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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
The Average Man

THE average man" is for the most part an
extraordinary person, whom no one has
ever seen. He is ike the average weather,
which is mechanically computed, or aimed
at, at the end of month. and which is not like
any actual weather that prevailed at any time
during the month.
The average man, it should be noted. is lazier
reckoned his labors, and finds that at fifty
years of age he has toiled six thousand Ave
hundred days of twenty-four hours each.
During the same time he has slept six thousand
four thousand days, and been i'll five hundred.
He has travelled twelve thousand miles, taken
thirty-six thousand meals, eaten fifteen thou
sand pounds of meat and four thousand pounds
of fish, eggs, and vegetables, and drunk eleven
thousand gallons Of liquids.
Under this account the average man appears
to be greedy person; and yet there have I'M
doubtedly been occasions when he has gone
hungry.
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Refuse to Be Pestered

IT is not to be supposed that the possessors of
great fortunes have taken to economizing
by going without telephone service. They
have simply saved themselves from being
pestered by keeping their numbers out of the
telephone directory. A telephone call, once
admitted, can elude hunkies and secretaries
Accordingly the number is impaired like pass
word or countersign to the favored few. It is
not merely the very rich who have done this,
but all sorts of persons who would be subject
teachers and the heads Of benevolent societies.
There are besides all the gambling houses,
pool rooms, and the like, which have an OBJ
vious motive for not wanting their numbers to
appear in print.
In consulting the city directory. one occasion
ally stumbles upon an entry like this. John
ZONES (refused) gar East Ist."
This calls attention to another class of in
cognitos, those who refuse all information
about themselves to the agents for the direc-
tory and enumerators for the census.
The publisher of directory in a western
city fifty years ago complained IN his preface
of the troubles he had had with that class.
For instance" he said, "Mr. AuchInuty not
only refuses to give the required particulars
about himself. but positively forbids the in
sertion of his name and address IN the dlrec-
tory. No doubt Mr.. A. has cogent reasons for
wishing to remain incog. and to keep his where
abouts profound secret" One Cowdrey. he
went on. refused to give information, because
he wished to be put in as gentleman, whereas
he is clerk, and it is the object OF the directory
to give the sternest facts and repress all flights
of the imagination.
The desire to escape jury duty is probably
the conmonest motive for refusing information
For MANY wears the refused" list was printed
in the New York directory. Now it is taken
for granted that about so many blind items
Will occur annually. and they are simply placed
m their proper positions alphabetically.
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Wouldn't Answer Questions

WHEN the last United States census was
w being taken, the New York newspaper
Offices were visited by an elderly man Of distin-
guished bearing, who complained OF the tyranny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
Testing the Police

IT is an old and easy journalistic feat for a
man to test the powers of the police by report
ing himself as missing and then letting them
hunt for him unsuccessfully. The late Josiah
F1ynt Willard, after he had published an article
describing the alliance between criminals and
the police in New York, was hunted for two
weeks by the force, and then, when the excite
ment had subsidized, one day walked into the
detective bureau, told his name, and asked if
there was anything he could do for the depart
ment.
To name only one further instance, William
Schneider, who had robbed small New Jersey
bank of a sum equal to its entire capital and
surplus, was youth of marked physical Pc
culiarities. There was such interest in his pur-
suit that for time it was hardly safe for any
man with stutter like his to 60 into bar room
or cigar store. Yet he escaped unchallenged,
and not a word has been heard of him in five
years and more. Police records are as full of
stories like this as of stories of criminals identi
fed and captured by clever detective work
after the lapse of years.
There have been mentioned here some OF the
devices which people use to escape notice or
annoyance while going about their usual bust
ness. Those who leave their regular paths and
become actual fugitives present another set of
problems. Yet the police admit small chance
for the permanent escape of an identified crim-
inal. It is said that every man has beat
which is almost as definite as the trail of
wild animal in the jungle. While he keeps off
that beat he may escape discovery. But give
him time, and he will be found traversing it
again.
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that would compel him to answer the questions
on the official blank. Every free man ought to
resist it, " he declared. 1t all looks very harm
less now, no doubt; but l tell you there are
only few steps from this kind of inquistion
to veritable Letfre de eaehet."
The same vague fear that the information
will be applied to some menacing purpose ap-
pears in connection with the directory work
sometimes Thus, in one southern city more
than thousand Negroes refused to give their
names to the directory canvassers, seeing IN
them officers of the law, and in the blank
books some new trick of the white men to bring
about their undolng
Ten years ago or whereabouts, the postal
authorities made a ruling that no person could
receive mail at ian address where he did not
maintain at least desk room. By that one stroke
there were driven out of business in New York
dozens of letter box establishments usually
maintained In connection with cigar stores.
For a small sum patron OF one OF these
places could have his mail addressed to the
shops street and number and held for him
in pigeonhole till he chose to call for it
One of these places came into much notori-
ETY. during the Molineux trial, and Chief
Devery of New York once declared that
they were among the most convenient aids
to vice and crime which the great city af-
forded.
There remains the official General Deliv-
cry" Between two and three thousand per-
sons call at the New York general postofhce
every day for mail matter not directed to any
street or number. Travellers have their mail
sent to the General Delivery, call for it once,
and then order it sent to some hotel or boarding
house. But there are also scores who must have
some regular habitations yet who call daily at
the General Delivery. What tragedies, COM
respondence of these men and women from
homes which for some purpose they will not
acknowledge, the worldly wise clerks at the
window can only speculate.
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is drawn up in the station house ready to 60
on post twenty-five years, five feet seven,
one hundred and forty pounds light complexion
and hair, blue eyes, dark mixed suit, black
overcoat and derby, laced shoes; is wanted in
Cincinnati for burglary.
Arrest unknown man, about thirty-seven
years, five feet eleven, one hundred and eighty
five pounds, hair turning gray dyed mustache,
brown suit, green necktie, black soft hat; ;
wanted in eighty-ninth precinct for larceny of
Look for Peter Quincy fifty-three years,
five feet eight. one hundred and fifty pounds,
STOPPING shoulders, dark hair, gray eyes, frock
coat, striped trousers, silk hat, all much worn;
missing since August 10.
ing, has to listen daily to series of instructions
like this. The New York city police arrest
more than nine thousand persons every year,
besides looking for fifteen hundred missing
persons and over two thousand lost children.
It is not an overestimate to say that on any
given day. out of the four million persons in
the metropolis, from two to five hundred are
definitely wanted by the police
Yet that number includes only small pro-
portion of those who, for more or less legitimate
reasons, are keeping either their Identities OF Q,
their whereabouts unknown to some or all
who might wish to hunt them up. Suppose,
for example, that an impecunious resident is
seized by an uncomfortable impulse to call up
some of his weather. townsmen on the tele-
phone for the purpose of soliciting a small tenn
porary loan. He goes to public pay station
and takes down the telephone book, uncertain
for moment where to begin. Andrew Car
negie shall have the first chance. he decides
presently But he finds ON examination that
the name of the patron of Libraries and peace
congresses and spelling reform does not appear
IN the list. That's strange" he comments;
"but Mrs. Russell Sage will do as we'll" He
turns to the S pages. But though there
are several Sages, the great money lenders
widow is not among them. 1t takes more
than this to discourage me-" says the tenn
porarily embarrassed one. "1'n just try a
Vanderbilt There are so many of them, l
can't help striking some member of the fam
ily" So he turns over to the back of the book,
and finds that, while he can communicate with
one of the Vanderbilt stables and one of the
Vanderbilt garages, there is not Vanderbilt
residence listed in the book.
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OF women mo
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Nature'sOnly
Way Of build
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II. only with our Health Vibrator. governed alb
soutey BY he sentative hands Of the es. that careful.
tender vibrations can be used in proper number when
delicate tissues are masased.
This i absolutely necessary 10 avoid distress and pain
in treating tender tissues to cure rather than agra
vate troubles Ike Rheumatism-or Neuralgia
Swollen Parts-Heart Disease-Eruptions Of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
Will Settle In Southwest Part of
 the State.
scotchman Brings Hooded Cattle for Purpose of Establishing Calling fin Timber District--COndt-
 tions Excel Texas.

On a southbound Louisville and Nash vile freight train which passed the union messenger station yesterday morning were several cars loaded with farm implements and stock. There were horses, red Devon cattle, Duroc Jersey hogs, and a big bunch of thoroughbred. fine wool Morino sheep, all registered stock, from Statesville, N. C.
 Their destination was Samson, a sta tion twelve miles east of Geneva on the Alabama and Florida division of the Louisville and Nashville.
 A few months ago the industrial agents of the Louisville and Nashville succeeded in so interesting Scotch man by the name of Samuel Archer In the possibilities of the region of Geneva and Covington counties that he decided to locate a stock farm somewhere In that territory. A large tract Of land near Samson was selected, and MT. Archer at once began the preparations of A stock farm on an extensive scale.
 MT. Archer has had many years sue cessful experience in raising and breed ing fine cattle. It Is thought his es- tablishment at Samson will prove to be a powerful factor in the development of that section of the State.
 Heretofore Southwest Alabama has been noted almost exclusively for Its
 
 with the Jackson Lumber Company which owns millions of acres in that section. Several people in Florala. Lockhart, Geneva and other towns will join MT. Archer In an effort to get hold of large tracts of the Jackson Lumber Company land. If they are successful, that section, from being mainly tim Der country will in a few years be not ed as having about the most extensive sheep ranges in the South. MT. Archer says the country is. if anything, better adapted for the raising of thoroughbred sheep than even the vast ranges of Texas. In the meanwhile he will pro- ceed with his farm which at present includes 1000 acres. If the syndicate scheme is perfected, that section will be one of the wealthies. in Alabama.
 Discussing the matter Travelling Freight Agent Russell Houston of the Louisville and Nashville, said yester- day:
 These sheep will form a part of large flock of the same kind to be brought here by Mir. Archer. He has bought 1000 of the common sneep down there and intends to breed these to Merinos to improve them. as much in fleece as in mutton quality.
 The Merino is a heavy -feeced, fine ly-formed, but not very large, sheep, densely covered with wool and used in the North and West as much for It's wool product as for its mutton quail ties. It is fact that the great nut ton market of Chicago alone receives and disposes of from 10000 to 10000 sheep every day, and by far the larger part of them are the Merino stock and it's grades.
 This should be taken as significant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
TWO NEW MEN SECURED FOR
 MONTGOMERY BASEBALL TEAM

Shreveport team. but during the season or 1906 he dtd not do himself justice. It ts said there was fraction of some sort between Evans and Tom Fisher.
 At any rate. when the sorrell topped pitcher was made manager of the shreveport team. ne immediately cios- ad a deal with Manager Hendrix of the s'pTingheld, Ill. club of the Three property of titat club, And tine best to Shreyeport
 Some time ago, negotiations were be- gun with Manager Hendrix. for the trade of enc of The men on the local team for catcher by the name of Clark on the Springfield team; Hendrix turned this dowr, saying Clark was too valuable man to trade, and noth- ing more was thought of the matter
 Yesterday morning. a letter was re- ceived from Manager Hendrix, in which he said that he would like to trade Bill Evans to Montgomery in return for pitcher Breftenstein. No time was lost in sending telegram to the Spring neId people, accepting their offer Ser. trade by telegraph, and the matter was clinched, the only thing remaining 10 De done being to secure the signature of Evans to local contract, and It seems hardly probable that there will be any trouble in that respect.
 Probably the best year Evans ever made was during the season of 1aO4 Wutn ne prayed second DaSe TOT litLle Rock. His batting was not extraordin- ary that year, and in 112 games he had i'll times at bat, II runs, e6 hits, sac rifice hits, 25 stolen bases and an aver age of 2a3 Tn fielding he had, in 112 games, 296 put outs. PIT assists. and 43 errors. with an average of .930.
 During the season of 1905, with Shreveport, he had, in 120 games, 42S times at bat, G5 runs, 110 hits, 20 sacrG flee hits. g stolen bases and batting average of .256. Tn fielding that year. he had, in 120 games, 35 0put outs. 240 assists and 35 errors, with @ fielding average og .944.
 During last season Brietenstein pitched some remarkably brilliant games for Montgomery, and 1t is thought he will make a god man for Springfield. One reason he can be spared by the local club this summer is the fact that in Malarky. Walsh, Max well and Burnum, MalarfSy will have the fastest pitching stan that has ever been in Montgomery. and the above five will. in all probability be the ones that he will stand pat on and carry during the entire season.
 The loss of Connors and subsequent gain of Sweeny and Evans. will cause 8 switch on the infield Clayton Perry will go back to third. Wild Bill'' Evans to second, Sweeny at short and Biggers on first.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
THE RACES
Results st Fair Grounds.

New Orleans. Jan. 29.-There was great excitement at the Eair E;d Grounds | fell at the half mile post and appar- ently rolled on bis rider. Martin. The | jockey was rendered unconscious by the fall. but an examination showed when Martin went down. First race. three and half furlongs -Lawless, 11s Hee). II to 10, won Count snnba Rsixford' s,a,S, 1l2 Lowe9, 1S to l South nKight, Prosperous, Bitter Man c. M. Lowe. Curaco also ran.
 Second race, five and a half furlongs Refined, 95. A. Martini, 8 to l, sec ond; Marvel F., 105 (Larsen), 20 to l. third. Time, HI 1-5. Belle Bay. Can non Ball, windfall. La Sorciere, Cora Fallert also ran.
 Third race; ?eighths of a mile -Richey, ioi (Farrow)., to l, won; klsinwood, iIsi los 9Garner). to l, sec third. Time. 1:31 1-5. Dargin, iDl Yer skin. Bell Indian, Dromio, Scotch Dance also ran.
 Fourth race. one mile and one eighth won; Missouri Lad. io5 SLowe). II to 5, second; Flavigny, ss (Lloyd), 8 to | third. Time. 200 i-5. Light Note and James Reddick also ran.
 
 Grace George, 9S tGarnery, g to TO- won: LamplIghter. I03 fFarrow), 25 to |, second; John Kaufman, 103 (Johan- essen, { to 2. third Time. 1T 4-5. lence, Blacklock. Manila, Montelimar, Sylvia Brown also ran.
 Sixth race. three-fourths of a mile Grace Larsen. 10t tEnglander), g to 3 to |. second. Gauze'' i2s s tIiosd5. HsH 1S to l. third. Time, 1:1S. Duchess of Montebello, veeme. Gothoiine, Hyper bole, Deuxtemps. Spider Web, pompa- dour. Limerick Girl, Zick Abrams also
 Seventh race. one mile and one-six- teentn-Tinker, 9S (Burton). to i, won: Jack Lori, 103 (Yandusen), 1s to 10. third Time, 1854. Floss S.. MT. Jack, Sophie Carter, LaCache, Etta NJ. also ran.
 Entries For Today. ud First t.I race ns five furiongs. selling:- saparilla. 99; Guy Mannering, 101: Sim plicity, Merces. 103; Old Guard, Flag stone, 1e4; Clifton Boy ,Preetorius, I05; Major Carpenter. 11n
 second race six and one-salf fur longs. purse-Lucy Marie, Taunt, Inpo- sition s5: ElfalI Voting. s7: Pinsticker, as; Belle strome. .1o1; Lady Navarro, Esoitsmeht Ins: .Ssstns 1Ss; os AlscSn Grey Plume.
 Third race. five furlongs. handicap Dromio. 9o' Piiv. 100: Gianor, i05; Lady Navarro, 11o; Charlie Eastman, ToboEgan. 114; Emergency, 116.
 Fourth race. four furlongs, Premier stakes-Ziephen, Southern Knight, 11O: Count Reinferd, Captain hilds, Han his, 11s; E. M. Fry. Blue Lee Lee rest, 11S.
 Fifth race, five furlongs, selling Society. s4; Blue Pirate. 96; Gypsene 98; Duessa .99; Monis, Edith May. Ad High. Maggie Mackey. 103; Knighton. 104: Chauncey Olcott. 106
 Sixth race, mile and sixteenth. sell. ing--Lady vimont, ss; Harry Gardiner, 94; Lady Coventry 95: Hyacinth, 107, {, St. Noel Foreigner. Gladiator, f09; Tar.
 Seennth race. one and one sixteenth miles, selling-Discernment Mahogany. 93; Pentagon. pr. YounS. 95; Brilliant Joe Lessc. Etta NJ. Louise Mac Far- lar Sanction, Tancred. Gl.sten. 103; Mir Hack, Heart of Hvacinth, 1O3; Green Crest, 105; Asterisk. 105.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
Malarky Gets Evans
 and Sweeny.
Trade i. Effected With Springfield by Which Breitenstein is Exchang-
 ed for "wiId BiIi--Con-
 nor,s Loss Made Good.

Local baseball prospects were bright ened yesterday morning when the ac- quisition of two of the fastest ball players in the South was made public by Manager Malarky of the Montgom- cry club.
 wild Bnr' Evans is one of the two and the other is Edward Sweeny. With these acquisitions the loss of connors Is more than atoned for.
 A deal has been on for Sweeny for some time through Muldoon, the New York man who has been instrumental in sending several of the fastest ball players in this country to Montgomery. A contract was sent to Sweeny some days ago. and yesterday 1t was return- ed with the signature Of Sweenv af- fixed.
 Sweeny is. if anything, a far moro valuable man than Connors. In the first place. he is about as hard q hitter as the former. the difference being that he is far and away the superior If Con- nor as a pinch hitter. He Is 2S years old, five feet eight inches in height. and weighs 1eO pounds. He has play River League for the past four years. In 1904 he played short for that team, batting .2S3 and fielding 1901. Tn 1905 he played second base. batting .s14 and
 Last season he played second base for the same team. and his worK stamped him as one of the best in that league, batting -o4U anu HctulHB .SO0s at the same time leading his league in stolen bases
 The fact that Bill Evans will be a member of the local team this season makes 1t possible to say in all truth Montgomery will have the fastest .aii- around second baseman that ever play ed in this city. Evans is a familiar figure to the fans of Montgomery, as he has played in the Southern League for the last five years. and he has mer- ited the reputation of being the fastest, headiest second baseman that has ever years he has been member of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
SHEEP RAISER PROPOSES TO START
 NEW INDUSTRY IN SOUTH ALABAMA

illustration of what can be done with these sheep in our Southland. both by grading up our common sheep, and by keeping the full blood Merino in little fiocks on farms and plantations, as we'll as in great fiocks in the piney woods regions near the Gull coast. MT. Ar cHer is thoroughly practical. He has had over thirty years wool growing and sheep breeding experience In the North and West, and now. five years in the South. knows his business
 With these now at Samson Is one ram nearly i've years old, weighing about 200 pounds. that he will guarsn. tee to shear over thirty pounds, one years growth. Also another stock ram, grown in North Carolina three years old. that will clip about twenty five poupnds. The whole flock will clip an average of eight to eleven pounds, when kept in good condition the year round.
 "Mr. Archer asked us the question. Why should the State of Texas be the only one of the lower South to produce and sell millions of pounds of wool and mutton. while there are millions of acres of land in the same latitude, east of the Mississip River even better adapted to sheep husbandry than Texas and yet with comparatively very few sheep in it.?
 T confessed an inability to answer the question, and he quietly said: Well, 1t will take me too long to tell you about 1t, but will answer it by bringing down to a home near the Gulf coast. all there is of me. in wealth, energy and knowledge of my business, where I expect to prove a successful, industrial business--grow- ing wool and mutton that will event. ually involve millions of wealth to the South--can be conducted.'
 T venture to predict the introduc- tion and establishment of this flock of blooded sheep with such a man at the head of it. will do moro for Alabama and the South than columns of speeches and volumes of honks"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
BIDS WANTED.

The board cf Bond Trustees of the City of Pensacola. Fla will receive bids until twelve osciocl laosf Feb. 12th. 1907, for the erec- fior and euEs1fiekion of the City Jail for said city: in Ace0fd4hce with the plans and spec fffcation9 NfS%9fed by MesSrs- Ausfeld Rlounk. AfNHff&ets.
 Theee piAn8 and specifications are on file. and can bA MASH at the offices of the Archi- fsfstn m Sffi4&f Pensacola. Fla. or Montgom- ery. Ala, and at the office of the Chairman Of the Board bf Bond Trustees. Of the City of Pensaeoia. Fla, at the Citizens National Bank Pensacola, Fla
 As an evtdttit8 of good faith all bids must be necofnnAhI&a by certified check of $500. uavnhlA to the Said Board of Bond Trustees
 The Board of Bond Trustees, reserves the Yirfit to reject any and all bids
 L. HILTON GREEN, Chairman, Board of Bond Trustees xvd-Af of Pensacola. Fla