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A SCENE IN CHINATOWN, NEW .YQRKGITY.
LIES OF THREE LIARS.
The Bemarkable Tarns Spun 'One
Hight Around a Festal Board.
latter half of a very good story which she
was telling.
- "And-will yon believe that John Butler
was a thorn in my flesh aft er that. I suf
fered more than his wife did. Yon see he
got so accustomed to making that sign that
he would do it unconsciously whenever he
listened to drivel. We had to be together a
great deal, and I tell you that many and
many a time he broke me up with that fatal
sign. Often when I would be talking in a
manner which seemed to me more than ordi
narily eloquent and convincing I would see
Dangers to the Nicaragua Coaa
A nautical journal published
Pacific coast asserts tbat the X
Canal,, if completed, will never be
sailing vessels, for a reason which
also to the Panama CanaL On eith
of Central America, in ths yiciniti
proposed entrances to the canal, is t
of perpetual calms and doldrumr, an
ing vessel would find it exceeding!
cult to get into the entrance on on
and after being towed through wonlt
equal difficulty in getting away fro
coast into the region of trade. winds,
other.
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WIFELY DEVOTION AT ITS BEST.
One left Her lTnsband to Drown and An
other Swore Off Talking.
HAS HIS DUTCH UP.
JoJtn Chinaman Is Going at tlie Geary Act
for All llo Is Worth ITo Employes the
Methods or the Melican Man Organiz
ing and lobbying.
ICOBKESPOVDENCE OP THE DISPATCH.
Sew Yoek, Oct. 2S. John Chinaman,
patient, humble and much abused, has
learned wisdom from hard experience, and,
to secure what he beiieves to be his rights,
is resortinc in most approved style to the
ways and methods of the Melican man.
Petitions to Congress, indignation meet
ings and all the other paraphernalia ol ttie
professional reformer he is now using with
spirit and rigor and a skill that compel ad
miration All this furnishes a novel and edifying
rpectacle to the great American public.
3Tor a dozen years or more restrictive legis
lation cgainst the Chinese has been the
policy of both the great parties, but the
last Congress went farther than any ot its
predecessors. It passed what is known as
the Geary act, providing that every China
man now resident in tire United States shall
at once make application to the Collector of
Internal Revenue of the district in which
he lives, for a cerlifieate of residence, stat
ins the date at which he arrived in this
country, the vessel upon which he came,
the port at which he disembarked and that
he vi as lawfully within the United States
prior to Jlay 5, 1892, the date cpon which
the Geary act went into effect. The appli
cation must also state the age, residence
end occupation of the applicant, and to it
must be attached a photograDh which he
must swear is a true likeness of himself.
The act further provides that two com
petent and reputable witnesses must attest
the truthfulness of the contents of the ap
plication. The act is limited to Chinese
laborers.
A Hard Fight for Repeal.
On the Pacific coast the heads of the
famous Six Companies hare openly conn-'
Beled violation of the law, and in the East
the leaders of the Chinese are warmly and
earnestly protestin; a;ainst it, and have
energetically set about the work of securing
its repeal or radical modification by Con
press, when that bodv meets in December.
Early last month the leading English
speaking Chinese of the Eastern States
called a meeting for this city to devise
effective means ior opposing the law. From
this meeting sprang the Chinese Civil
Eisrhts' League, which cow has a member
ship of several hundred persons.
The members of the league are. in the
mam, Chinese merchant;, and professional
men, all of whom have been residents ot the
State:, ior mnre than ten years, and some of
whom have been here nce childhood. Sing
Ping Lee. a wealtliv Chinese merchant ot
Philadelphia, was elected President of the
league; Wong Chin Foo. the veil-known
Chinese journalist, Secretary and Tom
Xuen, ol this city, Treasurer. A mass
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meeting, called bv the league, was held in
Cooper Union a lew nights aso, and was at
tended by over 1,000 Americans and some
200 Chinese merchants. At this meeting
fpeeches were made by Wcng Chin Foo,
Tom Jr., a chinese doctor, and others, and
resolutions were adopted declaring the
Geary law "monstrous inhuman atid un
constitutional." and pledeine those present
to the work of securing its repeal. Similar
mass meetings are to be held in Boston,
Philadelphia.Chicago abd other large cities,
and the league has also addressed a printed
anpeal to the American public. When
Congress opens, the fight will be trans
ferred to Washington, and with the aid of
Senator Sherman, Congressman Hitt and
others, a vigorous and agsressive battle for
the repeal of the Geary act will be prose
cuted. A Chinese 2f errspaper Han's Notions.
Wong Chin Foo, the Secretary of the
league and its guiding spirit, has been for
ten years or more one of the most interest
ing figures of this big town. He is a mau
ot middle age, in his yonth received a thor
ough English education, and has long en
joyed the unique distinction ot being the
only Chinese journalist in the United
States. His work on the New York Sun
was most creditable, and a brilliant article
entitled "Why I am a Heathen," which
was printed in the Sorth American HcviiB
Forae years ago. attracted attention all over
the country. In private life he is a charm
ing and dclighttul 'companion, and talks
as well cs he writes. In conversa
tion with the writer the other dav he said:
"Tins is the first time the Chinese of the
United States have arisen in public protest
against what they regard ns wrongs inflicted
upon them by the law-making nower. That
they are doing so now and are using
measures very di" t irom those em
ployed in the past, -a that something
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most unusual has taken hold of the slum
bering Chinese intellect. The general
vublic does not as yet understand the
Gearv act. "When it does understand it,
I believe that the law will be repealed.
The case of my countrymen is this: More
than 100,000 Chinamen are now living in
this country. They have come here pre
cisely as other foreigners have done, jn ac
cordance with the laws of the United States.
We believed that this was a laud ot free
dom, and we came here, and were admitted.
We have made our homes here and the
most ot us desire to live here. I respectful
ly submit that we are desirable members
o'f the body politic. There are bad China
men as there are bad men of every race, but
the great body ot Chinese residents are
sober, industrious, law-abiding, peaceful
men. Did you ever see a Chinaman drunk
or fighting on the street?
They Object to Discrimination.
"America says that no more Chinese labor
ers shall come'here. "We no not quarrel
with that. Congress has the right to gay
who shall come. But we have lived here
lor 10, CO or SO years and have obeyed the
laws. 2sow Cong. ess asks us to obey a new
one which applies to none of the hundreds
of thousands ot other aliens here. In this
the law discriminates between races exactly
as the slavery laws did 30 years ago. We
do not think'this is right
"But tke law says more. It says we must
procure eitificates or tickets of leave to
remain here, as criminal convicts are
obliged to have them to stay in England. It
says that if anyone of us shall be arrested
on a charge ot "not being entitled to remain
here, we 'shall be adiudsed to be unlavr-
lully ni thin the United States, unless such
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person shall establish by affirmative proof,
to thesatislaction of such Justice, Judge or
Commissioner, his lawful right to remain in
the United States.' In other words my coun
trymen are declared guilty without auy
trial, and with no jury to judge us, unless
we prove innocence, and we are to be pun
ished with a year ot imprisonment at hard
labor and then sent to China, if we are un
able to prove our innocence This is bad
law and verv harsh, and unjust to men who
desire to obey all laws. This Geary bill
makes it the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury to establish the rules and regula
tions, according to which we can get our
tickets of leave. The Honorable Secretary
requires us to furnish, at our own expense,
'three unmounted photographs of himself or
her3elt. No tin-type or other metal
picture will be received."' We are also re
quired to pay the cost of certificates.
"This is a special tax upon the Chinese,
applying to no one else. It is taxation
without representation. Moreover, the
Secretary requires the Chinese to prove by
witness just when they arrived, on what
steamer and where they have lived in this
country. It is very hard ior those who
came 20 or SO years ago to do this. We do
not -wish to defy the law; neither do we
wish to submit to it, but we ask for its re
peal, and I believe that the public will
cordially support us in this request."
A Half Century in New York.
There are now more than 100,000 China
men in the United States. More than one
half this numlierare settled on the Pacific
coast, where theare variously employed as
laborers and merchants. Itv was about
hall a century ago that the first Chinese,
settled in tliis'citv. The Chinese colony at
Sam IHnj Lee.
first included less than 20 individuals,
but its size has increased from year to year,
and now numbers several thou
sand people. There are seven hundred
Chinese laundries in various parts of town
and Mott street, in the lower end of the
city, in past times a fashionable quarter, is
now given overalmost entirely to the Celes
tials, and is known as Chinatown. China
town is One ot the most densely .populated
spots iu the world, and its denizsns.lead a
life, the features ot which are wholly un
iamilUr to the busy thousands around them.
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The drawing at the head of this column was
made irom life on a warm evening.
Chinatown, is a city" within a city with a
government and mayor of its own. The
prerent Mayor of Chinatown, is Tome Lee,
a shrewd, hard-headed, merchant who has
amassed a comfortable fortune since he
came to New York some 20 years aeo. To
Tom Lee ara brought lor adjudication
most of the disputes which arise be
tween his countrymen, and his decis
ions are generally accepted as final
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Hear Chinese Restaurant in PeU Street
Tlie. Chinese, settle all accounts between
themselves at the end of the year, and
where a debtor cannot pay his debts are for
given him. The Chinese New Year, which
falls on February 11, is the red letter day
in the calendar of Chinatown. Bents and
values have doubled in Mott street since
the Chinese settled there, and it is said that
where the Chinese have themselves become
realty owners, they are generous in the im
provement of their property, and prove ex
cellent landlords. W. K. R.
HOW WE LIVE IN AKEBICA.
Both In the Matter of Food and Dress This
Country Is Far Ahead.;
Mew York Ledger.
It has long been stoutly asserted that the
average American eats better food and
wears better clothes than any other creat
ure on earth. But now science comes for
ward with her search light of fact and rea
son, to give all needed support to this im
portant claim. The process of proof is as
iollows: The unit of food value is known
techically as a "caloric" The declared
average ot the American workingman's
rations is 3,500 calorics per day, the Euro
pean's diet only reaches frm 1,793 to 1,900
calorics per day; thus demonstrating the
nutritive value of our food to be about
twice as great as the Englishman's or the
Frenchman's.
Prof. Atwater very properlr concludes
that those ibrtuna'e enough to live in this
land of Goshen enjoy one' priceless boon:
"A rich abundance of the food they need to
make the most of themselves and their
work"
Proper physical support is the basis of
our animal life and gives that liberal nour
ishment necessarv for large productions and
intellectual and moral progress. Let
ascetics rave as they please, and get their
mottoes from the cynic tub, it'yet follows
that a correct use ot these provisions is the
main condition ot a comfortable life aye,
of liVitself. Bread has a divine mission.
To abuse eating is gluttony, to have noth
ing to eat is misery and death, and it seems
to us that none may strike the golden mean
so efficiently as Amerians. Concerning
dress, ask any observant man who has vis
ited Europe to give you the result of his'ex
perience in this matter. The concurrent
verdict. is in favor of American attire.
BIEUS MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE.
It Is Just 300 Tears Since the Famou
Uteratenr Passed Away.
The St. James Budget.
It is 300 years ago since Michel d'Eyquen
de Montaigne died. We all know more or
less about Montaigne, and even the man
who has never read him often unconsciously
talks him, for his woik has become a part
of'tbe corpus of literature, an ingredient of
that intellectual stock-pot which is ever
simmering and into which all may dip the
spoon. But the readers of the essays them
selves are, it is to be feared, a small but no
ble hand. For one thing, Montaigne needs
to be read by favor of certain conditions.
You cannot run through him in the train:
he is not to be read in a state of doze after a
heavy dinner. You must take him an essay
at a time, in the fulness ot leisure. A bn-
Ee-cocked Elizabethan terrace, where the
ours are in no hurry, is the place for Mon
taigne. For the matter ot that, he does
not taste much worse in the library; but it
most be a library away from the postman's
knock and the shrill ring of the telegraph
boy. Leisure, repose, ease of mind: these
things double the savor of the wit and mel
low the wisdom of the sweet and human
chapters ot Michel de Montaigne.
A MALARIA CUKE
Discovered at last Great Excitement
Thousands Eagerly Trying to Get It.
Not since the discovery of vaccine-virus
by Jenner has there been so great an ad
vance in "medical science as the discovery of
Pe-ru-na. One of its most beneficial uses is
as a remedy ior malaria. Its operation to
cure" this, stubborn malady, is unlike auy
other medicine known. It "seems to be espe
cially reliable in its action in those cases of
malaria where quinine has failed to give
permanent relief. The fact that the cures
ofmalaria made y Pe-ru-na are, without
exception, permanent cures, leaves this
remedy without an equal. Inquire ot yonr
druggist for further particulars, and write
the Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company
of Columbus, O., lor a tree copy ot a treatise
on malaria, it prevention and'eure, ,
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During the week Jnst ended the contro
versy on the question of the to-be or not-to-be
ofthe 12-club league has waxed very
warm. Beyond all doubt it is the burning
baseball question of the day, and we may
expect that between now and November 16,
the date.of the league meeting at Chicago,
there will be some very animated discus
sion. I oppose the 12 club league
because it is unsound in principle;
it has been unjust in its opera
tions; it has deteriorated the quality of
baseball; it has developed a powerful feel
ing of discontent; it has lowered public in
terest in the national game, and it has been
one of the rankest failures in the baseball
history. More than once I have given
proof of these statements. I have failed to
notice a single argument advanced by the
league organ and the two or three other ad
vocates of the unsuccessful baseball monop
oly in defense of its existence. There has
been any amount of insolence, abuse and
sinister insinuations, for that is the entire
stock in trade of some people, but it has no
efiect on an intelligent public
Well, now, let us free ourselves from all
prejudice on the matter and we will at once
see that the baseball public docs not want
the 12-club arrangement The magnates
should more than anything else consider
this feature, because they entirely depend
on public patronage. All other elements
are secondary to that of the public, and if
the present" unwholesome conditions of
baseball are continued depend upon it the
magnates will have reason to regret it If
anybody will show me why the good old
state of things with a National League and
an American Association cannot be recalled
I will say no more, and I also want to know
of what good the Louisville, St. Louis,
Baltimore and Washington clubs .are to the
League. I contend they have done harm
and will continue to do so.
Those who have the destinies of the na
tional game in their hands have a duty to
perlorm, and that is to re-establish "the
National League. This ought to be done
even though heroic action is needed to ac
complish it.
A Few Words to a Critic
A few weeks ago I remarked that the 12
club Leagnc was under the guidance of men
of the Von der Abe type. In reply to this the
League'organ comes to tho suriace and says
Von der Ahe does not rule the League, but
that everything is done by unanimous con
sent. Good gracious! what a remarkable
lot of automatons the organ would have the
magnates be. What .a wonderful lot of
human beings to have no diversity of opin.
ions, but always unanimous. How calm,
how complacent and how simply sweet
everything must be when those unanimous
magnates meet Why, bless you, they must
be the f oh'uer of the aire.
' But ijnti it time. Mr. Organ, they had
the cobwebs - brushed oil their brains?
Would a little stirring-UD not distract that
unanimity and set them thinking so as to
get out ot the dire difficulties in which they
are now in?
Unanimous! Certainly, Messrs. Dav,
Soden and one or two others must have
been breaking their necks to indorse all the
Von der Ahe theories. But I do not be
lieve this "unanimous" assertion, nor did
I say that Von der Ahe ruled the
JLeague. I did say that it is a Von
der Ahe policy that is guic'ing the League
and it is a policy that was never known
in.the League until Von der Ahe became a
member. Honor, justice, success and intel
ligence .were the characteristics cf the
League previous to the Von der Ahe re
gime. It may be true that Messrs. Byrne,
Brush, Itobison, Von der Horst, Waener
and the Louisville representative are ail
under the influence of Von der Aljeism and
aid that worthy in shaping the policy of the
League. I am told that such is the case,
but it is still Von der Aheism just the
same.
Now, Mr. Organ, let me ask you a ques
tion. Why is it that you were such a
hater, such a vilifier and such au enemy to
the National League magnates when they
were honest and just and are now their
dearest friend when their "unanimous"
'policy is to rob their employes, the ball
players? Has the "loaves and fishes"
principle been your guiding star? Let us
know.
Local Baseball Affiilrs.
The local baseball club officials mean to
be in the swim early enough next year, and
to show that they mean business they have
already completed arrangements to have
the players report at Hot Springs on March
1. Alter "boiling" out there for awhile the
team will play 20 games with the Southern
League clubs and then return home to open
the season.
All this means enterprise on the part of
the club directorate, and adds more proof to
the fact that the people at the head ot the
club are prepared to make any kind of a
venture to have a winning team here.
Doubtless the plan as arranged will have
good effect. I trust it will.
Manager Buckenberger tells me that Ehret
is sure to" sign with the local club and at a
salary just as high as anybody will get.
Ehret is a good pitcher when fie displays
energy, and if is to be hoped that next vear
he will be more in earnest than he has been
this year. There is a dim hope of ths club
securing a. first-class in fielder who will also
be able to captain the team. In view of
this hope Donovan has not been definitely
engaged to captain. If the expected in
fielder is not secued then he "will take
charge.
Anson and His Ancestors.
A correspondent sends mo a very inter
esting communication about A. C. Anson,
the ball player, and his ancestors. I am
sorry there is not space to publish the letter
in full. Here is part of it:
There is probably no ptoTessIonal athlete
who has been more extensively advertised
or one more worthy of tespect. A great deal
has been written of Air. Anson tbat was
incorrect, some evon stated that ho was a
Swede. Mr. Anson's ancestors, paternal
and maternal, lire Americans, and date bacK
for a nuraDor of generations. His paternal
ancestor. Lord Anson, an Admiral ol tlio
English nary, whose Itfo and voyages are
recorded in separate volumes, resided for a
short time in Virginia. Warren Anson,
grandfather of Adrian, settled in New . ork
State. Sylvanns Bice, maternal grandfather
of A. C. Atison, was a reDresentatlve or an
old American lamily, and was Oorrt in Now
York. Tliey were distinguished representa
tives of bis family. His son, Henry Anson,
was born In York State, and wa a pioneer
of the State of Iowa, and he pre-empted land
near the present city of AlarslmlHown in
1652.
My correspondent wants to know what I
think about it I bare nothing to say re
garding the veracity of the story. It may
be true and it may not, but there are points
of resemblance between the baseball cap
tain and Lord George, the Admiral. , The
latter, who died about 130 years ago, was
never disheartened, He set" sailonce at the
head of a big fleet to figbi the Spaniards, '
and storms wrecked all his ships but one.
He was still a fighter, even with one ship,
and captured a town. Captain Anson, of
baseball fame, has often had his ranks de
pleted and his best men lost, but he has al
ways stuck. to it and scored victories under
circumstances that would have discouraged
anybody else.
I may add that If A. C Anson is a de
scendant of Admiral Anson, he must also be
somewhat related to the Earl of Litchfield,
as I think that title has been transmitted
from the family of Admiral Anson.
Joseph Chamberlain and Athletic Sports.
Never in the history of the world were
athletic sports so popular as they are at
present The most prominent men of
every civilized nation now and again speak
and write in their defense. A lew days
ago no l(Sss a personase than the Bight
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, in presenting
prizes to successful competitors in some
athletic contests, made some interesting re
marks on out-door sports. The following
is from an exchange:
Mr. Chamberlain said ho did not snpposo
that in tho whole world thero was a les3
athletic man than ho wm. As thev knew,
he did not cycle. He did not ride, and he
did not wait when ho could help it. Ho did
not plav cricket, neither did he plav foot
ball. "Shame," and laughter. Iio did not
play tennW or golf, which ho ussuied them
wasn indlspensablo condition of states
manship. The (ace was that he did not tike
any exercise at all. Jf r. Chamberlain added
that he would not recommend his hearers
lo follow his example. Although lie conld
not imitate the powers of the men he had
been seblng, yet he could sympathize and
admire tliolrlove ana devotion to sports in
the opon air. And lie believed that the
qualities which nrnusht success to sneh pur
suits ns those wcio also the qualities which
had distinguished Englishmen throughout
the world, and mauo them the most enter
prising tiavelors and oxolorors In distant
countries.
The cries of "shame" when Mr. Chamber
lain said he did not play football ought to
be a warning to all great statesmen and
prominent citizens. If they want to be re
sDected and share in the good opinion and
applause ol the public thev.must identify
themselves with football. But the tenor of
Mr. Chamberlain's remarks ought to encour
age all good citizens to help in the pro
motion of athletic exercises and outdoor
sports. To have a progressive people itis
necessary to have time for mental training
and development, bat believe me it is also
necessary to have time for physical culture
Find a community of young "men who in
dulge in athletic exercises and you'll note an
absence of those whezzy round-shouldered
find hollow-chested young men that invar
iablv are a trouble to themselves and a
burden on otljf ri
Football Affairs in General.
Football continues to grow in popularity,
and one needn't wonder at it considering
the excellent contests that have taken place
recently. We have now arrived at a stage
where the public is very anxious to learn
all it can about the game and the plavers,
and as this 'knowledge is gained, so will'the
popularity of tho sport increase. It will
not be long before we'll have as many foot
ball teams as we have baseball teams.vand
when the weather is at alL favorable the
patronage of one will be just as great as
the patronage of the other. I am sure that
nobody need see more interesting sport
than that contest between the Three A. 's
and the P. A. Cs teams on Columbus Day.
The contest was an admirable one and hon
estly and (airly played. There was a pleas
ing absence of bad feeling on both sides,
and tbat will do more than anything else
to popularize the game. The teams are
I evenly balanced, and their contests are al-
wars likely to affnrd excitement enough to
make old people leel young again and shout
for their favorites.
The leading Itugby teams of the country
are fast getting into form and the inter
collegiate championship series is being
looked forward to with great interest So
far the Princetons have pleased their friends
considerably, and so have the Harvard
team. The latter the other day put up a
splendid game against the strong team from
Chicago and won in great style. Tho
Princetons have made some big scores,
while the Yale team have not gotten
thoroughly down to work yet The Uni
versity of Pennsylvania team are cither
tuuch weaker than expected, or else the
Lafayette team arc nearly first-class, for the
former only managed on Wednesday to de
feat the Lalayettes by 8 to 6.
We are all, of course, looking forward to
the big contests, viz., that between Yale
and Harvard at Springfield on November
19, and that between Yale and Princeton
on Thanksgiving'Day. They will be great
fames. There is one thing to be regretted,
owever, and that is that Harvard and
Princeton are not to meet.4 This isa little
hard on the Yales, because that team have
to play two great games within a few days
of each other, while both Harvard and
Princeton have only each one. And if
Harvard and Princeton should each defeat
Yale we will still be at a loss to know
which is the best team in the country. This
is to be regretted. To be sure if Yale, as
was the case last year, defeats both Harvard
and Princeton they will be the champions.
It seems to me that Harvard is more to
blame for this unsatisfactory state of things
than Princeton. The game has become so
popular that all prejudices and exclusive
ness shonld be thrown to one side, and the
three leading Bugby teams of the country
play a three-cornered series for the cham
pionship. The eflorts now being made to
heal the breach between Princeton and
Harvard may be successful. It is to be
hoped they wilL
Tho Big Battle To-Morrow Night
It is seldom there is so much interest in a
second-class battle as there is in the contest
of to-morrow night between Choynski and
Godfrey. The contest is being talked of
and speculated in in every city in the
United States. Five weeks ago I compared
the men, and came to the conclusion that
Choynski's chance to win was better than
tbat of Godfrey's. I am of the same opin
ion still.
There are lots of very good judges of box
ing and pugilism who "are just as confident
ol Godfrey's victory as I am of Choynski's.
That makes the matter all the more inter
esting. Nobody will deny that Godfrey is a
very good and game fellow, but so is the
California!), and while he is years below 30
Godfrey is beyond 40. Choynski is an ex
ceedingly active man, although his legs arc
not ot the kind that will last very long in a
severe struggle. On the other hand, God
frey Vage must be against his staying qual
ities if the contest is hot and lively. Ed
Smith, formerly of this city, has met both
men, and I know that he estimates Choyn
ski as a very dangerous man for anybody to
meet
O'Bourke, the backer of George Dixon,
still quibbles about the two pounds' differ
ence between Griffin.' s terms and those of
Dixon. The latter wants to fight at 118.
and Griffin insists on 120. It is a very
trifling matter to call a halt about, and it
goes to show that O'Bourke considers
Griffin an extremoly dangerous man for the
colored champion to meet. When the diffi
culty in the way Of making a match be
tween them is 'so small, there is good pros
pect of a contest taking place.
Pbingle.
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TUB EFF0ET THAT TOOK THE PEIZ3
rwnrms tor toe nisr-ATciti
It was a nice little dinner in the quiet
back room at Malvolio's, and I had for
company three entertaining liars, making
Tour of us in all, for I had just sent a tele
gram to my wire, explaining that business
detaineiLme downtown. This brought up
the matter of wifely devotion, and the man
who keeps a hotel in New Jersey told this
story:
"There was a couple staying at ray place
couldn't bo satisfied anywhere else they
were so partionlar about everything and
they went into the water a good deal during
the season, which was the most successful
on record down there. Tb woman was an
Al swimmer, but the man could only
paddle about near the shore. He was reck
less, though, and didn't seem to care
whether he was drowned or not I noticed
this even before his wife came down from
the, city to look out for him. He was always
wanting to swim out to the float which was
anchored off shore a couple of hundred
yards, bnt she said that if he tried it he'd
go to the bottom sure.
"Of course you'll do it, just the same,'
said she; 'yoc never pay any attention to
what I say, though it always turns out that
The Most DistinovvHud Gentleman.
way, as yon remember, etc., etc.' Then he
cited a large number of instances, as many
as he could stand at one dose.
A Noble Case of Devotion.
"Well, one day. just as she had said, he
started out from the shore as if he expected
to swim across the ocean. She was on the
float and caw him coming. He got on
pretty well till he was within CO feet ot her,
and then he threw up his hands and went
down. She was after him in an instant,
and just as he was going down for the third
time she seized him by the hair. She ap
peared to know from experience just where
to grab him in order to get the best hold.
Then she started with him for shore. 'Solo
mon,' said she, 'what did I tell you about
this?' I tell you that was a bard question
for a man wi:h his stomach full of sea water
to digest 'My dear,' he gasped, 'are you
going to keep asking me that question all
therestofoiir lives? Because, if you are,
please let me drop.'
"Well, gentlemen, I admired that woman
for her conduct She asked her own soul
whether she could keep from holding that.
thing over him lor the rest or his days and
she was forced to answer in thenegative;
It was more than'any woman cont'd do. She
saw what life would be to him; she remem
bered her duty as a wife; and, gentlemen,
though she would have enjoyed holding
that thing over him more t'aan any woman
I ever saw. she gave up that pleasure; she
let him go and swam ashore a widow."
"Let us drink to her health," said the
Member of the Bar. "She was a noble and
remarkable woman."
A Woman of Inferior Intellect.
."Bnt the case I had in mind," said the
Commercial Traveler, "is an even more per
fect illustration of a woman's self-sacrifice.
When I was a young man my friend, John
W. Butler, married a girl w ho was greatly
his inferior in intellect This is not an un
common error. Few men notice this mental
inequality before marriage, but I have
never known anyone who failed to discover
it afterward. Men who did not know as
much as this piece of apple pie which I am
eating have otten depl red in my presence
the intellectual interiority of woman. Itis
a thing so plain that any fool can Bee it
But John was a man ot strong mind, who
always used his reason in evcrv case, and
never jumped at conclusions. It annoyed
him, therefore, to see that his wife
could not draw an inference, and didn't
want to. In the solitude of- their
home he didn't so much mind, but when
others were present he was always in agony
for fear that she would say something silly.
When he brought a friend home to dinner
he warned the visitor not to judge Mrs.
Butler Irom her conversation, for, although
she was mentally deficient, she was an ad
mirable cook and a very useful woman to
have around the bouse. It was not long,
therefore, before all John's friends got to
thinking that everything Mrs. Butler said
was idiotic, whether ifwas or not
"She was very talkative, even for a
woman, and I used to delight to hear her
run on iu her innocent, childlike simplicity;
but it was misery for John. At first he
didn't know how to check her, and would
sit and wring his bands while she was talk
ing, and try to fix his mind upon' counting a
thousand in order not to hear the mistakes
that she made.
She Conld Win 'at Whist
"When he had men as his guests he almost
always talked about the intricate details ol
his business, or the abstruse theories of poli
tics; and it displeased him that she should
put in her illogical and utterly womanly
nonsense instead "of sitting still" during an
evening and trying to learn something Irom
her husband and his friends. We plaved
wbist quite often at his house, and Mrs.
Butler always talked all the time which was
a great grief to John. He showed. her that
the game required close mental apnlication,
and that the reason why she could not play
it as well as a dressmaker's wire dummy
was because she persisted in favoring ns with
her mistaken views upon a vast variety of
subjects while a hand was being played.
But as Mrs. Butler never held less than
seven trumps, and al ays won, she could not
see the force ot his reasoning.
"By and by I noticed a change. Some
thing had certainly come over what John
called l)i3 uife's 'alleged mind.' She
would begin one of her old- time rambling,
meaningless and. delightful outbursts of
nonsense, and would check herself suddenly
in the midst of it, end become as dumb as
an oyster for ten consecutive minutes, per
haps. I was a long time in arriving t the
true cause of this phenomenon, but at last
it came to me. John's patience had been
tried beyond endurance, and he had made a
treaty withJiis wife.
Result of a Wife's Sacrifice.
"She loved him; sne believed in his
wisdom nith a firmness of confidence which
nobody outside the family approached, and
only John himself surpassed. She was
willing to do anything in the bounds' of
human possibility to please him, and so she
ha-l acceeded to a most rcmarkahle request
She had agreed to stop talking' oil the
instant whenever he should indicate by a
preconcerted sign that she was. making a
tool ot herself; and she solemnly promised
not to begin again till ths danger signal
should be taken in. 1. 'detected him inthe
act of making this sign, which wavdone by
simrjlv crossing his bands upon his breast
4L KW
She recognized' it instantly, and I lost the
She Steam Ashore a Widow.
those hands of John's come up instinctively
and cross upon his chest I was never ablo
to proceed in the face of that dumb protest
against myimbecihty. I fell to watching
him to see if he made the sign when'other
people were talking. Sometimes he did,
but nothing like so often as with me. I
grew to wonder if I was really a fool, and
so big a fool that I hadn't hitherto no
ticed it
"I experimented with John. I selected
various subjects, and talked to him in the
most rational style I could command, but
rarely did I fail to bring his hands into tha
damning position. 'It must be true,' I said
at last; 'I am a fool.' I watched myself
anxiously for signs of paresis. I drew cir
cles on paper and practiced sticking my
tongue out straight before a mirror, because
I beard that people upon whom paresis had
fastened its grip could not do these things.
I never read of a celebrated actor being
taken to Bloomingiiale without thinking
mournfully that my turn would come next
"And I believe that it would have come
soon if Providence I ad not intervened to
save me. John died suddenly of heart
disease while listening to a lecture by
JosiahP. Cook. He died with his hands
folded upon his breast, and the undertaker
had little or no trouble with him. I was
present when they brought him home.
'"'He was the best of husbands. sobbed
Mrs. Butler. 'He was as nearly without a
fault as anv man could be. He was the
wisest man that ever'
"Her gaze rested suddenly upon the
' folded hands, and she stopped as if the
breath had lelt her body. John's sign had
checked at the only moment, so far as I can
remember, when such a thing was called
for by the nature of her remarks.
Tho Story ot tho Evening.
"Well.gentlemen," the Commercial Trav
eler concluded, "you see the situation. She
was bound by her solemn promise not to
speaK again till those hands should bo un
clasped. That was 19 years ago, and she
hasn't said a word since"
"In my opinion," said the Member of the
Bar (jwho is deaf in one ear, and. since his
marriage has beon hoping that the trouble
would spread to the other one), "that story
is a lie."
"No," said I; "it is substantially tree. I
have, met Mrs. Butler. I was riding down
town one dav on an 'L' tram, and opposite
me I noticed two ladie, one of whom sur
prised me by her absolute silence. I
thought she must he dumb,
for though the other woman poured
a continual flood of words into
her ear, she made no attempt to sneak. I
noticfd, also, that her eyes, which had
rested often upon my countenancs, had a
deeply sad expression. But iust.is w wort.
turning the corner of Murray street and
r?n11.i.. -.1- -1.- .1 . . M
-ww.bgo iaw, uc icuiieu over to ncr com
panion and said: "Margaret, I have not
spoken in 19 years, but I must ask voa if
you have ever seen a more distinguished
looking gentleman than the one. sitting op
posite us.'" 1
Each of my friends herepnt his hand into
his breast pocket, and drawing forh a cigar
passed it over to me. It is our custom,
when we dine together, to' render that
tribute to the man who tells the most im
probable story. Howard Fielding.
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