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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-30
FOOTBALL 400 YEARS AGO.
1t Was "a Friendly Kinde of Fight, q
Bloody and Numbering Practise

K. S. L.. Graduate Magazine.
Professor Phelps, Of Yale, has made a
study of early football with especial refer
ence to protests made against the rough
ness of the game. One of the most remark
able of these protests is found in the
'Anatomie of Abuses written in 1888 by
Philip Stubs, a Puritan. This protest,
quoted from Professor Phelps's paper, is
given below, and may give comfort to those
who believe that football is becoming less
brutal.
For as concerning football playing. 1
protest until you it may rather be called
a Friendly kinde of fight, thap a play or
recreation; a bloody and numbering prac-
tise, than a felowly sporte or pastime.. For
dooth not query one I've in waight for his
aduersarie, seeking to overthrow him & to
pickle him on his nose, though 1t be upon
hard stones? In ditch or dale. in valley
or hill, or what place soeuer it bee, hee
carcth not, so he haue him down. And he
that can serue the most of this fashion,
he is counted the only fellow, and who but
he? so by this meanes, sometime their
necks are broken, sometime their backs.
sometime their legs, sometime their armes,
sometime one part thrust out of Joint,
gush out with blood, sometime their eyes
start out; and sometimes hurt in one place.
sometimes in another. But whosoeuer
scapeth away the best, goeth not scot free,
but is either sore wounded, craised and
bruised so that the dyeth of ii, or else
scapeth very hardly, and TO meruaille. for
they have the sleights TO meet one betwixt
two, to dash him against the hart with
their elbowes, to hit him under the short
ribbes with their griped fists, and with
their knees to catch him vpon the hip, and
to pick him on his neck, with a hundred
such numbering deuices; and hereof grow
eth enury, malice, rancour, cholor, hatred,
displeasure. enemitie, and what not els;
and sometimes fighting, brawling, conten-
ton, quarrel picking, murther, homicide.
and great effusion of blood, as experience
daily teacheth."
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UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME

1--WE lost s2s.Oo0.' said a member of the
State Board of Health, speaking very seri-
ously. He was at the office of the board in
the Statehouse, and several acquaintance
were seated about the room talking of the
health of the State and matters in general.
His friends looked at him rather incredu-
lousy, and one man asked: WAS it re-
cently?'' NO" said the member. 1T was
not recently. but 1 just discovered it to-
day. He drew from a drawer a paste
board box about the size of a spool box
and took off the lid. Packed in cotton very
carefully was a curious-looking apparatus
which the member proceeded to adjust and
thrust in the nostrils OF his nose.
This" said he, lis an inhaler-an in
strument used for curing catarrh and colds
in the head. l know the man who got il
up, and four years ago 1 had a chance to
buy 1T for 5000. L declined to purchase, not
being of a speculative turn of mind. A
day or two ago / learned that my acquaint-
ance had sold out for 30,0O0. According to
my way of figuring L estimate that 1 would
be $4,000 ahead If had bought the patent
when l had a chance"
A young woman clerk I'm the office of the
State Board of Health has been hay-
ing an exciting time with a publish
ing establishment. and in order to be
relieved of an obligation which the COM
pany claimed she owed it was necessary to
call in the assistance of the attorney gen.
erals department. About a week ago the
agent of this company. while making the
rounds of the Statehouse, stopped in this
particular Office and spent an hour talking
up his work TO the young women employed
there. AT length he found one grill who
showed a decided interest in the book ne
was selling. but she told him she could not
afford to buy it. He hung on. however,
and refused 10 be dismissed. The girl was
firm in her determination not to buy, and
finally the agent said: Just sign your
name to this slip so l will be able to show
my people that 1 have called on YOU Be-
ing an obliging young woman she did so,
and the agent left. A few days later she
received a letter from the publishers thank
ing her for the order and announcing that
IL would be filled at once. She penned a
reply TO the company, explaining that she
had not bought and telling how she came
TO give the agent her name. In a few days
she received a curt note from the firm say
ing she would be expected to receive the
order and pay for IL. The note stated that
the company had all confidence in It's agent
here and felt sure he would not misrepre-
sent matters. The girl. of course, was
| angry, and her friends advised her TO turn
! the letter over 20 the attorney general. As
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-30
FARM AND
GARDEN@
INTERESTS
Sprays for San Jose Scale.
Fell, in Country Gentleman.

E. p. Fell, in Country Gentleman.
The control of this insect in orchards is a
problem of considerable Importance to
many fruit growers in this State. 1t not
only interests those who are unfortunate
enough to have the scale already estab-
lished on their trees, but also others who
are more or less exposed to danger of
infestation. We have been conducting a
series of experiments the past summer for
the purpose of determining by practical
tests the relative value of different meth
DDS Of preparing a lime-sulphur wash, and
we have also endeavored to test the eff
cacy of prolonged boiling, the value of salt
in the wash and other notifications. We
have had most excellent results in using
a lime-sulphur wash, consisting of Is
pounds of lime and 20 pounds of sulphur
to 50 gallons OF water. The lime added, a
sufficient quantity of water is brought
nearly TO a boil in a kettle, and while the
shaking is in operation the sulphur is put
in and the whole well stirred, in order to
take advantage of the heat generated by
the shaking lime. This assists materially in
bringing the sulphur into solution. and we
then find it necessary to boil the combi-
nation but thirty minutes.
Our experiments indicate hat a wash pre-
pared in this way gives exactly as good re-
and sulphur were used, salt added, or the
boiling prolonged for one and one-half or
two hours, as is usually insisted upon in
most formulas. The beneficial results OBJ
tanned last spring from the applications of
this wash cannot be doubted, since the
treated trees were almost free from the pest,
while untreated ones became nearly covered
with scale before the end Of the season. This
was true not only of different trees, but also
Of sprayed and unSprayed halves of the
same tree. 1t certainly looks as though
this combination could be relied on to do
good work in a great many cases, and
while 1t Is a troublesome mixture to pre-
pare and an extremely disagreeableo one to
apply, it has the advantage of being cheap
and can be made by almost any one. 1t is
also less dangerous to the trees, in our
opinion, than the 20 per cent. mechanical
crude oil emulsion.
This latter has also given good results in
the Hudson river valley, and l advise grow
ers to reject neither, but test both If they
care to do so. The oil 1 believe to be slight
ly injurious to the trees; yet, after four
years Of successive application to various
pear and peach trees, L have been unable
to detect any very marked injury which
could be attributed to it. / have, however,
observed enlargement of the lenticels, fol-
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Edward Gould Richmond.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. ED
ward Gould Richmond, one of the South's
leading capitalists and manufacturers, died
at his residence in this city at 2 o'clock to-
day as the result of heart trouble. He was
a son of Dean Richmond, who was the close
friend and conferee of Samuel ]. Tilden.
Z. CT. Richmond removed to Chattanooga in
1887. He was president of the Richmond
Cotton Oil Company, of Chattanooga and
Memphis, the Richmond Spinning Company,
of Chattanooga, the Richmond Hosiery
Company, of Chattanooga, and a director in
the Memphis News. He was also a large
stakeholder in the Johnson Harvester Com
pany at Batavia, N. Y. He was a native of
Batavia. He leaves a widow and two chill
dren. Mrs. Richmond before her marriage
was Miss Carrie Pfau, of Cincinnati. Mr..
Richmond left a fortune of over a million
dollars. The body will be inferred in the
family vault at Batavia, N. Y.
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Indiana Farmer.
After the ground freezes up in the fall
many farmers have not enough work to
give their horses proper exercise, and par
ticularly when horses are first confined to
the stables they have trouble with swelled
legs and other arrangements. This state
of affairs may usually be avoided by adj
justing the food to the changed conditions.
Horses that do little work during the win
ter do not require much grain if they are
getting hay, and we have kept horses in
excellent condition and have fed only a
small amount of grain where they were
fed straw instead Of hay. A fair proper
ton of the winter grain ration should con-
sist of bran. Bran, in addition TO having
a rather high nutrient value, acts as a mild
laxative and keeps the digestive system in
a healthy condition. An occasional mess
of boiled grain is also a fine thing for farm
horses i'm winter. Boiled barley is very
much relished, but when il is not at hand
we would use oats. We would feed a mess
of boiled grain at least once a week, and
have fed it as often as once a day. Carrots
are excellent for horses during the winter.
and most horses are very fond of them.
They nave a beneficial effect on the sys-
tenn and add succulency TO the ration. I'm
der favorable conditions carrots yield a
very large crop, and, though they may re-
ouire considerable labor in growing them,
If once given a trial farmers would not care
to be without them.
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YACHTING in A TANGLE
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CLUBS
WERE UNABLE TO AGREE.
Principal Reason for Emperor Will
Iiam's Withdrawal of His Offer of
Cups for Seasons OF 1904-5.

BERLIN. Nov. 29.-AIthough the reasons
of Emperor William for withdrawing his
offer of a cup for a transatlantic yacht
race are regarded by his yachting advisers
IS sufficient, there were other considera-
tons that made a withdrawal of the trophy
for next season the easiest way out of the
tangle caused by the inability of the New
York Yacht Club and the Atlantic Yacht
Club to agree on the subject.
The original purpose of Emperor William
was to nave the race for the cup managed
jointly by the New York Yacht Club and
the Atlantic Yacht Club, of both of which
clubs he is a member, and the Royal Yacht
Squadron of Cowes and the Imperial Yacht
Club of Kiel. Previously Sir Thomas Lip
ton had offered a cup to the Atlantic Yacht
Club for an ocean race in 1901, but, learning
that Emperor William desired TO give a
trophy, Commodore Tod, of the Atlantic
Yacht Club, sent a cablegram to Sir
Thomas asking If ne would withdraw and
permit the Emperor to offer a cup. Com
modore Tod's cablegram was marked PHI
vate." Sir Thomas, however. on Oct. ~
t~elegraphed Emperor William his with
drawal, and the Emperor, supposing from
Sir Thomas telegram that everything had
been arranged, replied TO Sir Thomas on
Oct. Is thanking him for his magnanimity
saying that he would AVE his ambassador
offer a cup.
The inability of the New York Club and
the Atlantic to agree in regard TO the mat
ter was met by a proposal made by the
Emperor. last week, that he would give a
cup in 1904 to the Atlantic Yacht Club pro-
yided the New York Yacht Club would en-
ter its yachts in the race, and one to the
New York Yacht Club in 1905 for a race
in which the Atlantic Yacht Club would
enter, thus avoiding joint management OF
the cup.
This was not satisfactory 10 the New
York Yacht Club, and the Emperor, there
fore, withdrew his offer, as the time is now
too short to get new boats ready for a
race next year.
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sistant Attorney General Hadley took up
the matter with the publishing house and
wrote the firm a letter that not only had
the effect of canceling the alleged order,
but OF bringing an apology to the girl. 1t is
likely that publishing house agents will
hereafter receive a chilly reception in this
particular office.
Friends at the Statehouse of Edward p.
Williams, formerly of Fort Wayne, but
now of New York city, have received
copies of a handsome little volume recently
published by him for private distribution.
The title page shows that the book con-
tains Extracts from Letters to A. L. b.
from Edward p. Williams During His
Service in the Civil War" Mr.. Williams's
close friends explain that these letters were
written while at the front to his sweet
heart, a young woman who afterward be-
came his wife. About three years ago.
while examining some boxes of old papers,
Mr.. Williams came across the old letters,
which his wife had carefully preserved.
Up to hat time he was not aware of their
preservation. MIR. Williams is an uncle of
Jesse Lynch Williams, of Princeton, N. j..
who has gained a wide reputation as a
writer of stories that deal with newspaper
offices and newspaper men. Mr.. Williams
entered the service as first lieutenant and
adjutant of the O~ne-hundredth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, Aug. rs, 1862. The
regiment was organized at Fort Wayne and
mustered In sept. ~, lSbZ. In one of his
letters, dated Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 3,
1863, the lieutenant indicated what a modest
fellow he was. How strange and how
amusing" he said, that you should con-
tinue to believe that / was in the battle of
Chickamauga, and more than that, that 1
was trying to deceive you in regard 10 the
fact. who in the world could have started
the story of my bravery and reckless
daring in the late battle? The Meeker
girls commended my bravery, did they?
Bless their hearts, 1 venture to say that
they, in their parlor, were not in a much
safer position than was / during the battle
of Chickamauga. / almost believe that all
your talk Of bravery has been in irony"
There is a sort of understanding around
the Statehouse that Thomas j. Carter. clerk
of the printing board, is a hard worker.
Mr.. Carter has to deal with figures, and
Il is seldom he is found absent from his
desk. However. being the champion bowler
of the city, he naturally gives some thought
to this sport. and when he has any spare
time he works" at his favorite pastime.
Mr.. Carter has a way of drawing a diagram
of a bowling alley on a sheet of paper and
figuring out splits" a term that means
much to the man 'versed In bowling. Car
ter's friends say he Is going through life
| on the theory that whatever Is worth do
ing at all Is worth doing well"
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FITZSIMMONS SAYS
HE HAS RETIRED.
ConquerOr Declares He VIII
Not Fight Another BattIe-He
Deserves Credit.

Illustrated Sporting News.
Bob Fitzsimmons has retired from the
ring again. He says his bout on last
Wednesday night with Gardner was his
last and that he will never indulge in an
other bout. He says:
"Well, / guess that 1 lave done pretty
good for an old man. / won at the end of
a twenty-round go from a young man,
strong and fresh, and if any credit goes
with that decision / feel that l have worked
Tor IL 4; only excu.s for no, scoring > knock
out Is that l broke two bones in my right
hand In the early part of the fight, and in
the other hand. 1 had a hard time of it
from that on, but l never once felt myself
in danger.
'Gardners mode of fighting is not the
one 1 am accustomed TO, and, although /
did my best 20 win from him In the early
rounds, / was virtually compelled to ADAM
don all hopes OF a knockout after 1 hurt my
There is a great deal of praise due to
Gardner, for he fought a game, hard fight.
He was always ready TO come back into
the fray after he had been hit hard, and he
mixed 1t when the opportunity was afford
ed He made no stand at all in the first two
rounds, but he fought hard TO win from
'This battle ends my CAREER In the prize
ring. / will never fight again. / am getting
ole, and I believe there are yet good young
AntA y ucNciOp. why a week ago Il WIOle
George Dawson that 1 would be lucky If
wen. and 1 tell you now that l am a lucky
fellow.
why, / was a sick man, / tell you. and
/ can easily feel the effects of Gardner's
punches. even though they were not very
hard ones"
1t was a terrific left-hand swing-one of
the sort that has been Bob FitZsimmons's
specially for twenty years-that checked
the championship aspirations Of George
Gardner.
The blow was delivered at the, outset OF
the fifth round and but for the remarkable
endurance of the Lowell lad would have
sent him into N for the rest Of the
night. There were no frills about this say
age punch that took all the ginger out OF
the youthful Irishman and robbed him OF
the strength that was needed In the finish
of the long contest.
Georges guard was down and ND went
that terrific left full and plump on the point
of the jaw. Gardner went down a heap
appeared confused, but finally gathered
himself together by the count of nine in or.
der to avoid the last second of the referees
toIling.
The battle was won then and there
thoukh Fits punches could not secure the
knocNput for which he labored earnestly
during the rest OF the contest.
Gardner put up a game battle. receiving q
terrific beating. The blow in the fifth round
unquestionably took all the ginger out OF
him and left him unable 10 deliver q deci.
sive wallop himself.
Fftz II far from satisfied with his show.
ing. insisting that the poor condition OF his
hands alone deprived him OF the credit of 9
Knockout
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-30
CENTRAL MAGNATES MEET
Goau-TExDERs WILL WEAR MASKS
IN REMAINING GAMES.
Final Action ON Terre Haute-Fort
wayne rpu Deferred-Busi-
ness of the League.

The magnates OF the Central Roller Polo
League held a meeting at the Imperial Ho-
tel yesterday afternoon. Messrs. Foor and
Urban, Of DanviIle; Eckert and Caravan,
OF Fort Wayne: Wilson and McRoberts. Of
Logansport: Baugh. Of Lafayette; Bron-
son. OF Terre Haute, and Barnes, Of Ko-
komo, were in attendance. and President
Foor was in the chair. The meeting passed
OF smoothly and without much argument.
The injury to Frank Mullen, goal tender
Of the Anderson Western League team, last
Friday night. was discussed. and it was
decIde that all Central League goal tend
ers should wear masks in the games which
yet remain to be played. There were no
dissenting votes when this question came
before the officials. The question as TO
whether the wearing of a mask will in
crease or lessen the number of goals Gagged
viii be seen after a few games have been
played. The goal tender will in all propa-
bility watch the ball closer and Will stop
the terrific drives with more accuracy, in
that he will not be afraid of being struck
In the face. On the other hand, the TACT
that a goal tender must look through the
wire of a cage to see a ball makes II prob
able that more goals Will be Gagged.
On Thanksgiving night the Terre Haute
team was called from the floor in Fort
Wayne by Captain Hipson after Referee
MOCK naQ CillcQ "A IOul On 1Od ItAOcA
sutton. of the Fort Wayne team, for stop
ping and knocking the ball from the top OF
the cage with his hand. Hipson claimed
that this constituted a foul in goal, which.
II so called by the referee, would entitle
the Terre Haute team To one goal. When
the HottentOts left the floor Mock awarded
the game TO Fort Wayne on a forfeit. Final
action on this matter was deferred until
the next meeting Of the league, as Presi-
dent Foor was not ready 10 render a de-
cisicn yesterday without hearing all the
facts OF the case, which were not recited
yesterday.
Messrs- Baugh, Of Lafayette, and Barnes.
OF Kokomo. reported that their Kinks would
be In shape by the close of the present
week and that the people in the cities
named were anxiously awaiting the first
games of the season. The first game IN
Kokomo will be played on Tuesday night
and the first ia Lafayette Is 10 be played
on Thursday OF the present week, if the
plans do not nliscarry.
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science in order to fit themselves for teach

science In order 10 Mt themselves IOf leacn-
ers.
In Western schools and colleges Of agIs-
culture are many girls who have inherited,
or expect to inherit, large farms, which
they will manage themselves. Others study
special branches of farming, such as dairy
ing, small fruit growing, market garden
ing, etc. Women are well fitted for these
branches, and have made them profitable
in so many parts of the country that all
doubt of the wisdom OF this choice OF a
profession seems TO be dispelled-
A new kind of special farming has re-
Gently engaged the attention of women IN
the Eeastern States. At the fruit and flow
er shows given each autumn in New York,
much interested has attached 10 exreri-
ments in growing cultivated varieties or
chestnuts, pecans, walnuts, etc. Larger
tracts of lands in southern New Jersey
have been planted with choice nut trees.
the Italian and japanese giant chestnut
chief among them. One young woman went
into partnership with her brother In plant
ing twenty acres OF land owned by item.
and a few years later resigned a we'll
paying position in a New York law office
to attend to the growing business OF their
nut farm. She looks after every detail or
the work-the gathering and shipping OF the
crop, and the correspondence, and will prob
ably one day become the sole owner OF the
property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-30
COMMANDER HOBSON'S
GIGANTIC NAVAL PLAN,
Ex-HerO of the Merrfmac Wants Com
gress to Expend s2,75O,OOO, 200 Dur
ing Next Twenty-One Years.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Former Com
mander Richmond Pearson Hobson, of the
navy. has prepared a bill which he has re-
quested Representative Wiley, of Alabama,
to introduce in the House on the converting
of the regular session of Congress for the
purpose, as he says, of making the United
States the first naval power OF the world
during the next twenty-one years.
The bill makes a total appropriation of
81, 75o. 90 .oc0, a certain portion of which is to
be used each year for new ships. Fifty mil
lion dollars is made available for the pres
ent fiscal year, $50, 00,OO for the next. and
so on, increasing by 100000 900 each year up
to 1915, when a lump sum of 81, 5O0.O OO. 600 is
made to carry on the programme to 1925.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-30
ALL-WESTERN TEAM.
One Chicago Paper Selects Salmon, Of
Notre Dame, for Full Back.

In selecting an all-Western football eleven
the Chicago Tribune includes five Michigan
players, three Minnesota men and one each
from Wisconsin, Chicago and Notre Dame.
The Notre Dame man honored is Lewis j..
Salmon, full back of the team. Walter
Eckersall, of Chicago, is selected as the
quarter back of the great all-Western
eleven and A. c.. Abbott, the star Wisconsin
man, as left end. The right side of the
line and the center are awarded to Michi-
gan players, while Minnesota players are
selected for left guard, left tackle and left
half back. The Tribune's selections fol-
IoU-
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IN CONTROL.


VIENNA. Nov. 29.-As illustrating the
necessity for the reorganization of the
Turkish gc~ndarmerie in Macedonia, the
Politische Correspondent states that in GER
tain parts Of three vilayets over 30 per cent.
of the officers and men of the constabulary
are former brigands or criminals.
The notorious robber chief Karakitscho.
who for six years operated in the sanjak
of Serfidsche, in the vilayet of Monastir.
was recently pardoned, says the paper, and
given post in the gendarmerie. Another re-
cruit to the Turkish service is the Mace
DOMAIN leader, Lieutenant Stoikoff. who
took a prominent part In the revolution.