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The Popularity Of Pushball. (t Is Coming In Vogue as a Substitute at Some Colleges Tor tho Cane Rush. Excitement of the Contest. FOOTBALL Is not the only diver sion of students that the col leges nro trying to reform. An other recreation or sport or custom, or whatever It may bo termed Is the cane rush or spree, which has been handed down from one genera tion of students to another as a tradi tion to be upheld at nil costs, decrees of faculties or other powers to the contrary notwithstanding. The cane rush Is not usually ns bad as it is painted. Tho degree of roughness which It assumes depends n good deal on the Institution where It Is In vogue and the number of students participat ing, the rules observed or not observed, etc.,. Usually It is the custom of the upper class men to dwell on tho dan gerous character of the encounter In order to Inspire tho freshmen with more or less terror nnd give them a chance to show of what kind of stud they are made. Many n mamma's boy has lost his timidity and maldcnllncss by participating In n scrimmage of this kind nnd In Jumping into the thick of the fray and getting n tasto of what It feels like to bo iu a real battle. Nevertheless the old fashioned cane rush is open to criticism In some par ticulars as a college custom. There Is now a movement to substitute for It what Is called pushball. This Is n sport which can be regulated better than a cane rush. It affords an Interesting spectacle and gives the contendlug classes the chance to exhibit their met tle. It Is exciting without being espe cially dangerous. It seems to bo find ing favor this year at n number of the colleges and universities of the land. Iteccntly about -100 students of the sophomore and freshman classes of the University of Pennsylvania engaged lu n pushball contest on the athletic grounds known as Franklin field. The participants wore appropriate cos tumes, and some were stripped to the SCENES AT A rUSIIBALIi CONTEST. waist. The classes fought to make goal with a monster globe seven feet In diameter. There was a resounding thud when, after the president of the senior class had given tho sisual, the freshman and sophomores rushed at each other from opposite sides of the field and met In the center, where the leather sphere became the object of at tack from both classes, balanced on scores of hands raised high above heads. For a moment it stood as If alive and determined not to honor either contestants. Then with n rush It floated along, Impelled by eager sophomore hands, Just like a big soap bubble. In less than five minutes the sophomores made the goal. Tho fresh men were unablo to score, so the rec ord was 1-0 at the end of a twenty minute contest. The battle was a gruel ing one and was halted several times by the referee to give fallen combat ants opportunity to rise. The marshals ou the outskirts of tho fray kept a lookout to render aid to tho injured, nnd the sportj the whole was well supervised. The contest drew a big crowd, which evinced Its Interest In the success of the respective classes by cheers and college cries. There is more fairness iu a contest in the open under specific rules nnd with referees to enforce tho regula tions than in an unregulated cane rush or lu episodes like those of hazing, where the students may go to extreme lengths In having, their fun or carrying out their ideas as to what college tradi tions require. Tho college boy who spends all his tlmo poring over bis books does not get all out of his stu dent life that he might. A little fun nnd a little rough sport now and then do him no harm, but In the past the customs prevailing have sometliiM-a given the fun loving spirits rather too much chance, nnd the results have often been harmful to them and their fellow students. Felt Smaller Than That. "You must hnvo felt llko SO cents when her father turned you down." "Thirty cents! I should sny not. "Why, a half dime was sold tho other day for t715!"-Phlladelphla Ledger. How He Learni. "A man learns lo do by doing," re marked the mornllziT, "Yen," rejoined tho demoralizer, "nnd also by belnar done," Chicago News. I -' V;s, - :-;, - - '. ' ' ' 'f.-.' '.f'ttv,'.' :. TENNESSEE'S GOVERNOR. Malcolm R. Patterson and His Action Regarding Night Rider Outrage. Governor Malcolm Illce Patterson of Tennessee, who has taken In hand vig orously the apprehension and punish ment of the Night Riders In his state, has been constantly under the protec tion of a heavy bodyguard on account of the danger lest he should be at tacked In some way because of his In- MALCOLM ltlCB PATTERSON. slstence upon the observance of the law and preservation of the good name of the commonwealth. He stopped bis campaign for re-election in order to give his attention to the suppression of Night Rider outrages. Governor Patterson is a lawyer by profession and previous to election as governor served several terms In con gress. Chair Hitching. "The chair hltcher," says a business man, "Is the greatest nulsanco that an office man Is compelled to endure. "The hltcher Is always deeply Inter ested In the matter ho has come to talk over, and the more he talks the closer ho draws his chair, nnd with every additional point he makes he gives his chair another hunch in your direction, and by the time he has fair ly entered on his subject ho lias hla feet on the rounds of your chair, hla elbow on your desk and Is dropping the ashes from his cigar on your coat sleeve. It would be Just ns easy for him to make his speech or preach his sermon three or four feet away, but he never learns thai fact and damages his own cause by dragging his chair over your carpet nnd puffing his breath In your face. "I know one office man In town who got so tlrcd of having cigar ashes on his clothes nnd smoke poured" Into his face that ho colled a carpenter, took the rollers off one chair, placed It In a convenient position at the end of his desk, then had tho man nail it to the floor. But it didn't do a particle of good. The first hltcher that came in was a big, strong 200 pounder, who began his talk nnd, growing earnest, Just pulled the chair up by the roots, dragged It toward tho desk and never noticed that nnythlng was wrong." St. Louis Globe-Democrat "Bogles" In Business. The successful business man played with the quaint amulet suspended from his watch chain. "You'd bo surprised if you knew what a part superstition plays in business," he sold. "I know two part ners who are very lucky In their specu lations. Well, they never made a sin gle plunge without consulting a cer tain medium as to their chances of success. "Another man once told mo he had a 'familiar spirit whom ho consulted quite frequently nnd whose advice he had always found reliable. "One of the most daring manipula tors In stock has a fine tiger skin spread ns n rug on his study floor. In an expansive moment ho once Informed a friend that not only did ho seek ad vice from clairvoyants nnd spiritual ists, but when about to carry out one of his bold schemes ho would Ho on his rug nnd stroke the paw to get 'In fluence,' .though why nnd how this plnn, worka I don't know." London Throne. A Famous Perfume. Queou Alexandra's favorite perfume, It is well known, Is a certain scent which is n combination of rare es sences, the secret of which Is so care fully guarded tliat no money can pur chase tho reclpo. The lato Queen Vic toria used this same perfume for more than fifty years. Nobody but the man ufacturer knows tho formula, but a Paris perfumer of long experience has pronounced It a blend of rose, violet, Jasmine, lavender and orange blossom, Persian Humor. A recent Parisian carlcaturo shows a bearded Turk iu a turban upon tho crenelated roof of hla houso looking through n floldglnM. "Allah la Just," ho exclaims. "Now that my neigh bors' wIvob go about with faces un. covered I seo that they are qulta ai nomeiy as my trxin." Fiction HOW THE DOCTOR WON. By JEANNETTE 8. BENTON. The office boy heard the doctor In the annex and went out. Her face was burled in a basin of water, and the formaldehyde bottle stood open. "How's the smallpox?" he asked. "Bad," she replied, emerging rosy from the towel. "Is any one wait ing?" "No one now but Mr. Doane Aldrlcb. Been three or four, but they got tired waltlug." "Very well. Tell him I will be there In a minute." As the boy closed the door she walk ed to the mirror and regarded herself attentively, spraying violet water over her hands and hair. "I wish I had some powder," she murmured. "I am afraid I look blow zy." To the tall young man In the recep tion room she looked dtscouraglngly cool and unperturbed as he arose at her entrance. "It Is n little matter, doctor," he ex plained. "I have Just been transferred to tho Y mine, and they have smallpox down there, so I suppose It is neces sary to be vaccinated." , "It certainly Is if you haven't been lately. Things are In bad shape at the Y. I have put In the whole afternoon there. There's a good deal of small pox and more dissatisfaction. I sup pose the dissatisfaction is what sent you there." "I suppose so. What's at the bot tom of the trouble anyway?" "Sickening hovels nnd the company store. If you can get the company to do anything before those people mur der you as Its nearest representative you will be doing good work. How ever, come into the office, and I will vaccinate you." He followed her in. "This is the first time I ever came here as a subject," he remarked. He bared his arm and looked dubi ously at its white surface. How could she bo a doctor? Still, he had sometimes wished he could c sick a week or two. It would be such a good chance to see her every day. What was she going to do with that razor looking little knife? It had been so long since he was vaccinated ho had forgotten all about it. Did she jab the stuff in at the end of that? If she was going to Jab he wished she would and stop that scratching. He watched the scratching knife, fascinated. Suddenly It began to de scribe erratic circles in bis vision. Dr. Richie felt his arm relaxing un der her grasp. With a movement as quiet as it was quick sho cased his stalwart body to the floor, then loos ened his collar and dashed a little wa ter in his face. He opened his eyes slowly. "Oh, I say," he gasped, "what's the matter?" The doctor stood a little way off re garding him with professional gravity. "I was vaccinating you, and yoa fainted," she explained. "You will be all right in a moment." He got rather uncertainly to his feet and leaned against n convenient case of drawers. "Good Lord!" he groaned. "What do you think of me? I hope you don't think It was because It hurt. I don't know what it was. I was watching that little knife; then I was here on the floor. Please finish the job," he concluded Irritably. "PH try to stand up under it" As she adjusted the small bandage ho thought savagely: "If I should lift you off your feet, my sweet doctor, and kiss that dia bolical dimple you might at least re spect my muscle. How can a fellow make love to a woman doctor any way?" Aloud be said, "Thank you, doctor," rather abruptly, hurried Into his coat, settled with the office boy and got away with all speed. The doctor strolled to the window and watched him go striding off, his big shoulders squared. "Poor old fellow!" she said softly. Then sho flushed and smiled in a way that little befitted a member of the medical profession. "He Is bashful and stupid, too," she pouted. Doane Aldrlch squared his shoulders against his troubles often that winter. His recognized powers as n pacifica tor seemed to have signally failed. One day ho swung Into the cart as tho doctor was trotting home. "See here," he said. "I must talk with you. I don't know what to do with those people. Heaven knows they have reason enough ,to bo sore, and I am helpless. Of course they can't realize that, but the company pays no attentlou to my representa tions. I am the nearest thing the poor brutes have to hate, and they bate me well. Tomorrow I have got to dis charge McGuIre and Kearney" The doctor interrupted: "That means a strike, to begin with. Then Kate McGuIre and Dllsey Kearney why, they would as soon have a riot as enough to eat." "But what can I do? The men have come on the shift twice within a week: drunk aud quarrelsome. Overlook It and they will all get drank and" "Raise hades," gently suggested the doctor. Then her face grew mis chievous. "Don't you think you had. better follow your predecessor's exam ple and throw It up?" she suggested. He looked at her with decided stern ness. "I suppose that was about the opin ion you entertained of me. Bxcnm me. There Is a man I want to see." And Mr. Aldrlch had checked the horse enough to depart It was cold, with a driving mist when the doctor drove up to her gate Mvcral evenings later. "Poor Bess!" she said to the panting horse. "Tired, aren't you?" A small, tattered boy came down the road, running wearily, as though nearly spent "Oh, Miss Doctor," he shrilled, "wait!" His face shone pale through the dirt , As he camo up she recognized the pit' boss' boy. "Ma sent me to tell you to do some thin' quick. Kato an' Dllsey is out with a lot of wlmln, an' they arc run nin' wild. Mr. Aldrlch went down with the new shift. Pa told him ho better watch things on top, but ho thought pa needed help. Now they aro goin' to git hold of the shaft house an' when Mr. Aldrlch comes up with tho now men either drop the cage or rock 'em." The doctor's face had grown white as the boy talked. "The shift will come up at 0?" sho asked. The boy nodded "Come Into tho house. You must be dried and fed. I will telephone the police, but Bess and I will get there half an hour ahead of them. Heaven kno'ws what wo will do, but we will do something or die!" she half whis pered. "Now, go, Bess!" she cried as sho sprang Into the buggy. As she approached the little town sho could hear a swelling din of dis cordant voices. She dashed through an nlley.aud came out in the street in front of the shaft house. The women were sweeping around the corner Just below her, fifteen or twenty of them. Their tossing arms and distorted faces held her a second fascinated. Then her brown eyes brightened mischie vously, nnd she wheeled the horse and cart directly in front of tho howling crowd. "Kate McGuIre!" she called, pointing an accusing whip at her. Their mo mentum carried them nearly to the cart. Then, as they could not conven iently climb it and the "darlln doc thor" was a person to respect anywny, they stopped. "What do you mean," sho demanded sternly, "yelling around In this cold rain? What do you think if will do for your neuralgia? You will be crazy with it. Your cheek is all swelled up now, nnd your eye looks ns though you had broken a blood vessel. I knew a woman once" her voice grew deeply impressive "whose eye burst, and she didn't expose herself the wny you are doing either. And you, too, Dllsey, Just nicely over the smallpox do you know what you will have? You will have a relapse!" She fairly hurled the word at her, and Dllsey received It with a moan of terror. "Holy mother, docthor!" she walled. "Do it be fatal?" Kate had shut her mouth and was whining softly, cuddling her face in her damp shawl. She turned reproach fully to the women behind her. "The docthors right. This do be a sorry night for poor wlmln cratures to be out In, an' ye ought to be ashamed, mo head's crazy already wld tho pain." She came close to the buggy. "Docthor, dear, do be glvin- me some thin'!" she entreated. "How many fe you have vaccina tions that you'll be taking cold in? And you, Jcrusha I thought you told me you couldn't speak a loud word?" ."No more I can," croaked Jcrusha hoarsely. "Go home, every one of you!" she waved imperiously. "You ought to be ashamed, running around like a lot of lunatics. I'll come around presently and give you something for that neu ralgia, Kate, and you a dose, too, Dll sey." Five minutes later there wasn't a woman In sight save the doctor. She drove the trembling horse into one of the sheds. "Poor old girl!" she said, loosening up tho harness. "I nearly killed you, didn't I?" There was a sound of hurrying feet and Mr. Aldrlch came In breathlessly. "Are you safe?" he cried. She gavo him one quick glance, her white chin and red Hps set with be coming gravity. "I think I am," she replied, with a mild note of inquiry. "Do you feel dangerous?" He strode up to her and looked down Into the provoking face. "A man who faints when he Is vacci nated Is a fit subject to be saved from a mob of women, Isn't he?" he ques tioned. "Don't think I don't realize how serious It was. I know you prob ably saved me from a very unpleasant death, but I wish you hadn't." He searched her face an instant then suddenly drew her to him and kissed almost roughly tho derisive dim ple that was flaunting at him. "I have been tempted a hundred times," he said defiantly. "And you were too too stupid to er fall!" Draughts as an Education. There is no game extant which so Admirably combines educational and recreative features or which Is In every way so well adapted for a popular and profitable amusement among refined and appreciative classes as draughts. Its Influences are of an elevating char acter. It not only teaches, but prac tically enforces, the necessity of pa tience and perseverance, courage and courtesy, self reliance and self control. The gamo is also peculiarly and self ovldently worthy of paternal encour agement, as a knowledge of its Incom parable beauties will destroy the taste for demoralizing games of chance. Exchange. HUMOR OF THE HOUR If They Had Met Before. "It is too bad," he said, glancing across tho table at her, "that I could not have known you before." She looked up at him with a wistful- ness that caused his heart to beat madly. "Ah, well," sho said at last "what has been cannot be changed." "If I had known you five years ago," he went on, "I would not bo married to another now. Do you bellevo in the theory that every soul has Its mato somewhere In tho world?" "I don't know. Sometimes I am in clined to think so." "I know It Is so. I used to scoff nt the idea, but since I have looked Into your eyes since I have beheld your glorious face nnd heard ydur voice I have become convinced that God In tended U3 for each other." "I am afraid you ought not to say such things to me." "Why not? It is the truth. Nothing that has been can change that. Aro tho laws of society greater than the law of nature? In tho sight 'of heaven your soul and mine are kindred. An other bears my name and shares my fortune, but it is for you, darling, that my heart Is yearning." "Still, even if we had met five yeara ago but I must not think of that. Let us talk about something else." "If we had met five years ago ah, bow changed all would be with us now! If wo had met five years ago" He paused, and Into his eyes there Btolc a; faraway look. "If we had met five years ago," she said, after gazing at him thoughtfully for a littlo while, "I suppose I would be sitting alono somewhere and won dering what affinity you were dining with now." "Confound women," he thought as he began eating his oysters, "they'ro all so full of jealousy that reason can have no placo within them." Chicago Record-Herald. Pretty Tough. "That was a dreadfully tough steak you sent us yesterday, Mr. Beeflelgb." "Was It, ma'am? You should have sent It back." "Yes, I meant to, but my husband was too quick for me. Before I know what ho was going to do be cut It up into strips and used It for hinges on the henbouso door." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Getting Interested. Maude Haven't you finished that novel yet,, dear? Clara No; but I've reached the most Interesting part. Maude Indeed! Clara Yes; the heroine is about to elope with one man because she Is in love with auother. Detroit Tribune. It Would. "I have a riddle for you," giggled Miss Passay. "If ten men proposed to me, what would that be?" "What?" asked Miss Young. "A tender." "Yes, and if one should propose to you, it would be a wonder." Cleveland Leader. No Grumbling. "Don't you find It pretty expensive to keep up that big touring car?" "Yes, I do. But I'm not grumbling. You see, Martha agreed to give up playing brldgo at the Fleecems' if I'd buy the car. Oh, I'm saving money, nil rlght."-Smart Set. Left Behind. "Your wife and daughters have at tained great social importance." "Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox; "if I hadn't happened to marry into the family I don't believe mother and tho girls would speak to me." Washington Star. Deeply Impressed. Looey What kind of an Impression 3id your new fnther-in-law make on you? James Well, It was about a foot long, three Inches deep and made with a league bat. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Reverse of the Rule. Frightened Fa vn Oh, ma, here come some amateur hunters! Experienced Deer Don't be scared, my pet. Keep still and they will mis take us for human beings. Baltimore American. Not His Fortune. "Do you suppose any suitor ever was actually kicked out by a girl's father?" "A few may have been," replied Mr. Enpec, "but not many people are born lucky." Kansas City Times. Discordant. Sho (at the piano) I presume you are a true lover of music, are you not? no Yes, I am; but pray don't stop playing on my account. Judge. Not One. Lives there a fan v.itli soul so dead Himself ho does not cheer By eaylng what ho oft lias said, "Just watch our team next year?" Kansas City Times. More Small Competitors. Weary Walker I see 000 moro men has been frown out of work. Tired Traveler Gee! Dere's gettln' to be too much competition In our business. Puck. The Eagle's Plaint. This jaunty airship makes mo sigh With envy that Is great. TIs true that I know how to fly, But I can't aviate. Washington Star. His Specialty. "I llko n man who puts n good face on a bad proposition." 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