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New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
LoRrLLARD ATHLETIC CLUB GAMES.

The Lorllard Athletic Club held Its annual handicap
fall games yesterday at Its grounds Oakland and Ho-
boken aves., Jersey City The games were we'll con-
tested The sports ended with game OF lacrosse De-
tween the Lorllard Athletic Clubs team and picked
team. The winners we're as follows
1OO-yad dash-WOn by H. Barclay, Keating A. o.
second G. Pfcssler, LOrard A. G. -,
44O-yard run-Won By J. j. McDonougn, Navler
A. c. twenty YARDS; second, Il. Stockton Manhattan
A. G. -(twenty -tve yards). - 49,
GOO-yard run, novice, scratch-WOn by +: Rlornan'
JorlIlard a. G. second b. Fiaherty, Lorillard a. C.
S5O-yard run-Won by J. H. Green, NewJersey A. -
thirty yards, Second, G.. Sands New-Jersey ~ u
thirty five yardsl . ,
Two-miie rln-wOn by NJ Bent, Union A. c. lsev-
cny five yards) ysecond, f. II. Leonard, Xavier A. T.
(sevcnty YARDS. - mt.
OnemiIe walk-Won By +. Ellis, Pastime A. O. lthir-
ty-fve ysrds; second, W. II. Scott New-Jersey A. L.
(twenty-nyc yards -,
-unning high >ump-Won by T.. Nckcrson, New ! ork
A. C. scratch second, IT. Weigand. NewYork A. {.
three nches).
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MORE TROUBLE FOR THE "wILLING WORKERS.

The willing Workers have more troubles. On
Thursday evening three notices served upon Presi
dent Bothem decn!ing that the society must vacate
the rooms it has occupied In the old ST. James Hotel
In broadway Marion, october l. The notices
were sent by John II. Peloubet the former president
Of the society. who holds the lease of the hall The
president and other officers Of the society supposed that
the lease vas in the name OF Thomas C. Lapham, one
of the members. President Bothem says it was
originally held by Mr.. Lapham, for the society that
when Mr. Peloubet came in he secured the lease In
his own name with Mr.. Lapham, but when Mt
peloubet retired from the mission he understood
10 have surrendered the lease and left 1t with Mr.
Lapham.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
ASSOCIATIO
MANY LIVELY CONTESTS AT LowERRE.
SUCCESSFUL FALL GAMES OF THE YoNKERs
ATHLETIC CLUB.


ATHLETIC CLUB.
A large crowd witnessed the second annual fall
games of the Yonkers Athletic Club, which took place
upon their grounds at Lowerre yesterday afternoon.
The contests spirited. The meet was the most
successful that the club has yet held. Harry Curnce
the English champion and E. d. Langc were both
entered In the onemile walk being the formers first
appearance in this country, it said Although too
heavily Handicapped and too much out of training to
win q place they highly delighted the spectators by
their fine exhibition of walking In the final Of tho
1oo-yard dash, c.. L. Sanford, of the New Haven
Athletic Club T. W. Gerwitz Of the Riverside Athletic
Club. and A. NJ. Judson OF the Manhattan Athletic
Club ran dead heat and squabble ensued. 1t was
finally run again between the former and Sandford
won in 10 13 seconds In the final Of the 220yard run
w. b. Coster of the York Athletic Club who claimed
first place. was disqualified by the judges In favor
of A. NJ. Judson, with C. F. sandford second. The
prizes we're gold silver and bronze medals to the
first second and third men. After the games the at-
letes enjoyed picnic at MOuntaneer Grove, Nodine
Hill. The winners were
l00yard rn-C. F. sandfcrd, New-Haven A. C.,
four and a half yards, first; W" Gerwitz Riverside
A. Cr two yards, second.
8s0yayd run-P. F. Burns, fifteen yards, first;
f. ii. whtlatch Prospect Harriers twenty-five yards.
second.
440yard novice race-O. Farley, Pastime A. c.,
FIRST: Joseph Quinlan, Yonkers A. c.. second
220-yard mn-A. VI. Judson, Manhattan A. C.. nine
yards, first: c. F. SANFORD, New Haven A. C., seven
yards. second.
One-mile rum. O'Brlen Yonkers A. c. 100 yards.
first =. G. Hollander Pastime a. G., seventy yards
One-mle waIk-A. Keenan,, AS seconds, first; ~
Th9Ine. 40 seconds second; ;,.,us = seconds first :
Running broad jump j. Gahagan, Yonkers A. c..
two feet first 20 feet IL inches u Oo2ei TWO iec'
six inches, second.
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though ai investigation could have been oo'neo ~
application to the vceChancellor. In the case o ,no
prevalence Of typhoid fever, the health oincer,
Titus. has maintained theory that the wen wave.
Is purer than river water, although the oP'lioh y
sanitarians is opposed TO his view. some .eas "so
DR. Edgar Holden an excellent authority, made o
special investigation of the OF wen ~a.e' a -,
Newark at the request of the Mutual o benem, the
Insurance Company, and made chart showing ,ho
intimate connection of various diseases, incluahg
phold fever. with the wells within the CITY nnn' VI
these wells closed by the authorizes pus I. ~
pears that their use was resumed after Inc ,pe0Pic
Nm the neghborhood OF the wells have been .,
was safer ft use than the aqueduct water Ihere ls
unusual prevalence of typhoid IN Jersey o,,rSs N
as Newark and has IL contaminated with Newark
sewage.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
RUTHERFORD.
HE WAS A cAB1N-BoY IN THE WAR OF 1912.

HE WAS A CABIN-BoY IN THE WAR OF 1s12'
The funeral Of c. r. Lillibndge who served as a
cabinboy In the War of 1872 held in Rutheriori
on Friday Mr.. Lillibrdgc who was ninety-two years
old had been in falling health for some time ana on
Wednesday he died at the home OF his stepdaugn.er'
Mrs Abram Deraarest in Rutherforda Mr.. Lilnbrdge
was the son of Captain Robert Llifbridge and was
born In Providence, Il. l. He was not yet thirteen
years old when he became a cabinboy on the Rapa,
priyateer commanded by Captain saunders MT. Mr.
fillibridgo learned the printing trade, but during MS
long and active life he engaged In many and various
business enterprises. He leaves widow.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
yryrR.L OF JOSEPH J. o'BRIEN.

The funeral of Joseph j. o'Bffen, who was acciden"
aly shot on Wednesday night last at Coney Isand Dy
James W. Cropsey, license collector, tooh pH'eo 9o
terdav at his home i'm Brooklyn. Father flanagan,
who married Mr. and Mrs. OBrien, read the mncra
service. Tho palbearcrs were. X +. sutferiana'
Robert Sutherland, Charles T. Morris, Charles r..
Kurtb s. Striker williamson and John Roth all beins
members of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club. Thers
was also present delegation from the NIllm Assembly
District Association headed by exAssemby man smith
The hody was taken to Calvary Cemetery Tor burial
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
INTERESTING GAMES OF CRICKET.

cosMoPoLITANs EASILY DEFEAT THE BEDFoRDs
THE SCORES.
The Cosmopolitan Cricket Club had an easy task
in defeating the Bedfords yesterday at Clifton and
they Won by ia runs. II. E. Jackson and F. W.
Giiett made long stand for the first wicket, putting
fifty-sx before they were separated J. Flannery,
G. Myers, ii. l.. Walker and J. Govey all added ma
erally to the j. Gundy did the best work for
Bedford in both departments. The following is the
score:
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HOME NEWS.

PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.
ERUNswIcK-Mayor James Meshane oil "onsr .-rsy
and a., fo.pyessman Lewis n s,unckel OF OHIO. FIFTH
AyESUE<J III. B Latrobe, Of Baltimore, ana II. o'
Frick OF Piesburg. PLAzA-R. Z. Kefens, OF d. ho.s
sTURTEv NT-tcnerai u. Molina Guirois, min'ser iof
Salvador a: Washington. WINDsOis-r' Botsin' se''~
tary of the Russian Legation al Washington.
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WINNERS AT INDEPENDENCE.

independence, Iowa, Aug. 29-A heavy shower last
night put the track in bad shape and the freefor-a
trot and > IL pace were declared off. In the unhn
ished 90 pace J. H. l.. favorite but only took
one heat Telegram, who had laid mp for three heats
was the only one In the fifth and sTyh heats.
In the $4,000 stake Of the . 30 troters Pat Down
ing We the choice, and the time that was made on
the heavy track was phenomenal. lie won in straight
heats, no other horse touching him. summaries:
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. 20 PACE.-Sn 600 STAKI
Timc-2:l4, 2:ls, Z:i5, 2:l0, 217%. 2:1o.
s5 oO; STAKE FOR . 40 TEOTTERS
," ~ Tlne-2;2o, 2:22t. 2:i9.
ANOTHER STORY ABOUT BALTIMORE AND OHIO.

Chicago, Aug. 30 (speciaD.-For two days Vice
President King and other osials Of the Baltimore and
Ohio have been negotiating with the Rock Island
people on a proposition to their trains into Ghi-
cago over the atter's track from South Chicago TO
some point near the Grand Central Station. which Is
soon to be made the terminus. President Cnblc said
this morning that while conferences have been held
nothing definite had been decided u is under
stood however that Mr.. King left for Baltimore to-day
fuIly satisfied with the results Of his visit and con-
fdent that his corporation would succeed In coming
10 an agreement with the Rock Island.
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Toells....-..1 5 - 10 3

walker declared out
Staten Island c. ca. 0-i
Earned runs-Staten Island c. C. 0, Crescent A. c.
First by errors-Staten Island c. c. j, Crescent A.
q Left on bases-Sttten Island {. G. O, Crescent a. G.
9, Struck out-Carmen 8, Walker Tyng 2 Tsinterr
Csdmus, Clare Sacrifice hlts-Carpenter, Ford Bru.h
Stolen bases-Fsuss Murphy, Campbell; Clare BenletL
Double play-Cadmus Brush and Hatchkiss Pa ga bais
Carr 1. Murphy /. Umpire-Sullivan. Time-l 40
The second game virtual walkover for the
Crescents Tyng's pitching batted all over the
field. Cadmus pitched good game and was nicely
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ELIZABETH.
sECEDERs BREAK GROUND FOR CHURCH.

The ceremony of breaking ground for new church
was witnessed at dusk last night Mt ElzabetDport Dy
several hundred people, The seceders from the Fulton
street Methodist Episcopal Church gathered in force to
see the starting OF Protestant Methodist house OF
worship, at Fourth and Franklin sts' The Rev. Mr.
Benson the pastor dug the first spadefu OF dirt ana
he was followed by the church trustees and supenn-
ne. ne t - tbe Sunday-schOOI The new church will be
NJ Omeen Anne STYLE and Will cost $1,000. III Is 10
he complcted In three months
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
HOROKEN-

1Jonrv D,ehn. of NO. 224 Garden-st.. while fishing
IN the Uackensaclt River yesterday afternoon near
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
bridge fell overheard and was drowned: companion
With him I'm the boat dived several times for Diehn
but failed to find his body.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
TIRE PETROLEUM MARKET.

Tho netroleum market was at standstill YESTERDAY
nm tho consolidated Exchange, opening, highest, loweo
and closing quotations being o2 "a cents sales o.
5000 barrels were made. Refined quotations wcro'
New-Yorl. 65Oa6.s5 cents in barrels, 416 cents IN
hulk: Philadelphia and Baltimore, 6.4o96sO cents & IN
%ntwerp. is Ii francs; Bremen, 010 marks; London
SO pence.
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30

r. Henderson, r. Switzerland and philn DAILY, jr.
& ,, henderson, who Is the proprietor of the jersey
sus SS academy OF Mnsle' took the lead at and
and Sutherland third. " S w.
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BROOKLYN.
First InninO

AN AMERICAN ELEVEN BEATEN IN SCOTLAND
Fall River Mass Aug. 20.-A cable dispatch says that
the American football eleven which LETT ths country mr.
weeks ago beaten In Lanork, Scouand' u VI
bv the I'D Ianark Rife Volunteer eleven.
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BROOKLYN.

Haissn a keenan, Stolen basesMsPhee, Smith; War Ward
2 Pinkney Collins, trifhn 2 Double PIakRs-MeWTneee We
o'Brien Foutz. First base on balis-By Crane D. by
Carnthers 2 Struck out-Ry Crane g. by Caruthers 2.
passed balls--Keenan 4, Daily l. Time-1;43 Umpire
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Field Club Juniors at Hakensack, by the decisive
score OF 5o 20 a. The Englewood team made twenty
basehits with q total Of thirty bases
The Acrs Atnetic Club beat the Harlem Athieu,c,
Club at Eizabeth, yesterday after an exciting ball
game by score score OF to Q. About 1900 people Wit
The second OF series of ball games to decide the
Westchester county championship between the Il. B.
4 W. team, Oh Portchester, and the vernons. Of NJ
vernon, broke up In fight at White Plains yester.
day the Vernons left the grounds the beginning OF
the aegea uniairness Of the umpire and the assault
ing OF Jusuce collins, Of Mt. Vernon by Portcbester
ball player Score 10 Q In favor OF n. b. a W.
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BROOKLYN WINS A CAME

WARD AND COLLINS DO THE BRILLIANT WORK.
Cincinnati Aug. 2s-Brooklyn won without much trou-
Ma ,osoy. Although the visitors made more hits than
Cincinnati did on their two preceding day. they did not
s,,n runaway victory. The features were the playing
Of Ward and Collins The score .
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Earned runsPittsbnrg Ne"'fHr TsSecbase hits~BaueT
sSer ome rnTisrnaS sacrifice hits-Mlsr Reilly
Rouke Double paysClark and CoNnH Ncr faliN % Ward
nor Corr stolen Sasss~Rey shugart Becklcy Ssi
out-By Clarkson ], by Barr by 11''p Rarr Time OF
g,me-915 Umpire-McQuad.
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u Earned runs-Saten Island c. c. 0. Crescent A. G. T.
ffst base by eTrorsStaten Island C. c. g. Crescent A.
a First base bsllsor Tyng 2, Of cadm; s;ueS
Browl Fsuss, Ford, Murahy, Hotchklss; Csdmus 2.
hieetase hits-Carpenter. fwo-base hts-Wild, Brush
Sacrifice hits-Wslkef . Fauss Ford, Bennett, Wild
Stolen 6ases-carr Z. Arnold, Bennett Double pay-Cad
mus, Brush andHOCchbiss. Wild pitehes-Tyng 2. Cad
mus mus i. Passed balls-Mgrphy q Carr /. Umpire-sui'
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BEDFORD.
COSMOPOLITAN

The Berkeley Club had easy victory over the
New Rochelle team yesterday, at the oval and George
Weech played a splendid Inning for So The Rev.
n J. Evans and II. Maxfeld bowed up well for tho
winners. and the ew-Rochele batsmen could not
make many runs against them. The following is the
full score:
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THE PENORne

The Giants pennant chances rapidly fading
away, the team meeting with Its usual defeat at
Pttsburg yesterday. The records are as follows
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
TpE GIANTS DEMORALIzED.
nr,rry FOR THE THIRD TINE BY THE
DEspIsED PITTsBURGs.
,rr1GHr OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE SMOKY
CITY TEAM-A PITcHERrEss. cArchhHIhss
TEAM FROM THE IMPERIAL METROPOLIS
LEAGUE.


,u N.w.Ycrka Boston IL Cie'e"ho y
hoosEaa nostcn g. Arst pailsdelehis 0. Cscase 2.
game ssa,,.r,aS
c.,r,r,us a arst AtAlatis e. Columbus 2.
Ahesee - nccond game
game. ,.,.rs,o . baltimore O. St Louis D.
pttShurr. Aug. CA delighted crowd OF &'o2
,n,s witnessed another victory by Pittsburys ciu1
,ssr Now -York's to-day. Clarhson replaced b"rr
-. ni,ener's box in the third innins. The New
workers played In a nstess manner ana 'ne on''
.r., Giants were really beaten before Dali "u'
pnrhed. and un,e.,
The New York team is In bad way , INV 49,,
,be MANAGEMENT takes prompt action, the team pe"
,.nt chances will be gone. Rusie Is the ohp p''N"e,
10 he reckoned upon who Is in condition 70 p,o' I
no cannot do all the work. John Ewing Is s''"' l'
gelch. Barr and young Clarkson are oil no oI..n.-
Manager Mutrie is trying TO secure ooukh.u' -
,r the late Syracuse club. The catching
nat much better Off, with Ewing of no service n"vn
.v injured and BurrIr Insignificant CLARKE 'S .e
pnly catcher in good shape, and nc is 700 "'' "
the terrific pitching of Rusie' ,..a .nro
Clarkson started In t. pitch To-Day anu i n,..
innings He pitched like schoolooy' anu 'i' ~
n,ryers scored five runs In the opening inning DART
.o,,evaa Clarkson in the third, but his WORK was aso
Nan The New Workers did their only ehec''e pat
,,nr in the last inning when they scored TWO runs anu
.soonaa a shut-out. The score was as follows
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30

Tremendous batting won the game for the PlaInfeld
Cresoents yesterday afternoon. They were until re-
Gently invincble in the central NewJersey semi-pro
fessonal race for honors. They were confident OF a
victory yesterday. inssmleh they had strengthened
their nine with considerable material The Cres-
cents knocked Hammill out Of the box In the sixth
inning, and batted out nine OF which were
earned The garne brilliant one In many WAYS
and was witnesse- by about 900 people. The
S,sssse,i SGssssSd .........99 9 Q ! % %
The EngIewoad Field Club Junior Baseball team.
that has been playing such great ball this season.
e&pped the climax yesterday BY defeating the Oriian
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
SOME OF THE AMATEUR GAMES.
GOOD WORK on MANY rELps-scoREs AND
RECORDS.

About the best amateur game Of the season was
PLAYED at Englewood yesterday between the staten
Island Athletic Club and Englewood Field Club teams
The Staten Island men scored the only run IN the
Tho
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
The Orange A. c. and Orange Junior team played n
drawn game at Orange yesterday the being as

peTd S.5uek Sg'0E' Leen1rdss Melson' Bndy nonIoy
Hutchinson, j.. TImpson' Duty. Giroy and Conroy.
sabcSck Twc;base hit-H,arn wld ptehes-Hearn
!. Base on Erros-Orange A. c. g. Orange jrs / Left
on bases-0range A. c. J. Orange. js s. Bases on balls
OF Groy 9 on Heam z. Umplre--p GlifD. Time of
game-I 20. Attendance-S42
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Totlls 427 @ o Totals -.

Earned runs-statcn Island A. c; o.. EnglGwood F. G.
0. First base errofs-St1ten Island A. 4: l. Inge-
wood 4. c. 0. Left on hascs-Statea. Island a. G. 3,
Inglewood r. C. First base on 1sll,msI Van ZanG
g. of WesteFVelt 2. Struck outs. Mowry. MeD0nad
?, Duryee $, Carey 2 Currie WestcrNeit 3 Pros:er'
faunt Krauss, Brill. Rooney q Gecr. Two-base hits
Utter StolCn hases-Kr,uss, Deppl'r. Wilbur. Double
plavs-Prosser ana Duryce, Gaunt and s. Mowry Nc
Donald ad and pTosser (ecr and Finley.
Hit by P;tchei-Depper, Prosscr. Passed bals-G0unt
Umpire-Mr. Hopkins Time OF game-l %.
The Staten Island Cricket and Crescent Athletic
Club teams played two games at Livingston yesterday,
the CIescents winning both rather handiy Clare and
Powers the pitchers in the first game the former
doing much the better work. The Creseents punched
their hits in the fourth Inning and by this score
STATEN ISLAND C.. CRESCENT a G.
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Total '''''
At Fort Hamilton yesterday the local club was
treated to surprise, by being defeated by the Har
Ions. The full score follows
III NNVIt IVIIV'
FORT UAMILTOi
KINGS COUNTY.

The Brooklyns won a good game from Kings
County at Prospect Park yesterday by the following
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30

Paul Smiths station In thirteen hours, via New
York Central. Through slecpers see bme table. -.
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r,..spr 3rS:xY,gka no:ssa :ssaud II ism. ol'V''na o
boosgSa nostcn g. hrst pailsdephis o. Cacase .
New-York tribune., 1891-08-30

To all Managers of Baseball Clubs:
Take advice from the Orange Athletic Club and
make no dates with the Bedford Baseball Clnb OF
brooklyn, or with the Delaware Baseball Club Of
New YORK City, The former club took expenses and
appeared on the field with three OF their players.
The latter took expenses and did not appear at all
Each club forced US TO give back entrance money
patrons. L. ID. VARIAN Manaarr
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-12-05
PORK AND BRAINS,

It is we'll known that Chicago is one of
the most enterprising places on the face of
the globe. 1t is great place for pork.
Fifty or sixty thousand hogs arrive there
every day now to be slain and made into
food. But Chicago is not wholly a pork
factory. It is literary to q degree not
realized by those who have not kept close
watch of it's developments. And it is as
willing to sell its literature, as it is it's
pork. One-of it's literary establishments
bears the name "a Students Essay
Bureau" The confidential advertisement
of this bureau says, among other things:
ESSAY writing is the bane of college life.
fetichism of tho past, still require essays
and orations from all undergraduates
Students who can readily master mathe-
matical and scientific problems are forced
to fritter away their valuable time in the
preparation of essays and orations. 1t is
the mission of the Students Essay Bureau
to remedy this state of affairs. Our essays
invariably give satisfaction, bucauEe this is
bureau of specialists. We have on our
staff several prominent Chicago newspaper
men, as well as couple of brainy college
graduates, one a professor, the other
scientific man, who worked their way
through college by doing precisely this
kind of drudgery for those of their class
mates whose ability was more marked
in some other direction" When an
essay on any particular subject is desired
it's manufacture is assigned to an essayist
peculiarly qualified to write on that
theme" The terms are systematically ar
ranged. simple essay is cheapest at So.
A defamation an Grafton comes a little
higher at S., which is also the price Of an
original poem. Toasts are expensive at So
and something which is neither declama-
ton, an Grafton nor toast, but which is
called simply ''speech." calls for So.
Divinity students can get sermon for
$40.
1t is not probable that Chicago will build
up as large trade in literature as she has
in pork, but she has made q promising
start
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-12-05

twenty-nine went. Eight days afterward
the lawyer of the estate announced that
according to the Will each person who had
attended was entitled to a bequest, s32O to
each woman and e200 to each man.
Some recent experiments in lighthouse
signalling in England have shown some re
markable results from directing the light
vertically to the sky, instead of horizontal
ly across the water When all weather
conditions are favorable the light of the
Eddystone Lighthouse, as ordinarily di-
rected, can be seen seventeen and a half
miles at sea, but it was found that beam
of light of much less power directed YER
tically was visible exactly twice as far, and
could be well discerned through an ordi-
nary fog.
A brave French officer, now on the re-
tired list, who lost his right arm in the
Franco-Prussian war, appeared as a wit
ness before court in a city in the South of
France a few days ago. When called
upon to swear that he would tell the truth,
in the customary manner, the officer natu-
rally raised his left hand. The counsel
for the defendant objected to the witness
at once, on the grounds that "an oath taken
with the left hand was worthless" The
learned judges were unable to decide the
question, and withdrew to the ante-room
for consultation. In few minutes the
Solons reappeared, and tho president read
the following decision: ''In consideration
of the fact that, when the glorious rem
nants of our army appear in our courts to
respond to their legal duties, We cannot
demand that they take oath with the limbs
which they have lost in the service of
their country. We decide that the oath
just made with the left hand is admiss-
able"
Pittsburgh has a water question. Its
water tastes strongly of kerosene oil.
Water drawn from faucets and allowed
to stand few moments exhibits an oily
film on the surface and smells of OIL
When the water is used in cooking, the
taste of oil is afterwards noticed in the
food. Chief of Police Bigelow, who made
a personal inspection of the water supply,
says: 81 don't know what causes the
trouble unless it is that there are oil
refneries or new oil wells somewhere
along the Allegheny river or its tribu-
taries, where oil or residuum is being al
lowed to run into the stream" An expert
in the oil business does not agree with
this view, however. SIT is my opinion"
he says, "that the oil must come from a
broken pipe line. Between Pittsburgh
and Oil City the Allegheny river and some
of its tributary streams are crossed and
many times with oil pipe lines.
One or more of these have probably been
broken by some means, and in that case
wonld discharge great quantity of oil
sufficient to cause all the trouble COM
planned of at present"