with the lines of the nose theface is said to be in repose. When the lines are lengthened to form downward angles the face expresses joy. When, lengthened to form upwaxl angles it expresses grief. Now apply these principles to your house decor atiqns and note the result Straight and curved lines produce the eflect ot dura- Dignified and Severe. bility and repose. On this principle, which has always been recognized, wainpeotings, doors and mantels are bnilt in straight and curved lines. But it would be inartistio to furnish a mantel with ornaments whose tops Jirregular and Graceful. would give a rounding of straight effect un less you want the room to look prim and stiff. The poplar tree with its upshootiug branches looks cheerful, while, the willow with its drooping branches produces an op posite effect, and the willow typifies sadness J ana gn.ei. xi in the putting up of decora tions we see to it that lines from the tops of the different objects with which we are to decorate a mantel form angles pointing downward then the effect will be cheerful. If the points are upward the effect will be opposite. And we must avoid arithmetical progres sion. Suppose we hang tree pictures of equai mum, uuv oi unequal neight. The first JL Proper jirranffement. one foot long, the seoond two, the third three. We must not hang them according to size became tbe line wonld not be a broken line but a straight one, losing there by the property of life and forming a stair way. The three pictures in the figure show the correct arrangement The same rule applies to furniture. " i! fr epotu- Jog. Grief. leading Jeatnrea of tho ContesWbr the League Pennant THE SUCCESS OF THE CHICAGOS. f Fighting Talk-of Mitchell and Corhett and Sullivan and Slam. POOLSELLnra AT t- THE COHSTT PAIES There has been a deal of humdrum during the week as far 'as baseball has been con cerned. The Interest that had been cen tered In tfnd the curiosLty that had been aroused by the wonderful peace conference has all died away, and there has been noth ing for us to notice but tho race for tho "a tionnl League pennant And even the pen nant raoe is becoming less Interesting; in deed, It is much loss Interesting now tha.i it has been for a veryJong time. It is, there fore, safe to say then that baseball during the week Just ended lias not been fraught with interesting features at all. The end of tho Loaguo struggle for 1S31 Is almost within sight; one can now get glimpses of It, and truly these glimpses show us many sur prises. .Every day is stiengthenlng the con viction that the Chicago team are going to captme tho coveted pennant, and I know no more deserving people, except It be our club in Plttsburs. Whnn the season started few ptopla indeed thought that the. Chicago team would flnlsh in first place; few thought that the New York team would be below first plape, and scarcely nnj body thought that the Pittsburg team w ould not be in tho first three Eat fheie have been two leading elements that have contributed to tho success of the Chicago team, viz.: Its good management, and the misfortunes of other teams. In tak ing a retrospect of the season lis far as it has gone we can easily see how game after game has been won by Anson's good management: that is by his excellent Judgment of using the right men at bis disposal Just at the right tlmo. Theio have been times when Anson's team have been considerably handi capped because of disabled men, part leu-, latly pitchers. But he manipulated the good ones he bad in a way that won many a victory when ordinary people would have snftred defeat I heartily acknowledge tho very good qualities of Anson as a manager, and I believe that those abilities have to a very great extent assisted in placing his team where it is. But, as I have remarked, the misfortunes of other teams have helped liim and his. team. For instance. I cannot for one moment believe that the Chi cago team would have been where it is had the Kew York team remained all right I tlUnk there will bo few If any patrons ot the game who will question this asser tion. And besides, the ffew Yorks and An son's team have on several occasions met opposing teams when the latter were com pletely demoi-alized. I point this out to show that the success ot the Chicago team has not entirely depended on their own merits; but while 1 do this, I certainly do not wish to detract in anyway from tho good work of Anson and his team. Something About the Giants. The collapse of tbe Giants has been one of the surprises of the season. I say collapse, because the recent work of that team has been so miserable when compared with their work of an earlier period of the season that they have made a com plete downfall; Indeed, I do not now expect them to land higher than fourth. There has been much written regarding tho downfall of the Giants, and almost all kinds of causes have been pointed ont On this matter I prefer to speak very plainly, and I make tho statcment-that, Just as good management and the mismanagement of other teams have helped the Chicago team, faulty man agement and their own misfortune have contributed to the downfall of the Giants. There was a time this season when tbe Giants were navciy superior to any other team in tho country, but almost In a day their pitching force was depleted and they began the troubles that have almost swamped them. Their fielders began to get Injured or were ovortakenby sickness, and those who were not thus knocked out lost tholr playing form. "Well now when these troubles came It seoms to me that thore was a little faulty manage-' meut. 'Thero was always a fair snnply of good playing material art command 'in the New York team and it appears to me that if this supply, limited as it might have been, had been properly used the Giants would have been a little more successful. I am not one who finds fault with tho release of Keofe. It may havo been a mistake to re lease him, but his work had been so bad for such a long time that it was reasonable lor the management of tbe club to think his day w as past. Since his release he has done fairly well. Dut it is by no means an estab lished fact that he is all right But It is somewl-at of n costly experiment if a player has to be retained at a good stiff salary until September, beforo lie Is ready for uso. Buck Ewlncr is another unfortunate feature in the New York team, and many people aie wondering why the club kpt him doing nothing and released Keefe because the latter was "off," But altogether tbe fortunes or misfortunes of the New York team remind us strongly thatJ tne Biar players nave mcir uay. "xney navo their day and cease to be." An Important ITeatnre. While I am talking of these stars, tbeso bedlmmed stars, I am reminded of a very important feature; of the Imsebay business. Its significance concerns everybody inter-" ested in the game. I refer to the great financial' risk that club stockholders run every year in getting together, or trying to get together a team of first-class players.. These risks of late have become so common and even havo became so requisite and so "costly that I predict a balt'will be called. Nov do not for a moment think thatl am going to hold cbib stockholders up as martyrs. I am not going to do that Thy are not absolutely forced to act as they do; but I am going to point out that on almost all occasions e the stock holder of olubs are the victims If there are any victims a all. They run all the financial risks and indeed it has almost become proverbial that tbe paying of extraordinary salaries is a risk that is not at all profitable. It has not been profitable and we cannot get beyond that factait when that Is tho case we ought to be franlc enough to acknowledge it If mv readers will JustTun over tho list of players who have this year been receiving the fancy salaries they will soon sdiscover who the victims havo been. What I contend then is this: That risks of these kind nra bapnful to the game In general. They are costly. The stockholders pay ont their monev and get no return. The publio sees nothing extra, in fact sees nothing up to the common standard. The enormous cost wearies tho stockholder and his interest in the business dios. It is a fact that high priced bill players are no guarantee of success; If it were otherwise Anson's team would not be "In it," and indeed I am beginning to thint that those extraordinary high salaries are more certain of producing bad results than good. True, there is a certain amount ofheioism about a club that puts up an CflUlIIiUUSSIIUJi UUW J (ft UUi KliUlb lO HlI12 good business judgment. We never see An son buying costly players or paying fancy salaries, rflrmly believe that if these fancy salants wore abolished it would be better for the players generally, and certainly better for the stockholders of a club. I am awai e that somo high salaries are being paid in our local club, but our club wa3 an excep tion lust winter and spring. Its ranks weie almost depleted of first-class men, and Pitts burg lud so little charms for good players that financial Inducements of an extraordi nary kind hod to be made. Besides thero were many other clubs w anting the players that Pittsburg was wanting. Pittsburg got them, and tkat fact at least shows that the stockholders nf the local club were brave enough to producethemoney to anyamount. The cry was, "Pnt up tho cash and you'll get good men." Well, the clnb did put up the cash, and if the men have been disappoint ments in any way in the name of fairness do not let us say the directors would not, or will not, fork out the money. As lar as put ting up the cash is concerned tlf 3 local club deserves success if ever a dubbin Christen dom deserved it. Inconsistency at Country Fairs. It is amusing to find the many gross incon sistencies among that class of people who otiDose betting .slmnlv "because it is betting. 'I mean' betting on any public contest, snob as a horse race I havo long held tho opin ion that the strongest opposition to publio botttng comes from people who oppose It only because it 1 called gambling, and that Innately they cannot or dare not tolerate gambling even though tho gambling of other people does not affect or Injure them. In our rural dlstrlots there has for a long tjme been a very strong opposition to tjooI selling on the horsp raoes In connection with the country fairs. In many instances poolselllng has been prohibited. Well, now when one hears of poolselllng being vetoed at a country fair one wonld think there would be no- possibility of visiting that fair and "getting action" for one's money in anything of a betting kind. When the promoters of these fairs are so watchful over and so much concerned about the publio morals and the safety of the public's money as to keep bool selling away from, them it would seem that nil wonld be Bafe at such innocent gatherings. BufraIl.lsnotsafe:,eyerytning is not based on good morality. On tbe contraiy this PocksnifiTan flaunting of morality, etc, Is all a humbug, because these very fairs abound with the most fraudulent games and are run by th w-rst swindling characters that it is possible to see at a public gathering. And let me say these swindlers are thero by per mission of the authorities of these fairs: nay, those authorities receive money to allow theso thieving games to proceed. Let me fm ther say that these very authorities de cline to permitpnblio pool selling. Now was there over such a gross Inconsistency as tbHT While I won't contend that the publio at all stages has the best of It in the pool box on a horse race, I do argue, and emphatically argue, that the publio never has the ghost of a chance at the "skin" games we sqe at fairs, etc. It is hypocrisy and inconsistency of this kind that Is indulged in by country fair authori ties who oppose public pool-selling. And still, unfortunately, this kind of opposition Is a power. Mitchell and Corbett During tbe week Just ended there has been quite a frank and free exchange of opinions between Charles Mitchell and James J. Corbett relative to a battle between them. Hatters bavo progressed so far that Mitchell has put up a forfeit to fight Corbett. The latter has declared himself to the effect that tho only thing flo wants to do before he dies Is to meet Mitchell, give him a good thumping and knock tho conceit out of him. In this kind of talking Corbett has been materially aided by a man nimed Brady, who Is in the theatricil business, and who has Coi bett engaged to appear in his show. But amid all this talk and "bluff," I don't think Corbett and Mit chell will over fight. Tho Englishman wants to fight under prize rjng rules with bare flst, nnd Corbett wants to light under Queensberryrnlos nnd before a club. I will be the most surprised man in America If ever Corbett were to consent to fight any ood man under prize ring rules. Ho knows ettcr. And I will be considerably sur Srised if Mitcholl ever consents to meet orbett in a glove contest nnder Queens berry rules. In almost all respects Uorbett b- the advantage of Mitchell. He Is heavier, taller and longer In tho reach, and therefore would bo almost as clever in a glove contest Taking every thing Into consideration, Corbett wonld have have much the better of tho bargain were he and Mitchell to meet nnder Queens berry rules on a stage. Because of this I ean- well understand why the Englishman 111 hesitate to meet Corbett under Queens berry rules. But why should Corbett refuse to meet Mitchell under prize ring rules? Corbett's reason Is that Mitchell would not Biuuu ui unu ugac xnat is nis siateu rea son: but his real roason, though, not stated, Is tliat he dare not meet Mitchell with bare knuckles In a 24-foot ring. Coibett Is now in the "sl-ow business," and will certainly talk as much as possible, but nobody can con vince me that he dare meet Mitchell In a 21 foot ring under prize ring rules. It Is the veriest nonsense for anyone to talk about Mitchell's "running away." Good gracious, aienot the two men within a 24 loot ring and will not Mitohell be com- Eelled to get near enough his man to bit im and of course get away without a re turn if he can, and he would get away all right, and it is Just this fact tnat c oises Corbett to decline a prize ring rnlo contest with Mitchell. But isn't it amusing to find Corbett talking about Mitchell not standing up to fight when wo recall the Corbett and Jackson affair. Surely It could not be possi ble for Mitchell to show more cowardice than Corbett displayed in that contest But Corbett is like many more big men. He and his boss Brady would liko all little men to be forced to stand still within arm's reach and batter nway until one was knocked out I have often had much to say against Mitchell, but I have never said he Is a cow ard, and a man who says he is does not say what Is true. Mitchell did what Corbett would not have done for a million dollars, viz., face Sullivan In a bare fist fight Snlllvari and Slavln. There Is not much space at my command this week, and I must omit several things. But I want to say a few words about tbe taking down of the forfeit that was up in behalf of Sullivan to fight Slavin. In taking it down the friends of tho former have tried to make considerable capital out of it The statement has been made more than, once that Slavln dare not face Sullivan. Some how or otherthls statomentbas always been made about anybody or everybody who has ever been matched against Sullivan. Just as sure as we live Slavln dare fight bulllvan, and put a pin In this opinion. There was no necessity whatever for Slavln to cover Sul livan's forfeit, and If Sullivan had been so anxious to meet Slavin why didn't he make a match with the latter when be followed him, Sullivan, to St Louis? The forfeit was simply a business scheme, and nobody knew It better than did Slavin and his friends. Tbe lightweights. Before I shall havo anything more to say Jack MoAuliffe and Austin Gibbons will have settled their argument I am Informed that both men are in good trlmajidlf they meet Friday evening in their best form I ex-" peot to find McAuliffe the winner. If he is beaten one of two things will be the cause: tie will eitner oe Deiow nis previous lorm or Gibbons will be a muoh better man than I think he is. True, Gibbons is a good man, but he has not so far aiown the ability as a fighter that MoAuliffe has displayed. Paraout. GLADSTONE AX HOMB. A Pretty Tribute From the Statesman's Friend, G. TT. E. Ituisell. SU TiOxAb EcpnWlc In the biography of Gladstone just written by tlje great Englishman's friend, G. "Vv". E. Russell, tbe author remarks: "In order tp form the highest and truest estimate of Mr. Gladstone's character, it is necessary to see him at home. There are some who appear to the best advantage on the distant heights, elevated by intellectual eminence" above the range of scrutiny, or shrouded from the close observation of the misty glamor of great station and great affairs. Others are, seen at their best in the middle distance of official intercourse and in the friendly but not intimate relations of professional and publio life. 'But the noblest natures are those which are seen to the greatest advantage in the close communion of home, and here Mr. Gladstone is pre-eminently attractive. His extraordinary vigor and youthfulness of mind and body, his unbroken health and buoyant spirits, form an atmosphere of in fectious vitality. He delights in hospital ity, and, to quote the phrase of Sydney Smith, 'receives his friends with that hon est joy which warms more than dinner or wipe.'' The dignity, the order, the simplic ity, and, above all, the fervent and manly piety of his daily life;, forma spectacle far more impressive than bis most magnificent performances in Parliament or on the plat form. He is the ideal oi those who are most closely associated with him." A FLAG ON CLTJNY CASTLK. Mr. CarnegiffTells xte Story ana Provokes Cheers for Mr. Blaine. ninstrated Neii of the 'Worlii. On the occasion of a -recent fete at Clnny Castle, Mr. Carnegie referred in sympathetic terms to the loss which the family of Cluny has sustained by the deaths o Captain Gordon Maqpherson and Captain Fitzroy. He sincerely sympathised with their families and relatives in their bereavement ."With regard to-the late Captain Fitzroy. he stated "that the American flag which that day floated from the castle aldng with the British ensign was not their own, but had come to them last year from Captain Fitz roy, with a request that it should be un furled on the Fourth of July asja token of the heart-union of the British and American peoples. "The eminent United States statesman, Mr. Blaine, was at the time their guest at Cluny Castle, and read Captain Fitzroy's note. JL - ucnuuvo vovrbegy touched Mr. Blaine and himself ereatlv at the tim.. and a gracious incident of this kind some times has far.reaohing consequences, for great events often spring from causes that seem very trifling. rCheers.1 Perhaps even this incident, small though it may have mufmMi. ml?ht not have been ahsnni imm the American statesman's memory when be consented recently to submit the Behring Sea dispute to peaceful arbitration. Loud cheers. J r J Affij-J-jr A,. iii-i Jj- i-C 1 r t " -. f& ' v w - J- fc 3T GOSSIP OF THE DAT. Trouble May Eesult From a Regency in Mecklenlrarg-Schwerin. TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER SEYM. Dangerous Waves at Sea That Haye'lforer Been Accounted lor.' THE WEALTH OP THE DUKE OP NASSAU pntrrnGT pob the msrATcn.1 Grand Duke of Jlecklenbnrg- The Schwerin is really a king. In his small but important do main his powers are almost equal to those of the Kaiser or the Czar. He is also proud of his family, which, it is cluimed, is the old est sovereign house in Europe. Early in the twelfth cen tury the present dynasty had its The Dying Monarch, origin and has ex tended down to the present time without a break and through 25 generations. Yet, with all his pride of blood and power Freidrich ITrana, the last successor to Henry the Lion has for years past been bowed down by illness and is now, they say, a mere skeleton physically and mentally unfit to transact th'e most trivial business. His condition long ago suggested the aiirisabil ity of appointing a regent to take charge of his affairs, but, no one cared to shoulder the responsibility of proposing the matter, knowing how violently he would resent it Something will have to be done and that shortly as he is now and for a long time past been but little betterthan a dying man. It is reported the matter is causing consid erable anxietyln parts of Germany, it being feared that it may lead to serious results in the event that either Germany or Russia feels slighted in the arrangements to fill the present ruler's shoes. Although Meckleu-buTg-Schwerin is a German province, Russia insists on having something to say in the matter, through the Grand Duke's wife be ing the daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia. Freidrich's brother Paul has been suggested for regent but the Czar objects on account of Panl s ultra German sympathies. It would not be surprising if this province should be the causa of s,erious trouble be tween the two great countries. The Perfect Number DIscnsslon. I observe considerable interest being taken in the discussion of what is called the J "Perfect .Number, in which the number seven is referred to as having special signifi cance and virtues. Njmerous instances in which the number occurs and combinations resulting in it are cited. They are all very interesting, but not any more so than those formed by the numerals preceding the one mentioned. Take for instance, the number three. It occurs in the scriptures, history, etc., as often and sometimes in a more curi ous manner than does seven. It only re quires patience, and a little arithmetical knowledge to make figures do almost any thing. George Canning, the eminent Eng lish statesman, once said: "Kothing lies moTfi tfian facts, except figures." The ex pression was used during the heat of a de bate, but, all the same it comes as near the truth as anything could. Figures can be made to tell either a whole truth or a half truth as the case may be. Everybody knows what Ignatius Donnelly sought to prove and did prove to the satislaction ot some, with that Shakespeare-Bacon cipher of his. All of his results were reached by an inge nious manipulation of numerals. It is ad mitted that Donnelly's figuring was appar ently as convincing as anything well could be, but with the exception of . a few, who were really willing to accept anything tend ing to substantiate the Baconian theory, it could readily be seen that the deductions had been brought about after running through a bewildering mass of figures, which beyond anything else amply proved that any result could be reached if one only figured long enough. Tallyrand's Pot Theory. The attempt to make out that the figure seven has a special significance is almost as ridiculous as Tallyrand's theory concerning tho letter B in connection with men's names. The great diplomatist held that men whose surnames began with this letter were, as a rule, mentally, morally or physically defi cient In proof of this he usually cited 75 or 80 individuals whose names began with that letter and whose careers in some way or another bore out his theory. Nothing is so convincing of the ntter aburdity of this idea than an examination of the ordinary city directory or encyclopesia. It will be found that the letter B largely preponderates and under the circumstances should, exceed any other'letter in its comprehension of not only bad, but gooii or indifferent individaaland things. And yet Tallyrand found many be lievers in his theory, even in this country and to this daw; one writer a tew years since endeavoring to prove its truth In an essay on the subject, containing a Ion" list of names, apparently convincing enough, until the pretensions of the other letters of the alphabet were considered and compared with the one in question. The Good Duke of Portland. There are people in this world who are lucky enough to accumulate large amounts of money who do good with it by con tributing to and founding churches, colleges, scholar ships, institutions of. benefit to the community, etc. Individuals of this kind are "few and far between," but it is a good thing for this world that it Duke of Portland. has that few. It is but right, too, that the institutions founded should bear the foun ders' names as lasting memorials to their beneficence. There are other individuals again who do not erect edifices or buildings to be their own memorials, but who will nevertheless have monuments in the memo ries of others that will lost longer than the staunchest granite. Of such is His Grace the Duke, of Portland. Here is a young man from whom most people would expect little in the shape of real goodness. He is a horse owner and racer and a betting man from the boots up, who thinks nothing of betting and losing $100,000 in a single day. I suppose a great many church people would refuse to accept his "blood money" were it offered them. However, the Duke has found a way, and such a way as will do a world of good for the poor people who will benefit by his kindness. Portland has immense estates in Scotland, in fact is one oi the largest landholders in the kingdom. Of course, under the circum stances, he has a large tenantry... A week or so ago he filled all these people's hearts with joy by voluntarily reducing all rents 35 per cent, and in the cases of widows and spinsters 80 per cent That is what I call practical as well as lasting philanthrophy. It is pleasing to know that he has already in a manner found an imitator in Germany. Readers of last "Wednesday's papers will have noticed that Baron Stumm, one of ths largest employes of labor in the oountry, has decided to raise wages during the prev alence of the food famine and to increase the pensions of widows of employes. The above examples can be safely recommended to those desiring to do good in a practical way. Philadelphia Get aMove On. In baseball PhilarLelphians are away up in the front rank, but when it comes to matters concerning human-progress, science, etc, they are simply lost Sometimes the newspapers do no publish a news item nntil 20 years after its origin. "Whether their service doej not supply it sooner, or that they favor the theory that age adds rich-" ness, I am unable to say. Again the publi cation of new-old matter, coming when en tirely unexpected, acts like n. shock on the nerves of the quiet citizens. Only a few days since, for instance, quite a number of gen tlemen, including a newspaper man, while looking at the laying of an artifical pave ment, were startled out of their wits nearly by the observation of one of those present that he believed the Egyptian pyra mids were built with just such material. The mere suggestion of this theory fairly took the breaths of the crowd. A lively discussion followed, that is lively for the Quaker Cityites, while the newpaper man got up a case of heart disease, running to his office to write a display head on the sub ject There is really no occasion for excite ment, good people. If yon had taken care to keep np with tho times you would have been aware that the theory you speak of is as old as the hills. It has been broached often in exactly the same way, particularly about 20 years since, when Coignet, the French scientist, proved after 15 years' ex periment that he could make a very good quality of stone of compressed sand. The matter was very exhaustiveiv and generally discussed at that time, one magazine, and I tuai, uu iiiijjurLuuii vue, ;iviug a long illus trated article on the subject Investigating a People. I have before me the picture of a man who has contributed more to ethnolonical knowledge of this country than any other within the last generation, or, for that matter, at any time. Many persons heard with sorrow nearly two years since of Mr. Frank H. Cnsbing's serious illness and the probability that his researches among the interest ing Zunis of the Sierra Madra would Cushing. haVe to be perman ently abandoned, for they knew, aside irom Mr. Cushings peculiar fitness for the task before him, :t might be a long time before another would be received into the confi dence of these people to such a degree that they would impart the secrets of their his tory whicji they so carefully guarded until Cushing undertook to learn them. To gain this information he abandoned all the com forts of civilization, joined the Zoni tribe, dressed as they dressed, lived as they lived, in fact, became a full-blooded Indian in everything except color. For years the value of what may be termed his sacrifice has become more and more apparent Theo ries held for years became certainties or were wiped out of existence altogether as the case might be. The sites of the famous Seven Cities of Cibola were established at last Facts ahout the movements, history and languages of-the pre-historio aborigines were learned that cleared away doubts. And all through the qniet, unassuming efforts of Mr. Cushing. It is a pleasure under the circumstances, to learn that he is now almost fully Recov ered from his long and painful illness and may shortly resume his investigations among his chosen people. Strange 'Waves of the Sea. The mysterious wave which did so much I damage to life and limb and to the steam- that class of physical phenomena, for which there is as yet no satisfactory explanation, unless it be that of submarine earthquakes. "Whatever the cause, certain it" is they have taken place time and again and always caused much damage on account of their sudden and unexpected appearance and the awful power wielded while they last One of the worst known occurred in the year 18C9. It was the first day of November and the people of Oran, AJgeria, had been ex periencing beautiful weather. No breeze was blowing and the harbor was stirred by scarcely a ripple. Even after it was all over, mariners on vessels lying a few miles out from shore, said no-storm of any kind had been experiencedj yet the people on shore suddenly noticed the approach of a tide of unparalleled height and violence, wnich submerged the coast-line far beyond the ordinary mark, and destroyed in its course much valuable property. On the tide's ebbing, when the 'danger was supposed to be over, great sub marine billows broke over the harbor and coast and beat furiously against the splen did new mole, lately constructed for the pro tection of the port, for the space of 36 hours. Receding, the immense waves uncovered the foundations of the mole to the depth of eight yards below the ordinary water level, and, advancing, broke high over the vessels within the harbor, some of them sending their spray clean over Fort .bamonno that is to say, more than 100 yards high. These terrible shocks, repeated with regularity every minute, soon racked and rent the pier on the sea side; in the spaccol a lew hours great fissures on the top and on the side next the town became visible, and its total destruction was seen to be inevitable. Be fore evening scarcely a vestige remained of the once splendid mole, which, on the morning of the same day, measured 900 yarfs in length and seemed well able to re sist the storms of many centauries. One of the World's Biota. Arlrilf. Prince of Luxemburg, Duke of Nassau, eta is a man wnose weaitn is at- tracting the atten- tion of the world at present He i a member of the an cient house of Nas sau, of which tho reigning family of Holland are mem bers. Although a wealthy man when merely Duke of.Nas- sau, it can readi'y be Prince of Luxemburg. understood that the acquisition of the Grand Dnchy Of Luxemburg, which took place last November, on the death of the King of Holland, did not curtail his riches or lessen his chances for accumulating them. The Duke of Nassau bears also the old feudal titleof Count Palatine of the Ithine. A Count Palatine was, in olden times, a feudal lord who had supreme judicial au thority in his province. I believe the title first became known under the Merovingian kings of France, who at first applied it only to peTsons high in authority, but, after'the time of Charlemagne, to any lord who con trolled a province. England has had three counties palatine Lancaster, Chester and Durham; Germany two, the upperor Bava rian Palatine, and lower or Bbcnish. The latter was founded early in the eleventh century, and is the one to which the Na3 saus are heirs. It is these valuable posses sions and their long retention in the family that has made them so wealthy. The Duke has a son, a handsome, soldier ly fellow of 39 years, of whom I spoke some time ago as being'in England in search of a wife. At latest accounts he had as yet not been successful. Wixkie. Sick and Dyeing. Detroit TtmPtm. . Elsie I declare, If Eunice's hair-doetnl get lighter every week since she was en gaged to "WiU. Josephine Yea. He hates dark hair and she's just dyeing for love of hint. fly?" y Br vH vk 7 ELECTRICITY IS WAK i Experience of an Expert in the late Unpleasantness in Chile. FACTS -ABOUT COAST" DEFEiTOES. Broken Saw Teeth Are Now Eepl&eed IVy the-KeiT Welding Process. THE CCEEEirr USED AS A DETE0TI71 rwMTTEX TOB TOE DISrATCH.1 A foretaste of the extent to which the work of the electrician will enter into the war operations of the future is given In the lively times through which the representa tive of a prominent electrical firm has just been passing in connection with the politj leal struggle now waging in Chile. Being stationed at Iquique. tho great nitrate port In the possession of the Congressional party opposed to Balmaceda, ho was called upon to furnish a light for a lighthouse on an isl and about 1,000 yard3 from the harbor shore. The. means available were limited. Eight arcs of 1,200 candle-power were first pn inside a parabolic reflector 6 feet In diame ter and eight feet in length, but tbe eJTects were not satisfactory. Then an old mirror was borrowed from the engineer of the Cochrane, one of the insurgent ironclads, that had done service In her searchlight This wns fixed np with a l,200c. p. light, put in a box, and tried near the dynamo bouse, steam being got lor the engine from the local lire brigade house. The result was brilliant and a beautiful ray was thrown across the harbor. Sow, however, came the question of get ting a circuit to the island. There was about 1,200 feot of copper wire available in various sizes, but there was not enough of No. O to make an ordinary stretch. After owing about all over the bay, the electrical engineer found an old rotten cylinder in a wrecked steamer. He knocked oft the head and put-In a big pole, which was steadied with rock, etc. This being about midway, gave him about 509 vards stretch on each, sidfe of the pole. He then had an SO-foot pole both on the land end and the island end. He still found that his wire wa3 not equal to his wants, and finally he was helped ont of the difficulty by the local telephone com pany, who gave him a supply of iron wire to finish hli circnit which, by this time, was about 3,000 yards. When everything was fixed up, the insurgent government 'Said they would not pay for the worJc, so the plant was shut down. But It was soon started asojn. One night one of the Presldental torpedo boats ran into tho bay and skirmished aronnd in such a lively way, flouting the shipping, sending on torpedoes and "play ing the devil" generally, that the Congres sional party were thoroughly seared, and paid tbe waiting bill in short order. Tho next nlcht the plant was set going, and the Improvised light threw a beam that would cover nearly a couple of miles in any di rection. It was arranged that anvot the Congressional launches cruising about all the tlmfl should show certain lights, and they did so whenever the beam caught them. At last tbe search light pickeuup two oraft coming in together, showing no light whatever. As they made no responsa the light was kept steadily on them. They were "visibly embarrased," and at length turned round and made for the open sea. Tbey were evidently torpedo launches sent In by tne "Condell" to make havoc of the ironclads. After this proof of its utility the search light was kept going nightly, and un questionably played a most important part in maintaining the safety of the city. The Defence of Jfew Torlc Taking as his text an extract from a speech of Admiral Walker, to-wit: "It would be an easy task for five wclMrmored shlpj to steam np tho North river and force the payment of 100,000,000 from the city of Kew York," Lieut Col. W. E. King has written a suggestive article on the necessity of effect ually providing for the safety of New York in time of war, in which he also shows how ouch provision can be made. One of the greatest dangers heretofore has been that an enemy in swift armor-clad ships would disregard tbe forts of the defenders of the entran.ee of the harbor, and rush past them. This is now provided against by the use of fixed torpedoes, which hold the enemy in check until the guns or movable torpedoes can get In their work. The torpedoes should be planted, if possible, under the guns of the fort, so that their removal by the enemy would require him to come within the effective range of the batteries. The exact location of the torpedoes would, of course, be unknown to the enemy, and the mere suspicion of their existence would inspire due caution on his part It is pretty well settled by the best naval as well as military authorities that no commander of a ship of fleet would be justified in disregarding a torpedo blockade, or in attempting to re move such obstructions, as long as their shore connections are held by tbe defense. It is upon this fact that Lieutenant Colonel King lays particular stress. He insists that the honor and dignity of the country de mand that our sea coast defenses should be pnt in such a state of efficiency as to dis courage rather than Invite attack, and he maintains that it is perfectly feasible to place all our important seaports in .such a secure condition of defense tbat no attaok will be made upon them, and this at a cost far less than, tbe cost of pensions resulting from a war forced upon us,or rather invited, by what he characterizes as "our penurious and short-sighted policy." In other words, in war as well as In peacc,-"a stitch in time saves nine." Electricity a a Detective. An advertisement In one of ths dally papers gives in detail tbe many advantages possessed by a new range of flats for which tenants ate desired. In addition to the ordinary attractions of such a building, it Is stated that "the doors to each apartment are connected by special burglar alarms, with switchboard and. gong in lower main hall; first of Its kind ever pnt In a flat build ing." There is no doubt that this adapta" tion of the electrical alarm bell will soon bo regarded as Indispensable to' the fitting up of a modern house. The police department la beginning to realize tbe extent to which their own efforts in tho detection and pre vention of crime maybe supplemented by the use of electrical devices, and only a few days ago one of Inspector Byrnes' men, made a clever capture by means of an electric alarm. Small sums of money had for somo time been constantly missed from, a lawyer's safe, and no trace of tbe thief conld be discovered. When the matter was reported to tho police department. Inspector Byrnes had an electric wire attached to the safe door, connecting with a bell In a hat store on tbe ground floor, where detectives remained secreted. About 5 o'clock in tho evening the bell bogan to ring, and the offi cers, hurrying np to tbe office, found ths porter of the building rifling the money drawer of the open safe. Unfortunately for him, he had found a key of tbe safe, and thought thero was nothing further to pre vent bis making a haul. Sermons by Telephone. The transmission of sermons by telephone to those wh6, from various causes, are un able to attend church service, which was experimented with In England last year, has turned ont so successful that steps are being takep to extend its use on a large scale. Provided with the receiver specially used, it Is said that invalids can hear per fectly while in' bed. In a quiet room the tolling of tho bell before service is distinctly audibie, the prayers can be followed, the re sponses emphasized, and every word of ths sermon distinguished; while solos in the an them are heard as distinctly as in the church. Twenty-four calls were recently received at the telepbono omceior connec tion with a local church in an English town, and as the nnmberof subscribers tn ere num bered not more than 60 It is evident that tho privilege of hearing tho sermon without going to church for it was appreciated. In manv of the large towns in England, es pecially in JIanchester, Nottingham, titaffoad, Wolverhampton, the church teln phone service has corns to be quite an insti tution. It has, of course, been common in j America fot a number of years. Saw Mending by Electricity. A radical change has been effected In ths pmotice of saw mendingby the introdnetion of electric welding. Formerly it was neces sary to cut down to a smaller size any saw frsm which one or two teeth had been brok- ' en, and thns not only was the difference la price . etween tbe two saws lost,bnt also ths eutir- cost of the labor in cutting the origi nal saw. Now, when a tooth Is broken out, a new tooth is fitted in and electrically welded into plaoe, and a drop of .oil applied afterward effectually rejtorei tho temper of tbe saw to a serviceable point. Ths pro cess is used in the regular work of tnnVlns; the Joint In continuous hand saws as well at for replacing broken teeth In finished saws. V
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