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tac gjtorttaer. PAW PAW. MICHIGAN. When Dickens was last in this coun try ho saiil tho Americans woro them selves out by constantly sneaking 44 words." Writing "words" seems just as useless. George. Alfred Towusend estimates that ho has written on an average of 30,000 'words" a week for the last twentv-tivo vears. A novel entertainment was given tho other day in St. Louis. It was called a dejeuner d'enfants, and was, ns tho 7hraso implies, a children's reception and lunch. But tho children were not of the grown-up class. Their ages va ried between six months and three years, and tho hostess had attained the great ago of two. Nokristown Herald : A "Welch poot lias written some verse3 on tho Nicol-ini-Putti wedding. Hero is an extract: ""Llanwor wynwes hen gwoniawo a cheiddorol dan." Those bo hard, but they may bo deserved, considering the way Fatti and Nicolini havo been "car rying on" for some years. Patti is "no -chicken," but it is rather ungallaut to call her a "wvnwes hen." Dr. Mary Walkep, while traveling on a Connecticut railway, alighted from the cars for a littlo exercise, and bo coming indignant at a man whoso cigar burned too close to her face, struck tho cigar from his mouth. Not being rec ognized by him, a light was imminent for a time. Tho gamins found out who she was, and she was hooted to the car, from tho window of which sho lectured the entiro crowd. Thev do queer things sometimes in Sunday-schools. In an Eastern Sunday-school not long ago a dramatic performance entitled "Joseph and His Brethren" waspiven. The "brethren" wero noticeablo fcr their gorgeous Tjut impossiblo costumes, and Joseph, dressed in a crazy quilt, was taken up from a pew which represented a pit. In another Sunday-school recently, a )oy was strapped to a bench, and tho Superintendent pointed to him as ""Isaac just about to bo offered up." It would bo well for tho Sunday-school assemblies this summer to discuss the propriety of these performances. The San Francisco lleort wants to havo commencements abolished on tho ground that thoy are out of placo in a country where freo education is offered to all. "Tho college commencement," it says, is a relic of the aucient time when tho scholar was a rarity, and a distinguished person who must bo treated with exceptional honor. He generally was compelled to suffer hard ships and privation in order to obtain his knowledge, and ho was treated with corresponding respect upon winning tho battle. Put it is absurd for the State to furnish tho children of this State with a free education, and then to make heroes of them for accept ing it." A" sinoi'lau accident happened re cently to sawyer named Flynn, em ployed in a logging camp on tho Sno homish Piver, Wyoming Territory. Flynn was engaged in sawing near a fellow-workman who was using a steel wedge and a sledge, splitting timber. As the latter struck the wedge a blow, a small piece of steel Hew off, and Hy ing in Flynn's direction, hit him in tho throat, cutting an ugly gash through his windpipe and lodging in the bron chial tube. Tho effect was that Flynn could not breathe, on recount of the obstruction, for a short time. Ho was seized with a violent lit of cough'ng al most immediately, however, during which tho steel was thrown out and tho injured man quick!y regained his breath. Cn examination of the wound it was found that in broithing, tho air, instead of coming in Flynn's mouth, entered the aperturo made by tho steel. A Boston letter to tho Baltimoro American says: "Not one-third of John L. Sullivan's scrapes havo ever been made public. For two years after he gained his fame by vanquishing Ryan the newspapers of this, his na tive place, gave no publicity to the nu merous outrages ho committed. It was argued that ho was young and inex perienced, and would improve when he grew older. So he went on. Finally, one day, when he kicked his wife nearly to death at their rooms in Lovering place, Colonel George Eland, of tho Globe, wrote a scathing account of tho affair, and the Globe printed it. Sul livan said nothing but tho Colonel's blood would satisfy him. So, with three or four of his chosen friends, he strode into tho Globe editorial-rooms, and demanded either a retraction and an apology from tho paper or tho pro duction of the man who wroto tho offensive article. At this juncture out strode the Colonel, cocked pistol in hand, and asked Sullivan if he desired anything from him. Tho slugger evi dently did not, as he and his cohorts slunk down tho stairs. From that day to the present timn tho reporters have written up nearly all of tho d'sgraceful actions of which he has been guilty. H Society items aro not always relia ble. A St. Louis lady, reported as "spending the summer in Europe," sneaked into tho city the other day for tho purposo of purchasing some books and maps, and frankly explained to a friend that she was preparing to learn tho geography of Europo thoroughly and post herself 'with tho guide books so that sho might give a good account of her summer abroad, "which will bo tho most inexpensive summer I over spent, as I havo only bought three gingham dresses and a ribbon for a rustic hat, and my hoard is only cost ing mo tv.50 a week, with washing in cluded. But tell it not in Oath, for all the city papers have sent me to Europe, and given tho uamo of tho steamer by which I sailed, and not to disappoint my friends I am studying in Europe. Perhai s I'll savo enough and learn enough to make tho trip next yeor." How did her secret get into tho papers? Tho friend in whom sho con tided was a woman. In Berlin, says the Pall Mall Gazette, thero is an association of theological students bearing tho name of " Wingolf ites" which has for years observed tho "Wednesday beforo Ascension Day tho curious custom of divining for tho Em peror's destiny. Tho way of doing this is unique. Tho members of tho association proceed from Berlin to the village of Piehelswerder on tho Havel, and here they celebrate tho anniversary of tho guild at tho Wilhelmshohe res taurant. They immediately climb up an oak tree in the center of ttio garden and seat themselves upon tho brandies. Beer is handed up from tho ground, and after tho third glass has been drained tho President delivers tho an niversary speech, after which a cheer is given to tho Emperor. Then, at the word of command, all glasses aro hurled to the ground, and tho notion is that tho Emperor will live as many years as thero aro broken glasses. This year twelve glasses wero broken, so that tho Emperor should yet be a cen tenarian. By tho roi ent election in Oregon tho Democrats secure another Governor, who takes his seat in January. This gives the Democrats ,3 and the Bcpub licans 1.". Thero aro 21 Bepublican and 17 Democratic Legislatures. The Governors and their salaries are given below: Governor. Sal'ry t'.J.O.) :,m i r o x) 5,".) 4.000 2.1)1 to :,: k) :i,o o ;,;oo r.o ,o :i.on :s.o h 5,000 4, OK) J,"iM) 4 0 .r,000 1.O00 fl.O'K) 4.000 5. (AM l.OiX) .1,000 10. ooo n.o nt 4.0 M 1..-0I I'M) m 1.0 X) 4, 'KM 4, OOO 1, "oo ,ooo 2, x) .r,O00 Alultiiim ArkHimn ( aliforni i Ci)kriKl Connecticut I elawure" KIorMu 1 ork'in Illinois ll!'liU!)U IV:l Kiu;s i! Kei.t icky Iior.ia'un'ti M'lino M:vylan.J Miinchuti tti . . Mi-lnpin Mu:ne ta Mi-.icbiii'i M isum Nolrii!k-i N vu.la New Humi'shir-'. New ' rscv New York NitW Carolina. Ol.i (io,in Pcimsvl vuniii. . lMi..le Islan.l.... South Carolina. Temiemoe Texas Y J !ll nt Yirvi iia YVe.-t irti ni i. . . Wihcoti.-in A.O Nf il, 1) r. lichen. i Moneiiiau, 1 If. Kut.n. It U. Harris..n. It... C. SU ckl tv, 1).... A. Ten v, 1 1. Mcl"iiniel. !.. .1. ;e.s!v. K P. irav, 1 in. Larrab.'e, K . . . A. Martin, li 1. Knott, D 1). McKnery, I... Uoleo. It LloV.l. 1) 1 . K binseu, 11. . . A. Alcr. H V. llubl.ar.l, H ... I-mvry, 1 S. Manmeltiko, 1. V. Dawt'K, It 1). A.laim. 1 , Currier, K A I-Lett. 1) P. Hill. 1) M. Scales. I H. l' raker, It V. Moo.lv. 11 V.. Tatter' n, I) . . P. Wtmro. 1... S. Thumps, m, 1. . . C. Hate, 1) Trelan.l, 1) K. Pinroo, It I. ee. 1) V. Wilxon. D M. Ktisk, It "In thene thirteen State. tin (lovernnr hu.i a l oa-o mo of i nt, in ultiitk n to tl.o taiury of tuo oilier. Origin oMJold. The question of tho origin of native gold always has been and is quite likely to remain a disputed question among geologists and mineralogists. Profes sor S. Newberry now contests tho theory that the grains and nuggets found in placers are fcrmed by precipi tation from chemical solution. He holds that geology teaches, in regard to the genesis and distribution of this precious metal, that it exists in tho old est known rocks, and has been theneo distributed through oil tho strata de rived from them; that in tho metamor phosis of these derived rocks it has been concentrated into segregated quartz veins by some process not yet understood; thatis.it is a constituent of lissuro veins of all geological ages, where it has been deposited from hot chemical solutions, which havo reached deeply buried rocks of various kinds, gathering from them gold with other metallic minerals, and that gold has been accumulated through mechanical agents in placer deposits by tho erosion of strata containing auriferous veins. According to the report of Special Agent Clarence King, of tho census, based upon information directly from the producers of bullion, a comparison of the aunual output of different States shows that tho United States produce H3.Pt per cent, of tho gold yield of the whole world, 50.59 per cent of the sil ver, and 40.'J1 )er cent, of tho total. Of the aggregate supply of the precious metals, North America furnishes 55.7.S per cent. Ojicer Names of Post offices. The Philadelphia Postofllce has been notified of the establishment of tho following postollices throughout the country : Nankipoo, Lauderdale Coun ty, Tenn. ; Vake ma, King William County, Va. ; Fodder, S. C. ; Horpeily, Col.; Tornado, W. Va. ; Pray, Wis.; Chestnut and So.ipstone-, Ala. ; Sweet land, W. Va. ; Stilt", Texas; Joy, Ark.; Shad, a. ; Honestv, Ky. ; !Wikado, Mich.; Sandwich, N'eb. ; St. Patrick, 111. ; Zips, Fla. ; and Muckymuck, Tex. TALKING ABOUT CASH. Lively Debate in the Houso on Mr. Horriion'i Surplus Honey Resolution. The Financial Becord of the Present Ad ministration Shown Up by Mr. McKinley. Congressional yroceedliiga. Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, Raid: This res olution, coming as it did from tho Demo, crutic majority in one brunch of the (iov ernment addressed to a Democratic Execu tive in control of another brunch, was, to Kay the least, exceptional and remarkable. It was a proposition coming from the ma jority of the Committee on Ways and Means which was in political accord with the President of the Lnited States, and un doubtedly would receive the approval of the majority on the other side of the cham ber. It was a proposition to compel the President of the United States and the Sec retary of the Treasury to do that which they had always had the power to do; to do that which they now had authoritv to do under Section 2 of the act of March :i, 1HHI. Yet in sixteen months of Democratic adminis tration that administration had called but J-."H,( iO(l,UOI) of (loveniment bonds for re demption. It leaves outstanding 140,000 000 of the 5 per cents extended, now known as the 3 per cents, which are redeemable at the pleasure of tho (government. In view of tho record of tho Democratic party, in view of its declarations in platforms and on tho public rostrum in favor of the distribution of tho surplus in the payment of Govern meut lwmds, in view of its frequent charac terization of tho Kepublican party as dis honest for keeping a surplus in the treasury, in view of the record made by its own ad ministration, it was not surprising that a majority of the Committee ou Ways and Means, under the leadership of one wing of the Democratic party, should init that the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury should keep pledges which had been made to the p.irty. This action was more suggestive when gentlemen took into consideration the rec ord which tho Uepublicati party had made on this question. Since the conclusion of the war the Republican administration had paid off !?l,JOi,00(,000 of public indebted ness. It was not surprising that, looking at the record of the Kepublican party ami looking at the record of the lirst sixteen months of the Democratic administration, the two wings of tho Democratic party should Hap together and demand that the President shall pay out some of the surplus on the bonds of the count rv. Laughter. In 1HH1, w ith u surplus of lOO.ooo,tH0, a Kepublican Secretary of the Treasury had called in :? 12 1,000 000 in Government bonds. In 1HH2, with u surplus of SrlO'I, 000.000, a Kepublican Secretary had called in :? 173,000,000 of bonds. In 1SH J, with a surplus of !? 1:11.000,000. a Kepublican Sec retary had called in $0,000,000; nud in Ins 1, $70,000,000. The Kepublican paity has averaged in tho last four years $153, 000,000 every sixteen months. While in the past sixteen mouths the Democratic party has made a record of but $ 5S, 000,000. Why did not tho administration of Grover Cleveland pay out the balance in the treas ury on the public debt? Some gentleman on the other side, in the confidence of tho administration, ought to explain why the Secretary did not exercise tho discretion given him by law. He (Mr. McKinley) be lieved it to be a wise discretion to permit the officer charged with the administration of the fiscal affairs of tho Government to call bonds or withhold a call of bonds when tho condition of the public treasury permitted or demanded tho one or the other. Therefore, unless tho amendment he had offered was adopted, ho would feel constrained to cast a negative vote upon the resolution. Of course, Republicans could not prevent the Democratic party from voting a want of confidence in its own administration. They could could not prevent it from voting a vote of condemnation upon tho Pnsident and his Secretary. That was what the resolution meant. Think of it. A Kepublican Sec retary of the Treasury presided over tho fiscal affairs of the Government from 1N7'. to 1HS.1. During that time the Democratic D irty controlled the House for four years. Phe Kepublican Secretary of tho Treasury exercised his discretion, and a Hous3 with a larger Democratic majority than the present one never thought of taking that discretion away from him. Mr. Morrison Tho gentleman is mis taken. Mr. McKinley Did you eerpusa reso lution comptliing tho Secretary of tho Treasury to pay out the surplus? Mr. Morrison I introduced a joint reso lution, ami sent it to the Committee on Ways and Means, and it never got out of the committee. Mr. McKinley Exactly. Laughter. Mr. Morrison And I offered it in the House, and had the support of the gentle man from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kandalh.and we wero kept from passing it by a point of order from that side of tho House. Ap plause from tho Democratic side.) Mr. McKinley Put you never passed it. You had control of the Committee on Kules. You could have fixed n time for considera tion, as you did now. You had a larger majority than you have now. Whatever you may have done in committee, or at tempted to do on the floor of tho House, one thing is eeitain, you never did adopt a resolution taking that discretion from u Ke publican President and Secretary. Mr. Morrison I was prevented by the co operation of Democrats with that side of the House. Mr. McKinley That is, tho two wings of tho Democratic party were not in harmony at that time laughter, and one wing, with the aid of Kepublicans, prevented you from taking tho statutory discretion away from the Secretary. Put now when jou have a President and the Secretary of the Treasury, both w ings of tho Democratic party unite in denouncing them for not calling in tho bonds and absorbing the surplus. Laugh ter. It is not to be wondered at. The campaign of 1HSI was waged and won on tho howl all over the conntrv that the Ke publican party had ?000,00i))00of idle sur plus in the Treasury, ami would uot pay their honest debts. Governor Hendricks stated that all over the West. I have no doubt that my Greenback friend from Iowa (Weaver) said it all over his Stite. I know that the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania (Kaudall), in his famous speech at Nashville, when ho was making his triumph il tariff march through tho South from Atlanta to the sea laughter, earning the banner of protection I know that ho said there was $:00,000,ooo of sur plus in the public treasury, and that the administration of Grover Cleveland would take it out and pay tho Government debts with it. Mr. Kandall I am Wginning in that di rection now. Applause on tho Democratic side. Mr. McKinley Yes: you aro beginning, but it is sixteen months after your adminis tration has failed to do it. Laughter. You have not got very far along yet. Suppose this resolution passes the House. Supjoe it passes the Senate. To give it nny sort of force it must have the appioval of the Presi dent of the Unit -d States. Laughter. You are asking, bv this resolution, that the President shalf do what for sixteen months he has refused to do. He will lay down tho pen. which to him has Wen mightier than the sword laughter, and he will use thai pen for another purine. He will veto yom bill, and the surplus will yet remain in tho Treasury. If this is mere play of jolitics, a mere play for ignition, you aro welcomu to it, when your of.n Secretary of the Treasury solemnly tells the Chairman of tho Committee on Ways and Means that if this resolution passes it will impair the public credit, shako public confidence, and destroy tho good financial name we have enjoyed so long. And he says another thing that this resolution means a trenching uion tho $100,000,000 which is kept as a redemption fund for the greenbacks of the country, and ho asks you not to do it, and yet you do it. This Congress seems to bo given to doing just w hat the President does not want done. If there is anything ou which the majority of tho House and the President are in accord I would like to know it. Laugh'er, during which a Kepublican sug gested that they were in accord on pension vetoes. In his annual message tho President asked you to do three things. He asked you to reti e the greenbacks; he asked you to suspend silver coinage; rnd finally ho asked you to revise the tariff. What have you done? You have not retired tho green backs, you havo not suspended the silver coinage, you havo not revised tho tariff at least you havo not revised it under the leadership of Col. Morrison. I don't know what you may do under tho leadership of Col. Kumlall. What a delightful situation it is. Kenewed laughter. Tho gentleman from Pennsylvania a1out three or four weeks ago showed his contempt for the tariff bill of the Chaiimun of the Commit tee on Ways and Means, and only the othor day tho distinguished Chairman of the Committee ou Ways and Means showed his positive contempt for the attempt of the gen tleman from Pennsylvania to ni'tko a tariff bill. Laughter. And so it goes. There is not a single thing m which this Democra tic party agrees and is in positiv e accord, ex cept gettiug the offices not one. Laugh ter. 1 Mr. Morrison And we are getting along only middling at that. Kenewed laugh ter. Mr. McKinley Yes; and you aro getting them very slowjy. Put the gentlemen from Pennsylvania and Indiana (Messrs. Kan dall and Dolman) undertook to break down the civil-service law by a rider upon an appropriation bill. The gentleman from Pennsylvania and his wing aro for tho spoils. I was glad to find my honest friend from Illinois standing against that covert attempt. Mr. McKinley then quoted from the let ter written by Secretary Manning to the President on May 20, lat, tendering the reignation of his office, and from the President's reply thereto. From the latter letter h quoted the following sentence: "I had hope that tho day was at hand when tho party to which we belong, influ enced largely by faith and confidence in you, and in the wisdom of your views, would bo quickened in the sense of the re sponsibility, and led to a more harmonious action on tho important questions with which you have had to deal." That, said Mr. McKinley, was tho way the President felt on May 28. How would ho feel alter this resolution of censure, this resolution of condemnation, this resolution of disapproval, this resolu tion of a want of confidence. He can not resign and go to tho country, said Mr. McKinley, but each one of you will go to tho country, aud each one of us will go to the country, and the issue will bo made up. Cleveland will veto your resolutions, and wo will all go to the country ou that, and leave the $400,000,000 Hendricks said was in tho Treasurv and the ;ioo,000.000 the gentleman from Penn sylvania said was in tho Treasury still. I only w ant to say in conclusion that I hope the amendment I ottered will bo adopted. It seems to me absolutely demanded if this resolution should pass. Let us save that 8100,000,000 reserved from encroachment; let us say that the 831,000,000 of tho promises of the National Government shall lie kept secure, and if we do that and adopt tho amendment, giving to the Secretary of the Treasury a fair working balance which any business man or corporation would keep, then your resolution will be harmless and it will be spared tho veto of the Presi dent of the United States, Applause. Mr. Keed, of Maine, saw in tho resolu tion a mere political game. Mr. Hemier son, of Iowa, favored tho resolution because it enforced a Kepublican proposition. Now that tho Democratic party had determined that the pension bills should not bo passed, he was in favor of paying out the surplus on the public debt. The Sliottrim Policy. In the five Southern States whero tho colored population preponderate to wit: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, aud South Carolina two Kepresentatives in Congress represent 8,010 votes each; one, y,iU0; two, 10,000 each; four, 11,000 each; seven, 1H,000; six, ll.OiK) each; three, 1"j,000 each; three, 10,000 each; one, 17, 000; two, l'.,000 each; two, 20,000 each; two, 22,000 each; two, 21,000 each; aud one, :io.00O votes. In theso Slates the average vote in all tho districts is 1(5,214. In tho Noitheru States tho average vote is 3.".14D. Thus we havo this result: Ohio, with ft total vote of 7N0.011, is represented by 21 Congressmen, while the States of Ala bama, Georgia, South Carolina, Louisi ana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Florida, with a total vote of but 7d,.,5:( are repre sented by 45 Congressmen. That is, it takes more votes to elect 21 Congressmen in Ohio than it does to elect l i Congress men in the States named. And this dis parity might be prolonged indefinitely. In the five Southern States which I" havo named, at the time of the election in 184 there were f2n,:j'.)2 white votes. The total vote cast, as I havo shown, was 70'.),r:jr,, thus showing that probably Put 40,141 col ored men voted. In these five States there w ere 1,212,121 voters. Only .780,131 voted, while the non-voting voters were OiCtJ'M). Put why pursue this investigation? The political power of tho South to-day is wielded by a minority of th voting popula tion. Thes ? figures show that the cfl'ect of the shot-gun policy has been to put an end to the voting tendencies of a large per cent, of the imputation of thtse Southern dis tricts; for one thing is certain either these voters in large numbers have stayed at home and refused to vote, or ilsj the sys tem of apportionment is unjust and unfair. Speech by Conrjrein(tn (JroMvrnnr. Tun Democratic Houso of Kepresenta tives has passed one of tho vetoed pension bills over tho President's head. In this Mr. Cleveland roundly lectured Congress for its carelessness in investigating pension claims, saying that tho claimant under the bill had never applied for a pension to the depaitnient. Tho next day a Republican Congressman exhibited to the House tho papers in the case, taken from tho files in tl:e Pension Kureau. enveloped in their official jacket. In this instance Mr. Cleve land was a nice person to lecture Congress about carelessness. Put he got a chance to indu in a sneer against a Union sol dier. lit'linntipolift Journal. Democisatic organs nre frantically call ing upon old soldiers to notice that tho President did not veto nil tha pension bills. Perhaps he Mas too tir?d. BASE-BALL. Standing of the Clubs in the National Leaguo and the American Association. Notes and Gossip of Interest t'onceni lug the National Game and Its Plajers. CniCAOO CORKESrOXDEXCE. The week just closed finds Detroit still in tho lead, with Chicago a close second. The latter club has manage 1 to drop one game during the week, while tho former captured every game they played. New York holds well to the third place, with Philadelphii only a few games behind. Do.xton is in the fifth position and St. Louis closo on its heels. TLo Washingtous and Kansas Citys have verv littlo to be proud of, and have prolnibly by this time become fully aware that they are in rather fast com pany. In the race for the American Association pennant the St. Louis Drowns have a long lead for first place, Pittsburgs a good sec ond, and Krottklyus third. The appended schedule will give the standing of both tho League and tho Association. LKAUl'K BCHKltfLK. Games tia.nes Post Clubs won. lost, pjnol. Detroit hi li 1 CkicHCO 4 13 3 Niww York :w 1.) 1 Phrliulelnhia 31 '20 4 Poattn '22 3 1 St. Lnui '20 40 1 KiiiiHiitt City 13 40 e Wellington 9 41 4 THE AMKUICAN ASSOCIATION. Clubs Won. Lost. Athletic 2S 31 P.iiltimoro 22 41 Prcoklyn 'Mi 31 fincimi'iti 30 3S Louisville 30 3.1 M-tr ioiitun -0 37 IT.tsUirir 37 2! St. Louia 4S 21 The Kev. 8. J. MePherson, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Chicigo, recently preached a very strong sermon against racing and its necessary adjunct, "pool selling," as conducted at the Wash ington Park races. He made a comparison Wtwceu the exhibitions given by this fash ionable club and the League base-ball games, as conducted by the Chicago ball club, the lattr-r being more suitable lor la-die- end gentlemen to patronize, for the reason that on the ball grounds no malt or spiiituous liquor was sold, nor pool selling lo:' gambling of any kind permitted, nor were any Sunday games allowed by clubs belonging to the National League. Con sidering that Mr. McPLerson's congregation is made up largely of merhbers belonging to the Washington Park Club, his plain, out spokeu words caused! quite a sensation. Nothing succeeds like success and, con versely, nothing fails like failure. At this time last year, when the Chicago Paso Pall Club w as w inning aluO"t every game it played, its praise was on every tongue, but now that it is only winning about five games in seven everybody has some apology to offer for the club's poor paying and a thousand and one excuses are made for it. Of late it has been current gossip that tho older member' of tho club were against the latest acquisitions and would not support them, especially the "colt" battery, l lynn and Moolic. Such talk is arrant nonsense r.nd originated in tho pates of those who havo just enough hasp ball learning to make it a dangerous thing. Flynn and Moolic are quiet, modest anf gentlemanly lads,and for those virtues tho veterans have taken most kindly to the youngsters, w hoe excellent work has establihhed for them a good imputation with tho base-ball-loving public, llyan, too, is of the same pattern, and tho utter absence of "swelled head" and braggadocio has made the three de cidedly popular. Another of the fairy tales was that a com bination had been formed between McCor mick's particular cronies to freeze out Clarksou and by losing games in which he pitched and winning when McCormick was in the box, to add to "Mac's" reputation at the expenso of Clarkson's. To this romance, too, there is no tangible foundation, but there is a sensible and, more than that, a true reason for the slight falling off in this year's playing compared with that of last ear. Several years ago .Too Quest gave the laam of "Charlie horse" to a peculiar con traction and hardening of the musch s and tendons of th thigh to which base-ball players are especially liable, from the sud dtn starting and stopping in chasing balls, as well as tho frequent slides in base run ning. Pfeffer, Anson, and Kelly are so badly troubled with "Charlie horse" there are times they can scarcely walk. Core had it so bad he had to lay off a few davs, and is not entirely free from it now. "Will iamson, too, has had a touch of it. Pe sides that, Kelly's arm has not been in good shape at any time this season. "With so large a number of its old reliables crippled, it is no wonder tho 1kvs havo not made so good a showing as had been expected, but anyone who lays odds that thev are out of the race may find himself poorer in pocket but richer in experience at the end of the season. Not i' from tli IMuinonil. Tun Detroit Club claims to be 5?3nfnw) ahead on tho season thus far. It is expected there will be a great rush of ball clubs to California thi fall. Lakky Cokcouax, formerly pitcher for tho champion Chicago-, is playing short stop for the Wahingtons. Sweeny, of the St. Louis League Club, has been engaged by the Syracuse Stars. It is understood that a break may be ex pected in the American Association before the end of the season. Oli Deacon White, of the Detroit, gets weekly reports from tho overseer of his farm in New York State. Koor.r. Coxxoit. of the New Yorks, saves Gerhardt, Word, and Esterbrook many errors by his wonderful one-handed catches of norly thrown balls. To JULY 8, inclusive, tho League had made 103 home runs, of which the Detrcits had made 21, Chicago 20, Philadelphia 15, St. Louis 11, Poton 10, Washington 10, New Yoik ! and Kansas City 8. TllEitEis said to be considerable founda tion in the report that the League and As sociation clubs of St. Louis are to con solidate the best players of each and f orm the new League club. In 1K85 the Natioral League clubs used up 2,40 of Spalding's base-balls. This year they will use over three times as many. Capt. Anson wan interviewed in St. Louis, and said that tho Drowns could not stand higher than fifth jdace in the League. He says further that th Philadelphia are a better set of players thau tho Drowns, and could deteat them three times out of rive. Anson does not believe in mascots, but pays little Willi? Hahu is a great ad vertisement for tho Chicago. Nichols), Phillips, Allen, ami Smith, of tho Harvard College Club, all graduated recently. They have been tho backbone of the teain for four yeni s past. Nichols wai one of the greatest college p'lchera ever known. MECHANICAL. A coTTON-mx manufacturer has shipped ten of the most improved ma chines to llussia, as the Ilussian Gov ernment wants them to experiment in cotton culture in the Plack Sea prov inces. To r.KMovE candlo greaso from fur niture without injuring the varnish, rub it off with a little warm water and a rag. A calculation made of tho figures of a mile-long railroad train drawn by a single locomotive, establishes that there were tf.2.VI tons weight on this train, which was drawn by a single 55 tou engine. This would bo more than the weight of many steamships with their cargoes. Pemaukakle accuracy is now at tained by engineers m cutting tunnels through mountains, working from both ends. Thus at tho Musconetcong Tun nel, on tho Lehigh Valley Pailroad, the alignment tested to U.01 feet, or less than one-halt an inch. In this case levels were ni 5,00D feet long. Louisiana claims it possesses the largest area of merchantable timber in America and the greatest variety of woods; it possesses iron oro and coal closer together in abundance than they are to be found anywhere else in the world; it possesses water-power to turn all tho factories of civilization; fertile lands without limit good for all the products of the temperate and tropic zones. The distribution of mechanical motive power is receiving increased attention in Europe. Should the problem once bo solved, tho great factory would disappear so far as re lates to its repelling features. The Paris Temps has just given an ac count of ono method of distribution whi h is actually at work in the French capital, in tho Hue Heaubourg, a local ity in which a number of the small in dustries which peculiarly characterize Paris aro carried on. Tho principlo employed is that of rarefied air. Hy means of a large steam engine a vacu um of seventy-five per cent, is pro du ed in a pipe, from which smaller tubes branch off to each workshop. The workshops aro soverally provided with small motors, worked, of course, by means of tho difference of pressure between the density of air in tho tube) and that of tho atmosphere. Thus tho power can bo distrib uted in quantities no greater than may bo needed to work a sewing machine, for instance. Each workman is sup plied with an automatic registering ap paratus, and as ho is able to shut off the power when it is not required ho is c harged only for the quantity act ually used. A lixed monthly rent is charged in addit'on to tho installation, the rent being proportionate to the size of the motor in the workman's room. The principle of rarefied air has been adopted in preference to that of com pressed air, because thero is less dan ger of accident and the inconveniences which might arise from the chilling consequences of the use of compressed air in small workshops are avoided. Tho importance of tho economic dis tribution of motive power in fractional quantities in Paris is indicated by the fact that in ono municipal division alone there are five thousand persons engaged in small industries who re quire in tho aggregate from ten to twelve hundred horso power per day. Taking the entiro population of Paris, forty per cent, aro engaged in such small industries. A Dinner in Islam. In the Oriental household there arc no lixed hours, no fixed habits, no reg ular sitting-rooms, dining-rooms, bed rooms. The divan which serves as a seat or lounging place during tho day serves as a couch at night. Each per son eats when disposed to. Sweet meats, sherbets, and coffee, particular ly tho last, aro partaken of at interval all day long. -When a regular meal ij served, it is usually an "occasion" of some sort, and it is served in courses. The greater tho "occasion," tho" larger the number of courses. Ono dish coin poses the course. It is served on a large platter of copper, or brass, or silver, or gold, according to the wealth of the host. This platter is placed on a circular table of the same circumfer ence as the platter, and al out a couple of feet high. Around this table tho guests place themselves either on cush ions or in order to bo accurate I must bo inelegant squatting. Thero are neither knives, forks, nor plates, noth ing but the hugo platter, which entirely covers tho table; and from this hu?e dish each person helps himself with tho first two fingers of the right hand. Never, under any circumstances, must food bo touched with tho left hand; to do so would be to detile it. A meal servod in this way consists anywhere from six to twenty-six courses. Some of them are rather nice, many of them are very nasty. It is hardly necessary to say that no wine is served. Tho good Mussulman never drinks wine in public! After every course servants hand to each guest a small basin con taining tepid water, delicateiv per fumed, and a clean napkin. I'his is very refreshing, and when tho manner of dining is remembered, verv neces sary. There is no lack of liquid re freshment, but as this is made up of sherbets of various flavors, but all ex tremely sweet, one is apt, about midway of the feast, to long for a draught of cool, clean, comfortablo water. Hose y tinge. Dictates of Fashion. Miss Style (to coachman) "James, vour whiskers aro not in harmony with Eido's. It mortifies mo dreadfully when I go on the boulevards. I wish vou to take Fido with you to tho bar ber's, and havo your whiskers trimmed to iratch his." James "Mightn't I havo the dog'a haircut to match mine, ma'am?" Miss Stylo (sternly) "How can you think of it? Fido is just in style." I thay, old chappie, can you let me havo your horse to Iwivo in my dwag this aftahnoon?" "Why, of course; but why not drive your own?" "My deali boy, Via going to take Miss Dwesser dwiving, and sho always weahs that deuced wed dwes. My horse is ecwu, y know, and they don't match." Uanihter.