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Umpire-Mr. Ducharme, OF the HUDSON Ciuo.
lir;e OF game-Two hours aud thirty 1nihuies',
First base by errors-BrooslYn. 2; Cinc1rnat::o.
Sors-Cue nan If the Cincinnati Club MAS oe-
ciared ont for striking foul
The Cincinnati niue left for Boston to-rlSht,
ylers they will play three games against we
celebrated Red Stockings at that plIee. ~ ~
Monday the Louisville and Hartford Clubs VIII
plav their eighth championship game on the
Union grounds.
LITTLE ONES.
Special Dispa:ch to Tie 1r1ogrs.
W1sosA, Ninn., Aug. 1S.-In Ihs game sos,t aI
1aCrosse Fridar. the Clippers OF Nlnoua peat
lie Red Caps, ! to 2 Both clubs played ne.e
to-day resulting in score Of to III n 1ase5 @ o.
the Rcd Caps. Base-iits, Red Gaps. u: zip
ueYs, 5. Errors, Red Caps, I; clippers, ~.
,s,xcfcl ntS1,atrh to Tic Tribune.
MnwAUKEe. Wis, Aug. 1s.-ihe JanesFnles
beat tue Milwaukees to-day By . score Of Z 10 70
+. It yas the first of q series OF i've games 1oF
the State championship.
Sp<cia D.spa:sa to The TTal!;H<- =,
IyDrASAPoL:s, Ind., AUG. ls--!nc Al
lcgLenies toos the indianapolis boys into camp
this afternoon : toe.
TEE CHAMPIONSHIP.
The week closes with 10 considerable change
in The nositione Of the contestants Tor the pen
na,t Following is the table:
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5;sz: EsES1s 9I,r r1nnp: the athletics at Phil
The Syracuse stars p praf nrsday sn and the Hart
sds3pha 94p R1onFp weaaesday eaa adsy A'N
The Loqsvl1Mf Ga15 IN BreoSlyn tuesday
agd weif rhursaay T. sostons in Boston Saturday
The tomor4ow row. Then play in Bos
ion tuesday, Wednesday, and satnpdsx dhpdsaas' III
Lowell Friday aud in brooA5n sasural a. 1nd,op
The sSa O. fessy Sas will '5s 5s i Pndsaap aa
ois viii then tour 'rp tSroan fhev s play % on tic 9th
'pS an, :: ST. Syracuse Stars, t and 18th HIT
Crickets @ Of Binshamton, Sept ohesters ahoatrs'
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The Bristol Penu.) Observer instances tne to.-
lowing as IN illustration .. The aRpaaffbn'te b. he re-
less ineonve9icnes sos1 nenc viii tie forms Of
AuffGhn. 81 the settiement Of estates: "1n koekhi
taw n he son an oplT child, aud sole heir oi
the properly xdoxed mother. sit. npoaf OF nef a
death required to take ops are q other
hnirs a1thuuch there are no debts to pay ana
aess .onnts to Collect, be ha.i to buy an account
no aee1ifi ,1i,ich "a record expenses and receipts.
Pnoh had d to 1--WE security in the sum Of 81 0o
that be ssti's the ess,te a'S aaa
a3, pay ja that he wou1l honestly pay himself He
had fdI to o. get two men to appratse the property,
the the b proceeds Of which are to g 70 bin ioo AL
thi. H nroTed an expense to him OF SIS to 500
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T'ms-s:2s; a:30; ESQ; ESQ; 2;2s' - ~. ~.
The horses go to Earl Park "he'e Tue e''co''
,r;1l be coptinued un the 21sr-
w." sARA~oGl RACES.
SARATOGA, n. r., Aug: 1s.-The first raeeto
,s.n ros a sweepstakes. three-quarters mile At
the the send-od Rhodamanthus bad two lengths the PC
5.Mi, 1.15i Tirginius secoud, Dan t. third.
re second race, for purse OF $500. TOT
rcaT-n1ds. one mile and an eighth, was won By
i,rio1e br a length, Bradamante second, MAI
barker third. Time, 1:59.
a frec handicap Sweepstakes, two miles, " vas
1nsn.stor1a. 1ns ste which continued during the race
GALWAY was the winner, With Clo7erhrook Sc
onl Time. s:4oH. The winner sold Tor S'o1n
= The closing race for purse Of $500, winner
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Runs earned-O1ympic, 2; Chicago, T..
Balls called-On Zettlein 21: Dra'nard; ~
Strikes ca1led-D1 Zettlein, q: Brainard4 IL.
Passed ba':a-king. /; Allison. 0.
wild pitches-Zettlc1n. /; BEainard, =
Cmp;re-J. J. Bea-ds'ey.
Scorer-Ailen.
LOUISVILLE UMPIREs.
The Louisville Club asks through their organ
that Justice be done them on the umpire cues
tion. This Is an unwise move-justlce IS e.,
actly what they do not want. The statement
theT make is that they sent on some names 70
M. Young to take the places Of Morris and
Mcdonald, who would not, or could not sefse
With Deyinney. Well, admit it, what thent
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THE MENDOZA MEETING
Special Dispatch to TIC 7Ftouae
NrvnoTA. ILL.,, Aug. 1S--Thc unfinished race
of Yesterday in the 2:29 class was won To-Day z
Modo: BY barely head ca sa tamee a1en eav saf thc
hnrses no,, coming neck aud neck In every neal
n necn driven to win. The following IL the sum-
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RELIGIOUS.
NOFe of Christ.

Those who call themselves Christians
need more of Christ. How few, com"
paratively, who believe upon Him, grow
up to a symmetrical manhoodin his service!
How few feel that they are called to be
saints-their vision filled with His ex-
ceeding beauty; self and sin Cruciffedd-
like a hymn melodious with joy, even
amid dark and rugged ways! More of
Christ is needed by preacher and people,
by the lofty and the lowly, the wise and
the unwise. The multitudes who grope
in spiritual ignorance, who stagger under
their burden, who shudder with their
fears and woes, who are gliding towards
terrible worthless in the giddy whirl of
business and pleasure, nBed more of
Christ. More of Christ would make
that sad house bright, the waveling soul
steadfast, that mourning heart glad, that
burdened conscience light, would impel
to merciful labors that selfish nature,
and make those who stand apart in
enmity clasp forgiying hands. More Of
Christ would smite down sectarian walls,
strip the covering from the ecclesiastical
shams, hush the whine of cant, blow soft
winds of refreshment to weary wan
derers, win outcasts to the fold, wipe
stigmas of exclusiveness and mammon
from the church, lead the joyous flock by
still waters, and make the desert blossom
as the rose. More of Christ is what we
all want in our hearts, our homes, our
churches, our business, our politics, our
schools, our literature, Jul &t, our gov
eminent; more of His sweet, holy,
courageous, sacrificing spirit, more of
His patience, His love, His tender ap,
probation of man. Yea, we want Him
as our precious Redeemer, whose blood
cleanseth from all sin.-H N. P0wers.
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ARMIES.

The fifth edition + Baron de Worms
book, "The policy of England in the
East" contains some interesting tables
on the population and armies of the Eu-
ropean nations. According to these re-
turns, the Ottoman empire, inclusive Of
the tributary states, comprises 13OOO,OO
Turks, 1900, 900 Arabs, 500, 900 Tartars,
Turkomans and Zingarees, 5,123,0O0
Roumanians, 1000, 900 Greeks, 100000
Bulgarians, 100000 Servians, and $780,
600 Bulgarians protesting the Moham-
medan faith. In Servia there are $780,
600 Roman Catholics, and 100, 900 in AL
bania. Altogether the population of the
empire reaches 81 92, Q6S; but this is
inclusive of nearly II, 100000 Nubians,
5000, 900 Egyptians, and 100000 Rou-
manians aid Servians. In another table
the effective of the armies ofthe differ
ent powers are stated as follows: Rus
STA, 1,789,571; Germany, 1,248,834;
France Inclusive of the reserves and Ter
ritorial army, 1,118,525; Austria, 1884,
1868; Italy, 871,871; England 655,808;
and Turkey, 229,736. In the Turkish
army there are 154,376 regulars to 49,
$50 irregularE, while in the other Eu-
ropeans armies with the exception Of
England, there is about A equal pro-
portion of active and reserved forces.
In respect of fleets, Franco has So iron
clad vessels as against 81 possessed by
Great Britain, but the latter power has
449 other war vessels, as compared TO
only 366 in the French navy. Russia
has 81 iron-clads and 124 other mela-of-
war; Turkey has 81 iron.clads;, Italy,
II; Austria, 70; Germany, 8, and
Greece, l. Montenegro has only $780,
900 inhabitants, with ar annual revenue
$4,000, but it has $4,000 soldiers-in
other words, all the able-bodied men are
under arms. The public debt Of Russia
$500, 600, 900, or half as much
again as that of Turkey.-PaN AaU Ga
.etks,
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Play uCith the Children

When we were all children at
home," said a friend, " nothing delighted
us so much as a romp with my father
the hour of his homecoming was the
happiest in all the twenty-four. |. often
think if all parents would play with
their children, home discipline might
entirely lose its severest aspect, and be-
come a law of love-" Children are not
made good by the rod OF power. How
many parents are willing to devote an
hour or so to play with the childrenY
AS a little kitten will stop tapping her
milk to play with the string you draw
across the floor. 80 will the child leave
almost everything for a romp with its
father or mother. In these romps, and
during these moments of recreation,
the great lesson of love is learned bv the
child. This close companionship makes
the bond between the parent and the
child which results in the future accent
ance of advice and guidance. Perhaps
you are naturally a digniied person, and
unaccustomed to play. So when vour
infant first came to you, you were not
accustomed to it's care !; but you did not
E~ tho+ raaann allaw III TN e. ~~4a~eI fo,.
If you are harassed by worldly anxieties,
the recreation will benefit you as much
as it benefits the child, and your sleep
will be the sounder for it. The expert
m2qt is worth trying.
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UNDER TIE
BY OLIVER wENDELL HOLMES.

Her hands are cold her face is white;
No more her pulses come and go;
Her eyes are shut to life and light;
Fold the whitGcFesture, snow on SHOW
And lay her where the violets blow.
But not beneath a craven stone,
To plead for tears with alien eyes.
\ sleaae= eEees Of good alone
Shall say that here a maiden lies
In peace beneath the peaceful skies.
And gray old trees of hugest limb
Shall wheel their circliag shadows round
To make the fc0rching sunlight dim,
That drinks the greatness from the ground
And drop their dead leaves on her mound.
When DER their boughs the squirrels run,
and through their leaves the robins call,
And, 1~ipening in its autumn SUM-,
The acorns and the chestnuts fall,
Doubt not that she would heed them all.
For her the morning choir shall sing
Its mathis from the ranches high,
And every minstrel voice OF spring
That trills beneath the April sky
Shall greet her with its earliest cry.
When, turning round their dial track,
Eastward the frightening shadows pass, ~
Her little mourners, clad in black, y
The crickets sliding through the grass,
Shall pipe for her an evening mass
At last the ~rootlets OF the trees
Shall find the prison where she lies,
and bear the buried dust they seize
In leaves and blossoms to the skies,
So may the soul that warmed it rise.
II any, born of kind1ier blood, -
Should ask: "What maiden lies below :!
Say ouly this: "a teuder bud,
That tried to blossom in the snow,
Lies withered where the violets blow"
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Rim TENTS.

The remedy for spring diseases, by
whatever name, is; Fat less. We do not
mean that you will starve yourself, or
that you shall deny yourself whatever
you like best, for, as a general rule, what
you like best is best for you: you need
not abandon the Use Of tea or coffee, or
meat, or any thing else you like, but
simply eat lessof them. Eat all you did
in winter, if you ike, but take less in
amount. Do not starve yourself, do not
reduce the quantity of food to an amount
which would scarcelyDke ep a chicken
alive, but make a beginning by not 60
ing to the table & all, unless you feel
hungry, for, if you once get there, you
will begin to taste this and hat and
the other, by virtue of vinegar, or
mustard, or strip, or cake, or something
nice. Thus a fictitious appetite is walked
up, and before you how it you have
eaten a hearty meal, to your own sur
prise, and perhaps that, or something
else, of thoseat table with You.
The second step toward the efectual
prevention Of all spring diseases, summer
complaints, and the like, is: Diminish
the amount of food consumed at each
meal by one-fourth of each article, and
to be practical it is necessary to be
specific: if you have taken two cups of
coffee Or tea at Il meal, take a cup and a
half; if you have taken two biscuits or
slices of bread, take one and a half; if
you have taken two spoonfuls of rice, or
hominy, or cracked wheat; or grits, or
take one and a half; if you have
taken a certain or uncertain quantity of
meat, diminish it by a quarter, and keep
On diminishing it in proportion an the
weather becomes warmer, until you ar
rive at the points Of safety and health,
and they are two: l. Until you have no
unpleasant feeling Of any kind after
your meals. 2. Until you have not
eaten 81 much at one meal but that,
when the next comes, you shall feel de-
hungry.
Supplies being thus effectually cut of
that is, the cause being first removed
next proceeds to work off the
as the engineer does unwanted I,
team; and Us soon as this surplus is got
id of we begin to improve-the appe-
ties, the strength, the health return by
low and safe degrees, and we at length -,
eclare we are as we'll as ever.-HaPs =
Of Health. =,
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While sitt.'ug around
Amid the ose fierce temptation

Amid the roses fierce temptation
rea,rs her snakey crest.
The shadow of our pleasures is the
no;n which seems to surely follow them
pam m = ,>ride of the heart is the attr'-
onest men pride Of manners
t p"' ~ eod, =; pride of birth and rank Is
often The urio g Of dupes,
w. nra;.,o zee of ignorance are more
easily removed TIA 'n III t PrSyuulU
terest the first arc all bllndly adopted
the second willfulIy Pr nSsn +bo
There are occasions "noD ~ g.
eral belief of the people eve Sno"n
be g~roundlcss, works its effect suit Go
truth itself. "a
IF we would amend the wOr, vi VIC
should amend ourselves, and teach
children not to be what we are OurselVe >
but what they should be.
"A Newcastle man at a London res'
taurant had called for the bin, paid it
and was leaving, when the waiter sug-
gested that the amount did not include
the waiter. "Ah," sai6 the man from
the north, "but I didn't eat tie waitef."
"A man who hanged himself in Ne
vada left a letter to a friend, in which,
he said; 81 advise you earnestly to fol-
low nv example. You ought to know
Won are too mean to live. The wogld
would be batter wi&hout you, and it is
your duty to die, and leave moro room
for better men," The friend says he has
no intention of following the advice.
The other day one of the editors Of
the Hawkeye cut out Of an eastern papes
q map of the Russian war, hung it ON q
hook for reference. One of the compost
tors, prowling about for copy, got hold
of it, thought it was an editorial article
and6et up a column and a halfon "a new
plan for funding the: national debt" but
the foreman discovered what he was at
and killed him.-Hawkeye.
An Elmira man, finding a nest OF
Young squirrels in the woods brought
them to the house where there were two
felines each having a " litter" Of kittens
One of the tables took her W 'leglti-
mate children and putting them in the
nest OF the other (Dy whUm they were.
taken care of as though they had been
her w flesh and bloody, went to where
the squirrels were and took them n by
one to her own nursery, and since has
been nursing and caring for them as q
mother.
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At a fashionable party, a young ply
stefan present spike of one of his patients
whose case he considered a very critical
one. He said he was every sorry to lose
him, for he was a noble young man, but
very unnecessarily concerned about his
soul, and the Christians increased his
agitation by talking with him and pray
ing for him. He wished Christians
would leave his patients alone. Death
was but an endless sleep, the religion of
Christ a delusion, and its followers we're
not persons of the highest culture and
intelligence"
4 youno lady sitting near, and one of
the gayest Of the company, said, "par
don me, doctor, but l cannot hear YOU
talk thus and remain silent. | am not
a professor of religion; I never knew
anything about it exprimentally, but
my mother was a Christian. Times
without number she has taken me to her
room, and, with her hand upon my head,
she has prayed hat God would give
her grace to train me for the
skies. Two years ago my
precious mother died, and the religion
she loved during life sustained her in her
dying hour. She called us to the bed
side, and, with her face shining with
glory, asked us to meet her in heaven,
and I promised to do SO. And now"
said the young lady, displaying deep
emotion, "can I*believe that this is all a
delusion? that my mother sleeps an
eternal sleep that she will never waken
again in the morning of the resurrection,
and that I shall see her no more? No,
/ cannot, | will not believe it," Her
brother tried to quiet her, for by this
she had the attention of all pres
emit. No." said she, brother, let me
alone, I must defend my mothers God,
my mothers religion"
The physician made nc reply, and soon
left the ROOM. He was found shortly
afterward pacing the floor of an adj
room, in great agitation and dis
;ress of spirits. What is the matterw
! friend inquired. "oh," said he, that
7oung lady is right. Her words have
my SOUL an And the result of the
conviction thus awakepedwas, that both
he young lady and the physician were
converted to Christ, and are useful and
influential members of the Church Of
4nd.
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ONE EVIL OF STANDING ARMIES.

In a late book published by DR.. Jo-
ham Sherr, a German nationalist univer-
sit.y professor, statistics are given to show
that the immense standing armies of
Germany are a perpetual debauchery
of personal morals, and they have now
been greatly reinforced in many parts of
the country by founding hospitals, which
make it still easier to dispose of the re-
suits of unchastity. It is considered at
question whether these great armies will
not in time produce the same results in
Germany that they have in France, an
actual retrogade in the numbers of the
population, On account of the neglect OF
the marriage relation and the mortality
of tie waits mothered by public institu
lions. 1t will be a happy day for Europe
when it is realized that standing armies
are the most dangerous resources for ma
tional defence. With such facts before
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T70g 4TEN BROCK" BET Ah0
FASTEST TIME ON RECOSD'

In the pools before the first race, in
which Ten b Bsreeeks res e run against the
two mile fecord-exeept McWhirter'S
and Coarier's s:332aa-the horse sold the
tavorite at odds ofs79to$25, thathewould
beat $780,. When the noble horse was
I'D ott into the track for his preliminary
mile canter he was loudly a~pplauded'
He had for his running mates the hne
horse, ST.. Louis, and the feet hlly' Necy
Hale. Ten Brock was ridden by VIM
Walker, who has bestrode him on every
occasion when he has run in his great
events, and looked as fine as Sllk. Ills
beautiful name was entwined with req
and yellow ribbons, the colors of bis
owner, and there was not a soul on the
track but felt he would win the race if
he Did not meet with an accident. Pre-
vious to the start Mr.. CLARK requested
the spectators not to cheer the horse as
he passed the stands, as the noise would
interfere WIFI LuC 1ASVA uSVAoA0 """O
would have to be shouted to the rider.
At last all was ready, and the king of
the turf and st. Louis went back almost
to the eighth post in order to get the
benefit of a full running start. They
went off at a nice pace at the tap OF the
drum, st. Louis keeping right ahead OF
his mate. The first quarter was made in
259, the half-mile in 81, the three-quar-
tiers in lis, and the mile, under pull, in
1:44a.
Walker had been ordered to make the
first mile in 1:45, and now, in obedience
to instructions, he started Ten Brock to
run for all there Has Ii him. Necy
Hale, who now became his competitor,
was full twenty yards ahead Of him and
he went after her like a hurricane, lap
ping her on the Upper turn, and passing
her at the mile and a quarter, which was
made in 2:O9!. She kept gathering
away at his heels, and was only a length
behind at the mile and half; which was
passed in 2::35. He came to the mile and
three-quarter's postin 9:O1, and the two
miles in 3:27!, beating McWhirter's
great time three seconds, and Tom Bow
ling's unofficial, 3;273-made at Lexing-
ton, May II, 1874-by one-fourth Of a
second.
The shout that arose from the multi
tude when the time was displayed could
have been heard for miles. AS soon as
the excitement had somewhat subsidized,
Mr.. Clark, from the judges stand,
stated that Mr.. Harper had requested
him to say that Ten Brock would never
run again on the turf; and whenever
any horse should make a mile faster than
1897, two miles faster than 3:274, three
miles quicker than 5:2611, and four miles
faster than 7:154, the horns which had
been presented to him. and which now
ornament the timers stand, would be
given with pleasure to that horse. AT
the conclusion of this speech, Mr.. Har.
per was loudly called for. He responded
and bowed his thanks, but could not be
induced to enter on a speech. The horse
Vas then led before the ladies' stand,
and after inspection was taken to
his stall. Hereafter he will be used
alone in the stud, and he will most likely
beget a race of kings and queens of the
charlottesville Special to Gin. Enquirer,
Hay %. %
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MARRY THE WoMAN.--some m

MARRY THE WoMAN.-Some men
marry dimples, some eyes, a few ears ;
the mouth, too, is occasionally married !;
the chin not SO often. A young man
once fell head over heels and ears in love
with a braid. He was so far gone that
he became engaged to his braid, but a
new mode of hair. dressing having been
adopted by his fanee, the charm was
dissolved and was never renewed. What
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OUT FoR Your BANANA
BUScHEs-It has not been long since )
i've tarantula was found sn,,oo,.s i ;
garment II ! Clifton pantry, alonoside
which q bunch Of bananas bag 49,
lung, lhese insects are Of the spider
klnd, huge, hairy angainly. but active
ana senomous. ~ the countries where
they md q home the natives have an IN.
veterats dread Of them. Last FRIDAY
nlght M. Clench, grocer, on the corner
.ol0utler and Belts streets, discovered 1
huge i've specimen in a bunch Of ba-
nanas he had for sale. He cautiously
captured the monster and took it To I
g. Nenninger'a drug store, corner of
Clinton and Gutter streets where The
strange little monster excited great cn.
riosity.-DayoR Free Press,
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do young men marry Why they marry
these, and many other bits Of ac.saps q G
wife, instead of the true thing. Ana.
then, after the wedding, they are sur.
prised to and that, although married,
thew have no wives. He that would
have a wife must marry oma
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SUBSCRIBER DESREART-
u ENED.

The ignorance Of some, of u most
wealthy citizens is absolutely fhumilia-
ting. A man who pays taxes on any
quantity of real estate stopped as yester-
day and asked to change his E0enfng
Herald to a Morning Herald.
"But our paper only appears in the
evening"" we exclaimed.
GAIL right! I've been a friend OF tie
paper for twenty years, but that settles
it. If you haven't got accommodation
enough to print me my copy in the
morning you are not a live Newspaper
and can't keep up with railroads.
and progress, and sich !"-and off he
vent on his ear.-SQts Antonio Herald