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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
THE generous soil of America is not

THE generous soil of America is not
j congenial to the miser,-the m1Ser of
extravagant fiction depicted gloating in
cellars over his shining hoard. We know
how to make money, and make it rapidly;
but we also know how to spend it freely,
so as to obtain the just reward of our
strenuous labor. Yet in the older nations
the character of miser is by no means
confined to stage melodrama and cheap
novels Charles Dickens with his graphic
pen, and Angelo and Hogarth with
magic brush, have portrayed the real
miser, to whom money is all things, and
the lovely world without, and even his
own soul, but mere dust and ashes COM
pared with the thinking gold pieces
handled with exultation.
A classic case was that of the great
Duke of Marlborough, who might have
been seen in his old age walking through
snow and slush and rain in the old city
of Bath, from the public rooms to his
hotel, simply to save twelve cents cab
fare. And vet when the famous old
warrior died. the five million dollars he
had so laboriously got together instantly
fell into the lavish hands of Lord Trevor,
Marlborough's grandson, who was not
only reckless gambler, but by strange
turn of the wheel of fate also the great
soldiers bitterest enemy.
Phi1anthropic Misery
TN several remarkable cases real philan
l thropy has been a mlserS motive IN
spending and saving to grotesque de-
gree Thus when the first Pasteur lnsti-
tute was suggested IN Paris to keep green
the memory of the world famous scientist,
a poor wretch who lived in utter misery
came forward with a subscription of five
hundred dollars And when the city
officials called upon him with a message
of thanks, they found him in an evil
smelling slum behind the cathedral of
Notre Dame When the door was opened
the miser philanthropist was found quar-
reling violently with his miserable looking
servant for throwing away match that
had not been burned at both ends
A similar case, but on a much larger
scale, was that of Jacques Gurgot of
and hated him for his incredibly sordid
life; yet when the old miser's will was
proved all France was amazed to find he
had left two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars to his native city especially to
furnish the poor with good and cheap
water supply Il know" the old man
wrote, that fifty thousand of our citi-
zens died of the plague during the cpl
demic of 1920, which was generated by
the noxious eff1uvia arising from filthy
streets that were never cleansed."
And Thomas Guy, merchant of Corn
hill, London, is another rare case. He
suddenly took it into his head, at late
hour of life, to found Guys hospital,
vast pile on the south side of the Thames;
endowed almshouses; and liberated from
prison upward of six hundred debtors.
Vaudille, the famous French miser, for
thirty years ate only one meal day, and
that of bread and milk, though he allowed
himself by way of luxury tiny glass of
sour wine on Sundays. He attended
church too, by the way, invariably con-
tributing to the offertory half cent
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married a rich brewers widow, the man
developed perfect craze for boarding
money He would allow hardly any food
in the house and it is little wonder his un-
fortunate wife soon died of a broken
heart A favorite method for obtaining
meals instead of buying them was to pay
timely visits to people he knew, at the
same time throwing out broad hints of
having just drawn up his will, IN which
his prospective entertainers had not been
forgotten. He was always very particular
on these occasions to take down in full the
names of all the children present at the
dinner table.
Or again he would fall down in the
street in simulated fit before a hospitable
looking house, into which he would be
taken and kindly treated, as matter OF
course. When he came to, which he did
speedily, Cooke would request in faint
voice that a good square meal be put be-
fore him He never failed to call next
day, and was most profuse in his thanks.
again limiting that his benefactor would
some day receive a substantial reward.
Thus by making empty promises he
raised hopes which in many cases ma
terialized into presents of geese, turkeys,
hares. and wine And when at length, in
the infr1nity of age, he found himself
compelled to seek medical advice, he
deliberately dressed himself in rags and
applied to some first rate physician as an
utter pauper, relying on the doctors
kindness to obtain advice for nothing.
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never more, never less And yet when he
died his huge fortune of four million dol
lars, failing heirs, promptly reverted to
the foolish and spendthrift Louis XIV. of
France, whose outrageous caprlces even
this great sum could not support for
single month A curious thing about
Vaudille is that shortly before his death
a wag wrote him a mock serious letter on
a scrap of paper barely an inch square
The deluded old miser, greatly struck by
the evidence of such thrift, began to make
inquiries about his correspondent, with
view to leaving him large fortune, de-
claring that a man who was so Sparing of
note paper might be relied upon to take
care of money, even as he himself had done.
A Misery Couple
IT is rarely enough that both husband
and wife are nisers; but this was the
case with julius and Mary Schmauss of
Dantzig, in Germany. This eccentric
couple led very secluded life, and the
whole passion of their lives was the mere
amassing and gloating over money. They
clothes. They lived like the natives of
India, oscillating between starvation and
bare sustenance; and finally were muir
dered by tramps, who, however, failed to
secure the misers' money, SO well was it
hidden
Their fortune amounted to over one
hundred thousand dollars The pity of
it was that Schmauss himself had really
fine old house with over two hundred
acres of rich meadow and farm land, be-
sides plantation of grand old oaks. But
all the land was a riot of weeds and
thistles; the gates fell off their hinges;
broken windows were repaired only with
rags; and both man and wife appear to
have dispensed with even the cheap
luxury of soap and towels. Their tat
by means of hay bands, and their legs
were incased in the same. And yet the
couple were in possession of property
Welding at least sixteen thousand dollars
a year.
Their fame as mlSerS spread far and
wide, and more than once thieves broke
in and nearly hanged the strange looking
old man, in an effort to extOrt from him
a confession of where the money lay. At
length Schmauss nailed up all the doors
and windows of his rambling old mansion
save one on the upper floor which he and
his wife entered by means OF ladder,
dragging it up after them like modern
Robinson Crusoes. A near neighbor.
woman of noble birth, was sincerely sorry
for the benighted pair. visited them when
they were i'll, and fought hard to make
them buy themselves at least some of the
necessaries of life. Schmauss himself,
however, could not be induced to part
from the old straw filled sack on which
he had slept for years, SO his kindly
neighbor presented him with bed. That
the old miser was not destitute of graft
tude will be seen from the fact that he
remembered the woman very handsomely
in his will
Preyed on Kindness
D ARELY does one meet a miser SO keen
~ as Thomas Cooke of Islington, one of
the northern suburbs of London Having
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Preyed on Kindness

% ARELY does one meet miSer SO keen
~ as Thomas Cooke of Islington, one of
the northern suburbs of London Having
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-18

Birmingham and Mobile played a fast
and errorless tie game yesterday. At
the conclusion of the tenth inning the
score was ! and 1. Umpire Moran, in
spite of the fact that darkness was a
long way off the fans after reaching
town finding 1t still light enough to
read without a candle. called the game
at 5:25 o'clock. thinking perhaps the
spectators had got their moneys worth
and the players had done enough for
one afternoon.
Manager Fisher was rebuked and
then chased from the field because he
disagreed with the umpire concerning
close decision, and Second Baseman
James was put out of the game for
similar offense. Other interesting fea-
lures were the magnificent fielding of
Noah Henline, and the terrific slugslng
of Woody Thornton.
In the first inning the fans began
figuring on how many runs the Barons
would make. Wordsworth led off with
a single. and took third when Downey
gently dropped one in short right. Hen
line hit to pitcher and went out. Raub
the throw to the plate. scoring the hrst
and lone run of the game.
In the sixth. Mobile tied the score.
To begin with, Thornton smashed the
first ball diagonally across the nose
and it skied to the centerfield fence.
Benson flied to Smith and Thornton
registered.
Mobile had brilliant opportunity in
the fifth, but when Henline shot Wheat
full of holes as the fast runner ap-
preached the pot on a safe hit to left.
Tom Fisher threw up the sponge To
begin with. Wheat was walked. James
| put him down to second. Garvin then
singled to left and while the fans
thought the day gone against them
Wheat was knocked down at the plate.
The fans had considerable fun at
the expense of Umpire Moran. He re-
fused to give Benson a base when the
third sacker was hit with the ball and
tn en- put Fisher and James out of the
park and game because they thought
the player entitled to the advantage.
Later on, Raub beat out bunt easily.
Sabre not even being within foot of
the bag. and Moran called the runner
out. But Raub kept quiet and finished
the game.
All was timber with which the fans
worked and it's ten to one shot that
there was more fun at West End yes
terday than at Sulphur Dell-and a bet
ter game, too.
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FOUR SURVIVORS
In GOLF CONTEST

Garden City, N. Y, September IT.
After an unusually interesting days
golfng, there were four survivors out
of a big field of 1873 starters, when
play closed today in the national anna
teur championship tournament of the
United States Golf association, at the
Garden City clubs links. Although
the best players from north, south, west
and east were among the entrants the
four men left in the running at the
semi final stake belong to clubs in the
metropolitan district. The are Jerome
d. Travers of Montclair, N. j., the pres
ent champion; Walter ]. Travis, Garden
City, a former holder of the title; Max
H. Behr of Morristown, N. j., and Fred
Herreschoff, whose home is in New
York, but is entered from the Ekwanok
club of Manchester, VT.
The four men defeated today were
H. c. Fownes, Jr., of Pittsburg; Thorn
as M. Sherman of Utica, son of the re-
Thomas M. Clafiin of Weston, Mass, and
Z. M. Byers of Pittsburg, who won the
1906 championship.
Travers played a see-saw game with
Fownes early III the morning, but al
the end of the first half, was four up.
He increase d his lead in the afternoon,
finishing easily seven up and five to
play. Travis had no trouble in de-
feating Sherman. The veteran was four
up on the younger player at the end
Of the morning round and in the aft
ernoon outplayed him at will and won
eight up and seven to play.
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NEW ORLEANS WINS
FROM NASHVILLE
BARLEY 0utpitcheS Bernhard In
Decisive Game
COSTLY ERRORS ARE MADE
Bunts and Hard slashes Play Havoc
With Nashville, and the Pelicans
Fairly Run Away With
Nearest Rivals.
COSTLY ERRORS ARE MADE

Nashville, September 17.-0Special)-
Playing scientific ball, with the team
working like a piece of well oiled ma
chinery, New Orleans today defeated
Nashville in the first game of the series
that will decide the pennant. The score
was to l, the Pelicans having the bat
tie well in hand from the second inning
on. Bill Bernhard and Bill Barley were
the opposing pitchers, and both twirled
good ball. The Pelican, though, was the
more effective in the pinches, and after
the first inning he was invincible.
Franks men did not waste their hits.
Instead they made them count. Further
more they laid hunts down in front of
the plate that were damaging, as every
single one of them helped to send run
ners around the bases.
Nashyille's two errors were costly. Both
came in the second inning. However, had
the Volunteers played errorless ball they
could have never licked their opponents,
who not only outgeneraled the locals but
played together and used the finer points
of the national game to get the verdict.
1t was plainly a case Of the best team
winning.
Nashville got her only run in the first
inning. Wiseman hit for two bases after
Bay was down. East walked, McElyeen
flied out to Dundon. Seigle then placed a
bingle in center field and Wiseman Tailed.
Easts error started the Pelicans on the
road to victory in the second. Dexter
hit a grounder to second which East
knocked down with one hand He recov-
I cred the ball quickly and tried to nab
the batter at first but threw into the
crowd and the runner went to second.
Rickert beat out bunt to third. Dundon
hit one to Butler which he fumbled, and
Dexter scored. Stratton sacrificed, NOV
ing Rickert and Dundon up base Bart
ley famed 1t was up to Roy Montgom-
cry and he placed one on the right field
bank. scoring the two men in front of
| him.
A base on balls issued to Rickert Dun
! don's infield hit, sacrifice by Stratton
and Bartley's hyout to left scored Rickert
! in the seventh The last run was made
in the eighth, when Robe led off with
two-bagger, was advanced to second by
Lord and scored when Tarleton hit hot
liner to Bernhard.
| About 5000 people witnessed the game.
Kellum or Duggan will pitch for Nash
! Vile tomorrow. Fritz will work for New
| Orleans.
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Restraining Order Granted.

St Louis, September IA special to
the Republic from Guthrie. Okla, says
that the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany and the Pullman Car company filed
petitions today asking that the state
board of assessors be restrained from
certifying to the various county clerks
the valuations placed on the two COM
panies by the state board. Both COM
panies state that the valuations are ex-
cessive. A temporary restraining order
was granted.
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Athletics On Great Boom
At Ninth AgYiculfu1Al

Brownsville, September 17.-(Special.)--
Athletics at the Ninth District Agricul-
tural school has taken on renewed life
and vigor this year and from present
prospects the teams bid fair to outrival
anything that has been accomplished
heretofore.
A permanent organization of the stu
dent body into an Athletic association has
been accomplished and everything pertain
ing to athletics has been put on bust
ness basis. J. B. Burson has been chosen
president and Lem Edmonson vice pres
ident of the organization.
Football practice has begun in dead
earnest and a likely squad which in
cludes sol exceedingly fine looking ma
terial turns out every afternoon. Con-
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spicuous among the bunch are several
husky youths weighing from 100 to 1855
pounds, which means that the line will be
extra strong. Most of the material Is
green, however, but there are enough OF
last years team back to form a good
nucleus around which strong team can
be built The old men returned are Tid-
well and Hines guards; Murphree, cen-
ter GIBSON, tackle, and Nation, halfback.
Among the new men the most promising
are Lambert, Knapp. Brantley, Hayes,
Chumley, Martin, South, fowler Roberts
and Keith, with other good men to pick
from.
The schedule will probably include
games with Birmingham college and Bir-
mingham High school at Brownsville, and
the management Is now trying to secure
a date with Howard college in Birming-
ham.
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BASEBALL SEASON
VERY PROFITABLE

Chicago, September 1.-THE season OF
baseball just passed has been profitable
one for the American association, accord
ing to the statements of club owners,
who met here with President OBrien to-
day With the exception of M. E. Can
tillion of Minneapolis, who was repre-
sented by c. S. Havenor. the team owners
of the league were present.
President O'Brien said that while nc
formal action was taken, informal state
ments were unanimously against any at
tempt to enter major league territory.
A wish was expressed that the schedule
for 1909 be made as nearly similar to that
of this season as possible 1t was de-
cided to hold the annual meeting of the
association December 26 at Chicago.
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Bio Hotel Burned.

Jacksonville, Fla, September 1.-THE
Bay Shore hotel at Green Springs, one
of the largest hotels on the west coast.
was totally destroyed by fire early to-
day 40 guests having narrow escapes. The
building was almost completely enveloped
in flames before an alarm was given.
several women were heroically rescued
nv men through the windows. The hotel
was owned by r. t. Youngblood. Tarpoon
Springs, and operated by T. Roy Young,
Tampa. The insurance Is small.
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Wilbur Wright Tests His Machine.

Lemans, September H.-Wilour wright
the American aeroplanist. spent today
in trying out his machine for the pro-
tracted effort he is to make tomorrow. In
one of his short flights he covered $500
wards in six minutes 43 seconds. Mr..
Wright made another fine flight tonight,
remaining in the air 80 minues and AZ
seconds. He traverseds distance OF
about 20 miles at an av Se height OF
60 feet only descending on account of
darkness.
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Hogv NashvIYe Won the
Pennant IN 1901 Season

Nashville a
n
than
through superior al
Charlie
dropped a to Rock.
this wholesale Slaughter
vile really lands
Chattanooga
protested
from
Vile got its frsta ia only pennant
TO
of
andlos
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Wedding Bells Close the
Season for Woody Thornton

season when Thornton, with the Mobile
Cotton States team, became star of
that league. The suit was pressed, no
doubt during the present year, and its
denoument is the wedding tomorrow aft
ernoon. Thornton is an excellent ball
player and one of the most popular in
the league
John Massing Mobiles big catcher left
the team yesterday morning for his homo
in Scranton. Garvin will catch the re-
naming games of the schedule.
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Two base hits-Thornton.
Three base hits-Thornton.
Sacrifice hits-Benson, James, Raub.
Double plays-Benson Sabre, Larsen
Meek, Downey- Meek.
Struck out-Ford, 2; Hixon, 8.
Bases on balls-Ford, 3; Hixon, l.
Wild pitch-Ford.
Time of game-1:40.
Umpire-Moran.
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Worlds Irottina Record.

parkersburg, w. Va, September H.
At the West Virginia Fair association
races here today. the worlds record for a
trotter in the third heat on half mile
track, was broken by Happy F., owned
by l.. Fl. suplee, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Her
time was 2:11-14 Robert Letter of Point
Pleasant, w. Va, was the driver.
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Woody Thornton, the fast centerhelder
of the Mobile baseball aggregation. left
Birmingham last night over the Ala
bama Great Southern for Mobile, in
which city, Saturday afternoon, he will
be married to Miss Gertie Faubacher.
After the ceremony Thornton will take
his wife to his home in Pittsburg, where
they will remain until the beginning of
another Southern league season.
The romance had it's beginning last
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De l. GRANGE After Records.

paris. September 17.-Flying at Issy
today NJ. De la Grange stayed aloft
in his aeroplane for 30 minutes and 20
seconds. After alighting he expressed the
hope that he would shortly De able 10
surpass the records made on notn sloes
~ the Atlantic of the Wright brothers.
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cy Young Loses In the Ninth.

Cleveland, September 17-Cleveland de-
feated Boston today in pitchers battle
between Young and joss. Young was in
vincible until the ninth, when Hinch-
man, Lajoie and Stovall singled in sue
cession, Hinchman scoring. Score:
R.H. e.
Cleveland :. ..... 900 900 001-1 0
Boston :. :. . . 900 900 0OO-0 G o
Batteries: Joss and Bemis; Young and
Criger. Time, 1:A Umpire, Connolly.
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Detroit Beats New York.

Detroit, September 17.-Detroit played
a ragged fielding game but saved itself
from defeat by its hitting. Donovan s
pitching and Crawford's hitting were
about the only redeeming features. Score:
R.H E.
Detroit 49,. =. :. JOB $50 00*-7 II 6
New York . . O03 600 01o-4 8 2
Batteries: Donovan and Schmidt; Hogg,
Manning and Kleinow. Time, 2:07. I'M
pire, Evans.
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MEMPHIS LOSES
VERY FAST GAME

Montgomery, September 17-Montgomery
had no difficulty in winning today's game
from Memphis in the fast time of lib.
The visitors seemed to be badly crippled,
the, lineup showing pitchers playing in
both the in and outfelds and an out
fielder covering the pitchers box. Score:
Il PQ- A q.
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ATLANTA WINS TWO
FROM LITTLE ROCK

Atlanta. September 17.-Atlanta took
both games of a double-header from
Little Rock today. Each game was
limited to seven innings by agreement.
Pitching honors We're about even in
both contests. but the local hits came
at more opportune times. Score
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COZ oso oo"-5

Summary. Three-base hits, Cranston.
Greminger. Stolen base, Hart. Sacrifice
hits, Persons, Reagan Double plays,
Pope to Rockenfed to Greminger. Base
on balls, Thomas 1, Willis s. Struck out.
Thomas 8, Willis 1. Baerwald l. Time of
game, lis. Umpires, Brown and Wheeler.
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Atlanta ...................02 0 zoo 81
Little Rock ...............0 900 020 o.
Summary: Two base hit, Hart; three
base hit, McMurray; double plays, Vie
balm to Wilkes; struck out Viebahn g.,
Eyler 8; bases on balls, Viebahn /,
Eyler ?; sacrifice hits Eyler, Wilkes.
Clayton; stolen bases. Wilkes, Page,
Smith, passed balls, Smith; time, 1:20;
umpire, Pfenninger.
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. FIGHT TEN ROUNDS
WITH TIE RESULT
Fisher and James Are Elected
From Park
HENLlNE'S GREAT WORK
Fans Have Considerable Fun at um-
pire Moran's Expense Because of
Certain Decisions-6arons
Score In First.
sour4ERNIEAeuE STANDING.
Results Yesterday.

Birmingham, 1; Mobile. 1. 90 innings.)
New Orleans, s. Nashville, l.
Montgomery. 5; Memphis, 1.
Atlanta, 4-3, Little Rock, 20
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White Sox Are victors.

Chicago, September 17-Chicago shut out
Washington here today. Opportune hit
ting, base on balls and errors was re-
sponsible for the visitors defeat. Score;
R.H. E.
chicago :. :. :. 100 020 1915 s l
washington :. :. 200 900 0OO-0 5 2
Batteries; White and Sullivan ]. Tan
nehili and Street and Kahoe. Time 1:55.
umpires, O'Loughlin and Egan.