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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-15

'Litschi McCann's third baseman, takes an awful swipe at the pill. His three base clout Saturday would have cleared the fence in Holyoke or New Britain Waterbury Republican.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-15

Some of you awkward squad get out there and coach,'' yelled McCann from the bench at the gang who were
 waiting to get into the game. Chief
 Snyder responded by calling them of
 at third.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-15

Cy Morgan is proving the Ed Reul- bach, of the Athletics. He has been ineffective every time out this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
A Few 'CaScaretS'
Cure Constipation
Pleasant, Gentle, Though the Most Ef-
fective Remedy in the World for
Sluggish Bowels or Lazy
Liver.

In the old days physic was dreadful
-calomel, castor oil, salts or cathar-
tics. And they were worse than they
seemed, for they irritated the stomach
and bowels. They acted much as
pepper acts in the nos,r1ls. They
flooded the bowels with fluids. But
those fluids were digestive juices.
And a waste today means lack to-
morrow You secured relief, but you
were actually worse off than without
1t.
It's different with Cascarets. Their
effect Is the same as that of laxative
foods, or of exercise. They stimulate
The bowels to natural action. No
gripping, no bad effect. They act as
a bowel tonic.
The old way, too, was to take large
doses of physic People waited until
the bowels were clogged The new
way is to take one Cascaret when
you need it. Carry the box in your
pocket or purse. Ward off the
troubles instantly. The modern plan
is to keep at your best. The old way
wasted too many good hours. Get a
10 cent box OF Cascarets now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
ECZEMA TOTALLY
COVERED HIS FACE
When a Baby Hair All Came Out
Always Scratching Mother
Got Cuticuraand He was Cured
After 3 Years Of Disease.

"My son was about four months old
when he was taken with dreadful ecze-
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chandise; merchandise.

chandise; merchandise.
Boats not more than 3 cylinders,
Glass HI. F. A.-s30; merchandise;
merchandise.
Boats Q cylinders of less, Glass l.
F. F. A., $25; mel chandise; merchan-
disc.
Canopy half-cabin or cabin boats,
Class ID. M. B. c. only. Merchan-
disc; merchandise; merchandise.
Open cylinder boats, Class KID.
NJ. B. C. only. Merchandise; merchan-
disc; merchandise.
Clam Diggers Novelty Rrace, Class
LII. F. A. Merchandise; mercha-
disc; merchandise.
Novelty race, Class MI. F. A.
Merchandise; merchandise; merchan.
disc.
Handicap, winners of Glasses A. B
H, l, and K, Glass Nj. F. A-Cur
and merchandise; merchandise; mer
chandise.
Handicap championship and 20, &c
and 80 foot classes. Cup; merchandise;
merchandise; $500.
Exhibition against time undecided
Cup or cash; $50.
Two decorated boat parade prizes
Cash and Merchandise-$200
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
Golfers alue
Their Old Clubs

Every golf bug, be he an enthusiast
and lover of the game for the sport
there is in it. has at least one or two
old clubs which he prizes as much as
Wagner, Cobb, Lajoie or any of the
great hitters of the national pastime
do the bats with which they have
done such effective work in the past.
1t is no less than remarkable how
golfers will clutter up their bags with
wooden and iron clubs which are
really remnants of other days. The
golfer hates as much to discard an
old iron as crack batsman dislikes
to throw away an old bat that has
won games. The result is that many
caddie has dropped almost exhaust
ed because he has had to lug on some
hot day anywhere from fifteen 10
twenty clubs.
Superstition has just as much to do
with the golfer as the follower of any
other sport. He is delighted if py
any means he can get hold of some
club which was used at some time or
other by some we'll known player,
professional preferred. Everyone who
goes to Scotland is not satisfied I'M
less he brings home an iron or a
wooden club made by one of the ia
nous Scotch professionals. Every now
and then a player does get possession
of club that is worth while
George Cook, who for years was rs-
garded as one of the best players Ia
the Philadelphia district has in his
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
No Place Like Home,

Waterloo Reporter: "I'here is NO
place like home" is illustrated day
after day in village and city in Iowa
Go in any town or city in the state
and you will hear the expression Il
have been in large cities and small
ones, but I like this the best" Why
because it is home, and the man or
woman making the statement has
lived in the one place for fifteen or
twenty years. The city may be going
to seed, the town too weak and puny
to even terminate seed, but it is the
best, the one place of them all. home.
There is the corner store, the park
and band concert, perhaps the river
and an old mill, the school house, the
church. the little cottage, the best girl,
the wife and the baby. All breathe
messages of contentmen, and happi-
ness and, of course. it is the best.
Why shouldn't 1t be?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
Laiole slated For Rest.

CLEVELAND, o., May 25.-Napoleon
Laioie, second baseman of the Cleve-
land Americans, who mas been out OF
the game for two weeks, may not be
able to resume play for long time.
The club physician today ordered him
to take protracted rest, stating that
he is suffering from an abdominal
trouble that will necessi:ate an opera
ton unless extreme care is taken. HIS
condition is such that he will be com
PEELED to remain off his feet as much
as possible.
Laioie's absence from the lineup
badly handicaps the club, which al
ready has several injured players. He
was batting .37S at the time of his
retirement, leading the team in hitting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
Abe Attell Tells How Prize
Fighters Cheat the Scales

every one will be rubbering at the
beam or weights.
Kid Farmer, a good western fight
er. was overweighed one night. He
stripped in the scale room and stood
before the scales. There was
a handsome cane by the chair con-
tanning his clothes. Then he ran
over to the cane. III take no chance
of some lobster coping my cane,
said he. Then he mounted the plat
form and calmly leaned on the cane
throwing his weight upon the cane
and the floor-and got away with -.
yes, weighing in is great business,
and as crooked a part Of the boxing
game as ever was invented
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pain. We did not know what to do.
used to get sick handling him, from the
way the corruption was always running.
But ] got some Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment and in a week or
ten days could see the eruption drying
up and before long he was cured. after
about three years Of the terrible disease.
Now he is nineteen years old and has
not sign of the old trouble. You see
learned to save three-quarters of the
doctors bills by using Cutcura Soap
and Ointment and 1 will recommend
either to any one and advise them to
use them and receive safe, speedy
cure. Mrs. Catherine Mocklin, Dock
St., Royalton, Pa, Feb. 81, 1910"
Cuticura is the most economical treat
ment for torturing. disfiguring affections
Of the skin of infants, children and adults.
A single cake of Cuticura Soap and box
of Cuticura Ointment are often sufficient.
Cuticura Soap t25c), Ointment t5oc.>. Resolvent
(50c). and Chocolate Coated Pills t25c). are sold
throughout the world. Potter DRUG d Chem. Corp.
Sole Props. 1877 Columbus Ave, Boston.
E7-Mailed Free. euticura Book on Skin and Scalp.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
NOTHING LIKE
THIS BEFORE
Prize List and Program Of the NJ. v.
P. 3. A. Regatta at Dubuque
10 Monster and
Costly.
OPENS JULY THE THIRD
Reception Of Visiting Fleets, and on
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth,
World Records VIII
Be Broken.

A prize list and program the equal
of which has never before been under
take in the west, is announced today
by the officers of the Mississippi Val
ley Power Boat Association for its
annual regatta and races which will be
held at Dubuque in July.
The program opens July 3rd, with
receptions of visiting fleets and on
the 4th, 5th and 9Th world records
will be broken in all the classes, ac-
cording to expectations. The prizes
have attracted many of the greatest
speed boats in the world. including
the Dixie Nv, Eph, Emerson III, Hoos-
Ter Boy, Yankee, Pugh's Disturber II,
Hughey's Red Top III, Vita II and
others and there is little question that
the Mississippi Valley races this sea-
son will be among the greatest held
anywhere in the world. The inter
national cup defenders will be seen
at these races in competition for the
first time, and the event will also
be the first great meeting in America
of the Hydro-plane, the ship of the
future
The complete program and prize list
as announced today by officers of the
association is as follows:
July 3rd.
Reception of fleets from north and
4 south.
July 4th.
Boat parade in morning.
/ 100 p. m. Glass K-Open 2 CYL
inder boats; D. M. B. C. only, S miles
| las p. m. Class F.-20-foot cham
pionship; F. F. A., Is miles.
2:30 p. m. Glass B.-Part cabin
cruisers; F. F. A., 10 miles.
3:15 p. m. Glass H.-3 cylinder
| boats; F. F. A., 10 miles.
400 p. m. Glass G.-32 foot cham
pionship; F. F. A., 90 miles.
4:45 p. m. Classt Novelty race; F
F.. A., 2 to 5 miles.
End at SIS to $50 p. m.
Evening-Grand aquatic fireworks
display; Illuminated boat parade
July 9Th.
100 p. m. Glass CANOPY, half
cabin and cabin; D. NJ B. c. only,
miles.
1:45 p. M Glass D--26 foot Cham
pionship; F. F. A., Is miles.
2:30 p. m. Glass L--Clam diggers
novelty, to miles.
3:15 D. m. Champ-40 foot Western
Championship; F. F. A. 20 miles.
400 p. m. Glass I-2 cylinder boats
F. F. A., miles
4:sO p. m. Class. A-Cruiser race;
F. F. A., miles.
| Evening-Grand Aquatic fireworks
display; Illuminated boat parade.
July 9Th.
1:45 p. m.-Special cups only handi
cap of 20, IS, 80, 40 foot Is miles.
2:30 p. m-Handicap of Glass A, B
i H, /, and X, 10 miles.
3:15 D. m.-Exhibition five miles
against time bv champion of 40 foot
class
Evening-Dutch lunch or banquet.
Prizes.
4 40 Foot Western Championships
4 F. A.-s1, 900 Webb trophy also spec
! ial Dubuque $3.50 trophy. Cash $1,000;
! $3.50; $50.
80 Foot Class CT. F. An. v. P
B. A-s15O cup; also special $500 sill
yer trophy, cash, $3.50; SIS, s25.
4 IS Foot, Glass DE-. F. An. v. P
B. A.-s10O cup; also special 800 sill
yer trophy; cash, $3.50, SIS, merchan
disc.
90 Foot, Glass F-F. F. An. " P
b. A.-$150 cup; also special Webt
trophy, $3.50 value; cash $500, 800
$50.
Full Cabin, Class Al. f. An
V. P. B. A.-Cup merchandise; mer
chandise: merchandise.
Part Cabin, Glass B.-F. F. An
v. P. b, A.-Cup; merchandise; mel
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
Shifting the Weight.

One night al the old American
club mere in Chicago he had Paddy
Sheehan, a tough weller. matched
with Kid Robertson. dangerous ne
gro. Weight, 142 pounds, ringside.
Paddy weighed about SO and hadn't
time to train down. Mr.. Manager went
to the club early in the day and, to
his horror. found that the weights
were locked up and under guard of a
uniformed attendant Did it stop this
boy? Not him. He asked the iunky
to get the weights and test the scales.
It was done, and as they walked back
from the scale room Mr.. Manager re-
marked. This floor would be great
for quoits. See?' And SO speaking,
he took the weight from the attendant
and skinned it across the flood. or
course. he ran after 1t, and when he
brought It back 1t wasn't the same
weight-not by a Iugful.
That night, after the men weighed
IN, Robertson came into the ring with
his black face ashy colored
What's the natter queried a
man in the front row
Mattah, white man. Robertson re-
Piled. Why. Abs sick. Alive got
galolping consumption. Dis mawnin'
All weighs In, All weighs only 49,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25

"As long as there are weights
agreed upon for boxing contests"
says little Abe Attell, Just SO long
there will be ways and devices to fool
the scales. I don't know just when
the first trick was worked upon the
weights, but I'll just bet little mon
ey 1t was within month after old
time boxers began to make matches
at any stated number of pounds
The tricks and lodges by which
men try to fool their adversaries on
the weight question are almost in
Vulnerable, and some of them are
really classy in their style and execu-
ton. Oldest of all, and one that is
still tried but seldom worked sue
cessfully, Is the trick of putting wad
of gum on the under side OF the 100
pound weight. That used to fool
many greenhorns and sleepers, but
nowadays no boxer goes to the scale
without first grabbing the weight and
inspecting the under side. !.
Used Shoemaker's Wax.
When this dodge began to fail,
they filed the holes in the bottom of
the weight with shoemaker's black
wax, trusting to the stuff to harden
and look enough like lead or iron to
pass inspection. That went for a
time, but now boxer will dig into
the holes with his finger nails and
there Is swell row If he finds any
wax therein.
One manager l knew long ago had
special 100-pound weight made for
him, with every detail correct, but SO
filed with lead that 1t was eight
pounds to the bad If man weigh.
Ing 140 poundr was weighed with that
disk of iron his poundage registered
Just 1872. See the idea? This man.
ager had it soft for a long time. He
could always slide into the places
where thc weighing was to be, subs-i-
tute his stuffed disk, get away with
the trick, and then slip in again next
day to replace the genuine weight. He
was an artist, too.
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possession a putter which was made
in Scotland in 1858. He has had it
now for twenty years and bought it
secondhand, 1t is in wonderfully
fine state of repair and every now
and then when other putters go
wrong the old club is brought into
use.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will clear the sour stomach.
sweeten the breath and create a
healthy appetite. They promote the
flow of gastric juice, thereby inducing
good digestion Sold by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
Deserved Praise.

Marion Register: The people of
Clinton owe Editor Ashford an ever
lasting debt OF gratitude. He gives
that city one Of the best daily news
papers in the west.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
How 10 Succeed.

If you want to succeed in the world
YOU must make your own opportuni-
ties as you go on. John B. Cough.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
Another Way to Cheat.

Out on the coast they have a
clever trick, II your man Is over
weight leave the scale alone. Take
MIN right up there. There will al
ways be jam around the scale,
everybody looking at the weights and
beam to see you don't monkey with
them. Let your man hook a finger in
the coat pocket Of friend standing
by. 1t will threw all the weight upon
the friend and the scale beam will not
nuage. In ninety-nine cases out Of
one hundred nobody will get wise
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ma. / had four different
doctors but they could
not help him. The hair
all came out and his face
was totally covered. His
eyes were shut and we
tn ought he would GO
blind. His limbs and body
were also affected. He was
always scratching; l had
to keep his little hands
tied down and he seemed
fo bava Oreat depl ~
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-08
CLARK TO ANNEX CANADA ?.
Says People Are in Favor of It-Dc-
fcatcd Reciprocity Bill.

Fremont, Nebraska, Nov. O.
"Nine-tenths of the people of this
country favor the annexation Of Can
ada" declared Champ Clark, Speaker
Of the National House Of Representa-
tives, "and l don't care who hears
me say it."
Beginning with a speech here
Champ Clark was scheduled to make
twenty-one addresses in twenty-one
towns in the third Nebraska District
in the interest Of Daniel V. Vevens,
Democratic Congressional candidate.
The Speakers remarks concerning
annexation caused considerable COM
ment. 81 am wiling" he said, "to
make this proposition: You let me
run for President on platform call
ing for annexation Of Canada, inso-
far as this country can accomplish
that end, and let Taft run against
me, opposing annexation, and
would carry every State in the ma
tion!'
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-08
ALL OUT OF SORTS.
Has Any WalhalIn Person Never Felt
that Way?

Feel all out Of sorts?
Tired, blue, irritable, nervous?
Back feel lame and achy?
That's the story Of sick Kidneys
Bad blood circulating about;
Uric acid poisoning the body.
Just one way to feel right again,
Cure the sluggish kidneys;
DO 1t with DOan's Kidney Pills.
Doan's have cured many Walhalla
people.
Here's one case.
Mrs. Rose Hutchins Knitting Mill
Hill, Walhalla, S. c., says: "My kid
neys were in bad shape, and suf-
fered intensely from pains in my
sides. | had backaches, my heart
palpitated and mornings on arising I
felt all worn-out. Finally I began
using Doan's Kidney Pills, obtained
at DR.. Bells drug store, and they
benefited me in every way. I dotnot
think there is another kidney medi-
cine that does better work than this
one
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Uni
ted States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-08
Tigers Defeat GnlnccockS.

Columbia, Nov. 2.-Ovcr three
thousand excited spectators saw the
University Of South Carolina go
down in defeat before the terrific on
slauGht OF the Clemson College team
at the fair grounds this morning.
The final score was 27-0, four touch
downs, four kicked goals from touch
down and a field goal accounting for
the score. Twelve points were made
in the first quarter on two touch
downs and the same number of goals
from touchdOWns. In tho second
quarter the Tigers added three more
points on field goal. The third saw
no scoring, but in the fourth Glenn
son added 10 points on two touch
downs and the same number of goals.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-08

/. Verse 1--Of what country was
Belshazzar the king?
g. What is the social, intellectual
and moral value Of smokers" and
drinking parties?
3. What Is the general effect Of
the practice Of men standing up to
the bar and drinking?
4. Verses 2-3-What was the
moral or spiritual quality Of the act
Of drinking out Of the gold and sill
vcr vessels that had been taken from
the Temple at Jerusalem?
s. Does the first taste" or the
first influence Of wine, stir the noble,
or the ignoble passions in a man?
6. Verse 4-When a man is
drunk, what is likely to be the quail
ity Of his worship?
Z. What do men, who are given to
strong drink, generally worship?
8. Verses 5-6-By whom vas this
writing ca the wall probably done?
8. Would you think similar
phenomenon probable, or even posi-
Bile, to-day?
10. What was it that really struck
such terror to the kings heart?
II. What would you say is the
limit Of the possibilities Of guilty
conscience, to create remorse and
agony Of soul?
70. Verses 7-9-When we are in
trouble or perpleXity about the flu
ture, is 1t Of any service to lis to try
and get light from any human being
and If so, how and from whom?
13. Why is there no need for a
true follower Of God to be In any
dread Of the future, no matter what
wierd or mysterious circumstances
may surround him?
IA. Would it have been possible
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-08
ASK REDUCTION ON FERTILIZER
County Agents Declare Price Too
High-Plan to Curtail Use.
(The State, Nov. 2.)

The meeting Of the Farmers Un-
ion Association Of County Business
Agents yesterday afternoon was we'll
attended, all sections Of the State
being represented.
1t was unanimously decided, ac-
cording to statement by Secretary
Reid, to recommend to the members
Of the Farmers Union and the farm
ers generally throughout the State
not to buy any fertilizers or fertiliz-
ing material, except at substantial
reduction from the prices now being
quoted
TnS& recommend a reduction in
the amount Of fertilizers to be used
the next season, regardless OF how
low the price may be, believing that
considerable residue of this years
fertilizer will be available for next
years crop.
They further recommend that
large areas be devoted to small
grain and other provision crops.
The next meeting of the associa-
tioh will be held in Columbia Janu-
aryNs'G&i912, at 4 p. M.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-08
Read This, Boys.

Every young man should remem-
ber that if his income is Just little
above expenses every day he will
eventually become wcll-off. If his
receipts daily lack a little Of meeting
his expenditures he will in time be-
come candidate for public favors at
the poor house. Honest work at any
calling, and such economy as the case
requires, is honorable, while idlcness
and spendthrift habits are disgrace
to any one, young or rOld.--GXchange.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-08
MASKED BANDITS HOLD TRAIN
Near Mcmplis--Approacli Engine
Gave Fright to Robbers.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 1.-Six
masked men held up westbound
Rock Island passenger train, No. 43,
known as the Arkansas Oklahoma
Express, midway between Memphis
and Hurlburt, Ark, early this morn
Ing, ransacked mail pouches, fired
seven nitro-glycerine caps into the
way" safe Of the express car, which
not only tore away the safe doors,
but wrecked the car, and in the
midst Of their work were frightened
away when switch engine, search
Ing for the overdue train, approach
ed from Hurlburt 1t Is declared
that little of value was secured. The
men were last seen making their way
toward the Mississippi river. Hur-
burt Is eleven miles from Memphis.
Crew Inundated.
The train was boarded when It
slowed down near Hurlburt. Intimi-
dating the engine crew by display
OF weapons, the men forced the en-
gineer to back the train several
miles, stop to permit the express and
mail cars to be cut from the coaches
and then to draw the forward sec
tion of the train a short distance to
where the robbery took place. In
the meantime other members Of the
train crew, as well as express messen-
gers and mail clerks, were brought
to submission.
System to Robbers Work.
When the detached cars were
brought to standstill each of the
men set about task. One began
gathering registered mail and ano-
ther to set the charge Of explosives,
while others stood guard over the
train crew and passenger coaches.
The robber having charge Of the eX-
press car selected the larger of the
two safes for his attack. This one,
1t happened, contained only the least
valuable packages. When the charge
was fired the ends and sides OF the
car were splintered and the entire
front Of the safe blown away. Just
at this moment the switch engine
came into sight, and the robbers
took to their heels with only what
they could hastily grab as a reward
for their work.
The train proceeded after two
hours delay required to transfer the
express matter to another car.
Posses began to search for the men
SOON aftnr dovlipbt
Secured Little Loot.
Chicago, Nov. 1.-F. O. Melche.
vice president Of the Rock Island
road, said to-day that so far as he
! could learn the robbers got nothing
but the registered mail, that the safe
blown open was practically empty.
"All the valuables," he said, "were
in the small safe in the combination
car, which was not attacked The
passengers were not molested except
the ones who ventured too close to
where the robbers were at work.
These were warned away by rifle
shots"