A REV1EWQFSPBHTS. Characteristics of the Man agement of the local Baseball Clnh. TEE WORK OF OAPT. BURNS Successful Playing Managers In the League Are Not Very Numerous. THE AMiTEURCHAliriON SCULLER Keedham's Defeat by George Dairson, the .Australian, and Its I essons. COEBETT AND SULLIVAN IN TEAINING That old biblical aphorism, "Br their fruits ye shall know them," is the thorough test ol the baseball team manager. If we keep a close watch oa the baseball bnsineps we'll soon find that nothing else on earth has anything whatever to do with the merits of a baseball manager than the fruit or produce of his labor. His team must win games and lots of them it he wants to maintain his position in the baseball swim. Too many defeats will not do and there is very little desire to reason about defeats when they become too numerous. They prompt a deet-rooted desire for a victim and invariably the manager is pounced upon as that jonah who has been and is still bringing ill-luck to the house The local bail team has been losing so many games lately that a change of man agement has been decided upon. Captain Burns, who had for some time entire con trol of the team, has been taken down from that throne and the scepter has again been piven to Mr. Bnckenberger. I do not think that anybody will be surprised at this change. There were certainly lots of peo ple surprised when Captain Burns was placed in power, but for some time past it has been easy to see that another change must be made. Captain Burns has had a fair and honest trial. As far as these columns have been concerned he has had every encouragement given him. He came here as a stranger and with no record whatever as a manager, and that tact gained tor him the very best and most generous of public treatment. He came and took hold of a very good team of ball players who were doing tolerably well vhenhetook hold of them and who, lam sorry to say, have never done as well since. Well, then, we cannot but admit that Captain Burns as a manager has been a iail- ure. 1 am disposed to think that he has come to that conclusion himself by this time. Outsiders, that is, baseball people who do not live in Pittsburg, tell us that Captain Burns has never shown any interest in the team; that he has been at all times careless and indifierent as to the results ot games. I am not goinjr to say that these charges are true, but the fact of their being believed by a very large section of the base ball public is a reason sufficient to have Captain Burns removed. The fruits of Burns labors as a manager have been very, very small and of very poor quality, and all the reasoning in the world won't alter that tact. True, there are times when defeats come and when the manager cannot help them; but on very many occasions the Pitts burg team have lost games entirely because ot the very poor judgment ot management The Directors Acted a Fair Part. True there will many people contend that JbcdirtctoJ of the club should never have engaged Burn's. is7 we, looking on from the outside, often come to conclusions dif lerent to what we would if we were on the inside. The club directors were anxious beyond measure to have a winning team. They had been told about the great quali ties of Burns, both as a player and as a "general." The eagerness, the honest eager r.ess ot the directors to get anything or any bodv who would make the team win prompted the directors to lend a willing ear to acy promises of success. And are ive not, all of us, almost always ready to grasp at straws when our anxiety tor success is as high as it possibly can be? It was this anxiety to have things better that inspired the directors to give Burns a try. And he was secured contrary to the best wishes of the friends of the club. De spite this he was given absolute control over the team. He had as much power as any manager in the country, and more than all, except two or three. He could get any player he fancied if that player was avail able and he coald release anybody at any time. In the wav of getting players he dis played very bad judgment, indeed. Well, amii! all this power and latitude Captain Burns has not been successful, and znot certaiuly he nor his friends can in the least complain at the tieatment Captain Burns has received. Goo. I I'laylnc; Managers Are Pew. I am not surprised at the failure of Cap taiu Burns. He came here as an untried man as a manager and it was only be cause he was so many years under Anson that he was engaged to come here. It is therelore correct to sav that he came here as an experiment, and had he been success ful as a manager he would have been one of the few exceptions. Depend upon it, good "playine manasers," as they are termed, are scarce. Where one succcedsmany fall by the wayside regardless of what kind of teacher they may have had. Xotwithstandiug the unique and excellent qualities of Anson as a manager, both Burns and Pietier have been lailures as managers, althongh they were years under Anson's guidance. Some men are born to manage and will do so regardless ot their good or bad tuition and others will never be able to manage a ball team, no matter who or what their tutors may be. Who taught Comiskey to manage a ball team? Who taught An'son. or Ward, or Tehenn? All the training and tuition in the world couldn t make Pfefler into a Comiskey, and it is well that many ot us should remember this fact when figuring on managers. 1 am fully persuaded that Doth Piefferand Burns got credit for what they did not do while tney played under Anson. At that time we were always hearing of Pfefler ad wsins Anson to do this and Burns recom mending that. Bosh! Anson has always had too much individuality to be guided by men like Picffer and Burns. It was simply because ot this talse credit that Pfefler was lilted to such a ridiculously high standard by a few enthusiasts who never stopped to think out the situation for themselves. Anson and hu team have tailed lately simply because of Anson having an exag gerated notion 'o! his own abilities. For a time he sold to other clubs first-class players and secured ceiv material and suc cessfully developed new ones. There was a deal of fortune in securing this new ma terial, but Anson would not believe the "fortune" feature of it. He claimed it was merit on his part. He continued to let ex cellent plavers go at the least provocation until good new material was not forthcom ing. To-day there aie numerous plaveri s.cattered about the League that Anion'has released and if he had mem now he uo-ild have one ot the best teams in the country. So that the counseling of Burns and Plelfer had nothing to do with the success of the Chicago team. The rropec:s ol tho Local Tuarn. Although the start off of the home ball team has not been of the most encouraging kind there is stiil a hopelul outlook. The contest is so yoong yet that a tew games wap or lost will rcaKe a big difference in the standing of any team. I 'have very strong hopes, indeed, ot the local team do- j ing well, and it is very hard to explain why I they have not and why they will not do well. They are a strong team of players, the only defect of importance being in the pitcher s box. .Really, when we go through the list one by one, it is something extraor dinary to find them as a team playing such wretched games. But a new pitcher has been signed in F.sper, lately the left-handed man ot Phila delphia. Esper has done excellent work in his time and in the first halt ot this season pitched some fine ball. Harry Wright has released him and taken Knell, who was re leased by the Washington club. We all know that the veteran manager is not're leasine any player whom he thinks can win a majority of games for him. He may be making a mistake in releasing Esper. I trust he is for ihe sake of our club. We need a good pitcher, and it Esper turns out to be a winner we will be all nsht. . There is another very important featnre about the local team, and that is the eon duct ot the players themselves. Beports from every city thev have visited tell of their nocturnal cafousaH in the way of card plaving and drinking. This is simply dis graceful' and a player who thus conducts hiinelt should think it a shame to lacs the public, considering the fact ot the sacrifices that are being made by the club directors to furnish the public a good team. Not a player on the team has been reduced in salary, although the club directors are by a League resolution enjoined to do it. Surely it there is only a spark of the spirit of gratitude left in" the players they cannot be depraved enough to cheat those who pay them and the public who patronizes theni. Every stealthy and injurious act that is done by a plav'er will tell against him, and he can depend on that fact. The work that a team, such as we have in Pittsburg, has bcen doing since the second season opened is simply shameful. They can do better, and it they have regard ior their own manhood will do better. Abnm .Affair in Central. As was intimated in this paper last Sun day, the discussion regarding the 12-club league and the cutting of salaries have been general topics ot discussion during the week: One thing interested me very much the other day, and that was the stand taken by Mr. Abell, of the Brooklyn club. He came out flat-looted on the matter of cut ting salaries and the "13" rule. He con demned both in very strong terms, pointing out the unfairness of the former and the ab surdity ot the latter. I was pleased to read Jlr. Abell's opin ions, because he took the same stand that I have been taking in this paper for some time past. He very tersely pointed out that salaries ot ball players were too high, but he wanted them redueed at the proper time. To reduce them in mid season is simply riding roughshod over all contracts, and there will be no reason at all for con tracts in future except to give the players the worst of it. To sav the least of it, this new plan of reducing contracts is the most unfair and most unprincipled feature in the entire history of baseball. Actions ot this kind are sure to recoil on those who commit them, and it goes to show that baseball is fast getting into the hands of some very un scrupulous persons. The opposition to the 12-club league plan is still growinc. Jlr. Byrne very amus ingly the other day tried to show the good quality of the monopoly and its two seasons by talking about the increased interest in the came at Baltimore. Attendances of 500 or 600 are extremely encouraging aud it they show an increased interest in the game then goodness help the clubs when the interest decreases. But the most amus ing effort of all during the week has been that of the Louisville club's secretary, in trying to show that Louistille is a first class baseball city. Figures will prove many things but they cannot convince Manager Buckenberger that the team cleared expenses on their Louisville trip. The National League must gel back to its own honorable, fair-dealing and successful condition. There have been some very interesting features in the pennant race during the week. Not the leist interesting has been the little spurt mace by the Baltimore team. The players ot that team have been knocking Uie ball away with wonderful alacrity, and enthusiastic patrons ot the club are sure that the team will be well up jn the race at the finish. The efiort of the Baltimore team is probably only a flash-in-the-pan one. True, Stovey ha strengthened the team, uui. uiey win not oe winners. The Philadelphia and Brooklyn teams are starting on wjen ana uieisostons are getting down to good work. I still fancy the Brooklyn lot, although one can never tell what is going to happen in baseball. Harry Wright has a good team, but I fail to see where they are as good as the Brooklyn team, and with equal chances the Brooklyns ought to be sure winners over the Phillies. And yet we must not overlook the Bostons. They are a good lot ot players and no mis take Even at this early date I am in clined to say that the Clcvclands will beat the Beds out, and I sav this with due defer ence to the great expectations ot our friends, Mulford and Weldon. The Beds will miss TonyMuJIane. Ithines is notTonv's equal; never was and never will be. And Tony's stand is a just one on principle and there is no getting over the fact. Ihe New Amateur Champion Scalier. Here we are downed again; not by a "blooming" Britisher, but next to it, a Canadian. Mr. 4 J. Kyan, of Canada, has come to our waters and taken away the title ot champion amateur sculler of the United States and Canada. And those who were most expected to get the title did not get near it. Hawkins, of New York, and Caffrey, of Boston, were only third and fourth respectively in the final. Hedlcy, of Philadelphia, was second to Kyan, so that as far as bona fide Americans are concerned we can claim that Pennsylvania has the best amateur sculler. The victory of Byan must have been a very great surprise to the enthusiastic backers of Cafirey and Hawkins. It was conceded before the race by the talent that Hawkins could not be beaten. Last fall Wallace Boss assured me that Hawkins was a great amateur sculler, and that ho would certainly win. The latter, this year, and the Bovton authorities were just as con fident about Caffrey's chances. Both favor ites were beaten, aud were beaten decisively by Ryan. Ryan's victory ranks him as a good rower. It has been claimed for some time that both Hawkins and Caffrey were better scullers than Psotta (last week I was made to say Protta), and if this claim is sound then livan is the best amateur sculler there has been here lor a long time. The Canadians are good judges of scullers and they produce tome goou ones, ana iney ao not hesitate to say that they have a wonderful sculler in Ryan. In all probability he will try his lortune in England next year for the diamond sculls at Henley. I am inclined to think he is better than any English ama teur sculler at present, but as I remarked last week the Germans and French have come jto the front. If Ryan is the sculler his friends claim he is he ought to have a good chance to become champion of the world next year. Ihp Grand Circuit Trotting Races. Judging from the success of the Grand Circuit trotting races in this city aud in Cleveland that famous sport is moire popu lar than ever. At both cities named the racing end the patronage have been unusu ally good. In this city there was more money invested on the races than there was during any previous meeting, and that means a very great deal. And let me re mark that I have never seen a more intelli gent and a more respectable crowd ot men at any public gathering than I saw at the poolstands of the Homewood race track. There is reason to believe that some re markably fast time will be made by trotters aud pacers this year, if the races so far go tor anything. While the chances are always asainst records being broken, it is not unreasonable to expect that the very best records will be threatened this year. So far this season it has been lotind that the very foolish rule regarding "laying up" for heats is no good whatever. At Homewood and at Cleveland also, according to report, drivers "laid up" for heats without notily ing anybody about their intentions, and every.hing went on all right AH the argu ment and all the experience of the best authorities are against the rule, and it is safe to say that it is already looked upon ai a dead letter by the chief actors at trotting meetings. , How It Tays to Be Fair. A few week ago I had something to say about the unfair treatment that the? Pitts burg Amateur swimmers received at Phila delphia. Secretary Page, ot the Three A's, has filed no protest, as he thinks thit would be useless, but the other day he told me of a very interesting incident that has taken place during the week. The Philadelphia Swimming Club was again in need ot entries, and although the entries were closed for the contests of last evening, the Philadelphia Secretary wrote Mr. Flower, ot the Three A's, asking him to compete. This request was liandid to Secretary Page. who. by the way, is just about at genuine a hustler, as full ot earnestness and as much of a gentle man as anybody I know o Secre tary Pago replied to the request and the reply was such that the Secretary of the Philadelphia club will probably re gret that he ever did such a foolish thing as request the entiy of Mr. Flower. Secretary Pag'e very forcibly pointed out that in view of the fact that PittBburgers received such remarkably unfair treatment when competins at Philadelphia not long ago there was no assurance that the same plan of preventing Pittsburgers from win ning prizes would not be put in operation a;aiu. It is not likely that either Mr. Flower or Mr. Taylor or any other Pitts burg amateur swimmer will give the Phila delphia fellows another chance to knock their (the Pittsburgers') heads off lor some time to cornel And the resolve of Secretary Page is a correct one. According to the evidenceof people who witnessed the'enntests in which this blackguardism took place, the treat ment ot the Pittsburgers was simply an out rage. The directors ot the swimminc club have made no explanation nor expressed any regret yet, and they cannot expect swim mers from other cities to contest in their events simply to be the victims of foul play. The manifest unfairness will have a bad effect on their club. Speaking of swimming reminds me that the other day a friend ot mine told me that the Manhattan Athletic Club, New York, would like to have Mr. Flower on its roll of membership. During the week just ended one or two New York swimmers were in the city, and they approached Mr. Flower ou the matter, Cut the Pittsburgcr means to stay with tne Three A's. He will be very sensible if he does. Dolnrs nrtll- leading Pnclllsls. Things have indeed been very qniet among the pugilists durinc the we ek. The only event ot anything like note that has taken place wns the battle between George Dawson, the Australian, and Danny Need ham, at welter-weight. I had nothing to say about the contest before it took place simply because there were features con nected with it that I knew nothing about, or at most very little. But I was not sur prised at Needham's defeat, because he met a remarkably good man in Dawson, and one who has always stood punishment in the most extraordinary manner. It was this staying quality almost entirely that gave him the victory. But he can use his hands well also and can hit hard, as Needham found out. Needham, of course, was the cleverer, but he simply winded himself in trying to knock the Australian out, and in this it seems to me that he placed his blows very badly. But Needham has been avery unfortunate man. He is one of the best of pugilists at his weight and he invariably meets defeat. There must be something wrong in his judgment or in the judgment of his seconds, because jnst as sure as he gets to a critical stage he gets beaten. And we cannot say it is because of lack of pluck, for he is cer tainly a very game man. If Tom Ryan is still what his followers claim he is, we may expect a contest be tween him and Dawson. If the pair are matched the contest will be an interesting one and it may be that Ryan will meet defeat. Cannot Get a Man for Pita. And certainly there has been and is still trouble in getting a suitable man to meet TTitzsimmons during the big week in next September. All hope of Prltchard's coming has been killed, but a few people think that Hall may be here. As matters look there is not much prospect of a substantial purse being offered to Hall and Pritcbard in England aud that may force Hall to re turn here at once. But it he does come he will not fight at middle-weizht, ami the truth is he is not eager to meet Fitzsimmodl at any weight. If he was the pair would have fought long ago, as there has always been a very big purse ready for them. There is talk of putting Costello up against Fitzsimmons. The desire for this is not very strong among the Olympic Club directors and it is safe to say that Ed Smith would be a much better mSu than Costello to face the middle-weight cham pion. It will be a pity if a worthy opponent is not secured for Fitzsimmons. President Noel, ot the Olympic Club, deserves suc cess in his arrangements,forcertainly he has made the most remarkable and most enter prising offers on record. The great offers of the club for three contests in one week and the unimpeachable character of President Noel and his colleagues place the club far nhead of any club" of the kind that has figured before the world. Depend upon it, there is great nerve required to speculate as the Olympic Club does. Corbett and Snllivan In Training. We continue to read and hear all kinds of stories regarding Corbett and Sullivan. Some oh these stories have Sullivan living in the most approved style of laziness and "booze." And the other day I read a story written by a New York newspaper man which said that Corbett is not training at all and that he is only leading the life of a last young dandy. Well, I don't believe anything of the kind. Just as sure as we live Corbett and Sullivan are doing their best to get into the very best condition possible. There is an immense prize at stake; much too big to trifle about. Most assuredly Sullivan is trying to get into condition, but whether he will succeed or not is another matter. It is hard to believe that he will be in as good condition as he ever was in his life, while it is easy to see how Corbett can be in better condition than he has ever been before. But while Sullivan may not get into the very 'mnlr n' fnnrlitirtn " lin lo lit- 1.. V... : tolerably good shape if all accounts ot his training are true. And if he is only in tolerable shape it will make matters more interestintr, because if he was in his best possible condition he would soon defeat Corbett in a glove fight. Tlipre are also many conflicting rumors as to the weight at which the men will fight Let me state that at this stage no body can telL As far as Sullivan is con cerned it is quite easy to make a mistake of nearly ten pounds by guessing at present. Th.s being so, it is better to let the ques tion of weight and condition rest until later on. Pbingle. Many Species of Fish. Pliny, the great naturalist, who lived ab'out the time of Christ, reckoned the whole number of known species of fish at 94. Linnojus, the great Swedish inventor of the eighteenth century, could classify 478, and he, is known to have been the great est ichthyologist of the age in which he lived. The progress made in that particular branch since the time of Linnceus seems, all the more wonderful.for now, since the expe ditions of the Challenger and others, 13,000 species show up in the catalogues of the fish specialists. Emeralds Are Very Valuab'r. Emeralds from India, Persia and Peru are the most valuable stones. According to their tints and their luster they are classed as Prosines, Neronians and Domi tianes. According to Suetonius, Nero used to look at the fightine gladiators in his emerald. The stoue is the emblem of char ity, hope, joy and abundance. It had the reputation of curing epilepsy by applica tion, and of being an all around pain killer. Moviso and paoMng furniture a specialty. ilxvan. A Kutxsjr, 33 Water .street, waa- A WOODLAND PIRATE. Ho Was After a Bear That Abe Fuller Said He Shouldn't nave. HOT CHASE UNDER A JOLT SUN. One Lively Tonne Fellow Had. Too Tad Eye sight for Big Game. BADLY BEATEN AT 1UEIU OWN SPORT CORBXSPOXPFKCI OT THI DISPATCH. Eotjlette, Pa., July 30. KNOW that the bear would never have been chased so long nor so far, at that time of year, when its fur was worthless and its meat not yet in con dition, fit even for hungry campers to eat, if it hadn't been that old woodsman, Abel Fuller, of Kettle Creek, was deter mined that it shouldn't fall into the hands of "Cub" Conners. "It's a 'tarnal shame to cut that b'ar's campaign short," old Abel had said, "him jist a-startin' in fer the summer, an' prom isin' to swell out into 300 or 400 pound o' the best kind o' hide, meat an' taller, 'long about Thanksgivin' time; but Cub Conners '11 git him, sure as powder, if we don't, so it'll be doin' the b'ar a mercy, an' spitin' Cub at the same time, fer us to pitch in an' save him by killin' of him ourselfs." Bound to IInvi the Bear. This was down on Barley Run, on the edge of the big hemlock woods. Abel had returned to the cabin on the creek after a day's trout fishing just in time to see the bear walking out of the shanty with a piece of pork, and disappear in the laurels. There was only one gun in camp, for we were not in the "woods after bear. That gun was Abel's. Wherever the old woodsman goes he takes his gun with him, and it is always loaded lor bear. This from the force of long habit So Abel, when he saw the bear walking away with the pork, had stood still in his tracks for a moment, and then said: "That b'ar hain't good fer nothin", but we'll have to git him. It we don't Cub Conners '11 gether him in, an' I wouldn't have that happen fer a hull menagerie full o' b'ar. So I'll go over to Jim Souser's an .. ijJUr' rf'i." f- i. ii.,.V0, 'TUJfe II Wa a Victory for the Piratr.. git another gun, an tell Jim to come over here 'arly to-morrow mornin hisself, "n fetch his dog. Keep your eye peeled fer the b'ar, sonny, while" I'm gone, an' if he comes out o' that laurel patch an' goes to crossin' the creek with his head p'inted north, give him both o them bar'Is o my gun an' tumble him, fer if he gits acrosst that creek an' p'ints fer north, he'll be goin straight fer Cub Conners , an Cub 11 cit him. an' it's to perfect the b'ar from Cub Conners that we're goin' to kill him ourselfs." . Conner TVas Mean Clean Through. Then Abel started for Jim Souser's shanty, which was down on Fair Run, two milesdistant through the woods. I mounted guard at the cabin door to see that the bear didn't come out of the big laurel patch and p'int his head for the. north', toward Cub Conners' domain. Cub Conners was a dweller in that wilderness that none of the hunters liked. He lived by himself in the center of one of the best hunting and fishing regions, and had a cheerlul way of shooting the dogs of other hunters who went into the woods; of burning down their shanties; of even taking a sly shot at hunters themselves once in a while, it was siid, and of making himself as offensive and damaging to them as he could find ways and means of doing it Consequently he "was hated and feared of all other woodsmen, and they lost no op portunity of checkmating him in the way of gettin'e game, even it they had to put themselves to no end of trouble, or remove a deer out of season, or run down a bear under a July sun. It was long after dark when Abel got back from Jim Souser's. Three men with guns were with him and two dogs. "The b'ar hain't p'inted fer Cub Conners', has he?" asked Abel. No; the bear hadn't Two Men Inexperienced on Bear. "Then he won't p'int there to-night, an' B11 cairn him iha Hlenmna f rfMrt nf it sv I we'll save him the disgrace o' doin' of it to morrow," said AbeL "Jim Souser w'n't to home, and I'm dum sorry, fer I don't know anybody as could keep that b'ar out o' Cub's hands as well as Jim could. But we've got his dogs, an here's fellers as has come to help us save the b'ar, though they hain't never experienced b'ar yit But they're jist sp'lin' to git a whack at one." "That's jist what we be!" exclaimed one of the three "fellers." "We'd like to git at him to-night!" "You kin see him jist as well by day light," said Abel. "So we'll bunk in an' wait till mornin'." Early the next morning the old woodsman sent the dogs into the laurel patch, having stationed us in various positions around the big thicket The dogs worked about the swamp for nearly an hour before they routed up the bear. Then, there was a sudden burst of yelps and growls, and loud snap ping of savage jaws. The laurels crashed aud swayed. The bear had been started, and, contrary to the expectations ot old Abel, his head was p'inttd north. Crush! crash! snap! snarl! yelp! growl! Away toward the edge of the laurels dogs and bear tumbled and foucht Abel himself was on one side of the patch, a long dis tance from where the bear was making a break to escape from the tangle of laurels. The Bear J tut Walked KIsht rst. He ran toward the snot as fast as he could. He had stationed there two of the ardent "tellers" he had brought irom Jim Souser's camp, but he wanted to be there himself. When he reached the spot all was quiet One of the hunters was leaning against a tree. He was as white as a sheet He was Dan Space, the hunter who had wanted to start right in after the bear with out waiting for morning. "Where's the b'ar?" exclaimed Abel. "Didn't see no b'ar!" replied Dan, hii teetn cnatcenng. The bear had corns out not 20 ieet from him. It had crossed the creek and gone on nortn. "That b'ar 'most ran over von," by Jun iper!" cried Abel, "an' you've stood bv an' made a present of it to Cub Conners, 'st'id o' fillln' it with lead!"1 But the dogs were on the trail, and led by Abel, we followed, in the hoDe of still saving tne bear irom cub Conners. All but Dan Sj ace. Abel toldhim hia eyesight I T-t was too poor' to hunt bear, and sent him home. For six miles, over hills, through thickets, across hollows, we followed the bear and the dogs. Harassed by the dogs, the bear's progress was slow, but rapid enough to keep just far enough ahead of us to prevent anyone getting a shot ''If we don't gether in that b'ar 'fore he gits through that laurel patch yender, or else git him p'inted south ag'iu," said Abel, "he's Cub Conners meat, an' nothin' surer!" Trylnp to Bead Off the Brnte. The laurel patch was off to the right, and the, bear was heading for it Abel made a short cut across a hill to reach the patch and go around to its upper edge before the bear could reach it and go through, direct ing us to take positions in the hollow south of the patch. v "If the b'ar gits through them laurels," said he, "I'll be there an' stop him with some lead! If the lead don't hetthim down so he can't travel "no more, he'll turn an' lead the dogs back ag'in, an' then jou fel lers kin put some more lead in him. If he keeps on a goin', we've saved him anyhow, ier we'll be gittin' him back out o' the reach o' Cub Conners." Abel got around the patch before the bear got into it, and we got to our places in the hollow some time after the bear disappeared in the laurels. Ten minutes later the re port of Abel's rifle echoed among the hills. Not long afterward the bear and the two dogs came tumbling out of the thicket and Jieipiny J. unset to Pork. rolled in a heap down the knoll into the hollow. When the bear got to his feet and shuffled on his way again only one dog fol lowed him. The other he ha'd crushed to death in his stinggle down the knoll. Brnln Was a Touch Customer. Three rifle balls were sent after him as he crossed the hollow, the remaining dog at his heels, but he kept right on. We were soon joined by Abel, who, although the bear had successfully run the gantlet of every gun, and had killed one of the dogs, was radiant "We've euchcred Cub Conners, all the same!" he exclaimed. "I wish that dog layin' over yonder had a ben himl We'll git that b'ar back into our laurel patch ag'in, an' then's he's our meat!" Back over th'e six miles of hill and thicket and hollow, weary, hot, hungry, thirsty, tattered and soiled, we followed the trail once more. It was late in the afternoon when we ran the bear into the laurels we had started him from in the morning. "Now, then, by Jupiter!" exclaimed Abel. "I'm gointer foller that b'ar right into the patch, an' have some fun with him. We got. him away from Cub Conners pooty slick, an' I'll twit the consarned pirate of it, next time I see him." Cqb Conners Meat After All. Abel was about to plunge into the lanrel pa'ch, after directing us where to go, when the report of a rifle, qnickly followed by another, came from the edge of the patch off to the Tight. Abel looked surprised. I hurried off in the direction of the shots, and Abel came nlonsr. On that side of the laurels I came suddenly upon a strapping big backwoodsman. He was leaning on the muzzle of his rifle. One foot was on a big bear that lay dead on the ground, with Jim Souser's remaining doe sniffine at it The w oodsman was looking at us with a peculiar grin. Abel stopped as if he had been shot when he saw tbe'man. As soon as he found his voice he exclaimed: "Cub Conners, by Juniper!" "I ben tryin' to round up this cunnin old b'ar fer two weeks," said the big woods man, "but he was too many fer me alone. I m much obleeged to you fellers ier helpin me out with him." He grinned worse than ever. Abel turned on his heel and strode back to camp, and I followed him. He didn't speak tor an hour. Then he smote the flat of one hand with his fist and exclaimed: "Even b'ars hain't safe in these woods no morel" Ed Moxt SIGNALING THROUGH THE FOG. Electricity Is Now Being Considered as a Possible Means. "So far as appears from the present out look, future telegraphic progress promises no great revolutions. Methods and means will, no doubt, become more and more re fined, and greater speeds be attained," says Prof. Elihu Thomson, in the July Nea England Magazine. "The more general introduction of multi plex systems will increase the capacity of the lines and decrease the costs and more attention will be given to permanence of lines and to securing immunity from ex tended interruptions due to storms. It may be remarked here, however, that electricians are not without some hope that signaling or telezrahping ior moderate distances without wires, and even through dense tog may be an accom plished tact soon. Jrlad tra 4ha maon .f Jbtainins electric oscillations of several .... " .... millions per second, or waves similar to light waves, but of vastly lower rate of vibration, it might be possible by suitable reflectors to cause them to be carried a mile or so through a fog, and to recognize their presence by instruments constructed for the purpose. "Many of the difficulties and dangers which now beset the navigator would, at least, be lessened, if not removed. Signal ing or telegraphing without wires is no new proposal, and there have been many such proposals which are extravagant and im practicable. The fact is, however, the es sential means are not yet forthcoming. TBAITB OF IHE ABYJSINIAHS. They Will Not Eat In the Open Air for Fear ot Being Seen. The Century. The Abyssinian has a snrgular supersti tion regarding eating in the open. To him a fit of indigestion from over-feeding would mean the evil eye. He would feel assured that some part of the performance of appeas ing his appetite had been observed. In walking along a highway in this country, the, writer came across what appeared to be a large bundle of washing just a little off the road. On approaching it, the movement going on within was plainly discernible. Covered up in their shemas, or cloths, were three men eating their midday meal. So much in fear are the people of the evil eye, that they carry amulets containing pravers, and rells of parchment several yards long; and pictures illustrative of the triumphs of the good spirit over that orcular absurdity are kept in their houses for protection. If an Abyssinian sells you anything, and is well inclined, he will caution you to keep it indoors and covered up; for it an evil eye shnnM fnll nn rmip nnrf'hflSft it mitrht ftnntl for disappear, which latter contingency is mucn. more prooaDie iu .uMiiiia. xuur correspondent had some experiences of the kind of evil eye that caused goods and chat tels to disappear. It gleamed for an in stant in the head of an Ethiopian whom I caught walking off with some dollars from a pile in our paymaster's tent; the comer or the evil eye smiled innocently when de tected, bnt the smile faded away under tne influence of the paymaster's boot vihoiaifei LENGTH OF THE MILE. It Depends on the Kind You Are Talking of and There Are 12. OTHER STANDARDS OP MEASURE. What Happens- if Both the President-Elect nd Bis Tice Pie. INTERESTING ROTES AND QUERIES IWRITTltlf rOB THE DISrATCH.1 A correspondent asks how many different kinds of miles there are. It is no wonder that there is some uncertainty about the length ot the mile. English-speaking conn tries have four different miles the ordinary mile of 15,280 feet and the geographical or nautical mile of 6,085, making a difierence of about one-seventh between the two. Then there is the Scotch mile of 5,928 feet, and the Irish mile of 6,720 feet; four vari ous miles, every one of which is still in use. Then almost every country has its own standard mile. The Romans had their mille passuum, 1,000 paces, which roust have been about 3,000 feet in length, unless we ascribe to Csesar's legionaries great stepping capacity. The German mile ot to-day is 24,318 feet in length, more than fonr and a half times as long as our mile. The Dutch, the Danes and the Prnssiaus j enjoy a mile that is 19,440 feet long, three and a half times the length of ours; and the Swiss get more exercise in walking one of their miles than we get in walking five miles, for their mile is 9,1B3 yards long, while ours is only 1,760 yards. The Italian mile is only a few ieet longer than ours, the Boman mile is shorter, while the Tuscan and the Turkish miles are 150 yards longer. The Swedish mile is 7,341 yards long, and the Vienna post mile is 8,296 yards in -length. So here is a list of 12 different miles; and besides this there are other measures of distance, not counting the French kilo meter, which is rather less than two-thirds of a mile. The -Brazilians have millia that is times as long as our mile; the Neapol itan miglio is about the same length; the Japanese ri or mile is 2U times ours; the Bussian verst is five-eighths as long as our mile; while the Persian standard is a iersakh, 4U miles long, which is said to be , equal to the parasang, so familiar to the readers ot venphon s Anabasis. The league that is familiar to readers of French and Spanish books varies just as does the mile. In Brazil it is 3 4-5 miles long; in France it wai three miles; in Spain it was 1 miles, and once on a time in Eng land it was 2J miles long. The only meas ure that is about the same in every country is the metre; and even that varies slightly, for in France it is 39.370-432 inches in length, while in this country it is 39.37-079 inches, a difierence to be mentioned, but not to be considered in practice. If the President-elect should die, who would succeed htm? It both President-elect and Vice President-elect should die, who would succeed them? W. 3. S. The Vice President-elect would be in augurated as President in case the President-elect should die. If both Pesident elect and Vice President-elect should die the ouestion of succession would be compli cated. The constitution and the laws pro vide that the President and Vice President shall hold office for four years, their terms beginning and ending on the 4th of March. The Presidental succession act of 1886 pro vides that in the event of the inability of troth President and Vice President to act, the Secretary of State shall become President Now, the Secretary of State, as well as the other Cabinet officers, is appointed to hold office until his successor shall have qualified; so he does not necessarily leave omce on March 4, as the President does. (It is usual ior the Cabinet officers to resign when the Presi dent who appointed them goes ont of office; but it is not legally necessary ior them to do so). Therefore, we think that the case contemplated in the Presidental succession act occurs; the President and Vice-President, having no legal power to act after March 4, are incapacitated, and the Secre tary of Statu becomes President; and as the laws providing for a new election were re pealed by the succession act, we don't see that he remains President. Please describe to me Australia's relation to Great Britain; does she pay tribute; can slio nialcn treaties with sovereign powers; has she a flag of her own on her naval ves sels? COONEY. The colonies of Great Britain are of three kinds: (a) those possessing a full constitu tion, with responsible government; (b) those in which the Legislature is partly elective and partly controlled by the Gov ernor: (c) those ruled dircetly bv the Im perial Government, which appoints both governors and councils. All of the colonies into which Australia is divided belong in the first class, Western Australia having received its constitution October 21, 1890. The five colonies pay no tribute to Great Britain, but provide a small standing army, and a small navy; the naval officers are detaiIed,from the British navy, and paid by the colonies. The colonies cannot make treaties with foreign powers, though they are in other respects practically independ ent; all their communications with other countries than Great Britain must be trans acted through tho Home Office in London. There is no Australian flag; but the colo nies fly the British flag, with a symbol or "difierence," varying in each colony. A German comes to this country, becomes a citizen, and has a son. When tUe son is of age lie coos to Germnny. Can he bo com pelled to serve in the German army? H. No, certainly not He has never been a German, so his name does not appear on the lists of men liable to military duty. The reason that some naturalized citizens of this country have been compelled to do German military duty is that their names were on the lists before they came to this country, and were never marked off alter service. So when those naturalized Americans go back to Germany, there are their names, put down as still owing military duty, and they or some of them are forced into the army. Where did the slang expressIon,"tnoshost walks," come from? ' I". C The theatrical story is that a certain travel ing company in England was in bad luck, the actors not having been paid for several weeks. A strike was organized, and at a rehearsal of "Hamlet" wherein the manaeer was Hamtd it was carried into effect "Per chance t'will walk again," said JTamlet of the ghost; but the actor who played the lat ter part, forsaking Shakespeare, shouted emphatically: "No! 'I'm durned if the ghost walksany more until the salaries are paid!" It is a good story, and sounds as if it might really be true. Which tiartv cried "Firtv-four forty or light!" and what did the cry mean? E. F. The Democrats; in 1844. There was a dispute between ourselves and Great Brit ain over the boundary line of the Oregon Territory, the question being where the line should" run. We said that the line of 549 40' north latitude was the proper line; Great Britain said it wasn't; and the elec tion came while the question wns still nn settled. The Democrats cried "Fifty-lour forty or fight 1" meaning that if they came into power they would have that boundary, even if the country went to war with Eng land about it We didn't get that bound ary, however, even though Polk was elected; the line remained as it had been decided upon by our treaty of 1818. Was Andrew Johnson impeached, or did they merely talk of impeaching him? A&uc. He was actually impeached; bnt on the trial of the Impeachment he was acquitted. The House of Bepresentatives passed a resolution on February 24. 1868, impeaching him for high crimes and misdemeanors. The trial began before the Chief Justice of the United States and the Senate sitting as a court for the trial of impeachments, on March 23, 1868. The trial lasted for two months, and ended on May 26, when 35 Sen ators voted "guilty" and 19 voted "not guilty." As a twothirds vote was neces sary to convict, the President was acquitted. A change of one vote wonld have convicted him.. The nineteenth Senator was Mr. Boss, who since then has been Governor of New Mexico. What Is meant by the term "a light year?" L. S. V. It is the standard of measurement em ployed in estimating the distance of stars; it is the distance that light travels in one years and is about 63,000 times the distance of the earth from the sun say 5,900.000,000, 000 of miles. There are other measures, of weight and force, compounded in the same way. For instance, a "foot pound" is the amount of energy required to lift one pound one foot hitrh; and irom this we have foot tons, a standard of measurement used gen erally by scientific gunners in estimating the force of impact of a cannon ball. Ord nance experts speak also of "foot-seconds," meaning the space passed over in a second by a projectile. THE FACE OK THE D0LLAE. A Philadelphia Girl Posed ns Model for the Goddrss of liberty. AnnaWilless Williams, the original of the face of the goddess on our silver dollar, was born in Philadelphia during the Civil War, writes Alice Graham McCollin in the July Ladies' Some Journal. Early in 1876 the Treasnry Department secured the services of Mr. George Morgan, an expert designer and engraver, who had previously been connected with the Boyal Mint of England. He was assigned to duty at the Philadelphia Mint upon the design for the new silver dollar which was soon to be issued. He gave his attention first o the reverse side, for which a design of the American eagle was afterward selected, hoping that a suitable idea would occur to him for the head of the Goddess. of Liberty, which, it seemed proner, should be used as the prin cipal figure on the coin. After consider able delay and frequent change of plan, it was decided that, if possible, the head should be a representation of some living American girL c In the pursuit of his duties Mr. Morgan had been thrown into the society of Mr. Thomas Eakins, an artist of considerable reputation, and the similarity of their in terests became the foundation of a warm friendship between them. It was through Mr. Eakins' influence that Miss Williams, a friend of his family, was induced to pose for Mr. Morgan for the designs of the God dess of Xiberty. The sittings toek place at the residence of Mr. Eakius, on Mt Ver non street, below Eighteenth, in November, 1876. It was sometime before the cap, with its sheath, was decided upon. A BEHEDY TOE SUNSTBOK.E, Hot Drink Are Now Crfd aa Being: Bet ter Than Cold Ones. St. Louts Glote-Democrat. The statement of one of the leading elty health officials a few days ago that a large number of alleged sunstrokes are really ag gravated cases of delirium tremens, bears out the argument that has been made in temperance circles for several years. It is some time now since there was anything approaching an epidemic of sunstroke in St Louis, but dnrlng the last very bad epi demic careful inqniry was made into the habits ot the victims, and it was found that quite a large proportion had been drinking to excess before they were overcome by the heat A city sutlers from a record of a large nnmber of sunstrokes, and it is important that cases of excessive drinKing should not be erroneously classed with them. It is frequently stated in temperance circles that a man who never drinks to excess is in no danger whatever of a sunstroke, and there is a great deal of truth even in this some what exaggerated statement Hot drinks, such as tea and coffee, are not so tempting in extremely hot weather as iced drinks, but when well prepared they are invigoraiing as well as refreshing, and by promoting perspiration they remove all danger of sunstroke, the first symptom of which is always a dry, hard skin, without a particle of moisture. I have seen sunstroke patients in the far West where there was no ice saved by the liberal use of very hot coffee, although no doubt the remedy is a dangerous one, only to be justified by the emergency. WHY WOMEN DO HOT VOTE, Several Seasons Advanced That Throw I.i:ht on tb Subject. Do you know, my positive woman, why women do not vote? writes Edward W. Bok in "At Home With the Editor," iu the August Ladies' Home Journal. It is because the vast and overwhelming majority of women in this country do not want the bal lot, have absolutely no desire for it, and do not waste a moment of their time thinking about it Do you know why these wompn do not care to "broaden" their minds by reading Ibsen? It is because they think, they" sweeten their lives by reading Haw thorne and Thackerey and Longfel low and Walter Scott and Charles Dickens and the great mass of living writers whom you believe simply burden the earth with their presence. Do you know why these women will not don the ridiculous "reform" garments which yon unblnshingly flaunt before audiences of American girlhood? It is because they prefer to be womanly, and dress tastefully and prettily as God intended women should dress. Do yon know why these women' will not go to club meetings? It is because they have a little club in their own homes, and the members of it are their own flesh and blood, with which God has sanctioned and beau tified their lives. Do you know why they turn with distrust from vour paintings about "the rights of our sex?" Because their husbands give them every right of love and kindness they want Fmoks Consumers 4re Wanted. The failure of the authorities to compel the general adoption of smoke consumers costs the citizens of St. Louis more than 5,000,000 annually. Of the population of 600,000 it is safe to say, that the laundry bills of one-half are increased fully 4') per cent by the prevalence of smoke and soot. Add to this -wear and tear, extra house cleaning, etc., and you get a sum annually sacrificed to the demon dirt sufficient to de fray the expense of the city and State gov ernments. Fuels About Fostas" humps. The number of postage stamps used in a year is something enormous. Por instance, the ordinary postal revenue ior the year ending June 30, 1891, exclusive of the money order business, was ?G5,063,293 87. Ot this $41,432,129 50 came from letter post age. 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