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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
Negro Barber,s Good word.

Negro Barber's Good Word.
 A good story is told of an old negro barber. in a North Carolina town who was given to saying pleasant things. Whenever a customer came in he in- variably had some fattering remark to make about his general appearance, but finally he had call from anotoriously ugly man about whom even this old fat ferer could say nothing good. But the customer came regularly to the shop, the old negro learned to like him. and finally he determined to make pleasant re- mark. whether or not, and this is the way he put it. Said he: Boss. when you fust come into dis shop thought you was one O the homeliest gentmen I ever seed. But sense has been shaw in you must you you holds your own pow'ful well. "-Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
Dan patch Rroke the Record.

LIMA, O., Sept. S-Dan Patch broke ihe worlds pacing record of 2:04A on n half mile track on the Lima Driving park grounds in the presence of 10000 people. Better time would have been made, but MeHenry had to hold him up on the last turn on account of his nearly breaking. Time by quarters. First quarter, O:31 half, 1:01: three quarters, 1.3211a; mile, 2:04
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
Victory For AIbert Champion

BOSTON, Sept 8.-The twenty mile motor paced race at Charles River track resulted in victory for Albert Cham pion over George Leander and Jimmy Moran. Champion led Leander by four lAps and Moran by six. \
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
WITH THE wHEELMEN.
Frank Kramer Defeats Lawson and Is
 Again Champion.


 Frank Kramer of East Orange won the National Circuit championship yes- terday by defeating Ivor Lawson ins the final race of the championship series at Manhattan Beach. Kramer scored 62 points to Lawson's 30. The race in which the two old rivals fought it out for the title was the Stwo-mile event, which resulted in a sensational finish, Kramer getting the decision by less than yard. It was battle between the two giants down the stretch, where they used every muscle to gain an ad- vantage.
 Boston, Sept S.-The twenty milo motor paced race at Charles River track yesterday resulted in a victory for Albert Champion over George Le- ander and Jimmy Moran. Champion led by four laps and Moran by six Moran had trouble with his wheels, being obliged to dismount twice. Champion on his four cylinder motor bicycle made two attempts to lower his record of 56 seconds. but could only make the mile in 57 flat and 56 2-5.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
seaweed Int.

A hat has recently been fished up out of the sea on tho English coast which nature has been trimming for some years after design all her own. Tn form this piece of sea millinery resem- bles a complicated diving helmet. The color scheme of the decoration Is very successful, combining a bewildering variety of colors with considerable har- mony of effect. The hat spent long time at the bottom of the sea- It was brought up by a fishing line, SC miles off berwick, Shetland. It rested for years at a depth of 60 fathoms. The seaweed trimmings, which have the effect of fine lace, hang in great folds like a shawl about the wearer's shoulders =. N. Y. Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

NATIoNAn LEAGUE.
 At Brooklyn
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 Second game
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
American League,

New York 10; Washington 3. Boston 12; Philadelphia 1. Detroit z; St Louis 3.
 Chicago 2; Cleveland 1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
National League.

National League. New York B; Brooklyn 1. Boston 6; Philadelphia 6. Pittsburg q; Cincinnati 6. Chicago 3; St Louis 2. Chicago 6; St Louis 4.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
SATURDAY GAMES.
Connecticut Leagu

At New Haven-Norwich 3; New Haven 0.
 At Meriden-Meriden ?; Hartford 1. At Bridgeport Bridge 8; Hol- yoke 2.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
American League.

At Chicago Chicago |; Cleveland 0 Q0 innings)
 At St Louis-St Louis 1; Detroit o (irst game)
 At St Louis St Louis 5; Detroit 1 (second game.)
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
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 Second game
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 At Cleveland
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08

John was on the coach line coaching him. "Sal' Slavin was on first: Moran pitched the ball. Slavin started for second Cavanaugh made fine throw to catch him, but "Sal stopped before reaching second. John Hayes, the scoacher, ran towards home. Dews, thinking 1t was Ed that was trying to score, threw to home and the ball went away over Cavanaugf's head Then Ed Hayes trotted in from third base, followed by Slavin. A clever trick. but very doubtful. if it would be al- lowed in the big games.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
SUNDAY GAMES.
National League.

At Chicago-Pittsburg 5; Chicago | At Cincinnati-St Louis 8; Cincin- nati 3.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
TABLE or PERCENTAGES.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08

I6W 0TTOFS were uldu6, put MOTAn was hit harder than I've ever seen him be- fore" &a@
 Reid of the Merrimacs will play with his team next Saturday and Sunday Monday he starts for the University Of Virginia. where he is studying law. Bill Thompson will soon return to Georgetown and John of the Brooklyns will be off for his college in Canada in a week.
 Five or six games have to be played by each team yet and the season prom ises to run up to the middle part of October. Last week it looked as though the race was to be between the Washington Hills and St Josephs, hut Sundays results altered things. The Brooklyns and the North Ends have to be considered now, and the Merrimacs. although not for first place. have a chance to land in second position.
 The Windjammers of South Brook lyp defeated the Nutmeg Social club baseball team Sunday afternoon by the score of A to IA. The lineup of the winning team was: T. Conway, p; s. Parry, c: E. Duefrane. 1b; M. Carroll. 2b; E. Conway, ss; J. Duefrane, 3b; D. Hickey. If: J. Carney. Of; M. Slut roe. If. The battery for the losers was Myers and Benway. pitchers. and A. Luke. catcher The features of the game were the playing of B. Conway at short and the pitching of r. Con- way
 Ed and John Hayes Of the Merrimaes are twins. It's hard to distinguish one from the other. I'd was on third and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-08
THE DIAMOND.
Rain Spoiled Two City Amateur
 Games Saturday.

Only One Was Played - Monday Games Were Well Attended-Some of the Teams Late in Arriving al Grounds Scores of Games in the Connecticut and Other Leagues.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02
ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
Tranchie e. for Rural Trolley SysteAS
Should Not be Granted for
Long Periods. K

Electric railways are not allowed
to carry freight in certain states,
owing either to state laws or to the
charters of steam railroads that give
the latter q monopoly of freight
transportation. Wherever such laws
exist they should be repealed. Tho
trolley system should be open to
freight as well as to passengers. We
consider this matter of the most ex-
traordinary Importance, and cannot
too strongly urge that whatever Leg
islation is necessary to accomplish
this result be obtained without delay.
Articles published last season on the
use of the electric railway for trans.
porting farm produce, in western
New York, in Ohio and in Canada,
have given a great impetus to the
trolley freight idea. Electric rail-
ways are being promoted all over the
country. 1t will not be long before
communication by trolley from the
country to the city will be well-nigh
universal in the more thickly settled
sections. All questions pertaining to
street railway franchises are there
fore becoming quite as important to
the country as to the city.
Officials in counties and in rural
townships should grant franchises
for electric railways only under suit.
able restrictions to protect the public
interest. The duration of the fran
chise should be limited to a certain
number of years, and the charges for
freight and passenger service should
be specified in the franchises as
granted. Care in the granting of
franchises for rural electric railways
will avoid many of the costly mis-
takes made by cities years ago in
giving away forever most valuable
franchises for the use of their streets
for railways, gas conduits, etc. It is
inevitable that the great majority Of
the local trolley lines now in oper-
alton and in prospect will in time be
consolidated into a few large sys-
TENS, just as is being done with the
steam railways. While the conven-
fence of electric transportation is de-
sired in rural districts, as we'll as in
the cities, it is of grave consequence
that all contracts, franchises, etc.,
for these new railways be granted
under conditions that will conserve
the public welfare in the future.
No franchise should be granted for
longer than 20 years, at the end of
which time the township or county
should be entitled to- acquire the
railway upon payment of fairly APP
praised value of tracks and equip
ment.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02
RECORD or THE PAST.

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The record Of the past, and over nifty
thousand people have publicly testified
that Doan's Kidney Pills have cured
them Of numerous kidney Ills, from
common backache to dangerous dia-
betes, and all the attendant annoy
ances and sufferings from urinary dis
orders. They have been cured to stay
cured. Here is one case:
Samuel j. Taylor, retired carpenter.
residing at 312 South Third St., Goshen,
Ind, says: ION the 25th day Of Au-
gust, 1897, I made an affidavit before
Jacob c. Mann, notary public, stating
my experience with Doan's Kidney
Pills. I had suffered for thirty years
and was compelled at times to walk
by the aid of crutches, frequently
passed gravel and suffered excruciat-
ingly. I took every medicine on the
market that heard about, and some
gave me temporary relief. I began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and the
results I gave to the public in the state
ment above referred to. At this time,
on the 10th day Of July, 1902, I make
this further statement, that during
the five years which have elapsed I
have had no occasion to use either
Doan's Kidney Pills or any other med
icine for my kidneys. The cure effect
ed was a permanent one."
A FREE TRIAL of this great Kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Taylor will
be mailed on application to any part
Of the United States. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all druggists, price 5ocents per box:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02
GOOD ROADS ESSENTIAL.
Maintained Only Where High
ways Are Improved.

The post Office department has a
plan under consideration which, if
adopted, will help to do away with
the bad roads to be found in so
many parts of the country. It is to
have inspectors appointed in the
rural free-delivery part of the serv-
ice whose duty it shall be to deter
mine whether the roads over which
it is proposed rural carriers shall
travel are fit.
At present the department. is
swamped with complaints of the ru-
raj carriers about the condition Of
the roads over which they are ex-
pected to carry the mail. The duty
of the inspectors shall be to exam
inc all the roads about which COM
plant is made. If they find the al
legation true they will notify the
supervisors of the townships through
which the roads pass that unless
they are put in condition within n
fixed time the carrier service will
be discontinued. There are about
$4,000 rural free-delivery routes.--N.
7. World.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02
A PROFESSIONAL OPINION.
TAs Advice of = Lawyer to His BIZ.
be7, who Was Cutting In On
Hla business.

A former judge, now practicins law,
became interested when told by bis ia
vorite barber that the latter wanted to
study, with view to admission to the
bar, relates the Philadelphia Times. The
lawyer encouraged him in every way pos
sible, lending him books and giving him
an informal lesson while being shaved
each morning. Soon the barber began Put
ting Hypothetical cases to his patron VINO
Information as to correct procedure After
= time the ex-judge learned that the bar
ber's cases were genuine-that, indeed, the
fellow was acting as a cut-rate attorney
for his friends, who invariably pro6ted by
following his advice. The, following morn.
ing the barber opened up by putting, what
he described as an imaginary bit of litiga-
ton to the lather-covered lawyer, and then
asked:
"Now, Judge, what do you adviser
"Iet-me- See" replied the lawyer, mus
ingly. Then: "Why, advise that you
come see me at the Office, bring me z Ger.
tiled check for 500 as a fee, and III tell
you how the case should be handled"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02
City and Country Life.

A tendency which is becoming
more marked every year, and one
which should be especially crafty
ing to us as nation, is the inclina-
ton of our people to drift back TO
the country. Modern invention and
improvement have done much to bet
ter the condition of the farmer and
to make life more pleasant on the
farm. For many years the country
people have been focking to the
city, and the urban districts have
drawn heavily on the young life of
the rural communities. Now, how
ever, this sapping has been checked
to considerable extent, and the
boys more and more desire to stay
on the old farm. In commenting on
this movement the Boston Globe
says: "Certainly no more hopeful
indication were possible. City life
stands, on the whole, for mental,
moral and physical deterioration.'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02
FLOWING UNDER CROPS.
The Value Of Green Manuring Not
Fully Appreciated by Many 9th
W. erwlse Bright Farmers.

There are plenty of farmers who
do not believe in or practice green
manuring. They think it better
and more profita BILE plan to harvest
crop, whatever it is, and feed it to
animals. They also hold that the
process of soil amelioration by this
means is too slow, and takes alto
gether too long. These and other OBJ
jections to green manuring are plaus-
ible and rather hard to refute. Still
the fact remains that favorable re-
suits are often obtained by blowing
under. green crops. Sometimes a
farmer has land that is deteriorat-
ing under annual cropping, and he
cannot well put it in a condition to
return a profitable cultivated and
harvested crop. He may have used
all available homemade manure; and
it may not be convenient to purchase
concentrated fertilizers.
In such a case, rather than let the
land go fallow, he may find it to his
interest to cover it with some crop
on purpose to plow it under. One
advantage of this course is it's ex-
IRENE cheapness. 1t costs the farm
er practically nothing but the seed,
the labor of blowing the ground at
the time of sowing, and again when
the crop has made suitable growth.
Something is gained by the improve
ment of the mechanical condition of
the soil, by preventing the growth
of undesira BILE weeds which would
otherwise have taken possession of
the land, and by increasing soil fer
tility to some extent. The addition
of humus by the decay of the crop
is in some soils of great Importance.
The argument that no fertility is
added to the soil by simply return
ing the crop that grew upon it does
not apply to legumirous crop, that
is able to draw large part of it's
support from the air. If the plan
of green manuring is not followed
under any other circumstances, it
is certainly advisable to sow some
hardy crop on the removal Of har-
vested crop, to remain through the
winter as a cover and be plowed down
In the springs. B. Reach, in N. Y.
Tribune-Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02
A CHOPPERS DEVICE.

Fasten pair of stout legs about three
feet long to one end of each pole. Then
with a two-inch auger, bore series of
holes along the top Of each and fit a
wooden pin or stake to them. The
poles are to be placed side by side and
each log rolled up the incline until it
reaches the desired height. The pins
are inserted to prevent rolling or slid
ing back and the log is ready for the
saw.
I find it better, when saving in this
manner, not to cut the blocks quite oil
at first, but let them hang by q few
inches of solid wood, until all are nearly
cut off, when few strokes of the saw
will separate them. BY this means the
log is held steady and its equilibrium
preserved.-C. o. Ormsby, in Farm and
Home.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02

other instead of being united into an
ear. However, in the United States,
the plant seldom flowers, and never
produces seed except in south Florida
or near the gulf coast. 1t is cultivated
in the southern states, where it is con-
sidered a valuable forage plant, and
under favorable conditions produces
an immense amount of forage. For ex-
ample, it is reported to have produced
in Louisiana over so tons of green
forage per acre. 1t requires long
season and considerable moisture,
for which reason it is not we'll suited
to Kansas conditions. It gives fair
amount of fodder in Kansas, but there
is nothing to recommend it above corn,
sorghum or Katir corn for the same
purpose.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02
HINT FOR LOG SAVING.
Hard Task of Its Most Dis-
agreeable Eentures.

Many farmers draw their winter sup
ply of wood to the door in the log and
saw it at odd times with a cross cut
saw. This is easy and pleasant work
when the log is raised about two feet
from the ground, but very difficult and
tedious when it lies fiat upon the
ground: A handy arrangement for
holding and raising the logs is easily
made as shown in the sketch.
Take two straight poles 16 feet long
and strong enough to bear the strain.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02

Throw away the first few streams
from each teat
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02
TOPICS OF INTEREST.

Live merchants are q reproof to an
tiquated ideals.
Advertising in the local paper in
duces home patronage.
In Russia only II in 10000 people are
mad; in England the rate is 80.
The island of Sakhalin, the great
penal colony of Russia, has splendid
forests of fir and pine.
For q quarter of century no new
houses have been built in the Sussex
(England) village of Slindon.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02
THE TEOS1NTE PLANT.
New Fodder Crop Which Ia Now Being
Extensively Cultivated In
Southern States.

Bulletin 1O2 Of the Kansas station
says: This is native of Mexico, and
thought by many botanists to be the
original of our Indian corn. It is an
annual plant resembling corn or sor-
ghum in general appearance, but, in
stead of producing an ear, there are in
the leaf-axils several slender jointed
spikes which are separate from each
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02

Don't excite the cow in any way.
Frightening her, running her in from
pasture, worrying her with dogs,
swearing or. speaking harshly at her
will decrease the flow of milk.-Mid-
land Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-02

Accuracy.-Husba Didn't I tell you
that was secret, and you were not to tell
it to anyone?" Wife-"You told me it
was a secret, but you did not say was not
to tell it to anyone."-N. Y. Weekly.