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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-04

Don't thin your blood with sassaf'a' o.
no;aon il with blue mass but aid Nature by
psing DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famou.
little pills for constipation, 6iliousress ane
stomach and liver troubles They are purely
vsoetable Charles G. Lennon
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Alkxs..dlIr,:ia @azfttf.
SATURDAY EVENING. SEPT. 1887.

DIVING BELLIES Mrs. Francis Ns
sorcbo. of Baltimore, has worked Tor
several years at deep sea diving. one
is the wife of Capt. Sorcho, veteran
deem sea diver aDdaex captain OF the
Tinted States Life Saving Service; Soon
after her marriage she prepared herseli
by taking years course OF pnyslcAi
training. Then she put on n ponL'
shoes and the rest of divers armol,
weighing about $50 pounds, aud then
went down TO get coral and rare sea
shells. At Gravesend there is also a
woman diver. She first went co@p w
stead of Ter husband, who was III, some
wears ago, and she did this with sue q
Success ttat she afterward tui hlied
MANY engagements Jointly WIN MIN
assisting largely in the construction % o.
n pier at South coast watering p'ace
She has mace as much as $50 10 Que
dsy and has chiefly worked near q e
month of the Thames. Near the Med
way she once brought up $50 ooo III one
dsy
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Half Rates for Labor Day.

On account of Labor Day. September 9th,
the Southern Railway Company will sell
tickets from Washington and Alexandra at
one fare for the round trip to Orange. Har'
risonburg, Round Hill and intermediate sta
tons Tickets on sale September 4th, htb
aud 9th. good for return until Tuesday, sep'
temher 18th.
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FOR ALEXANDRIA.

Leave Washington, from the corner OF
Pennsylvania avenue and 1915 street, week
days, 6 80, 7 O5 (expressl, 35. s 90 lex.
press), 30 (express), 8 90 90, ~ 20
iexpress), IL 90 and IL do q. m. II %
(express) - 20 IS, As, 2 O5 (express),
2 40, 8 90 (expyess), 3 30, 4 90 (expressl
Is (express), As, 8 O5, 5 20 (expressl,
5 40, 6 05 (express), 6 IS. Z 90, W, y w,
10 90, II 20 and II SO D. m.
sunLays-9 90, 8 90, 10 90, 10 30, IL o.
II 80, and - 90 a. NJ, - 80. l 90, 80
200, 2 so, 90. 80, 4 20, 30 w.
30, 6 90, 6 80, 90, 8 90, 8 90, lo w and
II 20 p. m.
Leave Alexandra for Mount Vernon and
way stations, daily except Sunday, at "
10 80, 1 80 g. m. and II 80, AZ, 81
3 26, 43 p. M. To Dyke and Riverside
7 80 and 80 pm.
Leave Alexandria for Mount Vernon Sun
day only at 7 so, 8 80, IL 80 8. m. and
2 80 and 43 p m.
Leave Arlington Junction for Arlington
and Rosslyn hourly.
Baggage carried and checked at King and
Royal streets, Alexandria, and 131s and
Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, free. Bl
cycle tickets now on sale.
Communication tickets are sold at the othces
of tho Mt. Vernon Railroad, Royal and King
strets at the following rates:
Fare, Alexandria to Washington, 10 cents
round.trip. 25 cents. Communication rates ;
Quarterly tickets, $12.56; monthly tickets
$4.65; school tickets. $50; family trir
tickets $625; package tickets. so cents. Al
ter Z 90 p IN. to Riverside 10 cents rouno
trip
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ARNoLD's BROMO. CELERY. Try THU
uurivaled remedy for Headaches, Neurslg's
SIeeplesxpees 10oents
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Train No. 35 connects at Calverton for warrenron.

TranN connects ri Warrenon
No
and Stanton dsy Sunday at
Franklin Junction Rocky Mount
No Sunday
es.ahons eurninga Alexandria 1918 M
Arrive
m except Sunday
New
Ashevle Knoxville Cata
boroa md
Pullman Sleeping New
Memphis;
NewY Salisbury with Pullman
G. Knoxville Chattanooga and Nashville IeIn and at
Augusta Solid washington
Sunset Personally Conducted Tourist Excursion Through
srainev Francisco without
Alexandria Va
w W.ATUkK
Genera.
Washington, D. C. washington
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To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
Druggists refund the money If 1t fails &c
onre 25 cents Sold by CHARLES Il LENNON
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$2--Washington to Atlantic City and
Return.

Special trains via tue Pennsylvania Rail-
road will leave Washington at and 10 p. M
Saturday, September 4th, and at Z a. m. Sun
day. September 9Th, and run through to Al
lantic City, via Delaware Bridge, without
change of cars. Returning, special trans
will iesve Atlantic City at = p. m. Sunday,
September 9Th, and Monday. September 9th,
allowing Labor Day at Atlantic City, ~
round trip.
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Prince William County HOrscmcn's
Show, Manassas, september 'th

For the above occasion the Southern Rail.
wsy Company announces rate OF one fare
for the round trip from Washington, Char
lottesvlle, Warrenton, Harrisonourg, Round
Hill and intermediate stations to Manassas
Tickets on sale September TIN and Stn Coca
returning until September 9th, inclusive.
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OK Excursions to the Seashore.

On Friday and Saturday, s:ptembe,
srd snd 4th. tickets will be sold TO
the II a. m. and 12:45 p. m trains via
Pennsylvania railroad to Atlantic City, Cape
NAV, Ocean City and Sea lsle City, good tc
return until the following TUESDAY, allowing
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al 2S---Washington TO Baltimore and
keturn---$f.25.
Tickets will be sold via the PennsyiVanh
Rsilroad Saturday and Sunday, septemoei
4th and 9th, valid for return passage unli
Monday, September 9th Labor Day.. 1000
on any train.
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$40 to Niagara Falls and Return.

$40 to Niagara FAILS anu 1set II. I"
Special train via Pennsylvania Railroad
with parlor cars and day coaches Will leave
Washington at 7:3O a. m. September Sun anu
18th and Oc' ober 18th, arriving al Niagara
Fails at 1850 D m Tickets good for ten
dsvs and ysli for stop off at Buffalo, Roch-
eater and Watkins Glen returning.
e'''' aug24 cot oct9
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S1EAMERS.
VXyASHINGTON STEAMBOAT COM
w PANY (IIMITED.)
CHEAP AND PLEASANT EXCURSIONS.
Bound Trip, Is Cents.
On and after June 10Th, 1897, and until
further notice tho following ferry schedule
will be in force:
Leave Washington. Leave Alexandria
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Now in Full Operation.
PRACTICAL AND EXPERIENCED ME.
CHANICS BUN 1T.
If you don't know what you want we can
tell you. We will keep in stock and meet
competition OF the following goods; viz:
FRAMES, SASH DOORS, BLINDS, BRACK.
ETS, MOULDINGS, MANTELS, NEWELS,
BALUSTERS, FLOORING, RUSTIC SID.
ING, DRESSED BOARDS, &C. SQUABE
TURNED WORK A SPECIALITY. Special
attention given to Church, Store, Office and
Porch Work. All communications from tn
country promptly answered, and all order
promptly filed. Estimates cheerfu!ly full
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RAILROADS.
VYTAsHINGTON, ALEXANDRA AND
w MOUNT VERNON RAILROAD.
T., ENao+ Nov q 1897
FOR WASHINGTON

Leave Alexandria, corner King and Royal
streets, also stops at King and Washington,
King and Payne streets, and King and Spring
PARK, week days, at 5 So, s %; 6 80, 20
1express], 7 as (express). g 90, 20 (express,,
5 SO expross) 900, 9 80, 1000, II 90
IL 40 a. m. (express) and ID %, 1 90 lex.
press), / OF, 2 90, 2 40. 3 o6 express. 4 90,
4 25, as (espress), 5 90. 5 80 lexpress)
5 40, 10 (express), 6 20, 7 90. 10 lex
pressl, s Is, 8 15, 10 Is and IL 10 p. m.
Sundays-e CO. 915, 1915, IL Is, II 40
a. NJ. 1915, - 45, Is, 1 As, 2 IS, 40
315, 3 As, Is, 45. 5 is. 40, 10;
6 45, Is, 45, s 10, 8 10, 10 10 and
II Is p. m.
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go Prll, jacob
20 Brocket, ID
46 Raggsrt, Oscar F. City Market
104 Bsggett, scar F, Residence
so Carlin, f Sons & TO
$50 Carlin, Mrs NJ J
13O Chilly, II
113 Cook. J T
SO Chatham's Stables, E / Myers & Co
1876 City Engineer
los City Treasurer
LOT Columbia Engine House
144 Carter Bros
III Cogan, J A & W ", Plumbers
81 Chalmers, A c
3S Denielt, j A & Co
Do Denielt, J A, Residence
81 Ireifus j & Co
81 Entwisle. Norton
40 Entwisle, f l.
1913 Episcopal High School
127 EnLwlsIe, J w, Druggist
~ Fisher Bros
AS Fendrll, W
AZ Fannon, T j
SO Fieischmann House.
lis Flanigen, JOS &
lO2 Grilbortzer, a F
50 Garrett & Monroe
So Graves, w
As Barper. IS
So Hinken & Son
rs Hellmuth Bros
80 Hudson. w D
81 Harlow Bros
70 Hill, Geo r Co
go Howard, L Clifton
Al Hamilton & Co
1O6 Hydraulion Engine House
90 Harper, + Il
17S Harden, l.
lac Janney, } Ii l. Stabler & Co
81 Jail
26 Janney DR. Chas
1877 Jackson, Wash
- Jones, Ii C, electrician
200 Kell, NJ & Co
% King, Chas & Son
- Kirk, II, jr
1872 Krause, ] 81
4S Lindsey, N & Co
81 Lindsey. N, Residence
8 Leadbeater & Sons
129 Matthew
5 Marbury, Leonard
73 Miller, E g. Son
sc Marshall, J
rs May, W q & Son
81 Milburn. &c
80 May, w, Residence
la Musbbach, Capt Il A, Residence
81 Mushbsch, Capt a, Office
116 Norfolk & Washington Steamboats,
81 O'Brien, DR. NJ W
1853 O'Sullivan & Greene,
100 Pullman, S NJ
53 Pollard, FL
"a Pollard, F j, Residence
SO Pullman, T & Co
40 Portner, Robert
81 Postotfice
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10 Phillips, Z L, Photograph Gallery
So Quinn Ed
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105 Relief Truck House
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80 Roberts, Walter, Office
139 Roberts, Walter, Residence
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90 Rammel's Hotel
II Smoot, C Sons & Go, Tanncry
80 Smoot, C c. Sons IL Co. Warehouse
92 Smith, B B
SO Summers, G w
81 Smoot, w A & Co
90 Smith, Francis !.
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122 Slaughter, DR. NJ
151 Smoot J c, Residence
1872 Smoot. Jas & Go
155 Steuernagel, w
30 Strider, H. Residence
2 Southern Railway Company ~
1873 Southern Railway Company 81
129 Stonnel, W
az Simpson, II A
3 Standard Oil co
Steers, d NJ
161 Schiller Beef Co.
1877 Stevens, Moses, Hacks
1S1 Simpson, Geo l., Mayor
1853 Virginia Glass Works
65 Vanaelstyn, (Lunch Room
81 Walton, Z
1o4 Warfield, f, jr
100 Warfeld g. Hall
80 Washington Steamboat TO
N9S Wood, Mrs NJ A
1875 We'll Bros
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80 Wise, Geo q Co
81 Wise, Geo, Residence
1870 Woolls, w P, Wolfe and Royal
1913 Woolls, w P, Queen and Henry
147 Weiderman & Kelly
11S Zimmerman, L
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Adams, Chas. tcntrcyiile-Utiei'''c.n. LIAM y,
C Manassas House "e gls.G
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
.ge without notice to the public.

OUTHERN GALWAY,
~ Schedule Effective July 4 1897, subject to change
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-10
OFFICES AT AUCTION.

The Williams bill providing for the
sale of county offices at auction does
not seem to be receiving the attention
that it merits. Here is a bill with far
reaching possibilities apparently neglect
ed in it's infancy.
Such a law would doubtless be hailed
with satisfaction and delight by those
who as candidates for election have
been compelled to pay from $50 to away
up in the hundreds for an office with
no certainty of getting it even at that
price. All contingencies being removed
and the delivery of the purchase as
sured, the office seeker could afford to
pay double as much for a position. Be
sides it would come out of his salary
and he would not be under the necessi-
ty of borrowing from friends or mort
gaging his property.
The foregoing are not all the advant-
ages. however, to be derived from the
enactment of the Williams bill. For
instance a candidate compelled to make
a low bid owing to sharp competition
could make up any deficiency in salary
received from. the office by starting
lemonade stand or a small grocery store
in connection with the office. This pos
sibility will appeal especially to men
with large families who would be able
If the principle is found to work we'll
in connection with county offices it
might be extended to other matters
railroad transportation for instance.
What's the matter with awarding the
freight and passenger business of a
town or a county to the lowest bidder?
If the great disideratum of human hap
piness consits in having things cheap
there is no reason why the movement
should end with county offices.
The passage of the Williams bill
would doubtless be the means of in
creasing immigration also. All the
tramps and the unemployed of all class
es would flock to a state where the only
thing necessary for obtaining a job is to
bid low enough for it.
There seems to be only one thing in
the way of the plan-unless it be its
unconstitutionaIity, which might be
overcome-and that is that the office
holders and those desiring to become
office holders might organize a trust for
the purpose of keeping up prices, but
their reputation for patriotism and love
of the people should prevent them from
doing that.
This is written purely in the public
interest. We have not been paid any
thing by Mr.. Williams to help along
his bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-10
LIFE'S BURDEN TOO HEAVY
Mrs. N. s. Burnham of the Inter
Ocean Laws it Down.

Jacksonville, Feb. 10.-A special to the
Citizen from Starke says: Mrs DR.. \. S
Durham of Chicago, committed suicide
some time last night. AS she did not
come down to breakfast this morning q
servant was sent to call her. No answer
obtained and the door being locked,
the girl entered by the window and found
Mrs. Durham dead. An empty chloro-
form bottle stood near.
Five letters addressed to different per-
sons, We're the table. Two of them
were for her husband, DR.. n. s. Burnham
at Palatl1a. A note ito whoever shall find
this was also there. 1t read: Il intend
ed going to Chicago in the morning but
am growing i'll and it may be that [ shall
never awake If anything does happen to
me mail the letters on the table. They
will explain much to the persons to whom
they are addressed. Under my pillow is
something like $40. Use that for eXpen-
SEES. When DR.. Burnham comes he win
pay anything else due. Ask some kind
woman to dress me for the last time, in
the clothes l have laid out Some one I
loved has admired me in them and win
sleep the better that 1 am clothed in them.
Notify Mrs. Mary H. Ford No. 4740 Lake
avenue, Chicago; John B. Wyman. Chad
ron. Neb-: Mrs. G.. L. AbercrOmbie, Ken
DAN Green. Mass: Mrs. Ida Somarindych
Elkhart, Ind. and the Inter Ocean, Chi
cago- For the rest, pray for me, that /
may be forgiven. The burden of life has
grown too heavy for me to bear"
The above was not signed. but was
written in a steady feminine hand. Mrs.
Durham had been connected with the
editorial staff of the Inter Ocean, having
been art critic during the Worlds fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-10

"CORBETT," SAYS ACTOR ATHLETE
BARRYMORE
Especial Correspondence.I

1 think that Corbett will win after a
grand fight, say of a dozen or 8 rounds.
Fitz is the lighter man by Is pounds or
thereabout, but being the greater pun
Usher will undoubtedly try to break
down the Californian's guard and get
in one of his terrible right or left hand
swings on the point of the jaw and
knock his man out right then and there,
as he did Peter Maher, Jim Hall, Dan
Creedon and host of others. 1 expect
him to rush throughout, but his rushes
will be in vain, quite as futile, indeed,
as Ney's charges against the British line
at Waterloo. Corbett's supreme clever
ness of hand, stiffness of foot and &C
curacy of eye will checkmate this game.
He will be in and out all the time,
countering or evading Fitz's blows as
he things most opportune. He will wear
Fitz out inside of an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-10
DUTCH TREAT CLUES.
TFrom the New York sun

Ifro1n the New York sun.
The popularity of Dutch treat clubs
was established last winter, when it
was found that desirable young men
could easily be persuaded to join them.
Young men who really couldn't find
time to join a theater club heard first
with amazement and then with admir-
alton of the Dutch treat clubs, and
after reconsidering their engagements
decided that they could find time to be
active members in such an Organiza-
uon- The novelty of accompanying q
young lady who paid her way to the
theater and later to supper offered a
new sensation that was alluring. The
success of several of these clubs last
year has warranted the organizing of
many more this winter
1t is delightful sensation said a
young man who has just joined a
Dutch treat club Ito subscribe for such
club. We propose to have six thea
ter parties together, and each man is
assessed simply the price of his thea
ter ticket and supper Now, could
anything be arranged with more skill?
OF course, they had no difficulty in get
ting enough men. Membership in such
a club is a means of saving money,
aside from the other attractions that
it offers. When you count in a chap
erone and a carriage and q little sup
per later, to say nothing of a few flow
erS you will find that it costs the aver
age man more to take a young lady to
the theater once than to subscribe to
all six of the entertainments of this
Dutch treat club
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-10
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CORBETT EASILY FIRST, SAYS DAN
CREEDON.


fought with Bob Fitzsimmons and
boxed every day for weeks with Jim
Corbett when he was training for his
fight with Charley Mitchell at Jackson
vile, Fla Naturally I ought to know
something of the two men, for, in addi-
ton to fighting Fitz in America, saw
him box in Australia frequently. Fitz
is unquestionably great fighter, but,
to my mind, he cannot compare with
Corbett in any of the qualities which go
to make a champion except in hitting
power. He can hit little harder than
Jim, but is nothing near his equal in
cleverness, generalship or speed. Both
are men of undoubted courage, no mat
ter what bitter partisans may say to the
contrary. 1t is all tommy rot to talk of
Corbett being cowardly because he won't
engage in a street brawl. A boxer should
never do that. 1t is also nonsense to say
that Corbett can't hit hard. He can hit
fearful blow when he steps in to
man. As rule, however, he hits and
gets away so as to avoid return, and,
of course, some force is lost. He depends
on jabbing his man out and escaping
unscathed himself, but he can fight hard
and fast and knock his opponent out, as
his battle of three rounds with Charley
Mitchell proves. For the reasons 1 have
given, expect to see Corbett win after
a grand exhibition of science in any
where from to 20 rounds, according to
the pace Fitz cuts out, for everybody
seems to think he will be the pacemaker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-10
A DIAMOND STORY.
rFrsm the Chicago Tribune.J


1t is curious upon what slender fOun-
dations some of the enormous fortunes
of the country have been bui1ded. Thus
it is said that one of the nOveaux
riches of London went to the South
African diamond fields with no capital
save a dozen tough hens, a few sl1illets
and some pepper and salt. With these
humble and somewhat scant materials
he opened a restaurant called the Pan
ner's Paradise" which soon became a
favorite resort of the haut ton of that
region. Whenever he killed a hen he
laid away the rough diamonds found in
the crop of the fowl, which the birds
seemed to prefer to ordinary gravel on
account of their no-abrasive qualities,
and by the time the dozen hens had fall
len a prey to the rapacity of the miners
the restaurant man had cleaned up
about ST., 600 900 worth of sparklers- An
other version is that he only found
small 1-carat stone, off color at that,
and that he made most of his money
at poker. At this distance from the
restaurant it is difficult to fix the re-
sponsibility where it belongs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-10
Q. S. SCIENTIFIC WORK.

(Fron the Atlanta Constitution.)
The proposed plan to bring together all
the scientific work being prosecuted by
the government, so that under one move
ment the best results may be obtained, is
one worthy of consideration.
But few people, even among those con-
nected with the government service. have
any idea of the magnitude to which this
class of work has risen. The combined
appropriations amount to IS, 900 900, en-
ploying an army of 5000 persons. The
field covered is varied as 1t IS extern
sive, the bureau doing all kinds of scien-
tific work from determining the move
mentS of the heavenly bodies to studying
insects and bacteria. There are bureaus
for studying the earth and its products,
the atmosphere and its changes, economic
plants and their culture. domestic ami
mails and their kind. There are surveys
for meas surfing the land of the country
and surrounding its waters, plans for in
vestigating economic problems and stat1s-
teal agencies for collecting, compiling
and discussing the results of many indus
tries. SO many and so varied are the
fields covered that a repetition OF them
would be tedious.
The existing disorganiza ton is a natur-
al result of growth. It by slow de-
sreeS that the different departments of
the government branched out into scien-
tific research for future work, and there
was 10 anticipation of either the success
of the work or the benefit which it has
called for first-class scientific talent,
whose labors were hampered by the ex
igencies of politics. Not only this, but
the departments work in ignorance or
each other. often each one laboring on the
same research, causing loss of time ana
The proposition now is to resume all
those subjects of scientific enquiry from
their disSimilar fields, and to unite them
under one head where uniformity ana
congeniality will produce the best results.
If a proper plan can be developed. there
dom to select it. At all events the sub
feet should be carefully considered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-10
PAT sHEEDY LIKES Boe's CHANCES

PAT SHEEDY LIKES BOB'S CHANCES.
I am not particularly fascinated by
the conduct of either gentleman as re-
CARDS this match, but 1 guess they are
both on the level now and propose to
settle the question of superiority. In the
past have criticised Corbett quite free
~ in the press, and am now loath to
say anything which may SAVIOR of preju-
dice. cheerfully concede him to be the
cleverest big man in the world and
would gladly be convinced of his game
ness should the test prove it. / have
been told of so many instances to the
contrary, however, by people who know
him well and who are keen judges of
pugilistic merit that 1 am reluctantly
compelled to believe that in the past at
least he has not had a heart of oak
This weakness, however, physicians and
other experts say, can be overcome
witness the case of Peter Maher-and
Corbett may have remedied this fault.
The forthcoming battle will tell. FitZ-
simmons, on the other hand, has never
shown the yellow streak. He has fought
gamely and often. He is almost as clev-
er as Corbett, although not near as
graceful. He has, however. a great habit
of getting there and that is every
thing i'll fighting. Then, again, he can
hit twice as hard as Corbett. In fact,
he is the hardest hitter in the ring.
That I can vouch for. [ saw him hit out
Jim Hall in New Orleans few years
| ago, and in all my experience never
saw such a blow struck in ring. 1t
was fearful. Can Fitz get to Corbett?
That is the question. If he can, he will
whip him. If not, Corbett will wear
him out in long fight