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The San Francisco call., 1899-06-10

vision went down with the champion,
on whom it had won so often.
Joe Rose, the bookmaker, was one Of
the persons who picked Jeffries. In the
fifth round he "hunched" the price to
Is to 100, where it had previously been
60 to 100. Charles l.. Fair was a sup
porter of Jeffries, sending in a commits
sion of several hundred dollars on the
Californian. Ed Homan liked Jeffries
so much he laid $3.50 to $500 on him.
Eugene Van Court was among those
who could see no one in it but Jeffries.
Eddie Graney, Johnny Humphrey,
Spider" Kelly, Tim McGrath and
Jim Neal were among the men who
could see nothing to it but Fitz.
Harry Corbett handled $4,000 in the
straight betting and $SS43 in the mu-
tuels The winning mutuels paid 50 80
on each dollar invested. Mr. Corbett
sent congratulations to the winner on
his having gained the championship,
and especially on the fact that 1t was
again held by a Californian.
The mutuel board shows that F1tz-
simmons had more supporters through
out than his youthful adversary. This
indicates the small bettors expected
the champion to win again. The table
shows the trend of the betting:
FITZSIMMONS JEFFRlES.
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JOHN |. SULLIVAN KNEW
JEFFRIES WOULD WIN

CANTON. Ohio, June 9.-John L. Sui
livan tonight said:
1t was just as I predicted. jim JEFF
fries, the California giant is the cham
pion pugilist of the world. I never was
in doubt Of the result l did not see
how he could lose. l have seen both
men in the ring and I know that jim
Jeffries, the California giant, is one of
the greatest fighters that ever lived.
"All Americans should rejoice at his
victory. He is an American and We
have needed an American champion
Besides, he is young and able to de-
fend the glorious title for many years
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NOTABLE SPORTS WHO
SAW THE CONTEST

NEW YORK, June APPOINTMENT men
Of all classes saw the big fight. Among
others occupying positions In the arena
were Manager Hunt of Cincinnati, Creigh-
ton Webb, Edwin Ardin, Senator John
Mccarthy, Harry Harbury, Register Har-
ry Haggerty of Brooklyn. Duke O'Reilly
Of Brooklyn, Jimmy Carroll, Jack Nc
Auliffe, George Buchanan, Daniel Ward,
William Shields and Walter Schlister Of
Philadelphia.
Honest John Kelly, Senator Reynolds,
James Patten of Philadelphia, Frank Nc
zee, Billy Collyer, Barclay Warburton,
Marcus Mayer, Press Whitaker, Charles
fresh from the coast with = string of rum
ners John Carroll, Warden John Wilson,
George Engerman, e. j. McKeeVer, Rob
ert Nelson of Brooklyn, William Nc
Deputy Commissioner William Walton,
former Alderman James Dunn, City
Chamberlain Patrick keenan,, Frank Far
rell, Nose H. Grossman, Emanuel Tan
nenbaum, George Stone, E. O'Reilly
George Jarbot, RoDert j. Sutherland, Mike
Minden, Senator Sullivan of Boston, Tim
Sullivan, Charles Lamb. William Bissell.
John Cotter. Henry Beherman, Stewart
NJ Price, George T. Baker, David Gideon.
Fleischmann, James T. Dunn of New
Haven, Ben Stevens, George Dixon. Billy
Elmer, Teddy McGOVern, Billy Edwards.
Dr. Edwards, Sam Harris, E. r. Rosen-
baum, Ned Harrison, Tommy Evans, Ed
Abels, John 70 Dunn of Bridgeport. Par
son Davies of Chicago. Arthur Chambers,
Barney Gilmore, John McYeigh, Billy
Nelly of New Haven, Dick Golden, John
Gilroy, Tony Hart Jr., Max Rogers, Pete
Curley, Al Smith.
The police arrangements were admira-
BILE. Chief Devery was in command and
had as his aids Deputy Chief Mackellar.
Inspector Mclaughlin, Acting Inspector
Campbell and Captain Kenney. Two hum
dred policemen from Manhattan were de-
tailed to the island, and 100 of the local
force were on duty. Chief Devery. with
detail from Manhattan, went down to the
island on the police boat Patrol. Many
headquarters detectives mingled with the
crowd and many arrests on suspicion were
made. The prisoners were Locked up in
CODev Island station.
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T HE victory of JeffrieS, which
means the return of the world s
championship to California, was
I greeted with the widest enthu-
siasm by an immense concourse
of people on Market street Before &
O clock little knots of people COM
menced to gather in front of The Calls
office. From that time until five min
utes past s, when the news of Jeffries'
victory was flashed over the wire, the
crowd grew until it formed one COM
pact mass of humanity.
Its sympathies were with Jeffries, as
was evidenced by the spontaneous
cheers whenever the bulletin shown on
the screen favored the man from Los
Angeles In the tenth round the crowd
scented victory for Jeffries. The
news came that he had knocked
crowd into q perfect frenzy, which was
accentuated when the round ended.
That it was a sporting crowd was eVi-
dent when at the opening of the fateful
round the bulletin showed F1tZSlmmonS
was strong and ready to continue. The
crowd applauded the old champion.
The end came 50 quickly that 1t took
the spectators unaWares, and for one
brief instant they seemed unable to
understand Then there We're scenes of
the widest enthusiasm. Men cheered
until they were hoarse, threw their
hats into the air and shook the hands
of those nearest them. The great,
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Photograph by Bushnell.

champion heavyweight pugilist of the
world.
At the conclusion of the tenth sec
ond Siler touched Jeffries. who was
standing few feet away from his
beaten adversary, and said, You
win and waved him to his corner.
Jeffries smiled, walked over to his cor
ner, where his brother Jack threw his
arms around him and hugged him.
Billy Delaney, Jeffries chief trainer,
was beside himself with delight at the
outcome. He said: L have again
brought q champion beater from Cali
fornia and am naturally proud of it
FitZ was beaten fair and square, and
although he put up a game fight. my
man had his measure taken from the
moment they shaped for the first
round"
jim Daily and Jack Jeffries had lit
tie to say regarding the victory but
their good-natured faces were wreath
ed in smiles and they looked upon JEFF
fries as a veritable world beater.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

to come. From my account of to-
nights encounter, the crowd got the
worth of their money. l hardly thought
it would last so long.
But Jcffries took my advice. He
played a waiting game without losing
any chances. He figured out Fitzsim-
mons in the first few rounds, then
started in to worry him with that ter
rible left of his.
It's all over and I'm glad Fitzsim-
mons was licked. Let us all rejoice
that a man born in Yankeeland is the
greatest fighter in the world, and he
is a fighter that Will meet all corners
without quibbling. And he'll give them
all the same dose he gave Fitzsimmons
tonight or | miss my guess"
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JOY At THE NEW
CHAMPIONS HOME

clubhouse with his
trainers the following telegram from his old home Los An
gees,
the ring You will
Fizmmons
is wd
streets
the
the enewch OF he
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Pearl in Minneapolis in May. He did not
fight again until the following, March,
followed this. by knocking out James. Far
rell, Joe Godfrey, l. erry Slattery and Mil
lard Zeuder, an in 1892. In 1893 ne knocked
Mayo. j. Warner and jack Hickey. In
1894 he whipped Joe Choynski, Frank Kel-
Ter, Dan Creedon fand Con Riordan. In
1895 he fought but once, defeating AL AL
Itch.
In 1896 he beat Peter Maher in l minute
90 seconds, and lost TO Sharkey. He
fought Corbett on March II, 1897. since
which time he has not appeared in the
Jeffries' career in the ring has been a
short and a merry one. His first fight
was with Dan Long, whom he knocked
out. In a mix-up |Ith Corbett at Carson,
when he was one of the retinUe of train
ers. he was knocked out He whipped Van
BuslSirk and Henry Baker; fought draw
with Gus Rubin and another with Joe
Choynski; was granted the decision over
Sharkey in a twentv-rOund bout, and over
Bob Armstrong ten rounds. This, with
last nights battle. which makes him
champion, completes the record of his do
ings in the arena.
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Suicide at Fresno.

FRESNO, June 9.-James b Cuppy. a
prominent young man of this city, COM
mitted suicide to-day BY taking morphine.
He was engaged to marry a MISC Ken
nedy He received a letter yesterday
from another girl threatening to kill him
If he married. He then got drunk and
took the poison He died with Miss Ken
nedy's photograph in his hand and re-
quested that it be buried with him.
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Directors Not Yet Named.

WOODLAND June 9.-Governor Gage
has not yet appointed directors for the
YoIo County Agricultural Association,
presumably for the reason that the old or
ganization has lapsed. The last Legisla-
ture made an appropriation for the dis
trict and the work of reorganization is
under way.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
Which PideS7

en- a man is sick his
rides him instead of
ling his work. His
ask instead of being
cans which supports
aries Kim on to com
fort and prosperity
b c com es an over
whelning burd e II
wei ighitg h1rn
&c down. Ec has
no strength, no
ambition. He feels
J that there is moth
ing left bu dor him
I to stagger aiong un-
a til the awful pres
sure of di0ease and
tro b lie at last
crus b { s him to
earth.
The prosperous
Z man is the one who
keeps the uppe
hand of his work,
,zbecause he is strong,
Z capable and ener-
getic. DR.. tIerce's
Golden N e di c. a |
Dis &C very ha S
brought tie best
kind of prosperity
to thousands Of
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-10

WclSQGd QOWu. ONCl u1Su anu
women by giving them the physical
strength and stamina to carry on their work
forccfully and easily.
For the last three years. says Mr.. J. G
Morgan, of Monongah, Marion Co, W. Va, IN a
letter to DR.. Pierce " I have been constant suf-
ferer from indigestion complicated with COM
plants that generally accompany such cases,
Always after eating there would be a formation
of gas and heavy load in my stomach would
belch up my food after eating; bowels very
irregular; would imagine saw objects ting
before my eyes had pain across back
About December, 1896, I began feeling mrr
worse than usual and was beginning to think
would have TO suffer the remainder of my life
was greatly discouraged. I described my case
to DR.. Piercc's staff Of physicians and they di-
rected me TO begin at once taking the Golden
Medical Discovery according to directions.
did So and am happy to state I experienced
most gratifying results, as ali the unpleasant
feelings have entirely left I have now
a very good appetite, relish my food and am
pleased to say feel once more like my former
self. I recently walked distance of one hun
dred and ten miles ABOUT Iour days"
No remedy relieves constipation SO
quickly and effectively as Dr.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12
W hen To Bow.

A young lady would be right in bow
ing TO a gentleman 10y whom she had
been taken TO dinner.
She should bow 10 him on meeting
him again after an introduction by a
mutual friend.
She should not bow II she has merely
talked when casually meeting At a
friends house, when no introduction
took place.
In England n lady bows first.
Abroad this is reversed and care
should be taken to follow the custom
which prevails.
Women generally bow to each other
simultaneously but. aS matter of
fact, married lady should bow first
to an unmarried one; and lady Of
higher rank should take the Initiative
If a lady bowed 10 a gentleman Of
her acquaintance who was accom-
panied 10y n friend no acknowledge
ment need be made 10 the stranger;
though both men would raise their
hats.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12

Airships have not yet been invented,
yet it is possible to sail for day and
a night In a fairly comfortable steam
boat at a height OF over two miles
above the sea. The water on which
you accomplish this remarkable feat
is Lake riticaca. which lies between
Peru and Bolivia. 1t is a huge lake,
120 miles long an nearly 80 wide, and
is over 1000 feet deep. 1t is away up
Nine rivers flow into It. besides vast
amount of snow water, yet it has no
visible outlet.
The 600-ton steamers which sail on
Lake Titicaca We're built in Scotland,
carried over the passes in sections.
and put together on the spot. The fuel
ia Australian coal. brought from 1000
miles away In the lake are many
beautiful islands. and the cliffs which
line the shores are magniticently rug
ged. In no place can ship anchor
The water, even sixty feet from shore,
is hundreds of feet deep. The native
boats OH Lake Titicaca have straw
sails
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12
Tho Power of Imagination.

The fact that the throes of the I'M
agnation under great nervous excite
ment often produce corresponding
physical frenzy was illustrated recent
~ in the case Of man who had gone
10 sleep with his artificial teeth in his
mouth. Waking suddenly with a
choking sensation he found his teeth
had disappeared. tie looked in the
glass of water where they were usual
ly deposited. did not see them there,
and realized that they must be far
down his throat. Choking and strug-
Cling. he hammered on the door OF a
friend sleeping in the house, who, See
ing his critical condition, vainly en-
deavored 10 draw the teeth out OF the
sufferers throat He could feel the
teeth. but had not the strength TO ex-
tricate them. He ran for a black
smith. who lived n few doors away,
but the blacksmith's hand was too
gig to put into the mans mouth.
doctor had been sent for, but he
was so long in coming that the victim
Of the accident seemed likely to die
of suffocation before the physician ar
rived A little girl OF ten years was
brought, under the impression that her
small hand might reach the obstacle
and withdraw it, but she got frighten-
ed and began to cry. The sufferer be-
came black In the face, his throat
swelled out and his friends expected
every moment 70 be his last. when
finally the doctor arrived. He herd
the history of the case, saw that the
teeth were not on the mans jaws nor
in their nightly receptacle. felt the
throat and chest of the sufferer. and
cast his eyes seriously upon the floor.
There he saw the whole set of teeth.
He adjusted them in the jaws Of the
patient, told him to breathe freely,
and every symptom of suffocation dis
appeared.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12
Tiny Pine Tree.

One of the most remarkable features
Of Japanese gardening is the way in
which every plant and tree in fam
Gus garden will be reproduced in min
iature. by system of dwarting which
has been handed down from many gen.
erations back. Every characteristic Of
q large tree will be preserved, the foil
age. the color and the texture OF the
branches, and yet the miniature copy
will often be not more than from one
to three feet high. Professor G.. L.
Bessey tells of a case in this couItry
In which nature has eclipsed the art OF
the Japanese. While climbing Green
Mountain, near Bowdler. Col, Pro-
fessor Bessey found growing from n
crevice in one OF the rocks at the sum
NIT n small pine tree. about ia inches
high. and barely quarter of an inch
In diameter. 1t was unbranched and
bore single terminal tuft Of leaves
The tiny tree had made good fight
for existence amid the inclemencies Of
its exposed situation, for when II was
carefully examined twenty-five distinct
annual rings were discovered. Such
a case Of natural dwarting is almost
unprecedented.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12
August Flower.

ct is a surprising fact, - says Prot
Houton, 'that in my travels i'll al parts
of the world for the last ten years, have
met more people having used Green 5
August Flower than any other remedy
tor dyspepsia, deranged liver and stom-
ach, and for constipation. | find for
tourists and statesmen, or for persons
filing Office positions, where headaches
and general bad feelings from irregular
habits exist, that Green 5 August Flow
er is a grand remedy 1t does not in
lure the system by frequent use, and is
excellent for ,our stomachs and iudi-
gestion " Samp'~ bottles free al Shar-
rar & Mulholland'- successors to b. IS.
Webb. Sold by dealers in all CIVILIZED
countries Io4l-3m
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12
ODDITIES OF POISONING.
Some People May Safely Eat Certain Food
Which Would Bs Poison To Others.

The constitutional differences and
peculiarities which exist among indi-
viduals should always be carefully
watched and considered. one person
can handle poison ivy with impunity
while another is poisoned if only in
the vicinity OF the vine and without
contact. Some members of "A family
residing IN malarial district will
suffer regularly with chills and fever,
while other members will not be AZ
all affected
Food that is actually poisonous 10
some persons, will not so act on 9th
ers. one person may eat all kinds
OF green fruit and vegetables with inn
punity, while another person could
do SO only at the risk of life. Ger
tain kinds of fish are actually pois-
onous to some people and perfectly
wholesome to others.
1t is this peculiar condition OF the
system which constitutes the danger
point in the individual case and
should be prudently observed by each
one for himself, Intestinal derange-
ments frequently arise from and are
aggravated 10y certain kinds of food.
Thus Il person affected with kidney
or liver trouble should not eat very
white bread since the extreme white
ness is often produced by the use Of
alum with an inferior article of flour.
and as alum is known to be pois-
onous in its effects on a sound con-
stitution, this is why alum baking
powder is never used by people Of
Judgment and discretion.
More of earthly happiness depends
upon what we eat than many people
realize and ii is for this reason that
the different states are one by one
passing ure-food laws.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12
AN ODD CHRISTENING.
hut 1t Was Strictly According to Trsdi-
lions of the Sea.

There lives a man in Detroit, intel
ligent, prosperous and happy, who
does not know that he has living
relative i'm the world. He bears the
deprivation philosophically, and seems
To regard ii rs something of a distinc-
ton 10 be alone in the world.
Nearly fifty years ago" he relates,
IL was picked up by slow sailing
vessel some 600 miles from Liverpool.
j was lusty youngster of five, dashed
10 mast. Il pleasing assurance that
the parents whom | barely recall loved
me and had care for my safety in
the catastrophe that must have caused
their own deaths. | was cold, hungry,
thirsty and sleepy when taken aboard
the Old-timc trader. My appearance
was. OF course, against me, and my
clamor 10 be supplied with creature
comforts did not please the gruff
captain, who had "A dense ignorance OF
children and their management. His
first order was TO give me the rope
end. but there was successful inter
cesSion. and | was cared for. while he
growled at his hard luck.
but the captain took sick and found
more comfort in my prattle than in
anything else provided for him. He
took Il great liking to me and called
me his son. AS soon as he was up he
decided that | must he christened. one
OF the few things that he knew should
be attended 10 in the case of children.
OF course. there was no chaplain
aboard, SO the captain himself under
took the ceremony. He gathered the
crew about and with mixed know
ledge OF his duties he glared about
him ms he asked whether anyone knew
just cause why l should not be chris
tened.
If there is he roarcu. speak up
like a man OF forever hold your clap
per Then he suddenly cracked bot
tie of wine over my head and christen-
cd me-"
Here the citizen laughed and added
that he was nine when the captain
died, and had made his own way ever
since.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12
Journalism by Weight.

There are more funny things going
on in this big world than ever its
people dreamed of. But somehow
they never get into books. Now, for
instance. in Australia. "A country that
follows American customs very close
ly, the people have "A great desire for
American newspapers. Every steamer
that arrives from this country brings
its full quota of American journals,
which are Immediately put Oh sale.
one day | was in Adelaide, South
Australia, and | went into a store 10
buy the Sunday edition of New York
paper. The dealer took one, placed it
on the scales. which he scanned very
carefully and then said Is pence $50
cents.
THAT costs about one-eighth as much
in New York, | said.
"Cawn't 'elp that" answered the
dealer. These ere papers is mas
sive. They contain lots of good paper,
and we got to sell EN- by weight"
"Have yOu any cheaper | asked.
Eyes" he said again, I've got some
cheaper; this one is only 1Od; it weighs
much less: it has no pictures. you see"
and he picked up Chicago journal Of
a mid week date.
"But l want a New York Sunday
newspaper" l persisted.
"Well, those will cost you from 1Sd
to god go to 40 cents each, according
to weight, but l can sell you a Kansas
City Sunday paper for sd ~ cents)
IL you must have cheap Sunday
edition."
Then l found that the dealer would
sell separate sections Of a Sunday
edition if the customer didn't want
the whole, and while | was in the store
three men came in and bought differ
ent parts of journal, paying as much
as four cents a section. OF course,
when the want adj" part was put on
the scales and sold to the fourth Gus
toner he didn't know how interesting
New York news was until he got home.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12
Prussian Girls Not to BE Whipped.

The teachers whip viii no longer be
source of dread to Prussians girls,
for the pedagogues throughout the
country have received the following
Government edict:
In Difference TO the sentiment Of
our time. neither male nor female
teachers will be permitted hereafter
to inrict bodily chastisep. mt on female
pupils. Since girls are possessed Of a
delicate sense of honor, the extreme
punishment for disobedience or lack OF
diligence in their case should be to
be placed on a sort of bench Of penit-
ence" near the teachers desk.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12
THE GRIP MICROBE
SOME DISCOVERIES ABOUT THE PRO-
LlFlC AND TROUBLESOME GERM.

while They Require - High Temperature
to Breed, No Degree of Natural Cold Can
XIII Them-yaIuabIe Advice for Treat
ment of the Disease.
The influenza or grip germ has been
found To be "A bacillus shaped like
rod and about three times longer than
II is broad. The bacilli are usually
grouped IN pairs. These bacilli have
never been found naturally except in
the human body or its secretiOns.
They are abundant, in cases of infiuen-
"a or grip, in the lung and bronchial
tissues. in the nasal secretions and in
the sputum or spittlc.
They are found first usually as free
clumps of thirty or forty. They get
into the system through the nose and
mouth. AS they require the presence
of oxygen or air for their development
the breathing tract from the nose
down TO the lungs becomes their breed
ing place. They cannot breed below
u temperature of 80 degrees. and they
flourish best ut blood heat-9S degrees.
When thrown out of the body in
sputum, or otherwise, they remain
dormant until they are again taken up
into another human system. No de-
gree of natural cold can kill them.
These germs die quickly, in twelve
To twenty-four hours, when dried or
or placed in water. In human sputum
they may live for one or two weeks.
They are known to live for weeks
months, and probably for years, in the
body in cases of chronic bronchitis,
consumption and other chronic lung in
plantations They may also grow in
the throat secretions of some healthy
persons.
This bacillus was discovered by Pro-
fessor Robert Pfeifer in Berlin in 1892.
1t may be grown in laboratory cul-
lures, as is bacillus of consumption,
typhoid fever. malaria and the germs
of other diseases. Artificial influenza
germs invariably require blood or
haemoglobin smeared over the sub
stance in which they are TO be grown.
When examined under microscope
they are stained with dyes, as in tLeir
natural state they are almost color
less