Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1893, Page 11

| CASTLE PLEISSENBURG. SEEN BY The Famons Thomas’ hw Germans’ Devot The Turnfest « Pletsenbarg—T jall—The xercise— Exhibition of Skill. E | ing to one authority, be left the school at the SIPC U1 CO | age of six. LEIPSIC BUILDINGS. | ——— ellis : | born at Leipsic in 1646. By the time he was Some Interesting Structures in the eight rears old he bad taught bimeelf Latin, end bad studied Greek. When fifteen Leibnitz entered the Leipsic University law student as oes =: | doctor f laws. lely on account of his A WASHINGTONIAN. | South it was refused. He immediately shook | another university, where he received the St. | degree at once. The career of Leibnitz was nected with the courts of Hanover and Berlin, and traveled very extensively in France, Italy his former friends he died almost alon secretary was the mourner at bis grave. | philosopher, mathematician and courtier, was | and at the age of twelve he read Latin easily Old German Town. and five years Inter applied for the degree of So ff the dust of his native town and went to very brilliant for many years. He wns con- and Austria. His death was sad. Neglected by ‘An eye-witness says: “He wus buried more like Larrsic, Dec. 20, 1892. NE OF THE OLDEST buildings in this city is the Castle Pleissenburg, which stands near the Aningen. In 1190 the margrare, Albert the Proud, accompanied by a train of knights and lad together with not lows than six princes, make Letpsic once. The s were strong and the efty was virtually @ wargrave’s brother Dietrie Jed him, built the Castle Pleissen- { state of proserva- whieh have passed came to his real sun neal tari many besie the old partof thee It was six times be rty TRE LEIBNITZ MONUMENT. a robber than what he really was, the ornament of his country.” Among the many monuments which adorn the city of Leipsic the one in memory of Leibnitz holds a conspicuous place. THE FOUNDER OF HOMEOPATHY. It may be interesting to the disciples of homeopathy to know that Leipsic also contains a monument to Hahnemann, the expounder of the principles of the new school of medicine. French and gh all these urg has beew pre- and the monk | in the wixteenth | time strongly | til twenty years Protestant. Now »pula- the erve Martin Luther Eck Catboli afterward the it is entamate tion is Lath the Roman Catholics, ref at 3,000 | He was not born here. but came to the Jews university to study and spent nearly all his life THE STATE cNURCH | in this city. It isa little strange that Leipsic { an team: vir in Germany. All expenses | 20® delights to honor those whose merits she e - ee ela formerly refused to acknowledge. Habne- Saudhacn gp ee ree mann’s teachings soon became obnoxfous to the ernine: privat the eburch has a | very fre: pablic and in 1821 he was forced to leave the city, a8 he was not allowed to use his own pre- Most of his books were written and published here. | THE TOWN HALL. whether native or for thiy purpose vice begins at half past 9 attended, especially by | On a spot which was formerly marshy ground, Tue pastors are fine-| Called by the natives “the hole,” stands the " picturesque rath haus or town hall. It is not SNY.) | so old as the Castle Pleissenburg on the Nicko- lai Kirche, but is very interesting nevertheless. | The building dates back to the thirteenth cen- tury and was much enlarged in the fifteenth century. It is regarded as a masterpiece of the renaissance form of architecture. ‘The city council met here for several hundred years and | the old records of the criminal courts are to be | seen, In the large rooms of the hall many drinking bouts were beld,im which the city fathers took an active part, as the numerous drinking vessels and richly wrought goblets which are shown us bear testimony. On the south side of the rath haus tower is # large sun dial, which long ago became useless, being superseded by « fine elock on the other side of the tower, which tells the time of day to the people of modern Leipsic. A unique “moon bail,” made in 1599, exhibits the phases of the moon. The council paid about $350 for this mechanical consrivance, a very large sam for those days. A tablet, ona house in the marktplatz, near the rath bias, records the fact that a very elab- crate turnfest was held here in 1363. i | | | PuYstcat. & It is donbtful if anywhere on the globe there can be found a finer, stronger body of men | than those of Germany. The number of tall, well-developed men who are seen on the streets This cannot be said of a rule, rather short and ‘The gymnastic training CISE IN GERMAN. INTERION OF ooking me: ST. Thomas’ cHtRCH. © preach without notes and * their sermons are o a row of charity girls of a poor figure. which is given to boys and young men in the 00) years, as well as their tends to inure them as well as to de-| r several ape the In the girls’ schools hureh, as a young lady's | tors long t2¥cation is frequently completed at the age of fourteen or fifteen, having finished the seven At the beginning of the sermon at the hand- he red by the governinent, ume Gt. Thomas’ Charch tn halgeis the end loes not derive any particular benefit from je * black nd earry the exercis Suet som ol ban oon arch | Imay add here, however, that the German end caret ts t 4 who Women are fully as good workers as our English | to distarb eculiarity | ey never, ander cir, any rst > warm. in fact | when the stoue tors are not covered with | doarde and g* are high it is often | Cecitedly r. no one minds if} the breath vapor on the ty air, or are co Germans ‘are tanght that the and cusloaed seats tend to make and fem: ye bewntifal to hear the richly colored old win- right is serving woman, vered exceps by = mass of | On the jeft is = peasant her curtous costume and we After | RATHMAUS AT LEIPSIC. neigbbors. They think nothing of a twenty or twenty-five-mile walk. Children go long dis tances to school, and even little tots are capa- bie of making excursions that would com- pletely exhaust Washington or New York young Indy. Physical training among the Greeks and Romans was of the greatest importance. In the middie ages jousts and tournaments were frequently held toexbibit strength and skill and the body was accustomed to many hard- jehips. Sir Walter Scott gives us in | the “Talisman” a good idea of the pow- lere of endurance’ during the age of |ebivalry. The Knight of the Leopard, a eru- sader, whose body is encased in the heaviest riding horse similarly clad, endures the heat of @ tropical sun as he crosses the | sandy desert near the Dead sea. The men of | those days im have had strong muscles to i wield the heavy «words or endure the weight of the plated armor. Daring the time of the great conquests of Napoleon turnplatze or gymnastic schools were established throughout Prussia. Through these | means the army was trained which afterward drove the French emperor back beyond the Rhine. In 1862 a royal order caused a hand book om gymnastic training to be introduced inte primary and normal «chools. In the gym- nasiums (which name in Germany refers not to | the training of the body. but of the mind) or high schools for young men, a bov is ex; | to be a thorough ‘athlete and is hooted and jeored at if he shows the slightest sign of fear. | ‘THE TCRNFESTs. In most Lasheran churches «| For many years turnfests, or exhibitions of 4 + ay don the alter. and in the | skill in physical exercise, have been held in Thomas Kirche. a» well as im many | Germany. Running exercises, wrestling and wo ton chiles cee ueTmany, lighted candice | shooting form part of the fest. The veasaste he oldest chureb i Sapien So teres chews ihe Sher baer he, w ‘about jong. ne especialy a time np ad og ee much eakeged some 5 we ery eer a eh fmrxen braids woman feel that we are indeed in Germany. Abe cern Becomes the grand old che the e deep ton n the vaulted r Vater indem Him 4% aod seem to summon the n the petition, like the Mos- service is held at 4 o'clock In the evening sacred eon- certs are often given by the united choirs of the various churches and the music is of # very © simonarmemenn. with odit gabe bet ‘ i'd that follows. It is probably a ecene of thia Spur boven covers) cane natin” eamay | Bind welsh tosh pince bn the ob6 soeanpinte of ecorated asd) modern paswr's house | Leipsic thirty years ago. ‘Tavxce. & contrast to the gray weather-besten walls of tho Nikolai Kirel Tt was to the Nikola thie ebureb. that vi gent to begin Be od He must have been o very sual bo) at thet time as, sccord- Dr, 3. R. Fortson. Kiowa, Ind. Ter. sage: sere tried ft for constipation, with success, and think worthy a thorouga trial by the profession.” | the engine go THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, dD. ON IRON RAILS. Locomotives That Can Travel at the Rate of 94 Miles an Hour, wie 2S THE PROCESS OF BUILDING. oo How Three Engines a Day Are Turned Out at ® Philadelphia Faetory—-The Genesis Locomotive—Risky Riding on a Cyl! ‘The New Ratlway in the Holy Land, pln enie Written for The Evening Star, TRANGE THAT Philadelphia, which is reputed a slow town, should produce the fastest locomotives in the world. Yet sueh is the fact. A grent fac- tory there, which is the biggest of the kind in existence, turns out 1,000 mighty iron horses with sinews of forged steel every year. It completes three of these engines overy working day,and ata pinch it can increase the number to four per diem. ‘That is the rate of output, though, of course, such gigantic machines cannot be begun and finished within twenty-four hours. Forty-five days are ordinarily required to make a locomotive, though the task has been performed in seven days. It would take five mena year to build one, if they had to do everything, starting with the raw materials, OLD IRONSIDES. A Philadelphia man made the first locomo- tive that ever pulled a load. It was the famous “Old Ironsides,” built in 1832 for the German- town railroad. Up to that time the steam horse had been generally declared useless for prac- tical purposes. After this achievement orders flowed in upon the inventor, The factory which he created now sends its locomotives ail over the world. It has supplied the engines for the new railway in tho Holy Land from Jaffa to Jerusalem. which was opened for traffic October I last. The line is Arty-three miles long, extending across the Plain of Sharon and thence up through the moantains of Judea. | Such rapid transit isa great help to pilgrims. Thus far the only casualty reported was the running over of a camel and its driver. ‘THE SPEED RECORD. Six weeks ago the speed record of locomo- tives was broken on the Reading railroad be- tween Philadelphia and Jersey City by an en-| gine which made a mile in 37 seconds. Five miles were also covered in 3 minutes and 2 seconds. Going at such a rate the engineer does not venture to put his head out of the | cab window. If he did so he could not breathe and tears would be blown out of his eves. On the stretch of track spoken of the fastest trains in the world are run every day, covering miles in 42 and 43 seconds right along. A mile in 37 seconds signities 94 miles an hour. ‘There is no doubt that a speed of 100 miles an hour will soon be reached and exceeded. Better tracks, bigger wheels and higher steam pressures are essential elements of acceleration. THE NEW “‘compoUND” ENGINE, which has double cylinders for high pressure | and low pressure, represents the most highly | developed type of locomotive thus far pro- duced. Burning anthracite coal it is smoke- less. Last summer, for experimental pur- | poses, one of these powerful machines traveled | all over the country from Philadelphia to Mon- | tana. For a great part of the trip, in order to record observations on various mechauical | points, a young expert rode outside on one of the cylinders. Incidentally to this perilous performance he met with several small ad- ventures. On one occasion, having put his hand inadvertently upon a hot rod, he fell off | the engine, which was going at ‘the rate of forty miles an hour. It went back to pick up his remains, which were found walking along the track, unhurt. Another time he was! biown off the locomotive by the explosion of the head of the cylinder on which be was riding. Now and then they ran into cows, sheep and other animals on out-of-the-way | roads, and be had to hold on with all his might to keep himself from being shaken off. LIFE TIME OF A LOCOMOTIVE. | A good locomotive will travel about 1,000,000 | miles before it wears out. However, the life of an engine depends as to its length upon the treatment it receives. With ordinary service it | ought to last twelve yeara. On the Pennsyl- vanin railroad an iron horse is only good for from six to cight years, becanse it is worked all the time, night and day. ‘This is called ““chain- | Ranging” an engine. Most other roads kéep | their locomotives running only as many hours out of the twenty-four as one man caa labor, believing that they get more -¢ out of their engines in the loug run by allowing them time for rest. | SIGNS OF OLD AGE. When a locomotive gets old it exhibits symp- toms of debility as palpable as those which affict ahuman being under Jike conditions, Its mechanism rattles, it “runs hot,” and the engineer in charge of it reports something wrong about it every night. while every fireman is attacked by a speil of indisposition whenever he is assigned to that engine. Under such cir- cumstances choice must be made between re- building the wornout machine and “scrapping” it. Rebuilding costs so much that the profit in it is doubtful. If “scrapping” is decided on o the “graveyard” and is torn for old metal. For that purpose a that cost $10,000 is worth only $250, its material being melted up for the construc- tion of new engines. The graveyard at the Philadelphia works is an open space of ground where scrap iron of all sorts is gathered in what k like heterogeneous heaps. In reality, how- ever, tho stuff is carefully assorted, each of the great piles being composed of a particular kind of iron. So many pounds of each sort are put into the melting pot for whatever may be ro- quired, according to recipe, cach part of a locomotive having its particular description of metal. Other heaps are of ordinary pig iron, which supplies the fresh material needed. Ke. cently the firm bought in at a bargain a lot of turrets of old monitors, which are to be con- verted into wrought iron wheels, THE MANUFACTURE OF A Locomorive begins with castings of the various pazts which can be made of iron in that shape. For this purpose so-called ‘“dammies” are turned out in certain regular forms, the material of which they are composed being a mixture of flour, molasses and sand. ‘The dummies, having been baked in ovens, are put into the molds and the molten metal is poured around them, after which they are broken up and the cast- ings are taken out. In this way it is possible to produce au elaborate casting, like the cylin- der of an engine with ali its ‘attachments, in the same piece. Formerly Pennsylvania flour was used for making the dummies, but the zine which it contained spoiled the molds, ‘This was an adulterant, being the refuse of zine factories, which was put in to add weight. Atpresent the flour is got from the west, where there are no zine factories. The tron is melted in great furnaces and the huge pote into which it is to be poured are kept filled with burning wood so that no moisture shall be in them. If were any moisture in one of these pots when the molten metal was poured into it a tremendous and probably disastrons explosion would ensue. Accidents from this cause bave cost many lives, STEEL FOR BOILERS. ¢ ‘The steel for locomotive boilers is supplied by contract in the shape of flat rectangular Wheets. Before it is accepted the tensile and breaking strength of each one is tested. Next it is marked off by measure with chalk lines for rivet holes, which are punched through it by « machine that does the work as quickly and easily as if it were a slice of cheese. Then the sheet is trimmed to the proper size b: ‘@ great Stoel knife which cute ‘off the edges like paper, to curved shape by Finally it is turned int llers and is riveted to between huge rol eo Se waged up pe tube botler, by means of I-hot botier-maki = ts u bolts. A swung by machinery to enormous anvils, where amatecs ‘weighing several tone aad. rea by steam perform the functions of so many titanic blacksmiths. It isa marvelous thing to see how | different jont of the engine's mechanism axe torned oot In Oe way as prettily ap if they were cast in the shapes desired, workmanship of the utmost delicacy being accomplished by the exertion of gigantic forces. After every few strokes the bar is turned, #0 that the crushing blows shail make it square. Or, if an axie is being wrought in this fashion, the ham- mer has a semi-circular strip cut out of ite flat bottom, so that it shapes the bar into cylindri- cal form. This kind of work severely taxes the physical powers of those who perform it. Two men must hold each bar and turn it on the anvil by means of a long steel handle, which fastened to the bar when the latter comes from the furnace by attaching it with blow of the hammer, At every stroke of the hammer thoy experience « tremendo Consequentiy, thbugh the men who. are eugeged in’ sits labor are strong aud hearty looking, not one of them issound. All of them are badiy sprained or ruptured, so that they are obliged to wear trusses and other such devices, The work re- quires great skill and commands from $40 to 60 a week for capable operators, STERL WHEELS. Steel wheels also are made by the steam hammer provided for the purpose with a die for forming them into the proper shape, Every- where in the factory electricity and hydraulic power are employed. An electric crane runs up and down the greatest of the shops, which | cover many blocks. To pick up an entire loco- motive bodily is # small affair for it. It readily cart a weight of 100 tons at t! feet a minute, and vets it down as gently as if it were a six-weeks baby within one thirty- recond of an inch of any spot that may be desired. After all the parts of an engine hae boon made they are assembled in the erecting shop and are put together. The boiler is put upon the cylinders, the different parts of the frame are attached, the whecls are fastened on beneath and the cab tx added by carpenters, ‘The boiler is sheathed with wood, which, being ®non-conductor, keeps the heat in. Over this sheathing a sheet-iron coat is put. PUTTING ON THE COWCATCHER. One of the very last finishing touches to » locomotive is the putting on of the cowcatcher. This is purely and simply a jim-crack, being of no use whatever. It does not catch cows so as to preserve them for future use, nor does it throw them off the track in a benign mann On the contrary, such an animal is usually knocked to pieces by a fast train, its internal economy being distributed over the front part of the engine. When an engine is finished at the factory it is pulled by @ little locomotive out of the erecting shop to tracks outside which connect with the Reading railroad. If it has been manufactured for a railway at a consider- able distance it is shipped as freight, being towed “dead” over the rails to its destination, with all its movable parts packed away in the tender, lest they should be stolen. If the loco- motive is to be delivered toa customer not far it gets up steam and does its owa running. A man is sent with every engine to set it up, fire it and start it agoing. All engines are made with convertible parts, so that if an en- gineer in Oregon should telegraph that the pis- ton rod of locomotive No. 2302 was broken a duplicate certain to fit with absolute exactness could be forwarded immediately. ENGINES OF ALL KINDS. Ever so many kinds of locomotives are turned out at the Philadelphia works, from the clumsy- looking but powerful “Mother Hubbard” to the “Dirt Burner,” which will burn anythin even brickbats, ifonly the stuff hasa little coal mixed with it. The factory also produces electric engines and soda engines, which get their power from the expansion of gas gene! ated by sulphuric acid dropping into an aii tight tank partly filled with marble dust. A locomotive costs from $8,000 to $11,000, accord- ing to the elaboratenos# of its parts and the number of driving wheels. Faucy engines ure made for almost any price, to suit the tates of purchasers. Companies in South America want silver mountings on their locomotives, which eexpensive. ‘The fire boxes of engines de- signed for service in South America are com- monly made of copper, because iron is quickly eaten up by the chlorines and other chemical clements found in the water of that part of the world, CONTRACT LABOR. This factory in Philadelphia employs 4,500 men, divided into day and night shifts. In wages $60,000 a week is paid. Tho system adopted is in one respect unique, all the work being given out to foremen of gangs, who act as contractors, Any responsible workman can obtain a contract from the company to do cer- tain jobs, In such a case the contractor agrees to furnish such and such a product at a stated price, employing what men he chooses. It is always his own interest to give the best pay he can, because otherwise his good men will be hired away from him by other contractors. Necessarily, he does all he can to get the most and the best Inbor out of his employes. If what he turns out is not found satisfactory he is obliged to replace it at his own expense, It is wonderful to see how busy everybody is in the works, No one is idle for a moment, There is a project to test the relative speed of English and American locomotives by rac- ing them on parallel tracks at the world's fair at Chicago, Rexx Bacuy. —— Written for The Evening Star. Across the way. ‘Though ev'ry day Across the w: She fits athwart my vision, Sweet, debonair, With golden hair And charming indecision,— ‘Though ev'ry day Across the way To see her I am certain, And ev Shine dimly througa her curtain,— ‘'Thongh ev'ry day Across the way I cateh her slyly peep! While she to turn, Doth me discern ‘Whene'r a watch {’'m keeping, — ‘Though ev'ry day Across the way ‘Whater has been the weather, ‘Through summer's glow And winter's snow, Our thoughts have been together,— Yet when we meet Upon the street We recognition smother, Because, you see, Unhappily, We do not know each other. —CLIFFORD HowaxD. January 14, 1893. A Mistake, From Life. - r ROBERT LEDING LOVING crP. BOWLING FOR PRIZES Tournament of the Columbia Atk-. letic Club. MANY MEMBERS PRACTISING. ~——>——_- Program for Tonight's Smoker—Frank Sher- man to Have Charge of the Club Billiard Room—The Annual Election—¥. M. ©. A, Notes. ae eee rane iy HE BEAULIFULLov- ing cup, a cut of which adorns this column, is | of sterling silver and | the repousse figures and general plan are aym- bolic of the game of | bowling. It stands about twelve inches high, and is abont eight inches in circumference and has three handles, asall loving cups should have. Its style is mas- sive, and itis quite valuable, not only on account of its metal value, but also because of the fine | work upon it. This cup was given to the club | about two years ago by Mr. Robert Leding, an | enthusiast on bowling. One of the provision of the gift was that it be presented as anan- nual trophy to the member of the Columbia Athletic Club making the highest num- ber of pins in a tonrnament. Between two of tho handles ix a plate upon | which the names of the club's champion bowlers are engraved. It now bears two names, J. C. Pedrick’s name appearing first, | he having the honor in 1891, The name of Stephen Jannus appears next as the winner of | the trophy for the year of 1892, he having won | it on an average of 151, and won it in the last | game of his series. | In the last game his nearest opponent was 32 pins abend of bim when Jannus stepped up de- | termined “to do or die,” and he did, for ho | saw bis rival's 32 pins and went him 16 pins | better. Who will the championship for 189 That is the question that is uppermost in the minds of the devotees of the bowling floor. It is said that it is more difficult this year to pick | awinner than ever before for the reason that there are now more good bowlers than before. | e improved and the new ma- | ery strong and steady, make | “tip” almost out of the question. | THE TOURNAMENT. The real work for which so much practicing has been done during the past two months and more will begin at 8 o'clock next Tuesday even- ing, the 17th instant. | The two middle alleys only will be used and the twoajde ones will be for spectators, and the space back of the alleys will | be reserved for players only. The offi will be in the space near the players. The num: ber of entries last year was twenty-five, of which number twenty-two bowled through. | Tho entry list this year, while it is not quite #0 | large, contains eo much good bowling material that the difference in numbers will be com- pensated for. It may be that the same number 1s reached. In addition to the Leding cup there are to be four other prizes, but no player will be allowed to take more than one prize, and this new rule, spoken of here last month, is mdorsed by all ¢ players. Harvey, a new bowler, is doing some good work, and with his physique ought to become a strong bowler. Steve Jannus is taking regular practice and bowling in his usual good form. Dr.Fischer and Arthur Moses bowl in practice like possible winners. John Walker in a game this'week broke his own record of 223 made several weeks go by making the score of 224, a very remarkable score and a very rare article on regulation alleys. vi It nearly “broke” Whiteside “all up” thi week when he found that he had lost a game in| which his own score was 203. Many a man would like to have that figure for his high score in the tournament. Dr. Young. a very earnest and steady bowler, will make it interesting for some of the big ones in tle tournament, Avery pretty gamo was that a few evenings | since, which resulted in a tie, ench side having | 705. ‘In this game were John Walker, captain, Dr. Fischer, Johnston and Jannus on one side and on the other side were J. 8. Jones, captain, Whiteside, Moses and Hills. "The tie was rolled off. each man rolling one pin, and resulted in Jake's side winning by one pin. A DISTRICT TOURNAMENT. The scheme, as suggested by some one to have a bowling tournament at the club house | open to all bowlers of the District, meets with very little favor from the club bowlers and other club members. If it is deemed advisable and practicable at this time it would be much | better to have # bowling tournament open to the teams of regularly organized athletic clubs of nearby cities. I am sure Baltimore could furnish at least two such teams. It would create an interest to which even the present great local interest would not be a marker, for anything that savors of a match in whatever line between the two cities brings up that old- time rivalry of which every one has heard. ‘The expense of such a tournament would be little; the time for bowling couid be so arranged that the players could return home on late trains after each game. Why not try it while the ©. A. C. teams are doing such good bowling? ‘They could win easily. - TONIGHT'S SMOKER. The program for the “smoker” in the “gym” tonight is an excellent one, probably one of the best ever offered on a aimilar occasion here, and no doubt thero will be, and there should be, a attendance of members. ‘The program contains the following numbers and the committee having it in charge deserves great credit for presenting so many good things: Washington Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar Gab, Washington Meanersbor, Prof. 8. M. Fabian, pianist; Prof. J. P. Lawrence, pianist; Prof. H.C. Rakemann, violinist. Dr’ W. P. Compton, Herndon Moreell, Prof. N. Dushane Cloward,' Alan C. Grant and ©. C. West, all well-known here in musical circles, will give vocal solos. E. C. Moore will recite and Prof. Haley and his son will give varied selections. ‘This is altogether the strongest program ever offered here upon a similar occasion or for that matter upon few other occasions, WORKING IN THE oYM. ‘The classes in the gymnasium are fast filling ‘up and Instructor Crossley is a busy man. The “regulars” who have taken up specialties are igor ogreng On aiherbay day, will eee some wurprises in gymnestic and acrobatic work, The members who are practicing the “pyramid” work promise something very fine for those Harry Gould has again put in in put in a and working steadily at ; ia which be does some very dificult f Frank Sherman, who gave pool exhibition a choice and a | i z ij | | H t i & | 2%5 cents. There | or lookers on is limited. Cc. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. 11 and that event from the fact that so many vf the present incumbenta decline to stand for re-election, jerrii t some er and younger b! ing take bold of the’ reine, whibe the most of the newer and younger bloods prefer, almost toa man, that the present successful manage- | ment remain at the helm. Lient.. Bradbuty deciines to run again for president. More than likely’ very prominent Fentleman bere, whose name Tm rot now at liberty to state, will be prevailed upon to take the presidency’ and if he does the continued success of the C. A. C. will be a matter of fact, because he is a prominent man of means, a man of fine executive ability and one who’ is just what the club needs in every way. Complete arrangements have not yet been made with all the “stars” that are to appear to take part in the special sparring contests which will be held on Saturday evening, January 28, instead of the 2ist. It will be definitely known early in the coming week who are to appear here in the several classes. The Pastime Club of Brookiyn withdrew {ts entries at the championships at Philadelphia decanse the method used to draw the context. ants in the several preliminary boute did not please the P. A. C., and as the New York club Will not send its men to Philadelphia, and vice versa, and as the New York people now claim that the winners at Philadelphia are not cham- pions, not having defeated their men, whom they ‘claim to be better, in view of ail these facia it is to be hoped that the. A.C. manage- ment will succeed in inducing the several Parties concerned to come down here, and Upon neutral ground settle the matter of super- jority in the several classes. At the spe- cial contests on the 28th Stewart and Greene, at 140, and Bateman, at 115 pounds, all of the C. A.C., will meet outsiders and they will make @ good showing. McGuire at 120'and Hensley at 145, two local men, wil! also be matched with comers from otber cities, and altogether It promises to be a “star” affair. The Neptune B. C. of Baltimore, Md.. will probably have several entries. There will be a wrestling bout open to middle-weight class of the District. For all evente there will be valu. able prizes to first men only. Cards of admis. sion to members are placed at €1 and to out- lers at £2, to be obtained of members or at | club house. On the 2ist instant a boxing and gymnastic exhibition will be given by members of the club. Admission to this event will be without cost to members, and to their guests cards are be three sparring events, and good ones; also three wrestling bouts and an exhibition with broad ewords and two bouts of fencing. ‘On the 25th instant Col, C. R. Greenleaf, deputy ewrgeon general U. 8. A., will deliver his lecturein the club parlors. iis subject i to be the very interesting one entitied “The Necessity of Medical Supervision of Athletic Training.” The «moker tonight ani the lec- ture on the 25th instant are for members of the club only. ¥. M. ©. A. Athletics. The cold weather has rather a good influence upon the work, for the classes are all filled On regular class days they average forty-five, Which isa splendid showing. Great prepara- tion is going on here now for the big gymnastic exhibition to be given on Wednesday, the 18th instant, for the pleasure of the sustaining or contributing members and their families only. Admission will be strictly by card, and this is as much necesary for the reason’ that it isa Special occasion as that the space for visitors Instractor Simms is working hard to make the affair a big success, and for January exhibition promises some good work. The program will be made up in part of the following features, and those who will give an exhibition of the work being done are: E. A. Playter, Dr. H. Cockerille, J. C. Loughlin, F G. Townsend and V. Eaton will give an exhil tion of high kicking. A. Rose, F. Johnson, E. A. Plater and E. C. Prentiss will do some high jumping, and it will be good jumping if their work in practice is an indication of what they can do. No exhibition here is complete witbont club swinging by Fred 8. Doyle, and he will. in sponse toa special request, be on hand to do pe aa only he cap do it, Purman will give an oxhi Rose, Joe Horan A. G. McChesney and J. ion of wrestling. 4 and W. A. Jack will do a’ pretty tumbling act, E. Grove, L. Espey. Purman and oth- ers will do some work on the horizontal bar. ‘There will also be class drill with dumb bells, which opens the program, and on the parallel bars and buck, which last will close the ex- hibition. Among some of the new material that will take part in the class work are: Dr. George Jobson, F. H. Jennings, |. Monroe, W. F, Miller, G. C. Seales, Groen Clay, Dr. H. Cock- erille, A. Speiden, F. G. Bovee and Alfred B. i Gawier, allot whom are showing great improve- ment since they have been under the hands of Instructor Simms. The association orchestra will be on hand and play some of ita choicest selections. The delay in completing necessary arrange- ments with the teams of the Baltimore Y. M. C. A. for a game of basket ball seems to be charge. able to this end of the line. The Baltimore: Tunderstand it, are ready and willing. Stir around, Mr. Captain and Manager, and give | them a chance to como and see our city and | Jose a game. The 2ist annual convention of the secretaries | and physical instructors of the Y. MC. A. of | Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and this District will be held ‘at Wilmington, Del., from Jancary 19 to 22, and promises to be an unusu- ally interesting event. Secretary Pugh will read a paper on “Legitimate Scope of Educa- nal Work in the Y. M. C. A..” and Instructor imms, who will also go over, has been invited to read a paper on “The Physical Director and His Work Outdoors,” and there is no doubt the genial secretary and the professor will do the respective subjects justice, Some of the foot ball team are taking regular exercise. Johnson and Davison and Harder | are on hand three or four times a week, A great attraction hax been provided for the members of the association and their friends in the shape ofa lecture by John P. Quinn, the converted gambler, author of the well-known books entitled, Fools of Fortune,” “Nine- teenth Century Black Art.” His’ advice to young men apon gambling is invaluable, and he aks about crookedness tn the sports, and while there are no crooked amateur athletes | here, yet the points he will tonch upon cover all the ground and may prevent betting and 80 on, on filled days and other like occasions, He delivers his first lecture at the ¥. M.C. A. parlors on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. There 4s to be no charge for admission and no doubt there wilt be a big turiout of the members and their friends, The need of a larger building is felt more and more every day, and it has come to that point when a determined effert will be made to carry out the plans suggested some time ago. Oscar P. 8 MDT. A LAND RICH IN GEMS. Idaho Prospectors Clatm to Have Tapped a Bed of Je\ Mr. Wheeler and ©. J. Calhoun have re- turned to Boise City, Idaho, froma three weeks’ Prospecting trip in the Owyhee diamond and opal fields. They prospected from the diamond basin to Opaline, « distance of forty miles, and exhibits large number of fine specimens of fine opals, sapphires and topaz, besides several other stones that experts pronounce diamonds. Itis reported that 1,000 claims have been taken in that section and a big rush is antici- pated. A company has been organized at Helena, with a capital of €1,000,000, to develop the diamond besin, and work will begin in the spring as soon as water is obtainable. John C. Stearns, George W. Gilmore and Frank Giv- toon afty se working se" Opaline, and ‘all about fifty men at , claims are developi ; Shirley Brothers stud. ts anchor ciaims are producing? large quantities of opals of the first quality, which command ready ale in the east, phires are found in gravel beds in the small ve belt above Walters Ferry and are pro- nounced first-class gems. They vary in color from a derk toa pale straw and are ex- ceedingly wnt. ‘The so-called diamonds are found in the same section. None have yet been fally tested, but specimens will be sent to Salt Lake in a few days. Gold quartz ledges, tin and mica have also been discovered. Extremes Meet. y) From Life. ; - to be @ very interesting WHEELING THROUGH THE SNOW. | Bicycling Is Not Yet One of the Impossi- | Dilitios CLUB MEN ARE NOW EXIOTING INDOOR AMUSE- MENTS AND ARE GOSSIPING ABOUT THR COM- x0 | | acon, WmCR WILL BB O=D cP TaB ‘MOST ACTIVE EVER KNOWN. | Papa—Well, how do you like your new | dieycle, Horace’ Horace—"I Like it very much, but I wish it was a8 easy to get on as it is to get off. — Harper's Young People Bicycle riding would seem to be one of the impossibilities just now, but even during the heavy snow storm Thursday morning several wheelmen were seen pushing along Pennsyl- Vania avenue in the direction of the up-town | departments. No pleasure riding, however, is | being done, and now that the clubmen are unable to get on the road they are enjoying in- door amusements and gossiping aboat the coming season. It is admitted on all sides that the coming season will be one of the most active onos in wheeling circles and the number of interesting tournaments will be larger than ever. The world’s fair will attract many of the crack riders from foreign countries and the “vicycle event in connection with the affair will probably be held in August. Thi event wi!l be the annual meeting of the L. A.W. and it will probably be in the history of the orga has not yet received th Chicago people will guar medals for the world’s fur tourney, and for that reason no decisive action has been taken. A perpetual challenge cup wiil be the outeide trophy offered by the L. A. W. at the imter- national meet. This will be an unusually handsome cup and its cost will not be less than 000. The representatives of the country ing the largest number of points will win the trophy. Gossip has it that a scheme is under way to build bievele racing tracks on the base ball | grounds of the Natioaal League for the purpose Of holding bicycle tournaments and athletic games. A meeting will be held in Philadelpbia in a fow days and an organiention will be formed. The tracks on all the grounds will be of regulation size—a quarter of a mile in cir- cumference —and they will be built of cement, | with a heavy incline on the sides and turns, with view to making them very fast. GEORGETOWN CYCLE CLUB. Tho first meeting this year of the George- town Cycle Club was held at the residence of ex-Capt. Ngwman on M strect Monday night. Although there was a good attendance the elec- tion of oficers was postponed until the next jregular monthly meeting of the club, which will be held the firat Monday in February. | Se ‘mbers were elected at bad meet- tion. The I ral new this wee he members of this club opened last reason’s wheeling events, such as early runs, smokers, watermelon runs and oveter roasts, and they are going to make a great effort to open this season with the first well-attended club run, The Rover Ciub has arranged for a paper ~ ashington’s birthday, but members town Club are determined to go er,and will do it, they say, even if they have to ride through the snow. MILITARY CYCLISTS, The winter drill season of tho military ey- clists has opened, but on account of the bad weather they have had to confine their move- ments to the honse, Next Wednesday the corps will drill in the hall of the Center market. The rooms at the District militia headquarters which are occupied by the military cyclists are being put in good order and the members will have better quarters. THE NOMADS, | The only club event this week was the dance |given by the Nomads at the Hotel L’Eufant Welnesday evening. It was the second dance | of asecrics of winter entertainments and the wheel riders had four hours of dancing. Among those who attended the dance were Mies Mae Altemus, Miss Ida Finney, Miss Memie Russell, Miss Gertrade Mart Mrs. Robertson, Mr. Claude M: y hayer, Miss Mue uilford, Miss Patmer, Miss Marble, Misa Stiles |and Messrs. Edward "Terry, N. Lothrop, B. F. | Larcombe, Edward Clapp, William Bromweli and Ed. Garman, WHAT WINNERS Do WITH THEIR PRIZES. “Where do all the pianos and other bulky | prizes won by the bicycle cranks go to | the Wheel. And it answers as follow | merman is trading his for Jersey re: George Smith guve his to *his brother; Berlo | they say, hes his stored in a barn, and #0 it goes j all down the list, That most of the big guus | do dispose of their prizes in ways more or les dark and circuitous must be admitted. Three instances have come to my notice within the t three weeks. Mr. Alexander—this name will serve as well as any other—eame into the | ofice one noon wearing a sparkling diamond in his shirt front, “Pretty stud,” I ventured. “Yep, and that's a Springfield diamond, jpringficla diamond! How #0?” | “Oh! one of our amateurs won it at Spring- | field this fall.” “How'd von get bold of it?* ght it.” mm the amateur himself?" ‘0: from his landiord.” “Yes, that’s straight. He paid three months’ rent with this diamond. I've gota watch he won, too. Nothing in the rules to prevent a | man exchanging his prizes for a receipted reat | bill, is the: “Wonder what Washington wheeimen do with their prizes?” queries a local rider. The answer was that the prizes won by local | men were not vaiuable enough to put in real ' estate nor to use for ps ig the landlord. Most | of the prizes given here or won elsewhere by local riders were medals, and so far es is known none of them have been disposed of by the winners, although some of the medals have | found their way to the places where three balls | are used to tell of the nature of the business carried on in the place, An Austro-German Road Race. ‘ews comes from over the water that the German and Austrian cycling unions will pro- mote a rond race over the course covered by the military horsemen last autumn,” says the L. A. W. Bulletin, “It is with feelings of per- fect security that we venture to state that the cycle riders will be far ahead of the horsemen both in the matter of time and condition at the finish as well. The sorry figure cut by the jaded, dead and dying horses and the exhausted men is still fresh to memory. The without a doubt prove ite value in this tril, Which will take place during the coming season. Perhaps if the military horse race had been ran on ir line between Berlin and Vierna the cvelists would not be able to cope with the horse, but on the roads it is a foregone con- clusion in favor of the steel steed.” ‘The Meet of 1894. Buffalo wheelmen are considering the ad- visability of making bid for the national L. A. W. meet of 1894 Buffalo entertained the league in 1985 in @ right royal manner.—Ez- change. ‘ Are there going to be any more bidders for the "94 meet? Asbury Park, N. J., was the first in the field; then came the Colorado contingent, booming Denver as the only place for the national fag ond now Budde comsetemerene jersey sands will witness the meet of "94 Stick a pin in that! ARIEL. A Cycling Military Company. A cycling military company has been formed in the first regiment, Nations! Guard of Penn- sylvania, Sergt, Theo. Jones of company I be- ing the leading spirit. As yet the organization is unrecognized officially, but the promoters blankets, kuna; carbine 4 », bell and spoke , in addition to the regular sun- dries always Philadelphia Cyclists, of the largest meets | ‘a | pared by the commit | 8 | cle will | — tary, T.C. Nicely; treasarer, John R. Kendricks, J.; Captain, C. W. Oaktord The City Cycle Clab's annual election re | eulted in the election of the following: Presi- dent, Horace P. Fry; vice president, J. Chat- win “Jenkinton; secretary-treasurer, DG, Melioy; captain, HP. Pry, fret lioutenant, W. M. Bickham, second liewenaet, ¢. H Wa- }son; bug orge UG. Melio Listortan, J. ©. Jenkinson. Thuraday evening the S- musicale and to th End Wheelmea ight they will gives day of Inst week Cycling eave: Harry Hill Wyle, the “Deak- broke” evelist, who rec rode trom Nei York to Chic one than Henry W ty e busin and raced ot all meets in the victuity of Phulade! Cycling Notes T. ©. Allen and W. I. Sachtleben, the two young American tonrists who started from Ne York in June, 1890, to go round the world om their bicreles, have arrived in Va c od through Ria They will ride « mile ‘ap Toad race will take place in Buffalo om Decoration day. The first race was ® success ry respect, there being sew five en= ‘ies and prizes to the value of @1,00 given away. The prizes for this year's rmce will probe ably be $2,000, and it is expected that there | Will be at least 200 starters. Over seventy lantern slides be been pres | Bicycle Club of F trate the history thirteenth Honse in January. Edward L. Jobason, formerly captain of the | Staten Island Athletic Club Cycler and 4 | Yentor of the game of progressive team racing, | isin Memphis, Tenn., where he foavortug | to build up the local cycling elubs The St. Paul (Mins) Cycle Club intends te encourage ice skating this winter, and will bh & tournament conducted on the same pian ee race moet, ss TRAINING, | | HOM How Bad Rabies Should Ke Corrected and Good Ones Lncourages. From the Ladies’ for Fortunate is the chi training, The public school does much for a child, b d who has good heme let it do ever eo much, the essential part i due His moral, mental and et be looked after * achild to the home influence. physical nature | Itseems cruel to al! fish to grow eel deposition, be tanght There there ue iS the chances for « he may naturally b it should not be f carly to know the j but one child in a fa healthy growth of him. Such a share bis ving. onsessions with ‘oat ins in the world, the outgrowth of it. Wh scifi a woman y have ever b fice. I wonder if u mor a to uproot that disposition by p: thing better, Thave in mind a splendid yonng man, the only child of wea ents, Prom babyb he ma sted a thoroughly selfish Fortunately he had a wise me what was demanded of ber tanght to give —t were dearest to him, to sbare his j loan his books and to give a playfellow « ride on his sled or pony. At first he rebelled | stoutly, declaring he had nots thing he could call his’ own; but through love a | his mother's part the conquest bh | The selfish boy has bees jis constantly ing where help ts needed, While the moral nature is being looked after,the | physical and mental must not be neglected, See that the shoulders are kept back and that the chest expands properly. I know of @ baby boy who was dreudfally bow-legged. Every day, and many times during the day, his mother took the little limbs and gently presse rubbed them into t course, could | tion of' the bones. 0 turned | Sadly to the left; with a little patience and re- membering it gradually resumed its natural postion by turning it to the right. Tell a child stories of history and bite of | biography in an interesting way and thereby | inculcate a love for such work. Above all, teac | him of the wonderful st h him to see ant ap hich surrounds him, thereby gv | something to enjoy all his life, Among other things, help bim to gnard against mistakes in his Engiish; help him to Correct his idiomatic expresmons end localisms, | Your children will talk as you talk. You have . even nglich language Meaded to the very y have not eradicated the Her’ son wae give up the playthings thas smeaetone to A little girl's n public speakers, until you, like H seul. Years o training. Teach your children to be polite by being | polite tothem. Do you expect a child wBom | you mei command to include “Vease, | mamma,” in bis requests to your T know of one family where the children are Paragons of politeness, because politenes ruled that household. Courtesy from father te mother, from mother to daughter, from brother to sister, is the law, There prettier, truce definition of politeness than the old one | “Politeness is to do and eay the kindest thing | in the kindest way.” PANAMA F resting Ktatement of the Company's Expenditures on the Unfinished Diteh, From the Paginecring News A more damning statement than that of the official “liquidator” of the Panama Canal Company, made public last week, was surely | mever made, even without the heavy forther (allowances which that statement requires tay | gotatthe probable truth. It sbows upon ite face the following distribution of expenditures: On the actual work of construction: ent ui 1. Constrnetion, materials and ou . a en bonds cessouene: 200,000 207 5. Preparatory work aud’ or- wanization - $000,000 IAS 6. Concession and general ex- jenes, 126.0 = gw 7. Advervisements, taxes, eo. . . Grand total. . 000 o Here is a company which does not even pro- foes to have expended but littie over half of the money raised in the actual work of constrac- tion, but of that half much more than balf again was wasted in the most profuse and abe eurd expenditures and in the mort cor od Teckless ent of the work isthmus, 80 that the alleged $122,000.00 pended in actual construction dure not, as am outside limit, represent more than $40,000,000 of ectual work done and material on band which would be useful to any sueceeding company undertaking to carry through the work. All ‘the rest was wasted in corrupt and extravagant contracts, in paying for the same work over and over again. For justance, we give detailr as to one dredge which worked’ many weeks at one spot without moving, tho sludge oozing back into the canal again ax fast as it was dredged out. Millions of cubic yards at various bly €130.000,~ for as rath nded to advance the nt where it was when work was wus or which bas gone back sorachow to the stockholders. All the rest, an even ball, was and reasonably ex by a mixture of Frenchy bed mam and downright fraud —chigfty fraud. oe Activity of Mauna Los. A private letter from Prof. Chartier of New fork, who is spending some weeks at the House in Hat dient agement 7 | Fj Fs HF el j £ £ & i i ; i f