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gentleman. They may: be classed as being
very gentee, but that immediately brings:
up vision of shiny coats and frayed linen
1t is q left- handed sort of plying compli+
mental the best. and they remain the sons
of the butcher. the baker and the candles
SHOEMAKER: to the common end. &
In the good old free and easy days, when
Ben Jonson quit laying bricks and took.
to running around with Shakes peare, they
didn't have the line quite as clearly drawn
as now. Sometimes an invalid ana dis
abled soldier covered a muitItnde Of sins
and a pertinacious menaieancY with the
tiIle:+- The playwright facetiousfy termed
these the ''decayed. worm-eaten, ruinous
gentlemen of the round, who have trav-s
eStied begging out. of The old hackney
pace to a fine easy amble.S2! Iheyswere.
soen done away with, the pale erected.
and no English writer, except ThackeFay,
has ever maintained that there could pos.
sibly, be gentlemen beyond it.. He discov-
cred. the gentlemen that Americans insist
are gentlemen : men with the instincts, the
re finements,. the manners, methods and
lives of gentleman. born not to the purple:
but raised to the distinction, through in.
nate gentility. He defended his discovery;
and@his diction. is the one the majority 0f
people. follow in their estimate of gentle-
men. -. - =. e.. ::
-"W hch Of us can point" *ha writes OF
Major Dobbin. in VANITY Fair" "to many.
such in his CIRCLE: Men whose aims are gen.
erous; whose truth is constant, and not
only constant lin. it's kind but elevated IN
its degree; whose want of meanness
makes them simple; who can look the
world honestly in the face with an equal
manly sympathy for the great and small p
We all know a hundred whose coats are
well made and score who have excellent
manners and one or two happy beings
who are what they call in the inner cir
cles and have shot into the very center
and bulIseye of fashion; but OF gentle
men. how many? Let us take scrap Of
paper ard each make out list.
my friend, Major Dobbin, write with
out any doubt in mine. He had very long
legs. yellow face and slight lisp, which
at first was rather ridiculous. But his
thoughts were just. his brains were fairly
good. his life was honest and pure and his
heart warm and humble"
Thackeray didn't go much on the coats
or the shooters into the bullseye of fashion.
even if they winged few doves as they
shot. in the making of gentlemen. He
probably wouldn't have cared continental
in the matter Of gloves had lie thought
about it. He had ined the idea from
actual observation that the application of
I'll golden rule would give the pretty cor
rect measure of gentIemanliness. 1t never
varies-coats and gloves do. even the
length of hair does as the football season
approaches. lie preferred an unyarying
standard and he published his uses of it to
the world. He differs from the society
weekly and be must shock the matinee
girl-his major wasn't even good looking.
Hundreds of writer's in the country
have taken up the question where he lett
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stood But would prefer to dash off my
ideas on paper as it would be most salts
factory that way. When one becomes
accustomed to writing. you know, thoughts
come more direct and satisfactory than in
a conversation. You get them in logical
sequence. and concentrating your thoughts
gives more direct expression"
Presently sparks of genius were scintil-
lating from the society pen and raper.
The author worked upon linen paper
evolving thought on the gentleman. and
after little while he turned around
smiling complacently at the result.
Here Is what / would say" he re-
marked. fondling the linen notepaper.
"Pll read it to you:
:" The term gentleman like the term
friend, is used altogether too promiscu-
ously in conversation and writing by
many brilliant orators and Iitterateurs.
According TO my way of reasoning
the highest compliment that you can pay
man is to call him gentleman.
interpret the word to mean man
who is thoroughly natural and upright in
all that he does or says. There is no par
ticular walk of life or occupation that is
especially designed for gentleman. His
occupation must be honorable whatever it
may be.
In speaking of mans social qualifi-
cations his financial standing should never
be mentioned, for if he is gentleman. he
will be one under all conditions of
circumstances adverse or otherwise. and
:he combined malice of all of his enemies
and the malig nans growing. the ludicrous
barking and the pitiful whining of all the
Jealous rivals and fair-weather friends in
or cation can never change his real nature
Now, what do you think? 1t is very
easy to know what gentleman should be.
believe there are other descriptions.
Thackeray and Chesterfield have some
thing to say on the subjecr, but have not
seen them--don't need to. There are
mine"
you omitted the gentleman's Dress"
was suggested to Mr.. Chambliss.
why. SO l did. Well, let me see."
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tff. Their efforts have been beautiful
charming, elevating. but their conclusions
have been Invariably the same. Emerson
has written one of the most comprehensive
summaries on the subject: "a gentleman
is man of truth, lord of his own actions
an d expressing that lordship in his own
behavior"
Nothing about coats. nothing on gloves
Manhood and truth, with no sartOrlal rel
erences. Plainly the society weekly ana
the matinee girl are in the what-d Ye-call-
it alone.
But it hasn't been necessary to go 10
Thackeray or Emerson or other literary
celebrities to get sound opinion on the
qualities and requisites of the gentlenanS
station. Hundreds and hundreds OF peo-
pie in this city have met and formed es'i-
mates and spoken them o! hundreds ana
thousands of others here who are gentie-
men. They have eyes 10 see ana ears 10
hear: they have read and observed; ana
every American mind being more or less
judicial, they have weighed the evidence OF
their senses. Their conclusions are worth
some thing None have been found VINO
differ from the writers on the subject;
none think a gentleman can be such If he
tries to be regardless of expense. Inmate
nobility seems to be the plane from when
alone they conceive a gentleman can De
reared and that he needs neither hair nor
haberdashery Tor that purpose.
Ed Greenway of this city has undouDt-
edly mingled with many gentlemen. He
has led cotillons Oh the hill and he knows
the Society" brand and the everyday
brand He asserts that there are plenty
of the latter within the sacred circle; he
was also fain to confess that there were
any number of the faultlessly dressed and
properly goved who needed the name
blown in the bottle to carry on the decep-
ton.
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sumed, has at some time or another de-
livered himself and herself Of opinion as
to the gentlemanly qualities of somebody.
These opinions have varied, and in most
instances were based on the question of
like or dislike of the objective. In America.
from the American standpoint, there
is just as much likelihood OF attaining
gentility and the station of gentleman
as every mother thinks her son has OF
elevation to the presidency. In England.
where the term originated, it is held that
the ordinary man can no mere reach the
station of gentleman than ne can reach the
kinghOOd Gentlemen, as well as kings.
they hold, are born to the position, and all
the manliness. the cultivation, the cru
ditiOn and the courtllness of all the How
ards would make no gentleman il the
blood of one of the Towards was not in
his veins.
Blood and money. The former is the
only requisite in England. In America.
the latter adjunct sometimes becomes the
whole warrant of genttlity. Not always
though, only sometimes. Every young
man who has the slightest ambition has
frs: and foremost the ambition to be
gentleman. The majority of them. if keen
observers are to be believed, do so. There
being so many of them and so many to no
tice them, it is small wonder then that the
expressions on the question are so numer
ous and smaller wonder that eminent lit
terateurs have devoted so much study 10
the matter.
Everything above a yeoman in the Brit
ish isles is a gentleman. The status is
fixed. 1t has taken over eight centuries to
do it, but it has been done well. There is
no question about it. The sons Of the
butcher. the baker. the candIestick- maker,
may be very good fellows, pleasant, polite.
careful of the convenience of others; they
may have money, but they are never rated
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and no. mistaking it. The Americans
strained every muscle and repeatedly tried
out the strength. and endurance OF their
opponents, only to find out that stanch
men, well worthy of the name, were on
the opposite side.
The betting on the result at this stage
of the game changed. q bit. The Swedes
sold for SI2 against $40 on the Americans.
The latter team made one great effort to
get the Swedes eff their feet and succeeded
to the tune of five eleats. Again the Amer
leans tried tn conquer their sturdy oppo-
nahts, and by pure grit and strength they
captured few more cleats, leaving only
three cleats for the Americans to get
to win the con est. The Swedes' turn
came and they won back three cleats amid
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MEN OF MUSCLE.
Exciting Contests at the
Tug
The American Team Defeats the
Swedes in the Most Spirited
Bout of the Tournament.

The result of reduction of the admis-
sion fee to the tournament from 80 cents
to % cents made very pronounced change
in the attendance last evening.
As early as O'Clock the seats were all
occupied and standing room only could be
had on the promenade when the first event
OF the evening was announced.
The contest was between two amateur
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The Fire Record.

J. Wiedmer's lodging house. 1908 Ken
lucky street, was set on fire at 4 "a O'CLOCK
yesterday afternoon by children playing
with matches. Loss 500.
The alarm from box Ga at IL 10 O'Clock
last night was for slight blaze In the
stable of the Spiddv Express Company;
81 Natoma street. The fire was caused
by a careless smoker. The damage was
ivhk
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cheering as they appeared to be the lighter
team. The indicator remained stationary
as both teams required a breathing spell
after m ost stubborn contest. The Amer
the event of the evening. and by making
one great effort they accomplished the
trick and the cheers which welcomed the
conquerors could have been heard tive
blocks off. The contest was certainly the
best that has been seen at any tournament,
as 1t was fought inch by inch from start to
finish. Time, 80 min. 80 sec.
The last event of the evening was sup
posed to be a contest between the Danes
and Italians; but as the latter showed the
white feather by refusing to pull against
the victorious great Danes" the latter
were awarded the contest
Following is the summary of the nights
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NOTE.-The particular attention of regular patrons
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keenan, BY
3 LENGTHS.
Easily Captures the First Hall
Of the Double Event from
Harry Reed.
SURPRISES FOR THE TALENT.
Sirooco, George Beck and Sir
knight Win Events at
Good Odds.
OPENING DAY At SHEEPSHEAD,
OPENING DAY At SHEEPSHEAD.
Comanche Takes the Second Race
from Spread Eagle, The Only
Other Starter.
Special to III. Evening WORLDLY

topecisi " U ENeHink "Oru'D
RACE TRACK, SHEEPSHEAD BAY,
June 2O.-Racing began here to-day with
a cart not calculated to throw the race
goer into raptures. Nevertheless. a
crowd Of $500 persons was present
The steeplechase course does credit
to Supt. Clark. A finer course has never
been seen In this country. Every jump
stands out clear and distinct. and the
part Of the &c r srrsn tEst t tne' co eRare Of y the he
horses cannot be followed with the
naked eye. The first jump takes place
Tomorrow. An attractive feature OF
Lander's band.
in spots, but was Rapidly drying out.
aa Trf Il, 1 2sl : sa g .a ssi$ : VI" Hsa e s sssss;
at this track. The change. from the hill
at Morris Park T. responsible for this;
He led from start to finish and won in
much Surprised over his race as ovei
sha os G esv Shelly : a T%i''e, ws Sh' d Es1 G 5sf,
beaten.
Derfargiila, who was well played. rar
second up to the last jumps. and ther
chance. who came fast at the finish and
just beat her out on the post.
| man had a cake-wah In the sec
ond ace, having only Spread Eagle to
beat. The bookies were disgusted and
part. A few quoted 1 TO 20 Comanche
and IL to l Spread Eagle.
Tom Skidmore and Count were the
ones played In the third race. skidmore
was always favorite, while Count was
backed from 4 to l to IL to s. George
Beck was played enough TO keep his
price quite steady at 8 to 2. He proved
the winner.
Keefe. on Count. looked to be winning
In the stretch, but the boy got a bad
case Of rattles and went to pieces.
George Beck. who never liked the hill
at Morris Park. ran in his true form and
beat Tom Skidmore quite handily.
EIpgT pArE
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FAT IS NOW BARRED.
All Permits Revoked by the Board
Of Health To-Day.
II Cannot Be Carried Over Ferries
or Bridges In Future.
II May BE Rendered II Collected In
the City.

The Board OF Health at It's meeting
his afternoon resolved to revoke the
permits in force for many years. per-
hitting fat to be brought into the city
for rendering purposes.
The permits specially revoked are
those of S%chwurzchiid q Sulzbergcr,
issued In 1878, under which they were
allowed to bring fat from Williamsburg.
and another Issued in 1859 to the same
firm. allowing them to cart fresh.
sweet fat over any North or East River
ferry" Of Joseph Stein. issued in 1853,
allowing him to cart fresh. sweet fat
over any North or East River ferries,
The Board of Health also denied the
application of Joseph Haberman. TO bt
permitted to bring fat into the city
from outside places, and Of the East
man Company and p. Donohue & Son
for h same privilege.
The application Of the United
Dressed Beef Company. OF New York,
to boil. heat. dry, store or manufacture
shop fat. tallow or lard at the corner
of First avenue and Forty-fourth street
was granted. with the understanding
however, that the material 50 rendered
be only such as nay be taken from cat.
tie slaughtered on the premises, or col.
lected from butcher shops In she city
Of New York.
The Board further resared that the
Sanitary Superintendent: be directed &c
strictly enforce that part OF the SAM
tary Code which prohibits the importa
ton of n fat into the city Of New
York or the rendering or melting OF
any that has been brought into the
city except by special permit In writing
A further resolution directs the SAM
tary Superintendent to visit inc inspect
slaughter-ho Lses, ~fat-rendering and fer
tilizing esta olishmsnts, and report upoi
the number Of them. their condition. ant
the methods employed.
He is also directed to give proper In
structions COR the removal of ofral AM
other refuse In an inoffensive manner
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FARM BOY BEATEN TO DEATH.
Sidney Plummer, COlored, His EN-
ployer, Under Arrest.

CAMDEN, N. j.. Tune 2o.-Information
has Just been received here regarding a
murder committed near Berlin. where
Camden and Burlington Counties Join
zach other. The circumstances Of the
tragedy were of the most revolving
character.
Sidney Plummer. a colored farmer,
took an orphan boy. named Harry Hayes
from an asylum and had him bound over
to him. Neighbors say he starved him
almost to death and gave him q mans
work to do.
Last night the boy rebelled because
he could not do certain work, when. II
ID alleged Plummer brutaily beat him
with a club.
Piummer started the story that the
boy had run away from his farm.
Some neighbours, however. refused to
believe this. and instituted a search.
They found the body in a small stream.
The boys head had been beaten al
most to a Jelly.
Plummer was arrested and hurried on
to the Burlin gton County Jail. at Mount
Holly. Public feeling Is very bitter
against hin.
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BRECKENRIDGE iNVITED7
Report tAst wnyward white VIII
Talk for the Tiger July 4.

VSpecihl 10 Tne Evening World.D
LEXINGTON. KY, June 2O.-It is
stated here this morning through Col.
Breckinridge's son. Desha. that the
Colonel has received an invitation to
speak at Tammany Hall July 4. A
number of Chautauquu Assemblies are
also after his services.
Mayor Gllroy had departed for his
Summer home at Rockaway when the
above despatch was received. In his
absence Secretary Holly was unable to
say definitely whether 1t was true that
Congressman Breckenridge had been in
vited to speak at Tammany Hall in the
ceremonies.
He intimated that the invitation might
possibly have been sent, though, per-
haps by al oversight. AS many promi-
nent speakers usually have engage
ments for July I. the invitations are
sent out in circulars, and. as the list
of Congressman and Senators furnishes
a sort Of directory of orators, 1t may
have been hat the name was among
those copied from that list.
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BOTH DUELLISTS WOUNDED.
Far westerners Fight at Fifteen
PAGES near Chicago.
ODy Associated Press)

Dy Associated Press)
CHICAGO. IA 20.-Bailey Norris, of
Wyoming. and Geo. M. Sanders. of Mon
tana, fought a duel yesterday morning
at Summit, twenty miles out of Chicago.
Sanders was shot through the left shoul-
der. while q bullet from his revolver
ploughed through the right cheek of
Norris.
The men have been enemies for some
time because OF their mutual admira-
ton for a woman. Monday they met
at the stock yards, where they both
had arrived with cattle. and a fight fol-
lowed. In which revolvers were drawn.
but no shots fired. Friends separated
them, however, and It was arranged to
fight the matter out In SOM quiet
place.
Early yesterday morning the two
men, each accompanied by a friend,
went out to Summit on the Alton road,
drainage canal. prepared to fight at
fifteen PAGES with revolvers.
At the word fire" the pistols rang
out, and Norris was shot In the face.
At the second shot Sanders got a bull
let through the shoulder. and although
both men were anxious to keep On, the
fight was stopped and the quarrel
patched up. Both the men left for st.
Paul.
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OFFER OF $4,000.
New Orleans Wants . Corbett-
FitzsimmOns Fight.

The following was received to-day:
NEW oRLEANs. June 30. 1894.
Richard X. Fox: Arrange a match between
James J. Corbett and Bob Fitnimmons to night
In the Auditorium Club. In this city. In December.
We will guarantee q purse OF $50. 900 and dc.
posit security for that amount with you.
After the above was received the fol-
lowing was cabled to The Sporting Life.
London:
ihe Auditorium Club. New Orleans. has offered
. purse OF $40. 900 for James J. Corbstt and Bob
F~tzsimmont To fight for In December.
FitEsimmons eager TO hight corbett for biggest
parss. Cable Corbett's reply.
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STILL GUARDING THE SAFES.
Long Island City's Treasurer De-
cInrcs'the Seizure Was Illegal.

LONG ISLAND CITY. L. l.. June %
A deputy sheriff is still stationed in City
Treasurer Bleckwenn's office. guarding
the safes which were seized yesterday
under execution OF a Judgment for $3.50
in favor of Michael Hand. The clerks
are at work to-day, and Sheriff Norton
says that the routine Of the Treasurer's
Office will not be interfered with, pend
ing a settlement In the matter.
Treasurer Bleckwenn says that the
seizure OF his office by the Sheriff was
Illegal, and that the matter will be car
ried to the courts.
Ex-District-Attorney b. W. Downing,
counse for Hand. says the seizure was
perfectly regular. and that the Judgment
will nave to be paid before the Sheriff re-
leases the Treasurer's office.
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IHRIG COMMITS SUICIDE.
Found Dead with n Revolver In
His Hand at Manhattan beach.

Henry Ihrig, twenty-six years old, OF 22t
West Sixteenth street, committed suicide
at an early hour this morning at the
Manhattan Beach Hotel. Coney Island.
He fired a pistol bullet into his right
temple. At 8 o'clock this morning
ployes OF the hotel, arose n were
preparing to begin their work, when
they discovered Ihrlg's body. 1t was
lying across a bed in the employees
sitting-room in the top floor.
He clutched a 32-calibre revolver in his
right hand. A doctor was summoned.
but the man was dead.
1t Is supposed that he vas insane,
as he had been acting strangely during
the past few days. The body was re-
moved to Stillman's Morgue.
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SECOND RACE.

Spread Eagle led on sufferance to tho
last few Jumps. wnere Comanche, under
q strong pull, passed him and won by q
neck. Time-2O 2-5.
Mutuels paid 81 M.
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RACING AT LATONIA.

Nicaragua, nj 10 to 1, Beats AID
in the First Race.
CONVICTION. June 2O.-The races were
continued at the Latonia race track to-
day with the following results:
First Race-Three-fourths of a mile
Won by Nicaragua. 20 to 1 and 5 to 1,
Abb second, Hinton third. Time
LII IA.
Judith, 3 to / and 4 to 8; Capt. Drane. /
to 2. second. and Jennie Miles third.
Time-l.E liz.
Third Race-Five-eighths of a mile
Won by Myrtelle, I TO 1 and 4 to 8; Sun
burst second and Sir Robe third. Time
Lon Ia.
Fourth Race-seven -eighths OF a mile
Won by Pat, 8 to 8 and 3 to 5; Mote. 4
to s, second, and Perdita third. Time
Ia l-2.
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SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
Twelve Named to Start in the
Great Race.
Ramapo an 8 10 s Favorite In the
Preliminary Betting.
Entries for the Other Races, lnclud-
Ing the Bay Hurdle.


The Suburban Handicap will be run to-
morrow at sheepshead Bay at about I
o'clock. The race will be the fourth on
the card. This will give many who are
not able to reach the track early in the
day q chance to see the big event run
Of. Weather Prophet Dun has promised
TO keep the rain away, and the track
should be dry and fast.
The field will probably be composed
Of an even dozen starters. At least this
number are named to go to the post In
the official list OF entries sent out.
The betting at the track to-day showed
Ramapo TO be a hot favorite. with
Sir Walter and Henry Of Navarro next
in demand.
This Is the eleventh year OF the big
event.
The official list Of starters and jockeys
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DIED FROM THE HEAT.
Fireman Burns verco I'M n Cold
Storage Warehouse.

Storage Warehouse.
owen Burns. thirty-two years old. Of
1874 Dupont street. G%reenpoint. was over
come BY the heat at $40 o'clock this
morning while at work in the engine
room In the cold storage warehouse IA
Reade street.
He was taken to the Chambers Street
Hospital, ard he died shortly after
arriving there. He was a married man.
Burns was employed as q fireman.
He went on duty al s o'clock last night.
The boilers for making steam for the
engines that run the ammonia process
apparatus thar supplies the chilled air
are in the basement. While all the
other Ave floors of the building are de-
liciously cool, downstairs Is like the
black hole Of Calcutta.
Julia Lenshan, twenty-eight years old;
OF 35 East Thirty-ffth street, was found
unconscious in a hallway at $50 East
Thirty-third street at 10 o'clock this
morning. She was taken to Bellevue
Hospital. II is supposed she was over
come by the heat.