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A BISON.
Soon tho Tables Were Turned, and No W0a
Tracking His TrnckcrA

boOu tho EADlto were IuFneos ana AO WA
Tracking His Trnckcra-
From the Badmfnton Maonstns.
The tracks are quite fresh, drops OF blood arc
on the leaves he had, brushed against. and, with
both rifles ready. we get nearer and nearer to
him. Wo are going up a steep hill now. the
jungle in places is not quite SO thick-open
patches hero and there. There he isi' from
Chippani, who has eyes like a hawk, and a snort
and a short crash above us tell us we arc seen.
Shoot" Chippani says, and to our cost / do.
With no cover below him.. no open place TO meet
him. md everything In the bulls favor. I ought
never to have fired. as by making a flank march
I could easily have got above him and IN COM
parative safety.
However. there is not much time to think of
these things, and az ! fro one barrel OF the 10
bore into the thicket where the bull is standing
he comes down the hill like a steam engine. I
give him the other barrel, but nothing short OF
t turn to aes 6eh M1d' a f frisad iiISpR| rse IN I had ahf fortu!
nstely noticed out Of the corner Of my eye.
s safs c fMis%.y yards nnd ado Gd; and making In a fs second 9Sd sysr,
tells me Rsod he is close behind; and he must
behind me on tho top Of me as % the
sand miles an hour, catching my cheekbone with
one IN 4 f9 ,H. and ,ro%ding fun on Chippani's thigh
ably TO the ground being very soft, and conse-
qucntly his leg giving way to pressure. ] am
UP In a second rife gone; blood pouring from
which j peer cautiously-or incautlously, I
should say. as there h9 Is, ten yards off, head up,
tail In the air, u splendid sight. indeed, hut that
was not exactly. in the position to admire Tho
beauty OF the situation. lie sees me, and with
q snort ,dashes Mt the tree. I slip round
T. 4. but be oh is quicker n 4 than !; and Isol
lower sido of the tree. which Ia on the sido of a
steep hill, he Just catches me on the ribs with
his horn, and ! am hurled into space TO land
twenty feet up ir tho air in n thicket of dead
bamboos, where ! lie. transixed by thorns like
spears, really thinking my last moment has
come. Bat no; the sido OF The steep hill is too
greasy for him to stop when he has got the pace
on, and he disappears, while ] climb out OF the
bamboos get hold OF my rifle. load It. anu count
up the casualties.
Chippani is lying on the ground with his thigh
nearly ground to powder. but Ande comes up
smiling and enjoying the fun immensely. Leav-
ing Chipptni behind q fallen tree, with the
brandy flask. Andc and ] run along tho ridge TO
sce, where the Toast has gone. We can Just
make out his back as he walks slowly down the
sick I return to Chippani. and we lie there for
an hour, my chief sensation boing as II some one
had given me an elaborate thrashing.
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NOT Il Snow PITCHER.
Wore OveraIls and Was Not Pretty. but He
Could Twill n Ball.
From the Detroit Free Press.

Fron, the Detroit Free Press.
My experience as n baseball manager was
down in he oil regions when money was plenty
and sporting blood was at fever heat. The most
formidable team with which / had TO contend
was in a neighboring town, and whole fortunes
changed hands before the championship was de-
termine1. Tho crowds were SO strongly par
tisan that a few dozen stalwart policemen were
princely salaries, and ] never knew one of them
TO preside at more than a single game.
so close had tecn the seasons play that We
were tied, with the decisive contest to be had In
our town. For some reason that l have never
been able to tathom. three OF my best players had
disappeared. and among them our crack pitcher.
/ had enough men. but they were not the right
men. lgucss that there must have been wholesale
boodling on both sides. for when the opposing
team came TO count noses they could ind but
eight. The flower of the flock was missing and
our fellows !clt Juiilant. The enemy made n
big effort TO defer tho game, but the umpire, one
of our selection. stood pat on the proposition
that they must either play or forfeit. Just to
simulate fairness, we allowed them to choose
any player they could find in the enormous
crowd, and they decided that they would at
least die lighting.
Their selection was n six.footer. slim as u
lightning rod. loose in every Joint, red headed.
of ovcralls and "A check shirt. And he went into
the box while the thousands shed tears because
OF laughter. The first ball described the out
lines OF a rams horn, and then shot over the
II rhinoceros, He could start a ball toward first
base, tow ard third base. in any direction except
behind him. and the next thing you would hear
was strike. Our follows couldn't have hit him
with lawn tennis rsckcts or minnow nets. They
simply paralyZed MS and carried away whole
Train loads o. money. II is q matter OF local
tradition that the long phenomenon was
thrown into nm oil well by impoverished hackers
of our team
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In looking over this table and contrasting It
with published reports OF prices, or with prices
privately compiled, II must not be forgotten that
where thore Is n doubt as TO which horse Is to be
prices II Is the rulo TO play tho most recent run
nor. 1t will also be seen that In this system, as
in others, q slump Is apt 10 follow a run Of win
ners. On Juno 20 four winners were scored out
OF six bots, winning $s2 on u capital of $25; In
tho fourth race on that day 1t will DO noticed
that tho Smith stable opened mt 70 and there
fore WAS excluded from further consideration,
making Ben BrnEEi the horse to play. Starting
with the fifth rnco on juno 20 an extraordinary
record Of good picking for place horses occurred.
Gotham won, Mars Chan won, Colonial Dame
won, Horoscope won, Wild Warrior was third,
Elklns was fifth, Beldcinorc was second, Deer
slayer was second, Harry itoed ran q dead heat,
Elder was third, t1andpress was second. Kilkenny
won, and Beaufort won; so out or sixteen con;
~secutive races only two horses failed to get third
money. Hero Is n record for tho tipsters to beat!
In this run Kilkenny was tho choice 10 oack.
because he had run since April Fool appeared;
and on July 3 Elkins twho ran actually llasu
was played for the sanc reason. On July ,
Baroness was the latest to appear. ana July y
Geisha was backed because although prices
were equal she had run later than Lady Marian
Lion Heart in tho last race on July 10, This Is
n standard rule and one overlooked by many
correspondents who ask for information. The
fact that the capital has increased since the sea
moro than tho initial. bet OF. $io. There is a
long timo yet to November. and Brighton Beach
made mt the earlier tracks.
The day.by.day method OF playing this system
for those who like to mako one win a day Just to
showed u gain OF 500, tho maximum capital re-
Quired being $500. Tho details were as follows:
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Tho Drag Rope or the balloon.

1t is not generally kno wn that the drag rope.
now so Indispensable to halloonists, WAS frat
nsSd by Aeronaut Samuel King OF this city.
The idea OF using such a rope" says Prot.
King. was first suggested by the famous Green
OF England. He called 1T q guide rope.
across tho English, Channel. but he never
used 1t. Away back in 1887 was making
and, having finished that business, decided
to take a short voyage 10 test the value OF tho
trailing rope, ] had $50 pounds OF rope on my
windlass, and on "A certain day ! arranged with
my assistant to cut the rope at the wlndl--l
after I had got my balloon in The air. and lei NO
sail off. ballasted my balloon 70 that only ha,i
tho weight of the rope. or as pounds. should
trail. / got of all right, with my rope twiSIiuE
along undcr me like . snake. A score OF mis-
guided lahorers in Q field. imagining that Tho
the rope and held me. II took me some time TO
convince Them that ! didn't want to tc stopped.
sailed along for some time. and found that tho
drag rope gave greater stability 10 the balloon,
but tho action OF the sur upon the l.Is workC.
against me. Tho suns heat, expanding the gas,
grr"mca false buoy ancy, picked up NY seventy.
five pounds of rope, and severed my lonnUctiUn
with the ground. After that ! used the dr.
rope very frequently, and it was genGraM
adopted by aeronuuts."
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From the forming Orsoonfar.

Nowadays people in ciy iiized regions endenvor
to keep lilies out OF their houses by havlUs
screens placed over tho doors and window,
This keeps out the greater number OF the iit',r
pests, but u few always manage TO mud AZ 80.
trance through some Creyice or GRANNY. tr4
half u dozen OF those cntcrprising inhccts .aE
cause about rs much annoyance - a bniu.hr,Hci
man during his aflcr-dinncr nap ms the wnu,e
brood OF them could do IL turned loose III 10
room. In order To rid the house Of the few 80
who stragRle past the screens, tiyirdLs of VAR
GUS sorts arc freq GENTLY resortcd to; bur q
now found that these are not necessary. TINS
secret, which is bound to he a loon 10 safc9pt
humanity. has been divulged by a deaf IA '.
traps. who, when q customer called a day or t"r
since. WAS out OF traps. H. this emery ury %
impaired to his would-be customer the follow .r:
recipe for Keeping a house clear OF h'os:
Near the tops OF the screen doors and win ru"
screens punch several holes from the insiuc F'h
some instrument about the size OF % lend ucu
thus leaving slightly funnei-shapci apcTtarr
having a rough. Jagged edge on The ont-i'c.
This renders II impossible for the flies to Cu'cr
through these holes. while the flies which have
btrayed into the house the first time thcy rrht
on one OF the screens crawl to the upper part
and. seeing these holes. imagine there is some
place whore they arc not wanted on tho other
side. and out they go. In this manner" said
the hytrap dealer, "a house can be kept par
foctly free from nieA"
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BIG OXEN, JOE AND JERRY.
weigh 1900 Pounds. Wear Vokes Seven Feet
in Length. and Have Hauled ~. O0l Pounda.
From the Philadelphia Times.

~ shN -
From the Philadelphia Times.
The greatest yoke Of cattle ever seen in this
country Is owned by J. Il. Avery of Buckland.
Mass. They arc named Joe and Jerry. Their
age is eight years. ana they measure ten feet in
girth. They stand seventeen hands high. and
their measurement from tip to tip Is fifteen feet
eleven inches. There is nat q difference OF ten
pounds in weight between them, and tho two
together tip the scales at 40 pounds. They
hold the worlds record for one pull. having
drawn II ,O6l pounds o. stone, loaded on n dray,
on a level, Just eight feet IN one draw. They
kind and docile and beautifully colored. The
best Of care is devoted TO them. one man spend
ing several hours every day in grooming and
at al Of the principal agricultural fairs in the
country.
In speaking Of his handsome yoke of oxen Mr..
reached their limit; they have gained in weight
some seven hundred pounds the past year and
are capable of carrying another thousand
Is distributed very evenly; which adds very
much to their looks. and they stand on their
Limits as straight as y pair OF calves.
trained: as 20" can Judge fr"t, the POSITION
which they take in the photograph. They are
very active and can easily walk n mile in thirty
minutes; Thee arc colorsd, like al pure Hol-
and glossy as a thoroughbred racers. They are
still worked moderately when at homo. Their
yoke was made 10 order. and probably is the
largest yoke ever worn by any team. Ii is seven
feet IN length nd weighs 200 pounds.
Their .rrowning glory is their magnificent
SGT Of highly polished horns: For size. quality,
not exist in the world. II may be of interest 10
know that their feed consists OF eight TO twelve
quarts Of corn aud oats ground together, two
OF bran each day, with an occasional change to
suit their appetitcs."
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a hydraulic Mining Stream on the Rampage.

At the Grant Brothers mine. on the north fork
OF the John Day River, ten miles west OF
day and began throwing its stream of water,
eight inches in diameter. in "a circle.
Is. r.. Grant ran to set the machine, but was
hurled aside like n bit OF paper. A miner named
Berry sprang at the giant, and his arm Was
broken In Two places, But ms hr yG action no
water, eight inches in diameter. swung in every
direct on. One OF Mr.. Grinl's soma, q lad OF IL
years, wAa sitting on u boulder about 100 feet
distant. and when the wafer struck. 1t threw
him ten ice, lnto the air. When the lad fell he
eorely bruising his fIce and narrowly rnissed
destroying one OF his eyes, The men were
rolled and crushed against, the banks and rocks,
young miner named MONTGOMERY had his shout.
der dislocatod, being injured so he will not be
phIo 10 work for at least six weeks.
An idea of tho danger may be CLEANED from
the fact that his bolt Of eight inches In thick
n noSomon staennInys iS A Inan ne thickness OF a
Of about 100 feet fall.
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AMERICAN WHIST LEAGUE TROPHY.

This Is n new trophy this year. the Hamilton
Club having won permanent possession of the
old one. Last year twcnty-three teams entered
this contest, nine more than at Putin Bay.
t man ~ were SG rrdrsssd , ma c D h ~ an ana hos,
trophy, and that Toledo should put in its best
team for this event, but the challenge cup
seems to grow in favor every year. and many
clubs would rather have II than the Hamilton.
because II is continually in play. and must be
defended against challcngers at least every two
weeks during the winter.
At the last congress this match was played in
four sittings. the Howell progressive plan being
used. and the match scoro deciding the winner.
New York was first, with Albany and Capitol
Bicycle next In order. This year there were
four sittings also, but the trick score decided
the event, and tho winners turned out TO be the
Toledo Whist Clubs four: DR.: Frank Hart. C.
Albany and Boston were in the lead until the
very last round. when Toledo passed them both.
and won out by seven tricks. Following Is the
standing OF tho clubs at the finish:
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SYSTEM PLAYERS IN LUCK.
THE RECORD OF THE MEETING AT
THE sHEEPsHEAD nay TRICK.

Variations In the neutrality-suspicious. In
ths Odds and other Features OF tie Racing
We Harvest from tho Long shots--sJs'emH
That Made Money-Tho Outlook ut Brighton.
When tho shccpshcad meeting began, It was
remarked that the spring meeting has always
been moro or loss unsatisfactory TO the system
player. with two very bad of days, which viii.
In all probability, appear Mt the beginning ana
close OF tho meeting. Tho percentage OF win
ming favorites has always boon below tho
average, and this year. Of all o,hors, 1t appears
idle 10 look for any change" How for this pre-
diction was realized is shown by comparing the
tables Of the sprrng meetings Of 1890 and 1897.
Tho winning favorites are marked Il" tho
favorltcs to got second with better odds than
2-5 on *" those with worse odds IN" and
those unplnccd 20"
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Twenty-Five favoritcs won, or ~ per cont "
will thus be seen that this 10 a very spotty
meeting, and one which requires tho greatest
care from almost all system players, strange 10
and any prophecy ms to general in.and.out win
ming or favoritcs, and total reversals OF previous
charts. has generally been ~realizcd; POSSIBLY
with tho changes made in the track this uncer'
tainty may DO to some extent eliminatedl wit
mesa the change in the percentages at motifs
not safo to bank on what might, be, and the
wise system player ut this track Will simply rest
wait on the reaction. In other words. whether
playing straight frat and second f%avorites or tho
~bookmakcrs' favoritc wait until the heavier
wins approach the percentage. The hcst system
at this track this year should be tho duplicate
~favorite, and probably experience will prove 1t
TO be so,
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Nearly stranslra to Death In n wsn.
From the Philadelphia Record.

sHAMoEIN, July 12.-Thomas Van GIldor
was sinking a well near Trevorton this morn.
feet overhead, he placed a rope about his body
and signalled companions to pull him Ut Half
smothered shout for help was unheArd. Slowly
he was strangling to death until his awful posi-
ton was seen, whercupo1 no was quickly low;
10 md Van Glider ALMOST ~lifeless. The rope was
removed from his terribly bruised and swollen
a aSSk, ,U after which he was hoisted TO terra hrma
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The table for winner riders at the recent meet

There appear to BIO years for Jockeys as for
other happenings. such as fires and floods. 4
fow years ago Garrison and Mclaughlin were
on horses which apparently could not lose; then
settled his nerve for Keeps apparently; then the,
Sims and Taral. Griffin, and DoRgett, and now
liLtlo Tod Sloan. Altogether there were fifty
eight down to one who could not get past the wire
in front, Scherrer nearly making a record at the
wrong end by getting one winner In thirty.four
races.
All eyes are now turned to Brighton Beach,
and IL 10 more or less OF a problem which awaits
advanced systom players were content to omit
this meeting and take a, vacRtiou until tho rae
scarcely likely TO DO the case this season. for a
number of reasons. The dates are considerably
changed this year. and this 10 not without It's
Last year the racing at this track began on July
20. with TWENTY-FIVE days racing without q
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Cant afford II r said an enthusiastic father
to the plodder who had said he couldn't afford
to send his children TO the country. why. you
can save enough on their shoes and clothes to
pay for their keep. You know what shoes cost,
and how much you have to pay for clothes. In
the country the boys can go barefoot, and wear
oyeralls for trousers, and the girls can wear
dering. You get their board practically for
nothing, and life and health thrown In. Cant
afford III Why. you can't afford not TO send
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Net winnings
t will be soon that this Is again the most staple

It VIII be soon that this rs again the most staple
system of the year, winning 1913. with a maxi
mum capital required Of 1913. 1t will not be a
popular system for the old.time player. who
date. system player, who has a good deal of
method in his madness, 1t is the system to fol-
low. On Juno 25 Semper Ego SHOWED the way
to five losses (which not a bet was made. A
capital Of $l65 was wanted juno 24-26: On
June 20 Varus was played because the latest
ing Kilkenny on June 80, while on July ! Wood
ford, Dogtown, and Nito were quoted In tho post
prices at 81, and as Woodford ran on June 20,
Dogtown on June %, and SitO had not started
this, year; the choice; W9odford. won. On the
wanted winner in Lion Heart. that horse and
Royal Scarlet closing at 8-5. At Gravcserd this
syatem netted 1888 on a maximum capital re-
quircj OF $50.
The table for winner riders at the recent meet
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tram-Dr. J. g. Men, r. s. Hart, L. Melick. and
w. 7. q. Bristol.
In spite OF tho Importance usually attached e
this trophy, the best teams NJ the congress did
not ali enter for II, most OF them preferring the
A. WI. Last year there wero twenty entries
for the Hamilton trophy. but only fourteen pro-
sentod themselves at Putin B,y. Thirteen
matches were pinyed. with tho following results:
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1896.

Thirty-four favorites won, or As per cent. The
second f~avoritos won in ton races and ran Sec
ond In twenty, there being only hvo at less than
Ia on for the place. Now turn to the record OF
the meeting Just closed:
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a weekat Aaueduct, and then another two
weeks at tho Beach. The punters who play the
first fayorito to win, and tho uBors OF the. charte
In general, must therefore take the first hhlf OF
last seasons charts, as given below, ON which 10
base their calculations.
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The following table, copied from tho official
score sheets, will show the result of eRch indi-
yidual match played. The asterisks are tics.
tho number Of tricks won. To hnd the number
of tricks lost, look at tho score Of the club that
won tho match:
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Is tics count hall n match and forfeits count
ono trick it will be seen that Philadelphia had
the best score for both. matches and tricks.
Only two matches went BY default, Toledo for
feitinR to Hamilton and to Philadelphia
MINNEAPOLIS PAIRS.
This trophy was presented to the league by
the Minneapolis Club in 1895. and was won BY
II, McCay and B.w Smith Of Baltimore. and
this year II went TO Prof. +. W. Matthias and his
brother, L.. j. Matthias OF tho Toledo Whist Club.
The following is the tnal score for the ninety
hands played:
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The duplicate favorite system consists in tax.
ing a capital Of $5l5 to every first bet OF $40 and
dividing it into bets OF $40. $15, $25, $40. S75,
$3.50, 5000, returning after each win to the first
bet OF $40. and betting $40 until q loss comes.
To start with, no bet Is made until a favorite
race until one loses; then no bet is made until
another favorito wins. the second bot being S15.
and so on. The following table shows the re-
suits at the Sheepshead Bay meeting Just closed:
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DIT Lf M' T FroR Payr SsS PF 1Ss Hsn r Che oI IsSs SS,I Sy
dslphia: Il was first won BY the Capitol Bicycle
Club Of Washington in 1892. then BY Mime
spolis IN 1899. y, Chicago University in 1894.
the Hamilton Club OF Philadelphia In 1895.
This year II returns 10 Philadelphia, having
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
When In Love.

People in love, says lady, are always
more bad tempered than others. rms
particuIarly applies to engaged couples.
1t seems that the extraordinary sweet
ness they expend on each other must IN
some way be counterbalanced, ana Tor thls
reason they are much more peevish ana
bad tempered toward their friends than
they were before they fell in love.
Another reason for the exhibition OF
bad temper lies i'm the fact that people
who are in love feel an intense-almost
Irresistible - desire TO proclaim tne
charms of the beloved one to their friends
And the friends, not being extraordinarily
interested in the subject, are apt to be "a
little resentful of long drawn out eulogies
of persons they hardly know or perhaps
have never seen. The natural result OF
this Is recrimination and continued bick-
ering.
Then. again. those in love have habit
of comparing other people with the ooJect
of their affections to the decided dlsad-
vantage of the "other people," AS these
commissions are often resented or pooh
noobed. an exhibition of temper Is again
the result.
Now, II people who are in love wouio
only think for moment they would I'M
derstand that their friends are quite IN
different to the charms of 1.-THE dearest
GIRL in the world and that her retailec
savings are as uninteresting to them as an
essay on prehistoric fashions.-Londor
Ansxyprs