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The Washington times., 1904-03-29
VILLA NOVA LOST
TO GEORGETOWN
Team Which Defeated Virginia to
Beaten ? to s-Crumley's Good
Showing.

Georgetown scored a signal victory
ever her old rival, Virginia. yesterday
afternoon by defea ting by to 8 villa
Nova. which on Saturday took the Vir-
glnians into camp by the score Of . TO O.
Captain Morgan tried two new men.
Crumley and COnnors. and the former
worked like a star He began the game
In right patch, and although no chances
came his way. he swatted the leather
over the bank for a fOur-ba gger After
the sixth inning when the PennsyIva-
mans made their three runs on poor
fielding By the locals. he was sent IN the
box and held his opponent safe for the
remainder of the game
Sam -Apperious proved the real star.
sam has habit of doing stunts out of
the ordinary. and yesterday was no ex-
ceptiOn- His first was 10 SCOOP a long
fly OF the ground after q hard run to
center field, and this ne followed up bv
crashing into the foul line flag I'm left
field. turning a somersault. and coming
up with the flag I'm one hand and the
bah IN his left mitt He also had a
good day al the bat He pasted two
spot 10 the center patch, and twice
COPIED out one-timers. Bowling. Nor
gan. and McGetugan were also right
there with the stick but the latter let
two bingles get by him. Crane swatted
IL good style for Villa Nova, punching
out three singles
Coach Moran considers Crumley the
best slabman IN the Blue and Grey
camp. Yesterdays work in the box
was only a tryout for him. as he will
serve them up 20 Vale on Thursday.
when he viii be opposed by Mackay, a
former Georgetown crack. The score by
innings.
Georgetown. ? 2 0 0 2 O ] 0 x-7
villa Nova. 0 o o o o 3 0 Ga
The Washington times., 1904-03-29

Estimates Will be numbered consec-
utively in the order received. After
being numbered they will be pasted in
a large scrap-book In numerical order,
and III case Of a tie for any one prize
the one first received will be consid-
cred os having won
The First Prize viii be awarded to
the contestant submitting the first cor
rect, or nearest correct, estimate on
the number Of dots in the chart The
Second Prize will be awarded to the
one sending in the second nearest cor
rect estimate.
The third prize viii be awarded to
The Washington times., 1904-03-29
Crack College Athlete
May Turn Professional
Discouraged by Inability to Keep Up in Stud
les ECkersaIi Considers Offer From
Dubuque---Star Player.

Eckersal received an offer of the
Dubuque team yesterday, and Is Sc
riously considering the proposition made
him.
Western colleges last fall, and many
authorities considered that he had but
one superior in the quarterback position
in the COuntTy-Daly. the Harvard cap
tain. who is now at West Point Ecker
sdll said that he would reserve his final
decision for a week.
The Washington times., 1904-03-29
READY
TO MEET ANYBODY

BOSTON. Mass. March 2q.-Bob Fitz
dmmons who is showing at "a local thea
er. last night issued a challenge 10
light COrbett at anytime for any amount
before any reputable club. and IN any
'cUntry on earth He said ne wished
Gentleman Jim would meet him or
ieclare publicly that ne 8 afraid 10 meet
un.
The Washington times., 1904-03-29

CHICAGO, March 29.-Discouraged by
''fiunks" and his inability 70 keep up a
satisfactory standard Of his studies,
Walter EckersaIl. the crack University
of Chicago athlete who gained ma
tional reputation on the gridiron last
fall, and who was expected to prove d
star on the cinder path and baseball
diamond this spring. may forsake col
lego athletics forever and turn pro
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

fE a wife an a wife FIR a bottle iv
wood alchohol. didn't leap out Nv his
great brain An a scandalous hurry
He pondered it long an carefully. Tn
idee sthruck him at breakfast while he
was eatin' his prunes an did no,
machure till he was half through with
IN ham an eggs So with Pro-fissor
Wfndhaul He didn't land on Lincoln
TIL he was sure iv his ground. He frs,
made inquiries an found out tina there
was such a man Thin he looked fr
his name among tn graduates iv Har-
ward. Thin he bumped him. It's a
good thing Lincoln was dead befure he
was assaulted. He niver wud have
survived tn attack.
ITS a fine thing fr tn young men
who set at tn feet iv these larned
locks. A little boy is chased away
firm home an enthers wan iv these
here Summaries. He was licked yester-
dab FIR neglectin' 10 scrub below tn
chin but tomorrah, he will be cheerin'
wildly while Professor Bumpus tells him
universal suffrage was a bad break. II
he has a weak chest an can't play fut-
ball. he goes on imbibin' wisdom ontil
CT LII Z PM, III Ills
alma mather hurls him at tn onfortch-
nit wurruld. He knows fifty thousan'
things but tn -on'y wan iv thin that
he cud prove is that Heffelfinger was a
gr-reat fut-ball player. Thin begins
his rale colledge career. TIL post-grad-
jate coorse is tn best in tn wurruid.
Tn entrance fee is al he has. TIL
wurruld takes it away firm him tn
mlnyit he thries to apply his college
Professors idees hat undher tn doc
trlne iv probabilities two pair ought to
a three iv a kind. He hasn't on'y
wan new pro-fisser but twinty mill
lyon, old an young rich an poor, men
an women, especially women. He
can't shirk his lessons. He has to be
up tn mornin' bright an arly larnin'
an passin' examinations. He's on'y
told anything wanst. If he don't ray
some professor gives him a thump on
tn head. Amy time he don't like his
dear OF alma mather, he can quit. TIL.
wurruld amt advartisin' FIR amy stu
dents. 1t has no competitors an tn
lists are always full. TIL coorse lasts
firm wan to sixty years an it gets
harder to'rd tn commincemint day. If
he's a good scholar an behaves him.
silf an listens to tn professors an
wurruks hard, he can graduate with
honors. In amy case, he is allowed to
write out his own diploma. He knows
best what he is entitled to-"
IF we had a boy, wud We sind him to
c~olledge?" asked Mr.. Hennessy.
Well" said Mr.. Dooley, lat tn age
whin a boy is fit to be in colledge, 1
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
BURGLARS.
Mr.. Hugh Turrentfne Was Visited
Sunday Night by a Burgiar-Had
Entered His Room but Was Fright
. cned Away Before He Could Steal
Anything.

On Sunday night Mr.. Hugh Turren-
tine was badly frightened by a burglar
and from the quick exit of the would
be robber he was as badly frightened as
the gentleman whose room he entered.
Between midnight and day Sunday
morning Mr.. Turrentsne was awakened
by a cold wind striking him. When he
opened his eyes TO see what was the
matter he perceived a negro man
standing just within his door. The ne
gro had just entered the room and the
opening OF the door caused the cold ar
TO rush In n at once awakened Mr..
T~urrentine. No oon did Mr.. Turren-
tine see the negro than he made an
effort to get his pistol and as he did 10
the negro dashed from the room and In
his haste to get out OF the house he fell
just as he started down the steps and
did not stop until he struck the hall
floor. He finally recovered his feet
and made his escape.
After the negro left a small coli
cream bottle was found and IA ft a
certificate showing that Mr.F. Anderson
had moved from one precinct to an
other. Mr.. Turrentine gave the paper
TO Constable Savage n yesterday he
went to Mr.. Anderson's house to see II
ne knew who had the paper. Ee
found hat the burglar a entered
Mr.. Anderson's Gus on Eighth street
between Dock and Orage, and among
other things had taken the small boz
tie. Ar. Savage was IN hopes that he
could get track of the negro by the
bottle found but he could learn moth
ing as to where the guilty persons
were and does not even have a suspie-
ION as to who they are.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
vudden't have him around tn house"
WHAT CULPHUR DOES.
For the Human Body in Health anL
Disease.

The mention Of sulphur will recall tc
many of us the early days when our
mothers and grandmothers gave us our
daily does of sulphur and molasses
every spring and fall.
1t was the universal spring and fall
blood purifier tonic and cure-all, and
MIND you, this old-fashioned remedy
was not without merit
The idea was good, but the remedy
was crude and un~palatable, and a large
quantity had to be taken to get any
effect.
Nowadays We get all the beneficial
effects of sulphur in a palataDle, con
centrated form, so that a single grain
is far more effective than a tablespoon
full of the crude sulphur.
In recent years, research and expert
ment have proven that the best sui
phur for medicinal use is thai obtained
from Calcium Calcium Sulphide) and
sold in drug stores under the name
OF Stuart's Calcium WATERS. They are
small chocolate coated pellets and CON
tain the active medicinal principle Of
sulphur in a highly concentrated, eff
fective form.
Few people are aware of the value
OF this form of sulphur in restoring and
maintaining bodily vigor and health:
sulphur acts directly on the liver. and
excretory organs n purifes and en-
riches the blood by the prompt elimi-
nation of waste material.
Our g~randmothers knew this when
they dosed US with sulphur and molas-
ses every spring and fall, but the crud-
ity and impurity of ordinary flowers of
sulphur were often worse than the dis
ease, and annot compare with the
modern concentrated preparations of
sulphur, of which Stuart's Calcium
Waters is undoubtedly the best and
most widely used.
They are the natural antidote for
liver and kidney troubles and cure con-
stipation N purify the blood in 4
way that often surprises patient and
physician alike.
DR.. r. II. wilkins while experiment.
ing with sulphur remedies soon found
that the sulphur from Calcium was SUI
perior TO any other form. He says:
For liver. kidney and blood troubles.
especially when resulting from consti-
patton Or malaria, I have been sur
prised at the results obtained from
Stuart's Calcium Waters. In patients
! suffering from boils and pimples and
even deep-seated carbuncles, I have
repeatedly seen them dry up and dis
appear in four or five days, leaving
the skin clear and smooth Although
stuart Calcium Waters is a proprie-
tary article, and sold by druggists, and
! for that reason tabooed by many ply
s~icians, yet I Know OF nothing so safe
and reliable for constipation. liver and
kidney troubles and especially in all
forms Of skin disease as this remedy"
At any rate people who are tired OF
pills. cathartics and so-called blood
purifiers" will find in Stuart's Calcium
Waters, a far safer. more paiatable
and effective preparation
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
Civil Service Regulations TO Cover
Canal Zone.

Washington. November 14.-Press-
lent Roosevelt will shortly sign an
order completed today by n civil
service and isthmian canal commits
sions. extending the civil service reg
ulations over the employees OF the canal
commission. The order embraces all
employees except those appointed By
the President and laDoreIL Besides
about thirty places are excepted. such
az secretary to the commission. the
secretary to- the governor general OF
the zone: the customs collector for
the n auc-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

L- DAoOO Ill OAA LII ULAoo
He called it the Cicero fringe and add
ed that If Mr.. BOwser had been born
GOO years sooner he would have been
an orator to shake the world with his
tones. He also compared the shiny
poll to that of Alexander the Greats,
and as he caressed it with tender and
loving hand he fattered its owner that
there were millionaires in this country
who'd give half their possessions to
walk around with such a mark of dis
tinction on their shoulders. True. there
were occasions when he got Mr.. Bow
scr. Columbus and George Washing
ton mixed up and when he wrung in
Aristotle for Plato and Demosthenes
f0T Cicero, but as it was realized that
lie meant well he was never asked to
explain his mixups.
In ten minutes after leaving the
house Mr.. Bowser was back again,
and lie had such q perturbed air that
Mrs. BowSer inquired:
Has anything happened that you
can't get your hair cut?"
YES, something has happened. What
NIO y vi llfiLlA Vi TIA DdIDST
Has he moved away or anything?'
by the horn spoon, but | didn't
think he was the man to play me such
n trick! The fellow has gone and
died"
We'll. BARRIERS have to die the same
as other folks. don't they?"
Il know they do. but l was in his
shop only 4 week ago. and he said
nothing about dying. He took to his
bed three or four days ago. and. though
he could have sent me word, not a lisp
reached me BY gum. but that's what
a man gets for trying to help other
folks along. I've given him an extra
dime on IL hundred different occasions,
but here he up and dies just rs l want
20 get my hair cut for 4 special oCca-
sion"
But there are plenty of OtEeF bar
hers" suggested Mrs. Bowser.
OF course there are plenty Of 9th
ers. hut ! don't propose TO 90 to EN-.
Ninety-nine out of every hundred of
them are mere hagglers. They'll shear
and clip and snip. and when they &c.
through n looks like 4 sissy young
mar or an old prize fighter. And an
other thing | don't propose to stand
6rom any barber on earth. and that is
winking and grinninG at my badness
They'll do it and be talking soberly
TO you at the same time Because
happen to be a little bald"-
Well. let your hair go for a spell
i can't see that it needs trimming
Then you must be blind. | looi
like al old goat that's been running
loose all summer. and you know what
sort OF a woman Mrs. Brown is IL
criticise. This hair has got to be trim
med or | don't go"
"But if you won't so to a barber
III be hanged if 1 dor
Then are you going to try to cut
yourself?"
NO. l amt. but I'm going to see j
you've got sense enough to cut it 70
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

copyright, 1904, by T. C. McClure.l
"H BELIEVE you have arranged
that we should drop In on the
Browns this evening and play
cards?' observed Mr.. Bowser
the other evening after dinner.
yes, hat is the UNDERSTANDING" re-
piled Mrs. Bowser.
Then 1 will go out and have my
hair trimmed off a little. 1 meant to
have done it this afternoon, but it
slipped my mind"
The only hair On Mr.. Bowser's head
for the last ten years has been a thin
fringe over his ears and around the
back, and Mrs. BOwser could not see
on this occasion that there was any
need Of trimming. She wasn't impoli-
tic enough to say so, however, and
presently he took his departure for the
barber shop. His patronage had been
given to one particular barber for
many years, not because the man was
better than his fellow artists along the
street, but because he had made a
study of human nature. The first time
he ever had Mr.. Bowser for a Gus
toner he studied his bald head for a
moment and then observed:
Tits what I've been looking out
for these last ten years-a head like
that of Christopher Columbus. Had
you lived go years ago you would
have been a great d~iScoverer."
Mr.. BOwser was gratifed. In a
roundabout way he asked Of Mrs. Bow
COR ~ (sol,rIrC --,z IoI1I~1ul1
man, and as she was doubtful in the
case he took it that the barber knew
what he was talking about.
Again, the man of the razor and the
shears referred to the fringe of hair.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

Attorney Generai SltSE8@
this morning from Moruned
where he went with The ~.
England capitalists headedrreW
tor Aldrieh Of Rhode IsiaAlA<
went over the Atlantic & NoAeya
lima railway and they spent Ap-
night and part OF Sunday a1v
head City. So sewers was tho
that they could not leave the
and any inspection or rs harb#
anything else was impossible.
weresvery handsomely ensertaine
The party expected TO stay
"Wednesday and TO stop at RaleW
part OF TUESDAY on their return hon
but on account OF the storm they II
for home atSnoon today They eSy
pressed themselves as pleased WITH
the situation and there are fniima-
tions that the prospects are good for
the deepening of Beaufort harbor.
Congressman Small and Capt John
son of the u. s. engineers corps were
present. and they and aIE r. s How
land had maps or the harbSr' o
ing the a obstruction whfcH - 10
be removed. in order to give ~ feet
OF water. The estimated cost of Shus
deepening the bar is only S20e.o6g
Senator Aldrich said nothing, bat
other members OF the party expressed
themselves favorably.
State Superintendent Joyner has
received $4,000 from Genera Agent s.
A. Green. OF the Peabody fund. TO be
distributed among North Cardinals
schools as follows: $1,000 to the
State Normal & Industriol college:
S400 to each OF the four negro stats
normal schools; 50. 900 for rural local
tax and consolidated school districts.
State Entomologis { Sherman has
received GOO dead cotton boil weeviIs
from Texas. and will distribute these
TO cotton rower in the various sec
tons of the state. They will be put
up in walls so fixed with cotton as 30
hold the insects against the side so
they can readily be seen. and thus
farmers will know the boil weevfl at
4 glance almost.
State Entomologist Sherman has
making the collection OF North Caro-
lima graSshoppers for the museum
says he believes he will get n hundred
species from the state. a lady OF Hal
flax county sent him SO specimens. IL
Illustrating n dozen species. He Will
be very glad to have these insects sent
him.
The secretary OF state I'm the course
of his searches in the capitol for old
documents has found n map OF Neck
lenhurs. which though not dated Is
quite old. as 1t shows the indian lands
n contains a thousand and sixty
two SQUARE miles.
Mr.. Hackett came down from Will
kesboro today, and SAYS IL looks like
the sth district is going to be repre-
sented by Spencer Blackburn. On
the face OF the returns he has 242 ma
jority. He says nobody thought
Blackburn would get In and that the
latter did not really think SO himself.
Yesterday snow fell here for three
hours. from one o'clock until four i'm
the afternoon and out IN the country
trees n posts and telephone poles
were whitened by It. though the
ground was so wet Ii did not stick.
1t came from the west. the wind be-
Ing very strong and the temperature
barely apove freezing. During the
night there was q freeze.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
Bowser's Hair
Is Clipped
Owing to the Death of His Barber. His
Better Half Takes the Role of
Tonsorialist and Trouble
Comes.

Copyright, 1901, by T. c. McClure.1
-" BELIEVE you have arranged
that we should drop in on the
Browns this evening and play
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

Il IoHO ho 80
forms will be accomplished by the
Democratic party. 1t is d~iscredtted
IL the eyes of the people by a series
Of crushing defeats: but ii has been %
vscillating in its course, IL has hanged
its principles so often, has u from
one extreme TO another so recently. had
such a magnificent opportunity in 1892
to work out the reforms to which ii
stood pledged and made such a wretch
ed use of that opportunity, that il can
rot inspire the confidence which leads
to success. Since 1892 the Democratic
party has almost entirely boxed the
compass in political profession % faith.
1. has been for pretty much everything
until this year. when 1t stood for every
thing or nothing. according TO the In
depreciation which the voters chose TO
put upon it's ambiguous platform.
Mr.. bryan. while a great Democrat.
ia not the Democratic part There are
other distinguished Democrats who are
yet TO be heard from. and they may not
endorse such Populist platforms. There
Is John Sharp Williams, OF Missis-
sippi; there is Senator Tillman. OF
South Carolina; there is Senator Nor
gan, OF Alabama: there Is Senate Dam
lei, of virginia-in fact. there are quite
d number of distinguished Democrats
who claim the right 10 put in a word
before the next national platform
is made. They may not be willing TO
take. for instance. Mr.. Organs forty
seven different systems OF governing
railroads: they may not be In favor OF
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

some other 90"
that - 1t may = platform Be
right 1t the Fan has no more
Democratic pla say what the
than any otheraI! oe in 1898
GRAFT ushed Demo-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

The japanese are going into winter
quarters. But just to oblige General
Stoessel. they have so far generously
refrained from going into Port Arthur.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
SNOW sroRN-


LEIGH
Northern Capitalists
ably With Countrxd Favor
n. C-Aid from th the A. &
Species OF Grasdy Fund.
News Notes @thcr
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Agreed.
L. QUAD.

Mrs. Grouch-If / should die you
would never get another wife who
would look after you as I have done.
Mr.. Grouch-No. not If / could help
G-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-30
TO DIP ALL CATTLE.
Government Order Is Opposed By
Cattlemen Of the West.

Washington, June 30.-By an order
promulgated in March by the secretary
of agriculture, it is requested that all
tended for shipment should be dipped
in a preparation prescribed by the de-
partment for the purpose Of absolutely
exterminating the skin disorder known
as the mango, which has existed to
limited extent for many years in this
section This order. if rigidly enforced.
would require that all beef cattle,
whether affected by the mango or not
should be dipped twice before ship
ment. As It has been found impossible
to make necessary preparations and
round up and dip the cattle within She
limited time allowed, numerous petit
lions have reached the department
praying for a relaxation of the order.
A delegation appeared before the secre-
tary of agriculture and later called on
the president requesting that the order
be so modified so to obviate the dipping
of beef cattle before shipment and il
lieu thereof to institute rigid govern
ment inspection at the point Of snip
ment before are loaded on the cars. The
delegation consisted OF former Senator
Carter, Representative Dixon and Con-
rad Kohrs. of Montana. Mr.. Bull Of
the Union Stock Yards, Of Chicago, and
Joseph Rosenbaum. representing the
Chicago commission houses
The subject which is regarded as Of
the first importance. will be given care
full consideration by the president and
Secretary Wilson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-30
FOR COCKRELL.
Missouri Democrats Instruct Delegates
for Favorite Son

Joplin. No. June S0-The Democratic
state convention to elect IS delegates to
the national convention at St. Louis Sc
lected the following delegates at larEe-
United States Senator William J.
Stone, Governor A NJ Dockery, Congress
man Champ Clark and Congressman d.
A. De Almond.
Thirty-two district delegates were also
chosen. The convention was controlled
by the sO-called machine" element,
which is opposed to the faction which is
supporting Joseph W. Folk Of St Louis
candidate for governor. The convention
Endorsed Senator Francis NJ CoclIeu for
president by adopting the following reso-
luton:
Recognizing Senator F. NJ Cockrell as
one Of the ablest and most distinguished
Americans and who has the respect
Of the entire nation. We hereby instruoE
delegates to the national convention TO
support him for president OF the United
States as long as his name is before the
convention and to use all honorable
means to secure his nomination"
The delegates were instructed to vote
as unit on all questions in the national
convention.