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indoor ball games
to BE THE PRINCIPAL SPORTING
EVENTS THIS REEK.
last game y. m. c. a. league
CHATHAMS AND HISSARS WILL
CROSS BATS WEDNESDAY.
Y. M. C. A. Team and Team of
Augnatn Association to Play Bas
ket Hall New Year's—Continued
and Healthy Interest Heins Taken ,
la Golf.
The last game between the Indoor
baseball teams of the Y. M. C. A.
League will be played Friday night
between the Reds and the Blues. The
regular schedule of games ended with
the game week before last, when the
Blues and the Whites were the con
testing teams, but Inasmuch as the
Blues, by winning that game became
tied with the Reds for first place in
the series, it became necessary to play
another game to remove the tie.
As this is the championship game,
each team will have out its best play
ers and an exciting and closely con
tested game may be expected. The
line-up of the teams will be:
Reds. Blues.
Blake ......catch Hunt
Doty, W. T. ....pitch Heyward
Wells 1 base Kessel
Courvolsier. J A.2 base Riley
Dwelie 3 base Elton, J.
Courvolsier, E. L.l. s.s ... Elton, W.
Lovell r. s.s., Patterson
Hull 1. f Sholar
Benet ..... r. f Righton
It is possible that on Friday nights,
during the remainder of the season,
basket ball will be played, a league
of three teams being organized for
that purpose. ,
CHATHAMiTvsTHUSSARS NEXT
Rill Piny Indoor Ball at Guards'
Hull Wednesday.
The Chathams and the Hussars will
cross bats in the Guards’ Hall Wed
nesday night in what should be one of
the most hotly contested and therefore
most interesting games of the schedule.
The Chathams are on their mettle since
their defeat at the hands of the Ogle
thorpes last Tuesday, consequently are
out to redeem their laurels, and prom
ise to play the game for all that there
is in it.
The Hussars, on the other hand, are
of the opinion that what has been done
can be done again: they think that if
the Oglethorpes proved the Chathams
are not invincible that they, too, can do
it, and what’s more, they are going to
try, and try hard.
The attendance at these games has
not been so good as it was hoped it
would be, but now that the men are
playing good ball and the teams, by
various shifts and many additions,
have been made more nearly of the
same strengh, it is thought that the
attendance will improve and that the
people will again take the interest in
the game that it deserves.
The line-up of the teams for Wednes
day night will be:
Chathams. Hussars.
Kayton ....catch Bryan
Davis . pitch Bell
Barbour firs’ base Morgan
Gar many ....second base Connerat
Krenson third base... Elton. J. H.
Papy left short... Carmichael
Clarke .......right short Hincks
King left field Stoddard
Gallager right field.. Harrison, R.
The game will be begun promptly at 9
o'clock.
FOOTBALL ON CHRISTMAS.
Savannah to Play Macon for C'hnm
ploiiNliii! of Tliree State*.
The manager of the Savannah foot
ball team has practically concluded ihe
arrangements for the game to be play
ed with Macon in this city Christmas.
The Savannahlans have defeated the
Jacksonville aggregation and the
Charleston team, both of which are
composed of clever players, but they
will have no easy time In beating the
Macon crowd, for that team is said to
be one of he strongest in the state,
if not in the South.
Both Harris, the fullback of the Ma
con team and Winn, the left half, are
said to be crackajacks; men that the
Savannahlans will know are in the
game from start to finish. All the re
mainder of the team likewise are good
men. The Savannahlans have a good
line, as was demonstrated in the
Charleston game, and hope to be able
to hold the Macon plungers. For gains
they put their trust in the backs, the
Sullivans, Barrow and Frank Mcln
tire, whose excellent work on former
occasions leaves no doubt of their abil
ity to take care of the work entrusted
to them.
The Savannah line will consist, it is
now thought, of Hicks, center; Ros
siter and Futch, guards; Thompson
and Klllorin, tackles, and Lansberg
and Smith, ends. Savannah has of
fered Macon a big guarantee, with the
option of 60 per cent, of the receipts.
A cheap excursion will be run from
Macon to Savannah on the day of the
game, and It is expected that a num
ber of Maconites will avail themselves
of the reduced fare to attend the game.
This game will decide the champion
ship of Georgia, Florida and South
South Carolina. .
CORCORAN TO BOX AGAIN.
Binnibfr of Poiiln ArwWß*d
vnnnah Athletic Club.
The Savannah Athletic Club has
made a number of changes and addi
tions to Its schedule of boxing bouts
to be held In December and January.
The Falrburn-Lenny contest, which
was to be held Dec. 13, has been post
poned a week from that date. This
will be followed, after a week's inter
mission, with a bout between Cleary
and Tommy Corcoran. Corcoran’s
many friends will be glad to know
that their favorite, and the most pop
ular boxer that has ever appeared
here, will again enter the ring, and
they will, without doubt, turn out In
large numbers to see the "go."
The third bout, according to the
Present schedule, will take place Jan.
3 between Jack Daly and Kid Thomas
Of New Hoik. Matches between wel
ter wetght or heavy men are always
of more interest than those of the
lighter boxers, and this alone, even
If Daly were not already known here
as an exceedingly clever njan, would
draw a good house.
In addition to these bouts In Savan
nah At McMurray has also arranged
another match between Tommy FelU
and Joe Tlpman of Baltimore for an
other go in Baltimore at some date to
be settled later. McMurray. Feltx, and
practically everybody that saw the
last bout which was awarded to Tip
man on a foul, claim that the decision
Wa* nothing but robbery. Feltz* wains
another chance to get back at Tip
man, and when he does, with a square
referee, there’ll be another tale to tell.
MoMurray will leave to-day fop
Charleston. He is matchmaker of
the Southern Athletic Club of that
city, and has already arranged a num
ber of bouts to be pullA off "over
home” during the present month. The
first of these will be 'between Tommy
Feltz and Terrible- Tommy Hogan of
Buffalo. This will take place Dec. 16.
The second, which will take place Dec.
23, will be between Jack Daly and
Young Starr, while the third, between
Feltz and Kid Henning of Washing
ton will be pulled off Dec. 30. Feltz
will leave for Charleston to-morrow.
Young Starr, Ed Lenny and Joe
Fair burn will sail from Philadelphia
for Savanna* to-morrow.
basketTalTteams
Of Avgusta and Savannah Y. M. C.
A.'s to Piny New Year’s.
Much interest is being shown in the
game of basket ball that will be played
in the Y. M. C. A. New Year’s between
a team of the local association and one
from the Augusta Y. M. C. A. The
local team will be composed of the
same players that defeated the Augus
tans Thanksgiving and which, last sea
son, won one game and lost one In
the series with Charleston. The men
are: R. E. L. Hunt, W. T. Doty, W.
H. Doty, E. L. Courvoisier and H.
Y. Righton.
The Augustans are expected to reach
the city New Year’s morning; the
game will be played after the usual
New Year’s reception and supper that
will be given the Y. M. C. A. members
and their friends between 6 and 8
o’clock. A small admission fee will be
charged to defray expenses of the vis
iting team.
GOLF STILL POPULAR.
Many Members of Sava-..nh IrfS*
Club Tuking Lessons From Pro
fessional.
Although the Savannah golf team
l}as no matches scheduled for the im
mediate future, yet both the members
of the team, as well as the less pro
ficient members of the club, are spend
ing a great deal of time on the links.
Not only the beginners, but the best
players of the club are learning much
from the instruction of Mr. Willie
Chisholm, the professional that is in
charge of the course.
It is probable that a match game or
a series of them will be arranged short
ly. The team is at present without a
captain, but an election to fill that im
portant position will be held soon.
DR. WILSON’S~GUESTS.
The Wilson shoot, which took place
at the Forest City Gun Club during
the past week, was an innovation In
the sporting world in that it was the
first private invitation shoot ever giv
en. The gentlemen present were from
North and South, and included Mr.
Anthony of Virginia, who won sev
eral of the prizes, which Dr. Wilson
presented; Mr. Hubert of Thomasville,
who proved one of the best shots: Mr.
Matthews of Birmingham, Ala; Mr.
Walters of New York, Mr. Collins of
Baltimore, Col. Martin of South Caro
lina, Mr. dußron of Cincinnati, Dr.
Holland and Mr. Rawson of Atlanta.
A delightful lunch was served on the
grounds after the shooting was over,
and at the close of the second day's
shoot the guests presented Dr. Wilson
with a silver fruit dish on which their
names trere inscribed.
UNIVERSITY’S BALL TEAM.
The Athens correspondent of the
Morning News says that prospects for
a good baseball team at the univers
ity next spring were never before so
bright as now. This announcement at
first blush, may seem a little prema
ture, but not when It is taken into
consideration that the men are already
at work developing a team. Practice
for the past three days has been re
tarded owing to the heavy snow which
fell in this section, but the men ex
pect to get in some good work be
tween now and Christmas.
ON A DEER HUNT.
Mr. Richard Johnson and Mr. Fel
ton Hatcher of Macon, Mr. R. F. Les
ter of Statesboro, Mr. A. A. DeLoach
of Atlanta and Mr. D. B. Lester of
Savannah will leave for Ossabaw Isl
and to-morrow for a deer hunt with
as fine a pack of deer hounds as was
ever turned into the woods.
SLOSSON DEFEATS UAIIITEL.
Schaeffer Laid Up With Cold and
Could Biot Play.
New York, Dec. 7.—“ Jake” Schaefer,
the Chicago billiardist, was to have
met George Slosson of this city In a
400-polnt game to-night in the Inter
national championship billiard match,
which is now in progress at the Mad
ison Square Garden Concert Hall, but
Schaefer was laid up with a cold and
his physicians forbade him to leave his
hotel. Louis Barutel, the French ex
pert. took Schaefer's place. Slosson
won, 400 to 300.
In the afternoon Howison beat
Mornlngstar, 400 to 310.
WILL MAKE NO FOREIGN BOOK.
Charlotoii Rnrinu; Association De
cides Disputed Point,
Charleston, Dec. 7.—At a meeting of
the Charleston Racing Association
held here to-day it was determined
that no foreign book should be made
upon the Exposition track. There has
been much discussion over this point.
There was much opposition to a for
eign book being made here, both in
New Orleans and Washington, and it
was In deference to the wishes of
horsemen at those places that the as
sociation took the action It did to-day.
New Orleans Race*.
New Orleans, Dec. 7.—The card of
fered for to-day’s sport was excellent.
The favorites made the most of their
opportunities, B. C. Fox, who won the
Magnolia stakes on last Saturday, who
made his lirst appearance as a Jumper
to-day, being the only one that failed
to score. The stake event, the Pal
metto steeplechase, furnished an ex
cellent contest. Gov. Boyd, an out
sider with fair support, forged to the
front and landed the prize. Summary:
Weather fine; track fast.
First Race—Six furlongs. If-You-
Dare, 2 to 1, won, with Royal Sterling.
11 to 5, second, end Sim W., 12 to 1,
third. Time 1:13%. , _ „
Second Race—Five and a half fur
longs. O'Hagen, 6 to 5. won. with
Slppon, 8 to l, second, and Cast Iron,
0 to 1, third. Time 1:07%.
Third' Race—Six furlongs. George
Arnold, 2 to 1, won. with Nettle Wad
dell, 4 to 1, second, and Tom Kingsley,
10 to 1, third. Time 1:18.
Fourth Itace—Palmetto steeplechase
handicap, short course. Gov. Boyd. 8
to 1. won. with #bick Furber. 7 to 1.
second, and Glosando, 11 to 5, third.
Time 3:05%.
Fifth Race-Selling, one mile and an
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1001.
eighth. Felix Bard, 7 to 10, won, with
Piederech, 7 to 1, second, and Jessie
Jarboe, 1 Oto 1. third. Time 1:54.
Sixth Race—Selling, one mile and a
sixteenth. Jenati 7 to 2, won, with Al
bert Lee, 6 to 1, second, and Eda Riley,
7 to 2, third. Time 1:4814-
THE GLAMOUR OF RANK.
0
ritlloaoplilcal Explanation of NVliy
Englishmen and Americana So
Dearly Love a Lord.
From the London Spectator.
We know of few social puzzles so
perplexing as the English reverence
for rank. It is so entirely at variance
with everything one knows or imagines
of the national character. The majority
of our people are supposed to be stub
born, self-opinionated, and proud of
their personal independence. They are
unusually sensitive to slight, and hold
stcutly In theory to the belief that
one man is as good as another, if not,
when they are thinking of themselves,
a little better. They have absolutely
no respect for pedigree, about which,
in fact, as they have few traditions,
they usually know nothing; and they
have not a trace of the feeling that
rank, being conferred by the sover
eign’s will, makes in some way a de
mand upon their loyalty. They
would be surprised to hear
that much of their free
dom was due to the self-sacrifices of
the caste, they do not attribute the em
pire to their exertions, and though
they acquiesce in the preference given
them in the distribution of patronage,
they would, if that were presented to
them as a theory, loudly protest that
it was both unfair and inexpedient.
Nevertheless, they have what can only
be described as a reverence, some
times a rather abject reverence, for
rank. If a man has a right to a title,
especially if the right comes by in
heritance, they acknowledge him in
*heir hearts as a superior, are eager
to pay him deferen \ think fils ex
clusiveness not only natural but be
coming, and judge his errors by a
standard which they do not apply to
men of their own rank, and which—a
still more singular fact —they do not
altogether approve. They watch his
proceedings, his sports, his marriage,
his tumbles in the hunting fields, with
an interest, that never tires, and actu
ally expect all their newspapers to re
cord such things as carefully and as
fully as any other events. They will
read aloud paragraphs about the be
trothals of persons with whom they
have no acquaintance, or business con
nection, or relation of any kind, with
postitive gusto, remember them as they
remember nothing else. They like the
heroes of the fiction they devour to
be ieople with titles, and do not, ap
parently, care whether they are the
argels or the demons of the drama.
Indeed, the bad Marquis and the
wicked Baronet have become stock
characters in fiction; the readers ex
pect 1 Dukes to be described as idiots,
and Viscounts as used-up debauches,
and yet, if thrown into contact with
people bearing those titles, they are
distinctly elevated in their own esteem.
They are far more eager to hear about
• them than about the official magnates
whose characters really concern them,
and will skip a speech by Mr. Ritchie
to gloat over some entertainment given
by the Marquis of .Carabas, who has
abstained from the work of govern
ment as a little beneath him. Indeed,
the feeling goes a little further than
that. We have noticed for years that
the managers of newspapers which
cater for the "man in the street” all
keep a corner, sometimes quite a big
corner, for the doings of foreign nobles,
about w v hom their readers can and do
know nothing, and if these nobles
chance to have the prefix of "Prince”
sub-editors will insert long paragraphs
and sometimes historiettes about them.
It is, perhaps, natural that they should
give tlaring headlines to an announce
ment of the betrothal of the Arch
duchess Elizabeth of Austria, for that
young lady, besides being the grand
child of the reigning Emperor, is the
only daughter of a man whose romantic
and melancholy death interested all
Europe; or to the death of the Duke
of Berwick, for, although that noble
w as a Spaniard, he is closely connected
with our own history, but we have
known them pay the same honor to
German and Italian nobles as far
frtm thrones, and as little likely to be
mentioned in history, as any English
squires. The newspaper proprietors
know their own business, and what
can be the explanation of an interest
which is certainly not produced by any
desire for information, our people, as
a rule, being absolutely indifferent to
all Continental personages except Kings
and statesmen or soldiers of the very
highest rank? They know less of Dr.
Miquel than of Sir Horry Vane, and
could no more repeat the names of
the Prussian Cabinet than those of
the first six Popes.
It Is all snobbishness,explained Thack
eray, w ho was supposed to be not only
a great satirist, but a man of deep In
sight Into his own countrymen, and
the explanation is widely accepted; but,
even if true. It does not go very far.
What makes one of the proudest and
freest of races so snobbish about rank
as distinct alike from pedigree ana
wealth? We doubt, too, the truth of
the statement, for these same snobs
who so worship the great In rank will
not bear at their hands the smallest
oppression, nor in politics overmuch
resistance. They are just as ready to
sue the Marquis of Carabas as any
other customer, and If he drives over
a child in his motor-caf will pelt him
rather harder than they would a
commoner, owing to an Impression,
quite unjustified, that Judges will be
too lenient. Depreciatory explanations
of national peculiarities are rarely
completely true, and even granting
snobbishness as a fact, there must
be a reason for a quality so remarka
ble. The late Mr. Walter Ragehot, who
was one of the wisest of mankind,
used to say that the true explanation
was creditable. They were, he believed,
In every grade continually "struggling
toward the light,” striving, that Is, to
press upward, and, as it were, clutch
at the upper rings to make their ac
cent easier. They watch those above
them, and especially those labelled as
such, for the sake of instruction In liv
ing, and deter to them as possessing
something which they themselves have
not and which Is worth having. We
believe that explanation is substantial
ly the true one, If we only remember
that vulgar minds remain vulgar even
when they are struggling upward, and
that the sense of Inferiority weakens
self-confidence, often to the great In
jury of the character. Add that the
Englishman does not feel envy, and
that his social system, lasting’ as It
has done for ages, has made him sensi
tively alive to distinctions of grade
which go down to the very bottom of
our society, and we think we shall un
derstand why he is so Impressed by
rank, which to the thoughtful often
means nothing except possession of a
label which adds no more to the man
himself than his shirt-front or his
umbrella.
Whether the feeling, which extends
through all classee and Is often ludi
crously strong In men of the highest
class —witness the amazing fuss about
the coronation ceremonial, which will
In many of Its details fix rank —Is bene
ficial to the community or injurious
Is a very complicated problem. Un
doubtedly It diminishes ease of Inter
course aqd increases the uneasy self
con sclousm-ss apt to dlstlnguirti Eng
lishmen. It tends, therefore, slightly to
diminish happiness, which we suppose,
with some doubt, to be the most rea
sonable object of pursuit. But we are
inclined to question wheher, as is so
often alleged, it diminishes energy;
whether, indeed, like the Englishman’s
deficiency in thrift, it does not often
increase It. Everybody quotes Ameri
cans on the other side, maintaining
that their usual unconsciousness as to
differences of grade—there are plenty
of American snobs, but they belong
only to a stratum of the people—in
creases their aotive power. They all, It
is said, feel at the top. Amerioans,
however, are not more energetic than
Scotchmen, and there is no people in
the world among whom the sense of
grade is so universal and so keen. They
feel just as the Englishman feels, with
respect for birth superadded, but
nevertheless push upward like Yankees
getting usually—once said to us a keen
old Scotch Judge—“within Just one
rung of the top, where the Englishman
awaits them, having arrived he could
not explain how.” The Scotch are pro
bably the one perfectly democratic yet
aristocratic people in the world, and
evry boy boxes his rival’s ears for
Impudence conceding that if he would
behave himself he would have some
right to be impudent. No, the sense of
"the magic of rank,” as Mrs. Oliphant
called it in one of the best of her
stories. “The Ladies Lindores” does
not diminish strength even if It does
in some degree impoverish lianner.
Even that is not universal, for no one
would compare the manner of a Nor
wegian. who is democratic to his very
soul, with that of a Swede, who, if he
acknowledges that in our Father’s
house there are many mansions, ex
pects the tenants of half of them to
"cut” the other half.
AN AWFUL EIGHT.
Terrible Struggle Between a Lion
nml n l'olnr Bear.
Jacksonville Correspondence New
York Journal.
A furious fight to a finish between
a fierce Nubian lion and a monster
Polar bear took place at Mundy’s An
in.il Show, (in Jacksonville, Fla., a
few days ago.
The bear was badly beaten, but ev
erybody admitted that be had made
a splendid fight. Both beasts were ab
solutely game ell the way through.
The lion carried' on the fight under
considerable difficulties, as toward the
close the keepers were shooting him
and jabbing him with redhot irons.
The bear owed his defeat to his
weakness in offensive tactics. In
strength, weight and endurance he was
fully the equal of his opponent.
The fight naturally divided Itself
into rounds, although, of course, no
time rule was observed. After a fierce
bout the monsters would rest for a
few moments and then go at it again.
The fight lasted ten rounds.
The Polar bear had angered the lion
In some way. possibly by his color 01
his cold and reserved manner. The
keepers were first aware of the trouble
when the lion smashed the partition of
iron bars that separated him from
the bear.
The lion is a mangnlflcent beast, 6
years old, which is the prime of life In
his family. He has a very tihtek mane
and a horrid roar. When he roars he
turns Up fits nose and his upper lip
and displays two rows of glistening
fangs. He weighs 500 pounds. The
name Roosevelt was given him be
cause he was so fierce and handsome.
The Polar bear Is an equally fine spec
imen of his family. He tramps around
his cage all day in a restless manner,
but rarely utters a sound. He weighs
560 pounds. He Is called Peary, in
honor .of tfie famour, Arctic explorer.
Roosevelt started the fighting by
landing with the left paw on Bruin's
right shoulder. Owitng (to ,the enioir
mously thick fur on the bear the blow
did little damage, although the fur
flew.
Peary showed a desire to get to close
quarters. Roosevelt preferred to use
his agile feet, delivering quick, vicious
blows and hopping aside with light
ning swiftness. The first round was
principally open fighting of this kind,
Peary losing much fur.
In the second round Roosevelt land
ed heavily on Peary's nose, knocking
off a considerable portion of it. Peary
seemed groggy, and Roosevelt seized
the opportunity to throw in a dozen
savage blows. Peary, however, had
plenty of stamina. He backed up
against the bars and rose on his hind
legs. When Roosevelt leaped at his
throat he caught the lion a fearful
blow on the side of his head, knock
ing him to the floor with a great thud.
Both then needed a rest.
In the third round Roosevelt went
at once for Peary's injured nose. The
latter, however, dodged cleverly.
While Roosevelt was rushing paßt
Peary the latter squeezed him against
the bars and began clawing and chew
ing at his relatively uncovered hind
quarters. Roosevelt was unable to hit
back effectively, but finally succeeded
in dragging himself away, uttering
fearful howls and roars as he did so.
Roosevelt opened the fourth round
In a sensational manner by leaping
high into the atr and landing on
Peary’s back. This worried the rather
slow bear, and Roosevelt was left at
liberty to dig Into his back for some
seconds. By a terrific effort Peary
threw Roosevelt sideways off his back,
so that the lion landed on the floor
with a great crash.
The proprietor of the show and all
the keepers were now around the cage
doing what they could to separate the
fighters. The owner realized that
every time the Hon landed on the bear
he knocked SSO worth of value off him,
not to speak of the poesiblity that both
would be killed.
At first the keepers tried long poles
and Iron rods on the raging beasts, but
these were utterly disregarded. They
smashed the poles like matches and
knocked the iron rods back so that
the men holding them were injured.
In the firth round the lion appeared
a little groggy as the result of his furi
ous and breathless fighting. He panted
heavily and trembled as he hit out at
Peary. The latter pressed his opponent
steadily. He tore large patches of skin
from, his body and seemed very nearly
victor. Suddenly the Hon roused him
self and gave the bear a fearful blow
on his already much damaged nose.
Peary stepped back. That was the sig
nal for a brief return to their corners.
The lion began hostilities In the sixth
round by fixing his teeth In Peary's
left hind leg. The bear tried to shake
him off, but the lion held on like
death.
One of the keepers here Intervened
by Jabbing a red hot Iron against the
lion’s muzzle. A fearful stench of burn
ing flesh and hair filled the air. The
Hon was at last compelled to let go
of the bear. He jumped back snarling
horribly at the human Intruder. The
bear seized the opportunity to throw
himself on the Hon and bury his teeth
in the latter’s back. The keeper then
turned the Iron on the bear and the
fight was stopped for a few moments.
Roosevelt quickly recovered from the
weakness he had shown and began
the seventh round with a great rush.
He tore Peary's coat until he was
nothing but a shapeless mass of bloody
tattered fur. The unfortunate bear
tried to hug the lion, thinking no doubt
that would stop his Jabs, but the lion
did not care for this method of fight
ing. Peary rose up on his hind legs
and Roosevelt dealt him a right paw
smash that tore most of the fur off his
chest.
The two fighters danced around and
roll*-* over one another so. rapidly that
Ihe keepers were unable ‘for the time
to make- any attempt to separate them.
The ninth round began with both
fighters gropgy, but still In the ring.
The Hon had had his right paw bitten
through. His mane was nearly all torn
away. His back and hind quarters
were badly damaged. His left leg was
nearly useless. He could not see out
of his right eye.
The bear was much more badly off.
There was not a space on him as large
as a man's hand that was not torn
and bloody. His head was in such a
deplorable condition that his nose and
eyes were unrecognizable. All his
paws were bitten through. His back
was literally ploughed by the lion's
claws. Still they kept on fighting.
They growled, roared, shrieked, moan
ed and muttered as they did so.
The bear now accomplished what he
had' been trying all along to do. He
got the lion in his deadly embrace. He
got a fair grip. But this move proved
after all to be Peary's ruin.
The bear hugged the lion until the
by-standers could hear the feline fight
er’s bones creak and groan. The lion
gnsped almost breathless, but still he
managed to get his teeth into the un
der side of the bear's throat, one of
the most vulnerable parts of his body.
In this deadly embrace the tentn
round was fought out. The bear kept
on squeezing, the lion kept on gripping
with his teeth. The throat grip was
more than the bear could stand. Slow
ly he relaxed his grip and sank on
his back beaten and half dead.
The lion stood over him snarling as
if he meant to eat him. At this mo
ment a courageous keeper stepped up
and smote Roosevelt between the eyes
with an iron bar. He then seemed to
think he had had enough and dragged
himself back to his cage quietly, where
he was barred in.
The circus men secured the animals
with ropes, and four veterinary sur
geons were set to work on their
wounds. They bound them up with
antiseptic dressings wherever they
could and in other places used large
strips of plaster.
The lion will probably recover, but
the condition of the bear is desperate.
THE STRONGEST ANIMAL.
Bull Dor Awarded Palm for
Strength mi.: Endurance.
From the New York World.
In points of strength, tenacity and
endurance no animal in the world can
compare, size for size, with a well
set-up bulldog. Its fighting qualities
are, of course, proverbial. Most people,
however, only know its exploits from
the pictures in the comic papers. Any
one who will take the trouble to ex
amine the peculiar equipment of one
of these powerful little engines will
end by having a greatly increased
respect for Its qualities.
The enormous strength of the bull
dog lies not so much In the size of its
muscles as in their arrangement. Years
of careful breeding have developed
great layers of muscles where they
may be used to the best possible bull
dog advantage.
Compared with most dogs a bulldog
may be said to be deformed. The head,
shoulders and forelegs have been devel
oped at the expense of the rest of the
body so far as symmetry In concerned.
It would almost seem that the breed
ers had gone out of their way to pro
duce as ugly a specimen of dogflesh
as possible.
A bulldog, of course, never runs
away. There is no object, therefore.
In growing legs on him which would
give him speed. His appearance, on
the contrary, suggests a, battering-ram
The muscles seem to be placed on the
legs for pulling, not for propelling the
body. In extreme cases we find the
bulldog bowlegged, which gives greater
power to drag heavy objects or to re
sist being dragged. The shortness of
the legs, by bringing the body as near
as possible to the ground, also sug
gests great stability. In training a bull
dog it is found that all superfluous
flesh disappears more quickly than In
the case of other dogs and that a bull
dog in condition carries less super
fluous weight than any other breed.
The heaviest layers of muscles are
laid on the bulldog's head and neck.
The efficiency of a fighter is of course
measured principally by his quick
ness and the strength of his Jaws.
Every weli-sot-up dog, it will be found,
has a thick bunch of muscleß at the
side of its Jaws. In any other breed
of dogs this abnormal development
would be considered a deformity. It is
this powerful little group of muscles
which give the jaw Its vise-like grip.
The form of the jaw is particularly
well adapted to the work it is called
upon to do. It Is long and broad and
set with unusually heavy teeth.
The two long teeth which help to
give the bulldog its ferocious appearance
nre also very valuable weajions. They
serve, as it were, to lock up the vlse
like Jaws when they are once closed
upon an object.
The most powerful muscles in the
enlire frame of the bulldog are thore
which control the Jaws. In case the
prey, whatever it may be, slips from
this grip, It is certain to be raught and
held by the Interlocking teeth in the
front of the jaw.
Almost any bulldog, whether In or
out of condition, can support its own
weight by the grip of Its Jaws. The
marvellous tenacity of this grip Is
largely due to its ability to hold Its
own weight by the grip of its front
teeth.
Even a young bull pup can lift Its
own weight by the grip of Its Jaws.
As the dog grows thi grip becomes
so strong that a bulldog may be
swung and jerked about violently
without disturbing its hold.
The muscles come to maturity about
the fourth year. A bulldog is consid
ered capable of doing its best fighting
in Its fifth and sixth years.
The average life of a bulldog is four
teen years.
SELLING WIVE* IN ENGLAND.
It Is a Practice Without Sanction <>t
l.w, bnt Sllll <loltc Frequent.
From Tld-Blts.
There are more things In England
In the twentieth century than are
dreamt of In all our philosophies. One
of them was revealed In a bankruptcy
Desperate Case
Of Piles Cured,
Mrs. Wm. Kenmore. So. Omaha,
writes: “I suffered many, many years
with protruding piles and dared not
risk an operation. My case became
despHrate. I took Pyramid Pile Cure
and In a short time was entirely cured
with no return of the trouble." Sold
by all druggists, 50 cents a box. Book,
"Piles, Causes and Cure" mailed free.
Pyramid Drug Cos., Marshall, Mich.
DANIEL HOGAN'S
Oai* Christmas offerings this year ex
cel by far any previous effort.
The selection of novelties are certain
ly very attractive, hot the prices are still
more so. To see them will be to appreciate
them.
XMAS. XMAs.
Dolls, dressed and undressed.
Writing Desks. Jewel Cases.
Work Boxes, Ornamental Clocks.
Jardinieres, Fancy Tobacco Jars.
Collar and Cuff Boxes.
Pin Cushions, all shapes, color and
sizes.
Fancy Handle Umbrellas.
Pictures of over}' possible description
from the cheapest to the handsomest
framed.
Manicure Sets. Dressing Cases.
Best make Kid Gloves, black and
colored.
Rugs, all colors of the rainbow, 49c
to $6.19.
Black Worsted Skirts, circular
flounce, l.rO.
Colored Venetian Skirts, trimmed In
braid, $2.50.
Black and Navy Ladles' Cloth Skirts,
trimmed in satin, $4.50.
Broadcloth Skirt $5.50.
Extra good Children’s Hose 10c.
Gents’ Fancy Hose 16c.
Gents’ Woolen Hose, in black and
colors, 25c.
DANIEL HOGAN,
Corner Broughton and Barnard Streets.
Double Daily Service
SAVANNAH to NEW YORK
—VIA—
Seaboard Air Line R'y.
Leave Savannah.... 1:55 pm 11:30 pm (R.R time)
Arrive Richmond... 6:35 am 3:05 pm
Arrive Washington. 10:10 am 6:35 pm
Arrive New York... 4:13 pm 6:30 am
Pullman Sleepers and Cafe Cars.
Full information at Ticket Office, corner Bull and
Bryan streets. Phone No. 28.
W. P. SCRUGGS,
Traveling Passenger Agent.
court recently, where a Worcester
shire farmer declared that he had pur
chased a neighbor's wife for a pipe of
tobacco, says the St. James’ Gazette.
Such things were common enough
when the world was three generations
younger, and are common enough If
we are to believe all we hear In rural
England to-day. It Is doubtful whether
an old custom ever quite dies out all
over the world, and human beings will
be sold, no doubt, as long as there are
human- beings to sell them. But we
may be sure that the trade In wives
will never be revived again in Eng
land as It was a hundred years ago.
There ere sere and yellow files In
Printing House Square which take us
back Into a strange England which
none of us have ever known, and few
of us can dream of. Four years be
fore the nineteenth century dawned—
In March, 1796—the Times announced
the sale of a wife In Sheffield for six
pence, and a little while afterward the
same paper solemnly Informed the
public that the price of wives had
risen In Srnlthfield Market from half
a guinea to three guineas and a half.
They were good old times, Indeed, for
the man who wanted to get rid of the
woman he had sworn to cherish. In
1803, it Is recorded, a man led his
wife by r halter Into the cattle market
at Sheffield and sold her for a guinea.
The market value of a wife seems to
have dropped as the century grew
older, for In 1820 a worthy husband at
Canterbury placed his wife In a cattle
pen and disposed of her for five shil
lings. The century had run through
more than half Its course wheh the
good people of Derby had the oppor
tunity of buying the wife of one of
their fellow-townsmen. The woman was
led to the market place with a halter
round her waist and w-as knocked down
for eighteen pence and a quart of beer.
That was In 1855, but we need not go
back nearly so fur for evidence of the
wife trade. Thirty years later—ln the
eighties—a collier sold his wife at
Alfreton, in Derbyshire, for fourpence,
and In the same decade, In the year of
grace in which the bells rang for the
Jubilee of the Victorian era, two
Sheffield men agreed to the buying and
selling of a wife in public house In
the smoky city. “At the Royal Oak,
Sheffield.” the agreement ran, "I, Ab
raham Boothroyd, 'ageed to sell mjr
wife, Clara, to William Hall, both of
Sheffield, for the aum of five shillings.”
There Is not even the relief In these
coses of consoling one's self with the
reflection that the sale of the wife It
a thing of Impulse. Often enough It
Is a deliberate commercial transaction
In cold blood, as In the case that came
to light a few year* ago in which the
wife, with her parents and two friends,
met to arrange the terms of the sale.
The price was fixed at thirty shillings
and the bill of sale ran: "Mr.——
to have my wife, Elizabeth free
from me forever, to do as she has a
mind, this day, December 11, 1893.”
The notion that a man may sell
hls wife and marry again la Incredibly
common among certain classes of the
population. A prisoner at Leeds, on his
trial for bigamy, pleaded that the
charge could not stand, as he had sold
his wife for 8 shillings slxpeuce, and
was therefore entitled to marry again.
The case la barely alx years old, and
about the same time another Instance
was reported from a village near Don-
White Spread, extra large, $1.25 value,
98 cents.
White Spread, extra large, $1.65 value,
$1.19.
Frilled Muslin Curtain, colored bor
der, 314 yards long, $3 value, only $2.16.
Wool Eiderdown, all colors, 22c.
Wool Cassimeres for boys’ school
pants, 25c.
10c yard Unbleached Canton 70.
60-lnch Red and White Table Dam
ask 25c.
Art Denims and Silkoline 12 1 /4c.
Imported French Flannels 89c.
Handsome line Furs from $1.50 to $lB.
Excellent Sea Island 4%c.
Yardwide Brown Shirting sc.
White Fleece Blankets 69c.
Lockwood Sheeting 20c.
Good 11-4 White Blankets $1.50.
Large Cotton Towel 6c.
66-inch Bleach Linen Damask 49c.
Good quality Portieres $2.60.
Elegant Red Rep Portieres $7.
LEGAL SALE*.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL'S
SALE.
ORDER IN ADMIRALTY.
In tlje District Court of the United
States for the Eastern Division of the
Southern District of Georgia.—The
Propeller Towboat Company of Savan
nah, (Is., and William H. Rogerson,
libellants, vs. the Alice Bradshaw, her
tackle, cargo, etc.; In admiralty.
On reading the application of the
proctors for libellants and the admis
sion of the proctor for the lntervenors,
on motion of Mr. A. Minis, proctor for
libellants. It Is ordered that the brigan
tine Alice Bradshaw, her tackle, ap
parel, furniture, and cargo be sold by
the marshal at public outcry before the
United States Custom House at Sa
vannah, Ga„ on Monday, the 16th day
of December, 1901, at 12 m„ and order
ed that a copy of this order, together
with a full and sufficient description
of the vessel, cargo, etc., be published
each day for ten days In the Savan
nah Morning News, and the Savannah
Press, and that the usual venditioni
exponas issue conformably to the rules
in admiralty.
It Is further ordered that the marshal
bring the proceeds into this court and
pay the some to the clerk thereof.
This. Dec. 5. 1901.
EMORY SPEER, Judge.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL'S
SALK.
I hereby give notice that In accord
ance with the above decree of sale,
grunted by the Hon. Emory Speer
Judge of the District Court of the
United States for the Eastern District
of the Southern District of Georgia,
against the brigantine Alice Bradshaw,
her tackle, apparel, furniture, and car
go, that 1 will sell at public outcry, be
fore the United States Custom House,
at Savannah, Ga., on Monday, the 16th
day of December. 1901. at 12 m., the
said Alice Bradshaw, a brigantine of
about two hundred and ninety-two
(292) tons, net register, with her tackle,
apparel, and furniture, and also the
cargo In said Alictf Bradshaw, consist
ing of about one hundred and eighty
five thousand three hundred and fifty
one (185.381) feet of pitch pine lumber,
ranging In sizes from seven by fifteen
(TltlB) feet to fourteen by sixteen
(14x16) feet. The said Alice Bradshaw
Is now In the port of Savannah, at a
wharf on the southern side of the Sa
vannah river, between Lincoln and
Habersham streets.
JOHN M. BARNES.
United States Marsha!.
By FURMAN B. PEARCE,
Office Deputy U. S. Marshal.
caster, the circumstances coming to
light in the police court. "I. Enoch
Childs," the agreement ran. "am quite
willing to take your wife and children
as mine—that Is, your wife, Ellen Tart,
and Sarah, Jane, Henry and Eliza.”
The paper was signed by the wife of
the purchaser and dated “New Conls
borough, March 28 1896.”
Southern Itullna* Dining Cars.
Dining cars are operated on all
Southern Railway trains Into and out
of Savannah. They are new, elegantly
•quipped, with servloe unsurpassed.
Meals served ala carte.—ad.
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