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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-21

Chicago, November 20.-Jockey George
Mountain, who in company with Dave
Nicol and Jimmy Butwel, went to Mex
leo City, under heavy retainers to ride
il. the $4,000 Mexican Derby. writes In
terestingly of the outlook for the sport in
the land of chill con carne. Nicol, who
rode Star Dyes, the winner. has an
nounced his intention of remaining in
Mexico.
..Racing in this country" writes Noun
tain. sis on a very firm footing The
beau monde for hundreds of miles pa
tronize the track at Mexico City and they
cannot be characterized other than
swells. OF course, some of the racing
appointments are crude, but the bon
homie that permeates the air is quite in
contrast to the ever paramount CONNER
cialism surrounding most of our Amer
lean tracks.
"rrhe poems, or poorer element, still
continue to patronize the bull fights,
which, like racing, are conducted on Sun
davis However, it can be said that the
government is doing everything within
reason in an effort to stamp out the old
national pastime.
.The racing at Mexico City is well
kept up; in fact, the management is
quite Jealous of track and enclosures
For instance you cannot gallop horse
on the main track unless you pay SEC
for each work. This, as can easily be
seen, is prohibitive to the rank and file
Neither are horsemen allowed to WALL
or Jog their horses on what is known as
the inside track. All trials and prepar'
atory work Is done in the center field and
on the roads.
THE track proper Is one five-eights
miles in circumference, with schutes fol
the mile and seven furlongs dashes. Rae
ing. a. at Belmont park. and SOME O
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-21

Lexington. Va, November 20.-(Spe-
cial. Coach Pollard took his squad
for a long walk today after dinner
and announced that the practice to-
morrow will be the last of the season
on Wilson Field. 1t will be secret.
There is a good deal of doubt surround
ing the method of attack that Wash
ington and Lee will use against Ala
bama Thanksgiving and Coach Pol
lard seems disposed to maintain alb
solute secrecy along this line. The
eleven has speed and strength in the
backfield in about equal proportions and
any forecast as to where line buck
ing or open play will predominant is
purely problematical. Deere, halfback,
was Que with the team this afternoon on
IT'S walk and although 1t seemed almost
impossible yesterday that he would play
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-21
ALABAMA'S VICTORY OVER
TULANE SCARES VIRGINIANS

against Alabama Coach Pollard be-
lieyes now that he may be used for a
part of the game. Simms, however,
was not able to get around today at
all on account of the Injuries received
to his shoulder yesterday.
Alabama's victory over Tulane yester-
day has emphasized in minds of all the
Washington and Lee players that the
Tuscaloosa team is going to put up a
hard battle for, while Tulane is weak,
this year a victory on the latter's own
ground, and after the long trip to New
Orleans, is certainly an indication OF
strength to be reckoned with.
AS announced before, the team In
charge of Coach Pollard, Manager
Thach and Captain Waddill VIII leaVe
Lexington Monday afternoon at
o'clock for Lynchburg, where connec-
lions will be made with the Southern
railway for birmingham.
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TO PROSECUTE THE
SLAYER OF CADDIE

Memphis, November 20.-(Special.)-No
sooner had Lucy Hammer, 10 years of
age, caddie at the Memphis Country club,
died as a result of a bullet. said to have
been fired by l. D. Dobson, deputy sher-
if, than members of the club subscribed
an amount sufficient to assist in prose-
cution of what club officials brand as
a crime. The killing took place while
golfers were playing and Dobson claims
the cadde was resisting arrest after as
saulting the groundkeeper. The little fell
low was shot in the back while running.
Former United States District Attorney
Randolph was asked to assist in the pros
ecution, as well as Judge G. w. Heis-
kelL
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TO SELECT THE
CHAMPION OF THE GRIDIRON

On Saturday comes the annual Army
and Navy contest at Philadelphia.
The following are the number of
games won, lost and tied and the total
points scored by and against Is of the
eastern colleges:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-21
TRY This for Rheumatism

You run no risks when you buy
Vigor Vito Tablets If you want your
money back, go and get 1t from Collier
Drug Co., and Jacobs Pharmacy. Don
suffer from nervous ailments, stom-
ach troubles, rheumatism, blood and
skin diseases. Vigor Vito Tablets are
the guaranteed specific. soc per box.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-21
Bernhard Gets a Pitcher

Memphis. November 20-(Special.)1
Pitcher Loomis from Danville, in the
Three-I league, has been purchased by
Manager Bernhard. who has just re-
turned from the Chicago meeting. Bern
hard says he had chance to get a
couple of infielders, but was satisfied with
three of the 1910 Turtle inner works.
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CrisD Facts Gathered In the Realm of Sports
POINTERS TO RANDOM

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SEABOARD TRAINS
Enter New Pennsylvania Rail
road Station, New
York City

Effective November q. Only line to
east operating electric-lighted observation
and drawing room sleeping cars. u-s-te
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-14
NUT CAKE.

There are as many different kinds OF
nut cakes as there are nuts, put this
is one Of the incest, made with hickory
nuts or English walnuts. Cream to-
gether a cup and a half of fine granu-
lated or ~pulverized sugar and c half
cupful of butter. Add three-fourths
cupful OF sweet milk AMI two and a
half cups -four sifted with three level
.'teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Add
one cupful OF hickory or other walnut
meats, dredged with flour; stir In, and
lastly flavor with a half teaspoonful OF
vanilla and fold In the whites of four
g e beaten to a stiff froth.
Bake In bar tins lined with buttered
paper. If you prefer to use baking soda
and cream of tartar instead of baking
powder, sift a scant teaspoonful of soda
and two level teaspoonfuls cream of
tartar in the our instead of the baking
powder.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-14

THE NEW LINGERIE nrEsS. I
I

To have a strictly u~p-so-date liz yerie
dress 1t must be made in peasant stvla.
and be trimmed with Russian @m-
broidery.
Although consisting Of tae shserest
quality of embroidered dotted baii-te
and English eyelet embroidery. with
buttons of wonderful metal en5roid-
cries. the frcck is distinguished for It's
simplicity.
The skirt, of the new straight. suil
order, is caught in at the feet witt a
deep band of a~ll-oyer embroidery. Ax-
tending up either side and forming
panels. The ~fuflness Of the staple
bodice is drawn into the normal waist
line and the seams of the shirring COW
cred by a peasant braid of red aal
white cotton.
From the seamless shoulder the sleeve
extends the entire length of the arm.
the lower half being of tho all-3ve- em-
broiGery.
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MAKE LAUNDRY WORK EASY.
t++++++++++++++44 ++++++++

Soak very dirty clothes and you will
save endless rubbing and wear. Have
tepid suds, and add about one table,
spoonful of kerosene, which Is wonder
fully helpful in removing dirt also
some stains.
Soap the worst spots, Their roll each
piece tightly and pack the tub about
half full.
Drain off the cold water and pour hot
water over them. In an hour they
may be washed and put to boil.
Have the water boiling as you put
them in. cover the boiler with a lid and
the steam will clean and whiten them
Borax may be used freely with all
white clothes. Never allow coiored
clothes to soak. n mix different
colors in the tub
Wash the pieces separately and get
them ready to hang on the line as
quickly as possible. Folding the sheets
makes them easy to handle.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-14

wind, it's black waves crested with
foam, like White plumes on funeral
Grape. The shores of this sinister lake
were densely wooded by srllen ranks
of pines and expresses standing like
sour-faced soldiery knee-deep in
swamp. Virginia gssped at sight OF
the somber mere-it seemed such d
eery spot in which to be cast away
with these strange men who lived be-
hind closed doors and walked the sands
so as to leave nc footprints. Surely,
her worst suspicious
Haul out the launch, Captain"
Why was the trim, speedy-looking
launch so completely hidden in the tall
cane? The puldoos pudding in the
reeds made sounds like prowling ac-
completes. Virginia was trembling to
be off as Carson went aboard and in
spected the engines with the air of an
expert.
And now, madam said he, 'if you
will do me the honor to step aboard
She turned to the captain, who, hold
ing the painter, stood with n bare
foot In the water, the other planted
hardly among the sharp shells on
shore.
st want to thank you.'' said she, Of
fering him her hand, "for your de-
licious cookery-and all your kindness
to me-"
"Yo' kindly welcome, returned the
captain, bowling over her hand. Its
been a pleasu' an a privilege TO suhvs
you, ma'am, but the cookin' wasn't
mine, ma'am."
ut was delicious, whosever it was"
she said. throwing a little smile at MIR.
Carson.
"Ah'm sorry" resumed the captain.
about that ere medicine. If it seemed
a leeth too strong e"
Miss Suarez, remembering the waltz,
swept haughtily to her place in the
boat. Carson, with his eye steadfastiy
fixed on mis- engine, quickly showed off,
"Evenin' to yeh," said the captain.
still with one DOT in the water, like a
heron.
Good evening"" responded the young
man.
Virginia said nothing. Carson, steal
ing a look at her, saw the flush dying
out upon her face and a smile taking its
place-a dimpling, spasmodic smile, ac-
companied by little quick citations of
the nostrils, as If Miss Suarez was de-
sirous of INDUCING in a laugh. but saw
no citable reason for so doing. She
waved her handkerchief at the captain.
do you see," said Carson, pointing to
the receding shore, that the little hill
at the landing is just a mass of shslls?'
why. so it is. l. believe" she ex-
claimed. How came so many there7'
Its a prehistoric .kitchen-midden."
said this most extraordinary young
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doubtless wondering where your COM
%panions may be, and thinking 1t strange
that they have not ~returned?'
TT is strange said she. Something
must have happened to the engines
No" said Theodore, not that. They
all but blew out to sea. They simply
had to fight their way off toward PEN
sacola. where they must have made
harbor. 1t was almost half a gale
''And so-they went-and left me-?
'They really couldn't help 1t, urged
the young man.
1T shows the sort of man Sllberperg
is" she cried holly, "and-
quite So assented Theodore. Ana
yet, in the present state of the art, the
aeronat will not allow you to do quite
as you would. especially on a lee shore
off a thousand miles of open sea, you
know, with a good deal more than a
capful of wind. They really could not
be expected
Virginia silenced him with a gesture
in which dissent was mingled with en-
| phatic dismissal of the subject.
And now said she, perhaps you
win be so good as to help me to some
conveyance to Mobile?"
"I have a BOAT on the lake." said
Carson, half a mile inland. There is
a channel to Palmetto Beach. The
boat and crew are at your service"
81 should prefer to walk, If you
please" said She.
unless you have a day or two to
spend in the journey. L should not
recommend the attempt"
st know some people" said she, "at
Yupon Hedge Inn at Palmetto Beach.
Can you
IF we go at once" he replied, you
may be there for dinner"
II am ready" salt she. rising. Let
us go, please, Immediately
There were few preparations to make.
Captain Harrod led the way easterly
alongshore to a spot where the scrub
grew we'll Town toward the beaten
reach. A long, square-hewn timber
lay half-rotten and sunk in the sand;
and on this. like persons striving to
conceal their trail, they walked back
between clumps of dark-green rose
mary, over a low place in the dunes.
down to the dry, hard bottom of a
former pool. under a thicket of scrub
oaks so derse hat the Roc or any of
her tribe might have secuted for them
in vain, among black ponds fringed
clumps of tall pines, and. finally,
through a dense tangle of persim-
mon, palmetto. thorny "hack-and-be
damned and low-growing cedar, they
emerged upon a little north-looking
hillock crowned with magnolias, cedars,
hickories and l~ive-oaks. and looked
forth upon a strange tarn of inky
water, ridging somberly in the north
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dead ahead. An indolent current flowed
with their course, its water ruddy and
clear like wine, and beautifully placid
save where touched by the dying wind.
Tasseled reeds cut off the horizon. and
at no time was anything to be seen but
the reeds. the water, the aquatic birds
that flew off like figures from a Jap
anese screen, the silent little launch
and the young and interesting outlaw
with whom she seemed to have entered
into a new world consisting of a laby-
rinth as complex as that of Crete, from
which. so far as she could see. there
was no escape.
The reeds beside the lazy stream
shivered with the motion of scamper-
ing fish; and when the boat entered the
still ponds. strung on the tiny water
way, like beads on a card, the CLASSY
surface would suddenly bulge up into
swift, shining swells. as the inny giants
took fight. How beautiful it was, she
thought, the perfection of marshy love-
illness,
I'm having said she. "a perfectly
delightful time,"
81 am very. very glad" said he.
Lily pads now rose and fell in the
wakes of fish and boat-great green
disks with no notch in their sides for
the stem. but only a slit. as il nature
had used a pair of scissors and made
but one snip at it. Negotiating a pas
sage so narrow hat the strakes OF
the launch softly scraped both rooty
shores, they emerged into a lakelet not
much larger than a good sized theatre.
which was quite green with the float
ing leaves. like a rich, flat meadow,
And over there were one. two, three. a
dozen blooms-waxy. creamy, pure and
sedately beautiful.
"oht" cried Virginia, How exqui-
sitei"
Carson cruised about and practically
robbed the pond of every BLOSSOM.
"They are smaller than the Northern
lilies" sal he, and they have little
fragrance: but l love them all the bet
ter"
They are daintier." she said. and
not so pronounced"
Like the Southern girls" said he.
I'm a Southern girl" said she, IF l
am q northern tourist"
Il knew that" he replied. Il had
that in mind
fTo BE Continued Tomorrow.D
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The coffee was black and strong; the
broth was a temptation, and she slipped
with increasing appetite. Buttered yam
and planked trout brought the meal to
a triumphant end, with the world not
such a chamber of wild horrors as IL
had seemed when she had awakened.
Yet wher was she, and how should she
6epart2 Where was the Roc? Who
were these men,? The guns, the brass
instruments that looked as If they per-
tanned to navigation, the big WINDOW
less shed, all suggested things nautical,
bold and nefarious. The lndne ana
courtesy of the ro~ugh-looking fellows
treasured her as to her personal SAFE
ty. Yet il they were s~inugglers or
f~reebooters. how could they safely re-
turn her to the civilization OF coast
guards and c~onstables? 1t was deilc-
ioisly romantic-but how creepy. Ihere
was a horde of them: and TINS pretty
boy was too young to control their tuI-
bulence. The blackavised captain with
the red sash-necessary to the color
scheme-would be less d~eferential than
this g~irl-faced lieutenant (he must De
lieutenant with his m~eticulously proper
attitude. Far less!
The red-faced captain was h~abitually
"maddened with drink and always
roared to the pretty girl captive
ssCome' ere, my pretty, an give us a
kiss!"
silly. but it made her heart futter
TO imagine the motley with
blunderbusses at the right
shift. fling toward the cabin. The lieu
tenant must arrange her departure at
onc In the midst of her panic, she re-
called vaguely the influence of the
medicine. her waltz with the lieutenant,
the holding of her hand. and the shunt-
wound dynamo Were these things
true. or fragments of a wild dream?
Now If there be added to visions or
leering pirate captains, a hot and old
and shivery feeling arising from the
conviction that one has done something
horrid. Virginia's impulse to see the
Young robber and end the idyl for ever
may be accounted for She turned to
Captain Harrod with an expression so
agitated that he was somewhat startled.
81 wish you would say to the iieu-
tenant said she, that ! must see him
at once Il possible
The fisherman analysed this speech
for perhaps a minute. in absolute
silence. Then he said, Eyes, ma'am,"
and instantly produced Carson. who,
so far as Virginia could judge, had been
assured that his whereabouts were un-
Known. This was felonious and covert
looking. She must fly this lonely shore.
you are,' said the young man,
avoiding any reference to her recovery,
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pirate. 80 many people lived there
that they literally made a hill of the
shells of the mollusks they ate"
Indeed" calculated Virginia, n
after a Ions pause she added, how
odd"
Mentally. her speech was: @How odd
that this young outcast should know
about archaeology-or is it palaeonto-
logy?" 1t ives easy to study him, he
looked so religiously away from her,
He was rather interesting. If she really
had said these things to him. and
waltzed with him, what a dreadful
thing il was! But how much more fine
and chiyalrous he had been, in view of
her own behavior. OF course, if he was
a criminal-one owed a duty to society;
but ought she to allow him to enter the
radius of action of the authorities? He
must be more sinned against by society
than sinning-his profile was so perfect
and how fine and soft his mustache
looked! How different from Silberberg
he was in every way, especially in his
attitude toward girls. Society be
plagued! She would be perfectly silent
as to the cabin in the dunes, and she
would never, never, give evidence aginst
these people. She would refuse to know
their names, and refuse to TESTIFY.
There, She was in a fine fush of def
ance as she heard Carson finishing some
further observation about h she'll
mounds.
Down along the Lagoon he said.
.'the shells are those of oysters, prehis-
toric, like these. At Strongs Bayou
thew are twenty feet deep. What hosts
of inhabitants"
tremendous HOSTS assented Vir-
einia. who had Just def1ed the courts,
ito be so deep"
ar mean the savages,' he explained.
ITO be sure she CALCULATED. What
dreadfully deer creatures they are! One
learns that from Cooper"
A"But back where we started he went
On. hoping for a painless adjustment
of her ideas to his-"back where we
started. they were CLAIMS"
rThe-the people?" she inquired hesi-
tatingly, "or-or WHAT
II was referring to the shell-fish,'
said he with a little stiffness, arising
from doubts as to whether she might
not be making game of him But In
this little sea, it is hard to talk con-
nectedly and manage the launch."
"That isn't 1t at ALL" she replied
your class wasn't paying the slightest
attention. Pardon me-"
He threw over the tiller to round into
a little reedy cove; but instead of
running ashore he entered a narrow
creek which he followed through such
amazing ~tortuosities that the sun. low
in the west. was now on h right, now
on the left. sometimes astern. and again
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The girl and boy who send In the
neatest correct answers an have their
choice of a box of paints, a good book
q nenknife or any one Of several very
fescinating games. If the writing Is
NOT lesible the coupon will be rejected.
Uncle Jack will publish the picture OF
any prize-winner who cares 10 sena
him a photograph. Ping-pong n tin
,vpe pictures cannot be used.
only children under 10 years Of 9
40 eligible to compete. Be sure TO
a,aoe q two-cent stamp on h en-
-. IL avoid delay at the postofnce'
rhs names of the prize-winners Will be
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-14
Cheese Toast,

Cut the bread thick. trim free of the
a teaspoonful OF Galt, 2 tablespoonful of
pepper and half a teaspoonful of mus
tard INTO a cup Of grated cheese, and
add to it one egg beaten light. Spread
this mixture wei the hot toast. Put
the slices in q pan in the oven until the
cheese melts. The quicker 1t is raised
the better II will be.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-14
To Keep Pheasants.
Dear MISS Doom

Dear Miss Doom:
Will you please tell me In your valu-
able paper If, under the game laws of
New Jersey in the County Of Norris, is
1T permissible to keep pheasants shut
up in a coop for breeding purposes, II
the birds are bought in another State?
j. B.
Article q, of the fish and game laws
of New Jersey says: Nothing in this
act shall be SO construed as to prevent
associations or Individuals from bring
ing into this State any birds or other
animals, for the purpose of propagation.
or from keeping such animals until a
reasonable time for their release.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-14
THE MENU RECIPES.
Apple. wtth BACON.

Fry some thin slices of bacon and put
on a very hot platter. Pour a part of
the grease out of the frying pan. Have
ready six or eight apples. peeled and
cut into small pieces. and as soon as
the bacon is taken out turn the apples
into the pan: cover with three-fourths
of a cup of sugar and quickly put the
lid on SO that the steam will cover the
apples and melt the sugar. Fry until
soft and a delicate brown.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-14
THE PRIzE.WINNERS.

Many children were smart enough to
find the correct answer to last Mondays
Illustrated acrostic puzzle, which was
baseball. The two following children
awarded the prizes. having sent in
the neatest W
IDA FORBES, aged IL, IS Kearny
street, Newark (book); BENJAMIN H.
HARRISON aged IL. 81 Bridge street,
Newark (box of paints).
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into shape by shrinking? Also. what
Is the best way to wash a sweater so
that 1t Will not stretch? CURIOUS.
Put the sweater in a bag and wash
it that way without much handling or
rubbing. Hang the bag in a warm room
alter patting the water out. Dry as
quickly as possible.
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TACT.

The L~ady-Please get as pretty a pic
ture as you can.
The Photographer@Don't give your
self any worry. madam. When It's
touched up you won't know yourself
Cleveland Leader.