Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1897, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1897-14 PAGES. Special Trip Piney Point $2.50. Washington’s most charming resort, Saturday, July 17. for those who can spat! ly a few hours’ vacation at at Fine salt water bathing. Excellent fisting. More fish than ever before im 8 years—biting as throw in your line. For further information and_tick- HL WILLIAMS, o J.C. nw, E 10th’ st. n.w. hand =D sts. CHURCHILL, 1322 od Practically an 1897 wheel easily worth $30 better 513 th St. Fritz Reuter, Hotel and Restaurant, COR. PA, AVE. AND 4% ST. N.W. Regular Dinner served from 5 to 8 o'clock. Sundars, from 1 to 3 o'clock. —we, Blue Point Oysters or Little Neck Clams ‘on half sbell. Puree of Peas, au Croutons. Fried Flounder, sauce Tortoise. Bouillon Potatoes. Sliced Tomatoes. Spring Onions. Radishes. —_ Lettnee. Pickles, Veal Cutlet, Tomato Sauce. Potate Braised Smoked Goose Breast. Fried Chicken, V Apricots. Cake of Pte. Coffee, Tea or Milk. 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Gloves. $8.00 Gloves now. a $1.00 Gloves now. Mitts. $6.50 Mitts now. SOc. Mitts now. = Masks. $2.50 Masks now. $1.25 Masks now. oo Every kind you can thick of for men at all sorts of prices, but all of them worth Larrimore & Ridenour, 417” Ninth. It “L. & R. ROUTE.” Just the thing for wheellng— Summer Sweaters. lowest prices. (Excepting Balls.) $2.00 Gloves now. $3.00 Mitts vow. $4.00 Masks now. Bathing Suits. more. PESOS 0099095 0500-5005500000 Fly Paper Catches a Rat. From the Topeka Capital. A well-known local grocery man in Pitts- burg, Kan., has been in the habit of plac- ing several sheets of the familiar tangle- foot paper cn his counters at night to en- tice the files. When he opened the store yesterday morning he found a couple of the sheets of tanglefoot paper partially rolled up on the floor, and tangled up with Rem was a good-sized rat, that was en- deavoring to get away, but made a misera- ble fatlure of it. It had cvidently got its feet fast in the paper in such a manner as to prevent its running, and then in lying down to free itself gave the sticki- ness @ good grip upon its hairy coat, “TO HELL LIKE A MAN.” Mrs. Livermore’s Advice to a Soldier Terrorized by an Evangelist From the Indianapolis Journal. I asked Mrs. Livermore if she had ever feen any one afraid of death, or that which would follow death, at the actual hour of dying. “Never but once,” she replied, “and then it was the fault of an evangelist. It was after the fight at Fort Donelson. Eighty mortally wounded men had been brought into my ward at the St. Louis Hospital, among them a soldier with both legs and an arm shot off. This man was lying in that stupor which usually precedes death, when an evangelist entered, and, bending over the bed, said: ‘Have you made your peace with God? If not, you will be in hell in less than an hour.’ “Instantly the man’s stupor was re- Placed by the most horrible fright. ‘Pray for me,’ he groaned. ‘I can’t stop,’ was the reply, as the speaker hurried on to give his gruesome message to other suf- ferers. ‘You must pray for yourself.’ Delirious with pain, and wholly possessed by this new and terrible idea, the soldier sent out shriek after shriek of agony. ‘I cannot dig! I have been a wicked man!’ was his repeated wail. His cries aroused and excited the other men, and the ward became a pandemonium of groans and Screams and beseechings. In vain I urged and the surgeon commanded quiet. I di- rected the doctor to send the evangelist out of the ward, and I got upon the bed of the man who had first been aroused. Taking him by the shoulders and looking straight into his eyes, I sald: ‘Stop this screaming at once!’ ‘But I am going to hell,’ he cried. ‘Well, if you must go to hell, go like a man,’ I replied. ‘But why must you go? What is Christ for if a man like you, who has stood up to be riddled and torn and killed for his country, is go- ing to hell? It is a libel upon God.” “I had dispatched a messenger for a chaplain. When he came I said: ‘Don't cay a word, but sing.’ And gradually peace settled over the ward, while the poor fel- low listened to ‘Jesus, Lover of My Soul,’ ‘There'll Be No More Sorrow There,’ ‘Rock of Ages,’ and many other comforting hymns. I kept my place on the bed, softly repeating prayers and reassuring passages of Scripture till my patient whispered: ‘I do beHeve Jesus will save me.’ He died that night. “The over-zealous evangelist received summary treatment at the hands of Moth- er Bickerdyke. When he began to ques- tion her ‘boys’ she approached him with the words: ‘Look here, you leave this ward quick, or I'll take you by the nape of the neck and pitch you out,"” —_++____ Se Simple. From Cassell’s Journal, “Any one can acquire a good memory,” said the teacher to his class, “if he trains his mind to hang things on their own pegs, so to speak. For instance, in what year was Gladstone bern?” “I don’t remember,” answered the pupil. “Don’t remember? Well,- you must go about it in the right way. How many ‘Muses were there?" “Nine.” ““Of course. Now double that number.” ‘Righteen, ‘Now multiply it by 100.” ‘Eighteen hundred.” . “Very good. Now hold on to that. How many graces were there?” “Three.” cereale Maltiply that by itself. “Nine.” “Just so. Now add that to the result you first obtained, and what have you?” “Eighteen hundred and nine.” “Well, now you have it. Gladstone was born tn 1809. Everything depends upon Ro- ing to work ina proper manner. The mem- ory needs a bit of help, that’s all.” THEY Senators Oaptured a One-Sided Game at Pittsburg, EVERY ONE OF THEM HIT THE BALL Smoky City Bie Taken Off the Rubber. CURRENT NOTES OF SPORT Today’s Schedule and Weather. Washington at Cincinnati—clear. Baltimore at Chicago—cloudy. Brooklyn at Clevetand—clear. Boston at Pittsburg—clear. New York at Louisville—cloudy. Philadelphia at St. Louis—cloudy. ta x 80 35.468 21 30 39 435 c 26 38 406 0 % 38 .397 oT 15 63 .197 Joly 15, 1896: L. P, W. L. P.c. a M38 ATZ sme 23 M4 39.466 -8® 28. 31 36.463 B:ston: -OD. ‘ork. 28 40 412 Piitsburg..... 38 35.543 St. Louis, 20 54 270 Chicago. + 41 36.532 Louisville. 16 51 .239 The Senators found the Pirates easy pick- ing at Pit:sberg yesterday, winning the game by the score of 15 to 1. Mercer was on the rubber fo: the Washingtons, and lke in the game of Monday; proved a com- plete puzzle to the emoky city lads, but three safe hits being registered against his delivery. All sorts of fun was poked at Mercer after the game Monday, especially at his slow ball, but the same tactics that won Monday were more successful yester- dey. Gardner started in to pitch for the Pittsburgs, but lasted only until the mid- dle of the third inning, singles and doubles coming in such a profusion that Captain- Manager Donovan concluded it was best to remove him from the game. Hughey, who proved such a hard problem on the last trip of the Pirates to Washington, was substitut2d for Gardner; but was hit al- most as freely, eleven hits being the record made off of him. The feature of the game was the batting of Capt. Brown, who secured four singles out of five times at the bat. All the other Wagnerites batted timely and fielded al- mest faultlessly, the one misplay being a slip-up by DeMontreville at short. Four runs were secured by the Senators in the first inning: A single by Brown to center, @ steal of second and a sacrifice placed the runner on third. Wrigley drew a base on balls, and DeMont’s hard drive to Leahy at third scored Brown. Farrell sirgled to left, scoring Wrigley, DeMont going to third onjcthe;throw in and Farrell to second. Tucker singled to right, bring- ing in DeMont and Farrell. - The six runs made in the third inning were brought about on a series of singles, a double and a triple, mixed together witn costly errors. In the fifth inning two more runs were scored. Brown made his third hit of the game and scored from first on Sclbach's two-bagxeg to deep center, the latter coming hofie Gp DeMont's fly out to Brodie. In the-elgith the Senators got only one man aerosp the plate. DeMont sigled past third, took two bases on Far- rell’s out, a nice*filustration of the hit and run game, and ;then came home on Rell- ly's single to right. In the ninth inming,the Senators secured their last two runs. O’Brien opened with a beauty to right, and, on Brown's single past Davis, went to third. He scored on Selbach’s out, and Brown tallied on Wrig- ley’s single to-center. PITTSBURG. -H.O.A. | R 0. AE: R.H.O.A.EL Tannehill, rf 0 0 3 0 0 Brown, 44100 Leahy, 3b..; 0 2 1) Selbach, 1f:.1 2400 Davis, 1b 8 0 u Wagley, rf 2 2 2 1 0 Smith, If. 1 0 0/DeMoat, ss. 2 2.261 22 0 Farell, c...2 2210 4.1 0) Tuckey, 1.21 214 0 0 0 2 0 Relily,'3)...1 20 2 0 8 0 2.0'Brien, 2b:.2 2 2 5 0 0 0 0|Mereer, p.-.1 1010 010 a Totals ....15 18 2716 1 000010001 40602001 265 Exmed | runs—Washington, 8. Two-base hite— Selbach, Tucker. Three-buse bit—O'Brien. Sacri- fice hit—Brodie. Stolen bases—Brown, ‘Selbach, DeMont (2), Relliy, O'Brien, Mercer. Double plays— DeMont, rien and Tucker; O'Brien, DeMoat and Tucker; Wrigley and Tucker. Bases’ on balls—Om Gardner, 3; off Hughe . Struck out —By Hughey, 4; by M ‘id pitch—Hughey. Left on bases — Pitts! Washington, 7. First base ov errors— Pittsburg, 1; Washington, {me— 2.05. Umpire—Fimall Colonels Losing at Home. The Phillies won the last game of the series with the Colonels at Louisville yes- terday by the score of 10 to 5. Evans was hit hard, Delehanty getting in two singles, a double and a home run. LOUISVILLE. | PHIGADELEET, R.H.O0.AB. 12°20 indelphia, 2; Louisville, 2, First Pulladelphis, 2; Loulsvilic, i. Lett lplda, ¢; Louleville, 10. Firat base on balls—Off Wheeler, 4: off Evans, 1. Struck out— By Wheeler, 4, by Evans, 3. Home runs—Clements, Delehanty. " Two-base hits—Clarke, Stafford, Wer- den, Delehanty, Geler, Nush, Lajole. Sacrifice hit— Stafford. Stolen bases—W.' Clarke, Wilson, Nash @), Wheeler, Lajole, Time—2.04. ‘Umpire—Lynch. Boston Again Low Boston bit the dust yesterday at Cleve- land, the Spiders being the victors by the score of 18 to 12, Klobedanz started the game for the Bostons, but after four in- nings was relieved by Stivetts, who did well, CLEVELAND. IN B.H.0.4.5, | R.H.0.A.E. Burkett, if.. 433 0 6 Hamilton, ef 23°40 0 Childs, 2b...4 3 2 4 0/Temey, Ib..8 19 0 0 01 3 1! Long, 793002 224 01031 O'Connor, ef. 0 4 7 0 -21130 Criger, 1000 11500 Tebeau, 320 *21330 Clark, rf 300 12310 Powell, p. 1¢1 0 300 i Ki 91000 2 jativetes, B.-12 020 pee hee 12 3). Totals ....12 16 2711 3 00 og 004-2 ton, 2. ‘on bases— well, pores aat 2) itou. Lowe, _Klobe- New Yorks Quit. The Cincinnatjs gave the New Yorks a start of six runé yesterday at Cincinnati, and then went fit and’won out by the score of 11 to @ Dwyer was knocked out of the box and Dammann relieved him, and the Giants didn’t score thereafter. Meekin was hit hard. . RAT OAR. OAR 13°00 O|v'Haltra, ef 13°30 i 1110 -112300 oo20 2010 (2207 11240 1001 2051 [2430 12190 2141 1210 2136 2200 0041 o1s0 00014 1000 122i 2a 2 33 x 000-6 er. Deke = Hitehey and Beck- bese on bails Seemann 3 leekin, 6. Hit by pi Ritchey, ‘Struck out—By TED HARD}: BST 2; by Meekin, 1. Wild fomean rime 2 ia, Umpire O'Day” Beat Chicago, The Brooklyns took another game from the Ansonites at Chicago yesterday, the ‘score being 15 to 7. Costly errors were re- sponsible for the Chicagos’ downfall. Grif- fin and Anson’s batting was the feature of the game. (3 tnt Orono mi Oso vo So nem Mwmocnowor ecsecoonw™ ; i > i : g : 7 wit F 8 Mt Om ons Bi LOCAL AMATEUR GAMES. Close Contest Between the Buren Columbia Teams. The base ball teams of the bureau of engraving and printing and the Columbia Athletic Club participated in a loosely Played game at National Park yesterday. The Bureaus finally won by 11 to 9. Co- lumbia made only two errors, while the Bureaus are charged with ten, but the Co- lumbia pitchers gave twelve men their base. Up to the fifth inning the score stood 10 to 1 in favor of the Bureaus, but after that time a case of rattles seemed to over- take the mroney-makers, and the Columbia team very nearly won out in the ninth. Brown pitched a fairly good game for the Bureaus, while Leech in the last five in- nings pitched good ball, allowing but five scattered hits and striking out seven men. McCauley carried off the batting honors, while Bolway’s play at short was also a feature. The score: BUREAUS. © ALC. 0.438) R.H.O.AB. 4°0 O1Greon, ooo19 111 3/ Bob 22641 2 7 6 Sto ke 23110 30 O!Lewis, g...22 101 ® 1 1 Buras, O1000 10 O|Lrech, p..-51 00 2 0 1 0 0) Wisner, rf..0 0100 0 2 Oj Hendley, 2.1 31 2 0 5 2 0|/Thomps'n, 1b 0 1 9 0 0 Moran, p,1f.1 0 0 1 0 onan 2 5201001 61001-9 Harned runs—Bureaus, 6; C. A. C., 1. Two-base hits—McCanley, Bolway and ‘Thompson. Passed balls—Green, 3; Moreland. 3. Wild pitches—Leach, 2. on balls—Om Moran, 3 off Brown, 2. . Cauley’ and Flaberty. Struck out—By Moran, 2 Wit by pitched bail 4 Leach, 7; by Brown, 4. Left on bases— Bureaus, 10. Stolen bases—Hughos MeCaul @), Winkleman, Flaherty, Moreland, Stockslager (3) and Hendley. "Double plays—Bolway to ‘Thompson G)._ Stockslager to Bolway. Umptre—Mr. “Haden. Fine 240. The Interstates Won. The Interstate Commerce Commission defeated the Arsenal team yesterday after- noon by fine fielding ard opportune hitting. The Interstates put up a perfect game in the fleld. The Arsenal team was weak in this particular and in addition could not hit half to amount to anything. A double play by Chesley, Sterne and Newton, Gompers’ catch and the work of Gladden and Kent behind the plate were the fea- tures. The score: INTERSTATE. R.A. Houlehan, 3 2° Gladden, a 1 | ARSENAL. R.H. Mosgrave, 1b 0 © Druw'nd, 2b. 0 o M'Laug’n, If 0 0 Fuller, #8... 0 © Adit, e1 mocwomoun> moomononeh wrnccccen wha rers—Interstates, 2. Arsenal, 5. First base on balls—Of Wolf, 1. Shellenberg, 6; off Kent, 2. Struck out—By Wolf, 5; by Shelicnberg, 3; by Kent, 1. Home run. | hit—Gladden. Two-base hits md. Stolen bases—Interstates, Double play Aheslex to. Sterne to volt, McLaugh- Davis. 9; Arsenal, 4. Newton. Hit by pitched ball—By Pamed Umpire—Mr, lin. is—Bratz, T SAILED Australinns Will Play Some Ball Games There. Thirteen members of the Australian base ball team sailed yesterday for England. “We shall carry out our original inten- tion of a trip around the world,” said Man- ager Musgrove. ‘We shall probably play some games in London and other parts of England and then resume eur journey homeward. _The American people have been very kind to us and we shall carry home pleasant recollections of our journey. I desire to say that Mr. A. G. Spalding and Mr. James A. Hart fairly outdid them- selves in the matter of courtesies toward the team.” In discussing the base ball aspect of the tour Mr. Musgrove said: “That has been a disappointment. We have played twenty-six games and lost all but a few. We were surprised by the won- derfully fine point to which Americans have reduced the game. The throwing und fielding are marvelous, and until our play- ers improve in those branches of the sport they cannot hope to compete with Amerl- cans.” “What are the prospects of the game in Australia?” “Its future depends on it being taken up by the schools. At present it is played only by members of cricket clubs, and is doubled up with cricket matches. If the geme can be introduced in the schools and taught to the youngsters, it will then have a healthy growth.” Junior Ball Nines. z The Zeniths recently defeated the Wrig- leys in a forfeited game, and the Creden- tials by the score of 15 to 5. Address chal- lenges tor teams of fourteen years to P. EB. Rowe, manager, 433 2d street southeast. The Young Americans played two games with the Reds and won both by the scores of 7 to 6 and 2 to 0. Send challenges to H. Smith, 811 7th street southwest. Base Ball Notes. The Senators move on to Cincinnati and will open there today. Kirg will probably pitch. Should the Senators win one game from the Red Legs they can be placed in the lucky class. It is reported that Earl Wagner has started on a hunt for players through the Eastern and Atlantic leegues. If this is true, his destination can very easily be Arthur Irwin has about the fast- eet collection of minor league players in the business. It is to be hoped that Mr. Wagner will use his own judgment in se- lecting new players and take advice from no one. He lost Jon nd Stahl through outside advice. Theo Philadelphia papers are kicking be- cause Bob Allen was not secured for short. Alen and Stallings would never mix on one team, and it begins to look us if the latter has the greater pull with the magnates from Quakertown. Elberfeld, third baseman of the Rich- monds, is attracting more attention the Atlantic League circuit than any other player in that organization. He fields beau- tifully and bats around the .300 mark. The sensational report sent out from Cin- cinnati by a New York correspondent to the effect that the drinking water furnish- ed the Giants had been doctored, proved a boomerang. The players under Captain Joyce have denied the story, and the fans in New York have become disgusted over the charges, The correspondent should not have lost sight of the fact that “Buck” Ewing was once the idol of New York and his friends there can stiH be numbered among the thousands. The Torontos are now in third place in the Eastern League race é i 3 i : é 4 ‘The Buffalo Express says: “Toronto has Se etn aeettercen ae denviags ae: e8} 1e a yest ac- cepted eight chances.” RESULTS AT HENLEY! American Oarsmen Aocquit Them- selves With Credit in All Contests. TEN EYCK AND MDOWELL BOTH WIN Beautiful Weather for the Second Day's Rowing Program. ATTENDANCE WAS BETTER HENLEY-ON-THAMBS, July 15.—The sceond day of the regatta was favored with beautiful weather, a ight wind blowing up the course. The attendance was much better than it was yesterday. The third heat of the grand ghallenge cup «ontest was won easily by the Leander Club, who beat the Utrecht University Boat Club by one and three-quarters lengths. Time, 7m. ls. jew College Beats Trinity Hall. The fourth heat for the grand challenge cup was won by New College, Oxford, who beat Trinity Hall, Cambridge. New College led throughout. Trinity Hall spurted game- ly at the finish, but New College responded and won by half a length. Time, 7m.2s. The fifth trial heat for the ladies’ chal- lenge plate was won by Emmanuel College, Cambridge, beating Christ Church College, Oxford. The sixth trial heat for the ladies’ chal- lengt plate was won by Eton College, beat- i.g King’s College, Cambridge. The fifth trial heat for the Thames’ chal- lenge cup was won by the Kingston Row- ing Club, beating the Delft Students’ Row- ing Club. McDowell Wins Against Hogan. Dr. McDowell, in the fifth trial heat for the Diamond Sculls, defeated T. J. Hogan, New Ress Boat Club, Ireland, winning as he liked in 9m. 33s. Hogan got away first and soon led by half a length. McDowell got after him at full speed, soon collared him and, when they reached open water, began to pass him. Then, to everybody's astonishment, Hogan showed signs of be- ing winded and of losing his head. He col- lided with almost everything in sight and was thrice mixed up with the piles. McDowell slowed up, leoked complacently at his rival and then proceeded toward the finish very quietly and as if he were out rowing for pleasure. Indeed he allowed Hogan to overtake him, and they were almost even at the finish. The times were as follows: Quarter mile, 1m. 45s.; half mile, 3m. 3s.; tile, 6m. 56s. ‘The sixth trial heat for the Diamond Sculls was won by H. T. Blackstaffe, Ves; ta Rowing Club, who beat A. F. G. Ever- {tt, London Rowing Club. Ten Eyek Wins, The seventh trial heat for the Diamond Sculls was won by E. H. Ten Eyck, Wa- chusset Boat Club, Mrssachusett: who beat J. J. Blusse of the De Hoop Rowing Club. Time, 9m. 16s. The first trial heat for the Wyfold chal- lenge cup was won by Jesus Coliege, Cam- bridge, who beat the Thames Rowing Club. The third trial heat for the stewards’ challenge cup was won by the Leander Club, beating the London Rowing Club. The second trial heat for the Wyfold chal- lenge cup was won by the Kingston Rowing Club, who beat the London Rowing Club. The eighth trial heat for the diamond sculls was won by B. H. Howell, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, who beat G. McHen: ys Thames Rowing Club. . om” +. DAN STUART'S BIG WINNINGS. Thinks He Cleaned CHICAGO, July 15.—The local pool rooms were all visited by Dan Stuart or his agents yesterday, and each place lost as much as $1,000 at the odds of 30 to 1 by the winning of J. M. B. at St. Louls. Stuart said that he played the horse all over the country, and it was his money that so knocked the price at St. Louis, where the race was run. “If my money all got on,” the Texan is reported as saying, “I must have won $50,000 or $00,000.” ODDS 2 TO 1 ON JEFFRIES. Coming Fistic Pavilion, S: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 15.—Tomor- row evening in Mechanics’ Pavilion the two youngest and biggest heavy weights in the pugilistic ranks will be seen in a twenty round contest. The men referred to are Jim Jeffries of Los Angeles and Gus Ruh- lin of Ohto. That sporting men look for Jeffries to win is evidenced by the fact that odds of 2 to 1 are offered against the Ohio giant. Jeffries weighs 212 and Ruhlin 200 pounds. Stuart Secures Noted Fighters. CARSON, Nev., July 15.—Dan Stuart writes to his Carson agent from Chicago that he hes signed Sharkey and Muher and McCoy and Creedon for the fistic car- nival in Carson this fall, and has four other fights in view, which, he says, will be “‘corkers,” but mentions no names. Tennis at Niagara, Ont. Tho scores of the tennis tournament at Niagara, Ont., yesterday follow: ‘Championship singles — Preliminary rcund: E. P. Fischer, West Side, beat J. Fermley Paret, Orange, 10-8, 7-5; H. E. Avery, Detroit, beat R. W. Matthews, To- rento, 6—4, 6-2; R. G. Smeliie, Toronto, beat B. Whitbeck, Harvard, by default; A. Cc. MacMaster, Toronto, beat C. M. Pope, New York, by default. First round: A. P. Hawes, Longwood, against E. P. Fischer, West Side, 6-2, 0— (unfinished); M. D. Whitman, Harvard, beat R. D. Thurber, West Side, 6—1, 6-0. Handicap singles — Preliminary round: G. P. Sheldon, owe thirty, against C. A. Campbell, owe five-sixths, 10-8, 5—2 (un- finished); B. A. Wright, owe fifteen and two-sixths, beat G. T. Medd, fifteen, 6—2, 6—1; R. D. Little, owe fifteen, beat A. C. MacMaster, owe four-sixths, 6-1, 6-3; R. Vv. Beacl owe five-sixths, beat J. C. Neely, owe fifteen and two-sixths, 7—5, 84; P. Hawes, owe fifteen and two- sixths, beat F. G. Anderson, owe fifteen, 64, ; C. P. Dodge, owe fifteen and fcur-sixths, beat J. Seaver, owe three- sixths, 6—1, 75; R. G. Smeliie, owe three- sixths, beat L. Beardmore, owe fifteen, 6—4, — on ey ae) fifteen and four-s! t F. H. tt, owe threa- sixths, 6—1, 6-3. “i W. A. C. Neglected a-Rule. The only note of interest in Racing Chairman Mott's latest L. A. W. bulletin is the following: No further sanctions will be granted to the following organizations and individuals until they comply with section E, para- graph 1, of the racing rules, which re- quires a marked program and referee's re- port of every race meet held: Johns Hop- kins University Athletic Associatién, Bal- timore, Md.; Associat tion, olic School, Philadelphia; Friends’ Sc! Philadelphia; Spartan Athletic Prosrsd tion, Philadelphia; School, Philadelphia; W: Athletic Societion,Wilkesbarre, Par; Sone eatin 3 Jol (ol worth, Houtsdale, Pa. Ayah Wins at Newmarket. LONDON, July 15.—At the third day’s racing of the Newmarket second July meeting today the Jorillard-Beresford sta- year-olds. There were eight starters over the last five furlongs of the Bunbury mile. —__ Tt matters little what it is that you want ccwhether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach’ the person who can fill your need. A ————_ Birmingham, England, makes 37,000,000 pins daily. = MERTZ’S. “Arctic” Soda, Sc. 1230 Won Yesterday. — ‘The holders of Nos. 249 and 553 — have not_as yet called for thelr Wil they please come at that shows what onr superior buying facilities means "to our patrons. HOOD’S 6 3) Sarsapariila —# wonderful Mood purifier and tonic. Expecialiy valuable in the summer months. Mertz’s Pharmacy, 11th & F Sts. Jy 15-608 CARING FOR WATER LILIES. The Interesting Study of Aquatic Plants. From the Chicago Post. The constant se-vices of the two men whom the gardener playfully designates as his ducks are required to keep the north and south Hly beds In condition during the summer season. The delicate tropical lilies and lotus are kept in the big greenhouse during the winter, end are only brought forth into their immer quarters when settled warm weather has made its ap- pearance. Only the hardy varieties, which @re native to the temperate zone, are left in their watery beds all winter. ‘That a water plant requires a bath may appeal to the general public as a decidedly. novel idea—yet not a day passes on which the men who have charge of the ily beds do not wash the broad floating “pads” as carefully as the nurse of the most petted child bathes her small charge. The toilet of the lilies is always performed in t early morning. An ordinary hose, with spraying attachment, is the cnly implement used, and the flat leaves are showered with a fine mist unt!l every particle of dust accumulsted during the previous day and night 1s removed and the follage looks as fresh as a baby just emerging from its morning “scrub.” “These ponds said Mr were Stromback, “ park, giving pleas- ure to thousands of visitors. The shaded seats on the grassy slopes about the ponds are almost always well filled, and hundreds of appointments are made for meetings be- tween friends ‘at the lily beds.’ “The ponds are about three feet deep and all the Iilies are planted in large boxes filled with strongly fertilized soil. These boxes are about sixteen feet long and four- teen feet wide. It is intended to fill in the spaces between the boxes with a slight depth of soil, in order to make the ponds a litle shallower. The object of this is to make the follage more quickly sensitive to the sun's heat. This is especially desirable in a backward season such as the present cne has been. “Few persons have any adequate idea of the value of the plants in these beds. Not @ few tiny plants have cost $30 each. Of course these were Imported and are very rare. The north pond is exclusively devoted to the hardy varieties. These are very free bloomers and were developed by Maleicack, the celebrated lily grower of France. Our plants were obtained direct from him. is constantly experimenting with new v: rieties and we expect to add to our collec- tion, in the near future, several of his la est and finest productions. While ft ts 1 possible to estimate the value of the plants in these ponds, it is wholly probable that they are worth at least $2,000. “If the people who come here and take only a casual survey of the ponds knew the pleasure to be obtanied from even the slightest investigation into the nature and habits of the jotus and the Iles Fam sure we would have scores of students in this fleld where we now have one. Take the beautiful Victoria Randi, for instance. The Kes thruugh which its leaves and blos- soms pass when they appear upon the sur- face of the water are very rapid. It is a night bloomer, but the blossom does not reach perfection until about 11 o'clock in the morning. Then it Is spread to its full and the prccess of fertilization takes place, after which tt closes and withdraws under the water. The seeds which are then formed are as large as small shot. “The leaf when it first pushes to the sur- face of the water, is a boat-shaped affair covered with long, sharp needles. It rapidiy unfolds, the armor of needles being, of course, on the under side. The leaf ultt- mately attains a size of six feet in diame- ter and has a vertical rim four inches in hetght. If a board is placed across cne of these fully developed leaves it will easily sustain a child weighing 100 pounds. T blossom, which Hives for a day only, is fragrant as a pineapple. Almost every other plant has a history as interesting as that of the Victoria Randi, which I have only briefly suggested. Very many people are deeply interested in the fine specimens of the Egyptian lotus. Others find much amusement in watching the sunfish about the edges of the ponds as they hover over their spawn and drive away every intruder, always returning immediately to their par- ticular nests. There are several huge gold- fish in the ponds, but these do not multiply as rapidly as we wish they would. ‘When the ponds were started the edges were very inartistic, but we have been gradually planting reeds, rushes, clumps of papyrus, wild asters and other varieties of plants calculated to give the shore lines @ more wild and natural appearance.” From the Philadelphia Times. It is no easy matter to bring under the cognizance of the human eye a Dillion of any kind of objects. Take a ten-dollar gold piece as a once familiar object. Put one in the ground and stand upon it as many of its kind as will reach twenty feet in height, then place the numbers of similar columns in close con- tact, forming a straight line and making a sort of wall twenty feet high, showing only the thin edges of the coin as they lie flat upon each other. Imagine two such walls, running parallel to each other and forming, as it were, a long street. Keep on extending these walls for miles—hundreds of miles—and still the accumulation will be fer short of the number we want to reach. In fact, it is not until this imagi- nary street is extended to a distance of two thousand three hundred and eighty- six and a half miles that we shall have presented for inspection the one billion coins. To get an idea of height in reference to