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Some Facts put Football Enormous Sum RequirecEquip a College Team T HE football rooters are begilc make a noise in the land, and enthusiasts predict that thcig season will be the most suc cessful in the history of th, Golf cranks who, a shcrt time ago, ventured the assertion that liron would be deserted this fall for the links are drawing in thens, so to speak, and reluctantly admit that the number of teamsndlividuals now preparing to en gage in football is greater than efore. Golf is a good game for gentlemen of uncertain age, but not. particularly appeal to the younger element which prefers tend baseball in the summer and football in the autumn. An authority on football was the other day how many players of the game he thought there wcthe United States, including high school boys, collegians and amatams, referring, of course, to the American college game only. "Fi#usand," was the reply. Hie esti mated that there were 3,000 tearde country, and an average of 15 players to the team is a very co ive one. At the big universsizes, such as Harvard, Yale, PrincetoarSylvania, Columbia, Cornell, Chi cago, Michigan, \Visconsin and nus others, the squads run from 75 to 100 men each in the early part season. The amount of money that ended every season in supplying this army with the necessaries dlucting their campaigns has en gaged the attention of a New Yor:newshaper statistician. The game .4. A MOMENT OfENSE INTEREST. has spread from one ocean to ther and the money spent for railroad fare in carrying out the season'rdule is no small item. Then there are' hotel bills, training table eies, expenses for officials, liniment; employes to look after the grouind last. but by no means least, the expenditure for equipment, whicludes moleskins, jerseys, sweaters, headgears, shoes and footballs. There is, in fact, no game t~uts so much money in general cir culation as football. Baseball ante racing, if the latter can be termed a game, involves larger amount:capital, but football circulates the money more freely among the i at large. Some of the big uni versities spend as much as $2,000 y fall for body equipment alone, and the entire expense account of onlege last season-and it was not one of the biggest ones either-was000. Take the well-known universi ties, say Harvard, Yale, Princ, Pennsylvania, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Chicago, Michigan and insin, and it is estimated that they will spend for football regalia, ,h are principally uniforms, a total of $20,000 each season, and these form but a small part of the grid iron community of the entire coy. It is a hard thing to say just much football teams spend in a sea son, but an estimate of $1,000,00oould not be too high. Football is, nevertheless, a very profitable s and the colleges make much more out of it than they spend. Thotball profits support the crews and other athletic branches. With s at two dollars apiece aitd Crowds from 15,000 to 30,000 at the big :es oble Can teadity see that the gate receipts are not to be despised, a billtibi dolloltis is spent by all the teams of the country in a s1ikt .i. be assumed that as much as $2,000,000 is taken in. The hebarge has b.' Lnade tbf late years. thern hait btei too much tihakering With footW 't playing s, that the sport was being made too complicated and thht weight arctics were crowding out individualit.y and fundament4 knowledge of, game. Yet, in spite of these cn-. plaints, which fre by no meanithout foundation, the game wit~ 4 burden of Wtricacy is everywhadvancing with tremendous siric~ and gids 'ail k4 become what basebhnce was. "the national gafe.''" `vi IKry men consider foot an excellent sport for .sct.,ers, and a almaky posts, both in the earnd west, the game is fthr., taken up by :ihe enlisted men who are orging teams for the pu ptp of playing a chtmpionship series. A few yearns ago football wvhat golf is now,' it aristocratic game. Tt was played by the select fewd the games were. Xitnessed by the ex clusive set. But now it is gett to be a demqj&Atic game, the popular game for the people. This is a should be, mit.ess-and there's the rub -the professional football pla thould(.ari i upon the scene, backed by the money-making speculator, ambinmi;ir ',vhich would lower the sport in the eyes of high-minded amas .si, d'e respectable element of Amer ican society. ti Osborne Rase, Isle -oWight I ; A sing Edwi 'd's Cenation Gift to His People $ . t .SBORNHE OUSE, Isle of ;ht, which was given to the British peo ple 'by 'King Edward VIes a coronation offering, was one of the . favooklte estates of the ) Queen Victoria. It is doubtful if the king cobiii have found a momuitable present, and his intention, an nounced a few days ago, to court it into a home for disabled army and navy officers meets with the f approval of the British public, according to enthusiastic accounts receir from London. The Osborne house estateace called Austerburne, or Easter Brook, t w.as held for many years byte Bowermans, an ancient i.sand family. r There were several owners ul, in the time of Charles L, it was pur chased by Charles Mann. Theivil war found "ann with a large sum of gold and silver in the stre box of his magnificent castle. He con sidered the dense woods nearf a more secure hiding place, and buried his treasure. The legend has that he forgot to mark the spot and was never able to recover his alth. His heiress and granddaughter mar ried a Mr. Blackford. Lady I)ella Blackford, their descendant, sold the ' . - " - - . .. " :. . OSBOF~I HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT. estate to Queen Victoria In ,40. It is stated that the prince consort. fa ther of King Edward, hellit Architect Cubitt plan Osborne house as it exists to-day. The estate roper was enlarged from time to time by extensive purchases, until itiow contains nome 5,000 acres. The new house is in tZ style of Palladio. There are two striking towers-the campanile, or 11 tower, 90 feet in height, and the flag tower, imumediately behindthe late queen's private apartments. which rises to the height of 107 tet. The rooms occupied by Queen Victoria will be the only part of thehouse not given over to the public. The garden is arrangedin terraces, and ends in a superb lawn. which slopes to the water' oedge,where there is a little jetty used by the late queen. In these gardens be prince consort made his harmless and at one time much ridiculed eterinments in agriculture and forestry. Outside. of the apartnmts occupied by Queen Victoria the council room at Osborne is of mos interest. It was at a meeting in this room, in 184. that the Peel cabiet split over the repeal of the corn laws as a relief .for Irish fanline. In the same room hangs Landseer's famous painting, "The Deer' Drive,"one of the rarest specimens of English art. King Edward 'never lild Osborne house, where he received many sharp iettifres frbm his atgust mother in the days when. as prince of Wales, he i*as the leader f the "fast set" whose doings were condemned by tlhe veaerkbl. queen inlanguage which sometimes approached the em phatkt. SOVTHERN EDUCATION NOT ALWAYS IN BOOKs. While the Book is Necessary There is Much in Edunation That is Not Set Down Therein. In this day of so much talk about education, which seems to turn upon plans for sending children to school, it may be well to pause now and then to consider the careers of men who have been really educated-that is, fitted for useful lives. Many of these have had to deal with facts, and not with books. They have been their own teachers, and practical experience has been their school. "There is danger that opportunities in the country for real education may become more, and more limited. So great emphasis is laid upon book learning that the mass of folks are rapidly falling into the habit of re garding book learning as education, when it is nothing of the kind. Edu cation may be well assisted by the use of books under the guidance of com petent teachers, but the mistake should not be made of depending en tirely upon the books. That will, in the majority of cases, result in the very opposite of education, which is the training of boys and girls to think and act for themselves in such a way as to lead happy lives and to advance the real interests of their fellows. So it is well for the self-edu cated man not to be forgotten." Southern Farm Magazine. This is well said, and it can not be said too often. It seems in most of our schools that nothing can be learned except with a book. Nine teachers out of ten are helpless with out a book in hand. All geography is in the book. Of course there is none out-of-doors. There was no arithme e tic until somebody-a plague upon him!-wrote one. History was in e vented by the man that discovered I dates. He had to invent it in order to have somewhat to put his dates. A book is necessary; so is a servant. A book is a good servant if it is a e good book; but it is a terrible mas :er. "Self-educated!" How much there is e in that word. No one is ever proper ly educated unless self-educated. The only true school or college is one where the student may have the op 1 portunitv to "self-educate," In the vast majority pf our "sehools the child is regarded as a memory ma chine into which lessons are poured; and he is expected to grind out an Swers like a cornsheller. And we call s that "education." The word has been warped and wrested from its real e meaning. Send a boy to school and ecollege and let aim learn a lot of facts from 'cooks and he is said to be "e& uca~ed." Let him study botany ahid ýh deo ., out-of-doors: let him become a 'e tse observer and a clear i-easoner "without boolk and tie is still "unedu cated." He lnust tiain books, books, to be "educated." In his excellent book. ' e eo- ,- it ing of Old Commonwealths, Walter H. bi Page gives this conversation with a the I country schoolmaster: sai "What would you think of schools a where men should now be trained to occupations-schools here in this neighborhood, to make plows,wagons, sei furniture-everything?" "That'd be a mighty good thing; Da but that ain't educationi," was the re- six ply of the teacher. tie We may truthfully say of much of an the book learning, "that ain't educa- ma tion." The south needs schools where cl the boys and girls may learn "to yo think and act for themselves in such di( a way as to lead happy lives and to advance the real interests of their hi felloei." Ti OUR FIRST GREAT WORK. so The Education of the Children of w the South the First Great Work cl of Every Lover of Country. te in Ex-Gov. and Ex-Senator Thomas J. ti Jarvis, of North Carolina, is now in the sunset of life. His has been a tc noble record on the pages of North It Carolina history. The following d' words from a private letter written et by him breathe a lofty statesmanship si and a proad patriotism: cl "I look upon the education of the children of the south as the first ri great work to engage the time and thought and labors of every lover of t his country and his kind. "I am greatful for the help of the people of the north, but all the work must be done by the men and women of the south. We understand the conditions better and can deal with t them wiser than strangers. But our b people themselves must be taught to e deal with these conditions in a spirit t ef fairness and broad statesmanship. We have two races living in the south. I These races are distinct and must remain so, and yet they must live to- c gether. My judgment is that it is c letter for both that each be educated s and trained and elevated to the high- t est state of citizenship of which it t is capable. It is also my judgment that the church and school houses i are the best agencies for making good citizens. If these agencies can not 1 help us in solving the race problem, I then indeed we have a hopeless task cn our hands. But thank God I am a man of faith. I believe in God and i- in my fellow-men, and I believe the it people of the south can solve all prob- 1 y ~nms presented to them if they will cehave to the church and the school g house; and that too in a manner g which shall make them and their sec ii tion a great power for good in the .a world." h Beacon of Southern Growth. to The Georgia School of Technology Lt is one of the beacons of southern ma terial growth. May its light contin 'il ue to shine before men with ever-in n, creasing brilliancy. is The Georgia "Tech." bids fair to is do this very thing. Recently the gen eral education board offered the insti if tution $10,000 if a like amount was of raised by friends of the institution. td The amount was soon raised, and the n- $20,000 will be used for much-needed Iaboratorie. HUMOROUS. FirPit Young Lady-"I wonder if 1 n shall lose my looks, too, when I get to h oe yor age?"'' Second Young Lady- b "You'll be lucky if you do."-Stray Stories. a "Some of these people," protested t4 the telephone girl, "would try the pa- u tience of a saint." "And do you con- d sider yourself a saint?" "Well, I al- b ways have a 'hello' around my head."- b Philadelphia Times. a The Boorish Bachelor-"I see that r+ a man has got himself into a lot of trouble marrying two women." "Why the extra one?" queried the boorish bachelor; "couldn't one make trouble a enough'?"-Baltimore Herald. "The wedding presents, I suppose, o were something gorgeous." "0! princely," replied the guest. "There 4 was a necklace of diamonds, a yacht, a solid gold dinner set and a complete tou vr anthracite coal."-Philadelphia Press. I Mrs. Snooper-"I wonder if it is true, o as Dr. Jacob says, that the baby of to- 1 day has a better chance in life than the q baby of 50 years ago?" Snooper-"Cer- a tainly it is! The baby of 50 years ago h is half a century old now."-London t Answers. d Tom-"Why so melancholy, old : man?" Jack-"Miss Jones rejected me v last night." Tom-"Well, brace up. t There are others." Jack-"Yes, of s course; but somehow I can't help feel- 1 I ing sorry for the poor girl."-Chicago v I Daily News. t HIe-"Darling, I have tried to tell you t of my love! Will you sail with me over ' the sea of life ?" Voice from upstairs- t "Mary! Oh! Mary, If you're going to take passage with that fellow you'd better grab the rudder and do the steering."-Detroit Free Press. Towne-"Subbubs told me he wasn't i going to use the railroad any more I unless he could get a pass." Browne- "Well, he travels on his face pretty a often now." Towne-"Worked a pass, eh." "Browne-"No, got an automo- s bile."-Philadelphia Press. 1 k MONEY IN YOUR POCKETS. 1 I I The Ordinary Cabman Often Has P More Cash with Him Than the Man He Carries. If a man is worth only as much money as he can immediately com mand-a financial axiom ascribed to Jay Gould-then there are members of the stock exchange who are paupers compared with the "cabbies" who touch hats to them, says the a New York Herald. An actor, well known to all thea ter-goei's, spoke about this at the B Lambs' club the other night. "Do you know," said he, "that I lost $50 yesterday on a wager in which I lelt myself a sure winner? "I needn't tell you the name of the young chap from the avenue who knows it all and thinks he's a bIt tl quet to us, while we jolly hiiii ai tig. l 'Davvy' brought him itl At bibe while d I was making up. 'He looks like an oriental pirince,' said bavvy. 'He's e blazin' like an iiicandescent.' And I `saw he Was, When I gave him the glad hand, after wiping the grease paint off. "'"Wi)l you have supper to-night with me at Sherry's?' said he. I told hi bi I would if he'd pay for it, and then, on the spur of the moment, I said: 'Because, old chap, I haven't a son about me. How much have to you?' "lie btareo anu griiuu c ult, u searched his pockets, and said: 'Not a cent.' Quick as a shot I turned to Davvy, whose wages, you know, are six a week, and said: 'Davvy, atten tion!' Then I turned to the other and said: 'I'll bet you $50 even that my man here has more money in his n clothes just now than you have in yours.' 'I'll take you,' he said. He ch did. of "I turned Davvy inside out, even to six bis underclothing, and got 46 cents. The chap undid his crush hat and took V out of the lining a $50, a $20, two $10s, R some $5s, and I don't know what." This was not the experience of a as t writer in Wall street in making a gi chance and practical experimenttode- en termine the amount of cash contained ye in the pockets of the apparently weal- m thy and poor. a "I beg your pardon," said the writer t a to a broker friend on the rush for h luncheon, "can you change me a five A dollar note?" The search of his pock- f nets and his answer were almost in p stantaneous. "Dear chap," he said, "I couldn't e change you a nickel. I'm not a bank t rupt. but I'm dead broke just now." d The writer darted across the way = f to a cabby. "Can you change me a 50?" said he. e "Certainly," said the cabby, and he k did it with ease. n Lived Down His Reputation. Lo The king of Italy was unpopular at h the time of his coming to the throne ir because of the stories of his extreme to economy. but has lately shown that, it though he is circumspect in his ex P- penditure. he is liberal and benevolent. 1- He gives largely to charity, both or st ganized and individual, and in his so o- cial life seems ready to make any is outlay that is necessitated by his po sd sition. Among his recent benefac h- tions was a gift of 100,000 lire to the it town of Palermo, to be distributed at among the poor and three charitable es institutions. Of this sum 50,000 lire d is to go to the poor, 30,000 lire to the ot town hospital. 10,000 lire to the marine in, hospital and 1.000 lire to the Red sk Cross society.-London Chronicle. ad Fleas Called "Wild Animals." he A custom house decision on fleas has b- been rendered in Switzerland. Apack ill age marked "Trained Fleas" reached ol Geneva. The nearest analogy the col er lector could find was that of June .c. bugs. which had been ruled to be he "edibles." The case went from one official to another, till it reachedhead quarters at Berne, whence, after much investigation and deliberation, the conclusion was reached that the fleas a- came under the head of "wild animals in- in a menagerie."-Toledo Times. in ii ' ~ II1 I Cause and Eleet. The Mont Pelee disaster was taken as a text by one of the speakers at a recent near-by camp-meeting of negro Zionists. ' He explained that the eruption was a re- I buke to the greed of mankind along the fol- E lowing lines: t "De earl, my fr'en's, resolves on axels as we all know. Some'fin' suah am needed to keep 'em axels greased; so, de good Lawd, in His wisdom an' fo'sight, put lots ' ub petrolyum in de bowels ub de earf for dat purpose. De Stan'ard Oil comp'ny comes along an' 'strax dat petrolyum by borin' holes in de earf. De earf sticks on its a axels and won't go 'round no more; dere is t a hot box, just as tho' de earf wus a big rail- I road train-an' then' my fr'en's, dere am I trubble."-Philadelphia Times. Dog's Fine Digestion. The dog of a sweet girl graduate from a a Rhode Island high school ate up her di ploma while it was still brand new, and its late owner is inconsolable. A good many other things are tried on a dog, but this is the first time that one has tested the filling qualities of a high school education.-Seat tle Post-Intelligencer. Cream of Barley Soup. Put into a saucepan two ounces of butter, and when very hot, add four ounces of well-cleaned pearl barley; heat it, then moisten with four quarts of broth; cover the saucepan and cook the barley slowly for three hours or more, until it yields easily to the pressure of the finger, then drain and pound in a mortar, dilut ing it with its own stock, after wards straining through a sieve. Re turn it to the fire, and in case it should be too thick, add more of the broth; stir continually with a spat ula, bearing on to the bottom of the saucepan, until the soup is ready to boil; season with salt, sugar and nutmeg, and add the thickening to the soup, stirring it in well until all the butter is melted.-Boston Budget. Bread Omelet Rolled. Crumb two slices of bread and soak in a cupful of cold milk until soft. Beat six eggs light, adding a level tablespoonful of butter chopped up small. Pour bread and milk with I eggs and mix together. Season with salt and pepper and pour into a shal low biscuit pan; sprinkle onion juice over the top and bake the omelet in a hot oven until set, then roll it up like a jelly cake and turn it out on a hot dish. Garnish and serve at once.-Washington Star. Great Waste of Money. "Yes, I have had my girls all over Europe." "And did you meet no one?" "Not one, except a few beastly Americans."-Town Topics. CHANGE OF ULIFE. Some Sensible Advice to WO, men by Mrs. I. Sailer, it !an j MM P si .Wn:-when f ....a tough what is known as g oef life,' I had two years' a' idhag, -sudden heat, and as quick dhills would pass over me ; my appetite was variable and I never could tell for MRS E.. SAILER, President German Relief Association, Los Angeles, Cal. a day at a time how I would feel the next day. Five bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound changed all that, my days became days of health, and I have enjoyed every day since-now six years. " We have used considerable of your Vegetable Compound in our charitable work, as we find that to restore a poor mother to health so she can support her self and those dependent upon her, if such there be, is truer charity than to give other aid. You have my hearty endorsement, for you have proven 1 yourself a true friend to suffering wo - men."--MRS. E. SAILER, 756% Hill St., Los Angeles, Cal.-50ooo forfeit If aboes tes timonial is not genulnl. 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