BALL TEAM UPi HIE KUAD j

SWINGING ROUND THC CIRCUIT WITH A PROFESSIONAL NINE.

Ataa/aurM Thai < aafraat I ha Mall Taa»•t — lira alas far Manti* — A racallar (Um of Maa Who EMaaio II a liraal frKi lac a la Kalartala I ho riarars. J>Totn the moment (bat the profeaalonal ball player nnlanrs a sertea of Kam«« .on his home ground* until hr hac completed the trip around the circuit' that la provided by the league schedule ne Is harassed by two fear*. The first and iie gi eater is that he may be allotted the upper berth In aJeoplng-oars. and the acoond the diead of losing hi* playing form by lack of exercise. A third annoyance, notwithstanding the tact that the best of hotels arc provided for the players by the club owners. Is the occasional lack of suffit lent food That is. these strong, healttiy ball players inaiat that they do not always obtain what tbelr appetites demand. And there Is a reason for their comphlnt. although It is not the owner's fault. It la the sleeping car berth, howeier. that Is really the bare of the professional player's existence. He will endure almos: anything In the way of discomfort without a complaint, hut will grumble during the thousand and five hundred miles of travel, grumble and complain like u spoiled child. If he is compelled to sleep, as he describes It. •’under the car roof." Very frequently when the ball clubs make long jumps, like th> trip from New York to St. Louis, a special car Is furnished to the club. It is given exclusively to the players for the trip. There they live, a happy, laughing, good-natured crowd, until It is time to retire on the first night out. If there be a yourg player or two young players on the team, woe to them: They get the uj per berths without any consideration. It Is part of their initiation into the business, and proud indeed is the beginner the first time he is allowed to draw for the chance of a lower berth. He knows he is no longer considered a novice. In the uiawing, the manager of the team first reserves a lower berth for himself..another for the captain, one for the business manager, if there be one. and lower berths for as many newspaper representatives as happen to be traveling with the club. All the other sleeping-car tickets are put into envelopes and sealed. Tuen the players are permitted to draw, beginning ra a rule with the man who has been longest with the club After the drawing has been made, some of the players who arc thrifty, and who nre willing to submit to a ‘ room In the attic." now and then sell their . lower berths to companions, vho are ready to advance half a dollar, sometimes less, for the privilege of sleeping '•downstairs." in some of the clubs an arrangement U in vogue whereby the’pltrhMs'an given the lower berths. This Is especially true of the teams where the pitcher also happens to be the manager. He Insists that good pitching Is the most important part of he game, and that the pitchers should be given every opportunity to rest in order that the team may be successful in Its games on the road. The other players. on the contrary, maintain that the pitchers work only once in three or four games, and have ample time to recuperate. The feud between the pitchers and the other players of a professional bnaebaH nine Is almost as old as the game, and It has yet to be settled In a manner satisfactory to both sides.

easy In travel Almost all of his journeying Is cone in the hottest months of the year and very wisely In his dress he adapts himself to prevailing conditions. Loose shirts, low collars thin lounging coats and airy caps make him the envy of men who swelter and fume in apparel more .dignified but far mors distressing, when the dust Is flying In clouds that threaten to suffocate the passengers, and when heat waves, radiating from embankments and level stretches, undulato continuously through the car. Dominoes are popular with the ball players. It Is easy to carry the box of pieces around anl there ate always candidates for the pastime. On some trams two men who are fond of crlb- , huge will begin on the very first trip to play a senes of games, and will l rolong It Indefinitely. Two players '■f the Boa toil club oi>ce played more than two thousand games of cribbage In a season. The other members of the team insisted that this pair counted •fifteen two. fifteen four" in their sleep. There are stiff games at cuds now and then, but if It cornea to the manager’s car that the stakes 'rre high there is sure to follow a little private hearing in the morning, at which the player is cautioned not to repeat any mere "flyoKisllar-limlt games." At the more importmt stations along the railroad the ama’.l boy. by some Intuition that Is all his own. invariably manages to pick out not only the train on which the ball players nre travelling. but the ear In which they rid*. If. among the gaping urchins, there happens to be one who. at some time In hla Ufe. has been taken to the metropolis and has seen a game of'"real league hall." it devolves upon him to print out the celebrities to his more unlearned companions. •There’s Mathewson!'* shodts a tow headed, freckle-faced lad. and ln< a moment Matfcewaoc. the pitching wonder of th<* baseball world for a year, is the centre of two score Inquisitive eyes. "Bay, be only looks like s great Mg

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who by that time enjoyed the reputation of having been "one of Mathew-r-on'a boys." With that prestige to start with any team would go into

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at. aged li in his hair. . So much the better." declares another. "It Just ibows wnat a boy esn dn If you give him n chance. Hey. halty. show us how to throw an outcurve, will you?" Not Infrequently 1 have seen the big p'uher of the New Yorks condescend to give the urchins a demonstration of curvo tall pitching. Aon roat assured that the next time the "Eagle Eyes" of the village played tnv “Young Rioiee" of the adjoining hamlet, they had for ihelr pitcher the youngster

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the gane with the battle hal But If there are small boys to watch for the ball players along the railroads there are larger boys to entertain thtm when they reach thp various cities of their destitution. There Is s peculiar class of men in every city of the United Slates where a. professional baseball is played who spend a great portion of their time and no rmall portion of their money entertaining the players. They get nothing in return for it. am) expect nothing more thau to have li generally known chat they are fi lends of Davis. Lxjoie. Do •vie. Collins, and one hundtvd and one men who have made baseball famous. If the player wants to smoke, 'he cigars are his. If h« warn* to drink, there are drinks so long a* he wants them. If he desires to go vo the theatre, hla accommodating patron will secure the tjrkets. even though he be obliged to pay a premium for them. When the players ure on the road they seldom g*t morning practice, and that affordi then- no Mttle worry. Conslant exercise is nct-cssary once the season has fairly begun. A ball player does not train to ihe fineness of « college athlete competing, for example, to a rowing <;rew, hut even then he stiffens up quickly and his playing form vanlihes 11 he does not koep his muscles In proper trim. Stnftige to tay. with the knowledge of this truth, there are few of the players who exert themselves further than to walk abound the Mock now and then. They are always willing to take the chances. There are not many of the players who are early risers. It is true, too. that there are few who are In any great haste to get to bed. The tendency of many of thszn. who have graduated from minor leagues, where they have not been fed on pate de foie gras and a few similar dellcAcies, la to eat all there is on the bill of fare when they first sit at table in a first class hotel. The veteran knows better. Experience has taught him a lesson. In fact the veteran ball player Is something of an epicure, and he Is Inclined to be rather abstemious than otherwise. A hearty breakfast Is perhaps the best) meal of the nay. At lunch-xm a little soup, perhaps a vegetable or two some Ice cream, and slice of watermelon In season. That's all before the game—a queer ' combination, hut a ball player with an overloaded stomach Is an abomination to his manager. At night, and nere Is where the professional player grumbles, and really has a grievance, the dinner is often cold. The player, after finishing the game, changing his uniform, and preparing himself lor the evening, arrives In the dinlug room when the dishes are beginning to cool and the waiters are Impatient to get through. But there Is misery In store for the waiter who shows 1L Not a moment that the player Is not under the watchful eye of the manager. Sometimes he believes that he Is not. and when be should Lave been In bed 11 o'clock he fixes up a dummy the bed. which the manager may see If he peeps tnroegbout the keyhole to ascertain whether everything Is aU ri|ht.Next salary day. however, he dlsivers that that dummy has cost him a fine of tea dollars. If he Is wls* he lakes It gracefully. He knows -that If he doee his duty on the field and plays excellent ball In the next few weeks he is likely to find the ten dollars returned to him. Professional ball playera. notwlthandlng their yean of discretion, are a great deal like overgrown boys, and they have to be treated as such. They may get a little boisterous In public now and then, bnt almost never are Intentionally offensive. Each year finds them growling about the hard work that falls to their lot to travel around the country and have a good time, and each year they declare will be their last. But they are aronnd next spring hunting up the old trials and tribulations. including the lower berths, as of they bad never gone through them l>efore.—John B. Focler. ha Collier’s Weekly.

"bees, honey and wax on forms ranges’ In the United 8tnl'-« have just become''available. From this source it is learned that the total number of farms maintaining bees In 707,261, representing 4,100,026 swarm*. The value of these four million odd swarms la Bated to be »10,1$*.51S. The apiary industry shows Increased tirlty In some sections of country i a notable decrease In others. The gregmte figures show a loss In the production of honey. Indicating that framers are now devoting more attention to the production of the latter. The value of the 61.196,610 pounds of honey and the 1,766Jit pounds of wax produced by the country’s bee swarms during a year Is estimated to be 96,6*4.904, a very liberal return on « capital representing only ten odd ini' lion dollars

BACLUSIVE TKADE MILK.

WHAT MOST DISTINGUISHES NEW YORK FROM OTHER CITIES.

Where feepU le Wheel Ceet 1* Me OhJw May Their bead* — Mechlaar* at also s Pelr eed Tteree frem SIBO.OOO t>—Cee Oel Klch ee One Order • Week. The thing that most distinguishes New York from other cities Is found In Fifth avenue, betweeti Twenty-sixth and Forty-se<-ond streets. Here, for nearly a mile, stretch block after block of little stores. Many of them are no larger than the ahope of Hester street. The majority are amallcr than the average retail stores on Third avenue. The narrow, low buildings frequently contain severs! establishments. one to each -floor. And yet the men who do business here pay enormous rents, for they occupy part of the moat valuable ground In the world, f^ere are. of course, In other cities small stores In localities of great wealth, but here la a whole mile of them. In two almost unbroken rows.

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wealth, for nowhere else could they have aurvived, in face of the great department stores and large houses In the more active centers of trade. These small stores could not compete with the larger ones, but they exist. because la New York so large a proportion of the people do not need to consider the cost of things. A small, exclusive place appeals to them because It is small and exclusive. They value their wealth principally because It permits them to pursue their whims, and they are willing enough to pay the price sufficient to maintain a comparatively private emporium. There is very little about these stores that is in touch with the modern life of trade. There are no cosh-r-gisters, no cash-boys and girls, and In most of the places no cashless or bookkeepers, and one might be tempted also to think thst there were no customers. For an hour at a time In more than one of these places yesterday. no one ent^sd. One can pass the entire dsy loitering here, and scarcely sec a sale made. And yesterday an Ideal day for shopping. The avenue outside was thronged with a wealthy, leisurely multitude. Few. however, of the passing carriages and automobiles stopped. Of the people passing from window to window. Idty ! ns peeling the displays, not one In a hundred went inside. Under such clr-/ camstonces, the merchant on Thlra avenue would go bankrupt. Iq jnost of these places, however, a single purchase is often enough to provide a fine

profit for a week.

One of these stores sella nothing but hosiery. The average price of stockings here Is $10 a pair, but any one who wishes can pay 9150. Most of these stockings are made to order, after special designs. Elegance Just now la represented by black lisle, with white embroidery or* Insertions of real lace. Some of these stockings are so fine that they can be wadded Into a thimble. An unusually attractive design was conceived not long ago by a manufacturer In Philadelphia. The leg was of black Hale, and might have been woven by a spider. The lower half was an open web.tver which was worked a delicate vine, also in black. This was hand-embroidery. It was beautifully done, and produced p most striking result. But there are now no more of these stockings to be had. The

girl who was

yen." He led the way Into a little re Uon room, very small and very quiet, and very richly fareiahed.] Is the centre was a little cabinet on a table. "It doesn't look much.” said tapping It with the fingers. Taking a key from his pocket, he lifted Its front that rolled from view like the top of a desk, and revealed against a background of exquisite white velvet fout diamond collarettes, a tiara, and a necklace of pearls. “Here,’’ said be. indicating the neck Uco. "D 9175.000. It 1* Intrinsically worth all that, but a woman whe wears It at her neck would rather tak< It from this hidden cabinet thsn from under the nose of the people on a holt day." "And yet.” It was suggested, "youi theory is unusual." "Not at all," be answered. “A T Stewart, the first merchant of Ne* York, never had a window display.’ A flight of steps and a door to the left leads Into a furnished store o! three small rooms. It is not as larg* as an East Side flat. There la nc stock at all, no office, no desk, nc clerks. The proprietor receives s customer as a gentleman of leisure does a caller, and discusses business as they lounge in upholstery chairs He has nothing to sell, but when th* business Is over be may. perhaps, pul a check for I25.W0 In bis pocket H* can then afford to wait a few days foi another customer to drop In. HU quarters are large enough, for he deal*' In castles of the air. Hla widow display is a single arm chair upholstered In cretonne with wide bands of flowers "The styles have changed." said he “A few years ago upholstery was rich and sombre, now It Is bright and fan clful. French cretonne has replaced the plush and brocade." The walls of this cosey store are adorned with sketches In water-color These are the goods in stock. A cus tomer wanting a room furnished ot altered may have Ideas of bis own or he may leave the whole matter to the merchant. There are those whe worry about the smallest details, who spend a week In giving their order, and who haunt the Job until It if finished. A maa will sometimes enter stand by the door, and while consult ing his watch give the street and num her qf hla residence. Just finished leave instructions to "fix It up all Tlfht,” and jM*R«*cm no more until he pays the bHiof thousands. This mer chant deals only with private real dences. The ordinary cost of decorat Ing and furnishing a bedroom Is from 91.000 to 91.500. But he can. If put tc K. charge 93.000 for a single table.— New York Post.

QUAINT AND CURIOUS

The atmospheric pressure upon thf surface of an ordinary man Is 32,400 pounds, or over 14 1-2 tons. The or dlnary rise and fall of the barometei Increases or decreases this pressure by 25,000 pounds. A modern Diogenes has been dlscov ered In the person of Jacob Peploff who for a Icng rime used as a dwell Ing an empty tub standing In the courtyard ot a large house In Moscow

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The coffins are made of lumber from

four to 10 Inches thick. It Is not s ployed 7n the task U estimate to say that from 8,000,

In China, probably mor for coffins than for Ay c

In the hospital, and this Philadelphia manufacturer Is so peculiar In his nature that he has refused to put another !

to the ordcaL

The trade In stockings made to or- I der seems to be an unusually good ; one. A customer who came In yes- i

An observer of small things la said to have seen a certain'' little fly rui three Inches, taking In the passage from point to point. 440 steps—all in a second of rime. To equal this

terday to Inquire for a 975 pair Intend- I , * Z, , r. \ ed M » -u tow th&t'be mo.1 '» «> “!■ ■•“. *

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Jewelry store Into which no one might <

look. Close against the glass of the i These has recently been mounted Is windows was a carved oaVen panel. *

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established isqi. FIRST NATIONAL BANK or CaRC MAY. CAPE MAY CITY, N. J. WCMTLEY R. WALES, Ps«sfo^r iCERS SAMUEL F. ELDREDGE. Vice PscaiocNT. GEORGE M. HENDRIC SAMUEL F. ELDREDGE. Arras^-TiPu^ WESTLEY R. WALES. Phvsicism snd Dauaoiar. WIKI. N. NORCROSS, Gsocts. Mavs Lanoims LEWIS T. STEVENS, Attosncv-at-Lsw A. L. HAYNES Hcatino Assasatus. OEO. C. EDMUNDS, Gsocca WcsrCAscMAVe GEORGE M HENDRICKS. CASMtca Account* of Merchants snd Individuals solicited, certificate* of deposit bearlog three per Mat. Interest Issued, ialerett beginuiug st the date of iasua. Bankers' money orders psytble in all pxru of the United State* and Foretoa exchange, payable In all parts of tbs world sold at lowest rates. Special attention is given to collection.. N. B—Postage stamps sod postal cards always on band for oonvenletuM of

Paint! Paint! Paint!

rising some three feet There nothing but n word, in small gilt letters. on the door, to Indicate that there Jewels might be had. Inside, the glass cases were filled with brilliant gema The office was Id the rear, and conalsted of a little roll top desk, behind a roll, where a pleasant-faced, grayhalred old gentleman was leisurely writing a letter with a quill pen. “Why do you bare no window din-

play?” he was asked.

He looked up with a quiet twinkle in his eye as he sold: "Because we do not wsiit any." It took some rime to ■lain to him why so personal a ques-

prindple underlying the barred and bolted ape pa ranee of his front “Our customers.” saiffhe. “are a class of people who like to think their dealings are exclusive. They would not readily buy a costly necklace that every passing eye had seen. It would lose its value If It became too common.” And then hs added: “We feel that we ora safer as we are. Your Jewelthlef seldom enters s store after what he baa not seen. Thst Is. perhap*, a curious fact, for. of cousae, he knows that a store like this would have valuable treasures, even If they were not In the window. But when such crimes have been run to earth. It has almost Invariably transpired that the thief has seen the Jewels exhibited, and went m search of them. But. still, that is -mly Incidental. Wo wish to voter to hose who come on purpose to buy, and tre willing to pay for pro perry that is •anlly private, and we do not wlah to “apt the merely curiods to come Intfdc. If you would like to see some

the Admiralty building In London r British gun which has an Interesting history. The gun. which is a brocn 12-pounder, was found last year In Pe kin by the Germans, and ns It proved to be a British piece of ordinance II

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handed over to Admiral Seymour t discovered that It was the which he himself had lost from

gunboat in the Canton river in th< Chinese war of 1857-62. The Chlnesf had dredged it from the river and

taken It to Pekin.

The whitening of hair, so familiar tr us, has not been easy to explain. In s recent study of the subject. E. Metch nlkoff has found that nlgment atroph) ot the hair la due to action of pha gocytes, or whllfl blood corpuscles which absorb the pigment and tree a fer If elsewhere. In whitening halt and Its roots the phagocytes filled wltt pigments are nutaerous. while they gradually, disappear aa the protest progreasoa. and are almost completely absent In perfectly while hair. Tbit discovery of the pari played by phago cytea-sheds light on various puxxlint facto. It shows, for instance, that th< sudden turning white of hair In t single night, or In a few days, U r result of Increased activity set up It the phagocytes ot the hair.

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