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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-11-28
The Satisfactory Part.

Jamie having come into the posses
sion Of considerable wealth through
the death Of relatives was thus adj
dressed by one Of his neighbors:
AYE, jamie, 1t was guild thing for
you that your rich freens waur born
afore ye."
"Weel," said jamie, "I'm nae sac
sure ABBOTT that, but it was guild thing
that they deed afore me-" Dundee
Advertiser.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-11-28
CUTICURA A BLESSING
To Skin-Tortured Babies
and Tired Mothers,

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and Cuticura Ointment have alleviated
among the young, and the comfort they
have afforded WORKOUT and worried
parents, have led to their adoption in
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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-11-28


way. We was flying low one day,
watching two big machines racing
along a country road, when all at once
one of 'em blows up and the horn
lands right in our car. Well, the mate
leans over the port rail and begins
nk-honklng' like he was dippy. All
at once hear another 'honk-honk'
way Off, then nearer, then more 'honks'
than all the automobiles In four states
could make. And what do you think
it was? Wild geese Dern my dyna-
mo, If there wasn't million wild geese
flying toward us In a long W drag
glng their harrer over the pale MOON
as the poet says, only there wasn't any
moon, it being broad daylight l call
all hands to the main deck, and we
man the rail- Closer and closer come
the geese until begin to get scared
that they're going to hit our balloon
and puncture us. Just as they get up
to us grab the Teller that's leading the
w and boiler. Everybody grabs a
,-nose arn no'are mat acares the
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-11-28


loafing around any gigantic engineer
ing enterprise so without waiting for
the unwilling of The colossal statue Of
Secretary Taft we loaded to the para
chute with panama hats and mosquito
netting and spread sail for the pole
eve made New York In twenty-fOur
hours, having good weather And IA
vorable winds all the way AMI pf Sapd
over the city some time before mid
night, stopping for an hour over q roof
garden, where they had the best show
ever see. There was one girl in pink
tl-well, as l was saying, we had good
weather and favorable winds, and
about daylight we sighted the citadel
of Quebec There our trouble begun.
Our carburetor was acting cranky, and
ten of our thirty-six cylinders went out
of commission all at once, and we had
to stop the engine for repairs. We
drifted to the northwest and hung
there is the air all day, monkeying with
the machinery and cussing our luck.
The first mate pipes up:
Skipper, do you realize what day
this ISL
"'No,' says l. what Is itY
"Tt's Thanksgiving day. says he.
"Puncture my gas bag, matey, If
you amt right says |, taking hasty
look at my pocket calendar. What are
we going to do about it?'
"T don't know says he. We amt
got nothing but hard tack and canned
stuff aboard. OF course the canned
stuff's all right, now that the whole
regular army Is on duty at the packing
houses, but canned turkey don't seem
Thanksgiving-like. Besides. we amt
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-11-28

The word "Jew," strictly speaking,
means n member Of the tribe Of Judah.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-11-28

The London Daily Chronicle gives
these eccentric pronunciations OF few
Of the curious place names that dot the
map Of England: Rhudbaxton is Rib
son, Woodmancote is Uddenmuckat,
Sawbrldgeworth is Sapser, Church
down is Chosen, Sandiacre is Senjiker,
Little Urswick is Lilosik, Aspatria Is
Spethry, st. Osith is ToOsy, Gladden.
wyche is Charnage. Happisburgh Is
Hazeboro, Salt Fleetby is Sollaby, Aim
ondesbury Is Amesbury, Conugresbury
Is Coomsbury.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-11-28
Admitting Aims to Ends.

Hell think a woman's club, to be
successful, should aim at something far
removed from female suffrage. Shell
don't agree with you. That should be
its sole aim. Be-Yes, but If it aims at
something else 1t is more likely to hit
Ledger.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-11-28
WHY She Left.

Mistress--But, bless me, why are you
leaving us, Mary? I'm sure do all
the work. The General Seryant-Yes,
ma'am, but | don't like the way you
do it-Sydney IN. s. W. Bulletin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14
REVOLVER SHOTS
RECEIVED MEDALS
FOR CONTESTS

The final results OF the annual cham
pionship matches OF the United States Re-
volver association were made public yes-
terday
The matches were held during the week
ending March q at Portland. Me. Spring.
field. Mass New York. Patterson. n. j.,
Pinehurst n. c.. Chicago and st. Louis.
Twenty-Five contestants shot with the re-
volver and twenty-sx with the pistol The
revolver state championship goes to j. ~.
Dietz, OF New York, who wins n bronze
medal and to r. +. Prenty and william
L. Kreig, OF Illinois, who won SILVER
and bronze medal respectively.
The pistol championship OF Maine was
won by s. y Adams and II. N. Crosby; nf
Illinois. by w O.. Krieg and F. StIrvc-
SAINT: OF New Jersey by Ralph Ryder and
John Hyland. and OF North Carolina. by
Miss NJ NJ Waterhouse and Miss Flor
ence McNeely the irst-named winning y
silver medal and the last \ bronze medal.
Thomas Anderton and D-. w IT, Luckett
OF New York. won bronze medals OF hon
or with the revolver Lieut. R. ". Sayre
and q. w. Waterhouse won the honor
medal with the pistol.
s. T.. Sears OF St Louis is the winner OF
the revolver match. his score being ~, ~.
4s b0. 81. 43. 81. a.. ii. a.. total 45i DR.. Nj.
n Moore Of St Louis was second with -.
AZ. a. A.. 4s. IS. a.. 46 Al: total-h7. Lieut..
r.. II. sayre was third with 43. l5, 3I, a, i5.
II. AZ. ~, 40. 46: total-435.
The pistol championship was won by j.
A. Dietz OF New York with this score: as.
a.. Al. 36. i5 As. 42, 46. 80; total-447 J. b.
Crabtree OF Springfield. Mass, was Sec
ond. with 43. a. 43, IS. as 49, &C. 4s A. IS:
totals. and Thomas Anderton was tniru
with 80. A. As. as. 40 46. Is. ~, IS. IS; total
f41
Mr. Sears has now won the revolver
cup three times. so IL now becomes his
property His score I'm 1904 was i'S. and IN
1906 n was i6l The highest score made by
n woman with the pistol was that of Miss
NJ NJ Waterhouse OF Pinehurst. II was
al3 The outdoor championship will be
held In September.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14
HARVARD TEAM BEGINS
PRACTICE AT RICHMOND

Harvards first baseball practice In the
south yesterday at Richmond was hard
and the players. VINO had no chance to
rest from their hard sleeper Journey
which brought them to Richmond yes
terday morning, were glad enough when
the days work was over and they could
seek their quarters at the hotel jefferson.
This afternoon three hours were spent on
the local diamond, and with the very
warm weather II was possible for the
players to let themselves out without
taking chances on laming their arms
After the batting practice and the gem
eral fielding work, coach Paul Coburn
picked the team which will meet Trinity
college here today. Coburn has decided to
try Harvey at shortstop as he is showing
UP better each day playing speedy ball,
besides being hard hitter
Currier. who like Harvey is freshman,
bridge Latin. will be used I'm right field
I'm place OF Rounds. Both he and Harvey
are natural ball players, and IL n dues-
ton, OF tme only before both VIII make
good
Hartford. still another freshman. Will
have his first tryout in the box today.
Hartford showed up better than any OF
the other box candidates in the cage
Today's game is the only one Harvard
now has scheduled for the trip. The
Washington and Lee game has been can
celed. and Manager Kelley has thus far
been unable to arrange another game. He
last night telegraphed several southern
teams. Including Virginia Polytechnic and
Lehigh
on Monday the nine will practice I'm the
morning. instead OF the afternoon, as then
the local Virginia league team will meet
Baltimore.
Charles Schaeffer. who was with the
Boston Americans awhile last spring, and
later Joined the Savannah team. is man
aging the local nine for Jake Wells.
Schaeffer and the Harvard authorities
yesterday reached an agreement regard
Ing the time each team shall have the
Broad street grounds for practice.
DIR. Nichols will be here Sunday ana
will remain with The nine until IL returns
north.
The batting order in todays game will
be Leonard Sb, Stephenson c. Mccall 2b.
Dexter cf. Mccarthy 10. Hellman II. Cur
rier RI Hartford p. Harvey S.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14
BASEBALL TALKS

President Harry l.. Taylor OF the East
eTn league has becs invited to be at the
opening Eastern league games at Newark.
April 70. He has a previous engagement
at Providence that day. when he will see
the champions ana Bronchos clash at the
flag raising. He will be at Newark on
Friday, April q.
With Crisham al first. Carr az third. and
Harry Aubrey at short, Syracuse will
have three old Eastern leaguers and form
er Grays in the inield this year.
Patterson, pitcher OF tho Manhattan coll
lege team. is claimed to have been signed
by the Montreal team OF the Eastern
league
Fred Crolus will manage the Lancas-
ter, Pa, team this year He is also ath-
letic director at Villanova.
Bob Emslie. KLEIN and Tommy Connolly
are the only big league umpires who are
getting experience before the season
opens.
President Ebbltts OF Brooklyn stilI has
20 men on his players list. lie would
like 10 trade about ten Of them in a bunch
for a first-class pitcher.
There Is little doubt now that Myron
Grmshaw. who was with Buffalo two
years ago. will he the regular first base
man Of the Boston American team this
year
Second Baseman Harry Pattee, whom
Brooklyn drafted from Jersey city. re-
fuses to sign at Brooklyns terms. The
salary offered him Is said 20 be less than
he received I'm the Eastern league Pattee
Is coaching Tufts. but his contract ends
I'm few days and he will be at tho SER
vice of some other team needing n coach
lie says he will play summer ball
1t looks now as ~ Billy Murray would
stand pat with his Jersey city team ex-
cept at shortstop. Bean will be shifted
TO second base. as his whip Is not as
strong as Il used 90 be
Harry Tuthill. who has not been with
the New York Nationals since there was
mixup between him and Big Jeff. the
colored rubber. down south. rejoned tho
team yesterday and will stay right on rs
trainer
Rochester fans think that Moran will
do great work for Rochester this year
Manager Buckenberger said that McAleer
OF ST Louis told him that Moran looked
like the best shortstop In the business
when he first struck St Louis. but did
not Hike playing on a tail-end team.
Pitcher lAmric who ls under contract
10 Manager Buckenberger. has been al
lowed 20 play again with Akron O. Par
sons, tho Buckncl college man. who
signed a contract last year. has asked for
big league salary and was turned down.
lie will not be held by Rochester any
longer.
The stock OF tho Newark Baseball club
will remain IN the control OF Ncwarkers
That fact has been settled by the an
nomcement that 20 shares Of the stock
have been purchased by Frederick y.
Sommer. n Newark advertising man The
story has been assiduouslv circulated
among the fans that the minority shares
had been acquired by sam Harris and
Ms theatrical star. George NJ. Conan. MIR
Soinmer said yesterday. 1t Is true I
have bought the minority shares. and my
chief reason FOR doing 80 is to give Man
arer Burnham the support he needs IN
order 20 manage the game properly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14
SPORTING GOSSIP.

I'm too busy with my crops just now TO
talk about the fighting game" said Cham
pion James J. Jeffries yesterday. He does
not take kindly to the proposal of the
Tuxedo and other clubs to have him meet
six claimants for the title. There is too
much danger of a broken hand I'm this
plural fightInR, he said
Aurela Herrera has fitted up his gym
nssium and is now actively training for
his battle with Nelson Nelson has not
yet begun active training, but he is in
good condition. He is climbing mountains
and fishing. Herman and Britt are also
hard at work for their mill.
II Honey Melody is defeated by Charley
McKeever at Chelsea Monday night the
latter will be given the chance TO meet
Jack Dougherty at Milwaukee next FRI
day instead OF Melody. The Milwaukee
club wired Melody and McKeever to that
effect yesterday. Though Melody won
their last bout. there is plenty OF Mckee
yer money around. and the friends of
Melody do not appear 10 he very eager
to take any of IL up.
The amateur boxing championships OF
Great Britain were decided at Northamp-
toIls lilf olnfr nlknI. w. MenD
won the bantamweight class title for the
second consecutive time A. j. Miner won
In the featherweight division. beating last
years champion. a. ]. Murdock won
from last years champion I'm tho middle
weight class NJ. Wells won the light
weight championship FOR the second year.
and II. +. Parks captured the heavy
weight prize for the fifth consecutive year
The bout between Martin Canole and
Willie Hosey which war 10 take place
at Cohoes next Wednesday. has been
called OF temporarily, but there is a possi-
bility that it will take place April "A.
Tommy Murphy. who went 10 Bermuda
TO get relieved OF malaria could not have
been very sick " he was able TO knock
out three English jackies I'm one round
each on one OF the English warships lying
I'm Bermuda harbor as he says he did
shortly after arriving az that ports
The Southern Yacht club OF New Or
leans. second oldest in the United States,
yesterday deteri44lned- Ia -huild- n yacht and
enter I'm the trial races OF the Eastern
Yacht club at Marblehead. Mass. in Sep
tember. at which time three boats Will be
selected 20 compete I'm the German inter-
national cup races.
Twenty thousand dollars will be spent
I'm building the boat Vice Commodore
Heasiip subscribed s2oo0 on the spot and
atout $1,000 was raised Instantly syn
dicate OF members viii be formed 10 back
tho project. n has not been decided who
Will buiid the boat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14
BOSTON AMERICANS WILL
MEET GRAYS At ROCKY POINT

Tomorrow the fans will have another
early spring treat when the Grsys line
up against the Boston Americans at
Rocky Point The Grays have shown
that they have the ability 10 play good
ball by mo game that has been put up
thus far against teams of Importance,
Their showing IN Connecticut and for the
whole Of this week Is not an indication
OF the work they can do when their
pitchers are In the box and tho fact that
big Jack Cronin. the Iron man" Of the
team. who won such favors last year will
be m the box assures the fans go for
their money.
Jack has been training near his home
and Is one OF the ncn who take pains
in their work all the time. willing 20 work
and ready 10 work lie Is as studious
et his training as school boy and thus
he has been able 10 get into fine trim for
The game.
with him IN the box the Grays can
be depended upon 90 put up championship
ball and with the weaver conditions IN q
vorable the crowd VIII be FAR larger than
Al was last Sunday The facilities FOR
reaching the grounds have been Increased
owing TO the fact that the steamboat
company viii run one of It's large boats
20 the Point. the vessel sailing from
she Dyer street wharf AZ o'clock and
returning IN rs minutes after the game
The crowded conditions of the cars and
she possibilities ~ lack of seats VIII
send many 90 the boats for the round
trip. where there VIII be at the same
sime the comfort ~ the trip and the
health Of the air on the bay.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14
HOPPER TELLS
THE ORIGIN Of
CASEY POEM

The name OF De Wolf Hopper is insep-
arably connected with the baseball poem.
Casey at the Bat" just how many times
Hopper has recited this epic OF the base
ball field no mathematician can compute.
Even In London. az banquet OF the Ec-
centric club. Hopper was called upon 10
render Casey to an audience OF Eng
llshmen to whom the baseball terms were
as Greek. The genuine humor OF the
poem and Hopper's superb delivery OF the
lines compelled their laughter, despite the
handicap 'of ignorance.
IL was In 1887. says Mr. Hopper, that
Archibald Claverlng Gunter sent Casey
70 ne. ! asked the name OF the man who
wrote Casey He told me he didn't
know. and said he had cut Il out of a
San Francisco paper
~ tried for four years TO find the man re-
sponsible for the thing There were in
itials signed TO 'Casey'-E. L. T.-but not
a blessed thing. further could I discover
one night, nearly five years afterward
was playing Wang at Worcester. and
received note asking IL / would come
around TO certain club and meet the au-
thor or Casey went and was intro.
duced to Ernest l.. Thayer. a prosperous
manufacturer OF Worcester. He had writ
ten Casey merely 10 kill time. and had
no idea until reached Worcester that t1r
DeWolf Hopper. In addition to being the
poem had scored such a huge success"
most famous OF all the baseball enthus.
lasts In America. Il an all round athlete
and lover of sport lie was president of
the Five AS" as the Actors Amateur
Athletic association OF America was IN.
millarly known, and has long been noted
for his love or fine horses AT present he
tr q.
GO horsepower steam car of American
make
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14

Steinfeldt and Chance batted In i've
runs all that Chicago made. yesterday at
Cincinnati Each made a home run with
n man on bases. The Reds were weak be-
fore Wickers shoots Attendance 5000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14

Boston al BROOKLYN
Chicago at St Louis.
New York at philadelphia
Chicago at Cincinnat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14

V'II' VI '''IIT"
er, Maddox; Fallon 2. Noyes. Stiner
Trumbull-5. Two-base hits-TIarey. Bar
ton. Lyster. Stolen bases-Dunn 2. Brodie
Sacrifice hit-Dunn. Double plays-Po-
land 10 Cooper Dunn to Kruger to Har-
ley; Lyster TO Gastmeyer. First base on
balls-By Dunn 3; by Wilson 2; by Trum-
bull. Hit by pitched ball--By Dunn l. by
Trumbull l. Struck out--By Dunn. Will
son 2; by Wilson, Poland 2; by Trumbull.
Rock. wild pitches-Dunn /; Trumbull
/. Passed bals-Stiner 2 Umpire-Poole
Time OF game-1h. som. Attendance-36O0.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14
EluE AlAskAN nouns

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14
FELL FROM WAGON AND
HAD WOUNDS DRESSED

Herman Damarls. 2A West Exchange
street. sustained several contusons OF the
head in a fall from an express wagon at
the corner Of Atwelrs avenue and Dean
street last night.
The Rhode Island hospital ambulance
was summoned and Damaris was con-
veycd 20 his home the ambulance surgeon
dressing his wounds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14

The Giants were beaten yesterday af-
ternoon at Philadelphia in lO-inning
game by score of 8 to T.
They played great game. both at the
bat ana if, tho field, and by taking az
vantage OF the errors made by Phlla-
delphia players and case OF rettles in
the eighth inning, held what seemed TO
be safe lead when the Phillies went 10
bat In the ninth inning. Until then Joe
McGnnity had pitched in fine style. He
was hit hard occasionally. but the mag
nIficent support accorded him nerVed the
Iron Man" and as the game progressed
he appeared TO grow stronger.
In the sixth. seventh and eighth innings
not n hit was made off him. and only nine
Quakers went to bat. big holiday
crowd OF 1000 spectators began edgins
for the exits when Santelle. the new third
baseman OF the home team, went TO bat
I'm the ninth. The youngster drove liner
over DeVin's head. The latter made a
desperate effort TO get the ball but could
not hold IL. Magee gave Browne ny.
Titus sent two-bagger 10 left centre,
scoring Sentelle. passed bail sent titus
up 20 third base, and he tied the score
when Bransheld made the longest hit or
the season, two-bagger, which nearly
went into the left field bleachers. McGin,
nifty then pulled himself together ana
worked out OF a tight hole.
Duggleby. who pitched in the ninth inn
ing was dropped when IL came his turn
TO bat Manager Duffy himself racing the
Iron Man" Kane. a southpaw. whose
right name is Cohen, blanked the Giants
I'm the tenth inning
Thomas opened the final session with q
single took second on n wild pitch, ana
reached third on Gleason's sacrifice. SEN
telle who began the rally In the ninth,
then wound UP the game by sending
single 20 right field scoring Thomas
Donlln and Mertes. who did such hne
hitting I'm the opening day game. kept up
their smuggling this afternoon, the former
getting two singles and "Sandow' sim
ale and double. in addition to two bases
on balls.
The fielding Of the Giants was featured
by three double plays and a wonderful
one-hand jumping catch by Gilbert, VINO
took line drive from ntus's bat.
The Giants drove Sparks TO the bench
by great streak OF batting In the eighth
inning With one out. McGann, Mertes
and Dahlen cracked out a single and stole
second The rally. though. was good for
only two runs. for after the bases were
] popped up foul and Bresnahan fouled
Innings, .....- .S5SS5$slSS
| New York ..."
CHICAGO S. CINCINNATI l.
steinfeldt and Chance batted In i've
runs. all that Chicago made. yesterday at
Cincinnati. Each made a home run with
/ n man on bases. The Reds were weak be-
fore Wicker's shoots Attendance 5000.
| Score:
caIssse g 6. ;...~. ! ! 3 3 S-s Sf
BOSTON Z. BROOKLYN g.
| Donovan's men suffered their second de-
| foat nj The hands OF the Boston team at
| Rroollyn Yesterday. They started on well
| with three runs In the opening inning, but
! the visitors took the lead In the second
and won out rather easily. Attendance
NV" S4b67 7se
Boston I,.,,,,. =, ........... Sd o Q o.,
GAMES TODAY
Boston al BROOKLYN
Chicago at 81. Louis.
New York at Philadelphia
Chicago at Cincinnau.