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Greater Than the Nation.

There is q certain congressman Wio whatever authority he may AOlt i'll the councils of state, is of compara lively minor importance il! his otl household. Indeed, it has been HI kindly intinated that his wife Is "lhf whole thing i'll their establishment Representative and Mrs. Blank had been to Baltimore one afternooa When they left the train et Washing ton on their return Mrs Blank dis covered that her umbrella, which h,it been intrusted 10 the care of her hus band. was missing.
 "Where's my umbrella?" she de handed.
 'I'm afraid I've forgotten it, Ill! dear" meekly answered the congress man. Tt must still be in the train
 "In the train.' snorted the lady And to think that the affairs of the nation are intrusted to man swhe doesn't know enough to take care of [ woman's umbrella"'- Success.
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Arc women's Watches lnierior7

"Yes. madam" said the jeweler showing watches to woman custom or, "this Is a sixteen point action. tue best that is ever put In lady's watch. |"
 "Don't you put just as good works in . lady's watch as in genteman's?" asked the woman.
 "Why, no, not at all. madam. La dles do not need such q good watch Most always they wind up their watch once in awhile, and then they let 1t be for week or two without using it This is as good as any lady needs.''
 The woman explained that she was a business woman and just as depend ent on trains and boats as a man, but the jeweler remained unmoved in the conviction that sixteen point was all any woman needed.-San Francisco Gall
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A Wonderful Fish.

The Bohemians have q prOverb. "E, cry fish has another for prey" IT.
 wells (silurusl has them all. This the largest fresh water fish found
 the rivers of Europe except the stu
 geon. It often reaches five or six fc.
 In length. It destroys many aquati
 birds, and we are assured that it dos' not spare the human species. On ih' Bd of July, TOO. peasant took oilt near Thorn that had an infant entire in its stomach. They tell in Hungar. of children and young girls being de voured on going to draw water, anf they even relate that on the frontier, |of Turkey poor fisherman took o'l. that had in its stomach the body c1 Ih woman. her purse containing golt and . ring. The Ash Is even reputef Do have been taken sixteen feet long
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H the Tree Falls, What of tho lvy7
 We hear a great deal about the mod ern girl developing mannlshness. inde- psndence and losing her femininity. A great many people arc much alarmed because girls are not trained. as for merly, in womanly sentleness. It h . beautiful figure of speech to describe the feminine character as the ivy which clings to the masculine oak for support and in return covers and beau uAes it's hideous knots and scars.
 But if the oak falls what becomes of the ivy2
 There Is too much of this ivy clinglng and beautifying Idea in training girls. They should be taught that it is just as necessary to be Independent. to be self supporting, as to be able to cling and beautlfy. In other words, they ought to be able to stand alone If the tree falls and not go down with it.- Success Magazine.
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Her Ambition.

This incident was told by an ac. tress who was once playing Rosa. lind, and playing it. as she fancied. rather acceptahly. AS she entered her dressing room at the theater one night note from a walnan was handed to her which read in this wise:
 "Dere lady I work for dentist but have spoiled so many of his teeth saying over your part in the play that now I can say it just as we'll as you do. and 1 want you to let me try it tonight end see if can't fov the den. tist says he cannot have me nn;- more and must pay for his teeth. and so must go on the stage and I will he here at o'clock"
 The exchange was not made.
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Ruskin to an Admirer.

|uskin, it Is known, had his own ks of publishing his works, with the |llt that they were sometimes hard
 let and expensive. According to the lat Central Railway Journal, he seQt this letter to a stranger who e to him complaining of the price ns books:
 lRodstock Road. Oxford, 4th Nov, s4 |A Dear Sir-I have ordered my pub, to send you in gift a book of nine jnera Pulveris'O you have not re,.d bntent with that at present, and Ca. K Have not you Shakespeare. cheap \ the Bible nowadays for nothing
 tt good do they do you? Faithful.
 fs J. RUSKIN
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Quadrupeds That Lay Eaas.

The salesman as he wrapped np the eggs conversed politely.
 "There are quadrupeds that lay, ma'am," he said.
 "That lay eggs?'
 "Yes. They are mammals, ma'am too. Their home is in South America, their names are the ornithprhynchus, or duck billed platypus, and the echid. na. or porcupine ant eater. They are the lowest mammals known"
 "Really?"
 "Oh. yes! The duck billed platypus lays two eggs at time. But the echidna lays but one egg. which it car ries in a natural pouch beneMth its stomach-there's an idea for the hen there-unth the kid echidna. so te speak. is matched out"-Los Angeles Times
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When Cleveland Said "By Gosh!

"A !eu@ logged friend of mine. VI, nay pe caltcG Ell Jennings as wei : anytime ol:e." s..&> Emerson iina, jn App.e;on'S M2%@E:no. "a!wavs sisted Chat he was responsible for i opening of the Cherokee couu.i.. went down to WashinrtHn.' said r to see Cleveland ahon: it. wen, to the Qool. of eVeland's hou5e-r- at the front door-and l knocked, all,. heard Cleveland hoiler out to r. Come in"' l went in. and there W Cleveland sittn' in the parlor, with :; bis cabinet there too. says to Clav land, Cleveland. them 1njuns has 7 to go and them COW mon too" put to him right plain. Cleveland he l, tened. and by and by he got up al come and put his hand on my shoulla and says he, "Bill, by gosh, si popsv''"
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The Mystery of Death.

Oh, death how bitter is the thought of thee. How speedy tlE approach. How stealthy thy steps! How uncer' tain thy hour. How universal thy sway The powerful cannot escape thee: the wise know not how to avoid thee: the strong have no strength to oppose thee; the rich cannot bribe thee with their treasure. Thou art a hammer that always strikes, a sword that is never dull, net into which all fall, prison into which all must ell ter, a sea on which all must venture. a penalty which all must suffer. t1il, ute which all must pay. Oh. death death. Implacable enemy to the h"- man race! Why didst thou enter into the world ?-~Luis de Granada.
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Precious Plant Stones,

Among the many strange thing to be md iH the Philippine lslan ,, az P so called plant stones" encoantar- now and again in certain vegetable fwths. The bamboo, for instance, tording to Kultur und Natul con IS stone very similar to the oral. ]; on account of the rarity With which Is found it is much more costly than F opal. In many thousand cane stalks { down and carefully examined there by perhaps be one in which this beau. Ill greenish pink sclntillating stone } been formed from the minute part! ls of siliceous deposit that imvart> intense hardness to the outer coy 1g of the cane. The bamboo cane
 is known as tabashirs. In the
 Y of some cocoanuts a stonelike K n Is found that is not inferior
 Sncy to the most beautiful gen
 l.,
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ltaIy's leanlnu Towara.

Most gleaners of the wonderful con Gtder the leaning tower of Pisa to be something unique in architecture. This is an error, however, for there are two others in Italy and several in other European cities. The two at Bologna are the most remarkable One of them is 821 feet in height and leans over six and half feet from the perpendic- ular, and the other is 161 feet high and has "a lean" of over nine feet The oldest of these two remarka ble structures was built in the year 111O.
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Where Diners Had to Be on Time

Where Diners Had to Be on Time.
 Closely parallel to the flag end o the Huston road and visible from il a various turnings is street which Ec longs to few mems London. 1t is :: dingy, granite paved, populous stree of no attraction. Yet this street ha' known better times and eager guests In the house he knew as 43, now ohlit erated by big new warehouse, D.. William Kitchener entertained his fnl low wits and gourmets. He had a". pie means to ride his three hobbies optics, cookery and music. His din ners were often elaborate experimen:. in cookery, and the guests had to re, ognize this fact. Five minutes past was the minute, and If a guest cam. late the janitor had irrevocable order not to admit him, for it was held l.. the mythical committee of taste
 of whom Kitchener was "secretar} that the perfection of some of f, dishes was often so evanescent tha ''the delay of one minute after the arrival al the meridian of concocti- will render them Eo longer worthr @ men of taste" -. r.'s London Wee;
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The CarIyIes' Maid,

\ahe Carlyles had maid who wal mtidy, useless in all ways, btu bounding in grace" and in conse qunt censure of every one above o1 bebw her and of everything she coult mol understand. After long apostro ph< one day as she was bringing il dinner Carlyle ended with, "And thi' I can tell you-that if you do not carry the Glshea straight, so as not to spill the travy. so far from being tolerated in haven you won't be even tolerated on a rth."
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Great Pioeon Cities In the Swamps.


 Each spring in May all the rosy gulls of a wide region somehow agree to re- sort to a particular one of various marshy lakes for the purpose of rear Ing thcir young. Just how they decide the important question is not for us hu- mans to know. At any rate, what they do select is a great area of grass, reeds CT rushes growing out of the water, and there, out of the abundance of dry stems, each pair builds a partly float ing nest, side by side with others, thousands upon thousands of them. These great "citics" of the prairie pl- geon present one of the most dramatic, spectacular sights Ill the bird life of this continent. comparable In way to the former breeding ''roosts" of the real wild pigeon Herbert K. Job ln Outing Magazine.
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Flies.

The astonishing abundance of flies Curing the latter part of the summer is accounted for by the estimate made by an eminent entomologist that the progeny of single house fly in the course of one summer will number 2.0S0,320. If 1t were not for the in- numerable enemies provided by nature for the destruction of the fly, the whole air would be filled by the end of Au.. gust with swarms of diea, which would Ssnder life insupportable.
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Made Sure It Was Used.

An old farmer and his wife. noted for their niggardliness. had custom If allowing the servant only one matcs 0 light the fire with each morning.
 One morning the match failed to kin He, so the servant went to their bed pom door and asked for another oac,
 A whispered consultation was Eeld between the two, then audibly the wife said:
 "Will you risk her wi anither ane John!''
 "I doot we'll hae tae risk her, Janet replied John, but be sure an seek sicht O the ane she got last nicht." "- Glasgow Times
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"Not Wcr:.l, 2 Curse"

Curse, anythi:& wor:hess. Corrup don of the old i."@'!.h word Errse, q small, sour wild ',.'.'Ty; French, ccrise; German, kirsch. ~ Lion of Piers Flow. man."
 Wisdom and witt nowe is not worth a
 kerse.
 But If it be carded with cootis as clothers kembe their woole.
 The expression mot worth curse" used frequently nowadays is therefore not properly profane, though it is ire, quently intensified by a profane ex. pletiva.
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The Doctors Aim.

Some frivolous person has remarkei that illness Was like struggle between two people and that the doctor resem bled the third man, who intervened u separate them with club. Sometimes he hit the disease on the head ant. sometimes the patient-Hospit
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The Horse He Wanted,

A aotch farmer bought horse. Go ing hume he thought drink would re fresh It, 50 he got pail of water, ba the alimal would not take it. C.: reaching home he gave 1t feed o' corn, hut 1t would not touch that ci ther. We're the vera horse for me il ys only work" the farmer was heard to say. Dundee Advertiser.
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Why He Baked.

Ars. Shortco conmo0s-Have some more q the lamb. Mir. Wisenham. MT. Wis snham--No; can't bear to eat 1t. IL WAS sonebot.;s pct lamb once. Mrs. ohortcommons-How do you know! 4r. Wisenha'n-Becauss they must have waited years and years before they had the heart to kifl it.-Cleve veland leader.
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lntermission,

He yelled at the top of his voice fol wo hours and then stopped. well" said his mother, "are vol going to he good? Have you finished crying?'
 "No," said Tommy. "I have not fin ished; I'm cn,y resting"
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. Curious Superstition,

the superstitions of the Sens. ans was this most beautiful |heL d young maiden died the. ned young bird until 1t fir; try its powers of song. ans ding 1t with caresses and mes ey loosed It's bonds over he, the belief that 1t would no rings dor close it's eyes until i
 to the spirit land and deli> recious burden of affection [, land lost one.
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Ono Rina and Another.

"I wonder when the ring first be' came connected with fighting?' said the follower of pugilism. 'Oh," replied Henpeek, 'I suppose 1t dates back tu tho beginning of the Christian reli gion." "Whnt's that7 What has puci usm 10 do with religionT" "Oh. thought you were speaking of the we'd ding g."-Philadelphia Press.
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A Little In Doubt.

Hostess-I hope We shall see you again next Wednesday. I'm giving a dance. MT. Young-l n awfully sorry, Oh, indeed. Tn sure yo@'ll enjoy your self far more. Mir. Y4,:E.-i'm not SC cure. You see, it's my own wedding
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Good Manners of the Mind.

A man is known by the company Iii, mind keeps. To live continually with noble books. with high erecte'i thoughts seated in the heart of cour tesy," teaches the soul good manners T. B. Aldrich.
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A Oinlomat.

"I say, fathel," queried little John ny, "what's dlplomat?'
 "A diplomat mX son." replied the old man, "ls persoia who doesn't mean what he means others to think he means"
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Recipe For Happiness,

To watch the corn grow or the bios sons set, to draw hard breath owe, plowshare or spade. to read. to thi..H to love. to pray-these are the thing that make men hal,py.-John RtisEin
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Modification.

''Of course, doctor, German measie. are seldom serious7'
 "I never met but one fatal case" "Fatalr
 "Yes l. was a Frenchman, and when he discovered 1t was German measles tht he had modification sci in"
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Eorcinu Business.

Coster irritah:e through lack "> trade,-Ruy q i'ux Q cough lozen"'s 'anc yer. Bys;aIGe--I haven't got ! cough. Cos,er -WeE. light ne an '"!' some stuf, for black t eyes-Ion.ion 'E'' Rita
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fof Laughter tn England. rfectly certain that half ou' te to inc fact that we do nc Ngh. A good, sincere smii'
 g rare in these times, i;
 hce" Is scarce, and 1t a8 II that one hears goo, auSh London World.
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A Yachtinu Trip,

"aptain-rlease. sir, your wife has fallen overheard. Owner-COnfOund II! Another of those sinking spells of hers, -Harpers Weekly.
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fleets Plants.

70 ne Reeze to death Tn win.
 Hperish from thirst The proc
 #simple. The cold causes the Awal of the water from the cells plant, forming ice crystals out.
 the, cells. The frost cooling
 atracting the surface, acts as q
 pump, and as soon as the cell tied of its life giving fluid thc lies The truth of this theory zen proved by numerous carefu' f.incnts Great variation v&. ound in the anoun. of cold necessary cause the Geath Of vegetation Snae ants dry out quickly and gre ki,br., fore the free"i'.. point Is re&eh,,l tany plants will survive zero weaiayr. q some die only at % de@repS be ~. Certain vegetable growtas never eeZe. There are forms of hacter.a 1t even W..cn i:nn.er cti ill r ...-. 2t, |. intenSeSt col, uv;t liable, c..:e 0ut their bitter h;ltA as chipptr ;r.. l.3t- as ever.-Chicaso Tr.Laae.
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The Compromise. Have Henpeck and his wi |NG.h differences about their , . IS? Newitt-Oh. yes: they
 Sed on MT. and Mrs. Ma;
 -Philadelj, hia Press.
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Neither Still Nor Small.

Neither Still Nor Small. hen you do something you kno 1g, doesn't a still ,mall vo:s ! winding you of 1t eternally: N, small voice. l guess yo kt 1t my wife, did youf'-Hoc
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A pamper.

Marion-I showed papa those verses yon wrote me, and he seemed pleased Harry-He did? Marion-Yes. He said he was so glad to see you were not a poet. es
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There are no points of the comps ss - the chart of true patriotism. Wiu hEop.
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[, Wonderful Builders.

f nal inspection of the Ay-a
 by an English quaE1fy >>n. to the concl-dslon that\tle
 ;fss werce better build.s # .s.s the present day e t1 Is of stone In the pyranAs hree or four times as mt ss
 tlisks on the banks of t.,
 saw stone the estimat.
 (which was 500 tons. Maa, bnes were found to be thirt ngth and fitted so closely tt bat the blade of penknif run over the surface withou o.ehg the break between them ere is no machinery, be claims, s' feet that it will make two surface ty feet in length which will nee ether in unison as the stones in tn amids meet.
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So Sudden,

Carsone+ Would you like to. e puppy. iMiss Cecelia7 Cecels CaEsone. this . e sudd@ AA9alpA hE
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Animals to the number of 7oOuo OK are Killed yearly fur the sake of thei fur
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bf us are guilty of sins of o'r:~
 ,ause they Involve 'esr sif"- other Kind
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For Rent ttE}arpd)
 DWeiEiit.e No. 2903 West Twelfth ave, 3 rooms No. 1127 Louisiana st., rooms. No. 1922 Fir st., rooms. No. HI Spruce st., rooms. No. 1210 Fir st., rooms. No. 811 Linden st., 3 rooms. No. S04 East Fifteenth ave, rooms Agent for Sawyer & Austin Lumber Company's dwellings.
 Firei Fire! Are you insured? If not, why noa% Delay is dangerous. I represent ols line companies. Place your insuranex with me.
 CHAS. HANCOCK,
 113 Pine streas
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FOR RENT.
Dwellings,.

No. 1918 West Third ave, rooms. No. 15Ol West Fifth ave, 5 rooms. No. 2009 West Fifth ave, rooE1e No. 509 West Sivtl rye. 10 roomg No. 1103 Wet Sa>rn avr.. , rooms md hall.
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saving | Cab Ezra

a pretty tale of domestic
 rom an English parer. He
 Il brought up in the lap of md extravaGance, and when
 $ came and Ie had to ro down N.ty and look carefully after his
 It was his pretty and tender
 e who helped him and encour. ny example in small savings nee he never would face. ked at taking a bus. "It Eass the club, you know, dear Ea fellows at tie windows @(sSi Sifhg. however, he returned ca # dinner. Tenderly embracing x partner, he nurmured: 'I'v. M darling. All the way for three @ Love and gratitude were in z as she said: "My brave boy, T
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V mUch :! With af he made answer: 'est;; real good old l me lots of stories ty. Capital chap. and half & crown ot down"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-05
LINCOLN OVERFLOWS
WITH BRYAN CALLERS

special cars soon after their arrival
for FairYieW-
Mr. Murphy says that 81 of the 6S
Pennsylvania delegates are for Bry-
an.
Competition is admittedly keen be
tween the Murphy and Guney sections
OF the delegations and members OF
the Murphy section, which formed
the nucleus Of this mornings Penn
syIyania arrivals. are making the
most of their early visit 10 the Demo
cratic leader with a view to securing
control of their delegat on Contest
ing delegates representing seven Phil
adelphia districts were members of
the Murphy party which went TO
FaiTview and hope TO interest Mr..
Bryan in their case.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-05
NEGRO SHOT
IN SCUFFLE
MARSHAL SANDERS ACCIDENTAL
LY SHOT FELIX HOPKINS WHEN
A DICE GAME WAS RAIDED LAST
NIGHT BY THE POLICE.

Felix Hopkins, a negro. was acct
dentally shot last night by Marshal
Sanders, while the latter with other
officers, was raiding a gang of ne
grOe5 throwing dice in the northeast
ern section of the city The bullet en-
tered the side passing through the
lung.
The officers made a rush on the ne
groes, and Marshal Sanders caught
Hopkins by the arm. at the same
time drawing his revolver. as several
of the negroes who had escaped from
the place began firing. Hopkins be-
gan scuffling to obtain his release.
and in the fight the revolver Of the
marshal was discharged The wound
ed man was taken to the police sta
ton and placed in the sick waTi.
where he received mediacI attention
He will recover, it is thought
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-05
THREE NEGROES
ARE IMPLICATED
cORONER'S JURY FINDS THAT
JAMES WILLIS KILLED JOHN
JOHNSON, WHILE WILLIE TRAV-
is AND RICHARD BLOUNT ARE
CHARGED WITH AIDING AND
ABETTING.

Many witnesses were examined by
the coroner's jury yesterday regard
ing the killing of John Johnson, a
drayman, at the negro picnic at Lit
tie Bayou Friday. and as a result of
the testimony heard by the jury
three men are held without bond to
await the action of the next grand
jury. James Willis is charged by the
jury with murder, while Richard
BIount and Victor Willis are charged
with aiding and abetting in the muir
der The verdict of the jury was as
follows:
We the jury do upon our oaths
find that James Willis, with a certain
deadly weapon, towit: a knife, a NOR
tai wound id infiict upon John John
son, and the said James Willis did
then and there in the manner afore-
said. kill and murder the said John
Johnson.
And We, the said jurors, do further
say upon our Oaths that Richard
Blount and Willis Travis were feIOn-
iouSly present at the time of the fel-
ony and murder aforesaid, in form
afOTesaid committed, this is to say, on
the said 3rd day of July, 1908, in the
county aforesaid. then and there com
forting, abetting and aiding the said
James Willis TO do and commit the
said felony and murder aforesaid, in
the manner aforesaid"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-05
NELSON KNOCKED
NEGRO OUT IN 18th
sv Associated Press.

San Francisco, July battling Mel
son today won the chmpiOn title of
lightweight pugilist of the world. from
the man who defeated him almost
two years ago. He knocked out Joe
Cans in the seventeenth round, after
a fight as desperate as any seen here
in years.
Fighting from beginning to the end
of every round. moving ceaselessly
Forward, and never giving ground,
Nelson slowly battered the veteran
negro champion into submission
Three times Cans was sent to the
floor in final round. each time TAX
ing all the time allowed A blow from
Nelson's left ended the fight and Cans
tOppled over and rested on his knees,
tried in vain to regain his feet, but
failed, and was counted out
The best man won beyond a
doubt" was the frnk admission of
Cans as he left the ring He said. it
was the old story o. one fight too
many "Old age will tell and that
is all l have to say"