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The age-herald., 1901-02-27
BASE BALL.
President Kent Issues Another Cir
 cular Letter.

President R. W. Kent of the Southern Baseball Association has issued circula letter No. 20, in which he says:
 T have approved and recorded the foi- owing contracts:
 Dowie.
 'Nashivlle-Lawson Farris, William Goodenough and James M. Ballentyne
 Little Rock-John s. Skopec.
 Claimed by New Orleans-Charlie NJ, Sill"
 The constitution and bylaws of th southern Baseball Association have bec published in neat pamphlet form by A. C spalding & Co. of Chicago. The pamph Ut contains the names of the officers he association, their addresses, the name. If the cities holding franchises, the ru,c, governing the teams during the cham
 onship season and sets out the pena. .es for violating any of the provision the constitutions or bylaws.
 A well known Little Rock jeweler h.. ,ffered trophy for the player on Finn cam securing the best batting averas turing the season. This trophy is a ahnG some silver statuette of baseball player nd the stipulation is that the playe winning it must have played at leas twenty-five games and be member C he league team at the close of the sea on. Thus the Little Rock boys will hay wo incentives to make them play goo, all-the pennant and the trophy.
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Betsy as a cusser.

Betsy Peace and John Alexander are charged with abusive language" said Judge Eagln, in the Police Court yes terday. Are you guilty or not, John?" . tTm scared ter say whether I'm guilty or not" said John T may be guilty of a few things"
 What do you say, Betsy" asked the judge. Betys in effect said nay, nay no, not to say nothing of nit, nit.
 Let one of the witnesses take the chair" said the judge. The witness be- ing short of furniture and long on tes- timony took the chair with a bad grace, or rather a lack of gruce.
 Did you have these parties arrest ed ?' asked the judge.
 "Yes, sah."
 What were they doing?'
 "Cussin' an fightin''
 t'You don't call that anything, do you?"
 No sah; it was for what day called each udder dat I called de perlice."
 Give me a sample of what they said just as small sample,'' said the judge. The witness had large idea of small and proceeded to give a verbatim re- port of the conversation, but was sto- ped by the judge.
 T was Twin next do, judge, an could hear de eussin fru de walls ob de house."
 'Did the walls act as a filter?" asked the judge.
 T dunno bout dat, judge, but mama
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Judge. an I can cuss in one key as well as another.''
 How would the turnkey suit you?" asked the Judge.
 Defendants lawyer said that the ques- tion the Judge had to decide was one of veracity.
 q thought it was question of guilt" said the Judge.
 No sir, it is a question of spleen," said the attorney, and if your Honor finds the defendant guilty it will establish a bad precedent in allowing a neighbor to run here and have people arrested out of spite"
 The precedent of having people ar rested and brought here has already been established" said the Judge. People have been arrested out of spite from time out of mnid. I ought to find these de- fendants guilty of malicious mischief as well as disorderly conduct Tenants should not batter weak wall with strong words. I will fine each $5 and costs Pay the cashier, please"
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went ter see de lan'lord an he come an said de cussin war injurin' de property, so I reckon de walls was fltered-dcy neber was strong"
 Not as strong as the language which went through them, I suppose" said the judge.
 No, sah. Dat language sure was strong, judge. l don't see how a meas ley man like Jim could handle it.''
 The next witness was asked if she heard the cursing.
 What, mel Jedge?" she exclaimed.
 'Yes, you"
 didn't cuss, but Betsy's words war pow erfula stlmulatin judge. She fairly made de air sizzle wid cuss words. Dat was on Mardi Gras night
 q suppose she was getting up a. py- rotechnic display of fanatistic words to suit the event." said the judge.
 ''I dunnon bout dat, Jedge; but she was gettin' up de neighbors to see what de racket was about"
 And Betsy got up the neighbors who got up the evidence-is that the idea?" asked the Juoge.
 "Yes, sah."
 Anoter witness said he was going home from work about 4 o'clock in the morn ing. That he heard words in passing by but that he passed them by on the other side and did not know what kind of words they were.
 Do you know anything?" asked the judge.
 No, sah: muffin"
 The defendant, John, took the stand and said he did not use any bad lan- guage. There was none left to use when Betsy was around. That he had been arrested out of spite. That as a moral man he was out of sight, was sorry he was not out of sight on Friday night, when arrested, but Friday was always an unlucky day for him.
 Betsy said that a lady came to her house that night and asked her not to cuss so loud as she disturbed the neigh borhood. "I said Excuse me, an I will cuss in different key. l did not know I was on such a high plane. l am always willin' ter be accommodating
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ON THE RACE TRACK
At New Orleans.

New Orleans, February 26-After thorough investigation of all of the in- cidents of the steeple chase of February 70, the stewards today announced their decision. All evidence tended to estab- fish the fact that the mare, Lizzie Kelly, was intended to win. The stewards there fore, declared the race off, the associa- ton not responsible for the purse or the owners for jockey fees and ruled William Foreman. owner. M. Cady, trainer, the mare, Lizzie Kelly and Jockeys V. Por- ter, A. Eggersen and w. Williams off the turf. In addition they recommend that Jockeys M. Clancy and F. Lawless be denied the privileges of the track.
 The other owners, trainers and horses implicated were exonerated. The action of the stewards gives general satisfaction and will tend to make future cross-coun- try events more clean and straight Bo- hull in the last race today was the only winning favorite. Track heavy. Sum mary:
 First race, six and one half furlongs selling-Mttle Duchess II, 1oS (Walsh), 4 to and even, won; Miss Golightly, 1O6 tO'Brien). to and to 5, second; Juan ett, 1O1 (Wonderly), 30 to 1, third, Time 1:26%. Scorpolette, Krewer, Belle of FL gin and Egyptian Prince also ran.
 Second race, six furlongs, selling-Sue Johnson, 107 (O'Brien), to l and to D. won; Braw Lad, 121 (Caywood), 13 to 1C and ? to 5, second; Missouri, 115 (W. Jones) 60 to l, third. Time 1;I9. El Mo ran, Lady Contrary, Momentum, Gen. McGruder and Brightie B. also ran.
 Third race, one mile selling-J. H. Barnes, 102 (Gormley), 40 to 1 and 10 to l, won; Mitt Boy1in, 107 (Dale), to and to 5; second, Palarm no (Boland), to l, third. Time 1:491a. Dagmar, Locust Blossom, LaSparta, Cuirrasser and Wat son Rebel also ran.
 Fourth race seven furlongs, handicap Strangest, no Davidson), 10 to 1 and 3 to 1, won; Monk Wayman, IA (Dale), 12 to 1 and to l; second; Silver Coin. 100 IWeber) 12 to 1, third. Time l 34 Sena- tor Beveridge, Choice, Skillman and Vie Lamont also ran.
 Fifth race, selling. one mile and one sixteenth-Swordsman 116 co Brienl. to and to 5, won: King Elkwood 1lB (Co- burn) to ? and to B. second; Stella, 109 (Winkfield). 50 to 1, third. Time l :57. Sam Lazarus, Pinar del Rio. Dr. Carrick. Garland Bar, Bramblebush and Fairy Gift also ran.
 Sixth race one mile and an eighth, selling-Bohul, 113 (Coburn). to l, and even, won; Warehouse, 109 (Winkfield), 15 to l, and 5 to 1, second; Henry of Frantamar, 107 Cochran, to l, third. Time 2:03. Zolo, Randy, Little Boy Blue md c. P. Jones also ran.
 At San Francisco.
 San Francisco, February 26.-Only two
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So many diseases depend on impure blood Hoods Sarsaparilla is the most widely useful medicine
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CURE SICK HEADACHE.

No lick is sufficient to knock the liquor out of her or anybody else.
 Another witness said that she was at the sociable and that the defendant was there, too. That he and Mollie fell out then he hit her in the eye and she fell down. That the blow almost killed Mol lie and shattered an umbrella stand on the floor.
 Another witness said that the defend ant did not strike her with his hands; that she was watching his hands because he was rolling cigarette; that she was positive he did not strike her with the cigarette
 "Was he rolling a ball as well as a cgarette?" asked the udge.
 "No, sir.'
 He was like a clock, eh? His hands moved, but something else did the strik- ing?"
 "Yes, sir"
 Another witness said her name was Rose.
 "what kind of rose?" asked the judge.
 Pm a white rose," she said.
 "You do look a trife pale" said the judge "Tell us what you know The defendant claims he struck Mollie be- cause she over-cussed him. Did you hear any bad language?'
 No, sir. I didn't hear any
 She's deaf Judge" said the defendant. Well, let us hear from you" said the judge.
 5afa coi5 Ina he str lie and she fell against an umbrella stand which cut her head; that she got too gay with him; that he was invited to the sociable and had as much right there as she; that he read her a lecture by striking her with his open hand.
 "It would have been better, I think, if you had read from an open book" said the judge> ..-5=.-
 The prosecutors lawyer said he did not desire to take up time in argument
 "Time is valuable" saio the judge. q don't see why you don't want to take it; most lawyers do.'
 The defendants lawyer said the sym pathies of mankind rushed toward woman, but he hoped the judge would give her justice.
 q am too merciful for that" said the judge.
 Tt would be folly to deny" continued the lawyer, that there had been a strik- ing"
 q think so, too," said the judge. "I have been struck by that part of the ev idence'
 These parties" said the lawyer, were all full of alcohol"
 They were evidently not full of good nature or the milk of human kindness" said the judge.
 While I don't say that the defendant should not be fined" said his lawyer, ''I do hope it will not be enough to founder him."
 Tt is impossible to perceive the exact truth" said the prosecutors lawyer; amid the fumes of alcohol and sulphur which cling to the testimony. The de- fendant's theory of an umbrella stand cuts no ice in this case because it did not cut Mollie Mcclure. She was struck by the defendant without provocation." q thought it happened within doors," said the judge. At any rate, there is evidence which authorizes me in fning him $25. This batting people in the eye when baseball is not in season, has got to stop."
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favorites won at Tanforan today Noun tain Dew at 9 to l took the closing event. The majority of the horses in the hurdle event either fell or were pulled up. The California derby scheduled for next Saturday has been postponed until Saturday, March Is, when it is said In gleside will open. An event for Derby horses with 5000 added will be substitut- ed Saturday and $5OoO added to the derby. Results:
 First race. five furlongs, purse-Kenil worth, 1OS (Burns) l to 2 won; Theory. III (O'Connor), 3 to ?, second; Edinbor- ough, 116 (Bozeman). coupled with Ken ilworth, third. Time 1:OO14. Dr. Cave, Gold Lace, Beaumonde and Mrs. Brunell also ran.
 Second race, mile, selling-Vohicer, 99 c. Da1y), ' to 1 won; Donator, 107 cThorpe), to 1, second; Artilla 105 (Burns), to 1, third. Time 1:41%. Nan sen, Josephine B, McNamara, Sidelong and Locochee also ran.
 Third race, handicap, hurdle, mile and three quarters-Choteau, 120 (Bennett), F to 1, won Eva Moore. 126 (Wedder- strand) 8 to 1, second; J. O. C., 150 (Mc- Mahon), to l. third. Time 3:1S. Tom sharkey, Mayboy, Koenig. Veragua, The Californian, Granger and Gilberto also ran.
 Fourth race. mile-Florizar, 106 (Burns), to 1, won; Gonfalon, 107 (Henry), even, second Prejudice, 1O2 (O'Connor), 4 to l, third. Time 1:41A.
 Fifth race. six furlongs, selling-Tola, | 103 (McMahon), Il to 10, won; Skip Me, | 107 (Henry), 13 to 5. second Sublime, 101 | Daly), 15 to 1, third. Time 1:14A. Mamie Hidreth, Quibbo, Straight Shot, Carlo Vinian, Cantinus and Follow Me also ran.
 Sixth race six and one-half furlongs, selling-Mountain Dew, 107 (Wedder strand), 25 to 1, won; Diamond, 105 CThorpe), to 1. second: Meadowlark, 1O9 (Woods), to l. third. Time 1:221a. Faun- cite, Whaleback, Dunboy, Estro Mary Kinsella, Sisquo, Position, Taranto and Lady Maude also ran.
 So many diseases depend on impure blood Hoods rssparilla is the most f,,I
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fallen and hit her eye on an umbrella stand.
 Was the prosecutor sober when you fixed her eye?" he asked of the .phy sician.
 The doctor scratched his head and thought awhile and finally said that as far as he could see he thought she was.
 How far could you see? Did you have on your glasses?''
 "Yes sir, l had on glasses. I could see through them. They are about an eighth of an inch thick
 You say she was sober? Is it not pos sible that the lick she received may have knocked her sober?'
 No, sir" said the doctor, emphatically.
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What Hit MolIie Mcclure.

HI. Garnet" said the Judge, I see you are charged with assault and bat tery on Hattie Mcclure. What do you say?"
 q was justified in the assault, Judge for she cussed me too much. She overdid it. I can stand my share of cussin' but I draw the line somewhere"
 You seem to have drawn the line across Matties forehead" said the Judge, Judging from her appearance. Who put that mark on you, Mattie?" asked the Judge
 "eH di'd, shrdlu cmfwyp vbgkqj eem He G.~, said Mattie, pointing to the defendant. He said I would be more valuable with it as it looked like dollar mark"
 Ut looks like more money than that" said the Judge, but proceed with the evidence :"
 Hattie then took the stand and stated that she and few friends were having a little sociable and that the defendant tried to come to the entertainment. She did not know him-merely had a long distance telephone speaking acquaintance
 
 but she begged to be excused and would not let him in. 'He called me up, Judge, but I called him down. He then pushed in through the door and hit me in the eye. He afterward made an effort to keep me out of court, but the effect was not as heroic as the blow"
 Wasn't that eye black before the de- fendant hit ?" asked the defendant s attorney
 ''No sir, it was the other eye"
 A physician here testified that he was sent for to treat the eye and that when he examined it he found all the symp- toms necessary to show that some one had hit --er in the eye.
 The defendants attorney here intimated that the defense would be that the prose- cutor had had too much sc 't'n and had
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San Francisco. February 26-Only tw
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BURNED TO DEATH.
Awful Result of a Fire in a Celluloid
 Factory.

Waukegon, Ills, February 26-Two em- ployes were probably burned to death and two others badly injured in a fire today which totally destroyed the plant of the Alden, Oregon Steep Company. Annie and Jennie Wells have not been seen since the fire. and are believed to have perished in the building. The fire was caused by a match dropped in cellu- Ibid scraps and spread with such rapid ity that the employees had to run for their lives The loss is small.
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Western Jockey Club.

Chicago, February 26.-George H. Kuh ocretary of the Western Jockey Club as called the board of stewards to me, Chicago Monday, March {. to act ul | applications for licenses for rat ieetings, trainers and jockies.
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"Ihe Largest AXTENRN M "The Largest Store South bV E@ WI A N Store South of the OhiO." V A@A IA IA 0 the 0hO
 JOSEPH X LOEB.

Special Sale of Silk Waists for Today.
 We place on sale I5O fine Silk Waists, which represents the balance of our stock.
 These waists are not old by any means.
 The major part of the I5o were last fall waists
 All shades are represented.
 Some are stitched, and there are differ ent styles collars, sleeves and cuffs.
 In prices, these waists run from $500 to $500. That is what they were sold for. but year from now they may be quite out of style; and we would rather have about half what they're worth than the waists.
 We have divided them in two lots:
 Lot number one will be sold for 2.98.
 Lot number two for 3.o8.
 A Lot of SOiled White Waists at Half.
 We likewise place on sale lot of good style White Waists in fashionable fabrics. They've been hurt by handling g-that is the looks. So they are now at half prices.
 Some at 3oc.
 From that up to a couple of dollars.
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-08-08
Sl4C'' by riding a Wheel. doing you own
Washing and living on Crackers

Side by riding Wheel. doing you own
Washing and living on Crackers.
The would-be Marco Polo wanted to
HE over and look in Pity on the decay
Ing Monarchies of the Eifete East and
compare them With Bird Center. He
was afraid that if he waited {. couple
of Seasons they would be SO To. Along
In the Process of Decay LS.t they
would not be Fit to look at.
He was Coal Dealer in Bird Center,
but he sighed for further Honors He
wanted to be pointed out as the Fellow
who had took in the Old Country. There
was one Woman in Bird Center who
had skipped over and back again be-
fore Europe knew anything about it.
This Record gave her a goshawful
Standing in the Chautauqua. She haG
put in two days in dear Old Rome, but
what she saw there gave her something
to talk about for twenty Years. When
had all the other Girls spiked to the
Tan Board, because she had put in a
day and a half at Florence.
The Coal Dealer noticed all this, and
he realized that in Bird Center the
Man Who Had Been To Europe would
be Aces and Fights compared with the
Man who was going to the Pan-Amer-
lean or the Man who had shaken Hands
with Mckinley.
Before taking a Tour 1t is customary
to get Smattering Of Modern Ian
guages. The Coal Dealer had learned
that If he could pass himself off ,as a
German or Frenchman. he could travel
more cheaply. So he studied Phrase
Book. Before he went away he could
say. GIVE me one Ticket for Mar
settles" in French, SO that he could I'M
derstand what he was driving at. AS
for German, he had Can you not Eng
lish speak?" with both Shoulders on
the Carpet. After making these Prep
arations he had his Name stencilled
on low-browed Steamer Trunk. Also
he secured Passport which identified
him as a Male American and requested
Foreign Powers to overlook all Breaks,
as he was from Bird Center.
His Friends gave him a Farewell
Dinner. When he boarded the Train
the entire Population was down to see
him OFF. His Neighbors pounded him
on the Back and gave. him a box OF
Lottie Lees to smoke on the Trip. be-
possible to get Good Segar away from
Home. They told him to give their
Best to Ed, meaning his Gracious Ma
jesty, and to ask Kaiser Bill to take
one on them, and to tell the Pope
howdy. In fact. his Departure was
made regular Festival of home
grown Humor, and he felt that he was
something Of Public Character.
But when he boarded the Liner and
came up against the Sea-Dog who had
been across Al times and liked heavy
Weather and never had been Sick, he
shrank considerably. His Plans for do
ing Great Britain and the whole Cont
ment in one Month, did not seem to ex-
cite any burning interest. Whenever he
pulled his Itinerary on a Ship Mate and
began to explain how he was going tc
jump from Rotterdam to Amsterdam
and The Hague, all in the same After
noon, SO as to save Time he would be
told that he ought to put in at least
Two Weeks in each City. After that
he would keep Quiet for a while.
The Voyage was not as much Fun as
he anticipated. A maj ority of the Pas
sengers lay about In a. Comatose ConGlf.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-08-08

Landscape and did not seem inclined t
mix up with one VINO had not beer
Presented. BY the time the Trair
rumbled in among the Chimney, Pots
they had him Frozen as stiff as {
Board
After he had been on the Other Side
for about Week, he found out thai
If he wanted to Talk to any one, he
could go out and employ a Guide.
Still, there We're some who recog-
nized the Blood Relation, and they bled
him. The Cables charged him three
times the regular Tariff for Four
Wheeler. He discovered that a Nasa
Accent was Expensive. Somehow, ey-
cry one seemed to know that he was
one of those eccentric Yankees. He
was regarded as a Millionaire just be-
cause he came from America and
talked in a Loud Tone. He did not like
to correct this hattering Impression
and explain that he was merely a
Bounder from Bird Center who wanted
to go it Cheap. So he Let Go rather
freely, and the first thing he knew his
Letter Of Credit began to look lop-
sided.
He went against the London Tailor
and bought a lot of strange Garb with
Cushions in the Shoulders. The Gar
ments did not fit him. but were said to
Wear them Out, and after he returned
Home, he found that he did not dare to.
After remaining in London for a
Week and getting fairly well acquaint-
cd with Waiter, he struck out for the
continent, where they had been saving
UP all their Bad Money to give to him.
He did not know how to make change.
In the Excitement of Travel, he forgot
his French Sentences and became so
Locoed that they did what they pleased
to him. re was from the U. S. A.,
where the Currency grows on Bushes,
and they felt at Liberty to go through
him.
He was SO busy scrapping over Bills,
looking up Timetables, paying Excess
Baggage and sending Illustrated Postal
Cards back to Bird Center, telling what
a Grand Time he was having, that he
had very little Time for sights. Still,
he managed to look into 400 Cathedrals
that looked just alike and had the
same damp Odor and he stood in front
of several thousand faded Masterpieces
and let on to Admire them. After a
while all Scenery looked alike to him
and when Guide tried to pull him into
Gallery he resisted.
However, there was no escaping the
Hotel Hold-Up. He thought he had
learned few Tricks in the Coal Bust
ness, but these Inn keepers made him
look like pale young Amateur. Wher-
ever he stopped, smiling Manager
gave him the sleeve across the Wind
Pipe and went through his Pockets. If
Breakfast was 2 Francs, he had to pay
an Extra of Francs for Wear and
Tear on the Cutlery. Attendance was
charged in the Bill and yet every En-
ploye had his Hand out and demanded