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signs that he Il not up TO his everyday
mark he wants TO got out.
Some men can tell one way and some
another, but there Il no doubt that however
much man may blum he don't need TO be
told when his best days In the ring are
done. No. indeed
i am 70, and should not be At AL
surprised II dropped out after 30 l
have been fighting now for twelve years;
that Is louR enough. believe there
IL some talk with the boys about coming
contest with Marvin Hart OF Louisville,
but l don't know whether II VIII amount
to anything; II II does, all right; II not
he shrugs his shoulders well, I've had
about enough. I'm not anxious TO con-
tinue."
You say you think q man should stop
fighting at thirty. Then do you believe
in DR.. osler's theory that man Il useless
after fortyl'
4 think" said Mr. Jefries, that osler
IL an old loon; the mans crazy, that's all.
Why. the most brainy men In the country
are over forty, and the best brain work
men ever do il after that age. suppose
a man that makes speech like that, though,
proves pretty well that he amt any good
himself; don't her That's my way Of
thinking. When you talk about the ring,
that's a different thing from mental work.
Fighting Is a matter Of maturity and en-
duranoe, and when you begin TO 90 down
hill there, why, you can do nothing, because
that is natural
And another thing; It is much better
for a man 10 leave when he is the champion
than TO wait until he's thrown out. There q
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consumption.
Johnny Grihin, the Baintree Lad,
felt bis defeat by Solly Smith at Roby,
Ind, very. keenly, Rnd. from that time
on his decline Get In. Before Smith took
bis measure Griffin never knew the taste
Of liquor. He was a model young man
for pugilist, admired and popular. Smith's
victory stung Grimm TO the quick. He
loet an pride In his ambition, began to
dissipate, and what might have been a
laudable career came 10 an untimely end.
Jim Hall, the once noted Australian mid
dieweight, wus never himself again after
Bob HtRalmmons laid him low at New
Orleans more than ten years ago. II was re-
ported many times that Hall was diving of
an inclrable malady, but he managed TO
regain his health. He still speaks of the
defeat, but h more OF less reconciled 70 n
Kid LAvigne went down hill at a rapid gait
after Frank Erne wrested the chanpionship
from him. LAvigne tried several times 70
show that he still possessed the qualities
Of an excellent fighter but Il was no use
The defeat ranked in his breast and he
never was himself again.
Billy Plimmer was rarely heard Of after
rodlar Palmer dropped him for the count
for the second time. For two years after
ward Pllmmer was ~ and Il Was often re-
ported that his mind was Affected Phm-
'tne8 hfo0ded . Good deal over hislo llamola
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He kept aloof from his friends and went
into a sort Of retirement II was only
after Palmer was beaten by Terry Meow
ern at Tuc1ahoe, n. ", that Plimmer mus
tered sufficient courage TO appear In public
again. He tried his hands Ia q couple Of
bouts, but his old-time skill and speed were
gone To-day Plimmer Is said 10 be in
South Africa. His friends say that be has
recovered his health, but that he still talks
about the honors that once were his.
John L. Sullivan never forEave Jim Corbett
for the latter's victory over him, and to this
day Sullivan regards Corbett as an enemy.
IL was many years before Sullivan was able
10 forget the defeat. Perhaps he might
have worried himself into III health had he
not been convinced that his popularity had
not waned. Bob FitEsimmons often said
that were Il not for the fact that JEFF ries
Il a bigger man than himself and that he
went out Of his class 90 meet him be might
have taken his defeat 20 heart. George
Dixon feels the loss Of his title very kesnly
TO this day. He went to England shortly
after McGovern whipped him and has been
there since. He says that he will never
return unless he u assured that his defeat
y forgotten
Young Corbett knocked him out the last
time. Terry bad hoped thai be would Be
able 70 turn the tables on CoTbott soms
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eat anything eat 1t, and did the same
thing when l was getting ready TO fight.
mean, Of course, good, wholesome food.
that l would eat anyway, no matter what
did | never should eat pastry and sweets
and all that truck, but never went on a
regular diet that's all right when = mans
making weight, but it's all bosh otherwise.
II want TO drink glass Of wine drink
1t. / did when l trained.
know sometimes the newspaper feller
would say to Delany. the trainer, Why
Jehries is drinking wine with hls dinner,
and the trainer used to say 10 EN-, Well
suppose you go over and call his attention
to 1t and take it away from him. But they
never did! No, all those ideas Of putting
you on strict diet are old fashioned; they
don't 60 at all with the men nowadays;
they eat what agrees with EN-
What do you think about this new
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There \ Just this about the South, says
the party Of the second part In his turn.
'You set a oomS-ofl all right they're glad
to So you, and all that, but they don't carS
such an awful lot about fighting. They're
really not up 70 date. They're all right
with their hospitality, but. nine chances 10
one, when you see a Southern man you
see a man that wants to fight with q gun.
Give him a gun and he's the happy Kid ,
or lot him see somebody else fRht with a
gun and he's happier still But Just prize
hghting'-why he amt walked up TO its
beauties yet.
Now you take the West; that's different.
Western man loves every kind Of a scrap
big and little, guns or fsts, but he prefers
fists. You see he's got his hsts with him
all the time, but he may have forgot his
gun or lent 1t TO another Teller. The best
place In the whole world u San Francisco.
The only trouble there Is that they're getting
awful particular. They've had all the
fighting they could stand for twenty years
and they are not satisfied with anything
but the best. Even II they get the best
men they don't want to be put on with
any little fights or any onesided affairs.
That makes 1t difficult to get a scrap there.
New Workers are just crazy over II and
they know lot about il, too; not nearly az
much as they do In San Francisco, but they
make II up in enthusiasm.
Some time the New York men will get
the laws that prohibit fighting repealed. It's
bound to come. wouldn't be surprised
II 1t came in year or two. They made
the laws TO protect the people from lot Of
promoters that got up some fake fights,
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HRoaA You 80 now can't hardly talk,
Ne ptpss WUrent ever Intended for this
business, and then the lines DO thar me.
never heard 10 many lines-lineS all the
tine
Il does seem rather hard. Mr.. Jeffries
cannot find anybody to fight him, and he
cannot At himself into the exigencies Of
III stage career
Mr.. James Jeffries Il not q person, how
ever, whom one would venture 10 pity
IonE. Thsre 10 something rather con-
vinoing about his personality. As he
stands Mr.. Jefiries Il feet II inches and
weighs go pounds. His head Il rather
small for The si1s OF his body and IL well
shaped with certain evidences Of his chosen
PROFESSIONALS straight lines nom the back
Of the skull b the neck and the square, firm
hw. To Offset thess he has q good bro "
With bumps over the Ids which are sup
posed 70 represent In the artistic head q
tendency 10 music, but must have another
meaning as well. he has large, intelligent
brown eyes and The frmness Of bis lower
face, which In later life win settle into rather
Q bulldo Rlire de ter nina ton, Of which there
are prOsentimsnts already, Il relieved now
By q quick smile which shows q rather
arniAbls disposition, . sense Of humor and
coed teeth.
Mr.. Jenries does not sport a supply OF
briliAnts on his shirt front or on his fingers.
His clothes are dark, well made, his trousers
With a very fashionable crease. He wears
q small black tie, Immaculate linen, patent
leather shoes and presents general ensem-
bic that does credit 10 his tailor. His hands
peak for themselves.
His wife forms the not unusual contrast
which marks many matrimonial selec-
lions; she IL small, rather delicate and de-
tsrmin6d In appearance, q not uncommon
combination, and explains that she has
ell the nerves in the establishment.
Nerves. and the big hands come out
wing and wing, Il don't know what they
are; hear the women talk about 'em, but
Lord, no nerves for mel
'Eotevu before you 60 into the ringi'
Il never felt q moments excitement
or unsaSineSs In my life. I'm always anxious
b get in I'm anxious now He smiles
rather reminisoently.
And your traininG1 DID you train much
before you went tnto ., light or do you
nov 10 keep In trim
Never did, Never had tol II I want to
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Some men are born 10 act, soms men
achieve acting and some men have acting
thrust upon them. II was thrust upon Jim
Jsiiries. He says 90.
Tho contention Is made In a pleasant
parlor Of the Hotel Navarro. Mrs. Jefiries,
wife Of the pugihst, who l. having her nails
manicured at q centre table mods under
standingly when be books toward her for
sympathy and appre ciation.
'Im a man Of action, not acting says
the champion pugilist, sententiously. Its
too much Of a strain TO speak that part;
It all falls on me, the whole thing. don't
feel as II was OF the stage a minute Of
the time. guess I'll get through the rest
Of the season because / promised
He sinks into an attitude as suggestive
Of WEAKNESS as his stalwart frame will
allow, whIlS he says:
'BeEdes, me pipes are hoarse. It's me
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shaved Whne He sept

Prom the Lovisviiis CoVrisr-JovrnaL
MY nrst day In India. said the tourist,
4 was surprised when / Rvoks In the morn
In q 70 feel how smooth my face wa.
by Jove,' l said, how slowly my beard
Rrew Yesterday. / hardly need TO shave to-
III IA. however a matter OF religion with
me 10 shave every morning, and % i babe
the. native servant, man provided BY my
host, to fetch my shaving thinu. The ma
But you are already shaved. SIR he said
Already shavedY said ].
s'Yes sir he answered. Il shaved you
while you slept That 10 the custom here
II found that he was right. found that
In India these wonderful native eeTvanta
ehAve their masters In bed every morning
without waking them.
An through my stay IN India Wa shaved
lire that n vas Almost enough 70 keep
me IN that hot and horrid country. foutvor.
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REVERSEs OF PUGILISTS.
Seine or Them PED Their Defeats Ksenly
ana Die Brokenhearted.

Seine or Them FeSl Their Defeats Ksenly
ana Die Brokenhearted.
The reported breakdown Of Terry
hoGoveFn recalls similar cases among
we'll Known pugilists. There is nothing that
viii take the heart out Of fighter who has
lsng enjoyed q vogue as champion more
than defeat. II causes him TO worry and
fret mtn his nerves and health begin to
suffer, and In the ED he viii become
wreck and sometimes die. But for being
whipped by Bob Fitzsimmons Jack Demp-
sey might have been alive to-day. Demp-
Ssy never forgot bic defeat at the hands OF
the ConishmRn, and the late 'Nonpareil's
friends have never forgiven him for oaus-
ingt. After Dempsey lost TO Eta he began
to show signs Of failing health. He was de-
pressed In spirits and seemed 10 be brood
ing over something, and It was apparent
to all his friends thAtHthers was something
amiss with him.
II was several years after that hght that
Dempsey'a admirers learned that the once
hvinoibls pugiliSt vas dying ere sbroksn
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day, and In their FINAL essay was confident
that he would retrieve himself. MoGovern
never dissipated to any extent, but Of late
his friends declare that he has been Inn
bibing freely. They predicted some time
ago that he would break down. MoGovern
IA highly strung, and constant training in
the past has left his once rugged oonsdtu-
ton In weak state. He IL still very popular
and IL only IS years old
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a good deal In knowing when to stop on
The CHAMPION speaks Of his recent trip
through the South and Mrs. Jeffries an
nounces that she has travelled everywhere
with him.
HE isn't able 10 take care Of himself,
she says. i have TO look out for him.
Besides, don't think it's a good idea to
leave a husband too much to himself; he
gets lonesome
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a man tough, unlessl he's naturally 10.
sharkey Is 90 naturally; It's the way a
fighter IL built.
-Fitzsimmons IL a great puncher He
can deliver the he rdest blows Of any OF the
lot-at least / know lie has hit me harder
than any Of the others.
Then, again, Corbett lie the cleyerest
one OF the men / have met; clever in the way
he gets away and comes back at you, in
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With kilograms for a herd Of Jersey cows,
a stable Of horses and carriages-in fact,
every sumptuous gift doting manhood can
bestow. Applause. Laughter The audi
ence assists ecstatioally in matters Of diet,
and even In the making OF baby clothes.
The last act shows the christening, and Is
celebrated by the gift Of cradle which the
miners have hewn out Of the trunk Of a
redwood tree. The ponderous thing Is ac-
tually hoisted In at the window and skidded
into the middle Of the stage. 1t il over this
homely emblem Of Joy that the wife at last
confesses her love and asks for her hus-
bands pardon. What heart could fan to
be moved2
Lamb remarked that no poet should be
allowed to write Of the death Of a child
the mere fact being 80 unutterably pa
thetio as TO make its artistic presentation
brutally offensive. The prohibition might
well have been extended TO the birth and
swaddling OF the same. Yet We all still
love to read about babies dead, and TO see
their birth and swaddling glorihed on the
stage. When Hood or Lowell writes the
poem, or Barrie writes the play, We APP
plaud with a good conscience. Mr.. Arm
strong Ia not 10 be reckoned with these,
but he has mana ged TO invest his tale OF
family joys and sorrows with certain gene
uineness and humor that touches the heart
Of the most cynical, Meantime one is re.
minded Of q remark in his first nights speech
that while any man can write good play
takes a genius to get it produced. Having
manifested his genius, Mr.. Armstrong may
be reasonably expected before long to per-
form also the lesser task.
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Of the modern drama keenly humorous
and sympa tbetlo in It's revelation Of oharac-
ter, and austerely no bic in It's trBgic divina-
ton. His Merely Mary Ann il romantic
idyn Of unqusstioned appeal; but here
there was an appre oiAb bic cheapness OF
wit and q oonscienceless trucking TO the
supposed prejudices Of the theatre which
raised grave doubts. As soOn as one got
far away from the influence Of Miss
Eleanor Robson's personality and art
Il was easy 30 be seen that-Aside from the
meretricioInly happy endin g-tbo play
was q mere rehanding-veTy expert, 10 ba
slre-of characte ~ and situations that have
done time In the theatre for generations.
In The Sero-Comio GOverness,' stale-
ness and artfciahty OF humorous clap
trap held high carnival. Mr. zAngwill
slaughtered the unresisting jest OF yore
"a bravely and as successfully as Wilhelm
r. L Stays boar.
In Jimmy the Carrier in which Miss
Annie Russell Is doomed for a certain tins
10 walk the night, all the ghosts OF dead
theatrical wits stalk the stage. The play
ing for points OF dialogue is 90 obvious
that even the numbness Of an uneIampled
boredom was stayed by the childlike amuse-
nent Of seeing the wheels go round,
Bushels Of lanky English oucumbers are
brought on the stage. For what reasoni
So that Jimmy, hugging an aTmful Of them
may at last eXclaim I'm cool as
cucumber Haughterl "a they cay in
English parliamentary reports. Then the
cuoumbers vanish. An entire act Il passed
in an attic 70 which the cast Is driven by
an overlooking river. To what endi SO
that when some one says Damn the river
jimmy may answer Il wish could The
ghosts Of our ancestors roared; but we OF
the present sat tight In gloom. tin travel
ling boz IL without lock, and jimmy goes
into another room 10 get a rope. An irate
person says Go hang yourself and just
then jimmy comes on, and eIolaims Here =
the rope One man u very bald-for no
purpose except that by mistake he may be
presented with q bundle Of hairptns. An
old maid who b afiicted with a fur Of hair
on her lip IA the recipient Of a wedding
cake and a razor. The worst Of Il all i that
the character Of jimmy is very fresh. spirited
and charming and the story Of the play
not without possibilities OF interest. But
all reality and lhelkeness Is lost In tho
mad soamper for the jokeless joke.
II the public ever finds out what humor-
ists Jews are there Il danger Of an anti
Semitic outbreak which will make the
exploits Of the Purple Assassin look like
pink tea. Who lost the ten tribes, anyway,
and how did they manage it7 While they
were about Il, why didn't they lose the
0thsr tVOi .a.laaaassSG. SoAN 'oRSIN'
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LEON.

LEON.
William See who has been quite
sick has improved.
Miss Maude Whiteside was Wis
iting friends here Sunday.
Duck Roldren planted his po-
tatoes on st. Patric'ks day, with
hopes of bountiful crop.
Preaching at the Baptist church
by Rev Cox, was largely attended
Sunday and Sunday night.
Walter Ferguson was visiting
his parents here last week.
Frank Brown was visiting friends
ct Charleston, last week.
Miss Hattie Lott who has been
very sick with humps, is now able
to be out.
Thomas Dursh captured a white
musk rat near this place last week
Broad Rim.
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MoCAUSLAND.

Chas Putney returned to his
home at Kinosde after several days
visit with friends.
GIL Wood moved to Deepwater
Wednesday
Miss Ida Bird and Miss Lillian
Asher were the guests of j E Mark
ham and wife Wednesday
Mrs Mary Denny, of Stockton,
visited her parents at Big Sixteen
last week
Miss Sadie Cooper was visiting
friends at Pliny last week
Pref AL Rymer, of Winfield,
spent Sunday with Prof A w Ash
er and family
Mrs Jennie Summers left Mon
day for Kanawhs where she ex.
poets to visit her sister, Miss Anna
Reece
Miss Bessie Afford visited her
friend Miss Charlotte Walton. of
Big Sixteen. Wednesday
RAMBLER
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st. Patrick's day was observed
in this vicinity last week by several
of our farmers planting potatoes.
Miss Mary McCIoud and sister
Miss Matte Moore, of Redmond,
were visiting at E 81 Kings last
Frid y
The Hazel Valley school closed
Thursday the 10th.
Re1. McCutohon passed through
this place Saturday enronte to his
appointment at Bine Grove Sun
day
Holley Messick got his foot bad
Iy mashed at Burdett Bros cav.
mill Saturday. Luckely that it wae
not torne off as it caught in the
saw as he was passing over it
jacob Fisher, E w Fisher, Mrs
E 81 King. Mrs Jas Messick and
Miss Arty Fisher attended the fu
neral of Mrs Lucy VansickIe, oil
Heights, Friday The deceased
was sister of jacob Fisher.
Miss Fannie Frost was visiting
friends on Three mile Sunday
We understand Miss Annie
Chambers is on the sick list thit
week
JH Plants has been attending
court at Point Pleasant asjsroF.
W w Fielder and family have
been suffering with lagripe
Fred Rogers left this place fol
Illinois last week.
Chas Bush has secured employ
ment at Burdett Bros saw mill anc
will move in one of E 81 King
houses soon
Grover Hall spent Saturday
night on Five Mile.
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ThursdaY. April 6. 1905.

commencing at IL o'clock a. M, sell at pub
lie auction at the front door[o the Court
bidder, the following real estate, situated in
son:
The undivided one half interest of the said
L. ". Newman In and 10 a certain tract or
parcel of land situate in Robinson District
CONTAINING three hundred and eighty -four
$50 acres, more or less, being the anne tract
or parcel of land conveyed to the said l. v.
Newman and others by Mary Newman by
recorded. in the office of the Clerk Of the
County Court of said county in Deed Book
No.loIpage 100, wo-sfxths(2-6l interest there
said 1. v. Newman. :!
Also the undivided one-half interest of the
said L. v. Newman In and to a certain tract
or parcel of land situate in said Robinson
District and adjoining said first named tract
ana containing forty-eight and three fourths
tIact or parcel of land conveyed to the said
1. v. Newman and others by Gideon Rifle
oy deed dated the 18th day of November
1888, and recorded in said Jerks Office in
Deed Book No lS.page SO, two sixths (2-6I in
terest therein having been subsequently, pur-
chased by said 1. v. Newman.
Also the undivided one-Sixth C-6) interest
of the said 1. V. Newman in and to a certain
tract or parcel of land situate in Waggener
DlsLrl y and containing ninety mine and one
half t99lzl acres, being the same tract or par
Gel OF land conveyed to the said I ". New
deed dated the LIST day of September, 1855 and
recorded In said Clerks Office in Deed Book
No. IL, pages 45S end 49,
Also the undivided one-sixth De- Interest
OF Inc SAID l.N. Newman in and to a certain
tract or parcel of land situate in said Wag-
gener District containing two hundred and
forty-two (242) acres, more or less, being the
same tract or parcel of land conveyed to the
SAID l. N.Newman and others by Laid Mary
newman, by deed dated the 1st day of Sep
tember, 1855, and recorded in said Clerks
Office in Deed Book No. I6, pages ass and 459
JAMES B. MENAGER,
march 4-w. Trustee.
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BRYAN.

We are sorry to announce the
death of James Villars. who depart.
ed this life March 10. 1905. TIE
deceased had long been sufferer
of dropsy, but he patiently bore his
Masters call. Mr.. VilleTs spent
the greater part of his life in this
county and will be sadly missed by
all. No one knew him but to love
him, for he was ever ready to lend
helping hand and speak aword
of encouragement to those about
him. He leaves to mourn his d eath
a wife. five sons and two daughters
and hos of friends to whom we
extend our heartfelt sympathy. In
terment took place at Mt. Zion,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Timothy Holley,
two of Mason county's most high
ly respected citizens, who have
been sick for some time, are i'm
proving We hope for their speedy
recovery.
Mrs Neal Meadows, of Arnett,
was visiting her mother, Mrs Joe
Smith, near Sulphur Springs Sun
day
Aaron Doutt willleave for Pa, in
few days where he willspend the
summer
Mrs W g Holley, who has been
sick for some time with la grippe,
is oonvalesoent
Geo Meadows is now dealing in
fat hogs
John Cremeans and wife, of Cab
in Creek, are visiting friends near
this place
T A Holley is contemplating
selling his farm and moving to the
CITY, if 80 Mason will loose one OF
her best citizens
Mrs Esther Holley and five child
rem were visiting Mrs Ida Mead
ows Tuesday
Otis Meadows and Pearl Villars
have gone to Columbus to spend
the coming season