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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1892.
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Another baseball season has been added
to the many that have gone to make the
history of the national game of this country.
Some peculiar chapters are ionnd in
baseball annals, but there will be no chap
ter more peculiar than that relatiug to the
tory of the season of 1892, which ended
yesterday. It has been experimental, dis
appointing and a decided failure. If any
thing, it has left the national game worse
than when it found it.
We can easily glance and Bean the burial
aisle of the past and notice how diSerent
the baseball season of 1892 has been to any
other season. A distinguishing feature of
the season just gone isthe hydra that huge
monopoly that was connected witli.it, and
to that I attribute most of its miserable
shortcomings and its wretched financial
failures.
The season was begun amid great enthu
siasm, because all the magnates of import
ance had joined hands and had resolved to
dwell in harmony and run baveball as one
powerful machine. A monopoly was formed,
and there was no opposition, because the
verv simple people of the National League
agreed to pay some very shrewd people who
were bankrupt and could not under any
circumstances remain in the business 5132,
000 to leave the business alone. This was
looked upon as a wonderful move by some
people. It was one of the worst in the his
tory ot baseball, and many of the magnates
are now aware of it.
Tlie 12-club League got started and de
spite its monopoly which was to do so much
and despite the declaration of harmony
among the magnates and eveiybody else
connected with the League has been one of
the most signal failures ever known. At
no time have good business transactions
characterized it and long before the season
had expired the 12-club notion had lost its
attraction lor the public It was soon found
that to get together eight clubs from eight
good cities was one thing and to get '12
clubs ironi 12 good cities was another. This
could not be done, and as a result the good
quality of baseball that had been developed
by the National League was spoiled by the
inlusion of the interior quality from the
Association. Now this is plain enough to
understand and to see. If we take one of
our best dramatic compauics made up of
thorouch going actors and put among them
a number of mere sons and dance per
formers who shall be placed on equality
with the really gocl actors why the whole
thine will be spoiled simply because the
standard ot quality established by
the good actors will be lowered by
their incorporation with inferior talent
The more water we put into a gallon of
milk the worse quality of milk we get and
the more bad we mix with good the less
prominent the good becomes. AVeli, then,
during the season of 1S92 baseball lias been
spoiled by the demolition of the National
League and Its ideal, and the blending of
of bad clubs and bad cities with good clubs
and good cities.
The Season's Worst Feature.
But the season just ended has been char
acterized by the introduction of a policy
that has never been equaled forinjustice and
tyranny., and, judeed, I will be greatly sur
prised," and hajririhy. so, if the evil resultsof
this policy do not cause a greater ruin
ation thanever nest year.
Baseball capitalists and magnates who
have excellent knowledge and generous
impulses have allowed men of the Von der
Alio type to shape and run the policy of
the present League. As a result we have a
s stern in -operation by which baseball
players are leieased by the wholesale; their
salaries stopped and no possible chance for
them to play in any other recognized
League.
Let us thoroughly understand this moBt
pernicious compact. Suppose, my gentle
leader, you are employed by a business
firm and they discharge" j'ou. Thai might
not be a calamity it you were permitted to
obtain similar employment elsewhere. But
the people v. ho discharge you have made an
arrangement;with other firms not to engage
you and as a result you either have to re
inaine idle or le.nc" the business. That is
the new policy ot baseball, that is Von der
Aheism, was, there ever anything more
despotic? And yet the magnates expect
success. They are cheered bv that senti
ment of the immortal Tennyson:
0 1 et wo trust that sonieiiow good
Vt'ill bo the final goal of ill.
That they will be deceived I am confident
except there is a change of policy. Public
sentiment will resent these unjust methods
and there will once more be tactions next
spring just as vure as we live. "When there
are tactions there is discontent aud w hen
this is present profitable crowds cannot be
expected. W'c have seen this before. There
are more storms in store lor the baseball
craft without the Jonan is thrown oer
board. It is easy to find the Jonah and
such clubs as Pittsburg and Boston and
Cleveland should insist on getting rid of
the Jonah at all hazards.
There is a very singular feature connected
with the new baseball policy, viz., the peo
ple who are defending it. When the
players made their revolt, and under most
unreasonable conditions, certain people de
fended the players. The revolt at the time
was unjustifiable, because the players
trampled under foot honorable and unful
filled agreements. But, strange to say,
these very people who defended the play
ers' revolt are now defending the unjust
policy of the magnates. And yet this is
not strange, because some people naturally
defend in every instance that which is un
just, illogical and stupid.
One plea urged in behalf of the magnates
is that the players when they had the power
dealt harshly with the magnate. This
piea is so solidly wicked and so exclusively
an argument for the continuation of trouble.
and lor the success of the injustice of might
ovrr right, thai it is unworthy of serious
notice. It is something like the statement
made by a writer last week. He urged
that we, lor the take of harmony, ought to
allow everything to go unchallenged. This
is awful. Just think of it; a public that
lor amusement entirely supports a system
end to shut its eyes to all the despotism
and injustice that may. make that system
infamous. Why, the thing is preposterous.
Baseball is a pure game and splendid rec
reation. It can be. carried on purclv and
with justice to all. In its purest and lair
est days it was most prosperous. When
pernicious principles were infused into it
succes ieft it. There is a moral here, ye
iuaguates aud your defenders
The Teams ih General.
The double season -novelty makes it still
uncertain as to what team shall be looked
upon as the best in.thc League. So'far we
have two pennant-winners, viz.: Cleveland
and Rostou teams. .They start this week to
prove who shall hold what is kuourn as the
world's championship. Both teams have
played admirable ball during the entire
season, that is, thetwo half seasons. While
I cannot bring myself to believe that the
Gle velxnd team was ever as good as the Bos
ton team was during the first halt season, I
Xlreely admit that the Cleveland team
U among the best.- The Bostons are not
fo strocr now ns they- were last May and
June. But the Cleveland players have
won the second pennant hv thoroughly good
playing, and their c
acteristic has
been earnestness.
Much has been sa'
Cleveland tcaml and
1 e luck of the
estimation has '
been said unfairly. Of course there never
was a baseball team who won a pennant
who was not more or less aided by .what we
call luck. The nature of the game insure:
this. The Cleveland team have won lots of
games by one run, and in many instauccs
l.ave hit the ball particularly bard in one
particular inning. All this has been at
tributed to luck. There may hare .been
some luck in it, but depend npon it, the
steady and good playing of the Cleveland!
had more to do with it than luck. Their
good playing kept their opponents down so
tight as to make it possible for a small num
ber of runs to win, and they did this so
often tbat luck is out of the question, and
we must attribute it to skill. Altogether,
iu mv estimation, the Cleveland team area
lot of very good players and a credit to the
League.
With others I have been disappointed in
the Brooklyns. They finished the first half
so well and were playing such a brilliant
game that they appeared to be sure winners
ot the second pennant. But our calculations
were upset, as John 51. Ward's men fell off
considerably irom their lorm ot tne nrst
half. They' failed to keep up their hitting;
their fielding was worse and their pitchers
less efiective. They are lucky to finish
where they have done.
As a result of this disappointment, there
may be some changes in tne Brooklyn team
next year. The officials of the club are'
much chagrined at the team's position and
there may be another manager next year.
The New 1'orks have been a huge disap
pointment. The team has been badly man
aged, and bad judgment ha? been exercised
in selecting and signing players. There
must be some great changes made in
that team, for next year or else the team
may as well be disbanded. After all, it is a
serious question whether or not the re-engagement
of Jim Mutric to manage the
team would revive matters in New York.
The club is one of the psupers of the
League, and surely tliat is a disgrace .to a
city like New York." It means that there
is something wrong somewhere.
has done fairly well with his Philadelphia
team. They were never a brilliant lot, and
only good management has kept them where
they are, lor they have had their share of
misfortunes. Had anybody else but Harry
W right been looking alter them they would
haie made a wretched show, fordioth Cross
and Clements were disabled at the same
time. The Phillies have not at any stage
of the entire season shown championship
form.
About the Tall End Teams.
The tailenders are probably the worst we
hare ever had except when there was open
warfare. Of course, I do not class 'Cincin
nati and Chicago among the tailenders.
Comiskey and Anson have had fairly good
teams. "Stistortunes have been strongly
against Comiskey aud he has done well un
der the circumstances. He has been in
very hard luck with ihe pitchers and that
lias been Jus greatest drawback. .Not only
was Mullane retired, but the other best
pitchers that Comiskey had collapsed in
one way or another. This was a severe
handicap, because when the pitchers are not
in lorm defeat is certain in the big majority
of instances.
Anson has had a bad year, as at no time,
during the second half ot the year espec
ially, has he had a good team. As usual,
he has many youngsters, and they may
blossom into good men, but at present they
are hardly up to a real League standard.
Anson himself is ou the wane as a "player,
and it may be that Chicago have a younger
and abetter man to take his place next year.
'Louisville, Baltimore, St. Louis. " and
Washington clubs have been wretched fail
ures, and why they should be retained in
the League is a puzzle to me. Hope of bet
terment lor them is far, far away. They
have this year only existed at the expense
ot others, ami have increased the burdens
ot other people. There is nothing to show
that matters will be otherwise next year.
One important feature about these clnbs is
that they have been in their normal condi
tion this year. There is nothing extraor
dinary about their miserable perform
ances and wretched showing. They haTe
always been the same. Probably one or
two gentlemen connected with these, clubs
are enterprising aud honest men, but that
is no reason why other people should keep
a millstone about their uecks and have the
entire business ruined. During the season
just ended I have failed to notice one re
deeming feature among the Baltimore.
Louisville, SL Louis and Washington
teams. Detailed comment regarding them
is not necessary.
Features of the Local Season.
Cousidering the general feature of baseball
dnring the year Pittsburg has done remark
ably well. It has been the banner city, and
has contributed more money to the League
luud than any other club. This is anhonor,
and among lair-minded people would' cer
tainly obtain for the club a fair share of the
privileges. Pittsburg is a baseball city be
yond all donbt, aud if for one entire- season
a team could be secured here to stand up
about second or third there would be lots of
money made.
The local clnb has a little balance on the
right side at the end of the season. It
might have been better, aud it blight have
been worse, but under the circumstances the
directors are well satisfied. GooJ manage
ment and the absence of discord amobg
officials have gone a very long way .toward
making tne club's success. There is,' in
deed, much credit due Manager Bucken
berger for the way he has handled -the
team, particularly in the second half of the
season. He has displayed an energy and
ah ability that mark him as one ot the best
managers in the country. And he' has not
been lettered by higher officials. Thisis to
the credit of those officials, and shows their
gool sense and business judgment. .Alto
gether the officials of the 'club have done re
markably well, and deserve credit for get
ting us the best baseball team Pittsburg has
ever had. Only one great fault can I find,
and that was the engagement of Burns.
The team have had their misfortunes
during the seaspns, aud taking everything
into consideration they have done excel
lently. Had they been as strong and as
steady in the Srst'half as they were in the
second halt of the season titer would have
had a wonderful'year of it. The change of
managers had a bad effect, and the second
season was begun before its effects could be
overcome, ior a time defective pitching
handicapped the team considerably. Had
this drawback' not occurred Ifii likely" that'
the team would haye. been higher in.tbe.
race
The players have all done very well,- but
Terry and Donovan deserve particular m'eu
tion. They have' really played wonderful"
ball; just aa gpod. as anybody cojuld.have.
done. Terry's pitching has simply saved
the team from a much lower position. In
my estimation the team, with one more
good pitcher and a shortstop, is the eqtial
at least of any in the country. At present
I deem them as good as the Cleveland team,
and I see no reason why they shonld ndt be
better next year. As stated elsewhere, we
are to have Pitcher Knell on the team next
year. -He may and he may not add strength
to the team. He is a fine little pitcher, but
he is awfully wild, and I fancy that it a
steadier man could be secured it would be
better for the club. But the officials will
do the best they can.
The Horse Racing Season.
There is one season tbat we can talk
about in a cheerful mood; that is the horse
racing season. It is not quite ended yet,
but what there is to go of it will not ma
terially aflect the season generally. Wnen
I say horse racing I mean running and trot
ting, and I venture to say that never in the
history of the country has there been such
a good horse racing season astheonejnst
about ended. It has been remarkable.
Extraordinary records have been made,
.and more money has been in circulation in
connection with the racing than ever be
fore. The achievements of Nancy Hanks,
Mascot nd other horses have aroused a
public interest in trotting and pacing such
as we hare never had. Thousands of people
are now anxiously anticipating next year to
see' whether or not any more wonderful
things -will be done.
The Local Football Season.
.From now on to Thanksgiving Day there'll
be nothing but football in and about Pitts
burg. There is a rivalry among the local
clubs, that is exceedingly pleaiing. But
some of the teams are not working energeti
cally enough. The East End Gyms are
working like beavers and will be in a con
dition to make matters warm for the best of
teams, but the Three A's team are taking
matters much too easy. If they mean to be
anything more than merely an eleven on
paper they'll have to get into condition.
Every member of the team can afford an
hour a day for practice, and all those whp
have not desire enough to do this should be
promptly bounced from the team. Good
reputations cannot win football games if
men in poor condition are the players.
After all, for good hustling and energetic
qualities the East End Gyms are worthy of
emulation.
Some fine teams are coming here, and all
of us who take an interest in the sport like
to see our own teams win. Thev cannot
win if they do not practice faithluMy, and
managers of the teams should see that prac
tice is attended to.
The Choynski and Godfrey Battle.
What "tonuses to be one of the most in
teresting glove contests of this year is that
intended to take place between Choynski
and George Godfrey, the colored man, be
fore the Coney Island Athletic Club. So
many questions have been asked me con
cerning it tbat I propose to discuss it alittle
this morning.
At first sight it would seem that Choynski
would not have much trouble in defeating
a man like Godfrey, but when we look
into matters our opinion will be modified.
Choynski is a good-looking, game and ac
tive man with somewhat defective leg", and
he is at least a dozen years younger than
the colored man. Choynski haB been de
feated by Corbett aud also by Goddard, and
be has beaten lots of good men. Both he
and Godirey have met "Denver" Smith.
It caused ' Godfrey an exceeding amount of
trouble ro defeat 'Smith, wbo was in a
wretche"d.c6ndition tontart with, and at one
stage bU the contest Smith had a little the
best of it.
Smith and Choynski had a four-round
contest and a man who saw it tells me that
Choynski bad 4 to 1 the best of it.
Bnt, Godfrey not very long ago, met
Kilrain and was beaten. That does not
rate .him Terr high, and, in my judgment,
a man-who fails to defeat .Kilrain cannot
expect to deleat Choynski. I am quite
aware Godfrey is a game fellow; an active
one, and a tolerable good hitter. He has
been a good winner; in fact a bread-winner,
but in this instance he is going against a
very cleve'r and a very resolute young man,
who, in my estimation, is much'better than
what .Kilrain, Lannon or Ashton. To
iXo come to a conclusion, I am at present
strongly.-tof opinion ' that Choynski will
defeat the Colorado man when they meet
-Corbett, Fitzlmmons and Hall.
James J. Corbett is going to be much
more particular in taking on another op
ponent than nianv of us had thoucht He
declines to meet Goddard until the latter
meets somebody else, and be objects to
meet Eitzsimmons because Eitz is not in
his (Carbon's) class. In short, Corbett is
only anxious to meet Mitchell, probably
because Mitohell is at the other side of the
Atlantic ajul is likely to be located in jail
,fpr a time: And still James J. C claims
to be .chamnion. The thin? is a farce.
While Tdon't expect that Goddard would
oeieat corbett, there is no sound reason at
all why lib (Corbett), as a champion, should
not cover the Australian's money.
"Regarding the challenge of Eitsinimons
matters arc different. Despite what James
J: Corbett says I believe that Pitzsimmons
is in Corbett's class,or anybody else's class.
Whether Corbett would deteat'Fitzsimmons
or not'I am not going to say at present, but
I do say were the two to meet there would
be lots of money behind the Australian. It
is mere shuffling and deceiving the public
for Corbett to talk about Eitzsimmons not
being.in his class. I would like Corbett to
tell m-j why Eitzsimmons is not iu his class.
For the life of me I cannot find a reason un
aided. The Australian is as hard a hitter
and every bit as active, and his best weight
is heavy, weight, and how that does not en
title a man to be a candidate for heavy
weight honors I don't know. The truth is
Corbett -Wants to meet -nobody, and it is
about time the public was wearying of these
swindling tours of "star" boxers and glove
champions.
Once more there seems a probability of a
contest between Eitzsimmons and "Hall.
The former's variety show has not met with
success and he now" wants to get down to
to the boxing business in earnest again. He
mir oilers to firht Hall :it catch-weipht and
Hall cannot reasonably object to this or de
cline to accept the challenge. It is a con
dition he has been asking lor a long time.
A contest between the pair would be one of
the most-interesting there has been ior a
long lime. u.uey are both exceedingly
clever men, and it Hall defeated Pritchard
fairly he (Hall) is certainly a hard bitter.
If the Hall-Pritchard contest was honest
there was , another fact connected with it
worthy of note. Pritchard hit Hall several,
times and.knocked him down once. If a
short- man like Pritchard could do this
"on the .square," Eitzsimmons would be
able to-do much more, because the latter is
assuredlv a cleverer man than Pritchard.
Hall has, from first to last acted pecu
liarly. He has'stcadily objected to meeting
anybody until be met "Pritchard, and there
is still suspicion about that contest
An Opinion About Mitchell.
The' following opinion about Charles
Mitchell will be ot interest, as it is Irom
the London Referee, a paper that has never
had any admiration for him:
WJin'tever the anti-Mitchell party may say
against their pet aversion, none can prop
el ly accuse him or not sneaking his mind
plainly. What Is more, they must know
that he Is game to do what he proposes.
Sometimes Master Cliailci would bo verv
much surprised Indeed If he were ncpnmmn.
datedon his own.-terms, which would bint
lilin and scarcely am one else. ' Generally
be oilers a talr match and stands to ho taken
adwn. 'His manifesto to Corbett and Sulli
van is straightforward onongh, and when
divested of. the preliminary garnish will
carry the public with him. "t hat ho can get
ou a match with Corbett, to come off in his
country, is little likely, because our purses
are not so rich as the American. That be
will be treated to one while Peter Jackson
Is disengaged and willing for u brush with
the San Franciscan seemed also iinpiobaDle,
but latest advices go to show that Mitchell
may Tie given first turn. Sullivan would bo.
little better than n fool to tako on -any first
class man noir, Beutins anv other opponent
tllttll Corbett Would not nut tl-n nnm nrin.
cible slugger back in his old place. Defeat
must iucuiw wipmji mm out, so tnat people
would almost -lorget there ever had been a
party styling himself yours truly, John L.
Sullivan.
Vs.vs.ove.
"Ho to-Become a Knight.
The-Qucoa confers the honor of knight
hood very quickly. The recipient chooses.say
" '"'William'aYthe name he is to be called
by. He is introduced bv a member of the
Privy Council, the sword is handed her
.Majesty, who touches both shoulders of the
recipient gently, saving, "SirWilliam."
She holds, out her hand, he kneels again,
kisses it, and backs out of the Koyal pres
ence, the whole ceremony occupying half a
minute.
Lived Forty Tears on the Fort.
The oldest residence of Tea Patch Island
in -Delaware Bay, the Government reserva
tion upon 'which Tort Delaware stands, has
just died after having lived forty years at
the fort His name was John Madden, and
his wife, who still lives at the dismantled
fortress, is remembered with affection by
hundreds of Confederate prisoners as the
cindly matron ot the post hospital during
thecivil war. "
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Improved Order of Heptasophs.
Fivo new conclaves were instituted In
September.
Five new Conclaves were Instituted in
September.
Tho Hoptnsophs of Baltimore intend to
erect a $50,000 buildiug.
A new conclave will be instituted In West
Virginia some this month.
Slonongahela Conclave No." 139 had an in
itiation ut the last meeting.
The workers of the order are now getting
ready for the winter campaign.
Deputy Supremo Aichon II. E. Holmes
visited Golden Rod Conclave last Thursday
evening.
Within tho next CO days the officers expect
to have conclaves instituted in lour States
where tbeie are now none.
Golden Rod Conclave, of this city, is anew
conclave instituted by Organizer S. I. Os
mond FridaySeptember 30. ,
The rieptasoph Association of Western
Pennsylvania held a very interesting meet
ing last Wednesday evening.
Why is it that No. 8.9 does not accept the
open challenge of McKeesport Conclave! It
would make au interesting tight.
Organizer S. I. Osmond is putting up a
large list for a new conclave in ono ot the
growing towns in the near neighborhood.
New Castlo Conclave, situated at New
Castle, Fa., had two initiation and threb
applications for membership at the last
meeting.
Brother Ed Clark, of Baltimore. Chairman
of the Supreme Finance Committor, was in
the city last week. Brother Clark went
West in the Interest of the order.
rittsbnrg Conclave No. 89 had a very in
teresting meeting last Friday ovenine. "Tho
progi amine consisted or a very Inteiestiiig
initiation, alter w inch Brother W I. Mnstin
rendered some vocal music, which wus
highly encored. Brother C. E. Fope ren
dered Instrumental music during tho even
ing, and addresses woie made by Brother W.
C. Stillwagon and others. A large number
of the members wore in attendance, besides
many visiting orotheis. An elegant lunch
was served by Brother W. J. A. Kennedy.
Pittsburg Conclave is notod for its good
cigars, and brothers would uo well to take
in its next blow-out.
P. O. S. of A.
Camp 3 holds a number ofsood meetinz,
and by the hard and earnest work of thoir
Recording Secretary, Elmer D. Fry, it is in
creasing in membership at a rapid rate.
It is not necessary to say that-the camps
all over our county aio doing a great amount
of good, and the Vflies" are all-bleeping
away, as they are very much afraid of this
enormous spider.
Next Monday evening Camp I will have
another rousing meeting at Wivsner's Hall,
corner Beaver and Washington avenues, Al
legheny. All members of the ordor In Alle
gheny county are cordially invited to be
present
Camp 4 is hustling the prospective new
colored camp of its order in its section, and
with the assistance of some of Allegheny's
most prominent colored citizens promises a
new camp that will not only ben credit to
Camp 4, but tho order in the United States.
The camp at Gleiishaw must not be over
looked In the matter of congratulations, as
the District President, L. D. Stone, is a
member or that camp, and he is a hustler
and favorite with every member of tho or
der, lie visits the camps in his territory at
every possible opportunity.
Camp 575, of Pittsburg, Initiated six new
members Tuesday evening last and received
several propositions. Since the word white
has been stricken fiom the constitution this
camp has been making such rapid progress
that Brother Abrum.T. Hull, .its secretary
hnd champion hustler, lias been receiving
showers- ot blessines from every diiection.
"Broadax" Smith is among the prominent
members of this camp and so is Ajux Jones.
Protected Home Circle.
Triumph Circle No. 101 has commenced its
winter work and has initiations at eacu
meeting.
Braddock circle is In line with a deputy in
tho field, and success is to follow the effoits
by the Indications.
Supreme Organizer Bniiey has instituted
three new Circles in this city since July 15,
which makes 1G in all.
The Burgess of Millvale borough, Mr. John
C. Keed. and the editor of the &tar were
among the 23 charter applicants at that
place and weie initiated Thursday- evening.
October a "
Supreme Organizor W. S. Balloy, assisted
by IS members of Triumph Circle, instituted
a circle at Millvale borough Thursday evon
Ing, October 6, to bo known as Bennet Ciicle
no. lxu. uo iouowing ornccrs were elected
lor this tf-rin: T. Grant Batcinan, President;
AVilliam E. llartroy, Vice President: John a
Jteed, Past President: Mrs. James Dixon,
Guardian; John Dixon, Secrstary; John
Grine, Accountant; Y. II. Dixon, Treasurei:
Mr?. V. . Uartiev, Chaplain; Elmer
Zahniser, Porter; Anthony Mamaux. Jr.,
Watchman; L. H. Crich, Guide; Ella Grino,
Companion; Thomas D. Burns, Local
Deputy: Alexander Allen, 11. D., Medical
Examiner; -T. M. Fife, M. D., Medical Ex.
amlner.
Jr.O. U.A.M.
North Star Council, of Wilkinsburg, will
hold a reception at that placo on October 23.
Mononznhela Council No. 122, of Braddock,
will formally open its elegant new hall in
the Carnegie building, on Braddock avenue,
Tuesday evening, October 25. .A committee
has been appointed on entcrtatnment that
is arranging un exceptionally fine musical
and literary prognimmo for the occasion.
A supper will also bs given, 'ihe attend
ance will be limited to the l0menibeis of
tho council, their wives or sweethearts.
Monongnhela Council lias held its meetings
in Odd Fellows' Hall opposite its new quar
ters since it wus Organized 12 years ago.
O. U. A. M.
Deputy State Councillor W. H. Evans, of
Thomas A. Armstiong No. 201, organized a
council or Daughters of .Liberty Inst Tues
day, evening, to be known as Pride of
Thomas A. Armstrong No. 91, of Allegheny
City, with 43 applicants. It will be insti
tuted next week.
General Alex. Hays Council 399 Is still
adding new members to its list and ha sood
Hprospeets. It extends a cordial Invitation
to all members of the order to attend its
fourth anniversary Thursday evening, Oc
tobei'20, at Schwert's Hall, on McClure ave
nue. Ion er Allegheny.
X. O. O. F.
The rocentlv elected officers of James B.
NIcolson Lodge No. 533, X. O. O. F., wore in
stalled at the lodge rooms Thursday ni-lit
by a fail complement of Grand Lodge offi
cers. After the installation Thomas J.
Black, ono of the past officers, wasprescnted
with an eleaunt gold-headed cane suitably
engraved, lie wai the lodge's first presiding
officer, having become an Odd Fellow June
10,1834.
General Lodge Notes.
Keystone Assembly No. 3, Pythian Sister
hood, will hold its second annual reception
Thursday evening, Octouoi-20, at Lawrence
vilje Turner Hall.
A largelv attended meeting was held in
Adam's Hall, .Wilincrdin, on Satuiday
evening, lor Hie purpose ot explaining the
aims and advantages of the A. O. U. -W. A
lodge of tho order will be initituted there
next week with about 43 members.
Last Snnday afternoon Braddock Com
mando ry, ot tho Knights of St. John, was
organized iu St. Benedict's K. C. Chinch,
West Braddock, with a membership of 75.
Tho following corps orofflsorj were elected:
President, Jamei McCarthy; Vice Presi
dent, Joseph Kenney: Kecording Secretary.
James Qnlnn; Fiimuciat Sdcrutarv, Henry
McCror; Treasurer, M. A. Kenney; Medical
Examiner, Dr. J. A. Miller.
A member of the Ancient Order of Forest
ers writes to complain that items have been
printed in these colums under the head of
'Ancient Order of Foresters" which should
have been unuertiie heading "Ancient Or
der or Foresters of America." He claims
that the latter order Is a suspended branch,
and tnat a suit is now pending in the Com
mon. Pleas Court or Philadelphia to restrain
it from using the name it has adopted, on
the ground that it is an Infringement on the
title or the old order, and Is calculated to
deceive the public.
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CHILDREN .OF THE CITY.
The Chum That the Strongest Blood Cannot
Bold Oat More Than Three Generations
In the Centers of Population What the
Little Ones Must Have.
Dr. Heiry Ling Taylor has this to say in
a letter to The Dispatch about the way
to make American children healthier:
It has been claimed that the strongest
Dlood cauuot endure continuous city life
lor more than three generations, but must
be kept alive by the infusion of country
blood or by the return in some degree to
country life. Thus our large cities are a
kind of biological furnace, which in the end
consumes the lives supplied to it in order
to obtain the product in trade, science and
art which we so much admire. If, in the
course of this fiery ordeal, the individual
reveals a keener temper or a finer polish,
he may not become stronger physically, or
better -balanced mentally, and thousands,
unable to endure the strain, are cast off or
incapacitated, whilst hundreds of thousands
are not able to transmit to their children
the physical endowment which they them
selves originally possessed.
City children get, as a rule, too little
light and air, do not take enough of the
right kind of exercise, are often overfed or
underfed, are either pushed or pampered
too much in their studies, and especially in
their emotions, and frequently shorten
their childhood to become little men and
women before emerging Irom pinafores and
knickerbockers. There is too much of the
"hot house" element in their lives. Their
clothing is piled on until the children look
like'a bale of millinery; their movements
are impeded, and they "are kept artificially
overheated at a time when they ought to be
deriving a natural and wholesome warmth
from exercise. Houses are kept too hot
during the cold season, and the little ones
prow up in an atmosphere of steady, relax
ing warmth, and the continual endeavor is
to protect them from anything approaching
cold. ,
There is also a lack of well-balanced oc
cupation for the body and the mind. There
is no such good fun or good training as
making one's self useful, and it is cruelty
to deprive the child ot this pleasure and
stimulus. The brain and body shonld be
trained through hand, foot and eye. Dump
a load of sand in the back vard and let the
children roll in it. Give the boys a carpen
ter's bench, and encourage the girls to do
housework. Where possible, let both boy
and girl have a little garden patch, if only
a few feet square, and the care of a few
plants. Cheerfulness, sincerity, industry,
perseverance and unselfishness too, can be
acquired by practice and constant repeti
tion, as muc.i ns the art of correct speaking
or of playing the piano, and are fur more
necessary to health.
If these be cultivated, and the child be
given more air, light, exercise and occupa
tion, the coming generation will suffer less
than did the last from the injurious effects
of modern city life.
DEMOCEACY'3 S0NGSTEH.
A Pennsylvania Politician Prominent
at
Two Recent Conventions.
At the Democratic National Convention
at Chicago the rain irequently poured down
upon the roof of the huge barn called a
wigwam, interrupting the regular proceed
ings. It was just as much as the band could
do to be heard above the din. For the first
session or two the immense crowd of dele
gates and spectators worried through these
intervals somehow, and then tho Hon.
Samuel Josephs, delegate from Philadelphia,
and a close friend of Secretary Harrity,
came to the rescue. It was about
the time that Cleveland was nominated that
Mr. Josephs wrote and distributed through
the big hall a song, the chorus of which .run
thus:
Grover, G rover.
Four years moio of Grover.
in hecoes,
Out thev tsn.
Then we'll bo in clover.
After that when the rain poured on the
roof the band would strike up this little
melody, and when the chorus was reached
Mr. Josephs would be raise'd on the shoul
ders of the Pennsylvania delegation and
with both arms keep time for a chorus ot
20,000 voices. Mr. Josephs was present at
the recent Democratic Club Convention in
New York.'aud his fame having preeeded
him,' he was obliged to repeat the Chicago
experience. He is one of the boys, not
withstanding his white hairs, and is very
popular among Pennsylvania politicians.
THE FIES OF BEES.
Their Immense Size Supposed to Help
Them In Their Flight.
Pearson's Tf cekly. 1
The directness of the bee's flight is pro
verbial. The shortest distance between any
two given points is called a bee-line.
Many observers think that the immense
eyes with which the insect is fnrnishe.1
greatly assist, if they do entirely account
lor, tho arrowy slraightness of its passage
through the air. Every b;e has two kinds
of eyes the two large compound ones,
looking like hemispheres, on either side,
and the three simple'one3 which crown the
top of the head. Each compound eye is
composed of 3,500 facets that is to say, an
object is reflected 3,C00 times on its surface.
Every one of these facets is the base ot an
inverted hexagonal pyramid, whose apex is
fitted to the head. Each pyramid may bo
termed an eye, for each has its own iris "and
optic nerve '
How these insects manage this marvelous
number of eyes is not yet known. They
are immovable, but mobility is unnecessary
because of tho range ot vision afforded by
the position and the number ot the facets.
They have no lids, but'arc protected lrrm
dust and injury by rows of hairs growing
along the lines at thejunctious of the facets.
The simple eyes are supposed to have been
given the bee to enable 'it to see abovo its
head when intent upon gathering honey
irom the cups ot flowers.
Probably this may be one reason, but it is
likely there arc other-uses for them not yet
ascertained. A bee flies much in the same
way as a pigeon that is to say, it first
takes an upward spiral flight into' the air,
and then darts staigbt for .the object in
view. Now art experimenter on insect
nature covered a bee's slriTple eye with
paint, and sent it into the air; instead or
darting straight oft alter rising, it contin
ued, to ascend. Apparently, then, these
eyes are used in some measure to direct
the flight.
Hon. Samuel Josepht.
LOVE AM0KG SPIDERS.
The Beam of Ihe World of Webs
Actually Court the Belles.
METHODS OF VARIOUS SUITORS.
OneFelloTr ranees Well and Others Display
i heir Fine I'oints.
DISCOVERIES OP OHE PECK0AM8
rcOKRXSPOXDEKCX Or THE DTSrATCTf.l
Miiwaukee, Oet. It When a man is
in love, according to a very old and respect
able authority, he generally proceeds to
demonstrate the tact by making a spectacle
of himself. Mother Goose has told us all
how certain amphibians do the same thing
under similar circumstances. Prof, and
Mrs. G. W. Peckham, of this city, as the
result of extended and patient observation,
assure us that 'the same old rule 'obtains in
another humble sphere of animate creation,
namely, among the spiders.
These interesting and important invest! -gatioas
have, attracted much attention in
the scientific world aud go far toward sus
taining one of the important theories
in the Darwinian system of evolution. The
theory, which has been the subject of much
controversy among scientists, is that the
Prof. George W. Peckham.
lower orders of animals are governed in
their preferences for one another by aes
thetic considerations similar to those which
prevail among humau beings, the hand
somest, the bravest or the strongest of any
given number of suitors have decidedly the
best chance of winning favor.
Spiders and Butterflies Can't Fight.
With those animals among whom the
question is determined,- as in the knightly
days of old, by wager of battle there is, of
course, no room for dispute, but with in
sects like the butterfly and the spider,
where a more civilized form of courtship is
oberved, the point is not so easily settled.
Bntterflie, for instance, arj not provided
with any weapons of offense or defense, and
while the spiders are formidable to other
nnimals they can produce little effect
upon each other.
The spiders of the family aitlda, among
which the studies of Professor and Mrs.
Peckham were made,do a good deal of fight
ing, but these battles seem to be mainly the
result of jealousy and personal feeling and
are suprcmeiv unimportant in determining
the issue of courtship Upon one occasion
tiro gallants who were paying attentions in
the same quarter rushed savagely upon each
other and fought for 22 minntes,.during one
round remaining clinched for six minutes.
The combatants appeared tired at the close
of the.battle, but alter a short rest were per
fectly well and fought a number rf times'
subsequent!'. Indeed, these combats
seem to be quite as harmless as the average
French duel, for at another time eight or
ten specimens of the very quarrelsome den
dryphantct capitalus were put in a box and
alter two weeks of hard fighting there was
not one wounded warrior to be found.
Dance of a Spider Lover.
The courtship of taltispvlex is a most elab
orate affair and success depends upon the
grace and skill of the suitor in dancing.
This performance, as described by Prof.
Peckham, throws the Spanish fandango or
the "xa-ra-ra uoom-ue-ay convolutions
far into the shade. He raises his whole
body on one side by straightening out the
legs and lowering it on the other by folding
the first two pair of legs up and under leans
so far over as to be in danger of losing his
balance, which is only maintained by
sidlini rapidly toward his lower side. He
moves in a semi-circle for abont two inches
and then instantly reverses the position of
the legs and circles in the opposite direc
tion. This is repeated until Prof. Pecfc
hani has counted 111 circles made in this
curious dance.
Whenever the spider possesses any spe
cial adornment in the way of coloring he
always makes a point of displaying it as
fully as possible in the presence of his in
amorata, xne spider Known as lynjgelet
picata has the first pair of legs especially
thickened. These are "attcned on the an
terior surface and are of a brightly irides
cent steel blue color. When disporting
himself before admiring eyes he pauses
cverv few moments to rock from side to
side and to bend his brilliant Iezs so that
they may be brought into full view. He
could not choose a better position to make
the displar. In fact, his attitude first di
rected Prof. Peckham's attention to his
peculiar beauty.
Proud of His Bronze Brown Face.
The dcndryplianta capitalus has a bronze
brown face, rendered conspicuous by snow
white bands, and, whether intentional or
not, he assumes an attitude which serves
admirably to' expose this feature to
view. His antics are repeated for a long
time, often for hours. "In the Jiabrocestum
splemlms the abdomen is of a magnificent
purplish red and he assumes an attitude
which displays this beauty verv completely.
The case of aatlavMata is especially interest
ing because there are two well-marked var
ieties of male, one red like the female and
the other black. The attitudes and move
ments of conrtship are entirely different in
the two varieties. .
The black, evidently a-Iatcr development.
is much the more lively of the two and
when the two varieties come into rivalry he
is.as a rule, successful. Those who are fond
of tracing analogies may perhjps find in
this a curious confirmation of the theory
about the attractiou between blonde and
brunette types ot humanity.
A Belle Eats an Admirer.
The dangers of courtship were also often
witnessed. The specimen of fiasariiw Itsei
continued to pay his addresses alter the
object of them had shown signs ot impa
tience when she seized him and held him by
the head for a minute, he struggling. At
length, by a desporate effort, he succeeded
in freeing himself and ran away. Another
unfortnnate of the pltldippn ntfiis variety
was caught and eaten wnen he insisted on
showiug off his fiue points too persistently.
If there are any monarchs in spiderdoni
corresponding to the King of Dahome this
and another savage creature under observa
tion would he a valuable acquisition to his
army ot Amazons. The order to which the
latter specimen belonged is knowu to
science taphldipzsm morsilan. One day, be
ing in a particularly bud humor, this virago
sprang upon two promising young members
ot the so-called sterner sex and killed
them, although they had offered her only
the merest civilities.
'Phasic Atkinson.
The Greatest Kace on Kecord
Is
tho race 'or popularity won by ITostot-
tfr's Stomach Bitters. It took the lead. at
the start mid dlstahcod nil competitors. It
eradicates indirection, malarial complaint,
ailments of the bladder and kidneys, nerv
ousness, neuralgia, rheumatism. Physicians
commend, tho public know its value, (he
press endorses. Grand aro its credentials,
grander still Its success. '
WRITTEN FOr.
The Smile of a Benntifnl Girl.
They tell us the Czar it an autocrat great,
Surrounded by wonderlul trappings of
state,
And souls through the length and breadth
of his laud
Bow down in lesponse to his kingly com
mand. But oh, there's a ruler moro potent than he
Controlling the earth irom the center to
sea:
For. where is the man. not a fool or a churl.
But is ruled by the smile of a beautiful girlT
Of cmrso there are many who'll never
confess
The truth of the matter, but nevertheless
There isn't a heart but the moment has
teen
When it longed to enthrono her forever its
queen.
What haven't wo offered her highness to
plcast!
Wo'vesonndedherprai3es and bended our
knees,
And called her "jewel," a "jem," and a
"pearl,"
And courted and worshiped this beautiful
girl.
And Isn't sho worthy this homage of onrs,
This ruler as pure as the breath of the flow
ers? As fair and as gentle and kind as a dove,
Sho guides by the masical power of love.
She n ever grows old to the cye3 that are
true;
The graces forever her youth will renew.
And as long ns this merry old planes shall
whirl
We'll live and we'll die for this beautiful
cirl.
Making Boom In a Crowded Car.
The above lines were suggested to me
while I was on a railway journey to see a
wealthy aunt whom it was expected would
soon depart for a better and perchance less
crowded land and who never told anyone
whether or not she had made her latest will
and testament. I learned subsequently
she had, but I obtained the information too
late to have my money refunded bv the
soulless corporation "from which I had
bought my railway ticket and so the loss
fell pn me. Twelve men in ths ciacn in
which I was seated occupied, with the helo
of their baggage, the space usually allotted
to four times their number, when a farmer
came aboard the car. He carried a basket
ofeges, some of which I afterward learned
were somewhat'overdue, and under strict
adherence to the rule of health could not
have passed quarantine without being fumi
gated. Seeing the crowded condition of
the car he sat on the coal box.
At the next station a young lady, as
attractive as a new express wagon, entered
the car and immediately room wa prepared
for thirtv-eight passengers lirailar to her in
appearance. But she pushed into a seat
with a woman who was traveling with three
small, freckle-faced children, one of whom
she held on her lap and talsed to in so
pleasant a manner that we all sighed to be
a child again aud that particular freckle
faced child. The farmer, noticing tiut I
had come into possession of a Jarge area of
unoccupied space, came and sat with me,
patting his basket of eggs on my shoes,
whero the memory of them lingered long
after he went away. So fir as I know,
there is nothing tint can be so real good or
so distressinzly bad as an egg when it takes
a notion. An honest egg is the noblest
work of hens, but a bad egg is wrong from
top to bottom, and it never can be reformed
so long as the world stands. But the inci
dent referred to shows what power U exer
cised over us. by a beautiful girl.
An Ode to the Sandwich.
. Whenever I am enjoying a railway jour
ney it is my custom to be as sociable as pos
sible to those about me and to pick up all
the information and intellectual bric-i-brae
I can concerning localities aid people.
Travelers who take their meals on the diner
instead of patronizing the railway lunch
counters have but little knowledge of the
resources of the lam.'s they pas? through.
The true traveler bases his estimate of the
town on the character of the sandwiches he
finds there. I always patronize the lunch
counters, and I never see a sandwich that it
does not call to mind a poem which a yonng
friend of mind, who is passionately fond of
his own poetrv, one.; sent, me foraChriit
mas present. "He'cills it his "Owed to the
Sandwich."
Oh, Sandwich! Rich in length of years
though not so ncn moira-riiani:,
My muse, unworthy of the tusk, in faulty
rhymes your praises sings.
The passing of tho year it seems but adds a
The Ida'. All Men WoreArm. 1
- iresiiness loyonryoum:
You are our conntry' strength an 1 stay. It
very corner stone in truth.
The doughnut and 'the pumpkin pre may
pile and fado un I p iss aav,
Bnt wo can rest unsure., that you'll lemain
lorevprand a day.
Tour liavor seems to add a zest to every
other kino o( food.
Forafieronebas t-wted you most anything
seems pretty gooJ.
Getting L'ed to a Guide Boole
People who ride in a parlor cararelsually
self-possessed and have costly drinking
cups, guide books, pug dogs etc, and as a
rule but few children. I noticid also on my
trip that tbey never asked questions, and I
determined that when I traveled again I
would buy a guide book containing cvery
thing I cared to know. In so doing I woulil
greatly lessen the burden ot the overworked
train hanJs, and I did so. ,Jnst as the train
was starting a deaf oil gentleman in th
next seat observing that I owned a railway
guide, aud hence knew everyl'iin.; that a
traveler should, asked me concerning a town
he wished to reach. I very hastily glanced
over the map aud discovered, or thought I
did, that he was on the wrong train, a:d si
he hurried off just in time to land on the
station platform with his alise at a chest
protector he threw me a backward glance
that told plainer than words how thankful
he was that I warned him in season. Liter
on I reconsidered the matter and found I
had been looking a, the wrong map, but I
felt sure the conductor would not back the
train for him, and -so I ;aid nothing about
it. Another thing I regretted was tbat I
induced on old lady who eat near me, and
THE DISPATCH.
who was traveling alone, to leave the tr:
two stations before she reached her desti
tion.
However, I determined to profit bv
mistakes of others aud b?gan makirj
thorough studv of mass and time cards. 1
it proved too intricate for my mental l
mshings. Poot notes, stars, double stj
dazgeri, double daggers, heavy-laced ty
light type, flag station, stop on signals,
cept Satnrdavs. Sundays and Monda
Saturdays and Sundays only, etc., etc., j
me so tangled up in my mind that I doubt
my ability to tell whether my train i
going forward or backing up.
Ilnman Weakness Demonstrated.
Presently the conductor came along, i
wih a surprised look, asked: "Was
you goicg to JayvilleV" With all the co
cutting indifference 1 could command I
plied: "I am going to Jayville," at
same instant holding my guide book in
conspicuous nosition I felt sure he could
The Healthy Traveler.
help seeing that I knew my own busin
best. "The last stop was Jayville." he
marked with a glittering chilliness t
plainly illustrated the advantage derit
from long cultivatiou. I begged to dif
from him and showed him where on my tr
I had checked off every stop we bad ma'
town by town, and thus sought to prove
yet lacked a dozen stations of my desti
tion. It was then he informed me tbat o
was a limited train and had run throi
several towns without stopping, whicl
had not noticed. The brakemen and oth
sided in with Mm, and so I paid my fare
the next town, where I burned my gu:
book and walked back to Jayville, th
being no train to that point until the t
lowing day.
Since then while traveling I depend
less upon myself and more npon others
information. I sit near the door of t
coach where the stations are called, s
when the brakeman appears I show hit
placard I got from an adder employed i
bank, which says, "I am deaf!" Then
writes the name of the town on the marj
of a newspaper for me, and I show it to
other brakeman, the conductor, the ir
boy and those about me. When the tr
stops I get out on the platform, omp
notes with folks who have lived in the pi
for years and must know what they are ta
ing'about. I find it almost necejisrj
have brakemen reduce their statem' "'
writing. In so simple a matter as c
the names of stations one cannot' trns
verbal declarations.
JT
The Little Country Town.
A great many people, while travt
make a mistake in thinking that the n
cities are the only places of interest. -rule
they are entirely too extensive
complex for me to enjoy them. In
more appreciate being about the li.
country town.
We're all familiar with it and its qu
peaceful air:
A half a dozen farmers' teams are hitcl
nronnd the square.
And In the corner j.roccr7 store or at
blacksmith shops
Are little groups of men dlscu3slng polit
and crops.
And everybody in the place knows eve
one; the boys.
And men, and girl, and women share tb
sorrows and their Joys:
And everybody, old anu young, from villi
Ju-sticn clown.
Knows everybody's business in a little co
try town.
And thero's the "big man" of the place t
owns the village bank,
He's mightier to those around than kins:
lordly rank:
Ana there's the "old professor," who c
ducts the village school,
And likewise, too, "the parson," who
pounds the golden rule.
Ah, yes. nnd there's tho "deacon's boy,
wild and wavwnrd youth.
Who startles everybody witn the way
scol's at truth;
And there's the cliarminsr "village bell
whose beauty wins renown:
The qurcn who reigns triumphant in
little country town.
And there in that loved corner is the ill
church, whoso bell
Has sounded many a wedding noteandmt
n Mineral knell.
And just beyond the village on theli
wooded hill
The fathers all are sleeping in tho home
tairaiid still.
And all tho warp and woof tbat blent
mako the web of life,
The happiness that comes with peace,
sorrow born of strife.
Tne Joyousiicss of fortune's smile,
shadow of its fron n,
Are seen and felt the keenest in theli
country town.
Nrxox Watzhma.
Copyright, 1S02, by tho Author.
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