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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08

The water runs in a thin stream. whether
turned off or on. a nerve-racking perform
ance at ? a. M. but then one does not for
get one has the tub. \ cake of yellow
soap appears to go with the tub-it is not
of the kind to use on handkcrchiefs and
Fancy collars. and 1 am very sad. But. on
the whole, the accommodations are un-
usually good.
| If / feel depressed II must be the after
effects Of an attack of gastritis. 1t is
somewhat difficult to play a comedy part
night after night with an intolerable pain
and nausea fighting to destroy ones points.
The suffering is not so great when i am on
the STAGE; Il must be that thing called the
fascination Of the ~footliShts' which numbs
me, all actors. indeed. when playing. As
soon as l step off l crawl over to the little
cot they have improvised for me near the
exit. mop my brow. and tell the stage
manager he had better ring down the
curtain: but he is a wise man (and a kind
oneD; he thinks I'll be better, and when my
next cue comes, why, I'm there al! right.
OF course. one gets over these illnesses.
A week stand helps a lot, and nourishing
food, but one is about as difficult to attain
as the other. 1t seems to me this last week
OF one-nighters vas unusually hard. or per-
haps I'm getting old. I'm %. That ride TO
Quincy at 3 in the morning. And the awful
jump TO Des Moines. sitting bolt upright all
night IN 4 crowded day coach, foul with
the odor OF tired humanity and tobacco
Juice. / have to laugh now when / think
of the awful struggle for ventilation. how
our side won. and, having routed the enc
my. put on our wraps and sang coon songs
until dawn. The brakemen came in with
their Pickering lanterns. and the conductor
looked doubtfully over his speCtacles, occa-
sionally joining in the chorus in u reminis-
cent manner. Dawn came in streaks of red
and gold. the snow-covered cornlields turned
from purple to soft pink. and then grew
white again; we dipped our handkerchief
in icewater. rubbed our eyes, and-"Dos
Moines! All OUT
~ don't care, | like it," you young girls
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08

:" that time have earned y.2o. but Il shs
Is travelling and buying her clothes as she
goes. she will be spending an average OF
SIS ceekly. That will leave her $3.50 at the
close of the season.; but suppose she has
started the season $50 In debt. not an un-
usual figure, she will then have but 500 TO
last twenty-five weeks. She can keep 60
ing on Sl2 a week. all included. but that
expenditure will put her S4 In the hole.
with her gowns to buy for the coming pro-
duction. II she is born under a lucky star
she may escape with but u nominal sum,
but at all events the same old grind OF
paying back continues.
"Ah, yes you young girls say, but it
is different with us: We will have letters
and some pretty frocks. and -
l. know. i had a letter once. and Il pretty
frock. At least ! thought 1t was pretty
until l struck Broadway. and then its
smartness faded away. Gowns have a way
of doing that, no matter how carefully con-
cocted by our dressmaker at home. l had
heard of the difficulty of an entree even
with a letter. and though / did not know OF
the Office boy, / had killed snakes and once
faced a mad bull. 1 quoted Beaconsfield to
myself as l went in: The secret OF success
is constancy to purpose the great man
once said. and l was not 10 De uo"heo U!
No Mr.. F. was not in. 1 had expected
that.
unaSked. | settled my piumaSe rs afSisu
cally as possible.
The office boy turned his attention to a
ramat paper, and | waited. Although II
was the first day of May, 1t was cold, ana
sat shiyering, for my gown was TO 40
dutv during the summer campaign as well.
For an hour l sat there, and then common
sense overcoming 'constancy to purpose. L
turned to the boy again;
when" said j will Mr. +. return
Middle of June" replied the boy. hes
gone to Europe"
I've told that manager the Story SINCE
he thinks fairly well of me because L
handle a %pen-and we laughed heartily. Al
least he did. There are some tragedies TOO
simple to be understood.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08
THE SUNDAY

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Write something that will keep the girls
of our city Off STAGE growied the Cd
itor in his workshop.
TT mas been done before. and well done.
and done by better actresses than J." ar
gued the modest caller.
That's the point. It's hard 10 believe 4
woman who makes fifty thousand a year.
Let them hear from the other side
do you mean that 1 am a failure" and
the caller rose. with stage fire in her eyes.
Go on; do it" And he waved me ont
YEARLY.
SO ! SIT and gnaw my pencil, and tear M
hotel paper by the auire, knowing full well
the u~selessness of my ~endeavor. And why
should ] rail at my profession and seek 10
turn the thoughts OF the aspirant 10 sim
pie domestic joys? After eight years on
the stage / am drawing a salary that VIII
enable me to go either to the best hotels
and eat at the white-tiled dairy kitchens
or engage a room with bath at the cheapest
hosteIries. This week I have n bath, and
shall sit at a long dining-room table with
gentlemen who pass the toothpicks as the
acme of attention. My room has two
chairs In Il, one of the genus known As
easy a bed of cheerful black iron. gar
uishef: with brass 'knucks.' an oak dress
er, and, as an extra touch. a granite man
telpfece is stuck up against the wall. It
has never done a days work in its life. but
looks well, with the tooth mug and white
china water pitcher decorating either end.
The water pitcher Is of Il species never
seen out Of hotels; one always drinks ont Of
the side, and politely turns the other side
around for the friend who may drop in.
There is a yellow satin panel hanging m
the door with things not to do printed upon
1t. and a white card over the bed telling
how many rings for what. Some jocosc
Thespian. whose bath week may have pre-
coded mine. has written nj the bottom
that six rings will bring "a good part"
He is young in the business. The tub is
very clean, as though ii had seen little use,
probably because 1t takes one hour TO fin IL
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08

| acted upon. and the discounted one take:
particular care TO warn his pals aeains'
the hotel in question. which is. of course
= just what the management desires.
Early in 1852 IL was determined by the
chiefs of the Clan-na-Gael in New York 10
dispatch to London a band of dynamiters.
whose mission ii should be to manufacture
the stuff in England as well as use II, thus
obviating the risk of discovery in passing
the customs with imported explosives.
The men selected We're Doctor Williams
Gallagher and his brother. Bernard: Dowd.
Wilson. O'Comor, Curtin. Whitehead and
Norman.
All were members of the association. but
Norman. whose real name. by the way.
was Lynch, was also In the employ of one
of our secret-service agents.
He was n curious mixture-a brave man
in one sense. a despicable one in another.
He made no pretense of chivalry. OF hatred
of crime. of liking for England.
On the contrary. he distinctly stated
when he offered his services that his sole
object in doing 50 was to earn money. He
asked f5.0o0. and ended by accepting $500.
His was u position to try the nerves of
the bravest.
He knew that If his confeierates had the
slightest suspicion of the double game he
was playing his life would not be worth
one hours purchase.
Yet he neither iiinched nor faltered. but
helped Whitehead to establish his nitro
glycerin factory in Birmingham. journeyed
to and fro between there and London with
samples of the stuff" and even. at Gala
gher's pressing request. brought down on
one occasion some seventy pounds of the
dangerous liquid in a pair of rubber fishing
boots.
Then. when everything was ready. he
gave the signal to the watching authori-
ties. and the whole gang was laid by the
heels.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08

summate tact and cunning evinced by the
conspirators. no less than by the secrecy
with which they engineered" each sue
cessive coup, they had begun to despair of
securing a conviction.
INSPECTOR BRIBED WHITEHEAD.
In this strait. Inspector Dinnie decided TO
bribe Whitehead, who, he was well aware,
knew n good deal of the ways of the pro-
fessional ''firebug." to gain the confidence
of the gang in order to betray il.
AT first Frederick William fatty refused.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08

Assassin.
They are the worst crowd in London he
pleaded fearfuily, when approached on the
subject. and If they found out / was mark
ing tspyingl ON them. shoul be murdered
the very same night"
The Inspector, however. knew something
about Whitehead's past career. and he was
given the choice between arrest and assist
ing the police to the best of his ability.
He chose The latter alternative. and with
in a couple of weeks. the leaders of the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08
To Fall From Grace

'Marse Jim is sho' gwine ter fall FUN
grace dis Christmas"
Think so"
Il sho' does. He all time smackin' his
mouth in his sleep!"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-08-21
lngeTSol on Hope.

Hope is the consolation Of the world
The wanderers hope for home. Hope
builds the house and plants the bow
ers and fills the air with song. The
sick and suffering hope for health.
Hope gives them health aud paints
the roses in their cheeks. The lonely,
the fOrsaken, hope for love. Hope
brings the lover TO their arms; they
feel the kisses on their eager lips.
The poor in tenements and huts, in
spite Of rage and hunger, hope for
wealth. Hope fills their thin and
trembling hands with gold. The
dying hopes death is but another
birth, and Love leans above the pallid
face and whispers, I'VE shall meet
again" Let Us hope if there be a
God he is wise and good. Let Us
hope if there be another life it will
bring peace and JOY to all the children
of men. And let up hope this poor
earth on which we live may be a per.
feet world-a world without a crime,
without a tear.-IngersOI.
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Deafness cacrot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portions of the ear.
There Is only one way &c cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
infiamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Euotachian Tube. When
this tube is intlamed you have rumb-
ling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the infiamma-
ton can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh
which is nothing but an intiamed con.
ditiOn of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars; free.
F. J. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-08-21
enth Round

They went 10 a clinch. Jeff swung
his left 10 head hard and his right to
wind. COrbett put a straight right TO
face. JEFF got in a hard right to wind
jeff then came up like a mad bull and
caught Jim with a wicked left hook to
the solar plexus, which sent Jim 10
the mat for nine seconds. When he
arose he was shaking like a leaf and
evidently suffering terribly. JEFF final
ly tioOred him again with the same
blow and Corbetts seconds threw I'D
the sponge.
Corbett was carried to his corner
where he yomited considerably. He
did not recover for five minutes. after
which he shook hands with his master
at the pugilistic game
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more 10 the same place. COrbett,
smiling, yelled. He cant knock me
out" This angered Jeff. Jim put
right to head and hard left to wind.
JEFF got in light left to body, followed
followed it with left to jaw and two
with left swing to jaw. Jim came back
with three straight let's and rights on
face and bell found them in clinch.
COrbett smiled as he went to his cor
ner
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CORBETT KNOCKED OUT.
Had Champion Going in Ninth
But Lost out in the Tenth.
JEFFRIES HOLDS THE BELT
Corbett Knocked Out in the Tenth
Round-The Fight in Detail

Mechanics Pavilion. San Francisco,
August 14.-In the tenth round Of
terrific fight. James Jeffries knocked
out James J. Corbett tonight, with a
left hook 10 the solar pleXus, thus re-
tanning the championship Of the world.
Twelve thousand people saw the fight,
filling every seat in the vast pavilion.
COrbett did not lose until he had put
up wonderful rally in the eighth and
ninth rounds. which had the big cham
piOn guessing and made his enthuSi-
asts happy. But the bulllike ruShes of
Jefries in the tenth were 100 powerful
for the eX-champiOu and he went down
twice in succession. the first time COM
ing up at the count of nine, only to go
down again with the knockout blow.
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Fourth Round

They clinched. Jeff's left hooked to
jaw. following with two lefts to head.
JEFF Jared Corbett with raking left TO
jaw and followed il with right cross to
head Corbett put his left to head.
Clinch. Jeff uppercut with powerful
left to body. Jim jabbed with left to
face. JEFF landed hard right to body.
Another left and right TO body which
sent Jim TO hs knees. He took count
of nine. then waded into Jeff who rush
ed him. landing hard right 10 heart.
Jim looked anxious at the sound Of the
bell
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-08-21

Mr.. JOsephus Munden, who severed
his connection with the Office of
Judge Robert Bullock few days ago,
will leave soon for Tampa.
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WoDen's Waists.

The most sensational clearing
of waists ever known.
White Lawn Waists with lace
insertion and embroidery fronts,
regular $500 and So. so, for sl.90.
A line of White Lawn Waists
embroidery and lace trimmed,
was CSC, now 39c.
Colored Madras Waists re-
duced from soc and 60c TO Csc.
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They came together and were sep
arated without blows JEFF landed left
swing on Jim's neck and followed him
around. landing another left to wind.
Corbett chased around the ring and
JEFF put a straight left hard to body.
JEFF caught Jim on the jaw with a vi
cious right and they clinched. Cor
bett claimed a foul and JEFF swung left
and right to jaw. Corbett protested
70 the referee that JEFF was holding
on. then landed a savage right to jaw.
Jeff's left swung to jaw. Clinch. JEFF
broke it up with a stiff right and left
70 body
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Seventh Round

JEFF rushed Jim about the ring.
Clinch. JEFF stopped Jim with left on
face but it was not hard. JEFF drove
hard left to body that was blocked and
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Eiuhti1 Round

Corbett bored in with left for head
and JEFF bored Intellectually. Jim put
in three light lefts and rights to face
and smiled. Jim got left to face and
in return received a heavy right swing
on neck. jeff caught Jim with right
TO jaw and left to body. Corbett came
back with stiff jolt to face and follow
ed with two more to same place JEFF
received a smart left on face and Jim
cleverly ducked two lefts to the face
that Jared the champion. Bell rang
with jeff bleeding from the mouth.
Corbett showed wonderful recupera-
tive power in this round.
Ninth Round
jeff rushed in like a bull. jim
clinched and got in left on jaw. They
mixed il. Corbett put right uppercut
TO head. jeff found Jim harder TO find
every minute. COrbett lands two stiff
lefts to body and right and left 10
head. Jeff bored in with a right 10
body and kidneys, In the mix-up Jim
iOlted Jeff TO the body twice with right
and stabbed him with a succession Of
lefts TO the face. CIinch. jim got in
left TO face. JEFF put heavy left TO
body and right 10 head. He pasted
CorbetJ back with a straight left to
face as bell rang. CorbetC landed the
greater amount of blows in this round
and seemed 10 have the champion
guessing.
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C0rSetS.

$50 pair of Corsets New
Goods and New Styles-regular
price 35c, TO sell this week at
20c a pair.
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Sixth Round

Both missed left leads and clinched.
JEFF crouched. Jim blocked two hard
rights and the champion sent him 10
the floor with a stiff left TO jaw. Jim
took the count and came up into a
clinch. JEFF landed left and right and
Jim hung on 10 avoid punishment.
COrbett put left and right hard 10 Jaw
and JEFF rushed him into his corner
but did not land. Just before the bell
Corbett uppercut Jeff on the jaw. 1t
was Jims turn TO smile.
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First Round

JEFF chased Corbett around and miss
Cd left swing 10 jaw. JEFF tried left
for body and head but was blocked.
Jim tried left swing and got a right
10 the body. They mixed it. Corbett
landed light rights to body. JEFF
seemed inclined 10 force matters, but
Corbett shot a right 10 body. JEFF Dor
ed in with his right TO the wind as the
bell rang. JEFF went TO his corner
smiling having a little the better of the
round. which was fought very careful
~ throughout. Je1 aSJOnished his
hackers by his agility.
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Second Round

JEFF got left TO Corbett-s neck As
they came out OF a clinch JEFF landed
hard on Jim's nose. JEFF swung hard
with left, but Corbett rushed inside it.
They came together again and JEFF got
left 10 chest. Jeff also got right 70
body Corbett caught JEFF a vicious
left swing on the head and the cham
pion then put light right 70 jaw. Jim
ducked left for head and landed right
on neck. In return he received a hea-
Wy right jolt 10 ribs as the bell rang.
JEFF seemed 10 have plenty of steam
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Fifth Round

Jeff's glove was examined by police
captain. who pronounced it satisfac-
tory. Corbett got left wing TO head
and left 10 wind. Corbett tented with
left and swung right 10 head. JEFF
landed on head, and right and left 10
neck. JEFF met Jim at all points and
oUUfOught him at what was supposed
10 be Corbetts forte. COrbett rallied
and delivered some good rights and
lefts TO face. jeff landed twice on face
and Jim clinched 10 avoid punishment.
The bell rang and JEFF again smiles.
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Third Round

behind his blows and showed much
CleVerneSS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-24
$1O,OOO,OOO IS WANTED
LEVEES OF THE MISSISSIPPI
 NEEDS IMPROVING.
Prominent Representatives of River Interests May be Sent to Wash ington to Urge Appropriat-
 ions by Congress.

St. Louis, June 23.-Levee improve ments from Cairo to New Orleans, costing in the aggregate about $10.000.000 are want ed by the members of the directing board of the levee districts, repres ,ntatves of which are in St. Louis to attend the an nual meeting tomorrow of the Mississippi River Commission.
 In 1902 Congress appropriated $2,0OO, 900 for the improvement of the lower Mis- sissippi. A like amount was appropriated this year and an appropriation as large Is promised in 1904 and 1905. At a con- ference of the district representatives to- day 1t was decided to ask the River Com mission to anticipate the appropriations of 1904 and 1905 and let the contracts for levee work now.
 If the Commission so acts the district representatives say that the work can be started at once and that the levees from Cairo to New Orleans will be in safe condition by March l, 1904, or before pos sible high water of the May and June period next year
 The contractors who undertake the work would have to wait until the ap- propriations were made to get their money but the Government scrip, 1t is stated can be discounted at per cent and the river boards offer to make good this loss to the contractors pro- vided the Commission will let the work go on.
 The legal phase of the question has been investigated and it is claimed that the River Commission could safely award contracts for the levee work even though the appropriations have not yet been made. H. N. Pharr, Chief Engineer of the St. Francis River District in Arkan- sas, says that the most important aues- ton with the Levee Board at this time is that of inducint ghe commissioners to proceed with levee work on the promise of appropriations in 1904 and 1905.
 We ought to have an increased appro- priation for levee purposes" said MT. Pharr. but that is a matter that will have to be accomplished in some other way. Our particular business with the {. River Commission IS to push improve ments that are now needed. There will be another conference of the representa- lives of tn river boards tomorrow morn ing and bfore we leave St. Louis the plan for holding a convention relative to river interests probably will have taken defi- nitet form.
 "At this convention which probably will be held in New Orleans or Vicksburg an appeal for an increased levee appropria- tion can be safely drafted and this can be forwarded to Congress.
 Tt is also probable that prominent rep resentatives of the river interests will be sent to Washington to urge an in- crease in the appropriations"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-24
THE CROP REPORT.
Summary of Conditions Furnished bv
 Weather Bureau.

Washington, June 23-The Weather Ru- reau's weekly summary of the crop conditions follows:
 While still tho cool in the districts east q, the Rocky Mountains, the temperature condi- Hons of the week ending June 22 were some what favorable in the central valleys and Southern States In the Gulf States the conditions were very favorable for cuItiva- tion. Rain is now needed in portions of the central and east gulf districts
 general improvement in the condition of corn in the central valleys is indicated Tn the Southern States early corn is largely laid by. and is nearing maturity in Texas
 Winter wheat harvest has made favorable progress and is now general in the central portions of the Winter wheat belt with dis appointing yields. especially in the southern portions of Missouri. Illinois and Indiana In the Middle Atlantic States d general improve @ent is indicated.
 Spring wheat is suffering for rain in North Dakota and is affected by rust quite generally fin Nebraska.
 The outlook for oats is less promising in most of the States.
 Cotton continues small. but its general con. dition is somewhat improved. Cultivation has made good progress and fields are clean, ex- cept in portions of eastern districts. Texas plants are healthy and have made rapid growth, hut the crop continues two or three weeks late. Boil weevil are spreading fir Texas but SO far have done little injury. Lice are causing damage fin the Carolinas, Arkansas and Missouri
 In New England tobacco needs warmth and sunshine. but elsewhere the crop has made fa- Vorable progress except in North Carolina and portions of Virginia Tobacco is growing well in Tennessee and the Ohio valley.
 In Missouri, Arkansas. Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania apples are unpromising. but the outlook continues favorable in Kentucky and the Virginias.