New York Clipper (Sep 1880)

THE! lSrDEj"\A7" O 1^ O L I lE^ September 18, 1880. ONLY A FLOWER. ■wmixtaa woa. TBM acw tou currtM, BT WILLIE CABTEB. Onlj allow Faded and onab^d* n>tMie*toneiaid.ineniorlt«ot dtT(of loocigo, AlaTliucTOiec > In4eathnowhn>h«d; [Aov. flbeplBckcd Itnaribateookletwben the limpid watcn AbUufUdRUD, A paulna da7, malUalalornallatamliia mreUUlwod'a diyi sone A liappT honr JS^r" Wedidptor , ri?h- the oreihaDBliijc puee where BimUDer wlnue oo Oolrellower Tnnlnv to doit, niavtthetedlesi iunriceDtleBBiti>tr<«Il'tome— A pndons vitt Of loreindtnut: . .Jl^- ne nttle maid who jacked U now la aleeplas 'nnth tba Thoe boon of Jo7 Cut lionet. • 'Bcrdimpled dim aail enidao tiew aa abe gare thia token! Tboae TO«a of lore DBrelngier, ibminn Jitti^aMt^irVWUh ttila ipoBieDto wwa that harit bevn THETMGEDTINTHERUE BOURSAULT: A MnmT WHICH PARIS DEnCTlVES NEVER " tOlVED. - TOK THE ^TW TORS CUrm, BTXICBOLAS yJLES. . nia wt8 wbat PBTia awoKe to on a certain Son 4l8j moralnir, ezprcBSliig passing wonder as It tlppta Its coflfee: ' Anmnler. In tbat by ItseUtherc was nothlDfrto paitlenlarl/ ezdte tbe pnlse of the great capluL a murder moat myFterlons—a doable marder— and <me cftlie victims a pTett7 woman, over wbom lalftlie town liad gone mad. Tliese were pnnsent eoneamilanls to a plain eveiyKLiy dlsli of crime. ■But more than this—the marder of BOle. Elolse car Tied wltli It, besides mysterr. and perhaps he-e and llieie a little sincere nlei; widespread and polgn. antdtaappolntment. Mow.dlsappointmentisEome tUng wnfch the Parisian cannot bear liair so nn -concernedly as be docs mystety, or a teatb parr go lAIIosoplilcally aa be does grlet For two weeks back a compllmentarr l>enellthad befn annoonced at the Bippotheon Pahseone, ten dered presumably by ball the nolrillty of'Pi tbe snbllmely Iieantitkil creature whom the .tiUIs dCFarlbed as the l>elle of America and tbe qaeen of tbe arena. Whether tbe noble i^ntlemen whose names appealed to the common masses on gaadyposteiB had anytblsgto do with tbeaHair may be donbted. Bat this mnch was trne: Evety alanttbe Rlppotheon was packed to snlTocatlon -with crowds eaeer to see the beantllol Elolse; for a month pa.^t she bad Iteen tb^ talk of tbe town; fin- a fortnleht Elolse was discussed l>etween every change of iush In the cafes and every beat trotted at VIncennes. The staringbelleaor the demi-monde maligned her, while the Ibvored denizens of the St. Gcrmalne quarter spoke spitefuJIy of her—if they 'Were women. She had grown to such honor as Hut. and s^ie was only a circus-rider! Not to kEow her. and not to have paid at least twenty- 'flre Itancs for a card to her beneflt. was to confess one's celf ont of the ton. And now tills Insiclnatlng belmt; wbo had become the Idol of PailE for a day. .'Iiad hmd thesboekliislr bad las^e ti l>e mardereo on the very nlitlit preceding tbe Important even', of her compUmentatT beneau Bo eager was eretybody for news of tbe aliair that the modest bouse In the Rue Boursault, -where ilie fair equestrienne had taken apartments, was BoiTonnded with an excited crowd, who de- .Tonred and enlanced npon and doubly digested every morsel ol Information dropped by tbe police or neighbors. Tbrougbout tbe whole of Sunday thbi crowd lingered In tbe neighborhood, now 'dwlndUng to a handlbl, now swelling to a turbn- lent mnldtnde. On erery band were ezprefBlons of deepest regret over the tragedy, and threats jtfBlnat the wretch wbo had committed the deed. wlio was tliat wretch r The keenest of tbe Parisian detectives never fbmd a solution to that blood-stained enigma. And yet the truth was plain and simple, as truth always in. mie. Elolse conid certainly lay claim to tbe roy- alty of tbe eawilnst circle, and as certainly sbe was s twne of America—whether tne belle of that 'Vast eoontiy tbe writer will not ppesame to assert. .But ahe was a wonderlbl rider, and she was a wondertnUy pretty womaiL The great bit she made la PaMa might have tnmed her bead but fur tw o th ings. First, the was no Bieenllncr, but a - niatine woman of thirty, who bad won triumphs in h a art before some of her beardless admirers, aino i ig impetnona young Paris, were t>om; second, ■S^'S?.*^'"''^ by her father, whose devotion to tia Cbfld was almost pathetic in ita intensity. WliatBver toigotteo or buried passions may have Imnied at some earlier day in the bosom of Elolse Balding, the mlihty wealth of her love was now aacied to ber lather alnne. Naturally, her striking . teanty. her taste for pleasure, her rather romantic imtnR.and her vocation in lifemnst have led to • great many love-eplsodes In the post: but as eraj hot-headed youth wbo wasted a hundred ftancs on Howers to send her. and every bald and pbwdeied old roue who lavished the price of a din- ner M the Cafe Paris nppn her, came in good time to know, no passion tor pleasure could make the Iwaotlflii American ever forget the simple mles of . slitua whl gt s he had early learned, and always 'ibUomd. Dorlnir her brlllixuit Paris cmntgement, ■ ana «t tteTer yhoar of her death, she roiirhthave counted luven by the score; bntsbe chose to live for Iieraitandtaeriather. Wlthbertherldingofahorae teas art. It was not met« ability of body, or the titiBliigef the miiscIe8,or the trick of maintain- ing eqnlUbrlani. It was not the euu which prac- flee alone may confer. It was never coatse, never tame or common. Sbe did what you have Eu*en other women do ever since you began i^inic to the elreua. Shedearedthebanneta and dashed throuuh fflia paper-covered balloons, and hniled her body -Uuungn a dmm the clrcumlteience of which wan bounded wltli glistening knives. In tb»re« « - ' i the ftata were common-amusn,' one no woman Tever jdld them like Mile. Elolse. Sbe was, to all -"SanestrlenBes that have been or shall be, what an tty Is to a cbromo. - "Wbo murdered Une.EIoiset Jkt the end of twenty-four bouTB the poUce had -nosaessed themselves of these facts: Shortly before nldnlabt of Saturday, the tenants of tbe house in the Bne Bonraaalt were startled by a sbrtek wblcb came Irom tbe apartments of Mtle. Elolse. These aoaitments were on tbe ttilrd floor, and consisted Afftnr connecting rooms. The fltst»ironang.tbe -Sims Boursault, was a drawlns-room; the nest, lUhted bila dde-window, was smaller, and was ^Sedas adlning-toom; the third wa.s Mile. Elolse's ideeDlng-apartment; and the lOtuth, which con- .-talned a bath-tub, served temporarily as a bed .^omfor tne mther. Except tbe last, these rooms woe In a line, lighted by windows at the (font and Tear of the house, and connected one wlfi an- --^Ser by double sUding-doors. M. Harding's . eenliia4partment, which was also the bath-room, Sdontoflie drawloK-room at right angles to the iTrfn Bulte. Mne. Elolse and her Ikther haden- taumtl these pleasant and luxuriously farnlshed SSim Sir no toed period, their sojourn In Parts ■ Sebifc In part, continent lywn the daughter s pro- SSraal success. At the time of the tragedy they iiaA occupied the rooms for somewhat more than a - and mie. Elolse bad been persuaded to her enoagement six weeks be.vond the 1 limit. Although both the father and - 4^bter spoke French tairly. they received very ' ftv vlaltorB, except now and then membera of tbe ' 'Hlvootheon company. Tbe concierge recalled that on that dreadlbl Saturday night a young man, ° wlio had two or three times visited the Hard- -Jan befcre, and who was plainly a foreigner —BBparently an American—rang the bell, and was mown to MUe. Elo:ae'« apartments. He was not known to have sone out durlnir the evening: 'liatltwaapIaln,to the mind of the coicierge at ~ that he must have made his exit In some BOT, since, when the other occupants of the i rushed In to the nardlns apartments in re- J* to tbe plerclna shriek, nothing was to l)e ' Snndof the visitor. Except tbe concierge, nobody 'ted seen this mysterious caller. He was not a iwmber of the Hlppotheon company. He bad left - no card, either on the night of the tragedy or upon Hm oeeasloii of Us prevlons visits. If, ae the con- 'dem BtooUy declared, he was a foreigner and an jjoerlean. It seemed odd that with the minute de- .seilpilan fhmlshed them the police were unable -to atreai any tiody whom the concierge could Iden- 'tUSr aa the man. Accoidlng to the concierge's fltoiy. which he repeated over and over again, -winunt a change In the smallest detail, tbe mys- ' -tcTlotui visitor, wbo was described as a young man, -taU and slender, with a pala lace, iigbt-blne ey&«. always shielded by spectacles, a thin moustache, ~andnie peculiar giowth of beard which the cari- ' calm lata invariably append to TTnde Jonathan's ' I lilii thin young man came to the house about Bine o'clock In the evening; be was shown to Mile. Bolse'a drawing-room, where both that lady and her fbtlier were seated (the equestrienne iieing re- lieved ITom appearing In the arena tliat night, on ■ aeeoont of the grand event ol the morrowX and wlwre. as tbe concierge saw, he was greeted most corded that grave conaideratlon which any utter- ance of yoniB de-ervea." ' Alexander HanUng, althougb reared to the pro- tfes4on In which Bis daontiter had won each sut>- stantlal triumph, had retired from the Tinir ibliy twenty years before. He had amas^eda competence which enabled him to devote thedecflnlngyearsof bis life to experimental ch:mlsiry. fsr which be had developed an absorbing passion. It was in pursuit of bis favorite occupation thit some years before. wbDe llvlnc In Kew York, be had become aamalnted with Joseph Ctark, a young analytical chemist. Between tbe two a strong ffiendship. which bad come also to be shared b.v Elolse. had zrownnp. Tonng Clark had anerwirdsrt moved to Par'a, the better to prosecute his studies; and he had been a resident of tbe city a rear or more when tbe American equestrienne came to fumu her engagement at the Hippotheoo. Of course, the Intimacy between Harding and Clark was re- newel on this occa.<!lon: and while the concierge was right in declaring that the forelimer bad vislt- i:dthe bouse only three or four ilmes,conIil he liave known tbe whereabouts of Mile. EIolsvs father be would have been able to testily to the Ikct that the latter had Epent two-thirds of his time .since bis arrival In Paris with tbe mye- terioag "Jogle." . . For an honr alter his arrival, that Saturday even- ing, tbe conversation turned chieflv on the subject of tbe morrow's beoeHt. Then it took the drilt which tbe fair equestrienne had predicted—it be- gin to savor of chlorides and sulphates. The two enthusiasts bad reached the topic of absorbing in- terest to thsm. and with a pretty pout Elolse with- drew to her own apartment. , _ '■Have von made any progress," Inquired Clarit, 'in your poiasslnm-cvaulde Investldatlons?" 'Thave Indeed," aix^ered tbe old man proud- ly. "I believe I am on the track to the dlscoveiy of a new elemenL Step into my den. here—I want to «bow yon what steps I have already taken." Alexander Harding led his friend into the bath-, room, where be had ntted up a sort of lemporaiy laboratory. There. lost to all else but the fasclna^ tlon of science, tbe two men remained until Inter- mpted by tbe voice of Elolse., .. ,. ... •'Are you conscious of tbe lacf," she said, with mock giavtrr. '-that you have wasted more than two hoars over yoar wretched drugs, and that It Is now nearly mldnlahtt" _.,„„ "PosElblel" exclaimed her father apologetically, "now time lllosi Ton see, my dear. I was Just e.v- plalolng to -Josle" that in preparing c.vanoRen, the old-lhsbloned way of heating mercnry cyan- ide " "Hvdearest father," interrupted Elolse, "what In the world do yon suppose I care alrant the thsbloDS of maldng cyanogen? Yon huve had enough of that for one night. I am sure- Kow come out to the little lunch I have prepared, and then send this chemical Joseph to his home, for I need sleep to prepare for to-morrow." Elolse passed on to the dining-room, while ner father and friend waited to wash their bands, which the handling of chemical compounds made auecessaryproce.'is. Clark, llBlsblnir rtrst, followed Elolse to the dtnlnz-roora. Alc-xader Harding started a moment later: but remembering that he bad forgotten to show his friend a cerinin liquid turned back and looked abont for a cap or glass. Nothing was at bsnd except a wine-Klass. one of a set which stood In tho drawing-room. Into this elass be poured perhaps a spoonlnl of a claret- colored liquid contained In a large bottle. lie took this to the drawing-room, where, thinking it tiesc to wsit antll the Innchcon was eaten, he placed it on the mantel-shelf. Then he Joined his daagh- teraofl fraeHt. rdiI for the next half honr the sub- ject of chemistry was forgotten over a dainty little snpper. wblcb the qneen of the arena never retired eating without. Altbonch Mile. Elolre drank sparingly of wine herselC she provlde<l It liberally for others. One of her noble admirers bad sent ber the day before half a dozen bottles of royal Amontillado—a wine to win any woman's love. She had poured some of this Into the cut-glass decanter t>eIonirinic to the set in the dining-room. 'Without announcing her Eurpnse. she suddetUy ro'^e ft'om the table, went ito the front apartment, and in a moment return- ed with tbe decanter and three classes. To mace ap the three, she had seired the one standing on tbe mantel. Her father wns conveiaing earnestly with his guest, and scsrcely noticed his daughter's movements. She Ulled the three classes with the royal wine, reserving to herself the one that bad been found on the mantel. "Kow," she cried enylv. "it is time for us all to !%ek onr beds, and. though .von don't deserve it, I have brought out this superb sheny. In which to drink a good-night toast and success to the mor- row!" The btherand IVIend, ImllntlniT the example of the tklr hoKtess, arose to their feet-, and tossed olT the age-mellowed Amonrlliado. But the next In- stant EHolse nartllngsank Into her chair, hertican- tUUl fhce grown strangely pallid. Her father's eyes were npon her. A horrible suspicion flashed across his mind. He rnsbed Into the drawlnir- room, bis dansbterdrogalng herself after hini, and tbe astonished chemist following Instinctively. "Where is the gla.s.st" cried the father, frandc- all.v pointing towards the mantel. •'I—took—it gisped tbe Caucbter In a husky voice. "And—I—diank—tbe—Amontillado—from "Great God. it was poison l" Tbegriefof a lifetime was condensed into these words. The old man tumetl appeallngly to the younir chemist, and wliispered: Cyanbydricacld-1 have mnrdered herl" Whether these words were heard by the eqnes- irienoe or not will never be known; ont, as if in resro3se to them, she uttered a long, piercing shnek, and fell prostrate on the sola. Ttiat shriek seemed to electrify the horror-stricken father. Over the batb-tnb was a deep cupboard, reachiog under the stairs which led to the storr above. In this, Harding had placed many odd Dottles, Jars and chemicals dnrinc bis month's occupancy of the quarters. He rushed to this closet now to find a possible antidote to the deadly poison. In the ter- rible excitement of that moment, reaching np. as lie was obliged to. and unable to see objects In the fruit exhaled a deUeate aroma and J'elj£j ^ the msteadellllouBphysical and ment^fteShment^ SmiSsS MM in that a^red Paradise. Ce- iSflitSMBinle, are Blowto wrath; bat Udssng- ^TS; whuVixcltlng much »".SK??2MPd^<5: cent cause toeieot at the same tl™e created a 01- o^lSlSl which JMOltrt jdtlmatev >i> tbe transfer of the tree, under ,<»»S^„iiI!^l to the mundane Eden. The .melancholy sequew^^ of that transfer you are lamlllar with; hut ttongh, Ukethe TeSptef hlmsell, shorn of inost oHts oiflg tnal virtue, tiere stui remains much and strengthen body and aonl In a tnUy-ripened SeckeiPear." . ^ ,,__,„„ the "TrulT " said Cue, wliose thoughts dnrliig tne narrauon bad strayed Dack to a aee;^ shady Tnlpohocken in which he had »«enone <» the two actore-'tmly there can be few things in nature more pleasing or more d^clous." _ Sclplo the Silent returned the eqnany quiet wheelers to their respective owner?, who rraamed their race bomeward under the deeper shadow of the Township Line, doing its two miles of smooth ma- cadamized snrlace with an ease and veloci» wljleh wooldhave dazed leiBs practn»d »»^«"»™- ??S weird voices of the night floated unnoticed around them tmtu, flushed and panting Crom their noble exerdse they paused npoD the verge Of Venango tai«8L Suddenly from the foliage overhead came the deep baiss of the ever-iterated accusation: "Katy-dldl" And from an opposite tree the Shrill denial: "Katydldn'tr' ^ v - "Doc" said ana. "didst ever here the why and wberefore these unhappy cicadlans are thus com- pelled to aconstantrepetiaonofthesetwowordst" ^Ifever," repUed Doc "But prtweed: tbe blue cloth of the late W. Irving rests as Ihirly upon yoar sbonlders as If old Charley Watson bad mode It to your own otderH' The handsome fhce of Gns flushed as he bowed in recognition of the implied compliment, and, moving at a slower gaic and keeping their steeds well In tiand, he essayed tbe following LEGEND OF THE KATY-DID: '-In prehistoric tiroes, when tbe good people in- terfered more than they now do in mortal aoalrs, and administered poetic justice after their own fashion. It chanced that two denizens of Arcadia met and were about to indulge in a 'horn' of the popular beverage of tbe day, when a tlilnl party stepped up, and, familiarly clapping one of the twain upon the back, said: " -Bob.- tell us abont that little aflhlr. What was ItKaty dldt' " 'Ea^ didn't I' exclaimed No. 2. who bad rea- sons of bis own for fastening the odium of the un- known act upon another female, turnimr fiercely upon the intruder, and setting bis unquaflbd 'born' npon a stump—the primitive bar of tbe period. " 'Katy did I' roared Bob, dropping his natasted mug on the sand. " -Katy didn't, I tell you !> emphasized the other, who hated contradiction. " 'Katy did I' " 'Katy didn't!' "And so on for a long time, until the friend whose question started the dispute became dlsgnsted with the meaningless repetition and left, summon- ing TItania, who, knowing the entire innocence of both girls, changed the noisy disputants Into the iosccis you now hear, condomninc them to the continued utterance of these two words until tbe coming woman sliall tell what it really was that 'Katydid i'" "Ahem 1" said the doctor. "By-the-way, Gus, I saw that little by-play this evening between you and my sweet coz. Tell me, did she give you a t^- vorable answer f<> "Katie did I" bla.shea Gas, and the two piends wheeled their ways up tbe broad craveied walks that led to their respective mansions. PhUadelphia, October, 1870. Iota. CUPPER SONGS: OF THE PEOPI.K, BT THE PEOPUB, AMD FOR THE PEOPI^E." Sh«U We Ever Meet Again f WarrTEx bv Harrv 3. Barccnt, iin> Rkspxctpvllt DEDICAT£D to CBRia. J BDROBR. Silr'rr mooobeama aofUy Rleamlng Id tbe cold aad aileot nlabt, Throtiffb mj cottage-wlDdoT atreamloff, MakTop home forever brUbt; Other daj-»tbey brur before me, Aa tbe Bhadowa jtently ivane. And a thouRbt eomaa hpT'ring o'er me—' tiball we ever meet a^taloT CAoriM.—Sball I meet jon, dtrllDR, meet yon, Aa tb« aliaanwa quickly wane? Oft I wonder ir I'll irreei run— Shall we ever meet agalnr Golden lanbeam a gently playing 'Mid tbr flow'ra tin tho Ica. Welcomed by the chUdren maylnc lo tbe month of flower and bee; Oit I've watched the Oowery Summer Spe«d away o'er bill and pinlo, tJxb'rlDZ In her wlntiy comer— Sball we ever meet anln! dark recess, he crasped the bntt of an old revolver, the muzzle of which wasjusLaB.frUspon'WtpIodear' tfS'«fig9?A?ri)4cfc^o~'th6 drawing-room, and fell dead where they found bini. . ^ , ,. , ^ Meantime, tbe horrlflcd chemist had rushed front the apartment, down the deserted stairways, ana Into the street in search of a physician. The time Swecn the death-shriek of Elolse Harding and the olstol-shot which ended her father's life was a period of not more than one minute; the time con- sumed by the visitor In rushing down the two fllKhts of stairs and ont of the bouse was a pertfhl of not more than baU a minute. Had the con- clerce not been In the basement when the shriek re- sonndctl through the house, or bad ajre not added so much flesh to hU figure, he might have met the chemist in his flight. As it was, he missed bim by probably a quarter of o minute. The door ajar was the only indlcotion that anyone hod passed ont or the orttwing-room. Joseph Clark was eil- tlrely unacquainted with that section of Paris in which is the Rue Bonrsanlt, but he was not en- tirely unacquainted with the system of tracking criine putsned by the Paris police. It was mld- nlRbt and after fifteen minutes of fruitless search for a'doctor the chemist returned to the house in the Rue Bonrsanlt. That brief interval had snf- flced to awaken the nelghtiors and t>ring the police to the spot. A crowd was already collected In the street outside. Physicians summoned by other messenpers bad arrived, and pronounced both UUe. Elolse and ber Cilber dead. What was the wisest couise for the young American to pursue? Would the Parts detectives believe the truth on his unsupported wonl ? If be told hU story. It was plain that be would become Identl- fled with tbe crime, if not accused of its perpetra- tloiL He conId do his friends no good. He might himself t>ecome the victim of too acute detective sagacity. Whatever he ought to have done—what- ever von would have done under similar clrcum- etances—this is what Joseph Clark did: His ap- K^amnce in the crowd had attracted no attenliou, e withdrew qnletly. went to his modest apart- ments In the American quancr, spent the rest of the night in packing up his few eirects. and left Paris i>v an early morning-train. He has nevet visited the French capital since. He has never con- fided the secret of the Harding tragedy before. He docs it now in the IwUef that people will not Judze unchsrilably ilie course pursued that night In Paris by the writer of this narrative-who Is none other than tne spectacled chemist Joseph Clark. Bkt«, tlie Btmid or tlie Bf III. soNo Ain> CBonus. Words nr Ckaruy Rcsskll. Mcbiu Bt Fnii. r. Kbil. Copprtght secured. I waa dream Ins laat niKbtoi tbe sweet lonj; aso. And waa Unjc'nDa aitaln, aa uf rore. By tbe lT7-gtown mill for ibe love tbat I know I can welcome nn earth nevermore; There I waited at ova tui tbe aua'a dylna beam Ullmraer'd low o'er tbe ahadowy bul. And was bappy again, for I a4w In mj dream •I jj<rilOK Ebiie, the maid ol tbe mill. CHOTV*. Tea, I dreamed of my Eiile, the dear one that died. And I cberlab aweet memories etiU or tbe daya I waa bappy with her by my aids. Darling Blale. the maid of ttie mUL And I dreamed tbat we winder'd aoalo, ai of old, : -Ttirouah the slen where the violets grew; And I klaa'd her awaet Ilpa, and tbe old Atorr told, iVhlle our heurta naoant bat happloeaa knew; And (hrf oft Summer-brcnes were aoswerlna low Tu ttie call ol the lone wblppoorwill, Aathey did when I roam'd m tbe dead lona-aao - With my Eiar, the maid ot the mill. C'Aona.—Yea, I'dreamed of njy Elale, BIRRT M.1XWXLL (of nav- ^aatoOona), ER DEAS'. What are yon gtrlne dance, and bronsbt Don't yon know vhat AND THE WASP. rBB 2tZW VOBK CLlPrER, i OWES O'CONNOR. Th4, T| t llatats npon the nowT rdoih diuui; a ev'fy ablninir honr, .ithawhlppoorwDI; p sweets, bat leavea iKblnd ICD, which renews r-yleld of flower-kind, iwithafterdewa Itbatllahta npon the Bow'r, f toesa to appaL ev'ry stilnlng htrar, leytnmato ^t; " aweet. nor leaves behind J, wbldi lenewi yield of flower-kind, with atierdewa. • a • • And Aini wasps or bees are toe- Tb^wd the gnodt Jo ooMnie IndostlT PoltBr alp, or food: Yea, tabe leU-aarae dewy low'r, WblBraa rue and lall. One alflft bonr y hoar by honr. The ^ dpi lue gab. the rest stopped, an' I wor blowln' away lek blazes, phln I Inked round an' saw Bin glarin' at me, an' the crowd tnmmeled till it, an' such an a laugh as they sot up, an' Bin wor madder nor a hornet, an' he kem forrcd an' tnk the wee bom from me on* fied 1 wor discharged; bnt 1 dident care mucli, so I wint till Ink np thon big woman that vrlnked at me, bud I coiient come on her. Boys, bud thon Cooney Island is the place for di- varsnln. Aa', as I had the band's cap an' coat on. troth, I wor threated till as mucn as I wanted, t>e rayson, d'ye see, that people consated I wor wan av the t>and-mln. An' we dldeut get home till amostmomln'. "Phere wor ye till this hour av the momin', me buckaloo t" sez Jane Ann tiU me phln I wlnt till me bed. ' None av yer bruzness," sez I. "Maybe I wor huntln' up the corpler, an," sez I, makln' believe I wor dhnink, "don't spake till me tbe night more, for." sez I, "be heavens! I have a razler in bed wuth me." • An' I swore Pd be the death av her av sbe anger- ed me. So she dident have oay more till say tui me at th on time. FOREIGN SHOW NEWS. McFOD el TO CONEY ISLAXD. ; OLD OPFEKDER. * Wen, I'mcol ony mortlal mo] don't take a cha I -wnU thry Dr. B UU dhrowned hli ont av the place 1 made it lively to: Costom-honse. K self UU her tiii ti ChrlB^ McAnnltj "Rise up, Carll an'IwuUgetye sez she. "I'm mnch oh] "bud I'm no at thi "Are ye not!" s "Ko,'' sez I. "I'] knew she wnd glvl wanted till ftecker "Phat'8 tbe lajr for Old je tell me ln» for, ye dlrthy b: too hard for ye, or as much Ilkker as y^i "Jane Aim," eez ofilce tbat I had. bni that I have more throublc nor rer tiad befoor, an' av things wuth me for the lietther soon tnan'aplan.an' hire some wan if fur me, aii' then olear meself avtbon woman avmlne haseot since I got thon place in the caution. I nnrer let on me- lext momin' afther me sceln' 1 sez she till me, sez sbe: an' go away till yer work, e'thln' nice till yer breakfast," play'in comparismii t "Ve're a liar," sez he, 1 D'ye think I'm so I Ian know that no mon tat'8 till,do such work as (koiil ■■Well, ye may twlpre I [ dide'nt let on till ye, I'm sure," sez I, lb ony more," sez L Ihe. It," a kind av sllff like, for I till me puny sthrong, an' ir air; bnd It wor no use. ele not?" sez she; "an' phac " e lies ye did the other even- e, y6 r I Bhnppoee It wor nt get a chance tiU get ed,''sez she. wor phat tliey call an ~ in' the hod wor only it," sez I. n' theimth's not in vc. Ignerent that I do'n't the Custom-house has ez she. or not," sez I, "the more I dide'nt let on meseltill ye, bud thon night phln I kem home I ttoughnx! heavens! tnat the spine av me backtrane wor Imln' ont, an' av yc've no more charity for jer hur " " " him till be canyin' plg-lro: woman, thon's aU I Cave til "An'pby bud ye found on wor tiefoor ye tuk on till it' bavin' me makln' me brags fibata floe slityashln ve * anphin' shklt av meself" "Phy," sez I, "I consated t] klndav Onstom-IioaBe offl for till ink over tbe passe;.. kem from the onid couatbi dident smupBle onythlng-l on It." sez I, "an' wallun' betune times," sez L "Oh, aye; thon wnd shult as !<hultable for thon Eind av wnd," sez she. "Or," sez I, "I wor sure thi some kind of a sbuperintendei -'A shnperintenderl" sez shI deed. YewuUtake nothin', Ibhoppose, wuibout ye gets till tw tbe 'Head BeeUefln It," sez she. ■" "—■■ * 1 nagur slave, ony- Iv haVin' it till say ,nd than for till want e'rc a hard-henrted ly about It," sez I. ibat kinil av a Job it sez she, "an' not lie 11 the naUor weeinin now, an' makln' she. Itthere wor onlv wan In It, an' they wor baggage pliln the^ an* sec that the.v rutbout payln'jutv out the stbrect be- en; ye'd be about lob as our ould cut I wor goln' till t>e onyway," sez I. Cock ye up. In- ATHLETie. #:SOS»> AIO-EGED BIO THROW. Some time ago we received • certificate BinM by the four cbleftalnsof tbe Providence iR. l.\v!tSL donlan Club, guaranteeing the gcnnlneness oi nP£"?? o' I*- C- Rosa of a lajb-hammtr- 121ft. Sin. They suted that the mIssUe. haadu 1 and fill, weighed isih. On Aug. M. Ross u5»» AMERICAN ATHUETIC CI^CB. The third anaual Fall games of this club were held on the grounds of the Mantiattan A. a, this t'^i ^e"re"tnfB^e%«1S.S^'^^"hlM: Jhe ««e hammej^^^^^^ tions to willingly endure the discomfort attendant S! » h^W^i^Sicht mwpZ'^I?^!!^, sSc«^ht'raM r^J^s&S^L^E^^^^ Well, I wuU not work like way," sez I, "just for the sake that I have an office," sez I. "Well," sez she, "av ye're dqn'nothin'else, .vc wull Jnst come away wuth me dl the dentist's till I get this ould peg av a tooth lulled out, for I've had no peace wuth it for a ween' sez she. "I wor consated ye had nothin bud shop-teeth," sez I. "Did I not get a set IbrWe not very long agot" sez I. T ."Well, I've a fciv av me own-yei." sez she, "an' I wueh they wor all ont." sez she. "An' phy bud ye go ycrseUf" set I. "Sure, I can do ye no gude," sez I. \ "No more ye can," sez she; *l>nd ye can be a kind av protacshin till me, for I vnnt ull take tbe gas." sez she. ' "Yes; ye wont to take In a shupply," fez I, "for ye've iicen workin' It off party sthrong for tho lasht hour," sez I. "Give me none av your lup," sez she, "bnd get yerself ready an' come away wuth me," sez she. "Bud phat has talcln' gus UI} do wuth me goin' wuth yer" sez I. "Phy. did ye nuver hear av dentists tbat tam- p2red wuth weemin phln they wipronsensible afther tukin' the gas ?" sez she. "Troth," eez I. "the dcntlst/that wud tamper wnth ye. as ye call it, wud have the quare gall," sez I; "that's all I have till say, Jiane Ann," sez I. "Av ye make light av mel wolUie yer head open wnth the poker," sez she. | "Hould yer hand," sez I, "an' eoane away, on' av ye want me for till be the proctacter of variue an' innocence," sez I, "I'm wnth yol Away, an' put on ye," sez L So we got ready an' wlnt DRAltUTIC. "SATTSPAcnoN," an original comedietta by Cun- ningham Bridgman, was first performed Ang. 20 at the New Theatre Royal, Bristol, Eng., for the beneflt of Miss Emily Cross. The plot of the little piece is laid npon a day immeiliatelv subsequent to Monmouth's rebellion, and the charactera are of course dressed in the picturesque costumes of the Iiertod. An elderly and pacific conntry magistrate, one Sir Lionel Lamb, is blessed with tbe pos.session of a young and vety charming wife, and ot>serving the marked attentions she receives from a stranger, Wilfred Hazeldean, he becomes so enraged as to forget bis usually peacethi disposition and bis position as an administrator of the law, and by the hand of a tielllcose turonet. Sir Hugh Catling, sends his dreaded rival a challenge. The mcetlns Is to take place at the Old Oak in DolGfnl Dell, a spot, by the way, which the scenic-artist. M. H. Barraud, has succeeded in making anything but repulsive, and upon the rise or the curtain we witness the arrival of the Jealous magistrate and bis fire-eating second. Sir Lionel makes it pretty evident that he bos hut little stomach for the fTav. which fact la not to be won- dered at when he explains that be has never worn a npler in bis life save to a levee, whilst he is awaitlnic the arrival of his antagonist, Wilfred's wife. Gertrude, appears upon the scene. Sbe. hav- ing fbund the challenge, has taken the wise' pre caution to lock her hust>and in the bouse, and herself keeps the appointment with tbe hope of settllLg mutters In a more amicable manner. Sir Lionel makes desperate love to the preuy Ger- trude. Ignorant of her identltv, and In the course of •ooversatlon discloses to her the object of his early visit to the rastlc spot. She indlmantly repudi- ates the idea tbat ber husband is dlslovnl, and Sir Lionel, enraged at the discovery of who the fair lady really Is, rashes off. Gerirude now perceives her husband approaching, together with a lady, who Is no other than Alice, Sir Lionel's wile. HIdine behind theold oak, she wituessesihclr dem- onstrations of mutual afrectlon. nnd, caUinir Sir Lionel once more on the scene, she taxes Wilfred and Alice with their intrignc. At this moment a body of soldlera approaches with the object of ar- resting a rebel named Frank Lester, who Is quickly recognized In the peraon of Wilfred Ilazeldcan. The secret is then revealed, Lie once rebel being Alice's brother, for whom Sir Lionel hue already obtained the rojal pardon. ADVICES FROM LoNi>ON, ENG., to .Vng. 28, Inform us that the week closlnson tbat date hail passed without novelty of any sort at any of the metro- politan theatres, while there had been very little variation In the programmes. The last nights of "A Bridal Tour" were announced nt the Haymar- ket. The revived drama of '-The Mold of Crolessy" had remained the^irelade to -Forbidden Fruit" at the Adelphl. "High Lite Below Stulr-S'' and the burlesque of "Young Rip Van Winkle" had been Blayed for the last times at the Gaiety, Mr. and [rs. W. J. Florence appearing Aug. 30 In "The Mighty Dollar." The last nights of the season were announced at tho Olympic, where the Irish drama ol -The Eviction" had been repeated. The Strand Theatre closed 28 lor repairs, and the long mn of "Madame Favart" came to a tormiim- tlon. having been repeated fi02 consecutive times. The Vaudeville also closed for a short recess, to re- open Sept. a. "The I'lratcs of renzancc" retained Its position at the up.;re Conilqiie. A new ballet called "The Alplue Brieands" was added on Mon- day night to tlie attractions of the Alhambro. "Drinic" at Sadler's wells wns to he superseded by "Jo," with Miss Jennlo Lec in bcr famous imper- sonation. "Amy Rot>san" had been represented at the I'ark. "Rip Van Winkle" was played on Wednesday night at the Surrey lor the Iwneflt of J. H. Doyiie, suge-inanuiter, in conjunction with the last tno acts of '-The TiuKCt-oMeave Man." At the Standard "Tbe Danltes" was drawing good houses. "Under the Stars" had been transferred to the Pavilion with "The Life of an Actress." At the Marvlclon: had been produced Mr. Dodson's Ui^iernlan drama culled "Deoch an' Dur'uss, or the Parting Glass." THE Late Miss Xeilson.— Concerning the cause of the death of this gifted actress a physician who attended her for years writes aa follows to The LOTUton Era: ;rtni n den this I'll call no dlOcrony ahe wanted xo you nils" 'Why, wbat'a the mi to dot" 'We've come down hi tbe nddle, too." 'Clear out ut bere. yon Tnat aUer^lue o'clock to-nlRbt all dorks mast be in bed." ••Uncle Cssar, won't jou dance f-r met Yon know >ou aald you would." . , ,. „ "Lord blesayon, Miaiiy Addle, I only wl»b I could." "Why, papa aent me down hero to leo you dance and '•V«a,"'iSupUy the fiddle; 'Pop,' now yon Jump ont and •wlnic ' 'llhat veif month, von taacal. and let your ml«y talk; For, It you can't behave youradf, wby, you b« up and walk." "Well, maaaa smit her down with me, and dance lor her yOD ihoDlA^ 'Lord bleaa yoa, JCIisy Addle. I only wish I coold. 'Tbar was a time, lUn Addie, when I conid dance and sing, " ■ ^ ^ ... , And Oicn waant ne'er-a. darky on the place conid cnt a wio)t: >, v , , ^ lij poor old wife woold pat for me 'lore tbe Lord for her But tunrfMrVErowed ao f^bl^and my body's olil and So. Pomp, you banj; that addle np, and ffo and chop that wood~ Lord bleaa yon, Mlaay Addle, I only wigh I conid." THE BOOTBLACK AS A TRAVELER. allh me BICYCUI. AR KOTINGSa "THE BOG" AND "GUS" EVOLVE A BRACE OF LEBENDS. WaiTTEN FOR THB XBW TOBK CLIPPER. "Gus." said the Doctor, as the two friends wheel ed their steeds homeward after tbe moonlight tour- ney described in a former paper, "do you believe it ts<>s ad apple »" "An applet" responded Gus, who was Just lapsing Into a very pleasing reverie; "to wbot porticumr pippin do you aliuUet" "I mean," said bis companion, *• •Tlie fruit 01 that forbidden tree whoiie mortal taate brought Death into tbe world «nri aU our wne.' ' 'Kever Iiad an opinion on the subject but merely • " the fruit as the ont- _ owner ss&s«l ~a most matcriaf'appetite for apples,'' SMt't?i2efn?MMl'^u?jatfat;S'cra-t: 1 •^^i?'•'I?--Pr";Tn'2^°Ci1.*Slio1',' SSubntothethird-stoirquarterannUltbeplereing "°SL£Si i - - I5?'-''.°?J7. JL"?i?.'.5JJ2^? ahrtek already mentioned; tbe concierge was the KJ?5t2f?„. Ont to reach the apartmenta, he not having yet langned Btis, letbed; he luahed into the drawing-room, the door I A ofwUch, opening Into the halt was slightly ajar; he found the room brilliantly lighted, bringing into Jddeons distinctness the horrible sight that there ■waited him—the sight of IL Harding, lyliv dead OB the carpet, with the blood flowing in a stream Aom a .terrible bullet-wound in the leil temple, and jUt rigid figure of Wle. Elolse stretched on a satln- e uiei e d sofa. The shriek was that ot a woman. Oonld mie. Elotse have Iwen alive when the con- deioe started for the third floor, and dead when he leached the drawing-room—a period of certainly set more than three mlnuteat The pbyaiciaiui thought not; so did the poUce. Yet five minutes later, when a doctor arrived the equestrienne was tatOj dead. The physicians affirmed that it-was not Elolse's voice which had ntteied the shriek. Tin police laughed at the existence of any mys- terlooB caller by the name of Joaie. Bnt the con- doge then and ever alter stuck to his story. Host puEOlng of iUl to the average mind appeared the net that, althou^ the shriek of a woman's voice distinctly heard, no one In the house had keard the report of the pistol which must have discharged to produce the death of the lather. PazlB does not permit itself to be long amazed rer any one event. After the police had vainly Iinnted down ereiy possible cine without shed- ding a ray of light on ttie mystery, the crime pass- ed Into the category of tmlhthomed tragedies. In amomh everytx>dy had forgotten it. The queen of On Jardlne MabHle murdered her noble lover, aad that tamed the drift of public attention. mm the concierge solemtuy asserted ttiaton the sight of the tragedy In the house in the Rue Bonr- aalt a yoimic man called upon Hlle. Elolse, ho told -only Ihe truth. This young man, who answered vetBCtly the description given the police, was cor- dially icoeived as he entered the ainitmeuta of tbe JwialM egneattienne. •Ton ought to lie scolded, Jostz." exclaimed Btitae. extending both her hands to her vlslur, Hgr coming so latel You and papi will get to ^7 about Tour abomlnabte cnemlcals anir as yon always do, and I aha'n't be able to .awoid." yooBg man laughed good-naturedly, and help- MktanaeU to a seat with easy fem'iiaity. ''Well, mj queen of the sawdust circle. If I come lata, 7011 know I always stay late. To-night I shall have something to say to your lather abont onr , drugs, as you can them: but you may put ^^altthe words yon please, and they win be ae- very Just conclusion," responded onr young gtadnate; "but do you know I have evolved from tbe remote history of a structureless substance akin to protoplasm " "Oh, learned one I" interrupted Gns, "have you delved into tliat tniid-dle which—Inert and inor- ganic in Itself—is, as onr modern world-makera assure us, tbe parent of aU the lUe and activity es- istlng npon our planet!" The doctor's iron-horse shied, if we may use the expression, at this heretical siwech, bnt was quick- ly recovered by lis intrepid rider, who resumed: "Xo scofllng at the Ihcts of science, my boy. 1 thought the subject interesting enough to bestow npon it yeara of profonnd srady." "And the result—tne irult which tempted Eve?" "Was the 'Seckel Pear,'" solemnly responded the Huxley of the future. Goldsmith Uaid might have started with Gus as, with a ringing iangn, which was caught up and sent back bytheliUU) sheltering the distant Wissa- hlckon, he darted from bis companion; but the A Detroit bootblack who had strayed out to rontalc was on his return, having a seat In tbe car with a benevolent old man. Of course. Shiner put down the window us soon as be sat down. 'The wind blew in at the rate ol forty miles an hour, and the old man presently said: "Why do you keep the window down t" "Don't I want some way to Jump out 11 the cars mil into the rlverf" replied tbe boy. 'Then he stuok his head and sUouldcra ont, and the old man asked: Boy, why do yon lean out ol the window so larr' Don't I want to see if there ere any cattle on the track!" replied Shiner. ••Let me tell you a story," continued the man, aa he hauled tbe boy in. •There wns once a tray thirteen yeara old named Henry." 'Didn't they call blm Hankl" inquired the tMy. There was a'boy named Henry. One day he wok a Journey by rail to a city about twenty miles Irom tils home." 'Didn't beat the conductor ont of his fare, did he*" This boy bad t>cen warned," continued the old man, "not to open the window. An open window is dangerous on account ot the draughts, and many a person has t>een blinded by the fiying sparks and cinders." But be onened the winder, didn't he?" 'Yes. K-''bought he knew more than anyone else. Ko'.- .tlEfied with that, he put his beaduud shoulders out." 'Bound to see the country, wasn't bet" -The train sped onward," sighed the old man, •and by-and-bye it came-to a aignal-pusi. The boy was still leaning out, and aU of a sou " •■Hold on, old man!" Intermpted Shiner, as he wheeled around. •'I know what you are going to say. Yon are going to say that the hoy struck the post with his chin and knocked atraut three feet of the too off. and tore up half a mile of track, and ™ - —— .1^— V... T vantyou to ling to look _____ If this raU- roatT'company don't haul in ita posts, they must look out for spllntera P' Maid's best effort was ecUpsed by that mile run over the Chelton course to '-The Abbey." and she would have been counted ont by long odds. "Divest your theme of extraneous verbiage," said Gus. as the twain rested for a brief period on the cool moonUt poreb of 'ye ancient hostelry,' •and Instruct mc on a soon-to-awaken worid." Thus encouraged, our medico iKgan: TE LEGEM) OF YE SECKEL PEAR. "Ton protably were not present at the morning concert given in honor ol 'Little Greeney's' advent Into the planetary cirele, where she has since flguted with more or less credit to herscU; and on which occasion the wen-Known bnt generaUy mis- tmdeistood 'Music of the Spheres' was given for tlie flrat time on reconJ, amid shouts end applause, which only initiated Celestials know bow to give and how to appreciate. The new 'agsregatlon of atoms' was certainly a bright and sparkling object, as. with the tremulous motion of a novice, she was whirled by -Old Sor Into herappolntedorbit, aud the stellar sisterhood did quito rittht in itlvlng her a j^youa welcome. Bnt we have high anthority for It that even in those "upper ciroles' the discord-iov- Ing spirit tias an ablduig-place; and so It was that, as the glowing audience moved through the many mansions which crown with gtory the vast clrcnm- fterenca of Our Father's House, the Imp, on mis- chief I>ent, suicested that the newcomer IM dow- ered with a tree wuo!!e deep-Unfed Ibllage invited to thooghtfiil repose, and whose brown and raddy tlet on the Ftankford rwd, hlmr I forget lt>now, bud it way, an' we wlnt in an* she t a tooth pulled, an' «.h'e tliri , Ood help me.'.'.sez I.' "Nuver heed him," sezshe;'ytoVoln the ould tooth, for it's just pnUln' the iS^^x^iT me wuth pain.'' so she sat down in a lilg chaiV tjpbe got onto black bag an' put a kind av a iXJph Jans Ann's month. So afther a wee phlle^Kwor quiet, an' he just tuk the tooth out phlle yelMc sayiu' ■■Jack Robinson;" an' atthrr he bavin' itvut, phut dlz Jane Ann do bud sits up in tbe chain au' puts her urrnms around his neck an' gives nim a great smuibcr av a kiss. *\ Ah, corpler dear, wull ye never la^e me ?'' sez she. "Here," sez I till the dentist, "ye ould forni- cator ye, phut are yo doln'woin thon womuuf sez 1. I "It's only the eOhct uv the ga^" sez he. Just then June Ann kem till h rsclf. "Phere am 11" eez she. "Ye're wuth the corpler, m ybe," sez I, an' wor tearin' mad. •I consated I wor out in the ark at the camp," sez she. Oti, aye, I'll hould ye. ye did Did ye not know tbat yc kissed thon ould n m, ye shameless huzzy t" sez I. "Don't t>e so foolldge." sez st . ''How mnch for thon job?" sez she till tho denti t. '•Wuth the gas, wan dollar," ez he. "A dollar! I'hy, the lasht v in J had palled I only paid a quarter, an' the a n wor a hulf honr at it, an' he kem nigh hand-pidl 1' tbe head aff mc, too," sez she; "an' here I nuvei felt ye at all," sez she. "Maybe," sez I, "it's funy cei 3 he's chargin' ye rorklfsln'him,"8ezL ; "Dldlkissyer'sezsheilltb denUst. "Ye did, indeed," eez ke; '-kud I'm sure ye wudent av ye'd a been at eraelf," sez he. "No," sez she; "I conated yo wor some wan cIsCj*' sez she. "Woman I" sez I, "havi Pay the men. an' come aahamcd av meself tltfbi So She paid him an' w( "So it wor the corpler In', wor it t" eez I. "It wor only dbraminlwor," sez she. So I left her an' wlnt Iwn-towo. an' I wor that none demand more than a passing follows: Ort'-ntindr^f-^/ard ftandionp run—Firet heat: L. A. Stuart, En. A. C. (scratch), and F. Nichols. Am. C. (;vds.) walked over. Second heat: H. Welse. Union A. C.(6), I, m lOJfe.; W. H. Perrine. South Amiiov. N. J. U). by one yard; w. Kuster, S. A. A. C. (10). 3. Thini neat: W. W. (tenet, s. A. A. C. (.t). and J. B. White. M. A. C. (2), walked over. Fourth heat: W. H. Griflln. M. A. C. 16). 1. In 10sec.: W. T. Baird. Am. A. C. (7), z; R. Combes. Inwood A. C. (4). 3: C. O'Connor, S. A. A. C.(6), 4; R. Greig, M. Cr. C. i7). S. Filth heat: A. C. Conner, N. Y. A. (5). 1. lu iOJfscc; P. St. G. Dissell, M. A. C. (.-i). 2; W. E. Ilaralltou, .Vm. A. C. (S). 3. sixth heat: J. M. Tonng, M. A. C. (51.1, In lOJisec; B. H. Tobey, Br. A. C. (3'. 2: J. McKInnery. E.C. A C. (5)^3. Second round, flrst heat: Stnart 1. In lOKSCC.; Welse, 2, by one varrt: Nichols, 3. Second heat: White, 1, in lO'^scc; Perrine. 2, by one yard; Genet, 3. Third heat: urioen. 1. In lojisec: BIfs<^ll. 2, by one yard; Hnird.a. Founh heat: Young, 1, in lOijscc; Cooper and Tobev, dead heat for second place, one foot behind the winner. Final heat: Y'ounir. 1, in lovsec; Grlffen, 2, by afoot; Stnart, 3; White, 4. On*--mite fritiairan vratK —J. Cameron, Am. A. C. (SOsec), 1. in 1m. 18s.; A. J. Matthews, Ci. A. C. am. los.), 2, in 8m. ITS.; J. A Breslln, Am. A. C. Ourfi*r-7nfTf Tlxrdte Dnndlcnp. 10 hurdles, 2It. Sin. hish—Pint heat: W. W. Wallace, Am. A. C. (asyds.), I, in im. 3)js.; H. H. Moritz. S. a. a. c. (scratch). 2; H. M. Stone, Past. A. C. (20'. 3; J. F. Carroll. S. A. A. C. (20). 4. Second heat: J. J. Rellly, E. C. A. C. (15). and G. H. Cullnm. New York CItv (22). walked over. Final heat: Wallace, 1; Coilum. 2; Moritz, 3. Ko time taken. Tug-'if-ucnr. teams of fou^ each mon limited to 120ft, in nnlform, lOmln. time-ll'nlt —First pull: Olvmpic Athletic Club (B. P. Horib, T Thomas, A. McLean. E. Lockwood), 1. bv 18 inches: American Athletic Oluh (R. Stoll. C. Widmer, R- M. B.tlrd. H. Bishop). 2. Final pull: OKmpIc Atmeilc Club, 1, by 20 inches; Clinton Athletic Clnt> (E. A. Barry, j. BPSilngs, H. E. Pearce, W.J. Moore). 2. T'>re'-ttuniIreSrantT-'jre>it':-'mra rtin —Flrat beat: L. E. Mvers. M. A. C. 1, in SSJjs.; L. E. Goodwin. Am. A.C., 2, by 6 yards; J. -M. Vounir, M. A. C, 3; F. Nichols. Am. A. C 4. Second beat: L. A. Stuart, Kn. A. C. and O. R. Smith, Am. A.C.. walked over. Final heat: Myers, 1, In SSKS.; Stuan, 2, by 10 yards; Goodwin. 3. One-rrMe luintlcnp run—J. H. Gilford, I. A A. C. (scratch). 1, iu4m. 40KS.; J. -A. Mnnaban, S. A. A. C. (scratch). 2, by 4 vards.; J. E. S'lillvan. Past. A. C. (TO), 3: F. J. Graham, M. A. C. (40): W. New- brough. M. A. C. (CO); AV. A Barwick. CI. A. A. C. (60); F. Lanlrv. 1. A. A. C. (60): J. .T. Clark. LaC A. O. (60); C. Widmer, Am. A. C. (70); A. A. Morrison, Am. A. C. '70): !?. A. Miles. Clifton Albion Harriers (40); W. Rathbum. Sonth Ambo.v N. J., (95i; P. Strappe. Gram. A. C. (75): P. F. Ross. N. Y. City (80); and R. H. Cullum. N. Y'. CItv (SO), did not finish. Qiinrter-mtte mPdlfl/racf (IZOyds. hurdle-race. 5 hnnlles. 2fr. cm. hlijhj 200y<l?. walk, end laoyds. rnn)-Flrat licat: P. J. Mau<<, CI. A. C, 1. in Im. 219.; H. A. Cohen. M. A. C. 2. by 2 yards; J. A. Knnrr. Am. A. C. 3. Second heat: 0. Frank, E. C. A. C, 1, in im. 228.; E. J. Kieiy, E. c. a. c, 2, by 4 yards. Tbird ticat: F. Lane. E. C. A. C. 1. in im. SlVfB.; C. E. Roireni. Br. A. C, 2; C. H. CuHum, N. Y. City. a. Final heat: Lane. 1, in Im. 14Jis; Frank. 2: Cohen, 3: .Mans, 4; Rogeta, 6. fIa'/-miU> hanairap run—Firet heat: E. P. Baird, Am. A. C. (55 vnrds), 1, In 2m. 10«s.; W. R. Payn- ter. Am. A. C. (40), 2: E. J. Flnerty. Baltic A. C. (30), 3; H. Fredericks. N. Y. City (.-scratch). 4; B. Stoll, Am. A. C. (S), 0; G. H. Cullum. K. Y. City (24), 0: R. Berrv, S. A. A C. of J. C. (30). 0; C. L. Smith, Am. A. C."i45). 0. Second heat: E. McCaffrey. S. A. A.C. of J. C. (.")). 1. In 2m. 14s.; T. Hnrgen. M. A. C. (50), J. K. Burton, Am. A. C. (30). 3; W. A. B,-\rwlck, CI. A. C. (30). 4: W. H. Cnpes. Am- A. C. (35), 0; R. E. Wright, N. Y. CItv (40). 0; J, Johnson. M. A. A C.(.">0). 0. Final beat: McCaffrey. 1, in 2m. 4}fs.; Finortv, 2. by 6 vards; Bslrd. 3: Haigen.O; Barton, 0; Barwick. 0; Paynter. o: Fredericks, 0. Ttiree-mV xrn)K, lor those who had never beaten ?4mln.—F. P. Murray, Br. A. C. 1. no time taken; J. H. Hocklns. E. C. A. C. 2: J. Cameron, Am. A. o.. 3: D. Leiiane. Pa.sl. A. C. aud J. H. Hauan, Am. A. C, didn't flnlBh. J. B. Chirk. E. C. A. C came in first, hut. ns It wa8 shown that he had'prevtouriy walked the distance inside or 24m., he wns tuaqnal- ined. was weigh I2lb, and tnat the inlssle did not that, although the handle ^e no shame about to t ray out av tbls, for I'm eeu wuth ye." fern out. consated ye wor kiss- the top oil, ana tore up nau amiieoi was put in State Jirtson for life: but I wax underatand tiiat rm no snnflsh I I'm golni out of this window all 1 want to; and If 1 Crixel Sliow Teople. A Bood story is going the ronnds abont Zulla, the lady wire-walker of Forepaugh's Circus, and Humane-agent Wlghtman of Cleveland, O. Zulla was advertised to periorm. among other perUous feats that ot walking'bllndfolded across ue high- wire with her infant child in ber arms. Thinking that his duty caUed upon him to interfere in such a ease Wigntinan la said to have laid his plans and waited as Impatiently as a school-boy for the circus to arrive. He watched the prepMaUons critically while the tent was going up, and while Zulia was testing the wire he mode known hla In- tention of putting a stop to tbe baby-featnre. A hurried consuitaUon was bad at the door of the dreasine-room, when suddenly ZuUa appeared clad in ber costume. "I shaU show you,'' she said to Wiahtman, "bow UtUe of danger there ia. See 1 my nunc andchlld are at the top of the supporl. I shall carrr my babe across for youl" Before he cotdd more than feebly reinonstrato, Zulla was nimbly climbing the ladder that led to the wire. Hastily snatching the child, she trotted across at the disy beigbt. In tbe centre she supped, and to the horror of Wightman lost her balance. Swaying for a moment, she uttered a piereing shriekuiddropped the child to the groundlielowl Br annarently toe merest chance, ahe aaved her- self uem the torrible iail, catching by one arm and one lea. Canvasmen and performen gattiered about the fallen inlant. "It's deadi" said some- one. Wightman, with pity In his dim eyes. Dressed forward to see 11 life was extinct. Adjust- »ur hia alaases. be discovered that tbe baby was made of canvas and niled with sand. ZtUla had scrambled down la the meantime. BUpplng WiEhcman on the back, she laughingly exclaimed: "How cruel we show-people are to chlldienP' SczKE: Teacher with reading class. Boy (read- inai- "And as she sailed down the river " Tuicher: "Why are ahips caUed 'ahef'" Boy (Drocoeionaly aUve to tue responsllillittes of tiis sexl- "Because they need men to manage them." Wby didn't he Bay because it costs so mnch to "rig 'emontt" ' aglteeted in me mind do, an' I had Just till t for till squlnch meselC, comer phln Prossessc an' congrotyelated me house. "Troth, Bin," sez I, again." "Dammit I d'ye tel that?" So I Joined till tell wor a shame. "McFod," sez he,' ye. Can ye play an- •'I cannot,'' sez 1 Phyt" sez I. "Bekase I often eez ho, 'tm' I cud "Troth," sez I,' phln I'd see yez nothin' at It ba lively turn av I sez 1. "Well, I'll ten yei wnth na ou our exi nlxt Thursday, a as a 'dummy.' re see, phinuver ader alwavs ]' aU, bekase he aU they have other mln, an' pul mouths ptiin the blowln' away forj soul's the wiser: "Troth, Bin," In all thrades bt till Cooney lelai sezL So I rus brig] an' afther gitUi dapot an' got 01 Bin kem along 1 '-Gude momi on ye; our 'B-i place," sez he. '•who's yer flzef" sez I •' mon ye're lob: ye'll And the ~ ''I always ye wor veiy "WeU. I'm be yer 'B-flatt' "It's a tac the InsthramL the band-car, mind ye ~ comet putn ye wor lilowi wink take it "Oh, tho ye," sez I, '^Oh, dev 80 wew an' coat o phinuver ny wee ho: a porpolsi landed at round us ai give them marks pasi another tb phln there ed achuni woman Boys, I tin m Inkln at I dident knoT phat UU ' big schooner av beer I wor standlu' on tbe lln McClurg kem furred ; gettln' Intlllthe Caatom- 'le too late, for I'm out e sot" sez he. '-How is how it wor, an' he said It _ be I cud do eomediln' for sthrament f" sez he, larrin' it's tbe Jeifsharp. 'a Sdtabstltutc in the tand," 'e on.'- often washed I cud play .' in pai a Ic s; bud I can do cud giTe the big dhinm a ly ahklll wuth tbe maelc," ,t yell do," sez he. "Come ihln> down till Cocney Island, n ring ye in wuth the band Bt nuver let on yerself, but, band goes ont till play the ^me mln that can't play at chape, an' they fill np, an' till fcape their eyes on the if lusthramints up till their wans do, an' purtind tlD l>e -lare life, d'ye see? an' not a underethand ?" eez he. "there seems till be chatln' >; bud as I wor nuver down ndent stand till go wuth ye," airly on Thuraday momin', braklhst J wlnt up till the ttiraln, an' afther a wee phUe ch the cars. c," sez he. "I'm glad I kem ick, an' I want ye till take his .' an' phat dlz a 'B-flat' algnl- It manes a 'Blir flaiL' I'm the sez L "fordevU a bigger wan meselt" sez I. be phat I've hard av ye. that zhe. ■ ' sez I; '-bnd phat d'ye mane l^tarm," sez he, "an' elgnUIzes "lys. So come away np intiu ! a cap an' coat for ye, an' me, and phln I pot up my blow out yer cheeks as av d in It. an' phln I give ye the Dy'eimtheretand?"sez he. longh," sez I, "an' ni go wnth nk no wan win fUl tin it." sez he. tm the car, an' I put the cap sot down wuth the rest, and 'il/iS,"" P.'aylwud pStnS ke believe tin be blowln' lek Wlnt on weu enough till we iHhtnd an' a croWJVthered ^J?. . J* ''is 'TOO pier for till ,. ^".L""*"* », grate mony re- '*'."»'ije.people wnd teu wan Levy,-'whenver be Is. 60 «a crowd gathered Bin sthart- lone weU enough tiU a flne bta is."" winked at mS r thefou upavadure. So,-sez ^«»„™"«> here; an' phat wuth It till take down me hom phln Sib.— I take the Uberty of Mking room In yonroolnmns tor a word In restrd to the deaUi ot the lamented Miss Nellfon. For tbe la.1t Ave yevB I have bad the chants ot her health dnnog ber vuiis to Parl^, one ot tbe treat- menta runnlns through a p..rlod ot four monlhs. Tbe dUeaie from which she suffered principally waa gaa- tralgia—one of tbe fumu or dyspepsia anended with neuralgfa of tbe atomscti. a torm extremely fantas- tic in Its comlneand gains, and in her coie quite asde- Endent on moral cansen as on crrorv ul diet. _gbe laat jd attack lo the Bola da l*Aiilft«.nA<.-aa ^ptil>iw heroitul illiii 11 iif yailia'si iiiiiii II ilini , yUl Ul uiy great segnt I wma abseoi that iBKon a TiMt to my lamlly 'n the country, and did not h,«»r ?r, her lUnes* till I heard other death. At three o'clock In the morning, twelve boora from tbe comisenre- nient of the attack, during a most vlolaut recurrence or tbe pain, sho auddeoly ceased to complain, went Into a state ot syncope, and died In the syncope. The post-mortem examination made the next dar by 2L.1 P/<>'<«or 01 Legal Uedlclne at tbi aedlcal bcbocl of Paris, and now one of tbe flrat autborltles id Europe In legal medicine, disclosed the ex- traordinary tact, one oi the rarest In tbe history of medl- cliie. tbatla lierwiltliing the had rapiured a Tiiricose vein In tbe lelt Fallopian tube, and had died ttom Internal tieinorrhage. Tivo quarts and a half of blood were fouod In tbe penioneal cavity, and the ruptured rein presented an oridceofirom four to flre mlhimetrea In diameter \ cry truly, etc.. w. E. Job.'ibton, M. D. ID Houievara ilaletherbea, PaHs, Ang. u. E. L. BLANcnAUD recalls an odd Incident in con- nection with the original production on July 20 183S, of ••ri:e .Maid of Crolsscv," now being played at the Adelphl, London: "Benjamin Websterplaycd with remarkable eiTect Sergeant Austerlitz, an old soldier of tbe Imperial Guard. He had been warm- ly appluuded while recounting the history of his disastrous campaign, and had come to tbe line •Weu, no mutter, nothing Is left me now but to make the best of my natural advantages,' when the buckle of bis belt gove way and IJs regimental trousere descended to his heels. The curtain wns dropped for an Instant, and the actor, recovering from bis awkward dilemma, hod some difllculty In restoring the gravity of the audience." » V^'*?'! MincocRT, a well-known actor, died at BelDst, Ireland, Aug. 10, after a brief bnt severe Uluess. After tbe last performonce of "Adrlenne Le- couvrenr" at Copenhagen, Denmark, Mile. Sarah isernbardt was summoned to the royal box to re- ceive the Order 01 Merit—an honor never before be- stowed upon on actress. WiLUAJi Cbeswicc Is to make bis flrat appear- ance since his return from Australia at the surrey Theatre, London, Oct. 4, In the character of Vlr- glnius. Calber and company were engaged for a special periormance of •lllp Van Winkle'^ at the Crystal Palace, London, Sept. 4. Mr. Calder .^"'^ successful In this character dnrinir a tour of the provinces. From India. ,S",^?P*^3'"^^^ continues his acconnt of his travels thus, writing iTom the n»iB P..O.... T or CasHXEaE, Jnly IS, 1880. wS^u.-i""?"; ' JS** «nlshad a ride across the S5 ^J^-iiiJ LS.™°"f*J"! tny letter written at Jey- wSi5^ h?.hL'?i.tf S""?.' '^'I?' "r neitsbonid oome HlSiIl.,KbUat from the snowy lUge or tiw SZ?/ffV'.l 'I"""' ►ome»bat anxluua to iGlflU the promise, a'.tboucb since caving Jeypore I hare lelt 1 bS/Jh?.',.*","lor•Iramatlclntciest. rfriaihb?S thS -IhfiSt-/^""."•^ *" 'Wloea <:<U7>. awaiting R.?n nttoi"."? polentaiea; but SnaUy, armed wltn KunBlrfilng'a order and with an outfit ot twoponlca. one SSS^ XVilf'".""S* '=5?"«»'' '««h enabled 10 look npon this remote Paradise, after one week's bam rldlog acroM siopendoos cluUss ot mountains. Snrlog the !?ilif^*f.''l!?™^""'H"' maoy obsucles. pickuigour way Jf?JS?" boeiling precipices, buggiDg gnat walla otnek aSMtlonatelr. and shnnktng with sickening dreud nom the edges ot lofty mountains that buugorer "wide deep and wizard glens, ■"io latbomless, so Ibll oi gloom, ..?.*! *r« coold pierce the void between.*' "Like distant tfiundcr tirDm below Tbe sound of maoy torrenu came. Too de«p for era or lur to koow,*> !Ji.1S'"Sf,'"' freatsome ••lolly peak that braved tbe fH;r.2Si?i *''^*5 Impe'led by Uod-sllps. which In ueirawtu charge bring great rocks down upon the nar- row mcuntaln-patb, wfalcb In maor places la Jut wido enougb for the mule you ride to - -^'^ ■ ■ . . We — ki-j i. r. .—^. and St other times we bad to halt within some canty to allow long trains of pack-mulea, ladea with the ricbest storsa trom tJaabmere, ^S!^ or Tnlbe^ to pass. For one week we did not meet a single white tsce, and we were glad when, surmonntlog the last ot those steep bUla, we raised our bats In alleDi admiration of tbe Vale of (^hmete, which bnrat npon our enchanted gaze. Thereitwoi, likeaheauieouaplctue. Twaa when tiie boor of ereolng came upon the lake serene and cool. When day had b.d bis anltiy flame Behind the palms 01 Barunoule," th" »e t>«p«n our last ascent and rode across the old and entered the aouque town of Baiamonle, ao extolled beautlei by poeu aad wniera. wSdlng Ukei wtalta serpent acrou the gmaiy ralley waa the jeMom iroflngiiatTower as It fkded away Into the blSenuiu St lUng about the distant aoowy Vang*. At iibaseol theie Uea Srmnggir (tbe elly of CasbSore). ABirrKore 22'J'j;i;''f ■'~^...''"<"«" Pr"lyc»iv4l5atatb2 .".SST*' "»T • "!'■'•<'" of twenty-seven muS to ttli dty; and here I am to-day, gaiUig on at £u» dond' capped peaks (tho lofty Mr^nn|i^the midSf or {hi Ufmalyan ""KS. and writiig i litt<i Sxie CL?fpS! Youra, trnlT, Joseph Abthck. ?15Sif° I^'l ^ success of Messrs. Kautln, two cricketera of the Staton island Club, who won the prize in the double series Of matohea iTom Hessra. Uelmuth and Gamble of Toronto and Dwlght and Seara of Boston, the crack palra of their respective sections. The fnu scores of the games were: DwlgbtaodSeaia.. U 8—«3 llarrey and Dner.. la la—au Uarray and Uuer.. IS a—I^ n ood ana Manning u U—9- Wood and Manning 15 10— a Donald and Rankin IS tt—>i The above games were Relra'lh and Oamble 7 Z— a UUllkln and Baoey.. 8 7—it Uonald and Bankln.. u 1— 1 And'aonandPonnett s I— 7 <>wlcbt and Snn > 2—11 '.liay and Out^tl'ge 8 11-19 LiUiyed on Sept. 0. On the Xnnfnor. 13 3' tUi the final contest too& place, the'result being the success of Hessra. Donald and Bankln, as win be seen by the appended score: Dodald and Bankln ^^i" 0 2 S 2 3 3 2 S • S S I 4 U 4 212100 wood and w-"—y i 0 13 14 2 3 3 1 U U 3 3 4 I U U _ 4 10000.- The nmplreswereB. JC Brooks for Wood and M a nn i n g, and a. B. Whlttemore for Donald and nanun. w. p. Anderson was referee. The prizes, two handsome rackets made of ash, Inlaid with goUshed Ugnara-vlUe|^weie piesented by B. 8. T. Total, li li 13 is II T a I C0KTBIBUT0B8 to the waste-Isasket are now aUow- ed to write on both aidea of the paper. C09IIKG ATHL.ETIC aiBETIKGS. Entries for the Fall games to be held by various clubs in this vlclnltv will close on the dates here- inafter mentioned. "Sept. 14: Irish-American A..C to Daniel F. O'llrlen, 397 Fourth avenue. New York CItv. Events: Three-hour ran. amateur champion t)el"t. looyds., 44<)yds. and one-mile handicap runs, two-mile handicap ran (llniltsoovds.). half-mile ran (for those who have never t>eaton -2m.20s.), three- mile handicap walk, one-mile walk (for tln'se who have never ticaten 8m. SOs.), throwlnw 5«lh weight (handicap), tug-of-war (teams of four men, each man limited to 130tb, In uniform). Games to t>e held Sept. 2t in Jones' V^ood Coliseum, at 12 notm Sept. 16: Kationai Association of Amateur Athletes, to secretory, 183 Broadway. New York City. Events: 100, 220, 440 and 880 yards., one and flve mile rnns 120rds. hnrdlc-rnce, one, three, and seven mlio walks, two-mile hlrrrlf rarf. rrin-'" ' loner liiiiiliH hhlilill^^Wiit" ""1*^ imlHlil Mill Ml imii ionc^jiu!iii>_jiijjj^iy(^ gnbstitutes: and Indlvidaal amen nt gronnds of N. Y. A. C. Sent. i-'iTat 10 A. M. and 1.15 p. si sent. 23: Montgomeiy A. C. to John Haggar, P. O. Bo.t 37. New York City. Events: 100, 220, 440 and SSO yards handicap rans; three-mile ran 300 - yards bordle handicap, two - mile bicycle bau'JIcap. one and three mile handicap walks and rug-of-war. teams of four men, weight unlimited, one substitute. Games at Caledonian Club grounds, Baldwin avenue and High street Jersey City, X. J.. Sept. 29, at 3 p. H Sept. zsi Staten Island A. C. to secretnrv. p. o. Box 109 y_ Brighton^. I. Events: l00an(1220vardshandlcap rans; holT-mlle handicap ran. 7Syda. limit; 44(^ds. ran, for those who have never beaten Msec: one-mile run. 220.vds. hnnlle-nce, two-mile hicycle-racc, one-mile handicap walk, ranning lonz and high jumps, throwing the hammer; tut;- of-war, teams of four, each man limited to 14oni, Games Oct. 2, nt 3 p. m.. at West New Brighton S. I Sept. Orion R. and A. A., to Cbas. Ester- brook, aecretary, P. 0. Box 4,380, Xew York CItv. Event.«: 100.410 and 880 vards and one mile handi- cap nms. ssoyds Airdle bandlcap, two-mile hand- icap wait; tug-of-war. teams of fonr men, total welsht limited to iOOIb; tug-of-war, teams of fonr men tomi weight eooib, in uniform; two substi- tutes allowed for each team. Games Oct. z, at 3 r. M., at Caleilonian Club grounds, Jersey City Heights, y. J SepL 27: Twenty-second Regt A. C, to Wm. Childs. secretory, 168 Fulton street. Kew York City. Events: 100 and 880 yards and one-mllc handicap rans. 220ydB. hurdle handicap 440yds. ran, for those who never won a prize at that distance; one-mile handicap walk; zaoyds. handicap ran. formembera of'Twenty-second Regl meat A C; 600yds. ran, for memt>era of National Guard; tog-of-war, teams of six men; tag-of-war teams of four men, totol weight limited to MOIb, open only to National Gnani; two substitutes aUow- f'l for each team. Games Oct. e, at Hantiatton A. C. grounds Oct. 1: Keystone A. A. C. to L. Avres, Y. M. C. A. Gvmnaalam, Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. Philadelphia. Events: 100 and 440 yards and one-mile handicap runs, ooe-mile walk, two-mile l>icycle-race, pole-jumping, throw- ing tbe hammer, aad raunlng ionz-Jnmp. Games Oct. S, at Ladd's Kew Banting Park, Pluiadelpbla. PAST TEIV-lini.E WAI.KI!rC. Some time ago the Uanbatton Athletic Club oSiered prizes of three gold med&ls for a ten-mile walk, open to all amateura, aud the contest took ?lace on the club grounds, this cltv, on Sept. 8. he day -was not i^vorabie, being dark, gloomv and chilly, and there were scarcely enough persons on tbe grounds to pay expenses. The contest- ants were J. B. Clark, Empire City A. C; w. ll. Purdy, Manhattan A. C: W. O'Keefe. M. A. C; w. JBagowen, Philadelphia: and Joseph Hum- bert. Kew York. Tbe two latter never had any chance to win anything, being completely out- classed. Purdy was the leader at the end of the flrat and second miles, was on even terms with Clark at three miles, led at four and six miles, and was again e.tactly even with Clark at seven. On the next lap Clark drew away, was more than a minute and a half ahead at the end of eight miles, and Increased his lead to tbe flnlsh. Below we present a toble showing the time made by the three principal contestants at tbe end of every mile, each having beaten the liest previous amateur rec- orti from elirht milen nn! Hlle. 1.... was two Inches over regmatlon length mer and hontUe combined did not weigh uk* Of course this docs away witb the claim for a leeT ord for Rosa' performance; bnt lo atford him in opportunity to demonstrate the extent of his abu ity, a gentleman oOfers to wager $ioo aninst tio that he (Ross) cannot, on the Xew York A c. groands, on any day In September or October throw a 12|b Caledonian hammer ISSfL sin. mi SlOO against gso that he cannot throw tbat dig. tance with any hammer of correct length am weighing 131h . TEV-xiLK RAfTE.—The amateur champloiL<ihlp 0 Kew England at ten-mile ranning and the challeiw. cup, which bad been twice won bv c. F. Peppcam Boston A. C. was raced for on Tneaday erenlng Sept. T, at the Amphitheatre in Park square, B<«1 ton, Uass. The contestants were C. F. Peppeard and A. L. Estabronks. Boston A. C: H. W. CanoM Brookllne A. C; Edwin Hoboner, Union Ormnv slum; and John L. Orr, Wakefleid. If Peppeard hu won, the cup would have been his personal proper- ty:bnthefallcdtodoflo, Carmea mklne the nee In S9m. iS., with Estabrooks third In 6im. H)^x_ Peppeard retired after completing nine miles la 33m. CKs. Orr quit after traveling one mile, am Hahoney followed suit while on the third lap or the third mile. UanbattaN A. C—The Autumn fleld-meetlof 01 tbls club will be held at their grounds. El^ut avenue and Fifty-sixth street, this city, on Sstu- day. Sept. 18. at 3 p. M., when nine pedestiiia events (Inclndlng a three-mile ranand a ihrce-nule walk, both from scratch), a two-mUe blc.vcle-iact, tug-of-war and a hurdle-race will toke place, a* anont all tbe principal walkers, ranners and u- cyclists have entered, and will then test their ability previous to competlnir In the championship ganMj a week later, the meeting promises to be escepiioii. ally good. John Bolac declines to consider the proposal made bv ftlichael Donaboe, and by bis rcquenwe have sent him tbe twenty-flve dollars ilepojiittd with his challenge. He says tliAt Donahoe's ttlpto Hooslck Falls didn't pay the latter any lietter tbu a match arranged in accordance with the challenge would have done. The GB.BCO-R0MAN WBK?n.tKO-M.\TCH beMTMa Lnclen Mare and Robert Wrlsbt at the CoUsenm, Jack.son. Mich.. Aug. 28. foca stated purse or tloo, was won bv Wright. There was a large cmwd (ittt- ent, and many persons expressed their >>ellef ttut the result was not that of a square deal. A TWELTE-noiTR go-a.<i-you-pIense rare Is to tats pinre in Armory Hall. Pawlncket, R. I.. Sept 23, for prizes of (M. (30 and 320. Tbe entrance- lee is ss, and entrlet must be ma'le before 21 to Frank Reynolds or Jotm U. Meagher. See adm- tbicment. TIM Shorer and Ch.irles Turaer, l>otli of Jack- son, Mlcb., have entered Into on ai^reement to ma a lOOrd. foo^race on the fair oronnds Moodsr. Sept. 20. at 5 p. H., Shorer giving Tnmer seven Im start The match Is for $290 a side. J. Reaoak won alwo-nundred-yarilsrace, for tit Hyde medal, at Boston. Mass., Sept. o, defeating j, Fitzgerald and T. J. Watson, in the alleged time oisasec. THE TURF. COITET ISLAND JCKSKET CliFB. Threatening weather cansed a great faillng- nir in the attendance at the new course at Sheepshead Bay on Tuesday, SepL 7. the seconil day of the Fall meetinr. The rain, which fell dor- Injtthe early moralngand at intervals In the after- noon, was not heavy enough to materially aO^t the condition of tbe track, and the racing was Intertst- Inr. wbile In only one of the four races did the Ik- vorite horse win. It was a ilav of snrprlKs, and those who took the short end proflte<l thercliv. Tte flr.-:t contest was a mile dash. ssoo. for which War- fleld (lOSJjIb) was the favorite, and he won by a length fVoni Boanlmau (65). who was a half lenTtii ahead of Dan K. (102K). Time, 1^15 Two-veir- olds then ran in a selling-race, thrce-qnarters of t mllc. (900, and this was won quite ea<<lly by sir Hugh (100),one length before the lavorite, GosslpiST), who pasted the post two lengths before Olive noo). Time, 1:18)4 A ralie-and-threc-quaHcr dash, SSOO, followed, flve stertlnir. and the favorite. Mon- itor (109), flnlshini; thlnl, while Rlcnnioreiiot) cap- tured the prize, flnlshlng two lengths in front of Cncas (1071 A tiaudlcap "-weepst-ikes. each, STM added, mile heats, li. d no fewer than ten stariers, and this resulted In a mat up- set for the "talent." as Ada Glenn (lOS), wbo bad sold In the fleld, won In two strelglit heats, with Dan Sparling (108). also a field- er, fourih in the flrat heat and second in tbe next, while the favorite, Grenada (103), was thlid in both. Time. l:44Jli. 1:46;.; The last ennt -was a handicap steeplechase. $S00, shr>n coniw, which was won by uandy (122) by flve len^ttla ft-om DlBtnrt>ance (148), the latter six lengths be- fore Judith (143). Time, 3:38. 3.... 4..,. 5.... «.... 7.... 8.... 9.... 10.... OA. O 0 V 0 0 0 1 1 1 7m. 14 22 30 89 4( 31 02 10 18 THK ULI8H A. C. US' BOSTOIT. We find the following concerning this club In TTie Bonton nerala of Sept. lO: 'There Is a break in the Irish Athletic Club; and If all that is said against the secedera Itom tbe original organization is trae, some queer transactions nave oeenrred. A meeting ol secedera from the club was held a few evenings ago, and they elecud ofBcera of the 'Irish Athletic Cinb' so that now there are two oroaniza- tlona In existence with tbe same name. It Is al- leged that certoin of the seceding members were la^ly indebted to tbe club, and were pushed close- ly for returas on account ot receipta nom sales of tickets for the picnic of June IT. An auditing com- mittee were appointed, and waited upon P. J. O'DtUy and TImothv Daly, asking for biUs, recelpte, etc., out they refused any information. Those who had charge of tickets would give no satisfac- tory explanations to the club, and an Invefctlgatlon was then proposed, which resulted In the with- drawal of those who owed money, with others wbo did not. One of the secedera admitted that $l,ooo worth of ticketo had not been accounted for, and It is charged that a man who made himself verr con- spicuous in tbe Irish games owes tVOO, which be reftues to make retorns of, while othera owe smaller amonnts. What the remaining membera of tbe original club propose to do atMut it Is unknown, but they will probably make aU the trouble possible." IRISH ATHLETIC CLUB.—The memt>cn of this Boston, Haaa., club met Sept. s, when a committee report was submitted, recommending the procanng of a charter and a remodeling of the conatltniion. The reiMrt was accepted aniTadoptcd. and a com- mittee, consisting or John Boyle •O'Reilly, P. 1. Flatley, U. B. Cashman, P. J. O'DtOr and Jeremiah Bhaw, waa appointed to remodel toe constitution, bring In a new list of offlcere to be balloted for, procure a charter for the club, and report at tbe next meeting. - Dbmmib a. Dbiecoll of Lynn and Hugh Eelren of LoweU, Haaa., are mauhed to walk three miles. Ibr $230 a Blue, at tbe Manh.tt.^ Athletic Club, this el^, Sept. 28, between toe hoars of two and flve o'clock p. M. The Modmt Vebmoh Atblctic Ci.ira of Xoont Ternon, N. Y., are desirous of engaging a compe- tent teacher s>r their gymnaalnm. Addreas Wm. U. Howe, No. • Burling slip. New York City. iTiillrir trt^nt ttiAOA mjt^i^*^^ wT..^' _t'!^v. few ■plftptreicept those addtcted to beitlnr vMtM iZ track. ThoTnltlal event was a iwilnf?race thi^ gnartc™ of a mile, suo, eight s artlS and^ ^mRf^^^'S-^V?'? i?8) »*nnlIS by "^h' a"»"!S (8»Jl^«'0 ^°J^iL T'™^i:lT Another eeuing-race flw ftirlonga, for two-year-olds, was next with iS aamt number of starters, a flchl-horee BllS being flrat to reach the wire, two goid SSta of a length In n-ont of Gossip is:). Time i^ The winner waa bought by the Dwrer BnSbl era for $1000... ...A handicap awSpsirtS^ tore of a mi e, followe<l. and wns won bv the Stm- Poclflc (139K). who was two lenctbs in adranm of CoiyesteB(i43). Tlrae.iaojf. The wlnSe™™ ridden by Arthur Hunter 7a third se ling™ »600, a mile and a Ihrtonir. was the nVxteve^ ^rtV three starting, and Rosalie n?) triSnl^gTvane* ftjm Dna (loi), who was a fialfSloan • i?,£;2 ahead of Anna Augusta (BT). lime z-ooy tS concluding contest was a stetnWha»"siioit coarse, for nou-wlnnere ol a steeplechase 'or hnr- dle-race In isso. There were three «m»t|,o"°J; whom the favorite, Belfleld (1«6). ridden h> ™T." ranee, was tho winner, flve lengths ftom san, Lunn (102), Bombast aT2) not flnlshlo". IW A severe northeaststorm caused a postponemnt'. of the races fixed for tbe 9th, which tookpUeeon the following day, when the track was in sncha Irich'Ibi condition thata number of the be.«t hones entered for the different events were withdrawn, their ownerafearing Injury from racing on a tiatk so-deep with mud. As a consequence, tbe races were lar froih as Interesting as had been antici- pated. The weather dunug Ihe afferaoon cleand up benntlfnUy, and there was a fhlr-sized crawd Jiresent. The sport commenced with the Lout Bland St. Leger Stakca, for three-year-olds, <1W entrance, $300 added, a mile and three-qnaneis. The Dwyer Brothera' pair, Luke Blackbnra (US) and Ellas Lawrence (liS), were the only ones sent to the post, consequently it was no race at all. BUckoura leading all the way. and com- Slcflng tbe dlsmnce In 4»7>< The Automn Ukes, a sweepstakes fortwo-year-olds Sloo each, »l,ooo added, second receiving $300, Item which the two principal entries, Spinaway and Barietl, were withdrawn. However, there was a good race between Brambaletia (9T). Bonnie Lizzie ,97). Rip- 8le (100), and Topsey (BT). the two former making a ead heat for flrat place, with Ripple close behind. Time, 1:23 A free handicap sweepstakes, (to each^ tl,000 added, (130 to second, heats ol a mile and an eighth, waa contested bv a half-dozen horses. Blarney (88) taking the flrat heat andFerlila (104) the two fullowlng. Jericho (lOO) was third in the flrat heat and second in the next. Time, 2M!i, 2KI3X Last on the card was a handicap BteepiecbBse, $joo. short course, vrhlch was won l>.v the favorite, Oistorbance a43):Captoln Franklin (130) second and Ll;3le D. (123) third. Judith ami Sif?^r,?.'i- ?.'5?',^=**«' ^ ™Pori of "tins on the llth will be fonnd on another page. IVATIOlVAli ASSOCIATIOM OV TBOT- TIIIQ HORSe^BREEDEHS. .» i5!t!S!i'S,^™??y°»"' aasoclatlon was held commenclmr Sept. T, When the number of spectatora was small. The SSi/J^J^SJS'.XS" ij»Fe«' fttals of 18TT. en- hance tto, with $900 add«l by H, W. T. HolL inllo beats, two In three. Solo won tho drat heat In 2:43};. and the two following In auo, aum x stallion'stake, open to all. eotjanca t2aoL waa next and was a walk-over for indlanapollaTrr.. .Mares oi the 2:30 class, or bener, (SO eaelL was next aud termluated In the succeaa oPsatmle G.) who took toe second, fourth and flnb heats in 2:32, 2:3o;i and 2'.32>i, Miranda winning the flr^t heat In 2:31 and the third In 2:31. Ploretto was third In every heat Two four-year-olds toen ran, t2io entrance. Hawthorae distancing Klity Fisher in the flrat beat. Time, 2:41 .The flnb contest w^ for three-year-olds, tsoeach. two start- imt. The flrat heat waa dead In 2:u8, and the two following were won by Jupiter Norwood, beating Ceylene In 2SS. 2:38. Except that the wind was strong and gusty, the weather on the 8th waa much the same as on the preceding dar; attendance light. Four-year-olds or under of tbe 2:40 class were lint called npon, four starting, tfio entrance, and Bliss wlnmng in three straight beats; Hawthorae second, Batde Matthews third. Ballot diatanoed In lint heaL Time, 2:32K, 2:38)i. 2:3T BtalUons of the 2S« class next competed, extiance f 2», only two start- ing, and EentuckT Wilkes -wlnnlnc in three straight beate in 2dS, 2:28^. 2:30. beating Sir Wal- ter White-eye had a walk-over In the sUke for foals of IBTS, entrance S2iO The stake for stai- liona that had never beaten 2:40, entrance %t!t>, bad three suiters, and was won t^BeUwood tak- ing the flrat, third and fourth heata, while Ste- phanes won the second. Hambletonlan Mohawk was third. Time, iiUH, 2il»X. SMX, 2:3S>(. Despite threatening weather, there were consid- erablv more people present on the Sth, when tbe meeting closed. The Annual Nursery Stakes, for toree-year-olda, SSO each, mile heats, two In three, was flrat on tbe Uat. four startlnir, and the flnlah la each heat being as loDowa: Bergen. Kutbonrne, Hebe, and Jnpiter Norwood. Tlme72:44, 2:4IX- The second race waa for hotses six yean old and under, (230 each, three competing, and Trin- ket winning, with Charley Cbitmphn second and Fleming Girl third in each heat. Time, 2^>i< 2«7«, 237. The Sequel Stakes, for mares that bad never t>eaten 2'.40, entrance StO, was tbe next event, and had a half dozen contestants, of whom Bliss proved the boas, winning lo three snraight heals; Adrians second and Con Belmont third. Time 2«^ao, 2ao«... .The meeUng was brought i£.l£'te?* " ««• between male of 18TS. sired ^BOnions whose get had never beaten soi at are yean old or under, entiwice f3a Four responded to llie signal of the atartor, and of these White Ey« proved tbe batcst hone, coming in flnt In eveiT "^.'iJf''' Chester F.teoond. Walter Jonea thInI, and EUmer fourth. Time, 2:24, 2MK THE Fall MHrmia at Island Park, Albany. K. T., of which Charlea Champlln la manaser. will he held Sept. 14,15,16 and IT. ——• «