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Show f T 333333333 353 333 333 333333 333 333 333 333 3?J Mo on s h Iners i rv I relarvd . ta return to the bones without "wee dhrop" bandy. If on man runs short of money another has a sixpence or two to spare, so that before tbe gathering bos been long on tbe island there are elgna of By and by tbia one and that dispose themselves on tba grass to get s d nap. There is s big demuch-neede- crease In tbe call for mugs and cupt, and a decided Increase In tne amount of noise. This even grows sometime, despite many recruits to tbe ranks of tbe sleepers. Then, In most cases, tbe e, will come echocry ing over toe water. Jn an Instant all la excitement Tbe wooden tap Is pulled out of tbe keg and s bung They take to boats moored In tbs adjoining water and ara toon pulling away with the police in purpo-lie- po-llc- suit Gradually tbs unfailing regularity of tbe "cot-mebegins to bold tbelr pursuers even, and, when tbe excitement of the. chase baa to an extent counteracted tbe effect of tbd poteen, tbelr increased strength of arm tends them ahead. When the gap ta teen to be widening loud cbeera come from the Such as are not rowing pursued. wave their arms and bata wildly and about derisivelyat tba policemen. Tbe n" holy smoke! think of eucb I tb fool 1 a tbrick meeelf." klkkM didn't StM-kta- Ribbon stockings are one of tbe latest fads of Dame Fashion and clever girls who like to leep in the forefront of tie drees procession, but vrba olio have to count tbs pennies carefully, are making their own. Tbs foundation for tbe ribbon trimmed stocking Is s plain black stocking, silk or llalo. Bands of ribbon hi If an Inch wide sad three Inches long,' etch end with a little loop,, ire fasten upon the stockings in suck a way that they form a gradually widened figure. At tbe ankle tbe ribbon bands are aide by side and almost touch, but at the calf, where they terminate, with e small buckle, they are two or three Inches apart. This gives ia pretty shape to tbe ankle and makes a flat leg appear round, Tbe most refined of these ribbon-trimme- d stockings ate of fine black Usle, trimmed with black satin ribbon. Tbe bands are fastened to tbe stockings with very small safety pins or with tiny jeweled pins. Another stocking novelty ,1s the black one trimmed with a very large rlbbog bow,' which Is fastened upon tbe In fit-lsh- ed ClttCICI BAILS TO LOWS! MARK. Cresceus failed In hie attempt to lower bis record of 2:0214 at the old Pimlico coarse, Baltimore, but he went a moat creditable mile, considering the weather and the state of the track. It rained heavily the night before and the track was dead and several seconds ld wind blew np tlow. la addition a the hack stretch, holding the horse beck tormoreth&a halftnecourse." After three slow warming-u- p miles, the last in 2:2714, Cresceus came down for his trial. On the fourth score he was sent sway with a running horse at hla quarters. The first quarter was made la thirty seconds, a clip. Rounding Into .the back stretch the cold wind struck Cresceus square In the face and held him back so that ths next quarter was made In 0:82. The second clip was kept up to ths which was reached In 1:84. As the horse squared away for thedriv down tbe stretch his running mats clueed up on one side of him and another runner came up on the other. Between the two, nose and nose. Creaseus come down the stretch out to the lost ounce, passing under the wire In two-minu- te three-quarter- 2:05H. pi After the performance Mr. Ketcham sold he considered It one of the beet mile the horse ever trotted, considering the condition. About 10,009 people itw the trtial. CANADA TALKS CHALLENGE. The defeat of the Shamrock II. has revived, both here and in London, the talk about s' Canadian challenge for the Americas cup, says a Montreal paper. There are two groups of men who .have evinced intention of challenging. One Is headed by Commodore Gooder-haof Toronto, the presiding genius of ths Royal Canadian Yacht Club of that etty. He Is wealthy and his sporting diversions run to fine horses and yachts. -- Former Commodore Jarvis of Toronto would he the manager of the boat. The other group la composed of former Commodore James Ross of the Royal 8L Lawrence Yacht club, the millionaire street railway king, and with him would be connected President Whitney of the Dominion Steel and Iron company of Sydney, Cape Breton, and a number of Its shareholders. Th Toronto syndicate would probably have its boat designed in England, but the steel syndicate would have George H. Duggan design and manage its vessel. Duggan lately defor salt water signed a forty-footwhich has beaten all the boats In Nova New Brunswick and Cape Brefcotla, m GRINDING CORN latter now know that they ara on a wild goose chase, but at least they must bend to tbe work for a little while longer so as to live up to the duties Imposed on them. One by one, however, they rest their oars, and noon they are talking It over and laughing the while they blame the luck which gave them eucb exertion without results. Oftlmea ths pursuit takes place on land, and here the police generally succeed In making a haul. The poteen drinkers are not bait so lively in escaping ashore as afloat, and, besides, tba bobbles" are all actlva men. Over bogs and hills such as are able scatter and run for dear life. A coat Is thrown away here, n waistcoat there, suspenders are unbuttoned, tbe bard leather belts tightened n bole, and it tbe pace Is n "killer tbs old cloth bat, held in hand, will follow the rest of the wardrobe. Felice I a At tbe start the police also scatter In order to capture the most prisoners. In this way the pursuers frequently find themselves great distances apart at the end of ft long chose. The great object Is to arrest tbe owner of the tilL When this Is accomplished tbe victim seldom escapes a heavy fine or else Imprisonment Many amusing Instances are recorded of police being led Into traps by the pursued. On one occasion ft policeman found himself In bog-honine feet deep, and from which escape was well-nig- h Impossible. His comrades bed gone In nn opposite direction, and no. one heard his cries save a couple of his Intended victims. They hauled him out of the mire, and when he stood on the bank. tn. le IN A QUERN. step. A low- - cut slipper, absolutely plain, la worn with this stocking. Ths foot looks extremely dainty dressed In this small black slipper and the ribbon bow upon the Instep makes the latter appear high. Philadelphia In qulrer. er ton. Two colored brethren were 'walking along the road discussing faith and works Mr. Johnsing was strong on faith and Mr. Thomson pinned bis faLh to works "I Jes believe." ay Johnsing, "on lying down on ths promises and Jeft trusting In ds Lord; until Ha done brung It to pass" ' believe In de promises, just asm as you do, but laws. I additionally b'llev dat n man should jea do all ha can ter bring dem promises around bluet Suppose my boy Jim says, T want n drink.' I any, 'What for you botherin', me about ItT Go to de spring and get' Say,' wests dat dust la the road? Dat am Mlstah Carter's bull!" Mr, Johnsing went over one fence and Mr, Thomson over tbe other fence, leaving the animal a clear road. After walk tngsome'dlstancettt hey Tbe-fleiaT't- came together, and Mr. Thomson cried out in derision: "Eh, oh my! Did I nee Brother Johnsing lying down on dem promises? n restin on dea promises, when de bull came down de road? Eh, eh, oh no!" "Hoi on dar. hoi on dar, doan you go circumventin' me and me. I Jee want to tell you mighty plain dat when de Lord made dem promises, dar wara't no ieh animals sroun. No, saht Bet animal was a contingency, sab." ' , OhUmI Fob4 KINO'S HORSE RUNS THIRD, J. E. Plaatt's bay colt Pletermaritx-bur- g, by St Simon Sea Air, won the Jockey Club stakes of 10,000 sovereigns at Newmarket. Lord .Roseberys Epsom Lad was second and King Edward's Diamond Jubilee third. Eight horses ran. Disguise II., with Maher In the saddle, started favorite at 75 to 20 against but half a mile from home the horse began to swerve and finished sixth. Pietermaritzburg won In a canter by six lengths. Four lengths separated aecond and third horses. The betting was 4 to 1 against Pietermaritzburg and Diamond Jubilee and S to 1 against Epsom Lad. KANSAS "KCBK,, Ol'TCLASSKD gBNK. Frank Erne received another setback in his pugilistic career when "Rube Ferns (who, In spite of his name, is a fighter of the first water) put the Buffalo boy Into the land of dreams In the ninth round of the contest at Fort Erie, Erne administered much punish- - Kalla. rtj perfect picture of dejection, one of his rescuers suggested "th bistirimedy In the world for n duckin It was neves known bow much poteen the three consumed before they parted, but Mickey's Pat was always willing to swear that they "wor that bad they couldn't till their own farth ft era." " , The bog hole covered th sins jtf the policeman, and It was rumored afterward that when the sergeant heard of the occurrence he declared: "Och, JEFFRIES AND RCHLIX. Jeffries having posted his forfeit to meet Gus Ruhtin everything seems to be in shape for their coming championship battle. - Jeffries recent tug-owith Hank Griffin, whom he essayed to put away in four rounds, but did not finish the job, is looked upon by some as indicating that the champion la going back, that he is on the downward path that to. many of the fighters before him have had to follow sooner or later. But when matters are carefully looked into, this performance does not detract from Jeffries ability os a slugger. Griffin remained the four rounds' simply fbr the reason that he kept away from Jeffries. Every time he did get In range of the champions mighty fists he went to the grass. Jeff is not a sprinter. One more punch would probably have settled Griffin. CAPT. OTTO SVERDRUP. welter-weig- ht y. - Try an pole. Cellos ; Kdoemtloa Professor E. L ud Marriage. Thorndyke of ths Poachers College,' connected with Columbia College, has been discussing ths problem, now beginning to be an old one, whether women who are college graduates marry, and, if so, at what age they dedde In favor of making th momentous change. To arrive at some solution of the problem he has been studying th catalogues of Vossar, Smith, and Wellesley Colleges, as well as of the coeducational institution at WOMAN GETS A RECORD. lAtlb meeting ofthelsland Park Obrlla,and tbs-- result la summed np In the conclusion that as time goeq on Driving Asociation at Albany the other day Darlel, driven by RUSS Nina college women are less Inclined to Phelps of Watervllet, N. Y., beat the marry. He says: "It la absurd to worlde record for- - lady drivers by suppose that college women differ front three and seconds. The others in possessing superior attrao-Uvene- ss horse trotted the mile In 2:09& The In mature years, and we are, best previous record for a lady driver therefore, led to eondude that the colwas 8:124. Connor, driven by A1 T. lege graduate has been growing leu MacDonald, trotted ft pacemaker. Miss and leas inclined to get married, pr leu Phelps was presented with a large and leu able, or both." bouquet Frio ( Braf Soars. OTHER SPORTING WATTERS. The retail price of meats In Chicago Yale has a. young football giant named Glass, wbo weighs, 217 pounds la higher than for years, soys th Tribune. Tbe housewife, the attd stands 6 feet 4 tnches'ln height and the hotel proprietor Jske Gaudaur, the' oarsman, la anxious tb try conclusions with Towns, all ore feeling the effects of the who took the championship from him drought which extended over the counnot long ago. Gaudaur has evidently try last summer. Scarcity of corn and seen his best days as a sculler. He is other feed for fattening stock Is the reason assigned for the Increased price -getting well along in years, and It la Within the lost few better that be Retire with the laurels of nil meats. that he has won than attempt to row months beef has been advanced from two to three cents a pound, the heavagainst a younger man, who can easily defeat him, and make a spectacle of iest increase In prices being on the finer gradu and choice cuts. Although himself. thou who can afford to buy the better Harvey Parker, the light-weigare bearing the bulk of the bur- -' meats reof wrestler the champion world, turned this week from England where, den, even the poorer t consumers are- following the example -- of- American boxers he defeated the best men the "tight little isle could produce. Parker has a busy season mapped out for him by Ills manager. It la not Improbable that he will meet "Boh Fitzsimmons or Tom Sharkey, who have mad their debut as wrestlers. In which event Parker will endeavor to throw either' one of them twice within an hour or loee the match? Frank Kramer ta the cycling star of ths season. As s sprinter he la ths either Lawson or Major Tay- SHOWING INCREASE ON DIFFER-ENlor, and that he can also show his heels PARTS OF BEEF, to ths best of them at the middle disthat finding money goes only a tance mark was proven last Saturday little way in a butcher shop. There li when he captured the race at on consolation for the eonsumet in tbe worlds com- only Vallsburg, N, In the general rearrangement of prices. petition record, time of C8 mlnntw, Th high prices of corn and feed Is 55 $4 seconds. The match was of the the stock raiser to ship his compelling sensational order. It was a hammer beet to the market ' before it Is fat and tongs affair from start Jo finish to be classed ae choice grade. and Kramer won out by but if a enough n result, the advance has bun As length from Floyd McFarland at the moderate In the price of poorer gradu finish. of beat one-quart- er er, -- ht T tdr 25-mi- le J, j ' i -- Lincolns Sea, to the northwest of that point, was ice free the following sum--, mer, according to the American explorer, Lieutenant Peary,' and Scandi-narlscientists declare there is a that Sverdrup strong probability seized the opportunity and reached th restau-rantkeep- The elevated structure of the Manhattan road has. long been sustaining n weight of four tons to every aixty feet of track more than is necessary. The laying of new rails was begun many months ago, but most of the laying has never advanced further than n mere stringing out The new rails weigh 100 pounds to tbs yard and each Is 20 yards in length. What puxtle the observant passenger from day to day la the corroelon of the rails with scaly rust whereas the old rails on which trains are constantly traveling remain bright This brightness is not confined to thejiead of the rail alone, which friction might be expeeted to keep polished, but extends over web, base and The philosophy of the thing Is simple, , "RUBE" FERNS, but passengers have not looked it in men! to Ferns and had his face bathed New York Press.' in blood, but hla blows did not have the necessary steam to lay away th Kanam . Two' hard Jabs on the Jaw in I No Bo kg 'ord Tmrit. ths ninth round took the life out of the A Kansas man who attended the lightweight champion. Erne, however, watermelon festival at Rocky Fq (till retains his title, as Fern belongs recently taya As never saw anythin division. "Rube like It before In his life. There were in ths more than 10,000 people on the has not long been known to ths pugilBetween 25,000 and 80,000 istic world, but during his short Ting ground career he has succeeded In whipping were stacked In watermelon great the best men of his weight In thiooun-trsome rude tables, a heaps along Our engraving of him Is from a hundred ' men with long knlvs slashed the melons open and sverv copyrighted picture by R. K. Fox. t one ate his fill. But what struck th Kansas men as curious was the abdangers of football. sence of the cantaloupe, for which the Th Northwestern University footplace is eo Justly famed Kansas cr. ball squad appeared on Sheppard Field ?or practice in a Journalyesterday afternoon dilapidated condition. Bays th fish-plat- e. AN IRISH STILL, WILLIAM N. SMITH, to go around the world and ia making his expenses en route, having left home without funds. . v. ut nn-nee- d CHILDREN TENDING lied away and the demand for mugs , and cups fax exceeds the supply. Shillings and sixpences are taken out of the corners of colored handkerchiefs where they have long lain toward a settlement with landlord on rent day. Monrjr Sprat Frraly. Not n penny piece available In the i tow asland but will go to swell the runners" pile. unH the "mint" at home Interferes, which the seldom - doe. Indeed, there-wou- ld be more chance for trouble were her husband ee ee tee Several men on Chicago American. the hospital list on account of alight Injuries received in the game Wednesi; day, and Henry Hansen, tne Purple s ' la star tackle, was Injured in the practice yesterday and will be laid up for several weeks at least. If not for the real OTTO SVERDRUP. at the season. The llgtmenta of hla Wk M7 Un ankle were badly torn, and he will be Rifle Iwth M unable to even walk around for some A rumor has sprung up in Christime to come, to say nothing of getting tiania that CoptolB Otto Sverdrup, th bock into the gome. won hla reputaJohnson, FI eager, Schelner, O. O, A retie explorer who Diets and Captain Diets were not out tion as si assistant of Nansen, whom for practice, having been exouaed by ha acoompanled In 1881 on bis famous Hollister. Johnson nnd Schelner are expedition across Greenland and on both unable to play, while the two Nansens still more famous voyage ou Diets brothers and FI eager are stiff the Fram, has reached the north pole and Is now returning home. There Is no and bruised. Hollister was extremely "wrathy" confirmation of this report, nor Is anywith the jnen on account of the slug- thing known of its origin, but even gish ness and fumbling show la Wed- the rumor has aroused the keenest Innesday's contest with the soldiers, who terest. ought not to have been able to stop Captain Sverdrup called on hla exthe 'varsity. The "silent tittle coach pedition to the arctics on June 14. 1888. put the squad through tbe severest Th ostensible purpose of the expedipractice It has had this foil, and for a tion was to explore Smiths sound and time at least the men showed the affect the Robeson channel, discover th of his sharp criticism. Only one-ha- lf northern limits of Greenland, study th of twenty minutes duration wo Origin of th palseocryptlc Ice, end to played, and In that time the "varsity not the tides and temperatures; but scored two touchdowns by dint of hard there was no doubt at the time the exline plunges, pedition tailed on the Fram frem Christiania .that the bold Sverdrup TO CIKCLB GLOBE AWHEEL. and at least one or two of his comWilliam M. Smith, a graduate of th would push on and try to University of Georgia and a resident panions the reach pole. of tlonta, who is pedaling awheel Th outfit of the expedition consist-- . around the world, left bis home on d of ski, sledges, canoes, enowshoes, his long journey June 24, during which time he has traveled more than and everything necessary for trans4,000 miles. The cyclist is 22 years portation. Clothing and sleeping bogs old and is one of the souths most were taken along, while the food supplies were large and varied. The draft promising young orators. He is making the trip for educational purposes. animals on the Fram numbered ten Smith, since he left Atlanta on hla splendid elk dogs, a large variety ol bicycle, has visited almost every large the Finn dog, wolfish In appearance. city In ths east He traveled through To these were added eigaty Eskimo all the coast states and went as for dogs, secured In Greenland. Of the north as Maine. From there he passed sixteen members of tbe expedition flvs were executive officers and five were through the greater portion of Candentists. ada, through Toronto and stopped for , several days at Buffalo. He Intends The last heard of Sverdrup was during the summer of 1899, when he was on the northwest coast of Greenland, ilCurrentToplcs 666 666 666 66:64' 666666 666 666 666666 G6G666 Wasn't a th Dm pit th uaendtag activity of police, "poteen," Illicit whUky. la brewed la large quantitlea la Ireland, - Numerous arrests and convictions bavs bad no permanent effect In stamping ou the "poteen runners and In all likelihood tba people win always be wltbln reach of a "sup of tb cratHur. A "running," ssd to relate. In most - cases usually follows one or more of the poorer families being plunged Into debt. A cow, pig or other animal may bare died, perhaps tbe potato crop Is not up to expectation, or tbe oats have given n smell seturn, bud there are a few pound fieeeisgry t& settle with tbe As It takes a very small landlord. Capital to start a "still." soon the news ll tying across tbs bills and bogs that "there's goin to be a chance to kill a dhrop of ths rale thing." From the ooxy depths of turf banks tbs several parts of tbe still are uncovered, where they are bidden from tbe quick eyes of the "blue coated gentlemen." On a dark night tbe still la set ap In soma desolate nnu forsaken corner, and always in a place where tbe entire countryside can hf searched with tbs naked eye. Preparing far fehea In the western parts of Connaught and tbe Island! lying a-- few' miles Off tba coast In tbs Atlantic ocean tbs Is carried on to n "poteen workln great extent Here tbe people have changed little during tbe last one bun dred yeara.and few of tbe common conveniences of modern civilisation are known. ' An Instance oLthls backward nsas Is Illustrated herewith, where ft woman sits grinding oats for poteen In a quern, the same crude mill that was used In tbs Holy Land In biblical times, and la still nsed In that country, Tbe quern Is simply two stones fitted together. A bole In the top stone re calves tbs grain, which la prepared for grinding by being dried over tbs turf fire is an iron pot. By turning tbs top stone tbe grain la passed through tbe stones, and flnalli 'falls trout tbs rough aids Into ft white cloth spread on the ground for Its reception. Nearly all tbe meal consumed byth natives of tbs districts mentioned lsgroupd in querns, tbe crushing of oats for poteen being only one of Us many duties. A "rale Irish still" Is shown nt work In tb second picture. Tbe liquor Is Just beginning to trickle through tbe worm into the cup, and until there is n tidy sup of spirits" in tbe small keg tbs children will superintend matters. Long experience, in spite of their tender years, has made these "go soon" extcrt brewers, and more than once tbe "sargent on hie min" have been fooled by these tricky youngsters. Him pi U Cmnirvulmk The simplicity of tbe still will be seen at a glance. The turf fire send the t cam through tbe connecting pipe Into tbe copper worm In the barrel. The barrel is filled with cold water, which condense to steam and sends It forth "th1 ginulne stuff." Little attention is paid to tbs sge of poteen In Ireland.- - The worm works very llowiy when compared with tbs demand for the output, therefore age becomes ft secondary matter. In fact, it drops' out ' of tbs reckoning altogether. There U only one case on record of poteen "ripenin," and that was when it wag burled in a garden and Its place of concealment forgotten. However, that la another story. When n "wee dhrop" bos been successfully run public interest la It reaches on acute stags. If tbe still Is located on an island In a lake, os is often the cose, at a given time the "cots," longrfiat-twttome- d ixats,"Win be teen shooting out from tbe shores of tbe mainland and making for their1 destination by circuitous routes. Tbs cots are beached at different places, and left In positions admitting of ready escape. Boon the fringe of natives around tbe still grows Into a well defined circle. f , The "runner" of theetill stands over tbs keg of liquor with a tin cup In one band and with tbe other keeping a firm grasp on tbs wooden "tap" that draws off tbs poteen. In bottles of all shapes and mskee tbe liquor Is car T |
