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A Miners Fall.

Frederick Taylor, miner residing at
Turkey Run, met with a serious accident
in the Gilberton colliery on Saturday. As
he was ascending steps made of laggings in
an old breast, one Of the lsggings gave
way and, as Taylor slipped he threw his
arm around prop, which also gave way,
aud the unfortunate man fell down the
breast, which pitched at about fifty degrees,
ii distance of over one hundred feet.
Taylor was badly cut and bruised and had
to be taken 10 his home in an ambulance.
Take good adyice.-i have suffered with bad
headaches for " ars, and have tried macy
remedies without obtain ng relief i was adj
Wis ed TO give aviation oil trial, and IL has
entirely cured me,
EDWARD BALTZ, (Butcher1
La Fayete Market, Baltimore, Nd
Oysters are in season and the best in Il q
usrkat are al COgleuis 22-tf
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Republican State Ticket.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-05

but went further and opened little stands
and shops in various parts of Paris, where
pools were sold on the same plan.
But OIler was a man of great enterprise
and ingenuity. Competition only aroused
him to greater activity. So in 1876 he
came before the public with new scheme
the paris mutuals"-a system still IN
vogue in France, and also in this country
1t is betting system that is very attract
i've to many followers of the races, since
the returns from successfully placed bet
are often very large. BY this system. IN
its present form, the amount OF the be- Is
fixed, let US say for example, s.. We VIII
suppose that there are six horses set TO
start in q certain race.
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Totals. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 800 siFNo
Deducting per cent. for commission,
the pool represents Sl,425. to be divided
among the holders of the lucky tickets. IL
No. 2 should win, for instance, each ticket
holder gets one thirty-second part OF the
whole pool, or $44 %.
The carriages used by Oller were rather
pretentious affairs, as large as an omnibus,
with windows for ticket-sellers, and boards
upon which was automatically exposed
the number of tickets on each horse as
fast as sold, and above this 'totaliZer.
as it was called, that mechanically gave
the results of the whole and showed the
total amount of the pool at the moment.
As soon as the horses started tie word
"arret" appeared on board at the top of
the coach, to show that no more bets were
taken.
This system was not perfect, but it was
simple and ingenious. 1t gave the field OF
players a chance to pick their own horses.
In short time it became so popular that
tables of the horses, bets and totals were
exhibited from a hundred coaches in The
racing field, and also in Paris, where those
who could not go to the race course were
offered an opportunity of betting on the
horses.
But the custom of betting on the races,
with opportunities for gratifying the pas
sion at a persons very door, became so
prevalent that it attracted the attention of
the project of police. In June, 1863,
wholesale arrest of pool sellers of all
classes took place. The matter caused the
greatest attention in Paris and through
out the sporting world at large. The
lower courts as well as the court of APP
peals to which the case was carried, both
held, that while the old-fashioned plan Of
drawing tickets at random from box or
hat transgressed the laws regarding lot
teries, the pdri mutuel was not illegal.
since it gave the ticket-buyer the right OF
selecting a horse according to his best
judgment.
But the pari nutucl was not destined
to an uninterrupted existence on French
race-courses. Again the pool sellers on
this plan came under the ban of the law,
and in 1875 the upper courts decided
against this system, and it was banished
from France.
All this while there had been from time
to time sporadic attempts 10 introduce the
English system of bookmaking. Indeed
at every race course there were numbers
of small pool sellers who made up their
books, fixing the odds according to their
own judgment or varying them with the
popular demand for tickets. These men
usually worked in pairs, one held small
board either with handle like bills of
fare in cheap restaurants, or fastened on a
cane or umbrella, presenting list of the
horses and odds, the other sold the tickets
and acted as cashier. As business i'm
proved, and this plan gained popular favor,
the boards became more pretentious, they
were set on long poles driven into the
ground.
Bookmaking on the English system had
reached this stage when. the "pari mu-
tuel' was driven out of existence by the
law. These small dealers were not in
cluded in the general onslaught which
banished the 'mutuels."
The invincible and energetic Joseph Oh
Ter again came to the front as bookmaker
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Of this kind. But as with the o,r;,.,
terry plan and the 'pari mutual = ~ -
not content TO do business on a smaIl -
He had acquired strong influence in r.r,.[
circles and was IN favor with thu -
jockey clubs. BY energetic and diuln,ssa@ss
management he acquired from the stns~.]
chase society the privilege Of book ma.P1-
at the races OF the society in return ~
5000 francs $1,000 for each racine a.
setting up certain liked numbs-
stands. Oiier found u Necessary in ism J.
increase the number OF stands 20 twensr-
I'VE, and the amount OF pavment 80
raised to $500 francs 81 .l00t From 49,.
10 year until ISIS the price OF the priv,is~s
was advanced until in ISIS il reaches M
600 francs per day. or about s2.O0o "
Then came the organization ot TIA
citation of Racing Societies. and book,ssoo
ing reached its golden age. The nast
makers we're everywhere; they thronsss
every race course. They sold tickets IN ~
large cities, and especially in Paris. Rr.
abuses arose. There were frequently 49,.
dalous proceedings. nothing less Than an IN
berry. The government could no Ioao.~
close its ewes 10 the evil. and in So
ministerial circular suppressed book ross
ing, and as consequence the race conr-s-
were deserted.
There was nothing else TO do hnt =,
vive the old ''pari mutuel, !" which ~ -
defatigable Olier succeeded in doing md.
ministerial authorization. The sv.sssa
was very carefully developed and orzsn;s.5
10 make II as iair and unobjectionable =
possible. =
Then at once sprang I'D again an
st in racing. To show the extens;va 'h h''s.
ness done, have looked up some Sons .s''
At Long Champs for example, there = - -.
never fewer than 500 people emnlovsds =
the betting ring. and on great dav. Ill -
as that of the Grand Prix. the nnr ,Jcn
reached 1900. Since each emnlors
ceived at the minimum 20 francs 3sn - ~
day, and the superintendent and n NJ ~ -
tors much more. one can easily get an H. ~.
of the value of the business. '4es
In 1890 during the thirty-6ve d.,. ;,
racing under the management of ~ c ~
ciete Encouragement, the bets arno,,. IF !
to 81, 0O0, 900 francs ($7. 400 0OO) or an ara.
age of $500 600 for each day' In fso- ~. a !
average was only $l06, 900 per dav. ~ a .as
about Paris last year there was r,,h,; a.,u
| bet upon horse races a total anorn. y
fully $20,0O0,OO0, without countinc an, -
rosa operations and private bets vb;oh
certainly reached half of these ficures A''''
In 1890 the Societe 'Encouragemar, :.
ceived in gate money over $500. C01 :,
thlrty-hve race meetings; it gave abont
To'v'VOV :" pcs Dul III spite OF the i'm.
portance of this society to racing =
France, its prizes form only about ons' =
| quarter of the total amount of monev ~
fered to winning horses in all parts az ~
| country. This total sum is near 81 5Il GO
When one adds the expenses OF trainins
| the cost of travel, salaries and ontbts !;
| jockeys and expenditures of various kins.
/ il Is easy to see, that taking in the arnorrs
of bets and all, racing in France causss
about $35. 100000 10 change hands sarh
year. GUILLAUME LoxGcHAwn
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where will be instructed some Of
the lively youth We saw PLAYING leap
frog by the roadside, and who were
humorously defined by friend as
some OF the HOP lice" that aff1ict this
section. The boys looked bright, however,
and were clearly not children OF parents
from that portion of Western Missouri
where people are always ready to emigrate
on ten minutes notice, as all they have to
do is to put out the fire and whistle to the
dogs. There are very few of this kind of
immigrants settling up Washington today.
There are places, to be sure, where the
station is little more than sign-board and
a shanty, but that will soon change and
within another ten years the population of
the Sound country and its productive
energy will be easily doubled. The people
will double" before they will quit.
T. r
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Bank Examiner Drew Di.mi..ss

WASHINGTON CITY, July 3.-Bank 4.
aminer Drew, of Philadelphia, was I; d.
treasury department several hours Al,r
He had conference with Secretary fntrr
and Comptroller Lacey in regard 10 IA
connection with the Keystone Nnsnnd
bank, and was informed that his services
were no longer required by the govern
ment, but whether he was dismissed or Al
lowed to resign could not be learned. Tia
official announcement was deferred until
Monday.
PHILADELPHIA, July 3.-The presiding
judge of the court of common pleas this
morning handed down a decision upheld
ing the authority of the city council to sp-
point a committee vested with power
to subpoena witnesses and plac>
them under oath before takina
their testimony. The decision d
the court arose through the suiI
in equity brought against Yard, who Re
fused to be sworn or to testify before ii,
Keystone bank investigation COMMITTEES
Yard has been indicted by the grand iur,
for criminal conspiracy with exCiti
Treasurer Bardsley to unlawfully use th'
puhlic funds
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THE COURTEOUS EDITORS.
In Gotham They Do Not Keep Clubs for
contributors.


Contributors.
New YORK, June 29.-tSpecial. l-Maga-
zine editors-probably because they have
to refuse so many manuscripts-get the
discredit of being surly. but those of New
York do not merit it. 1t seems to me, as l
pass them in review, that it would be diff
cult to name more kindly group of men
and women. Pestered by thousands of
manuscripts which they do not want, and
driven half distracted by bores, they keep
the milk of human kindness as sweet as
any less tried mortals could do.
Mr.. Glider, of the Century, probably re-
jects more articles than any other living
man, yet he is the gentlest OF mortals in
bearing. He is slight and small and dark,
fond of children and animals, skillful
fencer and equestrian, and has kind, brown
eyes which never forget face.
l have often heard the Harpers criticized
by young writer's. but never have listened
to syllable of dispraise breathed against
Editor Henry NJ. Alden, of their Magazine,
who is in years and length of service the
dean of the New York editorial corps. Mr..
Alden sits in stuffy little office Uttered
with books and papers, gray-bearded man
of medium stature, who speaks his mind
plainly but courteously. He lives at
Metuchen, \. j., and usually travels thither
in the smoking car, the center of a group
of acquaintance. He is not the only
metropolitan editor who is also an ex-
clergyman.
NJ r. Curtis, of the Weekly, is known
verywhere as a nineteenth century Addi-
son. Mr.. Richard Harding Davis, the
managing editor, is smooth-faced young
man OF splendid physique and square
jaw betokenlng immense resolution. He
is thorough gentleman of the muscular
type.
Mr.. Burlingame, of Scribner's, is tall and
dark and 1.-the, with an erect bearing,
white, even teeth and a sunny smile. He
does not keep a club in his desk. owns to
middle age and looks Younger.
Mr.. John Brisben Walker of the Cosmo-
politan, is primarily business man, but
has keen literary Judgment as we'll He
has an agreeable manner and all of aWest-
ern mans energy.
Lloyd Brice, of the North american, is a
member of the 400, and as patient and
kindly as he is enterprising and positive.
Miss Glider, of the Critic. has the tact
of a salon hostess. Miss Lamb, of the
Magazine Of american History, greets a
caller with a pleasant smile. When she
bends over her desk her gray curls fall
about her face, giving her rather a girlish
look. Mrs. Sangster, of Harper's Bazaar,
has fine womanly features, which are al
most sanity in their frame of gray hair,
and which couldn't frown if they tried to.
Put all these people together and fill in
the chinks with their assistants and asso-
ciates and what an interesting assembly
they would make!
Freuchv the Rinner Con victed NJ Murd.r
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ORIGIN oFTHE MUTUAL SYSTEM.
Inventive Genius of Joseph Oller-S35,-
100000 Changes Hands on Races
in France Every Year.
PARIS. June %. 1891.

venture upon French courses, though pool
selling had then been in vogue in England
for many years.
But in 1862 an English perfumer, who
had little shop in the Boulevard des Cap
ucines, inaugurated among his wealthy
patrons plan of racing bets against all
the horses entered in a given race. The
amount of the bet was fixed so high as to
exclude the general public, and, indeed.
the bookmaking was done very quietly.
The chances of each horse were calculated
and the odds so arranged that the book
being full, the pool seller was assured of
small profit, no matter which horse won.
The bets were recorded in a book of forms,
something like check book; the name of
the horse the amount of the stake and the
odds were written on the leaf, which was
torn off and given to the buyer; the same
items were recorded on the stub retained
by the bookmaker.
AS the public interest in horse racing
increased, Joseph Oller invented a new
system. in which any one was free to take
part. 1t was not a legitimate book, and
the buyer of ticket had no opportunity
to use his knowledge of the horses. 1t was
simply lottery. On the official pro-
gramme of the races each horse was given
a number. These numbers were Inscribed
on cards. These cards were shaken up in
hat or bag, and each holder OF a ticket in
the pool drew a card. The person who
held the number of the winning horse
took the pool, the aggregate OF the stakes
less 10 per cent. commission to the pool
seller.
This system soon became so popular
that Oller appeared on the race tracks
with mail coach, hired for the occasion.
Series of tickets were issued, so
that any number of persons might
participate in the betting He in
vented a little piece of mechanism, an
encased wheel with hopper on
the top, an opening in the lower side and
pan beneath to catch the numbered balls
that were placed in the hopper, shaken up
by the wheel and dropped through The
slot into the pan. Each series of tickets
was numbered All of those numbered
one were given the horse whose number
appeared on the first ball to drop into the
pan; the second series received the horse
whose number was on the second ball, and
so on. The tickets were then exchanged
for others on which the name of the horse
appeared.
This plan was so successful that Oller
found host of imitators, and the race
courses were soon crowded with the car
riages of pool sellers of all grades. His
strongest rival was Cheron. who not only
offered strong competition at the races,
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Frenchy the Ripper Convicted of Murder.
/ New YORK, July 3.-The case of Ameer
Ben Ali, charged with the murder of Car
RE Brown, went to the jury at o'clock
this evening. The jury returned verdict
finding defendant guilty of murder in the
second degree
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-11
THE FIRE RECORD.

SUNDAY night fire destroyed the fine barn
of DIR. J. Larimore. Newark, together with its
contents. Loss 81, 500, with partial insurance.
THERE was an alarm of fire from Station 95,
in Allegheny, shortly before 6 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. A fire in the roof of a house
near the Fort Wayne Railroad bridge was
the cause.
THE residence of A. J. Baker at Foster
vile, was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon.
The loss will aggregate 81, 500 on which there
is no insurance. The fire was the work of
an incendiary.
SOME excitement was created in Chicago
early last evening by fourth alarm of fire
from the great lumber district. The flames
were discovered in the drying house S. B.
Barker & Co. The marshal in charge soon
had . engines and two fire boats working
and the nre was extinguished after about
5000 damage had been done.
YESTERDAY afternoon an ugly fire broke
out in the Brown Manley plow factory, an
immense institption at McConnellsvilIe
Batteries E, of Springfield. and F, of Akron,
turned out and fought the flames with will,
only subduing the fire by hard work. and
saving many thousand dollars worth of
property. A vote of thanks has been ten
dered the batteries by grateful citizens.
LOT of bagging in the third story of the
commission house of Siatta Fugazzi, which
adjoins John Fte's establishment at 534 Lib
erty street caught fire shortly before 10
o'clock last evening. An alarm was sent in
from Station g. located at Sixth street and
Penn avenue. and owing to the location Of
the box the f1remen had some difficulty in
locating the fire. When located the fire
had gained considerable headway among
the bagging, but had not set fire to the
building. At the suggestion of Captain
Dan Silvis, of the police force, the material
was all thrown out of the building, and the
blaze extinguished in short order.
EARLY yesterday morning fire broke out
in Conway's lodging house at Spokane Falls
The building wa soon a mass of flames and
the inmates barely escaped. Charles
Johnston, 60 years of age, was taken out
through the second story window. He had
been suffocated to death. A negro barber
had his arms fearfully burned. His burns
are fatal. A man named Green jumped from
the third story of the building and sustained
serious internal injuries. J. H. Dwyer,
another inmate, jumped from the third
story, receiving q broken arm. Wm.
Clifford and Frank Brown also jumped from
the same story and escaped unhurt. The
lodging house was three-story frame build
ing and was completely gutted. The fire is
supposed to be of incendiary origin.
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General Sporting Notes,

THE direct ors of the local ball club will meet to-
day.
THE Homestead Locals defeated the Hill Tops
yesterday by % to 3.
IF the local club directors do not make bold
stroke of some kind the public will forget there is
a club here at all.
EFFORTS are being made to sign Western Asso-
ciation player for the local club. The intended
victim is an outfielder, SO II is said.
CAN nobody lay hold of the Jonah of our slug
gers? He must be caught soon or there will be no.
Park. e. e..
On Saturday evering a 1OO-yard foot race was
Murphy. both weil.known Young men of Lawrence
Vile. Roundtree defeated his opponent by three
yards. Time, II seconds.
1T is understood that the Bridgeville and East
End Gyms will play at Bridgeville to-morrow.
BridgeviHes win they will tie with the Gyms for
hrst place in the County League race.
IN good game at Evans City Saturday the ]. W.
McKees ball team defeated a nine made up of
play,r rs from Tarentum, the Markham and Butler
Times teams. by IA to-. The battery work of Gar
field and Cuberson for the KcKe IS was the feat
ure The Mckees have won eight consecutive
games.
THE Electric Stars of Lawrenceville. have organ
lied the following baseball club and would like to
hear from all amateurs in Western PENNSYLVANIA.
Players: Roundtree catcher; McAdam, pitcher;
keeley. short: Sturm, first; Schultz, second;
Murphy third; Reynolds left; BrantleT: middle.
will please address Thomas Roundtree, manager,
3jS Leech street, city.
THE manager of the Murrays, of De Haven,
writes to this paper as follows: Having noticed in
Sundays edition of THE DISPATCH of the Ho-
a team from De Haven. with say that the defeated
other team hailng from De Haven called the De
Haven Stars. The Murrays have a standing chal-
lenge e to the M Moboken team and will post forfeit
theif own grounds at DE Haven.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-11
Morris Park Entries.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
NEW YORK, Aug. 1O.-Following are the en-
tries for Morris Park races tomorrow:
First race, seven-eighths, handicap-May Win,
Rambler, 107; Meriden, 100; Arab, lI2; Terrifer,
Styrke, Castalia, los; Tarquin, 100; Strideaway,
Ill.
Second race, Junior Champion stakes three
quarters of mile-Bashford, Phil Dwyer Lew
Weir, Fremont. Airplant, Sir Matthew. Tammany
Silver Fox, Dagonet, Merry. Monarch. Lavish
Mars, Lord Motley, Alonzo, Patrimony colt, 0sric,
lis; Georgia. Yorkvie Belle, lis: DAILY stable, Sir
Matthew, Tammany, Silver Fox: Morris stable,
Mars, Georgia; Corr1gan's stable, Dwyer, Weir.
Third race, mile and one-eighth handieap-Ban-
quet. Reckon, Ill; Rover, SO; Peter 80; Loantaka,
127; Riot, l03.
Fourth race. three-quarters handicap-Magge
Murphy, %: Lampli ghter. 40: Crocus, 90. Man
hasset, Pedestrian, ITO; Count, l04; Schuylkill,
Barefoot, IS; Take Back, lib; Wah Jim, 100, Ada
Blue 107.
Fifth race, three-quarters, maldens-Prince
Charming West farms), Lillian Sir George, John
Lakeland, Laurestan, los: Boyle Rhodes, ITO; Ny
opia, Laurel, Gretchen 100.
sixth race. mile and one-sixt6elth, selling
Fernwood, 80; Ben Klngsbury, 1l3: Rushlight 20;
Strideaway, 112; Houston ll6; Rover, lO2, Celia IS.
Weather clear. Track fast.