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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-21
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Dear Fanatics: That in the next year
or TWO all of the major league clubs will
adopt the habit OF forwarding their
pitchers and catchers to training quar-
tiers week or two ahead Of the other
men seems assured.
II is dawning upon the managers that
having pitchers develop slowly along
with the rest Of the team means a great
waste of opport- riities for batting prac-
tice, which shoald be the most essen
tial feature CT the Southern trips. Sew
eral clubs are already sending their
slabmen to Arkansas Hot Springs or
other places 70 loosen them UP in adj
vance, and they are deriving appreci-
able benefits from The experiment
Under the system as followed by the
Washington club and most others. all
of the players get TO work at the same
time and on an even basis For the
first ten days or two weeks a major
pitcher would not think of regularly
using his full repertoire. Instead. he
breaks 10 slowly. using nothing but a
fast, straight ball The consequence Is
that for that period the batters are
swinging constantly az the same style OF
delivery, which is also more or less wild
and risky to all who face it. This could
scarcely be called an Intelligent and up
to-date manner of training.
Bob Unglaub, the Washington first
baseman, believes that the idea Of nav.
ing the pitchers deal out innumerabIe
swift, straight shoots is all wrong, es-
pec1aliy when the slabnen have not yet
acquired control He was backed up by
a number of the squad when he deliY-
cred himself somewhat as follows.
Complains of Speed.
I'VE not only get too much curve
less. but too much speedy pitching in
the spring. Day after day We see moth
ing else until it is nearly time 10 gc
home and we miss a lot of chances fol-
systematic practice The saying is
Get your eye on the fast ones and the
curves will take care of themselves,
but it is misleading because of the way
the managers apply it. When a pitcher
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-21
YANIGANS' LOSS
LAID TO ERRORS

WACO, Texas. March 1.-THE inefect-
iveness Of Hughes and Keeley which
encouraged bad errors by Pickering and
Meinke gave Waco the victory over the
washington Yanigans Yesterday by Z
10 .
Waco was able 10 score on two Oc-
casions when Pickering missed the east
est kind OF pop flies. Meinke turned
the same trick twice, and once when
he did clinch The sphere hurled il ten
feet over The first baseman's head.
Long Tom Hughes pulled off the one
redeeming play for the visitors in the
eighth when he slashed out a two bag
ger and stretched il TO a triple.
The Yanigans were unable to make
but two hits eff Jones delivery in five
innings. Another game is scheduled for
today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-21
PLAN NEW COURTS
FOR TENNIS CLUB
Work Will Be Started at Once to
Prepare for Spring Tour
uaTnentS

With the purchase of nearly two acres
OF ground in WOOdley Park, just north
OF the Connecticut avenue bridge. the
Bachelors Lawn Tennis Club viii start
work Immediately 60 have the grounds
in shape for the spring. tournaments.
As part Of the old grounds are % be
used for building purposes II was deem
ed advisable to purchase a. new site,
the deal having just been closed for the
large tract ina the suburbs. The new
site IL large enough 10 allow the lay
ing out of fifteen courts and with the
bungalow clubhouse, which has already
been planned, the new grounds should
he as attractive as any in the city
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-21

Those two Johns OF baseball, Garry
Hermann, OF the Reds, and John l.
TAYLOR, Of the Pilgrims, are going TO
Jointly lease a park at Hot Springs
They ought 10 90 further and build
a Harveyized steel building around the
park and keep their players there dur
fpg the of season
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-21

Delaware couuty-s important district
attorney has tagged boxing at Essing-
ton temporarily. He says that there
were disorderly persons in the crowd
that saw the AtteIl-Pierce bout Posi-
blv he refers 10 the rOughnecks he per-
sonaIly planted in the house to get In
formation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-21
BRADY NEW CAPTAIN
OF DARTMOUTH FIVE

HANOVER, y. H.. March 2I-The
Dartmouth basketball o. team elected
Francis Anthony Brady, Of South Bos-
ton, captain for next year
lie played with the South Boston
High team for four years, on the Dart
mouth team for three years and was
first bsSeman on the Dartmouth nine
last spring
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-21
SHOULD ELIMINATE FAKERS.
.HE management of the National
Ennrtirc- cI-1h Of Nar- XnrlE will


Sporting Club, of New York, viii
use unique methods to protect
its patrons when Jack O'Brien
and Stanley Ketchell meet in a ten
round bout there this week.
Tim Hurst, the American League
baseball umpire, who has an unsullied
reputation for honesty, was appointed
referee of the mill, with extraordinary
powers
The management declares that not
one cent viii be paid the fighters until
they get the official announcement from
Referee Hurst that the bout was hon.
est.
Ia case Hurst rules that it was a,
frame-up and that either OF Fhe prin-
cipals did not try his level best, then
the box office receipts will be returned
to the club patrons. while the fighters
viii go empty-handed. If the bout is
clean, then the fighters will get the
money stipulated in the articles Of
agreement.
The National Sporting Club can take
such measures, for it is an exclusive
organization, whose membership rolls
contain the names OF many New York
millionaiTes.
This plan Of the club ought TO go
a great way toward Kidding the ring Of
takers.
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06
TREE DWELLING ANTS.
South American insect That Acts %
Plant Guardian.

Ant defenders Of plants and trees
ure some OF natures pretty marvels.
The Cecropin adenopus is a remnrka-
BILE tree of south Brazil, widely dis
tributed through the tropics. Its slen-
der trunk II crowned with long leaves
at the ends of the branches.
A few active ants run continually
along the branches and the leaves. but
II the tree is shaken slightly an army
of ants PUSHES out by small npertures
ready for IL savage assault on the In
truder. The ant ia the terrible guard
ian that the tree has retained to pro-
tect 1t from Its most formidable enc
my, the leaf cutter ant.
The defenders rarely leave their re-
treat. where they live on small whitish
egg shaped bodies about one-twelfth
Of all inch long. known MS Muellers
corpuscIes. These are formed Of deli
cate tissue. rich In proteids and all. as
rations for the garrison Of defender
ants to feed upon. The curious ar
rangement by which entrance Ii made
to the hollow stem has been studied by
". Schi.nper.
Just above the point OF insertion OF
each leaf extends nearly to the supe-
rlor node n superficial groove. at whose
end is rounded depression. There
the tissue Is thin, like diaphragm In
tube. anu 1t also Is soft. The hole
by which the ant enters is always
pierced at this spot. The ants seem
to have made their entrance through
the groove originally because 1t was
at the top. In the course OF this
plants further development natural Sc
lection augmented these natural ad-
vantages. so that finally the thin, frail
diaphragm MS It exists today was de-
veloped Chicago Tribune.
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06
BATHING At cIEppe
When the cen.tssss Dc eoisns Trss6 Il
In the Year 1906.

When the cenntssss de- eoisns rrisS Il
In the Year 1906.
The Comtesse de Roigne Ia her mem
oirs gives an account Of a visit she
paid In 1906. which is interesting in
view Of the position Dieppe now holds
among French watering places.
1.-The poverty OF the Inhabitants"
she says, twas frightful. The Eng.
lishman. as they called him land for
them he was worse than the devil.
was cruising necessarily before their
empty harbor. With much difficulty
boat was able to escape from time to
time and go fishing, always at the risk
Of being captured by the foreigner or
contiscated. upon the return Journey II
the telescopes of the watchers had
seen 1t approach a vessel.
AS for the comforts arranged for
the convenience of bathers which
Dieppc has since organized. they were
nonexistent at that time. My brother
WAS able to ind little covered cart.
and with great trouble and great ex-
pense. Notwithstanding the universal
poverty, n man was hired to lead the
horses down to the sea and two wo-
men to go into the sea with me.
"These preparations raised the pub
lie surprise and curiosity to such a
pitch that my first bath was watched
by crowd on the shore. My servants
were asked II ! had been bitten by
mad dog
~ aroused extreme pity as went
by. and It was thought that I was
being taken down to be drowned An
old gentleman called on my father to
point ont to him that he was assuming
great responsibility In permitting 40
rash an act It can hardly lie Imag-
Inetl that the Inhabitants Of sea.
shore could he 70 afraid Of the sen.
"But at that time the people OF
DIcppe were chiefly occupied In keen
ing out of sight Of 1t and In protcctin:
Themselves from the disasters which
they feared the sea might bring. ="
that 1t was for them nothing NOR
than a means Of annoyance and suffc-
Ing. 1t Ia curious to think that ter
years later bathers were arriving III
hundreds. that special arrangements
were made for their convenience and
that sea bathing Of every kind went
on without producing any astoniah
ment In the neighbOrhood.
~ have thus attempted to point ou'
thnt the custom of sea bathing. which
IL now M universal Is comparatively
recent in France. for Dieppe was the
first place where 1t began"
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06
A CHINESE STORY.
The Way = Mandarin's Wiss wife De-
eidsd q Baby Case.

Two women came before mandarin
In China, each Of them protesting that
she was the mother Of little child
they had brought with them. They
were 30 eager and so positive that the
mandarin was sorely puzzled. He re-
tired to consult with his wife, who
was wise and clever woman, whose
opinion was held in great repute in
the neighborhood. She requested i've
minutes in which to deliberate. At the
end Of that time she spoke, Let the
servants catch me large fish In the
river, and let 1t be brought here alive"
This was done. Bring me now the
infant" she said. "but leave the two
women In the outer chamber" This
was done too. Then the mandarin's
wife caused the baby to be undressed
and Its clothes to be put on the hsh
Garry the creature outside now and
throw 1t into the river in the sight of
the two women" The servant obeycd
her orders. flinging the fish into the
water, where 1t rolled about and strug-
gletl. disguised no doubt by the wrap
pings In which 1t was swaddled.
Without a moments pause one of the
women threw herself into the river
with IL shrek. She must save her
drowning child. without doubt she
Is the true mother" she declared, and
the mandarin's wife commanded that
she should be rescued and the child
given to her. And the mandarin nod
ded his head and thought his wife the
wisest woman in the Flowery King
dom. Meanwhile the false woman
crept away. She was found out in her
imposture. and the mandarian's wife
forgot NIL about her in the occupation
IT dcnning the little baby In the best
silk she could find in her wardrobe
Bystandpr.
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06
Married IL. Day They Met.

Horace Greeley and Mary Young
Cheney were married the first day
they ract. They had correspondent for
some time. common friend who was
something of a matchmaker having
brought this about. She was NIL his
fancy painted her. but she was much
disappointed In bis appearance. so
much 80 that when he appeared be-
fore her. having proposed and been
accepted by letter. she frankly told
him that. although she married him,
she was not In love with him. Their
married life was long and happy. and
the loss Of his wife WIS a blow which
Greeley did not long survive.
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06
THE WHEArFIELD.
Nfkses the eillowins Golden Waves
Stretch From sky to Sky.


Stretch From Sky to Sky.
Take look Mt the wheataeld that
has been brought up to perfection a.
It stands, yellow as gold, with the
sheen Of the sea, billowing from sky
line to sky line like IN ocean Of gold,
where the wind touches the ripping
wave crests with the tread Of invisi-
BILE feet. In California. In Oregon, In
Washington, In Dakota, In the Cana
dian northwest, you may ride all day
ON horseback through the wheatfelds
heavy headed grain-no fence lines,
NO meadow lands. no shade trees,
NO knobs and knolls and hills and hol.
lows Of grass or black earth through.
From dawn till dark, from sunrise. In
q burst Of fiery splendor over the
prairie horizon. to shutdown, when the
crimson thing hangs like huge shield
Of blood in the haze Of heat twi-
light. you may ride with naught to
break the view between you and the
horizon but wheat-wheat. 1t is like
the gold fields. 1t goes to your head.
You grow dizzy looking at 1t. You rub
your eyes. Is 1t a mirage? The bill
lowing yellow waves seem to be
breasting the very sky. You look up.
The sky is there all right with the
black mote of n meadow lark sailing
the azure sea. He drops liquid notes
of sheer mellow music down on your
head, does that meadow lark, and that
gives you back your perspective. your
sense of amazing reality. You are
literally. absolutely, really, In the
midst of sen of living gold. 1t is you
and not the lark that is the mote.
You begin to feel as II your special
mote might he a beam that would get
lost In infnity II you stayed there long,
and 40 you ride on and on, and some
more on. and by and by come out Of
the league long, fenceless fields with
an odor in your nostrils that isn't ex-
actly like incense-its too fugitive, too
fine, too sublimal Of earth. 1t Is aro-
matte, a sort Of altar of roses, the i'm
prisoned fragrance Of the billions upon
billions Of wheat flowers shut up in
the glumes Of the heavy headed grain
there. And that's the odor of the
wheat.-Agnes c. Laut in Outing Mag
aElNA
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06
White and Red Wines.

White and red wines owe their diff
ference to the fact that. while the for
mcr Is permitted to ferment without
the grape skirts these are allowed to
remain In the case Of the latter. The
color Of the grapes makes no difference
whatever to the color of the wine
which they produce, for the juice Of
all grapes is as nearly as possible col
orlcss. For instance, the grape which
Yields champagne is almost black in
outward appearance.
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06

Uncle (xho left his nephew refresh
ing')-We'I. Tommy, you see I'm back.
Are you ready? What have to pay,
miss? waitress-Three buns, four
sponge cakes. two sandwiches, one jel-
ly. five tnrts and Uncle-GOod
gracious, boy! Are you not i'll? Tom
my-No. uncle. but I'm very thirsty
London TT Pits.
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06
administrators NOTICE..

EstAt. al Hrrmnn sichner. deceased.
The undersigned. hnving '"nn appointed
Administrator Df the csta''. Of Herman
i.ichner, haze az the County ~ Rio BlancO.
in the state NJ Colorado. decrnsed. hereby
gives notice. that n. will aipcnr before the
County Court III said County. Mt the Court
House in Meeker. in snid County, at the
December Term, lWs, on the 10Th day OF
February. \. so, Mt which Inc all per-
SONS having ciniiis apainsi said estate are
notified and requested Ia attend for the
purpose e having the snric adjusted. All
persons indebted to said estnte are request-
ed to make Immediate payment tn the un.
dersigned.
Dated at M-rker. Colo. this 18th dny of
January. A. u. IFH.
ROBERT REIGAN,
jzs-f'J Administrator.
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06
His Mentor.

From the time boy sits under
street corner electric light playing
with toads until he Is blind and tooth
less he has to account to some woman
why he didn't come home earlier
AtchisOn Globe
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06

British hypocrisy is gradually dIsap-
penrin-. Until few years ago most
EngllsI,rten fancled that to be born in
the ,'ni'-d Kingdom was to be para.
gon ~ -! the virtues.-Brussels Soir
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06
Envy.

Dol be covetous." said Uncle
Eben. "Envyin' whnt yoh neighbor
has I, mighty apt to put de opportu.
nifty in Job neighbours way fob handin'
yoh FOLD brick. Star.
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06

Bills that watch your father gave
You ten years ago still doing good serv-
ice? Jill-Yes. pawned it again today
for the twentieth time.-London Opin.
ION.
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06

us this DR. Smith,
Yes
well. this is Mrs. Jones. wish you
would come over as soon as conven-
lent. My cuckoo clock has a little
throat trouble. Weekly.
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06

do you think Mr. Skinnum's baby
will take after its fatherY'
Not at all. The other day they per-
suaded 1t to cough up nickel 1t had
swallowed" -Exchange
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06

1t never occurs to fools that merit
and good fortune are closely unitse =
Goethe.
The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06

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The Meeker herald., 1909-02-06
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-02-27
HOUSE PASSES PENAL CODE
III 1t Becomes Law Negroes May
BE Declared From Jury Duty.

Washington. Feb. 1S.@The bin re-
Yising the penal code which has
been before Congress of and on all
or this last session was today finally
passed by the House. The measure
now goes TO conference, each house
having passed its own bill. The Nc.
Call amendment abolishlng the death
penalty in capital cases over which
the Federal Government exercises
jurisdiction was defeated in the
House today
Negroes may be debarred from
lnSy 0Hty in the South and elsewhere
In the United States If the bin he
zones law, as IL was amended in
one important particular TODAY. Sec
tlon ~ OF the bill as reported. made
II a crime for State officers to dis
quallty any person from serving ON
Juries on account or race. color. or
previous condition Of servitude -
Representative Bartlett, of Georgia
moved that this section be stricken
from the bin. and il was so ordered
by viva voice vote.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-02-27

The Y. M. c. a. Conference was
Wei attended last Friday evening and
we were happy 70 see new faces.
hlght you are men, get busy for the
Lord
Everybody who attended the class
for the explanation on the sunday
school lesson last Saturday was help
ed, Prof. J. W. Barco knows how to
make the word of Cod plain.
The work in the city home last
sunday was a live number. Two
souls were won for Jesus Christ.
The jail WORT last Sunday made
the committee happy. prisoners
surrendered TO the Lord.
Committee John L. Ballard, gave
the boys n very straight address last
Sunday. Much light was given 10 the
boys.
Rev. William Johnson delivered a
very able address last Sunday TO
the men. Subject: Prayer. Every
man was made to rejoice.
Today =. NJ. az the Y. NJ. c. A.
Building explanation on the Sunday
school lesson by Prof. J. w BARGE.
Bring n friend.
Men be on time Sunday ready for
hard work and the other man.
a special meeting for bows SUNDAY
4 p. NJ. at the Y. NJ. C. 4. BuildIng.
At the True Reformers' Hall n
great evanselistic meeting for men
only Sunday $3.50 p. NJ. DR.. d. Web
ster Davis will address the men.
Subject; Ananias. Mr.. John T. Tav-
Tor viii sing special solos. Re n
committee for this meeting. Bring
another man. Be on time.
The women again. An evangelistfc
meeting only for women. At the
Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday.
March 9TH, $3.50 p. NJ. DR.. w. II
Stokes has another special message
FOR women. Mrs. c. Bernard Gilpin
viii sing for this meeting. Only
women Will be admitted. Come and
help TO do personal work.
Do not forget to pray for the Y.
M. c. a.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-02-27
MURDERER NOW IN
DETENTION CELL
Felix Christian, Who Killed Annie
May Dobbs, Awaits EIectrocu-
ton at Penitentiary.

In charge of special guard from
the penitentiary. Felix Christian
colored. sentenced to die I'm the cleo
trio chair, March % for the murder
or Annie May Dobbs, fourteen-year-
old girl, OF Glen wilton, Va, reached
the city over the Norfolk and West
ern yesterday afternoon at 2:05
O'Clock. A cab was waiting at the
depot, and at 2:10 O'Clock he was at
the penitentiary. A few minutes Ia
ter he had been locked MP in the
detention cell, where he will be con-
stantly under the eye OF a guard I'M
til the hour of HIS execution.
Christian committed the crime
Thursday and was soon caught. IT
was with much dificulty that the
officers OF Botetourt county averted
a lynchfng. When brought up for
trial he confessed, and 1t took Just
twenty-one minutes to convict him
and sentence him TO the chair. So
intense was the feeling, however.
that Il was feared he would be lynch
ed even after the people were sure
that he would get HIS deserts. II
was thought necessary. therefore, 70
keep him under heavy guard until
delivered to the pen,tentiary.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-02-27
Theories as to Crime.

The most general theory concern
ing the time and manner OF the muir
der and arson, Is that the house was
being robbed while Mr.. Johnson was
away with his wife, that he surprised
the burglars by coming back unex-
Dectedly, and was Drained or shot as
he entered the house.
Mrs. Skipwith may have been MUIR
dered before the robbers began their
looting, or she may have been killed
coming downstairs on hearing the
sounds OF scufling. Neither had a
chance for life, though Mr.. Johnson
was man OF tremendous size and
powerful strength.
He left home at midday 20 escort
his wife TO a dance about a mile
and a half away and must have re-
turned about 1870 o'clock in the
afternoon. Before going, Joe Taylor
says that Johnson gave him his KEYS
TO the stable, and that he asked for
them when he returned, saying that
ne wanted to feed the stock. Then
according to Taylor, he said he was
going into the house to put on a
clean collar. But Johnson was killed
when he entered the house ana the
probability Is that he was killed
early in the evening.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-02-27
Knew She Was Away.

knowing that Mrs. johnson would
not return and that visitors were I'M
likely, the murderers put on setting
hre to the house probably for the rea
son that such large fire would
arouse the whole neighborhood when
the murder would be discovered.
AS IL was, no one except the ne
groes living on the plantation saw
the blaze, and another brother of
Mr.. Johnson did not learn OF Il until
5 O'Clock the following morning.
Joe Taylor. however. bestrode a
mule at o'clock A. he morning, he
says, to ride up to she place where