Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1895, Page 20

20 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. I have type the exact duplicate of Engraving! It's a ne The only place ip town that has it. 1 charg this Is used than for tie ordinary so ples can be secn on cn) Elliott, ; at4-10d Please. <> | Couldn’t please grandpa and grandma more—than to give them a pair of Eyeglasses |; or Spectacles. Such useful gifts are the kind they'll ap- preciate. We've all kinds— frames and frameless. Prices start at $1. 02 We examine the eyes—fit the exact lenses—after giving—with- out extra charge. McAllister & Co., EXAMINING OPTICIANS, e130 F St. BLDG. oe eeeeee | MONTICELLO Is [xxRRMREEREERE EERE EER ERM ERER ERS lp eeeeeeee epee eeees ‘TO “St dalt | the name of one of the finest whiskers we or au¥body else ever sold. A four-year-old Mquor—absolutely pure mellow tasting. We offer this famous whis- ky at $3 a gallon. "Phone 1084 or mail your orders. ON. HL. 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Opposite my door is a magnificent white ash, and on September days I while away @ few moments observing the fruit leave the tree. The seeds, while hanging in what we called in our childhood “bunches of keys," are single, but, like those of the maple, form a samara, that is, they have @ wing-like appendage. In this instance the wing incloses the seed at one end and is then prolonged like the blade of an oar As soon as it leaves the “bunch of key: the wing revolves in the current of air, re- minding of the action of an oar in sculling. In this way, by automatic sculling, many @ seed is carried far beyond the area ruled over by the parent ash tree, and the young plants, when they start into active life, will Rot rob their progenitor of its nourishment. The elm has a similar provision, only in its case the wing extends equally on ail sides of the seed, and when set free to seck its fortune, the adventurer flicks up and down, ‘on this side and on that, in the oddest way- ward fashion, until it finds a resting place. Of the many pleasures which await the observing eye, the methods of transport- ing seeds are by no means the least inter- esting. The poppy is provided with a sort of pepper dredger, the holes of which are just under the cap. As the wind rattles the dry stalk, or some animal pushes against it, the small black grains are thrown broadcast around. The violet with its three-valved pod dries up, inside out as it were, thus scattering its seeds with force enough to throw them to some distance. In the south of Europe grows the squirting cucumber, from which we get the drug elaterium. By the action of the juice on the tissue of the chamber containing the 8e@1s a strong pressure is set up, and often the slightest touch will cause an explosion, like that of a soda-water bottle, and the seeds are ejected as canister-shot was of old, often falling at a distance of twenty feet. Another plant acts more leisurely. In- stead of flying, or clinging to some animal, or being shot out from its parent, It de- Uberately sets itself to walk to its future home. It is an ally of the mistletoe and has a viscid berry. Wherever the seed falls it adheres, and there germinates. When the radicle has become about an inch long it develops a flattened disk at its extremity, and then curves about until the disk touches some neighboring surface. Should {t find the locality a suitable one, {t pro- ceeds at once to grow. If not, ft lifts Itself up, tears the viscid berry from its hold, twists itself in a new direction, deposits the berry again, lifts up the disk, and tries @ new spot, repeating the process until its Wants are satisfied. This stfange plant is en arceuthobium, and is parasitic on juni- ers. A relative of it, characteristic on beech ees, 1s provided with four long flattened @ppendages by which ft anchors itself to the branches until its sucking disk has a g00d hold. There is no need to dwell on the artifice of concealing seeds in a tempting and suc- éulent fruit, but the morality of assuming @ disguise may be questioned. Yet such is fie plan of Scorpiurus, which has seeds so ke @ caterpillar or a centipede that a bird May be forgiven for being deceived into swallowing one in expectation of a dainty morsel. Boys, O Girls, Tell your folks that Gor Fairyland. A million p Pictures, “Tree Orn: t Scrap Book Favors, Fancy Paprr, Santa Claux Masks, Candies and yer Dolls, Cornucoplas, Moukeys, Ant- tale, Candy Boxes, &. de14-2t* WITH THE CLUBMEN Events of Interest in the World of Cyclists. « GOSSIP FROM THE CLUB HOUSES Police Regulations in Regard to Conduit Road Racing. A NOVICE DEFINED From all indications, racing on the Con- duit road is now a thing of the past; that is, on all that portion of the course which lies within the bounds of the District line. This is the decree of the police department, and, acting under instructions, the mounted po- lice In the ccunty around Georgetown, who generally adorn race meets on the Conduit, will stop all future exhibitions of the sport on thet thoroughfare. This is a source of regret to the local riders, as this road is the best of any highway leading Into the Dis- trict, and a course that could be used in al- mest any kind of weather. So far as the police are concerned, they will attempt to break up the sport, possibly because it involves some additional work on them, but so far as can be learned there is no direct law enabling them to accomplish their purpose. A test case could be suc- cessfully made, but that would involve time and expense, and would have to be borne by an individual. Were the wheelmen of the city united in the effort the situation would assume a different phase. In the absence of an organization of wheelmen the local beard of cycle trade should push the matter to a definite conclusion. Should the result be unfavorable to the wheelmen there is still a little consolation left. Though the popular twenty-mile course becomes un- available, a fifteen-mile course could be ar- ranged, making the starting point just out- side of the District line and on the brow of Dalecariia hill, though as a starting point it might be open to the objection of being rather dangerous. The condition of affairs of the League of American Wheelmen in this city at present appear to be in a very muddled state. The election was held last month, and yet, to all intents and purposes, no election has been held. If anything, matters are in a worse state now than prior to the election. Geo. W. Cook was chief consul then, is now, and mest likcly will continue to be. That is about the only solution to the matter that can be advanced. To show the interest taken in tne election by local members, it is only necessary to state that out of a mem- bership of seventy-eight only fifteen voted. This, too, in face of the fact that all a mem- ber had to do was to fill out a self-directed return postal card and forward it to the rational secretary. Out of these fifteen votes returned one was a blank, and the others for the following for chief consul: B. F. Larcombe, Arlington Wheeimen, four votes; George W. Cook, three votes; J. Hart Brittain, two votes; William T. Robertson, two votes, and the remaining three being scattering. For secretary-treasurer the vote was as follows: B. F. Larcombe, six; George W. Cook, two; William H. Stearns, two; scattering, three, and blank, two. Mr. Larcombe led in the contest for both offices, and, strange to say, he was not a candidate for either. Last year he filled the office of secretary-treasurer, but resigned a menth before the close of the term to take up the study of medicine. On November 21 he received a communication from Mr. Bas- sett, the national secretary, apprising him of his election to both offices, and advising bim that the proper course to pursue was to resign as secretary-treasurer, and, having the appointive power, to select some person for that office. Mr. Larcombe immediately replied to the communication, and, not wishing to act In an official capacity, he notified the national secretary to that effect, suggesting a new election. No reply has been received by him to this letter. Instead of the old officers’ names being published in the standing lists of division officers of the league in the official publication, the Dis- trict of Columbia subdivision was removed entirely, and no mention made of it at all in the Issue. This is drawing things to a fine point, and Is a sort of slap in the face se the local aggregation of league mem- rs. The Club Championship. The declaration of the last meeting of the Washington Road Club that there are no club champions of the road in the Dis- trict 1s a commendable action, coupled with the fact that they refused to accept the honor unless. won in competition. By their action in the matter the club has left open a date for a positive race next season, and possibly more than one. Another action of the Read Club which meets with general approval among wheel- men are the strong resolutions passed favoring fair riding in road contests. If the other clubs placed themselves on the same basis fair sport would be assured. In connection with the dropping of Thomp- son for unfair riding Thanksgiving day, all the other clubs in the city have been noti- fled of the action. Road riding has practically stopped for the season in the Capital Bi. Ciub, and though no club runs will be called until spring, knots of individual riders enjoy a ride on a fair day. Last Sunday Messrs. Boteler, Macdaniel and a few other riders rode out to Reckville. The day was anything but pleasant for riding, and on the return the wheelmen were caught in the rain. The attention of the members is now di- rected to inside games. The drive whist party, which was to have bcen held last Wednesday, was postponed until last even- ing, a number of ladies taking part. The pool tourney commenced last Sat- urday evening, with twenty-two entries. The contest will continue for over a month. Proposed Races. A meeting of the Dupont Cycle Club will be held next week, at which final arrange- ments for the club road race will be com- pleted. On account of the lateness of the season it is hardly possible that the event will come off before next spring. The Potomac Wheelmen have abandoned road riding for the winter. Just at pres- ent the interest of the members is toward indoor sports. ‘The riders of the Washington Road Club will take a short spin tomorrow morning to Chevy Chase. Last Sunday ro run was made on account of the rain. A. H. Wall, who has so carefully looked after the finances of the club this season, has resigned the office of treasurer. Ru- delph Jose has been elected to serve the remainder of the term. Dr. W. W. Hodges, the chairman of the house committee, by hard work has trans- formed the new quarters, and made the rcoms cozy and home-like. The entire place has been repain and repapered and the plumbing modernized. The latest acquisition is gas stoves to heat the en- tire place. Mr. William Jose, who is now on a busi- ness trip through the Shenandoah valley, is expected to be home again by Christ- mas. The Imer Wheelmen, at a meeting held Wednesday, indorsed the action of the Washington Road Club in dropping Thomp- son and advancing fair riding in road rac- ing. ‘The first dance of the club proving such a success the members have decided to give a similar dance about the first of next month. Miss Nettie Brown of No. 432 M street northwest has extended an invitation to the club and Its lady friends for an even- ing's entertainment at her home on New Year eve. At the mecting of the club the Invitation was accepted. The mecting nights of the club have been changed to the first and third Thursdays of each month. The Relny Ride. The military cyclists now have on hand the scheme of giving a dance at National | Rifles’ Armory some time next month or the early part of February. The proceeds will go to defray the expenses of the suc- cessful relay ride to New York city. The regular drill of the company will be held this evening at the armory. The basket ball team of the club has so far been playing a good game. Out of four | ere won two have been | lost. The admirers of the team think that | there is the making of a strong aggresa- tion in the pl; S At the last meeting of the Arlington Wheelmen it was decided to hold the an- weather. nual dinner this year at the Raleigh Hotel some time in the early part of next month. A committee on arrangements, consisting of Messrs. Gettinger, Potts and Reinhardt, has been appointed to make all prepara- tions for the affair, to which a limited number of outsiders will be invited. Messrs. George Ball and Fred. Schade left town it Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock on a tandem for Herndon, Va., twenty-seven miles distant, The upward trip as far as Chantilly was made in 1.30, and after a night's lay over the two pro- ceeded to Herndon in the morning. The return trip was begun at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the rain, and it was fully three hours befe:e Washington was reached. The riders suffered a number of falls. The Altair Cycle Club contemplates ar- ranging a series of entertainments for- the winter for the amusement of club members only. If the Columbian University becomes a member of the Intercollegiate Athletic As- sociation, Fred. Schade will undoubtedly ride under the Varsity colors at the an- nual meet next May at Berkeley Oval. A Novice Defined. Under the interpretaton of the rules of the L. A. W., a rider is a novice, no matter how many events he may have won on the road, provided he has not won any track events. Under this interpretation comes T. N. Mudd, jr., the crack rider of the Arlington Wheelmen, who has been un- usually successful on the road, but who has never won a race on the track. He has had particular aversion to track racing because of the fact that in his first and only experience on the track he sustained a fall, with serious bodily injuries. His friends in the club, however, intend placing him on the track next season, with the general hope that he will be as successful in the short races as he has been In long road races. The cyclists of Montreal are agitated over an ordinance which proposes to place a tax of $5 on all bicycles, and the opposi- tion to the measure has assumed such a form that the legislature at Quebec has been petitioned to do away with the tax. A peculiar decision of the racing board threw a man in class B ranks last month. The man lives in New Jersey, and was a reporter for the United Press. He was sent out by this association to cover a bi- cycle meet, his expenses being paid, and while at the races he entered and won an event. Though he was sent to the place on a different errand, and his expenses paid, the racing board decidgd he had violated the class A rules and transferred him in class B. = A projected bicycle Is expected to carry nine persons a mile in twenty seconds. The potice commisisoners of New York city have mounted two policemen on wheels to patrol the Boulevard and pre- vent scorching and racing between cyclists, horsemen and others. In the case of Cabanne-Titus-Murphy, who were permanently barred by the rac- ing boards of the league, Chairman Gideon refuses to grant an open trial in the fol- lowing terse language: “This is not a court of law, and as I have other business of my own to attend to, I cannot possibly set aside a day to devote to a ‘trial’ in open court of every protest case or disagree- ment that comes under our rules.” INTEREST IN BASKET BALL. A Large Gathering in the W. A. C. Gymnasium, The basket ball teams of the Washing- ton Athletic Club and the Potomac Wheel- men met last evening in the gymnasium of the former team, with the result that the W.A.C. won easily by a score of Sto 1. A large audience was present to testify to the interest attaching to such games, and al- though the score was one-sided, the game was thoroughly enjoyable. Akers and Brinkley of the W.A.C., and Greene, Ellis and Raab of the Patomac boys put up a good game. The teams lined up as follows: : Wheelmen. Greene. Zeaman 1; 1. Free thro Referee—Kell Scorer—James three fifteen-minute innings. EACH TOOK ONE. s—W. A. C., Umpire—J. Martin. Time— .. C. I. and W. A. C. Bowl Two Games of Ten Pins. Two games of ten pins were rolled upon the alleys of Carroll Institute last night with the Washington Athletic Club team. The Carrolls took the first and lost the sec- ond. It was the eighth set of games bowled on the institution alleys with the W. A. C. The W. A. C. are still in the lead in the Dis- trict Bowling League, but are closely press- ed by the Carrolls. The scores follow: First game. Carroll, St.Sp.Se. W.A.C. St.Sp.Se. Rice... 2 4 149 Kidd . 4 136 Merritt 6 2 168 Fuller..... 4 129 Brazerol 2 3 138 Martin 4 128 Locraft, B. 8 164 1 101 Armstrong..1 4 130 3 168 Second game. Carroll. St.Sp.Se. W.A.C. St.Sp.Sc. Rice ... 3 3 4 167 Merritt . 5 162 Brazerol $ Martin 8 169 Locraft, B..0 4 125 Story 2 lo Armstrong..3 6 195 Shlesinger 1 165 —— WEATHER FALLACIES. Bellefs in Regnard to the Moon's In- fluence Not Credited. Frou Nature. Fallacies about the moon are numerous, such as that the full moon clears away the clouds; that you should only sow beans or cut down trees in the wane of the moon; that it is a bad sign if she changes on a Saturday or Sunday; that two full moons in a month will cause a flood; that to see the old moon in the arms of the new brings on rain, and many others, of which a caia- logue alone would take up a good deal of spere. M. Flammarion says that moon's influence on the weather is negli ble. The heat reaching us from the moon would only affect our temperature b; twelve-millionths of a degree, and the mespheric tides caused by the moon wi only affect the barometric pressure a few hundredths of an inch—a quanti than the changes which are alway: place from other causes. © are disposed to agree with the rhyme which thus sums up the subjec' ‘The moon and the weather May charge together; But change of the moon Does not change the weather. Even the halo round the moon has been discredited, for Mr. Lowe found that it was as often followed by fine weather as b: rain, and Messrs. Mazrictt and Abercrom| found that the lunar halo immediately pre- ceded rain in thirty-four cases out of six one. We aiways have a lingering hope that some future meteorologist will disentangle the overlapping {afluences, and arrive some dey at a definite proof that our satellite after all has something to do with our +°+—____ ‘Ree Careless Riders. From Life. “Why, “Why, FOR WINTER NIGHTS 5 a Sport That is Occupying Attention of the @lubs. CURRENT TOURNAMENTS OF INTEREST Local Contests of°Chess, Checkers and Whist. his w SOME RECENT; GOOD GAMES ‘The first individual match to be finished in the tournament at the Washington Chess Club was that between Walker and Hanna. In their second game the opening was ir- regular. At the twenty-fifth move Walker was a pawn ahead, wnen Mr. Hanna sac- rificed a rook, expecting to win readily, but his opponent sacrificed the queen for the other rook, and had an easy win, but, being pressed for time, played hurriedly and al- lowed a mate with a pawn on the thirty- fourth move, which could easily have been avoided. In their third game Walker defended with a Sicilian defense, the same as in the first game, and again got into trouble early in the game, and resigned on his thirty-fifth move. The score of the match is: Hanna, 3; Walker, 0. Wright won his second game from Gwyer. The opening was irregular. Wright won a piece on the twenty-fourth move, but the game was prolonged to about sixty moves before Gwyer resigned. The score stands: Wright, 2; Gwyer, 0. But one game was played the past week between Tharp and O'Farrell, which the latter won in thirty-six moves. The open- ing was the Petroff defense, which was well played on both sides. The captain effected a clever checkmate. The score is as fol- lows: O'Farrell, 2; Tharp, 0. Tibbetts played a French defense against Otte in their third game. The latter played cleverly in the middle game, and won a piece, which advantage he maintained, and won easily. Otte played a French defense in the fourth game, which was hard fought on both sides up to forty-five moves, when Otte blundered and lost his queen. The game was ad- journed in Tibbett’s favor. In the first game between Messrs. Gichner and Patterson, a four-knights opening, the latter was a pawn ahead, with the better position, when he lost a piece by an over- sight on the thirty-fourth move, and on the following move lost his queen, overlooking the presence of his opponent's rook. Their second game, a queen’s gambit declined, was well played for thirty-four moves, when Gichner lost his queen by an oversight and resigned. The score stands one each. Capital Club's Chess Tourney. In the chess tournament at the Capital Bicycle Club Quackenbush has added three wins to his score, but he lost a game to Bar- rick and dropped back to second place. Usina has played and won five games this week, among them one from Barrick, and is again in the lead. It is no easy thing to win frem Mr. Barrick. 'He is a clever player, and, besides, is very,glow. There is no time limit in the tournament, and a player can take all the time b@-chooses. Under such circumstances a aglgw player exasperates and tires out a more gpeedy antagonist. The score is as foligws: Usina, won 13, lost 2; Quackenbush, won 6, lost 1; Ba 114, lost 3%; Douglas, won 4, lost a won 514, lost 514; Macdaniel, won. 6, lost 8; Falck, won 2, lost @; 4: Wirt, won 2, lost 11, and Calver, won-{), lost, Mt. Vernon Club Checkers. Checker playing has been quite lively at the Mount Vernon Clyb, 90 9th street, this week. In the tournament, class A, Mc- Hardie has taken Jead, with an excellent record. The score to date is as follows: W.L.D. McHardie ...11°1 6 Whitford Mundelle 411 5 6 Fitch). Ward... 8 5 3: Miller Farquhar .. 10 6 6. Smith Pedal 4 2 4 Jackson Wendell .....6 4 In the class B tournament, in which there are thirteen entramts;sthe score of the leaders is as follows: *, WA.D. we WALD. Murray 32810 Burton ©... 1917 3 Grove 18 7 & Stefhenson. 9 410 Cramer ..... 7 6 3 The Dig Four at Whist. The “big four” whist players of the Cap- {tal Bicycle Club, which title was won by Messrs. Quackenbush, Harban, Britton and Wooten, in a tournament recently, were de- feated last Saturday evening in a match of twenty-four boards, duplicate whist, by Messrs. C. M. Barrick, D. J. Carr, Lindley Fogg and F. H. Stevens. The latter four won by several tricks, and thus in turn be- came the “big four” of the club. The match has demonstrated the superi- ority of one four over the other, but it has not demonstrated that the best four whist players of the club constitute the “big four.” Some other method will have to be adopted for that purpese. When the club plays for the American League trophy, it should be represented by the best team possib! ‘Last evening was ladies’ drive whist night at the Capital Bicycle Club, at which the members, with their Indies, played whist during the early evening; then the guests were entertained with music and refresh- ments, and the evening's enjoyment con- cluded with a dance. Washington Chess Club. The rules have been posted for the handi- cap continuous chess tournament at the Washington chess tournament. There will be four classes—scratch, pawn and mov pawn and two moves and knight odds. Each entrant will be allowed in the beginning to place himself in- whichever class he chooses, but as the tournament progresses and changes sre found necessary they will be made. At least twenty games must be play- ed in order to win a prize. A good deal of interest is taken in the tournament at tne club. Chess Notes. The Brooklyn Chess Cluo has just com- pleted a match of two games by correspond- ence with the Chicago Chess Club, having won one game and drawn the second. In the queen’s gambit declined, in the game with the Washington Chess Club, the Brocklyn club is following the moves usu- ally made by Pillsbury and Showalter. The second game between the clubs has shifted to the four knights’ opening. Delmar continues to lead in the Brooklyn chess championship tournament, with five straight wins. Showalter lost a game in the tournament last Tuesday to Jonn Mor- phy. Snowalter played a two knights’ de- Tense and tried to foree a win, but failed and d after forty-dhe moves. ates Chas. P. Latham, formerly of this city, is In the city on legal business. He is now living in Richmohd, where he is one of the strongest ches3 players in the city. Coming of Dunraven. 5 Lord Dunrayen will sail for New York Wednesday next in order to assist the com- mittee of the New York Yacht Club in its investigation of the “charges brought by his lordskip against pe tenier, A Tri-State Racing Circuit. TERRE HAUTE, Itid., December 14.—A call has been s@nt ofit for a meeting at Indianapolis January 7% to arrange a circuit | of running race meetings for June and July ext year. The movetnent started with thc fair association in this city, which has de- | cided to give a running mecting instead of | a trotting meeting, leaving the trotting | field to the trotting’ associaition. The pur- | pose is to organize a cireuit with from six | to ten cities in this state, Ohio and Mich- igan. Sutton, The grand intertational chess tourna ment, in witch Messrs. Lasker, Pillsbur Steinitz and Tschigorin take part, began at Peiersburg yesterday afternoon at th St. Petersburg Chess C! alts were as follo pury beat Lasker in a Petroff afte: re moves orin beat Sceinitz in a PQ 4 openir: forty move The players will play a six-round tourna- | St. rooms of the Reickers for the fiscal During that period thirty-four locals and three district councils have been created, and the receipts were $15,597. $4,309.64 the year preceding. The list of members has increased 6,000. Chess Match at St.Petersburg. ment, that is to say, each man will games with every other man. Pool Championship Yet Undecided. The championship in the pool tourney at Syracuse, N. Y., is yet undecided. In today’s games Clearwater plays Keogh. If Clearwater should win this game he will be the champion; if not, there will be a tie for first place between Keogh, Clearwater and De Oro. Following are the scores in last night’s eae 01 128; Keogh, 95. Si e Oro, 128; Keogh, 95. tches, 5 ipa orsee r4 icratches, Keogh, Eby, 128; Sutton, 68. Scratches, Eby, 3; AMONG THE TOILERS The Chicago bill posters have organized and want their fellow craftsmen in other cities to do likewise. The great strike in the British shipping trade is expected to terminate successfully for the men. The printers gained three new unions during last month. It ts reported that the miners are display- Ing increased activity in organization. The National Tailors’ Union will remove their headquarters from New York to Bloomington, Ill. Much interest is being taken in the vote of the combined metal trades on the eight- hour question. ‘Terence V. Powderly now practices law in Pennsylvania, and it is announced that he has permanently retired from the labor movement. Reports submitted to the Amalgamated Street Railway Union state that four new unions were formed during the past year. At Cleveland, Ohio, the structural iron workers have decided to form a national organization similar to that of the Amal- gamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, Fellow-craftsmen in Pittsburg and a number of other cities are said to fa- vor the project. The great progress made by the United Garment Workers of America is shown by the annual report of General Secretary year just ended. 5, as against In St. Paul, Minn., the American Federa- re a few days ago granted a charter to e Union, which pays a per capita tax on 2,500 members. The difficulties which con- fronted the Federation were removed by the agreement recently entered into with the International Typographical Union. International Printing Pressmen’s The Indianapolis bicycle peaple are all busy, and from present indications it is thought that fully 2,500 people will be em- Ployed by the bicycle manufactories of that city during the coming year. More than forty of Debs’ A. R. U. lodges have been organized east of the Alleghanies and north of Mason and Dixon's line, and forty unions will be organized in Tennes- see and Georgia. Debs is to make a tour of Missouri and Texas within a few weeks, and great preparations to recelve him are being made all along the line. The constitutionality of the California barbers’ Sunday-closing law Is to be tested in the courts, The milk dealers of Grand Rap!ds, Mich., are trying to affiliate themselves with the local labor organizations. The Iron Molders’ Union has gained nearly 4,000 members during the last three months, and has not lost a single strike this year, while it has gained several. The teamsters, helpers, draymen, etc., are getting along well with their project for an international unicn. There are twenty-two lecal unions of these men now affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. It has been decided by a referendum vote that the Granite Cutters’ National Union shall affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. A renewed effort is being made in St. Louis to interest all the local labor bodies in the building of a labor headquarters. Nathan Strauss, the wealthy New York philanthropist, has unionized his large cigar manufactory. The bookbinders of the United States have, by a large majority, decided to fed- erate with the printers and pressmen. TO SECURE TOLERANCE. ° Large Sums Paid Out by the Monte Carlo Casino to Newspapers. From the Pall Mall Magazine. Publicity” (as the genius who presides over the accounts of the Casino at Monte Carlo is pleased to call it) constitutes the most expensive item upon the debit side of the account. The designation is, however, a misnomer, seeing that the object of the expenditure of £60,000 per annum ts the sup- Pression, not the publication, of matters re- garding the workifig of the Casino. It is a striking flustration of the power of the press (though in a derogatory sense) that the Casino is obliged to spend more money upen obtaining its tolerance of the gambling than Is paid to the Prince of Monaco for the concession. Three-fourths of the £80,000 (re- duced last year to £60,000) is handed to news- papers in the way of annual “subventions;” the rest goes to stop tke pens of publicists who write blackmailing books and pam- phlets, and to the “squaring” of enterprising persons who plaster the walls of Nice and reighborhood with placards and pictures Ffortraying the more ghastly results of the gambling passion. In 1893-1894 the French press received from the company £58,000, and £2,000 was paid to English newspapers on the continent and to half a dozen correspondents, who performed certain services In the way of encouraging sport on the Riviera and “cor- recting’’ reports of irregularities in the man- agement of the Casino which may appear in the English press. It was asserted categor- {eally in an English magazine some time ago that only French newspapers accepted money from Monte Carlo. Would that it were so! At the same time the honor of the British press—which stands higher than that of any other press in the world—is searcely touched by the acts of a few of its representatives abroad who have acquired the habits of continental journalism, and who stoop to methods which (as recent scan- dals have proved) are oniy too common in the management of foreign journals. Blackmail was attempted on a large scale during two years near the raibway station In Nive. Four pictures were painted upon an immense boarding. One represented the en- trance to the Casino; another the gardens, with the body of one suicide lying on the ground, and another hanging from a lamp post; a third portrayed a mother and her children “uttering imprecations upon the gambling establishment, and a fourth de- picted the interior of the palace, with the Prince and Princess of Monaco sitting upon the throne crowned with roulettes and re- ceiving bags of gold and rolls of bank notes from the manager of the Casino. The portraits were unmistakable. A mil- lion francs wis demanded for the suppres- sion of the pictures by the author of this audacious scheme. But the manager replied that he could not afford to pay half that sum, in view of the bad season experienced by the tables, and he played a waiting game. In the end he beat the would-be blackmaliler, for the pictures were seized for non-pay- ment of ground rental, and the boarding was taken down. These details will afford some idea of the kind of claims which fall under this heading of “publicity.” But there is much weeping and wailing and splashing of ink @ust now among these reptiles of tke press, for at the last meeting the new directors decided to still further »educe the subventions, which have dropped in three years from £100,000 to £60,000 per annum. coe Catching Ostriches in the Soudan. play a F | sor atnietes to adopt th ac Bai whi OOT BALL IN SA FETY free from reproach of brutality anopehens Winter Schedule of the National Association Completed. PRINCETON HAS TAKEN UP THE GAME ————— Skill in Using the Feet the Im- portant Factor. —_s—_—_—_ GOOD SPORT FOR WINTER —_.——__ Foot ball, as played under the associa- tion rules, hes gaired a firm foothold in America, and its supporters are constantly increasing. In fact, it is not rare for warm admirers of the game as played by the colleges and athletic clubs to become even more ardent supporters of the association game after seeing it played once by two skillful teams. The association game is what the older generation is more familiar with than the present generally adopted game. It wasn’t known as association foot ball in those days. It was simply foot ball. There was no tackling, no running with the ball, no V-shaped nor flying wedges, ro struggling, tangled heaps of players. The ball was kicked, not carried, and a sur- prising degree of skill was developed in directing the ball across the field. And the sides vere not restricted to eleven. Why, fifty or seventy-five or a hundred on a side Was no uncommon occurrence. Yet few players were injured. No long courses of preparatory training were necessary. In the old days boys turned naturally to foot ball in the fall as soon as the weather be- came too cold for base ball, and no special course was considered necessary. Well, the association game embraces all the good features of the old American game, although it Is designated by a name given it in England. Tne game is really the result of a protest made some twenty cr thirty years ago in England against the brutality and roughness then so prevalent in the Rugby game. A number of Enclish and Scotch clubs met and formed an asso- ciation for the purpose of promoting and encouraging a sport free from such ob- Jectionable features. Foot ball under asso- ciation rules was the offspring of their de- liberations. The evolution of the game has been gradual, chunges being made from oF today ian goes the association foot ball y is as safe as any mani ce y y maniy sport can It will be remembered that an attempt was made by several base ball magnates to play a series of professional foot ball games on the base ball fields in the castern cities last fall, but that the attempt was given up. Baltimore's team was so far superior to the others that interest was kiiled in the other cities. The Baltimore Sun of a receat date says of oe attempt “That the managers abandoved this sport before it had had a fair trial is to pee gretted, for it did not live long enough to be copied by students and athletic clubs. Had it been taken up by the amateurs it is probable that there would have been fewer broken bones to grieve over.” The game is played with eleven men on a side. Their positions and the manner in which the field is laid out are shown in the accompanying diagram. There are five for- wards, two right and two left wings and a center, three half-backs; two backs and a goalkeeper. The ball used is almost entirely round, much like an orange in shape. In circum- ference it is about twenty-seven or twenty- elght inches, and it weighs fourteen or fif- teen ounces. The length of the field cannot be less than 100 or more than 200 yards, its minimum breadth being 50 yards and its maximum 100. The limits of length and breadth are marked off with flags and touch lines. Six yards from the goal posts and twelve yards from the goal lines are indicated by marks to show where the ball is to be kicked from, urder certain condi- tions. In the center of the field is a circle ten yards in radius. The goals are upright posts eight yards apart, with a crossbar elght feet from the ground. The game, which lasts an hour and a half, is started by the center of the side winning the toss kicking off from the center of the field in the direction of the opposite goal ine The got mae has to keep outside e ten-yard circle till the ball has bi kicked off. “* ia The ball is always on the move, and only when the referee’s whistle sounds is there any let up in the play. The game, when played by experts, is the perfection of sci- entific passing. Each man should dribble only long enough to enable him to pass the ball with the more advantage to his com- rade, and the opposing sides move up and down the field with as much rapidity, as much apparent disunion and as much real harmony as a kaleidoscope. They are two big human machines, and the one whose machinery works the smoother, barring accident, wins the game. So perfect has the game become from a scientific standpoint that it would seem as if there were but little room left far further development. 2 In all this brilliant passing the foot ts the chief factor; but, especially with the experts, the head plays an important part in the game. A writer in the New York World remembers seeing a great game at Kennington Oval, London, between two professional teams, the Preston North Ends and the Wolverhampton Wanderers, in which the Preston forwards took the ball the whole length of the field, passing it from one to another with their heads as a juggler keeps a ball bouncing up and down on his forehead. The defense work is capable of producing brilliant play. All who saw the sandy- haired little Wallace on Mr. Hanlon’s team “dribbling” the ball around a space of five or six feet square and successfully keeping it in his control while four or five opponents tried to kick it beyond his reach were loud in their praises of the scientific abilities shown. Rule X of the association game sows how widely it differs from Rugby and American footbail. The rule reads as fol- lows: Neither tripping, hacking nor jumping at a player shall be allowed, and no player shall use his hands to hold or push his ad- versary or play in any manner likely to cause injury. No player may charge an opponent from behind, unless sych opponent be not only facing his own zohl, but is, in the opinion of the referee, willfully imped- ing his adversary while in that position. The goalkeeper shall not be charged, ex- cept he be in the act of playing the ball or is obstructing an opponent. The penalty for the infraction of the rule is a free kick for the opposing side, to be taken from any point twelve yards from the goal line. Should the ball strike one of the players, even by aceident, on any part of his arms below the shoulder the other side is en- titled to claim a “foul” and the conse- quent free kick. When, however, a ball is sent beyond the boundary line a player on the opposite side to the one which play- ed it out takes the ball in both his hands and thows it over his head into play again in any direction that suits him. The goalkeeper, too, is allowed the use of his hands in defending his goal. ‘A goal is only won when the ball passes between the goal posts, under the bar. To prevent this happening the goalkeeper is permitted either to “fist the ball ou: a method in which the professionals di play much quickness and brilliancy—or to take the ball in his hands and, while he may not carry it, to throw it where it seems safest. But outside of the goalkeeper and the man who throws in from the touch down there is no handling of the ball in the association game. Ends are not changed until half time. After a goal has been kicked the losing aes is given the kick-off from its six-yard ine. As a result of the association's constant efforts to improve its rules a game has | been evolved that, while peculiarly free from accidents of a serious n: citing enough to draw the mo: ure is ex: enormo: | | crowds. An atiendance of 40,000 is noth- able in England, nd there is | many a game played in the northern coun- | ties where the crowd around the foot bail les the near which the have not got to a the National Assoc ng in behaif of | has been ar- from December 15 field more tnat the ranged coverin > April northern New Jersey and | southern York. So many its have been made on foot bali and its attendant changes that it would seem to be the part of wisdom Save a popular sport. referring to a possible “If the fashion must be set by the col- leges or by the big four universities, let it be known that Princeton has already Organized an association team. It played last Saturday at Newark, N. J., before a large crowd and was defeated by 7 goals eed by the Kearney Rangers, a skilled “Everybody who is interested hates to give up the good old institution uf Rugby foot ball, but college faculties are here and there forbidding it, the United States Naval an? Military Academies have restricted the contests somewhat, and many parents have stipulated that their sons in college shall not play. “If it 1s possible that these things fore- shadow the eventual downfall of foot ball as it is played it would be well for the athletic associations, in college and out, to fosier the association game.” The Baltimore Sun, change, says: ——— STREETS KNEE DEEP IN SUGAR. Ex-Gov. Hoard Recalls Incident of the Late Unpleasantness. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. Among the distinguished gentlemen who are at present in the city, fresh from the meeting at Vicksburg in relation to the establishment of the ional park at that place, is ex-Governar W. D. Hoard of Wis- consin. Governor Hoard fs an old friend of ‘New Orleans,notwithstanding the fact that his first acquaintance with the city and its attractions was made under peculiar cir- cumstances. It was during the time that tried men’s souls; when the forces of the Union were encamped at the outer gates and the confederate troops were seriously thinking how best to get out of the warm location, Gen. Lovell, who was in command of New Orleans when the federals in charge of Gen. Butler were knocking for admittance, finally concluded that the best thing to do under the circumstances was to evacuate, and by this action turn the city over to the tender mercies of the op- posed forces. Governor Hoard was among the federals who constituted the troops of the great and only Butler, and when this general, with his soldiers, rehed into the elty Gov. Hoard marched with him. It was then that the governor—he was not then a governor—received his first impres- sions of a city which at that time had achieved greatness among the commercial centers of the country. These impressions have never died In his memory. “Why,” said Governor Hoard, was one of the most surprised men in the whole world. I had heard of fairy lands in which the rivers ran wine and the hills were made of great lumps of sugar, but I had never conceived of a city whose streets were knee deep in sweetness. Yet this was just the case when we entered New Or- leans. I absolutely waded ankle deep in sugar, and that in the streets along the river. While the affair has become a mat- ter of history, I shall never forget the sight. You see, the fact of the blockade of the port had caused a vast quantity of the products of the south, chiefly sugar and cotton, to pile up in the city, and the inability of its owners to ship the stuff re- sulted in the warehouses being filled to overflow.nz. When Gen. Lovell realized that he must give up the fight and leave the city he determined to render it impos- sible for the Union soldiers ta make use of the accumulation of stores. To this end he gave orders for its destruction, and hundreds of hogsheads of*new sugar were violated and their contents cast into the streets just like so much river sand. It was a useless commodity for the time be- ing, and great masses of the stuff were piled up where the destruction occurred. When we marched into the section of the city where the sugar had been stored we literally waded in sugar. I never saw such waste In all my life in this respect, while all along the levee front were the evi- dences of the burning of the cotton which had been stored there waiting for an op- portunity for shipment to Europe.” —_- +e+-—___ TWO ELOPEMENTS. The Ancient and Modern Differ Only, in Details. From the Chicago Times-Hersld. AS IT WAS—1795. It was midnight. Dark clouds gathered in the autumn sky; wild gusts of wind, sobbing at intervals, heralded the coming tempest. The stately old hovse was wrapped in re- pose; no sign of life appeared anywhere, cx- cept in the eastern turret chamber, where a faint light glimmered like a distant bea- con. Stealthily and cautiously a postern gate ‘was pushed softly open, and the trembling form of a slim yourg maiden stepped forth on the graveled walk. At the same time a tall, dashing young officer emerged from the shadow of the trees; he was wrapped in a military riding cloak. Taking the fair girl's hands in his, he pressed them fondly to his ips. “Oh! Algernon,” she whispered, “you will never, never forsake n-e?” “My angel!" he exclaimed, “my life shall be devoted to your happiness.” “Alas! what will my beloved father say when he finds his daughter has abandoned him; he who had watched over me and guided me for eighteen years?" “Fear not, my beloved Juliana,” said her lover, “all will be well.” A post chaise stood just outside the gate; he places her carefully within the vehicle, then turning to the postillion, he said: “Five guineas apiece boys, if we reach London before daybreak.'" “Aye, aye, your honor,” they answered; and touching the horses with whip and spur, they dashed away into the night. AS IT IS—1895. “s “A nice night for a spin, Madge,” said? Bob Charlton, as he ard his companion, & saucy little brunette of eighteen, arrayed In bloomer costume, with a natty cap perched on her curly head, vaulted lightly into their saddles and glided rapidly away on their wheels. “I wonder what the old man will say when he wakes up and finds my note on the table?” said Madge. “What did you write?” “Dear Father: Bob and I have skipped; shall be back in a week, wheels and weather permitting, when we hope you will bestow aed blessing on your naughty daughter, ice.” “Do you think he will disinherit you?” asked the young wheelman, as they slack- ened speed to breast a stiff hill. “Not much,” she answered, off the supplies for awhile.” “That will be awkward,” said Bob, looking thoughtful, and thinking his salary of $00 at the bank would not go far to pay for Madge's wedding finery. “Oh! don't let's worry about It, Bob,” said the bride-elect; “by the time we get back the old man will bob up serenely, and be ready to say as they do at the theater, ‘I for= give you, me child, but don’t do it any more.’ “I don’t intend to give you a chance,” said Bob, and they both laughed, “Here’@ a good bit of road,” said he, let's scorch§ mustn't keep the parson waiting, by jove.” —+e2—___—_ Johnny's Friends. From the Indianapolis Journal. “Do you have any friends in school of your own size, Johnny?” "Yes'm; they're the only kind I have ‘he may cut Bo! “Why, how is that?” “T've licked all of ’em littler’n me, an@ been licked by all of ‘em tha’ jigger.” The Light Side of Nature. From the Sketeh. Biographies in backs.