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The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
RECKONING DAY AND HOUR
Workman's Thoughts Not Altogether
Fixed on What Might Be Called
Higher Things.

Mayor William s. Jordan. at Dem.
ocratic banquet In Jacksonville, said
Of optimism.
let us cultivate optimism and
bopefulness. There is nothing like it.
The optimistic man can see a bright
side to everything-everything.
IA missionary in a slum once laid
his hand on mans shoulder and
said:
Friend, do you hear the solemn
ticking of that clock? Tick.tack: tick,
tack. And oh. my friend. do you know
what day It lneXorably and relentless
ly brings ncarerY
Ives, pay day. the other. an hon.
est, optimistic workingman. replied"
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
Real Modcsty.

"An actor should be modest. and
most actors are" said James X. Hack.
EFT at luncheon in Pittsburg. "But
know young actor who at the be.
ginning of his career. carried modesty
almost too far.
This young man inserted in all the
dramatic papers want advertise
ment that said:
Engagement wanted-small part,
such as dead body or outside shouts
preferred.
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08

webs to entangle him. Is caught In
sheet of fly paper, finds himself moro
and more mircd, and is finally quiet
with the sticky stiffness of despair?
Well, / was the fly. I had seen too
much OF circumstantial evidence to
have any belief that the establishing
OF my identity would weigh much
against the other incriminating de-
tails. 1t meant imprisonment and
trial, probably. with all the notoriety
and loss of practice they would en-
tail. A man thinks quickly at a time
like that. All the probable conse-
quences Of the finding of that pocket
book flashed through my mind as ex-
tended my hand to take 1t. Then
drew my arm back.
81 don't want it," said. Look in
side. Maybe the other man took the
money and left the wallet"
The conductor opened 1t, and again
there was a curious surging forward
Of the crowd. To my intense disap.
polntment the money was still there.
/ stood blankly miserable while 1t
was counted out--flve 800 bills, six
twenties and some fives and ones that
brought the total to $3.50.
The little man with the notebook
insisted on taking the numbers of the
notes, to the conductors annoyance.
II was immaterlal to me: Small things
had lost their power to irritate. | was
seeing myself In the prisoners box
going through all the nerve-racking
routine of n trial for murder-the chal
longing of the jury, the endless cross
examinations. the alternate hope and
fear. / believe | said before that
had no nerves. but for a few minutes
that morning was as near as a man
ever comes to hysteria.
folded my arms and gave myself
n mental shake. | seemed to be the
ccnter of a hundred eyes, expressin
every shade of doubt and dlstrust, but
| tried not to finch. Then some one
created n diversion.
The amateur detective was busy
again with the sealskin bag, investi.
eating the make of the safety razor
and the manufacturers name on the
bronze-green tie. Now, however, he
paused and frowned, as though some
pet theory had been upset.
Then from a corner of the bag he
drew out and held up for our inspec-
tion some three inches of fine gold
chain, one end of which was black
ened and stained with blood!
The conductor held out his hand for
1t, but the little man was not ready
to give 1t up. He turned to me.
You say no watch was left you?
Was there a piece of chain like that?"
mo chain at ALL" said sulkily. mo
jewelry Of any kind, except plain gold
buttons In the shirt l am wearing"
Where are your glasses" he
threw at me suddenly; instinctively
my hand went to my eyes. My glasses
had been gone all morning, and had
not even noticed their absence. The
little man smiled cynically and held
out the chain.
81 must ask you to examine this"
he insisted. Isn't 1t part of the fine
gold chain you wear over your ear?"
| didn't want to touch the thing:
The stain at the end made me shud-
der. But with bakers dozen OF sus-
picious eyes-well, Wen say 14-there
were no one-eyed men--I took the
fragment in the tips Of my fingers and
looked at 1t helplessly.
Very fine chains are much alike"
I managed to say. For all | know,
this may be mine, but | don't know
how 1t got into that sealskin bag. I
never saw the bag until this morning
after daylight"
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
CHAPTER VII.
a Fine Gold Chain,

The conductor held It out to me, his
face sternly accusing.
rs this another coincidence?" he
asked. Did the man who left you
his clothes and the barred silk hand.
kerchief and the tight shoes leave you
the spoil of the murder?"
The men standing around had
drawn off little, and saw the alb.
solute futility Of any remonstrance.
Have you ever seen fly, who, in
these hyglenlc days, finding no cob
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
A Specialist.

Il don't see you on the messenger
force any more, Jimmy" said the lad
with the envelope in his hand.
"No; I've got good job with dog
fancier." replied Jimmy, as he puffed
n cigarette.
"Wld dog-fancier? What do you
do--feed the dogs?"
Nav! When lady comes in and
buys pet dog | teach 'er 'ow to
whistle"
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
Bores Barred.

A reporter asked MIR. Roosevelt at
the Outlook Office how he got through
so much work and at the same time
saw so many people. Il shun bores,"
was the reply. Il don't waste a min
ute of my time on bores. DO you per-
celve that have only Just ono chair
in this room? You SEQ, my hunting
experiences have shown me that great
bores are always Of small caliber."
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
Rockefeller's Hard Shot.

John ID. Rockefeller tried game of
golf on the links near Augusta. On u
rather difiicult shot Mr.. Rockefeller
struck too low with his iron. and as
the dust few up he asked his caddy:
What have I hit?"
The boy laughed and answered.:
Jaw. jah. boss"
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08

Physician-And would you like to
be q doctor, Jack?
Mother (while Jack Is still hesitat-
ing)-No. no, The dear boy couldn't
kill fiy-Punch.
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
Why Not.

II see some genius has set Men
delssohn's Spring Song to ragtime."
"Well?"
Il wonder how II TrovAore' would
go as musical comedy?"
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
Thlnklna Of Curtain Lectures.

Mrs. Peck-I see the Maine Agricuf-
tural college proposes to establish lee
lures especially for country pastors.
Mr.. Peck-Whats the matter, amt
none of the parsons up there marriedr
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
An Operatlc EspIetive.

'Riffer'on is awfully gone on grand
opera. isn't he?"
Il should say he is! Why he even
swears by Gadski!"
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08

Prelude to Immortal Life.
graceful and honorable old age 10
the childhood OF Immortality Pindar.
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
Deduction In a Street Car.

The Heavyweight-Pardon me, did
I step on your foot, sir?
Coogan-lf yez didn't, begorry. then
the roof must hov fell on it.-Puck.
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08

And some people never appreciate .
rose until they encounter the thorn.
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
The Philosopher Of EollY.

Kind words never. die" says the
Philosopher OF Folly, "and that Is why
they are 80 seldom carried out"
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
Ggsaee e-kv

JIM suppose you love to go sleigh.
ing because Of the melody of the Jim
Cling sleigh bells.
Jess-Yes, and they often lead up to
the wedding bells. That's the best OF
IL
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08

GRIEF has much louder voice than
Joy.
The Jackson herald., 1910-09-08
Start the Ball Rol.ine

a,S ,Ssos % mus % % Q: n @ Thin
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
OXFORD LOWERS
CAMBRIDGE COL0RS
IN FAST TIME

| began to tire. At Hammersmith
bridge, a third of the distance, Ok
ford led by three-fourths of length
and was so confident Of winning
that she dropped her stroke to "a.
Cambridge made a final squirt
near the half way point and sue
| ceeded in cutting down Oxford s
length and half lead to an even
boat length. Oxford thereafter
rowed steadily and increased her
lead to three and half lengths,
quite distance before the finish.
The Fights were:
Oxford-M. B. Higgins, bow; r.
H. Owen, No. 2; N. Field, No. 8;
e. Majolier, No. 4; D. Mackinnon,
No. 5; A. S. Carton, No. 6; P. Elem.
ing, No. Z; r. G. Bourne, stroke and
captain; A. w. Donkin, coxswain.
Cambridge-R. w. Arbuthnott,
bow; R. Davies, No. 2; F. e. Holl.
yer, No. 3; c. P. Cooke, No. 4; E. G.
Williams, No. and captain; J. B.
Kosher, No. 6; r. LIE Blanc-Smith,
No. 7; H. J. S. Shields, stroke; C..
A. Skinner, coxswain.
Cooke is an Australian Rhodes
scholar. Skinner is a South African.
There were no Americans on the
crew this year.
Riverside clergymen protested We
hemently at the holding of the pres
ent seasons races in holy week and
did their best to persuade the uni
versity authorities to interfere and
change the date. The officials de-
clined to do so, however, as the
tides will not again be suitable for
a long time to come.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
JOHNSON IS
IN VERY BAD
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Wy On'teo FreS6 Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, March 23.-The
trial of Jack Johnson, negro heavy
weight champion, developed a
threat from Judge Mulqueen today
to have grand jury probe into the
disappearance of Nat Pindar, the
negro Johnson is accused of having
attacked.
When Johnson's trial came up on
calendar today it was discovered
that Rindar was missing.
This court will not be trifled
with" declared Judge Mulqueen.
II intend to have a grand jury in
vestigation into the cause of the
disappearance of the prosecuting
witness and Of other witnesses"
The court ordered Johnson's trial
continued and the defendants re-
lease on $4,000 bail.
Johnson is accused by Pindar Of
having made deadly assault upon
him in the resort of Baron Wilkins
on West Thirty-fifth street.
Pindar alleged that he asked
Johnson to join him and Mrs. Pin
dar in social glass and that John
son ordered wine. This was too
much for Pindar, who remarked:
Il knew you when you were glad
to drink beer out of a bucket"
Whereat Johnson arose in mighty
wrath and is alleged to have swat
ted Mr.. Pindar, a frail consump-
tive, with his fists, a few beer
glasses and a deal table.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
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10y OnttoO TTe6o 6eaSeu "uSJ
LONDON, March 23.-Oxford
lowered the Cambridge colors to-
day in the annual regatta on the
Thames, winning by three and one
half lengths, after a race of four
and one-half miles. The distance
was made by Oxford in 20 minutes,
IA seconds, which is 81 seconds be-
hind the record time.
The Oxford crew was in fine fet-
tie and shortly after the first mile
mark had passed they showed their
superiority over Cambridge, and the
result from that point was never in
doubt
The race held the greatest inter
est for thousands of persons, who
lined both banks of the Thames
to witness the most important
event in the yearly athletic calen-
dar of England.
Starting from Putney on the
Thames the crews raced the first
mile with the Cambridge boat a
quarter of length in the lead.
After the first mile the Oxford
eight slowly closed on their rivals
and soon nosed in the lead.
From then on the Oxford crew
was never headed.
The average weight of the Oxford
crew was 176A pounds; the Cam
bridge 1928. The Cambridge oars
hit the water at 1927 and the Ok
fords followed at 1890.
Cambridge began with a stroke Of
SO and Oxford 35. Cambridge chung
to the SO stroke, but after a mile
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
BY TIP WRIGHT.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March FL.
We were sitting around the lobby
of the Majestic hotel, a lot of ball
players and myself, when the con-
versation switched to base runners
being nipped by teams pulling off
the unexpected.
81 remember" said Clarke Grit
fifth, "a trick that was pulled off
on a runner, and it won a game for
Chicago. It's so long ago l guess
it has been forgotten.
ut happened one day that we
were one run to the good, when
they began hitting me rather freely,
and the first thing we knew men
were on first and second and no
one was out, with the head Of the
batting order up. 1t looked runny
"Well, l talked to the catcher and
we decided to try for the man on
second. When l went back to the
box l began bombarding first base,
as if was trying to get the man
off that sack. Meantime the catch
err had titled off the second base
man to what was coming off, and I
passed it to the first baseman.
81 had the batter crazy. Every
time he'd get set I'd fire the ball
to first. No one seemed to pay any
attention to the man on second,
and he kept edgingN farther along
the line toward third, until he had
good long lead.
81 saw he was off far enough to
nail if the play went through right,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
IL 1T HAPPENED, IT'S HERE
III IT'S HERE, IT HAPPENED
GETTING READY FOR
THE BIG FIGHT

prices have been brought down to
l easonable figures, the plans for the
great arena have been completed
and promises of reduced rates nave
been made by the railroads.
With the first plans for the big
arena at Emeryville now laid out
by the architects, the gigantic I'M
dertaking by the firm of ltickard
and Gleason can best be pictured
in mind. The arena as it is now
planned on paper will be the great
est amphitheater known to the his
tory of modern ring gladiators. The
facts, as cleaned from figures,
make the construction of the arena
the biggest undertaking ever en-
tered into by promoters.
Situated in the infield of the
Emeryville track the arena will be
approximately 800 feet between two
sides and octagonal In shapa. The
The arena has been designed to
seat 10000, with an additional 90.
900 or more if the occasion de.
mands 1t. Half Milo, feet OF
lumber will be required for it's
construction.
The aisle arrangement will make
1t an easy matter for all to be
put in their proper seats. The
aisle room is unusually large, the
narrowest being IL feet.
Looking away from the ring the
house is divided into three great
sections. The nearest section to
the ring will contain the press and
box seats. There are 1862 press
seats, and outside of these the
seats in the first division will
range from $50 to $50. The sec
ond or center section includes the
great heart of the house, and the
third takes in the outer fringe COM
monty known as the bleachers. In
these two divisions the prices will
range from IS to $25. The exact
location of the different priced
seats has not yet been determined
by the promoters.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
ALL THAT'S WORTH WHILE
AND NOTHING THAT ISN'T
JACK JOHNSON AND JOE JEANETTE
WILL GRAB FAT PARIS PLCkLNGS

but never too much. Johnson
wasn't slaughtering any golden eGS
laying geese in those days.
OF the seven bouts Johnson and
Jeanette met in, four were Of the
no decision variety, In Philadelphia
and New York. Johnson lost one
in two rounds on . foul. He won n
Is rounds in Baltimore. and fought
a 10 round draw In Portland, Me-
Now comes the Paris thing with
its big purse. Doping this on past
performances Paris seems due to
be let down for session Of return
engagements between the two.
Johnson and Jeanette, by pull
ing" for 20 rounds. could give the
Parisians a fine show. Their clever
ness is sufficient guarantee that the
show would be worth seeing, butftt
would be poor betting proposition.
A little clever jockeying would
mean there or four good to look at
fights, with big purse on each.
OF course, the two may be ON the
level and may fight their heads off.
but past performances can gener-
ally be relied upon to furnish pretty
good dope on futures.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
Today in The Sport World
BY TIP WRIGHT,

Jack Johnson, on tour, declares
he will fight Joe jeanette in Paris,
after his little engagement July
next with Jim Jeffries, in which the
worlds heavyweight title is in
volved.
Jeanette, being just now the idol
Of Paris and champion exponent of
le box, will make a splendid draw
ing card with Johnson. The French
don't care whether q man is title
holder on this side or not; they pay
homage to him anyway-and espe-
cially IL he happens to be a brunei.
They're strong for the dark stuff in
La Belle France.
Johnson and Jeanette haven't
mussed each other for the past
three years. The last time they
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
"4OO'' TONIGHT
AT AUTO SHOW

. Tonight is society night at =
. the auto show and If the .
. weather is favorable it is ex- .
. pected that large crowd will .
. attend. The exhibitors will be .
= in full dress and will explain =
q the internal and external =
. mechanism of the buz wagons. .
. The auto show opened Mon .
. day with honk, honk, chug, .
. chug and great display of .
q benzine machines and has .
. continued to draw large and =
= enthusiastic crowds ever since .
. in spite of the inclement =
. weather. .
. The automobiles of every .
= power, size and style are on .
= exhibition. .
49, 90 . 80 = = = =
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
HOLM IS BACK ON
INDIAN PAYROLL

After burning up the wires be-
tween Spokane and the California
training quarters of Comiskey and
his bunch all day yesterday, Presi-
dent Cohn has succeeded in landing
Pitcher Vic Holm again on the In
dian payroll. With Holm added to
the local staff, Cohn can't see where
any of the other Northwestern
teams have a chance on the pen
nant this year.
Comiskey's wire, bringing the
good news, states that he thinks
Holm would have made good with
his bunch, but that he is over
stocked with pitchers. Neverthe-
less, it is understood at that Coin
had to pay more than the draft
price of $3.50 and that Comiskey
has first option on Holm for the
1911 season.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
WOLGAST AND
NELSON NEXT
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10y United Press Leased Wire)
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March %
Champion AID Wolgast's action in
practically promising Battling Mel
son first chance to regain the light
weight title, leads fans here today
to believe that the youngsters will
meet at San Francisco Admission
day, September 8. Wolgast answer
cred telegram from Nelson last
night. Bats message was a lengthy
plea for another match. The Mich
igan boy replied that he is willing
to meet Nelson before he meets
either Mcfarland, Thompson or
Moran, believing that Nelson would
prove the strongest drawing card
over any other challenger.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
SIGN UP FOR
RETURN MATCH
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SAN FRANCISCO. March %
Terms have been agreed upon for a
return match between Lew Powell.
the San Francisco lightweight and
George Memsic, of Los Angeles. to
take place before the Oakland
Wheelmen some time next month,
between the 18th and 18th of April.
The fight was arranged yesterday
by Mel Moffit, matchmaker of the
Oakland club.
Powell represented himself in the
negotiations and 10 WOodman, who
has assumed charge of Memsic,
agreed by telegraph for the south
erner. The weight question has not
been fully agreed upon, but it will
probably be the same as when the
pair fought in Los Angeles, 1873
pounds.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
NORvALL HAS HIS
CHANCE TONIGHT

Wy SHkC0 6SdoCo Vv"0l
SAN FRANCISCO, March o.
Charlie NOrvall will have the great
est opportunity of his career as a
boxer to jump into the front rank
Of lightweights tonight when he
exchanges blows with the old war
horse, Cyclone" ThOfnpson, here.
The latter is one of the toughest,
toughest and hardest fighters in
the world and there are few of the
topnotchers who care to tangle
with him. For years, "The Cy-
clone" has been bounding Battling
Nelson for a fight over the Mara
thon route, but the "Battler" has
persistently declined to sign artic-
les. However, "The Cyclone" has
been assured of a match with the
ex-champ in the near future and
he expects to give Norvall more
aggressive fight than he usually
puts up, If this is possible in order
not to lose the promised engage
ment with the Dane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23

met was in November, 1905. Shortly
after that, Jack began to get the
soft stuff in larger packages than
usual, apd passed up Joe.
But there was a day when JEAN
nette was meal ticket for the
present title holder. In 1905 and
1905 the pair hooked up seven times.
1t seemed that whenever Johnson
was hungry or had been cleaned in
crap game he and Jeanette would
get together for few rounds.
Few ring followers doubt that in
those lean years Johnson simply
played with Jeanette. Between
Sandy Ferguson and Joe the pick
ing was too good for Johnson to
bang either one of them around too
carelessly. He managed to have an
edge in his bouts with Jeanette,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23

A want ad will help you. Phone
Main 374.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
BY RINGSiDER.
(By United Press Leased Wire)

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.-
Things continue to move serenely
for the big fight, the oa!y rift be-
ing furnished by Jack Johnson, who,
not satified with running afoul of
the law in New York, is in very
bad with the Chicago police. A
policeman boarded Johnson's auto
mobile for the purpose of inform
ing Inn that he was jolting the
speed law to pieces. Johnson re-
scented the intrusion by knocking
the officer off the moving machine.
Aside from the troubles that the
negro is continually getting himself
into, everything looks bright. Get
ting off on terribly bad start, Tex
Richard and Jack Gleason have sue
ceeded in getting over the bad
hurdles that beset their path. That
star chamber meeting has almost
been forgotten, the battle-ground
snarl is thing of the past, the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
THE UNEXPECTED IN BASEBALL PLAYS

so passed the sign along, and the
next time l threw to first the
second baseman covered, and sec
ond later he was digging the ball
into that runners backbone as he
tried to slide back to the bag.
"And what made it all the better,
the time spent slamming the ball
to first got the batter up in the air,
and a minute later he fell for a
slow one and popped it up into the
air, and we had them two down."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
WILL BE BIG MEET
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(By United Press Leased Wire)
RHEIMS, France, March 23.-
According to those promoting the
second AVIATION meet at Rheims
which is scheduled for July, tn.
meeting will be on a larger scale
than any which has been held thus
far.
Forty thousand dollars in prizes
will be offered. In consequence
1t is expected that the foremost
birdmen of the world will partici
pate in the exhibition.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-29
Lemons Beach, Jan. 20, 10.

| Lemons Beach, Jan. 20, 10.
To the Editor of Tacoma Times:
My Dear Sir: / have before me
a copy of your paper with the car
toon of the vegetable vehicle, CIV
ing the impression that by alb
Staining from meat foods we will
solve the whole economic problem
of poor man. Now, l am a gro
Gerry man, and / think that know
a part of this problem through
actual experience. Many of us
who have studied the law of sup
ply and demand arrive at this
conclusion: That the meat mono
poly will profit in the end, be-
cause even IL It should lower the
price OF meat to some extent, the
ranchers and stockmen who must
sell to the combine will not be
able to sell unless for a much
lower price, determined by the
buyer. To assume that the pub
lie will subsit on vegetable food
is to bring the law OF supply aad
demand into action with its gem
eral result. BY dispensing with
meat you must eat more bread,
beans, rice, potatoes and so on.
Does any one suppose that prices
of such commodities will remain
stationary? Not at all. They will
rise, so as to absorb that which
the meat man got before. For a