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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
Trying English Training.

NEW YORK, December 1.-Americar
trainers on Long Island are following al
English custom this winter. 1t Is per-
uniting the yearlnss TO run about in
paddocks during the cold months, 1t has
been usual to keep tile young horses
going all through the winter. when the
track condition would permit, but this
winter that has all been changed An
other change is in the trials. In forme.
seasons ii has been usual to try the
yearlings for speed, and long before this
date this or that ycarling would be cred
tied with furiongs i'm better than twelve
seconds and quarters i'll better than TWEEN
ty-thTce seconds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
To Show Us Real Rugby.

PHILADELPHIA. December 11.-Ne-
gotiations are under way by Arthur Cum
minis of this city to arrange 8 series of
rugby games to be played in the United
States between two Canadian foot ball
teams. In all likelihood one of the teams
to come here Will be the Ottawa, which
is anxious to exhibit the Can dian style
to American foot ball men. The Ottawa
team holds the International champion
ship Cummins declares that the Can
adian game is less rigorous than the
American style of foot ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
Even Dozen Crack Yearlings.

NEW YORK. December 11.-Twelve
yearlings, the best James B. Haggins
Elmendorf farm produced. and which
were sent to the English sales with
heavy reserve prices on them, are sta
hied at Sheepshead Bay in charge OF
Charles Littletield. They arrived this
week from abroad. aud unless they are
sold in private here will be raced i'll Mr..
HagginS colors next eason.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
Power Yacht Race

PHILADELPHIA, December 1.-THE
date for the start of the power yacht
race from this city to Havana, held under
the auspices of the Yachtsman's Club, has
been announced as May 81. The COM
mittec in charge Of the race consists of
J. G. n. Whitaker. Thomas D. Bowes
w. B. Stearns, Walter NJ. Bielling and
Thomas Fleming Day. 1t was announced
that the prizes offered will aggregate
$3.50, to be divided as follows: First
prize, cup valued at $1,000 and $1,000 in
cash: second prize, cup valued at $500
and $500 In cash: third prize, cup valued
at $3.50 and $500 in cash. The Havana
Yacht Club has hung up a costly cup
for the race back home. The full condi-
tons of the race are to be issued soon.
New Orleans drew $4,000 paid adn1is-
sions last season. The city is big one,
too. but shows a decidedly smaller pat
ronage than that enjoyed by most Amer
ican Association clubs. New Orleans led
the Southern League in attendance, too
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

Several New York papers call Horace
Fosel = joke because it is alleged tina
lie tried to make first baseman out %
Mathewson. Go softly, boys. hasn't Nc
Graw tried to make an outfieldor out o
Mccormick and a catcher out OF Meyers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

There is no doubt that George Gibson
the catcher. is star now. There is a
controversy on as to who discovered him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

Jack OConnor is eager-nay. anxious
TO secure Il first-class pitcher. Presunl-
ably some of the old ones have been to
the we'll too often.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

Even if Nicholas Antrocksky did get
bounced out of the American League last
season he got hit before going, for the
official record shows that out of twenty
two times at bat he made one single.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

Varnell of Fort Wayne has signed al
most half q hundred players for next
season. Indiana universities are border
ing on insolvency.
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Chicago Makes Longest Trip.

The White Sox will once more make
the most extended trip. taking a special
train to the coast, splitting up as they
did last year, one section of the club TAX
ing in San Francisco while the other part
goes to Los Angeles. After about two
weeks they will switch camps and week
or SO later come back east, stopping of
wherever there is dollar in sight.
The Tigers will take the next longest
journey. while the Washington club Will
make the shortest trip. merely going I"
Norfolk, Va, for their workouts Tie
Phillies will not go very far, either, the
management being fairly we'll satisfied
with Southern Pines. n. c.. where Muir
rays men trained last spring.
The Maps will do about as much trav-
cling as any club outside of the White
Sox, for, with Alexandria, La, as base
of operations, the squad will be divided,
one taking in New Orleans and section
OF Texas while the other part goes TO
northern Texas, Arkansas. Tennessee and
Alabama before returning to New Or
leans.
The training camps selected are as fol-
lawS-
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TRAINING CAMPS Of
BIG LEAGUE CLUBS
White Sox to Make the Long,
est Journey, the Washing
tons the Shortest.

All but ono Of the big league clubs have
selected their training camps for tire
spring of 1910 Cincinnati falling into line
yesterday with the announcement that
the Reds would work out at Hot Springs.
This will give the Arkansas health resort
three big league teams.
Frank De Haas Robson was the dis
coverer of Hot Springs as suitable place
for training purposes. and year after
year the old Spiders used to go there in
the spring. However. when the Cleveland
National Leaguers were transferred to st.
Louis Pittsburg replaced the Spiders at
the Springs and ever since that time the
Pira .es have held mortgage on the old
Wilmington Park.
They were alone in their glory until
last spring, when John l. Taylor patched
up some grounds there and used them
for his Red Sox. Later he improved his
makeshif. park and invited Cincinnati TO
cooperate with him in maintaining a
training camp. That is how 1t happens
that three clubs are scheduled 20 work
out there next March.
Georgia which used to get elnore big
league teams than any other state south
OF the Mason and Dixon line, does not
appear to be as popular this year us
usual, only two big league clubs being
booked to work out there, the Athletics
at Atlanta and the Yankees at Athens.
Connie Mack had his Athletics train at
New Orleans for many years, but cyl
IDENTIFY the New Orleans fans asked for
strange faces and the Cubs have sup
planted the Athletics at the Crescent city.
while the Philadelphians have replaced
the Ked-. at Atlanta.
Altogether four clubs will train in Ar
kansas, the Cardinals going to Little
Rock. Texas is a favorite state for the
big leaguers, but not SO popular as last
year and the spring before. The Giants
expect to return to Marlin Springs. while
the Browns will go to Houston again and
the Tigers will try their luck at San An
foniO once more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
American League

American League
Observation-Disclosures, La.
Detroit-San Antonio, Tex.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Va
St Louis-Houston, Tex.
Boston-Hot Springs, Ark
phia--Atlanta, Ga.
New York-Athens. Ga.
Chicago-Los Angeles and San Fran
COScO.
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National League.

Chicago-New Orleans.
Pittsburg-Hot Springs, Ark
Philadelphia-Sou Pines, \. I.
New York-Marlin, Tex.
Cincinnati-Hot Springs, Ark.
st. Louis-Little Rock. Ark.
Brooklyn-Columbia. S. {.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

A Minneapolis critic has just taken 4
lovely fall out of Young Cyl Young. the
ex-Bostonian graduate having been
pIucked by Comiskey. The Minneapolis
men say "Cy' twirled great bail for d
while, but that he laid down when the
real race was on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

Simon PaIxtis the former Penn ath-
lete who was farmed by Griffith to Rock
Island. declares he will not report. 1t is
said that Pauxtis is wanted by several
upstate colleges. where the amateur eligl-
bility rules apply only to the janitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

MIR. Murphy of the Chicago Cubs evi-
IDENTIFY wants to control the National
Leagues policies. What the fans want
Is somebody to control Murphy. Phwat
ais the mon. annyhow?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

Ebbets says that the benching OF Len
nox caused his team to drop many
victory. Six of the days that LennoX
was out the Dodgers won four games.
And the first four days that the third
baseman was back on the job the Dodg-
ers dropped quartet in row.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

Here's a team composed of members oil
the famous Collins family. picked mp
from the big and little league clubs. The
lineup follows: Manager Jimmy Collins
Providence: Orth Collins, Minneapolis;
Eddie Collins, Philadelphia; Eddie Col
Inns, ID, Utica: Joe Collins. Little Rock;
Billy Collins Bloomington; Jimmy Col
Inns, I'd, Burlington; Bob Collins, Ports
mouth, and Bob Collins, I'd, Toledo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-12
undeYeloned Brazil.

1t is very sad to note that at the
time when Spruce visited the Amazon
with the exception of a very few
spots at long distances apart-the
mighty river, with its vast network OF
tributaries, was practically deserted.
The traveller speaks Of the Rio Nc
gro as "the dead river" The II
mense area contained only scatterC'
groups Of Indians, with here and
there a few half-breeds. Some pro-
gress, with the introduction Of steam
navigation. has been made since the
period with which these volumes
deal, but still the far larger part of
the Amazonian regions is, to all in
tents and purposes, uninhabited-
To any one who has studied the
history of exploration and settlement
in the basin Of the Amazon from the
days Of Oreliana, TeiXeira and Samuel
Fritz to those of La Condamine,
Humboldt and Schomburgk, the sa-
lient fact that stands out is the fail
ure alike of Portuguese and Spaniard
to utilize the splendid waterways and
rich territory which they had had the
good fortune to acquire. All the ear
Hest records show the banks thickly
populated by native tribes.-London
Times.
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Niece of Gerald Griffin.

There died the other day in the
Visitation Convent, of Washington,
D. c.. an old nun whose name recalls
a distinct epoch of Irish literary life.
For she was a niece of Gerald Griffin,
that dainty Gaelic poet who re-
nounced fame for the cloister. This
Washington nun, known to three gen.
erations of distinguished women as
their teacher, had distinct poetic tai
ents, and many of her former pupils
success not only to her instruc-
ton, but to her sympathetic guidance.
She was known as Sister Teresa, and
her prose and poetry appeared from
time to time in Catholic periodicals
under the initials 1T. G." One re-
markable trait of the Griffin family
was that ten or twelve Of its members
Joined religious orders of the Catho-
lie Church. Sister Teresa had four
sisters and five brothers, and all
gained distinction for their writings
and all were teachers of English in
the various institutions with which
they were connected.-New York
Press.
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The Humble Clam.
By T. L. MASON.

Everybody has heard Of the clam,
for he has of. late years achieved eel.
ebrity by lending the use of his name
for broth, a form of warm water used
in restaurants and soda fountains.
Those who have studied the clam,
however, know that he is in reality a
remarkable individual.
The clam begins by depositing him.
self in a sand bank. He takes out no
fire insurance, and may be seen occa'
sionally squirting out water, as a pre-
caution against any sparks that
might fall Inadvertently.
The clam in summer wears a
sheath gown open at the sides, but sc
modest is he Cor she) that 1t is i'm.
mediately closed up at the approach
of another person.
CLANS have decollete necks, which
they are very fond Of displaying in
broad daylight. This, of course,
makes them very sunburned.
1t would be much better If, during
the sunny part of che day, the clam
would wear a veil.
CLANS live usually in flats, and al.
ways go down through the roof.
In their native element they are
very much at home, but when seen in
company with human beings they are
usually in the soup or frittering away
their lives.-From Judge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-12

INSOMNIA.

Insomnia is one of the curses of
the age. Doubtless it is an effect as
we'll as a cause Of troubles.
The physical basis of sleep is the
need of the neurons-that is, the
nerve cells with their fbres-Of rest
so that they may be built up again
for new work. Yet this does not
wholly explain the mystery of slesDe
for, as we all know, there are times
when we are too tired to sleep.
But sleep is also a moral necessity.
For the time we are withdrawn from
material and external influences,
which lend to harden and vulgarize
our nature, and as wise men in all
ages have thought, it is probably in
sleep that we are open to the higher
influences of the spiritual world. Be
this as it may, we can be sure that
sleep reinforces the moral powers.
Many IN intending suicide has relin-
quished his sad purpose after a few
hours refreshing rest. 1t Is in sleep
that healing and recuperative forces
are at work.
without sleep and hope" says
Emmanuel Kant, man would be the
most miserable Of beings" Worry
and sleeplessness are closely related.
AS DR.. Saleeby we'll says: 1.-THE
man who sleeps we'll is ipso facto a
practical optimist, while the victim of
insomnia Is ipso facto a practical pes
simist, a man who worries"
There are, however, some popular
fallacies about insomnia that require
to be dissipated. We often hear Deo-
pie say: II have not slept a wink for
a week." If the saying were true, it
is more than likely that such persons
would have sleptthe sleep that knows
no waking. We know from expert
ment that if animals are deprived of
sleep for about 120 hours, even
though food is supplied to them dur
ing that period, death will ensue.
Therefore, by insomnia we mean not
absolute, but only partial, sleepless-
ness. The nervous person sleeps
more than he thinks he does.
Still, this partial lack of sleep has
injurious effects upon the whole ma
ture, and the victim of nervousness
cannot do better than begin the re-
construction Of his life by earnestly
facing the question of sleep. To re-
gain the lost power to sleep soundlv
is to make the first step toward the
restoration of nervous health and
strength.-From an Article in Smiths
Magazine.
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that makes women hesitate to use or
iginal ideas in entertaining their
friends. Because Mrs. So and So had
three kinds of vegetables and two
kinds of cakes is no reason why you
should follow her example. In fact,
to serve too delicate a meal nowadays
is not considered good form. To
overload a guest with so many
courses that he feels burdened is
much worse than serving too little.
1t is a dreadful insult to the mental
caliber of our friends that we should
think they come to our table to gor-
mandize rather than to enjoy the
pleasure of u company. We care
fully plan the menu, but how often
we fail to provide for the entertain
ment of the mind-the wit and hui
NOR and exchange of ideas so neces-
sary to a real feast.-New Haven
Register.
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Some New Words.

A correspondent welcomes the new
words aviator" and "aviation," but
asks whether, If "navis" gives "navi-
gator" and navigation" "avis"
should not give navigator" and "avi-
CATION" However, he adds tolerant
ly, we must not have too great a re-
gard for such niceties after having
allowed such words as "~chlorodyne"
(literally green pain") to become
current.
Another new word, which I noticed
the boardings Of a neighbor1ng
town, Is "picturedrome," which, be-
ing strictly interpreted, would be a
picture racecourse-not a bad name
for a cinematograph show. And this
naturally leads me to the skating rink
advertisements, which announce that
there are "three sessions daily"
which, since it presumably does not
refer to skating accidents, gives us
quite a new meaning for an old word.
remarkably different from its original
one.-Manchester Guardian.
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Facial Massage For Wrinkles.

A plentiful use of cold cream, the
kind that feeds the skin, and mas
sage are the best cur for wrinkles.
Each wrinkle has its W peculiar
motion, up from the chin, to cure the
sagging around the mouth, gently
down On the forehead for the horizon
tai wrinkles, across for the vertical
wrinkles, a rotary motion for the
crow's-feet, etc. The motions are all
circular, up and out-never down.
The best massage is after the Swedish
system. 1t should not be too Vlgor-
Gus, and, with a fine skin, very gen.
tie.
When the face is to be massaged
il is first washed with warm water
and then anointed very thickly with
cold cream. After the massage not
applications may be made. Then the
face should be thoroughly washed
with soap and hot water, and rlnsed,
and finally cold applications made to
close the pores and stimulate a
healthy circulation. If the face feels
stiff a little cream is rubbed in
Harper's Bazaar.
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other does the filling. The necessity
of the extra laborer is eliminated in
the sack-flling apparatus shown here,
the invention Of a Washington man.
This apparatus was designed primar-
lily to provide a device by which bags
could be quickly and economically
filled by one man. A hopper is pro-
vided, to which a pulley is attached at
one end. At the front are the frames
for supporting the bags after the lat
ter have been fastened in position.
The grain or other article to be
placed in the bags is shoveled into
the hopper, when it drops by gravity
into the bags. AS the grain descends
the bags are shaken at regular inter-
walls by an arrangement attached to
the pulley. The bags are in this way
automatically lifted off the ground a
trife at each turn of the pulley, al
lowing the grain to settle, filling the
bags to their utmost capacity
Washington Star.
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Stock Raising in Nevada.

Stock raising is the oldest agricul-
tural industry in Nevada. 1t main
tains important proportions, but its
methods are undergoing a radical
change. Alfalfa is becoming the
chief agency in stock raising and fat
tened cattle go to the market from
the field rather than from the range.
Even the large range owners supply
their animals with cut food during
the season in which the grazing Is
scant. One ranch alone uses 10000
tons or more of hay in this manner
every winter.
The small farmer is beginning to
see the philosophy of feeding his crop
to a few head of cattle, thus making
the farm a factory for the conversion
of raw material into a finished food
product and securing to himself the
ultimate and intermediate profits
The Craftsman.
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Section of Tent Makes Excellent Coat

easy. AS shown in the accompanying
illustration, this tent a be disas-
sembled into sections and converted
into one or more articles Of apparel.
It can thus be conveniently and easily
transported by the members Of the
camping party making it Of inestima-
BILE value to troops, huntsmen and
campers generally The tent shown
here is composed Of a number of de-
tachable triangular sections, each Sec
ton being adapted to be folded upon
itself and secured at the edges, to
form a poncho. For connecting the
sections of the tent together buttons
and buttonholes are employed. When
using the tent section as a poncho the
arms are passed through the con-
nected edges between the buttons,
and any device, such as a string, Is
tied about the waist. The device thus
applied gives the wearer free use OF
his arms and provides a garment fit
ting with closeness for comfort and
protection for the wearer BY join
ing two sections a shelter tent can be
made. The pole Is constructed of a
number of convenient-sized sections,
which can be distributed among any
aumber of hunters, etc., together with
the poncnos, and the entire tent in
this manner carried from one place
to another without entailing any in
convenience, but, OF the contrary,
providing the hunter with a weather
proof Observation-Disclosures Star.
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His Business Ability.

In the Adirondacks lives a man too
lazy to work, but evidently of great
business ability. One winter, when
he was sitting around smoking, his
family came so near starving that
some of his neighbors, who could i'll
afford to help him, took up a collec-
ton and bought for the suffering fam
lily a barrel of -four, a barrel of pork
and a load of wood. They were not
considerate enough to cut the wood,
but the business man knew how to
manage. He hired some Of his neigh
bors, who had not contributed to his
donation, to cut the wood, and paid
them with half the pork and half the
hour.-Lippincott's.
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A Strenuous Campaign.

In one of the Southern States,
where there is a law which requires
all candidates for State, county and
city offices to file a bill of their ex-
penditures during the campaign, i'm
mediately after election, n of the
defeated candidates, says a writer IN
the New York Times, filed the follow
ing account. Whether it is true or
not, it will strike a responsive chord
In the heart of many a defeated can
didate. \
Lost four months and thirty-three
days c~anvassing; one thousand three
hundred and %forty-nine hours think
ing about the election; five acres OF
cotton; twenty-three acres Of corn; a
whole sweet potato crop; four sheep;
five shoats, and one beef given to a
barbecue.
Gave away seven Sunday school
books, two pairs Of suspenders, four
calico dresses, seven dolls and thir-
teen baby rattles.
Shook hands twenty-three. thou
sand four hundred and seventy-dve
times; talked enough to have made
in print one thousand large volumes
size of Patent ONCE Reports"
kissed one hundred and twenty-six
babies; kindled fourteen kitchen
fires; cut three cords of wood; picked
seven hundred and seventy-four
pounds Of cotton; helped pull seven
loads of corn; dug fourteen bushels
of potatoes; toted tw~enty-seven
buckets of water; put up seven
stoves; was dog-bit four times; watch
broken by a baby cost three dollars
to have repaired.
Loaned out three barrels of flour,
fifty bushels of meal, one hundred
nd fifty pounds of bacon, thirty
seven pounds of butter, twelve dozen
eggs, three umbrellas, thirteen lead
pencils, one Bible dictionary, one
NOV blade, two hoes, n o%vercoat,
five boxes paper collars, none of which
have been returned.
Spent one thousand seven hundred
and sixty-eight dollars in cash be-
sides.
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Highland Fling at Ninety-fye.

Scotch Drawn and good old ta5n,
toned porridge count in the case OF
Mrs. Emma X. Lasco, who lives at
the Old Peoples Home, conducted
under the direction of the st. An.
drew's Society of Illinois.
A celebration was given at the
home last night and when the Gale
DOMAIN pipe band struck up "Tuilocn'
gorum'' the woman, who Is ninety
five years old. leaped from her cha1r
and did a Highland dance in a q
ner which surprised herself as well
as President John Williamson n
the men and women who attended the
reception.-Chicago Daily News.