Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 24 August 1897 — Page 2

THE DAILY BANNER TIMES, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA,

lla^o Hall Nolen. Nowadays not one league game in a dozen is plnvec! in less tlian two hours, and ten out of every twelve require all the way from two to two hours and a half to ’o nplete them, says the Knquirer. Without going back to the records to look it up. I ll risk the assertion that four or five years ago the majority of league games wt tv completed in less than two hours: th.it when the game ran over 120 minutes it was the ex •• ntion. not the rule, its is now the rase. No.vid iys you never heir th umpire shout “Batter up! Hurry ale tig. boys!” like Sheridan, limslie and other knights of 4 he- indicator used to. Nowadays you rarely over see players (hanging sides on the run. fn olden days the players used to hurry to and from th * field. Then tin pitcher didn't havo to “warm up” every time he took his positir n l*v pitching half a dozen balls to one of the basemen. The better didn*t have to walk to the Vieneli. take a drink of waiter, borrow a ' hew of tobacco, and pick over half a doz'*n lints before he found one to suit him. Then the hatter came straight to th»- plate on the run. Some of his colleagues who had also gone to the b< nch at a fast gait picked (lit his favorite hat and sent th** bat boy with it to meet the bat-man. That is the way it should be nowadays. The n Is too much droning hi tween innings. Then, too. there were not as many gr.ndstand pitchers as then* are now . Then the twirl* rs didn't have to hold th-* ball in their hand from eight to ten see »nds In-fore retting in position. Then after they got in position they didn’t have to pose eight or ten seconds more before delivering the bail. In those good '*!*] days the pitcher didn't have to walk half w.»y to the catcher to receive the ball on the return. He just went along about his business. Hazy pitching makes lazy playing. The players will play in unison with th** iWith a qulek-deliverj pitchei like Tony Mullane used to be or like Frank Dwyer is to this day the game will h mor • in*, r ■‘•ting. Amcricnn people like sport that is lively -■and full of glng* r. They v ant something with dash and snap to it. The charm of base ball is likely to be less* nod If the magnates do not take som«* action to remedy the studied and labored movements of the pitchers. There should be a rule f om pel ling sides to change on the run. Th * umpire should be instructed to call “batter up" just as soon as the last man in .an inning has been retired. Let this rule be observed and the intcitHt in the gan • will be increased. Because it tak *s long* r to play a game is no sign that the f pec tators are getting more for their money. It Is not quantity they are after; It is *pi dity. Nine innings is the required limit of a game. No matter if It takes time hours to play th*- nine Innings or only an hour and a half, it amounts to the same thing as far as quantity is concerned. Put life and vigor into the game. Mak** the players rush out and rush in. as if they were trying to please the public. It has come to pass whin the league magnates will have to take action. The «non r th** better. If President Young were to issue orders to the umpins to insist on the players oming to the* batter’s box more promptly and make th*- pitchers do away with thefr littb* practicing i .:ss*■ s between Innings it might have a t luturv effect. Bill Sehriver. the Cincinnati catcher, v. *s a trifle green when he first signed with the Brooklyn club a dozen years ago. says the Sun. Bill was a typical countryman, Imt he was such a promising ball piny* r that the Brooklyn club deeded to t kt him on a \Y< stei n trip. “Where are we going'.’’ Bill asked the manager as they boarded a train at Jersey City. “Out West." was the laconic reply. Then Bill sat beside a window and gaznl at th'* country, passing rapidly by. When the train ieach«d Newark Sehriver looked around at the other players and then sank back in his seat. He was apparently nervous about something and kept fidgeting until the train roll* <1 into Trenton. Then he grabbed his valise and hat bag and moved rapidly towards th** door. ’Hey, there, Bill!’ yelled the* players, “u h* re are you going?" “Why, ain’t this the* end of our route?" asked the catcher. “How much further have we got to travel, anyhow?’’ When Bill finally reached St. Louis he was in a sort of trance. .j— The rivalry between the different I* ague teams is nothing compared to th** bitter feeling which used to exist be 'veen the Boston and Providence teams in Isv* and 1884. The players were at swords’ point.’, particularly the rival second h:is* men. Iturdoe k and Jack Farrell. The* latter resorted to all sorts of tricks when he was on his own grounds in Provident e, such as spreading pieces of broken glass near second base and preventing the Bostons from sliding by telling tnem that the glass was there. Farrell also was In the h :b!t of sharpening his spikes to a razor edge, and whenever he reached tirsl base lie never failed to show his spikes to Burdock, with the warning remark: “I’m coming down there and you’ll lose a h g if you get In tin* way!" Burdock was at #u loss to know how to stop Farrell, until on* day a happy thought struck him. He bought a coil of barbed wire, and after he had put on his stockings he wound the wire around the* calves of his legs. Then he went co * on i!i' li-M and -aid to Farivll “When you slide to-day look out for me or 1 11 tear you into ribbons.” Jack saw the wire* and b; came as me* k as a lamb. Old Pete Bt owning has practically dropp <1 out of base ball, but he will always be P in* mher* *1 as one of the quecr<st old chaps who ever played the game, lb v.a- a wonderful b M**r in his day. but had a weakness for foaming beakers which .tally brought him down. Upon one occasion, ’iftcr Pete had won the hatting c hampionship of the Aun-rl* an association, th** cranks in Louisville. In e>rd* r to show their appreciation of tin* “(Jladitor’s” work, made up a purse ami purchased a tin** gold watch. A citizen was delegated to present tin* timepiece to Browning, and win n Pete cam** t«* hat In the first inning of a rtain gain*- th** citizen stepped forward and, raising his cup, said: “Mr. Browning, the people of Louisville, In recognition of your great flatting this year, wish me to pi* sent you with this watch, which will always remind you of their friendship ” Pete* took the wa: h out of its east*, turned It oven - in h ! wrlnkh 1 hand, and then, turning t<» th* donor, he said: “Where is the e h;dn -frill an int rvi* v. catcher Farrell tells

how J. Karl Wagner made $ll.r»oo off his : base ball career; In ’b2 Killen. who was 1 pitching for Washington, was anxious for j a switch. The capital was too luxurious for the southsidor’s blood. The asphalt ! streets and tony buildings didn’t match ! his one-night stand Ideas. Karl Wag- | ncr dickered with Pittsburg:. I was a i Pirate then, and my salary was too tall i for the Smoketown management, so they ! thought. So th«*y gave me and $1 .."ito to | Washington for Killen. During the following winter Fred Pfeifer, who was managing th** Louisville club, got a sneaking idea that Jouett Meekin’s pitching was too easy for the sluggers who faced the Adonis twirier from New Albany, and so Jouett was released and Washington signed him. During 1)3 the (limits wanted a backstop, and begun to dicker with Wagner for me. Now. Karl Wagner can throw as finished and plausible a ‘con as any magnate in the league, and I'm not overlooking John Mephlsto Brush. He asked $lo.ooo for me. but the New York club warped the figure to *7.:.oo, and Mcekin was thrown in for good measure. Next came the Joyce deal. Wagner got **-\.’Vni for Famey Flynn, who was tossed in as a bonus, and myself, for Joyce. That makes $11.r*un for yours truly, and I’m still in Washington." ~h -i * •+■ Spcrting Life: Sockalexis is nursing Ids badly sprained foot, and is urging Manage r Tebeau to let him stay out of the game until he can play in his oldtime form. In this the Indian will probably' be humored. His hitting is needed, hut he ran only give an imitation of the way he played right field early in the season until he» recovers from his lament ss. The red man is a mark for more or less humorous writers the country over, and much of the* stuff written regarding Ids dalliance with grape juice and hi. try'sts with pale-faced maidens is purely' speculation. Sox is a natural born ball player, and Patsy has already tipped him to lead the league batters i.e xt season. H- H- -H Inter Ocean: “It would mean on** hundred hits a year to m** if I batted lefthanded." said Jimmy Kyan before the game the other day. “Just think of th** start a man ge*ts to beat those throws that generally beat a rirht hander out by a few fee t." Jimmy never had any call to bat right handed, anyway, with his throwing arm hitched on the other side, but he got started wrong and never thought to change. Although 11 ughie Jennings is rated as one of the be st ha11*■ rs in America, he is not very strong on home runs. The one* he mad* in Phicago recently was his first I our-bagger in four years. -t- -5- -t - “What a battle royal would ensue if New York ind Boston have to compete for the temple cup." exclaim***! “I’ncle Nick" Young, as he ligured up the official standing of the leugoe chibs, at headquarters. “The crowds that would assembh to witness such a series would be worth about si.noo to each of the players participating in those games," added “Fncb* Nick." with a smile of satisfaction on his face and a gllrr met* in nis eye. demoting a k* .* i interest in tin* busin ss end of thgreat national gan.e. Umpire Lynch declares that h cannot ; umpire r o games In su lion and <!■ > ; himself justice, and no om* will care to i argue th* point with him. The strain of j one game in an afternoon is enough for any man to subject himself. H- -+- ■+■ As a result « f the soft snap which the Hoosiers have been enjoying at Kansas Fity, the team batting average of Indianapolis Is now over .Jno and still going up One of the New York players, it is said, jecenlly gave away th** reason why “Dad" Flark* la not pitching more games fr.r the (Bants. “Dad" is not popular with the play -rs. la* said. He is a great poker play* r. and is n on than his salary ahead of the game. In victims numb-ring almost every player on the pay roll. When “Dad" pitch* s they even up on him by poor support. Joyce knows this, and refuses to take chances. -j- -4- • .- Kxchang* : So* k; le xis couldn’t stand 1 rosperily with his 1 ig batting record, so lie took to lire.water. At Chicago In* got on what IVt** Browning would call an “awful tide." lb* tried to clean up :« saloon. A hanger-on at th* place had Socks by the mck with one hand and a big chees.* knife In the other hand when the police interfered. -: - -4 - -TPresident Johnson was in Milwaukee a few days since and he* gravely informed the scribes of that city that the Western league now has live of the best umpires in the business. Despite this assertion, it Is Inn to 1 that no particular scramble will be made for any of th** officials by the National league this fall. -4- -4- -4Magnate Loftus has suspend* d Pitcher Daniels for the balance of the* season for deserting the Folumbus club. B is reported that the Louisville club wants Daniels and induced him to 1* ave Columbus. subsequently offering Loftus a round sum for the smiling pitcher’s scrvle* s. Kitrn Ingie of \IIi1o1cm. William Joyce, of th** New York Base Ball team, is probably Bn* hist paid hall player In the country to-day. This Is not so much due* to his ability as a player as to th** fact that be combines tin* oiIU-es of manager and captain with third baseman. The National league limits the salaries of hall players to SJ.inii for the* six months' work. This is very fair compensation for nn n who would probably be earning $‘J a day as laborers had not the national pastime such a h*«ld upon the people, says the World. Of course the limit is often overstepped, and Joyce receives in the neighborhood of $ L**nn. If the Giants should win the pennant Joyce's salary will he doubled. If he finishes one, two, three, he receives a hand ome increase*. On the diamond Joyce’s temperament has earnrd for him the sobriquet of “Scrappy Bill." Off the ball field ho is the most companionable of men. His good nature is unfailing. Kdwurd F. Bald, not so long ago a butcher boy in Buffalo, makes his bicyc le and his sturdy legs bring him a handsome income these days. He is one of the fastest riders on the professional c ircuit. ami his winnings and his cycle connections count up more than $b>.nno annually. He recv'ives a salary for riding a certain make of wheel and is recompensed for using a certain tire. He *-xacts large sums of money for giving » xhibitions of bis wonderful speed. If uung Bald is wise he will begin to save the* thousands that come.* to him so easily

now. Fast rid era are cropping up every day. and in no sport do* a man lose hiprestige so eiub-kly as in cycling. Although a defeated champion, there is no doubt that James J. Forbett is still the best money-maker in the pugilistic world. It is claimed that he can earn per annum Cor years to com**. His conquerer. Fitzsimmons, is not popular with the public—that is, not to the extent that Corbett is. Strangely enough, the Californian was not a favorite until after his defeat by Fitzsimmons. Corbett’s earnings this season have scarcely been up to the $‘Jo,000 average, but when his theatrical season opens he » xpects to make up for lost ground. At present the former champion pugilist is earning cigarette money by playing first base with various base ball teams about the country. He is a strong attraction and values his services at $.7nu a game. He is quite a success In his n» w field. Tod Sloane. the famous jockey, is credited with earning more money than any othc*r man in th** racing world. Tod Is five feet high and weighs ninety pounds. His income from riding race horses is said to foot up $25,000 annually, which is three times more than th** United States government pays John Sherman, its secretary of state. Tod is a modest, unassuming little chap, and has an enviable reputati *:i for riding to win all the time. He has excellent judgment, a cool head, a good pair of hands, and it is just possi >lo that nervous horses like The Friar would not display * failings of that sort under his tirm hands. Tod Is a credit to the race track. He does j not dissipate and his earnings are piling up. He has a weakness for good dress and a predilection for big. fat cigars. The boy is riding in splendid lorm these days, and has the confidence of race-goers to such an extent that many back his mounts, irrespective of the horse’s ability. Pug! I iMtie*. Dan Croedon is still at Mt. Piemens resting and waiting for Kid McCoy. “It is a shame th • way they continue to treat Dan about the McCoy ma f <*h," said Col. Hopkins, Din’s manager, the other day. "Dan came away from England, leaving $25'j a week, as sot n as he pot word from me. an 1 M* Fey and his backer are no nearer coming to terms than they have bee n any time in the past. They are touring McCoy round on his sh.,pe, boxing pick-ups wherever they can find them, while Dan is forced to dance attendance.“ Continuing, Hopkins said Dan Stuart was no factor in bringing off the m uch. J. J. Groe ni. of the Nuticnal Athletic Flub of San Francisco, appears to be in the lead of those trying to get the contest. There is a good deal of interest in certain quarters over a new lightweight who has suddenly come into view in the Kast. He is Tom Kyan of Philadelphia, having the same mime as the re no v* ltd champion of the welh rwa .ghts. A Chicago pap t announces: Before many days Parson Davies will pnVoioly round up some talent for a big boxing show In Fhicag'. \T.e merry pattei oi the mi ts among the professionals Iris not been heard for k» It i.g in tills part of the er in.try that th** oldest r d-b nt has to strain himself in recalling wh it was once. Two ye ars or more of fistic* drought have reduced the sports to a state of famine in which the succulent rays from a fat boxing glove in % a show window Parson breaks the spell ills coffers will !•*• abundantly till* *1. Jimmy Burry and Johnny Connors, the Springfield bantam, wer • to have been secured and may be yet. Connors, it is said, got stittish the other day while t liking over articles for th * • oa'eh. Hi ere was n steppage in consequeu ce. Golf. Golf in this country is strictly an amateur game, and yet, by the nature of the sport, it is said, cheating is comparatively easy, says the World. A slight kick to the ball when in a bad lie. or an uncounted stroke can b** accomplished many times with absolute safety. Two men. in going th** round, often be ome widely separated and the desire to win has a tendency tb make one resort to unfair methods. This suspected practice is not confined to this country, and an Englishman of high standing In the golf world has this to say on t he subject: “1 have golfed for a number of years over all kinds of games and with all sorts of people. On Innumerable occasions 1 have been driven to strongly suspect my opponent of cheating, and on many occasions have positively detected him in so doing. “I n* mem her on on** occasion, having satisfactorily negotiated a somewhat high hunker Into which my opponent blunder. <1. watching his head and shoulders —the only part of him visible—from the other side, he* made s**\vrai strokes and at last jerked th* hall over. “1 thought it bad tak* n four strokes to get out, but ae declared that the three first w* re only practice ones at the sand. I. of course, could not contradict this, hut it is scarcely etiquette to practice strokes when practically out of sight in a bunker." Apart from instaners of this sort, nothing is easier than to intentionally forget a strok* when counting up after holding out on th** green. As a matter of fact, unless one steadily counts as one goes along, it is quite easy to genuinely make a mistake. Is it against the etiquette of the game to point this error out? It is the honorable custom of good golfers to trust each other In th** matter of scores, but if your suspicions are aroused as to the had memory of your opponent it is impossible not to watch him and count his strokes. A frequent mutual r. fer* nee by the two players to their scores seems the best method of avoiding mistakes and also any tendency to cheat. An Instance that shows the opportunities to cheat is the fact that a caddy in the* English championship matches was caught changing tin* 1!«* of th. ball. It is not intend'd to compare th** players with the caddy by this example, but on certain occasions one naturally refers to the caddy as to the score in strokes, and his unreliability can b • r alized. It affords another loophole for mist ik*s and permits human nature to indulge It* b in! nries of winning at all hazards. As golf is played by gentlemen. It has not seemed necessary as yet to surround the* game with safeguards against unfair practices. Nothing can be* more detrimental to the game as a sport or more Injurious t** th** players than to have any ' suspicion of dishonesty creep in. With so many rumors in the* air. would it not be b* tt* r to put rub s into force which would eliminate? all possibilities of this nature? Fonsidering the * normous growth of th golfing spirit nowadays, it seems desirable to make* a plea for the strictly honorable playing of the game. Cheating und*r all circumstances is despicable, and nowhe re is it more? to he condemned than on the golf field.

Turf. Bud l Dahl *. \vh ja* contributions to the sporting nr -s are* on a par with his skill as a r *ln;mnn. in the • ours** of an article | on shoeing horses, which appears in this ! w* ok’s Turf. Field and Farm, says: ; “There Is a difference of ten seconds bei tween the records of Nancy Hanks and | Goldsmith Maid, if the Maid had b-vi shod as well as Nancy Hanks, and had had tin* advantage of light, well-fitting he»*its, good tracks and the bicycle suiky, the* two nuns would ict stand much j ; j art. In point of spei ti and racing qualities Goldsmith Maid vas the equal of th** b st of the present day. 1 have proi grossed not only in the construction, but the adjustment of the slice. To cut lb** loot to the proper angle and then to fit tin shoe to tlie angle so »s to make the balance perfect, cal! for much study and rare mechanical skill. “Charles Hule, who shod Goldsmith

Maid, was a natural mechanic. Dan Macs was the first to discover him at Lockport, N. Y.. and J. Dim Walton first called my attention to him. Walton asked me to go to Mace’s shop and inspect the work of Hule. I did so and was so mueb pleased that I offered him $100 and expenses to go to Buff ilo and shoe Dexter. He accepted the offer and I drove Dexter to a record of -MTG- Lub-r. when I was handling the horses of Mr. N. P. Smith, whfeh was after I had sold him Goldsmith Maid. I hired Hule by the year, paying him $3,000 and all expenses. “Some people for whom 1 have handled horses grumbled at the expense of artistic} shoeing. First-class farriery is. in my judgment, the cheapest of campaign expenses. A horse wvll shod will win races that otherwise he would lose. When you are getting ready to start a horse for a purse of $2,000. $5,000 or Ito.ouo. why hesitate about paying more than a farmhorse price for shoeing, when the poor kind of shoeing is sure to lead to defeat? Hule did not know as much ns the farriers of to-day know, but he was progressive In knowledge up to the time he died at Hartford a few years ago. I fitted up a shop for him In Philadelphia and he was : n my employ for some time. H« always said that In* got more knowledge by shoeing for me than in any other way. The shoes of Nancy Hanks were made for me by L. I*. Neilson. and they show artistic* workmanship. Neilson was with me for five years, and has shod nearly all of the leading horses which were trained during that time. He is more up-to-date, and is an improvement on Hule. He never had any experience in fine shoeing until he began to shoe under my directions.” Cricket. Seven defeats and hut two victories is now' the* record of the Philadelphia eleven which is journeying through England matching American skill against Britisli experience. In justice to the Philadelphia cricketers it should be stated that Patler.vn. their captain. the rtrongest batter, has been unable to play in all the games on account of an injured hand. Had he been in the last game, played against the Maryh bon** club Saturday. a defeat would have been turned into a draw, if not a victory, as A. J. Lester of tin* Philadelphians surprised the* Englishmen by pulling up seventy-one runs against Hearne and Trott, their best bowlers. However, in the face of all this, the eastern critics art* disgusted with tin* Quakers' work abroad. Fasper Whitney makes the following severe? strictures on the Americans’ play: “It may be that hard luck has been a somewhat influential element in tin* English matches of the All-Philadelphia cricket eleven, but the element most responsible for the at times decidedly mediocre showing seems to have been poor

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“ ’Hard luck’ and the ‘uncertainties’ of the game have been dragged forth so frequently by the Philadelphia cricketer past and present, in extenuation of unexpectedly indifferent performance, that the balm appears to haw entirely lost its consolatory virtue. No one expected the Philadelphia elev. n at present in England to win all of its matches; those thoroughly informed of the caliber of the teams to be met would consider Philadelphia doing magnificently if it warn a majority of the games scheduled. To win about half th** matches would be to make a fairly good showing. But of eleven matches played thus far Philadelphia lias won two. “The records of the different matches make it perfectly obvious that half the men of the eleven have been doing all the work, and several of the team playing poorly with disastrous consistency. And it is too bad indeed that the team could not give a better exhibition of its capabilities. for collectively and individually it is on* of the strongest Philadelphia has sent forth. Once or twice during its present lour the eleven has equaled its best form. Philadelphia cricket elevens, a a rule, appear to have been unsteady and ii.'**spendable in match play with foreigners, whether abroad or at home. The present team seems to be no excep-

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F«» »t dnII. The work of preparing Yale field for tin* big foot' ball gain** with Princeton on Nov. 20, has already begun. The field corporation has purchased a new tract of land adjoining the field in order to enlarge tlie space about the gridiron and make room for grand stands. For this purpose a considerable quantity of land lias been purchased. A permanent grand stand, with a seating capacity of 8,000 will be erected during the* summer. Temporary grand stands capable of seating s.uoo people will also he erected. STOPPING \ IIINAWW ENGINE. li(MV the Ilnvy t rocket t \\ «J1 II roiight to ix St ji imImI i 11. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: “When th • road was first built.“ the story-telling railroad man continued, “which now runs from Harrisburg to Canadaigua. N. Y., it was nicknamed the ‘Davy Crockett,’ and for many years thereafter the name clung, it was brought about in this way: “One dark night, when the conductor was taking three passenger cars through to Sunbury, he noticed the headlight of a locomotive in the rear. He instantly informed the engineer of the fact, and both began speculating what it meant. The train was running at a high rate* of speed, but tin* headlight in th** rear was gaining steadily on them. As there were no lights In the r**ar of the headlight, they concluded it must be an empty engine. That :* id twb ts in and out among tin* mountains. and skirts tin* hanks of tin* Susqueb inna river in such a way as to permit any one looking back to observe what is going on in the rear for a considerable distance. “The conductor ordered tlie engineer to put on more steam, and the latter pulled tin* throttle wide open. Then followed a wild chase through tin* night. Pursuer and pursued tore* along at the highest speed. Everybody on tlie cars believed that the engineer of the pursuing engine v as e»!th* r drunk or crazy. “At last a bright idea struck the engine* r. He recalled tlie fact that a locomotive * an make little progress on greasy rails. The contents of two large cans of lard oil were poured on the track from tin* rear of the last passenger coach. The l*h*a proved a great one. Soon the headlight of Hu* pursuing engine grew dim in the (list a nee. When it was safe to do so the train stopped and barked up to solve the mystery. A very funny sight was revealed. “One of the finest engines on the road, (*ailed the ‘Davy Crockett*—they gave the loomotives names in those days instead of numbers hud broken away from a hostler up at Williamsport, and started down the track on a voyage of destruction. The oil poured on the track had baflled all the destructive abilities that locomotive possessed. There stood the 'Davy Frock* tt.’ puffing and snorting like a Texas steer, the driving wheels bussing around on the greased track like a flywheel in a machine shop, but hardly moving an inch." V :t (lie- Wrong Shop. ExehaLg**: A young lady was asked by li r uncle the other day to make some purehio s for him. and was given a writtan iist. The first item was “Scott’s Emulsion." After bulking at tills item tin- young woman walked into a book store? win re she was received by a clerk whose ability exceeded her own. “I va.it a copy of ‘Scott’s Emulsion,' " said she. “Scott’s what?"-said the clerk. “ ‘Scott's Emulsion,' " replied the maiden. “Oh, yes," was the answer. 'Weil, you ere we don’t sell Scott’j works except in complete sets."

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erf EAN INGELOW, the distinguished poet and novelist, died recently at her home in Kensington in her seventyseventh year. She was born at Boston. Lincolnshire, England, in 1830. Her father was William Bigelow, a banker, and her mother was jf Covenanter descent. She was the youngest of eleven children. As a child she was not precocious, and gave no promise of the great future before her. Even when she had begun to write she was too timid to show her productions, and hid them away in a box. She was 33 years old when "The Poems of Jean Bigelow” appeared, which were hailed with delight. Tennyson and Longfellow were then the idols of the Englishliterary world, and she was ranked with them. "High Tide Off the Coast rf Lincolnshire” winning at once tlie public heart by its exquisite beauty and tender pathos. Her second volume, “A Story of Doom,” appeared in 1867, and it was not until 1885 that her third volume was published. It is almost forgotten by the public that Jean Ingelow was also a novelist. In addition to her poems

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JEAN INGELOW. and writings for children she wrote four novels, but it is as a poet that she will be remembered. Some of the best of her verses are set to music, among them the sweet and tender song, "O Fair Dove, O Fond Dove.” With her brother Miss Ingelow lived quietly in Kensington. She loved birds and ilowers, and the conservatory was twice as large as the little cottage, being built as ranch for the freedom of her birds as for her own enjoyment of the flowers. Her qualities of mind and heart and her womanly character were such as could not fail lo win the love and admiration of the queen, to whom she was a friend as well as favorite author, it has been the deep regret of many of her friends and admirers that she was not made poet laureate. as was much talked of when Tennyson died. But the author of “Songs of Seven" does not need this recognition to hold her in lasting remembrance. No loss could lie more deeply felt by the English speaking people than cf her whose influence in literature has so long been of the truest and best and most ennobling kind. I.ako of Ink with Cnrntlve rower. In the middle of the Cocopan hills, in Arizona, is wnat is known us the Lake of Ink. Though supplied by beautiful springs of clear water, the liquid of the lake is black and of an ink-like character. The temperature varies from 110 degrees to L’16 degrees, according to the locality, and the water feels smooth and oily. According to the Indians, not only of the vicinity. but far away, the waters of the lake have strong medicinal qualities, though most v bite people would hesitate to adopt the mode of treatment prescribed. The invalid is buried up to his mouth in the hot volcanic mud for from twenty to thirty minutes. Then he is carried, covered with mud. to the edge of the lake, into which he is plunged for from fifteen to twenty minutes, after which he is rolled In a blanket and allowed to sweat on the hot, sulphurous sand or rock near by The cures wrought are said to be won lerful.—Morning Oregonian. Hv Order of the King. Not every one who looks at the dial of a clock knows that the four Ts which are in place of the usual IV. to designate the number 4, are there bec luee of the obstinacy of Charles V. of Franc?. When Henry Vick carried to the king the first accurate clock, the king said to him that the IV was wrong and should he changed to lilt. Vick said, ‘ You are wrong, your majesty.” Whereat the king thundered out- “I am never wrong, lake it away and correct the mistake.” From that day to this the four I's have stood as ho mark for the fourth hour.

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Young Arthur of Connaught at the .Jubth-e Ceremonies. There was one hoy, a junior, fair and pleasant, with unassuming manners, who persistently remained behind the crowd, talking with one of the masters, instead of joining the school on the footpaths, says the London Daily News. Several times he was invited to go to his companions, but invariably replied that he did not care to do so, as he preferred to stay where he was. He was Prince Arthur of Connaught, evidently filled with a thorough boyish dread of being made a show of before his schoolfellows. He was allowed to follow his own sweet will for nearly an hour, but when it became clear that the royal procession was at hand a premptory voice—that of one of the masters cried "Prince Arthur.” and the young collegian was brought forth and ranged alongside the distinguished Indians, with whom he entered into a seemingly rueful conversation. * * * The troubles of Prince Arthur, although the end of the ceremony as far as the college was concerned had been reached, were not yet over. The queen's carriage remained standing while the occupants looked round. The Empress Frederick seemed particularly attracted by the four Indiana. After looking at them for some time she apparently discovered Prince Arthur of Connaught posted on their left flank. At once the eyes of every occupant of the landau were turned toward him, the hundreds of spectators naturally gazing in the same direction. Then the Duke of Connaught called “Arthur.” and the boy went to tlie side of the carriage, which he could scarcely look into. Some apparently gay observations were made to him by his relatives. The father and aunts took his hand and his grandmother tried to do the same, but. being on the further side of the carriage, failed. Thereupon the Duke of Connaught, good hmnoredly, grasped his son by the collar and tried to lift him into the carriage, but found him too heavy. The young prince’s collar was pulled nearly over his head, the lower hem of his Eton jacket ascending to the middle of his back, it was a most undignified position for a fellow, but fathers are so inconsiderate, \s soon as Prince Arthur was released he promptly retreated to the footpath, lest more liberties should he taken with him in the sight of the whole college. He was evidently confused and probably thought that if fathers were to play these kind of jokes oo the!/ sons they should do it in private.

The l uconventlonul Outdoor 1 1( Without Its I>Mii£«.rn, Edward W. Bok, writing under caption of ‘’Breaking Down Fences,” gives some wholesome ^ sensible advice to young gir! s in ^ Ladies’ Home Journal and sound warning against allowing them t* I much freedom of action—too much ^ criy. Mr. Bok discerns that sumnLbrings greater freedom to young than any other season, and presents? them many more opportunities to ^ consciously break down the fences the barriers—of the best and wisest lie" portment. “City girls," he contends “often think that they are freer to d things in the country Dr at the * shore than in the city. Little license ' seem so much more natural in summ,.. when we live an outdoor life. \v e that we can be more unconvention, We can be, but it is just when we most unconventional that we are •, greatest danger of going just a Htt;, beyond the point where we know an] feel we ought to stop. It is a magnifj. cent tribute to a girl’s character whet she can be unconventional and yet pr* I serve in every sense the dignity of gt r p hood. That is what commands th* highest respect for a girl. It is a ver fine line which divides unconvention ality in a girl's deportment from a certain license and freedom of action ! which is so fraught with danger-., very, very fine line. And yet on on* side of that line lies a girl’s highest possession, her self-respect, and on the other side her loss of it. That line Is the fence, and a girl cannot be toe careful about removing one stone from it. She may think it smart or clever or not very harmful, if she just seek* to remove the small stone which lies on the top. But in that very act she shows a lack of cleverness. It is the clever girl who can leave the first stone untouched. That is the cleverness which wins the only respect worth having the inner respect of herself and the last ing respect of others. And when sh* is a few years older, when things assume a different aspect to her, she wi!' look back to that summer’s time when she heard the warning voice of her parent, and, although she did not un derstand it.-thank God from a full and grateful heart that she heeded it. N* greater satisfaction than tilts can coir, to a woman; ihe consciousness thatsh* preserved, at all times in her girl hood, the precious possession of hei future womanhood. And one little slij can dim that satisfaction.”

Queer IiiHtltutionR. An evangelist named F. W. Sanford has established an institution at Durham, Me., to which lie has given the queer name of “the Holy Ghost and Us Bilile school.” His followers believe that all other Christians except themselves are on the wrong road. Sandford casts out devils every day and claims to be in personal daily communication with Go a

C'licMip Kent. Now-a-days doilies are so common that scarcely a thought is given as to why they arc so called, but there is an interesting bit of history connected with the name. William, the Norman granted some valuable lands to Robert D'Oyley on the condition ...at he should give a table-cloth of three shillings value at each yearly feast ol 3t. Michael. These were called "quit rent" cloths, and the Indies of the family used to embroider them in variou? beautiful designs. In the course ol years the cloths accumulated in number till they were finally used as napkins at the royal table and called doilies. which is simply a corruption of the word D'Oyley. An American Scientist. l*rof. Simon Newcomb, who retired from the navy and the superintendency of the Nautical Almanac last spring, is known in two continents. His determinations of the movements of the planets and the moon are acknowledged the world over. Every eclipse is calculated by his rules. Simon Newcomb was born in Nova Scotia in 1835, and came to the United States while in his teens. As have many great men. he began his career by teaching. Hr early showed so remarkable-an aptitude for mathematics that he was taken into the Smithsonian Institution. His first astronomical work of great importance was the computation of the orbits of the asteroids, which he proved to be working under a fixed law. In 1861 Prof. Newcomb was appointed to the chair of mathematics in the United States navy and transferred to Washington. Since that time he has been honored with degrees and medals from

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PROF. NEWCOMB. most of the leading institutions in this and foreign civilized countries Ui spite of all his work the famous scientist is still well preserved, youthful and intellectually vigorous. Collin of Stono. Why the name sarcophagus is an plied to stone coffins is not generally known, but originally the stone coffins were made from a species of limestone which, it is said, had the power of T s troy ing the entire body, excepting the teeth, in a very short time, and as the word ‘ sarcophagus” moans feeding on flesh, the name was given to these coffins, which seemed to literally eat 'them b0d ‘ eS WhiCh Were P«t into

OWNERSHIP A SUCCESS. *iiu* and Electric Light l-lunt** and strm Railroad* Owned All Over the World. From Municipal Affairs: Gas plant? are operated by ICS cities of England and Scotland, including almost every city of consequence, except London; by 33 cities of Germany, including 30 ol the largest, such as Berlin. Hamburg and Dresden; by Brussels, by Amsterdam, by many cities in the British colonies, and by twelve American cities including Wheeling, Louisville, Rich mond and Philadelphia. Electric lighting plants are operated by over 200 Am erican municipalities, including Dun kirk, in this state, and Jacksonville Springfield, Little Rock. Topeka an Bay City; by some of the Australia! colonics, and by thirteen German cities including Hamburg and Dresden. Strei railroads are owned and operated bj thirty-three cities of England and Scot land, by some cities in Germany, Swit zerlaud, Holland, and of the Australi.i: colonies; by Toronto, and in a measun by New Orleans. To put the matte into condensed form, municipal own ership of one or more of those stree franchises prevails in over 100 cities and Is authorized by the laws of a scon of states and countries. Time wa when private ownership of all stree franchises was the rule. Now tlie chief est cities of the world are forsaking il Progress in the art of municipal affair into condensed form, municipal own ership. Municipal ownership is, there fore, no new or over radical thing. I is neither socialistic, communistic, no populistic. It is feasible and prarti cable. It must be at least reasonahl: successful, and it can not be attemiei with any greater political evils tha: the no more universal municipal own ership of docks, ferries, bridges, mar kets and the water supply. So mnel the experience of these other cities in dicates to us.

ancient memorial service. 1’rayer* fur tho ICepnsn of a Motorlonslf Cruel U a Is li Lord. From the Westminster Gazette: \ remarkable service was held recently at the little barn-like church of Bead Hall, near Lancaster, York, to pray for the repose of the souls of Lord de Clifford (commonly called the "butcher” because of his ferocity), and his friemi? who were killed at the battle of Towton on Palm Sunday, 1461, or who died later through injuries received. According to some accounts no fewer than 18,000 Lancastrians and 10,000 Yorkists lost their lives in this battle, and most of the notable dead were afterward buried at the neighboring Caxton church, but the memorial church at Lead Hall was erected on the spot where Lord Clifford fell in the sanv year the battle was fought, and one service a year only has been held ever since that time, without a break, on the anniversary of the death of thf earl.

A Woman'll K**:»s*»n. He—“Yes, ‘because’ is a woman’s i son- and it Is about all the icason has.” She—-“It is about all the rea she could have for marrying a nit •—Cincinnati Enquirer. The bookkeeper is a journalist ’ counts.