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MISCELLANY.

r. W. Hall, Yale's gymna site instru c.
tor, fell from the horizontal bar Friday
night and broke his ankle.
1.-TWO classes Of men take up golf. One
class knows it all, and the other is will
ing to learn through the experience of
Others" says golfer.
At a meeting of Pennsylvania students
Friday night, fencing club was formed.
J: P. Cline being elected temporary
chairman and J. A. Donaldson secre-
tary.
A number of improvements are to be
made by the athletic association of the
U. of P. at the athletic field. The grand
stand seating capacity will be increased
to 1000.
T. F, Keane, the ex-member of the
Boston Athletic Association whe has
gained such signal victories in the Shelf
field sprints has received challenges from
W. s. Mills and J. v. Cunliffe, both
noted English peds.
The sun., 1898-12-04
NEWS NOTES.

The stomach OF Oscar sewell, colored
has been sent to Farnhurst for analysis
The tug Meteor towed barge loade,
with cement to the Warner Company
wharf
The Rev. E. L. Hubbard, Ph. D., O
Baltimore, will lecture in Wesley M. Z
church on December Is.
Bishop Monaghan will preach in St
Paups, Fourth and Jackson streets, to
day at II a. IN. Miss Rivailles will sins
at vespers.
The tug Reynolds towed the two
master Wheeler up the creek to the Dia
mond State Iron Company's wharf yes
terday afternoon.
George Coates, the we'll known r., W.
4 B. watchman at West street cross.
ing, is confined to his home with a
cold.
The government boat Delaware, of the
engineering department, coaled at
the shipley street wharf yesterday after
noon.
Last evening the case OF A. r. Kee and
Magistrate Julian D.Janvier was decided
in favor of A. r. Kee in Magistrate Kel-
ley's court.
Rev. Levi Garner first cousin of the
late Stansbury Murray, Sr., was buried
at Clayton on Tuesday. Mr.. Garner was
also an uncle of Mrs. Lizzie Mason of
this city.
William !. Thatcher has Joined the
navy as an apprentice and has been as.
signed to League Island Navy Yard. Mr..
Ihatcher's home is at No. 1lO6 West
Sixth street.
The tug Martha towed two ,wo-masters
up the creek yesterday afternoon. Both
were filled with wood. One was for
Gorman, Scott & Co., and the other was
for the pulp works.
At recent meeting of Division No. 3,
A. 0. H., of New Castle a resolution was
adopted thanking their many friends in
This city, Delaware City, Wilmington
and other places for the support given
10 their recent ball.
The steamer S. T. Morgan left yester-
lay. for Richmond, Va. She was taken
o the mouth OF the Christian creek by
Captain Chase, of the Harlan & Hollings-
worth Company, and then Captain D. j.
Anthony assumed command.
Assistant City Solicitor Cahocn said
yesterday morning that he expected that
Maria Hartman, Samuel D. Forbes and .
constable James +. Porter, who were
ecently decided against in the Superior
>ourt, would on Monday pay the fines
nd costs imposed by the Municipal
'ourt last spring.
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Ir.
Square Garden next week against tried
and hardened riders, who have been
through the mill many times. Cochran
is the youngest man in the race. being
nineteen years old.
Il. Darwin McIlrath and wife co,n-
pieted their tour of the world awheel at
Chicago on Thursday afternoon. They
had been scheduled to arrive there by
ThanksgivingiDay, but illness en- route
from New York and bad weather re-
tarded their progress. A great crowd re-
ceived them in Chicago, a Gordon Of po-
lice preceded them through the city
streets and the Illinois State Band PLAYED
in their honor. Mr.. McIlroth's cyclom-
eter showed total of 29,37S miles since
the pair had left Chicago, three and
half years ago.
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Gleanings Gathered From OF the
Gridiron and in the Pugilis-
tic World.
AMONGST The ATHLETES
spicy Items Taken From the Latest
happenings in the Roped Arena
and on the Field of Ath.
letfcs.-Wilmington's In.
tercsting Budget.
DIAMOND DUST.

All the knights of the diamond ar
taking rest.
Pete Cassidy takes exercise ever,
cay, ea:son so as to be in cond'ion when th'
George Prentiss is glad the foo
ball season is over and he didn't pei
hurt.
Johnny Newell has his eye on some O.
the Wilmington players.
There are several who played on this
team who need watching.
AS first baseman Horace Nc.
Dannell is one of the best in the bust.
ness.
Pat Fahey, with proper training, will
make good twirler.
Business men," how about that Read
ing Club? Will it be here?
Bill McGonigal, the Wilmington Sec
ond baseman. is conner.
Chick Tierney don't want to let
that pitching wing of his get out of
order.
Bob Mullen was the hardest worker
on the Wilmington team. Keep your
eye on him!
The national game promises to take a
decided boom in Wilmington next sea-
son.
It's pretty near time something took a
boom in this town.
Yank Sterlith will be there when the
season opens. Watch him throw them
out at second.
Will the Wilmington City Railway
Company offer any inducements to a
base ball club?
Johnny, have yor given up the
idea OF taking ball team to Porto
Rico?
Buffalo yesterday became a member
OF the Western League of base ball clubs.
New York has begun negotiations
with Louisville for Fred Clark and will
use him as outfelder and manager if he
is secured. Freedman is said to have
offered $4,000 for Clark's release.
A meeting of the Louisville Club was
held Friday night in Louisville, KY, to
consider Detroit's offer of $4,000 for
the clubs franchise, but after long ses-
sion IL was resolved to hold out for the
original price of $4,000.
"Tot' Murphy will again coach the
University of Pennsylvania basel ball
team. He will call the new candidates
out the LIST of January for winter practice
in the cage. The schedule is not vet
completed, but it is already known that
two games will be played with Harvard,
as usual, and three games with the Man
haitian strong team.
The sun., 1898-12-04
A Foot Ball Trick That Won,

A novel eXpedient was successfully
used in game of foot ball between the
Orion eleven OF this city and the Colum-
bia Athletic Club of New Castle in '94.
The contest took place in New Castle.
The greatest of rivalry has long existed
between these two elevens and conse-
quently very hot games were always
played.
Both teams had been practicing very
hard for this contest and both expected a
victory. The Orion went to New Castle
with a large crowd of rooters to cheer
them on.
Both elevens came on the field and al
though the Orion were outweis shed they
had hat look of determination that
meant do or die.
! The game started and for time it was
nip and tuck, without either side having
a decided advantage. Then Orion got the
ball and by the greatest kind of hard
play worked the ball to Columbia's five
yard line.
Here Columbia bracei up and Groin on
two attempts failed to gain
With victory so close at hand and yet
so far away for five yards is sometimes
great deal, the captain of the Orion
suggested an idea that afterwards proved
to be a life saver.
The captain was the lightest and small
est man on the team and played left end.
The two half backs were we'll built men
and noted for their great strength. The
suggestion was that the captain stand di-
rectly behind the quarter back and have
the two half backs get hold of him and
when the quarter back passed the ball
for the two backs to toss him over the
heads of the men in front of him.
The scheme was tried at the right mo-
ment. The ball was passed to him, and,
with mighty effort, he was sent flying
clear over the heads of the men on the
line and landed over the goal line, after
which goal was kicked. This play
won the game for the Orion by the score
VI 9 too
Now the question lie, what wo,Id the
core have been il they had throyn him
'ver the goal posts?
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SELF DEFENSE.
Another fake fight.

aHoCHeT lake ngnt.
This time Philadelphia got it.
Mccoy and Fitzsimmons are no,
! bosom friends.
, Bubby Pierce is open to meet al
comers at los pounds.
Jack Daily is training hard for his figh
with Joe Cans on December %.
Frank Bollen is enrolling new pupil
every week st his boxing school, 81:
Shipley street.
Jack Daily is one of the old Warner
Clubs shining stars.
Midget Glynn says he never felt better
in mis- life.
What's become of Ned Mcconnell;
Has he quit scrapping?
What's become Of Pop Glazier, who,
when he belonged to the Warren Ath.
letic Club, was the champion heavy.
weight of the A. A. u?
Fast living is the downfall of all the
champion fighters.
Jim Corbett is the biggest lobster in
the world today.
John L. Sullivan is still the most pop
ular of them all.
Did any one ever hear tell of John L.
taking it? No.
Jack Ward is now willing to don the
mitts with any Of his class.
What's become of Frank Fisher, who
was so anxious to fight Jack Farrell?
Sam Fitzpatrick, manager of Jack
DAILY, knows nothing about training
him.
Midget Glynn will take trip to Newt
York in the near future to meet all
Corners.
The first thing a scrapper wants to get
in condition is his stomach.
George Russell will not step into the
ring again for some time.
Pat DougheIty, who was good one in
his day, is tending bar at Tommy Her.
lihy's.
John F. Welch, one of this city's cop
pers, was quite handy with the mitts
several years ago.
After the soldiers get through with
Pyle's Cycling Academy several good
fights will be held there.
Jack Phillips, who several weeks ago
was looking for fight, has quietly disap-
oeared.
Prize fighters and foot ball players
|on't mix we'll together.
New York lovers of self defense are
lie biggest suckers on earth.
Has anybody found out who did the {
elling OF the Corbett.Sharkey fiasco ? !
Corbett proclaims he is still "Gentle-
nan Jimp' Does anybody else say SO I? 7
"Sure thing gamblers" have brought I
port to its present state. 8
Ned Krause, the popular proprietor of !
le Hotel Western, is a great lover of 3
he art OF self defense. =
Eddy Lenny is one OF the cleverest
Ids around these parts. jC
Do you read The Sun? All the other p
The sun., 1898-12-04
AQUATICs.

Guy Nickalls, the English sculler, h as
written to Fred Fortmeyer saying that
there is no truth in the statement that
the Henley Regatta Committee will bar
foreign entries.
Professor q. Kistler, swimming in
structorr at the University of Pennsyl-
vania, has issued call for candidates
for the water polo team, and hopes to
get together good team, although only
two members of last years aggregation
have returned to college. -
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CYCLING.

The weather man has no respect TO
the cycler.
How would six-day race go in Will
mington?
Carroll Jack is training in the South
Will Ed. Churchman take his bicycle
to Cuba when he goes?
All the bicycle dealers anticipate biz
Christmas trade.
Who was that man going up Market
street Friday afternoon on chainless?
That CHANGING OF bicycle craze is now
dead un.
Jimmy Oliver, one of the hardest
workers of the Wilmington Bicycle Club,
is now benedict.
Ned Buckley, an old Warren foot-ba
player says he wouldn't be without a
wheel.
Always keep to the right of the road
and collisions will be less numerous.
When motor cycles are the same price
as the regular wheels now, then the lazy
man will be in his glory.
Teddy Edwards, the great road 1ider
says the Madison Square Garden race
will be a greater test than his century
spins. He likes to travel long dis.
tance on wheel but prefers an open
and changing route.
Buffalo men are not apparently dis.
posed to press the claims Of that CITY for
the '99 L. A. W. national meet.
Thomas Ward, the veteran road rider
and century run pacemaker, has been
seriously i'll with typhoid fever.
''rhe foreign cycle racing machine for
1885," says man in the trade, twill not
vary much in pattern from the machines
of $685."
The Union Velocipedique de France,
he leading cycling organization in
trance, has selected George Banker as
thief consul of the association for this
The cycle market in Germany is said
o be overstocked with wheels of 1898
production. 1t is reported that there are 4.
ully 200 machines left unsold. This ..
ondition OF affairs is ascribed to the
eckless manufacture of bicycles by !.
mall firms, who had no outlet to dis :
ose of their wares. !
The managers of the six-day bicycle
ace, which begins few minutes after n
,idnight on Monday morning at Madi- v
IN Square Garden, we're g'e ltly pleased c
Y receiving the entry of Joseph Rice of Ii
1ilkesbarre, Pa, who made such game v
ght against Miller, the winner OF last "
ears race. n,
Though still in his teens, Walter J.
cochran, New York cyclist, will COM &c
,te in the six.dav race at Madison O,
The sun., 1898-12-04

The Reorganization of This Club Will.
no Doubt, Take Place Sometime
This Week,

The reorganization of the Warren
Athletic Climb will, no doubt, take place
this week.
Several old Warren men have been out
getting the names of persons Wishing to
join and as result about 100 have been
secured.
These men will hold a meeting either
on Wednesday or Thursday evening
when officers will be elected and all who.
have signed their names will give one.
dollar.
A committe will be appointed to Sc
cure room and as much apparatus as
the money on hand will buy.
Regular meeting nights will be held
when all desiring to become members
will be proposed and voted upon.
The club will be started on a small
scale and work up. The dues are likely
to be ten cents week 80 that al will be-
able to become members.
The sun., 1898-12-04
MAY BE SETsASIDE.
Superior Court May Decide Against
the Verdict In the Case Of
Maher w. Moore.

4 S~PCSor ~OuFt 0Aay Occsu0 A8eius
the Verdict in the Case OF
Maher W.. Moore.
1t ID said that the Superior Court will
likely Get aside the verdict OF the jury il
the case of Anson A. Maher We. DR.
Harry G. Moore. In an action on proUis
sorry note for $25O5O, the jury returned
with verdict for the defendant. Mahe
was represented by Peter L. Cooper, ant
Moore by William s. Hilles. Mr.. Coope
yesterday fled reasons for q new trial
They are that the verdict was contrar,
to the law and the evidence and such a.
to shock the conscience Of the Court.
In the case of the National Dredging
Company vs. the Grand Trunk Railway
Company. Lewis G. Vandegrift fled no.
tice of recoupment. 1t was opposed by
Philip @. Churchnan for the dredging
company. Subsequently Mr.. Vandegrift
received a continuance to the February
term.
In the case Of Arthur Hagan & Co. We.
Rebecca L. Chapman rule to quash a
levy and inquisition was made absolute,
In Caldwell 4 Co. vs. Armour & Co.,
William S. Hilles, representing the lat
Ter, fled an affidavit and moved to uuash
the original writ and set aside the
sheriff's return.
Levi G. Bird applied for permission to
enter special appearance in the case of
John A. Springer vs.. the receivers of the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad Company.
The motion was refused by the court, be-
ing opposed by Mr.. Higgins. Subse-
quently, on application OF Mr.. Bird,
bond being given, the case was removed
to the United States Circuit Court for
the district of Delaware.
On a motion of Mr.. Bird the case of
Broccoli VS.. the receivers of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad Company was re-
moved to the United States Circuit
Court.
The sale by the Sheriff of the property
OF Isaac Trimble Quigley and wife was
set aside after an extended hearing, in
which many witnesses were examined.
The events leading up to the action were
as follows:
The Savings Fund Society obtained a
judgment on foreclosure of a mortgage
against Mr.. Quigley and his wife at the
oCpU0uUcI lcIu IOr Po,UUU ana accrued
interest on bis property at Delaware
avenue and Van Buren street.
This property was sold at the Novem-
ber term for $40, man named Rev.
bold being the purchaser. Mr.. Quigley
Immediately took steps to have the sale
set aside on three grounds: First, that
judgment should not have been had be-
cause there was no service upon his wife;
second, that there was not copy of the
advertisement of the sale left at his usual
place of abode; third, because the
sold for grossly inadequate
price.
In the case of Wilcox vs.. the Whining
ton City Railway Company, Harman K
Knowles made application that the ease
be placed on the argument list. Willard
Salisbury, Jr., resisted the application.
The Court decided that, as a matter of
fact, it was on the trial list and that it
was at issue on question of law within
The time specified by the rule of the
Court. although not at issue on a ques.
ion of fact.
The sun., 1898-12-04
HIGH SCHOOL RECORD.
Points Scored by and Against Them
During the Season of
1893,

The following table shows how many
points the Wilmington High School
have scored and had scored against them
this season:
High shoool... 0 Chester High school.17
High School,. Drexel Institute..... 5
High School,. 0 Central Manual........ 5
High School,. 40 Goldey College........ 0
High School,. s Central Manual. ...... 0
High School,. III North East Manual. S
High School,. Delaware Col. scrub. O
High School,. 0 Chester High Shool... O
High School,. 6 Villa Nova Second. 5
Total..".. 80 Total.
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porte do. It's the only sporting paper

sports do. It's the only sporting pape
in Delaware.
Frank Hofecker is one of the bes
thought-of "knight OF the stuffed mitts'
in town.
Jack Daily first started out as a wrest
Ter: His first public appearance was {
defeat.
skete Mccall, besides being the best
lO5 pound man in Delaware. was q
wrestler of no mean ability.
Wilmington scrappers all seem to be
IN trance. Never mind, something will
happen before long that will wake them
up.
Dan Creed0n and Joe Green have been
matched to box before the Nat ional Club
OF San Francisco.
Kid Mccoy and Jack Bonner have
finally been matched to meet in
twenty-round bout at the Olympic Ath-
letic Club of Buffalo, on January 16.
The Amateur Athletic Union boxing
and wrestling championship will be held
in New York this year.
The American A. c., of Scranton, Pa,
is trying to match Jack Bonner and Kid
Mccoy to box fifteen rounds.
Corbett's dear old friend, with the ap-
propriate name of Con McVey, has gone
away-for his health McVey took his
pet name along; and it will long be re-
membered.
John Kelly, by rendering a decent,
sensible decision in the Sharkey- Corbett
matter, evidently made a few enemies
and they have lost no time in getting
square"
Sharkey has accepted Mitchell's chal-
lenge. Billy Smith says that he would
like nothing better than chance to box
a Charlie Mitchell every night in the
week.
Spike Sullivan has received offers from
Philadelphia to box Charles McKeever
and Young Mahoney, and two bids from
Brooklyn to meet Eddie Connolly. The
amounts offered did not suit Sullivan.
Champion Bob" Fitzsimmons says
he hasn't decided whether he will meet
Tom Sharkey or not. "Let those fellows
who are talking SO much cover my
said the lankv Australian. "If
they're on the level l will give them
chance. But it must be to finish. l
don't want any limited round bouts"
Frank Erne and Eddie Connolly, of
Ut. Johns, N. B., have been offered
very good incentive to box twenty
round bout at the Olympic Athletic Club
Of Buffalo, and will probably accept it.
Terry McGovern, the clever bantam
weight of South Brooklyn, and Jimmy
Barry, Of Chicago, will probably be
matched in week or ten days to meet
n twenty-round bout at the CONNER
,ial Athletic Club, of St. Louis. ]
The sun., 1898-12-04
AMONG THE HORSEMEN

In an address at a racing club Fri day
night, the Earl Of Durham said he wei
coined the advent on the English tn rf of
Tod Sloane, consumnate jud ge Of pace.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30
Lie NYnnred Saa.nnO.

The following letter was recently re,
ceived by the Commissioner of Pen
sions:
"Cormishner-I hoop you wonte
take know offence a ganst me no think
hard of me (sor). 1 don't do this sor
to insilt you, my dear friend. Sor ]
am know solger in the warer. 1 niver
was in eny regiment and all 1 elaine
my pencion is my gun bote paten
(patent) which god handed down in n
vishun to me from hevun all jinted
upp. God dident doc this for my
ingre (iniury) nor god never does eny
thing wrong. My gun bote paten
goot burnt when my house burntwhen
my house burnt. Please send me a
check for S33, 000. "-Washington Star
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

In Philadelphia it has been found
that of about 1900 pupils of the two
highest grammar grades whose eyes
have been tested nearly half of those
examined have defective vision. In
several cases children who were in
structed to wear glasses have shown
the benefit of using these in improved
proficiency in their studies. In some
instances pupils were retarded, un'
consciously to themselves, by not be-
ing able to distinguish anything writ
ten upon the blackboard. One boy,
whose hesitancy in reading could not
be accounted for, was found to be
afflicted with a difficulty that made
one word appear as two. In special
cases a physicians examination has
been advised. School Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Brandy contains more alcohol than
any other spirits or wine--namely,
fifty-four per cent.
An elephant is possessed of such a
delicate sense of smell, that it can
scent human being at a distance of a
thousand yards.
In 1000 cases of the morphine habit
collected from all parts of the world,
the medical profession constitutes forty
per cent. of the number.
NJ. Phisalix, the French authority
on the venoms of insects aud reptiles,
has established that the poison of the
hornet in sufficient quantity renders
one immune to that of the viper.
1t has recently been claimed that
iron ships fitted with electric plants
suffer rapid deterioration of their
pipes having direct connection with
the seq, due to electrolytic action.
Cloth is now being successfully made
from wood. Strips of fine-grained
wood are boiled and crushed between
rollers, and the filaments, having been
carded into parallel lines, are spun in
to threads, from which cloth can be
woven in the usual way.
Thu amount of liquid refreshments
taken by man of seventy years would
equal rs, 700 pints, and to hold this a
pail twelve feet high and more than
two thousand five hundred times as
large as an ordinary pail would be re-
quired. The weight of the liquid
would be over forty-two tons.
In the Diesel gas engine, which is
now attracting much attention in Ger
many, the mixture of air and gas
which moves the piston is not sudden
ly exploded, when it takes fire, but
burns slowly enough to impart more
gradual impulse to the engine. A 1000
horse power motor of this type is
promised for the Paris exposition of
1900.
Alta recent meeting of the Entomo-
logical Society of Washington, some
specimens of chrysopa, o species of
golden-eyed fly, which had been col
lected in the White Mountains, were
exhibited as curiosities, because each
one carried ON its back one or more
minute cecidomylid flies. The opinion
was expressed that this was true case
of smaller species Of insect using q
larger species for the purpose of loco
motion from place to place.
1t is supposed that Centauri, ono
of the brightest stars of the Southern
Hemisphere, is the nearest of the fixed
stars to the earth. The researches on
its parallax by Henderson and Maclear
gave, for its distance from the earth,
in round numbers, twenty billions of
miles. At the inconceivably rapid
rate at which light is propagated
through space, it would require more
than;four years to reach the earth from
this star.
Sir William Turner, speaking at the
meeting in Toronto of the British AS
sociation for the Advancement Of
Science, said that the average brain
weight in man is from forty-nine to
| fifty ounces. In woman the weight is
from forty-four to forty-fve ounces. A
few men, including the great natural
list, Cuvier, have had brains exceeding
sixty ounces in weight, but equally
heavy brains have occasionally been
obtained from persons who had shown
no sign of intellectual eminence.
Among infant children the average
brain weight is for girls ten and for
boys ST ounces.