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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01
SPORTING GOSSIP.

Never before in the history of Yale have
so many men been in training for a place
ON some one of the many crews that are
now at work daily. There are besides the
varsity crew, the four class crews, the
college crew, and the second freshman
crew, already nine scrub Fights at work.
Several more are in process of formation.
The difficulty now is to find efficient
coaches for the scrub oarslmen. Hewitt,
who rowed on the 80 class crew and in
the college boat. and Commodore Spence
of the Durham Club are the only oars
men VINO are at present coaching, but
when the varsity crew squad is reduced.
which will be done before long, coaches
a plenty will have the men in hand for
the spring regatta next May.
From time to time statements are made
that one of the big pugilists has invent
ed a. new blow" with which he expects
to annihllate some unsuspectingf oppo-
nent. Mccoy talked of his "corkscrew''
punch, and now Fltzsimmons says that
he has planned a "Zig-zag' wallop that
IS sure to put Jeffries out of the coming
battle. AS a matter of fact new blows''
count for very little when a pugil.ist
becomes actually mixed up with some
sturdy rival. Any fighter will admit that
In a sharp, swift contest there is no time
to think of new-fang,ed methods of at
tack. and that the time-hOnored swings,
Jabs and uppercuts serve the best pur-
poses. whenever you see an Openine'
said Sharkey not long ago, throw in a
punch and back it up with all the weight
and strength at your command. If YOU
have an opponent going fire in body blows
and swings on the head wherever YOU
can land them. There's no time for So
called new blows because a man wants
to end the fight as quickly as possible"
Intercollegiate athletic s%quabbles such
as are at present agitating the alumni of
some of the western universities are uni
Versally deplored by graduates who claim
them as alma matters. These disputes are
certainly detrimental to college sport and
a~ntagonistic to the fundamental princi-
pies of amateur athletics.
An old college man speaking on this
subject recently, said: without question
dng the veracity Of the elaborate state
ments of the parties involved in-the un-
seemly wrangle. which purport to show
that the managerial oracles or dictators
are actiated solely by their supreme re-
gard for the purity Of athletics. ii NAV
easily be seen between the lines that the
principal reason for the dispute hinges on
a question Of finance, and the moment
that monetary considerations become the
primary feature in matters athletic the
danger OF professionalizing college sports
becomes more apparent.
The quartet of managers representing
Chicago, Wisconsin, Michigan and IHi-
nois universities received large sums of
money annually for their services as
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

this arm fully alarms them.
Lotons and HnlmentS may reduce the
swelling n mitigate the inflammation,
but If his funny-bone is fractured all the
lotions and liniments in Christendom will
not heal 1T. Only absolute rest and the
best surgical aid will be helpful. and even
rest and surgeons may not be able to
iully restore the flexibility, strength and
length or the arm. For this reason a
good many people who would be very
sweet on his chances with either Jeffries
or Sharkey under named conditions will
hesitate about betting on him against
either man.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01
THE HIT OF THE PLAY.

First Actor quilting the trigger of a re-
volVer six times)-Die, you miserable viii
lain!
Second Actor-Your pistol has missed
fire, Sir Rudolph; but | am smitten with
remolse for my many crimes, and will
die. according to your wish.
Then he rolled on the stage in agony.
while the curtain slowly descended. mid
the cheers and laughter of the audience.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

are gettin' more shameless and unblush-
in every day.
Second Populist-What has harpened?'
First Populist - There's one bein'
formed, an the president says it amt to
help the consumer, out jes' to maks
money.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

1.-The student who trains assiduously
and brings the honor of victory to the
university is practically the stool pigeon
of the paid coach, whose interest it is
to keep the athletic fund sufficiently
large to guarantee his salary.
He considers that he is also expected
to present a handsome sum to the college
treasury in order to satisfy the qualms
of conscience of the members of the
faculty who might frown on the idea of
athletics if participation in them meant
a drain on the university fund. When
1T comes to a question of playing rs a
professional, these managers will indig-
nantly refuse, and some of them have,
but accepting a salary or bonus for act
ing as coach palliates the professional
aspect of the transaction to their entire
satisfaction.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

coaches and advisers-two of them are
paid a fixed salary, larger, perhaps. than
they could earn at any other business,
while the other two handle all the re-
ceipts received for games, and are paid
for their services pro rata.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-10-05

Alden Benedicts company presented the
romantic melodrama Fabio Romani in Bel
fast Opera h ouse Monday before an appreci-
alive audience. The play is dramatized
from Marie Corelli's novel, The Vendetta.
and abounds in weird and interesting situa-
tions. The leading actors were artists in
their parts, and We're well supported.
Charles R. Coombs of Belfast was il
Bangor Friday night on his way to Meddy.
bemps for hunting trip. Mr.. Coombs is
one OF the best known sportsmen in Maine
as well as one of the best shots He prob
ably shoots more woodcock and partridges
every year than any three gunners in Ban
gor. He has fine Irish setter dog Rex
said to be one of the best trained bird dogs
IN this section of the State. Bangor Daily
News.
Mr.. Coombs is one Of a party of seven
which includes his friend Frank Hollins OF
Boston. who are to spend two weeks in the
woods of Washington county Mr. Coombs
has secured the services of W. W. Nealley
of Boston, an expert undertaken, to attend
to his business during his absence.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-10-05
WHAT A BLESSING.
Many People in Belfast Learning to
Appreciate

What a blessing it is.
Sought after by thousands.
Belfast is finding it out
Many miserable man is happy now
Nights of unrest, days of trouble.
Any itching skin disease means this
Itching Piles means it.
Eczema just as bad, and just as bad to cure.
But Doans Ointment relieves at once ana cures
all itchiness of the skin.
A blessing to a suffering public.
Here's Belfast proof to back our statement:
MIR. Walter Coombs of 76 Main street, says: 81
was troubled for seven eight years with itching
piles. guess used hundred salves and ONT
ments during that time, ut received little or
no benefit from them. A fr,,nd gave me box of
Doan's Ointment. He got it at Kilgore & Wilson's
drug store. used the box and it cured me- Other
preparations gave me some relief, but it took
Doan's Ointment to cure"
For sale by all dealers at fifty cents per box or
sent by mail ION receipt of price by Foster Mil
burn Co., Buffalo, N. ", sole agents for the U S
Remember the name-DOAN'S-and take no
substitute. w. stGs
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
He Knew His business.

"John,' said Mrs. Meeker, after they
had passed out of the tailor's estab-
lishment, sits a wonder to me that
you have ever been able to get along
in the world at all You certainly have
no idea Of business"
"Why?" Mr. Meeker returned, what
has put such an idea as that into your
head?"
"You didn't bargain with the tailor at
all. When he showed you piece OF
goods that you liked you just asked the
price, and then told him to go ahead
and make your suit, without asking
him to come down cent. Who knows
that you might not have got him to re-
duce his price four or five dollars ifyou
had tried?"
"Pooh, what if he had come down!
1t would only have been waste Of time
and energy If had haggled with him
over the price. even if he had been will
ing to cut it in two. / don't intend to
pay him, anyway ."-Cleveland Leader.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
LAST OF THE "KiEs."
the Spelling of Milwaukee
City's Name.

The uncertainty as to the proper
spelling of Milwaukee has been marked
in no little degree, and almost every
one who had occasion to use the name
in pioneer days introduced new va
riety. Usage finally reduced these in
dividual caprices to two recognized
forms, differing only in the final sylla-
Bile, being spelled either zee" or ''ie."
This led to fierce and amusing con-
test as to which of the two should pre-
vail, each having its devoted cham
pions among the newspapers and peo-
Pile at large. Sectional ill-feeling
mingled with the reverence for ortho-
graphic purity, and while the west
side of the river generally espoused the
cause of the "kie," the east side as
bravely stood up for the "kee." The
former had the national government on
its side, since The name Of the post Office
had been officially set down as mil
waukie."
However, when certain laws were
published in which the final syllable ap-
peared as "kee," though it was prompt
ly charged that the printer had been
bribed, the legal influence strongly up
held the spelling Milwaukee" and it
gradually became general, until only
two newspapers, one English and one
German, persisted in the old spelling
in spite of all entreaties to fall in line
with the public opinion. Some enthusi-
astic partisans of reform who consid-
cred this obstinacy blot on the fair
fame of the village one night broke into
the office of the Milwaukee Sentinel
and abducted all the is but two, belong
ing to the font of type used for its head
line, and as there was nothing else
available for the purpose the paper is
sued on December 7, 1874, appeared
with The spelling permanently changed
to conform with the new notions. The
other paper clung bravely to the lost
cause, undaunted by threats or tauntsr
and announced itself as published at
"AHlwaukie," until it died as the Ban
ner und Volksfreund in 1880, the last
of the skies" Milwaukee Sentinel.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04


At football all manner of men have
played at the ends Of the rush line-an
ideal man would be composite Of all
the other men on the team. He would
be about five feet ten in height and
would weigh about 1855 or 1853. He
would have the speed of a half, the
quickness Of quarter, the bulldog
pluck and nerve of guard, and the
brain of a captain. In addition to all
these land contrary to the opinions OF
most people) he would have quick
temper. There is nothing in football
nor indeed in any form of athletics in
compatible with a little OF the "0ld
ADAM" nor is there anything like
anger to put life and fire into a tired
man late in hard fought game. One
can be as angry as he may and still be
q gentleman. Temper, properly direct
ed and controlled, will add ferceness
to ones tackles, speed to his running,
and strength to bis blocking, Is moth
ing else On earth will do. and many the
captains there are who. knowing this,
have ttI.red np their xearied men With
hnrzh words q copmend which they
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
themselves realized were unmerited
simply to make their teams work hard
er and faster--C College Athlete.


Two harvest fishes taken in Grave
send bay recently Iiave now been kept
in the New York aquarium for more
than week The aquarium has had
other species of this fish, but none has
lived more than two days. The har-
vest fish is extremely nervous and diff
cult to keep alive in captivity. 1t is
not very large, but IS deep-bodied and
thin, and has brilliant, pearly sides. It's
dorsal and anal fms which are unusual
ly long, more nearly resemble thin
blades Of pearl than they do the ordi-
nary rayed fins of fishes. The harvest
fish swims With a peculiar springy or
dancing movement IN. Y. Sun.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04

1t has been shown that while Nan
sens observations prove that the north
polar region is a great ocean cavity,
nearly two miles deep, the south polar
egion, on the contrary, is, apparently,
vast solid mass of land, surrounded by
a belt of water about two miles in
depth. The area of the south polar
continent is estimated to be about
100000 square miles. 100000 mere
than that of the United States, exc!ud-
ing Alaska, Youths Companion.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04

Football Captain (coldly)-I hear
you stood near the head Of your class
last month";
Half-Back Yes. captain b-but-
-Ohl don't say but what youare oil
right az yet but Il looks bad y looks
just as II you were neelectiue yopT
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
GLOOMY PROSPECT AHEAD.


A sigh Of relief will go up from
the people Of the Cherokee nation
when the commission now in ses-
sion reaches an agreement with
the Dawes commission, or failing
in the effort, expires by limitation
Of law on the evening OF the l4th
instant. There is a wide spread
belief among Cherokee citizens
that no agreement will ever be
reached as result If the present
negotiations. The feeling is also
general that should an agreement
be contaminated thatit would be
rejected when submitted to a pop
ular vote of the Cherokee people.
The fact has developed that the
division of the land would best be
left to an outside and disinter-
ested commission for settlement.
The fact has developed that
nearly If not quite all leading,
intelligent Cherokees have per-
sonal interests in the final divis-
ion of the lend which they are not
q hla N ovarcopaa
The people Of the Cherokee ma
tion are less and less afraid of the
Curtis bill that has been held up
to them as the acme of evil legis
lation. This sentiment has been
engendered in part by the absurd
proposition made by our commits
sion to the Dawes commission
few days ago pertaining to the al
lotment of land. The sober,
thoughtful Cherokee cannot fail
to recognize in that proposition
the great danger that menaces the
common Indian in the matter of
the final allotment Of his land, and
to prefer rather to leave himself
and his people in the hands OF the
Curtis bill than to risk the con-
summation of SO unjust a plan OF
the division OF an estate in which
all are alike entitled to share.
The talk Of cutting the freedmen
down to 40 acres is the merest idle
chatter, never considered seriously,
and only sop thrown to the full
bloods to gain their aquiescence in
formulating an agreement.
That the full-bloods will vote
solidly against any agreement that
can be made there seems to be lit
tie doubt. In the first place they
are opposed to the whole scheme,
and all their natural tendencies
are averse TO every proposition
submitted looking to allotment
and final abolition of their tribal
autonomy. In the second place
the plan urged does not comport
with full-blood Indians sense of
justice and equity. AL. these con-
ditions are patent to every one at
all posted as to the traditions of
the Cherokees and no man can see
In the immediate future anything
but unrest and chaos, and it does
not take prophet to foresee the
overwhelming rejection of any
treaty that the present commission
can make.
A report was circulated ON the
ct~ontc fhic v,oorr,rr thai n xoox,
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04

"What is woman's sphere ?" inquired
the lady with q loud voice.
And the dyspeptic man looked uT
wearily and answered:
.The same as in every other case.
suppose; the earth ii she can get IT,
Detroit Free Press.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
Has neen Uscd for Centurfer.

The double-entry system Of book
keeping, now in common use, was first
practiced in Italy in the latter part Of
the fifteenth century.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
A report was circulated on the

A report was circulated ON the
streets this morning that a man
from Oklahoma, stopping at the
OK wagon yard, had smallpox.
The attention Of the Board Of
Health was called to the matter and
an investigation Immediately
made by them which proved the
report to be false. The report
originated from the fact that a
man from Oklahoma, stopping at
the O K wagon yard. had a hard
chill, followed BY high fever.
He resumed his journey this
morning to his destination
1[uskogee Times
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04

The town Of wsgopsr, has
eigen franchise for an electric
lIeh< plant 10 ,. C. Cssarer The
6&sr house md plant riI| he pot
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-27

tain phQspAates, and in my rides the mountains
have passed square miles of stone which seems to
be almost pure lime They have here some kinds Of
limestone which solid marble. The marble
crops out in different places all the island. 1t
is ragged top. but further down it lies In solid
blocks. and could be made into fine building material
Another kind of limestone is very soft All you need
to do is to put it into an oven and fire it, and you
have excellent lime.
There is a cement which might be Of value which
Is found in many parts of Porto Rico. 1t crops out
much like limestone and when crushed it looks not
unlike Portland cement 1t has great adhesive power
and in the houses where it has used for build
ing stands up in ridges after the bricks have
away. This is especially so in the pavements when
cemented with it. asked the secretary of state
of Porto Rico about it. He tells that it is fairly
good but not jas good foreign cement
THE CAVES OF PORTO RICO.
Porto Rieof full of natural wonders. Nearly ali
of the islands which have described in this letter
have caves which worth exploration. There are
wonderful caves in Porto Rico proper On the north
coast about seven miles southeast of Arecibe there
Is rock ever three hundred feet high, which Is al
most perpendicular. About onethrd the way up from
the bottoIn isfa grotto which has number of cav.
and arches 1t has salactes and other curiosi-
ties, which said to equal the famous caves OF
Luray in Virginia. The entrance to these caves Is
covered with brambles
Another remarkable cave is not far from the
center Of the island near Aguas Buenas. / have not
visited this cave, but soldiers who have been
there describe it the wonders of the world
1t may indeed be called 1.-THE mammoth cave of the
West Indies. You go through narrow passage about
300 feet long and fifteen feet high when you enter
series of large chambers which fairly alive with
bats. 1t is necessary to torches dispel the
darkness and the bats fly in myriads this way and
that, striking you in the face, and making a
rushing noise that is terrifying in the darkness Now
and then you come to deep hole in which you can
cast stone and hear it thump thump, thump as it
downward to unknown depths.
These eaverns go and on, opening into
ether for long distance. They form, in fact nat
ural eataeOmb only part Of which has been
explored. Enough is known however, TO sure that
they oneDf the greatest of natural wonders and
well worthy OF survey by government scientists
Frank G. Carpenter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-27
Our Unknoun Is1ands.
Through Spain.

cottages with galvanized iron roofs. The
built along wide unpaved streets. which cross one
another at right angles. The streets shaded
beautifully by great Many of the homes have
pretty gardens about them. There are benches on
the sides of the front DOORS and altogether every
thing looks thrifty and clean In the center of
town there is plaza, with public cistern for
poor.
'Fhe people Of Vieques number all told. about g.
COO They are not like the Porto Ricans The island
during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries be-
Ionged to the English and French, and although for
the past 100 years has been under Spanish rule it
still has English and French among its people. 1t
has many negroes who speak English most of whom
have from the island of st. Thomas to labor on
the plantations. The richest of the planters are
French, and the French language Is largely used
throughout the island
CATTLE AND HORSES.
Eieques has several large horse ranches The
animals are allowed to run out all the year round.
The grass is good and grain is required. 1t is the
same with the VieQues cattle, which raised for
export to Porto Rico and Cuba. Those which [ have
much larger than the ordinary of cattle
in the United States Many of the oyear-Od steers
will weigh LOO 1200 pounds. The prices of cattle
are lower than with us, fairly good animal costing
about $18. The Fieques stock growers en-
terprising than those of Porto Rico They have some
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-27

OF its shores are bounded with white cliffs In which
are nunberless grottoes or caves, WHERE from map
recently published by the department there are
large caverns marked positively unknown" Other
parts Of Mona island are good for grazing and
small part of it is wooded.
Mona island contained large deposits of phos-
pilates. which were mined and sent to Hamburg One
of the men interested in the industry was the same
Porto Ricaa. who owns half the phosphates OF
the Gaia de: Muertos. 1t may be that reexpora-
tien of ylMeRa island will result in additional dis
coyeries OF fertilizers The island he easily reach
ed 10y small boats from Mayaguez although at pres
ent it is Inhabited only by a stray fisherman or so
who come for time and then go back to Porto Rico
FORTUNES IN PHOSPHATES
This matter of phosphates is that will pay
careful Investigation. l am told that nearly all Of
the numerous small islands about Porto Rico have
phosphate deposits. The most of them have not been
worked and many have not been prospected Every
now and then 1 hear Of some new place containing
phesphates One of the most remarkable stories Is
of Guayama and some distance east of the Gaia de
Muertos. This island has about 400 acres which Is
undertake with phosphate rock. The rock lies In
veins. like the phosphate rock of South Carolina.
When analysed 1t shows GA per cent Of phosphate of
lime; per cent of water and per cent of clay 1t Is
easily mneds but small dock and a tunnel will have
to be made before it be gotten out to the ships.
One of the army officials who is interested In this
property tells that the company expects to ship
the product to Hamburg. This same man says that
he knows of another place where there are 100000
tons of phosphate in sight which, when in Ham
burg, will sell for SIT ton.
1 believe that there also valuable fertilizers
on the mainland of Porto Rico. Some parts of it
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-27
RAILROAD STATIONERY.

railroad official in recent lecture stated that
1t his road each year about 81 900 for pins So
for rubber bands. $1,000 for ink, $1,000 for lead
pencils; also that it nearly much for stationary
to carry the business as for iron
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-27
AGE OF WHALES.

Whales from 800 to 400 years old are sometimes
met with. The age is ascertained by the size and
nsmber of layers of the wAalebone. which increase
yearly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-27
A NEGRO TOWN.

A community in Alabama containing 400 negroes
and but two white persons is about be ineorporat
ed. The negroes propose to have strict negro town.
All the officials will be negroes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-27

French and English POpHIatiOn-Its Fine Cattle
Horses-The GnJa de Muertos, or ''Dead
Mans Chest" and Other Islets Which Have For
tunes in PhOsphates-A Look Mona Island
tains.