wjflsapara y t; wrFy"nFWg "W r R . a 1 I " f AMONG AMATEURS,1 The Tonnis Season Begins to Go Out With a Lively "Whirl Everywhere. TOURMYS ON TFIS WEEK. Two of Them Will Fill Many of the Courts of the City. CYCLERS E1GER FOR A ROAD RACE. Hatters la the Foot Ball World Take on an Active Shape. OUTTXG K0TE3 TAKEN IN MANX FIELDS HE work began with a disappoint ment. It's holi day, the only one between July 4 and Thanks' giving, turned ont Tret and dismal and the plans of thousands of ama teurs came to naucht There "were to have been short tournaments of ten uis on private courts, the members of the various organizations had planned some in teresting boats on club grounds; wheelmen intended to strike out over the suburban roads; iootball teams were to practice; aud 100 amateur baseball teams were prepared to combat for supremacy, but fate in the shape of the weather was against the en thusiasts. Since then, however, the tem perature has been psrfect, and the events announced for the week have been success fully carried out The principal happening was the tennis tournament of the East Ead Gyms, an ac count of the final rounds appearing in another column. The Oailand Terrace Tenuis Club finished its tourney, aud entries was opened for the ladies' meet at the Fitlsburj; Tennis Club. Yesterday there w8re a cricket game, and last night a meeting of the Football Laague of Western Pennsylvania was held to make arrange ments for the season. This week will be one of activity. There are two tennis tournaments set for Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, and the football tennis will get out into the fields for prac tice. The Jeams have not yetbecn selected, aud these practice games are lor the pur pose of deciding as to the merits of the applicants for positions in the field. It is probable that the first games will be playe 1 during the last ten days of the month. In the cycling world," the event that is unpermist in everyboly's mind is the open road race of the IC?ystone Bicycle Club. Judging from an uour.ced intentions, the entry list w ill be the largest ever received in the history of "Western Pennsylvania. The question is: "Who is not to De in it?" instead of "Who Is io run?" It is a pity that the nature of a road rr.ee prevents an audience from watch ing' the men the whole distance. Following the road race is to be a hill climbingcontest, mid this will also bring out a great amount of interest. The truth of the matter is that cvcling events attract more attention in this vicinity than almost anything else in the amateur line, and the absence of a good one half mile track is all that prevents- holding ol a meet that would bring out an astonish ing amount ofeathusiasm. The track will come, no doubt, in good time, but It ought toJ)e provided before next season. Mr. W. L. Addy, whose picture accom panies, is one of the best riders of the city, but until recently has not paid much atten tion to the race track, preferring the at traction of the road. At the last XT. L. Addy " Avsgagsgr meeting of the East End Gvms he wore the colors of the Keystone Bicycle Club, ol which he is a prominent member. In this meet he won a heat and finished second in the half-mile race, and on a machine that was not his own, tor early in the day his pneumatic tire was punctured. This made - considerable difierence in his speed and . imfSo mnrn invnrh circumstances Mr. Addy can be counted upon as a winner. At any rate he is a stayer, and in the com ing open road race will give some of those who expect to win a hard fight for it. The prospects for a most interesting three days at tennis at the. Pittsburg Tennis Club grounds this week are excellent. There will be ladies' singles, the first ever held in an open tournament, mixed doubles and other events, and it begins to look as if the entry list would be very large in all of them. There will be about20 ladies in the singles, and assurances have been given that they will represent, amonc other localities, La trobe, Seuicklev, Beaver. Kiskimiuetas, Coiaopolis and Wilkinsburg. It is proba ble that the ladies of the East End. Gyms Mill be represented there, especially those who played winning games at the tourna ment just closed. The committee in charge of afiairs in tends to proide valuable prizes lor the ladies, something that will make it worth vhile to win. Entries will close with Treas urer E. B. Vaill of the club on Wednesday, and th drawings will take place on "Wednckdav evening. Play will commence on Thur.sdav alternoon.at 3 o'clock and the counts from that time on will be devoted to the tournament matches. During the l ast week the courts of the cluo have been filled every moment and it has been developed that the club has not near enough accommodations for all who desire to plav. It is j.roposed, and will probably be carried into effect, to add three courts to the seven making ten in all for next season. In the meantime, after the frojtv air makes ennis impossible, the courts -u ill be flooded and turned into a ,k.itiii: rink. This can be done without much trouble and the central locality of the grounds makes the project more desir able. The Pittsburg tennis club is nothing, if not enterprising aud active. The situation in the County Baseball League has been very iutere'sting of late and remained so untfLlhe pennant was finally settled on the East End Gyms on Friday last. At one stage of the proceed- . ines ft was snrjnosed that nothing could happen that would wrest tne cnampionsnip from the East End Gym's team, but later it transoires that there was a chance for another one or t o of the League clubs to step into the first plant After that there was a suppressed excitement which con tinued vntil the question was settled be vond a doubt by the defeat of the Taren tums at the hands of the Wilkiusburgs in two games on Friday. A matter which is agitating the minds of the Eaft End Gyms is the advisability of remaining in the County League. It has been suggested that it would be a good idea, to form a league with clubs of various ath letic associations in Western Pennsylvania. There are enough of these organizations that possess good ball teams to make a very respectable Blzed league. There is a good deal to be said in favor of this idea, which originates with President Barbons, of the County League. He has always had the interests of the East End Gyms at heart and has made a thorough study of the situa tion, and he is thinking over the matter. If such a league as is proposed is lormed, it will have the result of keeping the lines be tween the amateurs and professionals more strictly drawn, and in consequence will awaken a greater interest among the people who are expected to attend. The past sea- son has been very successful financially for' the East End Gyms, but if the change will make the game more popular it is more than Kkely that it will be made. The "Wilkinsburg Athletic Association will hold its tennis tournament on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday of this week, and as the time draws near increased interest is manifested by the focal players. The courts at Athletic Park are constantly in use by the lovers of the game, some of the late , comers during the afternoons and evenings having wait their turns. Nor is the in terest in the event limited to the expectant contestants, but the maiden effort of the successful association is discussed as much by the people of "Wilkinsburg at large as by the players themselves. The entries will not be limited to the membership of the association, but open competition by all resident players of the town has been invited, and the tournament will decide the championship of Wilkins burg; the contest will he exceedsngly inter esting, as a long list of entries have ex pressed their intention of participating, and some of the number stand high among the most expert wielders of the racquet in this vicinity. The original plan has been some what modified by the committee in cbarze, one clianze being their decision to offer prizes to the winners and their opponents in each event; a choice selection of trophies has been made, many of them pertinent to the game, any one of which will be well worth the effort ot winning. The date for closing' the entries has been extended to Monday evening, and the purchase of the prizes will be attended to soon afterward, when they will be placed on exhibition in one of the principal windows on "Wood street, Wilkinsburg. Amateur athletics have been a marked success in "Western Pennsylvania during the present season. Their growth in popu larity has been wonderful. The active movement came at a very auspicious time, professional sports, with'the exception of baseball, having almost 'entirely died out, and many men who do not themselves take active part but seek recreation and relief of mind were ready to give amateur sports their hearty support. Be it said, that to (he Allegheny Athletic Association, famili arly known as the "Three A's," largely be longs the credit of their growth. As early as 1881 a number of well known young men formed an amateur baseball team, among theni being Charles A Paintor, O. l. Thomp son, C. M. Kevmer, W. J. Patton, Henry Oliver, Gcorgo E. Painter, John Moorhead, In, C A. Boot, John G. Oliverand James W. Gray. This team Is said to have had the clean record of never having met defeat, although they played many games. It was also about this time that O. D. Thompson and John Moorhead, Jr., who still maintained their college enthusiasm, organ ized two iootball teams, which played legu laily for several years, orinclnally between themselves, their being no other local teams. It is tor this reason and very Jnstlv so that they have become knonn as the "fathers of Rugby football in Western Pennsylvania." Later, an evening exercise club, composed of the samo men, formed the "Four Aces," wlilc.i practiced in the old Rcctcation Park. In the fall of 1590, the football players of this association banded themselves to gether us the "Pittsouig Alumni" and plaN ed, anions others, games with the Do troit Athletic Club. It is piobably -due to thrseg unes which brought tho matter to the minds of many men that tho perma nent organization of the Allegheny Athletic Association was ultimately effected. On March 17, 1SJ1. .1 charier was gran ted the As sociation by the Court of Common Pleas of Allcghony cou'ity, the Incorporators helm; John Moorhead, Jr., Charles A. Painter, P. A. Lloyd, Henry Oliver, John C. Oliver, O.D. . honipson, V. J. F.itton and E. U. DMi?on, and t i.e purpose ol the foru ation of tho As sociation being the "advancement, improve ment and protection or amateur athletes on water and on land, and the promotion of social intercourse among its membeis." During the present year over 300 new members have been elected, Including many or the prominent citizens of the tiro cities. Ity its activity tho A. A. A. has secured a team of at least 30 athletes, each of whom can make a croditablo peiforinance in ono or more events. The baseball team has lost but four games out of 20 played, and tennis has not been neglected. Within a few weeks the football team si 111 again begin the sea son and a good schedule of games may be looked for. Tne "Blue Keystone" buttons, n orn on tho lapel o' the coat, can be seen on every hand in Pittsburg and speak well for the class or the Association's members. A committee Is now at work looking around for a hnuso to bo used temporarily until the completion of, the gymnasium and club, house, work upon which will likely he be gun in the spiiug. 'Ihe A. A. A. has gained in enviable reputation in the athletic world and another season's work will place them still mrther to the Iront, Within the past week or two another tennis organization has come into promi nence the Oakland Tcrraco Tenuis Club. It has just finished a tournament and can now be considered as a regularly established club. Although it has been in oxlstenco for some time it has never come to the front, and this tourney is but the opening wodgo the pre liminary round, so to speak, lie. ore the next Si-ason opens it will increase the num ber ot its court and provide other accom modations alwnyi to le found attached to tennis clubs. Once provided with tlvo or six or more courts it will be prepared to give open tournaments, which is one of the intentions. Its mo.ubors are all enthusiasts. Sotno of them are excellent pl.ij ers and others give pi omlse of becoming experts with the racket. Next season they do not proooso to remain hidden, but will parllcipite in all the open tournevs, especially thoso of greatest importance. In the meantime, it lsptoposcd to extend the membership. There are applications for admission vow on tho lists and many others have am.ounced their Intention of applying for membership. The success of tho under tauing is not a matter of question. It Is assuied. On the other side of the pond Miss Lottie Pod I10M9 the English championship anion? the lady players, and Miss May Lang ris'.ic, who halls .Tom County Kilkenny, the samo county that produced our Miss Cnhlll. come next in fame. Miss Cnhlll never met Miss DodL but oil several occasions has playsd with Miss L-ngrislic That was lour vears nzo and since then Miss Calilll has l-cii steadily imp-ovlng. Lottie Dod was only !7. whon in l(W6Mie wrested-the tennis championship from Miss Maud Watson nt Bath. She has held tho prize a.alnst all comers since then. She is a daughter of the Mas May Lingrishe. V. '!PHE lato Joseph Dod, of Lower Behlngton, near Birkenhead. So tall and muscular is she, that lor a vear after her llrst viotory It was current scandal that Miss Lottie was a boy masquerading in girls' oiothes. Miss May Lauuiisho is a daughter of Sir James Lang rishe, Bart., of Knoctopher Castle, County Kilkenny, and Thames Ditton, Surrev. She is the winner of countless Irish and English oup, and is a remarkably pretty girl to boot. Her two sisters are also flrst-olass players. Tho East End Gym football team Is now In aetive practice, and games may be ex pected within a couple of weeks. Mr. Bar hour, who has arrangements In hand, is in communication with some of the best ama teur teams of tho country, and will shortly announce a series of games. Tbo Gym team will be stronger this year than last. It has more aood material to select from and to fall back upon in case o the illness or ab sonee or players, so that It may be said to be in good shape. It is expected that games will be arranged ith the Lehigh team, the Cleveland team and several others of eqnal merit. Horace J. Hill. WfccMtlmeti's Mhlspera. Will and Paul Myler are in training for tho road race. Mn. Pettioobd will ride from Martinsburg to Non market to-day on his seventh century. The Allegheny Cyclers are off on a century run to-day over the Butler course to Harmony. J. P. Baku will be in the open road race and intends to be in among the first on the home stretch. Paul Xelsow, who won the Keystono Clnb 15-mile road race, intends to win the open race if he can. W. M. MoCullooh is training hard for the road race., He will see that his chain is in order this time. James G. Fawcett, one of the East End ridei s, was married on Thursday to MiaS Horron, of Herron Hill. E. L. Baiuue, Ed Trautman and Harry Fry were eleoted members of the Allegheny Cyclers during the week. S. F. Carmace thinks he can malce better time nt the coming road race than on the last occasion and he will enter. The Eat End Gym wheelmen will hold a meeting to morrow evening. The first run or the fall will take place this week. At Hartford during the week Georca Banker won three firsts, the open mile, the handicap mile and the two-mile races. W. II. Wilson has increased his speed lately and is going in for one of tbe valua ble prizes of the road race on the 24th. A. C. Ba3kkr was in town on Thursday and Friday. He and his brothers, George and Will, intend to try to make a 2.05 mile on a triplet at Springfield this week. TnEA'lezbeny Cyclers went to McKees port on Friday evening, and with the Mc keesport Cyclers took a rnn to Jacktown, where they supped at Mother Mack's. Mr. HrrrENSTAtx. one of the East End Gvm racers, has gone hack to oollege at Bellefonte where he will ride in racing events and pi ty tackle on the football team. Asioxo the probable entries for the Kev stone open road race are P. V. Myler. J. F. Johnston, Harrv Hagmaler, W. G. White, H. F. Pilgrim and W. S. Power, all of the Key stone Club. . Captais Pettioobd narrowly escaped seri ous injury on Friday last Ho was caught between two wagons near the Court Ho'ise aud badly brulsed. His wheel was nearly a total wreck. The Allegheny cyclers intended to give medals to those who made 1,000 miles this season, but this idea has been abandoned, and instead a medal will be given to the one making the most miles. So far Louis Miller has the biggest record for the season, S,000 miles, but Pettlcord, with 2,603, is not lar behind. ' Tennis Tonrnalettes. The first open ladies' tournament this week. Mr. Moorhead will be in the mixed doubles this week. Dr. Haines will be beard from in the open tourneys next season. There were" four courts in use at the East End Gym tourney last week. The Pittsburg Tennis Club courts have been full every day this week. The tournament at Wilkinsburg will be one of the events of the season. Arthur Pier will take a hand in the tour nament with a lady in the mixed doubles. The East End Gyms Intend to enter their best players in the open tourneys next sea son. J. W. Pakeer has Improved his game lately and has cone up several classes in rank. Latrobe and Beaver will each have lady representatives in the open tournament this week. The Oakland Terrace Tennis Clnb will add several courts to the two it already pos sesses this winter. It is expected that over 20 ladles will he entored in the open tournament commenc ing Thursday, this week. D. H. Barr plays a good game, as also does his brother. With another season's prac tice they will be in the first class. Mis Potter and Miss Thompson, of Wil kinsbnrg, will probably enter in the Pitts burg Tennis Club tourney this week. Tns ladies of the Pittsburg Tennis Club have not been heard of much so far this season, but they will como to the front this neek. Miss Bashes played in hard luck last week. She can do better than she did, and Is one of the East End Gyms' enthusiastic players. Miss Voi'oht and Dr. Proetor make a stiongteara. They had a hard fight with Miss Potter and Mr. McClaren yesterday, thnngh, a lull account of which appears else wheie. As international ladies' tourney Is among the possibilities ot next season. In the en tries will proDably le found Miss Cahlll,Mlss Butler and Miss Roosevelt, or the United States, and Miss Lottie Dodd, Miss May Langrishe and Mrs. HUlyard, of England. HE WW0BK FOE T0BPED0ES. ' The Ballroad Companies TTse Them Fre quently as a Means of Safety. "The railroad companies omit no precau tion to secure the safety of their passengers and trains, and for this purpose the use of torpedoes and iusees has become almost uni versal. Torpedoes are used on many occa sions, as when(there is a wreck, a broken bridge or piece of track Tendered dangerous by landslides or water," says a writer in the St. Louis Olobe-Democrat "On some-roads the rule is for the flagman to fix a torpedo on the rail in the direction from which the coming train is expected, then he walks 400 or 600 yards ' further on and places another, afterward stationing himself about half way between the two. The engineer of the oncoming train strikes the first torpedo and at once reduces speed in expectation o.f striking another. When he docs so" he stops as quickly as possible and backs his train to the waiting flagman in order to ascertain what is the matter. The fusees are used to warn following trains of the dangerous proximity of a train in front. "The fusee is a specie of firework which burns with an intensely bright light.illumi nating the entire landscape for 200 or 300 yards in every direction. It is affixed to an arrow-shaped point, lighted and thrown off the rear ot a moving train. The point sticks in' the ground and the fusee burns, if for a ireight train 5 minutes, if for a ..passenger 10, the passenger fusees being designed to burn twice ns long as those used by Ireight trains. If a train, for instance, is delayed by a rain or log, and the conductor knows another train is following close behind, he lights and throws ofl iusees every half mile. The engineer of the oncoming tram dare not run by a burning fusee, and so is obliged to wait till it .burns out, and even then runs very -canonaly, knowing that a train is immediately in his front." Miss Lottii Dod. prrr8BUKG5FDIBPA.TOH. LO, THE P00R.INDIAN ! See How Bis Untutored Hind Reels Off an Epistle of Love! ADTICE TO HIS SON IN COLLEGE. Must Kot OTtrdo tbe Matriculation Busi ness as Times Are Hard. THE BED MAN'S BRIGHT STAR OF HOPE pntlTTEK OR THE DISPATCH.! The following letter from a Pawnee In dian who lives near the Cherokee . Strip, a small territory so called because the Cherokees used to go there for that purpose, is banded to me by mail with a request that I will be kind enough to edit and oorrect it, and then, if thought best, allow It to fall into the hands of the press. The letter is written by an Indian, somewhat advanced in years, to his son, who is attending the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa., and shows so much humanity, even in the bronzed bosom of the stoical warrior, that there can cer tainly be no harm in publishing it: "Chebokee Stbip, Aug. 20. "My Deak Son We got your letter last week regarding your matriculation fee, but I could not answer till I bad went to town and found out uhat it was. That took time, and besides I met a number of old friends who was with me in the late war when, as you remember, the Pawnees seceded from the United States. We met in town and passed the time of day, after which wo went to the drug store and opened a bottle of pain killer, and I was late getting home. Your mother says that you must not overdo this matriculation business, as times here are not very plenty. Should Touch the Whits Feather. "If I had knew that education comes so high, and had ot been told about this matriculation business when I was East to see the White Father, I would have I touched him for aid. He was very kindly towaru me auu wisueu fcu kuuw wnair no could do for my people. I said that we wished to know more of the white man's religions, and which one of them was the best We have made it a business, as you know, to ask the different White Fathers at Washington this question, so that we might know, and their answers have been different. So we still grope in darkness. "I note what yon say regarding the band, and trust that you shall learn to play upon it it you can have a suitable uniform and buy an orpheclyde. You know how anx ious I am to see you get an education, and that I shall try to keep you in funds if pos sible, but it worries me at first to do it, be cause you know what a poor farmer I am. The Indian, however, sufTers, but he does not weep. He can endure anguish, but he disdains to cry like a woman. I am an aged hemlock; so is yeur mother. Possibly some day when you get educated you may re deem yourpeople. You may be the Moses ot our race. In the future you may get a position in a bank, and then times with my people will not be so scarce as they are now. Xiearn Bow to Tarn the Jarlc "I want you to learn all the languages and to spell the hardest word, as did Bruno Demi-Johnson, who went to the Indian school at Haskell and is writing this letter for me. Learn also to respect the laws of the land in which you live and how to turn a jack from the bottom of the pack without ostentation. . "I shall try to meet your demands for means to persecute your studies to the bit ter end. I have had no advantages myself, but nature endowed me richly with a mas sive brain, and no man ever outclassed me except your mother, and that was when I had my skates on, as you say at college, having been out the night before brooding over the wrongs of my people. "I want you to become familiar with the laws of your country, so that you can keep out of jail and not plead guilty, as I did in Kansas City once, not knowing then that it was customary to plead not guilty and then let the other side find out whether you are so or not. If I bad my life to live over again I would get a classical education and keep store in Kansas, dealing in drugs, paints, oils, dystufls, toys, notions and stomach bitters for mechanical purposes. A Few Tolnters on Astronomy. "Try to stndy economy along with your other branches, as I hate to beet the old cow before cold weather, and the calf is too small to turn into a money order yet Learn all the languages, as I say, 10 that you can talk as well with a foreigner from New York as you can with an American. Learn astronomy. I am most 60 years of age aud did not know till yester day that the sun is 92,000,000 ot miles from here. These things are pathetic when you como to think, about it There was no one near to tell me when I was a lad that it would take a train of cars 2C3 years to go to the sun, even if there was no accidents. I was a giddy young thing and thought only of the present To go fishing as soon as the law was up was my delight, and to lead an outdoor lit was the thing that my physician thought best for me at the time. So I did not know until recently that it took 50,000 yearB for the light of a star to reach the earth, and even then that it does not amount to much. "I grew np wild and free.and would have laughed to see the man who could overtake aud matriculate me. Look at Alexander the Great! I did not know'that he studied elocu tion without Aristotle. I did riot know that an educated man could take the tariff, for instance, and use it as an excuse for leading an immoral life. The Krfinrmnts of tho East, "But I was left to rnn wild, as it were, making laces at people in the spring-time ol life and now in the autumn of ny days my name is Dennis. Here on the Cherokee Srip I am all the time brought in contact with inferior people who have never been East Since I have been East myself I cau see how rough and coarse we are here in the West. We are tamest aud open-hearted, but we lack refinement "We had a little merrymaking here when I got home from Washington, D. C Fungus Tamarac, a Brule Sioux who is spending the summer with us', drank a bottle of iodine that I got in Pittsburg for my rheumatiz. Those who opened him with suitable ex ercises said that on the inside he looked like a Mardy Graw, what ever that is. "I want you to become refined and get good manners. The Government will pay for tbe bulk of your education, but I want yon also to learn etiquette and roulette while East. Our table manners, too, here on the Cherokee Strip are very tart and tacky, I find. Even Ijtack Hawk, tbe great orator, while dining vjuh Lord Baltimore, I am told, put sugar and cream on his olives Coming Home With a Friend. SUNJAX SEPTEMBER 11. - and blew the pits across the room at a mark. It is such things as these that have kept the Indian back and induced people to hesitate about Inviting him to the annual dinner of the bong tong. How Sitting Bull Cork'd Hlms-lf. "Sitting Bull was just beginning to ob tain sooial recognition at Washington when in reaching across the table one day at the White House to help himself to the Presi dent's kummel he dragged the corner of his Pullman blanket through the butter by mistake, and then, with a merry laugh wiped it on his hair. This afterward im bfttered his whole Hie, and he hardly wept out anv more after that, regarding lifo at the capital as hollow and artificial "It has been the unfortunate history of our eminent red men that whenever their talents have thrown them into good society they have almost universally corked them selves. Look at Bed Shirt, in Paris, and Poor Dog, in London. It is but a repeti tion ot our sad history as a people. Bed Shirt during the engagement ol the Wild West show in France was invited to dine with President Carnot aod Ferdinand de Lesseps pronounced de Les scps at the restaurant of Brabant, the French Del monico, and when the pale green pistache ice cream came on, and the finger bowl, Bed Shirt, the great warrior, who looks almost exactly like Napoleon, the first Emperor, in order to Bhow Carnot and his gang that he had traveled and observed a great deal, evidently took the ice cream brick for a cake of castile soap and bathed with it freely in the finger bowl, coming out after awhile to run along the bank and restore his circulation. Sacrifices for lb.1 Sake of His Son. "My dear son, the Indian nation has suf fered on account of these things, for they Jet into the papers and hurt us. You must earn not only the habits of the Medes, the Persians and the Free Will Baptists, but how to 'hold vour knife at table. That is what you are there for. That is what I am beefing tbe old cow for. That is what I am going to wear your old baseball suit near to me this winter for. That is why your mother weeps at night and wears your pajamas by day. "Poor Dog'hurt his people as much in England as Black Hawk did us good by his speeches. He was invited to dine in the royal grounds, they tell me, and while the party was strolling through the grounds, the "Queen having been frightened by a mouie, Poor Dog, thinking to show his gallantry, gave chase to the mouse, .and when he caught it under the chair of the Princess Alexandria ate it to show Her Majesty that there was no deception about it "These matters of history connected with the rise and fall of the red man give me a pain in the neck. You may redeem your people, my son, and astonish these pilgrims who came here to our country because they couldn't make a living in Europe, and who now ask us to work for them aud take an order on the store. Not Wealthy bnt Has Crrdlt "As I said at the beginning, I am an aged hemlock. In my limbs the katydids and the" wild'woodtick nestle. To you I look for the' redemption of our race. You can do it if you will. Come home prepared to pull the Pawnee out of his hole and emanci pate him. The Government will aid you. So will L I am not wealthy, but my credit is good. "When do you have to pay another matriculation fee? Let me know in ad vance, because I have to hustle sometimes to make it If you see any of the Govern ment I wish yon would say that it is about time some one from our place should visit the White Father at Washington, and re maining in Washington five or six weeks to lay before him the wrongs of my people, and get a few more of those Cove oysters which go-so far toward brightening uu our sad lives here on tho Cherokee Strip. Sends Simple and Untutored Love. "Let your habits be above reproach. Be industrious. Be hopeful and respect your self. Obey the rules of your school, and vet do not underestimate yourself. Remem ber that the same hand which made the great world and hung it in the air, with the day on one side and the night on the other forever and ever, created also the Indian not taxed. -IYour mother sends hersimple.untutorcd lore, and so also does "Yotjk Father " The above letter, even though dictated and nfterward carefully edited bv a schol arly hand, would indicate iat the Indian has never been fully understood. One of these strange people tried a little over nine years ago to make himself under stood to me, but could not get near enough, he olaimed, to do so. BiLii Nye. ANTIPATHIE8 OF BTEONG MEH. Words and Sights Which Malts Many a. nigh-plrited Sonl Shudder. London Illustrated News. A great deal has recently been said upon the discomposure of our Commander in Chief in Malta at the presence of a cat This is no novelty, for some of the bravest and most distinguished men the world has ever seen have entertained a similar antip athy. The Emperor Ferdinand would bleed at the nose if he heard a cat mew. Henry IIL, of France, and the Duke of Schomberg had similar weaknesses. This dislike to the gentlest and most domestic of animals is unaccountable. But there have been mnch stronger aversions. Erasmus, though he lived at Rotterdam, was thrown into a fever if he" smelt fish. Joseph Scaliger had a perfect horror of milk. Cardan grew sick at the sight of eggs, however fresh. TJladislans, King of Poland, was similarly affected if he saw an apple. Boyle could not listen to tho sound of water running through a pipe; his house was probably unprovided with the newest improvements. La Mothedo Vayer could not endure music, though "he took the liveliest pleasure in thunder." John Kol of Alcantara would swoon if he heard the word lana (wool) pronounced, though he had no objection to the material itself. The author of "The Turkish Spy" tells us he would rather meet a lion face to face than feel a spider crawling over him in the dark. This he humorously attributes to transmigration: "Before I came into my present body," he says, "perhaps I was a fly." This is quite as reasonable nn explan ation of his antipathy as can be given for tmv of them. Even Shakespeare,, though he gives several examples of this riddle, offers no solution of it "I take pleasure in recommending Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera nnd Diarrhoea Kemedy," savs George C. Bankston, ol Mill Creek, III "It is the best medioine I have ever used for diarrhoea. One dose will cure any ordinary case." For sale by druggist. Wnpaok, haul and store furniture; clean, dry warehouse! charges reasonable- HAuaa & Keemak, S3 Water street Lould Not Get Near Enough. . -1892. t NOTES AMD QUERIES. The Moon noax and Other Extrava gant Jokes of the Newspapers. ORIGIN OP A POPULAR BALLAD. The Drink Known as a Cocktail Was In vented by an Irishwoman. PROPHECIES OF MOTHER SHIPTON rWRtTTEV FOB TUE ntSPATCH.1 The "moon hoax," of whioh we hear 10 much in these days of astronomical dis cussions, consisted of a description purport ing to be taken from the Edinburgh Journal of feienca ot July, 1835, ot discoveries al leged to have been made by Sir John Herschel, at the Cape of Good Hope, dur ing the preceding winter. It told, of bis discovering living beings on the moon, de scribed their habits as seen through the telescope and gave a picture of the scenery of the moon. It was printed in the New York Sun of August 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 31, 1835. It turned out to have been written by Bichard Adams Locke, a writer on tbe Sun, noted for his humor. Some years later he wrote another hoax, likewise published in the Sun. "The Lost Journals of Mungo Park" Park having been an African explorer, who died in Africa in 1805, whose journals, never recovered, were supposed to contain record of many interesting discoveries. Hoaxes have not been uncommon in the newspapers of this country. Among the more famous of them may be mentioned the "bogus proclamation" of President Lin coln, a stock-jobbing operation rather than a clever hoax, published in May 18, 18G4; the account of the breaking loose of the animals in the Central Park menagerie, published in the Hcrahl of that city in 1872, and the New York Stm't bogus account of the intention to take the Jtman Colossenm to Chicago, published last year. We are not counting 'news-fakes" as hoaxes. I heard a ballad recently called "Robin Adair, "said to be of Scotch origin: can you tell me anything about it? E. A. W. There are two stories connected with this old song; one relating to the music, the other to the words. The song is not Scotch, though Burns wrote some words to the same air; it is Irish. Bobert Adair was a young Irish physician&known in London in the early part of the last century as "the fashionable Irishman." He met Lady Caroline Keppel, daughter of the Earl of Albemarle, at the house of a lady ot fash ion who had brought him to London as her physician. The young people fell in love, but the Earl of Albemarle tried to prevent a marriage by separating them. While she was at Bath. Lady Caroline wrote the song "Robin Adair," to a plaintive Irish melody which her lover used to sing. The Earl finally allowed the lovers to marry. Their married life was short, though happy; Lady Caroline died after bearing her hns band three children; and in memory of her he wore mourning all the rest of his life, except on birthdays of the King and Queen, when he had to appear at court in lull dress. The music is th'at of the Irish song "Eileen Aroon" Ellen my love. This is said to have been composed under the following circumstances: Carrol O'Daly and Ellen Cavanagh were children, and grew up together; and the result Ellen's lather insisted on her marrying a wealthier man, and on the wedding day gave a great feast Carrol came 'disguised as a harper; and played and sang this song, which he had composed. Ellen contrived to make her father, the bridegroom and all the gnests intoxicated; then she and Carrol rode away and were married. Besides Burns' words to this air, a Mr. St Leger, an Irishman, wrote a drinking song to the same melody. nas the United States any colonies what ever? IaDiAir. We have one or two outlying portions of territory, which are not quite colonies. Alaska is the principal of these; and that has now a territorial government The outlying islands off California are inhabited, but they belong to California and are in cluded in her county boundaries. Navassa, a guano island in the Caribbean Sea, is our only real colony. Under the laws of tbe United States guano islands may be taken possession of by American discoverers; and so Navassa was annexed to this country. There is no local government, nor is the island treated as tbe British treat their island of Ascension; they consider it as a man-of-war, and it has a captain, a pay master and a surgeon. Our colony is con sidered and treated as a ship at sea; crimes committed on it are within the jurisdiction of the United States conrts, the prisoners beinir treated as mutineers. We have had for many years a concession from the chief of Samoa tor a coaling station, ana we nave sent a naval officer out to those islands to locate it This may give us a second colony which mav be put under man-of-war rule, as it will be a naval station. Please give me a cure for warts. PniLrp. There are almost as many "cures" for warts as there are weather sayings. Take a ham bone, with a little meat remaining on it, aud rub the warts with it; then bury the bone. As the meat decays the warts will dry np; and finally there will be neither meat nor warts left Burn a letter written in ink on a saucer, and blow away the ashes; a yellow, oily matter will remain. Anoint the warts with this several times a day until they disappear. Tie some peb bles up in a bag with a piece of silver money, and throw the bag in the road; who ever finds the bag and keeps the money will get the warts also. Steal a piece of meat, .J -.. li . Al ." t.a VfeiM& ij. a rtA Bn aou use it as mo nam uuuc x n ud uoow, the meat must be stolen to be efficacious, and no one must see you steal it or bury it Tbe juice pi the milkweed is a cure for warts; so is lunar caustic, applied to them repeatedly. They may be removed by the use of a fine file; or a thread may be tied tightly around the wart, which will dry up and drop off in a few days. The last three "cures" we 'consider tbe best Don't waste time on the others. Who was "Mother Shipton." and is there any truth in nor prophecies? C. D. W. Mother Shipton was an English fortune teller, who lived during the reign of Henry VIIL Her prophecies were published first in tbe reign of James L They are dis jointed remarks, full of mystical, or what is intended o be mystical conceits. Mother Shipton foretold the death ol Cardinal Wol sey and of other persons, and seems to have made a good many lucky hits, but in many points she slippe'd up. For instance, she prophesied that when the dragon on Bow Street Church the church whose bells create eockneys and the cock on St. Dun stan's Church laid down together, the end of the world would be at hand. The dragon and the cock laid side bjr side in a wood carver's shop in London in 1881; that was eleven years ago, and the end of the world hasn't been reported yet What is tho origin of the word "cocktail?" A.A.T. The drink was invented and the name ap plied to it by Elizabeth Flanagan, the Irish wile of an Irish soldier who died during the Revolution. She then became a sutler, and fol lowed a troop of Virginian horse, which in 1779 wintered at the Four Corners, between White Plains and Tarrytown, in Westches ter county, N. Y. Betsjr Flanagan set np a hotel, which the American and French officers frequented. They would come In alter a night at the card table for a "brac er," and Mistress Flanagan would provide them with a drink that; made them feel as "fresh as a cock's tail." In time the com pound received the name by which it is now known. Elizabeth Flanagan is deal; the Four Corners has twice changed its name, first'to Hall's Corners, and now to Elmsford, hut tbe cocktail e still have with us. ' What battles of the Ilevolntionary War have been commemorated with public cen tennial celebrations? C H. B. We think that all the battles have been celebrated publicly with more er less dis play. The principal centennial celebrations were of these battles: Lexington, Mass., April 19, 1875; Bunker Hill, June 17, 1875; Fort Moultrie, June 28, 1876; Long Island, August 27, 1876; White Plains, October 28, 1876; Harlem Plains or Fort Washington, New York City. November 16, 1876; Tren ton, December" 26, 1876; Princeton, January 3, 1877; Bennington, August 16, 1877; Brandy wine, September 11, 1877; Saratoga, October 17, 1877; Mommouth, June 28, 1878; Wvoming, July 4, 1878; Savannah, Decem 29," 1878; Camden, S. C, August 16. 1880; Cowpens, Januarv 17, 1881; Guilford, March 15, 1881; Fo'rt Griswold, Conn., Sep tember 6. 1881,; Eutaw Springs, September 8, 1881; Yorktown, October 17. 188L Whnt is meant by "Dutch standard sugar?" Ball. Dutch standard sugar is sample raw sugar, sent out each year by the German Government In color the sugar ranges from verv dark to white; each shade is num bered, and the different shades are put up so that they will not be affected by temper ature or light Baw sugars are compared with the standard samples, and graded ac cordingly. The dividing line beta een raw and refined sugar is No. 13; all sugars. over 13 D. S. are refined sugars. L What law school in this countrv Is con sidered the best? 2. Give particulars as to the examination for admission to the bar in this eity. 3. Is there prospect or a law school in Pittsburg? B. L There are many good law schools. Perhaps that ot the University of Pennsyl vania at Philadelphia is best for students intending-to practice in this State. 2. Ap ply to Percy Digby, law librarian, at the Court House. & There is talk of a law school in connection with Western Uni versity. It is only talk thus far Mr. A. E. Alibright writes from Canton, O., taking exceptions to the London letter of Henry Tuckley in last Sun fay's issue. The letter was made up ot the statements of labor leaders as to the wages of clerks. Mr. Alibright speaks especially of the shoe trade, and says: I can stato as a positive fact that in not one of the six largest towns nnd cilis of England in which I worked were le wages paid then $7 50 to $15 a week .or 57 hours. When necessary to work longer our wases increased accordingly. The above Azures may appear comparatively small but It mnt he remembered that $10. or in En glish money is virtually equiva.eut to $la in American money. Total AbAtlnenoa Sfotpn. The total abstainer has a good start on the cholera. H. C Deeds Is working up the pledge cards in the Hill district State Organizes P. W. Jotoe is a candi date for legislative honors. Jlisa Callahan, of the I. If. A., has devel oped Into a newspaper correspondent. TnE Father Mathew Association will shortly resume Its semi-monthly sessions. Tns Literary Committee is preparing a new circular on tho children's pledge cards. Robert J. West, the efficient Secretary at Irwin, anticipates a lively campaign this winter. 'lliss Joatt McElbebrt, of Dnncnn, has been a great factor In circulating the school children's pledge card." It may ba surprise to some people to know that many of the priests in the C. T. A. TJ. are pronounced Prohibitionist?. It Is n matter of Inquiry how many mem bers or the Pittsburg a T. A IT. will vote for Bid well, the Prohibition candidate for President TnE Xlerans had quite on enthusiastic meeting last Sunday; Speeches were deliv ered by Messrs. J. McCann. Thomas Kelly and others. A HEW LIQHTIHQ SCHEME. The Electric lamps Which Are to I' Inmlnntn Fifth Avennr, N. w l'nrlc. New York is rejoicing in the fact that Fifth avenue is to be better lighted. Old- fashioned gas lamps have been used there, but now tbe Edison Company has a contract for lighting the great thoroughfare. A new style of electric arc light, designed for use on alow tension circuit, will be used. The lamp is the invention ot E. Bergmann, Presi dent of the New York Electric Equipm e n t Company. The voltage of the current required to produce a light of about 1,000 candle power is but 110. A current of so low a ten sion as that is not a menace to life, and the lamps may be handled and trimmed with im punity by any one. Fifty poles will be erected at intersecting streets from Washing ton Park to Flftv-ninth The Propoitd Lampt. street, and on each ol tbe poles will be two of the new lamps. Contracts for the manufacture of the poles, which are to be of cast iron, about 20 feet high, have been made. They will be orna mental, as will also the lamps with which thev will be surmounted. These will have artistic brass finishings and ground glass globes of special design. There will be no disfiguring wires, the cable being intro duced from the Edison Company's subway. The hollow ot the poles contains a counter poise, by which the lamps may be lowered for trimming or repairs. The lamps on each pole are independent of those on every other pole. The lamps can he controlled either from the central station or at tbe base of the pole, which is fitted with a looked door, the keys to which are kept by the illuminating company's officials. These lamps are to be paid for at the rate ot 50 cents a night for two. i ' ''WOHTH A GUIKL'A A VOX." A Vox of BEEGWS PILLS r.An.titntrs 1 fjimll mfidi-S cmo cas&t. y Stele ITrad-i ache, irxkS Stomach, 2 Zosscf Ap-Jb jittxte, Wlnni andPainint tTieStomneh. , , Fiinnan,Swemnj aftermenJt.ZHninrtfA IZrtlt. Shartn nf TCiMfTi fVitf.'tilfXff. Blotehta on th Skin. DUturbed Sleep and alt nervnUM and trembling tenta tlont are rrttevod by using Otcse IHUi COYsred with a Tastelost and Soluble Csating Of 11 dnjti-IHs. PrieS3eentboi. new nor uopot. 8 J. Canal Ht. ; rsrTv TAx-.AJ,7S S32 FU 'G1UKB A cure for riles. External, lnternxl. Blind. Wee Int and Itching. Chronic. Recent or Hereditary. Tills remsdr has positively nerer been Known to fait II a box. e for $5. by mall. A jrusrsntee given with six boxes, when nnrrhaied at one time, to re fund the H If not enrcd. tuned br EMII. G BTOCKT, Draitlit Wholesale nd Itetall Azeat. Xos.1401 and 1701 Penn htc. corner vile are. aad Tclton it. Plttibarg. P. Use Stacky'. UUrrbas Cramp Care. 3 and SO cU. Jsl-Ocod T &u'? ' . lifea, WJll I' I fill -w&ijx WSI BSADDOCK'3 SCHOOLS. A Kew Bnlldin? to B3 Dedicated W Great Cernony To-Day. The new Hamilton school building, West Braddock, named in honor of Coun Superintendent Hamilton, will be de cated to-day, and preparations ha been made for an elaborate celebratit The ceremonies will include a parat dedicatory exercises, presentation of val able emblems and a reception in tbe eve Insr. The arrangements are in charge o general committee of three members ea. from Braddock Council No. 299 and Mono gahela Council No. 122, Jr. a U. A. I The merchants have consented to clo their stores at noon, the occasion will I made a holiday and the citizens general! will participate in the exercises. Mary: "Why have you taken th bottle of Carlsbad Sprudel Salt fror my washstand? You know I want in the morning, or I will suffer fror indigestion and headache all day." Every woman can lessen the nun: ber and frequency of her headache by assisting nature by natural means The Carlsbad Sprudel Salt, which i evaporated from the natural waters o Carlsbad, taken early in the morn ing, before breakfast, and, if neces sary, at bedtime, will supply thes means. Be sure to take the "genuine," which has the signature of "Eisner Z Mendelson Co.," Agents, and Im porters of Mineral Waters, 6 Barcla St., New York, on every bottle, st MEDIC II. 'DOCTOR WHITTiER 81 JENN AYESTJE. PITTSBURG, PA. 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