EKSBBjSSuMEaMQfMfc:.2. $ Jf.rMn?7'i'a,.' mwfmm ABEVIEWOFJ SPORTS, Baseball Magnates and Their Ifew Monopoly That Has Been Formed During the Week; 80iIE OF ITS EVIL FEATUBES. Greed and Stupidity of the Ball Flayers the Cause of the KeT Corporation. TEE BTAJiDARD OP AMATETJE EOTEfG. pjiEioai loonf the Comics Battle Between Carroll and lifer Tunday XifM. Out of fbc warring factions that hare for a Ion time past made baseball wearisome end expensive has evolved the most gigan tic monopolistic organization that has ever been Identified with the national game. One of the most despotio leagues ever known has been organized, and as far as the magnates are concerned for the time being thers is peace. As a rnle peace is always desirable, and conse quently we generally have peace-at-any-price people. In this instance, the fact of peace being re-established among the lead ing magnates, is such a pleasing occurrence tint it diverts attention from the huge monopoly that has been formed to attain it. By and by the public will have time and opportunity to examine this latest baseball hydra. Time will tell whether or not the means employed to bring ail the leading baseball spirits into one common are the best. "Very often we have to make many sacrifices to make peace with our neighbors and surely In this instance the National League has made remarkable sacrifices and just as sure as we live the methods employed to bring us peace at present will sooner or later introduce evils as great if not greater than any we have had. It is only a few days since every man who in any way was connected with baseball was declaring that for the purity, the safety and success of the game, there should be two major organiza tions and a national agreement. A wonder ful transformation must have taken place in the minds of those people to cause them to more in an opposite directions and establish n monopoly that is a tolerably close one. Xiie principle of monopolies is bad, and when re build anything on bad principles tJepe-.d upon it we need not expect good result"!. True it is possible to have au ideal monopoly the proprietors of which are onlv actuated by feeling of generosity and philantrophy. But I certainly do not ex pect to find such a monopoly in baseball. A Matter of Seir-Intercst But the philosophers say there is a reason fr everything, and so there are good reasons" tor the baseball magnates acting as they teve done: indeed, they have been forced to the'r present position mostly by the reed aud the absolute stupidity of the ball plavers themselves. "When men are in a desperate fix they will do desperate things to f-ce themselves. If Washington and his colleagues had not ignored recognized law and trampled obedience under foot likely enough America would yet have been a col ony. And so it has been with the gentlemen vtio during lecent years have had money invested in the baseball business. A time came when they failed to recognize the in terests of each other, and the ball players naturally took advantage of this ttat'erof things. "The player, in fact, became master ol the situation, and few indeed would ever talk about appearing on the diamond at a f alary less than that of an able bank presi dent." Absolute ruin was therefore Btaring the capitalists in the face, and they were compelled to pool their issues and down their common foe. The latter will be downed, and doubtless we will soon hear loud complaints about the mean treatment of the "poor ball player." Hot, what I claim is this, that whatever trouble overtakes the plaver as a consequence of this monopoly, the plaTer himself is re sponsible for it. The players, to say the least, have acted outrageously, and in the face of the wise remonstrations and advice of their friends. Time and time again they have been warned of the reaction that would certainlv follow their So,000, 6,000 and 7,000 salaries, and now that they have sown the wind they must reap the "whirl wind. It is then a reason of self interest and relf preservation that has caused the mag nates to set as they have done at Indian apolis during the week. The compact formed is an extraordinary one, and if it can get along for the four years stipulated for it certainlv it will be one of the modern wonders. Tin: entire affair is an experi ment, and with the exception of itsbringing a temporary peace there is little to say in its favor. Those Who Are Benefited. Th pariies who have been benefited most by the new deal are the four clubs that have left the Association and joined the mo nopoly. Without doubt the magnates of St. Louis, Louisville, Washington and Balti more are the prize winners in the move, be cius'i if all the reports were true bankruptcy was looking all of them in the face, and now their prospects are better than they ever were in their history. Talk about the di- Elomacy of" the League! Why, the Leaguers ave at no time made such a brilliant stroke as Von der Ahc& Co. have in this instance. And the three clubs that have been dropped are to be paid for dropping. Every penny paid out by League magnates to those discarded clubs is money thrown awav fool ishly and without reason. I would like to know what just claims for compensation the McDonaldites, of Chicago, have? They are nothing shor of the most preposterous on record, and if they are allowed all that any of ns need do to make money is to organize e baseball club on paper and sell out to the League. Let us look at these claims. Pred PfeCer, who is foolishly convinced that he is destined to be a baseball magnate, end a few more gentlemen who know noth ing about basebail, organized a so-called clnb. Xobody a.ked them to do so. They ioir.ed together regardless of what might iHvome of the League; indeed, their desires were that the League be "snowed under." JJow things lme taken such a turn that the little band of conspirators at Chicago are at the mercy of ir.e League and they want the latter to pay them money to get "out of the way. Did you ever hear of Each a thing? They want to b paid and what for? Why, rimply because thev tried to down the League and Jailed. That's all there is to it Jones makes an onslaught on Smith and gets the worst of it, and Jones then asks Smith for money to pay for repairs. A condition of things like this certainly does suggest to us Mr. Bellamy's ideal society. Somo musing; Threats. The baseball warriors who have been .downed Uirca'en to organize another league, which shall have for its object the ntte- extermination of the 12-club league. Mr. PiefTer himself declares it, and, by the war, Frederick has now been so often thrown into the "soup," that heught to retire from the arena. But the threats, if tech they can be called, are merely idle talk. If "anybody has nerve to pick up the leavings of the new League and organize rlnbs to do battle with the monopolists he ought to be sent on foot to find the North jml". But a new League of something like minor proportions can be organized and with very good prospects. There are sev eral good cities and within easy distance of eac'i other that could form a very good or ganization and one that would payit rightly managed. Such .cities as Detroit, Colum bus, Kansas City and .Milwaukee could soon establish a good circuit and they could soon secure an abundance of suitable play ers. The formation of such a league would be an advantage to baseball generally. Snmf Xrw Coiilltlonj. At their Indianapolis meeting, the mag nates agreed that the season of the new League shall be divided into- two parts. When the season is half over the teams will start afresh in their race, and therefore there will be a possibility of two pennant winners. But at the end of the season the two teams, if there are two winners, will play for the general championship. This is an excellent provision for a 12-club league, as it will give the tail-enders of the first half a good chance to make up their losses in the second half. In will also sus tain the interest in the general contest. It is also likely that the season will start sooner or finish later than it has been doing recently. The entire venture is something new and manv experiments will probably have to be made in connection with it But while the 12-clnb League is new as a practical affair, it is not by any means new as a theory. Years ago the entire question was discussed in the newspapers of this city. Mr. Daniels, formerly an umpire in the League, also mapped out the 12-club League in an interview published in this city. He went as far as to sav that the time was not far distant when a 12-club leazne would be formed. He was then a believer in the scheme. It is quite clear, then, that the notion is an old one, and has been more or less under discussion among baseball en thusiasts for years. But when in operation its conditions" may have to be quite different from what its advocates expected. Tho Lccal Bowler. It is extremc.lv pleasing to note the ano cess that has so far attended the local bowl ing tourney. The sport in itself is interesting to young and old alike, chiefly because "old paterfamilias" can indulge in it as well as the ambitious youth; and the old man can down the pins "with just as much success as the young one. This is, indeed, a very great essential of its general success. But the very stubborn way in which the Hostettor cup" is beingcontested forbv the teams repre senting Linden, Bellefield and the East End Gyms is a very attractive feature in the present tourney. I am sure that when the fact of the contest was first men tioned in this paper nobodv thought that it would be sucK an exciting one. 2for did anybody think the playing would be of such a high quality as it so far has been. Why, the fcores made bv some of our local bowlers have been far ahead of the best in the East, and that certainly shonld be very grati fying to those interested in the sport But while the contests so tar have all been interesting they seem to be too long. I have noticed on each occasion that not only do the spectators get very weary but the bowlers also weaken considerably. Each evening bowls are rolled for three hours or more and the truth is that it must be something very exceptional, indeed, in the way of a contest to sustain the interest of an "audience for three hours. While this may be a little fault finding I am free to say that the respective clubs have the most comfortable and the coziest places to perform that one could wish to see. People who have not seen the very pretty and con venient clubhouses of the Linden and Belle field Clubs might do worse than visit them some fine day. Evidently enterprising peo ple are connected with them. But as to the bowling contest, I am sure it is difficult to say what -4eam will win the cup. Linden has strong bowlers, but last week they, went all to pieces. So far the Bellefields have performed best, but lhere is every indica tion of the Gyms developing into winning form. If they get one victory dowij, they will be difficult to beat Tho Proposed CrlcUct Leitgu. Several letters have reached this office during the last few days relative to the pro posed cricket league "for this vicinity next vear. All the letters indorse the scheme heartily, and Mr. Blake, speaking for East Liverpool, is particularly enthusiastic about the project This all means that there is after all a good prospect of having the good old game prominently before the public in this section next rear. There is, indeed, no reason why it should not-be so, because there are plenty of players to make up a sufficient number of teams. What seems now to be required most is for Mr. George Macpherson and his friends to convene a meeting as soon as possible, and have the matter fullv discussed. Invite representatives of all cricket clubs within a reasonable distance of Pittsburg to attend the meeting. What I particularly mean is to discuss the question without taking definite action. A thorough discussion will give everybody interested a thorough idea of what may be expected. There is one gentleman in our mind who more than any other man in Pennsylvania is a friend of cricket, and who will doubtless lend all the aid he can to carry out the project I mean Mr. J. E. Schwartz. He has truly played a generous and honorable part in Keeping cricket playing before the Pitts burg public for many years, and it is safe to say that the veteran will be a friend of this movement if everything is carried out on a sound principle. The County League. The very large number of people who take an interest in the affairs of the Alle gheny County Baseball League will note with pleasure that there is more enthusi asm and activity relative to the league at present than there has ever before been at this time ofyear. This is a hopeful sign and even differences of opinion regarding the league affairs at this juncture will only tend to increase that enthusiasm. Every thing points to the fact that there is a good future for the league, if differences among its members do not become too serious. At present there are one or two Terr grave questions before the league for con sideration; in fact so grave are those ques tions that to a very great extent they are fraught with the weal or woe of the organization. The ever bothersome salary question has been brought to the front again, and, to tell the truth, I really don't know why it has been reintroduced. The more the question is interfered with the worse will it be in one respect for the East End Gyms. They are qualified amateurs, and are compelled to be guided by a code of national rules that are very rigid. The va rious clubs got along well enough last sea son with their present salary or expense ar rangement, and it might be well to et the matter drop. Experience has proved that all the salary rules that can be made can be evaded. The percentage system is another im portant matter and there is much to be taid in its favor. One great fact should never be lost sight of, viz: that the stronger each club in the league is the better will it be for everybody. The tendency of major leagues during recent years has been toward an equal division of receipts simply because experience has shown that it was the most profitable plan. There is still another very important question for the league to deal with and that is the admission of the East Liverpool club. From a business standpoint the ad mission of the Ohio people would be a great success. This is generally admitted bv everybody interested, but tfiere is a senti ment prevailing to the effect that it would be well to coiiifine the league to Alle gheny county. 1 fail to see much force in the sentiment If it is intended to always limit the League to our own fireside its future cannot be a very great one. If the organization can be made stronger and more attractive and at the same time more profit able by branching out common sense would say "branch out" Next Tuesday's Battle One of the most important light weight pugilistic contests that has taken place for a long time.is that underlined to take place at the Olympic Club, New Orleans, next Tuesday evening between Billy Myer and Jimmy'Carroll. The purse offered them is 55,000, of which ? 500 goes to the loser. That the contest, as glove contests in clubs go, will be a good one, there is no doubt and it is safe to bay that a very large amount of money will be invested in the result Each man has oniy been beaten once Myer by Boners andCarroll by Jack McAul'iffe so that, as far as records go, they are about equal. Of course, Myer fought a draw with McAulifie, but since then he suffered his defeat by Bo'.rcn, and Carroll has beaten ,-, JL.-.'z. ,.it. . ,.i. i ." Jre'i. ii . -jiii, . -j -.- .t.as-'-j- f r . - .riliitl-TtflMiiWIWIWiiBMlllii nlMWTlWI rTriiaTr"'a"mJfa' Bowen. Thehf records, If taken without any outside consideration would somewhat place us in a dilemma, but there are consid erations which lead me to a conclusion' defi-. uitely. As per my custom, I propose to try and name the winner, and before going further into details I am of opinion that Carroll will carry off the victory. But while I say this I am mindful of the disparity of the ages of the two men. Carroll is 39 yean old and Mver is, more than a dozen years younger. But Carroll is much the cleverer and knows more about fighting than Myer will ever know. It is because of this supe riority that I think Mver will be outgener aled. True Slyer is at all times cautions and he is at times a great rusher, but Bowen stopped his rushes by a little gener alship, and whatever caution he may exer cise against Carroll will be of little avail. I don't think Mver is as game a man as Carroll, and thisquality will probably have much to do with the result. No matter, how Myer mav rush, if Carroll is all right, he will get home some punishment on the Streator man. The mannerin which Carroll fought Jack McAulifie proves this and Myer is cot as clever a man; nor as difficult to hit as Jack McAulifie is when in condition. It is likelv that the betting will be in favor of CarrollJ but I see not reason why there should be anything more than about fcrto0. on him. We must not forget that age is against him and if the contest is a long drawn-out one his chances of victory are likely to diminish. It is likely that Myer will endeavor to make the battle as long as possible, but he will have to bo very tricky if he can keep Carroll away from him. Amateur Boxing. The four-round boxing contest Wednes day evening between Pat Cahill and Jim Butler for the amateur middle-weight cham pionship was one more proof that our ama teur boxers of to-day are at best a sorry lot as far as being accomplished boxers is con cerned. The contest was declared a. draw, but the accounts of it go to show that it was a bright specimen of the rough-and-tumble, knock-down-and-drag-out class of contest! Just one of those "scraps" that now and again can be witnessed among that class who are terrors in barrooms. Hot only was the contest of the roughest kind, but free fights were going on all around the contestants. But the Eagle Athletic Club, under whose auspices the affair was held, netted about J8.000, and that, I suppose, would settle everything. Well, now, does the contest not show that amateur boxing is retrograding? I think it does,becanse there was a time when middle weight aspirants to the championship were verv accomplished boxers, and could cer tainly maintain their form for three or four rounds. That time is not very long ago, and many names could be mentioned were it necessary. I have always claimed there is nothing at all in amateur boxing if it is not of an accomplished kind and scientific I don't mean to say that we should expect all amateurs to be as active and as neat as Queensberry was, or as effec tive and clean as was Jack Fogarty when he was an amateur, but our amateurs of to day can be better, and much better boxers than they are. To a very great extent the fault lie's in the teaching. The truth is there are too manv inferior instructors teaching boxing at clubs nowadays. Pugilists In General. A week after the Carroll and Myer con test Andy Bowen and Austin Gibbons will meet to "test their abilities. Their battle will also be of great importance -because the winner will be pitted against the winner of the Carroll and Myer affair. In this way a successor to the title of champion light weight will be found. Doubtless the con test between Bowen and Gibbons will be a good one. but there is time enough to talk about its probable result Both men are training well and Gibbons is fortunatfrin being in such company as Carroll and Fitz simmons. The styles of Bowen and Gibbons are very dissimilar and the New Jersey man has the better style for glove fighting, I think. We must bear in mind that Gibbons, in this instance, is not going to face Jack McAuliffe, and, therefore, he will feel much more at home when in the ring. Corbett and his friends persist in talking about Charley Mitchell as if the latter was simply coming to the United States to get on to a monument and declare himself and then return home. Everybodv seems to be saying: "Mitchell must do this," "Mitchell can't get out of it." "He'll have to face Corbett," etc Well, let us give the man a chance and also ask ourselves what Corbett will do. Corbett is in the show business, you know, and all his recent journeys and noise has been at the expense of his employ ers. A splendid offer has been made lor a contest between Corbett and Mitchell. It is almost certain that the Britisher will have to meet Corbett on the laiter's own terms or ther? will be no battle, and if Mitchell accepts these terms it is likely that the offer of the 512,000 purse will be well thought of. Sullivan continues to figure before the public as an drunken man. Reports from San Francisco have the champion helplessly drunk almost every day. I believe there is a deal of fabricating in these stories, as it is unreasonable to expect a man to nightly appear before theatrical audiences it he is daily intoxicated and taking part in rough and tumble fights. Choynski and Maher. As was generally expected Choynski de feated Billy Woods, but the latter stood up for 34 rounds which goes to show .that lie was not the mark many people expected. Peter Maher has also gained more laurels of a kind during the week. He has pulverized Jack Smith and "Sailor" Brown in short order. But Smith and Brown put together would not make a good man. I don't say this to mean that Maher's efforts were o'f little account, I say it to mean that Maher ought to be put up against a recognized good man. A contest between the Irish man and Choynski would be the very thing and I'll not be surprised if a contest is ar ranged between them right away. If Maher can down Choynski anyway readily then he must be ranked among the prominent sluggers of the day. I still hold the opinion that Maher will just give James J. Corbett all the fighting he wants. When I said this some weeks ago my remarks were treated very lightly by many. Let us wait and see. But in the meantime a battle between Choynski and Maher would be interesting and if the Irish champion were to win it Corbett would likely have something else to do rather than fight him. Prospects ot Local Amateur. A few days ago a friend informed'me that the Wilkinsburg Athletic Club jntaids ap plying for membership in the A. A. U. This is just what should be done, and if it is done it is sate to say that before next year is past we will have three local members of the Amateur Athletic Union. Withthree mem bers we should be of some consequence in the eyes of the athletic world. But it is quite true that the Wilkinsburg amateurs mean to be to the front; they are a lot of workers, and it is expected that the ground for their proposed clubhouse will be bought shortly. There icsome good material in and about Wilkinsburg in the way of prom ising athletes, and when thev get in line they will be worthy rivals of the ever-busy Gyms. Should the Wilkinsburg amateurs get thoroughlr developed for next season the prospects for a busy year in this locality ought to be good; at least there ought to' be a rivalry among the athletes of the Gyms, the Three A's and Wilkinsburg that" will make matters very lively. Ana let me say here that from now on th'e Three A's ought to get down to good solid work and trv and develop some good performers for next year. If they do not they will be left be hind. They ought to be very prominent, because their membership embraces young men- who are really good performers in many athletic branches. I trust we will have three amateur organizations here next year, and then we can, have big field days for only local performers. Pkingle. If Pestered Day and "ight With nervousness, take Hostetter'b Stomach Bitters, which Invigorates and so tranquil izes the nervous system. Tho basis ot re covery Is a re.'onn in errors of digestion. Tiio epigastric nerve and brain are united in the closest bond of sympatny, so that dys peptic symptom;) in the gastric legion are al ways accompanied by hurtful reflex norvous action. Both are remedied by the Bitters, which also cuies malaria, biliousness, rheu matism and kidney trouble. , ' - ' - - " - ' . THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNpAT DECEMBER -20, THEY DIDN'T AGREE So They Concluded to Get on Inde pendently of Each Other. MATRIMONIAL PROBLEM BOLTED By a PittsbuTjr Couple Who Recommend Their Flan to the Single. THHI PIDDLED THEIR OWN CANOES IHS1TM FOB THE DISPATCH. 1 A man and woman now residing in Pitts-, burg or rather in Allegheny, which is the same thing for all intents and purposes who think they have found a happy solution of the marriage problem,, a kind of medium between the extremes of bachelorhood and maidenhood and the incongruities and woes so often incident to the marriage institutions of to-day. They think they have found a way by which each can be disciples of that most solemn biblical injunction to wed and still each retain independence. By the new compact they think they can better cause marriage to be what it was primarily in tended, a mutual companionship, a co-partnership of allied interest, each to assist the other and be helpmates in all that pertains to life without either being under any great obligationt to the other and each being inde pendent in thought and action. If the stand is somewhat of a deviation from the biblical Interpretation of mar riage, it is at least near the modern ideal. They wished to keep the marriage contract and still correct those things which had not made marriage altogether agreeable and in sympathy with the present age of inde pendence, the advancement of women in worldly vocations and the increasedinclina tion of men to be unhampered in their movements. Not Fair to Give Names. It would not be fair to give the names of the persons, though to do so would add very materially to the value of this article. Both are well known, not only in Allegheny and Pittsburg but in the section surrounding. The man is well-known in financial and business circles, holding an enviable posi tion of trust and honor. The woman, were her name to be spoken, would be recognized in a moment as one who has long figured prominently in society circles. and who has done much for-sweet charity's sake. As permission could not possibly be obtained to use the names, the reader must be con tent with the story, relying on the sin cere truthfulness of the narrator after all among the thousands of humanity, why is a name necessary? The arrangement is one of partnership, if you please, or a mutual understanding to provide against any contention and to pcr fectlyinsure the independence of each party as far as money matters ayd the usual do mestic arrangements are concerned. The husband deviates from the marriage vow in cot promising to dole out cash whenever his wife asks for it and the wife does not stipu late to obey "her lord" and be his legal slave, as the law, strictly.enforced, can now be interpreted. She is still a wife, but a modern interpretation ot the term such as great writers have long dreamed about The Usual Flan Wouldn't Work. The pair commenced their married life in the usual way, and for two years followed in the footsteps of many others who had taken the "fatal step" before them. At that time he had just enough of the world's goods to start nicely in business; not, how ever, without the usual reverses. She had a little money of hor own, but very little. They had a neat and tastily arranged home, elegantly furnished, and appeared to the world to'be a happy and contented pair, but they were not She had a mind of her own as well as he; she was well educated and conversant with modern ideas, and there-" fore it was not at all strange that their natures clashed. . He was not of a pugnacious disposition, but was rather inclined to say nothing when things did not go to please him and let his wife have her own way in a great measure. Still there was not a bond of sympathy be tween them; in short they were estranged, one from the other though each in their in nermost thoughts loved the other. She liked dress and was none too careful in her expenditures. Her husband at times ex postulated a little with her but her checks were always honored; not, however, without making great inroads upon her husband's funds. And, too, he could not complain much because he spent much money fool ishly and was, in fact, too good natured to save. Finances of the Married State. The result was that, aide from the do mestic estrangement, he as well as she be came aware of the fact that they were not saving anything, but were spending money broadcast without it bringing happinesi She did not have much confidence in his business abilities, and he less in hers until an awakening time came. At last, like sensible persons and in har mony with the spirit of arbitration now sweeping over the country, they had a long talk over their troubles. He blamed her with spending all the money, and she said he was the spendthrift, and if it wasn't for her things would go to crash. And then other little differences came up, but were finally smoothed over something on the plan of "Betsey returns the papers" with ,some modifications. At last, just before leaving her, he said: "I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give you half of all the money I receive, and you can paddle your own canoe and I will" mine. But, when I give you half the money, you shall not have an other cent You must buy all your own clothes, pay your part of the household-expenses, pay your own theater bills, and in fact be perfectly independent of me. Then we will see who spends the money." It Jnst Suited the Wire. "All right," said she, "I will take you at your word. Suppose you try it just for two months and we will see how it works. Mavbe you will be sick of your bargain." The compact was agreed, to, and assumed practical form by a regular written agree ment signed by each. The trial straight way commenced and shortly developed into more than was at first thonght of. He changed the location of his business and left her to sell off the things, thinking it better to buy anew. This she did to good advantage, showing a keeness and business perception that surprised him. She got twice as much for the house furnishings as he had anticipated. They came to Pittsburg, where he com menced business again on salary, half of which he gave her regularly. They boarded for the first month and then rented a suite of rooms in Allegheny and furnished them gradually, she paying half of the expense. At the eiid of the first month she found that she had little or no balance in her accounts, but he had saved considerable money. She then became more careful with her pur chases, and as she said recently "Looked twice at the price and number of yards in a dress pattern before she purchased it" She found it was different paying for a thing out of her own pocket than merely satistying her own desires nnd letting her husband pay the bills. Then again, she found that not near as many ribbons, fans, bonbons, etc., were necessary for her real comfort and happiness. Gave the Furse Strings a Twist Therefore, she tightened her purse strings and commenced lessons on financial and judicious business methods,tto the end that when the accounts were balanced at the end of the second' month she had a handsome sum saved, far beyond that of her hus band's. She then began to look around for investments. She saved some more and then bought just one bond of a certain railroad and alterward other stoats, until, as time sped, she became quite a financier. She never asked her husband's adyice nor he hers in'the investment of their money. To meet a contingency they decided to start a "denial-box," as they termed it, to raise funds for little contingencies or pleas .-,, .'- jsbiw 'A JttAij&jy3flalM ,'j&LJk5Lii.-J2iiiJtiL. - ' &tK ztiiuixjaaL v ures necessary to living in a suite of rooms. The first thing wanted was a mantel clock, and the "denial box" was put info opera tion. When she felt inclined to buy bon bons, go to the theater or indulge in any little luxury she simply didn't ao it, put ting the money she would have spent in the box. It was the same if she walked instead of riding. On his part, he found that he could save considerable money by shaving himself, and in went the money regularly into the box. "" He also found that he could do without so many cigars and many little things. This went on until when the box was opened it was found that it contained much more thin was needed for a very costly clock, and other little things were bought The box was again brought into play for a Taxation trip. What They Think of It This mode of living together has gone on for a number of years, unknown to a living soul until the present time except the two concerned. The experiment has proven to be a good one. Both love and respect each other more. The man said recently: "My wife now has a snug little fortune of her own, and if I were to die to-day would be perfectly independent; that's one consolation. Besides it has given her em ployment for her thoughts. She has be come a good financier, better than many men. I have a home to go to and so has she, and neither is dependent in a sense on the other." "But taking it from a perfect equality standpoint, how is she independent when you give her half your salary?" was asked. "Well, don't I have a home to go to and a wife to take care of me. Then, too, she looks after my wants, my clothes and is a wife to me a helpmate making my burdens easier. I tell you, just looking at it from a business standpoint, wouldn't any single man get along better under the same ar rangement?" As he nttered this clincher his wife nodded approval for these facts were brought out in a joint chat with the two and then they began telling about a plan they had for pooling interests and building a house in the East End. Ckaklotte Wood, rWBITTIN TO THX DISrATCH.1 In a Carsfcn street ear on a dull wtatwi's night, When the rain was abroad, and tho lamps wore alight, Mid the throng-of rood people Z ohaneed to be found, All southward and iupperward woarlly bound. There wcro mill workers brawnyrcnd miV liners prim. With a ward politician X looked no of him! For a vision of lOTeltness beamed llko a star, From tho opposite side oMhat Carson street carl Ttras a maiden of twenty, a maiden of grace, A oherry-llpped lasa, with' ehernbio faoe, And a dimple that danced in the light of her smile, Iike a mote in some sunbeam astray throna-h the aislel There be Southider madehens, with oheeks of the roses. And Knoxville hath conrls, as eTryona knows; Bnt rarer and sweater, and fairer by far, Was the maiden I met in- that Carson street earl And say was It fancy or fortune dlrlnst But I felt that her eyes for one moment met mine. And in their blue brillianoe suoh magio did reign, That tho mist seemed to melt from the blurred window pane. Then my heart bounded madly I sighed to see hurled, In the fog-laden river the shams of this world; That my tonder affections unchained as they arc, Might be laid at her feet In that Carson street car. With her by my side, what were life bnt a song One carol of happiness, all the day long? The sweets of our love, time itself could not cloy, Each hour should reveal newer regions of Joy! Her dear arms around me, her heart against mine, For the earth and its riches no longer I'd pine, ' No rose leaf should trouble, no sorrow shonld mar, My life with the maid, in that Carson street car! Twas tljns I communed, with ,a soul fun of Are, While the car clattered on through the mist and the mire; I had almost decided to say something rash, When at muddy Thirteenth street we stopped with a crash! And then cruel fates! 'twas your exquisite spite, My angel my eharmer arose to alight And a cross-eyed young man, 'with a five cent cigar. Assisted that maid from the Carson street earl Jons Gekald Bnzxur. II KILLED OS CUBED. Novel Treatment for Measles Imported from Across the Atlantic. A few days ago, L. B. Chidsey, a real es tate agent of Beaver Falls, Pa., who has a number of tenement houses to rent, visited one occupied by a colony of Hungarians, the men of which work at the mills of Car negie, Phipps & Co. He was surprised to see some one had scraped all the paint off the four corners of the bnilding. After a deal of questioning he learned the inmates had taken the paint thus scraped off to make intoadecoction to cure the children belonging to the colony of measles. The paint broth,after a few cabalistic words, was poured into the youngsters tboiling hot The Hungarian woman who vouchsafed Mr. Chidsey the information, said it "killed or cured every time." Mr. Chidsey fears some new disease may break out and they will begin cooking up woodwork ot the building to feed it to the youngsters. Printers' Ink From Petroleum. A revolution is threatened in the manu facture of printers' ink. The innovator is crude petroleum, from which the ink is now being made in California. The cost of pro duction is very low. Manufacturers are en gaged in experiments with a view to in crease the adaptability of petroleum for its newly-applied purpose. If these prove suc cessful it is believed that the inks now in use will be superseded. . nhe Inovltnble Corn. t. Lonis Globe-Democrat Even if people were to throw away their shoes and go barefoot they would have as many corns as ever, the only difference being that the corns would be shifted from the top and sides to the bottom of the foot and become worse, for stone-bruises and blisters on the sole are onlv modified corns. "There have been corns ever since there were feet to grow them on, and as long as feet hold out corns will always be an abundant crop. 1891 A MACHINE TO FLY. Maxim, the Gun Man, Seems to Have Hit Upon the Eight Idea. MAKING IKK OF PETROLEUM. The Tricks of the Georgia Magnet Not Due to Electricitj. SPECTACLES FOE TRAINING HORSES WBITTEir FOE TUB DISPATCH. The "aeroplane," which Hiram Maxim,of gun fame, has succeeded in constructing, is the latest development in aerial naviga tion. The machine is completely engined and equipped, and consists of a plane of string light framework and material pro pelled by screws driven by a special com pound steam. engine of very light construc tion. The steam is condensed under slight . pressure on the surface of the aeroplane. Eor the purpose of rendering the horizontal fluctuations less sudden the machine has a length of 40 feet. Mr. Maxim is a man of such scientific at tainments as to be beyond the pale of tricksters and visionaries, and his deduc tions and demonstrations have great weight in scientific circles. At the annual meet ing of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain he assured his hearers that for each ten-pound weight of engine and boiler and condenser in the aeroplane, an actual or' brake horse power was developed. In the discussion which followed the reading of Mr. Maxim's paper, Sir James Douglas drew attention to the remarkable statement of Mr. Maxim as to the weight' and power of his engine, and pointed out that it meant nothing more or less than an equivalenF to the strength of a full-grown man being ex erted by a piece of mechanism weighing but one and one-half pounds at most Mr. Maxim replied that this was the result of his trials. He, moreover, believes that, providing the steering and leveling, gear of the machine is found efficient, he has now overcome all difficulties, and that in two or three months the problem which has for so long occupied the attention of scientists will have been solved. The Air Above Cities. The popular idea that the higher one goes in city air the purer the atmosphere be comes has been disproved by evidence just given before a select.Cominittee on House of Commons Ventilation in London. It is found that the air in cities like London, whera soft coal is burned, is purest at about SO or 40 feet from the ground. Lower than that the dust is encountered, and higher the smoke from the chimneys. These con clusions were arrived at from experiments with frames of wood covered with blanket ing material put at different elevations one on the top of the clock tower at West minster, another on the highest point of the roof, and others at various heights down to the court yard. After five hours'-exposure there were found to be more smats at high elevations than at the low, but on the level of the court yard there were .considerable quantities of dust The inference from these experiments is that the common no tion that the highest- stories of the tallest blocks of flats are especially desirable is apt to be a mistaken one, and that beyond 40 feet nothiug is gained by going higher, unless a great height, say Some 400 or 500 feet, is reached. A Nutmeg Grater. The value of an invention is not always in the direct ratio of its pretentiousness. A humble addition to the list of recent patents is(a case in point If the average house wife is asked the best way of grating nut megs she will tell you there is but one way, that adopted by her great grandmother, in which the finger" tips often took the place of the nutmeg and ungrated pieces of the spices fell into the pastry. Modern luxury," however, extends even to nutmeg graters, and one of.the latest evolutions ct the in ventor's brain is an appliance by which all waste of material and laceration of fingers can be obviated. The new grater is attached to a tin rod which moves through holes in a tinned iron frame. In this frame, at the top, a tinned cylinder is fixed. This is open at one side to peimit of the insertion of a nutmeg, which js held firmly against the grater by the action of a coiled spring pressing on a circular disc. "Underneath the grater is fixed a handle, which is held firmly in the left hand, while with the right the frame is pushed briskly to and fro over the grater. Physique ot American Women. Prof. Bowditch, after making accurate ob servations of height, weight, sitting height and stretch of arms of over 1,100 women, found the average height of 1,107 women (without shoes), age 17 and upward, to be 158.76 centimeters. Dr. Sargent's average of 1,835 observations, the ages ranging from 16 to 26, is slightly higher, and Mr. Galton's 770 measurements of "English women, from 23 to 51 years of age, give also a higher av erage. A comparison between Dr. Bow ditch's and Mr. Galton's observations of the weight of women in ordinary indoor clothing show the range of weight is greater in the Americans, and also "seems to indi cate that there is little difference between the shortest as well as between the lightest women of the two nationalities, but that the tallest English women surpass the tallest American women in height, while the heaviest American wpmen.exceed in weight the heaviest English women. An Improved Car Strap. A new car strap, with the" imposing name of "the automatic supporter," will be ap preciated by standing passengers in crowded cars. In the cars now in use are two bars' extending along the roof, to which are at tached straps to support standing passen gers. These straps often swing and strike passengers in the face. The new" device does away with this objectionable feature.. It is a nickel-plated cylinder about 2)4 inches long, which contains springs, to which straps are attached. At the end of the strap is a nickel-plated piece of iron, which can be taken between the fingers. When the passenger takes hold of this the spring allows it to come down about ten inches, furnishing a support When not in use the spring carries it back into the cylin der. New Petroleum Solidifying Procesv The most recent method of solidifying petroleum for fuel is to draw off into a ves sel a given quantity of crude petroleum, and mix with it about 15 per cent of certain chemicals, which are in themselves largely combustible. The vessel containing "the mixture is placed for a short time in boiling water, and then transferred to a furnace, having a temperature of 400 to 500. Eahr., the mixture being kept stirred. After this treatment, on cooling, solidification takes place, and the compound can be pressed into blocks for use. The whole process, from the first mixing to solidification, occupies only half an hour, and the converting apparatus is simple and inexpensive. The solidified petroleum burns freely, and with but a small percentage of ash. Spectacle for Horses. The statement that spectacles are used for horses, strange as it may seem, is per fectly true. The business of a well-kjiown firm of opticians in London, consists largely of the manufacture of horse spectacles. The object of these spectacles. is to promote high stepping. They are made of stiff leather, quite enclosing .the eyes of the horse, and the glasses employed are deep concave and large in size. The effectis to give the ground in front of the horse the appearance of being' raised; the animal, therefore, steps high, thinking he is going up hill, or has to step over an obstacle in front of him. This svstem is generally adopted when the animal is young and its effect on his action is said to be remarkable. It is found that the cause of shying is, as a rule, short sight, and it is now suggested that the sight of all horses should be tested. By a little artificial assistance many valu able hunters which are optically unfit for their work can bo made as valuable as ever. Expose of the Electric Girl. A graphic account has been given by the English papers of the remarkable feats per formed by an American lady in London, who ascribes the seemingly incredible feats which she accomplishes to electricity or animal magnetism. Mrs. Abbott, "the electrical girl." among other exhibitions, lifted four gentlemen, packed on a wooden chair, without undue exertion. This trick, for trick it is, is explained clearly by kel son W. Perry in an excellent article on the subject in Electricity. Mr. Perry has inter ested himself in the investigation of the so-called electric girls who periodically trade on the gullibility of the public, and he has obtained some very clearly defined results. Jn the chair triek already men tioned, Mr. Perry says, 90 men out of 100 when told to hold the chair down, will place their hands on the seat or arms ot the ch&ir and throw their weight almost entirely on their feet. If they do not do this at first, they will the moment they are conscious of the girl's efforts to raise the chair, thus unconsciously assisting her. To raise the chair the operator merely pushes against the back cf the seat; she does not lift She is assisted in doing this by her knee, which she brings to bear against her elbow3 or forearms, and also by the leverage she sha between the man's feet and hands. Once the chair is raised ever so little, the hard est part is accomplished. rShe at once re laxes her efforts, and the man falls back, or by a sideway movement she shoves the chair to one or the other side. In either case he is off his balance, and skilful manip ulation on her part before this balance is regained causes him to throw himself in almost any direction she desires with little expenditure of energy on her part. Mr. Perry describes how several other of the tricks of the electric girl are done, and states that there is not one among them that cannot be carried out by an ordinary per son who knows the modus operandi. Heasnring the Time of Thnnght. Among those who delight in pushing their investigation into the byways of science is a learned doctor, who has con structed an ingenious apparatus by which he can determine, with a considerable de gree of accuracy, the time it takes to flunk. He has shown that to see a piece of white paper, and be conscious of tho fact, take,s one-twentieth of a second; to see a picture takes one-tenth of a second; to see a letter of common print, one-eighth of a second; to see a full word, one-seventh of a second, and to be able to judge between red and blue, one-thirteenth of a second. By this machine the time of remembering can also be accurately measured. According to its enthusiastic inventor, much less time is occupied in remembering the name of a familiar word than the name of a letter. This seems strange, especially when the fact that we can sec the letter in less time than the word is taken into con sideration. This machine also shows that sensations travel by the nerves to the brain at the rate of one "mile per minute, much slower than has been supposed. An Electric Hammer. A electric power hammer has been de vised which represents a radically new ap plication ot electro-magnetic principles. In general design the hammer is similar to the steam hammer, with its vertical cylinder mounted upon an arched frame, and the ris ing and falling piston by which the ham mer head is carried. The novelty of the apparatus lies in the substitution of elec-tro-magnetio power for steam by a slight and very simple modification of the mech anism. The piston is of magnetic material and the cylinder is composed of a series of coils, through each of which an electric current may be passed separately. The passage of an electric current through the coils forming the upper part of the cylinder raises the piston into the magnetic field thus created, and the cutting off of the cur rent and its simultaneous transference to the lower coils of the cylinder releases the piston, the descent of which is accelerated by the magnetic attraction created below. ItuIIng One Million Lines Per Inch. The contraction of many of the instru ments used in scientific investigation has been brought to a point of almost inconceiv able accuracy. Prof. Eowland, the well known electrician and phvsicist, has just completed a perfect screw for an improved form of his dividing engine. With the ma chine now in use he is able to draw 50,000 lines regularly to the inch. With the new machine he can draw 1,000,000 lines to the inch with regularity. The limit of the vision in the microscope is about 100,000 lines. With the new dividing engine grat ings are ruled on speculum metals. It takes the automatic machine (which is of marvel lous construction, and which has many de vices to compensate errors), six continuous days and nights to make one grating of the size used to study the nature of the sun. Use of the Electric Eight The complaint is much less heard now than it was formerly, but still it is some times heard, that the electric light is in jurious to the eye. Most people have learned that it is just as easy to save the eyes from the electric light by the exercise of a little common sense, as "it is to injure them by the neglect of it For perfect illumination there is no necessity forthe ac tual source of light to be visible. It may be diffused by means either of frosted lamps, dioptric shades or silk shades. The light will be much more pleasing, and the loss in light will be found to be much less than is usually supposed. A properly illuminated room is one in which the light is evenly distributed, and no irritation is caused by the source of it being too ap parent Electrical engineers are beginning to recognize that the diffusion of light is an art in itself. Quick Telephono Work. A clever bit of telephone work was done at Tewkesbury England, on the occasion of the opening of the public call-room. The representative of a Tewkesbury paper had to transmit over the telephone to Chelten ham a report of some 700 words. The time allowed to users of the telephone for com munication between towns at the call-room is three minutes, and in that time the whole of the report was spoken over the wire and received. Anyone who has" ever tried to speak extempore at the rate of even 200" words a minute will have a good idea of the cleverness of speaking and receiving more than 230 words a minute over -the tele phone. Sharpening; Tools by Electricity. An electro-chemical method of sharpen ing files and other tools, is being used with satisfactory results.both from a practical and economical point of view. The files, which have first been thoroughly cleaned, are immersed for 20 minutes, suspended in a metal plate in a mixture of 100 parts of water, 6 parts of nitric acid and 3 parts sulphuric acid. The plate is placed in'connection with a number of carbons immersed in the same liquid. The corrosion of the metal takes place in "the cavities only, so that the edges are sharpened in exactly the same manner as if the operation bad been performed by a file cotter. Elko Her DaughtersT Chicago Tribune. "Adam," said Ere, As tney went ont the gate When ordered to leave, "If my hat on tralghU" 10 YOUK OWN WIZAKD. It's Very Easy to Be a Prestidifjita tenr After You Know How. THE SECRET OP SLATE WRITING. IIott a Kig Pile of Taper fiibuon is Taken From an Emptj Hat. RTJOTflNG A FINGER THROUGH FELf There is nothing so very remarkable about spirit slates. The real skill is in managing to hare proper questions asked and in shift ing the slates invisibly. La Nature telll how the slate writing is done as follows: Two ordinary wooden framed slates arc presented to the spectators, nnd examined in succession by them. A small piece of chalk is introduced between the two slates, which are then united by a rubber band and held aloft in the prestidigitator's right h3nd. Then, in the general silence, is heard the scratching of the chalk, which is writing be tween the two slates the answer to a ques tion asked by one of the spectators tha name of a card thought of or the number of spots obtained by throwing two dice. The rubber band having been removed and tha slates separated, one of them is seen to be covered with writing. A False Cover on One Slate. This prodigy, which at first sight seemsTto be so mysterious, is very easily realized. The writing was done in advance, but upon the written side of the slate upon which tha writing was made, there has been placed a thin sheet of black cardboard, which hides the characters written with chalk. The two sides of this slate thus appeared absolutely clean. The other slate is given out for ex amination, and, after it has been returned to him, the operator says. "Do yon wan to examine tlie other one also?" And then, without any baste, he makes a pass ana logous to that employed in shuffling cards. Then the two hands separate anew, and tha slate that has already been examined, in stead of the second one, i3 put into tha hands of the spectator. This shifting, dona with deliberation, ii entirely invisible. Dnring the second examination the slata upon which is the writing is laid flat upon a table, the written face turned upward covered with the black cardboard. Tha slate having teen sufficiently examined and been returned to the operator, the lat ter lays it upon the first and both are then surrounded by the rubber band. It is thea that the operator holds up the slates with the left hand, of which on? sees but the thumb, while upon the posterior face of tha second slate the nail of his middle finger makes a sound resembling that produced by chalk when written with. Getting the Questions sfced. When the operator jndges that this littla comedy has lasted quite long enough, ha lays the two slates horizontally upon hil table, taking care, this time, that the non prepared slate shall be beneath. It is upoa it that then rests the black cardboard, and the other slate on being raised shows tha characters that it bear', and that are stated to have been written by an invisible spirit that slipped in between'thc two slates. Our readers will not ask us how wa manage to know in advance what should ba written upon the slate. It is useless to say that deceit is allowable in prestidigitation. Loaded dice alwavturn up tho same num ber, and nothing is easier than to know tha namo of tho oard that a spectator will draw from a pack composed of 32 iini!ar cards, if one Is not skillful enough to cause him to tako tho forced card. Prestidigitators frequently 'borrosr from their spectators a hat that serves them for the performance of very neat tricks which, are not always easily explained. Wa shall describe some of the most interesting of these. The operator will begin by prov ing to yon that the felt of your lint is of bad quality, and, to this effect, he will pierce it here and there with his finger, his tnagia wand, an egg, and with a host of other ob jects. A Finger on n Stick-Pin. This is all accomplished by using half finger made of wood or paper mache, to the base of which is attached a lonr needle or pin. The prestidigitator, who has concealed tho finger in his left hand, thruits the point Into the top of the hat. whoso interior ia turned toward the spectators. Afterward, raising the right hand, tho forefinger of which he points forward, o seems to ha about to pierce tho top of the hat, but, in. stead of finishing Jhe motion besan, ha quickly soizes in the interior, between tha thumb and forefinger, the point of tha needle, wiggles it around in all directions, turns the hat over, and tne cardboard finger, which movos, seems to be tha prestidigitator's own flnser. The sama operation is performed with a wooden half-egg, or a hall-rod, which, like the finger, appear to traverse tha hae, in the interior of which are hidden the true rod and egg. "We may likewise solder a needle to half of a five iranc piece and thua vary the objects employed for this recre ation to infinity. In order to take from a hat a largo quan tity of paper in ribbons, and then doves.and even a duck or a rabbit, there is no need of special apparatus nor of a great amount off dexterity. Nori3 there here any need of a high hat; a simple straw hat (or a cap, at a pinch) will suffice. The prestidigitator hoida pressed close to his breast and hidden un der his coat a roll of tho blue paper pre Sared for the printing apparatus of tha orse telegraph, and whicn is so tightly wound that It has the aspectand consistence of a wooden disk with n circular aperture in the center. In turning aronnd after tak ing the hat, tho opening of which rests against his breast, the operator deftly intro duces into it the roll of paper, winch has tiio proper diameter to allow it to enter by iiard friction as far as to the top of the hac, and stay where it is put even when the hat is turned over. Smullnj a Dove Into a Hat "Tour hat, ray dear sir, was doubtless little too wide for your head, for I notice within it a band of paper designed to dimin ish the internal diameter," says the prestb digitator, while, at the same time, ho draws from the bat the end that terminates the paper in the center of the roll. Then he re verses the hat so that the interior cannot be seen by the spectators. The paper iminedi. ately begins to unwind of itelf nnd to fall very regularly and without intermission. When the fall of the paper begins to slacken, that i,in general, when no nlora than third of the roll remains the prostidig. ltator turns the hat upside down, and, with the right hand, pulls out and rapidly re volves In the air the paper ribbon, whose caoricious contonrs succeeding one another before the first have had time to fall to the floor, produce a very pretty effect Tha quantity of paper extracted from, the hat appears also in this way much greater than, it really i.i, and at length forms a pile of considerable bulk. This exporiment may be completed in tha following manner: The operator, approach ing his table, which, upon aboard suspended behind it, carries a firmly bound pigeon, quickly seizes the poor animal in passing and conceals it under the pile of paper, whilo he puts the latter hack into th'e hat in, order to see, says he, whether all that has been taken out can be made to enter anew. Qnay's Designs on Mexican States. I wonder what Senator Quay intends to) do with Chihuahua, Coahuila and Sonora, the Mexican States for whose purchase ha last week introduced a bill in Congress? Can it be mineral wealth, agriculture or cattle farming he has in view, or does ha entertain the idea of offering them to Pitts burg for poor farm purposes. All three are ricli in mineral resources, and Ccah'nila has already established a reputation as a farming district and Sonora ditto as to cat tle raising. The question is: What haa Mexico to do with the case? Will that country consent to the sale of these terri tories? If she will, I am of the opinion that that part of the matter was considered belore Senator Quay put the proposition ba fore the United States Senate. If this ba the case, Mexico must be in sore financial trouble or she would not want to part with these valuable possessions. Should she do so, it means the transfer of many thousand square miles of exceedingly rich territory, together with a population of nearly 400,. 000. Besides, many American interest! will be benefited, among them a large num ber belonging to Pittsburgers. I do not know of any district on this continent where so much Smoky City capital Is in. vested in mining territory as in the prot lnce named, I -.-: i 3 i V-a
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