THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH. SUNDAY, JULY 2 1892.
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11 REVIEW OF SPORTS
Yagaries of Baseball and the
Work of the Local
Baseball Team.
THE GENERAL SITUATION.
A Few Features of the Twelve-Club
League Monopoly Discussed.
HOVE TO POPULARIZE SWIMMING.
The Sullivan and Cortett Cattle and the
lien in Training.
ELMAEKS ABOUT A1IATEUB SCULLERS
Very, Terr funny are the yacaries of base
ball. The team -who have been represent
ing us down in the East have fully demon
strated that during the week. They went
to Boston and won two excellent contests
from the terrible champions, and then they
met the tail-enders at Baltimore and pot
-olloped out of their boots. So much lor
public form in baseball.
"Well, we must not lose heart concerning
our sluggers yet. The race is young, very
young, aud there is plenty of time to make
a good showing before the season ends. But
I am one who believes that we must have a
stronger team than we have if we want to
have a winning team. The Pittsburg lot
must certainly be stronger in the pitcher's
box than they are, or else we can throw up
our hands at once. That it was a mistake
for the management to refuse Clarkson and
to choose Terry in preference to McMahon
is now an established fact; but it is the fut
ure we must look to. The club needs one
or two good pitchers right away, aud if
they could be had we are all right.
Doubtless Mark Baldwin is dissatisfied
and that fact will certainly impair his
pitching. Pittsburgers have not treated
Mark any too well. He is a fine pither, and
has had more hard luck in his games than
any other pitcher I know of He would do
well in some other clnb, and why not try
to get our old friend King back in his
place, if Lovett cannot be had.
A dissatisfied man on a team is ruination
to himself and to the team, and this is a
very important fact. I know that Baldwin
is very anxious to leave Pittsburg, and his
late work shows that this anxiety is having
some effect on his work.
IU?snrdlnsr the General Situation.
More than a week of the second half of
ihe season has gone, but the time is too
short to form any definite Qpinion as to the
probable outcosjae ot the pennant contest.
Except saying that the Brooklyn team looks
to be the best I have nothing this week to
cay about the comparative merits of the
various teams. Taking everything into
consideration the Brookiyns are in the best
playing condition, aud barring accidents
they will make a great struggle lor the pen
nant it they do not win it.
Although the .second half of the season is
quite young there has been considerable
talk throughout the country about the 12
club League ana the intentions ol its mag
nates. This taik has generally been relat
ing to changes that should be made or that
should not be made. One thing I have ob
served, that is, that there is a very strong
opposition to that very foolish rule regard
ing limiting each team to 13 players.
League magnates have adopted many
verv stupid rules in their time, and the
ll?lejn question is certainly one ot them. I
cawiof-JoT iire'Hie fcf me believe that the
magnates ever had any serious intentions of
acting up to that rule when it was adoptei.
As I argued last week, it takes away al
most all the enterprise from a club and
tends to give the public an inferior kind of
bail playing. It seems to me that in pass
ing it the magnates only had one object in
view regarding it, and that was to use it as
a means of cutting down the salaries of the
players. This reryxjnfair "cutting" has
been as much indulged in at present as the
nerve of the magnates will allow, and, this
being so, there does not seem any intention
to abide by the 13-men-to-a-club rule. The
sooner the rule is wiped ont the better.
The to-be or not-to-be of the 12-club mon
opoly itself is also being widely discussed
and from now to the end of the season we
may expect that very burning questions of
baseball will be a leading theme ot discus
bion. There is a very strong opposition to
the monopolistic league. lam one of its
opponents and have never believed in it.
Jly objections have been civen in these
columns several times. When it was first
established I did not believe in it and now
my faith in it is less than ever it was. The
more one sees ot it the worse does it appear
to be. It is formed on a very bad principle
and when a foundation is bad we cannot ex
pect the upper structure to be safe. The
predominating notion of this big League is
to gather all the baseball interest into one
little ring and keep them there and run
them in the most mechanical manner. I
do claim that this is a very, very bad method
Indeed.
The Opinion of Others.
To be sure there are other people who
favor the big League just as they favor
everything that the magnates do. I had an
article written by an Eastern man forwarded
me the other day which termed those who
do not favor the big League "disgruntled
and ignorant." Of course, the arguments.
of the big League's opponents were not dis
cussed. People who have a bad cause never
use arguments, but deal entirely in abuse.
I am sure it would tend to dispel our "ignor
ance" if a little argument was given us now
and then, instead of everlasting twaddlings
and frothy rodomontades.
So far the big League has not been a success,
and the further we get into the season this
fact is becoming more and more apparent.
There are clubs in the League, and too
many of them, that are almost entirely
living at the expense of others. This svs
tem cannot exist, and it is safe to say tliat
these clubs would fare much better it they
were in an organization of their own, and
run on principles which are peculiarly
adapted for the success of these clubs.
This question must be faced and we all
had better begin to become acquainted
with it It is a very simple one and can be
narrowed down to the query: Is a big mo
nopolistic League preferable to two major
leagues working under a national agree
ment? I have laith in the intelligence of
the baseball public giving a negative an
swer. The Failure ot the Western Lragn.
The Western League and its lotteryplan
has totally disappeared, which is one more
proof ol the futility of trying to run base
ball on Utopian notions that aim at killing
all individual effort. From the very first
mention I have emphatically opposed the
lottery plau. I even predicted its utter
collapse. The other day I came across a
lew words written on the subject by Mr.
Ben Multord, of Cincinnati. They so
clearly and forcibly state the case and bear
out what I have from time to time con
tended, that I now reproduce them for the
benefit of my readers:
The d-ath of the Western League crushes
the millennium plan to earth and In the
wieck ot that league is emphasized the lack
ot public laith in the lottery plant. In
Dasebatl each club must tandonitsown
bottom Jlilwaukee.tlieflrstclub tollcdonn,
was hit awtully liaid in the distribution.
Moit of the crack players who had been
corraled by Manaser Cushman fell to the lot
of other clubs. Hiishey and Stephens w ere
pitchers proomed by "Ousli" and it was trail
and wormwood to the people of Bievrery
ville to see them pitching good ball for Kan
sas City and Columbus and it was only nat
ural that they should damn the plan tnat
had taken them away. The Western stran
gled individual effort and even saving grace
of a small salary limit could not keep the
league off the rocks. Baseball cranks are
unreasonable belnss and they can never be
trained to Indorse the prize package ytem.
They all want the best talent in the market
ahd if they oan't Ret that they want the next
best. The sentimental side of the game was
chilled when the good, bad and indifferent
were all drawn from the same bag;. The
plan that promised so much for the tame In
the minor leagues has been rejeoted by the
enthusiasts.
A Sport Worth Encouraging;.
There are indications that swimming is
eoing to be more popular here this fall than
ever it has been in Pittsburg. A few days
ago Secretary Page, of the Three A's, was
telling me that in all probability the asso
ciation he represents will promote a series
of swimming contests next fall. Mr. Page
is a strong believer in swimming as" very
uselul recreation, and there are thousands
who believe as he does.
The Three A's would do well, indeed, to
arrange a series of swimming races, and
arrange them so as to have the best swim
mers in the country here. Swimmine as a
sport is not half as' popular in the United
States as it should or as it could be. -It is
one of the most entertaining of sports, and
I know of none more useful. Ana we
have some excellent swimmers in Pittsburg,
and we would have more of the excellent
class than we have if the sport was to re
ceive a little more public recognition. It
is likely that Messrs. Flower and G. T. Tay
lor will be representatives of the Three A's
in the fall contests. They arc really good per
formers, but, dear me, we should have more
than two good men in a city like Pittsburg.
Manager Goodwyn, of the natatorium, has
turned out roanv tolerably fair swimmers,
but he will be able, I dare say. to give us
quite a number of first raters it the sport
was more popular and was better patronized.
By all means efforts should be mae to carry
out the idea of Secretary Page and have a
fall swimming contest on a large scale. I
have laith in the public helping the venture.
Tew Words About Amateur Itnwlnjp.
The defeat of the English amateur scull
ers lately by Ooms, the German, has caused
everybody interested in rowing to be con
siderably surprised. The Englishmen have
held the amateur sculling supremacy so long
that it was thought almost impossible to
down them. In 1890, when the United
States sent Mr. Protta to England to try
and gain laurels, he was so badly beaten by
Mr. Kennedy, who was in turn badly beaten
by others, that all of us thought the English
amateurs invincible. And the German and
French have always made such a miserable
show against the "Englishmen, both in sin
gles, doubles and fours, that nobody ever
dreamt ol Germany sending a man to down
everybody at Henley.
But sure enough Ooms, of Germany, has
laid them all low.and I don't thiuk he won,
because the standard of English sculling
was much poorer thau usual. While I do
not think he met as good rowers as Guy
Xickalls and Gardiner were in 1890, I am
inclined to think that he would have held
his owu with them. This is mere conjecture,
I admit, but Ooms won his races so easily
that we must give Germany the credit of
having a great sculler at last. Mr. Ken
nedy, who defeated Protta two years ago in
England, is roninc yet and in as good form
as ever. He was beaten by "Vivian Xicfcalls,
who was easily beaten by the German. This
kind of form makes Germany out to be far
ahead of the United States in" amateur scull
ing, because it does not seem as if there is a
better sculler than Protta was among our
amateurs now.
While talking of amateur sculling let me
remark that there is a very good oppor
tunity for the Three A's to make their or
ganization prominent. There are sure to be
many young men in this very populous
locality who would blossom into really
first-class amateur .scullers. As far as I am
aware Albert Denmarsh and M. Pickett, of
Bellaire, are eligible for the. amateur class,
and they are tolerably fair rowers and very
young. It Pickett has improved any since
I saw him row, he will be a very hard man
for any amateur sculler to beat. Indeed, I
see no reason why a sculler like Pickett
couldn't be gotten into form to defeat any
amateur sculler I know of. If a. thor
oughly representative amateur rowing club
was organized in this city depend upon it
success would be the result. There is ihe
material for good scullers, and certainly w e
have the tutors to mold the materia.
Bicyclists and International Courtesies.
During the last few days a question of
very great importance to bicyclists in" par
ticular and to all sport-loving people in
genersl has been brought to the front. I
refer to the question of allowing foreigners
to compete for American bicycle, amateur
of course, championships. At present this
is not allowed, although the English permit
Zimmerman or anybody else to go to Eng
land and take all the championships they
can; in fact Zimmerman has secured two or
three English championships this year.
Well, the National Cyclists' Union wants
the L. A. W. to return the compliment,
and if there was ever a fairer request than
that, I would like to know of it. In dis
cussing the question a Western writer'very
wisely says:
As a simple and courteous act of reciproc
ity, it would seem no more than fair that the
leazue should do as the union deslies. An
American has gathered in their champion
ships and taken the honor and glory which
go with them, and every American wheel
man is singularly proud of the fact. Now,
what is the matter with the league being as
free and easy as the X. C U.T To he sure a
little legislation will be necessary in order
to accommodate the covetous Britain!, but
as this 3'ear is a year when legislation of all
sorts is being enacted for the furtherance or
tne sport, and, come to think of it, the rules
of the league are beinc stretched to admit of
international contests during the World's
Fair season next year, it would seem as if it
wou'd besrood policy for the L. A. W. to
hearken to the moderate petition of their
brothers across the xtater. The Chairman of
the Racing Board ought to draw the atten
tion of his confreres to this subject and
ascertain if there is not a way by which this
country can do as much for the Enslishmen
who would compete honorably with us as
they are willing to do for our representatives
who go abroad for honorable competition.
A Local Athletic Club .Sngcested.
A very able and prominent city official,
who is an ardent patron of. all kinds of
wholesome athletic exercises, suggested to
me the other day the advisability of organ
izing an athletic club in this city. Of
course, a real first-class is meant, where all
kinds of athletic contests would be indulged
in; in other words, an athletic club on lines
similar to the Manhattan A. C.
In my estimation the suggestion is a good
one, and I hesitate not to say that 200 or 300
members could be soon obtained for such a
club. The membership would, of course,
have to be select, and there would not'by
any means be anything patronized by the
club that wasn't in accordance with law.
The best talent, boxing and other kinds, in
the country could be secured, and the club
could be made a legal institution of enter
tainment and athletic instruction. Now,
why should a club like this not succeed in
Pittsburg? I see no reason, nor does the
very important city official referred to.
There are hundreds who think the same, an,d
the only thing to do is for a number of en
ergetic supporters of the notion So get to
gether. I am perfectly willing to receive
communications on the subject, and will do
all I can to have the matter talked oyer
among any number who want a first-class
athletic club organized.
The Fitzsimmons and O'Brien Battle.
There is a deal of complaining going on
about the proposed battle"betweenBob Fitz
simmons and Jack O'Brien. The apparent
inequality of the two men was first pointed
out in this paper, and since then the opinion
has become 'general that it is a very badly
arranged contest.
Now, I am not going to say that it is a
badly arranged affair, simply because I do
not know sufficient about th'e merits or de
merits ot O'Brien. I say, apparently it is
not a well arranged fight, but O'Brien may
be better than he appears to be. He will
have to be considerably better than I think
he is to defeat Fitzsimmons, and I say this
because I feel confident that he is not as
good as Pritchard.
I also know that Fitzsimmons has all
along been more anxious to fitrht O'Brien
than anybody else, and it does seem strange
that O'Brien would allow his match with
Pritchar 1 to fall through and agree to come
here and fight a man like Fitzsimmons. I
say all this because I hold that a better man
than O'Brien eould have been secured In the
United States to meet Fitzsimmons, and it
may be that the Olympic Club finds this fact
out when it is too late,
v .The Snlllvun and Corbett Battle.
It is wonderful the public interest there
is taken ih any contest that John L. Sulli
yau is to take part in. Although he and
Corbett are not to meet for about 10 or 11
weeks yet, everybody who is at all inter
ested in sporting affairs hardly has anything
else to talk about. During the last week or
two I have received numerous letters asking
why I don't write mote about the Sullivan
and Corbett battle than I have been doing.
All this interest is because the newspapers
for years have advertised Sullivan more than
any other pugilist has been advertised in the
history of the prize ring. Very shrewd men,
financially interested in his movements,
have seen to this extensive advertising, and
it has been successful. Were Sullivan to
merely stand on his pugilistic record there
would be little enthusiasm indeed, and I
say this with fairness to him and due re
spect to his powers.
It is often unsafe to come to definite con
clusions about a big and important battle
two months before it takes place. I do not
propose to do it at present, but there are a
few features that can be discussed now and
with interest to all of us. There is a notion
more or less prevailing that Sullivan will
finish Corbett in 12 or 15 minutes. This is
a very unwise assertion on the part of any
body. True, such a thing may occur, but
most certainly the chances are tremendously
fir-runst it. We must bear in mind that Cor-
"bett is not going to New Orleans to be
knocked out in any such time, ana nc is
just about as able to keep out of the way as
anybody connected with the boxing busi
ness. Sullivan himself has been talking loudly
about "nocking Corbett out" in two rounds.
This is simplv blowhardism of the rankest
kind, and I don't believe that Sullivan be
lieves any such thing fur a moment. I can
well remember when Sullivan and bis
friends talked just as extravagantly about
what John was going to do with Mitchell
when they met in France. I argued that at
least Sullivan wouldn't down Mitchell in SO
minutes if at all, and everybody laughed at
me. - We all know how that contest re
sulted and that event, together with Sulli
van's contests wish Burke aud McCaffrey,
should make us all a little cautious in our
statements regarding Sullivan knocking
Corbett out in two, four or six rounds.
Tlio Big Men and Their Training.
Sullivan the other day was quotedas say
ing that the only times he has been in good
condition were in his battles with Flood
and Ryan. If this is true then we never
need hope to find him in good condition
again. But if he was at his best against
those men we still have little to go on, as
both Evan and Flood put together would
hardly make a good man.
But a man ol Sullivan's strength should
be in good enough condition to last three or
four rounds in a Queensbury rule contest
with comparatively little preparation.
What I mean is that with only a little prep
aration he should be able to keep up his
hurricane style for three or four rounds and
if his style is as effective as many people
think, he should be able to down his 'man
in that time. But he did not down Mc
Caffrey or even a man like Jack Burke.
The truth is, I know of no really good man
Sullivan has knocked out in" real short
order. This is not sentimental talk, but an
impartial appeal to the facts of history.
What I claim is that Sullivan must be in
very good condition to defeat Corbett, be
cause if he is not Corbett will tire him, aud
we saw what Sullivan was like when he got
winded against Mitchell in France. Well,
I have grave fears about Sullivan's getting
into good condition. A friend of mine who
saw Sullivati the other day tells me that he
has a very big paunch on him and he (my
friend) cannot see how Sullivan is going to
train it off Just as sure as we live.it Sullivan
rushes through his work to reduce his
stomach the latter will become so fevered
that it will take more than human power to
prevent John from drinking very copi
ously. On the other hand, Corbett is training
without a bitch, aud is, I am told, in the
very best of condition. The question with
me then is mostly one of condition. If Sul
livan could be put into the ring fully able
to make the fighting and retain his wind he
would as surely defeat Corbett as lam writ
ing now. What I now say is, do not let
these exaggerated notions of Sullivan's
knocking-out abilities lead us astray,trat let
us look at the matter impartially and from
a standpoint of experience. Peingle.
HE rOBQOT 10 ADDBESS IX.
An Erratic Irishman Became Angry Be
cause Bis Letter Was Not Sent.
Chicago Tribune.
There are two capital anecdotes of the
strange Irishman, Sheridan Knowles, a
dramatist of singular capacity and knowl
edge of stage effect, combined with a mas
tery of blank verse of a rather peculiar
kind, which gives him his own niche in
stage literature. He was an actor also, aud
afterwards turned preacher; but he was dis
tinguished for bulls. He sent 200 in Bank
of England notes to his wife in London,
which failed to reach her. He angrily de
manded of the Postmaster-General an ex
planation and an apology, as he happened
to be unusually certain of the day and hour
when he had posted them, and denounced
the authorities with energy. The answer
was pleasant and courteous, with the assur
ance that the Minister knew him as a friend
by his works, and was only keeping the
money at the postoffice till the address was
known, as it had been sent in an envelope
without anv address whatever, and only "I
send you the money." written inside.
"My dear sir, you are right and I am
WTong. God bless youl" was Knowles' an
swer. On another occasion he rushed across
the Strand to shake hands with "O. Smith,"
an actor well-known by his initial, and ask
after his health. Smith, who knew him
only by sight, thanked him, but told him
who he was. "I beg your pardon," said
Knowles; "I took you for your namesake,
T. P. Cooke." As for the "postal story, it
has a quaint counterpart in that of one of
Toole's many eity friends, who never would
put any address on his envelope but "J. L.
Toole, Esq.," on the ground that the post
office always knew where he was traveling.
"Xon get it," he said; "you get it, my
boy." It was Toole's suggestion that he
might send him 100 to test it.
IIGHTBIHQ AND VESSELS.
Since Iron and Steel Are Used in Ships
Casualties Have Diminished.
Spare Moments.!
Since the substitution of iron and steel
for wood in shipbuilding, the using of iron
for masts, and wire for riggings, a marked
diminuition has taken plaee in shipping
casualties from lightning. This subject
was made matter of special inquiry by the
German authorities, and the result was pub
lished by them in a recent report. Captain
Dinklass, who had charge of the commis
sion, states that no case has been recorded
where a ship rigged with wire rigging has
sustained any damage from lightning, ex
cept in a few instances where continuous
connection had not been made with the
hull. But wooden ships, rigged
with ordinary rigging, still show the
same percentage ot casualties as formerly
when they are not properly fitted with
efficient lightning rods. The iron or steel
vessel with the wire rigging forms a first
class lightning conductor which is continu
ous, and by means of which the electricity
is led into the ocean before it can do any
damage.
The difference in safety between the old
and nevr class vessel has been particularly
noticed in the tropics where violent storms
are very frequent The destructive effects
of lightning upon her Majesty,s ships in
volved in former years an expenditure of
not less than from 6,000 to 10,000 annu
ally. Between the yearr 1810 and 1815 no
fewer than 35 of the sail-of-the-line aud 35
frigates and smaller vessels were completely
disabled. Of late years these items of loss
and expense have wholly disappeared from
the estimate!.
DEATH AT HIS FEET.
flow a Wise and Tough Old Bear
Met- His Fate in a llilkhouse. '
WAS AS STRONG AS AN 01 TEAM.
Sagacious and Furious LfforU to Get Bid
of a Trap and Clog.
A GOOD SHOT AT A PAIS OF EABS
CcoBBZsroiroxxcx or thi dispatch.
Roulette, Pa., July 22.
WAS a bright star
light night, and Far
mer Buby had slept
through half of it,
when he was
awakened by a noise.
Farmer Euby lives
three miles from Rou
1 e 1 1 e, up Fishing
creek. When he
heard the noise he
listened a moment.
"Then horses is
loose, sure as guns!"
said he.
T en he jumped out of bed and ran to a
back window and looked out. He saw
something that surprised him.
"Mercy 1" he exclaimed. "Them horses
hain't only loose, but one of 'em is tryin'
to climb the milkhouse!"
By this time the farmer's wife was awakeh
She raised up in bed and remarked to
Farmer Buby that in her opinion the horse
he saw was nothing bat a nightmare, and
that he had better climb back into bed. But
the farmer kept on looking out of the win
dow, and presently he was surprised again,
and more than ever.
"Great guns!" said he. " 'Tain't a horse,
neither! It's a man!"
The Old Laity Wasn't Excitable.
The farmer's wife ejaculated mildly that
she was glad to know that there was a man
outside of the house, even if there wasn't
one left inside; but the farmer kept on
looking. The result was still greater sur
prise. ' 'Tain't a man, neither!" he shouted.
"It's a bear!"
Whereupon the farmer's wife remarked
"Pooh!" very distinctly, and turned over
and went to sleep.
A hill, crowned with woods, rises in the
rear of the Buby farm house. Against the
hill, and set part ot the way into it, is a log
milkhouse. When Farmer Buby first
looked out of the windowthat star-lit night,
with his horses on his mind, he saw a large
black object on all fours, climbing up the
hill at the side of the milkhouse, and
headed for the roof He thought it was a
horse. When it appeared on the roof it was
standing erect, and the farmer thought it
was a man. Then it droped on all tours
again, atld the farmer knew it was a bear.
And he stood right still and watched the
bear from the window. What he saw dis
turbed him greatly, but he was so surprised
that he never once offered to interfere.
1 he Strrnsth or an Ox Team.
The bear sniffed around on the roof for a
few minutes. Then he came down and
went to the milkhouse door. He tried all
sorts of ways to open the door, but failed.
His failure" brought forth growls from the
bear that caused the farmer yet more sur
prise. The roof of the milkhouse was low
and projected a few inches at the eaves.
Four-inch stuff was the mateiial from which
it was made, and it was fastened down by
wooden pins driven half way through the
8-inch logs on which it rested. When the
disgusted, bear found that the fastenings of
the door were proof against him, he walked
back up the hill at one side of the milk
house, nlaced his two great forepaws under
the projecting roof, and raised slowly on his
hind tett.
It is the opinion of everyone who knew
that milkhouse that an ox team couldn't
have pulled the roof loose from the logs;
but when that bear rose up the roof rose up
with him. There was a rip and a crash, and
the stars looked down into the milkhouse
through an opening in the roof big enough
to tumble a horse into. And still the
farmer was so surprised that he never lifted
a linger against the bear.
Sounds of Revelry by Nl;ht.
Bruin, as well as the stars, looked down
into the milkhouse. What he saw there
evidently pleased him, for, with a self
congratulatory snort, he disappeared
through the opening so quickly that it al
most took Farmer Buby's breath.
"Mercy!" said the surprised farmer.
"There goes all of mother's this week's
churnin'l"
Instantly there was a sound of revelry by
night inside that milkhouse. The clatter
and bang of milk pans mingled with the
bear's voicings of untrammeled pleasure.
This lasted several minutes, and then the
milkhouse door came open with a smash.
The bear had been satisfied to euter at the
roof, but he chose to come out by the door.
So he burst it open as easily as he had
lifted the roof.
'That bear beats lightnin'!" remarked
Farmer Buby, still growing in surprise.
As soon as Farmer Buby could do so he
came to Roulette. He routed out Leroy
Lyman, the mighty hunter, and told him
the harrowiug tale of the bear and the
looted milkhouse and requested him to
take after the bold midnight marauder and
run him down.
Laying Flans to Catch Bruin.
"The bear will be back for some more
fun in the milkhouse to-morrow night,"
said the old hunter. "I'll go up and set a
trap for him and we'll gather him in."
That day Hunter Lyman went to the
Buby farm and set a big trap skillfully in
the milkhouse, leaving the door ajar so the
bear would be put to no trouble in getting
in. He told Farmer Baby that the cun
ning animal would be along acain some
time that night, and walk into the trap.
"You can sit up and watch for him," said
the old hunter to Farmer Buby, "or you
can go to bed, just as you please. '
When night came the farmer concluded
that he would sit up and watch for the bear.
He got a double-barreled gun and a big pis
tol. Both were heavily loaded for the bear.
The farmer and his wife watched patiently
tar into the night. There was yet no sign
of the bear's coming, and the larmer's wife
went to bed. Not long afterward a dark
object came slowly from the woods. It
slouched leisurely down the hill toward the
milkhouse. It was the bear. The farmer
sat at the kitchen window, his arsenal well
in hand. The big bear went up to the milk
house door aud stopped. He stood motion
less, with his nose in the crack of the door,
and he stood there so long that the farmer
could scarcely keep ou his chair.
"Git in there, ding yon!" he muttered.
"I waut to pour some lead into you!"
A Scene of Awful Race.
By and by the bear pushed the door open
and stepped in. There was a loud snap, a
louder roar, and out of the milkhouse came
a huge ballot' black fur and a clanging train.
The ground pitched smartly from the milk
house toward the window where the farmer
was sitting, waiting to pour lead into .the
bear. The bear, with the heavy 'trap fast to
one hind foot, rolled down the ditch, roar
ing and bellowing, and snapping his great
jaws at the trap and clog. The farmer
dropped his gnn and pistol.
"Great guns!" hi? shouted. "The bear's
agoin' to bnst in the kitchen!"
Then he ran into another room and locked
the door. The bear tumbled and plunged
and fought the trap about the kitchen door
for five minutes. Then all was quiet.
After awhile the farmer ventured to peek
out of a window. No bear was to be seen
or heard anywhere about the premises.
At dawn Farmer Bubv hurried to Bou
lette again to carry Leroy Lyman the news.
He got to Lyman's house, pale as a ghost
.The old hunter was away
"Ihe bear is ketchedr
irom nome.
exclaimed Fanner
i jj"jffsi
"SL
Buby to the hunter's son Mila, "Some
body must come git him!"
Brain Was at Canning Brute.
. Milo, being something of a hunter him
self, undertook the job. He went back
with Bubv. Tt needed onlv a casual exami
nation of "the field for him "to discover that
the bear wis wise hevond his kind. The
trap the old hunter set had attached to it a
clog made of green beecn, lour Jeet long,
six Inches through, and forked at the end
where the chain that held it went around.
The chain was -four feet long. When the
bear found that he was only wasting time
tryingtoget the better ot the trap by fighting
it at Farmer Buby's door, he had taken the
heavy clog under one arm and marched
awav to the woods. Milo followed the
trait Some distance in the woods he found
where the bear had placed the crotch of the
clog against a tree and , broken one of the
forks off, in his efforts to rid himself of the
incubus. Failing in this, he had dropped
the clog and gone tearing through the
woods, dragging it along. He had not pro
ceeded a great way when the clog had
caueht under a hemlock lor 20 feet lone and
2 leet througL. The immense strength of
the hear was shown by tne tact that ne naa
tugged at the chain by the trap fast to his
loot and turned the big log over and rollea
it out of its bed.
"A team couldn't have done it!" says
Milo Lyman.
A Novel Attempt at Freedom.
Then the bear went on. He climbed a
dead pine tree 40 feet high. The top of the
stem was hollow, with a jagged shell around
it. The bear wound the chain about one of
the jdfes and dropped bodily from the stub.
The shell broke, thus defeating the bear's
intention of tearing his foot loose from the
trap by the fall. Failing in that the bear
bore on through the woods. He came to a
hemlock tree that had fallen and lodged in
the crotch of another tree. A big knot pro
jected from one side of the hemlock near
the top. The bear bad climbed the slanting
hemlock, whipped the chain around the
knot, and dropped as he had from the dead
pine. The knot broke, and bruin again
tailed of freedom.
By the appearance of -the trail the hunter
knew that the bear had gone from the hem
lock wrought to the highest pitch ot fury.
Some distance further on be ran the beech
clog under a tangle of roots made by a
fallen beech tree. The hold was a strong
one. Thus held fast the bear could just
reach with his fore paws two small trees
and a good sized hemlock. He grasped one
of the small trees and by it tried to tear
himself loose from the trap. The tree came
up by the roots. Then he tried the second
small tree. That bent to the ground. Then
he clasped his paws about the hemlock.
The hemlock was stanch. With one des
perate effort the bear pulled his foot in two,
leaving half of it in the trap. Freed from
the trap, but crippled, the desperate brute
went on.
A Chase for a. Three-Footed Beast.
Milo Lyman fouud the clog and the trap
and the bear's foot, and knew pursuit was
useless without dogs. He returned home,
got his lather's bear dogs, Bover and Carlo,
and Hunter Jones, an experienced bear
hunter, and the chase was resumed, many
others joining in it The docs took the
trail, and followed the tough old bear over
the hills toward the Allegheny river. The
dog's caught the bear twice, but he whipped
them out both times, and kept on his course.
Bear Hunter Jones, knowing a runway
where he believed the bear would come out
on his way to the river, had hurried to sta
tion himself there. He got there just in
time to see the bear come down from the
hills, cross the road, take down a section of
rail lence, hurry across a held and plunge
into the Allegheny river. Jones ran to the
river. The bear was swimming with only
his ears and a little bit of the top of his head
visible. It was a small mark, but Jones
blazed away. Even the bear's ears and
scalp then disappeared. Presently a big
wake broke the waves near the farther
shore, and the bear crawled out by the aid
of some tangled roots and stopped.
The Story or a Thorn.
Jones plunged into the river and made his
way across. The big bear was hanging by
the roots as dead as a stone. Jones' bullet
had crashed through its brain. The bear
weighed 401 pounds. There were 21 persons
in the last hunt for him, and he was divided
into 21 parts. In dressing him five old
bullets were found in his carcass, relic of
previous adventures the big animal had
enjoyed.
Strangest of all, a thorn three inches long,
very sharp at the point, and half an inch
wide at the base, was found imbedded in
the old bear's flesh. No such thorns grow
in Pennsylvania or adjoining States, but are
common in Southern Missouri and Arkansas.
"1) e ought to had a bed o' thorns, ding
him!" exclaimed Farmer Buby, when the
thorn .came to light "He kep' me on one
long enough!" Eo Mott.
THE JI0DEEN WOMAM'S WATCH E3.
Many Ladies Are at a Loss How to Wear
Their Dainty Tickers.
New York "World.!
For the person who invents a safe sort of
pocket for women's watches a large fortune
and the gratitude of thousands are waiting.
Women are beginning to grow tired of
having their slender chains jerked in a
crowd and finding themselves watchless.
They don't enjoy even hunting vainly for
the timepiece which was buttoned into the
front of their bodice, but which has slipped
in and is finally discovered ttjo inches
above their waistbands and far on one side.
The pretty toys are continually being lost,
as they slip down under the bodices and
belts and rope onto the ground.
If you are determined to wear your
watch like the rest of womankind, thrust
into your bodice, it is a good idea to have
sewed securely to the lining of each waist
one ot the patent fastening hooks which
have to be pressed in order to pass over
anything. Clasp this over the big link at
the end of your chain and you are compara
tively safe. A strong-handed thief may
break the chain, but cannot capture the
watch. If this is impossible, it is at any
rate always easy to fasten a fancy pin
through the end of the chain, which will
keep it from slipping and render it a little
less easy to grab.
Another excellent plan would be to have
a small pocket sewed to the lining of each
bodice at the place where it is natural to
slip the watch. This pocket could open to
ward the front and when the watch was
thrust in could fasten by means of one of
the patent toops to on eyelet crocheted on
the lining of the bodice.
With the watch securely tucked in such a
receptacle, even with the chain dangling
daintily down the front of the gown, a
woman might safely venture into a crowd,
and not be obliged to keep one hand con
tinually over her breast to protect her prop
erty. LESS OIL FOB THE HAIB.
A Cozen Tears A go the Proper Care Be
quired Much Greater Quantities.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A dozen' years ago there were consumed
ten bottles of hair oil where one is used
now. The prevailing fashion th en was to
wear the hair thick and long. Dust and
dirt got into the locks, and shampooing had
to be resorted to frequently to keep the
head clean. This made the hair dry and
"porcupiny." Oil was used to smooth and
gloss it A great "fake" with the barbers
was to use "pure bear's oil" on the hair.
To tell the truth this was nothing but lard
with a little berganiot, or other essence, to
give it a pleasant odor. But the vast ma
jority of patrons believed they were being
treated to the genuine bear's oil luxury.
Had all the barber shops in the . country
used what they pretended to, an army ot
bear hunters would haye had to be em
'ployed constantly, and a bottle of bear's oil
would have cost as much, if not more, than
champagne.
Now very little hair oil is used. It is a
rare thing tor a customer to ask for it The
fashion Is to wear the hair short and not to
look poetic Money that the barbers for
merly got for shampooing and cleaning the
hair they now get for the extra haircuts,
and the one about offsets the other.
XOTES AND' QUERIES.
Survival of Ancient Customs in
America? Politics and Trade.
TEE MELODIES OF MOTHER GOOSE.
Friday lias Not Been an 1'nlnckv Daj for
These United States.
THE S0LDIEES OF THE EEBELLION
IWB1TTIK TOB THE DISFATCK.1
Unless one deliberately thinks of it, he
will be astonished at the many survivals
we have in this prosaical country of olden
times aud olden customs. No Mayor in
this country wears a ebain of office, as mauy
Mayors do in Geatr Britain; bat the Mayor
of New York City has a standard aud a
standard bearer, and when he appears on
certain public occasions such as reviewing
the Decoration Day parade, etc his stand
ard bearer stands behind him, as if he were
a feudal knight The staves that the
Sheriff's deputies carry at executions are
survivals of the time when the Sheriff wore
armor, and when his attendants or 'depu
ties were men-at-arms; the deputy with his
stave goes right back to the Sheriff of Not
tingham, perhaps.
But in nothing more than in our signs do
we maintain old customs. In the old days,
when few persons could read, a tradesman
put oat a representation of his wares, or
some speaking sign. The barber surgeon
hung out the pole which the patient grasped
when he "brought up" the vein in his arm
preparatory to having his blood "let" by
the practitioner; and on the pole he hung
two bandages, one white, tne other red.
Our barbers do the same unto this day.
Glovemakers hang out great gloves, drug
gists pot up mortars and pestles, cutlers
exhibit scissors or knives, watchmakers and
jewelers show watches, and dealers in
paints hang np a huge painter's palette
The tobacconist's "wooden Indian" is
familiar, and is one of the few signs that
does not indicate in itself what is sold by
the person who exhibits it; it is purely con
ventional as indicating a dealer in tobacco.
Similarly conventional are the three golden
balls over pawnbrokers' doors; a doctor in
Italy, a medicus he was called, became
wealthy, and assumed as his arms three
golden pills; his family lent money "at the
sign of the golden bails," and now every
pawnbroker the world over exhibits the
same emblems.
These explanatory signs are the Volapnk
of retail trade; they are intelligible to
every civilized man, whatever be the letter
ing upon them.
Who wrote Mother Goose's melodies? Are
they supposed to be tpe production of one
pen, or are they the accumulated nonsense
of ages? Are the Anglo-Saxons, the only
ones who are accustomed to brln? up their
children on such stuff, or are other nations
equally culpable? B.
The story that the melodies owe their be
ing to Mother Goose, a resident of Boston,
Mass., id not now generally believed. Ac
cording to the story Thomas Fleet married
Elizabeth Goose on June 8, 1715; they had
a child, and Grandmother Goose sang to it
the songs which Thomas Fleet collected and
published in 1719. Of the marriage of
Fleet and Elizabeth Goose there seems to
be no doubt; an entry of it appears in the
records of the City Begistrar in Boston; but
all the rest of the story is doubtful. No
trace has ever been found of such a book or
pamphlet, although a person who died in
1839 is said to have come across a copy of it
in the Library of the American Historical
Society in Worcester, in 1856, while hunting
for some entirely different book; but the
finder's name is not known, and the book
was never afterward discovered. It is a
fact that in 1697 Charles Perrault, a French
writer, published the "Coutes de ma mere
l'Oye," or "Mother Goose's Tales;" aud
Rabelais, who died 150 years before, used as
typical of a popular story the title "one of
the stork's stories." Many of the melodies
have meanings, and are found in other lan
guages than English. For example;
I have a little sister, they call her Peep,
Peep,
Sue wades the water, deep, deep, deep:
She climbs the mountains, high, high, high;
Poor little thing! She has but one eye.
The little sister here is a star. And
other melodies might be cited as haying
meanings which show that they were not
intended originally for children only.
Mother Goose herself has been traced by
some mythologists to Bertha of the Big
Foot, the mother of Charlemagne, aud
back of her to Freia, the Norse goddess of
love, one of whose names was Bertha, the
shining one. Comparative folk-lore shows
us that other people than the Saxons have
or had the tales and melodies; and that the
Saxon race is not the ouly one to bring up
their children on the "nonsense;" and that
the peoples that do bring up their children
on it are not so very culpable after all
1 was speaking of Friday as an unlucky
day, when a friend said that it bad always
been a fortunate day for the United States;
if so, In what way? O'IJeillt.
Friday has played a prominent part in
the history of this country, even if it has
not been always a. fortunate day. Colum
bus sailed from Palos on Friday, August
24, 1492; he discovered America on Friday,
October 12; the Mayflower arrived off what
is now Provincetown Friday, November 10,
1620; Washington was born on Friday,
February 11 (old style). 1732. Tne battle
of Bunker Hill was fought on Friday, June
16, 1775; the Declaration of Independence
was signed on Friday, August 2, 1776; Bur
feoyne was defeated at Saratoga on Friday,
October 17, 1777; Cornwallis surrendered at
Yorktown Friday, October 19. 1781; the bat
tle of New Orleans was ended on Friday,
January 13, 1815; the first gun of the Civil
War was fired on Friday, April 12, 1861;
several ot the most important battles were
fought on Fridays; Lincoln was shot on
Friday, April 14, 1865; Guiteaa was hanged
for murdering Garfield on Friday, June 30,
1882; and there have been a dozen other
Fridays more or less important.in our his
tory. L Why was Jame G. Blaine called "The
Plumed Knight?" 2. Did Ell Whitney in
vent the cotton gin alone, or did General
Greene's widow assist him? 3. When did
President Taylor die, and where Is he
buried? Alleohiist.
1. Colonel Kobert G. Ingersoll called Mr.
Blaine by this title in nominating him for
the Presidency in 1876. Colonel Ingerscll
doubtless had in mind Macau lay's descrip
tion of Henry ofNavarre at the battle of
Ivry when he called Mr. Blaine "a plumed
knight;" and the title has remained ever
since.
2. Whitney invented the gin. Mrs.
Greene called his attention to the need of
some machine for getting the seeds out of
the cotton, and he lived on her plantation
while he worked at his invention; bat Mrs.
Greene had no share in the actual inven
tion. a President Zachary Taylor died July 9,
1850, and is buried in the Taylor cemetery,
about five miles east of Louisville, Ky.
flow many men enlisted dnring the war in
the Northern and Southern armies? W. L S.
The aggregate number of men in the
Northern armies, "reduced to a three years'
standard," was 2,319,272; that is, that there
were enough enlistments, some long and
some short, to make that number of terms
ot three years. On January 1, 1865, the
Northern arnly numbered 657,747 men
present for duty; the Southern army at the
same date numbered about 439,675. The
exact number of enlistments in the Southern
army is not known.
What is the population of Pekin. China?
Buses.
Becent traveler! say that tha populations
of the Chinese cities are, at a rule, greatly
overestimated. For years back Pekin has
been supposed to contain 1,000,000 inhab
itants; now its population is placed at 800,
000. There are no censuses in China, and
all estimates depend for their value upon
the person who makes them.
Did the Morrison Horizontal tariff bill ever
pasa the House of Representatives?
W. C. T.
No. It was reported April 14, 1886, by
the Committee on Ways and Means, of
whieh Mr. Morrison was Chairman, and on
June 17 he moved that the Houe go into
committee of the whole to consider it
This motion was negatived, 140 members
voting "aye" and 157 voting "no." So the
bill was pat to rest
Can a man having a wholesale licence in
New Kensington, Westmoreland county,
sell hl liquor to any persons other than sa
loon ists? B.
He can sell to any person, but he cannot
sell less than a certain quantity, which
quantity is specified by law.
LAUREL ON OUR BILLS.
Great Clusters of Its Bcantlfal Flower
Adorn the Ravines Abo at Plttnbnrg
The Rhododendron Is Also Abandont
What a Century In arop Did for It.
rWRITTZIf TOB THI DISPATCH. 1
One may gather their own laurels any of
these fine days by a drive up the mountain
side or along some of oar rivers and cool
ravines, where the straggling bush seems al
most oppressed with its wealth of superb
flowers set in great clusters among the grace
ful, shining leaves. The flowers vary in
color from pink to pure white, and the bell
shaped cups are so exquisitely crimped they
remind us somehow of the sheer white caps
old ladies used to wear. Like most flowers,
this one has one curious feature; inside are
ten little cradles, in each of which an anther
lies snug abed. But take a pin and gently
touch the stamen pop! up flies the anther
like a jark-in-the-pulpit, only it is not so
ugly. Now, it yoii are a young Darwin,
you will find ont what all this is tor and if
you are not, there is no use in telling you.
But this American laurel is not the
noble laurel with which the Bonians
crowned their heroes and poets; that is a
large tree and grows in Italy. It is related
to our sassafras and to the" cinnamon tree,
and like them it is sweet scented and spicy,
and when we are told that laurel leaves
make a delicious flavoring for pudding we
must remember that it is this noble laurel,
or bay tree, that is meant, not our native
shrub, for its leaves contain a deadly
poiosn and we must be careful how we
handle it Sheep often die from eating the
leaves, which gives it the name of lamb
kill. Another name is spoonwood, for in
early times the fine grained wood was made
into spoons. But long ago, before the
plants of this country had been examined
and named, the King of Sweden sent a man
named Kalm over"here to study the new
plants. There were settlements of Swedes
along the Delaware and Schuvlkill rivers
before Penn came to found Pniladelphia
and give his name to the State that now
bears it so proudly, and with these country
men Kalm made his home while exploring
the region and gathering plants.
He took home to Linnaeus, the father of
botany, many specimens of American plants
till then unknown to naturalists, and the
delight of the old botanist over these new
found treasures was said to be so great it
cured him of his gout After studying over
these plants he gave them names, and the
most beautifnl one of all he named for
Kalm, so the true name of our laurel is
Kalinia.
Before the laurel has quite faded ont ot
sight another splendid blossom has opened
in the woods beside it; this is the rhodo
dendron, which is sometimes called the
"great laurel." It has clusters of large
wnite flowers, elegantly shaded and spotted
with greenish yellow, and its leaves are
nearly a foot long, thick as leather and
beautifully waxed and polished.
This is the origin of many of the handsome
shrubs of this name now sold from the nur
series. The shrub was carried from our
mountains to Europe and after a century of
culture comes back to us as a gorgeous ex
otic Those of us who can't have 100 years
of Europe, many at least live one happy
day on the Alleghenies while Laurel Bidge
Sroolaims itselt by the great banks of rosy
loom piled on the rocks and drifting all
down tne mountain side
Makgaket E. Houston.
AN OLD-TIME SFBINQ.
The Once Popular Chappaqaa Waters Are
Again En Vogue.
New Tort Tines. J
The old Chappaqua mineral spring, which
the late Horace Greeley, who famous farm
was only a short distance away, prized so
highly, is again becoming popular. This
was the first mineral spring patronized by
any considerable number of people in this
country.
The Indians knew of its valuable quali
ties, and for more than three-quarters of a
century the waters have enjoyed a reputa
tion. The spring is four miles northeast of Sing
Sing, and issues from a cleft in the rock near
the base of a hill about 200 feet in height
The water, as it rises lrom the rocs, is
transparent, but in its course deposits a red
dish yellow powder. The salts held in solu
tion are said to be iron, manganese, calcium
and lime.
A leading physician of Sing Sipg to-day
made inquiries of the old inhabitants re
garding the spring, and was told that in the
past the waters were so fjmous in the res
toration and cure of weakly people that a
largethotel, of which nothing remained 40
years asro. was filled with invalids for a
great many years and that no one questioned
the tonic properties ol tnis spring.
An extra steamer used to" ran from New
York to Sing Sing for the purpose of bring
iitg those who resorted to this spring for its
healing' waters, and several old-lashioned
four-horse staees ran at regular intervals
from the' Sing Sing dock to the spring every
day during the season.
IHE CZAB ASS THE CAT.
His Imperial Highness Saves a Feline From
th Eag of Two Dogs.
Chicago News Record.
The Czar's long visit in the Danish capi
tal, a distance from threats and fears of the
Nihilists, is said to have been most bene
ficial to his health and to have put him in a
mood for less belligerent views of the
European situation. But one fright has
marred the serenity of bis life in Copen
hagen and that concerned his guards more
than himself. Early one morning a few
days ago guards in the park of the castle at
Fredensborg. saw a door leading to the
garden burst open and the Czar, shouting
and gesticulating, ran out in slippers and
shirtsleeves. An attempt at assassination
was the immediate conclusion and the
guards ran to the rescue, half of them
"hastening to the deserted apartment and the
others after the Czar. The latter found the
Czar beating two large Siberian blood
hounds and saw a big torn cat scooting off,
tail up and head down.
The Czar explained to the astonished
guards that as he sat at the window he saw
the dogs chase the cat, the favorite pet of
King Christian, into a corner, and, fearing
delay would be fatal, ran to the rescue.
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HOW 10 BS pleasant:
A YTord of Sound Advice to Young Girl
Who Wish to Attract.
St. Louis Post-DIspatch.J
There is an inherent longing deep in th
heart of each woman plodding along thi
earth of ours to be attractive. She thrive
on admiration and grows plump at the rat
of five pounds a week if a little love shoub
be thrown in her, way. But the grea
question of how to gain this affection, thi
love and admiration which each man has i
in his power to give is sometimes of i
rather puzzling nature to girls, especiallj
those who have no personal charms to at
tract
In conversation the other day sorai
charming girls were complaining of theii
lackot talent and plain features. Itwaj
suggested to them to make a study of thi
art of being pleasant "Girls, you doa'l
know what an effect continued pleasantneji
has upon a man."
A woman who makes the man whom she
loves believe that she knows not the mean,
ing of worry, and who always has for him a
pleasant smile and a word of welcome wil
find that tender thoughts of her are creep
in? down further into his heart than thosi
of the beauty whom she envies.
The only way, always to be pleasantjis tt
make a study of the art; convert it into t
science and study it as such. A pleasant
woman in the home is like a gleam of God'i
brightest sunshine: Her very presenca
soothes, comforts and cheers the heart of
man.
Bad Tear for Ballooning.
This is a bad year for aeronauts. Six
have thus far been killed. On the Fourth
two were drowned after an ascension from
Boston Common; one was thrown from his
basket, bat managed to catch the telegraph
wires in his decent, at Waltham; another
jumped from his balloon high in air, get
ting off with a broken rib and many serious
bruises at Lexington; while still another
narrowly escaped drowning in the 'Kenne
bec river.
When Baby waa sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When the had Children, she gave them Caataria
MEDIC XL.
DOCTOR
WHiTTIER
814 PENN AYEMJE, P1TISBDP.G, PA
As old residents know and back flies or
Ptttsbunr papers prove, ii the oldest estab
lished and most prominent physician in the
city, devotlmrspecialattention to all chronic
p'oTre8: NO FEE UNTIL CURED
sponsible aippwrtl I Q and mental din
persons IlLM V UUO eases, physical de
cay, nervous debility, lack of energy, ambi
tion and hope, impairedmeinory, disordered
sight, self distrust, bashfulness. dlzzinen,
sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, impover
ished blood, failing powers, organic weak
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption,
unfl ttlng the person for business, society and
marriage, rjermanently, safely and privately
,cnuradi. BLOOD AND SKIN sdi9aTe
eruptions, blotches, falling hair,bone,iain;.
glandular swellings, ulcerations of tba
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the system. U n I N tt It T j bladder de
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symptoms receive searching treatmenr
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Dr. whtttler's life-long extensive expe
ence insures scientific and reliable trea
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treated as if here. Office hours, 9i.x.to I
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ODrS COTTON BOOT
COMPOUND.
A recent discovery by in old
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Ithe onlrperfecUT iafe and
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