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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-17
PUSSY WILLOWS.
A group OF shining brown buds, on +. N.fe.,

a group Of shining brown buds, on learess
tree,
sway, little brown buds. sway.
DO not heed the north wind. nor the teas
ing breeze
The, Will pass with dying day
A myriad Of white heads peeping from the
buds
Peep, little white heads. peep
a gentle rain is falling-open wide your
hearts,
And forth from your cradles creep.
The willow trees a'g.isten, with dancing
pussles gay
Yes. little pussies-gi!sten.
The world begins 10 sparkle with the glow
Of early spring
To the music Of her voice dears-listen.
A million little pussies in coats Of silver
fur.
Up in the branches swinging
The naughty sun is peeping-ah--now he
stole a kiss
And tie pussy willows all are singing.
Agnes Lockhart Hughes. in Recreation.
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purely money basis. the football coach
of the University CT Michigan ranks
ahead of the greatest scholars in the
school
LIST OF LEADERS.
The selection of Thomas L. Shevlin
as captain of the Yale university foot
ball eleven for 1905 completes the list
of gridiron leaders upon whose shout
ders viii fall the pigskin burden in
the east next. autumn, and a marked
preference is shown for line players
Among the teams which the Blues
viii face under Shevlin next season,
Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, West
Point and all the minor university
eIevens have elected their players. At
Harvard Daniel J. Hurley has been
elected for the second time to head the
Crimson gridiron forces. He is one of
the best ha1fbacks that ever played
back of the line at Cambridge, and
despite the fact that he will be a
postgraduate next fall. was unani-
break the string of victories that the
Blues have been rolling up in their
annual clash with Harvard.
Hurley, who is feet z inches in
height, weighs about 165 pounds when
in condition, and is % years old. He
holds the marked distinction with
Shevlin and Cooney of being most
generally selected by football wise
acres for the All-Eastern and ALL
American teams for last season. In
addition, he is one of the few players
in the back field to be picked for cap
tain, the tendency being, as a rule
toward the linemen for leaders.
Cooney, the Princeton leader next
fall, is of the same type as ShevlIn.
He weighs 1875 pounds, stands feet
10 Il inches, and is rs years old. Last
fall he played left tackle. and his
aggressive work was the feature of
the Princeton play in the Yale games.
He is sophomore, and has two more
years of play before he passes the
Orange and Black portals as a gradu-
ate.
The Columbia university captain for
next autumn is another big and power
full linesman, who heads a large uni
versity eleven in 1905. Thomas ].
Thorp. who will enter his third pig
skin season at the university, is a
tride heavier than either Shevlin or
Cooney, weighing as he does 20S
pounds. In other respects he is equal
to the big captains of Yale and Prince
ton, being feet 10 inches in height,
and % years of age.
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that his condition will be as good as ii
usually is. This means a great deal,
for month in and month out no better
trained boxer than Nelson ever steps
into a ring. Moreover, the left arm will
be as good as, it was when he arrived
in the hospitable wilds. 1t is the same
left arm he had with him when he de-
feated Martin Candle, Eddie Hanlon
and Young Corbett- It isn't at all un-
likely that the arm and weight stories
were started in the fear that the back
ers of Corbett would be asking too
much odds Tuesday night
When Corbett and -HanIon boxed the
first time Corbett was fmperfectly train
ed He. was in trouble owing to the
combined effects of poor condition and
the native sons blows and he had to
bring into play everything he knows of
in the line of stalling in order to worry
through the twenty rounds. He was
permitted to Share the honors of a draw
and the opinion was held by many that
he was not rightfully entitled to such
consideration.
Corbett's experience on the occasion
referred to proved a salutary lesson to
him. He begged. for a return match,
and his wish was granted. He gave
himself a thorough preparation and he
defeated Hanlon decisively.
z Corbett said he was. far short of his
best form when he lost to Battling Mel
son. He certainly was as punching
bag in the hands of the durable Dane
and it will be for the coming event to
determine whether, it was "a case of be-
ing UNDETERMINED or overmatched.
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One Way Rates.

Every day from March 1st to May
18th, 1905, the Union Pacific will sell
One-way Colonist tickets at the follow
ing rates. from Missouri River termi-
anls, Council Bluffs, to Kansas City in
elusive:
$4,000 to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
$4,000 to Butte, Anaconda and Hell
ena.
$22.5O to Spokane and wenatchee,
Wash.
$25oO to Everett. Fafrhaven, What
com, Vancouver and Victoria, via
Huntington and Spokane.
$500 to Tacoma and Seattle, via
Huntington and Spokane.
$500 to Portland and Astoria, or
Ashland. Roseburg, Eugene, Albany
and Salem via Portland.
$500 to San Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Diego.
CorespondingIy low rates to many
other California, Oregon, washington,
Montana Utah and Idaho points.
Through Tourist cars run every day
on Union Pacific between Missouri
River and Pacific Coats; double berth
1915 For full information call on or
address nearest Union Pacific agent.
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KANSAS NEWS.
The ThreShermenss Convention
VIII Be Wichita's Big Event.
To Be Held March I5 and Is 1t
Will Be Crowded Affair.
LOW RATE OF FARE.
"GOOd Roads, Is One of the
Topics for Discussion.
President Looks for Crowd of
1000 People Present.

Wichita. Feb. 28.-The threshermen's
convention. which will be held in this
city March Is and 16. promises to be the
biggest thing of the kind ever held In
the world It is confidently expected
that there will be at least 1000 thresh-
ing machine operators here from KAN
sas. Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
The committee on arrangements has
sent out several thousand circulars ad-
vertising the meeting and already
large number of threshing machine men
have given notice of their intention TO
be present. One thing that will con-
tribdte largely toward bringing q large
number here is the unusually low rate
of one fare plus so cents from all points
in Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory.
L. w Thompson of this city. presi-
dent Of the local association and a
member Of the committee on arrange-
ments. is very enthusiastic over Tie
prospect for the coming convention.
while last years convention was a
success in every particular said he,
this will be even better than it was
We had 1000 threshermen here last
year, but look for 1000 next month.
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We will have better rates and a better
programme and certainly can promise
a bigger and a better convention
lone of the subjects to be discussed
al the convention will be a subject that
all threshermen and farmers are inter
ested in, and that is good roads legis-
lation. While the programme has not
vet been completed it is certain that
we will have something doing every
minute of the time. The first night will
probably be a show and the next night
will 1 think. be a 'thresherman's ex-
perience meeting at the Toler auditor
ium.
There is no longer any doubt as to
the attitude of the machine manufac-
turers Some of them who have been
trying to discredit the convention have
already begun to notify their customers
that they would be here and would be
glad to meet them I believe when the
time comes they will all be here, and
mighty glad of it, too. OF course they
can do as they please. We are able to
hold a convention without them, but
the more who are here the better it
will be and the greater the certainty
that next years convention will be bet
Ter than this
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Items from Jewell City.

Jewell City, Kas., Feb. 2S.-Dr. O.
W. Hughes left for Chicago this morn
ing to be treated for kidney trouble.
The doctor has a large practice, and
many of the patients will Have no one
but him, so that it would be next to
impossible for him to doctor at home.
His speedy recovery is greatly desired.
F. w. Bennington has moved out to
his big ranch a few miles from town,
but will continue to run the hardware
business until it is disposed of salts
factOrily; then he will be full
hedged hayseed. His interest in county
affairs will not be affected in the
least, for the Republicans consider
him an expert county chairman, and
would have returned him to the Iegis-
lature if he had not been feminist"
Jewell county will try him for con-
gresham some day.
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Many School Children Are SiskIy.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children, used by Mother Gray, nurse
A Children's Home, New York, Break
up Colds in "a hours, cure Feverishness,
Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething
Disorders, Move and Regulate the
Bowels, and Destroy Worms. Mrs.
Emily Maronn, Meriden, CT, says +:
1t is the best medicine IN the world
fer children when feverish and consti-
pated- Sold by all Druggists or by
mail, 25c Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen 8. Olmstsd, Leroy, N. Y.
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YosT GETS BIG SALARY.
Majority of Captains for the Next Year
Chosen.

Chosen.
Ann Arbor. Feb. 2S.-Coach Yost
of the University of Michigan re-
ceives a larger salary than a "senior
professor" His pay for three months
of football coaching is within $1,000
of the annual salary of President
Angel himself, highest official in the
university. and one of the oldest and
best known scholars and college presi-
dents in America.
Yost's salary is said to be $3,5O0
for the three months football season.
That is $500 more a year than Mich
igan s greatest professors, who have
written famous scientific works, re-
ceive from the university in a whole
year. Yost furthermore has con-
tract which guarantees his salary until
1910. The senior professors, though
their positions are practically secure
for a lifetime, have no such legal as
surance that the university may not
suddenly dismiss them.
1t is not generally understood. out
side of the university, that Yost is
officially a cipher at Michigan. That
is, his name does not appear in the
catalogue, and he has absolutely no
official standing at the University of
Michigan. The state pays the profess
sors as part of the university, but the
athletic association, which has prac-
ueally no connection with the univer-
sity, and all of whose funds are its
ton is purely a business organization,
but with one important distinction
from ordinary business firms While.
this association annually makes thou
sands of dollars out of gate receipts,
this entire fortune is expended an
nually in the interests of the students
in new baseball diamonds, football
fields, tennis courts, and athletic at
fractions.
Charles Baird, business head of this
association, is under a salary regu-
lated of course, by university officials
But the coaches whom he chooses to
hire. SO far as the university is con-
cerned, are treated as if they were
a part of his private business. Acting
with the athletic association he pavs
any salary he can afford. In Yosf's
case, though a big salary, it is one of
the finest business investments con-
ceivable, for the teams which Yost
produces annually pour many extra
thousands into the athletic associafjon
treasury from the increased gate re-
ceipts.
This is how it happens that, from
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THE OPINION OF sHARKEY-
OF Wrestler Frank GotcE1. Who Meets
VVfttmer Here.

New York. Feb. 2S.=''Frank Gotch,
the champion catch-as-c atch-can
wrestler. who is the latest asoirant for
fistic honors. is a likely looking ath-
Iete," says Tom Sharkey. II saw the
big westerner in action for the first
time yesterday afternoon, and his
great development impressed me
greatly.
whether Gotch will meet with as
much success in the ring as he has in
the wrestling game remains to be
seen. 1t does not follow that cham
pion wrestler can walloD a champion
fighter or achieve any great success in
the ring. 1 don't mean to say that
Gotch will never be a fighter. He
may surprise US all yet; if he fails, he
will only follow in the footsteps of
other wrestlers of great fame who
sought Dugilistic laurels.
zone thing, Gotch has many ad
vantages over others who had cham
pionship aspirations and failed In
fact, he has many things in his favor.
In appearance he is a sleek. trim ath-
lete, and is built in many ways more
like fighter than a wrestler. He is
not short and stocky, with strong,
heavy legs like Roeber and others that
have preceded him. His legs are.
strong and sinewy, but they have the
length which tends to give them
speed
fine height for a fighter-and has a
long reach. In fact, he has q reach
as Tong as any fighter I ever fought.
I found him very speedy and clever
with his hands. Goteh knows q great
deal about the boxing game, and the
longer he keeps at it the more he will
improve.
He is a young fellow yet, and there
is every evidence in his makeup that
he has taken the best of care of him
self ever since he has been following
professional sports. Gameness is an
essential qualification in a fight, and
there is no doubt but that Gotch is
game after the many grueling matches
he has gone through successfully on
the mat. There are wrestling matches
far more brutal than boxing matches.
There is no reason why Gotch
should not improve greatly, so long as
he has the speed. He undoubtedly
possesses great endurance, for he has
taken part in continuous matches
which have lasted two hours without a
rest.
''while had the pleasure of trying
Gotch out. there is nothing like hav-
ing a real. earnest set-to. I should
advise him not to fight Jeffries right
off the reel. Let him go and take a
few of the other fellows who have al
ready fought the champion. Then, if
he is successful, he will prove that he
is a fighter. In the meantime the ex-
perience will go far to aid him in a
fight for the championship
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New Orleans. Feb. 28.-There was
an excellent attendance at the City
Park track. The weather was delight
full and the track fast. Tod Sloan rode
Garnish to victory in the fourth race.
He got Garnish off in front and was
never headed, winning by a length and
a half. Only two favorites scored.
There was a serious accident in the
last race. Four horses fell in the
stretch and Jockey r. Johnson, who
had the mount on Triumver, had his
skull fractured. None of the other
bows was seriously hurt.
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IIQUoR EIGHT AT 1YNpoN.
Application for a Druggists, Permit
Makes Enemies of Friends.

Lyndon, Kas.. Feb. 2s.-The town
has been divided into two radical fac
tons over the attempt OF one Of the
druggists here to secure a permit to
sell liquor.
It was. opposed by the ministers and
the fight has reached d stage where
the boycott is being used and church
mem bers are threatening to withdraw
membership Several court hearings
have been given the application, and
Attorney General Coleman has been
appealed to for a decision. The town
for many years has had no druggist
with q. liquor permit, but the whole
quarrel is q veritable tempest in
teapot that is creating unnecessarily
enemies from old time friends.
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University student Egged.

Ottawa. Kan, Feb. 28.-L. c. Smith.
an Ottawa university student. was
egged by four Baker students at Bald
win last evening. Smith refereed in
the Ottawa Baker girls basket ball
game, and dissatisfaction over his de-
cisions prompted the action. Strohn,
Baker official, said the decisions were
fair. Two Ottawa players were struck
with eggs. Score: Baker, 19, OF
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OUR THEORY

Mr.. Bacon-''There was a report around
that Gay has been seen taking his type
writer TO the theaters and to dinner a
good deal lately. Mrs. Bacon-"Yes.
isn't it scandalous2' But Gay says IL is
not a fact; that he has done nothing Of
the kind" "Of course, that's just like
man, to deny it, Who is Mr.. Gays type
writer?" His wifer'-Younkers States
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A. o. L. w. IN SESSION,
Topeka Wins a silver Cup at the Leav-
enworth Meeting.

I.eavenworth, Kan. Feb. 2s.-Nearly 500
delegates were in town last night for the
Kansas A o U w grand lodge meeting
and fully as many more are expected. A
drill for prize Of 500 and silver lodge
cup between three degree teams took
place at the gymnasium at Fort Leaven-
worth. The team of lodge No 200 of To-
peSa won
The grand lodge degree was conferred on
a large class and a class of fourteen mem
hers initiated into the order A big
ball followed at Turner hall The first
business session will be held this fore
noon
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Emporia, Kan, Feb. 2S."John
Beyers was fined $500 and given a Jail
sentence of sixty days in police Ocurt
on a charge of running a joint in con-
nection with his grocery store on Low
er Commercial street. This is the sec
ond time the case has been police
court. and the fine was doubled on the
retriaI- Beyers has filed notice of APP
peal to the district court.
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Weak Kidneys

To any kidney sufferer who has not tried
my remedy I offer a full dollars worth
Tree. Not a mere sampie--but regular
dollar bottle-standard size and staple.
There is nothing to pay, either now or
take no risk. The dollar bottle is free-be-
feel SO sure OF its results that can aford
to make this offer.
In the first place my remedy does NOT
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ney nerve is strong, and healthy the kd-
ney nerve goes wrong you know it by the
inevitable result-kidney trouble.
This tender nerve is only one of s. great
system of nerves; this system controls not
only the kidneys, but the heart and the
sake have called this great nerve system
the Inside Nerves" They are not the
able you to walk, to talk. to act, to think
IN tnley are the master nerves and every vie
nerves '-because each set Is in such close
sympathy with the others that weakness
where.
This is why I treat not the kidney that
IS weak but the ailing nerve that MAKES
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RMS is why can afford to do this un-
know how my remedy succeeds.
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Those who have tried it do not need the
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Racing at Los Angeles

Los Angeles, Feb. 28.-Girdlestone.
at z to 5, won the feature race at
Ascot, beating Ralph Reese, McGrath-
lana Prince Head Dance, Azelina and
Buckster Hodi. GorgaIette was an
other winner that was played at lib
eraI odds, beating the favorite, Sin
ner Simon, in a. drive. Landseer broke
his leg in the second race and was
DESTROYED.
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Under Cover With His Weight
Is Battling Nelson.
Prize Fighter Trying to Fool
Public for Betting Purposes.
HAS A CRIPPLED ARM.
Does Not Interfere With Battle
Tuesday Night.
Majority Thinks Nelson VIII Be
Too Strong Now as Before.

San Francisco, Feb. 2S.-The dreary
grind Of training is coming to an end
for Young Corbett, and in a short time
he will know what. allied him in his last
fight with Battling Nelson. Buoyed up
by the belief that it was simply a case
of imperfect condition that time, he
tackled his present course of sprouts
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$4,000.
City of Mexico and Return, Rock
Island System.

The "short line to Old Mexico" via
Ell Paso or Fort Worth. Tickets on
sale March 4, 3, 6 and Z; final return
limit 80 days from date of SALE Lib
eral stop-overs. Your opportunity to
visit Old Mexico. For full information
see A. NJ. FULLER. c. P. A,
Topeka Kas.