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YOUNG CORBETT GAVE ME HARDEST
PUNCH | EVER TOOK NELSON

on rush at NE, shooting his arms
out like piston rods Il looked as II he
had thousand arms, and | want 10
tell you that il was a dangerous thing
10 stand before that rush.
He had a tantal.z!ng way Of kidding
me while In close and got as angry as
a hornet. didn't mind his Kidding
until he got personal and then he
stirred UP the lion In me and / more
than paid him back with the walloping
that ! gave him
Whoever told YOU you could .iGht?"
he said TO me. "Way, you're a Joke"
didn't say a word. but kept right oa get
ting madder every minute Finally |
landed on his Jaw, but he simply shook
II or and came back
Huh, | thought you We're hitter, ."
lie said to me in a clinch. You couldn't
put dent in a Charlotte Russo"
say. kid" he said to me later on,
what's the name ~ that town that you
come from" | was furious and was al
most on the point Of replying. but |
caught myself very quickly and barely
lodged punch headed straight fer my
mouth
You've got an awful nerve" he said
again, TO be fighting You ought to go
back to work as "A nash singer"
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President Murphy, of Chicago,
Is Central Figure in the
Scrap.
BY ROZEMAN RCLGER.

TT looks Ike h'g time FOR Charlie
Murphy. the chubby president % the
- champion Chicago Cubs. to-day, and
noss,bly FOR couple Of more days Out
in Chicago to-day the magnstes OF the
two big leagues vii. get together osten.
s!ely for the purpose OF holding their
schedule meetings.
That Is all the American League has
20 do, but in tire National It is differ
ea.. TIA: organization has bunch o:
dirty linen 20 wash that is so big It will
take a large sized laundry TO get rid O..
Il all.
And ? ght now Il looks "a !, the 'aun-
Ary force vii consist Of seven National
League rnagnates and Presden, Harry
c. Pu'l!am, while In the wash will be
the aforesaid Charles Webb Murphy
Mr.. Murphy is due Tor an awful rub
b!ng. managing and Dr. ny ont process
Murphy will probably Try 20 take A part
IN the laundering process by furnishing
lot o! soft soap that ne has been Civ.
rs out ever s!nce he became the boss
o. ,hs Chicago club. su. ha isrsr
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linen is just 4 rifle too dirty FOR soft
soap. They are going to put the acid
test 20 the Murphy linen and see
whether It Will stand the test
viii Be Big Rumpus.
I. looks Ike the biggest rumpus the big
league has had In many moons, and in
a way 1t affects all baseball, as Murphy
besides stirring up 4 t.gn, In his own
league has also e.tranged the Ma
tiOnal Commiss on and ras that high
cour, OF baseball TO contend with as
well as hts own organization,
The trouble IS many-sided All sorts
OF things have been said by the people
on both sides But here Is what is
really charged BY President PullIam.
who Is going to take the leading part
In .he cleaning UP process Pulliam
saws that there has been something
funny In the methods OF handling the
finances OF the Chicago Club This
affects every club IN the League, for Z
PUlliam's assertions are true Tho visit
Ing cubs have not received all the
money that should have Teen given
them for games played 10 Chicago
The fact that 8; ,s admitted tina. there
was a deal with the ticket spectators
in Chicago during the worlds cnam-
piOnship series last fall makes many
people believe that Puli.am mas some
foundation FOR his statements regard
Ing the regular season. That's what
the maguateS intend 20 lind out, and
II hey d0-weli. woe unto Mr. Murphy.
r. National League ulgna'es are not
rra mos, peac.-loy'ne body IN he
world NJ any time. and n Il Is found
tina, r. addition to carrying On the PEN
naut for three years IN succession and
the worlds championship twice, the
Chicago Club has also bean annsSing
sonls o. the Honsy spells that belonged
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regard Young Corbett az one or
the greatest fighters this country has
ever seen. He was a terrific hitter,
though he could not deliver as snappy
a blow as Aurelia Herrera. Corbet
was a very smart fellow, however, and
in the matter OF brains Herrera could
not be compared with him.
Corbett knew that the quickest way to
get a fighters goat was 10 tahta.lze
him so that he would lose his temper
and begin swinging wildly. That is the
way he always succeeded In beating
Terry McGovern. Terry couldn't stand
the kidding.
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Magnates Want to Know Ger.
tain Things About the Cub
Financial Methods.

In the visiting clubs during the regular
season-wow, what fish, there will
be.
one glad, good thing is that the meet
ing will wind up the mngnates' work
for the season. By next Sunday the
Giants will be NJ Marlin Springs, while
the advance guard OF other clubs will
be scattered all through the Southland,
and the fans Will commence to hear
something about the players. Instead o..
having 10 listen to the troubles and
chickering's Of the magrates
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BROCK DEFEATS DONAHUE
IN BOUT AT NEW ORLEANS,
tspeclal TO The Evening WORLDLY

Tot"-TiI " 7 u" F1VtIINE " VrII-T
NEW ORLEANS, La. Feb. i5.-Ph!l
Brock, OF Cleveland, was & ven the de-
cislOn over Young Donahue, OF Boston.
at the end OF ten rounds Saturday night
before the Park View Athletic Club.
Brooks whIrlw!nd finish in the ninth
and tenth rounds. together with a clean
knockdowr in the first, earned him the
verdict. IN the tenth he had Donahue
holding on. evidently in distress.
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Collegiate Championship Still
Unsettled Owing to Lack OF
Ice at Harvard Saturday.
.HERE was no ice at the stadium

-HERE was no ice at the STADIUM
rink at Harvard saturday ana =
J. result the liarvart-partmou'"
hockey game had TO ne postponed 'o'
the second time, The otaeF s'"''
scheduled for saturday, the IaIe-PF'hce'
ION affair ending in tie and an ars"'
nent. nothing was accomplished IN de-
Gliding where the intercollegiate hohorS
nrs 10 go. A full programme al the Local
rink this week prevents these co.'ese
sevens getting together 10 settle the
matters OF supremacy, but Feb. 2 mas
been tentatively agreed upon as the
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In the tenth round
! began pOkIns him
In the ribs so hard
that he commenced
to totter, but he
didn't stop his kid.
ding. He got insult
ing this time I got
very angry and past.
ed him an awful
welt on the liver,
He bent over.
Jump in the ring,
you fool" yelled one
Of the crowd TO Cor.
BETS trainers, and
keap vp,Ir man from
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Three series OF games are scheduled for
this week in the lNtercluh League which is
an a.tio,,c orsnn1s,,ors XII 4. uro,,,g C ope
OF the most interesting competitions In
Manhattan and the Bt1rs. Games this week
ere TUrs lay. New YOU. \. '., a. Gale.
DOMAIN and Harlem Republican Clan. a;
LonGwoOi. Saturday, schn5rer a. Harlem
u. c.
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COL UMBIA AFTER GAMES
WITH WESTERN FIVE.

In view o, Counbia's winning the
Eastern collegiate championship the Co.
lumb!a management is preparing a pe,l.
ton to the faculty athletic cynmittee
FOR an extra schedule Of gaub TO be
played with 'le winners OF to .'.s.ern
Intercollegiate championship. 4 AZ
present appears to he the En o.!
Chicago
There vii ~ Two extra mes and
A third Z, ~ sssnry TIE as. ai. be
play ed on MIrol - tire g. 0ni IN Marcl
H. and ;hs JaiTd on date not -, do.
c!dsd UPON
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Corbett would nrst
try his man out by
roa sting him as a
fighter, and II that
didn't succeed he
would say things
that were personally
insulting. His or-
ponent would then
get angry and rusn
at him with wild
swings. That was
ct
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T0.NlGHT'S FIGHTS.

Al Marathon A G. stag. Clsrmor.
Avenue Rink. B.ooSly7, Billy Ian.
ders and Eddie 10y VII claih In the
star bout OF zen rounds Des'las tH!s
good contest there will re FIVE Others
between evenly matched boxers. !,
will be the opening stag Of the club.
At Washington Sporting Club.
Of Philadelphia. owen Moran will
tackle Tommy Lans5ou, o, Philadel-
phia. In the main bout o. six rounds
At West End A. c.. Of Phiiadel-
phia. Willie Fitzgerald and George
Decker will figure IN the main con.
test for six rounds.
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Willie Lewis Has TW0
Hard Bouts in March
Tor ten round. a week from mex, Thur.da,

n!gh,.
There are two rood bouts between little fel.
lows 10 be fought a. the local stays this
week At the Long Acre 4, {, tomorrow
nlght Young Leary,' the local bantam.
weight. will meet frankie Burns, Of jersey
city. for ten rounds, while on Thurs 'ay
risht Johnny Coulon. the champion loi.p5Grl
fighter viii meet Johnny Daly for ten
rounds AZ the Whirlwind A. c.
BLY, McCarnsv. manager Of Young E5re,"
the clever quaker city lightweight. ar.
rJl2cfI last rIEht that Y the officials q:
the West Side A. c., OF New orleans. u no;
lut w the $500 which they have r-,n,!.ct
Erne for his fight with Freddl, Wci,7 ;.t
English lightweight. on Fe1 90. tttt- days
le'ore the battle. he will call OF the bOu:
and return 10 Philadelphia with Ern-.
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~ tNt.-s
-ALLAa LII :

wanted, for he was as game a fighter
as ever lived, and he loved nothing bet
ter than 10 rough II.
was somewhat of rougher myself
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and / figured that would he aole 10
beat Corbett at his own game, lie was
pretty sour over hts defeat by BTU
and l believe that he slill maintains
that Britt vas not entitled to the de-
ctsion which lost him the champion
shin That took some of the spirit
out Of him. Admitting he is a jolly
sood-natured fellow, in the ring ne Is
nasty as can be.
was in excellent condition and we
agreed on match, and 1t didn't take
me long to get in shape. All ! needed
was little loosenIng up
Though felt confident when l
stepned into the ring with this great
slurgcr knew that had job be-
fore me You can take II from me tla'
corbett gave me an awful tght Tor tht
drst few rounds II the decision had
been given on points at the enI OF t!e
fourth round ! guess he WouIn nave
been the victor. ! was stating arolhu,
however. TO ind out wherein ne was
weak. | finally discovered the spot
his wind. I then began beating a tat.
tno on his ribs, and occasionally |
world GET a chance 10 soak that left
half scissors hook into his lIvrf W men
lie would bend over would crack him
on the ear to make him d.z2y.
Corbett Had Peculiar style.
Corbett had peculiar style OF fight
ing that | had never seen before and
If I had not been very careful ne
might have got me- He would start
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Knocks Out Corbett Again.

was forced 70 fight Corbett again
later On. so that l could have second
match with Britt. The Britt affair will
come up later All Il you readers know
how Britt was given a very QUE stlonaJ,e
decision over me In my first fight. Be.
fore | could get return match, how
ever, had to fglt COrhctt again. At
that time feared him really more than
I DID Britt. Corae't was there with a
vicious knockout all the ti'ne-Britt was
not.
on Feb. Is Corbctt and Yours Truly
Nent at It again at Woodward's Pav.l-
ion, the place OF our former battle
ground. The fight enthusiasts OF san
Francisco had been won over to my
side long ere this. and a week before the
fight II was common gossip In the town
tlat ! would gain boat down the coast
champion. Their predictions proved only
too true Corbstt made very fair
showing with mo in the early rounds
round, and as he WAS taking tho count
I went over 10 him ard told him to get
i'm" and not 20 down until he was hit
Corbett was Infatuated hv ny haunting
him. and arose erraged Ike wildcat
He swung hard right into MY body
and broke one Of my ribs and to this
dav have large lumn there as p
souvenir Of this battle. That was the
worst punch that I ever took
The ninth round had hardly begun
when cut loose a series NJ right and
left hooks and down he went fat on his
hack and was counted out by Referee
lack Welsh.
Nv share of the gate amounted to
S5nO and my hacker. Billy Benner
Won several side bets amounting TO S.
no altogether.
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BY BATTLING NELSON.
CHAPTER XVI.

KNEW would win the championship Of the world after ha
Corbet He wonderful susge
While he had just been defeated by Britt
that the champion because James
Edward his boxing skill
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on "Wednesday evening tn. Trinity school
and Grot' school teams %. the SCh'llstir
League, are scheduled 20 hook up. mn, 90
rGi', - are cu::,a: % tie effect that the
Trinity team has tshaHted thi. game may
not take pace
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Chapter yN1fa of the battling Vel
son stories will bs printed In The
EvsnlAS world 81 WsaacsdAH
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wrR. ROBERT EDGREE. Sporting
MI Department, Evening World;
Iva Dear Sir: have e chicken
which has two heads. This chicken 10
dead, but am preserving L. l, 10 two
days old. Kindly advise me as soon as
possible how TO dispose OF II. W. A. X.
Dear W. \. X:
You're barking up the wrong tee. You
want the Health Department, no; the
Sporting RE
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Ends Corbett's Career.

That practically ended the career o,
one Of Americas greatest fighters. Cor
b"tt from that time began to decline,
and no has not won an important battle
since Notwithstanding the fact that
he had roasted me unmercifully In the
ring, 7 always have had spark Of sym
rertainlv a game little fellow More
,San that, he was a real fighter. He
,,.aa no, one Of those snowy boxers who
repv on the referees decision to win.
Cofhatt wanted TO either win or lose hy
knockout Like myself. he didn't Ike
these decisions on pointH.
aIso svmpathiEed with him because
,ba decision was given aEalnst him In
hIs Hght With Britt, and I was handed
he same dose Not that 7 wish 10
toast abort It. but 7 was treated worse
,ban Corbett. But I will bring that up
In my next chapter,
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= rR. EDGREN:

RI Mr.. EDGREN.
M In refertsce 70 tie Marathon
AVA race held in England during the
past summer, was or was not Tom
Longooat entered. and how far did lie
run? W. b.HgN.
Longboat was entered. He ran. 4 my
recollection Is correct. q little over
twenty miles and collapsed on the road
after being passed by johnny Hayes.
Longboat was among the leaders UP 10
that time.
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on SATURDAY. nigh; the game thu wa, &
the iEle Harvard game vii take place
.n!s contest viii be the best 4 the week
Yale has Improved wonderfully since the
ewing tie I'hrnlss good scrap There
a:e e.. s..;s = cGiucss ~ tie In the
to De fli'v a. "eT,',irr a. mat I az. ~.
son. when Yale won the championship by a
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Jabez White and Joe Cans
Should Pu. UP a Great
Fight When They Come
Together If EngllShman Is
Still Good.
TOE CANS will fight Jabez White
/ at the National A. c, This

TOE CANS will fight Jabez White
at the National A. c, This
j ought TO be good one. II Will
be unless White is in Spike Robsons
class. Remember what Joe did to
Robson: just hit him on the back
Of the hand and put him out, That's
an actual fact. Robson was trying
to cover and Joe punched the Eng
lIshman's own glove back agains: his
Jaw.
Cans says he'll enjoy fighting any
body save Nelson No more Nelson
In his. He's satisfied as far as the
Dane goes. Says II he wasn't salts
fed he'd be "A plain hawg."
White fought once before In this couH-
try II was years ago with B:t:, al!
the police stopped the fight Just before
the end OF the twentieth round, while
White was down Ii White Is still as
good as he was that time he'll give Joe
1 run.
TIM M'SHERRY says he'd like moth
ing better than return match with
i Sailor Burke, in private and for L
side stake of 1850, and to finish.
Some one ought as matter Of kindness
to take Mcsherry aside and whisper to
him-somebody that saw the bout last
Friday night. 4nat was TO finish.
alfh0npb II all In lasa
three minutes.
l repeat: No novice has a chance with
an experienced professional,
A GENTLEMAN signing himself "A.
~ Gott," Columbia University"
4 4 writes me an interesting letter in
which he politely intimates that 'preju-
dice" was responsible for my description
Of what Jem Driscoll did to Leach Cross
last week
you are the big bug OF the sporting
writer's" says Mr.. Colt. Il don't blame
the others for showing prejudice, for
they are only small fish following IL
your footsteps"
Very neatly put, Mr.. Colt. What do
you study at Columbia-law engineer
Ing. medicine, or-Eng!ish?
A MOTHER correspondent, asking for
"a information about boxing lessons,
says: Il have written TO Prof.
for the course in advance, and I do
not care 10 take lessons under those
circumstances.
Neither would l. But you surprise
me. l thought Prof" Elmer was in
81 oil strO
the benefits derived from the Papke.
Suffers Harlem Casino. |. he's IN
New York a large number OF people
would like to get his address. Perhaps
you can obl!se.
.<HrR R. EDGREN, Eve World.
I'M viii you Kindly deelde' A
-'A bets that when hurdling the
runner lands on the same foot he
starts from. bets tina, II he jumps
from the left foot he lands on the right.
Yours, WINCHESTER"
acrobat hurdling 81 has observed
the ordinary variety We Srow IN tHe
United States. |; all depends upon
which kind of a hurile- you rete: 70.
M bets B fifteen 20 ten on
"a sporting event. The event IS
80 a draw or tie. B claims that
A owes him hal; TIE difference o.: the
odds. Is this correct, or is The be; off?'
"B." is basing his claim upon the or
binary procedure in pool rooms in set
Ting horse race wagers. In friendly bets
- -. sH cot 1ts,FNt
The evening world., 1909-02-15

A match will probably be clinched to-day
between Matty Baldwin and Frankie Mad
den. the local lightweight. Baldwin wired
Dick Curey. matchmaker o. the Whir,w!r
A. c.. on Saturday night. saying he would
be In town to-day and would sign ~ with
Madden II tho terms were satisfactory -
him. II they are matched they vii battle
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Fights will De held again at the J.ttri.s
4 4, G.; TIE biz ash' CLUB q Los ANGELES; ca.
io,c.- In the club. decided 10 pu, on a show
to- Feb, %, and mas signed up Geo--e Mem.
SIC. the Hhlcaso ,igaiweigr. 10 meet EFalk
rounds In the main event. Picato rec.nty ...
:ea;ed Charley Dalton, the California pugilis:.
and many sports OF; there will bet on HIN
70 win.
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The New York A .. seven. a'res4y hailed
Wanderers or Friday n!sat
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I1.u-rtow nigh, IN, Amateur Athle.l,
H. lgl" g1mes w'.l continue with a meeting
~, n" s;r NJ s. Nicholas seven AMI the
H1"kav cub
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Ex-Champion Was Fighter, Not a
Boxer, Declares Bat in Telling OF
His Two Fights with Him

Of World
Battling Nesn.
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-HREE letters in the same mail ask
i rs Joe Choynskl. the retired
heavy weight, Jew or a Pole"
Joe Choynsk is American. His ances-
tors were Jewish and came from Poland
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Meets the French Champion,
Goucller, in Paris, and Tom
Thomas in london.
BY John POLLOCK.

vvy,ILLIE LEWIS, the American
NJ mddlewe!ght. who has 50 far
" won two battles in Paris, has
tust been signed up FOR two important
battles In Europe. HIS first will be lor
twenty rounds with Marc Goucher' 'he
heavyweight champion OF France al
the Cirque OF Paris on the night OF
March Is. and his second with Tom
Thomas, the legitimate mIdd!ewe!sht
champion OF England. This battle VII!
also be FOR twenty rounds and VIII be
fought at the National Sporting club. OF
London, on March %. They Will night
at $50 pounds tor n guaranteed purse
OF g.. 500 and q side bet OF SJ4N. Tholnas
is the best man at his weight in Eng
land,
Bill McKinnon. the promising middle;
weight OF Boston. VINO recently defeated
Harry Lewis. the Quaker city fshteT IN
has BEEN secured to NEE, Jimmy Gardner. the
clever New England light middle. weight. Tor
twelve rounds before the same club on tues
day evening. March 2, Gardner Is giving
away considerable weight, but thinks ne can
outpoipt Mokinnon and ge, the decision.
The mex, biz fight in Paris Will be the
twent y.round bout between sam McNey and
Joe Jeanette, the colo.ed American fighters.
They Will meet at the Cirque De Paris on
Saturday night. and, according to letter re.
ceiyed to-day from Dan Acketrick manager
OF Jeanette, every seat Will be occupied IN
The big building when the men en; .. e.. r.
each. Jeanette was offered 50 900 for his
III, but declined II.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE WILL WASH
ITS DIRTY LINEN THIS WEEK

brother masna:es have an !dea that the
linen Is just 4 trine too dirty Tor soft
soap. They are going to put the acid
test 70 the Murphy linen and see
whether IL Will stand the test
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90 a draw or tie, 3 claims that
A owes him hal: ire difference O.: the
odds, Is this correct, or is The be; )H?'
"B." is uaslng his claim upon the or
binary procedure in pool rooms in set
Ting horse race wagers. In friendly bets
not among PROFESSIONALS is customs
AIRY TO call the bet of in case 1: q draw
or a tie.
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/" W III FVU N''THIG Ue7'Vc n
~'~ bets that when hurding the
runner lands on the same foot he
starts from. B bets tina, II he jumps
from the left foot lie lands on the right.
Yours. WlNCHES TEN
"A" must have seen some japanese
acrobat hurdling "B" has observed
the ordinary variety we Srow IN tae
United States. |; all depends upon
which kind of hurd!e- you refe: 10.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27
STATEMENT BY CIV. WARD

Editor of the Farmer, Sir:
 In a recent Sunday publication there appeared an article entitled Children Called Mama in Vain) The construc- tion of that article has caused me much bother and to straighten out matters and save me answering many questions and also to put everything straight, I make this statement with the hope that I will have no more in- quiries concerning the past.
 The article as was published is mis- leading and the major portion is false, and does a very great injustice to my self as well as others. I was not the author of all the statements printed under my name.
 It is a false report about the chil- dren Calling in Vain for Mama" in the beginning. The morning was wet and there was no school, so they were home when their mama was here mak- ing ready. They even accompanied her to the trolley car when she left. There was no shedding of tears, and there was mo rain beating against the window panes,' x&c., as that story goes. No borrowing of candles from kind neighbors, and no drying of clothes and putting molasses on their bread, &c. The children's ages are not 10 and 12, but and il. There were "no sev-. eral bedrooms'' stripped of their fur
 
 knows where the key of the door is and use it as is customary
 They had supper on table when I got home and were unconcernedly pla ying games and were not weeping, &c., as stated. They were comfortable and happy with all good things at their command, instead as was published, barren rooms and halls, they had light, heat and nice comfortable home. By a slight encouragement the gap was easily filled. No boys bed disappear ed as reported. There is more now than we need. The article seemed to frame the subject in gloom which is mislead- ing. We have a. nice comfortable home. The children have and will have all they desire. They go to school regular and seem very content and happy.
 The idea of such a statement regard ing Mrs. Royal Leverage having any thing to do with our domestic affairs is all rot and false and why I should be quoted as saying that she was the cause of our troubles I do not know, I never uttered any such remarks as were published. She was never in our home to my knowledge as much as once a year and I never saw her here in this house. So far as the doings of my wife were concerned think she and she alone uninfiuenced decided to do as she did. I hope this statement will satisfy a lot of fire-eating, ear- splitting persons, and save me the trouble of answering questions.
 c. w. WARD,