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Show I... ' XWJCTCLI HIDDEN Y SCOUT. Homemade Affair Saw Sarvlc With Owner In Civil War. In a little barn n Canterbury street. East We) mouth. Mass., surrounded by old furniture and covered with a mantle of cobwebs, rests one of the oldest tricycles in the country, and one which saw much service and figured In many events during the civil war It was built by John Armstrong, alias Kelley, a scout in the union He traveled many miles on service the old machine, and according to stories told, it carried him out of danger on several occasions Before the war he built the machine, constructing the hub of the front wheel rr5 i . 7vxv'r.( rSc?; rJt: t. ;A V VvV: Tricycle Used in Civil War, nut ot a section of an oak limb and using broom handles for the spokes His seat was an army rubber blanket fastened to a frame and bis knapsack was held by a dog chain. When he could not scout on foot he used the wheel. His longest ride was from Washington to Portland, Me , return to Washington and from there to Boston Just before Armstrong died he gave the machine to its present owner, John J Higgins, at that time a member of the 61st Massachusetts Infantry. Mr. Higgins says' there are many who would give a good sum of money for the machine and he has had several excellent ofTers for it, but he would not part with it at any price. PLUMAGE TRANCE CHARACTER It DEAD. Hoc, hut Kept Ridley Cave Away $2,000 Tilt the End. Clark Ridley of New Bedford, Mass , often derided as miBer, who startled his acquaintances last summer by giving away several houses and other property to his tenants, Charles O. Allen. Catherine M. Ashley, Mrs I.aura Tripp, his housekeeper. and others. Is dead, aged 86 years. Ridley's action at the time caused widespread comment, and hundreds of letters poured Into the Ridley home, begging for gifts of houses, money , anything Mr Ridley had to give away r his gift of houses. But outside Ridley held on to his remaining prop- erty until very recently, when he disposed of all his real estate, except his own homestead, whih was the worst looking house he owned. For twenty years Ridley had been letting his tenements, and had accumulated property till he owned ten houses He collected his own rents He had been a common laborer all his life, and had saved his earnings. He never had any "good times," as he stated recently in an interview, and gave up chewing and smoking when 0 years old because the habit was expensive. Cp to the time, a month ago, when he was taken sick, Ridley kept house for himself Mr. Ridley was determined to give bta before away ail his property death, and up to a few days ago had given avyay ail but some $2,t00 in cash and his homestead, but his relatives didn't figure in the deeds of gift. This $2,000 Ridley kept in his bed till he died, unable to make ap his mind what to do with it. After Dinner Regrets. OF THE FLAMINGO. Tints Before Final Color of Scarlet is Assumed. There are about seven species of flamingoes, three of which are in America, frequenting the Bahamas. Florida and Cuba. In height the flam fngo averages about five feet. If Its curved neck were stretched to its full tower above the length the bird head of an ordinary man. During May and June, the breeding time, the birds' bright colored plumage is faded, hut reassumes its most ra diant hues in winter. When first hatched the young have straight bills, which, after a time, develop into a Many bent Bhape. The first plumage is grayish white, and passes through various tints of pink, rose, carmine or vermilion to the full scarlet of the adult, which reaches its deepest shade on the wings. Several years are necessary to perfect the final gaudy plumage. Scientific American, At- National League News. Stanley Robison was once the short rtop of the Northwestern University Joseph B. Rce of Sedalia has bee learn. No one seems to be anxious to land Dick Cooley, who will be released by Boston. s Charles A. Nichols will take hie Car-linsl- elected to draft the schedule for W05. The season will open April 29 close Sept. 17, the Wiedule being agreed upon Both torning and afternoon games will be Phyed on holidays, instead of double-keader- s in the afternoons. 140-gam- e to Warm Springs instead of Threo-- I League Tips. Houston. Texas. The Davenport club has traded out During the past week Pitcher Claude Elliott of the New Torks sent felder Jesse Ruby to Rock Island for tttcher Frank Creek n his signed contract. Fred Olmstead, a younger brother of Pennsylvania university has made Ui Columbus pitcher of last year, has Roger Bresnahan an offer to coach the 'Varsity baseball team In batting. bn signed to tvirl for the Peoria The Boston Nationals will hVW team. George Hessler, a ho caught for April 19, Lexington .day. all to themselves this year, the first time since flock Island last year, a ill not Join the the American league broke Into Boa-to- Rofesslonal ranks this season, but ill play aith American amateur Ned Hanlon, manager of the Brook-lvn- elubs has asked the other National - Rock Island has secured by pur league clubs to waive claim to 30 of chase the release of pitcher Harry the 54 players who were on the Hedges of Mllaaukee l.ast year he s afth Mllaaukee and Springfield, Brooklyn club's roll a month ago. John T. McGiaw of the New York f the Three-- I league, closing the sea Giants has picked up at Hot Springs on wttji the latter city. what he considers a remarkable find has signed a young Bloomington lr Shumza Sugimoro, a young Japa- Davenport catcher named Frank Ott. nese ball player, who was with' the Manager Conners a ill also work out a Cuban Giants last season. He is young player from La Salle named remarkable outfielder, a fine batter Fitzpatrick, who is said to be a fine and a skillful base runner. He will Inflelder He will be given a trial at go on the training trip with the hort In place of Kruger, who may not Giants and is likely to be put Into return, owing to a salary difference regular service In center field. Sugimoro is a jiu Jitsu expert, and while American Association Affairs. Loucks, one of the pitching recruits exhibiting his prowess the other night came near breaking the neck of Mike that Toledo has secured Is said to be a "spitball artist. Donlln, Elmer Meredith, who played with Milwaukee last year, has been turned American League Notes. The New York club has decided not loose by the Brewers and will play to retain Catcher Frank McManus. with the Meridian team of the Cotton Jack Chesbro calls his expectora- 8tates league next season. Several Toledo business men have That tion slant the "thumb-ball- . taken steps to organize a company to sounds much better. Pitcher Sudhoff has signed with the take over the Toledo Base Ball club England. Alexander won three straight sets. Miss Vera Warden the woman's championship. in Jeff Talka Retirement. James J. Jeffries made a statement at Savannah, Ga , last week, that he would only enter the ring to defend the world championship one more time and that the match must come vlibm the next twelve months. The champion assigns as his reason for tbls his growing distaste for severe training and the bard and constant work uecessary to keep in condition. He says be has accumulated and Invested enough money to keep him comfortable for the rest of his days. Billy Delaney, the veteran trainer, who has unearthed two world'a champions, says he will also retire from active participation in all matters pertaining to the ring when Jeff steps down and out. n. s, Egan Sails for Europe. H. Chandler Egan, amateur golf champion of America, sailed for Genoa, Italy, last week. Mr. Egan will be away for two months, when he will return to complete his course at Harvard He says that he may not Ills play golf at all while .abroad. friends urged him to compete ia the English championship, which waavroa last year by Walter J. Travis, but he will be home before the competition takes place. . Duffy Loses Twice. F. Duffy, the American ranaer, made his first appearance in AustralLou Dillon's Pedigree. ian athletics at Melbourne Feb. IS, Drivers in pedigrees have at last but finished second in both events In keated all the ancestors of 1m Dil- which he competed. In the lon, so that'she will now go in the championship Duffy was defeated Lou Dillon, 1.58H, th tape by Mueller of Bendigo. Tim books as followsch m, foaled 1898, bred by Pierre 0:10 2 5. Morgan of Melbourne Cai. Sired by with five yardsstart, beat the AmerBros., Santa Rot-a- . Sidney Dillon 23,159; dam l.ou Mil-to- n ican, who started at scratch. In th (bred by John Mendenhall; foaled seventy handicap.- - Tlm 0:07 1880, the property of Green Thompson, Sonoma county, California), by Milton Rifle Match Date. Medium, 2;254 (4.782); Th national rifle match will take grandam Fly (bred by William Maxwell, Waupun, WIs ; foaled 1868), by place this year at Sea Gift, N. J., Black Flying Cloud 378; third dam about Aug. 22, and the three or four foaled succeeding days. Gen. W. P. Hall off (bred by William Maxwell, about 1860), by Imp. King of Cymry, the military secretarys office of the thoroughbred; fourth dam by the war department will have charge ot the arrangements. It is expected there Briggs Horse of Morgan blood. " will be thirty or more teams represented in the competition, which wtit Big Regatta for The annual Interlake Yachting as- engage the army, navy, marine corps, West Point, and Annapolis mark sociation regatta will be held at Putin-Bay the week commencing Sun- men. day, July 23. There were no other Pitcher Taylor Fined. applications for the honor of holding the regatta, as the yachtsmen have The board of dlre&rs 4$ the Nfr become accustomed to hold that event tlonai BaaebatJ league decided y at the islands, though the Jack Taylor was guilty ol people have cut down their guarantee drunkenness, and they thereupon fined this year. At a meeting 1L Coy Gild-dehim $300 and announced to him that advocated that the Yacht Racing he could not again play with a Na union, which includes all yacht racing tlonai league club until he had $14 clubs on Lake Ontario and Lake the fine. The board wad through, A. 100-yar- d - five-yar- w d 2-- Put-in-Ba- that-Pitch- Put-ln-Ba- n 7ZL NEVER EATA MAN AGAIN. 1T) REALTY JNER 3EG ATE THE ILAST N , HIiLE,YU JEE. AND HE HADANDEN LEG. V -- fx Owls Devotion to Dead Mate. remarkable Instance of bird in stiuct and devotion is reported from , Quaker Neck. Early last week Henry Brown, a Nenses. Electris Light Bath foe. farmer there, eet several Jump-trap- s Every' day some new contrivance about his .farm to catch prowlers, of beneficial to the health of man or whatever nature, that had been playpandering to the vanity of woman ing havoc with his flock of fowls. A makes a hid for favor. One of the day or two later he missed one of the latest of these Is an electric light traps. Yesterday Bartus Trew, a bath. This invention consists of .a neighboring .farmer, discovered two square cabinet lined throughout with owls in an appla tree. One, a large mirrors and having rows of electric horned owl, eras In evident distress, bulbs all around. The bulbs are col trying to shield and warm its mate. ored red, green, blue or white, and To a leg of the dead bird wha hangwith chain atany color may be turned on, accord ing Brown's Jump-trang to the special need of the patient tached. Elkton (Correspondence Philsitting within the cabinet. For nerv- adelphia Record. ous diseases the green is said to have Face-Il- k Flower. a tranquilizing effect. A subnormal D The blossoms of the sehubertla, a pulse may be improved by red rays of light, while the blue and white plant which is found In Central Amerare expected to Improve the color of ica. form the exact counterpart of the the skin and neutralize any blemishes features (Of t an Old man. The top of on Its surface. the bead is as smooth as the proverbial billiard ball, and tthe forehead is Novel Purse tor Women. wrinkled. The eyebrows are projecting. the eyes piercing from .their sunken orbits, the sose prominent, the cheeks receding and lined.; the long white beard Is perfect, and the proportions off the head are apparently correct. The sehubertla belongs to (he orchid family, but as It .grows chiefly la places that are anost. in accessible, specimens are rarely seen Attempts bo except by travelers. A p grow the plant la this country have Montreal Herald. proved futile. Blasting Out Frog. This frog story comes from Texas. Mark Twain la not Its author; At the mines of the Chiaos Mining one Mtr while the Mexicans company gtPMT about 2S feet, they of a were at depth The picture shows the garter purse, of frog out number a blasted large 1.000 of which a New York bank gave came rock. solid the of singly, They The customers. women to its away twoa and threes, and in sevand purse Is of chamois, and Is fastened eral by Instances, whole families Austo a steel slide, which runs along the tin dispatch ia New York Sua. garter. Ter-lingu- to-da- Msgnificent Buddhist Monument. which is a BuddThe Kutho-daw- , hist monument near Mandalay, in Burma,-consi- st -- of about700 Growth of Skull. tem- ples, each containing a slab of white marble, on which the whole of the Buddhist bible, containing ovar syllables, has been engraved. was erected in 1857 The Kutho-dathe last king but one by Mlndon-miThe vast collection of of "Burma. temple together fora a square, with a domlnatjng temple in the center. At the left is the skull of a new born infant and at the right that ot a full grow man. Found Bond Issued In 1861. trimming the leaves of an old Bible that has been In the family for half a century F. 8. Rand of Worcester found a U. 8. bond for $100 Issued in 186L Although $134,000,000 worth ot bonds were Issued at the same time, tb treasury report shows thst the whole Issue has been redeemed with the exception off $A406, Just Not Appreciated. , Trouble haa ensued for two girjs la the grammar school at 5 Portland, Conn., bee an so they wrote a not to other pupils In which they said that they Intended to marry the young Wesleyan student who was substituting for the regular teacher. The mat ter has been nettled by the girls making aa apolovr (o the young ms. Wb'-i-e ffzpr r.atmzZL Outfielder of the Boston Matiaaal League Club. I Browns for the coming season. His 1904 salary was sliced. Matty McIntyre objects to a cat ta salary for next season, and has refused to sign a Detroit contract.' Shortstop Joe Yeager, drafted from Montreal, has fclgned with New York. This is Joes second term in major league (Company. Pitcher Tate Cromley, drafted from Indianapolis, refuses to sign at Detroit's figures, end wants to be transferred to Washington. Tom Hughes of Washington will not be traded for George Winter of Boston, is the final announcement of the new owners of the Washington club. The 8L Louis ciub is reported as Laving cut Catcher Jack O Connor'i Of course, salary almost Jack now declares he will retire. He gave small return for his salary last year, yet received It la full. The playing days off Jack O'Brien, former Boston substitute, are over, as the resnttt ff a troublesome big toe, which was Injured la a street railroad accident the spring before he came to Boston. O'Brien has brought a anit agatast the railroad for damages. one-hal- f. Western Association Facta. The club guarantee money was raised to $100 and the money on each cries of games will be divided as follows: Forty-fiv- e per cent to the visiting team and 55 per cent to the home team. Lawrence Kean, a yonng Chicago player, goes out with tbe Topek team this .season. Kean's back fcelleva they have discovered a rad Lajole In this youth and assei that he la one of th greatest sat loggers they have ever seen. ' Aa important resolution has bee adopted by the magnates, empowei ing umpires to fine captains $35 an to forfeit games to opponents for the misconduct of a team on the field. EubsUtute umpires will hold as much sutlxrrity as the members of th reg n!r rtaJL 1 and Ha franchise, which is now controlled by President Lennon, of the 8L Paul team. The team and franchise ' can be purchased for $15,000. Toledo has sold Bill Kemmer to the Manchester team, of the New England league. Montgomery, of the South era and Association, gets Bnratbers O'Hara win go to the coast. Catcher Boy Clark will go back to fit, PasL Friable la to be eet free. j czjttnnatzfi r.z? - MacDonald the young man who brought himself Into prominence by his record-breakin-g work oa the Ormond-Dayton- a track. Ha will 1 nnnmmmnm taka part In the European auto raeen, and hit friends are confident b will finish among the first of th speed riders! mmmnmmmmmmmmmmm VdVVVMVWAfUtAAAf but not so Taylor, who has engaged an attorney to press the case no far nt J, A. Hart In concerned. , Michigan, be Invited to participate In the events. A resolution to that effect was passed, and this will make It the greatest yachting event of th year on fresh water. - - - Waterbury la Racquet Champion. In a final match of the national racquet championship tournament at the New York Racquet and Tennis dnb Feb. 1$ Lawrence Waterbary of New York won the premier honor by Central League Chatter. defeating George C. Clarke, Jr., anWheeling will get back Outfielder other local player. Waterbury was Lew Smith and Pitcher McConnell outplayed In the first game, but took the second and third by fair marfrom the Pirates. Jimmy Ryan, the Evansville man- gins. The fourth was won rather easager, has traded Pitcher Minor for ily by Clarke, but Waterbury wat of Colorado reserving ftis strength for the decidCatcher Bearwaid ing game, which he won by a score Springs. The latest candidate for umpires of 15 to 12. Following is the result Position Is Morris Kinsey of Martins o( the final round: Waterbury beat 15--9, 15. Ferry, W. Va., who has been recom- Clarke. 115. 15--7. mended by leading tans at Wheeling. 1513. The, Dayton management Is now Noted Geifer Dies, considering playing Blue at first base to fill McKinleys shoes. Blue has Lather L. Kellogg, Jr, one of the successfully filled every position In oest known golf player In the counthe Dayton team and is regarded as try, died at New York of cerebroone of the best players in the league. spinal meningitis at the residence of Teddy Price, the Wheeling man-ge- r, hi father, L. Laflin Kellogg, after an writes from his home in Okla- dines of eight months. Mr. Kellogg, homa that he has signed Maag, who although only in his twenty-seventhad won two golf championships, PbabIywlILbe put on second as year, Shortstop Wessel has been awarded and was a member of the team that played the Englishmen to Wheeling in the controversy with for International honors. He was Johnstown and Gloversville. captain of the Fox Hills Golf club, - - and also a member ot the Lakewood Southern Sayings. Ihflelder Erve Beck has signed a and Deal Golf clubs. New Orleans contract American Is Champion at Nice. The 'Nashville club has purchased B. Alexander, the American playF. Shortstop Granville from Little Rock nnd signed First Baseman Elsey, late er, holds the championship of the Nice Lawn Tennis club for 1905, havof Butte. n defeated J. G. Ritchie, the Manager Newt Fisher of Nashville ing of the Queens player English writes President Ksvanaugh that he has bought Granville, shortstop for club of London. The match between Alexander Little Rock last year. He has signed them was most exciting. from the start, the following players 'to date: Reis- - sued aggressive tactic df high-clas- s tennis a ltger, catcher; Frickey, Bailey, Ad giving hisdlspla who haa thw repopponent, against nms. Brunner, pitchers; Lally, first utation of being the steadiest piayer base; Ilford, second base. - American Trotter Abroad. -The American trotter will be prominent figure at the annual lng nt Nice, France. Among the entries there are Onward Silver (2:0514), Bell Kuser (2:08), Contralto (2:10), Kirkwood, Jr. (2:10), sad Walnacott (2:1014). Should they all meet la a handicap race, the contest '. . will, be a lively one, j Jennings to Coach Princeton. The Princeton university baseball team has secured Hewie" Jennings of the Baltimore Eastern ieagnt aa coach for the coming season. A. R. T. Hlllebrand, 1900, will b the head coach, aa last year, Jennings coaehad the Cornell nine for three years. Last year Fred Clark of the Pittsburg Nationals was coach. $-- h well-know- Raisa Moultons Salary. , Athjetlc Trainer E. W. Moulton, who hu conditioned Stanford athletes for the past four years, has bees signed by the executive committee of the associated students for two years to come, at a salary of $1,500 a year, which la an Increase of $150 over th.-salarhe has received lu the past. 74 . Weed Defeats Canuck Champion. Ont., Feb. 1L Morrla Wood, the American champion skater, defeated Fred J. Robson, th Canadian champion, in a series of races, 22$ yards, half mile, and mile. Wood woa all three events easily. The time for th 220 yards was 0:21, half mUo 1:27, and mile 3:1$. , Toronto, Governor fitopo Prizo Fight Tho scheduled prise fight between Tommy Mowatt of Chicago sad Bddio Hanlon of San Francisco at Oshkosh. Wit., was stopped by Governor LaFeK lette. . i ., 7 |