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Former's Accident.
Mr. Thonis Boffey, a farmer! who was out with a shooting party at Brereton, Cheshire, was holding down a fence for his friend to climb over when a guu wont off
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.Mathematicians' Congress.
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Heavyweight Boxing in Paris.
Paris, Dec. 21.
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What chances of resisting Car- JEANNETTE. pentier would the sturdy negro have enjoyed? But it may al- most be taken for granted that Langford will enter the ring admirably trained if he should be matched with the champion of Europe. One may guess that the Joo Jeannette took a convincing ing to secure such a match National Sporting Club is, seek- accidentally two fest away any beating from Sam Langford at reasonably soon, for ite matoh Lana Park on Saturday night,maker was on the scone and was sat took it like a man. Nature talking to Langford in the latter's peculiar saffron bue, but put do Langford expects to move to give Jeannette a skin of a dressing-room after the fight. suspicion of "yellow" in his London a week hence, and his heart, and it was only his good with Carpentier to take place in party would prefer his meeting condition and gameness pulled him through and enabled him to neutral ring if they meet. weather the full 20 rounds. Had Lingford would not venture on Langford gone into the ring na
jau opinion after his victory in fit as the loser, the bout might regard to a possible match with Strike of 500 Carters.
bave ended earlier. He was not holder of the World's Champion- Jack Johnson, the acknowledged Five hundred carters employed:
An pulpy" in appearance as by railway companies and railway when he and Jennoue bed to the American training camp at ship, but among the members of carting contractors in Dundee din New York on October 5. but he still carries too much struck work recently and not a single horse was allowed to lovech time he had his oppopont the various yards. Shopkeepers weak and dazor he seemned to tire in urgent need of their goods, or grow wild, but it is quite, which wore detained in the probable that his wiosed-looking railway sheds, sent their assist swings, which would have scored
In the opening round the re- n.knock-out had they landed when (fore cautioned Langford, who ants out with hand-barrow...
Jeannette was weak, were made-took hands with his opponent in in leak wild by the beaten man's apology for hitting him low. In clever hod. movements combined second round Jeannette - with his judgment of distance and tentally hit very low and it was e'el pluck
fortunate, that the blow hardly The two my arö old oppon-flandel. Langford's in-fighting of the new battle cruiser Tiger,ants, having had severni encoding was very effective in the third which was launched at Clydebank recently. It is unofficially stated 15 rods, and they have done safed "kidney punches." In the org in Americat six, 10, 12, around, in which the men exchang that her engines of Brown Curtis well togethe financially in the fourth round Langford again type, will develop 100.000 shafting and baya always been on forced the fighting at leso horse-power, and ive her a speel such good term out of it that quarters and at intervala let loose
vistory without a knock-out may wasty swings; none of them lam common itself to thom. They effectively, however, and le autemhors of the little band, ofered "blown" when he went Damages amounting to 22,15 egra heavyweights that appear to his corner. The fifth round. were awarded at Birmingham Add when the Laest lot of first-class has already been referred to. sizes to Alderman Bean, formerly heavyweights the United States The sixth and seventh were Mayor of Dudley, his wife, and has had at one ting-Bob Langford's, but he took mattera daughter, against Houry Garner, Fitzsimmons, Jeffries, Corbett,asily again in the eighth. Ltd., motor factors. It was stated Tom Sharkey, Sus Rublin, and that Mr. Garner was driving Mrs. Joe Cheynski-all passed out of Bean and her daughter from Lon- the game together Foon after the
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the Inveresk Combination Poor-for speculation as to the vigour it flush in the face; certainly distinguished lawyers" in the house went on strike because the and speed with which the "Boston there was not much power behind House of Commons, writes: "My governor refused to give them Tar Baby" could go through the blow. In the 16th Jeannette experience of Sanategen confirme thicker porridge, and refused to-round mil' if he wore to take fought hard for the stomach, but the medical opinion. work at the tying of sticks in the plenty of road-running and the blows did not seem to hurt no longer that feeling of fatigue woodyard. The inmates whop ekipping.
The 17th was a busy round, and which one previously experienced, work get a ration of beef, and
in the 18th Langford forced the bat there, follows from its use a when the men went on strike
fighting, Jeannette narrowly ex-distinct restorative effect." the book ration was stopped. Thi His lack of training prolablyping several force swings. was too much for the strikers, induced Langford to refrain from angford ontfought his minu iu makes any differenes to Sanato- Neither country nor climate and they marched book to work foreing the fighting more than he
the 19th, but his mouth was gen's action. did, and doubtless also are outed bleeding from Joannette'e jibbing for the way in which he rested oft. In the 20th Langford and Chemists, in bottles of two
Langford's Tactics
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Mall Boat's New Mascot.
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is man weak and dazed on the The crew of the Glasgow mail Magpie have a new mascot. Just there were spells of cinching repes, but"scuehow the knock- after the stentner hal cast loose when the "Break, break" of the punch bever got home.-The referee, M. Frantz Reichel, grow the other night for bor run to Belfast a big black cat raced. tiresome from its frequency. Still along the wharf, made a spring much of the clinching was inovit- at the bulwarks, and missed. The ablo, because Langford, who was ateamer went on, the unlucky eat master of the situation practically being apparently drowned. Nine all the way, made a speriality of hours later, at Belfast, the cal in-fighting, which led to a good was found unharmed crouching deal of upper-cutting, jolting, and on the belting far down the ship's bbing with one arm free, and The crew promptly res-90 sooner or later the men general-
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OVERWORK AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
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elficialngford showed good ringeraft,
rating "ship's cat:"
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the Hirth of Clyde, was destroyed range. Thus, if Langford had the phosphorus of the brain and These symptoms are all due to by fire recently little being left suod away he would have beanndy being used faster than it bat the remains of walls, Near fighting to suit his opponent, and can be obtained from the fend. the house wore fouad Suffragist probably would have played the A cure can, therefore, only t literature and a note aying: role of principal receiver. obtained by restoring the phos-
Retaliation. Reply to Cat and Mouse Act."
The house was work his way in fairly close before Sanatugen duca. Dr. C. w. Then, again, Langford had to phorus. This is exactly what unoccupied and unfurnished. In the grounds is a copy of the hat letting loose his famous swings Saleeby, the eminent medical, with both hands; oven as it was, author, writes: "A special paint! many of them were made to miss about Sanatogen is not only that (3 Queon's
in which David Livingstono died
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The remit is, as Sir Luke
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nette's quickness of eye and absorbed. 1: appears, to have judgment of distance. If Jean- solved the problem of giving Rewards for Gallant Men.
nette posseased the punch that phosphorus in such a way that A notice was recently posted at Langford carries in either glove the nervous system can tako. Chatham dookyard that the fol- he would be a bad man to tackle, hold of it-a problem which has lowing nice men had been beon, for he has a fine physique, plenty not hitherto been solved by the awarded £2 each by the Adiniralty of pluck, is a resourceful fighter usual modes of administering, for their gallant rescue of four and always fit; but his beat blows this element.” fellow employeea who were over- imrily ever worried the strong zome by fumes when varnishing little man before him. Jeanne White, M. P., one of the must the inside of the ballast tank of jette's leading was often distinctly! the of the submarine E 7 on Sep-good and very fast; his left leads tamber 19-Percy H. A finally draw blood from Lang- Williams, T. J. Shears, and Victor ford's mouth, and at intervals he Blundell, engine fitters; C. S. almost buried his right glove in Dengato, U. B. Wilson, Ghie opponent's superfinity of Pritchard, and Stewart Clew, stomach, but the blows lacked the IF you have loat your appetite- skilled labourers; Frederick the kick-of-a-mules violence that one of the big Variety of Smith, riveter; ond Henry W.kes a good man wince in apita DRA CAFE is Sure 10 tempt dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- „Dato, iron paulker,
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