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mtirm nf tha Bummer boarder to wham Be inUacmr tha fields carrying inevataJT and thinks himself a mountaineer. row oat riding aft night la wagon half- Ta uri aim through a tin born. Bo impress a bis importance npoa the countrymsm. And tbe oantiT maa is eo mnck impressed that at tht nd of a frw weeks ba has. all the money and the ku nathins? left but tba Importance.

Oocastoaally we raacktba aommit at aauzs- I Usually alga BUI, aaa sew auiee country, with. here and there a village. The scenery is pretty, but no lOTrveesive, exeevt wtan jwi look at tha mountains. Up lm tbe mounttins thsmtselvm there is plenty or graaa aceoery. we have not yen raacaaa wo mountains.

vinlla la a villaga almost at the foot of the noi which stand that two Mountain Houses. It baa ona or two small hotels an4 vast number of boardmg-brunes. ids Mar; here ona of tha latest innovations. It wasVaewsboy traveling" in a bugs-y. Am be passed ushe shouted, Morning pa.

pars 1 Have a ThxM! Ha sold each of them, without regard to race, Color, or previous condition of serrttoda, for 10 canst a- copy. But it was worth tba money to rt on a lonely motintala road tba aamenlay it was published. We stopped at a conranUtntplaca oa a falll-lda to rtra tba borsea a rest and bake a drink from a sparkling roadside spring. A fanner's boy cams along leading; a bony bona. Tba bora with erery step was saying v.

"What's tha mattsrwlth tba horse tha Doctor asked, Ha bam aattn' dry bay tUl ha can't hardly breathe the boy replied. I ventured the remark that ha rather seemed to be breathing: a rood deal. Goodgoddlemighty," -eaid the boy. doat you know the heaves yet The look of acorn on his face showed plainly bow great an Ignoramus a man considered np bare ami be can tell how many bushels of rye any given lot will yield and what is tha proper month to sow lurtup-eaea. i "The Forge, In the town of Cairo, is one of the attractive plaoes within 10 miles of Cats- klU.

It la raiTormded by high bilte covers vrtfe thing, woods. The BhlnglakiU Urea here rani through a deep ravine between two great walls of rock. There is a path down one of the aides, and wbea the visitor, reaches the bottom be finds blm-r'f on a floor of smooth rock with the creek gurgling at his feet. From a little round hole in tha rock, out of reach of the stream, borne a sulphur sorter, celebrated all around this oc try. Wfcet it is celebrated for, beyond its powerful odor and rotten-eggy tase, I was unable to lean.

Nor could I find out why tha plaos is called tha Forge, except because there, oaght to be a form there and isn't Among the pleasant bording-bouees at the Forge that Vxm no almost into the dignity of hotels are tha Brookaide Cottetre- keot br F. O. Dock er, with room for a great many boarders, and all the rooms full; and tba booses kept by Z. beck with, with accommodations tor 60, and by Lulu Boa, with about 80 pleasant and beautiful scenery. From the Forge over to Cairo, the central Tillage of the couaty.

is just a mile. Cairo has about U)0 inhabitants In the Winter and soine-. thing like 8,500 in tba Bummer. At thU time of year its streets are as 11 rely as some of our Vlty thorocgbiares. Cairo stands in relation to the Ureene Couaty resorts much as New-York does to the places hereabout, ft la a good place to reach tLem aO It Is only a comfortable drire from Cairo to any point tbe most unreasonable visitor can want to reach.

Cairo ba aererel fine hotels Jn tbe western part of tha Tillage is tha Webeter douse, tha first hotel for bummer boarders' irected in Cairo. It la Tary pleasantly si tutted at tha foot of a hill, and is doing well. In tbe centre of tbe Tillage la Walter 'a Hotel. Only a few years ago this was a roadside inn, where teamsters and travelers stepped aome-times for a drink, and where the Tillage Idlers passed tbe monotonous days pitching quoita. riow It is tbe largest hotel in the place, with bilUard-rooms, barbers' shops, and most of tha modern ooureniences.

It commands a beautiful rlew of the mountains, facing directly toward Blackhead. Its moral tone is well kept up by a Fresbyterian church on one side of it and a Methodist church Just across the war; another is tha Eastern Hotel, kept by abater Jennings. All these places are ocwaiortably full, and do a food business erery year. Half a mile out of he Tillage down the stream is a picturesque hotel, keptfey George Kaeder, with accommodations for about 60 boarders It adjoins tba old flour and saw mills, and is near good fish ing and batning places. ins Tim tor vna wants to find a boarding-house in.

Cairo can Jut begin at tba head, of the street and be sura there ara boar den la; every house he cornea- to, It is a oonrenient v- place to i too. because Cairo has tha county alma-bouse, which might prove a welceme shelter to soma uafortonate season-boarder. a radios of fire miles there are" not less than a hundred boarding' nouses toat ass laree anouen to oe cauea no- vtit. i i his an nauia tin nrsinsni some of them, buQt lOor 15 yearrigo, begin au-ady to show signs of age. Avery large majority of them have been built Within five Tears.

They all stand oa high ground, and I do not know a mors healthy place than Greene County. That is, in the Hummer time. In the Winter I would as lief lire within driving distance of tha north polai. Acre, Ashland, East Windham, Hunter. Jewett Heights, Lexington, TannerrvllJi, and Windham are among the other placW in Greene Couaty that devote themselves fcxclo-slvaly, in tha Summer time; to keeping board ere.

It was impossible to visit them all, so 1 have only selected a few samples. It would be aard to estimate how many New-Yorkers tail Oreeae County every Bummer. They ara just the same kind of people as you meet In all tha big hotels that Is, soma ara very nice) indeed, soma are reel nice, some ara pretty nice, soma ara nice enough, and soma ara not nice at all. We had driven many miles over the mountains, up tha steep road to the top, and down tha steep road to the bottom, and the Doctor's horses were quite ready te be stabled and to try a raw Ureeue county oats. 1 ibis cava me a chance to take a ride from Cairo to Catakill on ana of tha real old-fashioned stages one of tha kind we read about For oO ear or more toese rea stages, witn yauow running-gear, have carried toe mails and passengers over tha mountains.

At 8 o'clock in the afternoon tba tag from Windham came down tha iteeo hill. Half an hour later tha stage from Durham came in. Tha passengers and mails of both were transferred to a freeh eoech, with freak horses, and a Freeh, driver. There was room for onlr five ef us on ton. and ona young gentleman, in his eagerness for an outside ride, took the driver's eat Attar ha had been duly transferred to a seat on tha top of a trunk that was strapped te tha top of tha stage we started.

It was a charming rideVbat 10 miles; for tha outside? pass angers a monotonous and dreary one for the laslders. The moral of this la. In traveling by tha Catakill Mountain stages always be on hand early and secure an ouwiae seat, is a pleasant war oc traveling, for a novelty! to be "booked for a seat and then llmb np by tha wheel and try to make tba spectators think yen are need to that sort of taMswse. We bad not gone far when I discovered tbat the passenger by my side was a New-York fire at aa and tKa ann of one of trar Folios Captains. A funny little episode that happened soon afterward illustrates tha way one meets' fellow-New-Yorkers all over this section of country.

There were five of ua on 7 the two seats on topthe fireman and I on tbe lower seat and tbrca other- young gentlemen an tha upper seat. The fire man and I fell to talking, and be told ma something about one of tha Police stations. "I hare a little memento of that station." said and I opened a pocket-book showed him a permit to carry a pistol, signed by Inspector DUks. Tha young gentleman behind me saw the card in bis nana, ana unmeaiasaiy sain: Excuse me, bat hare one of those cards. too." and be showed it to ua.

"And so have said another occupant of the upper. ast Tha third nassaacer on that seat had one too. Bo, out of five young men who met by accideat oa the top of a stage coach la the Catakill Meuntalas four had Kew-lYorkptatol permits, aad mnaS narasaarilT be New-Yorkers. If I rver climb to tha top of tha highest peak of the Ulmalavas. I expect to meet a New-Yorker there, aad to be invited to take a drink.

There were so many New-Yorkers registered at tbe hotels I visited that I did not undertake to copy their names. At the Grant Howe, in Catsklll, were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas torso, Mr. and Mrs.

B. A. Donaldson. Mr. and Mrs.

a a Clark. Mr. and Mrs. CL A. Clapp, Mr.

ant Mrs, J. eX Kane. Horaoe Darrte and wife. Commander Theodora F. Kane.

United State Navy, and Mrs. Kane, all of New-York; Wee- cots miKy ana wire, or rhlladelpala K. it Brooklyn; AOaTasri.of Bocae. tj i wa. wvm vwjw kski mum New-York George B.

Lewis and wife. Brook-fyn; Thomas R. Foolry. New-York: Clintm Tan Eyta, of Albany, and B. B.

Downes, of New-York. At tha lYospect Park Hotel. Catakm. William Boots and family; William H. Bradford and wife.

Franklia B. Dwbrht and faanilv. Francia D. Moolton, K. Khlnelutder and wife.

George T. Bliss aad family, Robert U. Gregg and family, FroL tt B. Mills, and Horace Waters and fesoBv. all of New-York.

J. a and Charles F. Avar, of Lowell, arc also hern, and Bpeaker Sharps, andMvarsi of thelJvmgrtons, ofhmebeck. 1 It is lmpoaaible, so it seems, to get everything lntopna newspaper article, so the account of a ride and down tha mountain, and of a visit to both the old and the new Mountain Bouses, and tenths beautiful and Tom antic Rh Van Wiakle House, in Bleepy nouow, naif-way up tba mountain, wlu make a letter by themselves, i jv J. A WUOLB FAMILY' DROWNED, i crowsxo orr tibbt boat bt a.

rua cr 1 TWGHT5rlX BOBska LiTTJjrEocx, Artj, July 80. TLe particulars of -a terrible accident which occurred ear Cm in mi ded HfU, On tha Memphis and Little Sock Railroad, yesterday, reached tMsoity to-day1t appears thai Mr. H. W. Lawrence, in eornpan jrith his wife, baby, and a daughter about Joyfears of ago, were driving In 'a carriage to rlrittogja frtonds at Surrounded HiH Reaching a toM bayou, tha mother and daughter, the fornjerwh an infant in her iTi-Sii Si tj out, wnue lawrenseieo tne nomee on to tbe errboai, a small flaVboafe.Tbe ladies then stepped aboajdaTjdttie craft waished into the stream.

hen trrte-axJhh arses became frightened aad began rearing and backing. In their struggles they crowded the motbei, baby, and daughter into the stream, and finally ended in backing tba carriage and themselves overboard into i the midst of the struggling unfortunates. In the water. Lawrence: made frantic by the accident, Jumped overboard and attempted to rescue his wife and i children, but I without avail. Tha horses, and tha victims were mixed in an insxtrlcable mass, and all went down tocretner.

The bayou waa subsequently dragged, aad the bodies of the unfor tunate victims were reooverea. A STILL-TUti EXPLODES. OS KA1T KILLED AXDjTHTBTKKK MOST OF THB nrjTU9ED LI KELT TO Dl. Pkomi, I1L, o'clock jthia evening a terrible explosion occurred eat Woolner's Distillery in Lower Peoria. Max Woolner, aon of Abraham Woolner, was instantly-.

klCed, and 13 others war scalded and I liruised. The follow- ling are the of tbe wound' 1: Ignatius Woolner, son or rti proprlotor, badly and will probably die before moraing' John Kirkland, Henry WUliams. William Klce ana two. sons. Henry toets, cnariee Hoirner, York; Freemaji.

Henry Cashing, William Fehl and two sona and Aueust Kief ner. all of whom are badly burnjad, and some will, no doubt, die before morning. 1 i me distillery was turned ou June e. ana the proprietors were engaged in trying to save a tub beer that had been saved from the fire. Through some defect in the machinery or in the pipes the still-tub exploded with fearful results.

It Is rjelieved tnat ol tbe 03 wounded are burt 1 INDIAN iiURDERi IX NEW-MEXICO. Dettvxr, CoL, July 80. A Las Vegas dispatch to the gives tba follcwing on cood authority Tha1 Indians -who attacked two packers near Alamo Canon on the 19th have been followed ever since by Lieut Guilfle's command, and a day or two ago were sur prised. In camp. After one hoar's engage ment tbe Indians jllU; leaving tbe en tire camo outfit two horses and twelve mules, in tbe possession of the soldiers.

Two 1 Indians jiwere supposed to have been killed andu several wounded but ther were carried off. The redskins ifled toward tne luo Urande, probably bouna for old Mexico. Tbevi were, direct from i the Mescalero Agency, and! number ,11 bucks and 1 squaw, news Irora itnele reports tue burn ing of a ranch and the killing of a number of Mexicans and two unknown miners near there. It is thought that) there are three bands of Indians prowlimr about the conntrv. as their signal-fires were seen from'Enl8 last i A special duoatch from Ban Marcial.

JNew Mexico, says: "Two! Mexicans and two miners were muroeredi between San Joed and Fort licCrea by Indiaiis who are supposed to be beadibg from the Black Bango. Company Ninth Cavalry, has been ordered on scout from Ojojoja The Caliento chief Nana will probably co-operate. with the Alescaleros if be is aware they are on the IDIOCY AND IXJSAJflTY. I i. PnrLA.THROPISTS ElfeCCBS I TBX1R TACSSS 1 AKD TKtATlCXNT.

Bostoit, closing meet ing of tbe National Coafflrenoq of Charities opened at 9 o'olock this 'morning President Sanborn in the Be read a report on local lastitutions br Mr. A Dt Verrlrk, bf New-Jersev. A state ment of the work for dependent in Boatar Carolina under the auspjoes of the American Missionary 6eciety was given, by the Rev. Temple Cutler. Mr.

W. J. Baxter, Score tary of the State Board of Charities of Hloblgaiw presented the re port of the committee toi whioh was assigned the task of preparing resolution! sppropriate to ths loes safTefed by the conferenoe In tbe death of ez-Oov. Baffler, of Hlohttran. Earnest addresses in favor ef the resolution and in tribute to the de ceased were made by Messrs.

falukerbotl, pi Ohio; vsrooar, nt siicnifraQ Vines, pt Illinois, ana Sanborn, of afaatactiaiietta: i Tbe resolutions passed by a unanimous rilng vote. -it 1 Uen. Hr.nkerhoff read a report on the nrovtnon for the bisane and poor la California. Miss Chevai- -tier. Secretary of the National Association for the rroteouos oi me inaaoe.t caaae a stement or tba objects of that assooistion.

Mrs. Dahl spoke brieOyoftue insane asylums in California which she had visited, bhe stated that ther were well conducted and contained persons of all natlonall- tlea Bne closed wlta an urgent plea for temper-seee as one of the most Important subjects before the people. President and Secretaries of the meeting were appointed 'to attead to the publication of the proceedings of the bonference. Mayor J. B.

Baxter, of was added to the Committee onj Pauperism, and Mrs. Barak B. Cooper, of (California, was added to that oa Preventive Work Amonir Children. The report of the Committee oa Imbecility and 1 Idiocy was presented or us unairmaa, vr. a.

Wilbur, of Pew-York. He traced tue promotlnjc cause of Idiocy, and showed that It is the Immediate, result of defects of the brala or nervous system. The number lof idiots and Imbecile persons In this country was estimated at about one in every thousand of tbe reneral population. schools for Mil and feeble-minded children. set forth the advantage of physical edp cation aad the development of.

the oontroi of tbe nerves and rouse ular action. Class training, ke ssaerted, la found more tlectite than mere individual training. i If A vote of thanks was offered to all who had en tertained and contributed to the pleasure of the conference In Boston. After a brief dlHcusMon of Dr. Wilbur's report, a special paper cn the care of epileptics was presented tT the same committee.

The next annual session of tbe conference will be held at Madison, Wla, the latter part of next July. Car. VMATB Of TBM BOX. 8. CnH18MA.1T.

CixcurvATT, July P0. -A di ipatch from Stanford, the Cbmmtrrtal announces the death on Friday of the Hon, Barnes Chrismss. He was bora nr7 Kentucky, end was a mem- oer'ot the ConstitnUooal Convention of that Plate la 149. Be was a member of. tbe United States House of Beoreeentatives from IS to iwvend he contested tba seat of William Anderson la 130.

He was then rejected, tie wss a member of the State) Executive-Couaeil from imi to 13, aad a member of the Confederate Con gress during lta exlateooe. CBABBK AOAZyST 0MCIALS. Chicago, HI July A. Eesint to- day filed a bill In the Snpreme I Court for an iajuaetlon retraialns; furtber pro- eeedlan the matter of the vacatioa of La BaUe-street for the erection of the new Chamber of Commerce buUdinar. en Ahe around that city omclast were orwea to saaae said vacation.

(fjFxlr CilJfl.VALS 1 1SCAfM TK0M JAIL Chicago, HLv Jnly -A special dispatch to tbe 31mm from Mnrphysbotio. 111 dated July ta. ears: "Ten priaoaers secap4 from jail to-dar by ettbia thronch the walli One remained the lull Tbere lm cveat exeiteoaeot, aad a larsv posse la out after the fuaiOrse. lfaris. an acceasorf With Bnrke la a snurdsr, was recaptsreo.

-j TBS POPCLATtOX or CAS ADA. Ottawa, Ontario, census returns show the population of the Dominion to be 4.8SO.BSJ, aa Increase of 4raa tbe pastio Tar CHECfilATE'S GREAfltACE FAST TLVE MADE I2f TEX BUJULKlt HANDICAP. THI CROWp XIsAPPOfsTTET BT THB WITH- DBAW iL Or HOtDOO CDCXMATn'i sMATBir ojlt Twicav-i-FBprrrA- BL MUCH FOOLS OX THS FHUfT BACB 4-TBX EITXXBX HSAT OS THB 4TBACK. Sabatch a. July 80.

From thei crowd of stages and carriages that poured out to tha race-track rrom the tows this morning, ona might hav expected to see the whole of Saratoga rtrugj linj through tha galea. But there was bo cm ih after all. The grand stand was completely filled, and there ware no seats left when the first rasa was called. There were mow ladies on the cushioned benches than are ften seen at any American racetrack I outalde of Saratoga, and they war nearly aO ressed with mora regard for comfort than shewf or the day was one of the hottest of season, and' the grand stand was like an In the space between the grand stand aad ttio track, the spot, usually most frequented be: a by the gentlemen while a race is in progress the sua came down with such fury that II waa a aangeroua svaiMuag-yurcv, for a few moments. I Everybody has been talking tor soma bum about; the great Summer Handicap, in which Hindoo was to try nis cnancea against tmo Dime, Sir Hush, FeridaJtCheckmate, and several others! This wss almost the only race the betters took any interest in last evening.

Hindoo was great favorite, ana ixriuara horses ttod only third on tha fist. In tba betting books. The excitement over tbe race waa quicker changed to disappointment this morbmg, when It was announced that Hindoo was scratched. The great race of the season was 'suddenly dwarfed into a comparatively msignlflcadt affair, and interest in the day's events beplatofiag. I Tha caiLVfes awnmg over ice space occupiea by the betting standi protected the bettinan men aosae vnat irony tne sua nerceBeat, but in tb entire place the beat was almost unbearable A shower of red-hot ftihe bow-ever, jceuli not have drlventhe crowd away from the pooi-soiiers, iney woraea away through tlo beat, boicT sellers and buyers, as if their lives depended upon it.

i Several of the. pc 3UHrs kept tempting! piles of green bfjeV them, fine heaps of tens andj went lea, in soma cases: six or eight inchts (thi k. Notwithstanding I this con- asive eviience of tbe profitableness oi tne business, tl eager betters continued to invest and con tin led, of course, to increase the height of the pool sellers' piles of notes. Ona of the curiosities of the place was to; see Kelly, the-pool man, sitting quietly in 'the grand stand with a pai ty of ladles, instead of keeping, as usual; a wf tchful eye on tbe pool-boxes. Girofle as first set down for; the winner in the first ra ie.

Last evening Girofle was selling for lKB ot Montrose for 10, and Morris FtU q's stable for $80. This morning Dukei pf Montrose was thai favorite. It-was a ptea surprise, to most everybody, then, when Mon in Pstteh's Fellowplay was the first horse inder the line, in the extraordinary time, for a full mile, of 1 :42. Girofle only secured thirl place. Fellowplay' rider, a lightweight dai ky boy, weighing only 92 pounds, looked as roud as possibla as he rode, hatless and breath ess, up to the judges' stand after the i It hi imr jssible to walk: the length of the grand tai between' the races without running Rcrosi a host of1 New-Yorkera Twe-thirds bf tt crowd at least seem to come from the Metre oli.

There are all sorts of Metropolitans he re. from the alleged lawyers who fatten on the miaf ortunes of wretches In tha Tombs I tt rough all the grades of re-) spectabtlit up to gamblers land picki pockets, The theatrical profession is well (repr seated, and of newspaper men there Ik no end. None of the millionaires have made tht selves conspicuous at the track today. Mr. Tanderbilt has returned from Baltimore, wb re he went to see the performance of Maud 8.

Judge Hilton is said to be at this time of da' enjoying the coolness of his cottage in xxllawn Park. There are enough New-York gamblers here to relieve all tne rest of: tie people of their spare- cash. Nearly I aJ tie prominent faces In the club-house last evening are to be seen here on the race-tr ick to-day. There are a hilndred or more! so engrossed in buying pools that they doj nc i leave the betting ring at all, even to look (tt i he races. They were there half an hour beto the first race, and they will be there till the end of the last These fel lows are tne genuine sporting men." who be lieve in Che encouragement of out-door sports.

Intent did not run so high In the second race. Thelentire eight horses entered started. colts carrjf nT 1J pounds, and fillies and geld ings three) pounds less. Loniiard's came in first, and Rfench pool tickets paid 121 8a The thiri race was the Summer Handicap. and it iwcjuld bare been not only the great race of thi day, but undoubtedly tne finest of the season if Hindoo had not been withdrawn.

The managers of the course profited largely Dy tne announcement tnat iiinaoo wouia run, for there kvere by all accounts fully a thou sand persons here 'from Albany, i Troy, and Aew-Vorld to see this race. 1 heso vis itors, of I course, all went awny When tbe nine horses started on the long mile aad a half race. It-looked at If milliard's three entries were coming: in' brstrseooad, and third. I But a mile and a half Is a lona race, and there is no tell ing much i bout it till the line is crossed. "Williams's CI eckmate went to the front in the last quart and went over the line in first place, noai ly a length in advance of tbe second horse.

G. Loriilards Greenland. Charles Heed's Thira was third. The time 2 wasgood, 'fit nothing rem art a Die. rrencn pools on Ubeckniate realized I1U ou.

lhere was no pool in thelday that paid as well as Fellow- play- 10. HGTVj THE RACES WERE RCtt Ftrbt! Rack. Pure (400, of which 50 to second horie; entrance money' of flSeaohtobe divided bettveen tha second and third; one mile. tarters-r-W C. McGavock's Boulevard, 106 pounds; SpeUmsa A Victim, 111 pound; Ehrewsbarr ruble's of Montrose, 106 pounds; O.

L. LorUlard'k flaunterer, 100 pounds; K. Vn Enedeker's Olrone. 10H bounds; Morris H. Patten's Long Tsw.

114 pounds! and pounds. PooIs-t- Glrofle, 300j; Dukeef Montrose, $273; Saunterer, $180; Loins- paw and Fellowplay, Victim, Iiau: neiaj ssso. uoot-oatUur-Two to one airalnst Dais of Montrose, three to one against Oirofle. ihreie and one-half to one acatnst Victim. four to one iealnst baunterer.

eiaht to one aaalnat Long Taw and Fellowplay, aad tea to one against jjouieyaru. Tbe held went awar la beanrlfnl arutrxf at tba nrst attempt. Lone Taw In froaL with Boulevard. Saunterer, sjnd Fellowplay lapped on him. and tbe others, not length behind, Duke of Montrose briniripg uptbe rear.

There was a scramble for tne lead going- around tbe turn. Boulevard got the oesi oi it, Eist ne waa ouieuy beaded bv Baunterer. various chitbtrea ooourred In the run to tbe quarter, where jfeuoterer led by half a length, Boole-vard seoeptt, half a lenrth in front of Duke or jnonn-ese. lotira foortb. FeUowplay fifth.

(rtrone lass. Conner made tba ruanlna With Saunterer ko the "three-uuarter post. Duke of Montroab beaded Boulevard for the second place. At the half-mile Olrofie, Victim, and Fel lowplay bean to lmurore their Toitloii At the CVe-els-hta tbe six ronnded into the straight almost aoreem, set nieror auu ai tbe pole. All except Vko-tlm beaan whip when fairly atiaigbtened.

Sann-terer gave up battle at the seven furlongs and Duke began to fall away a stride or two later, i breast of the betting inoloeure Victim, Olrofie, and FeUowplay were still head and head. dUbutln rery Inch of ground. At the distance poet reuo-e-piay aoot aneaa and woa by two tomrths,) Vk'ttm second. Girofle third, Saunterer fourth. I ke of Montrose fifth.

I Boulevard sixth, Lontr Taw. seventh. Time UtiL French poota pataaav to. i Sboukdacb. Purse.

f300; for maiden t-year olds; five tfurlonea. Starters D. J. Crouae'a Maniac, lOM pounds: C. Heed's Scandal, 97 pounds: Mr.

Nlon Macbeth. 100 sounds: A Relmnnt-a Tarco, 100 douiios, and Olivia, VJ pounds; T. Loril-lard's 67 pounua: John Keber's Kellle teyton, STlpouDds: O. L. Lorulard'ai Ulanee.

Vt ponnaa. -ooi Ueimoat. liui: WtodiIu. Sao Macbeth, fM. Book-maklni Two to one uralnst three to one against Turco and Olivia, munto one amnst Macbetn.

seven to one afainst Glance. tea to. one anion Hrwlil twelve to ohe asjahist Kellle Peyton, fifteen to one against Maniac Tbe send-off was excellent. A hundred varus were run oerere the alignment with the field, starter waa broken. Scandal waa the fins to take a derided lead.

He showed the way up tbe chute and rounded lato the main track a half-length la front of Olivia, a half-length la front of Mjobetn. length a way came the rest of the field, bunched. Olivia and Macbeth soon bsd Hoandal! buaten. They came head and head past tbe I five-eighths post.) lm neartn the thnse-fmartere Olivia shook Macbeth ofl Bhatter, ta te meantime, besan to eend Wyoming mon. ThSv came into tbe stretch with ullvta vlnee to thei rail, three parts of a ienath In front of Macbeth, and Wyoming on the outside, almost on level terms with Macbeth.

Tnreo and Glance begaa their ruas after retting mio the home stretch, so that opposite tbe seven rorloags tt was absolutely fcnpoaeiola to tell which was tha fore-aiost. Aliea a punishing finish Wyomms passed aa- of Taroo. tifc a lenfth front of Olivia, Hallie Pey- aea Macoetn ana. uiaaee aixtn. at an lac Aoaadai but.

Time lBes, anca pools paid $21 90. Throarh an error onthe part oftoaroaraavtrmiaamoerwasnunfouiBs second, and the filly will go oa tha record as having tttop ascend piara. Tim fltnnfMr TTamUMTv. num. retakes for ail aces, ISO added 5 'the second horse to reoatra sv aaa we laira ao-oos oc wa Bias est closed with 64 aommationa; one mile aad ahai Starters.

Charles Reed's Thora, 104 pound Dr. Cralk's One Dbna. US pounds! George Lorillard's Greenland, pounds: lr Hugh, pounds, and Fenoa, ill pounds a AnterBXimnss ws aad Johnson's belle of the Highlands, 66 pounds; James T. WUllamsIs Checkmate, lis pounds: J. A.

Grlnstead's Lahtnaah, l3 ponsds. Pooas Checkmate. 11JX; Oeorge Lorillard's sts ble, $500; Thora, H00; sUe ot the Highlands, taoO; One-Dime, 250; fklafaa Book-maAlng Aven money against Check mate, two to ona against George Lorillard's stable, four to one against Thora, tea so one agamss lautmin ana Beile of the Highlands, twelve to ona against Ona Itfme, thirty to one against Diana. x- ffaora was the first to get away, although Check-male waa first in motion: close behind Thora was fcir Hugh: then, half a length away, came Lahtu- naa. Lapped on lahtuneh passing the post wasN baeoamate, wiu xeu oi iuo nignianoa aim saddle.

Ferlda. Greenland, One Dime, and Diaaa were bunched. 6tf Hugh bockled oa Thora, and 1 soon beaded ber. Taking tbe track, ba set a smart naca and had daylight between him and Thora at the three- quarters. Tna run lop ins -stretch rwaa a graaa sight.

First came Sir Horn, bounding along like a 3 Barter horse, attended by Thora and Lahtunah. length behind this pair came tbe rest of the like a platoon of head and head, stretched almost across the track. one lnma at tna poie, uieoamate in tne middle, and Belle of tbe Highlands oa the extreme outside. Going around the north turn there waa great engineering lor gooa positions. At tne quarter post Sir Eutrh led by a scant length.

Thora seconu, wita vnecamaia as ner wnn-Farlda was fourth. Greenland fifth, at enaa nana, una wmm ana jjeue oi tne mgit Jkr lands lapped to the head ta sixth position. Latf I tanah and Diana were already beaten off. 1th the exception of Belle of the Highlands-leading One Dime, tbe half mile pest waa passed in. the same order.

Tbe mile was run 1 in At the mile and a furlong Ural eased Fir Hugh. and Ferlda was sent out tptake up the running, a tesa that was ampuieo uy opta Checkmate ana Thora. AH thi time Costeild sat oa Greenland. with tbe colt woB Ih band, waiting his opportunity. Thora, Ferlda; end Checkmate fought hard for the lead to the three-qnartera, Thora retting a trifle the cast of one shook Checkmate off onoe, butwbenwell straightened out-Murphy brought the great strider up again, aad he passed ber with ease, oreeaiana now came up strong, and tne immense throng of spectators arose, brimming over with enthusiasm.

At seven furlongs It waa quire apparent that Checkmate had the race won, end attention wss diverted to the contest for second place. Thora was tlrmg fast, but still she aaa a ot nearly a tengta on ureeniana. ifotn came up under the Whip, and at the distanoe stand Tbora had half a length the beat of It, but abe was nipped st the poet, and Checkmate won handily by a length and a quarter, Greenland second, a peck in front of Thora, who was half a length ahead of Belle of the Highlands, the latter making a beautiful finish Ferlda was fifth. Sir Hugo sixth. One Dime seventh, Lahtunah eighth, and Diana last, beaten neariv a furlonff.

Tl a The last quarter, run in 0:84. was the French pools paid' $10 60. I Famous wiKirgas or vna suaraxa nAimicir. Tear! Omter. Winner.

1870. Bacon a Kaanle Defender 187 T. Page.n...... J. J.

Huntera Co 5 6 8 4 07U 8.t ft 7 8Mrf 1S7S. 1A74. J. Uzzfe LrfiOM. Orinttead.

Virgil 1874. Puryear a D. P. Lorlllard. O.

L. J. W. Bail. 171 1HT7.

1ST8. 1H7U. Luke 1KQ. Dwyer Bros lSiiLpaa. T.

WUilams From 1870 to 1871. inclusive, tbe distance wat two miles and a quarter; from 1873 to 1S7S, Inclusive, the distaace was two miles; In 1676, 1W7 and 1878 tbe distance was a mile and three-quarters; In 1879 and since the distance has been a mite sad a half. Fourth Kca A free handicap hurdie-raoe: purse (400. of which tlOO to second horse: one mile and a furlong, over five hurdles. Starter Apple rate A Brother's Glasgow, JflOpounds; W.

Irvisg's Post Guard, 148 pounds; Dr. Cralk's Terror. 130 pounds; C. Reed Faustina, 128 pounds. Pools-Glasgow.

$128- Post Guard. flOOj Terror, $20; Faustina, (10. Book-making Three to five against Poet Guard, evea money against to one against Terror, and tea to one against Faustina. Tbe start was a capital ona Post Guard took up the running, followed by Faustina. Glasgow, and Terror in the order named, and thus tbev took the first obstacle.

Then Faustina headed Post Guard and athowed the way over the next jump. Terror took this lamp short, struck, and threw Jim Henry, his In falling. Henry failed to extricate his left foot from the. stirrup, aad waa dragged several yards before be was freed from bis perilous position. In tbe run to the quarter, lax row 1 headed Poet Guard aftd took sides with Fauatina.

They ran on evtoterma aU around the back stretch. with Post Guard-two lengths away. Ths third and fourth lumps' were taken in magnificent style. Feustlna beoome wearr at the five-eishtha. and fell rapidly to tbe rear, leaving -Glas gow and Post Guard to fight It oat.

Post Guard plsy Glasgow la tbe home run. sod rave him a rood race to tha last Jump, which he took in a bungling fashion. Glasgow came away and won by three lengtha Poet Guard second. Faustina third. Terror did not finish.

Time 8:07. French pools paid 11 60. THE BETTING ON TO-MORROTVS RACES. The entries for Monday's races are as toU lows: First Rack. Three-quarters dash: Virginia nam.

vo pounas: liounrer. luu Bounds: Bon int. 98 pounds; Turoe. iti pounds; Northland. b8 pounds; Belle of Runnymede, 107 pounds; h'lght- eap, iuu pounas; iiiawassa.

loo pounds, i occusd iuca-Mjne mue nve nnnarea yaras Juanits, 110 pounds; Valleria, 94 pounds; Colonel eiirague. nu pounas. iniRD kacb. one mile: Chnrohlll, 103 pounds; VIcL 90 DOunds: Civile Hall. 00 noundai Fallow.

piayw pounas Jack or Hearts. 95 pounds; Paul. vvuuu, jjuiut iwi iig pounua, i rocara Raci. Selling Irace. three-onartera of a Bute, annDutr, va pounas: a.

pooler, tui nrmnri! ITnlwK ill V- A colt. 81 pounds; Monk. pounds; Whit. 1UT pounas; unco nn, joq pounas; Bany, 108 pounds. Ths following pool were sold at the race track mis anemoon: FnwT Racb, Hlawassa.

Nighteao. Bandit and Turco. tillO; Bounoer. $186; Belle of nunuymeue, ua; Virginia uuab, Korthland, becoitd Racv. Colonel Pprague.

$300; Juantta, tl40; Blr Walter. 60; Valleria. ClndereUa. sao. $400; Pattl, $175; ChurohiU and Victim.

106 Boulevard and Jack of Hearts. (30 each; Clyde Hall and Mattie itapture, aiu each; VIcL 15. ForitTB KAca Knight Templar. $500; Llnch Pin ana Jach White, fioo each; T. A.

Bcoley. $80; Baby, $50; Ascender. $30; 111 Csed oolt, Monk, 1 A PROJECTED STALLION RACE. Chicago, III. July 80.

Mr. France having challenged Mr. Morgan to trot the tatter's stallion Piedmont, who has the best stallion record except Smuggler, against the famous stallion Alexander, who won the stallion race at Rochester, for 82.500 a side at Phila- aeipnia. air. atorgan replies that he stands ready te pit Piedmont against Alexander ai any ot -tne grana circuit meetings, where both horses mav be together in their remilar ennra.

meats, but deoliaes to arrange a special contest so lata la tne season ana at Mr. uranoe own city. 1 i S1XQVLAB ILLXS83 Or A TOWfO 01SL. rrom tA Balttmort America. Jli to.

A remarkable ease of hysteria and epilepsy has been brought to light in the north-eastern section of the city. Louisa Fuerst is the name of a young woman, 19 years of age, who was left an orphan a mere child. Compelled from, early youth to earn her own livelihood, she worked Incessantly, some times engagea in aomestte labor or in sewing, from earlv morning until lata at nlirht. At but she fonnd a home with a familv on North DaJlaa-atreet. near Gay, where she worked on a sewing-machine.

sud piying a clothing store In the central section of the city. She applied herself to this employment with energy, labored hard and axe iUtle, and, aa the attending physician expressed it, "became overworked and underfed." This brought on a aepressioa ot spirits, aaa finally aeveloped Into the maladies from which she now suffers hysteria and epilepsy. During this Illness, which has alreadv lasted four weeks, the patient has been deprived of sigm ana neanng, ana has haa ner teeth tightly clenched almost eontinuouslr. For soma dava those at her bedside were at a loss la whst Way to administer food to her. It was discovered that one of her front teeth waa missing, and a tube was inserted Into this open space, through which the patient has since been fed.

Tbe food cnnUt en. tirely of liquids, and duriag the four weeks of her Illness has amounted to a most Insignificant quantity. Although deprived of sight and hearing, the patient la very sometimes talking for eeveral hours through her dosed teeth without stopplngt Her eoaveraatlon at such times Is malniy directed to her deceased, parents, whom she fancies ui mo sees, hoe is very sensitive to touch on one side of the body, and recognizes her physicians, and frequently persons whom she has seen but o008- as soon aa they come In contact with her nana. Dome oi i noes who have been watching at her bedside nrt th.t b. I her 4iand have been astonished to hear ber state wuw uy were: out this may be an exag-geratloo, The other aid of the body Is uevora or that fine sense of touch, and nor doctor states that a paper oa fire does no the slightest movement The young ladys existeace has been maintained only by keeping her constantly under the influenoe of chloroform.

Her friends state that two days ago. while la ber talkative monda. ahe asked her friends to be preeent at ber bedside at o'clock on Friday lyes-terday) morning, as she expected that something straage would happen. They accordingly assembled at that hour. Impressed with tbe belief that be had a prusuuthrtent of ber death.

Put, it ta sakL she began to Improve about that hour, and yesterday felt much better tha a at any time within tbe last four weeks. Dr. Abraham Arnold, who inrau aer. ueaineo to say anything on the eub- )eot when questioned regard I. ig the matter.

He remarked, however, that this ease waa not without a parallel, bat that such eases were axeeedlngly SWVWWIi A CHAPTER ABOUT SHAKES WE TRADE Of BOA CONSTRICTORS ACiAf AAA. CXnUOCa TJTMATBa A ATBX-ITBUT 9KX A aTTJQX tXPTXUt MHEIHO TH BTOKT OF "OLD BTjTBg' DsTJCIAX OT aOat AO-CXFTXO TASBt BT A nTTAIaV-HAHTJLIK. In what might be to aQ appearances a cheap aruueiy or a mioses ia unary aiosea for repairs water street is an eatabUshment partially shut out from tba light of day, but aUve.with snakes, birds, monkeys, and other animals which are to be, if they live, a portion of tha stock la trade of the owners of side shows at circuses or at county fairs. aad which am Intended to please and Instruct tbe little children or their spectacktd grendDarents throughout tha country. At this season of the tha side show men clamor for snakes and aad the depots in this City for the sale of these exceedingly lively goods do a rushing bnav proprietor of the Water-street es tablishment lKMr.

James Fraaer, who hej Blohard Burns aad Henry. Clark for bis aaehta.1 None of these gentlemen waapn liaadJmwf ver, wbea the front door 'was opened by a thin and grlzafy veteran tathe buslnees, Thomas Burdett by narpaT who Nrsa bsinr assisted in the elesnjaf of the place ny a big African arrival in the country, and one who has not yet obtained a steady situation. It might avake the heart of aa Italian organ-grinder glad possess this animal, but his monkeyahlp. being being about thabelgbt of a 3-year-old chBd, Would be apt to wrestle with the little children, toN the horror of their parents. Burdett and the mon key were apparently the besf.of friends.

When he asked the monkey to hng bird ths animal gave him a most affectionate embrace, and hen, at tha command of the veteran trainer, went through the manual of 'arms in a creditable manner. "Have we got any snakes r7 replied the veteran when a question was put to him; I should say we had." Several boxes which might have contained calicoes or muslins were piled up In a The wood, at tbe first glance, seemed as soft as. pine, but It was as hard as Iron, and had corns from South America. Burdett lowered one of the boxes on top of the pile after tbe manner of a dry goods porter; and. bringing bis mallet and chisel Into play soon off the lid.

"Don't put year nose in there," said Burdett to the reporter, who had no intention, of being so rash. The veteran struck a match sad shouted. Do you see him ft It did not require much light for any one to see him. The snake's eyes sparkled, his mouth opened In a hungry way, and Hs body began to wriggle ai tnougn he was about to take a trip through water- street. -It was a 8outh American anaconda.

'feet in length, and: was alone In the box. Bnr- dett nailed the lid over him before he had made up bis mind to scamper about in the light of day, and pushed the box aside. The other boxes contained anacondas, African pythons, and boa constrictors. iow many are there in tba market asked Mr. George Starr, of Bunnell's Museum, of Ma Fraxer, the proprietor, who had Just come from his office.

Mr. Fraxer thought he bad the most of them. When asked when be fed the shakes and what he gave them to eat, Mr. Frazer solemnly said that tbev were fed about once a month ou live pigeons or rabbits, hut that sometimes they went without eating anything for tlx and nine months, and perhaps a yesr. "Of course." he saio.

"out oi aeference to the feelings of Mr. we do not feed them In the City. A man comes here from Iiew-Jeraey whenever we have any hungry snukesaad takes them out to a clambake at some of tbe sea-side When a showman ouietlv drone a live ohlckea to a snake In a box.the ohioken's disappearance is the work of a minute. tbe veteran, felt like giving a vloioos swamp monkey1 to one of the snakes, but retrained himself. This monkev while being removed from one csge to another had taken an ounce of flath from his arm, and he was still suffering from the wound while the visitors were there.

11 r. Frazer said that his men either took a tug or a row boat and went down tha Bay to get from the ships tbe snakes, monkeys. ana otner ammais consignea to mm. The monkeys are. In strong boxes, which 'have boles through which food can be passed to them.

Tbe snakes are Daga. ana these Page are nailed up la close boxes. In this way they are brought from Africa or South America, and nave no food and no oppor tunity 10 ooiain tne sea air on tneir passage to this country. He has bad as many as too boa con strictors ana anacondas consigned to htm at one time. He and his men frequently have had battles with tbe snake, and have had to keep their eyes about them In order to preveat the snakes from biting them or colling around) them.

The men sometimes gave the snakes a bskh in warm water and milk. A great ailment of snakes is canker at the mouth, which snake-handlers are skilled in treating, 'lhe snake Is grasped Just back of his bead, and his mouth forced open by pressing on his noee. Then, with a sharp stick, the man endeavors to remove tbe canker, and cuts Brlt- ish-oil In the snake's mouth, Mr. Fraxer remembers a man who was thus doctoring a snake for canker, when tbe reptile bit off the end of bto noee. Well, that man must have drank a half-aallon of whittkv.

He filled four large soda water glasses full of It and tossed off the beverage without the turn of a hair. He never suffered from that snake-bite." "Did the whisky kill hlmr asked Mr. Starr Innocently. Not much," replied Mr? Fraser. It never "buzaea' him.

He was as sober as sot man could be. Thau snakes." sdded Mr. Eraser. kill only by biting or crushing: you. They have no stings." "Are the snakes trained by the showmen?" Inquired the re porter, hot often." was the answer.

"Then why don't they bite or crush those who exhibit them was the next question. "As to replied Mr. Starr, "we kaow nothing. Why they don't bite or crush us we dont know." and the showman shivered, i He acknowledged that be was not partial to saaKee, ana xnuoa prelerrea the society of ring-tall monkeys such as accompany Italian brigands oa tbedr travels. When the reporter entered Charles B.

Seiche's place. In Chatham-street, there was a great bustle among the men in the rear portion of the establishment. The monkeys were receiving tneir morning lunch. Two giraffes tenderly gazed upon the men. while savage monkeva and baboons of.

enormous site looked as though prepared to encounter Mul-doonof any other man in a Gneco-Koman wrest-ttng-match. One of baboons, an attendant said, was valued at When aked whether they had any snakes, the attendant started up the staircase, loiiowea by the reporter. In a room on the second floor I were a lot of old barrels. begs of grain, and boxes. The latter were filled with ttxm Qoustrit-tors, anacondas, and rattlesnakes.

The attendant thought that they had about 40 snakes in the stock.1 including a few glass saakea. which fall Into pieces when they are frightened. These pieces, said tbe at tendant, grow together again and tbe snakes are ready for tbe next scare." He assured the reporter that the snakes are easily scared, but the reporter was in burry to scare any of them, and the attendant ahovod the box into a corner. We have here several boxes of anaoondas and boa constrictors," he said, turning to pick up a chisel aad mallet. "Some fool tore tbe lid off that box yonder, and a boa constrictor 11 feet long got out." Where did he go?" asked Mr.

Starr, buttoning up his coat and Jamming his hat over bis eyra "That's what we don't know," pleasantly replied the attendant, "ha ia around here somewhere." By this time Mr. Starr and the reporter had reached the staircase and were endeavoring to say to each other "Who's afraid." but it was ne use. The affable and polite attendant poked some bags and barrels piled up in a corner, and calmir suggested that tbe snake might be behind them. Although the- temperature was warm, it certainly Increased about fio less than so many seconds. "This is cheerful," said Mr.

Marr, as he and the reporter scrambled down the staircase. Well, not altogether cheerful." said the mild and good-natured attendant, but we must put up with these trifles, you know, tn this buHlnesa" As a matter of set. the boa constrictor had escaped from the box and has not yet bees found. As none of the neighbors have reported the appearance of the snake among them, his mysterious disappearance baa not ben aoaoe anown to tne rouce omcera on post. Tha utmost unconcern 1 about the snake whereabouts was manifested by the attendants, who seemingly thought that he would return to his box, and nail himself down.

The reporter's guide bad evidently not heard ef the maa from xsew-wersey wno taxes sir. irazer-s saaxasto the sea-side clamrbekes whenever they are hungry, aad said that tbe snakes in his establishment were fed on rats and mice, aad sometimes on chickens on holidays. Thla. however, was not for the in-f ormatlon-f Mr. Bergh.

In the other snake depots ths proprietors were "Just out" of snakes, but expected some hi a few daya One of these dealers, more hilarious than the rest, asked the reporter, whom he probably mistook for a side show man, How long a van do yoa viah The reporter said that one IS feet In length would do, That vill be fifedy or sixdy dollars, aboud fife dollars a foot." "Go and see old John Nathans," said a showman to tbe reporter. be knows all a boat snakes. Who's John Nathans was asked, and the showman's face grew fiery red as be exclaimed: "John Nathans Is the greatest showman thla earth haa ever produced. He Is worth ja.0wJ.lXU aad made mil In the show business. He has run more shows than any roan on tbe Kaatern and Western hemispheres.

Not know who John Nathans Is Why, he's retired from tbe business, and. la backing one thousand shows throughout the He was the greatest four-horse rider in the world, and thinks no more of $00,000 than yoa do of cents. He la the constant friend of the struggling showmen of tbe universe, and it would do year heart good to see wears a diamond pin aa big as your nat, owns hie own Drowa-etone-rroct ana team of horses and carriage, aad for a maa of bis age but, beg Pardon. I ra really touching on a delicate subject. Ne matter what John Nathaas's age la.

He is a good fellow, and hones to live to a green old ace. Ask' him about Old Babe, the boa constrictor that laid the foundation of his fort una" Tbe reporter found that Mr. Nathans's residence was certainly aa ele-gaat eas tn East Thirtv-fonrtb-street. and reoof- nlaed the tall man with rugged, pleasant features os oi im veteraa snowmen ol tne aouutry. sr.

Nathans Is bluff and pleasant. When asked to tell ehot "Old Babe," be sadly shook his head and said. C. that's a lng time ago." Tbeabs paced the foor as If asd added, "Hot I cent t11 1 JknTth.ln'-. 0'd Raba waa" and ba checked kisseelf and eyed the reporter.

Then he sharply sakL "No; I cant ssv anything. I doat weal my came In the papers. All I want Is to nve quietly aad happy. I am not anxious for any noua-iety." At length Mr. Nathans said that when he and Andy Smith ware putting up tbe centre-pole for a clreus on tbe ground now occupied by the Fifth-Avenne Hotel.

Corp. Thompson came to him and eaid, "If you want thai big boa eooetriotor you must say so now, or somebody else will get her." He said the "yes" that was necessary to secure tha snake, for which be paid SLbOO. Ha aasned the reptile "Old honor of a friend. Reuben Loveloy, who kept a hotel tn He opened a show with thle soaks and made a great deal of money. After he had had it for two years ba sold a half-fo tercet tn it or $4.

00, and bis partner, unable to oope with such good fortune, became wild and rocklsss. Mr. Nathans at length sold "Old Babe" to him. and realized, aU told, oat of tbe sale of tbe snake $8,000 and a diamond pin, which Mr. Nathans yet wears.

The amount of meoey mads by him in exhibiting the snake be did not state, but old showmen say that It was an extraordinarily large sum. Mr. Nathans used to bend over so as to make a bridge of him self, aad permit "Old Rube" to crawl over him, and thousaads were delighted at the exhibition ofl daring. Mr. Nathans himself said that "Old Babe" was aa gentle as a kitten, aad never attempted to bite or crush him.

He scouted the Idea that snakes are trained, and said that all that Is necessary for a performer to do is to take his chances with the snake and go ahead. Picking up his hat. Mr. Nathans pointed to the mstde of tt aad said, "Okl Kobe' was aa big arouad as that, aad was 14 feet ta length. I used to feed him once a week and he would get awaawlth a nine-pound live turkey and a pair of live chickens at each meal.

I held the bead of a turkey or chicken toward bun -and he would crush tba fowl aad swallow tt, feathers and all. la a flash. I fed him on Saturday nights, and on those evenings tbe show would ba crowded at SO cents a head." Mr. Nathans's landanl was driven up tottbe door at this point, and he said. I'm always glad to see news- I paper men.

but you must excuse me from talking: further about snakes." -Mr. i George K. Ballev. another veteran showman. whom the reporter was told was the owner of $3,000900, was found sitting tn front of ths Ashland House reading the stock market reports.

Snakes." saldi the veteran, dropping bta news- Espers, what's new in snakes How's tbe mar-etr What does Jay Gould say about It Then, noticing tha wonderment of the reporter, be seemed to arrive at the conclusion that something besides tha stock market was the subject broached by him. "I beg your said Mr. Bailey, with a laugh, you itd snakes. Well, what caa be said about snakes. I bave owned a great many of them.

but. bleae your eouL I never associated with them. I let John Nathans have all that fua." reporter tried hard to assure Mr. Bailer that be wss mistaken upon that point. Well, that's queer." ejaculated the veteraa.

"Now, Old Graves was alive be could tall you 1 want to know. He handled Old Knh. for John. The reporter Informed Mr. Bailer that Old Graves was ret alive, and was now enmswd In the peaceful pursuit of selling corn and booton wafers, aad making aa ordinary living by so doing, Mr.

Bailey was delighted to hear that "Old Graves was alive, bnt wns sorry that the snake-handler was not worth A. 000,000. Mr. Bailey bad seen many snakts, both in this country and En rope, bnt could not, be was sure, say much about them. He had never beard that any of them ate or crushed any of their exhibitors.

Dr. Kahnwas xouna at the ooor of Bunnell's Ainseum. lie was taking tickets In a quiet way. and slipping them Into a box. He' had bandied snakes la Barnum's old rmuseum.

tn the Aquarium, and la Bunnell's Museum, and! always felt easy when he knew that there were a few snakes around. In fact, they were the companions of his youth and old as 4. aad no family should be without them," he said. It's all nonsense, this talk about snakes biting or crushing you," said the Doctor. I lust take them bv the back of the Deck and look' Into their mouths.

I will take you into the- case with them it you will wait, and let you examine them yourself. 1 Snakes always feel bad when they have a canker tn their mouths, and I wouldn't give 6 cents for them ia that condition. When I had charge of the Aquarium one of the boa con strictors disappeared from a ease. I Just sat down and laughed, but said nothing. I knew tha snake would turn up some day, so I awaited developments.

One day the Irishwoman who oleans up tbe place was hunting about In a corner, when something hit ber on tbe band. She came shrieking to me; I looked, at her hand, and there, sure enough, were the fine marks of a snake's teeth. I told her that she must have been bitten by a oat, and after a little while ahe was pacified, and never said anything more about the affair. I knew that tasks was around and; that he was at work. Ha was eating the rats and mice, and tbe place was clear of vermin, a tnon time after this tna manager.

a newapapes)maa. rushed out of the: Aquarium at full speed. His hair stood on end. and he was as white as a sheet. 'For God's sake.

Doctor ha screamed, a snake is and he trembled un til I thought he Would fall to tbe sidewalk. I en tered the Aqnarinm and took a blaaket from a ease. There was the snake colled up on the floor, and as be moved his bead he was kind of laughing Ilka. I threw the blanket over him. sad picked turn up, putting him in the ease.

It waa the snake which had been killing the rats and mice, and he was fat aaa Deautllui. After he was locked nn wa bad Slenty of rats and mice again." The Doctor said lat a boa eonatrictor once terrified aa audience by poking nts neaa out of a case ana ottinc him on the band. He did not feel as much annoyed, he said, as he would have been' If he had been scratched with a pin. j. A.

Graves, wnom Mr. Nathans and Mr. Kallfv spoke of as "Old Graves," Is 71 rears of age. He began In the show business In 1837 and quit it two years ago. nis nair ana Deera are nearly white.

His countenance ia clear and kin dir. and be Is inclined to take a hn morons view of everything. He Is known to alt showmen of any oonseqoenoe bt the country, having been employed by Bsrnum. Nathans, BaHey; old John Robinson, Beth Howe, and all the rest Of the old-timers," His flrst experience waa with the show of Messrs. June.

Titos, and Angeltne in lttfT. Two years ago be resigned his position -in the Zoologioel Gardens at Cincinnati. He says that while others read books be studies nature, and he bss really' a -remarkable knowledge of the habits of all animals. Including the human race. His fnnd of anecdote Is slmnly marvelous, and bis recollections, if would -make several volumes of interesting matter.

Be has traveled all over the world. Tbe subiect whioh most de lights him Is the life of the orang outang. Be haa seen and bandied forests or snakes, and acta like one who might be happy In tbetr company, but he rejects them for the orang outang. aid said to the reporter at the outset. Let's talk a bent something sensible, the orang outang.

for Instance. What's tbe use Wasting tune on snakes." Tbe reporter said he preferred snakes at that time, and Mr. Graves, who is an excellent talker, and whose absence from any museum is a loss to the proprietor, spoke briefly npon the subject. He said that tbere ta absolutely no trick In handling snakes. Showmen might call themselves snake trainers oreharm-era.

but that was all bosh. Catch a boa constrictor or anaoonda bv the neck 1nst back of the bead aad hold it In that way," said Mr. Graves, and so long as he cant bite von ha can't ornsh you by colling himself around you. If he can bite into you. teen ne wiu nsve a purchase on yon, as It were, and be caa coll himself around you until your bones break into a thousand pieces.

Natural i its tell you that a boa oonstrictor will kill its prey and emit; slime all over it before it eats It, That's all humbug. A snake will not cover a chicken or ptgeon with slime only as It Is trying to get It Into Its mouth. This talk about snakes charming birds is all nonsense, too. A snake will sway its bead while trying to take good aim for a bird. That's aU: there Is of that yarn.

A boa constrictor once bit me on the hand and left a tooth in my finger. -That tooth remained in my finger for two Then It bothered me a little, and I took a pen-knife and picked it outi Boas bave upper rows of teeth aad two lower rows. Of course, we must be careful In handling poisonous snakes, inch si rattlesnakes, adders, Ao. Some showmen take a little yellow thread, and sew np tbe corners of a rattlesnake's mouth so that the snska cannot use his fangs. They have no sting." Mr.

Graves talked long and pleasantly about "Old Rube." who halo aged to Mr. Nathans. He thought that snakes required more water than Is gtven them by showmen. In bo said any body might give exhibitions with snakes without fear of danger, but he did not suppose that It would become a fashionable amusement. Showmen sometimes drew the fangs)- from poisonous snakes, but boa constrictors do not have fangs.

A great msny persons thought that snakes have scales. Thla, said Mr. i a delusion. Saakse travel very fast, and look as though they were running or walking. He never beard of any exhibitor being killed; by a Poa constrictor, and, did ot believe the recently published story about the crushing of a man tn Bombay by a boa.

The African boa constrictors and the South American anaooadas are very much alike. The general belief that a rattlesnake's age could be told by the number of lu buttons or rattles be characterized as "all moonshine." He said that every time a rattlesnake sheds Its skin It khevisa new buttoa or rattle and a healthy -rattlesnake sheds a skin 4 tbaa oncea-year. He knew rattlesnakes which had been a vaav wltWtnt watev. tint all k-lnfi- heerted persons who hare boa eonetriotors. anacondas, or rattlesnakes in their bouses should not deprive tbem-of water.

Aa for himself, hs would take a little braady. SIN AT OJt MlTCBSLl OK TBM T1BQISIA -j ICOBTIST. -Senator Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, haa written the following letter, favoring Republican support of the Beadjuster ticket tn Virginia: Wiu.roio, Penn, July 87, 1881. DxauSih: The effort lot overthrow of the unjust rule of Bourbon Democracy ia Virginia has from the first bad -my confidence and heartiest sympathy. I regard that movement as the fore runner of an established freat gevernraeat at the South, under which all rights of all citizens shall be respected and permanently secured.

Free boo la. fan- electioaa, and Just laws, faithfully aamimstereo. siuooi peruauty of race or caste, will bring about this state of affairs: aad I would be glad to see all who will work for these objects united together politicallr la every State and section. Therefore 1 say, God speed the coalition movement tn your State, and I regret very much that I cannot myself contribute to Its snoeees. Very truly yours.

JOHN MITCHELL. Mr. J. Aaaxsa Sarrs, Washing-ten, D. a noni rjrw or tbm dxmocsats.

From fas LovitvWt (A. OntrUJcmtnaf, Jvlr 29. Tha Democratic convention in tha Third Dikrict yesterday afternoon was nnquestloaabfy the moat discreditable and disgraceful affair ever known la this city, bad as many heretofore bave been. Ii was nothing bnt a noisy mob. made ua chiefly of tbe worst class of pootical bummers two-thirds of whom were from other wards than the Fourth aadj Fifth." wonder decent peop'a ill, iwi.l aritk r- f-w as tuv are constituted nowadays, aad no wonder their actkta Is so eftsa repudiated acd rebated.

aaBSsssBBBBSSBSBSBSssssaBBsaBBTsM THE LA TE COL. W. 2IILN0R ROBERTS AX ACTWOarTATrVB aXBTClt or THB rsc, rOBTAST WOBX DOM BT THU XMIXXSt Mr. Thomas f. Roberta, of CnbaTsbur' Fsna bas prepared ror pebUoatioa the foDowtas sketch as? tha Ufa of his father, W.

lTTmor tbe emlneat engineer, who died of typhus fever 1 Bio de Janeiro, Bra til. July W.Kilnor Boberts was bora IMaderpalv Feb. It, IM Ha rsontved hfc first appointment' from Canvass White, tbe celebrated etvU entfnser in tha Spring of lta; as a cnatnmaa. and was pro! fhe KMvvSe DlUSv, btate Canal from Johaatowa to MtUbVrgVeitbs of the inched ne In 1S3S he planned and built the first oombtoid raS ro4 bwt W1U railroad on top and the wagon roadway below. nsrceWd the Susquehanna Jilver at Harris burg, andwaa nearjr oas mile la length.

The pier? ot the4 structure ara still used to support the CumberlaEdl Valley Railroad bridge. Is wS. atthesof2 he received his firstppomtment as a Chief EngM near, being called to fill that position on the Har3 and Larioeater Kallroad, (now a portion of the Pennsylvania Central) During tbe tame rsaa ha waa appointed. Chief Engineer of the Cumber, land Valley Railroad. During this cmpioymeot, ta 1MM, he made a surrey aad report oa the Karri, burg water-power aad water-work a Knee 1836 be has filled tbe ofhoe of Chief lm -glneer of tbe following works: la 1837, KfflSL 1883L lesO, and 1841 of tha Improvement of the Mono? -gahela Hlver: the construction of the Paonsrh vania State Canal, (the Brie Cat la 1841 aad 184S he was a contractor on ths Weuaad Canal en largemeat.

In lea and lStt ke waa Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania Brie Canal Compear In lAM, and lb7 Chief Engineer and ageet for tha Trustees of tha Bandy, aad Beaver Canal Company, of Ohio. In 1647 he declined tbe Chlef Bngineershln of the Ohio and Pennsylvania BalW road (now the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne sod CbJeagoi Railroad) to aooeot that of tbe CoaneiM vUle Railroad. In 1848 he waa appointed by act of the Pennsylvania Legislator by name to make a survey to avoid, It possible, the Philadelphia Schuylkill Inclined Plane. Ia 149 he declined appointment tJ Chief Engineer for tba first proposed railroad ba South America (Chill) to take that of tbe BeHe fon tains and Indiana Railroad, which office ba neta uniu looi.

aunng woicn tuna ne was also consulting Eaaineer for the Pitts burs- and fiMnhevrrille Railroad, (now the Pittsburg aad fit. Louis Bait-l roaa.i in ifO-t he was Chief engineer of jujegueny vaiiey juuiroea, consulting for thex Atlantic and Miaatssinta and contractor for tba whole Iron Mount Railroad of Missouri, nnd Chairman of commission of three appointed by tbe Penary veem uegiBiarar so examine ana report upon rontes for avoiding the old Allegheny Portage In chried planes, aad was ta 1868 obliged to decline thtf Chief Ecglrteershlp of the Virginia Ceatrml Railroad oc account of his other engagemeata. Ia l8os-4 was ooatraotor for the entire Keokuk. Deal Moines and Minnesota Railroad, Consulting Ebt gtaeer for the Fltuburg andZrie aad Terrs. Haute, Vandalla and 81 Louis Railroads, and Chief Engineer of the Keokuk, Mount Pleasant, and Muscatine Railroad.

i In 1H6T he left for Bracu to examine the rmrtej of ths Dom Pedro Second Railroad, and In iraa, hi company With Jacob Hum bird, of CumberlaadJ and others, undertook the eoastructiott of that glgantio enterprise. He did not return to this country until 1863. Upon his return be took ther field for tbe surveys of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad through Pennsylvania. Early -I860 be was appointed to maks examinations and report apon the propneed South-west Pectfio Ea road and tbe Iron Mountain Railroad of Missouri, and of the Western Mary land Railroad. In tha same year be was appointed by Edwin M.

atantonJ Secretary of War, United States Civil Engineer iq charge of the Ohio River improvement, whiokt office beheld until 1870, when be resigned to aeoeoi the Chief Englneershtp of tbe Northern Pacific RalW road, which office he held up to the time of his dsJ partare for Brest. addition to his regular routine work ba baa? particularly of late vaara. bald severs! honotmrvi positions, first of whioh be considered the Prosit deney of the American Society of Civil aginaers, in the affairs of which he took great Interest, la 1874 be was appointed by President Grant one of a commission of military and civil engineers to ax-: amine and report npon plana for the improvement) of the mouth of the Mississippi River, and while engaged on this duty Visited tbe chief rivers of' Europe th trip even extending to tba Nile tnl Africa. In 187T be located the Nlotsux and AUanW Baproad. la Nova BeoUa." TORPEDO-BOAT ALARiL' I lb Iks Zdttor fas iKravFor Tim4t: Soma inaccuracies ia an account of tht United States torpedo-boat Ahum published ia your valuable Journal of tba 11th Inst-leads to ths beief that you bave bean misinformed.

It stated, la tbe aeoount in question, "'that the eatlrsj cost of the Alarm, counting numberless expert, ments, hat not exceeded $250,000." la a latter the! Arm and 3ory Journal, dated Jtovambsr. 187V, tbe Chief of tbe Bureau of Ordnance states that $300,000 was appropriated for the building ofi thl vessel, and that work was prosecuted on her and paid for by the Ordnance XJeoartmeat till thai appropriation was exhausted. To this must ba adsea 4O.0uo, or a large part of It, which the ae-j 00 uri states has been aopropnated for substitatuigi thO MaUory propeller for tba Fowler wheel. it is turnout to see now tne enure ost has now exceeded taoaOOO. It la noaalbla that who are skilled la figuring up election might flad a solution, but to the ordinary mind 11 ia problem presenting some perplexities.

Refer? enee hi made la the account to the lightness of draught of the vessel and the great advantages snob vassals possess tn ooast defense over those oi -deep-draught. But the account fans to state that the MaUory propeller has double the draught of tne rowier wneei. ana that in its sunstltutvaa about five feet baa been added to tha draught cl the vessel. 1 The account further states that the Fowlef wheel did not give tbe speed desired. Onthe lt of October, itfrt, to aa official trial made at Newt port, the Alarm, with her.

Fowler wheel, ran at tha rate of 10 knots per hour 68 revolutions of hei engines and about 00 pounds rtcarasprsssure. In a trial with ber MaUory propeller about one yeai ago it Is aald that 11 knots were made. Bnt that was only done by carrying comparatively excessive; steam pressure, the amount being put at between H) and SO pounds by some who were on board at the time. Ko official statement of the pressure: ha been made publlo. but corroborating the state- ments that it was high Is the fact that the propeller shaft was broken before tbe trials were all cont-j plated.

That would seem to show no real gain ia speed, when the extra power is taken tntoaoooant.) If there is such a superiority of propelling power tax the screw over the Fowler wheel aa has been-stated In some of the "learned opinions" tha -bave been promulgated, the MaUory propeller which Is merely a screw used fat connection wtthi the steering apparatus of the Fowler wheel 4 should Impart a speed of ISM knots with the same power that tbe Fowler wheel reunited to ctve 10, namely, as revolutions of the 'engines aad about 64 pounds steam pressure. It hi to be hoped that; that will be done. If not. to tt not wall to inquire; if a wheel has not been substituted at considersblei cost with no gain la speed or manamvrior qnaii- ties aad aa actual loss in lightness of draught A XALL BUT BAD STREET i -1 see toMay on a Broadway corner near thai Post Office a revival of a swindle that was culte! common a few rears since, but which was broken upj by tat exposures of it la my own and otbss Journals. "A clear solution ot mercury exhibited hi little vials, which are sold at 10 torn cents When this fluid is put upon copper.

sUver. asdl some 'other metals the mercury la preetpMated aad with a little rubbing It shows a brilliant sflveH looking surface. This will last a abort time and then tarnish. But tbe bad feature Is that sseroury will dissolve gold or silver enddestror the tenao; tty of copper, brass, Ac. Indeed, mercury is ued for dissolving out small particles of gold la mistns Tms cheap "silver solution" ths sold oa tbe streets, and quite rapidly as I aotteed to-day and to some in teUlgeat -appearing people, too wfll greatly injure, if not destroy, any aietat-upan which It is used.

After my exposure of It few years ago several housekeepers wrote me task they had ruined valuable aeu of genotn suver-, table and tea spoons by tgaorantly applying thla livery fluid. Mercury beat up with day or other fine material, and rubbed npoa metals, has thej same effect ta at first giving a beautiful pollen aad tbea destroying tbe tenacity. Bra--Yen. Wednesday. July 17, 1881.

kTfilLM OS TUB ATI A3 TIC COAST: jro Baakch, July SOL A severe rainstorm has been prevailing oa tbe Atlantic coast since 7 A. to the delight of the owners of tha parched arm lands and to the disgust of the Sunv meT hotel keepers. It Is tbe first tain la IT days, the last being a mere shower. The storm Is so se. vers that signals hara been firing all day from iron pier, warning the excursion steamers not to land, the surf being high aad aaagvroaa wr 11 ion bv boat ln.Tk haa beee made doe-.

teg the day. The firing spray almost peaetreteU the parlors of the beech hotels, aad all the sojoanx srs hem axe keeping In-doora. )i tim a a roto xatcb. rwroRT, R. t.

July 30. The flrst cum el polo of the present season was played this after Boom. aides were aa follows: Blues J. Bryee, 8. 1.

Howiand. aad Pred a Beach; Bads-) August Belmont, Frank Apnletoa, A. Idesj burg, and H. L. Herbert.

Light games vera played, each side winning four. A..