davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-30

mouse enters through small round
hole in the side which he closes up
from inside when he is at home and
leaves open when he is out visiting.
This mouse is so much of a tree
loving kind that he never tries to
hide in hole in the ground when he
is shaken out of his nest, but climbs
up the nearest tree or bush.
The largest of Our rats is the Musk
rat, which lives along streams We
have one other aquatic rat or mouse,
the Ricefeld Rat, which is very much
like a small house rat in general ap-
pearance, and lives in cat-tai1 and bull
rush swamps and marshes, diving and
swimming when disturbed in his nest,
which is usually in an old stump or
in a small bush surrounded by water
Some Of the rats and mice are very
destructive at times to, crops and
provisions, the latter being of course
most attacked by the house rat and
house mouse which are importations
from the old world like ourselves.
It is rather curious that the house
rat of the South is not the same as
the house rat of the North The lat
ter is the Norway or wharf rat,
larger species with a shorter tail, and
the underpart not white. This species
drove the Black Rat out of Europe
and later out of America, into which
it had been introduced before the Nor
way Rat. In the South the long tail
ed, white-bellied Roof Rat, an i'm
portation from Egypt, has held it's
own against the Norway Rat, and at
Raleigh is the only house rat, but I do
not know how far it extends north
ward.
The most destructive mice to crops
are usually the 1arge-headed, short
cared meadow mice, of which two
kinds are common in the Eastern
United States from North Carolina
northwards. The worst of these is
the little Red Pine Mouse, a species
with very short ears, a very short
tail, and dense thick velvety fur
which sheds dirt as that of mole
does. This species has the habits of
a mole, with the appetite of a rat,
and does the damage to crops which
is usually attributed to moles, as it
will run it's burrows down a row of
sweet potatoes or Irish potatoes or
peanuts and eat the potatoes or pea
nuts up in every hill without leaving
any sign that anything is wrong but
when the farmer comes to dig a row
that has been attacked by these mice,
he will find nothing but the empty
shells Of his peanuts or holes where
his potatoes once had been.
Another rat which seems capable
of doing good deal of damage is
the Cotton Rat, rather large thick
set rat of grizzled grayish brown
color which often gets into cold
frames and eats up lettuce and SINH
lar things. They cleaned up lot of
my geraniums that 7 was wintering
over in my cold pit.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-30

cess Of the business were scarce, but
now, with better knowledge of it's
requirements, and the experience.
gained by those few who had the
pluck and tenacity to stick by the call
ing until they mastered every detail,
and were wiling to give the results of
the knowledge they obtained in the
school of experience to the world, we
are able to glide smoothly over what
were once rough places.
The agricultural colleges and ex-
pertinent stations have done great
work for poultry and made poultry
keeping a less hazardous calling: It
is true, there are still failures. Fools
rush in where angels fear to tread"
and many without knowledge of the
calling have taken it up and failed;
that is, if we can call it a failure, for
in most instances they fail or aban-
don the work before they really get
started Now the press and many un-
informed people refer to these failures
as natural sequence and the fate Of
all who are foolish enough to take up
poultry culture for livelihood
Let us look around and see where
the poultry industry has made it's
growth The amount of poultry rails
ed on the farms of the West is in
creasing every year. Western farm
ers. are learning that they can pro-
duce a pound of chicken almost as
cheaply as they can a pound of pork,
and that the chicken brings twice as
aged by the Western packing houses,
which send buyers through the coun-
try, creating good market at living
prices. Springfield, Missouri, is one
of if not the largest initial shipping
points for poultry and eggs in the
country, and in 1905 buyers in that
market purchased 86,6oo,ooo dozens of
eggs and over 100000 pounds of
poultry
Whole communities become interes
ted in the production of eggs or mar
ket poultry, and in many of these
communities it is the leading line of
work. The South Shore of Massachu
sets has become famous for it's soft
roasting chickens, as has also the
section of New Jersey around Glass
boro; at Yardley and other points
near Philadelphia are produced the
famous Philadelphia broilers though
Philadelphia broi1ers are raised in
nearly every state in the Union The
White Leghorn country surrounding
the city of Petaluma, CAL, is known
the world over as thrifty poultry
community, and here chicken ranch
is considered as good an investment
as block of bank stock or a govern
ment bond There is also the White
Leghorn country of New York State,
the large white eggs from this locality
being given special mark in the New
York market.
We might go on naming localities
where some branch of poultry culture
is the leading industry of the COM
munity, but this is not necessary to
show the Importance which the indus
try has attained 1t stands high up
among the products of the country.
l.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29

walsh did some great work for the lo. caI club last year and on the second Western trip was one of the mainstays of the club. Malarky being In the out netHi Ginger Clark has done some great work for Birmingham. and is one of the host pitchers in the South today. Not rsaT mssh coqs asrry De vsSshn sn S for soms son, had about as frightfui an aggre- gation as was ever gotten together for n professional baseball team.
 local club towards the end of last sea son Walsh has declared emphaticaily that he will never work on another Montscmery team m.r 0f sna course eon,d ne pe. se made to play here. or nowhere. but a club always gets the worst of 1t when an unwilling ball player is forced to p So it is like finding money to trade him to the Birmingham club. and the chances are that he will make Vaughn one of the most valuable men on his
 This makes the outfeid like this: Smith. Ryan and Persons. with possi- bility of Daly.
 Infield: Perry. Kensell, Racket and WShllsben. ehIh with possibility Of Rock
 Pitchers: weems. stackpole. Murray and Clark.
 This makes eleven men that are sure now and with a couple of pitchers that Ryan will bring with him. another good catcher and possibly Rockenfield and Daily runs 1t up to sixteen men at the start
 Dovey of the Boston Nationals will send down some of the youngsters that he can't use and recruits from Mur- pry's Chicago club can always be count ed on. Young Jack Robinson, the catcher drafted from Macon. has said he will not come to Montgomery unless the Montgomery club gives him more money. Pretty raw. from South At lantic League recruit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29

The fourth junior steeplechase for B. year-olds resulted in close three horse finish, Economy. won. but the race was given to Sandy Creeker on u claim of foul. Clell R. Turney. in win a handicap in 1:46 4-5, clipped two, fifths. of a second off the track record for abmile and a sixteenth.
 course-London Light. .12O (McIntyrel 12 to-f, won; Thistledale. 125 (Mahonl 9 to 5, second: Diebold. 129 CNotter) James Crawford, Mary Hail, Lottie Friar and George c. Hall ran. Um- brella, which finished third. was dis-
 Second race, five and one-half fur longs, Columbia course-Beilwether 95 O Hogg) 8 to 1. second; Laughing Time 1:1o. Ornamentation. Deburge. Lykers. N'Importe, orfano, Okiton, Brisisa. Merrimac. Winning Star. Mer-
 Third race, the third junior steeple- chase. two and one-half miles--Sandy Creeker. 137 CHenders0n) II to 10. won Monkey Puzzle. 1s5 (McLain) 12 to 1, to 10. third. Time 5:11. Canvas, Fin McCool and Sir Wocester ran. Econ omy won. but was disqualified for foul ing Sandy Creeker and Fin McCool.
 Fourth race. steeplechase. about two miles--Navajo, 151 (Henderson) to 5, won: Yama Christy, 151 (Keiher) to l. .s:sa second; M MAlaman1sor' l4S (stsele1 s to Spencer Reif, Gold Fleur, Carola Dull elan and Dr. Hellsworth ran.
 Fifth race. the tenth Washington cup. 94 co. Swain) 5 to 1, won; Ironsities, l07 (Notterl to 5. second; Right Royal, 110 lMcDanieD II to 5, third. Time l:14. Red Friar, Recruit and Pete Dealy ran.
 Sixth race, handicap. ane hundred and seventy yards. Columbia course-Clell Iurney, 9S co. Swain) 3 to 1, won; Aiauda, 105 (McDanieD to 1, second; Eve Wire, 107 (Notterl to 1, third. nime l;46 4-5. Dixie Himmel, Trash. Braggadocio, Blember ran.
 seventh race, handicap, one mile and one Eighteenth: old course--Fannie Bird. IS tNetfer) to ?, won; Tony Bonero' IF tMcDanieI) to 5, second; Cam Raigner S6 tJ. Hogg) 15 to i, third. Ilme l:51. Laily. Killiecrankie, DAT Aie Sstimate and Society Bud ran.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29
Columbus Wins in Close and
 Swift Basket Ball Contest

'Tf your Montgomery Y. M. c. A. team could have had two weeks more practice together, l think that they could beat any amateur team in the
 That was the declaration Of the phy- sicai director of the Columbus Y..M. c. A team which played the local assoeia- tion last night. winning by the close score of 3S to 31.
 It was an exciting game throughout the twenty minute halves played. Wei ther side could get decided ad- vantage of the other, Columbus start ing off with a rush in the first halt and the Montgomery team beginning the second half brilliantly.
 packed with 300 enthusiastic rooters for both sides. and presented q tnrtl- ing scene of riotous colors. the blue and white of the Columbus Assocta- ton almost eQualing in profuston the Orange and Black of the Montgomery rooters.
 The sponsors for both sides sat in the players for their sides on to v,e- tory. For Montgomery. the sponsors were Miss Florence Davidson ana Miss Taylor Beale. For Columbus. Miss Kitty Dent and Miss Kate Alisy.
 The Columbus five played as a unIf and 1t was this team work that gave them the final victory over the loco, started the first half with a rush and made three straight baskets frof
 Urged on by the gallery. the Mont. rnoery team braced up and tied Che score. after hard and accurate play. The half ended with the Coiumnus players two points in the lead. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29

official score for the first half was Col umbus 19. Montgomery, IT.
 The second half was for . short while a reversal of the first. Mont- gomery started things moving and led by a good margin for a short period. Columbus. however, by superior team work and bulldog grit tied the score. For while neither side could obtain lead over theNother. and 1t was not until the last few minutes of play that Columbus took lead that won the game.
 Numerous penalties were imposed up- on both sides, and it was in this fea- ture that the Montgomery players ex. celled, both in not being pena.ized ana taking advantage of the penalties tm- posed by Umpire Fry on Columbus Columbus eighteen. Montgomery. how ever, threw seven goals. while Coium" bus could make but four N q.
 The Columbus team played as unit, while the play of the Montgomery team was very ragged at times: As Mont gomery man expressed 1t last night. "There were no especial stars on the man" For Montgomery Alley and Su-
 The iine-ups of both teams follows:
 Montgomery-Davis, Susong, Haii' (Washburn), Pstters9n, Alley.
 Coihmbus-Peddy. Lewis Peac'ck'
 Time of halves, twsnty minutes.
 Umpire. w. F. Fry. Scorer. B. Alley for Montgomery and McDuffy for Columbus.
 Montgomery will play return game at Columbus on Saturday night, De cember 2. VI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29
Course Heavy and Soggy from the
 Rains of the Morning.
Valuable Golf Trophy Remains khe tvsperty of Country Clsb Another Year-If Either of Former
 winners Take Touraemest
 Next Year, Cup Be- lonEs to Him.

Tn a downpour of rain and on a morning that was thoroughly disagree able. the second annual Thanksgiving tournament for the Cody Cup was played yesterday morning. Olin Kirk land won the 1907 tournament, with Judge William H. Thomas and George 4. Dennis tied for second place.
 The rain had made the course soggy and heavy. Fast golf was out of the question, but notwithstanding this handicap. fifteen players braved the weather and worked the nine holes twice around.
 Mir. Cody has changed the conditions of this annual cup contest and i'm stead and having to win the cup three consecutive years. it will become the property of the man who wins 1t twice, whether consecutively or not.
 Under these conditions, either J. R. Sayre. who won 1t in 1906, or Mir. Kirk land. who won 1t yesterday, will have to win 1t only once more in order to make 1t his individual property. As a result of the tournament yesterday. the cup remains the property of tn @ Country Club for at least one more wear.
 Mir. Kirkland's name and the date, November 26th. 1907. will be engraved on the cup under the name of MT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29
Olin Kirkland Wins
 the Cody Tournament

ssyre. which was engraved on 1t last year. U A . xh > club yesterday morning. but the mis- erable weather proved nttie too much for them and they did not ven- ture out on the links. Later in the day Al number of club members with th cir families and lady friends went out and the club house was made
 The annual dinner was a great sue cess. and if the day. had been pleas ant one, Manager Inglis and the at taches Of tlie club would nave had nrohIem to accommodate the crowd.
 The next golf tournament at She club will be the annual Christmas handi- can. which will be played on tho new course of eighteen holes, the New Yaar's handicap and the John M |. IneIis cup on Washington's birthday, ali being played on the new links.
 A. O. Nicholson offers a handsome silver cup to be played for once a month during the year 1908, the cup to become the property of the player winning the event the greatest num- Der of times during that period. If at the end of the year no player has won it three times. the cup will remain in the custody of the club and will be continued to be played monthly, until some. player has three wins to his
 The first event will very likely be played New Years Day. These monthly contests will be eighteen hole medal play handicaps.
 The scores of yesterdays Cody Cup
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29
SELLING GPLATER WON
wHANKsGIyINa HANDICAP GOES TO
 s25 HORSE. A
sattIe Lighter, Upset Talent By Win- uInr Feature Event on Thanks giving Card at New
 Orleans.

New Orleans, Nov. 2S.-Littie .Llgasas- ar. a colt which was sold here TOT Sso handicap from an exceptionally good field of mud larks. The race was ohe oe of the most spectacular ones or the present fS the seast petting. Plantland ruled ia; yorite at all times. and was backed from to 5 to 3 to at post time. AT after short delay at the post, ,s,art sns with Faust off in front and Plantland right at his heels. Faust and Plant, land cut out the psSes rSralGss stretes hsaa %as reached, when Faust fell back beaten. PIantiand then forged to the front ~ and looked to be winning easily Wnen Jockey DeLaby brought Little lABnteE up With a rush and in finish that was full of brilliant management. won out by length. Dashaway, an added starter. finished third: ,A Aith"ugn thn garrest s crowd of the season was out and the books were hit hard in all of the events. Track very heavy. summa-
 First race fye furlongs; sssllinsEF won; Fioridagien, ss, (Goedkiel, IS to t to ~ g third. Time, 1:o5 4-5. Kathe. rine Murphy, McAtee. Rosebloom and Calvin also ran. ,,.-,. Second raes six f1ri9ngsmHqsEfefnIs, .n won sfefIa Land. 1io. e. koernerl, ' to 10, second; |; Arise, 109 1-2, IS. HeideD, 8 to l, third Time, i:20 3-5. DeHanno, Asteroid, Captain farrell. Tom Mc- Afee and LaGarde also ran.
 Third race. five furlongs; selling-- Marbles 112. (NicoD. to 2 won: Miss Delaney. 100, (DeLaby). s to l. second; Rustic; io5i Sss Sy Paowers?+f +a r,tp s9 Maid. Sainesaw. Lexington Lady. Dew
 Fourth race. one mile and one-six- teenth: Thanksgiving handicap-'Little Piantiand. 1Ol. "A: Minder). 8 te 5. second; SDash "a Way. III. c: Hen .snessy), to I. third. Time. 1854 3-5.. Resterling. Alma DuFour. Yankee Girl, Faust, sAgile, Dainty Belle ana Lis terine also ran. Added starters.
 Fifth race, five and a half furlongs- Platoon. 112. (Nicol). Il to g., won: Gambrinus. 110. (HeideD, 40 to sec to i. third. Time, 1:1l Is. Araunteer
 Sixth race, one mile-Granada 113, (Mountaln), 8 to 5, won; Sister Polly. vile. l04, V. Powersl. 7sto 10. third. Time. $50 2-5. John Carroll and Ven dor also ran.
 Bennings, D. C., Nov. 2S.-Before an immense Thanksgiving Day crowd, in cluding many society folk, Beauciere at to 1, with Swain up, easily won the tenth Washington cup at two and a quarter miles. Ironsides, the odds on favorite, secured the place money two lengths behind Beauclere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29
ARRESTS FOLLOW
 FINDING OF BODY

Birmingham, Nov. 2s.-tSpecial.)--1 Two arrests have been made following a decision of Acting Coroner Russell that Joseph Resdin, whose dead body was found in a box car today, had come to his death by foul play.
 The cause of the murder now Is be- lieved to have been robbery. Resdin was an electrical engineer with the Louisville and Nashville. His dead body was found in 8 box car in the local freight yards this morning. An empty fcarbolic acid bottle lay beside him and blood was boxing from one ear. A bloody cleaver also lay in one end of the car.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29
AL KAUFMAN WINS
SULLIVAN KISSED VICTOR VII
 DECISION IS MADE.
Sullivan Claimed That He Broke His hand h Sixth HSuad-vfctor
 Lacks Win and VI.

san Francisco. Nov. 2s.-A Kauf- man or this city was awarded the de- clsion over Jack (Twin) Sullivan of Boston, at the end of twenty five rounds at the Coma Athletic Club this aiternoon. As Referee Roche rendered ms decision in favor of Kanfmann, sullivan threw his arms around Kauf- mann and kissed him on the cheek.
 Tne hght up to the tenth round was practically an even affair. After that, however, Kaufmann forged to the front ana was never in danger again. Sul- livan did his best work in the early rounds. and for a time 1t looked as though he might win. It was give and take affair up to the tenth with Sullivan having the better of it. In the sixteenth round Kaufmann cut loose. He forced Sullivan from one end of the ring to the other, landing almost at will with lefts and rights to the jaw. He tried to put Sullivan out ana in doing so weakened himself and showed that he lacked that one neces- sary requisite--a knockout punch. From this time On. one round was a repetition of the other.
 Sullivan showed great gameness throughout the balance of the fight. In almost every one of the following rounds 1t seemed certain that he must go to the mat from the gruelling show CT of right and left swings to the jaw, but he always toed the scratch, ai- though apparently in great. distress. He stalled continually to save himself from punishment. Kaufmann thereas- ter devoted his attacks to Sullivan's stomach, and during the last few rounds put in several vicious punches, any one of which seemed powerful enough to put out any ordinary man,
 The fight insofar as Kaufmann was concerned was a great disappointment to the spectators, inasmuch as 1t de- veloped the fact that the Californian does not by far display the champion ship calibre with which he has been credited
 The fight also developed the fact that Kaufmann lacks both vim and viciousness. AfterS the fight Sullivan claimed he had injured his right hand during the sixth round. but if such was the case 1t was not apparent to the spectators. Kaufmann clearly out fought Sullivan in all but a few rounds.
 In the twenty-fif round they came up fast and fought hard. Sullivan slipped to his knees mopientarily. Kaufman placed left to the stomach and left to jaw repeatedly. Kaufmann followed Sullivan, landing lefts to the jaw at will. Sullivan held on in the clinches and fought back. Sullivan was carried to the ropes. They were in e cinch at the close of the round and the fight
 As Referee Roche gave the decision in favor of Kaufmann. Sullivan threw his arms around the victor and kissed him on the cheek.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29
TWO NEW MEN
 ARE SECURED Trade About Made With
 Harry Vaughn. HoUTz AND WALSH TO LEAVE Ginger Clark and Carlos Smith to
 Come to Montgomery. Eleven Men Sure New for the Senators for 1908, With Five More h sight
 Before the Season
HoUTz AND WALSH TO LEAVE

By a four-corncred trade between the Birmingham and Montgomery clubs, it was pretty well settled yesterday that Smith will be with Montgomery in 1908. Harry Vaughn wants to trade the two men mentioned for Fred Houtz and Leo definitely concluded there is not much chance that it will fall down.
 This deal will be a very advantageous one to both the local and Birmingham and one outfelder and Harry Vaughn gives Ryan pitcher and outfeldcr.
 Fred Houtz Is unquestiopably one of the fastest outfielders in the South and other league on the paths. Carlos Smith is also an unusually fast outfleld- CT and while he is nothing like the is. he is above the average in this re- spect. Thcrs iH one department of the game in which he outclasses Houtz, and that Is in hitting; smith ,s slams lem a beauty about his stick work is that most if not all pitchers look alike to him.
 The unofficial records of the Southern by The Advertiser some time ago are possibly not correct. but from the osfl- cial averages of 1908 local fans can make the following comparisons be-
 Houtz. 1s06--One hundred and thirty three games, 509 times at bat, S6 runs. 124 hits. 6 sacrifice hits. 45 stolen bases; batting average. .243.
 Smith, 1906-One hundred and twen- ty-four games. 467 times at bat, 66 runs, i30 hits. 26 sacrifice hits, Is stolen bases; batting average, .27S.
 Houtz, 1906-One hundred and thirty three games, 242 putouts, 12 assists, IS errors: fielding average, 1883.
 Smith, 1906-One hundred and twen- ty-four games, 1S2 putouts. 10 errors; fielding average, 1850.
 Smith was forty-two times at bat nine games-less than Houtz and got six more hits than the latter. twenty less runs, twenty more Sacrifice hits, twenty seven less stolen bases and an average thirty five points lower. In fielding Lefty had 254 chances to l92 for Smith, sixty-two more chances tn nine more games than Horseshoe"
 As to the two pitchers. Walsh and Ginger Clark, 1t Is nearly standoff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29
INITIATES WESTON.
Oid Negro Walked to New York ma
 Got in Jail.

Got fn JalI.
 New York; Nov. zs.-Iames Jenkins says he has no idea of trying to out do Weston as pedestrian, but he walked all the way from Richmond va, to New York just the same.
 Footsore. hungry, almost exhausted ne applied to the police last night Tor aid. When he was discharged rom he farm on which he had lived and 65 years old. started for New York to find work. That was a month ago. He had just dollar when he le1t the farm and he paid his last pen mes to cross Fort Lee ferry.
 lie was pitiful sight when he was arraigned in the night court ana toId ms story. He was sent to BIackweIls Island for six months for vagrancv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29
SENT LAPS TO SEATTLE.

Two Hundred Ticketed For Un,taH
 States, Forced to Go On.
 Victoria. B. c. Nov 28-The steamar Tosa Maru arrived last night from Yokohama, and as was done on the ar rival Of the Kumeric recently, local immigration officers forced all Japan. ese ticketed to this port with pass- ports made out for United States points. to proceed direct to Seattle. One hun. dred and eleven, who intended to de- bark here. were forced to continue for the United States. the total being 222.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29
Direct Hal Sold for s1o,0oo.

New York, Nov. 2ss-Direct Hal. a pacer. one of the holders of the worlds team. or pole record of 2:05 Ia for one mile. was sold for $10.000 to How ard Cobb of Ithaca. N. r., at the "Old Glory" horse sale in Madison Square Garden today.