The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-17
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 James Engiish's Carnage often seen-Con-
 ventlon Talk-Mediclnal Virtues of the
 springs-oommodious Hotels-"rhe De-
 fender" New Drink-Gambllng Now
 stopped.
 Saratoga Springs. Aug, l5,-The usual number of Saratoga veterans seem to be here this season, and q large ad- dition of new faces is also observed on the promenades every day Many are coming here from the mountains and sea side resorts on their way to the places of their nativity. There has been quite scarcity of the sporting fraternity here on account of the rigid laws against gambling, which have been quite strictly enforced this sum- mer. The races began July 20, and Edward Kearney, president of the Sar- atoga Racing association contemplated continuing the races for forty days,
 but the slim attendance has caused him to conclude the turf meeting Au- gust 2S, as the gate receipts have been at a loss of over $500 day. The club
 house and other gambling resorts are also devoid of faro roulette, and other gambling implements, and have been
 as quiet all the season as a cat watch
 ing mouse. But there Is great activi-
 ty in numerous other amusements The
 weekly hops at the Clarendon and other
 hotels are more largely attended than
 ever before. The soul inspiring music
 by celebrated orchestras in the parks
 and on the piazzas and in the parlors
 of the various hotels are daily enjoyed
 by the numerous guests. Lawn festi-
 vals, children's carnivals, dramatic en-
 tertainments by noted professionals,
 readings and comic recitations evenings
 in hotel parlors, daily drives to Wood
 lawn park, Saratoga lake, and the min
 eral springs, and trips on the double
 decker electric cars, are among the
 long list of diversions which most of
 Saratoga's recreators are prone to en-
 gage in to a greater or less extent.
 Many people who come here regularly
 every season, have one great object In
 view, and that is to receive the benefit
 derived from the daily use of the min
 eral waters. Dyspepsia, rheumatism,
 and kidney troubles seem to greatly |
 in the frequent internal or external
 application of the waters, It has been . lately discussed by a gentleman of na-
 tional acquaintance that the Hathorn
 famous spring waters are cure for catarrhal affections, as well as the sev- eral other bodily diseases for which they have been so long in use. By in
 troducing the Hathorn water up the
 nostrils into the head and over the throat, catarrh will be greatly alleviat- } ed, and even permanently eradicated
 from the system The salina and al i kali properties with several other in- l gredients which are contained in this water is the basis of the cures thns { effected.
 Our distinguished fellow townsman,
 Captain Charles H. Townshend, was
 one of the first to discover the catarrh sure in the use of this mineral water, , and having by it's use been greatly
 benefited, has written Frank Hathorn, esq, proprietor of the spring q very ; interesting letter on the subject, add ing his testimony as to the great ef- : fcacy to be found in it's proper use for $ head and throat difficulties.
 Convention season has nearly arrived. t The New York State Democratic con clave, which was to have been held in I Saratoga seems to point it's cue towards l Syracuse, to the great dismay of seV I eral hotel keepers here. Still lots of : the unterrihed are to be found here
 under the weeping willows daily, pre- ? pairing their seats for the great battle . i for victory or death, so soon to come . i off It is said things look So uncer- : tain hereabouts in local affairs, that : such old lights as ex-Mayor Hugh I Grant, Senator Edward Murphy, and : his father-in-law, ex-Lieutenant Gov 2 ernor William F. Sheehan, say they 5 are out of politics; while .ex-Governor h Flower, Senator GormSn, and num-
 Der of other Tammany boys are in Sar-
 atoga, but all seem to be afflicted with
 the retiring malady. Still they may
 change their minds when the time h draws nearer and they are discovered
 in the branches of the tree, and obey s their masters call as Zaccheus did, e and come down.
 The republican, convention will be
 held later. Full details have not yet e been made public. Still many leaders 5 of the grand old. party are here, and e from the size of past events they feel r quite confident they will be able to [. chalk down a list of names on their e board that will draw crowd around. d new drink is going the rounds, S It has struck Saratoga, and is said to g have originated in Newport, It has I a very aromatic smell-"has taste like $ wine,'' and is named "The Defender, , l. presume, because it was invented by l, a yaehtsman. It is made as follows l. Put a lemon in a glass half full of ;t broken ice. Give three flashes of orange } bitters; put in two thirds part of l, unsweetened gin, add equal parts of r cream yoette and Italian vermouth Y Stir; don't shake, and strain into a l. glass;
 d Weekly excursions from various
 points are made to Saratoga. The ex. le cursions from New Haven on every