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substantive and several advergs. Then
he favored the bunch with the most
beautiful flow of profanity ever
heard, and have heard everything
from Arizona mule dirvers to Portu-
guese sailors.
aYou can always find one, possibly
two men with money in any old town
in the country. Don't know where they
get it sometimes, living in the Jump
ing-oH places they do, but they have it.
The crowd finally got tired of being
called pikers, and some of them went
out and hunted up the towns one live
one. He was about the rubeiest look
ing rube in the bunch, but he had his
roll with him, and when the stranger
got excited and offered to give the bar
Der three yards, he signified that he'd
back the barber for a hundred or any
thing the stranger had about him.
1.-THE stranger didn't weaken. He
went into his weskit and hauled out
roll that you could use to gag a hip
popotamus. He covered the hundred
and then got on another hundred and
then another. He backed the native
sport off the boards and then invited
the crowd to help themselves to the
yellowbacks. suppose he got up
about four hundred altogether, and
then the whole crowd started for the
track.
THAT track was about on par with
the rest Of the town. It was built in
clearing hacked out of the woods,
and the men that built it got tired
before they got away all the trees in
side the track. The only way man
could have seen the whole of race
was with an airship. I noticed the
stranger had a little grip with him,
and when we got to the track he went
into a clump of bushes, peeled off all
his clothes down to a pair of trunks,
and put on spiked shoes. Then 1 COM
menced to feel sorry for the country
sports. They hollered about his
running in that rig, and then they
| raised a hot argument about whether
the barber should take his three yards
| handicap at the start or at the fin
! iSh.
IT don't care where he takes it, :"
the stranger yelled finally. Let him
| take sit on any end he wants to- Let
him take it on both ends. I'll give
him three yards on the start and
three on the finish too.''
I was up in the air now. I didn't
know whether this fellow was a shark
| that had got too drunk to have gOOC
sense, or whether he looked drunken
than he really was. The crowd thought
they knew. They didn't think any
man on earth could beat the barber
SIX ydIuS III d II u1luEeO, So tuey 81
them on the marks. Say, you Ough
to have seen that stranger hog thu
/ track. Run! He could have run back
wards and given the barber ten yard
and beat him in a walk. The las
half of the hundred he was loafint
/. along, looking over his shoulder, ant
the barber was painting along some
where down in the dust he raised.
Il heard afterwards that the fe1
Il lows father was a S1lnr0np inStica il
Ontario. But if that crowd of rube
hadn't been SO anxious to take a man
money when they thought he was to-
drunk to take care of it, they'd hav
walked up with more the next morn
ing"
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CURLING

Six matches were played yesterday on the
Kinks of rhe St; Paul curling club The winning
skps McCutcheon, Riheldafer, Murray and
Lorimer and Labatt Kinks tied. The scores:
Thompson. Lake, Iabatt Miller tskip), 8:
Greneleaf, Macrae, Mcleod, McCutcheon (skip)
H.
Mckay. Murray, Mackerchar, Riheldaffer
i fskip Iski II T. Hunter Brown cala0n00n hard
Olds. Hamilton. Hastings. Riheldaffer (skipl
10; Bradley, Murray, Simpson, Meyers (skipls 20 q
(skip), 8; A. Thompson. sowle, Calquhoun. La
bait tskip), $. c.,on,oun MOI and tsk,n, 3
H. Murray, Smith, Harris, D. G. Murray (skip)
10.
Thompson Labatt, Hastings, Dunbar (skip)
IL; Brown, Harding Adamson McCutcheor
(skip) 8.
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Am I Right !?

NTOW THAT all the eastern football
In critics have perpetrated their annual
absurdity of an all-American team, we
will enjoy a rest until about next August.
This probably Is one of the most ridiou-
lous habits that sporting writer's have ac-
o,lired, and Walter Camp seems to be re-
sponsible for it.. I say ridiculous, be-
cause no man living, no matter now long
his experience or how thoro his judgment,
can select a star team, including both the
east and the middle west, intelligently.
The big contests Of a season. the only ones
which give opportunity to accurate judg-
ment in regard to a players ability, take
place in the west from Nov. to Thanks
giving Day. Those in the east come off
just about the same time, and 1t Is inn
possible for any one man to see enough
games in both sections to select the best
men from the bunch.
It Is almost impossible to pick an all
western or an all-eastern eleven which
will give satisfaction. or will give credit
to the men who have best deserved 1t. no
matter how closely the critic may follow
the games. 1t is understood that Walter
Camp and Caspar Whitney have had men
in the west watching the best games, and
that the verdicts Of these agents have been
accepted In regard to the western players
| This method may simplify the problem.
but it does not solve it, for while the judg-
ment of Whitney or Camp might be 40
curate In regard to eastern men. and that
| of their agents in regard to the west, 1T
| is impossible to combine the selections Of
the two with Justice to both sides. How
ever, the all-American team is an annual
fixture, and it tickles us in the west when
one Of the players from our alma mater
is given a place, so why kick? 1t may be
absurd and inaccurate, but It's harmless.
THE American Baseball association
L showed its good sense in turning down
the proposition to re-elect Hickey
president. Indeed, it is hard to see how
there was any room for argument on the
proposition. To put man who is working
on salary for the owner of one Of the
| clubs, at the head of the leagues affairs
is about as ridiculous proposition as tc
let a paid football coach officiate as UNI
pire at game in which his own team is
contesting. Mr.. Hickey quite possibly
might administer the leagues affairs with
strict justice and without showing par
tiality to his employer, but the club own
ers evidently thought too we'll Of him tt
let him render himself liable to suspicion
TINE ST. Louis Star ingenuously re-
marks that Miller Higgins stole 45t
basis for the st. Paul baseball clut
last season. We all knew that Huggin:
was a pretty swift man, but. we didn'
think he was quite rapid. Let's see
45e bases is about four a game. But VIII!
stop at four? Eight would have made thu
story still better. Thor.
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ATHLETIC INFORMAL

An interesting program was rendered yester-
day at the Cooke institute for the benefit Of the
members and their friends. Tmme and Corse
spared four fast rounds. and Hoke and Ed
wards went en- for bout of the same length.
The exhibition with dueling swords by Professors
Leslabay and LeRouX evoked much applause,
the former scoring the only point after seven
minutes and twelve seconds. Wilcox and Nit
bali by score of 81 to IL. The institute basket
bali team defeated Central high by score of
20 to Z Other numbers included comedy act
On the bonding wire by Charles ledger, the
Flying Dutcnman,' and traDeze performance
hY HAIRY White.e 80
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$75 to $125. much less than an ordin-
airy ice yacht or sail boat, it seems des-
tined to become popular in all coun-
tries where the lakes are covered with
ice during part of the year. The his.
tory of the development of the
scooter" is interesting, and is fully
outlined in the Christmas number of
Country Life in America as follows:
The lifesavers attached to Uncle Sans
stations on Fire island encountered great
difficulties and dangers in crossing the
Great South bay to the Long island shore,
either by water craft or ice craft. Still,
naturally enough, they had a longing to
visit family and friends when the great
inland sea was choked with drift ice or
partially frozen over. These ingenious
people long ago realized the need Of a We
hicle capable of travelling on either ice
or water safely. and about thirty years
ago. they launched the first scooter. 1t
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IN THE PRIZE RING

Seven hundred members of the Eureka Ath-
letic and Social club of Baltimore witnessed five
khock-outs last evening. The star event was be-
tween Young Peter Jackson and Cyclone
Bill Larry of Philadelphia, both colored. 1t was
fierce battle and Jackson put Larry to sleep in
five rounds.
Jimmie Farren knocked out Leon Croney in
two rounds. This bout was for the bantam
weight Championship of the state. Ed Ham
mond, colored, sent Young Washington, colored
to dream1and in the first round. He then took
on Al, Washington and sent him to the rosin-
covered floor in three rounds.
Kid Pearson, colored. knocked out Kid Smith,
co1ored, in the third round. All the preliminar-
les were scheduled to go four rounds. The Far
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skill in handling were as apparent as in
racing of any kind, afloat or ashore; but
no very marked difference could be de-
tected in the various scooters except in
area or cut of canvas.
After the first effect of the novelty and
peculiar build of the scooter has worn off,
every stranger is struck by the fact that
without exception scooters are unnamed
No explanation is given, but it is probably
because each scooter chief is unable to
decide from just what element he shall
take a name, whether from land, air or
water, and sd the scooter .glides on known
only as the scooter belonging to the Bay
man, who, whether for pastime or for
profit, handles the job. go
The development of this unique craft
opens a most attractive field for scheming
and skill. The length, beam and cross
section of the scooter will undoubtedly be
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SAILS ON EITHER
ICE OR WATER
SCOOTER. A NOVEL, INTEREST
ING AND USEFUL CRAFT.
Can Be Used In Either Winter or
Summer with Equal Facility
Slides Easily from the Ice to the
Water and Back Again.

One Of the most novel, and withal
one Of the most interesting and USE
full craft designed within the past dec
ade is the scooter an amphibious
sloop which sails equally we'll upon
water or ice. With one of these neat
and inexpensive little boats the yachts
man may sail at will from ice into
the water, and back upon the ice. He
need fear no treacherous air holes,
or. soft ice, and he may use the boat as
well in summer as in winter.
As q crack Scooter costs only from
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A Good Time to Go.

Jan. 5 and 10 the Rock Island Sys-
TEN will sell tickets to Denver, Colo
RADIO Springs, Ell Reno, Oklahoma
City, San Antonio, Ell Paso and many
other points in the southwest at
greatly reduced rates. For literature
and full information, call on w. L..
Hathaway, 1872 Nicollet avenue, Min
neapOlis, MINI.
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changed to a marked degree, while the
rig and sail area may undergo radical div.
ergence from present standards. The run
ner adjustment will receive much study.
In length and form the runners will UNI
questionably be modified, and the dis
furnish a delightfully."- debatable ground
where the theorist and the rule of-thumb
man can meet and "preve it, each to his
own satiSfa ctiOn
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BOWLING

Good scores were made yesterday at the Co
oI3arati alleys by the bowlers who are compel
Ing for places on the team which will represent
Minneapolis at the WISCONSIN state tournament
R. T.. Hitchcock has finished. his twelve bames
good show for place on the team. The scores
of those who bowled last night follow:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02

Other people are getting their wants
filled by using Journal want ads. Why
not you? Try it once and see for
yourself. One cent a word not less
than 20 cents. Cheap enough.
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ployed in the service between Mime
apolis and Chicago. With their use
it is stated that thirty minutes can
be cut off the running time of the
Fast Mail, which now makes the run
in II hours and 40 minutes. The
drivers Of this class of engine are IS
inches in diameter.
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sary, in addition to expensive changes
in grades and tangents, the use of
higher class motive power.
The photograph represents one of
these locomotives which are used on
the Fast Mail and the Pioneer Linn
tied, and are among the largest en-
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So More Than Half Fare via Chicago
Great Western Railway
To points in Arkansas, Colorado, KAN
sas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico,
Oklahoma and Texas. Tickets on sale
Jan. 5 and 10; Feb. 2 and 16; March
1 and IS; April 5 and 10. For further
particulars apply to T.. G. Rains, Cen
eral Agent, corner Nicollet avenue and
Fifth street, Minneapolis.
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Prairie type locomotives are .' "
being used on sonesof the river d i77
sion passenger trains of the Milwau-
kee road. These monsters replace the
lower grade engines used in past
years from La Crosse to Minneapolis.
The Increased traffic has made neces-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02

Home Treatment for Cancer.
All forms of cancer and tumor cured
by soothing, balmy oils. Doctors,
lawyers and ministers indorse it..
Write for free book to the home office,
DR.. d. M. Bye Co., Drawer sos, Dept
IL, Indianapolis, Ind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02

H. Hirschey Of Minneapolis, winner of the
Grand American handicap at live birds in 1902
was guest yesterday of the. Crescent ATHLETIC
the season at Bay Ridge, L. t. Thousands of
targets were smashed during the day aud
splendid scores were made.
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BASKET BALL

The Rams Horn basket ball team Of Minneap- |
oils met and defeated the crack team of Com
season that the Hudson team has been defeated
on it's own floor and tho the badgers put uD a
equals in every department Of the game and won
% to 16.
80 ,.t
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Rams Horns
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS

Entries to eight stakes to be decided at the
1904 spring meeting of the New Memphis Jockey
club and to the Tennessee Derby and Oaks for
1908 close to-day. The stakes are: ~.
For 2-Year- O1ds-Gaston Hotel stakes, colts
and geldings 81, 900 added; Ardelle stakes fllies
81 900 added; Memphis stakes, five furlongs,
For 3-year-olds and Upwards Montgomery
added, one mile
For s-Year- Oldsand Upwards Montgomery
handicap, $4,000 added, one lis miles. Peabody
hotel handicap, $1,000 added, LIS miles; Ten
nessee Brewing company stakes. selling, $1,000
added, seven furlongs; Cotton steeplechase,
handicap, 81, 500 added, about two miles,
For 1906:
Tennessee Derby, So 900 added. nine furlongs
Tennessee Oaks, So, 900 added, mile.
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Death during the year removed a num-
her of men noted in various branches of
sport. Prominent among these were Joe
Goddard, the pugilist; Orrin Hickok, the
reinsman; Win Mercer and Ed Delehanty.
the baseball players: Harry Elkes. the
bicycle rider, and Hiram Scoggan, the
turfman.
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well. we took the back track 'n'
found his ak, n then went in, fer it
was gittin' late. Jim wasn't home
yet so we started out early the next
mornin' N put up big buck not q
mile from the house. We hit him
hard, m put after him, fergettin' all
about our man; IN we run that buck
clear out to Bill Clark's on Deer Lake,
fore we got him. Then it was dark.
so we stayed at Bills all night, think
in our man'd know enough to go bacA
to Jim's, but he didn't. He rammee
round thru the woods all day.. IN hao7
to stay out all night, IN mos froze
to death, n finally hit a tote road
next mornin', IN tote teamster
picked him up, N fetched him to
town. An you mayn't b'leeye it, but
he wouldn't pay us a cent. Say!
Amt some men too mean to live?
Say! Lend me dollar till l make
a raise / did. &C. c. Kelly. p
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IT don't care where he takes it,
the stranger yelled finally. Let him
take sit on any end he wants to. Let
him take it on both ends. I'll give
him three yards on the start and
three on the finish too"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-06-11
Merchant Prince Or Chicago
Dies Suddenly.

Bar Harbor, Me, Juno 8.
Levi Il Letter of Chicago, IL mer- :
chant prince. died ut his summer
home here at 3 O clock this NOR.
ming of heart disease. Mr.. Letter
is reported to be worth about
S29, 600, 900, all accumulated in
,hrewd mercantile life. Years
ago he was said to DO worth
$35, 900, 900, but he settled a
large sur. on lady Curzon, his
daughter. Hiss son, Joseph, in .
battle i'll the wheat pit, with the
late Phil Armour cost him Sill
100000 more. To the public Mr..
Letter is better known through
his children than though his
wealth.
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Port Arthur Attack Now
In Progress.
Japanese Bombarding Towns
Along The Coast Russians
Lose 100 Men in Engagement

Indianapolis, Ind, June "a
special cable received by the In,
dianspolis News from its staff war
correspondent says:
"Chefoo, June 9.-The long con.
templated attack by the Japanese
on Port Arthur began early this
morning.
"Ihe Russian forces around the
beleaguered city were reinforced
oy the troops which had garrison
cd Dalny and Kin Chou.
"Ihe Russian vessel in the bar.
Dor with their great guns aided
the land forces in repelling the at.
tack. The fighting still goes on"
INFL1CTs LOSS OF 100 MEN UPON
THE RUSSIANS.
st. Petersburg, June 9.-All
japanese movements are interpre.
ted here as caused by anxiety to
hamper as much as possible what.
ever movement Gen. Kuropatkin
may be- making to help Port
Arthur. Not only have the jap,
anese bombarded the west coast of
Liao Tung peninsula where the
railway runs close to the shore.
making telnts of debarkation, but
Gen. kuroki has assumed the Of
tenslve eastward. He has sent an
overpoweringly strong column
that drove out the Russians from
a fortified position at Saimatazu,
20 miles northwest of Feng Wang
Cheng, inflicting a loss of 100
men.
The authorities say that they are
".thout information CONCERNING
the fight at Saimtszsa beyond the
official dispatch that was made
public tonight, but that the Rus
sian withdrawal was quite in ac
cordance with Gen. Kuropatkin's s
prearranged plan, although the
Russian losses indicate stubboln
fighting. Military critics profess
to he not altogether cortan,
whether Gen. Kuroki's move. T..
meut means q real advance or is
simply feint t, distract Russian
attention from Port Arthur, but
they inclir3 to the latter view.
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For The Ledger.
HEATH SPRINGS NEWS.

Our community was visited by
a nice rain today which was very
much needed, and we think it will
be Of great benefit to people as
well as to cotton and corn.
The members of the Brass Band
will make their first appearance in
public By giving Il concert on
Thursday, June 10th, between
the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock at the
grove in front of Mr.. e.. Jones,
and will serve ice cream, etc.
Every body is invited.
Mr.. Greed is having a handsome
dwelling erected on the west side
of town.
Mr.. e. l.. Crenshaw visited
Lancaster this week on business.
DR.. j. j. Haglns was in town
this week.
Miss Ruth Mellow, daughter of
DR.. e. S. Mellow of Lancaster,
is visiting friends here this week.
Rev j. M. Rogers attended
commencement at wotford last
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-06-11
Election Of Teachers

The board Of trustees met yes>
terday afternoon and elected te acu
ers for the graded school as fol-
lows:
Principal, John A. jenkins of
YorkviIle. Assistants: Mrs. T.
Y. Williams. Miss Eloise Foster.
Miss Gertrude Foster, Miss Nora
Hough, Joseph X. Connors, and
Miss Florence Thomasson of Eel
mont, N. g.
Cotton mill school - Principal,
Miss Grace Whisonant of Chero.
kee. Assistants: Miss Eunice
Beatty. One other assistant yet
to be elected for this school.
Prof. A. Il. Banks was re-
elected Supt. at a previous meet.
ing.
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Was Wasting Away

The following letter from Rob-
ert Il. Watts, of Salem, Mo-, is
Instructive. 81 have been trou,
bled with kidney disease for the
last five years. l lost flesh and
never felt we'll and doctored with
leading physicians and tried all
remedies suggested without relief.
Finally | tried Foley's Kidney
Cure and less than two bottles
completely cured me and am
now sound and we'll" Sold 5y
Funderburk Pharmacy.
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The Remington Typewriter

Is acknowledged the world over as
the STANDARD and everybody
knows its the best typewriter on earth
i control the territory including
Lancaster and would be glad to take
the matter up with you when in the
market for any kind or any price type
writer, Will take your old Typewriter
In exchange. We now supply Remi
ingtons with any style type desired,
with fractions and other s0ecial char,
acters on keyboard. with card cylinder
and POLY CHROME ribbons arrange
ment for writing in red," all at the
catalogue price for the machine com
plete.
Twill be in your town about once Il
month i'm the interest Of the Reming.
on typewriters. In the meantime If
you are interested in a typewriter,
write ne and will come to sec you
with brand new latest model Rem.
ngton and dem onstrate same to YOU
We'carry big stock of latest model
Remingtons in charlotte and can send
you one OH moments notice, and will
gladly do so If you wish to examine
one for q few days.
we sell all grades and kinds cf car
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the PA RAGON, the best guaranteed
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Kindly write us when in any kind
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Charlotte, N. G.
May 24.-1m