A REVIEW OF SPORTS,
Splendid Work Done During
the Week by the Teams
of the League. ,
BALL PLATING ON SUNDAY,
An Exposure of the Alleged Knock
ing Out Scheme of Boxers.
A VERY IMPORTANT STATEMENT.
The w Enle Relating to the Amateur
Athletes Discussed.
LEADING TOPICS AHOXG TEE PUGILISTS
There is no doubt about the remarkable
amount of enthusiasm ia Pittsburg retard
ing the national game. If anybody ever
bad any doubts on the matter I'm sure the
scenes on Thursday should dispel them. I
mention Thursday because the rain spoiled
everythingand prevented one of the grandest
baseball turnouts there has ever been in
this country. Despite the threateninz
weather the streets were crowded with en
thusiasts hours before the time fixed for the
parade to start. It-is safe to say that there
were thousands of visitors in the city to see
the opening game, and after all the trouble
and all the anticipation the rain vetoed the
proceedings.
That rainy day was a great loss to the
come club, because there were not as many
at the first game by far as would have been
had the first game taken place as intended.
But there is a consolation in the fact that
we in Pittsburg are prepared to support our
club with a generous hand if the team can
only perform as a team anyway worthy of
support.
But in almost all cities where the new
League has a club there is a baseball en
thusiasm that is exceedingly encouraging,
and if that interest can be maintained all
will be well. It may be too much to ex
pect that all the 12 clubs in the Leazue will
make money. Some of them may lose, and
when the losing begins then will be the
time to test the new venture.
VI ork of the Teams.
Kobody can well grumble about the work
of the teams so far. Those whom the ma
jority of us were ever ready to despise have
demonstrated that they can play good ball,
and some of the teams that we expected to
do extremely well have fallen far short of
our expectations. There are two teams in
particular that must cause us all to reflect,
viz., Cincinnati and Cleveland. Who was
there n hoever thought tnat the Beds would
prove themselves superior to the Cleveland
ers? And they have done so in my estima
tion; indeed, I do not hesitate to say that
so far the Cincinnati team have proven that
they arc as good as anv team in the coun
try. And when we begin to analyze that
team we are sure to wonder why they
shouldn't be as good as any other team.
The great dancer of the Beds lies among
themselves. They are a combination of
many elements that are difficult to consoli-.
date! If Captain Comiskey can succeed in
maintaining harmony among them there is no
fear of the Beds. Bat they are doomed if
they once get into the same sixes-and-sevens
condition that they were in last
year.
I am free to confess that the Cleveland
team have so far been a disappointment to
me. I had expected them to be in the lead
from the start, and if they don't get well to
the front at once their show in the race will
be a very poor one, because when all the
teams get fairlv down to work the Cleve
lands will not be among the best by any
means.
Anson's Colts, as we call them, are also
making a bad start, and it seems safe to say
that he and his team will not make such a
fight for first place this year. He needs
one or two more pitchers of first-class abil
ity, and without a very great improvement
in" hi team he cannot expect to beat Louis
ville in the race. The latter team continue
to play an excellent game, and if they had
about "two more good pitchers their chance
for a front-rank position would be excel
lent. The Browns are still among the
poorest.
In the East the Bostons arc still the best
without any doubt, the New York team
have given evidence of being very shakey.
and the Phillies have not yet proven that
they are as steady as the most ot us thought
they were. TheBrooklyns will have to be
very lucky if they can keep a respectable
place in the first six, and there is apparently
no hope for Baltimore and Washington to
get there. Washington, by the way, seems
to be doomed. There is first-class material
in that team, and yet they can make no
show. Arthur Irwin mav make them suc
cessful. If he does the Washington cranks
should be glad of him.
Abant the Borne Club.
The home club's prospects are still en
couraging as far as playing ability is con
cerned, bat the wet weather has been very
discouraging from a financial standpoint.
I'm sure the club's directors deserve better
luck. They have made a big speculation,
and every lover of the game must wish them
well. But there is lots of time yet for them
to make a success of it.
The team are still a little weak in the out
field because of Hanlon's injury, and if a
promising young plavcr who can use the
stick to advantage can be secured, the sooner
he ia signed the better. All ot us will be
pleased to note the very jrood work that
Charley Parrell is doinp.and I mar add that
we can all rest content now as to his ability
to take care ot his position.
It is a pity that Khret is not getting into
form readier than he is, as much was ex
pected from him. His absence has caused
the bulk of the work to tall on Baldwin
and Galvin, and it is unnecessary to remark
that they have done well. Baldwin is pitch
ing in very good form, indeed, but he has
been very unfortunate. In his games our
slugpers have not slugged at all. Still he
has fought bravelv, and he is certainly one
of the gamiest pitchers in the country.
In talking about the local club I am re
minded of the Wood affair. Tnere has been
a deal of unnecessarv talk about tr-at case.
The club wanted George Wood and could
not pet him at the price offered. Then
Baltimore signed him, and as soon as that
was done the Pittsburg club's desire for
Wood beeame stronger. The Pittsburcers
informed the Baltimore clnb that they were
dealing with Wood, and the Baltimore offi
cials appealed to President Young. The
latter asked Pittsburg to uaive claim on
Wood, which was done.
Sow what is there in the simple little
affair to make any noise about? The Pitts
burg club officials certainly have a perfect
right to accept and refuse whom they please.
They par the piper. It these officials did
change their mind about signing Wood;
that is, if they decided they did not
want him and subsequently found they did
Deed him, what about it? Haven't they a
right to chance their mind on the matter?
Certainly. It may have been a mistake to
not sign'Wood'and it may not. I don't
think he would have done as much good as
expected. Everything considered, I do
r.ot rate him any bitter than Corkhill, and
if the latter was playing regulariy he might
be much superior to Wood.
Well, it is to be hoped that our team will
keep at peace with themselves and that bet
ter weather will follow them. They will do
very well if the pitchers kcepin line. That
is the important feature of the business.
Sunday Hall Playing;.
It may not be unsafe to say that the ques
tion of Sunday baseball playing will be dis
cussed more than ever this season. Asa
subject under discussion it has figured very
prominently recently, but the indications
are that it will be more than ever prominent
this year. As we all know, the majority of
clubs in the new Xeague, have declared
against Sunday ballplaying,'but we just as
well understand that these declarations
have been prompted almost entirely by ex
pediency, and not by any deep-rooted con
viction that it is wrong to play baseball on
Sunday. It is a fact that many gentlemen
connected with the ball clnbs want to have
their players play on Sunday, but a fear ot
local sentiment prevents it
But this expedient move of not playing
ball on Sunday may not last long. The tre
mendous crowd that turned out at St. Louis
last Sunday to witness the St. Louis and
Cincinnati game has made a wonderful im
pression on the minds of many magnates,
and some have come to the conclusion that
the clubs that play Sunday games will be
the gainers. As money is what all clubs
are after poor crowds on other days than
Sunday may force all hands to play ball on
the latter day. The truth is that one Sun
day audience is worth several audiences on
other days.
It is not within my province to discuss
the right or wrong of Sunday ball playing.
It is a fact that the greatest "thinkers differ
on the question of Sunday amusement and
recreation, and I dare say the morality of
those who support it is just as good as the
morality of those who oppose. Of late
there "has" considerable : hypocrisy and
Pectsniffian sentiment come to the front on
this Sunday question in and about Pitts
burg. We "have had and still have a few
bigots who had they lived in earlier ttmes
and if opportunity had afforded they wonld
have been in their glory lighting fires
in Smithficld market " to burn to
death good and brave people, or would have
been in their happiest mood when assisting
in the atrocious tortures of the Inquisition.
The spirit that actuated the fiends ot those
-earlier times has been transmitted to our
so-called "Sunday refoimers," and they
fust go as far with it ai they are able.
Hypocrites of this kind lived in the days of
that good old divine, Eob;rt Hall, and he
summed them up like this: "Saints when
abroad and devils "when at home, and they
arc more dangerous when saints than when
devils."
If Sunday ball playing is wrong these
hypocrites will not stop it, because ther
are not going the right way about it. If,
instead of invading a man's fireside and
preventing his reading a Sunday news
paper, they would grapple with palpable
evils, they might be of use and attain suc
cess. The Morality of Amusement.
The above paragraph reminds me of a
communication I received the other day
from T. K. Trelaine regarding what I said
a week or so ago about amateur boxing ana
athletics- generally. Mr. T. comes to the
conclusion that my advice, if followed out,
would hare many injurious results. But
he does not tell how, and with that very
important shortcoming in his epistle it is 'of
very little value, no matter how much he
may talk about Christianity.
f have never been able to see why a good
Christian should not enjoy the wholesome
amusements and sports ot life, and on this
point it is exceedingly interesting to find
how the opinions of Christian leaders them
selves have broadened. John Bunyan once
began to enjoy himself liv playing "tip
cat," and he was subsequently so rilled with
remorse that he could see himself suffering
all the torments of hades. He really
thought that he had committed a crime.
Why, the Puritans, the prototypes of our
Law and Order trio, were vastly more con
cerned in trying to extirpate theaters than
stop brutal badger baiting, and other re
volting pastimes. This was simply because
the Puritans had a notion that nobody
should feel gay and light of spirit, but that
Christian responsibilities should ever be the
burden of their mind. The brutality of
degrading sports and pastimes was nothing
to the Puritans compared to the pleasure
derived by individuals from theatrical per
formances.
And that spirit still lingers here and
there. It is not Christianity, it is not
morality. It is simply the narrow concep
tions of bigots. , The pleasure and the
physical development derived from either
boxing exercise or any other wholesome
athletic recreation is just as good for the
yonng in the pulpit as it is for the young
man at the desk. Both will be better for it
mentally and physically, and when athletic
clubs are formed the result will be better
still because one can help another. Selfish
ness will vanish as all will be interested in
one common object. We don't want misan
thropes and people who only live lor them
selves. An old couplet says:
This living for self cannot happiness bring;
This plan manv times has been tried:
The man In the Bible who built the big barns,
Through selfishness sickened and died.
The Amateur Ball Players.
Next Saturday the season of the Connty
League opens, and that means that from that
day on until next fall we will have any
amount of amateur baseball playing in and
about Pittsburg. The prospects for the
amateurs are exceedinglv bright, and, if ex
pectations are anything like fulfilled, each
team will make money. An official of the
County League said to me the other day:
"Oar League will be all right if the Pitts
burg League team shows well up in their
race."
There is indeed much truth in this state
ment, because experience has shown that
when our professional teams are making a
p oor show in their contest, the local enthu
siasm descends to a-very low ebb, and the
patronage of games naturally dies oft If
our "big" team could stand well up in the
Leaguerace there would be lots of baseball
enthusiasm, and both professional and ama
teur teams would, therefore, receive a much
better patronage.
It has been reported that matters are not
as pleasant among the County League mem
bers as they might be. If this is true it is
to be regretted, and the officials of that
League should see to it at once that all mis
understandings are cleared up. The con
test in the League promises to be closer and
keener this year than it has ever been, and
that in itself will arouse partisan feelings
more than ever. This will make It incum-
Dent 10 nave all grievances remedied as
much as possible.
Those Vrterun Pitchers.
Doubtless all the cranks and fans of the
national game have noticed so far this sea
son the wonderful good work done by the
"veteran" pitchers such as Mullane, Keefe,
Clarkson and Galvin. There is, indeed,
something remarkable in the form displayed
by these men so early in the season and
alter all of them had been more or less pro
nounced "played out." There is something
in their work upon which those who like to
investigate methods of conditioning and
training can with profit bestow tome
thought.
Our friend 'Tony" Mnllaue has really
done some very great work and I wonder
what those who had Tony out of the arena
some time ago have to say about it. Keefe
has evidently regained his old form and if
he has, what a loss New York has suffered
and what a gain Philadelphia has made. If
Keefe can sustain his present form it is one
more proof ot the folly of releasing an ex
perienced player simply because somebody
has come to the conclusion that he is a "has
been." No baseball pitcher of renown
should be disposed of when he is out of
form without the most careful considera
tion. Time and time again we have proofs
or the mistakes that personal feeling and
lack of consideration cause in the baseball
business.
Galvin and Clarkson are also starting out
well, and altogether these "veterans" sug
gest the question, are the arms of the young
men of to-day made of the same stud that
the arms ot the young men of some years
ago were made of
That Nair Amateur Bale.
The law makers of the amateur athletes
of the United States are apparently deter
mined to continue their efforts to make
amateurdism as pure as possible. These
legislators have just formulated a rule that
is exceedingly important and concerning
which every amateur should have full
knowledge. The, rule in effect means that
whenever a contestant is charged with
having received money for taking part in
iqs contest, or wmmug it, uc biumi uo
deemed guilty until he proves himself inno
cent This is an absolute reversal of the
old condition of things, and it is strictly in
accordance with the rule of the amateur
oarsmen on the matter.
Amateur athletes will at one perceive
the importance of this rule. It is a rigid
one, and in my estimation one of the
strongest rules that have been made against
having professionalism in amateur ranks.
I am inclined to think that.it will do good,
and if it cannot make things better I'm
sure I don't know what wilL At first sight
it may appear very hard on the performers,
but if we think the matter over, we'll soon
find that an absolutely honest amateur has
nothing to fear whatever, and the object of
the rule is to make all amateurs absolutely
honest If a man acts suspiciously as an
amateur and has a charge preferred against
him he has only himself to blame, because
he should not have acted suspiciously. If a
man is absolutely free from any charge that
may falsely and maliciously be preferred
against him, I think he will soon clear him
self. In short, which ever way I look at
the new rale I think it a beneficial one to
amateurism.
Knocklng'TJnlcnowns Out.
One of the most fraudulent and generally
speaking misleading features of the latter
boxing business is that of a "star" knock
ing out an "unknown" in a remarkably
short time. Now what I have to say about
this is not aimed at any one man, because
"they all do it" The latest effort in this
respect was that of Hall who knocked some
young man out in 28 seconds. Well, we all
know that Hall failed to knock Boden out
in nearly 1,000 seconds, and we also know
that at that time Boden' was not a very
difficult man to knock out
But the system of knocking out is en
tirely indulged in to defraud and hoodwink
the public; and also to give the "knocker
out" a false reputation. I am firmly con
vinced that not 90 per cent of these so
called knock-outs are genuine. It is ridic
ulous to think they are other than pre
arranged In the majority of cases, and the
mot remirfcable thing about the business
is tho gullibility of thepnblicon the matter.
Immense crowds will flock to ee Hall,
Fitzimmons, Corbett. or somebody else
knock out one, two or may be three men in
rapid snccesslon. Why, does anybody mean
to tell me that Hall or any other nsihter can
knock two or three men out in as many min
utes If thoso two or three men aro coins to
do their best to stay? Not a bit of It. The
most nbolute failure as a fighter can get
into a ring and remain there more than a
mlnftto by keeping out of the way and when
a man who is not u first rater goes Into a ring
to face a man who is a first rater he does try
to keep out of the way when he i in earnest.
But In these "show" knockouts tlio victim,
as per rehearsal, walks up to the "star," pets
a thump on some place where it does not
hurt, drops down In a "helpless" mass and
Just opens his eyes after the reieree has
counted him out. All this is aono in less
than 30 seconds. It onght really to bo done
in two or tin ee seconds. The "star" is then
spoken of by his Jolliers and managers as a
terror, and so it goes lorth to the world. Obi
what a good time boxers and managers are
having of it now. Suiely their lives have
fallen in pleasant places and they ought to
be thankful.
Jack FogBrtys Startling News.
Just as I am writing these opinions on this
knocking-out business Jack Fogarty looks
in, and daring a conversation gives me ab
solute proof of my being in the right on the
matter. He tells me that Corbett has a
certain Jack McVey traveling with him, and
that this McVev presents himself before
Corbett in the different cities simply to be
"knocked out" in a short time. Foznrty tells
me the remarkable fact that McVey, Mc
Carthy and Pete McCann are one and the
same person. At one city this McVey, who
is a big Philadelphian who cannot fight at
nil, faced Corbett under his right name. At
Jersey City McVey faced Corbett as "Mc
Carthy," the Jersey blacksmith, and ns
"Pete McCann," the Chicago blacksmith, in
another city. And each time he was knocked
out In a few seconds, and Corbett's fame as a
"tremendous slucger" became great.
Ob, ye confiding and trusting pnblic, what
do you think of this? Could there be a more
contemptible fraud porpetrated on a poor
gullible humanity? It is a disgrace to those
who took part in the contemptible business.
Surely there is leason for police authorities
to prevent public boring when it is so
tainted and so rotten. And this is the way
tlmt-oar leading-so-called fighters maintain
their reputation as "sluggers" and "terrors."
They should be hooted out of every respect
able community. The charge is a grave
one. but I believe-that Jack Tosartv is tell-
, lng the absolute truth.
Myer and McAnllfTa. i
More than once I have stated that I do
not think that Billy Myer and Jack JIc
Aullffe will ever fight again. Every day
almost something takes place to strengthen
my conviction on this point A big purse
has been offered them. Myer and his
back Kennedy, are on their dignity and
decline to meet McAuliffe until the latter
Says the $1,000 forfeit which it is claimed
loAuliffe lost by backing out of his fight
witty Myer some time ago. I am indeed
surprised at Mr. Knnnedy taking a stand
like this even tlmuzh he has an undisputed
claim to the $1,000. It Myer can defeat Mc
AulirTc there are manv thousands of dollars
In it for Myer and his backer, and one would
think that a consideration of that kind
wonld have some weight with Mver and
Kennedy, who need money as much as any
lot of people.
But if that forfeit objection did not exist,
I still think they would notflcht, simnlv be
cause I expect that McAuliffe has better
advisers. McAuliffe should right no more,
and if he does and meets a man like Myer,
the chances will be greatly againt him. Alc
Anlllfois not now the McAnlifTe ot some
years ago. If ho was, ho would deieatMyer
but huve nothing to spare, Myer is a good
and cleVer fellow, and I aln tuily persuaded
that McAUIIfTe does not want to fight not
withstanding the talk all hands are making
About it
The Australian Style.
We are a remarkable people for applying
names to anything that may appear new to
us in sporting atTairs. We got the "strangle
hold" simply because JSvan Lewis defeated
some men by nearly choking them. The
hold wasn't new. Then we got the "pivot
blow" merely because in turning round La
Blancho swung out his hand and hit Denip
sey, knocking him down and out The blow
is as old as the hills. Now we have the
"Australian stvle" because Fitzslmmons
kept pegging away at Jialier's mouth until
Mayer was stupid and also because Daw ion,
another Australian, did likewise.
Now this is no Australian style at all, any
more than rowing a boat with a sliding oesit
Is an Australian style of rowing. The
method of deteating a man by keeping jab
bing him in a bruised part of bis body or
lice Is older tban any ot us and was almost
the leading method of fighting in the days
of Ward and bay ers. Then it was pecul
iarly the method of those two men and the
only time that Sayera was beaten was by
Laugham using that style on Sayers. The
former kept Jobbing Sayers' eyes nntil they
closed and he became so blind that he had to
give up the fUht, although otherwise he was
all right It Is not the Australian style. It is
the good old style, and shrewd pugilists
stick to it yet Pkikolb.
JUDAS PIECES 07 SILVER.
Expert Financier Figure That Ha
Got
Abont S300 for His Treachery.
St Louis Globe-Democrat J
"The piece of silver" mentioned in the
Bible as the kind of coin in which the re
ward for Judas' treachery was paid was
about 06 cents. Judas therefore received
a sum about eqnal to $20 of our money.
It is calculated by political economists
that the difference of value between the
money of that and of this day would make
that amount about equal to (200 at the pres
ent time, which is a sinall compensation
for everlasting infamy.
The Green Color In Candy.
Many persons avoid candies that are col
ored green for fear some deleterious sub
stance may have been -used in the coloring.
The fear is groundless. The coloring matter-used
to give a green tinge to the candy
is generally from one or two sources; it is
either the juice of the common garden spin
ach or that of the pistachio nut The former
gives a green tint, but it is by no means
clear, while the pistachio nut green is won
derfully delicate in hue and -very pleasant
to the eye.
TJimL May 1 a special discount of 10 por
cent lor cash will be allowed on all ata
monds, watche. Jewelry, silverware, (.locks,
bronzes, etc The largest stock in the city
at M. 6. Cohen's, 86 Finn avenue.
A CHAPTER ON CATS.
Burdette Can't Get Rid of One While
fie Couldn't Keep Another.
A DOCTOR'S RIGOROUS TREATMENT
Me u a Diet for Colts and a Eai
About a Blooded Cot.
Story
SOUS BHTMES ABOUT THE SPEING
IWRITTEN rOB THE dispatch.!
Some time ago the editor received a letter
which he turned over to the best and smart
est man on the stafl I never get these semi
confidential letters from yearning young
persons with missions and grievances and
blights at firsthand; they always come to
me in the course of successive indorsements
and references with instructions to answer
it The smartest and best forgot it for a
series of years, as he is apt 'to forget any
thing he is told to do, or which he-knows he
should do without telling, but lound it one
day last week, when they turned the river'
through his desk, to clean it out, as is the
custom ot the office twice or thrice a year.
The letter came from a sweet young thing
at least she was young when the letter
was written who wanted advise on several
very personal affairs which she neglected to
mention, being distracted bra sense of un-appreciated-loneliness
and superior worth
that lay upon her aspiring heart She said
among a few thousand other things: "My
mother is one of the best and kindest and
most affectionate mothers in the world, but
she does not know how to raise girls."
Parents Often Save the Wrong One.
I was struck with the axiomatic veracity
f that statement the moment I read it It
carried proof ot its truthfulness upon the
face of it Her mother certainly did not
know how to raise girls. She had raised
one that any man, who never was and never
Ji"'j
?.
I Smote Tlio. w
expects to be a mother, could tell her she
should have drowned, long, long ago. It
seems to me that many parents err in this
respect. Thev are sood. loving parents, and
try to do their best by their children, but
they lack discrimination. Many times they
bestow the greatest care and the most pains
upon the one child in a brood of seven or
eight, which they should have sent down to
the branch by the hands of the hired man in
infancy, or exported in a close tied sack, for
surreptitious and non-reciprocal deposit
upon a neighboring farm, before it was old
enough to find its way back.
"When a girl 19 years young the cor
respondent gave that as her ase, and she
told the truth so squarely about her mother
that you would hardly expect her to lie
about herself discovers that her mother is
a hopeless failure as a raiser of girls, the
mother must see how gravely she erred in
not putting that girl in a covered basket
the first time the boys went to town with a"
load ot wheat, and have them drop her over
the ossge hedge just west of Benson's lane.
It would have been good for the mother,
better for the girl, and best of all, for the
unhappy man whom that kind of a girl runs
down with a matrimonial lariat
Another Kind of Kitten.
Speaking of girls who give their mother
points on the training and culture of chil
dren, reminds me ot a cat who took up his
residence with me last summer. He was a
Mark Antony cat, who bellowed a great
deal more than he fought, although he was
fighting most of the time he was awake.
His distinguishing feature was an eye which
he didn't have. But he could see well
enough with the one he had to find his way
home irora any point, no matter how re
mote, to which he might be expatriated by
decree of the senate. His devotion to the
land of his adoption gave me a great many
heartaches and many hours of intense mortification-One
Sunday evening, I enticed him into
a respectable-looking gripsack, and strolled
across the Bryn Mawr Hotel grounds, in
tending to bereave myself of him near the
hotel, where I hoped the dazzling allur
mentsofthe society of cats with attractive
pedigrees, who wore ribbons around their
necks, might wean him from his attach
ment to his bachelor apartments in the loft
of an humble stable, wnose only other occu-
Four Engagement Were Broken.
pant was a horse of unexceptionable habits
and mature years, who disdained kittenish
frivolity. "But before I 'could dis
charge the precious cargo, I was joined by
some friends, ladies and gentlemen, who
were also strolling through the grounds. I
evaded their questions by introducing some
striking remarks upon the appearance of
the sunset, the condition of the atmosphere,
and the probability of rain, and had just
about got them wearied to the point ol mak
ing some mendacious excuse and leaving
me, when a beastly fox terrier, the owner of
one of the ladies, after sniffing viciously at
my grip for a moment, began to bark fierce
ly, and this yelping was met by a piercing
shriek ot terror and defiance from Mark
Antony. It was a little bit muffled, but
still quite distinct to the unassisted ear.
silence Was Golden Tint Time.
I am not going to tell what I said to those
people. I have been very sorry for it a
great many times since, and beside, they
didn't look as though thev belived me any
how. But Mark Antony's doom was'sealed. y
x varijeu uiui uuujb jrunuug uuu Cluttering
to himself at intervals; I set the grip down
behind the stable; swung a death-bearing
ax around my head, and with hate ana
vengeance in the blow, I smote that grip
sack right square on the lock, knocked, it
wide open, and Mark Antony leaping forth
with a look of prolound gratitude on his
expressive face, swarmed up the vines to
the stable roof and composed a recitation
upon the event, which he rehearsed all that
night '
How hard I tried to miss that eat I left
him on distant farms; I gave him to inno
cent 'children: I introduced him into the
8k
a frear.
Z&2&P'V
jiff, i
bams of my neighbor!, but no matter whan I
I left him or what I did with him he got
home "first At last I solved the problem.
Near my home the trains of a railway pass
under a wagon bridge. Oftimesin the glow
of the sunset or in the quiet of the morning
I had stood on that bridge and watched the
long trains of empty coal cars roaring their
winged way to, the coal fields far beyond
the Alleghe'nies. I had noted the little
clusters ot tramps snuglr-lost in the empti
ness of the grimy gondola, traveling like so
many directors at the expense of the stock
holders and fare paying passengers. Thus
in unassuming state Mark Antony should
travel and see the mountains. .
, Giving Mark Antony a Bide.
Thither with the loud sounding cat of
a single eye I bent my steps one morning.
The train ot empties came along. Deftly I
opened the bag and shook Mark Antony
out; lighly he tell upon his feet in a roomy
.Jk
pVW
3'Sss"5S"teU. -.shti
TrtaA the Flattie, Yielding Lawn.
gondola, and expressed surprise and dissat
isfaction with his new quarters in his usual
way. Slowly and more slowly still moved
on the train; it crept ahead about 200 yards,
stopped at the tank to take water, and Mark
Antony climbed out of his private car and,
remarking that for the life of him he
couldn't understand what all this foolish
ness was for, preceded me home.
The following week I gave him "rough on
rats." ' It threw him into fits and which
kept the women folk ot the household in
doors all day, much of the time on chairs
and tables; but, further than making him
abnormally suspicious of all food which I
afterward tendered him, the poison had no
permanent effect on him. Beally, he is not
my cat, and I think the county should take
him off my hands.
I did once own a cat in fee simple a Mal
tese kitten lor which I naid S4. It died in a
1 few weeks of some lingering and startling
uiacuoc n uiuu uiiuic its uair sianu on enu ana
turned its eyes round and red, so that who
ever looked upon it first gasped for breath,
then shrieked and then threw the first
thing iu reach at the apparition. One mem
ber of the household invariably crossed her
self and said a short Latin prayer when the
thing appeared in the ranee of her vision.
It was certainly a spectacle to suggest a
dead language. 'We did all we could for
the Maltese.
This Was a Different Style.
"VThen a man has 54 invested in a piece of
live stock he- doesn't yield" it np to the
grisly clutches of the tyrant death without
a wrestle. "We sent for a regular cat doctor:
a man who attends to all the sick animals
in the neighborhood. He doctored Bud
Korriss' bay colt, the timfe it got into the
house yard and ate a pie it found ' on the
window sill. Everybody says the colt
would have died if it hadn't been for Doc
Sturdevant "Was sick in his stall for three
weeks as it was, and has never been much
account since. Doc says it will take about
three years for him to get the pie out of his
system.
He saved Jed. Greenlow's cow, too.
Greenlow came out of town two years ago,
bought a place out here and stocked up five
acres with farm machinery for a Eussian
colony. He paid 5750 for a Jersey cow,
and ' subscribed for all the agricultural
papers in the world. He found in one ot
them the most expensive one, with a col
ored frontispiece every week a prescrip
tion for a warm mash that would increase
the yield ot milk 28 pounds a day and cuar-
. an tee 5 per cent of it to be cream. He had
his cor man kept a separate man for
everything on the place mix it Up and
give it t her. Cow went crazy-in the
night; broke out of her stable, got into the
conservatory; DroKe $4U worth of' glass and
ate and trampled down 5210 worth of rare
plants. As the people began to come out of
the house and the servants' quarters in the
morning, she chased them around and
tossed them into different places and
broke different bones in each of them.
Greenlow had cards oat for a lawn party
that afternoon. While tne 'cuests weio
making merry the cow went into another
spasm and not out again, and beloro tlio
men conld get down out ot the trees thero
wore fourengazemets broken, whicb shows
that if a girl wants to cet alone she must
learn to climb, as well as to plav tennis.
Well, Doc. brousht the cow through all rijjht,
but of course tho acricultural paper pre
scription left lasting traces upon her. Ono
of her horns giew tho wronc wav after that,
the other fell out, and her tall dropped on.
Greenlow sold her for $18, though, which
was better than nothing.
How the Doctor Treated Him.
So we sent for Doc. Sturdevant to come and
see the Maltese cat. He said there was no
time to lose, and we should, have sent for
him as soon as we saw her fnr begin to rise.
He bored her ears with a hot iron, lifted the
skin of her back and ran a hairpin thionsh
and fastened the ends tozether with a wire,
split her tail down from the other end about
two and a half inches, and tubbed in salt
pepper, cut off all ber claws, gave her a
drench that ho mixed himseir, tied a piece
or ham rind over eyos. and finally bled her.
Didn't do anv cood. thoocrh: she died that
same night It was because we didn'c send
for him soon enough, he said. I suppose if
we had sent for him any sooner she would
hare died before he pot there.
At this Mark Antony.who costme nothing,
will never die under medical treatment Not
under persecution. Nor by neglect or
cruelty. A man who knows all about cats
once told me that I ouaht to feel proud of
my possession. He said be was a thorough
bred Ancora cat. But alter I had brairired
about this lor nearly two weeks, the man
wrote me to say that he had made a little
mistake; he meant Fern wood, which is the
next station to Angora. When he speaks,
however, he sounds" more Hire a Wawa cat,
wnich is farther out on the Central division.
This joke is a little fur-fetched, but so is tho
cat
Sprint's fjt.Born Darling,
It is the May-day; raw the air;
The sun above, how bright it is.
Within my throat lurks Spring-time's note,
And several kinds of "itises:"
Branch, tonsil, laryng, several vernal thing!
Which the May poet seldom ever sings.
How sweet to put on heavy overshoes
And lightly tread the plastlo, yielding
lawn:
To scramble, shrieking, through tho slimy
ooze,
And come out safe, with both goloshes
cone.
Hail, flowery May! Hail, snow, wind, rain
and sleet;
Hall, doctor, bed, and plasters on both feet!
The circus poster blossoms on the fence.
And. wal
Iking slowly o er the distant lea
Home comin;
on the ties, from tar and
thence.
The laurel-crowned comedian I see.
Hark, from the cackllug henyard, sharp
and clear.
It is the shrill-lipped crocus that I hear.
By violet haunted ways I see the weed
With nose of bloom, and rags that woo the
sun.
With listless step, and sense of chronic need,
With endless Journey always Just begun
The vernal trump, who bleep;!, who eats,
and begs
From May to March, a stomaoh upon legs.
Soft buds the nurseryman, with sapless
trees, ,
The seedman blooms, with antique goods
, embalmed;
And pious gardeners, on bended knees,
Scratch in the ground for. hopeless bulbs
becalmed;
Chill is the night, and raw the fitful day.
Cold as a Norway barn the house; it's May.
ItOBEBT J. BUHDZTTE.
Inconstant Man.
Detroit Tree Press:
He wooed and wooed, .
She vowed she wouldn't
He cooed and cooed,
Until she couldn't
Baruse him longer. Then ho ehose
Bom other oat to darn hla hoa.
TMa a
A FIGHTING PASTOR.
Couldn't Get One 'to Raise Enough
Thunder to Suit Some Folks.
PAEKHUEST ISFT LOUD ENOUGH.
Such, a Policy Would Give the Theolozieal
Students a Chance.
TOLSTOI'S K0N-EE3ISTAXCE TIIEORI
rwBims ron the dispatch.
"When a man gets really warmed up as to
some flagrant injustice or manifest wrong in
social life, he is very apt to hold the church
and the clergy responsible. These, he
maintains, are set up to preach righteous
ness, to denounce wrong-doing, to call for
justice, and to demand the enforcement of
the Golden Kule. In his red-hot haste for
reform and redress, the zealous brother in
sists that it is the province of the pulpit to
ride rough-shod over sinners, to pour hot
shot into the hypocrites, to shoot sharp
slings and arrowy at the heretics, and to
haul rich men over the coals for neglect and
oppression of the poor.
He seems to think that -'ministers enter
the Church to become martyrs; that they
are to have no scruples as to falling foul of
their bread and butter and that they are to
pitch in pell mell and go for the wicked
with a sharp stick regardless of who is hit.
If they don't do this, they are called
cowards. It is said they are false to their
trust and their high calling. They are, in
contempt, styled time-servers. They are
shown up by the scorn ers as toadies to their
rich parishioners. They are held to be
weak-kneed and poor-spirited if they do not
plump dowmwith both feet upon the pet
prejudices ot their patrons, or proclaim in
public the shortcomings of those who have
hired them and pay their, wages.
Not a Healthy Place for Martyrs.
That this is not the way of the world
everybody knows. But few men are cut
out lor martyrs. Experience, history and
scripture teach them that it is safer and
easier to be all things to all men.
It is rather surprising to find Albion W.
Tourgee coming out against the pulpit
"With his experience and wide knowledge,
it would seem as if he should know the
limitations of the clergy, and the conversa
tism ot the churches, or as he calls it "the
cowardly caution that could hardly fail to
awaken screams of laughter from Satanic
hosts."
He maintains, in a recent article, that "if
the Christian pulpit dealt more in the de
nunciation of known, acknowledged and
bare-faced evils, and less in spiritual opiates
and conscience ano3sthetics,the uorld would
be better off, and the Kingdom of Heaven
have more show for being crowded." This
was said in reference to a sermon lately
preached in New York, in which the minis
ter made bold to say that a New York seat
in the Senate of the United States had been
stolen, and that the man who had en
gineered the theft had the impudence to
reach out for the Presidency. This bold,
utterance, says Mr. Tourgee, "was well
worthy to be spoken from a Christian pul
pit" It is quite likely, however, that the
congregation was composed of Republicans,
who would enjoy such flings at a Democratic
candidate. It the pillars of the church
were Democrats, the reverend brother would
probably have been a little more chary.
Call for Agzressive Preachers.
Jlr. Tourgee holds the Christian church
responsible for quite a number of evils
political ones especially. He wants
Christian ministers to be aggressive, and
carry the war into Africa. He says "the
Christianity which counsels submission to
curable evils, or excuses public wrongs, and
reserves its denunciations exclusively for
private and personal acts is a cowardly and
contemptible sort"
But what would he have? In his en
thusiasm for reform he evidently loses sight
ot the fact that "Besist not evil" is one of
the foundation stones of Christianity. "The
barbarities in the South, such as the world
has not known for centuries." might per
haps have all been prevented if the doc
trine of non-resistance to evil, rather than
that of armed force and violence, had been
practiced by both parties. If the Kevolu
tionary fathers had obeyed the Scriptural
injunction, "Eesist not evil," the people of
the United States might have been happy
nnder "Vicky" and been spared the rum
puses and hillabaloos, the liesand treach
eries, the bribery and corruption, the bit
ternesses and broken hearts of Presidental
elections. If the North and the South had
accepted the teaching as to non-resistance
there would have been no bloody civil war
to desolate millions of homes.
Tolstoi's Theory In Itnsla.
Tolstoi, the famous Eussian writer, in
face of all the cruelty, oppression and bar
barous despotism, of which the people of
Russia complain, sternly maintains that "re
sistance to evil is never justiued under any
circumstances. Violence, as a" means of re
dressing wrongs, is not only futile, but an
accravation ot the original evil." The mis
eries of Siberian exile, the horrors of polit
ical prisons, the sufferings ot the Nihilists
and revolutionists are the natural outcome
of resisting evil by violence, says Tolstoi.
He has no sympathy to spare' for either
men or women, ivho, in failing to obey the
command "Eesist not evil," bring upon
themselves and their families the suttenng
and sorrow that fall to the lot of those who
engage in schemes to overthrow the Gov
ernment and bring about reform. He will
admit that the Nihilists are heroic, but,
nevertheless, he insists they are all wrong.
It does the world no good to have the heroes
of Eussia shut up in the mines of Siberia.
The conspiracies of the Nihilists only make
life harder tor all Russians. The assassina
tion policy results in shutting up the best
intelligence of the country in dungeons.
The 47 young men and women who volun
teered to assassinate the Czar were brave,
but they were foolish, and, as results have
shown, it wonld have been better if they
had lived up to the commandment of "Ee
sist no evil."
But Brother Tourgee wants to have the
ministers stirred np. He wants the pulpit
engaged in the work of resisting evil. He
wants every Christian, every church to re
sist the evil of "bull-dozing" in the South.
He wants the whole power of Christianity
put in motion to force the haughty South
rons to quit robbing the Republicans of
their rights as citizens. He fails to remem
ber that the preachers are bound to upheld
the commandment, "Eesist not evil," al
though they know it is hardly in human
nature to put it in practice.
How JoUn Uuii' Style W oald Suit.
"Where the line should be drawn as to the
non-resistance is very hard to see. Evi
dently John Huss did not know it, when in
the chapel at Prague he boldly preached
the doctrines of the heretic Wicklifie de
nounced a bull issued by the Pope, con
demned the sale of indulgences, and when
excommunicated proceeded to write a book
full of abuse of the Pope an 1 the estab
lished religion. This is the sort ot bold
ness, we are told, that is wanted in the
Church at present. But people nowadays
wouhl say that John was "too brash." If
he had not been so lively in resisting the
powers that be, he might have escaped be
ing burued at the stake.
Another man who was filled with the zeal
and the boldness desired in the pulpit to-day
was Savonarola, who used -his position in
the church tor political purposes, and the
promotiou ot republicauism. He denounced
the abuses in the church, exposed the vises
of the clergy, and, like Father McGIynn,
refnsed to submit to the authority ot the
Pope. He, too, was excommunicated, and
afterward condemued, put to the torture,
and finally killed. As a saint and a martyr
he has won golden opinions; but was it wise
in him to stir up wrath, to excite enmity,
hatred and malice, to split the people into
ferocious factions, and incite bloodshed by
his attacks upon his own Church? Such
courage mar be desirable, bnt Tolstoi would
say that it did more harm than good.
Martin .Lather Was a Fire-Eater.
Another bold man in the pulpit was
Luther, who stirred up all Europe with his
violent controversies and his bitter denun
ciations of the evils and errors of the
Church. After he was excommunicated by
the Pope for heresy, he indulged in the
fiercest invectives and most violent vituper
ation against the spiritual powers in his
books, and was "the tongue and sword of
his time." But great as he was, valiant,
courageous, zealous, Tolstoi would say to
him that in exciting the evil passions of
mankind, in promoting bitterness and en
mity, in fomenting and furthering the re
ligious contests which made war throughout
Germany, and for that .matter the world
unto this day, he was doing moro damage
than good.
How people do let their angry 'passions
rise in a religious controversy is well
known. Men can get madder over justifica
tion by faith, or predestination, or free
grace'than anything else. JKVhen they haye
got "sot" in a conviction they stick to it,
hang on to it, and fizht for it regardless of
logic, argument, or proof piled on proof. It
may be. that this' is justifiable as "holy
wrath," but it does just as much damage
and perhaps more as the more common
sort of violence. Mr. Tourgee apparently
wants the black brethen to fiffht for their
Lrijhts, and desires that the pulpit should
deal out denunciations of all sorts and sizes
upon the Democracy ,of the South. He
talks as If quite anxious for the strife to be
gin. It seems as if he took no stock what
ever in non-resistance. Tolstoi seems to be
of the same opinion as the old woman in the
country who leaves everything to the Lord,
and says the "Lord will ketch up with the
wicked in his own good time."
Too Much Expected of Preacher.
It is perhaps this philosophy that keeps
the Church deaf and blind 'to the political
frauds and robberies over which Mr.Tourgee
so emphatically mourns. Preachers are but
men, and some of them very childish men
at that In their Presbyteries, and confer
ences and meetings tbey show the stuff they
are made of, and the temper of their minds.
Watch a lot of boys lighting over a game
of marbles, and a measure of the smallness
and intolerance of many of the "beloved
brethren" can be taken. They have put
away their childish toys but have not
learned to control their "childish tempers.
But in these exacting days too much is ex
pected of them. Brother Tourgee wants
them to "go for" political robbers. "What
sort of a life would they have it they did?
Other men hanker for tbem to hold up to
the public the sins of the monopolists and
the men who grow rich by legal robbery.
Think ot what a rumpus it would raise it
the clersy attacked the big sinners from
the pulpit, as some people so ardently de
sire. Imagine Brother Paxton in his capac
ity as a public teacher pouring out denun
ciations upon the gamblers of Wall street,
and refusins to accept his rich parishioner's
(Jay Gould's) contribution of $25,000 until
Jay had proven that every dollar was hon
estly come by. Fancy the pastor of Eocke
teller's church in face of his liberal contri
butions to religious purposes dilatintr pub
licly on how much easier it will be for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for him to enter the kingdom of
heaven. Imagine the ministers who are
hired to fake charge of the spiritnal con
cerns of "the 400" dinning into their ears
every Sunday that to insure their own sal
vation they mnst sell all that they have and
give to the poor. Every man knows he is
right in accumulating money to keep the
wolf from the door and to give his family
the pleasures and comforts of life. "Would
it abolish poverty if the Astors, Vander
bilts and others with mighty wealth should
sell all they have and give to the poor?
After the Manner of Parlchorst
No minister, however eloquent, power
ful or zealous, would be tolerated if he
should preach as Tourgee and other enthu
siasts desire and require. They would, to
use a Shakespearean expression, be "fired"
very swiftly. As the texts have it they
would "be in derision dally,"'their "pleas
ant portion would be made a desolate wil
derness, their enemies would mock at and
laugh' them to scorn, and they would have
"tears to drink in great measure." Con
sidering all this, do they not do more
wisely to leave the sinners to the Lord, as
did Jeremiah, whose soul was comforted by
the assurance that the people of whom he
complained should be "fed with wormwood
and be given water of gall to drink, and
that the sword should be sent after them,
and that evil should come upon them from
which thev could not escape."
For their own well-being and comfort and
that of their families, ministers cannot well
afford to play the martyr, or do the John
Huss act, even in these more tolerant days.
Dr. Swing was swung out of the Presby
terian Church for uttering something not in
accordance with the "Westminster Confes
sion. Brother Brig;s is being followed up
as a heretic by his brethren in the Church as
vindictively aj if he had committed some of
the deadly sins, because he ventured to en
tertain some opinions that were not con
sistent with thoe held by the Holy Fathers
centuries ago. Dr. Patton, who leads thi
hosts of his enemies, is dead set'upon depos
ing and disgracing him if possible. If
Brother Patton were possessed of the spirit
of a sixteenth century berry hunter he
could hardly show more active zeal in
persecuting those who presume to doubt the
doctrines of predestination and infant
damnation. Brother Bausman's little scrap
of hope that the heathen might have some
small chance for salvation in the world to
come was seized npon as heresy by his
enemies, who never rested nntil they had
coerced the Presbytery into giving him the
'grand bounce." Bessie Bramble.
THE H0HE 0? WOMEH'S CLTJB1
TfaaMngton Has All Sorts, bat They Are All
Formed for Business.
New Tort Tribune
"Washington has a variety of women's
clubs. There are the "Wiuiod vughsis, the
Woman's Suffrage, the Woman's Christian
Temperanre Union, the Woman's Anthro
pological, Pro Ee Nata and a number of
others. All of these clubs are formed for
self-improvement or for benevolent pur
poses. There is not one organized for merely
social pleasure. Most of these societies ot
women will be represented at the federation
of clubs to be held in Chicago in May. The
Anthropological Club will send its Presi
dent, Mrs. Landers; Mrs. E. M. Marble will
represent the Wimodaughsis; Mrs. M. A.
Lockwood will express the sentiments of
the Woman's National Press Club; Mrs.
Lucia Blount, President of Pro Ee Nata,
and Mrs. S. E. Hibbert, a member, will go
to Chicago in behalf of their favorite club.
Pro Re Nata is the only club of its kind,
being organized for the study of parliament
ary laws and fo promote the oratorical pow
ers of its members. Mrs. Blount is also
President of the Isabella Club and Vice
President of the Daughters of the Revolu
tion. Mrs. S. E. Hibbert a woman of in
telligence, wit and tact wrrtes articles on
political economy and philosophical and
psychic subjects.
THE WIPB 0? A M0HA1IMEDAH.
She Is Only a Slave and Really Hasn't aa
Mach Liberty of Action.
I would rather be a dog in America than
to be the wile of a Mohammcdin, says Eev.
G. F. Filian, of Antioch, Syria, in the St
Louis Globe-Danoarat. The wives have abso
lutely no freedom of choice; they see nothing
of their future husband before marriage;
have nothing, to do with the courtship, all
business of this kind being done by their
fathers and a priest They do not attend
even the marriage ceremony, but are mar
ried by proxy, a brother or relative attend
ing in tneir stead.
After marriage they are simply the slaves
of their husbands, rarely appear in public,
and when they do, are so closely veiled as
to deprive them of all the pleasure of an
outing.
Boachxs. bedbuys and other insects are
conspicuous by their absence in houses
where Bugino i used occasionally. 23 eta.
EAST END WHEELMEN
Organize An Association and Will
Give Monthly Tournaments
AT THE GYMKASTIC CLUB'S PARK.
There Hay Also Be an Open Meeting During
the Present Season.
WIimSBUKG TO HATE X CLTFBH0TJ5B
The 'cyclers in the East End Gymnastle
Club have organized' a bicycle club to bo
known as the East End Gym Wheelmen.
It will add a feature not in any bicycle club
in Pittsburg, a club meeting at the Gym
park each month.
There is a large membership of wheelmen
in the gymnastic club, and there is little
doubt but that they will all add their names
to the list of the new club. Every induce
ment will be held out to bring all the riders
in, and it will not be the fault of the projec
tors if not a wheelman in the club fails to
join them. At the meeting held to organize
the clnb 20 members were put on the list,
and there are already promises of several
more to be added at the meeting to be held
Thursday evening of this week. J. P. Cul.
bertsou, Jr., of the firm of Kerchner & Cul
bertson, is at the head of the organization,
having been elected temporary chairman,
and also selected to draft a eonstitntlos
under which the club will operate. He will
report at the next meeting.
The Club's Programme for the Season.
The regular club meetings will be held at
the Gym's" grounds the first Monday in each
month, beginning with Jane and running
through the season. Club runs will also bo
had on the 8th of each month through tho
summer. Another thing that would be of
interest to local wheelmen would be an
open tournament this season. The E. E. G.
wheelmen could not do better tban to satisfy
their friends in this matter, and such as
event is certainly among the probabilities.
It will be discussed as soon as the clnb it
fully organized.
The greatest advantage the E. E. G. W.
will have over other 'cycling clubs i the use
of a first-class track at the Gym park. It
will give the boys a better opportunity to
train than is enjoyed by any other wheel
men except those in the Three A.'s. They
can keep m good condition, and, if the en
thnsiasm keeps up, the new organization
ousht to produce some good racing material
during the course of the season. While
the members had the same opportunities be
fore organizing, by combining there will be
more ot an incentive to train, as there will
necessarily be some friendly rivalry among
the members. It is certainly a good move,
and should fill a good place for the
amateurs.
ladles to Bo Honorary Members.
Although only gentlemen can be mem
bers of the E. E. G. C, the lady riders of
the East End will be cared lor by being
made associate members. There are'a large
number of good cyclers among the ladiei in
that end of the city and the wheelmen ex
pect to have the majority of them in their
club.
The wheelmen who joined the club at the
first meeting are J. P. Culbertson, Jr., W.
H. Hays, S. Mnsgrave, G. W. 3Iartin, E. G
Kehew, E. a Smith, W. H. Hastings, E.
Johnson, J. Alexander. C Beggs, E. Ham
ilton. J. C Aull, Dr. George S. Proctor, J.
McCleary, E X. Breck, Jr., J. A. Hartricfc,
a Addy, Paul Graff, Dan B3rr and W.
Addy. Probably as many more will be
added by the next meeting. The club will
operate under tne rules of the East End
Gymnastic Club and L. A. W.
Tlio TVHklnsbnrs; Athlete.
The Wilkinsburg Athletic Association'
grounds are nearly ready for the opening ot
the baseball season there, which will be on
May 14. Work has been going on this
week, but the rain has kept it back some
what Among the other features of the as
sociation will be a ladies' clubhouse to bs
erected in a lew weeks. The gentlemen
will be accommodated with lockers under
the grandstand this season, but next year a
commodious clubhouse will be erected.
A five years' lease on the grounds is held
by the association with a privilege of pur
chase at the end of that time. There is no
doubt of the grounds ultimately becoming
the property of the association, as they will
make quite extensive improvements and
will not care to lose that investment There
were 300 shares of stock taken, and more
could be had it necessary. The association
is starting out on a sound basis and will un
doubtedly be a success.
Xotes of the Amatnnf.
Szwickiet will need an instructor ia the
new order of things there.
The A. A. A-'s are at work fixing up Recre
ation Park. Play will begin there soon.
With its bicycle club the East End Gyms
seem to be trying to monopolize the entire
field of spore.
The Ions list of Western University men
training for tho inter-collegiate field day
portends a bi tournament
The West End Gymnastio Club boys de
serve encouragement in their efforts to In
crease ontUusIasm. in that section of tho
city.
Gardxzb and Smlnk will he the Wllkins
bnnr battery at the opening game of the
Comity League season at the East End Gym
Park.
The Western University will hold Its pre
liminary field day May 11, to decide upon its
representatives in the lnter-collegiato
sport .
Ixtzrest among amateurs is evinced by
the great number of improvements, new
clubhouses, grounds, etc., springing up In
all quarters.
The East End Gymnastic Club took la
efcht new members last month, and so far
this month there have been ten applications.
(julte a Doom going on tnere.
The prospects of good boat racing on the
Allegheny this season will increase the in
terest ia boating and should boom the mem
bership of the Columbia club.
Laws T33S13 courts in tho old T. 1L C A.
grounds in Allegheny will swell the mem
bership of the Three A.'s nmong the ladles.
Allezheny has Ion? needed a club furnishing
first-class facilities for tennis.
Sewicsxet will probably fnrnish soma
strons competitors for honors amoue the
amateurs this sea 'on. With the new club
house Sewickley'i) lacilities tor producing;
first class amateurs will bo second to none.
A Pigeon Feeding Its Youn;.
The joke about pigeon's milk has a foun
dation intact After the incubation of tho
young has been completed the crops of the
parent birds become 'thicker and secrete a
sort of cird with which the young are fed.
This description ot nourishment isnecessary
for them, lor if the young pigeons are de
prived of it during the first week or two
after hatching they are sure to die.
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