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Show f (V trie- Si p WORfcD -;- gQ,.v;v-,... Jetlnet' Big Surprise Party. The narrow re, Bpe or Champion Jim Jeffries from .).-l.nt ni the hands of mi unknown DrIiIit named .lark Minim it In lliiiii', Mont . waa on of the biggest surprises Hint the siiortlng world has experienced In many a ilny. Ji'Trl. H la mi big anil strong that It wan not believed any man alive rnuld Inflict Ktimcicul punishment to hove any effect on him. When sin h hlltcra aa Fltaslmtnons. Sharkey anil Corbett coulrt make no impression on thi Klant bollfrniakor It wna haul to figure out where anyone else stood a chance of hurting him. Hut the uucxcclcd happrna In the prlie ring an wi ll an In other walka nf llffl. Here conu-a a flKhler who waa never hi aril of before, Jo k Monroe, who. It reports bo correct, hail tba ckamplon almost out. Jiff waa to put away (he nmhltlnua boxer In four rounila or forfeit I -'''. Monroe alnyeil the limit, hail thn better nf the California!! Cali-fornia!! In the early part tit the fight and aent him to one knee with a atralght punch-the flmt time that Jeffrlea hail ever been knnekeil off his feet In the firm round. The rhamplon, rnachod by his touring partner, Bob Htr.slmnmns. Ihen wailed In and although al-though he administered acvere punish-nont punish-nont to Monroe, the laltcr waa there at the end of the fourth round waiting tor more. Monroe la known an the amateur heavyweight rhamplon of the went, lie la a blK. good nnlurcd fellow, and ha the reputation of being able, to deliver a powerful blow. Ilia stork will undoubtedly un-doubtedly Hike on a big hooin now. If Jeffrlea ever nets a chance at him again the rhamplon will be more cautious cau-tious and probably endeavor to give Mr. Monroe a hentlng that he will long remember. Doesn't Want Corbett'a Game. Corbetl has ubout ileapalred of getting get-ting a match on with Jeffries. Jim' brother, Hnrry, has posted a forfeit of $2.r.00 wltn Ham Thall of Han Francisco which will probably remain uncovered. When Jeffrlea waa notified noti-fied that Cornell's forfeit had been posted he didn't enthuse over It a bit. He came out In tint -footed fashion and stated that his tour with FTtxslmmons, If It proved mroessful. might extend to Kuropc, and that he would not Interrupt In-terrupt Hi Ik Jo give a man w hom he bad already whipped another c.hauc-., At the same time Jeffries pointed out the fact that ('orhett hail done nothing noth-ing In the winning line since he stopped Charley Mitchell at Jacksonville Jackson-ville nearly ten years ago. From Ihla It would appear that tho champion has about given up his Idea of according accord-ing Corbett thn reluru mntch he promised. prom-ised. Thla will prove cold comfort for Corbett, who for the past ' six months has been training along rather conscientiously for thn battle he coveted. cov-eted. Two Oreat Fighters May Meat. "Philadelphia Jack'1 Ollrlcn and Tommy Ityan may come together soon after New Year a Ityan was In Chicago Chi-cago not long ago anil expressed a willingness to tukc on tii-orgn (lard-ner. (lard-ner. Jack Hoot or Jack O llrlcn. As the lust named boxer has long been anxloua to have a tilt with the middle-weight champion there should be little troublo ill arranging a bout between be-tween tho two. Tho liatlle should prove one of tho best ever engaged In by mlddlw-weighta. Ityan and O llrlcn are boxers of the flrat rank and each possesses a great amount of aclence. Ixivors of the sport hope to see llm two brought faco to face In tluj ring boore long. New Yacht Challenge. Betglau yachtsmen are deeply Uncreated Uncr-eated In the America Cup races, according ac-cording to direct information, and if present plana are curried out the Antwerp Ant-werp Yacht club will challenge fur the trophy In 1904. The club proposes next year to enter for tho German Km-peror'a Km-peror'a Cup nt Kiel and for the Hug-' Hug-' ' llsh Cup at the Heligoland regutta, and also to build d yacht aa challenger for the America Cup on lines laid dowu by M. Muurice (Irlsar, who will he the principal, If not aole, owner of the challenger. From Saddle to Editorial Chair. Jockey are not supposed to he hleaxeil with any too plentiful a supply sup-ply of brains. It Is. therefore, sur-pilslng sur-pilslng to nail of one of their number forsaking tho saddle for the editorial chair. This In what Charles Thorpe Ik about to do. If Thorpe be aa eue-tearful eue-tearful in Journalism as he has beeo as a Jockey his name should Hand out prominently before long In newspaper news-paper circles. He has been one of the best of the American Jockeys who have cut such a swath on European tracks for a few years past. On account ac-count of his aue he la known among his younger fellow jnckrya aa "grandpa." "grand-pa." During the pnt year be finished fourth In the list or winning Jockeya on the French turf, piloting eighty horses to Tlctnry. He could have ro-ncwed ro-ncwed his contract with his employer, a French noblemnn, had ho wished, but he has acquired enough wealth to retire and b ad a less strenuous life. Thorpe will take editorial charge of a weekly newspaper in a small town In Nebraska. ' -'.' A Coming Bowler. T ' Fred Btrong. who sprang Into national na-tional prominence by winning the Individual In-dividual bowling championship of the War United fltntca at Iluffulo last January, has of late been rolling In smb. phenomenal phe-nomenal form that the beat of the local Judges are willing to concede him tho honor of being the leading bowler in tho country. The clement of luck haa much to do with the winning of the nntlonal championship jut In a short aeries of three gamea on or two splits ruin the chances of the contestant. con-testant. St rimi's play alnce be won the honor demonstrates that his win was by no means a Ouke. In his recent re-cent tournament games It baa been a rare thing for him to roll under the ;im average mark, and In tho Chicago "league", the premier orgaulcatlon of the city, he possesses an average of 214 18-! I for twenty-one games. If be la able to maintain his present speed It seems likely he will secure the world' record for high average. The champion cham-pion haa boon bowling ouly three yeara but took naturally to the sport, having been prominent In track athletics and liHitball when nt college. Veteran Breeder Retire. Cicero J. Iliunlln, founder of the Village Vil-lage facin. who hns spent a lifetime In breeding and developing harneaa horsei,. and who for yeara haa been a foreiiM at figure on tho turf, haa been compelled by the (nlirmllles of old age to retire lrom active participation In the spin t. He la now aa yeara of age and Is so feeble that last aummer be lulled to recognize the Abbot when tho great trotter was driven onto the track. Mr. Hamlin baa advanced original breeding theories and their worth bus been shown by bis aurcess In producing speed. To Mr. Hamlin really belongs the credit of organizing trolling nu-etlnga on a large scale In this country. Almoin, Jr., Mambrlno King and Chimes were some of the gnat sites owned by him. Ills Village farm, at Hast Aurora, N. Y., la the leading calahllxhment of Ita kind In thn country. A Western Heavy-Weight. Fred Hiisscll. the big western heavy-weight heavy-weight who tamo into public notice a couple of yeara ago by making a good stand against Turn Hhurkoy, la anxious to get on a mutch with "Kid" McCoy It Is extremely Improbable that McCoy will eminent to meet Russell, Rus-sell, as the Knottier boxer Is well nwuro that a victory over the man firm the Ilcekica would add nothing to bis standing In the boxing world, linil the "Kid" Is Just now In need of all tho "booming" in this direction that be cai, get. IIiihsiiII Is possessed of conxldci utile strength, but hla knowledge of the liner points i the fighting sumo la not very extended. Ha can deliver a hard punch, but would nave much illlllciilty in landing land-ing it If the man In front of him had any adorn e at all. With McCoy In anything lll.o old time form bo could make Uuuitiil look HKo a novice In the ring. Ketcham String at Home. There wits much rejoicing round and about Toledo the oiher day when the Ki'tctiain string. Including Creaceui and the other top-uotchers, reached their hibernating quarters. Creaceus, the world's champion trotter, and a string of nine other fast ouea owned by (leo. H. Ketcham of Toledo, are now quartered at the Ketcham stock farm. This Is the wind-tip nf the trip that begun ut In liiiiiapol; Aug. '.7 Ian. Mr. Ketchum s.ild that the tula about Cresccus and the oilier homes being "lost" wu nil nonsense. All there was to It was that there was some delay in m I, I mi railway ci iinectloiis between be-tween Atlanta ami Cincinnati. thla poa'tlon only the first Joints of the little flugera will bo In the scissors, scis-sors, ae you will observe In Fig. I. Now bring your hands still closer together and roll your knuckles outward, bringing bring-ing your hands toward you till the backa meet, then downward, outward and upward, and the aciaaora, It you have mastered the trick, will turn blades upward aa already explained In Fig. 3. In handling the aclssora be careful that no one gets hurt by carelessly tossing them toward tbolr eyea or face, as some aro apt 'o do unless warned. Faithful Dog's Reward. I'rlnco, a collie dog oi lirooklyn, recently re-cently ate a porterhouse ateak, the reward re-ward for hla sagacity In giving the alarm when fire started In his master'! big stable. Fifty cows and ten horsea were In the stable, and It has been I'rluce'i duty to guard theni. When he amelled amnke he tan to l.cvlne's house, 300 feet away, and awakened him by barking. bark-ing. I.evlnu turned in an alarm and rescued the horses and cows. The building was. destroyed. Novel Spelling Match, line up the players In a aemlrlrole and let tho person at the bead give the first letter of a word say, "U," think-of think-of "dance," and the nex. one, probably thinking of "dunce." say "u." The third with "dull" or "dulce" In mind, aay "I," and tho fourth, not being ao very quirk, finishes the complete word with another "1." He Is then sent dow n lo the, root, to stay until the next one finishing a word cornea below l-.lm. The object la lo keep from adding Hie letter which Mulshes a word. It Hikes some ligri,iiilv lo do Ibis Sup-pose Sup-pose Hie word "Fiance Is thought of, and it Is spoiled to Ihe "c." someone calls out fiait." and the speller or ariVanded In and the boy or girl batng the longest list wina a prlxc. Exmplea: Hale, ball; hate, halt; fart, feint; fane, fain, feign; vauo, reii wave, waive. lluiil Make a list, from memory, otJds that are accented on the flrat yalle aa nouns, but on the aecond ay file aa verba. Same time limit, aia h longest list wina the prir.e. Kvmtplca: Atllx. compound, con II let, esorl, exiairt. Insult, aurvey, transfer. Tttrd Make a list, from memory, of torda that are spelled alike, but pmsiiiced differently. Hume tlmo llttst. and the prtxc awarded aa before. Kxmiplea; Courtesy, does, gill, lead, leaned, live, adl. read, slough, tear. Int. wound. Where the Wind Comea From. Ill many boys and girls know how to M tho direction of the wind! Of roust. If It wore blowing a gale any-. nneroiilfl tell, but aupiiosu only a gen- Ho brt-exe wero stirring hardly enryh to make the flcklo weather-rock weather-rock deride which way to point then wh would you doT lisuch a case a woodman or hunter will thrust one finger Into hla moutb. wrttng It well, and then hold It up In tie air. The alilo which feels coldest cold-est ihowg from which direction the wlnl comes. The reason of thla la plall thu more rapid movement of the air (roru ono direction cnusea the moiaure on that side of Ihe finger to dry soro quickly, thus giving ihe sen-satlju'uf1 sen-satlju'uf1 coolness. Home-Made Snowahoes. hUrh shoe cousista of two barrel slaves set fur enough apart to allow the tole of an old shoe to rest be-tweci be-tweci them. TH slipper la screwed llrmly to the social) crosa atirk. Tho back part of the slipper la allowed io rest upon and li fastened to the network made of cjolhcsllne or any other kind of small rope. The rnpe la strung through holes mailt In the sides of Ihe staves, which FlCI fee? lmvj lit't-i, ijur.'d win, a r1-:iut Iron Tlime ndt.ni mil t iim-iI In trav el.. ik irv'er l.opy linniiHl In (In miiu mur. i jL |