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tm ixsj or arnixT-xtnrm Wo feel pnpnsd to maintain that relatively long limbs with a short body, fall chest, and small bones, will characterize the typical short-distance runner wherever he may be found. Short races (100, 220, and. 410 Tarda) are often won by a few inches, and the Talneof an inch or two in a Tanner's stride is of the greatest importance, for, other qualifications being equal, this man is bound to be first at .Use goal. The small girth of the legs of runners is often mystifying: from the girth of a muscle we get correct idea of its Tolume or transverse diameters, but learn little of its length and the extent of its . contractile fibers. Whereas it is the length of the muscle, and not the thickness, that is of significance to short-distance runners. Given the physiological fact that a muscle can contract about one-third of its length, it will readily be seen that the longer the muscle the greater wnl be the movement of the part to which it is attached. To the runner the desired movement is in the elevation of the thigh and the extension and flexion of the leg and foot An instantaneous photograph of sprint-runners shows that the range in the movement of the limbs is very extensive the stride of fast walker being from four to six feet, and that of a fast runner from six to eight feet. If the stature is short, it is necessary for the runner to get a . greater elevation from the ground at each step in order to maintain a long

stride.- 'When tins is done a relatively long lower leg is of the greatest advantage. This fact is admirably Drought out in the ease of Myers, the professional runner. With a height of 5 feet 71 inches, which is a little below the mean, or 50 pet cent, class, he has a length of lower leg which corresponds to a man over 5 feet 10 inehes in height, a length of thigh usually found in men. of 5 feet 9 inches, while the sitting height is the same as that which makes up the stature of men of 5 feet 4 inches. A A. Sargent, JC A, m Scribner's Magazine. rr.nBJki. saA.KK. The popularity of Peter Piper's celebrated peek of pickled peppers will probably never wane as a snare to catch th tongue that would fain be agile ; but that test has formidable rivals. She following short sentences, as then; authors maintain, do wonders in baffling the ordinary powers of speech: Gaze on the gay gray brigade. The sea cease th, audit snfficeth us. Say, should such a shapely sash shabby stitches show? Strange strategic statistics. OasseU's solicitor shyly slashes a sloe.. Give Grimes Jim's gilt gig-whip. Sarah in a shawl shoveled soft snow softly. She sells sen shells. . A cup of coffee in copper coffee cup. Smith's spirit-flask split Philip's sixth sister's fifth squirrel's skulL The Leigh police dismisseth us. ' Mr. Fiak wished to whisk whisky. Hum was svitK or it. Counsel (to witness) Ton any, madam, that yon were a member of the household at the time of the defendant's birth. Wit ness Yes, sir. Counsel And were in the house at that time? Witness Ifes, sir. Counsel Canyon swear to that positively? Remember yon sxe upon oath. Witness Tea, sir. Counsel (with a look at the jury) What proof can you offer that yon were present when the defendant was born? Witness I'm his mother, Puck Histort is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind, tfjbfcors,

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A caklegbam from Paris, dated the 2d inst, says: Whan the Chamber of Deputies assembled, M. Bouvicr aoaaaViced that the President had reoWsidred his decision to feud a message to the Chamber conveying his resignation, and therefore the Cabinet had again reassembled. The announcement of the action of the Ministry was greeted with the continued applause by the members of the left. The Chamber took a recess at 6 o'clock. The adjournment was the result of a conference between the four Republican groups who unanimously agreed to adopt the order of the day, declaring that the Chamber waiting the communication promised from the President would adjourn until 6 o'clock. When the session was resumed at 4 o'clock the order was submitted and met with applause from both the left and the center. It was carried . flry by 531 against 3. M. Hoarier then returned to the palace to communicate to M. Grevy the result of the vote. It is reported that when he informed M. Grevy that the sitting was suspended the President replied that the ministers having resigned they could not be charged with any communication to the Chamber. M. Bonvier freely expressed his opinion that the President will only resign under a pressure of hostile manifestations by the Chamber. The exeitemant in the dry is intense. A mob has gathered in front of the palace of the Elysae, and are crying for the President to resign. Troops guard the entrance to the palace. Crowds in front of the Palace Bourbon became so demonstrative that the military were urged to charge them. A number of deputies are in favor of impeaching M. Grevy if his resignation is not announced when the sitting is resumed. The sitting of the Chamber of Deputies was resumed at 6:30. M. Kouvier ascended the tribune and announced that he had communicated to M. Grevy the vote of the Chamber on the order of the day. This communication, said M. Bonvier, caused the President to modify his resolution. He never intended to enter upon a conflict with Parliament and would therefore send a message to the Chamber of Deputies and Senate to-morrow, informing them of his decision. M. Rouvier added that the President declined to accept the resignation of the Cabinet which therefore retained its functions. M. Bouviers statement was greeted with cheers, and at its conclusion the Chamber adjourned till 2 p. m. to-morrow. M. Paul DeKoolde and Louise Michel have been arrested. Crowds continue to flock to the Elysee, and revolutionary demonstrations are numerous. A eoancil was held at the Elysee palace after, the second sitting of the Chamber." M. Bonvier having explained the bearing en the vote, M. Grevy turned to each minister and asked him his opinion. All told him his immediate resignation appeared peremptory. No doubt is now entertained that the President will resign. Axeios of terror prevails in Cat Island, m Crittenden County, some twenty-five miles below Memphis, on the Mississippi Biver. Martin Thomas and Joe Hamlet, two residents of that neighborhood, arrived in Memphis bringing intelligence of an affray which occurred Saturday morning between whites and negroes, which resulted in the killing of two negroes and the wounding of several others. The origin of the affray grew out of an arrest of negroes, who, it is alleged, insulted some white ladies. They were to be tried before a justice of the peace. Their act had aroused the indignation of the whites, and about a dozen each of both races met at the preliminary investigation of the colored magistrate. As to who started the row nothing can be learned, but in the shooting that followed both the negroes under arrest were killed and two or three others of their friends were wounded. The negroes fled, but after arming themselves prepared to return to the scene of the conflict. They fired at Thomas and Hamlet, who were in the fight and when last seen were going in tho direction of where their companions had been killed. The negroes onC at Island outnumber the whites ten to one. Senous trouble is anticipated. Ths President has granted a pardon to Henaley Thomas, convicted in Indiana of retailing liquor withoata license. Thomas has completed his term of imprisonment, and the action of the President serves merely to restore him to citizenship. Jacob Sharp, the New York boodler, has been released from Ludlow street jail on $40,000 bond. A blast that had failed to explode was being dragged out of a quarry at Doedgville. Wis., when it went off, killing one man and a team instantly, and seriously injuring three other men. Thjc Garfield bronze statue, by Niehaus, was unveiled in Cincinnati Thursday in the presence of a large audience. A little daughter of Mayor Smith pulled the rope that unveiled the statue. TiPHOiD fever is alarmingly prevalent in Montreal and other ports of Canada. Newkll, Taylor, a drunken painter, fired the jail of which he was the sole inmate, at Webberville, and perished in the flames. The commanders of the different army corps of France have received sealed instructions which they are to open in the event of an outbreak following the election

of a new President.

THE OLD WORLD. A cable dispatch from Paris says: M. Grevy on Sunday formally informed M. Bonvier of Ids resolution to resign the Presidency, and said that he would send a message to the Senate and Chamber of Deputies on next Thursday. M. Bonvier proceeded at once to the residence of M. Floquet to announce the resignation of the President" Mr. Balfour Chief Secretary for Ireland, says that Editor O'Brien cannot be subjected to the usual prison discipline because he has succeeded in sheltering himself under a medical opinion that bis lungs are delicate and his heart action weak. Charles A Gilllg, of the American Exchange, London, is authority for the statement that Mr. Gladstone will vbit this country next Aprs. The story that the Bussian Government was in receipt of forged documents to which Bismarck's signature wai attached, is creating a stir in diplomatic circles in Berlin. It is by no means apparent that the forgeries were the work of Orleauist plotters. The unionist banquet in Leinster Ball was a brilliant affair, says a Dublin dispatch The leading merchants and professional men and a number of Catholic unionists wero present The balconies weie crowded with ladies, lord Bartingtoa and Ms, Geocheu were

given an ovation. The toast to the Queen was received with enthusiasm, everybody rising and joining in the singing of the national anthem and "God bless the Prince of Wales." Mr. Kenny, an eminent Catholic barrister, in "proposing a toast to the Unionist cause, denounced Home Rnlo as an Insidious misnomer, simply meauing the dismemberment of the empire and the niter ruin of Ireland, Agitation, he said, had already destroyed Irish credit, but there were hopeful symptoms that the people were beginning to find out the real tendencies of the agitator's work.

FINANCIAL AM INDUSTRIAL BraHMrteC in its weekly review of the condition of trade, says: Special telegrams point to somewhat irregular trade conditions during the week, with a smaller total volume of general trade. The advancing tendency of prices in speculative lines continues, but the reaction leaves smaller recorded net gains, with very active trading in Sain and stocks. There is a good, active alsbution in leading lines at Chicago, Cincinnati, and New Orleans, and at Kansas City there is an excellent demand. The leading money markets are nearly all closer than a week ago, and with but a few exceptions, loan rates have advanced from H to 1 percent. Earnings of 108 railroads for ten months show gains of 12.7 per cent, over a like portion of 1886 20. (i per cent, over 1885, and 17.8 per cent over 1884. Prices this week have varied in leading staples as follows : Advanced Floor, &310o; wheat, lo; corn, So; oota, lo: copper, e petroleum, l&e, and tinljgc. Wool is strong, and promises an advance. Iron at the East is unchanged. A Philadelphia dispatch states that T. V. Powderly, General Master Workman, Knights of Labor, when shown the published reports of a letter purporting to have been written by him to K. T. Gould, of Indianapolis, Ind, which expressed his determination to resign, said: "I sent no letter to Gould embracing the points he claims, but he probably takes extracts from other communications I sent him, and, combining them with the gist of my speech at Minneapolis, published the combination as coming from me. You can say for me, I am not going to resign this year. That is about all I can say on the question." The Kittanning (Pa.) Iron Hill has been shut down on account of a dispute with puddlers, and 300 men are idle.

POUTICALPOINTS. Prohibition has been defeated in Atlanta, Ga., by a majority of 1,122, after the mos heated contest in the history of the State. An Atlanta special says: The fight has been a peculiarly bitter one. For over a month the citizens were engaged in the contest. Meetings were held almost every night, and local speakers and foreign statesmen Btumped the county from almost every curbstone in the city and every cross-roads in the suburbs. Early in the campaign the Prohibitionists leased the largest warehouse in the city and fitted it up with seating capacity for 8,000 people. Almost nightly ttis building was filled, and sneh scenes of wild enthusiasm are rarely witnessed. Almost every minister in the city preached prohibition from his pulpit Snnday after Sunday. Both sides had fall campaign lands, and managed their respective causes for all they were worth. The negro vote was the bone of contention, and was the balance of power. Each side made the most strenuous endeavors to secure It in every way possible. The negroes were considerably divided on the subject, though a majority of them voted with tne anti-Frohibftionista. One of the features of the contest was the active part taken by many women of the city. Several of the churches organized committees from among their female members, who took an active pat t hi the campaign. They organized the. women of the colored churches into societies, and mat with them and prayed with them day after day. The result of their worK was shown on eiecflou day by the appearance of large numbers of women at the polls with bine badges. They served hot coffee and sandwiches at every polling place, and conducted prayer meetingiand staging crusades in the open air. At present representatives from eight cities are competing for the location of one or both of the national conventions in their respective oities, says a Washington dispatch. They are Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, Washington and St Louis. Possibly more cities will be heard from later. In fact, it is already repVted that Omaha and St Paul or Minneapolis may send delegations. Washington, almost the last in the field, a dry where, owing no doubt in a great measure to the absence of commerce and the general dependence upon the Government, there is very little public spirit, now begins to talk about erecting a -building suitable for holding a convention. It is not expected mat the representatives of Washington will have much influenoe with the Bepubliean committee.

FIRES ANDACGIDENTS. The first cold snap of the season was indirectly responsible tor a catastrophe at the Kirby House, Milwaukee, which resulted in the serious injury of eleven perBons, the fatal injury of three others, and the death of one. At 8:30 o'clock in the morning, - while the hotel help were busy in the kitchen and laundry, the large boiler eonnected by a water front with the range exploded with terrible force, tearing out the rear wall of the hotel for a width of over thirty feet from the basement to the fourth story. The kitchen, laundry, the east end ojf the dining-room, and several bed-rooms on the third floor looking out on the alley were literally torn to piece, and nearly a dozen girls at work in the laundry and kitchen were buried in the debris. For a time great excitement prevailed The windows in the front of the hotel block, the skylight in the center of the building, and the windows in all the adjoining buildings wero blown out by the force of the explosion. The explosion was caused by the freezing of the water-pipe leading to the hot-water boiler. Water was being drawn from this for the usual purposes, and steam was soon formed and superheated A Minneola (Texas) dispatoh states that a heavy wind-storm blew down a hall in that place during the progress of a danoo held by colored people Five persortB were killed ami about twenty injured About seventy persons wore in the hall when it collapsed Six of he injured have arms or legs broken. The killed are: Thomas Hardeman, Jack Wilson, Reuben Garrett, Fannie Benson, arid Bose

jfire in the suburbs of San Francisco destroyed two blocks of dwelling houses, rendering over forty famines homeless. The loss is estimated at 75,000. By a collision between two freight trains on the Lake Shore road at Grosvenor, Michigan, five men were badly injured, A fall of rook and earth in a qnarry near Hnmmelstown, Pa,, buried three men, whose bodies cannot be recovered for many weeks Several workmen narrowly escaped THE CRIMINAL RECORD. Aterriblo tragedy is reported from the Indian Territory, which grew out of the attempt of a doputy marshal named Dalton to arrest a horse-thief named Smith. The latter was found in a tent, in which there wero also another man named Dixon and Mb wife. When the oflScer inquired for Smith the desperado rushed out and fired upon him. and a general fight ensued, which resulted in the killing of Dalton and Smith and Mrs. Dixoa Dalton and Cole were bravo men, have killed several dosperadoes in the Nation, and were looked upon by the United States Marshal as the best men on his force. This makes fifteen United Btatea Marshals kille-J in Indian Territory during the last two years. Joliann Most appeared in the witness-box in his own behalf at New York, and denie 1 that he had made use of the violent language attributed to him. In his charge to the jury, the Judge said that ho failed to find anything in ilio Hpoech of the defendant as lie gave it at the trial that came within the statute; but after being out over four hours they returned with Uio verdict that be was guilty as charged in the indictment Most, while on the witness.

stand, was asked by the presecuunj

to state his views. We do not fight against auy particular Government," aald Most. "We do not especially fight the Government of the United States. We are opposed to Qoverumsnt as such ; we think that the power held by the Government should be abolished.'' Most aaid that the -ruling classes" were in rebellion, and it was possible that even what the people had the Constitution of the United States would be taken away. His motto was, "Education for organization; organization to 'put down the rebellion of the' capitalistic class." "We da not expect that the capitalistic classes will give up what they have peaceably. There Will be fierce fighting on both aides." "Bombs and dynamite?" asked Mr. Kiooll. "Yes, on both Sides." "Your idea is to conquer peaceably if yon can, by force if you must." "That is his

tory. We believe lores will lie necessary in time." Mr. Nicoll asked Moat aa to his belief in a supreme being. Answer "I do not." Mr. Bows, his counsel, tried to uieua matters. He said: "Do von believe in a great First Cause?" 'I say," said Most, "as Socrates did, we know that we do not know." It looks now as if Sharp and the other New York boodlers would all escape the punishment they so richly deserve, owing to the decision of the Court of Appeals in Sharp's case. The New York Court of Appeals has reversed the decision in the case of Jacob Sharp and ordered a now trial. The aged boodler, when the news was broken to him, manifested no emotion whatever, and seemed even to take but little interest in the matter. Since his conviction he has fallen into a. moody, stolid state of indifference to all outward things, from which it socma impossible to arouse him. An old man named David Randall, of Turner's Falls, Massachusetts, was shot dead while sitting by a window, in his house, and his 17-year-old son has been arrested on a charge of having committed the murder. There is a large u umber of anarchists in Nowark, New Jersey, considering the size of the city, and they have become so outspoken in their denunciation of the authorities that the police fear they may cause trouble, MISCELLANEOUS NO TES. A Detroit dispatch says the Journal, of that city, publishers a two-and-a-half column sensation as the result of its investigation into the Michigan swamp-land matters and the Chandler claim against the Calumet and Heola Mining Company. The investigation shows, it is said, that J. H. Chandler, E. W. Sparrow and the Seager estate are entitled to locate six hundred acres of swamp lands, and also that the State of Michigan is prosecuting claims against the General Government which cannot fail eventually to brkig into the State Treasury at least 2,000,000 as payment for 1,700,000 acres of swamp lands due from the United States to the State of Michigan, The faot also transpires thai certain Michigan railroads and corporations are now holding or have sold upward of three hundred thousand acres of land to which they have had no just title, and that suits are to be brought by the State of Michigan against the Flint and Pere Marquite, the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw, and the Grand Bapids and Indiana Railroads to recover 180,000 acres of land illegally beld by them thronghgrants of Congress. Speaker Carlielo expresses the opinion that an equitable redncton on i in porta will be effected during the coming session of Congress, though be anticipates a bitter fight on the part of the protectionists. A Washington special says: Senator A, P. Gorman announces positively that a tariff-reform bill will be passed by the Incoming Congress, which will out off certain custom duties and provide for a reduction, in the internal-revenue tax. He advises Mr, Carlisle to decline the Speakership and take the chairmanship of the Committee on Ways and Means as leader of the Democratic forces on the floor. Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, is recommended for the Speakership. A party of surveyors have left New York for Nicaragua, where they will be employed in making the final surveys for the proposed snip canal The Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad is preparing to remove all of its shops from Dubuque, Iowa, and the people arts greatly excited over the matter. The employes are given the privilege of going to work for the road elsewhere.

DUBUQUE'S BRIDGE DEDICATED. The completion of the high bridge over the Mississippi Biver at Dubuque was celebrated with great enthusiasm in that city. There was a procession and speech-making,

and a large number of visitors were present from tile surrounding country. A Dubuque dispatch says: The high-bridge celebration was a success. The morning was bright, and the city decorated for the occasion. The principal thoroughfares fluttered with Sags and bunting. At an early hour great crowds began to pour in. All railroads leading to Dubuque brought their tribute, while thousands of country people from Illinois and Wisconsin entered the city over the new bridge. By 10 o'clock ibe city was filled with strangers. Great interest centered in the parade, and long before the appointed hour the streets along the line of march wero thronged with eager spectators. The parade was the largest and most interesting of Its character ever seen in Iowa. It waa over three miles long, and the trades display embraced every branch of manufacture and commerce in the city.

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IN BASE-BALL CIRCLES.

Meetings of the Joint Rules Committee and National League.

How the Playing Rules Are Changed and the Players' Contract Altered.

CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE The last two weeks have formed a most importint fortnight in the history of baseball. The meeting of the Joint Hulas Committee at Pittsburg, followed by the annual meeting of the National League at New York, were attended by results of vital importance to the game, and this year, as in previous years, the meetings in question were marked by the keenest public interest It would require loo much space to state in detail the changes made by the Joint ltules Committee in the playing rules, Suffice It to say, however, that in the main the changes are highly approved, although the general impression seems to be that the alteration of the number of strikes to he allowed a batsman was uneeessury, and that it will tend toward the re-establishment of the old order of things, when "pitchers' games" were of commpn occurrence. It was long ago decided by the League clubs, and the players as well, that the pnblio wanted to witness a heavy batting game, and another strike was added to the limit of opportunity afforded the batsman to hit the ball before going to the bench. The change worked admirably, as the lively character of the games during the past season will testify. There was plenty of good, stiff hitting, and the change found high favor with the public. Now, when everything seemed as it should be, the commitee goes to work and'undoes what it did last fall. "Four strikes are too hard on the pitcher," says an enthusiast, in defense of the joint committee's action. Nonsense. One pitched ball more or less is not going to make any material difference in the effectiveness of a trained pitcher, while it will make a very great difference to the batsman. The elimination of that miserable provision, however, whioh during the past season has given a batsman a base hit for a base on balls, is heartily gratifying to every man who has talked with your correspondent upon the subject." John Day's thoughtfulness in amending the old rule that of 1886 on this point, so that the fact of a man's having reached first on called balls will not alone prevent his scoring an earned run, is commendable. A batsman should not be held responsible for a pitcher's error, and if he possesses the patience and good judgment to stand at the plate until five balls and perhaps two strikes have been called on him he should be given the opportunity, so far as his own work has entitled him to it, to score an earned run. It is too bad that the committee should not have taken decided aetion npon Mr. Spalding's suggestion, that a rlub may hold in reserve for use upon the field, at the discretion of the team captain, as many meu as it wishes. The rule is a good one in that it will tend to more rapidly develop young talent by giving them the advantage of training in championship games. If a team captain has placed his best nine in the field, and as a result of their work sees that the game is hopelessly lost or unquestionably won, he can utilize the situation by substituting during the last innings of the game suoh of his young talent as he desires io try. Moreover, it will have the effect of chflckiug a too frequent .inclination upon the part of the players to sulk upon the field, or play indifferent ball, for no ball-player would wish to be disgraced by being sent from the field for poor work and another man put in to fill his place. So far as can be learned, Mr. Spalding's suggestion of this measure is favorably regarded everywhere, and there are many' who hope it will become a rule. In connection with the League meeting, the Eastern and Western Circuit scheme, which has been pretty thoroughly aired daring the past few days in the dispatches from Eittsburg and New York, came in for its share of discussion, but the majority of well-posted base-ball "cranks" refuse to bite at the sensational fake. It was not even discussed. 1 A committee from the Brotherhood of Ball Flayers waited upon the League meetimr. and. after disoussuiR in a friendly

way the - objects of the Brotherhood and the relations existing between the clubs and their players, the League appointed a - 1 : m- ' J3 1 1 : ...

commiuee w uisouw tue uuvisitumtv of amending the form of contract in accordance with the suggestions offered by 'the Brotherhood committee. The League committee consisted of Sogers, Day and Spalding, and the Brotherhood committee of Ward, Hanlon and Brouthers, the two committees meeting in conference.

They went over the new form of contract

? resented by the xtrothernooa lu detail, 'he League then assembled to hear the joint committee, and in short order ratified the new form with but few alterations, the most important change being made in the clause relative to the distribution of players in the event of a club disbanding. This was changed entirely the moment the League showed the Brotherhood the absolute necessity of controlling the players

in suoh a contingency. The new contract

drawn up by tne motherhood s counsel and adopted proves to be a better document all around than the old one. The principal changes made affect sections G, 7, 8, 15, 16 and 18. By the terms of the new contract players will not be fined at the discretion of the managers for certain offenses, a graded limit being named for repeated offenses. Neither will a club re

serve players for the ensuing season at

$1,000, as was previously tne case, out clubs will now pay reserved players the salary named in the contract. Players are also exempted from the charges of SO cents per day for traveling expenses. In the future, if a clnb disbandB, resigns or is expelled, the players of such club will not be compelled to go to another club unless that clnb will pay the same salaries as the club resigning, disbanding, or expelled. In section 6 the word "drunkenness'' was stricken out as being an undefinable term. The change made in this section is expected to be productive of much good, and will prevent men driuking while off duty. Players may be "docked" a pro. rata amount of their pay for time lost by illness from natural causes. If a player is injured in the performance of duty and thus incapacitated, his pay shall go on just the same, but he may be released; snob release must, however, be absolute and unconditional. Any violation of contract by the managers may be held as proper ground for dissolution of contract if their players desire it. Another change provides for a fine of $50 for neglect of duty and does away with suspension. The Brotherhood favored the plan of sending ali fines to the Secretary of the League, but they agreed to allow this to be stricken out There is a great variety of opinion exist

ing as to the result of this meeting between

the League and the lsrothemooa. tiaia a well-posted' man in base-ball affairs while speaking upon the subject: It is true that the contract has been "modi

fied, alterou, and amended so as to to entire

ly satisfactory to the Brotherhood, but so deftIv have the chances and "inodiucatious" hi en

made, bowevor, that It requires a mlcresdope,

backed by a moat powerful mind, to discover any material difforoncu between the ooutract of to-day and that of the day beforo. The failure of the old form ot contract to prohibit the sale of a ball-player's release was especially objectionable to tho Brotherhood, ft gave them broad grounds for dramatic talk upon the "slave and taskmaster" basis. It onaSIed them to nit-turo

to tho public the ball player in ohalnajujd with the brands of serfdom upon bis broBored

the subject for pitta Me illustration

sympathetic dally nowanapor, a Mike Kollv to aver that tho league

aeoasawnda ox call nlavers. Ho far sweassan

leans however, this subject was not (ii anv

inauser protested against at tho meeting between the Brotherhood and League Committ s. Fair play and justioe is desired by every man. in all conditions of life. No fair-minded

aau wishes to see a ball player or 9e employe

of anv government, eorooratfon. firm or

viaual oppressed or imposed upon ny ms employer. Tho two forma of contract are not held

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hood over the "on sided and unjust character of the old form of contract," ballplayers were just about as well protected and justly dealt with under its provisions as they could be under those of any form of contract they might themselves sugeest "We want a change," they cried, "and if the harsh provisions of the contract are not modified In accordance with our suggestions, no Brotherhood member shall sign it." Well, the contract has liren modified. What the modifications consist of it is difficult to say, bnt it has been modiflod, and if the Brotherhood is satisfied, the League and the publie should be. How, gentlemen, I say, play ball. Con Cbeoan.

GARFIELD MONUMENT.

The Memorial Shaft New la Process of Construction at Cleveland, Ohio.

It will be a year yet before the Garfield memorial monnmant at Cleveland is com' pleted and the remains of the dead President laid at rest forever in the tomb prepared for them by the people of the United States. During the last six months there have been many unfavorable criticisms passed upon the committee in charge ot the construction of the monument, on account of a radical change made in the original plans whereby the height is reduced nearly fifty feet, thus to a certain extent marring the symmetry and fine proportions of the structure. A correspondent who has just inspected the monument thus describes it:

As will be seen by the cut above, it Is very nearly finished as regards its exterior. Its height is 170 feet, and it is surmounted by aa open, arcaded, carved-stone lantern. . An order of canopied and traceried windows enriches and breaks the summit of the tower. At its base projects a square porch, decorated externally with a historial frieze. It is divided into basreliefs, which represent the career of Garfield as a teacbor. a soldier, a statesman, a President, and his remarkable funeral. Tho tower rises from broad terraces, which will be reached by widespreading steps and thus form a dignified approach to the monument. The porch is entered through a wide and 'richly decorated recessed portal, and within is a wide vestibule vaulted in stone and with a pavement of atone mosaic. The memorial shrine occupies the entire space inclosed by tho outer circular walls of the tower, and is designed to contain a bronze or marble portrait statue uf Garfield standing on a pedestal in the center of the chamber. The statue is made the soul of the monument: the whole desien leads up to and is concentrated on this central figure: the monument grows out of this kernel, as it wore, and the tower surrounds and rises above its treasure and proclaims it to the world. In a crypt underneath the rotunda is situated the mortuary chapel, and here will be placed the body of the dead President. It is the intention of the trustees to decorate this interior in a very elaborate manner. It is as yet very incomplete, but, nevertheless, visitors are charged an admission fee of 10 cents to view the structure. This is amusing in the face of the fact that the neople are also paying for the monument. The fund originally raised amounted to $rw,758.83, and with interest for six Years paid will eventually reach (160,000. Of this sum Illinois subscribed (5,340.31. Garfield's body now lies in the publie receiving vault of the cemetery, having been placed there when the government guard was remove!-

HE IS DISCOURAGED.

V. Powderly, Harassed by Enemies, Has Decided to Resign.

Indianapolis special,! E. F. Gould, of this city, Secretary of District Assembly 106, Knights of Labor, recently wrote to General Master Workman Powderly, wiring him to reconsider his de termination to retire from the leadership of the Knights of Labor at the expiration of his present term. He has just received a response from Powderly, in which he says that he does not see how he can consistently reconsider his determination. In speaking of the abase by newspapers and threats of impeachment, he says: "Through this cloud of gloom but one ray of light made its way. and that came from faraway Denver, where Distriot Assembly 82 passed those ringing resolutions Indorsing my course and condemning the anarchist element whioh sought to prostitute the order to its own baseness. 1 felt. Brother Gould, that the order would stand more cheerfully by some other man than it would stand by me. True, I have never had cause to find fault with the official treatment I have received, but when blows fail thiek aud fast a friendly hand of intercession now and then cheers the person on whoso head the blows are fulling. I believe the best service that I can render the order is to step aside and allow some other member to do the work I am trying to do. "I have devoted years to the causa of labor. My llfo in the service of humanitr has been one constant fight by night aud day against the onmica of labor and the elements of discord which are opposed to me within and without, Such a life baa been a most exciting one, and has left me a legacy whioh I can never part with, in the shave of a heart trouble that may do its work at any moment. I could not make such a subject a matter for discussion in my annual message or before the general assembly. Personal Interests, social ties, and the comforts of homo hare been things ot the past with me for years. I long to once more I n froo man, for to-day I am bound by ties most inestimable, aud ruled over by not one, but 500,000 masters. "You can never know the strain under which I have lived for years. It would not be becoming for me to spook of the financial sacrifices I have mode for the order. I am froe to say 1 would be wil ing to make the same sacrifice again, either of health, wealth, or comfort, for the order of the Knights of Labor. I have for eight years, as General Master Workman, striven aa honestly as I knew how to better the condition of my fellowmen by helping to build up an oruitnization through which they would bo protected in their rights But profane hands have been laid upon it, and the men who gathered at Chicago and gave out that hostile declaration to the world did so only because anarchy cou'd not rule the order. I do not charge all those who attended the meeting in Chicago with being anarchists, but I claim that tha vast majority ot them did not represent their constituents.'' PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY,

Adjournment of Hit National Grauge Soma of the Work Accomplished. The sessions of the National Grange, at Lansing, Mich., which were brought to a close on Friday, Nov. 26, appear to have been pleasant and harmonious, and, it is hoped, may prove profitable to tho order. They asked for Government encouragement in tho development of water transportation, indorsed the interstate law, and asked that the Interstate Commerce Commission be empowered to arrange a classification of freights that will prevent railroads from rendering their decisions inoperative by private classification of their own. They declared they did not desire to antagonise the railroads, bnt aslted from them justioe only. They also declared that the long and short haul olause practically defeated the purpose of the law. A resolution was adopted asking that a reduction of the bonded indebtedness of the country be made from the Treasury surplus ltesolutious were also adopted indorsing the objects of the International 1'eaoo Association and the eleotion of postmasters by the people interested. The Exeentivo Committee were instructed to take action looking to a reduction of postage on seeds, procuring appropriation for agricultural bureaus in the several Stntes, and establishing a Washington home office. A long, good-natured struggle was had over the next place of meeting, which was finally fixed at Topeka, Kansas, one year henee. 1

TOBOGGANING.

The Most Healthful and Exciting of All Cold-Weather Amusements.

Some Practical Suggestions as to How to Construct a Slide.

The Game of Racquets, and Heir It Is Played Preparing a Racquet-Court.

HPECIAL CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE. Winter is now fairly upon us, and around the shipping and receiving doors of the big sporting-goods establishments of Chicago are piled great stacks not ot base-ball bats, masks, balls, gloves, and other paraphernalia of tho diamond, bnt of toboggans, bob-sleds, gymnasium apparatus, cases of ice and roller skates, cases of warm and brilliantly hued Canadian wool blankets, ' for manufacture into toboggan eostumes, piles of snowshoes and crates of racquet bate, and all other appliances necessary to In and out door winter sports. If the weather is favorable throughout the Northwest this winter, the indications are that winter sports will be more generally indulged in this year than ever before. Among outdoor sports, tobogganing and ice skating will of course take the preference. The manager of the Chicago bouse of Spalding & Bros., who probably handle the largest number of toboggans and ice skates of any sporting goods house in the country, remarked to an inquirer the other day that where their house alone sold over 8,500 toboggans last year and material for nearly 3,000 costumes, they expected that the demand this year wonld be almost double these figureB. Inquiries are being received daily as to the cost of toboggans and toboggan outfits, and the cost of erecting slides. From present indications it is safe to say that the coming holidays will find one or more slides in operation in every populous town in the Northwest It is an easy matter for thirty or forty young people to get together, form a dab, and contribute - f 10 or 915 apiece toward the construction of a slide and the purchase of a score of star toboggans. Judging from the manner in which the yeang people of Chicago have gene into the sport already, they expect to receive their full share of fun for the expense incurred. And why not? An excellent artificial slide can be erected for from $260 to $350, and the lumber can always be converted to other uses after the season closes, or can be stored away for construction when another season begins. Where natural slides exist, this expanse of course need not be incurred. Twenty toboggans will cost $100 more, and costumes can be purchased or made at home with such expense as the owner can afford. When this has been done the sport to be enjoyed upon the torch-lighted at. 1 ice-sheeted run ways, or by the rays of a full moon when a soore or more of rosy-cheeked and brilliantly costumed couples are out for a slide in the crisp, cold air, can only be fully understood when participated in. Of course a regulation toboggan costume is not really necessary to the enjoyment of this pastime of the Canadians, bnt when a tobogganist of either sex is properly costumed they can enjoy the sport with much more zest and satisfaction. Then, too, it is the brilliant colors of the costumes that add so much to the life and beauty of the scene when a slide is in full blast. Through the courtesy of a large sporting goods house in this city the other day the writer saw some of the most beautiful shades of Canadian toboggan blankets ever shipped into this country for the purpose. The combinations of color were beautiful, and the leaning will this year he more than ever to brilliant, solid, and combination colon. For gentlemen the costume consists usually of a blouse with a frock which covers the laps and buttons tightly down the front, knee b: eeches, warm woolen stockings and moccasins, the head being covered by a toque of the same brilliant hue us the sash, which is wrapped around the waist, the tasseled end falling over the left hip. For ladies the costume consists of a long cloak buttoning down the front, and confined by a sash like that worn by her escort, moccasins, and- a ioque. Every article of these costumes is fashioned from the woolen blankets referred to, and is made with as much skill in cut and finish as the art of the tailor can command. As to the work of putting up a slide, the method of construction is very cheap, simple and strong, but care should be taken that the braces and floor beams and posts are thoroughly well spiked together. By boarding up around the posts of the lower part of the level part of the platform, a large room will be afforded, at a slight additional cost, which may be kept warm, if desired, and afford a means of sbelter or a place for refreshments, as well as to afford a place for the club to store their articles under lock and key. In ordinarily favorable localities the cost ought not to exceed $250, which is a liberal estimate. The slide built upon the ice during the carnival in Burlington in the winter of 1885-86 cost the sum of $175, complete. At a cost of $250 a club of fifty members, subscribing $5 each, would do the work. And then, by selling special-privilege badges or tickets to visitors not members of the club at a fixed price on certain days, the ordinary running expenses could be met without further assessment of members. These practical suggestions are given for the benefit of suoh of our readers who have contemplated entering into the sport this wintel1 , . . Another form of winter sport which Chtcagoans have taken hold of in earnest this season is that of racquets, and when one has participated in a single game they become, as a rule, enthusiastic admirers of it A month ago (-'apt. Anson, the big captain of the Chicago ball club, assumed the management of the only racquet court there was in the city at that time. It stands on Michigan avenue, and is easily accessible by olub men, Board of Trade men, and the wealthy young bloods of the city who have become regular frequenters of the court since it opened. Many readers will ask, " What is racquet?" for the game has never been very extensively played in this country. It is similar to the old game of hand-ball, only that the ball is smaller and harder than a handball, and is struck with a bat something like A tennis racquet but longer handled. The game is played in an inclosed court, the regulation court being about thirty-five feet long, twenty feet wide, and twenty-two feet high; the walls and floors of solid cement, and the whole lighted by a skylight in the ceiling. The rules of bandball apply to the game of racquet, and no exercise that a young man or woman can indulge in is more beneficial in every way. Of course it is not necessary to construct a regulation court to enjoy the gome. A spaoious loft of any kind, with the walls solidly boarded or plastered and lighted from above, would answer admirably, the only expense necessary being the purchase ot the racquets and a box ot balls, with, perhaps, a flannel or worsted gymnasium shirt and a pair of rubber-soled exercising shoes. These can be found at any sporting goods house. In Chicago tbe game is rapidly taking the place of many other athletic pastimes. It is great work to get into Anson's court and throw one's self into a profuse perspiration through the active work necessitated by the character of the play. Then to strip off, stand under a shower, nnd afterward have a strong-armed attendant rub one down until your muscles feel firm and vigorous, and your skin is red with the chfiang gives an cxilarating and healthful effect not allowed by any other rcsans. Racquet is t great sport at least so say U "h." hHve indulged ilk

INDIANA STATE HBWfiU Bacently Henry ljockwood aadwtfs, residing ten miles east of Marion, wee summoned before the pioeeoutor to gtv evidence in a criminal case. They ate

wretchedly poor, and their three

aged 8, 4, and 18 months, wen left

in a hovel that admitted the snow that accompanied the late blizzard. On their way home Lockwood and wife were neatly frozen, and stopped with an acquaintance over night. On their arrival hosee, asm! morning, they found the youngest chad, a little girl, frozen to death, and tko othec two so badly chilled and frost-bitten ska they eonld scarcely move or peak. The eldest boy said he awoke during the night and found his sister out rn the snow beside the bed, and that when he putted her in she was stiff. She was doubtless deatt then.

The city of Fort Wayne, with a

lation of 40,000, seems about to e:

a water famine. Because of the Lone drought tha water in the supply hashs, a well as the small streams that esaltfttsts to it, has so failed that not enongh press ureis given to the mains to operate tho elevators in the hotels and other tall buildings, and their use has been abaisdoaed, The local electaie light company hat served notice upon the city that not saongh water can be had from the mains to supply their engines, and the Inconvenience of complete or partial darkness atnight is attributed to the water famine. IfeaBWhQe, when a fire or two would fined tha department crippled, the City Council and Water-works Trustees are at loggerheads, and abuse each other in the pnblic prints. The State Auditor has just oomptoled his annual report It is very votuisdaeas. Warrants were drawn during the Tear to

the amount of $3,975,94. The net receipts were $3,866,257. The total

bursement from the State House fund was $294,647. Advance payments have bean made by the conn ties to relieve tho temporary embarrassment of the general fund, and the December settlements will enable the Treasurer to meet current expenses. There have been drains sat .the publie funds consequent npon the hsrihttng of various new benevolent mtuttons, ben careful estimates indicate that the revenues of the coming fiscal year will be sntnntnnt to maintain the State credit and sseet all obligations, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. The big canal, which is to drain the water off Four-mile Prairie, near Sutits City, has just been completed. The land has been purchased by Indianapolis saan, who are reclaiming marsh lands in the State. The draining of Four-mile Prairie ruins one of the finest dock-sbooilng grounds in the world. For yean it was the resort of geese, mallards, and teal, end

a great place for shooters from tbe Saab

The marsh is now dry, and the which are now coming from tbe

circle over it with a disappointed took sad go croaking south. The draining wfll have the same effect as the recent ditching of tbe Sangamon bottom, rn HaaonConmty. 111., which has destroyed about S0,00 acres of ducking ground. Miss Amanda English, ot Switaerhnad County, has in her poeseesion a bnreaw that was .made for Miss Lncretia Hart, fas. her girlhood, more than one handled years ago, and before she became the wifv of Henry Clay. The buns was given to Miss Knglish by Mrs. Clay sixty-seven years ago, and is in a good state of preservation. It was made by a Laxxagton carpenter named MeElwane, who did Ms

work well. Miss English, who is

wishes to sell this relic, and

ing to purchase may address Joseph D. Froman, Markland, Ind. The city of Fort Wayne having arranged to begin the erection, next spring, of a new city hall, to oast $80,000. an injunction suit has been commenced, putting a stop to preparations. The pstwienew are owners of property adjoining the market space, on whieh the new lieAiling was to be erected. They allege that by the will of the late Judge Samuel Hannathe ground was given to the city for ssarkst purposes only, and its use eanuot hediverted; also, that access to their ptofMsty would suffer by reason of erection of the proposed building.

Frank Hooks, a young BSRted living near Bunker HuVwas found

to the woods. He had been out hunting, and the supposition is that, while resting en a stump, his gun in some way was diecharged, the contents of which entered his heart, killing him instantly. He had osdy been married abont one week.

Patents have been issued to

inventors as follows: Alfred A.

EvansviUe, bottle cap; James P. Hatfield, Dublin, grain separator; William H. MsGrew, assignor of one-half to J. Myers, Peru, win and picket fence; Peter Bader, Kirklin, coupling for oaltivatora. A revival meeting is in progress at the

Methodist' Church in Tipton. The is aroused, and the entire town is

ested. Fifty persons have joined

church in the last two weeks and the

est in the meeting is constantly

ing. The Presbyterian congregations of Colfax and Darlington, whieh have been with out a pastor for some time, haw esoitred the services of Rev. Johnson, of ITRnsis,

who will preach at both ptoses sltornataty.

Both churches are is a thriving Seth Wolf, aged 19, ww

killed near Briant He was

load logs on a wagon when one rolled bask, and before he could make his s'iSSps, passed over his body, crushing tbe Bfe one of him. . '

Crookedness is charged in the

of the late grand jury at

The Court has ordered an mvestigatton, While sawing wood with a bnms-eaw,-near Mechaniesburg, in Washington Town ship, Boone County, the saw buret and two pieces struck and almost instantly killed Emsley Hanun. George Rich, aged about 65 yean, employed in a saw-mill at Unioudale. fall on a circular saw and was cut to ptoses. He waa horribly mangled and death ocontied instantly. Mrs. Rebecca Charman, one of the most respooted and aged women of Muneie, was found dead in bed. She retired for the night apparently in good health. Miss PrisciUa Grlers was found murdered and burned near Vtoeenhee, and Frank Miller, his wife, and Simon MuU bave been arrested for the erimo, At Marion, saloon-keepers an etesentod with dangerous-looktog bombs, tt is taken that tbe business is ohjecttoneMe to the bomb-makers. While John Turner and Ira lsnaotv'nt Adams, were hunting, Turner acotdentaQy shot Tanner in the side, inflicting a dfr gerous wound. Forest fires an doing immense da awsge in Floyd, Washington, Soott, llaiilsin, Crawjtetd, DuJrios, vfmnf 7owatie

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