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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
The MASTER EYE
IN SPORT WORLD
Peculiar Traits In Runners, Ball
Players and Others
A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT
Showing How to Find the Master Eye.
Billiard Players the Best IL
lustration of the Eye
Mastership.
A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT

From the New York Times.
In the physiology of sport the eyes the
brain and the voluntary muscles are the
three most important things. the eye
being the most vital of all. Every sports
man who depends upon his vision to
measure distance or the accuracy Of some
flying object toward him has what is
termed the master eye" that is, he de-
ponds upon one of his eyes 10 do the
minute calculation. 1t may be the right
or the left, for men are differently con-
structed, and they vary in their methods
accordingly To prove the existence of
the master eye one need only watch the
doings of the baseball players, the golfers
and the tennis players.
For instance, every time the baseball
pitcher tries to put the sphere over the
plate he invariably turns sideways and
can only see the batter with one eye as
he sends the ball away; the golfer on the
green, as he addresses the ball before he
makes the drive, has his eye on the next
hole, and as he stands sideways is meas
uring the distance between green's with
his master eye." The same side move
ment is noticeable among the tennis play
ers, for as the server stands at the base
line and throws the ball in the air for
good smashing service he turns sideways
as he swings the racquet, all the time
the master eye" having measured the
fault" lines of the court. Similar condi-
tons apply to track and field sports and
the men who take part in them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

II is a notable fact that rigfrt-handed
golfers and baseball batters are left
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

That the voluntary muscles play a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

We have been asked why it is the Empire Life Insur
Company, of Atlanta, is doing such splendid
} business and leading all companies writing poll
cies in the state of Georgia The answer is simple:
itself to the legitimate business of writing policies and
e holders of the The Empire Life is the best
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
NEGRO KILLS WHITE WOMAN
Tried to Shoot Sheriff and
Kill Himself.

Lima.-After hiding out within
the city limits for over IL hours
John w. Beam. self-confessed muir
derer of Mrs. Estella Dyltz, was cap
tured by Sheriff Van Gunten and Dep
uty Charles Baxter. But the capture
was made only after an exciting pistol
battle in which the murderer made
desperate effort to shoot the sheriff,
and failing in this, had fired two shots
into his own breast.
Previous to his hiding Beam. who
is negro attorney and real estate
agent, forced an entrance to the home
Of Mrs. Dyltz, within a square of the
Central police station and fired four
bullets into her body, any of which
would have produced death. The
woman ran screaming into the yard
at her home, falling unconscious a mo-
ment later. She was hurried to the
city hospital in an ambulance, but
passed away in the receiving ward,
before she could be taken to the oper-
ating room. The motive underlying
the crime seems to have been a COM
bination of infatuation and mental de-
rangement on the part of the muir
derer. AS stated, he is a negro, while
his victim was comely white wom-
an, recently divorced from her hus-
band, and leaves 19-year-old daugh-
ter. She conducted a rooming house
in the property for which Beam was
the agent, and rumor has for the past
two years connected their names in
an unsavory manner.
Beam was indicted few weeks ago
for burglary and larceny, also forgery
and obtaining money under false pre-.
tense, the evidence against him being
considered very strong. A letter
found in his personal effects after his
capture is directed to his wife and
is full of the most disgusting illusions
to and terms of endearment of his
white paramour.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
STILL KEEP UP OLD CUSTOM.
EneIlshmen Meet In Debate To-Day
as Did Their Ancestors Gen.
erations Ago.

Fifty men sat round quaint, oak
paneled room at the back of public
house near Fleet street on Saturday
night. Most of them were smoking
long clay pipes. Before them, on
round-topped tables, were mugs of ale
and glasses of hot toddy. One by one
the men arose and with great defer
ence to the chairman, who sat on an
ancient chair below naked gas jet
and welded an ebony hammer, ex-
pressed their views on the events of
the week.
The gathering was the survival OF
Cogers Hall, an ancient debating club
established more than $50 years ago.
Each Coger who addressed the meet
Ing alluded with pride to the fact that
"a years ago Mr.. Asquith had on more
than one occasion visited that room
and rising amid the smoke wreaths
held forth upon some topic of the day.
He was practicing his oratory
then" said a gray-haired Coger who
had known the hall for so years.
You are free to air any view so
long as it is not treason" declared the
chairman after the opener of the dis.
cussion had spoken for so minutes
A sharp rap of the hammer on the
table made each orator sit down when
he had been on his feet for half an
hour.-London Daily News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
DIS0BEYED SUPREME COURT
Tennessee Sheriff and Five Others
Guilty of Contempt of court-An
Old Lynchlng Case.

Washington, D. C.-For the first
time in so serious a case the SUI ne
court of the United States will, on
next Tuesday, undertake to mete out
punishment for the crime of contempt
of the court itself, and the Importance
of the occasion will be enhanced by
the number of defendants.
The proceeding will take place in
connection with the cases of Sheriff
Shipp and Deputy Sheriff Gibson of
Hamilton county, Tenn, and of four
other residents of that county named
respectively Williams, Nolan, Padgett
and May. These men have been de-
clared by the court to be guilty of an
act of contempt in combining in 1905
in conspiracy to lynch negro
named Johnson, who had been SEN
fenced to death by the local courts on
the charge of rape and in whose case
the supreme court had interfered to
the extent of granting an appeal
which had the effect of a supersedeas.
On the night following the announce
ment of the courts action Johnson
was taken out of the Jail in Chatta-
nooga by a mob and lynched. There
was no resistance on the part of the
jail authorities and Shipp and num-
ber of his deputies, as well as about
20 citizens.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
VICTOR OVER DREAD DISEASE
English Physician Asserts He Has
Found an Absolute Cure for
Tuberculosis.

remarkable series of cures alleged
to have been effected in advanced
cases of tuberculosis is attracting the
attention of medical men in London,
England. One case has been under
the supervision of a distinguished
physician for five months and the pa.
tient, who was suffering from con-
sumption of both lungs and throat,
has been pronounced virtually we'll.
A report from the physician on the
medical aspects of the case will prob
ably be published soon. Arrange
ments have been made for subjecting
the treatment to a decisive test by
applying it to six or eight hospital
cases and securing a scientific demon.
stration.
The treatment is described as a
thermo-chemical attraction, the germs
of the disease being drawn by chem
ical heat through a ray of inflamma.
tion from the lung or throat to the
surface of the skin, and expelled when
the wound is washed. 1t has been
practiced by a science investigator.
William Doig, for several years at his
private dispensary, and medical men
are astonished by the results in cases
of tuberculosis which they have con
sidered hopeless.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
SAYS AMERICAN is A LEPER
While Serving as Soldier
in the Philippines.

Washington, D. C.-John Early, the
leper whose case has provoked
widespread interest, especially in the
medical world, has submitted to an
examination by DR.. Edward Ehlers of
Copenhagen, one of the worlds fore
most leprosy experts, who was
brought here by the Washington Post
for the purpose of diagnosing the
case.
DR.. Ehlers asserted that in his opin-
ion there is no possible doubt that
Early is afflicted with the dread Ash
attic scourge. Early does not know
the result of the examination, though
DR.. Ehlers communicated it to Mrs.
Early. The disease is in an incipient
stage, he said, and. although he would
not admit that it was durable, he
thought the disease might be arrested
if proper measures were followed.
Early is native of Lynn, N. c., and
contracted the disease while serving
as a soldier in the Philippines.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
Real Auto Poem.

Arthur Riddle, the old-time philoso-
pher, made a poem out of the automo-
bile, as follows:
81 like the smell of the gas so we'll,
and the smell of the gasoline, and /
like the purr and electric whirr of the
buzzmobile machine What joy to
ride DER the countryside with gale
tearing by your ears, as you fly
through space at a wicked pace with
never a thought of fears. Clear out
of mind is the town behind, for moth
ing is real, indeed, but your meteor
red, and the road ahead and the dizzy
delight of speed-till the sudden shock
when cruel rock destroys your dream
with jerk. The car breaks down
and you walk to town, half day late
to work Atlanta Constitution.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
PERSONAL.

Vice-President Sherman, in an ad'
dress to the National Good Roads con
gress, declared himself in favor OF
Letter public highways.
DR.. Paul Ritter, newly appointed
minister of Switzerland to the United
States, and Amos P. Wilder, United
States consul general at Shanghai, ar
rived in San Francisco from the ORR
ent on the Nippon Maru.
Dr. James NJ. Barkley of Detroit was
elected moderator of the Presbyterian
general assembly at Denver.
Miss Helen Taft has promised to un
veil monument to regular army sol
diers at Gettysburg on May 81.
Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minis
ter, addressed the Lake Mohonk
peace conference, declaring that
China hopes the day soon will arrive
when compulsory arbitration will be
the law of nations.
John Kirby, Jr., was elected presi
dent of the National Association oi
Manufacturers.
President Taft spoke in Charlotte
N. c., at the celebration of the Neck
lenburg declaration.
Charles w. Eliot, after 40 years
service, retired as president of Har
ward university.
Gen. Stoessel, defender of Port Ar
thur, and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff
who were imprisoned for surrenderins
to the Japanese, have been pardonet
by the czar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN 6RlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Senator Hepburn spoke for hlsn
duty on lumber and Senator McCum'
Der for free lumber in the tariff bill
debate.
Secretary of War Dickinson, who
was forced to cut short his inspection
of the Panama canal because of ILL
ness, returned to Washington.
The treasury officials have found a
new counterfeit twodollar certificate
bearing the number ITO.
The building program of the United
States navy for the fiscal year 1911
will call for two battleships of the
most advanced Dreadnaught type, also
five torpedo destroyers and one mod
ern repair ship for the fleet.
Owing to the illness of Mrs. Taft
the president abandoned his proposed
trip to Hampton, Va.
Senator Aldrich surprised his col
leagues by admitting that he had
been justly criticised by Senator TIL
man for letting the tariff Legislation
drag along.
Republican and Democratic senators
engaged in a spicy debate on the tarih
bill.
Senators formed a new combination
to fight for an income tax, which, they
believed, would bring $35,000,OOO rev
enue yearly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
MALTREATED CHILDREN
MAN AND WIFE FOUND GUILTY
BY FRENCH COURT.
Witnesses Testified that the Man Had
Beaten Young Tots Adopted by
Couple and Starved Them.

Paris, France.-On the charge of
having maltreated young children con-
fined to their care, Cecil II. Sargent.
wife, who was Josephine Savin of
New York, were found guilty in the
correctional court. Sargent was SEN
fenced to two years imprisonment
and his wife to 13 months imprison-
ment. In addition small fine was
imposed on each of the defendants.
Witnesses testified that the Sar-
gents had beaten the children and de-
prived them of food. One Of the last
witnesses, Nine. Marechal of Brus-
sells, declared that she had conflded
her child to the Sargents five years
ago and until recently had not heard
any tidings of it. In a burst of un-
governable fury she threw herself at
the throat of Mrs. Sargent and tried
to strangle her. Guards with difficult
ty pulled the enraged woman away.
A curious development was a claim
set up by a woman from Versailles
that the Marechal child was hers.
Pending a solution of this, the court
ordered that the child be kept in the
municipal orphanage.
Sargent and his wife were arrested
at Asnieres last February charged
with the gross i'll treatment of four
children whom they had adopted. The
couple had been in the habit of in
serting advertisements in English and
Belgian newspapers offering to adopt
children for a money consideration.
children for a money consideration.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
GENERAL NEWS.

Meteorologists of the leading ma
tions of the world are to meet in Lon
don next month and will devise plan
to obtain wireless weather and storm
reports from the ocean.
The trial of Patrick Calhoun, San
Francisco millionaire charged with
bribery, grows more bitter as it nears
its sixth month.
Bandits held up a Union Pacific
registered mail pouches, said to con.
tain 100000.
The National Association of Harv
ard Clubs will hold its annual meeting
In Cincinnati, May 1929.
Following a quarrel with his wife
over a flopeared hound, Henry Traue
a farmer living near Fairfield, Ill.
took the dog and disappeared.
The police of New York would not
let Emma Goldman, queen of the an
archists, speak in that city.
Vespasian Warner, United States
pension commissioner, was sub
poenaed to appear as witness in the
Smell case at Clinton, Ill.
The Lakes-to-the-Gulf Waterways
association wants President Taft tC
make trip on the river from st
Louis to New Orleans.
The Gilbert block, seven stories
high, containing the Ira NJ Smith de
partment store and scores of Office
suites, in Grand Rapids, Mich, wa!
practically destroyed by fire, with {
loss estimated at 100000.
Former President Roosevelt killed
his first rhinoceros on his hunt IL
Africa, seven shots being required t.
slay the beast.
Boards OF arbitration of six states
including Illinois, met in Detroit I,
confer ON the marine strike on tn,
Great Lakes,
Attorney General Wickershan
stopped the grand jury inquiry int
Oklahoma land frauds when charge
of unfair tactics were made agains
government attorneys
A factory at Waukegan. ILL.,, Is gal
vanizing horned toads as ornament
for women's batpins.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
Opposed TO 6lanq,

Donald had been to Sunday school,
and on coming home was asked what
he had learned. The lesson was the
story of Joseph, and the small learn
er was evidently very full of his sub
ject.
"Oh," he said, at was about boy,
and his brothers took him and put
him in hole in the ground; and
then they killed another boy. and
took the first boys coat and dipped 1t
in the blood of this boy and"
"Oh, no, Donald, not another boy!"
his sister interrupted, Mortified. But
Donald stood his ground.
"It was, too" he insisted. Then he
added: THE teacher said kid but 1
don't use words like that.
Home Companion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
Resigns Under Fire.

Sandusky.-In the mayors court
Adam ]. Stoll, president of the
board of public service and member
in charge of the waterworks, entered
plea of mot guilty" to the charge of
pay roll padding preferred in an affi-
davit filed against him by Joseph
10th, Jr., city auditor. Stoll gave
bond in the sum of $4,000 with August
Kuebeler, Jr., as surety, as a guaran-
tee of his appearance in the mayors
court again, when he will be given a
preliminary hearing. Just before he
left the court room Stoll resigned all
official connection with the various
departments.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
Kickinq Kindness Into Him.

The benevolent old gentleman got
busy when he saw four boys eight or
nine years of age attack one boy Of
about the same age.
You mustn't, you mustn't" he said,
when he had hauled them Off, attack
your little companion this way. What
has he done to deserve such harsh
treatment?"
The four boys glowered sullenly
while the one boy whimpered as he
thought what would happen to him
when the benevolent gentleman went
on his way.
We'll" said one of the four at last,
"he won't join the band OF kindness
our teacher wants to get up at
SCHOOL,"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
shooting and CUTTING Affray.

Cincinnati.-A fierce shooting and
cutting affray which occurred at Vine
street and Garfield place in the down
town quarter caused panic among
pedestrians in that locality and re-
suited in the probably fatal shooting
of James Meyers, a clerk in the city
auditors office, by Albert Maley, a
private detective. Robert Cleary, who
was with Meyers, was stabbed in the
eye by some one accompanying Maley.
Maley was arrested. The trouble was
the result of previous encounter
over differences growing out of poll
tics,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
HEAVY RAINS IN OKLAHOMA
Five People Are Dead, Ten Seriously
Injured and Several Thousand
Acres of Crops inundated.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Five per-
sons are dead, at least 10 seri-
ously injured, several thousand acres
of crops are inundated and every
stream in the northern and eastern
part of Oklahoma is raging as re.
suit of heavy rains. A number of
houses were washed away.
A small tornado struck Morris, de-
molishing the Methodist church and
several residences. including that of
Ernest Scott He and his wife and
child were seriously injured.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
THE BUCKEYE RECORD
A eRlsT OF NEWS FROM VARIOUS
CITIES IN OHIO.
Short Chronicles Of a Days Happen
Ings as Told by Telegraph
for Our Readers.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

columbus.-R. w. Pratt, head of
the engineering department of the
state board of health, has been ad-
vised of his appointment as director
of sanitary engineering of Cuba.
Attorney General Denman has re-
fused the application of the legal firm
of Klein C Harris of Cleveland to
have him bring quo warranto proceed
ings to oust the Cleveland Trust Co.
from doing business, on the alleged
ground that the company is violating
it's charter rights by acting as ad-
ministrator and executor of estates.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men unanimously reelected w. G. Lee
of Cleveland grand master or presi-
dent, as he will be known under the
title he will bear when the new con-
stitution becomes effective. A. R.
King of Cleveland was reelected gen.
eral secretary and treasurer and d. L..
Cease of Cleveland, editor and man.
ager, both by unanimous votes.
Ben F. Lands, a life prisoner, is
dying of heart and stomach trouble in
luS pSullSulldly anu lhe dutholltiSS
are trying to induce him to tell what
he knows of two noted criminal cases.
He refuses to do so, declaring he will
get we'll Landis is thought to have
been implicated in the murder of
celery King" Johnson in Carey, in
1900. However, the state thought it
had better case against him for the
murder of the Sullivan sisters near
Toledo and tried him for that offense.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
THE MARKETS.
Financial.

Financial.
New York, May 25-Money-on Call
easy at 1h@ 2 per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 1904 per cent. Sterling
exchange $4.S7.75 for demand.
Government bonds steady.
Grain, Live Stock and Provisions.
Flour-Minnesota patents $625@660.
Wheat-No. 2 red $1.45 elevator.
Corn-No. white S41Ac.
Oats-MiXed CSC.
Hay-Strong.
Cattle-Steers s6,oo96,9O veals $1,000
800.
sheep-steady at s5,OO@s.5O. lambs
S.00Q7.S5
Hogs-Easier at s7.5O@7.75, pigs s7,4O
Cleveland May 25.-Flour- Minnesota
spring patents s63O@7.4O.
Wheat-No red $1.52.
Corn-No. 3 yellow 79&c.
Oats-No. 3 white 64A
Butter-Best creamery 26Q26hc.
Cheese-York state 14@14Hc.
Eggs-Strictly fresh 21hc
Potatoes-Best grades S5@95c.
Hay-No. l timothy $3.50.
Cattle-Best steers s6.25Q6.65, calves
$7.50@8.00.
Sheep = Choice wethers s50OQ6 90.
choice lambs sS,25@S.75.
Hogs-Heavy Workers s7.45, pigs $500.
Toledo, May 25.-Wheat-Cash s1.54.
Corn-Cash 76&c.
Oats-Cash 63c.
Cloverseed-Cash $3.50.
Buffalo. May 25.-Cattle-Export cattle
s6.50Q7 90. fair TO good $5.75Q6.25.
Hogs-Yorkers $7.50Q770. pigs $7.25.
Sheep-Wethers 1926 Q6.65. lambs $3.50
@s.16.
Pittsburg. May 20. = Cattle = Choice
steers 81 600 1850. good S6.50Q6.65.
Hogs-Heavy Workers S.4oQ7.45, pigs
s6.S0Q6.90.
sheep-Prime wethers selO@e9o. lambs
S5.0oWS.50
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
Safe and Sure.

Among the medicines that are recon-
nurses is kemps Balsam, the best cough
cure. For many years it has been regard
ed by doctors as the medicine most likely
to cure coughs, and it has strong hold
on the esteem of all well-informed people.
When Kemp's Balsam cannot cure a cough
we shall be at loss to know what will.
At druggists and dealers, 25c.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
Looks Like Foul Play.

st. Joseph, Mich.-The dead body
of Alebert Shafer a prominent resi-
dent of South Bend, Ind, has been
found in Lake Champlain, near Ber-
rien springs Suspicion of foul play
followed the discovery that the mans
skull was crushed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
Many Gases of Smallpox.

Salineville.-Th dreaded smallpox
epidemic which broke out in Saline
vile last week is spreading rapidly,
despite efforts of physicians to stop
its progress. Forty-five homes are
now under quarantine. All mail leav-
ing the city is fumigated.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
Gov. Hughes vetoes a Bill.

Albany, N. Y.-The Alt bill which
was designed to permit the sale of
liquor in the New theater in New
York city, has been vetoed by Gov
-Iughes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
Not Born to Die by Accident.

Games Kreiger, aged Is years, of
Shamokin, Pa, tumbled down 200-foot
mine breach until he struck project
ing post 90 feet from the surface.
He clung to it, when rope was low
cred and he was hauled to the sur
face, with only few bruises.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
THE HEIRS HAIR.MovlNe.

Mr.. White-It's no use, my dear, I
shall have to have my whiskers on;
baby is pulling 'em out by the roots.
Mrs. White-How unfeeling of you.
It's the only thing that keeps baby
quiet. Now you threaten to take the
dear's enjoyment away!
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
Child Burned to Death.

Columbus Mabel Williams. three
year-old daughter of A. F. Williams,
was burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the family home following
o gasoline explosion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-E Ease, powder for your feet.
1t cures painful. swollen, smarting, sweat
Ing feet. Makes new shoes easy. Sold by
all Druggists and Shoe Stores. Don't ac-
cept any substitute. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress a. s. Olmsted. Leroy, n. Y.