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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

and Toronto have excellent organizations,
whose members, both as individuals and
crews, will compare favorably with those of
the larger and richer colleges. When it is
remembered that these great schools have on
their rolls over 5000 names and close onto
$50, 600 alumni, it is easily seen how large
an interest is centered in rowing events.
BOAT CLUBS EVERYWHERE.
Beside this, and to my mind of greater
importance, is the rapidly increasing num-
Der of boat clubs in every part of the Union.
Go where you please, and iE every place
you will find a club, and generally good
one. Even in such a small city as Mont
pelier, VT, there is a first-class organization
which practices every day upon that badly
named but beautiful river, the Onion. So
along the Long Island Sound and the Hud-
son river there appears to be a clubhouse
every ten miles, and the traveller along the
Harlem river and around the beautiful
shores of Staten Island will be amazed at
the number and at the excellent appoint
ments of the clubhouses that are to be
seen there bv the score. l have
never heard how many there are, but judg-
ing from what l have seen and know !
should say that there were at least f. 600
boat clubs in the United States with a men,
bership of over 100000 young men. These
figures NAV seem large, but when you think
of such affairs as the New York Athletic
Club, the Atalanta and Manhattan Athletic
Club, the New Jersey, Williamsburg,
Brooklyn and Staten Island organizations,
each one of which musters a tull regiment,
the numbers seem understated rather than
otherwise. Why, there are successful clubs
on such little lakes as Greenwood and Rom
kon Koma, and in such little towns as
Bristol, r. L, and Sheepshead Bay, n. Y.
SIS there an improvement in rowing?"
OF course there is. and in every respect.
Everything connected with aquatics has
undergone the same change for the better
as has everything in all the other fields of
life. The oars, or sculls, in the first place,
are finer and more efficient to-day than ever
before. The substitution of the spoon for
the fiat blade OF the past was vast i'm
provement. OF almost equal Importance
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
The Lesson il Tenches.

The recent social scandal in New York, in
connection with Robert Ray Hamilton. is per-
picking to moralists Here is a man nearly 40,
college bred. lawyer, wealthy, with historic
name, girded with the largest opportunities.
Yet this man, thus exceptionally well placed
falls an easy victim to as shallow and wild
conspiracy as Zola or Gaboreau ever put into
the nastiest novel A woman of the town.
aided by couple of equally abandoned confed-
crates, beguiles this man into marriage, foists
upon him supposititious child, bleeds him for
months, and holds the victim in quiet and con-
tented captivity, until an attempted murder
calls in the police and reveals the plot. OF
what use is education, of what advantage is a
splendid environment when these lead out and
down into hell? Are we not forced to con-
clude that after ali said ard done, the gospel
is the best, the only safeguard? Had Hamil-
ton been good man he would never have met
the adventures in that house. He would not
have poached in the devils domain. A Chris
tian conscience would have kept his feet out
of the path that leads to death. There are
already sad memories enough surrounding the
name of Hamilton. The wretched plight Of
this scapegrace great grandson inevitably re-
calls the brilliant career of the secretary of
Washington, and his dismal end in the duel
with Aaron Burr. Remembering that and con-
templating this, the two pictures suggest the
saying of Rochefaucauld: Great names de-
base instead of eleyating, those who cannot
sustain them"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
A NEW ENGLAND TRAIT.
Story illustrating the Proverbial Close
ness of the Yankee Farmer.


ness of the Yankee Farmer.
Boston Times.l
The grasping-though not miserly-
nature of the native New England farmers
is somewhat proverbial. 1t is hard to get
the better OF him in "dicker," and he very
seldom gives anything for nothing. His
keenness in this respect was well illustrated
by an experience of young Boston man
who recently spent week in New Hamp-
shire.
The young man wanted to hire boat for
the day, and the farmer owned one which
was moored to the bank of the river.
"Can you let me have your boat to-day?"
he asked of the owner.
'Wall, let me see," was the cautious
reply. 81 don't knows as 1 can. You see
thar's man over here, Mr.. So-and-So, that
other Teller, yer know. He said t'other day
he wanted my boat, and he may be 'raound
this morning."
"WelI, I'm sorry, as I should like it to-
day very much. You don't think you can
let me have it,
''No; cum ter think of it, feel purity sar-
tin the other feller'll be 'raound arter it
to-day. And if he wants it, he orter have
it,"
s:That settles it. then, suppose" said
the young man. "But can you tell me any
place near here where you think can hire
boat?"
"Oh, you want ter hire boat, do yer?"
'Yes!''
"Wall, naow, seein' yer want to hire a
boat so bad-Come ter think on it, it's git
tin kinder late, and 1 don't believe that
other feller will be 'raound this morning
it's mos o'clock. You want to hire it, yer
say?"
"Yes. How much will you charge me for
it for the day?"
1.-The last time let her out charged 30
cents for her; but 1 kinder think that's a
leetle mite high. I guess I'll let you have
it fer 25 cents"
The boat was taken.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

desired, and are not advantages In society
career? By no means. They are tremendous
weapons, and if rightly appreciated and
skillfully used, are almost irresistible. But
this 1 say to her who possesses one or both
of them: They are two-edged weapons, they
are boomerangs. which, however deadly to
the opponent if wisely launched, are, In un-
skilliul hands, only deadly to the launcher.
1t is truism that wealth has its
responsibilities, and good share of that re-
sponsibility is to ones self; one is bound to
get all the good out of the good things in
trusted to him that he can, or he proves
himself unworthy of the gift; and what is
true Of wealth is also true of beauty. 1t is
a means to an end, but not itself an end; the
possessor has to look to it that while 1t is
her own she invests it in such manner that
when the capital is "called in" there shall
be "a goodly sum of accrued interest to take
its place.
But the investment must begin with the
parents and guardians who so often dis
count the future of their beautiful neophyte.
Don't spoil your Beauty, good motherl
Train her to Just the same unselhshness, pa
thence, silence under injustice or rebuke,
that you do. her homely sister; never give
her the slightest advantage on account OF
her beauty, and as she grows older see that
she studies, and rests, and lives
rur s,up1r NAruRA1, LIFE
A jim '
that school girl should. 10 not deny that
she is beautiful, for she will know you are
no! hohest IN ueins 81, -. - of - p.o o,.'' "
or vour mothers day. and let her see what
thew have come to- Encourage your chill
Jre, in gones reonirinr some mental effort
onJ ;f heoutr 10 stun;5 or nattish at them
on;,t GU = "t DT th foot ~ har opS advise her to
trn pU,4o ~ 0ao onaI bar rnottractive comnanions
M.to bor tae1 rom tbe cradle to her matur-
;4 tLot -, ;O +ran.;torv gift not nnJer
'y 'nas .s, - ;ts on,,,;rg o. in its roino
5 net o"n 'UnS'o, -. ,Iont AZ 10 - hr No. oS
anu urge her W s"ppi'"en' ~ " --'i' en
during charms.
ana you, Aurella, my dear, 40 you snare
IN following these counseis 10 your mamma.
store your memory ana your understanding
with what you have time to learn before you
are in society, that when you are there, you
may have something to talk about. and need
not look like lovely French doll II some
intelligent man tries to converse with you
after his own fashion. Remember, too, that
a sweettemper and quick sympathies impress
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

have had vacation enough to give to their
faces happy color betwixt tan and pallor.
But on the one hand 1 see the heiresses ar
irving from the fashionable resorts, with
compilations Drowned by outdoor work at
nothing more irksome than tennis, while on
the other hand, are multitudes of factory
girls, bleached by heat and shade until they
look, by contrast, like terminated corpses.
One of the reigning queens OF comic opera
came back to fall engagement tanned al
most to the hue of sole leather.
umbia, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Pennsyl-
vania, Cornell and Michigan have each one
of them navies of which they can be proud
and which in season and out 40 work of the
best class Even the smaller and poorer in
stitutions OF learning. like Brown, EAm-
herst, Williams, Dartmouth, Lehigh, Union
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Catarrh

blood disease. Until the poison IA
1 expelled from the system, there can
be no cure for this loathsome and
. dangerous malady. Therefore, the only
effective treatment is thorough course
Of Ayers Sarsaparilla the. best of all
blood purifiers. The sooner you begin
the better delay is dangerous.
"I was troubled with catarrh for over
two years. tried various remedies,
and was treated by number Of physi.
clans, but received no benefit until I
began to take Ayers Sarsaparilla. A
few bottles of this medicine cured me of
this troublesome complaint and COM
pletely restored my health. Jesse II.
Boggs, Holman's Mills, N. G.
"When Ayers Sarsaparilla was rec
commended to me for catarrh, was in
clined to doubt its efficacy. Having
tried so many remedies, with little BEN
eft, / had no faith that anything would
cure me. became emaciated from loss
of appetite and impaired digestion. I
had nearly lost the sense Of smell, and
my system was badly deranged- was
about discouraged, when friend urged
me to try Ayers Sarsaparilla, and re-
ferred me to persons whom it had cured
of catarrh. After taking half dozen
bottles of this medicine, / am convinced
that the only sure way of treating this
obstinate disease is through the blood"
Charles H. Maloney, 113 River ST.
Lowell. Mass,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Detroit News

Detroit NeWS.I
While Kalamazoo lady was feeding a
hungry tramp the other day, she discovered
that he was pocketing her silverware. seiz'
ing a revolver, she exclaimed: Drop
those spoons, you scoundrel, and leave the
house; leave it Instantly "But, madam
"Leave the house, say, leave the house,
screamed the inturiated woman. Il go,
madam" said the tramp, "never to return,
but before do 1 would like to say that L
did not intend to take your house.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
HURRYING HIN UP.
The Girls Scheme for Making a Bashfnl
Lover eDenk.

The Girls Scheme for Making a Bashfnl
Lover sDenk.
Texas Siftings.i
"Jack." said a pretty girl to her small
brother, the other day, II want you 70 do
something for me-that's good fellow"
"Well, what is it, growled Jack, who is
the brother of the period.
"Why, you know the whig and mustache
you use in the theatricals?"
'Well?"
"Well, won't you just put them on and
60 to the concert tonight? Augustus and
will be there, and, Jack, 1 want you to stare
at me the whole evening through your
glasses.
WHAT You want me to do thstz'
eyes; and as we come out you must stand
In the door and try to slip me a note; take
care that Gus sees you too.''
''Well, declare"
Because, you see, Jack, Gus likes me,
know, but then he is awful slow, and he's
well of, and lots Of other girls are after
him, and-he's got to be hurried up little,
as it WERE"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
BEAUTY AND WEALTH
Mrs. Frank Leslie Discusses the True
Value of Both to Women.
A SOCIETY BELLIES CONQUESTS.
Some Hints to Parents Who Are Blessed
With Pretty Children.
THE WORLDS DIFFERENCE TO WEALTH
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.I

HE girl or woman who
posse sses undoubted
beauty is sure of atten-
ton wherever she goes.
Her mother, as we'll as
her grandmother and
aunts Generally not her
sisters and cousins). pet
and spoil and pamper
her from the cradle to
maturity; her teachers of
the male persuasion can
not be too severe with the
lovely eyes that plead,
the charming lips that
tremble, the sweet rose
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY LOST.
A Jersey Native Regrets That He Didn'
Buy the Atlantic Ocean.

Buy the Atlantic Ocean.
Detroit Free Press.I
There are great many people coming
down to the seashore this summer for the
first time in their lives, and 1t is always in
teresting to be around when they catch their
first view of old ocean. The favorite ex-
preston of the female sex is:
"Well. now, did you ever!'
The men are, as a rule, less given to en-
thusiasm. They stand and stare and seem
to figure on length, breadth and depth, ahd
finally slap their leg and mutter:
"WelI, by thunderr'
We had an old man down here the other
day from the farther side of New Jersey.
He'd been intending to come for the last 20
years, but something had always happened
to prevent. He took a long look ocean,
ward, nodded his head as if satisfied, and
then turned to neighbor with:
"Say, Jim, why in blazes didn't we scrape
together and buy the whole business 40 or 30
years ago? Lock how the blamed thing has
improved right along since the warp
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
A LITTLE AT A TIME,

How n New Servant Ascertnined a Dos's
Exact Weight.
Boston Courier.J
A lady who has splendid great dog,
sent the animal out to the stables the other
day to be weighed. She confded him for
this purpose to the hands of new servant.
a good natured but not wholly brilliant i'll
dividual, who regarded the dog with much
awe and apparently with not a little at
tention.
The man was gone some time, but at
length he reappeared with the dog, and
announced that the animal weighed 12O
pounds.
One hundred and twenty pounds" re-
peated his mistress. Are you sure Won
weighed him right? He must weigh more
than tnat."
'Oh, yes'm; sure 1 weighed him right.
but couldn't get him all on the scale.''
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
THE MODERN SCULL

even in the selection and treatment of the
wood from which it is made.
THE MODERN sCULL
lighter, stronger, handsomer and more effect
i've than'any past model known. There is
the same development in boats. Whether
made of cedar or paper, they are finer and
lighter than ever before and their lines have
less resistance and friction. Patent bracing,
patent outriggers patent sliding seats, pat
ent foot rests, patent metal cut-waters and
patent diagonals, tell the story OF how much
thought and inventive genius have been de-
voted 10 the rower's art, and of how much
progress has been the result One conse-
Quence has been the shortening of the time
in every event. All records when examined
turn out to be of recent date and coincide
with the introduction and use of the inven-
tions mentioned. MANY of the great oars
men of 80 years ago were better men than
some of the champions of to-day, and could
have beaten them on even terms. But the
improvements have referred to have given
the latter a great advantage and enabled
them to eclipse the former in every feat from
''singles" to "eights"
There has been huge improvement in
training methods, thSnks TO our doctors
and experts. 1t is more like some Chinese
school of medical treatment than anything
else to read how oarsmen are put into con-
dition in the old days. They took salts and
senna, sulphur and magnesia, cathartic
pills and blue mass until the wonder is that
they did not die from excessive drugging.
Then there was at that time a holy horror
against fat, and the luckless oarsman had
70 wear sweaters, which are the thickest
jerseys that can be knitted out of wooden
yarn, heavy overcoats, two and three suits
of clothes, thick shoes and stockings and
sometimes even comforters and tippets in
order to produce copious perspiration and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
SINGULAR AND SAD.
The Contrasts Between the Girls Now
Coming Back to Town and
THOSE WHO DIDN'T LEAVE HOME.
One of Talmage's Whims Which Proved
Quite Puzzle for Him.
WHY MILLIE-CHRISTINE CAN'T MARRY
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH,

OWING has its
ups and downs like
every other athletic
sport in society
fashion. The men
who know this
best are the pro-
fessional oarsmen
who one season are
heroes wherever
they 60 and make
money hand over
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Exer,lon That is Avoided.
Louisville Courier-Journal.I

Louisville Courier-Jo ournaI.1
A New Jersey young man has been
killed by over-exertion in playing ball.
No New Jersey young man has yet been
cut off by over-exertion while working
IN the back yard at home, and, doubtless,
great careswill be exercised to preventit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
The Wnx of the World.

Here is verse on curiosity which carries it.
own philosophy
There was sign upon fence;
The sign was Paint.
And everybody that went by,
Sinner and saint,
Put out finger and touched the fence,
And onward sped.
And as they wiped their fnger-tips,
1t is they said"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
An Apparent Inconsistency.

Justice Lamar, of the United States
Supreme Court, is one of the Vice Presi-
dent of the United States Hay Fever Asso-
citation. And yet it is said that his opin-
ions from the bench are not to be sneezed at
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

UTUMN brings
a singular and
sad contrast be-
tween the looks
of the girls who
have come back
to town, after a
summer of coun-
try outing, and
those who have
been here contin-
Iuously for what
we may call a city
Inning. OF course
there are plenty
of intermediate
r,oidaor Uho
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

Some OF 'E4 Walk Around.
Philadelphia Recordl
There are over 100 different kinds of
clans, but only two are served on the table.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
His Own Line of Business,

Captain (turiously to stowaway)-I've q
mind to pitch you overheard to the sharks!
Why did you sneak on board my ship?
Stowaway-Sure, cor, wanted to git to
London to find job at me business.
Captain-But all London s on strike.
Stowaway-Yes, sor; but that Is me own
line ay workI-Puck.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

Hall Boy-Y-Y-You rang, sir?
Arizona Hank-Yes. I did; an when 1
fust banged, wanted some rye tangle-foot.
But considerin' that 1 didn't hit tn button
till tn last shot, must be gittin' shaky, so
you'd better make it q lemonade.-Pack.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

hGve been the unnoticed alterations made
in the shape and finish of the handle, in the
Tightening OF the oar as a whole, in the
curvature and outline of the blade, and
even in the selection and treatment of the
wood from which it is made
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
HARE'S REMEDY

For menl Checks the worst cases IN three
days, and cures in five days. Price 81 ~ az
j. FLEMINGS DRUGSIOHEs
ia5z-rrssu Az Market street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

fist, and another are scarcely recognized
outside of aquatic circles and earn only
enough cash to keep body and soul together.
At present it is in high feather. All over
the country boat clubs and college navies
are practicing, competing and exhibiting,
and In every case draw great crowds and
elicit any amount of enthusiasm. The
interest is on the increase on ac-
count of the fierce rivalry be-
tween our leading universities. Col
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
SUNDAY THOUGHTS
ON
MORALS aa2 MANNERS
BY A CLERGYMAN.

WRITTEN FOR THE DrsPArcH.1
The increase of wealth in this country
since 1850 is strikingly shown in the sub
Joined table: $500,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

Do I, then, mean to say that beauty and
wealth are not good things and not to be
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
SHELLS AND SOULS.
John Teemer Describes the Progress
Made in the Art of Rowing.
THE EVOLUTION OF THE OAR.
Radical Changes in the Mode of Training
an 0arSman.
SIMPLICITY OF THE PRESENT STYLE
he EVOLUTION OF THE OAR.
SIMPLICITY OF THE PRESENT STYLE
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DISPATCH,

NEW YORK, September IA.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
Merchant Tailoring Establishment


Fashionable style Inferior trimmings used and eAs
u
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
Shoe Shop and Leather Department.

hallway
of Shoe Findings all kinds
Sole Leather constantly hand
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
BOOT AND. SHOE STORE.

workngman dainty
leather
stylish durable
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29

invited Facilities supplying every article in
by their customers goods all descriptions being offered
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
Groceries, Vegetables, Hardware, Etc

unsurpassed in quality. and
'front.'
Domestic
he will goods the
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29

For longer than Compy Store has been the Leading M
beginning has developed ntoa Of massive proportions carrying immense
all departments
hundred has always been the of the pope to supply their coS
having guaranty ndispntabe
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
= AND = RET
The DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT.

Ladies will find this spacious Store Room fitted up with every convenience
Goods and Millinery Stores in the larger cities splendid assortment Of Cloth
yard Carpets Oil Cloths kept the second floor accessible by elevator
handled long
ntpd
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
CLOTHING. HATS AND CAPS.

Department Heavy especially for the johns
material, nai
durable Furnishing Goods in general k
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-26
MURDERED FUG MONEY.
The H0dY 90 n >Outh GArOIiua TIcr.
chant Hidsiled with Shot.

COLUMBIA, s. o., Dec, 23.-W william
Martin, a welI-to-do young merchant OF
Laurens county, closed his store at .
O'Clock Saturday night and started for
his home, but never arrived there alive.
HIS unusual absence alarmed bis family
and caused them to institute search.
Sunday morning hia body WAS found in
the woods, short Distance from the
road, riddled with buckshot
Blood stains and other marks showed
that he lad been shot while walking
along the road, aud his body dragged to
the point where it was found. His
pockesbook was missing and his pants
pockets were turned inside out, which
leads to the conclusion that the purpose
of the murder was robbery. AS it was
we'll known that Mr.. Martin had taken in
several hundred dollars on Saturday and
would take il home al night for safe
keeping, it is evident that the deed was
committed by someone who was ac.
qusinted with Mr.. Martins movements.
As yet no positive clue has been found
TO lead TO the dissection of the murderer.
A colored man who is missing is sus.
pected, however, and il caught and the
slightest evidence against INN obtained,
he will certainly be hanged by the indiR,
nant citizens TO the nearest tree.