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good grounds to be proud of the
achievements of her two lone candi-
dates as the two pulled down four
firsts and two records. They are as
follows:
lOO-yard dash, Nelson, 10 seconds.
22O-yard dash Nelson, % 3-5 sec
onds.
44O-yard dash, Nelson, 40 3-5.
CRecord.)
Two-mile run, Mcclure, 1906.
(Record.) }
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Plan international Track Meet.

Prospects for an international
track meet between oxford. Cam
bridge. Yale and Harvard track teams
appear bright. The officials on both
sides of the water are enthusiastically
for this end-Oregon Emerald
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If it is a soc rawhide whip see Fred
Mantey.
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to compete this time is too great to
be trifled with. He might gain money
as a loser, but he would gain i'm
measurably more as a winner, added
to the fact that he would be cham
pion and be able to dictate, and let
me suggest that if there is one thing
which Lii Artha' enjoys more than
another it is the right to boss. His
bump of personal vanity is such that
he would forego some cash merely to
be able to lord II over" the element
with which he mingles.
There's another fact to be con-
sidered and that is Johnson's glut-
tonous ambition TO retain popularity
with his own race. II will not take
any serious individual long to ascer-
tain that Johnson Is now about as
popular a negro as ever wore fine
clothes and patent leather shoes.
Even among the conservative of his
own people, who affect to care little
for prize fighting and its side issues,
there is admiration for this big black
Hercules, which crops out in quiet
smiles and knowing mods whenever
the name of Johnson is mentioned.
It's real racial pride, and it is a
greater element of pride than the
average citizen can comprehend until
he is brought into conversation with
some of the race.
IF Johnson wins or is defeated
within the first five rounds, will there
be any real deep conviction that the
fight was a frame up?"
"A five round fight would mean
nothing to the promoters in a way
They would have their gate receipts
That much cash, gold. greenbacks,
silver, whatever it might be, would
| be in front of them. They would
have their returns from the picture
privilege, or If they are directly con-
cerned in the picture privilege they
| would have a chance to get whatever
| profit might accrue from the eXhibi-
| tions | doubt very much that the
| pictures would be so Improbable as
some think because of a short fight.
| There would be the usual American
curiosity to see the film exhibited if
it only ran for one round.
| Defeated Man the Loser.
1T doesn't look much as if any
body is likely to be loser on the affair
| except the man who gets whipped,
It's my conviction that there is about
where the matter rests. Neither of
the principals wishes to take any
| chance. Jeffries desires to regain
the honor which he voluntarily gave
up, and Johnson is greedy with the
ambition of a man of his general dis
position to be the king of the ring
so long as nature will permit him to
hold the throne.
IF there is any 'stallinS or pull
ing in the fight it will not be hard
to detect It. Al the same time it must
not be taken for granted that this
fight is going to be run off like an
ediion of a metropolitan daily on its
lightning presses.
johnson is not going to take any
chances. Keep that in mind. The
negro is not over fond of being
punched hard. He is going to stay
out of harms reach just as long as he
can and try to wear Jeffries down
There's just one reason why this
may not happen. Either fighter may
ascertain in three or four rounds that
he is sure of his man, and if that is
the case look out for early trouble
In conclusion, | believe the big
'didings will be on the square.
Tab it down"
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nothing very strange about that.
Plenty of athletes in other callings
than that of pugilism are inclined to
become cranky and grabbed when
they are hard pressed to win con-
test which involves a national cham
pionship.
Some ball players become furi-
ously wrought up as the time ap-
proaches when the team of which
they are members has a chance to
win the seasons title. Some runners,
who seek to gain the honors of the
track, are peevish and irritable in
their training season, and there are
jockeys or have been, who were
about to ride horses of promise in
races worth thousands of dollars who
couldn't give civil reply if they
tried to do so, because they were so
much impressed with the greatness
of the task before them.
1T is characteristic of the human
temper to show its worst side when
its possessor is striving for the high
est attainment.
johnson is not to be held as a
moral paragon, l don't believe that
he pretends to be one. Nevertheless,
l do not think that the cupidity of
the negro is such that he is going TO
lose any opportunity to win the fight
if he is physically able to do so.
Slim Chance for Another.
If Jeffries should win / doubt
whether Johnson would get another
match with him in a long time-if
ever he got one. Should the white
man prove that he can come back and
fight as well as he could when he was
only a young man in years-and he
is not an old man now-it might be
possible that nothing could induce
him to go into the ring again. On
the other hand, if he were successful,
the mere fact of victory might bring
back some of the old ambition and
activity in the boxing game, and he
might consent to other matches, but
/ doubt very much that one of them
would be a return engagement with
johnson in hurry.
The prize for which the negro is
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Clean, cotton rags wanted 'at The
Sentinel office.
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Joe Moon Buggies that please
Fred Mantey.
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Big Fight on the Square
y Says Billy Murphy
in the st. Louis Star.
Here are his sentiments:

Here are his sentiments:
4 do not think that the match is
a frame up although it is not the
fault of the promoters and the man
ayers of the affairs that some sus-
picion has been engendered in sus-
picious minds, for the preliminary
details were involved in too much
circumlocution to satisfy an element
of the public which is quick to as
cribe unfair motives when there is
any pretext for doing so.
In talking of the matter the other
day | suggested that | did not think
that Jeffries would go to the trouble
of training and preparing for a match
with Johnson unless he thought that
he could regain the championship in
a manner perfectly satisfactory to
him and to the public generally, and
| can see no reason for changing that
belief
1T will take more than mere per-
sonal assumption on the part Of some
body else TO bring about another
opinion.
Il know that Jeffries' record is
fair and above board, What he did
in the East when he won the cham
pionship was open to everybody. The
fights in which he won the cham
pionship were attended by thousands
of spectators, and there never was
any question as to the validity of his
| title when he won it, because he un-
I derwent three about as hard fights
4 as any man ever undertook in the
ring before he held the title undis-
N Nputedly
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No Bad Traits in Jeffries.

Il have never seen any trait in
Jeffries' character which would in
'dicate that he had any wish to fight
Yin any way except that which was
Strictly honest. The most that can
be said of him personally is that he is
cranky and grabbed, but there is
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Our Youngest Department

our youngest governmental department
is not SO young but that its latest re-
port, just issued, is its eighth; a report
that should be more interesting to the
people than such reports usually are, be-
cause it indicates the varied work that
has 10 be done under the Department
OF Commerce and Labor. II is, OF course,
under this department that a bureau has
the United States. and is at present en-
gagged night and day. in sorting US all
Out into our various occupations, incomes,
colors Of hair, and what not, so that we
may know all there is TO be known
about ourselves. 1t is this department
that takes charge Of the immigrant as
soon as he lands on these shores. and,
through its Bureau of immigration and
Observation-Disclosures work is being
largely extended year by year-it seeks
10 place the incoming workman where
his labor VIII be of the greatest value
TO the community and to himself. No
governmental department has such
varied interests. It has to concern it
self about the great fisheries OF the
country. chart the coasts. illuminate the
harbors. and buoy the reefs and shall
lows; keep steamers from overcrowding:
Try TO prevent strikes; aim to bring to-
sether producers and consumers; keep
war; eye on the doings of corpora
TONS and hold in charge the standard
instruments of weight and measure
which regulate the selling Of peanuts
by the peck no less certainly than the
weight of the steel that goes into
bridge.
Under the administration of the present
Secretary of Commerce asd Labor, the
Hon. Charles Nagel. the department has,
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By FRED C. KELLY.

Senator Lodge sat in the lobby of the
New Willard the other morning in a
lounging position with his legs crossed
and cigar in his mouth putting away
unconcernedly like a man who had been
loaiing around hotel Hobbies all his life
Now there's nothing remarkable about
that II it had been anybody but the
scholarly Henry Cabot Lodge. who is
such u highbrow that hanging around
public places such as hotel Hobbies has
long been out OF his line Strong men
who have been ia Washington for years
and years stood and looked at the figure
OF the Massachusetts, Senator IN amaze
meht and declared that they'll be pre-
pared now 10 see him smoking a corncob
pipe and having his neck shaved ali the
way around in the back.
To Senator Hughes. OF Colorado. half
the fun Of being a United States Senator
les In having occasion 10 ride back and
forth in the subway automobiles between
the Senate office building and the Capitol.
II he had the time, Senator Hughes would
probably stay in one Of the machines by
the hour, and Just ride and ride and ride
having more fun than a dog at fash
ionable rat killing As it is. he frequently
makes two or three round trips before
he gets out, and he usually takes the
elevator at the farthest end Of the Office
building. in order 20 get the longest ride
possible. When he was ycungster he
was crazy about riding on merry-go-
rounds at county fairs and such places,
and the subway autos offer him about
the most fun OF that sort that he's had
since
Senator Overman. Of North Carolina, is
another OF the Senator's most enthusiastic
over subway JOY riding in the machines
that the government so kindly provides.
The thing that gets these Senator's is
what manner Of man Senator Bailey can
be for refusing 10 ride in the autos
When Representative James A. Taw-
ney, of Minnesota, retires at the close
of the present session. Serene +. Payne.
Of New York. viii no longer have TO
divide the honor OF wearing the largest
sized hat in Congress. TaWney and
Payne each wear "a dome covering.
When President Taft WAS elected il WAS
thought that there might be a third in
the "a class in Washington. but the
President only wears a rs.
There is a Senator and a Representa-
tive or two who wear only 67s hat, but
they seldom. if ever. go around Dragging
about il.
Senator NeWlands. of Nevada. is the
man who looks indignant Not that he
is indignant He just looks that way.
One would think from the tilt Of his
eyes and the rest Of his facial arrange
ment that somebody had just been along
and accused him OF driving an old.
broken-down plug Of a horse that the
Humane Society ought TO have shot as
martyr.
That would make him more indignant
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/ than anything else The Senator loves
horoes-good horses-and he has d stable
fun of them. he gets half of the JOY
of living out of his saddle horses. Just
now he's hesitatng between his loyalty
10 the horse and his desire for speedy
transportation. and trying to reconcile
himself TO a hankering for a big, chuff-
chufing automobile to supplant the
prancing team behind which he rides to
his Office each morning.
Here is an example Of Senator Neg
lands feeling toward a horse, Out on
his place in Nevada he had a horse that
was too old 10 be of further use to any
one. and he had placed il on the retired
list al fun pay. one morning il caught
It's leg in a barbed-Wire fence. which in
hicted serious injuries. When the veter-
mary came he said that il would cost
at least $50 TO fix the horse up again, and
a. il wasn't actually worth that much,
perhaps the better plan would be just 10
shoot the animal and put il out Of lis
misery.
NO, indeed. said Newlands. How
do I know that the horse wants 70 die?
Put him on his feet again and send me
the bill. DO YOU suppose I'd want any
body 10 shoot me when ! get old just
because I've ceased 10 be worth the
amount Of a doctor bln?"
Next 10 amusing himself with his
horses, Senator Newlands would rather
sing. His wife plays the plano while he
iifts up his voice in song, and they do
say that he has a irst-rate voice
Now that Roosevelt is out Of official
life for the moment, the champion cross
country walker around Washington is
the Right Hon. James Bryce the British
Ambassador With the exception Of Am
bassador Jusserand. who plays lawn ten
mis-. Mr.. Bryce Is about the only promi-
nent diplomat who goes in for much
outdoor exercise. But anywhere within
I'VE or six miles from Washington one
may meet up with the sturdy Britlsber
trudginG briskly along. Usually he is
accompanied on these excursions BY his
wife.
Three or four House members were
discussing how it all happened, Ike a
bunch Of college boys tanning over the
results OF big football game. Some
body asked Judge Walter I. Smith. the
loWan, who probably would have been
republican nominee against Uncle Joe
TOT speaker. what his plurality was. The
SITUATION IN Washington, by the way. is
not unlike that al some BOYS school.
with all the big talk about who cot
Hunked and which ores passed" Wen
as We were saying when our mind began
10 wander and get incoherent. somebodv
inquired OF Judge Walter J. about his
plurality
had 1000 to the good, % replied Smith
dryly. as he bit the end on a fresh cigar
and verybody knows that any man who
got any larger plurality than 1.60O this
year did SO by means OF fraudulent
handling Of the returns"
Copyright, 1910 b. Fred G. Keny1
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The Conservative Referendum.

In this country the idea of the initia-
tive and referendum is comparatively
new, and in those Western States where
it has been adopted as an instrument
allowing the popular will. not only 10 be
expressed, bat 10 be placed in force, the
tendency at present is TO use it more
largely. perhaps, than need requires. Part
OF this tendency, OF course, may be at
tributed 10 the desire of the people 10
test the novelty of tins new power which
has been put back into their hands, where
1t righuuIIy belongs.
One OF the first countries TO make use
of the initiative and referendum was the
little republic OF Switzerland. which sim
remains, for as. the best example OF the
practical workings Of The system. There
the initiative has not been allowed to be-
come "a vehicle Tor special legislation on
every and all occasions. and the referen-
dunn is used only as a means Of securing
popular opinion on matters Of national I'm
portance. Since the initiative and refer
endum was established I'm Switzerland in
1873, the referendum has been invoked
only thirty times. though in that period
Of siXJy-tWo years hundreds OF bills have
been passed by the Swiss assembly. OF
the thirty cases referred back TO the peo-
pie. the new law proposed was adopted
by both a majority of the cantons and
a majority or th- electors. Ia nineteen
other cases the proposed law was rejected.
The matters referred back were ones Of
vital interest TO the people. Among them
was the proposition Of the state purchase
Of railways which was at first rejected
by the people, but later, referred 10 the
people. was adopted. Among the bills re-
ferred and accepted was the principle Of
compulsory universal insurance against
sickness, the establishment OF a Federal
bank. the uHincauon of the cantonal laws
into federal criminal and civil codes, the
control Of the alcohol monopoly by the
federal authorities. and the prohibition OF
the sale Of abs'nthe.
1t is plainly understood In Switzerland
that The initiative and referendum are not
political weapons, 20 he lightly used. Only
in the case OF a general and pressing
demand are these powers invoked, and
then with such moderation as TO make
it clear that the people do not want them.
in any way TO supplant or override rep
resentative government In Switzerland
there are about 10000 voters. No law
under the initiative can be proposed with
less than $1,000 votes. and for a referen-
dun there must be a popular demand rep
resented by not less than 5000 votes
So it will be seen that this system of
arriving at the popular viii in matters Of
legislation is, in the country where it has
been longest practiced, used carefully and,
through experience. skinfully: and those
Western States that have already secured
it, as well as those who hope to embody
il in their legislative programmes for the
future, VIII DO well TO study the ex-
ample OF Switzerland in this regard.
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Duke as LocOmobile Driver.

From NJ. A. p
Although the Duke of Saragossa Is very
wealthy and owns large estates in Spain.
he prefers the life of an engine-driver in
the service Of a French railway When
dressed in the rough garb OF a driver
there is nothing about him to indicate
that he was not born to the business, ex-
eept perhaps, his white linen collar and
his gmarty cut shoes He qualified five
years ago, and since then has been en-
ployed on several railways in Spain and
France. The Duke of Saragossa is very
popular with his comrades on the railway,
and he is the only engine-driver in France
who smokes gold-tipped cigarettes.
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in the past year. added another industry
to its list It has embarked ia the seal
skin trade. Up to last year the Alaska
seal hunting was leased 10 private
parties and the lease having expired
the government took charge of it, in ac-
cordance with an act OF Congress. owing
largely TO the fact that the seal herd
seemed TO be in danger OF extinction
After experts under the direction of the
department had been consulted, it was
deemed expedient to kill off a large num-
Der Of male seals. as these were greatly
in excess OF the cows. and in fighting
among themselves they managed to kill
great numbers of the young seals.
Thirteen thousand bulls were slain, 10
the advantage of the herd. which in
future viii have more ample protection,
and the sealskins placed on the London
market are expected to bring in no less
than $4,000. AS Congress appropriated
only 100000 for the work of lettering
the Alaska seal herd. il can be seen that
this one bureau alone Of the Department
of Commerce and Labor is returning
neat profit 10 the government Last
year. under the private lease system,
the government received only $l50,oOO
from the Alaska seal herds.
This eighth annual report of the De-
attractive document, and one that gives
those who read it a finely intelligent
idea of the many branches OF endeavor
in which Uncle Sam watches out. with
careful avuncular eye, over the interests
of his nephews and nieces.
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Cost of War.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
England has a war debt Of s24.OO0. 0O0, 900
which it viii never pay. The interest
account amounts to S1,250. 100000 annually,
which the labor OF Europe has to pay
Then think of the blood that has been
spilled TO create that burden, and the sor-
row and anguish it brought 70 millions
of households, and then listen TO the cry
OF the war lords for more army and
battle ships, for more powder and cannon
No; it is time for peace measures. not
for war measures; time TO consider, to
insist to combine and 10 remove the very
possibility of a fight 1t can be done
and it is a crime against mankind not
10 do it.
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sIurring Mr.. Carnegie.

From the Ohio State Journal
How any man could slur Carnegie for
his great gift in the interest Of peace Is
hard to imagine But there are such
men. We noticed that a minister spoke
i'll of Mr.. Carnegie because he never gave
anything 20 religion We would like to
know if this great gift of ten millions in
support of the cause of peace on earth
and good will to men" isn't giving it to
religion? This was the glad tidings that
the birth Of Jesus Christ brought to man
kind nineteen centuries ago. and which
has ever since been the prayer of hui
manity. Mr. Carnegie joins in the prayer.
not perhaps in the form OF a ceremony,
but in the form of a great gift.
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Prosnerour Alaska.

One of the most significant Of the years
Developments in Alaska, according 10 Ed
gar +. Thompson, OF Seattle. who is at
the Arlington. has been the increasing
number of small stamp mills which have
been put in operation testing out the
numerous veins of free-milIing quartz
which have been uncovered in the course
of the last year or two.
ION the coast" continued MIR. Thomp-
son. who is interested in mining proper
ties. "some phenomenal elean-ups have
been made by the small mills which have
done their first work the present season.
Il is with the development or the quartz
properties that the greater prosperity viii
come 20 Alaska and the greater wealth
will be uncovered in that country When
the railroads are constructed into the
Interior 50 that il will be possible TO
get IN mining machinery without an ex-
travagant outlay there will be quartz
mills by the hundred all over the interior
OF Alaska. With the permanent mines
will come the permanent population TO
Develop the country in a thousand diff
ferent directions.
A Massachusetts minister was making his
first visit TO Kentucky several years ago.
He had TO spend the night in a small
mountain town where feuds and moon
SHINE aboanded Engaging In conversa-
ton with one OF the natives he said.
AIy friend. this is a very bibulous
State hear.
Lord, replied the man; There haint
twenty-five Bibles ia all kentucky"
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A LITTLE NONSENSE,
TOO MANY FIRES.

Buildings and vessels burn.
Each day a FIRE.
AT Weil-nigh every turn
Disasters dire
The months account has been
A sad array.
The year is ending in
a woful way.
What says Won faring board
Another blaze?
These be, upon nay word.
Disastrous days.
The month has cost us dear.
As ycuH agree.
We hope the bright new year
VIII better be.