A REVIEW OF SPORTS, Great Time Expected Anions the Leading Pugilists Within the Keit Few Days. CONTESTS THAT ARE PEOBABLE. Eoma Keasoni TTClj Charley Xitcliell Should Jot Be Afraid to Meet Our Jamca Corbett A KW ADVANTAGES OP POOTBALL The local Eascbsll Affcfrs tad the Outlook tf the , General Situation. In a few days from now there will be more pugilistic talk in the United States than there has been in a very long time. Champions and aspiring champions will be assembled in our land, and what the result will be none of us can definitely say. But It ib safe to predict now that when Charley Mitche'l, Slavin, Fred Johnson, Peter Mahcr, James Corbett and John I Sulli Tan all get within talking distance of each other there ill be lota ot noise, lots of brasging and bluffing. Altogether it now seems as if the present was going to be one of the most remarkable winters as far as pugilism is concerned. Probably before' rest Sunday we'll have Slavin, Mitchell and Johnson in this country and let it be fully understood that they are coming here to do battle if there is a reasonable chance. Of late there has been a Tery strong desire on the part of Sullivan partizans to make Slavin out a rank blow hard; of course the same people have for years been acting siml arly toward Mitchell. Ever since the latter had the better of Sullivan in a prize ring in Trance, he has been a tareet for a host of verv partial writers and talkers. Now, I cannot for the life of me see why either Shu in or Mitchell should even be suspected of cowardice. Tney may be good, bad or indiueient pugilists, but surely it is onlv fair to credit thera with being willing to do what they travel thousands of miles to do. The pair are crossing the broad At lantic to meet Sullivan and Corbett, and. although thev are on their way to carry out their intentions, many people are still chanrinc the travelers with "bluffing." This is not fair, and I venture to say that there never was a man who cntcredthe ring readier to meet an opponent-than is Paddy Slavin. But all this unfair talk regarding Mitchell was indulged in prior to his meet ing Sullivan in a 24-foot ring. All those wiseacres who presume to know "all about It" day after day told us that Mitchell wonld "not, on any account, meet Sullivan in a ring. But hedid, and John L. and his friends fcnow it. Just let us for one mo ment consider the storm of jeers that would have assailed either Slavin or Mitchell if they had put np a forfeit to fight 13 months from now. Sora Probable Battle. "Well, the meeting together of the gladia torb will probablv mean an important glove battle or two. While I do not think that Sullivan will care about meeting Slavin within four months from now, I yet have tome hope that a contest will be arranged between Mitchell and Corbett. If Slavin and Sullivan do meet this side of next April, of course, I shall have a strong fancy for the Australian, but it may be that the the Sullivan party may request Slavin to get through with Jackson, and John li. will meet the winner. It really won't surprise ice it the Sullivan party now turn round end say the proposed contest between Sla vin and Jackson is just the thing that ought to take place, so that Sullivan -can tcck'.e the winner. During the last few davs there has also been lots of talk "about how Mitchell will try to wriggle out of a fight with Corbett. Tfeere was never si.ch an unfair and ridicu lous notion. Why Mitchell is traveling over 2,000 miles to" meet Corbett and surely the Englishman has already faced better men than Corbett. But why should Mitchell not want to meet Corbett? That's a question I would like answered. What has Corbett done? Much has been said about Mitchell's "sprinting" when he met Sullivan in a 24-foot ling, but don't let us forget the long distant race Corbett had with Jackson. Why bless Corbett, who has not bo lar done anvt riingat all that need make Mitchell afraid. 'The California! may be a wonder, but he has not proven it yet, and it will, indeed, be a wonder to me if he finds Mitchell such an easy mark as he expects. Nobodv know s better about what he is doing than Mitchell and depend upon it Charles must have a very strong notion that he can defeat Corbett or else he would never tackle him. And if Corbett faces Mitchell he will meet one of the most ac complished and one of the trickiest boxers of this century. I will go further and say that if Corbett cannot avoid Mitchell's stomach blows he will soon be beaten. And certainly Corbett will be either very clever, or too cowardly to stand np, if Mitchell does not land his favorite blow more than once. But let us wait and see what is done. The Little Fellows. When Fred Johnson gets here we are rare to have a contest between him and George Dixon. Already I have said a few words regarding the comparative merits of these two leather-weights. I still think that Johnson will meet defeat, except he has gained in strength since last year. During the week Tom Callagan, a North cf England youth, has demonstrated the fact that lie is quite a handy and effective little fighter. His backers are now inclined to put him against Dixon, so that the col ored chaiipiou will have plenty of work for a while. But Dixon is not Kenny, and that Callasan -n ill find out if ever he meets the little Boston hero. The truth is it will take an extraordinary man to dcleat Dixon at neizht, and I do not think that either Johnson or Callagan are extraordinary. Plimmcr is getting ready to face "Kid" Hogan, an amateur. Great things have been said about Hogan, but whether it is true or not is another matter. One thing is sure, viz., that Hogan must needs be a very tough little chap to defeat Plimmer, and it will surprise me if Hogan, just coming from amateur rrnks, can defeat the recent import. I'limnier 13 a good man at his weight and he is eager to fight. About Queonsberry Rules. Readers of these reviews will have noticed that from time to time I have assailed the Irutal features of the Marquis of Queens berry boxing rules; they are really fighting rules now. The Loudon Seferee has evi dently taken up the matter, and is arguing that one of the inhuman features of the rules is the length of time two men are compelled to fight in each round. The llefn-tt says: "I sluiuld rejoice exceedingly if the Ama teur Boxing Assieiatiou would alter its rules as to duration of rounds, cutting them down bv third. If von want to see swip ing, slocgin? punching such as sailors give and take lashed on sea chests and slid up to within range of each other, don't have rounds at all, save after the earlier method, when, enmoatants being throughly winded, would take a spell by mutual consent. I am fain to confess that a majority of oar new school of boxing patrons seemto care more for outins or houtipg, as it is pop ularly rendered than for skill and dexterity In leading up to or evading that achieve ment or catastrophe, as it is variously re garded by principals. In case one does most like good wook, the dura tion ot rounds ought to be cut down. Monkeving and fly-flapping maybe made in last inuefiuitcM. and profers of the arts come up smiling almost ad infinitum, no matter how Ions set rounds may be. But in serious work the best and best-trained men niubt go off toward the end of three miuute bouts at any rate, after they have been busy. By all means try strength and wind as well as "science: but all pleasure to spectators not brutally minded and uncar ing by what means the man they want beaten is "outed" should come through scientific display. The more winded you are and the weaker, the more your form must deteriorate. Short bouts and fair in tervals for rest and attendance are for these reasons far preferable to long ones. Only those who have timed themselves or been timed officially can believe how long three minutes can seem to last Too frequently the battle does not go to the dextrous so much as to the proprietor of the stronger pair of leg". Those members score instead of arms, which is anomalous in boxing, un der Qneensbcrry rules as adapted for the savate style I suppose there would be no difficulty in getting them 'twisted and turned about so as to fit tRe French method if anybody wanted to sign articles for that tine ot diversion. Some Unreasonable Claims. Several days ago there appeared in this paper an article from Cambridge, Mass., the purport of which was to show that the Harvard football team had furnished the season with better agzregate results than either Yale or Princeton. On Friday this paper published a reply to that article, the writer to the reply being Mr. Schilling. Those who read the article and the reply would easily see how unwarranted the claims of the Harvard team were. Mr. Schilling so effectively demolished the Har vard claims that there is nothing left for me to say except to supplement what he said. We are often told that figures can prove anything, and Bure enough the Har vard figures proved tnat they were far ahead of the other teams on the season's work. But as Mr. Schilling very clearly points out these figures were obtained by playing teams of very inferior rank; teams, I should think, that would play sec ond fiddle to onr East End Gyms. The colleges onght to have an understanding on this matter, so that ridiculously false claims such as those of Harvard may not be ventured. The quality of victories should count and not the quantity. A Benefit to Youngster. A clergyman looked into my office the other day to say a few words about the benefit of football and baseball The rev erend gentleman was, indeed, enthusiastic about the great advantages that football afiords the vouth and he went on to say that next fall will see a tremendous boom in football in and about Pittsburg. "We were a little too late in starting this year," he said, "but we'll be on deck early next fall. Why, it is one of the best sports in the world for the boys; but with The Dis patch I woul J like to see some of the rough features rubbed oft" How there is some hope for honorable sports and pastimes when guardians of the moral and spiritual take such an interest in them as the clergyman above referred to. Depend upon it "that such teachers will leave the world and its people much better than they found them, in intelligence, morality and physique. Recreation is what we all need and these outdoor games onght to be patronized bv everybody who has 'he well being of our future citizens at heart. The better and purer the patronage is, most assuredly the better and purer will be the sports and pastimes themselves The Breeders of Trotters. Everybody who takes an interest in trot ting and trotters mnst have been very glad to learn of the very successful annnal meet ing of the trotting horse breeders of this State the other day. The association has had a struggle in the past to live, but the reports at the annnal meeting went to show that everything is glorious and the pros pects are' of the brightest kind. This is well, because it holds out strong hope of a good future for the .trotter in this State. Pennsylvania is fast coming to the front, thanks to the efforts of Messrs. Miller and Sibley, of Franklin. The Breeders' Associ ation may hare done a great deal toward bringing'the State to public notice so far as trotting horses within" its limits are con cerned, but I question Tery much whether the association has ever done as much in this respect as Miller and Sibley. But they are members of the association and what they have done may be indirectly connected or identified with the organization. But the annual meeting would seem to In dicate that we may expect a c?eat improve ment of trotting stock in the State next year. A number of breeders stated that there is a more promising lot of youngsters in Pennsylvania this year than there has ever been. This fact eombined with the existence of a kite-shaped track in the State onght to make the next race meeting of the breeders a very interesting one, indeed. It probably would be the best thing that the breeders could do to go to Meauville next fall -and have their races. They ought to take advantage of all the benefits that a kite-shaped track can give. Before next fall comes Miller and Sibley and their trainer, Mr. Marvin, may make the track famous. Xxcal Baseball Affairs. Baseball still keeps more or less in the background, and I dare say few people will regret if it remains in the background for qnite a while longer. ' The week has to some extent been an eventful one in local circles, as a new President and a new man ager have been appointed. Headers of this paper would net be surprised at the ap pointment of Mr. Buckenberger as man ager because some time ago it was stated in these columns that Mr. McGunnigle was to be deposed and Buckenberger was to take the position. Taking everything into con sideration it seems to me that the change was a good one; not because of any short comings on the part of Mr. McGunni gle. He is an able manager. But there existed here against him a partisan opposition that would have made life unpleasant for him had he remained, and would have jeopardized the prospects of the club. This was an import ant feature because the opposition was an uncompromising one. This may sound strange but it is true. And let me say that the question of manager, which has caused so much trouble, had its origination in an undue newspaperinterference in the private affairs of the club. Certainly this cause has aggravated the matter considerably for months past. It should not be forgotten that men who have money invested in the club have a perfect right to select their own man to manage their affairs for them, and anybody who attempts to coerce them out of that right is doing a great wrong. Well, let us hope that everything will now go along all right The new manager has apparently a bright future before him. He is intelligent and energetic and has a good knowledge of the practical affairs of the game. He is getting together a good team and in truth the pros pects of the team are looking better every day. There is every reason to believe that Mr. Temple will make a good and successful president He is business from the word go and I am happy to say he is a very definite man. The two new officers are all right so far, and if our mutual friend, Han Ion, is made captain, I think matters will go smoothly along. Let us all trust they wia The General situation. There is hardly anything new in the gen eral baseball situation. There are still lots of rumorSTcgardins the 12-club league, and I am free to admit that it looks less like a consolidation now than it did a short time ago. That efforts are being made to effect a settlement is true, but everybody wants so much that nobody can agree with anybody else on the matter. There is plenty of time to arrange a settlement lfefore next April to be sure, but in the meantime the trench is widening bv the jumping and rejumping of players. This "stealing" of players will not mend matters, and it cannot be stopped until a final settlement is made. A Blow at Baseball. One of the most amusing and I might say audacions spectacles of late years is the ap pearance of Councilman Wertheimer, of Allegheny, before the public as an opponent of the national game. Whether he be an opponent in spirit does not matter, because he is publicly posing as a baseball enemy when he tries to persuade the Allegheny Councils to exact a license fee of $lo per game from the local club. All the sophistry and reasoning in the world canuot down the fact that this is a direct blow to the game in this section, and were there any sound rea- an extraordinary step Mr. WrrthpiTnfr" atmnlfe efforts tnici dent be some- what excused. But Mr. Wertheimer, of all men, should be slow to act as he is doing. He is a public man, not only as a Councilman but as a liquor deal er, and suiely there Is a re markable inconsistency in such a man trving to handicap the legitimate and honorable amusement of the public True, while we are watching a ball game we can not be in saloons, but no patriotic Council man ousht to be influenced by this fact The question is almost too" ridiculous to discuss seriously. Certainly it is unneces sary to attempt to go into details to show the absurdity, the unfairness and the per nicious features of such a move. What in the world has prompted Councilman Wertheimer to select baseball as a mark? I'm sure it contributes largely to the wealth of the city; to the muscle of our young citizens, ani to the pleasant recre ation of our old ones. To impose a fine, for such it is, of 515 on every game would simply stop professional ball playing in Allesncny. The idea is preposterous, and it will be'exceedingly interesting to find, if even a division takes place in Councils on the matter, how many members there are like Mr. "Wertheimer and who they are. Professional Itowers Again. During the week Edward Hanlan has once more been brought prominently before the public in a "Way that at least only adds to the disrepnte that has already sent pro fessional rowing into obscurity. Mark, I don't say that Hanlan has really committed any dishonest act, but I refer to the fact that he has been charged with doing so. A few davs aso he conceded Alex. McLean 100 yards start in three miles, and when he, Hanlan, had almost collared his man he collapsed. He stopped rowing and the British Columbia man landed a winner. Both rowers were hooted by the crowd of people who claimed they had been fleeced by fakirs. Whether not the race was honest, there were extremelj suspicious features sur rounding it, and it is safe to say that it is another big nail in the coffin of professional sculling. I have often remarked that there is no hope whatever for professional rowing in this country until a new generation of scullers have grown up. When profes sionals travel from place to place arranging races, it is safe to bet 100 to 1 that there is "something rotten in the state of Den mark." Our professionals have been doing this for years and things have come to snoji a pass that they hardly dare now visit the same place twice. The "receipt" bus iness has more than anything else contri buted to the state of things. I can remem ber the time when the public and the row ers knew nothing of "receipts" and then was the time when there was racing for glory and honor as well as money. The EnfflUh Champions. Speaking of professional rowing reminds me that Billy East and George Perkins are matched to row on the Thames for the English championship. They rowed in a regatta last year when East was the victor, and judging from reports he is likely to be the victor again. But isn't it interesting to note how the "mighty have fallen" in England as far as sculling is concerned. Just think of two mediocre scullers like East and Perkins rowing for championship honors in a coun try that has had its Chambers, its Ren forths. its Kellys and jts Taylors I And don't let us forget that professional scull ing in America is fast descending to a simi lar level. The present "receipt" gangcan nct last much longer, and the sport is so degraded now that young men won't enter it; therefore the standard of professional rowing is sure to be low when the present performers drop out In England to-day amateurs lite Gardiner and Nicholls can beat the best professionals, and so it will be here shortly our best amateurs will be bet ter than our best professionals. Trouble Among the Amateurs. Amateurism is not only becoming very popular in this country, but it is becoming very troublesome as well. Those who have been mapping out the road in which ama teurs must travel recently are meeting with lots of difficulties, for every week there are some amateurs to be "expelled" and some to be reinstated. This is all, or I might say about all, caused by a desire to have ama teurism as 'near like professionalism as pos sible. These notions of "cash" prizes and loose systems of "expenses" always had their bad results and always will have. There ought to be a very distinct, if not a very wide, line drawn between the two classes, and as long as there is not the ama teurs will be the loser", because the nearer their class gets to professionalism, the more bona fide gentlemen will there leaTe the ranks of amateurism. There are many things elear to common sense observation that cannot be made transparent by a code of rules, and so it is that many so-called amateurs have been more or less living on their athletic abili ties, both in this and other countries. Un til this is changed, and firmly changed, we will continue to have the troubles that are now disrupting amateur ranks. Pbinoi.ii. JISH AS A BHAIN FOOD. The Denials That the Food Contains hut Little Phosphorus. For years fish, and especially salt-water fish, has been eaten largely by mental workers under the impression that it Is good for brain fag,' on account of the large quantity of phosphorus fish meat contains, rays Dr. J. N. Norwood in the St Louis Globe-Democrat. Lately more than one phy sician and scientist has put himself on record as denyine that there is sufficient phosphorus in fish to make it of any value as brain food, and many who have derived consolation from consuming it have felt a little sore in consequence. The principal argument on the negative side is that in habitants of fishing villages where butcher's meat is never seen, do not display excep tional intelligence or abnormal brain power. To this it may well be answered that an exclusive fish, diet is not sufficiently in vigorating or strengthening, but this does not alter the fact that all weH-cooked fish on analysis are found to contain phosphorus in large quantities, and the salt and shell varieties exceptionally so. BAD HANDWEITIHQ. It Has Been a Stepping .'tone to Fortune for Many a Man. There are many bad habits against which young men entering business life are warned, bnt there is one that has never been mentioned, but which keeps men down almost as much as liquor, says a business man in the St Louis Globe-Democrat. I re fer to the habit of writing a good hand. School teachers and'parents both think they are doing their duty in teaching boys to be come fine penmen, but as a matter ot fact they are often ruining their chances for life. If a good penman occupies a clerical position the chances are very great .that he will never rise nny higher. Merchants like to see their booksneatly kept, and if a man satisfies them in this respect, are very re luctant to remove him. With a bad penman the case is different They would be glad to have a better one in his place, and when an opening for promo tion occurs, the poor writer will, in most instances, be chosen to fill the place. Strong Medicine for Saloontsts. In some countries a drunken man is sent home in a hack, the hire of which the jnan who served him with liquor must pay? and when there is any difficulty in ascertaining who sold the beer or spirits the police philosophically collect the fare from "all upon whom suspicion rests, the demand be ing invariably paid in preference to investi gation being made. Manure From Sewage and Refuse. An improved separator is being used in Sweden for the treatment of sewage and the residue of fish, which are thus turned into a valuable manure. The principle of thjs new process is the rapid drying of the raw material by means of artificial heat, while disinfection is being effected by the addi tion of creosote. j sons for such FROM WILDER. The Merry Little Story Teller Has Tronble Oyer In Brooklyn. DREAMS OF TWO RELIGIOUS MEN. How the Jolly Bartender GeU Solid With Political Factions. ATHIBSTT ITAS'S" FUMY EXPIBIEKGH rWBITTJCX FOB THE DISPATOB.1 Time to me a truth has taught, 'lis a truth that's worth revealing; More offend from want of thought Than from any want of feeling. Dr. Talmage invited me the other day to the wedding of his daughter in Brooklyn. I always, as a rule, hate to go to weddings or funerals. But I went over to Dr. Tal mage's house and laid my plans as I gen erally do when I go to Brooklyn. I took with me a chart of the locality, as travelers generally do when they are making a jour ney through Switzerland. I find that as a general rule a visitor to Brooklyn is always sure of one thing; the .cars all land at Greenwood Cemetery. I arrived at the house a little before the ceremony at the ohurch was oyer and fonnd a number of people already gathered there. But upstairs where the presents were, there were very few people; so I thought that there was my chance. While I was looking over the different presents, I noticed that the detective who was there kept an eye on me and I thought possibly he, living in Brooklyn, did not know who I was. Bnt pretty soon others came in and began eyeing me. I am accustomed to being eyed, yet this seemed rather strange. Finally I said to myself, "There must be something wrong," and on examination I found that my time having been so limited in getting ready to go to Brooklyn, I had neglected to change my trousers. There I was; dress coat, vest, and dress shoes, but everyday trousers. I am sure that would never have happened at any other place but at Dr. Tal mage's church or home. The Mathematics of Matrimony. Talking of weddings, do you know when two become one? The newly married man answered this by saying "my wife is one and I am one, so we two ar eone." The Great Men Who Dream Dreams. Speaking of Dr. Talmage reminds me of two other ministers though each has a special title of his own. They are Bishop Potter and Rabbi Gottheil, who, I am told, are very close friends in spite of some dif ferences of opinion, and who persistently poke jokes at each other. They take their constitntional walks in Central Park where they are quite likely to meet and compare notes. Here is the latest report of their conversation: "Ah, Rabbi, says the Bishop, cordially, "glad to see von looking so well, Babbi. I had a dream last night and was just think ing about it I dreamed that I died and went to the gate of heaven, where I met Peter, and, just as I anticipated, he wel comed me with open arms and announced to me that my home in the Protestant heaven was all ready for me. Something in the expression struck me as being singular, sol asked him if there was nothing but a Protestant heaven, and he replied that there was also a Hebrew heaven. Some what surprised, as you may imagine, Rabbi, I asked him if I could take a peep in the Hebrew heaven before I went to my home in the Protestant heaven. He said that I might, so I went there and looked in, Kabbi." - 'Tab, yah," said the Kabbi, ii his charming broken English, as he delightedly rubbed his hands, and a benevolent smile overspread his -face; "yah, Bishop? TJnd vot did you see, Bishop?" "Well, Babbi, I saw a great host of old men with long, gray beards, walking solemn ly around in grave silence and with sad faces, but no women, Babbi, no women! You know there are no women in your, re ligion!" said the Bishop. The Kabbi bowed his head reflectively, kept silence for a moment and then said: "That vos very queer, Bishop, but I .had a dream like dot mineselC" "Ah, indeed," remarked the Bishop, in terested at once. "Yah, I died und rent to heaven, yoost as you did, Bishop, und Peter he say my home vos ready for me in the Hebrew heaven, und it struck me so qneer'I wanted to know if there vos anodder heat en, und he say yes, dere vos der Brotestant heaven, und I asked him if I could take a squint in der Brotestant heaven, und he says yes, und so I goes dere " "Yes, Kabbi," interrupted the Bishop, impatiently, "and what did you see, Kabbi?" "Vot did I see?" answered the Kabbi, gravely. "Vot did I see? I saw noddings, .Bishop - derblace vos empty." Got Mixed on His Drinks. Some of these good and religious people that disagree with each other about one and the same thing remind me of plenty of other people who know what they want, and that someb'ody else wants to give it to them, but they can't agree as to what it is They are like the Dutchman who was going along the street one sultry day, and thought he would have a beer, so he stopped in a saloon. Two gents beine waited on by the bartender seemed as though bartender were making something very nice for them, and, when it came his turn to secure at tention of the B. T., he asked him in a confidential way, what he made for those gents. "Why, that was a flip." "Yaw, yaw," says Dutchle, "make me one of dose." He enjoyed it greatly and went out re freshed and jubilant at'having discovered a new drink. Later in the day he got thirsty again and stopped in another saloon, went up to B. T., and, in a confidential whisper, said: "Make me a Yacob." "A what?" asked the astonished B. R "Make me a Yacob," repeated the Dutch man, not at all disconcerted at the' strange manner of the B. T. - "What's that?" inquired B. T. "It vos a drink," replied Dutchle. "Well, tell us how it's made and I'll make it for yez. I'm the champion B. T. we've got everything to make drinks with, and yon bet I kin make anythin'." "Veil," replied Dutchie, "you takes some fine ice and puts him in a glass and a spoonful of sugar and some sherry vine and an egg and you shake him all up." "Oh, you mean a flip," said the B. T. "Oh, yaw, yaw; Phelipvoshisnoni!" said the jovial customer. "I dought it vos Yacop." He Was Bound to Be a Cripple. Some barkeepers are decided characters. I never try their mixtures, but I do enjoy their chafE They were quite as influential as any of the politicians in the last cam paign, and had the politician's genius for being all things to all men for the sake of getting votes or selling drinks. Each one ot them tolerates one particular lounger, who never is kicked out when his money is gone. In a certain saloon down on "v"est' street, New York, where different heelers and politicians assemble, there is a lounger known as "Old Sport" 1 Of all the men who sit around to be treated he is one of the most constant Be generally sits in a corner of the saloon on a beer keg, and has but little to say except in reply to the in vitation "Come boys, let's have a drink." Just before election in came Mr. Duffy. The bartender said: "Good morning, Mr. Duffy." "Good morning, Mike; glad to see you. I came down to tell yon that I am the Demo cratic nominee for Alderman for this dis trict, and I thought I would come down and see the bovs. I heard they had something agin me.'1 "Oh, Mr. Duffy, agin' you? Notat'lng. "Why, upon my word, beforo any man down here votes acin' you, I would icut off my right hand."' "Well, come on, boys," said the candi date, "let's have a drink." Everybody jumps up, including "Old Sport. After the drink; out goes Mr. Duffy. A little later Mr. Kobinson comes ill and says: "Good morning, Mike. I am running as Republican candidate for Alder man in this district, and I thought I would come down .here and see how the boys aro feeling." "Oh, to be sure, Mr. Kobinson, all the boys are wid you to a man. Rather than have any man agin' you I'd lose my left arm, sure." So the candidate offers a drink, and "Old Sport" takes one with the rest Finally another man comes in any says: "Good morning, Mike." "Good morning, Mr. Kennedy," says the other, "what brings you down here?" "Oh," says the visitor, "I am running on the Prohibition ticket, and I thought I would see how the boys are going to vote." "The boys are' wid you, sure," says the bartender, "you know" they are; why, we came from the same connty. Rather than have a man agin' you, I'd lose my two legs." 'All right," says the Prohibitionist, "Tm glad you're with me." "Old Sport" takes his medicine with the rest and then resumes his seat in the corner (rod smokes in silence. After the candi dates and everybody else have gone he turns to Mike and begs a drink "For the love of St Peter, as yon are going to be a orippls, anyhow." Getting- Blch. Too BapWrj. At another time, when the bystander were talking about the immense wealth of Mr. Gould and Mr. Vanderbilt, and saying that every time the clock ticked it added another dollar to the fortunes of these mill ionaires, "Old Sport" became very much' excited, and, jumping up, wildly shouted; "For heaven's sake, stop the clock." xne wite ot juiKe, the bartender, was a very sympathetic woman, The other day she met Mrs. Kennedy on the street, and, stopping her, said: "Good morning, Mrs. Kennedy. How is your husband?" "Oh," replied the other, "poor Mike, he is a perfect martyr to delirium tremens." It takes all sorts of people to make world. Merrily, yours, Marshaxt, P. WTxdbb. XZZ0UII0R OF QUEEN VAST. Suppressed Details of the Affair How Given by Hon. Louis Wlnsfleld. rWMTTET TOR Tint DISrATCI.1 Tne Hon. Xioms wingneld, who died re cently, was a literary genius as well a "globe trotter." His adaptation of Schil ler's great tragedy, "Mary Stuart," is the best English version of the great German poet's masterpiece, especially in historical accuracy. In this work he was aided by the private papers and memoranda of one of his ancestors, who was the only royal com missioner present at the execution of the un fortunate Queen. In looking over these papers, the Hon. Mr. Wingfield made several important dis coveries .in regard to the execution which have hitherto remained unpublished. Hume says that Mary was assisted in preparing herself for the block by her women. This is not the case, as none ot her women were allowed to approach nearer than the line of soldiers which surrounded the scaffold. The executioner himself attempted to cut away the neck of her gown, but was very nervous, and, finding the knife he was using too slow, seized the cloth and tore it away his hands. ,While she was reciting her last prayer, the "De Profundus," not only 'were the drums kept beatin, but the Calvanistio exhortersTvho were present and the major ity of the witnesses ot the execution did all they could to drown her voice by shouting the most insulting epithets. As she mounted the scaffold stairs the prayer book which she carried in her hands was snatched from her by one of the Calvanistio divines. Hume also says that the executioner struck off her head with two blows of the ax. The executioner made a very bungling job of it It took altogether four blows be fore the head -was off. The first struck the base of the skull, the second was between the shoulders, the third only partially cut off the head, requiring still another to com pletely sever it The most horrible detail in connection with this legalized murder was the fact that when the executioner held the head aloff saying, "This is the head of a traitor," the head parted from the wig which the dead Queen had worn, and fell upon the platform of the scaffold. It did not Stop there, as has been said, but bounded off upon the floor below and rolled in among the crowd gathered to witness the execu tion, when it was picked up and tossed back upon the scaffold by one ot the soldiers. These are not pleasant facts and made the execution far more brutal an outrage than commonly supposed. S. CANKIBAL TE0N WORKERS. The Fan Tribe of Africa Smelt Ore and Make Money of the Metal. A gentleman, for 30 years a missionary to the Fan tribe of Africa, has presented to the University of Pennsylvania one of the most important archselogical collections ever made. The Fans are the powerful race of cannibals mentioned by Du Chaillu as the ruling people of the equatorial region. The collection shows a considerable degree of civilization and high mechanical skill, espe cially in metal work. 'Native iron, it seems, is plentiful, lies near the surface, and is smelted by simply building a fire over the exposed ore. A very queer-looking bellows is used, and is said to be effective. The iron hammers weigh about 25 pounds, but the anvils, strange to say, are of stone. The Fans are the only people in Equator ial Africa who have a currency, and they are strong monometalists. The money is of iron, wrought into pieces resembling rusty hair pins with flat heads. They are put np in bundles of ten, and 100 bundles is the market price of a wife. WAGES AND PRICES. The Statistical Work Authorized by the United States Sonate. The United Sates Senate Committee on Finance will conduct, this winter, the most important economic investigations ever mode in this country or abroad. The inten tion at first was simply to inquire into the effect of the McKinley tariff act on wages and the cost of living, but the plans have been gradually widened until now it is de cided to trace the whole course of wages and prices in An erica and Europe for the past 30 years. Dr. Roland P. Falkner, of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, will have charge of the investigation at a salary of ?3,000; the report will hardly be ready within a year, though several specialists will be 'employed under him. Detecting lameness In Horses. When examining a horse with a view to purchasing, always have him led down a steep or stony descent at the end of a halter and with no whip near him. Many horses when brought out of the stable are excited by the presence of strangers, and become still more so at sight of a whip. A slight lameness may, therefore, be momentarily overlooked by the horse himself, just as a man" under strong excitement, will some times cure a sore foot Leading the horse down a slope will show any defect in his foreauarters. and running Jiim back will de velop any weakness that may exist in his him d legs. STUDY OF' CLIMATE. Europe Is Ahead of America in tho Details of Meteorology HEW FIBE-PEOOF WALL MATERIAL. Semarlcable Development of Muscle In a Man S3 Years of Age. SCEAP3 01? EYERI-DAT .BCIEITCE IWKITTXX FOB TIJI DISrjLTCH.t At the recent International Conference of Meteorologists at Munich, Mr. Harrington, who was one of the delegates from America, expressed himself as much pleased with the cordial way in which European meteorol ogists have shown their appreciation of the meteorological work done in tne United State. Mr. Harrington, after studying closely the meteorological methods adopted in Europe, was particularly - struck by the fact that the study of climate has, in gen eral, been prosecnted by European meteor ologists to a degree of refinement that has not yet been attained, and. is, perhaps, scarcely appreciated in America. For instance, an eminent climatologist, criticising the location of some instruments on a rise of ground and amid trees, possi bly 100 feet above the surrounding plain, objected that these instruments could not properly represent the climate of the sup rounding country, but that they should hat e been placed in the open, flat fields near at hand. "If this person be correct," said Mr. Harrington, it is evident that' the de mands of agricultural climatology aro very different from those of dynamic meteorol ogy or the stndy and prediction of daily weather, and it will be an important resnlt of our European journey if we shall have received a decided stimulus in the direction of minute climatology." Fluid for Natural History Work. One of the most perfect preservatives known is carbolized cocoanut oil, which has been adopted in many museums for natural history and microscopio work. Cocoanut oil and carbolic acid mix freely in all pro portions. The mixtures generally used are oil rai-ed to the specific gravity of 10 and 29 below proof spirit by the addition of cld. While the ordinary gum and glycer iue process is absolutely useless for any an imals except certain families' of fish, this mixture is good for every kind of verte brate. The most delicate frogs are unin jured by it, and the fugitive tints on the skins of snakes are beautifully preserved by it; moreover the skins can be packed away without any fear of their turning color, as they always maintain a silvery and natural appearance, in pleasing 'con trast to the ordinary museum specimens. Carbolio acid also enables cocoanut oil and turpentine to be mixed together, forming a splendid microscopio fluid. , The leg of a fly, simply laid on a slide in a drop of this fluid, and covered with an ordinary cover ing glass, witbont any cell being mode or cement employed, has remained on a table unaltered for ten months. A Physiological Cariosity. A lingular phenomenon in muscular de velopment at an advanced age is noticed by the Lancet In a military bicycling trip, in which the party made 100 miles in ten hours, one of the riders was Major Knox Holmes, a veteran cyclist of 83 years, who arrived at the termination of the expedition five minutes in advance of the rest His condition is physiologically peculiar. In 12 weeks' training he has, in a most striking manner, "developed muscle" in the external and Internal vosti, the reotos, and the muscles which form the calf of the leg. It has become so entirely a part of physio logical doctrine that after three score years and ten there is no new development of mus cle, that if this record of actnal develop ment in one whose age exceeds by 13 years the traditional span of human life had not been established beyond question, its possi bility wonld have been doubted. Art In Carriage Miklnc. Men whistle sometimes when' they hear the price of the best carriage in the market, and are surprised to learn that many houses are built and furnished more quickly than a first-class carriage can be made. It is possible to bnild a good carriage in a month, but one that will ranK as tne very oest tnat workmen can put together cannot be made in less than four months, and very often where the vehicle is made to order six months is expended in completing it An artist or a sculptor furnishes no more inter esting stndy to those fond " of watching skilled hands at work than the various artisans in a perfectly eqnipped car riage factory. The painting of a carriage alone is an undertaking that re quires months of time when the best work is desired. Nine different processes are re THE UHBEST 111 LEADING MILLINERY UD FANCY GOODS HOUSE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA . Open Evenings Till 9 0'GIock Until Ghristmas. NO TIME FOR ADVERTISEMENT THIS WEEK, but we would cordially invite you and yours to come and see the biggest collection and most varied selection of TOYS, DOLLS, BOOKS, . GAMES, BRIC-A-BRAG, BRONZES, ' MARBLE, PLUSH, LEATHER & OXIDIZED GASES, Besides thousands of other things, suitable for presents for either OLD or those who cannot come during the day, OPEN EVERY-EVENING TILL 9 CHRISTMAS. ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST quired to secure perfect results. The finish ing room is an apartment compared with which the hot room of a Turkish bath seems like a refrigerator. From tKe intense heat at which the room is of necessity kept, the varnisher can do bnt little .work at a time, his visits being short frou. fear of suffoca tion. All this discomfort iias to be endnred to guard against the entj-ance of flies and other insects and dust into the room. A single fly could quickly do $20 worth of damage. ; Increase of the Peat Industry. Peat is forcing itself more and more upon the attention of the industrial world as a valuable raw material. In Germany it is being utilized as a source of bog-head naphtha, tar, solar oil, paraffin, acetic acid and gas, and the peat bogs of North Ger many and Sweden are now being worked with a view to obtaining the elastic fibre. which, when free from dust, is used for ' weaving into carpets and other textile fabrics. Good peat also furnishes a neat cellulose, which obtains a good price from paper manufacturers, and when dried is valuable as a packing material ns a substi tute for straw litter. The dust is especially adapted for preserving perishable articles. Meat and fish hare been sent long distances packed in this material, in perfect con dition. ' Heir TJse for Grape Stones. The extraction of oil from grape stones promises to develop into a permanent in dustry. For a long time it has been known that oily matter was present in considerable quantities in the stones of various descrip tions of grapes, but only recently has the question been definitely investigated. Chemical tests show that the oil derived from this source is by no means dissimilar to castor oil, resembling that substance in its high acetyl number and iodine number, a resemblance which extends to its property of yielding Turkey red oil on treatment with sulphuric acid. Direct dyeing tests show the product to be excellent Monler System of Construction. A comparatively new system of con struction, the invention of M. 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SEND FOR CIRCULARS AND TERMS. doiKT YOUNG, and, for DANZIGER'S terial relatively to its weight. It la olio claimed that the material is perfectly fire proof and cheaper than any other at present employed, and that space is considerably economised owing to the comparative thin neii of the material employed. A Xow Industry for America. Preparations are being made in this coun try for the manufacture of a new material for lining vessels. It is made from the cel lulose of cocoanuts, which has the property of absorbing eizht times its weight of water. The material, which is made-into saeks, if used as a lining ''for vessels, and it is not only extremely difficult to make a hole in it, but should it be punctured by shot or br any other means, the inrush of water will have the effect of instantly expanding the material and filling np the gap. 2 Sun and Moon and Edged Tools. It is found that the light of the sun and moon exercises a deleterious effect on edged tools. Knives, drills, scythes and sickles assume a blue color if they are exposed for some time to the light and heat of the. sun the sharp edge disappears, and the tool is rendered absolutely useless until it is re tempered. In its effect on iron, moonlight has very much the same attributes as son light Hew TJse for Alnmlnxum. Field flasks of aluminum, instead ot thsj ordinary glass flasks, are being Introduced experimentally into the German army. They appear to be serviceable and strong, and should they fulfil their promise, the whole German army is to be supplied with them. In addition to their greater durability, the metal flasks are much lighter than those of glass, their weights being respectively ISO and 500 grammes. English Traveling; Methods. The American system of a uniform class for all travelers is being adopted on the lat est constructed railway lines in England. 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