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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
DANIEL BOONE.
Facts of the Life and Experience OF
The Renowned Pioneer.


Richmond Va. December y, 1899
To the Editor Of Che DisDatcnt
InrumerlDie are the clouds mat or Pc
shadow the truth. Incredibly, says Aii-
stOrle, is the source on an "is-y.l' -lIt
HE progress of rivers 40 the ocean Is NOT
Sc rapid as that % man o. error Ike
sDcct for Tie memories and character
and deeds of our ancestors ls security lot
the present: IL is the secd-corn Tor me
future And. ln the language OF BURKE,
s.ThOse viii not look forward 10 tneli
posierity who never look paiA"aiu 10
These reflections have been suggested
by publication in the Journal and Irl-
bune of knoXFllle. remit, OF ieoe.il
date. in regard 90 Daniel Boone, with the
following conspicuous headlines. lii5-
toric Boonc-Tree Nislted-Carving or the
Frontiersman Almost Obliterated.
Jonesboro'. Tenn. August 5, 1879.
Professor j.. ". Kennedy, OF Union
City, went out % see me historic Lyoiie
tree. accompanied by Mr.. and MIS- WHIT
lock ard your correspondent
Fx-ReDresentativs Bowman very KIND
" acted as pilot. Our path lay across q
wide field and up one SIDE OK steep
vnoded hill and thence down the 90.
eii,,ifv on tho other side, 20 where tan
beeeh tree stands, on which, accofains
Ia tradition, tho great pioneer, Dahlei
poone carved the following inscIlp uoh'
I'D. Boon. Cilled Bar on Tree II
ear liyJ.
THE writer OF this communication knows
&, as veritable truth Gas Well "a any
rrssbvterian brat knows the shorter cat
ecbism or as any Mohsmmedan knows N,
koran that this inscription on tns
Daniel Boone tree Is IS mncn ,s ,Iy1n n 7,
a. not ,rue. There IS no tree, and there
never Was any tree. or which Danie
pocne carved such an illiterete inscrlp-
.ion "a that which Is imputed 10 him IL
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24

fond fathers who lack Tho courage 20 zee
sist. You take q cisar-box rip off The
top. turn it sideways, and bore holes in
Be-. Through these holes string strong
Irvine and you have The prctLest little
cages you ever saw. Tho only trouble
is. chat each box requires the boring OF
some thirty-tWO holes and before yol
get through You feel that your whole
anatomy has been perforated. The an.-
mails TO go i'm the cages can be cut out
with the scissors from any book. ANA
when inserted in the cages hey look so
fierce and natural that yoU Can almost
smell 'em
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24

fierce and natural that YOU Can almost
smell 'em.
The menaeoris which We will turn
loose tomorrow was made by myself
with "a utle box " wAter-colors and
each beast required one hours work The
Commander-in-Chief g0adod mo uncees-
ing'y and wanted tho animals 70 be as
numerous as those in NOah's Ark, but
my artistic powers soon became cemoral-
lied. a Whitcwash brush. kept Ga cone
slant use. could not have supplied her
demands. and ia tho course OF my efforts
TO please her i painted more things than
did Michael Angelo when he tackled tina
fresco work Of ST. Peters and the Vau-
can. Never viii I forget tho responsible
ties OF that cigar-box-tw g-circus
AT night 1 dreamed OF lions. tigers, ele-
plants. CRATES, and twine-string prisons
Balloons erappled with my law practice
and cnimpanzses wrote my newspaper
articles while girahes br0wsed on the
flowers Of the Queen Bees bonuets. IL
was awful. Some other man who is look
ing for an opportunity 10 De martyr
should try tho scheme next year.
And the worst OF it So that that Christ
mas-treo WIN last Just one hour to-mor-
row. By o'clock (the whole coy3y VIII
arise at daybreaD the circus win have
been demolished: the lion Invested OF his
tail. the elephant torn 20 shreds, the
chimpanzeo converted into . physical
wreck and the balloons made into a mass
OF paper mincemcat. by 10 the baby VIII
havo licked tho Paris green OF the eyes
OF the Royal Bengal tiger, and by IL no.
thing viii be left but the Irvine and n
few cgar-b0X spilters. AT noon the
juvenile fends viii De playing with last
years toys and q there wiu le an in-
terneCiuc war among them
AS for the ch0in-Why, IT'S links VIII be
scattered in every nook and corner or the
household long before breakfast. and the
tree viii look as though 80 had been
blasted boy q stroke Of lightning All
these philosophical reflections make me
recall my work most checrfully, but fro N
this day forth / am done with economy
or. rather, my wile's Kind.
But i must cease grumbing. Only last
week ana indignant contingent from tne
S0uheila wrote hercely 20 our editor ard
called me a "n0ndescriDt writer Who
speaks or bus wife In the disnonora5le
way of Comm8nder-in-Cher So / mu. g
keep goOl-numotct, for the Queen Bee
has friends. aud u She ever needs assist
ance (Which. ana confident, Wi never
De thl Casl there are many VINO VIII
elocrruly aid u having me drawn and
chartered 0r burnt 20 the stake. blt al
any rate. here's to the Unfair sex; they
ar. The best friends man ever had and
The worst cacmies woman ever feared. a
Merry Christmas 90 them all ana corr
rg..pias of good wishes for the chill
dren. AS for husDauds-on. Well they
deliberately ram their heads into ine
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
FEMININE ECONOMY.
IDLER TELLS HOW HE AVOIDED
BUYING A CHINA PRESS.
THE OLD SIDEBOARD REPITTED.
They ought TO Have Sent the Bill I'm
n Wagon, IL Was So Big--A Hus-
bands Part In Fixing Christmas
Tree

There's nothing more blood-curdling
than woman's idea Of economy. This
fact has been deeply imbedded IN the
strata OF my active brain ever since the
time we had our old mahogany side
board reftted and made as good as new.
For several years l had used this venera-
BILE article OF furniture Tor general do
nestle purposes, and nothing had been
said about It. in the days before my
act OF indiscretion I had employed il as
an executioner's block when 1 killed
chickens or utilized - when 1 cleaned
fish or peeled the tomatoes for preserv-
ing purposes. At that period the queen
Beo made no protests, but some months
later all OF q sudden she went Off into
spasms when I began splitting lightwO0d
on IT, On seeing me engaged in this in
nocent act she -hrtw uD ner nands in
| holy horror, turned pale under the
whitening on her face. gurgied wildly
and acted os IL were chipping the bark
Off the shins OF some respected ancestor.
when I franticauy asked her what was
the matter she bawleI out. "O, you've
ruined me. you've -Hled me; IT'S tle
most valuable thing BOO the house Pa
used 80 at tine old homestead ira MOTTO
way. It's q priceless heirloom. Fashion
able people would give q thousand doi-
| lars for mahogany sidcDOard with claw
feet like that"
was Tor rushing right ont and trot-
ting the fashionable folks FIN TO look 90
the sacred heirloom. but She stayed me
d..
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
INTENSE SUFFERING
FROM DYSPEPSIA AND STOMACH
TROUBLE.
Instantly Relieved and Permanent,
Cured by Stunrt's Dyspepsia
Tablets.
A New Discovery, But Not n Patent
Medicine.

DR.. Redweli relates an interesting nc
count Of what lac considers q remarkable
cure Of acute stomach trouble and chronic
dyspepsia by the use " the new discovery,
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets
lie says: The patient was man who
had suffered, 70 my knowledge, for years
with dyspepsia. Everything he ate SEEM
cd TO sour and create gases ln the
stomach. Ie had pains like rheumatism
IN the back. shoulder blades, and limbs,
fulness and distress after eating, poor
appetite. and loss of flesh; The heart be-
came affected. causing paip.lauon and
sieep.essness az night.
"I gave him powerful nerve tonics and
blood remedies but 10 no purpose. As an
experiment l finally bought a J0-cent
package OF Slusrt's Dyspepsia Tablets az
a drugstore ana gave them 20 him. AL
most immediate relief was gwen and
after he mad used four boxes le was, 10
an appearances, fully cured.
There was no more acidlty or sour,
watery rislngs. no biOauns after meals
the appetite was vigorous and he mas
gained between ten and twelve pounds
I'm weight OF solid healthy flesh.
Although S,uarts Dyspepsia Tablets
are advertised and sold in torres, set
consider than q most valuable addition
10 any physicians linc of remoli 80 as
they are perfectly harml -e and c-l ne
given 20 children or inyaAis or in any
condition OF che stomach with peri GO
safety. boiu. harmless and containing no-
thing but Fruit and vegetable e noes.
pure pcpsiu, and Golden Seal
without ary que zion. l1ev are The
safest most effective cure for Indigestion
DiHousnass constipation. and oil drange-
mcl ts of t4e stomach, however slight ol
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
9. EJLLMHIN'S SON,
HEADQUARTERS FOR HOLIDAY SUPPLIES

Standard American GRADUATED
Sugar, sc. pound.
Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee, l01c.
pound; Lions Coffee, 10c. pound.
Carolina Rice, DC.
Small California Hams, SIC. lb.
Salt Pork, SC. ; Pure Lard, &c.
8 pounds Virginia Buckwheat
for 25c.
2-pound cans Tomatoes, &c.
Wheat Bran, for feeding, SIC.
hundred.
Fine California Raisins, 90. ID.
Try our 4Oc. Tea. ITS extra
fine.
Fine Blackberry Wine, 1Oc. at.
Fine Catawba Wine, 100. at.
Best Nincemeat, 30. pound.
New Figs, t., or 4 lbs. for 25c.
New Shelled Almonds. soc. Id.
Malaga Grapes, 1910. ID.
New Mixed Nuts, l0c. lib.
Corse Meal, ABE. bushel.
New Sultana Raisins, l2lc. ID.
New Layer Figs, 124c. 10.
Large Coaconuts, BE.
New Dates, &c. 10.
Salmon, Zoe. can.
Bushel sacks Salt, 55c.
Nickel Milk, DC. can.
Hecker's Prepared Buckwheat,
Sc. package.
ID.
Fresh Pork Hams, Sc. pound.
Sweet Chocolate, Sc. cake.
Shredded Cocoanut for pies and
cakes, 15c. ID.
Crushed Wheat, Toe. package.
New Virginia Buckwheat, 4c.
pound; or II 10. bags, 40c.
Best new crop New Orleans Mo-
lasses, Acc. gallon.
Flake Hominy, &c. pound.
New Palm Nuts, 7c. pound.
Large cans Bartlett Pears, 10c.
French Brandy, - gallon.
Fresh Soda Crackers and Gin
GER Snaps sc. pound.
TRY our Snowflake Patent Fami-
" Flour. It's fine; $500 barrel
or 25c. bag.
Sweet Potatoes. 15c peck.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24

We challenge the country or
our Silver King Flour-SA25 bar
rel, or 27c. bag.
Try our Economy Roasted COT
fee, 1-pound papers, &c.
Large new Irish Potatoes, 18c.
peck.
Best Cream Cheese, 15c. pound.
California Yellow Peaches, 10c
pound.
Now North Carolina Rice, &c. ID,
Fresh Oyster Crackers and
Cracker Dust, SC. pound.
Homemade Tomato Catsup, Ice
quart.
-Four cans Sugar Corn for 25c.
Baking Chocolate, ? cakes for
25c.
3 cakes White CASTLE Soap for
SC.
Rival Gelatine, best on the mar
ket, sc. package.
! Best Java Green Coffee, Q lbs.
/ for Csc. Roasted, 1Go. ID.
Wine for Jelly, 10c. Quart.
New 1-pound bricks Goldfish at
Sc. pound.
Seeded Raisins, 1Oc. Id. box.
lib. package Clean Currants,
Sc
New Citron, lie pound.
( Sweet Cider, 25c. gallon.
Try our Mountain Roll Butter,
15c. pound.
New Cape Cod Cranberries, 50.
quart.
Try our old Smithfeld Hams,
1910. ID.
( 4 Chalmers Gelatine, for soc.
Imported Sherry and Port
Vino, Soc. bottle.
IS bars Special Soap for 25c.
Reliable Hams, SIC. pound.
3-year old Rye Whiskey, S1.5O
gallon.
Agar old Rye Whiskey, $500
gallon.
New Prunes, &c.
Our Complete New Price
List mailed on application.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
HEALTH RESORTS.
rap yIRcINIA HOT SPRINGS COM
PANI.
BATH COUNTY. VA.
ON

on
AND ONO RAILWAY
go FEET ELEVATION.
"rbe Now Homestead with al tnou-
ern congeniences. heiuolns go 49,
baths. together with the oath-h0use' 0p0n
The year 'f0unc' s-.,.. oou,sor,abia
,T[nSerCl results 10 sufferers from
-, rheumatism, and nervous troubles
49, AMrsEMENTs AND SPORTS:
Riding and driving parties daily; new
bieyeie track. golf-grounds. lawn ten
MS. pool. and billiards; hshins' ana nuht-
.ieor winter rates and accommodations
"'''' PRED. sTEnHr,
80 Manager,
49,, ., s,u Hot Springs Va
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-04
ONLY THREE ROUNDS.
George Dixon Defeated sam BoIun al
Louisville.

Louisville, Ky. July S.--George Dixon,
champion feather weight. picked up a little
easy money here tonight on his way to Den
YER He got the decision after three lively
rounds VITA sam Bolan of New York, before
The Nonpareil Athletic association. Bolan was
practically out when the round was concluded.
II was to have been twenty five round bout.
and there was large crowd to witness IL.
Dixon went right after his man in the first
round, but Bolan held his
The second SAW some warm lighting and the
beginning of the end OF the New Yorker.
Dixon opened in Il lively fashion and soon had
Bolan gong. A left swing sent Sam to the
floor and he stayed down nine seconds. The
rest did him little good however, for he came
up efGegy Ia the third and George set about
to finish him After few moments of Kidding
10 get the first behring's the colored boy sent
in n hot right ana left on the Jaw and Boan
collapsed. He again took his fun time to rise
and then came up with pronounced staggcr
Dixon was waiting, and neat swing on the
jaw with his left was all that was necessary
to put an end to the bout Boan went down
in a heap, but the gong sounded before the
limit was counted. The New York lad was
out of 1t. however, aud the referee gave the
bout to Dixon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-04
ELUDED CAPTURE TEN YEARS.
Hut Was Finally Captured In PIKE
County, Ark.

Louisville, Ky, July 3.--After eludng
capture for ten years. Sam Adams the
moonshiner who on March 20, 1899, was
one of cliqae that killed Deputy United
States Marshal Russell Wiremann In Knott
county. has been arrested in Pike county.
Arkansas, under Instructions from United
States Marshal James of Louisville.
The crime for which Adams was arrested
is well remembered here. as it was one Of
the most cold blooded murders ever COM
mitted in the State. Deputy United States
Marshal Russell Wremann set out from
Hindman with posse to capture des-
perate band OF moonshiners who were
known TO be operating In the mountains or
that country aud who had already killed
a. number OF revenue officers sent to APP
prehend them. The feeling among the
people OF that region was very bitter
against Wremann at the time. as he had
the week before captured ten moonshiners
ana destroyed their stills In Perry and
Leslie counties. Wiremann and his posse
captured three moonshiners and on their
way back were ambushed, Wiremann was
killed aad several others were wounded.
Adams was recognized as one of the at
lacking parties.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-04
A MARVELLOUS MOTOR.
Claimed II Extracts All Of the Power from
Steam.
ITS SECRET IS IN USING THE PRESSURE
And Not the Expansion to Gain the
Power-nricf Description of the
New Invention.

! Chicago, July S.--Forty horse power, or
about three times as much as the best en-
gnes develop at present with half-inch
I feed. will. according 10 the claims of the
inventor. be extracted from the same guam
tity of steam by a motor which will be in
spected by Admiral Melville. chief of the
bureau of steam engineering. U. S. N.
some time this mouth in this city. The
motor Is twenty four inches high and oe-
oupies space about thirty inches square
on the floor 1t is practically noseless
and has no packing in any of the parts.
With slight variations, 1t is modelled after
a smaller one which has been successfully
operated both by steam and liquid air, and
through which the attention of Lieutenant
Zalinsky, u. 5. N, retired was enlisted.
Through him the bureau OF engineering
became interested.
The machine is composed of two discs,
one revolving within the other on sepa
rate axle in an opposite direction and all
oncased in metal box of circular shape.
Each disc is forged into alternate space
and partitions, The spaces are three-siS-
tecnths of an irch wide and have parallel
sides The blades OF the partition arc
thu eghths OF an inch thick. These al
ternating spaces and partitions are cut on
the disc at such an angle that the steam,
which is fed through the axle or shaft
passes through the spaces on 'hc disc
nearest the axle to the partitions of the
disc at a right angle. thus propellng the
second disc in the opposite direction.
BY this arrangement one of the discs re-
wolves in one direction and the other in the
opposite, the power of both being harmon
lied on the power shaft by the reversing
gear connected with one of them. The
force of the steam utilized is that of press
ure and not of impact The meteor *
tracts approximately all of the power in
the steam before it reaches the circumfer-
ence of the disc, and therein, according to
the inventor. j. +. Brady of this city, Hes
Its superiority over all other mechatsms
The machine is adaptable to either high or
low pressure. the friction is reduced to the
minimum and the adjustment of food is au-
tomato.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-04
snAMRoCI1 AND ooLuMprA.
Thc Cup Defender and the Cup
Challenger Compared.

London July 1.-THE Daily News this morn
ing publishes nm article with Illustrative de-
signs comparing the Yachts Columbia and
Shamrock. The writer gives the following
as the dimensions of the cup challenger.
Length 1872 feet inches; length on water line
draupht % feet He SAYS the Shamrock S
sail area Is li,125 square feet and her dis
placement 147 tons According TO this au
thority she is constructed of nickel steel and
manganese bronze.
He says: There is a strong resemblance
between the two hulls The Columbas fin
keel is more aft and she has more graceful
forelne than that OF the Shamrock. II is
probable that the latter's sail area VIII be
enlarged during the preliminary trials. She
has = finer model than Valkyrie III and viii
cut easier through the water. She is much
lighter than that Yacht. has larger sail
area and is by far the most dangerous com
potltor for the Gun that ever crossed the At
lantic. The Shamrock stands n verv good
chance OF proving the victor.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-04

! Il was tit for tat with LETT and right for tn,
/ first minute OF the round. Erne sent his LEFT
hard to the wind and In half clinch Layignt
struck him on the body and was cautioned
on the KIDS face. but Layigne was as cams
as a pebble.
Round i5--Erne was cool while Lavisne was
In evident trouble when thew came together
George bored In. but wns driven back with
straight lefts on the face. Two left leads
from Lavigne were blocked and then Erns
hooked his left on the wind and Laygne
went to his corner very weak
Round l6-Lavigne tried a left swing. hui
Erne lodged and drove his right hard u the
body A straight left smash ON the nose from,
Erne forced the Kid to cliuch and after the
break Erne sent both hands to tho body and
face at will and Lavigne's returns were
simply love taos,
Round ls-Thev rushed to clineh twice.
Erne led right for bod. ana hooked his LEFT
10 the neck, Layiene oounterine on the ribs.
left lead to Layisne's neck and right
over the heart brought Lavigne to close
quarters where Erne blocked a left hook
for the body Layigne tried q right for the
body. but Erno blocked and sent left and
RICH, TO neck and chest Lartgne bored III
with left to wind. but was sent back with n
crashing left to the stomach, LaViEne then
tried leading but Erne was too nimble and
the round closed with the odds in the local
Round ls--wiiing and game lavlgno came
up to the scratch and after taking several
body punches. threw his right over. landing
ulutr EFN0 & law. EInc came pACk WIN u
tight body punch and the kid broke ground.
Erne tented and landed right swing on the
neck. and, after an exchange of body blows.
both clinched Erne had the better OF this
round but Lavignes gameness was more
than remarkable,
Round i9--Lavigne led twice for the law.
but Erne blocked him and sent two hard
lefts to the wind and right TO the heart
Lavignc hooked his right to the ribs. but HIS
face suffered from right smash. The kid.
though weary. tried to be aggressive with the
result that his damaged face received right
and left lunches, and as he bored IN on the
body. Erne drove him back with left over
the heart
Round 2o--Thev shook hands and Lavigne
tried a left for the head Erne broke ground,
but came back immediately with right and
left on the face. Lavigne's countenante al
this mcmont was ANYTHING but prepos:essing
both eyes being closed. Right and eti blows
TO the body brought Lavigne's guard dowu
and then Erne smashed his right to the neck
and hooked his right 10 the face without
return. Game 10 the core. Lavigno withstood
this punishment and went to his opponent
as IL he were only beginning the bout Erne
was relentless, however. and forced the pace.
fighting his man as If his life depended on
the result. ,.avigne never weakened. but
took his punishment like stole but II was
all done with him and he was beaten almost
10 a standstill when he returned to his
corner. having lost the championship. but
none OF his many friends and admirers
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-04
PHOTOGRAPHER A nAs's STOMACH
After Many Failures. the Feat Has
Hccn perfDrneI.

Chicago, July S.--six photographs Of a
mans stomach, feat which has been be-
fore attended with so many failures, has
been successfully performed 10 this city.
The inner walls of the stomach OF James G.
Foster, wealthy lumber man Of Cleve-
land, we're successfully photographed with
The result that a large tumor was dis
covered to have formed In the organ,
which, according TO the physicians in at
tendance would have caused his death in
short time
Mr.. Foster has left for Cleveland. taking
the photograph with him and with II as a
guide he will be operated upon In Cleve-
land The apparatus used in taking the
picture consists Of a rubber tube one
eighth Of an inch in diameter and three
feet long Al the end OF the tube is a
rubber bulb, the walls OF which are as
thin as II Is possible to make them, Civ
ing the bulb. when inflated. the appearance
Of a toy balloon. The interior OF the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-04
ToDAY's ENTRIES.

Mile, selling-St. Rogue, Traveller. 1Os; Zeke
White. Hin Billy, Hush. l05; Elsmore, ADO
wa. Ellis Tewanda, Violin, Koenigen, SEIZED
ue. Nettie Bell. Leonag, 101.
Mile and half Gomez. los; Dan Huger,
Rushiields, Mr.. Pip, Tonic, 1902; Kodak. 1o3i
Almante Demosshenes, SO; Sadie Levy, 81.
Mile, sellng-Wilson, ia: Truxillo, Czaro-
WITT. Mitchell 10s: Lyllis, Chenille 1arrie
Floyd, Jack Bradley. Chiffon. Trivoli, Livadia,
lo5; Can l See EN-, Cynic, Forbush, School
Girl, l01.
Five and n half furloags-Giga. 10S Gussie
Fay. Mary G. Brown Sen Sen. Maud Wallace.
Seguranca, Barrlca, 1903; Rose Eric May Go.
Martha Street. Rose Caron. 9S.
Mile and hree-sixteenths-Lady Callahan,
1l3; Crockett, Ed Farrell 10; Marplot. ~,
ohsidian. 90: Osric H., 80; Forget Not, 100,
Leo Planter 90; Parole Dor, 81; Found, 90;
Sir Gatian, "a.
Six furlongs, handicap-Firesde. ia; Our
Gertie, 10S; Pat Morrissey. 81; Ben Bramble,
80. Also Ran H., Aunt Mary, Tava Harris,
Lady Osborne, 30
Mile and seventy yards-Gude Rock, l02,
Rebel Jack, Pinochle Rastus. 100; Judsd
Steadman, Raffaelo, Be True. 30; Streamer,
80; La Josephine, Overheard. 81.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-04
sPARGER WITH ST. LOUIS.
Young Pitcher Gets Into the Nm
tiOnal League Quickly.

Calves. on. Texas July 3.-william Sparger,
the crack pitcher of the Texas league. is to
join the St Louis National League team. He
will leave Texas at the completion of the
regular season, July 10, and join the st. Louis
club. If he shows up well he will be signed
by Tebeau,
That Sparger will hold his own In the
National league there is very little doubt.
He is particularly strong in sizing up the
weakness OF batters ana he has such excel
lent command of the ball that once he gets
onto batter he is able to fool him all
the time.
Galveston has some more National league
material in the team of 80 and it wouldn I
be surprising If something is heard about
them later on.