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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24
ROUGH FOR MRS. BLAINE, JR.
Her Physician Comes Back From Europe
Prepared 20 Kill or Cure Her.

Prepared TO Kill or Cure Her.
New York WorId.I
Mrs. james G. Blaine, Jr., returned to
New York on Thursday. and will for the
immediate future be located at the New
York Hotel. Her five weeks in Saratoga
have been of sppreciable and visible benefit
to her. She has gained in weight, and, what
is of more consequence, she has gained in
strength. When she reached the Springs
she was hardly able to move around her
room, but before she left she could, with the
assistance of her crutches, easily move along
the piazza.
DR.. Bull, who has performed all the moro
recent operations of which she has been at
once the victim and the beneficiary, has
lust returned from Europe and as q result of
his consultations with various specialists in
Paris he desires to conduct final operation
both on her right leg and right arm. As
understand it, this operation involves cut
ting the tendons in both cases. the breaking
of the shoulder blade and the breaking Of
the knee. When these are reset and have
healed up it is hoped that she will have q
measurable control over these important
parts of her body.
She is certainly looking very well now,
and everybody hopes she will improve az
much during the next three months as she
has during the three months just passed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24
WATCH CLUBS ILLEGAL,

At Lenst They Are Held to be Lotteries Ac.
cordiug to New Hampshire Law.
jewellers Weekly.l
A jeweler of Grafton county, N. H., re-
Gently wrote to the Attorney General in
closing the prospectus of watch club which
he was about to organize, and inquiring
whether or not conducting business on the
system he had adopted would be violation
of the laws.
Attorney General Barnard replied as fol-
lows: 81 have no hesitation in saying that
the scheme is q lottery within the meaning
OF the laws of New Hampshire. It involves
substantially the same sort of gambling a.
any other lottery. It appeals to the same
disposition for engaging in hazard and
chance with the hope Of great return for
small outlay"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24
THE RECOVERY.

formance you must
come up straight, with
the body erect and in a
natural position.
The snap-up, which
consists in lying fat on
your back on the ground
and by one movement
coming on to your feet,
standing erect, is a SIM
pie trick and is very
useful in the way of
covering mistakes. For
instance, in a rotation
of tricks, such as a row
of fip-faps, winding up
with a back somersault,
the performer is apt to
slip. In that case he
recovers from his fall
with a snap-up, and the
spectator is not the
wiser. This is the way
Il
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24

boxing in the bantam class,
1 do not mention these facts to tell you
who am, but simply to bring out one fact.
That fact is, owe all my success in anna
teur athletics and gymnastics to my early
training in tumbling. and as this article is
intended to illustrate and describe tricks in
tumbling. want to impress upon my read
ers at the start that the exercise OF tum-
bling 10 not only beneficial for the time
being, but is one of the most valuable aids
to other feats that is known.
WHEN TO BEGIN.
How young should boy begin to practice
tumbling? That is question am asked
nearly every week of the month. That de-
pends upon the boy. Ii he is strong and
healthy, with no weak points, the earlier
the better after he is 8 years old. Not too
hard practice at first, of course. but simple,
light work, about half an hour day, and
always under the direction Of some one who
knows something about the exercise.
This is the way began. I belong to an
athlete family; several of my brothers hold
championships or have held them, and of
course was greatly interested in all kinds
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24

the trick Is Iearned. Lie HdTId btdIu.
on your back at full length. Raise your
arms above your head, with the hands open.
Raise your legs over your head, throwing
Yourself on to your shoulders with sharS,
spring from the hands and shoulders, and
with quick movement send YOURSELF
up, bringing the legs down under the
body. The feat will describe semi-clrcle.
As soon as the feet have MADE the temi-
circle you are apt to lose control Of yoqrself
falling back to your original position To
avoid this bring the feet under the body.
and a. they nearly touch the ground bring
the head forward o. we'll % the BOG from
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24

teur championship OF the
boy turner's at the New
York Turnverein events
in 1884, and I have a fair
knowledge of the rings,
trapeze. clubs and other
apparatus. In addition
to this I won the amateur
championship Of America
in tumbling at the Ameri-
can Athletic Club games
in 1885, and two years
later I won the American
amateur ehamDionshlp in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24
ItGullr, Of A...ul, .na Barr.r,

Upon your stomach with blue pill, podophyilin
or other rasping purgatives positively despair
of helping your liver. Violence committed
hslp, prompt and thorough, 10 TO be found IN
the wholesome anti bilious medicine, Hosses-
ter's Stomach Bitrers, which is moreover
productive Of happy results in malarial diseasa
rheumatism, dyspepsia, nsrvousness and kid
neg troubles
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24

the waist mp, at the same time drawing the
feet under with sharp. vigorous, inward
kick.
The snap-up can also be done without
touching the hands to the ground, but this
can only be-done by an expert performer.
1t is executed the same as the former, only
the hands are not used. The snap is from
the shoulder and is done with great force,
sending the body high enough up to allow
the feet to rest on the ground before the inn
petus is lost and the body falls back to its
original place.
THE FLIP-FLAP.
The fip-fap is simply backward hand
spring. This is the best way for beginner
to learn it: He should stand on one end of
mattress with his back toward this pro.
lection, his legs slightly apart, arms straight
and body bent forward. stoop and make
backward spring, throwing the arms and
head back and bending the body from the
waist up backward, at the same time throw
ing the legs up and over the head, pitching
over on the hands. With spring from the
hands and arms he will come on to his feet
again.
A succession of fip-faps ending with q
backward somersault makes a striking feat.
have done "a fip-faps in q space of eight
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24
GIVES A BOY SPEED,

not understand tumb-
ling, and those who do
have no need of any.
thing that can be writ
ten to make them ap-
preciate it more than
they do. In learning
tumbling I would ad-
yyise that the tricks
should be learned in the
following order: Hand
stand, hand spring,
snap-up, fip-fap, back
somersault and forward
somersault. After these
comes the fancy tricks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24
Start for Back Somer- Will now desert
saul. some ofthe simple trio
and tell how they should be learned.
WALKING FEET UPWARD.


and tell how they should be learned.
WALKING FEET UPWARD.
The hand-stand is done by standing on
the hands, with the heels up in the air. It
is easily learned, and should at first be prac-
ticed BY leaning the feet against the wall
until the beginner can keep balance away
from any support.
The handspring should be praoticed on
mattress in learning. This trick consists In
standing up, throwing up the hands and the
body at the same movement and pitching
forward on to the hands, throwing the legs
over the head and pushing with the arms
until the circle is completed and the per-
former stands erect on his feet again. In
learning it you should advance one leg,
bending the body backward slightly, ex-
tending the arms up. Throw yourself on to
your hands with good spring, sending the
hindmost leg over quickly, and instantly
following with the other. AS you may rest
on your hands only for an instant the arms
should be kept still. the chest thrown out
and the head thrown back.
THE RECOVERY.
As you are falling backward push from
the fingers, throwing the head forward, and
bring the legs under as far as possible.
With little practice you will find yourself
able to come up in position to do another
hand spring, with the body bent ready for
the spring. When this trick ends your per-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24

feet. But i would not
advise a ny of my
younger readers to try
and accomplish this
feat the first week of
their practice. 1t is
extremely difficult and
very fe " amateurs
have ever equaled it.
Though it is not hard
to do another fip-fiap
after ending the first,
as the impetus carries
you on, still more than
two are apt to be fatig-
uing and require more
confidence in your
skill than you might
think pncqihla
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24


Of athletic work and had
abundant opportunities
to crafty my taste. 1
used to go to the Fifth
street gymnasium of
the Excelsior Athletic
Club. where my broth
ers practiced. There I
saw some professional
tumblers at practice.
They caught my fancy,
and I initiated all their
tricks. 1 tried even the
fapov opoe hut Of fret
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24
TURNING FLIP-FLAPS.
Champion William Haas Tells. Boys
How to Become Athletes.
GROUND TUMBLING AS HIGH ART
Advice to Beginners That May Save Broken
Limbs and Necks.
RECORDS THAT AREN'T EASY TO BEAT

WRITTEN FOE THE DIsPATcH.1
There are very few general tricks In
gymnasium that cannot do with more or
less success. I won the horizontal bar anna
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24

An Invaluable Travelling Companieu.
NO person. should travel without box Of
Hambrrr Figs In his satche1, for they will be
found when change Of food and water has
brought on an attack of constipation, indi-
gestion or torpioity Of the liver. Is cents. Dose
one ne. At al druggists. Mack Drug Co.,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24

IanCy ones, Out az urSL RWUuTQ OOmeTSdutt,
1 made very poor work of them.
LEARNED THEM CORRECTLY.
But by hard work and steady practice I
was able to do the simple ones, and, having
learned them from masters of the art &C.
quired fewer faults than would have done
had I picked them up myself. Everybody
should have some sort of teacher. Now.
as to apparatus made to help beginners turn
somersaults and the like. 1t is very good.
but it is not essential. I had man aid me
by standing by my side and helping me
around with cut on my thighs until had
got confidence enough to do the trick alone.
Tumbling exercises every muscle in a
boys body. If he begins work when he is
8 or 6 years old q was y he grows up as
Timber as an eel. Even il he begins when
he is II or IA years old-and wouldn't ad-
wise any boy to begin later than that-it
makes the movements Of his muscles free
and easy, and gives him grace, agility and
confidence.
GIVES BOY SPEED.
My success in boxing lies in my quick
ness, and my quickness came from tumbling.
1t makes a boy sure ON his feet. 1t gives
him power over each separate set of muscles.
He can save himself from falls, dodge and
escape punishment where otherwise he
might suffer.
But enough of this. think I have made
nv theory sufficiently plalu for those who do
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24

"See herer' he hoarsely whispered, push
ing the door open by about an inch; and I
instantly saw the huge creature hard by
where the wheel had stood, resting In a
crouehing posture, with its eyes upturned,
as though watching the negro who was in
the ship alongside.
''Softly for our lives, and take good aimw
said Captain Larkins.
We noiselessly pushed open the door
till we could bring our weapons to bear.
leveled both pistols and the skipper his
musket
"Fire" he whispered.
The three pieces flashed In q single dis
charge. The creature sprang erect, then
srouched a. though he would leap over
beard; and believed We had not hurt 1t
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MADE THEM LIE DOWN.

THE END.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1890-12-06

20 make. for at that hour Gould was
himself sorely pressed. and had asked
bis broker to assist him. Instead no
sailed AWAY to the Mediterranean. Gould
got through his troubles somehow. and \
year elapsed before the broker appeared
on the street. Gould said nothing. He
waited.
Presently the broker began to spccu.
late. Then one day friend of Gould 8
gave him Tip" He put large por-
ton OF his fortune on II. and In a trice
1t was swept away, and beyond the
wreck was seen the grinning face Of
Gould. He was getting even. The
remainder OF the fortune went the same
way, and In year the broker was PEN
nIless. Every enterprise that he en-.
gagged In failed. Gould never lost sight
of him. aud during the last ten years
when fortune has again seemed to be
within his grasp the pursuit has never
been given up. Today the broker is a
wreck. and his wretched family is In
actual want.
This is only one case. There are
others. but l shall not burden you with
their recital, for you may think l am a
man with grievance, when as a matter
OF fact never saw Gould but once in
my life. am simply giving you hasty
glimpse OF Wall street life.
There may be better place to study
human nature than the piazza OF a big
hotel, but IL so have never found it.
Only the other day was sitting on the
piazza of one Of the big hotels in Sara
toga. People were passing TO and fro.
The show of dresses was bewildering
and the glitter OF diamonds dazzling In
the extreme. 1t was after dinner. Tho
orchestra was playing the overture from
Tannhauser, and the old lady at my side
in gorgeous raiment and loaded down
with Jewels was describing the people
as they passed before us for my edifica-
ton. How the dear old soul chartered !
This woman" she said, lis widow OF
so. She tries to make people believe she
is only 30,yet know she has buried two
husbands and is looking for third. She
is worth million. Int tempcr-bless me-
she's a modern Xnntippel This poor
little chap married his own mother.in-
law. Factl
See the man thcrei He beats his
wife. And this dowdy In green had to
pay for her husband. Her father was
wealthy, but no one would marry her.
so finally the old gentleman announced
that he would give 800, 900, a house on
Fifth avenue. and three months trip
to Europe to the man who became her
husband. and the men were tumbllng
over each other. so eager were they for
her smiles. She selected the best look.
ing one-yes. that's he-that fellow in
faultless evening dress--a perfect Apollo.
isn't he?-well. that's her husband. and
he's q banker now. Lover Nonsense
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1890-12-06

outfit, even though you know your
salary Is already overdrawn. You
blister knees and knuckles scrubbng the
floor, and fall from the step-ladder while
trying to brush the dust from the CELL
ing. You knock the little statuettes
from the brackets where they had gained
residence, and in a III of Impotence at
pounding your thumb throw the ham.
mer through the largest window pane
In the house. You tear your clothes on
nails that were never revealed before,
and cut both bends on the butcher
knife while struggling to prepare a
lunch. Your ravenous appetite can find
nothing but husks of better living to
feed upon, and not many even OF them.
A tailor comes aud presents his bill.
which he claims Is due and has long
been in that condition. aud in the face
OF proof so positive you cannot for IA
moment make your wife understand
where all the money goes to.
When you have lived through three
days of this sort of agony, going to bed
at midnight. only to rise with mid
summer dawn, you find the house is
cleaned and the things that were so hard
TO move out can now be moved in again.
Though bruised and broken in body and
spirit. you are still in the ring and come
up TO the scratch with a readiness that
would disqualfy you for the prize ring
any day in the week. Not a man. woman
or child has appeared to help you, and II
seems that neither love nor money can
induce them 10 sell an hours labor.
The ice man stands on the back step OF
his wagon and laughs as you strain every
muscle of your body escorting dray
loads Of furniture TO their places In the
house, and even the neighbors stop and
ask you how you like it. They tell your
I wife on the quiet that she Is fortunate
but she knows that and always has.
You struggle through the setting up OF
stoves. the jointing of pipes and the
stretching of stubborn carpets, and you
swear when II is all over that you will
never, so long as reason maintains hel
throne In your distracted globe--nnvei
clean house again.
But then comes the reward. Then
comes the victory. The consciousness
that you may pass stove without being
asked to lift II; that not one Of the tables
or chars or bureaus needs moving for
another year-nnd that you may man
age to die before that time. All these
things are sweet aud soothing to the
tired soul and the more than bruised aud
broken body. You may now sell what
was once your Sunday suit to the old
clothes man and sit down In perfect
peace TO meal of victuals cooked in
the ordinary way. You may go "a
bed at the proper hour and not feel in
your heart of hearts that really you
ought to be up and fixing things so that
there will be less to do tomorrow. You
have earned your reward. and II you are
wise you will never allow any woman to
beguile you into such an indiscretion
again. Henceforward you swear you
would rather live in comfortable dirt
than in the cleanest house that wal
rooted over-provded you have the
cleaning TO do yourself. Chicago Herald
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1890-12-06
The Oceans "Under-Tow."

Doubtless we'have all heard good
deal about this "under-tow," rs though
il were some mysterious force working
from the recesses of treacherous
ocean to draw unwary bathers to their
doom. As matter of fact its presence
is obviously natural, and the explana-
ton of it more than simple. As each
wave rolls in aud breaks upon the
beach, the volume of water which it
carries does not remain there aud sink
into the sand; it flows back again, and,
as the succeeding wave breaks over it,
the receding one forms an under-cur-
rent flowing outward of strength pro-
portionate TO the body of water con-
tanned in each breaker. and, again,
proportionatc in n great measure to
the depth of the ditch Where this
latter is IN appreciable depression, it
can be readily seen that the water of
receding waves will flow into it with
similar effect of that of water going
over Il fall, and that person standing
near is very likely to be drawn over
with it, and thus, if the ditch is deep
enough, carried out of his depth.
This is all there is to the much-rllked-
of 'under-tow" aud the numerous ac-
cidents laid to its account Du6ieid
Osborne, la Scribner's.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1890-12-06

rarlor while the man hangs the paper in
the bedrooms. and when he Is half done
he MARBLES n complaint that there Is not
enough paper 10 go around. So you
have TO slick up bit and so half mile
to the store for another roll, only TO
find when you get there that the mer-
chant has no more of that exact pattern.
but would be glad to nil your order from
anything else in the shop. BY the way,
did anybody ever find match for wall
paper already purchasedY
The upshot of it all is That you buy a
new outfit. pay the cash and carry il
home, and are lold when you get there
that your wife has concluded TO have the
room calcimined, anyway. You cnn either
swear and be Il brute or hold your tenn
per and be saint-just as you like.
Being man, you choose the latter
clean house aud say nothing.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1890-12-06

error of wearing the same suit Of cloth
ing twice in one week. He is lavish in
rich neckware and jewelry. Indeed, his
be at peace with all the world. There is
mo shadow on his path.
He lunches at Delmonico's. and his
office is crowded with men anxious to
get word with him. While hundreds
of have .becns jostle elbows with him
every day he pays no heed to the past
and is constantly adding to his already
fargo fortune. for there are not many
people who do not believe that he saved
q couple of millions before the law
claimed him. Everything that he touches
now turns to gold. He is making money
rapidly TRAN any nun in the street.
aud some day you will hear of him again.
for he ia consumed with an ambition to
succeed jay Gould as the big man Of the
street
BY the way, how many men have
astrutted about Wall street for brief day
with the same idea In mindf
There is no answer. for those once
sunk 10 the maelstrom OF Wall street
speculation have no power OF speech.
Perhaps Mr. Gould could tell
Speaking OF Gould. Wall street man,
one OF the best informed. too. by the
way, told me the other day that Gould's
entire time is devoted to caring for his
vast fortune. 80 that when death comes
he will leave 1t In such a way that mis-
heirs will have no trouble in the courts
Mr.. Gould does not believe that he will
live long. though he has DO reason TO
think so, for there is nothing the matter
with him but torpid liver He has n
hoxor of death, and is putting his house
in order for the hour when the grim
messenger will arrive. Contrary to
general belief he is not specializing in
Wall street. He keeps sharp eye on
the market aud may so into the street
occasionally. but it is only to protect
himself.
Wall street has never had but one Jay
Gould, selfish, graspiug man, blind Ia
all else but money making. n good
friend while he can use you, an unrelent-
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1890-12-06
Helen Hunts Grave.

Vending our way through that grand
assure in the rocks, called Cheyenne
Canon and ascending the nine flights
of stairs to the top of the Seven
Falls" guide board directed our path
and after some steep climbing, we
stood beside the grave of that noble
woman.
1t was here that she used to come
to think and to write, here she spent
many of her Sabbaths.
This spot is my church." she said
to n friend, land ii is here that [ wish
to be laid And so on the summit of
Cheyenne Mountain. beneath summer
sun and winter SHOWS. she les-alone.
No monument marks the spot, but
the grave is heaped high with small
stones which visitors have LAID upon IL.
For each stone taken. for souvenirs,
one or more is replaced by the person
who takes it. Hundreds of them have
their names or some admiring senti-
ment Of the givcr written upon them.
have heard (but can not vouch for
the truth of ID that when she requested
to he buried there she also made the
request that those who visited her
grave should lay Il stone upon it. 1t
was an odd within, | think, but one that
has been faithfully hunlored.
1t is II lovely spot aud the surround
ing scenery is solcmnly grand, and
still that isolated grave, in its lonli-
ness, seemed very sad to me, and |
turned with sigh and slowly and
thOughtGully rctraccd my steps by the
Same path which she so often had trod.
Cor. lPOmdR's 1ribUHe.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1890-12-06

Money! This woman IN blue is married.
she says, but no one has ever seen her
husband. This man with big diamond
ring was waiter in Delmonicos once.
when pretty girl fell in love with him.
They ran away together. lived abroad
for five years in poverty, but now they
are reconciled with the old folks and the
exwaiter is u member of his fathcr-in-
laws firm.
Observe that pretty little girl. Her
mother broke her heart because her hus-
band fell in love with the cbild's nurse.
They were married three months after
the poor woman was buried. And see
But didn't. | excused myself and
ran Off, for believe the poor old soul
knew more than any of Census ouperin-
tendent Porter's men. aud she had hard
ly warmed up to the subject when l left
her