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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
TIP MARKS ON TRUNKS.
The Luggage Signals Used by Hotel EN-
plOyees Abroad.

The Luggage Signals Used by Hotel EN-
plOyees Abroad.
Travellers whom every day brings
back from the continent say that this
season, more than ever, gives plentiful
example Of the Freemasonry which ex-
lists among continental hotel employees
Usually on board the boats from Calais
Boulogne and Ostend notes are compared
by tourists who have covered the same
ground and followed the same itinerary.
The results are significant Of "eye open
ing" Some such colloquy as the fol-
lowing is often overheard:
"My box and two portmanteaus were
smashed fearfully by that villain of a
porter at the Hotel DIES Bains Villavilla,
and my wife and could get no attend
ance."
"That is curious, for we were treated
by all the servants most beautifully
May I ask you q question? Did you tip
the servants properly at the previous
place, Hotel de Luxe, Lucerne?''
"No; 1 confess it was an oversight,
but what has that to do with the Villa
villa hotel?"
Everything. Look at the hotel labels
on your luggage. All On lower right
hand corner. That implies that you are
mean and illiberal. Now look at mine.
All the labels in the upper left hand
corner. That signifies liberality-treat
this person well-encourage him-your
politeness will be rewarded. My friends
bag here has label stuck right in the
middle, and that means, "A good fellow
will tip, but very eXacting-not east
ly pleased. ''-LondOn Mail.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
OLD TIME FLYCATCHlNG.
Primitive Method Of Getting Rid of the
Troublesome Pests.

troublesome Pests.
Newton M. Wilson, living one milo
east Of town, says Scottsburg (Ind.)
communication, has hanging in his barn
an interesting keepsake in the shape of
a fycatcher 1t is not SO curious in it.
self as it is III showing the primitive
methods resorted to by the farmers in
early days to rid themselves Of flies 1t
is simply two smooth walnut boards,
perhaps 30 by IL inches, beveled at one
end and fastened together by two whang
cords strung through matched holes.
In the antebellum days people never
thought of keeping flies out of the
house; the problem was to dispose of
them as they swarmed through the
rooms, making life miserable generally.
In fact, the use of netting to prevent
their ingress is of comparatively recent
origin, the invention of this much need
ed article dating back only 10 or 20
years
AS everybody knows, flies are excep-
tionally thick i'll farmhouses, even
where screens are used, and when they
are not they are almost intolerable. In
the olden days the method most COM
monty employed in the country to de-
stroy the troublesome fly was the use of
such instruments as the one described
above. The boards were beveled and
hung in such manner that by their
weight they separated at the bottom,
and thus hung i'll an inverted V shape.
To attract the flies they We're smeared
with molasses on the inner surface.
Thus prepared, they were suspended
i'll convenient places about the house
in kitchen, hallway, porch, which gen
orally served as the summer dining
place, and especially in passageways.
1t was common duty Of every member
Of the household when passing one of
those catchers to clap the boards togeth-
er, thus MASKING the flies which had
collected thereon. The cook clapped
them i'll the kitchen, the hands as they
passed to and from the house at meal
times did likewise, the whole household
clapped them together hundreds Of times
a day, and thousands of pestiferous flies
met their doom. st. Louis Republic
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31

Patient-I want to take gas
Dentist-It is not usual to admins
ter gas for such a small tooth, my boy.
1t won't hurt you for an instant
you've got to give me gas, or l
won't have it out. "
"You shouldn't be so afraid of being
hurt. Now, sit up there like little
man."
II amt afraid Of being hurt, but I
expect l shall screech when it comes
out :"
THAT won t matter. "
eyes, it will. All the boys I ever
licked are waiting outside to hear me
boiler '-Exchange.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
From q Biker's View,

Charlie Mariner describing a canoe
race)-The course was awfully choppy,
and after standing for awhile on the
starboard tack 1 went over on to the
port tack
Miss Tandem (interrupting) - Oh,
how badly you must have been pune
turedl-B., K. & Co IS Monthly
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
Very Quick Journey.

j. M. Turner completed a remarkably
quick journey when he stepped off an
Erie train in Akron, O., at 7:05 the
other morning. On Oct. Is he left Lon
don at 10 a. M. on the fast express to
southampton. There he boarded the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and landed
in New York at l p. m. Tuesday, Oct.
10. He caught the Erie limited and
reached Akron in Jess than one week
from the time of leaking London.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
HOW to Get Found In Boston.

A stranger has no excuse for being
lost in Boston, although our streets are
a trifle crooked. If the visitor who has
lost his bearings viii only strike out at
random, he will soon find himself ON
Boston Common. lisa sure rule. -Bos-
ton Record.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31

HAS your husband any hallucina-
tion?"
Eyes, he has. He's always talking
about Andree's balloon. "
"Ah, yes. Has he begun to see pi-
geons?'
Il don't know that he sees any pi-
geons, but I've heard him talk in his
sleep about chasing the duck. ''-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
When 1t Was Needed.

GLOW do you come to be celebrating
your golden wedding, Binks? You've
been married only three years. -
81 know, " said Binks, but my wife
and l thought we'd better have it now,
when we really need the gold. "-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31

Glass bricks are made extensively in
Germany. They are blown with hol-
low center, containing rarefed air, and
they are said to be as strong and dura-
bic as clay bricks. They freely admit
light
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31

"They say that man changes COM
pletely every seven years.
II don't know about complete
changes, but the fellow next door to me
has changed his better half twice in
that time. "--Cincinnati Enquirer
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31

Il don't see why you ride a wheel"
He said. "Pray tell me why you do"
1.-THE truth, " she said, ~ won't conceal
have two worthy ends in view"
Chicago Times Herald.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
Unworthy.

"That man Davis is clearly not fit to
be a father
"Why?"
Ellis child is week and half old,
and he hasn't expressed the belief that
it recognizes him. Chicago News.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
Ship Notices.

Neither the master, owner nor consignee of
the Norwegian bark Marco Polo are responsible
for any debts contracted by the crew.
HALVERSEN, Master.
=, Neither the owner, master nor consignee of
the Norwegian bark Neptun are responsible for
any debts contracted by the crew.
BACKFR, Master.
Neither the owner, master nor consignee of
the Norwegian bark Iona are responsible for
any debts contracted by the crew.
OLSEN. Master
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
Clipped white oats at billions.

Party slippers in two straps at
Palmer's.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
Cheap tobacco at billions.

Try pair of our fine kid button
coin toe and common sense at 50.
Palmer's.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
Asking Too Much.

Harold-And now, darling, tell me
what your father said when you told
him we were engaged.
Sibyl-Oh, Harold, don't ask me to
repeat his language. Punch.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
BRADY'S BIG SCHEME.
Manhattan Field TO Be the Scene OF
Sports Of All Kinds.-.Some
Events in View.

New York, May 10.-Billy Brady and
Jim Corbett will lease Manhattan Field
and erect a boxing arena capable Of
holding 1900 people. They will also
build a half-mile cycle track, tennis
courts, etc, and in winter turn the
field into a skating rink, free to the
public, the only restriction being that
it hire its skates of the management.
Brady also hopes to have the big foot
ball games pulled off here. Already
the club has two big fights, the Shar-
key-Maher and CreedOn- Mccoy, ar
ranged for and is arranging for the
O'Brien- Mccoy battle.
A four-rOund bout between COrbett
and the winner of the SharkeY- Maher
fight is contemplated, also a limited
round contest between Fitz and Cor
bett. Corbett is to be referee and man
ager of all fights, excepting, of course,
those in which he takes part. Presi-
dent Freedman, Of the New York club,
who holds the present lease of the
grounds, will have an interest in the
club.
Brady says that though there is a
slight hitch in the deal, everything will
be arranged by the end of this week.
The first of the fights before the club
will probably be the McCOy-O' 'Brien,
which will take place not later than
June 10,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
STORY OF CARSON FIGHT.
Wyatt carp and His Gun Were ia Bob
Fitzsimmons' COrner..-Squared
Himself with Fitz.

There is a story of the big fight at
Carson going the rounds that is worth
repeating just for the purpose of show
ing to what an extent some peoples
Imagination will carry them. It runs
as follows:
During the tumult that followed the
fourteenth round at Carson ana after
Corbett had made his infuiia lated dash
at FitzsimmOns the victor stood i'm his
own corner The ring was full of eX-
cited men, who pushed pulled and
struggled No one seemed to know
what the cOmmotion was about, but
everybody pulled and yelled just the
same. The Cornishman was the cool
est man in the Writhng throng.
Suddenly a tremor darted through
his huge frame, and a look of appre-
hension settled on his still bloody face
The pugilist felt a cold, clammy sensa-
tlon on the right side of his neck, and
glancing daw, he saw the glowing
barrel Of a Well-deVeloped shooting
iron resting on his shoulder. Visions Of
death in his fighting shoes passed
swiftly before the pugilst's mind. He
could feel that the gun was clasped by
muscular hand, and then he felt the
left arm of the gun wielder thrown
about his left shoulder.
The boxer was preparing to make
mighty effort to save his life or to sell
1t as dearly as possible when a voice
Kissed in his ear, Keep quiet, Bob;
you're perfectly safe. The first galoot
that moves a finger at you will get
perforated with lead till he looks like
porous plaster Wyatt Earp's your
friend"
Bob stood perfectly quiet until the
commotion had subsided, and then,
when the gun was withdrawn, the
boxer heaved a sigh of relief and re-
tired in good order
This was the unique method en-
ployed by Wyatt carp to square him
self with Fitz, who was deprived of a
little matter of $4,000 by Earp's de-
cision In the bout with Sharkey in San
Francisco, and Mr., carp no doubt con-
siders that the production of his trusty
shooting-iron and the preservation Of
Fitz from real or imaginary danger
wipes out any claim that Fitz may
have had. The Cornishman makes a
Wry face when he thinks of that S10,-
OOO but he evidently considers It wise
not to oppose Mr., carp and his handy
gun,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
DIAMOND DUST.
Toronto today.


Manager selee is already on the hunt for
pitchers.
Gillon ought to be able to pitch a Win
ming game today.
Meaney sustained a slight injury to one
of his fingers while practicing yesterday
morning.
Bobby Moore, who was with Bangor in
the New England league last season, is
putting up a good game at second for
Springfield.
Little Jack Hornor whose disastrous
efforts in the box are remembered from
last season, is pitching this year for Paw
tUcket and doing good work.
The rule requiring a captain to remain
in his position in the field when he de-
sres to talk with the umpire is being
cheCrfuly disregarded by all captains
In championship games in which he
has participated on the Toronto team, Nc
Gam has cracked cut batting average Of
,4l0, and Leads the Kanucks at the bat thus
far.
A little more energy on the coaching
lines might encourage the b.eachers to
exercise their voices The bleaCheritcS
have been afflicted with frozen pipes so
far this year.
The eX-king Of the south paddles, whose
port wing caught scores of base runners
astray from first base, Matte Kilroy, is
again in charge of the Port Richmond
team lnlS season.
First Basonan Charley Gutenberg. who
is under reservation by Toronto, ana who
refuses to play there because his salary
has been cut, has appealed to the national
board for release
O'Neil& the Minooka lad who is catch
ing for Rochester, hurt a finger in the
sixth inning at Springfield, but pluckily
finished the game, although the injured
member evidently bothered him.
The pitV b9's clerks phallpn 10 10 ,,ov,g
paper men to a game of ball to be played
at any time on the MI Pleasant grounds,
near +. Robinson's brewery, or the James
Boys grounds, near the Lackawanna
brewery.
On May 10 last year Scranton occupied
sixth position with a percentage of only
,2S6 Providence was first, Rochester, sec
ond, -Jracuse third, Springfield fourth,
Toronto fifth, Buffalo seventh and Wilkes
Barre last.
Mcfarland pitched for Rochester ycster-
day and Rochester won He is one of the
cracks Of the league and If he had been
In condition to have taken his regular turn
in the box Rochester would not now be so
far down in the race.
The Wilkes-l}arre management has
placed the names of Howard j. Luckey
and George Meekin, two pitchers belong
ing to the CCal Barons, on the suspended
list Meakin received advance money last
season, but failed to report or even return
the amount advanced. Luckey persists in
playing with Mauch Chunk. Wilkes Barre
Record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
FIGHT AWARDED TO CHOYNSKI.
Referee Roche Cuts the Bout Short
Smiths Foul Tactics.


New York, May 1O.-The twenty
round bout between Joe Choynski, of
California, and Denver Ed Smith to-
night was cut short by Referee Roche,
who stopped the bout after two min
utCs and eight seconds of fighting in
the fourth round. Smith frequently
tried to hold Choynskis hand during
the first three rounds, and was round
ly Kissed for doing so. Choynski had
an easy task, for he knocked Smith
down in the first round and the Denver
man took nearly the full ten seconds
in getting to his feet. Joe was always
in on Smiths face repeatedly at the
close of the third round. Smiths face
was badly punched and the blood
trickled over Choynskis body during
clinches. The foul tactics of Smith in
the fourth round made Referee Roche
caution him. Finally Smith clnched
and refused to break, acting like one
bereft of his, senses. The referee shout
ed to him but all to no purpose, and as
soon as Smith was induced to let go
he was sent to his corner and the fight
awarded to Choynski. Choynski was
the favorte in the betting at odds of
Z to 3.
Choynski was seconded by Tom
Sharkey, Parson Devies, George Ross
and Bob Armstrong; Smith by Peter
Maher, Pete Burns. Buck Connolly,
Dick COlyer and Jack Quinn Choyn-
ski weighed 17S pounds and Smith was
a few pounds heavier.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
NOT A TRAINED EXPERT.

Waller is far from being a trained
expert with heavy weights, the fact
that he came to America only three
years ago and that until nine months
ago he never appeared in public indi-
Gates that his tricks are free from all
juggling and purely an exhibition of
muscular force.
Waller was born in Switzerland in
1878. His strength is inherited, as his
father while an upholsterer by trade,
was a remarkable man. Waller, pere,
was 8 feet 2 inches in height and
weighed 1S5 pounds He could hold at
arms length 50 pounds easily. A sister
one year younger and weighing 100
pounds, is admitted by waller to be
his master in heavy weight lifting.
She used to catch me by the belt
and hold me up at arms length" said
Waller, land she could whip any two
boys in school,"
Soon after coming to this country,
young Waller visited st. Louis and
there saw man bend railroad spikes
with the naked hands. After the per-
formance Waller tried it and found he
could do it easily. After that he would
undertake any trick he saw performed
on the stage.
One day last summer while in San
Francisco he was tossing around beer
barrels weighing 400 pounds with teeth
and one finger, and a bystander sug-
gested that he give exhibitions. Among
the tricks that he did upon the stage
was to hold 1000 pounds upon his
chest and bend railroad spikes eight
inches long and five eights Of an inch
thick into the form of staples, using
the hands.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
WHEELS AND PRINTERS INK.
How the Cycling Fever Has Crept Into
the Ncwspaper Press.

The growth Of the wheeling furore
has had its effect, remarks a writer
in the Washington Star, upon the lit
erature OF the period. Not a few ro-
mances of the day have brought the
bicycle into the web of the stories and
caused 1t to form an important ad-
iunct in dramatic denoucment. There
are bicycle departments in all the lead
ing daily newspapers in every import
ant city on the continent; many staid
and conservative magazines regularly
devote a portion Of their space to the
interests of the wheeling fraternity;
sporting and outing journals pay great
heed to the pastime, while in nearly
every central city of the continent
there are periodicals, weekly and
monthly, that make of the prevailing
rage their almost exclusive concern.
There are I'm the United States at
present twenty-five weekly journals
devoted exclusively to wheeling seven
that are published monthly and three
issued semi-monthly. In addition to
these many trade journals are issued
that pay especial attention to the in
terests of manufacturers and dealers,
while q number of hand books contain
ing information of value to wheelmen
are issued from the press at inter-
vals-quarterly. semi-anpually and an
rually. All the leading almanacs give
much space to racing events in every
part of the world. but particularly to
amateur contests. Dealers in SPORTING
goods, in preparing their quarterly cat
alogues, give prominence to all that is
new in invention for the comfort and
adoinment of wheelmen and wheelwo-
men, besides directing attention to re-
cent appurtenances that contribute to
speed and relaxation. The "funny"
papers too, make the latest jokes of
and about cycles a leading fea4 'ra nf
their IA ges.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11

Chicago, May 1O.-tIarry Waller, who
has recently located in this city, is a
mere lad in years and weight, al
though he can show a natural mus
cular development which would aston
ish trained athletes and professors of
physical culture.
Indeed, among the few to whom
Waller has exhibited his strength have
been physicians who, attracted by his
superabundance of muscle, have made
special examinations to be certain of
the facts and then doubted their own
figures as taken in his measurements.
That a young man nineteen years of
age, weighing III pounds and standing
5 feet IL inches in his boots could
show sufficient strength to easily raise
a dumbbell weighing 115 pounds over
his head with one hand, was a feat
few could comprehend. His other feats
of strength simply added to their as
constituent,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
GLADYS AND HER WHEEL.

1t was windy day in March
When Gladys got her wnee!.
The sort of day when crimps need starch,
And many were the glanCes arch,
Wheh GLADYS got her wheel.
The neighbors all looked out to see,
When Gladys got her wheel.
Her wild gyrations towards a tree
Filled their unholy souls with glee,
When Gladys got her wheel.
Nine little boys sat on the fence,
When Glayds got her wheel.
They saw her fall, with grief intense,
And watched her ride, with joy immense,
When Glayds got her wheel.
But little work was done that day
When Gladys got her wheel.
Folks couldn't keep their eyes away,
And some felt there was need to pray,
When Gladys got her wheel.
For. oh, the wind was bold and free,
When Gladys got her wheel
1t blew her over finally
And DIR: Johnson got fee,
When Gladys got her wheel.
-Somerville Journal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11

Rain began falling in this city at
o'clock yesterday afternoon and con-
tinued to fall until after o'clock. 1t
prevented the Toronto Scranton game
here, the Buffalo, Wilkes Barre game
at Wilkes Barre and stopped the Sy
racuse-S Springfield game at Springfield
in the fifth inning with the score 20
in favor of the Ponies.
Rochester and Providence We're the
only Eastern league clubs to play. The
former won by only one run in a low
scored game
The rain prevented the Atlantic
league games scheduled at Lancaster
and Reading but did not interfere with
the National league contests.
in this afternoons game at Athletic
park Gillon and Boyd will be the
Scranton battery and Williams or
StaleY will pitch for the Cannucks.
Possibly there will be two games to-
morrow afternoon, one of them the
game postponed from yesterday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
All She Wanted.

MY dear madam" said the professor
of music your daughter has no sense of
melody aud no instinct for time. She
couldn't play. And she has no voice,
therefore she cannot expect to sing"
"Wcll, or course" was the complacent
reply, "those facts are drawbacks, but
you can go on giving her lessons, Just the
same. l don't care about her performing
or singing, as IL would maybe take her
away from home All ! want is for her
10 learn enough 70 make comfortable
living as a teacher, Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
Tn the Wprld Of Sports.

succeeded him in the seventh inning, were
both wild and ineffective. Score: R.H.E.
Washington .......,O 021243 "--13 II
Baltimore .......,u,0 00003 B. 8
Batteries-Klng and Maguire-Nops, Co
gan and Robinson. Umpire-IIurst.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
BICYCLE GOSSIP.

The ald-Cooper match has again
fallen through. Bald accuses Cooper
of doing the baby act, which accusa-
tion seems justifable from some of the
correspondence Bald has in his pos
session from Cooper.
The Racycle team, e. II. Tellham,
Barney Oldfeld and Fred Titus, togeth-
or with the Spalding team consisting
of Tom Eek manager, Earl Klser and
A. G. Mertens, are training at Cincin-
natl, Ohio.
one of the most important track
events of the season will occur at Den
yer on June 10, when Sanger and Hack
enberger will ride a 5-mile unpaced
match race. The latter has defeated
all who have tackled him in this kind
of match. Sanger should be his most
formidable rival for the distance and
the Denver boy will have to do it
pretty fast to beat the "unpaced king"
Arthur Zimmerman's great popular
ity in France has been again shown by
the latest honor done him, by naming
special race after him. lie Prix
Zimmerman" is to be one of the leading
annual events of the French racing
tracks. Jimmy" is considered by the
foreigners as the greatest of all riders
in his time and he certainly was. He
is the only American who ever met
with success abroad. He not only won
some of his races, but all of them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
Three Times Sent 10 Grass.

New York, and Jack" Monahan, of Phi.-
adelphia, met here tonight before the
Westport Athletic club for a 2O-round bout
at 40 pounds. Monahan was knocked
down i'm the first round, but was game
enough to try it again and was out in the
second after lighting a minute and forty
five seconds, during which time he was
three times sent TO grass.