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Society Pugilist Put Out !n Four Rounds by "Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien Before the Most Fashionable Audience Which Ever ^aw a Quaker City Prize Fight. Dazed by a terrific right bander to the jaw, A. J. Dresel Biddle was de feated by "Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien In the fourth round of what was to have been a five round "go" in the casino of the Merlon Cricket club be fore a crowd of more than a thousand members of the best Philadelphia so ciety. Barely able to stagger through the third round, the young Philadelphia society man came up for the fourth hardly able to stand, and the round had not been on half a minute wben the professional sent over the blow that ended the fight Biddle did not fall, but O'Brien, see ing that he could stand no more pun ishment, turned and playfully punched the referee, William B. Recap, who thereupon stopped the fight For the first round the amateur forc ed the fighting. He acted on the ag gressive and drove O'Brien all around the ring, while the immense crowd stood on their chairs and bellowed cheers. Had the bout been stopped at the end of this round the decision must have been awarded to Biddle. But the tremendous effort which he put forth exhausted the amateur. whos* training bad not been rigorous enough to withstand the strain of a finish fight with a veteran of the ring. . When Biddle came up for the second round he was winded. O'Brien took things easily and did not force the fighting. The third round was a farce, but been whetted by a fast and excltlug wrestling bout between Bob Folwell. intercollegiate wrestling champion, and J. K. Dwyer, center rush on the university football team, a wait of a few minutes ensued. Precisely at 10:1fi o'clock O'Brien entered from the wings and jumped 'over the ropes. The professional was clad in a gor geous bathrobe and green tights. The reception which the crowd gave hltn must have wiped out lu his milid many a storm of hisses which have greeted his appearance within the last few years. But the reception accorded O'Brien seemed mild to the cheers which rolled out wheu Tony Biddle entered a mo ment later. He was clad In blue tights, with a red sash. Men stood upon their chairs and cheered, while Tony smilingly bowed his acknowl edgments for the ovation. Biddle starte : off like a whirlwind. By fast body l!ows and nimble foot work he seemed to surprise O'Brien. Within two minutes, as the society man continued to land blow after blow, the audience was In an uproar. The round ended with Biddle having had much the best of it on points, although O'Brien did not look worried and went to his corner laughing. Biddle received an ovation that lasted almost until t|ie bell rang for the sec ond round. Men who came expecting to see a sparring exhibition began to think a real fight was on the cards. But at the beginning of the second O'BRIEN WHIPPED . OVER HIS RIGHT. amid the sympathetic .cheers of the crowd Biddle gravely staggered on, winded and exhausted. The rest be tween the rounds did not seem to bene fit him much, and when he came up for the fourth round he was almost in a state of collapse. The end came quickly. Biddle when he came to the center of the ring put up his hands. O'Brien feinted and Ahen, seizing his opportunity, whipped in a blow to the jaw that sent his ad versary staggering across the ring. Cries of "Don't hit him; he's all in."* came from all parts of the casino. O'Brien laughingly failed to follow up his advantage and knock his op ponent down and ended the fight with out the young amateur having even gone to his knees. Never in the history of the Merion Cricket club has the casino been crowded as it was that night Men prominent in society and business cir cles and well, known sporting men from New York rubbed elbows. After the appetite of the crowd had round it was seen at once that Biddle had exhausted himself by bis aggres sive action. O'Brien was quick to note the change. He struck Biddle several times with the flat of his hand and did not try to hurt him, although Tony oc casionally put over blows which made the former champion wince. At the end of this round it was easy to see that O'Brien could end the fight whenever he wished. Biddle came up for the next round slightly refreshed and showed a flash or bis steam in the first round. He landed several body blows. The crowd cheered, but they lacked steam, and O'Brien's smile broadened. The pro fessional sent in a body blow, which was the first that seemed to distress Biddle. From that time until'the end of the third round he did- not try to hurt Tony,-, who was so winded that he could hardly hop about the ring. Not a blow was struck In the last round until O'Brien whipped over the right that nearly sent Biddle down and ended the fight "Souses" Source of Separation Millionaire Howard Gould Accuses His Actress Wife of Imbibing Intoxicants by the Bucketful. According to the records In the Gould versus Gould divorce case, a capacity for unlimited amounts of the stuff that cheers and inebriates is the sine qua uon or? position in New York's smart set. Howard Gould in his peti tion asking for a divorce from his wife, formerly Katheriue Clemmous, alleges at Castle Gould in the latter part of August and early in September, 100?, his wife would drink daily a quart of brandy in .addition to champagne, other wines and cocktails. In the latter part of 1903, Mr. Gould says, his wife would generally drink two or three Cocktails before break fast or luncheon or whatever happened to be her first meal and then duriug the meal woul? drink a pint of white wine and in the afternoon several brandy cocktails. As the time for diu ner approached, he adds, she would driuk two or three more cocktails, aft er dinner a cordial and a brandy high ball as a nightcap just before bedtime. In addition to this, he adds. Mrs. Gould kept in her boudoir bottles of brandy, gin and other liquors, which she would driuk during the night and day. Mr. Gould further alleges that soon after Mrs. Gould returned from Palm Beach in 1905 she went in an automo bile to the home of friends in West Eighty-seventh street while intoxicat ed and assaulted her hostess and se verely bit, scratched or in some man ner lacerated her arm and also at tacked or threatened to attack some of the other female guests at the enter tainment referred to. Shortly thereafter, the affidavit con tinues, the plaintiff was found In the cellar or basement of the house lean ing against the wall with her hair, hat and costume disarranged. Plaintiff fell or lay down upon the concrete floor of said cellar or basement and was finally induced to leave, being as sisted to her automobile and carried to the St Regis hotel, where the plain tiff and defendant were then sojourn ing. How Cough Germs Multiply. When you have a cold the mucous membrane is inflamed and tin disease germs which you breathe find lodg ment and multiply, especially the pneumonia germ. Foley's Honey and Tar soothes and h^als the inflamed air passage, sto,js the cough and ex pels the cold from your system. Re fuse substitutes. A. C. Dukes. ? Trial Catarrh treatniejcs are be 'ng mailed out, free, on request, by 1 Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. These tests I are proving to the people?without a penny's cost- the great value of this scientific proscription known to druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Catarrh F.emcdy. Sold by Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co. The "good old summer tiue" Is about here, as w-itness the shirt sleeve brigade. Northern capitalists have establish ed a $150,000 shoe factory in Fay etteville, N. C. Homewood s Belligerent Bunny Pennsylvania Town Has a Rapacious Rabbit Which Whips Dogs and Has to Be Muzzled. 9 B. S. Jones of Homewood, Pa., has been compelled to fasten a steel muz zle on his giant rabbit to prevent it from tearingg to shreds the trousers seats of mischievous schoolboys, and he has had to chain it down with a ring in its nose^ like an angry bull. And he is no competitor of Professor Long for nature faking honors. The rabbit is universally accorded the virtues of modesty and gentleness and in the experience of most persons is easily frightened and timid. But we will let Mr. B. S. Jones tell his own story: "When I first got possession of my lepus," he says, "I kept him in the chicken coop. But he raised rows with half a dozen big game roosters, and one after another he tobk their, measure. It was great to watch him fight a rooster.1 As the cock closed in. striking and pecking, the big rabbit drew back from the circling spurs and, watching his chance, shot his long hind foot with its sharp toe nails out and up in a regular cross counter that sent the rooster sprawling on his side three feet away. "But it is in fighting dogs that this wise old cottontail displays almost hu man resource and stratagem. He picks a quarrel with every cur he sees, swats him in the eye and then runs at break neck speed, with the dog in hot pur suit When he reaches a favorable place the cottontail slackens speed un til the dog approaches; then be leaps into the air, turns a back somersault, lauds squarely on the dog's haunches and sinks his teeth into bis body and is off again like the wind. He repeats this programme until the dog is beat en outright or quits from exhaustion. "Finally the schoolboys began toss ing snowballs at bunny. He took up the defi at once. Rushing at one big lad. he nipped the calf of his leg and was away before the boy saw his stocking was tinged with crimson. He chased a whole crowd of boys down Valonia street one day last week, leap ing into the air and tearing their trou sers. Many of the youngsters now walk around three blocks in the rear to get to the schoolhouse. and at the re quest of neighbors I bought a steel wire muzzle and strapped it securely on the rabbit. At night I take this off and let him run loose in the yard at the end of a long chain, which is at tached to a ring in the rabbit's nose. He broke every other manner of con fining him. and it was found necessary to Insert a fine gold ring in the nose cartilage." ?.' ? GraodmaKept theBeacoo Bright While Stamford Lighthouse Keeper Tossed About In Tiny Launch on Stormy Long Island Sound His Seventy-year old Mother Stood at His Post. Putting from the rock ribbed light house off Stamford. Conn., in only a half gale, John J. Cook, the keeper, called a merry adieu to his old mother, and she waved cheerily back. They had reason to be glad, for the wife of the lighthouse keeper had recovered sufficiently from a dangerous illness to be able to be with her husband again. That was early on Thursday even ing, and the speedy little launch should have made the trip to tt<e Con necticut mainland and back to the lone rock on which the lighthouse stood In about one hour, bringing the convales cent wife along. "Remember the light, mother!" John called jokingly as the little launch set tled in the stern and took a bone in her bow under the eight horsepower engine. It was long before twilight and hardly a chance that he wouldn't be back before dusk with the wife and were drifting past Oyster Bay by that time, and darkness was gathering, and never was the sound in so unruly a mood?bad night on the sound without a harbor light, and so cold! Theu across the fcam crested waves shot a twinkling, saving bar of white from the faroff Stamford lighthouse. "Thank God!" muttered the shivering keeper. "That's grandma,'* murmured the In valid wife sleepily from her comfort able coverings. It> wasn't long until they hit the rip, where the tides meet coming up from the bay and rushing in from Montauk point. The sea anchor "wasn't much good in that swirl, as it was white capped an a tidal wave, but the launch rode well, and Cook bailed and bailed and told his uncomplaining wife it was all right, which she knew it was when he said so. So the dangerous rip swirl ed and beat back the tide and carried WAVING AN IMPROVISED FLAG. mother who had been so sadly missed In the lone lighthouse, so close to the mainland, yet so far away, in its rigid, cold stoue lines, only made out clearly from land with glasses. The invalid was at the pier, with a slight flush in her pale cheeks at see ing her rugged husband again. "How's grandma?" she asked, and John said fiue, and the babies too. The trip back was like a homecoui Ing, the invalid taking in the free air with expanding lungs of returning health. And they could dimly make out a flutler of white from the light house railing. Grandma was waving all well and a welcome." Then there came a creak of mechan ism, a sharp explosion, and the motor had hopelessly brcken down. The boat ground on a rock, and in trying to sheer off Cook broke his only our. The tide then was setting in, and the launch drifted into the wild waters of uiidsound in a wind that had howled into a gale. Ripping off the tiller rope, the lighthouse keeper tied to it and flung out cushions, chairs, rubber coats and even boots for a sea anchor. That gave the boat her head so she could live in the waves. Then Cook piled all the other clothing and tarpaulin that ; could be spared from the sea anchor over his wile, so she was warm and untroubled, for her husband bad said everything was all right. But what about the light? They the help!"ss launch through the uglier sea toward the east again. All night they nuie thus, the wife murmuring it was time they were home and then nodding again and Cook balling out until in- could drop and saying a cheery word now and then at a stir 'neath the tarpaulins. Ahviiy* and steadily all night then; shone for wreck craft or steamer, tow or lr;ie driven schooner, the warn ing bea:.is from the rock rihL?d Stam ford lighthouse pointing the channel wny to safety At daylight the crew of the Baton's Neck life saving station saw a bobbing cork far out :.! the sou;: i Lusty cars men were soon there and in two hour.-, more had lowed (he broken dow?! launch ihirtceu miles :u-vt\?s i'..-.- sound to the Ugh'house, whore Hie I.cjcuj still glen mo !.? A fh::- Ii:;!:? old womsn. bent and shaken with that awful night, whe:: she feared nhd felt her two beloved had gone down in the waters, crepi down railing steps of the stony lighthouse. "I'm g'.lo you are better, dearie.'* she said. t"-t 'ring .-. Htt's under the warm embi see the Invalid, whr looked on the gray rocks of her light house borne ns the garden spot of tin' earth. "We watched the light, mother." wa; all John said, bur grandma knew arf smil?\ "When attacked by a c ough or cold, or when your throat is sore it is rank foo'ishness to take any ether medcine than Dr. King's New Discov ery," says C. 0. Eldridge of Empire, Ga. "I have used New Discovery for seven years and I know it is the best remedy on earth for coughs and colds, croup, and all throat and lung troubles. My children are subject to croup, but New Discovery quickly fures every attack." Known the world over as the King of throat and lung remedies. Sold under guaran tee at J. G. Wannainaker Mfg. Co., drug store DO c. and $1.00. Trial bot t! i flee. A lot of people have religion for jthe same purpose they have fine clothes. Use I'eWitt's Little Early Risers, pleasant little pills. They are easy to take. Sold by A. C. Dukes, ,M. D; A. C Doyle & Co. The biggest army' depot in the country is to be establi?" "id-near-S ri Francisco. HIDDEN DANGERS. Nature Gives Timely Warnings That No Orangeburg Citizen Can Afford to Ignore. DANGER SIGNAL NO. 1 :omes from the kidney secretions. They will warn you when the kidneys arei sick. Well kidneys excrete a clear, amber fluid. Sick kidneys send out a thin, pale ,and foamy, or a thick red, ill-smelling urine, full of sedi ment and irregular of passage. DANGER SIGNAL NO. 2 comes from the back. Back pains, dull and heavy, or sharp and acute tell you of sick kidneys and warn you of the approach of dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and cure them permanently. E. Starton, well known In Flor ence, S. C, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills helped my back after every thing else had failed, and alter I had thought that my back was worn out. They made it stronger than it had been for five or six year.-, and seemed to put a new backbone in me. I have had a terrible time with backr ache which was greatly aggravated by my work and at times I had to lay off for I could not work on ac count of the acute pains across my loins. I could not begin to teM you all I have suffered. The secretions from my kidneys also bothered me, were very dark in color and con tained sediment, being also too fre quent in action and annoying me during the day and preventing my resting well at nights. I Stpplicd plasters and rubbed my back with liniments but nothing helped me un-| til I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and procured a box. They were just what I needed and are the bes!: back ache remedy I ever used. I have not had backache since I used them, the kidney secretions are all right, I can sleep all night without having to get up and my back is stronger than it has' been for a number of years." Plenty more proof likj this from Orangeburg people, call at J. G. Wannamaker's drug store and ask what customers report. For sale by 'all dealers. Price 50c. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,, New York, sole agent for United States. Re.uember the name?Doan's? and take no other. One good thing about a daughter in-law is she's only your son's wife. DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is best lor cut?, burns, boils, bruises and scratches. It is especial ly pod for piles. Sold by A. C. Dukes; A. C. Doyle & Co. Tbe telegraph system is not in it with the messenger boy for killing I time. A tickling cough, from any cause, Is quickly stopped by Dr. Snoops Cough Cure. And it is so thoroughly harmless and sare, that Dr. Shoop tells mothers everywhere to give it without hesitation, even to very young babies. ^Tne wholesome green leaves and tender stems of a lung healing mountain shrub, furnish the curative properities to Dr. Shbop's Cough Cure. It calms the cough, and heals the sore and sensitive bron chial membranes. No opium, chloro form, nothing harsh used to injure' or suppress. -Simply a resinous plant extract, that helps to heal aching lungs. The Spandiards call thisi shrub which the doctor uses, "The Sacred Herb." Always demand Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co. The time you can depend or. a wo man is when you can't on anybody else. A Higher Health Level. "I have reached a hgher health lev el since I began using Dr. King's New Life Pills," writes Jacob Springer, of West Franklin, Maine. They keep my stomach, liver and bowels wor-klng just right." If these pills disappoint you on trial, money will be refunded at J. G Wannamaker Mfg. Co"s drug store. 25c. Senator Tinman continues to im prove and he and his friends are much encouraged. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new Laxative, stimulates, but does not irritate. It is the best Laxative. Guaranteed or your money back. A. C. Dukes. ' FLORIDA-CUBA During these Cold Winter Months A TRIP THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE Would be just the thing to make life worth living. Superb trains, excellent schedules and tickets which offer every-advantage possible for a pleasant and attractive trip. For full information or Pamphlets call on your nearest Ticket Agent, or write, W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITS, Passenger Traffic "Manager, * General Passenger Agent, * WILMINGTON, N. C. WHICH IS MORE URGENT? FIRE INSURANCE. I LIFE INSURANCE. Important? You fully realize it. You would not allow your house to remain uninsured overnight. Your house may never burn. Com paratively few buildings ever do. If your house does burn, your prop erty is destroyed, but you can still provide for your loved ones. Your ncome remains unaffected, your earn ing capacity unimpaired. Important? Oh yes, you Intend to insure after awhile when I'a little better able to do so." You will surely die. All men do. You are more likely to die within a week or a year, than your house is to burn. If your house is not insured at all, or for an insufficient amount. YOU CARRY THE RISK. Death destroys at once and irre vocably, in whole or in part the in come that provided for the daily wants of those you love, the Income that was counted on to feed and clothe and educate your chldren. If your Ufe is not insured at all, or for an insufficient amount, Your Wife and Babies Carry the Risk. Your friend has had his home in-' Your trend has had his life in sured these 30 year- i is now an sured these 30 years, and has had o]d man. He is fort-*, te in having no fire. He has been fortunate in lived, and he has something now cO ' -lr ? ... . 'show foi~the money paid out. His that though he has nothing now to va,ue affords ft comfortable 8up_ show for the money paid out. | port for his own declining years. WHICH \IS MORE URGENT? JOHN GELZER 18 E. Russell St., Orangeburg, S. C. Agent for SOUTHEASTERN LIFE INSURANCE CO., Spartanburg, S. C. ? BEAUTY AND CLEANESS are essentially the characteristics of our brass and metal beds. For summer use there is none to he compared with them. - Like All Our Furniture, these beds have been built right In every detail. We can rcommend them because we know their good qualities. And the price onght to recommend them to you. So inexpensive are they that yon can furnish every bedroom in your house without feeling yourself extravagant. Also everything in the Hardware line, Stoves and Ranges <?c. Orangeburg Hardware & Furniture Co. Now is the Time To buy your hw'zg Implements. I have a complete lino o Plows, Plow Stocks, Back Bands, Leather & Cotton Collars, Plantation Bridles, Farm, Church and School Bells, Shovels, Anvils? Forges, Poultry Netting, Woven Wire Fences, Lard Presses & Meat Cutters. And in fact everything that is used m the farm. Prices are right. Give me a call J.W. Phone No 1. Orangeburg, S. C.