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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
PLAY BALL In MUD GULLS BEAT BIRDS
HEAVY HITTING AFFAIR ON THE
MEMPHIS GROUNDS.
Zach T~ana Scented Eleven Hits, But
the Little Reck Crowd Managed
To Score the Most
Esunn n

Memphis. Tenn, Aug, s--Today's
game was delayed to await tile cessa-
ZION of . heavy. rainstorm and was
played on muddy grounds that made
Little Rock was successful in bunch.
ing hits in the fourth inning and
gained lead which Memphis was uns
able to ,overfaks. The field was en-
which Babb and Dahbeft distinguished
themselves. The pitchers were Unable
to control the BALI and as a result the
heavy hitting was on both sides. Score:
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GULF STORM LOCATED.
weather Bureau Reports That II Ii
Not violent.

Galveston. Tex. Aug. s.--Advices to
the weather bureau are that the trop-
zeal storm which appeared In the Gulf
during the week has passed into the
west Gulf and IL located south of Cor
bus Christi It Is not considered TO
he of the usual violent character. The
nsssinR of the disturbance brought
247 inches of rain at this point.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09

Little Rock. Ark, Aug. H,---(speciall
After. a critical Hines with typhoid.
Judge w. NJ Kavahaugh. president Of
the Southern League and q member OF
the national hoard left today 20 fscu-
perate at West Baden, Ind. He VIII
National Association for the annual
meeting scheduled for Memphis In Mo-
vember.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
store BurEIartzed

Andalusla, Aug. s.--(Sp eclal, THE
store Of Il. s. whAtley was entered
by burglars Friday night. About s2s
In cash was taken ana some nerchan-
disc was missed. A few hours later
shetin Prestwood arrested Fred Car
ter. a negro. He had the cash ana
the goods on his person.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09

Exiel. Aug. emperor Nicholas OF
Russia, who is coming from Cowes on
board the imperial yacht STANDARD, has
been delayed by a fog Consequently
Emperor Williams plans to go to Rem.
denburg by automobile had to be post
noned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09

Savannah Ca, Aug. The first bale
OF the new seasons lea Island cotton
was received In Savenkah t0aay. 1t was
grown in Sewanne County, Fla, and 10
unusually ine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09

base hit. Rohe. Sacrifice hits, weim-
er. Robe. Struck out. by. Pruitt, 81 by
Hickman, 3. Base on balls.y by Pruitt
3. by Hickman. /. Time. 1880. Um-
plfes, Moran ana Pfenninger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
.rrr Cohh 80 Pitcher.

Scranton. Pa. Aug. s.-"Ty' Cobb's
effort to pitch came near costing the
Detroit Americans todays exhibition
game with the Scranton State League
team. The Georgian occupied the box
for the last four innings and was hit
freely. Detroit wen Out IS to ~.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09

Jack Higgins vii be the lob today
with hi smatinse. He Will hold forth
for the next few days as the team is
now of on trip over the eastern cir
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09

Casey. Perry. collins. Sasr.aee hit
plays. Daubert to Babb to Daubert;
Dick to Babb TO DAabert. Passed ball
O'Leary wild pitch, Dick. Strut
out. by Buchanan, 4 by Dick. s. Base
on balls by Dick. 2. Time, 1875 TIM
pire Fitzsimmohs.l tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
win Tenth Straight

Chicago. Aug. SssaChieago won its
tenth Straight game today. beating
brooklyn to o. Brown allowed the
visitors but three hitg. Brookiyn,s
three Of them being caught on the
bags. n! H II.
Chicago. ..-..l2o 900 22.-7 8 /
Brooklyn. -. 1000 900 600 3
Batteries-Bfown ana Archer. Me-
Intyre and Bergen. Time. "a. I'm
pire, tombstone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
what Do You Thinlx OF This.

What DO You Think OF This.
washington. b. c., and RETURN 1880.
Tickets sold i4th and 18th. good IL
days. Through trains, very fast sched-
ules, Puiimahs and vestibtied day
coaches. Call quick and avoid thu
rush.
John Metcaif6, +. p. A
adv-tf. Exchange Hotel. city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09

Ainericnn Aaeocfation

New York, 3; St. Louis, o.
Chicago, I; Brooklyn, o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09

Milwaukee, s; Louisville, Q.
Colurfi bus Z; Minneapeiles ..
Toledo. $40; st. Paul, 2-i.
Kansas city. s-2;' Indianapolis, "a.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
AMERICAN AssoCIATIoN.
GAMES YESTERDAY.

ssutAern League.
Mobile, l.; New Orleans. o.
Mttle Rock, 6; Memphis. 1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09

Detroit at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Boston,
Cleveland at New York.
81. Louis at Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09

Louisville ct Milwaukee,. 'TFTa
0olumbus ut MinneapolisI
Toledo at ST. Paul.
Indianapolis at Kansas city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
Nationai Leass.

NUthUHMt LGMBU8s
Boston at Pittsbufg,
Brooklyn at Chicago.
New York at St. Louis.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
GAMES TODAY.

MONTGOMERY at Atlanta.
Nashville at Birfningham.
Mobile at New Orleans.
Little Hook at Memphis.
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an EIGHT mar GZIy.(

after. Moreover. with the fight over, things
better for the others of the crew, who
suffer from the friction OF the III feeling and
are glad to have the affair settled and the
bitterness thrown overheard. A visitor was
the accidental witness of such fight on
man-of-war which he boarded in Hampton
Roads. The most striking feature Of the thing
was the celebrity with which the petty officers
disappeared when the row began
The Frigate Santee one of the Strong ones
Of the elder naval day, is moored close TO
wharf In the naval academy grounds. The
Santee is rooted over and made comfortable
for living quarters. The vessel, however, is
isolated, and when one gets into the bowels of
the hold he is cut off from the world as COM
pletely as IL he were In a mine Light he
does get and this is much when the matter
OF confinement Is considered. When a mid
shipman does something 10 break the regula-
lions which the ordinary punishments will not
meet eHectualy he is locked up on board
the Santee where he is given chance to
think over the sin OF disobedience and to re-
cite penitential psalm or two IL he is re-
ligiously inclined
The Santee is not altogether a pleasant
berth. IL is the dearth OF companlonship that
hurts and a term on the ship generally works
rapid change of mind and heart in the con.
fined one.
Elihu s. Riley recently told the story of
Alidshipmsn foombs who was locked up in
the hold OF the Santee for a breach OF academy
discipline IL was terribly cold night in
winter anc two skaters carried away on
an jce foe into the waters beyond the prison
ship. Coombs heard the cries for help, and,
dressed only In his underwear, he crawled
through portfolio and started over the break.
ing ice to the rescue. He was Joined by other
and much better clad rescuers from the shore
but he kept on and was the first at the scene
OF danger. Coonbs pulled an oar in the boat
that put out frOhn the edge of the ice to bring
back the impetiIed ones The next day the
superintendent OF the academy told Ccombs
he was a brave lad and sent him back to bis
comrades in barracks
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father and mother the presumptuous petit
toner would find himself facing a courtmar-
tial on the charge of attempting to smash that
holy OF holies-precedent
The first cadet West Points walls held
not allowed to take meals away from
the mess hall. and the last cadet the academy
will hold in the time to be, must dine where
his forerunner dined century ago and be
content with the place and the fare.
The West Point cadets have a little the
best Of the Annapolis midshipmen I'm some
ways. The Irritation I8lk at the military
school runs through a cool and very much
sequestered way along the wooded bluff OF the
river. The Irritation walk Of the naval school
is called Lovers Lane, and IT runs broad and
open under the high-branched trees. The sail
or and his lass who can firt there unseen hold
the magicans lost art OF invisibility. There
are 40 self-constituted chaperons for every
pair OF lovers. and then there is the sentinel
who may desire blindness from sheer love OF
lover, but whose orders keep bis eyes open
and at an admirals orders not even Love
may laugh.
There are shower baths in tho loom Of the
midshipmen I'm the Bancroft hall barracks.
Years ago bathing was considered a luxury
six days I'm the week and a necessity only
on Saturday night The fact that they can
and do battle daily has not enervated the
midshipmen. Their quarters are severely
plain, but they have running water and the
IVY are uOL DuCheI CaTflefS IOur times a
day, as are their comrades of the military
service in the Hudson highlands.
The Annapolis students seem to be happy
fot, even though they work harder than the
boys at Harvard or Yale. II the students OF
the civilian schools were confronted with
tasks such the sailors look on daily there
would be no students to eft on the Yale felce
or to gather in the Harvard yard 'rhe college
man pays for his course, and rightly expects
something like OCCASIONAL rest; the Annapo-
lis man Is paid to study and to w5rk, and he
earns his wage
All this work OF body end mind agrees with
the "middies" apparently. CIR they are as
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OVER THE FENCE
Neighbor Says Something.

The front yard fence Ia q famous
council place on pleasant days. Maybe
to chat with some one along the street,
or for friendly gossip with next door
neighbor. Sometimes It is only small
talk but other times neighbor has
something really good to offer.
An old resident of Baird, Texas, got
some mighty good advice this way
once.
He says:
Drinking coffee left me nearly dead
with dyspepsia, kidney disease and
bowel trouble, with constant pains in
my stomach, back and side, and SO
weak I could scarcely walk.
One day was chatting with one OF
my neighbors about my trouble and
told her 1 believed coffee hurt me.
Neighbor said she knew lots of people
to whom coffee was poison and she
pleaded with me to quit IL and give
PoEtum a trial. / did not take her
advice right away but tried a change
of climate, which did not do me any
good. Then dropped coffee and took
up Postum.
My Improvement began Immediate
~ and l got better every day I used
Postum.
My bowels became regular in two
weeks, all my pains were gone. Now L
am well and strong and can eat any
thing / want 70 without distress. All
OF this is DE to my having quit cof-
fee, and to the use of Postum regu-
larly.
MY son who was troubled with indi-
gestion thought that II Postum helped
me so, IL might help him. II did, too,
and he is now well and strong again.
I'VE like Postum as well as we ever
liked the coffee and use It altogether
in my family I'm place OF coffee and all
keep well" There's a Reason" Read
THE Road to MELVILLE" in Pkgs.
Evtr read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time 20 time. They
ore genuine, true, and full Of hunann
Interest.
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HkZHHYc THE. COOK RHESaRE Au,>xx0 90

suit the battleship man Of to-day, with never
sail in sight aloft knows nevertheless how
to furl, reef and LAY out" with the best of
the oldtimers. who saw service before the
masts OF "Old Ironsides'
Goodness in danger and resourcefulness at
all times the gifts of the sea service of
the ancient days. That is why 1t is that the
Annapolis mdshipmen are taught the ropes
as were the generations of sailors who never
saw smokestack on the save the one
that led from the galley. 1t is true that the
training In sail handling is not as long con-
tinued as in the other days, but It is thorough.
and the MILDLY" of this year WHO found him.
self in command of full-rigged ship would
not be dubbed landlubber by the sailors be-
fore port was sighted.
There is a new training vessel At the acada.
my, and the shade Of any ancient mariner who
happens aboard will find nothing missing to
which he was called to lay his hands in the
old day. The ship is the Severn and she is
beauty under sail at anchor. On the
deck of 1t one learns as quickly as glance
can travel the spar deck the magnitude of
the midshpmans task Of learning the ropes"
The strands of the sea gain a new meaning
and a new significance. The rope dictionary
is as long cable.
Some one has said the old soldiers all have
gone to Davy Jones Davy has some big old
time salts still only in prospect of posses
sion. There sailors on the Severn with
service stripes enough to over-decorate a IT,
ger One of them looks as II he might have
served under Decatur against the pirates of
the Mediterranean. He rolls in his gait and
shows tattoo marks and the visitor likes him;
he swears South oath, and the visitor
loves him.
These fine old salts take the midshpmates
under their tuition and tradition and seaman
ship are safe. ships crew OF boys march
from the barracks to the Severn in the early
afternoon and take up the study of knots
rope knots and not the measure of distance
kind-and in three minutes there are 30 du-
plicatoDs Of the familiar painting "A Knotty
Problem" The boys go aloft and DO those
things OF which only the seaman knows the
names, and IL he impaired them the Iaymans
knowledge would be as Il was before-the
land lubbers ignorance. The midshpmen do
steeplejack tricks that seem dizzy-headed i'm
possibilities and do them with an apparent
pose OF nerve that is a fit comrade to the
pose Of body.
Heaving the lead and boxing the compass
are kindergarten lessons of the service The
boys are taught oarmanship in cutters of the
men-of-war. and their earlier sailing lessons
are givIu in launches, catboats and other
small craft Lieut. Commander T.. II Durell
has thus described the first steps of the I'm.
struction in mapeuvering:
"Maneuverng vessels, in obedience to sig.
nal or fleet tactics it is called, is started I'm
cts simpler forms soon as the midshipman
enters, and the necessity of handling his YES
sci promptly and efficiently. a thing that he
will be required to do until he IS an admiral
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AnhapoHs narDor. On these boats they do
al the "ork OF the enlisted men. There is
hothlng too hard or too dirty I'm n hand and
clothes soiling way for the "rniddiee" In The
line OF sailor labor. They do it all uncorn
plalningly. Discipline serves IL Willingness does
not, to keep the lads in the line of duty There
are lew nlcetes In the initial life of the sailor
There is something of regularity about the
lie OF the student at the naval academy. If
there should be any doubt on this noint a
glance at the daily routine of the fourth class
men, the "plebes" of the school, will bring
conviction.
Here is the daily round of work as set down
in the books:
600 a. m.-ReveflIe excent nm Sundavs
and holidays
$50 a. m.-Breakfast formation Breakfast.
sweeping and arranging OF rooms and making
OF their beds by the midshpmen themselves
3. a. Information for first period drill
seamanship ordnance.
1918 a. m.-Drils in either ordnance or
seamanship.
1890 p. m.-Dinner formation.
800 p. m-Seamanship drills in either cut
tiers or launches
500 p. m.--Swimming Recreation period
$50 p m-Supper formation.
500 to 900 p. m.-Drills in either gymna-
SUM armory.
$3.50 p. n1-Gun fire.
$3.50 p. m.-Warning call for beds
1000 p. m.-"Taps" and "a lights out"
The hard work OF the officer sailors contin-
ues after the academic days are over There
are duties the modern man-of-war Of which
the old woodenship sailor knew nothing In
the earlier days, when there was nothing to dc
on board. the jackies we're set TO work polish
ing the brasses which already shone resplen-
dent with much polishing. The captain be-
lieved thoroughly that the devil always was
about with tempting tasks for the idle hands to
do, and he wished to be in supreme COM
M md Of L. a..
moment to ply his trade. They polish the
brasses on the modern men-of-war, but not
ofteneT than they need polishing. There In
ne waste time for officers OF crew.
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As the Boy Saw the Lesson.

Prof. Charles Zeublin of the Univer-
sity OF Chicago was discussing at q
dinner the greatest paintings OF the
world.
THE legends that are beautiful and
immortal" he said. have in them
turths that we all. according to our
kind, take home. This is true In
likeness OF immortal works OF art
pictures. poems. songs. For different
people they have different messages.
For instance. in my native Pendleton
some of the mothers used to cut the
children's hair. They did II with
shears and bowl. The operation
was often painful. and the result was
never elegant.
I'm Sunday school Pendleton
teacher once told her pupils the trag-
ic story OF Samson and Deliah. Then
she turned to little boy:
what do you learn, Joe.' she said.
from the Samson story7'
1T don't never pay piped Joe. to
have a woman cut a fellers hair.'"-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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healthy looking ships crew AZ one can
find in coastwise journey. They are ath-
letes. every one. and show that they are proud
OF it. In the gymnasium. through which q ne
gro who 10 much Of delight linguistically,
shows the visitor. are the records of individual
athletic achievements Of midshipmen who had
outdone their fellows. On one appears the
name OF Midshipman Worth Bagley OF North
Carolina. Poor Bagley! Only few short
months after he had made this record he made
a heros record in fight with the ipaniards
and gave up his life for his country in ma
king 1t.
The "middies' are taught to box in the
gymnasium. and the bouts" are Interesting"
so II is said. Boxing is Of as much service
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In Tired of PraxIna.

A little girl in st. Louis the other
evening was going through the usual
form OF prayer: God bless mamma,
and papa and make me a good GIRL"
and SO on. when all at once she
semed to come to decision. "Now
that Is the last time / am going to
say that prayer" she said, very grave
ly. looking at her mother. "You are
older than / am and II Is your place
to ask for all those things and ! don't
see any use in two peoples asking
the same thing" Since then she has
firmly refused to pray. insisting that
1t Is her mothers place to ask God
for blessings.
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TO the sailor at times as Is swordsmanship.
and no lad is graduated from Annapolis who
is not qualified to give n good account OF him
self in a fight with all weapons but bare fists
barred. The enlisted men OF the navy know
the boxing game, and II is this that makes
them come out with fairly short casualty
list when the shore leave play In foreign ports
gets trifie rough.
The modern battleships are none too large
for the comfortable quartering of their crews.
When two men have Crouch" the word
goes. it frequently happens that they have 1t
out somewhere In the seclusion of an iron.
walled corner of n lower deck. This applies
to enlisted men and not the mindless" though
possibly such things occur in the student
ranks.
AS rule the sailors are allowed to fight
1t out unchecked. 1t is the only plan worth
considering, for two men who have fought and
have shown pluck have mutual respect there.
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Quite True.

Marian. a little three-year-old, II
very stubborn. One day, when she
was fretful, her mother. wishing to
engage her mind, attracted her atten-
ton to a COW in vacant lot and asked
what II was.
Marian replied. "hoss" (horse) and
stubbornly refused to give In. Her
mother, wishing to got correct an
swer without scolding. asked: What
eats grass besides a horse?" More
hoss," was the quick responss.--De-
lineator.
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Tho mildly" has full op-
portunity before graduation
to know what his sea life Is
to be. He makes three prac-
ucs cruises, each OF three
months duration. in the
course Of his school career.
The sea trade is hard. vet
alluring. There are some
designations, but the sailor
will tell you that the re-
signed ones have a daily
growi with themselves all
through their land living. to
which the growl OF the quar-
ter deck is a babes protest.
The Annapolis midship-
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mans lfe taking II all in ALL from reveille
to taps. is easier round Of existence than
that of his brother. the West Point cadet.
The sailors work is hard that Of the
soldier, but he has more creature comforts
and much more liberty to 60 and come
There is still altogether too much OF what
the English visitor called the "beastly grind"
of life at the naval school, but time is bring
ing relief. 1t will never bring relief to the
West Pointers. for at the military academy
tradition rules hard. and what was good
enough for Cadets Grant and Lee is good
enough to-day for their Successors.
The delights of town life are shut of from
the school students, for at certain times
they may attend what they irreverently call
society blowouts." and they may dine at
the hotels and do other things that are not
denied to boys at civilian schools. If a cadet
at West Point were to ask permission to dine
at the hotel on the reservation even with his
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when he may require II OF
others, is impressed upon
him from the start. Instruc-
ton In feet tactics is pro-
gressive. extending through
the course and in the last
year the actual maneuvers
Of a fleet are practiced with
4 feet of 20 steam cutters"
The "middies of course
are given progressive in
struction in all things that
pertain to the modern men
of-war. For practice during
the first periods of the sea
manship lessons the steam
launches are pressed into
service. and then the boys
are taken aboard the small
gunboats which lie in the
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heavy sediment. Doctors were not
helping me so l began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills. I improved soon. and
after while was entirely free from
my suffering. am in the best of health
now and am in debt to Doan's Kidney
Pills for saving my life."
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
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years l was Grip
pied with sciatic
rheumatism in my
thighs and could
not get about with
out crutches. The
kidney secretions
became irregular,
painful, and showed
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CRIPPLED WITH sclArlcA
Caused by Dlsordered Action 81 the
Kidneys.

Samuel ID. Ingraham. 2402 z. Main
st., Lewiston. Idaho. says: For two