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landed a thousand. Taken as a whole
the films show that Britt was never
in the fight with the Dane. He was
outclassed and outfought. At boxing
for points he would gain the decision
over Nelson, but at the forty:fve-round
game he had nothing but beating due
him after the articles of agreement
were signed.
He displayed wonderful recuperating
power on several occasions, but never
got strong enough to damage the pride
of the stockyards. He could swing
with full power and land, but the whole
fight, passing across the white screen
makes it look as tho the Californian
could not knock the Chicago battle1
thru sheet Of tissue paper with a
| sledgehammer.
All of this time the Nelson boy was
chasing Britt all over the ring and ad
ministering that left arm ointment ,ir
| style that must have been making
the Native Son of California wish that
he had been native son of Korea an6
had never come out of the interior.
1 The pictures show why the Britts
| were SO insistent on the referee cues
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Still Sidestepping.

western cham
pionship'' idea has
been pretty well
scattered thru the
east by the VOL
verines and it is
a plain case of at
tempting to get a
reputation under
false pretenses.
If NJ c h ilg a n
wants to clear up
her claim she can
SeI d Sdme with
Minnesota for the
asking. She can
not bluff Or cajole
the sportsmen of
the country into
10 ok ing upon
Michigan's. team
as the western
champions so lone
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Don t try to see
how close you can
run to pedestrians.
S o m e low : bred
person may have
! a paving ! brick
protoplasm con
cealed in his vest
ment. .,t
Don't toot your
horn in passing
horses unless the
man driving them
owes you money.
Don't pour oil
on the registra-
ton number and
then throw. dust
; upon it: It will
soil the. handker-
chief oftha re-
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BOOTS AND BOOST5---BY The DUTCH UNCLE
Being asadSndry Reflections the PasngSh
Elections Upon the Passing Show

of verbal poison into her frost bitten
ear until he knows that the livery
stable man will get all of his week IS
pay if he don t hurry back
Both are frozen as stiff as dill
pickles. Both hate sleighriding, but
both are bluffing and neither would
tip hand to the other for anything
in the world. After they are married
they will stay at home on cold nights
and tell each other what fools they
used to be. -
The wise young man leaves dovey-
dovey at home these cold nights and
HES him to her domicile in a convey
ance no more, fractions than one of
Tom Lowry's arks. He carries five.
pound box of chocolates and spends the
evening telling dovey that she's the
finest bit Of female architecture since
the age of the ig-leaf fresco. He
don't freeze her cheeks or make he1
nose red or her ears turn. white from
cold. He saves money to pay the in
stalment house man for the gas range
in the kitchen Of the home-to-be.
This is straight, for the stenographe1
with the new engagement ring says il
is-and she knows.
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south will be provided with accommo-
dations. James D. Price is now at Or
mond perfecting the preliminaries.
+ !. J. a
Automobiles are naturally up in
arms over the federal license bill intro
duced in congress by Edward Morrell,
of Philadelphia, which is ostensibly for
the purpose of regulating interstate au-
tomobile travel, but which has num-
Der of provisions that have raised a
storm Of protest from motor car owners.
The bill provides that the tourist
must take out a federal license after
paying $50 for the privilege of being
examined by technical expert. More
over, its peculiar workings says that
any person violating the act shall be
deprived of his license and violation of
the act is to operate a machine in inter
state travel without license.
It is the general opinion that suff-
cient pressure will be brought to bear
by the American Automobile associa-
ton, the national governing body, to
kill this measure.
The very idea of a federal license is
not altogether distasteful to many driv-
ers of motor cars. There are those who
think that national registration of a
motor car might decrease the number
of placards bearing state numbers that
automobiles are now required to carry
The hope Of all is that some agree.
ment may be reached by which the
number used in onesstate will be recog
nized in the other State.
!. \ !.
Automobiles are now discussing the
nnssihilitv of usiny alcohol as q mo- g,
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porter who, tumbles to your little game
and wants to mark you down. .,.,., ~
+ Light lamps an hour before sunset
and if you, become illuminated yourself
call a hack and go home in that:
Don't foot your horn continually in
city street. The plebians will asso-
ciate excessive horn blowing with
acute alcoholism. ..,..
Don't scorch. You might get burned
yourself.
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as the Ann Arborites continue to
deliberately sidestep and evade trying
conclusions with the gophers. Cham
pionships, must be acquired by play.
There is feeling growing thruout the
country that Michigan is playing foot
ball with the sole idea of victory and
that the spirit is "anything to win. -
Yost and Baird know that in meet
up against a team that cannot be run
over rough-shod. They cannot defeat
Minnesota as they do Ohio State and
Illinois, manifestly inferior teams, but
touted by Michigan as great in order
to boost their own stock. Michigan s
team has attempted to pose as western
champions and omitted team from
their schedules which could have de-
feated them. The west is "wise' to
| the wolverine bluff and the east is fast
becoming so. While Caspar, Whitney
was radically fanatic in his .denuncia-
ton Of western football he was hew-
ing rather close to the line on Michi-
CAMS field performance when he de-
clared the wolverines to have been
greatly overrated. They are overrated
and more than that are beginning to
look something like cutters.
!. !. !.
''Iet Her Bang, Father.''
~ ALPH D. PAINE, writing in an
~ eastern sporting magazine tells
1~ the following rather good story
concerning Scotch sportsman:
cat some sports held in Scottish
village the other day, an open 100 yards
handicap was one Of the items. Severa,
Edinburgh 'peds' entered, and duly
put in an appearance. Whilst dress
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by accident. 1t
was carrying the
''native son - deal
up to the lie tape
and then sprinting
100 yards beyond.
Those pictures
show that Britt
never had any
thing to give Mel
son. The Dane
was after him like
a bull terrier pup
from gong to gong
Britt was break
ing ground every
minute of the fight
and while he was
fddling and box
ing his reaches did
not carry enough
Of a punch to put
out Nelson if he
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liz ueAG WeuG : W hoCueSIeI, In.
Y, and took up the bronchos."
He was getting along fairly well and
on returning from a trip down east
walked into John Galatians bar. John
was quarreling with Colonel William
Carberry over Pop. Anson's batting
average in 1882 and glancing at Irwin
he remarked: &.--..-, ~
"Sold Heydon and Castro today
These were star men on the team
and Irwin looked wild.
|. "Sold 'em! Why!'
"Tuesday is pay day and we need
the money! was Calls response, as
inch stein. -.
"That was the beginning of the
end,' said Irwin in telling of it.
"Every time player failed to hit the
ball for two bases John fined him and
whenever he did hit one over against
the fence, John sold him. In that way
the club made all sorts of money. At
the. end Of two months all the good
ones were gone and the bad ones owed
the club money!
| After Callahan had sold all ofathe
club and retired from the magnate bust
ness Irwin came out to Kansas City
to manage the NUTS. He was a capable
man, but his hands were tied by Tebeau
He could do nothing. His friends
turnout the country-and there is 9
million of them-hope that Irwin viii
be free handed at Altoona and viii
make the biggest kind Of success OF
| the team.
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been a happy one.
He e n c O untered
his first trouble as
manager at Toron-
to, a stock COM
pany which had
some s ixt y or
seventy members
and every one
voted. It is said
that every one
was accustomed to
stand at the gate
to watch the ticket
taker and ticket
seller. Managing
a team under such
circumstances was
rather too nerve:
racking for Irwin
and he quit.
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The Baseball Commission.

~>M- ANY papers turnout the coun-
~ try are discussing the Kelley
H. - case. The writer's who are
new at the game are saturated with the
tremendous majesty Of the national
commission in baseball, their meager
perspective evidently not taking in the
fact that the national commission in
baseball is all right SO long as it does
not conflict with the rights and liber-
ties Of a man, even tho he be bound up
in the web of baseball slavery.
"Organized baseball' sounds well,
but it means a system whereby men are
bartered and sold as the magnates
please without consideration for the
player. There must be a governing
body in all sports, but if the national
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jeff a Hair Raiser.

n DVICES from the slope say
~ that since going into retire
Il = ment Jim Jeffries has started
to raise beard and Denver artist
draws an ideal portrait of the "cham-
peen,' after he has grown bunch of
alfalfa, which would make him chair
man of any populist$ convention ever
held. 1t looks something like this:
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Gopher Wins Praise.

TT rs always pleasant to see a friend
make success of worthy I'M
dertaking. That success has come
to one gopher is shown by the extended
notice given to DR.. II. L. Williams in
his football labors in the east. It has
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07

D 9 g n favorable
mention in every
instance. The low
ers of football
east and west are
under obligations
to him as the lead
eg of sane action
in football, grow
ing out of the big
conference in New
York.
That conference
was called with
the idea of knock
ing football in the
head with a large
hammer. Columbia,
a school which had
a b o les h e d the
game, was very
prominent in the
anfair and the ac-
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James Has His Troubles.

* EW YORK is attempting to get
N Jimmy Lightbody of Chicago
to come down there and run
in an indoor meet the latter part of
this month. James is willing, but just
now he is reported as having bought
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07

Hal Chase of the New York Ameri-
cans, and Frank Chance of the Chicago
nationals, both Californians, played in
the Pacific Coast league after finishing
the season with their teams in the east.
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candle to burn in
his room while
battling with a
condition ,, ham
ded out the first
of the week.
Bye the bye, did
anybody ever hear
of the University
of Chicago impos-
ing a condition
upon an athlete
while the football,
baseball, or track
season was on?
Please hold up
the right hand.
This week has
also brought about
the. announcement
] that the Univer-
sity of Chicago
has rounded I'm
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The veteran Sam DUNCAN, last season
with Memphis, announces his retire
ment. His last major league engage
ment was with Washington.
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A Good Answer.

~HE sale Of the millers and the
names of the new owners is a
"A ''pretty tolerable fair' sort of
an answer to the Havenor-Lennon-Te
beau declaration that the sale was a
fake
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tion and why California ate at the free
lunch counter for some time after the
battle. The next man who starts to
promote battle in which Britt and
Nelson are to meet once more had best
buy up the pictures and suppress them.
They do not add anything to Britt s
reputation as a fighter altho they show
him to have vitality, lots of it, and
certain degree Of cleverness as a boxer.
Nelson does not shine as boxer, but
he shows left arm that makes noise
wonderfully like meal ticket.
!. !. i.
i. Irwin Goes East.
a RTHUR IRWIN will not manage
"a the "mutts" of Kansas City
= = this year. He has signed to
manage the Altoona team and will bid
George Tebeau farewell.
Irwin s career as a manager has not
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Sp ort Section. ]

every university and college in the
land. It is cause for congratulation
chat West Point played such promi-
nent part in moulding the destinies Of
football.
''The friends of football can thank
Captain Pierce of West Point, and DR..
Williams of Minnesota, for standing SO
manfully in the breech when the edu-
Gators from all parts of the country
wavered perhaps as to the best methods
for accomplishing the purpose for which
they were gathered together. It might
also be said that some who came to
abolish remained to reform, and foot.
fall in sense was vindicated.'
!. i. !.
.s."a Still sidestepping.
"A PHILADELPHIA paper an
IN nounces that there will be nc
- game next season between
Michigan and Penn. and says thai
Michigan is going to work to 'twi1
back the western championship This
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about all of the available athletes
for the football and track teams. Won
derful, isn't it, how the squalor and
dirt of the city of Chicago does attract
young men seeking to drink deep of the
Pierian spring. Chicago has a great
university. The young man who thirsts
for knowledge can lie beside the foun-
tain and soak his hide full Of culture
which will radiate thru life like a
gasolene torch with a Welsbach burner.
Also if he has the weight and the
heft he can get some little chance to
| play football and run around the cinder
path in soubrette suit This, of
course, is purely secondary and is
frowned upon by the eminent educa-
tors The largest rivers always run
by the great cities. The best athletes
! appear to gravitate to Chicago-for the
same reason.
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ing for the sprint local competitor,
who looked rather green, vouchsafed
the information that the starter in
variably fred the pistol the moment
he. asked the question, Are you
readya'
SThe men from Aud Reekie made
use Of their knowledge. l..
Clare you ready7'' asked the
starter.
And off went all the runners, ex-
cept the local man, who stood in po-
sition.
H'Come back, shouted the. starter.
I haven't fred the pistol yet, and all
but the man in the blue jersey will
have to forfeit yard for starting too
soon.' ,r
"Again the Edinburgh men tried to
poach bit, and again they were de.
tected and suffered another yard
penalty. 3
"But the local man was heard tt
remark to the starter: -,E
"'You can let her bang this time
father. I guess I can win that clock
noo!' III.
"And he did - s-r
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The Native Son Deal.

~HE Britt-Nelson pictures shown
in Minneapolis last week go far
to show up, and make monkeys
Of the west coast correspondents who
sent out reports, the night of the fight,
making it appear that Nelson had won
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Don'ts for Chauffeurs.

Don'ts for Chauffeurs.
w E CAREFUL about lubricating
- the chauffeur. Seven highballs
~ gum up the steering hand and
are "a prolific source of repair bills.
=; Don't run on the wrong side of the
street if you can see the other side.
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Automobiles are now discussing the
possibility of using alcohol as a moe,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-11
The Prague Clock.

Since the middle of the fifteenth cen
fury the city OF Prague has possessed
n remarkable clock. the machinery of
which Is most complicated. The dial,
which is between six and eight feet
across, has a number Of hands, which
mark not only the minutes and the
hours, but also the days, months, years
and centuries. OF this clock poet
tells u.s.
At the left of the dial skeleton stands,
And aloft hangs 4 musical bell in the
tower,
Which he rings by rope that he holds in
his hands
In his punctual function of striking the
hour.
But the funniest sight Of the numerous
sights
Which the clock has to show to the
people below
Is the holy apostles, In tunics and tights.
Who revolve in a ring or proceed In a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-11
schI:emrnn,a LrcL.

II is told OF Schliemann, the exhume
Of buried cities OF the ancient world,
that he was pursued by i'll lucl. in his
earlier undertakings. Mentioning the
fact to friend, the latter asked him
which leg and arm he first inserted in
trousers and coat. Schllemann said
he habitunlly inserted the right "That
is the cause of your mlsfortunes," said
his friend. "You have offended tile
left hand fairies, and they take out
their vengeance on you. Reverse your
habit and see" And" said Schlie-
mann in telling the incident in his later
and prosperous years. you see how it
changed my luck"
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A Good Advertiser.

A man in London wanted q Job. and
SO he published the following advertise
ment:
"a hopelessly incompetent fool, with
no qualifications, social or intellectual.
totally devoid Of knowledge on any
conceivable subject, thoroughly indo-
lent and untrustworthy, is DESTROYS OF
obtaining remunerntivc post in any
capacity. Address I. T., 8 Maclise
rond. West Remington"
The singularity ofit attracted great
deal Of attention, and several people
set out to look the individual up. When
they found him they discovered he was
man Of twemty-seven years, alert
intelligent, with an ordinary public
school education. The result il that
he has secured I good position with a
responsible hrin, and he bids lair 20
rise in the world, all the result OF ad-
vertisinS and OF writing an ad. so
that 1t would attract attention because
1t was different from any other appll-
cation for work that was ever written
The moral, therefore, Of this tale is
that II you would succeed by adyertis.
Ing write SO that the notice would Mt
tract you If you were In search of help
-Afuncie Star.
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Ninpinu n Cola.


When the first symptoms of a cold
appear begin to treat it at once. Once
we'll under way a cold cannot be check
ed until It has run It's course. A glass
of hot lemonade. upon retiring and
plenty Of bedclotfes to induce perspira-
ton will do wonders in warding off an
inclpicnt cold. For sore throat or
fullness In the nostrils, or both, It is
excellent to inbale the steam from a
pitcher Of boiling water. A gargle Of
half teaspoonful OF salt to glass of
water is good OF pinch of powdered
alum placed well back on the tongue
dries an liberated tonsil. When the
eyes are infiamed little boracic acid
comes prepared of the proper strength.
An old fashioned remedy for cold Is
vinegar md molasses, horrid dose.
but most excellent. Equal parts of
vinegar md molasses and piece Of
butter the size Of n walnut IRE allowed
to come to boil, the dose being a tea
spoonful about every twenty minutes.
This is commonly called "stewed
quaker"
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A MOHAMMEDAN FUNERAL,
Ceremonies with Which a Body Is
Consigned to the Grave.

Ceremonies with Which a Body Is
t Consigned to the Grave.
When the life Of Mohammedan Is
ebbing away distinguished reader Of
the Koran is summoned to recite aloud
Its chapter OH the resurrection, so that
the spirit of the person, on hearing it,
may have an easy death. The Mo-
hammedan believes that the vital prin-
ciplcs Of the whole system are concen-
trated in the head, when death Is the
result. The watchers at the bedside
also read some passages, and then a
drink Of sherbet Is given to the pa
ttent to lessen the pangs Of death. AS
soon as the spark of life has fed, the
two great toes are tied together with
thin strip Of cloth, the mouth is
closed, and incense is burned near the
body.
The interment follows a few hours
after death. The washers" are men
and women who wash and shroud the
body and dig hole in the earth to
hold the water, SO that 1t cannot spread
very much as it Is considered unlucky
to tread on this water. The washing Is
q great ceremony. and when finished
the body Is shrouded with even more
ceremony. If there is widow of the
deceased, she returns the dowry her
husband had given her. IF the deceas-
eds mother is present, she says. '"The
milk with which sucked thee 1 freely
bestow upon thee" Thus she resigns
the debt of the deceased TO her When
flowers have been placed on the body
1t Is carried TO the grave on q bier or,
II the relatives can afford 1t, in cof-
FIN. AT the grave four creeds are re
cited, and the body. with the head to
the north and the face looking toward
Mecca, is laid OIL its back in its tomb.
The grave is about seven feet long for
both sexes. but the depth for man is
measured by the distance between his
feet and chest; for woman, between
her feet and waist. If the body Is too
long for the grave, it is believed that
the deceased must have been q great
sinner.
Before the body is covered the Mo
hammcdan takes Il little earth nnd
throwing it into the grave, says, eve
created you OF earth, and we return
you to the earth, and we shall raise
you out Of the earth on the day of resur
rection." Then a mound is built tt
keep the earth in the grave from crush
ing the body. and water Is sprlnklet
on it in three lines. Special prayers fol
the safe voyage of the deceased are of
fered after the burial AS in the case
Of Hindoo funeral, the poor are no
| forgotten. both remembering the needy
by distributing money, salt, rice ant
wheat among them after the funeral.
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wonders About skin Pores.

Each square inch of The human skin
contains no less than $500 sweating
tubes, or perspiration pores. Each of
these tubes. although wonderfully mi
mute, is about one-fourth Of nm inch In
length. Each of these sweat tubes may
be likened to tiny draintile. We find
that the average adult has about 1000
square inches OF skin OH the surface Of
his body. Each square inch OF this
outer cuticle is, as we have snid, liter
ally perneated with its $500 quarter
inch perspiration bitches If we could
put each of these little tubes end to
end we would find that they would ex-
tend distance of not less than 2O1 ,166
feet. Had you ever before stopped to
consider the fact that the aggregate
length Of the tile bitches for draining
the human body is almost forty miles?