Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1897, Page 16

16 WHEN PRESIDENT - -- Mr. McKinley’s Home After the Fourth of March. APPEARANCE OF THE WHITE HOUSE Some Memories That Cluster About the Front Door. ae AN HISTORIC STRUCTURE <= ae ‘ronk G. Carpen HAVE SPENT SOME ime this week get- ng information President Me- about "s new home. » had a photog- me in the White House, and have gone over the different rooms almost with a tape line to let y know how your new ruler is to be housed. White House has been greatly changed within the past few years. All kinds of improvements have been made, an hair of John Quincy Adams’ rise in holy horror as he looks Xtravagant fur- nishings. Mrs. ¥ oa ended some- thing like $52,000 on improvements, and @ number of changes have been made THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1897-24 PAGES, we cught to build a great palace for our rulers. The truth is our Presidents, as a rule, have never had anything so good before they came to the White House. The most of them at the beginning of their lives were fed on hog and hominy. Cleveland had probably none too much to eat when his father was a poor parsoh, and the biggest feasts, I venture,were often the donation parties. McKinley had to skirmish for his rations while he was in the army and when he was teaching a country school he got a salary of $5 a month and boarded round. Andy Johnson's empty stcmach flapped against his back- bone many a time before he filled it with the rich things of the White House chens and Ben Harrison lived in nar- row quarters at Washington boarding houses, even when he was a United States Senator. None of the Presidents I ven- ture had scfter beds at home than they got in the White House. Those used now are of the finest hair resting on springs which give at every turn of the body. The old bedsteads of mahogany which I have been told were dangerously alive at imes with unmentionable insects have long since been displaced by bedsteads of br: and the White Hovse to day is as clean as a pin and as comfortable as any home of the country, Mrs. Harrison was a splendd{ houscke and so is Mrs. Cleveland Mrs. Cleveland, I am teld, watches everything about the Executive Manson herself and The house, you know, cleaned every spring. It takes about 200 people to do the cleaning, and so you need not worry about any lady of the White House being overworked if she has enough executive ability to know what she wants and tell others how to do it. The White House in 189 But let me tell You just how the Wi Ifouse looks in this vear of our Lord 1s It is bigyer than it seems, fur it covers the third of an acre. You do not see the basement as you look at it from the str: and the basement is almost a house in If. Its rooms are nigh, and, with its re- cent improvements, it is now a3 dry as a | bone. ‘The White Ifouse is, you knw, some distance back from the street. A big THE RED PARLOR. by Mrs. Cleveland. The Harrisons spent a lot on the kitchen. When they came in the basement was full of rats. One kitchen floor had been laid on top of another, and they were all rotten. Mrs. Harrison order ed the wooden floors taken out and had the ground covered with concrete. Upon the top of this she put porcelain tiles and walled all the rooms of the basement as high as your shoulder with the same ma- terlal. The White House is now lighted with electric lights. The chandeliers have electric globes and the lights are kept burn- ing in the basement and in mosi of th rooms of the building all night long. Th electric plant cost $15,0~, and this did not nt to the White Hou: sround cable from the State t engine rooms, where it is New China for Mrs. McKinley. I think it was Ma: n Buren who was denounced all over the country for buying a set of gold spoons for the Whi! House. The new china which s been re cently bought fs worth almost its weight in gold. I know nothing about the late purchases of Mrs. Cleveland, for the Pre ident is very secret to his domestic But th new set of cut the cupboards of the Executive which cost $1,975, and I happen to Mrs. Harris jer to urope for tw y-four and five ngress allows « ke $40,000 a ye White House, a nt some- and more to run table ad the 5 bi bed quilt and they are time for a ¢ kes some through them. . Mrs. McKinley will probably buy a lot of new en she comes in and one of her pl 8 may be the shopping which she do at government expense. New White House Carpets. New carpets are bought about every six years, and though the ones which I found on the different parlors are good she wiil probably have a chance to select new ones. I don’t believe she will care to redecorate the rooms. When the blue room was last fixed up the artists received more than $5,000 for the job. Think of it! Five thou- sand dollers on one room! Isn't it awful. Yes, but the walls of the blue room look far different now than they did when An- drew Jackson's callers tramped around within them sampling the big cheese which one of his admiring constituents sent him, or at the reception which he gave on the park surrounds it, and going up to front door you walk about a drive whi leads in the shape of a half moon to Penn- sylvania avenue. On one side of this drive there is a flag pavement, and in coming Into the side of the yard nearest the treasury you walk haif the length of the building before you reach the front Porch. As you do this you can look right down into the basement and see the Servants at work. The room below you is devoted to the laundry, and you may see colored women here alinost any day of the k rubbirg away at our President's shirts or ironing the pretty white dresses which the White House children wear. Passing these you reach the large porte- cochere. The columns which uphold this are as big as the biggest oak tree, and the stone platform within them is so large that a regiment of soldiers could be stationed upon it and have room to spare. You reach this platform by stone steps and stand at lest before the front door of the White House. ‘The Front Door of the White House. Stop a moment before you go in. Do you realize where you stand? You are at a point where the great miracle in the his- tory of nations is enacted every four years. Within a few weeks through that door will pass out forever the king of what Is one of the greatest people of the world and at the same time a new king will step in. Without a jar, without the stoppage of a ingle wheel, in the twinkling of an :ye the government of seventy millions of pco- ple will be changed, and our national m. chiner: 1 g0 On as smoothly and as ir- resistibly as it has s its Think azain where you are. You are at th val of the American's ambition. At the do r cf the White House, the point whe! thousands are ever striving to enter as asters, but where few succeed. Look back r the procession which al ready passed in, and in your mind's ey picture the diseppointed faces of some who have gone out. Note that little fat man in gorgeous coat, knee breeches and gaiters. How his bald head shines and how he swell and puffs as he walks through the door. That is John Adams, the first Pre t who ever lived in the White Hous His great ability was so leavencd with vanity that he thought himself superior to George Washington. Look again. It is four years later and Adams is about to de- part. How his face frowns. He leaves the White House with regret, and now at mid- night on the 34 of March his coach ts at the door, for he cannot bear to see his suc- cessor Inaugurated. Now it ts morning. A new President stands upon the stone steps under the great porte-cochere. This man is big and raw-boned. He has a red head and his face 1s covered with freckles. See how democratic he is and how his blue eyes smile on all those about him. That is Thomas Jefferson. He feels proud and rich as he enters the Executive Mansion. day of his inauguration when buckets of orange punch were given out in each room and both walls and carpets ruined. The walls of the blue room are now padded It is eight years later, and he also is about to depart. He has been denounced and calumniated during his reign, and the :ron of bitterness is in Ris soul as it was in that THE VES’ ‘TIBULE. and draped with silk as fine as that of the ball dresses of the ladies who will come here to shake hands with President McKinley The silk is of the most delicate blue, and {It is interwoven with siiver. It fs the same with the red room, which is also hung with silk and whose furniture has been designed and cushioned to match. The carpets of all the ground floor parlors @re fine. That on the east room is so soft that your foot sinks into it as though it were a bed of moss. It takes almost 5) yards of carpet to cover the floor, and the one now tacked down cost $0. It takes — than a thousand yards to carpet the ite House parlors and dining rooms, and the carpets everywhere match the furniture and hangings. The White House Good Enough. Of late it has become the fash.on to sneer at the White House. It is said to be not good enough for the President and that of John Adams. He hes during his term Spent more than his salary. His wine bills alone have cost him more. than $11,000, and now at the clese he tinds himself going back to his Virginia home almost a bank- rupt. He sees that he ts destined to be pinched for the rest of his life, but he Joes not yet relize that he will have to sell his magnificent library to Corgress for a song, or that his estate will eventually be dis- posed of by lottery that enough may be gotten’to support his children. More White House Ghosts. The next party that comes is a little old fellow with a jolly young wife, who makes the White House ring with the fun which goes on about her. It is pretty Dolly Madi- son in her high turban cap and her sober ek husband, who is tied to her apron strings. Then comes Monroe and ‘hn Quincy Adams, and behind them I seé thé handsome and stately Andrew Jackson. Then there 1s the foxy Van Buren, with | his hair brushed just so and looking | as though he had come from a band box, and bluff General. Harrison, who used to go in and out of that door carrying a market basket, for he liked ta. select his dinners himself. There is the Reman-nosed Tyler, who had more fights The Front Door. with Congress than Cleveland, and_bluff old Zach Taylor, who died in the White House. There are Fillmore and Pierce, and the pompous Buchsnan, and, greatest of all, there is Abraham Lincoln. Then come the Presidents of more recent days, and as they pass before us the tragedies and come- dies of twenty-four lives are played over again as we look. Some White House Tragedies. The front door of the White House! What stories it could tell of grief as well as joy. Through that door Abraham Lincoln was brought after he was shot by John Wilkes Booth. Step with me to that side window and I will show you an old man who was ene of the White House messengers at the time, and who is still stationed ut the door. His name is Pendle. He told me once how litle Tad Lincoln came running to him the werning after that shooting and cried: “They have killed my papa; they have killed my papa!’ = He will tell you how he picked up Tad and tried to comfort him, and how he car- red him upstairs to his room and taiked to him until he dropped off to sleep. It was through that same door that Gar- field was brought after he was shot by Guiteau. He had been but a few weeks in the White Hou and, tired and worn out by fighting with the office-seekers and the Senate, was just about to go to Long Branch for a few days of much-needed rest. He came out here and took the car- riage for the depot, not half a mile away, and was waiting for the irain to start when the a: in’s bullet brought him back. He was carried in through this door, and lay here for weeks, racked with ex- cruciating pain. During those last days he said to Steward Crump, who nursed him, that he could not see why Guiteau had shot him, and he thought he might have waited at least until he had returned from his little vacation. Guiteau intended to kill Garfield in the White House. Failing in this, he stationed himself in the park just opposite, and was there seen watching this door the morning that Gartield was shot. He remained there until he saw the White House earriage come out, and then, taking a street car, he reached the depot and per- fermed his bloody deed. Since then the White House has been more carefully guarded than before. We passed policemen when we came in- to the yard. They patrol the streets about the White House night and day. There are now more than a dozen on duty within the White House grounds, and President Mc- Kinley will be watched almost as carefully as any king. There are guards within the vestibule on the other side of the door. ‘There are guards in the basement, and the messengers. who conduct you from room to room, though they look very harmless, have by long watching become expert de- tectives, and can tell a crank almost at a glance. There are only four hours of the day when strangers without urgent busines: can be admitted to the White House. Th is from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. After this, if you call and ring the bell, you will see a gvard’s face at the little round hole filled with plate glass in the mosaic window of the door and a pair of sharp eyes will ex- amine you before the knob is turned which lets you in. The Cave of Alnddin. If you are so fortunate as to pass this inspection, you will sce the doors open in- ward and a moment lat 1 find yourself standing in what might called a very cave of Aladdin. Columns have been writ- ten about the east room and the wonder of the parlors of the White House. The rost beautiful part of the whole building to my mind is this great vestibule with its frescoed ceiling, its beautiful walls covered with the coat of arms of the United States, its floor of many colored tiles and the jew- eled wall which separates it from the cor- ridor opening into the blue room, the red room and the green room beyond. One of the geeat monarchs of India made a thron of goid, the back of whic set with jewels to represent the fe sand colors of the peacock’s tail. The throne cos $30,000,000, and it is described as having been wonderfully beautiful. It was, how- ever, not much larger than a chair. I visit- ed the room where it stood during my stay in Delhi some years ago. The throne rooin was, I venture, not as large as this White House vestibule, and here, instead of a chair of jewels, there is a whole wall made of bits of glass and costly stone put to- gether in the form of a magnificent mosaic. It has not cost as many thousand dollars as the peacock throne cost millions, but when the electric Hghts shine behind it it is, I venture, far more beautiful. It is in this vestibule that the Marine Band,dressed in their gorgeous red uniforms, with their brazen instruments shining like so much gold, play at the President’s receptions,and over this mosaic floor step the diplomats of all the nations of the world, clad in their gold lace, the gay uniformed officers of our army and navy and the powdered and be- jeweled throng which makes up what is known as Washington society. You will go to the left through this vesti- bule to reach the second floor of the White House, where the offices are, if you have business with President ‘Kinley, but if you wish to see Mrs. McKinley and are so fortunate as to be a friend of the family, you wiil be taken right across the vestibule, and a door in that wonderful wali will open for you and admit you to the parlors of the White House. At the President’s evening receptions the rooms. to the left of the White House will be fitted up with shelves, where the hats and coxis of the men can be put away, while the wraps of the ladies will be stored for the time in the state dining room. In the Blue Room. It will be in the blue room that Presi- den: McKinley will receive at such times. This bas been the custom from time im- memorial, and it will not be changed. I dovbt, however, whether Mrs. McKinley will be able to be with him. She is not at all strong, and she could net stand the wear and tear of an evening reception. It took all of Mrs. Cleveland's vitality to en- able her to carry out her part during her first years in the White House. I know of receptions at which she shook hands with at leest 5,000 people, and at which it seem- ed to me she gave a smile to each one and not two alike. Mrs. Harrison tried to save herself by not shaking hands, and at some of the receptions she carried a bouquet in order to show the people that she could not do this. Some think that it was the care, overwork and worry of the White House which killed her, and the same is said to have caused the death of the first Mrs. Tyler end also of Mrs. Fillmore, although she survived, I believe, until a few weeks after she left the White House. It was in the blue room that Mrs. Cleveland was married, and here she bade good-bye to her guests and took the carriage with the President to the special car on the Balti- more and Ohio road, which was secretly waiting almost haif a mile from the sta- tion, to take the White House bride and groom to tneir honeymoon cottage at Deer Park. FRANK G. CARPENTER. Traly a Wonder, From the Cleveland Leader. Dawson—“My wife is one of the most extraordinary women in the world.” “Howland—“That’s a pretty broad claim. What's your reason for thinking so?” Dawson—“She got a telegram yesterday and didn’t faint or utter a solitary shriek.” CITY COLLEGE. NINES Preparing for the Coming Local Base Beta: SEVEN OF THE ‘96 GEORGETOWNS LEFT tf. __ Kelley of the Baltimores to Coach A the' Team. AS IN OTHER UNIVERSITIES te Seven of the players on the "96 team of Georgetown University will be on the '97 nine, and the new men are considered strong players. The old men are Daniel McCarthy, William Maloney, Pat Fleming, James T. Reardon, Edward Lamb, James McIntyre and Lewis Tracy, and the new players will probably be M. J. Walsh, J. Bach and Ed. Romadky, with a number of cthers who may be played at times. Joe Kelley of the Baltimore league team, has been engaged as coach. Indoor prac- tice will begin next month. Joseph F. Collins, ’97, 1s manager of the team. He is twenty-one years ‘old, and comes from Boston, and is also manager of the Mandolin Club. Collins has quite a reputation as a short-distance sprinter and all-around athletes, and enters into his duties with energy. His schedule for the season is almost completed, and includes games with Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Cornell, Lafayette, Virginia, Lehigh, and Gther leading college teams. Joseph McColgan of New York is assist- ant manager of the team. He is an old base ball player himself, and has several seasons’ experience as a manager, having D. J. McCarthy. handled the Delasalle team of New York city for several seasons before he entered Georgetown. He is an ardent supporter of the team on all occasions and under all circumstances, and is well liked by the boys. Daniel _MéCarthy of Holyoke, Mass., twent9-two Years old, formerly captain of the Holy Cross team of Worcester, Mass. is captain of the team. He has played cen. ter field on the team for the past two sea- sons, and will cover that position this year. He is a strong, safe hitter, runs bases with geod judgment, and covers his position per- rectly. M. J. Walsh of Pennsylvania, who pitch- ed for the Lehighton team last season, and was considered one of their most service- able and reiiable pitchers, will be one of the pitchers? He Is twenty years old, a fair batsman, a good base runner and pitches with terrific speed. He is expected to fill the gap made by the absence of “Big Mike” Mahoney, Lewis Tracy of Ohio, who formerly pitched for Fordham, and did good work for: Georgetown last season, is again. with the team. He pitches a slow: drop ball, which is particularly effective. He is nine- teen years old, is a good hitter and heady base runner. William Maloney of Maine, who was brought out by Georgetown last season, is one of the youngest college catchers, being only eighteen years old. He is a remark- ably strong thrower, very few bases ever being stolen on him, hits hard, but is not sure, and is a good base runner. J. Bach, a young westerner who comes with a good record, will probably hold the first bag. He is also a speedy and heady pitcher, ard will alternate with Walsh and Tracy. He is a light but sure hitter and runs well ard is considered a great addition to the team. Pat Fleming of Cambridge, Mass., who played second base last scacon, will be on the same bag this year. His last year's record was almost errorless, and he is con- sidered oe of the best second basemen in college base ball. He is a hard, sure hit- ter and a fast, hoady base runner. James McIntyre of Alabama, scvente years old, who was a substitute on last season's team, is likely to be the third baseman. He is a remarkable player, cover- ing his position in a manner that would do credit to a much older player. He is a light hitter, but one of the speediest base runners on the team. James T. Reardon of New England, who played shortstop last season and made a splendid record, will be in the same posi- tion again. His hard hitting has led to the sobriquet of “Home Run” Reardon. He has made the longest clean hit ever made on Georgetown field. He is a quick sprinter and uses his head in running bases, Edward Lamb of New York, whe played right field last season, will be in the same position this year. He made a good record last year; usually hits the ball safe and is one of the fastest base runners on the team. Ed Romadky of Wisconsin, who played left field on Fordham last’ season, will cover that garden for the blue and gray this season. He is a strong, sure hitter and a good base runner. Among the substitutes who will play are James Smith of Virginia, on last season's reserves, a good hitter, fields well and runs bases in good shape; Lewis Prince and Joseph Keane of this city are both good fielders and fair hitters; Chas. A. Greene, also of this city, has played second base on the reserves for two seasons, and was captain last year; Chas. Minnehan, Seaton Hall's most promising pitcher last year, is on the sub. list, as are also James Kelly, a right fielder from Holy Cross, and Wm. Fox, the rapid little sprinter from Ohio, and Harry Dawson, a catcher, from the law department. Some changes may be made in the team as above given, but it is now thought that the team as constituted will prove as strong as that of last season if not stronger, and no changes ‘will b? made unless the man- agement are convinced that the team will be strengtheped thereby. CathoHe University. The prospgcts ‘for a highly successful base ball season af the Catholic University are exceptionally::bright, one of the pe- culiar advantages possessed being that most of the studénts here are graduates of other institutidfs, and have been promi- nently identjfied With the athletic sports of their respective schools, and, therefore, the material atghan@iconsists of seasoned and reliable players amd athletes. It may safe- ly be predicted that the team of '97 at this uniyersity will make a very creditable showing. Of those who played on last sea- son's varsity team T..McTighe, W. Cash- man, J. J. & Brien, M. Quinn, J. Kenealy, G. Tuohy ami Wal. Burroughs are again at the university, dnd while some of them may have alhharé’ tussle to hold their places on the regular team, their presence serves to give confidence to the management. Of the new students who will try for positions, and will probably play on the team Frank Bolton, J. Igoe; W. Burns, FE. Wade, T. O'Brien, P. Reagan and T. Gilboye are the most promising. John T. Duane, who was president of the Athletic Association at Manhattan two years-ago; is manager of the team. His activity and earnest enthusiasm is con- tagious, and whatever can be done to in- sure a successful season will meet with energetic support on his part. The sched- ule for the season has not been completed, but some good games are already booked. ‘Wm. Cashman is captain. He played sec- ond base on last season's team, and will probably be seen in, the same positign this: year. He has had considerable experience, having managed. 2nd captained the Mt. St. Mary's team in years past. He is a sure hitter, heady base runner and good all- round player. Thomas McTighe was captain and pitcher of last season's team, and will do most of the pitching this year. He is considered one of the best pitchers in college base ball, and is in excellent condition this sea- son. He is a hard and tolerably sure hit- ter and a fast base runner. Henry J. Tuohy played third base on the team last season, and will probably cover the same position this season. He is from Rock Hill College, where he captained the team during his senior year. [fe is a sure fielder, a good thrower, reliable hitter and heady base runner. J. J. O'Brien, who was prevented from playing on the team last season by an ac- cident in the early spring, is now in good condition. He will prowably play in right field. He hits hard and runs bases well Michael Quinn was the right field guar- di on last season’s team, and made a satisfactory recor@. He will have a hard tussle, however, to hold his position on ac- count of the excellence of the new mate- rial this season. He is a light, though sure, hitter and a steady base runner. Joseph Daly of last year’s outfield will probably be in his old position. He ts a brilliant, nervy player, and his ginger and dash have a good influence on the team. He is a prime favorite on the coaching lines and hits the ball. Wm. Burroughs will probably hold down the initial bag again this season, his record in that position last season being very sat- isfactory. He has played on some of the best college teams in the country, and ts an exceptionally heavy hitter and a sprint- er on bases. James Kenealy was captain of the Santa Clara, Cal., team before he came here, and is a thorcughly reliable all-round player. He is a pitcher of great speed, and is ex- pected to ¢o good work. Frank A. Bolcon ts one of the new men. Itc was vice president of the Athletic Asso- ciation at Notre Dame University, and played on the team of ‘94 there. He is a fielder of marked ability, a very hard and sure hitter and fast base runner, and will undoubtedly add considerably to the strength of the white and gold. Wm. P. Burns captained the Notre Dame team since "93, where he made a ree- ord as a hard worker and sure iielder. It is his first year here, but opposing batsmen will find some difficulty in making a hole of sufficient size in left field. He is also a good backstop and sure batsman, and will be relief catcher. James Igoe, who captained Mt. St. Mary’s nine last season, will be in the field for ine ‘varsity. He is a steady, sure player, a good hitter and fine base runner. Edward T. Wade was a member of the Villanora team last season, and made a Wonderful record as an all-round player, and will probably fill an infield, position or center field. He bats well, and is a sprinter on_ base: Timothy O'Brien, who played on the Rock Hill College team last season, and was the heaviest batter on that team, is also among the new men. He is an earnest, hard-work- » and is a great addition to the Peter Reagan has all the qualifications of a successful pitcher—a strong arm and a good head—and with Gilboye as backstop he will make a good showing. He played last season on the Rock Hill team. Thomas Gilboye is recognized as one of the best all-round ball players ever turned out of St. Mary’s College. He will do the principal work behind the bat for the team, and with such pitchers as McTighe, Rea gan and Kennealy to assist him, will hold opposing teams down to few hits. He is a safe, sure hitter and good base runner. Howard University. The team at the Howard University this season promises to be a strong one. While the nine has lost considerable by the grad- uation of old players, it is thought that some of the new material which is at hand will equal if not excel that which has gone. A number of the old team, however, are still in the game, and will serve to steady down the younger players, R. C. Kelly of the theological department is the manager of the team. He thorough- ly understands the game, is a good player himself, and has the entire confidence of the team. He has been connected with several base ball teams before he entered the university, and if hard work and energy on his part can make a good team, the uni- versity will have one this season. His schedule of games for the season is not yet completed, but will include games with some very strong college teams. B. S. Jackson of the class of ’97 is cap- tain of the team. He will play third base, which position he held down with credit last season. He is a good hitter, fair base runner, and has a splendid throwing arm. F. W. Avant, class of 1900, will Play on first base. He fields his position well, is a strong hitter and a good base runner. I. Finley will be on second base. He kas made a good record in this postiion, runs bases in good form, and is a good hand with the stick. Cc. M. Butler, class of '97, will cover short field this season, being the same position he has fielded for the past three seasons. He is one of the most valuable men on the team, being an excellent fielder, a sure, safe hitter and a fast, heady base runner, Joseph Rapier will backstop for the team this season. He has a good record as a catcher, throws well to bases, hits safely, and steadies his pitchers by his cool, easy work. D. O. W. Holmes, '97, will be in center field. He 1s one of the best flelders on the team, and is a good all-round player; hits the ball hard and runs bases well. G. W. Garner, "98, will play in right field. He is a good fielder and quick, sure throw- er; a heavy, sure hitter, and good base runner. W. O. Bunday will cover left field. He has played the position before, and nas a good record. Opposing batsmen find few holes in his field. He is another of the heavy hitters of the team. W. W. West will be found in the box, and is considered one of the strongest pitchers on the team. He pitched last season and made a star record. He is in good form for the opening of the season, and ready for hard work. Unlike the majority of pitchers, he is a sure, hard hitter. J. M. Enos will substitute with West, in the box. He has shown considerable abill- ty as a twirler and is a good batter and base runner. In addition to the two pitchers men- tioned above, the team has some six or eight others who are connected with the reserves, upon whom they can call in case West and Enos should both be disabled. SS Woes of an Inventor. From the Chicago Post. The great inventor was buried in thought or something that was a very close imita- tion of it. : “The trouble with us,” he said, as he pushed back a few layers of thought and poked his head out, “is that we are handi- capped.”” “How is that?” asked the man who al- ways wants to know. “Why, we can’t keep up with the sensa- tional press,” explained the inventor. “No matter where we go—in the air or under the sea—the sensational newspaper has told all about it long before any one knew any- thing about it, and it’s considered a chest- nut when first it’s possible. Do I make my meaning clear?” ‘The man who always wants to know hesi- tated, but finally got around it by saying his meaning was as clear as most of his inventions, and then succeeded in escaping while the inventor was trying to make up his mind whether or not it was an insult, y have made a submarine bi- “Too bad, isn’t it?” “Why, I was thinking of the poor whales and sharks and things! I suppose they’re not entitled to much consideration, but ft does seem horrible to think of permitting them to be scared to death by bloomer girls. Post. “T see tl cycle now.” THREE FAST SKATERS Donoghue, Lawson and Nilsson to Race Next Week. SOME GREAT EXHIBITIONS EXPECTED Trials to Be Made Against Time. COMMENT ON THE TRACK ——— There will be a most interesting series of races on the Ice at the Convention Hall Ice Palace next week, in which three of prob- ably the fastest men in the world on skates will compete for the indoor cham- pionship of the year 1897. The meet in this city at the rink last year will Le remem- bered 2s one of the most exciting that has been given in this country for some years on an indoor track, and the records made by Joe Donoghue at that time easily con- stituted him the rightful owner of the title of indoor champion of 1896. The men who will come together this year have never met, with the exception of the recent races in New York, while one has never before skated in the eastern part of the United States. This will add interest to the meet, and will probably settle without difficulty where the burden of the right to the title of champion should lie. A Great Trio. The three men who will engage in these | Traces next week are Joe Donoghue of New- burg, N. Y., at one time world’s champion on both indoor and outdoor tracks; John Nilsson of St. Paul, champion of Canada and the great northwest, and John Law son, the terrible Swere, champion of Sw: den, and coming from that country. Law- son has been defeated by Donoghue in | New York, but was rather at a disadvan- tage on account of the strain under which he labored in the six-day bicycle race in this city the week previous. He has never met Nilsson, and the latter has never had a chance in the past of getting on a race with Donoghue. Each one of the trio J been anxious to get on a race with the other, and the outcome will be watched with the greatest amount of interest, not only because it will settle the question of supremacy between these three skaters alone, but because it will allow to be drawn upon some of the men whom they have met. Joe Donoghue, the star of the trio, well remembered in this city for his mag- nificent performances here last year, and also because of his personal popularity. His genial bearing made him a favorite, and his stay was one round of social en- joyment. As a skater there are those who think that when Joe Donoghue chooses to let out all the kinks there is no one :n the world who is able to keep up with him. A Record-Brenking Stay. During his stay last year he broke three world’s records—the mile, two miles end five miles—lowering each one a considera- ble distance from its former irk. His time for the mile, made unpaced, standing start, was 2:38, probably the best per- formance ever heard of on an indoor track of ten laps. His time for the two miles was 5.32%, and on the same day that he lowered this latter record he attacked the five-mile record and lowered it from 14.59 to 14.47%. His time for the half-mile, made in a trial against time, was 1.19, and in all his competition races he showed the same remarkable endurance and speed. His bursts of speed when a spurt is needed are phenomenal, and there is not much_hest- tancy in saying that he is without doubt the peer of any skater on the ice at the present writing. John Lawson. John Lawson, the terrible Swede, did not show up as well as was expected in the New York races, but when the fact is taken into consideration that the boy rode eight hours a day for six days at a terri- ble pace in this city his performances do not by any means indicate his ability as a speeedy skater. He is the recognized champion of Sweden, and has defeated a number of the best American cracks. Last year he defeated Harley Davidson in Cana- da besides a number of other skaters not so well known, and in all his races has shown indomitable Pluck and endurance. Lawson established his popularity in this city beyond a doubt at the six-day race here, and he will have a host of friends and well-wishers to back him up in his at- tempts on the ice. He has long been anxious for a contest with Donoghue, and will without doubt make the ex-champion ) up a steady pace, in order to distance John Nilsson. John Nilsson, the newcomer of the trio, is almost entirely unknown in this locality, but he is, however, well kno in the ates and son_ holds mn nerthwestern part of the United S| all through the dominion. N canadian championship © quarter of a mile to ten mil established some wonderfully fer the distances which he agairst. low has gone For three years past Nilsson bas been endeavoring to get up a match with Donoghue, and has repeatedly offered to raarks post forfeits for his appear: match race at any time and at any place with the ex-champion. It cannot be said that Donoghue shirked the offer, but cir- cumstances turned up at nearly every a’ tempt which made it nec ry to either postpone the race indefinitely or deciare it off. The men will be brought together for the first time next week, sowever, and the greatest amount of interest will ceater in the competitions in which they engage. Lawson and Nilsson have often exrpresse a desire to meet as well, and the races bi tween them will also be a feature of tne week. ce in a Trial Races. Beside the regular competition races, there will be trials made against time by all three of the men, and it is expected that with the greater knowledge which beth Lawson and Donoghue will have of the track at the rink, that some of the al- “As he sat watching the dying embers, NEW PUBLICATIONS. Notice today. Thin ad. y appeer again, cc.p PRE the letters in ENDEA or more wonds, we feel sure, and if receive a good reward. Use no lv in the word. Use no la: . |. may mot aglish. Use ¥ dictionary. “Pronouns, nov prefixes, . adjectives, p allowed. 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They have been practicing faithfully at the rink since their arrival in this city, and each one has expressed him- self as delighted with the arrangements made for their trials, and also with the track, which they declare to be the finest in the world. There is not much doubt of this latter statement, for a ten-lap indoor track is a rarity, and, beside, this fact is excer tionally well adapted for generating great speed, on account of the wide corners which are left after the track has been ked out. Experts who have seen the track and have examined its peculiarities n this respect are unanimous in their ap- proval of its properties, and predict that it will be in the future the one on which the yearly championships will be decide: Accommodating the Spectators. Extra accommodations will be made for caring for the large crowds who will at- tend the races, and every facility for com- fort and convenience will in evidence throughout the meeting. The races will be held every afternoon and evening, and it is more than likely that some of the local fast men will be given a ¢ to show anc their worth on the long steels before th meet is over. There are a number of local skaters who are interested in racing, and some very fast men could be easily picked out. They will be given a handi of course, in the event of their being allowed to race, but apart from their relative skill in regard to the three central figures, the races will allow a definite line to be gottet on their respective skill to each other. They Swap Confessions as to the Mis takes They Had Made. From the Chicago Dispatch, They were both old-time stenographers, employed somewhere by the week, but the consciousness of being able, at will, to pro- duce pages of hen’s tracks which only they could decipher—and sometimes even they failed to do so—invested them with a feel- ing of intense superiority to the rest of mankind. But this normal feeling was for the mo- ment usurped by one of humility, as they sat on the sofa, the light turned gently down, and the soft radiance of the flicker- ing jet in the street alone illuminating the apartment. It was an hour for confession, paved the way by saying: “The first job I ever struck T lost through carelessness. My employer dictated a lct- ter to a client, asking him to meet him at a hotel called the Seven Ravens. I wrote it out the Seven Elephants.” “A wholesale chemist wes my first em- and he ployer,” she murmured. “He used to kcep a diary. One day he dictated to me the fateful words: ‘Bought a rload of » ph ic acid. Quite good day’ iow did you transcribe he inquired eagerly, for he had registered a vow in his inmost soul that he would never marry a perfect idiot. “I didn't get {t quite right. carboy of poisonou He moved a little way from her, but re- membered his own carly struggles and edg- ed back again. Dearest,” ne whispered, “do you remem- ber the convention which nominated Gar- field?” business. ‘Bought ulphuric acid. Good God! It's She thought he was trying to find out how old she was, but curiosity got the bet- ter of discretion, and she confessed to @ dim memory cf that occasion. “I was hired by the Times then to report the speeches. A New Yorker got up and said the di jons among their opponents were very timely, for they bid fair to cré ate a break in the ranks of the democratic party. Yh, tell me,” cried the fair girl, with a sudden accession of ii.terest, “how did you get it? His head fell on his breast. “I cannot. I dare not tell you.” Rising, she turned the lamp down still lower. This man said the dissensions among their opponents bid fair to create @ breach in the ranks of the democratic party?” “He did! And I transcribed it ‘pants of the democratic party,’ and what Is more, it was printed in the paper that way the very next morning.” From the Philadelphia Press. An analysis of 2,000 accident policies, on which benefits were paid, showed that only seventy-six cases were injured in bicycle accidents. = nee What He Me From Puck, Mr. Johnson—“I seed George wearin’ one of dem negligee shirts.” Mr. Black—“What yo’ mean by er negli- gee shirt?” Mr. Johnson—“One at habn't been washed fo'r tree week: sudden gust of wind blew down the chimney,” 's Weekly,