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Burlingame Was Not Thrown.

George Burlingame of Baltimore last
night succeeded in staying unthrown twen-
ty minutes with Leo Pardello at Kernan's
Theater. He met the professional Thursday
and stayed fifteen minutes. Last nights
bout was a highly interesting one. Pardello
created a bad impression by refusing to
take the hand offered him by Burlingams
after the bout.
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ence tourney of the Pillsbury Association.
Mr.. Helms catching what was tantamount
to a perpetual wrote that he was pleased to
get draw from the champion of the Dis
trlct. Mr.. Helms will be remembered as
getting one of the prettiest games in the
late cable match:
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by the Orioles. while Hughes held the
Quakers safe all the time. Score:
~ udhCi > Sd1C Oil
RAITTNORE
puuADM,puJa
Totals. .13 IA q IS 8

Earned runs-Baltimore. g. Philadelphia. 2. Two
base hits-Williams, Robinson. Seymour and Pow
bold. Home run-Williams. Sacrifice hits~Gilbert
aud Fultz. Stolen bases-McGraw (2l, Setback co.
nsrs@spf as nn1x ana ~ ross u1s re
Gilbert to McGann; Setback to McGraw to Nc
Gam. Left bases-Baltimore, Z; Philadelphia,
Z. First base balls-Or Hughes. 0; off Kenna,
8 Hit BY pitched ball-Gilbert. Struck out-By
Umpire-Mr. OLaughiin. Time Of game hours
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Queens Gambit Declined.

tNotes British Chess Magazinel
ta) Schlecter evidently is not familiar with this
variation. The correct move here is 3 800. OK
KIP: BIB Q-Kt3 etc
tbi Here the right continuation is 10 800. KIT
k2. and IL ii Q-Q6, then Kt-B4. dislodging the
Queen and IL ii BNP. then IL 800. R-kkt etc.
tcl Now he has untenable position.
Id Another weak move, Marshall speedily
shows.
teD Well played. or course Marshall Is ia
milar ground, this being OF his fayorite varia-
tions
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Too Humorous,
r"1n the Philadelphia Press

FF"tl me PhlIadeIphfa Press
Iamb-"No. the editor said he couldn't
accept my jokes although he'd like to-"
Friend-"How mean Of him."
Lamb-"Oh. but he was very nice about
IT. He said my jokes We're SO awfully
funny he was afraid the eompositors
would laugh SO while they were setting
tnem up that they wouldn't be able TO do
their work properly"
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Earned runs-Cleyeland. 2; Chicago. 4. Two-base
hlts.W God, Jones Three-base hits-Wood, Green
bases-Flick: Bonner, Callahan, Strang, II. McFar-
land Double play-Strang and Isbell. First base
pitcher-By Callahan.1. Left on bases-Cleveland,
y; Chicago, 9. Struck out-By Lundboam 3: by
Callahan, 8. Passed bals-Bemis /. Wild pitches
1. Umpires-Messrs.s .Caruthers and
connolly Time of game hours and 20 minutes
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base hits-Coughlin and Lee. Three base hit
carey; Home run,Freeman: Sacrifice hits-Carey
and Ely. Stolen base-Hckman. First base nm
bails-On Dineen. ]; OF Lee, l. Struck out-By
Dineen l: by Lee. Umpire-Mr Sheridan Time
Of game hour and 81 minutes
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DETROIT,

-Two-base hits-Elberfeld, Mccormick and Bur
kett. Three-base hit-Yeager. Sacrifice hits-Dillon
and Anderson Stolen bases-Barrett ~ and Sug-
den. First base bals-OT Sudhoff, 5. First
base en- error-St.' Louis 2 Left on bases-De-
troit. o. st. Louis, Z. Struck out-By Mercer. j;
by Sudhof 1. Double plays-Elberfed to Yeager;
Mercer to Elberfeld to Dillon; Jones to Sugden 2;
Wallace to Padden. Umpire-Mr. tombstone. Time
Of game-1 hour and 80 minutes
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Baltimore, IS; Athletic. g.

Manager McGraw celebrated his return to
the game yesterday at Philadelphia, by
helping the Baltimores thrash the Athletics
by the score of il to 6. Kenna was hit hard
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Chicago 12; Cleveland. 8.

Chicago won again from Cleveland yester-
day on the latter's grounds, by the score
of II to s. The game looked to be Cleye
lands until the ninth. VIXEN the champions
scored six runs. Flick played In right for
the Clevelands, Score:
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st. Louis, 3; Detroit, 9.

Sudhoff pitched good ball for the st. Louis
team at Detroit yesterday, and as a result
the Tigers were once more defeated by the
score of to 2 Mercer was hit fairly
hard. but his support was weak Score:
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Guioco Piano,

(Notes by Mr.. Mason)
(a) This variation resembles the Muzio, in that
1t is general favorite of impetuous players.
Again. like the Muzio, theoretically Black meets
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Eastern Defeats Western n. 8

The Eastern High School defeated the
Western High School yesterday at National
Park by q to 1. The batteries were Wood
ward and Chamberlain for the Eastern and
Church and Briggs for the Western.
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Cornell Beats Harvard at Lacrosse,

Cornell defeated Harvard yesterday at
Cambridge, Mass, at lacrosse, goals to 3,
in the first game of the series for the inter-
collegiate championship
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SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Senators Again Win at.
Boston.
GREAT POOL MATCH
FINALS IN INTERCOLLEGIAT
GOLF TOURNEY.
Harvard's Strong Men Lead Others
Cornell Wins at Lacrosse-High
School and League Games.

American League Games Today.
Washington at Boston.
Baltimore at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Detroit.
ST. Louis at Cleveland.
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Yesterdays National League Games.
st. Louis 6; Philadelphia, 5.
Pittsburg. II; Brooklyn, 1.
Chicago, 5; New York, 0.
Boston, 4; Cincinnati, 3.
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PRECIOUS MANUSCRIPT.
Iowa Man Has Formal Acceptance Of
Lincoln's Second Election.

Lincoln's Second Election.
From the Des Moines Qowa) Register and Leader.
Abraham Lincoln was chosen to his second
term as President of the United States in
November, 1864 After the official canvass
Of the votes, committee of the two houses
of Congress was appointed to notify him
of his election. The committee consisted Of
Lyman Trumbull of Illinois on the part
of the Senate and Messrs James F. Will
son of Iowa and John F. Dawson Of Penn
sylvania on the part of the House. It will
be remembered that Mr.. Wilson was at that
time member Of the House Of Representa-
tives. Waiting upon him at the Executive
Mansion, the committee, by it's chairman,
notified him of his election to second
term. Mr.. Lincoln, in anticipation Of this
official visit, had his acceptance, written by
his own hand, and filling little more than
half a page of old-fashioned letter paper,
ready for the occasion. He read as follows:
Having served four years in the depths
of great. and yet unended, national peril.
1 can view this call to a second term in
nowise more flattering to myself than as an
expression of the public judgment that I
may better finish difficult work, In which
1 have labored from the first, than could
any one less severely schooled to the task.
In. this view, and with assured reliance on
that Almighty Ruler who has so graciously
sustained us thus far. and with increased
gratitude to the generous people for their
continued confidence. 1 accept the renewed
trust. with its yet onerous and perplexing
duties and responsibilities"
When the official ceremony was over Mr..
Wilson said: with your permission. Mr..
President, 1 would be glad to keep that
page of manuscript" You are very well
come to it." replied Mr.. Lincoln. handing
1t to Mr.. Wilson. This paper, which was
Mr. Lincoln's formal and official acceptance
of his second term as President of the United
States was retained by Senator Wilson
until his death. 1t has since remained in
the possession Of his family. Just now they
have turned it over to Mr.. Charles Aldrich,
by whom it has been placed in his great
autograph and photograph collection in
the historical department Of Iowa. While
1t is not signed, it is yet a manuscript of
great value. 1t would command a price in
New York city or London which would
have to be expressed in three figures 1t is
a precious memorial Of the great martyr
President and of James F. Wilson Of Iowa
We may add that the page upon which 1t
is written also contains seven lines, which
are in the handwriting of Mr.. Wilson, ex-
planatory Of the manuscript.
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THY PILLOW SHALL BE EARTH.
An Ancient Custom Still Continued
by Orthodox Jews.

An Ancient Custom Still Continued
by Orthodox Jews.
From the New York Post.
One branch Of the orthodox Jews sim
keeps UP the custom which seems more
than thirty centuries old It is the laying
Of dead mans head upon a pillow filled
with earth. and placing upon his face of an
earthen plate or saucer broken INTO three
pieces. one for the nose and one for each
eye. Where a family is very wealthy tho
earth is brought from the Holy Land. and
the mortuary plate from potters kiln noti
far from Jerusalem. It is made of a red.
dish clay. and is similar to those now dug
up by the Palestine exploration fund labor-
ers. To make the pillow and to break The
plate into the three conventional pieces deg
mand considerable practice If not skill, and
give steady employment to a little wizencd.2
up long-bearded Poak rabbi, who livesl
down in the Bend" between Park Row and
the Five Points For the opulent, he has
earth which he claims to have had in1>l
ported from Palestine, and odd plates which
look as If they might have been made by
the potters of King Solomon. But the well.
TODD who follow out the old customs are
few in number and the majority of The
faithful are not blessed with an excess Of
worldly goods.
For them he has clean earth taken from
a field of growing grain and plates made IN
some pottery not far from the city. There
Is set rule respecting the earth. 1t may
be laid in the coffin beneath the head of THO
dead man, and so form the pillow which u
usually provided by nature herself. Or it
may be the filling of linen or silken caIe,
on which is inscribed line from the To-ah'
a figure Of King Solomon's seal.
How he breaks the plate Is secret which,
has come down to him through many ged.1
erations. 1t formerly was done by a swords
afterward by a trowel, but today by small
hammer When the blow Is struck the
fractured pieces should not be of the same
size. Two should be small and somewhat
circular in outline so as to cover the optid
orbit, while the third should be rather,
long and reach at least from the eyebrowal
to the end of the nose. The first part OF,
the ceremony is easily understood. 1t exc
presses the traditional saying, Thy pillow
shall be earth" but what the meaning or
origin of the three pieces of plate Is nat
known to the official himself He say6i
''It Is the law Of our fathers. and follow
the law" !
According to one of their scholars thersI
was superstition once that the pieces OF
earthenware protected the soul when III
made its final exit from the body, which;
was supposed to occur within short period
after physical death, but there seems moral
reason for believing that the custom was III
the same nature as the practice still eSsi
tant among some people Of laying coinG
upon dead mans eyes.
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their comrades to get away. or accepting Of
fers OF amelioration of conditions If those
who were skilled mechanics would go out on
parole and assist the rebels in shoemaking
tanning, weaving, horse shoeing and all the
other trades, for the men in prison could
have supplied almost every trade and call
Ing with skilled help.
Andersonville Prison.
A few years ago the Woman's Relief
Corps came into possession of the Ander-
sonville prison grounds, which were pre-
sented to 1t by the Department Of Geor-
gia, Grand Army Of the Republic. The
members Of this great auxiliary to the
Grand Army proceeded to turn the once
loathsome grounds into a park. and erected
over Providence Spring a fine stone pa
vilion. The Ex-Prisoners OF War Associa-
ton has been interested from the first in
the effort to cover up and put away every
suggestion Of the bleakness and barrenness
Of this place OF suffering, and at great ex-
penditure of money placed in the pavilion
a beautiful marble fountain bearing the In
scription:
This fountain 10 erected by tho National
Association of Union Ex-Prisoners Of War
in memory Of the 52.346 Union soldiers who
were confined hero as prisoners Of war and
Of the 1S,910 eomradss who died and whose
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but much of the suffering and misery re-
mains, though the veterans who so proudly
wear the odd little badge are jolly set.
and crack many a joke over those dreadful
days. now so happily past.
The EX-PrisonerS of War are the men
who started out to do their duty in service
for the flag. but fell into the hands Of the
enemy instead. and who in the fortunes of
war passed many weary months or days
either IN Andersonville. Libby, Belle Island,
Castle Thunder. Charleston. Columbia
Danville, Florence, Milen, Richmond, Sa-
vannah. Salisbury. or other prisons Of the
south
The association is not a large one; 1t
could not be in the nature of things, for
Just as few soldiers permitted themselves to
be captured as possible Life in a southern
prison, it is said by those who tried It on for
Varying periods, was not Sunday school
picnic by any means. Military prisons are
not usually designed for luxury and COM
fort, and much less is 1t likely that the
hastily devised stockades and prison pens
constructed under military stress are going
to be summer resorts or winter palaces.
Thousands Of those who inhabited the
southern prisons died and were buried
there, great. national cemeteries having
been located at the points where the largest
ef these prisons stood, namely, at Rich
@ond. Va: Salisbury. g. c.; Danville, KY;
D3eesncs. q. c. and Andersonviils. Go.
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National Commander Union Ex-Prisoners of War.
formerly met regularly. but these meetings
are no longer held. Occasionally, at the
suggestion Of some comrade, a dinner is
held. when old times are gone over.
Among the members in the District are
Colonel John McElroy, who probably ex-
perienced more Of the tortures of rebel
prison life than almost any other Union
soldier, and who is being earnestly cham
pioned by his comrades Of the association
throughout the country; Major Marion T.
Anderson, cashier in the city post office;
Captain Whitney, chief clerk in the statis-
teal bureau of the Treasury Department;
John Kline. also of the Treasury Depart
ment: Hiram Buckingham, custodian of the
Interior Department.; Colonel Adolph Won
Haake, topographer Of the Post Office De-
partment; Dan A. Grosvenor, Captain Mil
Ter U. S. A, retired. and Major L. P. VIII
liams.
The latter was one of the few who tun-
nelled their way out of Libby prison These
survivors are doing everything within their
power to extend a royal welcome to their
comrades who have come to attend the
encampment and to make their stay one
that shall be attended by joyful and lasting
memories
National Officers.
The officers of the National Association
Of Union Ex-Prisoners OF War are: Ma
tional commander, ]. d. Walker Pittsburg,
Pa; national vice commander, ID. G. Nesbit
Cleveland, Ohio; national chaplain, Rev
John S. Ferguson, Keokuk, Iowa; national
historian, Harry White, Indiana, Pa; adju-
tant general and quartermaster general,
Stephen NJ. Long, East Orange. n. ].
Executive committee-James Atwell. Pitts
burg, Pa; Aaron T. Bliss, Lansing, Mich. (;
B. Cotty, Moberly. Mo; o. A. Parsons,
Wilkesbarre. Pa; ]. d Walker Pittsburg.
Pa; Stephen NJ. Long, East Orange, n. j.,
ex officlo. Chief of staff. James Atwell,
Pittsburg Pa. Special aid for encampment,
W. c. McKelvey, Cripple Creek Col.
The National Association OF Union Ex-
Prisoners of War probably represents more
woe. and want and misery, more physical
suffering. more MANNED men, than any
other ten organizations of five times it's
size in the world. 1t IS true that the wee
and the want are many years IN the past.
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Boys in Blue Who Went
South" Under Protest.
ASSOCIATION FORMED
AFFILIATES WITH GRAND ARMY
OF THE REPUBLIC.
Renewal of Old Friendships at Present
National Encampment-The
National Officers.

One Of the most interesting bodies of men
among the numerous organizations that
affiliate with the Grand Army of the Re-
public and who enjoy the reunion and good
fellowship that always comes at the time of
the annual encampment of the veterans is
the National Association of Union eX-Pris-
oners of War.
The bond that unites these warriors of
more than a third Of a century ago is
stronger, more lasting, perhaps, than that
which obtains between members of any of
the other organization that have come to
participate in the Grand Army encamp-
ment. Just think of 1t. To every man who
survived the horrors of life In rebel pris-
ons and is living today ten of his comrades
have gone to their final rest.
This is indeed a happy week to the mem
bers of the association, yet replete with
sorrowful recollections, but they are hav-
ing a good time recalling the days long
gone when they suffered together in a
common cause.
Members in the District.
The members of the association are COM
paratively few. In the District of Column
bia there are probably not to exceed fifteen.
This little group of former prison sufferers
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He Had a New Word.
From tho New York Telegram.

'fom tne new YORK Telegram.
Say, I've Just annexed a new word. and
I'm dead anxious to work It off on the
lady boss of the fiat house. She'll think
I'm calling her out of her name and Der
haps have me summoned to court, and then
joy. the neighbors will give her the laugh
and she'll lose prestige among her SUBJ
jects."
What is the new wordT' asked the
second lookout for a new building that is
being erected near Herald square. '-''~
Janitrix.' Never heard tit Neither
had I. but it's as all right as stack of
blues in Dick Canfleld's, and 1t sounds just
tnsinuating enough to make the average
5anitress boil. I know it's good for l
read It over the. door of public school build
ing No. so, around In 37th street OF
course, the principal wouldn't let 1t go if
it wasn't pure. And then, besides, I look
ed it up in the dictionary. Mrs. Blank,
janitrix,' that's the way 1t goes. just
imagine yelling down the air shaft: Here
you, janitrix the water pipes burstr and
then imagine what will follow. How quick
ly you would be informed that the jani-
tress, with the stress on the tress, was
perfect lady and that she means to have
The law you"
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Snakes Are Hard to Starve.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
1.-THE man who tries to starve a snake to/
death is in bad way" said the man who,
has had some experience in dealing with,
reptiles. ''andI happen to know what am
talking about because Of a little thing that
happened to me a number Of years ago.
There Is really no telling how long snake
can go without food. 1t is estimated thai
q horse can live twenty-five days without
solid food. A horse will live on water for,
that length Of time. Bears can live for si1l
months without food. They generally live
through the winter months by sucking
their paw. OF course, they have some food
on hand. and they slip out to get what
they can. but the main sustenance of the
bear is the accumulated flesh of the sum-,
mer. But am inclined to believe that thA;
snake can hold the record when II comet
to doing without food. / had an experiencki
few years ago which convinced me Of
this fact. I caught rattlesnake in my
henhouse in the southeastern part of Af.i
kansas. and happened to catch him SO thai
he could not get out. There was a goodG
sized rathole in the place, and he darte4t
hole so the snake could not get out and foE
tho purpose Of starving the reptile To-
death. I never thought any more about tho
snake until moro than eighteen months a8S
some repairs about the place: 1t waG
necessary to do some excavating. / waei
simply startled to find. short distance BEL
low the surface. the snake had sought t4i
starve to death. He was little lank anN3
was not very active, but he was still aIvef
felt sorry for the reptilian. and would no1S
kill him. allowing him to crawl away. since
that time I have been convinced that
snake could do without food for cons1e
cradle length Of dime. and the claim thu
they can 20 twenty-one months does noy
startle me ct all. for the snake in this III
.stance Lam sure never had q bite to- 80
during the TINA he was In the EetholA."
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OHIO.
Began It's Career In 1865.

Gen. Benjamin F. Potts of Carlton was
appointed provisional commander of Ohio
by Chief Benjamin F. Ste
phsnson In 1865. As early as May 0. 1886. Capt.
Henry e. Howe Of Toledo was detailed to
muster posts in the Toledo district. and q
little later. when Col. F. B. Hawkes. Joined
him in this work, many posts were mus
tered. An encampment had been called to
assemble at Columbus, January 80. 1867. to
organize the department So efficient had
been the work of Comrades Howe and
Hawkes., who were aids on the staff of the
commander-in-chief. that Department Com
mander Potts was able to report 1876 posts
mustered. and that many more would have
been organized had national headquarters
been able to furnish the necessary papers
The meeting at Columbus was large and
enthusiastic. One of the resolutions passed
then announced that the Grand Army OF
the Republic is not organized to make nomi-
nations for office; nor as mere secret COM
bination to forward the ambition of political
aspirants: but its purpose is to promote 10y
atty and to advance by all legitimate and