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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-18

!sLhsf more COSBY tH!s fa4l than many Of
the 2lher tsaI.si and u Is the grav.a. i'm
preston IA S..!s sty.e Of play VII! Ue re-
He'd on when PENNSYLVANIA is met.
,.,,- 49,
, VIA Nova is the team that is keepIng
ths Amy eaIn guessing right now, For
to a1,y "'huaeS ne i.ltt anu second team.
al ire earT,r s.''m " yesterday mat had
ssora heinz IIs5 OF NJ Tea. th!ns but one
Inc thlTtv.ystd 'ine TTTIppsa a goal from
good football al tine, he, v"Ls.5 p'ayGl
the ba inside Of the tSen,,!fts 'ea.g tHst
after CARRYING II down the fed fSI ,I .1't1
ffty to seventy yards. ''0''
No one can get within runshof. dI.tancs n,
tie Navy tel! ;rese days. as the M,5dle.
TIE with the Arry al Frank in l'ar5 'e 80, "a
day N5y. q. Double lines u stlder,. a .I
around the fed G-Ti.s the eatir. In lie
varsity squad is a. practice ana no one *
allowed . get anyR here near the lean. Form.
atoms t9at VII be used against The so.diers
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-18
RUTT AND STOL IN SHAPE
FOR BIG SIX-DAY RACE

Walter Rutt and John Stol, the plucky
riders who composed the German-Hol-
land team which captured first honors
In last years siX-day bicycle race at
Madison Square Garden, have sent in
their entries for this years grind. Dec.
to l.. Both Rutt and Stol have been
riding in great form during the past sea
son on the European cycle tracks.
Rutt kept pretty much In France, but
Stol has been making a tour OF the dit.
ferent courses throughout Europe. II
possible TINS team is I'm even better
shape for the day and night week-long
grind 1t the Garden han It was last
year, and viii. Stuls plugging abilities
and Rutts famous jump tLcy VIII Ger
tainly be tho dangerous factor in TIE
race. This team, N conIEuCuo. win
the balance OF tie European riders VINO
will come over TO! the event. Will sail
from France In a week or ten GAYS,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-18

The spirit OF enthusiasm manufactured
In previous years by such slogans as
Are we downhearted?" has been spon-
taneous, The material which Coach
Haughton found In his hands on Sept.
Is was fair The intelligence with which
1t has been drilled has been above the
ordinary. There were four II. men on
tie squad Burr, Fish. Hoar and G..
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-18
Jeffries's Los Angeles Club
Will Be Battle-Ground for
Heavyweights.
BY JOHN POLLOCK.

A FTER much trouble match has
~ at last been clinched between Al
= = Kaufman. the clever heavy
weight OF San Francisco, and jim
Barry, the Chicago fighter, who has
suddenly sprung into prominence by
his victories over Battling johnson ana
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-18

Se@S'' 'E'' ~''sO VT " us OIIIVDN'
Browne. None of these men, with the
exception OF Burr was star.
Few Stars on Team.
In fact. the team this year is not
composed of stars. Their power is due
20 two things lacking IN previous years
team work and aggressiveness
Whether Harvard took a slump at the
time OF the Navy game, or whether
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-18
Percy Haughton Has Worked Won
ders With Team That Did Not
Appear to Have a Chance
Especial to The Evening World.)

Cambridge, Mass. Nov. II,
7iE Harvard squad which leaves here tomorrow Pennington
Conn., which will be headquarters until the Yale game, is A
markabe example of what single rigorous yet judi
ciou coaching do toward the development of football
Cambridge has opened with less favorable prospects than the
with encouraging
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-18
Bobby Burch Gels Back
Into Llne-Up at Yale

rather more closely this fall than many o.
the other teams, and II Is the genoa. in,
precision mat i-.is style OF play Ei.! Ue re-
lied on when PENNSYLVANIA Is met
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-18

or nouters in tie high scools We WI
T pause to mention m. w"fk OF Iuis., NiH.n
name3 booted the bal! right oyer the goal
POSTS on one OF the his k.rk-ons last Satur-
iay Yula has been n tower Ot strength 81,
.ssson ard Nixon IS undoubtedly one nt
Inc hea hest quarters that ever played on
u high school team.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-18

The Boy. High School squad !. hara st
work for the game with Contra! HLEh
School. o, Phi'al ph!l. next SATURDAY: Tbs
Brooklynites are conf iont, o; makins :.
better showing tan the" have ever made
before against the PhHade.ph!a eleven.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-18
AMUSEME NTS.

CIRCLE Nils Nj MANN
in "THE Man WHO STOOD STILL"
ThanksViving Seats Ready.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
Cheap Lands In the South

The Memphis News-Scimitar thinks it strange that the farmers in the high priced land belts do not seek tho south, where land is still cheap The News-Scimitar thus states present values:
 Average value delta farm lands, S25 to $40 per acre. Average yield cotton, one-half to two-thirds bale with in tense cultivation. one bale. Seed, one third to one-half ton. Cotton worth $50 to se0 per bale. Seed, s15 to SIS per ton
 Average value hill lands. $10 to $15 per acre. Yield, cotton average, one fourth to one-third bale; with intense cultivation, one-third to one-half bale. Seed yield, two-thirds of lint yield.
 Every intelligent farmer in the north knows in a general way that cotton is not perishable crop. It can be car ried over more readily and safely than wheat can be. It costs but little to store ten bales on farm, or even 50 bales, until satisfactory price can be secured. He knows, too, that the proper mixture of sun and moisture for the growth of cotton cannot elsewhere be found in the world. Why then does he not come while lands are cheap?
 It is easier to predict that in the long run he will come than to find req sons why he has not already come. This Is big country, but big as it is it is fast filling up, and ten years from now people will flock to the south as they have been fiocling to the north west. It is inevitable. Our landowners have but to strive on and wait. Their harvest is coming. There will be no cultivable lands selling ten years hence at $10 an acre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
ReuuIar Army Pay

The army appropriation bill which the House committee on military af. fairs has agreed to report, provides for increased pay for the enlisted men, and it seems to be understood that it will pass without material amendment. The private in the regular army re- ceives only SIS month, clothing and rations. The new bill advances the pay to $15. Corporals and sergeants will have proportionate increases.
 The enlisted strength of the army Is now below 45,000, and it will seldom exceed 50,O0O men. The increase there- fore will hardly amount to $1,500,000 a year, which is not large sum, as gov ernment expenditures go.
 Owing to the large percentage of assertions in time of peace and the difficulty in securing recruits in pros porous times, the problem of how to keep the ranks approximately full had become somewhat serious. The only way that suggested itself to the war department was to pay the men better. whether the slight increase will cure the desertion habit remains to be seen. It is almost sure to help conditions. If the private soldier is worth any thing he should be worth more than he now gets, and Congress can vote fo~ the bill without being charged with extravaganza.
 In oermany the private in the reg ular army Is well clothed, but his ra- tions are meagre and his pay is only equal in United States money to about a nickel day. But the German Is re- quired by law to serve in the army, whereas in this country enlistment is voluntary, of course, and his pay should be sufficient therefore to at- tract a worthy class of men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

that way they are trying to keep the figures of net earnings up to a suf1- cient amount How far they were able to control the costs of operation in January cannot be told until the figures for that month are at hand.
 The hope is that traffic will improve moderately while operating expenses are being reduced, and in that way Q number of roads will be able to reach a safe basis. Few of the railroads are willing to place orders for rails, and large orders need not be expected until there are distinct signs of inn provement in general business. Such signs are yet wanting, and possibly the presidential election will keep bus mess in a comparatively quiet condi- tion until the crop outturn is pretty well ascertained. Good crops and the passing of the quadrennial election event would certainly give general business a lift next fall that the rail- roads would quickly get ready to meet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
New YOrk's Surplus Bank Reserve

The panic of 1893 occurred in the summer months, instead of late day in October, and the associated banks in New York did not overcome def icit until September ?. It took an en- tire month to draw in enough cash to create a surplus reserve Of $24,- 100000. It then took IS weeks to carry the reserve to it's maximum $111,OOO,- O0o This was in the opening week Of February, 1894
 The New York bank experts are wondering now what will occur to the reserve in the next IS weeks, or be- tween now and the first week in June. All are confident currency will continue to po11r into New York from indiVid- uals and corporations. Unless counter movements set in the reserve may by June be carried beyond the maximum of 1894.
 But two things can be foreseen to pull against the accumulation of a great bank reserve. The government may in the first place recall in part or even in whole it's deposits amounting to s22O, ,OOOOO0. Gold exports may set in and by June perhaps $5O0OO,OOO could be withdrawn. But the govern ment will do nothing to disturb the money market as presidential cleo ton comes on, and it is difficult to see how gold exports can be heavy when the balance of trade remains so large in our favor.
 There Is no accounting, however, for money centers. It flows where it list eth, apparently, and we will have to await the coming of June to see what the sequel is to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

From the New York Globe
 N such times as these, when the
 great among us are either muck rakers or indicators, when the financial atmosphere is blue, and dense muckiness the prevailing moral tinge there seems little necessity for laborcd essays on the undesirability of longevity. The present epoch compared with the days of President Clevelands honey moon, when life was one grand. sweet song. is chiefly conspicuous because of it's diametric difference.
 George Meredith, now nearing four-- score. in the course of acknowledging recent testimonial to himself from number of his appreciative readers, went out of his way to explain that long life is a bore and an unjustifl- able imposition on society, It may be some excuse for him that conditions in Great Britain are still such as to give life a certain fictitious appearance of value. When, however, Edward VII. goes malefactor hunting this spacious glamour will soon fade away The Mere dith objections to longevity seem to be based chiefly on economic rather than personal grounds: although he calls att tention to the fact that the juster view posterity is prone to take of mans mas terpieces is frequently painful to the man:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
HON. JOHN w. ToMLINsoN.

From the Ozark Tribune.
 It has been our pleasure of late to come in touch with very many prominent men from nearly every section of the state, and all that we have met have been invariably for MT. Tomlinson for one of the delegates at large from Alabama to go to the democratic convention to be held at Denver.
 And he should receive a unanimous vote from our state. for he has long been a great worker in the democratic ranks and has been untiring for MT. Bryan under all circumstances and he has labored greatly and earnestly for the great Com moner all of the time. In every direc- tion it seems to be conceded that MT. Tomlinson will be the leading candidate at large. He is one of the finest men of the state, and will measure up as a great leader among men and his untring efforts in behalf of MT. Bryan certainly place him where he has greater, claims upon the democrats of the country than any man that we know of This wire grass country appreciates the work that has been accomplished by Mir. Tomlin- son in behalf of the great democratic leader, and we feel sure that he may count on magnificent vote from this section Anywhere you may go they say, well. I am for Tomlinson and my mind is made up to that extent It shows a concensus of opinion that Tomlinson must go as a delegate at large from the state of Alabama, and it meets our most hearty approval. The Bryan men should see that this able, true-blue democrat should go to Denver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
THE RAILROADS AND POLITICS.

From the Washington Post
 While one school of politics, not con- fined to either party, teaches that the octopus chase is just begun, the country is admonished by practical men that it is imperative that s5,00O,000,0oO be raised by the railroads now in operation for im- provements, for repairs. for terminals, and for additional rolling stock In this estimate is no provision for extensions, though 1t is purposed to expend large percentage of the stupendous sum for double trackage.
 A railroad is but an instrument of com merce, just as blow is a utensil of agri- culture or a saw or adz tool of archi- lecture. Railroads are indispensable to our civilization. We cannot get along without them, and the better the road the better it Is for every patron of the road, whether he be producer or consumer, and most men are both Not to allow a rail- road to earn enough to improve its phys ical condition after paying fixed charges Is as foolish and as wasteful as to with hold fertilizer from the field or deny ade- quate cultivation to the crop.
 iAO bOSl iaiAiOd0 III ltlc OHltCQ OldlcS Is now spending millions in the improve ment of it's physical properties, and that too when freight rats are lower than in any other country in the world. Many of our railroads are daily impaired for lack of funds with which to mend and darn tracks, bridges, and rolling stock. But the octopus chasers cry out against ade- quate rates to pay interest on bonds and beggarly dividends on stocks, and pro- nounce as iniquity any surplus that is hoarded for improvements
 That part of the country between the Potomac and the Rio Grande is now in sore need of 5000 miles of additional rail- road trackage. Where is the money to come from for this purpose? There was day when statcs countless and munich palities voted subsidies for the purpose, but that is a thing of the past Forty years ago John I. Blair went into the then western wilderness and built what is now great railroad and so invested some of his millions; but there were no octopus chasers then. Where is the capi- talist of 1908 who will build a railroad for the politicians to amuse themselves with?
 It is time for the public to look on A railroad as business enterprise and not as an issue in politics. 1t is to the in- terest of every railroad that every pro- ducer and consumer in the land prosper, for the more he has to sell the more he will buy, and the more work there will be for the railroad. And the interest is mutual, for the more prosperous the rail- road the better it's physical condition will be, and that always has meant and al- ways will mean lower rates.
 Why not take this great business out of politics? It has no business there except to bring grist to the demagogues mill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
SMALL INNS OF NORMANDY.
Motoring Tourist May Live We'll at a
 Low Price in France.

From the Outing Magazine.
 One lives mighty well in Normandy and Brittany, even at the smallest inns. Of course, the fish are as fine as can be found in the world, and in great variety. In season you will get most excellent oys- ters and you will rarely find an inn so small what it does not have a dish of ap- petizing crevettes, or shrimp among the hors d'aeuvre. The meats are invariably good chicken is omnipresent. One rare- ly gets wine on the table in this part of France, unless it is specially ordered, as little wine is made in Normandy or Brit tany; the drink of the country is the na- tive cider for which no charge is ever made at meals. To those accustomed to American cider, the French cider is not particularly palatable, but it is whole some drink, and after one becomes accus- toned to 1t, quite enjoyable.
 Prices are invariably low except in the larger places. One can tour Normandy Brittany and Touraine and live delight fully at an expense of from 10 to F francs (s2 to $40 a day, this including your bed and three meals with all the elder you can drink thrown in.
 We had been cautioned before we start ed on our motoring trip not to draw up to a hotel or inn in our motor as we would be immediately considered Ameri- can millionaires and charged according ly. We were told to leave the motor some little distance from the inn and have one of the party stroll up with "don't-care- whether-I-stall-all-ni -nig'ht-or-not' air and make terms first. We soon found that was needless and after the first few days drove up to the hotel or inn entrance with the utmost abandon and still secured the best accommodations at reasonable prices. Especially was this true when I showed my membership card in the Touring club of France This membership, which cost me a mere triffe, paid for itself over and over again, as there is a discount of from 10 to 15 per cent given at all the hotels named in the Touring club list, which in- cludes the best in all towns. This saving of itself, with a party of six, amounted during our trip to considerable sum.
 We found the same saving possible in England, as my membership in the Motor union gave us a discount at many of the best hotels and inns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
THE SINKING ROOM,

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 A Persian diplomat, seated on the white beach at Ormond, famed his moist brow with Panama.
 'The February sun is hot" he said. Tt recalls faintly to me the heat of Persia. But you have no need of sinking rooms here.''
 Sinking rooms?'' said the girl in white. i've heard of sinking funds. but
 You use them in Persia--if, you're rich enough-in the great heats," he inter- posed. "They're rooms of glass that sink down into the yitreous blue depths of Lake Niris. Niris, the most beautiful of Persian lakes, is almost crowded with sinking rooms during the hot weather.
 "They're very pleasant You furnish them sumptuously-rugs and pale silk hangings, ivory carvings and rnother-o'- pearl-and you take down with you sing ing girls and dancing girls, and girls to serve the sherbet and to fill the hookahs.' D
 He sighed.
 All this,' he said, lis very pleasant. but I would gladly exchange the glare of this hot sun, the smell and dust and roar of these high-powered motor cars. for Lake Niris cool depths, the vitreous blue light, and the clear laughter of the Circassian serving girls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
Senators By Popular Vote

/ On four unrelated occasions the House has by the required vote adopt ed an amendment providing for the popular selection of United States Sem ators in the several states. On four unrelated occasions the Senate has pigeon-holed the House proposition. The Senate, in it's selfishness and it's con tempt for the people, thus stands in the way of constitutional amend men.
 A corstitutiona1 convention can be called by ~--s legislan nlres of two-thirds of the states-5- wt of 4s. Eleven have already applied ], i,,r convention and the hope is that S1 sv,,, he socured next winter, when nearly ,,, .ho ,ox;s latures will be in session. i. ,onvan. ton would not be confined U tbe san.. tor1ai' alnenuo propose any number of amendmentsJ T. uo,,,s submit a repeal of the lsth omerd. ment and other question: hla .rond. ments, but all must be r.,,eaa hn three-fourths of the stS os
 There is, however, ,,t+,o sanso in waaClng ior titutional amend ment so lar "s 'A selection of United States Senators is ,ooroa Ah,,t one-nail ol 'no jenators are now se- lected Ill piilni ies, and the movement Is becoming "der every year. It is reform that cannot be reversed. It will go on intil the need of an amend ment IS 10 longer felt Alabama set
 the pte by selecting in primaries
 senayrial alternates, and the state is
 de2ly and fully committed to the pri- 4ary plan.
 After while presidential nominees will be selected in primaries, and the convention system will then be dis missed altogether. It is cliqueish, full of deals and altogether abominable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
GEORGE MEREDITH ON AGE

A mans life ought to finish when he is 5 and GO. He must stop working then-or else do work that is inferior People will praise it then and write arti- eles about it, but posterity will know better and see the weakness. You can't fool posterityl When man stops work ing nature is finished with him. and when nature is finished with him he ought to go.
 In other words, says this great, if antique novelist, a worked-out man is a useless burden on the face of the earth for whose vital continuance there is no excuse. He is under moral ob-s ligatlon to give his body back to nature as soon as it ceases to be productive, so that it's elements can be incorpor- ated with the least possible delay in some other growing thing-a tree, or a dog, or perhaps another man. If the grand, sweet song days still prevailed one might be tempted to take issue with MT Meredith on the ground that society owes its used-up workmen few years of peaceful. restful happiness after their active life is over-a period to be occupied in the pleasing business of watching the growing brotherhood of man and the progress of the world ever toward greater prosperity and happiness for all. Just now, however, such an argument would be open to the charge of ill-timed sarcasm.