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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20
WITH HE NRESTLERS.
Charley Wittmer Tells Some of
 His Experiences.

He Describes His Contests With
 Creased Men-President Roosevelt
 Has Engaged the Services of Pro-
 fessional Wrestler = Parker And
 Bothner Go Creating Much Interest.
 Charley Wittmer, who is scheduled for a wrestling match with HJalmar Lundin in Worcester on Thursday neXt, says: If there is trick that has not been played on me, l want to see IL. The greasing trick is one of the oldest, but I always see that my opponent is is examined. and 1 want to be eX- amined myself. If l find that he is greased I appeal to the referee to have him washed with alcohol and cleaned up. If he is q hard man l may claim the match then, as 1 have right to do, although 1 have never yet done SO. There are 40 kinds of grease you can use, and must of them are indiscernible until a man gets to sweating. Take cold cream, cocoa butter and lot of others. Rub them i'll right and they will never come out until you sweat. You can only dicern them by sense of smell. Talk about greasy men. You ought to wrestle one of those Turks. Greasy! Why lard can is rosin compared to them. You see they eat lot of greasy stuff, olive oil, etc, and, as they are all fat, you can imagine what they are after all hours hard wrestling The worst dose 1 ever got was from Sebastian Miller, the stone crusher' with whom I wrestled a draw. He had powdered rosin on the soles of his IN 1ia q get behind me when I was on the mat. He would rub his knnckles against his soles and then get a body lock and draw those rough, rosined knuckles up my body from the waist to my chin. Actually, you could hear his knucllles run up my body with the sound of | | bow on a bass violin. I never under went such torture as I did that night"
 Charlie Whites last appearance in this country as a referee before going to London to referee the bouts ar ranged for coronation week will be in in the wrestling match between George Bothner and Harver Parker which, will be decided in the Lenox Lyceum, Fifty ninth street and Madison avenue, on Saturday night. The Wrestlers have engaged in bouts seven times to date, and so far have not reached q decision. No two more evenly matched men could be found, and to win two out of three falls from either, as the condi- tions of the bout calls for, would be T trying ordeal for any man fifty pounds heavier than either of them.
 Washington, Mar. 20.--A new topic of conversation has been found by l Washington societyfin the visits of Prof J. J. O'Brien, professional wrestler from Boston, to the White house where he wrestlers with Presi- dent Roosevelt. It is understood that the president is discontented with his recent increase in avoirdupois, despite long walks and daily rides on horse back. By these bouts on the mat he hopes to reduce his weight materially and put himself into first class physica trim. Attention has been called to the fact that Roosevelt, when governor o1 New York state, used to employ Prof NJ. T. DWyer with whom he wrestled daily.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20
LA GRIPPE QUICKLY CURED.

aIn the winter of 1898 and 1899 was taken down with a severe attack of what is called Ia grippe.' says F. l.. Hewett. prominent druggist of Win field. II. 'sThe only medicine l used was two bottles of Chamberlain g Cough Remedy. It broke up the cold and stopped the coughing like magic, and have never since been troubled with grippe" Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can always be depended upon to break up a severe cold and ward off any threatened attack of pneumonia. If is pleasant to take, too, which makes 1t the most desirable and one of the most popular preparations in use for these ailments. For sale by all drug Rlsts.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20
CHICAGO oLYMpIAN GAMES.
One Million Dollars to Be Expended
 for Their Success.


 for Their Success.
 Chicago, March 2o-Benjamin J. Rosenthal. who has just returned from q trip to the east in the interest of the Olympian games to be held in Chicago in 1904, says New York financiers are to take a substantial block of the stock of the International Olympian Games association. He mentioned many lead ing men, among them W. Seward Webb and the Vanderbilts.
 He added that the total stock to be sold will amount to $500OOO. and that an equal amount will be asked from congress-.
 President Henry J. Furber has de cided to go to Europe in June in the interest of the games. The govern ments which will be visited first will be those of England, Germany, France and Belgium. The others may be looked after later.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20

London, March 2O.-The race for the Brocklesby stakes of 200 sovereigns for 2-year-old colts and Allies was run at the Lincoln spring meeting yesterday, and was won by Skyscraper Rush light was second and Sir Joshua third. Ten horses started. The betting was 4 to against Skyscraper, to against Rushlight and 4 to l against Sir Joshua.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20
NEW SWIMMING RECORDS
American Records Broken at Sar
 Francisco Last Night.

San Francisco, Mar 2O.-Scott Leary and Howard F. Brewer the crack swimmers of the Olympia athletic club set several new American records last night. Leary swan no yards in one minute and thirteen seconds the record being one minute 9 2-5 seconds, held by H. H. Reeder. Leary covered 135 yards in one minute and 36 seconds, the former record being 1:4O, held by J. Fl. Taylor.
 Brewer reduced the 660 yard record of 1O:37 4-5, held by Otto Wahle, to 9:41. He continued on to the $40 yard mark, covering the distance in 12:24 Tn this he lowered his own record ot 12:4O 2-5.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20
WITH THE HORSES.

Six Early Closing Events at Charter
 Oak Park.
 Paris, March 20.=7Le Jockey yester- day morning said the committee of the Jockey club had suspended W. B. Buchanan, the American jockey, for one month, for disobedience of the or ders of the starter at Maison Lafitte.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20

Lexington, Ky, March 20.-The big gest deal in horse flesh in years was consummated here yesterday, when John W. Schorr of Memphis and I. J. McCafferty of New York purchased from J. N. Camden all the yearlings in the Hartland stud in Woodford county. comprising thirty-one head of year. lings. It is said the price was S20,O0O. Sixteen of the yearlings are by i'm ported Esher, twelve by Handsome and the others by well known stallions.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20

Hartford, March 2O-Charter Oak park has opened six early closing events for it's grand circuit meeting three for trotters and the same num- Der for pacers. The entries will close April 1. The classes and purses are as follows: For trotters-the Charter Oak, 2:11 class, $10,O00: 2:19 class, S3.- GOO. and 2:3O class. $3,OO0. For pacers -2:09 class, S3,0O0: 2:16 class, $3.0O0, and 2:30 class, $3,000. The famous Charter Oak. a classic of the trotting turf, has been changed from the 2:13 class, for which it was opened last year, to 2:11 class. This is a sub scription event, horses to be named Au- gust IS.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20

Lexington, March 20.-Ballet. the greatest brood mare in America. is dead at the home of her owner, George II. Clay, proprietor of Balgowan stud. She was chloroformed yesterday morn. ing by the veterinarian, Robert Bryan, who attended Hanover i'll his last hours. Ballet was 31 years old. one year older than Pocahontas, the great est of all brood mares at the time of her death She is the dam of Modesty. Blue Grass Belle, Elizabeth NJ. Peg Wellington. Busted, etc. Her produce won over $100,000 on the turf in eigh- ty-fiye races.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20

Kansas City, March 20.-Tommy Ryan yesterday accepted a proposition 10 box Johnny German of New York before the National Sporting club of London for $5,OOO d side, coronation week. The National Sporting; club tried to arrange q match between Ryan and Jack O'Brien, but the men failed to agree on terms.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20

Baltimore, March 20-Joe Cans will have Kid Mcfarland as his opponent in twenty-round argument before the Eureka Athletic club in this city March ?. George McFadden had been talked of first, but as McFadden insisted upon an even division of the purse and q draw if both men were on their feet at the end of the fight. Manager Her. ford. for Cans, let McFadden go and substituted Mcfarland.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20

Philadelphia. March 20.-Philadel- phia Jack O'Brien knocked out Ed Denfass of this city last night in the fifth round. The bout. which was scheduled to go six rounds. was all in O'Brien's favor. Tn the third round he fioored Denfass. who took the limit of the count From that time Oh Denfass slowly weakened.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20

Louisville, Ky, March 20.-Frank Erne of Buffalo and George McFadden of New York have signed articles to fight before the Southern Athletic club of this city on April 14 for the light weight championship of the world.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20

Oakland, March 2O.-Billy Delaney, manager of Jim Jeffries, said yester- day: I've have given Fitzsimmons until this evening to answer us. Jef- fries himself sent a personal wire to F1tzsimmons, asking what his inten- tions were, but as yet he has received no answer. If Fitz is afraid of referees out here we are willing that he bring another reputable eastern man out with him. As agreed upon. the club making the highest bid was to get the fight, but if Fitz is not satisfied we will accept any reasonable offer from any club"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20

striking Minnie Fields. an actress. and Ernest NJ. Slayton in front of Balti- more theater on the night of March F. He was sentenced to serve six months in jail and to pay fine of $250. Don lin said that he was intoxicated and remembered nothing of the assault Because of the assault on tn eactress he was dismissed from the Baltimore team.
 The resusal of Mayor Wells to sign the permit for the erection of wooden grand stand at Athletic park has placed the American League club of St Louis in serious predicament, which the in troduction of bill into the city council Tuesday night it is expected will re- lieve. In the ordinary run of affairs l it will require seven weeks for it to pass, and this delay will prevent the erection of grand stand in time for the opening date, April g. The only alternative left for the club will be to make use of the present stand or post pone the opening of the season here.
 Catcher James McGuire a veteran i'll the service, has violated his contract with the Brooklyn club for the coming season and has signed to play with the Detroit American league club Me Guire admits that he signed with Brooklyn last fall, but says certain ob- | legations have not been fulfilled. Me- | Guires desertion will be a blow to Hanion, who has always considered him to be his most reliable catcher. The Brooklyn club has lost by con- tract jumping so far since last season closed Mcclure, Fuller, Joss, Wright, | AIt1Ilo1, and Eoabnafr,. Ruf Hanl0Tl
 has raft of men left and says he will
 be able to place a good team in the field despite the men who have left. ' Captain Jack Tighe of the Norwich
 baseball club yesterday received the
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-20
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
Stories Heard About the Wear
 CTS of the Gloves.

Jeffries And Delaney Issue an Ultima tum-Ryan Called Off the Match With O,Brien-Kid Mccoy Has Been 'Joshing'' The Nobility - Charley White as Referee Seems to Satisfy the Englishmen.
 Savannah, March 20.-Before the Savannah A c. last night Jack Grace of New York defeated Tom Corcoran of Savannah in six rounds.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-30
Plague of Rats.

Lisbon has recently been subjected
to an unprecedented invasion of rats,
which has disordered the domestic
economy OF every household and made
life miserable. Cats were powerless
to check the invaders; poison seemed
TO act as a stimulant to their appe-
tites, and traps only served to demon
strate the helplessness of mans in
genuity to cope with the pest.
At length the aid of the bacillus was
invoked, and the municipal doctors
were commissioned to inoculate some
rats with an infectious disease. A
suitable virus. harmless to man. was
found. few rats captured and inocu-
lated and then let loose. The bacillus
The rats siekened and
died With wonderful rapidity. and to-
day Lisbon is celebrating the conquest
Of the voracious rodent IL is now
proposed to use the virus on board
ships, wher rats are knwn to be the
carriers of infection fatal to man
notably plague.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-30
About Titled People.

capt. Worcester, commanding the
T. & o. steamship Victoria, while w.
ing on Malta, was told one day to
look for H. R. H. Prince George. who
was going home as passenger on his
ship. He told the first officer tn Iet
him know as soon as the priI. mt
Off from shore, which, of course was
ciose oy' ana to at once man the
yards. The officer waited for some
time, and at lengtI, seeing a ouie+
young man ascending the ships lad.
der. he asked him rather bluntIv if he
knew when that blessed" prince was
coming along. The gentleman smiled
and said; We'll, as a matter of fact
here he is. saw you were busv
coaHng, and as sailor myself 7 know
what a nuisance it would be to have
to call the men off their work so
thought would just come off onietIy
by myself and save trouble" Govt
worcester adds that the prince nevar
1alled every morning during the WOW.
age nome to touch his can In hin, =.
10 the captain of the ship. on the f,rs+
meeting of the day.
BY the command of the shah tho
PERSIAN government has arranged 70
send $50 young Persians. the SOM ~
wen born personages, to Europe at tba
expense of the state, for educationaI
purposes. The towns selected For
their soJourn are London. Moscow e.
petersburg, Berlin and Vienna
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-30

quite like the tin ones seen in our
shop windows. The bird is made to
sing by filling its hollow body with
water and blowing through a tube in
serted in its back. There are also
clay rattles of various shapes anc
sizes in the Zuni exhibit, and wooden
birds that flap their jointed wings
like those we hang upon our Christmas
tree.
In the collection Of games there
are great many objects interesting
either for the oddity of their shape,
curious operation, or beauty OF work
manship. One novel game consists
OF four pieces of bone attached by a
bead string to a long steel bodkin.
The bodkin is held in one hand and
the bones tossed up into the air. A
skillful player may succeed in catch
ing one or more of the bones upon
the steel point, and scores according
ly. This game is favorite with the
Indians, and is not unlike our own
game OF "cup-and-ball."
A card game from Persia, valued at
many hundreds of dollars, has its
board inlaid in solid gold; and set
of chessmen from India are of beauti-
fully carved ivory, each imam" being
at least four inches in height.
Another curious game, from which
our Jack straws" is probably de-
scended, consists of bundle of arrows
OF carved ivory or wood. 1t was an
ancient custom to toss these arrows
into the air, and after they fell to the
ground they were drawn out by the
men grouped around them. In this
manner, and according to the numbers
and symbols upon the arrow. captains
were appointed in the army and vari.
GUS duties were assigned to the
soldiers.
The so-called "bullroarer." one of
the oldest of toys. has an interesting
history. 1t is nothing more than a
bit of wood attached to a string,
which on being whirled around rapidly
produces loud, rumbling sound. The
ancient Egyptians believed that the
rumbling of the 'bull-roarer" would be
answered by the rumbling' of thunder;
consequently. during a drought the
men would sally forth, "bull-roarers'
in hand, to invoke the rain-god to send
them water from the skies. This
curious toy is still used by some saw
age tribes. who believe its roaring
noise will brighten away evil spirits
that may be lurking near.-ln st.
Nicholas Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-30

droyes. 1t looks like murder, doesn't
it? But what is England 10 40!
Horses she must have. She wants
e, 900 more right now, and VIII pay
any price for them. Europe cannot
supply them, and the Australian
breeders are practically sold out. IL
begins TO look as if this boer war VIII
be a question of horse and horse, as
you Americans say. Without horses
Kitchener is helpless. ! think he
ought to go into winter quarters and
let the beers fight on the offensive.
Leaving the horse question for mo-
ment the agent adyerted to the SUD-
ject of cattle and sheep in the north
west. Mentioning the name of COM
pany that feeds its cattle upon a thou
sand hills, so to speak, he said:
Wyoming has 35,000,000 acres OF good
grazing land, and | guess there are
1000 900 cattle and 100000 sheep in
the state. Between the cattle men
and sheep men exists feud that not
infrequently leads to murder. Sheep
as you may or may not know, feed in
so close order that when a flock has
fed over range not a spear of grass
remains. Cattle browse at random,
and leave behind more than they eat
so that the range may provide sus
tenance for two or three herds, one
following the other. Furthermore
the sheep not only eat everything in
sight, but leave an odor so disagree
able TO cattle that the latter roam off
into the next county to avoid it,
Every man in Wyoming carries a
bowie-knife. The - company had
horses to sell, but refused to let me
have one until had promised to help
reduce the number of sheep on the
ranges. You all have knives see,
said the manager. Go to the woods
and cut yourselves a club apiece and
follow me- When we had pro-
vided ourselves with clubs about the
size of the night sticks your police
men use, but with big knot on the
butt-end, we went into flock of sheep
that must have numbered 100000 1t
had been destroying the grass for
miles and miles. We were on horse
back. We rode slowly through the
flock, welding the clubs with our right
arms and driving the knot into the
skulls of the innocent creatures. 1t
was fast, fierce, furious work, and
when we had finished 10000 sheep
lay dead upon the field, The rest
scampered away over the hills. What
happened then? Oh, don't ask me.
bought a few hundred horses and came
to New York. The New York Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-30

HORSES FOR KITCHENER.
1t is Becoming More and More Diff
cult to Buy Them in This Country.

An agent of the British govern
ment arrived in New York recently
from the northwest, where he has
been buying horses for the use of the
forces in south Africa. Says he: at
is no easy matter to find horses of any
kind just now. We have bought all
over the United States, and my latest
purchases have been made in Wyom-
ing. Texas, once famous for her wiry
mustangs, has no more horses for sale,
and We have been driven into the
mountains of the border-line states of
the northwest. The prices we pay
range from $40 to $55 head. These
horses are shipped by way of New
Orleans, and when landed in Cape
Town stand the British government
about $3.50 apiece"
Think of that! Horses that cost $40
to 55 in the United States delivered
at the Cape at $3.50. With other war
necessaries in proportion, we cannot
wonder at England's prodigious ex-
pense account. 1--WE are obliged to take
the horses wild off the ranges" con-
tinues the agent, land break them to
saddle. My individual purchases
number over 5000. With three as
sistants, native cowboys, to help, I
had little trouble, Notwithstanding
some of the horses were tough GUS
toners. After you once learn the
knack of mastering a buck-jumper, to
break one in is mere child's play. |
really believe I could not now feel at
home on the back of a well-behaved
charger. The voyage to Cape Town
seems to take all the. devilment out
of a orcncho. He arrives there so
docile that an infant can ride him.
You W uid imagine he had done moth
ing but haul surface car all his life.
THE horses we ship to south Africa
last only about two weeks after land
ing. The voyage does not improve
them any, and when they get ashore
the change of climate kills them In
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-30
Trade in Sermons.

About year ago there lived in the
north of London a retired clergyman
who handsomely aided an otherwise
slender income by writing sermons for
other men OF the cloth. The sermon
writer died rather suddenly. but left a
good supply of pulpit material This
was about all he did leave. however.
so his widow, a clever woman of edu.
cation, took up his work She has
been carrying on the business" ever
since, and the fact was discovered
only a month ago. Most of her ser.
mons are bought by clergymen of the
Church of England, who are under the
impression that her husband is still
alive. The widow sees no harm in
keeping up the deception, especially
as 1t is fair to presume that the ser.
mons she furnishes are better than
those which her correspondents could
turn out
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-30
NOTICE TO BURGLARS.
"Please Do not Blow Open the Safe.
Here Is the Key"

"Please Do not Blow Open the Safe.
Here Is the Key
certain Woodbridge street mer-
chant, who has been frequently vic
tim of safe-blowers, has adopted a
novel and somewhat humorous plan
A square foot of the best Persian rug
depredations that might be contem-
plated by individuals of the burgIari-
Gus fraternity. After his last dear ex.
perience he decided that a safe wasn't
the safest place in the world for valu-
ables, and he now makes a practice
of promptly banking his profits and
OF taking whatever of value is in the
safe at the close of the days business
home with him. He says the ambi-
tious craftsman that should tackle
his safe now o'nights would find poor
pickings." Posted over the front of
the safe in black, conspicuous type is
this sign:
NOTICE.
Please Do not Blow Open the Safe.
Here is the Key.
And sure enough, the key to the
safe hangs over the sign, suspended
from one of the inges.-Detroit Free
Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-30
AUTUMN DISSATISFACTION

Oh, some wants snow
An, some wants rain.
What cher dey gifts.
Dey'n shore complain.
Some wants sunshine
An some wants shade.
Dafs boun' to be kickin'
is afraid.
Some wants frost
An some wants heat:
Happiness
Can't be complete.
l takes what comes
De best l can.
is glad I amt
De weather man.
Washington Star.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

Ono newspaper doesn't 'see any
necessity for ministers to dabble in
politics down in Trenton Maybe
the necessity for ministerial inter
cessions doesn't appear to this critic,
but it won't do tho lawmakers any
harm. 1t was only few years ago
when every clergyman in the state
camped in the capitol grounds to de-
fene the race track legislation OF tnt
previous year. The prayers of the
righteous were many and earnest, and
If prayer and work ever counted they
did at that time. If it had not been
for the olergymen and moral sense OF
a Republican majority the tracks in
Guttenburg, Linden and Long Branch
might be running to-day. New York
Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

II have lately been much troubled
with dyspepsia, belching and sour
stomach, writes M. s. Mead, leading
pharmacist of Attleboro, Mass. 81
could eat hardly anything without
suffering several hours. My clerk
suggested try Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure which Fdid with most happy re-
suits. l have had no more trouble
and when one can go to eating mince
pie, cheese, candy and nuts after such
time, their digestion must be pretty
good. endorse Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure heartily" You don't have to
diet. Eat all the good food you want
but don't overload the stomach. ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure digests your food.
G.. M. Shamalia.