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all this deadly brutality Is a product
our schools and colleges. Schools
stand for culture; but, Instead of pro-
lupine pttmiro. wo sat the strantro
I nnrnrlnv nf n1 linmnnl VJlinrf flint
would have even made the ancient
Romans stand aghast.
It makes one think of the remark
of Ernest Renan. who said: "You can
u . ri,j,,nri,i rnnttK ' never And God In a theological semi
Compares It to Gladiatorial Contests
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DEMNS GAME OF FOOTBALL.
1IAS AN ADVANTAGE
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Bargains in
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Washington.
N. Berkeley
of Rome Twenty-two Men Killed
by It In the Year 1902.
The following stinging arraignment
of football, as a sport, was written
for the Cosmopolitan Magazine by
Elbert Hubbard, editor of the Phil
istine:
In the days of gladiatorial contests
In Home men were occasionally
matched to fight with boasts. Lucre
tins, writing on the subject, apolo
gizes for these contests, and says:
i Tare is always taken to see that the
, man is not overmatched; the spirit
' of fair play must not be violated. Ho
must have a chance for his life, other'
wise the auditors will manifest their
disappointment."
Finally there came a day when man
was matched against man. And. In
the time of .Marcus Aurelius. an order
was issued that deadly weapons
should be taken away from the gladi
I ators. and they should fight only with
bare knuckles, with the cestus, or
with clubs.
And these recognized forms of sport
continued and came down to us, so
that, until 25 years ago, men fought
in England and America with bare
knuckles, skin-tight gloves and single
sticks. In the British army, soldiers
still fight in a friendly way with the
single-stick, with the result of an oc
casional broken head; and, In Scot
land f have seen soldiers "belting"
with their belts, and these, lieing
loaded with a heavy buckle, make a
rather formidable weapon. Dut is is
always one man against another.
To meet the growing sentiment
against brutality, laws have been
I passed in England forbidding all
prizefights excepting where six-ounce,
at least, padded gloves are used.
Within two years .laws have been
passed in every state in America for
bidding prizefights absolutely. Wo
still have "contests" for points, but
the police Interfere when these de
generate into a fight.
But it is always man against man,
and these men, too, must be in a de
gree mated. And so we hnve our
featherweights, lightweights, welter
weights and heavyweights.
Recently in Omaha, Joe Gans, a
lightweight, was matched against
reter Jlaher. a heavyweight, for a
six-round contest. The men met and
fought two rounds, when the disap
proval of the audience was so great
that the referee had to end the fight.
The schoolboy maxim. "Take some
body of your size," is pretty good
ethics, after all.
During the year 1902, two men in
America were killed in nrizefidhts:
and, in a season of three months just
past, men have been killed play
ing football. Fifteen of these died
from broken backs or broken necks.
How many men have been ruptured
and permanently injured in various
other ways no man can say.
it Lraiayette, Indiana. Thanksciviiic
Day, I saw the same between Purdno
and Notre Dame. Five men wero in-
jured and carried from the field, their
piaces oemg nued hy waiting substi
tutes. But one of the injured men
seemed to be suffering from concus
sion of the brain, and, although he
was not Insensible, he was for the
time deprived of his mind. Ho win n
maniac, and ran screaming into the
scrimmage, striking at everybody.
anu menus Had to rush in and over
power him. And the game went right
aiong as u nothing had liannened.
What became of thn nonr fellow t
do not know, but I do know that two
young men with whom I nm nersnnnl
ly acquainted are now in luuatic asy
lums as a resuu ot rootba . and their
ravings are the cries and signals of
uns game, if you still think that
football is manly sport, you might
interview mo parents of these young
men. wit
mi. i "
i no resuu or tne game was a draw
C to C. There were hundreds of wo
men present all were delighted.
Everybody said: "What a beautiful
game'" At the Lahr House, where I
stopped, the visiting Notre Dame boys
wiu mreu ior. i mingled with the
students, and saw each of the 14
Notre Dame players who had taken
part, in nhvslaue. two h nnrn hpfnr
i the' were magnificent; now they were
ii sorry signt. several could not walk
without leaning on friends, and all
were more or les bruised and batter
ed. A physician whom they had
brought with them, was in attend
ance. Ho told me the next morning
that ho had spent tho entire night
looking after his charges. And very
proud was this doctor to show mo
that all of his boys were on hand for
breakfast. But all limped, all were
sore and lame, and all wero dull in
ntellect. They had gone through a
terrific ordeal, so that nature had no
strength left for wit or that genial
Play of thought, without which a man
is only a brute.
Misuse your body, and soul will
fleo; thought will take wing, and all
flne omotlonB or sympathy, aspiration,
hope and kindness will depart and
eavo the palace of your brain deso
lato. I looked over those football players
at breakfast the morning after tho
battle i, and not one of them would I
have hired to do anything. They wore
oven too lame to dig In tho ditch; if
I had wanted somo ono to carry a
messago t0 All Baba. I would have
ca cd In a gamin off of the streets,
rather than trust ono of thoso bruised
up. drowsy giants. And as for In
tellect, there was not a man among
them who had mind enough to match
that of a 10-year-old girl.
Of eourso I know that this condi
tion of deadness would not last
ed In 0U,;i 8G r03t,ed " ani1 1'bt
ess In a few days bo pretty good fel
lows and poslbly fair students. But
Mo point I make is this: foolba
makes no man better; makes no man
more useful; helps no man to do bet
ter work.
lAEta nJa3r Ary Kood fellow
' f" of. football, but no man Is
more of a man because ho plays foot-
And now tho curious part Is that
And here Is nil institution standing
for culture which supplies us tho
very acme of the other thing.
Any Institution that represents ac
tual life would never tolerate football
a moment, for It interferes with, and
is a hindrance and a menace to life.
If you want life, and life in abundance
you can never hope for It throujh
football. A great manufacturing com
pany at South Bend, Indiana, has a
habit of encouraging games and ath
letic sports among its workers. I
met one of tho managers of this great
concern last week, and we spoke of
this feature of physical culture.
"Do you have a football team?"
asked."
He smiled and answered: "I hope
not our efforts, in the line of ath
letlcs. are with an eye to helping along
our work. The man who plays foot
ball is good for nothing else.
"But football in moderation." I ven
tured.
"Can you shoot a gun with modern
tion?" was the rejoinder.
Would a railroad manager encour
age his brakenien .firemen and engin
eers to engage in football? Well,
hardly! He would have to hire a new
lot of men at once if lie did. Those
football players I saw at Lafayette
hadn't energy enough left after tho
game to safely climb the side of a box
car.
The entire intent of football is vio
lenee, and that it may bo scientific
violence makes it no less brutal. No
young man can play the game without
being less of a man, and without talv
ing on the instincts of a brute. There
in a football face, just as surely as
there is a prizefighter's face, and be
tween them there Is no choice. To
push, shove, jostle and "tackle" be
come his habit of thought, his dream.
and this desire of his life writes itself
upon the countenance. Elbert Hub
bard.
DETERMINED TO BREAK STRIKE.
American Bridge Company Imports
Men to Complete Bridge.
Pittsburg, March 21. A determined
effort is to be made by the American
Bridge Company to break the strike
of structural ironworkers in this city
by importing non-union men. Last
Monday 40 men wero brought from
Louisville, but the men deserted im
mediately upon reaching Pittsburg.
Last night 47 men were brought into
the city from Norfolk, Va., and 150
men, it is said, have been engaged
and are on their way here.
The men who arrived last night
were placed on a large houseboat,
which is tied up in the Monongahela
River at tho company's plant. The
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The Children Enjoy
Life out of doors and out of the games which they play .and the enjoyment
which they receive and the efforts which they make, comes the greater part of that
healthful development which is so essential to their happiness when grown. When
a laxative is needed the remedy which is given to them to cleanse and sweeten and
strengthen the internal organs on which it acts, should be such as physicians would
sanction, because its component parts are known to be wholesome nnd the remedy
itself free from every objectionable quality. The one remedy which physicians and
parents, well-informed, approve and recommend and which the little ones enjoy,
because of its pleasant flavor, its gentle action and its beneficial effects, is Syrup
of Figs and for the same reason it is the only laxative which should be used by
fathers and mothers.
Syrup of Figs is the only remedy which acts gently, pleasantly and naturally
without griping, irritating, or nauseating and which cleanses the system effectually,
without producing that constipated habit which results from the use of the old
time cathartics and modern imitations, and against which the children should be so
carefully guarded. If you would have them grow to manhood and womanhood,
strong, healthy and happy, do not give them medicines, when medicines are not
needed, and when nature needs assistance in the way of a laxative, give them only
the simple, pleasant and gentle Syrup of Figs.
Its quality is due not only to the excellence of the combination of the laxative
principles of plants with pleasant aromatic syrups and juices, but also to our
original method of manufacture and as you value the health of the little ones, do
not accept any of the substitutes which unscrupulous dealers sometimes offer to
increase their profits. Please to remember, the full name of the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. is printed on the front of every package. In
order to get its beneficial
effects it is always neces
sary to buy the genuine
only. For sale by all re
liable druggists.
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boat has been fitted up with bunks,
dining room and kitchen, and it is
proposed to house and board the men
on the boat until the strike is broken.
The men are to be used in complet
ing the work on the new Wabash
ailroad bridge across the Mononga
hela River.
A squad of policemen is guarding
the non-union men. but everything is
quiet, no move having been made by
the strikers to interfere with the new
comers. Before midnight all of the non
unoinists who were quartered on the
houseboat at Thirty-second street,
wero captured by the strikers and in
itiated into the union. Early in the
night 14 skiffs, manned by strikers,
arrived at tho boathouse and 20 of the
new men were taken away.
The officials of tho company then
took measures to lodge the othe
in a house on Ferry street. The ma
were brought to tho foot of Fen;
street by stenmor, where they ws
met by a large crowd of strikers asl
were induced to desert the compatj !
But 1xk per cent of the people i
Bulgaria are Moslems.
Niagara is worth $1,000,000,000 til
a souice of electrical power.
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