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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29

players up that way The clubs In this
league have been short OF good material
all the season.
Jerry Bliss who left this city Thursday
to join the Augustus, has not yet showed
up at the Maine capital city. Jerry must
have encountered bad walking after he left
Salem as he reached the city OF witches on
scheduled time.
The Pawtuckets will meet the Whalers
at New Bedford to night. Capt. Doe has
displayed danger signals. Capt. Whiting
and his men are going down to win the
game and the Whalers will have to put up
the hottest kind of an argument to record
a win.
The Providence Telegram man Is getting
gay Just because the Grays have won few
games. Listen to this: "The Pawtucket
cranks were notified on Christmas night
that II they desired to strengthen their
team that a photograph of Dick Pierce
would be loaned the team for that purpose"
No reference is made to the fact that
Dicky Pierce Is Pawtucket boy or OF
Mayor McGuinness' impressions of Dicky's
ability to pull the Grays through on
tight pinch. When making reference to
these things the aforesaid Telegram man
should not hesitate to tell all the facts.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29
SOME EXCELLENT BOWLING,
Final Games in the TwO-Men Team Tour
nament Rolled Last Night.

Final Games in the Two-Men Team Tour
nament Rolled Last Night.
The final games In the two-men team
tournament were bowled at the, Palace
Alleys last evening and some excellent
bowling was in order. Rex and Gaddes
were right on their mettle, both men put
ting up several cracking strings and beat
ing Jones and Worden, their nearest
rivals, by So pins. Rex and Gaddes cap
tured the majority Of the prizes, each get
ting a handsome silk umbrella for the
best team total. For the best average In
the preliminaries and finals Rex received a
new bowling ball, and for the highest
five-string total he was awarded pair of
bowling shoes. 7sfg.el errf-
Gsddes' single of 231 was the best ef the
tournament, and he won q handsome gold
mounted briar pipe. Jones and Worden
captured second prize for team totals.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29
HARVARD WINS AT CHESS.
Yesterdays Play in the Intercollegiate
Chess Tournament.

Yesterdays Play i'm the Intercollegia late
Chess Tournament.
New York, Dec. 29.-The yearly chess
tournament between the Yale, Harvard,
Princeton and Columbia teams began
yesterday in the rooms of the Columbia
grammar school. This annual contest
was inargurated i'm 1892 by Edward A.
Casswell Of Yale, 60, and has heretofore
been played at the Harvard school but
this year Il. II. Campbell, principal of
the Columbia grammar schoo1. request
ed that the tournament should come off
at his school, and the request was
granted. The prize sought after is the
University cup, valued at $500. which has
been won twice each by Columbia and
Harvard. Harvard gained the victory
last year by a close margin. r-
Harvard sends this year her winning
team of 1895, to battle, for the cup and
Princeton has an exceptionally strong
team. Both Columbia and Yale have
been working hard under special coach
efs. Columbia has been favored with
the advice and instruction OF Piiisbury.
the chess player and champion, and It
was through his advice thar A. M. Price
was substituted this year for G. o. Sew
ard Major Ham of New York, an old
chess player, has been coaching Yale.
The tournament is under the direction OF
<. r. Stark and Samuel Lloyd and Eu-
fene Delmar are the referees. The games
will continue daily until Jan. 2, Inclusive
from 2:30 to i0:30 p. M. and any game
not finished by 10: 80 o'clock will be adju-
dicated by the referees. There will be
a recess from q TO So'clock each evening
At $3.50 O'Clock play was begun as fol-
lows:
Parker CO. against Ryder CID. Par
ker opened with queens gambit, which
was declined.
Lehlbach (Y.) against Seymour P).
Lehlback began with a Ruy Lopez open
ing.
Price CO. against Young (P). Young
played a French defense.
Murdoch tY.) against Southard (H).
Murdoch began with Ruy Lopez open
ing. f.. e. p
The winners were: Parker and Price OF
Columbia, Lehlbach of Yale Ryder of
Harvard and Seymour and Young Of
Princeton.
Today's pairing in the second round
| will be as follows: Parker CO. vs.. Lehl-
bach (Y). Seymour (P.) VS.. Ryder (H.),
Price CO. VS.. Southard (H), Murdoch
| CD VS.. Young (P).
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29
Accident Companies win Investigate.

Bradford. VT. Dec. .9.-The body of
David Blakely. who died in New York
Nov. Z, and was buried here, was ex-
humed yesterday and sent to New York
to be examined by accident insurance
companies. who do not admit the claim
of the family that death resulted from
an accident received Sept. 22 Mr.
Blakely's accident policies were for
$4,000 Mr. Blakely was manager of
Scusa's band. and president OF the
Blakely Printing company OF Chicago.
and had his summer residence here.
While bicycle riding he lost control OF
his wheel and collided with wagon.
His collar bone was broken and his
spine severely injured. Though not re
covered he returned TO New York for
the winter. dying suddenly a few days
after his return. After the autopsy the
remains will be returned here. MIR.
Biakely carried life insurance of $50. 600
which. II is reported. will be paid without
contention.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29
4tuuurtul.
October 24th


"The election is conceded In this part
the world to Mr.. Mckinley, and as per our d
cent letters, we, with others, cannot see al
other outcome TO the election. We do fail
see, however, why prices, after advanciI
from ID TO % points or more, should go vel
much higher merely because our preseI
state OF affairs IL TO be continued, which
what Mr.. McKinley's election means. ,
laws can be passed, because the Senate
averse To so doing, that will positively cor
nit us, as nation, to always have go
standard. In the event of Mr.. Mckinley
election, we predict bear Christmas, al
will try to remember to call your attention
this letter at that time"
Contrast this with the regular and frant
appeals to buy stocks, which you have REF
during the last 40 days. Our letter is STAN
ARD. In Saturdays issue we give advice,
which we saw we again expect to call yo'
attention in the near future.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29

Diplomatic society at Washington IL
supposed to be very exclusive, but under
existing circumstances any ordinary
member Of congress can gain entrance
TO it's circles by making al anti Cuban
speech or patting the Spanish on the
back in newspaper interviews New
York Journal.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29

score-Providence 10. Fall River6. Rushes
Pierce q. Mensrd 2. Russell ~. stops In
goai-sword ". Curley 2j foul-Connell.
Referee-keough. Timcr-Holden.
New Bedforsis Defeats salem.
The New Bedfords outplsyed the salems
In the game at Salem last night. The
home team was without Heffernan.
Furbush played goal for Salem, but kept
forgetting that me wasn't playing half
hack, and white he left bis goal uncovered
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29

Paris, Dec. 2s.-M. Clemenceau the
distinguished statesman. Is seriously
sick. He was born In 1s4i. founded La
Justice in 1880. became the recognized
leader OF the Extreme Left i'm the cham
Ter of deputies sometime later.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29

In the competition for sensstionalism
St. Louis is five murders and one sub
urban train robbery ahead of Chicago
New York Journal.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29

According TO the recent census. the
population Of Greece il 2,4ls, 900 souls.
or AN increase of $50. 900 over the fig
ures of 1882.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29
standing of the Clubs,


Strengthened by Gavitt of Westerly, the
Augustus went al Bath last night hammer
and tongs, and when they got through
they had sunk II in the netting of the
Baths cage.
Rockland defeated Portland 3 to in a
very exciting game at Rockland. But for
Aliens wonderful stops the Rockland's
score would have been much greater. He
made AZ stops.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29

A simple, quick, sure remedy FOR catarrl
or cold iu the head IL salva-ces. II II safe
TO use ani sure TO give satisfaction.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29

Score-New Bedford 10; Salem6 g. stops in
goal-Furbush 2l, Smith 2s. Foul-Doe.
Rushes-Hipson Is, Roberts A. Referee
O'Malley. Timer-Flint.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29

The vigor Of youth given TO the aged and
innrm ny using HopsBitters See advertise
ments
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29

the visitors scored two goals. The goal
tending of Smith was sensational. The
summary:
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29

Horses Clipped ny Electric Power
Al BARRIERS, Cross street, Central Fails.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-29
HORNER NOT
RESERVED.
Crack PawtuCket Pitcher
Declined to Sign a
Contract.
The Crays Surprise the Natives
by1Playing Some Real
Fast Polo.
NEW BEDFORD WON AT SALEM.
Sose Excellent Bowling in the Two.Men Team
Tsurnament-BicycIe Race Opens at
Washington
NEW BEDFORD WON AT SALEM.

The chances are that Jack Horner VIII
wear a uniform other than that of the
Pawtuc 1et Base Ball Club during the
coming season. This fact will be some
what of surprise to his many friends and
the ball playing SET
From reliable sources we learn that Hor-
ner vas Just little too sharp for the local
mag iates, and declined to loose the chance
OF accepting a good offer for next season.
The acts of the case are reported as fol-
lows: II will be remembered that Horner
was with Scranton the earlier part of the
season and from there went to Bangor,
where he was located by Manager Smith
about the middle of the season. H,
Smith wired Horner making an offer,
and the two met by appointment, but
could not come to terms, and Jack de-
clibed TO sign a contract for tho money
offered, and 30 an arrangement was made
for him 20 60 in the box ct figure less
than he would take to sign contract, and
thus make himself liable to the reserve
clause. When Horner started in to do
good work for the club, both the presi-
dent and manager endeavored TO prevail
ON him to sign the contract, but Horner
finally positively declined, and 80 takes
the stand that the club have no claim on
hin, for next season.
Now comes the question: Will the fact
OF his playing with the club while not
under regular contract cause controversy
regarding the games lost by Fall River
which killed their chances for the pen
nant?
Can the club hold Horner on the strength
OF their claim that the fact Of his playing
with the club during the balance of the
season is evidence of verbal contract?
1t is natural that the club would like tc
reserve Horner, and IL an agreement on
salary could not be reached there are
other clubs that would doubtless be glad
to pay good price for his release.
When called upon by TRIBUNE re-
porter last evening Horner said he had
never signed contract or made any agree
ment by which he could be held, and
him at one OF the closing games played a,
Brockton that he was reserved, he did not
consider that he was, and did not antici-
pate playing with Pawtucket this season
unless they met his figures.
Horner showed letters from the mana.
gers OF the Detroit, Grand Rapids, Syra.
cuse, Toronto and Richmond, Va, clubs
making inquiries and offers for his SER
vices.
Providence, 10; Fall River. q.
The Grays put up remarkable game
against Fall River last night at Infantry
Hall and won hands down.
II was an uphill fight for Cotter's team
bnt they struggled against big odds. The
way Pierce fiipped the ball around the Fal
River goal made II impossible for Curley
to tell which way they were coming. Tn,
summary:
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25

A peculiar tax, imposed in many
western communities, is q vehicle
license, which owners of wheeled con-
veyances, whether kept for hire or
for personal use, are obliged to pay.
The license is regarded as the price
paid for the use of the highway, and,
according to a recent decision of the
Indiana supreme court, it may even
be collected by a municipality from
non-residents who drive over the
streets of the city, that right coming
within the police power of the city.
The nonresident has no good cause
for complaint, the court says, as ne
has use of the streets without paying
for their maintenance other taxes than
the vehicle license. In Ohio the idea
has been developed by CHASING bicy-
cles as vehicles to bring them within
the vehicle taxation laws, and q bill
to that end has been passed by the
House.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25
Secret of the Mango Trick.

A French scientist, NJ. RasonDeau,
has Just discovered how to make a
plant grow from a see in thirty MN
utes as much as it would under ofdl'
nary circumstances in as many days.
Heretofore nature has shared THIS .'e-
cret with the Yoghis of India alone, and
the methods pursued by these clever
magicians in performing this trick have
Often been described. They plant a
seed in the earth and cover it with a
Goth. In a few moments the earth be-
gins to be pushed upward by the grow
ing plant, which in a short tine attalns
the height of several feet. Various
theories have been advanced as to the
modus operandi of this miracle, n OF
the latest being that the spectators are
all hypnotized by the magician.
During his travels in India, NJ. Ragon-
neau saw this trick performed fire.
%quently. and noticed that the 1lindoos
always imbedded the seed in soil which
they brought with them especially for
that purpose. At last be learned that
they obtained this earth from ant hills.
Now, as every one knows Who has in
advertently eaten IL of these indus
trious insects, ants contain a large pro-
portion of formic acid, with which in
time the soil of their ha hitations be-
comes charged. This acid has the pow
er of quickly dissolving the integument
surrounding a seed and of greatly slim
ulating the growth of the germ within,
After a little experimenting with this
acid. the learned Frenchman was able
to duplicate perfectly the Hindoo trick.
His further researches have led him to
believe that this discovery may be pro-
fitably applied to agriculture. BY in
fusing ants in boiling water, acid as
strong as vinegar can be obtained. NJ.
Magonneau has achieved the best re-
suits and most perfect growth by using
earth moistened with a solution of five
thousand parts of water and n OF
acid.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25
A Machine to Count Blood COrpuscles.

The blood that circulates through
our system and is pumped from the
heart is made up of red and white
particles. The red corpuscles are life
giving and the white are water.
The redder the blood, the healthier
is its owner, while pale pink or "thln'
blood indicates disease or weakness.
The more numerous are the particles
the redder is the blood.
DIR. Thoma, an eminent German
scientist, has now invented a machine
to count the corpuscIes in the blood,
and it has been found to work suo-
cessfully in several hospitals in this
city. This machine is simple, yeS 1t
is SO fine and delicate that it differen-
tiates and counts small PARTICLES that
are invisible to the naked eye and only
disceruaDle under Il powerful micro
scope. 4
1t will be understood how subtle
are the operations of this little lnstru-
ment when it is stated txpt the aver
age number of red corpuscles i'll the
blood Of a healthy person is over five
million in the cubic miIlimeter, while
the white 2gpuscles are present to the
number Pf five to eight thousand.
These rqt the normal conditions of
the blood Of a human being.
With this standard to work upon,
the opel tor with the new instrument
invented by DR.. Thoma is enabled to
at once recognize an unhealthy condi-
ton of the blood, as the instrument
accurately counts the PARTICLES. More
over, it may be applied to the same
patient day by day, SO as to watch the
operation of various medicines, and
measure the rate of improvement
New York Recorder.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25
Peter Cooper is to have a statue in

Peter Cooper is to have a statue in
New York city. Il will occupy the
little park in front of Cooper Union.
It will be of bronze, resting on a can
opted pedestal Of granite and Tennes-
see marble, and will cost about $45,-
600, which amount has been raised by
public subscription. The design for
the statue is by Augustus st. Gau-
dens, and was selected by a citizens
committee, of which ex-Mayor Frank
lin Edison is the chairman. Tho statue,
which is about eight feet high, repre-
sents MI. Cooper seated in q large
armchair, with his right hand resting
on the head of a cane and his left arm
on an arm of the chair. The height
of the pedestal below the statue will
be about ten feet, and the canopy will
be about six feet above the statue,
making a total height of about twenty.
four feet The little park is to be so
remodeled that it will be in harmony
with the statue.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25
Self propulsion for Sea Craft,

George w. Price of Boston, q sailor
for thirty years, and who had sailed
twice around the globe, has devised a
plan of self propulsion for freight
ships, wherein the movement Of the
ship furnishes compressed air, by
which to operate the twin screws. His
plan consists of n swinging cargo at
tached to air compressors in such a
manner that every motion OF the YES
sci, whether pitching or oscillating
from side to side, will act to com
press air, the force of which is util-
lied to send the craft over the waves.
4 working model about seven feet
long, with but two-inch working pis-
ton for each of the compressors, was
recently put to a test in the waters of
Narragansett bay. So promising was
the trial that a company was formed
with a capital of $3.50, 00O. The device
may be placed in any vessel, barge or
steamer, at comparatively small cost.
No speed is claimed by the device
above five to nine miles per hour, but
as this would be continuous both
night and day it is considered equiva-
lent to that of the freight steamer,
which consumes from twenty-five to
forty tons of coal per day, besides
saving the time consumed in re-
plenishing the bunkers. at the coaling
stations. With the Price device a
vessel could start from Norfolk and
go to Hong Kong without the con-
sumption of a bushel of coal. Mr..
Price has patented his system. AT.
lanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25

An American engineer named lioil-
son has contributed to the Revue Blew"
an article on the Eastern situation, in
which he plainly expresses his doubts
of Lord SnliSbury'S belief that the ron-
cert of the powers may eventually ffaa
to n cessation of tho present aI1Ect!
pcace. He would have Britain go to
war at one since he believes that by
text veal. or the year after. France ami
Russia together will have 4 far strong
or navy than Britain will then possess,
Mr.. Hobson declares that tho dlAi
alliance of France and Russia will cas-
lily dispose of the triple alliance.
'Franrc for money. Russia for men
he SAYS. arc almost inexhaustihlr, but
the triple alliance cannot stand the
strain of keeping up its ornaments
much longer. and England will have to
make very heavy sacrifices to regain Il
little of the superiority which she Will
have lost in warships of the irst-class."
Russia and France will. therefore, wait
till the rest of Europe is bankrupt, and
then, perhaps. arrange a new alliance.
In this way. Mr.. Hcbson arrives at the
conclusion that England ought to go to
war Immediately. ''sincc every day that
passes puts her in a state of increasing
i%nferiority at sea as compared with her
adversaries." 1t is clear that Mr.. Hob
sons article was written for a French
and Russian alliance.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25

Speaking of cotton manufacturing
in the South, r. H. Edmonds, editor
of the Manufacturers Record, says:
cit would require In the South al in
vestment OF over ST., 600, 900, 900 of
capita: to build and equip mills enough
to consume all the cotton the South
now raises, and if the South could
manufacture at home all the cotton
which its cotton fields turn out, the
product would be worth to this section
about 81, 200, 600, 900 a year, instead
of selling for an average of $500, 000,-
900 a year, as it now does"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25
Profound Reflections.

An elderly New York gentlewoman,
having occasion to expostulate with
her tishman, remarked to him;
"Those last CLANS you brought me
were dead"
"Madam," was the answer, "we all
must die"
This was disconcerting, but not
more SO than the reply made to the
same lady by another tradesman, to
whom she happened 10 say: ST have
lived in this house for forty years."
He responded: THAT is nothing to
eternity"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25

The latest fee of the new woman is
the grammarian, who complains she is
making havoc of the language, says
the New York Advertiser. One crusty
old bachelor complains because author
ess, doctress and sculptress are con
stantly misused for author, doctor or
sculptor. An author is one who writes,
a doctor one who practises medicine, a
sculptor one whose profession is sculp-
ture. II you give the feminine termi-
nation to these words when applied to
women authors or sculptorspsyou
should be consistent and speak of a
a woman skater as a skatress, a manu-
facturer as a manufacturers, and a
writer rs a writress, a woman cook as
cookess, and a woman walker as a
walkeress. One is just as correct az
The other.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25

The Juneau (Alaska) Mining Record
published a story to the effect that
Seattle merchants buy up and destroy
all Alaska papers which reach Seattle,
Wash, to prevent people intending to
go to the mines from finding out how
cheap they a buy outfits in juneau.
The same paper says a movement is
on foot to transfer the trade of Ju-
lean to Portland, Oregon, in conse.
quence of these alleged facts.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25

The Chicago Chronicle says: Some
years ago Rev. E. P. Roe, an Ameri-
can novelist, of whom the late Mat
thew Arnold wrote in very sneering
phrase, yet whose books went into
American households by the tens Of
thousands, told in pleasant fashion
the story of a New York family I'm.
willingly "Driven Back to Eden" He
described as onlya man enjoying hab-
itually the fresh air and the ample
elbow room Of a country home could
deAcribe the squalor and indecencies
of life in a city tenement-house. He
went on to tell how one family, we'll
nurtured and we'll educated, but
brought BIZ divers misfortunes to low
financial Estate, drifted deeper into
the slums, clinging ' e to the city,
though suffering always from the city's
expressions, the city's brutnlities, I'M
til at last, all unwillingly, they
were led by kindly hands into
the country, where began for them
a new life, physical and intel.
lectual. Allowing for some ami
able literary exaggeration, remem-
bering, as folk who knew E. P. Roe
must remember, that the author of
this instructive tale spent in a vain
attempt to raise strawberries profit
ably the income from an unusually
profitable litaTry vogue, one still
must acknowledge the absolute intel
ligence of his argument in this par.
ticular case. Ii the people in the
cities who live in squalor and wretch
edness, who, being themselves up
right and honorable of purpose, yet
are forced to rub elbows with vice,
could be induced to shake from their
feet the dust and dirt of the city and
go back to mather nature q vast stride
toward the solution of the problem OF
poverty would be taken.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-25
A Floating Sawlnill.

The Lumber Trade Journal speaks
of a floating saw-mill which is being
built at Pensacola, Fla, for work on
the Escambia river. It seems tn t
during the past fifty years in which
logs have been RATED down this river
many OF them have from time to time
sunk and are now lying On the river
bed. For about sixty mixes they are
strewn along the bottom,isThe right
to the lost logs has recently been pur-
chased at a nominal figure; and the
purchasers propose to grapple for
them, and saw a slab from each of the
four sides of the logs, using the fost,
ing sawmill for this purpose.