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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-12

GAME NO. S3-SWITCHER.
The following game was played at head
quarters, 96 Seventh avenue, between James
P. Reed and the editor.
CHECKER EDITORS MOVE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-12

(a) This leaves the books, butleads to some
very critical play on both sides. The follow
ing variation is from the american
Draught Player:'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-12

(a). This move loses, which Mr.. Reed well
knew. If it was not for this trait of Mr.
Reeds he would not let SO many games be
won of him, or drawn either, but in his
cross board play he runs these risks and is
invariably successful, but once in q while he
has to succumb.
GAME NO. 3A-LAIRD AND LADY.
The following game was played at 96
Seventh avenue, between John Mulholland
and James P. Reed, on August 9, 1892.
Mr.. MULHoLLAND's MOVE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-12

PINE HEIGHTS INN AND COTTAGES,
Allegheny Mountains; location unsurpassed; most
picturesque region of Pennsylvania; all modern
improvements; purest water and finest air; steam
heat tennis; open about June 20; illustrated circu
lar. A. r. GRIER, Birmingham, Huntington
county, Pa.
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RAPHAEL'S PLACE IN ART.
What the Painter of "Ihe Angelus
Thought of Him.

What the Painter of "Ihe Angelus"
Thought of Him.
To realize fully his power of design
we must study the drawings he made
for his pictures. In the academical
qualities of drawing he has never had
an equal, and the fertility and rapidity
of his inventions are shown by the
enormous number of works he has left.
These gifts make him the great master
for serious students of painting in its
larger field-that of expression of the
artists thought-and have heard the
greatest of modern idealists, Jean Fran
co.'s Millet, talk by the hour with the
highest enthusiasm on n portfolio of the
Raphael drawings as the ne plus ultra
of design in it's best sense. For the
modern type of painter, the man who
regards his function to be that of a
mirror to nature, or who considers
nature his mistress rather than his pur-
yeyor. and his brush-work more import
ant than his conception, Raphael is no
model, and for such he has no lesson.
The tendency of all modern painting is
more and more to these characteristics,
Urbinate in all his breadth must turn
his back on all the modern schools iii
there be any now which deserves the
name of schooD, and build his judg
| ments on a standard found in the range
| of work from Masaccio to Michelange
| To- BY this standard Raphael must bt
| given, if not the supreme rank which
his contemporaries gave him, at least ;
place in the front rank among the half
dozen who have endowed art. with ;
higher nobility; and among them all h
| stands first for the sense of beauty ant
next to Michelangelo for refinement
| first as academician and composer, an
side by side with Giotto for fertility
invention This is enough of honor
| w. I. Stillrnan. in Century
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Quartelet obtained some weight rec
ords of note, but no reliance cap be
placed in them in the light of modern
observation. He concluded from such
statistics as he could get that a new
born infant was, on the average, one
twentieth the maximum weight in
middle life; that during the first year
after birth the increment of weight is
about one-tenth of all that is added
subsequently, and that between the
fifteenth and twentieth years more is
added to the weight than during any
other five-year period of life. How
ever, Individual instances differ SO
widely that very little reliance can be
placed in the results he obtained
That Quartelets statistics of weight
were incomplete and unsatisfactory is
shown by the fact that he did not de
tect the interesting law recently rec
ognized, viz, that the weight increase:
slowly, or even diminishes, when the
height is increasing very rapidly, bu
increases rapidly when the height re
mains nearly stationary.-Dstroi'
Free Press.
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was there!" the little woman of the
brown travelling dress was ratt ling On.
why" was all he could say.
Then the little lady caught sight of
Ned and his Uis-a-ois and she cried:
''And there is Bee, my little daugh-
ter! I knew she would be here to well
come mer'
Mark Hazard was too taken aback to
speak for a moment, and he seemed
greatly puzzled as he caught sight of
Ned and Neds companion pressing to-
ward him. The young lady with Ned
was of striking resemblance to the
merry companion at his right, whose
tongue was going so fast he did not
know what she was saying-something
about: Bee being with the LYONS"
'Wrote you I would be here too;.' "We
will have a splendid time!" and "You
| will like her because she is like her
mother"
But the truth soon dawned upon him.
This young lady with Ned was the
daughter of whom he had been told
when he first met her mother at jack
sonville.
|
she could be more than a schoolgirls;
but then, his sweetheart's first unhappy
marriage was very early one. And
Ned was in love with her! Those
letters he wrote, where were they? he
asked himself He jumped at the
right conclusion about that to Ned; it
must-did-come to the other address
when it's intended receiver was on her
happy way there.
There was merry meeting of the
quartette, and Ned said that he never
expected that his sedate chum would
drop in on him in that skylarkish sort
of fashion.
Mark took him into his confidence
later about the two letters he wished
to recall, but they in time, despite his
, efforts, reached their destination, and
then-well, Ned told me the facts Of
this little love comedy, and | was per
mitted to reproduce it, only, of course
, substituting fictitious names for those
of my friends.
, CLARENCE c. CONVERSE.
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ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.
1t Is Hard to Distinguish Them from tho
Natural.

1t Is Hard to Distinguish Them from tho
Natural.
What an ideal Bless you, florists
are bad enough, but they have not yet
stopped so low as to hire out flowers
for funerals" Thus spoke dealer in
fancy nosegavs the other day.
but you loan doves to undertakers
sometimes?"
''Yes, and to the churches on special
occasions; but loaning flowers for a
funeral, why, it is simply preposter-
ous!'
1T is said to be done every day in
this city
Yes, there are dealers in artificial
flowers who do that business, but not
florists"
Visited large artificial flower and
foliage concern.
"a great many poor people," said
member of the firm, ''order potted
flowers and tropical plants of US for
funerals. We charge ten per cent. for
their use, and in many instances the
flowers might better have been pur-
chased out and out. Take our foliage
DOuu uCCS, COulpOScu VI OCSoliioos SOA.
ems, geraniums and ivy-they come
cheap, and it is poor economy to hire
them. But people of small means like
the immediate saving, and the long run
| is not taken into account For church
| funerals we sell large quantities OF
chrysanshemums, roses, tiger and Gala
lilies, hyacinths, etc. Natural flowers
are sometimes represented on the same
altar, and it is impossible to tell which
is which. The imitation of common
flowers has been reduced to fine art.
One can hardly believe how rapidly
artificial plants have sprung into favor,
even among the rich. They.are used il
ball rooms theaters, restaurant WIN
dows, stores and almost everywhere
We have some well-known varieties
so skillfully made that they would de
ceive the most learned botanist at ;
little distance-N. Y. Herald.
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A CIever Horse,

This story shows the intelligence Of
a Kentucky roam, who was left in an
omen paddock fastened by means of n
wooden hasp This he learned in few
days to take out with his teeth and drop
on the ground, only to have it carefully
replaced by the stable boy, who dis
played a wonderful intuition about dis
covering it. Finally, when it became
plain to his herseish understanding that
there was nothing to be gained by such
a performance he tried the experiment
of carrying it Ter to the farther side OF
the fence and lie Gting 1t fall into neigh
boring yard Now 1t so happened that
his owner caught him In the act and re-
lentlessly went and fastened him In
again; then from distance he watched
to see what would come next AS he
had expected. the horse diligently
loosened the stick again, but now
comes the queer part of it--instead OF
putting it in any of the old places ne
gave one defiant snort and laboriously
set to work to eat it up 1t his object
was the total annihilation Of the hasE
there is no doubt he accomplished i
fully. All of which goes to prove wha
a splendid disregard of splinters and
little ingenuity can accomplish ~-eni
cagc News
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Have you heard TIE S-year-old
German boy vioiinist?' 30, yes; twelve
years ago, in Berlin. Musical Courier.
She "Will you instruct your
daughter in the different languages?
"Great Man-"No; one tongue is suffi-
cient for woman."-Fun.
-Forgetful - Guest -" Waiter, you
forget yourself" Waiter (grumpily)-
"Well, that is because you never re-
member me, IN. Y. Herald.
II wonder why he didn't kiss me
when / accepted him?' Perhaps he
thought the occasion demanded some
thing unusual from him" - Funny
Folks.
1t is said that in Philadelphia, when
a comedian gets off n good thing, the
curtain often drops" before the audi
ence does -Yonkers Statesman.
-Gallatin has man SO mean that he
stole an overcoat belonging to
preacher In the next world he will
wear no overcoat.-Kausas City Times.
An electric oyster stew is being
advertised. They give you a shocking
stew at many places which make no
boast of electricity. Post
"A man in Kansas City lighted a
cigar commenced smoking it, and then
shot himself The brand of the cigar
is not stated. d.-Iudianapolis News.
-''Woman's voice is best adapted to
| the telephone. they say" $50 | have
| heard. She seems to find plenty of
other uses for it, though. .''-Indianapo-
| lis Journal
Papa, why does the drum major
of band wear that big thing on his
| head?" because the natural size OF
his hea7 is not equal to the occasion,
my son. baltimore American.
-Punsby-"The vital flavor of wit is
it's entire unexpectedness. Now
Criticus-''Then, by that test, what q
wit you must have, for [ am sure no
body expects baltimore Ameri
can.
You seemed to be holding long
talk with Timmins this afternoon. What
was the burden of you conversation|
81 don't remember now. | know i
was a burden, though. ."-Indianapoli:
Journal
The ACTRESSES Diamonds.
ibid you sell the jewels of the lat'
Miss Footlytes, which she bequeathec
for the founding of a hospital" Elk
ecutor Yes" Reporter-"Might asl
how much was realized?" Executor
Certainly. 1t was ST. S7."-N Y. Sun
Its a great invention" said tn
business man as he watched his stem
ographer sitting at the phonograph; =
great invention. That woman has sa
there and listened for ten minutes an,
never said word. ."-Washington Star
-Timmins-"What boor Vicar is.
do detest man who insists on asking
about ones clothes" Simmons-"Bee1
asking you where you got that neN
overcoat?" Timmins-"No. He aske
me how got Indianapolis journal
-Mitts-"l hear you had a cal1e-wal
at your house last night; why didn't yo
invite me?" Fitts-"It was Il strictl
private affair; you see 1 ate some of m
wife's cake before going to bed, an
walked all night with the collie. Bling
hamton Republican.
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finished he reread it in an odd, half
dazed way
Then he reached for pen and paper.
"OLD CHUM," he began:
Il am coming to Saratoga. My faith in
women is crushed. Be ready to join me and go
up among the forests of the Adirondscks
Ned, know that my fiance and your Phoebe
Weeden are one and the same person-and try
to hate her.
Your old friend, MARX
That was all.
Then he rung bell at his side and a
merry-faced boy appeared.
''Take this to the post Office" he said.
''Yes, sir," and the boy received the
addressed letter and disappeared.
With sigh Mark Hazard again took
up the pen and wrote another painful
note, then left the office.
Two days later he was passenger
on the evening train which rum bled
into Saratoga
We will follow the incidents Just as
they happened. That mornings Sara
togian had, among it's other society
news. this item, which deals with oul
dramatis persona:
THE performance, by amateurs, of tn,
| bright farce "A Box of Monkeys at the SAM
| tarium last evening was one of the most sue
cessful and pleasing social events OF the sea
son. Lack of space prevents our giving a full
account Of the entertainment or justly praisini
| the actors individually. On dit: BY the way
| two of the gifted amateurs who played leadin
parts are to be married at the end Of the sea
| son."
In the fine grounds environing tn
| Lyon cottage, beneath two sturd,
apple trees, Ned Brownell and Pheb
Weeden chatted in the gathering twi
light, she sitting smiling at him from
hammock, he on the cushion at he
feet, the morning paper in his hand.
He had not fiattered her in the sketc
he mailed to his friend. Tonight sh
wore a graceful tennis costume; tn
tip of one little rubber-soled slippe
just swayed the hammock gently t
and fro; red silk scarf was knotte
loosely at her neck.
II wish you would say that thi
might be true" he spoke to her, lo'
and earnestly.
He was referring to the last of th
little newspaper items. He had rea
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and reread it score of times that day.
She pretended not to hear him.
He persisted.
1T seems as though we had known
each other for years.
"But it has only been weeks, she in
terposed, looking away.
Then she asked: "Is it not time to
start?"
II had forgotten all about the train, "
he acknowledged. drawing out his
watch ''But we have time to reach
the station"
They left the apple trees and
strolled toward the street. They
| reached the little station as a train
| rushed into it and the passengers came
out and on the walk lined by the many
busses and hacks waiting there.
There were bustling young collegians
in striped caps; large families, each
under the generalship of tired-look-
ing ater-familias; bevies of young lad
les with stern faced chaperones, and
smiling young couples, perhaps on
their honey moon trip; and invalids
very few; it was hard to pick them
ont. The hack and bus men made the
air resonant with their harsh cries
Clarendon! here, this way!' "Con'
rress hall!' "U-n-i-t-e-d States" Ii
was merry hurly-burly.
Ned's companion stood on tiptoe re
garding the arrivals; he scanned them
from his vantage in inches, face oy
face, and protected her from. the crush
as much as h was able.
Mark Hazard, handsome and com
manding in presence, came out OF th'
station door and moved on towart
them. Ned had not got his letter--tor
gotten and very much crumpled it stll
remained in Jimmie Nolan's pocket
and he would be quite surprised to SCI
him. Then there was lively htti'
woman behind Mark Hazard and jus
separated from him by two yer,
idiotic young gentlemen o
the genus dude; a trim, polite fgur
in a brown travelling dress and nobby
brown turban. She had a peculiarl.
sunny smile and friendly twinkle
eye.
One of the tall-collared young me-
somehow dropped his cane and tn
next moment she had slid up besid
Mark Hazard, as the cane was oein
recovered. Then Ned Brownell espie
, Mark Hazard, and exclaimed:
.. "If there isn't my chum!'
And his pretty charge cried:
"There's my little mother, and she
! nearly swallowed up by the crowd.
Mark Hazard looked down at N
side as musical voice greeted him:
ITO think you and have been rldin
!. all the afternoon on the same tral
i and that neither knew that the osa'
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Carpet Cleaning.

An ingenius woman has upon her floor
q carpet rescued from dirt and destruc'
ton to a condition almost as good as
new" The work of restoring was done
by professional cleaner, but under di-
rection at home The carpet was
tackled to frame that raised it good
distance from the ground, and each
breadth was scrubbed with brush, us
ing tepid water and good white soap
Next it was riused and dried as well as
possible by rubbing with clean cloths
The rest of the drying was lett to the
" t,d and sun. The carpet should bt
shl<en and grease spots removed VIII
soline or benzine before scrghhlng.-
Chicago Inter Ocean
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Itirda and the wind.

All birds seem to have instructive
knowledge that If they once surrender
to the force of the wind and allow
themselves to drift like leaves there are
unknown dangers in store for them
They will hardly ever doso unless to
escape pursuit, and then only for few
minutes, when their pace is so marvel
ously rapid that, in the case OF land
birds, few minutes is sufficient to
carry them out of the district they
know into others from which they viii
perhaps never be able to find their way
back to the fields which are their native
home, Science.
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and the tam-o-shanter he invariably
wears when lounging. and his being a
treat friend of Mark Hazard-as you
can Judge by his first letter, that
which caused all the trouble.
SARATOGA, n. Y, Aug. Is, 1891.
sMARK, OLD MAN:
aYes; | have been here almost a
month without writing. Forgive me.
dd fellow; you surely will when | tell
YOU -. She is an angel! Such eyes!
Such mouth! Such presence! And
ach hairl And she has let me sketch
kerl
I'VE met at the ball given at the
Grand Union for the visiting tennis
players who are holding a convention
here. She is stopping with the Lyons
at their beautiful cottage on East
Broadway. BY the way, you wrote
that the future Mrs. Hazard expects to
visit friends here. Mark, l am de-
sOured with curiosity. You adroit old
sneak; you never said a word about
meeting her in Jacksonville, and l
your chum! And now you have not
told me her name! Is she anything
like Phoebe Wceden, l wonder? l hope
she is old boy.
"You know that am at the Sanitari-
um, and you know how the people
evel in private theatricals. They were
always bore to me, but now! Well,
lam leading man in our company, and
velLnigh crazy on the .subject-you
can guess why: Phoebe Wee1en plays
ny better half in q piece we are re-
hearsing.
"AUG. IS, 1891.
MARK, OLD MANI pick this up
and continue where l left off three
days ago. was interrupted and went
on to Mitchell's Glen, and Phoebe Weed
shwas one of the party. We two got sep
arstedfrom the others when wereached
the glen somehow, and Mark-I pro-
Posed couldn't help it,
And she said might hope!
yant you come down for a few
0ays9 won't fear rivalry from your
good looks now, as might have done
aWeek ago; and you say that your flu
nFe bride may be here, too.
Your chum, NED.
r s. Here is a rough sketch oi
heE Oh! that l were one of the ole
masters SO l could do my model jus
wee instead of your old chum, whose
PICTURES are skyed at the expositions
sla only find purchasers among his
friends. NJ
d Inc letter reached Philadelphia il
aue time and was in Mark Hazard.
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. sa On the afternoon of the twentieth.
,o. - vas sitting at his desk in his down
m,.s M law ofhce. in a pleasant frame of
a' D. smoking a fragrant cigar.
=, nc opened Ned's letter first
- aolng SO the inclosed sketch fiut-
n NV 70 the floor, and this he picked
'egardlng the face that smiled at
Prise. ''"i' Vi ie"' '"i
,;.l, as little limn,ng was sweet and
ms sa' frank and winning. The pic
sh..s halr was sunset-yellew in its
a H,lg' the dress, simple white one.
hs ~ sesan the letter eagerly, thrust
= w ether mail aside. When he had
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.Rroken So Soon.

Somewhere in desolate, wind-swept space"
"a spot extremely drear).
Two ghostiy shapes met face TO race
On the second day o. the year.
So fresh and blithe on yestermorn
They'd been when first devised;
Now both were broken, bruised and torn,
And scarce to be recognized
They looked in each others eyes with dread
And questioned: Who were your
81 was good resolve" one said;
Said t'othcr: Il zas, too
-Amfrlee
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a nHAS- BEEN. p"
% held a score of millions

DO held score of millions
Grasned in his bony handi
Ne dreamed that future bilious
Would come at his command;
Men rushed TO try their luck at
The ventures he was in
Now. he's not worth ducat,
A broken, old Has been"
What hint Of fortunes hou
Lies in that faded coat?
who'd dream that words of power
came from that withered throat?
pnt ali, who dares deride him.
Or mock his low estatef
were proud to walk beside him
And say; That man was great"
wealth, though we may pursue IL,
Yields but brief success;
We gain a final tuif,
A permanent address:
Apolished shaft of granite
Is all that we may win;
We vanish from the planet
Here lies" great Has been.
,,rv Romano, in New England Magazine;
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lOriginal.l

WILL picture
Ned Brownell,
a n d then for
the story: He
is a tall, ath-
letic young fell
low and any
thing but bad
looking; an art
ist--.you could
tell that in an
instant fr o IN
the velvet coat
Evening journal., 1892-10-14

Clerk of the Peace Riggs Gives State
Treasurer Burnite Big Check.
State Treasurer Wilbur H. Burnite
came to this city this morning and Clerk
Of the Peace Biggs made his semi annual
settlement, and gave to the state treas
urer his individual check on the Farmers
bank for 800, O83 81, it being for licenses
issued from April to October Of the pres
ent year II is the largest amount ever
paid so a state treasurer by any clerk Of
the peace in the state, running about
81 600 over the last payment for last
year.
Among the principal items are the fol-
lowing: i24 tavern licenses, $S5, 600 ;
two fractional tavern licenses, S125; 90
peddler's licenses. $3.50; % stations
licenses, 1870; SO Doctors, $3.50; 70
dentists, $12O; 2S lawyers, $2S2 so; $50
marriages, $1,1O0; 1112 merchants, 81,
553 Ga; Alb manufacturers, Sl4, $40. 6S
4 circuses, $400; broker, 100; 16 real
estate, SSi2 so; 16 merchants to sell
liquor, 81 600; druggists $780,
Not included in the payment to the
state treasurer is one license TO sell
game within the state. The amount Of
this license will.go to the Delaware Game
Protective association.
Evening journal., 1892-10-14
THIRTEEN A LUCKY NUMBER.
Miss Mary Candy VIII Represent Della,
ware at Chicago Next Week.

Miss Mary Candy VIII Represent Della
ware at Chicago Next Week.
One Of the many novel features of the
parade in Chicago on next Thursday
will be the representation of the thirteen
original states by thirteen women, de-
scendants of revolutionary fathers
Those selected for the honor are: Mss
Cornelia Jackson, Atlanta, Ga; Miss
Mary Candy, Wilmington, Del Mrs. f..
d. Gillespie, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs
Eliza c. Chase, Providence, r. l.; Mrs.
John Gill, Baltimore, Md Miss Mildred
Murphy McPheeters, Raleigh, N. c.;
Mrs. Eliza Trumbull Robinson, Hartford
Conn. Mrs Emily q. d. Stevens, East
Orange, N. j.. Miss Elizabeth Pinckney
Dangerfeld. Virginia. Mrs. Stephen
Decatur, Portsmouth, N. II.
The only two original states which
have not responded are Massachusetts
and South Carolina 1t is likely that
they will name their representatives be
fore the day of the parade.
Miss Candy was appointed by Hon
Willard Hall Porter, Worlds Fair com
missioner. She is one of the fairest OF
Delaware's fair daughters and belongs tC
a family which has for many years beer
prominent in the social and business lif,
of the little Diamond State.