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Good Odds On

A rather peculiar bet was made between
Joe Levy, the Seventh street clothier and
ex-Alderman Ehrmanntraut. Levy. bets Ehr-
manntraut good suit of clothes against a
steer that Mckinley will be elected. In case
Levy wins he is going to give the boys a
spread at Barney's.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-14

Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cure dyspepsia.
bloatfng, sour stomach nervous dyspepsia'
constipation and every form of stomach
trouble, safely and permanently, except can
Ger of the stomach. Sold by druggists at 30
cents, full-sized package
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-14

George Strong, better known as the Den
yer lightweight" has recently come to St.
Paul from st. Louis and is looking for a
match. He weighs 1873 pounds and has back
ing for $500 against any man in his class.
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Explained.

Someryille Journal
Ned-.Why, I reyer saw 1ovelier girl
than Miss Atherton, and she seems to be
very fond of you. What. de- you mean by
your marriage?"
Jack-.Have you ever. seen her father3"
Ned-"Why. no."
Jaek-"Weli, he weighs sso pounds.n
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You are sure Mr.. Bowton Is not at home ?''
We'll, I ought to be. He told me SO when
l took your card up. and said If you would
glad to see you. fa1s 5
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CHAMPIONS LAID Low.

indianapolis Shut Out by the Gold
Bugs.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Aug. 1S.--The
Champions were shut out in the opening game
of the series owing to inability to bat MeFar-
land with effect. Score:
R.H.E.
Grand Rapids ..001O0 0201 IA 10 1
Indianapolis .........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 8 2
Batteries. Mcfarland and Hodge, Damon
and Rucklav
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Milwaukee 2, Kansas City L.
Detroit :, Columbus 4.
Grand Rapids 4, Indianapolis o.
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BEATEN BY BREWERS.

MILWAUKEE. Wis.,. Aug. 1s.-Two bases
on balls and wild pitch cost Kansas City
the game today 1t was a pitchers battle
and outside of the three costly plays by Knell,
the Cowboys had the best of it. Score:
R.H.E.
Milwaukee ........Oo0O O101o-2 2
Kansas City ...........0 O 1 o 90 0 o. 6 o
Batteries, Barnes and Spear, Knell and
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EASY For TIGERS.

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 1S-The locals had
no difficulty in winning from the visitors to-
day. Daniels was wild, forcing in two runs
with bases on balls. Score:
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1t Does Not Count

Sporting Editor Globe.
With a man on first base and a man
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-14
CIRCUIT RACES.
Good Sport Seen on the Fort Wayne
Tracks.

Tracks.
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, Aug. 13.-A very heavy
rain this morning interfered with calling the
races until 2 p m. Two days races were to
have been put on the card, but the pro
gramme was incomplete when darkness fell
The 2:14 pace went over until tomorrow The
track was in good condition but a little heavy
and few seconds slow. 5000 people saw the
races. The 2:20 pace, with eleven starters,
required seven heats. Summary
Two-year-olds, trot, $1,000:
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GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
st. Paul at Minneapolis.
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C0NMY CAME BACK
MANAGER COMISKEY DID NOT WAIT
TO SEE THE WINONA
GAME.
APOSTLES IN NEED OF SAND.
SCRATCH AT CRITICAL
TIMES.
pIrCHERs RECEIVED NO HELP.

The COmanche Says the Applause of
the ROOters Is Apostolic Meat
and Drink.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
GEORGE DF NiIRIfP.
From Punch

ON liNNl.
10 Keep 90. going and so. good d''.
\ llt!c warmth Iif'le light ,.....
OF loves bestDw.rg and -" good night
4 li,i. fun. 10 match tn sorrow
or each day growing and g." Booi morrow
\ nte tru-, that when W de
r Ms XXX n,n,,i@r iI lfnnslarion of reu glamour
"And so. goodby,' Light words and quickly said:
But could they reach your ears. beloved dead.
Their burden YOU would guess
Better than many wearing grav"r face.
Goodby to genius. gcn'lcnesf and grace!
vanished pre-euc" ana n vacant place
Leave us In h"nviness.
Leave u.. your comrades lovers friends alone
with minglii M nOrics of all that's gone
The jos the mirth. III" wit,
Tho large humanity the lambcni light
OF humor free from smallness as from spite.
Thc bold frank outlook. and the fancy bright.
The froli grc Of IT.
And gpntIcr touches too not shown TO all.
The grav~r thoughts which this Wild. spinning
or misery and mad mirh
Awakes IL every soul whose laugh Is not
Mere cracking Of dry thorns beneath the pot,
Marking the humors needless Of HE plot
or stianec drama-Ehrth
Gone from the ring Of friends TO lose him Ioath,
lie brought from two great lands The best OF both
In one fine nature blent.
Lover Of English strength and Gallc grace.
or British beauty. or Of soul or face.
Yet with that subilcr sOmcthing born OF race
That charm to ceanness lent
Millais and Thackeray. master minds. and men
or stalwart strength and health, with brush
TO these his love was drawn
In stintless measure. Pcturing strong and bold
\ grin Of iron and ttyle or gold
These the ideals which he seemed 10 hold
From talents earliest dawn.
Uumor refined IL scarce exuberant: wit
Inp0isoned polished. iethal In Its HIT
But gracious I'm Its fence.
We're his possessions: strength subdued TO style;
4 generous scathing Of the mean and yile
A singing scourge. though welded win smile.
For prudcry and prctence.
A Thackoray of ths pencil, SO men said
His reverence high for the great Titan dead
Put by such praise with ease
But social satire of the subtler scrt
Was his too. Not the shop. the slum. the court,
Eut CAV saloons gave quarry for his sport
Twas In such scenes IS these
His bectorlne Midas and his high-nosed earl
Ills worldly matron. and his winsome GIRL
Were found. and pictured clear.
with skill creative and with strength restrained.
They live his butts. coid-hearted shallow Drained
In his ow chosen walk Du Maurier reigned
Supreme. without peer
And vet, perchance, to those who knew him best,
iIis chosen walk scarce furnished nnsi test
OF all he might have been,
yyho may decide? Success. arriving late.
Tnif shining far sensatiorally great,
In a new path. is stayed by cruel fate.
As though in envious spleen
I'm, bc had lived and loved and nobly wrought
Stoutlv against long threatening terror Fought,
Won friendship. love and fame.
Aud so eoodbyl our dear Du MaErier brave.
f,omnanionabie "kid." by your grave.
Your sOrrOwing comrades cheer ana comfort
= For all who bear your name. . ,..
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T., x... voru .i,ce III. .itv los, the guiding in
nucnce Of colonel Maplcson in IN" choc" oi "S
examples Of musical art. Yet In the prospectus OF
the now company appear tho titles OF "Iohengrih
and Tho Flying Dutchman. 50 IT may he th"' inc
oppr ohri ,tiS .pthet lcvcllcd only AZ "'hVal'ra
Husti, ana" which does not appear in the pros
pcctus
Tha. is wha, Is going 20 make the Academy OF
Music seem rcall, good and 80 od-fashione'
They will sing "l Troyatore." and they VIII sing
Lucia 81 I.nmm"rmoor. and Martina "n" ="
Tayori,a" They will h~gin tomorrow night With
",foo." and on We'd icsday nigh, thor" Il to b" La
.rr,,viata' And all tn" rest coming. or as many
. 81 them a. can hc got into -four brief week.
R,,i houevo- tho word may have moved IN the "sti-
nation of those -ho have hu! tn" Metropolitan
op.ra iiou.e and hat. permitted German operas ana
/ now French and Italian operas 10 hr SUM- In L.
/ colonel Mapcson always was good Judge 81 a
singer AMI there g. no reason 20 suppose that ne IL
any worse /, Judge now than no nsei 10 he. Ana so.
when he comes win company of singers who hav"
never heard here before and hints that some o'
bod. who carcs foi ms own repntati a. proprr,
20 shout loudly hat The now artists are noi worth
! knowing because they are not yet known .
~ rs lpI, % T. g. - ,l, no, bs t.,rl I'M WeInns.
/ I,v nsh. There ls mover any use IN wasting srnsa
i,us 'rl. opening ~ ih. season j. sensation "noug
for tomorrow ngn. Nmc parcife t. a nn,vr , ol
nIs''[. - n .,r,rg i,,cl, in south america and she
hls never been heard anywncrc outside that quarter
~ th. globr and ltaly ana spain ana her own coun'
frv The hint f. dropped that sh" never sang IN Lon.
I-r sirnp', because Cir Augustus Htrfl- would not
nav nor prcc l. is no' sot form "letl"- th' Pre-
t,lng prlc-s for singer al" higher ~ ltdly ana span
,r,r ,,rv ,r. iu Iondou hut th,v surrey DO pay big
| sums IN South America. Nine Dai'er can sing three
! ucfay.s AMI nine times hs many OPERAS
Mucn urofnis. is ai-O held out for Nine Bpndp.ita
I.au who sing the pnt of Aiih tom fFO" night
she has sung in Milan Turin MADRID ana oth'f con
! ,nental cities. anl she now comes Ike almost cy"ry
/ body ln the company. 20 America tihit j. Nortf
Am.rlcaD for the first time. Slgnor de Marchi IL
| tenor of whom much i- expected Then ther" Il th'
| American grl. Mss susan strong. VINO has become
| known IN London bat not IN her own country. an'
fh,rr are twenty others who wil De understood win
| In A month ana those % them VINO deserve II Will he
! ,Jd.d 10 the org llsi of New FORK fiNOflt"s.
# (. a new company singing old operas in the ole
lare under The old director. Everybody wishes ih'
director and al his plans all ne success That ney car
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place all the stuff properly Some departments
are more troublesome for the salespeopie 'ha'i
others in this respect, and the extra time ""o''
Is consumed after D. m. in putting thihss III
order for the next day has been one oi 'ho
grievances of which they have compiaihe"'
1t is interesting 10 notice the different 'ne'"
DDS Of large stores in the handling OF chahS7
and parcels. Within the last few years s'ea'
many experiments have been tried win we"
to making this service more rapid ana e'''ei'
The objections to having the work done ID! ch''
dren are familiar to every one, yet TINS Prac'iO7
is still in force in Of the principa stoie'
of the city All sorts Of automatic carriers
nav be seen in brief trip through the shoP
ming districts some of which are clearly Woic
satisfactory than others. The difhoulty Is 'h"'
oven the best Of them likely To reiuse w
work occasionally. and then stoppages anu "o
laws occur which irritate the coml 'Si'e 'e''p
OF the entire store. Pneumatic TUBES ior ''"i's
porting the money have been introduced VIII"
much success in a few places. Under ths pla"
the parcels are wrapped at the counters 81 'h"'
the only waiting required of the customer -
for the change Superior even 10 TINS Is the
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
as much putting as any other II favoritism Is
discovered suspected, there Is troup'e'
THE "ONE-PRICE' IDEA

II would be thought a strange thing now II
store which generally considered reputap'e
and fair In its dealings should attempt To 10
business on anything but one price OASIS. let
when the late A. r. Stewart established MS
famous shop. the above rule, which he created
was new and startling departure. Up TO tha'
time chaffering and beating down were the
regular accOmpaniments of every purchase, ana
many people were indignant at the chahSe Wnish
deprived them of the opportunity OF haSsihs
prices. Another custom which IL no" prac
tiscd everywhere among the retail merchants
Is also to be credited to stewards business
genius. This is the CLOSING out of each me oi
stock at the end Of the season. nj lower P'''s,
in order to make room for new styles Inc oiu-
fashioned way, before Stewarts tiine' was ~
have a particularly Smart and mpudent cierN
work or the out-of-dote articles upon the less
sophisticated customers. 80 -
All New Workers who remember stewart es-
tabshment through the successive cnanscs
, which it has undergone will await with ~htsres- ~
it's transformation into "WanalnaKerS. "n'h
il is said will take place about holiday TIME
John Wanamaker is perhaps the tnos' success
, ful retail merchant in The United states to-day
1t has been stated that his enormous store III
Philadelphia does more extended business, mas
a larger outlet" to use the trade tcrni ''a'.
any other in the country. His establishment
was originally small and devoted entireV 10
mems clothing. and from that beginning me
present huge department store mas peen srdu-
ually evolved Mr. Wanamaker attends per
souay 10 his great enterprise. ana IL said 10
he well liked by all MS clnplo!'S anu ""''n
associates lie has already made large part Oh
the necessary arrangements for opening tht
New York store having written hinseli to Ger
tain men whose services as assistant inahab''o
bC wishes tn SECURE There Is no firner believer
I'm the value of advertising than MI Nana-
maker. as may he seen 10y Il glance al the fhila-
delpha newspapers and the monthly masaH'i,.S
The popularity of his store in the Quaker ,''y
is really amusing. Philadelphia women. Wheil
they start to shop. do 20 TO other places "i
course. but before turning homewafd tne't ~
h,
in the soft. Philadelphia drawl:
Let's go To Wanam1kerS now.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

called Dockstader's. Herrmann's and the Gainty
There was for the first production Inc
Two plays W. Were nn 90, set his Sow tpr up r half an
hour ahead Of the other house ana claimed ihe ie
victory In the end the two versions were blended
and made into the one which has since p'th uScu
whenever the play has been presented IN tns couh,
try II had much success and Mr.. Gillette played
in it AT frequent intervals for long time. M
emy" which played first at the Madison
square Theatre and aferward all over the couho
Rider Haggards she" were plays of a period a
trlhe later than this Then he made of
Hone and ''Mr. Wknson's Widows both OF
which prospered for a time. - - .,,o
Early in 1890 Mr.; Gillette was at work on ho, melG
was 10 be produced at Niblo's Garden. II was 10
display things uninterrupted yet IN prose ~, or
rhyme But in the midst Of the prepa ra tions M
Gillette was taken seriously SICK ana the , Wlon.
project was given up. For several days almost
occur any time Then he got litile M bette, better
and went TO the South. where be gradually recov,
cred his health but he disappeared from theatrlcal
affairs for a long time, When he was aDe 10 WorK
again he took up tho old scheme OF Ninety
Days" to which he had gwen great ueai ot
thought and time and labor ana on me M @ resui, @ oi
which he placed great dependence. 1t was pro-
a"GT failure re- Il did not please tie Newyork public
and IL was cumbersome as to ns scenery 70 DC
carried about the country with pront ,. .
There vas lust growing sign OF tendency "a
regard Mr. ,;iiiette's best work as n thing OF the
Wncb Johnson AT the Standard Theatre after
some trials OF II out of town II gained an instanl
popularity 2yerrame the rn fdr nearv @
season This led the way easily ana murray, m 70
Secret Service" which shows every present slgn
II has been said OF Mr. Gilette's acting that ne
represents only one person n dni"rent snfrouhd
inss and that person himself This person nov.
ever. seems 20 hc on" whom great many peopie
81 fond OF looking at
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

supporting bad plays because they were A"er,cn"
No country ever throve. artistically or hhahciaiV
hv building a wall around Itself The way to st'm-
uate the writing OF good American plays is 10
conv,nce the writer's that nothing which they do
will be accepted unless II Is good
II is pleasant therefore. 10 encounter now ana
,bep n writer who assumes that his failure Is be
cause what he has written Is not what Is wahted
and that his success will come when he mas earned
q william Gillette whose war play secret Ser
vice" is one OF the most pronounced successes
now visible In NewYork. has had MS tai"res'
too but he did vent mpotent rage upon the
publlc which did not support his mistakes IT ne
had he would probably never have made anything
but mistakes. But he gave up the mistake ana
tried something else.
William Gillette is a native OF Hartford and a
graduate OF Yale. Soon after he left college he
played n part I'm The Gilded Age. In John Il.
RaymOnd's company. He spent two seasons at
McCauleys theatres, In Cincinnati and Louisville.
and had some OF the travelling experience that
all actors have He had been for long time
celebrating "a play. which he called '"rhe Profess
sor." 1t was In one act at first. but II was ex-
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

everything would he in hopeless confusion, and
store and customers would suffer alike.
If the actual proprietorS Of the establishments
whose names appear as the heads. have retired
from personal supervision, as Is frequently the
case there is general manager In charge OF the
entire store At the head of tn little govern
ment he rules with undisPuted authority Every
employc, down to the smallest youngster VINO
answers the cry Of cash" is more or less direct
ly responsible TO him Any question or argument
of TOO great importance TO be settled bv the noor-
walkers. or even by the heads OF departments Is
referred TO him. and his judgment upon 1t Is MA
The general manager usually occupies comfor'-
ably. often luxuriously. furnished ONCE or one
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

tisement though some effects are felt from II
throughout the rest OF the week, after II clears
off
How do we decide what special features to ad-
vertise each day? Well that is governed partly
by the weather and partly by the way I'm which
certain things are selling. If thought we were
going TO he We n blizzard to morrow or next day
/ would spread all my eloquence on furs and
warm winter coats. If we were i'm for II rain
storm II would be mackintoshes and umbrellas.
To he able TO decide these things from day to
day I receive regular bulletins from the
Weather Bureau. Every advertising manager
in the city who IL wideawake and up-to-date
does the same thing. 1t is sort OF continual
bargain sale daily. OF articles appropriate TO
The season Some stores still call Friday their
special bargain day A few have Saturday. and.
owing TO the large advertisements in the sun
day newspapers Monday is an occasion for spe-
ciaI sales in almost all the stores in the city.
las | said. there is another reason besides the
find that certain article Is not selling as rapid
ly as IL ought TO; somehow people don't seem to
axe to IL as we thought they would. Then We
advertise that often below cost. in order to get
rid of IT, We lose money on it, but the rush Of
trade which II brings to the store benefits us in
other directions, and much more than COM
pensates for the sacrifice.
IAN amusing thing about bargain advertising
Is the jealousy which 1t creates among the DIFF
ferent departments of the store. 1t is to the in
terest of every clerk 20 sell many goods
possible In the course OF the year and each Is
anxious that the particular department with
which he or she Is connected should receive just
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
THE DEPARTMENT STORE" "
ITS MANAGER MUST BE AN ABSOLUTE
MONARCH.

HOW THE WORK or CARRYING 1T ON Is DIV lphD
THE NECESSITY or ADvERTisiNG-TIiE
NEW WANAMAkER STORE
The successful management OF that comp'eA
modern enterprise known as the department
store" can best he compared. perhaps' WITH '"''
running Of affairs in a small governmeh'-ai'u oi'
absolute monarchy at that AL present ''''
seems to be no limit to the scope OF these uiiuei
takjrgs Every new one which is es'ap"sheu
embraces few more features than those aireaoF
IN existence. until it seems probable that the
boast of a certain London shop that IT can sup
ply anything its customers call for, from needle
10 q full-rigCcd ship, will soon be entirev true
of the great stores Of New-iork 1t Is because
of this tremendous outlay in dozens OF dihereh'
directions that strong central, coh'roiiihs
mower is needed. Without this, and careluiiy
planned system of duties and Responsiveness.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

Of the upper floors Of the building. There he is
about as inaccessible as a bank president or
railroad manager until his office bovs and secre-
tary are convinced that the visitor really has
business which will authorize his admttance.
In the newest and best-appointed establishments,
a private telephone system connects the general
managers office with all parts OF the store so
that he may summon member of any depart
ment without delay.
Directly under the general manager come the
heads OF the various departments. who must
make reports to their chief daily. II Is easy to
understand how q store which combines almost
every Imaginable retail business with the various
branches which pertain more legitimately 10
drygoods. can number its departments by the
hundreds The head Of each IL responsible Tor
the buying and arrangement OF the goods In MS
limo for the foor-walkers and clerks under him.
and for the smooth running OF that part or the
store. The floor walker himself is the next step
lower in the ranks His general air OF import
ance his politeness. sometimes quite oVerWhelm"
ing. in directing shoppers about the store. the
1aunty way in which he wears his clothes, and
the peculiar but impressive gait with which he
moves up and down the asles. have long con-
tributed TO make him a picturesque figure In the
trade His especial duties are to keep a watchful
eye upon the statesmen and women and to see
that no customers neglected. All sorts OF
articles are constantly being brought back by
their purchasers to be exchanged. and the floor
walker is often called upon TO decide whether
this accommodation can be granted or not. If
cash boys or girls are employed, he must hurry
them up and ferret out such Of them are lin
eering in another and less busy part OF the store
conveniently out Of hearing Of the voices Of the
exasperated clerks.
THE WORK OF THE CLERKS.
The work OF the people who stand behind
the counters and actually sell the goods needs
scarcely any mention. because it's chief features
are constantly before the eyes OF the public.
Although occupying comparatively insignificant
and for the most part poorly paid. positions
the clerks are in one way the mos. important
factors in the business OF the store. IL Is they
who are brought directly into contact with
the customers and their reputation for being
polite and obliging or the reverse has great
effect upon the popularity Of the establish
,nent One OF their duties. perhaps. which the
customer does not often see. is the arrangement
Of the stock at night after the days selling is
over Those who have watched a patient clerk
null out roll after roll Of cloth. or take down
1nnumerable boxes of laces or ribbons for a
customer particularly hard TO please, have prob
ably thought Of the time 1t would take to re-
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SHOOTING STAR OF VAUDEVILLE.

There Is another professional beauty coming She
is quite unusual sort OF professional beauty
since she is also sharp-shooter Most professional
beauties shoot only with the glances OF their eyes.
the poets tell This one. having. as II appears
some sound sense under her skin deep beauty sees
how much additional force there is likely TO be In
her shafts II they are seconded by rifle. She has
II Is said. taken five first prizes In beauty shows
and few In shooting matches. one OF her feats Is
TO shoot twenty-four glass balls. placed in light
frame. which hts around the head and body of her
servant This servant 1t is understood. has large
salary but no life insurance All efforts To take out
"A policy have ended at the question What Is your
occupation? Ii may be remarked In passing that
the name OF the rifles shooting beauty IL Alexandra
Martens, and that she Is to make her first appear
ance IN America tomorrow night at the Olympia
Music Hall