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The morning times., 1897-02-16
Diamond Dust

Matt Kilroy, the erSuwhile famous left
| hand pitcher. will deal out south sid,
| curves in the Virginia League this season.
1t is reported that Billy Lush viii draw
| 81 500 for this seasons work. Probably
| Mr.. Wagner gave Billy the increase over
last year as something in the way of a
wedding present.
Scrappy Joyce is keeping very quiet while
sojuurnng in New York. But then Scrappy
never was much of a IniG-Season talkcr;
he reserves his oratory for the umpircs
during the thick OF the fray.
1t is now within a few short weeks
of the opening of the season. and yet Anson
hasn't claimed the pennaut for once. Can
il he that the cat has got the old mans
tongue? Really, il is very, very unusual.
Pitcher Ed rurner, who has signed with
the Danville club OF the Virginia League, is
one of the best players developed Icy the
Departmental League A seasons minor
league training under good captain will
fit him for fast company.
This time last year Ted ulIivan claimed
that he had a couple of good pitchers in
Bullet Proof Ned Garvin and Mackey,
the Indian, both OF whomhe discovered and
developed down in Texas in 1895 The
averages OF the pair in the Atlantic League
last season bears witness To the assertion
| that Ted, as a prophet. is not without
honor.
Harvey Weldon. the veteran sporting el,
itor OF the Cincinnati Enquirer, attrib-
utes the high standing of the Reds last
season to the fast outficld, composed of
Burke. Hoy and Miller. Harvey might
have added that Umpire Bud Lally
also cuntri butci his little bit toward
pushing the club along.
Johnnie Handiboe, the clI-known local
PLAYER, states that the announcement that
he mad signed with the Winston Club, of
the Virginia State League, is erroneous.
He has entirely recovered from the Illness
which seriously threatened his life last
fan and is taking light practice as the
weather permits, preparatory 10 getting
into condition fur the season. He ; open
for engagement and can DC addressed care
OF this office.
TIL" following play have signed Brook
lyn contracts: Catchers Grim Rurrill AMI
Smith; Pitchers Payne, Kennedy, Daub,
Stein. Fisher and Dunn; Inficlders La
Chance. Canavan, Smith, Shindle ana
Rnchcy; Outfeldcrs Griffin. Jones, An
derson and Shnch. Smith and Fisher were
the men secured from Cincinnati in cX-
change for Corcoran. IL will be noticed
that Tom MCCarthy's name is lacking in
tic list The Boston boy will probably
not he Q bridegroom this season.
Mr.. Joe Strashurger, who has the privi-
legcs at National Park, has returned from
Philadelphia, whence he went 10 confer
with the MesSrs. Wagner in regard to inn
provements and accommodations for the
public at the park during theCOming season.
The refreshuent stand Will be removed
this wear to point opposite the main en-
trance, ana there will be stalls for 500
bicycles. The boy vendors viii be hand
somely uniformed and there Will be other
innovations to please the eye, The
cover Of the score book, which will bc
very pretty, is now i'll the hands of the
photographer.
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he would do; but as for deserting his
post OF ordering one of his men 10 do So.
lor the purpose of saving foreign women
Who were fOols-"Nom de Dleu." it vas
impossible-and he settled himself Down
on his horse while his gray mustarhes
brlStled out with horror at the mere
thought OF such an independent action
Rayburn was in despair Would the
officer then permit him 20 retrace his
way to the path and turn the ladies back
Most certainly the officer would not. He
had been ordered to prevent Just that very
thing, and. sooner than fail in SO clear
duty. he would let every woman IN the
world be- bio wn into a thousand pieces.
Would persons passing alorc the road
be IN very serious dangeT?' RaybUrn asked,
with vague hope that tRe answer might
contradict what lie knew To- be the fact.
The Frenchman laughed SconrulIy at
such ignorance. Most assaretIy they would:
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His expectations were not unrealZed
for, by the time the summit was reached
the sharp cold of the atmosphere. the
magnificent panorama, and the Joy of
rGnmaging amid the ruins Of a building
whereof Caesar wrote. all united to Danish
dreams Of unappreciativc feminiuity, and,
when he retired to rest that night i'll the
guest ch amber OF the observatory he
heartily congratulated himself that he was
once more a free man.
1t was noon of the following day. He
had hesitated for a while as TO whether
to descend by the roundabout path he
had climbed, or whether to strike straight
down by steep but practicable way that
would cut off about three miles and meet
the Clermont-Ferrand road well to the
westward. A decision had scarcely been
made in favor OF the longer route and so
made, be it said, in a measure because it
was the longer, when he became aware
that lie was not alone on the plateau. A
little above and among the ruins he deserted
two familiar figures clad in tramping gowns
of dark gray cloth. Evidently they had
driven over that morning-in fact, now
that he recalled it, he had noticed Il car
riage step at the little hostelry at the
foot of the path that wound up the eastern
slope.
For momenthe fcarelthat he wasa bout
TO experience relapse, and had Miss
Lowell SO no ich as vouchsafed him a glance
his fear might have been realized. But
no. Although he was quite positive that
she must have seen and recognized him.
yet, now as ever, she and Miss Hodges
were absorbed in each others cOnversa-
ton, tempered only by the ruins and the
view. The perilous moment had passed
and, with mildly profane growl, Rayburn
began the descent.
Somewhat to his surprise, there was no
carriage waiting at the hostelry when he
reached it and stopped to lunch, out single
question, which he considered an entirely
innocuous display of interest, disclosed the
conveyance back with the announcement
tt at they intended to walk home by q
shorter route--"Ahl what walkers you
English arel'' Rayburn did not trouble him
self to correct the blunder as to nation
ality, and an hour later he set out on
his return.
Skirting the mountain, he swung grad
ually toward the west. His blood was
tingling in his veins, stung to renewed
vigor by the pure air Of the region. Had
he been Caesar. Vercingetorix must have
struggled to maintain himself on Gergovia.
Had he been Vercingetorix, not all the
forces OF Rome could have dislodged him.
With him it was one of those rare, gloriou S
moments when the man, healthy in mind
and body, feels himself to be an irresisti-
Die force.
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the high way during practice. \ slight de
preSsion-Oh, so slight depression Of the
guns would sweep the road clear Often
they struck it many times before getting
the range.
Rayburn recollecteti with a sensation OF
additional horror that there was not even
the semblage of a ditch along the stretch
fronting The targets nothing but an abse-
lutte level OF road and fields. There was
no hope but in some of the chances that
might -nO-might hasten them; for
now. far across the PLAIN. he could make
out two figures.
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the utter inCOnsderateneSs of European
militarism. Surely the targets could as
well have been set a few hundred yards
farther north, and the public Inconvenience
occasOned by closing a main highway for
several hOurSin each month, readiIyavoided;
but, while he thought he quickcned his
pace triflc, lest the ScrgeantS watch
or memory might have played him false
Soon the line of targets was passed,
and then the eastern detail came in view,
all geStiCulating wildly
Rayburn was beginning 20 feel aggriere,i
and provoked at the whole affair, and
when he gained the point at which they
were stationed, he was in the humor to
amuse himself by feignins entire ignorance
OF French, proceeding which his friends
might have criticised as sn.acking more
OF earnest than play.
Are there more of you Anglese COM
ing" shouted the sergeant in command,
raising his voice and spcaking with wonder
ful rapidity upon the customary theory of
enforcing comprehension. Then suddenly
Rayburn Comprehcuded and grew white
The whole situation flashed through hi;
mind Oh the instant. Those girls were To
descend the south side OF the mountain
That would bring them within the lines OF
the closed road. They would be entirely
unwarned of their danger until they en-
countercd it. Perhaps they would delay
until the practice was over? But no, il
would continue until dark, and they would
surely count upon reaching Clermont-Fer-
rand before then. Possibly, barely possibly
the observatory men would inform them,
but most probably these knew nothing
about the practice, seeing they had not
warned him; and, anyway, with the Gus
tomaTy indifference OF the French lower
middle classes, they would be more apt to
leave such warnings to those whose duty
it was to give them.
Needless of whatever construction the
sergeant might put upon his sudden
lingual enlightenment, Rayburn hastened
to inform him, rs well as he coulil OF the
danger that tmcnaccd. Unfortunately, how
ever the man was hopelessly dull He
was simply an old sol,licr-an ignorant
peasant, who had been cunscripted thirty
years back, remained in the army through
force OF circumstances, and finally risen
to his present place as a thoroughly
perfected piece of military machinery OF
his informant's acquisition of French.
he took no notice, doubtless ascribins it 10
the ,oudneSs and rapidity with which
he himself had spoken, but to all Ray
burns appeals he was stolidly obduratc
The young hadies expected TO descend
the Pny inside the lines? Well, they
must take the consequences of such an
irregular proceeding A 6 for himself
he had been posted where he was witt.
orders to let no one pass within. That
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perhaps to find nothing, perhaps to find
the chase materialized into a brace of un-
savory pcasantesscs. In the hotel it was
thesame or worse. His existence was abso-
lutely ignored, precisely as was that of the
French guests.
AT first RaybUrn had been supremely dis
appointed and upset by his lack of prog
ress, but, later, he began to drift back into
normal condition. If two young women
chose to be so coufoundcdly distant under
circumstances where the most conven-
tional might be expected 10 relax just
trifle toward one whom they must know
to be fellow -countryman and a gentle
man, it meant one of three things. Either
they didn't like his looks or they hadn't
sense enough to know when they could
afford to he cordial, or they were too in
dependent and new to be of any earthly
use TO rational man. He did not like to
come to the first of these conclusions, and
what Ee had seen and heard hardly war
ranted either of the others, but it was
quite evident that he was at a social
stapdstilI, and some theory was necessary
to restore his mental equilibrium. They
evidently didn't want to know him. Well,
they needn't, and that settled it.
Luckily for Rayburn, be was blessed with
one of those minds that can live up to a
philosophy once determined upon. His de-
sertion Of law for leisure showed as much,
and, therefore, when he arose the fol
lowing morning it was with hardly a
thought of the unapproachablc Miss Lowcn
or the independent Miss Hodges and with
a very lively interest in a walk be had
planned for that day and the neXt-a visit
to the summit of the Puy de Dome and the
ruins of the temple Of Mercury, that sur
mount it.
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Suddenly he was aware of half dozen
dusty cavalrymen grouped in the road, and
the next moment he was halted by the
''Qui vive?" of sergeant. Explanations
followed, and he learned that it was the
afternoon set apart for the artillery prac-
tce OF the Thirteenth army corps Yes.
the road was closed during the practice
by two cavalry details placed about two
miles apart; for the guns played directly
over it, and it would be very dangerous
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THE YALEHARvARD AGREEMENT
The Harvard Crimson Congratulates
the Students Upon 1t.

the Students Upon 1t.
Boston, Feb. I5.-Thc Harvard Crimson
today says, regarding the Harvard Yale
agreement:
There will be but one feeling throughout
The student body today, when ii becomes
known that the trouble with Yale in ath-
letics is finally aud happily settled. That
feeling will be one OF unniXed joy and graft
tude, and il will be universal. The five
years agreement is the complete fulfill
ment OF our hopes and wishes during the
long and tiresome negotiations this fail
for "A final settlement satisfactory TO both
universities. Forgetting the past and re-
solving on generous, open-hearted rivalry
in the future, Harvard again joins hands
with Yale and welcomes her heartily and
joyfully to her old place, as Harvard $
nearest and dearest rival.
For the undergraduates, the Crimson
g.atefully thanks Dr. Brooks for his untir
ing and invaluable services in IIarvard's =
behalf in bringing about tie agreement.
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in an hour, and they parted with mutual
Fluctuations.
As he walked on, Rayburn's eyes sought,
from time TO time, the summit Of the
great Puy Then he reached the point
where the telegraph line which marked
the short cut, struck the highway, and,
a few minutes later, the targets came in
view; a dozen great frames Of unpanted
boards, perhaps fifty yards south of the
road, stretching away for more than half
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For the Fair Dame

A soft velvet toque, is, as a rule, he
coming to almost every type Of feminine
beauty.
y unique effect in passementerie has
beaded ornaments holding two spreading
ostrich plumcs in Alsatian bow fashion.
This is intended to be worn on a low-cut
bodice.
TIE woman who owns a long sealskin
ulster now flauntS its furry luxury in
tie face Of the perishing feminine in
tailormade cloth jacket
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the end OF the twentieth round. Ryan is
one Of the cleverest men before the public,
and Raedy would win fame and money by
bestrg him. Raedy is in good condition,
as a result of his training for the contest
with I!ite Peckham. which fell through.
Pat positively denies that it was any fault
OF his that the fight was not pulled off
asagreed. He says Peckham never trained
for the bout, and had no intention Of meet
ing him
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Raedr May Meet RYAN

Pat Raedy has received an offer from
the Rienzi Club, Of Syracuse. n. Y. to
meet Tommy Ryan. the well-known middle
weight, for twenty rounds, on March 3.
Raedy replied 10 the letter yesterday, and
submitted the terms upon whcl he would
sign a contract. He asks for an even divi-
sion OF the receipts, and decision Of a
draw il both men are on their feet at
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for anyone TO attempt to cross the line
of fire. Then there was more talk, and
finally the sergeant admitted, after re-
peated consultations with his timepiece,
that the firing would not begin for an
hour nearly, and that, if monsieur would
hasten very rapidly, he might pass.
Monsieur would hasten-yes, with en-
tirely sufficient speed to cover two miles
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a mile, and looking like the wrecks of
what might once have been American
wayside advertisements. He had not
noticed them at all the day before.
Far over, on range OF low hills,
mile and a half or two miles to the north
ward, his eyes caught the CLINT Of sunlight
upon metal That was where the bat
teries must be, and Rayburn reflected upon
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FlsH-Boiling rock, 25c. to 30c. per
pound; black bass zoe. to 25c. per pound:
pan size, L l-2c per pound; new salmon,
zoe. TO 30c. per pound; halibut, 2Oc. per
pound; fresh cod, 10c. to IL / &c. per.
pound; sheepshcad, 5c per pound; large
roe shad, 81 20 each; large buck shad,
55c. each; Florida roe, 6Oc. each; Florida
buck, 35c each.
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4 Rather Successful Wedding.
From the Courier. .Journal.

iFIOm the COufIpf- j OuTnaI.
The groom tainted twice mt fashionable
wedding III Lexington, and forgot the ring
but otherwise the marriage was pretty
affair in pink and white, there being six
bridesmaids and a maid of honor, and th e
knot was quite securely tied, the groom s
father beng one of the officiating clergy
men.
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PARK Err, BRIDGET & CO..
Progressive Clothiers. 3l5 9TH st.

We are greatly elated
over the way you men have
bought these SIS Suits and
Overcoats. It proves with
out a shadow of a doubt
that you know it's to your
interest to buy here. These
S. Suits and Overcoats are
of this seasons best styles,
and are worth-well, you II
see. The quantity is limit
ed, so we advise you to pick
Immediately.
Parker, Bridget & Co.,
Progressive ClOthiers, 3l5 9TH S..
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MEATS-Sr steak, lJc. to ISc. per
pound, porterhousc, gee. To 2Jc. per pound;
round, l2 i2C. per Pound. prime rib roast,
/ DC 10 Isc per pound, chuck roast. l0c
10 2 12c. per pound soup beef, &C. To SC.
per ound lamb, 15c. To 1SC. per pound
corned beef, &c 10 . 12c. per pound,
sausage, Toe. o - ] &c. per Pound; both
green and smoked, breakfast bacon, Ice.
to . lie. per pound, sweet picked pork,
Sc. to lie per pound; western, do, SC
per ound; ham, 10c to 2 1-2C. per pound;
pig tails, &C. per pound; hog brains, Ice.
per plate; boiled ham, 40c. per pound; Ham
burg steak, / 2 1-2c per pound.
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The increasing propensity toward cN-
travagance is shown in the bejcwcled
chains, vinaigrettes, bonbon boxes, and
other so-called ''trifles" that the woman
OF fashion deems she must have in order
to be happy
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GAME-Quaii, $500 per dozen; winter
quail, $2.5O per dozen; pheasants, ST. so
per pair; western phcasants. $l.25 per
pair; canvasback ducks, $3.50 per pair;
redbead, ST. per pair; mallard, 81 20
per pair small ducks, 75c. per pair.
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Copyright. 1897, by Duffield Osborne

NNOUg tIsHV' 1871, U! DuIIItIu UsDII Ht-J
Gerald Rayburn, a romantic young Ameri-
Can travelling in central France, comes to
the town OF ClcImont- Ferrand, in the de-
patment Of PUy de Dome, named after the
mountain 50 called He finds at the same
hotel two American girls. Miss Miriam
Lowell and friend, from Boston He is
attracted by Miss Lowell and endcavors
10 make her acquaintance, but she and her
friend ignore him.
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Progressive Clothiers, 3l5 9TH S.
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FRulT-Fiorida oranges, zoe. TO soc.
per dozen; Jamaica oranges, 25c to 45c.
per dozen; Malaga grapes, zoe per pound;
Tokay grapes, &c. to zoe. per pound;
Concord grapes, l2c per basket; Catawba
grapes, i DC. per basket; pineapples, l5c.
to zoe. each; japanese persimmons. &C.
to 1Oc. each; pOmegranatcs, 10c. each;
bananas, 10c. to 20c., per dozen; apples,
SOC to 4Oc. per peck; shattucks, / &c. each,
three for zoe; California, 40c. quarter
peck; Florida Strawberries, 60c. per box.
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FLowERs-Hyadnths, bOc per dozen;
carnations, 25c. to 356pers doz.; G oIden Gate
roses, soc. to 81 per dozen; La France
roses, same; President Carnot roses, same;
Kaiser Augusta Victoria roses same; Ma
dame Chatanay new ST per dozen. Palms
sell all the way from 5Oc. to $40, and
maidenhair ferns range from 25c to So 90;
Vloiets, lc. each; asparagus sprays, 81
per dozen; lilies OF the valley, 81 per
dozen sprays; Easter lilies, from $1.50 to
So per dozen; mignonette, 5Oc. per dozen
sprays.
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PICKLES AND PRESERVE Chow
chow, zee. per quart; German mustard,
15c. per quart; picked onions, 15c. per
pint; celery, relish, 10c per pint; olives.
l5c. per pint; horscradish, IGc per pint;
honey, 25c per pound; icllics 10c. per
pound; preserves, Ice per pound.
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THE MARKET BASKET

Mr.. Arthur S. wilkins, of Wilkins 6 Co.
explains that the unusually low price of
butter this season is due partly to the open
winter and partly to the fact that the added
creameries and dairies in operation have
increased the production and lowered the
rates, The large quantities of butterine
sold also have tendency TO decrease the
prices that butter formerly commanded.
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BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE Best ElgIn
! 5c to 25c. per pound; nearby eggs, 1Sc
per dozen. Western eggs, lie. per dozen;
cream cheese, sc. To zoe per pound;
Ncufuhatcl chccses. &C. Zach, pineapple
cheese, 65c. to 7ac. each, Edam cheeses
s5c. each; Sweltzeg cheese, 2Oc. to 25c
per pound
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NEGETABLES-rars 25c. per peck;
spinach, 2oc. per peck; Eastern Shore
sweet potatoes, SOC. per peck; radlshes,
bunches for Zoe; cymbling, &c. each;
dollhouse tomatoes, :!5C. per pound: south
ern tomatoes, 25c. per pound; chicoDy, sc.
TO loc. per head; water crcss, &c. per
bunch mint, 5c. per bunch; cauIiflowcr,
10c. To 25c. per head; new cauliflower,
zoe. 10 doc. per head; satisfy 5c. per
bunch; Savoy cabbage, 5c. per head;
new cabbage, l5G TO 25c. per head;
Irish potatoes, zoe per peek. snap beans,
zoe. per quarter peck; Southern cucum
bcrs, &c each; hothOusc cuCnnbcrs, Zoe. TO
zoe. each; Spanish onions, &c. to 0c each;
egg plants I0c TO &c. each; pumpkins &c.
to l5c. each; green peppers, 23c. 10 SOC.
per dozen; celery, 81 10, loc per bunch;
cranberries, SC. per quart; squash, &c. per
pound new beets. 5ei ~ l0c. per bunch;
Old bects, DC, quarter peck, Rutabaga
turnlps Canadian, &c. TO l0c. each: new
potatoes, zoe. to 25c.pcr quarter peck.
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