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Recognized by His Legs

When Archbishop TAFT was visiting at
a country house in the Highlands Of Scot
land, some years ago, he went down one
morntng to the postUffice TO send a tele-
gram to his brother, Sheriff TAFT, and he
wrote the direction. The Archbishop of
Canterbury to Sheriff TAFT" The old
postmaster read the words in COntemptuous
tones, and then looking at him over his
speCtaccs said: The Archbishop Of Can
terbury! And what may ye he that takes
this cugnOmen?"
The archbishop, with homely woolen
comforter wound about his neck to keen
out the chill air, was painfully conscious
that he might find it hard to prove his
identity. 1t was a relief to him when on
second thoughts the postmaster reIented
so far rs to inquire: May be ye're the
gentleman himself?" TAFT replied, For
want Of a better, / am" The old Scot
saw the mistake into which he had fallen
and was profuse in his apologies Il
might have seen you were rather CON
sequential about the legs Then, in
order TO send the archbishop away in
good heart, he added. Il have a son in
London, lad in shop, and he gaed to
hear ye prech one day, and was verra
well satisfied"
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How Cork stoppers Are Made.

The cork oak is said to grow and even
thrive in America, but the material OBJ
that all attempts to raise it here have
been abandoned in favor OF the prod
uct from southern Europe. Spain and
Portugal produce the best cnrks- The finest
cork oak forests are found in the interior
of these countries, those near the sea coast
being liable to the attacks OF a parasite
which quickly destroys them. The trees
are not barked until they are fifteen years
old; after that they can undergo the Spolia-
tion every three years without detriment.
A strong, healthy tree win yield its bark
for l 90 years. The season for stripping the
trees is the summer and the work gives EN-
ployment to large numbers of men, who
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passage OF special laws. They Were chased
out OF Texas by rangers and sheriffs
posses, and We're under the surveillance
OF the soldiers of Arkansas. They have
been barred and quarantncd against like
disease, md even bull-figltiug Mexico
put them under the ban IN the name OF
morality
No wonder, then, when the Y ires flashed
the news that the legislature Of Nevada
had abandoned precedent and had Iegalized
prize fighting, which was a direct invita-
ton for the mill. that the public, sur
feited with talk and Countcr-talk, hcaved a
sigh OF relief
Ii is hypocHtical TO say that majority
OF the people look with disfavor upon the
meeting of these two men in the prize ring
To i great many who have no sympathy
with the practice, nor any Sporting
prOClivitieS, il appears 10 be the only means
OF ''abatinG the nuisance and putting
aside for Il time whatever ideas they may
hold as to brutality and relies Of
barbarism,' they are looking forward
with real Interest to the date when one or
the other OF the pair will bc pounded into
jclly-aud silcnce-as they hope. To the
other clement il Will be n memorable epoch
H. their lives. With them there is no
other subject, and no spot on the map cx-
cept Carson. The village is their cloud
by day and their pillar OF fire by night,
and they invite no dreams that do not
bear them over the Rockies ard across the
desert to Dan Stuart's tabernacle
one OF the men will get a whipping As
one astUte follower Of the game has put it,
1T is case Of Tipping coin-Hn even
l. r| oil Nor &c
absolutely 10 warrant for the opinions
expressed rs to the marked superiority of
one man over the other. To the Unpreju-
diced IoekeT-on it appears to be match
where diamond Will cut diamond FitZsim-
mons partisans are pardonablc in their in
tense allegiance TO his cause. yet Corbett's
friends have great reason to believe him
invincible. Since entering actively upon
his carec ras professional pugiliSt, neither
one has been beaten Fitzsimm1ns has
sent a dozen promising fighters to dream
land, and Corbett has conquered cham
Jyions with long strings nf victories TO their
credit in two continents. So, there you
are.
Fitzsimmons' career in America has been
an unhindered, triumphal march Starting
with his victory over Mccarthy in San
Francisco lmmediately upon hisarrivalfrom
the Antipodes, and his wrestling of the
Iniddleweight championship from poor
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II oncy and TO settle d dispute, acrimoni-
ols and Of long standing, that lanes Cor
Ipctt and Robert FnzsImnons win face
each ol4cr in the Ioped arena at some
ioar bci yrcen sunup and sUHGcwn Oh st
Ta1rIck's Day
Il wl Ac the eladiatoTial event Of the
general on. Aheady a. much attention
Is paid TO tie movements II lie principals
and their Ictinues as 10 lie inauguration
OF the new President, and ~ tie time Tor
tie battle draws nearer all other news
VIII be sui oTdinatcd 10 tie duiues and
sayings OF tie TWO "puGs who VIII pun
mel one another IL the land uf alkah and
sage brush.
The fights between John L. sullivan and
Paddy Ryan, Sullivan and Rilraiu, Sui
Hvan and Mitchell, Sullivan and Corhett,
and Corb,tt a nd Mitchell. all ror the worlfs 5
championship excited great attention. re
spcctively, but it is probable that the
injecting between the 'Ponpadour' and
the ''Kaugarco" viii exceed them all put
together in the matter OF riveting the at
tertion of the people OF all classes Of the
two EenSpheres.
There is a cause for this. For nearly
three years Corbett and FitzslnmoRs have
been the cynosure OF the eyes OF the public
Not only the sporting element is meant, bat
Including the public, who would nave re
Trained from notice Of such characters had
they had the opportunity But they could
not escape it unless they stop the reading
OF the public prints
Yet the newspapers are not the sole
cause of the notoriety they have aChic"ed.
Tie governors and legislatures OF States
and territories and even Congress. have
contributed their portion 10 the focusing
OF attention upon them They have been
the cause OF calling out troops and the
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weight in both Suburban and Brooklyn
Handicap, with the very moderate impost
OF % POUNDS and 12S pounds, respect
lively. Ben Brush is Considered by the
handicapped as equal to Hastings and
within two pounds OF Handspring, hut at
these weights his chance does not appear
rosy. OF the outsiders the four year old
Howard Mann, owned by Pittsburg Phil,
Of plunger reputation, is thought by The
cognoscenu to have been treated len
iently. Charles NJ. BTamble
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Abdul Hamid Real Homelike.

The sultan of Turkey, it appears, is not
the prodigy of immortality that he has
been pictured. A Western woman, W no re-
Gently returned from u visit 10 Constanti-
nople. says that the Turkish monarch is
truely domestic man, intensely fond of his
children, for whom he has tiny theater,
where they play small parts for the pleas
ure of their doting papa. About the only
thing Abdul Hamid shows q marked an
upathy to is the bicycle. which, he sadly
declares is highly immoral and somewhat
detrimental to the peace and welfare of
Oriental society.
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use every endeavor to capture the en-
emy's pieces. and this is done by keeping
his pins behind him, so As to be able
to take any advantage tiat may offer
1t will facilitate counting il every
third ring is more heavily marked than
tie two Intervening ones. or, better still,
If every third circle is eoIored with red
ink The game can be played OF a table
by using dice or a teetO5Im instead OF
arrows, darts or anything Of the sort.
but played in this way the element OF
chance takes the place largely Of that
OF skin and makes it less Interesting
at least to young folks 1t is possi bic,
however, that this was the manner IN
which the game was originally played
thousands OF years ago, when Joseph
was prime minister in the land OF Egypt.
The morning times., 1897-02-21
Only Lost One Jewel.

With all the millions in Jewels worn
in reckless profusion at the Bradley-Ma
tin ball. writes New York correspondent,
but one loss has been reported, and that
seems to be complete, as detectives can
find nothing of 1t. Miss Gilbert, an Eng
lishwoman, who attended with David Won
Fitch, eX consul to Austria, lost diamond
pendant, family heirloom, valued at ST.
900. As the young lady remained until
daylight, she probably had her moneys
worth.
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100 pounds Robert FitZsimmons was born
in Elston. Corn wall, England, on June 4,
1862. When he was nirse years of age
his parents enigrated to New Zealand,
in the South Pacific Ocean, and in the
colonies Of good Queen Vic, he grew to
manhood. He was apprentieed as black
smith, but display yed a penchant for mailing
men, instead OF horses hoofs. He is
thrty-fiye years of age, and SO peculiar
and really remarkable is his physical con-
struction that he can, at will, increase
or decrease his weight at pleasure. He
will face Corbctt at his top weight, which
is between I65 and 170 pounds,
And may the best man via"
Frank Kellam
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it thrown in the air, how taken down how
operated how high is IT? Is il put up
and taken down every evening? If SO,
what time is il put up and what time taken
down? How is it fed, by battery on the
ground, or is there one near the light?
How many candle power is it? Is it put
out before or after being taken down? AT
what distance can IL be seen? How long
has It been experimental with, and low
much longer Will it be experimental with?
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youngsters he has in hand, but there are
some that are likely TO be heard from in
Richard Croker,s stables.
Sir Excess Is said TO have recovered
from his ailRsSnts. and should DO well,
as he has bc@s let IA light in several
Important handieaps. AmeTicus, OF course,
cannot stay for six furlongs in first-rate
company, but he is very speedy, and will
get home in more than one I Y c. event
unless his stable is much astray.
Until the season shall have begun the
race-going public will have little TO do
except digest the weights allotted in the
big spring handicaps. They have been
raised all l-round this year, but not us
much as was expected. RequitaI is top
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Inquirfng All About 1t.

dcnizen of Vermont recently heard
that electricity was being used for il
Illuminating purposes in Rochester, N Y,
and addressed a letter TO the postmaster
of Rochester, making inquiries about the
wonderful reports that had reached his
cars in tie wtlds OF the Green Mountain
State. Among the things he desired to
konw about were the following: How is
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earn, on the average, about 60 cents a
day. The process sofmanufacture is simple.
1t consists of boiling the bark in sheets TO
thicken and make it more elastic, after
which the corks are stamped out of the
sheets. All over southern Europe many
articles, such as coffins, kitchen pals,
pillows, shoes. boats and drinking vessels
are made from cork.
The morning times., 1897-02-21
Habenihan

Among the paintings apen one of the
Egyptian tombs is a representation OF
the hab-eni-han, or game Of the vase.
Although in the picture the cir cular
board upon which the game is played is
shown standing upright like a dinner
plate upon a dresser, this was eyidentIy
because the art of representing circle
in prospective was unknown at the time
this very ancient painting was executed
The bowl or vase shown as standing apOn
the upper edge ought really 70 be placedin
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street, another in Brookline and another at
Beverly Farms and between times hires a
palace In Venice or a hotel i'll Rome She
wears white stockings because other fash
ionabie women wear black. She hired a box
to see Corbctt spar. She started the woman
rad offceling Sandow 5 muscles She raises
her own violets and is never without a
bunch OF them. She was painted by Sar-
gent III 'clinging" costume, and the por-
trait Is never exhibited
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fight TO claim il 10y refusing 10 accept
CoIiseit's challenge within iLe prescribed
time OF six months, as established by
precedent Technically. therefore, there
Is 70 heavy weight champion, nor viii
therc he until Referee Siier makes his
decision at the Iinaside in Carson City
on the l7th Of nextmonth.
Ii Is Tor Tie purpose 81 deciding this
guest on, 10 win the rich stakes and side
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Morris brothers, August Belmont, Mr.
Loriilard, and dozens of others are also
heavily interested.
Every investment in thoroughbred stock
would have been so much money lost had
not the Jockey Club succeeded in placing
| racing ON firm footing after it had
tioundered in the slough of despond for a
couple OF seasons. Moreover, it would
have been national calamity had our
breeding interes been sacrificed, for the
Thoroughbred is the leaven that keeps up
6he quality of the everyday working horse
This argument has received confirmation
lately from an unexpected quarter Those
officers whose duty it is to buy remounts
for the United States Cavalry have found
an increasing difficulty in getting the
horses they require. There are plenty OF
brutes fit to pull streetcar OF drag a dump
cart, but no horse entirely cold bred
can stand the priyations and fatigue of
campaign. It Is conceded that the Jockey
Club has saved racing, but what a pity
1t is not national tnits scope. Such a division
of authority as that existing between the
Eastern body and the Western Turf Con-
gress is TO be deplored very deeply. Is q
national jockey club an impossbility?
Many horsemen think not
western racing received serious set
back when the special court declared
the Missouri racing law unconsti5u-
tional in st. Louis, and will affect, most
injuriously, the gate receipts of the
Missouri race tracks. This alone would
be serious matter, for gate receipts
are the pabulum upon which racing as
sociationS thrive, but Western turfmen
feel additional anxiety when they reflect
on the probable effect upon pubic
opinion OF SO many pool rooms running
with the throttle wide open. Scandal
Is almost certain to result, and then adj
verse legislation is sure to follow.
The Western tracks have also suf-
fered through very undesirable class of
booknakers. These men have worked
injury to the sport. Unless a faYorite
runs into the money every time they raise
lusty cry of fraud. Not being horse
men they, perhaps, know no better. hut
such an accusation once started, gathers
force as it spreads, keeping many persons
away from the track. Hence Oakley,
Louisville and Latonia are to do AWAY
with tie book;naker. and give the totalzer,
or mutual machine or an improved French
pattern q trial at their spring meetings.
These machines cost 81 200 apiece, aud
are guaranteed to punch tie ticket. make
sold on each horse, until the presiding
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Services for Men Only.

Services for ''men only" are now very
common in the London churches. Why
for .'men only" the London Telegraph
observes, is not quite apparent. except on
the principle OF an East Ender's opinion
Of them: II don't mind being iectured
by parson, so long az my old woman amt
about to ear it,
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GOD sporting author

ooD sporting author
ities assert that the
heavyweight Chaul-
p.onshii Of the world
is 10. held Toy any pu-
eilSt. Corbctts claim
toitpaSsesaway when
he hes owed the title
upon Pete Maher, af
ter the latter had
whipped Steve O'Uon-
neil, { orbett soldspaT-
ring partner. FitZ-
sir4fs ,or3E forfeited his
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which reference has been made, believe
this will not be possible with the new
machines.
a most important move was made 10y
the Jockey Club, when, ut a recent meet
ing, the scale Of weight was raised four
pounds. The effect OF this legislation must
be beneficial, and tend TO encourage STAN
ina in the race horse, and permit owners
to put UP competent jockeys, instead OF
feather weight exercise boys. No horse
may now start with less than 81 ponds
up; two -year-olds must carry i % pounds,
and three and four year olds. 26 poun Is.
Furthermore. in all handicapS the top
weight cannot be less than 126 pounds.
These alterations have received the ap-
proval of most owners. though, as Mr..
W. S. Vosburg, the official Handicapped
of the Jockey Club, has pointed out,
the scale Will sometimes bear hardly on
three-year-olds during the spring months,
and in the case of fast horses with no
liking for weight; yet, taken all in all,
the new weight for age scale should i'm
prove racing. In alloting weight, one
point should be borne in mind; our racing
rules are formed upon English models,
and when a horse wins one of the big
English handicaps carrying a heavy i'm
post, men are prone to quote it as Illus
trative of what a good horse can do.
This argument would carry conviction
did our horses run on hard turf inst cad of
loose dirt, but, as it is, no horse could
pick up weight and gallop away from
his field, .as, for instance, Isonomy did
when he won the Chester Cup in $50, with
1873 pounds on his back. He ran on turf so
hard and sound that pickaXe would have
been needed to break it.
BY the by, are rot our present SC-calied
selling races really auction races? Rule
127 distinctly says so. Many excellent
judges think that permission to claim a
winner at the selling price by anyone
who had a horse entered in the race, or
to claim loser at the entered selling
price, plus the value of the stake, would
be an equitable arrangement; but, in any
case, owing to the vigorous action of those
owners who last season subscribed to a
fund for bidding up winners entered in
selling races below their value, the abuse
once rampant will not again be possible.
Many owners have become diSheart-
ened, owing to the difficulty they have
in placing their commissions at fair odds.
After a man has spent fortune in getting
a stable together and another in training
it is mortifying to be forestalled in the
betting, through the treachery of some
one holding position of trust. Some such
experiences, indeed, may have caused the
migration Of one or two large stables to
foreign shores. The LorillaTd string Is
now established in England, but, although
sure of honest treatment and fair play,
it's share of prizes is not likely to be
heavy one, Just yet. The veteran John
Higgins, who has charge of it, does not
seem impressed with the quality of the
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She Has Applauded Corbett.
Mrs. Jack Gardner. OF Boston, is one of
the most picturesque women i'll America
She has paIatial residence in Beacon
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Handspring.

1T is perhaps as we'll for the best interests
OF the turf as it is, even though owners ana
associations that had grown fat on fab
ulous returns do kick a ifttles
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judge presses a button, when the ma
chine is locked automatically, and no
further bets can be recorded until Il is
again released. American spectators
nave regarded previous totalizers with
some suspicion, rs it was understood they
might be tampcred with by q clever rogue,
but the officials of the three tracks To
which reference has been made, believe
this will not be possible with the new
machines.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-02
Coxey Is Consistent.

Coxey redivivus! The commander of
the commonweal has SHE'D his castor
into the political ring in Ohio and fol-
lowed it as the Populist nominee for
Governor Of the Buckeye State.
Whatever else he may be, the Ohio
statesman is no fool. He is an uncom-
promising Populist and a consistent
leader of a forlorn hope. Jacob will
never be Governor of Ohio and no one
in the State knows that fact better
than he himself does. But he rightly
contends that as one of the leaders of
the Populist party in this country he
has a right to protest against any
scheme of political fusion which will
operate against the best interests OF
the party to which he owes allegiance.
Ohio State Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-02
The Only Woman Motorman.

Miss Hattie X. Miller, of Santa Bar
bara, Cal, is proba bly, the only woman
in the world earning her living as mo-
torman ON an electric car. When cleo
trio street cars were first introduced ia
Santa Barbara, few months ago, she
made a thorough study of the principle
on which they were operated, and
when she applied for the situation she
answered ALL the requirements so well
that she was appointed without hest
tation. She likes the work, and says:
when grasped the motor brake felt
that l had force under my control
and could outrun horse or any NOV
ing thing. | knew that had human
lives in my charge, but felt that it
required skill, not muscle, to estimate
the speed Of the car, to round curves
properly, and to start and stop as re-
CURED"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-02
TOues' DOCnl as,

Senator Jones Of Nevada has invent
ed a new rallying cry for the silver ora
tors who are to work among the farm
ers this fall. He says that If we had
the free coinage of silver wheat would
be worth twice as much as it is now.
Yet as it is conceded that the silver dol
lar would be only worth it's bullion
value under free coinage, as 1t is IN
Mexico to-day, and the farmers would
thus be worse off if they got twice the
present price of their wheat and got it
in dollars worth only A3 cents. Senator
Jones has no means of substantiating
his assertion that the price of wheat
would double under free coinage eX-
cept by admitting that the dollar which
would be paid would be worth only
half that which is now being paid. In
point of fact, it would be less than half,
as is seen by the conditions Of Mexico,
where a dollar containing more silver
than that in our own dollar is worth
but 43 cents. Senator Jones may be
great financier, but the average farmer
is sufficiently we'll posted in matters of
that sort to know that two Accent dol
lars are worth less than one 100-cent
dollar