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Tbo ( Ire upon the hcnrth Is low ,
And there it l\uw i ever } where.
Like troubled spirits , lure nncl there ,
The firelight shadows fluttering go
And no the snndovvs ronu > i me troop ,
A childish treble | HCIIKw \ \ gloi m ,
And holtl } from the f artber room
Cowcs"Now 1 Inj tnu down to sleep "
And , somehow , with that little prayer
And Umt sweet tn-ble In my oars.
Mv thought pee back to distant years
And lingers witb n dear one there ;
Aril as I nunr the child's amen ,
My mother's faith comes back to tne ,
Crouched at her side 1 seotn to be ,
And mother holds my litmus again.
Oh ' for nn hour In that dear place !
Oh' for the | > cnco of that dear time- 1
Oh ' for that childish trun sublimol
Ob ' for a glimpse of mother's fate !
Vet ns the shadows round me creep ,
1 ao not sei-in to tie alone-
Sweet mnglc of that treble tone
And "Now 1 lnj mo down to sleep "
LOOilMWAHD ,
to Looking HICM ; ) iitd.
HiftiriritJ Mtihaetlt
CHAP TEH VI
"Now , Mr Forest , " I said when I aghln
mot my predecessor as professor of the his
tory of the nineteenth century , ' p'ease ' tell
mo how much Is the average yearly Income
of ovcry Inhabitant of iho United States of
America ! "
"Tho average yearly Incotn * was figured up
to beMOt , " Mr Forest ansvvCrevl.
" 1'wo hundred and four dollars jou say. Is
tmn alll" I queried with astonishment. "I
expected from the statement of Dr Leelonnd
his style of living that it amounted to at least
three times that sum. " *
Forest smiled "How much was the av-
age Income of the people of the United btates
in your duyf' ho asked ,
1 was foi cod lo admit lhat I had not the
faintest Idea
"It was $10. ) , " said Mr. Forest , "or about
twice the average amount earned by the
peopio of Germany nnd France "
1as 1 perplexed I hud never looked into
the stallsllcs of national economy I had
spent about twenty limes fid. ) ever } jear I
remembered bav Ins read in Ihe paperof mj
limo that the average j early earnings
of the working men , wonting women
nncl children were over $ -100. nnd I wus In
clined lo eslimale the average jeurH Income
at about SWK ) I stated this to Mr Forest
"You have left out of jour cnUulution Iho
womf-n nnd children who wete nol earning
anything , but who depended upon tbe income-
of their husbands , fathcis and brothers , '
Mr Fotest explained ' An Income of s-Jcll
Joi overj manwoman and child woutd.tbere
lore , represent a large increase , if the figures
w ere fairlv ch en But thij are uol corroel
In order lo make the income ol ihe nation
appear gre-ater than It reallj is , the value of
the vanous pioductions is cjuoted higher
than in vour days Lonsecjucutlj thu pur-
cha"ing power of cvorj dolliii onourcredit-
tnrds is less than lhal of Ihe dollai of jour
lime I have carelullv compau-d the prices
of all the necessities nnd commodities as they
arc now and as thej were in vour time , and
1 have found an increase of aboul ( C > per cent
The real average jearlj income of all ihe
peopio of our couulrj is aboul * 1U , so there
Is not an rnciease of about . ' } per cent , but a
decrease of about IU per cent,1'
'How do vou accounl for this remarkable
statcmenU" I inquired.
"Trial is n question rasier asked than an
swered , " replied Mi Forest ,
"I am verjcuilous to hear your
explanation , " I remarked "Dr lIcHHe
has given me so man } plausi-
bleieasons for Ihe 'poverty resulting fioni
our extraordinary industrial system , " tint 1
was quite convinced 01 tbo grcatci wealth of
jour people Ho mentioned the frequent
vvrnug speculations of tto nineteenlh cen-
turj- , the insane competuioii , Ihe periodical
overproducllons nnd consequent crises , the
waste from idle capital and labor and he es
peeially dwell upon Iho point that four or
live enterprises of the nineteenth eenturj'
failed where- one succeeded "
"Yes , 1 know Dr Le-ele's argumr-nls ffrom
occasional speeches he has made , and from
articles he has vviitlen for the administration
organs , " Mr. Forest responded "And he
undoubtedly mentioned manv olher
causes Hint crippled the pioduction" voar
days Ho hits or he maj have , pointed lo
iho cxpendllures lor jour"armv and navy , lo
jour custom and revenue officials , to the tax
asscssois and collectois jou employed , to the
larger nunibei of judges , sheriffs and other
olllceis j-ou needed , to Ihe gieatci amount of
labor made neeessaiv bv domestic washing
and cooking , to the laiiio number of middle
men nee-ded in handling goods before the
nr'iclcs miido their vvoj from the factorjlo
Iho relail store , Ihe luttcr corresponding lo
oui storehouses. And Dr Leoto has. or maj
have- , mentioned the lawjeis , bankers ard
their clerks who were nominallj engaged in
workthat was ic-allv not done , und which
has all been done uuav with lodav. "
"Indeed. ' I said , "Dr Lee-le has enumer
ated most of these causes of the poveitv of
our daj s , and , since these evils have oeen
abolished under jour tjstctn of pioduelion , I
think it would bo siluplj n matler of course
Unit the tolal jcnrlv income ot jour people
should hav e increased , and I wonder that the
incu'.iso Is not even greater than vou have
slaicd il to be. "
" 1 will not waste much time in invcstigal-
'ng all these points and asceitaining how
great w as the loss thus Inflicted on the pro
duction of the nineleenlh centurj , ' Mr For
est continued "But vou seem to be inclined
lo overestimate Ihelr effecls Unluek } specu-
lallons , for Instance , caused some-tunes heavv
josses to the speculator , but in mo e cases
thov produced values that benefited others
and Increased the wealth of Iho nation The
it.Rnno competition' made goods cheaper ,
theieb } stinmlaling both production and con
sumption and not harming , but on Ihe con-
Irarj 10 a certain extent benefitinghumanil }
The stutemenl ihnl four or five enlernrlsc-s
failed where one succeeded is a 'liconlla
poellca' of vv hich Dr Lec-tc- makes free use.
S'ou milsl know voursolf that it is u gross ex
aggeration
, The saving from the employment of stontn
cooking we have already investigated If
, ihOro is any , il is small in Ihe cilies
and smaller sllll In iho courtiry
. districts , nnd oilers no compensa
tion for the loss of comfort involved.
Furthermore. wo take iulo consid-
crallon thai many of Ihe men engaged n *
judges , lawvers , bankers , ofilcers , middlemen
or eiei ks w ere over fort } -tlyo v ears or under
IwonU-ono , so that vou would have to deduct
them from ihe force lhal } nu huvo to cou-
sldet as a loss to the industrial aim } "
"S > tlll , Uie > o misplucemcnls of capital and
labor , these lo cs in various was wcie
enormous , " I insisted , "and they tucoant for
the ure.itcr puve'rtv of the peopio of too nine
teenth centur } , compared with iho inhab
itants of the United btates lu tno vcar J ( Me ) '
"The } would undoabtedly , " Mi Fonesi
argued , "It Ihorowereno olher reasons for
a dec ri'ii ci of our produc tion iuil theio are
causes you will traililv see when I point
them oul. The principal ie'a on wtij iho
quanllty nnd cjuaiit } of our productions are
constantly nb.uliig Is tbo abolishment of com
petition. Competition was the gigantic motor
thai caused ncarlj ovcr.vbodj during the first
nineteen centuries of Christian civilization
to tin' nil his mental and physical power * to
'get abend ' Mneo the introduction of cc.m-
niunUm , since' ihe good workmen are robbed
ot n part of the products ot the-ir labor fur Ihe
benefit of tbe i oor workers , and since everv-
lioflv h sure of un equal share of the ncce-.sU
tie * nnd commodities of life , no matter how
much or how little lie produces , the ma es of
i no peopio are bceommg more and more in-
clltlcnt-ut. They art' not pulling forth their
bent efforts to luinish much and eood wcrk
The.v. utv taking tlic easy Their mental and
phsii'Hl nblliiv has decreases ) Tbo people
uf ihe United States , ottco famous for their
energy , are degeneraiiug. Promotion might
s * have ui'ted ns a spur , had not favoritism of
the politic huis mouppohii-el all ihe good posl-
Uoni for ihe U-ols of Iho admlnUlraiton
The Ec'c-ond reason for Iho de-crease of
producimn ti the shortening of both tbo
} curs , a&a the hours ol w ork. It is difficult
to ascertain how many persons of different
nircs were cmpolv-d in your t no in pro-
duc live labor The census of Iho United
Stale s taken bofure you wont to sleep for
1 t } ears , the census of 1SW is in man } re-
si KM-ts n ver } crcditnble work , but It does
not give the aues of ihe persons who'then
formed the industrial arm } . Tbe report Is
vc-i } elab rate as lo the number of persons
of till ages , tbf-ir nationally and so forth
But In regard to the age of the workers It
on y gives three classes , one comprising nil
the persons under fifteen veais of age.
another , all persons between sixteen and
ilftj nine , and the third , the number of enl- .
plores of lxty years and over Of the |
people under flftem joars of age , 1,11 s.c > 6
were einpioved , of iho men and women over
sl.vlVcars UCJfiM were males , and 70sTJ
females The whole Indusirlai army of
jour day numbered , out of tin entire popula
tion of fiO.l.W.TMl , not less than IT.afJ.O'.K ) ,
otilj 2,0(7,117 ( ! being girls and women , Includ
ing the servant girls "
"I remember reading some of these fig-
lift's , " J remarked
The census of ISMI thus shows that
over U per cent of tbo population
of the United States be'ongine '
to the industrial nrrnv. were under fifteen
nnd ov or sixty years of age , ' Mr I orest con
tinued "This is , of course , a very nad show
ing Gals and lioys under fifteen years of
airo should certuinlv belong to the schools ,
while people over Ilftv vears ought to have
permanent lest and u good ilvmc Hut there
can be no doubt that the working force nt the
close of the last centurv was cumparativeij
larger than ours According to the cen us of
IbbU tbeie lived in the United States l."i,5J7-
215 persons of thoace , that would make them
todaj members of our Industrial atrny Yon
employed , therefore , J,17 ,1S more persons
than jour whole population between the
ages of twontj-ono to fortv-livo numbered ,
and this calculation figures , ! hat all the people
ple ol that ace arc rnull > active. You must
considei tbe fact tnat rnanj of our popula
tion who arc of the age , when thej ought te
do work in the industrial armj. are excused
from service for various reasons , for instance
1'ermahentlv sick people , the weuk-minded ,
cripples , mothers of babies , etc You rnus : .
therefore , recouru/e that jour people fur
nished n much stronger working force than
does ourgenerntron. "
"I guess wo did , " I admitted , convinced by
the tlgures quoted by Mr Forest
Diawiuc a pie-eo of paper from nis note
book the gentleman continued 'Here is n
list of all the avocations jou maj call unpro
ductive taken from the census of IhMJ 1
have given cvcrv pointwhich seems contrary
to tnj vio'vs.the b Miclit of the doubt 1 na\o
etiibiaced all the trades , professions and occu
pations Dr. Ltete himself could tanly claim
as non-producnve in this compilation , thouch
a good mauj of the people engaged in them
wete , ut least , saving time for members of
the producing classe < - Many men and
women ol our time would i ot have been able
to pioduce pictures and works of art , or to
sing in operas and so forth , if it had been itn-
possibio foi them to secure help in house
keeping Now , in jour daj , the j ear of our
Lord IfSC , the people cncuced in the occupa
Irons , trades and nrofcssrons that Dr I-octo
would call nonptoductive , uumb'-icd 1U" , > 4 , J19
including all the servants Deducting these
l.tkVI , Jl'i fiem the -,171OM ! persons under the
age of fifteen and over Mxtv there btill
would bo a surplus of 51\7t/ ) women and iren
ot jour lime over the number of people that
would telong inourdujs to tbe industrial
force '
"Your figures are correct , as far as jou
state them , " 1 siild , desirous to encourage
Mr Forest to proceed with his argument
faoj'm had , undoubleal/ issu a sur-
pluof productive persons above the age
that would place them in our maustnal
airnjvhichamountcdto over 1 per cent of
the population , and" to ovnr .t per cent of per
sons at the age where thev todav would have
to be members of the industrial armv , even
if we deduct all the persons from the work
ing force whom a rran like Dr Leete would
classify r.s nonproductive Now , aeUuctfur-
tnoKsore , all our ladies occupied bj their
duties ns mothers , befcre and after
the oirth of their children , doduc * all the
persons permanently sick , all the > .ripples
and all the other people unable to do pro
ductive work , and you will have to ado it
that j ou had in } our daj s a comparativ ely
rnucli laiger force engaged in productive
labor than we have Consider that these
people were stimulated bv competition , that
thej desired to establish themselves on an
independent basis , that thej put forth their
best efforts , lu order to secure a life free
from caio during their old age , and that , there
fore thej ears of productive labor of each
individual were much longer than thej are at
present , ana that tbe stimulus to succeed was
a potent laet in obtaining more and better
vv ork than w o can secure now adaj s
"That I will admit , " ! answcted
"And the working hours todaj are much
shorter than they were at the e-ud of the
nineteenth century , " proceeded Mr Forest
with nn expression on bib face like that of a
victor in a gladiatorial light 'The natural
tendency of an organization of societv like
ouis is' in that direction And there are
man } lensons to c-ncounige such a tendeucj
I have mentioned alreadj that the farmers
nio complaimng of tbo small number of
theaters and concert halls and other amuse
ments and advantages for countrj people ,
whichcltv people enjov to the full 'J be con
sequence of this is that the couutrv people
tloiktotho cities The nation would have
suffered from n want of agricultural
pioducts if all the peopio crowding
Into the largo citres had been ac
cepted Eut thoj were not welcomed
Thej were appointed to farm work That
settled tneir desire to live in citie's , and at
the same time destroyed their ambition The
c-ourUrj people are satrsfiod that thej cannot
improv'o then lot , that thev have to do farm
w ork and that the citj pcoplo are imposing
upon them fie consequence is that thej
are working us little as possible , and the
tanning pioducts have-decreased to such an
extent that we have to appoint citv workmen
of class 15 of the third grade to farm v\ork , in
ordei to ptotecl the citj pc'oplo from starva
tion "
"bav your worst , " I remuiked with n
forced smile , for I saw Dr. Leete's beautiful
structure crumbling under the fire of Mr
Foiest's urtillerj of locic.
' You have sec-it , " Mr Forest continued ,
"that the industrial army of IJ.SD , encased in
productive laboi , was , in propoition , much
larger than ours , that the members were
stimulated by competition to use their besi
mental nnd phjsical efforts togot ahem , ' and
thutthej w oiked louder hours Uiun we da
You must , furthermore , consider that xvu
squander a greater amount of labor in over
seeing and book Keeping than jou ever did
Most of jour retail business was transacted
on the cash basis , and the small tradespeople
did their own book keeping after closing
their stores and shops U i , on the other
hand , have nn account for cveiy mnn.woman
and child in the country in the books of the
national administration \Vo have a bureau
vv hich I eeps an account ot the v isits of all the
pbjsiuanse have another Bureau where
jou can secure tielp for House-work as well ae
for other purpose's , where nci-ounts nro kept ,
both of the helpers and of the people vv ho de
mand help \\chnveburenusfor each in
dustry nnd thev are excellent examples of the
most thorough manner in which n govern
ment can waste human labor The entire
iKKlof productive nnd constructive Indus-
tij is , as vou know , divided Into ten creat
departments , each representing a group of
allied industr.es , each particular mdustrj
b'-ing in turn represented by a subordinate
bureau , whiuh has u complete record of the
pftnt and force under Its control , as well of
t'.e ' pre-se-nt product nncl tbe < means of in-
cre-i sing it The estimates of consumption of
tbe distribution department < an organization
IndciMjudunt of the gieut productive de-part-
meutsi , af'er adoption bj the administration ,
are sent as mandates to tbe ten great depart
ments which allot them to the subordinate
bureaus ix-presentinK the particular Indus-
tn s and tbesc se t the men to worn Each
buuau is losjionMb o fcr thu task given it ,
nnd the lespoliiibilitj is enforced bv " depart
mental suiK-rvlsion and that of the"adminis
tration , nor dot's the distribution depart
ment accept the products without its own In-
sK'cUou | , while , even if in the batuls of the
cousuin-'r , an nrtklo turns out until ,
the svstem enables the fault to bo traced
back to th-3 original workman. "
"This amount of overseeing - nd book-keep
ing , bjw hich the pov eminent can truce back
to tbe original workman a bad pin or aixxtrlv
rolled cigar , enables the administration to
provide for its favorites many desirable
places , but it certain. } lessens the productive
Itovver of the industrial force , thus , again , de
creasing the production A&a at Uio same
time the number or consumers n larger than
in jour dajs '
' How du vou account for this" I Inquired.
' Has not Dr Leete infnrtned yo t that per
sons of ftveraep constitution usunllr live to
be from eight } five to ninety years old ? "
"Indeed he bos "
"I'bls accounts for nn increased number of
consumers who all draw their full share of ,
the products of labor in the form of a credit
card , " Mr Forest continued ' Our iicople
live longer than jour contcmporaiit did
1 hey take life easv , and while the spirit , the
energv and enterprise of our generation are
. gradually decreasing and degenerating , their
I bodies last longer. "
"Ah1 now at last jou are admitting one
gain , " I exclaimed
"If it ts n ti > in , I do " rejoined Mr Forest.
"But even the favored members of our In
dustrial army do not seem to consider it
a vnry desirable acquisition Because the
only way to secure a desliablo posi
tion U to sacrifice their own Indo-
lieudence nnd that of their relat.ves and
friends , nnd even to emplov base means
of corruption , downright bribery of their
superiors with a part of their own ciedit
cards , many of the- favorites of the adminis
tration are , lu fact , enemies of the leiiders "
After a short pause Mr Forest concluded
his arguments "I suppose I have succcss-
fullv demonstrated that our organization of
soeietv , with its prele-nded basis of hunii'n
cq iniitv , has prov ed to bo a failure , that there
prevails todav nn inequality in raanv 10-
spects more oppressive than that of vour
time , that favoritism and corruption are about
us potent under our communistic rule us they
were at the end of tbe nineteenth centuty ,
that personal libertj is almost entitelv de-
strojed , that the rnembeis of tbe industrial
armv , vv Ithout hav mir the right to vote at the
election of their superiors ate at the mercj
ot their officers that the members of the in
dustrial foice who are consideied enemies of
the government me leading a life that very
properly maj be stjled as twcnU-four veais
of hell on earth , that since the abolishment of
competition the people are mentallj degener-
atini.'for want of intellectual exercise , and
that not even u greater wealth is n consola
tion for the loss of the grcatvi libertj and in
dependence the people enjojc-d in vour time
The shortenme of both the jeais and the
nours of productive labor , the abolition of
competition and the increase inthenumbnrof
consumers have reduced the average daily in
come of the inhabitants of the
United States to such an extent
that the amount inscribed upon our
credit cord is so smtll that it af
fords onlv a verj frugal living to the peopio
of the twentieth century And there is no
doubt in my mind that a continuation of the
present sjstcin for a few huudrod j ears more
would so "degrade and degenerate the people
that a relapse into barbarism woMld ensue. "
[ TO in ccisriMLD ] ,
.4 c//i A CK .icijr lIu ve.
( liamlitrt Jiumwl
To have met but once , but once , - '
And swept forev er apart
On the world's daik tide that rushes on
And sunders man } u h" iit-1-
To have looked in eves li.e yours ,
To have touched such a rose-leaf hand ,
And never , never again toteoet ,
But in memory s dreamland1 ! .
Once in the lonely dark ,
It stabbed me through and through' ,
The sudden thoutrhtof voursm.ttoungfaco : ;
And once , ere theearlj dew '
Was dry on the springing grass ,
And the morning wind blew free ,
I almost met vou beneath the hrs ,
Where the path turns down to the sea.
And vour smiling shadow lives
In the chamber of mj brain ,
Where mj spirit wanders , a homeless chest ,
Seeking v our face again ,
And if vou be liv lug v ct ,
Or where , I cannot Know ,
But mj spirit clings , in n bootless dieain ,
To oar meetme long ago ,
WITH Tilt. JtAILItO lO JiKX.
I'ollemed His Pet to His Tnte.
The locomotrvo which was wrecked on the
Long Island railroad at Grectnvalo was the
heaviest and largest on the road , and had
been in charge of Engineer Harry Coombs
since It was first brought out , three v cars
ago , says the N. Y Herald Sunday was
the first time it had been used to haul the
night train to Mrueola O ing to increased
traffic on that particular train Engineer
Tracoj , who bad usually had the run , was
ordernd tojtako the tram out Sunday riit-ht
with Engineer Coombs' locomotive When
Coombs heard of the order he at once tele
graphed to the tram desimtcber that if his
eninno was going out he would run it , as he
did not wish to have am bodj else on her
footboird Thus it came that Coomb- , , whenever
never had a undnj- ran before , met his
death he-cause of devotion to the Iron hor-c
ho had so long manaped
The accident , in which two men lost their
lives and another had his leg broken , was
caused bv a colt celling one of its hoofs
caucht in the frog of the switch. The loco
motive struck the hoise and hulled It against
the switch target , causing the lock fastenings
to bieak and the switch to Urn
Tbe locomotive kept ou the main track ,
while the car ran upOT the side track and
crashei into the freight hou--e , almost demol
ishing it TLo locomotive dashed alotg after
bcniL' relieved of the car and at a shai p cur v e
about two hundred vardstrora the station Us
forward trucks left the track and caused it
to topple over a twenty foot eubankment
Engineer Coombs and Simeon Jams , his
friend , who were in the e-nb , attempted to
Jump as the locomotive went over , but both
loll under the ponderous mass The throttle
valve pressed Coombs. b > the breast to the
bank , and killed him Instantly Jarvis was
pinioned dow n bj a dm ing rod , but his death
was duo to scalding bj oscapiuir sU-am
John Dickinson , the nremau , escaped with a
broken leg.
Nt-vv Crusade Ainoni ; Knilroncler *
Col C F Coflin represents the automatic
railway coupling Interests of the United
States , an-1 gx-s about lecturing to switch
men and brake nen a-id trainmen in general
against tbo old stvle link and pin coupler ,
savstheSt Louis Globe-Democrat. The
clitic rent manufacturing firms imikinc the
outomulic dcvlc-e pay n pro rata portion of
the colonel's salary , which is not small by
any means. His mission is lo arouse such a
feeling among Ihe employes of Ihe railroads ,
that the companies will bo forced to comply
wilh Ibelr men's demands lo place Iho no
hfe > protecting device in every car Colonel
Coffin will drop off a train at u "yard low n. '
and it u be u good lime to out , , h lailroad men
togi-ther ho holds a "mass mot-ting' right
tbt'ro II is Ins dul.v lo his employ era to con-
v ince his bearers thai Iho ordini.r } rnelhod
of coutiling curs is clangorous , foolish and
cruel fie the switchmen ho talks about Iho
danger of crasping links to push them into
the draught irons espe-cntlly in winter , when
the mnn's glove is liable to freeze lo ih" link ,
a-id thus endanger life or limb B } ovciy
art ihul a skilled orator knows how lo exm ,
ho Uriels Die bov s to go back nn Ibe-old-slv le
coupler Now iho railroad uifn know that
no automatic coupler has yet bet n uncut ed
that is critirelv practical , and , while tbe or-
dinarv llnK and pin are undoubtedlj a little
dangerous , Ine-j prefer lo slick lo them
rallu-r lhau go lo experimenting "Ith "man
killers. " ns iboj call iho now inventions.
Therefore , you can see that Colonel Coftln
has no easy las k to ace-ompllsh.
THK flltsf FI.r ,
Oh , first tuzzmg tij of tbe season.
Whv , wh } an > } ou hero in my soupl
Prfij give me , frail c-ieature , the reason
That loci v ou Into it to swoop.
Has jour love of but joaierday's wooing
To'red k.ot bouillon consigned } oul .
Or has business brought on your undoing ,
So lhal here in tureen depths 1 fljjd y\jul
* * * * * * *
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No reply ) Never mind , you are landed
And given a chance to recoup
But beware , for tto next time } ou'ro stranded
You're likely to stay in the soup I
Washington i'ost A good deal of fun has
been made of tne Joppa and Jerusalem rail-
- but U's Syria's.
TJHH ( illTh IX A ; LUiltTEJt t'EIX
Too'Sntl ' !
"Bring v lolots to my brave each dav , "
The mournful poet tried ,
"All moistened with your tears nnd lay
Them gently by uiytsidc '
The maiden ggntly dropped her head ,
Beneath his dying tbuob.
" 1 do not mind tbo Icftrs , " she said ,
"But- violets c t so much' ' '
"
Until-
Hurly When you go home full what docs
your w Ifc say to you }
Burly Nothing , i
Hurly Lucky man.
Burly bho walls till next morning.
Sli nncl'iil Ignorance.
XiiMcn flte Journal.
Father- . McClure. seems to bo a very
Intelligent , well-read man.
Son Nonsense , governor' ' I talked with
him at dinner } C.stcrdaj. and he does not
know a thing about baseball
Nu Time for ( raiimmtlcat Ciltiuism.
Siimcrrlllr Jmn mil
It is verj inelegautho end a senlence with
a preposition , but It Isalsovcrj unwise to
snv so to jour employer when he asks in
vivid loues
"What in blazes dm you do that for ! "
The \\isc7blil Mini.
rmiAA llliitc.
" Was v our cloi > emwit a success ? "
"Hnrdlj. "
" What went wroncl"
" Her father telccr.iphod us not to return
nnd all would be forgljen "
. Motlierjr. Work.
"Darning little stockings fei restless little
feet.
Washing little faces lo keep them fresh nnd
sweet. |
Hearing bible lessons , teaching-catechism ,
I'rajiue for salvation fiotn heresy nnd
schism ' '
The- Stuttering Lover.
tunntreiVi J ninuiL
She How much do Jou love moi
-M-m-rn-moio than I t-t-l-l-tell.
- - - - c-c-cau - - - -
She If jou didn t , vou v\ouldn'l be able 10
measure H with n quarter inch rule.
One ol' the Drawbacks.
Smn'rrdl" Jmtrii il
She Did jou enjoy your life at college. "
He Not ( Tltogetter.
She Why not.i
He- One of mj- professors u ed lo haven
bnbil of making jokes and we were all of us
afraid of being suspended if we didn't laugh.
A I'riKlciit i nn.
1'ankct K/fidr /
Old gentleman ( to'bnsdriver ) My friend ,
what do jou do with yDir wages everj week
put part of it in the Mirlnps bink ?
Driver -No , sir. Alter pavin' tbo butcher
an' grocer an' runt , I pock awav w hat's Iclt
in batrels I'm afraid of them savin's banks.
-I lu > : i bfii ( ! il. lines.
Lli ii
" .fames was a thoughtful -boy an } how , in
spite of his ciimes. , " ' . '
"He wasn't thouchlfiil wTfen he robbed Ihe
bank "
"Yes ho was He go' arresl"d under an
an alias rather than ili c'aee his falhcr's
name ! . "
Mruhuiiiun' Ajre
aVcil 1 ' .rfc Prrs
Mrs Brown ( at Mrs. Smith's tea ) O ,
dear , that dreadful Miss Smith is singing
n train I wonder whal Started her.
Tom Bio.vn ( aged seven ) I dropped a
nickel down her back when she wasn't look
ing. _
That lixpluimnl It ,
.SurJiia" " diaptitc.
Te'chcrCome hero , Tommy , and sit
down
Tommy Don't vvan'ter I'd rather stand
Teacher Whv % how is that , Tomin.v J
Tommv Pa smashed bis linger in the door
this morning and I laughed
Knew Hih Fattier.
Klmira iitiuiU
JohnnjMv father said it in sober earnest ,
ma urn
Teacher Wouldn't ' .My father said it in
earnest' mean just as much , Johnuj '
Johnny No , ma'am , not if jou know my
father.
Not
Lord Chelmsford , sometime lord chancellor
of England , who. while occtipjing that of
fice , was accosted by u "confidence man" in
Piccadillv with the 'salutation "This is Mr
Birch , I believe " "Sir , " answered the chan
cellor , Iranquillj looking h interloculoi over ,
"if vou believe tnat > ou will believe auj-
ihing. "
Voluntary Iiinolvcncy.
Yankfc liliul
"How is business , IJocle Kolet"
" Fo'lvsah I'se gone Into voluntary in
solvency , sab. ' '
"Ho\v is that "
" You see , sah , my creditors threatened to
send me to Jail if I didn't setele up , so I had
to go Into voluntary lubolvencj. "
Kccpini ; Out tlic Paupers.
Xeu Ynih I'rcKt ,
"So the marriage is lo take- place abroad "
"Yes "
"Why doesn't Lord Dedbrok come over
here and marrv berf" <
"He cannot under the new Immigration
law unless her father becomes bis bond
You see he has nothing out his tille no vis
ible means of support"
Miit-tj > ajh.
lliiuiHIiiil Life.
Magislralo What's the charge in Ibis
casei
I'lainiiff's Lawyer Itupersonaiing an offi
cer , your honor
Whul did Ihe prisoner do !
Ho is in the habit of stealing a handful of
peanuts everj time ho passes my client's
stand , your honor.
He AVoiit Holne Early.
.Ycu' Yin Is fl rut
Ho I mustn't slay so late as I did tbo last
lime I called
She No The sun rtses an hour earlier
now Ihun U did Ihen.
Whereupon ho rose In biswralh and pro
ceeded lo emulate the excellent example of
the sun nt once. I
Xcu York Ijfral i
At the piano bo sal and plajcd
And snug vvilh fee'llng ' deep.
"Thine eyes so blue ajid dreaming ,
Which on me now arc ) beaming , '
And when he'd finished be luinod round
To meet her suunv italic and found
The maid had gone to slee-p '
.Her Prut tlrM Search
.Ytu1 Yvrti n Aly.
Mrs SllmdielYou fcro nol eating your
meat , Mr Hallroom.
New Boarder Er tha foci is , Mrs Slim-
diet , raj er tcotn are npl v cry good , and
ibis meat seems a trifle tough tc me
Mrs S Well , that' " too bad Such ntlrne
as I do have getting good meat. I have tried
everj place I can llimg of.
Mr a Have jou trjod any of the pieces
near the loin (
Am yufc ; .Sun
May O , 1 never vv o $ so mortified In jny
life' While Count Spagetil wus playing at
the piano , thai horrid brother of mine took a
rod smoking cap and passed il around among
the guesis.
Belle How dreadful' What did the count
do !
May-O , bo was ao delightful about It Ho
took the cap , laughed , and said , "O , youa
monk. " ,
Slmrccl the-
H'df Miiulou Mar
"What did that now suit of yours cost I"
"Two hundred dollars. " Jerusalc-m , man' '
How did that happen ! " Easj enough 1
paid (75 for the suit originmij . and it
j o well thai mv wife would not let mo rest
till 1 had put upflJ5 more for an outfit for
her to match It Buy cheap clothes , old fel
low. Buy cheap clothes '
Di < "iM-cl too I. mid.
"Don't vou think vou diess more loudly
than ts consistent vvitn jour circumstances I"
said the influential church member to the
dearon
" 1 don't see how that can be1 wits the in
dignantly-spoken answer "Mv hat is black ,
my ccatis black , mv cravnt is black '
"J know it , brother , but you wear squeaky
shoes.
_
Missed a Chance.
Hell So you ran aftnr iho nobility when
you were In England , did you !
Hlgglns Yes All through Euroiw I fol
lowed my motlo "When in Homo do ns the
Uomnns do ' ' I flirted In France , climbed in
Switzerland , dranit In CJermany and posed In
Italy
Holt Why didn't you goo \ Monio Carlo !
I'eonlo shoot themselves down there.
Her Tulips and Her I wo Lip .
Aeu J nf f'ir
' 'Are you fond of tulips'"the maiden asked.
" 1 scarcely know , ' the youlb leplied
As he gazed on thesialeiv flowers that basked
In the middaj sunshine's golden pride.
' "Tis true ihcro are uvo lips ihnt 1 admire ,
But svv eelor these are than t hese tulips bo ,
They glow with a richer and rarer fire ,
And like red ro es tLoj seem lo me. "
Gharlt } lor lining Folks ,
'laa * sifimfli
Ho was n joung man who was lalking
loudly of bis father s riches and bis own
prospocis , when nn old woman leaned over
ihe scat nnd asked
"Young man did you sav j'our paw was
rich ! "
"Yes rna'nm "
"He'll oo apt to found some Charity , won't
he ? "
"I think so "
"Sotlled on auylhintr vet ? "
"No nia'am "
'Then please call his atlenlion to an idiot
asylum. "
A s > rrpinde.
A etc I'urh lliraltl ,
Mj love , awake !
On von still lake ,
Where shine the moonbeams clear ,
There waits mv boat
There let us float
None save ourselves is near.
Tonlcht with me
Wonld t thou but flee
With naught our hearts to clogl
But hark-bow wow !
I'll leave thee now
I've waked lhat horrid doc.
'I he Ditlci en _ < .
Ten j ears ago mv lovely Kate ,
Eighteen vv as 1 w it h v ou ,
But now when 1 am ivventj- eight ,
You'ieonlj Iwenlj-lwo.
How is it in time's equal race
My } eat - h ie v ours surpassed ?
"Because , ' Inugbeu Kate with roguish face ,
"Because j on liv ed so f ist' "
j\fil Yitik Sun.
Banker I have just received a leller from
the president of jour alma miter , Mr Nee
grud Ho informs me thai his confidence in
jou is unbounded , that vour Gie-ek oration
was the fiuc-st he ever read , and thai vour
nv enige for the four j ears of colleuo life w as
W ) , which Is so favorable that I have decided
to take } ou m here Your work will bo to
open letters , and the salarv $5 u week. Will
jou begin Mondavi
THE JH'yiAA t\AKE ,
Xcte Comic Opera < > jjfjhr Tar nnd tlic Tartar "
i.
She kept her sccrcl well , oh yes ,
Her hideous se < ret well
We were wedded fast , I know naught of her
past ,
For how was 1 to telH
I married her , guileless lamb that I was ;
I'd have died for her sweet sake
How could I have known thai my Augelino
Had been "a human snake "
We'd oulv been w ed a w eek or Iw o
When i found hei quite u wreck ,
Her limos were tied in true lover's knot
At the back of her swan-like neck
No curse ihere sprang to mj pallid lips ,
Nor did 1 reproach her then ;
I calmlj' untied tnv own irue bride ,
And slraighlcned her out again.
n.
Oh , at night I'd wake nt the midniguthour
With a creepy , crawling feeling ,
And thcro she d be in her lobe do null
A-vv Hiking upon ihe ceiling
She said she was bring "the human flj , "
And she d lift me up from beneath
Bj a section slight of mj garb of night
Whicn she held in herpeailj teolh.
For Ihe sw eel , svv eel sake of "tho human
.snake"
I'd have stood this conducl shndv ,
But she skipped in iho end wilh an old , old
friend ,
An eminent "bearded ladv "
But , oh , at niKht. when mj slumber's light.
Regret comes o er mo stealing ;
Oh , where are the o limbs lhat tied four-in-
hand scarfs
Ob , I miss those steps on the ceiling 1
MvAngolino' ' Mj Angelino1
Why didst disturo mv rnmd serene ?
Mv well beloved cncus queen.
My "human snake , " my Angelina I
nn inr. nuts.
Infantile Dcprni Ity.
Charley , the oighteen-months-old son of
Dr. C A Hyderof Gainesville , Ga , is spoken
of ns a musical prodigv Although he can't
talk plainly ho carnes the air of "Annie
Hoonoy "
Wlij WillitIion't e ( inti iliiitc.
"I ain't going to send anr more money out
to tbo heathen , " said Willie "I seen a pic
ture of one of 'em this mornin' , an' as far as
I could see he didn't wear unv punts and so
hasn'i any pockets 10 carry his money lu. "
Nut .satisfied.
Johnnj' ( looking up from newspaper )
Mamma , vvluti does consume mean )
Johnnj's Mamma You ought u > know bet
ter than to ask such a simple quoslion ,
Johnny 11 means to burn.
Johnnv Then the peopio In Now York
City burnt nearlj live hundred million
pounds of ice last summer What did thev
waul lo do lhal for , imuntnaf
Slie Caught the ( ntr.
The prevailing lone of a family Is some-
limes raflecled in iho conception of ibo chil
dron. A ladj' , bearing a liulo girl repeating
iho form of prnjer she had learned , lold hT
to ask , tissue would of a fainer , and In her
ow n words , for w hai sue needed most The
child knelt , and , after n few moments' reflec
tion , implored eamostij "O Loid , please
make us all verj stj lisa' ' "
HiMa } He iiMK'ror. : |
The second son of ihe cmjicrOr of Russia is
dying of consumption the result , It is said ,
of a blow In the chest iccclvcd in Jest from
tboczarovvitz. . Alexander III , It may bo
mentioned hero , is said to ewe both his
chnnnluc wife nnd his thror.o to n similar
ti'ovv ' inliiclcd in piav upon lus oldest brother ,
Nlcolos , who died at Nice of consumption in
IWK'I. The thira and only remaining son of
the emperor Is ihe little Grandduko Michel , a
boy of twelve years or ago , who , lu the ovant
of a demise of iho crown , would require the
guidimcu and guardianship of a rcgenej until
iho expiration of his minority
I'rcroi'lou * If True.
"Mj litlie niece , " said u doting nunt. In
Kato Field's \\ashington , "begins to tals
quite plainly , she tan say 'Haddlo IJaddlo , '
'Nautlo , ' 'bey , ' and other words , though she
only ten months old '
'Toat is Joung to ta k sn well ' observed a
fund muz&aia , pstruuu.uj.y , t/ai
i
llttlp Jnck was seven inonlhs old he walked
as flrrnlv us any child of two .vears. nl eight
months he wont anj where In the house by
himself nnd at nine months he bougtil him
self a hat 1 took hiiii to the front door and
gave him his directions lie1 walked sttaight
to the store , went in nnd snid , 'Kobinscin ,
hat rtiohalwas fitted on htm he banded
Mr Kobltijon fie bill 1 had given him and
waited for Ihe change Mr Kobinson was so
struck by his intelligence thai he brought iho
child back lo me and asked me wl.nt profess
ional career I had destined him for "
b AMt ( tUII.lt .I.Y/.M t/.V.
A DDK with an Vn | > clto. (
Jntnes Black of ShpcpshcMd bay. Now
York , bus a dog know n a- , the Cireat Dane
He is the property of Banker Kelly's sou of
Now York , and is kept with Mr Black's
largo canine fnnulj In the barn adjacent to
lus bouse at tue bav , A few mornings since
Mr Blucl : found one ot n pack of foxhounds
which he was boarding nmong the tnisslnir
After a diligent search he found the skull of
tbe losi animal dose to the quarter * of the
aforesaid Great Dane. The lailer had cnlcn
the foxhound-bodily
A Dc'gradi'd I'utj Dot ; .
An east side saloon keeper has n pug dog
that Is diunk ne-arlv e\erv daj , says the
Buffalo Courier The dog first "acquired an
appetite foi strong drink by lapplni , the contents -
tents of a pan which sits undet tbe faucet of
a beer keg in the saloon At 111 si he would
have been quito ns well pleased With water ,
but now be must have his "booze'1 with re'g-
ulnrllv and prccisslon , nnd it seems to co
right to Hie spot vv hero il w'li Jo the most
good Ills doeship gets v rj rocky under
tbe inspiration of the foiming bcver .so , but
ho seldom falls down , as n man docs who
has a jug ou , because he has Iwlco us mnny
legs.
Dili ; Ills Own Grave.
A man at the end of n chain nnd n hand
some half-brood Irish seller at the olhei were
oul for an airing nl High bridge , reports the
New York San The man wauled lo take a
short cul across n sanclj lot. but the dog vlg-
orousljproteslcd. . The man's sirenglh , how
ever , prevailed , and the dog was diagged
Imlf-wav ovct the lot , stubbomlj contesting
ever } inch of the wav. In the middle of the
lot he marked his disapproval of the proceed-
Ines bj tumbling over m a fit A uowd of
people were soon around him , proffering ad
vice to his owner The dog kicked so hard
that ho sand wr.s scattered right and left
around him , nnd when nt last his limbs
stiffened and his ejc" glazed in death , ho lav-
at the bottom of a bole nine inches deep
"I'll burj him fora quarter , boss , " said a
bj slander
"I won't trouble \ou , " replied the owner of
the dog , as be unfastened the collar and put
the chain into his pocket "He has dug uis
own gra\e. "
Then with nis foot he pushed the sand iilo
Ihe hole nnd w eul awoj'
fjiiiii Understood.
There is in New Orleans a New foundlnnd
doir. Lion bj name , wbich sues dnilv pi oof
of his comprehension of what is said lo him
A ladv called on his mlslrcss Iho olher dav
During Ibe call Lion came in ralher slv h , lay
down on the pailor caipet and wont to sloop
The conversation ran on , and the visitor
said fiunllj
"
"Whul "a handsome Newfoundland vou
havo"
Lion opened his eje.
"Yes , " said his mislross , "he is n very
good dog , and lakes excellenl care ol Iho
childien "
Lion opened his olher ev e and waved his
toil complaceutlv lo and fro on the carpet
"When the babj goes out he nlwavs goes
with her , and 1 feel perfectlj'sure that no
harm can come lo her , " his mistress went
onLion's tail thumped up and down v lolently
on the carpet
"And he Is so gentle to them all nnd such
a plaj mate and e-oinpanion to Inem that wo
would not take * IIMO for hrm. "
Lion's tarl now wcul up and down , to and
fie and round and round with great and un
disguised cleo
' Hut , ' said the mistrcas , " Lion fins one
serious fault
Total subsidence of Lion's tail. togeth i
with the appearance of an expression of
greal conceit ! in his face
"He will come in hcio with his dirtv feet
nnd he dow n on the carpet , when I hav o told
him Mrao and again thai he musln't do it "
Heie Lion aiose with an air of the utmost
dejection and humiliation nnd slunk outof the
room v , Hh his lalelj exuberant tail lolally
creslfalle-n.
Tahl > j'H Hunt was Fruitless
The largest and most luxurient nil of rass
in Ihe Citv Hall park is the plot at the rioilh-
easl end of Ihe cilj hall , says the Now York
bun There are tnanj tmfdsome trees scat
tered over it , and so the shadows ate plentj
and the sunshine thai fillers ihroiiKh falls
upon Ihe grass in silyt'r streaks This spot is
u favoiite camping place for bhds that flit
about , chirping among the branches and hop
ping ov er the pra s In perfect peace Ever }
bright afternoon a bundled buds dunce abou'l
here and there aiound Iho wire rnlhni , ' mid as
manv men slop and watch the-m with much
pleasuie
There were a few robins , a number of
blown thrushes and a great manv sparrows
who fought nnd chirped all the lime , accord
ing lo their nature , the other daj when a
v agrant cat stonped abrupllv in Ihe course of
a rapid tllghl from Ihe couit house to Bioao
waj and survnved iho buds Then i1 sprang
through the w ire fence , and , crouching low on
its bellv crept ns noisclessH as a snake
Ihiough the glass It was a bic cat , ot Ihe
common black und white \aiiulv , and the
grass w as not \ cry high , but the cat was so
wih in i'-s movements and so subtle tnat the
enl > portion of it that ooul'l bo seen from a
little disluuto as it slid aloi c was the vcrj
top of its bock and Us polntoci ours
11 gel within len feet of a thrush without
alarming the bird , nnd Ihen it cropped flat
und waited. The bird hopped about , uppar-
eritlv unmindful of the danger lhal menaced
il , and iho men who weie vv niching Iho scene
w lib muc h inlerc-st hold their breath w hen
ihoj saw the e-at w ngirlo up a few fool nearer
Then ih cal drew il-.cU locelherfor a
spring and shot oul in the-air line a streak
' 1 he thrush , with a little frighloned peep and
flutter , flew awav , and , i > erthing on the
branch of n tree , milled Its featheis All Ihe
olher birds had observed Iho escnpo of the
thrush and thov al ! t ! vv ut > in the same tree
and held a moeling The thr ush , bj virtue
of his narrow escnK [ > , was uhairrnan'and he
told the whole storj amid rnanv pe-cps of us
toni-hmcul and many manifestations-
antor
The cat looked hungril } up nt the tree and
licked its chops I'rott } soon thn birds all
flew down on the grass ucain and bcvun once
more to lion about Again the cal crouched
in Ihe grass and wriggled about and made
frantic jumps al some bi-d , but uo terror
that attended tbo first allnck bad dei urled ,
and Ihe birds only noticed thc-ir feline on'ny
tij little tli.'hts , when thoj would airain hoi-
lie But the cal was pcmstpni and contin
ued its offorii to gel a lasio of bird nearly all
Iho uflornoon , and only acknowledged itself
bealen when ihe sun went down in the west
The Chaplain Guvo Itaok the C.rds
"I bnd Hither n rcmarkublu cxierl- |
one A lulu I vvtih chaplain in Ihe tinny , "
rt'innrliod nno ol Iho ministers nt the pas
tors' union , nc'corcllng lo the Columbus
Dispatch ,
" ilV"
"What wus
" 1 hnd boon worUinc and tnlldni ; to
tin- boys about gambling , und they
finnlh turned all tbo curds In tbo t-amp
over lo rno. The next Any they wore
tiuid olf. The follow me day I was puss-
in ; : out and saw n blunifot sprend out
with two lumps ol sugar on on o corner
and about half the money in the camp
spread out. "
"What wore they doing ? , '
"Then1 were boti.n on which lump of
BUfrurafly tvauld ( list light , and nil the
munuj on tbo blanket changed luxnds'on
the result "
"What did you snj to the boyulf"
"I sttid : 'Horo , ba s , c-omo got your
cards. ' "
Life She HIis coiijecu ! l w ith you in
bi rnu w a } o } linn i . .ugtmi * t t '
Ho ics. ue juarnoa ui
K STOUT * .
IS Blcibauoi is plnj mg n brilliant gam
at < md f > r the 1'lttsburg te'atn
'Ihe Itnto'clv ' n club's Infield may l < oxpei ted -
ed to do ( list rla s work from llii * out
There Is n mill f > > r l uakordom to m ike eti
Jack Milligan captain of the Athie'u
Hurst has a v olco like n Jack rabbit f > nla
impersonator He makes n good unipuo
Miller's short slop vlnving Is uoi si t . KV
ns it used to be George hiii lots nf sa id
Tnol'HUsburc raacnfttos expecct th.it tho.r
team will have n prolltab.o ttmo In tin cast ,
King is nol ns ctlootlvc as usual , lua i < alvin -
vin is doing the boil bax work for I'lttstn rg
Mike Tlcrtmn Is doing great work w r i. iho
stick and leads the heav.v Now Yc > ik hitters
Harrj Stalcy has been "uonchc-d ' 11 n
Plttuburg for careless plav and luunni ;
up '
The return of Sullivan and Qninn to the
ranks will greatly strengthen theH nu-u
team
Hut v on U improving in his work Hi Mo 1
the nurd hitting Urooklv n team dow n t two
runs.
Uhine.s is loMnr his grip The Bro ii < ns
ai.d Clevclaucln hnmuieivd him nil otcrtuu
field.
During the New York series at 1'ittsb .rg . ,
more lhan ycKW people paid lo soothe K ur
games
Hndbouroo amused himself with lus old
learn , Iho Bostons , in tvvo of the Cincunatl
game's
ThhdbisotmnHeill.v's battinuand I'eldinjf
ts no\v pleasing the cranks at 1'illsburg im-
monii-lv
Lspc-r is plte-blnfjrcinnrkanlv well He has
roc-Cntl } helped the Philadelphia's to several
victories.
Shlndle is beginning to play his old game
He is Melding wull and bitting the b til bard
and often
Chfl Carroll ts in his glory He is plav ing
a beautiful game and his hits come in at tbo
right titno.
bhorl slop Miller nloyod n winning game
againsl the sliontr New York team Keep it
up , George.
Usper , the left handed pitcher of the 1'hiln-
delphia team , was cjuilo a mark for Ihe "ttls-
burg hlllers
Cialviu conllnuos his winning cait Tba
gicat fninilv lalsor is pilchlue n wonde-rfat
game of ball
Clements helps Philadelphia out wonler-
fullv Ho Is a tough one and It's haul to
knock him out.
Nash puts up n model game at third base
this season Last j ear his vv ork vv as nnj thing
bul lir : > t-class.
Hadbourno Is beginning to show himself.
Thu "Old Hoss" will never die from ihe ef
fects of overw ortt
"King Kel ' and CapUiin Buck KWHIJ. are
both oul of soils The formei is uiiweil
ano tins n bid arm
Alvord is no longer solid with CUvt hnd
audiences Uis work was verj ragged in the
I'lnladelpuia scite-s.
rotcman , late of Cincinnati , has turned up
in Washington Tail end ageiogutious sceru
lo bo Foreman's million
Aihe Lalhain novel played better bu 1 Ho
is battinir , fk-lding and limning the bases in
his old bt Lours stv lo
Philadelphia now liimonls Ibo loss of old
Sid I'urrar AVhou Brown catches the Phil
lies are1 w eak at Hi st b ise
President Bvrno sajs. "I do not worry
about a few games lost nt u t mo when the
plavers tire more or less disabled "
Mjcr of the Philadelphlos Is one of the
steadiest second basemen m tbe business Ho
Is also a gooJ av e rage batsman.
Pete. Browiiiim u bitting the bull hard.
However , theio is httlo hope of Pete } comluff
out premier batsman in the league
1 he league o far hits been more interest
ing than in anj previous year. The positions
of U.c clubs chaiiL'c almost dullj.
Bob Allen is a dandy little short stop ,
Bobbj is also doing good wurK wltn the stick
and runs bases in n dashing manner
Good bje , Nen York' ' Unless "Buck"
Evvme gels into trim iho Giants will hardly
win the pennant Be-waro of Brooklj n '
Hair } 'U right is spe-ndlug lots of time in
coaching joung Schultz to pitch H nj has
strong hopes in the JOUIIK man s ability
Hooks got the tire from the Bostons after
the second Cincinnati game Hov ould make
a gooe1 man for some minor league team
Cleveland missed Tebeau In the Philadel
phia sciies Alvord was avvnj- oil luhu third
base plaj Such are thu fortunes of vv nr
Hanv Wcldon wants lo know whelhei the
Boston Triumvirs bought their plajers' trav
eling uniforms at a cheap bargain counter
Until the Philadelphia inHeld becomes
steadiei. It will require n prettj rapid first
basemen to attend proporlj to Ihrow u balls.
Clements is a great dajin and daj out
man The fat boj also touches the leather
v < rv hard nt times vv ben he has his "eye in '
Palmer O Neil wants none man manage-
mc-ulln Prlisuurg Calmer is evidently siz
ing up las own shape with the aid of a mir
ror
Whistler is pluvlug well for New York but
the team would bo at its best with Lwmg
behind the bat and O'Hourko back in left
Held
M'keTlernnn made a costij error In the
sec-.ondNew York-Cleveland game It was a
digr.itled mult , and cost the Ulants tbo
game
Pillsburg audiences are steady goers. They
turn oul Iwo and Ihreo thousand strong right
nioug , and the Saturdaj crowds are much
laiger.
Hemming Is plo for Jimmy Hvnn Jimmy
louehe-d Ward's Hud for three doubles , a sin
gle and u three-baggc'i Hyan also scored
live runs
The Boslons did well to pull off two games
in Chicago The Bostons were in a crippled
condition , Sullivan and Quinn being on the
sicK lut
The Plltsburgs don their bailing tog once
in a while. Pitcher Kspor received a hard
flogging from the bmoketown slugger m a
recent game
Wilmol was the first man to put a ball over
the right field wall on the Chicago grounds.
It wus a great hit , nnd Clnrkson was AVil-
mot'b viclirn
Con Dall } makes a handy man for Brook-
Ijn Ho jumps in und plays mosl anj place
in il pinch and ho manages lo gel in n hi or
tw o rigbi along
GeUelu's good work surprised his ( hirago
friends. "GeU" fooled '
. Alison's mem frutn
start to tinisn and pulled out a crcdilablo vic
tory for Boston.
The grumblings and croakmgs of the Pitts-
burg cranks about Miller and others of iho
team buy 3 suddenly ceased since the te-atn haa
comme-ucod to win.
Huichluson held Iho Brooklyn sluggers
down to live hits In Monday's game i'ho
"Chicks" feel confident
of victory when
Hutchlnson pitches.
Cleveland seems to bo an asjlurn for
pitchers vv lib pclrlfied arms Yiau Is abmt
the only Cleveland pitcher that Isiuiu.ji-
lion to do good work.
Polo Browning goiH in his tilts right aiong
As a butstnun Pete ranks wilh tlic- bust tut
ho should sacrifice mcro and give up the
record-playing craze.
Uiivo Foutz is running the bases vvsth ic
Inp effect Ho cjiit cover moro grounu in a
short stop , after ho gets to llwt , tuan i mo-
tenths of the lenugo plavurs
Kid Nichols Is In hard luck. He h < i the
Clue in nit las down to four hits lust Montim
but Lowe and tiuUcin rnudu dandelion urn.ra
that lost the game for Boston.
Arllo Lnthum is as fuunv ns over Iho
way Arlio h < Ipod big Jake Iteckley to his f > et
only to touch him out , would makeuluu
t < ick.v colonel w cop \vlth lautrhtor ,
Young of Cleveland , 11 not so yount as ho
u ed to be Ho has a liuuu arm m 1 a.o
bleak fiiloh front of ! LUKCI Lrio nro nut i. p
Ing the tsoreuo B to any grunt extent
Bill Brown was a big find for Philmli ipr.ta
He put out tvvemtj-ouo inon w ( bout m ir r
In the Cleveland Prllndc-lphtu ftltect i i. i n
gumit , and ho aUo tiiado four ciuun bit- .
Chsrloy Snyder , tbe voternn tnu h < r put
on his c-ho l protoclor nnd plnyod > ul ut
Uushinglon Not onlv did heao-tpi t io
cl utiUw ithiiul at i rn.r but bo g t tu a U l
ULj u r L UtXKl fur lUo wlU L/ii ) ,