Strange Superstition Prevalent
Among Sporting Men.
TUB COLONKLS' IIAMUTS' l'BET.
1IW Fottrlemi of Taem Temporarily Itnut..
et the Louisville Club's Hoodoo Hoeing
ft Ore Kywl Woman nnd Walking Unitor
a Ladder Are Very lmiertim llnodooi.
Thousands of sporting men, turf follow
ers, gamblers, pugilists, lxisolmll players
ftml race truck plungers are Ann believers
in the efficiency of a genuine mascot nml in
the blighting influence of a voodoo, or hoo
doo, as it Is more commonly called. In the
ojieTft "Mascot," Lorenzo defines a mascot
briefly and rather unsatisfactorily. "A
mascot," lie says, "Is a mascot." To an
unprejudiced observer this seems quite
self evident. Welmter delves somewhat
deeper Into the subject when lie declares
that a mascot 1 'it person who is supposed
to bring good luck to the household to
Whieh he or she belongs; anything that
brills good luok."
On very popular Idea of n mascot is
that It should be the reverse of beautiful
Tar this reason men who play the raoes be-
T1IR TERKIHLK LADDKIt HOODOO.
lieve they win suiely pick a wiutier if they
only see a htinchhack on tlicir way to the
traok, or, better still, if thuy get near
enough to gently touch his deformity.
Others are firmly convinced that If they
ean rub the wool on a blind darky's head
fickle fortune will lead them to place their
money on a 10 to 1 shot or on come horse
against which even larger odds are offered
by the bookmakers. Still other race track
habitue" believe that they will surely be
hoodooed if they fail to drop a dime or a
quarter Into tin' hat of every beggar they
POOL PLAY BR ALPHBDO DE ORO.
fore the Louisville players knw that the
left hlnil 1mm of 14 raririlfjt Auitfht in eti
Indian graveyard by a cross eyed colored T1, ,!r C"1"" "' '" Victory Over
mu in the dark of the moon, presumably I Kngllsli champion Hubert.,
were "rooting" for them against the hoc-1 Alfredo de Oro, whose install with John
iloo, the Colonels defeated the Philadelphia " mous ungnsn cnampiou, av
new lore, mm itv
t ratted such wide
attention, is con
sidered the kingof
all pool players on
this side of the
Atlantic Da Oro
is a Cuban, lie
has won the olmm
pionshlp here and
Is a player of rare
nerve and general
all round excel
lence. His eye for
difficult combina
tions and his dex
terity in executing
them nre the won.
oluh. They followed this victory with an
other against the same club and then van
quished the New Yprks and Ilrooklyns,
thus winning four games In succession be
fore the Oklahoma huunie lioomers lost
their grip on the hoodoo. Just lieforn the
fifth game, however, some cross eyed wom
an In the City of Churches must have hoo
dooed the entire club again, for in this
game and the one following the Colonels
were badly lieaten by the Ilrooklyns.
Had the Colonel, lieen fortified with rab
bits' feet early in the season instead of only
a month before its close, they might have
secured a better position than eleventh in
the pennant race, but who knows that the
14 left hind feet did not prevent the Ken
tucky team from slipping back into twelfth
place and the ignominy of being the tail
pullers for
lamplighter, the great thoroughbred,
had a mascot that possessed the fatal gift
of beauty, and was consequently more of n
hoodoo than anything else. This alleged
masoot was a pretty little pony that accom
panied Lamplighter as running mate when
the great horse was given his exercise. As
every one knows, Lamplighter was the fav
orite in the Urooklyn and Suburban handi
caps and in his match nice with Tammany,
but in all thtee of these event he was In
gloriously beaten. Itace track sages says
the pretty pony surely hoodooed him.
This senson the St. Louis baseball club se
cured a homely bull calf to officiate as mas
cot and dragged him around the liases be
fore each gume. The club won game after
game, and the calf was looked upon assuch
a dangerous factor In the pennant contest
that some enemy of the team spirited it
away.
The Valkyrie had two alleged mascot, a
pigeon and Miss llnchacl Ilnnraven, but
both were so good looking they proved
hoodoos, and the ICnglish yacht was easily
beaten In the race for the America's cup.
Mascot authorities allege that despite her
two pretty hoodoos the Valkyrie might
have won the final and decisive race had it
not been sailed on Friday and on the lflth
of October, but that with such a combina
tion of pretty mascots, unlucky Friday and
luckless 13, Lord Uunravcu ought to be
thankful that ho and his crew finished tlio
race alive. Eahlb 11. Katon.
I
ALFREDO DE OliO.
dtr of all pool players who have seen him
handle the cue.
In the recent six days' match between
Roberts and Do Oro, the Cuban won. When
he secured tlio necessary 1,000 points en
titling him to victory, Koberts had only
captured 034. To make the great interna
tional match a perfectly fair one the Hug-
llsli and American table were set up side
by side, and thu American ohamplon was
compelled t play half the time on the
strango iv. idi table, whilo the English
champion hud to wrestle the same share of
the time with the difficulties of the unfa
miliar American tabic. Roberts defeated
I)e Oro 13 points at Kngllsli pool, and De
Oro beat uoberts 80 points at the Amer
ican game.
The next big billiard events in America
will probably be the Schaefer-Ives tourney
in Chicago and the proposed triangular
match between Ives, Schaefer and Slosson
at New York.
Tlio Great Pneer Hubert J.
Iiobert J, the bay son of Hartford, is
looked upon as one of the most promising
pacers on the turf. He Is 5 years old,
and his dam was Geraldine, by Jay Could,
lie Is owned by C. J. Hamlin of Buffalo,
and is trained and driven by Ed Geers.
Previous to the present season Robert J
did not possess much of a reputation, but
his work early in the year was to good that
ho was considered Hamlin's most formida
ble representative in the great $G,000 free
for all pace at tlio Northwestern Breeders'
meeting in Chicago in September. Robert
J was declared ineligible, and Hal Pointer,
a mere shadow of his former greatness,
whs substituted as the Village J arm candi-
pase while on tneir way to the races. These dute. The "P'intcr boss" was easily dis-
superstitions cause hordes of beggars to
throng the approaches to the large tracks,
and many a hunchback's hump lias been
rubbed as enthusiastically by turf gam
bler as the wonderful lamp was rubbed
by Aladdiu.
Although many liettors who industrious
ly fondle the wool on a blind dnrky's head
or touch the deformity between a hunch
back's shouldere find it necesmry to walk
home from the track now and then, they
do not lose confidence in the efficiency of
their pet mascots. Frequently they are
hoodooed after thu mascot has begun to ex
erolfeeltscharm, and what lmibcotcan with
stand the baleful effect of a genuine hoo
doo? Many a turf plunger has pan into a ver
itable nest of mascots on bis way to the
race and entered the track prepared to
wager his very shoes on auy horee in the
first race only to meet the baleful glance
tanced, and Flying Jib won the race.
The result might have been different had
Robert J been allowed to start, for a short
time later nt St. Joseph ho attempted to
ROBERT J, 2:05Jf.
Freeman, tltn Checker King,
Checker players generally concede that
Clarence II. Fieeman of Providence is the
greatest living master of the game. Free
man is a modest youug man, but his rec
ord has convinced him that the above esti
mate of his ability Is not far from correct,
and he stands
ready to play any
man who ques
tions his claim to
the title of checker
king for the sura
of tl,000 a side.
Freeman's com
plexion is of n
bronze tint, and in
stature is a little
below thomedlttm
height, He is of
slender but nth-
1. 11. t... 11.1 TT I
leuc uimii. jiu-mis i.a,?
lilonlr lintr nnil n I
small black nuts- clarence ii. rr.nnMAN.
tache. Ho not only looks like an Indian,
but is of Indian descent, and says that ho
. -9 Ht - . . . I
fM7 '
as J
EA TT.W A "V A rPiTVWNTk ; struature had none down as soon as the full
tlXlJ Will X O. ii,t ..h train won Imrnaht tn liear on
it. There was a thick coating of Ice on the
creek, fullr 3 feet thick, through whioh
the cars and engine crashed as though It
SOME HISTORIC DISASTERS RECALLEC
BY A RECENT HORROR.
The Angola Horror and the Ashtnimls
Wreck Terrors of the Chntsw
rnlr The Last flreat Ifnlnean
Minor Accidents.
Special Correspondence.
IltrrrALO, July 86. The recent frightful
railway disaster near Newburg, in this
state, is a fresh proof that neither science
nor human foresight and care can give en
tire immunity from this form of danger.
Since the first railroad track was laid in
the United States there have been a great
number of these horrors, but despite the
general Impression to the contrary the loss
of llfo on American railroads has not 1een
greater in proportion than it lias in Europe.
READING RAILROAD SYSTEM,
V;t J HUB TABLE IN EFFECT AUG. 7, 1898.
Trains leave Shenandoah as tallows:
ror new voric via pnuaaeiphia, week tun
was mi eggshell with a second crash almost $. 7., am, n
. . i . i. - tX tp- I l.io,7.48ft. m. For New York viaMauobCh ink
aatfreat as the breaking of the bridge. For week 7 . rai 18. w m.
Aihtalml. ! Bt(n ,u Umt terrU)lt) cbMmi an,i then iio, I ,. 7.20, a. m.. 12.26, S.6&, 5.k p. m. Sunl
worth Af. arotl le screams of the Imprisoned occu- dr8-Vmsbufg; ww days. 2.10, MO s.a.,
t A 1'ewj pants of the oars who still remained alive. iao,5.56p. m. '
The railroad station was only a snort or Auenwiro, weeu uays, t.su , m., is.u,
distance away, and help arrived almost in- gttRVM week flftyB( z l0) .,..,
stantly, but Ijefore the first spectator came iu.se, ISO, B.S6 p. m. Sunday, 110, 7.48 a. m., 13J
on the scene fire had broken out in the p. m. . . .
wreck, and soon the flame, were greedily WltOTSkri
iicKiuK uji rn vua tTwnmuin. oay, z.iu, 7. a. m., p. m. iuumion&L rot
outofwater. There were 147 persons on tho Mshonoy City, week days, 1 00 p. m.
train, nnd, strange to say, 72 were rescued irnSaer anfl Co'unlbla. woek days, 7.
alive, though most of them were pretty -Fc;j williamsport, Sunbury and Lewisbun
badly injured. Seventy-five were killed week days. 3.85, 7.90, 11.80 a. m., 1.83, 7.00 pa,
outright by the. fall, burned to death or ffi, days, 2.10. 8.25,5.
drowned In the creek. ll.jo a.m., 12.2, 1.35, 150, 6.55, 7.01), s J
Tho last or tue six greatest rauroau acci- p. m. Sunday, 2.10, 3., 7.4 a. m., a.os, 4.80 p. a
denU, the "Chatsworth disaster," In most For afville. aUtaPfphanc, s1i?tion
respect was worse even than the Ashta- fiKl.?YB0, s'rt, 7.W,' 9.85 p. m. 'Sunday, 2.1U
bula wreck, though It lacked some of tho 8.fi,7.48 a. m 8.06, 4.80 p. m.
terrors of snow, Ice and water which added For Ashland and ShamoVtin, week days, 8 J
so much to the horrors of the Ohio hole- ,7!i8 "J:00-881
caust. On the night of Wednesday, Aug. TRAINS KOIl SHENANDOAH:
10, 1887, nt 40 minutes after 0 o'clock, a Loavo New York via I"hlladelpma,weokdyi
large excursion train, IT cars, packed with 8.00 a. m., 1.30. 4.00, 7.30 p. m., 12.15 night, hui
a happy throng of pleasure seekers dashed &0WVo2rvfv"agMuch Chunk, week d.y,
by tho Chatsworth (Ills.) station of the lo- 4.00, B.45a. m., 1.00, 4.30p. m. Sunday. 7.15 a. a
ledo, Peoria and Western railroad at a high Leave Philadelphia. Market Street Station,
rnto nf utiBod The train was drawn bvtwo wpek days, 4.12, 8,36, 10,00 a. m., and 4.01
rate or speed. 1 lie train wasuiawn uy two Sunday 4.00, 8.05 a. m.,11.3
of tho heaviest engines on the road and p m.
was nounu lor Niagara raus,
1STO ATf open nruw.
Loavo Hoadlnr. week davs. l.U.7.10. 10.06. 11.1
Shortly after the Chatsworth station, at t. m Bf 7 .7 p m unaay
ima ueen passeu, ,2 a p m SujdftTi 140, Vi o. m., 2.05 1
Leave Tamnqua, week days, 3.20, H.4H. 11 .
p a
which no stop was made,
tho engineer of the forwnrd locomotive saw
flames lapping at the stringers of a short 1.21, 7.1b, 0.28 p. m. Sunday, 8.20. 7.43 a. n
trestle work which led across a dry cut I n,l
. , ., , . , . . '' , , , .1 i,ntvc nttuuuuy ivj, nco udjto, a iv. w ii
mjmw jewi-MinLerLiie munmua unu iw ( some 1U reel. ueep. Illfiunctiveiy lie i-eveiiwu i ut47 a, m, j.bi, 7, fx, v.ol p. m. CiUnaay, 3.40, 8.
cnil liliainpBd t lipv oninrMl M alncrtilnr M. Iu..uh l.nf In 1 l,a nuvf innmnnr lip un w I &. Tn.. 3.20 II. Ta.
emptlon from serious accidents as com-' that It would be impossible with the heavy b iowK m mTm 5 So e Vth la!
parl with the European corporations, and train behind to stop before the danger spot p', i.' Sunday, 2.40, 4.00, 8.27 a. m , a.37,6.01 p J
it was not, until jooaiuain reany greai ca- was reached. Tne only cuance lay in a
laiLity occurred. When it came, however. Jash for safety, and throwing his lever back
it made up for lost time, and tho shock of attain he put on every pound of steam, and
It had nn adverse effect on railroad travel the cars fairly made a leap ahead. Hut Leave Wtlllamupurt, week days, 8.00, , i J
and growth for several years afterward. It neither speed nor caution could save the ,S,jJ,5,,'1
oecurre.1 on tho morning of Mayfi at South ; train. The flames had undermined tho BirJrg 'nvgtiie let Wm
Norwalk. Conn., on the New York, New woodwork of tho trestle, and it nave way Avenuo station. Philadelphia, (P. ARK Hi
Haven and Hart ford, and cost. lives. The o .m II,. woluht nf tlin flint, eiiirina 3 50,8.01, 11.27 a. m., 8.56, 5.42. 7 16 p. m. Sumla
lloston express from New York was rush- struck It. Then ensued an awful scene. ATLANTIC I CITY DIVISION
tug along at i high rate of speed when It Tho 050 peoplo on board were thrown in the Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut stroti wi.ai
went through an open draw in the bridge midst of tho wreck, pinioned under the nd South street wharf, for Avlantlo cny. I
wlilch spanned tlie river about 250 feet oast , frame work of the shattered vehicles. A (Snerdats?r302PO0? 3 00 615 J
ui mu auiuu ngi iinw. ouuiuu. lew oi iuo passengers reiuuiiiwi uiuujuini, i Kxoursion 7tuaEQ. Accommouaiion, ow .
Tt. wrr n brlffhr. fine, r.lear rlav. nnd thi'rn l,f o..u 1,nt-u ul. llb n fluili in n ilnzpn I 4 SO. 6 45 n m.
ii.,.i;...,.i,ii i.i..t Bundavs Exnress. 7 !0. 8II0, 830. 9 00, 10CBI
UUICUw . ..0m,.M uHiercni piaces. m and 4 30 p m. Accomtnodation, 8 00 a m af
should liave happened, except the careless-i When morning came, the shattered train 4 4tpm. 1
nessof the engineer in charge of the loco-1 w-as still blazing. After the WTeck was Returning leave Atlantio City depot, Atl&na
motive, who should have becn the open finally cleml away it was found that TO o. 6 m 7 mS
draw. I or 15 minutes before the train was persons had been killed. Three hundred Joo, 5t0. 7 30, 9 30 p m. Ausbmmodation, 5
due tho bridge tender had displayed the and fifty passengers were injured, u ma- 8 10 am and 4 30 pm. Excursion, Jroui tool
signal -open uraw- to enauie tne steam- jority of them severely, and for months tne I lr q& iiV im nnn
i " ..j .- ui,.ttt .o i"" " i 7 uu, 7 bu, uu. v au p m. Acoommoaaiion,
uieiii. ociure me train uuwu lumu luo one oi tue uappiest anu mosi piosperuus i in ana o uo p m,
reckless engineer realized tue impending! stretches of country In the west. Compared
danger, and both heand his fireman jumped ' with this terrible calamity most of the so
in timo to cscapo wltli slight injuries. As called minor accidents which liavo from
C. U. HANCOCK, Gon. Pass. Agt.
Philadelphia P
for the passengers, tho first intimation
of terll they had was when they felt
wilu tne exception ot tlio turee last , rUer on tho Jlistourl Paoltlc went down under tiazieton, vveatneny, yuaaane junction,
si coaches tho entiro train plunged into the tho first train run thiough to Jefferson City; anoi anc Mananoy utty at u.ui, u.ira m
Mream Delow, which was at high tide, the ai timu, ou uijurm. iiio cuicl tusiurar vi N6 : v5rk 8 01 7 2d . m . 12.43. Jp
. tonof tho water beiiuronivl2feetfrom the 1 among luetieau. .. U.22n.m. V
Of a cross eyed woman in tlie grand stand , the worl(Vs recor(li 2;04, nnd covered a
and feel himself so thoroughly hoodooed mlle)lll the w0,iderfnl time of 2:06, the
that he dares not risk a nickel on oven a fftgtegt ,nlle evel. Inado tlp to that Hme by a
"lead pipe cinch." The cross eyed woman r...M-.ni.i . t T.ovi.,otnn nt is
hoodoois bad enough but walkiug under nobert j wo the $1000 free for all
a ladder is a dire act filled with the doube Flying Jlb Manager, J II Laud
distilled quintessence of Jonahism and is wl, Kerr ,n gtraiKUt hmts the first of
invariably lollowed oy walking uome. whieh was paced in the heart breaking
Probably the most popular mascot in ' im, o.ncn M,i tl.fi others in 2:074 and
America today U the rabbit's foot. A great .07 v respectively. Every heat was faster
many people believe that any rabbit's foot than the b,st ueat ln the fre0 for llU ln
k all powerful in routing hoodoos, horse, Chicago
foot Mid dragoons, but this is a grave At NashvlU(!) 0ct- 10j nobert J again de
error. To be a genuiue mascot a rabbit's feate(1 FlyjnK jib jn three even more re
foot must bo taken from the left hind leg markaWo straight heats. He captured the
Of a graveyaid rabbit caught iu said grave- flrgt twoln 3:06 aml the last m o..
yard at the very witching time of night Tho flrst two ue)ltg ,vcro tIie fastest consec
when churchyards yawn, etc. This is one , utive heat8 ever trottcd or paced. In view
definition of a potent rnbblt's foot, but o lllBrecent performances Iiobert J may
other mascot authorities declare that the tru he declared the greatest racing pacer
1UUO W 11 it 1 J till it lUU-i ii u-iw uo invu
from the left hind leg of a graveyard rab
bit caught in the dark of the moon at mid
night by a crosseyed colored man who first
crawled into the graveyard uackward. 10 Tom Connors. the English wrestler now
this contact or authorities anu tanure to ,n t,lU country) naa challenged all comers
oarry out the entire programme is doubt- j tQ m6eth Mm at catcU welghts.
rtt'wlrdThooSoos 8 Frank H. Bolen of the Philadelphia
0l.0c.bSl Z 'Louisville baseball 1 cricket team recently scored 118 before be
club this season plainly demonstrated that ng retired in a game against the Austra
14 rabbits' feet could make the strongebt j l'ans.
kind of an uphill fight against overwhelm- Charm, tho Palo Alto filly, is looked upon
lng hoodoos. As every student of baseball as a coming world beater in the 3-year-old
history knows, Sinbad the sailor had an easy class.
is proud of it. The blood of tho Pequots ! themselves going over tho abutment.
and the Narrngansetts is united in his I The train consisted of two baggage cars
veins, .as Iiih father descended from the and five coaches carrying 236 people.
former and his mother from the latter
tribe. His great-grandfather on hismother'
side, however, was a white man.
Ho was born .H years ago in Central Vil
lage, Conn., and went to hchool there. At
tho age of 11 years he removed to Provi
dence. Iu 1879 he played Charles F. Barker
of Boston, thu champion of America, and
defeated him by 0 to 2, with 11 games drawn.
Since then he lias played ftvo matches with
Barker, the total score standing: Freeman,
14; Barker, 0; drawn, 80. In 1885 he played
Barker a series of B0 games for tho cham
pionship of America and $200 a side. The
score stood: Freeman, 0; Barker, 3; drawn,
41.
In 1880 Freeman and Barker played nn
other match at Providence for a purse of
1500. Twenty-seven out of HO games were
drawn, Freeman won 2 and Barker 1.
In 1882 Freeman played a draw with the
famous Scotch champion, James Wyllie.
Freeman won 1 game, Wylliel, and the third
game was a draw.. About two years later
Freeman and yllie met again luafrieud'
ly match at Piovideuce. Freemuu won i help came from Hamilton. Finally, how-
easily. Freeman decided eight years ago , ever, when tho people did arrive, they were
that he would play no more cuamplonsuip
games.
time to time shocked the country seem
small, but taken together they make n most
formidable list. The most iraportnut of
them are as follows:
Nov. 1, 1855 Tho bridgo over tho Gasconade
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD,
PaBscneer trains leavo Shenandoah
I'enn Haven Junction, Mauth Chunk
Allontown, liethlehem, Eaaton, Phlladclpfti
f5
htringers. Most of the unfortunates killed
were drowned like rats in a trap.
Four years later, on March 12, 185", camo
an accident which cost GO lives, and though
it occin red in Canada on the Toronto and
Hamilton railroad It caused almost in
great n shock iu tho United States as it did
in Britisli America. Among the killed was
Samuel Zimmerman, ono of the widest and
best known men in tho Dominion, and ii
number of the officials of tho road. In this
case the engine ran off the, track. Thu
weight of the ponderous machine as it
struck the bridge timbers cut through them
as though they were so many pipestems,
nnd tho engine, tender, baggage car and
two coaches were precipitated to tho bot
tom ot the canal, 00 feet below. Everybody
on tho train was either killed instantly or
so badly injured that they could not render
any assistance, aud it was some timo before
Aug. HI, 1805 A new engine out for atrial Fn-. iiinletnn. TOHlrns-Harro. White Havl'
raninioine rear enuoi u local paseeni on i jpitteton, Laceyviue,' rowanaa, sayre, w,iuv
.... IT . I- II 1 r,n.. ..!.... 11 1 I II... RIIU .. . , I
IUU XlUUttULUllIU 1HII1UUU Ul UUUIlCbUUUI, .1 I .UUfllUllltl, U.V., V.UO U. IU,, Ml, C.W Jl, UJ B.
killed. 15 injured. For Kochester, lluflulo, Niagara Fallb Mf
....!,, .we t.i .i. i.-j.......i.i,.,ii,i I the Went. 6.04. 11.08 a. m 12.43 and 8.08 D. ai. 9.
at Carr's rock; 15 killed, 51 wounded.
For Belvidere, Delaware Water Gap
11 LBIT S ran, u lilllBU, M nuuiiuw. qtrniidhuri A 114 n m 4 "2 n m
Muy 12, 1870-Niglit oxpiess on the Missouri So;nfertvllfe &d Trenton,
9.08 a. m.
For Tunkhaunock, 6.01. 9.08 a. m 2.67, 8 08 pf,
For Ithaca and Geneva 0.01, D.0B a. m.
P-.P1 . . M
j'or Aunurn u.uj a. iu. n.ua d. m.
For Jeanesvllle. Levis tonaudBoaverMe
7.ai, u. m., 5.Z7, 8.0H p. m.
l' or Auaenricu, Hazieton, stocicton anu i
ber Yard, 6.04, 7.28, 9.08, a. it., 12.43,
living today.
IlilUnrdist Ives' Plans.
In n recent interview, Frank C. Ives, the
billiard champion, said: "I leave in No
vember for Loudon to play Roberta a re
turn match at English billiards. Then 1
am going to India on au exhibition tour,
and I expect to make money there. Leav
ing India I will go direct to Paris for a
long stay. I um going to dispose of my
business in Chicago. I can mako S125 a
day in Paris, which pays better than bil
liards do iu this country. 1 would be tool
ish if I did not avail myself of this
Parisian opportunity."
CHECKERS AND CHESS.
SPORTING NOTES.
time unseating the Old Man of the Sea com
pared with the time the Louisville club had
in shaking the hoodoo that got astride its
neck early in the season and clung there
with legs and arms of steel. Fourteen rab
bita' feet, however, kicked the hoodoo loose
ums vibt mpm.AR mascots.
1. Rubbing tne blind aaritys neaa. x. To??1!'
ins the hunchback's hump. 8. The rabbit's
foot.
In a trice. On Aug. 24 George T. Leavy of
Norman, O. T., and formerly of Kentuoky,
rmt a consign men t of rabbit' feet to the
plmyers, accompanied by the following note:
Knowing of Louisville's hard luck this sea
son, I have secured a rabbit's foot for each
filter, whieh,! kot), will aid them a they a
eattl the scale of 19. Thee feet are from Ok
U&amstack rabblu eught In a desolate and
Shortly Indian mveyard and pmmse all nec
eesMT iNhm for a nweot. I earsMtly tnt
tVeff will hav th 4Mlrd tfoU
The very nt day, and of course long be-
Fantasv. 2:08. the champion S-year-old,
is one of the turf wonders of 1898. Such
speed in a trotter at her age is a decided innovation.
The crack rough coated St. Bernard, Sir
Bedivere. has attain changed hands. Air. U
A. Pratt, proprietor of the Argyle kennels
at Little Hock, has purobased the cham
pion of his sex from the New York bt.
Bernard kennels.
The Turf Season of 1803.
The turf season of 1888 just closed will
for many years be memorable, because It
witnessed the triumphs of Domino, one of
if not the very greatest 2-year-olds the
country ever saw. It will also be memor
able because ot the disappointments and
defeat of Lamplighter, the popular Idol,
and because it witnessed the ascendency of
his rival. Tammany, who easily proved
himself Lamplighter's master and beyond
doubt the ohampion of the turf. Domino's
triumphal oareerwlll liveiongest, nowever,
and will fill a lamer plaoe in turf history.
A ooIl that eollneed a Hindoo, and a Tre-
mont, and a His Highness will not soon be
forgotten.
Turf Music
I've listened to the harmonies of nuua'd or
Ah ant ml 1 bauds.
And been chartn'd by operatic stanof this and
other lauds.
Bat m for me all other sounds the subtle ee-
nra lak
Of the grand crescendo music that comes roll-
lag down tne trace.
When, nerves ..strain and flanks a-drip and
nnatrtU Im: 1 in. nre.
AwUbne)). AU S thftrottghbreds ooro
thuadsriae to uie, .
ftmnjf Ded In Herenan.
Checker Problem No. 242 Dy J. J. Denny,
lilac k.
White.
White to move and win.
Chess Problem No. 242 Uy J. K. Hanshew.
Dlack.
I m u m m
m m m m
H H Bfi
Pi IliU BJ
White.
White to play and ooui(l staleiuate in four
LOvee.
OLCTIONS.
Checker problem No. Mil
White. Black.
1.. U 1.. Sto 0
2.. 13 to 9 S,MU1
3..STtoM 8,.toT
4.. 10 to T 4.. ltaW
L.TtaM llntwn
Whtm nreUeui No, 341i
Whits.
1..Q toBT
l.KttoUlch
" k.
Hit xa
..K tnorM
almost powerless to bring succor to the dy.
ing, for the wreck lay piled up between two
precipitous walls 00 feet below. It was not
until ropes hail been secured that the res- j
cuers could do anything toward extricat
ing the 15 or SO persons who still remained
alive.
On Juno 20, 1R04, there occurred another
dreadful accident in Canada, this time cost
ing nearly 100 human lives, and making
the record for American railroad disasters.
The train which came to grief consisted of
11 emigrant cars on the 11 rand Trunk rail
way. It carried besides the train hands 350
people, aud like tlio Norwulk wreck, tho ac
cident was due to the gross negligence of
the engineer, who, disregarding tho warn
ing signals, ran through nn open draw on
the Boloit bridge nt St. Hilaire, about 10
miles from Montreal. The scene of the
wreck, as described by eyewitnesses, was
something terrible. The cars fell in 10 feet
of water and were only partially submerged.
But tho height from which they tumbled,
about TO feet, smashed them into kindling
wood, and when tlio rescuers put in an ap
pearance they found nnindescribablemass
of splintered wood, iron and human re
mains, all jammed together in a solid
heap. Ninety-live bodies wero recovered.
and 100 injured were taken out ot the
wreck. Among the latter was the guilty
engineer, who went down with ills engine.
but was not fatally hurt.
In the next great accident, which enmoto
be known as t ho "Angola horror," lire add
ed to the terrors of the situation, Tho
New York express from Cleveland on the
lovke shore road had been delayed, a.i.l
with a clear road ahead was running under
a full head of steam to make up lost time.
It was midwinter, Dec. 18, lew, and the
rails were covered with snow and ice. At
Big Sisters bridge, a quarter of 'a mile east
of Angola, N. Y., n wheel broke under the
last coach, and the car went tumbling over
the embankment. Only 18 passengers were
rescued, all of whom were badly hurt.
The rest, 48 in number, were either crushed
or burned to death, the remains being gen
erally charred beyoud recognition.
The "Ashtabula dltter" came next,
on Dec. iM, 18T6. In this frightful acoident
all the element- seemed combined for the
occasion to render the scene moro terrible.
It wub pitch daik nnd the suow was fulling
in a dense cloud as the ill fated train, tho
west bound express, on the Lake Shore,
approached the big iron bridge which
orossed the Ashtabula creek ln unto, To
feet aliove the water. Because of the ill'
tense cold and heavy suowlall, the train.
lomposed of seven coaches aud pulled by
two powerful engines, was going at a mod
erate rate of speed. Suddenly, without a
moment's warning, and j"-i. as the fore
most engine hail reached solid ground
again, there was a deafening crash, and
the next instant the entire train, with the
exception ot the flrst engine, lay at the
bottom Of the shallow oreck, the bank
towering thtoa 70 feet above. The bridge
had given way.
Under tho strain of the Intense cold, the
Pacific ran into a stalled freight at Eureka,
JIo.: 10 killed. 80 wounded.
Aug. 36, 1871 Express on the Eastern rail
road ran into tho rear end of the lioverly ac
commodation ut Revere, Mass.; 24 killed, 20
wounded.
Feb. 0. 1871 Tho "Second Pacific express'
on the Hudson lilrer road ran into a wrecked 4.22. 6.27. 8.08 u. m.
oil train near New Hamburg; 21 killed, 34 I For Scranton, 0.O1, 8.08, a. m.
,rnn,WI I 8.08 D.m.
.Tnn 22. 1872-Exnre.n train nn tho Grand . For Haslebrook, Joddo. Drllton an - ree
Trunk of Canada Jumped the track on account cSlVardvllie and Lo".t Creek
or a ueiecuvo ran near iioiievuie, uniario; ou j 61 8 M 10.20 a. m., 1.00, 1.10, 4.10, 6.35, 8.22K
killed, 10 ounded. p. m. f.
Dec. 24, 1M2 A broken wheel precipitated For Raven Run. Cenvralio, Mount CarnuM
an express train on tlio Buffalo, Cory and S-iamokln, 8.42. 10.U0 a. m., 1.4014.40, aaa p. ifl,
Pittsburg down au embankment at Prospect, Fr Vatesville, Park Place, MihanoyUtjjl,
N.Y.; 18 killed, 25 wounded. 1 6 27 8 M 9ffl 11) 28 n m '
Jan. 16. 1878 An excursion train on the Con- mLf;' "-.n'.'.rithmui ? ss nn.
nocticut AVostorn wont down with a bridgo I i,ajf u.ao p. m. and arrive at Shenandoal
ovoriua rariningion river at uriiivuie,uuun.; i ,uta. in., 1Z.1S, z.07, p. in.
13 killed, ao wounded. Leave Shenandoah lor pottoviue, tj.su,
Al H la-TR A,, nrniinlnn Ir.ln rotnrnlni. I 9.08. 11.05 a. CQ.. 12.48. 2.57. 5.27. 8 01 fi. UL.
from a boat raco collided with the edgo of a a.t6?01!0 w , T ,1
fielght car at Wollaston HoighU, near Bos- ! 1(UB' n-48 a- m- l2JB' s00' B'i0' '
ton, bocauso of an improperly thrown switons ' Leave Shenandoah for Hazirton, B.04, 7.26,
15 killod. 130 wounded. I a. m.. 12.48. 2.57. 4.22. 5.27.8.08 o. m
Oct. 10, 1879 The Paciflo express on'tho Mich- I Leave Hazleton for Ishenandoah, 7.26,
igan Central collided with a freight train at H.ia. m., 12.16, u.66, 5.80, 7.a. 7.&op. ra.
Jackson Junction: 18 killed. 31 wounded. SUNDAY TRAINS.
Jan. 13. 1882 The Atlantio express on the TralnsleavetorAahland.Olrardvllleand
Now York Central at Bpuyten Duyvil run into Cr,M;'i (l-,.0,10' ; 1f8?4,'!-48 P'm:
by the 'rarrytown local; 8 killed and 20 1 rinn, nazleton. Black Creek Junction,
wounueu. i unnAn ,..nn.iAn Anan,
Slay 14, 1884 A through freight on tho Baltl- liethlehem, Eastin and New York, 8.40
more anu uiuo ran uuo a gruvei train at uon- 12.au, 2.tx p. m.
neHvHloT,i i:ii.U!p,1. For Phlladelnhla 12.JM. 2.55 n m.
Anrll 7. lbSO-An express train on tlio Hoosao rr Yates vllle. Park Place, Mahanpy Cltf
Tunnel line left tho track between BatdwcU u?1B?o.ti.H
and West Deerflcld. Mass.: 12 killed. . ""',Vk- 4U' """"t
Sept. 14, ie80-Excunion train from Erie for 'Leave Shenandoah for Pottsvlllo, b.50.1
Niagara runs ran into a ireigut at Oliver v.bu a. in., 4.n p. m.
Creek, N. Y.; 20 killed and 45 injured. Leave Pottsvllle for Shenandoah, 8.
Jan. 4. IBS" The west bound express on the 1 -m"i-!. 6-'5.P-m . .
Baltimore and Ohio ran Into a stalled ireight "-""-"wMrtvV..,i U!
It. H. WILBUR, Genl Hupt. Eaaten
at Ileimbllo. O.; 10 killed. 20 injured,
Feb. 5, 1847 Two cars of a passenger train on
tlio Vermont Central jumped the track at the
A hito river bridge, near oodstock: 02 killed.
JJaroli 14, 1887 Bustey bridge In tlie out
skirts of Boston went down under a crow ded
train on the Boston and Providence road; 28 fwiLUf-i8 Vku hP55 iSS&,ufi
inn.,1 iiininrut "ate ' or "iggan's, Gilborton, Fracki ille
r i 'i, ISi? , Castle, St. Clair. Pottsvllle, Hamburg, Re:
Feb. 27, 1880-A pafsenger train on Grand pottstown, Phoanlxville, Norrlstown and!
i runK was cieraueu on tne nnuge ai oi. i adolphla (Uroad street station) at 6:00 an
ueorge, unt.; lUKinou; aumjureu. a. m. ana i:ia p. m. on weeic uays. ror
Aug. 10, 1800 The Vood'sIIoll express on tho 1 vine ana intermeaiate stations mill a. m,
ri.i rv.i . i ..... j t 1. I SUNDAYS.
U1U VUIUU) IINIU IHUUUUIKItUI.JM,IV nilKU I w rr,, , IIIa
had been left on the track by workmen near ' Pottsvllle at 0:00, 9.4
la
Qulncy, Mass.; 21 killed, 40 injured,
)
JENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
SOHUTLK1IX DIVISION.
SEPTEMBER 12th, 1893.
Trains will leave Shenandoah after the ij'O
ii
UIHUV, dl. Uinil, iU,,DVlilo t,V U.W, V.
and3:iOD. m. For Hamburg. Readinff.
town, Phoaslxvllle, Norrlstown, Phllad
at 6:00. 9:40 a. m.. 3:10 p. m.
iTMln, laatrn VmrlrTrllla fn. Bticnanil'1
10:40a.m. and 12:14. 5:04. 7:42 and 10:21.1
Bunaays, u:is a. ra. ana a.vi p, m.
leave i-ottsvuie ior ant,nanaoan at
11:48 a. m. and 4:40, 7:15 and 10:00 p. m.St!
b lU.WH. Oi. nuu P ID p. Ul.
Leave Philadelphia (Uroad street stat!
Pottsvllle and Shenandoah at b o7 nd 8 .
1 10 and 7 li p u. week days. OnSundayt
St 6 50 a m. For Pottsvllle, 9 23 a m.
For New York Lxpross, week
St 8 20, 4 06, 4 5l, 5 15, 8 50, 7 83, 8 20, 9 51
11 85, a m, 12 00 noon, 12 41 p. m. (Limit
press i uo anu inj ; u. owing cars
ecu, w, ow, nuu, uou, 4 1.
10 00 pm, 12 01 night, Sundays 3 20, 1C
Kit. QIO QKTt 11 nff II K m la IJ t Aft 1
v v , r w, ,H w, 1. ul, 1 11, 1 vu, - i .
ISO! moVit )U11
For Sea Girt, Long Branch and interrlT
n . . I aon'unK ill.. - o-DlJ
July 3, 1801 The "Thunderbolt" limited ex- I p ra weekdays' and o 00 p m. s'undays 8 Ke
reBH on tlio New York, Lake Erie and West- I For Baltimore and Washington 3
THE ASHTABULA WRECK.
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1
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1
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le
1
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Ho
orn was run into ny a lost Irelgnt at itavenna, f o ai, iu, iusu, n io n in, iiz so iubibui.
O.; 10 kll!. d. !ii Injured. f; . . 4 41. (5 IB Congressional ig?
July i. 1 ll-Ai, excursion train on theKa- Jtf55 p1 "uw" ignt wSkoSS
nawha n,. 1 Mk-liigan roud went down - ith a r ffiftffliffii&VU.
lilirriii, - I... tit nMur riiurlABtnn V V. 19 .,r,K ,n n ...... VUI
I
killed, .'.ounded,
Aug. d, l&'l The St. Louis limited on the
West Shore ran Into the rear of a freight near
Port Byron, N. Y: 12 killed, 10 Injured.
Aug. 27, 1881 The west bound passenger
train un the Western North Carolina railroad
was derailed near Btateetille, N. C; Bi killed,
88 injured. .
PauiLatzkk.
A Shout.
A musical dictionary defines a shout to
be "an unpleasant noise produced by over
straining tho throat, for whteji great siugora
are well paid ml srofiU ehiWwiJ wril pun-h.bd,"
dally, and 1 80p. m. ween das. .
Trains will leave Uarrisburg tor P 1 )n ,
and the Went every day at 12 25, 1 20 i :?f
a m and 2 25, u 25, (5 20 limited) and 7 If
Way for Alioona at 8 18 a m and 5 08 p ' mc
day. For Pittsburg and Alwocs St 11 ,
every day. .
ml I.... 1 ... TTt1Hai"u'
linn a nui iub.v ,
-lmlra, Canandalg
Niagara I'M Is at 20
oays. xi uimira at o M p m weev o:j ri
Xrle and lLtermediate points at 6 It '...
'l
111
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mi
uuuurv iur it hi.-i nil
ua, Koctie-Hfir, uuI)q
l,0 10ll,liU i o- v I ha
nws i .ajiit uanan uinix n n u u r n niii
sad i M p ui week days For Renovo i it
a, is ana. a si n ra week days, ana s ijv
Sundays only. rorKtnest 511 am I
H. M. PllBYOST,
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