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and That Famous for
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HOUSE WHERE COLUMBUS LITED.
X Frepesttlonto Send Relics to Chicago for
the Fair In Exchange for fcn
Appropriation.
GOOD OFIKIOX OP THZ ITlLTiRB.
A Xalfcoia Tost Tabs the Wcrlfi Champlonrtirp In
the Hitter of Innnels.
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letter No. 3.
S - HE list night of the
"yFulda on the Jlediter-
ranean was not particu
larly happy, and the
Gulf of Lyons added
to its had reputation.
The ship was so light
that the moment a wave
tickled her she jumped.
"With- the dawn the
waters subsided, and those opposed to the
Gulf Lyons said the fact that we were in
the Gulf of Genoa accounted for the change
for the better. There was enjoyment in
looking; upon the southern shore of France.
The grim mountains, vritn clnsters of white
houses that, according to appearances, were
built on the edge of the water, se?med to
rice from it like exhalations; in fact, they
are at a considerable elevation. Nice was
an attraction, and Cannes, Mcntone, Mon
aco, followed, and after a time, when wo
had touched Italian waters, Sau Bcmo.
It was a surprise to see the mountains so
close to the sea, and the slopes, that hare
such a sunny fame, so meager. Above the
range of white towers were snowy dots,
that are the villas that great folks occupy,
upon the theory that this air always has in
it in the months of frost the balm of stun
ner. The Beauty of Genoa.
And soon Genoa was revealed; mountains
showed their peaks, and shoulders, and
breasts, through the vapor, and the white
ness was resolved into vast structures whose
color was that ot the marble of Italy.- The
breakwaters are exceedingly massive; the
lighthouse lofty; the ships numerous; and
Genoa is still The Superb. The splendid
word has belonged in all descriptions of her
for many centuries, and she is not likely to
lose it
The landing was, as all landings are,
tedious, and to Eorae extent vexatious. It
is the honr of importance for stewards and
custom house officers, and above all for the
silent figures in cocked hats, wrapped in
cloaks, who posed in the most lieoric man
ner and did nothing for anybody. These
stately persons must represent the dienity
of the grand old land so burdened with his
tory, and that is politically a new country.
Dealing with men who speak neither
English nor French, nor yet German, is a
sad task for the Average American; but
patience as to time and a willingness to dis
pense small coins will work wonders. I am
informed that the custom house officials aro
not wholly insensible to the influences of
civilization, and some of them consented,
upon being confronted with material argu
ments, to allow the trunks to pass unopened.
Swelling In Slarble Hall.
At once the admirable pavements of
Genoa are manifest They are solid as ab
solute beds of rocks, and the chances are
they have not been disturbed in hundreds
of years. The streets are very narrow.
There are few sidewalks; and the pavements
are cleaner than the fronts of the houses.
In the hotel one could appropriately dream
of dwelling in marble halls. The floors and
stairways are marble, some of it very hand
somely wrought
The elevator was a singular sort of
chariot, looking like a Sedan chair. The
conductor did not ride in it, but was a boy
in red jacket and brass buttons who pulled
a lever and stopped it at the right place.
The rooms were as it hewn in rock; and the
French style of things were noted; no gas;
no electric'ty in the rooms, only can
dles ot incredibly small power; no soap;
beds so narrow as "to afford no great contrast
with the berths of n ship. So singular is
the adjustment of the beds and clothing
that getting up in the middle of the night
and remaking the alleged be! must be a cer
emony all strangers are expected to observe.
One longs for the broad beds of the. Liver
pool hotels. They are (if one may 'hi al
lowed a twist of expression) broader than
they are long.
Genoa's Great Commercial Activity.
Genoa is the chief commercial city of
Italy, does five times the business of" the
more populous Xaples; has improved great
ly within this generation; has good water,
and is in its administration marked by en
ergy and high intelligence. Perhaps she
has not yet seen the days of her greatest
commercial prosperity. Her history ex
tends from the Crusades to the Holy Sep
ulchre tothe Garibaldi expedition tble cru
sade thatliberated the two Sicilies and pre
pared for the unity of Italy.
The arrival ot the Ful'da was an event
that greatly interested the Genoese. One
hundred and thirty paisengers from Amer
ica disturbed the even tenor of matters and
things. The table d'hotcs of the city were
lively, and we Fulda foiks thought we made
a stir in the streets. It is possible, though,
(upon reflection), that we did not stir the
city from center to circumference as much
as we thought we did.
The Genoese are much concerned about
our World's Fair, and it appears they are to
hold one of their own, beginning the first of
next June, and lasting five months. The
two palaces of highest historical distinction
(next to that ot the Dorias), the Red and
White, are to be connected by bridges, and
the Municipal Hall is to be joined Jo these,
and the ancient antiquities are to be dis
played. There are tons of rare old silver
locked up for generations, and relics of all
sorts of the old days to be brought forth. It
is said there are great treasurer to be made
known to the world.
Some Facts Abont Colnmbns.
The Columbus house belongs to the State,
andjias been closed a long time. The first
story is boarded up. It is to be restored to
the condition it was in when Columbus lived
there, and the relics of the man and his
family, and his portraits so far as possible,
are to be collected and hown in the old
place. This house is the one thing that is
authentic. It is not claimed that this house
was the birthplace of Columbus, but he un
donbtedly lived in it when a boy and young
roan. The records show that it was in pos
session of the father of Columbus for many
years, and up to the time when the great
navigator was 35 years of age. The street
on which this historic house is situated is so
narrow and steep that only handcarts and
persons on foot traverse it "The street does
not seem to be more than 15 feet in width,
and the houses are nearly 100 feet high
with an astonishing array of what we call
Venetian blinds lianging'at various angles.
On one side of the Columbus house'is a
tobacco manufactory; on the other, a choco
late store; opposite,- a wine shop. The
place swarms with people. The house itself
is dingr, and bears abundant evidence of
age and neglect Upon this pavement, be
tween these walls, in this canyon of houses,
GENOA
AND
Wv
Christopher Columbus played when a boy,
and meditated as' a young man seeking a
career, and had the dreams that, translated
into deeds, made him one of the immortals.
A Combins on World's Fairs.
It has been, as I understand., suggested in
Genoa that there is such a community be
tween their city and our country the
youthful home of Columbus and the great
land beyond the sea that his hardy courago
and science revealed that we ouglit to work
the two Columbian Fairs together. Chicago
should give this matter strict and careful
consideration. It is the idea that if Con
gress or Chicago shall make a reasonable ap
propriation for the Genoese fair, thev will
allow their curiosities to go to the World's
Fair at Chicago. Could anv other invest
ment be made for the Fair likely to be more
remunerative than this exchange with
Genoa? I commend this to Congress and to
Chicago. I have spoken of the house as the
one authentic Columbus relic. There are.
however, Ecveral of his letters here. The
originals are no longer shown, but tbeyhave
been photographed, and the photographic
copies are better than the originals. The
Genoese have already procured from San
Domingo some of the dust or .ashes of Col
umbus, and have them sealed in a green
vase. It does not seem to be known exactly
where Columbus was born or died, or was
buried. Recently it has been claimed, with
a show of probability, that he was a Cor
sican. The Island of Corsica belonged to
the Genoese for 200 years before Columbus,
and as long a time after his death. In very
clear weather the island may be seen Irom
the Italian coast
A Baty American Consul.
Mr. Fletcher, the American Consul at
Genoa, finds himself, between the rush of
passengers by the North German Lloyd line
and the Columbian festivals, with a greatly
increased occupation, and, I fear, without
augmented compensation. I had a surprise,
looking upon a lower house in the lower
part of the town, to find that Daniel O'Con
nell's death occurred there. There is a mar
ble tablet in the dark wall that tells the
story. Mazzini's birthplace is decorated
with" a flagstaff, a tablet and sundry wreaths.
Smithsonr founder of our Smithsonian In
stitute, died and was buried here. Lord
Byron is not forgotten here. One pilot,
more than 80 vcars old, knows all about
him. Charles Dickens lived here, and wrote
up Italy.
The town is almost as full of art as of his
tory, and the people have the modern ways
and means. The gentlemen wear clothes of
the London styles, and the ladies are Par
isians in dress. It is among the poor that
one finds the picturesque. The telephone is
in constant use, and they check your bag
gage at the hotels something they did not do
in Chicago the last time I was there. There
are electric bell-bnttons, if not lights, in the
bedrooms. You hear the crv of the news-
toys in the streets. The shop windows are
very beautiful, and it is remembered in the
shops that an amiable and beautiful young
American ladv. who purchased Genoese
made silver ornaments a specialty be
came soon after her return home Mrs.
Grcver Cleveland and the lady of the White
House.
A Good Opinion of Italians.
An American traveler in Italy does not
need to go far or see much to be convinced
that there are Italians and Italians, and
that the vulgar notion of looking upon this
people as organ grinders and chestnut roast
ers and fruit-s'and venders and congrega
tions of ill-clad laborers exclusively, is
even a greater error than a fault The
streets of Genoa show ladies as well dressed
as rifth avenue, New York, on pleasant
Sunday afternoons, and gentlemen whee
appearance would warrant them for intelli
gence and prosperity in any country.
Many of the women are of superb figures
and admirable in grace of movement, and
their common speech is music The gentle
men are as polite as the German officers,
and salute the ladies with a flourish of hats
that would be regarded as rather sweeping
in America, and" yet which, when done as
the Italians do it, strikes one as agreeable.
In saluting each other the gentlemen are
less vigorous and pronounced, but still it is
rather more gracious and civilized than to
stop short, say something exclamatory, and
go on, with hats on and hands in pockets
though it is better, I think, to keep your
hands in your pockets than to shake hands
with profusion.
One must go to Some. All the roads
lead there; and the most direct way from
Genoa is through Pisa. The old city of Pisa
is but six miles from the Mediterranean on
the Arno. The railroad that runs to it is a
remarkable structure. I thought the Balti
more and Ohio road, from Grafton to Park
ersburg, the champion for the number of
tunnels.
Almost a Pneumatic Tnbe.
My recollection is there are 27 of them
certainly a liberal supply. From Genoa to
Pisa is about the same distance, and a lady
who counted them carefully is authority lor
the statement that the number of tunnels is
87. The mountains are close to the sea, and
all their toes in the water have to be tun
neled. It occurs to me that it might be
well to wall up and arch over the road that
is not in the tunnels, and convert it into a
huge pneumatic tube. Seeing scenery on
this line is difficult in broad daylight The
attempt to see it by moonlight, I have to re
mark, is a failure. Just as one gets a
glimpse of the silvered sides of a mountain,
of the flashing surf of the Mediterranean,
which roars along this rocky coast in the
true oceanic style, and is beautifully ex
pressive of baffled rage, there is a harsh rat
tle of the cars and the only light is in the
lamp overhead. This happens with such
exasperating frequency that it becomes tire
some, and the study of the picturesque,
whether by night or day, is disturbed.
I had a strange companion lor two hours
of the journey to Pisa. A tall, slim man
in gray got into a compartment where I was
alone, and, flinging his belongings on to the
rack, tried to find a comfortable position for
reclining. His hat seemed to not for him,
and he discarded that, also his overcoat He
was silent as a cat, and turned about in a
feline way, as a cat sometimes chases her tail.
In ten minutes he tried all possible postures,
and then tried them over again. His head,
with the exception of a scanty bang and
fringe around "the ears and back, was bald,
and he had a quadrangular scar on top of
his head, making his red sknll look like a
watermelon that had been awkwardly plug-
ed. Three veins started between his
rows; one ascended his forehead perpen
dicularly into the small bang, the others ran
to the temples, and the three stood out like
cords.
The Security In an Umbrella,
For more than an hour he did not open
his eyes or mouth, and all the while he was
in motion. As nearly as he came to quiet,
was in lying on his back and kicking with
his leg, "and rubbing his foot on the tidy
that hung over the cushions. Whether his
mind had been disordered when his head
had been plugged, I do not know, but I
should not have been astonished if he had
assailed me or had opened the door and
launched himself into one of the tunnels.
However, 1 had a deadly weapon an um
brellaand remembered the number of per-,
sous recently stabbed to death in 2"ew York
with umbrellas. He had an umbrella, too,
but I do not think he had the knowledge
that a residence in JNew York yields as to
its use as a spear' When we arrived at
Pisa he pounded rapidly and recklessly on
the window with his umbrella, and when
the door was opened, disappeared as if he
had been summoned to appear suddenly.
He uttered one word to himself: "Pisa."
I should have been uncomfortable, so queer
was his appearance and performance, if I
had not lormed the judgment that if he
misbehaved I was physically able to crush
him.
Pisa has a depot that looks like business;
and I found an omnibus belonging to the
Hotel Victoria, with a light in the door
illuminating the name of that hotel. When
we started the conductor put that light out
The hotel was another with "marble halls."
The walls, floors, stairways, were all solid
as a rock, and the waiter, furnishing a cold
lunch, wanted to know whether the prefer
ence of the customer was for Vienna or
Munich -beer.
The Famous Leaning Tower. j
I had been on the lookout for the first
glimpse of the tower that is the feature of
the decayed city, and just when I was not
looking for it I saw the top of it over a row
.THE
of houses, and a few steps further brought
it into full view, and 250 yards distant
There was at 'first not exactly -the emotion
with which one beholds for th'e first time an
object of extraordinary interest and attrac
tiveness and venerable associations; but
there was tho thrill of understanding that
this object was strangely beautiful. The
first view I had was the best The tower
looked as fresh in the morning light as if it
had been yesterday carved in' ivory. It
seemed new, and yet, while it was more than
100 years in course of construction, it was
finished 540 years ago, a century before
Christopher Columbus was born.
While I stood, the inclination of the
tower toward me, a bell was. rung in the
tower, and swung out of the window that I
faced, sending its silvery noise over the
city. So the tower was not only new in ap
pearance, though the foundations were laid
more than six centuries ago, but serving the
purpose for. which it was erected. Aclose
approach showed the work of the ages in the
discoloration of some of the material, and
the peculiar roughness that rains and
winds and frost and sunshine make in the
slow process of the magical chemistry of
half a thousand years. The inclination of
the tower is clearly not accidental. It is
artistic The first floor, as you enter, slants
about six feet, and the effect is to exagger
ate the impression the exterior gives. The
tower is in the highest sense a work of art
The Leaning Is a Darin; Trick.
The leaning is a daring trick to lead the
imagination captive just as it has done, for
all the generations. It is very easy to
climb the tower, and it is only 179 feet high.
The material is volcanic rock, hard as iron
and white flint. There was lor me a mo
mentary sensation of giddiness at the top,
and I felt there for the first time the sense
of the rocking of the ship that generally fol
lows a sea voyage for a day or two. I did
not think the tower was about to take the
opportunity to fall, but the feeling that it
was swaying was frightful. It would be
very'easy to tumble off, for the space out
side of the shell of the stairway and iniide
the the circles of pillars is unguarded. Gal
lileo must have had a steady head to have
experimented with a pendulum on this dizzy
tower, after watching the silver lamp that
in the cathedral bancs on a rope 150 feet
long.
The Cathedral is adorned with some of
the spoils of the Crusaders, captured from
the Spanish Moors and irom Constantinople.
The Pisaus made fame and laid the founda
tion of their high fortunes during the Cru
sades, and transported a number ofj' ship
loads of earth from Mount Calvary to use
in their burial ground. Theguidebook says
the number of ships loaded with this earth
was 53. There have been no burials in it
for more than a century, and upon it shrub
bery and grass are green, and over it sigh
several tall and dismal cypress trees.
The only thing humorous I saw at Pisa
was a. fresco of the last judgment, repre
senting the devils and snakes tormenting
sinners, God the Father and His Son, look
ing on complacently. The grandeur of the
fun is that the metal work is prodigious;
and yet I do not care to display a spirit of
levity. There are some things even the
high old artists should have let alone I
suspect the artist in this case to have
meant to be grotesque, "and to have plaved
it handsomely on great folks of dull under
standing and indurated solemnity.
MUBAT HJLLSTEAD.
BLAINE'S RARE MEMORY.
HOW HE EECOGKIZED AN OLD-TIME
STAGE DU1VEB.
Friendship TSegnn In College Days Re
newed Jinny Tears After The Old Gen
tleman Could Not Recall the Tonnser
Han's Name Still Voting as of Tore.
rCOBnESrOSDEKCE OP THE DISPATCn.l
Washington, Pa., Jan. 23. The re
markable faculty Mr. Blaine possesses of
Temembering names and faces is illustrated
by a story told by a Washington county
gentleman: When Mr. Blaine took a trip
though this county in the fall of '87 over
the old National road from Brownsville
to Washington, he rode in a buggy with
John Hampton, Esq., of Pittsburg, now de
ceased. They started from Brownsville
early in the morning, intending to make the
entire trip of 24 miles that day. It was the
first time Mr. Blaine had been over the road
since he was graduated from Washington
College, and of course the trip promised to
be of much interest to him.
When at college Mr. Blaine would ride
home to Brownsville over the National
road in a stage coach. He, of course, be
came acquainted with most of the drivers
between Washington and Brownsville. It
was not long before several of these took a
great fancy to him, and Blaine was allowed
to ride in tne dox witn tnem. xo nae in
the driver's box was considered by a boy in
those days a great treat, and young Blaine
was on these occasions proud of his posi
tion, and a short time ago, while in conversation-with
several of his associates, he told
how his highest ambition in those days was
to be a stage driver.
His Stage Cocch Favorite.
Among the drivers Mr. Blaine rode with
from Washington to Brownsville was Will
iam Robinson, known as "Billy."
He was a jolly, good-natured fellow and
just such a man as wouldsuit Blaine. When
college closed for the vacation Blaine al
most always managed to go home on
"Billy's" stage, Billy allowing him to ride
on the box with him and sometimes even
permitting hit to drive. This friendship
was very close, but when Blaine left college
he saw no more of Bobinson.
Many changes took place and soon the
stages were no more. Bobinson moved to
Scenery Hill, a small village half way be
tween Washington and Brownsville and
opened a hotel. His income was moderate,
but by clever dealing he managed to obtain
a modest living and was respected by all
who knew him. Mr. Blaine grew into
prominence rapidjy and Bobinson told
stories about "how he used to haul Jim
Blaine over the National road in his stage
while he wasastudent at college." Billy was
a Democrat and always voted the straight
ticket and on these memorable rides he and
Mr. Blaine often had hot discussions on the
politics ot the day.
When Mr. Blaine drove into Scenery
Hill on this day in company with Mr.
Hampton things were much "changed to
him. He had 'not the slightest idea that
any of his old acquaintances lived here.
But as he passed the old stone tavern he
thought he recognized a familiar face. This
was no other than Billy Bobinson, now old
and feeble, watering a team of horses at the
old stone watering trough.
Recognizing n Old Friend.
Mr. Blaine alighted from the buggy, tell
ing Mr. Hampton he wanted to speak to
the old gentleman. Mr, Blaine walked up
to him, saying, "Good morning, Billy,"
extending hfs hand. Mr. Bobinson looked
bewildered but shook hands coldly.
"Well," said Billy, "you have me.
You seem like an old friend, but I cannot
recall yon."
"Don't you remember Jim Blaine, who
used to ride home with you when he went
to college in Washington."
"You are not young Jim Blaine, are
yon?"
"Well, that's just who I am," said
Blaine.
"Well, shake again. I'm powerful glad
to see you Jim, I do not live in very good
style, but we have plenty to eat here and if
you and your friend will stop I will give
you the best I've got"
"Oh no,", said Mr. Blaine, "we are in a
hurry to get to Washington, but thank you
for your invitation. By the wav, Billy," do
you still vote the Democratic ticket?"
"Yes, and I have voted the straight ticket
for 65 years, but if Jim Blaine' runs for
President again, I will surely vote for
him."
Ants Bi !lne
The most laborious and regular .mining
for gems is done by ants in Arizona and
Colorado, which, because they object to
haying them inside their dwellings, make
about their nests a glittering spread of
amethysts, topazes and other valuable I
jewels, which people collect and send to
market
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, PITTSBURG;--; PISPATqH,
kt AMERICAN POPE
Is More of a Possibility Km That
Cardinal Simeoni Is Dead.
C0MHENTS OK THE DUKE OP FIFE.
Scarcity of Hale Heirs to Peerages Threat
ens the Douse of Lords.
A FMXOH MiTOffS DKESS N0TJ03S
nrzrmx fob tux dispatch.!
The feebleness of Cardinal Simeoni for
a considerable time prior to his death, took
him out of the cal
culations of those
who speculated as to
Pope Leo's successor.
, but all the same the
aeatn oi ,tnat emi-
nent prelate has a
bearing upon the
question. Cardinal
Simeoni was the
senior of all the Ital
ian cardinals' and
Cardinal Simeoni when he died, a few
days ago, was 76 years old. There are two
Italians still left in the sacred college who
are supposed to possess equal chance of suc
ceeding to the papacy. These are
Cardinal Sanfelice and Cardinal Van
utclli, both of whom; are still
in the prime of life, having been born
in the year 1834. If the matter of age is to
count in the choice of the next Pope,
America will have a strong candidate in
Cardinal Gibbons. He is only C8, and in
every sense at the prime of life. Now that
England has lost Cardinal Manning and
Italy Simeoni, it would not be surprising to
hear more of America's claims to recogni
tion. In Europe it is Seraphin Vanntelll who
is most spoken of as the coming Pope, and
it is perhaps significant that he it is who
succeeds Cardinal Simeoni as Prefect Gen
eral of the Propaganda. The church all
over the world seems to be prepared to hear
of the death of Pope Leo at any moment, so
precarious has his condition been for a long
time.
A Roman Monument to Shelley.
The erratic genius and superb poetry of
Percy Bysshe Shelley are to be commemor
ated afresh in Italy,
upon whose shores
he lost his life 60
years ago. A com
mittee has been
formed at Eome for
the purpose of erect
ing a monument to
Shelley there. A
number of distin
guished men are on
the committee, in- Shelley.
eluding such Italians as Signor Cavalotti,
Signor Amici, Signor Menotti Garibaldi
and Signor Bonghi,and such Englishmen as
Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Swinburne. It will
be remembered that Shelley's ashes, for his
body after it was regained from the un
grateful sea whose beauties he had
immortalized in song, was burned, not so
much in a romantic spirit as in accordance
with the Italian law regarding the disposal
of the drowned, were interred in the
Protestant burial ground in Borne. There
they have remained to this day unmarked
save by a simple gravestone upon which the
yet simpler inscription is "Cor Cordium,"
that is "Heart of Hearts."
Still the humble grave of the great poet
has been always prominent among the lions
of modern Bdme, and the monument pro
posed can hardly attract more attention to
Shelley's last resting place. The Italian
interest in the project is said tote wonder
fully warm, and is another proof of the
affectionate "regard for Shelley that he in-"
spired when living, in the Italian people.
Jinrikshas Won't Go In London.
In The Dispatch the other day it was
stated that they were thinking of intro
ducing jinrikshas in the streets of London.
The man who has the daring to do'this de
serves success but he is' hardly likely to
achieve it A jinriksha is a good deal like
the body of a hansom cab without the lofty
seat for'the driver, and in Japan is drawn
by a man instead of a horse. In the streets
of Tokio travelers tell us the jinrikshas are
everywhere, and nobody of consequence
thinks of walking. The jinriksha js light
but strong, with two wheels, and would be
handy enough for use over London's well
paved streets. But heaven help the luck
less wight who introduces himself as a jin
riksha hauler there.
London cabdrivers and omnibus coachmen
are not partial to novelties anyhow, but
such an innovation and invasion ot their
special field as a jinriksha would drive
them clean crazy. A jinriksha man's life
would not be worth a minute's purchase in
the crowd of vehicles on Ludgate Hill, or
even in the broader stream of traffic in Ee
gent street. The hansom cabmen alone
might be relied upon to run down all the
jinrikshas in town in one hour. So Japan
is hardly likely to have the satisfaction of
seeing one of her popular institutions copied
in the English metropolis.
A Chanced Note on Fife.
When the Prince of Wales' eldest daugh
ter, Louise, married the Duke of Fife, there
was a good deal of
gush in the English
papers about the
good sense" it the
bride and her par
ents in choosing an
Englishman for her
husband instead of a
pauper princeling
from some foreign
land. The same
papers are not gush
W
Duchess of Ffi.
ing exactly over the
marriage now. The reason is that since the
Duke of Clarence's death, nnd with Prince
George in anything but robust health, the
Eossibility of Princess Louise becoming
eir to the throne has suddenly dawned
upon the people. Simultaneously the
discovery ,has been made that the Duke of
Fife is, pretty small potatoes, though he is
large enough to boss Princess Louise if she
were to become queen in name.
This seems to have created a very disa
greeable foreboding in the British mind,
and without much respect for royal feelings
the papers have discussed the situation with
great candor. To calm people somebody
stated that Princess Louise had renounced
her claims upon the throne when she mar
ried, but there is no record of such a renun
ciation, and to make it at all binding it
should have been filed with that absurd
survival -of medieval -times, the Garter
King at Arms. The only way to escape a
second dose of petticoat government iu form
with the Duke of Fife as King de facto, is
recognized to lie in the marriage of Prince
George, and that unfortunate young fellow
is being 'prodded already with publio in
junctions to take a wife without delay in
order that the succession may be provided
for. How cliarming.it must be for little
Fife, to be played on continuously in a
minor key 1
The Dake Imitating the Dodo.
The admirer of hereditary lawgivers and
aristocratic institutions will' be alarmed to
note the shrinkage in the supply ot English
dukes. During the year 1891 three of Eng
land's wealthiest and most influential dukes
died, and although even peers cannot take
their titles with them to the next world, it
looks very much as if they mi?ht Inst as
well have' done so. The Duke of Cleveland
left no direct heir, so his dukedom is at an
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ceeded" by his son, who is childless,
although married 13 years; the Duke of
Devonshire is succeeded by his son, Lord
Hartington, who is still unmarried, al
though gossip connects his name with the
Dowager Duchess of Manchester. The ex
tinction of two more dukedoms is therefore
probable.
There are other discouraging features in
the duke market In 1889 three ducal, mar
riages tootplace, and yet the succession is
not assured for anv one of the dukedoms in
volved. The Dute of Newcastle has no
children as vet; and the duchesses of Port
land and Fife have both presented girls to
their ducal husbands. If things go on in
this way, and it seems characteristic of the
peerage in general, the Hotrte of Lords
may disappear without the assistance of an
irreverent democracy. ,
Barflenr's Awfally Modest Mayor.
It is the custom to point to France as the
horrible example of the world in matters of
morality, and it will 'astonish a good many
people doubtless to learn that a municipal
regulation ot woman's dress in the direction
of decency has been attempted in a French
town. The Mayor jnf Harfle'ur, a port of
some importance still, though overburdened
with a past out of all proportion to its pres
ent or future, is the leader of a crusade
against the decolt&e. In his proclamation is
sued recently he assumes as an axiom that vir
tue and respectability do not approve of even
partial nudity in the appearance of women,
and asserts that such a display of feminine
charms is the cause of social disorder and
moral corruption. It appears that the young
women of Harfleur have persiste'd in appear
ing at balls and social entertainments in
dresses which, their Mayor quaintly ob
serves, "did not sufficiently cover the upper
part of their bodies," and as all the world
knows the fashion set by Paris is rather in
the direction of further uncovering 'than
more modest appifrel.the Mayor has decided
to check the tendency by municipal law.
The young women of Harfleur will have to
sew up their V shaped corsages, and drape
their dear little backs, for the city enact
ment now reads: "That all kinds oi decollete
in women's dresses be prohibited as danger
ous to the communal order and peace."
But we arc willing to wager that the
Mayor of Harfleur will not be re-elected.
Society's Fet Editor a Feer.
Thackeray ought to be alive to do Justice
to the exquisite snobbery displayed in the
proposal to confer a
peerage upon Sir Al
gernon Borthwick,
the editor of the Lon
don Morning Post.
Borthwick is as fit to
be made a noble Lord
as most of the brew
ers and candlestick
makers, the obstrep-'
erous or superannu-
atedcommonersfrom Algernon Borthwick.
whom the upper House is chiefly replen
ished, bat the honor is really meant for
his paper, which is recognized as the
head boot-licker to the Tory Minis
try, and the aristocracy in London.
Nothing horrid in the shape of democratic
sentiment ever pollutes the broad pages of
the Morning Pout, and my Lord Tomnoddy
and my Lady Tiplofty can peruse every
column in it at breakfast without the last
fear of imperiling their digestion. To get
one's name in the society columns of the
Post is the summit of many a parvenu's am
bition; and fashionable Belgravia has no
more reliable mirror than this perfumed
journal.
Under Sir Algermon BorthwicK s man
agement the Post nas gained new laurels as
a superloyal supporter of the Crown, and
the editor called attention to the high-pressure
character of his devotion to the
reigning house the other day by sending to
Princess Mary of Teck, as a wedding pre
sent, a superb diamond bracelet This
final demonstration of editorial capacity
convinced Lord Salisbury of Borthwiek's
fitness for the House of Lords, and the
Queen is now said to be only waiting till
the court shall go out of mourning to an
nounce his elevation.,
Borthwick will be the first newspaper
man to receive a peerage, and it is likely to
create heart-burnings among his brethren,
some of whom, and notably Leary Lawson,
of the Daily Telegraph, have worked hard
for the same prize without success. In the
last year of Lord Beaconsfield's life, Mr.
Lawson undoubtedly expected to be made a
peer, and he would have been had not death
called his patron to a land where newspa
per influence and imperial politics are alike
of small account Johns-Kaufmans;
BAILKOAD WATCH IHSPE0I0E1
Their Johs Are Not Sncli Soft Snaps as
Usually Understood to Be.
St. Lonls Globe-Democrat. I
The longer a man lives the more firmly
does he become convinced that there are
very few "soft snaps" in the world, at any
rate out of politics. The position of watch
inspector on a railroad is a kind of haven of
well-paid repose for which men in the busi
ness of watch making or repairing are apt
to sigh. When a man secures the position
at last he finds the work hardcrand the
hours practically longer than any he has
found before. He has to take a weekly
record of the watches of employes, a pre
caution which is designed both to insure
time being kept and wrecks avoided, and if
there is a greater variation than the stand
ard set he must condemn the watch, no mat
ter how much the kicking in consequence.
He has also to find out, if he can, when a
man with an imperfect watch evades trouble
be constantly setting it by a reliable time
piece, and he.must see that every watch is
Kept in repair and also cleaned at stated
intervals.
As -if this were not enough, he has also to
keep before him the list of movements ac
cepted by his company as sufficiently re
liable, and be careful not to be taken in by
a convenient exchange of watches at about
inspection time. At busy periods the work
alone takes up an entire day, and the
records have to be posted up when most
people are asleep. Passengers sometimes
think their safety when traveling is not
cared for sufficiently, bnt so far as watches
of employes are concerned, few companies
leave any stone unturned in their efforts to
secure accuracy.
WHEBE PLATINUM COMES PBOH.
The Mines In Rnstla Tleld bnt 15 rounds to
2,900 Cartloads or Dirt.
Very nearly all of the world's supply of
platinum comes from the mines at Nisjne
Tagilsk, on the eastern frontier of Bussia
in Europe where it is found in the gravels
which have been washed down during cen
turies past from the Ural Mountains.' It
is procured by scooping out holes in the
ground to the depth of about 15 feet, where
"pay dirt" is "struck, and then burrowing
rat fashion in all directions.
Twenty-nine hundred cartloads of earth
must be washed to yield 15 pounds of
metallic, treasure. In summer the gravel is
stacked up in great heaps, and in winter,
when mining cannot be carried on, the stuff
is washed out in primitive mills, women
doing most of the work. To find a nugget
of any size is a very rare occurrence, the
biggest on record being about the size at
a tumbler. It is now on exhibition at the
Dresden Museum.
A Dos Rescues a Chicken. '
Forest and Stream. 3
Mrs. Frances Strupe, of Kellogg, W. Va.,
tells of a singular catch made by a dog, not
a greyhound, but one of remarkable ability
for leaping, and formed somewhat after the
monld of that fleet-footed dog. The dog
Cad a peculiar propensity for running after
and barking at all birds that flew overhead.
One day a hawk swooped down and bore
offa fowl; bnt the load wasaheavy one, and
in getting to the woods he had to pass over
ascending ground. The dog seeing the
thief, started in full pursuit, and, making
one leap, brought the- marauder to the
ground and tore him to pieces. The chicken
inrrlved.
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REVIEW- OF SPORTS.
Trip of the American-Canadian Foot
ball Team to England.
A POPULAR 'WINTER PASTIME.
The Object of Hater's Challenge to Fight
John L. SnlliTan.
LITEST GOSSIP 1B0UT BASEBALL
A somewhat new feature has presented it
self during the work in "sporting matters
and a matter that will certainly bear a little
talking about I refer to the return of the
American-Canadian football team from
their trip to the British Isles. The team
crosed the Atlantic for Great Britain last
August and had quite a busy time of it from
their going away until their return to New
York. They met the best teams in England
and Scotland during their absence, and they
learned a lesson. They discovered that the
best football teams in America or in Can
ada, Association rules of course, are far be
hind the best among the Britishers in play
ing ability.
But they also found that the game is one
of the most popular and one of thtf most
profitable among outdoor sports. This fact
has long been known on this continent, but
it was not so well known as it has been
since the American-Canadian team returned
and told us all abouf it The manager of
the team, in an interview published in this
paper, stated that taking football in En
gland as an example there is a great future
for the game in yiis country, and the man
ager further pointed out that the trip of his
team may result in inducing English teams
to come here, and that certainly will give a
wonderful impetus to the sport in this
country.
Something We Need.
Most assuredly we need something in the
fall and winter to divert our attention from
baseball. If ever there were overdoses of
anything there are overdoses of baseball
gush in winter time. It is all right in
summer time to read about Smith, Jones,
Bobinson and Brown and their great work
when they are doing it, but in mid-winter,
to say the least, it is tiresome to continue
daily repeating the devices and movements
of these worthies. Beside this extraordi
nary repetition as to what Tom, Dick and
Harry want and what they will and will not
do, together with the 'inevitable contradic
tion, the national game harms instead of
good. The public surely become weary of
these baseball effusions that appear without
intermission from January 1 until Decem
ber 31. It must be as wearisome to the
mind as three or four quail would be nause
ating to the stomach after eating that num
ber for 30 or 40 days.
It, then, a good winter game could be
thoroughly established it would be a benefit
all round. The most likely game to fill the
bill is football, either Association orBugby,
and I will be somewhat disappointed if a
very great and a very successful effort is not
made next fall to put the game of football
on a thoroughly popular basis. To be sure
the Busby game is" the most popular, but
fact that its best exponents are college stu
dents and can only play a very short time
during the year operates considerably against
the progress of the sport But if the sport
is popnlarized this difficulty will certainly
be overcome, and then we will have both
Bugby and Association football from the
close of the baseball season until nearly the
opening of the following season. If this
were tlie condition of things then I do main
tain that baseball would be more successful
than it is now, because there would be a
vigorous enthusiasm to greet its commence
ment, and that vigor would last throughout
the season. What the public mind at all
times likes, as far as amusement and recre--.!
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monotony of baseball can bo broken for
one portion of the year good will follow.
Wallace Boss' Challenge.
A week or two ago I.drew attention to the
fact of Billy East defeating George Perkins
for the English sculling championship, and
in doing so 1 pointed ont that sculling in
England was at a very low ebb. Since this
our old friend Wallace Boss has challenged
East to row for the English championship.
There is nothing remarkable about this, but
there is something amusing in the fact of
Boss wanting to row for the English title on
an American course.
During his lifetime. Wallace has fared
well among the Britishers. He has won
and earned lots of money from them mostly
because he knows more and has known
more for many years about the correct
abilities of English scullers than any
American I know of. His challenge to row
East at all will provoke a laugh among the
English patrons of sculling, but when he
wants East to come here and be slaughtered
something more than laugh will follow.
Providing everthing is all right and allow
ing Ross to have "gone back" a little lean
not for the life of me see where there is anv
chance or East defeating Boss over even a
course like the- Thames' to say nothing of
rowing on still water.
But the challenge of Boss folly verifies
what I said about the deterioration of scull
ins In England. There are several better
rowers on this continent than Wallace Ross
and he is much better than anybody in Eng
land. The Britishers may "come again."
They have any amonnt of young mateiial.as
there were about 10D starters in a rowing
handicap on the Tyno Christmas. This fact
really is moro encouraging than the state of
things here. We have the great men now,
bnt we have nobody who looks like taking
their places.
The local Doc Show.
It Is rare Indeed that any of us meet a per
son who has no love for a dog. Scores of
people are more or less afraid of that faith
ful friend of man, but fear does not always
prevent a love for the animal. It Is, there
fore, tolerably safe to say that we all love
and like dojts. Well, we are coins to have a
wonderful display of them and tbo date of
that display is very fast approaching. From
what I am told I am led to believe that the
Duquesne Kennel Club show this year is to
be the best in its history. Certainly a very
larce amonnt of money Is to be offered in
prizes, and I know that it would be impossi
ble to find a more energetic body of men
than the gentlemen who have the manage
ment of the show in charge.
Like everything else or a popnlar kind and
that is well managed, the Pittsburg doz
show is getting better every year. Both the
quality and quantity of the doss are Im
proving, and unless all signs fail we will
have a" better show here this year than we
have ever had. The members of the Du
quesne Kennel Club deserve success. They
are generous, and are hard workers.
An Injury to Sport.
A few days ago we all read In the daily"
papers about a wrestling match at Buffalo
between Dennis Gallagher' and a person
calling himself "Ike Smith, champion of
England." The affair had been capitally
advertised, and consequently there was
plenty of money in it for the wrestlers.
Tho reports of the "match" all spoke about
its severity, etc.
Well, a day or so ago I received a letter
from a friend telling that "Ike Smith" was
none other than our "old pal" Rube Col
lenge, who was here some time ago and
"skinned" a friend for a few hundred dol
lars by wrestling a cheat. The letter also
goes on to state many facts Tegardmg the
"Ike Smith" affair for which there Is not
space here. Bnt what I want to sayls this:
Is it not singular that amid all the contests
in the country are very,' very few honest
ones; and that notwithstanding the many
people who are defrauded every week there
are nlways any number of victims ready to
step up to be slaughtered, or course, it is
such men ai thi alleged "Ike Smith" who
have ruined almost every branch of profes
sional sport in this country. The wonder Is
that they continue to be so successful.
Snlllvan and S'avln.
A writer In the London Referee has the fol
lowing Interesting remarks to make regard
ing Sullivan and Slavin:
"If the SulHvaii-Slavih negotiations be
fairly reported ks cabled, tho slugger asked
for nothing more than was reasonable in
stipulating that he would only meet Slavin
In case the Australian beat his South Ameri
can nezro rival Jackson. To judze inch
J.Btattara Cram an ordinary standpoint, John
Ii's requirement .is absurd, because a big
purse is to be hung up for him and Slavin,
and a fine side bet must be laid on the
event. If, then, the Boston Boy is
game to take 'his chance of getting
these should S'avin prove superior to
Jackson, a fortiori he should Jnrap at the
opportunity for downing the New South
Welshman after the last-named has come off
second best in a publio trial .with Jackson.
But in these days the showman element
bulks verv largely, and perhaps the Tankee
is right in being wary not to take on other
than presumably first-class goods. He missed
a good score in not sinking his high-toned
equallty-fratemity-and-liberty objection to
lighting a black. What the big fellow ought
to have done was to profess willingness to
accept a challenge from the victor of the
Jackson-Slaviu go.
"Unless I read wrongly, the lesson to be
found between the lines of the negotiations
is to be very careful fn believing the many
yarns sent us nbont J. L. S.'s fast living. 1
may bo wrong, but fancy I interpret the un
written part of the affair correctly viz.,
that much we have been told ai.ent the hur
ricane boxer's breakings ont and prolonged
bursts is Invented by his friends for a very
evident purpose. They want Slavin to un
derrate his opponent. Of course, difficulties
in the way of rnatebmsking may be craftily
devised so that the proposed meeting will
not come off at all, or any contract for one
signed except of a nature to afford an easy
get-out. But the (reported) readiness with
wMr.h h Kniiiimn nrsi-fw fnTnf iit the Aus
tralian's advance is most decidedly suspi
cious in tne light or the damaging ramors to
which wo are so frequently treated."
A Few Strong Words. .
The same writer continues: "Let the Sul
livan plans bo laid never so wisely, I do not
like Slavin's being hung up for want of a
backer. No one could have talked more
disgracefully than the colonial about the
Referee, ilostofhis mob are a pinchbeck
set of hangers-on to the bruiser's notoriety.
The best man may not be allowed to win in
America unless he is an American: yet, all
the same, as an Australian is an English
man, and our best representative is pitting
himself against tho accepted American
champion, it will be a dreadful thing if he is
left for want of money after all said and
done about taking Sullivan on. That he can
be left long I.will not believe."
Notoriety for Malier.
It has long been nnderstood by people who
take an interest In latter day pugilism that
the 'manager" is the great man. A boxer or
pugilist to-day without a manager would
have a very poor show in getting even a
little slice of the good things in the way of
club purses and show engagements, and it is
safe to say that had not Billy Madden taken
Peter JIaher In charge few of us would have
heard of Peter. But Madden is not in the
show or boxing business for nothing, and if
there it money in it ho means to have it. No
matter what the merits or jianerareasa
boxeror tighter. Madden is determined that
the public shall know that such a man as the
Iriih champion exists.
The daily papers on Friday announced
that Madden had deposited a forfeit of $5,000
for Maher to fight Sullivan. This will be no
surprise to those who have noticed the na
ture and results of challenges lately. The
truth is that Madden does not expect that
Sullivan will accept the challenge, and
whether it is accepted or not Madden's pro
tege will have been brought more promi
nently bofore the puDlic than ever ho was.
It is unnecessary to go into details as to the
respective merits of Maher and Sullivan.
Tho former is a better man than isgenerally
believed, and John L. is not the Sullivan of
old we all know. But If he were in any
kind of good condition the probabilities are
that he would finish Maher inside of four
rounds.
Bnt the nmuslng part is that Manager
Madden declines to allow Maher to fight
Choynski because the latter is a beaten man.
and while this refusal Is made Madden offers
to match his big man to fight middle-weights
like Hall and Fitzsimmons. This only shows
that the entire business is one of scheming
to get money. Most assuredly if Maber
meets Choynski he will have more to do
tnan ne expects.
afcAnliffe and Slyer.
After all it looks as if there will be an
other go between Jack McAuliffa and Myer.
It is not V be wondered at that Mr. Roche,
McAuliffe's backer, declined to find the
needful for him this time when we consider
the high old time McAnliffe has been having
since he defeated Gibbons. If McAuIiffe
can step into the ring against Mver in any
thing like first-class condition, he must be a
remarkable little fellow, because few men
have lived a gayer life than John during the
last few months.
But the weight is favorable to McAuliffa,
viz., 110 pounds. This Isaveiy bigadvant
age in his favor, but' It deprives the contest
entirely of any championship features. If
the contest is to proceed. I confess I have
not the faith in McAuIiffe that I have had
heretofore, although I have no definite
opinion to offer on the matter at present.
There is plenty of time to discuss the prob
able outcome of the battle if it is to take
place.
Pugilistic Affairs In General.
Once more Warren has.suffered defeat and
this time at the bands of little George Sid
dons. Headers of this paper will know that
I have never estimated Warren very high.
Along time ago when he was doing ques
tionable work in San Francisco I argued that
he was of no account and his contests since
then have amply proven that I was correct.
It Is to be hoped that we have heard the last
of Warren, siddpnsdoes not Increase his
fame by his victory, but he is sure to be in
another contest shortly and he is sure to do
well as he Is a clever little fellow.
Tuesday night we shall have the important
contest between Tom Callagnan and Cal Mc
Carthy. This Is more than an or
dinary affair because if Callagnan
wins he is sure to be matched
against Dixon for the championship. Ac
cording to reports both McCarthy and Cal
laghan are in good condition and. of course,
both are confident. I don't think that Cal
Iaghan has vet faced as clever a little chap
as McCarthy is, and it may be that with the
exception of Dixon McCarthy has not en
countered as good a man as Callagnan.
Both have had considerable experience in
the ring as far as glove contests are con
cerned, and altogether we may expect quite
a lively go between them. lam inclined to
think that Callaghan will be hailed the
victor after a short and severe struggle.
Jackson and Slavin continue in the show
business, although they have not been doing
asmnch talking as usual. As things look
they intend to fight before tho National
Club, London, but thepolice authorities may
stop them. Corbett Is also very quiet, and
tills means unit Lueir respective suuwa aio
doing satisfactory business.
General Baseball Affairs.
During the week there has been quite a
lull In baseball affairs, generally speaking. I
mean a lull compared to what we have been
used to. One very important thing has
been accomplished, viz., the organization of
the Western League. That has been done on
a very satisfactory and apparently success
ful basis. Of course. It knocks on the head
that very foolish story that was published
regarding a new American Association.
There is one thing favorable to the Western
League, and that is, salaries will be
lrwt tMa vpfir tliftn fchfiv were last ve&r. It
was high salaries that killed the organiza?
tion last season, anu uouDtiess tne magnates
will not ruin their chances this year, now
that things have come their way.
Everything is apparently going smoothly
along in this new League. President Toung
states that there aro only two hitches, one
being the Lvons case and the other the case
of Danny Richardson. He also repeats that
both men will go to the clnbs thoy were as
signed to and I presume that settles it. In
view of this very emphatic declaration I
fail tosee where anv good can result from
fighting tho matter any further. It can now
be said with a verv great degree of certainty
that Kichardson will play in Washington
nnd Lyons in New York, except some pri
vate deal or deals place tnem elsewhere.
Things do not seem to be going smoothly
along with the Louisville club and the
trouble is of a kind that does not augur well
for the season. I cannot avoid the convic
tion that Louisville and probably one or two
other clnbs will be a kind or millstone tied
totheneckof the new League. Itisto be
hoped that such will not be the case though
the prospects arc not of the brightest
Helping the Whirlwind.
Long before the 13-Club League was or
ganized I argued that one of the greatest ob
jections to it was Its monopolistic principle.
I havo not changed my opinion one whit,
and I notice that every week is adding to
those who refer to the new League as a great
monopoly, etc. u tne new organization sue-
ceeds it will be in spite of this very bad
principle. But what I want to say now is
that this monopoly has placed the magnates
in absolute power for the time being, and as
a result every now and then we hear, the
squeals of this player or that player, who
only a short time ago turned ajieaf ear to all
kinds or pleadings to be reasonable.
Now, I care not how tight or how unmer
cifully the magnates draw the lines on some
players, there can be no sympathy for them,
siniwly because they are being paid back
with, their own coin. Let us look back a
year or so ago. Then circumstances placed
many ball players in a position to demand
the absolute "pound of flesh." Kea.omiT!e
demands were ont nt the question. Capital
ists had money investedin the business, and
naturally did not want to throw up the
sponge. They were, compelled to' yield to
the exorbitant demands of these players,
and the latter acted as if they were on the
sure way to earn the entire earth. They had
no sympathy for the capltallsts-and no ry,
gard for gratitude. "I'm out for the stuff;
was their general remarkand argument.
JSuta change has taken place end thi
magnates are in powerand -we are.-fllreadj
beginning to hear of "the. poor ban players'
and "the unfair treatment of those who pla;
the game." Bosh and hnmbugl Ir.it wai
fair for those ingrates tosqueeze tbelast dol
larfrora the stockholders it certainly can
not be unfair for the stockholders 'ta tun
round now and say: "We now lnal3t tha
demands shall be reasonable, and if they an
not we will Ignore them." As far as th
principle of demand and supply goes I'don'
think that one player or every ten will ge
an unreasonably low salary. Certainlj
many or them will not get as much mone.
as they did during the last season or so ant
because ot that some or them will talk aboa
not playing at all. By all means let then
retire. Their places can be filled, and prob
ably by much better-men..
To be sure there are many players wh
have signed ror this season at very high flg
uret. They were shrewd business men, ant
could see "something" ahead. But ther
were other very smart peopler in fact, to.
smart for tbemselve,who held out forth
"big money," expecting that the.competitioi
of clnbs would favor them. "They were no
content with very much more money thai
their services were really worth, but the;
wanted two or three salaries rolled Into one
These grasping players have been left, am
now It is only meet if they tako a dose of th
fame medicine that they have been dollnj
out to other people. We must never forge
that magnates have interests and rights a
well as have the players.
Local Club Affair.
There Is not much to say about the loca
club this week. A3 far as I know every thinj
is going beautifully along, and the club oi
flclals say positively that no more player
will be signed until those on hand are tried
This resolve, I understand, Is tobocarriet
out whether Lyons Is secured or not. 1'n
sure I still fail to see why there is mj mud
ndo about Lyons. I haven't much faith u
him, but my reason probably is sometblni
like the following:
"I do not like thee. Dr. Fell,
The reason I cannot telL
Bnt this I know quite fnll well, -I
do not like thee. Dr. Fell."
It would seem the best plan now for on
local magnates to begin and look after th
material they have. The opening day wil
soon be here, and between now and the:
there is plenty to do. If we can only mak
a good start, everything may go well dnrin
the season; in fact, so much depends on
good start that every possible effort shonl
be made to effect one. Fbixqlz.
A Novel Way of Putting It
An epitaph in an Italian cemetery read
as follows: "Here lies Etella, who trans
ported a large fortune to heaven, in acts o
charity, and has gone thither to enjoy it'
.Refused. On account cf his shape
Too fat.
Fat is a vulgar word. Too mucl
Adiposis or Obesity sounds better
But fat is plainer. There are twt
kinds of fats.
The unhealthy adipose tissue, re
suiting from sedentary habits or fron
forcing the appetite through stimu
lants; or from impure blood, or i
may be hereditary. This is the kinc
that lays the possessor liable to hear
disease, apoplexy, vertigo, etc.
Then there is the genuine, healthy
life-giving tissue, the result from reg
ular and moderate habits, or if irreg
ular habits, the taking regularly an
according to directions, the famou
Carlsbad Sprudel Salts." The'salt
will reduce unhealthy tissue and built
in its place that firm and solid flesh
which is the certain sign of perfec
health. It is virtually taking th
Carlsbad treatment in your home
Every drugstore -has them. Th
genuine have the signature of "Eisne
&. Mendelson Co., Sole Agents, Net
York," on the bottle. su
fVe Cant do it
but are willing to pay for learning low to
make as good an article as "Wolff's Aoc
Blacking of cheap material so that .
retailer can profitably sell it at 10c.
Onr price is 20c.
The retailer says the public will not pa
it "We Bay the public will, because the
will always pay a fair price for a goo
article. To show both the trade and th
public that we want to give them the be
For the least money, we will pay
For ftbovo Information ; this ofTer is ope
until January 1st, 1893.
WOIiPP & BAWDOIiFH, Phfladolphit
$A 0X SsXnS?3 7fi Pi
In flfi.fi BM
Reward
Pit-Ron Is the name cf a paint whid
does work that no other paint can do. iWr
wood painted with It looks like the natura
wood when It is stained and varnished.
PAINTERS km BUSLOERS
will find It profitable to Investigate. A
paint stores sell It
Ask your doctor what hap
pens to cod-liver oil when it
gets inside of you.
He will say it is shaken
and broken up into tiny
drops, becomes an emulsion ;
there are other changes, but
this is the first.
He will tell you also that
it is economy to take the oil
broken up, as it is in Scott's
Emulsion, rather than bur
den yourself with this work.
You skip tha taste too.
Let us send you an inter
esting book on careful liv
ing; free.
y
Scott & Bo whs, Cheiaisu, iii Sooth 5th A venca,
New York.
Your drasgist keeps Scott's Emulsion of cod-livet
oil all druggists everywhere do. u t
1 CURE FITS
"When Isay carol do not aeon cere! to stop the
for & Cms and then hare theziretsm again, rimeax
radical core. I ha- xnada thadfiaasaotSTTS, Et
raj remedy to curs tho woatCMev Bocas
others hare failed is noreasonfozsotcowreceifiaf
core. Bead at ones for a treatise and a Free Eoai3
ray Infallible remedy. Gira Express aad SaA Oficoj
H. C. SOOT, M. C, 183 reart'!iSi3
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