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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15
Squire Hammers Has
Had 1855 Proposals

No other man in the world has re-
ceived so many sincere offers of mar
riage as Samuel w. Hammers, the mer-
chant of Highland township, Gettys-
burg, Pa, Familiarity known as Squire"
Hammers, whose record of proposals
from the fair sex up to date aggre-
gates 1856, with the unsurpassed list
being augmented almost daily.
Despite this large army of charming
girls and women from every part Of
the United States who have made ar
dent overtures of marriage to Squire"
Hammers, he still remains bachelor,
having turned a deaf ear to all the
entreaties of the multitude of love-sic
maidens simply because he has not yet
discovered his prospective wife.
This now famous Pennsylvania adj
vertised for a wife some time ago, and,
to his great surprise, soon became over
whelmed with sWeet-laden missives,
breathing words of deepest love and
affection, from the sweet girl of sixteen
to her elder sister, who has seen be-
tween forty and fifty summers, and the
rich widow, each of whom were willing
to share his love and fortune and jour
ney along life's pathway together.
AS yet the Squire has not taken
advantage of these numerous opportu-
mites
Mr.. Hammers attains his title Of
Squire" by reason of the fact that he
served for twenty-seven years as JUS
tice of the peace.
Many of the letters received by
Squire" Hammers are very amusing.
A Baltimore woman wrote:
II am a widow of one years stand
ing, just thirty three years of age, with
the required amount, and would not
object to husband tomorrow answer
ing your description, were he not too
hideous."
A Harrisburg girl wrote:
IT imagine you are the very chap /
have been looking for, and since read
ing your personal in the paper I am con-
WINGED that you are the man. I am also
plodding through the world lonely and
unloved. Please send the photograph and
full particulars. Hoping I will be de-
lighted with the photo, which know
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

personal knowledge, if possible, of
the morning gallops. When all this
varied knowledge is acquired and di-
gested it must be utilized in the maxi
ing Of his book, and no man can do
this who is leading an idle, self-in-
dulgent life.
AS a matter of fact, your bool<maker
is generally as sober as most judges,
and physically as hard as nails. He
may sit up late in the all-night cafes,
but his purpose probably is to reach
one of the metropolitan tracks before
daybreak to investigate stable rumors,
big with Importance, which have just
reached him. For, of course, at every
track, and in a good many stables, too,
he has number of agents in his pay,
all of whom he humors and none of
whom, doubtless, he implicitly trusts.
In a word, there is no business that
requirers a clearer head, a more perse-
vering industry, than that of the book
maker. And of his betting reputation
the bookmaker must be as careful as
was Caesar OF his wifes. A bettor in
jured by him, has no legal redress, but
the boolxrnaker knows that one breath
of suspicion against the integrity of his
methods, and in one fell swoop Of pop
u1ar indignation his reputation and his
means of livelihood are gone.
Here in. long rows the bookmakers
sit on their high stools, with their
satchels bullying out with rolls of mon
ey and their little states, on which the
ever changing odds are displayed. Our
booknaker does not affect the peculiar
tiles of dress which are the distinguish
ing chacteristics Of his British cousin.
In business hours he dresses like a.
business man, as he certainly is.
Take, for instance, the last half hour
before the Futurity is run A score of
these bookmakers have done business
on this one race which aggregates $4,000
000 They sit there cool, calm, collected.
never batting an eyelid, but at the same
time their brains are working at. high
pressure. The transactions of six months
past are being turned over in, their minds
and they are seeking while yet it is not
too late for the flaw in their book which
may mean ruin to them and their firm.
1t is wonderfully little they see of the
races, or for that matter that any of the
bettors do. Between the events on the
cards all the stands in the open field are
emptied of people, and here you find them,
a great mass Of surging humanity, sway
ing to and fro in this electrically lighted
cellar. They rush down the line of book
makers like people escaping from burn
ing building, and their only thought is,
as they scrutinize the cards, Whats
the oddS?''
OF course. every now and then a book
maker or a maker of books leayes the
narrow path OF virtue and dissents from
the dictum generally accepted by his
guild, that honesty is the best policy.
And when he turns crooked he is more
crooked than any rams horn that ever
was grown. More years ago than / care
to recollect' in the days when Benson,
the Jubilee plunger,' was in the zenith
of his power. or rather prodigality, I wit
messed a scene which showed me how lit
tie nice some bookmakers are when sorely
tempted.
It was quiet, dull morning in the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

sgThe race horse nan'-that is the
all-embracing expression which the
Tenderloin has for them. 1t includes
owners, breeders and the rider of the
noble ANIMAL as we'll as the other per-
haps less legitimate callings, that Of
bookmaker-the maker of bookS-the
tout and the tipster, which subsist by
the horse alone. The Tenderloin sees
that the race horse men dress like the
horsy Solomons they are; it believes
they never do any work, that they eat
richly and lie soft, and are always pre-
ferred by the Herald square girls who
wear golden hair by right of achieve
ment or adoption.
1t happens very rarely, but, in my
judgment, in this instance the Tender
loin is wrong. Among the professions
In which men live by the sharpness Of
their wits there is none in which the
struggle for life is more keen, the
difficulty of keeping your number
greater, than in the making Of books
upon the races.
From the statistics obtainable, and
perhaps the best are the personal rec
objections of the old racegoers, it is
clear that in no profession are the
prizes fewer and the top of the ladder
more difficult to reach. However, when
we talk of jockeys we only care to re-
member Fred Archer and how he was
courted by the duchesses and when we
speak of boOkmakerS we are apt to
emphasize Sam Lewis career, and the
thousands upon thousands he was able
to leave to charity like any other phil
anthropist who has learned the mission
of the modern millionaire. But the
thousands who never balanced book,
though they followed the horses until
they wore out their shoe leather and
credit, and the thousands who never
rode a winning mount are lost sight Of
altogether, except by the very few who
follow the vicissitudes of the turf in
watchful spirit of human and equine
philosophy.
Our bookie is a gambler and must
take big chances. Frequently he is
hard hit and goes without his mid
night supper; not infrequently he is
wiped out altogether and his card dis
appears from the ring that knew him
well. The reason of this difference in
fortune is plain. In England the peo-
pie who play the races, whether it be
for veal or woe, represent more Of a
professional element than is the case
with US, and they know more about
horses, or think they do, which, for
betting purposes, amounts to the same
thing, than the same people with us.
In England it is quite common oc-
currence to see fifteen horses entered
in one of the great sporting events,
each and every one of whom is carry
ing, not the same amount, of course,
but still a goodly share of the public's
money. With us this diversity of opin-
ion and the courage to back it are al
most entirely lacking. With us the
public rarely has its money on more
than one or two horses, and as result
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

pulls down de bric-a-brac and sort O.
makes de scenery wobble. Chickens
dies better dan most O. dem easy Will
ieboys dat passes for villains desc
days"
There is good deal of truth in what
you say. .Chames,ns said /, but after all
the style of decease you speak of lacked
sublety."
Oats a stranger to me woyd box,
dat subtlety," said Chames, am I amt
wise to yer game when yer uses it,
but all de same dere amt no life about
de deats dey- die on de stoige desc
days, an deyS not no fun Watchin' em.
Den desc modern actor fellers is wholly
lackin' in goygle. Dere amt man on
de stoige today what kin goygle."
This was a poser. I have heard Of
even technique, but goygle was as far
from my 'woyd box" as subtlety was
from Chames'.
Il am afraid you have me there, my
dear Chames," said 1, as 1 Endorsed his
application for a plate of ham and
eggs. What do you mean by goygle?"
'Chee! he calculated, looking at me
in undisguised wonder. HAS youse
been doin' de teayters of dis town for
many years an not never lloyd of a
goygle? It's sompin de real actor Teller
has down his troat dat makes his
woyds rattle. Me fadder ulster to say
dat teller named Mccullough hat it
wot's dat? Nav! Not de cop, but de
trachedian. When he was up against
de stone wall, me fadder said he'd fill
his troat up wild pebbles an holler out
his Shakespeare like as if it was wrote
in quarry. 1 lloyd a Teller on de
Bowery in de MilIionnaire's Daugh-
ter toyn de trick once-I don't happen
tn tinlx Of hic Va h11t ia effect
well, say, did y'ever hear ten feet OF
water tryin to climb into a two-inch
lengt' O. lead poipe?"
"Ah-I see, Chances" said l. you
mean gurgle.'
Oats what I said" said Chames.
"Goygle-go-i-g-l. Deys none Of it on
de modern stoige. Y don't feel as If de
voices of dem Mammydooks OATS win
in out with de COILS desc days is talk
in down in de cellar, but UP on de
chimney. .Dere's muffin movin' bout
desc skylight voices Yves gettin' every
night from desc stars. What de stoige
needs is a lung or two. Dat Teller
Mansfield does it every other Thoys-
day, but some. of us. can't get to de
teayter except on Fridays. Honest,
now, Mister Man, ICbeen to see every
showjn de town for ten years an dere
amt a voice in de whole push dat could
roof. Dere's no rumble to 'em. Dere
isn't man in sight wit voice like
tundefstor@''-r -zdr 1870
Edwin Forests days have passed,
I presume you mean," 1 interrupted,
resolHeatto say ga good word for the
actor who was actually the first in my
own experience. He was not only a
great tragedian, but past master In
the thunderous voice"
Faust From the Gallery.
"Me fadder toit me about him." said
Chances. 'He said his fadder had toit
him dat dat Teller had de goygle all
right, an what's more, .useter chuck de
villains, of de play over into de band
wagon. oh, foradem days, when dere
was somepfn' dofn'!"
Here Ehames sighed. and to cover
up his sorrow over the departure OF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

it is the bookmaker who has to do the
gambling, not to say the plunging,
necessary to preserve him and his book
from the overwhelming consequences
of popular success.
To do this successfully, to make
book that will beat the public and still
keep the public in a good humor, is
our bookmaker's task In it's perform
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

ance he requires great many forms OF
knowledge, and, as they say in the
Philippines, "all kinds of money"
He must have made antiquarian re-
searches in the stud book and the
public form Of every performer at his
fingers ends, and then-perhaps most
important of all-he must be the first
to learn the stable rumors and acquire
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

somepin dom s long as de feller's
wind didn't give out, an even den he
was up against it so hard he painted
like he was alife for some minutes after
de rattle OATS de kind of deaf dat's
wort lookin' at-deat' wit some action
to it; somepin dat breaks winders and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

died, did he do it sittin' up IN chair
an den slidin' down on to de floor, wit
no more life about it dan bolster?
I guess nit. He did it all over the
stoige. Dere was a hustle on i'm. Deaf
wasn't no tein over an go to sleep Will
lie business. It was de real ting, wit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-15

"Our policy is to make the work more severe
said DR. Gulick the other day, markedly more
vigorous. 1t is going to be serious work. III Is
just fun for a boy to pump little with MS
arms. That does not give what is required
We going to give mere trunk work, because
that is the work that makes the greatest De
mands on the lungs heart and digestive organs
which need strengthening The newest tmhs III
troduced is the tyyO-minute setting up exercise
which has been so much criticised. 1t has met
with the most oompet" approval from teachers
and pupils The teachers say that the pupils are
less restless and that the children gain time ard
are less tired at the end Of the day. Some par
ents say that their children come home without
the tired feeling they used to have. In some
schools the exercises are given seven times
day between periods"
DR. Gulick will encourage athletics well as
gymnastics. and for this purpose will have the
gymnasiums used i'm :he afternoon and evening
after school hours.
one of the most interesting phases Of the work
of the new system viii be the evolution Of
games for use at the recesses, for the recess
periods are to be under the direction of the
director Of physical training. The conditions of
play in New-York Manhattan especially. are
sucn that without modification some of the
games dear to childhCods heart cannot he
played. The space is too small for one thing
Play To he wholesome must not only be volun-
tary. but guided to give as many as pos
sible an opportunity to play, and the games Of
sort which shall be refreshing alike to mind and
body. The problem of space has been solved in
a measure 10y permitting only one or two classes
on the playground at one tiTe. The remainder
of the problem can be solved only by a sys-
tematic study of the games which children play
naturally and the elements which make them at
tractive to the children. This involves an orig
nal study of the psychology Of childhood itself
DR.. Gulick is having studies made on which to
base notifications of games which children en-
joy and the invention of new games to meet the
conditions. III BrOoi1lyn, owing to the earlier
organization of physical culture, this has al
ready been done to extent and MANY
games have been adapted for the use of the
children in the borough of homes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-15


Modification, rather t1ah HlNeI'io" 9"'N
Miss Jessie III. Bancroft, the director Oh physiCdl
training i'm Brooklyn, snort time ago Has
been adopted here. For instance IN LONDON
bridge is falling down we have several bridges
instead Of one and the children run instead OF
walk, which Increases the action Inc chHiiN'
which is tug OF war, IS reached mucn more
quickly There are many games played III Il
circle. To gam space We nave cohcehIrlc cifcleS'
In such game as cat ana rat We nave t"o
cats and two rats in each circle. Then We nave
modified many games which call FOR the coming
together Of large bodies In bears ana tatti'
the bears are in one ring and the cattle IN an
other At given signal they change places
As modified. they DO not Change places hut run
10 common goal the apex OF Z" 'rIiHS'e "i
which line drawn 'tt"eeh tEe w" rings Is tie
base ms breaks tAe loI't q the 'oiIIs-oH-
one Il the teachers recently mace - Eo"d
modification cf the game three deep or third
man In this game TWO circles are employed
one inside the other There are the sdIEe num-
Der of boys IN each circle and those IN the inner
circle stand directly before those IN the outer
circle There are two ezra players on the out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-15

Little thinks the lad of seven, with his frilled
Nrd Immediately starched white collar, the
ride of his mother and the bane of the boys
iistence. he races about the contracted
rhool yard in his childish games that interested
yes watching % discover the secret Of his
enjoyment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
RELIANCE WILL
DEFEND THE CUP.

(gy Associated ID, Pre g No. - -
fo- the selection OF a ninety-footer to
meet the Shamrock III. was brought to a
close to-day. The contest between the
three big sloops was ularred by. an acct-
dent to the Columbia To-day, day. Just st. after
ond mark, her topmast was carried away
close to the, heel. Her tender, the Park
City, took the disabled craft IN tow and
brought her to her mornings:
With the Columbia out Of the race all
interest In the contest was ended, as the
Reliance won by six minutes eighteen sec
onds over the Constitutions.
The Reliance also met with an accident.
but not until after she had finished the
race and was about. to make her mornings
outside of Goat Island. The big sloop
came flying into the harbor under main
sail, club topsald and jlb. Giving a wide
sweep the Reliance gysed her ma h,,nI
As she did so pub Of wind .heeled her
down and the steel saff susslsd about
cI,ored Immediately, and the malnsal was
lowered and unbent from the broken spar.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
ubieh road was navar bullt. He set.led

which road was never built. He settled
here, and four years later was appointed
TO his present position. He was most
efficient public servant.
Captain Ballou was married three times.
HIS first wife was a Kentucky lady. He
had two children by her. both Of whom
Mrs. Whaling. Of Roanoke. and Mrs John
Herndon, Jr., OF Baltimore. Md.,-are
living. His second wife was the eldest
daughter of the late Nathaniel Talley, tho
first cashier of the Planters National,
now the First National Bank. OF this
city. This lady was the mother Of Miss
Natalie Ballou. OF this city: c. A. Ballou,
Jr.. OF the Baltimore Aemrican''; the
Rev. ]. Eustica Ballou. OF Craigsville, and
Talley Ballou. OF the United States navy,
all OF whom survive. Captain Ballou had
no children by hls last wife. Captain
Ballou was 60 years OF age He was
pronounced a consurnptive in early life
and the prediction made that he would
not itve many years. His long life was
possibly due to his great will power. It
may be said that he was determined not
to die before reaching an advanced age,
The body will arrive In this city to-mor-
row morning. The entire city is in mourn
ing.
A special meeting OF the City Council
was held this afternoon at o'clock. at
which resolutions on the death of Captain
Ballou were read and unanimously adopt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
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and Mitts.

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
A WARSHIP
FOR TURKS
Cruiser for sultan's Navy
Launched at Philadelphia.
ANOTHER MONSTER BOAT
ANOTHER MONSTER BOAT
A Leviathan Launched for Pacific Mail
Service at the Camden. New Jersey
Yards-Dimension Of the G-
eantic New Steamer.
tBy Associated Presa)

PHILADELPHIA, PA, July Pin the
presence OF a distinguished gathering OF
diplomats, foreign and American naval
officers and prominent citizens OF Phila-
delphia. the Turkish cruiser Medjidia the
first warship ever built here for the Of
toman Empire. was launched to-day at
Cramps shipyard. The sponsor for the
new addition to the Sultan's navy was
Mrs. Edwin s. cramp, and the baptism
was an evasion Of the Koraa's teaching.
turned into a graceful compliment to the
American people. The Koran forbids a
Turkish woman from participating In a
christening at which wine is used. The
difficulty was overcome by the selection
OF an American woman, Mrs. Cramp. to
break the bottle on the bow of the sea-
fighter.
The general Dimensions Of the vessel
are as follows: Length on load line. $50
feet: beam. extreme ~ feet; draft, mean,
16 feet; displacement, $500 tons; speed.
% knots.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
.DANVILLE'S CITY
ENGINEER DEAD
Especial to The Times-DispatchD

Especial to The Times-Dispatch,)
DANVILLE, VA, July e5,-Capt, g a.,
Ballou the veteran City Engineer, died
at Rockbridge Alum Springs this morn
ing. He had been in i'll health for several
years, He had been City Engineer since
July, 1874, and nearly all Of the modern
improvements In the city We're planned
and carried out by him. The splendid
reservoir, with capacity of 81, 100000 gall
Ions. is one OF the features OF his admin
lstration OF this department of the city
government,
Captain Ballou was reared in Halifax
county, where he went to school on his
fathers plantation completing his edu-
cation at Washington College, now
Washington and Lee University. He
was in the quartermaster's depart
ment during the civil war, under Captain
Harry Robinson, in command of Major
Charles .. Darlington,
He came to this city with an engineer
ing corps in 1870 to lay off the route Of
Aha DaUyille and GreNt Western Railway,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
DEATHS.

CRANE--Died, at the residence OF her daugh.
ter, Mrs Berkeley Robertson, in Cumberland
county, Mrs. FRANCES IL. CRANE In the
seventy.seventh year OF her age. Her remains
will be brought to her home. the residence
of her son, DR.. James F. Crane, No. $500 East
Broad Street this city, at $3.50 TINS afternoon,
residence THIS Sunday AFTERNOON. July
20, 1908. at o'clock, Relatives and friends
invited to attend Intermsnt at 0akwood.
KUsTERER,-Dled, at the residence Of his son.
Joseph Kusterer, No 10 South Belvidere
kusTERER, in his eishty-sixth year,
THIS Sunday AFTERNOON at 5 o'clock.
Friends and relatives invited without further
notice, No flowers.
PowERs.-Died. at his residence. 4l6 NJ,
.tsundayS morning July Goth, Mr., LEM
UEL POWERS, after brief illness, and
in the eightieth year Of his age.
Announcement Of the funeral will be
made later
RE1LIY,-pled, AZ s:so 4; ~, THURSDAY, July
Kate and Mr. John Reilly, 100 n. Nineteenth
Street, city, KATHERLEEN REILLY. aged
four Years. seven months and twenty-six DAYS.
Funeral took place at o'clock tina same
Tho blinds are closed and darkness reisns
Around the snow white bed
:. Where on our littel darling lies,
For little Katherleen Is dead,
Step softly to the snow White bed,
whereon our darling les
gently with your arms push bacsr
hostipe ha1 and cruls
vi By HER PARENTS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
The Mammoth Mongolia.
49, Ar.oc;,.ad pr.s.,

(By Associated Press0
CAMDEN, N. j.. July 25.-The steam
ship Mongolia. built for the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, was launched to-
day at the yard OF the New York Ship
building Company. The Mongolia is the
second largest ship ever built in the
United States. She is to be used In tho
Philippine and China trade. Fier sister
ship, the Manchuria, will be launched In
October.
Miss Lucy Bell Kennedy, OF Pittsburg,
cErlstened the Mongolia.
The Mongolia was originally intended
for the Atlantic Transport Company but
was purchased by the Pacific Mall Steam
ship Company.
The Mongolia is constructed wholly Of
steel. y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
No Breeze; No Race.

NEW york, July 25.-Shamrock III.
had dropped her trial horse half mile
astern after six miles of racing off Sandy
Hook to-day when the tickle land breeze
deserted them. The race was abandoned
and the yachts towed up to Erie Basin.
Sir Thomas will visit West Point to-
morrow as guest of Acknowledgement
H. c. Corbtn.