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lira the World of
Pmtdoor Sports.
Current Gossip of Baseball, Catling; the Track
And Various Other
It a a. tna.-rura fact that Sorliigfleld
and Scranton, the two clubs at the
head of the percentage list a ween ago
today, are the two clubs which made
Ithe nnnrant record durtnff the week.
Springfield played only four games
and lost all of them; scranion prayea
even games and lost five; the next
poorest week's records are Rochester,
which lost four and won one, and
Providence, which lost and won three.
Wilkes-Barre made the beet week's
record by winning four out of five
rames slaved: .Buffalo comes next
with six out of eight.
The work of the Soranton team Is
imply a repltltion of the good fleldlnK,
poor batting and weak pitching, which
has characterized the olub throughout
the season. Possibly the week might
have been closed with as many vic
tories as defeats if Quarles had been
kept out of the box until his arm
thawed out. It would be wrong to
criticise him when it is considered that
he was brought from the South direct
ly Into a sudden and severe lowering of
temperature in the North. , The last
game he pitched, on a fairly mild day,
hows an improvement Sir Richard
Brown, another Southerner, has not
rounded into condition, but when he
and Quarles are in good form, they,
with Delaney and Johnson, should
make a formidable quartette. Then,
the only reason for losing (fames will
be found in the batting, which has not
been ol the pennant winning kind thus
fur.
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Richard P. Brown, Bcranton's south
paw twlrler, will be 23 years of age next
August. He was born in 1872 in Balti-
RICHARD P. BROWN, PITCHER.
more, and In 1S93 he pitched for the
National league team of the Oriole
city. That was his first appearance as
a professional and he did steady and
effective work In the box for Balti
more that year and last season. Man
ager Barnle prevailed upon him this
season .to sign with .Scranton. Before
entering upon the base ball field he was
a railroad employe.- Since coming to
Scranton Mr. Brown has established
himself in popular favor. His speed
dazzles the batsman and he uses sharp
end wide curves. When he has more
work to do this year the disposition
sometimes shown in his pitching to be
a little wild will disappear. He has a
strong arm and is not afraid to use it.
His build is athletic The accompany
ing photograph shows that he is a good
looking fellow. He has a very unique
delivery, and before throwing the ball
executes a momentary war dance, but
be puts smoke on it just the same.
' First Baseman William Clark, of the
Scranton team, is a promising young
player, and already is regarded as the
best fielder in that position In the East
ern league. He was born, in Pittsburg
on Aug. IS, 1S70, not being yet 25 years
of age. He was employed by the Cres
cent Steel company In the Smoky City
and distinguished himself as an ama
teur until his first professional engage
ment with the Johnstown club of the
State league in 1892. He held down
first bag for the Allentown club
in '93, and last . season ' was seen
In tbjat position with the Hazle
ton club. While playing with Al
lentown in a game against Johnstown
he accepted sixteen chances without an
error and the same year In a game
against Easton he drove out a single, a
triple and a home run out of three
times at the bat. He was signed this
present season for Scranton by the late
manager, Tommy Cahtll, and his work
on the diamond, both as a batter and
fielder, has contributed at opportune
moments to win games for the home
team. His .very dark complexion does
Bcranton's First Baseman.
not mar his handsome profile, and his
build suggests the enduring strength
and suppleness of . a North American
Indian. One commendable trait In him
is that on and off the diamond he Is a
gentleman.
Paul Radford, Bcranton's shortstop
and right fielder,. Is full of base ball
reminiscences. He knows all the crack
National league players, and when in
a conversational mood can spin an inter
esting yarn of all manner of diamond
episodes. He shrinks from speaking of
himself, but he recently told the follow
ing to a party of friends: "It was away
back In 1883, my first professional year,
that a strange Incident happened, and
which was thought by many to have
an important bearing on that year's
success of the Boston, club, ' Anyhow,
the Incident and what followed showed
the superstition that prevailed 'among
players at that time and which pre
vails now, for that matter,. We were
on our trip west and had played In
beastly hard luck. All the .boys had
the dumps by the time we reached De
troit; the directors were kicking, and
ws all felt sore, especially because
f.'Tf LUAM CLARK. ' ' ! n--
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Popular Pastimes.
many games taken from us were of the
scratch variety. Several of .us were
standing In front of the hotel when a
passing horse threw a shoe. We all
knew what it meant and I ran out and
procured the shoe while the others lay
in a faint. On the shoe was stamped
'O. Win,' which we later learned meant
Owen Win, the maker of the shoe. Well,
it goes without saying that we won
that day's game and ere very success
ful during the remainder of the trip.
After reaching Boston we won twenty
out of twenty-four games. My father
gilded ihe shoe and it was hung In the
grandstand, where It remained until the
structure was buttled two years ago
Mr. Win, the maker, heard of the epi
sode which was published broadcast at
the time. He presented me with a
handsome Rold horseshoe pin, and
wrote me a letter stating that the queer
circumstance and the publicity given
It had largely increased his business."
After Radford, finished the story one
of the party remarked; "Rad, if you
continue to play ball with the nerve
that you tell a story, you can retire
from the business In two years .worth
$100,000."
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DIAMOND DUST:
The lloston club has sold Outfielder
Collins to Louisville.
The WIIkes-Barro club contemplates a
century run on Decoration Day,
Report says that Pitcher Hodson is
not swift enough for loague company.
Chicago leads the league In base hits
so far this season, with 2S4 to their
credit. Ex.
A series between the pennant winning
teams ot the Eastern and Western
leagues is suggested.
Catcher Cote may have his drawbacks
as a ball player, but he could give Cap
tain Field pointers in the golden virtue of
silence.
Umpire Gaffnoy g reported as having
said that the Eastern league teams pluy
just as fast ball as those of the National
league.
Bottenus, of Buffalo, ten days ago,
drove out four homo runs in one game
and he has not been able to get wftliln
a gunshot of the ball since.
Killeen, an old National league pitcher,
has signed with the Syracuse Bultdls
gers. Lathrope was released and it is
Bald that he may sign with Rochester.
Catcher W. J. Patchen, late of the Scran
ton club, has been signed by Manager
Swift, of the Carbondale club, and joined
that organization yesterday at Allentown.
.With warmer weather coming,
The base ball crank will note.
That Louisville, to get on top.
Has laid aside her Cote.
An exchange thinks that a little hot
weather will have the effect of taking
some of the Btarch out of the Springfield
players. Let us hope that it may Infuse
a corresponding dose of ginger into Bre'r
Quarles, Scranton's pitcher.
Jn a middleweight bout at the Bijou
theater in Blnghamtoa Wednesday night,
Louis Jester, of that city, knocked out
Harry Courtrlght, of this city. In the
third round. The services of a doctor
were required to bring Courtrlght to.
Klllen seems to be a warm weather
pitcher. He should be farmed out in the
Sahara Desert until July. Ex. Quarles,
whom Manager Barnie had trouble with
In bringing him up from Tennessee, ought
to get his fare paid on the same train.
The cranks are just waiting to see
Scranton and Wllkes-Barre meet on the
diamond. What Manager Barnie's men
want to do Is not only to win the game
but also to give the aggregation from
Luzerne a trouncing that will linger in
their bones. Then all will be forgiven.
Pitcher IWallace, of Cleveland, shut
Brooklyn out with but three hits in a
recent game. Professor Wallace wore a
Franklin, Pa., uniform last year, and
when he was a member of that semi-professional
aggregation Marty Swift had
lines out for him for Scranton's last
year State league team.
There was a young man from Tennessee,
Named Quarles (and a great gall bad he),
Come north to play ball,
But be can't play at all
And he'll probably get his conge.
The base ball editor of the Rochester
Post-Express allowed his thoughts to
run thus In speaking of the game we won:
"The blue-clad warriors from the barren
confines of Scranton jumped upon the
nine representatives of the Flower City
and did a war dance to the tune of 14
to 10. The Invincible Duryea was pound
ed In a very ungentlemanly manner."
In a recent Philadelphia-Chicago game
the Colt's half of the fourth Inning was
played quicker than a messenger boy
could run a block. Hodson retired the
Chicago side on three pitched balls. One
of these was batted for two bases by
Wllmot, but he overran second and was
put out. The next two men each hit the
first pitched ball and went out at first.
President Hanlon, of the State league,
will endeavor to get parties In Phila
delphia to take the Shenandoah fran
chise. Ha ahs received several proposi
tions from responsible parties there and
Is reasonably confident that Philadel
phia will at the beginning of the week
have a representative in the State league,
the schedule being so arranged that the
club will play on the Phillies' grounds
when the latter are away from home.
Anson seldom kicks unless he has good
ground for a protest. He frequently tells
his men "If So-and-so had hit the ball
at the propertlme, or If a certain player
had caught or 'stopped the ball at a criti
cal period, the decision of the umpire
would have cut no figure In the re
sult." Ex. Wonder would the old man
growl If he had a hollow-vlsloned person
like Herman Doescher calling balls and
strikes and giving "base" decisions.
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The ring fraternity now has two Im
portant local matches In prospect
John L. Mitchell, of this city, and "Jer
sey" Gordon, of Philadelphia,' have
each posted f 25 forfeit money for a go
ot six rounds or more on the night of
June 3; while James Judge, the prom
ising lightweight of the; South Side, and
"Mike" Leonard, of Brooklyn, are
signed to meet In the Frothingham on
the night of June 17. Of the two bouts
It Is probable that the laltter will at
tract the more attention, but there is
no good reason why the Mitchell-Gordon
battle should not develop a rat
tling contest.' Mitchell has for several
years been known as one of the clever
est middleweight amateurs In the city,
and in each of hie engagements) during
the winter has plainly had the best of
his opponent He Is not only a good
boxer, but can, jab straight and hard
with his left, has ai strong right swing;
and is shirty. Although he is known
as an amateur, he really left that class
a few weeks ago when he gained a de
cision over MbCadden in the Ptttstoa
National Athletic tournament Mitchell
went against McCadden while believing
him an amateur, but the contrary was
ascertained later. Mitchell la Instate-,
tor for the Nationals of PRtston and
will train in that otty and Scranton. He
has kept In good condition and looks
to be in better form than during the
winter, .'....;.
Gordon's style of fighting Is peculiar
to many of blc class. He Is a rusher
and relies to a great degree upon those
tactics and heavy bitting. He is of
stocky and strong build, but has not
the ey roetrioal lines ot his opponent. He
la training In WUkes-Barre. He has
a number of won battles and draw to
his credit, but as only little Is known
of his present condition and ability no
predictions can be made of the result
of the comng event.
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES:
"Kid" Lavigne and Jack Kverhart were
not long In making arrangements to fight.
They will fight May 30 at the Sett Side
club, at 133 pounds, for a purse and a side
bet of 13,600.
The National Sporting club will probably
offer a purse for Johnny Murphy, of Bos
ton, to fight the winner of the Corneld
Pllmmer affair, which takes place In Lon
don on May 27.
Tom O'Rourke, the manager of George
Dixon and Joe Waloott, declares he will
leave for England Immediately after the
fight between Dixon and Erne, -which
takes place at Coney Island on June 14. -
Jockey Donovan was ruled off after the
fourth race at St. Asaph, at Washington,
Wednesday, for pulling his mount, Tor
rnlne. Other guilty parties In the "Job"
may be discovered at the meeting which
the executive committee of the club will
hold. . .'.
Definite arrangements for the Corbett
FltzBlmmons fight will be made at a con
ference to be held In the St. James hotel.
New York, this afternoon, when all Inter
ested parties will be present. A party of
gentlemen who control Geneva park, the
resort at Geneva, N. Y have made an of
fer of JIO.OOO for a six-round battle between
Corbett and Fltzslmmons and $1,000 for
each additional round fought.
William Flelscbmon, of the contest com
mittee of the newly-organized Sea Beach
Athletic club, of Coney Island, sailed for
Europe Wednesday on the American liner
New York. The object oMils visit Is to
arrange limited round bouts between the
following English fighters and representa
tive American boxers: Frank Blavln,
f'Ted" Frltchard, Arthur Valentine,
"Dick" Burge, "Jem" Smith, George Can
field, and "Billy" Pllmmer.
The world's cycling recordB were broken
over the Garfield park course, at Chicago,
by Ualnbrlclge and De Cardy, Wednesday
night. William De Cardy covered ten
miles In 21m. 10s., reducing the record from
24m. 82MiS. William Balnbridge, who, for
years past, has been deemed one of the
speediest men on the path, spun out five
miles in the wonderful fust time of 11m.
40s. Tho best previous record was 12m.
13Hs.
BICYCLES AND THEIR COST.
Interesting ' Facts for the Study of
Buyers.
To the doubting "Thomases" who are
ever asserting that the cost of a bicy
cle is inconsequential compared with its
selling price the following brief sketch
of the material that enters Into the in
tegral of a wheel are here enumerated:
A machine was recently "dissected" and
in the bearings alone 160 miniature steel
balls were found. The chain possessed
138 pieces, comprising links, rivets, nuts
and bolts. The two wheels had sixty
piano wire spokes, each of which was
fastened to the rim by a nipple and
washer. The saddle contained eigh
teen parts exclusive of the rivets that
help to fasten the leather to the metal
cantle. The valves in the pneumatic
ties contained four Individual mechani
cal contrivances. Each pedal had ten
separate parts and the brake and con
nections ten component parts; add to
those already - mentioned sproket
wheels, crank shafts, chair adjust
ments, grips, handle-bars, tires, rims,
frame, forks, hubs, axles, cones, wash
ers, etc., a grand total of over 500 In
dividual parts Is easily arrived at
In a thoroughly high grade bicycle
each one of the integral elements Is
made by a costly piece of machinery
operated by skilled artisans, whose at
tention to detail and accuracy are as
sured facts. The machinery employed
in the majority of cycle factories today
la of an automatic nature and the cost
of some runs up into hundreds of thous
ands of dollars. Then take Into consid
eration the capital invested In buildings
and material in conjunction with the
necessary expenditure for the proper
marketing and selling of the product,
such as advertising, clerk and sales
man hire, depreciation of machinery
and tools and other Innumerable facts,
it will be readily seen that a first-class
machine costs far more than the aver
age buyer imagines.
Cause for Reduction, '
From the Dertolt Tribune.
Bank Cashier The receiving teller is
leading a double life.
Bank President Reduce his salary half.
One life Is enough for a teller. .
THE DREAMS.
Two dreams came down to earth one night
From the realm of mist and dew;
One was a dream of the old, old days.
And one was a dream of the, new.
One was a dream of a shady lane
That led to the pickerel pond
Where the - willows and rushes bowed
themselves
To the brown old hills beyond.
And the people that peopled the old-time
dream
TtfnA nlanannt and ffllr trt IMr.
And the dreamer he walked with them
ngaln
As often of old walked he.
Oh. cool was the wind In the shady lane
That tangled his curly halrl -"
Oh, sweet was the music the robins mads
To the springtime everywhere,! -
Was It the dew the dream had brought
From yonder midnight skies,
0 was It tears from the dear, dead years
That lay In the dreamers eyes?
The other dream ran fast and free,
As the moon benignly shed .
Her golden grace on the smiling facs .
In the little trundle-bed.
For 'twas a dream of times to come
Of the glorious noon of day
Of the summer that follows ths careless
spring
When the child is dona with play.
And 'twas a dream of the busy world
Where valorous deeds are done;
Of battles fought In the cause of right, .
And of victories nobly won, '
It breathed no breath of the dear old home
And the quiet joys of youth; -
tt gave no glimpse of the good old friends
Or the old-time faith and truth.
But 'twas a dream of youthful hones,
Ana rast ana iree ii ran.
And It told to a little sleeping child
Of a boy become a man I
These were ths dreams that cams on
night
To earth from yonder sky;
These were the dreams two - dreamers
dfeamed ... . ,
My little boy and I. .
And In our hearts my boy and I !j . ,
Were glad that it was so; '
He loved to dream ot days to come,
And I of long ago. .
1 . . ..'.'.
Bo from our dreams my boy and I
Unwillingly awoke,
But neither Of his precious dream ! '
Unto the other spoke. .-,; -
Yet of the love We bore those dreams '
Gave each his tender sign; V
For there was triumph In his eyes
And there were tears In mine I
, , Eugsne Field.
lie Bishop Ghost
; Mile- . . ,t
By FRANK R. STOCKTON.
(These short serial stories are copyrighted by Bacheller, Johnson ft Baclii.
Iter, and are printed inThe Tribune by special arrangement simultaneous with
their appearance In the leading dally journals ot the large cities).
Around the walls of a certain old
church there stood many tombs, and
these had been there so long that the
plaster with which their lids were fas
tened down had dried and crumbled so
that in most of them there were long
cracks under their lids, and out of
these the ghosts of the people who had
been burled In the tombs were In the
habit of escaping at night.
This had been going on for a long
time, and, at the period of our story,
the tombs were In suoh bad repair that
every night the body of the chuivh was
so filled with ghosts that before day
light one of the sacristans was obliged
to come into the church and sprinkle
holy water everywhere. This was done
to clear the church of ghosts before the
first service began, and who does not
"Could You Get Out and Go to Your Own
Tomb?"
know that if a ghost is sprinkled with
holy water It shrivels up? This first
service was attended almost exclu
sively by printers on their way home
from their nightly labors on the Jour
nals of the town.
The tomb which had the largest
crack undeir it lid belonged to a bishop
who had died more than a hundred
years before, and who had a great rep
utation for sanctity; so much so, in
deed, that people had been In the habit
of picking little pieces of plaster from
under the lid of his tomb and carrying
them away as holy relics, to prevent
disease and accidents.
This tomb was more Imposing; than
the others, and stood upon a pedestal
so that the crack beneath Its lid was
quite plain to view, and remarks had
been made about having It repaired.
Very early one morning, before It
was time for the first service, there
came (nito the church a poor mason.
His wife had recently recovered from
a severe sickness, and -he was desirous
of making an offering to the church.
But having no money to spare, he had
determined that he would repair tho
bishop's tomb, and She .'consequently
came to do this before his regular hours
of work began. '
All the ghosts were out of their tombs
at the time, but they were gathered
in the other end of the church, and the
mason did not see them, nor did they
notice him; and he Immediately went
to work. He had brought some plas
ter and a trowel, and it was not long
before the crack under the lid of the
tomb was entirely filled up, and the
plaster made as smooth and neat as
when the tomb was new.
"When his work was finished, the ma
son loft the church -toy the little side
door which had given "him entrance.
Not ten minutes afterward the sacris
tan came in to sprinkle the church
with holy water. Instantly the ghosts
began to scatter right and left, and
to slip into their tombs as quickly as
possible, but when the ghost of the
good bishop reached his tomb he found
It Impossible to get In. He went around
and around it, but nowhere could he
find the least little chink by which he
could enter. The sacristan was walk
ing along the other side of the church,
scattering holy water, and in great
trepidation the bishop's ghost hastened
from tomb to tomb, hoping to find one
which was unoccupied Into which he
could slip before the sprinkling began
on that side of the church. He soon
come to one which he thought might
be unoccupied, but he discovered to his
consternation that it was occupied by
the ghost of a young girl who had died
of love.
"Alas! alas!" exclaimed the bishop's
ghost. "How unlucky! Who would
have supposed this to 'be your tomb?"
"It is not really my tomb," said the
ghost of the young girl. "It Is the
tomb of Sir Geoffrey of the Marie, who
was killed in battle nigh two centuries
ago. I am told that it had been empty
for a long time, for his ghost has gone
to Castle Marie, Not long ago I came
Into the church and finding this tomb
unoccupied, I settled here."
"Ah, me!" said the bishop's ghost,
"the sacristan will soon be around here
with holy water. Could not you get
out and go to your own tomb; where
18 that?"
"Alas, good father," said the ghost
of the young girl, "I have no tomb; I
was burled plainly In the ground, and
I do not know that I could find the
place again. But I have no right to
keep you out of this tomb, good father;
It Is as much yours as It Is mine, so I
will come out and let you enter; truly,
you are In great danger. As for me, it
doesn't matter very much whether I
am sprinkled or not."
So the ghost of the young girl slipped
out of Sir Geoffrey's tomb, and the
bishop's ghost slipped In, but not a
minute before the sacristan had reached
the place. The ghost of the young
girl flitted from one pillar to another
until it came near the door, and there
It paused, thinking what it should do
next. Even If it could find the grave
from which It had come. It did not want
to go back to such a place; it liked
churches better.
Soon the printers began to come In to
the early morning service. One of them
was very sad, and there were tears In
his eyes. He was a young man, not
long married, and his child, a baby
girl, was so sick that he scarcely ex
pected to find it alive when he should
reach home that morning.
.The ghost of the young girl was at
tracted by the sorrowful printer, and
when the service was over and he had
left the church it followed him, keep
ing Itself unseen. The printer found
his wife In tears; the poor little baby
was very low. . It lay upon the bed, its
eyes shut, its face pale and pinched,
gasping tor breath. f
The mother was obliged to leave the
room for a few moments to attend to
some household affair, and her hus
,band followed to comfort her, and
when they were gone the ghost of the
young girl approached the bed and
looked down on the little baby. It was
nearer death than Its parents supposed,
and scarcely had they gone before it
drew Its last breath.
The ghost of the young girl bowed Its
head; It was filled with pity and sym
pathy for the printer and his wife. In
an Instant, however, tt was seized with
an idea, and the next Instant It had
acted upon it. Scarcely had the spirit
of the little baby left its body than the
spirit of the young girl entered It.
Now a gentle warmth suffused the
form of the little child, a natural color
came Into Its cheeks. It breathed quietly
and regularly, and when the printer
and his wife came back they found
their baby in a healthful sleep. As they
stood amazed at the change In the
countenance of the child, it opened Its
eyes and smiled upon them.
"The crisis Is past!" cried the mother.
"She Is saved, and it Is all because you
stopped at the church. Instead of hur
rying home, as you wished to do." The
ghost of the young girl knew that this
was true, and the baby smiled again.
It was eighteen years later and the
printer's baby had grown Into a beau
tiful young woman. From her early
childhood she had been fond ot visit
ing the church, and would spend hours
among the tombs reading the inscrip
tions, and sometimes sitting by them,
especially by the tomb of Sir Geoffrey
of the. Marie. There, when there was
nobody by, she used to talk with the
bishop's ghost.
Late one afternoon she came to the
tomb with a happy smile on her face.
"Holy father," she said, speaking soft
ly through the crack, "are you not tired
of staying so long in this tomb which
Is not your own?"
"Truly, I am, daughter," said the
bishop's ghost; "but I have no right to
complain. I never come back here In
the early morning without a feeling
of the warmest gratitude to you for
having given me a place of refuge. My
greatest trouble Is caused by the fear
that the ghost of Sir Geoffrey of the
Marie may some time choose to return.
In that case I must give up to him his
tomb. And then, where, oh where, shall
I go?"
"Holy father," whispered the girl, "do
not trouble, yourself; you shall have
your own tomb again, and need fear no
one."
"How Is that?" exclaimed the bish
op's ghost. "Tell me quickly, daugh
ter." "This Is the way of It," replied the
young girl. " When the mason plas
tered up the crack under the lid of your
tomb he seems to have been very care
ful about the front part of It, but he
didn't take much pains with the back,
where his work wasn't likely to be
seen, so that there the plaster has
crumbled and loosened very much, and
with a long pin from my hair I have
picked out ever so much of it, and now
there is a great crack at the back of
Sho ftaa a Long Conversation with the
Bishop's Ghost.
the tomb, where you can go in and
come out just as easily as you ever did.
As soon as night shall fall you can
leave this tomb and go Into your own."
The bishop's ghost could ' scarcely
speak for thankful emotions, and the
happy young girl went home to the
house of her father, now a prosperous
man, and the head printer of the town.
The next evening the young girl went
to the church and hurried to the bish
op's tomb. Therein she found the
bishop's ghost, happy and content.
I Sitting on a stone projection at the
back of the tomb, she had a long con
versation with the bishop's ghost,
which, In gratitude for what she had
done, gave her all manner of good ad
vice and counsel. "Above all things,
my dear daughter," said the bishop's
ghost, "do not repeat your first great
mistake; promise me that never will
you die of love."
The young girl smiled. "Fear not,
good father," she replied. "When I died
of love I was, in body and soul, - but
18 years old, and knew no better; now,
although my body is but 18, my soul Is
36. Fear not, never again shall I die
of love."
IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
Some Statistics Which Indicate ths SUo
' ' of tho Y. M. C. A.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Statistics presented to the Interna
tional convention of the Young Men's
Christian association at Springfield,
Mass., show that the membership of
that organization Is more than 244,000,
and that it owns property valued at
$18,252,875. In the last year the growth
In membership has been almost 12,000,
and the Increase In the net value ot
the property of the associations has
been more than $1,000,000.
. These figures, It should be under
stood,, cover only the United States and
British North America. There are
about 1,400 associations In the two coun
tries, wlhle' in the rest of n : world
there are. 8,800, In round figures. In.
Europe there are about 8,500. Asia has
nearly 200, and the other 100 or there
abouts are found In Africa, Australia,
South America and the Islands of the
Pacific. ,
- It will be seen at a glance that, the
Toung Men's Christian association Is
fast approaching, In size, wealth and
influence, the oldest and greatest or
ganizations of fraternal and helpful
fellowship. It Is attaining very great
dimensions, and In this country par
ticularly its power for good is rapidly
Increasing. It has passed -beyond the
stage of experiment or doubt and It is
assured of a prosperous and thoroughly
beneficial development henceforth.
Beginning Their Work.
From the Boston Traveler.
The grape growers along Lake Erie are
said to have lost two millions dollars, not
grapes by the recent or present cold snap.
Can It be possible that this untimely pa
rade of winter Is part ot the Prohibitionist
campaign?
THE nUSCULAR SYSTEM
of every weary,
thin or thin blood
ed person does its
work with con
stant difficulty and
fatigue. They feel
"worn," or tired
out "run-down"
or nervous.
Feeble people
who are dyspep.
tic, find that ex
ercise afters meal
is sure to cause
lessened power to
digest food be
cause there is so
little blood, and
what there is, is
carried off from
the gastric organs
to the muscles.
What is needed
h plenty of blood,
and that of the
Tieht kind. Tlr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery makes
pure, rich blood, and to gain in blood is
nearly always to gain in uiliolesome Jlesh up
to the healthy standard.
Every one should have a certain surplus
of flesh to meet the emergencies of sick
ness ; to resist the attack of consumption,
grip, malaria and fevers. Thin blooded
people are always getting sick, and none of
the organs of the body can get along with
out the food they require for work, which is,
pure blood. To gain and to keep strength
and flesh is the secret of health, usefulness
and happiness. With new blood and re
freshed nerves a confident feeling of return,
ing health comes also.
Nervous manifestations, such as sleep
lessness, nervous debility and nervous
prostration are in nine cases out often "the
cry of the starved nerves for food." If you
feed the nerves on pure rich blood the
nervous symptoms will cease. It is bad
practice to put the nerves to sleep with so
called celery mixtures, coca compounds or
malt extracts: what is needed is a blood
maker. The " Discovery " is composed of
vegetable ingredients which have an es-
Secial effect upon the stomach, liver, and
lood making glands. For the cure of
dyspepsia, indigestion, liver complaint,
weakened vitality, and for puny, pale peo
ple, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery cannot be equaled. Thousands have
testified to its merits.
TO our
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(AUTION v
Washburn-Crosby Co. wish to assure their many pat
rons that they -will this year hold to their usual custom
of milling STRICTLY OLD WHEAT until the new crop
Is fully cured. New whep.c is now upon the market, and
owing to the excessively dry weather many millers are
of the opinion that it Is already cured, and in proper
condition for milling. VashburnCrosby Co. will take
no risks, and will allow the new wheat fully three
months to mature before grinding.
This careful attention to every detail of milling has
placed Washburn-Crosby Co.'s flour far above other
brands.
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