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CoTrAGE oF sHELLs.

COTTAGE OF SHELLS.
In the mark is a curious cottage. all
built OF shells to commemorate Queen
Victoria's visit to Carton. II is now
used as q museum. Family relics are
there by the hundred In Leaves
From Our Life" Queen Victoria tells
happily Of her visit to the place. dis
cusses Irish iigs, the Irish bagpipes
and the iauntiug car.
1t IS only lately that the Little
Duke" has taken up residence at Car
ton. He lived in infancy at Kilkea.
1t was there his mother known as the
lovely Duncombe." achieved the dis
tinction OF going TO bed a marchioness
and waking mp duchess for the
fourth duke died during the night.
THREE AUNTs AS MOTHERS.
When the present duke became an
orphan, to use an lrishism, he secured
three ''mothers." This trio IS COM
posed Of his aunts, Lady Cynthia era
ham, Lady Ulrica Duncombe and Lady
Helen Vincent the latter well known
In the United States-all beautiful and
all lenders Of society,
INHERITED CONSUMPTION.
From governesses the duke gradual
ed TO tutors always with "a maximum
of outdoor life, for the white plague.
the h9nc Of the Geraldines. had him In
it's dreaded grasp Later he was sent
20 Mulgruve castle where the Rev
The MARQUIS Of Normandy kept school
ana taught the scions OF wealthy fam
lilies. Later stil the Little Duke"
went to Elton But his studies were
muCh interrerod with by the council
of nhvsicIang whom hts "mothers" ana
trustees had engaged by the year
specially 10 watch oyer him. This
council sent him on many sea-voyages
either In a specially chartered yacht
or else ON regular passenger ship.
II was one of these soa-voyaEes to the
West indies and thence 10 New Orleans
ana Galveston, which landed tho Lit
Tie Duke In the United states. He
trled the dry air of arid Texas plains
the pine.lands of Mississippi and later
ihn mountain air OF Colorado. He
travelled incognito with his tutur,guar-
dlHu physicians and yalct The
party carried no handles 10 IT'S names.
II was noticed by Americans merely
0s bunch OF quiet, wcll-brod wealthy
English tourists ana the delicnte boy
attracted mo- particular notice
HAS VISITED ALL CLINfEs.
lu the United states. an CANADA. In
Australia, I'm South Africa. I'm Japan
has the duke sought for health n Is
believed that he has now found H. per-
haps. IN the United states. for his last
year of minority hnds him "a sturdy
STRIPPING, over six feet IN height, able
alike 10 study hard and 10 take part
in athletics and sport In the Geld and
ON tho water
'rhc duke, unli a couple Of months
ago was at oxford university studying
under special tutor
ANCESTOR A LAND GRABBER
Tho Fitzgeralds are not only 700
years old In British history but per.
haps 500 years Older ln Roman history
lur th0 family Is descended from DON'T
nus Otho. powerful noble Of the fam
Gus Gherardinl family OF Florence. This
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Trees, for years. have been a hobby
with the Duke of Lelnster and tho
Little Duke" can WELD as good All
AK as ever did Gladstone. 9
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PARTIAL no HEIREssEs

The Fitzgeralds kept on marrying
heiresses and daughters of the most
powerful of the mobiles one hundred
years later the reigning Maurice Fitz-
land. II was he, who somewhere about
the year 1900 brought Kllka castle into
the family by his marriage. 1t was also
in this thirteenth century that the Fltz-
seralds took to themselves the remark
able coat of arms and crest which they
use today, This Is nothing less than
monkey-ihe only one In the history OF
noble coats-of-afms. A monkey is the
crest and two chained monkeys sup
port the shield on the at-of-arms.
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YOUNG duke
COMES OF AGE

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Florentine noble, attracted by the clash
of swords, went TO Normandy and
thence came TO England, somewhere
about the year, 900 H Hey becanea so
great favorite with Edward the -e.on-
lessor that he excited the jealousy OF
the Saxon Thames There We're some
bitter fights but Lord Ohio Geraldini as
he was called, was always victor and
backed by the king. seized his enemies
estates. IN fact, he seemed TO be as big
a grabber as modern captains of indus
try, for on his death his enormous es-
tates. deyolving on his son. We're en-
tered In Dc nesday Book and occupy
many many pages. The son, Walter
Bftz Ohio. after the conquest of Eug-
land, was. 1t is remarkable TO record,
treated as a fellow-countryman of the
Normans. Under William the Conquer
or he held on to his fathers influential
positions, and, the richest man in Eng
land, married the richest heiress,
daughter of the Prince OF North Wales.
His son, Gerald, clinched matters by
marrying the daughter of the Prince
of South Wales. The latter's sons and
his brothers founded such noble families
as Windsor. Carew, Grace, Fitzmaurlce.
Gerard and Desmond,
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FITzGERALDs TO FORE

Gerald's eldest son was the first Maui
rice and his son in turn was the first
Maurice Fitzgerald. and the patriarch
OF the Irish Geraldines
1t was he who, on behalf of the king
OF Leinster, captured Dublin and later,
during the siege. with but 800 men SAL
lied forth and defeated the king OF
ireland and 10000 men and 30 ships OF
war r r..,t+ --t
1t was n grandson. also Maurice F'itz-
gerald, who introduced into Ireland the
order of Franciscan and also Dominican
monks
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MRS. WOODRUFF
HAS new SCHEME

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WE Sawed THE .CHILp.

The history of this IS i.'uly peculiar.
The Fitzgerald heir, white an infant.
was at Woodstock. now IN the possession
of the Duke of Marlborough. A fire
broke out and consumed the castle In
Tho confusion the servants ran away
and forgot the child. In the midst of
tho conhagratiOn the agonized retainers
In the courtyard heard strange yells
from one Of the towers. Then they saw
an ape, which had always been chained,
squeeze rs way trough one OF the VIM
dow-slits, holding the infant carefully
I'm its arms. Through the smoke and
iiame, the ape made It's way now hang
ing on by its tail. now by n paw. untll
II safely landed In the outstratched
hands below The babe was uniniured
but the ape died later from It's burns,
The earl IN gIntltude, adopted a
monkey for his crest, II was this Fitz-
gerald, 10 miraculously saved, who be-
came FIRST Earl of Kildare. His life
abounded In adventure and romance.
OTHER F1TzGERALDs.
Maurice Fitzgerald. fourth earl was
lmlghted on the field at the siege OF
Calais by Edward III personally
The seventh earl was charged with
high treason but later pardoned ana
became the ilrst viceroy of Ireland.
The eighth earl was three tines ylco-
roy ruling ireland Tor 80 years He
was known as 'Ihe Great Earl lie
had one son and six daughters By his
FIRST wife ana scYAn sons By his second
when Lamert Smnel went TO Ireland
the Fltzgeralds cRpoused his cause and
the Earl OF lNldhra proclaimed him as
King Edward VI ana assisted at his
coronation,
In The battle which followed kildare
was captured but made his peace with
the king when perkiu Warbeck landed
iu Ireland all the Fitzgerolds opposed
tho king-mnker.
sun later the E'itzgeraldH defeated
tans i'm a great battle. While march
ing against CAROLS castle, now known
as Leap Castle" the "Great Earl"
was assassinatad by one Of the o'Mor-
cs lie was watering his horse In ihe
river Greeae near KllkeA,
LEGEND or GREAT EARL
There is legend OF the house Of
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While the army came west the east
ern press was busy. So was a great
friend to the Mormon people. Col. Thos
Kane, whose inspiring work was almost
purely the result of a desire to see
fair play. Col. Kane was not to appear
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THE EMB1TTERED HEART.

utah's enemy was Judge Drummond,
who carried to Washington tales that
since have been proved wholly false and
conceived in malice. one was that the
Mormons had killed governme III
Gals on survey duty here. These Off
cials, themselves. such as survived,
We're the ones TO give the lie to this
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HEAD OF FREEMASONS.
The third duke was grand master Of
the Freemasons of Ireland. A son OF
his was treasurer and also comptrOl-
Ter of Queen Victoria's household.
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dieting are transformed in the space
of "a hours. In other words, the cure
is apparent from the first injection.
In 70 per cent Of these eases the cure
is apparent after the fifth or sixth inn
lection. Only IS per cent of the cases
prove refractory.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-15
BASKET BALL GETS
SOME HARD KNOCKS

NEW YORK. March 1A--rhe roughness
and smuggling which has characterized
basketball games this year among the col
lcees has caused comment among tile au-
itnorities and If n change is not made next
year there is n possibility OF the faculties
interfering and stopping the game. al New
Haven there has been good deal of dis
aver he roughness of recent contests, espc-
c;;rlly in the recent game between Yale and
Columbia, in which several cot the players
lest tieii. tennpers and INDUCED i'll SLUG
sing. 1t is undoubted that the faculty VIII
uiterfere. and the members Of the basket
ball squad told that a repetition of such
scenes rs those of this year will result IN
the abolition of the game The Yale athls-
tic authorities have decided TO be more lib :
er;ii in the awards of the varsity letter. an
in the future the winners of the, individual
championships in golf. lawn tennis ard
ga tnnastics will be allowed to wear the ~
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.0NLYPAR|- MUTUEL
BET TING IN FRANCE

f PARIS, March I'M. Ruau Minister "s
Agriculture. said yesterday that he entirely
approved OF the permanent racing commit
tees decision that the only form of betting
To be allowed in the future on French race
courses should be the pari-mutuel and that
the proposals for the re-establshment Of
lhcokmaking should be rejected.
The minister said that the percentage oil
pnr-mutuel 'akings last year gave S916000
10. distribution to French charitable insti-
tLtiOrs Moreover. 1t had 50 encouraged
horse breeding that the annual Grand PriN.
originally of 100000. had increased to s+c.-
OOG. and this year would Increase to $780,
900 this constituting the most important
racing event in the entire world. So, too,
tile Ghantilly Derby prize would this yea.
amount to ss6.00o owing to the ever-in.
.eteasng amount of the percentage of pari-
mutue profits set apart as prizes for the
improvement of horse breeding.
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cycllns Event. Sanctioned.

The following sanctions have beer
granted by the National Cycling AS
ISOLATION:
March 21-Homc trainer races. Tige,
Wheelmen. Turn Halle, New York City
May l0-Ten-mile handicap road race
Club Association. Valley Stream. l.. L
Grain date. May 1Ith.)
June 2S--Fifty-;nile handicap road
race, New York State Division, Century
Road Club of America. Valley Stream
II. 7. Grain date. July 12th.)G
September 20 one hundred -mtle
record run. New York State Division
Century Road Club of America. Valley
Stream or Brooklyn. Grain date. Octo-
her 4tl. \ $3.50
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RAGING NEWS Fl ClJCH|LLO'' is
OF BENN|NGsIOUT FOR HEA1ONElY|

WASHINGTON, D. c.. March A.
Crowds of visitors are present every
morning at Benning's to watch the
work of the horses. Many Of the
thoroughbreds now at the track are
In splendid condition and ready for
racing.
Among the horsemen who have been
closely watching the tlioroughbreds ii
lis the impression that the stable owned
and trained by ". III. Mosby will win
Ihany of tile two -year-ol;! a.ent, dur
Ing the coming meeting. Mr. MosBy
reached the track from Kentucky a
month ago with Il well-fiiled stable OF
Young horses. all of which have been
working steadily since their arrival.
They are the most forward of the
two-Sear-olds at Benning's, and their
trainer is not doing too much With the
horses. as he knows the danger of
overwork at the beginning of th"
year. Six of these two-year-old are
by the Hamburg stallion Handsome
and they were bred in Kentucky by DR.
.. ~ Meet. who owned the mares Gin
derella and Taranteila.. Many horse
men who have seen these two-year-o lds
say that'they are the smartest young
sters so far seen
The names of some of them are Trc-
mtalso, brother to Sir Nagrant;
Spencer Wells. brother to Western
brown Tony: Ealbeck. Princess Pine
a sister to Fine Cut. Aralia, a half.
sister to Don Creole; Trepan, and sev-
eral others. the names of which have
not been announced. Mr.. Mosby holds
a half-interest in the two-vear- olds
which he Is training for DR.. Meet and
!ney VIII race In his colors tile COM
ing season. -
In addition to the horses DIR. Nee,
Is racing in partnership with Mosby
Carroll Reid, who raced The Picket
and Bangle, will train a youngstal
called Ashley Cooper, for the Ken,
lucky breeder. This colt Is. by Don
de Orc. and has been entered in many
rich wo-year-old events, as his owne.
thinks that he is one of the best colts
that he has ever bred.
Paul j. Rainey's horses. which have
been quartered at Renning's all winter
are in excellent health, but none OF
them will be raced at Renning,s, Aanc-
duct or Jamaica, as William Garth
the trainer of the stable. has, been iii
and will not be able to Ike up active
management of his horses for some
time
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NEW YORK March III. E widener's
steeplechaser III Cuchilio has
arrived on the other side of the Atlantic.
Mr. W'idener has nominated the horse for
the most valuable sieepIechase in the world.
the Grand Steeplechase de Paris and Au-
tsuil. This event will be run on sunday.
June eth. over Il course which consists of
twenty-four jumps of the most trying char
acter, some up and some down hill. which
tests the soundness and stamina OF a horse-
mere than any amount of ordinary jumping.
iI.. race has $4,000 In cash and $4,000 In
plate added 20 a sweepstakes of $500 each.
The distance is-a little more than four miles
and under the conditions Ell Cuchilio will
carry 157 pounds while some of his oppo-
rents will pack 1877. If the was 4
handicap Ell Cucbiio would probably fare
letter than ne does at weight for age. The
Eeiding is nov six years old and blood
relation of Mr.. Widener's famous jumper
Cnlieny. winner OF the rich Champion
sleeptechase ,ast fall.
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.HACKEN5CHNIIDT,
RuT Nd sIRANGLE

NEW YORK. March lA.-George Hack
senschpidt, the champion wrestler Of The
s.crld, who Is, 10 meet Frank Gotch. Of
Humboldt Ia, in Chicago on Friday, Aptil
3ti. will give n preliminary exhibition of hts
SILL on the mat Mt the Grand Central Piti-
ace on next Monday evening, and on Wca-
ncsday evening he twill be seen With his
partners at Tho Clercmont Avenue Rink in
Brcpklyn
Hackenschmidt, after giving exhibitions
in this and ether Eastern cities for one
week, VIII 20 into active training for the
bis match. Graeco- Roman rules are not 70
;,oyorn, but the bout Will be straight catch
as catch-car style, with the strnngle hold
barred. Tho iiurse offered is one Of $4,000.
30 per cont OF which viii go to the wntiGi.
and 40 per cent. to the loser.
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.CA55|GNQL OUT
FOR CUE HONO|R};5j

NEW YORK, March 1i.--'rhe arrival +
F;,mn Cassignol champion blliardst of
France, Will, give professional billiards. a
much needed boost, The }absenaeEof foreign
Prayers this year; has made matters very
dull with the knights of tile cue, but II re :,
wal OF interest Will follow the arrival Of
tn. French champion. He Will remain N
that time viii play championship mhtch,ss
With Willie Hoppe Jake Schaefer, George
sutton. George Slcsson, Ora Mornlngstar
End A. H. Cutler. in aGiiton to taking
Ieart in an International professional tourna :
p.ent. ass
Cassignol Is acknowledged to he the pecr
Iof Nignaux and all the foreign PLAYERS. Ilo
fellows George Suttou's style of nursing, and
is the hest masse player in the world. Cas-
ssieno wi!iiso TO Chicago next week. y
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Nat the Fourth shamrock.

Y LONDON. March 1i.--ln an Interview Yes
erGay, after no had made a visit to Fairlie
% inspect his new cutter, which Is approach
ng completion, Sir Thomas Upton said:
'She Is Il racer pure and simple. and must
not be called Shamrock W., but simply
sm reserving the lucky four
oayed shamrock for my next American cup
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..5HARKEY'5 IMgE
TALK Of BURNS

NEW YORK, March 14.-'rom sharkey is
sending soms suggestions on Prize hshtins
10 his friends in ireland thai may prove
% vast benefit to Jem Rochegin his coming
fight with Tommy Burns for the champion
ship.
In sharkay's opinion the oHiy way FOR
Roche to beat Burns is to continually pound
lin with left jabs and Il strong left hook.
In this Way. he says. Il good tighter can keep
Burns off and finally land him.
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Ens,ls:. Stake Dates, 1908.

Lincolnshire Handicap mile March a4th
Grand National. miles and SS6 yards
March eth; Ct Metropolitan Handicap sl
miles. April .Sth; City and suburban. IL
niles Aoril 10th; TWO Thousand Gulneas.
mile. May 9Th; One Thousand Guineas,
mile, May Stll.
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Sporting Letters

The sporting editor Of The Times
Dispatch Will gladly answer la these
columns any questions regarding
sporting matters. Communications
On sporting subjects VIII also be
printed, and comments Will he made,
Address Sporting Editor, Timcs-Dis-
patch.
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Newman for Olymptc Crew.

ITHACA, n, Y. March 14--William H.
Newman, of this city. has been made tand
viii, probably accept an offer to be bow
lev oar for the Cornell Varsity for two
wears
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NIinnesota,s Coach.

NinnPsOtH's Coach.
e. MINNEAPOiIS.i MINI. March 1i.-wal-
ter Wilmot former manager OF the Mime
aEolls baseball team and National LsaSue
player. VIII coach the baseball team of the
University of Minnesota this spring. Viii
Inot's acceptance of the position has led the
Gophers To hope for successful season.
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Future betting on the big English
racing is still very low. For the Lin
colnshlre Handicap. whicllais to be run
March Gath. Land League keeps his pos
sition at the head of affairs at 10 to
tendant. at 100 to S. taken. Neither OF
Brewers candidates received any mem
ton. and the only one of Morton's
thatwa dealt With was Dean Swift.
Mt 100 to g. Var also had an occasional
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-15

The Rhodes scholars from the United
States continue to make good in ath-
!etics at Oxford. In the recent uni,
versity games A. NJ. Stevens. of Will
mantle. Conn. won the high Jump and
the hammer throwing. He cleared five
feet six inches In the jump and threw
w Bucholz, of Florida. was second In
the hammer throw. with 1O7 feet. while
L. G. Hull, of Michigan, won a heat
IN the 100-yard dash in ten and two
fifths seconds.
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For the Grand National Steenlechase.,
also on n very small scale. the chief
feature being the hardening of Tom
West to 100 to Q. without takers. Kork-
land was supported to win few hun
.dred at 100 to S. and Sprtngbols closed
decidedly firm at 800 to a. taken:
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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
Lets See i. asia Wickham blunt

Let's see Il, asta Wickham blunt.
"
He took the picture, gazed upon ii
for full minute and did not lift his
eyes.
Meanwhile he fumbled in pocket
and drew out a letter.
"YotI may read this, dear ladyss he
said thickly without looking up. ~The
writer is a,iye and we'll Please sit
down."
His head turned from her grasp
and glad cry.
Jack Frederick's girl" he whisper.
ed to himself. MY God. she mustn't
sob like that
Presently he went over to her. His
teach on her hair was very gentle, his
deep voice tender as woman's.
"You see. he will meet me in New
York on Wednesday. He learned Of
my luck and obtained my address. He
says he has made good at last. Yes,
it was John Frederick who sold his
claim and helped enrich me- Now. il
you have read what he has written Of
his hopes. his prayer to find some one
free and glad to see him, you must
stop crying
But Pauline would neither cease her
soft weeping nor give up the letter, SO
Wickham left her and made his way
to the door.
From the street he glanced back at
the attractive house and tasteful
grounds.
"Whew!" whistled he. Il guess I'd
better not wait for Carson. There is
a New York train in fifteen minutes.
If we're not so mighty tickled for
Jack, l should feel sort of sorry for
Winch. New Haven Register.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
The Butchers smoek.

The butchers smock was blue. It
looked much neater than the white
smocks OF his friends all smeared
with dried blood. Every butcher"
said the man. ought to wear a blue
smock. why? Because dry blood
won't show on 1t. Dry blood turns
blush. and on smock Of this color
it Is Invisible. / am descended from
D long line Of butchers, and from
father to son the word has Usen
passed down always to wear, for neat
ness' sake. smock Of blue. New
orleans Times-Democrat
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
GUARDIAN.

And Sister called him sWancerer"
the afternoon he came;
Until we thought that Guardian
was potter name.
And now when people come TO tea
ana sit and talk and eat,
And Fluff and Frill and Guardian
are scrambling at their feet. tf
And Sister says, II hope the dogs
are not disturbing your"
They always pat him with tie rest
at least, they often do.
or course he's not a pretty dog,
like Sisters Fril or Fluff
3 like the color of him, though,
that sort of brownish- buff.
His coat is neither rough nor smooth
it's something just between;
think he has good looking eyes,
they're such an honest green!
OF course. he's not dog show dog,
he's not the kind, YOU know;
They never have Single class
in which that dog cam ~.
But Sister says IL love couad count,
and looks be Just left out.
He'd win ribbon every year
without the slightest doubt!
Elsie Hill, in the st. Nicholas.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
Immortality.

The doctrine of the endless life is,
in all likelihood, as old as man him
self. In Egypt, Greece, Rome, india,
the philosophers all taught the doc
trine of the immortality Of the soul.
The wonderful art of embalming, as
practiced among the ancient Ggyp-
tians, rested solely upon the notion
that the body must be preserved for
the return Of the spirit, which was to
inhabit 1t through eternity. Chris
tianity emphasized the belief in enc
endless life. but did not create it,
The American.