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The Washington times., 1902-03-06
THREE QUARTERS
OF BOWLING SCHEDULE
Official Averages and Data Of
Forty-flve Games.
Rodrick Leads in Individual Showing,
With Brosnan Second Man-Ludwig
Still Has Highest Single Game.

The three-quarter post Of the District
Bowling League championship race was
reached with the game played on Mon
day last by the Saengerbund and Golden
Eagles. when each played its forty-fifth
game.
Since the last statement of the standing
Of the bowlers was issued there has been
but little change in the standing of the
teams. At that time the Carroll Institute
five" had secured the lead from the
Saengerbund and it has held it continu-
ously ever since. The Saengers are now
in second place by a very narrow mar
gin, with the Jolly Fat Mems Club close
on their heels.
The Golden Eagles in February took
healthy brace and forged ahead of the
Y. NJ. c. A. and are now pressing the
Fat Men with considerable vigor. The
Eagles hope to finish at least third, and
are laying plans to that end. They are
having considerable hard luck on foreign
alleys, but they generally make up good
average showing.
Y. M. C. Il. Fell Away.
For some reason or other the Y. M. c.
A. team has not made the showing its
friends had counted on after the brilliant
work last season. II may be that the
frequent changes have prevented it's get
ting in the necessary team work. and all
concede that Smiths absence from the
team, he having joined the Carrolls has
weakened its effectiveness considerably.
The Business Mems Club has failed en-
tirely to pick up this season. and the
members acknowledge the fact that the
team has made poorest showing of any
team that has ever represented the club
in the league, and it seems impossible
to account for this, except that the
changes have been frequent and the mem
bers have not had the advantage of good
alleys and the time for regular practice.
The bowlers are true spOrtsmen, and,
notwithstanding their steady, consistent
losing streak, they come UP smiling upon
every date scheduled for them
Individual Standing.
As upon the last period Of showing
averages, Rodrick. OF the Fat Mems Club.
leads in individual average, and looks
like the winner OF the Brandt gold medal.
He closes the period with 1l.li average;
Brosnan, of the Carrolls, is second, with
169. 69.1Gaverage; Spiess, Ludwig, and Burdine
coming next in order. Rice, of the Car
rolls who was second in the January
half, is now sixth. with 1851, and Brown,
of the Golden Eagles, who was ninth in
the last averages. is now seventh. with
1921. Brandt, of the Golden Eagles, who
was fourteenth in the last statement,
with 1925 average, is now eighth, with
1868 average. and shows probably the
best Advancement in the whole lot of
PLAYERS
Official Averages.
The following table shows the standing
of all players who have competed in
league games since the last averages
were made up. The averages and other
data are furnished by Mr.. E. C. Brown,
the official scorer of the league, and are
complete in detail and full of interest to
The Washington times., 1902-03-06
AMERICAN LEAGUE
RAISES IT'S PRICES
Increase Stubbornly Opposed
at Detroit.
Compromise Finally Agreed on-New
York Not Discussed-More Money
for Johnson.

DETROIT. Mich. March 5.-"As we
are now the major organization said
President johnson. of the American
League. last evening. "and as we are
paying big league salaries and have big
league players. I think we are perfectly
justified in raising American League
prices"
This was the first announcement that
the matter was even going to be dis
cussed. Efforts had been made to keep
it secret until some decision had been
reached. The first proposition was to
play to straight National League figures.
but this was too steep for most Of the
magnates. Then the complicated COM
promise was agreed upon.
The Compromise.
This calls for 25-cent bleacher admis-
sion. 5o-cent pavilion or covered bleach
er admission, and 75 cents grandstand
seats. The visiting clubs will get half of
every 25-cent bleacher admission. and
25 cents for all dearer seats, with the
usual sinking fund reserve held out by the
league. Philadelphia Is exempt from tho
increase in prices, and will charge as fer
merlY.
Fought the Raise
Detroit and Baltimore joined hands in
fighting the increase, and the debate
waxed merrily all afternoon, but finally
the opposition was quieted. The increase
in price is taken as the first step toward
further expansion by the league.
If there is any city not capable of keep
ing up its end then in 1903 there will be
a shake-up. 1t is believed that the bat
tie on Freedman, unless he sells out, VIII
be waged a year from this season. while
Cincinnati Will also be attacked by the
vigorous young league.
New York Not Discussed.
Eve did not even discuss New York
today" said President Johnson, "and
nothing along that line will be done ct
this meeting. The schedule has been
completed and the cities are selected
What the future may bring is difficult to
say. but for the present there Will be no
New York and no ten club league. any
way" added johnson. with smile. New
York can go and see Freedman play a
little longer
More for Ban Johnson.
The league added $500 to President
Johnson's salary in recognition of his ex
cellent work. 1t was decided to cut ail
teams down to fourteen men on the 1st
n<
The Washington times., 1902-03-06
A Research Branch.

The Government will now establish a
cancer research branch in Berlin, devot-
ing two departments Of the charity hos
pital to the treatment of patients In ad-
ditlon to this. 10000 marks annually
for three years is guaranteed from
private sources for the cancer institute at
Frankfort on-the- Main. under Prof. Err
Itch. whose studies and experiments the
Government hopes VIII result ultimately
in the discovery Of a certain cure.
The committee voted the credit The
Government asked TO promote investiga-
ton
The Washington times., 1902-03-06
Spread Of the Disease.

An article by Dr. Mutzdorf is published
and attracts much attention. II shows
a large increase in cancer since 1892.
Statistics do not support the idea that
persons OF advanced age are chiefly afiict-
ed. They show that the disease attacks
fits victims earlier than formerly.
Dr. MItzdorf adds that although wom-
en- are still more liable than men to con
tract the disease, the relative immunity
Of the latter is decreasing.
The Washington times., 1902-03-06
Individual Standing.
Official Averages.

The following table shows the standing
of all players who have competed in
league games since the last averages
were made up. The averages and other
data are furnished by Mr.. E. c. Brown,
the official scorer of the league. and are
complete in detail and full of interest to
followers OF the snort
The Washington times., 1902-03-06
New York Not Discussed.
More for Ban Johnson.

The league added $500 to President
Johnson's salary in recognition of his ex-
cellent work. 1t was decided to cut all
teams down to fourteen men on the 1st
of June
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13
CaraYel Rnnda.

Gravel roads can be built in many
ways. The best is made from gravel
that has been screened and placed In a
prepared roadbed. similar to that used
for macadam roads. with the larger
stone at the bottom, and the smaller
size used on top for binder Exclude
stones that are too large.
Where the gravel is not good enough
to pay for screening, good road can
be built by placing the gravel on the
road In two layers. These layers must
be thoroughly narrowed and rolled
with two-ton sectional roller until
thoroughly consolidated and firm.
With some varieties OF gravel good
road can be built without the use OF
the roller, allowing the travel to con-
solidate the gravel. The wheel tracks
must be continually filed in by road
machine, or by hand with hoe. In all
cases prepare the foundation in a SIM
liar manner as the foundation for n
macadam road.
A constant and continuous system
of repairs should be adopted on this
class of roads as well as on macadam
roads.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13

Captain Steele. of the Sixth Infan-
try, after an experience of the condi-
tions of warfare in the Philippines.
strongly urges that dogs should be at"
tached to the army. In the Army and
Navy Journal he expresses the opinion
that dogs are the only scouts that can
secure a small detachment against
ambush on the trails through these
tropical jungles.
The bush Is so dense that fiankers
are out of the question:; and the trails
are so crooked and over such rough
territory that the point, at one or two
hundred yards. is out of sight of tho
main body. The insurgents lying in
ambush usually. or often, let the point
pass and open with n volley upon the
wagons and main body Of the escort.
They open from apparently impenetra-
BILE jungle. and at a range from thirty
to two hundred yards. They fire one
or two volleys. then usually run away.
Sometimes never man of them can
be seen.
The dogs, pointers or hounds, would
need little training. Their instinct for
hunting and shifting in every hole and
corner would be sufficient to justify
their use.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13

The first thing required in starting
In the poultry business is a location.
This ought to be near a good market.
but cannot always be-that is. without
paying too high for it. All extra ex-
penses should be curtailed in this bust
ness, as the income comes in small
amounts. After a location is settled
upon free range is a necessity. That
gives the needed exercise, and prevents
an accumulation of lice. The next
thing is an adaptability to the bust
ness. If one cannot be content with
small earnings, and cannot save them
as they come in, he should not under
take the business. The poultry should
be breeds that lay in winter, when eggs
are high, If one breeds fowls for the
eggs. This branch of the business l
like best. I prefer it to raising poul-
try for the meat though the latter may
be more profitable in some localities
Mrs. L. w. Osborne, in Poultry Farmer
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13
A Fungous Disease Of Currant Bushes.


During the last season the currant
crop in the Hudson Valley has been Sc
riously injured by disease causing
the appearance of numerous small
dark brown spots on the leaves, which
turn yellow and fall prematurely.
Currant canes were quite generally de-
foliated early in the season, and the
consequent exposure of the ripening
fruit to the sun brought about sun
scald. resulting in heavy loss.
This trouble with currants has been
made the subject of recently issued
bulletin (No. 199) of the New York
Agricultural Experiment Station, at
Geneva. 1t is fungous disease which
attacks the. leaves, leaf stalks, fruit,
fruit stems and canes, and is called
anthracnose. In New York State it is
present among currants almost every
season, but there is no record of its de-
structive occurrence since 1889. AL
though it sometimes attacks also goose
berries and black culTants. it has not
injured them in the same locality
where red currants have been seriously
damaged by it. Anthracnose may be
readily distinguished from the ordin-
ary leaf spot by the smaller size of the
spots.
The weather conditions last spring
seem to have been particularly favora-
| BILE to it, but judging from the past his
tory of the disease it is not likely to
become a constant pest. Probably it
will become epidemic only occasion
| ally.
In order to prevent these occasional
| destructive outbreaks of anthracnose,
and also the common leaf spot check
| the ravages Of cane blight and keep
| currant worms under control, it is rec
| commended that currant growers in the
Hudson Valley spray with Bordeaux
mixture every season. making the first
| application before growth starts, the
second as the leaves are unfolding and
thereafter at intervals of ten or four
teen days until the fruit is two-thirds
grown. In wet seasons make one or
two applications after the fruit is gath
cred. Whenever worms appear add
paris green or green arsenoid to the
| Bordeaux.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13
Too Much Postage.

The lawyers were discussing the merits
and dement's Of a well-known member of
the New Orleans bar who had been gath
cred to his fathers, and one of the party
recalled the time when he studied in the
old mans office
We had a copying clerk whose inef-
iciency continually worked the judge up
to a point of explosion. One day wire
basket fell off the top OF his desk and
scratched his check. Not having any
court-plaster, he slapped on three postage
stamps and went on with his work.
A little later he had some papers to
take to the United States Court, and for
getting all about the stamps, he put on
his hat and went out
As he entered the Office the judge
raised his head and fixed him with an
astonished stare. The clerk stopped and
looked frightened, and finally asked:
thng--er-wrong, sir7"
"Ycs, sirl' Numbered the old gentle
man. you are carrying too much post
age for second-class matter"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13


In giving young orchard trees a start
early and systematic pruning and train
ing are necessary for the best develop
ment. The future thrift and produc-
tion of the trees depend a good deal
upon how they are shaped when young
The trees will naturally shoot upward
in one straight large trunk, becoming
unSainly In appearance and unadapted
TO producing large crops. The heads
must consequently be cut off early.
Nurserymen often make the mistake
of permitting their trees to grow this
way. and when transplanted their
growth must be checked by severe
cutting back. Select rather the shorter
growth. with branches equally devel-
oped. Such trees will require no Sc
we're pruning, and the growth Will not
be thus suddenly checked.
The young trees need training from
the start. The shaping can begin by
pinching back the buds, so that the
trunk will get stocky and thrifty. All
fruit trees do better for this early
piDching back, and if 1t is systematI-
cally followed there will be little act
ual pruning required later. Severe
pruning is intended chiefly for un-
trained trees, and as a result they
never quite get the growth that they
should. When first ordered from the
nursery fruit trees used to be trimmed
back by cutting of their heads and
| longest branches This tends TO start
| root growth more than If unpruned.
The main thing is 10 get the roots well
established after transplanting, and
everything else must be sacrificed to
| this il necessary. However, trees that
are properly planted, and with the
roots unlnjured, should quickly estab-
| lish root growth, and become thrifty
| in their development After that they
need careful pruning twice year.
This should take place In the fall and
spring. The work performed twice a
year will consequently be so small that
no great harm will be done to the trees.
| Severe pruning at one time certainly
Injuries the growth of any tree. Let II
be done by degrees. Shape the tree so
that 1t will have good form and a full
head, with the inside not too full OF
branches that will prevent the sunlight
and air reaching every part of it. In
apple trees the tendency is for the
the spreading branches to be too low
This is not wise. for the reason that
the trunks then never get the air which
they need. Let the lowest branches be
n resDectRble distance above the
ground, fully as high as the top of the
head, and then let them spread and I'LL
out. Keep the top little above the
sides, but not too high. and guard
against tall, spindling tree which
makes hard picking and poor produc-
ing. s. w. Chambers, In American
Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13
ButtermiIk For Hors.

At the Wisconsin Experiment sta
ton the writer some years ago con-
Quoted nineteen different feed trials
with cornmeal and skim milk in va
rious proportions to determine the rela-
tive feeding value of the two sub
stances. 1t was found that five pounds
of skim milk were worth one pound of
cornmeal for feeding, growing and fat
tening hogs. For fattening swine good
wheat middllngs are worth about ten
per cent. more than corn. The Massa-
chusetts Experiment Station has
shown that buttermillS is worth as
much as skim milk for feeding pigs.
From these data it will not take your
readers long to ascertain that twenty
Eve per cent. is too high a price to pay
for buttermilk so long as they can get
good heavy middlings for $12 a ton.-
w. A. Henry, in Indiana Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13
Horse sensc Not Enough.

By n decision of the Paris courts a
horse has no right to become frightened
Mt the sight or noise Of an automo'
bic.
Nine. Ackerman claimed $4,000 from
NJ. Hachette well known publisher.
whose automobile. she said, had caused
the death of her son, a culrassier sta
toned at Versailles. The young mans
horse took fright at NJ. Hachette's au-
tomobile and threw him, crushing his
skull.
The court declared the responsibility
of the chauffeur could not be assumed,
because all horses, regImental or other
wise, ought to be accustomed to the
noise of motors and the sight of auto
mobiles. s.--New York Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13
The Age of Tools.

The tools and machinery of America
are capturing the world. The machine
with Its unerrlng accuracy has taken
the place of human hands in every de-
partment of industry, and has i'm
mensely Increased the productive ca
pacity of the artisan. On the farm, too.
the same rule controls. The modern
binders have superseded the old, slow
methods of the harvest, and made the
great grain fields possibility. To the
effective use of machinery on the farm
is due the great exporting capacity of
the country, and in every ayocation in
life II Is the man behind the machine
that is moving civilization forward.
Brain power is taking the place of
human muscle, and the result Is an ele-
vation of the farmer to higher plane,
requiring the application of business
methods to agriculture. The inevita.
bic tendency of the increased use of
machinery on the farm is the increase
III acreage in the hands of one man,
since the machines make extensive cul.
ture possible over larger areas. The
more effective the machines are made
the wider scope they will need, and
great farms, conducted on wise bust
ness methods. will become more and
more common as men realize the pos.
sibilities of such culture. The grea,
accumulations OF capital will not al
ways be kept out of the farm, for the
capitalists will come to see what
money Will do in businesslike farming
1t is the age of tools and machinery
and the farm must keep up with the
ssion.-Practical Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13
Minister. "cal,. Wa. "Rai.c.v

Rev. DR.. Minot J. Savage tells the fol-
lowing story, OF which he claims not to
see the point, to illustrate the guileless-
ness of members of his profession. A
clergyman and prosperous laymen were
one day discussing the various aspects
OF the minister's occupation. Finally the
layman said, little bit scornfully
THE trouble with you parsons is that
you are not practical.
But / insist that that is exactly what
we are" replied the clergyman, warmly.
mo, you're not" said the layman,
firmly.
well how do you make that out?' in
quired the indignant parson
"Well. III tell you. You had an offer
to go to Boston at salary of $1,000,
didn't your"
yes"
"And you're getting $1,000 here?'
well, what OF that"
"Nothing-except you said you had a
call, didn't you?"
Yes"
well. that wasn't cali at all. II
was raise"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13

The readers of this paper will be pleased TO
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been nble to cure In all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
tho medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con-
stitutionnl disease. requires constitutional
treatment. Halls CatarrhCure is taken inter-
naly. acting directly upon tho blood and mu-
..Ous surfaces Of tho system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation OF the disease, and giving
tho patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials. Address
f. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13

tarred paper, so that no air can come
In from below or at the sides.
The ventilator draws out air from
below the hens, while at the top OF
peak of the room have made an open:
ing in the ventilator to draw out all the
foul air from the compartment in
which the hens roost. There is nc
draft around hens. and in the morning
their roosting place smells as clean as
at night. They are very healthy, lay
well and have had no sick fowls in the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13
ETSES ESlNFs
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do you ever have any quarrels
in your woman's clubT "Oh. no; we
call them debates. philadelphia Bull
letin.
"That wasp-lil:e Miss LAGER is very
economical girl Economical" yep;
see how little she let's so to waist
Town and Country.
cage may tell on woman"
Remarked thoughtful sage,
Z "Yet she is not so spiteful as
To say aught of her age"
philadelphia Record.
"a little quarrel now and then helps
a love affair."" Eyes, the lover leaves
off buying roses and gets a chance to
catch up with the tailors bill.
Bits.
May-"Who is your favorite artist?"
Jack-"Fatew May-"You don't call
Fate an artist?" Jack-"Certainly!
Didn't she draw us together|-Chica-
go News.
Mr.. Con Seet-"How the girls did
flock around me at Miss Whites re-
ception." Miss Sharpe-"The idea!
Then you were the only young man
there, h?"-Philadelphi Press.
OF ameteurish singers
We know two sinds--just two.
I They're those who can't and do not,
4 And those who can't and do.
Philadelphia Press.
"Does your husband worry about
the grocery bills?" asked the nagged-
looking lady. Law, no." said the lady
with the new silk skirt and the patent
leather shoes. I'VE let the grocer do
all that"
"What do you think, James?" re-
marked Mrs. Meckton; "mother says
she wants to be cremated." "All right"
replied Meekton, tell her to get her
things on, and I'll take her down now"
Town Topics.
Mrs. Mulligan-"And so you have no
mother now?" Motherless Boy-"No,
num-" Mrs. M.-"Well, me boy, when
ever you feel the want of a good
thrashing, come to me and I'll be
mother to you."-Tit-Bits.
Have you got what they call tabledy
hote dinners at this eatin'- -houseV
asked the man in the bearskin coat.
mo, SIR" Stepping to the door, he
beckoned to somebody on the outside:
Come in, Mandy" he said; "they eat
in English ere."-Chicago Tribune.
Fweddy Slightly near-sighted)-
"Who-aw-is that vewy stylish and
fine-looking man at the otheh end of
the room, Mrs. Greeable?" Hostess
you are looking at your own rehec.
| ton in the mirror, Mr.. Lightpayte." p"
| Fweddy-"Aw-you flattah me, Mrs.
| Greeable" Hostess-"No: the mirror
does that Minneapolis Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13
A House win No prafts.

I have always had success in poul-
try keeping. with the exception OF
being troubled more or less with roup,
which has done much damage TO my
hocks from time to time. believe this
was due to improper ventilation.
which ! think ! have now overcome.
The house here illustrated is perfect
in ventilation, at least have had no
trouble with roup siuce the hens were
housed in 1t. The upper part In which
the fowls roost is made as alright as
possible. the walls being covered with