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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-27
Fitz Badly Hurt.

Fitzsimmons is badly hurt. The terri
a. bodv blows that he received last night
have unquestionably affected his heart.
Great welts stand out on his back and
sides and today while being rubbed down
he tainted
when coming out of the faint, he i'm
..Irad he was in the ring once more, and
his attend ants had busy time with him.
We is now under the care Of a physician.
THOSE who claim that the outcome of
the fght was prearranged base then al
legation principally on the fact that Fltz-
simmons. after waging mastertul ana
telling battle. dropped ms guard lsaNlns
- aSaninx which Jeffries took advant-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-27
THE WEATHER.

THE WEATHER. FORECAST
FOR ALA BAMA IS AS FOL-
LOWS: OCCASIONAL SHOW
E,RS SUNDAY AND MONDAY:
LIGHT 10 FRESH SOUTH
EAST TO SOUTH WINDS
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Trlbutr 10 American rre-s-

a lengthy article iu the London
Times by a special correspondent who
was lately in America. undoubtedly
Mobcrly Bell manager Of the paper.
describes bis experience with inter.
viewers and their capacity to- provide
interesting copy whether the person
interviewed contributes thereto or
not
The correspondent pays q high trib-
ute to- the American press as follows.
But that the American press is inn
proving md is bound TO improve can.
not I think be- doubted by anyone
who hos come in contact as 7 have
done with The men who have made d.
However one may differ from their
standpointe or dcpreciatc their meth
DDS. 90 is impossible to deny tboir
quick Intelligence and breadth of Wow
or The thorough cauostucss and up.
riehtncss of purpose by which tho
conductors o. thc prcss arc actuatod
while in that which makes press
greater in independence aud .ncorrup.
UhHity financial. political or social
ihc American cam compare on equal
terms with thc English press"
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a sportsman camping on one Of the
lakes OF Sullivan County offered TO bet
SO to- 81 that no one ina his party could
guess how he had received an injury
to- finger which ne held bleeding be.
fore the spectators. No one guessed.
and the man went ON to explain that
while standing by the lake. he had seen
g hlueiay flying over so close above
nis head that he instnctively threw
up bis hand to stop it The bird
neither stopped nor swcrvcd but in.
stead dashed straight for The hand.
sulk.ne st with such force that the
bill penetrated to- the bone and sent
Cine blood squirting os though ,hc man
been struck uy bulrc
This SORT of action is in line With
the general conduct of tho iay ~
is one of TIDE most aggressive birds on
tine cout.u.rl rahhug tuc nests of
other birds and sometimes even kiIlug
young squirrels Th. CHIEF good thing
chat can be said about 30 ls that il often
robs the nest of the English sparrow.
Sew York Times
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Many animals. either pursuing CO
pursued exhibit q knowledge of facts
very little known TO tine majority of
WWnE|ud such ns of the places where
scent, lies or is oblitcratcd and OF tHf
effects OF wind Boo carrying evidone,
of their presence 10 the pursuer Tho
hunted roe 0r hare viii make circles
double on .ts own tracks and take &c
woter or fling Itself for considerable,
distance through thr air as Ieycrly
as u It had road up all tb. theory OF
scent In % boots. Nlr 1ro ODE pursuerf
less ingenious They Aate learned
ODE mt off maa.ue "a cast Tm. N
.ho dodge hy which 90 huu.,Wn alike
saves .n' aud picks up q lost ..olt
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TelltaIe Coinage.

Apart from photographs and cngTaV-
inGs, the faces Of most rulers are ia.
miliarized to us by their images on
the current coins of their countries.
Female vanity is supposed to have
been the cause Of preserving Queen
Victoria's girlish image on the coins
and postage stamps OF England until
the last years of her reign, but hers
was almost a solitary exception and
the designers of coins generally aim
at producing pictures of the heads Of
States on them as they really are.
At the commencement of the present
season King Leopold was in Dieppe.
and when strolling along the PLACE
there he entered, according to his Gus.
tom, into conversation with the men
working on it. With one of these.
whose accent showed him to be q
Belgian, he spoke for a considerable
time, and when he had left the man
turned to his companions and said
proudly: That is my king" "He
seems to be an old friend" said enc of
the other workmen jestingly. NO"
said the other, Il never saw him be
FORE How do you know who he
is then" asked the other, who was
manifestly in doubt as to the truth
Of the Belgian's statement; but his
doubts were quickly set at rest when
the man to whom the king had spoken
produced silently from his pocket and
held up for his observation n Belgian
franc bearing on it King Leopolds
counterfeit presentmeut.-B Boston Tran
sCriDt.
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horse Market Of The United States.

The United States has q herd Of 10.
100000 horses. representing value
over SG00,0OO.OOO. and more than 1000.
600 mules besides. The mules are val
ued at about S115,00O,000 Texas has
1.125,000 horses and Illinois and Iowa
almost a million each The average
price Of horses u.s. in Rhode Island
500; in Nevada, about SIT Since 1879
horses Of the best breeds have been
Observation-Disclosures, French. Percher-
ons, NOrmans. etc There are eight
principal types in the market, to-wit:
The cob. The carriage horse, the Eng.
fish saddle horse. the American saddle
horse. the roadster. the draft horse.
the range horse Of the West. the
Southern horse There arc many
young horses, but ut present hardly
more than 100000 four or fve-ycar
olds are available for the market. The
ST. Louis market sold 10000 horses
and mules i'm 1899; Chicago. 10000.
Buffalo. G2.OOO; New York. $1,000.
The export OF horse was 1861 head I'm
1898, 2j,126 i'm 1896. 4j.778 i'm 1899.
GtTI2 i'm 1900 The cost OF transporta.
zion across Che Atlantic never exceeds
$40 The British have lately pur-
chased many thousand animals for
use TN the Transvaal. Germany pur-
chased GOOO for use i'm China. and
Belgium has just bought 1900 cavalry
horses at an average price Of $50.
Horse flesh is exported to Norway.
Sweden and Germany for food.
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HERMIT OF THE GRAND CANON.
Although He Has Lived There For Years
little is Known OF Him.

Little Is Known OF Kim.
Only n few years ago the Grand
Canon of Colorado was almost terra
incognita, save to Major Powell. L. S.
~. ana his exploring expedition and 4
few scouts and hunters The Indians
avoided the marvellous wonderland as
the abode of evil spirits. and seldom
went near il. But it had become
known TO palefaceS and redskins that
there dwelt upon the very brink of
the mighty canon i'm summer and
in its depths in winter lone white
man. Major Powell found him there.
and later others did. and he came to
known as the Hermit Of the Grand
Canon.
Many stories were told of this
strange man; some being that Indians
had gone there to get his scalp. and
had found the place. through his dead
ly aim. a sure and quick trail to the
Happy Hunting Grounds Again il
was said on several occasions that
lawless white men had sought his re-
treat, believing that he had found
much gold there; but they never got
the gold, and John Hance. for such
is his name. could show. perhaps. like
the man from Texas his private bury.
ing ground.
Few persons know the history OF
this strange man, though he has never
sought to hide it; but since there is
now stage line from Flagstaff. Ariz..
TO carry visitors to the greatest nat.
ural wonder of the world. Hance's
camp and Hance's trail are becoming
better known. John Hance is about
sixty years of age. though he does not
look nearly so old He is n man of
iron frame,wiry and quick as n pan
Their, and dwells in his cabin with his
cats and dogs, his only company.
though he has herd of ponies. He
is as much at home along the fright.
fully dizzy heights of the canon as a
mountain sheep, is afraid of nothing.
and though living for long years in
utter solitude can outSwear driver
of army mules. He was born in tho
mountains OF East Tennessee. not
many miles from Knoxville, and loves
nature in her greatest grandeur He
entered the Confederate Army. served
through the war, and at its close his
home being ruined and family scat
tered, he turned his horse westward
and held onto the trail until he ut
las used on the brink of that land
of silence and mystery. There he
made his home. making a semi-yearly
pilgrimage to the nearest fort or set.
Element for provisions, hunting, fishing
and dwelling alone. save for his pets
And there John Hance lives to-day,
some assert, with the knowledge of
vast riches the mighty canon holds. un.
known to all save himself
Some day l will visit the great
world toward the rising sun" he
says.
But Will he ever do so. or will he
ever leave the grandeur of the mighty
canon, remaining there until his spirit
crosses the great divide leaving his
body to crumble 10 dust amid the
scenes he has loved so long and well?
Detroit Free Press
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ONCE IN A WHILE.

Once I'm while the sun shines out.
And Che lrching skies are a perfect blue:
Once i'm q while mid clouds of doubt
Hopes brightest stars come peeping
through.
Our paths lead down by the meadows fair.
Where the sweetest blossoms nod and
smile.
And We lay aside our cross of care
Once IN a while.
Once in while within our own
We clasp the hand of a stcadlost friend !:
Once in a while we hear tone
OF love with the hearts own voice to
blend;
And the dearest OF all our dreams come
true.
And on life's way is a Golden mile.
Each thirsting flower is kissed with dew.
Once in a while.
Once in a while in the desert sand
We find n SPOT of the fairest green:
Once in while from where we stand
The hills of Paradise are seen:
And perfect Joy I'm our hearts we hold,
A JOY that the world cannot defile;
We trade earths dross for the purest gold
Once in while
Nixon Waterman, in Boston Globe.
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Queer poinrs at NIalasnhsnd.

Maidenhead duly observed a few
days ago the ancient custom of beat
ing the bounds. In civic state the
Mayor and corporation perambulated
the entire boundary OF the borough.
the proceedings occupying the whole
day.
Just after the party had traced the
boundary through the dining room of
Skindle's hotel they proceeded to
board the Gainsborough steam launch.
the boundary proceeding down the
centre Of the Thames to Bray. In step
ping on deck the master of the cere-
monies, Mr.. Alderman Cox. and the
Sergeant at Mace. who was in civic
uniform, slipped into the river and
houndered about knee deep.
On landing at Bray a borough en-
ploye, when carrying the gold mace
up a ditch. got stuck thigh deep In
mud, and could not move. He was
sinking deeper and becoming ex-
hausted, when he was rescued by
means Of fve-barred gate lifted off
its hinges and by ropes. The mayor,
Mr.. Wilton, was duly bumped. as were
also other members Of the corpora
ton. and all submitted cheerfully to
the undignifed operation
Even ladies Encountered on the route
did not escape but were asked to
choose between being bumped or
kissed on the boundary mark Some
preferred one and some preferred the
other and not few had both. Even
lady cyclists were induced to dis.
mount and submit to being bumped
three times on a boundary stone,
against a wall or against a tree-Lon.
don Telegraph
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Tho limo rlm rec.

'Pcssinists may talk all they
please said an elderly widow in "a
little cotcric of women who were dis
cussing human nature i'm general. "but
there is vast deal Of genuine kind
ness all along the way through life.
I'VE have recently planted a little
elm tree bordering our sidewalk TO re-
place a fine maple that was Killed by
the electric wires. and I noticed not
long ago thatthe tree needed trimming.
AZ woman cannot very well trim
trees along the public highway I
waited until / could get q man to do
b. I'm q day or two the elm tree
looked better, and so / decided that
7 must have imagined that it needed
trimming The next day 81 looked
still more symmetrical. and ! began
- wonder what had happened TO II.
'rhc problem was solved by nm cid.
crly German nelghbor. who lived two
blocks up the street, stopping me Mt
our gate ono day:
Mrs Brown, he said. in his quaint
broken English. u trimmt dose tree.
what tree Mr. schmittT / won.
dcringly inquired.
Dose leetlc elm tree, nc answered.
pointing to lt; "lt was need some trim.
miugs ] knowed you amt got man
bout dc place. so ] trimmt 80 wen
! goes down town; and I trimmt it
some more wen I goes mp town. Now
sc grows an right amt itT
surely 10 Isl not q hopelossIy un
friendly world of which e,7,t tt...4
deeds may bc chroniclcd Detroit
Free Press
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PRIDE OF HORSES.
AFTER All Is Said, the Fire Engine PuIIeI
Is Most NainElorious.

is Most NainElorious.
Men may rave about the splendid
evidences of pride TO he found in the
ambitious race horse or the good trot-
ter or PAGER" said a lover of horse
flesh recently. but when it comes
down to dignity of bearing and a Ger.
tain commendable vaingloriousness,
you may give me the plain old fire
horse. / am naturally fond of race
horses. anu have n special liking for
the trotter that can make il in a little
above two fiat. When they are really
blooded they are fine. game. dignified
fellows. But the fire horse that helps
to speed the engine through the streets
of the city to some place in danger of
devastation by the flames is simply n
dream in what l may call a charming
air of self-sufiiciency. l have been
watching the animal for number of
years and am convinced that he has
very exalted idea of the position he
holds in the community He seems ia
understand his Importance He seems
to know that much depends upon the
speed he displays in getting out of
the engine house and to the point from
which the alarm was sent in. l have
had firemen tell me that these animals
actually learn to count the number
of times that the gong sounds. and
l feel no hesitancy in accepting the
statement as true. Certainly they
have learned the number of strokes
for the exercise run, and there is no
reason why long practice should not
teach them the number and location
of the different engine houses and the
alarm boxes which are most frequent
~ used. But l have in mind the
splendid bearing of these animals
after they have made a hurried run TO
n fire. Watch them when they are
going back to the engine house. why,
they seem to know that the men.
women and children along the streets
are looking at them with a warmth
of admiration that almost amounts to
worship. They hold their heads high
in vain kind of acknowledgment.
and, in fact, they seem to think as
they jog along that they have kept
the old world from going up in smoke.
Well, they have n right TO feel that
way, and while the increased uses to
which electricity is being put may
finally run them out of business. the
fire horse may retire with the conso-
latiOn that he has been n useful mem
ber and he may even feel an inordi-
nate pride If it pleases him to do So"
New Orleans Times Democrat.
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D London journal prints the follow
ing curious calculation. made by ar
Ingenious correspondent "Whc.
reading the sad account of the doatf
Of Mr. Mckinley. 1 noticed Tine figures
OF the dates OF tho birth. thc dcau
and the age OF The late President. auo
also The figures Of the birth. of tho
present age OF Mr Roosevelt ht
present President were very peculiar
Mr. Mckinley was born m 1898. SIR
Roosevelt succeeded Mr. McKnlcy "a.
the age of forty-thrce. Mr. Roosevelt.
was born boo 1858 SIR. Mckinley dice
GOO tho age off hfy eight Sow IL w,
add the two ages of thc death of th,
late and tuc present President to
gclher and add $500 for tho eighteenth
century DOB which Jhay wer, born $50
shall have One date of thc death OF On,
late President Boston Advertiser.
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was on his gun. but ne never had
strength enough to pull It,
As for the coyote dog. he was not to
be seen. hut the next day his trail of
blood was followed westward for
miles and miles, but his pursuers
never caught up with him He had
gone on to safety. leaving the mark
Of his vengeance at the base of Grass
Butte.-H. L. Cleveland. I'm the Chi
cago Record Herald.
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Surely you are not afraid of the
dark
NO said the small boy. "but I'm
Il little scared of the things that might
be in it that / can't ee."-Washing-
ton Star.
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s PIeaaure of nIemory.

Drolichon bought a photograph aud
insisted upon his mother-in-law hav
ing her voice registered by the instu
mcut
As the good woman refused. he
added, maliciously:
"Oh, come now. just q few words.
You can't think how much pleasure
1T viii give me to hear your voice
when you are gone lie Fargo.
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| mM(1V QUIZ ~ 6O1
&M BJP0S SET NN2,s|
& A3HUMoREsS!54|
Haunted.

rs l sit at fall OF evening
Musing fore the open fire
Joying thoughts as hght and fitting
As the blazes OF the pyre.
TO! appears 90 me a figure
standing in thc Pickering light,
And l say in trembling accents,
=, Art thou come again tonight?
SPEAK! who art thou; what thine errandD
Answer comes without delay:
m jim Brown, the tailor's son. sir:
Here that bill. Pa wants his payi"
Detroit Free Press
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How Things Usually Come.

do you believe that all things come
10 him who waits?"
NO" answered the hustler, decisive
~ Pretty nearly everything that a
man doesn't want comes to him who
waits, but the things worth having
comes to him who gets up and humps
himself Chicago Post
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Have you ever tried to write a
novel; asked the young woman
Yes indeed" answered tho young
man, III wrote several"
"Whot were they likcW
They remind me somewhat of o
fcw of Dickens works"
which ones?'
Those that weren't appreciated un.
til after he was dead Washington
star
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She Admitted.

He-"You will admit that man is the
most sensible of all animalsT"
She-"Ill admit that he thinks he is.
1t is for that reason it is so easy
for woman 10 make n fool of him"
Boston Transcript
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Pun tn the ParIor.

Wien you see a young man sitting
in parlor with the ugllest four.
year-old boy that ever frightened him
self in mirror clambering over his
knees, Jerking bis necktlc out Of place,
uhiing his shirt front, pulling his
hair. kicking his shns, feeling IN all
his pockets for coppers. while the I'M
resisting victim smiles all the time
like the cover Of comic paper. you
may safely say that the bowling boy
hos n sister who IS in q room not TWEEN
ty feet away. and that the young
man doesn't come There just for the
fun OF playing with her brother.
TitBits
The web of the common spider is SO
fine that 5000 miles Of t-euoueh
TO cncirclo the world would weigh
only half n pound.
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project Is now under consideration
by the municipality of Vienna for the
more profitable disposal of the sewage
OF the city, which at present is dis
charged into the Danube. The scheme
consists in the application Of a method
developed by Herr Nobel. Of Posen.
4or the utilization of the liquid part
of the sewage for the double purpose
of irrigation ana enrichment. 1t is in
tended to convey the sewage i'm pipes
TO an extensive plain OF poor land
which suffers from lack Of water. due
% inadequate rainfall. over which II is
not to be carried in trenches, as is
done in England, but the surface OF
the land is to be irrigated by sprink-
ling the sewage water over it. 1t is
said that by this plan the land will not
be Over-saturated, as IL frequently is
on the sewage farms ut Berlin and
Paris. The system is stated to have
been already in use at Poscn with sat.
isfactOVy results.
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What you don't know would ill a
good many booksw sneered 1.
The College Graduate laughed qui.
city.
Il intend filing newspapers with itw
said he; and this. coupled with his
manner gave me to understand that
Inc purposed being a modern journal
ist-PuCk
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Only One Theory.

Now look here" said the lawyer,
shaking his fist at the witness, II
want you TO understand that you
can't bamboozle me IN this court sim
ply because you are a woman"
Why" she asked i'm her sweetest
tones. lis your wife present?"-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
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IIprirInt.

Customer-"Why. you've got all your
best apples at the top Of the basket"
FRUIT Yes, l go on the prin-
clpie that there is always room at
the top.'-New York Times.
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A Nnrrnw Escnnn.

Miss Fisher-"Quite a confidential
chat you were having with Miss
Kuchler. I fear you'll find me dull
by comparison
Mr.. Blunt-"Not at all. It's a relief
to talk TO n girl who isn't clev-that
is-er-not at all! Not at allr'-Phila-
delphia Press
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An Advaptagc

How do you like your new cookf
Very much, indeed" answered the
youthful housewife.
81 must say she doesn't look very
strong"
That's why we like her. She can't
do so much damage IL she gets an.
cry Washington Star.
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Fortune,s Fnvnrite.

Mrs. Newlywed-"You remember
Bob Bigfront, whom l refused last
year? Well, he's Just struck On oil
we'll worth five million dollars"
Mr.. Newlywed-"Gosh Some men
have all sorts Of luck"-Puck.
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silence is Gain.

Darling, my salary has been
raised $500 year, but you mustn't 80
your father"
She-"Why not?"
He-"He might get the idea that
could support yorktown and Coun-
try.
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Quite Common.

Bacon-"WhO is that insignificant
looking little man on the other side
OF the street,"
Egbert-"Why. that's one of our
most prominent Yonkers
Statesman
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As 1t is Done.

Yes l am going TO write a play"
An indeed. HAY you picked out
the novel yetE"-Chicago Post.
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Tho Quarrel.

Mrs. b. (sobbing)-"When we were
first married you used TO take me on
your knee and tickle me under the
chin"
Mr.. B.-"Yes. but. gee whiz! Julia,
then you only had one chin" Judge.