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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

Yale ends and backs are far more effective
than Harvard's.
Al Philadelphia the Crimson gave her
backs little OF no protection in catching
punts. The catcher was always alone. and
with no one near enough to give him any
sort Of protection in running.
Harvard appears. to a Yale man at
least, to have neglected 50 many of the
fundamenta points of fast football that
1t will be remarkable II she acquires them
before the Yale game.
Yale has a good substitute back field.
but her substitute rush line Is about third
week In which to perfect her game. and
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on Saturday next will have a chance to
study Yale at her best.

Yale, of course, has had more veteran
material to work with than Harvard has,
but the Ellis seem to have used their ma
terial to better advantage. Harvard has
had a lot of good Individual players and
her team shows this. Yale will have food
for reflection in the fact that Harvard Is
running most Of her plays against the
center. which is Yale's weak point. The
Harvard coaches have doubtless made
their plans accordingly. and It is. of
course. an open question whether the
Yale center can stop these plays.
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CHANCES OF FOOTBALL TEAMS
AS SEASON DRAWS TO CLOSE,

St Louis University and c. B. c. Seem Fairly Equally Matched,
Smith Academy Seems to Have a Slight Edge Over High
School and Yale Looks to Have the Better of Haryard-Ds-
cussion of Weakness in the Crimson Team.
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Drs. Francis { Francis,

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81. Louis Leading Specialists.
xss.s of g%Sse,'ce in treating Chronic.
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disease.
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STRIKE RULE INJURED
AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING,

Many Of the American League Club Owners Opposed to Calling
Foul strikes-Jack Doyle an Exponent of Fast Practice
Lajoie in a New Position - Baseball Furnishes Amusing
Graft-Noted Ball Players Devotees of Nimrod-Johnson
Boosting the ~Senators-OLoughlin Great Umpire.
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tDa,lv except Monday. tDally e,

tDally except Monday. tDally ex'
cept Sunday.
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
Iadkin Division Main Line--TraiD
leaves Wilmington, 8 10 a. m, arrives
Fayetteville IL 20 p. M, leaves Fayette-
Vile IL ~ p. M, arrives Sanford l 81
p. N. Returning leaves Sanford 3 10
D. M, arrives Fayetteville 80 p. m,
leaves Fayetteville 4 40 p. M, arrives
Wilmington 80 p. m.
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
Bennettsville Branch-Train leaves
Bennettsville 10 a. M, Maxton 8 O5
a. NJ, Red Springs 8 80 a. M, Hope
Mills 10 IS a. M, arrives Fayetteville
II 10 Il. m. Returning leaves Faye.te-
vile 90 p. M, Hope Mills % r. m,
Red Springs So p. M, Maxton 6 16
p. m, arrives Bennettsville IS p. m.
Connections at Fayetteville with
train No. IS, at Maxton with the Caro-.
lima Central Railroad, at Red Springs
with the Red Springs and Bowmore
Railroad, at Sanford with the Seaboard
Air Line and Southern Railway, at
Gulf with the Durham and Charlotte
Railroad.
Train on the Sc ,:land Neck Branch
Road leaves Weldon 3 is p H., HALTER
3: 80 p. H., arrives Scotland Neck at
4 10 p. m, Greenvllle ~ p. M, Kins.
ton AS p. m. Returning leaves
Klnston 7 80 a. m, Greenyille 80 a.
NJ, arriving Halifax at IL :O5 a. m.
Weldon II Goa M, do y except Sun,
day.
Trains on Washir ON Branch leave
Washington 100 m. aud As .. m.
arrive Parmele 8 :55 a. m. and 10 p
m, returning leave Parme]e 9:15 ~ m.
and 5 % p. M, arrive Washington
10 :35 a. m. and 6 Is p. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, &C., daily
except Sunday 4 :35 p. M, Sunday
4 :35 p. M, arrives Plymouth 6:35 p.
m. 6 80 p. M, Returning, leaves Ply.
mo h daily except Sunday, Z 80 a. m.
and Sunday 9 90 a m, arrives Tarboro
8 ::55 a. M, IL 90 a. m.
Train on Midland N. c.. Branch
le"ves Goldsboro daily, except Sunday.
90 a. M, arriving Smithfield 6 10
n. Returning leaves Smithfield Z 100
a. m. arrives at Goldsboro s :25 a. n.
Trains on Nashville Branch lea. q
Rocky Mount at 8 :30a. M, 4 100 p. m :,
arrive Nashville 10 20 a. m, a :23 pm
Spring Hope IL 100 a. m, As p. 10
Returning leave Spring ,Iope IL 20
m, 5 lis p. M, Nashylll II AS 3. m,
5 AS p. M, arrive at Rocky Mount
II 10 p. M, 6 30 p. m, daily except
Sunday.
Train OF Clinton Br ,ch leaves War
saw for Citation daily, ;cept Sunday
s 80 a. m. and 1 is m. Return
Ing leaves Clinton at Z 100 a. m. and
80 a. m.
Train No. e makes cl ) e connection
at Weldon for ] points North daily.
ali rail via I.ic mond.
H. NJ. EMERSON,
fieul Pass. Agent.
j. Il. KENLY Gen anage-.
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king Penniless.

Wealthy as King Edward of Eng
land is, he found himself without
money the other day, and at mo-
ment when he needed it badly. The
queen and he were attending divine
service in st. Pauls cathedral, and
in due course the poorbox was hand
ed to them. The king thereupon put
his hand in his vest pocket for some
money, but found none, and, though
he searched pocket after pocket, he
was unable to produce single penny.
Much discounted, he turned to the
queen, probably with the intention Of
asking for her purse, but he was too
late, for the official with the box had
passed on. After the service the king
mentioned the incident to the bishop
of London, who had officiated, and
said that he would be obliged to ask
him for small loan, adding, hui
morously: ut is not the first time
l have borrowed money" IN. 7.
Herald.
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HIS FIRST EARNINGS.
Mark Twain Tells How He Became
PGssessOr of Five Dollars In
i Early Youth.

While travelling recently Mark
Twain was asked by friend and
fellow passenger if he remembered
the first money he had ever earned.
''Yes," answered Mr.. Clemens, puff
ing meditatively on his cigar, Il
have a distinct recollection of it.
When I was a youngster l attended
school in a place where the use of
the birch rod was not an unusual
event. 1t was against the rules to
mark the desks in any manner, the
penalty being a fine of five dollars or
public chastisement.
Happening to violate the rule on
one occasion, was offered the alter
native. I told my father, and, as he
seemed to think it would be too bad
for me to be publicly punished, he
gave me the five, dollars. At that
period of my existence five dollars
was large sum, while a whipping
was of little consequence, and So
here Mr.. Clemens ref1ectively
knocked the ashes from his cigar
SWELL he finally added, chat was
how I earned my first five dollars"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-01-08
SPOILED 1000, 900 BALLS.
Women Are Kept Busy All White r
Long Making BRsebalIs for the
Summers Supply.

More than 100000 baseballs were
used up in this country during last
season, and 1000 or more women will
be kept busy all winter making 2, 00O,
Geo more for next season. A member
of one of the largest sporting goods
firms in this country said the other
day:
II should put 1000, 900 as a conserva
tive number. They include all grades.
Fully one half we're of the cheapest
kind-the retail scent ball. There is
not much money in that, as you can
see, when these balls have to be sold
21% cents apiece. From that low price
there is gradually ascending scale
in price and quality, running through
the 10, Is, 25, so and IS cent lines up
to 81 and $1.25, the latter being the
price for the official league ball.
''This is the standard ball for use in
all National and American league
games and a number of minor leagues,
including the intercollegiate. 1t,
therefore, has an extensive sale.
should say that 100000 of the more ex-
pensive balls are sold. That will con
and association games that are played
all over the country. The demand for
baseballs is always a steady one, and
does not fiuctuate to any apprecia BILE
extent
The manufacture of baseballs does
not give employment to so large a
number of persons as might be sup
posed, says the New York Times.
About 1000 persons, mostly in New
York, make the entire supply. Wo-
| men take hundreds of these balls to
their homes and sew them, particular
~ the cheaper varieties. The sewing
of the more expensive league balls is
a more scientific matter, and is done
| only by veteran baseball stitchers
New York, Philadelphia and Massa-
chusetts are the chief places of base
ball manufacture.
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ANOTHER SURE CURE.
Man Who Could Not Sleep Tried N11nce
Pie and Dropped On Like
4 LOK.

sEvery newspaper one picks up
these days offers sure cure for IN
somnia somewhere in its columns,
said man who believes that he hasn't
slept any worth mentioning for ten
or twelve years, relates the Detroit
Free Press. 'But I have tried many
of them without any benefit whatever
! Recently, however, I've devised pc
culiar remedy of my own. The for
mula cannot be filled at the drug shop.
and you may not always have the pau
acea in the house; but, at any rate,
it won't hurt you to hear about it.
'tBeing bad sleeper, it is my habit
| to sit up after all the rest of the fam
| ily has gone to bed. I read all the pa
pers, look over the magazines, and
sometimes doze little over my read
| ing. My wife says that's really the
reason why don't sleep better in bed;
but, of course, that's not so. Well,
the other night, when ready to go up
| stairs I felt a Makeful fit coming on
felt as if / could never go to sleep
again and had never been asleep since
I was born. Instead of going upstairs
/ wandered into the dining-room aim
lessly. There 1 remembered that we
had had excellent mince pie for din
ner, so 1 rambled into the pantry,
found a whole mince pie and ate one
| third of it. Then [ went up to bed
Yes, sir, and slept like a top-didn't
know thing till morning. After two
| wakeful nights l tried mince pie again,
and with the same excellent results
I give you the experience for what
it is worth, and you take it at your
awake on mince pie-it holds him
| down Voc STRIP
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Private Mailing Cards.

''The newest thing in private mailing
cards in this country is a card with
places in it made translucent, to repre-
sent say, windows. Openings are
stamped out of the body of the card
which is then backed with thin, or
ange-tinted paper that will let light
through when the card is held up to it,
but which is of such character that it
can be written over witout blotting
Here, for example, is a card with pic.
ture Of the New York post office, as
seen from the south. The light spaces
in this are the window openings and a
crescent moon shows above. There
are light spaces also in these buildings
seen to the left up Broadway, none OF
these translucent spots being observ
able as such when the card is being
handled in the ordinary manner. But
hold the card up to the light and yo,
have a picture of the New York pes1
Office by night.-N. Y. Journal.
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Wales has practically doubled It's
population in the last 60 years.

Wales has practically doubled Its
population in the last GO years.
Quails are now said to be extinct
in Ireland, where they were formerly
to be found in great numbers.
A German tourist reports that on the
upper Amazon river it is customary to
keep large harmless snakes about the
houses for the purpose of killing rats
and other vermin.
The Kobe Chronicle, speaking OF the
imperial iron foundry in Japan, says
that it has proved a future because
of the limited supply of ore in that
country, and that 60 government
hopes to secure the pri. ilege of wo1k-
ing the rich Hanging iron mine In
China.
There are SOC trees to every square
mile of territory in Germany, in the
following proportions: Plum, 1872;
apple, PSI; pear, 119; and cherry, 1O4.
There are about. three trees to every
inha bitant. Many of the trees are
owned by the townships, being plant
ed along the highways, and the fruit
Yields considerable revenue, thus re-
ducing taxes.
The shortage of doctors in Russia is
the subject of an article in St. Peters
burg journal, which publishes statis-
tics of the proportion of doctors in
other European countries per 100000
| inha bitants Great Britain heads the
| list with $50, Switzerland has SO, Ger
many 80, and Russia 8. In order to
bring the percetage to the same level
| as Great Britain, Russia will have to
have 10000 doctors. At present
there are only about 1900.
A highly colored sample of red tape
is sent over from England in the news
of the failure of Second Lieut.. Burke,
of the Fourth East Surrey regiment
of militia, to pass the medical examina-
ton for appointment to the regular
British army. Mr.. Burke served in
South Africa, and stood high on the list
of successful candidates at recent
examination. In Africa he distin-
guished himself and proved the power
of his eyes by discovering that an ap-
( preaching body of men was composed
| of Beers and not of British. Yet when
the learned doctors came to examine
his eyes they reported them as bad
because he could not read by electric
light, in London fog, the regulation
''three lines of letters;' and so his
earned commission is not to be given
| to him.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-01-08
A CURIOUS MEAL.
Africa Reduced to = Diet OF
Jam and Monkey.

Daring the South African war, says
London Tit-Bits, our soldiers have
had some very queer meals, such as
mealie cobs straight, jappatties cooked
with dubbin horse flesh, mule steaks,
ETC., but the most curious meal L have
ever eaten was down on the Portu-
euese border while on the march
with Gen. Butler.
Any soldier who was with Gen.
Butler at Lydenburg will remember
that after the occupation of that
place we were short of ratiOns. and
had it not been for the guides (who
were instrumental in finding cache
in the mountains) we should have
Jared badly indeed.
About three days after we had &C.
cupied Lydenburg 1 was told off
with my troop to escort a convoy
to Nieel Spruit "a small station on
the Portuguese border, about 20
miles distant) to bring back rations
and forage. On the way down we
met many natives, who, as usual,
as matches, etc. Having nothing else
| but my rations, which consisted of
four biscuits, and one tin of beef,
gave them away, thinking that l
should be able to get plenty at the
end of the journey, but 1 was to be
disappointed, and found to my sor-
| row that the convoy was to be for
age and tobacco only, as the rations
had not arrived. OF course, 1 was
left without food, which was an aw-
full predicament to be placed in, es-
pecially as we had two days jour
ney in front of us, for, though it
only took one day to go down, il
takes longer to return with the
wagons loaded.
On the journey down (being on the
right flank) / noticed lots of mon
keys and troops of balloons, who rain
off as we approached, chattering and
granting, into the woods. Suddenly
it struck me, why not shoot one OF
people eating them in some parts OF
the world, so why not me? I must
tell you that the men, like myself
had been foolish enough to give
their rations away, and so were
placed in the same situation as my.
self, SO 1 suggested that we should
shoot a monkey, to which they
agreed. Well, we soon shot one, a
big fellow, and it was pitiful to see
the others, who, instead of running
away (as we thought they would)
gathered round the dead creature
and cried like human beings, but n,
we came up, they made off, jabber
ing and crying out piteously.
| We carried the monkey to ou1
bivouac, and soon had it skinned. We
then made a fire, there being plent,
of wood about, and in about an hours
time Mr.. Monkey was ready for din
ner, frizzling and cracking like :
sucking pig. 1 have tasted goot
many dishes in all parts of the globe
but this one took the cake; for, tt
our dismay, we had not got one bis
cult among the lot of us, the onl.
thing we had being a tin of jam, 81
} that there was nothing else to d.
but sit down and make the-best o
!. it. 1 must say that it was not ba.
! at all, and I think most of us mad
a hearty meal. but 1 should not car
to eat it too often, and 1 don't thin]
! shall forget in a hurry the time
toasted on jam and monkey.
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S. A. L.
FLORIDA AND WEST INDIA
SHORT LINE.
VESTIBULE LIMITED TRAINS.

DOU Bile DAILY SERVICE
Hetween New York, Tampa, Atlanta
New Orleans and Points South
and West.
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In EFFECT NOVEMBER 23rd, 1902.
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Dr. HATHAWAY these diseases. Write
or send for the book you want to-day, and it
Will be sent you free, sealed Address J. New
ton Hathaway, " D.
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Mathematics of Love.


Margaret" he began, 81 have
S3,75O in the bank. 1 own half inter-
est in patent churn company, that
clears $1,7O0 a year. My salary is
$50 a week, with prospects of a
raise to $22 next April. 1 have an
aunt who will leave me % shares of
a railway stock now quoted at So.
Tell me, Margaret, will you be
mine?"
"Wait," she replied, "till 1 get a
pencil
For she never had been good at
mental arithmetic.-Newark News.
Feminine View of 1t.
! Mrs. Wederly-So you have never
met the, woman you thought you
could marry?
Singleton-Never.
swell, I don't wonder at that. As
. rule women are hard to please
Chicago Daily News.
Something Wrong.
Physician-Madam, find your hus-
band has pneumonia in it's worst
form.
Mrs. Newrich-I can't understand
that. We are certainly rich enough
10 afford the very best there Is.
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SKIING IN AMERICA.
the BeNt Winter Sports and
Miss q Lot of Fun.

It is mistake to suppose that ski
ing can be enjoyed only by our Can
adam friends, says Country Life in
America. Everyone who lives in a
hill country where there is any snow
at all should try this exciting pas
time. A pair of skis and pole cost
about a dollar and half. The run
ners are usually six or seven feet
long, about four inches wide, and the
pole, may be ten or twelve feet in
length. On account of the small ex-
Eense and informal nature of the
sport, skiing is just the thing for those
parts of the United States where the
winter is essentially changeable sea
son. Some sports may demand a
steady winter; skiing does not. In
certain parts of the United States ski
ing has already Caught on" For ex-
ample, a good many of the Cornell
students carry their skis to the class
room and slide home on them. In the
mining camps of the upper Michigan
the Swedes and Norwegians come fly
ing down their race-courses, shoot off
a sort of spring board, rise to a thrill
ing height and achieve an astonishing
leap before they tumble into the wait
ing snowbank. But the ski is good
thing for everyday use and fun. One
can pole along on the level fairly well
in almost any kind or depth of snow,
and on a crust skis are quicker than
snow-shoes. Skis cost less than a
good pair of skates or a good bob
sled, and they furnish novel meth
cd of sliding down hill. It is easy to
learn. Two or three tumbles do the
business. If you get one foot well
ahead of the other you are certainly
''goner.' The man who leans back
is likely to have a laughable mix
up" It is best to stand erect, or
crouch forward SO as to brace one
self. The pole is trailed behind and
used to steer by.
The people of the United States are
provincial in the matter of winter
sports. We have been missing "a lot
of fun and it is high time that we
look to skiing.
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Too trivial to BE Noticed.

Too Trivial to he Noticed.
Rooney-Were yez liver shtruck be
lightning, Pat?
Casey-Oi don't reminder.
Don't remimber?'
mo. A mon thot's bin married tin
years don't reminder SIGH troifles as
lhot. Judge.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1903-04-09
FARGO 10 mfDoRA.
ON PRESIDENTS
TRIP ACROSS THE
STATE.

Mayor Severn and G. A. Klaus of
the reception committe went to Far
go as escolt to the president on the
trip to this point, and by their
efforts got the time extended here 10
minutes. Senator McCumber and
Senator Casey were in the carriage
with the president from the train to
the opera house and return. The time
here was Is minutes, all too short, for
many did not get chance to hear the
Speech, or to catch more than pas
sing glimpse Of the president. One
young lady was taking kodak
snap shot at him as he was leaving
the carriage, and the president
stopped and took of his hat and wav-
ed a little salute to the girl. Several
snap shots were taken OF the party
as they were in the carriage. AS the
veterans walked along side the car
riage in the mud, which was ankle
deep, the president looked at the
streets and smiled at the enthusiasm
of the crowd who did not mind mud
or slush, but tramped through both to
the opera house. In his speech he
called the city ''Jimtown" the name
that all the old timers have habit
of designating us by. The presenta-
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1903-04-09

and Oberon and one from Sykeston
and Darlington. They arrived about
noon and contained large delegations
which helped to fill the streets. The
heavy roads kept many people from
the country at home.
Among the incidents Of the pr esi-
dents visit was the presentation to
him of fine bunch of North Dakota
game birds,a dozen ducks and a mag
nifcent Canada goose genuine
honker, tit for the table of an epicure.
The birds were handsomely decorated
with ribbons and flags. The goose was
killed by Mr.. Gokey of Dawson, who
had to crawl for nearly half mile
to get shot at the wary birds. They
were in the air when Gokey got the
shot that brought one down. The
bird weighed IA IL pounds. The
ducks were blue bills, mallards, can
vas back and red heads. The wild
fowl was presented to the president
and they will be the only specimens
in all probability that he will get on
his trip.