Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1897, Page 9

‘THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1897-94 PAGES. __ | ——— ‘WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. Unprecedented CARPET CUTTING. yet house in the s are the lowest prices ever I for high-grade carpets in this vietns judge for yourself: Ingrains never so cheap. We challenge any to und hi Beast Quality All-woel In- $1 Colum- “ts, perfect ings. ‘This 65c. ; Tapest ry Brussels cut deep. ‘Tapestry Brussels Gout Ted. ‘Pais “sele-” C. Tae. ‘upestry Brussels, sewei, it ard une Ts = -OOC, pesiry Brussels, 65c. 715C. AID and LINED: ‘Tapestry Brussels, LAID and LINED. sale Best Quality V vet. for halls Wire $1.45. SEWED. $1.90 Axminsters, $1.25. Fine w & E ford & ways $1 Mined, WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th & D sts. ‘This sale... Fine Turnouts ‘( For Hire by the Month, ( iso by the day and trip. REASONABLE PRICES. OF Kearding horses a spectalty. DOWNEYS ? Model Stables, 520-1624 L STREET. "Phone 535. a ) Wee ee a Man Why Wiil a to was hard-earned money on when be knows how extray Invariably © OWEN-MAI conomieal because —continue hey Wear best—and have indi- vidual style OWEN, Tailor, 423 11th St. 6-1m,12 Another Suggestion of Inaugural Decoration. Fo the Fuior of The Evening Star: In The Star of Thursday I noticed some Suggestions from citizens relative to the decoration and illumiration of the city-dur- ing the inaugural season, with a view, I presume, not only to the entertainment of the large number of strangers who will visit Washington on that occaston, but al- so that they may take home with them ncne but the most favorable impressions of all th seen at the capital of their coun- try. “in this conrection, therefore, It has oc- curred to me to suggest that the adoption by Congress of a joint resolution similar to the following, with respect to the Ecking- ton and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company. might contribute somewhat to that end: t resolution to temporarily improve arance of the motive power of the Soldiers’ Home Railway Vistrict of Columbia dur- 1 season, and for other purposes, Resolved, by the Senate and House of of the United States of sembled, That in or- number of strangers pital of the nation to pa: ate in the Inaugural ceremonies of the 4th day of March may be impressed h the symmetrical beauty nineteenth century progress of ail wi he model city of the republic, the and Soldiers’ Home Railway 1 is hereby directed, on or day of March, 1897, to im- of the hair’ motors ndeavored to be ope- tails of such hair ping them a la mode; and framework of such hair mo- through their natural incas reason of improper handling, or r and tear of the various parts on each othe such protuberances an4 1 abrasions shall be artistically con- ym the gaze of such strangers by # colcring of adhesive flesh-colored trans- fers, of which said company has a super- abundance; aad such repairs shall be made in the most {Musive and deceptive manner of which the management of said company a capable Resolved, That for thirty days immedi- ding the said 4th day of March ry one of the bair motors used on said company’s line shall receive three Square mea and the Commission- ers of the Columbia are hereby crized to defray the expense of such nary feeding out of the fines col- hem from said company through ement of the penalty provision of -t of June 10, 1896, for failure to ex- t with mechanical air motors witni ral time fixed in said act for that ed, That for ten days immediately and subsequent to the said of March, it shall be unlawful pulator of such hair motors to ir natural capacity or endur- ’ application of extra pressure nature of leather persuasion to in- rir momentum in ascending any of steep grades encountered on the line of aii road, but In Heu of the methods ordi- i y employed to induce such ascents, ‘air motors shail be lured to the sum- a handful of hay applied to their v es with the same adrottness as ed i facilitating a postpone- installation of rapid transit by ation of compressed air to legisla- ure additional time. solved, That any failure on the part of Said compa: to comply with the provis- jons of this aet shall subject such com- Pany to the imposition by Congress of ad- pre fourth day for any ma: al privileges and franchises at the next succeeding session of the national legislature Resolved, That all acts of said company inconsistent with this act are hereby ap- hile a compliance with the provisions Of such 4 resolution might not contribute anything to the comfort of the visiting Strangers who will be compelled to patron. ize this line, it might conduce to their eh- ;tertainment as affording an allegorical rep- Zesentation cf beauty and the beast. T. P. KANE. Hairs Under Brom the Philadelphia Record. The barber was talking. “Ingrowing rs in the face are often painful,” he xemarked, “but they aren't in it with in- growing hairs under the finger nails. t,, pe Les you. Ask any barber, and he will the same thing. How do they get Ob, that’s simple enough. In cut- ting a man’s hair, a short hair very often fies off the shears and lodges under the , Boger nail. We don't notice it at the time, and it gradually works its way in until % is completely out of sight. Then the | frouble begins. Sometimes it takes root | and grows out, but more often It just stays | fhere end festers. Does the razor hurt. fyrou? There you are, sir. Next!” ———-e-—_____ ; Her Ideal. [Brom Truth. ; Vinnle—‘Minfile will never marry until Bhe meets her deal.” - { Vietta—What ts her tdeal?” __ t Vinnie—“A man who will propose.” FOND OF THE GAM Mr. McKinley Will Be Given a Boxat National Park. MR. SCHMELZ DISCUSSES PROSPECTS Progress of the Local Basket Ball Season. CURRENT SPORTING NOTES President-elect McKinley is a devoted lover of the national game. He frequently attended the games in Cincinnati and Cleveland, and upon his arrival in Wash- ington he will find that Earl Wagner knows. how to do the honors for the distinguished men of tne nation. Mr. Wagner intends to place one of the private boxes at National Park at the disposal of President McKinley for the ertire season. The members of the cabinet will also be provided with simi- lar accommodations by Mr. Wagner. The late President Garfield was a regu- lar attendant at the ball games before and after he became chief executive of the nation. President Harrison also took a keen interest in base ball and frequently viewed the sport from the Washington grandstand. President Cleveland does not enjoy field games or sports, but at least two members of his cabinet—Secretary of State Olney and Attorney General. Harmon—are base ball rooters of the thirty-third de- gree. Secretary Olney never misses a game when he is in the city, and he gets all the fun and excitement that goes with a closely con:ested game. He declines to be a special guest of the management, but prefers to sit on the left field bleachers, where he car. eat peanuts, kick at the um- pire and roct for the home team. Attorney General Harmon is even more enthusiastic in his devction to base ball and out-door games than Secretary Olney. The Attorney General is an active member of the Co- lumbia Atkletic Club and can be counted upon to be present at every game of base ball or foot ball that takes place within the city of Washington. “STRONG TEAM” SAYS SCHMELZ. The Washington Clab’s Mauager Dis- cusses Prospects. “If three men on the Washington team do as well next season as they did last the Senators will land in the first division,” said Manager Schmelz to a Star reporter. “I mean Mercer, McJames and King. With these men in the box in good condition we can hold our own with any team. Of course, you can pick a spot that is weaker than the others, but as a team I am per- fectiy satisfied with the make-up. We have two of the best catchers in the coun- try. That goes without saying. © Cart- wright is the best fielding first baseman in the business. His batting last year was not as strong a3 was expected, but at the same time it was rot as weak as is gen- eraily supposed. O'Brien was handicapped last year at second base. By. that I mean he came here with a big reputation and the public expected too much of him from the start. But he is all right. Plays that he makes with the greatest of ease would be made to appear as wonderful work by many other infielders. “Smith will rot be able to join the club until the first of June. If he could begin the season with us, we would not want any other third baseman. But knowing he could not do so we engaged Reilly. If he can play anything like as well as he did when he made his reputation with me in 189), Smith's absence will not hurt us. Besides, I wouldn't have the slightest hesitancy in putting young Wrigley at third. His play- ing in the infield was almost unprecedented for a new man. Selbach, of course, is all right. “Tom Brown seems good for many years yet. If he hadn't played the latter part of the season with the Charley horse, his batting average would be better than it was. Many an infield hit that he was re- tired on he would have beaten out. We have fortunately two men who can jump in and play the sun field—Lush and Abbey. It is a very difheult position. Many fine fielders would go blind if they were put in the right field at National Park. We tried hard to get another star fielder but failed. We will strengthen the team whenever we can, but as it stards today it is a strong one.” - Perry Werden’s Case. So many conflicting statements have been printed about Perry Werden, and the con- test for bis services between the Chicago and Louisville clubs, that an opinion by President N. E. Young may be interesting. That Perry should become an issue in the National League, after having been rejuve- nated from a minor league, is one of the surprises of the new year.’ When he was relegated to Minneapolis, it was supposed that he would follow the course of other “has beens” and conclude his career as a member of a second-class combination. It appears that he ts wanted by two of the league clubs, and he is enjoying the no- toriety occasioned by the contest between Chicago and Louisville for his services. According to “Uncle Nick’ Young, Chi- cag» has first claim upon Perry’s services. As far back as the 11th of last September, the Chicago management notified him that Werden's release had been purchased from the Mirreapolis club, but that the trans- action was to be regarded as confidential until October 1, when all deals or drafts from mincr leagues are announced. In the meantime, Mr. Dreyfuss of the Louisville club took a fancy to Werden and concluded to secure him, if possible, to cover first base for the “Colonels.” With that object in view, Mr. Dreyfuss began a correspondence with “Uncle Nick” by ask- ing for information relative to the drafting verlod. President Young holds that Chi- cago’s claim to Werden is valid, and be- cause it was not announced as soon as it = made cuts no figure in the transac- ion. BAS “BALL. Local Notes Regarding the Leading Indoor Athletic Game. Orly one basket ball game was played this week, and that was one postponed from November 30, between the Corcoran Cadets and the Washington Athletic Club teams, the former team coming off victo- rious. The only game scheduled for the week, and the one in which the greatest amount of Interest was centered, was that of the Carroll Institute and the Eastern Athletic Club ieams. These two are tled for second Place on the schedule, an¥ it was expected that the match game between the two would be contested for with much vim. The postponement of the game to an un- named date caused a good deal of disap- pointment. The fact of the postponement gave the Corcoran Cadets a chance, and by winning the postponed game during the week they managed to secure a percentage equal to the two first named clubs, -making the three teams tie. Though the Washington Athletic Club cannot boast much for the playing of its first team, it has consolation in the fact that its junior team has done excellent work. and won the junior basket bail championship. In the match games this season with the junior team of the Carroll Institute the W. A. C. youths. succeeded in winning a majority of the games, and new the management has issued. a chal- lenge to meet any junior basket ball team in the country. The Corcorans are getting into condition for their game on Monday, January 25,’at Baltimor ith the basket ball team of the Young Men’s Christian Association of ‘that place. Last evening a match game was layed between the “Whites” and Nhe ues,” the composition of bath teams be- ing from the ranks of the cadets. basket It is understood that ball has made its appearance im the Central High $a and ab gts we begun practice, preparatory, to or- a = repeosaera team The in- struct iven by one femal athletic teachers of the ape In the District League two gathes are scheduled for next week, the first of which ought to prove interesting, the Corcoran Cadets meeting the Eastern Athletic Club team. One or the other of the clubs will lose its standing in second place as the re- sult of the game. This game will come off Wednesday evening. The second game will be played Saturday evening between the Queer Wheelmen and the Washington Ath- letic Club. This will be the second meet- ing of the two clubs for the season, the first game being officially given to the Queers, and on account of the action of the ‘Washington Athletic Club~it was expelled from the league, but subsequently rein- ‘stated. The standing of the clubs up to date is as follows: wong e mener... °F FBS Carroll institute, one aes 3 2 +600 Eastern Athletic Club... 3 2 600 Corcoran Cadet Corps. -3 2 600 Wheelmen. -1 4 + £200 Washingtoa Athlet o 5 +000 TEAMS SPLIT EVEN. serbund and Washington Ath- letic Clab Bowlers Met. The bowlers of the Washington Athletic Club and the Saengerbund met on. the al- leys of the former last night and for the fifth time this season both clubs split even. In the first game the W. A. C. won by 764 to 748, a margin of 16 pins, and in the second game the Saengerbund turned the tables, winning by 750 to 726, a margin of 24 pins. Kidd made the highest score of the evening—i65. Spiess made the best score for his side—159 pins. Difficult spares of 6-7 were made by Spiess and Lane, 3-6-10 by Kidd, and 3-6-10 by Burdine. The score follows: Washington Athletic Clab. SECOND GAME. Se. St. Sp. 3 2 3 4 2 3 2 5 0 5 10 19 Saengerbund. FIRST GAME. SECOND GAME. Se. St. Sp. Se. St. Sp. 145 #2 3 154 38 2 3B 4) Spiess 10 0 FT 0 6 Lane o 6 1 6 Burdine 0 7 2 | 4 2 & 23! Totals ....750 7 24 The Carroll Institute and Saengerbund clubs will meet Monday night at the Car- roll Institute's alley for a set of games, and as the Carrolls are in second place en exciting set of games may be looked ‘01 r. The standing of the clubs to date is as follows: Prd. Won. Lost. T.P. Saengerbund 200 12 8 28 Carroll Institu 20 9 i 28 Washington Athle 20 O)k aa 28) DEVELOFS INDIVIDUALITY. ‘The Game of Tenpins ix Popular on That Account. From fhe American Bowler. What funny things one sees, and hears, and does in bowling! No game, to my mind, in the entire category of sports furnishes such a variety of amusement; gives such a@ varying insight into the nature of hu- manity. In foot ball and base ball the in- dividual is lost sight of in the game. Prob- ably this is because a collection of men are opposed to another collection of men. It is more a case of team against team. Bowling brings out the individual, his personal characteristics, into prominence. There are teams in bowling, of course, but they are arrayed against one another only indirectly. The pluy of one man or of a team does not affect the play of another man or of another team—not directly. Let me explain just what I mean. Take, for example, the game of billiards. A player makes a shot, or a succession of shots, and his opponent is obliged to make his play with the balls in the position in which they have been left by the first play- er. There is nothing like this in bowling, and what one man accomplishes depends entirely upon his own effort and without regard to what his opponent has done. Same way with a team. I have heard much of team work in bowling, but the “team” work always had a sort of vague- ness to it. So I say that the individual is particularly prominent:!n bowling. And his idiosyncrasies are much more apparent. Every little detail of his dress, his man- ners, his depertment is brought vividly to notice. That is why I say that one sees and hears, and Mkewise does funny things in bowling. Also, perhaps, this ts why the ladies are taking to the sport. They can be seen and heard. As for me, I like to see them. EXCITEWENT AT THE RINK. Letts and Lawson Won and Nilsson Suffered Defeat. There were two exciting races at the Cenvention Hall Ice Palace last night, and the results of both were rather In the na- ture of a surprise to the large crowd which had gathered to see them. The first one was won by Wiiliam Letts, champion of New York and New Jersey, while the second was won by Lawson, the “Terrible Swede.” The first race was for three miles, be- tween Letts and John Nillson, and in it the former was given two laps. It would un- doubtedly have been won by Nillson, but on the ninth lap, after he had gained three- quarters of a lap cf the handicap, his skate struck the bench at the lower end of the hall, and the blade was so badly bent that he had to sit down and straighten it. While he was doing this Letts had gained the three-quarters of a lap back, as well as gaining a lap and a quarter more. Nillson, however, started out on the broken skate, and at the end had made up all he had lost, as well as one of the laps given to Letts, finishing in what apparently was a dead heat, but which was really a lap behind Letts. The time of the race was 7.50 4-5. ‘The seccnd race was for two miles, be- twcen Lawson and Letts, and the Swede was given two laps handicap. Just after the start Letts stuck the point of his skate in the ice and nearly fell, being compelled to go out imto the middie of the rink to reserve his balance. This necessitated is coming back and going around the post, during which time Lawson had gone @bout a quarter of a lap to the front. As soon as he saw, however, what had hap- pened to Letts he slowed down and allow- ed that skater to catch up to him without effort, nis magnanimous action being greeted with cheers. Later, when he him- self had two falls and Letts showed no sign of letting up in his swift pace, the crowd hissed the latter and made it de- cidedly uncomfortable for him. Letts was enabled to come up in the stretch, and shoving ahead got under way for a sprint. To the surprise of every one, Lawson stuck to him, and at the turn came around on the outside, and got over the line first by about six inches. The crowd went nearly wild, for Lawson is a great favorite, and he was cheered again and again. The time for the race was 6.32. ‘This afternoon at 3 o'clock Letts, Law- sor and Nillson raced for a half a mile, with Nillson giving Letts one-quarter of a lap and Lawson one-half a lap handicap. This evening at 8 e’clock Nillson will en- deavor to lower Joe Donoghue's record of 14.47 3-4 for five miles, made at the rink ere last year. At 9 o'clock -Letts and wseon rail rece for Nad and one-half miles, wit! wson receiving one and one- half laps handicap. After this race Nillson will give his splerdid exhibition of fancy skating on long racing skates. The Brooklyn Handicap. The Brooklyn Jockey Club announces the following entries: »Phe Brooklyn handicap of $10,000, for three-year-olds and upward; weights to be a1-nounced February 1, and declarations to be made by February 20. One mile and @ quarter: z 2 fone mAVRR ROCA: wood, Imperator, | Li Luawi hafen, Qetagén. Ogden.“ Piysovél. fa. Rifle, -Saverin, ' Seottis! in, Se ion, Voter. -: To Make: Pgijiam Safer, Mr. Horton i§troduced in the New York assembly sh anténdmeft to thé anti- prize-fighting bill, compellipg | all ..persons who take part in 4 sarring exhibition to have physician's c§r; tes of physical perfectress and abRit¥, based on examina- tions made within two hours of the fight. A Local Tournars: t Arran, i by the Colam A.C, == “6 The Columbia Athletic Club has an- nounced a whist tourney. Entries will be by pairs, and prizes will be awarded the successful players. All the strong players of the club are ‘es ga to enter. The scoring will be under the system lately de- vised by Mr. Safford. “The first match will | take place,next-.Wednesday evening, and matches will be hel ings thereafter. Mr. Cole continues to lead in the compass whist match at the Capital Bicycle Club. His average 1s 4.72'‘plas for eleven even- ings’ play. Messrs. McComb and Low come: next, with scores of 3.50 and 3.44 plus, respectively, each having played nine matches. Af The following were the scores made at compass whist on Wednesday evening at the C. BI. C.: on Wednesday even- N. and S. E. and W. - 72 . set & ‘86 Myers and Barnes. Stearns and Rines. Prince and McComb. Stephen and Lewis: 84 Saturday the American Whist Club of Boston, holders of the chellenge trophy of the American Whist League, défeated the Newton, Mass., Club 27 to 15 tricks. The Newtons, it will be remembered, obtained a place in the semi-finals at the Brooklyn congress in the section to which the C. Bi. C's were assigned. The last match before the trophy goes to the midwinter meeting at Nashville, on January 26, will be played this evening, the next challenger in the list being the Albany Whist Club. « ~~ CHESS. Tourney of the Washington Club Over Half Through. The tourney at the Washington Chess Club is more than half through, But four games remain to be played by either of the leaders, and the chances for first place have been reduced ‘to four persons, viz: Tharp, O'Farrell, Walker and Hanna. Mr. Tharp is in the lead, but his chances are no better than some of the others, as he has still to play Hanna, O'Farrell, Tibbetts and Walker, each of whom may win from bim. O'Farrell still has to play Hanna, Tharp and Tibbetts. He will do well to win two of the games. Hanna has to meet Tibbetts, O'Farrell, Tharp and Tucker, while Walker's remaining games are with Gwyer, Dunham, Thomas and Tharp. It will be noticed that Tharp, O'Farrell and Hanna have to play each other, while the only one of the three Walker has to play is Tharp. Saturday evening Mr. Walker was suf- fering from a cold, and his game with Tharp was postponed. Tharp played Har- ris instead, and it proved to be a most interesting contest. The game was even for thirty moves,.when Mr. Harris gave up a pawn without gaining an equivalent, and this was sufficient to turn the tide against nim. He hed a)chance for a draw by perpetual check, but stopped to take a pawn and was def§ated in a few moves thereafter. i Mr. Thomas defeated Mr. Gwyer in a game in which the latter won a plece, cw- ing to an oversight on the fourteenth move. Mr. Thomas wever, got up a strong aitack, and” tn swyer lowered his colors on the thirty-third move. Wednesday evening Tucker tried a Scotch opening against Walker. He lost a pawn on the twelfth mov, and another on the twenty-fourth move; Then he lost a piece by an oversight, and resigned on the twen- ty-eighth move:~ 9f ‘The score.to date is aS follows: Jr. {W. Thomas. | (White. 17 K- 1s B-K3 [19 P—QR3 2 B2 he annual meeting of the Washington Chess,Checker and Whist Ciub was held on Monday evening: last, and resulted in the election of the following officers: President, W. A. Gwyer, jr.; vice president, A. Ged- des; secretary, F. B. Walker; treasurer, C. Jackson. Members of the executive committee, to- gether with the above officers, Messrs. P. O’Farrell, S. C. Dunham and E. P. Hanna. The reports showed that the checker bratich of the club had recently been re- organized with thirteen members, and that ten new players had lately been added to the chess membership. Mr. H. Helms 1s leading in the cham- pionship chess tournament, with the clean score of three games won. W. E. Napier, the boy expert, ts second. Mr. Helms has won the club championship for two suc- cessive years, and is also one of the Amer- ican team in the coming cable match, Few changes have taken place in the score in the chess tournament at the Capital Bicycle Club: Mr. Barrick is still in the lead, with Usina second. The score ie as follows: Won, Lost. Barrick ar) Usina. 2 Macdai 4 Calver | Prine Peleuze 6% 6%) B: Taylor. CHECKERS. * The following is the score in the checker tournament at the Washington Chess, Checker and Whist Club, draws counting one-half won and one-half lost, except .in the case of Mr. Mundell, wko drew ten games, which were scored as lost by him: Won. Farquhar ...50 19" Muntlell 2722467 1% 21% 18 an 2 (25% 110% 21 Mr. C. M. Barrick, the well-known whist and chess player of the C. Bi. C.’s, is also strong at checkers, having won first prize in a tourney last. summer, jn which several good players participats A bout between him and some of checker players at the chess club weul teresting. Mr. James E. Macfarland is recovering from his severe illness. (7 ee 2, Too Mueh for Her. From ‘he Chicago Record. : “Mrs. Willowby, are your new nelghbars people whom you cap cyltivate?” “Well, they need jt, hut I don’t think 1 shall undertake it’)... ¢ > j . Kept His ‘Word. From Chips. - im. 22 Jings—“Say, Bingg’ caf{ you let me have that ten I loaned ygu same wecks ago?” Bings—“Sorry, Jings,.aan’t do it now; 1 am broke.’ ‘of Jings—“You said the last time I ask you that you couldn{t {iq @t before the Ist. Bings—“Well, didn’t I keep my word?” “The' Job Lot. From the Detreit“Pribum, | ~ ‘Darling: he, eried,.-pasalonately, “I know your troubles are t;but must you therefore’ léave me? Wjdu ‘sald ‘you would share.my lot.”. ries va “Yes, ‘but nothing: was sald about a job lot," she answerdl, with a sad, sweet smile. eS nie It Wass * * Froui'the New York Herald. * > Dobson—“That was a somewhat Previous joke Witticus got wasn't ite” | Smiley—* torthe flood.” Try Our Purpose to Sell Low. Our Purpose to Sell Much. Our Purpose to-Sell Now. nomenal business.” dent. business. You buy good Suits today for the same money formerly paid for a pair of trousers. You buy good Suits today for the same m When was anything like it known? Standard Black Suits joney you formerly paid for a pair of trousers. That's the secret. We get it from all sides—“You're doing a phe- It's not acci- We're meetitig the wants of the people by putting prices down. It takes courage, but brings the a: aa tte ce we ewres cee cccccescosesooeers 58 40 All-wool Suits—elsewhere you'd pay $18. Our price. .......seweesseeccsseccceveuccccncess a It’s sure—Begt Suits ever sold for the prite. Mertz and Mertz, New “Era’ Tailors, 906 F Street. Soitententoclostententececdontontentector Sse Soest iapetoncectetentecetonectntectecintey See eSestectedeeteatect ote teeteeeeeteinte NAPOLEON'S HORSES. LOHMAN oo , The French Emperor's Favorite Was Named Marengo. The most celebrated war horse of the present century is unquestionably Napo- leon’s Marengo. In view of the many hun- dred biogr:phies of the great captain, it 1s certainly surprising that go little should be known with any degree of certainty concerning this world-famous charger, says “Our Animal Friends. To an American visitor to the dethroned Bonapartes at Chesilhurst in June, 18) Louis Napoleon, in a conversation about his own hcrses and the war steeds of the most illustrious of modern soldiers, said: “The emperor's favorite charger was Marengo, an Arab of good size and style, and almost white. He rode him in his last battle of Mount St. Jean, where Marenga received his seventh wound. I once mount- ed him when a youth and but a short time before the steed died at the age of thirty- six. Another favorite war horse was named Maria, and was used by the emperor in many of his hundred battles. Her skele- ton is now to be seen in the ancient castle of Ivenach, on the Rhine, the property of the Von Plessen family. Of the other sixty or seventy horses uwned by Napo- teon and used in battle perhaps the most famous were Ali, Austerlitz, Styrie and Jaffa. He had nineteen chargers killed under him. The American visitor might have added, but did not, that Marshal Blucher had twenty shot in battle, while Gens. Cusier and Forrest are believed to have each lost almost as many in the brief period of four years. Marla, or Marie, is thus described by Victor Hugo in the words of a French veteran: “On the day when Napoleon gave me the cross I noticed his beast. It had its ears very far apart, a deep saddle, a fine head, marked with a black star, a very long neck, prominent knees, projecting flanks, oblique shoulders and a strong crup- pier. She was a little above fifteen hands high.” The Hon. Francis Lawley of London possesses the picture of a white Arab stallion, the history ef which is well known, with the inscription in French, “Ali, battle charger of Napoleon.” He was captured from the Mamelukes and presented to*the great captain. On Napoleon's downfall a French gentleman purchased Jaffa and Marengo and conveyed them to his estate in England. The tombstone of the former is to be seen at Glassenbury, in Kent, with this inscription, “Under this stone lies Jaffa, the celebrated charger of Napoleon.” The last trumpet call sounded for Ma- rengo in September, 1829, just as he had completed thirty-six years. After his death his bones received an honorable place in the Military Institute, as already men- tioned. Another souvenir of the famous steed is one of his hoofs made into a snuft box, which makes its daily round after din ner at the Queen’s Guard, in St. James’ Palace, London. On the silver ld is the legend: “Hoof of Marengo, barb charger of Napoleon, ridden by him at Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena, Wagram, in the Russian campaign, and at Waterloo,” and round the silver shoe the legend continues: “Marengo was wounded in the rear hip at Waterloo, when his great master was on him in the hollow road in advance of the French posi- tlon. He had been frequently wounded be- fore in other battles.” : The Black Gown. From the Sunday Magazine. A very remarkable case has recently come. before the court of appeals. The in- cumbent of 2 church at Bournemouth, pro- fessing to hold evangelical opinions, and certainly appointed by evangelical trus~ tees, sought to be released from the obliga- ticn of wearing a black gown in the pulpit. A lady who had endowed the church had made this a condition of benefiting by her bequest, and the present incumbent refused to sign the customary sgreement to this effect, and then endeavored to get the ob- ligation set aside on the ground that such a condition was in itself illegal and tm- practicable. ‘The court decided against him, and the will therefore stands good; he will have to make his choice between forfeiting tie be- quest and conforming with its conditions; and as he has declared his own position from the first, there can be little doubt for which of the two alternates he will dé- cide. But the incident shows how far cus- toms and opinion have changed since the days of the evangelical supremacy when Shaftsburg nominated bishops and Palmer- ston appointed them. ‘Then the black gown was the rule; now it is the exception. This case will check, for some time .at least, ary: further attempt to dislodge it by action at law. —_+e+_____ The Cheese. From the Youth's Companion. The proper degree of formality observed at the White House, so far as the officials are concerned, is sometimes in contrast with the proc2dure in earlier days. In re- cently published recollections of a long life, the author describes a scene he witnessel at the White House in President Vai Buren’s time. In honor of the !naugura- tion, a cheese had been sent to the new chief magistrate. It was “the size of,.a large, round table.” Pieces of it, together with crackers, were handed round to-per- sons assembled. “The whole house and almost the whole city was redolent of cheese, fragments of it lying everywhere on the streets.” All this may seém-to have brought the President nearer the People, but the country can today qifite appropriately dispense with that fcrm of | paternalism. — —————_+ee+_____ Generous Girl, From the Boston Herald. She (efter giving him a mustn’t tell any one.” He—“Why?" zs “Oh, I don't know. 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Sanborn, in Fruitvale, near The deceased, as one of the earliest and foremost miners of the state, has claimed that Millionaires Flood,Mackay and Fair were his proteges. In a measure he was -the-architect of their great for- Oakland. tunes. “Brodigdti ‘dime to San Francisco from Drogheda, Ireland, in 1850. That was his birthplace and he knew the men there who were destined later to become Californi:'s Flood, Mackay and richest men. his neighbors. -/When Brodit where ie iter tovbe take out of Sar die From Life. = Patient—“If you don’t get me well, doc- | Gold Hill, Nev., tor, you are likely to be stuck.”* pee FP uit geal pete “T haven’ BOB enough money to Wh ligan reached this state he was peor. He struck out for San Francisco and - mora, in married. be fortune. dentally He had avoided Pation was to hi rible privation when a @ result his hair was He was one of leaves a small fortune. His widow and ir were Tuolumne county, He became ‘con- any amount of gold ground thereabouts. He operated his mines and inci- gained contro] of the water ‘supp! y of Bodie, Cal., after which he created a stir by selling water at Mac! ter Brodigan had estabi! $1 per barrel. Flood, ae Manor. oft iis iif. Dissi- a -. a Wanveeventptwo Fears and’ atti overtook him. He endured ter- cay the Most respected plonvers ofthe state. He Four of tit chidren, Terrence, Brodigan, and Mrs, M.Wwooa ant Mrs. S. Hart, live in Mrs. Hugh