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A MAN MAY HIMSELF MAKE A DONKEY BY THE CLOTHES HE WEARS And By His Manner of Buying Them. you make a donkey of yourself in the matter of Clothes? Do you stubbornly stand by the moss grown prejudice against "Ready-made Will you continue to trot Do in the fast-decreasing procession of donkeys which is haltered and led in ignorant docility by the lordly merchant tailors? WILL YOU DO IT THIS FALL? Don't! Cometo us! Why? BECAUSE we sell Clothing as fine as custom tailor ever put needle into at HALF the tailor's price. BECAUSE, while in Temporary Quarters, we are selling goods cheaper than we ever sold them before, and cheaper than any competition can afford to sell- -for instance, Suits sold in our old house for $30 go here for $25; Suits sold in our old write down an ASS Egregthouse for $25 go here for $20; Suits soldi in our old house for $20 for $16; Suits sold in old house for $16 here for so OUR FALL STOCK- ously But an ass." go here our go $12, and on down. I'll reform and henceforth buy covering the whole range of NOVELTY, ART and WORTH in the CLOTHING WORLD- -awaits your pleasure at the scale of prices indicated. my clothes at LEVY'S, as becomes a MAN.

WHY AND HOW WE DO IT. THE $7 TO 7" MOVEMENT. It's plain proposition. We'd rather LOSE MONEY for a short time show our respect for Organized Labor generally. WE have and HOLD TRADE while away from home than to make favored the "7 to 7" movement, and have done more than any other money and LOSE TRADE by reason of being away from our estab- house to inaugurate and maintain it WE have cheerfully acceded to purpose determined upon before we moved from our old house into order to allow our salesmen, who are members of the Retail Salesmen's Quarters, never 1 to be varied from while we remain here.

Benevolent Association, to take part in the Labor Parade, as well as to a Temporary In selling goods at and such low prices we are but carrying out a fixed LEVY'S -morrow at 9:30 a. m. our house will be closed. We do this in always lished place of business. TO THIS END we have "slaughtered" prices Louisville's Greatest the wishes of the Association and adopted the hours it wanted, SUMMER Goods and will "slaughter" prices on FALL and WIN- Clothing House, that its members knew what wanted.

WE have never presum- wanted on TER goods. TO THIS END we have made GREATER ing business bad they, when a "slaughter" enough to keep open the other houses were closed, on all SPRING and WINTER goods, some few of which Market Street, in hope to catch a stray customer and a much-needed dollar. WE LEFT.OVER have of them the fellow" Strive still to be in "bargains" in first SCHOOL And here's where the TEMPORARY QUARTERS. closest scrutiny by every labor sympathizer of our whole course of action Clothes make the MAN: the want are quite ready buy new goods. And here's where the BOYS come BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH, IN and at the same time get the credit of doing it a favor.

WE invite the are still left and come in handy right now before the majority of people 321 never tried to "work" the clerks' association with advertising banners, to for HEN wearing clothes from LEVY'S. ington. And here's where YOU'LL in, and thank us for the P. Workingmen will remember those Cassimere Pants for $1 a pair (worth man made by G. A.

R. come in for "regulation blue suits" to wear to Wash- toward the "7 to 7" movement the organization whose motto it is, chance come on sale only till we close at 9:30 to-morrow morning. and by the approval or condemnation of this association we are willing to GET IN, if you'll come in and see and judge, for yourself. to stand or fall in the estimation of the workingmen everywhere. THE COURIER JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1892.

17 So The Louisvilles did not lose much ground last week. They won almost half of their games and met strong teams: But they gave some exhibitions of ball playing that were disgraceful. Their work showed the lack of a leader. Indeed the truth has forced itself that- Fred Pleter is no man to captain a teum. He lacks the necessary principles of leadership.

He has not the courage to fight in the face of odds. He communicates this feeling to his wen, and when an opponent gets ahead, defeat is almost assured. How many games have the Louisvilles won after the other side got in front It the club wants to win some other man should be made captain. Tom Brown would probably be the best man for the 1 osition. The Clevelands are holding out wonderfolly well.

They are now seven games in front of all othere, and if they do not suffer from homesicknese during the pres ent trip, their chance of winning the pennant is very good. The Brooklyns are strong finishers, and it is they that the Clevelands have to fear. The Bostons did some spurting last week. Pitteburgh also crowded up to the top. Philadel phis succeeded in remaining in hailing distance.

Cincinnati showed improvement. The New Yorks returned to their first seeson form. Baltimore, St. Louis and Washington are going to have a very close finish for last place, and the excite ment is becoming more intense every day. The Louisvilles open in Boston to-day.

They have five other cities in the East to visit. The League has had to raise its assess ments again. A letter was sent to each club last week that the assessment would be raised from 12 1-2 per cent. to 16 2-3 per cent. This was made necessary account of the rear approach of 000 of the notes given for the Association clubs falling due.

The take out is very heavy one, and will play the deuce with profits. The following from the New York Herald has a Iceal interest: It was more for the purpose of rooting out this evil, which was gradually but surely destroying the game, that the sprojectors of the National League met and set their wits to work to eliminate open betting from base ball. The late William A. Hurlbert, of Chicago, was the originator. of the plan.

He called convention of the principal club representatives. They met at Louisville in the spring of 1876 and organized the National League. He was aided in that work by Col. John A. Joyce, of Cincinnati; Charles E.

Chase, of Louisville, and Charles A. Fewle, of St. Louis Of tlie four projecters of the National League Mr. Chase alone survives. The foundation of the Naticnal League was the total prohibition on League grounds of open betting and a refusal to permit any telegraph wires to enter those grounds for the purpose of sending results to pool-rooms.

The constitution also provided for the permanent blacklisting of any player who should be convicted of playing a dishonest game. The plan to break up open betting on the grounds succeeded admirably. A strict watch was kept and any man caught in the act of offering a wager on any probable result of the play was promptly ejected from the grounds in fulilment of printed warnings posted in full view of every spectator. It was, 1105 long until the base-ball gamblers gave up in disgust, retired, and the pia of every one of them was filled by a half dozen men who loved the game not as a means of gambling, but as a healthful mode of. recreation.

It was cot so, easy, however, to eradicate the evil of crooked playing, and during the first two years more or less selling ont" was indulged in. There was indirect evidence that such dishonest ying had been practiced, and the guilty players were marked, but no fo itive proof of their dishonesty could the obtained, so carefully were they shielded by the men who were using them as their hired tools. But Hurlhert aid his comagnates were determined and patient. Theie time came, aud by one Caesarian blow they put an end to crooked ball playing' so effectually that the evil has not raised its head again during the fifteen, years which have elapsed since the blow was struck This blow was struck in Lonisville nearly two years alter the National League had been formed. The Louisville team of 1877 was one of the strongest ever seen on a diamond.

It consisted of DevEin and Snyder as the principal battery: Latham first base, Gerhardt second base, Hague third hase, Craver short stop and Hall, Crowley and Shafter in the outfield. douht whether Hall and Devlin have ever had their superiers as outfielder and pitcher respectively, and as batters. Levlin undoubtedly was the heaviest batter of all the pitchers whe previous to and since that time have earned fame at ball playing. In spite of the efforts to keep telegraphic information of games as they progressed from the pool-rooms it could not be done, and peols continued to be sold on ball games during 1876 and 1877. But the Louisville team was so almost invincible that it figured very little in the betting during most of the season, and when it was made an object in the pools, it was at odds which were nearly prohibitive In the latter part of the season the saw in this very state of affairs a chance to reap a rich harvest by a few of the Louisville players.

In midseasen Hague was incapacitated by a malignant toil under his right arm, and the club was forced to secure another third baseman. George Hall, Captain of the nine, advised the engagement of AL Bert Nichole, formerly of the Mutuals, but at that time playing in Pittsburgh, and upou such recommendation Manager John Chapman, who is now (fifteen years later) managing for Louisville again, engaged the young man. From that engagement dated the series of unlooked-for events which robbed Louisville of the see ond National League championship and caused the disbanding of the greatest team which up to that time had been got together. This team was familiatly called The Louisville Giants," and with them originated the pseudonym afterward bestowed upon Mufrie's New York players Next evening the entire team was summoned before the Board of Directors and every nan was miked to sign an order permitting the club to examine any telegrams seat at any time by any one of them or received by them, as the files of the Western Union office might show. Only cne player refused to sign the order.

that one was Craver. He would confc6s nothing, however, and merely laughed at the club's charges of erookedne: a him. He was immediately expelled. At examination of the telegraphie fles at the Western Union office disclosed telegrams implicating Nichols, Hall and Deylin. All were duly expelled, and none of the four ever played a professional game of tall afterward.

Hall accepted his punishment without a marbut Devlin made yearly appeals for reinstatement until he died, almost a be some time in the eighties. Nichols is still playing Sunday games round about New York and Brooklyn, using a name. It was a severe punishment, lat it served to so thoroughly wipe out all inclination toward crookthat not even a breath of suspicion has fallen upon professional player in late years. During the Pittsburgh-Philadelphia game of August 26 Delehanty found in the outfield a chunk of grease, and a creasy rag. This is significant in view of the fact that on the previous day Knell had complained of the ball being greasy, The Pittsburgh players, of course, denied that they had anything to do with the greasing.

They claimed Delehanty's find was used for the groundkeeper's roller. Manager Wright, however, thought it was used for a different purpose. The Philadelphia Ledger commented upon this incident as follows: If the story from Pittsburgh is true that the Smoky City players had a greased rag in the outfield with which they greased the ball it is not to be wondered at that neither Knell nor Weyhing could control the ball in Thursday's and yesterday's ya nes. This tricka very low trick it is has been worked before, but not in recent years. This is the way it is worked: The center fielde, every time the ball is batted or thrown out into his territory, rubs the ball with the rag, which he carries concealed about him, and which he drops to the ground when he comes in after ench inning so 88 to avoid detection.

The pitcher the side working the trick has his pocket filled with crushed rosin, with which lie rube his hand, thus preventing the Tall from slipping from his grasp. of course, the pitcher on the other side, who has no rosin to put on his hand, can do nothing with the slippery ball. The engagement of Wood and the presence of Stovey here with the Balti- mores reminds me of a rather queer coincidence, said Manager Bancroft at Cineinna Back in 1880 Wood and Stovey were members of the Worcester teem. Wood used to lead off the batting list and Stovey followed him. The Worcesters played a series of three games in Troy, and every day of the three the Worcesters started off in the same way.

Wood opened up with a threebagger and Stovey followed with a home run over the center fielt fence. Just think of it, a three-bagger and a home run for a starter for three days in succession. If that wasn't enough to break the hearts of the opposing players I don't know what would." How in the world did John A. MoPhee, the Reds' graceful second baseman, ever got that title That is a query that has been asked a thousand times and seldom answered. W.

E. Rockwell, the President of the Pacific Northwest League, has solved the mystery of long standing: When a young boy MePhee lived in Alvedo, a little town in Western Illinois. His uncle was the proprietor hotel and the lad was in the habit of spending a good part of his time dabbling into things about the kitchen. In consequence he was dubbed Biddy" by the people about the place and the name has followed him to this Star. The Sporting Life says: For a Southern League season to pass without squabbles and more or less serious shind? would be a refreshing novelty.

Thinge in this year's League went on swimmingly for a long time, but at last the inevitable row came up. The trouble came over the dispute between President Genslinger and Manager Kelly, of Mobile, who have been more or less at loggerheads all season. When Umpire MoLaughlin was last in Mobile he drew on the Mobile club for part of his salary, and received it. When President Genslinger was informed he wired to withhold the money and send it to nim, a8 he needed it for uther League expenses. This Manager Kelly refused to do, stating that the President ought to have sufficient money in the treasury for balls and other expenses.

To this insulting message Mr. Genalinger sent. curt reply, and the matter was apparently dropped. The subject of League finauces, however, was receiving quiet attention, and at the instance of Vice President J. B.

Erwin, of Montgo nerv, enough clubs signed a call for a special meeting to be held in Montgomery, August 27. President Genslinger, however, refused to call the meeting as requested, and instead called a meeting for New Orleans, September 5. Vice President Erwin was successful over President Genslinger in having the League meet held at Montgomery, August 27. Mr. Genslinger did not attend and the meeting was called to order by Aeting President Erwin, with the following delegates present: Mobile, John Kelly Chattanooga, Ted Sullivan New Orleans, J.

Powers; Atlanta, L. Bosche: Birmingham, George Allison and J. Long; Montgomery, B. L. Holt.

The statement of the League's finances submitted by Mr. Genslinger was taken up and discussed. The statement shows expenditures of $2,485. This embraces telegrams, umpires, railway fares, express on balls, stamps, stationery, Secretary's salary, to the amount of $709.94. There remains due, according to the statement, $446.34, which Presldent Genslinger had applied for to meet current expenses.

The League declined to approve the statement, and appointed Mr. Erwin a committee to go to New Orleans and examine the books. It was the sense of the meeting that Genslinger has been extravagant with the League's funds. There was strong talk at the meeting of asking Genslinger for his resignation, but at the afternoon meeting it was decided not to do so, but that he would be given an opportunity to resign on a hint at the proper time. From what was said at the meeting the League seems to be sour on Genslinger's management.

One of the managers said after, the meeting that Vice President Erwin would soon be President of the Southern League, as well as Secretary and Treasurer. NOVEL EXCURSION. The Woman's Confederate Auction On Steamer Columbia Next Thursday. The Ladies' Confederate Monument Association will give an excursion on the steamer Columbia, September 10, 1892. The boat will leave the foot of Third street at 5 o'clock p.

and will make a ten-minute stop at the foot of First strect. All the merchants called upon for contributions have responded generously, and donations have been made as follows: The Albin Company, handsome carved book-case. Keisker lady's writing-deep. Prazice, Gaulbert handsome lamp. The Fessenden-Stewart Company, an elegant dress pattern.

Kaufman, Straus real lace fan. Rodger Pottinger, superb jardinier. Klauber Son, handsome landscape, elegantly framed. James L. Lemon Son, a handsome lection.

W. H. Mcknight an elegant ottoman rug. William Kendrick'y Sons, a sterling silver hair brush. Knett Sons, a beautiful silk, opera shawl.

The John C. Lewis Company, an elegans parlor rug. Mammoth Clothing Company, fine suit of boy's clothing. Deppen Sen, boy's fine overcoat. Harrig an elegant carved rocker.

Seashols real point lace handkerchief. Delfinger beautiful china vase. Arthur Kaye, handsome selection of bric-a-brac. Lawton Dresden china coffee set. The above articles will be in charge of committee of charming young ladies, who will offer them fur sale at auction on the boat.

There will be music and dancing during the evening. Refreshments will be served at moderate prices. It is hoped that the friends of the As sociation will show their interest in the enterprise by their presence, 80 as to make the occasion a gala-day. The committee of ladies in charge of the proposed boat excursion, in order to mako it a financial success, made an appeal to the liquor dealers of Main street for contributions, to defray the expense of the boat, ete. The response 'for which the ladies are very grateful, was prompt and generous, as the folk wing list of donors will show: Bartley, Johnson Paul Jones, E.

Miles Bernheim Lewis Tachav, John G. Roach, Brown, Forman Tamplett Lowensin, Taylor de Williams, A. R. Sutton, "Old Times" Dis tillery Company, William Patterson, W. H.

Thomas, P. H. Burt, W. L. Weller Sons, The Anderson and Nelson Distillery Company, It is understood the tobacco men do not propose to be left hehind in this good work, and that they will also, in due time, make a handsome contribution to the committee.

The generous gift of $100 by the Louisville Packing Company through Mr. by V. P. the Clancy was so highly appreciated ladies that they worked very energetically and contributed very largely fo make the opening of the retail department of this tum yesterday a grand success. Appreciating the work of the committen, Mr.

R. A. Robinson made them a very liheral contribution to the fund being raised to defray the expense incident to the laging of the cornerstone of the proposed monument. The ladies feel very greatly encouraged, and have reason to expect that this will he the most largely attended excursion of the season. Communications and exchang for this department should be addressed the chess editor.

-The Louisville Chess Club meets rooms 613 and 614 Commerce Building, Fourth and Main. Rooms open at all hours. All chesa players welcomed. Corresponence. J.

F. Bellevie, your solutions must have miscarried, as they did not reach this office. Problem No. 102. Fifth prize in St.

John Globe tourney. By A. F. Mnckenzie. Black (5).

White (11) White to play and mate in two moves, Solutions. PROBLEM No. 100. 1-R- 0 Kt 6. Solved by B.

F. W. H. Ellorton, Louisvillo: J. F.

Tilloy, Bell vue, B. C. El zabethtown: Ben G. Drals, Lexington, The Dresden Ar fine game between Winawer and Von Bard leven. Score and notes from New York Tribune.

PUNZIANA. Whi'e (6 W. nawer) Bl. ek (C. von Bardelebon) 1-P-K 4 1-P-K 4 2-K K- 3 -0 Kt-B 3 3-P-B 3 3 Kt-B 3 (a) 4 4-KixP 5-KI-KE sq.

(b) 6-B 6-Kt-B (c) 7-KIxP 7-KIxB (ch) (d) 8-KixKt 3 3 (e) 9-B-K 10 10-Castles 11-Kt-Q 11-K1-0 2 19 Castles, (Q. R) (0) 3-RtxKt 13-PxKt 3 15-Q-R 5 2 (ha) 10- 4 Kt (g) 8 17-B-K B4 18-P-K. Kt 3 18-0- R6 19 2 19-5- 20-P-K 4. (1) 20-P-K 3 21-Q R-Kt sq. 21- PxP 22-P-K 5 0-K sq.

1-K. sq. 3 00 -R B6 -KIXR (k) -0-B 2 (1) 5 27--BXP (ch) 0 sq. 98-RXKt 20-QxR 30-K-K sq. 30-B-Kt 5.

(ch) 31-K- 0. 5q. 31-0-8 4 (m) 32 Resigns. NOTES. (a) Authorized in the books, but not much tried in hard play until it was adopted by Max Weiss against Tsehigorin In the tie match of the sixth American Chess Congress of 1889.

3 P-0 4 18 more gen- erally favored and we belleve it deserves the preference. (b) or BB the the alternatives, former 5 is Kt--K 2 but or 5 4, quite safe, 38 regards the latter, which involves the sacritice of a piece for two pawns and some temporary inconvenience to White's King, experience has proved that the value the material gained by White outweighs the chances of the counter attack. (c) As 'in the second gamo of the abovenamed tie match, while In the first 6 Kt--B 3 was played by Herr Weiss. (d) We have never seen 7. P- 3 tried at this juncture, and this is probably due to the fear of 8 B-Kt 5 (ch).

But we belleve that the venture would at least pay the cost of the seems experiment, that for Black after Kt- 2, it to us will obtain good game, no mutter how the opponent may continue. The test move helps White to obtain better post for his Knight. Tsenigorin here plaged 9 Kt-Q the stronger text move was adopted Showalter against Judd. (f). 'The King would have been safer on the other wing and we can see no prospecttve advantage for the apparent correspondIng risk.

(g) A deeply worked out and strong re (by If 16 I'-B 5, 16 Q-Q 5 (ch); 17 ply. to White's ill-considered last move. K- Kh sq, 17 B- Kt 18 Q- Kt 3, 19 90 K- BXR; 19 RxR; 19 RxB, 19 Q-K 5. (ch); 54, 20 B--K 2 and shonid win. (1) He may have entertained some vague netion of shutting must the ndverse but he is only offering a convenient target.

for the adverse counter 20 RB sq. was less objectionable on the face of It and probably quite safe. (1) surprise As is sprung on waiting tactics of often happens in similar situations this sort. (k) Pretty nearly forced, If 25 20 6, etc. Or If 25 2, 25 RAPE 96 PxR, 26 4 27.

K-4 6 with a winning position. Again, If 25 Kt-B sq. 25 R--K 54.: followed mostly by 5, with a strong attack. () 11 26 3, 26 27 5: 27 2 O- (we KE 4, see 28 nothing 7: 29 better), ExB 29 B- 5. (ch.) and wins.

(m) A graphio formination to a powerfulconducted threatens 32 followed by GxP and 1 32 0 Kt the answer 32 6 (ch.) wins obviously. News and Gossip. -A new periodical, to be called the Chess Fortnightly," will shortly be issued at London by Here Lasker. -In the tournament of the Counties Chess Association, at Brighton. England, Blake won first prize with 61-2 out of Wilson second.

with 6, and Butler third, with 5 -The first game of the match between Maj. Hanham and Mr. Hodges to. decide tie for third prize in the tournament of the Brooklyn Chess Club was won by Mr. Hodges.

-A game between Walbrodt and Tarrasch, In the Dresden tournament, was drown in tanner which occasioned much comment, and no wonder, as there is a rule that both parties must play up to their full strength. This. however, they may have done. The moves were P-K4, P-K3. 2.

P- P-04. 3. PxP. same. Kt-KB3, same.

5. B-Q3, same, 6. Castles, same. B--KKt5. same.

8. P- B3, same. 9. JKt-00, same. 10.

Q-B2, same. Draw agreed on. The exact sequence of the moves varled slightly, as We write from memory, but the positions were left, as above, ex actly even," a la. 54 or onesystem tournament. -(Baltimore News.

Our Aggreable Prospect. (Memphis Commercial.) It will probably be forty years before the hest lawger in Kentucky will have an intelligent comprehension of the new Constitution Every section of it will have to be heavily annotated with references to Supreme Court decisions as guide to the feet of the luckless individual who undertakes to plod through it. Legislatures for years to come muet legislate in the dark. The courts will be crowded with litigants and the lawyers will reap a bounteous harvest until the courts, by main strength and awkardness, shall have hammered this shapeless and meaningles mass of verbiage into intelligible form. It there ever was a specific for one complaint, then Carter's Little Liver Pills are a specific for sick headache, and every womshould know this, Only one pill a dose.

Try thom. QUESTIONS AMP AMPANSWERS In this department, the Courier Journal will endeavor to answer questions of interest to readers in general. Questions of personal Interest will not be answered in the paper, but will be answered by mail, provided a stamp is inclosed. If your query is not answered, it is because it has been published before, in a reasonable time, or it is not of general interost, and no stamp is inclosed for reply, Inquiries as to the reliability. of firms and the value of coins, and on political subjects, will not be answered at all.

Not more than three queries should be sent. in at one time, and the queries or questions should be written on one side of separate sheets of paper. Sign your full name: it will not be published unless desired. Address all letters for this department to 4 Questions and Answers Editor CourierJournal, Louisville, What is the National bank evstem I. O'H.

It is a system adopted in 1863, and improved in 1864, under which all of the banks of issue in the country operate. It was adopted at a time when the Gov. ernment needed vastly more than the ordinary amount of money coming to it. To get this money it was issuing bonds, and to create a demand for them and at the same time to provide a larger amount of circulating medium, the National Bank Act was passed, becoming law June 3, 1864. It was intended to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, It created a Comptroller of the Currency, and empowered associations with cap-ital of $100,000 (in small places capitals of $50,000 were allowed) to form themselves into banking companies, which should put at least: 30 per cent.

of their capital into United States bonds, which bonds they should deposit with the Comptroller, who should deliver to them not more than 90 per cent. of the bonds so deposited with him in national bank notes," receivable everywhere except in payment of customs duties. There were various details as 'to the redemption of the notes, etc. To make it an object for the banks in existence to obtain charters as national banks, and for new banks to be formed under the act, a heavy tax WAS laid on all notes issued by banka acting under State laws, and various exemptions from taxation were allowed. The act was a long one, carefully drawn, and based very largely on the New York State Banking act.

It provided for the continuance of the national banks dur. ing twenty years, and expired in 1884. In that year, however, a National Bank Extension Act" was passed, extending the lives of the national banks to 1904. under the same regulations as the original act imposed. It has been proposed to let the banks issue notes up to the full amount of the bonds deposited with the Comptroller, thus increasing the amount of the notes in circulation, and enabling the banks to make a little more money for the businese of the banks is not remunerative as it wae and the amount of bank notes now in circulation is less than ever before; but the proposition has not yet been acted upon.

Will you tell me something of the sizes of the various European armies and navies; and who would win in anether German-French war? CONSTANCE READY. Giving the countries alphabetically, Austria-Hungary leads, with an active army of 875,000 men, a first reserve, (men who have served their time with the of 290,000 men, and a sec. ond reserve, of men who have served their time in the first reserve, of 000: the grand total is 2,032,420 officers and men. France has a war-force of 4,169,479 officers and men; 1,124,000 are in the active army, 910,000 in the field reserve, 956,000 in the first, and 1,176,000 in the second reserve. Germany has 2,913,599 officers and men, of whom 810,000 are with the colors, 405,000 in the field reserve, 900,000 in the first and 799,000 in the second reserve.

Great Britain has a regular army of 136,842 men, a field reserve of 68,500 men, a first reserve of 750,000, a second reserve of about 224,000, and a total on paper of 1,179,350, Italy has 925,000 men under arma, a field reserve of 000, a first reserve of 1,398,000, a second reserve of 17,800, and total of 2,522,314. Russia has the largest stand. ing army, 1,698,000 men always under arms, with field reserves of discovered by a French engineer, M. Broussard, at Rosetta, or Rishid, Egypt, in 1799, while throwing up earth works. A few days later it fell into the hands of the English, and was deposited in the British Museum.

It had on it a trilingual inscription--that is, an inscription in three kinds of characters- hiero- first reserves amounting to 1,191,300 men; 4,000,000 in the second reserve, and a total of 7,914,000. Turkey keeps 155,000 men with the colors, but has an estimated reserve of 617,000 men. A8 between France and Germany, some critice expect France to beat Germany. The French have matched every improvement. made by the Germans in military matters; and they; will fight for revenge, which is a feeling that will help them.

It will be a great war, when it comes. Why is New Jersey said to be out of the Union K. R. M. There ate two answers to this question, one of which is odd, the other probably correct.

According to the first, immigrants were not allowed to land in New York city during the Mayoralty of Andrew -in the early 1205. The ship captains therefore landed their immigrant passengere at South Amboy, New Jersey, where they made their way to New York. An Irish woman was seen sitting on her trunk in a New York street weeping: and when asked the reason, answered: Me brother paid me fare to the United States, but the villain Captaing landed une in The other, and probably more correct reason for the saying, is the fact that Joseph: Bonaparte, who had been King of Spain, sought refuge in this country after the fall of Napoleon, and settled at Bordentown, New Jersey. He lived like 8 king there for nineteen least so far as luxurious living is kinglike, and so, as New Jersey was the only part of the country that had a king, it was said to be out of the The phrase is said to have originated among the Pennsylvanians, who refused to. allow him to hold land in Pennsylvania; and the Philadelphians especially were jealous of the prosperity he brought to New Jersey, and sneeringly said that New Jersey was out of the and that the Jersey Blues Were Spanjarda." hecause they were ruled over by the King of Spain.

How man mints are there in the United States? G. S. There are three mints in operation in this country, at Philadelphia- which is the" mint- at New Orleans, and at San Francisco. What is the largest hosnital in the world and where is it? HOSPITALER. Probably the Hospital St.

Louis in Paris, which has 882 beds: it was founded by Henry IV (Henry of Navarre), in 1664. The second largest hospital is the London Hospital, in Whitechapel road, with over 800 beds. The third largest, or possibly the second largest, is the Hotel Dieu in Paris, with over 800 beds; it was founded in 660, by Landry, Bishop of Paris. What salary does the Prime Minister of Great Britain receive? ANON No salary is paid to the Frime Minister as Prime Minister. The head of the British Government always holds some salaried office; and in law has no standing as Prime Minister or Premier.

Lord Sulisbury holds office as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Gladstone prefers to hold the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, and the other Prime Ministera have, for the last hundred years or so, held office as First Lord of the Treasury. The higher ministers receive 4,500 pounds or 5,000 pounds a year and a house in Downing street; so it doesn't matter which olli ce they take for themselves. 1. What was the direct cause of the civil war? 2. What was the origin of the term Contrabands 3.

What was the Swamp Angel 1. Differences between the seceding States and the rest of the country as to their rights under the Federal Constitution. Slavery was the main subject of difference. The term Contrabard, as used during the war in reference to slaves, originated with Gen. Ben F.

Butler, who proposed to seize slaves as contrabands of war, on the ground that their labor aided the Confederates. 3. The term Swamp is sometimes applied to brand of pistols. What is the Rosetta Stone? Tell something ahout S. R.

The Rosetta Stone was a black slab alyphies, dennotis and Greek. The liferogiyphics and demotis were transcriptions of the Greek text, and by the aid of the stone the hieroglyphics were at last interpreted. The discovery of this stone was, therefore, an event of first-ciass interest and importance to students of Egyptian history, as it made available for historical purposes the numerous inscriptions on Egyptian temples, bs and obelisks, as well as many manuscripts since discovered written in ancient Egyptian charaoters. Please give the approximate annual production of maple syrup and euget in Kentucky? Also, in what month is it made SALLY Maple sugar is usually made in February or March, when the sap begine to run in trees. There are no statistics extant of its production in Kentucky.

What is meant by watered stock Give name and date of act authorizing it G. R. M. stock is stock that has been issued arbitrarily without any addition to the cost of the property, which it represents. If a property is capitalized at $100,000 and the stock be increased to $200,000 without the payment of any money by those among whom the new stock is distributed, the stock said to be half watered.

2. There no particular not authorizing such prao-ices. Corporations often have authority granted in their charters to increase their capital stock within certain limite. In what books can the works and deeds done by Southern women during the late war be found QUESTION ASKER Most of the books, other than dry chronicles, relating to the civil war, have something to say of the deeds of Southern women. Pollard's Lost Cause and De Leon's books may be mentioned as among the works in which such mention is made.

Have the tariff laws of the United States ever permitted an importer to deposit goods in the United States Cue tom-house and after a tune withdraw them withont paying tariff. duty. provided the goods were carried to alother market! F. K. POPPLEWELL Yes.

1. Does the Constitution make it im. possible for both President and VICe President to be from the same State? Is 2. there When was the relianef divining in it, rod or first explain- used any ing why it should turn where there is water? 1. No.

2. We do not know. When does the World's Fair at Chiosgo. begin and end? C. J.

May October 30, 1892. Who United Brig. ton, D. is the Adjutant General of the States army! LARRY. Gen.

John C. Kelton, WishingC. Was Charlotte Bronte married: it 60, give something of ber busband's history, M. J. C.

Miss. Cronte was married when thirty. eight years of age to Rev. Mr. Nicholis, her father's curate.

She was ill at thi time, and died after only a few month: of happy domestic life. Kindly tell me how to rid my house of water buss. Plentiful use of powdered borax is said to he a good thing. Suleeman, Lottieville--There are no statistic. on which to base an answer to your question.

J. Troy, Ind. -England has a gun or cunn that weighs 106 tons, requires a charge of 862 pounds of powder, and shoots a projectile or ball weighing 2,000 pounds W. Louisville Consult a reputable surgeon. What year and month and wher did Press Ewing die? 2.

In months has cholera broken out as epidemic in Kentucky since 18332 J. W. B. 1. At Mammoth Cave, September 27 1851.

2. July and August, 1834; July and August, 1835; May, June and July. 1849; July, 1850; Angust, 1851; August and September, 1873. Louisville hurl a Alight visitation in October, 1854. The seasons have very little tuttueuce or cholera.