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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
SIX MILES A FISH.

] Yearly, as the ducks ahd geese hur- Try south, leaving freshly frozen rivers and lakes in their wake, we read of
 the farmer who goes early to the
 slough on his farm to break the ice 1 that the cattle may drink. How that l farmer notices the lake dotted with
 cIumps of feathers, which on closer in l yestigaslOn turn out to be mallards
 and canvasbacks, frozen solid in the
 ice. And when he has chopped them
 all free his two-horse Wagonload is all the team cap haul.
 1 But down nLlr New Orleans ema-
 mates the following with all the ear
 marks or truth: The high tides fill the sloughs with
 salt water and drove the buffalo fish l into the fresh-water canal Had there
 been a few of them only things would have gone we'll, but as it was, the ca
 nal was literally choked with them
 and the breathing room in the water
 giving out myriads of them turned
 belly up.
 The pilot of the steamboat travers- 1 ing the canal iplowed his way through
 the dead and living fish alike. chol- ing his paddle wheel and finally rum
 ming aground upon a solid mass of
 dead and alive fish.
 The suffocating fish died. Darkies were hired to pitchfork them out upon the bank as they would throw hay, and lime was sprinkled on them. But this was slow and unsatisfactory be- cause there was six solid miles of fish l in that canal. Something had to be done, and it was proposed to cut 100 feet of 1evee and let in sufficient water to sweep the fish into the gulf. An other proposition was to station a number of large tugs in the river near the locks and flush the canal by pump ign. l understood this latter plan was followed Forest and Stream
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
WITH THE PoLoIsTs.
Fred Doe is Thrown Down and Out by
 the League.

Fred Doe is Thrown Down ana OuL py
 the League.
 The American league of profession al roller polo clubs met in Boston Tues day night, President Murnane in the chair. Chelsea was represented by T. B. Cotter, Clinton by Messrs Trout and Merchant, Providence by w. A. Parsons, Lowell by Joseph Fox, Law renee by Messrs Flanagan and La tiOns and Worcester by M. J. Kit tredge. At the meeting Fred Doe got Q toss by his erstwhile friends. He was obliged to report that he had been unable to get a rink in Manches- ter that he expected, being unable at the last moment to get the consent of all the parties interested in the prop erty. Without giving the gentle Frederick the opportunity, so far as any reports from the meeting indi- cate, of placing a team elsewhere, the league dropped Manchester and Doe at once, and decided to go along with Portland. A telephone message was sent to Messrs Lehan and Johnson of Portland, who have been trying to break into the league for weeks, and they were informed that their oppor-
 
 were told that the Lewiston players were theirs for team.
 Chelsea, Clinton and Providence will have the largest playing sur faces
 sDickeys' Pierce signed his first polo contract short time ago. Tn all his experience Pierce has never put his name to a written agreement and has seldom known what his salary was going to be at the beginning of the season. When the end of the first week came .sDickey'' was always handed a good sized sswad,'' usually more than any other player in the team.
 ' Billy Lush, who was considered the best referee in the league when the big fellows were in Connecticut. is an: applicant for a position on Morse,s staff.
 The Clinton team will be conducted this year, as it was last, for the bene- Tt or the hospital. About $500 was turned over to the institution last sea son.
 klttredge of Worcester reported on ms return to that city that he had succeeded in inducing Dan DaIy to re- main with Worcester, the latter sign Ing contract>and accepting advance F .'Dpickeg'ss p Pierce ought. tog be fast Ihls year. He is down to 155 pounds and is in fine shape. Last season. LICK tipped the beam at 19O.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
ON TIE GR|D|RON
The High School Boys Win the
 First From Middletown.

1t Was Easy Picking for the Local
 Lads, Who Played All Around the
 Visitors-W Winners in the College
 Games esterday-Harvard Was
 Given Big Surprise-Yale Had an
 Easy Time.
 The Waterbury High school football team had an easy time in defeating the Niddletown High school team at the Athletic field yesterday afternoon by the score of POO. The game was witnessed by 300 or 400 people who ad- mired the work of the home team, which was good for the first game of the year. The Middletown team was weak and was no match for the local boys.
 Captain Maurice Culhane and T. McGrath were the bright lights yes terday. Culhane's ability as a foot ball player is we'll known. He played half back yesterday and his line buck ing and tackling were fine. 1t was seldom he failed to make a substan- tial gain and furthermore he ran the team in fine style. McGrath at tackle
 
 great plunges through the line for many yards. Gardner also played a good game, but he and Wheeler are little weak in repelling assaults on the line. Miller is husky enough to make a good man at center. Daly played his usually strong and heady game at end. Kilrpe plays fairly good end Guilfoile is a heady, az gressive player, but he is a little light in weight. Spain played guard in a satisfactory manner. Blansfield at half back must improve considerably to obtain that position. Kenyon did not play a star game at full back. Me Carthy will probably make a good quarter back when he has more prac- tice. George Mcdonald, who played half back in the second half, is a plucky, stocky little player and ought to make that position.
 The teams interference was good for the first game. The game with the New Britain High school in New Britain on Saturday will be a good test of their ability. Waterbury is in need of a man who can kick goals. Not goal was kicked from the four touchdoWns made yesterday.
 There is no need of rehearsing how The scores were made. It was a case of line bucking and skirting the ends for all kinds of gains by the Water bury players. Two or three times they carried the ball from their 10 or 15 yard line down the entire field for touchdown. Features of the game were the fine all round playing of Captain Culhane and McGrath, bril- liant runs by Mcdonald and Daly and good line bucking by Gardner. The game was witnessed by number of High school girls and other young la dies whose enthusiasm knew no bounds.
 M1ddletown was beaten by Hart ford by score of 100 aud by Meriden by a score of POO.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
A Few Stray Bits Concerning the Box
 inc Artists.

Tommy West is tired of leading an inactive life. He is not particular as to whom he meets, but he prefers such men as Jack O'Brien, Jack Root, Joe Walcott or Larry Temple.
 After two days rest Kid McPart- land has resumed training at Buffalo for his fight with Joe Cans at Fort Erie on next Monday night. He weighs now 139 pounds and must get down to 135 by the night of the battle.
 For the third time two feather weights of Brooklyn, Tommy Feltz and Johnny Reagan, will have it out in a twenty round bout at St Louis to- night. They are pretty evenly match ed and should give the Mound City sports a good run for their money.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
BaptIsts oppoas .assluea ion niII.

Baphsts ODpO4 e1d ucaatfon Bill.
 BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct g. The British Baptist union, which is now in session here, passed a resolu- ton declaring that the governments education bill violates the fundamental principles of the constitution and pledging the members of the assembly to determined endeavor to make the measure if enacted ineffective and to suffer distraint of property rather than pay the school irate.s Some of the pas tors present opposed the latter section of the declaration and urged a substi- tute of milder character, but eyentu- ally after long debate the original resolutions were adopted by an over Whelming majority.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
WITH THE WRESTLERs

Articles of Agreement Are Signed by
 Professor DWyer and August Faust.
 New Haven, Oct 9.The articles of agreement are signed for a catch-as- catch-can wrestling match by Profes- sor M. J. DWyer of this city and Au- gust Faust of New York, of Roeber's wrestling parlors in that city. The match will take place in Music hall on. Wednesday evening, October 15. The conditions of the match are that Faust is. to throw Dwyer two falls in one hour for $100 a side and the gate money
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
What Carnegie Will Do.

EDINBURGH, Oct. 9.-Andrew Car negie has just commenced at Perth a round of functions embracing the be. stowal on him of the freedom of five cities and the opening of various libra ries. The tour will close with the de livery of his annual address as lord rector of St. Andrews university. Oct. 25, on which occasion Ambassador Choate and Embassador White will re- ceiye honorary degrees.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
schooImaster went Ma.

LONDON, Oct. 9.-A special dispatch from Vienna announces that~a fearful tragedy was enacted at Droyssig, Bo- hemia, on Monday. A village school master, forty years of age, while talk. ing to his class suddenly became in sane, rushed to his desk, drew re. volver from it and ran amncl1, shoot. ing right and left among the terrified children. Three scholars were killed and three dangerously wounded. On hearing the shots and screams the vii lagers quickly arrived at the school and, infuriated at the sight which met them. lynched tho school,na ster.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09

The Three league, composed of clubs in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, has awarded the championship pennant to Rockford, III, and placed the salary limit of teams next year at $500 a month.
 Jimmy Collins, the clever third base. man, captain and manager of the BOs- ton American league club, may never play another game of base ball. Al least this is the opinion of his friends who say that his physicians have in structed him to quit the game. as his injured knee will not stand the strain
 Warren Mclaughlin, New London's star pitcher, has been paid for by Pittsburg and the receipt of the money Monday sets at rest any doubts about McLaughlin's ability to make good in the big league. The price paid fol Mack, was $550. Of this amount the pitcher is to get $25O, and the balance goes to the club. The reason that Nc. Laughlin gets such a large share of the money is simply this: Pittsburp could have drafted him at the close of the season and only paid New London $50 for him and Mack would have got. ten nothing. By signing with New Lon. don for next year the drafting scAeme was headed On and in return for his action the local club promised to di. vide with the player. This arrange ment puts both sides $25O ahead of the game, which will help some in the pur, chase of coal.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
NO CAUSE TO WORRY.

 'I was stopping with a North Caro- lin1an whose cabin was well up on the idle of the Alleghany mountains" said our southern tramp, land had just got to sleep after going to bed at a late hour, when he put his head in at the door and queried: Stranger, did yo' hear noise as of somebody fussin aroundY'
 No, didn't hear anything I re- piled.
 1T thought yo' thought so got up to tell yo' that it's nothin' but an ole bar tryin' to get into the hOgpen. To needn't feel in no trouble bout that bar.
 s'An hour later heard mine host jump out of bed and move around, and as was wondering if the bear had got the hog, when my door opened and the mountaineer said:
 Stranger, did yo' hear sunthin' or somebody trampin' around out doahs?
 No, did not I replied.
 "I though yo' mought, and so I looked in to say that it's only Joe Bo- ner snookin' around in hopes to get shot at me. He'll be disappointed. however, and yo' needn't trouble bout him.
 ''I thanked him for his kindness and turned over to sleep again, and it was just growing light mhen I heard him moving about and talking to his wife. Presently he stuck his head in to the room and asked:
 Stranger, be yo' awake?'
 stYes.'
 !" Hear my old dawg barkin' like all git out?
 TT thought yo' thought, and I've jest looked in to say that yo' needn't trouble bout it.
 Was he barking at the bearY
 "sOh, no. He was barkin' at three revenoo. fellers who are artcr my till, and Pm just goin' out and shoot a few of lem and scare the rest off. It's two hours to breakfast yet, and yo' lay right thar and sleep and don't worry about nothin'."
 He came in as breakfast was ready and when I asked him about the rev enue men he sorely replied:
 "'Drat sich folks; follered lem above two miles and never got but one shot at lem, and that only knocked one critters hat off,"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
WITH THE HORSES.
Americans Being Expelled from
 France for Turf Scandals.

France for Turf Scandals.
 Paris, Oct 9.--M. Combes, minister of the interior, has signed 8 decree for the expulsion of several Americans who were concerned in the recent turf scandals here. One of the men to be expelled is horse owner, and the others are bookmakers. No jockeys are to be sent from the country. It is believed that other Americans are voluntarily leaving France to avoid expulsion. No steps have been taken against jockeys, but it is understood that the Horse Breeding society will refuse to renew the licenses next year of two prominent American jockeys.
 Terre Haute, Ind, Oct 9.-A track soft in spots and strong wind pre- vented Dan Patch going the mile fast CT than POI yesterday It was seen that the track conditions put out of the question beating 1:5914, so it was announced that Dan Patch would start to beat the track record Of 2:0015, made by Star Pointer. Me Henry says the track was at least two seconds Slow. In places the Patch horses shoes cut an inch and a quarter into the clay. The mile by quarters was 80, 1.OO74, l.3O, POI.
 Philadelphia, Oct 9.-Prince Alert won two straight heats in his race yesterday at Point Breeze track with Anaconda. The Prince never was headed and won both heats by about two lengths. Prince Alert drew the pole. He went to the front with An aconda two lengths behind. The quarter was reached. in OBI. Ana conda tried to. move up, but Prince Alert reached the half mile in 1:O3 and Anaconda had not reduced the lead. The three-quarter pole was passed in 1:34. Coming down the stretch Ana conda made a desperate effort to close the gap, but Prince Alert was going nicely and went under the wire in 2:05A. The second heat was slower, but the second quarter was faster Alert did not reach the quarter until O:31A, but he passed the half mile mark in 1:03, the same time as in the first mile. Again Anaconda did his best to even up matters, but it was useless. and Alert swept down to the three-quarters in 1:3411s. It was a hurry-up gait to the wire and AIerts reached there in 2:06.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
wrecked on costa Rican coa.t,

Wrecked on Costa Rican Coast,
 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.The Kos mos line steamer Kambyses is a wreck on Guincs point, on the coast of Costa Rica. The vessel left here Sept. IS, bound for Hamburg, and news of her loss was received in dispatch to the Merchants Exchange. The message announces that it is thought that the cargo or part of it can be saved.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09

New Haven, Oct 9.-Yale's big rush line smothered the Wesleyan eleven yesterday afternoon, rolling up 33 points against the light but plucky boys from MiddIetown. It was the best exhibition of football that Yale has given this fall, but the victory was in a great measure due to the work of the giant guards and tackles, who got down the field and executed the plays the ends are expected to do. At quarter back Yale's play was un- steady, especially after Metcalf was hurt, and Captain Winslow of the baseball team was put into the game.
 The Ellis were heavily penalized for holding and offside play. Several times Wesleyan got the ball in dangerous places through the Blues eagerness in the rush line, but every time the lat fer's big line men managed to rattle Wesleyan so that she fumbled, and the Former got the ball back. Just as the game was closing, when Captain Chad wick had substituted ten players, and Coffin was the only Varsity man left on the field, Wesleyan, still full of pluck, started in to smash the local line and was making good headway toward the Blues goal posts when the whistle sounded.
 Jack Ward. the half back, was the feature of Yale's game back of the line. He scored series of long runs and wound up the afternoon by catch ing one of Wesleyan's kick offs at Yales five yard line. He lodged through the entire Wesleyan field for q run of 1O5 yards and touchdown.
 The teams lined up as follows:
 Yale. Wesleyan. Neal. Hare L e. Eyster, Parker Ham1in, Shevlin l. t. Cobb Sass, Kinney Lg. Coate Holt, Morton c. Day, Gillespie Goss, Batchelder T. g. Espy, Browp Hogan, Bissell r. t Forbes Coffin r. e. Onthrop, Nixon Metealf, WinsIow q. b. Calder Chadwick, Hinkle l. h. b. HanIon Ward, Preston T. Ii. b. Mcdonald S0per
 Farmer, McCIintock f b. Rogers
 Score, Yale 33. Wesleyan o; touch downs, Farmer 3. Ward 2, ShevIin I; goals from touchdown. Ward 3; um- pire, Mir Hickock; referee, Dr Ham mon: linesmen, Yale, Washington, Wesleyan, Edgard; time of halves. 20 minutes; attendance. 2,500.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09

The football game Saturday will be at the Electric field with the Water bury team. A good deal of interest is taken in the game as Waterbury is now trying to gain admission to the Trinity league. A mass meeting of the boys was held in the assembly hall Monday to reconsider the vote to blackball Waterbury. The delegate was given power to vote as he saw fit.-NeW Britain Herald.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
BASEBALL NEWS.
Pittsburgr Proves Her Right to the
 Term Champions.

Pittsburg, Oct 9.-The All-American stars were powerless before the grand pitching of Philippe and the splendid fielding of the National league cham pions yesterday, and were shut out. only two men reaching third base. Joss for the visitors also pitched a fine game, both runs for the home team being made through errors. Friday and Saturday the clubs will play the third and fourth games of the series in Cleveland. The score by innings:
 R.H.E. Pittsburg 10 0 0sO1 O o II *-2 5 i Americans 70 0 % o O1O o O-O 3 4 Batteries-Phillippe and Zimmer; Joss and Sullivan; umpires, O'Laugh- lin and O'Day; attendance, 4,5OO.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09

At Pennington Princeton freshmen .16, Pennington Seminary 0.
 At Brunswick BoWdoin 12, Exeter 0.
 At Hanover Dartmouth 0, Massa- chusetts Agricultural college 0.
 At Ann Arbor-University of Michi- gan 119,. Michigan Agricultural col lege o.
 At Chicago University of Chicago 21, Cornell college QoWa) 0.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09

H Smith (capD T. h. b. Cu1hane (capD
 Referee, W. F. Dearborn, Middle town; umpire, Michael ConIon; r1n,e- Keeper, Edward Hart: linesmen, Elan agan and Cronin; twenty and fifteen minute halves.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
Of1Ae1d Fire Put Ou+

BEAUMONT, Tex, Oct. 9.-The fire in the oilfield has been extinguished The damage was confined to an area comprising about two acres, and the losses consist of sexentyrdve derricks, fifty pumps and half dozen small oil tanks which were used for settling. The loss is placed at s15O, 900. Thomas Rowley. the man burned while trying to save derrick, is still alive, but can nat recover.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
OTHER FOOTBALL GAMES.

At Ithaca Cornell 50, Hobart 0. AZ Philadelphia Pennsylyania IS, Ha4erford 5.
 Az New xork-C Columbia 45, Ford At Lafayette z4 Gettys-
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09

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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
NO MONEY
 DOWN.

IS where we make ourselves Leaders in the Credit Business. The best is none too good TOT us; and our customers can have the best in clothing on Easier Terms than they could obtain poorer clothing elsewhere. You promise to pay us is all we ask. Everything marked in plain figures. There are no dsagreeable features connected with our system. We invite you to open an account with us. We guarantee every thing.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09

Our trade increases yearly, both in quan- tity, and quality. It's well known fact that the best people who buy on credit deal with us, simply because they recognize and appreciate our efforts in giving them the best place to trade. the easiest place to get credit. It's known fact that you can buy cheap clothing (trash), any place and get credit. You know what this means. what the result is. It means cheap class of customers; on just this point
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-31
Outline Studies
OF Human Natdre
A Mother of Courage.

She sat in the grandstind waiting for
her first foot ball game 10 begin. Her
boy had played it ever since she could
remember, and now he had made his
varsity team, Which was her varsity,
too--hcr Cornell.
Two of his fraternity 'brothers' sat
on either side as a bodyguard to her
gray hairs. and as a bureau of infor-
nation. They We're happier than they
would have been with the prcttiest girl
they knew.
She smiled with motlerly pride when
she picked him out of the squad of red
swcatcrcd "huskies" which at length
trottcd out on the field. She wiped away
n tear when q Columbia man fell across
the line for Il touchdown.
Then she surprised her bodysuard by
muttering under her breath: Hold EN-
hard, fellows!' Twist their necks!"
Push. Push.'
She explained her knowledge of these
strenuous technical details by saying that
her boy cried out like that when play
ing dream games in his sleep
She did not faint when he tackled too
hard and failed to rise. although his
white face, with streak of red blood
across the forehead, was staring up at
her.
You can't hurt my boy" she said with
confidence. Hes just doing that to get
wind" So it proved.
He was up and at it harder than ever
within the time limit. The 1thacans
gained five through tackle. and lost as
many more yards trying to round the
end. Then something happened.
A. sturdy youngster shot out of the
tangled elcvons and dashed down the
field toward the goal OF the blue and
white. He crossed line after line CT
whitewash, and finally was over the last
one, the whole pack ut his heels.
"Touchdown! Touchdown" cried the
crowd.
MY boy did it, said the mother, and
then she cried.--New York Tribune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-31
De Vets Humor.

In recent article Richard Harding
Davis tells an interesting and instructive
anecdotc concerning the great Boer cav
airy leader
''Threc scouts of the yeomanry came
as prisoners before the Boer commander.
They had been capeured before. They
were English scouts. Being captured ap-
peared TO be an intliction chronic with
them. Christian De Wet looked them
over-gravely, thoughtfully, his clear
eyes searching them through and
through. lie was their judge. Stern or
merciful they could not tell; all they
could do was hope. My men, said Cen
cral Dc Wet at last. will You take IA mes
sage from me to your generate
'"rhey accepted in rejoiccd surprise, and
were the bearers OF papers from General
age When they reached General Run
dies camp they announced that they
We're intrustcd with IL large sealed pack
DE Wet negotiating for peace. General
Rumble was delighted, He tore open the
envelope, He read the letter. II was as
follows
Dear General Rundle:--This is the
fourth time ! have captured these raging
devils of yours. Please chain them up.
They annoy me. DE WET
--Woman's Home Companion.