Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 140, Hammond, Lake County, 1 December 1908 — Page 3
THE TIHES.
Tuesday, December 1, 1908.
EAST GHIGftGOftIO lilfli HARBOR
EAST CHICAGO.
Hold Election of Officers. The local lodge, I. O. O. F., have se
lected their officers for the ensuing term, and report the following elec-
electlons: ' Noble Grand Peter Satterblom. Vice Grand Willis E. Roe. Secretary H. H. Jeppeson. Financial Secretary E. G. Palmer. Treasurer Charles Nassau. Trustee D. D. Dixon.
INDIANA HARBOR.
Undertaker F. J. Teal of Michigan
avenue transacted business In Chicago
yesterday afternoon.
A. G. Lundquist of the postal depart
ment was an East Chicago business
visitor last evening, attending tty reeting of the common council.
"William Cooksey of Elm street was
a visitor at the Lewis skating rink In
East, Chicago last evening.
Miss Mary Andrews of Michigan ave
nue was an East Chicago and Ham-
Mrs. C. E. Osborn and daughter 01 1 mond visitor yesterday afternoon.
Wanatah have returned to meir nome Th buffet of Harrv Lemon and
after a few days' visit at the home of Nlck Vuksanovitch will be opened on
Chief and Mrs. . iiiggins Micnls,an avenue, near the South Shore
Forsyth avenue. Gas company's office, the latter part
A. G. Lundquist of Indiana Harbor of this week.
The Girls' Social club of the M. E
church will meet at the home of Miss
Rika Houtschilt on Hemlock street
Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gorman of Michigan
avenue spent Sunday with friends In
portdjGj mote:
SPORTING. I'MEB
PRAISES CUBBY
Ed Smith, Pugilistic Author
ity, Believes that JimmyIs a Comer.
HE PRAISES JliWS HABITS
HARBOR HAS HEW ATHLETIC CLUB Fifty Prominent Citizens Hold Meeting in the Cline Hall.
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TUESDAY.
Tommy Quill va. Yoang Em, 12 rounds, at Armory A. A, Bo-
THURSDAY. Animal meeting of Interstate Trap Shoo tins- association la New York city. FRIDAY.
Annnal show of Toy Spaniel
clnb of America opens In New York city. SATURDAY. Opening: of sixty-day race
meeting at El Paso, Tex.
. . Carlisle Indians-Denver oni-
Tersity football came at Den-
ver.
Clabby Will Best and Then Go Out After More Big Game on on the Coast.
LITTLE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT h-rnwBBmmn
New Gymnasium Apparatus Will Be
Installed Amounting to Five Hundred Dollars.
was a visitor at the council meeting.
Ms. Canfield of "Whiting will attend
the chorus recital at the home ot Miss Stone on One Hunded and Forty-fourth
street this evening,
The male chorus of the Congregation
al church met last evening at the home Brookline, returning Sunday evening". ... . . . s T X J -.J I
or Miss faione on une nunuu Bernard Solbere of the Walker &
Forty-fourth street practicing for their Baett 8tore vlslted friends in South
cantata to be given about uec. it. Chicago Sunday evenlnsr.
loyd ryer nas reiurnea William Marsden of Pontiac. 111., was
brief visit with friends in Crown Point
and viciaity.
Mr. and Mrs. Gwyllm Jones of Beacon
street are the proud parents of a ninenound daughter, born to them last Sun
day evening. 'Both mother and Infant
are reported as doing nicely.
; Mrs. Charles Edgar of Forsyth ave
nue sustained a severe sprain of her right arm while skating at the Lewis skating rink last evening. She was taken In a semi-conscious condition to
the office of Dr. A. A. Ross, where the
sprain was relieved. '
Max Friedman of. Olcott avenue has returned from a two days' visit with
his parents in Benton Harbor, Mich
Dr. J. Goldman, has decided not to open his dental offices in Miller, and
will confine hts work solely to this lo cality.
the guest of friends in the Harbor yes
terday. - ' .
Alfred DeFrles of Chicago Heights
was in the Harbor yesterday, looking for a location on which to erect a gro
cery store.
William James of Robertsdale was
the guest of his sister, Mrs. Henry Erhed, of Pennsylvania avenue yes
terday afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid of the local Baptist
church are arranging for their annual
bazaar, which is to be held in Cline's
hall on Dec. 12.
The new fruit and ice cream store of
Peter Gianinnl on Michigan avenue has
been opened In the old Martin bakery
building. Several tables have already been placed, and the store Is absolutely
the neatest in the Harbor.
TTfll Stpnh PTHJ n f AMI. avcnua Viaa
Attorney Carver of Gary transacted ......, t th Ttl(1ianaH s,hnt f
business in Judge William A. Reiland's Dentistry. where he is taking a course
court yesterday morning.
Fred M. Henoch of Laporte transact
ed business in East Chicago and Indl ana Harbor yesterday.
Superintendent Matson of the H. W.
& E. C. railway, transacted business
In East Chicago yesterday afternoon
in dental surgery. Mr.- Stephens has
been spending the Thanksgiving holidays with his brothers in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Van Home en
tertained George Hawker of Chicago over Sunday.
W. L. Briney has returned from a
George H. Lewis has had the floor of months' visit in Toledo, O., and Bick-
his ring resurfaced and skaters are
now delighted with Its appearance.
Albert Lewis and J. "W. Kirk were
Valparaiso visitors yesterday, transact
ing business with Congressman E. D.
"Crumpacker." " V" "
William McHenry of Springfield, Til., was the guest of his cousin, Alefred j
Durgen, of Magoun avenue yesterday
afternoon.
FOR RENT Three rooms, furnished for
light housekeeping. Bath, two electric lights. Near interurban lines. Smvth-Ladd asrency. East Chicago. It
Mortgage Loans
In Gary and Indiana Harbor on good Improved property.
CHAS. E. FOWLER,
Office, - Indiana Harbor
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Harbor Baking Go.
ALL KINDS or BAKERY GOODS WTDDING CARES AMD LUNCH BOOM
shannon, Pa., and will resume his work at the Inland mills the latter part of
the coming week.
Attorney J. A. Patterson of Michigan
avenue transacted, business- in Chica
go this morning.
B. C. Lukens of the Central Drug
company has received the agency for
the new Chicago, Lake Shore & South
Bend line tickets. ...-.
The Harbor roller polo team will
meet the Chutes' Park players, one of
the strongest . teams in the Chicago
League, this evening, at the Landefield rink on Guthrie street. A good
game is promised. ,
Miss Marie Larsen of Chicago spent
Sunday at the home of Judge and Mrs.
T. M. C. HembrofC on Helock street.
Fred Gastel Jr. spent yesterday In
Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. George Roop of Michi
gan avenue spent Sunday at the home
of "the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs,
George Durst, of Princeton avenue, Chi
cago.
The Royal League will hold their
regular meeting on Friday evening, at which time the annual election of of
ficers will be held. A full attendance
of the members is requested at this
meeting, as additional matters of Im
portance are to be considered.
Charles Huehls and Miss Alma
Schneller of Chicago are guests at the
home of Mr, and Mrs.George E. Relland
of Elm street.
Michigan Avenue opposite Fir S treet INDIANA HASBOlt
Open Day and Night...
Meals At All Hours
Doll as Brothers
Frcprietors of the A1AIIN RESTAURANT
714 Chicago Ave. Telephone 41
East Chicago, Indiana
South Bay Hotel
K8S. F. A. BASLE, Proprietor Kates: $2. CO and $2.50 per day
sio.oo and $12 SO per wek
INDIANA HARBOR, IND.
ST. JOHN
William Russell of Hanover Prairie
transacted business here today.
Mrs. Joseph Michels of Englewood
spent, today with her mother, Mrs,
Mary Kock, and her sister, Mrs. J.
Pfeifer.
Peter Geis of Crown Point tran
sacted business here today.
"William Seehausen of Hanover Prai
rie was a visitor here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rosenthal ar
rived from North Dakota and will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stark
for some time.
Steady showers on Sunday and the
following night furnished a good sup
ply of water for the cisterns and great relief for the housewives.
Testerday Jimmy Clabby, who is now recognized as one of the best boxers in the middleweight class, spent the day among his Hammond friends
and was received by them as a conquering hero. Clabby is enthusiastic over his prospects and realized that he is now In a position where he can bring home the bacon. He shows the effect of his many experiences during the past year, but he Is the same Jimmy that the
boys of the Joe Long Juniors knew a
Edward W. Smith In the Chicigo
American talks of Clabby under the caption: "Mulkern Talks of His 18-Tear-Old Boxer. Clabby is a Coming
Star. The following are excerpts
from this artitcle:
"Jimmy Clabby, who has fought Gardner twice in the last six weeks and got as good as a draw with the
Lowell man Thursday at New Orleans in a twenty-round engagement came down from Milwaukee to visit his
I folks, who live in Hammond, which
really is the new Cream City star's
home.
"Since Clabby has held the other
young Irishman to a draw in the real
route he must be accorded a high place
among the welterweight boxers of the
country, and inasmuch as Jimmy is only eighteen years old he Is entitled
to being named among the latest won-
ers of the ring. When one thinks of
an eighteen-year-old boy offsetting
such a remarkable fox as Jimmy Gard ner it Is a 'marvelous case.
Gardner la Good Shape.
"According . to Frank Mulkern, the
one-time "millionaire newsboy" of Mil
waukee and Clabby's manager, Gardner was in much better condition Thanksgiving day than he was on the
occasion of his meeting with Clabby,
when " the affair was called a draw
after fifteen rounds of work. The
weightrof 142 pounds suited him ex actly and he traine dto the minute.
All reports that the affair was
tame and tiresome could not have been
written by anybody who saw the bat
tie,' said Mulkern in discussing the at
fair. 'It was one of the hardest bouts
ever saw, and I have been clrcu
lating among the fighters for a good many years. Just look at Clabby's face
as proof of my assertions. Gardne
was even worse off.
Wants Clabby to Get Big.
It looks to me as if Clabby will
take on some flesh in the next few
years. I am hoping that he grows up
Into a middleweight, for that is
good class in which a man can find
plenty of opponents and also grab off
the fat purses.
Clabby is a decent young man o
excellent habits, and shows no signs
of getting an inflated top-piece, so
think he will be all rigth for som
time to come.'
Clabby bears his newly attained
honors in quiet style, and has all the
earmarks of a highly popular boxer. He Is clean-cut and bears a striking
resemblance in the face to the Kid
McCoy of ancient days. He has the
same innocent, open expression that
the crafty McCoy carried at all times when he was first breaking into the
highest company in the business.
1 'Believe me, I never thought it pos
sible for a man to accumulate so much trickery as Gardner showed me," he said in speaking of the New England welterweight, who still claims the
championship title.
' "He was talking to me continually
during the bout, and made a lot o
remarks that were Intended to throw
me off my guard. He "kidded" a great
deal, but always with a ' definite ob
ject in view.'
"Mulkern intends to let Clabby rest
for a month or so and then look to the coast for bouts. ' If nothing offers there he intends to go ea6t with his man and stir up something. Clabby has a lame right shoulder straining it by a wild swing that missed Gardner.' '
CAEL ANDERSON GEXL8 AL CONTSACTOR
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GRIFFITH.
Master Raymond Boesen has been
spending a efw days at Turkey Creek.
Robert Long has returned from an
extended visit with his sister.
Miss Huntington of Valparaiso made
her regular visit here last evening to
Instruct her class in music.
Mrs. John Bothwell and son, Cllf
ford, were here last evening on their
way home from the -city.
Will Nicholson was a short business
caller here yesterday.
The Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern
wreck, in which three freight cars
were derailed on the curve Just eas of the old tower, did not do any. serl
ous damage, and was soon put to
rights. Trains were delayed only short time.
Attorney Frank B. Pattee of Corwn
Point stopped here a short time yes
terday morning on his way home from
Joliet.
Grant Russell, who came home from
the Great Lakes about two weeks ago,
went to Chicago yesterday to attend
the Art Institute there. .
(Special to The Times.)
Indiana Harbor, Ind., Dec. 1. Indiana
Harbor has a new athletic club, known
as the Indiana Harbor Athletic association. The organization was effected
on Sunday afternoon, at a meeting of about fifty prominent citizens, held in
Cline's hall. The club has a membership of about 75 local athletes, who will participate in all track and field events
with Chicago athletic organizations
during the coming year.
ihe following officers have been
elected:
A. M. Little, president. W. C. Brown, vice president. Harry Lemon, secretary. J R. Brandt, treasurer.
W. S. Brown, C. F. Lamburg, Jacob
Cllne, Bert Wilson and Cal Winkler,
board of directors; Dave Keppel, Wll
liam McGahey and Max Glass, trustees
Gets Use of Coliseum.
The association has secured the use
of the Landfield Coliseum for gymna
slum purposes and within a few day-
will install apparatus costing in the
neighborhood of $500. Almost all of this amount has been subscribed during the past two weeks. Mats, parallel bars, swinging rings and trapezes will be purchased, and in fact every
thing necessary to the making of a good gymnasium. One of the first fea
tures to be tackled by the club will be the organization of a representative
basket-ball team, which expects to use
the Coliseum quadrangle during . the coming season.
The Harbor has always been able to
put forth a good set of football and baseball players, and there is no reason why it could not excell as readily in
gymnasium, track and basket-ball affairs. Membership in the association can be secured upon application to the president, A. M. Little.
of 4,000 for the bout. Britt was vic
tor over the Briton here in a ten round
bout a few weeks ago.
The fight between these men was held
at the same club and when Britt was given the decision a howl was heard from one end of the tight little Use to
the other. In the coming fight the "betterman" question will be settled for
good.
BUI'S HOT SHOT
FOR PA IE
AG
Batling Nelson Declares He
Regards Freddie Welsh as Better Man.
HE MAY BE NEXT ANTAGONIST
Says That McFarland Never Beat
Anyone of Importance Ex- ' cept Jimmy Britt.
The Fortune Hunters, 1 ! :
JACK CARNEY IS -
NOW AFTER HELLER.
Jack Carney, a South Side light
heavyweight, is the latest aspirant for the scalp of Billy Heller the stock yards fighter. Carney announces that he Is open to meet any of them at 160 pounds at the ringside or some weight close to that, and he does not care who
the 'first customer is. He would like also to get on with Toung Mahoney,
the Racine heavyweight. Carney is not particular, either, whom he boxes.
CHICAG0ANS NEAR DEATH AS AUTO TURNS TURTLE.
Errand Hughett and H. T. Bigelow Have Narrow Escape at Laporte . Laporte, Ind., Nov. 30. How Errand Hughett and Harry T. Bigelow, Fisher building, Chicago, escaped instant death when their motor car turned turtle six miles east of Laporte is the
marvel of those who viewed the wrecked car at the bottom of the ditch where it landed after the wheels skidded in the soft mud on the road from Berrien Springs to Chicago. Hughett was at the steering wheel when the machine dashed down the embankment and
turned a complete somersault, pinion
ing both men underneath. Fortunately both were able to crawl out and reach a nearby farmhouse. A surgeon found
that Hughett was suffering from a
sprained back and Bigelow had a dis
located elbow and fracture of the left arm. After the injuries had been dressed the men were sent to Chicago on a train, the automobile being left in the ditch. . . ,
m
flG TEAM LOSES
Owls Defeated at BasketBali by Mark White Cardinals.
FISH TO LEAD HARVARD.
Star Tackle Is Chosen aa Captain of
1000 Football Team. , Cambridge, Mass., Dec.. 1. Hamil
ton Fish., Jr., of Garrison-on-the-Hud-son, N. Y., a member of the cjasa of
1910, was unanimously elected yester
day captain of the Harvard football
team for next year. Fish has played
right tackle on the varsity eleven for
two years.
"Welsh stands in a better position in the ring right now than Packie McFarland does, and if Freddie holds the same position in February that he has now, I'll meet him before I box -vyone else."
This was the statement handed down by Battling Nelson last night in reference to a dispatch sent from the Pacific coast. He had wired declining an
Immediate encounter with Welsh, as he wishes to complete his book and superintend the building of some houses
he is erecting at Hegewisch, but he says he will go back to the ring as soon as this work is through. Nelson was incensed at some statements attributed to McFarland and says that he is in no hurry to give the Chicago man a chance at his title. "Whom did McFarland ever whip?" he demanded. "He never licked anybody worth mentioning except Jimmy Britt, and the man that couldn't have
licked Jimmy in the shape he was that
afternoon would have been blind
Packie has said I've been beaten in fights. He's never won a real one. His
record shows a lot of knockouts, but Harry Gilmore made out that record with a pencil McFarland didn't make
It with his fists.
"McFarland has never told anyone
that he pulled down his forfeits three times when I was ready to cover them. When he got me mad In a newspaper
office in New York I offered to fight
rjght there. He wouldn't, saying he
didn't have $5,000 with him. I offered
to get on the Limited and come back
wtih him and meet him for a side bet
f $5,000. He wouldn't do It. Now he
s trying to make out I am trying to
dodge him.
"Why don't McFarland meet Gans?
Joe is after him, hard enough. That
would give Packie some standing in
the boxing game. As It is. Til meet Welsh next if he keeps up his present
standing in the ring."
The Battler is awaiting political de
velopments in his ward before running
for alderman against Mahoney. He in
tends to take a trip to New Mexico before going to California early next
year.
(Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind.. Dec. 1. The Owls basket-ball team of this" place met Its first defeat of the season, 29 to 26, at the hands of the Mark White Cardinals at Whiting last night. The game was stubbornly contested through, the first half ending with the score 15 to 13 In the Cardinal's favor. Ogram of the Owls played a strong defensive game until retired in the second half through being slightly injured. Lineup: Cardinals. Whiting Owls. Naf talln , . . . R; F Tro we
Duffy L. F Kluber
Kief C Girard
Osier R. G Osrram
Sturmer, Kelly. .L. G Adley
Field Baskets Kief (8), Naf talln,
Trowe (2), Kluber (2), Girard (4), Ogram (2). Free Throws Naftalin (11), Kluber (5), Girard. Referee Vinton. Halves Twenty minutes.
MOTORCYCLE RECORDS BROKEN.
Los Angeles, Dec. 1. Fred Huyck's
motorcycle covered the Ascot Park oval
Sunday In 53 seconds for one mile,
which is one second faster than the
world's record of 54 seconds, that he already held. With a standing start he made the first mile of ten in 1:01,
which was another world's record, and
for five miles he had another to his credit in 4:88. George Blaylock rode
ten miles in 9:40, which is another
world's record.
CHAUFFEURS TO ORGANIZE.
GANS TURNS DOWN
THE PACKEY OFFER,
PAPKE LEAVES FRISCO ON HIS WAY TO LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, Cat, Nov. !0. Evident
ly Billy Papke found much to interest him in San Francisco Sunday, as he failed to make train connections. Tom Jones telegraphs that they left tonight, uite a number of local sports will meet Papke tomorrow morning. They are anxious to hear the Illinois Thunderbolt explain how his reversal of form occurred. Hugo Kelly has a start of one day on Papke. The Chicago middleweight started work at the South Side Athletic club today.
Will Form a National Body Dnrinc
Chicago Anto Show. Steps will be taken during the Chi- !
cago automobile show, to bo held Feb
ruary at the Coliseum and armory, to perfect an organization of chauffeurs throughout the country. The molding of a national body was started during
the sho wwhich was in progress a year ago and since that time the sub
ject has been simmering. ,
Initial action was taken last vear by
the Professional Chauffeurs' association of Louisville with the result that
correspondence has passed between James B. South, president of that association, and J. M. Harrison, president of the Professional Chauffeurs' Association of American, Xenophon P. Huddy, counsel for the latter organization, and others, resulting in a determination to hold a convention during the Chicago show. The date selected Is Friday, Feb. 12, and the meeting will probably be held In one of the company rooms of tho First Regiment armory. Samuel A. Miles, manager of the Chicago exposition, announces that the. traffic department of the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers, under whose auspices the show is held
annually, has again been successful In obtaining concessions of great importance to all the members of the N. A.
A. M.. the Association of Licensed Auto
mobile Manufacturers and the American
Motor Car Manufacturers' association.
Replies to Offer From Coffroth That
There Is More Money In Hotel Business Than in Boxing.
San Francisco, Dec. 1. It leaked out last night that Jim Coffroth, who promotes fistic entertainments at his Colma club, . has been dickering for some time to arrange a twenty-five
roynd match between the one-time master of the ring, Joe Gans, and
Packie McFarland. Coffroth planned to match the light
weights for New Year's day. But the
harsh awakening came last evening in
a wire from the once great black
coolly Informing him that there was
"nothin' doin'."
Gans said he saw more money in tending to his hotel In Baltimore than
running around the country fighting,
Jim Flynn, who is to meet Sam Lang-
ford before Sam Berger's club in De
cember, started his preliminary train
ing at Shannon's quarters, recently va
cated by Billy Papke. Langford is ex
pected to arrive about Saturday.
VERWIEBE ANSWERS PRAISE
BRITT TO FIGHT SUMMERS
AT LONDON IN FEBRUARY.
London, Nov. 30. Jimmy Britt. the lightweight fighter of San Francisco, was. rematched today to meet Johnny Summers, the English lightweight, before the National Sporting club here Feb. 22. The club has offered a puri
Harvard Foil Back Tells Roosevelt
Credit Is Not All Doe to Him.
Cambridge, Mass., Dee. 1. The let
ter sent by President Roosevelt to
Ernest Varwiebe, full back of the
Harvard football eleven, following th
victory over Yale, was answered by
the Harvard student last night as fol
lows:
"Hollis Hall, Harvard University.
My Dear Mr. Roosevelt: I received
your kind and appreciative letter o
the 24th. I assure you that it was with the greatest Joy and gratitude
that I read your sentiments. I agree
with you that Kennard should be given much credit, but I do also feel that
every member of the team deserves and ought to receive Just as much praise as I. If, as you say, it was due to my work that Kennard was enabled to kick his goal, it was in turn due to the other fellows that I could accomplish what I did. Again thanking you for your encouraging words, permit me to remain, sincerely and gratefully yours. ERNEST F. VERWIEEE."
YALE TANK TEAM CRPPLED.
New Haven. Conn., Nov. 30. Yale's
swimming team received a severe set
back tonight when the faculty retired
Captain Richards, Howe and Winslow,
the three best water men in the ag
gregation. E. M. Moses was chosen tank captain to lead the team in its
dual meet with Central Y. M. C. A. o New York here next Saturday.
NEW GUNNESS TRIAL IS DENIED
Laporte, Ind., Nov. 30. Judge Ritch
ter, in the circuit court today, over
ruled a motion for a new trial in the
case of Ray Lamphere, convicted of burning the house of Bella Gunness on
"Death Farm," and an appeal was prayed to the supreme court. The defense asked a new rial on the ground that the court's Instructions were erroneous and that the verdict was contrary to law.
BURNS WANTS TO MEET GREEK.
Rock Island, 111., Nov. 30. Farmer
Burns wants to meet William Deme-
tral, the "Greek Demon," of Chicago in a wrestling match. Farmer says he
will put up a forfeit to be on hand
any time Demetrai ready. Burns will
leave in a few days for Nebraska. If settled, the match will be pulled off probably in Rock Island.
MEETING OF FRUIT GROWERS
Portland, Ore., Dec 1. Leading fruit
growers, packers and shippers of Ore
gon, Washington, Montana, Idaho,
Utah and British Columbia gathered in
this city today for the big convention
arranged under the auspices of the Northwest Fruit Growers' association and the Oregon State Horticultural so
ciety. The convention will be in ses
sion four days. In conjunction with the meeting there is being held an
elaborate display of orchard products
illustrating the Importance of th Importance of the fruit growing in
dustry In the northwest
Telephones -O tH ee, 748 1 Residence 243.
South Iblcago. FRANK FOSTEfe ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Room 15. Commercial Block.
B206 Commercial avenue, Chicago, 111.
Residence 8120 Exchange avenue.
C0RBETT TO FIGHT ON COAST.
New Orleans, La., Nov. 30. Young Corbett, the ex-featherweight cham- j pion, will make his re-entry Into the ;
'ring here at the opening fight card to :
be given by the New Southern A. C, j Dec. 12. The Denverite's opponent will be Phil Brock of Cleveland, who has
been fighting with some success on the coast. Corbett has been training for the past month at Johnson's road house in New York and Is in fairly good shape.
WHISKEY There is only one BEST Tar Old Steuben Bourbon (Straight Goods) and agree with us that it is PERFECTION Steuben County Wine Co. Distributor, CHICAGO, HIS.
Original.l Raymond Biggs, a rich bachelor, find ing the weather oppressive In the city, concluded to ran down to the seashore. He fotrad there a bevy of girls, ,th most of whom, having worn themselves oat daring the gay social season in town, were endeavoring to pat the roses back into their cheeks under the influence of ocean breezes. Nevertheless there was not one of them bat coald spare the time to secure "an es- . tablishment., Raymond Rlggs was a key to the wealth be possessed. All a girl had to do to unlock the door to it was to snare him. He had fought off a regiment of them during the previous season and had hoped for a rest at the seashore. He was doomed to disappointment. They attacked him by platoons and companies. To get rid of them he went off one day several miles up the beach and sat down on the sand. The waves rolled lazily In, broke on a bar and slid up on the sand with an effervescing sound. The sky was blue llnd cloudless. The ships out at sea sailed -
on -.t. silently as if they were painted
instead cr real. It was all very restful and in maiked contrast with being hunted down ty a flock of women, he should have said, but he preferred the word harpies.
A glass bottle was thrown up by the
waves, rolled about on the sand and carried out. ,Vhen It came up again
Raymond noticed that it was corked. He seized It, took out the cork and with the blade of his knife managed to extricate through the narrow neck a card. On it was written In pale ink.
"Aline Eliot" The address was given at a town a htndred miles down the coast, then followed, "Dear finder, I am lonely."
For heaven's :iake, exclaimed Ray
mond, "are all th women In the world hunting lovers? 7. escape from a flock of them back on '.he shore only to be
met by an advano from the ocean."
But as he gazed at this singular con
trivance for mating, as he regarded It, it seemed far different to him from the advances he had received from the
fortune hunters. He fancied the writer to be some iLnocent girl who craved only to obe. the instincts mother nature had plai ted In her pure bosom. Perhaps she had sat alone by the ocean as he was sitting, yielding to a natural inclination to mate, and had sent out her message with blind confidence that It would fall into the hands of the man who was destined to be all in all to her. Was this the explanation, or was she,, too, hunting for a fortune? He would open, a correspondence with her. , In this way he could find out what he wis he A to know. He inclosed the card with his own came and address and the words, too, am lonely." In a few days he received a letter. There was nothing in it about love or marriage. It was aa unsophisticated epistle from a young girl about nothing. Raymond read between the lines, "Perhaps you are he for whom I intended my message." But it did not say, "You may be some rascal who will take a mean advantage of what I have done." What refreshing innocence! Fancy one of the fortune hunters reposing such confidence In the average man. Raymond was an imaginative fellow and would sit long on the dunes or on the beach mentally contemplating this innocence. If he could see her likeness he could Judge of her motive with more cer-
He thought he would send a picture
of some man about his own age and
ask hers in return, but the girl's guilelessness had affected him, and he shrank from such deception. Then, confident that he could not be mistaken, he inclosed his photograph. As soon as he
had done so the thought occurred to him that he wus a fooL The danger
of a society fortune hunter was nothing beside one he had never seen possessing letters from him and his photo
graph.
However, in exchange came a like
ness, it was the likeness of one a painter would seize upon as a model for a Madonna. There was Innocence personified. A pair of soft eyes looked out from an oval face. The lips were
sensative, and Raymond considered them especially kissable. He thought of the faces of the fortune hunters, restored to their natural appearance by cosmetics. There was none of them who would not consider herself flagrantly immodest to thus advertise for a husband. Yet here was the Madonna-like face looking at him with a modesty that none of these could have assumed. One day Raymond was missed at the seashore. There was a flutter among the fortune hunters, for, though cone of them had secured a foothold, every one hoped for herself, not for the others. Had he returned to the city? No. Inquiries elicited the fact that his baggage, like our Eag, was "still there." So they waited and watched and hoped. But Raymond did not return. In time he directed that his baggage be sent to the city, and neither the waves nor the gulls nor the ships nor the fortune hunters saw him more at
1 least not that summer. But the next summer all these saw him again and saw a very different man. He was no longer pursued b the harpies, for his estate had bee: pre-empted. A slender, oval faced wife was with him, whose presence kept them all at a distance. They were ! willing to admit there was a certain : placid beauty about her, though she had no style. But there was evldenc ! that her figure was not built out or , driven In. Indeed, she was as God,.
not dress, had made her. GERTRUDE GO WAN.
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