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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

N Il V a rors r couple more games. sLast year if he had not had the bad luck to stumble up sEafnst case of yellow Jaundice in 5une Re would have had the record of the southern sLeasue made by Charlie Babb in 1907 backed off the boards. se :. . Next to Babb Atz had everything faded In last year in two less games than Atz Pope had ten more chances than the Pelican the year before. Pope had one more j. assfst and nine more put outs than Atz had in two more games. and as four chances in q game is the work of an average shortstop itswiii But as to Babb--Just look at his record and take your hat off to Charlie Babb.
 By looking over. the work of the different shortstops it is shown that these ,infielders or four years ago sswere some infielders themselves. In the same number Of games Whitey Morse in 1905 had thirteen less chances than Babb in 1907. Babb he'd nine ty-six more put outs two years ago than the Memphis chieftain had in 1905 but Morse had fffty-three more assists than Babb and ttwenty-ons more errors than the latter, and Babb Is sShe candy kid so far. Last year Joe Pope had eighteen more total chances in seven more games than put outs than Morse but twenty-four less assists than the latter. In seven more games. however. Pope had nine less errors than Morse.
 Analysis of Record.
 . Deductingl everything and adding. every thing and 1t shows for itssif that fpext to Ing shortstor that ever played in the south ern League. If there is any argument in regard to this statement just fasten your eyes on the following records;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20
sAMPLr TO EVANSVILLE.

Former Southern Ball Player WIII Go
 West.
 vfcksburg. Miss, Jan. l9-(SpeciaD Guy Sample. a former Vicksburg. Jackson. Meridian Nashville. Shreve- port, player has forwarded his signed contract to Manager Montgomery of the zanesvflle. ohio club after playing in the south for. six seAsona
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20
SPOR TS

"I want to see the championship come back to the white race, where it belongs" said James J. Jeffries the other day Jefrries had just arrived at a Frisco theatre, and he went on talking in such way as to indicate that it would be only a matter of time before he would return to the ring and wrest the championship from
 T think I'll be able to make John. son sweat if ever ISdo box again" said the big man from Los Angeles.
 and if do 1t will be 1sss9ra in San Frsns s,ns for me. The only question Is as to whether or not I can get into shape. It would take me four or i've months
 If, after time. Isfound that I would not come out all right would give up the idea altogether. If ever meet Johnson l want to pc Just as
 good as I ever was; It an took me ma many wouldn't have anything, to fall back upon if I went into the ring with Joh nson and he licked me. But I'm sSid the big fellow with a knowing
 Jefiries will show throughout the East having accepted an oner Of a twenty weeks engagement.
 The nght on tap DetWeent tue. NeW York National League club, and the Mobile officials of the Southern As- sociation over the title to services of a former star at University of Min nesota may result in one Of the come dies of the basebRll year.
 Photos at hand: seem to prove that each club has been completely fooled in their effort to, sign George Capron, captain of the University of Minnesota signed. and probably the best all around athlete ever developed in the Northwest, from versatility shown on
 the cInder path, at baseball and on the gridiron. e
 with the Meridian club in the Cotton
 States Baseball League last season.
 The name he paraded under in the
 Cotton Belt Is generally supposed to have been Robb,- and 1t was this in- dividuars wonderful base running, coupled with good batting and bril-
 liant fielding, that caused Mobile to purchase the player. v
 wonderful work, and their draft was
 duly placed for the Meridian man.
 Manager McGraw claims his services now and McGraw has ordered the heavyweight youngster to report to the Giants. but Secretary Farrell of the minor league association has noti- l fled Mobile that its claim Is valid The case will meantime go to the na- tional commission.
 Meantime photos received show two different persona. Manager Bnbb of
 the Memphis Southern League club. who paid Robbs ticket from the North last spring. anu wno. after l looking him over in spring practice, l daGidAd that the college map was due
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

WAiVeFs have heeA asked bv New York on Iee MeGlHRity and hy BFoeisiyn on wAltlBs esd MHFeh last season with LaWs .feheel 4ass,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

lou crisaF declares that he Will not play with St, Louis unIesa he gets half of the es. 900 paid Co Boston far his release. This Is the second time Lod has said this.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

ft is said that Managsr CAntillon of wasAiagten ls not wiiiipR te dispose Of Jiun f1eiehaHty, but would like to trade Bob enaley feE "kid" ntberfeid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

Last season the St. Louis management held out $500 of "Rube'' WaGdelrs salary, to he used to Reuben s2s weekly during the cold wtntev raonths. This Title arrangement saves ''Rube" the trouble of writing numer- ous pathetic and touching letters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

New York Mail the true
  astwsA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

feHaHy RvaA, .the fafRasF mlaalewaiEht sb aERBlss, FlaF be named ts sNaesea iaa EhexnskI as iastEAstaP ef the {IiIHeIs Atkz ietic eiab ef ehleags.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

Femmy Leach has besR selected tas es6- duFiRg the eeHsiag s5rlis teary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

Manager Roger Bresnahan of the St. Louie Cardinals is negotiating with Mana ger sMeGrAw of the Giants for Arthur Fletcher. who comes from the Dallas team. Fletcher was the "price-oR-admission kid" in the Texas League last season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

MaHRseF eaFF, ef fsdIaAsgsiis wants ed by B8sssR from the Central Heag9e,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

jack tFwlal sBlilSsa has b4sR. 6iisfsd sofae .e66a beats iR BRglaRd ena Is tbIhE- ing et. seLhg eVeE 'ih tas sgFlns: ' l''''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20
1905, BATTING.
FIELDING
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20
NEWS MOVES oF SPORT

'ooats Anderson will play with the Ro. chester team the coming season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

fl Iesks aa tispsh iivFjiD eaBYav sf ths Ne{p FeSk AalesisaRs will have ta stsF aaIas for 5ee WsFdl the feFHer FFizsIate ieaspsr,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20

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The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14
Twelve Articles That Pay Most Tariff

reau of statistics show that the share
which customs duties have borne in
producing the revenues of the country
has varied with varying conditions,
principally depending on changes from
time to time in internal revenue laws.
1T mus not be supposed, however,"
says the report, that because a doZ-
en- articles or groups of articles pay
t~hree-fourths of the tariff duties col
lected the making of a tariff and
the determination of rates of duty and
the amount of revenue likely to re-
suit therefrom is by any means a SIM
pie matter.
Under the title of cotton cloth, for
instance, the rates of duty on cloths
not exceeding so threads to the square
inch, counting warp and filling, are
one cent per yard if the material is
not bleached, dyed or colored, but IL
cents per yard if bleached, and two
cents per yard if dyed, colored or
printed. If the number of threads per
square inch exceeds SO and does not
exceed 100 the rates are still higher
IN cents per square yard OF that
which is not bleached, dyed or colored,
and does not exceed six square yards
to the pound, but 1k cents per square
yard on that exceeding six square
yards to the pound"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14
Hitchcock Is Sartorial Masterpiece

Mr.. Hitchcock is plainly the original
man for whom the tall, shimmery silk
en- tile was invented. 1t has long been
~contended by scientifically inclined
persons that there must have been an
original excuse for %inventing that
awfuLproduction of headgear. There
must have been a man on whom 1t
looked good, comfortable and home
like. That man has been discovered.
He is now postmaster general.
The F street tailors are said to
study Mr.. Hitchcock with great care.
in order to know just what is correct
recherche, they call 1t. The man
who makes the Hitchcock clothes
would be assured a fortune if he were
allowed to advertise the fact. There
are sacks, frocks, cutaways, long and
short; tweeds, plaids, br~oadcloths.
worsteds; but all are In ~up-to-the-
minute fashions, with just a touch OF
the distinguished, sometimes even of
the daring, to force attention which
must always be tinctured with ad-
miration. Shoes always are selected
to match the rest of the outfit.
George Won l.. Meyer, secretary of
the navy, has his clothes made in Eng
land, while it is avouched that MI.
Hitchcock's are all of domestic produc-
ton. The secretary of the navy is a
splendidly tailored person; but in the
competition between him and the post
office department the American tailors
win in a walk.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14
How to Care for Gold Fish.

A writer In the Housekeeper gives
her experience in caring for gold fish
successfully: l keep three fish in a six
quart globe. I use well water; pure
spring water or river water can be
used, but not cistern water, and /
nearly always have the water fresh
put of the well, she says. / change the
water in the globe once a week. / al
ways have a large bunch of moss in
the globe, as it keeps the water sweet
longer and the fish like to nibble at it.
/ get long strands of floating moss
out of a millpond, and get an extra
supply in the fall, as n bunch does
not last all winter. / give the fish a
salt bath once a week, which keeps
them in good health. I use one tea
spoonful of table salt and one quart
of water, and keep the fish in the wa
ter Is minutes. Once a day / feed
the fish a piece of prepared fish food
one-half inch square.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14
Senator, Unknown, Defends a Negro

When the senator and negro APP
peared together in court Judge Kim
ball demanded:
SIS this defendant represented
81 am here to represent him." said
Senator Smith, modestly, rising.
Neither the court nor anybody else
in particular knew him.
Name, p~lease?" demanded the
court.
"W. A. Smith," replied the cenator.
Admitted to the bar, are you?"
Eyes. your honor"
The court grumbled and finally
started the trial. Smith ooh charge,
calling up his witnesses, of whom he
had a number.
Lawyer w. A. Smith, when the case
was all in, made a little speech, and
the court acquitted the man. Smith
and the client left, and just then a
newspaper man who had wandered in.
conveyed to the court the information
that the lawyer was Senator Smith.
The court recovered in time to take
the next case, but there was some
slight excitement over the discov-
cry.
Senator Smith, meanwhile, is In
~teresting himself in the methods of
the Washington police, and some even
more interesting developments are
promised.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14

WASHINGTON.-Frank H. Hitch.
" cock, postmaster general, is the
s%artorial masterpiece of this admins
sration. No statistics have been com.
piled on the number of clothes Mr..
Hitchcock owns. Lost in admiring
contemplation of their refined yet
fetching %splendor, few have been able
to recall themselves to the mere
mathematical aspects of the splendid
procession of ~variegated vestments.
Mr.. Hitchcock is one of those men
who wear their clothes we'll. He is
particular that they be newly pressed
and carefully busted. He will stop in
the midst of the most serious confer
ence to draw up the port compartment
OF his trousers in. avoidance of a
menacing bag at the knee, adjusting
it in the exact position to obviate the
bag at the knee, and yet to prevent
any unseemly wrinkling at the thigh.
Thus elevated, the Hitchcock trouser
invariably displays a modest segment
of hosiery neve known to depart from
the rule that a correctly tailored
mans hose must match his necktie.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14

THE senate has got itself into a
j most embarrassing fix. 1t has
constructed in it's handsome new $4,-
900, 900 office building at Washington,
the finest and most complete kitchen,
OF. series of kitchens, anywhere to
be found. 1t has also furnished beau
tiful marble dining rooms. And now
not q soul can be found who will think
for a minute of running them and fur
nishing grub to the hungry senators
and their clerks ever at nice high
prices.
This is passing strange, too, for all
the kitchens and dining rooms, with
furniture so complete and so convent
emit that cook and waiter scarcely
have to do anything. are all free, as
we'll as light, heat, power and fuel.
But still it seems that everybody
who has been asked about it looks
askanee at the palatial quarters and
then at the busy restaurant over In
the capitol building, thinks of the live
ly little automobiles that take people
away from the Office building through
the intervening space by the subway,
wishes the palatial quarters were on
Broadway, or ever Pennsylvania ave-
nue., and sadly shakes his head.
mo money in 1t" say they all.
Nov, the question is, will the SEN
ate decide to go into the luncheon
business Itself? It looks as il it will
come either to that or allowing the
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14
SHORT COAT BOUND TO COME
Dainty Article Of Apparel That Will
Be a Necessary Part Of the
Wardrobe.

Undeniably the day of the short
fancy coat, which appears to be a part
of the lingerie gown over which it is
worn, is coming, for summer dresses
show them and many women are or
dering separate ones to combine with
any Of their sheer linen and muslin
frocks. They are quite the daintest
bit OF apparel that has been seen In
a long time. Some of those fashioned
Of all embroidery are made with ell
bow length sleeves finished with q
frill Of lace or embroidery.
Such q lingerie jacket will make the
simplest dress look handsome enough
for semi-formal occasions, while those
of real lace might properly be worn
over silk And crepe dresses. Their
lines conform to the short wasted
ones which continue to characterize
the latest models. A fringed sash fire.
quently finishes the front and pro-
vides q substantial look which should
be expressed by the wrap. Embroid-
cred silk in all over patterns forms
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14

When it was first mentioned that
the mills of the gods grind slowly |
have no doubt it was true. Every
thing was slow in those days. The
mills had always been grinding slowly
when those words were frs. written,
perhaps as slowly as some of the
courts grind at this time, and there
was no reason to believe they would
ever improve.
The observer added as a sort of
consolation that they grind exceeding
ly fine, and let it go at that. Even that
is more than can be said of some
courts, to continue the comparison
between the mills and the courts.
1t is impossible to doubt that the
mills ground slowly after taking one
glance into the past. We may recon
cile this condition to the crying need
of those days by the reflection that all
machinery is imperfect at first. II
Robert Fulton could come back now
n be present at the anniversary
celebration he would have to admit
that the steamboats, he used to build
were dinky.
The mills of the gods may not have
advanced as rapidly as steamships and
automobiles in recent years, but they
still are grinding. think they began
to improve some years ago. l have
noticed several of the grists that have
been turned out and as far as | could
see they were all right. Neither could
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14
SWEETS FOR AFTERNOON TEA
Some Novel Delicacies Fitted to
Grace This increasingly Popu-
z lar Function.

A young woman who has been to
Russia has introduced on her tea
table a little cake that is popular
among her friends.
A rich puff paste is divided into
four parts, each rolled as thin as pos
sible. On one sheet is put an almond
paste, on another pounded peanuts
or pistache nuts, on a third currant
jelly or orange marmalade. The lay
ers are placed on each other, honey or
maple syrup is poured over, and the
whole baked in a moderate oven until
a delicate brown.
When cold the crust is cut in
squares or diamonds and passed on a
plate covered with a lace dolly.
Another delicacy for afternoon tea
is the crisp cassava wafer used so
much in West Indian households. This
is served cold, but is better if buttered
and made very hot in the oven.
Rich little crullers Or doughnuts,
made not more than two inches long
and busted thickly with powdered
sugar, are a pleasant change from the
usual small cake passed with after
noon tea.
A nice and inexpensive sandwich
filling is cold chicken or lamb put
through a chopper, highly seasoned
with salt and pepper and mixed to a
smooth paste with rich cream. This is
not so rich as mayonnaise, which is
usually employed in sandwiches.
Bars of brown bread slightly
toasted, buttered and covered with
sardine paste made by shredding sar-
dimes and mixing with lemon juice are
a nice change from sandwiches.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14
Too WeII-pone.

Mrs. Eliphalet Howe of Centerville
had never encountered Hamlet"
either in the pursuit of literature or
on the stage, up to the time of her
first visit to her Boston niece. On
that occasion she was taken by the
niece and her husband to see a per-
Torrance of the play.
How did you like it, Aunt Jane? !"
asked her nephew-in-law, as he pilot
ed the old lady up the aisle by her
elbow, When the performance was
over.
IF that's what you call a play I
call it hard work." said Aunt Jane.
Indignantly. How you and Nettie
can sit calm in your seats and see
such heartless doings is beyond me!
why, that Hamlet man looked SO
sick / shouldn't have been surprised
If he hadn't lived to finish out his
talking. And by the expression of
those other folks, I'll venture to a
they felt the same.
4 had my smelling-salts all ready
in case o. need from the first minute
he came on to the platform!D-
Youths Companion.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14

VIZ ILLIAM ALDEN SMITH of
w Michigan appeared in the police
court the other day in Washington as
a police lawyer, defended a colored
man accused of disorderly conduct,
got him acquitted after an hours trial
and went away with his client before
the court or any Of the attendants
learned that the unknown young law
yer was a United States senator.
Then Judge Kimball, who had been
short and sharp in his treatment of the
strange lawyer, almost fell off the
bench.
The case which Senator Smith tried
was that of Robert A. Pelham, former
ly active in Detroit politics, now a
clerk in the census Office here, who
got into trouble. Senator Smith
thought he had arranged with District
Commissioner West to have the case
against Pelham nolle pressed, but some
thing went wrong with the works and
Pelham had to stand trial.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14

This was reported to Cicero, who got
busy and made Catiline so uneasy that
he gathered up a lot of discharged
Brownsville soldiers and went away
with them as a body.guard. The ora.
tons Cicero delivered on these occa-
sions have made trouble for every
boy and girl that has gone along a bit
in Latin. Being offered the territorial
governorship of Macedonia and Of
Gaul, he took Macedonia. He didn't
need any Gaul. (Now see what some
thing made me do!)
Cicero, while he was prosecuting at.
torney, was the Francis J.. Heney of
his day. When Cornelius Abe Ruef
Lentulus Schmidt Sura, of whom Plu-
tarch loosely says "he had a good
family but a dissolute liver" raised a
ruction and piled excelsior soaked in
Oil in the ferry buildings and the city
hall and the opera house and the fat
iron building and planned to set fire
to all of them and whack up on the
insurance, Cicero sent Burns around
in disguise and found out the whole
thing, SO that afterward the senate &C
cused him of abusing the secret serv-
ice privileges. Cicero took part per-
sonally in killing Lentulus and his
gang, who are still dead, as we go
to press.
Afterward the opposition got into
the saddle and Claudius had a warrant
issued for Cicero, who Immediately
started out to rouse peoples sympathy
for him. This was a mighty cheap but
mighty keen piece of work on Cicero's
part, and got him a lot of Coxey's army
camp-followers.
Throughout his life Cicero was cor
daily loved and despised by the poll
ticians and common people. His health
was always pretty poor, and sometimes
he felt so badly that he had to be a
vegetarian nearly all day. When he
was through with politics he went to.
Africa to hunt lions, and things were
much quieter in Rome.
Copyright. 1903. by w. G. Chapman.)
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14
-Sized JOURNEYS
BY Strickland w. Gillian.

Henry F. Cicero had Helvia for a
mother and a Helliva father, accord
ing to Plutarch, who wrote me about
it in answer to my request for some
frst-hand biographical data. He was
called Cicero because there was a
mark on the end of his nose that
looked like a vetch, and a vetch is a
cicer. l would tell you what vetch
meant if l knew; then you would
know what cicer meant.
He was the pea~nut-brittle kid of his
class at school but took to poetry.
When they had cured him of that he
went to school quite awhile in town,
and studied elocution. When he would
be at home, none of his mothers
friends would come to their house for
fear he would be asked to recite
"Lasca," of 'The Boy Stewed on the
Burning Deck" for them.
He practiced in the squire's court
awhile and got to be a right good petit
logger. Once he tried a case in which
the main squeeze, William P. Sylla,
was prosecuting, and o it. Cicero
heard that Sylla was looking for him
with a gun, and so he went away from
there. Also Cicero's tummy gave him
lots of trouble. He had eaten once
at a lunch counter at a railway sta
tion when he was away at school and
had never recovered from it. But he
got some better, and returned when a
postcard from home told him Sylla had
quit looking for him.
Throughout his entire life, Cicero
vas noted for his keenly appreciative
qualities. This wonderful faculty of
appreciation was largely used on him
self. No man stood better with Cicero
than he did, and no man in the empire
thought more of Cicero than he
thought himself. Charity began at
home, with him, all right.
Cataline lived then, and didn't aim
to overlook any opportunities for orn-
eriness. Once some n got into Cat
lines desk and found a letter from
Archibold plotting against the state.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-14

"To think of buying a suit of
clothes for less'n a dollar" dreamily
unused old Trad Biglow, as his cousin,
Edgar, at whose home he had been
paying an unwelcome visit, backed up
the wagon to receive the old-fashioned
trunk.
1t was imperative that Trad linger a
bit longer with his kinsman, and he
looked gloomy as Edgar observed, mo
more of your schemes for me-. I'm tired
of your dreams of wealth that
pan out"
while some would expect the price
to go as low as SO cents, l believe SO
cents is more conservative" unused
Trad, his aged brow clouding. "And
with the output in mans hands,
mind you"
"In what mans hands?" snapped
Edgar, yet lowering his end of the
trunk.
Il fear | am b~etraying a confidence,
but the lucky man is Jim Witham."
Jim Witham," jeered Edgar, crap