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CHAPTER VII. (Continued.)
Wd moved away from the- window of
tho staircase and went downstairs to
gether. "you don't mind my laughing,
dear?" Mob questioned, still with gen
tleness. "I didn't mean It. In my
heart I llko John very much all ex
cept woll, all except tho speckled
beard. If I lnitgh nt him Bomctlmoa,
you won't mind, will you? It's my
vny-I laugh at everything when ono
tloenn't laugh ono'o spirits get bo lowl
Shall I toll you what mamma Is doing
In tho drawing-room? Sho la secretly
whispering tho good nown to every
ono. 13 very one has conic, and every
ono Is duly improssod ly your good
fortuno, Kitty. Now for tho congratu
lations! Oh, poor dear, I pity you for
tho next fow hours!"
IJut tho next fow hours, had n3 they
wcro, were over at length, Tho piano
wob Hllent again; tho gas In tho drawing-room
wan turned frugally low bo
hind tho last of tho departing guests.
Only John Mortimer remained behind.
Ho drew mo oloso to him whoro ho
stood,' and looked at mo with a ques
tioning, very goatlo glance.
"You do not regret what you prom
ised mo this evening?" ho queried.
"Do you regret what you ashed mo?"
I snld.
Neither quostlon was answered. Dut
v& wcro looking eagerly nt ono an
other nnd presently our eyes smiled,
and that seemed all tho answer wo re
quired. "Oood night, Kitty," said John.
"CJood night," I answered; and ho
bent and hissed me.
John was gone, Aunt Jano was look
lug round nt tho disorder of tho drawing-room,
smoothing away tho crcnBea
in an antimacassar that had suffered
In tho rovolry.
"Bo wo'ro going to loso you, Kitty,"
fPn7frFrRi?jTn i knelt before the Finn.
ald Juclo Richard, putting his hands
kindly upon my ctiouldors ns I stood
up to bid him good night.
"Kitty Is very lucky," snld Aunt
Jnno, raising hor hand to turn tho gas
still lower. "A homo of her own at
hor ago is more than slio could reason
ably hnvo hoped fori"
"I wish you woro u llttlo older,"
said Undo Rlchnrd, regretfully, "l'vo
boon talking to John ho must bo.pa
ttont nnd wnlt. Wo can't lot you run
away Just yot."
"Let tho child go to bed, Richard,"
Interposed Aunt Jano.
"John's a good follow, Kitty,'" snld
Undo Richard, In a husty but kindly
way. "I hopo you'll bo happy, dear."
"Thank you," I said hurrlodly, und
disappeared.
Mog had loft a novel In tho drawing-.
room, and sweetly besought mo to re
turn and fetch it. I descended, there
fore wftor a minute, to tho drawing
room again.
Aunt Jano was speaking. Slio did
not soo inn; Bho wns too busy arrang
ing tho displaced furnlturo.
"Waiting is nonsenso, Richard, and
oapoctnlly in this caao. Thoro shnll
be no waiting In tho matter. If wo
vralt until tho winter, Mudnruo Aruaud
will bo in London. If wo wait till then
wo may wait forever."
I had Btood for a mluuto In tho door
way; now I quickly rotrnccd my stops,
Mog'a novol unfound, my errand, In
deed, forgotten. Aunt Jane's words
woro enigmatical; but thoy loft mo
with a heartache.
CHAPTER VIII.
Aunt Jano hod hor way. When, In
deed, wbb Aunt Jano over known to
ronounco a plan sho had sot hor heart
on? Sho had detormlnod thnt John
nnd I should bo mnrrlod without delay,
and tho weightiest rensous weighed un
nothing agulnst hor resoluto dcslro,
Tho plan for summor holldnys if.
Cornwall was forthwith abandoned;
John's visit to Brittany was given up-.
some ono elso undertook tho buulnoss
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HUSBAND
"Hetty," Etc
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which called him there; and, beforo
September was n fortnight old, John
nnd I wcro married. Aunt Jano had
got rid of mo forever got rid of my
hats nnd gowns and gloves and shoes
from nil futttro bills, got rid of tho
prlca of my appotlto ut breakfasts,
lunches, teas, and dinners henceforth
and for evermore.
Wo wcro married very quietly. I
woro a llttlo gray bonnet and gown of
Aunt Jnno's choosing, a bonnet nnd
gown so maturo that thoy seemed to
reprove my 17 years. I had no cake,
no cards, no wedding brcakfnst, no
woddlng favors, no rice, no satin slip
pers "In ovory way," said tho girls,
"It was u hole-and-corner, menn, un ro
mantic, perfectly dull and detestable
sort of wedding!"
I never agreed with them. Except
for Aunt Jane's prosenco, I would not
have had one clrcumatanco of my wed
ding different. Hven tho grimy, out-of-tho-way
llttlo London church
seemed lovoly tho only fit church to
bo married In.
Our honeymoon was as prosaic. In
tho girls' oyos, as our wedding had
been. Wo wont away for two short
weeks to n quiet llttlo country placo
besldo tho sea not n fashlonnblo re
sort, but n llttlo outlying seafaring
hamlet where John and I wcro the only
visitors,
Beforo September was over wo were
at homo In London nt homo for tho
first tlnio In my life. Tho words had n
sweet meaning for mo. Wo hud n
small house near llydo Park, near tho
larger, much (lnor liouso that John
had taken for Mndumo Animal nnd his
sister. It had a homcllko look. As wo
drovo up In tho gray, misty September
evening thoro wns n bright ray of light
fulling across tho pavoment from tho
open door; gaslight shono through tho
drawn red curtains of niln rnnm rlnivn.
stnlrs; In nnothor room, whoro no gas
was lighted, flrollght was dancing
gaily.
"ArO VOU lianUV. Klttv?" nnlfnl tnlin
as, a fow minutes lator, wo stood to-
goinor m tho pretty llro-Ht room, my
drawing-room, nnd I twlnod by hands
about his arm.
"So happy," I answered, "that I am
almost afraid."
"Afraid of what, my dear?" ho ques
tioned with his Blow, gravo, tondor
smile.
"I don't know of whatbut afraid.
I don't want tho days to pass, John; I
don't want anything to huppon. I think
I am growing a coward. I nm bo nfruld
of changes!"
"Wo lovo ono nnothor well enough to
trust tho future, Kitty."
I knolt beforo tho flro nnd hold out
my hands to tho wolcomo blazo. John
drow forward n cosy chnlr and Beatcd
hlmsolf near mo, looking about with
an observant glanco nt all tho dainty
trappings of tho room, and looking
still oftencr at mo.
"It's strango to think of!" I snld,
dreamily, drawing n long, dcop broath,
and turning my fnco toward him.
"To think of whnt, dear?"
"Of our living horo togother for
years and years I wonder how many
yoars?"
"Very many, I hope."
"Until wo'ro qulto old folk, nnd you
wear spectacles, and I wear caps.
John, do you know what I am always
wishing now?"
"What, dcur?"
"That tho years wero longer. Tlmo
Koeo so quickly now, nnd I uaod to
think It dragged. Used tlmo to drnK
with you, too, John, boforo beforo you
married mo?"
John's grny oyes wero loss gravo
thnn mine. They twinkled at me.
"Sometlmos," ho said,
"Only Bomotlmes? It Booms to mo,
looking back, that tlmo always dragged
with me, Do you know, John, that I
can't benr to think of my old self. I'm
so corry for her. Poor old self, she
r-fls so miserable, so very miserable;
but she didn't know."
"Don't speak of that old nolf ns dead
and gone, Kitty. I won't havo It. I
have n very tender feeling In my heart
for that old self that I fell in loro
with."
"So havo I, becauso you foil in lovo
with her; I wonder why you fell in
lovo with mo I'm glad you did."
I was sitting on tho rug now besldo
his chair. I looked up nt him with a
happy little smile. He smoothed back
juy hair slowly with a caressing touch.
"Aro you glad I fell In lovo with
you?" I asked, still smiling softly.
"Do you want mo to answer that
question, Kitty?"
"No; r nsk silly questions, don't I?
I'm going to nsk ono moro question,
John, a serious question: Woro you
happy, really happy, beforo you know
mo?"
"When I know you first, Kitty, I'm
nfrald you didn't mako much differ
ence rto my happiness," ho replied,
bantcrlngly, nnd a llttlo evasively.
"No, I know. You know mo first so
many yenrs ngol You knew mo In my
perambulator. You've seen mo In a
high chair eating soup. Oh, John, 1
can't bear to think that you knew mo
when I was such n Hilly llttlo thing! I
wonder when you first began to lovo
me. I wonder when I llrst begnn to
caro for you. Wcro you happy beforo
I loved you over over, John?"
I scarcely knew why I spoke so ear
nestly. I had boon speaking lightly
enough a mlnuto ago; but some pass
ing expression on his face, somo mo
mentary embarrnBsmenf caught my nt
tontlon nnd gnvo my tone n sudden
eagerness.
"I stipposo you were often happy" I
added, after n moment, resignedly, yot
regretfully. "Hut It was different. You
wero novor qulto as happy, John, as
you aro now?"
"No; not as happy as now, Kitty,"
ho said; hut his nlr was a llttlo ab
stracted as ho spoke, and somehow his
nssuranco did not satisfy mo.
It wa3 perhaps nn hour later. Wo
had had our first meal In our now
homo I installed In dignity nt tho
hend of my tablo, John facing mo ut
tho other end. Wo had come back Into
tho dainty, pretty llttlo drawing-room
to find curtains drawn, tho hearth well
swept, and Blinded lamps casting a
soft-colored light around tho room. I
had brought John a nowspapor, look
ing at him beseechingly oven as I laid
It down boforo him, nnd hoping that
ho would not read It. Ho did not sco
or did not rightly Interpret my be
seeching glance, and thanked mo with
n gra.tcful smile. Ho was soon ab
sorbed In tho leading article, and I Bnt
on tho floor again besldo him nnd mado
littlo efforts every now and then to
distract I1I3 attention.
Suddenly, as wo wero so engaged,
thero enmo a. smart tap at the drawing
room door nnd at the samo moment
tho door was opened.
(To bo continued.)
DATTLE-SCAnRED HEROINE.
Win Young nnd l'rotty, but Lost Hor
I.ojr nt aottjnlmrj;,
Thoro Is a vory handsomo young
womnn In Washington, rather woll
known In art circles, who had tho mls
fortuno to fall down stairs a fow years
ago, so badly fracturing ono of hor
knees that tho limb had to bo ampu
tated. Tho young woman, of courso,
walks with tho aid of crutches. Sho li
not lu tho least sonsltlvo nbout tho
mattor, nnd doesn't mind informing
properly Introduced peoplo of tho na
ture of tho accldont which mnlmcd her.
Sho hns sot a llttlo limit, however, and
she was compelled to uso It ono nfter
noon last week. Sho got Into an F
street car, bound for tho hill, nnd
found horsolt In tho samo sent with a
sharp-eyed woman whq seemed to take
a wholo lot of Interest in hor and hor
crutches. Sho scrutinized tho young
woman's fnoo carofully for a couplo of
minutes, thon turned hor nttontlon to
tho workmanship of tho crutches.
which sho took tho liberty to handlo
curiously. Thon sho looked tho young
woman over again, and loaned over to
her. "D'yo mind tollln' mo how you
lost your leg?" she nsked, rnsplly.
"Not in tho least," responded tho
young woman. "I lost It nt tho battlo
of Gettysburg." Washington Post.
I.ongi'ftt Anplmllcil Street hi ttin World.
Philadelphia can boast of tho long
est usphalted street In tho world. Broad
street hns that unique distinction.
First, ns already stated, It Is tho long
est asphalted strcot In tho world; sec
ondly, It is tho only strcot which Is of
even width for cloven miles, and this
width Is tho grentest over attained by
any street for a courso of eleven miles.
It Is also tho stralghtest street, for
from League Island to tho county lino
It does not vary an Inch, except where
tho great city building causes tho street
to turn around It. Soven miles of tho
street aro asphalted, but tho remainder
is provided with a roadbed of flno
macadam, which Is continued by tho
old York road, which extends for nbout
twenty miles farther on. A carriage
can drlvo on this strcot and road and
make only ono turn In thlrty-ono miles.
Broad strcot is 113 feet wldo and meas
ures slxty-nlno feet from curb to curb,
nnd thlrty-flvo men can walk abreast
ol It.
CnuiUtout Christian Sciential.
Hicks Is your wifo any better slnco
Bho wont to Dr. Nihil, the Christian
scientist? Wicks No. Tho fact Is, ho
is tho most consistent scientist I ovor
encountered. Ho not only denies that
there aro such things as pain and dis
ease, but ho declares thoro aro no suci
things as euros. Ho3ton Transcript.
Last but not least tho ono uwd by
a St, Louis shocmakor.
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some Cp-to-Mato III11U Abont Cut
tlrntlon of tlio Soli and yields
Thereof Horticulture, Vltlov.lturo and
Floriculture.
Horticultural Observation.
Tho time of year Is approaching
when tho horticultural conventions
will bo In session. Wo wish to exhort
ovory reader of theso columns to nt
tend wherever It Is possible. Theso
associations nro not for scientists ex
clusively, but any person that has an
Interest In growing fruits, flowers or
vegetables will bo welcomed. Tho cost
of bolouglng to nlmost any of theso
societies Is but $1 per year, and tho
benefits received aro far beyond tho
cxpenso of attendance. Muny n man
would cscapo making somo expcuslvo
mlstako3 if ho would avail himself of
those agencies that como almost to his
door.
Preparations should be mado this
fall to cover all tender plants with
straw or dirt as a protection against
tho winter. Tho mon that covered
their strawberries, rwpberrlca and
blackberries last wlnto got good har
vests this year and It was due entire
ly to their covering of tho plants.
Somo of tho most advaucod horticul
turists In tho West nfflrm that it Is
of llttlo uso to attempt to grow cer
tain varieties of raspberries and black
berries, even ns far couth ns North
ern Illinois, without covering them
with somo kind of material that will
kcop out tho sun on tho warm days
In winter. If wo could depend on hav
ing a heavy blanket of snow to do tho
covering no artificial covering would
bo necessary. Hut tho experience of
last winter was that during tho porlod
of greatest cold tho ground over a
wldo portlou of tha country was on
tlroly bare.
As tho end of tho fruiting season In
tho orchard approaches 13 tho tlmo to
look over tho orchard und see what
trees can bo removed with ndvantago
to tho looks and health and future
frultfulncss of tho orchnrd. This
should bo dono beforo tho leaves fall,
for it will bo more dlfllcult to do tho
work after tho limbs nro bare. It will
then bo dlfllcult in many casc3 to tell
tho thrifty trco from the unthrifty ono.
Many an old treo is nllowcd to stand
In tho orchard till Its usefulness has
been passed by many years. It be
comes a harbor for Insects and fungoid
diseases, and a nest from which to
spread tho pests to other parts of tho
orchard. Theso old trees should bo
cut out and oven the roots dug up. A
now treo should not bo put In place
of the old one, us tho old rotten roots
in tho ground may mako It easier for
discuses and insects to attack tho
root3 of tho now tree. The old dead
limbs and limbs showing llttlo of
thrift on tho other trees should like
wise bo cut out, but this need bo dono
only nfter tho trco has stopped activ
ity in tho fall. Tho limbs cau, how
ever, bo marked at this tlmo.
Condition! for Succcsnful Orcharding.
Tho past winter, spring and summor
havo given us an object lesson as to
causo and effect In tho treatment of
orchards. IJut If wo wcro to shape our
courso in tho light of tho effects of
the la3t winter on tho trees wo would
bo making a. great mistake. Tho last
winter was so severe that tho very
conditions thnt would havo been fa
vorablo to tho orchards In ordinary
years proved tho revcrso this last sea
son. For once the best-cultivated or
chards suffered tho most. Somo be
Hcvo thnt this was duo to tha fact that
tho ground abovo tho roots of tho
trcc3, being In a looso condition, per
mitted tho frost to go much deeper
than In orchards whoro thero was a
Arm sod. In many cases thl3 was tho
causo of tho loss of trees und vinos.
It is a well-known fact that frost goes
deeper In land that is tilled than in
land that Is untitled. If wo woro to
contlnuo to havo winters llko tho last
wo would porhaps bo compelled to glvo
up cultivating our orchards and vine
yards or confine ourselves to a fow
exceptionally hardy varieties. But as
we do not expect such winters, wo aro
certainly Justified In continuing to cul
tivate, knowing that cultivation not
only gives us hotter crops and stronger
trcos, but that trees so taken care of
nro moro likely than others to survlvo
ordinary wlntors. It has also been
noted that the older orchards In clover
and grass glvo tho best crops this year,
whllo tho younger orchards, even when
in clover and grass, seem to havo sus
tained great Injury. A posslblo ex
planation Is that tho older trees nro
deeper rooted and woro able to get
down bolow tho frost lino wherever
tho land was In somo kind of crop that
had nllowod tho soil to remain undis
turbed' for a number of years. Tho
last winter must not bo mado tho
Btandard by which to Judge futuro
possibilities of cold.
In tho Field.
Thero will bo a groat temptation this
fall to turn tho stock Into tho mead
dws nnd graze them as long ns tho
feed Is good or until fall rains make
tho pastures so good that they will
again bear cropping. If tho meadows
aro cropped at all, caro should bo taken
that tho grass Is not eaten down so
smooth that tho sod will not recovor
boforo noxt summer. Remember that
for tho Hold to start well In tho spring
tho grass roots must havo a good store
of latent material from which to send
up tho young blade. It tho grass
blades havo continually been cnton
down close, then tho roots will havo
little material from which to begin
growth In tho spring. Tiie root does
not of ltsolf claborato food, but tula
work Is done by tho blades of grass.
Thus it is that if the second growth
of grass Is left on tho field uncut tho
next crop Is stimulated thereby.
The hay farm Is ono that seldom re
ceives encouragement from writers on
agricultural topics, for tho reason that
the selling off of hay Is considered
detrimental to tho continued fertility
of tho farm. But wo must havo hay
farms, Just as wo havo farms devoted
to tho production of other special
crops. Tho fertility of tho hay farm
cau bo kept up, but It must bo by a
considerable expenditure for manures
nnd by a Judicious rotation of crops.
This rotation, however, can be easily
made, for clover can be used nfter nnd
beforo timothy nnd grasses of llko con
stituents. It will pay to keep tho fields
In a strong, healthy condition, and
when tho grasses show signs of hav
ing at all exhausted tho land, it may
with advantage bo put Into somo such
crop as potatoes. Keeping tho land
rich not only gives a good liny crop,
but it permits tho grass to send down
Its roots to a depth where it may hid'
defiance to drouth. Where tho mar
ket for hay is good, and whero tho cost
of delivery is not great, tho hay farm
may becomo very profitable.
I'lantu for Our Arid 1'lulnn.
Sooner or later science will bring
our great semi-arid plains under tho
control of tho farmer and stock-raiser.
Tho system of reservoirs that is al
ready being planned will do much to
effect this, but wo believe that still
moro will bo accomplished by finding
plants that will grow without tho uso
of a great amount of water in tho soil.
Perhaps, too, valuable plants will bo
developed from useless plnnts wo now
have on tho plains, such us tho cactus.
Already wo aro hearing of cactus that
havo no thorns, and that aro very val
uable for tho feeding of stock. Tho
government Is searching tho world for
plants that will add to tho service of
thoso we already have. Among thoso
that havo been obtained abroad wo
might mention tho Australian salt
bush, which promises much. Tho ono
that Is giving tho best results Is called
Atrlplex Semlbaccata. It has great
drouth resisting power, aud will grow
on very alkallno soli. It Is Bald that
It will keep green all summer, grow
rapidly, and that the root will remain
In tho ground to start tho crop next
year. It Is said that stock of all kinds
thrive on It. Thoso claims aro rather
oxtravagant, and it in well to wait a
llttlo before wo pralso too highly. Wo
remember that sacallno came into tho
country with about as great eclat, but
had so many bad qualities that no ono
wants anything to do with it now. If
the salt bush decs half that Is claimed
for it, it will bo a great boon to all set
tlors west ot tho Missouri river.
Ono Vlnvr of Hoc Cholom.
Nebraska Farmer says: Perhaps the
chief safety valvo to tho hog-ralsing
business, after all, is found In what Ib
popularly known as hog cholera, by
which wo mean to lncludo nil hogs
that die from any dlseaso whatever.
That men should have an ambition to
ovcrcomo and wlpo out of existence all
diseases that hogs nro heir to Is surely
a good thing to contemplate; but that
wo could wish them actually to suc
ceed lu so doing, whllo all other con
ditions remain substantially n3 now,
Is not qulto so certain. Ono thing Is
perfectly obvious to all at this stage
of our progress with diseases In nwlno,
and that is, in no part of tho country
whoro hogs oro raised In any numbers,
and fed on gr:iS3 and grain rations,
nro they frco from raids of so-called
hog cholera. Tho loss of a herd of
hogs Is certainly n sevcro ono to the
owner, but when theso losses aro legion
and aro distributed over a largo area
of country tho effect can hardly bo
other than a salutary ono upon pork
mnklng In gcnernl. That wo aro grow
ing hogs In adequate numbers to meot
ovory demand ot tho day, and this,
too, in tho faco of and In splto of the
continued prevalenco of tho llseaso,
makc3 us -wonder what would bo tho
result If wo wero deprived of a possi
bility of Its presence.
Tho Tripod ot Agriculture Tho
presence ot nitrogen, potash and phos
phoric ncld Is what gives commercial
valuo to fertilizer or mnnuro. Tho
only mnnurlal materials that a farmer
can afford to buy at prices demanded
for fertilizers aro theso thrco most noc
essury, most precious and most easily
.vxhausted elements ot plant growth
ths tripod of agriculture, as Dr. Ked
zto of tho Michigan Agricultural Col
lego says. In tho absenco of nny ono of
theso thrco materials no plant can
grow to perfection, and If tho supply of
them Is below tho needs of any given
plant, that deficiency limits tho crop
proportionately. However abundnnt
all tho other elements of plant life,
nothing will muko up for tho lack of
any ono of theso three substances.
Stock Killed by Nltrato of Soda. It
should bo remembered that nltrato of
soda Is not so beneficial for stock as
It Is for soil. Every llttlo whllo some
farmer, cither through Ignorance or
cardessness, leaves nltrato of soda
around, or sacks which havo contained
It accesslblo to cattlo or other stock.
These, not recognizing Its difference
from common salt, lick or eat it and
ns a result either dlo or got very sick.
In caBo ot poisoning from this chem
ical, tho "administration of Infusions
ot coffco nnd alcohol and irritant
clysters" Is rocommeuded by govern
ment veterinarians.
Soil Mulch. Nothing Is moro effec
tive ns a mulch than flno soil. Straw,
spoiled hay, leaves, plno noedles, etc.,
nro used to a limited extent lu tho cut
turo of fruits and vegetables. Theso
matorlals chock evaporation, keep tho'
soil moiai and loose, and holp to re
store fortuity.
BASE BALL TOPICS
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF
THE GAME.
i Favorablo Sign to llnao Hull I tho
Orcnulrntlon of minor tenguei Tlio
Salary I.I m It Is tho Only Drawback
Tho American Association and Futuro
A Favornblo Slcn.
It Is a safo prediction that thero will
o moro minor leagues In tho Held next
leason than over beforo In tho history
3f tho gamo. Tho Virginia Stato
League has been organized, and, if tho
plans of its promotors are carried out,
She Pennsylvania Stato Lcaguo will bo
launched this week. All tho minor
leagues which finished tho season will
So reorganized -and many moro nro pro
tected with good chances of formation,
rho organization of Stato leagues is
sratlfying to thoso who havo the best
intcrcsti of tho gamo at heart. Tho
rivalry In a contest for tho chnmplon
ihlp of a stato stimulates Interest In
tho raco and enlists tho support ot
auslncss men, through civic pride. To
'.nsnro success, tho circuit should bo
:ompact and tho salary limit small.
Four good clubs, within a short dis
tance of each other, nnd represented by
tvoll-matchcd teams, nro prcfcrablo to
twice that number If tho railroad ox- '
penses nro burdensome. A woll-ofll-tcrcd
minor leaguo conducted on tho
basis of a partnership, with a reason
able salary limit, can not bo a financial
failure if tho playing strongth of lto
club Is well-balanced nnd up to tho
professional standard. Tho groatost
danger to the smaller organizations Is
a disregard of the salary limit. When
ono or moro of tho clubs pay their
playors more than tho patronage war
rants, It Is only a question of tlmo
when tho collapse will como.
Tho American Ansoclntltin.
Tho American association has effect
Id a temporary organization nnd its
promoters announce tha.t a mooting
will bo held In New York city to com
plcto Its circuit and prepare for Us In
itial season. Its prospects of success
aro problematical. From tho start tho
powerful National lcaguo and tho al
lied minor leagues will bo arrayed
against It. An lmmenso amount of
capital will bo required to equip and
maintain eight teams with playors up
to tho standard of tho National agree
ment clubs In the cities of Its circuit.
The reserve rulo will not bo respected
and thoro will bo strong competition
tor tho best talent. A baso ball war
means a division of tho patronngo and
no profit to thoso engaged In It. Tho
status of the now association Is not as
yet woll enough defined to warrant nn
opinion ns to Its future. Newspaper
boosting will not mako it succeed and
printed predictions of failure will not
bring1 disaster to it. When tho circuit
Is selected tho names of tho capitalists
behind tho movement nro divulged, and
the engagement of playors completed,
nn Intelligent forecast can bo mado.
Tho assertion that tho Natlonnl leaguo
playors will remain loyal to their re
spective clubs Is merely an expression
of opinion. Tho American association
must get a large percentage of Its play
ers from tho lcaguo rank3 to entltlo It
to a liberal sharo of the patronnge.
J'ltclicr l'uttcn of Cincinnati.
Caso Patton, tho pitcher purchased
by tho Cincinnati club, was tho crack
pitcher of tho Wllkesbarro club of tho
Atlantic league going to Kansas City,
and slnco Joining the Western leaguo
his work hns been of tho phenomenal
CASE PATTEN.
order. Ho has pitched nlno full gamc3,
winning soven of thorn. Ho lost tho
first game, being slightly nervous. Tho
other gamo ho lost was duo to his sup
port, ho holding tho opposing team
(Indlnnnpolls) down to seven hits. Ho
was again taken out of tho box In tho
twelfth inning on nccount of nnothor
plnycr being substituted for him at
the, bat. His team lost tho gamo in
this Instance In tho fourteenth Inning
to Indianapolis, but up to tho tlmo
Patten was taken out ho had tho op
posing batsmen at his mercy. Tho last
two games Patten won wero playod
tho samo day, Patten pitching eighteen
Innings of phenomenal ball against
Buffalo.
A Dungerou Side lime.
Tho veteran Henry ChadwlcK
Writes: "Altogether too many base
ball players nro plnylng tho horso
races, olthor nt tho cost of their own
financial wolfaro or tho good roputo
and futuro security of tho national
gamo. This growing gambling mania
nraong players should afford food for
magnalorlal reflection." Tho word
"growing" is out of place. Playing
tho races has Interfered with tho good
work of professional baseball players
i . i . .1 .1 . i , ,
miiiu mu uuuiwu uuja ui mo V)s,
when all tho crooks of tho period won
in It.