8" ft BEflEWOFSPORTS, Eeported Condition of Snlli- Tan and Corbett for Their Battle. BETTING ON THE BESULT. Opinions ts to the Length of Time the Hen Will Be in the King. 5JLKCT HIKES' LATEST BECORD. ir. lenaT"! lllejred Swimming Eeeord "Will froUMj Kot Go. B1SBB1LL MATTIES IK GEXEEII, Setae next Sunday comes, If all goes Veil, the big battles of which we haTe heard and read so much lately will be matters of history. "What I have to say before the events must be said now or not at all, and while people are reading what appears in print to-day thousands of us will be speed ing on toward the scenes of the pugilistic carnival which begins at Xew Orleans to morrow. The vreefc just ended lias been a busy one a tar as talking about the coming contests hav been concerned, and it also has been tolerably busy in the way of betting. But tliere has not by any means been the amount of money invested on the results of the three battles as many people antici pated, and particularly on the Sullivan and Co'bett contest I confess that I am sur prised that the Sullivan party are so re luctant to bet 2 to 1 on their man, not that 1 think that John has 2 to 1 the best of it, but because those who are admirers of Sul livan have always had so much to say about now easily the big man can and will "double" Corbett or anybody else up. "When the match was made Sullivan's back tr really thought, or at least said, that Cor bett had no possible show to win, and prob ably would not light. Xaturally one would expect that people so sure of victory as all tuat Mould not tor a moment hesitate to bet 2 to 1 on their champion of champions. I5ur. to tell the truth, the betting on the bit; fitrlit during the last few days has re vealed the fact that the Sullivan contingent are not so eagr to bet odds as they were. 'Xhe rate has been about 100 to C3 on Sulli Tan. and that is not a very big ra'e consid cr.n the extraordinary things claimed lor tt.c favorite. There have been a lew in t'nnce o 2 to 1 being bet on Sullivan, but bhice both men appeared before the public in New York the desire to bet that ai lount of odds has vanished. Corbett showed up to better a 'vantage than Sullivan, hence the decrease of enthusiasm about Sullivan's chances. There are some amusing features in the reports we read about the betting. Sulli van's party must have some good boomers around, lor'almost in everv instance where a man has bet 100 to CO or 100 to 70 on Sulli van vc have been told that the man "has Sll',000 more to bet the same way." This touiuls all verv well, but experience has taught me to place very little credence in these kind of stories. CoL(ll:io:i of Curb tt and Su'IIvm. There is one thing that I have claimed ever since the match between the big men was made that is that Corbett would ap pear in the ring in a much better condition than Sullivan. This is almost certain to be the case, and it is a verv important factor in tht. cr.-itect. Siffce S.illivan and Corbett appeared at their respective "benefits" at 2cu York and Brooklyn there have been columns and columns written about the physical condition ot the two men. I have read and heard the opinions of some very pood auiiioritiet on this point, and there is a unanimous opinion on one thing, viz., as to the condition of Corbett. Everybody who has seen Corbett declares him to be as "fit" as hands can make him. Indeed, it may be that he is in perfect condition too soon, although his trainers think not. There i no diMiute, then, about Corbott's condition, aud he is all right in that re p ct. Iut there is a very great dispute about the condition of Sullivau and if the reports written about him last Thursday and Fri day are true, depend upon it ha is in very poor condition indeed for anything like a ion? fijht. Avery trustworthy authority in Xew York stated onThur-day that Sulli van was siill very fat about ine stomach ond that his flesh generally was white and soft. It that is tme, then Sullivan is not in conditio!' ami it the contest were going to be with bare knuckles he would be in a sorry shape On the omer hand, a young man who if "boostin," Sullivan at present, while admitting that the latter is "iat," denies that it will interfere with his fighting abilities. Tiiis voung man alo admits that Sullivan "pufled" considerably alter box Ingtlire harmlest rounds Monday nignt, but savs that wai in consequence of travel ing lrom t.ie seashore during the day and appearing in a warm atmosphere. Row, just let me sav that a young man or an old man who talks like that knows nothing whatever about when a man is or is not in Condition. I have seen hundreds of athletes iu my time both in good condition and bad condition. I have seen men in poor condi tion when their flesh was almost as hard as the proverbial nails, but most assuredly I have never seen a man in good condition "who-"e skin was white and very soil" and who "puffed like a bellows" alter a little exercise. This is real practical gospel and can fully be borne out by anybody who will be at the trouble to visit auy ol the gymna- biUtllS. 15ut 1 do not expect that Sullivan is in anything like the poor condition that some people say he is. It I thought lie was 1 would rnost certainly Din my faith on Corbett. I never did anticipate Sullivnu to be iu the best of shape, but I expect that he will be good enough to get nt Corbett a iew times, and in my estima tion that ought to be enough to win. Tin- l'rbibtn Length of Hi Itattla. There has been considerable betting on the length of the contest between the two lic?vy-n.ighis, and one Boston man has bet Sl.yW) to J7W t'.at Sullivan does not win in ten rounds. Another man has bet 51,000 even that Sullivan wins in 11 roun Is. Tlie lormcrbct seems to be a good one, because Corbett is going to lace Sullivan fully de termined to make along contest of it. It does not seem difficult to make a fore cast cf the early part of the battle. Sulli vau will do his best to land his right hand and Corbett will do his utmost to keep out of the vay ot it. If Sullivan lails to get his right home in the first few rounds then will coire the cruti:.! point. It the champion persists in trviog to "corner" Corbett so as to use i..s right t-flcctively he will be beaten just as sure as we live what I mean is ii he persin iu chiding Corbett after failing to hit Lira lor a lew rounds. True, Cor bett m?v be a laid ot Sullivan's right, but that ;Mr will make Corbett all the more difficult to catch, and if John I begins to s run about the ring he is just m the condi- lion to collapse. I fancv I hear somebody saying that he vfas in the ring mere than two hours against Kilrain. Q nte true, my lriend, but the conditions arc different. The rules are dif ferent and the men am diflercut. Had a rcallv good man been in lront ot Sullivan instead of Kilrain, John Ii. would have been beaten just as sure as eggs are eggs. This time he has a strong, tall, and exceed ingly active and clever man in frnt of him, whose only hope ol victory lie in tiring Sullivan out. Sullivan's tactics become V'fy plain after J the above reasons. If he cannot make any J effect on Corbett in the first three rounds, be must do lust as Corbett does, act on the defensive, and thn the club authoritici will interfere. To me it seems that the contest will last 10 rounds or more and that if Sullivan use ordinarilr good judgment he will either win or it will be a draw. The Four Lfiier Lights. It may not be wide of tne mark to say that the best contest of the three will be that between Myer and McAuliffe. There will be no cowardly dodging there and the winner will be fully aware of the fact that he has had a battle. The betting on the fight has been brisk, and It will be brisker to-morrow. It is not unlikely that the odds will be slightly in favor of llyer to-morrow evening, as there is a vast amount of Western money for Myer, and money makes the odds. During the last iew days McAuliffe has assured his friends that he is all, right and will enter the ring all right Believing this statement of his to be true I am in clined to name him as the winner, because of reasons which I have already given. Myer may be an improved man, but he can- NANCY rXAJTKS, BtTDD DOBLT3 not have improved very much since be de feated Carroll, and that contest was such a poor one that McAuliffe could almost have defeated them both. There is scarcely any speculation at all on the Dixon and Skelly contest, the former being such a strong favorite. On paper or in public form it does look like a walkover for Dixon, but, of course, the unexpected is always liable to happen. But I do not an ticipate that it will happen in this instance. Altogether the three battles promise to be exceedingly iuteresting ones, and the week will likely go down in pugilistic history as the greatest on record up to date. That the Olympic Club wilt make lots of money is sure, and the club deserves it because of the enterprise in putting up such an enormous sum to ftiht lor with cloves. It is to be hoped that each contest will end satis factorily. II til nnd rrltcbard't Surprise. Doubtless the sportiug world would be s'irprised the other day to learn that Ted Fritchaid aud Hail, the Australian, had re solved to tour England together in giving boxing exhibitions. The cable report giv ing this news stated that the fact had sur prised Hall's friends. AVcll, it might. The compact between Hall and Pritchard leads me to believe that the battle between them was a fraud. I am always loath to come to such conclusions, but a-long ex perience forces me to this opinion. I can easilv understand how considerable money could be made by making it certain for Pritchard to lose. He was backed bv a wealthy aristocrat, and the betting was 7 to 4 in favor of Pritchard. And if anybody just recalls the contest it will be seen that it had features of the most suspicions kind. Most certainly I think that there is some thing very questionable in the movements of the two men. "What strengthens mv conviction is the fact that Pritchard now wants to fight Fitz simmons cither in America or in England lor a verv big stake and a very big purse. It Hall defeated Pritchard on his merits so easily and so decisively, in the name of common sense what kind of a show has Pritchard to defeat Fitzsimmons. None at all. Even allow Hall to be a little bit better than Fitzsimmons, the way in which Hall downed the Englishman proves that Fitzsimmons would have an easy task to defeat Pritchard also. To me it seems clear that there is "something rotten in the Slate ol Denmark" as tar as Hall and Pritchard are concerned. The Irish Crick -ters Vl.lt. "Within a few days the Irish cricket team will be opposing a team of American players and the contest ought to be of a very Interesting kind. It the team coming from Ireland this time is anything like the team we had from the Emerald Isle some time ago they will be a lot of real gentle men and will do good for cricket in more ways than one. These international matches do good to the sport and it is a pity there are so lew or them. If we could manage to have English and Irish teams here more frequently I think the old game would be come more popular. "Ve cannot shut our eves to the fact that cricket is losing its popularity in many places in the country, and something out ot the ordinary should be done to revive it But there is one thing In connection with the proposed match between American and Irish cricketers that demands notice, and that is the makeup of the. American team. I don't think the best 11 in America are on the team, and it is a surprise to mi that such a splendid player as Alexander Mac pherson is not on the list. He is a citizen, and if the fact of his having been born in Scotland is not a legal barrier to his being on the team, I see nothing to keep him off but that old spirit of envy that has clone so much injury between the East and WesL If the national success ot the game was the great object special attention should have been paid to Chicago. But Philadelphia seems to be the entire cricket world in the United States. The powers there have put Walter Scott, of Pittsburg, on the list, but they do not lorget to add that "Mr. Scott is really a Philadelphian." Olten we find a deal of scll-saorifice among amateurs and even cricketers, but many of them in the East are brimful of a vain ambition that is much stronger than their real love of the game. Mr. Kfniij'i Swimming Record. As might have been expected, the claims of Arthur Kenny and his friends for the amateur swimming record ot America are not going to be granted. A week or two ago it was claimed that Kenny swam a mile iu 28 minutes 45 2-5 secouds at Philadel phia, thus beating the best previous record ol 2J minutes 25J seconds, made by Daven port in England iu 1887. Mr. Kenny also ha 1 a previous claim relative to his fast work, but none of Iub claims are to go. W. B. Curtis, of the A. A. TJ., witnessed Kenny's last effort to btat the record, and it is well Mr. Cur'is was there, or else we might have been forced to admit a record which was entirely false. Mr. Curtis says the application for the record will be strongly opposed, and makes the following statement: "In swimming the first half against the current the men hugged the bank lor most of the distance, and only turned out in the current when it became necessary to make lor the hall-mile buoy. How this helped them may be judged from the following in termediate times: First quarter, along the sheltered bend, 7 minutes 13 seconds;second quarter, in open water 8 minutes 57 sec ouds. On turning for home both Kenney and Meffcrt swam straight down the center on top of the current, the leader making the third quarter iu 6 minutes 50 seconds, and the last quarter 5 minutes 42 2-5 seconds." The total time of the race was 28 minutes 45 2-5 seconds, as against the supposed pre vious best ot 29 minutes 25 seconds, which has bean standing to the credit ol Daven port, of England, sines 1887. Neither hw fW- THE now any claim on the world's record, which really belongs to S. "Wl Greasley, who won the English mile championship tinder per fectly fair conditions two weekt ago, in 28 minutes 18 3-6 seconds. If the A. A. U. would have competent and impartial men at every event of Impor tance much of the alleged record breaking would not be brought to the front. A bout the Professional Rower. The prospects of a race between the best rowers of this continent and the best in Australia are becoming very small, ior this season at least. The Australians are still reluctant to come to this country and row, although O'Connor, Gaudaur and Hanlan are willing to meet them here and give them expenses. George Bubear, the English sculler, re cently returned to England from Australia, and he stated that Stansbury and Kemp con templated visiting England and offering to row anybody on the Thames. Americans or Canadians have rowed against Australians both on the Thames and in Australia, aud still we have not had the present Australian champions here. They ought to come, and I say this even though I think them likely to defeat our champions. AND THE PNEUMATIC SULKY. Bubear's arrival in England has stirred aquatic matters up a little. During his ab sence Billy East has become champion, aud now Bubear wants to row East for the title. There was a time when Bubear was a much better sculler than East is, but whether Bu bear is still in that form is something I don't know. East is far below champion ship form as far as the ordinary standard is concerned. Bubear also contemplates bringing a four oared crew to compete in the World's Fair regatta next year. According to report he has a good crew, and a short time ago thev won the English championship in record time. The time does not amount to very much on the Thnmes, as the current of the river is sometimes very strong and the races are rowed with the current. But good judges say that the crew is a good one. Messrs. Hanlan. O'Connor. Gaudaur and Hosmer are still arranging races, and the 1 puDiic still believe tuat these races are purely of the hippodrome order. Until that belief vanishes there is no hope for sculling in the United States. The W onderful Nancy Hunks. Nsnoy Hanks is a veritable trotting wonder, and horsemen all over the world are thoroughly satisfied on that point. When she reduced the trotting record from 2:08j to 2:07 there was really a sensation, but few people thought that before a month had elapsed she could chip oS two more seconds from her own new record. That is just what she has done during the week on the Independence kite-shaped track, and the record is now 2:05) Just think of this mark ye old timers who are left among us yet and who used to go into ecstacies when anything like a 2:20 mark was made. Beyond all question the trotting record is 2:05; that is a horse has trotted from end to end ot a level mile in that time. But the famous mare's latest effort; was made tinder the most advantageous circumstances thaf could be arranged. She had the double advantage ol the kite track and the pneumatic-tired Eulky, and nobody will lor a moment deny that these tjvo conditions were a very important factor in the record making. Sunol lowered the record of Maud S, 2:08 on the new kite-shaped track at Stockton, CaL Many people tried to de tract lrom Sunol's effort because of the new condition. This year Nancy Hanks was hitched to a pneumatic-tired sulky and low ered the record of Sunol, 2:08J, on a regu lation track. It was, therefore, to be ex pected that a man like Budd Doble would take advantage of both new kind of track and new kind ot sulky, and try to still further lower the recordl It was also to be expected that Nancy Hanks would succeed under the double advantage named. We are fast getting to the 2:00 mark that so many trotting authorities predict. Nancy Hanks already this season has knocked off no less than Z seconds from the record, and if trotting wonders come very often like that 2:00 will soon be the mark. A I rrv Words About Dnseball. There is not much room .this week to talk about baseball, aud there is not much of Importance to talk about. Public interest is centered in other things to a very great extent. Locally baseball matters are in a very satisfactory condition. Ot late the team have been playing excellent ball; iu fact they have been doing so well as to fill us all with feelings of regret. It is to be re gretted that they have lost so many games through flukes and breakdowns. It they had not the team would to-day have been wrestling neck and neck with the Cleveland team. Beyond all question there is a good team in Pittsburg, the best there has ever been in this city, and it is satisfactory to know that the officials of the club are going the right way to work to make the team better. Manager Buckenberger de serves much of the credit for the team's good work, and if that man Burns had acted anything like a man of judgment and common sense the team would have even been better than they are now. All the officials connected with the club deserve a good team because they strive their utmost to get one. From what I hear it is likely that Mark Baldwin will go East with the team, and that means the recall of his release. It is not a question between Baldwin and the club officials, but almost entirely a matter between the patrons of the club and the pitcher. For some time past he has been the most unlpcky man that ever stepped into a pitcher's box, and mostly because of this cranks have dealt harshly with him. This is not fair. Baldwin is a great pitcher and a willing one. After to-morrow the team will start on their last Eastern trip, and their work dur ing that time will have almost everything to do with their standing at the end of the season. If the pitchers keep all right I have no fears for them, as they can play great ball. The general situation is comparatively quiet The race for the pennant is just as exciting as anybody could wish to see it. The Cleveland team have a good lead, but the next five or six teams are all neck and neck, and it is almost impossible to tell how they will finish. The Clevelands are not to far away yet to be caught. Their trip East will go a long way toward settling whether or not they are to have the pennant. They look like getting it They are playing great ball asd no mistake. Piunqle, Nutm-e Good to Steep On. Nutmegs have strong narcotic properties. A drink that used to be made by our grand mothers was nutmeg tea. One or two nut megs would make a pint or a pint and a half of tea, and the invalid would drink it, producing a sleep ot many hours' duration. The symptoms 'would be about the same as opium. Nutmeg iu the quantity of two or three drachms will cause both' stupor and delirium. PITTSBURG 'DISPATCH, HE LOST'filS HUNDRED. Howard Fielding Laid a Foolish Wager on Beauty on the Beach. BATHING SUITS ARE ALL EIGHT But the Stuffing That Gets Into Them Im't Highly Aesthetic. PITTSBURG GIRL8 AT ATL1KTI0 CITT nrramx toh thi DisrATCK. I have just paid (100 to Mr. B. L Levi son, the well-known theatrical manager. It was on a wager. Mr. Levison, I am Informed, has not lost a bet in five years. His luck is much better than that of tha gentleman from whom I borrowed the 100 which I paid Mr. Levison. The bet itself was of an interesting char ter. It was mads in the latter part of June. Mr.' Levison, bav ing brought his season to a suc cessful close, was already setting new traps for the public, to be sprung in the fall. We were having a late supper. "I am lying awake nights," said Mr. Levison as the waiter placed a Welsh rare bit and a mug of old ale before him, "try ing to think of a new way to dress the chorus in Davidson's new opera. 'Clothed in a Blush. Good title, don't you think?" "Yes," said I, "but it really does suggest a difficulty. That will be a'very hard cos tume to secure for the chorus. What's the idea of the piece?" Eicklnc bat No Slnrlne. "Well, It's a lot of good, new gags, and some first rate specialties. I'm going to star Jennie Elwood. On she kick? Say, there never was anythipglike iu" "Good singer?" I asked. "Sing?" said he. "Say, If she opened her mouth, even by accident, the whole show would be a goner. But we'll have music enough to carry the opera. I've got tne unesi jewsuarp suiuisi iu iuc wuriu, uuu then there's the chorus. But how shall I dress 'em?" "Why don't you introduce a bathing scene?" I suggested. 'Take somj of these pretty pictures 'from the magazines and dress up your chorus to look like them." "Say," said Levison, "that would be all right though it's been done except lor one thing: There never was a woman in Fielding Qtva a Suga'ttion. this world who looked well in a bathing costume." "Oh, nonsense," said I; "the papers from now on will be crowded with the shapely limb story and tbe dangerous fas cination of the surf lull of sirens. Can you work a bathing scene into the story?" "Storyl" said Levison; "there isn't any. I can work in anything, if it's good; but the public won't stan I the old-fashioned chorus. You've got to have real girls under 30 in these days, and they must be dressed so far as you dress 'em at all in a manner that will defy criticism. No, my boy, the bathing suit would make 'em look like a lot of guys, and the papers would jump on me." Tbn Hiimnn Form In the 8arf. "You're all wrong," said I, "there Is nothing more beautiful than the hnman form. To look upon such a noble work of nature with anything but the reverent spirit ot the artist is sacrilege. The use of the bathing suit upon the stage will take away the suspicion of impropriety, and will at the same time afford great pleasure to the spectators." "You are talking through your hat," said Mr. Levison, in his courteous but firm man ner. "There isn't any such thing as a shapely form. There is such' a thing as a shapely suit of tights, but there's no use spoiling the effect with a bathing suit I'll bet vou $100 that if you visit all the beaches this summer you won't find a woman who looks well in a bathing suit, and I'll let you be the judge. Dont pay one cent unless you're satisfied." Well, I took Mr. Levison's bet and he has taken the money of the other gentle man. But I began the round of the beaches with confidence. At Atlantic City I lound mauy of the prettiest Philadelphia and Pittsburg society girls. A very fortunate chance secured me an introduction to sev eral of them. I happened to meet a col lege classmate who is now a Pittsburg law yer, with many clients in jail and others in bankruptcy. I had known him in the col lege as a first-rate poker player and a good right fielder. I, too, won quite a name in old alma mater's fold. Tbe Jame Dor Old Thirst The Pittsburg lawyer remembered me well as the man with the longest legs in our class. So we met with mutual feelings of regard and esteem, and through him I came to know the girls. They were all charming, and I already felt so sure of Levison's money that I spent part of it in relieving the thirst of my dear old classmate. It was the same dear old thirst, top very dear in deed ior the man who paid the check. Next day we all met on the beach. Now, in what I am about to say, I hope not to be disagreeable. I don't think the girls were to blame. Some people who have recorded the fact that Pittsburg girls are knock kneed have done it in a malicious way, cal culated to offend. For my part, I believe it to be the fault of the cable cars. Anybody who has ridden in a Pittsburg cable car knows how necessary it is to have a good, firm brace. They are al trays crowded, and they stop and start with such fearful jerks that a girl simply has to have some protec tion against tailing down. I have consulted a competent mechanic, and he savs that the contour of the lower limbs which I have spoken of is a wise and necessary provision; the best build for tha work. The force of evolution never fails to modify a race to fit its conditions and in the comparatively few years since cable cars were introduced into the Iron City this wonderful change has taken place in the women. I have noticed it also in some of the men, but as they usually obtain seats, while the women stand up, the effect is not to pronounced. l'cca'.Inrity ortho Jersey Bslle, I left Atlantic City without winning Lev ison's money. From that place I passed up along the Jersey coast I encountered the Philadelphia model in various places and by comparison with the others I almost learned to like it Especially annoying is the type lrom the interior districts ot New Jersey. I vraa at a loss to account for it at first; but was told by an expert that the broad, flat shape of the loot was a wonder ful provision of Providence to prevent the girls from sinking too far into the mud, while the fact that the toes flap downward on the nukle as a pivot when the person is walking can be traced to the necessity of pulling the foot out of the mnd again after it has sunk in. At Long Branch I encountered many peculiar types from various parts of the world. There I saw the beautiful, high- SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER arched instep which results from standing on tip toe at the Monmouth race traek in order to see the favorite come in last But there is really very little bathing done at Long Branch this year, and what there is is in an artificial pool this year, though most of the hotels will furnish "a tub if yon ask for it Tbe nymphs of the pool were attractive enough elsewhere, bnt I cannot say that I regard one of those rubber caps which are used to keep the hair dry as be coming. Almost Won at Asbarr Fstrk. I passed from Long Branch up to Asbury Park, and was on the point ot declaring my self a winner when I discovered that the 37i8 Newport Styls. person so modestly and becomingly con cealed in a bathing suit was not a woman at all, but old man Bradley the king of the beach. He bad just been arresting a drug gist for selling catnip tea, and was washing himself free from contamination in the surf. At. Atlantic Highlands I encountered the theatrical colony. There were many foot light favorites whom I had seen before, but I never should have known them. As they're almost entirely stage people, they don't think it worth while to dress up any. It is necessary as I have otten told my wife for me to meet theatrical people, be cause I often want to writ things about them. It was thus as I afterward ex plained it to her that I happened to meet Irma Kickoffski, whose real name is Finne gan. She danced at the southeast corner of the Casino ballet "Irma," said I, meeting heron the sands, "how you have fallen awayl You must have lost 20 pounds." "Oh, no," said she. "I haven't lost them; they're at home. New York Girls Nrjlrctrd as Ttnbtrs. It was that way all along the beach. At Newport we find the reverse of the condi tions that obtained at Atlantic City. So ciety New York society, mind you bathes at Newport Therefore, the girls you see are bow-legged. Why does that follow? Because, poor things, they're neglected in infancy. You can't expect a nurse at $12 a month to give a mother's "care scarcely even at ?15, which, I am told, is the top figure. Society children are allowed to walk before they're able, and the tender bones of their little limbs get a twist that money won't remedy. This hasty record of my observation does not give much idea ol my trials and disap- ointments in the search. I went back to jevison thoroughly convinced that be was right and especially about the really hide ous nature of the bathing suit "You have to get something batter than mT suggestion," I said. "A chorus dressed as I've seen the girls on the beaches this summer would scare an audience ot dead heads out of their places." "My boy," said he, counting the hun dred, "I've thought of just the thing. We'll introduce a midnight fire in a luna tic asylum, and have a high-kicking dance of patients on tbe lawn. It will be right in line with the best modern development of the drama." Kowabd Fielding. BEDFORD A CENTURY AGO. Curiosities on tbe Court Record There Dor Ins the Close of the eighteenth Century Vwfal rnnUIimnnt for Horse Stealing K'iriarkable Oaths nnd Declarations, conRESPOSDiNcr or tub Di8PATCn.t Bedford Springs, Sept. a Of ths thousands who visit Bedford every summer few are aware of the old and interesting records in the vaults of the ancient building which is used as a county Court House. A Dispatch correspondent was shown a book to-day that contains the record of 100 years ago. The book, which is in fair preserva tion considering its age and the number of hands which it has passed through, is about the size of an ordinary ledger; the paper is pure linen and very heavy. On the first page is an instrument ot writing delegating to John Daugherty and Arthur St Clair the power to administer oaths to the Sheriff, Justices ot the Peace and the Coroner, by John Penn, and is dated March 30, 1771. The instrument which attracts the most attention is the sentence passed on Daniel Palmer for horse stealing at October sessions, 1782. The sentence appears on the record, as follows: It Is therefore considered by the Court that the said Daniel Palmer shall be taken to-morrow to the public whipping post be tween the hours or 8 and 10 o'clock, and there shall receive S9 lashes to bo well laid on his bate back, nnd immediately after wards the said Daniel rainier shall bo placed In the pillory whore ho shall ntand lor one hour and have his ears cut off and nnllcd to thentllorvniid shall forielttotho Commonwealth the sum of 15 bring tho value of the goods of Ludcwich Fiidline, of which the said Daniel Palmer is convicted of stealing, nnd shall pay the costs attend ing tho prosecution and be committed until the whole of the sentence Is complied with. On February 27, 1784, Moses Beid de posited 10 for his appearance at the April court to answer to an indictment ot UDeL In July sessions, 1787, 16 persons "were recommended for tavern license," and In 1793 at April sessions there appeared numerous entries of persons who had been returned for "keeping tippling houses." The following is the oath of allegiance recorded in a fine hand resembling that of a lady: I do swear that I do from heart abhor, detest and abjure as Impious and heretical that damnable doctrine and position that Frlncea oxcommuntcated by the Pope or any authority of the See of Home may be deposed or murdered by their subjects or any other whomsover, and 1 do declare that no foreign Prince, porson, prelate.State or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, superiotlty, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm. So help me God. Following just below on the same page is the following: I do declare that I believe that there Is not any transubstantiation in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper or in the elements of bread and wine at or alter the consecration thereof by any peison or persons whatso ever. EFFECT 3 OF HEAT. Summer Vacations and Nerve Tonles Con trasted. The expense as well as the impossibility of leaving one's business makes it entirely out of the question for many people to take a vacation, however bad they may need it In all cases, where one can afford it, a vaca tion is probably preferable to tonics; but for the tens of thousands who can take no rest the brain and nerve tonic of modern medical science is an indispensable safe guard. Nothing that is known to the medical profession to-day is the equal of Pe-ru-ua in tbe cure or prevention ot all derangements due to hot weather. Pe-ru-na gives new vigor to the tireti brain, strength and quiet to the weakened nerves, and as nearly sup plies the need of a vacation to the over worked man or woman as it is possible for any remedy to do. Pe-ru-na is a reliable specifio for nervous prostration, nerve ex haustion, sleeplessness, and chronic ma laria. The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Com pany of Columbus, Ohio, publish the Fam ily Physician No. 1, devoted to the treat ment of malaria, diarrhoea, cholera morbus, and other diseases of hot weather, which thev will send free to any address. J"t?$ A&L-J&A teSye? w W 7 4, 189a NOTES AND QUERIES. Origin and Extension- of the na tional Bank System. ARMIES AND KATIES OF EDE0PE. Accountinz for the Expression That Jersey Is Cut .of tht Union. OTHER ODD BITS OP IKF0BHATI0N rwarrriK roa the dispatch, i Ths platforms of the parties tor this cam paign call attention to the national banking system. It is a system adopted In 1863 and improved in 1864, under which all of the banks of issue in the country operate. It was adopted at a time when the Govern ment needed vastly more than the ordinary amount of money coming to it To get this money it was issning bonds, and to create a demand for them and at the same time to provide a larger amount of circulating medium, the National Bank act was passed, becoming a law June 3, 1864. It was in tended to provide a national currency, se cured by a pledge of United States bonds, etc. It created a Comptroller of the Currency, and empowered associations with a capital of $100,000 (in small places capitals of SCO, 000 were allowed) to form themselves into banking companies, which should put at least 30 per cent of their capital intoXTnited States bonds, which bonds they should de- fiosit with the Comptroller, who should de iver to them not more than 90 per cent of the bonds so deposited with him in "national bank notes," receivable everywhere except in payment of customs duties. There were various details as to tbe redemption of the notes, etc. To mate it an object for the banks in existence to obtain charters as national banks, and lor new banks to be formed under the act, a heavy tax was laid on all notes issued by banks acting under State laws, aud various exemptions from taxation were allowed. The act was a long one, carefully drawn, and based very largely on tbe New York State banking act It provided for the con tinuance of the national banks during 20 years, and expired in 1884. In that year, however, a "National Bank Extension Act" was passed, extending the jives ot the national banks to 1004, under the same regulations as tbe original act imposed. It hat been proposed to let the banks issue notes up to the full amount of the" bonds deposited with the Comptroller, thus in creasing tbe amount of the notes in circu lation, and enabling the banks to make a little more money; tor the business of the banks is not so remunerative as it was and the amount of bank notes now in circula tion is less than ever before; but the propo sition has not yet been acted upon. Will von tell me something of thn nlzea of tho various European armies andnavies; and who would win in auother German-French wait CoirsTAHT Eeader. Giving the countries alphabetically, Austria-Hungary leads, with au active army of 375,000 men, a first reserve (men who have served their time "with the colors") of 290,000 men, and a second reserve of men who have served their time iu the first re serve of 866,000; the graud total is 2,032,420 officers and men. France has a war force of 4,169,472 officers and men; 1,124,900 are in the active army, 910,000 in the field reserve, 956,000 in the first reserve, and 1,176,000 in the second reserve. Germany has 2,913,599 officers and men, of whom 810,000 are with the colors, 405,000 in the field reserve, 900, 000 in the first and 799,000 in the second re serve. Great Britain has a regular army of 136,842 men, a field reserve of 68,500 men, a first reserve of 750,000. a second reserve of about 224,000 and a total on paper of 1,179.350. Italy has 925,000 men under arms, a field reserve of 291,000, a first reserve of 1,398,000, a second reserve of 17,800, and a total of 2,522,314. "Russia has the largest standing army, 1,698,000 men always under arms, with field reserves, of 1,124,000, first re serves amounting to 1,191,300 men, 4,000,000 in the second reserve, and atotal of 7,914,000. Turkey keeps 155,000 men with the colors, but has an estimated reserve of 617,000 men. As between France and Germany, some, critics expect France to beat Germany. The French have matched every improve ment made 'by the Germans in military matters; and they will fight for revenge, which is a feeling that will help them. It will be a great war when it comes. Why Is New Jersey said to bo out of the Union? E. E. 11. There are two answers to this question, one ot which is odd, the other probably cor rect According to the first, immigrants were not allowed to land in New York City during the Mayoralty of Andrew Clark in tbe early '20s. The ship-captains therefore landed their immigrant passengers at South Amboy, New Jersey, whence they made their way to New York. An Irish woman was seen sitting on her trunk in a New York street weeping; and when asked the reason, answered: "Me brother paid me fare to tbe Unite 1 States, but the villain Capting landed me in Jersey." The other, and probably more correct reason for the saving, is the fact that Joseph Bonaparte. who had been King ot Spain, sought refuge in this country after the fall of Napo leon, and settled at Bordentown, N. J. He lived like a king there for 19 years, at least so far as luxurious living is kinglike, and so, as New Jersey was tbe only part of the country that "had a king, it was said to be "out ot the Union." The phrase is said to have originated among the Pennsylvanians, who relused to allow him to hold land in Penn sylvania; the Philadelphians especially were jealous of the prosperity he brought to New Jersey, and sneericgly said Jersey was "out of the Union," and that the Jer sey Blues were "Spaniards," because they were ruled over by the King of Spain. Ilrst Has the Presldont of tbe United Smtes the power to adjourn Congress; If so, when and under what conditions? Second What is the diffeience between "vocation" and "avocation?" P. S. 1. He has no such power in the matter as the sovereign of Great Britain or the Governor-General of Canada has; that is, as a rule, he has nothing to say in the matter. But under the Constitution (article IL, section III.) he may adjourn Congress if and when there is a disagreement between the two Houses as to the date of adjourn ment He has never had to use this power yet 2. Vocation means "calling, occupation, business';" avocation means literally "from calling," meaning an unusual occupation, and so is something that takes one away from his vocation. Thus a man's vocation may be that of a banker and his avocation that ot a fisherman. The two words come from the Latin vocare, to call; but the lat ter has the Latin preposition a or ab, from, as a component part. The words are used interchangeably olten nowadays. Ilow many mints are thore in tho United States? S. u. S. There are three mints in operation in this country at Philadelphia, which is "the" mint, at New Orleans and at San Fran cisco. There were seven mints at one time, the four not now in operation being those at Charlotte and Dahlonega, N. G, at Carson City, Nev., and at Dallas City, Ore. On all " coins you" will find a mark, or an ab sence of mark, showing where they were struck. Coins from "the" mint have no mint mark, those from Charlotte have a C; those from Dahlonega have a D. upon them. New Orleans stamped its output with an O.. Carson City with G O , and San Francisco with an S. Dallas City had no mark. There are more assay offices nowa days than there are mints. The principal assay office is In New York; the others are at St Louis. Boise, Denver and Helena. What is the largest hospital In the world and where is it? Hospitaller. Probably the Hospital St Louis in Paris, which has 882 beds. It was founded by Henry IV. (Henry of Navarre) in 1604. The second largest hospital is the London Hospital, in Whitechapel road, with over 800 beds. The third largest, or possibly the second largest, is the Hotel Dieu in Paris, with over 800 beds. It was founded in 660 by Landry, Bishop ot Paris. These hospitals are as large as any single hospital ought to be, but in the last century some hospitals held a greater number of sick than these. la the Hotel Dieu most of the beds were intended to hold tour persons, and sometimes six were crowded into them, and in 1773 this largest hospital held more than 5,000 patients. What salary doe the Prime Minister of Great Crltlan recoive? Anon. No salary is paid to the Prime Minister as Prime Minister. The head of the British Government always holds some salaried office. Lord Salisbury holds office as Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs. Glad stone prefers to hold the" Chancellorship of the Exchequer and the other Prime Minis ters have for the lau hundred years or so held office as First Lord of the Treasury. The higher ministers receive 4.500 or 5,000 a year and a house in Doirning street So it doesn't matter which office they take for themselves. What do the electric Hjht companies mean by the "ampere-hour?" Cousumeb. The "ampere-hour" is the unit by which electric light companies measure the quan tity of electricity supplied to consumers. Different lamps requi re different currents of electricity, thus aa ordinary 16-candle power lamp on a CO volt circuit requires about 1 ampere, a 25-candle power lamp will take about 1 amperes and a 50-candIe power lamp about 3 amperes. The 16-can-dle power lamp burning for 60 hours would, therefore, require 1 ampere for 60 hours, or 60 ampere-hours. A 50-candle power laTip burning for 20 hours will consume 3 am peres for 20 hours, or 60 ampere-hours. Ten 16-candle power lamps would require 10 amperes, and if they burn for 6 hours the total supply would again be 50 ampere hours. Sixty lamps "burning for 1 hour would give the same result The ampere hour is, therefore, the equitable basis of charge by the electric light companies, as it is a measure of the total light supplied. The ampere-hour is not an exact measure of the energy supplied to a customer, as the number of volts pressure at which it is sup plied must also be taken into account This may be illustrated by having two 16-caudle-power 50-volt lamps. Each may be connect ed directly across the circuit so" that the cur rent through one lamp does not pass through the other lamp, and the total current taken from the circuit, if each lamp tabes one ampere, is two amperes. These lamps in burning one hour would therefore register on the meter two ampere-hours. The two lamps may, however, be connected in series so that the current through one passes also through the other. If lamps connected in this way be joined to a 50-volt circuit they will burn at a dull red; with this con nection 109 volts will be required to send the current of one ampere through the two lamps in Eerie. The registration on the meter will be but one ampere-hour, when the two lamps have burned for an hour. The current multiplied by the pressure, or electro-motive force, is the same in each case, that is, for the first connection 2 am peres multiplied by 50 volts, or 100 watts, and in the second case 1 ampere multiplied by 100 volts or 100 watts. The number of watts represents the actual electrical supply of energy. In ordinary service, therefore, the charge for an ampere-hour at 100 volts is twice as great as the charge for one am pere at 50 volts, because the number of watts supplied is twice as great in the first case. IHJS PAULT OF OVZB-EATIHQ. Too Great Indulgence May Trove Disas trous to the Organism. Youth's Companion. It is perhaps true that most Americans eat too much. The person who eats much, yet is hungry and grows thin, is not suffer ing from lack ot food, but from lack of power to digest the food taken into the stomach, or from an abnormally rapid tis sue waste, and should consult his physician. Everyone puts into his stomach more food than is digested by it, but in many cases a great deal of tbe material really digested does not do its full share of vitalizing work. "We live by the oxidation of food. Food, whatever its chemical nature it it is food in the true sense is capable of being changed into a more oxidized material. This chemical change must go on in a more or less active way, or death ensues, since the oxidizing of food is necsssary for the life of the individual cells, whose aggregation con stitutes tbe whole of our complicated struc tures. Now if more material is supplied to the system than it can use, or, in other words, more than it can combine with oxygen, much of the supply must pas out of "the body in a state not fully exhausted of its vitalizing power; and it is highly probable that these unoxidized products are the causes, direct or indirect, of many troubles of a somewhat obscure nature, to which we have applied tha names ot rheumatism,gout, lithsemia, and the like. Exercise, by promoting oxidation, lessens the dangers ol over-eating. The habit of rapid eating, especially when habitual over eating is indulged in, results in an inability to digest the amount of food necessary to keep in active condition the various functions of the bod v. Figbtln:; a French Uaol. A report (jf a French duel, according to the Toutht' Companion, has the lollowing interesting conclusion: "M. Lei ache hav ing fired his shot, it was now the turn of M. Boboche to discharge his weapon. He waited calmly for a moment, brought up his pistol, awaited the word aud fired in the air. This is not, however, so great an act of magnanimity as might be supposed, for his antagonist had climbed a tree!" CURE aT?i Disordered Liver, ek They Act Like Kagic on the Vital Organs, Keguiating tne secretions, restoring long lost Complexion, bringing back the Keen i ROSEBUD OF HEALTH the whole physical energy of the human frame. These Facts are admitted br thousands. In all classes of Society. Largest Sale in the World. Covered with a Tasttless cs Solabls Ceiling. tOf all druggists. Price 25 cents a Box. New Vo-k Depot, yk Canal St. THE MAN WITHODT A STOMACH May csist as a museum freak, but most of usieco-rnize the stomach tn necessary to life and comfort Most of ns experience a little trouble from this source occasionally, wrong action of the stomach causing dys pepsia, otc, and olten tho trouble extends, involvim: the liver and boweK whence we find biliousness and constipation. Wound alKO that tho bowels and kiilneys (natnro's sewage system) become clo-raed with effete matter, from which comes impure blood, bollp, blotches, pimple, scrofula, scrofulous swellings and canceron complaints. Tho Burdock Blood Bitters tnken at tho begin ning, or at any later rtair, arrests the tronble, restores the dHurdercd organ- to activity, thoreby removing every vestige of disease B. B. B. is an absolutely pure ex tract of roots and berus. which can not injure even the most delicate comtitution, and as a cure for dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, bad blood, etc., succeeds In 93 eases out ot 100. aul-Trssa I CURE I ,a -x vi ii sisu ruas sissi v auaiN itua u THS OBEAIEST JTATOBAX B3IDQX. It Spans a Creek In Arizona and Pur Oat, rivals the One to Virginia. "Yon all know of the Natural Bridge Ij Virginia; and perhaps have heard how th first and greatest President of the United States, in the athletic rigor of his youth, climbed up and carved his name high o its clifZ. A very beautful and plcturesqn, spot it is, too; but many of them would not begin to make one of the Natural Bridge I the western edge of the Tonton Basin, Arizona, in the same general rjKJon Montezuma's "Well and Castle: but It li even less tnown," says Charles F. LummU in St Nkholau , xne .natural .0111150 ui ii" .;3 "i Arizona, Is to the world's natural brldgsi the world's chasms the greatest, the grand est, the most bewildering. It is truly en- titled to ranc witn tne great u.iuiu ders of the earth as the Natural Bridge in more than a hint of Its majesty; no comDl. nation of photographs more than hints. CTOBfiS BOTH WATS. "It is remarkable how your trip abroad has improved you." "It is the use of the Carlsbad Waters which has improved me more than my trip abroad. I have gained in flesh and strength since I use them. Many persons use them for reducing flesh, because the Waters remove all unhealthy tissues and superabundance of fat, but they also build up firm and solid flesh, which is a sign of per fect health. I also use the Carlsbad Sprudel Salt early in the morning, with a glass 'full of the Water. It increases the laxative action of the same. If you ever suffer from chronic catarrh of the stomach, biliousness, gout or rheumatism, I advise you to use them. Every druggist has them." The "genuine" have the signature of "Eisner & Mendelson Co.," Agents, N. Y., on every bottle. sn MEDIC I DOCTOR WH.TTIER 814 1'ENN AVENCE. PITTSBORO.'PJ. As old resident? know and back flies ot FIttsburz papors prove, is the oldest estab lished and most prominent physician In the city, devotinsspecialattention toallcbronls fSTS: NO FEE UNTIL CURED sponsible MCDnl IO nd mental dis persons IMLn V UUo ease', physical de cay, nervous debility, lack of enersry. ambi tion and hope.lmpairedmemory, disordered sight, self distrait, bashfulneis, dizziness, rioeple9nos, pimples, eruptions. Impover ished blood, failing powers, organic weak ne, dyspepsia, constipation, consnmptlou. unfitting the person for business, society and marriage, permanently, safely and privately fBMadn BLOOD AND SKIN! S eruptions, blotches, faninfrhair.bones.paln, glandular swdlinzs, ulcerations of tbe tongue, month, throat, ulcers, old sores, are cured tor life, and blood poisons thoroughly eradicated from I IDIM A DV kidney and tho system. U HI NAn T j bladder de ranizements, weak back, gravel, catarrhal discharges. 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