riaa && SkyTHE PITTSBURG-' - DISPATCH. . SUNDAYf ' SEPTEMBER -18. " . 1892." A REV1EW0TSP0RTS. Reasons Wij Jame3 J. Cor- T)ett Is Not the Champion Pugilist of the World. SULLIVAN AS A FIGHTEB. A Talk About the Recent Glove Contests Down at New Orleans. PROSPECTS OF OTHER BATTLES. Interesting Features of the Kace for the League Pennant. niKLAS'S LATE CHALLENGE TO SCULL All interest in the recent big glove con tests aUNew Orleans has not died yet by any means. The truth is that during the week just ended there has been just as much talk about Corbett and Sullivan as ever there was. "What I had to say about the three contests did not get into print Ian week, and even at the risk of being "Vhestnutlv," I propose to pay something about the New Orleans events to-day. Before going into any details, let me first discuss the status of the three contests, and I do this so that correspondents will cease diking so many questions on the matter. S.nce the big battle Corbett has been heralded all over the country as the cham pion of the world. I emphatically declare 'that he is no such thing, and there is some reason tor saying that he is not a champion nt alL Sullivan never defeated a foreign champion nor has Corbett. But Sullivan won the title of America in a bjna fide fashion by defeating Evan and Kilrain. These contests were tought under the recog nized rules ot championship contests, and Corbett has certainly not won his title under ench rules. Everybody connected with the Corbett and Sullivan event declared belore it took place that it was a glove contest, and as such it will go on record. If it-was a glove contest, then it certainly was not a bare knuckle battle for the championship of the American prize rine, and it this is true. I Jail to tee wny John L. Sullivan is still not the real champion of the United States, although beaten iu a glove contest by Cor bett. But putting this line of argument to one side, there is not the shadow ot a reason for i-aying that Corbett is champion of the world and those who announce him as such ore simply trying to deceive the public And I also claim that the contest between Myers and McAuliffe was not a champion h:n one; indeed, there could not possibly be env honor of the kind connected with it. It is an absuiditv to talk about two men, each weighing more than 137 pounds, fight ing lor the Jishtweight championship. Both McAuliffe and Myer were lar beyond the Uguiwcignt limit. The Downfall or Sullivan. Tar be it from me to say anything harsh about John L. Sullivan at this'stage of his career, but there are some things that I must say, because his last effort as a pugilist has verified all that I iiave said regarding him Inr years. Readers of these reviews well know that from the first I have argued that Sullivan was an overrated man; in lact, a t ery much overrated man. As a fighter in the ring he has a miserable record and as a glove fighter strength only has been his characteristic. Now, you Sullivan admir ers, do not get agitated because of my say iuc this, because every word of it is true. Somebody will no doubt remind me of the wav m which bullivan downed Mitchell "iaSg'ove contest when both men were at their best. Must certainlv I admit that Sullivan on that occasion had much the bet ter of Mitchell, but entirely because Mit chell endeavored to bet Sullivan nt his on n game, that ot standing up and batter ing away with gloves. Had Mitchell used waiting and dodging tactics there is every reason to believe that he would have ac complished what Corbett did. It is a note worthy lact thai during his entire career, John L. Sullivan has been a failure against scientific men, and I am now more than ever coin inced that had the contest between himself and Dominick McCaffrey been to a finish Sullivan would have beea beaten. B-yond all doubt Sullivan has had the most remarkable career of any pugilistic champion in the history ot the ring. He has been idolized more and done less than any man I know of or have heard of. He nas netted more money than all other champions put together and has had a poorer record tl.an any ot them. Depend upon it, all this is true, and when years have passed future generations will certainly estimate John C Heenan as a much better mtn than John L. Sullivan. Time will wear out all those flimsy and frothy achievements of knocking great big useless people out in one or two rounds sod nothing will be left but the solid record of each man. Does anybody mean to tell me that when Sullivan failed to defeat Mitchell in a prize ring that he could have deiejted the men that Heenan faced? Or that he could possibly have beaten O'BaldwinV Not a bit ot it. For years the public has been laboring under "a delusion regarding John L. Sullivan, and it is natural that the publio leels ill-tempered now that the delusion has been exposed. 1 kuow that I will be reminded of nam ing Sullivan to defeat Corbett. Certainly I did so and I was not so much surprised at Corbett as I was at Sullivan. I had ex pected that the latter would at least do something, but he did nothing. Corbett had nothing to fear and I had expected that lack of pugilistic pluck would have been bis weak point. But there was really noth ing to be afraid of, so that my calculation on that point was entirely upset. My read ers will remember that I plainly stated that if I could convince myself that Corbett was anything like a game man I would name him as a winner. Well, Sullivan's glory has vanished; the idol is shattered, and no pugilist before the world to-day has had more to say than big hearted John It. A more generous man cannot live than he and we must all feel Eorry for him, and if he has deceived the public the public has certainly deceived him by leading him to believe he was some thing he was not. About the New Champion. James J. Corbett will never be one tenth as popular with tbe American people as Sullivan has, but despite that fact Cor bett is a fine fellow, he is a gentleman but he lacks the good-hearted qualities that made Sullivan friends by the thousands. Doubtless Corbett will have a much keener eye to business than Sullivan had and dur ing the next six or nine months it is not likely that Corbett will stop to contest against anybody. He has definitely de clared that he means to make as much money as possible while he has the chance and for this he cannot be blamed. In this respect others before him have set the pace and it seems to me that nowadays no recognition is paid to rules or anything else. The time was when a champion was was compelled to fight a challenger within six mouths. That-rule exists yet but this system of "managers" completely ig nores it. What about this new boxing chsmpion? is the general question from everybody. Let me say that in my judgment Corbett is a very clever man; indeed, one of the cleverest I have seen, but it would not be fair to lorm an estimate of his cleverness, because of what he did in front ot Sullivan. The latter was much too slow to make aux comparison, and what is very important 1 .w Corbett was not hit by Sullivan. Now we cannot form a'correot estimate of a man as a fighter until we see him get damaged in the fray. I have seen men every bit as clever as Corbett, according to size, who were wonderful as long ai their opponents oould not reach them. But things were different when hitting became mutual. It may be that much of Corbett's cleverness will van ish when he is the recipient of tome ood blows. Mark, I only say that it may e. Most assuredly he will not find every body as easy as he found Sullivan; he will meet men who probably will not only stop his leading, but hit him. But, taking everything into considera tion, Corbett is one of the best boxers there has been in this country, and he is quite liable to defeat anybody in a contest under Queensberrv rules. I feel sure that he can defeat Mitchell, because the latter is cer tainly not as good as he was. There was a time when Mitchell and Corbett would have made a great contest, but Mitchell is older now, and his hands are very bad. To be sure, there is lots of talking going on, and Mitchell can hold his own in this respect. But I fail to see how Corbett is going to do himself any good by abusing Charley Mitchell. All the talk about making Mitchell fight or run away is nonsense. I know of no man who is readier to fight than Mitchell if everything is all right. We must not forget that Mitchell faced John L. Sullivan when everybody thought Mitchell was going to certain death. Then Sullivan, just as Corbett is saying now, declared that he wonld "punch the life out of the En glish pup," etc. Sullivan did not do it, and his threats only recoile'l on himself. Probable Big; Glove Contest. But there is a more dangerous man for Corbett than Mitchell and that is Peter Jackson. The latter is regarded by many as the best roan in the world to-day and there is much reason for thinking that he is. At any rate he is so good that Corbett cannot with any reason or lairness continue to call himself'a champion and decline to meet Jackson. This color line is all humbug among fighters, besides Corbett has already contested against the negro. Of course Corbett's recent contest has re called his cantest with Jackson and there is still much diversity of opinion regarding that event. Corbett olaims that he "treated" Jackson and the latter claims the contrary. Corbett claims that he was very sick when he met Jackson and the latter claims that "he had only one leg" when he met Corbett. And so tliey go on. But a day or two ago I did see a copy of a tele gram from Parson Davies to a friend in Cnicago on the day of the Corbett and Jack son contest, urging that Chicago man to bet all he had on Jackson as the latter was in perfect trim. This conflicts with the in jured leg story and if it is true it would seem that it is unsafe to say that Jackson is a better man than Corbett Personally I cannot see how' Jackson can be any cleverer than Corbett. He, Jack son, may beat the new champion in other respectsbut in activity in boxing Corbett is sure to' be as good as Jackson. At any rate there ought to be a contest between the two and if there is it will surely be a re markable one. Goddard also wants to meet Corbett. I may be mistaken but Goddard does not strike me as a man at all likely to defeat Corbett; indeed. I would not be surprised if Goddard entirelv failed to hit Corbett. It is not likely that Goddard and Corbett will contest for a long time. Among the Lesser Lights. Those who journeyed to New Orleans to see the big boxing events saw some very tame work. Probably the closest contest of the three was that between McAuliSe and Mver. It was closer than it appeared to be because just as sure as we live there was a stage where McAulifle was nearly done .'or. But his remarkable generalship pulled him through and he beat quite a plucky little lellow. McAuliffe is on the wane and if he does not leave the ring his Waterloo is not tar off A man with a little more judgment than Myer and just a little quicker would have beaten McAulifle because the latter would not hare been allowed so many rests as he got in the ring. But I am surprised to know how Myer ever got the name of being a first-class fighter. He is a game little chap and that's about all and how in the world lie managed to defeat Jimmy Carroll is a mystery. The contest between Georee Dixon and Skelly wasjust as onesided as that between Sullivan and Corbett. Those instru mental in arranging the contest between Dixon and Skelly ought to think shame ot themselves and those who ever thought that Skelly could defeat Dixon after seeing both men were absolute fools. It is nothing short ot an absurdity to put a novice against a wonderful man like Dixon. Skelly is a good novice and would have made a good showing against little fellows like Siddons or Pierce, but it was an outrage to put him against Dixon as a starter. Dixon is tbe only bona fine world's cham pion to-day, and he Is a wonder. If ever there was what we call a natural fighter he is one, and nobody can defeat him who is not a verv heavy hitter. There is talk of a contest between Dixon and Griffiu, and I am told that the latter has shown up in a trial as good as Carroll, the lightweight. If that is true Dixon may find more than his match, but it is not ljkely that the story is true- Still I am inclined to think that Griffin is the most likely man to deleat Dixon. Features of the Olympic Club. It maybe of interest to say a few words about the club that has become so promi nent lately because of its enterprise. A visitor in New Orleans is very likely to come to the conclusion that the Olympic Club is the only enterprising organization iu the city, and that its great mission is to keep the city before the world. Be this as it may. New Orleans from an every-day commercial standpoint is far from being lively. A city caonot expect to "be in it" nowadays that clings to the old fossilized notion of one-horse street cars, and New Orleans does this. But the Olympic Club is by all odds the best that I ha've seen of its kind. It is far ahead of what the famous Pelican Club, of London, used to be when at its best. One very interesting feature ot the club is the "arena." It is arranged on an excellent plan and there is not mnch difference be tween it and the turf. The ring proper is bedded with a sand of a clayish nature and this is a wonderful improvement on the sawdust notion. Every part of the building is excellently furnished and there is a membership of about 1,200. No institution could have finer gentlemen for officials than the Olympic. I am sure abler and more per fect gentlemen than President WoSl, Secre tary W. D. Boss and Vice President Sporl cannot be found anywhere. Their enter prising and successful policy has made the club. It is certain that no more colored men will appear in theclub'aarrna so that Jack son and Corbett will never box there. The club is anxious to have Mitchell and Cor bett contest in its riug or Slavin and Sul livan, or the latter and Goddard. The Baseball Situation. Baseball has been in the background for a week or two, but it is still flourishing its banners. I have had little or no space to discuss anything about it for sometime and this week I am not in a much better fix. All ot us who take an interest in the national game will be exceedingly pleased to note that the close ot the season promises to be a very satisfactory one. Some of the clubs, to be sure, will lose money and others will make a little. While I am not inclined to discuss at present the pros and cons ol the 13-club league, I am convinced that as long as it lasts there will alwavs be a few clubs that will lose money and it may be they will lose more than they care this year. But onniJe of a few clubs that have made a very had showing almost all the year, the other teams have done admirably; that is, they have made a fine race. It is the closeness of a contest that makes it popular more than anything else and certainly the first six teams in the race have had'a battle royal from start to finish. Considering the closeness of the raee there has not been as much money made as there should have been, and this fact will, I am sure, more than anything else prompt the magnates to reduce salaries as much as wmd possible before next year come round. What the magnates are and are not Inclined to pay ball players for their services is a matter that, I dare say, we have little to do with, but I have always held the opinion and I do so still, that the salary question will regulate itself far better than the' adoption of any uniform rules. And there is another matter worthy tbe attention of the magnates and that is the system of some of their number of curtail ing expenses by fining players unduly. I refer to Yon der Ane. It is a notorious fact that in the most unreasonable way he heavily fines his players and thus pilfers back a large percentage of their salaries. If ever there was a matter demanding in vestigation at the hands of the League tbe case in question is one. The dignity and stability of the League demands it. The Itaco for the Pennant. It looks as if the Cleveland club is going to get the second pennant and if it does I don't expect that anybody will feel sorry. The players of the team have put up a sur prising game simply because as a team they have played as nobody thought they could ever plav. In all departments they have done well and it would probably be ungen erous to particularize any of them. Their good hitting has had as much to do with their success as the work of their pitchers and their fielding and base running have also been factors as big as anything else. Altogether they have played as a team and that means a great deat For a while past the Boston and tbe Pittsburg teams have been having quite a desperate time "f it While I wonld like to see our team land in second place'I will be quite satisfied it they finish in third place. Had Mr. Thomas Burns not demoralized everything connected with the team the latter would have been 'fighting the Cleve lands with desperation now. By all odds we have the best team now that we have ever had in Pittsburg, and for this credit is due the club directors and Manager Buckenberger The liberal and heroic polioy of those who own the club has had its effect, and such like policy will al ways meet with success Aoner or later. The club officials are getting together young players ot merit, and that is the great ele ment of success. Let us all give credit in the heartiest wav possible to those who own and control the club for the success they have attained. Some of the teams in the second half of the season have been disappointing, par ticularly the Brooklyn team. Still there is a distance to go yet, and there is time for plenty of changes to take place. The Professional Scullers. During the last few days Edward Hanlan has caused a ripple in aquatic circles by his talk of challenging Stansburr, the Aus tralian, to row. The latter is champion of the world, and Hanlan states that he will row him in America or England for the title. William O'Connor comes to the front and Takes Hanlan from stem to stern for having the audacity to challenge Stansbury, as he (O'Connor) is the only man who should row him. Gandanr comes to the front and says he will row either O'Connor or Hanlan, and Stansbury is yet to hear from. Hanlan has always been a man of nerve and one ot the finest scullers that ever sat in a boat, but how at this stage of his career he is going to defeat Stansbury I don't know. Hanlan in certainly not as good now as he was 10 years ago, and it is not unreasonable to say that Stansbury is just as good as Hanlan ever was. Certainly Hanlan has a perfeot right to challenge either Stansbury or anybody else, and the talk of O'Connor is only childish. Not only has Hanlan a right to challenge Stans bury, but the latter is at liberty to accept that challenge in preference to any other. Were I Stansbury most assuredly I would choose to row what I thought the slowest man first AH the talk may lead to a race, bnt it is getting late in the' season, Pbikole. A HAKD-WOEKIHG KINO. Social Duties Seem to Claim His Attention More Than Business. Harper's Tonng People. 1 A newspaper writer, speaking of the King of Italy, says that Humbert is'' a tire less worker, and then gives the following as the daily routine of that monarch: When at Kome, says the writer, her rises "very often before 6, and sets to work in his cabi net At 7 he eats a light breakfast, and then until 9 busies himself with his corre spondence. This duty accomplished, he makes such calls as the day's demands re quire, lunches at 1, and later receives his ministers and such others as may have claims on him. In the afternoon he drives ont, and sometimes goes to tbe races. He dines at 7, and this meal, at which the King is present to entertain his guests and not to eat, generally lasts until half past 9. At 10 the King, as a rule, goes tothe opera, where he remains for an hour. At 11 he goes back to his cabinet, and until 1, when he retires, is busy with his afternoou correspondence. "At Manza, near Milan, where he re sides durine the summer months, he follows a slightly less arduous routine. At Manza work claims his attention until 11 every morning, when he lunches with his family and a few invited guests. After lunch he entertains his male gnests, or takes them for a row upon the water; then he works until the honr for the afternoon drive. Tea is served at S, and after this meal the King talks, smokes and plays billiards with his guests. Shortly after midnight the house hold retires." This reminds us forcibly of the reply of the small boy, who was asked if he worked hard at anything. 'Tes," he said, "very hard. What with three meals a day, and the games I have to play, I'm just tired out when night cornea" LIVELY 70LK IN MAINE, Carious Incidents of the Vitality of the People in the Pine Tree State. New York San. Mrs. Mary Green, of Scarboro, Me., who is 81 years old, has, during the past six months, spun 32 skeins of yarn, knitted five pairs of stockings, picked three bushels of blueberries, and tended large flocks of chickens and ducks, besides doing much general housework. She has six grand children and eight great-grandchildren. Daniel Andrews, of West Bockport, Me., 93 years of age, reaped and helped to shock three-fourths of an acre of heavy grain on one of the hottest days of last week, and was not fatigued by the labor. He has been cutting grain on the same farm for 72 years. At Burnt Cove, Deer Isle, Me., an aged woman, who owns a good farm, spends most ot her time in summer sitting in the barn and making quilts for the poor. It was through her energy and benevolence that the only church around Burnt Cove was built The mail stage on the route from West Ellsworth to Ellsworth, Me., is driven by a woman, .airs. uiara uarter, wno handles a team of four horses as well as any man could do.it, and never makes any mistakes in the delivery of mail or packages. She gets up at daybreak, cooks tor a family of hve persons, drives to Ellsworth and back before noon, and then gets dinner. In the afternoon she picts,eight or ten quarts of blueberries, and in the evening she does the family washing and ironing, sews, or plays on her cabinet organ. A Terr Long Drive. I"onr wealthy citizens of Winnipeg, Manitoba, have left there with the intention ot making, one of the longest drives on record. Their destination is Jacksonville, Fla., a distance of 2,500 miles. After spending the winter in Florida, the party will, early in the summer, drive from Jacksonville to Chicago, and, after taking in the World's Fair, begin the return drive to Winnipeg. Competent, trustworthy and experienced women furnished by the hour to tube charge of packing, cleaning and rearranging of household effocts. W. A Hoxvxlxb, Storage. laMWMBiMMMiMMEBas.saBflgMitf'fcll """"" Itg"""1 ijmgn.-..TMr. .. - -11 , laj "' r NOTES AND QUERIES. Coinage of Silver From 1794 to the New Free Silver Agitation. MEMBERS OF THE NEXT CONGRESS. A Popular Error u to the Take of Cm celled Postage Stamps. THS CEEDIT HOBILIEB BRIBERIES In this column an attempt will be made to answer all questions of publio interest. Those desiring information shonld remem ber, however, that space is too valuable to devote to questions that are of importance only to one or two persona The idea in publishing this colnmn is to do the greatest good to the greatest nnmber. For instance, space cannot be set apart for the man who wants to know what day in the week Janu ary 12, 1853, eame on, because that question wonld be of no earthly interest to anyone save himself, and only to him because that was his birthday. And bets cannot be de cided in this column unles the subject in dispute is of extraordinary interest The duty of a newspaper is to help educate the people and, so, if yon have a question that is important and of general interest send it in. Below are some queries recently re ceived with what are believed to be correct answers. Please give me American'&llver n a brief hiflfcnrv nf nnr liver money. Why was the bul- ev. at i Hon in the fractional enrrennv rnrfif-ri while the dollar retained Its full amount nr silver bullion. In 1833T Why was the trade dollar coined! What is done with the money received for mint age? E. A. T. The Act of April 2, 1792, established a mint and authorized the coinage of dollars or units, each to contain 374-16 grains of pure silver, and of half-dollars, quarter dollars, dimes and half-dimes of correspond ing weights. Under this act silver dollars, halves; dimes and half-dimes were first strnck in 1794, and quarter dol lars in 1796. In 1853 gold had fallen so much in comparison with silver that a sil ver dollar was worth 104 cents in gold. Now as a person could pas a silver dollar in this country lor only 100 cents in gold, he pre ferred to pass it in other countries as bullion, and get 104 cents for it; so silver dollars became very scarce. As the frac tional coins were worth one-half, one-quarter, one-tenth, one-twentieth of a silver dol lar, they too disappeared from circulation with the silver dollars, until even the coins needed for small retail transactions were wanted, and the business of the country be came seriously embarrassed for the want of change. . To keep the small coins in the country, lhe weight of pure silver in the fractional coins was reduced and their legal tender value limited by the act of February 21, 1851 Thus, though within the United States two half-dollars would pass for one whole dollar, outside of the United States they w ould pass only for the amount of bullion in them, which was less than that in the dollar; so it became unprofitable to exportthera as bullion. The same thing is done in every country; the smaller silver coins are over-valued and as they have more purchasing power at home than abroad, they remain at home and supply the necessary change. The trade dollar was intended to circulate in Asia, where the Mexican dollar, or piece of eight, had been the standard; there was no mint in China, so Mexican and Spanish dollars were relied upon as the medinm of exchange. The trade dollar was not our silver dollar with increased weight; it was a wholly different piece. It was coined under the act of Feb ruary 12, 187a The mintage charges go to support the mints,and equal the cost of the material, labor, wastage and use of ma chinery in the minting. 1. How many momDers from each State will make up the next House of Kepresenta tives? 2. Who are the Judges of the Su preme Court of the United States? 3. Who fare tbe Supreme Conrt Judges in Texas? David. 1. Alabama, 9 (8); Arkansas, 6 (5); Cali fornia, 7 (6); Colorado, 2 (1); Connecticut, 4; Delaware, 1; Florida, 2; Georgia, 11 (10); Idaho, 1; Illinois, 22 (20); Indiana, 13; Iowa, 11; Kansas, 8 (7); Kentucky, 11; Louisiana, 6; Maine, 4, Maryland, 6; Massachusetts, 13 (12);- Michigan, 12 (11); Minnesota, 7 (5); Mississippi, 7; Missouri, 15 (14); Montana, 1; Nebraska, 6 (3); Nevada, 1; New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, 8 (7); New York, 34; North Caro lina, 9; North Dakota, 1; Ohio, 21; Oregon, 2 (1); Pennsylvania, 30 (28); Rhode Island, 2; South Carolina, 7; South Dakota, 2; Ten nessee, 10; Texas, 13 (11); Vermont, 3; Vir ginia, 10; Washington, 2 (1); West Vir ginia, 4; Wisconsin, 10 (9); Wyoming, L The figures in parenthesis show the present number of Bepresentattves of those States whose representation has been altered by the new apportionment 2. Melville W. Fuller, of Illinois, Chief Justice; Associate Justices Stephen J. Field, California; John M. Harlan, Ken- GERMANY'S LATEST WAR BALLOON. inn in. i . wi m. iv. t if in ii -1' v. u ii k i-j . i nuv mi it .11 mi. xt .iuvwi t,i ii vj ii i i f a iti .r , v. hs l"l,H.- J4) m X, ? fc W I mil's, TLVa . ' , hd y i '"U ' JMn . int " 5; nil Tn ir-Jminnr TTt licit aftpntinn Ii ii, .u... hfAntuil i-f lata in a naur Tiffdfl if rialtnnninrp Invested jointly by Herr Bichter, a lieutenant of artillery, and by Herr Majert, a scientific chemist, of depriving gas of the moisture it contains, and so lessening its specific gravity, to augment its power of raising and sustaining a balloon, with regard to the size of the balloon and the volume of gas. This process is deemed likely to supersede both the use of the special gas manufactured by the Yon system and that of the con densed gas which is supplied by English and Italian companies. The German military balloon car, alio, as shown in the illustration tram Illustrated Kacs of the World, is sus pended from a trapeze, which lessens its oscillation. 4 I s) tucky; Horace Gray, Massachusetts; Sam uel Blatchford, New York; Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Mississippi; David J. Brewer, Kan sas. Henry B. Brown, Michigan. a Chief Justice, John W. 'Stay ton: Asso ciate Justices, Keuben K. Gaines and John L. Henry. L What was the Credit MobilierT J. Who invented alphabets? W. M. D. 1. The original Credit Mobilier was a French organization, founded in 1852 to aid in building railroads, canals, etc. In 1862 a company was chartered under the laws ot Pennsylvania called "The Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency;" later the name was changed to thatot "The Credit Mobilier of America." In 1864-1867 the corporation became a com pany to construct the Union Pacific Bail road. In 1872 it was charged that certain members ot Congress and other Government officers had been bribed by presents of Credit Mobilier stock which paid enormous divi dends to vote for legislation desired by the Union Pacific Bailroad Company. Investi gations were made by Congress, and two members of the House of Kepresentatives, Oakes Ames, of Massachusetts, and James Brooks, ot New York, were censured, their conduct being, in the words of the resolu tion, "absolutely condemned." The Senate was on the point of expelling J. W. Patter son, of New Hampshire; but, as his term ex pired five days after the resolution of ex pulsion was reported, nothing was done in the matter. The corporation was dissolved soon afterward. The oldest alphabet is the Phoenician, the origin of which is unknown; the Greeks said that Cadmus, King ot Thebes, invented their alphabet It he did, he copied from the Phconician, which is the basis of about every civilized alphabet in existence. The newest alphabet is that ot the Cherokee Indians, which was devised by Seqnoyab, otherwise known as George Guess, about 1826. It consists of 85 characters, each re presenting a single sound, and is said to be the most perfect alphabet ever invented. Guess used the characters which he found in an English spelling book, though he kuew no language but his own; so even this Cherokee alphabet draws, tor its characters, on the Phoenician alphabet. What use has the postonlce department for stamps that have been used; and what price is paid for them? T. It. So far as we know, the postoffice has no use for-canceled stamps and pays nothing for them. There was a story, some years ago, of a girl who collected 1,600,000 can celed stamps, to prove to a wealthy friend that she had perseverance, and to obtain trom him money to help her in getting an education. This story set thousauds ot persons by the ears; they left out the point of the story and decided that 1,000,000 postage stamps were worth from $300 to $1,000. Then some wise person explained that 1,000,000 postage stamps were worth ?300 to the makers of papier mache, but the papier mache makers denied this. The Dominican Sisters ot the Roman Catholic Church in China are glad to get stamps; they pay nothing for them, however. They sort them and clean them, and make scrap books out of the best, which they sell. With the proceeds they buy Chinese girls and bring them up as Christians, incidently saving their lives. A person serves 21 years in the British Ai.ny, thon deserts, taking his uniform; he corned heie, becomes natutalized, and niter ten j ears wishes to letuiu to England for a couple ot months; is he liable to auest as a deserter? J. D. There is nothing in the man's becoming an American citizen that can save him from punishment It auvthing can do that it will be the Statute ot Limitations; and we think that does not run against deserters in other words that desertion is always punishable. But as your man served so long, and deserted so long ago, we think that he could arrange matters quietly through a lawyer, and by paying lor his uniform, etc., get a pardon, or something of that nature, that would protect him in going back to his old home. L How large Is Alaska? What is the length of its coast line? 2. Wheio is the center of the United States, taking the country East and West? H. J. R. 1. Alaska has an area of 531,409 square miles. The coast line has never been measured accurately, but is thousands of miles iu length; the whole Pacific coast is honey-combed with harbors. 2. Eastport, Maine, is the most easterly point in the United States, in longitude G7 degrees west; and Attoo Islands, in Alaska, the most westerly, iu longitude 193 de grees west; the middle point between these is about longitude 126 west, nearlv 300 miles west of Sau Francisco. Hence the center you ask for is in the Pacific Ocean. What is meant by the term "free coinage of silver?" Does It mean that paper cur rency is to be called In? J. w. H. The expression means the opening ot the mints of the United States to silver on the same terms as they are now open to gold. A person can bring gold bullion to the mints and have it coined into money with out any expense to himself; while if he brings silver'he will have to nay the mint charges. The free coinage of "silver does not mean that paper money would be called in; paper is too useful to be called in permanently. (tufl(i 'HM( J r ( ( - MANAGING THE WIFE. Sage Advice From Men Who Have Had linen and Little Experience. MOLDING A WOMAN'S NATURE. Howard Fielding ?ayi It's Dead Easy, Irat Opie Eeed fcajg to tio Slow. BILL ARP ASKS IF ITi A J3IE fWKlTTEK rOBTHI OtSPATCH.l A gentleman who deeply needed the in formation and who also knew where to go for it, hai asked me how to manage a wife He could not have asked a better man. For whether Maude and I have done well or ill, the responsibility has been wholly mine. My wife has been absolutely under my control. Few other men can say this; for in order to be able to say it a man must be a good liar by natnre, and one who has never let himself get out of training. But in my case it is the truth. It is always a man's fault if his wife doesn't suit him. He should mold her character and dis position in accordance with his wishes. There is nothing so mnch like matrimony as "chumming" with a fellow at college. My chum was full of faults. For instance, he used to lose all his money at poker in- The Hottentot Attayt Temner in His Wife, stead of buying furniture for the room. This practice would have endangered our friendship, but I rose to the occasion. I reformed him. In three months he was a steady winner, and we had a velvet carpet on the floor and pictures on the wall. A SelQthn'SK to Bt Recommended. It is selfishness, perhaps, which leads a wise man to modify those whom he comes in contact in such a way that they will he more aareeable to him, bnt although that method may be called by so hard a name, I must recommend it earnestly. Just how I have done it is a secret which I shall, presently divulge ior the benefit of any bachelor who may he trembling on the brink of matrimony. Most men fail to realize how important is this matter of modifying, by well-directed effort, the natnre of a wife. Some men think of a wife only ai a person to whom one can transfer his property and keer it away from his creditors; oras a person from whom one can transfer her property to him self, and. keep it awav from the bargain counters. These views are superficial; the character is the thing. In the first place I found Maude colorless. She lacked any well-defined character. (K. Modem Way of Managing a Wi'e. B. Friends are requested not to order floral tributes on account of these words. I shall escape.) I encouraged her to be more truely a typical woman. I wanted ber to be stupid, and make all sorts of funny blunders, just as any other woman does. I did not wish her to be too clear in her mind. It is a great mistake. Never let your wife be too clear in her mind. She might take a day off and meditate on her huband, and never have auy sort of an opinion of him afterward. Set Her to Korpln; Account. "When she is threatened with anything of that sort buy her a memorandum book, and let her keep track of the household ex penses. In three days she will show yon more funny places "in the multiplication table than there are in all the variety shows of a season, and it will teach her not to overestimate her own importance. When she tries to pay nine people S3 apiece out of $17, which you gave her on Saturday night, she will "realize how small a human being is in comparison with the great and everlasting truths ot mathematics. But Maude and I have never quarreled about money matters. I have made her comfortable and happy on a salary which some might consider good, but which, in comparison with the workman's merit, is the smallest that has been paid since Jacob worked 14 years for a wife. Maude hasnevergiven me a bit of trouble that I did not provoke. I have heard the author of "Southpaw, the Left-handed De tective," and other literary men with whom I associate complain that their wives were in the way when they were engaged in lit erary pursuits. I have never found it so. Maude has always been a great assistance. One of our old-time tunny men, who has led a life of remarkable gloom, tells me that the most painful thing in his long career of calamity has been the spectacle of his wile reading from his rejected manu script and trying to laugh in order to cheer him up. But Maude never bothered me by too deep an interest in my state of mind. A WltV of the Imagination. She has changed a great deal in the last three years. She has passed through many unusual experieuces, hut has always con ducted herself strictly in accordance with my directions. If I remember rightly, she used to be a blonde, but it altered her style .of beauty in a fit ot absent-mindedness, and now she is a brunette, xnere is no ieu ing what she may be to-morrow, but it will be what 1 wish. She will never talk to me when I am trying to read about prize fightB or in other ways to im prove my mind. She does not spend my money in pearl powder and tidies. She does not drop pins and needles on the bedroom carpet. She is merry most of the time because I make her so; but once in a while, when no body sees her but me, she comes in softly when I am smoking, perhaps, and letting my taucias wonder and she lays her hand upon ray shoulder and looks up at me with a sweei, smiling lace. She is most to my liking at such times. But whatever she may be, she will be mine. I "manage" her ab lolutely, for she is only a creature of my "SiMj f ISlrra imagination, a character in my stories. I am not married. Sometimes I wish I were; and then, again, for her sake, I'm glad it isn't true. Howakd Fielding. AEP'8 43 Y.EAES' EXPEHIEHCE. Bill Says They Don't .ttmnage Them Down In thn Tand of nixl. Is It a sell or a conundrum? We don't manage them down here. I have been mar ried 43 years, and such a thing as managing my wife never occurred to me. I didn't marry ber for that It is very well to talk A Face in the Smoke. about managing a horse or a railroad, but the word is a reflection on woman's charac ter. A wife is a partner, a helpmeet. She helps to meet the family expenses and to make life worth living. Managing a wife is a bulldozing business, and that is just what brings about so many divorces. A wife who has to be managed is not a wife. Mr. Beecher said that the first thing to be done to ensure good health was to be born ot healthy parents. And so the best way to manage a wife is not to marry one who has to be managed. As Boh said when he hsd served out his sentence in the chain gang: "Boss, de best thing for you to do when you git dar is not to git dar." Woman was the last and best work of the Almighty. If Adam evolnted, she didn't She came iresh from her Maker's hand, and was given to man to refine him and elevate him. How she should manage him is a fair question, but how he should manage her is ridiculous It is a case of "redtictio ad absurdnm" as lawyers say. The pure, trusting, innocent being ties herself, binds herself to this evolnted son of Adam as fait as Prometheus was bound to the rock, and as soon as tbe chains are fastened he bezins to look around and inquire "How shall I manage her?" Manage her as you did be fore you married her. That's all. Never let her know that she is chained. Compan ionship is the word companionship that honors the man more than it does the woman: for she is of a higher rank in purity, in morality, in beanty. She is a link between him and the angels, and will take us all to heaven if we will let her. Three hundred white convicts in one chain gang in Georgia and not a woman. Just think of it But the weeping and sorrow are hers sorrow for husbands and sons who have fallen. The pain and suffering in bringing us into the world are hers. The care and anxiety of raising the children are hers. Job speaketh ot the dark watches of the night when deep sleep falleth upon man, but it doesn't fall upon a wearymother with a fretful or sickly child. I know whereof I speak, for ten have come to us and ehe raised them and never murmured. It has been a world of trouble, but she en dured it It is all over now and the crop is laid by, and she deserves a pension both from earth and heaven. She never thought about managing me, but she has done it. It is well enough to talk about taming a shrew, but managing a woman never. If there was a whole book written upon it it would godead still-born for a gentleman wouldn't if he could, and a tvrant couldn't if he wonld. There may be Petruchios, but there are no Kates. " Bill Akp. OPIE BEAD WOULD HEDOE. If Manured at All a tVire Shonld Be Man aed Strictly on th- Qnlet; o There are nndoubtedly many ways to manage a wife, but failure is generally the result that is, it the wife should receive the intimation that her husband is trying to manage her. If a wife is managed at all it is better to conduct the performance in a manner so quiet and confidential as to keep it entirely hidden from her. It mainly de pends upon the wife as to whether or not she is to be managed. If she decides not to be managed, and this decision will soon manifest itself in some unexpected way, it were well for the husband to "hedge" in some beseeming manner. We would naturally suppose that a deli cate little blue-eyed creature with a "won't you please love me" expression of counte nance and a half suppressed lisp that brings a suggestion ot a "stray note of music found floating on a sunbeam" I say we would naturally suppose this sort of ethereal em bodiment to be easily managed; but she isn't In truth she holds her husband if she has one, and if she hasn't she'll get one very soon in a condition which is not ex actly that of henpeckednes', but which is a slaverv almost as abject. But is he afraid ot her? Surelv not She rules him with her tears; and it is better to be ruled with an oaken plant than with a "flood of tears." Ah, but how should a wi'e be managed? By attention, by little respect? and cour tesies, by keeping romance alive in the house. A woman who once has loved is forever altera child of romance. Arose given to her at evening is far more effective than a morning argument The man who sets in with the determina tion to rnle bis wife may find a certain sort ol happiness, b'it he is not likely to com municate any of it to her. Happiness is contagious only in a peculiar condition of atmosphere. Manage well yourself, and in that may lie the management of your wife. Opie Bead. ITS AH IN THE DEAW. So Says J. IT. "lIllmm, trho Argues Throash the SIrnns of l'rovfrbs. The task is easy and pleasant enough provided a man has made the right selection in choosing a wife and she has also drawn a prize in the marriaie lottery. There are wives and wives, and as no two feminine dispositions are exactly alike, the formula for the successful management of one wife might prove a dismal failure when administered to another. Petruchio discovered what he evidently regarded as a shrewd methrd of managing a wife. It worked a miracle in Kitliarme, transforming her into a gentle and obedieut "sharer of his joys and sorrows." But Petruchio's treatment could not he pre scribed in all such violent case Once upon a time a man, whose wife possessed a temper ot about 153 in the shide, wit nessed a performance of 'The Taming of the Shreiv." He was so deeply and favor ably impressed with Petruchio's recipe for "killing a wife with kindn'-ss," that he resolved to "try it on" his better halt as soon as he reached home. Six months later he had no wife to manage. She secured a divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. Man's experience in managing wives is necessarily limited to one woman. There are some exceptions particularly in Utah. Solomon was a striking exception. But Solomon" evidently knew how to manage a wife, and the keynote of his success may be found in some of his utterances, viz: A soft answer tnrneth away wiath. Pleasant words nre as honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bone. He that is slow to an -er is better than the mtelity and hn that rnleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. Better is a dry morsel and qniotneas there with than a house full of sacrifice and strife. It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman. J. H. Williams. Bow IB Tyroleans X.ook. The mountaineer peasants of Nortl Italy and the Tyrol are nnnsual among immigrants to this country, but ont and then encounters them upon the nr of New York, where they are easily ret nized bv their great stature, sturdy legs shoulde'rs, hard sunbrowned feature!, felt bat's, creased in imitation of Kosn headgear, and ornamented with the scimi like cock's feather. 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