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Vol. I.

The Pink of the Pacific; 

Adams and Company, Publishers,
98 “'llllam Street.

MAY 10, 1879.

$2.50 a Year.
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OR

THE ADVENTURES OF A STOWAWAY.

 

Q I" OLIT’ER 013TIC.

CHAPTER I.
THE srowawar.
“ BEAR a hand there, and be lively !” shouted
Mr. Fetterbone, the mate of the good ship

American Continent, as be cast an anxious eye ‘

to windward, where the weather had a very

ually look. “ What are you about, Bagley?
Didgl’t ’I tell you to lay aloft and furl that main-
ro ?’

“ I’m willing to obey orders. sir, but it’s all '

my life is worth to go on the main-royal yard,
for the mast is sprung,” replied Bagley, who was
the li htest man of the crew.

“ A raid, are you?” sneered the mate.

“I’m not afraid to go anywhere it is safe to
go,” leaded the sailor.

“ e won‘t argue the matter, but if you don’t
obey mv order in less than another second,
there will be a broken head round here some-
where," added Mr. Fetterbone, very decidedly.

“I don’t want to lose my life,” growled the
Seaman, as he moved toward the main—rig-
gm .

“ ay aloft, you beggar!" yelled the mate.

Just at this moment a boy, not more than a
dozen years old. rushed out from behind the

mainmast, and springing upon the rail, he ran :

aloft like a cat. Bagley followed him but far
behind. A seaman on deck let go the halliard.
and the royal yard dropped down to the collar.
The boy reached the royal yard. and in a mo-
ment he had gathered 11p the fluttering sail and
secured it to the yard. “'hen his work was
done, he ran down to the deck as lively as he
had one up. The timid tar also began to de-
scenfd’, but the order to furl the top—gallant-sail
met him before he had reached the top. and he
returned to the cr0ss trees.

The wind was freshening. and all hands were
too busy to take any notice of the boy, who had
shown himself to the ship's company for the
first time when he sprung out from behind the
mast. The American Lontinent was a very

large vessel, and carried a big crew; and in a .

few minutes her sails were all furlcd except the ‘
maintop-sail. By this time a heavy squall struck I

her. and the mate yelled his orders to furl the
last sail she carried.

At the first blast the main-royal mast toppled '
over, snapping off at the point where Bagle ' a
With dith- .

had indicated that it was sprung.
culty the yard and sail were saved. though the
squall was soon ovcr. In half an hour the ship

was on her course again, with everything set ‘

below the royals.

“\Vell, Bagley, that youngster saved your
life.” said the mate, with a laugh. when the
ship was restored to her usual condition.

‘ Yes, Sir,” replied the sailor, who had the
wheel at this time. “ I knew that stick would
give out at the wrong time, and I didn‘t want
to be on it when it went over.”
“But what youngster was it?
on board of the ship?" inquired the mate.

“I don’t know anything about him, and I
never saw him before,” answered Bagley, look-
ing around him to see what had become of the
little fellow.

“ You don’t know him! That’s a likely story!
The youngster would not have done sucu a good
turn for you if you hadn‘t done something for
him,” added Mr. Fetterbone, sharply.

“ I haven’t done anything for him, and I never
saw him till he came out from behind the mast.”

“ I don’t believe it!" protested the mate. who
was considered a good man to manage a
crew, and whose heart was not too soft for his
business. “ Here we are, four days out of Syd-
ney, and if the youn ter hadn't been fed, he
couldn't have run up t lat rigging as he did."
hi“ I”didn‘t feed him, and know nothing about

n1.

“ “'here is he now i”

“I don’t know: I haven’t seen him since he
went aloft.”

“ If any man aboard this shi has helped a
stowaway into her, I‘ll take t 1e youngster's
passage out of his wa es,” blustered the mate.

“ I’ve told you all know about him," insisted
the sailor.

“ I don‘t think you have, for the boy didn‘t
risk his neck on that yard for nothing. He has
got a good friend here somewhere.“

“ No. sir. I have not," said the stowaway,
suddenly presenting himself before the mate.
He 78.1110 out from behind the cabin—house, where
he had hidden himself.

He looked  though he had just escaped from
the rag-bag, and he was covered with dirt, tar
and oakum. which he had gathered in his hiding-
)lace below. On his face was an expression of
iearty gmul-naturc, in spite of the hard usage
the world had given him. He did not seem to be
at all afraid of the mate, whose very looks
might have been a terror to evil-(10ers. There
was even a smile on his face when he came into
the resence of the awful Mr. Fetterbone.

" Vho are you!" demanded the mate, with an
ugly expression on his face.

“ I’m the fellow that took in that royal," re- :
. plied the stowaway. with self—possession enough

to have fitted out a criminal lawyer.

“ I know you are: but who else are you ?"

“ I‘m nobody else."

“ None of your impudencc! “'hat are you
doing in this ship?" roared Mr. Fetterbone,
looking as stern as a country schoolmaster.

" Sailing," replied the youngster, with a sort
of chuckle.

“ \Vhy don‘t you answer me. you young vaga-

bondf" stormed the mate.

How came he T

“ I did answer you, sir."

“ If you are imtpudent. I shall tic you up and i

give you a taste 0 the ropes end."

“ I don‘t like the taste of it," said the little
fellow, shrugging his shoulders as though he
knew all about the thin .

“I don't care whetfiier you like it or not.

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PINK REACIIED THE ROYAL YARD, AND IN

“'hcn I ask a youngster a question on this deck,
he answers me," added Mr. Fetterbone. angrily.

“ So I do."

“ So you do what?"

“ Answer the quest ion."

“I asked what you were doing in this vessel."
‘ “ And I told you I was sailing in her, same as

the rest of you arc."

The mate lookctl sharply at the boy. as if to
see whether he meant to be impudeut or not.
The waif did not tlinch under his earnest gaze,
and so fa ‘as the dirt on his face would permit
his expression to bc secu. he was honest and

'meant all he said. He did not seem to be quiz-

. Zing the mighty man of the ship. and Mr. Fet—

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“ Who helped you into this vessel?" he asked,
when he had considered the case a moment.

“ I’ink.”

“ Who?"

“ Pink,” repeated the waif, with his peculiar
chuckle.

“ Do you mean Bagleyf“ demanded the mate.
pointing to the man at the wheel.

A MOMENT IIE HAD GATHERED UP THE FLUTTERING SAIL AND SECURED IT TO THE YARD.

“ No. sir: I mean Pink." laughed the boy.
“tho is Pink? “'e have no man on board
1 the ship of that name."
‘ “ That's my name,” added the boy. who
seemed to be very well satisfied with himself.
and not at all conscious that. he was provoking
the mate to some severe action.

“011. is it? \Vcll. you look a pretty pink."
succrcd Mr. Fettcrbonc.

“ I am. That's what the ladies call me,“
laughed the little stranger.

“ You look like a ladies‘ man.
dirt enough on your face to bury a small man
in.“

“ Not half enough to bury you in."

“Don‘t be saucy, youngster. I don’t want
to hurt you. and Iwon't if you behave your-
self and speak the truth. Now. don‘t be saucy.“

“ That‘s what everybody says to me."

Possibly the mate’s altered tone was caused

V by the appearance of Captain Milford, the mas—
. ter of the American Continent. who had come
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board 1“ continued the mate.
“ None of the men: I helped myself on

“ “'hcn did yr u come on btmrdf"

“The day thc ship sailcd. I’m willing to
tell you all I know about it." replied Pink,
for we may call him by the nanw he ac»
knowledgcd. "I came to the ship in llH‘ boat
that brought oil' the man with the papers. I
asked thc boatman to let me help roW. and he
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papers. and then I went on the deck of the ship.
I told the boatmau that I was going back in an—
other boat. so he need not look for me. and then
I got in between-decks. and stowed myself
away. That‘s the truth: and I have not told
the truth so much for more than a year.” .

“Then I suppose you are not in the liablt of
telling the truth." laughed the mate, glancing
at the captain.

“I am when people will let me, but I
don‘t tell the truth and then take a licking
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It was plain that the boy‘s morals had been
neglected; but he was certainly very candid.

‘ And on have been on board four days?”

“Idont know; I didn’t count the days. I
stayed in the store-room till I had eaten my
biscuit all up, and then I had to come out.”

“ When did you come out 1!” asked Mr. Fetter-
bone.

“Just when I went aloft; I had only come .

out of the store-room when I heard the man say
he didn’t like to go on the main-royal yard, and
I went u for him,” replied the waif, glancing
around im with an uneasy and rather sad
look, as though a gloomy thought had suddenly
come to his mind.
“What made you do this thing for Bagley?
Did 'ou know him ?” inquired the mate.
“ never saw him before in my life.
on what I did it for: I did it because I hoped
e would give me part of his grub at eight bells,
if he had more than he wanted," Sill( Pink, as

lence of the man whom he had perhaps saved
from a fall to the deck, or into the water.
“ You had some biscuit, you said?”

T the

i to call me Pink.
I that’s about all.”
he glanced forward to the galley, as though he I
wished the time had come to test the benevo—

1 ed to Captain Milford.

youth quietly to the point he wished to
reac .
“Tm too poor to have any other,” laughed the
war .
“No other name? Are you sure of it?” con-
tinued the captain, with an encouragin smile.
“I suppose you are the old man of t e ship,

and you have given me lots toeat: I mean to .

tell you the truth, for I don’t think you will
beat me for it.
time, I know, but I will do so this time.”

“ I shall not beat you; and I will not let any-
body else liurt you.“ added Captain Milford.
“ You act like a very strange boy, and I want
to know more about you."

" I will tell you all I know about myself: and

, that‘s not much,” said the boy, fishing for some- .
I‘ll tell .

thing in the depths of his trowseis pocket. “ I
don‘t know what in ' name is, but people used
remember so much, and

“ W'here were you burn?”

“ I don’t know, sir. I suppose my name is on
this card,” replied Pink pulling out a dirty and
crumpled piece of pasteboard, which he tender-
“ Somebody read it to

“One biscuit for four days, if it was four 1 me‘once: but I forget what it is now. Can you

da '5." ,

‘5‘ 00d heaven!” exclaimed the captain
had a softer heart than the mate. “Tell the
doctor to give him something at once. \Vhat-
ever he is, and whatever he has done, nobody
shall go huii y on the American Continent.”

“Shall I ave something to eat?” cried the
boy eagerly, as his bright eyes suddenly lighted

p“You shall, my lad, and have all you want,”
replied the humane captain. “ But couldn’t you
manage to wash your face and hands a little
before you have your dinner? I don't believe
you could find your mouth with all that dirt on
your face.”

“ It’s so long since I did anything with my
mouth that I almost forget where it is,” replied
the waif. “ But I will 'ump overboard if you
will only give me somet ing to eat.”

The mate took him to the galley.

CHAPTER II.
A F 'r E R D i N N E a

MR. Farmnnonr: procured a bucket of warm
water from the galley, with some soap, for the
use of Pink, and then stood by while the boy
scrubbed his face, hands and arms. The effect
of the operation was immense, for when the
waif had wiped his face he looked like another
being. His countenance was sin larly pleas-
in , not to say winning; and per ape some of
this expression had found its way t rough the
dirt, and had its effect on the minds of the cap-
tain and the mate. As a rule a stowaway does
not obtain much favor from the officers of a
ship; he is regarded as one who is stealing pas-
sa ; and they treat him as the would any
0t er thief. Pink was certainly aring better
than this class of passengers usually do. No
doubt his smartness and skill in going aloft and
furling the royal rather leased the mate, who,
thou h his heart was bar , liked a good seaman.

“ ou look like a new man ” said the mate,
when the boy had finished was ing and wiping.

“ I feel like one.” replied the waif.

“ Now, Julius Caesar, give him all he can ea ”
continued Mr. Fetterbone, taming to the cook,
who is “the doctor” on board ship.

“ Yes, sari” re lied the emperor of the galley,
opening his mouth from ear to ear, for he had a.
heart within his black bosom, and nothing suit-
ed him better than to feed a hungry man, unless
it was to feed ahungry boy.

The stowaway showed as much delight as a

niel when he frisks around his master about
' nor-time. Julius had a great kid of salt beef
on the alley, from which he cut of! a piece that
would have made a meal for half a dozen under
ordinar circumstances and at it into a tin
an, w ereon he il an a undance of ship
read. This was t e daily bill of fare of the
crew of the vessel.

“ Dar, little teller, stow away what’s in dar,
and den I gib you heap ob plum dud,” said the
doctor, as he handed the pan to the boy.

“Plum dufl! Shall I have plum duff!” ex-
claimed the waif.

“Yes, sar; hab all do plum duff you can eat
when you done out what’s in de pan," grinned
the negro.

It looked like a safe promise, for it did not
seem possible that the ho could eat all the beef
and bread in the pan. 'nk took the dish, and
seated himself in the lee-soup rs, his bright
eyes glowing all the time with elight. He did
not eat like a pig, but like a hungry b0 who
has some natural refinement about im. . tof
the cabin, on board shi , the don’t use knives
and forks, and Pink hel his ef in one hand,
and a great cake of ship-bread in the other, tear-
in them one at a time with his teeth.

e mate and some of the other idlers on deck
stood watching him, and there is a pleasure in
seeing a bun y person eat. It was simply im-
possible for t e boy to eat all the beef and bread
the cook had given him; if the flesh was willing,
the stomach was not big enough. But Julius
Caesar did not hold him to the letter of the
promise, for before he had half finished the con-
tents of the pan he placed beside him another
dish containing a bend allowance of plum duff,
which is a sort of flour pudding, With raisins
stirred into it. It is a luxury to sailors, and
Pink seemed to know all about it. The hungry
boy began to lose his interest in the business
when the duff was hroughtto him,and he aban-
doned the beef and bread for the pudding. He
ate all the pan contained of this, and then car-
ried the dish to the galley.

“ Hab some more sar ’ queried the cook.

“ No, sir; I neverhad so much toeat in a week

 

as I have had tovday,” answered Pink. “I feel
good now.” .
“ Stop a bit; hab piece pie from de cap’n’s

table,” said Julius Caesar, with one of his most
e ressive grins.

t did not seem possible that the waif could
eat any more; but be consumed the piece of ie.
If he did not feel like a water-logged vesse , it
was because there was more room inside of him
than there appeared to be. While the men were

at dinner, another squall came up, and it be- I

came necessary to take in sail a in. Pink ran
aloft as though he was not ta ing the extra
load he had eaten v ith him, and went out on the
top-gallant yard with the sailors, doing his full
share of the work, for what he lacked in strength
he made up in agility and quickness. He was a

marvel of nimbleness, and a monkey could not 1
More than this, he;
knew every rope in the ship, and could oley '

have outstripped him.

any order without a question. His mind was
as active as his body, and the sea slang did not
bother him a i it.

After the storm had passed over, the mate

sent for the stowaway, and in the presence of the '
captain began to uestion him in regard to his 3

coming on icard. ink told the same story as
before, and the captain declared his belief that
the boy spoke the truth.

“ I know I do," protested Pink, with his win-

ning smile. “ No man on this vessel helped me,
or knew that I was on board. I did all my own
business.”

“But who are you. my lad?” asked the cap—

tain, who had taken the business of the inter- ,

view out of the mouth of Mr. Fetterl-one.

“I am Pink," replied the boy, and his face
was so honest that (‘aptaiu Milford could not
believe he meant to he saucy.

“But what’s your other name!” asked the
captain, very gently. for he saw he had a curi-
ous case to deal with, and he intended to lend

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read writing, sir?”

“I can, when it is plainly written,” lau bed
the captain puttin on his glasses, and 100 ing
at the car . “‘T is boy’s name is Pinkerton
Dykes.’ I suppose that is your name.”

‘ ‘ Pink is short for Pinkerton,” added the mate.

“ But where did you get this card?" asked the
captain, much interested in the boy.

“ I don’t know where I got it; I can’t remem-
ber now.”

“ That’s very strange.”

“ That‘s what the all say.”

“But don't you now anything about your-
self?” asked the captain, begimiing to think the
waif was trying to deceive him.

“I can’t remember more than three years
back.”

“ Nothing at all?”

“ No, sir; not a thing.”

“Tell that to the marines!" exclaimed Mr.
Fetterbone. “I don’t believe a boy could for-
get all back of three years.”

“Don’t you interfere, Fetterbone,” said the
captain. “ You tern t him to tell us lies.”

“ That’s what he’s en doing all along.”

“Keep still, if you please. Now, Pink, can
you remember what took Lpillace within three

ears?" continued Captain ' ford, in his gent-
est tones.

He was one of these pious shipmasters oftener
met with forty years ago than at the present
time. Mr. Fetterbone was not pious, and the
mate’s swearin at the men was one of the
sorest trials of t e good “ old man.”

“I can remember all that took lace within
three ears,” replied Pink, who y this time
really oved the master of the American Con-
tinent.

“ Can on read and write, Pink?”

“Can I read and write! Of course I can’t!
How should I know how to read and write?”
laughed the waif, at the ridiculous question.
“ But I used to know how.”

“ Forgot how, I suppose,” sneered the mate.

b “That’s just it,” answered Pink. “ I forgot
ow.

“That’s it! The young whelp is gulling you,
and making fun for himself at 'our e rise,
Captain Mi ford,” said Mr. Fetter .one, With in-
tense disgust. “ I knew he wasa little rascal
the moment I set eyes on him.”

“ Hold your tongue, mate! If you don’t keep
still, I’ll take the b0 into the cabin and talk to
him alone,” repli the master, in his mild
way.

The mate had an utter contenrpt for the
tleness and piety of the comman

en-

er of the s i '
but he knew that when the “ old man ” 
himself, he meant all he said. The captain had

a will of his own; and it was a fact that he
could manage the most obdurate sailor on
board, when the mate’fie‘polig of kicking and
cursing had utterly fa' . Mr. Fettcrbone
was silent, for his curiosity was excited, and he
wanted to hear what the boy had to say for
himself.

“ How do you know on ever learned to read
and write if you have orgotten all your knowl-
edge?” asked the captain.

“Because I have heard the people tell all
at out me,” answered Pink, with a look that in-
dicated his confidenca in what he said if not
his right to be believed. “They said i could
read and write alittle before I was hurt.”

“ What people were these i”

“The circus people. I heard the ringmaster
tell the clown about me one day when they
were dressed and waiting for the performance

to be u.

“ Tfien you were in a, circus, were out”

“Yes, 611‘; and I used to Le in the t rec-horse
act, and stand on the head of the great Ameri-
can rider when he straddled the three horses.”

“And it was an American circus?”

“They called it the Great American Circus.
One day, the great American rider, I heard the
ring-master  fell off his horses while I was
standing on his head: end I struck the ground
on the top of my head. I believe they said it
cracked my skull; and that’s the reason I could
not remember anything that happened before
the fall.”

The mate listened to the sto
wide open, he was so interestc .

CHAPTER III.
THE MALAY PIRATES.

“I HAVE heard of just such cases, where a
man’s memory was all knocked out of him by a
fall,” said Captain Milford, when be fully un—
derstood the matter. “ But you heard the ring-
master tell the clown all about you; don’t you
remember what he said?”

“ He only told about the fall, and said I had
been in the circus since I was a little child,”
answered Pink. “ 1 know everything that hap-
pened since I got well.”

“Where was the circus when you had the
fall?”

“I don’t know; but I think it was not in
Australia. Ihave had the notion for the last
three years, and I don’t know where I got it,
that I belong in America, and I wanted to go
there.”

“I’Vhere is the circus now?”

“ I don’t know; I never heard anything about
itafterl left it.”

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[ the sailors killed two of the natives."

“No, sir: not till a year after. I got well.

and performed again.

came down. I used to like to hear the
shout and cla their hands when I did this: but
I didn’t like t ie lickiiigs I got."

“ What did tlzey use to whip you for?" asked
the benevolent captain. full of sympathy.

“To make me do things: ICOUI( ii‘t turn the '

double sunimcrset till I had been whippedtw en-
ty times for not doing it. If I fell off the horse
I was riding at rehearsal. the ring—master used
to lick me for that. They \\ ould 1 eq- {1'}. ing to
make me do some new thing: and if I couldn’t
do it, they \\ hipped llll‘. But I had plenty to
eat and drink." added Pink, with ii look of satis-
faction.

“ “‘as the circus in Australia all this time?"

“ Itul.ad bcin there some time, when I ran

av.

“ “'0”. what have you been doing the last
two ycai's.’u

“ “'thi I left, the company was showing in
Bathnrst. I took to thehills. and did not come
out till the Show people had gone.

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. what a terrible thing it was to take human life.

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cruised about the country. and was almost
starved all the time. I used to beg for some-
thing to eat at the houses; but the people said I
was a. vagabond, and not many of them would
give me an thing. I tried to
one would et me have a job. I tried to find an-
other circus company, aud get something to eat
without any lickings. .
of a house since I left the circus. I lived in the
hills most of the time, for the policemen follow-
ed me in the large towns.”

“ You had a hard time of it.”

“ I bet I did. I believed the reat American
Circus came from America, and wanted to get
there. I went to Sydney, and stowed myself

I away in a whale-ship. I was away a year and a

half in her, and the officers used to lick me with
a rope’s end, and treat me like a dog. They

3 made me do duty, and I learned to be a sailor.
The second mate was the only man that was
. kind to me: and he had to be savage before the

captain and mate, or they would jaw him. He

. had been to college, and went a-whaling for his

health. He used to talk to me a great deal, for
I was in his watch. I learned all I know of
him. He liked to teach me; and if we had met
any time but in the n' ht he would have taught
me to read. I leame to talk of him. He said
I should 0 to school when we got to America.

I should ave run away from the vessel if I had.

not hoped to get to America. But the ship

. went back to Sydney, where the captain drove

me out: and I ost my chance."

“ Who was the second mate of the Whaler?”

“His name was Charles Bodfield. I staid
about S 'dnev half a year more: and when I
found is ship was ing to America, I took

ge in her,” said 'nk with alaugh at the
me lar way it had been one.

“gilt this ship ma ' not 0 to America for two
wears,” a ded t e captain. We are
bound to amarang, where we shall com lete
our cargo, and then sail for Liverpool. rom
there we 0 where our cargo may take us; but
it ma be ew York.” -

“ I ave heard of that place; the ring—master
used to ak about it. Mr. Bodfield used to
talk abou New Bodford and Boston."

“New York is the biggest city in America;
and very likely we may go there from Liver-

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or three

“ You will let me stay in the ship won’t you
captain?” asked the b0 , when he had finished
his story; and he looke up into the command-
er's face with a smile that would have had its
effect upon a harder heart than Captain Milford
carried in his bosom.

“I can’t do anything
throw you overboard,’
the American Continent.

“ You won’t do that, I know,” responded Pink,
cheerfully. .

Ca ' Milford did not throw the waif over-
board : on the contrary he treated him as gently
and kindly as though h

else with on, unless I
laughed t e master of

e had ‘d his passage.
He took him into the cabin, much to the disglust
of the mate, though not till he had caused im
washed, and provided him
with a suit of ecent clothes, cut down from
some of the garments found on board. Pink was
active, and when there was anything to do he
did it. He went aloft when the light sails were
to be furled or set. He assisted the steward in
the cabin, the cook in the galley, and was will-
in to do anything about the vessel.

ptain Milford was an American citizen,

and to him it was almost a crime not to be able

to read and write; and as all his time was not

occupied, he used much of the day in teaching
the waif to read. Pink was an a t scholar, an

his knowledge seemed to come
stead of being gained for the first time.
the time the American Con
Flores Sea, south of the island of 'Cclebes, the

ck to him in-
So, by
throat reached the

could read the Bible and the few books on

mm, though the ship had been but thirty~five

days on the voyage. He had made some pro-

gress toward learning to write, when evenfin‘tfo

to be posed over, interrupted ' ’5
education. .

On the deck of the shipweretwo'brass twelve-
poundcr guns which the ous captain had ob-
tained at S ey, with a undaut ammunition
for them. n the cabin was a full supply of
muskets, boarding-pikes and cutlasses. ou h
Captain Milford was a man of peace in the big -
est sense of the words, he was not in favor of
being unresistingly murdered, and having his
shi plundered and bumed by the treacherous
Magay pirates, whom the United States navy
was compelled to chastise about the time of
which we write. Our men-of-war destroyed
one of their towns, and severely punished the
wretches for their crimes.

“ Keep a sharp look-out for proas, Fetterbone,”

' said the captain. one afternoon, as the ship came

up with the land in beating to the westward.
“ I am told the sea about here is full of Malay
pirates, and we have very little wind.”

“ The beggars!” growled the mate. “ I should
rather like to see some of them, for I think we
could lick all of them that can stand up this side
of sundown."

“ I don’t want to see any of them, for I’m not
fond of fighting. They are not such chickens as
you take them to be: and if a good big proa
comes out here, she will 've us our hands full
to get away from her. only hope, if we see
any of them, we shall have a better breeze than
we have now.”

“I think we can take care of ourselves. We
have half a dozen man—of—war’s men in the crew,
who know how to handle the guns; and one shot
will blow their proas out of the water.”

“If we meet any of the miscreants I shall
fight as lon as there is anything left of us; but
I would ragier not see any of them,” observed
the captain, as he entered the cabin where his
supra: was waiting for him.

“ you think we shall have a fight captain i”
asked the waif, as the master seated himself at
thel‘table; and the boy‘s eyes glowed as he
s 'e.

“I hope not; I don’t know,” answered Cap-
tain Milford.

“ You hope not!” exclaimed the waif, as
though this was not the reply he had expected.
“ Now I should think you would like it.”

“ Like to fight and kill people?”

“But these people are nothing but savages.
In South “'alcs, nobody used to make anything
of killin them. I think it is fun to be in a
fi ht. 'e had a row at one of the islands
w ere we went in after water, while I was in the
whale ship: I knocked a man over myself, and

The pious shipmaster did not like this talk on
the part of his pupil, and he gave him a long
moral lecture on the sin of fighting, telling him

Perhaps the lesson might have been longer if
Mr. Fetterbonc had not come into the cabin to
say that two large. roas were moving out from
the land. and were caded toward the ship.

“ I was afraid of it, and I have felt it in my
bones that we should have trouble in these seas,”
said the master, solemnly.

"Shall we clear the ship for action? that‘s the
question now; and I dont think we have any
time for psalm-singing.” added the mate sharply.

“ How far off are the prors?” asked the cap-
fair, yci'y ,uietly, and without noticing the slur
in the won s and tones of the mate.

“ Not more than two miles. I should say,”
:uiswm‘cd Mr. Fetterbone impatiently. “ Shall
we get thiups ready for them? That’s what I
wont to know now."

“You are excited. Mr. Fetterbone,” replied I

the captain. with a smile.
“ Excited! Isn‘t it enough to make a man ex-

find work; but no ;

I haven’t seen the inside ,

cited? Here are two of those bloody proas mak-
in for us, and we are not doing anything to
he p ourselves!” exclaimed the mate, with some-
v thin like fur in his manner.

“ on’t go fore the crew in that frame of
‘ mind, Fetterbone. If a man is roing into bat-

> tle. he ought to be cool and col ected,” added j
the captain, who was as composed as before the i

r news was brought to him. “I will go on deck
‘ myself; and I advise you to be calm if you in-
3 tend to do anything, etterbone.”

Captain Milford rose from the table, put on
his hat, and left the cabin, followed by the
mate.
brackets, and went on deck. The crew under—
stood the situation perfectly, and there was no
little excitement among the men. Certainly
the course of the mate was not calculated to
cheer and encourage them. i

“ What shall we do!” asked the boatswain,
touching his cap to his commander.

“Keep cool; that’s all at present,” replied the
captain, as be adjusted his 5112158 and brought it
to bear on the proas, whi were coming out
from behind a point of land on which was quite
a high mountain.

The men as well as the mate knew that the '
captain was a pious man, for he had often read
the Bible and prayed before them, though he
did not com
trations. T ose who did attend ound that the
mate was down upon them for doing so; for he ‘

dancing in a church. Very likely the mate and
the men thought that, as the captain was a ‘
pious man, he would not fight, even to save his
shi from capture.
ha yet to learn their mistake.

The “ old man” looked the proas over at his
leisure. and did not seem to be in a hurr to get
ready for the reception of the pirates— or such
the were, be bad the possibth of a doubt;
andy it was wel known that at t is time they
attacked every thing that came along, without
regard to flag or nationality.

(TO BE CONTINUED.)

 

TIME AND LOVE.

BY VIOLET FAKE.

 

Yea, sit we down in the old folks‘ chair
And watch we the little ones crow and clamber;
We have woven yew garlands for sunn hair,
And put out the lig to in the bridal c amber;
And hand in hand, and with dimming e on
Wait we, and watch in the dusk toget er.
Oh love. my love of the summer weather,
Heart of my heart who wort once so fair!
No more 0 toilin , no more of spinning,
No more heart-hes rigs, no more sugu'lse;
For the end is foreseen from the fit begin-

nl .
The castle igall'n ere its turrets riso-
Ah, love, my love, it is sad to be wise!

But Time, our master, stands winged and hoary,
And seeming to smile as be when; his blade;
While Love is whisp’ring the same old etc
And 80 seems shrinking and half atrial;
For of one the measure of youth is made,
And the measure of pleasure, the measure of glory
is meted out to a human lot:
And so on to the end (and the end draws nearer),
When our souls ma be freer, our senses clearer
(’Tis an old-wor d creed which is nigh forgot),
When the eyes of the sleepers may waken in wonder
And the hearts may be joined that were riven asunder,
And Time and love shall be merged—in what?

Robin Hood, 

THE OUTLAWED EARL;

 

 

 

 

 

01‘.
m MERRY IE! 01' In GREENWOOD.

A Tale of the Days of the Lion Heart.

 

BY PROF. STEWART GILDERSLEEVE.

 

CHAPTER XII.
WHERE IS rm: KING?

Ov'i' in the midst of the dark forest of Barnes-
dale, which ran into Sherwood at the other side
of the fen, sat Robin Hood and a group of his
men, that night, discussing the fate of the cap-
tives. Maid Marian, once more in the page’s
dress in which she had fled to the greenwood,
sat near them and listened to the conversation,
while Friar Tuck, at a little distance off, sat at
the foot of a tree, gloomily eying the ground.
As for the has of Allan-a-dale, it lay idly on
the turf beside its master.

“ I see not what is to be done, ca tain,” quoth
Much the Miller, scratching his ead. “ ’Tis
plain we cannot storm Nottingham, and they
are safe inside the castle walls long ere this.”

“ But still I say that my brave men must be
saved, if I have to do it myself,” answered
Robin Hood, firmly. “Which of you will
volunteer to carry a letter from me to King
Richard?”

“ To Kinngichard, quotha!” echoed George-a-
Green. “ by, captain, none know where the
good Kin Richar is now. We know that he
was in alestine, warring with Saladin, a
twelvemonth past, but none have heard of him
since the day when he put to sea from Jafl'a,
save that his ship sailed into the port of Venice,
and that he was not on board.”

“Nevertheless,” responded Robin Hood, “ I
would find a messen er, to take from me a let-
ter to King Rich , in whatever land he be.
Who will go?”

“That will I, master,” suddenly spoke out
Allan-a—dale, a slender, fair-haired young man,
who looked out of place among the rough out-
laws, but who was famous for his skill on the
harp, and for the readiness with which he made
verses as a minstrel.

Robin Hood turned doubtfully toward him.

“Thou!” he said, in a tone of hesitation.
“Thou art not a strong man, Allan, and the
king is said to be in prison infar countries. How
wilt thou get to him?” v

“ A minstrel travels where he will, captain,”
replied Allan, confidently. “It needs none of
your brawny men of might to travel in far
countries, but one that can make himself wel- :
come in bower and hall. I will take thy letter;
and, what is more, I will find the king and ‘
bring him back to England. But all this will 1
not help Little John or Will Scarlet.” ,

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out,” observed Robin Hood, indiiferently: “ but I,
after they are out, we are still the same outlaws

as ever, unless King Richard be back to remove 1
the unjust sentence of John. Bethink thee, Allan, l
we were all boys together once, and played on i
the same reen. Richard and Geoffrey loved .
me, but Jo n was ever envious, because I could 1
throw him any time at a wrestle. If I could I
but see King Richard back once more, I should 1’
1 know that we were safe, and our foes confound- ;

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3 Allan-a-dale, simply. l
I “ And I will save our comrades,” quoth Maid i
1 Marian. just as quietly and simply. j
1 All the men stared at the slender girl. in her

l boy’s dress as she made this remark in the most %
lmatter-of- ct way in the world, and Robin
{ Hood said. half laughing:

5 “ W'hy, lady mine. what could thy lily fingers

I do against the men of Nottingham, and the
l  and bolts of Roger “'arman, the sher-
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| “ These bands can draw bolts from the inside, 3

At the door he took his glass from the ,

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as Loxley Castle knew, yestreen.” |eplied Ma-
rian, uietly. “ I have escaped from one cas-
tle. ethinks I can enter another."

Here Friar Tuck, who had been quite silent
during the discussion, suddenly looked up and
observed:

“The lady will do it, an she says she will."

“ Remember, friar, that we have no ladies in
the greenwood,“ responded the girl. “Maid
Marian I am, and y no other name am I
known till. Robin Hood‘s outlaer be re-
versed.” ‘

“ “'ell then. I say that if Maid Marian tries
to enter Nottingham Castle, she will do it,” re—
iterated the stout friar; “and what is more I
will stand by her an she will, and obey orders.
She gave us the bishop and prince today. and
had we but followed her advice, instead of

‘ braving the sheriff‘s posse With our feast, Little
: Johnwand our bold Scathelook might be here
, now.

“ Enou h of this ” answered Robin Hood wav-
ing his and. “ t boots not . to find fault.
Henceforth let us follow Maid Marian‘s advice,
for-she bath a wise head. Propound thy plan.
sweetheart.” ' A

“My plan is simple,” mid Marian, quietly.
“ Our friends will be taken out to-morrow,
about an hour before sunset, to be hung. We
must be there and rescue them. The people are
our friends and will help hide us.‘ In the early
morning let us be awa , Friar Tuck and I, to
the prison to confess t ese penitents and tell
them that hel is coming.”

“ But how 5 all we enter the town without the

: people knowing who we are?” objected Much
Those who held this opinion ‘

the Miller, a man of more brawn than wit.

“ Never trouble thy head on that score," an-
swered Robin Hood with a smile. “ Let wiser
heads do the planning, Miller. Be thine to obey
orders.”

“ And surely that’s easy enou h,” quoth
George-a-Green, sententiously. “ hou trun-
dlest a pretty staff, Miller but thou and I were
32:: meant for scholars. Icave that to Allan-a-

e.

The minstrel smiled as he said:

“ Fear not, brave hearts. What would be all
our craft and wit, if we had not your strong
arms to back us in our work? Let the captain
or_ his clerk get ready his letter to the king. I
Will see that it is taken safely after we have res-
cued our comrades. In the meantime I bid all
here good-night.”

So sa ing, Allan-a-dale picked up his cloak,
wrappc himself up and lay down with his feet
to the fire, an_ example not slow to he followed
by the others in turn. Only the outlawed earl,
Robin Hood himself remained till late into the
mght broodin over is schemes by the embers
of the fire, w ile Maid Marian slept as quietly
on the green turf at his feet, wrapped in cloaks,
as if she had never known the luxury of a castle
chamber.

Long before sunrise next day, a tall burl
monk and a little lay brother, who seem ,
from what one could see of his face under the
cow], to be only a mere child, walked out of
Sherwood Forest on the road to Nottingham,
while a large bed of yeomen left the forest on
the other side an advanced close to the gate of
Fountain Abbey, where the Bishop of Hereford
had sle  that night, on the eve of his departure
for his ishopric, and to recover from the fright
he had sustained in Sherwood Forest. As the
sun rose, Allan-a-dale, dressed as a begging
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CHAPTER XIII.
ran EXECUTION.

IT was about three hours past midday in Not-
tingham when Sheriff “'arman, who ad just
returned from inspecting the new gallows he
had erected in the morning for the accommo-
dation of the captive outlaws, was disturbed at
his dinner by the announcement that two friars
Wished access to the prisoners, to give them the
last rites of the church.

“ Let the dogs die unconfcssed," said War-
man, brutally. “ They have the prison chap-
lain, if they will. I want no strange friars
about my prisoners. Tell them to come in
here. ’Fore Heaven, I’ll answer them soon
enough.”

A few moments later, the burly big friar
and the little slim one who had left Sherwood
Forest that very morning, came into the room,
looking dusty and tired.

“ Well, my masters, what would ye?” asked
the sheriff, in a surly tone.

“ Admittance to shrive the unfortunate men
who are to die at sunset.” replied the small friar,
in‘svgveet soft torites.

‘ ou canno go in," snap “'arman.
“They have the prison cha Inimm they have
rejected him wit insult. t them die uncon-
fessed.”

.“But it is not the wont of English law to
kill body and soul together,” 11 ed the little
friar. ‘ Every criminal has a rig t to choose
his  master sheriff.”

“ at when 1 am the master,” retorted War-
man, with a coarse chuckle. “ I say you can-
not go in—so go md.” "

And he laughed loudly at his own small wit.

Here the tall friar suddenly advanced and
spoke for the first time.

/ “ And I say we can go in,” he growled out.
“ Look here. master sheriff, is this order good?”

As he spoke be displayed. right under the
sheriff’s nose. a 'ece of panchment, bearin the
Signature of Bis op Gilbert of Hereford, A hot
of Fountain Abbey, Canon of Durham, and a
dozen other titles, addresed to the Sheriff of
Nottingham. as follows:

“In the name of the Blessed St. Dunstan, admit
the bumm‘Brother Hilary, of the Bernardine 0r-
der, and Lay-Brother ' . probationer of the some
order, to shrive the out we of Benin Hood‘s bond.
condemned to die this evening.

“Gums 01" Hangman."

“ Well, sir sheriff, can we go in now 1’" asked
the httle friar. in a tone of triumph, when the
other had finished readin . .

“ I suppose so,” responded War-man, sullenly.
“Not that this is any compulsion in law, mas-
ter Cyril. if that be your name; but the bishop
is a friend of mine. Therefore go in, and make
all the praying you please.”

As he spoke, e turned sin to his meal, and
the two priests, nothing 0th. left the room,
escorted y one of the sheriff‘s men. who led
them to the door of the cell occupied by Little
John and Scathelock.

As they approached the door, they heard
sounds of boisterous revelry within. very much
unlike what might be expected of men con-
demned to die within three or four hours, and
the jailer grinned as he said:

“ I‘hey’re right merry fellows, father, but
you’ll l o: be able to bring them to confession.

rry, t.iey drove Father Ambrose. our chap-
lain, out this mornin with their ribald jests,
and would hear none 0 his reaching.”

:‘But by St. Dunstan. ’ll make them hear
mine,” growled the big friar, showin an enor-
mous fist, “or I’ll know the reason w y.
the door, friend jailer, and let us in.
come out they’ll be quiet enough I’ll warrant
you, or mine arm has forgot its cunning.”

The jailer stared . tfully at the big friar,
for there is something in size and strength that
always inspires a certain amount of awe. Then
he opened the door and admitted the two priests
to the prisoners, closing it hurriedly again. but
not in time to escape a great hunch of bread
which Little John sent skimming at his head as

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nianacles, but unarmed, beside a table spread '

with bread and cheese, 1!. pasty of wild ducks
and two great jugs of ale, looking the picture of
jollit as they roared out a tavern catch at the
to 0 their voices.
hey did not interrupt their occu tion for

the entry of the two friars until the c orus was
through, when each applied himself to his jug
and took a long draught.

Then Little John spoke up, good-naturedly
enough, but still menacingly, saying:

“Friars, we want none of ye. If ye value

whole skins, be off, for we don‘t want to hurt ye, 2

but we do want to be left alone.
we get angry with ye."

“TInha py man.” began the big friar in a
sepulc tone: "art thou not aware that
death—”

He said no more. for Little John flipped a

Begone, ere

iece of bread with such nice aim that it struck ,

is nose, while \Vill Scarlet performed the same
kindly office for his mouth. lnstantl the burly
friar turned scarlet with anger, an
at stride forward. With one buffet he sent
Vill Scarlet flying off his stool into the cell-cor-
ner, and in another moment he had dragged
Little John off his seat and ran him across the
floor. Then, with a sudden heave and trip, he
threw the tall outlaw on top of Will Scarlet,

and threw back his hood, revealin the rubicund I

visage of Friar Tuck as he shou :
“ ow now, ye scuryly knaves, will ye lay
hands on a mimster of oly Church again?“
Little John and Scathelock were used to horse-
play. and took their overthrow in good part,
for they both lay and laughed at the sudden sur-

rise.
p Then Little John pointed to the little monk
and whispered:

“ Who’s yonder, friar!"

Maid Marian’s face made its a pearance in a

moment from under the cowl as s e stepped for- ‘

ward and said in a low tone:

al. i ht the friar."

he quic witted outlaws took the hint, and
scrambled up. after which they began a mock
fight with the friar for the benefit of the jailer
outside. They tore round the room shouting.
smashed tables, jugs. stools and all. on the stone
floor, wrestled at intervals with each other and
Tuck: and during the whole excitement the
friar continued to bellow at the to of his voice
re roofs. exhortations and texts o warning, as
if e were ex tulating with the obstinate pen—
itents. The in soon became deafenin , and it
seemed as if pandemonium had broken oose in-
side the cell. All the while, Maid Marian ke t
crouched close to the door. listening: and s e
could hear voices and hurrying steps outside.
which told her that they were attracting all the
attention they desired. Soon quite a crowd was
collected outside and she beckoned to the
wrestlers to redouble their noise, which they
did.

Friar Tuck caught up the table by the leg,
dishes and all, and shattered it on the stone
floor, at a single blorv, bellowing:

“Aha! Satan, I have thee at last! Get thee
behind me! Repeat for death approaches! I
am brother Hilary who has converted thousands
of murderers. Repent. ye knaves!"

“Never!” shouted Little John, hurling the
fragments of a stone-ware jug at the grated
window of the cell. “No priests! Hurrah for
Robin Hood!"

Then they picked up the table-legs and began
to play quarter-staff therewith, Father Hilary
exhortin to repentance between the strokes,
till the ta le—legs were in splinters and only one
heavy stool remained uninjured in the cell.

Then Marian heard calls outside:

“ Open the cell door: the villains will kill the
brave monk."

Shc gave the signal just as the first rusty
began to creak in its staples and the outlaws
took the hint.

Down they both went on their knees, and
when the door fiew open, there was Father
Hilary, with the three—legged stool elevated,
bellowing:

“ Now, ye knaves. will ye confess or not .’"

And Little John and \Vill Scarlet wagged
their heads and shivered as the shouted:

"Yes! Yes, father! “'e wi l, we will!
crave pardon !"

Then Father Hilary stepped back and waved I

his hand to the jailer am
guards staring in.

“Go away. brethren. The danger is over,"
he said. uietly. “ I have touched the stubborn
hearts oflthese poor sinners at last, and they are
willing to listen to the miiiistrations of our dear
brother Cyril here. Leave us alone."

He 8 kc with such dignity that all retired
abash . and once more the door was closed on
them. Maid Marian listened, till she was satis-
fled. from the retiring steps. that they were out
of earshot; then darted forward to the kneeling
men and said in a low tone:

“ From henceforth you must be converted and
walk to the gallows among the monks. Remem-
ber, help is at hand. Now join me, and sing the
Dies Ira."

A moment later they all began to sing the fa-
mous medieval hymn. and as they roceeded,
the male voices took up so much of t e melody
that under its cover Marian was enabled to
speak her instructions to each of the outlaws,
holding her mouth close to his ear.

“ Your irons will be put on. as you leave the
prison,” she said, “ but we shall have a key to
unlock them. for we have the right as friars to
take charge of the prisoners till they are turned
over to the hangman. Be ready to run when I
give the Word. That is all you need know till
the time comes. "

After that they continued singing aloud in
the most unwearied manner, with occasional

uses of 10w conversation, which the outsiders
imagined were for confessional purposes, till the
declining sun and the blasts of trumpets in the
streets announced that the crisis was near at
hand.

W'hcn the rattle of armor in the Court-yard
heralded the approach of the guards, and Sheriff
“'nrman made his appearance with the death-
warrant, the two prrsnners looked piously re-
si nod to their fate, while their spiritual
m viscrs were supporting them on either hand,
and all four were singing away lustily.

The sheriff looked snur as he approached
them.

“ Stop that crying of cats," he said, sarcastic-
ally. “ I have something to read to these vil~
lains."

“ Rash and wicked man.“ answered Little
John. with a snuffle, “ we who are going straight
to mansions of bliss need none of thy readings.
Lead us to the scaffold. ll“ long to ascend 011

high.“

, lead on. master sheriff," added “'ill
Scarlet, with a wink to his companion. “ “'e
are wicked wretches. for we have
king‘s dcci' in our time. Oh. what a basting
our masfcr gave thee. only two days agO.
sheriff! Yes. I can afford to die. since I saw
that."

The sheriff looked more sour than ever. as hc
read out the dcnth—warrnnt amid a dccp silonce,
and then said:

" Now, we have lost fiinc cnough.
to tho gallows-tree ut oncc."

'l'hc guards were advancing whcn Friar 'l‘nck
\vnvcd thcln itsidc. and pointed to thc munuclcd
wrists of the prisoners.

the gaping crowd of

Tukc them

“They lu‘c sccurml," he said. boldly. " with
tho chums of lhc church. Popc Clcmcnt grunt-
cd to our foundcr. lhc holy St. lli-rnard. thc

privilcgc that our or‘lcr should always Ich lhc

; heard a great
made one

_ Fountain Abbe , his lesser di
. wore his cowl

 

bolt 

“'e .

 

] on the guards of Sheriff Warman.

slain the ‘

custody of prisoners on their way to the gal-

lows, and we are responsible for their safety. |

Lead on, sir sheriff.”

Warman would willingly have refused the ‘
He knew him- .

concemion, but he dared not.
self. to be intensely unpopular, and as the exe—
cution wasto take lace in the market-square
of Nottingham, he cared greatly a riot among

=the people. He bethought himself that the

common peogle loved the name of the out-
lawed earl an
geareduuduly harsh to men condemned to

eath, it would give a pretext for a riot, which
the monks could easily raise.

Accordingly, he gave a sullen half assent to
the proposition, and led the way to the street,
the doomed men in the center of a hollow

square of guards, but still supported by the ‘

friars.

As they came out into the street, they found ‘
ple, and ‘

it occupied by a great crowd of

1 m fuzz of voices, over which rose the
so emn nes o a penitential psalm s by a
long procession of monks, bearing at rig head
the embroidered banner of Fountain Abbey.

This procession came marching up the streets, '
just as the funeral train imued from the prison :
j gates, and the sheriff bowed low as he recog—
nized the figure of the new Bishop of Hereford, '

riding on a mule. at the head of the procession,
but only dressed in the robes of the Abbot of

own, as did al the monks of the

abbe , who followed him b ' twos, with down—

tecast ends, singing the lugu rious hymn of peni-
nce.

Silently, and as if b mutual consent, the
guards of the sheriff fell ck from the vicinity
of the prisoners, while the monks of Fountain
Abbey closed in round them and continued the

around on all sides and so the closely packed

. i _ , throng moved along to the market- lace, in the
‘ " Get u and keep up your norse till I give the

midst of which stood two tall lowses, the
morning work of Sir Roger “'arman.

The sheriff had mounted his horse as the pro-
cession left the prison gates, and headed a troop

, of men-at—arms to clear the way. As soon as he

saw that the bishop had come to the execution,

he felt much more secure against rescue, for he i

knew the people would never dare to interfere
with the prisoners, as long as they were under
the power of the church. He gave the signal
himself for his guards to encircle the monks, and
henceforth devoted himself solely to the task of
overawing the outsiders.

When the head of the column reached the
market-place they found it full of people, while
every window was crowded with faces, and
even the roof of the church was covered with
gazers. The sheriff rode into the midst of the
crowd with his horsemen and sternly cleared a

e with leveled lauces, the troo rs shout-
ing and spurring their steeds with al the vigor
of new jacks-in-ofiloe. Indeed, they seemed to
take a pleasure in bullying the people; and
many were the black looks and muttered curses
they encountered as the po ulace sullenly re-
grfgted from the neighbor ood of the scaf—

o .

“ By our Lady, ye need not tram 16 women
and children to death,” cried a s y butcher,
as he caught a child almost from under the
horse-hoofs of the sheriff. “A week agoa sorry
clerk, and now a be gar on horseback.”

Warman beckoned to his men to follow, and
the stout butcher and his friends were driven
back, not without some resistance and a stone
thrown, after which the procession filed into the
open space round the scaffold, and the doomed
men ascended the platform, still in irons.

Sir Roger Warman looked round for the
bishop, and beheld that ecclesiastic on the scaf-
fold itself, beside the hangman, talking to the
prisoners, who seemed to be listening with great
respect to his exhortations. Then the trumpet
sounded a lon blast and a great stillness fell on

the uare. t was ex ted that the culprits
woul make their last dress, and ple craned i
their necks to hear. The she ' walked his

horse round the lines and faced all his guards

outward, to check any forward movement.

leaving the scaffold and vicinity entirely occu‘

pied by the brown robes of the monks, who stood
hin the soldiers.

Amid a dead silence Scathelock advanced to i

the front of the scaffold and spoke aloud:

“Friends all, I have little to say. You see
here two men. condemned to die for shooting
the deer that Norman lords hunt for
Do you call that justice.) I sa that made
the deer for Saxon as well as . orman, and God
save King Richard! If he. were here, this
would not be. "

Having said this, he waved his hand and re- 
from the '

tired while a great oan rose up
populace, and the sheriff’s guards
weapons tighter, as if in ex
mediate rush. As for Sir
called out:

“Let the other man be quick: then do your
duty, hangman,"

Another groan burst from the people, which
was iiistautl hushed as the gigantic form of
little John a vanced to the front of the scaffold.
The tall veoman lifted himself to his full
hight and shouted aloud in his stentorian
tones: .

“What my comrade says I say! God save
King Richar , and were he here, this would not
be. Ho! Roger \Varman, and all you people!
You think you came here to see an execution.
Do you know what you will see in a minute
more! Do you know?“

“No, No!” “that is it?" “Tell us!” bel-
lowed the crowd.

“A RESCUE!!!" thundered the yeoman, sud-

ed their
ctation of an im-
oger Warman, he

denly flinging both of his manacles far into the ‘

crowd, an example instantly imitated bv
Scathelock.

Instantly amagical transformation took place
on and round the scaffold, as the brown robes of
the monks dropped. Out leaped the merr men
of Sherwood, in their forest green, arm
sword and buckler, hitherto hidden beneath
their robes, and commenced a furious attack
An inde-
scribable scene of confusion ensued, amid which
Robin Hood himself threw off the robes of

, Bishop Gilbert, shouting:

“ Robin Hood to the rescue! Down with the
Norman traitors!
Old England!"

[To BE (‘ONTINL'ED—COMMENCED IN No. 21.]

 

“THE weather has undergone a great many
changes—a great many changes," mused Mr.

Smiley, as he took his ulster from its book for ‘

the seventh time this season. “You could de-
pend on something settled about this time of
the year when I was a voung man, but since
this new-fangled Probabilities man has taken
charge of the winds and waves everything has
gone topsy—turvy. He sccnis to have wonder-
ful control of the elcmcnts. now I tell Von.
lVliy, the other morning the sun popper up
above the horizon as bright as n pcwtcr pluttel‘.
and [thought I should get sonic pens luntcd
bcfoi‘c noon. ‘But Old Pi'olmbilitics. II {as In—
dicntions. rcnd ‘light rain, possibly snow,’ and
I‘ll bc smiticn if thcre wasn‘t six inchcs of snow
bcforc dinncr was over.
this yczii'. if hc is going to keep thc wcnthcrcon-
trncl." And lhc old gcntlcinun turncd up his

cont-collar and dcjcclcdly strolled down to thc ‘

market to sce what was lcft over from last year
that Would boil up nice and tender for grains.—
.Vr'll‘ IIIII'I'N [fall's/(’1‘,

his followers, and that if he ap— .

ity. The bishop ‘

i tion, of N. A. P. A
_ 1 th lect'o t ' tl l I?”
processmn to the scaffold. The people pressed ; e e 1 us no y ega
; while I won‘t pretend to certify to the legalit
Z of the election of officers, at the same time

leasure. ‘

" ROBIN HOOD TO THE REscrE!!!" ‘

with 1

Fight for King Richard and :

Thcrc‘ll be no pens .

     
  
    
    

    

  
     

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Correspondence, papers, etc.. intended for this
v department should be addressed to Junius W. C.
“'right, 15 West Court street, Memphis, Tenn.

 

    

   

 

 

I Interviews with Prominent Amateurs.

 

WILL L. WRIGHT,

, President Illinois State A. P. A., and Editor
“ Egyptian Star.”

 

friends, and after we were comfortably seated

in his coseyilittle sanctum, we called for an ac— ‘
l

. count of s first experience as an amateur.
After a moment’s reflection he commenced:

teur Journalism in the fall of ’75, when a co y
of the Brilliant, of Grand Rapids, Mich., y
chance came into my possession. This was the
first amateur journal had ever seen, and I was

immediately seized with a violent attack of the

: sired to publish a pa r at once, I was not per-

; mitted to do so nu ' the fall of ’77, when the

first number of the Egyptian Star was issued.

‘ This paper has been successfully and regularly
published since that time.“

“ \Vere you present at the Chicago Conven-

., and if so, do you consider

“ Yes. I was present at that Convention, and

m' I

say, that the Convention was roductive of
1 much good. The Constitution a opted was in-
deed an admirable one. Look at the revolution
that has taken place in State Associations: the
? representative organ of the association: the
‘ now-active competition for laureate honors, and
the advancement of more active interest gene-
rally. Look at all this, and then don’t you

tion was a success?”
“ Can you give information regarding the
Illinois State - . P. AJ"
“ The Illinois State A. P. A. was organized on
the 13th day of September. 1876, and was at one
time in a prosperous condition, but it, like all

other associations, was soon allowed to run .

down to a lar 7e extent, and when I accepted the
presidency I ad no idea it was in such a de—
plorable condition.
every energy to bring it up to its original stand-
ard, which result I hope to accomplish by the

summer."

“ VVil on be resent at the “'estem A. P.
A., and 0 you t ' k that meeting will be a
large one?”

- “ Yes.
I A.. and also the National A. P. A. Conventions,

the early

1

thusiastic ones—at any rate they shou d be—es—
pecially the Western, as that association needs a
thorough reorganization."

ateurdom deserving of attention?”
“Well, yes, there are quite a number of
things concerning amateurdom deservin of at-

 

less it be the P. 0. law, which has caused more

’ suspensions than those who have escaped it can

imagine. I think the matter could be set aright
if proper steps were taken; but the Chicago
Conventions were disposed to treat the subject
lightly."

 

Notes.

i OUR report of the National Convention will
I y

be something grand.

THE Lilhopolifan Ncws is quite an interesting

local pa r.

ublished by George P. Kramer, at
Lithopo is.

hio.

son at Worcester, Mass

Extracts from the Youfh’s Register contains
two very ood ones—“The Hap )y Farmer "
i and "The ndians."

lisher, Danville, Illinois.
. Partlo“, of the same place.

THE idea of the National A. P. A. publishing
« a directory of the amateurs of the United States
is being received with

i free to all such.

i ONE of the best presidential messages it has

‘ been our pleasure to read was that of Thos. G.
Harrison to the Western A. P. A.

ithoroughly practical and to the point, with

1 none of those senseless and flowery embellish-

‘ merits which the average amateur executive is
apt to indulge in.

I ACCORDING to the announcements made in
I this column some time ago, the Comet has ap-
, ared from Lockport, N Y., with L. S. Lamp—
, ins as editor. It has a neat engraved heading,
; is published weekly, and presents twelve
| columns of interesting reading matter. It has
our best wishes. and may it attain the success it
i deserves.

THE Editor’s Eyc, No. 5, publishes a long ar-
ticle occupyin six colinmis of the paper, which
contains a fu 1 description of amateur journal-

} ism, with a list of papers and the biographies of 1

i a large number of er itors and pnblis ers. The
whole forms a very readable and interesting ar-
ticle, and will no doubt be productive of much
; good to the cause.

\VE notice that many advertisements are now
being published in amateur )apers, having at
the bottom a note saying. “ ditors insert this
and the above and receive—" every thing, from
lllcts. up to a toothpick. We also notice that
several of the bitten oncs are raising the cry of
; “fraud!” Dear friends, all old ams. like our—
selves went through tliut experience years ago,
and it is not at all interesting to us. Insert no
advertisements but those that are paid for in
advance, and you will have no cause to cry
“fraud!”

THE March Aidinc is a most excellent num—
ber, and fully sustains the high literary reputa-
. tion which that paper so justly enjoys. Ye raf‘s
serial, “Irene: or, Caught at Last." runs
smoothly along and increases in interest as it
nears the end. On the editorial staff we find an
addition in the person of Alex. W. llcngwall,
cx-president of the N. A. I’. A., and formerly
publisher of the Anni/cur .‘lspi/‘tlnf. from
whosc fertile imagination we may expect some
excellent prmlnctions. In the "Symposium"
thccditor devotes himsclf to an cxtcnsivc dis-
scijntion on kissing. and from the skillful man-
ncr in which he linndlcs lhcsubjcct wc concludc
fhc wi'itcr spcaks from cxpericncc.

\VE huvc to thank fhc Aldinc for the follow-
ing: “'l‘hc dcpnrtmcnf in THE Ym'xu NEW
YonKER. devotcd to Amatcur Journalism, is
ably conducth and ccrtninly rcflccts credit up—
on Mr. Junius C. Wright, who has it in charge.

’l‘hc department will bc of more real benefit to

MR. IVRIGHT and our interviewer were old I

" I have been an amateur printer for about ,
five years and first became interested in Aina— ‘

amateur journalist’s fever, and although I de— ‘

think I am safe in saying the Chicago Conven- ‘

However, I am exerting ,

next Convention, which will, perhaps, be during ‘

I expect to attend the Western A. P. i
,‘ and I think both meetings will be la e and en— .

“ Do you know of anything pertaining to am- '

tention, but I know of no one in partic ar, un- ‘

. THE Daily News is a small but interesting ‘
‘ amateur journal published by Martel 8: Dickin-

Harvey S. ngan, pub- ,
For sale by Chas. T.

eneral favor, but we ‘
agree with W. A. Morris in saying that if mem- ‘
j bersare taxed for its publication, it should be :

It was i

‘ amateurdom than fifty amateur papers. The
idea of Amateur Journalism will be dissemina— ,
I ted among thousands of American youths who '

3 never dreamed of such a thing, and the result
1 will be an increased number of journals. stron-

, ger and larger associations, and a more friendly 1

' recognition from the profemional press. Mr.

‘ W'right is placed in a position to do incalculable
good for the cause, and if he keeps on as he has
commenced, will accomplish much.”

I THE ll elcome Visitor, in a recent number,
publishes the following interesting review of the

month of February: “Our exchanges received 3

in February contained of poetry, '22 pieces:
' essays, 10; serials, S: sketches, 24: puzzle de-
partments, 5: editorials. 68, of which ‘28 are

; upon topics of general interest. 25 upon amateur f

1 subjects. 10 personal and 5 amateur political;
‘ convention reports, 4: book reviews, 11: com-
munications. 3: biographies. 3: official columns.
3, and clipped artic es 7.
editorials.
A New York boys‘ pa
‘ '24 of 4. 7 of 6. 2 of 12. and 2 of 16.

258 pages, and 600 columns of reading matter,

matter. "

 

 

————— Em
:j‘m  “Emeraicm

THE office of the Cabinet Council has been removed
from 17 Bond St. As each officer has his particular
duty to attend to. all correspondence should be ad
dressed to its proper department, with stamp for
reply. Communications and uestions relating to
the Order to G. H. Beuermann. cretary of State: in
re ard to military. Thos. B. Usher. Instructor-Gene-
ra : in reference to the “Grand Celebration," and
the entertainments. Edward F. Millard, Vice-Presi-
dent. all at 1.040 Third Ave. the new Headquarters
of the L. S. of A.

 

Special Inducements.

IT being the earnest desire of the Loyal Sons
to make their membership number 25,000 b
1 June lst, ‘79, the Cabinet Council has unani-
1 mously resolved to assist those forming wig-
} warns in such a manner that any body of ten
young men, of required age and necessary quali-
l fications. can form at once.

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All persons of American birth, whose ages
are between sixteen and twenty-six vears,
whose characters are free from stain, am who
believe in a Supreme Being and are willing to

romote the good of our country, may join our

0 3’ Republic by making an application in the
£0 wing form:

 

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i To (he Cubinef ('ouncil,
I LovAL Soss or AMERICA:
1 The undersigned being desirous of forming a \Vig-
warn of the above-named Order and of perpetuating
l its patriotic principles, hereby certify that they are
' eac of them of American birth: that none of them
-. is less than sixteen nor more than twenty-five years
of age. That for this purpose they have named
—— to be the First Chief, -—————-
to be the First Vice-Chief, —-——— to be th
1 First Chancellor. and — to be the First
Vice-Chancellor of a Wigwam to be called ———~
‘ W'i warn, No. —, to be located at
County 0 —— and State of — .
Should this a )plication be ranted, the promise
a faithful comp iance with the aws of the rder and
the edicts of the Cabinet Council.
(Signed)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Upon receipt of the above application with
the word “ s cial " written at the top of the
sheet, articu ars of the arrangements will be
made nown. AddreSs the envelope to Head-
?arters Loyal Sons of America, 1,040 Third

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Notes.

R. H. C.—-You are mistaken. Have written.

ALEx H. KERR, Phila., Pa.—\Vaiting. Once
more.

J. A.
decision.

R. LA\VYER, Allegheny City—\Vaiting to
hear from you.

Hl’GH H. SHERWOOD, Phila. Pa.——Should like
to hear from you.

FRED. C. \VAGNER. Houston, Texas—Have
i done as requested.

S.—Have written. Please give your

rangements in this column.

GEO. \V. PAYNE, Baltimore, Md—W'ill send
books again. Have written.

ALL communications must be addressed to
' 1,040 3d ave. to insure a reply.

JOHN M. HAZARD, Bangor, Me.—Come and
see us. “'ill do as you request.

HARRY C. VANSANT, Baltimore, Md.—Do not
remember Mr. Payne‘s address. Have writ-
ten.

HENRY MILLER, Lansing, Mich. —It was
a mistake. The age is between 16 and 26
years.

J. RANDOLPH TUCKER. Washington, D. C.—

Have sent charter, etc. Right welcome in our
midst.
I GEO. F. CARTER, New Haven, (It—Book of
i the Constitution and By-laws sent upon applica-
’, tation.
1

I badges? Hope a favorable response to plans
submitted.

T. E. HOWLAND, “'or-cester. Mass—The ar-
rangements for the celebration of July 4th. are
being fast completed.

JOHN BRAZON, Providence. R. I.—The election 3
: thus: "He looked full, somewhat stout, round-
,shouldered, and he walked with a stick. as
1 though the gout were hanging about his legs or
. . _ ‘ . _ 3 feet.
“ rue to M1" Ha) “ard m re . his face,and wore a pair of large. round. Chinese-

of Officers of the Cabinct Council takes place in
New York. June 1st. By proxy.

SHELBY R. KENDALL, New Orleans—Did you
receive books!
gard to badges. They are :30 cents each.

R. E. R., Portland, Me.—In regard to the en
tertainment. further particulars will be made
known, soon. Yes, he is a member. In 1871.

H. B. KERR. Marion,
“ YOUNG NEW YORKER.“

Lo. 08 “'illiani St, N.

B. F. MOORE. Albany. N. Y.-If the badges 3

were otherwise than represented we should
have nothing to do with the parties who make
them. They are perfectly reliable.

C. F. GRIBBEN. Chelsea, Mass—You cannot
join until you are 10. Have scnt book of Con—
stitutions. Cannot say how beneficial it would
be to organize wingim for thc Loyal Daugh—
tcrs.

ELMER llxxson. New York—Thc (‘olumbiun
\l'igwnm. corncr Sccond nvcnuc and First St...
mccts Tuesday cycning. May 6th. (‘all at
thc wigwmn at 7:30 1’. .‘l.. and scc Mr. Bcucn
munn. He will give you all nm-cssnry infoi'-
inntion.

BROOKLYN. —Affci‘ May lst, Scnwnnhakn
“'igwnm No.1, L. S. of A.. will mcct cvcry 33d
and 4th Monday in each month. at their new
and handsome rooms. corncr Of Court and
Schcrmcrhorn streets: entrance. 4»! Schcrmcr-
horn strcct. Those wishing to join. address G.
H. Bcucrmmm. 72-! Pinc sfrcct. Ncw York.

Six journals were all ,
Three published editorials upon the "
pers. Ten were of 5 pages, ;
Altogether "

 

EDWARD LEE Prospect, Ct.—See special ar- 3 , _
$| tity of flour to a hydrauhc pressure of 300 tons,
' which reduced it to a fourth of its original bulk,

 

:and gaitei‘s. several undercoats

Ohio—Read No. 23 ,‘
If you cannot get it ,
at the newsdealer's, send for a copy to Adams 8.: ‘

Y. . clean white shirt front. was a pair of large old-

 

MORE frogs’ legs are now eaten in America
than France.

THE new Post-office in Antwerp is furnished

: with American lock-boxes.

ICE _is now manufactured in Tennessee and
Georgia at one cent per pound.

THE military chest ca tured at Isandula (Zu-
luland) contained $100, ' in gold.

THE erec ion of the New South Wales Ex-
poslflsion Will be carried on at night by electric
ig .

As weapons. of assassination revolvers are
iI‘atplidly replacmg the time-honored stiletto in
t y.

THE London police have received orders to
arrest any person seen dropping orange-peel

' _ , in the street.
1 of which 203 columns consnsted of editorial ?

THE manufacture of beet sugar is to be tried
in earnest at Northampton, Mass. A factory is
to be built, and 400 acres of beets planted this

' season.

THE Royal Geographical Society of Great
Britain is taking steps for organizing a uniform
system of spelling for the names of places
t roughout t eworld.

AT the evening celebration of the 1,800th an-
niversary of the destruction of Pompeii a bottle
of wine taken from the ruins, where it had lain
since A. D. ‘70, is to be opened.

THE Carnbrid e (Md) News says that the

arrows do not estroy the peach-buds, but that
t ey do destroy the larvae of insects that would,
if left alone, greatly damage the trees on ma-
turing into grubs.

AT the postal-card factory, Holyoke, Mass,
designs are being made for a new two—cent inter-
national cai‘d, and a double sized two-cent card
for domestic use. The former will be issued
about July lst, and the latternext fall.

SIXTY-ONE (graduates of Yale, thirty-five of
Princeton, an thirty of Dartmouth hold clerk-
ships and other positions in the departments at
lVashington, and there is a ood representation
of other colleges. Nearly al are dependent up-
on their salaries.

IT ap ars froma report of the Russian Army
Medica Department t at of the 1,400,000 boys
registered as having been born in 1&55, there
were living in ISM-that is, at the age of
21—only 610,000, or 43 1-2 r cent. In other
words, out of seven boys rn scarcely more
than three lived to be of age.

THE Paris Gazette dcs Femmes gives a list of
French women who have obtained the academic
degrees. There are five doctors of medicine
three licentiates of science, two bachelors of
science and letters, six bachelors of science, and
twenty bachelors of letters. These degrees have
all been conferred since 1866.

SOUTH Carolina strawberry growers are in a
ferment over the fact of two Charleston firms
having a monopoly of the steamer refrigerators,
and refusing to allOw an shipments in them,
but oflering to buy the rries at about four
cents per quart, when the selling price in this
city is from thirty to fifty cents per quart.

THE longest subterranean construction in the
world is in the mines of Freyburg, in Saxon .
A series of galleries, which were begun in t e
twelfth century, reached in 1835 a length of 123
miles, and had yielded an immense quantity of
silver. In 1833 a new gallery was commenced,

. which was finished a year ago, and is eight miles

long.

THE Cremation Society of En land, a joint
stock affair, has received a chec . Secretary
Cross, of the Home Office, recently announced
in the House of Commons that he will not sanc-
tion the pi'oceedin ys of the com an until they
are approved by ai'liament. ng ish medical
and legal circles object to cremation because it
destroys evidence of the cause of death.

STOUT calico is made waterproof by the
Chinese with a preparation which proves effi—
cient in anv climate, and is so posed to be com-
posed of the following ingredients: Boiled oil,
one quart: soft soap, one ounce, and beeswax.
one ounce, the whole to be boiled until reduced
to three-quarters of its quantitv when mixed.
The calico treated with this mixture answers
well for life-saving apparatus.

A FRENCH chemist last year exposed a quan-

without impairing the quality. He packed a
portion of it in tin boxes and sealed them up,
doing the same with un remed flour. When
opened in three months, the former was in bet—
ter preservation than the latter. When baked
into bread, the pressed article was decidedly
superior. After the lapse of a year other cans
were opened, and the impressed flour had be-
come spoiled, While the pressed remained sweet,
and was excellent when baked.

A DRESS woven from the webs of the large spi—
ders cOmmou in South America has been re-
sented to Queen Victoria by the Empress of ra—
zil. It exceeds in fineness any manufactured
silk known, and is very handsome. Spaniards,

I nearly two hundred years ago, endeavored to

make loves. stockings, and other articles of

, spiders webs, but they yielded so little profit,
‘ and necessitated so much trouble. that the man-

B. C. E., Palmyra. Mo.—Did you receive.
' ' 1 tion was made that the webs of 700,000 s iders

ufacture was abandoned. In 1710 the calcula-

would be required for about 40 yards 0 silk.
Such dresses are occasionally seen in South

1 America.

MR. TENstON. walking in a London park the
other day. met a writer who describes the poet

He had a long board which almost buried

looking spectacles. He had on a very broad-
brimmed. weather-worn felt hat. dark trowsers
or jackets,
covered all over by a thin, shabby-looking red
tweed dust coat. buttoned very tightly. as
though it were much too small for him. Dang-
ling outside. fi‘om what should have been a

rimmed nose spectacles. Hc was one o the
oddest-looking creatures I have ever seen out of
a Mormon mectmg.‘

AMONH the Chinese inediczimcnts exhibited at
the late Paris Exposition were the inside of a
stag‘s horn as a remedy for bronchitis and rheu-
matism: dricd fowls' gizznrds for indigestion:
the dried and roasted lui'vac of grasshoppcrs for
hcndnclic. and u glutinous dccoction of donkey‘s
shin, which is considch iuf'nlliblc for-consump—
tion. Another rcnicdy for rhciiinntism was a
powder prcpnrcd from clcphnnl's skin. A stimu—
lnnf shown wus- n tincturc of scorpions. and a
Kl'lntinous dccoction of tigcr's boncs was pre-
scntcd as n costly but ellicncions tonic. There
was a bcar‘s gull :ilso. us :1 gcncrnl antidotc. and a
jar hulf—fillcd with flour, in which wcre a number
of livc fonds. \thnthc flour liccunicwcll soaked
with the saliva. etc.. of the fonds. it. was with-
drawn. di'icd, and pounded into :1 powder. Its
nsc is as n snuff to produce sneezing. with the
view of rcstoring [H‘l'snlls in convulsions. hyster-
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“All out-door games. athletic sports. rowing. ball
games, etc, OFGHT TO BE ENCOURAGED, for
the sake of the health which ihey pmmote."—Hmv
WARD Ballerina.

Another American Victory 2

As we go to pram comes the dispatch from
over the sea announcing that the mother coun-
try has been beaten again by a man born on
American soil. The dispatch says:

NEWCASTLEoN-TYNB. May 5.—The grand struggle
on the Tyne is over, and Edward Hanlan, champion
of America, has defeated Hawdon by four lengths,
with the greatest case. It is the impression amon
boating men that if Hanlan had desired he coul
have won by a greater distance. The race was rowed
during a strong wind, from the Mansion House to
Scotswood Suspension House, a distance of nearly
five miles. An excellent start was effected. but
Hanlan. with his 1011 sweep, away over his toes,
soon headed off Haw on, with his exhausting 36 to
42 stroke, with quick recovery, but without much
forward reach.

The day broke charmingly, and eve hing ap
peared aus icious for the reat contest. e streets
were dense y crowded wit incomin visitors. New-
castle, as a city, is emphatically a over of aquatic
sports. The heroes of the car are long held in cher-
ished remembrance by the dwellers on the Tyne.
Hawdon is now a demolished idol. The country

0 le came in this mornin b the early train in
their thousands, dressed in Oliday attire, and all
enthusiastic over our Johnnie, for he‘s a canny lad-
die. Hanlan was not disliked by the Northumbrians,
for he bore the reputation being a beautiful oars—
man.

This balances Rowell’s walk of! with the Ast-
ley belt. To be sure, Hanlan is not a regular
Yankee, but that is his misfortune, not his
fault. He was born in America and he has
beaten the British, therefore let the eagle
scream. When he comes back Courtney may
have another try at him in still water and show
him that the best Canadian can be beaten by the
best Young New Yorker.

To Competitors in Our Tournament.

 

ON the sixth page we give full informa- ,
tion to our readers of how to make records 1

in our prize tournament, ill the pedestrian
contests. and print the rules under which
they will be conducted. In the meantime, as
we still receive qucstions which show that

some of our readers do not take the trouble to 1
read our conditions and understand them,we ‘

add the following brief directions:

WHAT YOU DO NOT \VANT.

You do NOT want a special dress.
You do NOT want special shoes.

You need NOT belong to a club. nor hire a hall 

or track.
WHAT IT COSTS TO ENTER.

It costs only five cents to enter if you have no I

blank: nothing if you have one.
WHERE TO WALK 0R RUN.

You can walk or run anywhere that the dis-
tance is accurately laid down by public author-
ity. marked by milestones. or on any track

measured in a proper manner by responsible '

persons.
WHEN TO “'ALK OR RUN.

You can begin at once. and send in your
record whenever you think that you can do no
better than the best of your performances.

“'HAT ‘V’INS A PRIZE.

The best time made in walking and running.
in. )roImrtion to age.
or other information see “ Our Prize Tour-
nament " article and those 011 entries.

 

Correct Entries.

(Cmti/medfmm (as! week.)

 

Iniz‘iqis:  stands for go-as—you-please. 
for walk. “r." fr-r' run. "8.  for Single sculls.
" d. 5." double sculls. “ s. j." standing-jump. “r. 
running-jump. “h.” high. " b.”broad, etc.

No. D1 I tr". Nomi. (Ml feel.
:35. April Q'Ilh. Robert ll. (‘arrnth ..  5m yds. r.
an, v (i, W. Gl‘iSCfllll .......... 5111.g.

ST. " John F. McCarthy . 160 yds. l'.

-- -' . . . . . . .. s. b. j.
s“. Iii‘l‘lllilll G. Bieck . . . . . ., 10 ill. g.
89. " .‘vlarcus Sll'flllSS . . . . . . . . . .. 160 yds. r.
" " . . . . . . . . . .. 2W) “ “
 500 "

. . ‘2 in. w.

“ “ . .. ..5m.g.

90. " Edward F. Grifiin ., .. . 20 Ill. 1!.
91. “ Daniel L. Rl'lttek . .. 5 ill. g.

92. “ Alexander F. Copeland. 106 yds. r

“ “ .. l in. w.
" .. 10111.2.

93. “ Janie: Conan .. .... ... 20 “ "

94. " Josiah Burrows . 3 “

" " . . . . . . . . . . 10 “ “
" . . . . . . . . . .. :30 “ ”

.05. “ Fred. C. “'aa‘ner .,  .. ‘20 " “

 “ Frank Van Burcn....  . :3 m. w
97. “ Ke-al'n W. Burns .. 5 "

99. “ John V. Smith. .  .... 5 ' .

 “ Robert J. Corr . . . . . . . . . .. 2 Ill. w.
106. " Herlwrt K. Firth . . . . . . . . .. 20 m. .
101. Lee Barnard ..   26 “ "‘
162. Clarence E. Griscom . . . . .. 20 “ ‘
103. Sidney W. Smith. . .. .. .. 5 in. g

"  10““

104. ‘ h W'lli E. Stro   1 m. w 179. May 2d, Henry Well . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100yd. r.
April'gst ’ 1 am“  . . . . . . .. 2 “ “ 180. “ llliam L. Homan .  10 mg.
“ “ .........5“ “ 181. “ FrankE.Warren..... l150“ ‘
105. “ Geo eF.S ricer . . . . .. 5m. g. ” “ ' . . . . . . . . . .. 

‘ 106. “ Char es E. well . . . . . .. ' “ “ 1&. May H3d. Fred.E.Boye . . 1 1‘ 

107. “ John J.Van Houten..... 2 “ “ u  . . . . . . . . . . .. 2

108. “ lllenrlv Primal] . . . . . . . . . . . .. filmm.d 183 ” Geo e A  . . . . . . .. yd. r.

. “ C sic e . . . . . . . . . .. .r . .   ..

109 H I” e “  . . . . . . . . . .. 1 my 11 184. “ Marlngn J. Powers . . . . . . . . .. 100yd 1::

110. “ Nathan M. Pond . . . . . . . .. s. j. b.   . . . . . . . . . . .. 200 “

111. “ ArthurDyer10m.g. “ . . . . . . . . .. 5m. w.

112. “ Pate Ledgett . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 “ ‘ 185. “ John Enright . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 m. g.

113. “ Buel Motter . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100yd r “ . . . . . ..  5 m. w.

114. “ \Vlllmm‘A. Wood - - - ~ ~ - ~ u :0 1811- 8 Nora—Trl‘lie above entries cover only those received

‘ . . . . . . . . .. . t ‘ t a  .
115. “ Charles A. Welnhold . .. .. 5 m. w up 0 b3 u y n
116. “ Johlrli J. Connolly.   2 
117. “ Art ur Samger . . . . . .. .. r. . .
118. “ ‘ll’egerFKfilm er . . . . . . . . . .. §0m.g. Buyban Entrieg,
119. “ on . u es....... .. m.w.
120. April 29th, James A. ondon, jr.. .. 5 “ g. l. A3511 16th—Flyaway Jr. B. B. C., 515 E. 15th 8t.,
121. “ Charles F. Karl. .  .. 5 “ ‘ ._Y. city. Henry Conrad, manager.
1 122. “ George E. Merchant . . . . . .. 100 yd r. 2. A ril Nth—Blackstone B. B. C., Blacuwne. -

“ “ . . . . . . . . . . .. “ “ Thomas Carr, man or.

“ “ . . . . . . . . .. 500 “ “ 3. April 24th—Cow Boys’ B. B. ., Tampa, Florida.

- 1'33. “ John J. Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 m. . Olla Podnad, manager. 1: 500.

‘ 124. “ James McNulty . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 " “ 4. Ma; lst—Independent B. B. C.,Mobile, Alabama.
‘ 125. “ John J. O'Neil ........... .. 1 m w ohn March. mana er. corner Hamilton and
E u n """"" " 2” “ 5 in: stfiulisng'moBMBACa' 1 Ge b Pa.
}126. “ JohnH.Martcl..  .. 100 (13.1: . e nee . . . o ttys mg
127. “ Harry C. Daniels ........ . . s. hyi'. lgde McGeichman. manager. ’
u n ._ _  r, b_ J, 6. Ma tail—sugarYStofis  it, 32 Second St,
128. “ Charles E. H11 hes. . . . . . .. 5m. . 1'00 YD. - - 10 0 I. ma er.
129, w wile E, (1: .ch.  201mg; 7. May lst—You Athletic B. B. c.. 432 earl SL,
130. “ Thomas F. Fee . . . . .. 20 “ : N. Y. city. ey Westefeld, m .
H “ _ , _ _ . ,_ 100 yd; n 8. 11% lst—DeForest B. B. C., Secretaig, vid J.
u u , , _ , . , ,_ 500 “ “ Coalker,YN(;tlon Department, H . Claflin &
131. “ Miles McMahon . . . . . . . . . .. 5 . . u - 43W.
132. u Frank T. Carroll ........ .. 2 u 5. 9. May wggmticklls. BAG. gimme! Signf secre-
133. H J h 0. Nice .......... .. 100 ds. . wry. omp 'ns ve-. 1‘00 n. . .
u 088’) u _ , , , , _ . _ _ ,_ may“ 5 10. May 2d—Young Contest B. B. d. .iohn a
“ “ . . . . . . . . . . . 5(1) “ “ 3131188813 437 entieth St., Brooklyn, N
“ “ . . . . . . . . . . .. s. b. .
H f‘ .......... .. r. R. 
“ " . . . . . . . . . .. r. . . I
13;. “ games  I1")illon . . . . . . . . . .. $0 in. g. writer. Tom“
1 . “ ames . agan..... m.w. - - - - _
136. AP 30th. H911” Semen V _ _ ‘ . . :3 mass. 1051;133:133; been made in this contest. by the 101
‘37' .. “um ‘i.’ sweney::'_'  I: s.   r' 1.  Pfinyoir, of S acuse, N. Y., for incident in
H ' t e 80 mm 1'.
133' .. Chm“  Wm‘j : j_ :33;  g' i 2. Louis Arata. New York City, for fictitious story.
.. .. ~ ~ _ o _ _ ' g H r. h'_ j 3. Dana? L. Rattek, Georgetown, Colorado, hunting
u u e.
,39_ .. Ham, J_ Cam“ ‘ f ,3; 3,, 4. Robert H. Carruth,Tampa, Florida, subject not
.1 u r ven.
.. .. if" ' 1’0“): . 5. Frank Van Buren, Fordham, N. Y., hunting tale.
.. .. unfit" . .. u 6. EhomasstFgghmfiNei§Yfirkfi llilpnting tale.
u ‘ ' ' I _ . . V . _ . _. 7. enry . o in, ew-or, s ngstor.
140' u Granhsmith ' . . _ . . _ _ . . _ . __ :33" (.113 1:. 8. James M. Salabes, Baltimore, Md., poem.y
H ‘I - I I w) ‘6 H
141. “ David H. Steel . . . . . . . . .. “ .
:- 3 . . . . . . . . . ..  Tournament Questions Answered.
142. u wmmm 1, Bm‘iy'fi: _' I r 1"" u Hmv S. DosBrN. It is necessary that all our prize
u M _ . _ _ _ _ , _ writers shall give their names to us, but they need
H “ not be published unless the writers please. Send
143. H William F, flogging a) your story with or without a nom de plume, as you
144, “ John 31, O‘Brien . ,. . ,. ,_ g, s. ike, but have your name and number (if you know
145. " George P. Klockert . . . . . .. s. b. j. i001! 1118111130111”.
" , . ” c ~ - - - -- l‘ b- j- WrLLrAil HARVEY. See article on tournament for
146. g'illlaulls  . . . . . agnag. infomlation.
147. “ arrv . rew . . . . . . . .. l y . r , . . ‘
.. . ~ . . . Enw.HOBA1~. You Will hear all aboutwhom to con-
liS:  56333? 332}: y.::“.:::: 362:3. test within time- Keep in twinins- '
150. “ Patrick Ward . . . . . .. .. 20 “ JOHN A. Eccnas'roN. Any age from ten to twenty
151. “ George W. Klune . . . . . . . . . 1 m. w W111 do. ,
152. “ John H. Whittle . . . . . . . . .. 5 m. g. Wu.qu S. “’INSOB. If you choose to make our
“ .. . . .. . 10 “ " mile and two-mile time, made in a five-mile wa k, a
“ “ ..  ' " “ record for a prize, there is nothing unfair about it.
153. May lst, George P. Davis... . 5 H “ The greater includes the less. It would be a foolish
151. ." George J. Boehm. ..  10 “ “ thin to do, however, for the miles would probably
155. “ Theodore Richard . . _ , . . . , s, s, not made in good time. Better have three sepa-
" “ . . . . . . .. 100 yds 1- rate contests.
‘2  . . . . . . ..   “
156. “ Richard Newton  .- .... s. s. The I‘e‘gue Game.“
_ H . I H _ . . . . . . . . . .. 20mg Tar: Lea e ames of May 3d were as fol—
155;,— :: gallium {£118ng -- - - 5 :2 ,; lows: At £33150, N. Y. Buffalos, 6; Bostons,
l ‘ .. ‘ laln‘age ' "  s5 s 4. At Clejilaréd.  degelandsn 4; Provi-
1.9. .. Osc ::._’::::'U':  dences, 0. t incmnati, . Cmcmnatis 13:
0 -~ aruLamgan , , , _ , , , . ,_ 5 m?  r Troys, 12. The first week‘s rebord between, the
“ " . . . . . . . _ . . . a) m. g. Senior and Junior clubs of the League, therefore,
160. ‘:  F. Hai I'll ' . . . . . . . . . 100 3:95 1“ I stands as follows;
161. “lillflmuE. 1111s ....... .. 511113 E ! smwnfifi LN! wxmnfii
. .. ' ' ' ' ’ ' " .1 u 0N. . 'on. Lost.

 .. {gfifigrg'escéygge‘cher  $8.. ., Cincinnati  .. 3 0 Buffalo . . . . . . . .. 1 2

-' .. ‘  Chicago.  2 0 Cleveland . . . . . ..1 2

“’4' .. Jon“ J-Mahwey - ' ~ - - ° -- 5-3- Boston . .  2 1 s acuse .... . .0 2

165. M John JhRaubs ..:.:.:.... $1313} 5 Providence  2 1 0y . . . . . . . . . .. 0 3
166. “ Francis Cowaii.......... .. 100 '(13. r. _ — T "
:67 “ Elmer P. Ransom ..  5 111.51g. Tot§ls""' ',  2. Toms' ‘ ‘ ' ' ‘ " 2 9
ms “ Patrick J. Walsh... . . . .  5 m. w. This puts C1nc1nnat1 to the fore, but whether
u  . . . . . . . .. 5 m. . she will keep there the present week will show.
1 ,2 - ~ - - - ~ - -~ 10  :_ So far Boston and Cleveland are the only clubs
.. ..  "  $0 1 that have whitewashed their op nents and the
.. .. ' ' ‘ ‘ ' ‘ ' ' “ 5 b5; 5' 1" senior whitewash is one point tter than that
.1 u :13: s: h1j: ; of the junior club.
169. May 2d, Charles H. Forbell . . . . .. 5 in. w. !
170. “ Joseph )1. Mullen  . . . . . 1 m. w. Notes.
..  j;;; N‘ 3 _: i; E; 3; 0x May  the Athletic Base-ball Club. play
171' 1. Alfred 0 ,re  l . . _ , , _ , _, 100 yds_ L ed the Americus Club, in Philadelphia, and won,
" “   " ‘- by3to2
“  ' --------- -- 5m " “ Tris Lilac Base—ball Club of Pottstown Pa
1‘2-  James ..Cla’e;j-y_--_;:j_-- 5;;  .. l on April 26th. defeated the Orpheus Club, by é
“ “ . . . . . . . . . . .i: 500 H ~~ “ score of 17 to 10.
  ‘ - - - - - - - o ~ ~ --    i 01; May lst, at South Oran e, N. J.. the Stev-

M I, . .  : - - - 2 ens nstitute base—ball nine efeatcd the Seton
1.3. u \\ illlam  \\ insor: ....... .. 10111. g  Hall nine by a score of 17 to 3.

-‘ “ .. .. . .. gm. w. , A CLUB was recently formed in Chester, Pa..
:2 I: - - - ~ - - -- 0 " " , to be called the Chester City Cricket Club, and
1'. 4 .. George Dickson ‘ ‘ " ibg‘vd r , John Gritfiin was elected captain.

‘ ' u .' ........ .' s. S." ‘ ' ‘ Tm: Trenton, v. J. Base-ball Club has been
179. “ John P. Walsh . . . . . . . . . . .. sooyd. r. . reor anized. The fOIIOWin are the layers:
176.  Charles  Files . . . . . . .. 1) m. w. : scu den \‘anhom' Bradley“: 101,91] ouse, m0“,
1 ,_ Charles F Home-é-w- - -- i u, ,. , Dumont. Dunn, J. Devlin and “'ebb.

H l L   2 e- u . THE Clinch Baseball Club of Augusta. Ga,
178. Henry P. Bradley . . . . . . . .. 10 m. g. i has been reorganized for the season with F. W.
E N 'I' R Y .

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Foster as captain, formerly of the “ Dixies ”
Savannah, and will receive challenges from any
club in the State.

THE Fairmount Base-ball Club, of Philadel-
hia, has organized for the season, and would
ike to hear from all amateur clubs. Address

William Chambers Secretary, No. .705 North
Twenty-fourth and ’Ridge avenue, Philadelphia.

ON Saturday, Ma 8d, the clubs outside of the
League made the ollowing scores: Wash-

ington—Manchester's, 6; Nationals, 2. In Provi-

“ deuce—Brown University, 21; Harvard Univer-

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' 0. ' In Albany—Worcesters, 6; Capital Cit s, 8.

 

' rail. not in the center.

In Easton. Pa.-—Eastons, 5; Athletics,
In Holyoke—Holyokes, 11; New Bedfo 9.
In Amherst—S ringflelds, 10; Amhersts, 3. In
Princeton the ales defeated the Princetons by
13 to 8. Union Grounds, Brooklyn—Atlantic,
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Several letters stand over for next week‘s paper.

Address all communications to Enrron Your“: New
Yonxaa, 98 William street. New York City, inclos-
ing real name and address of writer as guarantee of
good faith. Anonymous letters burnt in future.

 

F. E. Jamar—Your jum ing and writing are
both good. See answer to “ mash " for the rest of
your lettcl'.

SIMON. Manitou Springs, Colorado—Your writing
is legible but not handsome, and you should learn
how to spell.

W. W. A., Chicago—The Loyal Sons have a lodge
in Chicago, but you must write to head-quarters for
the name of the secrete .—.A good sketch of hunt-
ing would be acceptable, ut it must be good.

SMASH, Rochester.—Your first letter was unaccom-
panied with real name, so was not noticed. The
correspondent's credentials will be sent to you in
due time now that we know your name, if we find
that your news justifies it.

H. P. 11., Baltimore. -—You will make a good corres-
pondent if you send good news. Never send an ac-
count of what will occur during the current week, as
it will he stale before  Post vour news on
Fridays of what has occu and w iat will occur
next week.

R. W. BARK—There are no cheap histories of West
Point and Annapolis. The accounts are in official
pamphlets not for sale, or in expensive books do-
scribing American amiy and navv. Cannot give
price. Appl to your member of nfliss for full
particulars if you wish to enter either p e.

W. H. writes: “ I have read your rise tournament
rules thoroughly, and last week not ced a few words
about miniature achting. I am Vice-Commodore
of the New York inlature Yacht Club, and I would
like to know if there will be any contests of yachts
under your management?“ ANswsit. Probably so
in the course of the summer if the interest authorizes
it.

G. W. H.. Albany, writes: “ There will be lots Of
news here this season in the base-ball line, having
two firstrclass clubs. If the news will be good for
your valuable paper. I will send it to you. On what
terms can I have one of your correspondents cards?"
Axsm. Send the news and tyou will receive your
credentials assoon as we find at you suit us and
can be depended on.

Rn; E. KmsroNn—The reason your questions are
not answered and your news not published, is this:
you have written as several impatient and one in-
sulting letter, while all of your communications have
been ecidedly ungentlemanly. We do not care to
give credentials to represent our paper to a person
who cannot rule his temper better than you seem to
be able to rule yours.

E. B. Kaunas asks why Boston is called the
“Hub?” ANSWER. The name was first started as a
satire on the sup sed conceit of Bostonians. It
was said of them t at they fondly imagined Boston
to be the “Hub of the Universe " on which all crea-
tion revolved. It is needless to say that this is a
libel. The fact that Bostonians take the satire in
good part blunts its point.

A. H. K., Philadelphia, asks: “ What is the fastest
1-mile walk and run, professional and amateur; also
what should be the time a boy about 16 years should
run 200 yards, 1 mile and 2 miles. and walk 1 mile
and 6 miles—one who has had no practice or ex-
ercise?" ANSWER. Best l—mile professional walk,
611:. $33., run 4m. 175.: best amateur walk, Gm. 448..
run. 4m. ails-A boy of 16 ought to run 200 yards
without practice in 36 seconds, a mile in 9 minutes.
2 miles in 19 minutes. He ought to walk a mile in 13
minutes or 6 miles in 1h. 20m. if he be a healthy boy,
used to playing base-ball. etc.

J. W. S.. Brooklvn. writes: “ Can you tell me
where Trinity School is situated? Is it a good school?
How can I get in there? Is there any fees in the
tournament? How would my writing do for a busi.
ness office? How is my writing and punctuation?“
ANswsas. Trinity School is an excellent institution
belonging to Trinity Parish. New York. It requires
interest with the vestry to get in there—There are
no fees for our tournament beyond the price of a
blank—Your writing is 00d but your grammar bad,
or you would not say “ 8 there any fees."

E. S. 0.. New Bedford Mass, asks: ‘lst. In walk- .} ofsmrfing in it. They can be sent monead‘ _

ingmatches is the track measured one-third from
the le. say the track is 42 inches wide? 2d. If a
trac is 20 inches and measured in the center. time-
keeper, lapls]. marker, sworn, can I get a record for
it? 3d. ere can I obtain card photographs of
O'Leary. Ennis, Harriman and Howell?“ ANsm.
lst. The track is measured only on the inside by the
The object of measuring a
race track in the center is to allow for the habits of
horses: but walking tracks must be measured only
on the inside. 2d. Same answer.  At Sarony's.

, Union Square. New York.

C. HARDY. New York. writes: “I wish on would

 please inform me where I could get a boo ' of archi-

tectural drawing rules and also of bookkeeping. and

of  Rosanna writes: “ lst. I am 18 ears of age, welg

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100 lbs.. and am 4ft. loxm. in ht. Do you think
that the average hight and weight of a boy of my
? 2d. 1 am a fervent reader of {our paper. and
pronounce it the best paperI have ever read. 3d.
April filth was the first time I ever tried pedestrian-
ism. The following is a corroctrecord of my run-
ning. Do you think it for the first efiort of a
boy of 13? I stanedat ity Hall Park (Chambers 8t.)
up Broadway to W St., thence to 5th Ave. to 59th
St, in the ollowi time: Chambers and Broad-
way, 8:00 P. 11.; Ca , 8:06; 14th St., 8:18: bust. and
5th Ave, 8:25; and 59th St., 8:89. .Total time, 89
minutes." Asswm. lst. Yes. It is well up to it.
2d. Much obliged. 3d. The time made was very
ood. It takes the 4th Ave. car so minutes to race
rand Central Depot from Chambers St.

I“. B. PAmxrus. Oakland. Cal, writes: “I am

learni the printer's trade, and am WOW!
of the me at the case. Before I an war I
was square-shouldered but now I am Id that I am

becoming round-shouldered. I would like to ask

on if walkinga mile or so a d:éwill {Event me
{tom becoming more so? 1170 also e to ask
if there isa Lo al Sons’ society in this city? Have
you an (flinccflms for Eggwarticfie inflgoodosedt‘;p;fi-
swan. too or m es a ,
head up, shoulders back, will cure your round
shoulders, but the walk must be brisk and never
omitted, or it is useless. The trouble is that you get
languid from lack of exercise—There are Loyal
Sons in California, but you will have to write to
head- uartcrs to find where, as we do not meddle
with t eir affairs—Your has a certain degree
of humor, and we print it.

Yorso Penna-aux writes: “Please let me know
through Tali YOUNG Nzw Yonkn how to practice
for a 5—mile walk—how long a distance and how
often should I walk? I am in an office all da and
have not much chance for practice; the onl me I
have is after 6 r. it. Is keeping the arms (1 and
out at the sides a good way to practice with dumb-
bells?" ANswsns. When you start for home, make
your homeward journey a time test, and do not be—
gin too fast. First night go your ordinary pace and
take the time. Next ht quicken the pace and go
one block at top Afterward increase your
rapid urts by—say a quarter of a block—till you
can w the whole distance at racing pace—In the
dumb-bell exercise you must vary your work to suit
the muscles. The rigid arm lift over the head and
out at the side only exercises the pectoral mmcles.
Try umng up your dumb-bells so many times, be-
ginning low and increasing the number.

Airliners writes: “ I am a member of “ Amerlcus
Wigwam, No. 1," L. S. ofA. and was at on a com-
mittee toseeif we could get up some p and fancy
drilling. Now. could you tell me what would be best
to do about it, without a great ex use? What
would a book, A No.1, on the sub ect, cost, and
where could I it?“ Axum There is on one
book thatlyou can get which is an use. and is
the U. S. actics, at Ap letons’. ca 82. One book
will do for a Wigwam. our hes way is to act hold
of a first-class drill officer 3mm] your frien in the
militia, and induce him to your officers and
“non-come." In New York cl you can choose
from the 7th, 12th 22d, or 71m; 11 Broo n. from
; in Connecticut, any 0 the four
rtifiments Massachuset the Boston Fourth Bat-

ion; Maryland. the land. and that Is
about all the really good drill material in the Union
now outside of regulars. A drill-master can first
teac you, and on can teach your Wigwam. All
you want is sq and company drill.

W. H. F., Philadelphia, Pa. asks: “lst. Is 5 miles
in 45m. 53. good time for a boy 18 years of cap for
his first attempt, ‘ as-you-ggasel 8d. Is 1 yds.
in 14 seconds time? you think I run a
chance of capturing one of your tournament prizes?
3d. I am 5ft. (Shin. high in stockings, 17xin. across
the shoulders, 36in. around the chest, and weigh 158
lbs. Do you think I am built for running? 4th. I
work from 5:31) A. u. to 9 r. 11., is that too much? I
ran the above 5 miles after my day’s wor mak-
ing 46 la to a mile with six short turns. 5. ow is
my writiEg, sgelling and grammar!" Answm. 1st.
Very good. . Good for a beginning. You have as
much chance as any one if ou enter. lid. on are
probabl too fat for your ght. Running will cure
you of t at. Rowell is near your weight and build,
so is “ Blower" Brown. 4th. Your work hours are
too long. your rformance excellent under the cir-

cumstances. th. Writing ood spellin ,
grammar deficient. Three igfiular nongmgim,
connected by “and,” agree wi their verb in the

plural.

Eunm J. Garwun. Mt. Vernon, 11]., asks: “1st.
What does H. M. S. before Plnafore mean? 93d.
When does the Astley belt match come off? 8d.
Will Dan O‘Leary ever walk in a match ain? 4th.
Give me the best run in billiards. three- and four-
ball games? 5th. When does Hanlan row Hawdon.
and what distance? 6th. Can an boy out in this
p21; of the country take part in t e tournament of

YOUNG Nsw Yoaxm, and how?" ANswnns.
1st. Her Majesty's ship, just as U. S. 8. means
United States ship. ‘ad. It has ust closed. and an-
other comes on next month. . He says not. 4th.
Up to last January the record was McDevitt‘s
1483, with four balls, and Jacob Schaefer‘s 423,
t ‘ee balls. last year. The resent car may alter
this. George Slosson made ‘3 poin ina ractice
game with Joseph Dion last December, bu this is
not a genuine record, as it was not in a match. 5th.
He rows him May 5th, on the ’l‘ e, England over
the championshi course. from t e Mansion ouse

= to Scotswood bri ge. distance about four miles 6th.

a, your paper reliable?" ANswi-ms.
1 our regular rates on this

the price of those books. if you can: and I would '
i like to know whether you will publish the photo-

graph of some of our professional oaismen soon?"

i ANSWER. Go toa store where they sell architects' ;

, tecturall books for sale.
; cannot undertake. to advise

and engineers instruments and they will have archi-
There are so many that we
you. All are very ex-

nsive. Books on bookkeeping are less expensive.

' All school-book publishers and booksellers keep

Genthnen:—-I desire to enter in the YOUNG NEW?
YORKER BOYS’ ATHLETIC PRIZE TOURNAMENT for 1870.

o . - . . - o o . . .

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Age . . . .   . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

night . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weight ............... ..

Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Y ours respectfully,

then1.—-The photographs of the oarsmen will come
in good time.

T. H. JOHNSTON. of New York. writes: " lst. I have
taken your mp" since the first issue and think it
grand. No tter in United States.  As I keep
the paper on file. I don't like to cut it. as I like to
turn back and read over again. Can I enter without
cutting my pa 1'? 3d. Will you give any articles on
fresh-water fis ing, as to bait. what time. etc? 4th.
How is my writing for a boy of 15 years?" Axswm
lst. Thank you. ‘2. You might get an extra co y

' for your first entry if you do not like to cut your fl e.

i It only costs five cents. 3d.

We shall from time to

1 Is there any

‘ time. 4th. It is not as good as it ought to be if you .

, go to school and attend to your writing

lessons.
F. B. E.. Attleboro‘, asks: “lst. How is a mile in

‘ 10 minutes for a boy of 13 years? 2d. Is there any

book published on walking? 3d. Why don‘t you

' orifn a department for philatelists in your paper?
4! .

‘ stamp collecting?
, swans.

, sufficient to authorize a new department.

‘ New

: ear?
I {Vin you please to

DO you know of any dealer in stamps in the
city of New York that publishes a paper devoted to
5th. How is my writing?“ Ax-
lst. Very good. 2d. We can send vou one
for 10 cents.  Because the demand for it is not

AIM/lean Journal of PMIateIg/mld (‘oz‘n .idrerliaer is
such a paper. pubhshed quarterly by Scott & 00..

York and Philade phia. 5th. Le 'ble but
clumsy and its appearance is ruined by t e use of
red in ‘.

Btu writes: “ I am very much delighted with your
paper.
say that the at letic news in your paper brings it far
bevond any of the others. 1st. 1 am 15 yrs. 7 mos.
ol . and measure 5ft. Sin. in my stOcking feet. M '
friends say it is much beyond the average: is it? 
How much should I be able to lift, considering the
rate at which I have been growing—3 or 4 inches in a

3d. Is 7);; miles per hour ood time? 4th.
give me the hig t of Han-iman.
who walked lately in this city?" ANswnns. 1st. It
is above the average. but not to any very extraor-
dinary de . 2d. We would not like to say. Per—
haps 1751 .ormO lbs. 3d. Very goodlbn a road if

; kept up long. 4th. Six feet and an inc

4th. The »

Takinghseveral other boys' papers, I can but _

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Any boy anywhere can enter our tournament—you
do not read directions carefully.

CENTRAL WIGWAI, No. 2, L. S. of A.. writes: “ ist.
Please state what you will send Tn: YOUNG wa
Yonker for, six months, three copies? We want it
as it is our official organ and there is so much news

2d. hat will a good 'r of Indian chibs cost of 8
or 9 lbs. weight and w t is the best weight? 3d. Is

v the firm of J. hf. Agnew, 216 Sixth avenue, N. Y., re-

liable? 4th. Is the one that advertised our in
lst. You wi find
. page. We have put them
to thelowest SSible point to make the paper take
well amo a boys. and to go any lower would be
to supply t e paper at a loss. 2d. Indian clubs for
use in a wigwam among young men should be five,
six, seven, eight and ten lbs, to be used grad

and rogressively. if the wigwam can aflord it.
not. ave fives and eights only, the first for begin-
ners and the latter for six-months pupils. Let the
exercises be increased in number gradually. Clubs
range from 83 up to $5 a pair, from 5le. to 12 lbs.
3d. Cannot undertake to say. Apply toa mercantile
agency for such points. 4th. Yes, or we should not
have him there.

Jose. 8.. Salt Lake City asks: “lst. Who is the
champion l-mile runner of the world. and what is
his record? 2d. Wh is H. Brown, the English
pedestrian. called “ B oweri" 3d. What is the name
of the explorer that discovered the true source of
the Nile: 4th. Who is the oldest long-distance pedes-
tr-ian of the resent da and what ishis age? 5th.
arm in t 'ngbexemiw in the eve
after a day's work? 6th. \ en will the Cor-key be t
match take place. and where? 7th. How would I
suit you as a Salt Lake correspondent?“ ANswns.
Ist. 9 best. record amon amateurs is that of Wil—
liam Slade, Dublin. Irelan , June 8th, 1875, a mile in
4m. as. on ss. The best professional record is
that of the dead-heat between Richards and Lang.
Aug. 10th, 1865. at Manchester, England, namely,
4m. 17,195. 2d. It is a local name, given him, pm
bably. from former shortness of breath, but the rea-
son is obscure. 3d. , honor is contested for by
S ke, Grant and Sir Samuel Baker. 4th. Impoar
b e to say. 0f the renowned o Ennis is perhaps
the oldest. being over 40. 5th. None whatever, un-
less the work is exercise in itself. 6th. It has taken
place. See last week's paper. 7th. and
see.
8. P. F., New York. asks: “ 1st. What course of
studies a yo man is examined in on entering
West Point? ‘ . How far advanced must he be on
the diflerent studies? 3d. Who makes the examina-
tion? 4th. Which is the best way to stud up in the
different courses when one is working an a very

r education? 5th. 18 a common school education
sufficient? 6th. Is there any chance for a New York
boy to enter? 7th. I am 16}; years of age. 5ft. 9in. in
h' ht. 34in. girth of chest and we h 185 lbs. Is that
the ave e of a boy of 16? 8t . Please criticise
this note in neral.‘ ANswm lst. The E
branches as ar as one who graduates from one of
our City public schools. 211. About the sam for
safety. 3d. The board of examiners. 4th. to
night school when you can, and study up at home.
5th. Yes, if the rson has improved his advan
as he ought. th. lfhe can beat all comers a a
competitive examination. Several New York Con-
gressmen have gen out their cadetships at such
competition to ys in their districts. 7th. It is
above the average. 8th. The note is well written;
but, if you have attended ublic school daily up to

our present ,you oug t to know more, if you
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m RETURN OF THE BIRDS.

I! WILL!“ CCU.“ BRYANT.

I hear, from many a little throat,
A warble interru ted long;

I hear the robin‘s ate-like note,
The bluebird's slenderer song.

Bmwn meadows and the russet hill,
Not yet the blunt of grazing herds,

And thickets by the glimmering rill,
Are all alive with birds.

Oh Choir of Spring, why come so soon?
On leafless grove and herbless lawn
Warm lie the yellow beams of noon,

Yet winter is not gone.

For frost shall sheet the ls ‘ ;
- the um - 223°ng
through the glen,

a white tern
load the pines with snow.

Yet ha‘pl , from the region where,
Wak by an earlier spring than here,
The blossomed wild-plum scents the air,
Ye come in haste and fear.

For there is heard the bugle blast,
The boo gun, the jarring drum,

And on their c ers, spurring fast,

Armed warriors go and come.

There mighty hosts have pitched the camp
In valleys that were yours till then,

And Part had shuddered to the tramp
0f half a million men.

In groves where once he used to sing,
In orchards where ye had your birth,
A thousand littering axes swing
To smite e trees to earth.

Ye lOve the fields by plowmen trod;

But there when sprouts the beechen spray,
The soldiero breaks the sod

To hide the away.

Sta then, beneath our ruder sky:
eed not the storm-clouds rising black,
Nor yellingwinds that with them fly;
Nor let em fright you back—

Back to the stifling battle cloud,
To burning towns that blot the day,
And trans of mounting dust that shroud
The armies on their way.

Stay, for a tint of n shall creep
Soon o'er the are ‘8 grassy floor,

And from its bed the crocus peep,
Beside the housewife‘s door.

Here build and dread no harsher sound
To scare you from the sheltering tree,

Than winds that stir the branches round
And murmur of the bee.

And we will prav, that, ere again
The flowers of autumn bloom and die,
Our generals and their strongarmed men
May lay their weapons by.

Then ma ye warble. unafraid,
Where ds thamlnr {.hn‘gettcr now,
Free as your wings y e spade,
And guide the peacefu plow.

Then as our conquering hosts return,
W'hat shouts o jubilee shall break
From placid vale and mountain stem

And shore of mighty lake!

And midland plain and ocean strand
Shall thunder: “ Glo to the brave,

Peace to the torn and b ceding land,
And freedom to the slave!"

 

 

lack Harkaway in New York;

The Adventures of the Travelers’ Club.

 

BY BRACEBRIDGE HEMYXG,
(JACK Hsaxswsv.)

AUTHOR or “CAPTAIX or rm: CLUB.” “DICK
Dim‘rv." ETC.

 

CHAPTER V II.
m MYSTERY OF THE DESERTED VESSEL.
Anna listening at the rtition for some

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: he hoped that she was dead, as she might give

him some trouble if she lived.
Slave as he was. bound hand and foot to his

in his possession, he would have a powerful
was n to use, should he ever come into open
con 'ct with him.

and that the ca tain and crew of the ship

: brows, darted into a doorway to allow them to

. pass, without
' titled master, Bambino felt that, with this girl :

rceiving him.
It was Jack srkaway and his friend Harvey.
“ We must h
shall be late for ' ’an
and you do not know how my heart longs to see

' that girl once more."
He determined to say that she was his sister :

had‘

left them behin in their hurry to quit, while he i

could easily add that Adele had become crazed
with terror.

A week went by; and though Adéle grew
stronger, there was no amelioration in her men-
tal condition.

She was quiet and even childish. Never did
she utter any threats against Lord Maltravers.
She loved him in a sweet, innocent way that was
very aflecting.
shInhauiockgt dvgiiicl;l she wort-lo qmnnmg neck,

e a a otogra o t e some
bad man, who had) p ’
idle hour and ruined her young life. This she
would take from her bosom where she concealed
it and kiss with the greatest rapture, pressing
her lips to it and murmuring words of purest at-
fection and despairing love.

It was a sight to make the hardest heart feel,
and bring tears to the eyes of the most callous
man of the world.

Even Bambino, wretch that he was, had
known what it was to love, and he sighed for
her misery.

At length the wished—for sail hove in sight,
and the talian contrived to attract the atten-
tion of the crew, who lowered a boat to come to
their rescue.

He went below and roused Adéle, who was
bending over the photograph of the loved one.
very much as a little child plays with a pretty

to .

X Come. mio ca r0,” he exclaimed, “ we are
going on board another shi , which will take us
to a great city. Put that t ing away.”

Adele held up the picture, while a smile over-
spread her countenance.

“ Isn’t he lovel l” she asked.

Bambino set his lips firmly together, while the
dark eyles— uliar to the-Latm race—flashed
forth t eir .

“I can’t say anything against him,” he re‘
plied, “ for Iowe him much; but, cospetto.’ you
and he will go to different places when you die."

“ I am dead. You know that,” said the sim~
ple—minded girl. “ But will he not come to me.
in time and ask my pardon! Will he not fold
me in his arms asof old and call mehisdar—
ling?"

‘ Possibly.”

“ Oh, yes,” said she, as her eyes rolled in an
ecstasv of unbounded affection. “ It must be
so. There must be some recompense for the
pure in heart, hereafter.”

Bambino was touched.

He patted her beautiful hair with the air of
an affectionate brother.

“ “’0in to God, my child " he said, “ that I
had won your love instead 0 the woman‘s who
abut no mattcr; my hand is red with her

ood ‘

Ade'le looked at him in dread surprise.

“ Did you kill her?" she asked.

Bambino laughed, in a harsh, metallic tone.

“ She is dead,” he replied. “ Ay, and—Corpo
di Baccho .' the man is in the ave, too.”

“ Man! what man ?” inqu' Adele.

“ Ask me no more questions, unless vou want
to madden me,” cried Bambino. “ I thought
the wound was cicatrized, but you, with your
childish questions, set my blood on fire. I
loved that Woman. ‘

“ Maltravers loved me once, yet I did not kill

l him when he deserted me and afterward drove

me from him, when I laid in heart at his feet.

t How can you kill those you ove?”

Bambino could say no more. He led Adéle
gently but firmly up the companion-ladder, and

. in a few minutm the boat from the steamer was
‘ alongside.

They were taken off the ship. He told his

l story and excited much sympathy, especially
time Bambino became convinced that a human 

Frequentlv he heard sobs and groans mingled j

with exclaniations in the French language, with
which he was well acquainted.

A further examination showed him a door.
against which several pieces of furniture were
jammed, they having evidently been thrown

inst it during the progress of the storm.
an'his had effectually prevented the egress of
the unfortunate person inside.

a werful man, the Italian exerted
himsel to t e utmost and succeeded in remov-
ing a bureau. some chairs and a heavy table
which were iled up in confusion.

Then the oor flew open. and 'ne beheld a lady
I ingon a bed, and it was easily observable that
she was in a state of complete exhaustion, hav-
infibeen many days without food.

ad not help come when it did, she could not ‘

have survived much longer.

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Though the face was very beautiful. the l

cheeks were sunken, emaciated and hollow: her
long silken hair hung in disheveled mamcs ovur
her shoulders, and in her deeply expressive eyes
there was the glare of incipient insanity.

No sooner did the girl see Bambino than she
endeavored to rise, but was compelled to fall
back again by weakness.

“ IVho are you ?" he asked, tender] .

“I am an an el now,” she replie< . " Death
hasheld me in is arms. I do not suffer any
more. though it was hard and bitter to die.”

Her voice was faint and feeble. There was
that in her words and manner which indicated
that her mind was wandering. Reason had tote
tered on its throne, until it had finally given
wa beneath the weight of her sufferings.

ing that she was in want of nourishment.
he rocured some food which be administered
wit a. spoon, afterward compelling her to drink
some wine.

Toward ni ht she improved considerably, and
fell into a re reshing slce .

Bambino went repeatedly on deck to look out
for a sail. but did not see one.

His position was a precarious one, for should
another storm arise. there was little doubt the
vessel would either capsize or break her back.

He drew some consolation from the fact that
he was in the path of the steanmhips which were
constantly cmssing and recrossing the Atlantic
ocean.

Two days'passed. during which the lady re- ‘

mained in a comatose state: but. as he contin-
ued to feed her at intervals. she gradually
re ined her strength, and on the third day was
ab 8 to get up and converse.

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Her mind, however, was gone. She talked in- ;

coherently, persistin that
the storm, and that s e we. a spirit.

“ When I was alive.” she would say. "I lived
in France and I married an English nobleman.
“'hen he dies and comes to the land of spirits.
he will not deny that I am his wife. though on
earth. he drove me from him and broke my
heart."

“IVhat was his nnmcf" askcd Bambino. who

e interested in her random uttcrings, lic
scarcely knew why.

“ Lord Maltravci‘s: you soc I rcincmbcr that.
thou h [cannot recollect nll things that hnp-
pencfi before I died. I u as callcd Adfilc."

Bambino started and visibly changed color.

He had heard his mastcrspenk of this girl.
and it appeared to him that he had made an im-
portant iscovery.

Maltravers had admitted to this confidential
villain that he had legally married the girl. and

 

he had died during i

when he reached the vessel, which was bound
to New York.

Adele and he were given berths in the inter
mediate part of the ship, which is amidships,
and in five days they found themselves in New
York.

Bambino was careful to conceal his right
name. as he knew the log would be published in
the )apers. and miorht reach Harkawav's eye.

The Italian resova to keep Adele in his

1 charge, as a counterfoil to any ill-treatment he

mi ht receive from Lord Maltravers.
\ 'hen the steamer arrived, he went to a hotel

; and having secured attendance for Adéle, cast
I about for some place where he could place

her.
In a paper he saw an advertisement to this
effect:
" Asraomov.—Madame Vesta Levine. the only real
fortune-teller in the city—electric baths—galvanisin.
rders taken. W. 3'2d St."
The morning after his arrival he called upon

. Mme. Levine, who was a middle-aged lady, with
I an intellectual face.

She did not look like a charlatan. and exhibit-

ed a diploma from a medical college, which
roved that she had some knowledge of the
ealing art.

He was received in her office, which contained
only a few chairs, a table and some books on a
shelf, having no skulls, stuffed snakes and the
ordinary stock in trade of a fortune—teller.

“ “'hat can I do for you, sir 9” she demanded.

“I have a sister,” replied Bambino, “whose
mind is affected through a disappointment in
love and a subsequent shipwreck at sea. She is
voung. I do not wish to put her in an asylum.
I have great faith in electricity and I will place
her in your care, paying three months‘ board in
advance, if you will receive her.”

“I shall be lad to take her as a patient," an-
swered Mme. vine.

“ You will try to cure her?”

“ Undoubtedly. ”

“I must warn you that she imagines she is a
de martcd spirit."

lime. Levine smiled.

“ That is nothing," she answered. “I have
had worse cases than that. When shall I ex-
pect your sister, sir?”

Bambino romised to bring her round that
evening. andJ took his departure.

Later in the day he made his reappearance
with Adfilc, who evinced no attachment for him
and seemed only to care for being alone.

For hours she would talk to herself and occa—
sionally press her hands to her head, as if it hurt
her.

Mme. Vesta Levine had a room at the top of
her house prcpnrcd for her and detailed a color-

1 ed woman to wait upon her.

“ Beware," said Bambino as he left the house.
“how you treat my sister. I shall demand a
strict account of you.”

The madamesmilcd scornfully. for she glanced ‘

from the swarthy Italian to the fair—haired

. daughter of France, and she knew in one in«

‘ stunt that they

'ere. not related.

“ Sir." shc rc ied, “ your ‘ sister” is perfectly
sn fc in my ham s. and when you require her I
shall be perfectly ready to deliver licr."

Bowing politely the Italian took his leave.
feelingr that Adcilc was in good bands. and that
he could find her whenever he wanted her.

IVhilc returning to the hotel at which he was
staying. hc behold two gentlemen walking to-
gcthcr on Broadway.

No sooner had be seen them than he drew his .

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.Bambino had told him.

Harvey laughed lightly.

“ It seems to me.’ he replied, “ that you are
very much smitten in that quarter.”

“ I don’t mind acknowledging it,” said Jack.
“ She is just about the sweetest. prettiest, most
charming young lady that I ever met in all my
travels”

“ So she is,” answered Harvey.
thy of you and you of her."

‘ If it had not been for the superlative attrac-

“ She is wor-

tion that she has forme I should not be here l

now.”
thj‘ “tell! you can congratulate yourself on one

in .

“ hat is that?”

“You have cut Lord Maltravers out of the

me entire] . He has no show now. Ha!

!“ laugh Harvey.

“ Ha! ha!” laughed Jack. “ You are right
there. but the fellow is dangerous.”

“ Yes. indeed.”

“ Fancy his sending a fellow to amassinate
me. It was lucky I got the best of him.”

“Between you and the fishes of the Atlantic
there cannot be much left of the villain,” re-
marked Harvey.

This conversation was distinctly audible to
Bambino, as the two young men had paused to
light their cigars.

“ We shall see!” muttered the crafty Italian.
“ Let those laugh who win.”

At this moment an elderly gentleman. passing
by in the dim light of the evening, drew out his
pocket-handkerchief: and. in domg so, a large
wallet fell on the sidewalk.

He did not notice his loss.

Bambino, however. saw it, and a sudden idea
came into his head, upon which he did not hesi~
tate to act.

Starting rapidly forward, he picked up the
wallet. and pushm against Jack, dropped it
into the pocket of his overcoat.

“ Here, you. sir!” exclaimed Jack. “ Where
are you coming to?”

‘_‘ Beg pardon,” answered Bambino, in a grufl
v01ce. , -

“ Don’t do it again, that‘s all,” rejoined Jack.
“ There is lots of room for both of us."

Bambino retired as quickly as he came, and
walked after the elderly gentleman who had
lost the wallet.

“ Sir,” he exclaimed, touching him on the
shoulder.

This man was a merchant connected with
the Produce Exchange, very wealthy, but very
mean.

“ I’ve nothing for you," replied Mr. Cobb, for
that was his name.

“ I want to speak to you.”

“ Not to—night, my good fellow.
anything to tramps and beggars."

“ Listen a moment," persisted Bambino.
“ Have you lost anything I"

Instantly Mr. Cobb’s hands dived into his
pockets, and a look of alarm stole over his

I can’t give

“ Have‘you seen it?

“ Did it contain anything valuable?”

“ I should say it did. Valuable! \Vhat’s the
man talkin about? \thre is it? Tell me at
once. or I’Il call the police and have you ar-
rested.”

Bambino pointed to Harkaway, who was only
a few yards ahead.

“ Do you see that person?” he asked.

ace.
“\th, bless me. yes, my wallet!” he said.
' 73

,” exclaimed Jack, “or we ,'
Hoosen’s reception,

“This is my friend, Mr. Harkaway, of Eng-
lfintdé] JVe are stopping at the Fifth avenue
0 .'

at his own joke.

officer conducted his risoners to the station,
where Mr. Cobb made is charge.

Jack mdignantly denied the accusation, and
demanded to be searched.

Imagine his dismay, when the searchers pro~
1 duced the missing wallet from the pocket of his

overcoat.

“ That’s mine!" cried Mr. Cobb, exultantly.
“ What did I tell ou?”

“ Lock ’em both up,” said the captain.

‘f I will send for the British Consul,” ex-
claimed Jack. "' This is some infamous plot.”

‘f Bambino,” muttered Harvey.

f' Right, Dick: vour eyes were better than
mine. I ought to have known that the fellow
was never born to be drowned,” replied Jack.

“ Put them in different cells,” continued the
captain.

hey were conducted below and locked up,
fenling very indignant, but unable to help them-
se ves.

The charge looked very grave against them,
and Harvey was as much implicated as Jack,
because he was regarded as an accomplice.

Mr. Cobb promised to appear in the morning,
and went home.

As he left the station he did not rceive a
man who was hiding in the shadow ofp: house.

This was Bambino, who had watched the ar-
rest, and finding that the game was securely
bagged, turned awa with a chuckle.

“Five ears in tate’s prison for highwa '
robbery; he muttered, “will please his lor -

slag; . .
pairing to a telegraph office. he sent the
following dispatch by cable to Maltravers:
“Come over as soon as you can. The coast is
clear. The lady can be ours, as Jack will notbe
hkely to cross your path or some time to come.
“ BAXBINO. ‘ '
[To BE CONTINUED—comxcsn IN No. 23.]

Wild Geese.

E. W. E.

 

 

 

 

STRUNG out irregularly for a distance of
twenty miles or more. like real; pools in the bed
of some ancient river, the resh-water ponds of
Plymouth county lie directly across the track of
the myriads of wild geese that journey north-
ward with the a pi‘oach of summer, and south-
ward when col weather comes. To brin
down the swift-moving flock, which looks, hi
in the air. like a mere thread drawn across t e
sky re uires skill and patience: to entice them
within s ooting-range after they have struck the
water is yet more difficult.

The experienced hunter selects a pond Where
wild-few have been known to stop either for
rest, fresh water. or sand, for geese must have
all these, althougrh they can do without either
fora long time. hen he selects a cove or minia-
ture bay, backed by boggy swam , and, if
practicable, with a point of land gutting out
into the pond, so as to allow of a clear range to
the right and left, as well as in front. A grav-
elly or sandy beach is necessary, even if the hun-
ter has to boat the material to the spot. Six
rods back from the end of the point should be
built the stand, or blind. This should be six
feet in hight. so as to allow the hunter room for

 

“ \Vhich one—there are two together?”

“ The stout one. It is he whom I saw take
your wallet from your pOcket."

“ Then he is a thief :”

" Precisely.” replied Bambino. “ Good-even-
ing, I hope you will recover your property."

ifting his hat politely, he turned down a
side street. leaving Mr. Cobb to go after his
money.

Harkaway was perfectly unconscious of the
trick that had becn played upon him.

As for Harvey, he was a little uneasy.

“ Jack.” he said. “ did you notice the face
of that fellow who pushed up against you!"

“ Not distinctly: why 5" replied Jack.

“ I did. and the features reminded me of that
Italian scoundrel of whom we were talking.”

” Bambino?"

“ Yes. The hired assassin of your sworn enc- l
my, Lord Maltravers.“

“ Absurd!" exclaimed Jack. “ The fellow '
perished at sea. “'9 know that very well."

“ Never mind; the face haunts me. "

“ You shouldn't indulge such silly fancies.
Dick. I tell you the rascal is as dead as a door-
nail." re )lied Jack.

Just t en. Mr. Cobb rushed up and seized
Harkaway rudely by the arm.

“ Hello!" exclaimed Jack. “ “'hat‘s the mat—
ter with you? Has every one got a mania for
jostling me to—night?"

" My wallet, my wallet!" cried Mr. Cobb.

Jack shook off his grasp and drawing himself
up proudly looked him sternlv in the face.

“ My good sir," he said, “be kind enough to
explain yourself."

“ You have stolen my wallet. I saw you do it."

This was a stretch of imagination on the part
of the produce merchant, but be relied on what

 

“ Do I look like a—-a thief 9" inquired Jack, not
knowing whether to get angry or not, and feel~
ing inclined to regard Mr. Cobb as a harmless
limatic.

“No.” admittcd the merchant. “but gentle— ‘
manly thieves are the most dangerous.”

Jack turned in uiringly to Harvey.

“ Dick." he exc aimed, “ought I not to knock
this man down '3"

“ Under the circumstances. you would be jus-
tified,” replied Harvey. “ But, my dear boy.
he is old and we should respect oldlage.”

“True. Pass on, sir. and do not presume to
annoy me any more with your ridiculous
char 5,” said Jack.

“ y money. I want my money, robber.
You shall not escape we thus." persisted Mr.
Cobb.

Again he laid his hand on Jack, who this time
flung him violently against the window of a
store.

A small crowd of idlers began to collect. and
the attention of one of the Broadway squad was
arrested.

“What’s all this!" asked the officer, coming

 

u .
p“ Arrest this man." cried Mr. Cobb.
“ What for 2"
“ Robbery. I charge him with having stolen
my wallet. containing :1 large sum.”
“ \Vho are vou f"

hiding behind it. The better way to construct
a blind is first to build an entire framework of
boards. These then should be entirely covered
on the surface toward the water with whatever
variety of evergreen boughs the woods in the
vicinity may furnish. The structure resembles
a natural growth of bushes along the margin of
the lake. At the bottom of the stand, in front,
small arched openings are left. through which

' the lilies attached to the decoys are manipulated.

and also through which the grown goslings,
raised from wild geese that have been captured
in previous years. are easily called into the inte-
rior of the blind by the simple shaking of a
measure of com. A rod or more to the rear of
the blind is the but of the hunters. about ten
feet square. and with a battcned roof. in which
the sportsman may live comfortably through
the flying Scason, which lasts from about the
be Tinning of frost until the lakes are frozen over.

The decoys are wild geese that have bccn
wounded and ca Wind in previous seasons, and
the young raise from them. Although grown
to full size. the young are not clipped in any
way. They rarely leave the old ones for any
length of time. Straps about eighteen inches in
length are placed upon their legs, which hang
down when they are on the wing. thus preventr
ing them from being shot. should they pass
other stands in their flight, for every sportsman
knows they belong to some hunter.

“’9 are waiting for the wild geese. First,
wooden decoys, or dummies, forty or more, are
scattered about in flocks over the cove. They
look like living fowl at a distance. as can be tes-

It was useless to argue the point, and the é

drawn nearer, and a clearly defined flock of
geese lS ViSible. Their attention has been at—

; tracted, and the line be 'n to '
“ I guess the pair of you will stop somewheres ’ 81 s “ aver, the“

else to-night,” answered the policeman, smiling j wings are set, and down t ey come from their

breaks into knots or grou , then pitches, the
dizzy hight at an angle of about thirty-seven
degrees, making the water fly as they strike in
among the wooden decoys. The goslings are
making for the shore and they are easily called
into the blind through the a rtures at the bot-

, tom by the rattling corn in t e grain dish. New

 

 

tilled to by more than one metropolitan niarks- €

man. who. after careful paddling to windward,
has emptied the contents of his breeclrloader iii-
to their white-pine carcasses. One of the old
wild decoy geese is on the beach at the water‘s
edge. A hoop like a croquet wicket a few feet
behind the fowl, throu h which a line passes
from the fetter on its eg to the inside of the
blind, keeps the decoy in lace, and should the

. bird squat upon the beac ,a vigorous jerk of

the line enlivcns it. A little distance from the
goose a duck is anchored, who stands, or swims,

is Six lioul's’ tour of duty wi;h the regularity 1

of a sentinel; and they are the best of sentine s

for the sportsman. on account of their peculiar— ,

1v formed eyes, which never fail to catch the
slightest movement of a leaf, insect, or other
object long before the goose has crnned its neck
at it. To the rear of the cabin, on the shore, in
a crate or box, is the ander. the mate of the
goose on the beach Vithin the but are the
s rtsmen, with one watcher at the window.

ll are warmly clothed in readiness to creep out
into the sleet storm—the best of all weather for
this kind of shooting. The sentincl duck utters
a crv, the goose cranes its ncck and slants its
head. the watcher at the window carefully scans
the sky with his glass, and discovers a thread-
likc line far away against the clouds. Guns are
seized hurriedly, the blind window is closed, and
the but has the appearance of a mound. The
gunners hug the ground closely as they creep to
the stand. and hide themselves to await the re-
sult of the attempt to break down the ap )roach-
ing flock. One of the gunners at. the rst an—
nouncement has taken the basket in which the
goslings are kept and hurried back from the hut

 

“ Richard Cobb. of the firm of Cobb and Co.
Every one knows mc in South street.“

The ofiicerseizcd Jack by the elbow.

“ I arrest you.”hc said. “Come along."

“ Allow me to explain.” exclaimed Jack.

“ You can do that at tho station."

Jack shrugged his shoulders. I .

“ This is a quccr country." he replied: “ yct 
I make it a rulc never to resist constituted ‘
authority.”

“ You wouldn‘t find it much use if you did,"
answered the officer, swinging his locust club.

Harvey was much annoyed. l

“ Let me assure you, liceman," he said,
“that you have made a mistake."

“ Can’t help it,“ was the stolid reply. 5

 

 

through a brush-covered pathway to an emi-
, ncnce. or where there is none to a platform
built in tlic boughs of a tree, from which he
throws the gosliugs into the air. Thev start.

i with cries for the center of the lake, and are un-
l swercd by the old goose on the beach. while the

gander. separated from her and shut close in the
crate ut the rear, arrives at the conclusion that
something or othci' is going wrong, and adds his
honrsc call to the concert. It is wild music
when they all get at. it. The cry of the. old de-
coys arrests their young in tllCll‘ flight, and they
whirl gracefully toward the shore. set their
wings and pitch down among the wooden dum-
mies out in the cove.

Meanwhile the thread seen in the distance has

 

 

the flock is in the water, but. it is another matter
to bring it within gun-shot range. Geese are
w birds, and it is not unusual to work a
who e day, with fingers and ears aching with

~ the cold, only to have the flock at three gun-

shots’ distance at nightfall. The snapping of a
tWi or the careless poking of a hat-crowu above
the had by some nervous novice has been taken
mtc consideration by the gander—the com-
manding ofilcer of the battalion—and that flock
is lost to the hunter. I have seen two large
flocks, numbering at least one hundred and
fifty, and aligned with the precision of a regi-
ment as the ' moved up in platoons to within
two hund yards of the stand, startled by
something that attracted the attention of the
commander. An old gander with a hoarse crv
started from the rear platoon, and moving to h
central point between the two, seemed to mani-
fest anger, as though there was a dissension
whether they should halt or move on. The old
gander paddled around in a circle and yelled in—
cessantly. The flock halted for a moment, and
then left the pond and proceeded on their jour-
ney southward.

’ith the exercise of caution. the flock can
usually be brought within range in an hour or
two. and. if the ' are particularly stubborn, the
goslings should thrown a in. These, Swim-
ming to the shore, give confitfilnce to their wilder
relatives, and sometimes the whole flock comes
in with them. Then it is that the skill and
nerve of the hunter are put to the test, for he
would not kill one of his goslings for twenty
flocks. After a little chattering among them-
selves, however, and fishin the bottom for
gums and gravel, the goshngs start for the

eftly—shaken grain within the stand. I have
seen on several occasions wild geese follow the
goslings to the very edge of the blind and en-
gage in a bitter wing-pounding fight, thumpin
against the boards on the other side of which
was watching. But it is the flock and not single
ones we want.

Fresh caps were carefully put upon the heavy
double-barreled fowling-pieces, and upon the
lighter as, which are set near by, ready
cooked, or shootin d0wn the get-aways after
the first volley. ere are four of us in the
stand. The flock, ten, twenty, or maybe four
times that number, is only six rods away, some
pluming their feathers while standing in the
shoal water, others fishing for the coveted
gravel, all unmindful of their danger. The
muzzles of the guns are placed carefully through
the twigs of the blind. If anything is to be said
it is spoken in a low tone of voice, as a whis-
per ]is more likely to attract the attention of the
ow .

The inexperienced hunter finds his heart
throbbing with excitement and his nerves
trembling as he views the grand array in front
of him, for the fowl at six yards’ distance in
the water look large and noble. A dry twig
is snapped to bunch the flock, and by a
never-varying rule the right-hand man covers
with his gun as many as he can of the necks of
the right of the flock, and so on down the line.
“’aitin until the geese are most favorably
bunche together, he counts “ One, two, three,"
and at the last word the large. deadly shot from
both barrels of the guns crash into the flock.
There is a cracklin of bones, like the breaking:
of little fagots, w’ d, confused cries of amaze—
ment and pain, and a flapping of win 5, as
the killed and fatally wounded spree. out
on the water. There is no time to lose.
The gunners jump to their feet, seize the
other fowlin -pieces as the remnant of the
flock rises, 81H? more of them are brought down.
Here is the test of good marksmanship, and the
writer knows of a countryman who prides him-
self on shooting sin ly two double-barrcled guns
after firing at the ock in the water, and bring-
ing his bird down at every shot. Then to the
boats for the cripples that are making for the
swamp. The trained retriever that has lain
still throughout all the racket, is now at his post
for his part of the sport. Hc knows his duty.
and hardly ever fails to )crfornx it by finding
the “ stowaway," which, being wing—broken or
so badly wounded that it cannot fly. has
crawled into the bushcs on thc impassable bog.
If not hurt too badly the fowl is kept for a
decoy. and for breeding pui' )oses.

During the best of the flig it it sometimes hap-
pens that the greater parts of several large flOCkr
are captured in a day, as many as thirty. or
even more. being killed at the first shot when a
large number of gunners are in the stand.

Custom has made imperative the rules for
dividing the game. for it. is a very common
occurrence, and an annoying one. when geese
are flying. for the stands to be filled with ama-
teur sportsmen and farmers" sons. If they are
steady of nerve and careful they are allowed to
shoot. First. one-third of the game goes to thc
man who owns the decoys, and then it is share
and share alike with the remainder. But hope—
less fellow he who finds that his piece has missed
fire. No oroose for him.

Although Monponsett Pond. Halifax, to which
this description more particularly refers, is the
best of all the ponds, because of the wild swamps
which to a large extent surround it, there are
many others at which the same system of shoot—
ing is followed with success: among them Silver
Lake. noted for the regattas which have been
rmved there:and at “ Oldham.” “ Indian Head.“
“Great Sandy" “Littlc Sandy,“ “Quahan,”
“Diamond Lake." and some othch within a
radius of a dozen miles, there is at the right
season good shooting.

 

How to Make a Tailless Kite.

THE shape of the kite is what the boys call
diamond. The cross-bar, which in tail kites of
the diamond pattern is straight. should be made
of hickory and bowed by connecting the ends
with a taut string. It should then be placed at
right angles with the crpcndicnlar stick and
fastened securely. the mild of the. bow being
backward from the intersection of the sticks.
Run a string around ovci‘ thc cud of each stick
and cover the fi‘mnc with light tissue paper.
For a four-foot kitc the )crpcndiculai‘ stick
should extend tlircc feet below the point of in-
tersection with thc bow and one foot above it.
The how should bc one and one-half feet long on
each side of the point of intcrscction, with tlu-
perpendicular stick. Thc bclly-cord should be
united at the point of intcrscction, and at the
same distance down the perpendicular stick us
the arms of the bow extcnd on each sidc of thv
perpendicular stick. The band is attached at
only two points, thc point of intersection and at
a point below. in tlic four-foot kitc mcntioncd.
one and one—half feet bclow tlic point. of inter-
section. Tic thcsc two strings togcthci' and at—
tach the ca itivc-cord, balancing it so that thc
captive—cowl shall be exactly opposite tln- point
of intersection. or at right angles with the per—
pendicular stick frame. The face of the kite n-
then convex and the back. of course. Cont'tl‘v’c.
If at first you don’t succccd try again. It is fun
for all sorts of boys. This form of kite is some-
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to be.”——l)iamoud [)uat.

’Tis home where the heart is, wherever that be,
In city, in desert, on mountain, in dell;

Not the grandeur, the number, the objects we see,
But that which We love is the magical spell.

‘Tis this gives the cottage a charm and a grace
Which the glare Of a palace but rarely has known:
It is this, only this, and not station or lace,

our own.

Like the dove on the waters, a rest-place to find,
In vain for enjoyment o‘er nations to roam;
Home only can yield real 10 to the mind,

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0ur Prizelgumamem.

“'3 have, We think, now sufiicientlyexplained
to our readers the mode of entering our tour-
nament, which they did not at first seem to un-
derstand. The consequence of this has been
that our entries are now coniin in very rapidly
and increase in number ever ay.

In order to accommodate t use of our readers
who live far away, and may not have under-
stood Our conditions in time, we have deter-
mined to

EXTEND THE TIME

for makin entries, to give all our readers a fair
chance, w ile the prizes will be awarded in
classes to each month, as will be hereafter ex-
plained.

Therefore we say to you that have entered,
induce all your friends to enter too, so that you
may raise the value of your own prizes. If you
can induce ten of your friends to make entry,
you will have ten times as much chance of a
prize yourself.

Read the conditions carefully, and explain to
your friends as below

\VllAT TO ENTER FOR.

Entries may be made for the following:
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miles. Specify distance entered for on “con-
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Specify as above.

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E NTBIES.

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following manner:

Every contest in walking or running must be
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one o whom is to act as scorerand starter and
anot tar as time-keeper, the third as judge and
referee. In jumping contests, the time— ee r
shall measure the distance covered. In rowmg
contests. the same witnesses are necemary.
There may be more witnesses, but these three
are necessary, and all must sign the records and
swear to the afiidavit annexe .

The record of a walking or running contest
will be in the following form, in neat and legible
writing:

YOUNG NEw YORKER PRIZE TOURNAMENT.

The f0110wing is a faithful and correct record
Of the time made by the contestants in a
mile (or yards) contest in (running, walk-
ing, or gO-as-you-please), held at—— .
County of ————-, State Of———
on the—day of———, 18—.

Name. Age. Entry No. Miles. Laps. Hrs. .lllns. Secs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

. Rw'eree.
. Time-keeper.
—————. Scorer.

On the same sheet will be the following:

(Sig-tied by)— _

 

AFFIDAVIT.

State of —, County Of
(or town or village) of —, ss.:
Personally applcared before me —

, ant

 

 

 

—, City

 

 

 

 

. named above, and

being duly sworn, declared that the above cer- 
tificate is true in every respect; that they were

present at the measuring of the track on which

such contest was held, and know that the same _

measures feet, and that— la

 

 

of said track are equal to a mile: that thcl
measurement was made on the inside border of '

the track and not elsewhere. And they further
say that they know the contestants to be the
persons represented and Of the ages represented,

and that each executed the distance named in ‘

the time given.

— —, Rcfcrec.
————-——, Ttmr-krrpm'.
, Scorcr.

 

Sworn to lIcfm‘c me. i
this day of ——_, 1Q_, ,’

 

Notary Public:
(Or. .Izlsticr of the Peace.)

The above allidnvit may be sworn to before
any pcrson competent to administer oaths. but
can be dispensed with if the rccordcr is the odi-
tor of a rcputtblc local paper principal. vice—
principal or assistant male tom-her in a public
school. a clcrgymnn or public officer. In such
casc the following can be used:

1
' Our home is not where we are, but where we wish

. record to be correct, the track measuring —— I
5 laps to a mile, the number of laps and the time '

.‘b' 'or‘ tl'rec rd 1 '
Which gives being to pleasure, wh ch makes It I 9mg C we 3 0 0d and t le “ hele come“

 

CERTIFICATE.
I

 

 

as the case may be.) and that I know —,
—— and -——, named in the above
record as referee, timekeeper and scorer to be
honest and irreproachable in character; that I
witnessed the contest recorded and know the

 

 

square and fair in every respect.
Signature,

Ofiiciulpositton,

In cases of jumping and rowing contests the

 

 

And there where the bear is there only is home. 3 above forms can be altered to Sun the emer'

gency.
TRACKS.

\Vhere the Iarties cannot secure a )ropcrly
measured trac ' the contests can he )Ilf'll c on the
high-road, bctn'ccn mile-stonesolficially plat-ed
there, or on streets in cities where distances are
ofiicially laid down.

Alhletitw Rules.

FOR the use Of judges, scorers and time-keep—
ers we print that portion of the rules of the New
3 ork Athletic Club which concern our Tourna-
ment, and all contests will be carefully conduct-
ed under them:

 

EXTRACT.

3. Starting. -—-When the starter receives a sig-
nal from the judges at the finish that every-
thing is in readiness he shall direct the competi-
tors to get on their marks. Any competitor
starting before the signal shall be put back one
yard, for the second offense two yards, and for
the third shall be disqualified. He shall be held
to have started when any portion of his body
touches the rround in front Of his mark. Sta-
tions count mm the inside.

4. .Keeping Propm' Course—In all races on a
straight track, each competitor shall keep his
own position on the course from start to finish.

5. Change of Course—In all races on other
than a straight track, a competitor may change
toward the inside whenever he is two steps
ahead of the man whose path he crosses.

I ll. Foulin .——Anycompctitor shall be disqual-
Ified for wi fully jostling, running across, or in
any way impeding another.

7. Finish—A thread shall be stretched news
the track at the finish, four feet above the
ground. It shall not be held by the 'udgcs. but
be fastened to the finish posts on eit er side, so
that it may always be at right angles to the
course and paral el to the ground. The finish

line is not this thread, but the line on the ground ‘

drawn across the track from post to ost, and
the thread is intended merely to assist t 1e judges
in their decision. The men shall be placed in
the order in which they cross the finish line.

8. “hiking—The judge shall caution for any

unfair walking. and the third caution shall dis- 1

quality the Offender. On the last lap an unfair
walker shall be disqualified without previous
caution.

10. J umping.-—No weights or artificial aid
Will be_allowed in any jumping contest except
by speCIal agreement or announcement. When
weights are allowed there shall be no restriction
as to size, shape. or material.

11. Running H igh J u m 7.—The hight of the
bar at starting and at eac successive elevation,
shall be determined by a majority of the uali-
fled competitors. In case of a tie the re eree
shall decide. Three tries allowed at each hight.
Each com titor shall make one attempt in the
order of his name on the procranime: then those
that have failed, if any. shall have a second trial
in regular order, and those failing on this trial
shall then take their final trial. Displacing the
bar, and nothing else, counts as a " .’ A
competitor may omit his trials at any hig t, but
if he fails at the next hight he shall not be al—
lowed to go back and try the hight which be
omitted.

1-1. Standing High Jum ).—Thc competitors
may stand as they please, ut must jump from
the first spring. The hight Of the bar at starting

and at each successive elevation, shall be de- 1

, ——, do declare on honor that I am ?
the (editor, principal, clergyman or otherwise, I

Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0 0 0 0 4 4—10
,Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . _ ..001030100—5
AT CINCINNATI, 0
Cincinnati...  '2 0 0 0 3 0 3 0—10
roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..000000001—1

AT CHICAGO, ILL.
2 0 0

[For record of May 3d see 4th page.)

 

Springfield vs. Yale.

THE Springfield: beat those very unfortunate
Yale boys, April 30th, in pretty 00d style. The
Yales have been very unlucky t is season, but
made a gallant fight, as the score shows:

 

YALE. R.lB.P0.A.E. SPRINGFIELD. B.lB.PO.A.E.
Hutchison,s.s.0 1 1 l 1 Cassidy,r. f 0 0 0 1 1
Parker, 3b .. 1 2 1 3 0 Goldsmith, 1b.0 0 6 0 0
Lamb, . . . . .. 0 0 5 0 l’lkc,c.f.....0 1 2 01
Walden, 2b...() 1 1 1 0 Ferguson,s.s.0 1 0 l 0
Hopkins, 1b., 0 1 8 t) 0 Smith, 3b.....1 0 0 1 0
Camp,l.f .. 0 1 1 0 0 Crane, 2b. .01 4 2 0
Clark, c.f... 0 0 3 1 0 O‘I.eary,c.f..0 0 1 0 0
Ives,c . . . . . ..0 0 5 ‘2 4 Powers,c ....1 2 7 5 2
Ripley, r. f....0 0 1 0 0 Corcoran,p 0 0 1 4 0

Totals .. .1 62113 5 Totals..... 2 52114 5
SCORE nY INNINGs.

Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..0001000—1

Springfield    0 1 0 0 010—21

First base by errors—Yale, 1; Sprin eld, 1.

Struck-out—Yalc, 4:, S ringfield, 3. Doube play-—
Yale. 1, Clark and'ves. Passed balls—Ives, 1;
Powers, 2. Time of Game—1h. 40m.
George J. Hiller.

 

Cricket.

THE Merion Cricket Club played on April
26th, at Ardmore. Pennsylvania, a twenty-two
team, and won in one inning. Score, 86 to 81.

ON April 26th, in Philadel hia, a game of
cricket was played between t e Belmont Jun-
iors, and a picked team, which was won by the
Juniors scoring 171 to their opponents 80, in one
inning.

THE fiist cricket match Of the season, at Oak-
dale Park, Philadel hia, was contested on April
:36th, between the irard Cricket Club and the
“'akcficld Club, and resulted in favor of the lat-
ter club by a small score. and a hard-earned
victory. Score, 62 to 

AT the annual meeting.r of the Cricketers’ As-
sociation of the Unittd States, recently held in
Philadelphia. the following nominations for
officers for the ensuing year were made: Pre-

i sident, A. A. Outerbridge, of Philadelphia C.

 

termined by a majority of the qualified compe- .

titors.
Three tries allowed at each hight.
titor shall make one attempt in the order of

In case of a tie the referee shall decide. 1
Each com- !

have failed. if any, shall have a second trial in “

regular order, and those failing on this trial
shall then take their final trial. Displacing the
bar, and nothing else, counts as a “try.” A

competitor may omit his trials at any hight. 
but if he fail at the next hight he shall not be

allowed to go back and try the hight which he
omitted.

15. Running Broad Jump—The competitors '

shall have unlimited run. but must take off he-
hind the scratch. Stepping any part of the foot
over the scratch in an attempt shall be “no
jump,” but shall count as a “ try.” Each com-
petitor allowed three trials. and the best three

men have three more trials each. Each com- ‘
petitor shall be credited with the best Of all his 1

jumps. The measurement shall be from the
scratch line in front of the 'umper‘s feet to the
nearest break of the ground
of his person. The same rules govern running
hop, step and jump. and all similar games.

16. Standing Broad Jump—Competitors must
jum from the first spring. Stepping any art
of t 9 foot over the scratch in an attempt s all
be “no jump," but shall count as a "try."
Each competitor allowed three trials. and the
best three men have three more trials each.
Each competitor shall be credited with the best
of all his jumps.
from the scratch line in front of the jum

made by any part ‘

C.; First Vice-President, J. T. Soutter, St.
(leor e C. 0; Second Vice-President J. Harry
Lee, Baltimore C. C. 2 Corresponding ,retary,
W. H. Castle, Germantown C. 0.; Secretary
and Treasurer, John P. Green, Belmont C. C.

MR. J. T. SOUTTER, Vice—President of the
Cricketeis‘ Association of the United States, re-
ceived telegrams from the Lord Harris cricket
team, asking that the match announced for
Ma 6th and 7th be postponed until May 7th
an 8th. An answer was sent saying that the
desired change will be made. The En lishmen
expect to reach this city from San rancisco
about May 6th. A committee has been ap—
pointed by the various clubs of this city and
vicinitv to arran for a proper reception of
Lord Harris and  associates who have been
very successful in Australia. t is stated that
the team selected from the American clubs to
meet the English eleven is as follows: J. T.
Soutter, captain, P. G. Cross, E. H. Moeran,
Charles 1V. Bance, J. Ridgeway Moore, J. P.
Conon, Mr. Spra e, of the St. George’s Club;
A. H. Harvey, o the Staten Island Club; and
Charles, Robert, Daniel, and George Newhall.
The English team includes Lord Harris, cap-
tain, A. M. Hornby, A. J. Webb, A. P. Lucas,
L. Hone, C. A. Absalom, S. S. Schultz, and V.
RO a]. The remaining laces in the eleven
wil be filled by well- 'nown professionals,

lV.N.P '. dF.d'kN-; ..
among them 0w” a" re farm or .‘ T 9 Essex made one run, Steams hitting for ;

leyan.

 

Roller Skating.

ON May 5th, a six da '9' match on roller skates
commenced between alvcr and Mayer, at the
Skating Rink in Philadelphia.

JOHN H. MARTEL skated a mile in 5m. and
10s., at the \Vorcester Skatin Rink, on Plymp-
ton’s Parlor Skates, Monday pril 28th.

Notes.
BRADLEY has been appointed captain of the

. , Troy Citys.
Is name on the programme: then those who v

AT “'orcester, Mass, April 25th, the Heroes
defeated the Atlantics by 20 to 14.

THE Heroes defeated the Light Foots by a
score of 15 to 6, at Worcester, April 28th.

Umpire~ .

l

Pitcher, M. E. Sakolski; catcher, J. Mandel- 

berg; lst base, E. Semon; % base, S Gom-

recht; 3d base, P. Leviy; short-stop, Joe. M.
galabes; center-fielder, .
C. \Veinreich; left-fielder, IV. Galster. All of
the members are between the ages of twelve and

fifteen.

THE Americas B. B. C. (juniors) defeated the
Athletic Club at Philadelphia, April 20th.

sconE:
Americus . . . . . . . . ..00000000014—-5
Athletic...... ...0 o 0 o 0 0. o 0 o 1 2—3

Umpire Mr. T. T. Sparks. Tune of game, 1

hour and 50 minutes.

The Utica B. B. C. defeated the Athletic at ‘

Philadelphia, April 29th.
econ:
Athletic..................010 0 0 2 0 0 0—3
Utica   . 1 5 0 010 0 0 0-77
Earned runs—Utica ‘2. Umpire, James Devlin.

Time Of game, 2 hours, 5 minutes.
At Philadelphia, Ma

scored its first victory; or this season, defeating ‘
t e

the Philadelphia by followmg

SCORE:
Athletics . . . . . . . ..  0 4 2 2 l 0 0 2—13
Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . ..0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3—7

Umpire, Mr. T. COnnell.

THE noteworthy base—ball games Of May lst,
exclusive of the League, were as follows:

At S n'ang‘field. Mass, Sgrin elds, 7; Worcesters,5.

At  ington, D. ‘.,
Citys, 8. .

At Princeton, N. J., Manchesters, 6; Princeton
University. 0.

At South 01311159. N. J.. Stevens Institute, 17;
Alerts, Of Seaton all, 3.

THE Resolute B. B. C. of “'orcester, Mass,
formerly the Bradleys, have organized with the
followin players: A. H. Clapp. 0.: James
Churchil, .; E. S. Douglass, 1st b.; Joseph
Mocray, 2d .;John E. Lancaster, 3d b.: Irvin
E. Bigelow, s. s. ; Nathan Goodnow, c. f.: IV. .
Sorell, l. f.: Henr Wellington, 1‘. f.: M. M.
Barrett, sub.: A. . Ball, manager, E. S. Dou-
glass, sec. and treas.

THE Bronner B. B. C. is one of the stron t
amateur nines in Buffalo. The gentlemen a ter
whom they are named have resented them
with ten very neat uniforms.
ed two games thus far, and were victorious In
both. One on Saturday, A ril 26th, was with
the Spaldings, who were t e champions last
year. Score 6 to  The other was with the
Comets. Score 23 to5. They will play as fol-

lows: P. Downey, 0.; E. Roth. r. f.: J. Kraus, 1

.; J. Bayer, l. f.; F. Kurtzworth. s. 8.: E.
’oung, c. f.: F. Schlaeter, lst b.: C. Persons,
2d b.: O. Frankenstein, 3d b.: IV. Roth, tenth
man.

A CORRESPONDENT writes: The first Lea e
game of the season was played at the Bufia O’s

ounds, on Ma ' lst, between the Buffalos and
Brostons. The ay was an unpleasant one for
ball playing, being very cold, but in spite of this

a lar e crowd was in attendance. Clapp. the
Buff o catcher, seemed to be particular un-
fortunate, 4 errors out of the 7 made in

credited to him. The Bostons hit Galvin for al

Levin : right-fielder, ‘

lst, the Athletic Club 5 400

ationals, 10; Capital 3

hey have play- '

While our correspondent is evidently honest
in sending us this account, it is evident that
there is a mistake in some pl or else Maiden
has some walkers more wonder
heard of. We notice that an untried amateur,
Thomas F. POWeIl, is credited with a mile
walked in 6m. 458. There is only one man in
America so far who has come up to this time
on a measured track, and thatis Harry Arm-
strong. If all these Malden walkers had been

at into Gilmore’s Garden, their time would

ave mounted considerably. And this leads us
to make the remark that in our rural walkin
matches, the measuring Of tracks is of the big -
est importance. There are undoubtedly many
first-class men hidden away in the country, who
only need an opportunityka do good work in
public, but they are not ' ely to get a chance
to show what they can do in the metropolis if
‘5 their records in the country are not absolutely
' reliable. The exam le of Cara na, credited in
the country with 52 miles, an on] able to do
on a good track under close watc ing, makes
country records matters to be scrutinized very
closely. We therefore fit all our corres-
pondents in future to be a lutely certain of
the length of the track, number of laps walk-
ed and time made, when such time a roaches
that of the best on record. \Ve ask t 15 in jus-
tice to all.

An Ambitious Youth.
Ma. WILLIAM BABHAM, of West Point, New
SEE-fork, sends us a challenge to the following
e ect:

 

“ CHALLENGE.

"To ALL WHO]! IT MAY CONCERN: I, William Bar-
ham or better known to the sporting fraternity as
the Yankee Pet,‘ do hereby challenge Andrew I.
Brechbill. of Highland Falls, N. Y., or E ne IV.
Hall. the amateur li ht—weigbt boxer of hewburg
N. Y.. to compete n th me In an unbiased trial 0
skill with the boxing~gloves for the amateur light-
weight championship of the United States, Marquis
of Queensbury rules to govern, time one hour. and a

urse Of $50. The match to take place at Highland
g ails, N. Y., two weeks after s‘igning articles.
“1 ILLmI BARBAI,

“ “'est Point, N. Y."
We print this letter, but only to show our
onngaifaders how foolish such challenges are.
r. ham is probably a very ambitious, but
equally green youn man, of uncertain size and
weight, who wants be a champion and make
money at boxing. If he really Is ambitions to
, do this, he should come to New York city; and
j: apply to Mr. Harry Hill, who will give im a

c ance, any evening, to spar against profession-
Z a] boxers Of hisown size. If these do not take
the fight out of Mr. Barham in about one week.
we are very much mistaken.

Instead of this, Mr. Barham challenges two
amateurs—whom he thinks he can beat—to box
with him for $50. The winner to be called
‘ “ amateur light—weight champion Of the United
States."

\Ve are sorry to tell Mr. Barham that this
will not do. If he boxes for fifty dollars or
fifty cents. he immediately becomes a profes-

. sional. and cannot box any more with ama-

the I were worth, securing 13 hits, while the ‘
Bu alos were com letel demoralized by Bond’s ;

style of curving.

BPPO
home club would beat the first game.

 

 

l

r
i
I

ONLY two games were played at Buffalo last I

week, on Monday and Wednesday, between the
Buffalos and Essex. \Valker, the new first-base

5 man, played for the first time on Monday, and

imade a reputation for batting
, driving a three-baser into the e

at once, by

( score was l3to 0in favor of the Buflalos. In ,
, the “'ednesdav ame,McGoni 1e pitched, Crow- I

leg caught and 'bby played rst for the Essex.

ft-fleld. The .

1 three bases and a passed ball brou ht him in. .

Score 12 to 1. This week we have e Bosto
and some fine playing may be expected. '
LARRY HAYES, a well-known base—ball player
of Rochester, N. Y.. has gone to Daven rt,
Iowa, to catch for the club of that city, be ong-
ing tothe Northern League. He began his pro-
fessional career with the old Rochesters, going
afterward to the Livingstons of Geneseo. t
year he played for several months with the Live

. Oaks, of Lynn, Mass, and finished out the sea-
‘ son with the Haymakers of Troy. Hayes is a

THE Young Stars defeated the Eagles by a 3
itiore Of 15 to 16, April 29th, at ll orcester. ',
, . ass.

AT Holyoke Mass, April 30th, the score Of

the championsln game was: Holyoke club, 8: '
i.

“'orcester club,

ON the lst Of May the Jasper Base Ball Club
of Harlem were defeated by a picked nine, score
standing five to four.

THE Springfields defeated the New Bedford :
nine, May 2d, by a score of 7 to 3, and the Man- .

chesters beat the Baltimores by 14 to 11.

THE Howard Base-ball Club challenges the . hall on the first floor of the main

Park, Globe, Gayety or Boston Theater Nines to

1 play them. J. H. Sheehan is captain of the

nine.
A PICKED nine Of the Baltimore City Colle ,

splendid stop),aafraid of nothing. a fair thrower
and a good tter; and when e

ns, '

travels, as some of the western fielders will soon ,
learn: his record with the Iowa champions will ,

be a good one.

 

 

.  7;,

     

 

 

Foolish Fun.

at! onians are greatly dis- ( .
inted at the result, it being hoped that the ( gger 1661
l

i teurs. If he wants to be a real li ht-weight

xing champion for money, he w 1 have to
fight Arthur Chambers, John Clark, “'illiam
Edwards Mike Coburn and a host of others not
weight. If he is ready to do this,

can be accommodated, but we would strong-
ly] advise him to drop all aspyirationa to be called
t e champion boxer of the nited States at any

weight. A man has to fight hard to take that

' position, and when it is Obtained the holder is

hitsaballiti

' 1 tion shows that our friends
' for the Tournament.

' page-

only a prize-fighter after all.

 

Trouble in Camp.
THE following letter will be read with inter-

“ NEw YORK, April 30m. 1979.
"To THE EDITOR OF THE YOI'NO NEW YORRER:

“ We, the messengprs of 145 Broadway, wish to in-
form you that J. S eehan of 12! Front street, has
refused towalk us as we are nothing but messengers.
He knows better than to walk us messengers as one
of his own boys has beaten him in a match. The
reason he (J. S.) challenged William Drummond to
walk is because he knew he was not Oing toacccpt
any challen ehe might send him. car in mind.
Mr. Editor, t at William Drummond knows nothing
about this challen e. Any one of us messengers
would have been appy to have him accept our
challenge. and then we would have given him a

showing up.
“(Signedl J. B. Sum. 44.
"M. D. Scum-1:11.51,
“C. ESP, Jr., 22."
Taken in connection with the other letters
about the Sheehan challen c. this communica-
ad better all enter
See our rules on Fourth
Talk is chea , but facts never lie, if the

record is honest. t us seewho is the best

» walker of all these telegraph boys. and after
3’ that we will have a special match of newsboys
- against telegraph boys.

ON April 25th there was some trouble between
the freshman and sophomore classes of the Free ,
Academy, 23d street and Lexington avenue. 1
, It was during the noon recess that some of the

students commenced to sing college sfi‘ngs, in 'It‘fie
m mg. e

‘ freshmen were made enthusiastic b ' the music,

‘ matched the Huntingtons of same city, t e ;

match resulting in a victory for the Hunting-

) tons. with a score of 28 to 8. I
THE Girard College nine, of Philadel hia.

The measurement shall be ,
r‘s 1

feet to the nearest break of the ground ma e by 3
“ a game of base-ball with the Stars. J r., at Sixth

any art of his person. The same rules govern
stan ing three jumps. standing hop. step and
jump, and all similar games.

 

 

 

The League Games.

THE League Opened fire on Thursday. May
lst, in the following style:
AT BUFFALO. N. v.

Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..1 0 0 0 0 '1 2 0—5
Buffalo..,.. . . . . . . . .. 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0—0
AT CHICAGO. ILL.

Chicago. . . . . . . . . . .. 0 0 1 0 0 1 (l 2 0—4
Syracuse.........  01 0 01 1—3
AT (-INcINNATI, o.

‘Cincinnati   0 3 0 ‘2 0 0 0 0—~7
Troy . . . . . . , . ..  1 0 0 00100—3
AT CLEVELAND. 0.

Providence . . . . . . . . .. '2 5 1 1 3 0 3 0—15
Cleveland .  0 0 3 1 ll 0 0 0 0—4
The Bostons take the honors for first day.

while the Buffalonians deserve and have no
doubt received a leather medal from their
townsmcn for their mortifying (lcfcat. How—

ever, the season is only just opened. The
record of May 2d was as follows:
AT m'Fl-‘ALO, N. v.

Buffalo  ..  , o (l 2 0 0 l) '3 o 0—1
Boston,. 1 t) (l (l [l (l 0 fl 0-?
AT CLEVELAND. 0.

Providence . . , . .  1 n I) n O l) 3 '2 14 7
Clcvcland . . . . . . . . . . .. l) u (l 0 0 ('1 L’ 2 ‘2 0— t'»

played a game of ball with the Philade hia
Club on April 26th, which was won by the P ila-
delphia Club. Score, 17 to 7.

ON April Both, the J. McGurk, J r., nine played

and Clearfield streets, Philadelphia, which re-
sulted in favor of the former by a score of

. ‘32 to 15.

AT IVOrcester Mass, A ril 28th. the High
School Jtmior Class B. B. . defeated the First

5 Year B. B. C. on the Starliglit grounds by a

score of 42 to 3:2. The Juniors

defeated.

THE Germantown nine have reorganized for
the season of 1879 with the following players:
“'ells. c.: Carrigan. p.; Krickbaum. 1st b.:

ave not yet been

‘ Spiegel, 72d b. : Lip incott. 3d b.: Carrigan. s. s.:

Durborongh, l. f.: ell, r. f.: Geo. Spiegel. sub.
THE Alert and Delaware amateur clubs play-

and the air was filled with cries o “ 82.”

sophomores answered with “81.”

The ‘
In the con- ;

fusion that followed it was hard to tell which j

class settled down to work first. “ 81 ” instant—

; 1v gained an advanta e and drove “ 8:2” to the '

xin n avenue en of the buildin .

Neit er partv used their fists muc , or seem- 1

ed to get ‘at all an . They were stru lin

for the reputation? th gg g
from an feeling of animosity. At last the
“tide of ttle” turned in favor of the fresh-
men, and, ’mid deafening cries Of “82,” they

eir classes more than I

l medal. '

' drove the sophomores fairly back. After this, ‘

"’ 8:2 ” met with another repulse.
The struggle was evenly contested and it

‘ would not be easy to pronounce the victor. The

- the melee.

bell, summoning all to their class-rooms, ef-
fectually put an end to this scene. One poor fel-
low was knocked down and trampled on during

Not much of this sort of thing 00- ‘

‘ curs in this college, however, and it Is to be I

' ed the first game Of the season at the East Side '

grounds. Buffalo on Saturday. April "203th, The

game was very c ose and interesting. the result '

being a tie. after eleven innings had been play-
ed. The score was 4 to 4.

BENNETT, the catcher of the “'orccsters. has
a lame shoulder and is unable to play. Sullivan
of last year‘s Lowells, formerly Of the Gulf-
tons. now at Holly Cross College, is the man
looked to as the coming catcher of “'cavcr's
pitching. Every effort will be made to secure

1111.

THE Alert Baseball Club, of Germantown.
has reorganized for the year 1871! under the
management of A. J. Birchull. The club in-
cludes the following players: lll‘nke. Livezev.
Hephart. C. Birchall. Morlcy. Smedlcy, Buz—
zard, Ruch. Cupitt and Haincs. All challenges
should be addressed J. N. Drnkc. Secretary.
2.44‘.’ Germantown avenue, Philadelphia. ‘

TnE Pioneer B. B. C.. of Baltimore, has just

’ 503m. 455.

hoped that the authorities will put a stop to
what little there is. There is no particular fun
in it, and there is much to be ashamed of.

 

Reliable Records.

A CORRESPONDENT sends us the following
news Of wonderful walkin from Malden, Mass.
He sa 8: “ At Marston H , Malden, . ril Slst.
Miss 'innie Leroy attempted to walk Eve miles
in 57 minutes, and accomplished her feat in

amateurs, which was Won by Thos. F. Powell,

 

Walking Challenges.

THE following letters explain themselves, but
require some notice at our hands. The first
says:

" Iwould like the addresses of the young gentle-
men livingin South Brooklyn who intend to enter
the tournament, as I am going to offer a belt repre-
senting the amateur championship of South Brook-

lyn. Only amateurs allowed to contest: must be
unxdcier 19 years Old. Address by letter lno postal
ca 3):

” . G. W. BLOW,
“ 37 South St.. N. Y. City.

“ Entry numbers 2and 65."

The same gentleman says in another letter of
April 29th:

“ I see in your issue of today that J. A. Sheehan
has challenged W. Drummond to walk ten miles for
the championship (of what i) ‘ and if he likes a silver

'ow:

“1. Frank BlOw. do hereb ' challenge the above
gentlemen to race me 20 mi es. O~as~you-please, or
If they wish, 25 or 30 miles, for a It or medal.

"I remain, yours truly.
"FRANK G. W. Bnow. (“Coal “)
“37 South St.. N. Y. City.

" Entry numbers 2 and 65."

A third letter, April 30th, says:

“ I, the undersi ed, do hereb ' challenge any boy
in the employ of t e Domestic ele Sh Company.
exeept James A. Sheehan and J. . avenport. to
walk me 10 miles. go-as-youylease. for the cham-
pionship or a silver medal. “ alk to Come 06 within
4 weeks.

“JOHN J. CONNOLLT.
122 Front street.“

\Ve desire to say a few words about the above

; letters, because the writers evidently labor
under a misconception of what our Prize Tour-

There was also a one-mile walk for ‘

1' n 6m. 453. Joseph Muldoon and Harry Stanior ‘

walked in 7m. 25s. each. The prize was a dia-
mond pin and a na kin ring.

“ At Town Hall, verett, Mass, Friday, April
33th, there was a rand walking tournament.
The evening’s exhi ition began with a 3-mile
walk for boys, which was won by James Steven-
son in 29111. 255. The second was a 5-mile walk
for young men, which was “on by Herbert
Mann in 50m. 10s. The third. a 3-mile ‘go-
as-you-please’ for an amethyist ring. was won
by Joseph Rvan in 21111. 33$. The fourth was a
5-mile walk for a silver medal, which was won
by Joseph Muldau in 44m. 40s.; his first mile in
8m. 10s.: second. 7m. 43s. : third, 9m. 305. : fourth.

been organized, with the following lneInbeI‘s; . 1()m.; fifth, 9m. 15s.—E. A. D.’

 

nament is to be. It is not necessary for any
one, except ourselves. to know the addremes of
the persons entering, neither is it necessary for
them to begin thelr contest at once. Any of
them can begin who choose. They can race
with each other, and keep a careful record: but
they are not restricted to that record fora prize,
for we know that American boys continue to
improve all the time. and we want to give them
all the chance they can ask for.

Secondly, we think that any boy “ ho enters
for our tournament will have all the exercise he
wants, without challenging any one to race for
anything else, and twenty miles is the very
furthest; that we would encourage any boy to
race. going as he pleases. Anything beyond
that would be an injury to a boy who has not
attained his full growth.

Therefore, we recommend Messrs. Shcehan,

' Drummond. Connolly and Blow, to keep their

  

 

 

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contests strictly within the limits of our tourna- 

ment: to consult their YOUNG NEW YORKER
every week for conditions of record, and so to
make their race, when it comes ofi‘, conduce to
giving them a prize—perhaps three.

 

Madison, Wis.

TnE boys of this city (myself among the num-
her) have started a military com any. It has
been been started about seven wee 's. “'e meet
to drill every Tuesday night, but we have not
had much time yet to drill, as we have had so
much business to attend to. We elected the of-
ficers last Tuesday night. Our greatest trouble
is iii getting a place to put our guns. “'e drill
in the Town Hall, and as they have dances
there we have to have another room for them;
but we hope soon to get a lace, and then we
shall go in for drilling.
started any base—ball clubs yet, but as soon as

‘ was around the block bounde

be boys have not »

they do I will send you a report of them. The 1'
crews practice in their shells every day, and we 3

expect to have some races this summer. The
yacht club is preparing to have some big races
also: when they do I will send you the agcognt.
C. . .
[We wish the Madison boys every succem and
trust to hear from them in our tournament.
3;: shall be glad to hear from C. E. B. again.—
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Millbury, Mass.

A FIVE-HOUR walking match, go-as-you-please,
took place in Millbury, Mass. April 26th, com-

ly: J. Sullivan, J. Spring, J. Beasley, C. Trantor,
and an unknown. who arrived too late to enter
for a prize, but started after the contestants had
been around one lap, which was seven-eighths
of a mile.

Sullivan took the lead from the start, and at
the end of his twentieth lap he had 'ned two
laps on Trantor, who was 18, with asley 17,
and  16. Spring ve out on his twen—
tieth ap. At this stage ullivan kept his two
laps ahead, he and Trantor walking together,
With Beasley gaining slowly. At the end of
the thirtieth lap Beasley passed Trantor on a
spurt amid tremendous applause. Trantor,

who was ver much exhausted, seemed to give 4

up all hope 0 Winning second money, and at the
end of his thirtieth lap retired from the track.
The unknown ran splendidly most of the time
and at 7 P. it. he had completed thirty-two laps.
The score then stood: Sullivan, 29 3—4 miles:
Beasley, ‘28 miles: Trantor, 26 1.4 miles; Un-
known, 28 miles. The unknown was undoubt-
edly the best man on the track, but as he ar-
rived too late to enter for a prize he ran for the

 

fun of it, as he said. C. F. C.
Jackson, Mich.
N 0 event has taken place in a. lon time that

has caused so much excitement as t e IOO-mile
match at Albion, thirty miles from here. The
match was 100 miles, o—as-vou-iilease, open to
amateurs in Calhoun, illsdale, ranch, Eaton
and Jackson counties for a gold medal and 8150
divided. The track was 14 feet wide and 24
laps to the mile. The entries were Levi French
and Lafayette Robinson. of Jackson, John
Lorenz Edward Carver, A. B. Fortnay, of Al-
bion. Before the start. Robinson, French and
Carver sold even. Little rumiin was done ex-
cept shortl ' after the start, w en Robinson,
French an Carver took a. run of 5 miles. Lo-
renz kept tohis walk. as also did Fortnay. At
25 miles Carver was ahead, and at the 50 miles
Lorenz led by 2 miles. Carver left the track on
the 48th mile and remained of! 3 hours. French
left the trac for ood on the 48th mile, and
Robinson on the 50t . Fortnay left the track
for 5 hours on the 14th mile, and when he re-
turned it left him a. bad third. He again left
the track on the 66th mile. and remained off.
Lorenz finished the 100 miles in 25 1-2 hours.
Carver walked 92 miles and was allowed to with-
draw, having been awarded second money.
Neither Robinson or French were in good con-
dition, and it is hoped they will show up well ill
the next match. REPORTER.

New Hampshire.

Tim second 25-hour go-as-you-please contest
for a purse of 8100, under the management of
Messrs. D. B. Story and A. J. Farrar. took
place at Laconia, on April 29th and 30th. There
were fourteen entries and thirteen starters, only
four of whom finished the allotted time, viz. : J o-
seph Gay, 106 miles, 20 feet: E. B. Brown, 103
miles, 2.000 feet; “Unku0wn” (W. J. Gregg),
100 miles, 1,300 feet; and Fred Marsh, 95 mi es.
12 feet. The three prizes, 850. $30 and 820, were
won by Gay. Brown and Unknown, all of La-
conia. Marsh, who walked nearly the whole
time without a proper trainer, was made the
recipient of a purse of $18, presented by the
spectators.

After this race there was a ten-mile run for a
purse of 820. The winners of the three prizes

. 9 1.2111. Mr. w. T.
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were Chas. Waite, of Gilford, 76m. 155.; Mike 1

Smith, Laconia, 81m. 365.; H. B. Dockham, La-
conia, 86m. 40s.

The hall was well filled throughout, and the
receipts covered the 9 uses. The referees
were J. L. Meserve an C. P. Clement, and
every one was satisfied with their rulings. Music
was furnished by the Laconia Cornet Band.
Good order was maintained and on the last even-
ing the audience was composed largely of la-
dies. L. P. SPACE.

Harvard.

ATHLETICS are receiving an unusual amount
of attention at Harvard College this spring.
Besides the rowing and base-ball, many men are
preparing for the contests of the Athletic Asso-
ciation about the last of June. The Common
and Jarvis‘s Field are covered with lacrosse and
tennis players, a bicycle club has been formed,
and all the sports are witnessed by crowds of
interested Spf‘Ci'fltOI‘S.

The Harvard Bicycle Club has chosen ofiicers
as follows: President, W. G. Twombley, ’70;
Captain, C. A. Parker. ‘80: Sub-Captain, M.
Tilden, ‘81: Secretary, R. C. Sturgis, ’8]: Di-
rectors—A. S. Tubbs, ‘70; R. C. Allen, ’80: A.
Harvey, ’81; J. H. Sturgis, ’81, and J. H. Sto-
ver. ’82. These, with the four officers, form the
Club Committee. The first meet was held at
Harvard—square.
loge yard was performed, the club took a short
run up to Mt. Auburn,
through Allston.
for the remainder of the year.

About 35 bicy-
cles are owned in college.

 

A Canadian Boy.

THE residents of \l Oodstock. Ontario, having 1 (my “,alking Rink, under the auspices of the

caught the pedestrian fever, fitted up the Cl

Hive Factory as a wulkin rink. 19 laps consti-
tuting a mile. On the 25t l of April they held a
six—hour go—as-you-please match. There were
13 entries, and the. race was won by Fred “’il-
son. who, much to every ono’s surprise. succeed-
ed in disposing of his older opponents, all of

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mencmg at 2 P. 1L. With five contestants name- i ‘0" on m 1" ‘ps seconds'

v markable.

. won t

 

After the circuit of the col- .

Brighton, and home i
There will be weekly meets .

whom linvo attained their mn'oriiv lie hcin : . . ,
J ' g miles, 0 laps: E. Young was second, making 6
3 miles. 8 1-2 laps. The contestants were not over

only thirteen yoan of age, and Weighing.r 7'2 lbs.
“'licn the plucky little lad had covered 25 miles,

the spectators, thinking he could go no further, 1
collected 815 and handed it to the ryoung pHii‘S- 3

trian, who, nevertheless. kept stead
won the race, covering 35 miles and 16 laps.

astly on, and ‘
' ty-two entries.

The First Tournament Contest.

A FIVE-MILE gO-as-you-please race took place
Friday evening, May 2d, between William E.
Jones and John J. Connolly for the champion-
ship of the Domestic Telegra h Co. The track

“'all and Pine Sts., which is 200 'ards around.
and therefore 6 laps and 101 yar ' to the mile.
They started at 0:10. Jones at once took the
lead. running at full speed: he made his first
mile in 6m.  Connolly made his first mile
lil 7m. 30s. Jones gained steadily from the
first, completing his 5 miles in 4311i. 30s Con-
nolly stood 4 miles 1 lap. J. A. SHEEHAN.
. _ 122 Front St.

[This is excellent time, and we recommend
the boys who do this sort of thing to study our
record forms in the tournament article and send
us a record that will give them a. l rize, unless
they think they can do better next timeE—EDJ

 

Columbia. College.

COLUMBIA COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION '

held a meeting at the rounds of the New York
Athletic Club, Mott aven, N. Y., Ma' 3d
The best IOU-yard time was made b 
Brereton—IO 3—5 seconds.
ran half a mile in 2m. 14 345. Mr. W. A.
Moore, in the running broad jump, cleared 16ft.
0m. Mr. F H. Lee, )ole vaulting, cleared 8ft.

wson took the running
The quarter-mile run was

won by . N. Roberts in 57 seconds. There was

JI
Mr. J. N. berts,

‘ M., Friday, April 25th, and the last man left the ‘

by Front, “'ater, ‘

1 records of winners:

track at 11:45 P. M.. Saturday. April 26th. The

hall was crowded night and day and great ex- '
(right name _

citement prevailed. Hichboi-n.
Frank Hart.) won, covering 11‘.) miles, 13 laps;
John F. Manning, second, 112 miles. 7 laps:
Hodges, third, 100 miles. 9 laps. Hodch left

the track at 10 o'clock P. M. The first prize was ‘

$100 and a gold medal; second. 85“: third, 
APRIL 26th. Saturday, at St. James Hall. Bos-
ton, thcre were two races, first a :l-mile walk for
juniors. F. O'Brien. age 16, won. Time. 28m.
15s. Frank T. Carroll. a e 14. second; time. 20m.
Carroll fell and [nut iis thigh bad. but the

plucky little fellow kept on. \\'. H. Holt. age 12. ‘
gave an exhibition of fast walking. making :2 1

miles ill 16m. 505. First mile was made in Sin.
15s. The last race was a 10—mile go-aS-vou-
dense. in which there were ‘J entries. '
cDavitt won. Time, 1h. 11m. 45s.
vey second; time, 1h. 12m. 45s.
THE first spring games of the “Keystone

1 Athletic Club." of Philadelphia. were held at
Suffolk Park, April 26th. The following are the j
IOU-yards dash, \\ . Robin- 1

son, 10 343.: ismile walk, J. Orr. 8m. 55s.: 1—4-
mile run, F. Dick, 53s.; 2‘11oyards dash. IV. Rob-
inson. 255.: 1-mile run R. Ferris, 5m. 15 3—4s.:
running high jump, . Denniston, 5ft. 7in.:

,standing high jump, T. Denniston, 4ft. 3in.:

putting shot. T. Denniston. 28ft. 6in.: heavy

: hammer, T. Denniston, 50ft. (lin.; pole vaulting,

a very close 120-yal'ds hurdle race; W. T. Law- .

Other time not re-

 

Chester, Pa.

THE Pennsylvania Military Academy, of
Chester, Pa., gave an exhibition of gymnastics
on May Ist. The programme opened with a

; IOOyard dash, won by Cadet Lewis in 11 1-2
0

seconds, and was fol wed by throwing the
base-ball, which was also won by Leww, he
having thrown it 328ft. Sin. , and the same party

e running high jump by making 5ft. 6in.,
the standing high 'ump by) making 4ft. 7in., and
the running broa jump y covering 16ft. 11in.
The hop, step and jum was won by Cadet
Morton b going 34ft. 6 -4in.; the quarter of a
mile run y Cadet Harrison, in 1m. 13 1~2a.; the
l-mile run by Thompson, in 7m. 30 34s.; the
5mile walk y John W'ren, in 58m. 24s.; the
l-mile walk by Morton, in 9m. 55 343, and the
5—mile “go-as- 'oucplease” race was won b
Henderson in m. 35 34s. The exercises en -
ed with wrestlin matches between Poulson
and Morton and hwerer and Curtis, best two
in agree falls, and Poulson and Schwerer were
Vic rs.

Notes.

CHARLES A. HARRIMAN gave a twent -flve-
mile exhibition walk at Woonsocket, R.  May
3d. Fastest mile made in 8m. 28.

J De FISH challen J. B. O’Rourke of the
“Western Union Te e aph Co.,” to walk three
miles for a silver meda , in Boston.

SAX COLLYER (Walter Jamieson), ex-prize
fighter, has been walking a match in Mozart
Garden, Brooklyn, during the past week.

NORMAN TAYLOR beat John Raine again last
week at Gilmore’s Garden—in a fifteen-milerun
this time. Raine gave in at twelve miles.

Mr. L. A. Smith, of Hopkinton, will endeavor

 

to cover 30 miles in seven hours, at Charles River 1

Trotting Park, May 3d, on a wager of 825.

AN all New En land contest is announced to
take place May 1 th, at Huntington Hall, go—as-
you-please, for a purse of $125, in three prizes.
THE J erse City A. A. have their first Spring
mes at estside Drivin Park, May 10th.

nning, walking and jumping will be indulged

111

ON May lst, James Hardman, a youn boy
thirteen years of age, ran 1 mile at the oden~
berg Athletic Rooms, Newark, 34 laps to the
mile, in 7m. 53s.

STEVEN BRODIE, the pluck ' little New York
newsboy, won a six-day mate at Philadelphia,

‘ May 3d, with 390 miles. This for a boy not yet

20 is perfectly amazing.

ON Saturdsy, May 10th, there will be a 100-
yard race at ohn Erb’s grounds, on Bloomfield
avenue, Newark, between John Thomas and
Harry Chadwick for $50 a side. Thomas is to
have 3 yards’ start. .

Tm: 75-hour walk between Samuel Colyer and
Chester Lewis, in the Mozart Garden, Brooklyn,
ended May 3d, in a victory for Colyer who
walked 231 miles and 10 laps in 74 hours. Lewis
walked 222 miles in 73 hours.

Wu. F. ROBINSON and Hen - Mooney were
matched to walk 50 miles, for 8 00, at St. James
Hall, Buffalo, on Saturday, April 26th. The
men kept well together until 11:15, when Robin-

1» son quit after he had scored 41 miles 10 laps.

Mooney kept on till he completed his 42d mile,
when he was declared the victor.

A PRIZE will be offered at the rooms of the
Harlem Athletic Club for excellence in general
gymnastics, the competition open to members
only, which is a very good thing for them, other-
wise some youth not connected with them might
make his a nce among them and carry
off the trop y for which they have no doubt
practiced very hard for some time past.

A FIVE-NILE go-as-you-please match took

lacelast week at the gymnasium of the New

ork Young Men’s Hebrew Association. There
were two contestants, Mr. M. Gran and Mr.
Brown. Mr. Grau made his first mile in6 1-2
minutes, and his five miles in 38 minutes. Mr.
Brown made his first mile in 7 minutes, but gave
up on the third mile. Next week I will 've you
all account of a ten-mile go-as-you-p case at
Flcctwood Park.

TIIE Greenpoint Athletic Club will give the
following events, all handicap, May 30th, 1879,
viz.: lOO-yds., 440-de. and one-mi e runs; one
and three—mile walks and pole vaulting; also
light-weight tngcf-war, teams of four men not
over 150 lbs. per man, and police tug-of—war,
teams of four policemen. Gold and silver
medals. Entrance fee, 50 cents. Entries close

a tie between D. Harrah and J. H. P. Hiens, 8ft. ‘

10in.
IN the 25-mile walk in Gilnlorc’s Garden, Ma

; 3d, between E. C. Holske and William E. Har -

2 ing
‘ walking 11 miles and 2 laps.

 

 

 

M 24 l, 1879, with Robert H. Pelton Secre- 3
fly t 1 ‘ ’ 1 ner we “light up,” and take account of stock.

tary, 89 India Sh, Grecnpoint, L. I.

Quincy, Ill., between \Vill Keith, of Keokuk.
and \i’m. Zange, of Quincy, for the amateur
chliinpionshi of the Mississmpi Valley. Zange
was taken Sick and had to retire on the 38th
mile. He was several miles ahead of Keith,
who retired on the 47 mils and was declared the

winner, though it was afterward proven that “

he is a professional walker. Great interest was
manifestet‘ ,l arge crowds of both cities attending.

A ONE-nova walk took place at the Jersey

Olympic A. A.. in which there were seven en-
tries. C. McBride, A. McLean, S. Drayton,
G. Young and D. Miller came to the. mark when
time was called at 8:05. Young soon assumed
the lead and kept it until the hour was nearly
up. when Drayton made an excellent spurt and
won the race amid great applause, making 0

seventeen years old.

AT Boston Music Hall, there was a 30-hour
go-as-you-please race, iii which there were thir-
The race started at 6 o‘clock P.

Harding was tired out and stop ed after
Ho ske ke t
the track until he covered20 miles. Time, 
21 1—2m. Norman Taylor did not ap ar for
the 15-mile run, and it was postpon . John
Raine and Edward Murphy were matched in a
substitute race. Murphy gave out after running
a mile and five la . Raine ran 10 miles in 1b.
and 7s. In the 1 mile run, on Friday evening
John Fitzgerard made 10 miles in 53m. and
505

APRIL 23d, at Pedestrian Hall, Boston, there
were three races, first a 3—mile walk for the
Telegra h boys, in which there were nine entries.
J. B. CI’JRourke, age 17, won. 30m. 1s. J. Fal-
lon, age 17, second time, 34m. 13S. O’Rourke is
champion of the, Tele ph boys. The second
race was a 5-mile walk tween Charles Weeden
and B. Morris. Wooden won. Time, 47m. 31s.,
Morris’s time being. 50m. 248. The last race
was a 10-mile go-as—you-ploase, iii which there
were 7 entries. Axel Youngren, age 18, won.
Time, 1h. 8m. 4s. John Rogers, age 17, second;
time, 1h. 13m. Frank T. Carroll walked 2 miles
against time. Time,17m. 1013. Carroll is mak-
ing a fine record in Boston. He has won three
races and lost one. He has such a swift, pleas-
ing gait that he has gained the favor of the
Boston people.

 

 

 

 

Coot Shooting.

ON a fine morning in the latter part of Octo-
ber, four of us left Boston for a week’s csot
shooting. We took the 7.30 A. it. train on the
Eastern R. R., and in three hours were in the
old city of Portsmouth. (I forgot to say that
we had written down a day or two before we
started for a carriage to meet usat Portsmouth.)
\Ve found our carriage all ready, and getting in
were driven to our house where we were to stay.
A long ride of fifteen miles brought us there at
last, and we unpacked our things and loaded 75
shells each, and after a late su per and a cigar-
ette we turned in. At 4.30 t 8 next morning
we were aroused, and after a hasty bite of corn-
bread and a mouthful of hot coffee, we slung on
our cartridge-belts and taking our heavy breech-
loaders started for the boats. W'e reached them
after about five minutes’ walk and found every-
thing all right. We drew lots, and Patch was
the lucky man to et the best boat and decoys.
Emil was second, Wight third, and “ poor me ”
last. Each boat was rovided with a boatman
and twenty wooden ecoys. There was not a
rip le when we started; the water was like a
mi -pond. Now and then a heavy ground-swell
would move slowly and break on the point. Af-
ter a twenty-minute “ pull” we reached the
shooting—grounds, and then each boat “ kil-
lol-ked ” (anchored) in a line about 60 ards from
each other. We next at out our eco rs, and
slip in in two cartri ges waited for tie first
flock. gIt must be known that the first bird of
the season shot is a feather in the one’s cap that
shoots it. I had the inside berth, Patch next
Emil next, and Dwight outside. We sat still
and im atiently, when we heard the well-known
cry, “ ark east,” from D.’s boatman. Look-
ing along the water I saw a flock of about 20 old
white-Winged coot headed for Dwight’s boat.
Nearer and nearer they come, when they see
Patch's decoys and turn for them. Patch cocks
both barrels, and throws himself on his knees;
the birds keep right on. Look! A puff of smoke,
another—two reports. The Old drake towers in
the air and falls with a splash, foll0wed by three
more of his mates. Patch swings his hat, and a

ell arises from each boat, for Patch is king.

atch throws his buoy over and r0ws for his
dead birds. While he is picking them up a flock
swing b me. I let drive, and claim two as my
share. e soon see puffs from Emil’s and
Dwight’s boats, and know they are in for it.

The lunch hour passes: we forget everything
but the coots. When on looking up I see Patch
has cast off, and is comin over to me. He
comes up alongside, and as s for a few calt<
ridges (his gun and mine are the same size.) I
have onl ten left; I ve him four, and he goes
back an soon fires 1: em away. I am all out
by this time, and we haul up and go over to
Emil. He has twent 'cartridges left and Dwight
has eighteen. Pate pulls for home, and I fol-
low, while the other two stay a while longer.
We land, haul up our boats, load the men up
with dead ducks and start for the house, where
we clean up and sit d0wn to a late dinner. The
others have come, and soon join us. After dili-

‘P t-h ha sh t thirtnei ht )BII'; Emil has
A 50-MILE walking-match took place at} a c s o 3 g I

twenty-seven pair: Dwight twenty—two pair

and four brant geese. and I have thirty-four ‘

pair-the best day, by far. we ever had. We
pack up a few to send home in the morning.
and give the rest away.
load shells, clean guns. and retire to wake up
and go over the same thing iii the morning.

“ DEAD SIIOT. "

A Big Day's Fishing.

 

ON the twenty-eighth of April. three gentle- l

men, named res
sett and Josep i Paini. went to “'inter's Run,
near Edgewood, Harford Co., MIL, to have a

day ’s sportpin gildgeon fishing. After laboring J

for seven hours with hook and line, they pro—
posed to count their spoil: and by actual count
they had caught 2,466 fish, or 205 12 dozen,
which is no doubt the best success met with this
season. The above-named gentlemen will vouch
for the truthfulness of this statement. Edge-
wood is twenty—one miles froni Baltimore, on

‘ the P. IV. & B. R. R.. and Winter’s Run is one

mile and a half above Edgcwood. '
were used as bait. GEO. P. W AINI.

George '
P. J. Fal— '

At seven o’clock we '

away “ ’ H'Jonefi’ J' R‘ Ken-  a strong acI nisition: the new shell is lighter, -

Hunkadoras 1

Our Maine Letter.

CAN you find a place for the following score:
I wish you Would be so kind as to.

At a glass-hall match ill York. Me. April
21st, revolving tra)s, :30 balls, 20 yards‘ rise,
lb" oz. shot. ll. Bar well using 11 Henry breech-
loadcr, made a score of 46, while Henry Don—
nell. with a Moore breech-loader, made 4—1. It
. seems by the score that D. Bardwell has got the
hang of his new gliii. Donnell has shot twenty-
iive private matches in Portsmouth, York and
Kittery, and one ili Malden (which you pub-
lished last week) and had beaten in twenty-two
of them.

Patch. of Beverly. is to enter a match next
week. 1 hope if you find it good you will pub-
‘ lisli it and I will send some more.

many readers keep a good dog.
‘ one a pointer and two Gordon (black and tan)
, setters of very high pedigree. I had the Gordon
bitch imported from England and bought the
Gordon dog in New York. Botll are elegantly
broken, and it would take many a dollar to buy
either. Eulil Muller has a nine-months uppy
from me, and he refused fifty dollars for im a
month ago. My brother has an Irish setter dog
and an English setter dog;' both are four years
Old, and of unexceptionable pedigree. He has
shot over them two and a half years. All of
l our dogs retrieve from land or water. So you
f see at least three of your readers own fine dogs.
“'e shoot about three months in the year. but
, for pleasure only. I can tell man
adventures while off shooting. one of us care
for horses—but we are “ death” on
and yachts.

 

Our Waco Letter.

WACO, Tex., April 24th.—Monday, the 215t,
being the anniversary of the battle of San

wouldbe becoming to celebrate the. day when
Texas threw off the oke and was free. Col.
Pope, of the Centra Military Institute, was
elected Colonel Commanding. The procession
was formed as follows: the C. M. I. Cadets on
the left, the “'aco Grays on the right and the
Central City Guards in the center, with Ca t.
Ed. Fallon, Gen. Felix Robinson, and Col. .
B. Parrot respectively commandin .

The processmn marched to the Pfiilic Square,
where they formed a hollow uare, in the cen-
ter of which four men of eac company were
to drill for prizes.

The first prize was a handsome ld medal for
the best drilled man in either of t e companies.
It was presented by Col. Gaines.

The second was presented by the McClelland
House to the best drilled man in the other two
com nies, and the third prize was presented
by ing, Lyons, Soloman & Co., to the best
drilled man in the last company.

The first prize was won by Sergeant F. \V.
Brooks of the Cadet Corps: the second by Ser-
geant W. T. Lane of the Central City Guards,
and the third by Robert Gribble of the IVaco

ra 3

ate speeches were made

Wilkes and Maj. J. \V. Downs, and then giving
three cheers and a tiger for Gen. Sam Hons-

persed to dream perhaps of the coming of the
Llst of April, 1880.

the celebration.

occasion, and on the countenance of every

pleasure over the victory of the San Jacinto.

 

who won the first prize is but fourteen years
Old and had to compete with Old and wellsdviéillpd
men. “ '.

 

Quick Firing.

A RAPID—firing riflematch is in progress at the
Creedmoor, J r., range, corner Yarren street
and Broadway. Its object is to increase the
po ularity of quick and accurate shooting. A
go (1 badge is offered for the best score made iii
one minute with rifle 22-100 caliber, trigger
three pounds pull, position off-hand, at 200 yards,
Creednioor target reduced for the range: rules
of the National Rifle Association to overn. A
gold badge is also offered for “ wor ” shooting
under Similar conditions. Both matches are
open to all comers.

This style of match has proved very accept-
able to the rifiemeli in general, and is equally‘as
successful in bringin out good shooting. . he
following are the lea ing scores:

Shots. Score. Shots. Same.

P. Lorillard, A. D. Blyden- _
Jr....  . 16 59 bu‘IFh . . . . . .. 13 49
C. E. Blyden- Dr. . altby.... 11 46
burgh.  54 Justice Smith. 12 46
I.F.Duckworth 13 50 D. A. Davis... . 10 44

P. Wells... 9 37

 

F. tz . . . . .. 11
Dr. Dudley  12 49 S.

 

The Sho-wae-cae-mettes.
WHEN the Sho—wae—cae-mette four of Monroe

 

went to England last Summer to com to with
the picked oarsmen of Great Britain, t 8 were
forced to return with their mission on y half
accomplished. Taking into consideration, how-
ever, all the difilculties which beset them, the

made a good beginnin . The Steward’s Cha -
lenge Cup, which the Sho-wae-cae-mettes half
won, is a massive silver vase valued at 80 guin-
eas—over $400—and engraved with the names
of winners for nearly 40 years. Its money
value is insi ificant, u
than the app e of the eye to all British oarsmen,
because it is emblematic of one of the highest
honors they can win. TO wrest this cup from

 

purpose. The time for decisive action having

arrived, the crew have now begun a canvass for .
, the modest fund which they require to take ,

them over the water, and have confidence that 
ro-

between Detroit and Monroe it will be
vided. The movement in this city has received
unlocked-for encouragement.
two or three days over $300 has been subscribed

rolling. The Sho—wae—cae-mette four is stronger
. this year than ever before.

‘ incr, and who was how of the original crew, is

stronger. am faster than the old one, undigives

perfect satisfaction; every man is iii prime Con-

‘ dition and engaged in active practice—Deficit
)

( I03".

 

Hanlan and Hawdon.

THE last news of these oarsmen before the
race, Monday. May 5th, was in a telegram
I which said: “At Scotswood to-day (Sunday),
, forenoon, the scene on the T ync was interesting.
Several steamers came up the river licav1ly
l freighted with people, the whole topic of con-

: by the wash of passing steamers.

I am glad that you wish to see some of your ' I
I own three, .

a tale Of our ,

guns, (flags 1

Jacinto, it was decided by the militia that it ‘

After the presentation of the prizes, appro ri- 1
by Col. Gaines. r. 1

ton and his brave followers who fou ht so r
bravely on that memorable day, the peop e dis— 1
People turned out by the thousand to witness .
Nothing occurred to mar the pleasures of the 
native-born Texan you could see the smile of .

It may be well to add that Sergeant Brooks ,

49 W. A. Dunlap. 10 40 1

t it has become dearer 2

the London Rowing Club, its possessors for 10 :
successive years, has been for a twelvemonth g
the Sho-wae—cae-mettes’ hope by day and dream ‘
by night. That object has never been lost sight j
of : all their plans have been shaped for tliatsingle j

\Vithin the past 3
here, and the ball has only fairly commenced .

The addition of l
George IV. Bowlsby, the dashing young sculler, ;
who wiped out the best record for a junior at 1
the national regatta on the Passnic lust sum- 1

Versniion being whether Hanlan, with his slow
stroke and sutull amount of fast- wntcr practice.
could beat ‘Uur Johnnie.’ Hlliilan started for
his: final practice at a quarter past ten, and pull~
ed down to the head of the Meadows, where a
ten-oared cutter, with “'allace, Ross rowing
stroke. awaited lliln. He rowed down to the
Meadows, and, tnrniilg there. set off ata long
sweeping stroke Of 32. which he maintained to
Ilcrwentgut. when he qnickened considerably,
but was almost imlncdiately compelled to ease
. He did not
again attempt any heavy work. and finished at
Scotswood at his regulation stroke. He was
very desirous all the time of avoiding scrutiniz-
ing attentions. Some good judges think that
Hanlan has not done enough heavy work to pre—
iare for any eventuality. But there is no
doubt that he has been brought into thoroughly
good condition. He has a capital ruddy.
healthy look, a bright, confident air. and illus-
cles well-developed.
“Hawdon embarked somewhat later in the
day. in presence of a crowd numbering between
fifteen and twenty thousand persons. He was
greeted with the favorite Tyne cry of 'Haud
‘ awa’, laddie!’ He was attended by three
steamers and several boats, manned by promi-
nent rowing men. Hawdon paddled steadily
down the river against a flood-tide, turned at
the foot of the Meadows and immediately dash-
ed oif at racing speed, dropping into a clean,
effective stroke of 40 to the minute, which he
maintained for 300 yards. oing at a rare pace.
He gradually slackened to . 6, still going stron -
1y. Approaching the Cotton Houghs he quick—
1, ened to 38, and immediately afterward to 40,
rowing up to Scotswood in really splendid style.
, doing the last half minute at the rate of 43.
i The form displa ed caused his friends the ut-
. most delight. ‘ awdon is doubtless trained to
, perfection and is a thoroulgh stayer. His wei ht
is now 151 1-2 unds. aturally the poplfiar
feelin was for awdon, but there is apparent-
ly litt 6 money on him, and, as Englishmen say,
‘monev talks.’ Hawdon’s trainer, Percy, who
rowed Renforth at Halifax, says his man is well
fit for the struggle. Colonel Shaw says the same
of Hanlan; so there is every prospect of a fair,
square struggle.”

 

Our Harlem Letter.

ON the 26th April, Geo. Pearl, H. W. \Valter
and Dav h had a sin le scull contest on
the Bar em river one m' e straight-awa .
Pearl and Walter had each 30 seconds 
cap on Roach. Pearl finished firstin 8m. 59 1415.,
Roach second, three lengths behind. The med-
als, which number two, were donated by Mr.
S. B. Pomeroy. The conditions under which
the first medal is awarded are, that it is to be
rowed for once a month, and the winner Of the
greatest number of monthly contests at the end
of the season shall be permanent holder of the
trophy. All the gentlemen named are members
of the Dauntless Boat Club. This club has also
a very fine gig crew, which are on the river al-
most daily.

 

 

Another Card .

I
“ NEW YORK, May 2d, 1879.
“ EDITOR or THE YOUNG NEW YORKER.—Sir: I can-
, not accept Mr. I’en Kennedy’s conditional race.
| When Mr. Kennedy‘s challenge appeared, nothing
1| was said about weight of boat and stationary seats.
1 My friend rows a. modern shell about 30 lbs., with
! sliding seat and all the latest improvements, and
I will not row in a 36-lb. shell with stationary‘geats.
“Gno. H.

EAR.“ ,.

 

Notes.

. F. A. PLAISTED, the oarsman, has gone to
Europe.

9
|
l
1 THE Eureka Boat Club will hold their club 19-
. gatta, May 30th.
1 THE annual re atta of the Crescent Boat
I Clull) of Philadelp is, will take place on May
24t .

THE Metropolitan Association of Amateur
Oarsmen have announced their annual regatta,
to be held on the Passaic, in September.

THE four-oared shell crew of the Quaker
City Barge Club, in the coming Schuylkill Navy
regatta will 1gobliny be \Vest, Henderson, Gor-
nierley and nuert.

EVAN MORRIS of Pittsburg, ex-chanlpion
oarsman of the United States, and Warren E.
Smith, of Halifax, are to row five miles for 
000, atrSilver Lake, Mass, in June.

MR. GOLDSMITH, the man who contemplates a
voyage around the world in an lS-feet boat has
made arrangements to exhibit the boat at orti-
cultural Hall, beginning on Wednesday, May
7th, where it will remain for a few weeks.

THE Passaic Rive Amateur Rowing Associa-
tion will hold a regatta, open to all amateurs, in
New Jersey, on Thursday, June 26th, to include
the f0110wing races: 6-oared gigs, 4-oared shells.
pair-cared gigs, and senior and junior singles.

1 MB. D. S. STONE, one of the founders of the
‘ Boston Yacht Club, now residing in Philadel—
hia, recently launched a new acht on the
Delaware river. She will be cal ed the Elsie.
Her dimensions are: length over all, 22 feet:
beam, 9ft. 6in. : carrying capacity. 4 tons.

THERE will be an inter-colle 'ate race be-
tween the University of Pennsy vania, Prince-
ton Colle e, New J ersay, and the Columbia Col-
lege, of ew York. his boat race is to take
place on the Schuylkill river, between the 15th
and 30th of June, for a challenge cup worth
8250.

THE Cooper’s Point Yacht Club regatta comes
off on the 26th of Ma . The entries 11 to
date are as follows: harles Cohill,
Fceney, Amv, D. J. Holland, E. W. Barr, John
Mayberry, acob Gnan J. H. Schuck, John B.
Hammill, Jr., R. G. V ilkins, and the Anita.
The prizes are: first champion flag; second, sil—
ver pitcher; third, Silver castor.

TIIE University race between Harvard and
Yale will be rowed at 4 P. M. on Frida , June
27th, and the Freshman race between arvard
and Columbia at 6 P. M. on Monday, June 30th.
011 Friday it will be flood-tide at 3 P. M. and on
Monday at 5 P. M. Each race will therefore be
rowed with the beginning of the ebb-tide. The
Freshman race being three miles will be started
from the first mile flag, the finishing line being
the same for each race.

 

 

 

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TIME FLIES.
av LAURA SANFORD.

Time flies:
But with what wings?
With wings of butterflies
To jo it clings,
Now here, now there—Who sighs
For joy, finds joy and dies.

Time flies:
But with what wings?
\Vith wings of bees it bies.
Who works and sin a
In rich content all ay,
Will bear bright gold away.

Time flies:
But with what wings?
With win of birds to skies
ere su ht tiings
Wide open I eaven‘s door.
Life! light! who cares for more?

Time flies:
But with what wings?
With an el wings it tries
0 lift low things
Up from the heavy sod.
Up from earth‘s griefs to God!
—Sundui/ School Times.

Fur, Fin and Feather.

BY JOS. E. BADGER, JR.

No. V.——A Quana ADVENTURE.
MORE than one of our party had good cause

for remembering that day ihunt, nor  [I the i
’ tinting w' ogs. .

only one to “ swear off
Our camp that night resembled an outdoor hos-

pital more nearly than an thing else I think of. ,
' e of thrilling or ludi- f
crous adventure to tell—and was bound to tell 1

Each one had his eager

it, too, if it took all night.

One of those stories is well worthy a place in
THE YOUNG Naw Yonxaa, providing it be not
5 iled in the telling.

to the rson and in the manner here set down,
I‘ll m e the attem t.

Some who read tliis ma remember C. C. Car-
son, or “ Bab Elcphant.’ To those who have
no such recol ection I would say: “ Baby” is a
two-hundred-pounder, and stands just six feet,
four inches in his niOCcasins. His most promi-
nent characteristics are good-humor and bound-
less appetite for 'possum meat.

Baby rode a good horse on the day of that
hunt, and stuck to his work with a dogged per-
severance peculiarly his own, but his weight
proved too great a handicap in a race over such
difficult ground, and when Carson burst into
the clearing, half a dozen hogs were slaughter—

ed, the bay was broken, and each member of the .
party was starting in hot pursuit of the hog or 1

dog he most fancied.

aby was bound to make his mark that day,
and plying his persuaders, urged his horse across
the opening and into the tangled undergrowth
at the point where he had caught a brief glimpse

of old one-cared Boss in hot pursuit of a loudly :

whoof—ing hog.

Baby rode bv main force, rather than skill.
Bowing his head. he would butt his way through
what would be impregnable obstacles to an or‘
dinary man.

ed treble of old Boss lured him on. He thought

only of overtaking the game, and so plunged {
straight fo'r the sound, no matter what obstacles ?

barred the wa .

IVhether that hog was ever brought to bay
or not, Carson never knew.
was pressing on at break—neck speed; the next,
that chase was ended, so far as he was con-
cerned.

Of course ’possum was at the bottom of it! A

small, gray—haired animal sluggishly crawling 1

through a small brush-pile—aud Baby began
tugging furiously at the iron jaws of his excit-
ed horse. A precious five minutes was lost in
subduing his charger, and when Carson rode
back to the brush-pile, his eyes aglow with
COVetous longing, the ’possum had vanished.

The wisest naturalist that ever lived could tell
Baby nothing about the ‘possum. He knew
that the animal cannot or will not run, unless
when very close to its lair, and so, in:huge good
humor he dismounted and hitched his horse,
then eagerly beat around to secure his prize,
but in vain.
upon the ground. It was not visible in any of
the trees. He thum the tree-trunks one by
one, in hopes of finding a hollow one, but with-
out success.

Baby Elephant scratched his head with a
sorely puzzled air. He could not understand it.
ghe ' ossum could not have run fifty yards. A

roa

mass of vines and
felt sure the ’possum had taken refuge.

Merely premising that '
t 6 adventure is not a fictitious one, but occurred '

He never seemed to think of 1
saving either himself or horse. The high, crack- ‘

One moment he '

The animal was nowhere near ,

grin overs read his face as he caught '
sight of a hollow o , almost hidden beneath a I
rambles. and in which he ;

 

 

 

: her hold and at the same time forced her back

, several’ feet. This advantage Carson was wrse

‘ enough to follow up without giving her time to
recover, and‘ with furious kicks e drove her
back, inch by inch, until, With a tremendous

; thrust, he shoved her out of the log.

‘ Baby Elephant, by a desperate effort, man-
aged to turn himself end for end. He had had
too good a proof of her quality to run the riskof

‘ backing out of the log, while the sow was at lib-

erty to charge at will, but the moments thus

v consumed gave the beast time to recover from

her brief discomfiture.

Her head one mass of blood froth, she
char ed. Carson met her with a ow from his
fist t at would have felled an ox. but the only
result was the skinning of his knuckles. As a
last ho , Carson clutched her huge ears and
thrust liter back, balding her at arms” len th.
But he could do no more. The sow bent ier
long bodv around until her haunches were press-
ed into the hollow of a huge knot, and from this
even the enormous strength of Baby Elephant
. was unable to move her.

‘ FH'om beyond came the shrill ueals of the
pigs. The sow was making a terri c uproar as

1 she struggled to free herself. Carson was pant-

; ing and cursin as he wrestled for dear life.

’ Little wonder, t en, that the noise and confu-

i sion attracted attention.

Carson, in one of his desperate efforts, slipped
3 upon one knee, and, eager to take advanta e of
- the fact. the sow plunged forward. But aby
‘ Elephant quickly recovered himself, and exert-
; ing every ounce of strength, shoved the sow
' back beyond the knot, then, inch by inch, tothe
5 very entrance.

As by magic the sow was plucked from his
hands, and Carson flung heavily upon his face.
‘ Quickly recovering himself and dashing the
dust from his eyes, Baby Elephant peered out
upon a ludicrously interesting sight.

Not ten feet from the entrance to the log
1 stood a huge black bear, erect upon its hind
5 feet!

As everybody knows, bruin is an ardent lover
of pork, nor is he particular whether it be old
or young, tough or tender, caring more for the
i quantit than quality.

The urious squealing of the old sow had
reached its ears, and drew it to the scene of ac—
tion, just as Carson for the second time backed
his antagonist into the opening. Bruin never
stopped to ask what was the matter, but
clutched the hog and drew it clear of the hol-
low. The sow was tough and wir , and did not
'ield without a desperate strugg e. Bruin eni-

raCed its middle with his fore arms, and
closed his teeth upon one ear, thus holding his
prey helpless.

Carson watched the queer scene with staring
eves and open mouth, for the moment forget-
ting his own danger. The sow was squealing
an kicking at a wonderful rate, but the bear
was gradually tightening his grip and a moment
‘ later Carson saw the sow‘s hind legs drop down
lim ly. Her back was broken.

e waited for no more, as the pigs behind
him set u ) a fresh chorus, and he was afraid the
bear would turn his attention in that direction
now that the sow was disposed of.

The bear dro )pcd its game with a sniff of sur-
prise as Baby Elephant scrambled out of the log
and plunged for his weapons, but stood uietly
staring at him, making no motion of eit er re-
treat or advance.

Carson was cool enough now, and though this
was the first time he had ever stood face to face
with brain in its native wilds, he acted like a
veteran.

i Cooking his rifle, he rested it u n the log and

I took a cool, deliberate aim at t e':bear’s ri ht

, e 'e. The distance was too short for so g a

i shot to miss his mark, and at the sharp report,

1 the bear fell heavily forward, dead almost with-

: out a struggle. _

, Carson‘s yell of exultation was echoed back

by an approvin cheer, and Tom Deakin rode

up to the spot, his curiosity having been aroused
by the wild s ucaling.

The cripple sow was put out of her mise ,
and, feeling secure against any further attac 's
in the rear, Baby Elephant once more crawled
into the log and secured the sucking-pigs, nine
in number.

The. bear was skinned and cut up, and under
Tom’s guidance, Carson returned in safety to

pi he told his story amid shouts of Ian hter.
hat night. Baby Elephant and I join hands
and renewed our oath never to hunt another
v wild hog while water runs and grass grows.
1T0 BE CONTINUED—COMMENCED IN No. 21.]

 

Fighting for the Flag ;

TRUE TO THEIR COLORS.

Carson thrust his head into the hole, but ‘

couldsee nothing. Backing out, he stood his

rifle against the side of the log, together with i

his belt. containing knife and pistols. They

would not be needed, and would only be in the ‘

way while crawling into the hollow.

As he entered the hole, Bab ' Elephant heard 1

a faint scrambling sound fore him, and

chuckled in high glee at thought of the delicious '

rent in store for him. The next minute his
hand closed upon a squirming body—but no
' possum ever uttered that shrill squeal!

pigs, not more than two weeks old. Since he
could not have ’possum, he would have roast-
in —

Larson’s gastronomical calculations went no
further than this. From outside came a series
of diabolical grunts, squeals and zchuofs all com-
:ningled. and he knew that the mother sow had
been alarmed by the outcries of her insulted
progeny, and was hastening to the resuue.

Dropping his protesting prize. Carson at-
tempted to turn around. but the hollow was not
large enough. and he was obliged to “craw-
flsh” his way backward, momentarily expect—
inglan attack in the rear.

is fears were only too well founded. When
yet ten feet from the entrance. the enraged sow
plunged into the hollow. Baby saw this as he
glanced over his shoulder. and he knew that he
was in a tight fix. A thoroughly wild hog is an
awkward customer under t l(‘ most favorable
circumstances. but an old and tough sow dc-
fending her pigs! and that sow charging furi—
ously at the unprotected rear of a fellow ii a
hollow logr without room to turn and face the
danger! A more ridiculously dangerous situa—
tion can scarcclv be conceived.

Fortunately Larson had on his heavy riding-

boots, number tens, studded with iron nails, and ‘

as the sow came within range. he worked his
rear battery for dear life. The animal. bewil—
dered and half-stunned, drcwback a little under
that energetic bombardment, but at the renewed
squealing beyond, she. returned to the charge
with redoublcd fury.

That Baby Elephant was not idle, will be
readily believed. His heels were dashed in
swift succession against the grisly front of his
antagonist. 'bglioni may have handled her
feet more gracefully. but never more swiftly
nor with better effect than did Baby Elephant
in that dire e ergency.

Once the in uriated sow caught a foot in her
mouth, and ground her teeth through the ton h
leather, before Carson, with his other heel, con (1

break her grip. A lucky kick in one eye broke ,

Baby had blundered into a litter of young I

BY FRANKLIN HEWLETI.

IT was a nd and majestic scene. A large
field, covering over ten acres, lay near the
outskirts of one of our largest and most fashion-
able cities.

It was New Year‘s Day. Nearly a foot of
snow had fallen the night before, and the new
year was ushered in, devoid of its natural
clothing.

fluence of its warm and gentle rays.

the camp, where, over the tender joints of roast-

 

 

 

The sun was shining brightly, and the snow ‘
sparkled and slowly melted away, under the in- ‘

Over a hundred boys ranging from ten to
. he again led the charge.
and are about to be engaged in one of the live- "

twenty years of age. are gathering to this field.

liest kind of fights, which probably they would
never again see in a lifetime.

as “the rival academies.”

tight," as being the easiest way of settling their
difiicultics. A boundary line had been drawn
across the field, and the rivals were gathered on
their respective sides.

Each side had erected a large and solid fort of
snow, which they could retreat into when hard-
pressed.

Firinly fixed into the roof of each was a tall

were flashing fiercely, as be regarded his rival
leader.

He was a handsome, well-built lad of sixteen,
with bright blue eyes, and smiling face, and
went by the name of Robert Ransom, although
he was more commonly known as Rough-and-
Ready. .

Each side was heavily armed With hard snow-
balls, while the smaller boys were manufactur-
ing more at the forts.

‘Are on ready?“ asked Ron h-and-Ready
of Tom arson the leader of the “ .”

“Yes, and ready to pull down that rag of
yours," came the defiant reply.

" You ought to have it.” _

“ That’s just what we are agomg to do.
Charge!”

In an instant all Was one struggling mass, all
bravely fighting for victory.

The “ Reds ” in neral were larger than their
inonents, but w t the latter lacked in size
t ey made up in grit.

Little Rough— and-Ready seemed to be ev -
where, his bell—like voice ringing all over t e
field.

Swift as an arrow from a how, he sent the
hard balls with unerring aim into thefirival
ranks. .

Zip, zip, zip, the snow-balls flow through the
air until it seemed to be black with the flying
missiles; but still neither side gave ground for a
foot.

Each side was fighting for honor and their
flag, and bravely they stood their ground like
the heroes of old.

Dozens of the boys lay on the snow with
black e ‘es and their noses bleeding: but nothing
daun , the are soon again on their feet
and rushing into the thickest of the battle.

For nearly an hour the battle rages, and still
neither side shows si s of retreating.

Little Rough-and— eadv is a veritable hero,
and he leads the “Blues” with increasing ea-
gerness.

Suddenly the “ Reds ” for a moment waver,
and the young hero seizes the opportunity, ashe
cries in a clear, ringing tone:

“ They are giving out. Charge on them, and
don’t give them time to get ammunition!"

Instantly the “Blues ” with a loud cheer make
a swift Charge, and the enemy is gradually
forced back.

Yard after yard the “ Blues "
in less than an hour the flag wi
less some accident occurs.

Rough-and—Ready is eagerly watching these
favoralile signs, his handsome face glowino with
enthusiasm, while he bravely fights with the
weapons nature has provided him with.

“ Charge on them a ain, my bully boys! Be
true to your colors!" 19 cries, by n ay of en-
couragement.

With renewed ardor, they again charge, and
the “Reds.” in spite of themselves, are again
compelled to give ground.

Tom Carson beheld the sight with dismay, and
his thin lips quivered with rage. .

“They‘ll get our flag, unless something can
be done," he muttered, as he cre t nearer to the
blue leader, his eyes flashing wic edly.

Most of the ammunition by this time had given
out, and the boys were brave‘lfi' fighting with
their fists, while a few snow-b s flew through
the air.

" I’ll soon get that Rough-and-Ready out of
the road: then we will see which side gains the
victory. The “ Blues ” sha’n’t have our flag 1"

The last words Carson fairly hissed between
his set teeth, and a minute later he found him-
self face to face with voung Rougli-and-Ready.

" At last i” sneered the bully.

“ Yes, at last, and well met,” replied the
“ Blue ” leader, trying to force a smile, as he
nervedihimself for the combat that was impend-
in between himself and his larger rival.

But he did not flinch, but stood his ground
like a man. He knew the odds were against
him, but he must either fight or lose his reputa-
tion as a leader.

In a moment they had closed in, and were
fighting like two young tigers.

For a time the issue seemed doubtful, and then
the tide turnedjn favor of Rough-and-Ready.

Carson for a moment lost his guard, and Rob.
seizin the op rtunity, struck his op iient a
solid Ieft—han er under the ear, and t e bully
staggered back.

In an instant he was again at Rough-and-

Ready, and his swarthy countenance was near-
ly urple with rage.
Bike a mad bull he charged at his 'oung and
successful rival, and with a quick and powerful
motion be seized Rob bv the throat. One quick
twist of his foot around his opponent's heel, and
Rob was flung to the ground, with his enemy on
top of him.

"Now I’ve got you,” be fairly hissed, just
loud enough for the “ Blue " leader to hear.

In a moment his hand sought his pocket, and
he drew forth a large jack—knife.

“ Take that !”

“'ith a quick and rapid motion, he struck

in ground, and
be theirs, un-

] young Rougli—and-Readv a violent blow on the

forehead with the handle. and the boy, with a
groan, fell back, apparently insensible.

All this took place in less time than it will
take toread it, and before the rival sides was
aware of what had taken place. the brutal Car-
son was on his feet, and leading the “ Reds" into
a regular charge against the "Blues."

\\ ithout their brave young leader to rally
them on, the “ Blues " soon lost the ground they
had just before ained.

Step by step, t e “ Blues" were forced to give
ground, and soon the fort will be reached.

“Now, one quick dash and the fin is ours,
and we have won the victory," cried arson, as

This swift charge was too much for the
" Blues." and they were forced to fly to their

2 fort for shelter. and make their last stand in

They were the students of the two largest .
academics in the city, and had always been the :?
bitterest enemies, until at last they were known ,

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The Englishnpis Bear-Fight.

WE were for the second summer in succession
in one of the wildest and least traveled parts ‘of
the Far IVest on a hunting expedition, and our
chief object was “ grizzl bear.” On our first
hunting trip we had on ysucceeded in killing
one, and that under not very exciting circum-
stances, though very euccessful with all other
species of big ame: and this time we intended
to do great bin in this direction. It was
nearly the end 0 our hunt, and we had sno—
ceeded in baggin upward of seventeen grizsliee
(including six on ), anduyet had had no excite
ing bear-fights. a rule, we saw our bear
before he saw us, and d of him some-
times before he knew we were in the country.
Though wonderftu keen-scented, their night is
not good; and if first seen, theyare com ra-
tively easy to stalk. One evening, roun the
cam fire, the conversation turned on beer:

“ consider,” said one of our men—Buckskin
Bob by name—“I consider that we’ve been in
mighty big luck this trip: seventeen b’ar, and
nary a ht. Perhaps,” he continued, “you
don’t th' b’ar can fight. You’ve time yet to
alter your opinion.”

The speaker was the oldest man of the vparty,
and as thorough a specimen of the I ‘estern
trapperas ever wore buckskin or chewed plug
tobacco. A little over six feet in hight, and of
wiry frame, with skin tanned the color of ma-
hogany, and hair and board of unusual length,

he might have walked straight out of one of '

Mayne Reid’s novels.

To resume, M— had had rather bad luck
the last few days, having seen nothin but buf-
falo, and those we did not want. e accord-
ingly one morning announced his intention of
going fishin , and of! he went, taking two of the
“boys” wi him. “Jack,” said I, “let us go

mon with bipeds) do not like to be disturbed at
dinner. Having collected ourselves, we pro—
ceededto goonafterthebearwehadflrstseen
but failed to find him. But the fun was not yet
all over for the day; on returning, we found
that another and rather smaller bear had, curi-
ously enough, taken advantage of our nee
to come down and have some refreelunen atthe
aforementioned deed wapiti. He was not,
however, a fighting specimen, and on realizing
what we were he endeavored to beat a "treat,
till his career was cut short, by an expm bul-
let. It is a uliarity of bear that when hit
they almost variably fall and roll about for a
few seconds; this one, though not killed b the
first shot, fell, and gave us an o tyof
ttinefiin two more bullet whic effectually
gill) him and just in time topreventhlm en-
terlnge thick patch of timber. Both the bear
were and had apparentl‘ooome slight
difilc ty over their supper, for on th of them
we found fresh wounds, evidently made in a
recent fight. We proceeded forthwith to skin
the head and fore—quarters of each animal, not
having time to take the whole hides; naming
the skulls and skins. one behind each die,
started for camp. We had some difilcul in
making it, night comingon when we were a at
four miles from home. But luckily the moon
occasionally showed through the mist which
had covered the hills we were on; and after a
good deal of scrambling in the dark over rocks
and fallen timber we got in about ten P. l. Our
friend “Buckskin Bob” had a considerable
laugh at our expense on hearing the events of
the day, a general tone of “ I told you so ” pe
vattllilng his conversfation. I turned irathaglmg
wi my t or ' 'es consi era in-
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for a hunt;” and about noon we started, the -
weather having been bad all the m-rning and ,

only then cleared up.
that we had been in camp for nearly a week and
were riding some of our pack-horses, thereby
'ving our regular riding-horses a rest. Pack-
orses out there are, as a rule, a very low class
of animal, and ours were no exception to the
neral run; the two steeds we mounted that
y were hardy little ponies enough, but in low

condition and somewhat overcome with age; a .

tendency to buck occasionally on no provoca-
tion, and scatter his pack over the prairie, was
also a chacteristic of the particular one I chose
for my own riding; but he had one strong point
in his favor, he did not object to bear.

An Indian pony, as a rule, cannot stand the
sight or even smell of a bear, but this animal
was above such small prejudices, not from cour-
age. but ignorance. After riding some sixmiles
across two or three very rough valleys (or small
canons) we came to a high point overlooking an
open valley. a perfect paradise for game.
“This,” said I, “ is where we saw a bear two
days ago." “ You don‘t ex . t to see him
now,” replied Jack, “do you! ’ Jack was a lit-
tle rufiled by the conduct of his horse. Pre-
sently,‘after lookin round with the glasses for
some time, he remar ed, “ I see a hear: I thought
at first it was a lump of sage-brush, but I didn’t
see how the thing could go traveling round in
that way.” This news a few weeks ago would
have caused us to display some exeitement; but
since then we had bagged our fourbear in a day,
and it was getting an “old thing” with us.
“ Do you?” said I. “ Shall we 0 for him {" "I
suppose so,” said Jack, sententiously. This we
here take opportunity to confide to our reader,
was a swagger on our part, and nothing more; a
hear was game we always went for, no matter
how far it was, or how late in the day; but we
had our weaknesses just then. ,

After oing slowl down a steep hill, we
rcachcdt e aforesai valley, and proceeded to
hustle our horses along, for it was getting late,
and to where we had seen the bear was over a
mile. My quadi‘uped being slightly the faster
of the two, by the time we reached a broad
open park in the center of the valley I was a
little ahead, and accordingly pulled up to let
Jack, on old “'orkman, come alongside. About
sixty yards to the right, and half-way up a
slight incline, was a large fallen tree, with dead
branches sticking in all directions. “ Steady,”
said Jack from behind, in a hoarse whisper.
“ There’s a bear, and a big one too.” And, sure
enough, I saw his head raised in an inquiring
way from behind the tree. To jump down from
the saddle was the work of a moment, and at
the same time our friend, “ Old Ephraim,” came
bustling over the top of the said tree, and
straight at us with a savage “ woof-woof,” and
his bristles well up. We hardly realized at first
he was charging and meant fight; and the first
shot, a hurried one. I missed him clean; second
barrel, I instinctively took a careful aim, and
over he rolled, a clean somersault, and then
came on again, a little faster, if possible, than
before, being not twenty yards from where I
was standing. The situation was a nervous one,
for my rifle was empty, and the bear not de
but char 'ng. There was no time to load, an
I natura ly turned and jumped at my saddle,
old Pint’s ignorance and general low condition
combining to make him regard the bear with a
mild stare of surprise, standing his ground
meanwhile; but somehow I mimed my hold,
the horse swerving round a little as I jumped,
and back I slipped to the ground again, only to
see our friend “the b’ar” within six feet of
It did not take
long to dodge round the horse, and I was
not very particular where I trod, being by
this time, as the Yankees say, rather badly
scared. As I did so. the bear with a

-: savage growl. came right against the horse’s
thind -qnarters, having struck at him and

missed: he was evidently getting a little blind

1 with the effects of the shot, which we afterward

: found had struck him fair in the chest, and .3

After a hard and brave struggle the fort was =
taken, and with a loud yell Carson grasped the :
. halliards, and was about to lower the flag that

Quarrel after quarrel had been raised. and 1
none were as yet settled. and it was determined :
to have a regular “ rough—and-tumble snow-ball

defense.
“ Drop that, vou brute!"

held Roug

‘ handsome face c0vered with blood.

At this unexpected sight the bully's face
turned pale with fear, and his knees trembled

', beneath his weight.

flag—staff. and from their peaks gently floated ‘

the rival flags.
One side had a flag with a blue field. and in

the center in large, bright letters. was the motto: ‘

“ “'e are true to our colors."
large red streamer. bearing the defiant motto:
“Touch me who dare!“

The other was a .

‘ charge was made.

It was agreed between the “ Reds and Blues " ,
that whichever side should first carry their op- ,
ponents'fiag and erect it on their own fort. ,
would be at once decided as the victors and

champions for the season.

So it will be seen ,

that each side was preparirig for a hard struggle ‘

in which to retain their colors.

In a few minutcs each side was drawn u to i

. the boundary line. and stood regarding t eir
rivals. while in each countenance could be plain-
ly traced the bright mark of pluck and resolu-
tion.

In a moment the leaders of the rival acade-
mics stood face to face—and what a contrast
there was between them!

The leader of the “ Reds " was a large, dark,
sinewy boy of twenty, whose small black eyes

“'ith c. cry of warning. the " Blue" leader
s )rung at him.
that he was unable to protect himself, and in
less than two minutes he had received the chas—
tisement he so richly deserved.

" Now, boys, forward. Charge!“

must have penetrated the lower portion of the ,'
c , meanwhile, had remounted, and ‘

heart. J a

, . not having had his rifle loaded at first like my-
the “ Blues "' had fought so valiantly for in its "

self. after hurriedly endeavoring to snatch a ,
, cartridge out of his belt in time and failing, had i
, thrown the weapon to the ground, and was pro— ‘
Carson uickly turned. To his horror he be— '

(hand-Ready standing before him, his '

ceeding to empty his six-shooter into the animal

at a distance of about twenty yards. with, how- ,

" ever, no apparent effect. On feeling the wei ht
‘ of the bear against his hind-quarters my st at

last bolted, and I was preparing to follow his
example, when I noticc( the hear was blunder-

; ing slowly on down the hill, not knowing appa-
The bully was so frightened '

rently where he was going. This gaVe me the
opportunity to reloa , and two

i finished him. Even a grizzly could not stand an

T express bullet in his chest for more than a i
' minute.

At the sight of their valiant leader, the‘
; “ Blues" regained their courage. and one grand

Like chaff bcfore a whirl-
wind. the “ Reds ” were driven back rod by rod.

fled. and their colors were captured and borne
triumphantly back to the academy.
Rough-and—Ready was recognized by all as a

perfect hero. but he bore all his honors with be- ‘

coming modesty.

“We won the fla . but it was a hard strug-
le. Our motto is, ‘ c to our colors.”
iis replv to the numerous questions asked.

Tom Carson will never again lead the “ Reds”

to battle. as they have chosen a new leader. in
the shape of lick Ransom. Rob's twin brother,

to give the record of the fight before long.
“ It will be a hard fight," is Rough-and-
Ready‘s parting salute.

It must. however, be confemed. that

it was as much chance as anything else that the .,
. animal was struck fair, in the heart the second
. shot.

Three inches to the right or left would

_ 2 have made all the difference between a fatal
One last and determined charge. the enemy A

‘ him doubly dangerous.

shot and one that only cri ipled. and so rendered
ad this been the case

i the bear would certainly have killed the horse,

i always des1r' able.
was ‘

‘ possibly in self, for we were in the open and had ,

consequent y only our heels to trust to. Proxim-
ity to a convenient tree on such occasions is
But all’s well that ends well,

and the bear (a very large old male) had in the ‘

’ end the worst of it, as we afterward remarked:

5 close.

though the quarters. we agreed, were a little too
On inspecting the )remises we found the

_ , ; carcase of a wapiti (one t at we had shot some
vfiio is as courageous as our hero, and we hope i few days ago in this valley lying behind the

i dead tree. and half buried

ythe bear. This
partly accounted for the animal's ferocious
charge and general bad temper: grizzlies (in com-

more shots .

. cated. "—Cincfnnali

I may mention here '

 

VAT DOT LEEDLE BIRD DID SAD.

“ Oh! dell me, wooden‘t you, leedle bird,
Of you hafe seen my love?“
’Dwas dus I schboke, one summer‘s day,
Do a bird in de dree above.

“ 0h! lfafe she been all drue to me
Since I hafe gone away?
Does she schdi i come to dis schacred spot.
Or does she sday away?"

De bird he sdobbed his leédle song
Und looked me in ininw'e:
.efery day—

“ She comes down here m
She‘ll be here py und py. ‘

Und den my heart got in my moud,
So ha )py did I feel,

Do see er afder so many ears,
Mid choy did make me 3 queal.

“ Dees she efer shpeak of me. young bird?
Does she gry und ' h und moan?
Does she come down ere mid any one,
Or does she come all alone 7"

“ She nefer sch your name at all.
She don’d hofe nod a 
She always comes down er: mid a man——

Now how is dosefor high .1’

“ Dot's a lie!" I said, mid awful rage,
As I crabbed dot bird by de arm,
“ I’ll vaid undil she comes. und if
Dere's a man, I’ll make him some harm."

“ Oh! led me go!" dot bird cried oud,
" I don’d like such rough st 'les;
Dot‘s drue a man comes mi her, imd
Dere‘s also a couple of shilds'

I saw id all ad once—she had
A husband and shilds, dot's queer.

Bud I shook dot bird like dot girl shook me,
Und I valked me righd off on my ear.

Wooing Morpheus.

How pleasant it is after a day’s hard work to
retire to rest with the sweet eonseiousnem of
knowin that we have done our duty. Never-
thelem, orépheusi that most beloved god, is not
tobeallure to coseour mindtotbeaflairs of
“ this queer world of ours.” He is not to be en-
ticed by our entreaties, and allow us to be tor-
tured and tormented by that “ dread artisan of
—-—Had ” the musketo, until the clock on the
steeple c imes the solemn hour of midnight.

At last, induced by the look of patient endur-
ance which has settled upon our usually beam-
ing countenance, Morpheus closes our ey and
we are allowed to enjoy for a few brig? mo-
ments a state of ha py unconsciousness to
the affairs of this worl We are deluded into
the belief that it will alwa be thus. But, vain
hope! we are soon broug t to realize that we
are of the “ earth, earthy.” We are suddenl
awakened by a laintive solo beneath our be;

,room window, ollowed by a duet and chorus.
Our patience is by this time exhausted. We
agpe our way to the window, boot—jack in
d. Silently raising the sash, we carefully
aim at the black tom-cat who seems to be the
leader. But, of course, the concert is ad '
before the weapon reaches the ground, or, ra-
ther, the oil-can which we forgot to place in the
wood-shed. This noise awakens all the d in
the nei hborhood, who, now that the fe ines
have a journed, commence a doleful serenade.
Thus it always is through life!

One Man’s View of It.

A roman and greasy tramp called at this of-
fice esterday. an said:

“ dropped in to call your attention to the
fact that we stand vindicated.”

" “'ho stands vindicated?” asked a reporter,
j pricking up his ears.

’ “ We do. sir—the gentlemen of the road.”

“ You mean tramps. I su pose?”

“ Yes, sir: tramps, so cal ed.”

“How does it happen that you stand vindi-
cated!”

“ Public sentiment did it, sir. I‘lmew it would.
“’hy. my dear sir, just look at it: It has be‘
come as popular as seven-up."

‘ “ You refer to the walking mania. do you 3"

“ I do, sir. The Whirligig of time has spun
us around in our proper place, and our occupa-
tion is no longer a reproach. The change of
public sentiment has made it just as popular 'in
the higher walks of life as the iron heel of pov-
‘ erty has in the lower walks. of which I am an
humble representative. " ,

“ So it would seem." 3.

" The last man to join our ranks is M. Gam-
betta. the new President of the French Chamber,
whom the cable announces as walking eight
miles daily around the delightful lawn of the
Presidential garden—one of the prettiest of the
rite gauche. I envy M. Gambetta his lovel '
tow-path, as it were but welcome him 
open arms to our fol . I think he’ll likens,“
and the man of shreds and patches backed out
of the room, for the reason, we think, that the
I front of his garments was more presentable

tlganedthe rear. Pausing on the threshold, he
a :

ll “ Don’t forget to mention that we standyindi-
cated. And by the way, Sergeant Bates is one
of our pioneers. Be good enough to say it in
italics that the Ser ant also stands vindi-

nqm'rer.