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Show TIIE SIORXIXQ EXAMINES DU I? UN, CTAll MONDAY MOIIXIXU. orTfm:i; iw4. --5 . ROUND TABLE FOR JUVENILE READERS WITH A MENU OF FACT, FUN AND INFORMATION are TOAD and quail the it GARDENERS FRIENDS 11 ' Bu ALBERTA PLATT A- J a -S t ?r i S T - t 9 m . m -- not ever kill a toad. Do not, either, believe any of the bad stories you hear about It. The toad is really perfectly harmless. It U not poisonous and never makes warts on children's fingers when DO , , . Urine, naturalism say. so there will be plenty ot toads if they are uot destroy-e- d by their enemies. The department of agriculture will send loads to tar deners who want to start toad colonies. In the stomach of a single one of these creatures have been found at one time seenty-aeve- a of the ugly thousand legged worms. In ninety days it would devour 2,001 cutworms. Once a lady tried to see how many rose bugs a toad thousand legged worm, to aay nothing of the cutworm, the caterpillar and the nail. A toad can snap up a snail, shell and alL The fluids of the toad's stomach dissolve the shell. In France and other parts of Europe the usefulness of the toad In field, orchard and garden U now so well understood that vegetable raisers pay a good price for toads to turn looao among book has been preprin-- telling f.irinc;. how much good they do. Anybody cun get the book wlio want to trn.1 out himself or herself the facts in li.r esse. The prelty little bird that s..ys bobwblte!" t otrly eecond to the toad In deetroyiug inserts liunful to crops. It eat the same things the load does and many giwms sud weed heeds besides. But the fl sli of the quail is so delicious to eat that it lua been shot and trapped till It ha become very scarce In many parts of the country. l ASKING THE THE STONE AGE MAMMOTH. IMPOSSIBLE. : was a hairy mammoth who and peeve. Contemporary huaisiia had Thrir "diggings'1 in a cava, . It fr Hob-white. Vi a dignified Ills picture, you may recollect. ( Was amtly done on bona By rising artipts of the time We rail the age of sterna. Put such the skeptic feeiiag ef . Our arisnuflo age That people were incredulous About that speaking page. They theughl the drawlnge raaeaafl from These dusty cavern heaps Were by some ancient bard who draw Peeps But memmethe have been lately found Extremely wall preserved: They allow that ancient artiste from The truth had never swerved. Japanese Girls Hae liaeer Sanies. In Japan tha names ox even the hum- blest country girls sre often those of flowers or trees. These numea are sometimes preceded by the honorific O, which means the Honorable as Hies Blossom. Then there nre the Honorable bliss ITum: their grounds. AU children should the Honorable Miss Pine; O'llaru, the know how useful the little hoptoad U Honorable Miss Springtime; and be careful not to stone or hurt one the Honorable Alim ChrysantheIn any way. Did you know, too, that tha Honorable mum; the toad can be tamed and that It the Honorable Mira Jewel, and makes a not at all bad sort of pet? A Mias Ear of Toaag Rice. once a had toad that pet gentleman ' THE BOBWHITE. The name Betsu Is often given to would eat from his hand. It can be maidens. Just as the names Japanese even taught to hop toward you when eauld eat. Sha fed ninety of these to It. Constance are given to Amerand Faith you whistle for It to come and get a fly and etlll the toad was hungry. And a ican girls. . Other names are blower of on or spider. saw occasion another gentleman lilies Blossom Child, Joyous Hunrlse, house flies The United Btatee department of ag- one toad snap up elghty-sl- x Happy Dawn, Blest Love, Jewel Forriculture la deelroua that toads should in less than ten minutes. tune and Glorious be encouraged to live in our gardens Tha department of agriculture conbecause they are of much use. The fe- siders the toad and tha quail, or A Ksw Winter Gome, so useful to our crops that a male toad deposits MM egga at one "The blind mans singUig school" 1 a game from which a party of boys and JUMBLED LETTER PUZZLE. girls may get a lot of fun. one of the party must be blindfolded to take the part of teacher. The class, composed of the rest of the players, should alt In a line facing him. The teacher Informs tha scholars that they will begin tha lesson by singing the scales. Then (he head boy or girl alnga Ah," and the next Ah" a little higher or lower. And ao It goes down the line, each one In turn uttering Ah" in any key or nets he or aha pleases. Tha teacher should listen attentively, and when she thinks aha recognises a voice must command the class to atop, while she makes some criticism on tha manner in which the note was sung, at tha Sams time calling tha singer by name. When ona of the players ta named correctly she must be blindfolded and become teacher, while the former In the picture are to be found two sets of Jumbled letters. Each set when teacher take a place in the elans. A placed In It proper order will give the first Una of a wall known nursery rhyme. general exchange of seal a should be The hairy mammoth, frosea hard, In tee securely pecked. Unreels the art af early man As quite a sober fact. When coming raoea dig and bring tlur modern art to view. We hope it may be equally Wilh maiuBioih pictures trow. e, . The Jap Girls' Plana. The Japanese girls plauo fa the fun. ny little instrument shown in the pic. turo and la culled a koto. Every girl In tha mikados land plays either th Vh-ior- bob-whit- CREATURES TUB TOAD BATS. return boll weevil. A Potato bug. A ThuiiMud legged worm. A Grasshopper. L It ejects fluid from tha back of Its head upon them. Tha toad la said to spN" hen It ejecta this fluid, which It does because It Is frightened, but the fluid Itself cornea from some curious glands atch side of the back of the toads head. What la more, cows do not give bloody milk when a toad Is killed, as many children have been told. It la not only cruel to kill a toad, but this does actual barm to farmers and gardeners. One toed In a single year will eat an untold number of the worms and insects that do millions of dollars' worth of damage to our fruits, grains and vegetables. What some of these hurtful creature are you aee from tbo picture. Ugly Indeed la tha cotton boll weevil that nearly ruin the cotton crop In some section. There, too, are those enemies of our garden crops, the potato hug, the grasshopper and tha hideous The Black Horse Calvary at Bull Run Is doubtful If any body of soldiery pf equal tlxe In all Its career ever did k much execution ns a certain com- It pany of Confederates known aa the accomplished on the ground which . acquires freak Inra terest oh'nccount of tha army rehearsed there the battlefield of Bull Run. True, the pagea of authentic history give no record of slaughter on that day at tha hands of these terrible fellows The havoc they made was not wrought upon Yankee flesh and blood, but upon imaginative courage. A parti of the problem of war ia to strike terror to the hearts of tha enemy, both the elecombatant and tha ment, and that the handfiil of horss-me- n who rods black steeds at Bull Run succeeded in doing moat thoroughly. Federal soldiers who wart scared away from the colon either before or after that Drat gun was fired, gave aa an excuse that the Black Horae Cavalry bad swooped down upon them und slaughtered all but tha pitiful few left to tell the tale. These stories travelled north and west and armies of men wen scared from enlisting by the Black Horse Cavalry man-oeve- stay-at-ho- Black Horse bugaboo. The thought of grim and devilish upon war prancing black chargers, cutting right and left with lory sabres, became n spectre haunt-la- g many minds all through the war, tols now found among oral traditions n the conflict when veterans fight their battles over. It was Just two yeun to a day before tbit memorable first encounter of the Blue and Gny on the hanks of Bull rlden When the war uprising came In Virginia, which was after the fall of Sumter, the Black Horaa company, under Robert Randolph, rushed to arms and marched with another local company to Harpers Ferry, ready to carry out tha plan of seising ths Government arms and arsenals That trip, which was looked upon at the time as a holiday affair, wan the beginning of four years service In tha saddle, for the bpeder was aoon able with war, and tha cavaliers of Virginia were not the man to shirk ths ordeal at that hour. From Harpers Ferry the comman rods to Manassas, or Bull Run, and wa, tha nucleus of tha gnat army of northern Virginia which had IU beginning on these historic plains Under Capt. W. H. Payne tha company skirmished with the Psderal advanos guard and win on active outpost duty on tha day of tha battle of July 21, 1M1. No doubt tha reason why the Black Hone cavalry was heard from In ao many places on that field was that It was widely deployed on outpost duty, and at tha time of th Federal rout and retreat closed la upon ths belated fellows, or the runaways and straggler on the outskirts of ths field. In that way ana Black Horse aabrsua appeared In all hit fierceness before the eyes of at least a hundred retreating and badly cared Federal, who mads the moat of the episode when called upon to account for their last momenta on tha field. But the famous company dropped suddenly from public view and recognition, although President Davis publicly praised its pursuit of tha fleeing Hun that a militia company of cavalry enemy. Soon after the battle of Bull ws organized at Waterloo, on the Ran, Capt. Faynea Black Horse troopHapiwhannork, In Fauqulr county, Va, ers were incorporated in the Fourth 1 V WM p of F. F. Vu. Ita Virginia Cavalry. Payne became MajJoim Scott, was an educated captain, or and Lieut Randolph assumed planter, nd oue of the lieutenant a was a Randolph, whose calling was the law. The Tha company fought In the line la all other lieutenant was a named tha heavy battles of tha regiment and planter Gordon. frequently had a chance to go In alone. In the ranks there were and It was a favorite body of man at army planters noted headquarters and served aa the special T1 01 Planters bearing irgtnlan names, and the majority of guard of both Stonewall Jackson and them afterward tom to rank In tha Robert E. Lee during some of their Confederate service. Whatever tbetr hazardous ventures within tbs enemys ,hy wer of the stock of Lees, lines. the Madisons, the Tylers and the RanWhen Jackson penetrated the Federdolph. al lines at the Second Bull Run, and ,he attraction of a placed himself and hid whole command luiilaa company for these young men between two Area, tha Black Horse was of a social nature: but when the troopers were his personal escort. At time came to buckle on the sword In tha crossing of Bull Run on this ocearnest they were casion busl-Jack eons headquarters detachfor the ready war. The first duty of this ment was charged upon by tha First wmpany was to protect the officers of Jersey Brigade of Federal. Calling up tbe law at the execution of old John n party of tha Virginias s, only twenty Brnwn, for It was expected that n for- sabres in all, he led them to the attack. midable attempt might be made at the Although the Jerseyraen were driven last moment to rqgcue the Liberator. off at the bridge Jackson found his oom-man- d. of We Tread lod Care .kero I lie esS See sS Uii TrosMee. -- Slews. User esS iltasr Dbeuee, Sleer Tree Hew Vmsls Omililes Ckraete fileeseee 4 CATABR1 TroeWee, sSCMlS vese Messes . . Steel IHr, hi ekeie.SetBel BeletlM saSEtai nr tae Bowels, Plies. Ratals VleeMta. Osin fee Ms seas reaee. ftps Worm. Her Peter Hyeaerln Xplleeer, reeeants. eta. esS nU Barrera we. Pitrsn ssi CXassla isst-. lie- Diseases. Cured. When Pay as taa f I a I11IOS- Weeemvsa Weak Men HlsenSer I PUB pJiMsaSy TCSSS Wl jM- - Bata vtaa reeeaeeai. THaaaia- - Mai MW IN PCBMSR OHM C. PUIVATB illSKASKS inravsHi r. SHORES & Writs fra (m esaara anil Cares. If SHOBtS, Cere a orPWIROVB Waaa. V ta I; SaaSayr I Sara Ml weal aa. as SeHSera R a Etwt IweliHrti. 82 1 la IA ggttg army cut off from Lee and Longstreet and menaced on every hand by superior forces, in thla delemma he seat Capt. Randolph with half hla troop to bring Lee to the scene. By good fortune Randolph passed the numerous Federal commands marching between Manassas and the Rappahannock, where he found Lee: On the return nil roads were picketed by tha Federal, and the party lay ona night close to the camp of Bufords cavalry. Fortunately for Lee, his Intrepid guides found a route of escape to the lines of Longstreet'a corps at Thoroughfare Gap, and next day tha General reached Manassas to direct the battle which saved Jackson from tpture. In tha Maryland and Antletem campaign which followed that of Manassas, .lie Black Horse riders remflained close to Jackson throughout his daring enHarper's terprise of surrounding Ferry. After It was over Jeb Btuart, Lea's cavalry chief, sent fur the troop to rejoin Its regiment, for a grand raid Into Pennsylvania. But Stonewall demurred. Said he: 1 know the Black Hone and can employ the greater part of the command for staff duty. Tha personal adventures of the men of this unique company while scouting recall those of Revolutionary days. When tha Federal army marched from Maryland toward Fredericksburg in tha fail of 1862 two of the bold Virginia troopers found thamaalvas la the rear of their enemies. Curious to know the destination of tha vast array of bluecoate, they followed. Near Stafford they stopped at a house and asked the mistress, an aged woman, to gin them eome brandy. "You are in danger enough already without adding to It drink," aha aald by way of emphasis to a firm refusal. But she relented whan they promised to bring back six Yankee prisoners. After numerous desperate deeds, lu which they charged belated parties of tha Federal rear guard, each capturing hla man, they appealed at the Stafford houra with right captives, two more than they had promised. After 8tonewaIl Jackson's death at Chancelloravllle th Black Horse returned to the regiment and rode with Stuart northward to Pennsylvania. At Aldia, where Stuart fought both cavalry and Infantry, the commander of ths troop selected thirty man to charge as a forlorn hope and stay the advance of a regiment of Federal Infantry. He declared that he never expected to see a man of them return. The dash waa made in column of fours down tha turnpike. A cloud of dust raised by tha galloping hoofs covered up tha Insignificance of tha line, and tha enemy.after a single volley, recoiled in confusion. This bold and hazardous ride saved Stuarts column from disaster. Later In tha day the company rode Into Steven sburg Just as the Third Virginia Cavalry was suffering defeat Without halting, Capt Randolph led his Black Horse In a spirited dash among the Federal troopers and saved the Third Regiment from annihilation. A. brave remnant of these troopers waa in saddle when Btuart rode out In the spring of 1894 to head off Sheridan's column on the great raid to Richmond, and the day after Stuart waa killed the gallant Capt Randolph fail while defending the very gates of the city. Capt A. D. Payne, one of the private troopers of First Bull Run days, took the lead and commanded through th stirring sabre battles at Petersburg and hi the Shenandoah Valley. And the element of tragedy In Its darkest phase was not wanting In tha career of these Black Horse riders. Just after the affair at Waynesboro, between Sheridan and Rower's squadrons, ta October, 1884. Private Martin and Campbell of the Black Horse hand were returning from a long scout to their own ramp. It was late In the evening and rainy, and the troojiers had thrown their waterproof blankets mads each time tha singing lesson recommences so that the voices may not be guessed by the direction from which they come. To give variety to thio game the second teacher may direct the claaa to sing a song, selecting soms well known nursery rhyme. Then, beginning at the top of the line, ae before, each player must sing the word which conies to her ta supply. It Is the privilege of each teacher to direct the claaa to aing w hut ever she may choose. What Yaw ghoald Kietr. Here are some things which era considered contrary to good manners and which all little boys and girls should tak to heart: To make remark about the food at dinner; to talk about things which Interest only yourself ; to contradict your friends; to grumble about your home and relations to outsiders; to aay smart things which may hurt some ones feel -Inga; ta be ruda to those who serve you over their shoulders, partly covering their gray uniforms. Three mounted men were seen riding up behind them, and m they were In the roar of Sheridan's column they supposed the strange trio to be Federal soldiers Cocking their pistols they rode slowly .purpoeedlx to be overtaken. for such the stranger The Federal were had euephtsone and prepared for a fight. As neon ad the stranger smo up alongside, the scouts wheeled on them and demanded surrender, to which the strangers answered by opening Are. The newcomers proved to be Lieut. John R. Meigs, an engineer on Sheridans staff, and two orderlies. Meigs put a shot through Martin's body but Marlin braced htasaelf and shot Meigs One orderly escaped and reported to Sheridan that Meigs had been killed by bushwhackers, sad for this supposed atrocity Sheridan ordered the burning of every house within five miles of the soansi Martin retxwersd and returned to his old home In Fauquier county. After the war the father of young Meigs apof Martin on plied for a court-martithe charge of murder. Capt. Payne, of the Black Ilona, wae able to prove, however, that Martin was on soldier duty at th time of tha encounter and that Meigs was killed In legitimate warfare. The handful of men with Capt. Payne at Appomattox did not surrender with Lee. hut sinned to march to North Carolina and Join Gen. Joseph EL Johnson's forces In front of Sherman. Then came news of the last surrender and the cavaliers dispersed and hung up their swords for good. Tha Blark Horse commander at Bull Run, W. If. Payne, reached the rank of in Stuart's cavalry Brigadier-Genera- l corps. He died a few weeks ago, and the Northern papers rhronicled with dne aoberneea the tradition about hls having led tha famous Black Horaa cavalry, which wrought much mischief at the beginning of the war. All there waa of It he led at Bull Run, some sixty or seventy lively young bloods, who bad chanced to select black aa tha color of their mounts to secure uniformity. al FIGHTER'S I Woe Made History. se It was at the beginning of th war, and the small scholars of a school were listening to an explanation of the matters of which Japan . Russo-Japane- eomplalned. Now," said the master, all of you who think thla la a Just war for Japan and should be carried on hold up the light hand. They sre taught Japan auiqjort Every right hand want up with the themselves by tlie two professions of exception of that belonging to Johnnie music and massage. Briggs. Riddles to Sales, Well, Johnnie, why are you against What relation la Ui door mat to lha tlie war?" queried ths Instructor. Please, sir," said Johnnie, because scraper? A stepfather (a step farther). How da' bees dispose of their hooey? war makes history, air, and theres a Thar Mil (sell) It. lot nun than I can learn ast It la. kots or the aamisen. by blind men, wlio In they get inside tlie ropes they forget livan at New Orleans, Corbett then all about ihetr planning and fight by was as calm and collected as a book Instinct alone. Bo all their worrying agent. He felt sanguine of success and fretting is for naught Corbett and said that an earthquake would nut says that while he is always anxious to have disturbed him that night. Jim Jeffries is not nervous before a win, he does not Ut the thought of a possible reverse enter hls mind. fight. However, be abowa a goud deal "When I take chair I am oblivi- of concern fur hla opponent at Ibe ous to everything and everybody asva time the match la made and before be the man before me, said Corbett. be started training. This may b dua Whats the use? It wont do you any to the fact that when out of condition his nerves are not ae strung. At good to get nervous. 1 have confidence in my ability to win, and so I go ter Jeffries has signed for a fight h abend and do my best. If I get will talk over the encounter with bla whipped well, I have one consolation, friends and ask their opinion as to and that Is that others Lavs met with the ability of bis prospective rival. I ought to beat him quirk, don't a similar fate; that I did the beat I tauld, and that my opponent knows on 1 think no?" or He ia a good mam 1 think I ought to win, don't you?" more about lha game ihiu myself. My Indifference to defcai had a great deal are some of the questions be offers. to do with my winning the championBut on tha night of the combat Jefship from Terry McGovern. Gee, youd fries la an entirely different stan. thluk Id haff a ewtllcd head the way Tho champion always trains faithfol-ly- . I figured to my friends before the fight No matter whether hls opponent how 1 would heat McGovern. They nil may appear to be a dub, he wm work laughed at me, but could not help but Just as bard aa If the man he la going admire my confidence. Many thought to meet ia a champion. When Jefthat 1 would be easy plucking for the fries fought Jack M unroe the other mighty Tnrry. Even my trainer, al- night he chewed gwm. When he enthough he did not uy so, personally tered the Coney Island Athlolle club Bub Flixslmmona for ibe thought the best 1 would get would to fight be a good thrashing and tha loeara and championship in 1899, tme would have of the purse. 1 wasnt disturbed, how- thought h waa going out for a drive ever, nnd Just went after him ns if he instead of facing the best man ia the was n third or fourth rater. Well, you world up to that time. He came know the result of that mill. But it through tha box u flier door of th proves that I am Lot in any way ner- - club wearing a flaring red sweater vous." 11s waa as Indifferent , and n golf rap, Jim Corbett, aa the public knows, ia to everything and everybody as If he a highstruag young man. The slight- were present to witness the fight. est thing causes him to worry. Corbett When Mked Ibat night aa to wbat ha says that he waa not always of this thought of bis chances he carelessly nature. His nervousness developed, said: strange to say, after be became chain-- 1 i "I think I will win. If I dnut 1 pion. Then be tietted more than won't maka a hollar, that's alL when he was struggling for tenia In tha j Nothing see mod to disturb him, and1 roped square. Corbett ia very fidgety ' tbs vast crowd marvelled at his self before a contest. The least trifle seems j control nnd lack of emotion. In a& to bother him. All hla thoughts are swer to n query from a friend once on the fight and he cannot banish ths as to how he could control hls f"clso well before a fight the bn protective scrap from hls mind. H ingsbollerstaker carries his nervouHoras Into ths ring, ny simply answered: j I cant exactly explain It, but it and to watch him while he is silting in ' his chair waiting for the first gong j is my nature. I have been that way since a kid. I was never afraid of one who did not know his temperament would think he was sitting on anything or anyhody. I don't know what It la to be nervous, i wouldn't pins nnd needles: The ring, though, was finally re get rattled If a fellow placed the turned. Meantime, the crown prince muzsle of a gun before my nose, and a waa cloaely confined to hi room, and (ew have been pointed then. A fight hls uncle. Prince Henry of Prmflia, does not lease me. I don't care if was sent lo represent Emperor Wilthey carry horseshoes in thrir gloves liam at the coronation of Ring Edward or wear armor. . If I thought I could whip them I would not mind taking in hla attack After leaving Bonn he mads several a chance. It ia not because I am the short trips for tho purpose of Inspect- champion or because I am big sad ing the Industrial eatablishmenta of strong. Neither ia it became I am Later he took more ex- always confident. I know fighters who Germany. tended tours, visiting Rome, the Eng- had a high opinion of their ability and who were very confident, yet very lish court and Egypt When he was 17 he received a gift nervous when they entered the ring. of shooting preserves In the forest of The only explanation I ran give la that a big bag. On oat occasion his bag it la my nature. I don't worry and let anything annoy me, I was 2"G hares and one buck, and on never another occasion 160 bars and two couldnt do it even if I tried. The late Peter Jackson was a nerv-ou- a bucks. man at lha Uma of a fight Hla About a year ago be visited Duka Theodore of Bavaria and ran amuck in first manifestation of concern asserted the public casino at Bad Kreutb, where Itself an hour or ao before the ion-tebegan. Jackson beltsved in stimube was bunting. a glnus of waa fnll of guests, and called for a lants and always drank brandy. Joe Cboynski would not repiano. This not being brought, he cover hla natural demeanor until be broke open a harmonium which stood entered the building and saw the In the room and hammered the keya crowd. Cboynski bemuse very ronri-dewith his fitsta and finally wrecked the some of bis friends would instrument. Then he swaggered out come whm to him and grasp his hand. He of the room. was very happy whan they asked him It waa aald that he was sober at the a lot of qaesUona and wished him time, but wrecked the Instrument out good luck. Cboynski always fought of pure love of destruction. better sad often woa under these cirLast week he distinguished himself cumstances. . fire. Ths fire waa Kid iRvlgae, aroordlng to Sum by lighting a forest k, near thp hunting lodge where the bis former manager and train-e- r wm a coot prince was visiting the Grand Duchess on th ave Anatasie of MeckJeaburg-Schwerin-. He f a mill. The proposition champion assisted tho foresters and servants in was m indifferent to tho outcome as if he thought It was all ever and ha had putting the fire out. On the afternoon of his battle with won. Lavlgno had unlimited oonfl-danBoo Fitssimmons at Carson City, when In hla pvowaaa. His mind was he Jaet the championship. .Corbett occupied thinking Just bow long it wm as nervous as a cat He started Ronld tak to win. For Imperturbaat the slightest thing. Altbongh he was, bility and cootneas before a fight the confident of laying the Corntehnnai late Jo Goddard of A ns trails Rsa brwPfcod-dhr- d low, he was on the move aH the time. sxcmpK PrUx-foVHe never kept hla eyes off Kitesluv usually woold taka a nop and nionx. In striking contrast wu hit wind up byrahawfng large lpins-o- r demeanor when ha fought John L. Sul . dead. THE either In shop or at home; to refuse ungraciously when somebody wishes to do you a favor: to behave In a trolley car or train a If uo one else had a right to be there; to apeak disrespectfully te any one older than yourself. TEMPERAMENT. Hew Pugilists Feel and Act Prior te to a Contest. Juat bow some pugilists act and feel the ring for an imprior to entering are questions that portant contest have been repeatedly asked, hut never properly answered. Usually to In qulries of this nature the scrapper will reply that he la enjoying the host of health and "fooling aa fine aa silk. But If the truth be known there sre very few who do not frat and worry over the outcome, even though they are champions whose rivals appear to be easy victims. Accidents are liable to happen, and pugilists are aware of this. Many fighters try their utmost to conceal their real condition and apprehension before a rdll. They will do all sorts of things to mislead their intimate friends and even their train-erThey will feign happiness. Joke and convey the impression that the whole world is sunthine to them, when at the same time they are brooding and doing some hard thinking over the coming encounter. Probably no pugilist In the ring today is more Indifferent to the termination of a fight In which he la to be a principal than Young Corbett, if is apparently ns cool as an iceberg. He Nothing seems to bother him. takes hls chair with indifference and does not know exactly what he la going to do until b faces hla man. Often fighters plan their course of battle days ahead. They map out their line of action even In their sleep. This Increases their nervous tension, and "often undoes the work of weeks of faithful tratnisg. Knu at that, when a. , . I . Boh Flixslmmona allows his wife ta do all the wurryiug fur him before a fight. The CurnlHhman ia nut in the least nervous. He1 Mys that thinking about tha result of a go bn whipped many a gbod man who would probably have had a chance If they had allowed lr concern. HU usually aiaga and lakes a nap before a battle. Hia liking for sleep, ou on occasion, came near causing tbe postponement of a figbL It was on the night when Fits was mau-beto meet Gus Ruhlin 'at Madison Kquare Garden. When the Cor alahraan came to town from his training quarters at Huih Beach bo pet up st one of the hotels near the Garden. He waa tired and after telHng hia minor to call him, when lo bed. After Fils had been asleep for fifteen minutes he got up. The rattle of tbo cars and ike noise In the hotel distubed him and Fits went into a quieter room and went to bed. Whew hia trainer returned to the hotel nnd spent tote nit's mom be wan surprised over hub's He searched high and tour, but (o no avail. MMawMte the management of the Garden won wondering why Fits did not put in an rirmows and appealed to the trainer. Tha latter professed ignorance as to Vita's whereabouts. T thought he was here, th trainer Mid earnestly. "He is net to bis room at the hotel. I loft him there and, he went to sleep. i7 . A Bout hair an hour later Fits wm found snoring heavily and it, too kHu miner soma time to arouse him. George IAxon never displaypd any signs of natummaM before a faqUe. Ike champion reed a book or in bis dressing room while waiting for the time to go on. Jack Mtmroe.U not narnrally nervous. But he got-a- n awful attack of stage fright when he raw Jim Jeffries tn the ring. The, Butie miner contends that thla had a great deal to do whh Ms defeat. Terry McGovern, despite tbe foct that.be was considered to be tavHudbiM ago. Is nervous and shows concern before a fight. He Is impetaonsamd hot tempered and hla miners have C6 humor him. They say that thinking about the fight and Juat what Ur dosa the ring causes skis. Qua Rubttir.ls cool headed, while Jos Gana ssaus to be worried at the merest trifle. The lightweight champion ta meetly disturbed if hls opponent happens to weigh more than he does. In the ring he is not easily rattled. Tom 8bar!y la very craukypand d while in training. But this disappears usually an hour before a fight. Some folks My Sharkeys only mental occupation bis chair Is figuring on tbe ate ofth house and hia share of Mia gato receipts. ab-m- an. tew-yea- cross-graine- tht whlle-sleUug.i- a Labor condition! on the Minnesota iron ranges nre by no means ao satisfactory m the corresponding period last year, and no relief Is promised until the opening-o- f navigations ooma nine months hence. at nt POISON FUz-pairir- ca ! We put up a' liquid that is a killer. Largo Dottio 2Go Wm. Driver an-oth- vr be The Dr&ggist |