Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 24, 1878, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES 7 S ORTING, Ry oo o v o oo | 8 e S R " THE TURE.’ A . 4 DISREGARDED FACTOR. gwandcrflxl performance over the Lexing- ot lonz ago of the d-year-old fliy 17 e trotting a mile in the uoprece- ud e for so young. a horse of 2:17}— cated B enewal ‘of & subject which bas lcdiscnsscd s0 long and so vigorously that 1ed ple have supppsed it to . be worn pot P08 tiat of the merit or demerit of the presdtarls X orouelibred running lorse in tter. For years Mr. J. H: Wallace, who awe American trotting borse ad bis weE T more thought' than usy, tier, man, e ntended that the fountain-head'of all ex- oo ce in the trotter was the blodd ‘of imp. e B whow i direet descent came e e the ackpowledged founder e featest and most sucepssful ¢ jiy. of trotters that the world has ol . Tosay that Mr. Wallacé is fiem e elic, and vers decided in bis manner of it iug it, i3 not putting the fact at all too S8 e all men with a hobby, e is in- of o mount it on every occasion, aud like aea ith ileas of importance upon a sibject tisterests and the power of expressing them ! iy, e finds himself opposed by other men g but.opposite, convictions upan the Smfl"j“‘v and a pen equally ready with his oepread them before the public. " ie particular instaice, Mr. Clarles S o, editor of the Sportsman, is the rock et wbich Nr. Wallace has run, and the tvo atlemen are having a very warm time of it. f-; Faster s esseutially 3’ running-borse mav, +1sa writer on all subjects connected with W \muci of the turl sporls bas o superion—at least in’ this country. 7o “oaderfal _ performauce _ of _Maud spve bhim a0 oportuuity of, =5 he thought, e Mr. Wallace's theories. which he ‘was g\mkmsmm. Although Maud S.is by Harold, e well known as thessire of several trotters, \agu, Miss Russell, was by Bilot, Jv., who yisby s Canadian pacing-orse. The dam of P, Jr-, was Naocy Poye, she by the thorough- i birse Havot, who, according to Mr. Wal- s Stud-Book, was by Sir Charles, 2,281; 3sm Povanes, by Sir Alfred, 2,274; g. d. Vireo, ts1mp. Sir Peter Teazle, 2306 Thisis a very +eas infosion of thoroughbred blood, fndeed, 151 1ir, Foster noints to it with an air of tri- zmoh 8 demonstrating the absurdity of Mr. {jatlsce’s theory. But the facts are'not all on Js side, as be himself admits. Harold. the sire of aud 8, s strongly iubred to Abdallab, the ¢ of Hambletonian, anda grandson of Messen- Fer, bott s sire aud dam being by that horse. {r. Foster bases his arrument’ wholly .on the peligree of the dam “of Maud S., sd ingirectly argues that it is from this source that sbe derives the qualities which bave suddenly made her name famous. Mr.wallace might with equal justice sssume that the wenderful 4-year-old obtained all her excellenties from her sire, who is particalarly sirong in the Messenger blood, being inbred, as sbove stated, to that horse. - This kind of rea- conine would-have for its foundation equally eronz and irrefutable facts on both sides, but the adkerents 10 neitber theory Would beall impressed by it. 3 “The fact of the matter is, that no man can lay down & Jaw for breeding trotters that will work well. Maud S, like many soother wonderful trowtioe horse. 16 . good deal of.a_puzzle. In Jooks ehe is mot altozether_unlike a thorough- tred, her meck excepted. but this proves noth- e85 there Dever was-g. truer, adage thon: “They run in all shapes.” Her.trotting action isgood, but there is not that bold action of the fore varts that so- many horsemen admire. Se does not paddle, - as -do some of the Volunteers, but still she is ot what one would call 2 long-striding horse. In facl. she Jooks like a thorouzhbred, trots like a yoiter. and is bred for both. The pacing ele- et in her pedigree seems to have been entire- Iroverlooked by Mr. Foster, but, in the opinion of some, it plays a very important part. The fieof Msud’s dam was Pilot, Jr., and_bis sire vssnpacinr-horse. Maud herself was original- Irinclied 10 pace, and was cured of this habit alybrthe use of toe-weights. When these o vemovol after. her sl AEArSVander Hilt's stable, and an attempt wade to speed her without them, she lost the perfect balance which ico essential to the flight of a trotter, and cut e of ber quarters. For all that.Messrs. Foster 1nd Wallace knovw, the pacing element in the jedicree of Maud S. may have had far more to cownb her rich inheritance of speed than all ! the Messenzer and Sir Charles stories aoat which so much has been witten. Indeed, if the patural inclination of the mare goes for snvthing the pacing element * i the summum bonum, since she took naturally to that: gait, transmitted by her erandsire on ber aam's side. And this view of the question is bield by men whose judgment and expericnce etitle their opinions to -respectful-considera- tion. The value of pacing:biood-was for a lonz time an unknown guantity to the wiscacres in various parts of the land, who imagined them- sedves to be the repositories of all the wisdom 1hat God alloted to mankind, but of late years g;&:mrs have been giving their theories some kuocks. Blue Bull, an Indiana stallion, %o never knew any gait- but the pace, stands today at the head of the list, so 1ar as the #ting of trotters is concerned, and has at- tained this prona position jn spite of the fact that, for years, he had ouly the poorest class of mares. Now that tbe pacing element bas become the subject of some thoughtful consideration, it is found that in nearly all of ‘the remarkable , trotters . of the it decade there' is @ dash of vacing blood. Pocahontas, Mr. Bonner's mare, that ias shown mile heats over o three-quarter mile track in 2:153¢; 2 balf-mile over Fleetwood 1:04%, and that 2 year.ago last winter was 1be queen of the road 1n New Yark, is.by Ethan Allen, ont of the celebrated pacing *mare Pocanontas. Nobody with, horse scmse will ek to areve that shé owes ber excellence to Etban Allen, since that horse was a comparative inflm in the stud, when it is considered that Jexas bred to none but the best mares, and ‘ocshontas was by far the best of bis get. Ed- ¥io Forest, whom Jobn Splan admitscan trot a mile faster than Rarus, is a converted -pacer. Grafton, that whirlwind of speed, is another of e same. kind, So are Molsey, Smuggler, sas Chicl, ana. other bright stars inthe Eunz firmanent, while the progeny of Blue Mare every day hammering pails in_the xfins of those who ean see no good in anything & does not trace back to Messenger or Whalebope, “TE! TRISTNE does ot nssume that Maud 8. €5 all her excellence to the pacing blood that ;“:: in her veins, but simply suggests that a e pacing-bred hiorses are bréakine the trot- \ig recurds every tay, and a pacine-horse stands Wh . top of the list of livine sires, it .would be Teltfor the plilosophers to pause fong euough in il sion of the merits of the blood of h’.‘%o( ‘essenger and Whalebone to examine a t ."nhlnsl all but themselves consider an im- - Dortant Sinee lhm HISTORY OF DOC LEWIS. ferblyeoroe Parchase by Mr. William TL Van- (ml,:lm: Western trotter Doc Lewis, for X there has been a great deal said and writ- Ormergpcring his pedigree and - former o, most of which 'S the veriest Fogg "fi?wflm During the past weel, Mr. I Of Jackson, Mich., was in the city, breypy oz that toe horse had at onc time m,,";‘d by Lis father, the writer obtaiced oy facts in regard to an animal that’is jocting considerable att sution. 1,0 Lewis,” Mr. Deyo said, *was foated in -h.-.,:" tbe farm of 2 man named Landon, near Wiy b, aud was then tho property of decgy pill, Who lived near Albion. When "mgl;ed the aze of L\\'(i;)nomll‘xs. he vas my father for 3250, taken to his Blieat dackson, Mich., and raised, As soon 45 fom ‘;fl:!mcxwaswunuw,webrokehimtohn]ter. bt B W0 vears g1d he. was broken to hartvss Fidey o Jobnson, now of Chicazo, and Georee ¥ho afterwards crove for Gravesand Hons gy phiseity. He was a wiry and ambi conlg utc fellow, quite difficult to master, and And '-hk as high as any colt vou ever suw. “2, t hére 1 might as well tell You ail that e popAlout Lis breeding, and -bow he Koor ¥ bis name. His- sire was: the sallion s 1 ¢ The Goodrich Horse, or Marshall Of bj; oe by Uero, sou of Hill’s- Blackhawk 2lthongly W't breeding there is nothing kuown, enie gl b SC¢ that Johnson, who goid Doe 10 Mr. Vanderbiit; claims that he bas her "mmnm“ bome. She “was a- chestaut mare ttupaet road twelve miles an hour, and keep uew g ODZ 28 you winted her to, but nobody marg o clslmed to know her Lreeding. This Tecker 28 OWDed and driven”by Dr. Lewis, of o], In bis $-vear-old form Doc Lewis obtained & ! b oo of 2:10, at, just what ‘place I cangot re- i r'in the scason apBattle Creek, others f beat” Lizzie Davis, Stump Puller, and be wae soNeriDg bis record to 2:3L. That fafl mnm*%&lr{ Lo Easter Justies: ¥bo had entirs 3 0! ‘nay they did with him 2 atter of ng consequence. 4 2 1782 Trusexe bas reliable fnformation that | grack, 2:1434, was besten. 3ud it was after him that the colt was | Flexible, | 3 In the spring of 1878 ne came to Jackson, 3 ich., where he remained uutil the sale 1o Mr. otnson, who, after trotting him sbout thirty file:s tlt;i_s season, made t(llxc sale to Mr. Vander- Iis preseut rec E Bestiy ecnat, ord is 2:24, but bhe can GOLDSMITIT MATD'S EARLY HISTORY. Tlhe following interesting facts concerning the carly history of Goldsmith Maid, and thesome- ;‘1’]‘:“\\1-::2:““% fa:tei‘eunnec:ed with her first ale, were gratherea a ey r of the New Forkcen. )y 2 reporte e Ne There is one importent point, however, con~ cerning which a mistake has been made, and that is thé way in which the famous little mare received her name. I the appended article it is stated that she was called Goldsmith Maid by ber owner, Mr. Alden Goldsmith, and the same view was taken by the Spirit not long agoin aun article on horse nomenclature. . Budd Doble, whose name is. as naturally as- sociated with the mare as that of Joha Splan ¥ith Rarus, was met on _the strect by a TRIBONE ‘man a few days ago, and, on being questioned, promptly aflirmed that he named the mare. “When I got !\c‘r, said Budd, * she was known simply as Goldsmith’s mare.’ She was entered in sev- eral races at the time simply as a bay mare, it uot being necessary then to” give 8 name when making an entry. In the first race I ealled her E";‘}f'““’“ Maid, and the name always stuck to er. The Sun’s account is as follows: John I, Decker, Exq., a brother-m-lawof ex- Judee William Fullerton, dicg at his revidence near Denton, Orange County, 'N. Y., a few duyy ago. He was' the wan who found running wild in a pasture lot in Rew Jersey and it brought to the notice of horsemen the mare that has gince aston- ished the world as Goldsmith Maid. A short time before his last illness Mr. Declcer told the, story of the beginning of this wonderful mare's carcar. *In 1804 Tom Bingham and myself,” Mr. Decker said, **went intoa little speculation buy- ing up wrkeys and cattle througn this section. We both lived ju Newourgh at_that time. In Novem- e of that Jeur wedroe aver wnfo Stesex Counay, and stopped at John B, Decker's, near Decker- town, ‘Johouy B.' as he was called, was my | uncle. e bad a mare that every one in'the whole canncry kuew about, for she was the wildest and wickedest picce of horseflesh that ever lived. This mare was in the pasture lot with the other Lorses the duy we went there, and as I knew the stock she came from, 1 wanted to bave a look at her; bat we conldn't gef within gunshot of her. lersire was the Edsall JlambleTonian, We staid all night at Uncle Jplnny's. Somehow or otser 1 took a great fancy to that wild mare, and Ioffered $150 for her; butthe old gentleman’ didu’t Wantto”sell er. 40N, what's the use of keeping that mare?' £aid his wife. °Let him have her. Offer him 310 more, " says sfie to me, ‘sud he'll take it. ++So I counted out 3160 und eave it to my aunt. Tncle John hesitated, but soon saxdz ** “All rignt. You mayhuve her. Dutyou must gatel e irt nd the old man laughed, a3 if he 234 {7 {1 30 nccount of the creation of waw <, s ‘od Mir-Ku (noble crown). **To fear them (the sods) he made man; the breath of life was in him. \fay he (the zod Mir-ku) be estublished. nnd mny sis'will not fail, in the mouth of the dark races was 7 years old atthe time. When Uncle Johnsaw ihat we had her hewas sick of his oargin, and wanted to pack out. - But we tied her behind our wagon and drove away. Uncle John had & mare, a gister of this one, that he valued at $600. lie said he wouid give me that mare instead; but1didn't want ber. Gen. :Eiluatrick bought that one after- ward, and took her to Chili with' hiw; but I never heard tnat she smounted to anything. ' On our way in trom Uncle John's to my father's house, 1 the place where I live now, we orought over a ton of turkess. 1tried the epeed of the. mare now and then by ronning my horses as fust us they could 2o, Dbut she could trot faster than they ran, évery time, Tnever saw sucha movement fora green horse, d knew she would make a good one. - Well, we got tofather's and put up for the night. Next morning Tom Bingham counted out $130 and offered it to me, and said he wanted to gointo partnership with me in the mare. Butl tola him I wanted the mare tor my brother-in-law, Judge Fullerton. While we were getting ready to start, after breakfast, who should dnve up but Bill Tompkiny, .or Jersey Bill, as he was known, and is yet. He keot a hotelat Hampton, two or thrce milesaway. He'd beard that I had bought Johony B.'s mare, and he came over to lookat her. ‘The hired man had the mare outof the barn, and was showing her gaitup and down the lane. Father and mother were both lgoking at her, Mother was very much put out because I had bought a2 horseé that was a_trotter, and father didn't like it, either, Jersey Bill fell in love with the mare ri off. - ¢4+ Jonn," says he, *¥'Il mve $300 for her.” ++I'eaid no. Father and mother were both very anxions that I should take the money, but I'want- ed the mare. . : - *Three hundred and fifty, ' said Bill. But Ididn’t wantihe money, and started ‘to drive away. v X{171 give yor 360 for the mare, said Jersey. < Father wanted me to take the money, and mother said ehe was sure 1 would £ 10 the badif T Jkcot;a trotting ligrse. and-so, by and by, I ‘of “patience, 0ld " Bilt " to- hand* motyLife ‘money and take the marc. He drew a checkon the Wallkill Bank at Middletown for the amuunt. 1 didn't want to take the check. 4.+ Let me see it,’ my father said. +¢] hunded him the check. e wrote his name across the back of it. < Phere,’ he says, ‘I guess that'll go now.’ +4Qf course that put the matter out of guestion. 1 took the check and Jersey Bill drove off to Hamp- ton with the mare. Bingham and I wentonto Gosheén, and a_sicker wman ¥ou never saw than T \was over the sale of the mare. Something seemed to tell me that she ond stafl in her that was more than good. After 1 zot-lo Goshen I was so thor- oughly disgusted with myeclf for parting with her that I made up my mind to_get heg back if possi- ble. 1 put my team in the barn at Goshen, fam M. Grabam, afterward State Senator, was Prosident of the Wallkill Bauk. I went straight to the telezraph office, and asked him by wir <+ +1g Jersey Bill's check good in your bank for $360. A ++ Tl anewer came back: ¢ 1t is 2004 for $300.” ++ S0 [ went back to tne hotel, and tald +what 1 had done, and that T was zoiug straight to Hampton and take that mare ont of Jersey’s barn. Bingham was a lawyer. and ne told me I might get my fingers barnt by sach a procecding. ~ While we were dircussing -the matter, along came another dispatch from Grabam: +++ Jersey Bill hus made his check good.* +¢ That scttled the whole business, and that is how I Jost Goldsmith Maid. 2 ““The next spring I met Alden Goldsmith.” the Blooming Grove horsc-breeder, on an Erie Rail- Toad \rain. - ¥ - “++Alden,’ I 8ays, ‘give me a hundred, and I'li fell you where 10 get the best piece of horseflesa that stands on legd in America.* *- He said be’d do it if the animal scemed a good ome’to him. " I told him where she was, He went to see her, but afteswards said she was no zoud. Al Tight, L saye; *but 1 know her pedigree, and Ttell you khe's the best in the market.. -Ask Aaj. Edsall.’ “CAlden wentto Maj. Edsall in Gosnen and found that I knew what I was talking sboat. Then he struck up 2 bacgain and gave Jersey Bill 600 for the ware snd threw inanold wagon. Gold- ‘smith got Bill. Bodme, who has_the track st Mid- Qletown, to handle the mare. Idon't think any- one clse’ would have had the faith in the naimal and the paticuce 1o try and make anything out of ber. Dill Bodine says that Goldamith would have parted with her for almost anything any time for a Thonth or two after he got her. 1t took four men 1o hitch her up when they iirst commenced at her. and ehe came near killing Bill once or twice. But lie conquéred ber, and then everybody bezan to see there was stuff in her. Instead of the S100 he promised to _cive me, he offered me & Volunteer Colt. 1 didn'tthink much of Volunteer stock then and wouldn't take it: 1 told GoldsmithI would call it square if he wonld Jet me name the mare, I wantedto cali her Ella D., after wy wife. But Alden wanted his name to her, and hie called her Goldsmith Maid, aud that's the way the matier stands to-day. 1 take considetable pride in the fact, " Mr. Decker concluded, **that T brongnt thie Drilliant litto ware out into notice, although Lfcel that 1 let a fortune slip away from me when I ac- cepted Jersey Bill's check. ™ » TAE BREEDERS' . ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the National Associa- tion of ‘l;ru_llinz-uorsc Breeders was Jeld at the Everett 1oz New York, last Tuesday, Presi- dent Backman in the chair, E Secretary Pacier read his report, showing that duriog the year cight meetings of the As- sociation nad been held «in the State of New York, There bad been sixresienations since the last aunual meeting and thirty new mem- bers elected, making a total membership at this time of 103, representing every State n the L A% . W, G ted hi The Treasurer, Mr. J. W. Gray, presented his report, showing that be had received $3,140 Trom Nis predecessor in office, and since then he had collected suflicient to make the total about 88,000, The cxpenses aud stakes of theDust Scason-amounted to $5,000, leaving a balance ot $2,390 to the credit of the Association.* ciect “The Association’ thea. ufl:cccdedl;lté) A jcers for the ensuine year, the result being as St President, H, W. T. Mali. New York; follow v. T. Ma FL;rsx. Vice-President, ‘Leland Stanford, . Cali- fornia; Second Vice-President, I. V. Baker, i M. D. Bush, New Yol Viee-President, B New Yor! retal ew. Yorks Treasurer, J. W.-Grayy N¢ Charles Backman, .\'ul\\' \%r Wil s Kentuc! herd, > o ;?:ckmu WV {'w, York: G. 5. Monlton, New York; J. D. ‘New York; F. D. s, New York; ™ H. N. Smith, New Jerséy; W. F. oru, Counecticut.. The newly-elected president is now in Europe. - B ‘uestion of stakes'to be trotted for Hext year was discussed, but mo programme- was agreed upop, the Executive Commiittee having the power 10 make all arringeménts. N S I Sax Fraxcrsco,” N .—At the Oakland track-to-day the. tencmile. trot beuween Cou- troller and Red Cros$ was won handily by the turmer'ing.bc m;_tc' time on record,— 27:23}, rass 27 mgt“ ((:,‘dhlco, Rarus- and “Sweetzer ‘trotted the best twoin three for a -purse of $1,000, £500 added if Goldsmith - Maid’s time on . the same A kight wind nre- the caghigstalg | Rarus the second and third in 2:15 and £:18%. y TRACK TALK. Chicago Mald will be wiutered at the private} stables of Buda Doble in this city. Maud 8. will winter at the training establish- ment of Carl Burr, Comac, Long lsland. Abe Johnson, a veteran horseman, now resid- ing near Baltimore, is the proud possessor of a 3-year-oll stallion by Volunteer, out of_Jennie, rccgrd RE for which he has refused $10,000 cash, i L Anodyne, the well-known Maine trotter, record 3:25, trotted seven races during the past season, winuing six of them in straight heats. He did not visit any of tbe larre meetings, how- ever, and was not forced to lower bis record. Now that Rarus is safely ont of the way In California, the Hopeful people are talking abont matehies to be made between the gray and bay geldings next season. When Rarus returns from the Pucific slope all this kind of music will suddenly cease. Neva, by Saxon, who was reported some time ago to have been destroyed, is alive auod well. Should no. accident befall her, the daughter of Saxon may prove a good one .in her 3-year-old engagements next season. Ar. J.T. Story, of Brooklyn, has purchased the well-known ~Michizan trotter Mambrino General, record 9:25%¢. Ilo is8 years old, and has been on the turr three scasons. At the recent meeting iu this city be trotted in the 2:23 class, winning fourth mooey. Brawmble, by Bounie Scotland, is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable race-borses of the modern times. This year he took part in twenty- one races, winning tivelve,and ranning to second place nine times. ~ In his two andjthree-year-old forms he ran twenty-eight races, won' fourtecn, was second twelve times, and third twice. Dan Robiuson, the sire of the 5-ycar-old colt ‘Tekoushy, that trotted at the recent meeting in this city, is by Marsbail Chief out of Kils Bates; shie by Hamblétonian out of a mare Alexander’s, Normau, the sire of Lula, May Queen, and Blackwood. As a 4-year-old Dan Kobinson was very but a rupaway asccident compelled his retirement 1rom the turf. ‘The following stakes have been opened by the Sacrameunto Juekey Club, to be run at its winter meeting Jan. 21, %3, aud 25: The ‘L'en Broeck Stakes, mile heats, for 3-year-olds, $25, p. 1% $300 added, second to receive $100 of the stakes; Savannah Cup, two miles, for all uges, $300 a ed, aud §100 tosecond; the Bonaventure Stal mite heats, for 4-year-olds, $25. p. p.; $200 add- ed, second to recéive $75 out of the stakes, and third to save stake; the Lumur Stakes, mile heats, for 3-y sceond to receive $150 out of the stakes, und third to save stake. All these stakes: close Dee. L FROM FOREIGN PARTS. Mr. Sanford has pluced his horses in the train- ing-stable of W. Arnull at Newmarket. The Dule of Mazenta arrived at Newmarket *last Thursday in good bealth and spirits. ‘The Duke of Hamilton has purchased tbe American filly Start for $5,000, and will use her Tor breeding purposes. _ In the Mares Produce Stakes, an Australian eveut which occurs uext spring, there ure 474 nominations. This puts the Epsowm-Derby in the sbade. ¥ Messrs. Sanford and Littlefield have returned from Eungland, likewise Jacob Piucus. Little- field brought with him the 3-year-old colt King Ban, by King Tom (sire of Phacton), out of At lautis, by Thormanby. He was purchused for Maj. Tuomas, of Lexington, Ky. Fred Archer, the English jockey, besides be- Ing wealthy, is & celobrity. Not long azo he occupicd a stall av toe Folly Theatre, London. Everybody in the house kuew aud was obsery- ing cariously, when Lionel Brough, secing the chance for.a successful *zag,” said that he bad flown to eXecaté a lady’s commission, not on the wings of love, but “with the speed 'of 3 Freddy Archer.” BASE-BALL. . THE FORTHCOMING MEETING OF THE LEAGUE, tobe beld ac Cleveland, Dec. 4, has already been the subject of considerable newspaper talk, and the prospects are that between now and the | date set for the -convening of the Association there will be s vast amount of the same kind of stufl thrust upon the readers.of those papers which take an interest in the national game. Of course the International Association,which has always been on the “off " side'of anything done or proposed by the- League, Is making strenuous efforts to create the impression. that the coming mecting is to be aninharmonious one, when, in point of faet,thero -is not the slightest prospect of such an event. The prin- cipal matter about which a howl is being raised is the leislation of 13577 which prohibited League nines from playing any clubs not members of the League on their own grounds until Sept. L It is claimed that this -rule was passed by *Uulldozing™ on the part of certain members of the Leazue, and that it is distasteful to u majority of the clubs. If this be true, -why did those clubs vote for such.arale? 1f they did so in-the belief that it would prove a_ beneficial one, and " are now con- vinced of their error, the mistake cin ‘be remedied easily enough at the coming meeting. This talk about undue influence being exerted by certain men i the League, notably the Presi- ident of the Chicago Club, is sheer nonsense. Tne managers of professional ball clubsare not, asa tule, men who can be bullied into doing nanything which they believe to be detrimental to their_ own. interests. The Clipper, which is opposed to the League for various aud sundry reasons, cites the Boston Clubas a suilerer by the rule above alluded to, sayine that by reason of its enactment that Club lost the advantage of playing the Harvard College Club. ~ Suppos- ing there was an advantage to the Bostous in playing the college nine, it could bave becu as readily secured after the 1st of September, when the restriction was. removed, as at any time earlier in the season. - - The same paper is very much worked-up_for fear that some of the experiments rezarding pitchiug aud batting which were tried during ibe latter part of the past scason may be en- grafted on the rules wben the same come to revised. For the benefit of those afflicted in the same way, THE TrisuNe will say that thus far there has been no movement toward making any such change, and there is not the slizhtest probability that there will pe.” The rules as at preseut constructed seein o auswer every pur- pose, and should. any changes be made in them they will be minor ones. A far more impostant subject for the coming_ meeting 1o consider will be the admission of ecrtain clubs to the Leacue. As at present constituted, the Milwaukec con- cern will certaiuly be leftout in the cold, for 10 club that is run by oue man as “ proprietor,” and which neglects the pleasing ceremony of settling its hotel bill before leaving a town, can hope to be received on terms of equality b responsibie ball clubs. The Buflalo, Cleveland, “Albany, and Star Clubs will also apply for ad: mission, and it is probable that all ‘of them will be feceived. Othér thau this, the meeting will have no importaut business before it. TIHE BARNES CASE DECIDED. To the County Cotrt yesterday morning Judge Loomis disposed of the defendant’s demurrer to the first count of the plaintif’s” declaration in thie case-of Roscoe C. Barpes vs. The Chicago Ball Club, holding in favor of the defendants. The question involved in the ease was, whether he plaintiif was entitled to recover full pay for aperiod of eight montbs uuder his contract made with the Club to piay the position of sec- ond baseman during the seasou of 1877, although during more thun three-and-one-half mootbs of that period be alleged that he was disabled by illness from performing serv ‘The Court said in substance: The plaiatiff gets out the contrsct upon which the suit is brought, the substance of which is that the plaintiff should play base-ball, practice, attend gates, or perform such other duties as mizht be required of him for the defendant and for no other organization-whatever, for a period of cight months, commencing March 15, 1577, aud cnding Nov. 15, 1577, for 52,50, payable in monthly installincots on the 15thof cach month, the Club reserving the right to terminate the contract at its option atany time for violation of any of the covenanis or azrecements ol the plaintiff. or for any other just reason’ and in the - event of its termination the monthly poy of ‘the plaintill was to cease. The plaintfl - avers that he entered the service of the Club under the contract, and con- tinued suca service during the full period -of cight montbs, except that during a portion of that time, viz., from May17 to Sept. 3, 1817, e was sick, and physically incapgcitated for the performance of the services, and® that the per- formance’ of any service by bim during the period of his disability was waived and excused by the Club. It was conceded that the plaintilf was paid in- full, except” for the time he was sick, and therefore the question:presented by the demurrer is whether the plaiatiff is eutitied to recaver of the defendant wages for the time during which be was disabled : by sickness from performing services under the. coutract. The contract.is au entire one for the..personal serv- jces of the . plaintiff, and, under the emeral . rule of law, he would e ound to show full performance on his part in order to recover pay for any part. 1t is contended, on his behalf, however, that the law i5, thata servant is-entitled to_recover bis wages for the full period that’ the contract-re-- +mains in force, though temnorarily disabled by 13 r-olds, S50, p. p.; $350 added, - sickness from performing services; that if the master receives bim back aguin after his enforced absence, it operates as & dispensation for his services in the meantime; that it worksin the pature of a remittur, and the fault is purzed, and that therefore the servantis entitled to re- cover his wagzes for the_full time, without any deduction whatever. This position is sustained in whole or in part Dby a number of cases cited by the Pplaintifls coun- sel, but they for .the Tmost .part are carly English cases based upon the pecaliar rulcs applicable to settlement cases in England, and upon the peculiar rules of Enzlish Admi. ralty,adonted and enforced for the protection of seamen, and the doctrine ‘mmaintatned by such cases is expressly repudiated, or very much modified, by the later cases i this country. The weight of the modern American authorl- ties tends toward a relaxation of the steru rule ndopted in former times which prohibited the apportionment of wazes. The doctriue that if one contracts 'to labor for another for a period of time he cannot recover for any portion of the time, but must perform services for the whole period as a condition precedent to a right of payment for any part, is an_extreme jo one direction; while the doctrine coutended for the pl:flufifl is an extreme in the oppasite direction. The true rule, the one which would seem to do most substantial justice between the parties, and tne one now recognized.in such cases is that, in cases of part performance of a contract for personal services, if an euployer uccepts the benelit of wha has been done, the employe may recover, according to the contract price, for what has been donc; or where he is to re- ceive a fixed sum for the whole work, then in the proportion which the work dobe beurs to the whole contracted for. If a’servant. is sicl or disabled from discharging his duties either by disease or accident, hic can recover nothing for the period during which his disability exists, but where his failure to fully verform is invol- untary and does pot arise from his fault (as would be the case where he is taken siek with- out fault of his own), he cinnot be charged with damages for not . fully &xcrfprming his con- tract, mor can he be barred from recovering wages actually earned. In support ol this position 1 cumber of cases were eited. In the application of the- principle that fun cases-of unavoiduble sickuess aud incapacity the servant shall not be barred from recovering Wages actually earned, and that the master shall not be compelled to pay ‘for whut he does not get, it can make no difference whether Barnes lost time at the beginning, or in the middle or end uf his stipulated peried of service. If the Club would not be obliged to pay him for lost time during the last part of 1is term of service, upou no priveipls of fair- vess, justice, or law should he be paid for time lost at the beginuingor inthe middle of the terin. The position ussumed by the plaintiff that he was received back into the service of the Club after his temporary sickuess or disybility, und that his services were tbereby dispensed with and waived forthe period of his absence, is dircctly autugouistic to another position assumed in his Dehulf, wherein it is urged that he must be taken to_have been all the while in service, while his full performauce in fact was prevented by the hand of God,—the intervention of dis- ease. If the latter position is true, then the Club hus no right to discharze him on account of sickness, nor could it retusc to receive him back upon his_recovery, because he was con- structively and _technically 1n its service all the time. Nou dispensation or remittur would be required to entitle bin to full pay, it that is the law. If he had been entirely inca- pacitated from rendering apy service for seven months out of the eight, yet, if the luw is as contended for by the piiintils counsel, the Club had no right to discharge him or make any deduction from his pay ou that accouat, but must pay the full contract D “This is Dei- ther even-handed justize, nor would such a doe- triue be approved by the courts of this State. The demurrer, for these reasons, is sustawed. GEOLGE WRIGHT’S HISTORY. TThere is probably no better known ball-player in the country thait Georze Wright, who first became famous as the short-stop of the cele- biatéd Cincinpati Red Stockings. His gentle- manly betivior, both on and off the ball ficld, together with the unexampled brilliancy of his pliy, made him a favorite with all who took an interest in the national game. ~ For the past six years he has been a member of the Boston Club, and it was with sincere regret that the friends ‘of that orzanization learned not long azo of his having eogaged to pluy.in Providence néxt year. A recently-cstablished boys' paper in New York publishes the following facts in re- gard to Mr. Wright's life, furnished by himself: I was born In Harlem, N. Y., Jaouary, 1847. When quite young—10 or 12 years.of age—I moved 10 Hoooken, N. J., Where futher was placed in charge of the St. George's Cricket Grounds, ‘There 1 firet commenced plaging cricket unacr 8 large grrpe-arbor, father and hisi ericket friends fre- quently bowling to me. Fatherused- to cat old Lats down g0 taat they would be the ‘proper length ‘for ine. . After livingin, “Hoboken two .ycars, we ‘moved ont to the then suburbs of the place. to 3 brick house that now standa with its buck to the present cricket grounds, There 18 where I learned 10st of my cricket, and also base-pali. There uzed to be open lots on the side of the house, where *Harry, Dan, Sam, and myself wonld get up morn- nes carly and play, —Dan aud Harry befdre going to New York City to business, and Samand 1 be: fore rolng to scliool. _Oftentimes in the winter we have swept away’ the.snow to play, while our ‘hands, with gloves on, would stick to the bat from the frost. Most of tne time we played with 3 rub- Der ball. Thie is where our early_knowledze of cricket and base-ball came from. The first ericket match 1 ever played in was with the Third Eleven of New York Club against the Sccond " Eleven of Manhattan, { being about 1£ years of age, and not much taller than the wickets., . Ifirst commenced my base-bail career in the GéZ\am Juniars, from which I was taken into the G m Senfors, playmeg my firet match with them at the age of 15 against the Star Club of Brooklyn, 1 playink the position of left field. . While playing with the Gothams I was made as- @istant profesional of the St. George Club, pet- ting ol now and then to play in match rames of base-ball. In 1865 I was professional to the Phila- delphia_Cnicket Club for that sesson, shen I used to get off every Wednesday to play base-ball with the old Olympic Clab of that city.” When in Phil- adelphia I visited Toronto, Cavada, asone of the Selected Eleven of the United States against Can- ada. the United States Eleven winning Ly one wicket. During 1866 I playea with the Unions of Morrisania. In 1807 L was in Washinaton play- ing with the Nationals. In 18081 returned to the Unions. 1In 1869 I joined the noted Cincinnatis, where I played _for 1wo scasons. During this time {'filied the positions of cateher, pitcher, sccond and thicd, paseman. left-field, and short-stop. In 1871 I was the first player contracted with to come to Doston, which Clud T have viayed with up to date, October, 1878. During this time I have been in_the Champion‘Clubs mime seara altogetier, L Unlons one, Cincinnati two, and Boston six. DAISY-COTTERS. Jim White has becn using the same bat since 1871 The Cincionati Club cleared $3,453 last season. y Matthews is reported to have signed with the Providence Club for next year. George Washinzton Bradiey—he of the au- burn locks—will winter in Philadelphia. James O'Rourke, of last year’s lostons, contracted to play in Providence next year. Charley Smith, a New York professional, was married last week to Miss Georgina Patten, of Bingbamton. v Groft, late of Indianapolis, is out of a job. He is a good first Laseman, but is not remarka- bly strong with the stick, * 5 Why don’t the Milwaukee papers state how ‘much the Club of that-city owed Peters when he declined to play any longer? Mr. George L. Smith, who managed the Buf- falo Clubduring the ‘past_seasun, is now the advance-agent of 8. ;llc;tylcfl company. Barke, the Cincinnasi short stop for next vear, ‘has aceepted an engagement to wrestle freight for the Little Miami Railroad during the win- ter. has A caustic paragraph is now going the rounds calling on Hollinger, of Clevelund, to pay the men be hired for last seasou before starting a new club. The Georgia Minstrels, who are making a tour of Australia, played 8 zame of base ball at Melbourne Sept. 14, with the local cricket club. The Australians won by 37 t0 23, The Cincinnati Club has re-elected its last year’s ofticers. Messrs. J. W. M. Neff and E. M. Johuson were sclected as delegates to the Léague meetiug at Clevelaud Dec. 24. Carey, Allison, McKinnon, Schafler, Leovard, Manning, and: Murnan are said to have sizned with the Albany Club for next year. . Why the Boston men lelt thé Hub is uot quite clear. It could hardly have been & matter of salary. - The Boston Hera'd Liauls over the coalsa cor- respondent who found. fault. with the manage- meat of the Club. fori: allowing Wright. O’Rourke, aud other members of the ning to-be sccurcd by other clubs. ‘The. Hera'd thinks the next year's oine is fully as strong, if mot Stronger than that of-18%.. » - The New Bedfords "have secured for next season: Hent- and _Reipsthlacer, pitcher aud catelier of the New York City Alaskas.” At the recent Now “York tournament, in which the ‘Alaskas and " Flyaways were. the oriucipal con- testants, Kent's pitching was constdered first- ‘class. Nelson will probably play at short-feld, and captain the New Bedfords: ; . Joe Start has finaljy put his sign-manualtoa contract, with the Providence Club for next year, and that ordnization feels that it has the ‘pest first bascinan iu the country. - The stock- ’bolders beld a meetinz not long ago, and clec €d the rollowing “otticers ‘for the énsuing ye: Pregident, Henry T. Ke 2 “Winstin; Treasur @ Heury B.. H. 8. Bloodgood, john D. Taurston, Robert :\)}‘clor{o\r. and the President and Secretary ex- vio. Galvin and McGonigle, of the Buffalo Club, ::lvlcpfi::e_a & bieyele"schoo! o Bullalo. Otner -players might pront their exaniple keep out of the workhouse, ganss Nearly 8,000 people witnessed the closing game at Oakland, Cal, Nov. 10, between the Athletics and Californias for the championship of the Pacific Slope. The Athletics won by 7 to 9. Their nine is composed of the following olayers: Hannaberry, . f.; Williams, s 5.} Angus, 1. £.; Culled, c.; Burton, c. £.; Daniels, % g-; Crawford, p.; Benton, 2 b.; lamilton, WRESTLING. THE CONPLICT OF THE MACS. The collar-and-clbow wrestling match for $1,000 2 side and the championship of the world, between John MeMahon, of Vermont, and J. H. McLaughlin, of Michigan, took place at McCormick Hall last evening, and resulted in the defeat of the Michigan champion. It was half an hour after the aopointed hour Wwheu Billy Boyle cawe on the platform and an- nounced the terms and conditions of the match. His rc_murks were received with applause. He then introduced the men,.who came forward amid shoats of approval. After the usual pre- liminary hand-shaking they caught hold of each other, and the struggle began. For several minutes they pranced around in 4 very cautious munver, each making several feints for the purpose of drawing out the tactics of the other. Finally McMahon made a lightning-like mation with his left leg, throwing his opponent fnto the air, but before he coutd sceure a fall McLaughlin tarned over like a cat and saved himself. 1t was not long before Mc- Laughlin made a stronz play, and jerked Me- Mahon through the air ns if he bad been o straw. There was no_fall, however, and they went gt it ‘amain. In a sbort time Me Mahon got a hip prasp on McLaughlin, and the pair, intertwinea like o couple of ser- pents, strurgled across the stage and went down, but without a result. Finally, McLaogh- lin secured o hip-hold on his man, and, alter a short struggle, laid him fairly on his back, the time of the first fall havinz Leen 22 minutes. After the Lwenty minates of rest allowed be- tween falls by the rules, the wrestlers agin came wupon the stage, and, after the conventional hand-shake, began -~ busi- uess.” For about ten minutes there wus nothing exciting, but finally McMahon got a good hold, and for an iustant seemed to have the best of it, but by a tremendous effort Me- Luaughlin prevented him from accomplishing bis purpose. In a short time, however, he made another attempt, and this time was more suc- cessful, as on a hip-lock he succeeded iv land- ing MeLaughlin squarely on bis back. Time of fall, 25 minutes. After the second fall 'there was considerable betting in the back part of the hall, the odds being $40 to $10 on McMahon. Just where the {ricods of the Vermont man found facts to justify this extravagant rate of placing their money does not clearly appear. But ever since the match was made they have been playing their man as if the thing was fixed beforehand. and last night, even after McLaughlin had won the first fall, McMahon was tne favorite, $25 to $20, and, after it was fall aud fall, men who are noted for touching nothing but *‘sure things ” were offering any odds on him. What truth there may have been in the impression which this befting created THr TRIBONE docs not know, but it is certain that it existed. The third fall was not particularly interesting. There were several moves made by each tman, and at one time McLaughlin came Dear putting his man to the floor. Finally, after tweuty- cight minutes had been consumed, MeManon clgsed with McLaughlin, and threw him heavily and fairly, amnid deafeniog yells from the sudi- ence. Both men_then retired to their dressing- rooms. McLaughlin explained his defeat on the eround that he carried too 1uch fHesh, and said that the matter was not settled yet. Me- Mation, after an abscuce of five midutes, re- turned to the stage, and, picking up the cham- plonship belt, said to the audience that he bad been workine to secure it for tive years, and had finally sncceeded. He thanked them for their pnzroswc, and retired. The crowd then dis-- persed. . THE RIN A CHALLENGE. Soecial Dispatch-to The Triluna. New Yorg, Nov. 23.—James Eiliott, whose reputation as a fizhter is well known to sport- ing-men throughout the country, has challenged Jolmny Dywyer, of Brooklyn, to ‘“fight & fair b stand-up “fizht ™" for “$2,000 a side, or as _ much more as Dwryer may wish, the fight to occur within two or three months from the agreement. Elliott and Dwyer are regarded ad very evenly matehed, and sporting men are interested in Dwyer’s de- cizion. IHe went into vusiness after failure to make a match with Ryan, of Troy, and decided to give up tbe ring. What he will now do he has not determined. If Dwyer reinses, Eiliott opens his challenge to any mian in the country. * BILLIARDS. A CHALLENGE FROM SCHAEFER. Schaefer’s anxiety to get on another match with Slosson has’ mot yet been eratified, the latter seeming in no hurry to again cross cues with hie rival of last Wedoesday eveniog. The following challenge from him explaivs itself: Cmicago, Nov. 23.—I hereby challenge Geo. F. Slosson, of this city, to play a match 2ame of bill- jards, French caroms, 1,000 points up, for from $250 to S1,000 a sides the game to be piayed on a J. M. Brnnswick & Balke tablo, Monarch enshions, 2nd to take place within twenty days from date. Tave this day deposited with Charles Masters $100 forfeit. to be covered by Mr. Slosson in case be should sce fit to accent this challensc. .. JACOD SCHAEFER. PEDESTRIANISM. FOOT-RACE- DENVER, Col., Nov. 23.- exciting foot- race took place here to-day between C. H. Williams, of Denver, and Dm’is; of California. Stakes $1,000a side.” Won by Williams. Time, 957 seconds. Distance 100 yards. Thirty thou- sand dollars chaneed hands on the result. P e THE WEATHER, Orrice oF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFF(CER, WasHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 2—1a." m.—Indica- tions for Tennessec and the Ohio Valley, clear- er, partly cloudy weather, warm southeasterly winds, generally bigher pressure, followed in west portion by colder northwest winds. For the Lower-Lake reglon, partly cloudy weather, variable winds, mostly westerly, sta- tionary or higher temperature and pressure. For the Upper-Lake region, colder, partly cloudy weather, oceasional aress of light rain or snow, winds mostly from the northeast to northwest, generally higher pressurc. For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Mis- souri Valleys, colder, clear or partly cloudy weather, winde mostly northerly, aud higher pressure. The temperature will fall below freczing in the Canal region, and the Upper Obio River will rise. Cautionary sirmals continue at Oswego, Sec. 6, Rochester, ‘Buffalo, Erie, Alpena, Mackinaw City, Grand Haven, Sce. 3, Chicaro, Milwaukce Sec. 1, Escanaba, Marquette, and Daluth. - LOCAL OBSEKVATIONH. Cincaco, Kov. ’:l.fl 7 I | Wind. | Vel IW. ATIONS Nov. 33-3idnight. E Took the Dummy. San Francisch News-Letter. = There was a pointed illastration of the truism that:*all’s not gold that glitters” up m Grass Valley the other'day. ‘Ehé Cashier of the big- geat bapk in the place was at’ work unusually Jate one evening, when lie was, seized. gazged, boand hand and foot, aad thé ¢ombination of the safeToréed Tron him at the muzzle of the burglar’s revolver. The next morning the watchman opened the bank and untied the wretched ofticial. When the safewas examined, hawever, the President joyfully annonaced that in the hurry the robbers bad taken the box containing the dummy rolls used to exhibit in the window. The real coin was all safe, and the disgusted Cashier was entirely cheated out of his share of the ‘‘divvy,” besides incensing the safe-crackers to such an extent they will in all probabllity never do business with him azaio. SCIENCE. WAS HOMER COLOR-BLIND? 1t is a poputar belief that Homer was blind, but the fdea that be was color-blind will much better solve some of the difficulties which Homeric critics meet with in the works of the great bard. This idea Dr. William Pole. F. R. 8., has set himself to work out uand provein a series of articles in Vature. Dr. Pole refers to Mr. Gladstone’s article on the color sense in the Nineteenth Uentury of October last year, in which the writer refers to the ambiguous and confused nature of Homer’s color-adjectives and color- descriptions. His sense of color’ was “not onlv ndrrow, but also vague and wanting in discrimination.” Mr. Gladstone hence. infers that ““the orzan of color was butpartially devel- oved amony the Greeks of the heroie age.” While not disputing this conclusion, Dr. Fole endeavors to point out how remarkably the im- perfections and anomalies in question corre- spond with those that might be expected to arise it the writers were assumed to be color- blind. Dr. Pale is hunself color-blind, and his erzuments are based on his own cxpericace and observation of tue effects of color-blindness in others. Inspite of the apparent complexity of the phenomena attending the defect, Dr. Pole tinds ic is_really of a very simple character. Yellow and blue are the only two colors, properly so-called, which, if unalloyed, those who are color-blind sce precisely as others do. Ail other colors appear to them only us varfeties of the other sensations which they are able to receive. Dr. Pole gives muny striking examples of this, which we recommend to thuse interested in the matter. In uoticing the general classification which Mr. Gladstone has given of the Homeric peculiarities, he says it is impossible not to seeata glance how exactly this corresponds with what might be expected from the color-blind.—*1. The paucitv ot Homer’s colors. Excluding black and white, Mr. Gladstoue reducesthern to f{our, intimating, however, n the following sentence, that even this number is tou many. The color-blind nst is limited to two. 2 The use of the same word to denote, mot only different hues or tints of the same color, but colors which, according to the normal-cyed, are esseptially different. This is the shibboleth of the color-blind defcct. 3. The description of the same object under epithets of color fandamentally disagreeing one fiowm the other. Mr. Gladstone ouly numes three in- stances, reforring to iro, to the dragon, and to a thunderbolt, none of which appesr to we to be very conclusive; but sivee a color-blind per- son may, With perfect correctness according to his own sensations, deseribe grass us either green, red, orange, or yellow, the aefect wilt amply account for tnis peculiarity. 4. The vast_predominance of black aud white; and 5. The siizht use of color as.compared With other clements of beauty for the purpose of poetic effect, and_its abseoce in certain case, where we might ccnfidently expect to find it. Nothing can be more natural_than this, in the case of a writer to whom the great muss of colors in nature are invisible. Wicn we go into detail, and review: the instances Mr. Gladstone has given of Homer’s partizalar applications of color udjectives, the corresponaence with the color-blind hypothesis becomes much closer aud more conclusive.” It will be interesting to see how Dr. Pole works out the details of his bypothesis; if it be found to stand the test, he will have added a powecful wespon to the battery of Homeric criticism. TITE POTENCY OF MATTER. Prof. Tyndall writes in the Jast number of the Nincteenth Century of molecular action: Con- sider the cycle of operations by which the seed produces the plunt, the plant the flower. the flower again the secd, the casual line returning with the fidelity of a planetary orbit to its orig- inal point of departure. Who or what planned this molecular rhythm? We do mot know— science fails even to inform us whether it was ever planned * at all. Yonder butterfly has a spot of orange on its wing; and if we look at a drawing made a century ago, of one of the an- cestors of that butterfly, we probably find the self-same spot upon the wiog.. For a ceutury the molecules have deseribed their cyeles. But- terfiies have been begottenp have been born, and have died; still - we - find the molecular architecture reproduced. Who or what determined this persistency of recurrence? We do not know ; but we stand within our intel- Jectual range when we say that there is probably nothing in that wing which ‘may not yet find its Newton to prove that the principles involved in its construction are qualitatively the same as those brought into play in the formation of the solar system. \We may even takea steo further, and aflirm thac the brain of man—the orzan of his reason and his_sense—without which he can nerther think nor feel, is also au asscmblage of molecules, acting and reacting according to law. Here, however, the methods pursucd in mecnan- ical science come to an end; and if asked to de- duce from the physical interaction of the brain molecules the least of the phenomena of sensation or thouwht, we must acknowledze our helplessness. The assoviation of both with thie matter of the brain may as certain as the association of lizht with the ris- ing of the sun. But whereas in the latter case we have unbroken mechanical conncction be- tween the sun and our orgavs, in the former casc Jogical coutinuity disappears. - Between molecular mechapics ana consciousness is inter- posed a fissure over which the l&dder of physic- al reasoning is incompetent to"carry us. We must, thercfore, aceept the observed association as an empirical fact, without being able to bring it under the yoke of @ priori deduction. SCIENCE NOTES. The speaking-trumpet, it_has been found, is titeraily as old as the Pyramids. The African expedition, organized by the Af- rican Committee of the Royal Geographical So- cicty, was to leave Englund early this month. Lake Tangunika is the ultimate destination of the expedition. ¥ Mr. Alfred Russel Wallace, the nataralist, is a candidate for the post of Verderer of Epping Forest. He has an interesting article in the last number of the Nineteenth Century, urgiog the replanting of the wastespaces in the forest with specimens of the best trees in the North- ern Hemisphere. The Engineers’ Club of Philadelphia lately listened toa paper on creosoted wood, It was stated that a slab of pine wood, creosoted on one side ind not oo the other, was cxposed dur- ing one scason in the Gulf of Mexico. The cre- osoted portion of the slab was found to be per- fectly sound, while the rest of the block was entirely riadled by the teredo, clear up to the edwe of the creosoted portion. * We hope the attempts to introduce living exotic beetles as female ornaments will fail, {f only in the interest of the animals themselves. Weread in a fashionable newspaper of one i has been adoruing a lady’s shoulders for six weeks, 2nd subsisting for that period with- out food! Thelady did not know (and prob- ably did not care) how long it had been without food before she had it; and as ii came from Central America, it may have been some time.— Hurduwicke's Science Gossin. Sir Thomas Elder, who has already shown so great liberality in promoting the explorution of the unknown regions of ~Australia, intends shortiy to dispatch another expedition iuto the futerior, under the command of Mr. Jess Young, who was astronomer to Mr. Ernest Giles’ expedition. Mr. Youog has been in England ‘for some time past making preoara- tions for his journey, and sailed for New York, en route for Australiz, a few days uago.—Aead- emy. Some ioteresting objects have recently been brought to light trom the Jake-dwellings in the Lake_of- Neulchatel, and are now exhibized at the Neufchatel Museum. Amongst them are three particularly sworthy . of notice: (1)A large and extremely well preserved piece of amber; (2)a golden earring of masterly worlk- manship, of the bronze aze: (3)n canoe cut out Irom the.truuk of 2 single oak tree in per- fect - preservation. fts length is 2214 feet, its breadth 20 inckes at the prow, and 27 inches at the stern. 4 - The Lancet has concludéd the publication of a series of reports on the stats of the Thames, suczested by the ‘events of the Princess Alice collision. The results of claborate as well as popular apalyses of Thames water are given. ‘Al the samplis (eight in nuimber)showcd the pres- thce of sewarre in A greater or lessdegree. But, the Zancel observes, “ No particalars have as yet trapspired, or are likely ever to be forth- tomine, leading us to judge that the imbibition of gewnae-laden or even of foul water had of itse}f any speeific influcnce in causing-the deaths of thosc. unfortunate persons who were.resened', tat who died subsequenily. Mzauy others sco- ued have been, and still are, more or lessili; but it would be unfair, if not scasational, to at- tribute much of this to the impreguation of the water with sewage and other foreign matter.” Mr. Strother Smith has written a book in which be argues for the great salubrity of the clunate of Rome, The author points out that the mortality of Rome is low, and that the pro- rtion to the population of deaths from fever lower than in Londou. [le himselt lived for more than' eleven years in Rome throuwh the worst parts of the year, with his_bedroom wi dows open, and never got a touch of fever. e shuws very conclusively that the theory of malaria germs will not hold water, and that in alt countries fever comes from' bad food, in- sutfliclent clothing, and exposure to atmospheric 1ufiuences. M. ‘Duponchel. Engineer-in-Chief of the Pouts-et-Chaussees, was lately sent out to Algena to cxamine the geological formation_ of the land to the south of tne colony, with s view to the establishment of a trans-Sabaran railway, and to explore as far as practicable the borders of the great desert. He has now made his re- port. frow which it apoears that the projected railway would rua from Algiers to Timbuctoo. a distance of about 1,500 miles. The great dittlcalty to be overcome would be the want of water. M. Duponchel considers that this even can i surmounted. He calculates that. for three trains duity, the amount of water required would be 4,000 cubic metres, and believes that the engineering scicoce of the day is quite sutlicient to supply even a much greater quan- tity ut the requisite points. AGREATFLOOD It Is Flowing in a Steady Stream To- ward an Attractive Sea. Said Sex Being Located at 76 State Street, in the Most Popular Style and Locality. The Most Complete and Varied Stock.of @uods and tho Greatest Bargains Chicago Has Ever Seen. *| 15,000 Dalls—Every Concelvable Variety of Toys, Tables, and Brackets, Worsted Goods, < Caudy, and Jewelry. Tt is o matter of concern to all 58 to where the best bargsins can be secured. Realizing this fact, o reporter made an investizating tour, and does not hesitate to_pronounce Mr. Sea's emporiam, at 76 State-st., the piace of all others. Think of wax dolls for 3 cents; toy books for % cent; parlor bruckets for § cenis: candies for9 cents per pound : jewelry from 1 cent upward; and all other goods in proportion. Mr. Sex's experience a3 buyer for Carson, Pirie & Co. hus enabled hiu to eecure this wast collection of barzains from which the public areto reap toe benetits. r. Sea's emporum i crowded daily with our best citizens, and tnose who appreciate value, and 1t is decidedly the re- sort of tne scason. By ull means visit it. ! SHOES AND CLOAKS. WILL OFFER $10,000 WORTH Ladies' Fine Sho [HHESSE BARGAINS 500 pair Ladies® French Kid Fly, Button- oles worked, for $3; worth S3. 300 pair Ladies’ Best Pebble Goat. Button- worked Button-holes, at $3.50; chesp for $3.75. : 200 parr Lages’ Straight-Grain Goat, Side- Lace, Opera Toe and Huel, for $2.753 worth $4. 300 puir Ladies® Kid, Side-Lace, Squars 0218 sud Toe. tor $3.50; worih $4. 300 parr Ladies’ Best Pebble Goat, ‘Bide. . Lace, av $2.25: chenp for $3.50. Phe above lots of Ladies’ Fine Shoss are of the well-known manufacturers, J. 5. & P. Byrne, and every pair is warranted. Will refand money at any time if thess goods aro not satisfuctory. FROM AUCTION, AT 56¢ ON TIHE DOLLAR, Will offer most of the stock of Georzo ‘Walkins, recently sold at a sacrifice ct zuc- tion, consistiug of large hme of Ladies' Migses', and Chilaren’s Bhoss, at 50¢ onhd dollar. WILLOFFER THIS WEEK, 5,000 Ladiey’ Cloaks I'he entire stock of two Eastern manufac- turers, consisting of elegant lines of Ia- dies’, Misses’, and Childron’s Cloaks in Bea- ver, Matolasse, Chinchills, and Diagonal, at 50 to GOc on the dollar of cost of manufac- tare. BOSTON STORE, 118 & 120 State-st. THE FATR. R J, LARAAINS HOPO: Promptness, Good Goods and Bottom Prices. ‘We Allow No House in this City to Undersell Us. WE OFFER THIS WEEE: 1,000 Dozen of 12-Inch Waxe Model Dolls at 1,000 Dozen of Puzzles and Spell~ ing Blocks at 500 ?azen of our Boss Wax Doils af Sc¢ bc 38¢c 4b5¢ 100_Dozen of - Leathor-Bourd 40- Picture Albums ot 5 100_Dozen of the Best Leather- GG ‘Bound 50-Picture Albums at 50 Dozen of 100-Picture Albums G5 ‘worth $2.00 at ‘We have the largest varlety: n the city, aad guargnten the lowest prices. S E.J. LEHMANN, TEE FAIR, Corner State and Adams-sts. €2AY'S RENEDIES. GRAY’S SPECIFIC MEDICINE. TRADE MARK. Tho Great En-TRADE MARK, - glish Remedy. Ny ill prometly "2 suit of ladiscretion, €XCess OF Overwork A of the brain and ner- RN A G2 jonsus em: pns : Before Taking i haric. asd has A fros ekt Seen Yenenveir After Taking, used for over thlrl, years with Qreat succeas. T2 Full particufans in our pamphlet, which we de- sire to send free by mall to every one. I~ The Speciflc. Medicine is sold by all drurgists at $i per packagze, ur six packages for S5, of wlii be seat free by mul un re- celpt of the moncy by addressing THE GRAY MEDICINE CO 10 Mechasies' Block, Detrolr, Mich. VAMSCHAACK, STEPILENSON & CU.. 92 and 8¢ Lake-st.. Chicazo, wholesale agerts. who will supoly drnzgiszaat proprictors” price.. MEBICAL: E Arend's Congh Lozepges Alford {mmeditte rellef and effect a speedy cure. Taste picasanL 25c A Lus 179 Eust Madiseoest.