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41 P TILE SUXDAY OKKGOXIAX, FORTE JANUARY 21, 1906. ELY A' BUILT UP"C HAMPION. 1 ErtTR JACK OBRIEX. -who by his victory over Robert Fitzsimmons, attains a clear title to the middle and heavy weight championship of the world, is per haps the smallest man who ever held that honor. Compared to John Ij. Sullivan, Jim Cor bet t and Fitzsimmons, not to speak of James J. Jeffries, he is a veritable mid get. In condition he seldom weighs more than 160 pounds, and would have little dif ficulty in making 158. It is true that FiUsImmons weighed little more than that at one time, and even today is probably not above 1C5, but In the days when he downed Corbctt he was around the 170 njark, aud moreover ,he had the shoulders and hitting equip ment of a giant It was his spider-like legs that reduced his weight, and allowed him to spend a large part of his career putting mlddlowelghts to sleep. Most champions, particularly those, above instanced, have been especially fa vored by Nature with the sort of muscu lar make-up needed to outpunch their Iellows. Thus Jeffries has always had his mam moth frame, with its wondorful shoul ders, huge arms and massive chest; Cor bett was endowed with a frame peculiarly adapted for speed, and Fitzsimmons' shoulders were naturally those of the heavy hitter. All these men, of course, developed what Nature had given them, hut making due aPowanee for all that was improved as a result or hard work, it is none the less true that they never would have gone into the front rank, but for what they were born to. Entirely a "Bullt-Vp" Champion. With O'Brien the case is different. He is entirely a "built-up" champion. lie had little to start with. The man who was eventually to beat Fitzsimmons. the next best man to Jeffries, and' succeed to the title that the boilermaker aband oned when he quit the ring, began light ing as a lightweight, a flat-dhested- poor ly developed youngster, who after he graduated from the amateur ranks, was for a long time hardly deemed good endugh for the place in the preliminary bouts of a really good show. His face was pale, and his eye lacked Where Is New Boston Congregational Club BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 15. (Special Correspondent of the Sunday Ore gonian.) What has become of the old Puritan stock of New England? This is a question that has received a good deal of attention of late from many loyal admirers of the old Bay State. We still point with pride to the time-honored landmarks, and from year to year we continue to relate to our children the story of the bravo and sturdy Puritan pioneers who, in their day, fought the good fight and made the commonwealth of Massachusetts not only possible, but glorious for alt time. But In the political and religious life of today, where are the revered and historical names, and what has be come, of the world-famed Puritan ideals? For, after all governing meth ods have been considered, conduct in life remains the true standard of no bility and the test of all character from that of a man up to that of a nation. At the annual gathering of the Bos . ton Congregational Club the other day, very interesting remarks were made on tills subject by some of the speakers. It was Justly asserted that no republic can survive or continue save through the virtue of the individual citizen. The Pilgrims buildod the Common wealth of Massachusetts on the faith that citizenship could bo trusted. Therefore, upon each citizen rests the responsibility of maintaining the prin ciples -which the Pilgrims brought to this country. The address of Dr. Allbright, the president of tho club, was of a some what startling nature. Attention was called to the fact that the Puritan of old was above all-a fighter for God and good government, whereas tho Purl tan of today Is a dreamer, a sitter apart from his fellows, a man of spas modic energy who, when drawn into &. contest, usually gets beateat wiere- O'BRIEN'S HEW HOIt'iK FASHION- EGSg?' ' llK J1 ABLE SECTION OF PHILADELPHIA t WBKmM In that dogged power that one looks for in tha man who is going to prove his physical superiority over his fellow?. There was little muscling to his body, and in his earlier bouts he gave no evi dence of hitting ability. England's Old Puritan, Stock? Asks This Question Without Receiving a Satisfactory- Answer. upon he Invariably retires into a kino, of aristocratic sulk from, which noth ing under heaven can rouse him. On the other hand the speaker drew a striking portrait of the man who has stepped into the Puritans' boots, the Irish-American. From the start this man is1 a fighter, and we may Just as well recognize the fact that accord ing to history, the man with the push and the punch, if not alwayB a world bettercr is usually a world beater. This doughty successor to the Puritan is more than a fighter. Ho has brains, he has courage, he is Intensely pa triotic, he Is a man of boundless en thusiasm and resource, above all he is a silver-tongued persuasive fellow who knows Just what he wants and his share, as some say, is everything in sight ' According to Dr. Allbright out Celtic friends desire nothing better than that New England should be renamed New Ireland. Meantime they havo taken possession of about everything In sight and the descendants of the Puritan and the Pilgrims seem to have very little to say about, it- They look on with a kind of bewildered impotence. They go on talking optimistically while strangers make light of their history and politicians run away with the spoils. Nevertheless our best tradi tions and our truest glory are Identi fied with our Pilgrim and Puritan fore bears and their influence was the mightiest power for righteousness and the public weal this age has known. Remarkable Railroad Accidents. I suppose railroad accidents are very much -the same all over the world and yet Investigation into a number that have occurred recently in this vicinity has revealed a somewhat curious slate of affairs. A record of six accidents on tho same system inside of, 30 days, in which 23 persons were killed out right and a much larger number ser iously injured, is surcXy enough to startle any community. It is doubtful if there Is any other place on earth where railroad men are better edu cated er better paid than here la New He was fairly fast, and showed some possibilities as a boxer, but that was about nil that his best friends would claim for Jack, when he first essayed to pit his strength against men weighing in the neighborhood of 123 and 14l pounds. England. Furthermore the duties they have to perform are much easier and pleasanter. the day's work Is much shorter than it used to be, and in re gard to other privileges and rights they now, by means of schedules and agreements, have more than half the say, and yet It is very doubtful if the average railroad man's sense of re sponsibility, his vigilance In looking out for and protecting human life have kept pace with his increased and In creasing prosperity. Indeed one is al most tempted to come to the uncom fortable conclusion that the mechanical and electrical devices that of late years have been invented for the protection of trains have had a soporific effect upon many trainmen and robbed them of a good deal of their old-time vigi lance and caution. What these acci dents are and how they happen make interesting reading. Some time ago the president of the. Boston and Maine Railroad stated that he could only account for certain dis tressing accidents on the theory of "failure of mechanical brain action" at critical moments. A simpler expres sion for this theory would be I think "absence of mind." I will give an il lustration of failure of mechanical brain action In its simple form. Some time ago ah englneman. one of the most level-headed and reliable men who ever sat In a cab and pulled a throttle, arrived with a main llne express passenger train at a certain Junction. The signals for the main line were at danger and the track hap pened to be set for a branch route. With his eyes wide open in broad day light this englneman ran his train past the horizontal semaphore and round the curve on to the branch track. Then he came to himself. This man was a very" fine, conscientious fellow and that evening when he arrived at his destination he went straight to the office of the superintendent and re ported his misfortune. Then he dropped Into a chair and died in a few minutes. But now let us take 'another Illus tration of Prealaeat Tuttle's theory. T?ut this was a man with a purpose. From-the time he broke into- the game, the Phlladclphlan had confidence in his own powers. He felt that he had latent ability. It was up to him to bring it out. Then began a long series of exercises It is a rcmnrkahlc Instance In which the failure of mechanical brain action was prolonged under extraordinary circumstances. A short time ago a night passenger train left the city for stations on the main line. After a while the train arrived at a Junction a few miles out. Through some misun derstanding the track was set and the signals were right for a branch route. The ongincmau instead of calling for main line signals took his main line train up the branch. He whistled for imaginary crossings and otherwise handled his train for all the world as if he was on the mainline and finally brought the train to a standstill at the first station on the branch. When the passengers. alighted there was some lit tle confusion In the darkness, but the englneman remained under the spell until the conductor rushed up to him and shouted: "Jack, where are wo1" J. O. F. Good, bat Probably Xot Dr. Hale. New York Tribune. "Edward Everett Hale," said a law yer, "was one of the guests at a millionaire's- dinner. The millionaire was a free spender, but he" wanted full credit for every dollar put out. - And. as the dinner . progressed he told his guests what the more expensive dishes had cost. He dwelt especially on the expense of the large and beautiful grapes, each bunch a foot long, each grape bigger than a plum. He told, down to a penny, what ne had figured it out that the grapes had cost him apiece. "The guests looked annoyed. They ate the expensive grapes charily. But Dr. Hale, smiling, extended his plate and said: 'Would you mind cutting me oft about $1.87 worth more, please.' " 3IIssed by His Donkey. The late William M. Evarts, Secretary of State under President Hayes, once sent a donkey up to his farm at Windsor. Vt. and about a week afterward received the following letter frsra one ef hi grand children: "Dear Grandpa The little donkey Is very gentle, but he makes a Wg noise nights. He is very toaeso. t gaese he mlses you. I . hofe .you will come up somL aae then he ynm'l be toeoiac" directed to building up the shoulders and chest and adding to his hitting powers. He did not resort to the lifting o beavy welghts. as many other mistaken boxers have done. He wanted weight and strength, but not at the expenso of speed. Will Spend Her Honeymoon in the Arctic The Bride of a Cincinnati Millionaire and Big Gamc-Ilunter Makes a Unique Journey. ST ANY rate, there Is still one thing left for a woman to do, and Mrs. Julia Flclschmann proposes to do it an Arctic honeymoon. No dolce far alente for this bride of one of Cincinnati's millionaires. No orange groves or purling brooks or splashing fountains or fragrant gardens for her. Her romance will find Its fruition among bergs- and floes and glaciers and Icepacks; to the growl of polar bears and tho bay ing of Arctic dogs. It was the bride's scheme, all planned out when she was. Miss Sarah Sherlock, only & few .days ago.They were married on December 20 and are away now on a honeymoon which is to last ten months. As everybody in Cincinnati knows. Colo nel Julius Flelschmann Is the brother of Mayor Max Flelschmann. He is very rich, popular, an athlete and sportsman and a man-about-town. as much in New York as in the city of his home. Having hunted and brought down game everywhere save in tho far and frozen North, Colonel Flelschmann decided to spend last Summer on the cold side of the Arctic Circle hunting bears and rwalrus. He corresponded with a Norwegian ship company and had a vessel already char tered for himself and a Jolly company of his cronies. But Colonel Flelschmann found that Cupid, Instead of polar bear, had crossed his path; He proposed; Miss Sherlock ac cepted. Tbatknocked the Arctic trip Into a cocked hat. Instead of plans for a hunting' trip It was plans for a wedding. Everything was called oft until Miss Sher lock heard of it. "Not for a minute!' she exclaimed. "Nothing I would Uke better." Colonel Flelschmann was overjoyed. Here he had made up his mlrid to aban don his most cherished project when the woman for whom he had planned the sac rifice suggested the very same thing her self. No sooner said thaa daae. Nego tiations were at once reopened jvith the Norwegian ship people and the Arctic .trip will come off aa scheduled, except that It will be this Summer instead of His plan was to keep up all the natural fioetnesa of foot and quickness of arm and eye that was his. and to supplement It with all the strength he could get without putting the fleetness In Jeopardy. It was a good system, arid ho had the last and a strictly family party, Including only two pet cats. The happy couple had a Jolly wedding and then Journeyed leisurely down to St. Augustine. Fla. They sailed from there for a cruise in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico aboard the Colonel's brlg antlnc. Halda. They will be on the boat until April 1 and then come home to Cin cinnati. There a few brief Weeks will be spent in fitting out for tho Arctic Journey and on May 24 the' bride and bridegroom will sail for Portsmouth, England, ac companied by Dr. and Mrs. C. K. Holmes and their son. Carl, of Cincinnati. Mrs. Holmes Is Colonel Fleischmann's sister and consequently sister-in-law of the bride. On the other side they will be Joined by Captain Noel Learmouth. an enthusiastic hunter of big game and a former officer In the British army. The six will take ships to Tromsoe, Norway, where they will board the Laura, that sturdy ship which has already won her spurs in the frozen Arctic Seas. It will be about June 13 when ther party is ready to sail. Captain Giacver. of Christlanla, will be in command and with him will be IS sail ors, all veterans of the Arctic No better ship could have been chosen. The Laura Is 220 feet over all and 20 feet beam. big, roomy, sturdy and safe. She has steam engines and sails as well, to take ad vantage of all conditions. In the shore bunting trips the three men will go alone and penetrate far in land, while the two women will spend their time near the ship shooting smalt game and fowls, among which the elder duck is reported as very plentiful'. The big game sought will be, besides the polar bear, the musk ox, seal and walrus. Rein deer ar6 numerous, hut only enough of them will be killed to furnish fresh meat, the outfit taking ho fresh meats of any kind. The first land to be reached will be Spitsbergen where a stopover will be made. There everybody will go on a Whale-fishing trip. If it does not take 'too kmg the party will lay te until they capture 6 he of the monsters Of the deep. Then they will set out for San Mayn. .Fraaz Joef Land a ad Greenland. It If right Idea as to how he could achieve the desired, aim. He used the light dumbbells unceasing ly, he discovered new motions by which he- could develop the muscles that figure In the delivering of punches. He invented 'shadow boxing." an exercise In which the pugilist ass,umqs that he has an op ponent before him. and with lightning speed goes through all the motions of an actual contest. Indian clubs also played quite a part in this campaign of develop ment. , Moreover. O'Brien took limitless road work. In the open air as much as possi ble was hid motto, arid in all kinds of Weather; he kept up unceasingly the round of running, tree cutting. Jumping, swimming; etc Into a Heavier Class. Gradually the rigorous regime began to show results. The one Ime frail light weight was becoming rugged. The little fellows would no longer meet him. and he had to take' on welterweights, and after a short tlmc mlddlowelghts. Then it took the best of the mld dlewelght3 to cope with him. and eventually when the stock of these ran out, he had to go out of his class arid take on the heavies. This he did with courage and per sistency. Some of those who make light of O'Brien's pretensions, really have no idea of the number of bouts he has fduglit or the good men he has tackled. Iu the wcltcrwoight class he has had such riyaU as Joe "Walcott. Tom my. West and Young Peter Jackson, surely three of the hardest nuts that any boxer was ever called on to crack. In the middleweight class his oppo nents have numbered such men as Kid McCoy and Tommy Ryan. Of the heavies he has met Kid Carter. Mar vin Hart. Fitzsimmons, Choynskl and a host of others, and always with credit to himself. Each of these men started the boxing- game better equipped than O'Brien, hut.hl3 industry has enabled, him to' equalize their advantages to such an extent that today he is- prob ably the master oC any of them. Only one Marvin- Hart, looms up as a real danger, and Jack has the advantage of having met him twice, and knowing- exactly what he can do. Saves His Money. The new champion has the financial sene developed to an unusual degree. He knows how to take care of his money, and when he quits the game, it won't be necessary to hold any benefits for him. From the time when he first began to make money down to the present he has taken the most scrupulous care of his cash. This does not mean that he has been selfish, or lacking in gratitude to those .who really had claims. His has been merely a policy of good sense. Most of his investments havo been real estate. He owns several rows of small houses in South Philadelphia, and reaps a.- good profit from their rental. As a birthday present to his mother. O'Brien recently bought a $20,000 house in one of the most fashionable' sec tions of Philadelphia. 3S12 Locust street. On all sides lie is surrounded bj leaders of the exclusive Quaker City society, who looked askance when the master handler of flst3 took his place as their neighbor. But O'Brien's presence in this sec tlon has not been an offense; He has known how to make friends. He has all the wit that Is the mark of tho true Celt, and away from tho prizering he has the tact to exhibit a. modesty real or assumed, that Is very attractive when exhibited by a man in his line. In another respect, too. tho new champion differs from most of his pre decessors, and that Is In his love for good clothes. Nobody in the pugilistic line ever dresscu better than ho docs. , There havo been other boxers who did the Beau Brummcl act. but as a rule, their taste was garish. They wont to the extremes; the loud plaids; the vociferous neckwear. O'Brien dresses in perfect taste. His clothes are tho best that money can .buy, and they are either Imported from Liondon or modeled on the best English lines. No one of his fashionable neighbors presents any better appearance than the champion, for In addition to having the liking for good clothes and' tho knowledge of how to select them. O'Brien has also the ability to wear thorn. Hfs big- shoulders set off a great coat to advantage, and his square-cut face.' with the powerful Jaw, never looks so well as when It i3 topped by a silk hat. It Is an entirely new type of cham pion that O'Brien presents, one about as radically different from the old type of barroom swaggerer as could well he imagined, and It shows that even in pugilism, modern ideas arc taking hold and that tha premier in the slugging same has more regard for appearances and the conventions than did his for- I bears. probable, howe'er. that most of the hunt ing will be in Greenland. Colonel Flelschmann. the millionaire, who will take his bride on such a unique wedding trip, is a sportman of national reputation. He Is besides vice-president of the Flelschmann Yeast .Company and vice-presldcrit and director in a dozen other companies that mako up the great Flelschmann Interests. He has already made two excursions Into the ice fields above Newfoundland, where he hunted the cariboo and caught salmon from his steel yacht the Halda, but was compelled to return because- a steel yacht will not stand tho pressure of the Ice. It was through his connection with racing that he came to meet Miss Sherlock, her father. John ,C. Sherlock, the retired capitalist, being some years ago president of the Latonla Jockey Club. Mr. Flelschmann is only in his 23th- year despite .his many achievements. Think Every Day. Monday. No man has a poorer outlook than he who is on the lookout for himself only. Tuesday. Friendships sown In youth furnish the sweetest fruits for old age. Wednesday. Use not today what tomorrow may want; neither leave that to hazard which foresight may provide for or care prevent. Thursday. Your concern should not so much be what you get as what you do for what you get. Friday. Politeness Is the golden key that un locks the door to- many an opportuaHy. Saturday. The best help is not to bear th troubles of others for the hi. but ta In spire them with courage- aadr eaergy te bear their bunk as for tfeemeeJves. Sunday. The richest people on earth are tltota who make the mast of what tay have aad the kt f jfha.t Umj: are.
