Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 17, 1878, Page 12

Sogring galt for the old cuss, 25 he could bavy ‘Y strnck was Richfield Springs, N. Y. There THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 17, I675—SIXTEEN PAGES. Essex Mald.. Ethel ' SPORTING. THE TURF. TROTTING ON TIL ICE. “You talk abont scheminz and figuring at 35 'Scott’s Thomaa. horse-rares,"” said o horseman of this city one | Farmer Maid ;1 v:fi Esfi.eialm\\-m-m. night last week, in mnn:rsau:; with ‘1 party | et 3'/‘12},':.5'“" o isn’t 2 marker to the way | 3 ow. ... of sports. *“Why, it isn’ ¥ gfl(‘lgrdcr . i they do things down in York State, and over in Canada every winter, at the races on the fce. Talk about judgfng! Well, ali I have to say Is that I bave seen some funny work in the stand on the turf, but it wasn't to be compared to what a man may be s diszusted witness of at mo feerace. I never had much of an idea about such matters until one winter, scven or eight years ago, whon I concluded to start out onan Sce campoign. My stable copsisted of an old, broken-down horse, With not g sonnd ieg uader nim, and not worth above $30to look at. He could trot the turf in Just about “forty,” but on icc this was nots 0" Volunteer Maid. .. 7151\ izz THE ST. LOUIS JOCKEY CLUD: ‘The St. Louis Jockey and Trotting Club, which started out at the bewinoing of tae pres- ent season, and eave the most successful and brilliant running meeting of the year, has been in trouble Iately, from which it seems to be but just emerxing.” The causes that led to the diffi- . culty were want of hurmony among the officers of the Club and bad financial 1management. Haviug riven 2 successful runnine meeting, the Club tried its hand at one for trotters, and was badly * left,” the public secming to take no in- terest in that kind: of sport, although Rarus, Hopetul, and other prominert horses were pres- ent and trotted. Then, when dissension and trouble was bracding at 4 rapid Tate, wise coun- sels prevailed, and matters were straizhtened out. The annual meeting of the Club washeld a few days azo, and officers elected as fol- lows: President, E. C. Lackland; Vice-President, C. Simmmons; Treasurer, M. M. Buck; Super- iotendent, R. 8. Carr. It will be noticed that Mr. Jesse January, the retiring President, holds no position in the new Board of oflicers, and this is to be regretted, as he s exactly the may, who can conduct the aflzirs of the Club success- fully. THE DUKE’S RECORD. As the Duke of Jlacenta, recently shipped 1o England by Pierre Lorillard is undoubtedly the best American race-horse that ever crossed the Atlantic, a summary- of his performances dur- ing the two years he has been upon the turf will be of interest. It shows him to have run niveteen races, of which he won fourteen, and in another -divided thc money with Spartan, after making a dead heat. flis total winnings for the two years foot up the enormous sum of $46,387: ; TWO-TEAN-OLD—187T. A June S—Second to Perfection for the Juvenile Stakes st Jerome Park, half a mile; $200. July 24-Won Flash' Stakes at Saratoga, half a mile in 0. . 600, md to Bramble for the Saratogs 4n every heat in from 2:27 to 2:30. **Well, I started out, and apout the first town was to bea bigice trot there, and Bill Tanner -had sent down to Albany and got Wm.H{. Taylor, & horse that had quite a lotal fame, and was considered a world-beater when it came to ice- trotting. The other entrics were wy horse— XNimble Dick—and Lew Baker. The track was 1aid out in some kind of fashion, the quarters ‘eing marked by bunches of brushwood. Well, we weot at it, aud from the start the, fight was between Nimble Dick and Lew Baker. It wasan.ali-day struggle, and when four heats had been trotted cach horse bad two, and no heat had been wou by more than a length. Just as they were called out for the fifth heat, a densc fog came up, so thick, in Tact. that it was impossible to_distinguish ob- Jjects a hundred feet distant. It was growing dark rapidly, and this fact didu’t help matters. IVhen the-horses came out the -owner of Lew Raker requested Jimt Dougrey—who was well known afterwards as the owner of Joker—to drive his horse, and Jim consented. Now my horse, although oot the fastest, trotter in the world, could run like a Derby witiner, and catch qrom a break s handy as Little Fred. As the best wis to be the deciding one, A | Mmoo pildly sugeested to my driver 08l | sioicq “thiree-quarters of a mile; $200. he “get there, mos specifying any | STRGh,JEAMINES.OLA WG S Village for the Kentncky Stakes at Saratoge, three-quarters of a mile; $200. Aug, 16—Dead heat for the Grinstead Stakes at Ssraloga with Spartan, threc-quarters of a mile, 1:16%; stake divided; S687. 50, particular line of agtion, however, as I knew his Jjudmoent oun-such matters to be first-class. Patrol-judges Lad been s:&lionet] at_each quar- ter-pole, 1o see that everyihing was done fairly. ““The word was Ziven. and away went the trotters. My driver liad concluded that Ly do- | SeBt 20-Won Nurcers States at, Jerome Park, joe c ltde ruuningbetwees eaek auarter-pole | Mgt B5TG0 VAN Shaices ‘ac Balomore, one be couid win casily, as the forr prevented any- mile, 1:50 ,200. Tofal, §9,987.50. TUREE-YEAR-OLD—I87S. May 27—Won Preakness Stakes at Baltimore, mile and 2 half, 110 Ibs., 2:41%; $2,150. JMay 20—-Won Withers Stakes at Jerome Park, one mile, 118103, 1:48; body from catching sight of Bim except when he passed each patroi-judge. He carried out tus plan, but overdid it.” That old horse would fiy through the foz Jike a seared dog, but just as each quarter-pole was reached we driver 00. Would cateh lm, and . trot by . the | duneS—Won Belmont Stakes st Jerome Park, s oty ¥ clock, | mileand a balf. 118 bs., 31434 ; 3,050, - julioldadons e Stoudy A8 ok, | R ik by ot b Dasienelt for breakiug into the wildest kind of a run as soon as the fog had hiddeo him from their sight. Well, tomake a shors story of it, Nimble Dick came in so soon that al! ‘the juddes thought their watches haa stopped. L won't undertake to say what the time of theheat was, but there's no donbi about jts being the -fastest mile on record, so far as trotting is concerned. The otber horses were sv loug wetting there that ‘people bezan to think tuey had gone under tke ice aud would never be heard of again. They came along, however; after a while, and the the fun began. “The judges knew my borse must have run, but it had 1o be proven. - So they asked every- the Jersey Derby, milc and a half. July 20—Won Travers' Stakes at Saratoga,” mile and threg-quarlers. 118 1bs., 3.08; $4330, in- cluding S500 m vlate. Aug, 3—Won Seauel Stakes at Saratprs, mile and three-quarters, 123 Ibs.. 3:15; $1,500. Aug. 13~Won Kenner Stakes at Satatogs, two miles, 118 1bs., 3:41%; S4,100. Aag. 20~Won Harding Stakes at Saratoga, mile and a half, 1181be.. 2:30%; S1,530. Oct. 5—Won Jerome Stakes st Jerome Pask, mile and three-quarters, 118 Ibs., 3:11%; $3,200. Oct. 12—Won Annual Stakes ot Jerome Park, wa miles, 118 1bs.. 8:43; $3,500. Qct. 22Won Dixie Stakes at Baltimore, two miles, 110 Ibs., 3:41; valne, $4,200. Oct. 26—Won Breckenridge Stakes at Baltimore, body. Esch atrol judge ° said, truth- o 1Ay cnonzh, " that e hag een o | two mies, U iha, 52121 yalus, 83 000; i i) il v h CARD FROM JERE DUN rupnioe. Finally Jim Dougrey, who drove To the Editor of The Teibage. Baker, was sppealed to: *Did you see this horse run, Mr. Doogrey? eaid onc of the judes. *\Well,! said: Jim, *1 was looking ag bim when the word was given, and, 50 belp me God, I never laid eyeson him from that time nutil now.? It was no use. My horse had comeinahead, and nobody had seen Dim run, consequently the rurse was paid. But the awnerof Lew Barer propounded » conundrum that nobody was able to answer: ‘Judges. said he, *thuse horses trotted four heats, aud were nead apa head in each ove all the way, weren’t they? “The judges allowed this to be a fact. +*Then what I waut to kmow,’ continued the Indignant owncr, ‘is how in can this fel- }]nwuhul me a guarterof a mile in the fifth eat? . ** As this was precisely what everybody with- In bolf a mile of the place bad beén endeavor- ing, without much success, to figure out, Le re- cerved no auswer, and the crowd dispersed. I remember a great_ice-race I had one win- te ut Redwing, N. Y. There was only ove horsein the race against me, and I could beat him cagily. He was called Pilot, and, asZthe owzer lived somewbere around there, he was anxious to win, su that he could o home and tell tie folks about beating Nimble Dick. There was only oue chance for him, aud that was to ‘square’ the judges, which he imme- diately proceceded to do. £ remember well how things looked at the place where the track had' been laid ont. The judges’ stand cunsisted . of two emply flour-barrels, across Which was & plaok, and on this the judzes stood 2nd rendered their remarkable decisions. Just 26 the word was given for the first heat, my horse cast a shoe, tut, in_spite of the accident, managed to get home a length abead. ¢Pilot wins this heat,’ shouted one of the judmes, as soon 2 ‘that borse passed thie wire, seemingly uoaware of the fact that Dick finisbed in front, I saw where the trouble was then, but con- claded to say nothiur, thinking that in the next heat I could beat Pilot so far there would be no room fordoubt. The horse wassent to town, aua the thrown shoe replaced,—a job which consumed an hour and ahalf. When he re- irued, another heat was trotted, and _this time imble. Dick won by ten lengtlis. *Pilot wins the heat,” snouted thie judege, as ususl. By this time 1 was perting hot. There wasa party of Irishmen.there who wanted to sece fair play, and 1bey came to me and said that i I would ouly give the word they would put the judges, bar- rels} and all, under theice. Well, saysl, *T don’t want murder committed bere, out, it they dun’t - give me the next heat, you get your hole ready.’ “The judges saw that trouble was brew- ing, and the brotlier of one of them came to me and_asked what Iwould give to win the race. At first I refused to be bled, but it was gettivg towards cveaing, and I finally 2greed. 1o allow the gentlemen 325 if theywouid be honest eoourh to sive we justice, The next heat Cnrcaco, Nov. 15.—1t has come to my notice thay there is one Saunders, editor or proprie- tor of a sheet dubbed the Stock Journal, who clawms to have power of attorney to make sale of my mare Lody Alice. Permit me io state thai this personage has no authority whatever to interfere in any maunner, nor has he ever kad control of o hair in said animal. Upon inquiry 1 learn that this man Saunders has a maia for interfering in the sales of cele- bratea stock. I would suggest that, if his small sheet will not bring bim a livelibood without blackmailing either buyers or sellers of stock, that he go to herding, and earn an hoaest and honorable Jiving, Respectfully, * J=rE DONN. TRACK TALE. Budd Doble left tor Kentucky a few days ago, and expects to return this week. Mazo-Manie was named after an Indian Chief. The English of it is ** Iron Horse.” . J. C. Devo, formerly owner of Small Hopes, Wwas in the city during the pst week. Lew Glenn, a weli-known Western driver, was in Chicago on a flying visit last weel. Charlie Green says that Edwin Forrest will trot in 2:10 sure before two years have passed. The well-known jockeys Fisher, Hughes, and Barrett have gone to Europe for the winter. Edward is said to be a failure as a pole-horse, and Mr. Work is looking for another mate to Bill Thunder. ‘The current number of the Spirit contains a very zood picture of the recently deceased race- horse, Harry Bassett. Ed White, record 2:27, has been outona rineing campaien this season under the name of Narrow-Gauge. Young Bruno, record 2:223{, has gone into the same business. Peter Johnson takes 1 daily airing on the road bebind the black gelding Capt. Bunnell. The little horse is looking well, and is likely to be in the trec-for-all before the close of next season. Mr. John H. Harbedk, a well-known road- rider. of New York, recently d-ave his ihite mare, Fanoie Atwood, a full mile over Fleet- wood Park in 2:32%, to road wagon, which, with the driver, weighea 3083 pounds. There was a running race at Cranston, L. L., Nov. S, in which Flora Belle and Costello par- tivipated. Flora Belle won the race, the worst on record, in 2:1837; 2 85. At that clip, Rarus could draw & sutky and distance them both. 3Mr. M. W. Winters, of- Mount Pleasant, In., was in town a few davs azo. He says the re- ported sale of the chestnut gelding Modoe, rec ord 2:25, owned by bim, was an error. 'The Lorse is still in his possession, and will wiaterat 3ouut Pleasant. ;ihin;zs were all right, snd Dick was declared the wi}vh. tlfic ‘Efiéfi’;.,?‘“.;m’é” cfié‘c‘sm}ci‘? t?‘tlngsgyn % r: oIhen Pilot threw a shoe, and the | Brows, wha drns oo, during the season, has owner started for town with tbe horse 10 have it replaced. After be had zone, the judges dectded to atlow hen Jifteen mrinulzs fn which to have the job done, when it Was a sure thing that the distance between the Llacksmith-shop and_the race-track coald noy be Zove over in lessthan an hour. When the Time was up, Dick came up, ot the word, and Juzmed around the course, Pilot beine declared distanced.. Thea Itold the Jjudees that, inas- mnch ashe had not started i.the last heat, he could ofvourse have no claim to the second money, §50. Of course I don’t actually know gusthing about the mutter. but am _willing to 0sc sume money that the judzes awarded thy balance of the parse to thémstlves.” % TUE 2:3) LIST OF 1S7S. In accordance with the usual ctstom, Trs TRILUNE presents 10 its readers this weck a tabie, wlphabetically arrmuged, sbowinx the not yet shownn up, but is expected along i the course of & month or so. “Nosey” madea biufl ot a colorea gentleman during the recent meeting at Newark, O., which resulted in his temporary retirement from the turf. A. Doughty, of the Western Avenue Stables, sold yesterday to T. D. Jones, of this city, the bay yearling éolt Bunch, by Woodford, dam by Blue Grass, 4 son of Hambletonian; 210 a roai weanling colt by Woodford, dam “by Corneli’s Ethan Allen, the sire ot Sheppard Boy. Price, $500. Woodford is by Woodtord Mambrino, Tecord 2:211, out of alla, by Mahomet, - That lony-talked of organization of Pacific Slope horsemen and breeders was finally com- pleted ot San Francisco Nov. 1, unaer the name of the Pacitic Blood-Horse Association. The Tollowing officers were elecied: President, E. J. Baldwin; Vice-Presidents, Theo. Winters and borses that have dropped into the 230 lst dur- | Col. C. Dossey: Di B i o E s X y; Directors, . 1dwi co. iog the past scason. There may possibly e | Winters, G. Dorsey, Judge csfia.ue::'ge}:'g- lur‘ue ditions to the Yist, but this is not prob- | Sehwartz, Leland Staoford, and J. M. Coghlanj able, as the time for fast Work Is over: Nomiuating Committee, Col. Giff, George .AS\;,‘,K;M Lecord. Name. R;wy(" . | Treat, mulk']‘hno. Winters. Bt 2 1 D] The Califoraia stallion Abbotstord, which re~ gentlytrotted o second heat at Stockton in 2:213, ava the fourth in 2:24 ) 15 by Wi ford Membrino, owned by R. C‘}linte, Esq., of St. Louis. The 2:213¢ of Abbotsford is the same as the record of his sire, made st Minne- apolis this fall. 1t is the first instance in the histary of irotting where sire and son have g&cfii im; l:)fi:l; same (!;Alntch. Jay Gould's 2:213¢ ng ip’s 2:21 has herety | the nearcst approach o it - Ssisgila NOTES PROM ARROAD. Claremont, who finished 3econd fn this year's Derby, was recently sold at auction for §2,300, There fs an English_racer that trav the horrible name, Tommy Upa Pca?“’a:ie’l’. .. Shinglass, a Very promisiog Irish two- has been purchased by Mr. Flowers Tof 3,000, Beddinzton was bought in_for 450 fuing after wioning a-selling e at Newmarket o g g stake at Newmarket Oxford, a well-known Enzlish thorough zhbred stallion, was recently stricken with s and shot by order of kis owner. | PURIE With Economy and Harbioger, Mr, Grett recenily accomplisned- the “DermJ;'x:E‘;’i of winning first and last for the Cambridgeshire. There is no truth in the reported break up of the Lagrange Confederacy. The stable will go:ll !I),c weeded out, however, by an ‘suction sale in Annie G Annulus, Bushwhacker hlly Dow... Bur Fanny. Little Mink. ‘ILAd,v Sampson .. BASE-BALL. THE LEAGUE BATTING AXD FIELDING AVERAGES. The following table shows the batting -and fieldine averages of all the League players who have token partin six or more games duriog of Rochester, adverstises that he is open for an engagement. » The Cincinnati Glub will pay $6,250 to three of its men next year. A certain Lencue Club of 1873 stillowesa the past season. They are not the official ones, those not being yet- completea by Sccretary Youne, but the figurcs will not differ materiaily from his record: N . L: 5 | 23] = | botel bill fu Cincinnati. 12153 Al Spalding js in Michizan superintending the e S 13 |t §: ] | manufactureof base-ball bats. i 213 ]:5: 5 Theamateur season in New York is to be con- %2 [iof 5 | tinued untll Thanksgiving-Day. : R/} : X TFerzy Malone fs talled of as short-stop for ——————e e f the dizzy Miwaukee nine nexi season. Dalrymple, Milwaukee.. 1 Flint, of next year’s Chicagos, iz in_Indianap- e G 5 oliz. i is the onty member of the Indianapo- Shaffer, Indianapolis. al lis Club remaining fn that city. Auson, Cafeago 5 William K. Coons, a well-known Philadelphia Ferzuson, Chiceg 5t vlayer, hus sizned for third baseman and change. g’ cateher of the Milwaukees next season. B At last accounts nobody had been engamed o by the Bostous to take George Wrizht!s place at short-field. *‘Brother Sam ™ is tallied of. The International Judiciary Committee will meet Next Tuesday; and decide the disputed championship question between the Buifalos aud Stars, J. While, Cincinnati Gerhardt, Cincinnati. Harbidze, Chicago. . Jones, Cincionati, Clapp, Indiananolis. MeVey, Cincimnat 13 | All of the Boston nine; with the exception of Larkin, Chicago.,... 2591839 | Bond, Snyder, and O'Rourle will remain at the Kelley, Cinciunati 2811846 | Hub during the winter, and basc ball on the ice "Rourke, Boston. 8t ] is talked of. Foley, Milwaukes. 21, . The case of Ross Barnes vs. the Cheago Ball Club, for sulary alleged to be due, was not de- cided by Judge Loomis yesterday, his Honor Ppostponing the matter until next Saturday. The annual election of the Buffalo Base-Ball Association was held Nov. 12; theold Board was elected, us follows: Howard H. Eaker, Eaward B. Smith, Henry S. Sprazue. Edward R. 8pauld- ing, John Van™ Velsor, Jobn R. Kenoey, and John B. Sagre, : There is a claure in ail the contracts signed by players with the Cincinnati Club for next year which provides that in case the Club shall fail to pay salaricg promptly, suen fact shatl constitute an abrozation of tlie contract, This Was a very wise move for the bovs to make. Mr. Hollinger, whose falling out with the management of the Cleveland Club has already been atlugded to in tiiese columus, says he wiil have a nine in Cleveland next vear, to be known s the Forest City Clab, and that Glasscock aud Phillips will he oblized to stand by the contracts they made personally with him. Dolay, late of the Buifalos, has been admit- ted to practice law. e tried his first case a few days ago, having Webb Hayes for sn oppo- nent, and, much to his credit, -he Inid out the President’s son bandsomely. This is no fiction. —Cincinnati Eau{'uirer. But. an out-und-out, dowuright falschood.—DBualo Commercial Ad- vertiser. The New York Sur, in commenting at length uvon the record for the year, says: “Ib is pieasant to uote that the scason’s record in the professional arcna for 1878 is free from the taint of dishonest play suchas diszraced the profes- sional name in"1§77. It is true there bave been several instances of expulsion of vlayers, but in every case it has been for a minor offense, such as intemperance or violation of contract, and not for ‘crooked ? play, as in_the instance of the four Louisville players in 1877.7 The Athleties of .San Froncisco have been strengthening their nine, as have also tuc Cali- forniabs, who arc cugnged in a series of games for the championship of the Pacific coast. 1t is said that French,who has played centre field for the last few eumes, isnot French at ali, but Nolan, the well-known Eastern pitcher, who pitches as swell with one hand as with the other —who puts on all sorts of deeeitful curves, and who never has been batted yet by anybody to speak of. Heis said to be one of the swiftest pitchers in the couatry, his delivery being so Hankinson. Chicage Allison, Providence. Cassfdy, Chi Sullivan, Cincinnati Hallinan, Chicago Caroy, Providence. anuing, Boston Mitehetl, Cincinna Goodman, M Blurman, Provid Remsen, ‘Chicago . Ttedmond, ‘Mitwau Flint, Wrictr, Boston Williamson, Indi Mckelvey, Indisnapol McClellan, Chieazo. Geer, Cincinnat! Quest, Indinnap Suyder, Doston . Bond, Boston. Cramer, Milwank Hague, Providence Ward, Providence. Golden, Milwaukee .. Weaver, Milwaukee. Morean, Milwaukee Holbert, Milwaukee. Nichols, Providence Sweasy, Providence Healy, Indizuupolis Croft, Indianapotis.. Powers, Chicago. Cory, Providence. Whecler, Providence. McCormick, Indianapolis, W. White, Cincinnati. . Nelson, Indianapolis. THE MILWAUKER MENAGERIE. As stated in these columns lust - Sunday, Tne TRIBUNE’S statement of the fact that the so- called Milwaukee Club was not likely to be ad- mitted as a member of the League next year, and the further fact that it was still in arrears to several players, has raised quite a breeze, and the moet strenuous efforts are beiog made to counteract its effect, but thus far without much success. After all the Milwaukee papers had yelped about the matter, the manager of the Club, Jack Chepman, took occasion during a trip to Cincionati to publish a statement in the papersof that city ¢mphatically denying the truth of the "charge made by TuE | rapid that only ouc or two professional catchers TRIBUNE, saying that "he had seen | can hold him, und very few are bold enough to every ome ~of the men paid _in | stand behind'the. bat for him. If this be the full.” Mr. Chapman may be very honest in his | case, Malone will have bis hanas_fall next Sun- belief that all the Milwaukee players were set- | day. It is said that Nolan will pitch in the Ath- tled with according to contract, but, unfortu- | letic zame.~Call, of Oct. 27. nately for him, the facts do not bear him oit, but, on the contrary, go to show that he either misrepresented the matter or did not know what be was talking about. It was not the in- tention of this paper, when the matter was first broached, to enter into soy elaborate discussion of the subject, but, inasmuch as its statements have been denied by several interested parties, there is nothing left but to go ahead and catch the coon. In the first place, let the matter of salaries be considered. It will not be denied by the Milwaukee management that Peters was not paid in full, The egguse for this action is that be violated his col ct by refusing to play when ordered, and therefore was mot entitled to his wages. This is the thinpest kind of an ument, but whether it will hold water or_not this paper does not propose to say. But Peters is not the only man who claims 1o have been the victim of some rather sharp practice at the "hands of the Milwaukee Club. Joe Ellick is one of the sufferers. ‘The facts in bis case may be learned by a perasal of the following lctter from him, which states the csse very plainly: 5 To the Editor of The Tribune, Cixcueyari, Nov. 9.—In the Euguirer of this morning is an article from Manager Jack Chap- man, of the Milwaukees, stating that Tuz Cil- cA60 {TRIBUNE'S accusation that the Alwaukeo Clap were not paid up in full was false. I wish to contradict Manarer Chapman's state- ment. The Milwaukee Club has not paid me for services rendered during the past geason, Durine the montn of Junc the Club released me erbally, the cause of my release belng that they had too many men—fourteen. After that time I served on the gate at Mr. Ropers’ request. In fact, 1 remained in Milwan: kee for six or eight weeks after the 22d of June, and finally Mr. Rogers gave me a ticket to Cine cinnatf. d that was all the pay 1 reccived dur- ing all that time. Joe J, ELLick. But there are still others who are quite cer- tain that the Milwaukee Club owes them mouney for gervices rendered. One ot them is Golden, well known in this city as a square man and BILLIARDS. THE SCHAEFER-SLOSSON MATCH. An unusual amouut of local interest is mani- fested -in conncction with the match of 1,000 voints bevween Schaefer and Slosson, which ge- curs ot North Turner-Hall next Wednesday evening, and in New York, too, the match has attracted general attention, as it is known that both Schaefer and Slosson are playing better billiards than- ever before, and their perform- ances in this contest will have an important bearing upon the big tournament which occurs in New York in January. The game with Slos- son will be Schaefer's first public appearance in a match of these dimensions, and the {riends of Sextonareintensely interested inknowinz how the Chicazo boy eequits himself Judging from the practice games that both Slosson and Schacfer are playing, the performance of next Wednesday will far surpass anything ever scen in this region. For the grester convenience of epectators raised seats have been provided for, 50 that with the gallery everybody is insured an excellent view of the play. THE NEW YORK TOURNAMENT. The current number of the Billiard Afirror announces definitely the purpose of the J. M. Brunswick & Ballke Company to give a tourna- about §3,000, which will be the bigzest affair of the kind ever arranged. The first prize will be not less than $1,009, besides the champioaship emblem, and from that’ dowa to $100 for the fifth prize. Itis understood that the tourney will begin about Jan. 12, 178, and that at least eicht of the leading players of the wond will perticipate. Brown bas reogcncll his new: billiard-hall, one door south of his old stand, Nos. 155 and 157 Dearboru street, and a zood many of **the boys " knovw it, judzing from appearances. Go ball-plaver. He has aclaim for unpaid salary, | and see him. and has placed the facts in his case in the hands of Secretary Young. These instances should be SUNDRY SPORTS. sufficient to_prove to any fnir-minded person that, when this paper said the Milwaukee Club bad pot_paid all its players in full, it was not very wide of the mark. In regard to the admissionof the Club into the League, the facts are simple and easily uo- derstood. When the Milwaukce Club applied for admission it was a rezulariy-orgapized con- cern, with proper officers, cte. Along to- wards the middle of thc season the audiences which attended ‘the games became more and moremicroscopic, until at last it was a matter of some difliculty to discern them at all. As no audiences means no money in the treasury, the Club very soon reached a “point where financial dissolution was an unpleasantly prominent real- ity. A gentleman namea Rogers had 2 claim against the concern, and proceeded to close up the grounds and arrange for the funeral gener- ally. Heflually concluded to reormanize the corpse, and did so, therealter signing himself as * proprietor.” The loug and short of the mat- ter is, that the Milwaukee Club, as admitted to the League, died some time ago, and the me- Dnacerie of which Mr. Rogers is proprictor and Mr. Chapman manager cannot be foisted upon the League, as at present constituted, 23 a bona. fide ball'club. its very appearance and actions are against it. The League does not want any members which canuot pay hotel bills, and this the Milwaukee menazerie” has been umable or PEDESTRIANIS, Darvies, the backer of Guyon, states in this week’s Clipper that the recent walking-match at the Exposition Building for the benett of the House of the Good Shepherd was a rather sealy aflair, and charges that Schmehl, who re- ceived the first prize, was not entitled to it. Frank L. Richardson, of Brattlevoro, Vt., completed, ot Sprineficld, Mass., Nov. 9, the feat of walking 250 miles insde of seventy-three consceutive hours. Ile commenced ou Wednes- dng' 0510p. m. His sctual walking time was 58h. 38m., and bis resting time 14h. 85m., dor- ing about three hours of which he slept, making onc hour’s sleep per day. ‘rhe fastest mile was the eizhty-fourth, 10m. 3s., and the slowest the seventieth, 19m. 80s. The time of the first mile was 11m. 80s., and of the last 13m. He con- cluded the walk five minutes shead of time, and Lus pulse tallied 140 to the minute at the close. Although preatly exhausted,ghe was_game to the end. The attendance was hardly larze enough to pay his hall rent, BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 16.—At£10:30 o’clock to-day Campana’s_score was 520 miles, bat, the track being sbiort 523 feet in the mile, the pedes- trizn had still filty-five miles and thirteen hours tomake a record for O'Learyto beat of 521 unwilling to do. Lest the Milwankec papers | Wiles. should waste typc In denyinz® this | BRIDGEPORT, Coon., Nov. 16.—Campana assertion, Tum TRmONE will say that he | Sbandoned his walk 3t 1:80 today, having come pleted 513 of his track miles, or 48 miles, 1,032 feet, actual distance. Campana was not made aware that the track was short until too late for him to equal O’Leary’s score. At the solicitation of Iriends Campana re- turned tothe track, and at 9:30 to-nizht finished botel is Jocated gt Rockford, in this State. and Dot only did the Milwaukecans omit the pleas- ting cerémony of paying the bill, but borrowed SI5 to get out of town with, Such little eccen- tricities are liable to prejudice alnost any fair- minded man against the orzanization, and for this reason Tire Trisuxe thinks that the ques- | DiS tosk, having completed 521 miles 54 feet, as ton of the Club being admitted 1o the League | Oflicially aunounced, Thirty-scven miles were Rekt year has already been sottled in the nega: | accomplished sinco 3 0'clov, nearly all o the tive. run, one mile being run in seven minutes and DRVLIN DISPOSED OF. thirty-three seconds. So fur as appearauces in- Jim Devlin, whote carcer in this citt, where | dicate, Compana couid have kept on all nixhe. He did not touch liquor during thewnole week. WRESTLING. The McLaunghlin-MeMahon ratch, as already announced, will take place at McCormick Hail next Saturday evening, and will undoubted! ly attract 2 large audience. he developed into a pitcher, and at Louisvilie, where his moral obliquity was pretty plainly proven, bas for the last year or so been making every effort in his power to secure a reinstato- ment to the Leasue. He saw the officers of nearly ~every club belonging to that or- Zanization, and represented his case to James Owens, of Fairfield, Vt., t] them in the strongest possibic light. | champion of £his countrrat c&lnfiimfi%?n! There was really * some ground — for wrestling, has aceepted the challenze of Charles Eity, as sinee bis expulsion by the League it has een rather rough salling *for the young man, and his efforts to zet sn bonest living for hime self and family have not been crowned with the greatest amount of success. During the past sumuner he played with 2 Canuck club, and as a reward for his “services was beaten out of the greater part of the salary promised him. Dur- ing the scason Ire became convinced that there Was no chance for merey at the hands of the Leazue, and since then his efforts bave boon directed towards the International Association, very member of the Judiciary Committee of that orranizatfon has been seen, and in addition Derlin gent to the Committes o written state- g:.:n:s gxfn met;nso_ Aner‘ considering the matter e time, a vote was taken, whicl resulted as follows: Messrs. Spaaldiog. of Bt 1falo, aud Kelly, of - the Manchesters, vozed in the negative; Messrs. Lynch, of Utica, and Waitt, of St. Louis, in the aflirmative; while Mr, Butler, of Lovwell, refased to have anything Connor, of New York. The stakes arc 3500 a side, of which one-half, $250 a side, was put up as forfelt on Wednesday last, the balance to be posted on the 19th inst., the day befsre the con- test, which will take place at Beethoven Hall, Wednesday evening, the 20th. The falls are best two in three, fair back falls; and, as both men-are about equal in_size, the battle will probably be one of the hardest Owen has yeo been engaged in. - CRIBBAGE. A cribbage tournament, under_the manage- ment of W. II. Leonard, begins Monday night , of this week ac No. 508 West Madison strect. Megy admirers of *fifteen two ™ will remember with pleasure similar occusions at the same hos- telry, and cnter for the rnce. Suitable prizes will'be awarded the three best players, and the tournament will coutinue the entire week., THE TRIGGCR. 2 W. Willard will Messrs. F. P. Taylor and C. Teave to-morrow for a ten days’ shooting trip in to do with the matter. This effectually scttles | Aisaptot Crnducstion, bu Ieast until anew Judiciary |~ 4p Kloloman will give a big shoot at Grand e v Crossine Thanksgiving Day, when it is expected that aboat 1,000 birds will slanghrered. The annual shoot of the Audabon Clab for the diamond baage, now heid by Mr. C. E. Fel- ton, will take place during the first week of December. The League meets in Cievelangd, Dec. 4. Mike McGeary has returned to St. Lous for the winter. Joe Simmons, formerly of Chicago, and Iately ment in New York, with prizes ageresating’ THE WILD WEST. Mr. A. C. Hesing’s Journey Through Arizona and Soncra. Hushands and Mexicon Wives Amet"can the Parents of Dirt. He NMeots Séveral 0ld Chicagoans in the Mining Camps. Transiated from the INinois Stants-Zeitung. TucsoN, Arizoua, Oct. 21, 1878.—\We had learned in the Patagonia Mountains that we were but five miles from: Mexican territory, that is, from the Mexican State Sonora, and so Mr. Farrel zud Ideciged to continue our journey through the valley of the Santa Cruz by way of the Mexican city Santa Cruz. A glance at the map will show that the Patagonia Mountains extend into Mexico. ‘We left the mountains to the west and trav- eled on u pretty good road into the Santa Cruz Valiey, reaching the City of Santa Cruz, where we intended to put up for the nizht, at avout 4 o’clock in the afternoon. -But where put up in a city of cut-throats and thieves, who exist entirely on foraging expedi- tions into Arizona? We were surrounded by about forty or fifty men, many of whom bad perhaps never before scen s covered vehicle; amoug them was one whose clearer com- plexion and rather intellizent looks attracted my attention. I had my friend ask him to show us to a hotel, and he did show us into an appar- ently empty house, without furniture of auy kind. We bad to put up with what we fonnd. unharnessed our horses, and carried all the con- tents of our wazon for safekeeping into our “hotel.” Our borses we wouid not risk in the open strect, and so bought some corn- stalks and fastened them io the inclosure back of our abode. Then we ordered something to eat from our host and inspectéd the interfor. It was_the old story. The walls pitch-black with dirt, the windowless room lighted dimly by a tallow-candle, an old hag surrounded by some naked imps cowerinz on the floor. In such surroundings we were invited Lo eat a sup- per, the very sicht of which almost tarned my stomach, God forbid that these savazes ever should be adwitted into the Union. We spent the night on the clay floor, guarding our prop- erty. At 4 o’clock I rose to look after our hors As soon as the nigbt had passed 1 took a walk throngzh the streets, which were by no means iuviting. I did not see a single win- dow in the whole place; the doors of the huts stand open, and I cannot see how the iohabitants slept in disgusting confusion on the floor. At daybreak the dirty crowd crept out of their holes. 'The Mexicans in Sonora know no beds, uo furniture. They sleep on the bare floor under biaukets, which they use as dresses in the duytime, eat from the foor, and never use a chair. The experience we bad undergone at supper- time was enough, and we depended on our own stores for breakfast. We were slad to et out of the cod-forsaken place, and for hours wo kEYL looking backsward, to see if the thicving villains were notyollowing us to get our lives and our property. Our jourtey continued on the banks of the Santa Craz, and brought us abour 3 o'clock again into Arizoma. At 6o'clock we reached- the ranche of an American, of whom my com- panion had told mcso much that I was quite anxious to muke his acquaintance. He is of good family, has sowme education, and came here about twenty-ive years azo. Ho bas read o areat deal, and “expericnced all the different phases of frontier life. About five years azo he had to defend himself against a band of red- siina. He shot five of his assallants down, but was wounded iu the foot, aud would, with his fumnily, have fallen a victim to the Indi- ans had not help come from outside. ‘Three years azo he was elected Treasurer of Pinca County, and is generaliy held in great esteom by all the people ou the frontier. 1lis wifelsa Mexican woman. Oneshould think that an edu- cated American would elevate 2 savage haif- lodian—that and no more are the Mexican women in these parts—to his own level, would educaze her, but the contrary fs the case. Since Ihave been in Arizona, I have learced that Americans are the worss educators. lostead of elevating thefr Mexican wives, they LOWER THEMSELVES TO THEIR LEVEL. The Americzo looks auipon his Mexican wife as his mistress, increases the number of his chil- dren every year, but does not trouble himself about the education of eitler his children or his wife, and loses all taste for comfore. He is the owner of 600 head of fattened cattle pasturiogzon his lang, of 100 or 200 hens running about his house and yard, of several horses, and of perhaps 2,000 head of sheep. Still, with all this wealth,the tnterior of his domicile is simply miscrable. I found the entire family sitting on the bare floor around - the tire. Not far from them, in the same room, was an old blind horse, traveling around in & circle, driving u mill, con- sisting of twa flat stones, thé upper one of which is turned over the Jower one by means of a stick bitehed to i, to which the horse is tied. The mul is fed through a hole in the upper stone, In apother corer we saw an old woman dressed in ragsend dirty, oh, 50 dirty, from head to toe. She was grinding between two stoues the Mexican favorite delicacy, *“penole.” Penole is made of wheat that is first boiled, then roosi- ed, then rubbed tiue, and at last sitted. Anice place we saw indeed. However, I fared Fretty well, as 1was tgsizoed ton separate room in the building. which' had no windows, but which contained a chaig and .2n iron be stead. The latter was turned over to me, while the family slept wrabped in blankets on the bare floor. Our smpper was taken outdoors at about 7o'clock. It consisted of beans, misera- ble bread and cake made of peas. Notwith- standing the yard swarmed with Lens, 0o ewas were to be had; notwithstanding the large herds of eattle, neitber milk nor butter was provided ; nor were there muttou-chops, nor pork, nor lard, notwithstanding the wealth of my host in sheep and oigs. And such conditions as those are by no means exceptionzl; ou the contrury, they prevail aimost everywnere where Ameri- cans are married to Mexican women. Of course, some exceptions are to be found. I met in Tucson several very well educated and vleasant-manuered Mexicans, who carried on considerable trade and enjoyed well-uppointed houses; put they are very rare exceptions in- deed. I have so far hardly met a dozen Mex- icans who could lay ciaim to pure Castilian blood. ‘Those who are of pure race, or at least three-fourths so, live like civilized people. 'The general run of Mexicans, however, shows' feat- ures lilke those of the Repapo Indians, with whom they seem to have mixed the most. About noon we reached Tuhac, an old Mex- icau city, which, under Mexican 3s well as uu- der American Government, up to a few years ago seryed as a military post. The city is now run down. It contains about ten Mexican families, one American, and ove German, both marricd to Mexican wive The forwer is a trader, and furnishes supplies to the mines; the Jatter keeps a hotel. To the credit of the German race it must be mentioned that in the German’s family everything appeared clean and neat. His children Euglish, and are at work about the bouse, while his wife can make & capital roast of lamb, cook meat, vageta- bles, cte. In the aftérnoon we left Tunac for the Santa Ritas Mountains, where we were to inspect the Aztee, Tyndale, and Toltec mining districts. We found prospects for some rick mines, but so far but littic_development. The Actee Syndi- cate sold their mines, some twenty in number, hut a little while ago, to a corporation in Phila’ delphia for $150,000. ' We there met an English- man, a Mr. Hunter, who was eoine to start a teu-stamp mill, for which the machinery iz now oa the road from CincinnatL . Mr. Hunter, who used to superintend some mines in Utah, has §re:xz expectations in regard \to this distriet. Ir. Wailer, in Lake View, is also said_to bave bonght four mines lately in the; Aztec district. Capt. Jeoks, a former resident of Chicago, and formerly connccted with tic house of Un. derwood & Co., but now the proprictor of some mines here, gave us lodgings for the nignt, and a Zood supper coolked by his own hands.” & We found in the mountafus aufte a number of mines which had been abandonedl for a number of years, but are now being worked with very £00d results. ] Afterstopping a day, weagain passed through Tuhae, and arrived Iate at night; gt Cerro Col- orado. There Gen. Heintzelman, asSisted by a rich company of European aud American capitalists, worked a minc, some twenty years ago, whicl yiclded rich treasures. But the[Apache droye the miners off, burned the bxFldings und the machinery, and the mine had to{be abandonca, Now it has been bought, with sciveral others, by s company lformed by St. Loais and Indiana gentlemen, amongst them Gor. { Hendricks and “Ireasurer New. We found therd agreat deal of activity. Some filty men were st work. ‘The shaft, which is said to be 260 feet duep, and to contain untold treasures, was beling pumped out. OUR NEXT STOPPING PLACZ was Arivaca, six miles samk& of Cerro Colo- rado. Thiais also an old setticment, whose in- habitants bad been forced to fiee by the Apaches. We found 8 German tavern Jand’ a store there, Since we jiotended to visit! the mines in the neighborhaod, we spent. t.ho'\nlzht on'the hard E floor of the store, at the kind invitation of the owner. But we could neither sleep nor rest. The floor was too hard and_rough to admit of rest, while before ihe store there were some twenty Mexicans camping: around u fire, who were to shear some 15,000 sheep in the morning. I could uot sleep on account of their continuous chatzeriug, and so at 4 o’clock Lroze and took 1 look at those savages. I found it quite interesting to watch them get their breakfast. They had the usual mess—beans and dried meat cat up into little bits and sviced with red pepper. -Still_they seemed to be quite contented with their miserable fare, and partook of it amid Jauzhing and joking. After day- light they started for their work, and I must confess I seldow saw greater skill and dexterity displayed at shearine shecp than those bulf- savages showed. ‘Che Mexican who owns the shecp-ranches is about three-fourtbs white, and speaks the English lanzuage quite flaently. Hc told me he cxpected to ship about 75,000 pounds of wool during this year. Atter breakrast we put saddles on our borses— we had to borrow saddles, as the rouds would not admit of our usinz the wazons—and rode into the miningr districts, which had an especial interest for me, owing to the fact that some of its mincs are partly owned by a Chicagoau, Mr. William Sturges. “The Superintendent: of the mines was kind enougn to show us around, and Irather guined the belief that they promise well for permunency aud rich yields. Onour return trip we stopped atthe place where the compuny of St. Louis and 1ndiaua zentlemen, which 1™ mentioned once before, is crecting a twenty-stamp mill.. The location anpeared well chosen. Water and feed are near at hand, and anumber of zood mines are in the immediate ncighborhood. The building was almost finish- ed, and they were laying the foundation for the machinery. The hoilers and 1 stezmengine had already arrived. “They expect to be in working tritn within the next three months. At 8 o'clock in the afternoon we started again by wagon, but were obliwed, zfter baving crawl- ed about eizht miles, to leave vur 2 on the road and to coniinue our journey in the saddle. We then were several miles distant from any set- tlement, aud I feit rather nervous about leaving our wazon, harne: ete.. behind, entirely un- protected, but my ud allayed® my fears with the assurance that the Mexicans would only steal horses. He, with others, did not think for o moment that any one but a Mexican would commit anuniawful act. About 7 o’clock inthe evening we reached the mining district of Orn Branko, u tent inhabited by three most nmiable young mey, cogared in gold and silver hunting. With themn we found the usual hospitality. They immediately proceeded, in charge of Mr. Durand, a Frenchman, a3 chief cook, to ore- pare o royal supper. They ofered us & venison-steak, splendi bread, preserved pears, excellent coffee, ete. 1 have not often spent an evening more pleas- antly than in their cum}:uny. The gentlemen were all well educated, full’of fun, snd_ splen- did story-tellers. Each could teit of his rich dod varicd experience. Every one of them was owner of seven to nine mines, aud they were now engaged in settling ub some law business, but they arc just 18 rood ut haadling spade and pickax as the most robust sow of Ireland. Later inthe evening an old miner, living near by, came into the tent, who recognized in me an old acquaintance. ~ Iis nane was Shay, and be came to Chicego forty years ago. recollected more of my life in connectlon with the political strugeles of the years 1857, 1838, and 1839, when he left Chi- cago, than [ did at the moment mysell. Ie had taken a grest interest in_me in Chicago, and recollected all that had happencd with which my name was connected in the old |, Seventh Ward; he even reminded me of amus- ing incidents in the buyhood days of my son and of my mnephew, Albert Reinke, *whom he used to see when e passed my house. ery- thing he said was so interesting to me that I asked for permission tostay with him jn his cabin over night, and he insisted on leaving bLis bed to e and restinz ou the floor. Our con- «versation lasted until 2 o’clock in the morning. ORO BRANKO LIES NEAR the Mexican line, several miles wesé of Santa Cruz. This district is sure of a very great fu- ture. The mountains are thickly covered with oak, and there is plenty of water. The mines are excellent, containing large yeins and yield- ine pretty rich ore. The discoverers, Kiric- patrick, Flood, and Hutchins, have so [ar made but very few sales; for six mioes they got $375.000. The purchaser was a Dr. Allen in In- dianapolis, if £ am rightly informxL The vil- lage of Oro Branko, containing five or six caolus, is evtirely deserted. It was fermerly inhabited by Mexicans, who have zoue away. On the second morning we scarted on our way back to Tucson, about seventy-five miles’ travel from Oro Brauko. This district, I should say, is the last one of the mining districts discover- ed south uf Tueson. The first day we made aboat fifty miles, as I greatly desired to visit an old well-preserved church, standing about nine miles frem Tucson off the road. For about thirty miles we traveled the same road we came, until we struck the Sants Cruz Valley north of Tuhac. Apout 6o'clock we (m.-nured to stop over night in the uoen air. Ve found grass emough to preparc a soft couch, but, unfortunately, it contained a terrible lot of weeds full of thorns. Every shrub is thorny; there are briars on every flow- er, on every weed, and, when one striles a cac- tus, it is burd to keep from swearing, and one would likke to raise Cain. But no, I have never really become furious at those little troubles. I suppressed the swearing, and lauched and joked away the pain. i The worst Was, however, our provisions be- gan to run short. We bought supplies where we couid, bat also sharea often with the miners wemet. ' In Oro Brako we bad wiven away preity much all we had .snl_valcw crackers and some bacon was lett, all Ieould find in 4 store were two boxes of sardines. Qur supper as well as our breakfast, therelore cousisted ex- clusively of sardines. half a dozen erackers, and a few cups of penole (builed, rossted, and ground wheat), diluted with water. Early the next mormoy we started again, had a hearty meal about dinner-time at « ranche,'and con- tinued our journey to St. Xavier's Charch, the Passion-Misston, and the Rescrvation. Coming from the south, about tiftecen miles from Tueson, one_ gets into a heavy mesquiti forest belouging to the Iudians. Ilere one sees band- some cuttle, Dice corn-ficlds, and well. cultivated wheat-lands, the latter, of course, +now harvested, and all this the property of the Papagos Indians. This tribe was couverted s00u atter the starting of the wission by the Franciscan Brothers. [am . told it now numbers- gome 5,000 souls. The ‘Papagos never had any subsidics from the Gov- eroment; they were alivays peaceable, are sober, moral, aud exist on, agriculture. The locution for the church i3 well selected; it affords a splendid view of the olain and of the valley, and is surrounded on three sides by hills. I was ostonismed ou entering the church tofind grand traces of former splendor and even preseut beauty, which L bud not dreamed to expect in this spot, far off from all civilization. ‘I'ne present building, 1 am told, was begun in 1768, and linighed in 1798, in place of av old church built of bun-dried brick. It Is 115 fect lonz by seventy feet wide, has 4 dome and two spires. It is builtof brick, covered with cement. The interior presents the shapeof the cruss. Over the frunt entrunce the coat of urms of the Fraociscan Order is cut in stoue, flanked by several statues of saiuts whieh are by no weans budly executed. Around tbe roof runs anoruamental’ cornice, made of cement. The church coutatus thirec altars and a number of statues. Toe walls are covered with fresco-paint- fugs, and everywhere the is met by ¢s of former splendor, csocelally of rich wilding. The bizn-altar is couseerated to the patron-saint of:the church, St. Franas Xavier, uud quite’s remarkable work of art. The cerlo fugin the main entrance coutains a fresco- painting representing she Holy Supper. To the right o the altar there is the sacristy, iu which our guide, an old Papago Chief, showed us the treasures of the chureh,—rich church- vestments made of silks and velvets, embrold- cred with old, o very heavy pold ehalice of magnifient workmaiship, aud a crucifix wrought by an artist’s hand. We were also shown an old Missale printed m 1700. The old Chief told us in good English that every Sunday 2 priest visited the church to read fmss aud preach in Spanish. % Very near by is a little lndian village, which looked exactly like Tubac and. other places, in- habited formerly by the Mexicans. The old Chief served a3 yruide here also; be was as Lhavpy as a child when we rewarded hiw for his trpuble, and Ltold him Iiad comeall the way from Sticazo to visit his chureh. Night was approaching when we started again, and we arrived a little past 7 o’clock at Tueson, we Lad left a fortpight age, after o journey of over 40 miles oy wagoun, besides many miles iu the suddle. It was done, und we were olud to rest after have ing taken a bath and changed our clothes—our old oues were perfect rugs. Later on L made a call at a German tavern, where a pretty sood glass pf heer was to be'bad! Iwus agrecably surorised to fiud there some genuine Beclin Tivoli beer, which had 2ot to Tucson by way of Sexico. 1 enjoyed it hugely. E Inafew hours Ishall retura to Globe City, Prescott and the uorthern part of Arizona 1 sball not be able to visit, as 1 promised to meet Gov. Safford fu Sat Francisco on Nov. —————— « The Lottery in France. France has gonc wild on the lotters question. The Government started to issue 1,000,060 tickets at a franc (20 cents) cach,—one-half the money to be used to bring workinomen and peasants {ree to the Exposition, and the other half to be spent upon works of art which were to be gis- tributed as prizes. The rush for the tickets has been g0 great that insteadof 1,000,000 there have ’ already been 8,000,000 sold, 2,000,000 mor, been " suthorized, 2nd probably w,mx‘, (32000.000) wall ‘be sold before the bngfoor ends. Even school-boys elub taeir peupies 1ot gether 1o geba ticket. ~ The thine hus takey o a political turn, and it 18 catled_unpatriotic no:' to goin. The whole shows, what the easy Pay- ment ot the German indewbity before it shypel that the old stockings of France probabiy ey tain more money than the Biding-places of other civilized people. 'y * BARNUM’S SERPENTS, Mr. Starr’s Prodiglous Narration of 8 I Gilmorc's Garden, L oM New York Sun, Happening into Barnum’s Yesterday, porter for the Sun wis told that the Rajg Hagar, whose duty it is twice a day, at the cop. 8 clusion of afternoon and eveving perormy K to wind himself all up in torpid sbakes, hag M been choked o thiat estent by abos canstritey. BB which had in & measure lapsed from bis torpsy, . ity, that he had well nizt died. “The poor Rajah Hagar!™ Mr. Spacr, press agent, said with 2 sigh; bowl was almost broken. soakes.” ‘Twentv boas and anscondas shimbered g glass-fronted cage among the folds of 2 pair of - blankets. The largest was s biz around as 3 man’s arm. “The cold,” safd afr. Starr, torpid. The Rajah Hawar likes to have they moderately torpid, but {f they wet too cold they die. Benéath the’ cage, 1 that. compartmesy you see, we keen pans of hot water, the Trom which rises through perforations I o floar. *Te blankets also are vrovided to afriey to the snakes additional warmth, In the Loy don Zoological Gardens, in Regeny Park, ereqy dilliculty Was experienced in the preservation o5 blaukets from the voracity of the repies. (v whose comfort they were intended. 4 boa or an gosconda ‘ot evenm small diameter- would, with the utmost facility and with soere ing pleasure, wallow a *horse” blanket of the largest size. But you will notice that to exch one of these blznkets is attached a. stogy chain, whereby it is fast secured to the solid woodwork of the cage. That s au ingenioug American orovision. By means of i; a Dlank cun always be rezovered. These blankets are swallowed every night, but the Rajah Hawar draws them all out in the mormng, and no harm doue. But about the nurrow eseape of fny Liajah Hagar. The bua that wound itself about bis throat was _serpent of the siz: of yo largest you see there. He coniracted bis deadly coil more and _more. ‘The poor Rajat's. ey started from their snckets. It was.g fayorite boz, but we were oblized 10 kill him fn order to save the man. He wascut in £\wo by Prot, Feliv—. Ahal allow me to introduce Prof. Felir jfo Dofgld,;llu lionlmmcr." . ** Lookine at the suakes?” said the Prog “ One of em diedlast mizit.” Sometines oy sicken and drop oif, Old 2ge,— ‘* Ahem!” said Mr. Starr.” ** No, Professor that is not the way this boa_constrictor-dies. He was cut in tswo. I was just telliaz this geq. tleman, who is a reporter, how the Rajua By, beingg well-nigh choked by the aroused reptily, was saved by—Dy auother pargy.” I cut tha snake in two,” s:l?d thelion tame, stooping to pick upastraw. * I'm used to thees emergencies, and am always ready for 'em. “ You will observe.” suiil Mr. Starr, “that Prof. McDonald’s wateh guard is made ‘of gold mounted lious’ claws. The Professor ha wingled with lions fu their cruelest and moss daugerova moods. He has, on his sealp, and 1y ‘various parts of his body, justseven less wounds thun there are davs in the'year, all inflicted by lions. He once slew « lon by s single stroke of an iron bar, after the infurtaied beast had torn all the teudons out of his (the Professor's) right leg, refusing a loaded pistol which bis distract. ed wile was bearing toward the cage, and insis:- for herown safety, Buc I will now show sua t—Oho! Permit me to introdue , tite champion bursback rider” €04 said “Mr. Fi “ Looking ap the snakes? One of ’em died last nigh: of old age.. Four or fiva— - - * What ! cried Mr. Starr, * s it possible that you haven't heard of tbe narrow escape of our Rujab Hagar, who last night was coiled 2boat in 1 deadly embrace by that anaconda that you say died of old aze, but that in reality was cue In’two just in the nick of time, 35 tie Rsjab'y eyes were startiag from bis bead, by the Pro- fessor here? - 4 *“Icut him jn two,” said Mr. McDonad quietly. ¢ This is a reporter,” sald Mr. Starz. “ Why, to be sure!” cried Mr. Fish, whirlieg pct was ‘about, und suapping his fnger wih 3 ook of the greatest irritation. * How stram thac 1 should nave forgotten all about ft. The Rujali, poor feliow, is at this moment Iying jn his bed in a bighly dangerous cundition.” ** No,” returned Mr. Starr, as ag this moment ayoung msu clad in aw Oricatal tarbas 2ad Hlowered robes approached, and, opewng the door of the cugre, bounded in amoug the snaks, 4 he recovered very mirzculoasly a short tirs 820, and. as you sce, is now here azain, attend- ina to his prefession, absolutely uadeterred by the tremendous dunzer wiick he so uarrowiy escaped. But I will show you the smiwe witu- out further delay,” continized Mr. Starr. to the reporter. ** Where is it Professor!” “Ieatitin two."‘umrnea Mr. McDonald, s little doubtfally. “ Yes, yes,” said Mr. Starr, “but Where wre the picees?? *¢ Oh,” said the lion tamer, “Isent them to Audrews o be stuffed.”. “‘Thus, while Andrews stufled the bos, &l Mr. Baroum's veracious taxulermists perform 8 Iike operation upon the reporter. —_— APART. You on the path to Fame, with hopes ralsed hiz2, Dream of the life 10 comé—1 of the past. g "Twas sad to part! 2 A tender slacce. clasped nands, a stiffed sigh. A little word, Farewell—it was the last— “The tears would start! 3 the ‘his golden Come and see the Ymakes they inz that the frenzied wowman, should be removed. the surke that You tried to smile tne old accustomed smils At eruel rate, but o'er your face had come Astrange, sad look That no nttempt at smiling cotld beguile To cheerfulness: | read your heart fike some Wide-open book. You struggled to be brave, but thena tear Unwanned you, and for that I know you grieve} But, doubt 1t not, “That drop 1wpearled has made you atill more desty Were that the oaly wound you might receive, "T'were soon forzot! In fancy o'er azain I ive each summer-day, ‘Those volden duys with happiness replete! My rapturcs rise: Then thrills the pmnful thought—dead! desd for aye! $0 Retrospection but yields bitter-sweet, And fettered lies. Still am I haunted by your happy face, Where shadows of aunoyance never came; Your suany eves - Whose swiles, of oid all tenderness aad 2r3cty Bexspoxe u beart where sorrow had no ck Like cloudless skies. O may you e'er ba young as now at beart; Untouched by wordiy prige and esrhly care, Ascend the hight; May all the sweetness life yields be your party And 1o your babpy nuture Garth for e'er o o Scem freshandboght! - Euzascra B CARRIE. . [Digat Sent. 15, 1 She is gone! Our darling Carrie o .. Vanisied with the fading ray. # “Mud the Sabbatn bells ali chiming— Gone to realis of cadless day, - Thy sweet life il seemed a Sabbath, With thy pure, untainted suul Burming ever with a fever Lest. it should not reach its goal. But Ltkoa'rt zone, O luving, loved ove, With berghit bair aud eyes of blue— Vanished from the vncs that toved thes, From the hezrty that kues thee trae. Didst thou listen in the twilight, Soft, low voices then to hrar? Did thy spirit teil thee, loved one, “That witiout thee ail was drear? Canst thon then, trowm realms above Uf Sce thy motber, true and fond, And anotaer one that loved tnee ‘Through the holy brothet-boud? And the one that Leld taee dearest, All hia whole traz bosom's unde, Chides he now thy Augel-sisters ‘hat they stole away hs bride— Snatched thee from tiie very altar Of swevt Lvmen's Loly blis— Tore thee from the unes that loved thee— Guve tn place Deatlr's fcy Kiss. ‘Dost thou Know that thus we wurmal Since thy parting with us here? Dost thou list cacn time we whisper Thy dear ngme or shed a tear? Eigtit and teu times came tae summers= Euch vne, seemed thy beart more hghsi Bat the Angols, they were beckoais. “Thut we kuow thy hume’s un hi; 4 That, throuzn myriad years unnambered, ‘I uweot soul shall never uizt. Y _— A Namesake, Guelph (Cun.) lleral ] Our Governors u:e ulways reftin? ‘2‘“;,. pamed alter them. it must be more thal® o Incidence. in view of the fact that the UIE of Lorne is to zovern us, that these ban ; e of ;: tark shirts with gre now calicd mar WD,