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.
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