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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
WIZARDS.
0l0

In game that was fast from start
10 finish last evening at Clinton the yell
low Boys won out from the Brownies In
the final period, after Providence had a
lead OF a single goal. IL was n warm
contest and the Brownies kept the home
team guessing at all stages OF the game
Turner played in place OF Bone and Jack
Mercer. busted ankle and all. was In the
game, SO the Clinton team was intact.
There was a small attendance. but those
on hand were wildly enthusiastic.
After Clinton had gotten q goal the
Brownies banged In three and things
looked roseate, but Mercer landed one
from the spot and followed IL UP with
two more. Then Turner made IL four all
by pushing one in with two drives. In
the second period the Brownies got three
and the home team two. an dit looked like
a defeat for the home team. The Clin-
tons braced. however. and poked in three
more in the final period and kept Provi
dence from scoring.
Mallory and Turner played brilliantly
for the visiting team. Turner and Far
reil were each penalized foul. The
ayff ma ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
RIVERPOINT.

PECK STREET 2, ARCTIC ].
At Arctic last evening the Peck street
team captured the last two strings In
rattling league contest. Arnold In the
last two boxes of the hnal string. had to
make nine to tie and ten TO win and he
landed a spare and IL pins, winning out
by eight. Arnold was high man. with
singles OF lOo and 10l and a total OF 29s
Pugh and Tiffany got singles OF ll0 each.
Macdonald single Of III and Gof a
single Of los. The summary:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27

sent the club shall be the ones which. In
the judgment Of the special committee.
shall be the best adapted therefor. and
not necessarily the winners Of a majority
Of the trial races.
All communications with reference to
the Seawanhaka cup races should be ad-
dressed to Mr. II. B. Pearson, a Water
street Boston.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
PAWTUCKET.


MUSIC HALL 2. FALL RIVER 1.
The fine bowling of Cohen and Cahili
the first and second strings from the
Fall River team at Fall River last night
the former with singles Of l25 and Jos
and a total OF ST. being high man. Ca
hill got a single OF 10. Lang and NC
Guire got singles OF 100 The summary:
MUSIC HALL.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
PECK STREET.

ASSOCIATED CLUB LEAGUE.
On the Olneyville alleys in the tourna-
ment OF the Olneyville Associated Club
league last evening the Crescent team
bowled exactly the same score for the
first two strings, but the third went TO
the Columbia Athletic team Smith was
high man with n total of 266 Dunn made
a single OF 100. The summary:
CRESCENT.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
BOWLING.
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.

NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE,
The Hope team called on the Pawtucket
team at the Auditorium In that city last
evening and left three strings TO the
credit OF the home bowlers. None OF the
events were close. and Pawtucket won
by moro than loo pins. Love was high
man, with a single OF 1l4 and total or
300 The summary:
II
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
TAUNTON
PAwTUXET VALLEY

RIVERPOINT 3, NEWPORT ..
At Riverpoint last night the home team
took all three events from the Newport
team. q. Thornton was high man with
2sS Sullivan. Hamilton and Forrest got
singles of ls, lo4 and l0i, respectively.
The summary:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
MUSIC HALL.

TAUNTON 2. PAWT. VALLEY i.
In a match in which small scores were
the rule the Taunton team won the first
and last strings at home from the Paw
tuxet Valley team last night. Chase
was nigh man. with a single Of 107 and
a total OF 266. The summary:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
NO. 3 TEAM.

ELMWOOD CLUB BIG PINS.
In the big pin tournament of the Elm
wood club last evening the handicap
gave two strings to No. 4 team I'm a con-
test with No. 3 team. Braman was high
man with a total Of Sic. The summary:
NO. 3 TEAM.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
GAMES To light.
Providence at Chelsea.
Clinton at Lowell.
FOLIO STlNrIN9
rPIVeS FOR GOAL

In fourth place again.
Hard luck TO drop so quickly
Can the Brownies win from Chelsea.
Tom Cotter wants the game played by
four men.
The western league season viii not end
until April II.
According to the Boston Herald Bones
address is now Richmond. Ind
Turner IL playing a clever game for
Providence and will nll in nicely.
and the people OF that village want a
team next year.
There is talk OF a team being In the
American league next season TO represent
waltham. That IL Tom Cotter's burg.
The Clinton team In the only team 10 20
through the -seaseH-~sith- -tAe-eaInA- man
who opened the sport. This is a great
advantage.
IL is stated that Wood OF Worcester
Farrell and Gardiner Of Clinton. and per-
haps one or two others will Join the wes-
tern league teams.
Lowell and Worcester played an sx-
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hibition game at Plymouth. Mass. last
evening. before large audience. the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
ANNEX LHAGUE.

Nields team won the first two strings
bowied from Cooper's team In the Annex
league tournament last evening. ASH
worth. with a single OF 10a and total
OF 269. was high man. The summary;
NIELD'S
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
PROVIDENCE.
CLINTON

Score-Clinton 9. Providence T. Rushes-
Mercer ~. Tnrner T. Stops-Mallory 81,
eastman Al. Fouls-Turner Farrell. Ref
eree-McCaffrey. Timer-IIartwell. At
topdapca2
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27
EI.MWOOn CLIrR DNCKS

ELMWOOD CLUB DUCKS.
The handicap gave one string to No.
team last evening I'm the contest with No
team in the duck pin tournament OF the
Elmwood club. Small made a total Of 2b3
and Farnum got a single OF lW. The
aiiv nrna
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-27

KNIGHTSVILLE TOURNEY.
The Wizards got the first and third
strings from the Veterans I'm the Knights
Vile tournament last evening. Bigbes.
with a single OF 102 and a total Of 25s,
was high man. The summary:
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DID NOT KNOW SHE
HAD KIDNEY TROUBLE
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t.

To
do 10
sent BY
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Gertrude Warner Scott.)

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GENERAL GOSSIP

Jim Corbett who is In Philadelphia, has
informed Billy Delaney that he will
meet Delaney at New York. Sunday, to
consider the match now in prospect with
Jeffries.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19
Russian Relic of Centennial.

Lying amid a pile of iron chains, an
chors, cables, ct cetera, in front of a
Broadway junk shop is great double
iron anchor shackle which attracts
much attention among the watermen
and which has an interesting history
It weighs several tons and is Of unus-
ually fine forging. 1t was made in
Russia for one Of the Cars battle
ships and in 1876 was. sent to America
as a part Of the Russian exhibit at the
Centennial at Philadelphia. After the
close of the exposition it disappeared
Vain search was made for it and the
Russian exhibit was sent back with
out 1t. Years later it turned up with
lot of old iron which steamer
brought to Baltimore and it has been
there ever since. The Russian naval
authorities are probably still hunting
for it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19
NEGROES CLING TO LIFE.
Few Co1ored People Are Numbered
Among the Suicidal Class.

Few Colored People Are Numbered
Among the Suicidal Class.
"Men are inclined to marvel at the
scarcity Of suicides among members
Of the negro race" said an obseryant
man, "but when you come to think OF
it there is nothing strange about the
matter. The negro is happy-go-
lucky sort Of Il creature. He is not as
quick to feel the pricks Of pride as the
white man and lifes little reverses do
not affect him in the same way. But
lately the increase in suicides among
the negroes has been a matter of seri-
Gus comment. The observation has
been made that few years ago ne
gro suicide was unknown. The negro
simply lived out his natural span in a
natural sort of way. Suicide is a de-
parture due to the abnormal and
superficial conditions which environ
the individual.
1.-THE negro lives awfully close to ma
ture. Such departures as he may
make are due to his imitativeness, and
they are often grotesque and extrava-
CANT Living naturally, he dies natu-
rally, as a rule. Mainly the scarcity
Of suicides among negroes is due to
this love of nature and this natural
way Of doing things. 1t may not be
inapt to remark in this connection the
absence Of anything approaching pes
simism in the philosophy Of the black
man and an unfaltering devotion to a
religion of some sort. Did you ever
hear Of negro infidel?
Ibid you ever hear Of negro agnos-
tic, a negro atheist or a negro who
was the least bit skeptical about the
hereafter, the Immortality Of the soul
and the other things which go with
faith? I dare say you have not. I have
not and l have been pretty close stu
dent Of the race and, living in the
black belt Of the South, have had a
splendid chance to become acquainted
with the traits Of the race. All these
facts may, in some measure, explain
the negro's antipathy for any violent
interference with the natural course Of
things. SO, after all, there is nothing
particularly strange about the fact
that the negro does not take kindly to
the suicidal impulse. Life may be hard
with him at times, but he is easily
cheered up, and SO he goes laughing
his way, allowing life to wear itself
out in natures way.-New Orleans
TimeS~DemOcrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19
Science OF Footprints.

If the scientific reader were to call
an old-fashioned gamekeeper an 'ich-
nologist" the man would doubtless
stare in some surprise, says Tid-Bits,
and yet many gamekeepers are the fin
est practical judges of animal foot
prints-that is, ''ichnologsts" be
found, for from such prints they can
tell exactly what the animal was
which left the impression, and great
many more things about it besides.
On many an estate the gamekeeper
will spread soft mold about the places
usually resorted to by foxes and after
he has examined this lie will, with
wonderful accuracy and from the foot
prints alone, be able to tell his master
not only the probable number of foxes
that are about, but whether they are
foxes or vixenS and whether any Of
them are lame through some cause.
And in addition such a gamekeeper
will be able to say whether the animal
had any weighty prey in it's mouth.
Scientific ichnologists can tell from
any given footprints not alone the
genus of the animal, no matter from
what portion Of the globe it may have
come, but it's probable age, sex, pace
at the time the impression was made
and many other particulars,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19
Valuable Special knowledge.


The unique botanical knowledge Of
Sir George Birdwood, one of the most
erudite men in the India service, once
enabled him to perform, almost uncon-
sciously, neat bit of detective work.
He was in Bombay when he was
asked to investigate the case Of a
young nobleman who, in applying to
the governor for an appointment, rep
resented that he was just out from
England and that his letters of intro
duction had been lost on the voyage.
A few days after Doctor Birdwood,
as he then was, had undertaken the
investigation he met the young noble
man at dinner at the governors house.
The table decorations of orchids sug
gested a conversational opening, and
Doctor Birdwood's praise drew from
the young nobleman sitting opposite:
"You should see the Amherstia no
bills in it's native woods, sir"
1t was q fatal remark.
'You come from Rangoon, thenw
instantly exclaimed Doctor Birdwood.
The pale face, the silence that could
be felt, the request of the young man
that he might leave the table, all pre-
pared the governor and the company
for the subsequent discovery that he
had absconded from Rangoon with
some public funds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19
PEDlGREEs FOR BOGUS cuRlOs.
Collectors Swind1ed by Shady Dealer
with Help of Needy Lord.

Collectors Swind1ed by Shady Dealer
with Help of Needy Lord.
Never has there been more heard
about bogus art antiques, false and
fabricated old masters and the like
than lately, but still great many rich
purchasers lay the fattering JUNCTION to
their souls that they, at least, have not
been gulled, inasmuch as they have q
pedigree Of. an authentic kind attach
ed to every curio they have ever
bought, says London Tit-Bits.
But just as much artfulness and
pains have been employed in the fabri-
cation of authentic" histories to old
masters as have been expended on
these latter works themselves. Here is
an actual case-absolutely known at
first hand to the writer, who learned
the whole of the details Of shams, each
one with a written pedigree, put off
upon collectors. About town in Lon
don was certain degenerate and
titled member of the aristocracy. The
only sign or shadow of property left
to him was a beautiful ancient manor
house that was mortgaged UP to the
very hilt.
The house stood in a remote spot
and had scarcely a stick Of furniture
left in it. A shady dealer in curlos OF
all kinds sought out the titled ne'er-dO-
we'll and made certain proposals to
him. AS q consequence the mortgages
ON tho onciant manor wore Maid off
and transferred to the dealer in anti
quities. Directly afterward van loads
of paintings, of black oak furniture, of
arms and armor, of worm-eaten tapes
try and of every conceivable art OBJ
ject began to arrive at the almost
empty manor house Then, in few
weeks, announcements began to appear
to the effect that "the ancestral home
of the last Of an ancient race (name
given) was about to be denuded Of the
treasures of art that had been acquired
during the lives Of ancestors for 1000
years."
And this sale positively lasted over
several Weeks-as though the very
cellars had been packed with art treas
ures. Collectors everywhere, even US
ually suspicious ones, pointed to this
or that dearly acquired object and
said, proudly: THAT cane from Blank
manor house, the wonderful depository
that Lord Memo dispersed" Even
after that Lord Memo disposed Of
few things still left in his town house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19
CELTIC TREASURE ROMANCE
British Museum Making a Fight for
Prehistoric Relics.

Prehistoric Relics.
An attempt to diSpOSsesS the British
museum Of certain Celtic ornaments
which they recently acquired will be
made, says the London Express.
The disputed articles in this eXtraor-
binary case which the treasury brings
against q state institution consist of
half a dozen beautiful examples Of
Celtic work in gold, including a mas
sive, bowl, a. model of a war galleon
fitted with seats, row-locks and oars,
and a wonderful collar Of twisted gold
wire such as was worn by the kings
and leaders of men nearly 1900 years
ago.
These had lain buried for centuries
in the northwest of Ireland when a
farm 1aborer turned them up while
blowing in 1896. They passed from
hand to hand, until the British mus
cum bought them for 5000.
On these relics the Irish academy in
Dublin assert that it has first claim,
but whatever the means of possession
the British museum cannot dispose Of
any acquisition, unless it be a duplicate
except by act of parliament.
The British museum declares the
articles are treasure troye. The Irish
academy declares they are not. Even
if they are not treasure trove, rejoins
the museum, they are not necessarily
Irish. 1t is quite possible that they
were carried back to Ireland by pre-
historic freebooter after one Of his
periodical pillagings of Saxon castles.
Finally q parliamentary committee
advised treasury action.
In the meantime the Irish academy is
pauper compared with the British
museum and complains that the latter
completes unfairly with it. Whatever
the outcome of the pending trial, a
policy Of sympathetic cooperation be-
tween the museum authorities Of Eng
land, Ireland and Scotland is likely
to be enforced by the government.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19
Solid fires on Automobiles.

On account of the frequent repairs
required by the pneumatic tires Of
heavy automobiles and their great cost,
says Il writer in the Youths Compan-
ion, the experiment Of substituting
solid tires on the rear wheels has re-
Gently been made, and one of the re-
suits shown is an increase of tractive
power in climbing hills. 1t is said that
hills which could not be climbed by a
vehicle having Il complete set of pneu-
matte tires were surnounted by the
same machine after solid tires had
been put on the rear Wheels. At the
same time the vibration was not in
creased to an uncomfortable degree.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19

provide a vacant space beneath the
surface in which the gas and cleo
trio pipes may be placed. This con.
struction may later be applied to the
water and sewerage systems, provided
some company inaugurates a scheme
to sell heat as water and gas are now
sold, when the new enterprise can be
utilized to prevent freezing Of the wa
ter in surface mains in the winter.
When this system is put in operation
the laborers will only remove the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19
IMPROVED ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION

Ask a wise man what makes a city,
and he might tell you, High buildings
and torn up streets. At least he would
be justified in giving you this answer,
since it has come to the point where
there is seldom day, winter or sum-
mer, when the gas, electricity or sewer
men are not tinkering away at some
thing underground which nacessitates
tearing up the streets and piling the
earth along the curb until traffic is
blockaded 1t has taken an English
man to improve upon this condition of
affairs, as glance at the picture will
prove. His idea Is to suspend the
paving between the rails Of the street
car tracks ON trusswork, which will
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19

The years consumption Of tobacco
in the United States alone includes T.
0CO,O0O,OO0 cigars, 10,00000O,OOO cigar
cites and 28O,O0O,OOO pounds of man
ufactured tobacco. The one item of
smoking and chewing tobacco, ex-
elusive Of cigars, cigarettes and snuff,
registers an annual over all value Of
more than 100000. In addition Eng
land smokes 100000 900, Japan 3,COo,-
100000 and China 1,50O0O0,0O0 of
cigarettes every twelve month. The
outside cigarette putting burns up 49,
100000 pounds Of tobacco and puts
about 100000 into the bank account
of the American grower
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19
HIS ONE FRIEND.
Genuine Sorrow Shown by a Little
Dog for His Dead Master.

Dog for His Dead Master.
Railroad men are not sentimental.
| Their life is too full of hard work and
nerve-straining peril. Something more
than ordinary is necessary to move
them deeply, but an incident which
occurred recently in the Southwest,
and which the Los Angeles Times re-
ports, did move most deeply q whole
train crew on the Southern Pacific
Railroad.
The Cotton local had just passed a
little station called Nahant, when the
engineer saw an old man lying at full
length on the track only a few hun
dred yards in front of his engine.
The usual danger-signal was given,
but the man did not move, and the
train was brought to a standstill a few
feet from him. A glance at the body
showed that the poor fellow was dead.
In a few minutes the conductor, engi-
neer and trainmen were all standing
round the body.
Up to this time they had not OBJ
served the presence of little black
dog, but as soon as they approached
his master he made a dash for the
nearest man, and for a few seconds
fought with all the puny strength to
keep the man away.
They were there for the purpose Of
examining the body, however, to see
what could have be done, and the lit
tie dog was rudely kicked to one side.
He did no howl with pain as a dog
generally does when kicked. He SIM
ply gathered himself up and quitely
made his way between the mems legs
until he reached his masters head,
when he placed his little face by the
side Of his masters, and after looking
at the intruders a few seconds began
to whine, and big tears were noticed
running down his nose.
81 have often heard" said one Of the
trainmen, "that dogs have been known
to shed tears, but I never believed it
until then, and have lots more respect
for the dog family than I ever be-
fore had. When / looked round at my
companions SOule VI lHeu were crying,
too.
"The old man, who was probably a
section-hand, was removed from the
track with more care than is usually
displayed in such cases. His blankets
were carefully spread, and the body
was handled as gently as a mother
would have done it, all on account Of
the tears in that little dogs eyes.
GAS soon as the dog discovered that
our roughness had disappeared he be-
came friendly, and seemed to appre-
ciate what we were doing for his mas
ter; but we could not induce him to
leave the old mans body, and when
the train pulled out he was still sitting
nv his dead masters head"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-19
LOST A HEEL.
Peculiar Accident that Befel1 SMART
Girl.


Girl.
Women's shoe heels are higher than
ever this year, to the amending delight
Of the chiropodists. And they are
pretty, no matter if they do make the
gait of the average American woman
much like that of her Chinese sister.
The high heel has a very serious
drawback in the fact that it is easily
dislodged from its proud position. Yes
terday young woman walked con-
tentedly along Charles street She was
arrayed as the lily of the fields, ana
her shoes were the shoes Of fashion.
made by waggish cobbler when he
was in joking humor, for the heels
were two inches or more high.
The young woman had just been
Joined by a man, and was cooling her
belief that it would never, never stop
raining when she stumbled forward,
and, catching herself, looked around,
wearing the startled expression Of
feminine who is not sure that her
shirt waist and her skirt are forming
an harmonious whole at the back.
She took another step forward, the
while her escort gazed at her inquir-
ingly, and except for his sustaining
arm she would have fallen.
go and get my heel, won't your"
said she, then.
Men are stupid things, and SO this
particular one looked stunned.
GO and get her heelr' Was she go
ing crazy!p
ut is lying Oh the pavement; don't
you see it?' asked the young woman.
Goodness knows it is big enough to
be SEEM
Then the man understood, and he
went back and picked up quite tender
ly the combination of wood and leath-
er. 1t was very awkward that they
were not near shoe shop, for the
young woman, with one heel off and
one heel on, walked as unevenly as If
she had just had her foot amputated.
1t was painful to see her try to cover
the ground she had to.
II felt as if 1 had stepped in a deep
hole when 1t came off," she explained
to the shoeman when sha reached his
shop. "Tack it on tight, please" and
then the twain waited until this deli
cate piece of repairing was done-Bal-
timore News.