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Show BABY LEOPARD A& A - 4ET. African Hunter, R I Playful and Tractable. You would scarcely chooe a baby leopard for & pet, for Mich an adoption, on the face of it, promises many Irawbacks. An eminent prizefighter aot long ago made a pet of a lion mb but it la not recorded that the expert ment was In any wav .successful. l.eoje arda in their baby are usuallv more tractable and as playful as hit tens. The cub here bhown was one of the three captured by an African hunter, who successfully set them out u Captured CAT TAKES RATS HOME, by Natural Efiemlea and Occu pies Their Domicile. A brood of rats made their brm last summtr bmeutli an ash house It In tht the rear of one m tin bou-e- s old PorJii'tt r district Near by, be nealh the pi.t'a nt another house i homeless cat reaed a quartet of his Devour i :TH OP, PORTS Bowlers Pour In Money. The entries in the national tournament of the American Bowling congress received by Secretary A. Iatngtrj of the Milwaukee tournament company represent 6,000 In money. The number' of entriea are: Five One of tin k ii , paid (special at men teams 210, two men teams. 420; tention to the asp house mar at hand singles, over Kbit. in the- flooring nt which the rat- - had Seorerary Langtry predicted that gnawed large hole., and were living the total number of five men teams to One In one that kil'en de enter would pass the 200 mark. All happily prior to (lifted the fan.liv of rodent, until they entiles bearing postmarks hall become eutirtlv wiped out Then midnight Feb. 10 will be.afcepted. but the juvenile eat enlarged the pa,,ag any with a later stamp will be rethey had made hentaih the a!i lions? jected according to the' rules governuntil it was atnph to accommodate ing a national tournament of the her own proportions She gathered American Rowling congress. togt ther the nests they had used un III sIk had a laige and comfortable Dates for Indiana Race'ttk racThe fair towns In the bed. aid all thiniiuh ihe present win ter she has made her home in ties ing circuit have chosen date SI folplace appropriating the lan.it r of the lows Mount Vernon. Ind., Aug. 14 to 19: I'niontown. rats to her own Uses K.v . Aug. 8 to IS; SI e i as wild as hi and those vis45 Henderson. Kv Sept. 26 to Oct. 1; see more Farm I. 111. Sept 5 to 9; Boonvllle, iting the ash hoq-- e rau-lIlian (it- - Up of her nose or an ova Ind, Aug 2k to Sept. 2. Charles How ning secretary of the Indiana occasionally conies to the immil of Ihe gtaT lar hole Boston Globe state board of agriculture, la greatly eneomaged over the prospect of the Curious Chinese Prejudice. present legislatute passing a bill that In the course of Imsmi-s.certain will allow each county fair in the I enidon As there are about sixty hanks have rusion to send state $5un oir laige snns ot dd i oi ii lo China county fairs in the state, the approNo si eieigns how tv el will lie at priation necessary would amount to -epted vv hit h have the familiar St ebout $3iMHi() and the bacon on the revt rse side Tht In agon plav, a leading part Gotch Wins From Samuelson. In rehgious matti rs in China, and its It did not take long for Frank Gotch figiue on the tom is abhniretit to the to prove his superiority over Alexander Samuelson. the "Terrible Swede," Celestial mind The laindon eon catch-camatch at signees have thciefoie. to pit k out in their eatch-aGotch had everything his the older coins having a sludd tin the Buffalo reverse side, for transmission to the own way. He twisted the Swede Into East, and these an now consequently a Knot and won. the first fall In 24:15. After a short rest Gotch sailed Into becoming very st art e. only about five per thousand remaining in penejal clr Pamm Isqjj. aaij won the last fall In 13 4u The Swede had an advantage dilation in England of thirty pounds In weight, but Gotch Lighted Witche to Jail. There is in ihe possession of Walter CHAMPION AMERICAN L. Harris of Salem a unique lamp, shaped like a tiowl and with a curving handle Tills is said to have been used i rnd (f what was to have been a t Tor Gotch at the Haffalo Gotch gvmnaslum Feb. 10 bcix!ig rather roughly in the fifth rotmd whttt he hooked Williams a hetTT punch Williams was knocked down When he fell his right arm twisted under him, his shoulder was 8Praiiud. and the bout ended there eB round irv-ou- - 0 'i$j V 1 id Tf w X! rfr '& '1 trf-stat- e s m Ring Oddly Recovered. The reappearance of a child's ring that had been missing for a week and the unusual circumstances connected with the finding of It for several days has been a favoitte topic Of conversa tion in an uptown family. On Monday, while the baby s mother was wiping ins hands wnti a damp towel, it is supposed she drew off the little plain gold ring a Christmas present that lie wort. Ail hour later it was missed. Kvery nook and corner In theroom where the baby was was subjected to closest scrutiny, but the whereabouts of the ring remained a mystery. On Thursday, the babys father, after coming home from the office, decided to brighten up his overshoes by wiping them with a damp cloth. . He did so, and then placed them on a rack over the kitchen range to dry. As they lay, stiles up, he noticed something imbedded in the heel .of one. Closer scrutiny showed that it was a ring and with the aid of Jto penknife the babys missing ring was dug out. Apparently the father in passing through the room with his rubbers on had stepped on the ring, which was forced into the rubber. For nearly four days he had carried the ring in that way about the city. Beside being slightly bent, it was uninjured. Philadelphia Press. Arrow Heads x Kentucky Horse Sale. 4t the (losing auction of the Sa , s company sixty head of trotters old for $12,192 Purine the 276 head were sold for $s3 425. Tiia top was for $1,200 price Ik Veteran ch g (41. by Direct am B$. dam Oilla, bought by Warren Ken-tuck- -- Pans Bacon, Other sales were: e Clav, (7). by C. F. Vernon to George M Nibb. Chestnut H ,11. Pa.. $500. Fleet Onward, b g (,), ,v Onward Flight, to C- F. Neagle, Lexington. Ky , $525. Kv b nt Clay-Bell- - e fiurse to a goat. This little fellow thrived and grew and its owner regarded it with the same affection that one bestows upon a rtgular household pet. What happened when the leopard grew to maturity is not told. We can dispense with this, howeyer. and only look upon the bright, childish side of the beast, which, as in the lives of men'Srid women, is the period to be best and most gratefully remein-lered- . New Yorh Herald. from Different tries. Coun- I Ireland. 2, France. 3, North America, 4. Tiet ra del Fuego. 5, Japan. 1, I s n Sullivan Defies Corbett. K Sullivan has ehallenged Jim Cortett fi meet him again In tile squared e rele a! any time and place on any terms Corbett may stipulate. Suflf only that he have eight months to tiain himself into condit tion. He weighs neighboi hood Of SftO pounds and sajs lie would her to tain off forty or muj pounds of that to get into condition. But he 13 thoroughly in earnest In wanting to John a-- fight Corbett. Lee Heads Auto Body. The board of directors of the American Automobile association announced that the nsignatlon of Harlan W. Whipple as president has been accepted, Ind Elliot 0. Lee, president of the Massachusetts Automobile clnh of the Massachusetts State Automobile in his plare W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., and William Wallace, AMATEUR BILL1ARDIST. . u( W( National League Newt. Pitcher Overall lias signed with the A Pittsburg dub. Selce has nine outfleld-rManager to try out in the spring Manager llanLn annoum es that he has definitely i!e lined a St. Louts offer for Jimntv Sherkatd. Sain Crane thinks the Giants would eat the Boston Americans up in the spring without using pappt-- and salt. Manager Nichols of St Lotus has Just exchanged Catcher McLean for Pitcher John Thielman of the Portland cluh. lie is a brother of the Thielman foiineily of Cincinnati, now of the Eastern league. Virgil Gurv In, before he signed with Little Rock, tried to get a chance with the Cincinnati "Beds offering to for felt half his year's salary if he fell from the water wagon. Joe Kelley refused to take tin f bailee, Pitcher Mike O Nell of Sr Louis has decided to retire from professiona' He Is now conducting a baseball. ' grocery store at Jdtmaika, Pa, and he lik(s Iht- Imsintss and will says He uiav pile h for the keep at It strong Mtiiuoka amateur team next summer. s - American League Notee. Charley Farrell last week signed with the Boston Americans. Shortstop Charley Moran of the Browns threatens to sign with the Penn Patk club of York, Pa. the drafted St. Perry Sessions, Paul pitcher, last week sent In his signej contract with the Boston elub. Manager Armour thinks Jimmy Barrett has played too deep a field, and will call him closer to second base. Outfielder Vinson has signed with Cleveland. He was the first Cleveland another chance. There Is a temper ance clause in his contract. The Tbontas brntheis, pitcher and cat( her, form a battety for lodiaaap-oils- . This is a ran combination. Pitcher y' Ferry of the Minneapolis dub lias signed with Charley Atherton s ludept nduit John.-towPa., club. Thomas and Morrison, two of. Indianapolis' new pitchers, come from the copper country. Morrison Is also said to lie a good first hast- artist. He will he able to do the Bateman stunt from all reports. It Is a fact that Grillo is considering an offer to take over the holdings of George Lennon !n the Toledo dub. Indianapolis inoiniser the largest grandstand in the American association on Hie new West Washington street gtollllds at thu Kixmter capital. Now that Phil Oder goes, hack to St Paul the three outfielders In that city will he old Boston players Gder, Put Carney and Chat ley Hemphill. n, - Western Winnowing. Jack Taylor HI is to cover first base for Colorado Springs. Only two of the old Millionaires st Colorado Springs will be retatned by Tom Burns Blake and Messitt. Shortstop Joe Dolan of the champions is still on crutches as the result of Injuries sustained last year with Omaha and may be unable to play this season. Billy Douglass of Wellsville, Mo., former catcher for the Philadelphia baseball team, has been offered the management! of a Western elub at a salary of $2,200. The St. Joseph dub has purchased THE 8PIT BALL. ' the witchcraft delnsion, to light Into Jail some of the witches. It ia of Iron and must have been Ailed with oil with a wick Aoating n the surface. One gazes on this black lamp and wishes It could tell ita atory of the past Salem has many spots which are pointed out to strangerB in connection with the witchcraft delusion. There Is the supposed witch house, where: It is si preliminary examinations took place. Then, in the courthouse, are shown the pins which, according to allegations, were stuck into vie tims. The old jail, now reconstructed is the home of Hon. Abner C. Good ale Church-Goin- g Dog. Gip" Williams, a church-goindog, died in Nontvilie, a Berkshire village, and bis funeral was held, says a Winded (Conn.) dispatch to the New York World. Many children followed the dog to Its burial place. Gip. who was owned by .a family named Williams, for years had attended prayer meetings and all the entertainments in the village church After the family had gone to prayer meeting recently Charles Richardson who lives with the Williamses, said to the dog. "Gip, yon can't go to church The dog walked Into the next room and went through the window, sash and all. Arriving at the church, Gip pushed the swinging door open and took his accustomed seat with the congregation. g aitt f ammr Prizes which were won by the contestants in the national class A billiard tournament were distributed Feb. LI by President Lawrence Hayworth of the Chicago Athletic association at a banquet given in that city In honui of the players by the tournament committee. i The premiership, ita emblems and special prizes hung up by the club, fell to C. Fred Conklin of Chicago. was too powerful. After the match Gotch announced that he was going on a Western tour. He says he will go to New York city on Feb. 22. Boy Runs Fast Mile. Sheppard of Brown preparatory school, Philadelphia, is a wonderful school boy athlete. At the games of the Dwight school A. A. the Quaker lad distinguished himself by running a mile in the remarkably fast time of 4:35 3 5 seconds. This time beats the indoor intenscholastic record by 2 seconds, and comes seconds of the Intercolwithin 7 legiate record. The equal of this performance was never before sees at school games. M. Surprised Cigarette Smoker. While a number of people were Dog Announces Crossings. A blind man and a spaniel dog leadwatching the antics of the seagulls, which rose continually to the para- ing him with the aid of ehain furpet of London bridge recently in nished a curious sight on Chestnut search of the food which several of street the other day. Pedestrian the spectators, were throwing to them, looked on in amazement and maa one gentleman gave a larse hag of followed the blind man and htt eprats to the gulls, who eagerly took friend to see if anything curioua woulc the fish from his Angers, owe at a happen when they reached a stree Old Tims Boxsr Dies. time. crossing. Strange enough, the dof , of the oldest boxers In the One waa close barked another the when curbstone by war t Standing world. Benjamin Van Slyke. Is dead at spectator, who held as unllgbted reached and In that way informed th blind man that he should be carefu his home at New York. He waa 7 cigarette in his lips. years old and had been an Instructor and of when the latter's surprise step down. Philadelphia Press. Judge in boxing on Broadway for the last no sprat erne daring bird, Andlng Afty years. His pupils included bankto Old New on Fort Uses. swatting him, suddenly swooped ers, brokers, actors, and professional the cigarette and deftly removed it men. Van Slyke was hale and hearty from the owners mouth. London rp to within a few weeks of his death, Daily Mail. and less than two months ago he accidentally knocked out a 200 pound Oldest Inn in Germany. pupil in a friendly bout. For some time past a controversy has been proceeding as to which is Bresnaban to Coach Penn. the oldest inn in Germany. The matCatcher Roger Bresnaban of the ter seems now to be Anally decided. New York Giants is likely to be seThe old town of MIttenberg. on the Whether IT was the splrit of loyalty lected to coach the University of Main, Is the possessor of an Inn known as the Riesen, which has had or the desire for novelty which caused Pennsylvania batsmen this year. Pitcher Fred Applegate, who was an uninterrupted existence since the a resident of Washington boulevard, secured by Connie Mack from Toronto twelfth century. The inn has been In not far from Homan, or thereabouts, he possession of one family for over to build a small barn, or outhouse, foi last year, has jumped the Athletics the storing of coal, afte the model ot and signed to play with the. Williams00 years. the old Fort Dearborn ia not plain, but port (Pa.) club of theTri State league. nevertheless the queer structure Too Strong a Joke. Gotch a Good Boxsr. )ne of the girl pupils at an Eastern stands on the back of the lot, weather Frank Gotch. the h school was expelled fir catting stained and beaten, a bit of old Cbt champion, stopped Sam Williams, a an orion and putting it on the cago in the' new. Chicago Record In the fifth big Canadian heavy-weighHeraM ctfrs Ci'k 5 3-- n ' 5TT fcccuuu Sigourney prize was won by W. H. of San Francisco. Third prize was awarded to Ed W. Gardner of New York, and fourth and Afth prizes to Charles S. Norris of New York and Charles Threshie of Boston. Schmitt and Stark, the other contestants who finished outside of the prize list, were toasted by their more fortunate billiard brethren and voted first class fellows by ever) body. At the etart. The finish. , The secrets of curving baseballs twist that reaulta in thd unexpected have not been half learned yet, re- curve. Its tendency to to Jump np as who bad resigned as members of the marked Skel Roach, the coast league the spit ball jumps in the other .diracing board, withdrew their resigna- player. I think I will prove this wfth rections. Chesbro starts his spit ball It come out on the top. ) tions. . my nothing ball, as I call it. I would by letting moisten the thumb and second finger as soon how show Just it is thrown, catch the ball fairly close and let it Canadian Curlers Win. It takes months to work it out come out sideways; that to, with the The feature of the curling bonspeii for at Winnipeg, Man., was the annual in- after you know the grip. I take the hand turned sideways. , 1 let go my, , ternational between ball betwen the thumb and the third slow ball with palm up. I never make competition Canadian and American rinks, the finger That leaves the first and sec- use of the seams of the ball to get purCanadians putting up an equal number ond fingers np over the top of the ball chase for a curve. In all these curves of rinks against the entire American The ball Is thrown straight out of the remember to study the clutch oa the contingent The result was a- victory hand. Just as it leaves, the first and ball as to how tightly or loosely It for Canada by twelve points, but play second touch It lightly to give It the must be held. wta exceedingly close all through, the Americans being slightly in the lead player to send in a signed 1905 con the release of the veteran BiJI pptt before the last ends were played. tract lass from the Philadelphia chib fo The Atlanta club has asked the De- $500, and he will play first base as Starkey Now a Wrestler. troit club to put a price upon Bobby manage the Saints. Wrestling enthusiasts will have an Lowes release. He Is wanted as Big Bill Everett, formerly of Cbl opportunity to see Tom Sharkey and csgo, will have ,the sole msnsgomes Lo Pardello In a wrestling contest Connolly received a lib- of the Denver team this season, an at New York In about three weeks. eralTommy. advance fropi President Johnson will bold down the initial bag. He i The exact date of the contest has not and now gets one of the highest salar- thinking of taking on Shorty Ella yet been WtUed upon, but each man ies ever paid an umpire. worth, the Maroon crack, as ess o has posted $250 forfeit money and a Comlskey says there to no bis pitchers. Charley side bet. Pardello agrees to throw reason why Lajoie shoqld not make Sharkey twice in an hour. Both men a success as a r in view Southern Sayings. have started training. of the results achieved by Jones, ColDoc Wiseman, the Cincinnati boj lins and Griffith. has signed his Nashville contract Greatest of Collies I Dead. It was only a day or so ago that Memphis has signed Pitcher Osita Sefton Hero, by many dog fancier? George Slone, working in a Coleridge Strelt, who played with Montgomer considered the most typical collie ever (Neb ) store, learned that he had shown. Is de) t the kennels of J P been traded to SL Louis by Boston. last season. The Birmingham cluh has notafiet Morgan In Highland Falls. N. Y. The He said: 1 dislike the Idea of play dog won many championship ribbons ing with a tailender. but will go If I Outfielder George Hanley that be bin been sold to Shrevepoit. here and In Europe. He was brought the money. If not, then for the from Kflgland nine year sgo and was get Memphis has reinstated Shortstoi bushes. Downey and 'traded him to Kaasai lSyesr old.' The animal was vslttec at $4, W0 City for Third Baseman Collins. American Association Affaire, Memphis - has reinstated Catehei Toledo is to have a new ball park r International Checker Match. that is. If Kelley retains the owner- Stratum, who Jumped that team h Devotees of the game of checker 1903, and has released Stratton ant of the club. are eagerly looking forward to tht ship Bill Clymer and Mike Kelley' will Law to New Orleans. greatest event that has been arrangec be the only playing managers In this Manager Gilks says that the follow In a Jong time, an International match, league next season. Ing old players will be seen is tbs with, ten players on a side, between Kelley of St. Paul to going Shreveport line-up- : Grsffluji, Weiiart America and Great Britain, to taks to Manager out a young pitcher named Coy, Hanley, Bartley and Gilliam, It will try place in Boston, beginning March II bailing frqm Prairie Depot be observed that Gilks siyt nothing and (pnt!n-jiD: jt. Ed Barrow will give Willie McGill relative to George Feye ys. player-ma- nager. player-manage- " |