Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 September 1897 — Page 3
THE DAILY BANNER TIMES, GREEN CASTLE. ENDIAN A.
The corner hoi**, christened so because in the old days, before athletes »antr« r*TT»m»i
It la In a corner of the club a property, Is everythin* cut and dried for them, ;u.d L) I I I r. rAl-iliTSH NOW :m10 yards. It is completely surrounded I the work put out us well, some of our » ' vnjiietn . by bunkers and ccpse and take* a skill- amateur boat-racers did a great part of ]
ful player to make it with low score. | their practice very early Indeed. That The next dole lies to the west and is ; was about the only time they could find called the Dutchman's. First it Is neces- | for It, as business kept them late of an
Klee has been trying to trade Charley I Knz>ll for a pitcher, but the veteran ■tchci says he Isn't a jack-knife, and Kups don't go. If he is not wanted with H. Postons they can get rid of him by Kti'liiiF, him his release, but In no other
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there are no more than twenty
ftvrr* in the major league who can
■Ini *- irntlfieally. would it not he a
■h. ui' to abolish the hunt outright 7” ■ j, Karl Wagiu r In the ^ aahlngton
H, • "i ipai ttl%elj fen li
Kthrh who are clever enough and
enough to handle the hunt hits, nil,* could he altered without en-
■ouehlng on clean aacrlAce hitting. ■uk- ;i rule aholishing bunts, excepting
where no one is out and one or men are on the bases, and this would cnT^ne the bunt or dump to sacrifice hittt ig Take the Baltimore club for exa ir*le Five men on that team are seienhunters. Their cleverness in hnntin? is a positive handicap to a team th.it
Hnnot bunt nor handle these aggravat-
ipjf t ips to the infield. That this ban II-
^E> , yists is demonstrated In many a
played by the champions. The fact tint the Orioles have this advantage glows that weak teams arc; laboring un-
Hr a handicap. In ether sports wln re
t) i iv is an obvious advantage, the gtrong'-r contestant is saddled with an lr po>t On the running turf the horse 1* weightel, and in cycling the fastest is obliged to concede so many feet p his weaker adversary. Then, why Upuldn't a similar handicap system ox-
in base ball7*'
■‘Stub" lirow n has deserted Tndiananoand returned to his home in Balti■r.i* Brown was farmed to Watkins h'’ ^*lreinn«ti Jumtdng teams is one* of ^Hlib s long suits. He pitched a good f.i line for Baltimore once and then left ^■d would not pite'h for some* time*, lie with tlu* Scrantons and ciuit the tenm without notifying the manager, also played a short engagement with ■< Oil t.Mtys, and one day suddenly ^Bek« <1 up and went home. Things must ■ to Stub’s way of liking or he will get ^Bei ami Mait. The Iloosler club has re^Blled KHlum. a left-handed pitcher, ^B)<» has been playing with the Mansfield
»'( hioj team for some wet ks.
t’hfeago “fan” selects the followas the best make-up In this country: hols. Boston, pitcher - Robinson Baltl'imre catcher: Tenney. Boston, first ■s* . “Kid” Oleason. New' York, second; ^Bllins, Boston, third: Herman Bong, ^ftstoti short stop: Keeler. Baltimore, t field: “Bill” L'liige. Chicago, center ar.d Fred Claike, Louisville, left. ft* r glancing threugh the Hartford,
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P^ht shut his eyes and dream of life the antediluvian age. The first five are Paul Bad ford. “Red” Mack. Rfty” Mnrr. Thornton, whose obltuas a yellow fever victim adorns the Ig* s on an old league guide, and “Good V°” Tom Burns. Every one of that | ar trt has Indpi-d to make his share-
base ball history.
ashington Star: There are no stars on the Baltimore team !:i the estimation of ^He players. The way tin* men call each otKr down when a play Is lost demon^■‘.ites effeetivtly why the birds win s. .Jn, Kelley Is supposed to he eap•nH* - but Doyle and Mctiraw both w'ent ^B ,,in « the other day for not hunting. and ihen they all turned on Jennlmzs for ^■’* M k to steal second with only one out. ^■^ look alike to the Orioles with a slic* the Temple cup money in sight. ^Vl>n you see that little chut behind mv «*ar. That’s what ! got for saving i Hnx- of hall.” remarked D ike Farrell, as ■ « rased a fugitive lock from his starHard ear. “It was in ’1)1, and I was with H* I’oston association team playing the ^■tfield. n game with the St. Louis
^^■"wns in the Mound City. One of those ^^Bhhnth day crowds ‘hat St. Louis used
urn out packed the grand stand and ■■ and w ■ • med t he out tit Id Tw o .»t the hat. and a couple of runs 1 win for the Browns. Qeorge ptddoek was pitching for us. and t‘omis- >. who would hit at anything w ithin rtr h of his hat. extended himself for high wide one. The ball careened into t field, sailing serenely over my head, made a corkscrew of myself, bored ^•ugh about six I iy< rs of base ball fans, c h» d out and pulled in the bull. And 1 the ring of the glad mitt fall on my r. did the tattoo of enthusiastic palms Jit me? No, hut another ring from tlv Vets of a full swing from a hcavy*iuht bleacher fist lighted on my jaw. d another irate fan, who stood in front me. bawled 'robber,’ and churned his |ce into my chest as 1 fell forward. A |I man with whiskers, a jng, and a kthorne ch scrihid a full hook with his k. and one of the thorns plowed ^••ugh my head. That thorn 1» ft the » hack of my ear that 1 will wear to death finish. That was the last time £ver played in the outfield on the Sabh- The catch saves! us the game, but I"a* in the hands of Chris Von der
doctor for a week.”
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'ii has fallrn off Boi fully In his bat- || I his year, 11 is rrrnrrt flit- 1KH1 w.i- |> Sane*. 4n.'i times :n bat and 185 hasi nn average of ,:18B. This year he has frtielpated In slxty-two gatnea, has been ■' limes at bat and madt* only tifty-six 4 lilts, an average of .'J4I In twniy|i" naim s ha has (ailed t" hit safely. is generally conceded that T< nney, nf Hostons, is the league's best lirst ) eman. Tenney graduated Into tin iih'ue from Brown university.
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■ ‘ittsburg Press: t'oming down on the p n frnm Cleveland discussion tumid on fcii banty's recent batting feat, when he Sde nine iiits in one day. During the icussion It developed that Jakey Btemel ■d a little record of his own. In 1 SU.'l, which year i"' led the league In i>athe nn one occasion made thirteen In thirteen consecutive times at bat. T" " r these were made on a Saturday Pittsburg off Pitcher Duyea, of WashJgton; four off Young the following nday In Cleveland and four off Cuppy " next day. 'he Harvard university and Manchester Jims played twenty-four innings without run being scored at Manchester May 11. The game was called on account of Jrkness. Tacoma defeated Seattle on ^ former’s grounds in a twenty-two inKamo by 0 to 5. The longest Na'al league gams was plaped on June
30, 1802, at Cincinnati between the Beds and Chicago, it ended in a 7 to 7 tic in the twentieth inning.
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Harry Truby. once a Colt, has boon passed around the circuit pretty thoroughly slno* Anson let him go. Chicago, Pittsburg. Toronto, Albany. Baltimore, Kansas City anti Rockford have all passed him up, and now he is playing at Peoria, says \V. A. Ptxelon, Jr. Truby has been of little use to himself or the base ball work! since he received an injury in one of his legs, which has ever since made him practically a cripple so I far as fielding is concerned. It is too I bad, for he is a powerful, well-disposed and absolutely temperate man and a natural hitter of the Pete Browning style. 1 The way he Ironed the kinks out of the ball in 18tK» will long ho remembered by 1 the fans. Truby is a crank on batting, like Pete Browning, and acts in the same 1 amusing way. Every night he takes Ids ! hats, oils them, polishes them and hangs them from his window by a string. If anybody comes around that window while the hats are airing then* is trouble, i When Truby was parting with Anson at Kansas City, previous to the former's short career with Jimmy Manning, he said, with tears in his voice: “Goodby. : Cap., goodby! The ash feels good in old Trube’s hands this year and ho will line ’em out same ns ever! If ever you get in the ninth inning Cap. with two out and the bases full and three to tic and four to win. telegraph for old Trube, i and he will come and bat in those runs!” “Rusle is the first pit«-h»*r I ever saw that could get himself in the hole and then curve three balls across the plate,” said Jake Beckh-y. “It is a pretty good pitcher who can put three straight ones over when he has to, but Rusie can put three curves right across the pan ■when he wants to. There may he better pitchers than the big fellow, but 1 have
not batted against them.”
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Indianapolis News: Jock Crooks' troubles arc diagnosed by ball players us a bad case of swelled head. If he has a sore linger, the other members of the team sit up with him. If he sprains a
sary to carry over bunkers 100 yards from the tee. and the hole is guarded by hazards in the shape of a road t.nd uneven ground wl'.h unusually long gras*. The long hole Is the fifth. It is 385 jards from the fourth. The player has lirst to carry over two bunkers with copse about 115 yards from the tee and the approach Is mere or less hazirdous, owing to s >mc low. uneven ground Immediately fronting the green, while to play to the left too far means to be out
of bounds.
It Is 520 yards to the sixth hole, which Is also called the high hole. The only I hazard before the approach are a few trees, easily carried by a player of strength and good judgment. The hole | Is cn the highest lull In the property, and a good tnnshie or Iron approach is |
the one rhing needful.
The road hole Is the seventh and Is 3t>5 yards long. Teeing well up on the hill It is necessary to carry a straight 150 yards ! to be assured of a good lie. A shorter drive means a bulker or a rest in a t swamp. To the left is out of hounds ami ! to the right more hunkers. The road hole I Is also ontlrely protected by bunkers and |
copse.
It Is 270 jards further to the pond hole. A good drive over bunkers brings the ball wltWn an easy Iron over a copse to the hole side. A running ball Is apt to carry
I into the water.
To the end, or short hole, there Is a drive ov er one end of a pond about 1B0 yaids. A short ball Is certain death, [ while a “good punch" carries the ball
ten far.
The player then returns, parallel to the ground just traversed, with similar hazards, tho returning nine holes being on gieens varying from fifty to one hundred yards from those on the outward journey, a sufficient distance to prevent Interfer-
ence.
The exact distance from hole to hole Is as follows:
evening, and they were at the mill all day. 1 do not like to disagree with my brethren, but 1 must dissent from the views so fre*dy expressed In condemning I tho Ten Eycks tin this head. Why a man should not please himself as to the hours when he shall go on the river I am both- 1 ered if I can see a little bit. Besides, if one tuiks of precedent It Is well to call 1 to mind how we all used to regard 'varsity coaches' arrangements to avoid their crews' work being so similar as to afford a direct line, and so destroy interest In the boat race, not to mention making the lot who came out worst on the book a bit out of conceit with themselves. One cannot admire this method—an old established one—and still be down on Ten Eyck or anyone else who follows the precedent. I do not understand why you should tell the opposition more about j yourself than you please, or do anything you .fancy except wilfully deceive people by kidding. Butting aside the question of dodging the dockers, I wonder that we do not have more early morning practice I at Henley. It surely must be a capital I change for men to have a turn before breakfast with the river clear, and then I 'take a sort of holiday away from It till
the evening."
MRS. GEORGE CURZON
BEEN PURIFIED.
HAS
»n English Taper Tells How the American Heiress Has Been Kalseil to a High Standard by Yasorlnttoiis with tlrlttsh Aristocracy.
She was
her beauty, ticeable about was taken in
HIS is the latest picture of Mrs. George Cur z o n, daughter of Mr. Leiter of Chicigo and Washington, whosebrilliant mat - riage in Washington a couple of years ago was so extensively written
about.
always renowned for A curious thing nothls picture, which London, Is that it
has a decidedly English air, and the
Tuizl 11st to. original would he judged to he one Ji k Ever hard of New Orlenns wa* () f Britain's own daughters. The pic-
gi.-'n Ilia decision over - Spider Kelly
after twenty rounds of fighting at San ttire was printed in the Lon inn
built the handsomest mansion in that city of mansions, and the fame of the j Leiter entertainments spread far and 1 wide, for they were princly aTairs. The family took a villa at Newport, ! that exclusive summer watering place i of New York's '400;' but the Letters I were not well received, the charmed inner circle of society being closed to them. Since Miss Leiter's brilliant marriage to Mr. Ctirzon the family lias lived principally abroad, but if they chose now to enter exclusive society of Newport or New York the doors would doubtless lie opened to them. Mr. Leiter has a fortune of $20,000,000, and Mrs. Curzon's dowry was $3,000,000. Mrs. Ctirzon was very carefully educated and is a brilliant and accomplished woman.” StM-iul Condition in IihIIm. To an interviewer in the Humanitarian, Mrs. Steel, the Anglo-Indian novelis, expressed some interesting opinI ions about the social condition of In-
! dia:
"The result of my own personal ob- | servallon is that marriages in India 1 are singularly happy. There are few- | er cases of uukindness and violence
alter twenty rounds or ngniing at nan j """ > ; .i,;,,, i n , his r „ 1 , n t I . v The dnwrv svs-
Franclico. Ev?rharU sustained his rep- Sketch and the uuompanying description is a charming example of stupid- *« a f Pat P'o'- tion to the wife, •ndcscensior and wrong infot- Every bride takes her husband a dow-
1 420 10 2 :t4iiiii n :mo 12 44o 13 6 :WM4 «L fttnilft 7 :tti:> in * 27o 17 !» 100118 Total- C.4K0 yard*, 3.05 miles.
100 27o 375 ft 13 ;mii 413 335 340 420
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The final game of the gentlemen of Bhiladelphia. lost to the Surrey eleven, j left them with a record of two games | won, nine lost and four drawn. The team is entirely knocked out. Five of its mem- i hers are on the sick list, and all admit | that they have work* d too hard and are j heartily tired of it. The English cricketers say that in ar- ! ranging such an ambitious mogramme the gentlemen of Philadelphia overestimated tin ir strength, but they think | tiie visitors should have done much better than to win only two games out of ; fifteen, especially as in many of the matches they have not met a representa- i live English team. At the close of the last game Capt. Patterson said: “Everywhere we have been royally re-
leg in sliding to a base, his fellow players j reived by the crowds, which were largest • i »•». > > x m lit lit t.'ta/i.'T • 11. . i t* u v vi t i »• i t 11 v If ' ... ......... .*..1 ... Sk...l \ \ » >. .....
are prompt to tender their sympathy. If In* makes an error, in* is told that it was not his fault—that no one could get the ball. President Loftus is his willing slave and Manager Tobeau takes off his hat to
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Tndinna polls Sentinel: Not withstand- j ing what others say, it can be said on good authority that “Bill” Phillips will never pitch under “Buck” Ewing. Ewing turned the big fellow down without giv- 1 ing him h fair bhow and Phillips will
never forget 1t.
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Buck Ewing says that a rule should be passed compelling inlleldors to play with- \ out gloves. Ho believes that tlu* safe batting would be increased in conse- '
quence.
Taunton Herald: “Base ball.” said Babbling Bore, “is very much like the law. In either profession steady work at the bar often results in the man being
sent to the bench.”
Boir.
Tlu* national golf championships will be decided this year at I’hicago, says the New York Journal. When the links of
at Manchester and at the Oval. We have ! received the most impartial and - >*>rts- | i manlike treatment throughout, and pu u- ( ; niarily our tour has been most succ'Sjful. ' Our bowling has been good, but though t we have played up to our home form we I have met better bowling lh in wo htve
been accustomed to.
“The English wickets are -dower than ours, but they are better players. We have had bad luck with the wep.her, 1 which quickly put the team on *fie Invalid list. Coates and myself were not able to play in five games; Ralston was
out of four.
“We have learned a lot. We must im- ; prove both our batting and bowling be- | fore we come again, and we do u>t * x- ; pect to come before 18119. Lord Hawke ! : will bring an eleven to the Unit id S.utos ; in September. Most of our boys ate go- I the 1 ing to Paris to-night for a few da? s. ' They will sail for New' York on / ng 7. | Bohlen and myself remain ng he^e until the 28th." i
utation as a rusher. From the sound of the bell for the first round until the gong rang at the end of the twentieth, tho Southron was after his man. While Jack was tho aggressor he had not the cleverness of Hie San Francisco man. Kelly is a long range fighter and while not a hard hitter, is exceedingly clever in eluding rushes ami stopping them with straight lifts. Everhurd was the stronger of the two and in close work may be fairly classed as superior to Kelly. Seven! times Kelly put in some straight left blows which strulgPuied up Jack, but the latter came right on after ei?n clinch an 1 eompell *d Kelly to do some lively
t printing.
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Repre.sentntives of Peter Maher and Tom Slrirkey rret in New York In^t week and made the second deposit of $2,500 of thd $10,009 forfeit for a fight b* twet n the pugilists The offer of /.u-k Abraham, of the Knickerbiek t Athletic Club of j San FrancDco, of $20,000 for the tight to be pulled off in San Francisco, was taken ' up. An answer was returned, saying that ! the offer w mid hi accepted if the condi- ! tions of th-» articles were satisfactory, j In the message, the club expressed tho desire for Oct. 12 as the day of the fight, i but Maher’s manager wants the time ex- I # tended two weeks, as he is anxious for Maher to train at least eight weeks be- | fore the fight. Maher is in Ireland at | present, and may not be back in this country for two or three weeks. Maher’s manag* r insisted also upon the Knickerbocker club putting up a substantial guarantee before the at tides ore signed, and said he would also demand that every dollar cf the purs * be in the hands of tho referee when the men stepped into the ring. There was some talk of a referee, but no decision was reached. It is said on good authority that the Intention is to make the Maher-Sharkey fight a finish battle, end on this account some of those who are on the inside do not think tho contest will be allowed to take place. The manngtrs of fighting clubs at Ran Francisco have agreed to form a league ami i ot confilct with each other in dates and in the size of purses.
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n ation mixod. Tills is what the Env lish journal has to say: "Antons all ihe American women who have become absorbed in Englisi society none has been more stately and
ry, which is a kind of marriage settlcmeut against unkindness, if she is badly treated and Ihtis compelled to go hack to her father's house, the husband has to return her dowry, probably he has spent it, and as it is
SHE KNEW HOW TO CURE.
Hot She l>hicifi. < a.«* Hath.,
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Even noviees iu medicine run to the experimental, as 1 have ofcasion to remember, tells a citizen whose word is never called in question, says (he Detroit Free Press. "I visited nn old aunt of mine this summer, and. while reveling In rural enjoyments I fell out of a cherry tree. I here seemed to be a general jarring and shaking up of the system that 1 thought demanded the attention of a doctor, but aunt prides herself on knowing more than half the men who practice medicine and is committed to the old school of economy. She would bring me round all right. It would lie a shame to send for a high-priced physician Just, to relieve a few bruises. Of course I was sore internally, for that was to be expected. The lirst remedy administered was catnip tea, which 1 look with that rebellious spirit begotten of childhood experiences. Then wild onion poultices were scattered Judiciously over my person. Failure of relief caused my feet to he soaked in hot water and wood ashes, the lye distilled becoming so aggressive that I kicked the bucket over and repudiated the treatment. This was accepted as a premonition of brain fever, and a redhot mustard draught was applied to the buck of my neck. To the same end my head was thoroughly soaked in spring water. I entered a special complaint as to my side and a poultice of grated horseradish was the answer. In response to a demand for some exhilaraut I was given sassafras tea i
MRS. PAGET
CLEOPATRA $2,000,000
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The American Turf congress at its last meeting passed several rules of the greatest importance to the welfare of tho turf in the West, says Spirit of the
the great city in tho \Y.-st were chosen I Times. Th** abolition of the. foreign book for the games some doubt was express* <1 **■ step forwaid In the light path, as to the advisability of transferring the and is bound to have a great moral effect annual competition to a point so remote , upon legislative action in the future, in from New York city. It was truthfully this action of the turf congress i*naverred that the national golf organiza- tirely clears the atmosphere in Illinois, lion was young, made up mostly of East- an( l may be said to insure the passage
ern clubs, and that it would be rather a wet blanket on the game if, in tin; see- I ond year of a national organization, the I national events should be only meagerly , attended by players. From tiie best information that can lx* gained at present there is little doubt that the East will lx* represented at Chicago by some of the beet players In this section. If that proves to be the ease, all doubts as to the sureess of the games will be removed, because a national competition in whicii only one section of a country was represented could hardly be said to live up to its name. The national championships will be played for over the links of the Chicago Golf club, which are situated at Wheaton, on 200 acres of land, about twenty-four mil's west of Chicago. The land lies on the watershed between the Mississippi valley and is so well diversified as to answer admirably for links. Tin* turf is excellent, as a great portion of the an-a has been used for grazing purposes. The club house is, in its way. a “gem.' Remodeled and with many additions, tin* old brick farm house that stood on the place has been put in admirable condition for the use of the members. Every convenience needed in a country club iias been provided, and so attractive has the house been made that it Is no wonder th** members of the club are willing to desert Chicago at all seasons for a brief outing on the Wheaton hills. From the broad verandas encircling the house there is a splendid view of th<surrounding country, disclosing long vistas between the deciduous trees indigenous to the soil, wide expanses oi fertile farming land and the well kept homes of the thrifty farmers who have tilled the soil in th** immediate vicinity to their great personal advantage. Much labor has been put to practical use on the links since it was decided that the championship would be played over this course, and it is the boast of the members that no set of greens in the Fnited States will be superior to those of the Chicago Golf club when the national championships are played. The hazards are well placed, and teeing grounds, properly chosen, are strewn through a green where the holes dot the course at distances calculated to tax a golfer's skill with every stick that he
owns.
The record of the link* in n cdal play competition is 85 Last ye ir the cours was twice holed out in 82, though not in medal play. Four hand re 1 and twenty yards to the southeast of the teeing ground is the first hole, it Is over a vail *v and protected by a bunker forty yards in advance. One must drive, first off. over a drainage ditch running across the course 130 yards
away.
For the second hole the golfer turns southward t«> ths loft of tin* course* a long, straight drive carrying the ball over a bunker and copse stretching across the course. A spring keeps the bunker partially filled with water. A good second carries the bail to the green, a distance of 340 yards from the first hols
be said to insure the
of reasonable racing bill in that stale at the next session of the* legislature*. The other important enactments of He rongre.^s were the enactment of a rule to regulate the size and value of pu-vs it race courses, grading the value tn t<ceordunce with the population of the nearby cities, and thus to elevate the jport. and the passage of a resolution wh 5 eh will put a stop, to a large* extent, to the practice of ruled-off and “outlaw” jockeys riding at reputable race courses under injunction proceedings. The “outlaw” subject was dealt a more severe blow by the congress in its refusal to permit the get of horses and the produce e f .
mares which are outlawed or ruled off the | ‘hdn t need her now,
turf to race on courses under the juris- |
diction of the turf congress.
All of these* acts will prove most beneficial to the* Western turf, though \< r the moment, they may entail slight fin inHal losses. In the end they will elev ito the tone and character of the sport in the West, and greatly increase its popularity. The American Turf congress deserves the greatest credit for the stand it has taken for the betterment of ♦he turf, and will receive the support of all that have its best interests at heart both In the West and in the East. Two vital subjects, however. remain to be *Lalt with by the congress, the assignment of racing dates and the congress, the as racing dates and the appointment of officials, but these are matters that can 1c better treated during the coming winter.
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John R. Gentry and Robert J. are evidently suffering from too much black and gold. Gay tents and trappings will draw for a time, but after it becomes known that the yellow has closed in cn the horses, as It apparently has already done on the champions, the attraction must lose its drawing power, says the Northwestern Horseman. In their present condition. Gentry and Robert J. would not get any part of the money with the second rate side wheelers, let .••lone win laurels from Pointer or Patch »n. Rowing. Young Ten Eyck, who returned to America last week, says that the unfavorable criticism directed toward him was by no means unanimous. That all the authorities were not against him is shown by the following comment by the writer of “Sporty Nations” in the London
Referee:
“l cannot quite see just cause for censuring the Ten Eycks, father and son, because they brought off a trial at HenIcy at an unusually early hour. Of course, if the bit of sculling was primarily arranged with a view to 'dodging’ it is against the spirit of amateurism. But really there seems to me very much to be said in favor of tho proceeding for anyone desirous of getting to know what he or his man Is able to do over the regatta course. You can be pretty certain before tho day is aired of getting a straight run from end to end as you would expect on the racing days, and that is a good deal more than is generally , to be had during ordinary practice hours.
811E GOT \ JOII. \ Modern Rovniinee Founded on Several Filets of Iteeent Occurrence. She was as beautiful as a dream and as fresh as the dawn. But Horatio Everingham was not in a gen“il mood. He had arisen with a headache, and everything had seem** 1 to go wrong at the s.tcre that morning. Only five minutes before the sweet >oung woman entered one of the firm’s old* st customers had left in anger, and declared that be would in future buy all his goods from a rival house. “Well,” said tho old gentleman r.s she stood will - downcast eyes before him, “I suppose you’ve call**! in answer to my auvertisement for a typewriter, have
you?”
’’Yes, sir;” she demurely replied*. “I've already engaged one,” he went on. “Sorry you didn't get here a little earlier. The fact is 1 hired the first applicant that came, for I concluded that a person who would not got here early enough to heat the oth *rs who might want tho place wouldn’t b** dkely to be very prompt in getting around if 1 were
to employ her.’’
“I should have been here earlier,” she said, “if 1 had not first gone to s**c Mr. Bullion, tho binkor. He also advertised for a typewriter. I am sorry now that I didn't come here first. Then I should 1 robably have beaten all the others.” While she had talked Hciatio Evcring1mm had taken his first good look at her, and he. too, was s >rry that she had gone to see Bullion first. But there was no use regretting whit had been done. He
so there was noth-
ing to do but let her go. He arose to show her out of th** private office, but
she hesitated.
“You don’t think you'd need two typewriters, do you?” 4he said, at last. “No,” the merchant prince replied rather impatiently. “One can do the work very easily. Good morning.” “Well, then.” she iri rmund, half to j herself. “I suppose l shall have to accept '
Mr. Bullion's offer. J in sorry, for I'd i erica,
rather work here.’’
“What!” exclaimed Mr. Evrrlngham. “you're going to work for Bullion?” “Yes. I told him I’d come back if you
didn’t want me.”
“Stay here, my girl, stay here,” said the old gentleman, while beads of cold sweat stood out upon bis brow. “I’ll make room for you some way. Great Caesar, wfiiat a narrow escape! Why, all my money is in Bullion’s bank!”
handsome than Mrs. Goorge N. Curzon.
who was Miss Mary Victoria Letter of ! not often convenient for him to rei'uml Chicago and Washington. Like many j the money, he takes care to treat his Americans of wealth, her people were wife well. 1 think that a similar sys-
of humble origin. Mr. Z. Leiter, Mrs. teni here would lie a good thing." Mrs. i was disposed to insist on brandy, but Curzon’s father, began at the very hot- Steel thinks the British rule is de this was another brain-fever symptom, tom of the ladder, as they say in Am- stroying the primitive ideal, which and more spring water was called Into
, requisition. At length I surreptitious i ly hired a neighbor to go for a repnt-
GEMS. able physician." “Did he effect a cure?”
"Oh, yes. I had a broken rib."
VAGARIES OF GENIUS,
Macaulay Liked to Sttntnh the Win©
<. Iuuhcii.
Macaulay, the historian, always used to cat his Sunday dinner alone and a: i a restaurant. When he had finished, ; he generally built up a pyramid of I wine-glasses, which he delighted to see topple over, says tin exchange When he left the restaurant he used i to pay liberally for the broken glass as well as for the dinner. Cowper, I the poet, was a great had for pets. At one time he possessed a squirrel, a eat, I two dogs, several canary birds, a stnri- ! ing. a jay, a magpie, two guinea pigs, three hares and five rabbits. When | ever the soldierly duke of Bpernay saw a hare it nStde him sick, and once he kept his bed for a week after one of these little animals touched him It is said that Rembrandt, the great artist, loved his pet. monkey next to money; that he shed tears when the creature died and painted a portrait of it from memory. Tradition lias it that Philip, the duke of Burgundy, devoted lunch of his lime to contriving trap doors in his house and grounds for tho purpose of sousing unwary strangers in water holes underneath them. Car dinal Richelieu loved cats as much a» he hated children. When he died his favorite Angora cat refused to eat and soon died also. When traveling, Handel, the composer, used to order din ner for three, if very hungry for fivo and then eat the whole himself. Pigs were the favorite pets of Harris, the poet. He used to teach them to follow hint about and one of unusual Intolh genco he taught to drink beer out ot .1
mug.
Blazing as every woman did with
superb jewels nt the fancy-dress ball of
the Duchess of Devonshire, each titled
dame having decked herself with all of the family diamonds for this unique
occasion, there was one woman and
an American at that who outshone them all. She was Mrs. Arthur Paget, daughter of the late Mrs. Paran Stevens, whose husband was the former boniface of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Site appeared at the ball dressed as Cleopatra. Her adornments made a 'sensation. She was literally clothed in diamonds and other jewels. It is pretty well known in London that the vast
and by persistence and hard
! w( rk won his way to wealth and posiI tiou. He was at first a salesman ir j one of the large dry goods shops of j Chicago, and sold ribbons and calico
A Mcc|i Imliiccr. Boston Transcript: Hicks— Did you hear about Mu« kiln? They called the Rev. Mr. Dulley to his bedside last ever ing. Wicks—You don't t <ur. to say ho is in a dying condition? Hicks—Oh, no; only a bad ease of in-
somnia.
In the Far Y< nro. New Ycrk Press: Shady Sides Lady, I wasn't always a tramp like you see ma
now.
Kind Lady—How strange to think you were once a baty! Moral Courage, Indianapolis Journal: Weary Watkins —Say, what is ncral courage, anyway? Hungry Higgins—l heard a preacher soy It w is the power to say "no." Weary Watkins—When you're asked to drink, or to work?
majority of the gems which she wore were merely borrowed for the night from a well known jeweler in Bond street. She blazed from head to foot with diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds, all of them of great size, and it was generally admitted that in all the modern history of London society no woman had ever succeeded in decking herself with so immense a quantity of gems and of such colossal value. Indeed, Mrs. Paget is asserted on that night to have worn stones worth about two million dollars, and, it is alleged, she was kept under the surveillance of detectives the entire night. makes no distinction between rich and I oor. “Our standard of civilization is personal comfort luxury, a thing absolutely unknown in native India. There is scarcely any difference in the mode of living between the rich and the poor. If you go into the house of a rajah there is the same hare floor and only a simple platter to eat from, such as is seen in the home of the poorest. To put it crudely, there will probably not he even the luxury of a wash basin and towel, for the rich man, like his poor brother, washes in the open and dries in the sun. Such is the extreme simplicity of life that wealth is still buried in India, a man may spend it on jewels for his wife, but not on pleasure or personal comfort. This simple life, which fostered no distinctions of class, had been preserved for three thousand years by Indian civilization, but ours will destroy it in fifty years.”
A Klonilyke I.iillnhr. Cleveland Plain Dealer:
By-a-baby-bunting,
Snuggled from the cold; Mamma's a grass widow now Since papa went for gold.
The Literary Market. Cincinnati Enquirer: "Little bey. sold the kind gentleman, "I hope you do not read there peri.kicus dln.e novets?” "Naw," cutd the little boy. "not w en I kin git bully good stories fer a nickel
aolecs."
THE HON. MRS. CURZON. j and hosiery. He was trustworthy, | honest, and of a saving disposition, and he was promoted by his firm from one position (*o another, and finally was admitted as a partner. His j shrewdness and keen business instincts I led him to fruitful investments, and he became head of the firm of Leiter, Field & Co., the largest dry goods shop in the United States at that time. It is now Field. Marshall & Co., Mr. j Leiter having withdrawn from trade. ' The family moved to Washington and
The Carrion Flower. The carrion uower is used in diminishing the number of insect plagues. This curious flower is a native of South Africa. It gives out an odor that resembles decaying animal matter, and beguiles flies to lay their eggs upon it. The larvae, when hatched, find out their parents’ mistake to their float and perish in large numbers.
The number of sheep in the world
HOW ABOUT YOUR CHIN? Drunkards usually have a clrtulut line about their chins. Square chins, with little flesh, denote firmness and good executive ability. The owners make good haters. Broad chins signify nobleness and large dignity, unless vertically thin, when if thin, bloodless lips go with them you will find cruelty. The chin, taken in connection with the rest of the face, is almost as good an index of character as is the thumb Slovens have wrinkles around iheir chins. Owners of long, thin chins are poetical, unstable and delicate in constitution. If thin about the angles of the mouth the owner is liable to tuberculosis and is generally short lived. Protruding chins characterize men and women of the get-there type. Sm (.essfttl people usually carry iheir chins thrust forward, with compressed lips. If this style of chin is heavy and swelling it denotes fighting blood. A retreating chin shows lack of force mentally, morally and physically; the owner is of the yielding kind, soon discouraged, needs protection and has small executive force. The development of other facilities usually makes up for this lack. Medium chins, with a suggestive bifurcation in the center on the order of a dimple, with small mounds of flesh on either side, characterize generosity, Impulsiveness and a cheery nature. Tho same size chins, with a dab of flesh under the center of the lower lip, Imlhate meanness, selfishness and brutality. A small, well rounded chin indicates a pleasure loving nature, and if dimpled, all the more so, for dimpled chins belong to coquettes. People with dimples love to be pelted and liked, and are fond of admiration and praise. They are generally fickle. Usually the oowuer of this chin is healthy, recuperative and long lived.
The difference between a planet and
Is estimated to amount to 550,000,000. a s t* r i 8 this: A star shines by ite own Of this number, between one-third and light; a planet by light reflected from
one-half are believed tn b« Merinos, j another body.