Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1895 — Page 10

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUBKAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, i895.

struggling' for liberty the musical animal landed across the rair on his belly, with one of the wideawake niffht birds touslne at his hide violently on either

Bide of the fence. The owls were a dead match in both size and strength. and. they seesawed the tomcat across the rail until he yowled and spit and sputtered in a way that showed he was sorry he hadn't stayed at home. AH the dogs and cats on the premises flocked out to witness the interesting midnight spectacle, their voices mingling with the frightful : cries of the tomcat. The energetic owls paid no attention- to the noisy four-footed spectators, but continued to beat the air and to keep the cat in limbo on the rail. After a while the cat reached the rail with his hind claws, and he kicked so hard for dear, life then that the owl at his head yanked him and the other owl over the fence. They all tumbled into the snow, where for a short time the desperate cat made the feathers fly. The vigorous forest birds didn't let ud on the cat a particle, though, and they kept twisting, and tugging, and tearing his hide till he was completely played out. Then ; the owls, with their heads pointed in the same direction, clutched the cat at opposite ends, bore him skyward and sailed away to .the woods with him. one in front of the other. THE OWL AND TUB MUSKRAT. Cyrus Goodell, of Panther Creek, saw aa'owl nab a muskrat at dusk the other day. It failed to get a good claw hold and. the muskrat fought so fiercely : that the bird was unable to get away with it. The cries of the little animal brought the whole colony of muskrats from their huts on. the double quick, and they pitched into the owl and tried to rescue their relative. The murderous bird clung to the captive and flung the rescuers off with its wings. They renewed the attack and soon made it so hot for the owl that it released its prey and attempted to rise. The maddened animals held it down, and it flapped, and clawed, and bit right and left. Presently two more owls flew to the spot. Each bird captured a muskrat and sailed into the timber with it. The fighting owl kept up the warfare and was getting the better of the plucky muskrats when two minks popped from underneath a root and set their claws and teeth into the owl under its wings. The , muskrats scooted into their huts at sight of the minks and the owl flopped and tumbled on the Ice in a vain effort to rid itself of the sleek little bloodsuckers. Before long the owl weakened, and the minks cut its throat, sucked their fill and left it dead near the muskrat it had killed. A worthless little cur belonging to 'Ambrose Decker, of Cranberry Creek, ran foul of an ugly owl one day this winter. Mr. Decker heard the dog yelping furiously down by the creek soon after dinner, but thought nothing of it until nearly 4 o'clock, when he hitched up to drive to the district schoolhouse for the children. The cur didn't show up, and, as it had been in the habit of running in front of the team to and from the schoolhouse all winter, Mr. Decker strode down to the creek to see if he could get track of it. A large horned owl had got one of its feet in a steel mink trap that belonged to a neighboring trapper, and the inquisitive cur had evidently tackled the unlucky bird when Mr. Decker heard it howling. The dog had approached too near the cross bird and the owl had clutched the curious little barker by the mouth and under jaw with its powerful free claw and kept it clinched till tae cur's wind was shut off. The playful pup was frozen stiff and the owl still had it by the nose. A handsome speckled owl took up its abode in Henry J. Clark's bann on North mountain early in the winter. The barn . was alive with rats, and Mr. Clark took pains to make the bird feel at home. The owl caught two or three rats each day, doing the work so quietly that the rest of the pests didn't become alarmed. "Within a fortnight the owl got wonted to the place and wouldn't permit the cats to hunt in the barn. At first the cats objected to being driven out by the strange bird, but they fought shy of the building after the owl had made scars in their hides with its sharp talons. At dusk not long ago another owl flitted into the barn while Mr. Clark was doing his chores and alighted on the big beam as if it had decided to settle down there , until spring. On a scaffold over the threshing floor the solitary winged occupant of the building was roosting at the time. On spying the inoffensive stranger the owl flew over to it. muttered for a moment and then sat down and faced it. The new comer mumbled something back and the resident owl instantly gave it a cuff and knocked it off the beam. It flew up again and the home owl beat it off and drove it to the floor. There they jawed each other for a spell, and the stranger arose and perched on the purline plate. At that the resident owl became wild. It hustled the newcomer around the barn, got it down on the hay mow and finally tore out its crop and killed it. THE "RUSTIC A." An Eastern Purist I Filled with Orilioentc Dignt. New York Independent. Slight corruptions are continually taking place in our spoken language, and need to be guarded against. Among the vulgarisms of pronunciation which are creeping in and gaining ground is the eo-called "fiat." or "rustic" sound of a in words where either the "Italian a" or the "intermediate a" is the proper sound. To a person who ha9 been absent from the country a few years the growing prevalence of this mispronunciation and even among some cultivated personsis very striking. Formerly one m'Kht have expected to hear a farmer's "hired man" say that "the butcher"ll come for the calf at half-past four this afternoon;" but now one may hear refined ladies talk of a tea at . "half -past four in the afternoon." Chance and dance pronounced to rhyme with manse, faster with aster, father with rather, command with and, plant with pant, and even banana with Anna, are a few other specimens among the many which might be given of the faulty pronunciation spoken of. It sometimes seems as if our long "Italian a" (ah) were to be driven out of the language, to our great loss. It is a sound easily uttered, being one of the first spoken by a child; it is one of the most musical we have In English; it is one whose frequency in the continental languages their euphoniousnessv largely depends. What a pity, therefore, not to foster it in our own tongue. The "intermediate a" (or shortened Italian a), which may be roughly described as being part way between ah and short u (as in up), fares as baaly as the "Italian a," and is often uttered in the same quacking, rustic manner. Sometimes, however, both are spoken with a drawl which makes, e. . g.,; . words like bath and path have the same vowel sound as bear and pair. Thi3 is still worse than the simple, flat a. But perhaps the climax of . this faulty utterance is reached when the "rustic a" is given to words -where the diphthong au has the sound of ah, as in aunt, laugh, draught, etc. IB would be more excusable if the mistake were made of giving the diphthong its most frequetit sound of "broad a," as in haul, daughter, etc. ; : ' ' One careful mother, who wishes her children to shun the fault here noticed, has been : in the habit of having them pronounce every, morning at the breakfast table a list of words in which the error is likely to be made. It would he well if others followed her example. The vulgarIsm is one which should be studiously avoided by every one who wishes to speak correctly and elegantly. Sealskin Poor. , New York Evening Sun. . Very many of the women that you meet nowaday are what may, be called "sealskinpoor." That Is. they've put their last rent, into the handsome fur garments on their backs and fire therefore actually unable to afford the lighter weight wrap so often needed in our all-sorts-of-weather climate. The "sealskin poor" woman is in especial evidence at this time of the year. She may b seen in the Ehopf,on the streets and at the playhouses, sweltering uncomfortably In the costly cloakthat keeps her from indulging in a more convenient wrap, but which 'she's afraid to discard whHe winter silJl keeps up it oil trick of Unserlng in the lap of spring. It would thus appear that in order to possess a fealskin sic and be comfortable or -?rnut have the money not only to buy It, Ait several lighter-weight alternatives as ell. - - . - At ion way. air -your watch and keep 1t In r fr ce yesr for U c. KIKJ, :tn--i t'Tzii,

THE LEAGUE'S RECORD

ITS 31 ANY CHANGES SINCE OltGAXI- . ZATION IX 1S70. A Bloomer Clnb Has Been Organized : by Young- Women No ten of General Sporting; Events. Nov that 'the bicycle' season has fully opened it will be of interest to know records of the best time made on a wheel. The fastest mile ever ridden was made by J., S. Johnson,, of Minneapolis, over a straightaway course, the Tonawanda . boulevard, Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 23. 1S91. The course was a level, ordinary brick pavement. The time by quarters ; was: one-quarter mile, J21 2-5; one-half mile, :46 2-5; three quarters of a mile, 1:11 4-5; mile, 1:33 2-5. Johnson had pacemakers, and, although the time was unofficial, it has never been questioned. He was timed by several men and .the time of all was the same. It is not accepted as a record because it was not run for a record under I A. W. saction. He beat the fastest mile made by a running horse, which was made by Salvator, at Monmouth Park, on a straight course, Aug. 28, 1830, In 1:35. Following are the best records: . Standing Start. One-quarter Mile :28, ; J. S. Johnson, Independence, la., Oct. 31,' 1893. One-third Mile :39, J. S. Johnson, Chillicothe, O., Nov. 6, 1834. One-half Mile :55 1-5, J. S. Johnson, Chillicothe, O., Nov. 6, 1894. Two-thirds Mile 1:18 1-5, J. S. Johnson. Louisville, Nov. 23, 1834. ' - Three-quarters Mile 1:25, J. S. Johnson, Louisville, Nov. 23, 1834. One Mile 1:52 1-5, J. S. Johnson, Louisville. Nov. 21, 1894. Two Miles 1:01, J. S. Johnson, Louisville, Ky Nov. 17v 1894. Three Miles 6:09, J. S. 'Johnson," Louisville, Ky., Nov. 17. 1894. Four Miles 8:16 1-5, J. S. Johnson, Louisville, Ky.; Nov. 17, 1894. Five Miles 10:22 3-5. J. S. Johnson, Louisville, Ky., Nov. 17, 1894. Ten Miles 22:45, F. J. Titus, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 13, 1894. Fifteen miles 34:10 3-5, F, J. Titus, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 13, 1894. Twenty miles 45 :08 3-5, F. J. Titus, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 13, 1894. Twenty-five miles 56:04; F. J. Titus, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 13, 1894. Thirty miles 1:17:56 1-5; L. S. Meintjes, Chicago, Aug. 13, 1893. Forty miles 1:44:114-5, L. S. Meintjes, Chicago, Aug. 13, 1893. Fifty miles 2:11:06 4-5, L. S. Meintjes, Chicago, Aug. 13, 1893. Seventy-five miles 3:21:37 4-5, A. J. Harding, St. Louis, Oct. 24, 1894. One hundred miles 4:37:56 4-5, A. J. Harding, St. Louis, Oct. 24, 1894. Two hundred! miles 11:45:25, Louis Girum, Cleveland, Oct. 15, 1894. Three hundred miles 18:23:50, Louis Girum, Cleveland, Oct. 15, 1894. ' Flying Start. One-quarter mile :23, J.'S. Johnson, Chillicothe, O., Nov. 5, 1894. One-third mile :32 2-3, S. J. Johnson, Chillicothe, O., Nov. 2, 1894.. One-half mile :55 2-5, J. S. Johnson Chillicothe, O., Nov. 2,-1894. Two-thirds mile-l:ll 4-5, J. S. Johnson, Waltham, Mass., Sept. 21. 1894. Three-quarters mile 1:21, J. S. Johnson, Louisville, Ky.. Nov. 23, 1894. One mile 1:47 3-5. J. S. Johnson. Louis ville, Ky., Nov. . 21, 1894. Time Record. One hour 26 miles, 1,489 yards, F. J. Titus. Springfield. Mass.. Sent. 13. 1894. Two hours 45 miles, 1,530 yards, L. S. Meintjes, Chicago, Aug. 13, 1893. Six hours 103 miles, 770 yards, F. Ed Spooner, Chicago, July 9, 1892. Twelve hours 203 miles, 440 yards, F. Ed Spooner, Chicago, July 9, 1892. nagnteen hours 292 miles. ' 440 vards. F. Ed Spooner, Chicago, - July 9, 1892. Twenty-rour nours 381 mues. 1.748 vards B. WV Twyman, Louisville, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 1894. NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD. Condensed History of, the League Membership and Gamed Each Year. The beginning of : the baseball season in April will mark the beginning of the twen tieth year of the National League. Since the organization of the League, in 1876, twenty-four cities have held its franchises, but only ' two Boston and Chicago have been continuously represented. In -1876 the League consisted of eight clubs. They were located at Hartford, Chicago, St. Louis, Boston, Louisville, Cincinnati, New York and Philadelphia. Only 257 games were played by all the clubs," Chicago coming out In the lead. ' In 1877 the League was reduced to six teams, Philadelphia and New York having dropped out, and only four of the six played out their scheduled series. That year 120 games were played, with Boston as winner. , In 1878 Indianapolis gained a place In the League, taking the place -of Louisville. Providence took the place of.IIartford and Milwaukee dropped into the place formerly held by St. Louis, still continuing a sixclub League. Boston again won ; the pennant. The number of games was increased to 180. " In 1879 it was decided to increase the number of clubs to eight and Troy and Syracuse, N. Y., secured the new franchises. Milwaukee and Indianapolis dropped out and were succeeded by Buffalo and Cleveland. Providence after a 'hard-fought battle succeeded in winning tne pennant, with B is. ton a close second and Chicago third. The games played that year were 288. Syracuse found that it was in too fast company and dropped out in 18S0, and Worcester, Mass., came in for a stay of three years. Chicago secured the banner that year with Providence second and Cleveland third. The games increased to 332. Only one change in the League membership was made in 1881, Detroit taking: the place of Cincinnati, which was compelled to drop out on account of poor support. Again Chicago carried off the honors with Providence second and Buffalo third. Two more games .were played man the year before, the number reaching 334. The leading clubs m 1882 were the same as in the year before with the same number of games. There were no changes in the membership of th& League. . New York and Philadelphia, who had been out six years, came into the League again in 1883, Troy and Worcester dropping out to make room for them. Boston came to the front again and secured the pennant. Chicago and Providence finished second and third. The number of games played was 290. The next year-saw no changes in the clubs. Providence beat Boston by a- mere scratch, and Buffalo was third. - Cleveland succumbed to St. Louis in 1SS5. St. Louis had very poor support, and finished last, while the pennant went to Chicago again. New York and Philadelphia were second : and third. That season 442 games were played. Providence and Buffalo gave up the struggle in 1886, and Washington and Kansas City took their places. Anson's colts captured the flag, with Detroit second and New York third. The games were 480. Indianapolis knocked at the door of the League successfully in 1887 and succeeded Kansas City. Pittsburg, which was then a member of the American Association, exchanged places with St. Louis. Detroit came to the front and carried off the pennant, while Philadelpnia took the highest rank It has ever had second place with Chicago third. Twelve games were added to the schedule that year, making the total 492. In 18S8 532 games were played. New York for the first time took the pennant, -with Chicago and Philadelphia second and third. There was no change, in the League membership. Detroit dropped out and Cleveland returned in 1889. New York for the last time won the flag, defeating Boston by a very , small margin. Chicago. was third. The number of games dropped to 518. Indianapolis tired of the game, and In company with. W a snington dropped out In 1890. Brooklyn, and Cincinnati filled the gap. Brooklyn did what was most remarkable. Coming in as a. new, club it won the pennant with hardly a struegle, with Chicago secona and piuiadelphia third. Five hundred and thirty-one games were played. In 18J1 545 games were played, with Boston as the pennant winner, Chicago and New York finishing as named The next year witnessed the consolidation " of the- National league and the American Association, making a twelve-club league. The consolidation brought in St. V Louts. Washington, Louisville and Baltimore, all but the last having been members bf the League at some time previously. The double season plan was tried, but it proved a failure. Boston won in the first division and Cleveland in the second. In playing for the pennant Boston had little trouble to win. Brooklyn finished third. The number of games was 903. Since the consolidation there have been no cnangea in the League membership. In 18S3 there were 874 games played, the clubs finishing after a hard etrurzl with Boston In the frt plici f"3

Pittsburg and Cleveland holding second and - third places,- respectively. .Last year 8SS games were played. Baltimore made a hard fight against New-York and carried off the pennant, with Boston third. The following table shows the pennant wlnnere since the organization of the League, with the number of clubs in the League, the games won and lost and the percentages: . Winners. No. of Winners' Year. Club. Clubs. Won. Lost. P. C. 1876 Chicago ........... 8 52 14 .783 1877 Boston 6 21 17 .648 1878 Boston 6 41 19 .707 1879 Providence ... 8 55 23 .705 1880 Chicago 67 17 .798 1881 Chicago 8 66 28 .667

1832 Chicago 8 65. 29 .655 1883 Boston : 8 63 35 .643 1884 Providence 8 84 28 .650 1885 Chicago 8 87 25 .776 im Chicago .......... 8 90 34 .725 1887 Detroit .. 8 79 45 .637 J8SS New York 8 84 47 .641 1889 New York 8 83 43 .669 1890 Brooklyn 8 86 43, .667 1891 Boston 8 87 61 .630 1892 Boston ...12 103 48 1833 Boston 12 SS 44 .662 1894 Baltimore 12 89 39 .695 The table below. shows the record of each club that has been a member of the League. the number of years it was represented, and tne positions in whica it finished: . SP H 28? KWMJ CLUBS. b Chicago Boston ........ New York..... Philadelphia . Cleveland .... Cincinantl .... Pittsburg Providence . Detroit Washington .. St. Louis ..... Buffalo Brooklyn Louisville . . . . Indianapolis . Troy Baltimore .... Worcester .... Hartford Syracuse Milwaukee ... Kansas City .. .19 6 4 .19 6 3 .13 2 2 .13 0 1 .12 0 1 .10 0 1 .801 .823 .811 .700 .700 .700 .610 .501 .4 00 .400 .310 .300 .20 1 .10 0 .10 0 .100 3 2 1 13 4 2 2 2 3 6 0 2 12 0111000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 10 000 3 3 0 0-000 1221000 0 1 00 2 1 3 12 0 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 110 000 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 13 0 111 0 10 2 10 200000 101 001 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 11 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0020000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0100000 0 0 00 00 0 YOUIfG WOMEN'S BLOOMER CLUB. Twenty-Five Daring One Will Soon Wear the New Coslnmcs. A club of about twenty-five young ladies has been organized for the purpose of in troducing the new bicycle costumes. There is no restriction to any certain costume, but each one must procure one of four kinds knickerbockers, bloomers, Turkish and di vided skirts. The club was organized several weeks ago and each member agreed to se cure the costume she decided to adopt and be ready to appear on the streets, at the call of the president, in the new dress. It is Known mat about nair or tne laaies ordered bloomers. The others were divided among the other costumes, and it is be lieved' that one or two of them have se cured the knickerbockers. The appearance. last Thursday night, or- a young laay in KnicKerbocKers has been received with pleasure by all lovers of the wheel and has demonstrated the fact that those wno adopt sensible costumes for bicycle riding will not be looked upon with scorn and classed among those known as mannish women. The line weather of last v.cek was en couraging to bicycle riders. The streets were thronged with riders every afternoon and evening. The new riders seemed to be nearly as numerous as the old ones. The attendance at the three riding schools seems to indicate that there will be more novices in a short time than experienced riders. Hearsey's riding school was honored last week by the attendance of General Har rison, who came down town one morning with Mrs. McKee and Baby McKee towatch his grandchild take a lesson in the art of riding a wheel. At tne other schools the attendance is equally as good, and the interest manifested shows the prospects for the summer. To-day a number of parties will leave the city for short runs. One will go to Noblesville, one to Greenfeld, and probably one to Franklin, while two or three parties will go to Broad Ripple, besides many who will go in twos and threes. Broad Ripple Is becoming the favorite place for riders who don't feel able to take the longer trips. Since the place has been connected with the city by electric cars many parties are contemplating the trip, some of them by car and joining their friends, who follow or precede them on wheels. , General Sporting Notes. President Freedman has purchased Buck E wing's fifteen shares of stock in the New York club. Raven, blk, m., 2:11V, was sold to Samuel Noble, of Pittsburg, Thursday for $3,025 at Pittsburg. Harry Briant, of Portland, Ind., was whipped in ten rounds by W. Burden, of Greenville, O., at Decatur, Ind. Jockey Robert . Shealy, who was ruled off at Hawthorne track two years ago for pulling a horse, has been reinstated. ' The Bostons are already playing some remarkable fielding games in the South. One or two errors a game seems to be the limit. The Michigan baseball league is composed of the following towns: Kalamazoo. Owoson, Adrian, Monroe, Battle Creek and ; Lansing. : ' The Seaside Athletic Club will offer a purse and allow expenses for Harry Nickless, of England, to come over and fight Joe Walcott in May. - Zimmerman , has accepted Houben's challenge for a race for $5,000, to be run in Paris. He will go in training about the middle of April and sail a month later for Europe. The polo grounds are in good, shape for ball playing considering the recent unfavorable weather, and Superintendent Bell says they will be ready for the players when the team arrives next week. Uncle Anson, made three home runs In one game at Galveston the other day, and the harsh Chicago critics promptly said that the feat was accomplished in each instance on three strikes and a lost ball. Meadows, a five-year-old gelding by the Jacobite-Susie Fuller, lowered the record for four and a half furlongs, held by Toano and Geraldine, from :54 to :53 at Alexander's Island, Washington, D. C, last Thursday. It is among the probabilities that the L. A. W. will institute legal proceedings against the owners of one of the toll pikes in this State to test the right of the toll road companies to collect the present high tolls from bicycle riders. In order to encourage long distance riding the Manhattan Bicycle Club, of New York, has offered medals to all members who ride 2,500 miles or more this season, and a special medal will be awarded to the one who makes the largest mileage. Con Doyle was too ill to go on for his set-to with the "St. Joe Kid" Thursday, but Paddy Norton took his place and held fairly even in four rounds. Lon Agnew and George Fitzgerald sparred cleverly, and Ed Shepard and the Louisiana Rosebud slugged each otner for four a-ounds. The Western baseball club does not propose to have the Brlarbooke Hunt Club the only anglicized affair in town: The Westerns have changed their name to -"The Herancourts" and will play the Indianapolis League team April 3. W. C. Sheets is the manager. It is now almost a settled fact that Johnson will turn professional and sail for Europe in a few days. He is now on the fence, so to speak. The best Information obtainable is that he will go to Europe and has made a proposition to Stearns; but his going does not depend upon the acceptance of his offer for he has an option from the manufacturers of the Boston Humber, which he can fall back upon. The sporting men of the East have decided to give John L. Sullivan a rousing benefit In the near future, and strenuous efforts nre being made to have Corbett and Maher, the Irish champion, wind up in a four-round bout on their merits. Maher has accepted, and says : "I would only be too glad to meet Corbett for four or six rounds strictly on our merits." Corbett is yet to be heard from. The Coroner of the District of Columbia held an inquest Wednesday over George D. Bahen, of Georgetown University football team, who died from injuries received In the Thanksgiving day game with the Columbia Athletic Club. The jury's verdict was that Bahen came to his death from foul play, for which it was unable to fix the responsibility. The testimony was that the playing was most brutaL - A. B. Spreckels has backed his horse Gallant for $200 at 100 to 1 with O'Neill & Eckert in each of the Chicago Derbys and filled both books. Mr,, Flelschmann has bet $100 in each Derby on his horse Tobin and filled the books on him. Other important bets taken are $3. COO against $300 on Lissak and $7,500 against $250 on Handsome in the Hawthorne Derby, and $100 bets at 100 to 1 on Monaco the Potsdam in each. The twelve clubs in the National League have etgned a total cf 223 players, as follows: New York, sixteen; Brooklyn, twenty; Boston, twenty; Baltimore, seventeen; Philadelphia, twenty; Washington, nineteen; Pittsburg,, nineteen; Cleveland, fifteen; Chicago, eighteen; Cincinnati, twenty; St. IjOuIs. eighteen; Louisville, twenty-one. Of C:s tztai nurcber seventy era ritcber. J

ton, Philadelphia and St. Louis have seven apiece, and the others manage to get along with five and six. Dick Burge appears to be In no hurry to negotiate a match with either Joe Walcott Of Tommy Rvm. Kanh rf fh latter- haa

j deposited $500 forfeit to bind a match, and uaoie was sent to the sporting Life. London, at the request of Tom O'Jtourke, asking for a definite reply regarding Burge's intentions. Walcott is going to England in May. and wants to ficht in Auejst. Rvan j agrees to Burge's stipulations that the fight Biiau. ua in govern Der, ana is not particular whether It takes place in England or AmerTrThe withdrawal of Wt B. Fasig and Ed Hedges from the. Tattersalls in New York. by Tattersall's, has occasioned quite a stir t" , "I! fi ' ana ,l 13 reported that the Lexington horse mart, which was erected at a cost of $100,000. is- about-to change hands. The; purchaser Is, according to the best Information. Wiley B. Brasfleld. from whom Tattersall's purchased the grounds, backed by two wealthy breeders of thoroughbred horses. - . OFFERINGS OF THE POETS. - i Do Yon Know Ilerf I have a little friend who doesn't like to mend. To dust, or set the table, or even make a VI bed; The 4 very thought of sweeping nearly sets her off a-weeplng. And she always goes about it as though her feet were lead. . ' - " She "hates", to rock the baby, and says that some day, maybe, bhe ll go away and finger whera they have no babies 'round To keep folks busy rocking, but really this is shocking, And she doesn't mean a word of what she says, I will be bound. TIs true she cannot bear to even walk a square To buy a spool of cotton, or stamps for mamma's mail. And it's much against her wishes that she's set to washing dishes, While to speak of darning stockings is enough to make her pale. In fact, she wants, to shirk everything resembling work, And the only thing she does enjoy, so far as I can say. Is to take her doll and book, and within some quiet nook To read of elves and fairies, and dream the hours away. ; Harper's Young People. Peace, Not Happiness. An inward counselor gave me this behest: j.nrow irom thee what thou hast and take a cuest : Go forth a beggar, and with sweet address jviaae suit for Happiness." The fervent voice I hastened to obey) That which I had in -hand I threw awavr Nor gave it thought, so longed I to possess xne rare tnmg, .Happiness. I went a beggar, meek, with craving hand; Tbft hnsnm nrnmntpp crifri "npmanrt - f - .w- - - . , - Some laughed, some cried, to see how I did . My suit for . Happiness. When life ran low, and dear daylight grew a paimer bioou. ne wans, me thought, With dong-sought Happiness." The palmer stood; through tears he smiled "Not so. fnnr! hwrar- T Vint cava v. What thou didst cast away no more no Take Peace, not Happiness," Edith M. Thomas. April. The lyric tremor and lift vJf the renascent earth. The teemlnz birth Asrain. the indescribable elft Of Spring, a throb with everything j. oats wpnaer-worta. Let us have eyes' to see ! . ine new-old miracle: l Tf it "hofoll We viewed for the first time such wizardry. njixisn Duuaing iear were past oeuer. inenaoie. ; But custom films our eyes Unto the marvelous sight. Is not a magic-maiden from the skies. But an earthJgirl of pout and curl And manner light. . Ah, no! not to: . . ' . She is God's daughter, and her airiest mood is aeep wjin, Miva ana wise witn ancient Good. " ' - ' ' ' , , Richard Burton. Beyond the Hills. Beyond the hills the world is fair. The skies are clear and everywhere The trees are green, the flowers ablow. And all the joys that earth can show Lie scattered free In fullest share. No fruitless longings ever wear. The heart of any dweller there. And bright contentment sheds a glow Beyond the hills. So on through snow and scorchiner dare . Of summer's sun, against despair Footsore and weary do I go Along t'he way, though well I know .Not mine to reach the clearer air Beyond the hills. , S Bessie Hendricks, in Courier-Journal. The Rival. This is the hardest of my fateShe's better whom he doth prefer Than I am; that he worshiped late, As well as so much prettier. So much more fortunate. He'll not repent it you will see She'll never give him cause to grieve. I dream that 'he comes back to me. Leaving her; but he'll never leave. Hopelessly sweet is she. So that if in my place she stood She'd spare to curse him; she'd forgive. I loathe her, but I know she would; And so will I God as I live. Not she alone is good. Gertrude Hall, in Harper's Magazine. . The Roiiary. The hours I spent with thee, dear heart, Are as a strins of pearls to me: I count them over, every one apart, My rosary. y Each hour a pearl, each pearl a prayer, To still a heart in absence wrung; I tell each bead unto the end, and there A cross is hung. 0 memories that bless and burn! O barren gain and bitter loss! 1 kiss each bead, and strive at least to learn To kiss the cross, , Sweetheart, : ; To kiss the cross. Robert Cameron Rogers. Plantation Sons. "I'd rudder be er niggah .. Dan ter be er whi' man. Dough the whi man considdah - He se'f biggah; But.ef yo' mus' be white, w'y be hones' ef yo can, , An' ac es much es poss'ble like er niggah! "De colah ob yo' skin - Hit don't constertoot no sin. An' yo fambly ain't er Cuttin' any figgah; Mm' w'at yo's er doin,' an do de bes yo kin An ac' es much es poss'ble like er niggah! Maurice Thompson, In' Harper's Magazine. HUMOR OP TUB DAY. The Important Part. Judge. Mrs. Brown I've got a new cook. Mr. Brown Really! Hew do you seem to suit her? . ' " 1 - " Carried Off. Judge. ; Friend What have you done with that terrible fierce dog you paid so much for the one that would tear any one to bits? Owner He was etolen. His Motto. Good News. Jinks There's a man whose motto Is. "Pay as you go." Winks An excellent motto. Who Is he? Jinks He's a railroad president, and never gives passes. 1 !Vo Favoritism. Atlanta Constitution. ' Don't the soprano have a better showing than any one else in the choir?" asked Fitzgoober. 7. 7 - "I don't know." mused Phllgit. "They all have the same chants, it seems to me' Demands the Cash." Judge. An honest old negro, wearing very ragged clothing and carrying a tine targe ham on his shoulder, was met one morning by some college boys In Oxford, Ga. "Hello, Uncle Ike," ild one of them; "if you can afford to boy ruch rood vicfeials vixv don't you ret po"' r w ootves?" ; jLh I ' J. Mi -.1 Ti.a t r

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. GREAT BEAD TRIMMING SALE 3c for Jet Bead Trimming. 9H'e for 20c Jet Trimming. Vic for Van Dvke Vet Trimming. . 49c for 1-lnch Point Jets. S3.50 JetTrimmlng8, to-morrow, per yard..... $2.50 $3.50 Jet Collars, to-morrow $2.50 $8.50 Jet Collars, to-morrow $5.50 5c for all-color Dress Shields. 25c for all-Silk Dress Shields, j 12c for 4 yards Velveteen. m 5c for colors in other Velveteens. 25c a dozen for large, engraved l'earl Buttons. 6c for Jet Buckles. 6c for Steel Slides. Store open at 8:30 o'clock. SILK SALE To-morrowwill lead all previous sales in this department. We have hundreds of pieces in new designs and all leaders in their way at prices yet unheard of. 120 bolts of Changeable Silks, in all new shades, mendings ana colorings. 10 ie given away uur- nn lng Monday's sale at, per yard 100 pieces of Pancy Two-toned Silks will be sold qf)n to-morrow onlv at. Ont CHILDREN'S HOSE OUR SPECIAL SATURDAY SALE OF MISSES' HOSE READ THIS OFFER: 4Kc one case red, brown and black misses' ribbed Hose, worth 10c. 9 He for full seamless 1 and 1, ribbed, 15c goods. 19c for fine ribbed Cotton Hose, extra quality. 40c double knees, high spliced heels, choice for 25c. This, the Crepon Skirt, Godet lined, in all colors BROSNAN BROS., 3 7-39 S. ILLINOIS ST. "my back gib me credit, but my stomach deman' de cash." A Society Romance. New York Weekly. Clara How under the sun did Edith hap pen to marry Mr. Awkward? Dora tie was tne Dane or ner iue ai every ball she attended, and I presume she married him to keep him from wanting to dance with her. . . Not a Boy. Good News. T.itfia itViPl T Btonned into Mrs. Brickrow's to see her new baby. . . Mamma ma you : iu a uwy uauy, iu . It? Little Ethel Oh. no, I guess not. it a real sweet. . Equal to Emergencies. Good News. t TiT-r-ifiorn Wfi'vft Invited too Acinic . ... , . 7 m . ny,iMn tn nnr tpa. nartv. There isn't enough for them to get more n a bite each. 7, Little Dot (.resigneaiyj J.na.i a iuu uau. We'll have to call it a reception. Too Pressed for Time. Boston Transcript. ellent readinff in it. speaking from a purely literary stand-PtShfr-So I have heard; but the fact is I .""rTZ...:. n timo that T have never am bo ouy a-i .u ..... - had the time to read , it. Why. if you will believe me. I never reaa uuuj .unm iai. week. ' Too Much for Endurance. New York Weekly. Kmnlovment Agent xou aia noi siay long 'ViSLJffdrft" shtand thot woman's insultin' an' vulgar language. Tiar.A -will veh condiscind to replinlsh th' anthracite vase.' " By the Microbes. Detroit Trioune. ' , "How." asked the court, "do you expect fn defendant kissed the hired IW . . ... , girl when no one saw himr We propose, rejuiueu I""""'! call a bacteriologist." . science iia. - r,z-. .. possible in that day to thus identify the parties to oseuiaiorj niai.i. On the 3Iake. Life. :'-"--7 hundred and nineteenth psalm by heart," sail Benny Bloobumper to his father's vis'"What is that for, Benny? So that people will give you a quarter to hear you recite it'"No. So that people rtl give me A cents not to." Cook's Imperial, World's Fair. "Highest award, excellent Champagne; rood e;ter-vo-:-', r l'.-: ;!:t c C " ?

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COLORED DRESS GOODS Our Spring line Is replete with all the new things of the season, including, aruonjf many others, the popular Newportelle erenow. Victoria Cloths and Kancies.Jaciuanl, Batiste. AIharro.xs. Cheviot. SerRes. Broadcloths. Illumine Checks and Iridisceut Novelties in an endless array. RED 40-inch Silkvfinlshed Novelty; good va lue at 50c; to-morrow only ....... 62 piece of :-Inch Xovelrv Vkfnrias; we will sell one pattern to each customer at, per yard , . . . . 84 pieces of 40-iuch Iridlacent Novelty; during to-morrow's sale 69c Novelty Kaw Silk and Wool going A line or all Coloring? In an all-wool, to run at t. 15 pieces of 40-lnch Henriettas tomorrow only, per yard. A full assortment of Evening Shades iu a 40-lnch goods LININGS CUT TO-MORROW AT LOWEST PRICES EVER KNOWN. 10c Wlpan at fie best Cambric at , 10c Crinoline at 15c Canvas at Grass Cloths, yard wide, to run at.... 10c. Waist Lining at Double-faced Silesia, to-morrow , HAIR CLOTHS Go as follows: The 1 2 K Hair Cloth to-morrow. ..... 8 i iib iac iiiun ioui 10-morrow. ....... joe. The 40c Hair Cloth to-morrow 25o The 'J0c Hair Cloth to-morrow 12&c BLACK SILKS Black Moire Silk, elegant and entirely, new designs, good value for 98c, during to-morrow'g sale Another number of Black Moire, the 79c kind, for A lot of Bengaline Silks, all colors, go at $1.25 Black Peau De Sole on going for Qu $1 .00 Black Faille Francalse for 49c 39c 39c l-2c 79c 85c 25c lapieces or Heavy surahs $1.25 A r mure.... $2.00 Extra Heavy Satin Duchesse for 4 90 19 patterns in-all $1.03 SilkCol'dChina BLACK DRESS GOODS The Crepon Craze Came in yesterday; two lines of newest Black Wool CrejKMi, blistered grounds; black, glossy, diamond effects push up through the surface. Another has a shiny silk stripe, in diagonal effect. . Our collection of Jacquard and fancy Blacic Goods is the handsomest and most exclusive in the city. Here LADIES' UNDERWEAR 4Kc for seamless Vests. , 6 for crochet-finished Vests. Stc for ladies' taped-neck Summer Vests, 18c for 30c Vests, Richelieu ribbed. LACE CURTAINS We never thought we would be able to offer mch new styles and such elegant goods at so low prices, but we do It. The whys . and the wherefores are many, but price counts. 100 pairs of 75c Curtains for 30c. 100 pairs of $1.50 Nottlnghams f or 75c. 25 pairs of Irish Point Curtains, worth $5.00, at $2.98. 50 pairs $2.00 Nottlnghams for 98c, Elegant Brussels Net, worth $10.00, for $6.50. A Tambour to-morrow will be sold (worth $9.00) at $5.00 per pair. Derby Chenilles, yards long, newest effects, worth $8.00, to-nior row $1.50. - LACES Valenciennes Lace, 8 Inches wide, worth 18c, for 10c. Oriental Lace, 12 inches wide, 20c, , worth 30c. point Silk Lace, In black, at 75c, worth $1.25. Black Van Dyke Points at 5c each. 50c Boudoir Lace at 25c Silk Net Lace, Sf-yard wide, for 95c. Black Silk Point Lace, 6 Inches wide, at 15c Cream Silk Lace, worth 30c, at 25c Butter Laee, 12 Inches wide, will be sold to-morrow for 49c. Q What makes our WRAPPER iSO trade so big? A. ( We handle none but the Best Fitting at the Lowest Prices. i back, full $2.98 BROSNAN BROS., 37-39 S. ILLINOIS ST.

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