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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-01
WITH THE JOKERS.
OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE. .

OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE.
George, do you know that you
came home at 3 o'clock this morning
and acted dreadfully silly?"
'What did [ say?"
"Well, for one thing, you called me
a wingless angel"
did I say that?'
eyes,
81 own up, my dear, I was drunk"
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-01
NATURALLY.

''It is claimed that St. Louis man
has not been able to sleep for twenty
five years" "What a wicked wretch
he must be-" wicked! How SOP"
''Why, of course, he hasn't gone to
church in all that time"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-01
THE PERvERSITY OF THINGS.

whats the matter?" asked Mr..
Carter, as they were returning from
the wedding.
81 am sorry I paid SO much for a
present." his wife sadly returned. 81
might just as well have saved about
81"
"What do you mean?"
Didn't you notice that our card
had been lost off the tea set that we
gave them? I suppose, however, if
we had sent some mean little thing
worth only about 81, that the card
would have stuck on forever, so that
everybody could see just what we had
given" -Cleaveland Leader.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-01
OPENING HER EYES.

Mrs. CRAY have implicit faith in
my husband. I've never seen him try
to firt with anyone.
Mrs. Burbeck-Well, doesn't he ever
go anywhere unless you are along?-
Cleveland Leader.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-01
LOOK NO FURTHER.

EDO you think it's true that every
man has his price?" asked the heiress.
"Tm sure don't know" he answered,
thoughtfully, 'but if you want a bar
gain, you needn't look any further.'
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-01
AN INFALLTBLE TEST.

Bridget-Ye give them COWS too
much salt.
Milkman-How der yer know?
Bridget-Sure and Oh can tell by tn
milk that they dhrink too much
woiter entoirely.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
To Further Billiard Interests.

A scheme is projected by prominent
billiard exppnents in Chicago for the
furtherance Of public interest In the
sport by arrangement of a series Of
match games between representative
short stop billiardists in the various
larger cities OF the country The plan
comprehends' the formation of a nation
al league of billiard players. AS many
cities as can be secured will be entered
in a competition for the short stop bill
lizard championship. The roomkeepers
in these various cities will subscribe to
a fund to pay each player a salary OF
$500 n season. and series of games will
be played between them. The proceeds
derived from the various exhibitions
will be divided into four purses of 10.
30 20 and 10 per cent of the whole TO
be awarded to the victorious players
at the seasons end in the order of their
standing, these profits then TO be di-
vided among the subscribing roomkeep-
ers. The plan will undoubtedly increase
popular interest in the race and bears
the earmarks of success. Chicago and
New York have already entered into it,
and billiard promoters in other cities
will be approached at once.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

second Meadowbrook of Long Island,
second Rockaway, first and second
Buffalo and second Myopia teams and
the Onwentsia team of Chicago.
The United States Polo association
each year determines the polo playing
qualities of the members of each club
and rates each one by handicaps. Sew
eral important changes have been made
in the rating of polo players, and a
glance through the list shows n number
Of new marks which have furnished
abundant material for gossip at the
polo clubs.
Foxhall Keene OF the Rockaway club
is still rated as the premier player of
America at 10 goals. while nearly all
the other players of national reputation
have dropped down peg in the esti-
nation OF the handicap committee.
Captain r. l.. AgassiZ and Mr.. r. G..
Shaw, second, the two Myopia stars
have been dropped from to s goals
This is the only change made in the
team from Hamilton.
Every member of the Dedham first
team has a new handicap. Captain
Warren has been dropped from to
and c. II. w. Foster from to 5. Allan
Forbes and w. c. Forbes have been
raised from to 5. Although the indi-
vidual handicaps of the players have
been changed. the Dedham team total,
10. remains the same.
w. A Hazard. the father OF polo at
Narragansett Pier. has been putting up
a fine game at No. l this year, and as
result his handicap has gone up from
to 3 goals. Leo Francke and Albert
Francke have been dropped from and
to and 4. respectively. T.. X. Stowe,
another Rockaway veteran, has had
his handicap increased from to 5.
Polo has decided boom in the west
and especially in Lake Forest since the
Chicago polo club merged itself into the
Onwentsia team.
For the daring turn and the skillful
stroke.
The ever quckening stride.
The ring of the stirrup, the clash OF the
stick
And the rush OF the furious ride.
The cheer when the ball through the goal
is driven
BY the steady hand and eye
Have wild delight in themselves alone
That can never grow old or die.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

minute task, his distance would be PSI
yards. A man rowing would come next
to the swimmer, and he should have a
distance of about S3i yards TO cover. A
man running would come next, and he
should be given n distance OF 1870 yards
TO cover. The skater is credited with
1870 yards. Trotting horses are able TO
go about twice as fast az a man can
run. The few leaders whose time is
close 20 two minutes for a mile could
perhaps go $3.50 yards in three minutes.
A man on a bicycle can travel faster
than any horse can trot Michael has
done about 2,S40 yards in three min
utes. The running horse should be CIV
en- a distance of 3,0S0 yards to cover in
three minutes. The fastest time ever
made by a railroad train was by New
York express, which covered five miles
in exactly three minutes"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

match against the Buffalo frsts. the
game being played in a rainstorm and
the water standing six inches deep on
some parts Of the field. They were de-
feated 10 10 3. The Chicagos then de-
feated the Buffalo seconds, 10 to 4, the
Buffalo frsts defeating the Meadow
brock seconds Ga to 5, this leaving the
Chicagos and Buffalo firsts in the
finals. But the westerners met their
Waterloo. being defeated IS TO 10, the
10 points being theirs by virtue OF the
difference in handicaps of the two
teams.
Many eastern teams will contest in
the games. Among the teams which
will compete for the trophies are the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

that sort OF thing. One day persuaded
my mother TO let me get tin dinner
pail somewhat like the pals the work.
men used. In this l would take my
dinner to"the sand lot and stay all day.
When | returned home one evening.
dinner pail i'm hand. a neighbor said.
Here comes Pat" The name has stuck
20 me ever since.
The profession has many men to point
TO in refutation OF the ignorant charge
that we are toughs. Billy Sunday, for
merly the right fielder of the Chicago
club, is a preacher. Catcher Mcclure.
who was n star player about 1880, is
now a Judge of the state courts of
Pennsylvania Such men as A. c..
Spalding. AL Roach aud George Wright.
once noted professional ball players,
now occupy high places i'm the business
world. In the ranks today are college
men. as "Yale" Murphy. Mahoney.
Lewis, Clarke. Tenney. Hutchinson.
Smith. McCreary and others.
The profession is a quick one to get
into If one has the talent, but ii has one
great drawback-it is a short one. The
average is probably not 10 years, but
IL should be at least Is. The great trou-
BILE lies in the Ignorance of the player
of the proper manner OF caring for him.
self physically. 1t is an easy. indolent,
luxurious life to those who want to take
it that way and there is always danger
that the young star will be negligent
when he should be alert. He is strong
and thinks he can't get a lame arm or
charley horse. There comes a pain
in his muscles some day, but he pooh
poohs it-a little rheumatism, perhaps
which will go away i'm a day or two
1t may go. but ii Will come again in an
aggravated form. Even then it is un-
derestimated. lie will probably try one
of the dozens of different remedies
which the older players always have in
stock. AT last il becomes serious, and he
has lost that which he can never bring
back. The time for precaution is before
the first pain begins. | don't care how
strong a mans arm may feel. while he
is new TO the business is the time TO
look after it and take precautions
against colds.
Somebody asked me n few days ago
how long l expected TO play bah. 1t is
a hard question to answer. With prop
or care 1 should be useful TO club for
at least ten years more. ! don't expect
10 be another Anson. That man is a
wonder and wonders do not exist in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
Copyright. 1871

Ball playing has become as much a
professional business as play acting. OF
course il is not so old a profession ana
will never be a hundredth part so extern
sive, because IL is doubtful if the nation
al game can be popularized outside OF
the United States. but here i'm Ameri-
"a II furnishes one OF the most neces-
fslry and most popular sources ol
amusement the people have.
am proud TO be ball player. While
ihe outsiders-that is. the people who
do not go TO games-denouncc us as
toughs and the scourings of the earth
those who are closer to us and patronize
the games know that these statements
are wholly untrue. There are some
rough men among the players, I'll ad-
nit as there are in almost all classes
OF business, but the great majority OF
our number are gentlemen and behave
as such. The best proof of this Is that
the very highest class of hotels In the
large cities solicit the patronage Of Ma
tional league baseball teams. including
the Fifth Avenue. New York; Wizards
Washington the Southern. ST. Louis
,ind the Hollenden, Cleveland. Hotels
f3f that class would not receive men who
were not we'll behaved, much less So
licit their patronage. Hotel men will
tell you that as a rule. ball players in
these DAYS are among their most desira-
bic guests. They are easily pleased and
do not want the earth everywhere they
go.
I admit there is great difference in
the conduct OF players while in uni
form and while i'm citizens clothes.
Your earnest, conscientious ball player
lays aside his personality with his ev-
eryday suit and becomes an aggressor
the moment he dons his uniform. or
the ballfield I fatter myself that I have
as many friends in the profession as
any OF them. on the ballfleld / have no
friends even among my own players
The latter are my club servants. Mem
bers OF the opposing team are all my
enemies from the time the umpire calls
PLAY" till the last man is out i'm the
ninth inning. 1 haVe brother who is
a ball player, yet IL he We're a member
Of an opposing nine he would be for the
time being my foe. ] hold that an ear
nest, conscientious ball player is like
soldier. The moment he gets into ac-
tion he Is a changed being. The ball
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

bunches. But a man who can fill out
20 years as a professional ball player
can retire with satisfaction to himself
and his friends. In that time he should
have saved from his salary as many
thousands Of dollars as he has played
in years. Not many do IT. though. The
rule with ball player is like that of
the actor. to be improvldent and to
make easy disposal of the money which
comes so easily. There are many men
now playing ball. however. who have
had n financial anchor To wiSdward.
ana when old umpire Time calls them
out or the profession they'll not be
stranded. OF such are Young, O'Con-
nor, Childs. McAleer and thinner of
my club. besides men like Tiernan,
Rusie. Van Haltren, Dad" Clarke.
Griffin, Kennedy. Robinson. Quinn. Tom
Brown, Mcclure. McPhee. Dwyer,
Vaughn, Hoy. Camel. Lowe and Mich
OILS. but there are many others who have
been drawing big salaries for from 10
TO 10 years who have not saved dol
lar
one or the things which disgust
manager most is the cry from the ig-
norant or thoughtless as TO why this,
that or the other club doesn't spend
little money and buy a pitcher. a third
base man. catcher or a man for what
ever position needs strengthening. When
an article is not for sale. YOU can't buy
1t. No club in the League can afford
To sell any of its stars. That lesson was
dearly learned by the Chicagos. Though
the transaction took place six or seven
years ago, the club has not yet recover
ed from the blow. 1t got $2OO06 for the
two players and lost probably S200,000
by the reversal OF public opinion. I
needed third base man for years. II
was the Cleveland mines weak spot.
Money could not buy the man / needed.
What had I to do? Why, take one Of
my best pitchers and turn him into an
inhelder 1t was sacrificing one posi-
tion to strengthen another, but real
lied that / could build up my pitching
department much sooner than l could
get a suitable third base man. Buy
baseball stars, AS well talk about buy
ing the crown Jewels. The way to get
baseball stars is to develop them. Try
minor players Of prominence till you get
one that will suit. II is like digging for
diamonds in Zululand, but IL Is the only
way. OLIVER TEBEAU.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
NEWS
OF The
wheel.

Italian and French physicians after
a long series OF experiments have made
the statement that sugared drinks are
good for cyclists on long rides. They
recommend lemonade as positive
bracer TO tired muscles. II must not
be too cold This rather upsets some
theories held hitherto by those who
nave been engaged on tasks requiring
great endurance and stamina.
tAall goes well, cycling will be the
star attraction I'm Washington park.
Chicago. for two days i'm September.
Arrangements are being made by a Chi
cago man who ranks high with Wheel
men Tor racing programme In ~the
park on Sept. and T. One OF the events
being especially talked OF is a race be-
tween Tom Cooper and the fast PAGER
Joe Patchen.
In eastern cities there is a steadily
growing demand for brakes, especially
where hills are numerous and at all
steep. A multiplicity OF collisions. in
which wagons and bugGies come opt on
top. seems To have started the Craze.
Dealers are unable to cope with the
demand, few Of the desired appliances
being in stock.
The Australian rider Jack Rolfe lays
claim to being the oldest racing cyclist
In the world. His racing career began
when he was but IA years OF age and
he has raced without intermisson up 10
the present day which, as he is now in
MS forty-sixth year. puts over 80 years
of speed work to his credit
In his movements while In a finish
Kiser's sprint has become generally
known as n lope. The lad jumps into
n Hal off, he
der speed finishing contest does not
get down again into the saddle. Kiser
made no such finishes last season as
he is making now.
New York has the latest novelty in
bicycle racks. At the entrance to on.
of the Brooklyn ferries there Is a stand.
Backing the wheel into groove. IL Is
Immediately fastened. BY dropping r
nickel in the slot the key appears. which
enables the wheelman to get his wheel
when he returns.
Japanese cycle manufacturers con-
duct their business on decidedly quaint
lines. They charge for their machines
according to the speed at which they
are capable of running-that is. what
they term "a I mile bicycle" may be
bought for $780, while IL mile bicycle
costs $50.
A Chicagoan has invented an attach
ment to be fastened 10 the rear of hi
cycle frame, which presses against the
back of a rider. holding him firmly In
his seat and, it is claimed. enabling him
to push a gear of over 100 as easily as
he could one Of so.
The first bicycle ever seen in Ma
rocco is now astonishing the natives.
The pioneer cyclist is an Englishmar,
who is obliged to use a specially strong
machine. as the roads in Marocco are
very bad.
1t is said that there are 100000 cy-
clists in London, Of whom 10000 are
tandem riders.
A spoonful of salt thrown into the oil
of your bicycle lamp will make it burn
brighter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
Has Faith In Star Pointer.

Mr.. James Murphy the Chicago
horseman who owns Star Pointer. be-
lieves that the horse can beat any PAGER
i'm training and Is reported as being
willing TO bet that no horse can beat
Star Pointer a quarter, half or three
quarters of mile. In fact. Mr.. Muir
ply is reported as being willing TO bet
81 900 that there are no three PAGERS liv-
ing that can be selected and placed az
the start. first quarter and the half
and beat Star Pointer In any one OF the
quarters. In other words. II Is his posi-
tive opinion that Star Pointer can take
Up three different horses at each quar-
ter mile pole and beat each one OF
them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

There is to be a great polo tourna-
ment held at Buffalo from Aug. 20 to
Sept 4. The prizes are the Country
club challenge cup, won in 1895 by the
Chicago and last year by the home
team, ana the Buffalo cups for teams
whose handicaps do not exceed ten
goals.
The challenge cup is n trophy offered
by the Buffalo club. the team succeeding
In winning IL for two years, not nee
essarlly in succession. TO hold the cup.
Last fall the Onwentsias, then the Chi
cago Polo club, tried 10 clinch the vic
tory of the previous year by winning
the trophy again.
The Chicago men played their first
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
RELATIVE Speed.

Says The Cycle: Gould there be
great handicap race in which contest
ants representing various methods of
locomotion were engaged the Importance
Of the bicycle would be made apparent.
BY it's use man becomes speedier than
the horse for short distances, while for
long distances over fair roads the horse
would not even be mentioned as having
also ram The swimmer would travel
over the shortest course. If the track
were so designed as to give him a three
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
Bicycle Blew Up.
'cle repairer at wilkesbarre, Pa,

A bicycle repairer at Wilkesbarre. Pa,
named William Beels met with pecul-
lar and rather serious accident recent
ly. He was repairing a bicycle tire.
which. while being penetrated with a
redhot poker exploded, its contents OF
cement striking Mr.. Beels fair in the
face and eyes. The stuff filled his eyes
and blinded him. and one of his eyes
is badly injured.
The cement in a bicycle tire is COM
posed OF rubber and naphtha, and when
blown up tightly the naphtha becomes
explosive and similar to fire damp.
When Mr.. Beels pushed the redhot
poker into the tire, the latter was
tightly inflated, the valve hole was
closed and an explosion was the result.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

each revolution. The difficulty OF the
trick lies in the fact that the weight
has To be shifted from the hand on the
handle bar To the foot on the pedal with
each revolution. When the pedal goes
down. the weight of the body is with
1t. Of course but when it comes up the
weight has TO bc shifted from the foot
TO the hand. or the wheel would be
brought to a standstill.
Nicoict has Il new wrinkle i'm the act
of riding one wheel. Instead Of keeping
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

to the saddle, which is said by trick
riders not to be very hard Nicolet
stands on the pedals and walks along
on one wheel. The trick requires great
strength. as it Is a good deal like hold
ing oneself up by the boot straps.
Nicolet's nerve has been developed
somewhere certainly. He has enough
TO ride on one wheel and perform other
difficult tricks on a giraffe" bicycle.
with his scat perched nine feet above
tha Ground.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

Nicolet the most applause and which
is not done by any other rider IS one
that is accomplished while sitting i'm
his saddle In tho ordinary way. first re-
verslng the front wheel while the whole
machine is In motion. When The pedals
set TO certain point in their rcvoiu-
ton, the rider springs up over the ham
die bars. passes his feet and body be-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

frame of the bicycle and above IL. When
he finishes the trick, he is still astride.
but underneath the top bar.
Another of Nicolets difficult and most
snowy performances is riding with one
hand on the handle bar and one
foot on u pedal. To make II a little
more difficult the rider jumpa from one
foot 10 the other on The same podll With
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

the headpiece OF the bicycle and then
passes his feet back again TO catch the
pedals The trick amounts To jumping
from The pedals between tho hands and
over the handle bars and back to the
pedals again. 10 is all done with one
motion OF course When the rider starts
the trick. he Is astride the top OF the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
The Bic Football Games.

II has been definitely settled that the
Yale-Princeton football game will be
played at New Haven this fell on Sat
urday. Nov. 90 New grand stands viii
be erected on Yale field capable OF scat
ing n. 900 persons. The Harvard game
will he played on Saturday. Nov. l3, on
Soldiers field. Cambridge.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
OLIVER TGBGAU WRITES ON
Baseball rs ~ BUSINESS.

cavating a lot i'm which the soil was
sand. | went over there one day and
had lots OF fun wallowing i'm the sand.
Then 1 got a small shovel and helped
To load the wagons. The workmen took
me up, and / became infatuated with
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

player who is a goody goody sort OF
fellow in game. always afraid OF hurt
ing an opponent bodily or i'm feelings,
never lasts. lie is not cut out for the
business.
The nickname wAlsh is bestowed upon
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

AS rule. most trick bicycle riders do
he same freak performance. SO that
when one has been seen the repertory
VI them ali Is exhausted by the onlook-
y. A. J. Nicolet Chicago trick rid
sr. has perfected a lot OF new, acts"
which have not been attempted by other
performers.
The trick which usually wins for
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
A Wonderful Woman Rider.

Mrs. Ward. tho well known English
wheclwoman. who has wonderful pow
ers of endurance. recently rode from
Bath to London. a distance OF iO6 miles.
~ IN. sem. 40s.
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me adds to my somewhat widespread
reputation of being a tough. They call
me Pat" My name is oliver and
nothing more. | got that pseudonym
Pat when / was a boy. Not far from
where ] lived some workmen were ex-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
PUGILIST TON BALL.

S
high
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

the pretty pug whose picture appears here owned by Mr. Frank
dogs and extremely clever for he has reached discretion being
He
baseball much better it averred by his admirers phn lie
father and make himself generally useful running and returning
But Punch has his faings weI
ptofu
can find Uniformly. though he $ a