Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1878, Page 7

.THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SPORTING: sher View of the Controversy tween the Leagne and Non~ " League Clubs. ghort and Breezy Paragraphs About Base-Ball Clubs and Players. e Forthcoming Congress of the National Trotting Asso- ciation, t Rowing Team Shall Rep- wmresem the United States in England? Chicago Billiard Tournament--- 2 (rpe Showing Up to Date. " BASE-BALL. PRACTICAL FEATURES., lobe who correspondent, of the_Boston Gl ,-.Ans Dumself “Bloom of Youth* (from which e tair to suspect that bls name is Laird), +ites a very sensible letter on the pending con- voversy, from which the following extracts are zades . ring into the merits of the present e Cotroversy. a slizhi. Teview of {he bis- o thopame msy give some idea of which e siood, the test of time. and thercfore i e considered as authority on matters re- {Magtothe game. A _basc-ball directory, pub- Hedin Boston i 1507, mves the names and ad- B of 200 clubs throaghout the country. Some f them are the names of clubs stillof note, but § tremsjoricy exictin fona memories only: af this 3 oietmonal playing was almost nnkno e B en 1n 1570 fome ffteen clabs & onals, yet it %as not until 1871 nown 88 Drofe: | 3 et couveation was held, an association 24 2 éode of chumpionship rales adupted. Lo7meC, Seing table i}l <hOW the numer of elubs T tatered the arens at the besinnins of esch *which ones of that mumoer other than o : T Elubnow exict, not countiug the Louis: \iles 222 clab 1 tbe presct day: o, et ; © 6. Clieago and Cinclunatl Yoult wonld scem that these clubs, the only .«j:.mxeor many a wreck, ehould be _entitled to ‘1shaving the best interest of the game ng Lo tnd when questions of base-ball Iegistation sreeonadered thiey should mot be comyared with i majoruty of the clubs of the day, many of Seitbare mavaged by parties whose nsmes are Zatabore suspicion, and whose only showing wilt Teonpepis; these are like the snow of winter, be- cse they melt 3%3y when loe warm eprinetime foe. With the professional associ e mest tronble was how to muke ciubs Feeptheir esgavements; there was mo pensity for sonfoiliment. The s¥etew €0 common in 1871, 72 15633, of aot playin return games that were &t in Doston lost the Bostou Club much puney, tad in 1671 they were swindled ont of the cuzpicnshiv 0y a rule applying to one clab bat ot 10 auother. This kmd of tork, and the reindling by throwing ames that was practiced iy eome ciube, cuused the formation of the Lesgze. The spirit of their articles of association T2y given in one seatence: **Any clab that s 201 keep its engagements, cither with jis or with another club, forfeits its member- izp." This bas weeded out the poorer clubs, and 1y three old and two new clubs form the Lexze. These invite others Lo join, to_enjov the smeadrantaces, aud be bound” by the same rnles scherare. Is this unfairy The playing season tsleen shoriened, and it has been ayrecd that g that sexson none but League clubs ehall yir o League srounds._ Some have said 1nis was sese of West ve. East; that the Western catswere bound o put the East down. Look = moment how foolish this theory is; i, assome breproplesied, the non-Leazue: clubs refuse to Ly with the League, then every Western ciubwill s'ets make the trip Last to play tue Bostons sme, wile the Bostons, going West, will have focr éiubs 1o play. Tie experience of tie past few- yearshad cleariy ebown that some such rule was Sxesisry for the good of all. During 1877 a few sin-Lesye cloos’ made the ‘tour of the country, wiici resulted In o Joss of money, if not of reput ation, for it 15 2 ad truth that Jocal fame is nota ol sdrertisement Lo travel on. 1t will not draw 2fzoweil 28 10 -let 1t be known that a club s sing for the chimp! and a zame won or imay decide wao shail Iy the coveted emblem, bortkis very reason, wiile the Ingisnapolis Club kot a bit étroneer than u year azo, thousands will Lasear atfend ifs games where hundreds dia rarago. How many of tne patrans of the game, soareto lose somuch this vear, owing to the 2. £t of petty games, can teil the score of exther dibe Indianapoiis zamncs that were piayed in Bos- 1121877, o who won? A ceruain bse-ball reporier, whose only knowl- fcexf thegame nas been acquired in scorinz and ning zuwes for two seasons past, comes for- 2rd and advocates the following: ** There is nced © bt oDt aszoCialion in the countrv. That asso- caon ehould fnclade alf clubs walling_ {6 pay an sizusion-fee or annual tax of $25 or $30." (The ixkeare oar own.) And be farther surs that any & toese clubs taat pay—no, 1oL vay, but are will- {swpas—shail Lave an cqual voice with clabs Eitshe Bostons on 2!l matlers relatine o club tiagement, rules, fines, ctc. No waticr frum wezethie club may come, o matter 17 1t is a club tse10 existence only in the minds of some ce cebating society. of i a one-man traveling b el it ehall bave the sawme eay us the Los. Lz, who have bougbt their experience by the b4'of some thousands of dollars. 18 not this e too commuuistic even for these liberal days. Theprarunice Guestion is now inade £o as to the losx of gawes vy rain. Surely, there is 15inz new in & Zuaranice; although 3 ‘gmarantee anwelrain has ot been common, et in many Gasitkss ocen given. It will prolavly be ad- musdtnat if the International Clubs could in 157uford, with a 25-cent admission fee, 1o uar- £1les exch other 75, - they can surely aflord to e Leagne clubs S100. What the League clubs done, 15 to place theiv games on 4 -one-pri ieand eay, **1f you want us you csn bave us 120 mach money ; if not yau cin let us zlone. What, you may ask, will bé the effect of this rul Zrifiy—Outside clubs wiit do their business better k¢ calealae the chanees before tuey fovitea League thiaz money and ot 2 they will very guickly see that In asmuticity £lay & Leatue ciud the day after a Gaine 1hat aroused rvzglocal fesling, and cousequently a lar, 130 Wekmly raidl. Tts well knowh th: ke B9t tie tioe nor faterest 10 supvor fieyed 0o close upon each other. and usually Lo piay romebof el interest on Lwo consecutlve davs arhrily—And'a siatement In which all newspaper i ngaree they must adverdlse, a_thing some. e 187 would oz o, merely out o spite. ru:“' Youwill sas, canpot outside clubs jointo- §her ead egtee not Lo play any rames with Learue joost Cerinly they can, but they will nol. b ¢if they do, no club with a salary list of e snt o make enough 1o pay its plavers tags), ravels cxtensivelr. And if they arc Lo sag o 8 E00d clab can do better us a Leazue club, Trtajni one cannot make its traveling expenses, oneany pay for the plasers. L€ young man refered to is the ball man of eBoston Herald, 3 PERSONAL AND GENERAL. ; h;!mang the “ probabilitics” are Glenn with mecrs._hhcmmc with the Lowells, and ¢35 Captain of the Rochesters. he Clgyer says that James_ Ailen, “of_ the 2o BB, letter in its office. Who Cliago BB, .1 hg o ket Never hiard @ Lim petore. Tie ouly names Sriggroly) Auncs aunounced for the new :mn e plhs.yw) cam are Hackett and Wit the Fall Riverslast nhfl;_lmst anoouncement of the New Bedford 1; team is Curtis, e.; Stover, p.; Waitt, Hey avis, 2.3 Crook. 3b.; Mutrie, s. 5.3 p s, Gore, McCartaey, 1. ‘lé;;uml by the Wercury that e ed 10 play in San Franci: and tnat be o c:rggetgfi l:lcpbhl: pxlcsiduu there. He est is sti EI one if he wants to Lw‘nycrs, e : 4 1 BStbe getting pretts near the tim A i S Dretty e when, :z'a %‘ll'p(rnunn:yl_\' Dbrings out s “ten men e nnings * plan, It would be e glorious h:_-me torope that new Association into saapt- ! is *“improvement.’ ©n late of the Syracuse Stars, passed i ‘!ih:\}m this city sesterday on his his \rng East. i Zas been for'some moriths in San Francisco, ug:xnwlebt‘ns J;’:Em the Em(:innnus withina short en v come mam oo under contract with thew. e Brookivm Eagle s an excelicnt, resumes St arpes for1875 so far as they differ from ha IST(L_. Itis supposably contributed by by KWk:L who cau, when he chuoses, be as upater Dd 88 any writer on the game. Un- ately he does not, always choose. Do Boston Hera i ¢ on Herald eredits Manager Douglas, msl"mndence team, with the beliet that irg yoe Will hold a inceting in March and L € rule against_non-League gamés ou nll“‘m_“uwu;:ds. The Herald adds of its own 12d g e cliances are five to one against The Proc is n vidence Dispateh malies the remarka- gercttion that ““Sweasy’s record last year Leame 3 D35¢ SUrpasscd thnt of any ove of the ul angm“ ers on record.” This is really a frignt- fure e of the fallacy of talking withoutthe belore one, Sweasv's record was 903, Fergy Malone which was beaten by no less ¢han seventeen Leazue players, t%wo of them on seco!ft‘l base. Spatding made .935 in the same position that Sweasy made . The Athletic Club has been closed out by the Sherif, its fences and pavilions banglnzy35‘.‘-, and their ground lease $5. Peace be to its debts—for it Iefu more debts than ashes. It ‘Was once an bonorable association, governed by zentlemen. When it eame to be a swindling Scheme Which kept no faith, it deserved to die, . The St. Paul Globe has the following concern- ing a plaver who formerly lived in~ Chicas: * Michael Walsly, 2 member of the Brown Stoc] ing Base-Ball Club last summer, and_since an employe in the Milwaukee & St. Paul Raihray yard, dicd suddenly of heart disease at the Cot~ taze Hospital on Sunday. His parents live in Chicago, and have been telegraphedto.” Walsh had plaved ball in Minnesota during the last threz years, viz.: In 1575 with the Clibver Club of Winona, 101876 with the Minneapolis and also with the Red Caps, in 1877 with the Minne- apolis Browns. Ilc was a ood gen eral player, fifi)cllc'mg in the field, and was thoroughly re- One of the few really humorous things in counection with the effort to suppress pool- selling in Boston was the sttitude of the Herald, Wwhich one day explained that the new Pool bill was *ridiculous in the extreme,” and was so considered by merchants and professional men. The next day it was bottom side up on the %ucstim‘li and declared that pool-selling had cenand wasa_curse to whatever it had been identified with. 1t was the most retarkable flop ever performed in any country. The Clipper says that Newark, N. J., is to have a professihial club. Also that New York and vicinity will place about twenty gate-money co-operative teams in the field the coming sea- sou. Also that there arc hundreds of good pro- {essional players around New York who would be glad of 2 guarantee of $10 a week and board the comiug_season. Also that the Syracuse Stars, the Chelseas of Brooklyn, the Crickets of Binghemton, the Auburys, the Buffalos, the Mornells, the Rochesters, and the Uticas will play eieht games all around for the champion- ship of the State of New York. Also tiat Hart- ford and New Haven will bave co-operative teams this year. Also that Chapman is in Brooklvn, and that Louisville will not have an- other stock company until 1879, Harry Wright does not often rush into print, but he could not very well bear the unfair treat- ment _of the Clipper in commenting on the Boston Club™ season, and he replics with _a_ force and directness _ which tuke Mr. Chadwick’s breath away, and leave him hizh and dry a-straddle of what appen be a blooming lie. Coucerning ibe fiurcs given (which are_cxaetly those printed in this columa last Sunday) the Clipper explains that it took them {from the Boston Kerald, but it carefully omits to state where it found the as- sertion that the Bostons lost money by their Western tour. This Harry sits upon” with bis books in lus hand. Mis letter covers very near- Iy the same poiuts made a week aeo in this col- umn, and for that reason is not reproduced. The London correspondent of the Cincinnaty Enquirer has the following : The English gay. **Oh, 1t is only an enlarzed gameo! ‘rounders,’ fit for overgrown schoolboys!* There's where their mistake s, Base-ball Is serial illiards, if I may eny eo, and requires more skiil, tact, and finesse than cricket, or any similar game. Now, we bear of a commitiee going to America 1n the spring to look into the national game therc. Inope yon will, as usual, give this committee all the points in the zame, as well 35 all the hospitali generally accorded 1o strangers within your gates. base-ball has €0 much to commend it as even a mental study, a.bodily recreation, & sanitary pas- time, and 2 school for physical development. that 1 nope to see it still enlarzed among athletic sparts in America, and hecome oue of the great games of England.” When this committee leaves here 1 will Quly inform you. The Clipper gives a sketch of the play for the Western championship, noting the -fact that Chicago won it in 1870 by defeating the Cincin- zati Red Stockings the only two zames played. In 1875 8t. Louis and Chicago stood tied on five ames each, tnough the latter won the odd game, which was aonounced as *for tlie decis- ion of the Western chamolonship.”” In 1876 St. Louis beat Chicago six games out of ten, and also four out of five in a supplementary series. In 1877 Chicaro wou cight out of twelve of tho series, and two out of three of the supplemen- tary series. The whole status may be thus ex- pressed: GAMES. RUns. Chi- St. Chi- _ St. semizs. cago. Louts. cago. Louis. 5 o 0 66 o 7 1 (4 39 . + +t +. 40 1 135 Total.... o1 20 25 214 In 1877 Louisville won the Western champion- ghio by getting thirty-one out of forty-cight games played be it. QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 0. §.. Detroit—+*In a game between Minneapo- Iis 2nd St. Paul, the former were in tae deld, and the men 1o whom I wish to refer were O'Leary, r. f.: Tuelle, 2b.: Gleason, 3b. Gault, of the Rlede, had reached second base, snd Gross was at Lat; he hit to O'Leary, who caught him en a fly. Gault reurned to second aud tonched it, then started to steal third. O'Leary gent the ball to Tuclle and be sent {t to Glezson.” Gault was caught between Gleason and Taclle and run oat. being touched. 1think. by Tuelle. Now who gets the nee!' Answer—Three assists should ve ven for the play, one cach to O'Leary, Tuelle, and Glear See Paragraph 6, Sce. 6 of Rule 8, Leagne Playing Ruly THE TURFE. THERZ WILL BE A CONGRESS of the Nutional Trotting Association held in New York City on the 13th of the present month, and as the complaints against that body and the National Board of Appeals have been persistent and vigorous during the past year, it is a moral ceriaiuty that the coming eeting will be oi an interesting and probably ‘exciting character. There will be a strong cffort made by the Eastern Associations, backed by the New York sporting journals, 0 whitewash the abuses that have grown out of the Natjonal Association, and rendered it odious in the eves of many of the most honorable turf patrons in the country, and cforts are being wade to induce the Western tracks seated personally at the meeting to seud their proxies to the editor of one paper to be voted. It is gratifying to be able to say, however, that this scheme is not meeting With much favor, the tracks, with scarcely an exception, prelerring to do their voting through Mr. Vail, the Sceretary of the National Assoviution, as in former years, Another matter that will come prominently before the meeting is the revision of the pres- ent code of rules, which govern all races over Association tracks. At the Congress held a year ago; Judge Grant, of Davenport, ia., IL. M. Whitehead, of New York, John Tod, of Cleveland, M. G. Thomsvn, of Utica, and T. J. Vail, of Hartford, were appointed a Committee to revise the present rules and Ly-laws, Tne members of this Com- mittee bave received any number of suzgestions in regard to the proposed revisions, and wiil presentall of them at the coming meet- g, leaving the Consress to take such action in the matter as it may. choose. Of course but few of tire proposed amendments will be con- curred in, but the idea of changing Rule 7isa good one, and should be carried out. The rule Qs 1t now stands is as follows: The resideice and post-ofice address, in full, of the persan or persons in whose namean entry i made, and if e or they be, not the owner, hen that of 1he winner or ownérs must also accompany each nomivation. It is proposed to add to this rule the clause: “ And if the name and residence shall be false- 1y stated for the purpose of deception, tue of- fender to be punished by a fine not exceeding $109, or by suspénsion or expulsion. If the nominator is not the owner, the name ol the owner must be given under penaliy of afine of $25. When the nominator is personally unkuown to tne ofliters of the course, if re- quired, or his entry is protested, he shall estab- 1igh his identity by sutlicient references or egi- vence; otberwise the entry shall be barred fr Willtme, and tn such case he shall establish the identity’ o his horse under the same penalty.” This claust w desioned to act as 8 preventive of false and fraudin.ny eutrics, and to_prevent a repetition of the “FINZGr 7 pusiness, which was so prevalent last season, DOt hera and in the Egst. It is sluply the idea avanced in Toe TRrIBUNE several months ago, put in tye forwa of 4 rule, and should by all_means be Vesed, unless somethinz that will _better accomplisd the object for which it was dedlened is found. But the principal thing at the mestng in which the tracks in this State are interested is the election’ of a member of the Western District Board of Appeals. The Michigan confederacy, which advocates the tobinson system of allowing horsesto be pulled in races, provided the judges are notitied of the intended sction beforehand, has already de- clared itself in favor of Josh Tutnill, of Sagi- paw. THE TRIBUNE does not propose to advo- cate the merits of any particuler candidate, but 2s Mr. Tuthill is a promineny oficer of the Sag- inaw track, which is still in default to horse- men for parses offcred and tretted for at.its 1ast mecting, and over which some very ques- tionable worl was allowed last season, a ereat many of the tracks in the Western Distriet will oppose the election of Mr. Tuthill, and a num- ber of them bave decided to present the name of M. M. Morse, Secretary of the Earlvile, Iil., trick, for the position. Mr. Morse i & man ‘whose honesty of purpose and fair-mindeduess has never been questioned, and would_ bring_to the position nbility, vizor,and the friendship and respect of all who know him. A DISPLAY OF CHEEK, Tne CurcAco TrIDUSE warmly defends the management of Dexter Park. 1t pronounces un- true the statement which Mr. A. Waddle, of Springfield, recently seutus for publication, and says that the race in question was strictly according to rle. Tue TrBUNE pleads the case of Mr. Mansur well. ‘It i8 now time for Mr. Waddle to speak. When all the facts shali be collected and examined we will better know how to decide the case, The assertion of Tie TRIBUNE that the Turf, Field,- and Farm ‘*ncver loses an opportunity 10 injure the turf interests of Chicago ™ is too ridiculous for serious notice. It is the mission. of the Zurf, Field, and Farm to build up bealthy enterprises, not to pull them down. The above appears as an editorial paragraph in the last issue of the - Tury, Field and Farm, and, to say the least, isa rather extraordinary promulgation. In the first place, this paper did not pronounce the statement of Mr. Waddle untrue. Itisnot in the habit of indiserimi- pately calling men liarg, as the New York sporting journals fovariably do whenever their editors become angry, aud then crawfishing on the statement in the mext issue of the paper. What Tme TRIBUNE said was, that Mr.. Waddle’s statements regarding the race for gentlemen riders at Dexter Park on the 4th of last July were flalZ{ contradicted by men whose word was as good as his, and then proceeded to oive the stateménts of these men, together with the oflicial summary of the race, taken from the Secretary’s books, all of which was_in direct contradiction of the story told by Mr.Wuddle. The remark that this paper defended Mr. Mansur well 1s aceepted in the same kindly spirit in which it was given. But the most re- markable part of the Zurf’s paragraph, and that which makes_the whoie ridicuious, is the statement that “ When all the fucts shall be collected and examined we will petter -know how to decide the case.” This is the essence of check. Several people in this v would like very mauch to know who asked the New York editor to decide this ques- tion, and also what value his ** decision " will possess when it is delivered. Mr. Waadle’s ob- ject is presumably to recover the 15 entrance money out of which he claims to have been gouged. Does he imagine that by getting the Tury’s decision in his favor on the point at issue he can recover the money? It would seem that be did, and that theeditor of the New York paper shared his views, from the compla- cent manner in_which the latter refers to his forthcoming opinion. But perhaps it was only the prestize which such a decision would give him that Mr. Waddle was after, and if such be the case he is perfectly welcome to it; and, further, if the editor of the Tury will send a copy uf theé same to this paper it will be published as a literary curiosity, if not as news. The whack at this paper because it touched the Zurfina sore spot about its ill-naturcd flings av turf matters in Chicazo was te pe ex- pected. But in denying the charge, it _forgets that its first article rezarding the Waddlo con- troversy was closed by a wholly gratuitous. ref: erence to the financial mistortunes of Mr. Man- sur. Such allusions come with very bad grace from a paper which is endeavoring to secure eympathy for the manager of a track at its very doors, who owes a large amount of unpaid S by Planet, were severely bruised and cut up, b Mr. Dubols thinks their injuries were only temporary. Still the accident,has compelled them to Jie over at St. Louis. The well-known and valuable trotting-horse Gen. Hood will be sold at auction next Wednes- day, Feb. 5, at the Union_Stock-Yards. Gen. Bood is one of the speediest horses in the country, and at Beacon Park, Boston, inthe fall of 1875, optained 8 record of 2:90, and trotted the last half inile of the deciding heat in the remarkable time of 1:08. His sale will afford gentlemen in scarch of a fast roadster au opportunity to purchase at a low figure. Tne«ndianapolis People is very plain spoken at times. _In a late issue it says: ¢ The Grand Jury at Lexington, Ky., bas indicted_both the Kentucky Racing Association and the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders’ Association for selling pools on races run and trotted over their Tespective courses at their fall meetings. Grand Juries are o noisance anvwhere, and ought to be abolished; but this Kentucky jury should head the list of damphools. They would crip- lc an interest that brings to the Blue Grass ezion more money taan does all her agricult- ural products.” New York bookmakers are offering the fol- lowing odds on coming tur{ events: Belmont takes, five to one against Spartan and Albert, seven to one azainst Duke of Mazenta, cizht to one ngainst Axiom and Wade Hampton, twelve to oue azainst Bramble and Danichefl, fiftcen to one against Fawn; Brozie, and Manhattan, clzhteen to forty against the others, Withers Stakes, four to one agzingt' Duke of Maeenta, five to one against Perfcetion and Albert, cleven to two ngainst Pride of the Village and Mon- tana, ten to_one ogainst Axiom and Bramble, twelve to forty-flve arainst others. Ladies Stakes, ninc to two against Pique, five to one against Pride of the Villuze and Perfection, six, to one against Montana, eight to one arainst Fawn, ten to one deainst Judith, Hildegarde, and Bridget, twelve to thirty amainst others. Among the well-known road riders of New York arc.Robert Bonuer, who drives Dester or May Bird; Alley, his son, with Maud Macey and Music; Foster Dewey, formerly Secretary to Boss Tweed, with Richard, record 3:915 W, $. Belden, with Honest 1larry and.Lady White; H. B. Claflin, withabay team: Frank Work, with Bill Thunder and John W. Hall, both hav- ing records_of 2:25; Louis Lorillard, with a Messenger Duroc mare; Paul Dana, san of the editor of the Sun; Heury Ilavemeyer, vwith a pair of Hambletonlan mares; William Wilkins, with Maud, record 2:29; J. M. Fiske, with Helen Russell and mate; Sheppard F. Knapp, with a speedy pair of Hambletonians; his sons, Tenry and Sheppasd F. Jr., with fast opes: Amos Li!.l]% with a mare by Aberdeen; Will- jam . anderbilt, with Small Hopes and Lady Mac, or Little Fred and Arthur Boy:_ Charlic Griswold, of the Fifth Avenuc Hotel, with Blackwood Belle and Duroc, and sometimes witn Thomas L. Young, rccord 2:19}:" Harrison Durkee, with a son of Dictator and one of Blackwood ; A. H. Darling, senior proprictor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, with a pair of fast bavs; Sheri- dan Shook, with a sister to Stieridan, record 2:23; Fletcher Harper, of Harper Bros., with a brown team that can trot in 2:40; Charles II. Keruer, of the Clarendon, with Scotland Maid and Loadstone; Henry N. Smith, owner of the Aaid, with a chestnut geldine; C. A. Read, of the Hoflman House, with New_Berlin Girl and marte: A. H. Ravmond, with Poindetta; Will- iam Turnbull, with Homer and Manfred; Da- vid Banner, with Prince Imperial, the son of Flora Temple, and ‘Happy Medium; W. H. purses to horsemen, and in - order'$Harbeck, with Warwick Maid and Fanny At- to save whom the Bosrd of ‘Appeals | wood; W. H. Taylor, with John F.: Edward Wwas obliged to violate its own code | S.Stokes, who killed Jim Fisk. with Gizlie; Z. of laws, as well as those of deceney and bonor, which arc_supposed to obtain in all civilized communities. Col. Mansur, as manager of Dexter Park, does not owe any horseman a cent. If he had deiaulted in the vayment of vremiums, and a request for the suspension of Dexter Park therefor been made, does any one suppose that the Board of Appeals would have endeavored to hush up and smooth over the matter by every means in_its power, and which could only be done by a shameful violation of its own rules? Not much. Dexter Park, or auy other Westérn track, would, under such circumstances, have been promptly expelled, aud such action would bave beet perfectly proper, and indeed the only one that coula have been taken. But this phase of the matter is referred to in anouner article, and until that “ decision ™ shall arrive, the subject of Mr. Waddie’s trouble will be dropped. THE FLEETWOOD PARK OUTRAGE. The pecaliarly bare-faced and_ atrociously-un- just manner in which the Board of Appeals vio- lated its own code of laws in a vain endeavor to prop up the falling fortunes of Fleetwood Park, and the manner in which the concern’s two- faced manner of doing business was exposed by Mr..A.J. McKimmin, driver of Blackwood, Jr., has heretofore been alluded to in these col- umns. The Turf, Field, and Farm hss made a strong effort to prove that the Bourd did right in this case; in fact, that it could do no wrong; but Mr. McKimmin sbows so plainly that the whole transaction was not only unwarranted aud indefensible, but even pariaking somewhat of dishonor. that even the New York papers will now {Arob:\bly vease to defend it, When Fleetwood P’ark failed to pay the premium won by Blacawood Jr., Mr. McKimmin ):rnmmg forwarded a letter to Secretary Vail, in whi he said: 1 regret to be compelled to notify you that the TFlectwood Park Association, G. 11."Barnard Presi- dent, has failed to pay me a thicd bluck stallion Blackwood, Jr., in a 83 stallions, which was trotted Oct. Fleetwood Park, N. Y. won thnrd money one-hali of his winuings. take whatever legal steps may be Hecessury 1o re- cure to me the balance of my money. 1 hereby claim that Fleetwood Park and G. H. Barnard be suspended and prevented from hoiding or having further trots under the Nationul Association rulea until I recejvemy money. To this letter was 2 postscript saying that Mr. Vail might withhold the letter a reasonable zenr{th of time, but that in no ovdnt did Mr. Mekimmin propose to surrender any of his Jegal rights in the matter. When thisletter came before the Board, that body decided that 3 reasonable length of time’’ meant about six months, and told Mr. Barnard to collect what wmouey he could this winter, and the Board would pay it over to the lorsemen whom he owed. This action was_a disgraceful one, and is fitly characterized by Mr. McKimmin. TRACK TALK. None of the American horses in Engiand are in the spring handicaps. «C. W. T.,”” Ripon, Wis.—The Spirit of the Times is a sporting paper. Tilinois has paid to Kentucky for horses during thie past four montns $60,000. A trotting assotiation,” with a capital stock of $4,000, has veen formed at Newark, O, The sorrel gelding Oyster Boy, record 2:: was recently cold in Pullidelphia for S0 C. 1. Colburn, of Higham, Mass., has pur- chased the bay colt Bellair, by Messenger Duroe, and will use him for stock purposes. James McKee, the well-known New York driver, will soon leave for California, where be will spend a few weeks in sight-secing. Moumouth Park, Long Branch, scems ina fair way to succumb to the hard times, There is not muck prospect for a meeting next season. the race, and has received but T hereby, pray that you E. Simmous, with Kansas Chief; aod W, L. Simmons, with Jim Irving. BILLIARDS. THE CHICAGO TOGRNAMENT. The tournament for the championship of Chi- cago lacks only one zame of being finished, and that one will be played between Rbines and Parker to-morrow cvening. Itwill be especially interesting, because, if Parker can win it, there will be four ties for first prize, and if he loses it be will baveto piayoff with Snyder for fourth money. If Rhines wius from Parker he will take first money, Hoa and Houahan will play off for sccond aud third, and Parker and Suyder for fourth. Following is- the showing up to date, the names being. given in alphabeti- cal order: 2 ++26p40a0 104992 wom 8o, g ey EHayers., e corrET ‘The grand averaze of the whole toyrnament 153.20. “The order of merit is as follows: Piayers. Won. Lost. Played, 4+ 1 5 2 I 2 14 I H 3 8 + [ (RER [ "AQUATIC. THE REAL COAMPIONS. The discussion as to whether the Columbia College four should go to England as the rep- resentative team of this country has gone along far ¢nough to eall out William B. Curtis, of this city, who Writes a most entertaining letter to the New York Meratd. After giving short sketches of the regattas for five years, Mr, Cur- tis; ntinues: . hese prizes are the technical championships be- cause given und won in the usual and established manner, and are actual ciampionships because competed for by first-ciasa oarsmen from all parts of the countrs. They ™vere won fairly, honora- Dly, und manfully, without quarrelina. jockey- ing, or fouling, in races oper: to all amatenrs, und there never were m the world any championships of anything with stronger title thun these. There- fore. for tne information of all parties interested, plesse place prominentyy on record the following istof the present amZteur champion oarsmen of the United States: ; Single Sculls—George W. Lee, Triton Boat Club, Newark, N. J. Double Seulls-—J. D. McBeath and Frank Hen- derson, Quaker City Boat Cluv, Philadelphin, Pa. Lair-Oars—John Killorig and [ienry Smitk, Em- eruld Boat Club, Saginaw City, Mici. Four-Gar, lile and a Half' Straightnicay—Tohn Killorin, llenry Smith, Peter Monning, and Patrick McElgunn, Emerald Boat Ciub. Four-gar, Three Miies, with _one Turn—Ste- phen Dusscau, Joseph Nadean, Teury Dureli, and Moses Nadeau, Shoe-wae-cad-mette Boat Clab, Monroe, Mich. All persons aving any business with the amateur champions of America can addresstlieir letters as al w, gentlemen oarsmen of the East, your West- ern brethren do not claim from you_gny gencros- Keutucky turfmen are making u strone effort | & s ) 3 b i« . Judging e pa : to have ihe first mecting of the St. Louis | lide ‘Teston” to miper® jhononsy hive Jockey Club, set for June 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, post- | ask s decency and some slight regard for poned. fruth. Durtng the”yerey that are gone, while = Senaiile 5 astcrn crews boid the champlonship, we were Thirteen 2year-olds owned by Count La | yeveratiowed to forzet it, far every week the Now Grauge have arrived at Newmarket from France, and will be prepared for the spring events. Little Fred has not been going well since reaching New Yorl, and has lost some of his speed. Tic will not be driven with Small Hops, but as a mate to Arthur Boy. American carriage and farm horses worth here from $125 to 200 sell in Liverpool for S0 to §400. The cost of conveying them across the pond is from $60 to §75. Bill McGuigan, who drove Small Hopes in his famous * rinzrineg ” campaign in 18735, is in New York, and took several rides behind s favorite in company with the horse’s present owner, W. H. Vauderbilt. “M. W. H.” is informed in apswer to his com- munication that at the time W. H. Vanderbilt rau oyer a man while driving in New York City last November the team lie drove was Smail Hopes and Lady Mac. Robert Steel, Esq., of Philadelphia, is driv- Ing on the road o pair of S-year-olds, by Happy Medium,—Minnie aad Blaze Medium. g-::u.'h has arccord of 2:40 as 2 4year-old, and the pair can speed a thirty clip together. The first time that William H. Vanderbilt ever rode behind a really fast horse;was on Du- bois’ gn’vnln track, when Mr. Bonner let him drive s gray mare Peerless, that-Hiram Wood- l-‘} once drove in 2:23%{ to wazon,—the fastest milesq ever drove cither in public or private. Michaei Ziealer, a well-known turfmap, died at Cinclonatl Jzu’ 90, in his 52d year. Among the norses owned bY nim was the trotting-mare Black Maria, who for Sears had the best three- mile time ou record. ~ Also Thomas L. Youne, record 2:193¢; Moliv, record 3:973¢; ang the trotting-stallion Georze H. Thomaé. . Two of Mr. L. B. Dubois' shipment thorouebbreds from Lexington, Ky, e Coft fornia, met with accidents between Cincionati, 0., and §t. Louis, Mo, The fily Ella Ander- son, 3 years old, by Enquirer; Dolly Aunderson, and a chestnut colt by Monarchist; Blue Gown, York pupers rounded the praisc of the victorious crewsand chronicied the plans_and prospects of **our galiant champions.™ 1 year ago any cor- respondent of the ferald had ralsed the question of who were the amateur champions, even ocforc the indignant friends of the Atulantas could have rushied their letters_into the ofiice, vout cditorial page would bave containeda paragraph stating that this luckless correspondent was probably the only mian in Americz who did not know that the Atalan- ta Club were the amateur cnampion oursuien, hoth in fours and pairs, But now, when the champion- shios have ‘‘pone West,"' fie columnsof the Herald tor two weeks have beer: 1l of communi- cations concerning the best crews. Notone of these letters has even mentioned the names of the actual chomplons, nnd swe bave waited In vain for e expected odicorial " correction. Queer, ' is 1 have little acquaintance with the present scull- inz champions, and no anthority to speak for tiem. But I.do know our Western cusmpions very well, and am familiar with thew.churacter and feclings. They would not take a prize or & championship unless they had won it fairiy, and would not care to hold it any longer when any oarsmen were found able to win It from them. 1f the Columbia crew, or any other crew, thiak they can beat the Shoe-wae-cae-mette a’ three-mile four-oared race. or the Emerald a mile and a half paic or four-oared yace, on some falz neutral Weatern course,—say Detroit_or Toledo,—they can be‘accommodated. ~And. if afraid to try the chumpions, they can have a shot at smaller game, The Northivestern Itowing Club did not attend the Nationsl Reyutts of 1877, because, having lost both their bow and stroke oar, and being unable to 1l the vacant seats satisfactorily, they did not think they could beat the crews from Saginaw and Monroe, and through prudence as they call ir.— ¥ou may cali it cowaraice if you will, —ticy staid away from almost certain defeat. They did not enier in that regutta for the same reason which kept out most all of the New York crews, —thought they could not win and sodid not go, —the only difference being that the Northwestern Crew acknowledze that They were afrald, Ahereas the New Yorkers are ashamed to confess the true reasony and talk vagucly avout .distance, expense, diseatisfaction with the N, A. A. 0., etc. 1t is the generl opinion of osrsmen in this scc- tion that-if any crew in New York had thonght themselves abe fo beat the Shoe-waescae-mette they would have been at Detroit if that city nad been 10,000 miles from New York and railroad fare $3 per mile. 7 But crippled as is the Northwesiern Club, and fearful of mm!}gflnz against the best Western crews, they still'think themselves fnlly able to beat 2ny Eastern crew, no matter whothey are or whera they live; ana zhc-.y are ready to _row a seiles of four matches, single seiills, double sculls, pair- oared, and four-oared, or the two rowing races ‘without the sculling, with any crew east of Buffalo, on any fair neutral course and at any reasonable notice after the opentng of navigation. Until the Columbia and all other Eastern crews £hall row against and beat some of the first or even second class Western crews the less they tali about chumpionship and best crews the better sense they will snow. . The address of the Northwestern Club is at the head of this letter, and those of the Emerald and Shoe-wae-cae-mette Clubsare in the list of amateur champions, and uny crews who are hungry for row- Ing need not 7o beyond these three clubs to get all they want. OTHER SPORTS. PEDESTRIANISM. A correspondent asks for some particalars of the life of Dan O'Leary, the pedestrian, and also wishes to know whether he ever lived near Chebanse, Il The writer cannot answer the last question; but it may be said concerning O’Leary thac he was born in County Corlk, Ire- land, June 23,1845. He was at one time a mail- carrier in Chicago, and became a pedestrian July 14, 1874, when he walked 100 miles in twenty-four hours. A list of his matches would be too long to priat at this time. He has, how- ever. won nearly every event in which he started. oM SEATING. Joim Ennis, the pedestrian, bas made & match to skate 100 miles against time for $100 a side. Time on thisoceaslon is represented by a record of cleven hoursaud forty-six minutes. Ennis will bezin his mateh at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning next at the West Side Park, corner of Madisou and_Ada streets. . B. Curtis will bave charge of the arrangements and timing. THEOLOGIO RHYMES. THE LAST JUDGMENT. And liefore Flim shall be gathered all nations. And He shall separate thein froin one auvthier, us a shephierd al.l_rldcm 15 Shcop from 1ho GoAts.—St. dragthew. zze., And He shall come again At the last great day, Clothed in glorious majesty, . To judge the living and the dead— Christ the Savior—Fountain-Head. Descending from His Throne on hig With Augel and Archangel band Shopting the song of the blessed Lamb, All nations shall before Him mect— Al shall stand a: His Mercy-Seat. And ail ghall be judeed, ‘Each after work done in the flesn, Of mingled good or wickednese. But they who've won the glorious strife Shall pass futo Eternal Life; While they that hav’ the law transgressed, And did not from their sins relent, Shall go to Lasting Punishment, Prepared from all Eternity By the just Sov'reign's wise decree. So teach us, Father, how to live That, ot the Resurrection-morn, We into Paradise be bor, Where joys celestinl ever reien, * And in Christ's presence we remain. ¢ Euwarp E. Rocugster, Minn., Jan. 27, 1878. THE DEIL’S ELEGY. (4 Seatch Satire, after Durns.) Wheeshit, frico's, an’ draw tazither near! 1 bring ye news o’ unco’ chieer;. S0 open wide 1k puy close heed, o oA WhileI tell ye what's a' the steer— The Dell is deid! Na doot but that the news is true; « AsIyon toon cam’ stragelin’ throngh, I met o' preacher folk a few, Inmournin’ weed, ‘Wha said the fame a8 1 say noo— “The Dell ts deid! Ye ken Anld Nick for some time past Hlas ailin’ been, an’ failin* fast, Though Doctor Kirk, wi' skill e vast, Did drug'and oleed, Till forced ta give him up at last— The Deil is deid. ‘Then, be it ta their lastin’ shame, They tarned him dot o' hoose and ame, A den ca'd ilell, where fire an’ flame id thrive an' feed On human bodies smirched wi blame— The Deil is deid! Sa, wi' na place at a’ ta dide, Withoot & hole his heid ta hide, He lay oot on the caald roadside, A tramp, indeed, Whar soon his last i} did betide— The Deil ig deid! At first he canght, through megligence, A brain_sttack o’ Common Sense, That still increased, wi' psin intense, An' na remede. 411 Truth's high fever took him hence— : The Deil is deid! Wi* Superetition for his nurse, He kept on grettin® worse an' worse, An’, fighting Death. did ravean’ curse, Got o’ bis heid: But noo he's ready for the hearse— Tte Dell is deid? EPITATH. Tlere lies a bad ane, by report— A wicked anc—the worst, in short— He wha made Man in Eden’s court . Know guid mzd (mrx, . gh he gained na credit for't— Althongh g e the Deevil! Mazcorat TATLOR. THE CLIMATE OF THE FUTURE. Tt seemeth just That we ot last shou1d peaceful rest From mandane labors. But O we trust There is reserved some nook unblest '1'51\'01({ our nefghbors. It profits none That we have shunned the way of wrath Throngh all its turning, 1f every one Come smiling up, by sn path, “And nonc be burnin; We'll have destroyed All 0ld behefa: they're changing, lo! Like moues from Paris; Aun uching void 15 Jeft ns now, an' Hades go With Mistress Harris. If thus it be, 5 ‘What cheer ig left the vangnished wigidt ‘What consolatico?® And bow may we Bear Misery's grip and Fortane's spite With resignation? How bear with gcn{lc whose futare lot *Twas balm to think they wouid decm too ot: The banker bold who {3 tempest-tossed ; The merchant who scils for less than cost; The widower, old and rich, who marries; The tinancier who in Earope tarriess The corporations (but they’ve o souls— We'll pray for their individual poile) § The men who o to the matinees, And girls who weep at society-plays; And those who ever inquire anew, 13 this cold (or hot) enough for youn? And the Man Who Wiil Not Give Up His Seat To the Sales-Lady with the Aching Feet; The ugent (female or male) ; the drummer; The disugreeable people we meet; And the plamber—oho! and the plumber! With the morning reader's dearest foes, Fhose versatile authors, One Who Enows, Pro Bono Publico, and that other, The feilow who sizns bimself A Mother; The beau who the lady’s elbow holds; The wife who weeps, and the wife who scolds; Those perfect models of buainess tact, The buccaneers of the Bankrupt act; And rogues 5o many, both small and great, That.epace forbids to cnumerste? 0 keep it hot! The times demand it; sare it 18 “Ap error vital The smaliest blot To thruw on Satun's equities, Or cloud his title. Bat, howe'er called, The plare where those do congregaty Will scethe and babble; Free or enzhralled, Or summer they or hibernate, There will ve trouble. Cnicaco, Jan. 30. Cox AMORE. e —————— Not.a Good Showing for Rowing en. The article entitled Health of Rowing Men,'’ in the Sunitarian for Deccruber, was by Dr. E. H. Bradford, a Harvard gradaate of 1369. He estimates the state of perfection arrived at by rowing practice as artificial, and sustainable for ooty a brief period. Rcgarding the 113 Harvard men who rowed in collegiate regattas up to 1576, 12 died in the War. There heve died of the rest: 1, Bright’s disease; 5, consumbtion; 1, intense neuraigia; 1, suicide; 2, accident: 1, unknown cause. Of the 90 living, 4 are inva- lids; 1, consumptive, aggravated by rowing; 1, nervous prostration, induced by rowing; I, in- sane, result of dissipation. Of those remaining, 67 enjoy zood health. This showing evinces no evil effects from rowing. Of 294 English oars- en, only 17 per cent died from contumption, he rate among other classes being 20 per cent. Of the 101 rowing men of Harvard, 5 have died of copsumotion, and 1 is_living who bas it,—6 cases amoog 101 mea, or 60 in 1,000. SOUP-HOUSES. Institutions W.here a Meal Can Be Obtained for $0.01, And Where a Family Can Be Supplied for $0.09. Suggestions b& Mayor Heath for ° the Charitable in Chicago. He Thinks There Are 10,000 People Here Who Would Bs Benefited by Soup-Houses. *“Roberts,” the Founder of the One- Cent House, Tells Her Story. From Our Oun Correspondent. ‘Wasmiseroy, D. C., Jan, 20.—Mayor Heath has found time to stop watching the questions affecting the Lake-Front and the Fort Dearborn resérvation long enough to inspect the two cheap cating or soup houses which bave recent- 1y been established here. Mr. Heath has com- munieated to the represcntative of THE TRin- UNE his views as to the practicability of estab- lishing similar agencles for the relief of the needy fn Chicago. THE ONE-CENT SOUP-HOUSE. “Last night,” snid Mayor Heath, “attention having been called to the cheap eating-houses, where food was farnished at one cent and five cents a plate respectively, I visited both of them, and spent considerable time in cxamin- ipg them. At the onc-cent house there was served a‘ pint bowl nmearly full of soup—a zood genorous dish—and a2 piecco of bread- for o cent; a -dish of mush and molasses for ome cent, abowl of coffee and a picce of bread for one cent. The food was weli cooked, and veiy- palatable. It is mot pretended that this one- cent house is sell-sustafning. The vegetables are mainly furnished by donations, and a considerabfe quantity s purchashed. The expectation s that the establishment will be largely sustained by charity. The difficulties at present are that the receipts are not sufficient to permit the eating-house to be kepv open ail the time. Yesterday, for in- stance, the supply bad run out at 10 o’clock in tbe morning, and the house was not awain opened until 3 in the afternoon. The day that I was there nearly 900 peoole were fed.” s (Vhat class of people were fed " * Mostly boys and girls. A few famihes had their food purchased at this establishment. There are no tables or chairs at this place, and the food can be either eaten at the gemeral counter or taken away. -The food is purchased by tickets, which are generally sold to charitable persous, who dispose of them to the deserving poor. In one instance, when I was there, a rentleman came +in and procured four rations at one cent each. He subse- quently returned and took five more rations, - Y asked him how many there were in his family. He said there were eix, himself, and wife, and four children, and that the ninc rations that e took were enourh for his entire family, and ' that he was satistied. A family of siX persons thus re- ceived a_dinner which was palatable, whole- some, and ample, for nine cents. Mrs. Roberts, a lndy connected with the local press, has charge of this coterprise, and originated the idea here. She has thus far met with great encouragement from the wealthy classes, who purchase tickets and furnisn means with which she buys food. I did cot meet Mrs. Roberts, but her assistant, who was in charee, told many touching incidents of distress. From ail that T could learn. there is no doubt that this is an ex- cellent system. Under it food is furnished at cost, and a little less than cost, as it i3 working oW, to the deserviog poor.” THE FIVE-CENT HOUSE. “ How about the five-cent house?” “We also visited the five-cent house. They furnish there for five cents a Iarze bowl of soup, —about a pint,—a little larrer ration than that at the one-cent house. They give, besides, two small loaves of brecad and a good <enerous picce of meat for five cents; or an ample supply of coffee in & bowl, with rolls aud a. picce of meat, for five cents. This house is kept open all day and until 11 o’clock at night.” “Ts it self-sustaining?"’ “The proprietor stated that, with the num- ber fed now, which ranges from 600 to 700 daily, the place would pay its cost. He thinks that 400 would pay the ost. He has not findertaken this to make_money.” A DACGHTER'S MONUMENT. The general locul understanding is that Mr. Abner. the proprietor of this cheap restauraat, who is also the proprietor of a larpe restaurant and larer-beer saloon, has undertaken this charitable enterprise out of ‘respect to the memory of his deceased daughter, who was con- stantly engaged in works of merey for the po ir. Abuer is a man of considerable means, and doesn’t ask for outside charity to assist him in this enterprise, which he fotends Lo continue as long as it willdo any good. It is located in a room near to his own larger establishment, from which it derives its supplics. Mayor Heath, resuming, said: “ The proprie- tor has been runoing the establishment for 2 wonth or two, and he intends to continue it. The number of persons is constantly fncreas- ing.”? “ What class of people visit there?” “ All classes £o there; men and women rather than boys. There were some_very respectables tooking men taking their meals therewhen I was “here last might. There are chairs and tables, and the patrons of the establishment can be eated as comfortably as ut a hotel. The soup ot this five-cent house was thick, strong. and of rood boay. The uctual cost of the small bread ioaves was about 10cents a dozen. APPLICATION OF TIE PLAN TO CIICAGO. “ITow would places like these be adapted to Chicago, and is anything of tbe sort needed there now?” “There are a great many people in Chicago now who are procuring their meals by ‘going from house to house, Who are out of employ- ment, many of them with familics, to whom such places as these would be a great blessing. A one-vent house, partly supported by charity, would relieve a great deal of distress. This system makes it appear less lke a charity, and allows the poor man to obtain a good_meal for a small consideration. There isnothing of the kind now in Chicago, so far as I know. e old Relief Society is stilt in force, and it i3 doing a mreat deal to relicre the people that were burned, ont by the fire, but tue fund is, unfortuuately, nearly exhausted. That socicty mignt help in such an undertak- ing, and honest and charitable people through- out the city could mive it a good start. Of course, the:{dea wonld be charity, as therecould be no profit in an enterprise of this sort. The most that could be hoped would be that it might be nearly self-sustainiog. ~Such cating-houses would be only for people who arc out of employment. “Of course, per- sons who can gét work would not care to go to them. :There are possibly as many as 10,000 people in Chicaxro whowould be benefited by the establishment of such cheap eating- houses. Byt there is 1ot as great 2 number a5 that upon the streets. There arc a zreat manv younz men in Chicago without employment who pick up odd jobs, and get moncy enough to sleep at the cheap lodging-houses, and then obtain their meals from door to door. A good many come to my house. and to the houses of my neighbors. They would prefer a place such as we have visited to-day, where they could get = substuntfal meal at a small price rather timn- go from door to door. Our County Agent Is using all_the means he has to assist the deserv- ing poor families. He could be a great deal aided by such agitation as this. (B3, ROBERTS TELLS IIER OWN STORT. Mrs. Roberts, the founder of the one-cent eating-house, thus describes her- first week’s experience in the establishment whicl Mayor Heath has visited: 1 suppose T may eay & word about my penny eat- ing-house. The bzby is growing so furt I do not know what todo. 1 alwuys knew there was sor- row and destitution in the ciry, but never realized it 30 fally as I do now. 1f pacdple could only see tne real distress that has coméfinder my observa- tion during the past week they would realize some- what what a good penny lunch is doing. They would be surprised to see the better class of white people—persons we would pass on the etrcet and think them men in well-to-do_cizcamstarces—who come in and hunzeily est thelr bosl of soup and bread, for which they pay their last cent. Iam supplyiug some three or four familics who have been in better ciréumstances, hut who are now utterly destituje sud almost starving. They bavé no money or tickets, but twice a day they send for food. One man. a3 printer of tho better class, has a wife and six children. {s out of employment, without a_dollar in his pocket, and but for the peany lunch. which gives food to his little _onmes, would have commitied - suicide, 1 always go down and stand around during ‘the “eating hoara, and the other y o nice, gentlemanly-looking man came in and drew me one side and’ told me he bad two children and o wife howe. sad they had had nothingto eat since the morning of the dsy before. It was then 5 o'clock. He had no money or_tickets, but he sai¢ it Iwonld only give him enough for his' children for that night he and his wife would get alouz, and in the morning ne wonld et relief. He brought nothing to take it away in, ut I loaned him two dishes, thinking 1 wonld pay for them if he never came back, and I filled them. Io brought them back the next morning, and fa the evening came back and paid Gve cents, for whicn be got food enough for all. If T had not such & keen sense of the ridienlous, and can always find more readily sometning to laugh at than to cry, I should break down under the sad sizhts I sec cvery day. I always am on hand Iu the afterncon, when the crush s, to see that things go on richtly, and, standing back, I &ce many a quiet act of noblencss. For Justance, a few days since two young men came in, evident~ 1y accustomed to better things. Every one was busy; so Iasked them what they would have. One ' said, ow much for each dish™ “-One cent.” **Well, give megdish of beans and a cup of coffee; ™ then he hesitated. and said, **No; only give me 2 cup of hot coffee.” I brought it, and he gave me five cents; the giri be- hind the counter gave him fonr cents change; he took one cent and tried to slip it into his friend's hand, who had also ordered & cup of coffee. ‘-I've gotacentto pay for my coffee,” said the other. ** Yes; but you have worked harder than I have, and you are very hungry; get some beans or soup, and e will atili have enough for breakfast.” Tho noble fellow had gone without what he wanted to awve to his fricnd. I said nothing, but quietly howled to myself, and went and got both a big bowl of soup sud bread, and set It down asif . ordered, ‘The other day a womdn and child same in during ~ * the time when meals are. not. regatarly served: T paid but little attention to her. only noticing that thochild was ‘eating. As she went ont I said, ** Did you get what you wanted?" +*Oh,™ said she, **T oy had oné cent, and the little one was 8o hungry, and we have walked 80 far, that I gave ittober.” Twalked her back and gave her square meal, Every one who contributed to this in money and goods can rest assured it has gono right where needed. ore real zood has been done by this thing, if dosay it mysclf. ona emall sum of money, than has been done by the thonsands of doliars appro- pristed and given. But I sec plainly that this thing i3 srowing faster than I barcained for. A building ouzht to be bad where the exitand entrance can be diffrent, and where two rooms can be irud communicating for convenience sake—both supplied fromthe same kitchen—one for white and theother forcolored beople. A lodgins-house conld be attached, on a different plan frol the one now carried 6n (and, en passant, let:me say, the Di~ rectors want to Jook into the way things are con- dncted there). If this could bo cummenced, 50 a5 10 28t In ood order by next winter, a charity tnat would be of real benefit to the rich .and poor could be built.up, ana withont such an everlasting claim on every ope with no apparent good. Lares sume are given here by Congreas, and the corpora~ tion, and private individuals, yet the destitation is Just'as bad. From 1,000 to 1,400, and even more, zre fed every day at the lanch-rooms, with good, plain, hot, substantial food. No ome knows what the word ‘‘eat™ means until they come dmwn to the place between 4 and 7. 1 have to clutch on to my shoe-strings to keep them from being devoured. ‘Two bushels of meal are eaten daily, and sou beuns, coflee, and sugar melc swuy before (he hungry crowd like an oflicial's promises before the stern reality of realization, and 1,400 people only represent 311, besides those who have meither money nor tickets. Still it can and is being done byalittle help fromall. E.B.W. o SUBURBAN NEWS. HYDE PARE. ‘The Board of Trustees met in regular session yesterday afterr.oon. All present. Col. Foster, Superintendent of the Water- Works, reported that s large blister had appeared apon the boiler, and he had tried to remedy It by cutting out a picce eight inches square, and repair- ing it, but did mot think 1t safe, and asked that something be done to render it safe, or that the town geta new boiler. The Water Commissioner was asked to advise with the anthorities of the ‘fown of Lake. ‘Toe Attorney reported that he had motified all three raliroads that the sillage desired the placing of flaxmen at One Handredth street, South Chica- go. The Michigan Southern and Baltimore & Ohio agreed, but the Pittsburg declined w do € sunder any cwcumstances. The report was accepted, and ‘the Board propose to do somothing on the subject of the Pitisburg & Fort Wayne Road, snd will probably regulate its speed. if it does not comply with the s2quest. The oflicial bond of Col. J. H. Bowen as Comp- troller was reported by the Finance Committee as all right, and the Board accepted it. X ‘The Attorney presented seventzen deeds of dedi- cation for eeventeen feet on both sides of Fifty- first street. leaving the town the ownerofall the wayon Fifty-first street except the Dunham prop- erty. Mr, Mitchell, the Water Commissioner, reported that the town had secured the services of Mr. Cooke, of Toledo, to m=ke the duty test required Uy the Holly contract on tho new machinery at the ‘Water-Works. The town bad failed to secure the other two experts ns they wished, bat were ready 10 20 on alone assoon as the Hoily Company are ready with the machinery. fter some discassion the Board concinded to change the day of meeting to Thursday, and_will hereafter bold thelr meetings upon that day at the usnal hour. The Bonrd then adjourned, after paesing some . thirty bills, - In Friday's paper there appeared & statément that Mr. Home, the expert who recently sxamined the books of the villaze, had told Mr. Hamilton, ex-acconntant, that the town owed him 350, and had reported to the Board that Mr, Hamilton owed the town S$230. Mr. Home says for himeelf that Mr. Hamilton prevaricates, and is circulatinz a lie. He eays that he went to Ham- ilton and asked bim to come down to the Town- Rall and help him with the books, as they were In such a condition that it was hard to make gat what was what. Hamilton told him it womld be a good joke if the report should shaw that the togn owed him $30, and eaid thaz Horne-could leve, tt_if he would collect it. Horne took : it 34, joke and depprted. Then up went Hamil- ton to Trustee Raynor, and said that Horne had snid the town owed him $50, and had offered o divide the amount with him, and Hamilton has told others the same thing. The report stands as Horne made’ it.and Horne gays i's right, snd Hamilton csn make any namber of afidavits, and, moreover, he wouid befter look out that he does not fnd spme afidavics against him. LAKE FOREST. , The Ladies' Literary Soclety of Lake Forest met dn_ Friday cvening at the Semfnary, Miss Soragae, Principal of the Seminary, being the Lostess of -the occasion. The revorts of the Secretary and Treasurer were Teceived and adopted, and some minor busiess transacted, after which the literary” exercises beran, Miss Newhall and Miss Ferry guve a pisno duct which was well received, ana s followed bya tableau. Mr. Hall eave a Fead- ing, **A Ride on the Tokaido,” and Mrs. William 1L Ferry, Jr., read a charming translation from the German of Panl Hegse, **The Poet’s Wife." Mr. N. Datler read a paperon **The Future,” \which provoked an interesting dlscussion, and vocal music of a superior order was given by 3ir. and Mes. Subin, Mies Forseman, and Mlas Bestock. The tableanx were excellently arranged, and the cvening's entertainment was greatly enjoyed by all present. — A Medicinal Famine. Mvs, Jf. P. Handu tn Philadelohia Weekly Times. The greatest privation suilered by the Con- federates was from lack of medicines. The Government at Washington made them contra- band of war. Quiniue and,morphine wero worth double—nay, trchle—their weight in i gold; and, when Stonewall Jackson's arm was amputated, the fact that he had the ald of chloroform td'sustain him under the operatfon was telugraphed as news throughout the Con- federacy,~news to be received with thankful- ness by the waiting heart of the people. - Fed- eral prisoners cursed the Confederate snrgeons who' refused them morphia .and chloroform in their ogonles; but Confederates and Fed- erals suffered alike; wpothing was scarcer or more precious than such drugs, and not s few Southern bospitals bad Tittle of the ope and none of the other in their stores. An attempt was made to cultivate opium, and 10 that end the seed of the red and white poppy, were distributed through the country by the Government at Richinond. The plan was to prick the gum eapsules of the plant, and collect the gum which exuded from the wounds thus made; but the project met with no success far- ther north than Southern Alabama and Missls- sippi, and even there was only partially success- ful. [ believé that some sort of decoction made from the green sced steeped in brandy was used ~as a lotion in cases of acute neuraleia, put I am not sure. Corn, wheat, and other ins were so precious as breadstuffs that thelir distiilation into intoxicating liquors was forbidden both by - the Confederate *Coneress and by the various State'Legislatures. ‘8o that fruit brandfes, fum made from the jufce of the Chinese suzar-cane, and grape wines were the only lawful strong arioks of the country. - These paid heavy taxes, but they alse brought high prices, and large quantities of them were manufactured. Vic- tims of nearaleia were forced to drink and for- get their misery, when hot poultices fafled to briug relief, since opium was to be bad only at fancy prices. Bromine was unattainable, and all anodynes so wholly out of reach that few peo- ple ever sighed for them. The medical depart-© ment zeut botanizing parties pruspecting through the country in search of roots and herbs which might be of medical value, rgd ap- pealed to the people of the Confeder¥cy to collect and prepare such simples as slippery elm, sarsaparilla, blackberry, root, ginseng, ete. Herb-teas were used in the hospitals bv sur- sreons who for years had ridicated them as old Wives’ remedics, but who now turned to them in necessity, for lack of more efficlent medi- cines. Southern women trod on bare floors, cutting the carpets which bad covered theminto blankéts for sick soldiers. Lioen sheets aund underclothing were torn into bandsges, ‘and rivate stores were freely used for the ll’ck and lyine. Ounce, during tbe seven days’ fight uround Richmond, public worship wassuspended on Sunday dnd the members of tbe churches Worked all day long fu their lecture-rooms, making sand-bairs for the fortideations and roll- ing bandages and scraping lint for the wounded.