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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-29
Gotham Trouble

In New York. when they built the
park, they slapped heavy mud just like
Georgia clay in the diamond" says Ira
Thomas. Around the plate whenever
it was damp the clay would get on the
ball and make it so slippery you would
thing you were throwing a bail covered
with slippery elm.
They have put every kind Of earth
imaginable around the plate and the
bases TO prevent. but it is hard work
Whenever it rained the whole infieId
would be throwing spitballs"
Just as no ball player is ever salts
fed with the work of the official scorer,
no player is ever quite satisfied with
the work of a ground keeper. Every
inhelder has some bump in front Of
his position somewhere which bothers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-29
COWBOYS IN LEAD
BY GOOD MARGIN
IN G. P. D. LEAGUE
Looks Like Fight to
Finish for Second
Place HonorS.

N the G. P. O. Bowling League tho
Cowboys have virtually won the pen
nant.
The race for second place IS close and
II now looks Ike the winner viii not
be known until the end OF the season.
COnroy Still leads the individuals. with
an average OF ISIS and has the great
est number OF spares 70 his credit
Spaeth and Mccarthy are having a nip
and-tuck fight for second Individual
honor, with Mccarthy now in the lead
Grass holds the high number Of strikes
record
The averages follow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-29
MECHANICAL LEADS
RAILWAY LEAGUE

Mechanical has managed 10 slightly
Increase its lead for the pennant in the
Washington Railway Relief Association
Bowling League. and now tops the
Roadway fve's SIS by foruy-five points
Columbia is pushing Roadway hard for
the place. but two points behind
= enner. Of the Mechanical Quint, with
IN 1yerage OF 1873 is q fraction less
thal, a point ahead OF Smelling. Of the
Northern team Herbert, OF Roadway
n we'll in command Of the third place,
svith an average Of IA
Following are the figures:
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CHANCES SMALL
FOR ANY CHANGE
IN REAL ESTATE

The --latest averages OF the Real Es-
tate Bowling League place the teams
so far apart that there is little hope
Of any change in the standing in the
few weeks which yet remain OF the
season.
The POtOmacs, who have rolled some
remarkable sets this winter. are so far
ahead that they can easily lay claim 70
being the premier qUint OF the circuit
The Assessors have an equally strong
hold on second place
The records follow:
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NO PROVISION
IN SCHEDULES
FOR THE TITLE
College Supremacy in Base
ball VIII Again Be in
Doubt.

The intercollegiate baseball season
which opened in the East this week,
while Il promises many interesting con-
tests, fails to produce anything in the
way Of a schedule which VIII definitely
decide the college championship of the
section.
This is unfortunately a c.Ose analysis
Of the playing dates Il seventeen OF the
leading colleges and Univel stiles, show
Ing many breaks in the chain which
prevents anything like a decisive elm
inaIiOn On the basis OF round robin play.
The situation is fully as weak in this
respect as IL was in 1907, when both
Princeton and Cornell claimed the col
leEe championship at the end Of the
season. Since these two teams did not
meet the only resource was 10 compare
the scores made against mutual oppon-
ents, which at best was a very unsat-
isfactory method, since baseball is more
uncertain than other lines Of sport in
dulged IN by the college.
More Tangled Than Before.
The coming season finds tie schedule
more tangled than ever before. While
Princeton and Cornell compete this
spring in two games. Harvard and
Pennsylvania viii not meet and Co!um-
bia has but three games in the Big Six
circuit, one with Yale and two with
Pennsylvania Princeton has no game
with Brown, strong contender for hon
ors last season, and the same state Of
affairs exist in the schedules Of several
other varsity combinations which are
expected to develop strong mines for the
premier position in the sport. This state
Of affairs is more surprising whyn it is
realized that fully ninety games are to
be played among the seventeen college
teams which are expected to play high
class baseball during the next few
months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-29
West Washington.
Brghtwood.
NO COME BACK.

You say your sister was permitted
to ask questions Of the spirit Of her de-
parted husband at the seauce last
night?"
Yes, she asked the departed quite a
number of questions"
Were his replies convincingg'
don't know she acted just like
she used 10 when he was alivs and
Exchange.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-29
ON LAST
LAP FOR PENNANT
IN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mt. Pleasant Has Bare
Chance to Edge
Into First.
Dates for Final Games.

March 30-Bethany VS.. Metropolitan.
April Ninth Street VS.. Calvary.
April 3-West Washington VS.. Bright
wood.
April 6-Union VS.. Mt. Pleasant.
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damond Money
happen
A n
Chicago biggest paying
an
Washington
endte team Of he
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Diamonds Not Made,
Like TOpsy, They Just Happen
Grounds in o4merfcan League

New YOrk-Built on bed of rock.
ChicagO-TOO "Musky" for batting.
DetrOit-CrOss sOdding disastrous.
WaShingtOn-0ne Of best in circuit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-29

him and the ground keeper can't by
any hook or crook make It so away.
There is always some hole or some rise
Of some kind TO make the ball bound
badly 10 him, he'll vow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-29

All the time Times want ads. are per-
forming "prodigies Of service some Of
which might as well besfor YOU.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
A PATHETIC STORY

An incident Of a peculiarly touching
character occurred recent IL one d
the elevated railroad frs. tAa.
brought tears 10 the ewes CT the pas
sengers. The train had just left One
Hundred and Twenty-iItb street when
the passengers saw entering the car
a little boy about SIX years Old, half
carried by an older boy. evidently his
brother. Both were we'll dressed, but
at first glance it was seen that the
little fellow was blind. He had a pale
wan face, but was smiling. A quick
look of sympathy passed over the fac
es of the passengers, and an old gray
haired gentleman got up and gave his
seat to the two. The big brother"
who was about eleven years old. ten
derby lifted up the little blind boy and
placed him on his knee.
"How's that?" he asked.
Nice" said the little chap. Where
is my 'mOnica?"
This puzzled some Of the passen-
gers, and several turned to see what
the child meant. But the big broth
er" knew, and Immediately drew out
a small mouth harmonica and placed
it in the little fellows hands. The
little fellow took the instrument into
his thin hands, ran it across his lips,
and began to play, softly, Nearer, My
God to Thee" Tears came to the
eyes Of the old gentleman who had
given up his seat, and as the little fell
low played on, running into the Rock
of Ages" and abide With Me" there
were many moist eyes in the car.
The train rushed along, the passen-
gers listened, and the little fellow
played on tirelessly, never missing
note of "Annie Laurie" or Home.
Sweet Home" Finally the "big
brother" leaned down and told the
little one to get ready to leave, as the
train was nearing their station. Then,
as if he knew he had won a whole
carload of friends, the blind boy
quickly changed THE Suwannee Riy-
er" into "Auld Lang Syne," and with
one accord the passengers burst into
round of appluse, while the "big
brother" carried the little one out Of
the car.-New York Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
FLORIDA AND HER FUTURE

For more than three weeks l loiter-
ed in what is to be known to the
world as the winter farm and garden
of the Union, hitherto despised Flor
ida. I speak with, elaboration when
I say that that state which, though
admitted to the Union by an act Of
congress on the same day on which
Iowa was admitted, which embraces
10000 more square miles of territory
than Iowa, and whose population num-
bered 10000 in excess of Iowa in 1S45,
had come in 1870 to have 100000, AMI
I say without fear that time will con-
firm my assertion that foremost
among the non-bearing mineral states
of the Union, will be its farm and
garden. beautiful Florida, the tip-eni
Of the south.
There will be a fora such as no
part Of the Union can produce; sucn
as neither Mexico, nor Japan, nor
China. nor Africa, nor Southern Eu-
rope can produce; but where you will
find the choicest products of all these
lands. whether in the mere flora Or
the beautiful blossom of the forth
coming crops of fruit or vegetable.
There is a land that combines the soil
and climate of all lands, and whose
productions for beauty and utility will
measure. almost may say, the pos
sibiIities Of the productions of all
lands. 1t is a land for sugar par ex-
cellence beyond Cuba; its tobacco
fields will rival at once those of Cuba
and of the Connecticut and Lebanon
and other northern valleys; ii Is the
land of rice. What about cotton, said
to a gentleman, whose farm I was
traversing. 20, don't talk to us about
cotton: a FLORIDA farmer has no time
TO fool with it at cents per pound
when he can raise vegetables and
fruits for the north at such prices
as We get" The whole of the gulf
portion of the south is literally, or
will be when properly managed, the
land of wine and milk and honey, ana
all beautiful and graceful things TO-
gether with the great staples TO when
I have alluded, and others.-The late
Hon. W. D. Kelley.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
PROSPECTS GOOD FOR FRUIT
CROPS

From all portions of the East Coast
there comes the most cheering assur-
ances of heavy crops of all kinds OF
fruit this season. The orange and
grapefruit trees gave a magnificent
bloom and are holding their fruit wen.
The long drouth is broken and copious
rains have fallen and the trees are
putting on a heavy growth of new
wood. Throughout the pineapple belt
in st. Lucie and Dade counties the
pineapple fields are in splendid cOndi-
ton and have blOOmed heavily. The
recent rains will be great advantage
making the apples a better size than
they would have been had the drouth
continued. The young fields are max
ing a rapid growth. which almost in
sures a good crop from this class OF
fields next season.
There will be heavy crop of man
goes, avocadoes and other tropical
fruits. The fruit growers over the
entire length of the East Coast are
Hummer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
W. M. BROWN AGAIN INDICTED

The United States grand jury. at
Miami finished its business for the
April term of the United States court
ct said place last week. by finding an
Indictment. containing one hundred
and forty-four counts, against VIII
liam N. Brown. president OF the Fort
Dallas National Bank of Miami. and a
director of said National banking as
ISOLATION. The indictment, which is
a very lengthy and complicated instrL-
ment, is gotten up in bOok-fOrm. and
contains one hundred and fifty-two
closely written typewriter pages. As
a legal document it reflects great
credit on John n. Cheney. the Unit
ed States district attorney, and his as
sistant. Richard NJ Marks, by whom
it was drawn. Mr. Brown has able
lawyers and me case will be fought to
2 finish.
The Brown case will be doubly in
teresting from the fact that Brown
has already been tried once on a
charge of violating the national bank
laws in Connection with the Fort Dali
las National Bank, and this will be
the second trial He was acquitted at
the first trial in Miami last January.
Ii is not known whether he will be
tried on the new indictments at Mi
ami or at Jacksonville.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
SUMMER SCHOOL CATALOGUE
NOW READY

Charlottesville, Va. May 4, 1908.
The catalogue of the University of
Virginia Summer School for the ses-
sion of 1908 has just come from the
press. Il shows exceptional improve
ment in the number and strength Of
courses offered. and in the distiu-
guished faculty which viii teach in it.
Among the members of the faculty
Of the University of Virginia who VIII
be in the summer school are Dr.
Chas. w. Kent, J. NJ. Page. DR.. Thos.
Walker Page, Prof. w. H. Echols,
Prof. Thos. Fitzhugh, Prof. A. II. Tut
tie, Prof H. Clio, Prof. w. A. Kepner.
DR.. r. NJ. Bird, DR.. Albert Lefeyre,
DR.. w. A. Lambeth and DR.. Bruce r.
Payne.
From other institutions the summer
school has procured the services OF the
DISTINGUISHED educators-Dr. S. g.
Mitchell of Richmond College, DR.. Al
phonso Smith of the University Of
North Carolina, DR.. J. B. Henneman,
dean of the University OF the South.
DR.. Edwin Minis from Trinity Col
lege, DR.. X. c. Davis, dean of the
State School of Agriculture of New
York, DR.. F. A. Milledge of the Viz
ginia Female Normal, Dr. Carl Rued-
iger Of George Washington University
and DR. VIM. Dey Of the University of
Missouri.
From the circles Of officials in pup
lie school life have been drawn such
we'll known experts as Supt E. C.
Glass of LyEchburg, Prof. d. Augs-
burg of Oakland, Caal, Supt. John
Blair of Wilmington, N. c., and State
School Examiners Jenkins and Ma
phis.
The list would not be complete
without giving the names of certain
ladies who have contributed distin-
guished services to the cause of ed
ucatiOn-Mrs. M. S. Moffett, supervis-
ing principal of the Manassas schools,
Miss H. w. Halliburton, who has writ
ten several school texts, and a teach
er Of wide reputation in the south,
Miss Edith Carlton, specialist in do
nestle science, and Miss Lula An
drews. head of the department of En-
glish of the Virginia State Normal
School
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
"HABIT"

The governor fears that Duncan L.
Fletcher has acquired a habit" Of
representing corporations, which he
could not break away from in the
senate of the United States. 1t is
true that use doth breed a habit in
a man"-but how about the habits"
of the governor?
The habit" of ignoring the wishes
Of his party.
The habit" of violating his pledges
to the people.
The habit of setting aside the
edicts of the courts, as it suits his
pleasure and convenience.
The habit" OF forming disreputa-
BILE political alliances.
The habit of wilfully attempting
to deceive the people as in the Lake
Gainesville matter.
Many and varied are the habits"
of Broward-and dangerous, too, when
accompanied by the power and pres
tige of public Office.
If Fletcher through habit" woulI
be a corporation man in the United
States senate, what sort OF a man
through habit would Napoleon 2
Broward be?-Tampa News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
BILL NYE ON THE RAZOR BACK

The razOr-back hog of Florida, like
ruling passion, is strong even in
death. but the pampered pig of the
home life becomes, when moved down
in his prime, one of the pleasantest
things to associate with that can re-
call
The razor-back meets US at every
station, and scratches his back and
dOrsal fins under the engine, or
warns the cookies of his heart against
a hot box. Yesterday a flock of lit
tie red razor-backs burst out of the
bush as we passed out of a town and
sailed away with the train for a mile
or two, at last disappearing, how
ever, as the train fell behind.
Goodbye" said my companion, the
little Hoosier poet, as they faded
away. Goodbye, little goldfish,
goodbye"
General Horace Porter says that
when he was in Florida he asked an
old cracker why he did not go into
raising more of the better class of
hogs, the kind that gets corpulent, in
stead of this autumn-leaf style of
hog. Then the poor, sad-eyed man
shot about a quart of tincture of to-
bacco juice out of one corner of his
mouth and said, as stated as follows
I'VE have tried the fat kind, an
they are good eatin', of course, if that
is all you want of a hog. Our hog,
though, is a speedier hog than yours.
He is a better roadster, even if he
don't cling to his home. We've made
good trail of the fat hog. an we've
come to the conclusion that it amt
any use to raise a hog here that can't
run EASTERN a niger kin"
Most everybody from the north
speaks slightingly of the razor-back
hog. People make fun of the animal
who never tried to be funny before
He is a good subject to begin on
Last week a Michigan man and :
Floridian were riding together dowI
this way, and a tall dramatic hog
known as the Sarah Bernhard hog
came out of the forest like a pattren
for a side of pork cut out of paste
board. AS the papier mache brute
faded out of sight the Michigan man
set back and sighed in a heart-broken
way. Then in a moment he bright
eHed up again as he saw another just
like the one he had lost sight Of q
moment before. Sitting up with J
glad smile, he said: Colonel, by jim
inv. there's the other half of that
hog. From Bill Nye's Sayings.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
1T REACHED THE SPOT

Mr.. z. Humphrey. who owns lat -
general store at Omega o. anu - 49,. -
president Of the Adams Councs rIo-oe
TeleDbone Co OF Pike county, o.
saws 81 DR.. Kings New Discovery; IL II,
ssxed nv life once. at least L thlak
II did. II seemed 10 reach the spot
the very seat Of my cough-Wnieh Nv Sr
erything else failed" DR. KING a N
Discovery not only reaches the co. ~
spot: il heals the sore spots anu o,,e eft
weak spots In throat lungs aIl1 81. &,
Sold under guarantee at Trial
Cos. drug store, soc. anu % N
bottle free.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
PREPARING FOR NEXT SEASONS
WINTER TOURIST CROP

A three-story, fifty-room aodlUIOh
will he made to the Despland thls
summer. the contract for which mas
been let TO s. H. Cove. The extension
will be made at the east end oil the
buildingC which. when completed
viii give the hotel something over
ninety-room accommodation. Ihls
hostelrv. under the capable manage
ment of L. NJ Waite, has fine repu-
tation. and the new addition is mace
to meet the constantly growing us
mands for greater accommodation
Daytona Gazette-News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
THE WORLDS BEST CLIMATE

Is not entirely free from disease. On
the high elevations fevers prevail,
while on the lower levels malaria is
encountered to a greater or less ex-
tent, according TO altitude. To over
come climate affections, lassitude, ma
laria, jaundice, biliousness, fever and
ague, and general debility the most
effective remedy is Electric Bitters
the great Alternative and blood purifier:
the antidOte for every form Of bodily
weakness, nervousness and insomnia
Sold under guarantee at Tydings IL
COS. drug store. Price soc. m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
A RECEIPT FOR A MERRY WIDOW
HAT

Here is the Boston Travellers re-
cine for the Merry Widow hat: Get
on old bicycle wheel with the tire on,
cover with any fabric you like, adorn
with feathers, flowers and vegetables
Attleboro jewelry, Bigney chains, but
tons ribbons, golf balls and lemons
and let il stand out in the rain over
nigbt when it is ready to wear. The
rule is the smaller the girl the bigger
the hat.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
BAD ATTACK OF DYSENTERY
CURED

"An hOnOred citizen of this town was
suffering from a severe attack of dys-
EMERY. He told a friend if he could
obtain a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and DiarrhOea Remedy he felt
confident of being cured, he having
used this remedy in the West He was
told that kept it in stock and lost no
time in obtaining it, and was promptly
cured" says M. J. Leach, druggist, Of
WOlcOtt, VT. For sale by all druggists.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22
AFTER THIRTY YEARS exp

AFTER THIRTY YEARS expert
ence millions of users of L. & NJ.
PAINTS claim: First, it wears 10 to
IL vears-Second, it only costs $1.2O
q gaIlon-Third, its the best they have
ever used-Fourth, sixteen thousand
agents certify to this fact. McIver &
ATacKav. L. &. NJ. Paint Agents. 1b
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22

FOR SALE-GOOd driving pony;
also a good work animal; price rea-
sOnable. Apply "P. S." care OcaIa
Banner. sat
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-22

For a burn or scald apply Chamber
lain's Salve. 1t will allay the pain al
most instantly and quickly heal the in
jured parts. For sale by all drug
gists. m
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
!: NEWS OF THE RIVERS /

The riva4 marked 27.e feet at the
Cairo gauge last evening showing .
fan of on D I foot IN "A hours.
The river was falling at all points
ahove here, according to yesterday s
reports
The Minnetonka from Memphis
passed to Grand Tower light yester
day.
The Beaver from below with two
barges OF logs passed 70 Mound City
and returned light.
The Dick Fowler was In HOrt again
yesterday frcm Paducah, having been
repaired on the Mound City ways. She
viii be the daily packet
The Charlotte Boeckler brought
wood from Hickman for the Southern
Wood Supply Company.
The Peter Lee left Memphis yester
cay for Cairo and ST. Louis. She will
be here tonight.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-12
JACK LONDON ADRIFT
Friends Of Well Known Writer Think
His Gasoline Boat Is Diesbied
on Pacific Ocean.

San Francisco Jan II Fyienls p
Jack London the author are begin
ming to feel some anxiety over bis
failure 10 arrive al the MarquesaS Is
lands. which he was expected to
reach early in December London
left Hilo, Hawaii, October Z, ia his
boat, the Shark. for Marquesas. ana
Is about month overdue. II ~ sur-
posed that the Shark, which N equip
ped with a gasoline engine Is drifting
about as the result Of injury to her
machinery Besides London. Mrs
London couple OF friends and a
small crew are on board the vessel
The steamer Marposa is due here
January &c from Ia III Tahiti ana fl
III hoped that she win bring news af
tho party
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-12

For maintaining an obstruction t
navigation III the Monongahela rive
az brownsville. w. Va. the Alononga
keIa Bridge Company was fined $1,000
b. Judge u. W. Archibald, in the
United States District Court Under
the ruling Of Secretary Taft freeing
the rivers contiguous to Pittsburg. the
Brownsville bridge was condemned by
the War Department eighteen months
ago. The chief contention of the de
Tense was that the government had
nc right to condemn the bridge. as the
Monongahela was not navigable when
ii was built in 1892. The charter
granted TO the bridge company stated
that the bridge should not become an
obstruction to navigation. This is the
last of the famous Flow bridges" arong
the upper Ohio and MonongaheIa TO
fight Secretary Taft's famous decision.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-12
NO PUBLIC REQUESTS
Late Henry o. Hayemeyer. Sugar
King, Leaves Entire Estate to
Widow and Children.

New York. Jan 1.-THE will Of
Henry 0. Hayemeyer. the sugar king,
was not fled today. az promised. but
instead small typewriter paper was
left at the Surr7gates office by a
messenger from the office Of Parsons,
CIausen & MeIlyain 1t read
Mr.. Havemeyer's viii contains no
public beqnests. The entire estate is
given In trust for the benefit 1t his
children Mfr Havemeyers residence
ard s59000 year being given 70 his
widow during her life.
Mr Hayemeyers estate is estimated
at s15000,Q90 to S20.0a0.000. II is
said Mr.. Havemeyer hadd isposed Of
his interests in the American Sugar
Refining Company.