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FASHION NOTES New York, January 12, 189+. BOUT the >ame styles in cloaks \u25a0 and wraps as those now worn will prevail next win- ter, so the woman with a few dollars to invest ia made frantic by the number of bar- gains offered. The display in cloaks is simply appal- ling, but of course you take risks from moths and storing over sum' mer. A popular design ie that with very full skirts -I -". : _ . .1.. i slesvss very and drooping at 'he shoulders and narrowing to the wrists The eapea co popular for shoulder finish of cloaks are leas worn, or take the form of epaulette capes that are only over the shoulder, and do not cross either front or back. Capeß are worn, ana are likely to be always iavored. Tbey are very full at mostly Bet on yokes, j Wben the capes are in Beries, they fall from the shoulders instead of from the throat. Capes with long, stole ends, like that in the firs! initial picture, are much in favor. Made of brocaded vel- vet shot with irreen and a dull yellow, ite fronts are trimmed with wide bands of velvet ribbon, which are ornamented with three rows of narrow jet passe- menterie and are held down at regular intervals with bnacbes of jec leaver. The cane ia lined with pale green silk and is finished with an epaulette collar- ette. Tbe inner sides ol the tabs, as well as the standing collar, are trimme<l with dark fur, preferably sable. For theater wear are shown some clonkß that recall rather too forcibly those worn by the gentlemen in Venice in the time of Sitylock, or of the sort displayed by Paolo, tbe handsome brother of the hunchback made famous on the stage. These little capes hang half off the shoulder nod are finished with turn over collars. They drop full and ate made of the richest p!u9h or brocade, being lined with contrasting satin or Bilk. Truth to tell, eucn little garments are rather an accessory to the dress than a covering, and they are euf- tieiently dainty nnd coat enough to have a more estatil ' «d position intheecon- < tr v or, to put it in another way, in the extravagance of woman's drees. If you are clever enauih to make one of these at home, you may use upholstery or cur- tain noids of '.tie finer kinds and ex- « pmd about half what dress good* would rtq tire. S.ime kinds of upholstery vel- vet aro ail cotton at the back, but lor all that present a rooat beautiful right eide surface and come in rich and-fxelu- sive designs anil coloring*. To be aure, there is not much wear of the kind dress itoode get in It. bnt for sleeves or a cape it. is mutt tniii.hle, being of eplfr.- did width and very cheap comuaied witu tbe drees material 11 replaces. The empire etylea have for some time been relegated to house wear, and oi late the tendency haß been toward dis- carding tbem even for indoor gowne. But now a newly stylish cut of coat is offered, wherein tb9 loose fronts and back are sewn to a yoke tbe seam being hidden by a wide strip of braid wbich recalls tbe empire belts. Tbe sleeves are very fall, as shown in the accom- panying sketch of this garment, and tbe collar is composed of a double niching made of braid. The whoie is lined with \u25a0atm and thinly wadded, and is well suited for middle-aged wearers. Very high collars are generally worn, and add to tbe length of the neck,which ie good lack for tbe average woman, who ie in danger of being swamped in tbe detail of stylish covering. Sealskin and velvet are being combined in a unique design. Tbe former tits like the little jackets worn by pages in fash;: liable ««odistea' establishments ?tbat is, fits closely, fastens right np the middle of tbe front, is cat very short on the hips and curves to a little Eton point front snd ban!;. To thie sort of a bodice, very full satin-lined skirts of velvet are added. A slight modification of this fashion makes the bodice part double-breasted nnd employs very handsome bronze but- tons. I To turn from Buch studied elegance to two garments which are so BimDle as to seem to be made with a view to com- fort first of al) is quite a change. But such things are sometimes lent a simple touch or two, which, without display of great expense or necessitating the outlay itself, publish clearly to the fem- inine half at least of tbe worid tbat tbe wearer iB in touch with Dame Ftißbion'e requirements. A jacket and n three- quarter cape appear in the third picture which are entirely unostentatious and comparatively inexpensive, yet which are stylish garments. Tbe cape is gray armure trimmed witb passementerie and black astrakhan, and tbe jacket ia cut from Beal brown beaver and set off taste- fully with Persian lamb. The rule now is, put fur on it and have tbe fur in narrow strips and small pieces, In obeying this law many extravagant no- tions are developed, but perhaps the most extravagant one ie tbat which makes fringes of "tails." A remarka- ble ball wrap of steel gray velvet was masnihcently ornamented witb a deep and close fringe of ermine taila about six inches from its edge, while about the foot came a cord of the tails twisted to- gether. Perish the thought tbat the little tails can bs imitated, but can one bear to think tbat any woman would allow herself to be tbe stalking-horse for so many poor little dead creatures. Why do they not cultivate fur-bearing animals tbat shall have two or tbree tails, or that shall be all caudal extrem- ity? Sable tails are much used to edge cioaks and capos and winter hats are close and of velvet, two tails standing erect at the aide. It is co natural of '.nils to do that! Very rich velvet ia used iv skirts fur street wear over cloth. The velvet ie fitted slottly over the hips, tbe gores spreading to the full width of the velvet, and the breadths are then allowed to spread separately, so that the under- skirt of cloth appears. The velvet is silli back and unlined, and the selvages hhow. This same idea is carried out for ball gowns with velvet and tulle, the tulle billowing out under the velvet in charminy contrast. In the atreet dress pictured dark green velvet is used for tbe zig-zag stripe about the skirt, for the yoke, bolt and cuff*, and a band of it edges the shoulder frills. In each instance, except the yoke, there cornea just above the velvet a zigzag pattern of chenille. Tiie dress goods are a grayish green woollen etutf. The final pictured model is an exam pie of the draned overskirt, of unpleae- uut memory, which promises to be fashionable by spring. Elaboratedresß- ers among the actresses display cos- tumes which include tbe overskirt, and already an occasional one ia seen upon the etreet. The material of the coa- tume shown is silver gray silk trimmed with dark grayish red velvet. The foundation skirt of taffeta silk is covered with velvet at the parts exposed by the opening of. tbe front. The edires of the panel front are finished with gray silk cord passementerie which ie seen in three rows at tbe bottom of the skirt The overdress iB cut longer than tbe skirt and is caught up as indicated, it parte behind to ebow a velvet strip, similar to those in front. Tbe bodice has a velvet jacket finished at the top with a serpentine rnflle, and the narrow circular basque is also made ol velvet and lined witb silk. Street dresses are often made through out of material so heavy that a few years ago it would have been classed as cloaking. Such gowns have lap seams and are severely tailor made. Tbe swellest of these goods comes fleeced on the under side, and ia allowed to turn over for reverts and cuffs, and adds much to the elegance of the material. Double- faced goods comae aleo, one side beiiix a dark, solid color, the other being either repped heavily with a contrast- ing color, or Hewed in a harmonizing shade. The effect is elegant in polonaise effects wben tbe polonaise turns away at the shoulders in reners that show tbe doable side of tbe goode. and the skirt ie made np witb the double side out, the bodice being yoked with the double side showing. Skirtß are worn which contrast in color and material with the bodices. Tbia is much seen at the theater and in reception gowns, and there is much wisdom in the adoption of silk for skirts made up simply. In the usual crush at receptions, or in the getting in and out through the crowded aieles of a theater, ? wool or velvet skirt, or one of lace trimmed or finished with fur, is most uncomfortable to wear and subject to fatal injury. Copyright 1804. A LITTLE BOOK. A little* book, with here and there a leaf Turur.d at some tender passage! how It seems To speak to me, to fill my soul with,dreams Sweet aa first love, and beautiful as briefI Here waa her glory, on this page her crlef. For tears have stained It; here the sunlight stvea ms. And thetre the stars withheld from her their beams And sorrow sought her white soul like a thief. And here '.her name, and as 1 breathe the sweet. Soft syllables, a presence in the.room 6heds a rare, radiance, but 1 may not look. The ycllowledleaves are fluttering at my feet, Tho light i gone, and I, lost in the gloom. Weep like a ws.iman o'er this little book! ?Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. The* Cost off Carelessness, Familiarity with danger seems to breed, if not«a contempt for it, an atter carelessness. We havo seen the "Mo- hawk Dutchman," the celebrated ex- pert with a t and scroll saw, rub the ball of his thumb in dirty grease and them cut the grease off with the rap- idly running «aw as clean as could be dono with soap and water. We have , scan a man put his finger under a powesful triphammer in mo- tion just to shew how he could manage the machine. Many other foolish things are done just to "show off." But most of the accidents happen through a care-, lessness resulting fiom familiarity. So long as an operator'is afraid of his ma- chine he is not apttto get hurt. Many human minds are so constituted that they cannot bear a sustained effort in one direction ?that is, cannot be al- ways equally on the alert in regard to ? certain contingency. A train dispatcher or switch tender may hold a place for years without ever making a mistake and at last make a terrible one, from some cause he could not explain. The only way to lessen the number of casualties ?they cannot be avoided entirely?is to take all pre- cautions. This 1 is required of tho own- ers if they wish to escape costly damage suits, but when all possible precautions haye been taken one can then only trust to luck.?Chattanooga Tradesman. An Elastic Appetite. The American black liear has an ap- petite that may be appropriately term- ed elastic. He will kill a thousand pound steer or capture the tiny field mouse for a meal with equal indiffer- ence. Ifa pig or a sheep is not handy to his reach, he will dine on a colony of unts or a nest of wood grubs. He will feast on dainty birds' eggs or sweet etoreo of w£M honey and on the foulest carrion with like gusto. He will fish for the savory trout, but at the same time snap any warty toad or slimy lizard that may happen along that way. He will seek the luscious wild plum when it has ripened or the wild grape among the branches where tho vine clambers and bears its fruit, but will not miss the opportunity to make food of any snake that may lie in ambush there for birds that come to peck at the plums or grapes. The bear has a comprehen- sive palate. There is scarcely a thing in the animal or vegetable kingdom that will not tickle it.?New York Her- ald. Vast Property InReceivers' Hands. More than $1,200,000,000 of railway property in this country is estimated to be in the handß of receivers. It is an imposing total well calculated to give some notion of the vastness of the trans- portation interests. Five great systems under receivers?the Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, Philadelphia and Beading, Erie and Richmond Terminal ?represent close to 23,000 miles af road, with an aggregate capitalization of $410,724,711, assets of $1,174,312,- --871 and funded debts of |517,085.558. On stock exchange valuation the slocks of these roads are worth about 12 per cent on the dollar, or say a total of about $.10.000,000.?Railway Times. Wlien to Wind Your Watch. During the night your watch is quiet, as it were?that ie, it hangs in your vest without motion or touch. If you don't wind it at night, the mainspring iB then relaxed, instead of being in that condition during the day. By winding it in the morning the mainspring re- mains close and tight all day. It keeps the movement stead;.- at a time when you aro handling it, running about the city attending to your daily affairs. A relaxed mainspring at this time accounts for line watches varying slightly.?ln- dustrial Wcrld. A Deserter. Melancholy Milton ?Say, I struck er snag last week over in dat corner house. Wandering Willie?How was dat? Melancholy Milton?Why, you see, I went np an tried ter work de ole wo- man for a meal an- Wandering Willie (interrupting) ? Yer tried ter work, did yer. An you called yerself a gent. (Weeps.)?Prince- ton Tiger. A merchant at Nagoya, China, has earned the title of "King Henry VIII" among his countrymen by recently mar- rying his twenty-seventh wife. He had resolved when he was young to marry 30 women and is delighted that he has now only three more to marry to keep his vow. The autograph letters and historical documents of the late Dr. J. S. Fogg of Boston have been willed to the Maine Historical society. His will also calls for the establishment of a free public library ia the town of Eliot, Me, Empire model* out of doors again. Zig zaged with velvet and chenille. Xo! a gown to he hugged tn. Comfort the first consideration. SOME HORSE NOTES. The Blood Horse meeting at San Fran- cisco, which ended on the 30th of Decem- ber, wae a great success, financially and every other way; and its succensful ter- mination stamps President "Tom" Wil- liamß ac one of the foremost of Ameiican amusement caterers. Tbe largest win- ning owner at the meeting was Mr. T. H. Williams, and the heaviest winning was the bay colt Lucky Dog, by imported Darebiu out of Lou Larnier by Lever, and therefore own brother to tbat fast mare Kildeer, who holds tbe race record for one mile in Lucky Dog is the property of Mr. S. G. Reed of Paßadena, formerly the associ- ate of tbe late Capt. J. C. Ainsworth in steamboat enterprises in the Columbia river and tributaries. He is a big fel- low, about 16 hands high in his shoes, and has a stride that winds up ordinary horses like your "grandfather's clock." His winnings for the meeting are some- where in the vicinity of $5000, and while his gains for the past year are hardly 3 per cent of the winnings of the unbeaten Domino, yet there is no certainty tbat Domino can beat him at a mile and a half, which is Derby distance and jUBt twice bb far ac Domino has ever run in public. The great 3-year-olds of tbe coming year will be the following, ant I tbink I do not make any great mistake in the way I have got them rated: First I place Dobbins, by Longfellow, owned by Richard Croker of Tammany ; next Senator Grady, by Iroquois, owned by Marcus Daly of Montana; third, Lucky Dog, of Pasadena; fourth, Bir Excess, by Sir Modred, owned by Brown & Rogers; fifth, Jack of Spades, by Magnetizer, the property of August Belmont; and sixth, Articus, by Argyle, a Los Angeles-bred colt, now owned by George Van Garden. In the Quickstep stakes, Articus, who was a hot favorite, undertook to give Lucky Dog four pounds' weight, but the fortunate canine gave him worse than a seven pounds' beating. In the Spreckels'handicap, tun 12 days later, Lucky Dog gave from 5 to 26 pounds' weight to a field of 11 starters, and won under a double wrap. He carried 123 pounds and covered the cix furlongs in l:ls'j. The other racers were all very slow, there being two at five furlonge in l:H'i and 1:05; one at seven furlongs in 1:36; and one at a mile in 1:46' 2 , all with weights below 110 pounds and all by horses of 4 years old and upwards. Judging by their performaces, Lucky Dog would have done well to carry 118 pounds and run where he did, or to carry 115 pounds and run in 1:17.' 2 on that muddy track. His real quality can be inferred from hie actual weight and time. Hence I claim bim aB a first-class colt and, what ie far better, an improving one. He will race no more till June, and wil. have nothing but moderate ex- ercise to the middle of May. 1 know it is the fashion to sneer at the Darebins aB being gross and unwieldy youngsters that do not mature quickly enough to win valuable 2-year-old engagements, but until some of the English stallions now in America ?St. Blaise, liayon dOr, Rotherhill or Charaxus?produce a horse tbat is equal to the Australian Peer, who wbb by Darebin, out of tbe English mare Stocdore by Macaroni, I ehall not be ready or willing to admit the inferiority of the old brown horse at Del Paso. The Peer beat Abercorn three times, and "Aby" beat him fou. times, but he never could beat him in a "true-run race," that is. where the pace iB Btrong from the fall of tbe flag. The Australian Peer won the Sydney cup, two miles, In 8:32%, with 118 pounds in the saddle at 3 years old, a perform- ance never equalled except by Carbine, a New Zealand horse; and he defeated in that race a field of 22 horses of all ageß, eon. of which carried as low as 96 pounds. Hence Ibelieve the Pasadena colt to be another Australian Peer. Domino may win races this year, and many of them, but they will find that a mile and a quarter will be as far aa he wants to go; and all the richest 3-year- old eventß in the United States are above that distance. Senator Grady is engaged in the Derby at Chicago, which is guaranteed to be Worth $25,000 to the winner, but Dob- bins and Jack of Spades are not, so that it looks as if the big bay colt from Pasa- dena would have a fairly good enow ior it. He ia being trained for his engage- ments by Harry Byrues, a brother of Matthew, who trains Senator Grady and Tammany; and who epent **o months with us last winter, making earnest frieuds on all sides by his modest and gentlemanly bebavior. Matt used to ride Parole and Duke of Magenta for Lorillard and was "bead lad" in tbe cherry and black stable wben Iroquois pulled off the double event in 1881 in England. Mett is at the head of hie profession in America, and I am con- fident he would not have recommended his brother to Mr. Reed bad he not con- sidered him in every way competent. Tbe American Derby has been three times won by a Los Angelee horse, Volante in 1885, Silver Cloud in 1886 and Emperor of Norfolk in 1888; and Los Angeles horses have twice run sec- ond for it. Miss Ford in 1887 and San- tiago in 1800. Tbe American Derby is just 10 years old, and no other county in America shows a like number of winners of thie truly classical race. That the good fortune of the Lucky Dog of Paßadena may extend beyond his name at Washington Park next Hummer is my fond hope and sincere wish. I epent a morning at Oneonta last week and saw the newly-arrived Eng- lish Btallion Duncombe, whose looks are better than his breeding, were such a thing possible. He is a dark brown horse with tan nose and flanks, and no white save a few gray hairs on the nigh fore ankle, which he inherits logically i from Irish Birdcatcber who figures in bis ancestry. He ie a different built horse from anything in thia country ex- cept Don Marcos Foster's stallion Dan Murphy (who comes of the same family) but be is a much larger horse than the ariatocratio-looking little gentleman at Capietrano. There are stallions in this | country called high-formed horses that won't begin to measure witb Duncombe. IHe bas the bead and neck of Voltigeur, ibis great grandsire; the exquisitely eloped shoulders of Fisherman, the king |of English weight-carriers; and the | binder parts of old Coronation who won j the Derby of 1841. Duncombe wan not j imported as a stallion for public service and therefore will not be let to any mares save those of his owner. The breeding season does not commence till February 15th and by tbat time there will probably be two other stallions alongside the handsome and good-temp- ered brown horse, lie is quite low in fl:>sh after hia Atlantic voyage and that waß all to my liking, for it enabled me tbe her ter to judge of bis form. He ia the heaviest boned boree of his size in this state, and will ontmeasure either Ra- cunbau or tkaivator at least an inch around the cannon bones. He has tho expressive face of Voltiguer, the only horse that ever beat the Flying Dutchman at weight for age, and may be safely set down as a horse that im- proves on acquaintance. The ax continues to fall at San Fran- cisco every week and somebody gets ruled off for misconduct on the turf. This time it is Phil Archibald, the bookmaker, and his trainer, Sam Coop- er, who used to ride Winters, Blue Mountain Belle and other celebrities of the Oregon circuit 16 years ago. Archi- bald is a native ol Sydney, N. S. W., and came toOalifornia in 1871). He was one of the bellboys in the Occidental hotel for y«ars. One day he got off for a holiday and went to the races. He won some money and soon left his job to become a genteel "tout." He bas a good eye for form and soon found him- self the possessor of a plethoric pocket- book. In 1890 he returned to kangaroo- dom for a visit to big relatives, and was fortunate enough to back Highborn for the Sydney cup, although he was the topweight starter in the race. Returning to Cali- fornia in March, 1891, he went to Chicago to make a book at Washington park. While there awaiting the Derby he caught a trial run of Mr. Larabie's | horses, Poet Scout and High Tariff, in ! which the latter had the floor at the j finish. Archibald laid against every I horse in the race and "held out" Htgb Tariff, which would have been ordin- arily a stroke of good judgment ou his part. The clouds that lowered over Horn- town ?1 mean Chicago?on Derby day, broke into a blinding shower of rain just about noon and the track became j very slippery, Strathmeath, who had j won the Junior Champion at Long Branch as a 2-year-old and several other important kindergarten events, was in- stalled as favorite at 3 to 1, as it was thought his short stride would help him in tha slippery going. Archibald waa not afraid of High Tariff, who had won j the Clark stakes at Louisville and was eaid by his trainer, Gus Eastin, to have been perceptibly improved by tbe race. Archibald never once faltered in his al- legiance to the big son ofLongfellow and confidently expected him to pull out. At last 7000 throats shouted hoarsely "they're off," and away went Strath- meath and Kingman in the lead, Tbe rider of High Tariffhad orders to make a waiting race for a mile and three- eighths and then come on with a rush. When the desired point wag reached the signal was given, and on came the big Bon of Longfellow. One horse he passed after another and had reached the side of bis stable companion, when be sud- denly faltered and fell to the ground. The veterinary pronounced it heart dis- ease, and it made a difference of $15,000 to Phil Archibald. Now he can go off somewhere and try his luck at something else, while his trainer and groom will be likely to fetch up as laborers in a liv- ery stable at $35 a month. lam not aorry fcr any of tbem. At the Blood Horse meeting which has just closed ite 60 days' meeting the president's stable headed the winning list of owners witb $14,025. A. Ottinger came next with $9500, nearly all won by his fine colt Wildwood, who won $8195. Barney Srhreiber, wbo won more races than any other owner at the meet- ing, carried off $8450; Byron Holly,- the ephinx of Vallejo, is fourth, with $7100, while S. G. Reed of Pasadena is fifth, with $6250, nearly all won by Lucky Dog. Sixth on the list of those above $5000 comes Edward Corrlgan with $5705. The other winning owners who drop to as low as $2500 were 24 in num- ber tbat won over $1000 ; 26 tbat won over $500 and lesß than $1000; and 22 tbat won over $100 and lesß than $500. Those that won less than $100 merely got third money. The winning horses were Wildwood, 4 years old, $8105; Cicero, 4 years, $5230; Lucky Dog, 2 years, $3760; Racine, 6 years, $3385; Don Fulano, $3120; Cbarmion, 3 years, $2635; acd little Pescador, 4 years, $2075. Of these, all were foaled in this Btate except Cicero, who is a brother to Free- land, and ie by Longfellow, out.of Belle Knight. Of winning sires Wildidle, now in his twenty-sixth year, is in the lead, with about $14,000, with imp. Davelin next and Cheviot third. The latter two sires, however, were not rep- resented by anything over 3 years old. L. J. Rose won $1000 in purses and the Santa Anita atable carried off $2300. While I am glad to see this much money disbursed among horse-owners, I cannot say tbat I endorse anything over a teu-days' meeting at any one track. Horses that run well on one track do not fancy some other track; and that is what begets "the glorious uncertainty of racing." Old Commo- tion, tbe beat weight-for-age horae ever foaled in Australia, could not gallop the reverse way of the course, and, con- sequently, never won a race at Sydney or Newcastle. Welcome Jack, the best New Zealand horse of his day, was made of two galloping ends and no mid- dle piece; and as he had strong quar- ters and light shoulders he could not finish down hill, and therefore he never could win at Radwick or Flemington. But at Canterbury, Rose Hill and New- castle he was a king among racehorses, because there was a hill to climb. But Ido not fancy these long meetings be- cause the public acquire a horse's true form in 10 days, generally speaking; and then the bookmakers, iv order to get in tbeir work profitably, begin to bribe jockeys to pull horses or give tbe grooms a XX to "stiffen" them in the stable. Men talk to me about abolishing bookmaking and I laugh at them. Why does not England abolish them, and she has had them for over a hundred years ? Why has not Australia abolished tbem? Simply because tbey are a necessary evil. The only way is to hold them all in proper check and expel them at the first symptom of crookedness. I don't know how it is here, but over in Aus- tralia the bookmakers are nearly all Jews; and my experience has taught me that the average Hebrew calls every- thing "business." The only way that I can see is to do as they do in Aus- tralia ?organize clubs composed of gen- tlemen and make tbe bookie fraternity ineligible to membership. Then pass a rale that any steward or director found betting with bookmakers on credit shall be expelled for life and his horses for- ever disqualified j and you will come pretty near holding the tribe of Gad in check for all time. As long as they know that there are none of the stew- ards under personal or pecuniary obliga- tions to them, they will cot be apt to do anything that will create a scandal. The evidence diecloeed on the investi- gations that led up to the expulsions of Giammon, Van Nbbb, Archibald, et al,, shows conclusively tbat somebody is making a big fortune by selling rascally horse owners a fluid by which horse's can be made to run with snperequine gameness ; and for the lack of which, ou the off-days, tbey can be easily beaten by naturally inferior horses. Tbe be- havior oi Fetcador, Banknote and some other horses of like character, at the post, in recent races, goes fal to prove that they were "doped" in the stable and that their jockeys were int to be held responsible their defeat, Feacador wae ridden for some time by Johnny Kevane of thia city, who was stood on the ground for not tryinx to win with bim. I want to bet a hat that he wae guilty as charred in the indictment, but that be rod,, tbe race according to bie orders. He is a shrewd and still, mouthed boy acd don't eaiieal worth a cent. I do not go much believe in punish- ing boys for their mieconduct in caies like these. They are generally poor lads and know they would be dii- charged if they did not pull their mounts. 1 believe in punishing the owner by rulint oil both him and horse. Spoil the sale of a few racehorses and compel their owners to soil thorn for livery use, and they won't be so fond ol giving it to the public "where I lie chick- en got tbe ax." When (Jlirie Moore pulled The Nun in the Metropolitan handicap of 1889 at Sydney, the stew- ards ruled off rider, trainer and owner. Moore was reinstated in two years, the trainer, Wood, in four, but the owner, Mackenzie, has never got hack up to the present writing. When Topper (who had boeu ruled off for crooked work with Al Farrow) wbb reinstated by the Blood Horse directors in 1592, Col. Dan Burns resigned the presidency at once, in which he was right. Don't rule a man off without good cause, but, once off, keep him there for life, and don't even sell him a ticket of admia Bibn. Make expulsion a punishment in earnest, or else close up the tracks, as New Jersey is doing. The punishment would not have come bad it not been de- served. llidai.oo. CREOSOTE AND CONSUMPTION. The Drue Would Seem to He Able to Mat- ter tbe Disease. Consumption is now combated by many specialists using creosote. The benefit derived from the proper employ- ment of ihis drug is hardly questiona- ble. Dr. Wafner, consulting physician to the French nospital, New York city, writes to Tlio Medical Journal: "Dur- ing a somewhat extensive employment of this remedy in phthisis for tho past tour years, both in hospital and in pri- vate practice, I have watched with great encouragement the steady gain in tho results obtained, but it has been only during the latter half of the time that the positive value of creosote as an Rgent for combating most powerfully the effects of this disease has been made apparent. Formerly my custom was to administer the drug in small doses, ex- ceptionally giving more than six or eight minims daily. During the last couple of years, however, the doses have been largely increased with correspondingly better results." Some specialists ex- plain the favorable action of creosote in lessening the bronchial secretion and improving tho appetite. Other observ- ers, however, believe in a distinctively curative value of the rornedy. v Dr. Warner writes: "The general con- dition of the patient, as a rule, rapidly improves. In some cases tho appetite ia better, the cough at first becomes less during tho daytime, while remaining quite as before timing the night. After a time, however, it also lessens at night. If the sputium has been tinged with blood, this condition disappears, con- trary to what might be expected, as cre- osote is said to congest the bronchial mucous membrane, and while at first the sputum is not much lessened, if at all, its character is changed- -from bo- ing thick and yellow?muco-pnnilent, in fact?it becomes thinner, noiiiy and contains less solid matter. In no case where previously attacks of hemoptysis?spitting of blood?had occurred have they taken place after the creosote treat ment has been estab- lished. The night sweats grow less and in many cases entirely disappear, and after awhile there is a total absence of the daily fever. Tho weight of the pa- tient always increases at first, then it is apt to remain stationary, and in excep- tional cases may lessen, and then a grad- ual increase takes place. Tho first in- crease in weight is no doubt duo to the improvement in appetite and the great- er ability of the patient to properly as- similate the food consumed." Large amounts of creosote may be re- tained witbout discomfort, one of Dr. Warner's patients reaching a daily amount of 215 minims. A valuable aid to the internal administration of creo- sote is found by tho coincident nse of antiseptic inhalations of creosote. "My custom is to use creosote combined ei- ther with terebene or ether in a 50 per cent solution, 10 or 15 minims dropped on the sponge of a Robinson's inhaler, nnd employed every second or third hour, and in some instances where marked benefit has been derived from the employment of this measure the respirator has been worn almost con- stantly," is the testimony of the doctor. He tried aleo the effect, in a large ward of a hospital, of allowing an an- tiseptic mixture to simmer gently over a low fire during the night. This mix- ture generally consisted of oil of euca- lyptus, carbolic acid and turpentine. A dram each of the first two ,yid two drams of tho last were put in about a quart of wator in a shallow dish and heat applied. The effect was to fill the ward with a pungent, aromatic vapor, which has a markedly restful action, conghing being not nearly so general or frequent.?New York Ledger. Reducing Vibration In Railway C-irs. A new invention embodies o princi- ple which will commend itself to all railway travelert. It io sought to les- sen the discomfort and annoyanco of travel on many lines on which there is excessive vibration by the construction of a pnenmaitc car "which embraces the application of an elastic fluid as an absorbent for and oscilla- tion." An air cushion is arranged on the cellular principlo between the car body and tho truck frame, and as thero is-an equal distribution of air under varying pressures all oscillation is pre- vented. This elastic medium is said to completely absorb all vibration result- ing from rough tracks, jointing ofrails, excessive speed or any other cause, and the car is carried smoothly and steadily along. This pneumatic system can bo equally well applied to street cats, and instances are not hard to find in which it unquestionably should be.?Exchange. ?=?? m The monster wuter wheel ut tho Cal- umet and Hecla copper mine, Lairjo Su perior region, weighs 200 tons. FOOLING THE BIRDS. now They Are Drawn from Their Hiding Places Xv tlio Forests. I havo beard young women whistle) bountifully, mimicking tho songs of tho birds, the blackbird and the thrush particularly. They fashioned simple instruments by tho flresido, whicli were ensily carried in the pocket, tho whole lot of them, with which they mimicked tho calls for t:;e various species. ' If they wished to sec whether a stoat, wca- ?ol, crow or jny were abouf, they would pluco their lips on ibe back of one hand nnd squeal horribly, the cries becoming Weaker each time, exactly like those of a rabbit caught in a trap or fixed by a Itoat or weasel. Crows, magpies nnd jays know very well what that cry means. It is as n dinner bell to them, for after the stoat or weasel loaves a rabbit a feathered company come to eat him. As the even- lug got nioro dusky tho boys would cotnn out lo their gardens, which were surrounded 1 y tho fir woods, to call tho owls to tbem. They would hiss ami snore liko tlio whit*owl?the barn owl ?hoot, click .ad bnrlc lik« the wood owl?tho browu nn<l tawny owl?and eqneak list lalco for. tho pleasure of Boe- ing tho tuvl swoop toward the place where th. I .. or sounds proceeded from. "You 1 idootUl an see cf I don't fetch liim in this cro fir Close to our gate," said one t i Me. I d : d "bido still." being vcrj much interested in the whole performance. First lie locked his bands tit, ether with tho thumbs up- right, nnd into tho hollow of the hands he blew liet ween tho thumbs. This was the hooting machine, and it was simply perfect. "Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo-e, hoo!" rang out, the fourth note being longer than the others. Then followed the click of the bill, as the fine bird snaps it in pleasant anticipation of mouse, finishing* up with the bark when tha bird Springs from his resting piacc. All this was done to perfection by the boy, but the master touches were yet to come. With a small piece of twig he rattled "tick, tick, tick, tick, tick," like tho short patter of a mouse on dry leaves, for all mice travel inter- mittingly?thero is a short rnsh and then a halt for a few seconds. No owl was visible yet. but the bird had got close when he heard the rustle. As the lad squeaked as a mouse will when he runs at night, ho looked np and pointed. There was the owl ready for his mouse. When the bird caught sight of us, he departed in the same noiseless fashion in which he had ar- rived.?St. James Budget. Had Fun With the Policeman. It is seldom that ono of tho finest gets such a scare as a member of the force received the other night ou Park row in front of the postoffice. This policeman has made himself obnoxious to the newsboys who congregate around the postoffice. Ho seemed to them to take delight in moving them on. The boys had no redress, but at last they took up a scheme which has afforded plenjure to small boys moro than once. TiTey secured an old pair of trousers, together with a coat and a hat, which they stuffed with straw. Waiting un- til the policeman was looking in their direction, two of them, with the dum- my between them, boldly walked out of Beekman street and started across Park row toward tho postoffice. The sight of the two buys in charge of a man who apparently could not take care of him- Belf interested the policeman, and he started to follow them. The boys walked on until they reached the mid- dle of the street, when they threw the figure on the track before an approach- ing horse car and fled. With a pale face and an involuntary cry of terror the policeman ran toward tho body. He had gone but a few feet when he tripped and fell. The driver of the car put on the brake just as the horses reached the body. Jnst then two boys rushed from the postoffice, seized the body by the legs, one on each side, and ran down Eeekman street with it amid the shouts of their companions, who had been silent but much amused witnesses of the joke. The policeman did not follow.?New York Sun. Professor Thomson Was Snubbed. As near to recreation ac anything of the kind ever engages the always earnest attention of Professor Elihu Thomson is the interest which he shows in the alleged applications of electricity, par- ticularly in regard to the devices by which tho unscrupulous play upon the credulous and the suffering. While at the Chicago fair ho examined at a sell- ing stand a so called electrical appli- ance to be worn in the shoes for the cure of various ailments from cold feet upward. The young woman volubly described the apparatus in political phrase, "claiming everything," and then proceeded to explain tho "scien- tific principles" by which the electrio current would pass up one limb to the heart and then down by the other one, and much more of the liko ilk. Tha professor mildly stated that electricity did not operate in the manner stated, when the young woman indignantly swept the goods back into tho showcase, exclaiming, "Well, what do you know about electricity anyway?" ? Boston Transcript. The Marriage Line. An interesting discussion has sprung up among the palmists in regnrd to the line of the hand known as tho marriage line. One recognized nnthority says that when this lino curves upward the possessor io not likely to marry at all. Other experts reply that they know many married and happy peoplo with such a lino. It is also alleged that tbe transverse lino ou the "hiil of Mer- cury," Which ono party says is the mar- riage line, is not ao consideicd by the Chirological society. "Our opinion"," says tho editor of the party organ, "is that these.lines arc signs of attachment, and there is scarcely a hand ever swa without at least one iv the lu-::d of either married or unmarried people, ' In the duycio: WilliamthoConqoeroi it was more dangerous to kill o rsbbil than a man. A riurderor could CMiapi with payment of a fine; a rabbit slayoi was put to death. In Canada positions in the civil serve !co ure obtainablo after examination and are held during good behavior, whicli, as a ryje, m^nsjifo. 14 m MWiaU I.M.U .iui u., i m.
BOUT the >amestyles in cloaks \u25a0and wraps as thosenow
worn willprevail next win-ter, so the womanwith a few dollarsto
invest ia madefrantic by thenumber of bar-gains offered. Thedisplay
in cloaksis simply appal-ling, but of courseyou take risksfrom
moths andstoring over sum'mer. A populardesign ie that withvery
full skirts
-I -". :_. .1.. islesvss very and drooping at 'he
shoulders and narrowing to the wristsThe eapea co popular for
shoulder finishof cloaks are leas worn, or take the formof
epaulette capes that are only overthe shoulder, and do not cross
eitherfront or back. Capeß are worn, anaare likely to be always
iavored. Tbeyare very full at mostly Bet on yokes, jWben the capes
are in Beries, they fallfrom the shoulders instead of from
thethroat. Capes with long, stole ends,like that in the firs!
initial picture, aremuch in favor. Made of brocaded vel-
vet shot with irreen and a dull yellow,ite fronts are trimmed
with wide bandsof velvet ribbon, which are ornamentedwith three
rows of narrow jet passe-menterie and are held down at
regularintervals with bnacbes of jec leaver.The cane ia lined with
pale green silkand is finished with an epaulette collar-ette. Tbe
inner sides ol the tabs, aswell as the standing collar, are
trimmeshafter hia Atlantic voyage and that waßall to my liking, for
it enabled me tbeher ter to judge of bis form. He ia theheaviest
boned boree of his size in thisstate, and will ontmeasure either
Ra-
cunbau or tkaivator at least an
inch around the cannon bones. He hastho expressive face of
Voltiguer, theonly horse that ever beat the FlyingDutchman at
weight for age, and maybe safely set down as a horse that im-proves
on acquaintance.
The ax continues to fall at San Fran-cisco every week and
somebody getsruled off for misconduct on the turf.This time it is
Phil Archibald, thebookmaker, and his trainer, Sam Coop-er, who
used to ride Winters, BlueMountain Belle and other celebrities
ofthe Oregon circuit 16 years ago. Archi-bald is a native ol
Sydney, N. S. W.,and came toOalifornia in 1871). He wasone of the
bellboys in the Occidentalhotel for y«ars. One day he got off fora
holiday and went to the races. Hewon some money and soon left his
jobto become a genteel "tout." He bas agood eye for form and soon
found him-self the possessor of a plethoric pocket-book. In 1890 he
returned to kangaroo-dom for a visit to big relatives, andwas
fortunate enough to backHighborn for the Sydney cup,although he was
the topweightstarter in the race. Returning to Cali-fornia in
March, 1891, he went to Chicagoto make a book at Washington
park.While there awaiting the Derby hecaught a trial run of Mr.
Larabie's
| horses, Poet Scout and High Tariff, in!which the latter had
the floor at thejfinish. Archibald laid against everyIhorse in the
race and "held out" HtgbTariff, which would have been ordin-arily a
stroke of good judgment ou hispart.
The clouds that lowered over Horn-town?1 mean Chicago?on Derby
day,broke into a blinding shower of rainjust about noon and the
track became jvery slippery, Strathmeath, who had jwon the Junior
Champion at LongBranch as a 2-year-old and several otherimportant
kindergarten events, was in-stalled as favorite at 3 to 1, as it
wasthought his short stride would help himin tha slippery going.
Archibald waanot afraid of High Tariff, who had won jthe Clark
stakes at Louisville and waseaid by his trainer, Gus Eastin, to
havebeen perceptibly improved by tbe race.Archibald never once
faltered in his al-legiance to the big son ofLongfellow
andconfidently expected him to pull out.At last 7000 throats
shouted hoarsely"they're off," and away went Strath-meath and
Kingman in the lead, Tberider of High Tariffhad orders to makea
waiting race for a mile and three-eighths and then come on with a
rush.When the desired point wag reached thesignal was given, and on
came the bigBon of Longfellow. One horse he passedafter another and
had reached the sideof bis stable companion, when be sud-denly
faltered and fell to the ground.The veterinary pronounced it heart
dis-ease, and it made a difference of $15,000to Phil Archibald. Now
he can go offsomewhere and try his luck at somethingelse, while his
trainer and groom willbe likely to fetch up as laborers in a
liv-ery stable at $35 a month. lam notaorry fcr any of tbem.
At the Blood Horse meeting whichhas just closed ite 60 days'
meeting thepresident's stable headed the winninglist of owners witb
$14,025. A. Ottingercame next with $9500, nearly all won byhis fine
colt Wildwood, who won $8195.Barney Srhreiber, wbo won moreraces
than any other owner at the meet-ing, carried off $8450; Byron
Holly,- theephinx of Vallejo, is fourth, with $7100,while S. G.
Reed of Pasadena is fifth,with $6250, nearly all won by LuckyDog.
Sixth on the list of those above$5000 comes Edward Corrlgan
with$5705. The other winning owners whodrop to as low as $2500 were
24 in num-ber tbat won over $1000 ; 26 tbat wonover $500 and lesß
than $1000; and 22tbat won over $100 and lesß than $500.Those that
won less than $100 merelygot third money. The winning horseswere
Wildwood, 4 years old, $8105;Cicero, 4 years, $5230; Lucky Dog,
2years, $3760; Racine, 6 years, $3385;Don Fulano, $3120; Cbarmion,
3 years,$2635; acd little Pescador, 4 years, $2075.Of these, all
were foaled in this Btateexcept Cicero, who is a brother to
Free-land, and ie by Longfellow, out.of BelleKnight. Of winning
sires Wildidle,now in his twenty-sixth year, is in thelead, with
about $14,000, with imp.Davelin next and Cheviot third. Thelatter
two sires, however, were not rep-resented by anything over 3 years
old.L. J. Rose won $1000 in purses and theSanta Anita atable
carried off $2300.
While I am glad to see this muchmoney disbursed among
horse-owners,I cannot say tbat I endorse anythingover a teu-days'
meeting at any onetrack. Horses that run well on onetrack do not
fancy some other track;and that is what begets "the
gloriousuncertainty of racing." Old Commo-tion, tbe beat
weight-for-age horae everfoaled in Australia, could not gallopthe
reverse way of the course, and, con-sequently, never won a race at
Sydneyor Newcastle. Welcome Jack, the bestNew Zealand horse of his
day, wasmade of two galloping ends and no mid-dle piece; and as he
had strong quar-ters and light shoulders he could notfinish down
hill, and therefore he nevercould win at Radwick or Flemington.But
at Canterbury, Rose Hill and New-castle he was a king among
racehorses,because there was a hill to climb. ButIdo not fancy
these long meetings be-cause the public acquire a horse's trueform
in 10 days, generally speaking; andthen the bookmakers, ivorder to
get intbeir work profitably, begin to bribejockeys to pull horses
or give tbe groomsa XXto "stiffen" them in the stable.
Men talk to me about abolishingbookmaking and Ilaugh at them.
Whydoes not England abolish them, and shehas had them for over a
hundred years ?Why has not Australia abolished tbem?Simply because
tbey are a necessaryevil. The only way is to hold them allin proper
check and expel them at thefirst symptom of crookedness. I
don'tknow how it is here, but over in Aus-tralia the bookmakers are
nearly allJews; and my experience has taughtme that the average
Hebrew calls every-thing "business." The only way thatIcan see is
to do as they do in Aus-tralia ?organize clubs composed of
gen-tlemen and make tbe bookie fraternityineligible to membership.
Then pass arale that any steward or director foundbetting with
bookmakers on credit shallbe expelled for life and his horses
for-ever disqualified j and you will comepretty near holding the
tribe of Gad incheck for all time. As long as theyknow that there
are none of the stew-ards under personal or pecuniary obliga-tions
to them, they willcot be apt to doanything that will create a
scandal.
The evidence diecloeed on the investi-gations that led up to the
expulsions ofGiammon, Van Nbbb, Archibald, et al,,shows
conclusively tbat somebody ismaking a big fortune by selling
rascallyhorse owners a fluid by which horse'scan be made to run
with snperequinegameness ; and for the lack of which, outhe
off-days, tbey can be easily beatenby naturally inferior horses.
Tbe be-havior oi Fetcador, Banknote and some
other horses of like character, at thepost, in recent races,
goes fal to provethat they were "doped" in the stableand that their
jockeys were int to beheld responsible their defeat, Feacadorwae
ridden for some time by JohnnyKevane of thia city, who was stood
onthe ground for not tryinx to win withbim. I want to bet a hat
that he waeguilty as charred in the indictment,but that be rod,,
tbe race according tobie orders. He is a shrewd and still,mouthed
boy acd don't eaiieal worth acent.
I do not go much believe in punish-ing boys for their mieconduct
in caieslike these. They are generallypoor lads and know they would
be dii-charged if they did not pull theirmounts. 1 believe in
punishing theowner by rulint oil both him and horse.Spoil the sale
of a few racehorses andcompel their owners to soil thorn forlivery
use, and they won't be so fond olgiving it to the public "where
Ilie chick-en got tbe ax." When (Jlirie Moorepulled The Nun in the
Metropolitanhandicap of 1889 at Sydney, the stew-ards ruled off
rider, trainer and owner.Moore was reinstated in two years,
thetrainer, Wood, in four, but the owner,Mackenzie, has never got
hack up tothe present writing. When Topper(who had boeu ruled off
for crookedwork with Al Farrow) wbb reinstated bythe Blood Horse
directors in 1592, Col.Dan Burns resigned the presidency atonce, in
which he was right. Don'trule a man offwithout good cause, but,once
off, keep him there for life, anddon't even sell him a ticket of
admiaBibn. Make expulsion a punishment inearnest, or else close up
the tracks, asNew Jersey is doing. The punishmentwould not have
come bad it not been de-served. llidai.oo.
CREOSOTE AND CONSUMPTION.
The Drue Would Seem to He Able to Mat-ter tbe Disease.
Consumption is now combated bymany specialists using creosote.
Thebenefit derived from the proper employ-ment of ihis drug is
hardly questiona-ble. Dr. Wafner, consulting physicianto the French
nospital, New York city,writes to Tlio Medical Journal: "Dur-ing a
somewhat extensive employmentof this remedy in phthisis for tho
pasttour years, both in hospital and in pri-vate practice, I have
watched withgreat encouragement the steady gain intho results
obtained, but it has beenonly during the latter half of the
timethat the positive value of creosote as anRgent for combating
most powerfullythe effects of this disease has been madeapparent.
Formerly my custom was toadminister the drug in small doses,
ex-ceptionally giving more than six or eightminims daily. During
the last coupleof years, however, the doses have beenlargely
increased with correspondinglybetter results." Some specialists
ex-plain the favorable action of creosote inlessening the bronchial
secretion andimproving tho appetite. Other observ-ers, however,
believe in a distinctivelycurative value of the rornedy. v
Dr. Warner writes: "The general con-dition of the patient, as a
rule, rapidlyimproves. In some cases tho appetiteia better, the
cough at first becomes lessduring tho daytime, while remainingquite
as before timing the night. After atime, however, it also lessens
at night.If the sputium has been tinged withblood, this condition
disappears, con-trary to what might be expected, as cre-osote is
said to congest the bronchialmucous membrane, and while at firstthe
sputum is not much lessened, ifatall, its character is changed-
-from bo-ing thick and yellow?muco-pnnilent,in fact?it becomes
thinner, noiiiy andcontains less solid matter.
In no case where previously attacksof hemoptysis?spitting of
blood?hadoccurred have they taken place afterthe creosote treat
ment has been estab-lished. The night sweats grow less andin many
cases entirely disappear, andafter awhile there is a total absence
ofthe daily fever. Tho weight of the pa-tient always increases at
first, then it isapt to remain stationary, and in excep-tional
cases may lessen, and then a grad-ual increase takes place. Tho
first in-crease in weight is no doubt duo to theimprovement in
appetite and the great-er ability of the patient to properly
as-similate the food consumed."
Large amounts of creosote may be re-tained witbout discomfort,
one of Dr.Warner's patients reaching a dailyamount of 215 minims. A
valuable aidto the internal administration of creo-sote is found by
tho coincident nse ofantiseptic inhalations of creosote. "Mycustom
is to use creosote combined ei-ther with terebene or ether in a 50
percent solution, 10 or 15 minims droppedon the sponge of a
Robinson's inhaler,nnd employed every second or thirdhour, and in
some instances wheremarked benefit has been derived fromthe
employment of this measure therespirator has been worn almost
con-stantly," is the testimony of the doctor.
He tried aleo the effect, in a largeward of a hospital, of
allowing an an-tiseptic mixture to simmer gently overa low fire
during the night. This mix-ture generally consisted of oil of
euca-lyptus, carbolic acid and turpentine.A dram each of the first
two ,yid twodrams of tho last were put in about aquart of wator in
a shallow dish andheat applied. The effect was to fill theward with
a pungent, aromatic vapor,which has a markedly restful
action,conghing being not nearly so general orfrequent.?New York
Ledger.
Reducing Vibration In Railway C-irs.A new invention embodies o
princi-
ple which will commend itself to allrailway travelert. It io
sought to les-sen the discomfort and annoyanco oftravel on many
lines on which there isexcessive vibration by the constructionof a
pnenmaitc car "which embracesthe application of an elastic fluid as
anabsorbent for and oscilla-tion." An air cushion is arranged onthe
cellular principlo between the carbody and tho truck frame, and as
therois-an equal distribution of air undervarying pressures all
oscillation is pre-vented. This elastic medium is said tocompletely
absorb all vibration result-ing from rough tracks, jointing
ofrails,excessive speed or any other cause, andthe car is carried
smoothly and steadilyalong. This pneumatic system can boequally
well applied to street cats, andinstances are not hard to find in
which itunquestionably should be.?Exchange.?=?? m
The monster wuter wheel ut tho Cal-umet and Hecla copper mine,
Lairjo Superior region, weighs 200 tons.
FOOLING THE BIRDS.
now They Are Drawn from Their HidingPlaces Xv tlio Forests.
I havo beard young women whistle)bountifully, mimicking tho
songs oftho birds, the blackbird and the thrushparticularly. They
fashioned simpleinstruments by tho flresido, whicli wereensily
carried in the pocket, tho wholelot of them, with which they
mimickedtho calls for t:;e various species. ' Ifthey wished to sec
whether a stoat, wca-?ol, crow or jny were abouf, they wouldpluco
their lips on ibe back of one handnnd squeal horribly, the cries
becomingWeaker each time, exactly like those ofa rabbit caught in a
trap or fixed by aItoat or weasel.
Crows, magpies nnd jays know verywell what that cry means. It is
as ndinner bell to them, for after the stoator weasel loaves a
rabbit a featheredcompany come to eat him. As the even-lug got
nioro dusky tho boys wouldcotnn out lo their gardens, which
weresurrounded 1 y tho firwoods, to call thoowls to tbem. They
would hiss amisnore liko tlio whit*owl?the barn owl?hoot, click .ad
bnrlc lik« the woodowl?tho browu nn
