Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1897, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1897-12 PAGES 9 WASH. B. WILLIAMS, . 7th and D Sts. Furniture, & Dining $75 Re set. $5). setting # pretty fast pace In Fur- niture price cutting this summer. No other firm has yet dared to fe Every day we time out a challenge this—but it met! 1 offer tomorrow an elegant Dining ing. fs nev We sh 6 Quartered Oak Box Seat Dining Chairs, upholstered in crimson or en leather. 2 Arm Chairs to match. &-ft. Solid Quartered Oak Exten- sion Dining Table, high polish finish. And handsome Solid Quartered Oak Sideboard, with “shaped” French bevel plate mirror—elegant- ly finished—one of the finest pieces in stock--the whole set valued at $75- As a Special for tomor- 55] row we cut the price Wash. B.Williams, 7th&D to is Fritz Reuter, Hotel and Restaurant, PA. AVE. AND 414 ST. N.W. Blue Point Oy 7 Milk. ‘or Watermeton, Cheese. Tea c joupe TAaaaane > Said to be ons of the > hardest things in the world to get. We > guarantee the Razor > You buy of us—to fit > your by without ‘PERFECT RAZOR to be perfect wl, fnrthermore, we Keep It In > in, condition free! Jubilee Razors, $2.50— 477 and 90% Pa. ave. sains. Most of those advertised yes- tay Were snapped up like gold nuggets. “s another fing. Beat these prices if you $50 zara Tandem (comb.). Ryan & Co., 1238 9th. $150 eS JAITHER, Subagent, Oth and H sts, 6 will now buy a "06 model $100 *50 Keating” Bicycle — the Mzhtest, ee ee ae oases sy Some Great .Wheel Bargains. ¥ one is in good repair and worth at mable what we ask. HUE eet 4 roe Ef SEGUE SOO Ey = people: $5 down, $1.5 repalring done quickly and cheap, Iroquois Cycle Co., > S10 FOURTEENTH ST. N.W. 240 $75 ’96 ‘CRESCENTS’ only $35, Tiny a wheel with a reputation, Save the cost f airs and save yourself from bodily 5 “Crescents” are guaranteed for 6 I rks in the world. s models, $35. Wheel Works, dies® rn Fb. cor. oth and H sts. H. S. Jones, Jr., Mgr. Fishing for Bultheads. F om the Minneapolis (Kan.) Messenger. 1 wonder if the fiskin's good, the way it e, down there beside John Tri- = wood, the place where Jen and me nuld fish fer bullheads, sittin’ there upon roilen stump, while ants would [prowl vst everywhere and make us scratch und app. * o'clock the bullheads «y¥ would first begin to bite and keep it ¥, till ten o'clock at night. time the line was thrown we'd catch one now, and then, by so home and milk that darned And we'd catch a bullhead then *d allow), and then we'd drop say: “Deuce take that cow!” the bull frogs would begin: k-r-r-k.” they said, (it was a arthly din.) “perhaps your cow And so we'd sit and fish for more” or so, and when we'd then we'd wish for “just one u know. And then when 10 come, we'd strike for home and and find our mothers looking glum shrink at what they said. Ma'd talk about that dratted cow, though much t my wish, and I'd Say then. “Wal, Just look at these here fish.” It no difference, though; no less her tongue was winged with flame, but I'd re- ct—and smile I guess—I'd catched them just the same. I wonder ff the’ fishin’s good, they way It used to be, down there beside John Trivett's wood, where Jen would fish with me. For if it ts, and I could go again my luck to try, I'd fish and Nish, 1 almest know, and let the darned cow die. anyho' made —_—_—_+e-+—___ A Long Life for That Locality. From Puck. Major Blugrass— ten yeahs ole, suh. Colone! Bludgud (astounded)—“The devil, majah! Who kep’ it for yo?” — “This whisky, kun’l, is It matters little what it is that you want e-whether a situation or a _ servant—a ‘want” ad. in The Star will reach the gerson who can fill your need. Two Quarts of Health for Twenty Cents! The history of mineral waters presents no parallel to the Liver Ailments! esses desioatontenlondorforiestestertontontentontontonteniesteatesteatontontontengetontonthe: B lototeshestntentntntntntnenoneoietetetetedeenono |The Grandest of Table Waters. Sold in half-gallon bottles, periment. BLACKISTONE ISLAND MINERAL WATER CO., Soooiont 1AL TORPEDOES, w the Warfare of the Future is to Be Carried On. London Letter to Philadelphia Ledger. As I write these words the Prince of Wales, as the representative of his mother, is steaming down the British channel and receiving the salute of what, in respect to its fighting force, is probably the most for- midable fleet that has ever been gathered together. Scmething like 150 effective fight- ing ships, ranging from the most powerful ironclads of the day down to the wasp-like torpedo craft, are set out in holiday array at Spithead, and ft fs a significant fact that that great array of fighting ships has not been swelled by recalling any part of the British navy from its ordinary duty in various parts of the world, or cven by re- ducing that Mediterranean ‘lect, whose size and importance attracted so much at- tention during the recent Cretan trouble. The paeans of self-glorification and praise with which the English press abounds this mcrning are, therefore, to some exient excusable. It is noteworthy, however, that those saine papers contain abstracts set forth in unobtrusive type of a paper which w read yesterday at the Royai United Service Institution by an American, the conclusiens of which, if justified. would seem to reduce to practical impotence the greater part of that vast naval armament which forms the chief pride of The England of today. The paper to which I refer was read by Mr. Hudson Maxim, and it had for its subject, “A New System of Throwing High Explosives.” It consisted mainly of & Most interesting account of the aerial torpedoes invented by the writer. He pointed out that for generations there had been a race for supremacy between guns and armor, which had resulted in the de- vel(yment of cannen of comparatively small caliber, but of great thickness of wall and tremendous weight on the one hand, and of the modern battle ship, cloth- ed in a wall of steel, so ponderous as to reduce mobility to a minimum, upon the other. With the advent. howe of the system which he claims to have perfected of throwing high explusives in suMciently large masses to render armor absolutely useless, navies, he contendcd, would be found discarding their armor, and every- thing would be made subservient to speed and mobility. When high explosives were applied in large quan it was an abso- lute impossibility to oppose to them any efficient means of protection. Against the present form of torpe some sort of pro- tection was indeed secured by subdividing a ship's hull into a honeycomb of water- tight compartments, and by surrounding it with torpedo nets, but the latest type of torpedo only 1 200 pounds of gun cotton, whereas if 500 pounds wers explod- ed against the torveds neiting of a mod- ern battle ship, her aest ion would be insured. Mr. Maxim then entered into a technical description of the construction of his aerial torpedo, and the several forms of guns he had employed for firing it. As compared with the Whitehead torpeds, the new acrial torpedo has five times the range and carries eleven times the quantity of high _explesives. He concluded by the somewhat startling statement that, tak- ing the cost of the modern battle ship at five millien dollars, and that of the new aerial torpedo cruiser at five hundred thou- sand dollars, a fleet of the latter capable of destroying one thousand battle ships could be produced for the cost of one battle ship. It is evident, as I have poinied out, that if Mr. Maxim's conclusions can be verified, and in the opinion of many of the navai officers present at yesterday's meeting they can be so verified a few years will see a complete revolution in the art and theory of naval warfare, and the majority of the enormous fleet which the Prinze of Wales is tuday reviewing wiil, inside of ten years, ve antiquated and out of date. a The Shut-Up Closet. The Ohio Sanitary Bulletin thus ais- courses upon the shut-up clothes closet: “It is the usual thing to have one or more closets for clothing opening into cach bed reom. Often these are in inner walls: record made by Blackistone island Mineral Water! paratively short time on the market, it has performed cures that border on the sensational! Physicians are recognizing it—and in many instances prescribing it alone in Kidney, Bladder and i“ BLACKISTONIE” Island Mineral Water gushes up from a submarine artesian well located hundreds and hundreds of fect deep—surrounded by every safeguard to prevent tainting or contamination—by surface drain- age, &c. No water in the world can match its wonderful purity— its remarkable tonic effects on the digestion — its always positive diuretic action in diseased or ailing conditions of the kidney bladder—and as a laxative—it is fully as valuable as those waters with a high repute for such properties. | | promptly attend to all orders sent by mail or’phone 585. Try a bottle of Blackistone—we guarantee you'll be pleased with the ex- OLLIE St that is, do not have a window opening out of doors, and are consequently dark, un- ventilated pockets. This is exceedingly ob- jectionable for closets anywhere, and ¢s- pecially for closets opening into a bed recom. An outer garment, which has been worn for several days—the frock of the woman, the coat and trousers of the man-— is taken off and hung up in this dark, un- ventilated box of a place. The garments are mcre or less impregnated, even with the mest cleanly people, with effete mat- ters which it is the function of the skin to remove from the body. These are of or- ganic character and must decay, adding impurities to the atmosphere. Where sucn closets already exist care at least may be taken to thoroughly air all clothing before placing it in the closet, and the closet door may be left open while the bed room is being aired and sunned, as it should be, for several hours each morning.” ——-+e+-—___-____ A Dog's Suleide. From the Burlington Hawkeye. What apparently was a case of. premedi- tated suiciae on the part of a dog occurred here last night. On the night of June 22 “Matt” Madison, a “man about town,” was drowned. Tip, his dog, was with him and refused to leave the spot until the body ‘was recovered. Agterward the dog acted as guard over the body and moaned and’ howled in the greatest distress. Ever since the burial, the dog has suffered from the depest melanchoha. a Last night Tip ran through the saloon and club room above, which Madison fre- quented, barking and looking for his mas- ter. Finally he ran tp the stairs to the flat rcof of the building, stood squarely upon the edge of the roof and feaped to the brick-paved street below. The fall broke his back and bystanders who watch- ed the proceedings with the greatest con- cern put ‘him cut of his san The dog and his master been insepar- able in life, and it is believed by many that the dog deliberately ended his own life because his load of grief was greater than he could bear. But a com- s and We invite every one to call and sample the water, see the testimon- ials of most unusual cures! 20c. each, or $2 a dozen. We : seteeteesontonioniotioctee fenton foetal TH THE CAMERA MAN. One Who Knew Something of Chemis- try Failed to Get 2 Good Photograph. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. A professional photographer tells a tale of a practical joke. One day a young man came to sit for his likeness. To the ordinary eye he looked just like :ny other young man. A couple of plates were ex- posed, and then the assistant, who was operating, went into the dark room to develop the negative. He was gone much longer than usual and was heard berating the junior assistant pretty soundly for playing pranks witn the apparatus. When he returned to the studio he asked for an- other sitting and apologized for having | before used spoiled plates. This time when he went away to develop he was heard io utter a slight scream, but he reappeared and said there was a peculiar effect in the negatives which ne couldn’t account for and would the sitter oblige him again. Once more he went ‘ to develop, then bell rang violently for the master, d the two held a long confabulation in the dark room together. This time the master tried his hand and weat away to develop. It was not long before he re- turndd and said he was sorry not to be able to get a satisfactory likeness, but a skull and crossbone appeared detined on the young man’s forehead. said the sitter, “my fore- ht. Can you see anything the matter with my forehead?” and he peered into a mirror as he spoke. No, there's nothing that I can see,” answered the phctographer. “But I should be obliged if you will please go away and not come here again; this sort of thing is just a wee bit creepy.” Upon this there was a dreadful scene, but the upshot was that the young man had to go, and up to the present time has never returned. The explanation of the matter is that the young man was a bit of a scientist, and jad been playing a joke on the photogra- pher. Bisulphate of quinine is a chemi- cal which is white to the naked eye, but seen black by the camera. Anything that is painted on the skin, therefore, with the chemical will be ordinarily invisible, but will come out prominently in a photo- graph. SHE JOB. AN His Money Was in Bullion’s Bank. Fiom the Cleveland Leader. She was as beautiful as a dream and as fresh as the dawn. But Horatio Everinghem was not in a genial mood. He had ariven with a head- ache, and everything had seemed to go wrong at the store that morning. Only five minutes before the sweet young woman entered one of the firm's oldest customers had left in anger, and declared that he would in future buy all his goods from a rival house. Weil,” said the old gentleman, as she stood with downcast eyes before him, “* suppose you've called in answer to my ad- vertisement for a typewriter, have you?” “Yes, sir," she demurely replied. “Ive already engaged one,” he went on. “Sorry you didn’t get here a little earlier. ‘Yhe fact is, I hired the first applicant that came, for I concluded that a person who would not get here early enough to beat the others who might want the place wouldn't be likely to be very prompt in setting around if I were to employ her.” “I should have been here earlier,” sho said, “if I had not first gore to see Mr. Bullion, the banker. He also advertised for a typewriter. I am sorry now that I idn’t come here first. Then I should prob- ply have beaten all the others.” While she had talked Horatio Evering- ham had taken his first good look at he: and he, too, was sorry that she had gone to see Bullion first. But there was no use regretting what had been done. He didn’t need her now; so there was nothing to do but let her go. He arose to show her out of the private office, but she hesitated. “You don’t think ‘you'd need two type- writers, do you?” she said, at last. “No,” the merchant prince replied, rath- er impatiently. “One can do the work very easily. Good morning.” ‘Well, then,” she murmured, half to her- self, “I suppose I shall have to accept Mr. Bullion’s offer. I’m sorry, for I'd rather work here.” “What!” exclaimed Mr. “you're going to work for “Yes; I told hi @idn’t want me.” “Stay here, my girl; stay here,” said the old gentleman, while beads of cold sweat stood out upon his brow. “I'll make room for you some way. Great Cuesar, what a narrow escape! Why, all my money is in Bullion’s ban! ——+e-+____ Dickens Verities. From the Bookman. A curious story Is told of the iate Pro- fessor Sylvester. He was traveling by coach in an out-of-the-way Part of Eng- land, and at one station, as he sat in the vehicle waiting to depart, two Villagers ap- proached. One mounted beside the pro- fessor and as her friend turned to retrace her steps the latter said: “Good-bye, Mrs. Harris!’ Professor Sylvester was the last man in the world to let a good opportunity slip by, and as the coach drove off he called out: “Good-bye, Mrs. Gamp.” The driver turned with amazement rnd said: “I thought you said you knew no one here? How did you know that lady’s name was Gamp?’ ‘This tale is vouched for. A correspond- ent of the Spectator, alludtng to it, says: “In my old conveyance days I once had an abstract to peruse, relating to some property in a southern county (Hamp- shire, I think), which contained the nemés of no less than three of the personages in the ‘Pickwick Papers,’ ‘Pickwick’ itself, and, I think, ‘Tupman’ and ‘Winkle.’ I could not doubt that the deed in question must have passed through Dickens’ hands when he was in a solicitor’s office, and that he had noted the names for use. So, I should think, with ‘Gamp’ and ‘Harris,’ ” Everingham, Bullion?” m I'd come back if you SENATORS’ AVERAGES | ge Work With the Bat and in the Field. DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF THE TRIP Exciting Contests in the Longwood Tournament. CURRENT NOTES OF SPORT The averages given below show the work done by the Senators on the trip that was inaugurated in Philadelphia June 28, and which terminated In St. Louis. with two games last Sunday. The work done by the Senators cannot be compared with their first western trip, the most noticeable re- lapse being in the batting line. Brown, De- Mont and German batted over .400 on their first western trip this season, while upon this last trip not one of the trio reached .300, Brown doing the best work at .291. The best work was done by “‘Old Reliable” Jim McGuire. McGuire is not a home player, would that we had more of them, and he bats better on strange grounds than he does at National Park, being the only Senator to bat up to the .400 mark. While the averages on the season will show that there are eight Senators batting over .300, but four of them reached those high figures during the trip just closed. For a heavy ‘hitter, DeMont’s fall was the most notice- able, his drop being to .2 Averages fer the Trip. AB. Er. 96 3 +104 3 88109 19 Bt 4 6 ks 5 Abbey, rf. 1 Reilt 13 7 5 3 1 ° °o 1 Team average. Z E Below will be found an interesting table, as it gives the Senators’ averages for the season so far played this year, including 250 927 the last game at St. Louis on Sunuay. It will be noticed that eight of the Senators have an average of over .300, but it is doubtful from the way the players have been missing the ball of late whether at least_three won't drop out of this class before the season is ended. When McGuire left home his average stood at .294, and since then he has jumped well to the fore, his figures now standing at .337. DeMont dropped from .378 to .341; Tucker from .379 to .340; Brown then had .307, and his figures are now .302; Selbach jumped from -201 to .247, and no doubt is happy over the fact. Farrell had a nice average of .353 when he left Washington, but now has to be content with .220. Mercer was away up with the big guns with .372, and now manages to hold on pretty well with Averages to Date. Er. Av. Brown, cf. 5 968 Selbach, If. 263 9 1954 DeMontreville, 68831 113 ST (880 Farrell, 153 420 8 95: MeGuire, 1b, lw 6t 9 96 Tucker, ib. wu 4s 6 Abbe} 224 6 6 Rell 248 6 28 O'Brien, 2b) 247 Ot 26 Wrigley, rf, es... 191 49 8 Mercer," p. 81 27 8 King, p. a9 8 3 McJames, p.- wm 7 4 Swaim, p. 23 5 1 German, 2b, p.:. 36 11 r) 214 at Work of the East Against the West. In the series just concluded between the east and west the latter got decidedly the Team average. better of the argument. Of the games s0 far played the western teams have won fifty-nine from their eastern opponents and lost but forty-nine. New York, under the guidance of Capt. Joyce, has done the best work of all the eastern clubs, while his neighbors from Brooklyn have done the worst, although they have been able to play but sixteen games so far. The num- ber of games so far won and lost by the eastern clubs in the west is as follows: Won. Lost.) Won. Lost. New York 11 7) Washington... 7 | 13 Phi 2 8 | Brooklyn. 4 2 Baltimor 10 »| pet Boston. 8 10} 4 Bo The Cleveland club led the western club in the matter of wins, while the Pittsburgs did the poorest work: Won. Lost. ; Won. Lost. Cleve'and. 1 5 St. Lou's. 3 0 Cincinnati 12 8 Pittsburg 6 10 oni 12 8) — Louisville 10 vl 39 49 The record of the Washington club in the matter of lost and won games on the west- ern trip, and also including the games at Philadelphia, New York and Baltimor as follows: Won Lost Won Lost from to from to Phil bia... 1 2 (Cin inna’ ity ks Baltimore. 2 Lauisville 5a 3 Olibeago. 20. 2 St. Louis 5 3 Cleveland 3 | = = Pittsburg. rea A Ty Today’s Schedule and Weather. Baltimore at Washing‘ton—clear. Boston at St. Louis—clear. Cincinnati at Chicago—clear. New York at Cleveland—cloudy. Philadelphia at Pittsburg—cloudy. Brooklyn at Louisville—clear. Record of the Clubs. W.L. PC.) Clubs. 53 24.68) Philadelphi: 48 26-619] Chicago. 48° 26-649] Loulsvil 45 30 660] Brockiyn. 53 | Washingt 38 42 st. Louis How they stood Ju 1896: Olubs, Ww. ue ae ae hiladelphia.. 26 Brooklyn. Clevelant Chicago. Pittsbury Boston. 667 syeeeed eueases Louisville. ville Easily Beaten. The Brooklyns won an easy game at Louisville yesterday from the Colonels, making twelve runs in two innings and winning by the score of 14 to 2. McGee was replaced by Miller after the seventh inning and did well. Kennedy held the Louisvilles down to five safe hits. BROOKLYN. LOUISVILLE. R.H.0.4.E.| RH.O.AE, Griffin, cf. 3 0 1 0 Cla 0400 5. 2 2 0 0 stano. 2260 112 0 0| Mecr 1000 2.231 0|Wagner, cf..0 0 111 229 0 U|Weid-o, 1b..0 912 1 0 1 1 2 9) Wilson, c. o200 21 6 0 oltutier,'c 0100 0 3 0 1 O|Dolan, 2b. 0442 1 £. 3: 2) 1120 1011 ooood “4 0 244 20 1-2 Earned runs—Brookiyn, 2, First base on errors— Brooklyn, 3; Louisville, 1. ‘Left on bases—Brooklyn, 9; Louisville, 4. First base on iis—O Magee, 6; off Miller, 1; off Kennedy, 2, ‘struck out—By Magee, 1; by Miller, 1; by Kennedy, $, Home run—Shindle. Two-mse hits—LaChance, Grim, McCreery.. Sac- rifice hit—Jones. Stolen ‘bases—Shindle, Anderson. Double plays—Dolan (unassisted); Dulin, Stafford and Werden; Schoch, Smith and LaChance. Hit by pitched bull—Anderson. Passed balls—Wilson, 2; rim, 1. Time—210. Umpire—Hurst. Of Rhines, but Chicago made only six hits off of Rhines yesterday, but the fielding of the Cincin- natis was poor, and a home run by Ever- ett in the tenth inning was what clinched the game for the Angonites by the score of 4 to 3. The fielding of Ritchie and Lange was the feature of the game. CHICAGO. CINCINNA’ EHO4n| ROAR Everitt, %..2°2°3°8 6) Burke, It. 0206 Dahlen, s8...1 0 2 3 2200 Lange, ef..11 2 40 digo Anson; Ib::. 0 030 1 2144 an,’ rf... 0 2 3 0 e000 raton, If. 0 0 1 0 1200 ate Te Donohue, ¢..0 0 8 1 e110 1024 Is... 4 69015 1 10°27 13 4 *None out’ when Ohicago. 0014 Oinctans’ 20 0-3 Left on bascs—Chicago, 5: Cincinnati, 6. Two-tmse hits. Tange, Ryan. Home run—Ereritt. ace, eee i. Lange. Ryan. 33—Bseritt, Con- Ror and Anson; Corcoran, Tateney and Vaughn. ‘Struck out—By ' Callahan, 2. Passed ball—Peitz. Bases om balls—Of Callahan, 2; off Rhines, 2. Time 1.55. Umpire—Sheridan. = Again Surprise Bostons. Brow: Still another surprise awaited the Bos- tens at St. Louis yesterday, when the Browns sent them down to defeat by the score of 5 to 2. But six hits were made off of Hart, while Lewis was hit hard. Lally’s errors gave the visitors their two runs, and his great play in the eighth clinched the game for his club. ST. LOUIS. \ BOSTON Doug! oes eran 1048 8b a ret familion, cf 02 Hariey, 11 4 0 © Tenney, Ib. oT10 Hartman, 3b) 1 1-2 2 © Allen, ss. os 30 1111 1 0 Dufty, it 2200 23:1 1 2 Stahl, rf. L200 0 1 3 4 0 Collins, 3p. 1321 -0 3 3 8B 6! Lowe, 2b. e320 © 0 2 1 © Bergen, ¢...0 0001 © 1:0 4 0) Lewis, p. ee |Lake,e..00 0110 | *Stivetts. eoo | Totals, 6m 00 o-2 L 00x35 Earned run—St. Louis. Two-base _bit—Lally. Three-base hit—Hartman. bases—Lally, Hart, Lewis. Double plays— Collins and ‘Temes Lally, Hallman and Grady; Hart, Crowe ama Grad: First base on balls—O Hart, 6; off Lewis, 1. Strack out—By Hart, 1 Time—1.50. ‘Umpire—McFarland. Defeated by the Shamrocks, The Shamrocks defeated the Chamber- lins of Old Point yesterday by a score of 8 to 7. Tae Shamrocks shut out their op- ponents until the fifth inning, when the Chamberlins made one. In the ninth the Shamrocks’ battery weakened, and the Chamberlins came within one of tying the score, but the needed run was not forth- ccming. The all-round play of the Sham- rocks was excellent, the work of Hughes betind the bat being one of the features. The Chamberlins hit the ball hard and often, but their fielding lost them the game. Sccre by innings Chamberlins Shamrocks 00001001 57 -40010111 x8 Base Balt Notes. Rain prevented the games scheduled yes- terday between the Baltimores and Wash- irgtons at Baltimore, the Phillies at Pitts- burg and the New Yorks at Cleveland. The Senators start a series of six games at National Park today, the first three be- ing with Baltimore and the last three with Boston. McJames will probably pitch to- day and Hoffer for the Orioles. ery one of the Baltimores are now in first-class shape and they will try very hard to make it three straight. ‘That man “Buck” Freeman of the Toron- tos must be getting in the crackajack class from the reports that come from the Eastern League. He is batting at about the rate, home runs being his specialty, end in fielding is away above the 900 mark. “Buck” is one of the nicest ball players that ever donned a uniform, being a gentle- man both on and off the field, modesty be- ing a dominant qualification. The men that bet their money on Boston for first place are beginning to look blue around the gills. The dropping of two games to St. Louis does not look like pen- nant ball. x Who says hitting wins games? The Sen- ators have eight men with batting records over .300, and yet they are in eleventh place. Having only three base runners, heavy on the base lines, and a little record playing are the three faults that are keep- ing the Washingtons near the bottom of the list. Outside of captaining the Senators in very good style under adverse eircum- stances, Tom Brown is in line for congrat lations upon the game he has been playing this season. Tom has never been rated as a heavy hitter, yet his record is over 300, and the ground he covers in center field 1s something bordering on the phenomenal. A team composed of players that know the fine points of the game as well as Tom and with his playing ability would be almost unbeatable. The season closes in Washingten this year September 14 with the Cincinnatis as opponents. The remainder of the season will be filled in by the Senators on the grounds of the other eastern clubs. President Kerr of the Pittsburgs Says next year he would have a team of young players if he did not win a game, as he had been buying all the gold bricks In the league during the last fiv was tired of it. Sei ec ae Walter Scott Brodie, Pittsburg’s outfield- er, whose great werk helped Baltimore win the pennant threc times, is at his home in Roanoke, Va., nursing a very sore arm. Early in the season Brodie caught a cold in his arm, but Manager Donovan waifted his services and would rot let Walter rest it. Several weeks ago the limb got so bad he could not throw at all. There is eome fear that Brodie will never regain the old- time strength of the arm. It ts reported in Pittsburg that Brodie will not be a member of the team next year. After glancing through the Hartford, Atlantic bie club, batting Hst one shut might his eyes and dream of life in the antedeluvian age. ‘The first five up are Paul Radford, “Rederigo” Mack, “Lefty” Marr, Thornton, whose obituary as a yellow fever victim adorns the pages of an old league guide, an “Oyster” Tom Burns. Every one of that quartet has helped to make his share of base ball history. “Unser Fritz’ Pfeffer will not be a Na tional League umpire this season. “Nic Young received scores of letters from cranks and critics requesting the former's appointment, but replies that there are no vacancles oa the staff. He adds that Lynch will probably resume work in a few a The league president further advises that Pfeffer obtain a position in some minor league and obtain experience for a position which he considers trying and difficult. The report that the Pittsburg Base Ball Club wants Lave Cross was revived again yesterday, when the Philadelphia club of- ficials had a conference with President Kerr of the Pirates organization. There is scme kind of a deal on, but neither side will talk about it. If it is completed Fred. ly will figure in it. The Phillies’ manage- ment, among other things, wants a second baseman, and is keeping a sharp lookout op all the miner leagues, and looking for deals in the major league. The admirers of Second Baseman McPhee will tender him a testimonial today at Cimcinnati to celebrate his fifteenth anni- versary as a Cincinnati Red. Twenty boxes were auctioned, the premiums alone ag- gregating $650. President Brush and Treas- urer Lloyd each paid $100 for a box. Ewing geve $25, and cash subscriptions exceeding $600 have been received. The sale of tick- ets h been enormous. The entire re- ceipts will be presented to McPhe. Three thcusand dollars are now guaranteed, and the purse may reach $5,000, as there will be a street parade, one of the carriages con- taining “Biddy” McPhee, Mayor Tafel and Chairman Bailey of the chamber of com- merce. A nine of newspaper men will play a nine of merchants. McPhee will umpire. There will be two bands of music, police drills, singing by the Mackey Opera Com- pany and acrobatic performances. AMPIONSHIP. THE POLO Philadelphin Tenms Asked te Com- pete at Brooklyn. The polo association has given out its final schedule .for the season. The polo championship will again be held at the Prospect Park parade grounds, Brooklyn. The championship is open to teams from the following clubs: Members of the Polo Association, Country Club of Brookline, Mass.; Buffalo Country Club, Ontevenson Club of Lake Forest, Ill.; Dedham Polo Club, Dedham, Mass.; Devon Club, Devon, Pa.; Evanston Country Club, Evanston, Ill; Essex Country Club, Orange, N. J.; Meadowbrook Club, Westbury, L.1.; Mon- mouth County Clihtry Club, Hollywood; Morris County Country Club, Morristown, N_ J.; Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Mass.; Philadelphia Country Club, Point Judit! Country Club, Narragansett Pier, RI. Riding and Driving Club, Brooklyn; Rock- away Club, Cedarhurst, L.L; St Lonis Country Club, Staten Island; Country Club, West Brighton, S.I.; Westchester Club, Westchester, N.Y.; Westchester Polo Club, Newport, L.I., and the Washington Polo Club, Washington, D.C. ‘The entries for the championship series will close Monday, August 30. There will be twelve days of play. LARNED DEFEATS MAHONY. The English Tennis Crack Beaten by the American, One of the most interesting international tennis matches ever seen was played yes- terday afternoon in the tournament of the Longwood Cricket Club at Longwood, Mass., and resulted in a victory for the American expert over his British oppo- ent, after four brilliant sets had been played. William H. Larned of Summit, N. J.. on whom rests the hope of this country in retaining the United States champion- ship at Newport next month, proved too much for the former English champion, Harry S. Mahony. The match, while only one of eight in the second round of the tournament, was nevertheless looked upon as one of the most important of the week. A stiff northeast breeze was surging over the court, making the air bracing and etv- ing much life to the play. Summary Open singles, second round—H. A. Nesbit defeated Beals Wright, 6—2, 6—3, 7-5; W. V. Eaves defeated Y. M. Edwards, 6—4, 2, 6-3; W. Larned defeated H. 3. Mahony, 5—7, 6-8, 6—2, 6-0; G. L. Wrenn, ir., defeated M. D. Whitman, 6—4, 6_8, 9—T1, 6—4; J. D. Forbes defeatea R. Fincke, GH, 6-0, J. P. Paret defeated N. T. Wilson, 6—3, 6—2, 6—0; C. R. Bud- long defeated R. Hooker, 4—6, 7-5, 6—%, it, 7—5; C. P. Dodge defeated T. P. Good- body, 6-1, 63, 62. Eastern’ championship doubles, first round—Ward and Davis defeated Hooker Wrenn and and Bishop, 6—, 61, 6—0; Budiong and Williston de- feated Forbes and McKittrick, 6—2, 3-46, 4-4, 6-4. Second round—Mahony and Nesbit de- ates Hackett and Beach, 6—1, 6-3, 1-6, 6 KENWOOD TENNIS TOURNEY. Ware and Sheidon Score an Easy Victory in the Doubles. It was love set day at the Western lawn tennis championships at Chicago yester- day. Of the twelve matches played in both the single and double tournaments now running at the Kenwood C»vuntry Club, seven of them contained a zero for one side or the other. H. M. McQuiston furnished the sensation of the day by beat- ing out one of the eastern trio, Shelion, for one set, but the latter won the other two as he pleased. Summary: Single tournament—Third round—S. Neel beat W. D. Herrick 6-0, 6-1. E. P. Fischer beat J. C. Neely, jr., 60, 1. °Kretgh Collins beat P. D. McQuiston 6-1, R. G. P. Sheldon, jr., beat H. M. McQuisten 6-1, 6-8, 6-1. W. L. Myers beat W. B. Johnston 64, . S. Bond beat F. R. Carter 60, 6-4. M. L. Johnston beat R. C. Lloyd 9-7, 8-6. Double tournament—Preliminary round— Davenport and Perrett beat Wilson and Talm: ge 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. First round—Patton and Hobbs beat Tur- ner and Hoagiand by default. Collins and Wrenn beat Condee and Mc- Keever 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Ware and Sheldof® beat Perrett 6-1, 6-1, 6-40. Second round—Carver and Waiduer beat Patton and Hobbs 6-0, 6-2, 6-4. Bond and Myers beat Street and Carier 6-1, 6-0, 6-4. Consclation singles—Preliminary round— Belfield beat Street 6-4; Blackwelder beat Roche 7-5, 6-3; Stoll beat Gregory 6-2, 6-4; Beach beat Bridges 8-6, 6-4; Johns beat West 6-3, 6-1. MADE A BAD DISCARD. Davenport and Have Been Queen of Hearts Instead of Deuce of Spades. ‘The C. Bi. C. had a garre recently in which one of the hands had some remark- able features, one in which the very bad finesse of the queen of diamonds lost four tricks. The hand is given below, as an ex- ample of how appalling the disaster may be of taking a finesse where it is only pos- sible to gain one trick and a chance of losing four. As usual in those plays, the finesse lost four tricks. The queen of dia- rronds should have been discarded instead of the two of spad South. West. He HS SS 3 ce D2 G DI0 6 sz cB OK 3 cs ow Dkx » HAx nz S10 Hs HB ST Hox Ds sa HS Ds 13...96 DAx bi bo *Winning card. At trick 7 East knows all the trumps are out and should have discarded queen of diamonds. W. A. ©. Smoker. The Washington Athletic Club gave a smoker last evening at the club house that was largely attended by the friends and members of the organization. There was considerable interest in the wrestling match between Mackey of the club and Gorman for the District championship. Mackey won two falls out of three. Sparring bouts tock place between Dugin and Maloney, Holmead and an unknown, Horan and Chapman, Johnson and Peyton, Robinson and Janey and Arthur Jones and an un. known. No decision was give! any case. Mat Horan gave an exhibition of club swinging, while Davis, Hurdle, Gold- smith and the Coon Hollow Quartet ren- dered specialties. Pat Raedy was referee of the sparring bouts, Jake Luskey refereed the wrestling affairs and W. J. Magnum was timekeeper. Philadelphia Eleven at Matastone. LONDON, July 28.—The cricket match be- tween the Gentlemen of Philadelphia and an eleven representing Kent was continued at Maidstone today. At the close of play yesterday the visitors had 137 runs for six wickets down to their credit in their fi innings, and today they completed their innings’ with a total of 168 rurs. The score of the home team in their first innings was 454 runs. Gluten Wins Goodwood Stakes, LONDON, July 28.—At the second day’s racing of the Goodwood meeting today W. G. Stevens’ chestnut colt Gluten won the Geodwood stakes. W. Newton's Eclipse was second and the Prince of Wales’ Glen- tilt third. This race is a handicap of 20 sovereigns each, 10 sovereigns forfeit. Sev- en horses ran; distance, two miles and a half. ——__. A New New England. Alvan F. Sanborn in the July Atlantic. The trolley roads are rapidly covering Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connec- ticut with a network that is slowly und surely redistributing the population; it seems almost inevitable that a great part of the present rural area of these throe states willl ultimately be included in the suburbs of their numerous and widely scat- tered industrial centers and of their dozen or more larger cities. When this condition arrives, if it does ar » rural life will have become suburban, and farming, aside trom market gardening, will have prac- Ucally disapppeared. The bicycle and good roads are exerting a minor but considerable influence in the same direction. Equally important is the fact that large areas in all sections of New England are in process of transformation from farms to sites of country seuts. Residents of the cities are coming more and more to make their real homes in the country. They are building their country homes with more comfort and more solidity, and are living in them a much larger part of the year than formerly. The country season extends already from the Ist of May to the Ist of November, and is still lengthening. Im- proved railway and stcamboat transporta- tion, the multiplication of Isrge fortunes, greater leisure, above all a growing appre- clation of the sports and resources of coun- try life, have contributed to this result. It looks very much as if our urban society were attaching itself primarily to the land— living on the land, ard leaving it for the city ouly in the festive season. Whether this tendency will produce again a landed aristocracy instead .of an aristocracy of other forms of wealth, who can say? One thing only is sure—it would produce there- by a new New England. has a singular profession. She lives in a small cottage under the shadow of the big Highland light, and here she spends her time looking through the telescope for pass- ing ships and telegraphing te Boston. She learned to do this when only a child, her father occupying the post of signal master. When she returned from boarding school, where she was sent in due course of time. she became her father’s assistant. She leads a lonely life, often for days seeing no one but the families of the lighthouse keepers. She has a wheel and a rifle for companions, and is said to find amusement in coasting and in shooting wild duck and such game as the country affords. | MERTZ’S. Ice Cream Soda, 5c. We make pure fratt fee cream soda given away daily Stecling Silver Spoons Call for paeticulars No. 13107 for yesterday. Are you the lacky bo 2 Spiendid Tooth Brushes Zc. each, 4 for 25c. tly made aud placed the neahs ie tin today “ihes won't Mertz’s Pharmacy, Ith &F Sts. Sy 28-600 MONUMENT TO JOE BOW! Commission to Prepare for tien Appointed. From the St. Louts Globe-Democrat Under an act of the last legislature Goy- ernor Stevens was directed to appoint mf- teen mer to have erected on the arounds in the city of Jefferson a ble monument to the memory of Joe F ers, as an evidence of the feeling of af- fection and tender regard which Missou- rians enteriain for n and the race of heroes with whom he lived and die In compliance Governor Stevens today Selected tnt following well-known Missouri Journalists: C. S, Orcutt, Kirksville Demo- crat; Will L. Watkins, Chillicothe Cons tution; John Ma’ Hamilton N Graphic; Frank Freytag, jr., St G. te; Bate C. Drummond, Welling M. A. Waste, Democrat; . White, Warsaw John A. y. Versaille Sowling Green Post; € Pacific Transcript; George E Louts Chronicle; R. M. Post-Dispatch; Outlook; W. W. Waters, New Madrid Southeast Missourian; Theodore D. Fish- er, Farmington Times. Under the act the monument must be made of the best Missouri granite or lime- stone. It shail bear upon its base in pan- els or scrolls the name of each county in the state, together with figures indicating the date when said county was organized. All other details of construction re to be left to the commission. The money neces- sary to erect said monument shall be jraised by voluntary contributions under the direction of said commission, and when the necessary funds have becn collected to insure the completion of said monument then the conmission shail proceed to have the monument made and to locate and to erect the same on the capitol grounds with propriate ceremonies. The governor will call a meeting of the commission with- in the next few weeks. ria’s Imperial Pawn Shep. From the London Spectator. : Austria has an imperial pawn shop. It was established in Vienna in 1707, when there was great distress among the poor in the southern part of the emp! it was desigued as a way to secure to the starving some means of immediate relief, and by putting the rate of interest low as possible and the valuations as high as possible, and embodying in the system every advantage that could be given to those who sought to make loans, it was found to be so effective that ft soon gain- ed the imperial sanction, and it was not long until its managers were made public officials under the direction of the minis- ter of the interior. is is svhstantially the status of the institution at this time. The rates are so that the business done on the cheap goods and chattels of the poor could not possibly make the es- tablishment self-sustaining; but people who have been suddenly reduced in cir- cumstances, or who are temporarily em- barras keep the margins on the right side and enable the institution to keep open without the afd of a subsidy. In the Year INT a total of 866,015 articles were pledged, and of thi > redeem- ed, a remar' with the proportions of th The unre’ . public auction, and whenever they night more than the face of the pledge the balane> w. t to the account of the pledger, three 3 refunded any time within +e. ‘arms im China, yom th» London Times. In Manchuria and all that part of China adjoining Mongolia there are thousands of farms devoted exclusively to dog raising. At each of these establishments several hundred dogs are kept, which are killed by strangulation when they are eight months old, usually toward the middle of winter, At this time their skin is covered with very fine hair, and from these skins are made winter clothes for the inhabitants of the celestial empire. The dogs furnish- ing these skins are entirely different from the breed of dogs known here or in Euro; and their fur is said to be so long-hali and close on account of the extreme cold of that region. These fur dogs constitute the only wealth of this desolate country, and the only dowry given to the daughters of these farmers consists of a number of dogs. The value of the dogs is about half a dollar, and, as it takes eight fur dogs to make = coat, such an article is rather expensive. Traffic in dog skins is centered in large cities like Moukden and Foo Chow, where they are tanned. At the first-named place the amount of dog skins handled last year represented half a million dollars. — -——-cee Put a Federal Officer in Jail. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It of a condict of authority be- ® Foster of the federal court 8 division, and Probate Judge Sapp of Cherokee county, L. L. Doubleday, who was recently appointed receiver of the Columbus water works by the federal court on a $60,000 foreclosure suit brought by the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, is in the Cherokee county, Kan., jail. He was incarcerated by Probate Judge Sapp for contempt by taking and keeping pos- session of the water plant in defiance of Receiver Spencer, appointed by Judge Sapp on application of an $1,800 creditor of the company. The two receivers were appointed simul- taneously, but the federal court officer se- cured possession and declined to yield to the county court. He was fined $25, and, refusing to pay, went to jail to await the hearing of an application for his release on a writ of habeas corpus in the federal court. Appiication was made before Judge Williams of the federal court here today for his release, and for an order for the urrest of Probate Judge Sapp ond ceiver Spencer. Judge Williams refer the aplications to Judge Foster, who is ill. He heard them by wire, and late this evening referred them back to Judge Williams, who will consider them tomor- row. Meantime Mr. Doubleday, who is a retired banker and prominent citizen of Columbus, is languishing in jail. ——— -+ e+ -- Killed by a Stuffed Leopard. From the Philadelphia Ledger. A stuffed leopard recently killed a man in Paris. The animal had been the pet of an eccentric old lady, who had it well done, and the leopard became so offensive that the servant was told to get rid of it. She threw it out of the window, when it land- ved on the head of a clerk passing through the street, who was so frightened that he died at once of apoplexy. —————ee- - If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has What you wish, you will get an answer.