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The Press., 1905-11-15
Communication from 4. Jacobsen.
Offer to Refund Money if Hyomei Does
 Not Cure Catarrh

Offer to Refund Money 1t Hyomei Does Not Cure Catarrh To the Editor of The Press: have been asked recently if the advertisements printed in your col. umns regarding Hyomei were true, where offer to refund the money if this treatment does not cure catarrh. I wish you would please print this letter in as conspicuous place as pos sible in your paper, saying that we absolutely agree to refund the money to any purchaser of a Hyomei outfit if it does not cure catarrh.
 The outfit consists of an inhaler of a convenient size to be carried in the vest pocket, so that the user can breathe Hyomei four or five times daily. With this is included a m 9i- cine dropper and bottle of Hyomei. The outfit sells for $1.OO and is a most economical treament, for the in- haler lasts a lifetime and there is enough Hyomei for several weeks use, while extra bottles can be ob- tained for 50 cents.
 I trust this letter will settle any doubts that may have arisen as to my willingness to refund the money for a Hyomei outfit, in case the pur- chaser is not perfectly satisfied.
 I wish to say emphatically that my guarantee on Hyomei holds good, and I will refund the money to any purchaser who simply states that he has used the treatment according to directions and has not been helped.
 Respectfully yours,
 finders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1905-11-15
Rattle oe the Herrtnea.

The battle of the herrings was the comical name given to fight between an English force and a French de- tachment not far from Orleans in 1429. The English were conveying a large quantity of supplies, mainly herrings, for it was Lent, to the army that was besieging Orleans. The Eng fish had 1,6OO men, the French 5000. The former repulsed the assailants and saved the herrings, so the battle was named in honor of the supplies.
The Press., 1905-11-15
Son Lost Mother

Consumption runs in our family, ard through 1t lost my ms ther. :" writes E. Reid of Harmony, Me. "For the raet five years, however, on the slight. st sign of Cough or Cold, I have taken Dr K'ng's New Discovery for Consumption, which has saved me from s.rious lung trouble" His mothers death was sad loss for MT. Reid, but he learned that lung trouble must not be ,g'e ,ttd, ani I how to cure it. Quickest relief and cure for coughs and colds. Price soc and $1 {; guaranteed at A. O Eaton's drug store. Trial bottle free
The Press., 1905-11-15
The Wig.

The wig Is older than civilization, for the savage used one to make him more formidable on the field of battle. The French revolution killed the article as a piece of headgear. Before the guillo- tine fell in France the wigs which adorned the heads of its victims cost $15O to $2OO. The costly decoration lin gered a long time on official heads in England. So recently as 1858 Arch bishop Sumner found it necessary to wear one at the marriage of the prin- cess royal.
The Press., 1905-11-15

WHRV You HAVE A BAD CcLp you want remedy that vii. not only gi, { quick relef but if e. permanent cure
 You want a rtmedy tbtt will relieve the lungs and keep xpectorati"n easy
 You want a remedy that will counter act my tendency toward pneumonia.
 You want 8 remedy that Is pIeasan and safe {" take.
 ChamhrIlain's Cough K medv meets all O these requirements ard for the speed, and pe' m tnrnt eur. of bad colds stands without peer. For sale by E K Taft and H. F Cady, St. ford 0 Hall, Jr., & Co.,, Willtngton.
The Press., 1905-11-15
"I Thank the Lord ln

cried Hannah Plant, of Little Rock Ark :" "for the relief got from Buckl-n's Ar nica Salve l cured my fearful running sores, which nothing else would heal, and from which had suffered for years. It Is marvellous he ller for cuts, burns and wounds. Guaranteed at Eaton's drug store; 25c,
The Press., 1905-11-15

It is a disastrous calamity, when you lQ7e your health, because indigestion al d constipation have sapped it away. Prompt relief ea1 be hf d in Dr. Rings New Life Pills. They build up your digestive or gans, and cure head che, dizz ness, coltc, constipation. e'o. Guaranteed at Eaton's drug store; 25',
The Press., 1905-11-15
What Peace Meana.

"Can you tell me the meaning of the word 'peaceY" asked Miss Gray of a little boy who had just recited a pa triotic poem in which the word oc- cured,
 "Peace means when you ain't got no children" answered the child.
 "How is that9" asked Miss Gray.
 "When my mother has washed and dressed us six children for school in the morning she says, Now, I'll have Doace'"
The Press., 1905-11-15

When you want a pleasant phystc try Chamberlaln's St'maoh and Liver Tab lets. They are easy to take and produce no griping or other unpl' asant effect. Sold by E K. Taft and H. F. Cady, Staf ford; G. Hall, Jr., & Co.,, WiIlington.
The Press., 1905-11-15
The RfRrm1wan

There are few birds whose plumage Is so variable as the ptarmigan's. Three times in the year it's plumage changes. It has separate coats for spring. autumn and winter. At the be- ginning of November 1t puts on the last costume of the season. It's spring brown and summer gray serve we'll to hide it among the scanty herbage of its haunts from the keen eye of the soar- ing fSIacc
The Press., 1905-11-15
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
rItems of local interest taken from the columns
 of The Press, thirty years ago.]
November IS, 1875.

Nearly a year ago we published accounts of lizards being found in empty gin casks at cider mill in the state of New York, which ac- counts were verified by what seemed to be good authority, but yet were received with incredibility by many readers, and fully believed by but very few. Clifton O. Smith of this town last fall bought in this village a gin barrel, having a quart of the 6regs remaining in the barrel, which barrel he had filled without cleans ing. This fall he cleaned the barrel for further use, and discovered in it a spotted lizard four or five inches long, besides several smaller ones. The evidence this time seems unim- peachable, and the fact seems proved that these nasty reptiles are made use of to concoct pleasant beverages for the stomach.
The Press., 1905-11-15
THE EXACT THING REQUIRED FOR Con

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The Press., 1905-11-15
Knew What Was Coming,

Hlcks-My wife dropped in to see me at the office today and Weeks Sorry. old man, bnt I've been touched too. Can't lend you a cent,-Catholic Standard and Times
The Press., 1905-11-15
HOSPITALS CROWDED
nAJoRrTY OF PATIENTS WOMEN
Mrs. Pinkhans Advice Saves Many
 From this Sad and Costly Experience.

It is a sad but true fact that Ie ve ry yea r brings a n in crease in the number ofopera- tions performed upon women in our hospitals.
 More than three fourths of the patients lyin g on those snow
The Press., 1905-11-15

When Love Began. "How long have you been in love with him?' "Ever since I rejected him."-Life.
The Press., 1905-11-15
In idleness there is perpetual de maiP-C4rlvlN
z ick VI ives and Daughters.

You have often eeem them with pale afaces. poor appetite, h. ad and back ache, symptoms common to the sex Fathers and mothers lose no time in securing Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y. It will cost only one dollar and is much cheaper than sickness.
 Write tn D.. David Kennedy's Sons, Rondout, N. Y., for free sample bot
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The Press., 1905-11-15

AoEToN will break up a Gold Tn or @ n'QEt
The Press., 1905-11-15

The first thing to do, fl you have not done 1t, is to fall in love with your work.-Success Magazine.
The Press., 1905-11-15
A Disastrous Calamity.

fTe be continued next week ]
Evening star., 1905-03-10
CHADWICK CASE TO JURY.
Judge Refused to Order Mrs. Chad-
wick's Acuuittal.

Andrew Carnegie is now definitely out Oh
the present trial of Mrs. Chadwick II she
should be acquitted this time, Mr. Carnegie
might appear at subsequent trial. but $"
far as the existing case is concerned. ms
pay, SG4 40, is waiting for him, ana ne Is as
liberty to go home.
The defense at Cleveland yesterday, after
The stars report closed. made desperate
effort to have the case taken from the Jury
and q verdict of acauittal rendered By the
court. After arguments lasting through
the greater part of the day. Judge Tayler.
inst prior to the afternoon adjournment,
overruled the motion. The defense also at
lacked two counts of the indictment. and
asked that certain parts of the testimony
offered by the government be stricken out.
An admission from the judge that he did
not regard the two counts as good was
the extent of the satisfaction secured by
the defense.
The acauittal of the defendant was asked
on the ground that the indictment charged
her with conspiring to commit an offense
against the United States, in that she con-
spired with Beckwith and Spear to certify,
Illegally, checks of the Oberlin bank IL
was claimed by the attorneys for the de-
tense that Mrs. Chadwick, not being an
Evening star., 1905-03-10

the close Of the tqurnament. and that the
same was extended TO December 1 with
out proper authority or his consent.
All prizes wereI paidjto the successful
contestants in accordance with their stand
ing at the close Of the contest on Decem-
Der l. and LeffingweIl having finished fifth,
received a check tor SEQ, his part of the
treasurer Of theEsodrnI ment association
and brought suit fhr $5OGfor the first prize
and the value of the diamond medal
The court ruled that the evidence show
ed the tournament was held for the pur-
pose of creating ,an interest in the tenpin
game in st. Louis saRd the officials of the
tournament associhtton had complied in
every respect with the rules of the Ameri-
can bowling congress. under whose sane
ton and auspices the tournament was held.
and that as Harry Leffingwell duly sign
ed the entry blank to compete in the con-
test In which he agreed to comply in all re-
spects with the rules of the American
bowling congress and the Worlds Fair
Tournam meiit Bowling Association regula-
tions. and this agreement authorized them
to extend the time of the tournament even
without the consent of any contestant,
provided the proper authority had been OBJ
tanned; and the court decided that Letting
we'll was In duty bound to abide by the
rules Of the American bowling congress as
we'll as the regulations of the local tour
nament association. and that under its
authority to regulate the tournament they
had the power to extend or postpone the
tournament or the closing thereof.
The decision rendered in this case is a
popular one and will undoubtedly prove OF
great benefit to future tournament games;
for had Leffingwell been successful In his
suit it would have had a tendency to dis
courage the formation of local associations
for the purpose of conducting tournaments
of the game of American tenpins, because
1t would subject tie local committee to in
dividual liability to any captious bowler
who may have become dissatisfied with the
rules and regulations of the committee.
Evening star., 1905-03-10
PITCHER WEIDMAN DEAD.
Fine Player Made His Start in This
City

George Weidman, the ex-professional
base ball pitcher who died in New York
last Saturday, began his diamond career
in this city under the management of
Michael Scanlon in 1879 Mr.. Scanlon was
the manager of the Washington club at
that time. and while in Rochester, n Y,
saw Weidman pitch for a college team.
His work so impressed Mr.. Scanlon that
he was Immediately signed for the local
club.
Weidman was about five feet tall,
chubby in build, and presented very
youthful appearance. When he first
walked on the field in this city Mr.. Scan
Ion was considerably guyed for his judg-
ment in picking out such a kid for pro-
fessonal work. The arguments became
heated. with the result that big sum of
money was wagered for and against
Weidman in his first game. George faced
the strong Springfield team, several men,
bers of which were heavy batters, and
Washington won, to o, but four safe
hits being made off his delivery. He re-
manned in Washington for two years and
developed into one of the best twirlers
in the country
Some years back, after retiring from
the diamond Wedman married a sister
of Umpire silk" OLoughlin and went
into business in northern New York. He
had a most genial disposition, was game
as pebble easy to handle and a credit
to the national game.
Evening star., 1905-03-10

along at a lively rate. The Sage of Hart
ford says that 1t would be contrary to all
precedent IL he did not take down some of
the plums at Benning. and promises some
good things at fat odds for those who follow
him. But the faithful have not yet forgot
ten Daly,s inability to win race on the
Jockey Clubs tracks for three months last
year, and are inclined to be cautious about
taking tips from him.
Col. P. A. Renaud. the general manager of
the Crescent City Jockey Club. last night
offered Capt. Jim Williams his interest in
the Crescent City Jockey Club for Rams
Horn. Despite the fact that the offer was
very enticing one. 1t was declined by Cap
tain Williams. Colonel Renaud. when asked
if he had been only jesting. replied: The
offer goes. But l wish to say that 1t was
refused. would heartily part with my
holdings in the Crescent City Jockey Club
for Rams Horn. He is the most magnifi-
cent piece of horsefesh that l have ever
looked on. He is as sound as a bell and has
not got flaw on him..
j. Temple Gwathmey, a well-known brok-
er. who raced stable of steeplechasers un-
der the name of MIR. Cotton Is the real
purchaser of the Australian horse. Seashore
III. An agent of ''Mr. Cotton" bought the
horse in England several days ago for S15,-
coo. 'Mr. Cotton will therefore sail for
England from New York tomorrow to see
Seashore II. run in the Grand National and
IL the horse is victorious he will be brought
to this country to be trained by Gwyn Tomp-
kins. Spencer Goilan, from whom the horse
was purchased. will continue to train him
for the Grand National and Will also pro-
vide rider. Seashore lis weight in the
big event. which will be on March 81, will
be 147 pounds, and he will probably be rid
den by Birch. who rode Moifaa, now owned
by King Edward. to victoryein last years
race. Mr. Cotton" will not be the only
American to have starter in the Grand
National, as Thomas Clyde of Philadelphia,
one of the owners of the Goughacres Stable.
has engaged the horse Dathi, who recently
ran third in steeplechase at Windsor.
Gollan will have representative In the
| race, as he recently sold his other candi-
date, Moifaa, to King Edward. Moifaa Is
the present favorite in the betting. Mr..
Cotton" will carry abroad with him the best
wishes of all American turfmen.
Evening star., 1905-03-10

state championship: Norfolk Tennis Cup
Norfolk. Conn: Rock Valley Tennis Clup'
Rock Valley, Iowa, Iowa state Champion
ship; T. Longwood Cricket Club Boston,
eastern doubles championship and Long
wood singles; Excelsior Tennis Club. Brfs-
tol, r. l., championship of Bristol county,
and Sioux City Tennis Club championship
of Iowa. Nebraska and Kansas; 8. Old Pine
Golf Club st. Johnsoury, VT, Vermont
state championship; 9, Atlanta Athletic
Club. South Atlantic states championship:
II, Meadow Club, Southampton. invitation
tournament; Log Cabin Club, Macon. Ga,
Georgia state championship: Newcastle
Outing and Tennis Club. Newcastle. N. H,
open tournament. and Swimming Club, Bar
Harhor. Ne. Maine state championship; IT..
Tacoma Tennis Club. championship of the
Pacific northwest: 21, Omaha Field Club,
Omaha, Neb., middle west championship;
%, Newport Casino Newport. r. l.. ma
tional championship in singles East vs..
West doubles: championship doubles and
interscholastic singles championship: 2S
Ohio Lawn Tennis Association. Cincinnati,
championship of Ohio. Indiana and Ken
lucky; 81, East Jersey Lawn Tennis Asso-
ciation, open tournament at Elizabeth
Town and Country Club. Elizabeth. N. Y.
September 2. Pacific States Lawn Tennis
Association. Pacffis states championships:
A. Catonsville Country Club. Baltimore Md.
open tournament. and Nyack Country Club,
Nyack. N. T., open tournament: II, Hudson
River Lawn Tennis Association 1S, Engle-
wood Field Club. open: Morristown Field
club. open: %, Bachelors Lawn Tennis
Club. Washington, District of Columbia
championship.
October 2. Merton Cricket Club Philadel-
phia, intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton tournament: 3. Longwood Cricket Club,
Boston. Mass, womens singles and doubles
and mixed doubles
Evening star., 1905-03-10
GOLF HANDICApPING.
New System to Be Adopted by Metro
politan Clubs This Season.

Clubs belonging to the Metropolitan Golf
Association will be expected to report the
handicaps of their members by April I.
Leighton Calkins chairman of the handi-
cap committee, has just issued the official
sheets upon which these reports are to be
made. Every club is required to base the
handicaps of its members on the par score
of it's course. and this score is to be reck-
oned according to the official distances.
For holes up to 200 yards in length the
official par score is 3; from 201 to 25O yards,
3k; PSI to 375, 4: 376 to 45O. AZ: 451 to 500,
5: sol to $50, 5h. and for all holes meas
uring more than $50 yards the par is g..
Adding the par for each hole gives the
total par score of the links
new system is to be adopted this year
of reckoning the handicaps in accordance
with par. Instead of taking the exact diff
ference between par and the average of the
three best scores of a player to determine
that players handicap, as has been the
custom heretofore, that difference is to rep
resent the handicap of the scratch men
and men with very low handicaps.
For example, If par of the course is IS
and the average of a players best three
scores is 15, under the old system he was
rated at scratch; If his average was so.
he received handicap of 5.
Understhe new system, to be tried this
season. the poorer the player the more his
handicap will be shaved down from the fig
ure representing the difference between his
average score and par.
A man whose average of best three scores
is 80, would, under this scheme, receive a
handicap of 4, instead of 5, presupposing
that 5 is the difference between his aver
age score and par value of 10.
This is on the theory that one stroke
is fair measure of the Improvement that
player is likely to make as against the
better player, whose average score is 75,
and who is, therefore, rated at scratch.
In other words, this plan is based on the
supposition that a poor player, with fair
practice, is likely to improve his game more
quickly than the man who is already able
to do the course in close to par figures.
For example, a man whose average is
81 would get handicap of II, instead of
%. the five strokes representing the shaw
ing which the handicap committee believes
proper from the exact difference between
81 and 75 That is, the man doing the
course in 81 is likely to improve his game
FIVE strokes, if he plays with any regular
ity, while it is hardly probable that the
man whose average is IS would improve
his game a similar number of strokes.
1t is this advantage of the poor player
over the good one which has not been
taken into consideration before and which
Mr.. Calkns now plans to reckon with. The
tables prepared by Mr. Calkns show at
glance the proper handicap for each player.
The instructions are explicit, and each
club will be expected to submit the ratings
of it's members in accordance with them.
The handicaps thus obtained will be used
in admitting entries to the approaching
championship under the auspices of the
Metropolitan Golf Association.
Evening star., 1905-03-10
NEW ORLEANS RACES.
Jockey Aubuchon on Winning Horse
in Last Five Events.

change of track conditions at the Fair
Grounds New Orleans, yesterday reduced
the starters in the seven-furlong handicap
to four and left Jake Sanders standing out
by himself. The bookmakers laid even
money against him at the opening, but they
were refusing Z to 10 at the post. Jake Sam
ders won, with Terms Rod second and
Lucky Charm third
Mauser. in thesqfifth race, was another
heavily played faVorite. He fairly reveled
in the mud and was an easy winner by six
lengths from Bhies sBla zesand ST. Blue, who
finished in the order named.
The bookmakers did not see much sun
shine all day. Light Note. backed from even
money to to 10. wonSthe one mile and
seventy yards, which opened the program.
Montpelier, who was a slight favorite over
Flyer at 16 to ), in the second. provided an
other setback for the penciilers. kittie
Platt smothered a lot of her own age and
sex in a test at seven furlongs in the sixth
race. Lord of the Valley finished nowhere
in the seventh race, in which he was a ia
vorite. Queen Rose was at home in the mud
and she outfooted her company, winning
easily from Lord French She was run up
to s1.10o over her entered price and was
bought in by her owner, s. 3. Billings. Cen
sor. winner of the closing event, was run up
to 5000 and bought in by Hickey Brothers
Summary:
First race one mile and 20 yards-Light Note,
NJ a. Martini. to lo won; RhSderiek is,r Dhn iit
wv. RobblnSb, to z, second, Billy W axe Ilf
(SEaver) 90 to !, third. Time, 145 25. HeTsh-
man. Winnifred Lad and Paul Revere also ran.
Second race mile Montpelier, 104 tShayerl,
Is to 3. won; Fleetful (Cheatham). to l. sec
ond; John II, 96 (seder,. is to 1, third. Time,
1.47. Carleys Dream, Flyer, Annu, Hubbard, Dar-
nivan, slrilia and The Pride of Surrey also ran.
Third race. four and half furlongs-Beash-
wood 1o4 qH. Phillips, 13 to 5, won; Blue Grass
1OT J. Martini 8 to q third. Time, LOS Is.
Handbag, Black Eyes. syntax. Mrs. DeBuque and
Fourth race, seven furlongs-Jake Sanders. III
(Aubuchon). to TO- won; Terms Rod, 1OS tE.
Rcel, to l. second; Lucky Charm, 115 (H. Phil
lips TO 1, third. Time, 1.31 As. Whppoorwin
also
Fifth race. mie-Mauser, JOG (Aubuchon),
to 5. won; Blue Blaze. 90 tE. RiceI. to /. sec
ond st. Blue. 92 (Bairdl, 10 to 1. third. Time.
1.49. keough, Susie Cook. Avoid, Ojibwa and
Breaker also f ,-
Sixth race. furlongs-Kittie Platt, 107
(Aubuchon). to 5. won; Lady Mercury, 102 u.
Martini, 20 to /. second; Lady Ellison, 1O7 phil
lipsl, to 5. third Time. 1.33 1-5. Edith May,
Flying Fire. Bsque and Bannock Belle also ran.
Seventh race. six furlongsAQueen Rose, 81 (Au-
buchon). ID to 5, won Lord French, 10S wv. Rob
b.ns) 25 TO l. second; Laura Hunter. 100 Or.
Head, II to L. third. Time, I. II 25. Caterpillar,
Lord of the Valley, Royal White Foot, Lilly Brook,
Knowledge and ii Dottore also ran.
Eighth race six furlongs-Censer. 109 tAu1u-
chon). to 1, wen j. W. ONeil. 100 &c. Harris),
0 to 2, second; Owasea, 90 tMcGeeD. to 2. third.
Time, lis. Yong Jessie Torle. Flying Charcoal
Mezzo. Alden. Albany Girl. Diplomat and Darius
also ran.