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At.THOt'Glt not much lias been
hcaid during tlio week of the
rumored base ball team for
.Scranton this season, still thu
men who are engineering the
movement huvu been at work quietly
itnd energetically the past two weeks.
unci In a modest way "sawing wood."
Three thousand dollars is desired to
launch a team, and subscriptions have
been gathered and promised which al
most approximates the amount.
Great Interest Is felt In the Idea of a
local nine, and with liberal manage
ment and a. team of hard working
players theic Is no reason why base
ball In Scranton should not be a suc
cess this year.
Sporting Squibs.
JEHOMR KKOQK, the gieat Sn an
ion pool player, Is likely to leave
the city and settle lu lluffalo.
This li what the Huffalo Enquirer has
to sav about his contemplated move:
"Jerome Keogh, the Scranton pool
player, noted all over the sporting
world as one of tin best experts at thu
cue and ball name, Iuih decided after
watching the ciowds at the local pool
tournament and the Interest In the
game here that Buffalo is Just about
the city for him and In the futuie ho
will wilte Huffalo. N. Y., after his
name, as he w 111 become u full-fledged
cltlen of the Queen City of the Lake's."
Ned Ilanlon, the world Inmous oars
man, Is getting tiled of his quiet, civil
ian life, and has come out with a io
ply to the challenge of the champion
oarsman of London, Tom Sullivan, and
accepts It. Hunlnn, at one time, was
as much a celelnltv as Jeffries, Shar
key or any ilstle star of the present
day, but It seems that rowing Is now n
dead spoi t and Ilanlon. anyway, seems
a bit antiquated to try his luck at the
aquatic pastime.
Christy MatlhewMn, the Kactor) vllle.
boy who forme! ly used to visit Scran
ton, while plavlng full back on the
Keystone Academy team, and who Is
now at Pucknell, is certainly one ot
the finest all aiound athletes in the
college world. Mis work on the Huck
nell foot ball eleven last season was
magnlllcent. his woik In the game
with the University of Pennsylvania,
when he kicked two goals from the
field, being especially good. Matthew
son also plays on the basket ball team
and is captain of the base ball nine.
He Is a splendid pitcher and a good
batter, and he Is sure to pi ?ve a big
success on the collegiate diamond.
Tn e) cling circles the most talked of
cent at piesent Is the League ot
American Wheelmen's national meet
this summer In Milwaukee. This cltv
has been requesting the honor of the
meet for the past two years, and it is
beyond doubt that the citizens will do
their best this summer to make the
convention a big success.
Among the Pugs.
WEDNESDAY night the rooms of
the Htoadway Athletic club, in
New Yoik, will be the scene of
a benefit given Geoige Dixon, the now
dethroned king of featherweights.
Nearly all the big (Ighteis in the pio
fesslon haw volunteeied their seiUces
to make the affair a success, and some
of the bouts will be worth going a good
distance to see. Dixon deserves a
benefit. A man who can fight In 110
bouts and only lose six of them Is cer
tainly a gteat tighter, and worthy of
Inning- something to show as a icsult
of his long cuieer.
Sailor Tom Slmikey took a little e
eiclsp last week when he donned the
mitts, at Detiolt, with Jim Jeffords,
the herculean Callfornlan, who has
done nothing but get thrashed since ho
budded out as an nsphant for cham
pionship honors. The bout was to go
ten rounds, but In the second Sharkey
managed to put his big opponent to
sleep, and bring the mill to an abrupt
close. This man Jeffords has certainly
proved the most colossal take of any
boxer that has foisted himself on the
public slnco the arrival of the giant
Irishman from Dublin, a few months
ago, whom Peter Maher sent to grass
in ono round with one blow of his good
arm. Jeffords was heralded as a sec
ond Jeffries, another "young Lochlnvar,
coma out of the West." but he has
been Knocked out and defeated with a
surprising regularity. Sharkey seems
to have gone Into the ring with him,
only as a sort of gentle exercise, but
It is to be feared that his muscles will
grow flabby if that Is the only sort of
exercise ho indulges In.
Strikes and Spares.
NOT COUNTING last evening's bowl
ing contest, up to that time the
teams in ...e local bowling league
stand as follows in regard to number
of games won:
Won. Lost.
Backus club 2 0
West End club 1
Elks' club i i
Bicycle club o 3
The blcvcle club has not stiuck Its
proper pace so far, and has also been
handicapped by Captain Wat dell being
laid off in ono game and Herman IMtz
in two. Van Wormer. who has been
put on the team, has been doing splen
did work, however, and will probably
play regulatly now. Warden made thej
club's highest scote so far In the series
with 194, but Worden has done the
uniformly best work. Charles AVelch-
el has been the only Elk to bowl his
game, while on the other two teams
nearly all the men have now struck
their pace and are bowling In good
style,
Theie seems an odd fatality about
the number 211! In local bowling elides.
Although In mere piactlce and ordin
ary games 229, 230, 240 and 250 scores
are made, (whlle not plentifully, still
occasionally, In the match games 212
is the highest that any of the tollers
seems able to go.
Wright, of the Wilkes-Bane West
End team, is high man so far In the
tournament, with the 212 he bowled
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Feb. 9 on the Elk alleys. In 11 match
played between the same teams on the
Elk alleys before the league was form
ed, both Hartl and Madcnspacher
bowled 212. In another game "Doc"
wardell, of the Blcvcle club, scoied
212, and In jet another Will Welchel
and Hopkins, of the Backus club, ench
made 212.
Base Ball Brevities.
THE 1'UETTIEST 'play I ever saw
made In a game?" said tho short
legged base ball rooter to his
companion with De Wolf Hopper ex
tremities. "Well, that's a pretty haul
question to answer off-hand. 1 think,
though, It happened In New York some
time ago, when the team that was
Justly called the 'Giants' was playing
St. Louis. It was In the seventh Inn
ing, which period of the game, as you
know, has fiom time immemorial been
consldeied New York's Jonah Inning.
"Two men got on bases, there was
one man out and New Yoik was one
1 tin to the good. One of the lit owns
was on third nnd the other on second,
nnu even a long fly to the outfield was
good for one run. Big Roger Connor
stepped to the bat and waited till he
got one wheie he wanted It. Then he
smashed at It and, gracious heavens!
how that ball did go.
u sailed wav out Into (entei Held
and eeiybody thought it wits good for
a homer at least. Van Haltren was
pla)lng center for New Yoik and the
time and the moment ho hcaid the
whack of the bat, ha turned nnd ran.
Van's a ptutty good spiintei, own et,
)nu know, hut then he seemed to fairly
fly.
"He ran like the veiv biases and at
last came to a stop by colliding with
the fence. It didn't phase hlm.though,
and he Jumped 011 the lower beam tun
ning aiountl the fence, just In time to
grab that ball nnd rob Hoger Connor
of the best hit of the game. The man
on third had traveled all the way home
on the hit nnd as a icsult It was 11
double play. You needn't giln at this
story, because It's an actual happen
ing." "Dear me, I wusn't smiling In doubt
of your story, but was Just thinking of
Its comparative smallness when com
paied to my yarn," was the lesponse.
"Just listen to this. It happened at
Hlnghamtou several ears ago, when
Hilly Keeler, in '97 and '98 premier
batsman of the National league, and
one of the most clever little plaveis
that ner ran the bases, was playing
base on the Parlor Cltv team. Billy
hadn't attained the prornlnence th-u
as an outfielder that he has since ac
quired, but was considered an exceed
ingly clever little inflelder.
"Well, to icsume, In this game, I
thlnK It was with Elmira, Keeler was
playing preltv far off his bag when
ono of the opposing batsmen was up
and was looking out for a bunt. Con
traiy to his expectations, however, the
iiattcr banged away at the leather and
inlsed a very high foul.
'It was the catcher's ball and he
snatched off his mask and lloundeted
around with the sun In his ees trying
to locate the ball. Keeler, howevir,
lushed down to the spot, and Just as
the ball was descending' stood behind
the catcher. All this, of couise. was
done twice as fast as 1 can tell inn
and only took up a few seconds. Some
how or other Keeler must have cot It
Into his head that the catcher was go
ing to drop that ball and sine enough
i.e did.
"It was a ciltical hinctuie and thu
big ciowd of spectators gave the open
ing notes ot a howl of dlsmav that
was turned into one of rapture, for lit
tle Keeler 1 cached down and giabbed
that ball as It slid thiough the catch
er's mlt, when it was about half a foot
from the ground.
"It was tho pettiest play ever seen on
those grounds and I believe as fancy a
one as ever occuned on any diamond.
Tne crowd fairly went wild and Keeler
owned BInghamton from that day on.
Now, what do juti think of that
story?"
"Tho chinks tne on me," answered
the shott-legged crank, simply.
President Die) fuss, ()f the re-oigau-lzed
Pittsbutg Base Ball team. Is like
tho old wman who "lived in the bhoe
nnd had so many children," etc. In that
he has so many steillng base ball play
ers on hund that he doesn't know Just
how to utilize them. For first base he
has Kelly, who put up such an excel
lent game at Louisville last season, and
Frank Dillon, who wound up the sea
son with last year's Pirates Jn a blaze
of glory, and who plaved the earlier
part of the season in Scranton with
the late lamented Scranton Atlantic
i-eague team. It Is likelv, however,
that neither of these men will be lo
rated at the Hist bag, as efforts nie
being made to land big Dan McGann,
last year the Senator's first baseman.
The Philadelphia management Is
ulso trjlng to secuiu the ex-Toronto
player, as he is badly needed In the
Phillies' intleld. With McQann on
first, Lajole on second, Cioss at short
and Lauder on thlid, piospects look
blight for the Quaker City making a
good bid for the pennant, and, In fact,
theie nie few reasons as to whv they
should not come In well In the lead.
Every man on the team, with thu pos
sible exception of doss, is a let title
batter, even the catcheis banging the
ball out way oei the .SuO maik. The
men 11111 the bases well and aie the
most gentlemanly ciowd or plujers In
the league.
A novel base bull game was played
at Duquesne (iaiden, I'lttsbuig, Thuis
day night between two local amateur
teams, the diamond used being tho icy
skating link of the place. The game
was a modification of Indoor basu ball,
a large ball and small bat being used.
The playeis woie shoes sonmwhut
like the toot-gear worn by foot ball
playeis, not being spiked, but having
cleats on them. The rofeiee of the con
test was Bubo Maddell, one of Pitts
burg's pitchers, who last year twilled
such a phenomenal game for Louis
ville. He won neaily all the games he
pitched and in ono contest made tho
sti Ike-out record of the season for the
National league.
Base ball leaders at Haivard 111 e al
ready booming the national game nnd
prospectB look bright for a strong team
to represent the crimson this vear.
Great confidence is felt In "Bill" Ueld,
the hard hitting catcher, who, captains
this year's nine and both his base ba'l
and foot ball piowess have made him
one of the most popular athletes that
ever played at Harvard. The team will
be coached by Ted Lewis, the Boston
pitcher, who will look after the Inter
ests of tho whole team, but will espe
cially keep his aye on the pitchers.
Things nro looking dark for the
American association, nnd the storm
clouds which have been hovering
around It ever since the league was
first suggested have burst with duo ef
fect. Tho leaders in tho movement,
however, are making noble efforts to
keep It under way, and Anson, Qulnn
and JIcGraw are working hunt in It;
Interests. Philadelphia Is the "bete
noli" of tho association and it all doubt
was dispelled concerning the disposi
tion of the Quaker City franchise the
new league would be almost a ceitalri
project.
MR. LATHROPE SELECTED
He Has Been Put At the Head of
the New Philanthropic Move
ment at Princeton.
It will Interest Scianton people to
know that Harrv Lathrope, of this
city, a member of the Princeton ulas
of 1901, has been selected as chief of
the department of men In the new
Phllanthioplc movement lately organ
ized ut Princeton.
It will be remembered that ex-PresI-dent
Qrover Cleveland some years ago
purchased a tract of land near Pilnce
ton, over w hlch he established a theo
logical student, by the name of Vioone,
as supeilntelident of the farm, which
was to bo used for the benefit of waifs
and homeless boys In general. The ex
periment, which attracted much atten
tion at the beginning, has been con
ducted with great success, many boys
from the slums of New York finding a
pleasant home theie, and proving lo
the satisfaction of the promoters In the
scheme that the criminal classes of the
future will be matoi tally depleted If the
poor, wretched boys of the "under sldfe"
aie helped out of their environment.
Not only have thu lesults of the plan
had a marked success lu the benefit to
the boys, but It has pioved a good In
vestment financially, as the land has
been worked accoidlng to the latest
scientific methods, und the training le
celved by tho beneficiaries has In lt
turn seived to'pioduce a fair Income
for the ownets. This, of course, has
been expended In improvements upon
tho property.
It Is now pioposed to extend this
work in various dhectlons. The col
lege settlement plan Is not to be adopt
ed so much as a practical mission with
a general headqu.nters modeled some
what after plans put sued at Yale and
the University of Pennsjlvanlir.
President nnd Mis. Cleveland ate
among the otlglnators and most earn
est suppotteis. Walter A. Wyckoff,
whose book, "Thu AVorkcrs," brought
out In serial form, made such a sen
sation, as he had personally gathered
the material while serving In the vari
ous capacities he described, was the
prime mover In the Princeton mission
scheme. He does not approve of "slum
ming," according to the model n Idea oC
that term, but believes In bringing the
slums to the mission In a way of his
own. This Is to directly Influence the
lives of poor men and boys. They will
be provided with occupation and lecre
atlon for the employment of their even
ings and a club house has already been
fitted out with Improvements.
Professor Wyckoff will be the chief
adviser, and T. S. Evans, secietary of
the Young Men's Chtlstlan association,
will direct the details. Mr. Latin ope is
to hae entire charge of the men, whll
Arthur Poe, the famous foot ball playct,
will conduct the gymnasium for the
boys.
Mr. Lathi ope Is veiv ptomlnent In
many lespeets in Piiiuiton college life.
He Is Ruder of the University Gle.
dub, is an athlete and, beyond all this,
Is fotemost as an eponelit of leligious
and 1n01.il life In the unlveislty. thin
demonstrating to the c nnti.it y the
often quoted axiom that a pious hoy Is
.1 cad In college. Ills 1 elision Is of the
active, healthy type that has a ti emend
ous moral influence over the mass of
men who are apt lo imitate a popular
leader.
It Is understood that Mr. Lathi opu
Iris lefused n proposition to accept a
peimanent position In connection with
the new phllanthioplc movement at
Princeton, but that he will be actively
engnged In Its Interests dining the te-muindci-
of his stay. At piesent Mr
Lathi ope is 111 and unable to plan for
the piospeetlve work of the mission.
SHIFTING STEAL HOURS.
When Dinner Was Served at Nine in
the Morning.
Man Is not less a gieguilous than 1111
omniveious animal, and oiiu of his
eaillest developments as a social bclu
was the habit of dining In company.
When his dinner depended mainly on
the spoils of the chase thu hunter made
It as and when he could, being only too
happy to compound with his necessities
on that footing. But as society took
fotm and Ideas atose, men began to
realize the convenience und even the
obligation of a fixed hour.
But this has always shown the most
accommodating splilt. It has adapted
itself to thu demands of piogiess and
the behests of fashion; It has, In fact,
yielded to the necessities and even the
whims of society in all ages.
Now, thu woid "dinner" Is ethnolo
gic ally obscute, and has been eiy
loosely applied. Whatever It once de
noted, It now means our principal
meal; and while doctots generally aro
disposed to think that It is partaken of
at too late an hour, the investigators
of ancient manners point to thu fact
that mediaeval Eutope "dined" ut or
10 in the mottling.
The hour for taking tho meal spuken
of In the old tecotds as "dlmiei" has
changed fiom a in the motnlng till
about 1 p. m while the so-called
"supper1 time shows a similar vaila
tlon in having shifted fiom 4 In th
iifteinoon to 8 or U o'clock in the even
ing. Dinner at 12 und supper at 4 was the
custom under tho eatllet Tudois, whllu
lu the telgn ot Elizabeth these meals
were severally udvanced to 11 a. 111. and
5 In thu afternoon. This telattve pio
giesslon continued, and lu the time ot
Chailes II, dinner was taken at 12 or
1, and supper at 7 or h o'clock.
In the telgn of Anne the "dlnnet"
assumed something of Its modem sig
nificance. Attention began to be con
centtated upon It, and supper to play
a less important pail. Thu foimer still
continued to get later, und finally sup
per wni pushed over thu "edge of the
night."
With the accession of the house of
Biunswlck, "dinner" became, In fact,
tho pilnclpal meal of the day. Four
o'clock was the court hour In the
earlier part of Oeoigo JH.'a long reign,
while dutlng tho regenc-y and telgn of
his successor it crept gtndually omvaid
to C. William IV. left It at 7, and soon
after tho queen's accession 8 o'clock
was tegarded as the "correct" time.
The doctors protested, but fashion pre
vailed. What It may be n the twentieth cen
tury is u forecast not likely to bo ven
tured on.
NOTES OF. INTEREST
FROM WASHINGTON
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION PER
MANENTLY SETTLED.
A Republican Congress and the Elec
tion of Mr, McKlnley Also As
suied What the Financial Bill
Means Pueito Rlcan Question
Will Be of Much Importance The
Snake Story Falls to Frighten Ap
plicants for Position in the Census
Office General Gordon's Cure for
Sectionalism.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 21. The
financial question Is permanently set
tled this time. The financial bill Is in
conference, but tho end Is in sight.
For all practical purposes the election
of McKlnley and a Republican con
gress, following the repeal of the Sher
man law, disposed of the question as
a political Issue. But there vvete peo
ple with vagurles who Imagined that
they believed lu the possibility of free
silver through some Impossible mishap
In the election of a Populist president.
The election of McKlnley was a tri
umph for common honesty nnd sound
business pilnclples In the ndmlnlstin
tlon of the government's fiscal obliga
tions. The business men of the coun
try elected Mr. MvKlnley and empha
sized the vlctoiy bv the election of a
llepubllc.iu congress. When honest
business methods means general pros
perity It Is well enough to accept lt
Judgment and uwalt further results.
Exactly that thing has been done In
the pending financial legislation of
this congress. The count y Is blessed
with prosperous conditions.
It Is the icsult of Republican poli
cies business methods. T uut these
conditions hevond the reach of the
Popullstlc agitator, whose pxcupp for
eltonce Is the cieatlon ot social, po
litical and financial chaos In our do
mestic economy, Is the main object of
the Hepubllcan flnanclnl bill. When
It 'becomes n law- nothing short of a
French levolutlon can change It. Be
fore that ein Is reached the country
will have settled down to honest busl-iief-.
methods, and the evangelist w ho
Is now turning the country and talk
ing everv hour In the day and every
day in the week, desecrating Lincoln's
memory by living to fool the plain
people of the countiy by glittering
and meaningless platitudes and hand-me-down
sophlstiles, will be without
occupation. Exit Bryan. It will b
the last of him and of the hybrid ag
gregation known as the Democratic
opposition.
WHAT THE FINANCIAL BILL
MEANS.
It means moie than the establish
ment of the gold standaid. It Is more
than nffirinatlve legislation. It means,
according to the hlrhest fiscal authoi
lty, an addition of moie than sltv
million of dollnis to the genoi.il cir
culation. And away be.voml that it
means confidence. Theie Is 'no longer
anv dl-pute about what ".specie" or
"coin" meatus. The word Is gold In
big letteis And people who know
troie about finance In one second than
1 could find out by a year of Indus
ttlotis application tdl me th't gold
menus the nifliinv nf elm w.i.M ,m.i
that eveiy time It fin 1- Its wav Into
our laws it means the ttluinph of
AmeilcMii btiFlnc"-' methods and the
peiuianeiit gtovv tit or our nuiiitiy In
the comiui'trial wot Id. That once whs
the "Yankee of It." now It l.s the hon
est, plain Amei Ii an way. When one
wants advice In financial matters, one
Is not apt to go to the man or party
who lives a hand-to-mouth exblciiio
He Is Hush today, but it muy be .1
flee soup-house tomonow. That fel
low Is an alintchlst, not because he
would destioy thu government, or
tutlilcs,sy tear down any ot its Insti
tutions. He l simply a new dispen
sation Demoeiat, moused to Hie vital
vlitue ol self-piesei vatlnn. It Is a
harmless f.uullni. It was never In
tended that such i-entlmeiils should
domln ite the iiieatcst nation and the
giandest tepubllc on eaith
THE 1'OltTO UICA.V QUESTION
It Is un Impoitant question because
It Involves a constitutional Interpi ela
tion, but mainly because it inoppor
tunely comes up in a presidential
election .vear. Theie l, too, an up
patent vexation lu the determination
or a taillt pulley. The picsldent ha
11 commended flee trade, because af
ter thu moat cuietul and exacting in
vestigation the conclusion has been
reached that Potto Illcan pioduct.s will
not mateilally compete with Amei lean
pieiducts. But the small politician
steps to the front and with an array
of figures nnd statistics that bewildeis
and appalls ptoves that the tobocco
grower nnd sugar beet gioweis will
bo ruined unci begg.ucd ly the ftee
admission of Porto Illcan pioducts.
And tho howl comes chiefly fiom the
politicians In conguss who denounced
the president as a coward because ho
did not pteclpltate the war with Spain
months befoie the Amei lean ultima
tum was announced. Public clamor
has done its woik In the usual way.
The majoilty of the wa and means
committee accepted the president's
recommendations and ngtced that the
Ameilcnn policy of fair play was the
logical and honest thing 10 do In deal
ing with the Pen to Ileitis. Hut a
piislelentlal election year makes a
Kieat lot of ellffeteiicv as to whose o
Is goted.
ATMOSPHERE ' OF CONTENTION
Theie has been moie talk about the
constitution in this eongiesfi, said a
veneiable new.spnper man to The
Tilbune cot respondent, than at any
time within the last liny je.us. and it
lemlnds me, he added, of a debating
society. It seems to bee thu fad. It Is
twisted und toi tured, construed to suit
tin uigument or condemned for its
sllemce. It is ptotest or pialse, and le
calls Mi. Lincoln's udvleo to 11 oung
luwjer. "If you have a good case In
law," sild tho gie.it man of the peo
ple, "talk to thu Judge; If you havo n
goud cose In fact, talk to the Jury; but
If you have no case at all abuse the
lawyei.s on the other side" That Is
osactly what tho Demociats ato doing
In their discussion of our fuiclgu poli
cy. In the most elaborate, eutldlte
speech that is iniiele the a Is a panto
mime exhibition of constitutional in
clination, but a single cheer lands the
fienzicd orator on both feet In the
center aisle and with pugilistic demon
strntlou ho pummels mid mangles,
ttbuseH and denounces the Hepubllcan
part. Tho result is a gieat, sldo-spllt-tlng
laugh on the Republican side. It
has become n standing Joke. And af
ter his ebulltlon has subsided tho ora
, torlcul Democrat sneuks across the
Stop
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Stop feeding your hair and it will starve. - Then it
falls out,' turns Jray, keeps short and rough.
Feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor and it ' can't keep
from growing.
It stops falling
out, too; and
becomes so ft
and glossy.
Always
Restores
Color to
Gray Hair
" A year ago my hair was
coming out very fast. I
bought a bottle of Ayer's
Hair Vigor to stop this. It
not only stopped the falling
of my hair, but made it
grow very rapidly, until now
it is 4; inches in length and
very thick."
Mrs. A. Boydston,
Atchison, Kan.
July 25, j 899.
Write the Doctor
If )ou !o not obtain all the ben
efits joj dedre from the me of the
Vigor, write t!ic Doctor about it.
He wi'.l tc'l jcj jut the right thing
to do, ailwi't lend )oi hit book
en the Ha'r and Scalp if jou re
quest it. Addrcsi,
Dr. J. C. Aviie, Lowell, Mast.
ra'!dlEi9MA$aiMra9IHHEiflHliM
alse with 11 dry giln on his face sas
to the (list Republican he encounteis,
"Vou fellows undei stand me; of cours-e
you Know I didn't mean all that I
sttlil The tt tit Ii Is I rather like you
fellows, becaus' jnu have got the
pluck to Mtund no in what .vou think
N right, iiiity or no put " II Is not
an im-ual thing In the house. Hut
th le aie congicssi'.- mid e ougieises.
What on eu th nosMsed the Daugh
ters of the Amei lean Itevo'uilon to
lej-ohi' Itself Into 11 congress was haul
to unele istund at til Mt, but ubseiueut
piocetMllngs makes it pcifectlv plain.
Tlie Daughtei.s ate in ni'Sfiun hen this
week, the ninth annual tongiess be
gan yi'steielav. Theie Is a big tight
on hand over the Uncage ijucxtloii ami
the new tieatv with (lie.it l'.iltaln
conicinlng the Xlcatugimn canal. Thin
coni'iivs will leitalnly be deeply In
tel istlnvr, and it woman Is "the com
ing man." the avenge man would pre
fer the thotough-bieel as his successor
in the political ateiiu.
now Yor sni:, xow vou do.vt
That's the status nf the Quay' case
after the p.irllamentaiy vvniugle In the
senate today. Tor absolute peifeetlon
ot vagueness us to telling Just wheie
the ease stands or whethet It stands
at nil or not icaills the itistle urchin's
1 espouse to u wayfurei'.s leeiuest to be
shown the light way to a ceitaln
place. "We'll eu go up that hill to
the lop, then jou go thtee IooKh be
yond that, then jou cio.ss the biook,
then you tuin tight or left I don't
bMidly remember which then jou go
two moie looks nnd a peep, tuin
aiound HI Jones's red bain, and then
somebody'll tell you the test of the
vu"
It Is plain that the opposition is
whipped on a squau vote In the m-ii-ate
and all this delay and dust and
fog and dodging simplj- meant) nn ef
tott to defer action on the case until
the next session of tongiess. Whether
this cowardly way of sneaking nut of
a whipping will pievall or nut lemalns
to be vee.11.
1'OOIt WOMAN!
It Is no inflection on a woman's cotii
age to say that she will go Into a con
niption fit over a .snake or an Innocent,
row ut dry little mouse, she Just can't
help It. In his great lectuiu on "the
lust dajs of the confederacy" Genei.il
Uoidein telated 1111 Incident which
u oven In a tellcltlous way how the
biavest woman 011 earth will scieech
over a mouso anil inn, with uplifted
skills, for her -veiy life. (Senetal Gor
don's devoted little wife, "one of the
sweetest and biavest women on eaith,"
he sajs. went with him to the wai.
Sim was by his side tluoughout that
teulllc war fiom ISiit to Ifcti.'. Often she
was only kept fiom thu thickest of tho
buttlo by the physical foice of the sol
dlei.s who loved and w 01 shipped her.
Hut at Winchester, Vu., she esc aped
their vigilance-. .Sheildaii's dashing
Hoops had ended their famous valley
lido and was thundeiln; thiough the
stieets of that Hfeautlful valley town.
Tho Intiepld little Geoigla woman was
Jn tho hottest of that day's memorable
battle. On the stieets she was neeii
waving the Southern Hag ami cheeiing
tlio Southern boys, urging thtui to stand
against Sheildan's Inlslstlbln legion.
Sho faced tho shower of death and flte
without flinching, and. jet said (icncial
Got don, "I huvu known this buive Ilt
tlu woman to tun up thiee flights of
stalls from a nioiihc." Somebody who
hcutd tho lecture must be lespoustble
for the Census building snake stoiy.
Hoinebodj', tho stoij goes, has dis
covered a snako colonj under the now
census building, Tho length, color, size
and varletj' of the teptlles ute given
with great particularly. "Tlio hissing
sound ' und ull that Is mentioned. It Is
a mean, cowardly attempt to f tighten
Eating!
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the thousand or moie deserving women
who nie seeking emplojment In the
Census Buu'.iu. Census woik Is par
ticulate In "woman's sphute" and
theiH aie one thousand applicants for
every place lu the Tim call.
So gte.tt was the tush toi appoint
ments a ilgld civil sei v ice examination
was lesoitcd to as the one effectual
way of stopping it.
It didn't woik. The number of ap
plicants, it seems, onll In le.isiel 1
was said 'y the census ottithiW that
meiit, not political Inllllenee. would
only count in uiakiiii; appointments.
The bate mention of a civil setvice
examination thtows the average wo
man lu to a state of consternation and
hjsteiks, and Is moie dieaelcel than
shot 01 mice. Ami so the snake stoiy
h is been put out 11s a last resort. How
It will constinlii leinulns to be se.cn, but
It was a mean thing to do, and if any
able-bodied man Is at the bottom of It
be ought to be plac.11 ded as a Uoacon
Miietoi Poor woman' When misfortune
1 ompels her to become an ofllce-seek-i't
her lot Is not to be eriv led She then
gets her til Mt teul taste of tiouble and
teallzes fully the bitterness of disap
pointment. THH LAST DAYS OP Till. CON-
ki:i)i:hacv.
It would tin 111 theheait of eveiy true
American to hear General Goidon on
this subject. Then is no better, no
moie jiattlotic, no mine effective curj
for sectionalism. It bteathe.s tho true
American spirit und such deliverances
coming fiom one of the gieat lighters In
our civil conflict, and one of tho most
distinguished citizens of our 1 ('-united
counttj-, dooms Inevitably nil the ran
cor ami bad passion gt owing out of
that disaslious war to a certain and
lesunectlonless death. The lecture,
deliver ed In the Congregatlonallst
rhuich In this city lust week, was an
Impressive demonsttatlon of this pio
phetlc 11 vet ment. There Is u .sttong
New Kuglnud element and a vety pro
nounced Grand Aimy sentiment In the
congiegatlon.
Not long ago the' pastor, (not Dr.
Newman the piesent incumbent),
tilled the grout edifice until there wai
not "standing loom."
He Is ,1 gieat preacher of gio.it pow
er and a divine of eminent distinction.
He filled the 1 hutch with people eager
to hear 11 stinging, evuspeiatlng,
paitisau ami sectional discussion fiom
the pulpit.
Hven those who differed fiom him
and who vehement!) piotestcd against
political discussion in the pulpit as a
deseciatlon listened spell-bound under
his luatchli'ss eloiiuence and stltilng
iheloih.
A godly, blg-heaited, docile, kindly
man In Dr. Newman, siimcdcd the
gieat pulpit oiator. He pii'iiehes peace
and good will.
He pleaches to gieat audiences, com
posed of people- who go to chuich to
hear the woid of God and not the
ihetoiic of a sensational expounder of
sectional politics Ilcciiulug to General
Goidon he Minted an incident that
happened at Gettysbuig, which made
the sympathetic! audience sob and
laugh aiul iheer by tuins. Killing over
tlie Held when the (list da)V battle
wus being stubbornly fought, Ijlng on
the ground with his. face expeued to
the blazing July sun, he discovered
Major Getnrul Hallow of the Union
foices. Attiacted by his uniform h
dismounted, administered the contents
of his canteen and hud him lemoved to
u mar by shade. General 11 11 low, 4t
beenicd, was shut to tlio death.
At most, thought thu luave South
erner, ho could live only a few minutes,
About to leave) him, for the battle was
still In piogiess, Genet nl Harlow opened
his eyes, motioned to his Inside coat
pocket, and theie Genet nl Gordon found
a package of letters fiom the bravo
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man's wife. At that moment his speech
leturned to him and his dying teeniest
was that Gencial Gordon should com
municate with his wife who was then
at Genetal .Meade's lieadquai ters. "Tell
my wife," he said, "that 1 died .1 sol
ellei's death at the head of my Hoops
and that my hist thoughts weie of her."
Night put 1111 end to the clay's slaugh
ter. '
General Gordon communicated with
Mis. Hallow under a flag of truce.
The Incident was almost forgotten,
when later In the night n 01 deity ap
pioache'd anil announced the piesence
of a lady It was .Mis. Hallow, ant
accompaiiie'el by a staff officer she was
clllectecl to the spot vvheto Iny the de il
bodv of hei gallant soldier -hush mil.
Hut he was not dead With the daw 11 ot
the appio.ichlng day the battle began
anew, and the Hallow incident went
eiitlielv out of General Gotdon's mind.
it was not uncommon. Fifteen yean
later Geniral Goidon was a member of
the United States senate. He was tho
guest of Chuksou Potter, then a mem
ber of the House, Horn New Yoik. Gen.
Unilovv was also a guest. In thr
couie of the dinner In talking over
war Incidents ho asked Genetal Har
low If ho was related to Genpral Hat
low, of the Union in my, who was killed
on the fiist day'a battle at Gettysbuig.'
"No," replied General Hallow, " don't
know of anj General Harlow who was:
killed at Gettysburg. Hy the w ay Gen
eial, added P.arlow, aro you related tr
the Gencial Goidon Who was killed In
the last d.iji of thu war at ltlchniondr
Yes said Got dull, 'ho was a cousin,
and bole the satna name." "My God.'
exclaimed Hallow, are you the Gordon
that-aved my life at Gettysburg'.'"
They fell into each others arms anil
sobbed and wept and laughed and
hugged each other.
The audience wus in tears too Turn
ing to Dr. Newman, General Goidon
added botto voce "a practical demon
stratlon of thu doctrine of the lesiu-i
rectlon,"
(leneial Goidon was both the light
and left arm of Lee's aimy utter
Stonewall Jackson's death He- Is ev
eiy Inch a soldier in looks.
Up lii tho seventies, hlshalr Is t.ijen
blackund he Is as straljtrigs anit
row. "The little wife.". p .(tftan , 3 n 1
so tendeily icf cried to In his lectin,. s,
is a little bit e'n'lo'KIiiMhiriicr
of two, stioiig, liand'i'TJic'.si-vfjtjr i.s
who love her witli a de.vjtei"'yhi. Ii
is both luie and beautifuT" P( litis).'
KNIGHTS 0r MALTA. "'
Pilnre of Peace 1 omrnandeiyrNnO,
Knights ot Malta, of WIlhes-HaireVi -celveel
a e! iss of slt)-thlW lioVlri'.sT lit
Its hall, 5.1 South M.Uu Sfieet, last ev.Vn
Ing. The Hist two degiCcii W,Ty wtfjked
In full by the degiee t'nni u thc,iiter
noon. Supper was .served, by fjpi 5
fieshment committee, nt i cejoek, 4ml
sevetal songs and lecltu'.lijiis .vij'io
given by members of t,b( nivmCU'i v
while supper was leiii!f,.kier,pd,, aXioi'
which Grand JlvcoiUi-r, Sir ncmj;.;.,i.
Pleice, of Philadelphia, WliiDllilaUho
higher degiecs. Several iniunbtfi s,,jij)iii
uut of town coijiinandt)ile.s .vej (pres
ent and received tjio hlKher dgie,es.
This mukes tho second clans, tjccclved
within thiee montjis, making 117 new
members this i-uaiter., A t,h'Ml,ncljisi
will bo leeciveil in the, ner future
Th prcllinlimiy steps vvete taken fust
nBht In the; way of organizltiR-.vin-niaildety
lu Gl ej.it Itldge, TJiere hvo
been ninny ieeiiests from that-plne-for
sumo time past for the orfi3Jllzaten of
a commaudery theie, 1
Antlnndte commaiulery-of tre cen
tial city nominated ofuVets,' Turjyur
night. Prank H. lleeset will bo the next;
sir knlijlit eonimanderi u '.
Mis. Dewey has a brooch ofMluntrtTiiN
set hi steel fiom a Spanish vc-kI sun'
at Manila.
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