Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1895, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER i6, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES WHR Pruner Lime Cord S49) BANNARD PRACTISING THE PUNT. OLD ELI; OLD NASSAU Dan Beard Gets Some Lightning Foot Ball Sketches. YALE AND PRINCETON ON THE GRIDIRON Different Methods of Practice at These Famous Colleges. AS SEEN BY AN OUTSIDER eS Rorreane 1895, by Bacheller, Johnson & Bacheller.’ In these days of hypocrisy and frivolity it Is refreshing to see real earnestness. Today I stood beside that popular young hero, Capt. Thorne of Yale, and surveyed his sturdy troop of frowzy-headed combat- ants, dressed in padded leather and woolen armor, all streaked with yellow earth and green stains of grass. They were all so charmingly and unmistakably in earnest, all so ambitious of doing well and meeting the approval of their fair-haired captain, that my heart was with them. It is heroic work, this training that the Yale men go through. Where promotion from the ranks ts determined only by the candidate's proving himself superior to his Capt. Thorne. Fred. Murphy. eompanions in skill and fitness for a position as one cf the chosen eleven, it is educational discipline to observe how perfectly this dis- cipline works. On the Yale practice ground you hear the orders of the coach and the noise of men in rapid motion, or the inarticulate grunts and gasps as they fall and stack themselves vp in heaps, with shield-protected legs and shaggy treads protruding at all angles. ‘When the coach approves and compliments them they maintain the same silent, respect- ful demeanor as when he reproves or cor- rects them, and the utter absence of pro- fanity in a struggle so arduous and exciting seems remarkable, and speaks in no uncer- from their sudden contact with the earth. They learn to think rapidly, to invent, to de- cide upon a course of action and put it In force simultaneously with the birth of the idea. Is this physical training alone? Is t not also mental training of a healthy, natural kind? After considerabie time spent at this work the men were divided into squads and fell to practicing passes. Accompanying Hinkey and Thorne was a gentleman with gloves, overcoat and derby hat. The sweater, the distinctive mark of the foot ball player, was not to be scen alout End Rush Hinkey Tackles Half-Bac! De Witt. his person. He had for some time past laid it by, though not until it had protected him in many a scrimmage, and now Mr. Corbin, or “Par Corbin,” as the team call him, uses the experience he has gained to instruct the new teams. He pays particular attention to center rushes, having developed the possi- bilities of that position himself. Ex-Capt. Hinkey keeps his keen eyes on the end rush. Bliss looks out for half Lack and some veteran is always on hand to look ofter the development of the other positions. It was “Par Corbin’s” voice I heard citen- est, and he shouted such things as these: “Six, five, four, seven—Now!! Get your weight right on him! Get through! that’s right! “Four, seven, six, eight, all ready? Now! Take a man, Cross, and stick to him! Stick to him!! Oh, heavens!! bring that ball back —that's a nice thing to do! “Now! Down, down! Get down! Raise the line, raise the line! Hang on to his back!" And the men, working hke mad, fell in great heaps, grunted and groaned, but never a word of complaint or explanation escaped their lips. Their only desire seems to he to perfect themselves so that they can win glory, not for themselves, but for old Yale. At 4 p.m. the work on the field ceased. Extra sweaters wer2 pulled over those al- ready encasing the glowing men, and all again entered the waiting cars, which took them dir2z‘ly to the gymnasium. Here at- tendants rubbed the athletes down and ; anointed their bedies with alcohol and oil; after which the players put on their ordi- nary clothes, and their day’s work and mine was over. The Princeton Practice Field. _ It was all different at Princeton. Every- thing, men, scerery, talk and action. For instance, Mr. Corbin, who “is, after the eastern fashion, called “Par” at Yale, gets “Paw” Corbin from the Tigers, who are mostly southern or western fellows. The Yale men cry, “Oh, Jimmy!” Princeton boys shout “Sheldon!” On the Yale field the wind blew so cold that I kept the collar of my overcoat turn- ed up. On the Princeton grounds the grass- hoppers were merrily skipping tackles and center rushes. The Yale fellows were as silent as deaf mutes. At Princeton all was hustle. The New Haven blue spent much time practicing tackles. The boys in black Sweaters devoted themselves to kicking. Captain Thorne’s team «nd their coaches all seemed perfectly satisfied that their plans could not be improved, but aim to perfect their skill in executing them. Cap- the PRINCETON LEGS. ton the field abounded in monsters with elastic gray probosces. Not content with this, many of them had perforated leather pads on their ears, and on the top of their heads, ani huge pincushions on their shoulders. The head cushions and ear pads are Princeton's own invention and are evidently home-made. The headgear is fastened by means of straps, but the rubber nose is held in the teeth, and it is not an uncommon thing for a Princeton man to “bite off his own nose.”” Some of the men, when about to kick, slide up the armor, and let go of the nose. It looks very comical to see that long nose flying out behind the frowsy head of a kicking Tiger. When they were carrying Riggs, L. C., oft the field after he was hurt, one of those padded, armored, be-nosened fellows came striding up to me. I began to be seriously alarmed at his belligerent appearance; for I was wearing a red necktie, and as that is the Harvard color, I didn’t know but he was going to punch my head. But lifting up his visor he asked me a queer question, considering his warlike ar- mor. e “Mr. Beard,’ mend the Art to study art?" I told him, “why certainly, as I studied there myself.’ He thanked me, and pulling down his visor at the call “Time!” he scudded off into the field—a startling specimen of the coming artist. In their manners the captains of the two teams resemble each other somewhat. Both are genial, nice fellows, and both are big men. Captain Thorne gives one the im- pression of being more burly about the chest and arms—but that may be due to the fact that Lea wears a tight, rather thin, black sweater. Captain Lea, being a brunette, is consid- ered by some to be better looking. He has a pleasant, boyish face, with a large chin, which indicates that there’s plenty of re- serve fight tn him when occasion requires. It is interesting to note some of their mannerisms during the play. Capt. Thorne, when he is sighting the ball, gets down on one knee, resting his chin on his hand or laying one hand across or_the other arm. Captain Lea stands still and looks down at the ball for an instant, then stoops down in an intense attitude, and crossing his arms, grips the right knee with his left hand and the left with nis right hand. It is a characteristic pose, there was no other like it. he said, “would you recom- Students’ League as a place Personal Peculiarities. Each player has a pose of his own which is peculiar to him. One Yale man gets down on one knee in a very stagey position with his hand on his heart. Some men pose like runners in the start of a hundred yards dash, with hands resting on the | sround. Others, with hands on knees, in- | tently watch the ball. At the Tiger scrub match I noticed a dif- ference in the interest shown in the teams from that observed at Yaie. The grand- stend was blackened with college boys watching the game with the greatest en- thusiasm. At Yale there were only a few small boys and some stragglers present. The field was practically empty. The veterans of both teams come back during practicing season to coach them. Sometimes there is a whole drove of ’em on the field- at once, each paying atten- tion to the particular position in which he gained laurels in his own day. Thus the knowledge of the game is accumulated and handed down from generation to genera- tion, and each new team possesses all the “Par” Corbin Telling Hew to Kick the Spot on the Ball. kncwledge of its own experience, with the added knowledgs of the foot ball pioneers. This, added to the enthusiasm of the boys, accounts for the scientific growth of the game. The people who go to see a foot ball game and only see the rough and tumble, the wounds and hurts that the men receive, go away with the impression that the game is simply a rough and tumble fight, and some consider it scarcely better than the Roman arena. But if any of these people will spend a day, as I did, on the practice field, and note the fact that the veterans— like Captain Hinkey of Yale, for instance— are often small, light men, they cannot help coming away with the belief that it is brains, and rot muscle, that ultimately tell in foot ball. The greatest difference be- tween the game and the arena Is that the old_wine-soaked Romans hired gladiators to do their fighting for them, while with us it is our own boys who do the fighting and get the benefit of the athletic exercise. DAN BEARD, ees The Smallest Bank in London. From the London Daily News. One of the little historic banks of London —Praed’s of Fleet street—has closed its doors, the partners with whom it amalga- mated having removed to larger premises. It was the smallest bank within the city limits, and, like “Rogers, Olding & Co.,” nourished a poet. Mackworth Praed was, in his way, almost as well known and ad- mired as Samuel Rogers. tain language of the gentlemanly training of the men on the field. When ex-Capt. Hinkey and I first came on the practice ground Capt. Thorne was stand- ing in front of a line of men. At intervals wild-eyed youths dashed up with egg-shaved balls sped tightly in their arms. At the approach of each one of these runners of the gauntlet the captain sharply called the natne of some man in the ranks. As we drew near we heard Thorne’s voice cry | “Sheldon!” A runner was swiftly approach- ing; at the cry of the com.marder 19% pounds of seventeen-year-old bone and muscle leap- ed in front of the on-rvshing bearer of the ball. The young giant's brow was wrinkled and his eyes wide open for an instant, as he stood there in a crouching position, awaiting his man. Then there was a sudden lengthen- ing out of six feet of dirty padded uniform and Seldon grabbed the runner around tre legs with his long arms. A cloud of dust, Capt. Thorne Crosses His Hands His Knees us He Looks Intently the Spot. a view of flying legs and, with a resoun ling whac s were stretched at and. the captain had , “try another, and keep Again the crouch, the “That's a good tackle,” said Capt. Thorne, approvingly. Thus the work went on without interrup- tion, and as I watched man after man at- tempt to dash by, and man after man, when his name was called, spring fearlessly out to tackle the coming cyclone in blue sweater and shinguards I could not but admit that this was not gentle work—that it even looked alittle rough. These men fell hard, but they know how to fall so that no injury results tain Lea and his men have no doubt of their skill, but are constantly experiment- ing upon new wrinkles. At Yale one man, a scrub named Post, crawled out from under a pile of canvas and sweater-covered men, and was helped by a comrade outside the lines, where he lay rubbing his shoulder. In the practice game with the serubs at Princeton, two men were helped off the field, and one was ied off. boys,” said I when I, saw this, “What's the matter? Aren’t you playing pretty rough?” “Oh, no!” they answered, “‘the fellows set hurt because the ground is hard. Yale hes a sandy soil, you knew, and we have hard cla: Somehow or other this seems to be searcely a sufficient reason to account for the two men cn crutches at the training table, and the three injured in the scrub game. A bright-eyed young Tiger was talking to me, and I noticed that he seemed to find it hard to speak distinetly. “You have a bad cold,” I said. “Oh! do, I broke by dose yesterday,” he cheerfully replied. “In a case like that, straightened ont again?” “Well, I don't do, sir. I haven't beed to the doctor yet. I'll go see hib after prac- tice.” I couldn’t help admiri the enthusiasm of an athlete who wouldn't leave his prac- tice long enough to insure him against a humpbacked proboscis, and I turned to wateh the play to see how it was that they met with so many mishaps. how do you get Reckless Practice. I think, withcut doubt that decidedly more reckless er chances than the men do at Yale on the practice field. Not once did .I detect the slightest attempt to disable or injure each other, but a big man would double himself up and then lengthen out with a snap as he shot an Incredible dis- tance through the air to tackle a pair of fast-fleeing striped stockings. When up- ward of two hundred pounds is hurled in that catapult fashion, in spite of pads and armor the concussion must be terrific. At New Haven I saw only four or five of those hideous rubber noses. At Prince- they are and take great- +o+ Electric Funeral Trains. From the Chicago Dispatch. Managers of electric street railways are preparing to cater to funeral parties. Som- ber-colored cars will soon take the place of hearses, and the mourners will follow in trailers instead of carriages. ‘The Calumet Railway Company has a funeral car in process of construction. It will be ready to run to Oakwonds cemetery in about a month. Funeral trains, with ordinary cars, have been in use on thi line during the summer, but now arrange- ments have been ma:le for the manufact of a funeral car. The car above the tracks will be black. Even the trolley poie will he wound w:th crape. When the Jeceased is a child this crape will be white and the sides of the car will be festooned with white. Inside the car, just back of the motorman a bier will occupy one side. Opposite this are to be seats for the minister and pallbearers. ‘The mourners will sit along the sides of the car. Funeral parties may charter a train with almost any number of cars, and start from any point on the line. A special motorman and conductor will be uniformed in bt ——+ e+. “Tore up your references! Why, you must have been crazy. “Shure and you wouldn’t have thought so if you had seen the riferinces.""—Life. SOME:RANDOM NOTES iv OT Gathered: bg a Reporter in His Walks About Town. id THE SMRY ‘JF A LOQUACIOUS BOY 10: dB oF A Dollat,a Day and a Good Bank as “ Account. b. ad AFTER-DINNER COFFEE Talk about your talkers! There is a small boy in this town who can give the average populist orator cards and spades and beat him out. He takes up every fad as it comes along, and would talk his pa- rents into premature old age were it not that they sometimes resort to parental authority ta suppress him. Last summer it was yachts and yachting, and he had studied books and newspapers until there was not a cup defender from the America down that he did not know all about. He could tell all the details of their rigging off-hand, the names of their various skip- pers, the breadth and’ draft of each, and so on. He could have talked the ears off a bronze statue. He would talk yachts until patience ceased to be a virtue, and some one would say: “For gracious’ sake, give us @ rest.” Now it is foot ball, and that boy knows the record of every player on all the lead- ing college teams, how long he has been in college, his weight, and his chances of making a good run in the next big game. But still, his devoted parents cannot listen to him all the time, and he gets sat upon oceasionally, as of yore. But the ingenuity of youth is matchless, and he has recently hit upon a scheme whereby he may orate to his heart’s con- tent. He has a sister, a couple of years younger, and he has entered into a con- tract with her to listen, on a salary of five cents an hour. But tt is in the agreement that she must look interested, znd must ask an intelligent question at least once In every ten minutes, thus stimulating con- versation. And there that helpless child while he tells her of famous victories, ly"? Lamar’s run ten years ago, of Bull's skill at punting and of Suter’s dash for Harvard's goal a fortnight ago. It is hard on the girl, but she gets her reward when it comes to spending her brother's pocket money every week. Ameo ead * There are many ways of proving social popularity, but one of the most original de- veloped in the course of a letter recently received from a Washington society girl who is spending the winter abroad by a friend in this city. She was describing a big ball she attended in Berlin, where there were many German officers to dance at- tendance upon the belles. “And do you know,” she continued, “that when we came away I had more scratches ‘|under my chin than any other girl that was there.""! Which, ‘of course, went to show that she had danced. with a larger number of the military than her less fortunate rivals. How she came into contact with so many epaulets still remains a mystery. OY errno wai re A few days ago a small boy went into the first precinct station house, on 12th street below the avenue, and addressed him- self to Station Clerk Lamb, who was at the desk: ‘ia “I was sent down here by a gentleman to ask about a magdalen that got lost.” “A what?” “Why, @ masdalen.” “Which one? There are quite a number neighborhood.” repeated the boy, an ex- pression of doubt and surprise on his face. “Well, what do you mean, anyway?" “Why, one of those dinky things you play with your fingers and a picker.” “Oh, you mean a mandolin. And ‘hat was what it was. But it was a curious coincidence in the mistaken use of a word, . ee we There is a nill boy in the employ of the Metropolitan Railroad Company who gives promise of being one of the capitalists of Washington some of these days if he keeps on tn the way he has begun. He has charge of the hill horse that helps the overloaded cars up the incline on 17th street between I and K streets, and his bright and cheery face is well known to many of the regulars on the line. His salary is $7 a week, and some of the drivers who know him say that he pays $2.50 a week for board and allows timself a half dollar for spending money. Every pay day he goes down to his bank anc deposits $4. Last summer during the hot weather he always kept a bucket of ice water at the foot of the hill, and charged the drivers and conductors a fixed sum per week to supply them with the cooling cup. The ice men soon got to know him, and fre- cuently tossed him a plece of Ice, for which they forgot to charg him, so that his re- ceipts were almost clear profits. Since then he has taken charge of one of the switches on the road, and charges each driver five cents a week for turning the switch and saving him the trouble. He sub- let the contract to a small colored boy, so that 50 per cent of what he gets now goes to swell his bank account. It is said that he has between $700 and $800 stowed safely away, and this is growing all the time. Pretty good for a young boy, isn’t it? Some fine day he may be owning property along Connecticut avenue and driving his own car- riage, while the rest of us are still patroniz- ing the street cars. oe 8 ew It is getting to be quite the proper thing nowadays to make your own after-dinner coffee in the dining room or parlor instead of having it brought in, lukewarm and per- haps not half strong enough, from the Kitchen. There are all sorts of dainty coffee pots made for this purpose, rather orna- mental than otherwise, and lots of men pride themselves on their ability to make a cup of coffee that is fit for a king. With powdered coffee and a steady-burn- ing alcokol flame the trick is not a hard one to learn, and the result is a beverage as clear as amber, but as black as the inside of an Ethiopian’s pocket on a dark night. It is a pretty sight, too, to see a young matron presiding over a pretty copper outfit, and it goes way ahead of 5 o’clock tea. Then, which is no small consideration, your coffee is steaming hot when poured into the little egg-shell cups and the aroma that fills the air is not the least part of the charm. Which reminds me of an old proverb re- lating to after-dinner coffee. The Spanish use it, though it may not be original with them. They say that coffee, to be good, must be “‘as strong as love, as sweet as life, as black as death, and as hot as hell.” The quotatiom may Sot be Hteral, but it will do. 5 . There i a quiet little place on H street where liquor is sold, and also tobacco and cigars A few days ago a real nice young fellow entered ¢he shop and ordered a glass of beer. He drank it like a man, and then asked for a package of cigarettes. “J don’t sell them.” “You don't? Why not?” “Well, heaven knows, it’s bad enough to sell whisky, but I've got to draw the line somewhere.” Which simply. goes to show that there are distinctions which are not always visible at the first glance, ee ew ew “Women are curious sometimes, aren't they?” remarked a Cincinnati man to a Star reporter.” “Now, out in our town there is a woman who has rather extravagant tastes, but as her husband Is one of the richest men in the city it does not make as much difference as it otherwise might; but sometimes she goes a little too steep even for him. Recently she set her heart on hav- ing a new wrap, sealskin, I believe, edged with Russian sable, and anything else that would make it expensive. At any rate I know it was to cost something like $1,800. Too much? Well, anyhow it was one of the most expensive garments ever offered in Cin- cinnati. Her husband told her she might have it, but he thought he might as well take advantage of the opportunity to teach her an object lesson in economics at the same time. “Well the next day a wagon drove up to her house with a load of money and dumped it on the sidewalk and from there it was car- ried into the house. She had always thought of that much money as only some words written on a bank check, and when she saw what it actually meant in silver dollars and fifty-cent pieces it fairly took her breath away. I know that, to make the story complete, I ought to say that she sent it all back and devoted the rest of her life to charitable work; but she didn’t do anything of the sort. She ordered a push cart and hurried the money off to the store, and now she is only waiting for cooler weather to sow the seeds of envy and jealousy in every other feminine heart in Cincinnati.” Se SOUTHERN BELLES. More Numerous Than in the North Be- cause Southerners Are Politer. From Harper's Weekly. Did you ever happen to remark how large a proportion of southern ladies are belles? Our northern idea of a belle is of a being in petticoats of such egregious loveliness and grace that she shines con- spicuous among her sisters and excites more than her reasonable share of mascu- line admiration. There are belles in the north. A ball may have its belle; a season may have its belles. Charming young wo- men who are special favorites in society are often spoken of as belles even to the northward of Mason and Dixon's line. But whereas with us the title is ephemeral, the expression of a passing sentiment, and car- ries no very momentous weight, among our southern neighbors it seems to represent an achievement of solid value and perma- nence. In Kentucky or Virginia or Georgia once a@ belle seems to be always a belle. The title clings to its possessor, and long after the gaiety cf her youth has given place to soberer charms and demeanor she is still described as that erstwhile belle who so dazzled her contemporaries. Does the reader remember that he ever heard of a Kentucky girl who was not a great belle, or read an obituary of a Kentucky matron who was not described as “‘a great belle !n her youth?” There must be more belles in Kentucky alone than in all the middle states, though not more perhaps than in Virginia or Georgia. Dixie abounds in lovely women, but even her abundant pos- session of the raw material out of which belles are made seems hardly to account for this disproportionate development. There must be some other reason for it, and there are grounds for the belief that such a reason exists in certain character- istics of the southern man. It is asserted by women of experience who have been out in society in the south that, socially speak- ing, the southern man is as different from the northern man as men are from women, or fish from flesh. The northern man is poiite (when he is polite), but the southern man’s politeness runs into gallantry. A northern woman who has been an object of masculine attention in a southern city is apt to rememter it all her life, and to re- call it with regret. The southern women are belles because the southern men make them so. That seems to be the secret of it. Northern men may smile at it, but northern women will take It more se- riously, and wish, not improbably, that it happened so also to them. — --—+ee. MR. DEPEW’S GUESTS. An Incident of Travel and How He Explained His Action. From the New York Tribune. Mr. Chauncey M. Depew left New York the other evening for Buffalo. Just as he was passing through the gate one of the station employes said: “Mr. Depew, there is a touching case here. There are two women who have just come in from the west. They have just money enough left to buy tickets for themselves to Rochester, where their friends live, but each one has four children. We cannot let the children go without paying, under the rules, and the women seem thoroughly miserabl and have had nothing to eat ali day. They don’t know where to go, and if they are forced to leave the depot they will probably have to walk the streets all night.” Mr. Depew turned back, and in a moment saw that it was a worthy case. The women were Hebrews, and their story, as told to the trainman, they repeated to Mr. Depew. He said cheerily “Allright. Come along as my guests.” Accordingly the little troop clattered along after him and piled into the train. Their eyes beamed, and they seemed to be lifted at once from the very “slough of de- spond” to hysterical exhilaration, they were so glad to be going to their relatives. When Mr. Depew went back into his pri- vate car he found an appetizing supper waiting for him, and he thought of the hungry children in the front car. He sur- prised his colored cook and waiter by order- ing the one to prepare a substantial meal for elght from his stock of provisions, and the other to take it forward and give it to’ the two women and their children in the front cars. This was done and Mr. Depew saw no more of his guests. They got off at Rochester. When some one commented up- on it, he said, with a short laugh: “It was a selfish move on my part. A fel- low always sleeps better after he thinks he has helped some one out of difficulty.” ee on aneanaae TORTURE IN THE FRENCH ARMY. Companies Composed Entirely ef Men Who Are Under Legal Sentence. From the London Standard. A very painful sensation has been created in Paris, and will no doubt extend through- out the country, by the report of a court- martial just held at Tunis. Before re- counting the facts, it is requisite to explain that there exists in the French possessions in North Africa a special body of troops, technically described as “Compagnies de Discipline,” and dubbed in military par- lance by the quaint appellation of Biribi. This force is composed exclusively of bad and incorrigible characters. Conscripts who, when tho time comes for their in- corporation in the army, happen to be serving a time of penal servitude are not sent to the regular infantry, but to these disciplinary companies; and noted offend- ers in the line regiments at home or in Algeria are also drafted into the penal corps. The punishments are of a peculiarly severe and inhuman description. Having said this much, I proceed to lay before you a statement of the case from the pen of a noted supporter of the government, Sena- tor Ranc. He says: “A soldier of the third African battalion, Chedel by name, has met his death from ill treatment. The minister of war ordered an inquiry, which led to a leutenant, a sergeant and a corporal being brought be- fore a court-martial. They have just been tried and unanimously acquitted. Chedel, who was in a bad state of health, was locked up in a cell where the temperature stood at fifty degrees centigrade, or 122 de- grees Fahrenheit. He was deprived of wa- ter. He was, moreover, subjected to la crapaudine—that is to say, his feet and hands were tied together behind his back. In addition, a gag was placed in his mouth. First, a common tent peg was used for the purpose, and then a tent peg with a hand- kerchief wrapped around it. Finally a stone was forced into his mouth. These horrors were not denied. The judges ex- amined the surgeon of the battalion, and asked him what Chedel had died of. The question strikes one as a lugubrious joke. The accused urged in their defense that the gag was a usual punishment in the battal- ien by direction of the commanding officer. The offense of the man thus barbarously tortured to death was an attempt to desert. —____+e+____ Masks for Soldiers in Warfare. Paris Letter to London Telegraph. Masks for soldiers engaged tn warfare in the colonies, not as a defense against the sword or the bullet of the enemy, but as a protection from the no less dangerous co- horts of fevers—such is the original proposi- tion which has just been submitted to the Academy of Medicine. It emanates from Dr. Heurot, professor at the Rheims School of Medicine, who argues that the use of this mask would prevent the germs from pene- trating to the lungs of the soldier engaged in colonial warfare, who, as he is not ac- climated, and is overworked, is much more Mable to attack from fever than other peo- ple. In short, as he maintains, it would place a barrier between the deleterious at- mosphere and the organs of respiration, ——_+e2+—___ Her First Impressions. From the Chicago Record. After the amateur performance. Manager—‘‘Well, how did you like it?” Amateur Star—“Why, those beastly foot- lights shone into my eyes until I couldn’t FOR DYSPEPSIA Use Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. Dr. B. B. PETTITT, Sherman, Texas, says have used it in dyspepsia, with great success. think 1t is a fine remedy. Highest of all in Leavening Power— Latest U.S. Gov't Report YB Royal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE A FRENCH VIEW. The Danger of American Competition to Europe Engine Makers. From Le Gente Civil. That a new country, as North Americe must still be regarded from many points of view, should be able tosupply its own needs is in itself a remarkable fact. This, how- ever, does not seem to satisfy the activity of its people, with which Europe will have to count in future, on the battleground of in- dustry. The news that comes to us from the United States of an order for forty locomo- tives for Russia, placed with an American concern, will be received with a certain de- gree of surprise on this side of the Atlantic, especially if, as we are told, this order is to be followed by more important ones. Al- ready in the matter of furnishing railroad material American constructors had taken possession of the South American market, and were carrying on a formidable competi- tion against the English in their own colo- nies, especially in New Zealand and Aus- tralia, but it was hardly expected that they should be seen obtaining a foothold in Eu- rope. Now, in what concerns more especial- ly the railroad materials of which we speak here, this success is not due to the commer- cial ability and skill of the Americans, it de- pends, above all, on industrial and technical causes, which it is, perhaps, just as well to recall here. The types from which modern American locomotives have grown were selected from the point of view of being suitable to run on light roads, often poorly constructed, with curves of very short radius, In coun- tries often destitute of material for repairs, or where it is difficult to make repairs. The result was locomotives at once fiexible, rough in form,and extremely strong, which in Pew countries and in the colonies have shown themselves to be clearly superior tc European engines in the matters of dura- tion and cost of maintenance. Provided with distributing springs in all parts and testing on divided trucks, which, while in- suring sufficient stability, give them great flexibility, these machines adapt themselves in a wonderful manner to unevenness in the rcadbed and easily pass around curves of very short radius. The simplicity of their construction and the solidity of the parts allow of their being put in charge of men of little experience and of the employment of Persons more or less rough and clumsy. They are besides very powerful and built on bread lines, yet not weighing too much on the axles, thanks to the use of divided trucks that do away with the need for the oute: framework. . These were reasons more than sufficient to secure the success of these en- gines in undeveloped countries and colonies, even though their cost had not been less than that of European locomotives. But as a matter of fact the American builders are able to deliver complete loco- motives with their tenders at from eight to nine cents a pound, including packing. Why are our constructors, who have less to pay for labor and no more for material, unable to produce for the same price? The low cost of American locomotives, it must not be forgotten, does not rise from lack of care in construction, but because they are studied and built by makers who never lose sight of the cost price and who do not sacrifice the simplicity of the parts to any scientific con- sideration. Advance to them means deliver- ing more and more powerful engines for a constantly diminishing price; they care lit- tle whether or no they act economically or present certain guarantees demanded by the great European companies. Yet the Ameri- cans now turn out a great many compound engines of a type that seems hardly logical, but which cost little to apply and gives satis. factory results. The low cost of American engines arises from the fact that all the parts are studied and drawn with a view to their being made entirely by machinery, and that all the cast- ings are made acording to settled models, are interchangeable, and can be used for any engine of a particular type, dispensing with rew calculations for each new construction. The wheels are of cast steel,and very strong, the hearths are of steel, and the boilers of iron; the stopcocks are generally castings, and the tube work iron or steel, neither cop- rer nor bronze being used. American builders do not make engines and tenders in one piece, as the axle weight would be too great for the light roadbeds. Russia may, from some standpoints, be leoked upon as a new country, and to this reason doubtless may the success of Ameri- can engines be attributed. We must not forget, however, that the Americans are im- proving their lines year by year, and are now able to suit their engines to the new condi- tions that are growing nearer and nearer to those .existing in Europe, and that their competition, as it enlarges its sphere of ac- tion, becomes daily more formidable. ——__+-+ HOW STATUES ARE MADE. A Studio Visitor Gets a Few Ideas Which Astonish Him Vastly. From the New York World. Charles Caverley, N. A., the sculptor, stood in his studio the other day. Before him was a skeleton, a gruesome-looking object, but one faithfully produced. “What's that?” asked a visitor, pointing to the clay. “That,” said Mr. Caverley, “is to be a statue of Burns.” “But why don’t you make the poet?" in- quired the visitor. “What's the use of mak- ing skeletons?” Mr. Caverley then inform- ed the visitor “that all statues are built up that way. First the skeleton is modeled, then the muscles are put on, and lastly the clothes.”” The visitor apologized for his ignorance, and Incidentally remarked that he'd bet that nine out of ten men would think as he did. And perhaps he was right. eee The Conscientious Astronomer. From the New York Weekly. Housekeeper—“Did you ever have any reg- ular business, profession or trade Tramp—‘“Oh, yes, mum, I useter be a astronomer. Housekeeper- Why didn’t you keep at it Tramp—‘“I was too conscientious to make that there astronomy business pay, mum. A feller has gotter do some tall taliin’ to make a livin’ as a astronomer nowadays, mum, an’ I’m too honest to ‘ook at a littlé red ball up in th’ sky an’ claim to see folks diggin’ canals an’ boys throwin’ snow balls at th’ teacher. So I traded m+ instrume: to a street fakir for a free-lunch route.” ———-+e-+ Strength of the British Army. From the Lordon Spectator. The annual return of the British army, issued recently, contains some very inter- esting figures. On June 1 last there were 222,151 men and officers in the regular army—that number being the highest reached during the twenty years for which statistics ave available. The army reserve numbered 82,674, being slightly in excess of the previous year; the militia (enrolled), 121,667; yeomanry, 10,014, and volunteers, 231,328 enrolled, or 224,525 efficient, the lat- ter figure being 5,414 above that of 1893, and the highest yet reached. In the event of a great national emergency we could raise the regulars to 300,000 men, and have besides over 60U,000 militia and volunteers. f all things! | A HUSBAND'S STRATEGY. How He Made It Unlikely That His Mother-in-Law Will Visit Him. From the Chic ago Di Tribune. There was evidertly scmething on his mind, for he did not even notice the coffee was ccld and that the cook and housemaid * were quarreling audibly in the kitchen. “It can’t be the dressmaker’s bill,"” mused his wife, “for she has only sent it to me twice as yet; it will only go to his office as a last rescrt. Anyhow, if it is anythin) unpleasant h>'ll speak of it scon enough,” and she poured herself another cup of tea, which was hot. At last he spoke. “By the way, my dear, it seems rather dreary for you alone ail day in this large house. How should you Ike a visitor this winter?” “Whatever put such an idea into your head, Henry Marshmallow? I'm sure I have no time to spend in inventing amuse- ments for a girl who would make me a stranger in my own perlor. To be sure, Amy is engaged, and by coughing every time I come into the rocm—but then I’ve made all those lovely new sofa pillows. I can’t have them ruined. Then there is Effle—ook here, Henry, had you any one in particular in your mind?” Mr. Mérshmaliow looked alarmed. “Not at all, I assure you; that is, I mean—er— the lady I-had in mind is middle aged— elderly, in fact.” “It is quite Mrs. Mershmallow stiffered. impossible. In the first place, the guest chamber is not fit to be seen, and, anyhow, I don’t want anybody to sleep in that love- ly bed; it would spoil the set of pillows. Besides, I shall be too busy to take any- body around this winter; the house takes up all my time.” “But what I was thinking was that you might be glad of a little help in your house- keeping.” “That is just where you are mistaken, Henry Marshmallow; when I want any in- terference in my domestic affairs I'll let you know. Oh, yes, I know just how much she would enjoy putting a finger into my ‘ou quite surprise me, dear; stiil, you must know her better than I “That is the first time since our marriage that you have shown any appreciation of my judgment. I'm glad you've learned its value at last.” & “Oh, well, I thought to give you pleas. ure.” “Great pleasure, I'm sure. I only hope you haven't already invited her. If you have, I give you fair warning I shall just expose myself to smallpox and have the hcuse quarantined, so she can’t come. “Of course [ haven’t asked her. I thought I'd just suggest it, lest you didn’t like to, and you'd enjoy asking her yourself.” “And enjcy hearing all winter how she brought up fifteen children without ever a sealskin’ jacket or a pair of bloomers. “Really, I was not aware that your—' “Of course you were not aware of any- thing. Weil, I'll not have any company this winter, that's flat. I'm going to fit up the guest chamber as a private gymna- sium, and I'll have ne room for any one. “Very well, then, that settles it; we'll say no more about it. I wasn’t overanxious for it myself.” He was struggling into his coat as he spoke. “I only thought you would like a nice long visit from your mother, so I— “My own mother! Why, I—I thought all this time you meant your mother! Oh, Henry, I— But the street door had closed, and s! could hear him whistling joyously as he * went down the street. —— FAMILY PEDIGREES. Am Increasing Demand for Informa tion on This Subject. From the New York Herald. A young New Yorker undertook, about four years ago, as a matter of business, the research of pedigrees and coat armor, both in English and continental surnames, with a view of establishing the right of families to bear coat armor by inheritance. He styles himself a “pursuivant of arms” and undertakes to search the genealogical trees of families in this country whose ancestors came from England, France or other parts of Europe in early days. He told me yes- terday that the number of families in this country who are entitled to coats of arms, but who are ignorant of their rights, is very large, the number being particularly great in the south and west, where the successors of ancient families emigrated many years ago, and have lost sight of their family rights in heraldry. His method is to commence by searching genealogical works in New York, first going through those which are accessible at the Astor and other libraries, “In the United States most family lines do not go back earlier than 1700,” he said. “These are co.nprised in two divisions, those families who sprung from peasants and those of other lines. Of course, the former have no claim to coats of arms.” Having extenfed his research in this coun- try as far as possible, he extends his inves- tigations to Europe. In France the law compels the mayors in towns and cities to supply persons who may apply with free lists of the archives on file in their respec- tive cities concerning cbats of arms and on all subjects of pedigree. In- England such research must be paid for. In New York, Boston and Philadelphia requests for a search for coats of arms and family pedigrees are naturally not as great as in the west. Families in the east have given more attention to the establishment of their family lines. Yet notwithstanding this fact he says that the interest in heraldry and the establishment of family rights to coat agmor is constantly increasing, as is shown by the growing demand and use of stamped stationery, and also in other forms. This demand is also growing in the west, Proving the increased interest in the estab- lishment of pedigrees throughout the coun- try. see Rich Find in a Book. Trom the London Daily News. The custom of placing your money be- tween the leaves of a book for safety, par- ticularly in books which are not likely to attract much attention, and forgetting all about it, was exemplified the other day when a Turin physician came upon a treas- ure of 40,000 lire. The physician had to re- fer to a book upon clinics, which was in a bookcase in a library belonging to the family of Dr. Giordano, who had been dead some two years. Th‘s wonderful book contained some Italian Rentes and a receipt for a de- posit at the Banca d'Italia, altogether of the value of the above-named sum. The papers were, of course, handed over to the family of the late doctor. Law of Contraric From Brooklyn Life. “Why do you always say no tomy propo . sitions at first and then do just as I wish you to?” “Because, my dear, by taking the negative sige I am positive to displease you: then, by doing what you are really positive shall do, although I have refused, you give me credit for self-abnegation, which I should otherwise fail to secure. - = —= A suggestion to street car companies forforcing passengers to pay more prompt at- tention to the genial. ‘Move up, please!"’—Life.