- - - .. , ...i .I mi. Mill i i ii ii i ii mii i if""1 i'i--uiuu"u Niij--11-Th''BiL''7j'MM-i'jit'E&3fflBBiMiBHMiBiBBiBHHWilMPM THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 189a 18 A REVIEW OF SPORTS Different Phases of the Burns Snit Against the Local Basehall Clnh. THE PAET ANSON ACTED. A Few Features of the Contest for the League's Second Pennant UYER AND McADLIFFE BATTLE. Ths Merit; and Demerits of the Two Hen and Their Chancei of Tictorj. SUSPENSION OF LOCAL AHATEURS Locally speaking, the most Important baseball event of the week just ended has been the goinK into court by Thomas Barns against the local club. Thomas, according to reports from Chicago, wants ?13,000, and he has given the world to understand that he has what Guttenburg patrons would call a lead pipe cinch on getting it The case, if it ever reaches an arjnment in court, will be of more than local interest It will once more, to more or less extent, bring the question of the validity of base ball contracts before the public. In the Brotherhood revolt we hnd players contend ing that their contracts were not binding, and their contentions were upheld, but now Burns is arguing in an opposite direction because he wants just what the magnates wanted in 1890. that is, his contract to be binding tor the length of time indicated on the face of it. Baseball contracts are almost as uncertain as soap bobbles, and for that matter are just as easily demolished. This very season we have seen that a ball player has no guarantee of getting what he contracts for, no matter what kind ct work he may per form. He has to implicitly rely on the laithfulness of his employers, and once more I repeat that the method of trampling contracts under foot is a disgrace to base ball, and it will have its evil results, just as sure as we live. But the Burns matter is of quite another nature. Burns signed for quite a princely salary, and the officials of the club were quite content to pay it him if everything had gone along according to contract. Everything did not go along in that way, and there's where the trouble commenced. In the estimation of the club officials, Burns fell far short of what he contracted to do; in lact he was a complete failure, and it be came a question of either keeping Bums and losing tlie club entirely, or keeping the club and releasing Burns. Tnis is not at all ex aggerating the case. It is charged, and with great force, that Burns not only lacked judgment, but that he grossly violated the club rules and en couraged the players o do the same. Poker playing until the "wee sma' hours" with theplayers is one of the lightest of these charges. Now even that is a very serious matter. It is just this kind of gambling, that is being out ol bed until early morning, that prompts dissipation, and it was the lat ter and everything that tended to it that Burns was in duty bound to prevent. If there is any truth at all in the charges, and I am told they are true, the whole business is of the most shameful kind, and Burns may be lucky that be is not sued for dam ages. Captain Anion's Questionable Part. p-itif ryrr thrc was anything in base ball that"TJemanded the most emphatic cen sure it was the methods used to toist Burns on the Pittsburg club. He was a kind of white elephant on the hands of the Chicago club. Ar.son could not use hirn because, in baseball parlance, he, Burns, had become in old stiff But Anson got himself to work and made the most untrue representa tions about Burns to the Pittsburg club. Anson assured ilie local club officials that Barns was still one ol the best third base men in the world, and that although his jrm was a "little ofl" it would be all right in eight or ten days. The highest en comiums were paid to Burns by Anson; in deed, his praises were sung to such an ex traordinary extent that the local officials thoucht Ar.son was entirely ruining all chances of success of his own team Ly part ing with Burns. Now, Anson was an experienced man and he was talking to gentlemen who were innocent ot the netarious scheming, the un blushing fraud and the unl mited falsehood that characterize the operations ot baseball. These gentlemen had the utmost faith in what Ca'ttain Anson said, and naturally they believed him. Why, a man like A. C. Anson could not make anv misrepresenta tions to cet rid ot an undesirable player, certainly not Anson's panegyrics had their effect Burns was signed, and nothing that Anson had said came true. Burns couldn't play at third base or any other base, and apparent ly neer will; he couldn't mana-je the team, and had as much judgment in handling the players as a donkey has in tuning a piano. I do not say Mr. Anson deliberately mis represented Burns to the local club; I do not sav that Anson knew that Burns was no use whatever, but I do contend ths-t if anybody on earth knew the tacts ot the case Anson did, and I do contend that if Burns had been the jewel that Anson held him up to be, Tommy Burns would not have been re leased by Anson. The lact is that the local officials were grossly imposed upon. They have tried fairly to rid themselves of that imposition, an imposition that was entirely ruining their club, and it is, indeed, very small work on the part of those who are en couraging Burns to cause the club more trouble. Let any of us IooE fairly at the matter and we will see that Burns has been a mis erable failure as manager of the local club. Under his guidance the team were simply a little disorganized mob, and when I say this I know whereof I speak. The last trip East ot the team was a disgraceful one to say the least ot it Now, in all fairness, should a state of things like that continue? Is it manly on the part of anybody to try and have "them continued? The success of baseball generally demands that discipline and morality be well guarded all round About thn Tramt In General. The pennant contest continues to be ex ceedingly interesting in very many re spects. The fight tor first place, I am sure, is a good one, and to all appearances will be so until the end. Everybody who takes an interest in the national game cannot but be very much gratified at the good showing of the Cleveland team. There is something about that team that makes almost every body admire them. Take them one by one and tuey are a very unattractive lot, and even take them as a whole on paper and they don't impress one very much. There is Homing brilliant and costly about them that dazzles one's eyes; but they can play a ball g-iuie, and no mistake. Does it not strike you that the earnest ness ot the players from Manager Tebeau down has a lot to do with their success? It does me. They are just as earnest a set of fellows as ever went onto a ball field. Their aim is not to startle spectators occasionally bv sensational tents, but to win games by rcgufar, steady work, by doing tneir very best every day they go on the field, whether that best be brilliant or mediocre. That's the kind ot a team to have, aud it is because of the una-ssuming character of the Cleve land i earn and their earnestness that I wish them every success. To be sure, we are all glad at the very good showing the team of Ned Hanlon are making. He deserves success as much as anybody I know in the baseball business. He has been on the unlucky side of the hedge for a long time, and almost every body in baseball will be glad to note the good work of his team in the pennant race. He has a much better team now than he had during the first half of the season. "While I do not expect to see them land near the top, I am in hopes that they will make a tolerably good showing. As matters appear to me at "present it looks as if the race for ther second contest will again be between Brooklyn and Boston. It, is too soon to figure in anything like a definite way yet, but they are at present a very 6trong team. Cincinnati is feeling the loss of Mullaue. and the officials of that club ought to recognize that fact. f There Is little to say about the local team.- Pitehers are what they need, and it tney were all right in that department they would be as good as anybody. Nor is there anything special to note abont any of the other teams except that St Louis looks weaker than ever. JUc'nline and Mynr In Training. As the first week in September begins to draw nigh the interest in the big battles of that time gets greater and greater. So far we have bad comparatively little to say about the proposed battle between Jack McAuliffe and Billy Myer. It has not been ssfe to say much, because nowadays Mc Auliffe is not a very sure quantity in train ing, and in fact it is not very safe to say much abont the expected contest yet But since McAuliffe has lauded near the battle ground the battle between him and Myer has become a prominent theme of conversation. Who is going to win it? is the cry that is becoming general. Now that is a question that is very difficult to answer, particularly at present, and any body could be excused whose judgment was wrong on the matter. I do not hesitate to eav that I am somewhat inclined to favor McAuliffe's chances. I am told by a man who knows that six days ago McAuliffe was a trifle below 141 pounds and had not been distressed in getting down to weight The men are only limied to 138 pounds, so that McAuliffe can get to weight without any trouble and certainly without any fear of weakening. Believing then that McAuliffe will enter the ring in good condition I do not expect that Myer will defeat him. I have always estimated McAuliffe as the best glove fighter at his weight that we have had in this country. Hyams was a clever man lor two or three rounds and McAulifle frankly admitted that to me himself, but after the two or three rounds Hyams could no more holdMcAuliffe than he could fly. "When compared with Austin Gibbon, who has height and reach McAuliffe is a phenome non sud Gibbon outtaxed and outfought Andy Bowen and Bow en defeated Myer. But I do not place much on Bowen's defeat ofMver. However, in my judgment Mc Auliffe is a much cleverer man than Myer aud knows more about fighting, Abont IMcAulifli's Staving Qmlltles. The most sions question to face in try ing to name the winner in the McAulifle aud Myer battle is that of the former's stay ing qualities. A large number of people strongly argue that McAuliffe is not a staler, but I cannot agree ith that con elusion. We all know that J. F. Carroll is a stayer, or at least was a year or two ago. McAulifle out-stayed him in a battle that nas well and hard fought There was no doubt about the severity of the contest, and for McAuliffe to win it proved beyond a doubt that he could stay and fight hard for more thtn an hour. Whatever may be said against the McAulifle aud Carney contest nobody will deny that the former displayed staying dualities there. McAufifle is a stayer if he gets into proper condition, aud thus the very im portant question of condition comes to the front We have to lace the same problem in the Sullivan and Corbett contest Like Sullivan, McAuliffe has dissipated fear fully, although his carousals have not been continued so long as those of the big cham pion. Still, if reports are true, McAuliffe will be all right True, he has met Myer before, and a very fine traces they made of it Nothing can be proven from that affair except that some people made lots of money over it Money making by a few scheming persons was the only aim of that alleged contest, and it is not worth appealing to as auide of any kind. But one of McAuiifle's best points is his ability to avoid defeat if he cannot win. In this respect he is very much like Mitchell. This is an excellent quality, and McAulifle is better at it than anybody in his class. Myer is a good man and a vigorous fight er. He has learned much since he met McAuliffe In their well-known drawn battle. Myer's battle with Carroll showed that he does not so much depend on his cyclonic methods as be used to. This is better for him. He deleated Carroll simply byallow iug the latter to do the fighting, and bad he not done so Myer would have been defeated. At one stage ot this battle Myer was nearly settled, and had Carroll been a younger man he would certainly have been the win ner. It is quite likely that Myer may adopt the same tactics against McAuliffe as he did against Carroll, but McAulifle is a wonderful leader off and his leads may cause Myer to change all his plans. But regardless ot what tactics Myer uses, I ex pect that McAuliffe will outgeneral him. The O ymplc i lab's Other Events. There is apparently little hope of a man being secured to face TTitzsimmons during the "big" week at New Orleans. The Olympic Club have about given up all hope ot getting an opponent lor him until the Hall and Pntchard contest is over. When that is decided an attempt will be made to have the winner meet Fitzsimmons for a big purse at New Orleans. It may be that Pritchard will be the winner; and if he is a contest between he and Fitzsimmons will be one ot the most important ot modern times. The battle between Dixon and Skelly has been substituted for that which was ex pected to take place between Fitzsimmons and somebody else. Of course this feather weight contest will not in any sense or form rank with a contest in which Fitzsimmons would be a principal, but it is the best the club could do un'der the circumstances. The club set out with the intention of hav ing three leading events in one week and the officials want to keep their programme good. While the contest between Dixon and Skelly will not be as' important as the others it will be a very attractive one. Eastern authorities claim that Skelly Is a wonderful little fellow and will make Dixou fight his very best. This may be true, but Dixon's very best may be much too good for Skelly. I venture to say it will. Skelly will simply have to be a won der to defeat Dixon aud I don't think he is. Everything is going along smoothly for the chief ot all events, the Sullivan and Corbett battle. Public feeling is becoming very strong on the matter and it is sate to say that there will be more public interest in' the battle than there has been in any other in this country. Beports from the training quarters ot the men are extremely cheering, but, ot course, we couldn't expect anything else. It is surprising nowadays to notice the efforts made to let the public know about what this man and that man in training is doing in the way of wonderful feats. It used to be that trainers and backers were always eager for the public to think their man or men were doing" no good at all in order to secure good betting. How things have changed to be sure and how interesting are the causes of these changes. During the last few days a very strong public leeling has developed favorable to Corbett's chances of victory. A large num ber of people are beginning to think that his height and reach and activity may have a deal to do in bothering Sullivan and keep ing the contest going long enough to make the big man weary. There is, indeed, great force in this way of looking at it, and I have the utmost respect for it Before the battle takes place I will have lots to say about the chances of the men, but in the meantime do not let anybody think too lit tle of Corbett's chances. Ihr l'n;l.lts In England. I just want to say a word or two about pugilistic affairs in England. The latest in formation lrom there is that Hall and Pritchard will fight in private, as no' club will offer a big enough purse. The fight may and may not tike place. It it does we'll fina out what kind of a man Hall is. If he is no better than his contest with Billy McCarthy would make him out to be he will be beaten by Pritchard. So far Hall has been advertised for show purposes only. Jem Smith, that greatest of all modem pugilistic frauds, has declined to meet Choynski at anv place except Europe. A purse is not forthcoming there for them and it is not likely that they will fight, as it is hardly possible that anybody in England will put up a stake for Smith to fight Choynski an honest battle. Choynski would knock Smith out just as soon as Pritchard did and why Smith continues to talk about fighting is hard to understand. He wonld't even be a good opponent for Joe McAuliffe. A Snm what Strang Opinion. A writer in the London Referee, Mr. Gob bett, I think, comes to the following sur prising conclusion regarding the late John son and Dixon battle: "Somehow the cabled reports of Dixon's fight with Fred Johnson never did seem to read right to me. As a rule, such dis patches mislead you on the most important point, and you never half know where you are till the American exchanges come to hand. Originally, we were tojd that while Johnson was down Dixon accidentally fell on him, and so jarred the Londoner's head against the floor that he knocked him out Clearly, in this case the darkie ought to be disqualified for breaking the rule requiring the man who gets his opponent down to stand off and leave him free to rise. Now, on unimpeachable, testimony, we hear that instead of Dixon's dropping on Johnson after he had him on the boards he rushed him down and fell with him, banging John son's head on the hard wood, and stunning him. I call the evidence unimpeachable because it comes from Ben Eowland, John son's trainer, and while on the first re ceived account you could make no doubt at all that the referee ought to have dis qualified Dixon, Kowland's version makes the referee's duty more difficult to define. If ever there were a case in which the referee ought to give himself time to have a good long think, this was one. He ought not to need a moment's consider ation to know that the, one who caused the accident no one for a moment suggested intentional foul play should not win on account of it The ques tion was whether Johnson should he de clared winner or the pair ordered to meet again. Ordering them to fight on in the old fashioned manner was no use, because John sou couldn't ro on. Acting quite strictly up lo the letter and splilt ot boxing rules, Johnson should nave been given the win. Dixon threw him. But as the tall given was accidental another meeting ought to have been ordered." Where the Big Mlstnke Is Blade. The above argument would have great force were the reasoning based on correct premises. But they are not. Besides it Is very, very stranze that Bowland or some body else did not iu behalf of Johnson make some kind of statement at the time of the buttle. Every account I have read of that battle, and what I learned from a very well In formed friend of mine who saw it. Is abso lutely silent about Dixon throwing Johnbon down. The blow delivered at the final stage whs not a clean knock down, but It staggei ed Johnson so much that he grasped'hold of Dixon, pulling the latter toward him and they both fell, Dixon being on top. It is thus clear that if the fall was an acoident it was caused by Johnson himself. Tne Britishers must not run away with the notion that there was In any way any unfairness doled out to Johnson. Suspension of Local Amateurs. Now and again the A A IT. comes to some very funny conclusions, and if. on all occa sions, these conclusions are warranted by the Union's rules It is certainly time these rnles were changed. A tew dnys ago the Atlantic division of that wonderful organization, through its officials, suspended Messis. Mc Eennan and Paul, ot this city, 30 days for an alleged violation of rule. Said violation consisted in the two young men leaving the East End Gyms and contesting in events in the colors of the Three A's without allowing sufficient time to elapse nfier giving notioe ol leaving the Gyms. Of course it was the East End Gyms who protested the young men, and the date of protest, I think, was May 28. Now I am not going to argue the right or wiong of the protest. Its local effects will be bad enough, but I want to draw atten tion to the most nnreasonable and unfair penalty imposed on the young athletes. The wiseacres have suspended them for SO days from Julv 31, but in truth they are to be suspended 99 days because they were protested May 23. The mognls ot the Atlantic- division of the A. A. TJ. did not choose to meet until some kind of ungenerous spirit moved them and they shut their eyes to the lact that their victims had been protested so long. This is an injust and a ruinous way of proceed ing. These divisional potentates of the A. A U. evidently sway scepters of unlimited power. Apparently they conld have held their meeting next December and then 1m-po-ed the month's su-penslon, practically shutting Messrs. McKennan and Paul out for the entire year. Whether or not a spirit of animus or re venge has prompted these unfortunate pro tests I know not. I am told that such is the case simply because Messrs. McKennan and Paul choose to leave one club and join an other. I cannot voucli for the truth of this, but it is natural to expect that any club would feel angry at losing two such good men as McKennan and Paul. But if there is uny levengefnl spirit existing the sooner it is killed the better. Its development will not only injure amateurism locally, hut will certainly uffect the A. A. U. generally in the long run. PanraLE. HE HAD A KIND HEAET, A Texan Who Became Slightly Mixed In ills French Phrases. Texas Slfttngs.J Colonel McBride Snmpter, of Austin, while in New York dropped into a fashion able restaurant, and, having surprised his stomach with a small repast, asked the waiter what was the damage. On being told, Colonel Sumpter handed out a 55 bill, but on receiving back his change he made the ghastly discovery that there was a dime missing. He demanded an explanation from the waiter, who was a Frenchman. "Ze dime is for my douceur." "I didn't order any, and I won't pay for it,", retorted Sumpter. "I mean, sare, ze dime is for my pour boire." "It's for your poor boy, is it? That's a different thing. I didn't know you had sickness in yonr family. Here's a quarter for him, poor feller." And with the consciousness of having re lieved the suffering of the sick and afflicted, Colonel Sumpter put bis hat on the side of his head and sauntered out of the hostelry. TOTAL ABSTINKNCE NEWS. ' PrrrsBUBO Union reports S3 soeletios, and 1,278 members at Indianapolis conven tion. St. Thomas, of Braddock, will not leave Idlewild on their field day, August SO, until 7:20 r. M. Fathers Sheedt, Lambing and Kittell, or Pittsburg union, attended the Indianapo lis convention. Mr. W. H. Gnrjrnr, the gallant President of the LM. A., escorted 11 young ladies to the summer school. Tins Misses McGarrell, Bowman, Dpn nelly, Dougherty, McDonald and Callahan started last evening for the summer school. Owino to pressing business matters 0. A Weldon could not go to Indianapolis. Mr. V. W. Yahncr was prevented from going by death In his family. Blasks have been mailed the societies for the semi-annual report of membership, etc. It 1- earnestly hoped that local secre taries will reply promptly. The Union Secretary is endeavoring to secure Turtle Cieek tor the next monthly meeting ot the union. Delegates and others will he informed ot same later on. The monthly bulletin for August con tains a list ot amendments to the constitu tion, made at tho Scottdale convention, many of which are excellent, and all are timely. Mr. James F. Judge, National Organ izer and editorot bcranton Index, stopped over in Pittsburg to visit friends on his way to Indianapolis. Mr. Judge reports 97 socle ties organized during the year, i Very Trur. The demand for Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is steadily growing, lrom the fact that all who give it a trial are pleased with the results and 'rec ommend it to their neighbors. We feel sure that the remedy cannot be recommended too highly. Waglet & Smead, Druggists, WThStt Newton, la, SOME BEAR KILLINGS. A Choice Spirit of Brnin Hollow Tells of a Few Terrific Fights. DEATH AT THE END OF AN AUGER. Fisticuffs in Which Elg Beast Was Drowned in His Own Gore. TAL0R THAT SUDDENLY VANISHED. r.fxRB.i8FoinExcE or the DisrATcn.1 Botjlette, PA...Aue. 8. K the whole length and breadth of the lumber regions of Northern Pennsyl vania, so they told me, there is no place which has had such a reputation for in terepid and unre lenting bear hunters as Bruin Hollowt Happening recently to be within 15 miles of that famous bear hunting center, I drove to the hollow to feast my eyes on some of the stal wart sons of the forest whose recrea tion it was to make bruin hump himself and how, and to give mv ears the delect able dnty of listening to them as they told their tales of valor and daring in chase and battle. After getting tolerably well acquainted with the landlord of the dingy little tavern at the Hollow I said to him: "This is a famous spot for bear killing and bear kill ers, isn't it?" The landlord, a bewhiskered little old man in hickory overalls and shirt, and with a merry twinkle in his gray eye, threw up his hands and said: "Wanted to Hear a Bear Killed. "B'arsI Why up to two weeks ago the b'ars that had been killed an' was bein' killed around here would a druv you wild. I've heerd more b'ar killed an fit with fer the past five year than you could heap in a ten-acre lot. I'd heerd so many killed that I got a hankerin' so to see one mummixed Thi J Wat a Horrib'e Killing. around and rasseled an' choked to death by some o' the b'ar killers that I' couldn't hardly hold myself. "Wull, one night, a couple o' weeks ago, Si Ainsley an' Joe Barnes an' Pete Fletcher an' Josh Mullin an Josh Mullin's dog Tiger was settin' here killin' an' clutchin' an' chnkin' b'ar till it looked terrible skeery the way the b'ar howled an' the blood run. All o' them fellers is great b'ar killers, an' so is the dog. Si Ainsley he told bow he met a big b'ar wunst up along the headwaters, an' had nothin' with him but a rattin' anger. The b'ar see Si an' know'd him, an' tried his best to git away. But Si scooted around an' headed him off, an' kep' aheadin him off till be run the b'ar up again a big oak tree, with a ledge o' rocks on both sides of it, an' the un fort'nit bruin had to stop an' take his medi cine. Bored a Hole In ills Gam-. "He backed up ag'in the tree and riz up on his ha'nehes, That was jist what Si wanted, an' he sa'ntered up and put the p'int of his auger ag'in the b'ar's chist. The auger nas five foot long, an' ez the b'ar sparred an' spatted at Si, tryin' to git a clip in ag'in his head, Si jist quietly went to borin' inter the b'ar's chist. The auger worked so smooth that ol' brnin didn't know what was goin' on, an' when he did wake up to the situation it wa'n't no use. Si had bored clean through the b'ar an' a foot inter the tree, an tbar the b'ar was, pinned to the tree ez snug ez a shootin' match bill to a barn door. He cuddn't git away, an' Si went over to Bill's camp an' got "a gun an' came back an' stopped the b'ar's howlin' by puttin' a few slugs inter his, brain. Durned if it didn't make me shedder all over to hear Si kill that b'ar! "Wull, Pete Fletcher he killed a couple o' b'ar that night, too. His'n was slaugh tered up ou Itijin Knob, jist beyent here a piece. Pete he was out lookin' fer b'ar, an' had his gun with him to use in case he got in close "quarters. He had got on the p'int o the knob when two slambastin bars jumped out o' the brush not more than two rod ahead of him. Pete was alter b'ar skins more than b'ar meat an' seein' that these two had coats on worth sumpln' like $40 pervidin' they wa'n't all riddled with bullets an' cut an,' slashed with knives, he decided to gether the two bruins in with hull pelts by strategy." Saving thn Felts Whole. 'Tete said the b'ars must a be'n strangers in these parts, ler they didn't seem to re co'nize him, an' stid o' tryin' to get away, they Bquared off fer fight. Pete laid down his gun, an' took his knife out of his belt and laid that down, fer fear he mowt fergit hisself an' use it on the b'ars an' damage their skin. One b'ar was bigger'n t'other ml, an' the biggest un stepped out to try what there was in Pete. The b'ar riz up on its hinders, an' Pete he trotted straight fer him, actin' ez if he was gointer ketch him by the neck. That fooled the b'ar, an' he waited fer Fete to pitch in an' grab him. "But Pete' know'd a trick worth two o' that, an' jist ez he got within reach o' the b'ar he give a suddent duck with his head an' shot torrid to'ard the ground, head fust. He ketched the b'ar full tilt betwixt the flanks with his head, an' the b'ar was h'isted over on his snoot on the ground quicker'n a flash o' lightnin. He fell like a tree, an' w'ile he was thinkin' up what had struck him, Pete was on his feet ag'in. T'other b'ar now rushed forrid to take a hand in. Pete stooped down an' grabbed the big b'ar by one hind leg, an' swingin' him round his head a couple o' times, jist swep' him ag'in t'other b'ar's head an' knocked that b'ar offen his pins, an' landed him more'n 20 loot away, agin a big tree, breakin' his neck like "a pipe stem. The concussion was a leetle too heavy fer the big b'ar, too, an' ez Pete laid him back on the ground he give a gasp or two an' quit livin'. Pete killed them two b'ar so quick an' clean, not spillin' any blood nor leavin' any amell o' burnt powder, th't I didn't shedder much over1 it, but it made'me breathe hard. A llnnter VI hn B-vn led In Gore. "But you orter heerd Joe Barnes kill his b'ar that nightl It didn't seem to me as if I'd ever be able to get the blood scrubbed outen the room here! Joe'j the savagest rf Mm w i& (iff an unfeelinest feller that I ever heard kill a b'ar.in my life, xms here nigm ne was gore from head to foot. A b'ar had come outen the woods inter a lumber camp whar Joe was workin', an' war foolish enough to B1UUCU aiUUg CZ IIUJJIUCUI, C4 a Aiu.utu .v peddler, not more'n three hundred yards from whar Joe was. When a b'ar gits ez nigh ez thet to Joe, Joe says, that b'ar's lamp o' life is jist ez good ez run out of oil. "Joe see this sassy b'ar slouchin' by, an grabbin' a butcher knife he started ar.er it to l'arn it some manners. He kitched up with the b'ar an' pitched inter it The fnst slash he made with the knife Joe slit a hole in the b'ar's throat, an' the blood spurted out like water outen a rain spout. In less than a second Joe looked ez if he'd ben doused inter his ol' woman's madder kittle from head to toe. To cap it all, the b'ar give a lurch an' sent Joe's knife flyin' clean outen reach. Then Joe had to pitch in with his fists. Every time he'd clip the b'ar one on the snoot the blood 'd fly like chuckin' a stone in a mud puddle. Every time the b'ar 'd give Joe a clip the blood M fly outen him just ez ban, so that betwixt thespoutin' blood from the hole in the b'ar's throat an' the flyin' blood from the b'ar's nose an' from joe's nose it looked ez if they'd be stompin' round 'fore long knee deep in gore, unless one or t'other on 'em either give up the ghost or took to his heels. Saved by a Hole In the Ground. "Joe said they'd a ben doin' of it, any how, if it hadn't a beu that where they fit a tree had blown down, leavin' a hole four foot deep whar its roots had ben. Ager they had fit fer 10 or 15 minutes, an' the ba'r were ez good ez when he started, while Joe was weakeniu,' Joe happened to dis kiver that the blood that they was sheddin' had run inter that hole in the ground an' filled it half f ulL That was a lucky hitch fer Joe, fer when he see that orful pool o' blood an idee hit him. "He was weakenin' fast, an' in five min utes more he'd be a goner it his idee didn't work. So he rasseled the b'ar over to'ards the hole, an' callin' up all his stren'tb, top pled bruin over head first inter the pool. Then he grabbed the b'ar by his hind legs an' heid his head under fer five minutes, an' drownded the ol' cuss in his own blood! Whew! Ez Joe Barnes was killin' that b'ar I dumb up on the table yunder, fearin' that I mowt be swep' away by that stream o' gore! It was orful! Brar Meat.FUlrd the Air. "Then Josh Mullen he had a nar' 'scape from bein' chawed up by four bears, an' all that saved him was his dog Tiger. Tiger diskivered the b'ars first, an' fer all that Josh could do he jumped in an' tackled one an' shet off its wind 'fore it could say boo. While Tiger nas makin' mince meat o' his b'ar one o' t'other uns run agin Josh, throwed him, and was cbawin' away at his arm when Tiger pitched in an' tackled the b'ar. Then another b'ar jined in the muss, an' Josh, layin' on his back, clutched that b'ar so that his eyes bulged out on his cheeks. The fourth b'ar couldn't hold his self back any longer, an' took a hand in the quarrel. Pete said that, layin' thar an' lookin' up, all he could see was b'ar a prancin' over him in the air, an' Tiger a tesrin' ot 'em till meat was flyin' about as if a sassige machine run by hots power was working amongst 'em. V "While Josh and Tiger was havln' that terrible circus with the b'ars I went out on the stoop yeuder, an' when I come back I left the door open. Josh an' Tiger was still teariu' away at them b'ars the orfulest kind. Only a Tame Yearlln'. "Ez Joe was tellin' how Tiger was Jist killin' tbe last one, what should walk in at the door I had left open but a sure-enough b'ar. Tiger, the b'ar-tearin' dog, smelt him fust, an' jumpin' up went kersmash through that winder vender. Josh Mullin follered Jrim, takin' sash an' alL Joe Barnes fell " ver two cheers gittin' to the door an' out of it, an' went up the road yellin like a painter. Si Ainsley follered him, an' Pete Fletcher tore up stairs an' hid under a bed. "Wull, now, I was tol'able su'prised, 'cause when that b'ar come in'the room I says to myself, 'Now, thin,' says I, 'I've heerd heaps o' b'ar killed, an' now I'll see one done up, sure,' says I. So I was a good deal disap'inted, an' takin' holt o' the b'ar, which was a tame yearlin' I had bor ried from Jim Plunket, I led him back to bis coop. "Since that night," concluded the land lord, his gray eves twinkling, "I hain't heerd a b'ar slaughtered anywbar in Bruin Haller.." Ed Mott. A E0YAL WINK GLASS. Emperor William Fuvors One Designed by the First Hohenzollcro. An American correspondent who de scribed the Emperor William's wine cellar for The Dispatch recently sends a pic ture of a champagne glass he saw there. It had just arrived from the Bohemian Crystal Works. Its outlines were of an tique gracefulness and heavily orna mented with 'gold. On the chalice part the monogram of Frederick X., King of Prussia, stood out in bold .relief. The chal ice rested on small, clear cut crystal rocks and a broad, richly ornamented foot. "This glass," said the cellar master, "is an exact counterpart of one designed aud used by the first roval Hohenzollern. The Kaiser has ordered hundreds of dozens of that pattern for the "New Palace' in Pots dam. They are to be placed regularly upon their Majesties' table. Any servant breaking one of these glasses will be fined 10 marks that is the actual cost of manu facture and ornamentation. "The crystal is not being charged for." Went Into Him BeadflrtU WUhelmU Favorite Glcas. ENGLISH ELECTIONS. Details of the Methods bj Which Britain's Policy Is Directed. THE BALLOT PRACTICALLY PURE. Explanation of Why tho Mississippi Practi eallr Bans Uphill. WHAT PAEISHES AKD HUNDREDS ABE rCOITOTCTID TOR THE DUTATCHM The recent election in Great Britain makes the election' methods there of inter est to us, since almost everyone here has been interested 'In the question of Irish home rule. In the first dace, there is no fixed date for holding elections, as with us; and in the second place, there are two kinds of elections to be held borongh and county elections. Writs ordering elections to be held are issued by the Speaker of the House of Commons to the Returning Offi cers in each county and borough command ing them to hold elections Witbin their dis tricts. If the writ go to a borough, the election must be held within nine days after the writ has been received; if it go to a county, the election must be held within 17 days. In both cases legal holi days, are not counted; and the last possible day is always chosen for the actual day of election. In a county the returning officer has three days in which to give notice of the election to the registered electors; he may receive nominations on the fifth day after receiving the writ, or on any one day up to the tenth day after receiving it, and on the third day after receiving nominations, he may hold the election. To the returning officer of a borough less time is allowed, and he must finish the election within nine days after receiving the writ. The candidate is nomi nated in writing by two registered electors, and by eight other "backers;" and if within one hour of the time ot opening the office of the returning officer more nominations have not been made than there are seats to be filled for many districts send more than one member the officer declares the per sons nominated elected without opposition. If more persons are nominated than there are places to be filled, a polling day, equiva lent to our election day, is held, and on that day the regular balloting takes place. The balloting is by the "Australian sys tem," and is like the method adopted in most of the States, except that the actual number of ballots is less, one ballot being provided for each voter in the district, and only one. Then there is a special book ot ballots to be used in ease of a voter spoiling the ballot given to him, and he doesn't get a second ballot nntil he has brought back the ballot he has spoiled. It a voter is challenged and swears in his vote he re ceives a colored ballot, which he deposits in the usual way, but when the ballots are counted it is put aside, and the objections to it are considered afterwards. The polls are open from 8 A. M. to 8 r. Jl., when they are closed, the ballot box is sealed, tbe ballot books are sealed, every spoiled ballot is sealed up, and every piece ot paper is accounted for; then tbe presiding officer with his clerks goes with the box and papers to the county town, where he swears to his return and then the votes are counted. The whole system, complicated in description, is simple enough in practice; everything is specified that a candidate may do, that an election officer may or must do, and nothing can be done by either that is not specifically allowed by the law. The presiding officer is generally a solicitor, or lawyer; and barristers of standing pass on all questions arising during the polling. The law fixes the amounts which each can didate may spend about 100 at the out side and compels him to account specifi cally for every penny spent; and forbids bribery of any kind; and it is drawn so closely that elections in Great Britain, though the cause ot enough excitement, are E radically pure. They were not always so, owever, "as the very strictness of thepres ent law shows; in fact, tbe town of Sand wich is now disfranchised as a punishment for its corrupt elections; and Canterbury, Oxford and Chester, the seats of three old bishoprics, were treated similarly for simi lar reasons. What is the "previous question" that they continually call for in the Mouse of Repre sentatives? CU3HISO. It is a means of stopping debate on a bill before the House. When a bill is reported for its final reading, the Bepresentative in charge announces that at the end of a certain time he will ask for the previous question; and he does so at the appointed time, and the question before the House is, "Shall the previous question be now put?" If this is decided affirmatively the question recurs to the main bill, all debate ends, and tbe question- is, "Shall such and such a bill be now passed?" With us the "previous question" is used to bring the main question to a vote; in the British Parliament it is used to pre vent a vote on the main question, and the member who calls for it votes aeainst it. If it be decided affirmatively, the member who called for it is beatenl In tbe Canadian Parliament the previous question is used to prevent the main question from being con sidered, as in Great Britain; aud it is used, as in Congress, to bring-the main question to a vote. The "previous question" does not seem to be used m Continental Legisla tures; it was devised in the British Parlia ment to suppress delicate subjects relating to "high personages." Why do we have "hundreds" in some States instead of counties, and parishes In other States? Ahohtmocs. The parishes of Louisiana take the place of counties in other States; but the hun dreds are divisions of counties, and do not take their place. We have hundreds be cause the colonists transplanted to their American homes jthe customs they had had in England. The hundred is said to have been tbe settlement of 100 free families of Saxon colonists, and if so mnst date back 1,200 years; but some historians ascribe its formation to Alfred the Great, who desired to simplify the collection of his taxes. The hundred consisted of ten tithings. The earlv colonists brought the "hundred" witfi them, so we have for example, Ber muda hundred and other .hundreds in Dela ware. As tor parishes instead of counties, the Louisiana settlers kept their French customs just as the English kept theirs. The parish in France was about equivalent to an English county, so that ske colonists, in using parishes as the civil divisions of the State, used names with which they were accustomed. What Is meantby the terms "Congressmen at large" and "Electors at large?" E. F. P. The States, as we know, elect their Con gressmen as they see fit. In some of the States all the Congressmeu are elected by districts; formerly in other States, most of them were elected by districts, and one or two were elected by the whole State. In some of the new- States, the population of which is not great enough to be entitled to a Congressman, under the Constitution one Congressman must be chosen; and he is taken from the State at large not from any district, that is. So with Electors at large; they generally represent the Senatorial votes in the Electoral College, and ihoueh ot course they must come from one of the districts, are not counted as coming from one of them, but as being chosen from the State' at irge. We have also cadets at large in the naval and military academies; they are appointed by the President, and do not count in estimating the number of cadet ships to which any State is entitled. 1. Where was Parnell born? 2. Where was Stanley born? S. Can an American or a snbjeoc or citizen of any other country as sume the xlzhts and privileges of an En glish subject without formally renouncing ulle:ianceto his own com-try and swearing fealty to England? 4. Can I vote a split ticket in a Presldental election; that is, can I vote forflarrlson for President and Steven son lor Vice President, and if so, will such a vote count? or can I vote for Vice Presi dent only? W. M. 1. Parnell was bom at Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1816. 2. Stanley was born at Denbigh, Wales, in 1841. 3. Only subjects of the crown are supposed to vote; but land holders vote, and an alien may be a land holder; he can vote, but his vote is liable to be challenced. 4. No. If you voted for the candidates directly, you could split your ballot; but you vote for electors, and though you can scratch electors, you can't scratch the persons whom the electors are to choose. Will you explain to me how the mouth of the Mississippi is three miles hijher than its sonrce? J. B. The explanation lies in the fact that a line from the center of the earth to the eaualor is about 13 miles longer than one from the center of the earth to the pole; and a proportion, simple enongh to work out, shows us that a line from the center of the earth to the end of Cass Lake, the most northerly point of the Mississippi, is about 28 miles, or in round numbers three miles shorter than one from the center of the earth to the equator. So, theoretically, the river flows up MIL Mrs. William K. Claney, of Lake street, Pittsburg, E. E., referring to the news item published in last Sunday's issue concerning the find of two book worms in New York, writes as follows: I have a book, several leaves of which are perforut d, a I tiellevo, by a brok worm, to which my intention has been recalled by an article in last Sunday's paper fottng from said article that thorn are but two known specimens in -ew Tork, and al'o that "there is now in a private library in Phila lelpnlaa book perforated by this 1 -sect," I thouKht it might be interesting to someone to know there is another one in Pittsburg. Can the Carnegie Steel Company make niokel steel with non-union men? 1 under stand it cannot, as the Amalgamated Asso ciation owns the patent therefor. S. G. Ton are mistaken. There is no patent for nickel steel. The process is a secret, and the Carnegie company officials are in possession of it. FIHDIHQ A LITEEABY FSABL, Bow ITUllam Garrison First Made the Acquaintance of Vfhittier. Youth's Companion. 1 When William Lloyd Garrison began, at the age of 20, to publish the' Free Press, he had, of course, the usual amount of bad and indifferent poetry to read. All the local poetasters who thought they could make verse and would have been far more worth ily employed in making shoes, deluged him with their halting contributions. But oue day the paper's drag-net brought up a pearl. Thus Mr. Garrison tells the story: "Going upstairs to my office, I observed a letter lying near the door: I opened it and found it contained an original piece of poetry ior tne rree tyesK "The ine was very pale, the handwriting very small, and having at that time a hor ror of original newspaper poetry, my first impulse was to tear it without reading it, since the chances of rejection ere as 99 to 1. Summoning np my resolntion,.however, I perused it, and was so gratified with it that I gave it a place in my journal. "As I was anxious to find out the wrjter, my postrider one day divulged the secret, saying that he had brought the letter, and that it was written by a Quaker lad named Whittier, who was daily at work with ham mer and lapstone on the shoemaker's bench at East Haverhill. "I lost no time in driving to see the youthful bard, who came into the room with shrinking diffidence, blushing like a maiden, and almost unable to speak. I gave him some words of encouragement, but ad dressed myself particularly to his parents, urging them to grant him every possible facility for the development of his remarka ble genius. "This was the beginning of a lifelong friendship, founded on similarity of purpose and principles." THE JAP3 ABE EHTEEPBISIHO. By the Aid of American Machinery Thry Accomplish Wonderful Things New Tork Advertiser. Japan' has recently given a striking ex ample of what can be done in the develop ment of water power with the aid of elec tricity. About seven miles from the city of Kioto is Lake Biwa, having an area of 00 square miles at an elevation of 113 feet. From the Lake to Kioto anavigable canal has been cut involving two miles of tunnel and a long aqueduct. On reaching the city there is a sharp decline of 118 feet. The difference in level is overcome by inclined planeways 2,100 feet in length, ou which boats are raised and lowered from one canal to the other. These planeways are operated by electrio motors, which are driven by turbines, using the fall just mentioned. The wheels are supplied with water from the high level -anal by three lines of 36-inch pipe 1,300 feet in length, delivering tbe water under a head of 100 feet. Not only do these water wheels furnish power to run the electric generator for the planeway motors, but they also operate another dynamo whose current is distributed to motors which run rice mills, spinning mills, a watch factory, eta, and also drive an arc and incandescent light ing plant It is interesting to note that while the enterprise was planned and executed by the eminent Japanese engineer, Tenabe, the water wheels are American, the dvnamos are American and the motors and lamps are American. Our Japanese friends have al ways shown great partiality for electrical apparatus from the United States, and do not seem to care to buy anywhere else. Asbestos Cloth, fur Napkin. Asbestos cloth used to be manufactured by the ancients, and used for napkins. As such cloth was incombustible, instead of washing it when necessary, they used to simply throw it in the fire, and take it out when cleansed. This was much simpler than UBing water, for there was no necessity of drying the napkins after having cleaned them," an advantage that many housewives of to-day would appreciate. SICK HEADACHE-, SICK HEADACHIE-, Carter's Little Liver Pins. Carter's Little Liver Pills. SICK HEADACHE-, Carter's Little Liver Puts. SICK HEADACHE-,,, LUe ur piUj. Oe4-4.jMWTSU THE MAN WITHOUT A STOMACH May exist as a museum freaks but most of us recognize the stomuoh as necessary to lite and comfort. Most of us experience a little trouble from this source occasionally, wronf action of tho stomach causing dys pepsia, etc., and oiten the trouble extends, involving tho liver and bowels, whence we nnd biliousness and constipation. We And alo that the bowels and kidneys (nature's sewage system) become clogged with effete matter, lrom which comes Impnre hlnod, boils, blotches, pimples, scrofula, scrofulous swcllinzs and cancerons complaints. The liurdock Blood Hitters taken at tho begin ning, or at any later ma. if, arrest the tronble, restores the disordered organ to activity, thereby removlnir every vestige of di-ease. B. B. B. is an absolutely pure ex tract of root and herbs, which can not Injure even the most delicate constitution, and as a cure for dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, bad blood, eta, succeeds in 99 cases out of 100. auI-Tissa A GALAXY 07 0B2LISE1 Quite m, Eomance Attached to the Irna Column In Borne. Harper's Young People. There are 12 Egyptian obelisks kno people to-day as being still in exist bat they are not all perfect. There ai in Borne, 1 in Paris, 6 in London a in Central Park, New York. The dif ties of placing and removing these Imn columns have been stupendous, and th on the Thames embankment, which presented to England in 1801, was reared until 1878. The one in Ce Park is similar to this London one, two years were consumed in lowerit and finally setting it up again. The ti obelisk known is that of Karnak, measi 105 feet 7 inches. The obelisk in the Square of St. Pet Borne, is of particular interest owing t story told in connection with it. Domi Fon'tana, a great architect, brought it s to Some in 1586, and the whole city excited. He undertook to raise it or. pedestal, and invoked the blessing o. Pope. The Pontiff duly blessed him, v ing him at the same time that if he faih the undertaking he would lose bis head Fantana went bravely to work and complished his purpose, and was ca about on the shoulders of tbe people, stead of losing his head, he was ma nobleman and a Knight of the Gc Spur, received a pension of 2,000 crown knighthoods, 5,000 crowns in extra mo all the materials he had nsed, valuet 20,000 crowns, and a medal. This was honor for Eontana; but as failure mean loss of his head, tbe reward was not great for the anxiety he had under; After all this, perhaps one wonders whe the obelisk was worth it. Depression In the Mediterranean, The deep-sea explorations that have 1 conducted by the Austrian Governmet the eastern part of the Mediterranean s greater depths than any before recor and as a result, the great depressic this sea must be shifted considerably 1 from its former central position on maps. When Baby wai sick, we gave her Caitorfa When she was a Child, she cried for Castor! When she became Miss, she clung t( Castoi When she had Children, she gave them Casa MEDIC ir. DOCTOR WHITTIER 814 VESK ATEXTJH PITTSBCKG, P As old residents know and back file Plttshunr papers prove. Is the oldest es lished and most prominent pbysiclar in city, devoting special attention touIIChr diseases, tm CCC IIMTII PlTlD Prom re- MU rLL. 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