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The Washington times., 1894-05-13
The Championship Record.

New YORK. May 12.-Ten thousand five
hundred persons applauded the playing OF
the Giants this afternoon in their game with
the washingtons The contest was brilliantly
fought and the homo club won by timely bat
ting. The visitors made the most hits, out
they came when they did the least gooo'
Sullivan's error, the only one in the game, did
not affect the score, as the New Yorks earned
four of their five runs. Radford at short
flelded in his old-time style, and Maguire's
throwing to bases was most accurate.
stockdale's pitching was feature, not
withstandirg the fact that ne was hit hard at
times. He struck out eight OF the Giants,
something no other pitcher has accomplished
this season. and ne nelded his position with
marked ability.
The immense crowd was impartial with its
applause, and everybody lett the grounds
apparently with the belief that as the Giants
won three games from the weakest club in the
League they have struck winning gait In the
IL, ,,1li
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miscellaneous sportinr News.

Miscellaneous Sporting News.
Pimlico trotting meeting will begin May %
Baltimore sports can gamble on the races at
Brooklyn, Anne Arundel county.
The southern championship games of the
Southern Lawn Tennis club will be played here
May p.
The Spring meeting at the Gentlemen's Driv-
ing park, near Baltimore, will begin May 10.
The Ariel Rowing club of Baltimore will have
a regatta on the Patapsco on June 5.
S. S Rowland, of this city, was one of the stew.
ards at the amateur horse races yesterday Of
the Philadelphia Country club
John Dugan and Clayton Fahoney, Of Wash
ington, have made entries to the trotting meet
ings at Baltimore
The Scranton Pa.) Bi cycle Club will offer only
diamonds as prizes at its race meet July 4.
The prize list foots up 5000.
The Washington team, as at present made up,
wouldn't do credit 10 the town in minor league.
1t is almost a miracle that they have won game
this season.-Cycle News
The Decoration Day race tournament, Of the
Clifton wheelmer, which will be pulled of at the
Park Cycle track, Baltimore promises TO be q
splendid success The entries have commenced
20 come in, and everything goes TO show that all
the old favorites of Baltimore and Washington
will meet that day in another battle royal
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A THRILLING HURDLE RACE.
Three Horses Fall, One Is Killed, and a
Jockey Fatally Injured. q


PHILADELPHIA, May PA serious and
what may prove to be fatal accident oc-
Cured to-day at the races Of the Country
Club at Bala. The accident occurred in the
sixth event, hurdle race. There were but
four starters-Little Chance, Passmore. Oak
wood, and The Shamrock. The horses were
Off at the first break. all in a bunch. At the
first hurdle Little Chance led by a length
with Passmore second, and Oakwood third.
Passmore stumbled as he went to take the
hurdle and threw Jockey Griffin. Oakwood,
who was Immediately back Of Passmore,
stumbled over the latter and threw Hayes
heavily.
The remaining horses ran close together
until the third jump was reached, where The
Shamrock fell. throwing Blong. This left
only Little Chance in the race. She navi-
gated the hurdles until the secend time around,
when she fell, breaking her neck. In the
meantime, Mr.. Altemus. the owner of The
Shamrock, and Mr.. Allen, who owned Oak
wood. caught their horses and mounting
them themselves rode out the race, The
Shamrock winning by minute and half.
Oakwook was second.
Jockey Griffin was carried into the club
house and lay unconscious for fifteen min
utes. He is very seriously injured. being cut
and bruised.
Hayes, who rode Oakwood, had bis collar
bone broken.
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DIED..

BRADLEY-Drowned May s, 1891, CHARLES +.
BRADLEY, aged "a years, eldest son of Charles
D. and Laura Bradley.
Funeral will take place from the chapel OF J.
W. Lee, 1872 Pennsylvania avenue, at o'clock
this afternoon Friends of the family invited to
attend
CURRY-on Saturday, May 12, Isai, FRAScEsIA.
beloved wife of Morris Curry, after a painful
Funeral from her late residence, l35 D street
southeast, tomorrow at p. IN. Relatives and
friends invited to attend.
GRADY-Deperted this life on Thursday, May
10, 1894, at 430 o'clock, EVA, beloved daughter
of Washington and Cornelia Grady, after a long
and painful illness, in the 18th year OF her age
Funeral from the Shiloh Baptist Church, L
street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth, this
afternoon at o'clock
JOHNSON Saturday, May IL, 1894, at $40 a. m.
ELLA JOHNS, beloved daughter Of Eliza and
Emery Johns, departed this life at her resi-
dence, 462 Ridge street northwest
Funeral will take place from Galbraith A. u
z. z. church. Sixth street, between l. and NJ
streets, Monday, the 18th, at O'Clock Relatives
and friends respectfully invited (Philadelphia
papers please copy.)s
LEHMAN-suddenly in Atlantic City, y. J.. May
II, 1891, ALBERT +. LEHMAN, formerly of Wash
ington. D. {.
TILP-On Saturday, May 12, at Philadelphia,
CHARLES TILP beloved husband of May Tip,
aged 81 years.
Due notice of funeral hereafter.
MALONE-On May 12, 1884, at 4.30 a. m, Rosa,
the beloved daughter Of Anthony and Sallie
Malone, aged years.
Funeral will take place from her late resi-
dence, Az G street southeast. tomorrow at IL
O'Clock a. m Relatives and friends respectfully
invited to attend. prince George and Calvert
county papers please copy.)
VAN DOREN-Suddenly, on Friday, May II. 1894,
at 10 a. m, of valvular disease of the heart,
JOIN ADDISON VAN DOZEN. in the 5lst year Of
his age.
Funeral services will be held under the aus
pices of Lincoln Post, No. g. G. A R, at 40 p
IN tomorrow, May II, 1884, at his late residence,
629 Massachusetts, avenue northeast Comrades
and friends invited to attend; also members Of
ST Johns Commandery, Knights of the Golden
Cross. lnterment at Congressional cemetery.
OvERBECK-On May s, 1891, in London, BARON
VoN OvERBEcK, of pneumonia
SAMUELS-On Thursday night, May 10, 1894, at
1l.50, BETTE MINOR, beloved wife of John
Samuels.
Funeral from Mt Jezreel, Baptist church cor
ner of Fifth and e streets southeast, to-day at
o'clock Relatives and friends are invited to
attend
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.Sprino Games at Cornell

ITHACA, n. Y, May 12'-The annual Spring
games OF the Cornell Athletic Club were held
on Percy field to-day before large number
tested, and were very exciting. As result
two intercollegiate records were broken and
three Cornell records. G. L. Patterson, '95,
threw the sixteen-pound hammer 1913 feet 2
inches by the new style of throwing. The two
mile bicycle race was won by Z. B. Gorby, '96,
in 5:13. This is the best intercollegiate record,
trainer Robertson says. ever made from
scratch. i. Stern. '97, made the mile walk in
1923 2-5. This reduces the Cornell record by
three-fifths OF second. The winners in to-
days contests will represent Cornell in the
intercollegiate meet with the University of
Pennsylvania. to be held here one week from
to-day. and also in the Mott Haven games.
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Potomac Boat Club Regatta Thursday.

The annual Spring regatta Of the Potomac
Boat Club takes place on Thursday afternoon
next in front of their club house. The races
will start at $50, and the crews will be made
up Us follows: Eight-oared shells-"Reds, 4"
Oliver, 8; Exner, Z; Renlette, 6; W. Nolan. 5:
J. Nolan, 4; Cockerille, 8: Blair, 2; Amman, l.
"Whites," Maurice s; Rohrer, Z; Offley. &;
Boyle, s.; Davis. 4: A. Won Dachenhausen, 8;
Spurgeon, 2; G.. Won Dachenhausen, l.
In the four-oars-"Cedar." Offiey, Blair,
Nolan, Warden bow. Paper" Oliver, Ex-
ner, Boyle, Won Dacherhausen, bow. ''Gig,"
Ronlatte, Cockrell, Davis, Jones. Dancing
will follow the races.
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Chant Wins the Phoenix Hotel Stakes

LEXINGTON, KY, May 12-Ihe Phoenix
hotel stake worth to the winner 81, ,24O, was
the feature OF the racing here to-day. The
track was fast, weather perfect and attend
ance very large. The talent and bookmakers
split even, three first pick and three rank
outsiders winning the SIX events. Sum-
maries:
FIRST RACE-Six furlongs Beatifce won; John
Berkeley second; Carrie II. third Time-l:l6
SECOND E-Fifteen-sixteenths of mile.
Cicely won; Pomfret second; Miss Dixie third.
Time-I35ls
THIRD RACE-Ph9nix hotel stakes. One and
one-eighth miles. Chant won; Albeyer second:
Gallatn third Time-1:5i.
FOURTH RACE-Four furlongs Bridget won;
Annie Powling second; Mountain Midget third.
Time-0504:
FIFTH RAcE-Five furlongs. Peleas won; Joe
Mack second; Black Tiger third. Time-104
Sixth RACE-Six furlongs POGO Tempo won
Dolly Withers second; Oscar third. Time-1:l6.
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Baseball Brcvitics.

Senators play to-day at Newark, n. J.
Washington is well settled in last place.
Brooklyn will entertain the Senators to-mor-
row.
Grandfather Chadwick has changed his mind
about Schmelzs pets.
Hassamaer. who leads the team in batting, is
not on the present trip.
just watch those Pittsburg Pirates keep forg-
ing 20 the front
Manager Schmelz seems to have lost his grip
on the local baseball writer's.
Georgetown College yesterday defeated La
fayette College 35 to5.
Pitcher Stivetts, of Boston, has not so far
shown his form of last season.
On next Wednesday Georgetown College and
University of Virginia will play for the cham
pionship of the South at National Park
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colonels Just Missed a victory.

CHICAGO, May 12.-For seven innings the
visitors could do nothing with Hutchison and
his support had been perfect. He weakened
very badly in the eighth and ninth, when six
hits and all the Colts errors came in
bunch. Fine catches by Wilmot and Parrot,
however, saved the day. when a hit would
have least tied the score. Weather hot and
attendance 4 500 Score:
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Total. -. 3 s "a l2 4

Earned runs-Baltmore, 2: Philadelphia, O.
Two-base hits-Brouthers Three-base hits-Had-
dock. Stolen bases-McGraw, 4; Bonner, l; Jen-
nings and Hamilton Double plays-Bonner,
Jennings, and Brouthers First base on balls
By Brown, 3: by Calhan, 4; by Taylor, l. Hit by
pitched ball-By Calihan, /. Struck out-By
Brown, 2; by Calihan, !. Passed balls-Clements
Time-205. Umpire-Mr. Stage.
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MARRIED.

DREAGER-BURKHART- jacksonville, Fla,
April 16, 1884, WILLIAM H. DREAGER, of Gaines
vile, Fla, formerly of Washington, ID. c., to
Miss MINNIE BURKHART, of Omaha, Neb.
SMITH-BARNEY-In this city, May 10, 1894, by
the Rev. DIR. Domer, WALTER +. SMITH and
AGNES BARNEY.
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Earned runs.Pittsburg, 4: Cleveland, T. Two
base,hits-Smith, Ewing, McGarr and Berbauer
Three-base hit-Burkett. Home run-McKean.
Doubio piays-Glasscock and Beckley; Mexican
and Ieoeau and Tebeau and Zimmer. First
/base on balls-of killen, 8; off CIarkson. 4
Sstruck-out-By killen, 4; by Clarkson, g. Passed
baIl-oConnor. Time-Two hours. Umpire
Mr. McOuaid
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phiIlics Couldn't Bag the Third.

baltimore. May 12.-Brown, Baltimore's
colt pitcher, held the points to-day, and the
Philadelphias could do nothing with him. ex
cept in the eighth inning, when they punched
three singles and scored two earned runs.
Baltimore made their hits at the proper time
and managed to win easily. Calihan lasted
three innings. and was followed by Taylor
for a similar period. Haddock pitched the
last two innings. and the scoring ceased. Nc
Graw's work at the bat was excellent, as was
that of Brouthers. Attendance. 1000. Score:
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Stivetts Was Easy for Brooklyn.

BosroS, May 12.-.'Happy" Jack Stivetts
was an easy mark for the Brooklyn team to-
day. He did well for five innings and then
tired evidently, for during the rest of the
game the Brooklyns hit the ball when and
where they pleased The attendance was
somewhat smaller than Thursday, and there
was less enthusiasm. Score:
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Earned runs-Chicago, 3; Louisville, 3. Two
Three-base ht-Wilmot Stolen bases-Qunn
and Dahlen, = Double plays-Richardson and
rfeffer; Irwin, PARROT, and Decker; Pfeffer and
Denny First base on bals-Of Hutchison, z;
of Hemming, /. Struck Out-By Hutchison, 3
by Hemming2 , Time-l.50. Umpire-Mr. Ems
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Earned runs-Brooklyn, 8; Boston, /. Two
base hits-Burns and Duffy. Three-base hits
Shindle, ,; Lowe. Home runs-Shindle and
Griffin. Stolen bases-Shindle and Z. Daily.
Double plays-Long and Tucker: Lowe and
Tucker: Bannon and Merritt; Shindle and T.
Daily: Shock, T. Daily, and c. Daily. First base
on balls-Daily, Merritt, Tucker, 2, and Nc
Carthy Time-1:55. Umpire-Mr. O'Rourke
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Mus. Be Manned By English Crews.

LONDON, May 12.-Mr. Tankerville Cham
berlaine has written a letter to the Field ex:
planning that English yachts competing for
the Queens cup, won by the Arrow in 1851.
must be built in Southampton and be
manned by English crews. American yachts
competing for the same must be manned by
Americans. Mr.. Chamberlaine suggests that
the Satanita might be improved and entered
to represent England in the contest, she
being according to Mr.. Chamberlaina, the
only English floating yacht eligible.
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Cornell Did Not Show In.

BETHLEHEM, Pa, May 12.-The game Of
La Crosse, which was 10 have been played
here this afternoon by the Cornell and Lehigh
college teams, drew large crowd. After
wait of half an hour it was announced that
Cornell mad declared the game of and the
crowd went away greatly disappointed. No
cause was assigned for Cornell's action.
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Results of Other Games.

Harrisburg, 6, Pottsville, 2.
Scranton, Z; Easton, 4.
Reading, 9; Altoona, {.
University Of Pennsylvania, %; Yale, 16
Allentown. 20 Hazeton, e
Rock Island, 6; ST. Joe, B.
Providence, 5; Syracuse, 2
Wilkesbarre. IL; Erie, 3.
Troy, l7; Springfield, B.
Grand Rapids, IA; Detroit, IL
Indianapolis, s; Toledo, g.
Milwaukee, 8; Sioux City,3
Binghamton, "a: Buffalo, g.
Minneapolis, 9: Kansas City,7.
n,Marshali College, Il; Johns-Hop-
kins, g.
Georgetown University, 35: Lafayette, g.
Princeton, 12;; West Points
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Georee Siddons Bestcd.

BUFFALO, n. Y, May la.-At the Court street
theater tonight Frank Erne bested George Sid
dons. of New Orleans in a si1-round bout Erne
holds the featherweight championship of west
ern New York and will be backed against Critic
or Dixon.
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Flight of Homing pigeons.

The Washington Federation will fly Sum-
day. May 20, from Greenville. S. c., air line
distance 4O6 miles. There will be 200 birds
participating in the race, and rafting good
time u expected to be made.
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balls and Miller's error, aided by few safe
hits scored the Cincinnati's five runs. At
tendance 1000 Score:

Two-base hit-Frank. Stolen bases-Vaughn
and Parrott Double plays-Vaughn and Nc
Phee; Smith. McPhee and Motz Ely, Quinn and
Peitz; Buckley and Miller. First base on balls
OF PARROT, 2; off Bretinstein, Z. Struck out-By
PARROT, 4; by Breitinstein, 3. Time-l45. Um-
pire-Mr Swartwood.
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Results of Yesterdays Games.
BROOKLYN, s; BosToN,2.
CHICAGO, 6; LOUISVILLE, s.
PITTsBuRG. s; CLEVELAND, &
CINCINNATI, 5; ST. LOUIS, o.
NEW YORK, 5; WASHINGTON, 2
BALTIMORE, S; PHILADELPHIA,
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Pirates Took the Odd Game.

PITTsBURG, May 12.-Pittsburg defeated
Cleveland to-day by better playing, both at
the bat and in the field O'Connor was re-
moved from the game in the third inning for
profanity. Attendance 6. S00 Score:
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Accepted the Charge.

BosToS, Mass. May 12.-Rabbi Charles
Fleischer, of Philadelphia, has written a let
ter to the president OF the congregation
Adath Isreal formally accepting the call to
take charge of that field.
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A certain western, newspaper has seen
fit to criticise the writer Of this column
for expressing an opinion Of Rose Coghlan
which the western paper did not agree with.
II remember rightly, the remark to which
the western critic took exception spoke 70
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EIGHT GIANTS STRUCK OUT
But Six of Them Hit StOcksdale
Safely Nine Times.
BRILLIANT GAME IN GOTHAM

Ten Thousand Five Hundred People See the
New Yorks Win from the Senators by
Timely Batting, and Believe that Their
Team Has Struck Winning Gait.
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Total 30 "a u n Total..... 5 sg7 o I

Washington. ......... O. 2
New York .......... q U ! x
Earned runs-Washington, /; New York, 4.
Two-base hits-Nan Halrren, Tiern an, Abbey.
Three-base hits-Davis. Double p lays-Ward,
Connur First base on balls-Of Stocksdale, 4:
off Meekin, / Wild pitches-Meekin, !. Time
l:3S Umpire-Mr Hurst.
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The largest lad" in the Mirror of May 70,
with one exception. is that of James ]. Cor
bett, prize-tghter, gentleman, and actor.
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Parrot Too Much for ST. Louis.
CINCINNATI, O.. May 12.-Parrott allowed
St. Louis only four hits and the Reds shut out
the Mound City boys with ease. Bases on
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PERSONAL.

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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-16
Two Safe Professions.

A writer Of verse not wholly unknown
to fame rejoices in the possession of a
charming little country place not many
miles from the metropolis, the lawns Of
which are carefully looked after by a
clever young Irishman. 1t SO happened
that during the business depression of
last summer the young Irishman's
brother was thrown out of employment
by the shutting down Of the mills which
were the chief industry of the town,
and John, the poets gardener, Was very
much overcome at the prospect of hav-
ing to support his fraternal relative
through the winter.
His employer had frequently asked
after the brothers. health and encour-
aged his gardener to confide his woes
In him, believing that sympathy begets
good service, and recently John said, in
response to one of these inquiries:
He's shtill out Nv worruk, sorr.
That's tn throuble wild worrukin in
mills. OF wuz tellin Patsey lasht noight
he'd betther get into some other thrade
like yures or moline, sorr.
Like yours or mine, chr" said the
poet.
'Yis, sorr, for, as Oh said to him,
sorr, no matther how dull business gets,
there's jest as NANNY weeds to bs pull
ed an PONIES to be writ. "-Harper's
Magazine,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-16
Education Based on Child Study.

In order to make it possible that the
parent, the teacher, the physician, the
minister, the merchant, may know how
to treat the child, it is necessary that
the child be studied, analysed
logued, one might say. 1t seems to me
that the best way to do this is to train
young men and young women in our
colleges and schools in the study Of the
child, and SO send out number Of peo-
pie into the various walks of life who
can get Into" the life of the child. II
this study is scientifically ana properly
carried on, there is no doubt in my
mind but that it will revolutlonize all
the present methods of approach to the
child. predict that some of my read
ers will live long enough to wonder how
1t was possible for colleges and nniver-
stiles to have existed SO long, and to
have differentiated SO many departments
of study, and yet to have waited almost
till the beginning of the twentieth cen
fury to create a department of study
which is-shall say worth more than
all theethers put together? They will
live to see the day when the science of
the child will have taught the world
more in so years about the child than
the world learned during the preceding
5000 years. Forum.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-16
I.epa,In,ustice to Women.

A young man and wife start out to.
gether in a small investment, depend
Ing for profit on the joint labor of one
behind the counter, or both, as business
may require, the wife being the domes-
tic manager.
Nine times in ten, under my observa-
ton, the wife works the harder. She
works in the kitchen; she works in the
store; she does not indulge in Injuries.
If, after 10 years of common toll, in
Guiding the blessed relief of mother
hood and its joyful added cares, he, I'M
der our lax divorce laws, should bru-
tally cast her off on one of the many
pretexts found now sufficient, the equi-
ty of that wife and mother in the prop
erty of which she fully halved the max
ing is not recognized except by caprice
of courts or license of flexible statutes.
must say that the disposition of the
Judiciary has been almost invariably
on the side of equity, but common law
and statutory bars still operate hardly
upon the wife and mother.
The mother, however abject her pow
erty, wants the child or the children
and will work herself to the bone to
maintain and educate them. Under the
laws that lie ON the books of most Of
our states, she cannot get her moiety Of
the material goods to which she is in
conscience entitled, except after expense
and delay, if she succeed even then.
She rarely succeeds. - Philadelphia
Times,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-16
Rendering Gas Burners Safer.

Electricity has not yet displaced gas
altogether as an illuminant nor will
it 10 so for long while yet. A large
number of people, therefore, continue
to have practical interest in gas burn
ers. An attachment for such devices
has recently been patented by Benjamin
F. Field of Los Angeles, designed to
serve good purpose. One occasionally
hears of partial or complete suffocation
from carelessness In extinguishing gas
lights in sleeping rooms. Inexperience,
inattention, fatigue or possibly intoxi-
cation prevents the valve from being
properly closed when the gas is turned
off, and probably this has more than
the alleged blowing out Of the light to
do with the accidental asphyxiation re-
ported every now and then by the news
papers. Proceeding on that theory, at
any rate, Mr. Field affixes to the valve
stem light spiral spring, which con-
tinua1ly tries to shut off the gas. When
the gas is turned on, a jointed thumb
piece may be caught in any one of sew
eral notches and held there automatic
ally. To put the light out, it is neces-
cary only to disengage the thumbpiece.
The spring then closes the valve and
closes it tight. The mechanism does
not interfere at all with the regulation
of the size of the f1ame.-New York
Tribune.