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BEV1EW0FSPORTS,
The Latest Phases of the Efforts to
Fix Up the Baseball Trouble
of This Tear.
THRIFT AMONG BALL PLATERS.
A Feir Words About the local Team and
the Probable Changes That May
Occur in It
COMING LOCAL FOOTBALL BEABON.
Ludlzg Features of the Pugilistic World ud Borne
Ccminj ETcnti Discussed.
Baseball affairs continue to be dull and to
a great extent monotonous. By this I mean
that there has not anything out of the com
mon happened during the week and it may,
with a good amount of safety, be said that
nothing of an extraordinary kind will
occur until the season is ended. To be sure
we'll have all the magnates making the
mc-t strenuous endeavors to have baseball
affairs thoroughly made smooth again just
as sure as the fall and winter come. There
are two things particularly that prompt this
opinion. One it that the Association mag
nates cannot afford to go on as they are, and
the other is that the Leag-M magnates are
still inclined to think that .b. salaries, gen
erally speaking, are too big. How the two
organizations will get matters fixed up I
don't know, but if all stories are true
efforts towardj fixing up are still going on.
Mr. Byrne states that the Association
people are anxious for ancther conference,
and this is just where the laugh come in.
I mean that another conference reminds us
of the laM, and of all the farcrs that haw
ever taken place in baseball the last
conference was wna w; may call a hum
mer. But while these efforts for a settling
up of troubles, etc., are going on, it is
amusing to find Julias II -rt and Mr. Billy
Barnie in Chicago with the declared inten
tion of putting a baseball team in that city
next year, that is, an Association team. The
truth"is that every wee's add proof to the
tact that these men who ar at tl s held of
afiairs in the Association are veritable fool.
According to their flaunted programme we
are to have an association team in Pitts
burg, one in Chicago, one in Cincinnati and
one in some other League city. These
wiseacres are only going to have an eight
club league, because Von der Ahe has em
phatically stated this. Well, then, this be
ing the case will anybodv be fool enoughto
contend with me that the associa
tion worthies are in earnest? Not
at all Why their bluff and
bluster is stamping them as marks
for ridicule. The idea of their going to put a
club in rutsburg. VThy the thing is pre
posterous, aad the wonder is that t agner
and his friends rail to see what donkeys
thev are making of themselves by trying to
make us hclicvo that they believe what
thev sav. Slaik vou, I den't for ono moment
desire to sae the"breach between the Associ
ation and the League continue If it can be
bridged honorabl5 But my sympathies
cannot go w ith a settlement that is made by
the League surrendering its dignity in any
degree whatever. And if the League con
cedes anv point at all to the Association it
will surrender its dignity. But as soon as
the magnates of the Association begin to
exercise common sense and begin to act as
sane people there may be some hope of a
settlement, and not until then.
About the Local Clnb.
I am very glad to know and to let my read
ers know that the local club will come out
all right financially this season. A day or
two nzo Secretary Scandrett inform rd me
that the club was now "on velvet." that is.
that it could not lose any money. This, I'm
sure, must be pleasing information to all of
us who take an interest in the game, be
cause if everacluD's backers deserved to
e-capc financial loss the backers of tho
Vittshurg club are the men. They have
been eiceedingl brave and tenacious back
ers, and if they come out even this year they
are sure to be winners next vear. Ofeourse,
mv mention ol next year will cause a laugh,
because tho regular time lor talking about
next year's triumphs is here, or almost here.
But I have excellent lvasons for anticipat
ing next year with verv great assurance.
But I am talking about this year, as it is not
over vet. Surely it has been a strange one
for Pittsburg in"a baseball sense, and it has
been very disappointing, too. My readers
will remember how high my estimation of
the rittsbnrg team was at the opening of
season, and it is needless tn say that the
work of the team has not shown that my
estimate was a correct one. But while
results may have been against me, I still
bold the opinion that Pittsburg has one of
tne best teams in the National League. Tho
team have gotten down to something like
their form. They have not reached their best
by auy means, but depend tpon it thej are
abnut'as fine a tram ol ball players as nny
body need see play. Last Monday I
Faw tl'.ein win two games at Philadelphia
bv first-class playinc. There was no luck
or chance about it. Only solid and brilliant
Slaying all round won for them, and any
otiywhosaw those two games must aumlt
the Vforiing qualities of the team. But as
call know thcie have been many causes
which have operated against the success of
the team. The-e causes have been so often
discussed that it is needless to discuss them
again, and the fact that the team are playinc
in brilliant lorm may caii'-e all ot us to for
get the pool succe- of the past. Ofeourse
to may expect changes to be made in the
team before next season arrives, but Man
ager McGunnig'e is not disposed to make
anv changes this year, and in this he may be
quite right, as al the team are doing well at
E resent, and I particularly expect to see
ally blossom out to be a gi cat fielder. He
appears to me to be a young man
of very great promise, and he is
very earnest. lew, if any men,
in tne country are playing better ball than
Ilanlon and this is greatly to his credit.
Manager McGunnlzle has no more earnest
man on his tram than Ilanlon, and, consid
ering tne recent troubles, this speaks vol
nrans for the manhood and the honesty ot
Hanlon. He is playing a great game and the
directors ill not. 'I am sure, forget him for
It. But the directors of the club could not
Vossibly ha- e secured a belternnmager than
Mr. McGunnigle. I nevnr knew a moie rest
less or a more active roan. Ke is energy
from his teet to bis head, and a very pleas
ing thing is that all the team now respect
him and have eutiro confidence in him.
This i, indeed, a groat clement of success,
and whatever may have been our sympa
thies or antipathies m the past it is on tv lair
to give Manager McUunnuile tho credit duo
liim now. Should he it-main in Pittsburg bo
will have a w inning team, because he is just
the man who will not rest content except ho
is among the best. He has an extensive
knowledge of bail players and hei well re
spected by them. This will enable him to
secure good men when they are needed.
Thrift Among Hall Players.
There has been much said and written
about the large amount of money that base
ball plavcrs receive, but there has not been
bo much written about what they do with
all this money. There was a time when as a
class baseball players were the most thrift
less lot cf fellows one could ever meet, but
I am very glad to think that that time had
gone. I am not going to say that there is as
much tin ilt among professional ball slayers
as th-jre ought to be. Oh.no! There is not,
and not by far, and it is because of this fact
that I am going to say a few words on the
matter. Those of us who know anything
hbout teams of baseball players know well
bow main of tnese players who receive
spoil, stiff salaries make the "money fly."
jJie number of tins class is unfortunately
voo gicat, but it seems to me that the foil'
Uf such conduct is fast dawning on all these
plajers. There are piajcrs who for three
mouths in the year receive about t3oO, and
yet thc-e men arc almost always "on the
beg." This is nothing short of dis
graceful, and this spendthrift spirit is
loitered Dy two tilings chiefly. One is that
tho plav urs of tins kind have previously not
brcn accustomed to handle so much money
and the change causes them to go to excess,
oi.in other woids, they illustrate the old
aitajjc: "Put a beggar on horseback and he'll
rido to she devil." The other cause is tho
ovcr-,adulgenco of tho club management.
Bv over-indulgence I mean that plaj era are
allowed to have money in advanco of their
salary or pay day, and this Is conducive to
Mini Uessness to a very great extent. But as
a mutter 01 self interest ball playors ought
to se how thy are injuring themselves in
ull respects by not faking care of their
money. Baseball playing is unlike almost
all other work or professions, because it is
only for a-comparatively short period of a
man's life that he can ba a professional ball
player. As a rule, the ranks of pro
fessional ball ulavers are made up of inon
who have not a very lucrative trade at
their fingers' ends, or at least they have not
a trade as profitable as baseball playing. If
they are average players they will receive a
salary out of which in four or five years
they can save a good sum of money, suf
ficient to start them in business or profit
ably invest when their baseball career is
over. And this is just what a sensible young
man would do, and when I say this I am not
S reaching a rigid or Puritanic doctrine,
ven with tho anionnt of thrift that I am
suggesting baseball players would be well
able to enjov nil the pleasures in life ration
ally; certainly more than their fellows whom
they left in their previous grades of em
ployment. And by exercising the thrift of
which I speak ball players would bo doing
just the thing to keep themselves in good
condition. It is the reckless spending of
monev that leads the player to excess
in dissipation and deteriorates his
abilities and werth as a player. By
exercising thrift his conduct is that
ota man who is preservihg his vigor, men
tallv'and physically. Probably one of the
thriftiest baseball players in this respect is
Pitcher King. Some time ago I had a con
versation with him on the matter and ho
frankly told me that his objeci at present
was to save everv dollar he could after
living reasonably "well. "For," said he, "I
will not alwavs be able to be a pitche and
then my opportunity for commanding &
good salary will be gone. I will then have
my extra money, that which I am now put
ting away, to fall back on, and I may in the
meantime be able to devote it to some profit
able use." Sow, this is just the way that
every ball plaver in the business should
look at the matter. If they would for once
begin to reflect on the question they would
T am sure see the wisdom, nay the necessity,
of being more careful with tho enormous
amount of money that is annually trans
ferred from tho public to themselves. The
question is a verv vital one and while I have
introduced it 1 have only done so on
purely business grounds, and I donH want
to be understood as preaching a sermon.
Tho Football Season.
In a few weeks we'll have the football
kickers in full swing fn our midst. There is
every indication that the season will be a
busy one for our kickers in this section for
I don't lemomber tho time when there were
so many football teams in and about Pitts
burg as there are now. This means that the
famous old winter sport is becoming ex
ceedingly popular, and 1 am very glad of it.
In my way of thinking there is no better
sport than a good and hotly contested foot
ball match game, whether it be under
llugby or under Association rules. Of
course we'll haTe both styles Tiere this year,
but the indications are that thera will be
more of the Association kind than anything
elss. I don't propose to pass an opinion on
the comparative merits of the rules, but I
do say that they are both good enough to
produce an exciting and interesting contest,
and that is what wo all want. The Associa
tion adherents are more active than the
followers of the American-Kugby rules, and
I suppose this will mean that we will see
more Association games than games under
Rugby rules. There is another reason
why we should expect this, viz: That the
Association clubs are sure to form a league
and compete for a priz?. This will sustain
the interest to the end of the season. Re
garding the principle on which the league
will be organized, 1 have nothingto say, but
I trust that care will be taken to keep-clear
of any quarreling or trouble among the
club. I know that it is the desire of Secre
tary Macpherson to give every club an equal
show, and when this is the case every club
should go into tho struggle with a desire to
do right and not to set up ridiculous charges
when things are going against them. Tho
trouble in this league often is caused by
the unreasonableness of tLe clubs that are
being defeated. .Verv often the most school
boy charges will be preferred by them, and
any amount of trouble will result; whereas,
if the defeat or defeats had been borne man
fully, everything would have gone along
as merrily as wedding bells. I trust that
this year a good feeling all round will pre
vail among all the clubs that join the league.
If this is the case all will be well.
The Professional Scullers.
A friend of mine told me the other day
that Hanlan is rowing as well to-tfay as
ever he did In his llfo, and it Is, I think,
needless for me to say that the statement
surprised me. The truth is, I did hot be
lieve it and I don't beiieve it now, although
my friend said he had the information from
the very best authority. If It were true that
Hanlan is as good to-day as he ever was, I
don't Hesitate to say that it would be n good
thing to back him against anybody in the
world. If Hanlan is the same Hanlan who
defeated Elliott on the Tyne andTrickett
on the Thames, depend upon it, he is cham
pion of the world to-day, and when I Bay
this I am quite mindful of the existence of
Stansbury. But 1 don't believe that Hanlan
is within lengths as good as he used to be.
Why, wcrj he to appear on the course in
the same form as he was in when he de
feated the champions of a dozen j ears ago,
Gaudaur would never bo in the race
with him. I am convinced that neither
Canada nor the United States or any other
country ever produced the equal of Hanlan
as a rower. And, although his best days
have passed awav, he may be able to defeat
Gaudaur yet. They are matched to row,
but as to the genuineness of the race I
know nothing. Nowadays, I have little
laith in our pi ofessional l owers, and until a
new generation springs np I think my mis
trust will continue. I, therefore, have noth
ing to say about the piobablo result of the
Hanlan and Gaudiuir race. There have al
ready been many shady Icatures connected
with it. But there is another race Bending
in which I have a mucn greater interest
than in the Gaudaur-Hanlan race. I refer to
the proposed double scull contest between
Hanian and O'Connor tmd Stansbury and
Kemp. Ofeourse, the event is too far off yet
to discuss in detail, but at present 1 am in
clined to think the Australians will be a
little "too good" foi Hanlan and his partner.
I also have an' idea that the contest will bo
on its merits, but of that I have not much
to say Just now.
In the Fistic Arena,
What I have to say regarding the Mc
AulilTe and Gibbons ficht will be said next
week, when I propose to deal freely with the
affair. Outside of that there has been al
most nothing in the pngilistic world to
cause comment. Xothing definite has been
done between Corbett and Mitchell, and I
don't think there Is much chance of any
thing deflnito resulting. But if Slavinand
Mitchell come to this country during the
tail, while Mitchell may not be inclined to
face Corbett in a contest under Qucensbeiry
rules, Slavm will, and if all is well Coibett
w ill be given to understand what fighting is.
It may be that Slavm and Coi bett will never
meet, but if tucy do I will be awfully mis
taken If Corbett is not made to f -cl wearied
of the fighting business. But whoever the
fighters w ill be, it seems certain that there
will be one or two big contests this tall and
winter. The California Club proposes to
oiler at least two very big prizes
for a heavy-weight battle and a middle
weight battle. The latter, I suppose, at
least I trust, w ill be between Pritcnurd and
Fitzsimmons. There is every promise that
the Englishman and the Australian will
meet this winter and if they do there will be
a battle. Fit'zsimmons when he faces
Pritchard will discover that he Is not in
f rout of l)empey, for I firmly believe that
Ptitchard as a middle weight is the equal of
two Dempseys. And at present I am in
clined to think very well of Pritcuard's
chances against Fitzsimmons. Should these
two men meet the contest between them
will be exceedingly interesting, because of
the fact tluit so many people seem to think
that Fitzsimmons is invincible simply be
cause he is a tall man. Tall and wiry pugil
ists us aiulc have been of little account
when pitied againircal fighters of shorter
stature.
A Coming Event.,
Of the coming events among the pugilists
the most note orthy is that between lteddy
Gallagher and Young Mitchell. Already I
have had a few words to say about tho
event, and 1 expressed myself 'favorably
tou at d Mitchell's chances. I am still so im
pressed. According to reports the twd men
are doing well in their training, and the bet
ting is at even money. Gallagher may and
may not De a gauie man, but I know for a
ceitaihty that he would not meet Jack Fo
garty excent the affair was fixed; in fact, ho
did not hesitate to say that he (Fogarty) was
a shade too good lor him. They hau been
o.i a spairiug tour together." Efforts to
arrange a contest between them went on for
some time, but thev fell to the giound be
cause of the lack of desire on Gallagher's
part to face Fogarty. True, this does not
necessarily prove Gallagher to lack pluck;
it may only show that he Is a shrewd
match-maker, but 1 would have ad
mired hnn more had he agreed to
meet Fogarty absolutely on tho squaie, par
ticularly because just at that time he was
tiilking considerably about fighting any
middle-weight in tho world. But lot me say
that Gallagher is quito a handy and shifty
boxen he also kits hard. These are good
qualities against a man like "Xoung Mitch
ell," butl am still inclined to think that the
hitter's good experience and cleverness will
pull him through. It may be true that
"Young Mitchell" will show a weak spot
when thoroughly pressed. To a very great
extent he has yet to show that he la really
and truly game, aud should Gallagher take
a good lead of him lie may coll .pse. This
may happen, but I don't think it wilL
The Homewood Fall Races.
fall racing always reminds us that the
THE
year is fast passing away, and It certainly
reminds us that the summer meetings are
ended. The summer meetings have been
tolerably successful, but probably not as
much so as they might have been. I cannot
help thinking that the Grand Circuit meet
ings this year have 'not been as pure as they
might have been At any rate there have
been sufficient causes for suspicion to
prompt decided action on the part of the
proper authorities so as to make things
better for next year. But I have not a word
to say against the Homew od meeting, and
I trust that the fall meeting, which begins
at Homewood Park this week, will bo as
successful in all respects as was the summer
meeting. If the weather is fine there will
doubtless be some good racing. The purses
offered aro good, certainly good enough at
this season to attract some good horses.
TJicre probably will bo a good supply or
local horses, nnd if there is that alone will
create quite a strong local interest. But I
am reminded to make a note ot one thing,
and that is for the race track management
to take good care of tho newspaper repre
sentatives. After all, the success of any
meotlng almost entirely depends on these
sons of fate, who- have to sit In the scorch
ing sun or amid u damp and cold air all day
nnd repord the contests. A reasonable care
for the welfare of these gentlemen will do
no harm I'm certain.
The Foot Banners.
Lately there has been more foot racing In
and about Pittsburg than there has been for
years, and the quantity of money lost and
won on each event has boen considerable.
Taking everything Into consideration the
contests have been tolerably satisfactory
although I hear complaints about one or
two. But I have heard grave charges many
n time against races that I have positively
known to have been ."run on the square," so
thatcharses ana oomnlalnts are not to bo
wondeiedat. But aboJt tho most onesided
affair I have known for some time was the
Hammond and Morrissey race. The Ham
mond party must havo been ridiculously
mistaken about their man's abilities or else
-thev had little idea of foot racing. There Is
likely to be another big race here qn the
26th inst. ' This time the contestants will be
McClelland and Tlarrin, at least lain in
formed that thev have been matched to run
a three-mile race at Exposition on the date
named. During the last few weeks McClel
land has been carrying everything bofore
him at the various Eastern- spoits, but it
must not be forgotten that his most promi
nent opponents have all been out of condi
tion. This is a very important factor be
cause jt is impossible for anybody to get a
correct estimate of a man's comparative
merit under the circumstances.
. Panroxx.
HUME, GIBSOX AUD BTJBHB.
Something About the Weaknesses of Theie
Great Literary Men.
National Beriew.l
David Hume, after retiring from pnblio
life in 1769, devoted himself to cooking, u
"the science to which I intend to addict the
remainong years of my life. I
have just now lying on the table before me
a recipe for making soup a la reine, copied
with my own hand; for beef and cabbage, a
charming dish', nobody excels me. I make
also sheep's broth in a manner that Mr.
Keith speaks of for eight days after, and
the Due de Nivernois would bind himself
apprentice to my lass to learn it"
Gibbon was extremely fond of Madeira,
and declared that it was essential to his
"health and reputation;" he would always
gratify his taste for it in spite of the pro
tests of his physicians. It was one of the
saddest privileges of the doctor's profession
to see the worst side of human nature, and,
like valets, to learn more of the weakness
than the heroism ot his employers. Some
hours before his 'death Gibbon picked a
wing of chicken and drank three glasses of
his favorite wine, which testifies to the
strength of his digestion rather than to the
obedience he paid his medical advisers.
Burns, after his first literary triumphs,
was, as is only too well known, admitted
for a time into the company of the great,
where he "ate spiced meats and drank
rare wines." He was, unfortunately.guilty
of wild excesses and his intemperance prob
ably cut short his days. He is said to have
once taken part in a match between two
lairds who contended for the possession of
an ancient heirloom by ascertaining which
could drink the longer and the stronger.
Wherever Burns went the doors flew open
to admit him, and if he reached an inn at
midnight the inmates were soon dressed,
and gathering with him around the punch
bowfj roared lustily: "Be ours to-night;
who knows what comes to-morrow?"
THE VELVET COLLAR GONE.
Tailors Do Not Fat the Little Ornament on
Overcoats Any More.
St. Ixrals Globe-Democrat
The velvet collar on men's overcoats was
as inevitable a feature a few years ago of
dress as the buttons on the back of a cut
away coat. But in the last two or three
years that fashion has gone out to a re
markable degree. The comparatively old
fashioned velvet collar of a decade is quite
extinct now. This was an entirely velvet
collar, and when the collar was turned up
nothing but the velves touched the skin.
Now where velvet has been used recently it
has been in the form of a half-collar, and
the lower half of the turn was ornamented
in this.
It was very rare a few years ago to see a
melton overcoat without a velvet collar,
but lost year the coats were made almost
entirely of the one cloth, and the excep
tional case was that of the use of velvet
The reason of this change is as much one of
cleanliness as anything else. The turned
up collar came into contact with the hair of
the head, and, as everybody's hair has some
natural oil, and nearly everybody uses some
sort of prepared hair lubricant, the velvet
became greasy and lost its texture. And
about the dirtiest thing in the world is
greasy velvet.
LIVING 0IT THE CABA.
Gourmet John Chamberlain Says th Chefs
Try to Do Too Much.
New Tork Times.
No man in the country has made a greater
study of the art of living that John F.
Chambcrlaia. He rode to TJtica on the
Chicago limited the other day, and subse
quently said to a friend:
"The fault with all these railways that
maintain dining cars is that the try to do
too much. Americans are the most consider
ate people in the world, and, while they in
variably demand a full equivalent for their
money, they are satisfied with less, if it is
of the best quality, than a superabundance
of a poor quality. Now, these dining cars
endeavor to lay too many dishes before
their patrons. People eat less when they
travel than when they are at home r at
tending to business. What the traveler de
sires for dinner is a good soup, a roast, an
entree, a couple of vegetables, not canned
but fresh, a salad, anda light dessert Of
course, all persons would not be suited, nor
are all suited now. hut I am convinced the
majority of travelers would be better satis
fied." EXTEHT OF THE SILVEE CBAZB.
Even the Landlords Take Fright and Make
Rental Payable In Gold.
New Tork Times.
In his mail the other morning, an amiable
young man who occupies eligible apart
ments in close proximity to the refreshing
shade of AVasUington Square found a formal
note from his landlord. It was a notifica
tion that the lease of the aforesaid eligible
apartments would expire October 1; that
there would be a small advance in the
rental, and furthermore that the rent in
future must be paid in gold. Somewhat
surprised by the last stipulation, the amia
ble young man sought -the landlord and
inquired its meaning.
"My dear sir," said the suave owner of
the apartment bnilding, "I think that you
will find that gold clause in almost all con
tracts nowadays. Of course, be'tween you
and me, greenbacks are good enough for me,
but in view of the pbssible enactment of a
free silver coinage bill, we landlords are
obliged to protect ourselves. We cannot
afford to be made "victims of any fiat silver
bill"
PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
POLICE OF IRELAND.
Oyer Twelve Thousand of as Pine
Men as Any Country Affords.
THE TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE.
Besponsibility of the Force Much. Greater
Than in America.
EXAMINATIONS FOE APPOINTMENT
pWMTTXX T0B THI DISTATCH.
The police in Ireland make up a quasi
military force, known as the Boyal
Irish Constabulary. It numbers about
12,500 men all told. Its headquarters are
located in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, and
known as .the B, I. Constabulary Depot.
It is presided over by an Inspector General,
a Deputy Inspector General, and three
Assistant Inspector Generals, besides sev
eral Police Commissioners located in various
districts throughout the country. There
are 37 County Inspectors, 230 District In
spectors, and the balance of the force con
sists of Head Constables, Sergeants, Acting
Sergeants and Constables.
The Inspector General while having gen
eral supervision of the entire force is
specially instructed with the discipline of
the ibrce and the finances; the Deputy In
spector General is in charge of the criminal
department, and both are assisted in their
work by a large staff of clerks. Each
County Inspector has charge of one county,
and each county is divided into several dis
tricts, which is in charge of a District In
spector. A Cmij SERVICE EXAMINATION.
About one vacancv in every five in the
rank of District Inspector is given to Head
Constables of the first class. .The other can
didates for this position have to pass a very
rigid examination at the hands of the Civil
Service Commissioners. They must be the
sons of persons who hold high social rank
and receive the approval of the Chief Secre
ary for Ireland. The subjects of examina
tion are English literature, history, geogra-
TJif Irish QmitdbWs Cbsarme.
phy, law, mathematics, English composi
tion and Latin or French. There are some
times ten applicants for each vacancy.
There are three classes of District Inspec
tors and two of Head Constables. The
classes are indicated by the ornaments on
the collars and sleeves of the tunics. The
rank and file of the force are. recruited
chiefly from the farming class and appli
cants must be unmarried, between the ae
ef21 and 26 and at leasts feet 9 inches ?n
height The fact that candidates have to
wait three and four years before thev can
obtain admission will give some idea of the
popularity of the force.
BESULTS OF THE EXAMINATIONS.
There are three classes of candidates. The
first consists of picked men who are above
the average as regards phvsique, general
appearance and literary qualifications. The
second class contains men of average qualifi
cations, and the third class those below the
average. Only men who are placed in the
first class have a chance of enlistment, but
the candidates in the other classes can im
prove themselves wherever deficient and
make new application. Of late years the
number of candidates have been on the in
crease, and it has been found desirable to
form a new class out of the first class, and
it is out of this upper class that the first
men are called. It is therefore not to be
wondered at that the men in regard to
physique, literary attainments, general ap-
Eearauce and respectability are ol a very
igh order; and I found among the best
people the general impression prevailing
that the constabulary of Ireland were the
finest disciplined and most respectable
body of men in the world. They certainly
bear conspicuous evidence of careful mili
tary training, and their fine appearance
and equipment cannot but be admired.
Their depot in the Phoenix Park has ac
commodation for about 2,000 men of all
ranks. The officers have excellent quarters,
similar to- those in military barracks; while
the rank and file have comfortable rooms,
with library, gymnasium, cricket grounds,
etc. Discipline is maintained at the depot
the same as in military barracks; armed
sentries pace to and fro at various points,
their guardroom and magazine being located
close to the entrance gate, where there is a
strong guard posted at all times.
THE NEW POLICEMAN'S DUTIES.
The first 12 or 18 months of the new
policeman's life are spent in obtaining pro
ficiency in military and police duties, and
when he has graduated, so to speak, he is
sent to a station in the country away from
his former home, where they are free from
all local interest and prejudice. There is
also a literary and shorthand school at the
depot, and a "large number of the force are
proficient in the art of stenography, which
is very useful from a Government stand
point in connection with meetings of various
kinds which are held all over Ireland.
The constabulary are armed with breech
loading rifles, sword bayonet, with saw on
back, revolvers, mace anil handcuffs. They
have entirely different duties to perform
from those of the police in this country.
Besides preserving the peace they are en
trusted with the collecting of agricultural
statistics annually, enforce the law against
illicit distillation, conduct election for
guardians of the poor, take the census,
escort convicts and prisoners, in certain
cases act as auctioneers, have supervision of
ticket-of-leave men, are ex-officio inspectors
of weights and measure, are clothed vith
the powers of Custom House and excise
officers, protect fisheries and enforce a num
ber of laws too numerous to mention.
PAKLIAMENT- EECOONIZES LOYALTY.
They have always been foimd loyal to the
interests of the Government, and their
fidelity has not been overlooked, for at
various times large sums of money have
been voted by the English Parliament for
distribution among the force.
Thedress of the constabulary is different
from any other police force' I .nave come in
contact with. It consists for rank and file
of a tight-fitting tunic of dark green cloth,
with light green facings on cuffs and a stand
ing cellar of the same material They wear
patent leather belts, and their pants are
made of the same material as their tunics.
Their headdress consists of the regulation
pill-box cap poised on the side of tne head,
and held in place by a narrow patent leather
strap which rests between their chin and
their lower lip. It is ornamented with a
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER
crowned harp worked in red, and a car
mine button in the center of the crown.
In full dress they wear the regular
military spiked helmet, with brass
chain, carry valise, which German
and English armies now wear instead of the
old-fashioned but" yet familiar knapsack;
haversack, canteen, in fact all the parapher
nalia of the regular soldier. In unpleasant
weather they wear cape overcoats and leg
gins, and when so equipped present a very
martial appearance. The dress of the
officers is somewhat more elaborate, of the
same color, but with facings of green silk
velvet instead of cloth; the crowned harp
on their cap is made of sterling silver, as is
also the badge on cross belt. They carry a
long saber of the usual military style and
in their saddle hostlers an army revolver
with the necessary ammunition can be
found.
THE TOItCE OP CAVALRY. -
In addition to the infantry there is also a
cavalry force consisting of about 600 men, a
number of whom are stationed at thehead
quarters of each county, and the remainder,
with about 1,000 infantry, are held in re
serve at the depot for duty in any part of
Ireland when necessary. The cavalry force
is armed with saber and revolver only.
The telegraph system of the country is
owned by the Government and the police
have the right of way at all times, and their
messages are deadhead. "When a crime is
committed, a description of the suspected
person is immediately wired to the prin
cipal police barracks in Ireland, and there
are no less than 1,600; also to the prominent
seaports of England and Scotland. In a very
short space of time the Government detec
tives are on the track of the offender and
escape is well nigh impossible. Offenders
for grave offenses are more severely dealt
with than in this country, and the fact that
detection is almost sure in every case ac
counts for the rather low rate of crime com
mitted as compared with the population. In
this particular matter I refer generally to
the entire United Kingdom.
MUSIC GOES 'WITH IT.
The Constabulary Band is considered
about the finest in the entire country, and
is located at the depot It, however, makes
frequent trins through the country to at
tend at pnblio banquets, etc. It is com
posed entirely of members of the constab
ulary force.
The pay of the force is very liberal, but
not in excess when the onerous and respon
sible duties which its members have to per
form are taken into consideration. After
serving 21 years any member of the force
can resign and claim a very handsome pen
sion. If he should he o'bliged to retire
earlier, either through failing health or
from injury received in the execution of his
dnty, he is the recipient of a generous com
pensation, as he may elect
A. H. Leslie.
ODD E0BT3 OF QBASSES.
Ono That TV1II JJrinR on Attacks of Palsy
Some Interesting Fasts.
Philadelphia Press.
There are some very poisonous grasses in
the world. The plants are not so, but they
acquire their deadly properties from certain
fungi, which attack them and invade their
tissue. Cattle eat them and perish. Some
times the seeds get mixed with grain and
poison peopU. One" such species has re
cently taken root in this country, and it
may cause trouble yet It came from Eu
rope and is known as "loliura." "Trem
bling grass" it is called, because it brings
on a sort of palsy.
Two or three kinds of coarse marsh grass
are used, particularly in Holland, to keep
the soil from blowing or being washed
away on the banks of streams or canals.
Their roots form a complex network beneath
the surface and holdjthe earth together.
Sugar cane is a grass, and so is' sorghum.
There are about 3,200 species of grasses in
the world, and of this number the United
States has 800 of all sorts marsh grasses,
desert grasses, etc. There is a curious
forage grass in Brazil that is like very much
magnified, oats, growing to the height of 12
feet From some grasses paper is made.
The only genus of plants peculiar to the
Arctic is a rare and beautiful grass indig
enous to Melville Island.
HOW FAE WOMEN WALK.
A Little Begister That Has Become tho Fad
of St. Loufe Ladles.
St. Lonls Pott-Dispatch.
Did you ever hear of the walking regis
ter? It is a little instrument designed to
measure the ground covered by pedestrians.
It is tbe latest craze among St Louis ladies
.who wish to preserve their health and in
crease their beauty by walking for the sake
of the exercise.
Finding that some one had invented a
walking register, they at once proceeded to
secure it. The device is like a little watch
and can be easily fastened upon the garter,
where it records every yard the wearer
walks. One young matron said a day or
two ago: "I had no idea how many miles I
walked until I got my register and now I
find that I walk more than is good for me.
Indeed, I walk miles sometimes just about
my household duties."
EXECTEICITY IK DBITOTG.
A Genius tVho IVonla Shock Horses In
stead of Whipping Them.
SU Lotus Post-TIspatch.
The electric inventor has applied the
subtle current to another practical purpose,
which he claims is both effective and health
ful. The application in this case is to the
reins on an ordinary set of harness so that a
whip to urge the horse along is not needed.
The reins for a portion of their length,
where they are over the horse's back, are
wrapped with copper wire. The wires are
carried up to a little battery, which can be
put under the seat.
"When it becomes ljecessary to urge this
horse a little, by pressing a button a current
is sent through the reins to the horse's back,
and he feels a sharp, though not painful,
prcking sensation and wakes up to business
in an instant
To the Public.
There is nothing we could say that would
so thoroughly convince the reader of the
great value of" Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Eemedy as a personal trial,
and what we do say is only with the hope
that you will give it a fair trial and satisfy
yourself that our statements are true. We
base our claims on 17 years' experience in
the sale and use of the remedy, during
which time more than 2,000,000 bottles have
been sold. What we claim is that Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholerarand Diarrhcea Ttem
edy is the most prompt and most reliable
medicine yet discovered for bowel com
plaints. That it is pleasant and safe to take.
That it never fails when the plain printed
directions are followed.
That it will cure painx in the stomach,
colic, cramp colic, painter's colic, printer's
colic, bilious colic or cholera morbus jn
their worst forms in less time than any
other known remedy.
That it will cure malignant dysentery, or
bloody flux, in its worse form, and even
when ' epidemic, that it has been used in
seven epidemics of that disease with per
fect success, and that it was the only remedy
or treatment used in either of these seven
epidemics that would cure the worst cases.
We have many testimonials in proof of the
above statements.
That it will cure chronic diarrhcea, and
is the onlv remedy that has ever been
known to effectually 'cure that dreadful dis
ease. The large sale of this remedy has, to a
great extent, been produced by people who
have been cured by it, urging their friends
and acquaintances to try it. In almost
every neighborhood there is some one whose
life has been saved by it, or who has been
cured of a severe attack of bowel complaint
by it, and they are its most enthusiastic ad
vocates, honestly and sincerely so, because
they know of its merits from personal ex
perience. It Is put up in 25 cent. 60 cent and ?1
bottles, and may be obtained from drug
gists. Chamberlain & Co., Props.,
WSu " Pes Moines, la.
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BIBLE INSPIRATION.
Dinlerent Theories Tbat Have Been
Entertained About It.
IT WAS NOT. SIMPLE DICTATION,
KoT Is the Other Extreme That Thej HaTe
Uo Divine Side True.
MODERN ACCEPTANCE OP THE TEEH
CwMTTEN TOU THI DISPATCH.
What is inspiration? What is God's
part in it, and what is man's? And wherein
does it differ from any other action of the
Holy Spirit upon the human heart and
mind?
To these questions the historic church
makes no answer whatever. The doctrine
of the inspiration of Holy Scripture is a
doctrine without a definition. It has no
authoritative statement It has no place in
the Christian creed, and no position in the
formularies of official theology. The De
crees of the Council of Trent, the 'Articles
of the Church of England, and the West
minster Confession all have somewhat to
say about the Bible, setting it at the fore
front of religion, exalting it in strong
words, proclaiming the sufficiency of its
contents for perfect knowledge of the way
of salvation, but deciding nothing about
this matter of inspiration. Any Christian
may hold whatever belief his reason per
mits him in this regard. This is one of the
things which we are left to find out (if we
can) for our ownselves.
DIFFEKEUT THEORIES ABOUT IT.
There have always been plenty of theo
ries of inspiration, some wise and some
unwise. These theories have differed,
for the most part, in their emphasis; cer
tain of them emphasizing the human side of
Holy Scripture, and certain others the
divine side.
Thus, in the seventeenth century, it was
denied by many Christians that the Bible
has any human side whatever. It was
maintained that the writers of the Bible
were no more responsible for the books of
the Bible than a typewriter is responsible
for a letter. God was responsible, and none
other. Moses and Jeremiah, and Paul and
Peter, simply wrote, syllable by syllable,
and word by word, as the Holy Spirit dic
tated; they held the pen, but God
moved it And so the Bible was taken to
be the word of God in the most literal
sense. If anybody ventured to affirm that
there is a mistake in the Bible, he was
guilty of blasphemy. He was finding fault
with God. The Bible was believed to be a
library of religieus books,' written, indeed,
at different times, and upon different sub
jects, and in different styles of composition,
but having only one author, and that author
the Lord God Almighty.
ALL OP EQUAL IMPOKtAITCE.
And so the words of all these books, be
ing the utterances of God Himself, were of
equal value. The first chapters of the First
Book of Chronicles, and the last chapters of
St John's Gospel were alike precious to
the believing soul. These holy writings,
from Genesis to Revelation, in every phrase
and every statement, in every turn of gram
mar, and every mark of punctuation, came
down out of the sky.
That is Biblical idolatry.
On the other hand, the tendency to-day is
to go just as far in the other direction. It
is denied by some enthusiastic critics that
the Bible has any divine side, at
all. The Bible in this theory is 'classed
with other books, and studied like
other books, and is discovered (so they
say) to be in almost all respects like other
books. The Bible is thoroughly and en
tirely human. Its writers reveal personal
characteristics, marks of temperament, and
peculiarities of style, as different from one
another as Tennyson is different from Car
lyle, or Phillips Brooks from Bobcrt
Browning. They are not even free from
the limitations nor above the prejudices,
nor safe from the mistakes and ignorances
of their times. They are men of like pas
sions as we are. David wrote hymns, and
so did Isaac Watts. Saint Luke wrote
history, and so did Lord Macaulav. Isaiah
and Liddon were both great preachers. This
theory makes the doctrine of inspiration
include all the good books in the world.
That is Biblical iconoclasm.
LITERATURE OP THE BIBLE.
Now, the only way to know anything
about inspiration is to examine its effects.
It is only on that side that a definition is
possible, and even here no definition is
likely to be adequate. Inspiration is an
influence, a force, a cause; and causes have
in them, always, elements which are inde
finable. Who will bring gravitation into
an adequate definition? Who will set the
meaning of genius into an easy sentence?
"All the Scripture is given by inspiration
of God;" here is the effect of inspiration.
If we cannot tell what it is, we may at least
attempt to discover what it does. Here is
what those holy men of God spoke, who
were "moved by the Holy Ghost" Here
is the inspired book. "What sort of book,
or library of books, is it?
The first thing which we notice is that the
Bible is made up of various kinds of litera
ture. The Old Testament begins. with sev
eral chapters of that kind of writing which,
in other covers, we arc accustomed. to call
legend. That is followed by volumes of
history; in the midst of which is contained
a book of ritual, part of it is as old as the
wandering in the wilderness, part of it as
new as the exile in Babylon, ifear the end
of these volumes of history occur two series
of narratives covering the same ground,
telling the same story, but from quite
a different point of view the "Books of
the Kings," and the "Books of the Chroni
cles." POETRY OP THE SCRIPTURES.
Then follow volumes of poetry. First
Job, a wonderful drama or play.in which
with the help of dialogue and action one of
the deepest problems of the race is studied
the problem of pain. Then the Psalms, a
great collection ot hymns and songs, some
for use in service, seme the meditations of
the poet, one a description of a thnnder
storm, another a march or a royal wedding,
another curiously arranged to have its lines
begin with the lines of thealphabet in order;
praise, and prayer, and malediction, and
retrospect, and thanksgiving. Then Prov
erbs, a series of shrewd maxims, a book of
quaint sayings for the moral government of
life. After that Ecclesiastics, written by a
confessed agnqstic, questioning and perhaps
denving the immortality of the soul. Then
the "songs of Solomon, another play, not, a
tragedy this time, but a story of love.
After the poets come the preachers, the
"prophets," the 'men who speak for God
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the others.
And in the midst of the sermons, two other
dramatic compositions, where again the
help of fiction is called in to impress the
truths of religion the Book of Jonah and
the Book of Daniel Finally, here is the
New Testament, made up of biography,
history and letters, and closing with the
majestic poem of the lie wlation of St John,
now it was written:
There is nothing in the form of the vol
umes of this book to distinguish them, ex-
cept in excellence, from other literature."
There is nothing to in licate that the his
torian, or the poet, or the dramatist, or the
preacher, whose words we read in the
Bible, wrote these books in any strange or
peculiar way. St. Luke, indeed, speaking
for the sacred historians, begins bis ac
count of the life of our Lord, by as
suring us that he has not staid still and
waited for some celestial revelation of the
facts which he has recorded, but has made
all possible investigation, questioned every
body, learned all he could, just as anv other
honest historian must - And St Paul, is
forever saying things in his letters which
show us that he never dreamed of the use to
which those letters would be put Not one
of them was written like an essay or a treat
ise. Not one of them was sent out to be a
theological manual. He wrote as we do,
answering the inquiries of his correspond
ents, sending personal messages, dealing
with matters of the present moment Ha
cannot remember how many people he bap
tized in Corinth. Only Crispns and Gains,
he gavs. But ait ves. and all the house-
l hold of Stephanus, and perhaps others; he
snows not. It is as natural ana personal as
any letter which the postman will carry in
his bag to-morrow. St Paul is not even
sure, in all cases, of his own judgment. "I
think I have the spirit of God," he says.
Any earnest mancan say as much.
A SIMPLE KIND OP 'INSPIRATION.
"What then becomes of inspiration? Is
there such an influence 'at all? The best
illustration of the working of inspiration
that I know of is' this: It is like that ac
tion of one mind upon another by which a
man influences his friends. In we come,
full of the enthusiasm of some new scheme,
ond wUh our mind fully made up about it;
nnd our friend talks it over with us. He
suggests this and that, points out a fallacy,
shows a danger, argues on the other side.
And, by and by, we come to look at the
matter from" quite another point of view.
"We have changed our mind. Our wise
friend lias actually put a part of his mind
into ours. Thenceforward, in that particu
lar direction of conduct, -there will be as
mucn ox min m us as ui ourselves, xic um
put his spirit in us. He has inspired us.
This sort of actien of one spirit upon
another is forever going on in daily life.
We are influenced, by our associates,
changed in taste, uplifted or depressed in
character, set with our faces this way or
that, actually inspired by our companions.
And this in proportion as we trust them
and love them. But does inspiration stop
here? Shall we say that God, who is a
spirit, cannot act upon our spirit, save by
physical and tangible forces? Cannot God
affect us as we affect our friend? Certainly
die can, and will, and does, just in propor
tion to the closeness of our companionship
with him. That is to say, just as much as
we will let Him.
THE DISCOVERIES OF TRUTH.
I believe -that God is closer to us than onr
own thoughts, and that he speaks to every
one of us every day we live. I believe that
all truth comes from God, and that he is
forever helping us to discoverand recognize
it And I see that in all realms of truth
God speaks to a man here and a man there,
and shows that man his truth most clearly
and sends that man to be a teacher. There
is no reason to think that truth about God
is an exception. I believe that God in His
own wav spoke to Newton , and made him
His prophet in the truth of science. What
a wonderful thing this one man so far
ahead of all the other men about him! So
spoke God to Jeremiah and made him His
prophet in the truth of religion. And that
is inspiration.
But what does inspiration do? Well, ev
idently, not all which has sometimes been
imagined for it It does not take all the
human nature out of man. And yet, much
more, perhaps, than some have been in the
habit of claiming for it Inspirati n, if we
may venture upon a fragment of a definition,
is the uplifting influence of the Holy
Spirit. Will anybody set bounds to that?
Will anybody say that a certain company of
good men, who wrote history and poetry
and plays and sermons a gond while ago,
were inspired; while another company of
good men, who are engaged in the same ex
cellent work to-day, are not inspired?
THE INSPIRATION OF TO-DAY.
Did God stop helping men when the last
apostle wrote the last epistle? We believe
do we nt? that the Holy Spirit is God
abiding in the world we live in, thinking
in all earnest thought, living in all earnest
life, the source of all holy desires, the im
peller of all purposes, the prompter and.
helper of all excellent achievement
Are we not inspired ourselves? We pray
that we may be. "We pray that God will
"cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the
inspiration of His Holy Spirit." We ask
Him to grant us, that "by His holy inspira
tion we may think those things that are
good, and by His merciful guiding may
perform the same." The men who wrote
the Bible prayed the same kind of prayer.
Inspiration is as wide as the influence of
the Holy Spirit. "All Scripture is given
by inspiration of God" yes; and so artfall
good books, in all nations and all languages.
And "holy men spake as they were moved
by the Holy Ghost" yes; and are still
speaking, the world over.
But are all the books equally good? Are
all the messages equally important? At
once, we begin to make distinctions in this '
wide field of inspiration.
THE PRINCIPLE OP SELECTION.
And what a principle! Why were some
better than others? Why, because they had
more of God in them, more of help for the
soul in them than the others had. Some
were the--original messages from God; others
were but commentaries' upon the messages.
They were all inspired, but some were more
inspired than others. The same kind of se
lection resulted in tbe canon of the New
Testament Again, among the good, men
chose the best "And here we have them.
The Epistle of Clement and the Epistle of
Jude were both inspired. For a long time
one was accounted of as much value as the
other. But the fittest survived.
Not only did the Bible come into its pres
ent shape by an act of selection, but it holds
V..i-A iJ a i : f !.
lis piui;e bu-uajr uy a WUUUUAiiuo wi fcuub
same selection. It is. our BiblCj. because it
is the best book in the world. We can quote
the Westminster Confession of Faith for
that: "We may be moved and induced by
the testimony of the church," says that
venerable document, "to a high and rev
erent esteem of the Holy Scripture, and the
heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of
the doctrine, the majesty of the style, the
consent of all the parts, the scope of. the
whole (which is to give all glory to God),
the full discovery it makes of the only way
of man's salvation, the many other incom
parable excellencies, and the entire perfec
tion thereof, are arguments whereby it doth
abundantly evidence itself to be the Word
of God; yet, notwithstanding, out full per
suasion and assurance of the infallible truth
and divine authority thereof is from the in
ward work of the Holy Spirit bearing wit
ness by and with the Word in our hearts."
WOULD ACCEPT A BETTER BOOK.
That is just what I am saying, expressed
in the formal language of theology. Show
us a better book, with a truer tracing of
God's dealings with the race, with a more
accurate record of man's growth in right
eousness and faith from age to age out of
imperfection into the less imperfect, with
a clearer revelation of God in it, and a more
helpful ministry to the needs of our souls;
show us a better book, and that shall be our
Bible. But a good many centuries have
gone by now, and the making of books has
multiplied out of all numbering, and yet
there is no other hook which can compare
with this book in all the world. And the
great books which lie at the heart of all
other great religions have been translated
into our language,' and all the Bibles of the
race have been set besidp our Bible that we
may compare one with the other; but you
know how easy it is for everybody to see
which of tnem all is the real Bible. God
inspired them all yes. God inspired every
good word in every one of them yes. But
the inspiration, of these scriptures which
we read in our churches and our homes is
related to the inspiration of all these other
scriptures as the .inspiration of Bezaleel
and .holiab, the" carpenters and masons,
was related to the inspiration of Moses, the
leader and law giver.
ANCIENT AND MODERN INSPIRATION.
The inspiration of the Bible is not to be
severed from the inspiration of common life.
It is different, indeed, from any other in
spiration; bat different as the journey of
Israel across the Ked Sep was difiercnt from
the journey ofourfriends this summer across
the Atlantic Ocean. God seemed to come
closer there between Egypt and Arabia, and
did certainlv stretch out His mighty hand
in an unusual and most notable way; but He
used the water and the wind. He did not
pick up the Hebrew army, after the fashion
of the Arabian Nights, and lift them
through mid-air over the sea. They had to
make their own way, God helping them.
And the writers of the Bible had to make
their own way, too, God helping them.
There is some difference between Isaac
Newton and a teacher of mathematics in a
public school, It is the incalculable differ
ence between text and comment, between
the one who hears God speak and the one
who only hears God's speech reported to
hin) between the Book and all the other
books. Geobob Hoboes.
IT'S OUK STONE AGE.
Yery Few of the New Buildings- in
Pittsburg Are of Brick.
THE BEAYER YALLE? QUABRIES
And Those of Ohio Furnish Most of the
Material Now Used.
WHAT AECniTECTS AND CTJTTEE8 SAT
The transition from the use of brick in
building construction in Pittsburg and Al
legheny 1o stone has been so gradual as to
have generally escaped notice outside of
those professionally engaged in the art, and
yet within a few years the fashion in struct
ures, for both commercial and residential
purposes, has undergone a complete change.
Excepting for smaller houses and suburban
villas of the cottage type brick has given
way to stone so thoroughly as to justify the
comment lately made that Pittsburg had
reached the "stone age" in her history.
And this is doubly true, for when other
cities are employing steel in the construc
tion of buildings designed for office structure
and trade purposes, Pittsburg, the home
of the steel trade, is every year using stona
to a greater extent Five years ago there
was but one residence on Fifth avenue,
that of Eeuben Miller, built of stone; to
day the brick dwellings are conspicuous by
their rarity. In .the heart of the city
granite and sandstone have taken the place
of the more old-fashioned material, and the
use of brick is confined to general construc
tion. Of course specific reference is here
intended to the exposed parts of the build
ings; brick for general construction will
always be used to a greater or less extent
The tendency, though, seems tobetodiscard
brick as much as possibleln favor of stone.
A WEALTH OP NATIVE STONE.
A reason for this may be found in the
proximity to Pittsburg of such excellent
building stone as is found in the Beaver
Valley and in the Cleveland district The
product of these quarries runs a very close
race for first place with the granite quarries
of Maine, the sandstone pits of Massachu
setts coming next The Iron Mountain gran
ite of St Louis and Lake Superior red
sandstone are also used in local construc
tion, but not to a large extent The race is
between the Ohio stone and the blue and
buff sandstone of Beaver county. As to
the relative merits of the two stones archi
tects are not of the same mind, but stone
cutters prefer the Ohio sandstone to the
other. It is asserted that the Beaver
-stone is not of uniform color, nor
uniform in quality, and that it is
harder to work than the Cleveland stone.
It is admitted, however, by some architects
to be more durable than the Cleveland
stone. Again, the Beaver "Valley material
is preferred by others because it looks more
like granite and presents the appearance of
being richer work. The Cleveland stone is
admitted to be susceptible of finer work
manship, giving more regular lines and
sharper angles than its rival, and a finer
finish. The main objection to the Beaver
stone is the lack of uniformity in color. It
is said that but few of the quarries yield a
stone which when built into a structure
wilbpresent as unvarying color as its Ohio
relation.
CRUDE METHODS OP QUARRTTNO.
It is also charged against the Beaver
product that the methods of quarrying it
are not as perfect as those used in Ohio, and
that the very best results are not obtained,
in the vnllay relative to the trade which l
should exist for the material. In illustra-
I tion of this it is said that only one firm ships
stone to outside points, tne general yield ot
these quarries being forwarded to this
section. Whatever the relative merits of
the Ohio and Beaver material, the use of
sandstone in domestic construction in the
two cities has increased to such a degree
as to make the" Beaver Valley industry a
very prominent one.
Pittsburg architects are certainly en
couraging the use of Pennsylvania stone as
much as possible. The large majority of
the residences and churches in the East
End are faced with this material. Promi
nent among them may he named the Hos
tetter dwelling, Shadyside Church, James
H. Park's, Lawrence Dilworth's and W. S.
McKelvey's residences. Among the build
ings in the city properin which Beaver Val
ley stone is used, are the Marine National
Bank, the Arbuthnot buildinir, the new
Times building in one front, the old post
office building, many of the old fronts along
Wood street, and the Smithfield street
bridge. The T. H. Nevin Lead Works, W.
E. Woodwell's residence, Allegheny, and
the addition to Wilmerding Library are
built of this material. Where very fine
workmanship is called for Cleveland: stona
is preferred, as in the porch of the new
Willock house in Allegheny, which is
being built ot butt sandstone. Blue stone,
also from Ohio, will be used in the base
ment and trimmings of the new Wilkins
burg Church, the'foundation stone of which
was laid Thursday, and Mrs. Gusky's and
the Bindley residence are built of this
material.
THE STONE PROJI A DISTANCES.
The consensus of opinion among archi
tects and contractors seems to be that the
Beaver Valley stone, if carefully selected,
will make as durable and handsome work as
any of the stone which is brought from a
distance to take its place. For example, it
is argued that the Duquesne Clubhouse,
the Masonic Hall building, and the trim
mings of the new Ferguson block, on which
sandstone from Long Meadow, near Boston,
was employed, wonld look as weU, if not
better, and be just as durable if constructed
of the brown, stone. The same remark is
applicable to the red granite from the Iron
Mountain used in the Vandergrift building,
and to the Lake Superior stone used else
where in the city. Where granite ij hauled
ail the way from Maine lor use in local
structures, it is in obedience to arbitrary de
mands, as in the case of the Government
building.
Excellent sandstone for building purposes
is also found in Lawrence county and at
Walker's Mills, 11 miles out on the Pan
handle; but beyond this there is'no other
building stone found in this end of tha
Swte.
SOME GOOD LOOKING FIGURES.
The value of the sandstone industry fa
the State has increased nearly 51,000,000 in
ten years; in Ohio the increase was about
51,300,000. Proportionately to the value of
the industry the increase in this State has
been remarkable; the value of the output
ten years ago being, Ohio, $1,871,921;
Pennsylvania, $627,t)"-'3L The value at
present is. Ohio, $3,046,056, Pennsyl
vania, 1,609,159, showing that the im
perfectly worked quarries of this Stato
have more than held their own withth bet
ter equipped workings of Ohio. The num
ber ot quarries in Ohio is 192, in this Stata
159. The quarries in the Beaver Valley
furnish a large quota of the output, how
much cannot be ascertained. There is evi
dence sufficient, however, to show that the
use of them in this section is on the in
crease, and that a large industry is capabla
of being built up in the neighboring county.
The amount of sandstone produced in the
United States in 1889 was over 71,000,000
cubic feet, valued at 510,816,037; the value
in 1880 was only 4,780,391. The to tal cap
ital invested in the business is 517,(76,467,
of which $11,500,000 is invested in land.
Novelist Howells' Daughter.
Miss Mildred Howells, the only daughter
of W. D. Howells, the novelist, will be
among the New York debutantes this win
ter. She is a tall, graceful girl, with brown
hair and eyes and sw eet, unaffected manners.
Miss Howells' Boston debut was accom
plished last spring.
Befosed.
Detroit Free Pres.:
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Cumio I can't conscientiously. I'm op
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