The Johnstown Democrat. > ■ PUBLISHED EVERY • FRIJDAY MORNING, No. Ifiß FRANKLIN STREET, JOHN SO nN, CAMBRIA CO., PA. T ER"LS—SI.BO per year, payable M advance ; Oil tstde tlio couuty. fifteen cents adtlliloiial-for po si acre. It not paid wltldn three months w 111 he charged. A paper can ho discontinued at am tlim by paying arrearages, and not o thenvlse. Tho failure to direct a discontinuance at the exp lift tlon ot tlio period subscrlhod for will be Con sldered a new engagement. Veto Sn'istrlp li one must be accompanied by the CASH L. 1). WOODKITK, Editor and Publisher, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1889. THE CHICAGO HERALD ON MLCLEVE LAND. Hew York Sun,, A remarkably frank disclosure of opinion Is now made by the Chicago Her ald. a newspaper which many of our rea ders know as one of the strongest and ablest supporters of Mr. Cleveland's during the term of his administration. An editorial article on the Past and Future of the Democracy that appealed in the Herald Of Saturday last is well worth reproduc ing here in full: " The Hemic, believes a feeling Is growing In the minds of Western Democrats that the de_ cat of Grover Cleveland was due to causes, aside from the lavish use of Republican and monopoly iponey, which might have been removed; iha t now, when there Is an opportunity to examine the record, and when all occasion for self-decep tion Is passed, It Is reasonably clear to most Democrats that, notwithstanding the Integrity, ilie high purpose, and the excellent tone of the Cleveland Administration, there was a fataj Weakness about It, and that, even If success had been achieved last fall, the seconb term of Mr. Cleveland would have failed as signally as did the first In reaching the lofty ideal upon which the numerically triumphant Democracy had fixed its eyes. "What this weakness was It Is well lor al] Uien to know, because it is none too soon to be gin the work of reuniting, reltisplrlug, and relti- Tlgoratlng the magnificent political organiza tion which has been temporarily disrupted by an unexpected and undeserved defeat. "The words of a distinguished Wisconsin Democrat wbleli appear in the Herala to-day are true. In the administration of Grover Cleve land there was too much Cleveland and too ut ile Democracy . There was too much aristocracy and too little Democracy. There was too much Of a disposition to consult the wishes of Re publicans and to Ignore the wishes of Demo crats. There were too many apologies, too much Humility, too much sensitiveness to Mugwump criticism, too many ante-chambers, too many lackeys, and too many card hearers. It honored dhd It discredited Democrats at one and t' o aamo time. It called Into places of great con- Spiculty some of the foremost donkeys of the age. It left In retirement the heroes of a party tvhlch, even In defeat, never faltered In Its de votion to principle, and w lit eh, In victory, de served from Its own creatures something better than de.islon and neglect. VTuese are truths which the Hernia would j like to impress upon the Democrats of the west. They must also be Impressed upou all Demo Cratlc leaders, present and prospective, t'o the CXtcnt-that an aspl'ant for such honors as the Democratic party has to confer, can appreciate and profit by the mistakes of Mr. Cleveland, to that extent Ue will fit liimseil lor leudership- The Herald was among Mr. Cleveland's most ardent supporters, and It Is not now questioning Cither his Integrity or his general fitness for the Places of trust , but it Is not blind to the defects in a character which lucked only a few things of greatness. If Mr. Cleveland is to hope lor a re newal of Democratic confidence and support there must be some evidence that they will not be abused and betrayed." The distinguished Wisconsin Democrat whom the Chicago Herald mentions with out giving his name is not less outspoken than the newspaper itself. He reports that Mr. Cleveland "has no great strength with the Democraey of Wisconsis," and adds that the whole period of ilie Cleve land Administration seems to most of the Democrats of that State like a dream. As he expresses it, "a common remark am ong tbem that the four years from Match 1885, until March, 1889, covered a period of Mugwumpism rather than an olympiad of Democracy." The result in Wiscon sin was that, while that State had been raffher boastfully claimed by Mr. Cleve land's immediate friends as likely to cast its clectorial vote for the Democratic ticket, tho Republican majority there was greatly increased. This is strictly true, Harrison's majority over Cleveland in Wisconsin in 1888 was almost exactly fifty fifty per cent, greater than Blaine's majority over Cleveland yi 1884. It will be observed that the opiuion of the Chicago Ilerald, like that of the dis tinguished Wisconsin Democrat whose views it publishes, is based on consider ations wholly apart from the tariff ques tion or the general policy of Mr. Cleve land with regard to tthe tariff. The criticisms and objections relate to per sonal qualities only. " There was too much Cleveland, and too little Democ racy. and the Hearald'e comprehensive remark. The Wisconsin Democrat am plifies the same idea, and exhibits in 1 detail the personal characteristics which brought disaster when every condition outside of the White House promised , victory, and which wrecked Democratic ] hopes in smooth waters, where there was plain sailing : "It is not necessary for me to dteciibe the ' .: disappointments which Cleveland's stolidity caused those powerful elements in tUe parly. ( He had no soul. Re was without sentiment ( He was Ignorant of Democracy's aspirations. , He evidently had no appreciation ot the fervor with which his party clung to its old-time j leadqrs. He certainly could have no apprecla- j tlon of the devotion to principle which netu- t ated that magnificent organization during the i , twenty-five years of Its exile from power He f was timid when he should have been bold; he ( was harsh when he shonld have been kind. He t qualle dbefore the eye of a Mugwump; he was c first of all to cast obloquy upon a Democrat. He r feared the Republicans : lie was guided by their t: criticism. He never once yielded to Demo- c Cratlc entreaty or clamor. That Is where he failed. His administratlon wns not a Demo- tl eratlc administration In a political sense. I do (' Do t think hean ever again be made the leam-r o iot his party. If he 1 ashamed of it, then It must , be ashamed of him." 1 The Chicago Herald sees very e'early ' now what the trouble was in 1884. It perceives, likewise, that if Mr. Cleve land had been elected again by another political accident, his second term would have proved to the Democracy as great a ! disapointment as the first term is now ! candidly admitted to have been. Tbe j weakness was not in the Democracy or ' tn the Democracy's position on the battle , ground. It began and ended with those ( defects of personal character which arc now so faithfully portrayed with a friedly hand. Tlic success of the Democratic party in the future depends upon its abil ity to understand and profit by the lesson jof the past four years. The leader who is to lead our magnificent organization to victory must be a man with qualities op posite to those of Mr. Cleveland. He must be a Democrat. The conclusions of the Chicago Herald are irresistible,and they were reached long ago by other and equally loyal and disin terested friends of the Democratic cause. They derive additional force, liowover, from the fact that this vigorous presenta tion of generally recognized facts comes from a newspaper which regarded it as its duty to stand by Mr. Cleveland to the end of his political career, and which has been properly numbered among his most ardent supporters. The Herald has ren dered the Democratic party a service which no Cleveland newspaper, of the i East or of the West, was better qualified to perform. ,IUST SO. If, us tbe greatest of all poets has written, " there is a divinity that shapes our end. rough hew it as we may," why limit the controlling influence to indi vidual life ? It requires no greater exer cise of faith to believe it true of nations us of individuals. And come to think of it, we believe that the idea of government being under the guidance of the Supreme Being is a tenet in most of the religious creeds, and, accordingly, days of fast ing in calamitous times have been ap pointed and observed in this country, and thanksgiving days are annual occurrences. If God has nothing to do in our national affairs and in our governmental matters why have streh days? Why confess to Him, or pray to Him, or give thanks to Him ? In all troublesome times such as war the great question has always been on whose side is He ? While many who study history say, with NapSleon Bonaparte, that lie is always " on the side that has the heaviest artillery," the thoroughly or thodox say Ue is always on the side of right. But in great conflicts, people differ so widely as to which side is right, as to confuse those of little faith; and euuse their., not infrequently, to say the belief in tile Divine Being deciding the late of a battle is a relic of barbarism. We all rginembcr that iii our late war with the south, people of thesame denom inational faith, believed God was on their side according to where they lived. Those south of Mason & Dixon's Hue claimed He was ou their side, while those living north of said line generally believed He was on their side. Both sections of the Union prayed, confessed and gave thauks to the same Being, and took pleasure in believing He was fighting their battles. At least they loudly said so. But war aside, what have we to say on the question ot politics? Has God any thing to do with our American politics? If He shapes individual matters, it fol lows logically that Ho has something to do with our affairs when united socially, politically or " otherwisely.*' And this lends to the very delicate and difficult question as to the side He is ou in our national polities. But whatever trouble we or any oue else may have in solving the problem, in view of the re spective claims of Democrats and Repub licans, and they are quite as conflicting as were those put forth by both the north and south during the war of the rebellion —whatever trouble others may have in reaching a conclusion, there is one man at least whose faith admits of no doubt. Capt. John C. Nightingill, of Alexan dria, Va., who is not only among its oldest citizens, but tbe oldest Democrat of that region, and whose political prog nostications and weather prophecies are all made upon certain signs in the heavens, in a recent interview, said : " I think the cause of the heavy loss of life by water and the extraordinary loss of property by. fire in this country dui ing the present year is due entirely to the fact that the Republican party is in con trol of the nation's affair*. There never has been a Republican administration within my recollection that has not been attended by great loss of life and prop •rty, and the great Ruler of nil things has never failed to express his indigna. tion of Republican control ou inaugura tion day by giving such a day for the ceremonies as would make even a Lap lander ashamed of the party. "The country has always had bad weath or and bad morals under Republican rule, while good weather, peace and plenty have always followed Democratic rule. This is no idfe fancy, but cold fact, ard you can put this prophesy down, that the Lord never lias and never will smile on the Republican party. "The present administration received its warning on the last 4th of March, and if you have been an observer you have no ticed the terrible public calamities since iis advent Just think of the Johnstown flood, Seattle and-Spokane Falls fires, the Cromo murder and the Tunuer episode. I tell you that unless the Democrats get control the country will go 'o ruin. I regret to say that Harrison's Administra tion will continue as it has begun, and the country must suffer." Now, then, go to ye boasting fellows of the great •' God-and-morality" party. Lease your vain claim of being the salt of the earth after this. | DECREES OF FASHION. BBAVXII'CJJ COS CHITS FOX TUB SEA SOS AT HAST). Design fbr a Charming Indoor Toilet, to he Trimmed With lloiettee—Hats and Costume* Worn by u Mother and Daughter—The Latent Style for Ar ranging the Hair. A charming Indoor toilet dress which 1b given a very pretty effect by being trimmed with rosettes, is gotten o.i thus, the illustration giving a very fa r idea of its make up: For the rosettes on this dress to be made of iino white woollen stuff pale colored fouie or jji'. .*&, faille, difioroir widths of ribbon VI" 'a may bo used, but great care must be taken that the $ l single loop are LI ] - 'I-'HE I / .yJn{ 1 foundation skirt k-J s.Qtf f | is covered with VfegreyT'A ] silk laid in flat > WflSh I pleats in front antl at t ' lo sides, .'tew and sewn out in small tucks at the A&iwN,- TO flower edge; the WMY IIM V® aft being visible IIM $ °*"v y °° n B ' u b %||| 11111 /, S™/< panels sloped oft Ifffll till; below, and sot ori INDOOR TOILET TRIM- front and at the MED WITH ROSETTES, sides, while the back breadths and backs are cut in one. Hooks and eyos faston tho bodice in visibly, trimmed at the neck and siooves with rosette loops, to bo sewn on a piece of tapo or a narrow stuff stripe without this being seen. Tho pocket tabs set on to tho lower odgo of tho bodice are 5 1-2 lnchos high, 8 5-8 inches wide above and 9 3-4 below. The skirt parts, if made of woollon stuff, must bo lined with white silk, while silk materials only re quire to bo doubio and rtiounteU on a layer of stuff muslin, and so forth. There are few modes in many year.- which huve been so acceptable and so useful as tho jersey waist, and uo.\ when it reappears in a newer weave it is equally serviceable and somewhat more elegant. Improvements have been made from time to time in its out and finish until from tho rough garments made in imitation of the sailor's jersey it has be come a corsage lit to accompany any el egant street costume. The new jersey cloth or drap olastique finds many ad mirers and will be popular not alono for insido house jackets but for early fall. There are models in shooting jackets and othor short street jackets which will prove very acceptable and which are capable of a very snug and elogant fit. A simple finish of gold cord is all that any ol'the short jackets have and it is quite enough. The hats illustrated herewith war worn by a mother and her daughi r while driving, and certainly were such as to causo many A eyes to be fas tened on them as tholr fashionable turn-out proceed- .ifef!/-' - N oil on its way. Tho mother, who was quite hand some, and with long Spanish 1 lashes over dark I r _y eyeß, wo re a V doubio - crowned s/A bonnet, just like (ML, Jyjß (ho old-fashioned W^dY/^^^Y. poko of forty MAj /^VA years ago, but S the lower crown THE DOUBLE-CROWX served in place BONNET. of the immense waterfall worn at that time. The bonnot was a delicate biscuit colo . and a quilting of laco of tho same color rested against the dark hair. This quilting was fastenod all about the brim and filled the poko front. A double row of vivid little crimson (lowers went about both crowns, and a cluster of toft feathers in biscuit und shading to deep crimson toppled over the front. Two long strings of garnet velvet tied under the left ear, and altogether it wa the oddest bonnet over seen out of a fashion plate. Hut It was vastly be coming, and gavo just the right shado of color to the dress of biscuit an I brown faille trimmed with gold embroi dory. The daughter's hat was just a bit rakish, but all of tho new fall hats huve the same effect. It was perfectly Hat and oval in shape, uucl ol ' crimson crepe de chene. The brim, which MMEgyapr was three inches j wide in the back jagXTCs 1 and six in the MifySillii front, was finely plaided from the crown out, uu-l nllf- !V*Vv\v*J\ \ was tho sumo on ) J- both sides. \V, ij W'/ ivu 4 J The orown wa . IS J a great crimson SOMEWHAT RAKISH, flower made of velvet and with a center of little crimson berries, and a similar flower, but a quar ter the 8 zo, drooped at the back under tho brim. The girl hud soft, brown hair and a piquant profile, and her dress was a military affair of crimson cloth, braided in arabesques of black. Scar-et and yollow and the odd shales in green and brown are to bo the fash ionable stiados this fall. Any lady who wants to have her hair in the latest way, must crimp or curl the front part, then co.-.ib all the back hair up to the crowu of her head and tie it; braid in one long, soft braid, and then carry the braid flat against the head down to the first vertebra- bone, turn it up ana take it back to the starting point, and form the three ends into a pretty rosotte ui puffs like a bow of ribbon; fa-ten tho braid with little jewelled pins, and ourl the extreme ends and let them hang on either aiue. If the hair is short, a switch must be had for the bo.v-knot on the top, and the little eurlu, and more for the braid. But for short hair thero is a fashionable coif fure that Is in vogue among a few. It has its disadvantages, of course, and is not suitable for street wear. It is called the Guinevere coiffure. Any one who wants to try its becom ingness. m ret put her hair under the curling iron and curl it in three or a a dozen thick curls, then comb them out into waves except the extreme ends. Then get two postiehes and faston them at the sides. A postlehe is a piece of curled halt fastenod to a comb to fill up gaps that should be covered. Diminutive gold vases, ornamented with circles of dlam nJs, are a late fancy in queen pendants. Of a fanciful order is a brooch of three gold acorns, with opal top , su-ponded from a gold wiro branch. A notable addition to bronzo papci weights Is a huge hate hot, the blade oi which contains a penwiper. A COST OirKr.lTTfO FOR t I'.'OO. It Is Suitable far a ftrm, Vtllago or .Suburban Situation. We illustrate herewith a home-liko and sightly dwelling house for a farm, vil lage or suburban situation. The per , epective view, Fig. 1, shows an unpre • .< ' ! PIG. I.—FINISHED HOUSE, tending house with umple verandas und broadly-overhanging eaves, ominently suitable for a largo lot. The first floor plan is shown in Fig. 2. Tito hall, which is entered diroctly from the veranda, is a spacious apartment, wholly unlike the narrow, dreurv stuir hall, which is almost universal in this ■country. This hull has u broad, open fireplace in one corner and is furnished with -'itt.-i to luako it a pleasant and elo gant reception room. A bri .-id opening, whioh is hung with a curtain, loads from the hall to the dining room, to which a bright, ei orful aspect ts given by an open liropla and a large bay window, the latter oi which may be converted into a conservatory, if desired, by means of a glass partition. The parlor is wholly apart from tho re to jyj *^"""1 J_ | tiiji | v U fitto' I; JpiEpf FF ii 8 LL, E V.. lief LZJ r I mB2EST>.' IfejkkT.-reVfcfca I | piA**A PIO 2.— FIRST FLOOR, the house and is furnished with a cozy corner, well lighted and furnished with li ■ 1 seatß. Tne kitchen is fitted up with all con veniences, and is so separated from the - ther rooms of the house that the odois ui cookery cannot penetrate them. The scond floor, of- which Fig. 3 si o : ilio plan, conta.n3 throe roomy chambers, a. bath room and amplo closets. ; icti one of tho chambers may be w a rn A stairway loads to tho attic, wum.i floored, bui oifly one room in "a tailed, he remainder being used ior end storage puri oses. The cellar, 1 by 30 feet, uds only under he ii room and all. It C 1-2 feet h i>: ;.o otciir, with grouted floor, and ■ field stone, laid in cement tnor .i end painted inside. The first store a - board d; the second story und reef shirgxiL nn i hvni S w J HBVX. I';' i i I " 4 FIG. 3 SECOND FLOOR. Such a house can be built anywhere for the sum named, $3,200, but, of course, this does not include tho plumb ing. Dry Hot. So destructive are tho depredations of dry rot that it may be called the terror and despair of architects and cai pen - rs, observes a writ-r in ' Chambers' Jour nal." No care or precaution can be too gieat to prevent it -n rar.ee inlo a build ing, for if once it ml- a iodguu at its eradication is a li iculean if not un im possible task. Professor Burnett, a competent authority, graphically relates how a house he occupied was twice reno vated in four years and had ulliiuately to be pullea down. Iu the old era of oak-built ships they were sometimes found to bo unseaworthy before they left the stocks, with such celerity doe< P do its deadly work. As for rented! d measures, prevention is the only retain cure. Tho selection of sound, weii- ca sonod t mber is us essential as tin- avoid ance of damp and tho securing of ade quate ventilation In every part of the structure. The most efficacious prophylactic is saturating the timber wtfli creosote un der high pressure, so as to thoroughly permeate every portion of the wood. This has been practically proved in coal and other mines where this destroiei runs riot and its lavages entail much ex pense and Insecurity, ami wh-re its waving flakes of fleecy wli t • have a most weird and ghostly effout in the "Uarknoßß visible" of the pit. in cer tain mines in the north of En land, where only ereosoted timber has been used for tho last thirty years, the extra cost has been amply ropaid by tho com parative indestructibility of the timber thus treated. In house building a wim precaution is the well smearing of all underground floor bearing wall wi'.ntai or pitch, which prevents tho mycelium finding a lodgment among the inori.-u , in which it revels and disintegrate-, as ad hesive property. Tho popular nemo of dry root has no referoneo to its occurrence in dry places on the contrary, a certain degree dampness Is absolutely neoeasary for i. ; growth. HO3IS A!® HOUSEWIFE. WHAT WOMLD BB DONE LF THE BEN EFITS ON ANACII) WMTEREALIZED. Hint* a* to Hew the Braakfkat and Also the Breakfa*! Table May be Made Attract! ve— Flower* a* an A!d. An Idea! Country Breakfast Described. New Uiu for H'all Kogs. If housekeepers realized tho benefit to the human system of an acid with the sumtnor breakfast, thoy would, when fruit and berrlos are most plontiful, preparo some by stewing thorn with sugar and putting them uway in stoue jars, where thoy will koop fresh and cool until winter. If oranberrios cannot be had good tart apples freely mixed with lemons are very nice and healthy. Fresh or stowed fruit put on table in a pretty dish adds greatly to tho attrac tion of the tabic. Great pains should be taken with tho breakfast table, but oj> pei-lally in tho summer, when little tilings iniluenco the uppelite, and mala ria is laying in wait to seizo tho brokiin down system as its prey. Leruonadje, fruits, and cucumbers, sourod with vine gar, are all good appotizcrs, and greatfy help us to oujovour morning meal. Wo do not know of a moro toniptiikg repast thuu tho country breakfast, when prepared under the eye of the careful housewife. The table looks attract.Fe wit h its snowy covor, or the rod covpr with its white cento mats and shining glass and dishes, xno first course is it' oatmeal outon with sugar and rich, thick cream, such as cau be gotten nowh"> else. Then follows the dolieious bread and butter, good fresh eggs, fragra it coffee, with such cream as city peo[ lo dream of but nevor soe—all plain, but palatable. In the center of tho table is a little vase of lovely wild flowers, te ii ing us that the earth is rejoicing. But the anxious housewifo may <=ii y, "How foolish for me to put flowers >n my breakfast tablo—hurry up aud got to work is tho oi der of the morning heio, and sontiui.-m like thai would not. bo ap preciated." try it, aud- how astonish >d you will bo to hear Solomon telling ojae of the children where o Und some prei|ty flowers for mother's breakfast table. To begin the day by impressing cue family mind with a pleasant home scene i will ten . greutiy to make the ciiil iilen loyal to their parents and their homes}— Mail aud Express. Now Use for a Nail Keg. On moving into her new house, which had only just been completed, a you|ag housekeeper discovered how useful the nail kegs, left by tho builders, could b6 made. A plush sofa cushion placod on the i op of a keg turned it into a very eomfo t abie sea , and in tinio tho pretty cui h ionod seat shown in the illustration .as evolved. This is a kog covored with blue d -ni n, or Kentucky jeans, laid on in box its | and tacked at top and bottom. A do .'do plaiting at tho bottom hides win first is fastened down, ami tho MADE I':.OM A NAIL KEG. finished v. ith a fringe made of rc pe. ] Handles of rope are fastened on at either side. Tne top which is represented, of small size, in tne accompanying illuM ratioi , is also furnished with a rope handle : cat it may easily be removed, for the in ;Uc of the keg ,is nicely painted, to be u sod as a recept clo for sewing ra terials. The cushion is made of the blue de iim bordered with dark blue ylush, an lis finished with a rope cord and tassels. A vory pretty seat of this kind cat be made by simply covering the k>'g ith figured cretonne, using it for Ui sn ion as well, aud dispensing vi.n i lie fringe. What a Lemon Will Do. Lemonade made from the juice of the lemon is one of the bet and salfest drinks for any person, whether in health or not. it is suitable for all stun ach diseases, excellent in sickness, iu c isus of jaundice, gravel, liver complaint. in flammation of the bowels and fevers. II is asi eeifie agai st worms and skin c jin plaiuts. The pippin crushed may be used with sugar and watei and take r as a drink. Leniou juice is the best an tiscorbutic remedy known. It not >nlj cures the disease but prevents It. Su lor.' make daily use of it for this purjose. We advise everyone to rub their gums with lemon juice to keep them re a healthy condition. The hands and nails are also kept clean, whit'- and supple by the dally use of lemon in-tead ot soap. It also pre vents chilblains. Lemon is used it in termittent fevers, mixed with tr>ng, hot. black euft.-e, without sugar. Neu ralgia, it, Is said, muy bo cured by rub bing the part affected with a cut lemon. It is valuable also to cure warts. It wit remove dandruff by rubniug the root* u the air with it. It will alleviaU an fir.ally cure, coughs and eoids. and hen di-<' Used Lures, if taken hot nu -'ohig i tied at night, its uses are uiuuifoldl am, Ills more we employ It internauy ih beiter we shall fin ! ourselves. A ductoi iu Home is (ry ug it experiment ml. in malarial fevcts with greal succu s aud thinks that ii will in time supersedi qui nine. A PiHly Table Scarf. A pretty table scarf, made of Hn linen twenty by twenty-four Inches wiile. may have above the wide hem u bor.jr ol drawn work in intricately wi\>:| de signs. The center should be- embroi dered in white, in heavy -a in stin ij.iiiid the veins and outlines of the 11.Uer traced with dead gold threads, inter mixed with a silken web of gdl'ien brown silk. The design muy be in u running pattern of flowers,, with a jligiit of birds and circling butt rflies In disks outlined with twisted golden threads are eupids In grotesque atti tudes—-ono is riding astride a gign .e , butterfly, while another eomtuc n>i terial steeds with slender threats ol brown and gold. Cultivate MUD Flowers. It la stated that since the sumiowei has been cultivated on certain svftimpe of the Potomac, malarial fever hits de creased. At tho mouth of the Scheldt, Holland, It is stated that similar results have been observed. Th saripreei emits large volumes of water ia tli • for ui of vapor, and Its aromatlo odor, uf well as tho oxygen It exhales, may have Louie thing to "do wirh the sauitary iaftueuci in question.—Exchange. ibv eaoQtmx oi< HXM-HUTB. &9 Game It It Rapidly OainMf Uroniid In Amvrlca. Export players at croquat are vMI annoyod at the encoring and supercS ious way In which the game Is omO i times referred to nowadays as if it \voqß only lit for children, old men, giddy girls, or others not overburdened wltS' mental caliber. Doubtless most of these disparaging remarks are made with ret crenco to the ordinary lawn croqueV which is usually played with an outfit worth about $3 on vory uneven turf, and under rules which have no partloulur au thority, and which vary according to the whims of the players, and are nover en forced. Expert or official croquet Is quite a dif ferent affair. It is analogous to the game of billiards. It Is played on a per fectly smooth and level ground, wlttt a surface of sand, rolled hard, enclosed at the boundaries; with hard rubber balls, with wickets just wido enough to admit the passage of the balls; with mallots of ingenious and exponsive construction, and under rules carofully revised by the National American Association of Cro quet players. Thus played It beoomes a ' very scientillc game It Is totally differ ent from the ordinary game of croquet as played in any country, and as it now '■'iinrtfc is a peculiarly Am* : iean game tn\i gives scope to a large exhibition of sk 11 and judgment, and is not to be sneered down. t is true that in England croquet has bf .1 sonn what displaced by lawn tennis ; i - amo tendency has been devel ed in ilds country, but the expert nave been mora thoroughly or ; and the game has been more v .-.ec.ly developed in the last few vi s. !ho illustration shows the latest e'vle of arranging u croquet ground. ' p XEtEE ~?f i I ? y\ A ! i il J i sj. s 8 : Xn i f/i\| ! 'i k i , i ! ft I >'"■ ! ,J Of course the exercise to be had in playing croquet, ii- no* so vigorous as use ball or lawn • "i . but 1* is good rclse, and i-iioh a ■ ••• ii be taken with danger to life or limb; ithout the j cesslly for a uniform or the neoessivv ■ changing ail ones clolitng. and ve' | -'e sufficient to give am • lila. to ad •muscles. It may not giv.- cope for munh mental effort as the game of v •-is cai! for, but there is inn i room head vol I: and gencra'-i in. l takes uisiun e, a good deal of skill and udgmeiii to croquet a bull with a mallet -o u '.o hi at a distance of SO feet UlJ other ! n'i only 3 inches in diampte-. Y-". tile expert players do this man.' to e in the course of :he -,ame. Then, icain, it take* a good deal ot skill to place bails in frori of the new arches so that they ma. he made to pass tioough. The bail being 3 1-1 inches c!c and ;he arches 3 :l-4 inches wide. ■ ere is only a margin of half an inch. . :n-;c i- ulsou i odiieai of skill requited to i lace i.e iia I ;-o dial no ball shull b left o, en or exposed. There is a-Kidfiil shot known as tin* ".amp shot,' wherein the aver make*. •i-. ball jump ov. r an ln'erven iigobjee , ■>uch as a wiclo •• bull n"-; a rom on l\ -P THE JP.VP SHOT, an object bad. This is a.ui'.ogous i .:-t ma.-t airly enriied. Thv u-w gate . ..iter-fie. giv-,, i,..icii gr.-ateiv tnip• ■ Inti c-ir salt--The last, played ball,of the ail vi i. Trie latej addict n to the • eciifiu points of ih" gBMi - a ve levn :i.I c< st In 11. and it ui*y s.ily . . ! u no gaining ground as an American outdoor exercise. The Bellowing remarkable scores were mad-' vi.u a volver a' the grounds of the .i in L *nlori d !'.e club, England, at tv ni aid-. •:. an wlov*n-dialv tar get lila ten mill bun t minting six, ami A -.111111 h eouui. oft seven. From tin- ti. ■ r li' a null to the outer ridge ajv four ii gs ountiag respec tively 5, 4. I and >. Eight targets wers used, and in•).■, .tints wo.iv Ured at oach. n th • t,r' t a "get 7 ' was made, on tho second . tuird a.', fourth 80, : fff h '3, on th.- sixth only live shots were tired and 37 was seored, the sev enth V;). unit the eighth tbi. Out of ths tweiny-tivo shots at 50 yards with a * 44-cahU-r Smith & Wcs-oa at an eight- Inch bull only four shots wero ou-xide. One hundred and two games have been played by the League this year that have been won by a single run. Chicago won 19 of them; Philadelphia, 15', Bos ton, 14; Cleveland aud Pittsburg, 13 each; Indianapolis, 12; New York 10- Wsahington. 7. Bellmen to proclaim tho hour of th sight, before clocks became e were numerous In London about 1566.