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tHE PITTSBTTRG DISPATCH. SUNDAY. JANUARY 81,'' 1891-
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A REVIEW OF SPORTS.!
President Jim Hart's Objections to
the Proposed National
Agreement
THE WESTERN LEAGUE'S SYSTEM.
Pome EtA Tendencies of the litest Legis
lation of the Baseball
Magnates.
LITEST PEASES OP TI1E LTOXS CASE.
Fncptetlre Football Came of Interest It
laghin and McCarthy Fight.
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Everythinc: that is done by the new base
ball League points with an unerring finger
to the fact that the organization as at pres
ent made up will not last. No matter what
may have been the declarations of harmony
at and since the Indianapolis meeting, there
are already proofs of the strongest factional
feeling among the magnates that we have
had for many a long month. And let me
tay that just as sure as we are here, these
feelings will be fanned into such a big flame
thai all vestige of harmony will be con
sumed and this year may not disappear be
fore what I talking about comes to pass.
The latest bone of contention among the
magnates is the proposed national agree
ment which has been prepared by Colonel
Rogers. That instrument, as suggested by
the League lawyer, has brought forth the
severest condemnation of Presidents Hart,
Kobison, Bruh and Lawyer rhelps. Sir.
Hart is determined to get even for the way
in which his famous charges against the
Xew York club were received; Messrs.
Brush and Kobison are now of the
majority that Association majority who
are running the new League, and Lawyer
Phelps apparently has the innate idea that
two attornevs should not agree. How
plain it is to see that the genius and brains
that have guided the old National League
in the past are of little moment now; they
are downed.
But certainly the proposed national
agreement is the most important thing of
the tieek. A correct outline of it was
given in The Dispatch a few days ago,
and the question is of so much importance
that it would seem advisable to give the
objections to it President Hart has sum
marized these objections and claims to
speak in behalf of a number of other
magnates.
Mr. Ilart's Ohjectlons.
In objecting to the proposed agreement
Mr. Hart says:
Thellrst and principal reion is that I
ha e po-.itiveinr6rraation wliich satisfies me
th.it the Vi'e-tciu Leacuc will not become a
p.uty to the asicenient That league has
adopted a new and practical plin by which
tney prop "c rn control tne aiarie-j 01 tncir
players and equalize the pl.iyiiig strength of
their team. Tins thet, jiropos 'o accom
plish in the follouin,; irniinisr: Their Secre-taiv-Mill
contract with Mpl.ieis direct to
theleasnc. Tlio-e plai- will be divided
by a committee into eight teams of equal
ttrength. 'Ihe tem will then be Mib
in i tied to the league tor changes and
apninval. After Mil arc declined as nearly
eqiul in pla mg strength as it is possible to
make them. the will be distributed bv lot
to the eight club of the league. Should the
"drafting" stem prevail, it w onld entirely
disarrange their pi jii ana compel its aban
donment: and as they think (and rightfully
in mv opinion) that their plan will proe a
succt-", thc tunc no desire or intention of
alKindonragit without fiistgiwngit a fair
trial. Thev will, it compelled to make
choice, retaiu it and foiCRo the protection
granted bj the national agreement. lam
crodiblj inlormed that the K.iteni League
w ill organize on lines identical iiththoo
of the Wrstcrn league, and the two will act
in lmrmoin. I am nrr the E.istern Ingue
would Jollnw the Western it compelled to
make a choice.
I deem it most important and desirable to
the major boiv that thee leagues be al
lowed to voi.uuit their affair on the plan
pioposedbj tlu'in: consequently I shall not
Javor an aJi cement to which they will not
become panics I alsodi-approveof the ex
cessive cmiiges proposed 101 so-called pro
tection. I albo disapproie ot the number
proposed to constitute theboard. I also dis
approve tl.e pa ment of any salary w hatso
everto inemi-ei- ot theboard, as that should
be an honorary bodj . The Secretary of the
Hoard should be i:pd a nominal salary as
Reorctar ot ttie Koird, and should be piid
an additional tumbr t-uou leagues lib require
him to keep the iecord of their pluj era.
hat Shouldn't I.e Mono.
The Chicago President continues:
In short, my ideas ol the changes which
should bo made are as tollons: The Eastern
and Western leagues should not be required
to pay moie th in a nominal sum, say $i50per
league, lor piotection. But should either
requite the Secietar to keep the records of
the plajer they should pa the Secretary
an additional sum of OflOioi the work.
The Eastern and Western leagues should
not be subject to the drafting svstem during
their plaj ing seasons, out should be betw een
seasons, and the puce paid lor the release of
aplajerbj a club of the major body be
tween seasons should be nil, or at most a
nominal sum. This in justice to ambitious
and deserving pljyers. The drafting system
thou Id prevail at all times with respect to
leagues whose players are engaged by the
clubs and not by the leagues. The board
shauld bean honorary body and should con
sist of seven members, two from the Eastern
section and two from the Western section of
the major bod, with the Pieident of the
National League as ex-officio member and
Chairman ot the boaid: ono member from
each the Eastern a d Western league. With
those changes I should be glad to record my
vote in fa or of the adoption of the docu
ment as nbmitted to me bj you. Yours re
spectfully. bat the Objections Suggest.
While it is not for me to enter into a de
tailed discussion of Colonel Rogers' pro
posals before that gentleman has iully
explained them I can fairly point out one
thing, viz., a very important truth em
phasized by Mr. Hart's objections. The
latter tells us in very plain terras that the
great deire of some people at present is to
get baseball down to a merely mechanical
lciel; to strip it of all those exciting and
Improving leatures of competition that
have done more for it in the past than
eterything else put together. "When Mr.
Hart defends such an old fogy and fossil
ized principle as that adopted by the West
ern League he is certainly aiding in the
accomplishment ot the mechanical. Why
that principle, that system if such it can be
called cannot do other than kill all indi
ridual energy; that ennobling spirit which
has made baseball so successful; that spirit
which prompts the proprietors of one club
to have a better team than another is
dormant.
I may be told that after the casting of
lots business, a remnant of the days of
Joseph, by the way, each club can make its
team as strong as ft desire. But if this is
to.be the method what in the name of com
mon sense is the use of casting lots for
teams at all. To operate this Joseph peri
od principle honestly all players added to
the Western League after the lots have
been cast must be doled out bya power who
is supposed to know what team needs the
sew men most. This is the real logical out
come of it, and this is the principle that
President Hart wants the baseball world to
defend and support.
But if a national agreement is modified to
suit these very crude methods of baseball
organization indeed, boyish ''methods
what about it if the system won't work?
Will another national agreement have to be
formulated or adopted.
Let me ask another question. If taking
a player from the Western League will dis
turb the equilibrium of the teams will not
adding one do the same thing? If there is
power to add can there not b a power to
take away? Common sense would prompt
us to answer thev questions affirmatively
and then the "drafting" system ii not an
evil at all. If we cannot answer these
questions in the affirmative then the only
conclusion we can come to is that the teams
most go through the season as the casting
of lots ordained. This is really such an ah-.
sui J conclusion that none have nerve enough
to own it.
Silll .nother Bad Tendency.
It must not be forgotten that a national
agreement is nothing more than a vow made
bv a certain number of persons in the base-
ball business. It wijt only hold so long as
a majority, at least, is powerful enough to
enforce it. This means that it may last for
a year, a week, a day. In short, a' national
agreement only exists so long as self inter
est prompts people to support it.
If then a national agreement is to be
founded on the principle adopted by the
AVestern League the self-interest of the
plaver will cause him to approve it and I
will be very much mistaken if the self
interest of baseball patrons are not similarly
influenced. It is unfortunate that the great
tendency of baseball legislation since the
spirit ot consolidation has been abroad is
toward taking all option from the player.
It is just as plain as the nose on one s lace
that the tendency is to send a player, not
where he wants to go, but where somebody
else wants to put him and at a remuneration
entirely fixed by the somebody else. This
is a bad tendency and if it docs not work
an injury on baseball then there is no truth
in what we hear 'about the benefits oi free
dom and the good results of a contented
mind. It is that hope of betterment that
makes all of us put forward our best eflorts
and the more we take away the inducements
of hope the less energetic will baseball
players become.
Store About the Lyons Case.
During the week the directors of the
local ball club have caused quite a stir
among patrons of the game by threatening
to go to court if Denny Lyons was not al
lowed to play in Pittsburg. The threat, I
believe, was made in good laith, but since
it was made Lvons has declared that he has
signed a contract with the Xew York club.
This, of course, puts a new phase on the
matter, although I fail to bee wherein Pitts
burg's claims are injured one whit by
Lyons' latest signing.
If the Pittsburg club desire it, the case is
still one for the directors of the League to
determine, because if, according to baseball
law, the contract between Lyons and
Pittsburg was legal, the contract with New
York must be invalid. This being so, the
case can still be argued by the League di
rectors, although the chance's of their award
ing Lyons to Pittsburg are exceedingly
remote. I have argued this from the be
ginning, but of course there may be satis
faction in testing the opinion of the wise
acres. It might do no harm to pnt them on
record.
Of conrse. the sfenintr of Lvons with New
York will knock on the head all notions of
appealing to law. If that plaver prefers
New York to Pittsburg it "is "more than
likely that the courts would sustain his
f ireference, besides a decision would be so
ong coming that the legal fight wonld prob
acy ao f lttsDurg no good no matter what
the verdict was.
Doubtless all of us are glad that Lyons
has acted in a way that retires the court
room from the scene. While the declara
tion of fighting the matter to the death may
have been patriotic enough, I cannot help
thinking Pittsburg would have taken the
worst of it To go to court at the present
juncture would mean expulsion from the
League almost to a certainty. But there is
another consideration. AVhen & number
of club; band together and append their
names to certain rules and conditions, not
recognized by civil law, they should stick
to them or retire from the organization. If
this is not to be the way it is useless to
adopt baseball laws and" regulations, be
cause if courts are to be appealed to, that
end the matter of confidences.
Thb Local Ball Club.
Everything is going nicely along as far
as the home baseball club" is concerned.
President Temple and Manager Bucken
bcrger are extremely delighted with the
prospects, and notwithstanding the fact that
Grimm and Lyons will not be here the team,
in the estimation of the club officials, will
be much stronger than the team of last year.
During a conversation with me the other
day Manager Buckenberger stated that lie
always has fears about the pitchers. They
are such an uncertain quantity that he
never knows what they are going to do un
til the season is well opened.
The manager's notions on this point are
quite true, and he is leaving no stone un
turned to secure as strong a pitching force
as possible. In his efforts President Tem
ple is assisting him materially. The latest
addition to the pitchingstaff is a young man
named Camp who plaved in the Portland,
Ore., team last year. It is said he is.a very
promising young man, and it is only" fair to
Manager Buckenberger to say that the
pitcher is to be engaged only as a promising
young man. The manager does not claim
that he is a wonder, but has hopes that he
will soon become a very good pitcher.
The directors of the "local club have also
decided to retain "Pop" CorkhilL This is
a wise move, for while there are many bet
ter hitters, there are no better fielders than
Corkhill, and I am glad that the few kind
words said in this paper in behalf of Cork
hill have helped to get him here.
It may be taken as a fact that the patrons
of the local club will have nothing to com
plain of this year as far as energy on the
part of directors is concerned. As noted in
this paper iridav, they have deposited
515,000 in the name of the club during thisTfore. There are more players and more
week, and this certainly shows they mean
business, and it further shows that they ex
pect to do business. Now, when gentlemen
are as game and as plucky as all this, why
the viry least we all can do is to try and
help them to success.
rugilism of tho TVeelr.
And little Tommy Callaghan didn't de
feat Cal McCarthy, and I thought he would.
Well, well, Callaghan is still a good little
man for all that, and I am still of the opin
ion that he is a better man than McCarthy.
The contest between them was a "rattler,"
and it was remarkable that Callaghan, who
went into the contest with only one hand,
should make such a stand. For the first
nine or ten rounds Callaghan had much the
better of his man and had he been able to
use his right hand there is no doubt what
ever in my mind but what McCarthy would
have been knocked out. Fighting with one
hand is a distressing thing and nobody
knows better than those who have been
compelled to do it. The contest also showed,
according to the New Orleans report, that
Callaghan is a cleverer man than McCarthy,
and that the former was only defeated
through lack of wind caused by his great
efforts in trying to down McCarthy with his
one hand.
The winner is to fight Dixon again,
which means that another defeat is in store
for McCarthy. A contest between these
two cannot be very interesting, as if all is
well Dixon i much superior to McCarthy.
Outside of the contest just referred to
there has been of importance. Of course,
there has been the usual amount of talk
among the "show" boxers and Corbett, or
at least his manager, has had a big share of
it. Fitzsimmons and Mherhave been
definitely matched and are training. At
present I confess that the proposed contest
looks funny to me, but there will be plenty
of time to learn more about it before it
takes place.
The offer of Sullivan to fight Mitchell in
a 12-foot ring only goes to show that John
L. himself thinks" he can defeat Mitchell
under the ordinary prize ring rules. Sulli
van has often declared he would not fight a
man under prize ring rules for fear he
would kill him, yet he wants to get Mitchell
into a narrow space so that his, Sullivan's,
strength will have a chance to beat the life
out of Mitchell. If the two men were to
meet right away Snliivan must he carefnl
under any rules.
The Effort to Get Kelly.
While there can be much said against M.
J. Kelly's coming to this city, there can
also be much said iu favor of jt. The "Only
Eel" has had quite a remarkable career and
is yeti great ball player. The recent expe
riences Michael has had cannot have been
in vain, and this consideration leads me to
believe that his engagement by the local
club would be a good one.
There was a jime not long ago when
Kelly's presence would not have oeen de
sirable on a team, at least that Is my opin
ion of it, but there are strong hopes of his
trying to redeem It. If an engagement can
be made with him that will tend to insure
his doing his best, depend upon it he will
be a uselul man on the team.
The Strong Men.
Our places of amusement are furnishing
us with the most of our sporting events just
now. During the week lust ended we have
had the strong fellows Cyclops and San-
, dowe, and thts week we are to have the
rare thing of a barbers' contest. But I have
only a few words to say relative to the per
formances and feats ot the strong men. The
wonderful feats of strong people have "been
the rage in England for quite a while, and
the rage more or less still exists. While
there is something to admire in these won
derful pcrlormances, I am free to admit
that there is not much of an instructive
kind connected with them.
I watched Cyclops very closely. While
there is undoubtedly a deal ot art in his
feats, there is unquestionably an extraordi
nary amount of strength. I am not ready
to believe that he was here in any way to
deceive, because there was nothing to show
that he did not do what he claimed he
would da What he did do here makes him
a verr remarkable man, even though there
may be more art connected with his efforts
than any of us imagine.
Harry Hutchens Challenge.
Doubtless everybody interested in foot
racing will take "a deal of interest in the
challenge issued by Harry Hutchens, the
famous English sprinter. Hutchens offers
to run Collins a series of three races, viz:
50, 100 and 150 yards respectively. If there
was nothing more to make this challenge
interesting and important the fact of
Hutchens' long career does. He certainly
has been a remarkable man on the cinder
tracE and has maintained a quality of speed
that is extraordinary longer than any other
man I know of. He won a Sheffield "handi
cap 14 years ago and ever since has been
among the foremost sprinters in the world.
His challenge to Collins, assuming every
thing isall right, means that his backers
think him champion still.-
AVere Hutchens as good now as he was
only a tew years ago he could beat Collins
beyond the shadow ot a doubt at any dis
tance from one yard to 300 yards. Those
who know anything about sprinting well
Know that -Hutchens was and may still oe
the most remarkable finisher in a race of
from 100 to 300 yards that we have ever
known. I have seen him gain six or seven
yards on tolerably good runners in some
thing like the last 25 of a race. If he is
anything like what he used to be he is
superior to Collins, though the latter is a
good runner.
But the scries of three races does not
seem verv attractive. Wo can all remem
ber how George and Myers worked this
"series" business, and so did George and
Cummincs. Already Hutchens, to say
nothing of Collins, has been before the pub
lic in a questionable light, viz., in his races
with Ghent. The series of races then may
mean nothing more than a joint effort to
secure gate money. I would not be sur
prised, if such was the case.
The Proposed Football Contest.
For some time past the members of the
Pittsburg football team have been trying to
secure a game with the best team in the
West. It had been thought that the This
tles of Chicago were the best lot, but it now
turns out that they are not, as the team of
the Chicago Football Club came to the front
and showed how they have a right to first
honors. This being so the Pittsburg kick
ers have signified their willingness to meet
the Chicago team in Pittsburg on Washing
ton's Birthday and it is likely that the
Chicagoans will be here.
Whether or not it can be fairly claimed
that the contest will be for bona fide honors,
it certainly cannot be doubted that the con
test will be of the utmost importance.
There is throughout the country a
great diversity of opinion as
to where, the best team of foot
ball players. Association rules, are. It is
only by getting teams from East and West
to compete against each other that we will
get to know where the best lot are to be
found. It may also be that after a few
contests have taken place we'll discover
that the American-Canadian team recently
in England are not the best association we
have. I trust the contest will go on and
that the weather will be fine. If it is, there
ought to be a large attendance.
About the Cricket l'rospects.
Speaking of Association football reminds
me that the time for cricketers to begin and
formulate 'their plans for the fear has come.
For quite a while back manyjocal admirers
of the old game have been talking about the
great things that are to be done during the
coming season. If there is anything to be
done at all, it is time a commencement was
made. Many of the cricketers are associa
tion football players, and as the football
season except one or two games is done,
there is nothing to prevent their getting
together and discussing the matter as soon
asjiossible.
One of the great drawbacks to the success
of cricket playing in and about Pittsburg
has ever been the lack of enthusiasm among
the players themselves. If the cricketers
would just watch the energy and enthusi
asm displayed by the promoters of our
amateur baseball leagues they woutd see
something worthy ot emulation... Taking
everything into consideration cricket play
ing in AVestern Pennsylvania ought to go
better this year than it has ever done be-
clubs, and there are other teams in Eastern
Ohio. Now that the subject has been in
troduced, it will be very foolish to allow it
to be put to one side by default It is worth
dealing with. Peingle.
THE PLUNDER FITS THB CT.IMK.
I WKli'llUT TOB THX DISPATCH. I
Lawyer Bleedum Ah, my retainer
thanks. Now to business. Tell me plainly
did you rob the bank or are you innocent
and sinned against?
Cashier You have your fje, haven't you?
Is the size of it such as an innocent man
would pay?
Lawyer Bleedum Well, it would make
an alibi defense uphill work.
HAD TO THINK PTEST.
Kental Training; Comes From Drawing: In
Lines That Are Indelible.
Youth's Companion.
Stothard, an English painter, was noted
for his certainty of hand. An anecdote re
lated by Leslie, a brother artist, shows how
he acquired the sureness that gave him
fame.
Stothard was showing some early draw
ings from the antique, made while he was a
student of the Academy. They were begun
and finished with pen and ink only, and
Leslie remarked "that they looked like
beautiful line engravings."
"I adopted this plan, replied Stothard,
"because, as I could not alter a line, it
obliged me to think before I touched the
paper."
Almost Impossible.
St. Joaeub. Daily Kews.
Novice I suppose It ii rery hard to get
to the fore in society?
Allvice The four! Great Scott, it'i hard
enough to get to the 4001
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A KOYAL SCULPTOR.
Victor of Hohenlohe's Accomplish
ments Were Many and Great
THE SAXE-MEINIKGEN THEATER.
The War a German Duke Has Gratified a
Tassion for Dramatic Art
VICTORIA W00DHDI.L BOBS UP AGAIN
Koyal artists as a rule owe any fame they
may achieve more to their rank than their
ability,-but Princo Victor of Hohenlohe,
who died the other day, really won on his
own merits a high reputation as a sculptor.
In other ways he
was an exceptional
P.rince, for he was
amiable and clean
of life, simple in
his tastes and de
voted to the art of
sculpture. His
very sudden death''
gave the artistic -world
of London,
as well as the roval
family, a very
painful shock.
About his work the
Prince Hohenlohe.
critics have spoken
very highly, and he was kept quite busy
supplying the demands for portrait busts of
notable people, in which branch of the art
he was most successful. One of his
last and best sculptures was a
lifesize figure of the "Princess of
AVales, in academical costume. It is said
that this rendering in marble of the beauti
ful Princess wearing the college cap and
gown preserves the delicate charm of the
original in a high degree.
Prince Hohenlohe will be mourned by no
one more sincerely than by the Princess
Louise, Marchioness of Lome. The artistic
tastes of Princess Louise naturally brought
her into warm sympathy with Prince Victor,
and she was a frequent "visitor at his studio.
To almost all his royal relatives Prince
Victor so endeared himself that they came
to look upon him as a counsellor whenever
they got into any trouble or difficulty.
Somebody said with truth the day Prince
Victor was buried, that with his body were
interred more royal secrets than were Known
to any living man in England.
The Mirage, Ancient and Modern.
The people of Lewiston, Mont, were
badly scared last Sunday afternoon by a
peculiar mirage which appeared upon the
horizon, and showed as clearly as could be
a battle between white hunters and Indians.
The spectators declare that they Baw the
Indians finally kill or capture the whites,
and burn those taken subsequently at the
stake. Mirages in midwinter are rare in
Montana or anywhere else, and perfervid
imaginations are blamed more than the
Indians for the scene of butchery said to
have been enacted in the air. No such
outrage has been reported in fact, and the
mirage, if it was made out aright, must
have been the work of the Evil One.
But such mirages have been seen in other
lands and since the earliest times.
Diodorus Siculus has described in fabulous
style the awful apparitions to be be seen on
the African desert, and in the Koran the
mirage is alluded to specifically as if it
w ere a well-known phenomenon, in these
terms: "Ihe works of the incredulous are
like the mirage of the plain; the thirsty
man takes it for water until he draws nigh
to it, and then he discovers that it is noth
ing." Of course, nowadays the mirage,
whether it occur by sea or on the land, is
well understood, and the scientific explana
tion of the manner in which the phenom
enon is produced, namely, by the deviation
of the luminous ravs, through which we'See
objects, owing to different densities of the
air strata, is exact, it not very lucid to ihe
average lay mind. But to the an
cients the mirage was a supernatural
manifestation productive oi infinite alarm.
Even so recently as during Napoleon L's
invasion of Egypt the mirage cause much
disturbance in the minds of intelligent men.
The soldiers saw pools of water apparently
ahead of them in the burning desert, only
to discover tne vision to oe a trice oi tne
eye when they drew nearer. But it was
during this campaign that the true nature
of the mirage was discovered, for the scien
tists, whom Napoleon in his huge lust for
glory took with him, investigated the phe
nomena with greater care than had ever
been done before, and one of their number,
M. Monge, established a definition of the
mirage that was practically that which we
accept to-day.
A Princely Stage Manager.
Duke George of Saxe-Meiningen has
nchieved more in the way of refining and
enriching the dramatic art than any theat
rical manager, and what he has done has
been for love alone. Pittsburg this week
has had a chance to admire the performance
of the Meiningen troupe, and some facts
about its formation and its royal patron
may be interesting at this time. Duke
George, whose portrait from a very recent
photograph is given here, comes of one of
the oldest and most illustrious of Germany's
ruling houses. Since his boyhood he has
been an enthusiast in dramatic matters, but
he is an artist of great ability in other di
rections, as a painter and draughtsman es
pecially. AVhen his father abdicated
in his favor in I860 he was
enabled to carry out his ideas in the estab
lishment ot a theater and a band of actors
who should mak'e Meiningen a worthy
shrine of Thespis. The evolution of the
present company has taken years, and over
every detail the Duke has expended money,
research and thought without stint He has
received the sincerest and ablest assistance
always from his wife, the Baroness Von
Heldburg, a lady of English origin, who
was before her marriage the leading actress
of the Meiningen Theater. It is she who of
late years has
trained the com
pany, individually
and collectively,
and herHaste and
knowledge have
been brought to
bear upon the cos
tumes of the act
resses. The Duke
also lias put much
power in the bands
ot Herr Chronegk,
the stage and busi
ness manager of
the company. The
Duke himself is
still the presid
Duleof Sazr-Xcininoen. jDg genius of his
court theater. He designs the scenery,
furnishes the historical data for costumes,
directs the groupings upon the stage, and is
ever ready to correct the smallest errors ,in
any department or to encourage an actor
who shows originality or individual power.
This play-acting prince must be a pictur
esque figure. He has all the martial char
acteristics of a typical Saxon prince, is over
6 feet in height, and in the Franco-German
war proved that he was a brave soldier in
more than looks by leading hU own Mein
ingen regiment every time it went into
battle. He seems to be a rare combination
of artistic taste, manliness, and gentle ways,
whose energies for lack perhaps of more
urgent call in other directions have been
bent principally upon the dramatic fad
which has made'him famous.
The Shrine at Meiningen.
The-organization of the Meiningen troupe
is as interesting as its patron. It is re
cruited from all Germany, and there ia
never any lack of recruits, for, though larger
salaries may be paid at other theaters in
Germany, the thoronghness of the training
to be had on the-Meiningen stage and the
fame attaching toiti diplomaio to ijeak,
gmmewr.m
gEtfJJxir.t V . JdrJa?v
lip1"
are strong enough attractions to draw the
very best talent. The pay is very fair,
moreover, and after ten years a member of
the troupe becomes entitled to a pension.
AVhen a new actor joins the Duke says to
him: "If you wish to become a Meininger,
you must hold the Institute in such respect
that you will sacrifice everything personal
to contribute to the glory of the whole, and
yon will act as a stage supernumerary."
This equality is essentially 'practical and
universal; theactor who plays Julius Casar
to-night may be one of the mob to morrow,
and a visitor to Meiningen relates that the
actress who was to have taken on a certain
occasion the part of the MaUL of Orleans in
Schiller's great play appeared as a mere
servant because she was a" little hoarse. The
Duke's motto in all that pertains to his
actors is esprit de corps, and it is undoubtedly
the subordination of the individual that has
produced the finished performance as a
whole upon which the Meininger's fame
rests. The company when at home consists
of about"36 men and 25 women, and for
background work in heroio and historical
drama, where large numbers are needed to
S reduce the air of reality, the soldiers of
leiningen's garrison are called in.
To the foreigner who visits Meiningen the
surroundings of the theater make its artis
tic supremacy appear all the more wonder
ful. Meiningen is a town of not more than
12,000 inhabitants in Central Germany, upon
the right bank of the river AVerra. It is a
pretty little place; but its charms are of the
quiet 3nd unobtrusive order, and far re
moved from the theatrical in any suggestion
its placid life may offer. A funny thing is
that few of the inhabitants share their
Duke's enthusiasm for the theater, and even
the nobility turn up their noses at the play
er folk with whom Duke George spends
most of his time. The Duke doesn't appear
to mind this aristocratic in
difference to his pursuits, but
superintends rehearsals day by day, and
for three months in the year gives Mein
ingen drama on a metropolitan scale, while
for the rest of the season he lays Germany
and foreign countries under deep obliga
tions to him by sending his troupe on tour.
' or as we should say, "on the road. " In the
scene nan and property rooms is accumu
lating a great store of priceless stage treas
use, all of which is the direct outcome of
the Duke's labors, for he is particularly
clever in architectural drawing and figure
painting, and designs, and often executes
all the scenery and costumes used in his
theater. The impetus of the MeininRcn
theater's example may undoubtedly be
traced in the Wagnerian splendors of
Bayreuth and the advance of scenic art,
stage setting and integral performance in
America and England.
Victoria Woodhull's Reappearance.
Among the resurrections which are al
most novelties London contemplates with a
feeling of shocked expectancy Victoria
Woodhull's return to the lecture platform
in the near future. She announces that she
will pitch into established institutions,
especially marriage, with all her old time
abandon, and her friends promise for her
that she will be as strangely charming as
ever. Her chief topic is to be
"The Development of the Human
Race," and only those who have heard
Victoria talk calmly before a male
audience ot things that a man wonld not
like to whisper to
another man, can
realize how much
impropriety and
sensational radical
ism she can pack
away under that ap
parently harmless
title. It is note
worthy that Vic
toria does not in
clude a lecturing
tour in America in
her programme at
present AVith her
sister she has revis
ited this country Victoria WoodhuO.
more than once since they married wealthy
and influential Londoners, but for some oc
cult reason, but possibly not unconnected
with advice from distinguished police offi
cers, they have shown no disposition to re
appear upon the lecture platform here.
The measure of her success in England may
decide whether we are to hear this ex
traordinary Malthusiau evangelist again.
Music Is a Hard Taskmaster.
The English composer, Cellier, who died
recently, was a Cockney in the exact sense
of the word, that is he was born in London
and within sound of Bow Bells, but his mu
sical gifts probably came from tno French
side of the house.
His untimely death
and the popular suc
cess of his last work
have surrounded
his name with a
glamour of fame
that time is likely
to dissipate. If he
is remembered at
all 25 years hence
it will be by his
songs, in the com
position of which
he was singularly
happy. His career
Alfred Cellier. illustrates in some
measure the vicissitudes which even a
talented musician is tolerably sure to
encounter. From the time that he
acquired sufficient skill as a performer to
make his bread by music, which was early
in the sixties, he led the uneasy life of a
church organist He made long jumps, too;
for now he makes a start at Blackheath, a
.suburb of London, and the next time we
hear of him he is pulling out the stops of
another chuich organ in Belfast. It must
not be taken as the inevitable fate of the
man who tries to pound out a livelihood in
holy places, but it 13 a fact that Cellier
never had any success to speak of till he
deserted the church for the theater. His
fortunes even after that were not wonder
fully golden till he wrote "Dorothy,"
which tickled London's palate so well that
it ran into a thousand nights before the tale
was told. Before fame and a degree of fortune
came Cellier wielded the baton over a half
dozen theatrical orchestras in succession.
That he survived first of all a varied expe
rience of the tortures to which all church
organists, especially in England, are doomed,
and then the hardly less rasping rigors of
conducting before the footlights, to write a
couple of comic operas and innumerable
songs rich at least in melody and delicate
phrasing, is a good deal of a wonder. But
he died untimely all the same, for he was a
good piece this side of 50 when the grip
claimed him. Johns-KAUrsiAnsr.
B0ILINO PEOPLE AUVE.
Items of Expense Connected With the Old-
Time Method or unlshmont.
Pearson's Weekly.
A deal of 'talk is being made'abont a cer
tain. Governor of a Persian province, who is
said to have been boiled alive by order of
the Shah. It is not so very long since all
the nations of Europe practiced boiling
alive commonly in oil, which was thought
to impart a finer brown to the person so un
lucky as to be in the cauldron.
In England boiling was the legal punish
ment lor prisoners for a long time, begin
ning in 1531, in the reign of Henry VII.
Among those who suffered this discomfort
was a man mentioned in the chronicle of
the Grey Friars, who was let down into
the kettle by a chain until he was done.
He, however, was not boiled in oil only
plain. Some ot the items of an expense ac
count, relating to the execution of Friar
Stone at Cantebury, are interesting in their
homely:
Paid two men that sat by the kettle and
boiled him 7 is
To three men that, carried his quarters
to the gates and set them up Is
For a woman that scoured the kettle.... 2d
Job's Comfort.
BC Joseph Dally News.
Jl Frenchman predict that by the year
2000 there will be no poets. Bat what
good if that goUfc to do the people of today?
pi '&
THE CAUSE OF COLDS.
Doctors flow Agree That the Trouble
Originates Internally. -
UNLESS THE SYSTEM IS CLOGGED,
Exposnre to Draughts, Etc.,
Will Xot.Ee
Followed by Bad Results.
GERUS DISTKIBUfED BI TOWELS
rWRITTKS' FOB THE niSrATCH.l
"It is nothing but a cold." Thus nrged
the late Duke of Clarence, the eldest son
of the Prince of AVales, when the first
symptoms of the fatal illness manifested
themselves after his day's shooting. De
luding himself with this belief, he insisted
upon going out with his party the following
morning; bnt before midday, made to real
ize by increasing distress that his attack
was not to be ignored, he was obliged to
give up and return home, which he did. At
once on reaching Sandrlnghcm he took to
his bed, and never left it alive.
It might have been, and yet Is no more,
Tho dieam of lifo which opened out so fair.
When skies, once cloudless, blowly shaded
o'er,
And hope's bright future melted Into air.
More than likely had the Duke not treat
ed his "cold" with indifference, hut, in
stead, applied some simple remedy, and es
pecially guarded himself against exposure
for a few days he would have been alive and
well to-day. Many diseases and derange
ments are directly caused by "colds," and
there are many others that they induce indi
rectly. Moreover, not a few affections find
those who have met with these accidents
their readiest victims, for their systems are
then in a condition that urgently invites
their attacks. Take pneumonia, for in
stance. The Causes ot Colds.
The qnestion as to the causation has of
late been much discussed by physicians,
among whom there is still a diversity of
opinion. A score of years ago they were
wont to attribute them solely to sudden
changes in the weather with a rapid fall in
temperature to exposure to draughts, cold
and damp, especially while the body was
overheated. Facts, however, accumulated
that seemed to indicate that these were not
the real causes, but were simply what are
termed predisposing causes; or, in other
words, were influences that increased the
liability to "colds," but did not actually ex
cite them.
vOne such fact was brought out by explor
ers in the Arctic regions. The" Greeley
party, for instance, encountered the most
terrible hardships that the weather can im
pose, and yet it is authoritatively stated
that "colds" never occurred among its
members, nor was there a single case of
fever, pneumonia, bronchitis or other acute
disease that is generally supposed to be
caused by "taking cold." This and various
facts have led many physicians to believe
that the true cause of "colds" exists within,
not outside of, the body, and unless the
came is present, exposure to inclement
weather, etc.. is not likely to be followed
by such unpleasant results. In some re
spects the body resembles a furnace. It
must have fuel, and it must be kept free
from ashes, otherwise the fire within will
burn low or go out altogether.
We Are Poor Firemen.
It is a notorious fact that the majority of
mankind take in too much fuel in the form
of food, and a companion fact is that they
allow the "ashes" to accumulate. These
are made up not only of refuse food that
the system does not need and cannot assim
ilate, but out of minute dead particles of
organic matter, the products of tissue and
other changes and vital processes that are'
constantly going on within the body. There
are a number of avenues for the expulsion
of these waste matters. The lungs supply
the draughts to the inward combustion and
carry off carbonic acid and watery vapor,
or, as it were, the gas and smoke from the
fire. Equally as important parts of this
sewerage system are the bowels and kid
neys; and the skin and liver have also a
goodly share in the indispensible clearing
out of the body. They receive the waste
directly from the blood, and should any of
them stop in their work it must soon be
come loaded with impurities and poisoned
by its own decay.
The signs indicate that these waste mat
ters play an important part in the causation
of colds. AAhen a person becomes chilled
blood in unusual quantity is driven to "the
weakest part," carrying with it its waste
that might have been thrown out hut for
the chill. How much ot the trouble that
follows is due to the "rush of blood" and
how much to its impurities is not known,
but there is reason. for believing that the
latter deserves a large share of the blame.
fficlent Means of Prevention.
This theory has much to support it Men
who labor hard with their hands and are
long in the open air seldom take cold, no
matter how inclement the weather to which
they are exposed, doubtless for the reason
that they keep the body well freed from
waste. Exercise in pure air is their meas
ure of prevention, and it is the most efficient
of all. In fact it is termed by physicians
the "grand eliminator ot waste."
Exercise acts favorably in many ways; it
quicKens circulation and tne action of the
lungs, also stimulates all other important
organs to do more and better work. Hence,
for those who take cold easily, a brisk walk
of several miles every day, or other active
exercise out of doors, is the first measure of
prevention to be applied. They who are
given to overeating should bear in mind the
fact that one penalty of this fault is a rhok-
ing up of the system with waste. It fol
lows, mereiore, mat it increases tne lia
bility to "cold." It is scarcely necessary to
urge that cleanliness of the skin is another
important essential In the way of preven
tion. Ladies especially often fail in the matter
of clothing, and as a rule their undergar
ments are much too thin. The specious
reasons advanced, for this need not be dwelt
upon. AVoolen next to the skin should be
the invariable rule in winter. Many pre
fer silk, but for cold, weather it is clearly
inappropriate. If woolen causes irritation
of the skin then the innermost garments
may be of silk or cotton, but these should
be coveredby a thin set of woolen gar
ments. The stockings should be of a like
material, andthick enough to afford ample
protection. Unless the boots are laree and
roomy and have thick soles cold feet are in-
.!ll.l. 1. n .1 tliio .a nn a nf 41.A mn ......& I
contributing causes not only of "colds" but
of many ailments peculiar to women.
Dressing thn Neck and Head.
Faults in the neckwear are also common
among ladies, in consequence of which they
are easy victims to "colds in the head,5'
sore throats and bronchial attacks. Uni
formity in such wraps should be observed
throughout cold weather, for even trifling
changes made on mild days are hazardous.
In the matter of bonnets and hats worn by
ladies, there is much deserving of severe
criticism, but for every apparent reason it
would be well nigh purposeless. One
truth, at least, should be impressed upon
the gentle sex, namely, that when hoods or
other comfortable coverings become fashion
able for winter wear, there will be much
less neuralgia and far fewer other infirmi
ties due to exposure than now.
As soon as the first symptoms of cold in
the head are detected a hot full bath, or at
least a foot bath should be taken by the
patient on going to oed. A ljxative the
following morning will afford considerable
relief by diverting the blood from the head
to the abdomen. It matters little the form
of the remedy, provided it acts quickly and
freely. Seidletz powders and "Hnnyadi
water" are among the popular and efficient
laxatives. Contrary to the general belief
that one should "stuff a cold," the diet
thonld be, extremely jpare, aafr tWorego
food altogether for from 24 to 48 hours is
much the wisest course. The "stuffiness in
the head," due to the swelling of the lining
membrane of the nasal passages, can gener
ally be considerably relieved by the use of a
snuff composed as follows:
Menthol, 3 grains; powdered boracic acid,
1 drachm; subnitrate of bismuth and pow
dered benzoin, of each 1 grams.
Danger in Family Towels.
If "a pinoli" of this is snuffed up every
two or three hours It will have an imme
diate and pleasurable effect, also do much
to shorten the run of the attack. En pas
sant, it is well to say that very many canes
of cold in the head are caused by germs;
hence they are contagious. Oftentimes if
one member of a family is attacked, several
others in turn fall victims. In many snch
instances the first transmits the contagion
hy the means of kissing or otherwise. It
follows, therefore, that in all cases of "cold
in the head" this danger should be duly
recognized, actual coutact with others be
guarded against and the handkerchiefs,
towels, etc., used by the patient be speedily
boiled for the purpose of destroying all
germs with which they may be contami
nated. Bronchitis very generally follows attacks
of "cold in the head," "the inflammation
quite rapidly extending downward. The
first marked evidetfee "that the bronchial
tubes are involved is a "rawness" in the
middle of the chest iust below the throat
There is also a dry, hard cough, which the
victims are wont to say is so painful that it
seems as though it was "tearing open the
chest" During this stage the lining mem
brane is reddened, somewhat swollen and
dry. In about 48 honrs, however, its
natural secretion reappears, and with it
there comes relief, and the sufferer begins
to "raise" freely.
Treating Pain In the Chest.
The painful sensations in the chest call
for the use of mustard pastes, twice daily.
If the patient is confined to his room, after
the pastes are removed, a towel rung out of
warm water should be spread over the en
tire front of the chest Over this should be
put a dry Turkish towel; and the same, in
turn, should be covered by several thick
nesses of flannel. This is an old-fashioned
method of treatment, called "wet packing
the chest," and it is one of the most effica
cious known. To "ease the cough," syrup
of wild cherry bark will suffice. One tea
spoonful should be taken every three or
four hours. If, after the soreness in the
chest has subsided, expectoration is not as
free as it ought to be to afford relief, one
third of a teaspoonful of the syrup of squill
may be taken with every dose, or every
second dose, of the wild cherry.
To some this treatment may" seem far too
simple to be effective. They should know
the simplier applied the better. Cough
mixtures as generally made up are largely
responsible for tardy convalescence from
bronchial attacks. The most ot them con
tain opium, which checks the cough, it is
true, and affords some temporary relief, but
in the end it usually does more' harm than
good. The cough is a salutary symptom
an effort on the part of nature to free the
bronchial tubes of the mucous secretion,
which if allowed to accumulate would cause
much discomfort, even if it did not threaten
life by preventing the incoming and out
going of air. If medicines are used they
should be such as merely modify the cough
and render it less painful. The syrup of
wild cherry bark will generally do this.
Flaxseed tea will also act well to this end;
and it should be taken freely and often. If
these measures do not bring relief, then the
services of a physician should be sought
Boston, 1892. Dk. Fbank.
D0CT0RSDISAGREE.
THBEE THE0BIE3 ABOUT CATABBH.
IS CATARRH A LOCAL, CONSTITUTION
AL, OR SYSTEMIC DISE SEt
Discussed In a Lecture by Dr. S. B. Hartmaji
at the Surgical Hotel, Columbus, O.
EErOETED FOE THE PRESS.
There are three distinct theories held by
the medical profession as to the nature of
the disease known as catarrh. Each of
them is believed and taught by different
physicians of eminence and equal learning.
Briefly stated, they are as follows.
First That chronic catarrh is a local dis
ease This theory denies that catarrh is
caused either by any derangement 01 the
system or by any constitutional taint, bnt
is solely uniiieu 10 hue purt or parts wuicn
are visibly affected. The practitioners who
hold to this theory treat every case of ca
tarrh locally, and rarely, if ever, give medi
cine internally. My opinion is, however,
that local applications can never cure
chronic catarrh. The various kinds and
modes of local application", such as sprays,
atomizers, douches, inhalants, fumiga
tions, creams, ointments, lotions, gargles,
etc, etc, have in many cases a soothing
effect on the inflamed surfaces, and are
sometimes useful to assist a cure; but
neither ot them nor all of them together
ever did or ever will cure a case of catarrh.
These things may give temporary relief, but
it is useless to expect a cure of them. Ca
tarrh is not a local disease, hence cannot be
cured by local treatment.
The second theory of the nature of catarrh
is, that it is a constitutional or blood dis
ease. Those who believe this theory to M the
true one treat chronic catarrh only with blood
medicines, hoping, by cleansing the bloo 1,
to eradicate the disease. Thus it is that we
find a certain class of .physicians hoping to
cure catarrh by the use of sarsaparjllas, al
teratives, and "various other compounds to
cleanse the system. While it is no doubt
true that many cases of chronic catarrh are
associated with or complicated by constitu
tional diseases, such as scrofula, erysipelas.
syphilis, etc, vet catarrh is distinct from
them and cannot be cured by blood medi
cines. Of course, it is sometimes necesary
in cases where the catarrh is complicated by
constitutional disease to first cleanse the
system; but even after this is done thor
oughly the catarrh remains the same as ever
unless some specific for the catarrh itself is
used to complete the cure. Catarrh is not a
blood disease, hence cannot be cured by
blood medicines.
The third theory is, that catarrh is a
systemic disease, and therefore requires per
sistent internal treatment, sometimes for
many months, before a permanent cure is
effected. I believe this theory to be the
correct one. The mucous lining of the cav
ities of the Head, throat, lungs, efc, are
made up of a net-work of minute blood-ves
sels called capillaries. The capillaries are
very small elastic tubes, which, in ell cases
of chronic catarrh, are congested or bulged
'out with blood so long that the elasticity of
the tubes is entirely destroyed. The nerves
which supply these capillaries with vitality
are called the "vasa-motor" nerves. Any
medicine to reach the real difficulty and ex
ert the slightest curative action in any case
of catarrh must operatedirectly on the vasa
motor system of nerves. As soon as these
nerves become strengthened and stimulated
by the action of "a proper remedy they
restore to the capillary vessels of the various
mucous membranes of the body their nor
mal elasticity. Then, and only then, will
the catarrh lie permanently cured. Thus it
win be seen that catarrh is not a blood dis
ease, as many suppose, but rather a disease
of the mucous blood vessels. This explains
why it is that so many excellent blood med
icines utterly fail to care catarrh.
The only hope of success in the permanent
cure of a case of chronic catarrh is to devise
some remedy that will stimnlate the nerves
which supply the capillary blood vessels. I
know of but'one remedy that has this most
desirable effect, and that remedy is Pe-ru-na.
This remedy strikes at once the root of the
catarrh by restoring to the capillary vessels
their healthy elasticity. Pe-ru-na is not a
temporary palliative, but a radical cure.
If the chronic catarrh be of a mild char
acter, take a tablespoonful of Pe-ru-na be
fore each meal and at bedtime, and continue
it without the least interruption until a
perfect cure is effected But if the disease
is of long standing, and there is much
hawking and expectoration, begin with the
above dose and gradually increase the dose
to two tablespoonfuls before each meal. If
the chronic catarrh is of the atrophic variety
(that is, forming large, dry scabs in the
nose, or when the breath is very offensive
from the ulceration going on under the
leabi), the dote ih onld be lacreawdto thre
tablespoonfuls before each meal. In this
and all other chronic diseases, should the
bowels be dry or constipated, Jake' a suffi
cient dose of Man-a-lin at bedtime to pro
duce one natural passage of the bowels each
day. . -
Anyonedesiringfurtherparticnlarsshonld
write The Pe-rn-na Drug Manufacturing
Co., of Columbus, O., for a free copy of
The Family Physician No. 2 a most ad
mirable treatise on acute and chronic catarrh,
coughs, colds, la grippe, and all other
climatic diseases of winter.
SSOO Reward
For any trace of antipyrine, morphine,
chloral, or any other injurious compound in
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A few hasty words before break"
fast spoils the entire day.
It may be you can see in the above
a decided misunderstanding between
the twain that should be as one.
Do you ever arise with an extreme
ly bad taste in your mouth? It may
be you are severely constipated,
troubled with indigestion.
No appetite for breakfast. Feel
hot and flushed. You feel either low
spirited, or you display a nasty tem
per. Destroys the good feeling of
your home.
These are different ways that Na
ture has to tell you that she has been
outraged.
Nature gives you fair notice that
she requires assistance.
Read what the renowned Chemist,
Baron Von Liebig, says:
"It is more than probable that the
main specific and most important ac
tion of Carlsbad Sprudel Salts, the
so-called solvent and liquifying action
is dependent upon the alkaline con
stituents. We know the bile to be a
saponaceous, that is an alkaline, com
bination, and that the physfological
use of the bile is to free the system
from its superfluous fats. Now, what
Nature accomplishes in its normal
state, we produce artificially by the
use of Carlsbad Sprudel Salts."
This remedy is sovereign. It has
been used in its original shape by
emperors.- kings, statesmen, poets,
etc., for 500 years. Every drugstore
has them. The genuine has the sig
nature of "Eisner & Mendelson Co.,
Sole Agents, New York," on the
bottle. Begin to use them to-day.
Pleasant to take.
- Can't do it
but are willing to pay for learning hoW ,to
make as good an article as AVouf's Acms
Blacking of cheap material so that a
retailer can profitably sell it at 10c.
Our price is 20c.
The retailer says the public will not pay
it We say the pnblic will, because they
will always pay a fair price for a good
article. To show both the trade and tha
public that we want to give them the best
for the least money, we will pay
For above information ; this offer is open
until January 1st, 1893.
WOLFF & BANDOIiPH, Philadelphia.
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docs work that no other paint can do. Nev
wood painted with It looks like the natural
wood when it is stained and varnished.
PAINTERS AND BORDERS
will find It profitable to Investigate.
-All
paint stores scu it.
Babies are always happy
when comfortable. They,
are comfortable when weU.
They are apt to be well when
fat; they worry and cry when
thin.
They ought to be fat ; their
nature is to be fat.
If your baby is thin, we
have a book for you care
ful living free.
Scorr & Bowmi, Chemists, ryt Sooth 5th Atotm,
New York.
Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion of cod-Urcr
oil all druggua everywhere do, fx.
iNSiJiPTiM'
I hve apomtito remedy for too abore disease; by its
use thousands of cases of the wont Had and of Ions
standing have been enred. Indeed so strong is mj faith
Initsemcacr. that 1 will send two coma tzzc, mtb.
a VALUABLE TEEATISE on this disease to any suf
ferer who will send me then- Express and P. O. address.
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bottle found myself so ranch
better that I was encouraged
to use another: after taking
this, I find myself so.fullyro
stored that I do not need any
more medicine, feellnx truly
grateful to B. B. B. '-"-;
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