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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06

With the list Of batting material in the
make-up Of the Browns their weakness in
the game Of bingie is the more glaring.
Barring Jesse Burkett, there IS not an
other Brownie" in the exclusive 800 cir
Gle. and unless some hustling is done b.
MeAleers players In the batting line,
Jesse Will be the only member OF the St
Louis American League team who can
claim the distinction Of a slugger after the
close Of the season.
Hill. the new third baseman. is batting
-2s5. which is very fair considering the
short time he has had to get acquainted
with the kinks and twisters OF the Ameri-
can League pitchers
Heidrick and Anderson, who should bat
-s00 or better. are over twenty points be-
low their standard, and 81 their present
clip Will be obliged to finish the season as
Poor batsmen-
In a fielding way st. Louis players COM
pare favoraoIy with the players CT other
teams in the league. John Anderson con-
tilues to lead the first basemen In fielding.
while Padden and Wallace rank well I'D IN
their respective positions as fielders.
Wee Willie" Sudho1 has won nineteen
out OF the tEenty-nine games in which he
has worked. and Powell has taken twelve
out OF twenty-eight. The rest OF the
Browns pitchers have worked poorly and
thsir record Of losses is out of all due
proportions 10 their share OF wins
Napoleon Lajoie still leads the American
League in batting. and has a vast mar
gin over any competitors. Oddly enough
the great Frenchman's average is now ex-
actly tie same as that of his great rival,
Hans Wagner OF the Pittsburg Nationals.
Only seventeen American League men are
Fitting over 300. and the base-running fig
ures also show very feebly. compared with
those OF the National Leaguers. Dough-
erty has made more hits than ony other
player, Pickering has scored the oftenest
and Bay has stolen the most bases.
Detroit still leads in team batting. the
Athletics being second.
Howell and Lee lead the pitchers in
fielding and Kittridge the cstchers. An
oarson and Clarke are tied for the lead
among the first basemen, while AIccor-
mick heads them all at second. Lave
Cross excels at third and Moran at short.
~niie Jones and Ryan are the outfield
leaders. Boston now leads in team field
Ing. The figures:
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06
Nervous diseases and Blood POISON

Many VIII Be Cured for 500.
No Case WiH Exceed SIS. 90 Per Moafh
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06

members OF the United States Revolver
Association holding forth on their range
in Jefferson County.
Doctor KessIer totaIed ll3 points In his
work last week This Is out OF possible
800 at fifty yards. He has an excellent
chance 10 finish in first rank. even with
score to-day. Captains McNamee and
Creecy Of the police force will shoot to-
day as Will Sidney Sears. champion OF
the force.
The majority of those competing Will
use 44-caliber revolvers. This arm gives
a large caliber Of bullet, which affords
better chances Of counting insclose shots.
The extra hundredths of an inch In d.
ameter over 81 or IS comes in very
handy at times.
Methods followed in scoring provide for
local officers OF the association. All
matches are shot on targets furnished by
Secretary Himmelwright OF the national
body and signed by him. These same
shooting by the local officials and are
then sent on with affsdayits that the work
has been done under the conditions pre-
1t Is believed that this city has some Of
the leading revolver shots Of the country
already developed. but SO Ear they have
the Eastern experts. This new system OF
championship matches will afford them
such a chance.
sor, Me-. has ideas of his own as to the
proper manner in which TO cook venison
while. camping.
The man who is going into the woods
to shoot a deer and to cook and eat ven
isoD OF his own killing" said Warden
Neal. Should leave all his broiling and
grilling utensils behind. There Is only
one way 10 cook yenisen I'm the woods or
anywhere else.
Heat thick frying pan or an old style
spider upon the Goals until IL Is almost red
Cut of thick slices of the meat and throw
them in the pan and keep them right up
against the dry. hot surface until they
are scorched on both sides.
Then turn them out on a platter. cut
the meat full of deep gashes clear down
through the crust. and into or beyond the
center and hli the openings with butter
gravy.
After this add pepper and salt to suit
the taste and eat Ii before II is cold
Cooked and served in this manner venison
Is the best meat that grows. and the man
VINO does not Ike IL either has trouble
with bis stomach or his conscience and
should be watched
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

No marked changes in the standing Of
the Cardinal batsmen has been recorded
during the last week. The absent Dom
oyan still continues to lead his lambs with
the surprisingly good average OF .317
Patsy" and Jimmy Sheckard are tied
for the unlucky honors. both players
ranking thirteenth in Pulliam's list Of
sluggers.
Homer Smoot has climbed bit and is
now batting .292. A few swats before the
close of the season will land him back
among the 800 hitters. Jimmy Burke is
leading the St. Louis inner workers In
batting. the very fair mark OF III being
appended after Burke's name. The rest
of the regulars on the Cardinals are bat
ting around. and many of them below, the
-260 mark, which accounts, in a large
measure. for their present standing in the
National League penrant race.
In the field the Cardinals are almost as
much a failure as they are with the will
low. nearly ali the players wearing the
Cardinal hose ranking away down In field
ing their respective positions.
Burke's base running, together with his
batting. makes him q comparatively valu-
able man.
Roaring Bill Kennedy has the nominal
honor Of leading the National League
batsmeI, but the real glory goes to Hans
Wagner. who is rapping them out for a
CUBS Is next TO Wagner, and looks like
q formidable competitor. Roger Bresne-
han ranks next below Chance, and but one
point to the bad. Twenty-three men are
batting 800 or better. Tinker and Cooley
having fallen back below the circle OF
good society during the week Beaumont
leads in runs scored and hits made. and
Chance in stolen bases
Pittsburg and Chicago are tied for the
team batting lead. while the champions
have an immense margin In extra bases.
Warner leads the catchers in fielding.
and Kennedy the pitchers. McGann tops
the first basemen. Ritchey the second
sackers. and Wolverton the third-bass
guardians Dahlen leads the shortst0ps
and Van HaltIen the outfielders. Brook
iyn leads in team fielding.
The figures:
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FOOTBALL CHANCES
OF VARIOUS ELEVENS.
high School Has but Few Veterans
This Season-Eastern EIevens
Have Started Work.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
With the interscholastic schedule ar
ranged earlier than ever before and with
nine games carded between teams OK the
younger circuit. the season bids fair 20 be
conducted in businesslike fashion. Pierre
Grace has been selected manager Of the
High School team this year. and he has
arranged the card for the coming fall.
But four men from last seasons team
will return to High School. Il present
prospects are any indication. SchaumberS
will captain the team. while Ls-nb, Fob
ertson and Castian will also be back
They viii not play in their cid positions. in
all probability, as some cnsnyes Will have
to be made on account OF new material
coming In.
Lamb Is the chunkiIy built boy who has
appeared In weight events fo- the institu-
ton in various track and field meets
throughout the year. Ha IS probably the
heaviest member OF the cam rhfs year
that is. OF the prospective material for
the team He was responsible for High
Schools first touchdown in the game with
Smith Academy last season.
Schaumberg was 4 steady player at
tackle last year. and put up a good game
throughout He is well skilled in the finer
points of the game. and is expected to
handle the team well Castlan is rather
light and will probably oe placed at end
a position at which he did well last sea-
son.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06

Hunting conditions IN Arkansas are in
rather a mixed state so far as sportsmen
of this city ere concerned. While the
State law forbids hunting by nonresidents.
the ordinance seems honored as much in
the breach as in the observance In certain
sections.
So far as can be Judged. the law is ap-
piled just as the county officials OF Ar
kansas see fit. II they don't care for fish
ing in their neighborhood. well and good;
they don't have II. II they decide it is all
right, no attempt Is made to enforce the
law.
The exact standing of the law itself is
something OF problem. The point by
which nonresiderts ars forbidden to hunt
even on their own lands was declared un-
constitutional by the United States Dis
trict Court. But some doubt exists as to
just what the decision means. Whether it
means that visitors can hunt on club
grounds or not is an open question
So far as the sportsmen are concerned
the prohibitive effects Of the ordinance
are keenIy felt. The railroads have made
no hunters rates from this city to Arkan-
sas this season. and this is an; indication
of the small traffic expected from here.
All the roads have agreed that no special
rates will be given.
Shooting at the traps has been COM
menced at DUPONT Park and some good
work was pulled ef there last Sunday
Harlowe Spencer won the regular fifteen
bird shoot, making aEciean score. Alec
Nermod. Doctor Clark ard Chase tied for
next position. with scores of II each.
MermOd has carded a tournament for
next month at the grounds. II will be the
first 1ive-bird match pulled off in this city
OF late, this form of the sport having been
discontinued for a time on account of leg
isiatiye opposition. No action on the sport
was taken at the last session. but Il had
been decided TO Iatronize target work for
time in its place.
Work at the ffty-yard range will con-
tinue at BobringviIle to-day In the :ourna-
ment for the revolver championship of
the United States This shooting is pro-
ceedinz simultaneously at Sea Gfrt. Bos-
ton. San Francisco and ST. Louis. the local
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06

Double plays-Athletics 81. Boston -. Chicago
q. Cleveland 8. Detroit s.. New York 81. ST
Louis "a. Washington 20. Triple plays-Bostor
!, New York /. 81. Louis /
PITCHING pEC0pnc
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06
CATARRH AND HAY FEVER.
by Asthma of Long
Sfauding-Com and Lasting
Relief After Correct Treatment.

Mr.. George Hozesley Of Troy. ILL.,, in
speaking OF his treatment. said: 81 was
prompted to GO TO the Powell Medical In
sfitute by what read in the papers about
how they were curing all classes Of
chronic disease without wanting to take
all the money they had. And now I am
glad that did go. for have been cured
OF ore of the most distressing cases of
Catarrh and Hay Fever. which had run
into asthma. causing all those agonizing
i1r SnseIinr ard oasring for freafh
This Is the first time IN twelve years that
have missed the Hay Fever. and I did it
last fall and winter. ] am completely
cured Of all symptoms"
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How 1t Cures Asthm a.

The patient essn sesshsz In full bs
sp5ts along the bronchial tubes heal. the
cough ceases. the pain leaves. Appetite
and strength return. he is again a well
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06

FIRST BASE1fEN-
Player and Club. G. PO. A 2 Pct
ANDERSON. 81. Louis. ..1o5 1.Is s. Is .gss
Clarke. Washington 81 900 81 ess
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06
rkans Game CusesN
f.ENP III
sen Status
GENERAL NOTES AND GOSSIP
OF HUNTERS AND FISHERMEN.

Arkansas Game Law Conditions Rather Mixed Present the
Status OF the Ordinance Being Uncertainame Warden Neil
Talks How to Cook VensonRevoyer Shooting Resumed
To-Day.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06
BASEBALL AVERAGES s:;:5i ] i s;;:'s's Ell
DONOVAN LEADS CARDINALS;
BURKETT HIGHEST "BROWNIE"

Captain of Local the Only National Lacquer Who Has the
Honor Being the Three Hundred Glass Burkett Has
Similar Distinction in AmerCan-La JOie Monarch of Slug
gers Organization Roaring Bill" Kennedy
1SSsi;aal Leader
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06
ELECTRICITY

Cures deafness permanently by applying It
to the ears. A mild current Is passed
through the ears. reducing all fnfiamma-
tion relieving all thickened. shrunken
conditions of ear drums. Ii also acts as
a great nerve tonic, restoring and reyiying
At the same time the yapor reaches every
sore SPOT OF the head, throat and middle
ear, removing all granulations. relieving
all Inflammation, opening the Eustachian
tubes, stopping roaring and other noises
and restoring the hearing.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06
PITCHING RECORDS.

DOubie Vlays-BOkIDI IT. BFUOAIyn y. M
cago 20. Cincinnati g.. New YORK =. PhiIadsi-
phla 80. PittsbuIE -. St. Louis So
Triple plaYs-CiTIcinnati :. New Noris l
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06
TO MuiItudss Of SuffNss This Means $3.50 for Cure.
HOW THE NEW ELECTRO. INDICATED TREATMENT CURES.
How II Cures cstarrh.

How Il Cures Catarrh.
The soothing vapor il inhaled through the
nostrils and the nasal channels open up
The dull pain leaves the head The breath
becomes sweet and pure The unnatural
discharge ceases and the lost sense OF
smell returns. The disease is not driven 20
throat and lungs, but Is eradicated from
the system. The worst case OF catarrh
VIII yield readily to the new treatment.
Nervous Diseases and Blood Poison
yield as readily to the new treatment As
diseases OF the air passages. II Is q won
derful nerve invigorator. tissue builder
and blood purifier. Il is the one specific
for these wasting diseases. The most
malignant case WIN not exceed 800.
During September the Wonderful. New
Treatment that Is positively guaranteed 20
restore health and strength In every case
that Is accepted win be furnished for A.co
Begin now II you would avail yourself Of
the remarkable offer.
Many VIII Be Cured for 500.
No Case VIII Exceed $$ 90 Per Month.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-10
No Bonds, No Schools,
Gatauga, Tenn, Sept. 0, 'O3.

The policy Of our most potent, grave
and reverend aldermen seems to be to
hold club over the public schools of
Johnson City, and, by threatening
their destruction, force and compel
people to vote for bonds who are con-
scienciously opposed to them. Will
they succeed?
If our aldermen had done their duty
we would now have q new addition to
the Columbus Powell building and new
desks and furnaces for the other school
buildings in need of them.
Bonds for school purposes, voted at
the other election are now available.
The injunction as to the school bonds
was dissolved, by an agreed order,
more than two months ago. At the
same time proposition was made to
the city council in behalf Of one Of our
town banks to take the school bonds at
par and give the city the privilege OF
paying them off at any time. The
proposition was ignored. If we could
have new school houses and new desks
and furnaces without voting the new
proposition for thirty thousand dollars
OF bonds, the strong argument in favor
of the proposition would be gone and
the election would be lost. And so ia
carry the election, they refuse to build
new school house, although the bonds
for that purpose are in the recorders
safe, and the money for the bonds is in
the City National Bank. They refuse
to build although many children must
remain out of school on that account.
They refuse to buy desks although one
room at Martha Wilder building is moi
provided with desks.
The people can and will have schools,
without having to vote bonds to build
a road to the kitchen entrance to the
Soldiers Home in order to get them.
AS it is, those who are trying to force
bonds on the people are throttling the
public schools. We don't have to have
bonds, but we will have to have schools
even if we have to elect some new al.
dermen to get them. CITIZEN.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-10
WATAUGA NEWS,

The public school began here last
Monday with s. M. Warren teacher.
Miss Lacy Rucker, of Murfreesboro,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. d. N. Reese,
and other relatives.
W, G. Lacy and James st. John re-
turned yesterday from Bristol where
they sold car load of watermelons.
DR., Fl. L, Campbell is running his
rock crushers night and day and can't
supply the demand for crushed stone.
Married on the night of Sept. I'd by
5. Fl. Hendrix, Esq, John Harrison
Bailey, aged so years, and Louisa
Baumgardner, aged IA years.
Rev. D. F. Wyrick filled his regular
appointment here last Sunday at 1920,
a. nj. and preached an interesting ser.
mon to an attentive congregation.
Yesterday about p. M, Robert, tn.
1O-year-old son of W. K. Christy, wal
drowned near what is known here al
the Slosh Rock. As near as can b,
learned he was with several little boy
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-10
The Renewal a Strain.

Vacation is over. Again the school
bell rings at morning and at noon,
again with tens of thousands the hard,
est kind of work has begun, the re.
newal of which is a mental and physi.
cal strain to all except the most rugged
The little girl that few days ago had
roses in her cheeks, and the little boy
whose lips were then so red you would
have insisted that they had been
"kissed by strawberries, have already
lost something of the appearance Of
health. Now is time when many
children should be given tonic. which
may avert much serious trouble, anC
we know of no other so highly to be-
recommended as Hoods Sarsaparilla
which strengthens the nerves, perfectf
digestion and assimilation, and aidi
mental development by building up thu
whole system.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-10

gravitated south because it paid best
there and the negro lived longer. So
that the southern planter got the negro
and the northern owner got the money
for him. And we may say right here
that If the north will now replace negro
labor with the white labor which negro
labor has kept out OF the south it may
have every one of them for nothing.
The only drawback TO the north in that
arrangement would be that it could
not then gush over the negro-just as
it didn't gush over him until he was
sold down south in Dixie. Not that
the negro is bad sort of fellow, only
he is not the angel the gusher takes
him for viewing him from a-far-off.
Any northern man soiourning in the
south soon finds that out, for there is
lots Of human nature even in the col
ored brother. The southern republi-
can never has an attack OF Mysteries
over the negro unless national con-
vention or an election is on hand-per-
haps because he lie accllmated.
But in what way has slavery damaged
the negro Of today, particularly the
young coons? Thu trials and tribula-
tions of his enslaved ancestors are not
bearing very heavy on him for he only
hears of these things, A person can
stand great deal in the person of his
forefathers, just as the north can stand
great deal from the negro so long as
it affects only the south. The negro of
today may thank slavery for all the adj
vantages of western civilization and
whole lot of its religion to boot. His
ancestry never would have been
brought here if there had not been
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-10

and could not swim but got on plank
and started to swim the river, but the
current carried him down and the
plank was washed from under him.
One or two Of the boys tried to save
him but the current was too strong and
he was carried away and sank. The
body was recovered about an hour af-
forwards where it had lodged on a
shoal. The body was taken to Wash
ington county this morning for inter
ment. This is the third drowning
that has happened here in the last five
years. The sorrowing family have the
heartfelt sympathy of the whole COM
munity in their sudden and sad be-
reavement.
Watauga, Tenn, Sept. 0, 'O3.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-10

money in it, And if they cad not come
how would the young coon got heret
The negro is the only individual who
has made any thing out of slavery-ex
cept the cute yankee who traded him
off on speculation before the drop
came.
Still the negro spouter and northern
gusher is not satisfied. Well, we would
not advise that they let their discon-
tent carry them into race war unless
the negro wants to gain his freedom
again-this time from all earthly cares.
There is not an earthly occasion for
a race war unless the negro makes it.
1t would be very foolish thing in him
to do that, and he will not do it unless
the spouter and gusher gives him the
impression that the whole yarkee ma
tion would back him in it. The south
at present needs negro labor; the ne
gro needs and always will need south
ern opportunities, for no other country
wants him or will even have him.
Even if he goes north organized labor
tells him in shot gun tones that he is
not wanted. 1t used to be that he
could go to Africa but now Siberia
won't hold him and the French, En-
glish and German would be afraid he
would stir up strife in their territories.
There is no race war in sight if the
negro has any sense at all. There may
be a race war an hundred thousand
years from now when men get to be so
thick that they will kill each other out
to give themselves elbow room. But it
is not we'll to cross a bridge till you get
to it. L. j. RIPLEY.
Alton, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-10
Soldiers Home Notes
CHAs. CUNNINGHAM

The 1900. pound bell for the tower of
the dining hall has arrived and will be
put in position at once. 1t will be con-
nected with the big clock to strike the
hours.
There are now ten buildings under
roof and eight more under way. The
original contract price for these build
ing5 were; Hospital group $275, 900;
two barracks $91O,s12 power house and
plant $11S, 947; laundry buildings $39,
400; storehouse 500, 900; morgue SO, 795;
mess hall and kitchen 1924, 200.
The latest report of Inspector General
Knox shows 418civilians were employed
in the eight national homes, of whom
1870 were females. There were present
10, 4O4 members, 1901 absent. There
were COS deaths in the various homes
last year. Marble headstonss are fur
nished by company in Vermont at
$1,00 each. The name of the deceased
is put on each one.
The following food supplies for three
months were contracted for at the Kan
sas national home Sept. 3:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-10

Maj Paul E. Divine, treasurer of
the Soldiers home at johnson City,
was In the city yesterday on his return
from attending a special term of the
circuit court at Tazewell. Maj. Di-
vine is a native of claiborne county and
was appointed to his present position
from that county. He still registers
from Tazewell, but he may never live
there again as he is the kind of man
that makes himself so useful that he is
hard to do without when he gets pc.
sition. Maj. Divine says that he has
no idea when the home will be ready
for occupancy, but hopes it will be
this fall. There has been some trouble
on the contracts, but he thinks that has
all been Strengthened out. Knoxville
Journal and Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-10
Suit For Divorce.

Bristol, Tenn, Sept. 5.-Mrs. Made
line Bennett has just filed suit for di-
vorce from her husband, G. S. Bennett
charging desertion and failure to sup
port. For three years Mrs. Bennett
and her two little children have been
left alone here. She was married to
Bennett, who is the son of a wealthy
Englishman, some six years ago. Ben
nett went to New York three years ago
to accept a position. He corresponded
with his wife for some months. Later
he wired her he was coming home, and
from that time she has heard nothing
more from him, except that she has
learned that he had no intention of re-
turning to her
Mrs Bennett is sister OF Miss Mar
garet Hobson, the Bristol authoress.