VOL. XII.
WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 11; 1906.
NO. 9.
NOTICE.
If this space has the Bed S Mark
on it, it is to inform you that your
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nswed the paper will he stopped.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dr. H. IN", 'filters;
Surgeon Dentist,
Warrenton, North Carolina.
Office opposite court house in Fleming
Harris Building,
rhoiies: onice. No. 59; Ra'-lence. No. 6
Dr. rtob. S. GBootli,
IDexx-tis-e,
Warrenton, North Carolina.
Office Phone G9.
Uesideuce Phone 56-4
Dr. "W. W. Taylor, ..
Surgeon. ID ntis t, :
Itehders any services included in the
practice of Dentistry. Crown and
bridge work, porcelain inlay, and cast
fillings accordiug .to the methods of
to day. Office 'Phone 2.
27 fim Uesideuce " 34.
M. J. Hawkins,
Ridgeway, N. O.
T. W. Bicktt,
Looisburg, N. C.
HAWKINS & BICKETT,
Attorneys at Law.
Dr. P. J. Macon,
Physician & Surgeon,
Warrenton, North Carolina.
Calls promptly attended to. Offlco
opposite court house.
II. A. Boyd.'
B. B. Williams.
BOYD & WILLIAMS,
Attorneys at Law, " '
0 -
Warrenton, North Carolina.
T. O. Rod well,
Attorney and Counseller at Law,
-Warrenton, N. C.
All bnniues? placed in his hands frill
receive prompt attention. Office over
Allen & Fleming Co'b. btore.
B. G. GREEN,
Attorney - at - Law,
Warrenton, N. C.
Practices in al'. State and
Federal Courts.
S. G. DANIEL,
Attorney at Law,
LITTLETON, N. C.
Practices in alL the courts of the
State. Money to loan on real estate.
Reference Bank of Littleton.
PITTMAN & KERR,
LAWYERS,
Warrenton, . North Carolina.
Will atteud to business.
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SEABORAD
v -; Candidate for Sheriff.
To the Voters of Warren County.
I take this method of announcing
that I am a candidate for the office pf
Sheriff of Warren County, subject to
the action of .the - Democratic Conven
tion of said county, and ask the assis
tance of my friends and fellow workers
of the party in-"J bringing about my
nomination and election, If elected
my best services are promised-to the
people. Respectfully,
'. J. A. NICHOLSON, -
Macon, North Carolina.
Candidate for Sheriff
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the Office of Sheriff of War
ren County, subject to tli action of
the Democratic Primaries and Cbn
vention and ask the assistance and
co-operation. of my friends through
out the county in bringing about - my
nomination. " Respectfully,
. v '. " 4 A. L.. POPE. '
Candidate for House of - '
.eV- Representatives.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the House of Representatives
in the next general assembly of North
Carolina, subject to the approval of
the Democratic Primaries and Con
vention of Warren County.
Respectfully,
R. B. THORTON,
" Macon, N. C.
For State Senator.
To the Voters of Warren County.
I desire to call.- to your attention
the fact that I am a candidate -for the
nomination of the office of Senator
from this the 17th. senatorial district
subject to the action of the Democratic
Primaries and Conventions. -
Yours respectfully,
' M.J J HAWKINS.
Ridgeway, N. C, April 17, '06.
Candidate for Register of Deeds.
To the Voters op Warren County.
I hereby declare myself a candidate
for the office of Register of Deeds for
Warren County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primaries and con
vention. Respectfully, ,
"-.-.. , J. J. MYRICK.
Littleton, N. C, April 2. 190G.
NOTICE.
To the Voters of Warren County.
I beg to announce that I will be a
candidate for the office of Treasurer,
tuin'wf to thp action of the aburoach-
ing democratic convention, and solicit
the support and co-operation of my
friends throughout the county in se
curing my nomination.
Respectfully,
WALTER P. ROD WELL,
Oakville, N. C, April 2, 1906. :
The First to Offer for Sheriff.
To the Democratic Voters of
Warren County.
Upon the earnest and. repeated so
licitation of my democratic friends
throughout the grand old historic
Countv of Warren, I am finally per
suaded to lay aside all personal feel
ings and to announce myself a candi
date for the office of Sheriff of Warren
County, subject however to the action
of the County Convention. I' do this
reluctantly, but with the highest ' and
most profound feelings of patriotism,
having no motive of self aggrandise
ment, but the sincerest desire to serve
my countymen,
Whom I love with an undying zeal
And for whose support I now appeal-
I was born and bred a democrat of
the strictest type and in my allegiance
to the democratic party I have never
faltered, having been the same yester
dav, to-day and forever. I have been
township constable ten years and
deputv sheriff eight years, and with
this record I place myself unreservedly
and with confidence upon the demo
cratic altar.
Your obident servant,
DANIEL W. PEGRAM.
April 6, 1906. ' ; :
Change of Polling Places.
to a call made by chair
man J. A. Nicholson the Board of
Election for Warren County met n
the 19th. of April 1906", ; N. M. Jon s
and J. A Nicholson being present. It
ordered bv the Board
that the polling place in Sandy Creek
township be removed irom wku opnug
tr. thf. nubile school house at .Vieks-
boro, Warren County, N. C. , "
J. A. NICHOLSON, Chairman.
N. M. Jones, Secty. pro. tern.
Nestle Down Stock and Poultry
-' : ' Farm. . . .
Light 'Brahmas and Barred
Rock Eggs for hatching; $1 per
15, or $1.50 per 30." 15 fine B. R,
Cockerels. $1 each. Leave orders
at the New Meat Merket in War
renton or address, . . ' .
J. A. ANDERSON, :
; ' Macon, N. C. -
NOTICE.
navln qiialifled as Exeeutor of MM. Ma'r
K Perkins, deceased, late of Warren County,
N. C, this is to liotlfy ait persons Jiaying
claims the estate of said deceased, to
exhibit them" tathe undersigned n or hefore
the 27.h. day of April 1907. or tJiia notice will
be plead In bar of their recover All person
indebted to said estate will pWse make Im
mediate payment. This 2Srd. day of april
190G. - V. r. B. NEWELL, Executor of S
the fstate of Mr., Mary E. Perktnji,
PITTMAN & KH&ttauy, ", -
KILLS LISE LIGHTNING.
How Deadly Rheumatism of the
". Heart Conies On.- ...
. . Those pains you fee! when jion first
arise in the morning aching pains iu
the joints, shooting - pains .' m the
muscles aie sigus of warniug."'Tliey
are danger signals, evidouces of deep
sented tronble that if Dot removed may
effect the ? entire 5yitem aid canae
chronic disease, or if tho cause is not
removed, they may develop suddenly
into the deadly Rlienmatism of the
Heart, which kills like lightmuz.
Better get rid of the cansi at otic"!.
Rheumatism and its kindred diseases
aie caused by the ftccum'nlation of
poisonous acids in tho Mood. Rubbing
with oils or liuimeuts will not cure it;
it is an iuteinal disease and can be
conquered ouly by an iuteiual remedy
mere is just one complete cure
RIIEUM A.CI DE. RQEUMAOIDE
nrntf ilizes the poisonous acids, sweeps
all the dangerous ; germ out of tho
blood and "makes yon well all orer.
RHEUMACIDE CURES beeanso it is
the only remedy that "gets at the
joiuta from the inside."
.Mr. W. R. Hughes,' of Atkins, Va.,
writes: .
.Four I otUes of BHEUMACIDE
have entirely cured me of a Iong&tiud
ing case of Rheumatism, and greatly
improved my general heath. I was a
total wreck, having had Rheumatism
for twenty years I spent serefal
weeks and much money tryinsr special
istsiu New York, but RHEUMACIDE
is the only en re I hare found . When
I began to use it I Weighed 140 pounds
Now I weigh 180 , pounds, my normal
weight.".
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
JJy virtue of powers invested iu me
us Trustee in a certain Deed of Trust
executed by J. L. Bnrchett and Sallio
R. Burchett. his wif, which deed ie
recorded in Book 69, page 340 in Office
of Register of Deeds, Warren County,
North, default having been made in
payment of debt therein secured, I, at
the request of -the holder r-f the evt
dences oi said debt, will sell to the
highest bidder for cash, at the Court
House Door iu the town of .Warrenton,
N. 0., on Moudar the 4th. day of Juue
1906, the following described real es
tate situated in Wirreu Couuty, Smith
Creek township. North Carolina, and
bounded as follows: On the South by
a walk way on the uorth side of Hyco
Road, on the North by an alley lift for
pnb'ic travel and on the East by. lot
No..l, belonging to RobU F. Hose, and
on the West by lot No. 4, belonging to
said R'we and beginning at a etono on
said walk nay 56 feet irom its inter
section with Centre Stieet, thence S.
78 W. along N. side of said walk way
73 feet to a stone, thence N. ..120 W.
100 feet to a stone on S. side of the
above mentioned alley, ' theuce East
along S side of said alley 73 feet to a
t tone, coiner of lot No. 1 iu Block 2,
thence iu a S. direction along" line of
lot No. 1 06 3 10 feet to the beginning,
containing by estimation 7154 feet,
more or less. And also lot beginning
at S. E. corner, at a stone 6 feet fiom
Hyco Street at S. end of Centre Street,
mumng aloDg line of Hyoo Street to a
rorner slone 56 feet, thence N. 120 W.
93 3 10 feet to a toue ou S. side of 15
foot alley, thence at right angle E. 56
feet to ft stcne on ,W. ail of Ceutre
Street, S. E. corner of sail alley,
thenee at right angles, S. 83 feet to the
beginning, containing the number of
feet iu said" survey. Said alley is for
use of pin chasers cn both sides thereof.
Said last mentioned lot is No. 1. Block
No.2. Said lots are situated at Nor
litia, and : same as were conveyed by
R. F. Rose and wife to Mr, Leah
Kaizeustefii by Deed receded in
Books 64 and 65, pages 518 and 228 re
speciively to which reference ie hereby
made.
" Object of sale is to satisfy- aforesaid
debt.
This 26th. day of April 1906.
B. G. GREEJJ, Trustee.
Notice of Summons by Publication
North Caroliua, ) Iu Superior Court,
Waireu Couuty. ) June Term 1906.
Lucinda Drake vs James Drake.
James Drake the defendant alnive
named will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been commenced
iu the Superior Court of Warren Conn
ty, North Caroliua, to procure no abfO
1 ite divorce from said defeudant. And
the said defendant will further take
uotice th 1 1 he is required to appear al
the next term of thetinperinr Court of
said Waireu County to be held on the
third Monday iu June A. D. 1906, at
the Couit House of said County iu
.Warrenton, N. C, and answer or de
ranr to tLn complaint filed iu said action
or the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for relief demaiided iu said com plaiut.
This April 4th. 1906.
J. R. ROD WELL,
Clerk Superior Court.
PlTTMAK & JlEKR,
Plaintiff Attorneys. .
EGGS.
Eggs for hatching; from the
finest, matings, Barred Rocks,
White, " Golden and Buff Wyan-
dbttes I ever' owned. . They are
sure to please. - ; - - :
; JNO. H. FLEMING,
it. 5 - Warren Plains, N. C.
R;F. D.No.1,
CONDENSED STORIES.
What Happened to a Deacon Who Slept
at Prayer Meeting. .
' Dr. W. J?obson Notman, pastor of
the Fourth Presbyterian church, at
the corner of Bush and Superior
streets, is fond of a good story. He
dropped in at. a Cliristian Endearor
eocial for a few moments one evening,-
and the president, catching
sight of him, called upon him for a
talk, much to the surprise of the
minister. This was the story he
told as an illustration of his feedings:-.
" : --
"I am reminded of the good old
deacon who was wont" to attend
prayer mcetirrg very regularly but
who always chose the hour as a time
for a comfortable nap. The old
"WTLLIAM, WAKJt VF. TfB TOUJt TIME TO
LEAD."
man likewise was fond of a good
game of cards. He was taking his
usual snooze during the prayer serv
ice one evening when the minister,
said:
' '"Brother Blank, will you please
lead in prayer ?
"Brother Blank was too far in
dreamland to hear, and the fact was
a source of nfach embarrassment to
his good wife.
" 'William she whispered, giving
him a nudge, 'William, wake up.
It's vour time to lead
" 'Why, no, it isn't said William
sleepily, 'for I just dealt " Chica
go Record-Herald. .
Ho Killed tho Bill.
Senator El kins was talking for
statehood for New Mexico and Ari
zona the other day until they re
minded him how he kept New Mex
ico out of the Union thirty years
ago. Elkins was formerly a dele
gate in congress from New Mexico.
Once he had the bill making New
Mexico a 6tate in such shape that
it was ready to be called from the
table and passed. Senator Burrows
of Michigan, then in the house,
made a sensational speech against
the bill. Elkins was not in the cham
ber. " As he came in somebody told
him that Burrows had made a great
statehood Fpeech.
Elkins rushed down the aisle,
shook hands with Burrows and
warmly congratulated him. He
thought Burrows had spoken for in
stead of against him. The Demo
crats who were going to vote for
the bill saw Elkins effusively tell
Burrows that he had made a great
speech andconcluded that if Elkins,
who was father of the bill, felt that
way toward a man who opposed the
bill they could not afford to vote
for it, and they, didn't. The result
was that the bill was beaten, and
New Mexico isn't in yet. New
York World. -
The Wrong Animal.
Ignorance of natural history and
some other things played a part in
a fight of which a well known actor
tells a stor'. ;
A Welshman he says, had taken
boxing lessons until he thought he
could whip anything of his weight,
lie thereupon challenged an Irish
man to fight him to a finish, and the
challenge was promptly accepted.
The Welshman selected a fellow
countrvman named Davy for a sec
ond. The battle began, and after
the first round the Welshman went
to his corner and asked Davy how he
looked. - -
"Look like a lion," said Davy.
In the second round the Welsh
man had one eye closed, but Davy
still declared his champion looked
likeS" lion. At the end of the third
round the Welshman was out. When
he came to he looked through his
swollen eves at his sieond and said:
" 'Ow do I look now. Davy?"
"Like a lion," said Davy.
"I don't feel like 'un. . Did you
hever see a lion?". x
"Yes, hindeed. Bill Jones as un."
."Hit hain't a lion, man. Hit's a
jackass !"
"Well, that's 'ow you lookl"
A WOMAN'S RIGHTS
: "So you don't believe in woman's
rights," I said approvingly. ' : - .'
"Oh, but I do!" siie-answered very
promptly. . , , : ' : .
"Then why "do you condemn the la
dies who advocate them? That's a biU
Inconsistent- evotv for vmt Cls " ' i
! Oh, those women!" said she, tossing
the paper scornfully aside. . "They're
utterly , absurd. . What's the . use , of
votes and clubs and short hair and
bloomers ugh! and all that sort of
thing? They're the wrong rights,, but
a woman has plenty of right rights, as
you'll find out, sir." . .
"Don't try to look majestic, you little
goose. I could put you In my overcoat
pocket, remember nearly." .-
"You'd be taking me out every min
ute to look at me." .
"I dare say I should, and putting
you in again whenever you were' tire-'
' sdme." -; - a. ; " '; , ' ... ,
. She lay back iu the corner of the. big
armchair and laughed ; with great
amusement.' . ' ' " '-. . :
"You poor, misguided - young man!
YouHl find out some day. If your
pocket were as big as St. Paul's you
couldn't and you wouldn't. You know
you wouldn't." ' ; v 1
"Because of the innate goodness of
man?" ' : ' .-' K v V
"No, because of the innate niceness
of. me." '.; " ". ' ' "' ; :': ' . .
"Am I to understand that right No.
1 Is not to be shut up?"
"Can't be shut up. . she corrected.
"Never could be shut up; never can be
shut up. , 'For women never, never,
never'" -
"The tune falls flat without an ac
companiment." .... ...f
"A male one 5" - " -:.
"Certainly, a subsidiary . male ac
companiment." ' V ,
. "Suppose a woman can't get one?" -
"She always can, if she's nice." 1
"Suppose she isn't?" .
"Then she doesn't count. ' But all
women are nice in some way to some
one. That's right No. 3."
"Won't a 'nice woman 'obeyr. Vide
marriage service, which, I understand
from your brother, you've been study
ing." "No need, my dear boy. . I've known
It since i was ten."
"Don't ycu accept the 'obey? "
"Certainly. You needn't look so anx
ious." .'"''''
"Woman's right No. 4 Is evidently
to be Inconsistent." . ;
"That's merely part of the great right
to do as she pleases."
"How do you square that with obe
dience?" -. -
"Doesn't 'obey' mean 'obey some or
der?' " V v
"Ye-es, I suppose so." I'm always
auspicious when a woman gets to logic.
"Well, if n 'nice' woman doesn't like
an order she manages that it isn't
given." '..
"But If that should be?" I began to
get triumphant here.
"She gets It rescinded." . Cis Is really
beyond all argument sometimes.
"Look here,, Cis, you didn't give me
fair warning of your tyranny. I'm
half Inclined to back out." -
"Oh, ; you ungrateful man! : I am
completely spoiling you. Didn't I let
you play football yesterday?"
"Because you like to" see the game."
"I don't much like to see you play.",
"That's rather uncomplimentary.; I
am generally reputed to play pretty
well." -' '
"You know that I don't mean to at
tack your play. - The report says that
you" ' ' '"
'Trobably written by some one who
didn't see the game," . .
"Nonsense! I meant that you might
get hurt." " - -
"I can take care of myself. Some
times the papers say I'm too rough,
but those confounded reporters don't
understand the game." ;
"But you have to take care of me." .
"Is that another of your rights?"
"To be taken care of?"
"Great care of," I corrected.
"If you please.", - , . - .
"I do please, very muchbut rights
cannot be matters of favor." '
"Yes, they are women's rights." ;
"Mere favors?" -
"Compulsory favors."
"You are marvelously Illogical, Cis."
"An undoubted right." -
'But the other rights, Cis? If they
depend on a man's granting them, how
can a woman be sure of them?" :
"Will your ;
"No, no. I don't care about men In
general. The question Is, Will you re
fuse them to me?"
- "Jack?" ' ---. '"-'" ; ; -"Well,
Cis?"
"If you were clever you would ask
me a question." -.--"- . . '
"About my rights, if any?"
- "No. I'll tell you something," she
safd Iu a very confidential way. So I
went and sat on the arm of her chair
accordingly. '"
"I mean I shan't ask you for all my
rights not to do just as I please If
you don't want me to." She had grown
suddenly big ; eyed and serious, and
there was a llttle-ever auch a little
quiver about her mouth. '
"Then It Isn't a question of rights,"
I whispered, taking hold of her little
hands. - '
"No," she said very softly, "not be
tween you and me." -
But I believe she will do just as she
pleases notwithstanding. St. Paul's.
' Point and Fi-
"Lady," began the frayed wayfarer
as he 'stopped at the cottage door,-"I
would like, to have a glass of cold milk
an' a wedge of pie." fi -
"Nothln doin' with you," snapped
the slangy but resolute housewife.
"An' why .Is there nothin' doin with
me?" '.- -..'-,'; . ;V:-: ; ' . ''
"Because you are doin' nothln."
Chicago News.
'OIEYBIIIEirEYOJm
Celts KMaty Md Claid&r Clfiht
FOR THE CHILDREN
Drimi of Vrlova PfAtlons.
Drums have always been used by na
tive races, who use them to drive away
evilfipirits,. to -terrify their foes, to
make their men fight-better" or to sum
mon friends together... "They .-are of all
sizes, - sorts and ; shapes. . ; In China
drums are ruadeof baked clay, bowl
shaped,' with a skin stretched across
the. top. A drum from Central Amer
ica is cone shaped, over four feet In
height, and' Is bollowed' out of "a solid
block of wood. An Ashantee drum Is
shaped like a. big bottle, the large end
being . the head of, the drum. A Man
dingo drum resembles a tenpln upside
down, while a Friendly islands drum,
between four and five- feet high, is just
like a post with a head of leather not
more than six Inches across. :
1 - Did you ever wonder where the cus
tom originated of having a man in
front carry the drum so that the drum
mer could get a good whack at it? It
came from the fact that all old drums
were very, long and narrow and an or
dinary man could only hit them from
the wrist. When some one thought of
a man in' front carrying the instrument
that trouble, was over. , , ' .
. Game of Navigation. ' T
For the gauie of navigation one of
the players, who . is "it," supplies the
players .with papers and pencils and
calls. ' "What is the ship the Quakers
like?": The players then write down
the word they- think belongs there,
The .answer to this question Is
"Friendship." "' Then he calls, "What
is the shipThat is looking for a mate?"
and the players 'write what they think
is the answer. The answer to this one
is "Courtship." The game goes on in
thi3 -wayi Many other things can be
made up, and the answer to each Is a
single word which must have "ship"
for its last syllable.
The player having the most correct
answers wins the game. This is a good
game to be played at parties, where
many can play. ' :
. Conundrums.
What goes up when the rain comes
down? Umbrella.
What runs from San Francisco to
New York and still they never move?
Ilailroads. , '
Around the house and around the
Louse, and Jonly one track it leaves?
Wheelbarrow. ,
. Around the house . and around the
house, and into the corner it goes?
Broom. " ; : : ,
When is a barrel like a tree? When
blown over. '
When Is a man like grass? When
6hooting.
Why Is a horse like ice cream 7 The
more you lick it the faster it goes.
" Why did George Washington stand
up while he slept? Because he couldn't
lie. ' . -
Mother Katarc'a House Cleaning;,
. Mother- Nature wanted to get her
house ready for her summer boarders,
for she knew that they would be here
soon. So she called all her helpers to
gether and told them what she was
going to do. Of course you know her
helpers were the sun, .the wind and
rain. ' And this- was what she told
them that she was going to clean
house. So she called her sun and told
him what to do.: She said "that she
wanted him to "melt all the Ice and
snow. Then the wind would sweep
It all in one place; then the kind sun
would dry it all away. Soon Mother
Nature's house was ; all ready. Her
summer boarders came and took rooms
in the trees. Then summer came.
: : Shepherd Tioga. ; .
.The shepherd dogs of South America
have an extra duty to perform. -The
vultures are very cunning birds and
the dread enemies of .all sheep owners.
The sheep are so heavy and fat that
when they fall down and roll over on
their backs they cannot get back on
their feet. They ; lie down and kick,
and the watchful dogs know this sig
nal as one of distress. They run- to
their assistance . and help them up.
Otherwise the vultures would swoop
down upon them when IU their helpless
condition, pick out their eyes and tor
ment them In other ways until they
died. , ' ' . . -
Wo Smolce From Volcanoes.'-"
The cloud of vapor that conies out of
the crater of a volcano. Is universally
spoken of as smoke. As a matter of
fact, it is not smoke at all, for there
is nothing in ,a volcano to produce
smoke. A volcanic eruption is caused
by the explosive force of subterranean
water suddenly converted Into Steam
by contact with molten, redhot rock.
The explosion throws the molten rock
out of the crater as lava, accompanied
by - clouds ' of steam, but ' there is no
smoke. . . ' -'.-"" .. .. -
Counting' a. Million.
If you have never given the matter
serious thought perhaps you may be
surprised to hear that It would take
you three days-and three nights seventy-two
hours in "all to count a mll
lionj counting as fast as you possibly
could. This will give you some con
ception of the distance of the sun from
the earth, 'for it would, take you 278
days and 279 nights to count the num
ber of miles that separate' the two
bodies 93,000,000.
Extraordinary.
The other day "upon the street
My own and no one else's eye ' '
Did see a lilac colored -horse,
- As sure as Jam and custard pie.
And by him ran" upon his feet
A puppy colored like a rose.
As sure as Ecuador and France, -
As sure as poetry and prose.
'. And you, indeed, may see yourself
This most extraordinary sight.
For llacs, child, and roses, too,
Are very often colored white.
. Washington Star.
rOLEYSROIJETTAn
SPORTING WORLD
f - Career of Hnrt's Vanquisher.
: Noah Brusso, or Tommy Burns, as he
j Is known pugilistically, who beat Mar
i yin.IIart at Los Angeles recently, has
.the reputation of being one of the best '
, all around . athletes In the country.
I Brusso's great physical endurance,
I which made it possible for him to
withstand . the bearlike embraces of"
the gigantic Hart in clinches, came
from years of lacrosse, tennis, socker
football, hockey - and skating, those
sports having been Brusso's lifelong
pastimes at his Canadian home.
The athlete has always had a mania
for the most strenuous of outdoor
sports and has professionalized half
the amateur lacrosse and hockey teams
In Canada by playing against them un
der assumed names aud in various
sorts of disguises. If there Is a la
crosse game on when Brusso is around
he can't be kept out of It. ne shows
the most phenomenal endurance In all
of those sports, and the stamina re
quired to hold Hart at bay was well
earned. .
Brusso himself says that he didn't
want to become a professional fighter,
but he simply couldn't help it, he was
so carried away with, the delights of
boxing. He couldn't find enough ama
teurs to stand up before him, so he had
to turn, professional to satisfy his'
yearning for excitement in the ring.
One of the most laughable incidents
in Brusso's career was during a la
crosse game in Detroit, when some
false whiskers he wore fell off during
a heated moment In a contest with a
Canadian team. But even after belDg
exposed Brusso kept In the game and
couldn't be Induced to quit playing.
Cross a Big- Help.
, Lave Cross, the great third baseman,
should prove a big help to the Wash
ington team of the American league
luring the coming season.
Cross attained his greatest renown
with, the Philadelphia- Americans, or
LATH CBOSS.
Athletics, as they are best known. He
greatly disappointed his friends, how-.
ever, by not playing In his best form In
the world's championship series with
the New York Nationals last fall.
Cross Is a great addition to Captain
Jake Stahl's Washlngtons, who are
much In need of strengthening.
Swimming; Dates Announced.
Announcement was made recently
by Secretary W, E. Bible of the Bye
Beach (III.) Swimming association that
the Central American Athletic union
indoor swimming championships which
are to be held under Its auspices will
be contested on April 25, 26 and 27 at
the North Side natatorlum, 543 Wells
street, Chicago. The events will be
at 100, 220, 440 and 8S0 yards and one
mile. The water polo championship
also will be played, and In addition
these will be ; a number of novelty
events. A relay race and a water
basket ball competition for high school
teams will be given. The tank Is 100
by32feet. .
Bays John Ward Was the Kin.
Umpire Maurice F. Dannlby of Roch
ester, N. Y., has an Idea that Ted Sul
livan in his interesting tales of old
time ball players overlooks some of
the best of the old brigade. "I always
liked John Montgomery Ward," says
Maurice, "as- the leading ball player
for inside play, and I think he bad
Charles Radbourne cheated for real
work. I think Johnny Ward the king
of all ball players of the high class.
There never was his equal and never
will be, not even Collins of Boston. Aa
a manager, ball player, batsman, artis
tic fielder, pitcher, gentleman on and
off the diamond, I hall John Montgom
ery Ward the king of them all, bar
none."
Anto Team Race Is Proposed.
The challenge of the Terre Haute
Automobile club to the Indianapolis
club for a race from Terre Haute to
Indianapolis, each club having six en
tries, has been accepted. Each car
is to carry five men. They will be
started separately and timed for seventy-three
miles. The race is to b
the first Sunday In May, weather per
mitting, and that night the defeated
club is to provide a banquet In In
dianapolis.
Rnfe Tnrner.
Bnfe Turner of Stockton knocked out
Barney Mullln of Seattle In the first
half of the opening round of their
twenty round contest at Stockton.
CaL, recently: With a short right swing
he stood Mullfn on his head, and it was
a quarter of an hour afterward before
Mullin knew what bad happened.
Harry Forbes.
Harry Forbea, the Chicago boy. Is
now. manager, matchmaker and box
ing instructor of the Davenport (la.).
Athletic club. He will also don tha
mitts occasionally In six round bouts.
A thoroughbred Berkshire
Boar at service. 'Apply to
JNO.K. MYERS,