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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
MEMPHIS, THEREFORE, IN SELF DEFENSE, WINS THE GAME. GOOD HITTING AND MISER- ABLE PITCHING
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesterday

Memphis 8. Birmingham 6. Atlanta 5, Mobile 4. Chattanooga 6, Montgomery Q. Nashville 8, New orleans 3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16

struck out, Refs 15. Adps z. Double plays, Reid to Justus tNGriffin. Sac- rifice hits, Justus 2. AilefFtolen bases, Reid, Cocherhan, Begginl Allen. Um- pire, Alexander.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
Pirates Nose Out

Boston, May 15.-Pittsburg barely nosed out victory from Boston today. 12 to 10. The Pirates began the ninth with lead of five runs. but the locals scored three runs before being checked
 Score: R-H.E. Boston .....................0 .000 320 20S-l0 12 6 Pittsburg ............... 300 O12 510-l3 IS 1
 Batteries: Mattern. Parson and Rari- den; Camnitx. Nagel. Ferry and Simon. Time. 200. Empires. Klem and Doyle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16

Piggy Paige has gone to CleVeiano anu Pope has been sold to New ioi0 Frank is getting down to the limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16

The great Moxie Manuel has been left ont in the cold. Mobile thinks IL mas great pitching staff with Cnappene' Sa an,nf,ell. Allen. BYene and Jack Ryan. And if has. Clark has been canned, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16

Montgomery sprung surprise yes.er- dav bv releasing Happy" Smith This may mean that Dobbs will play an out field position regularly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16

The first month of tho Southern league season has gone, and the Barons are closer to the 5o0 mark than the general prophet figured after the hard row or broken bones
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16

They say that opportunity knocks once at every mans door and only once. II byoke its rule yesterday and knocked an even dozen times at the door of the Barons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16
Barons Lose a Weird Exhibition
COMISKEYASSURES BAUGH
 THAT JOHNSON WILL COME
SOUTHEASTERN

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16

Allen will never again as long as ne lives pitch as poor a game as he dld yes terday. He was hit with ease' and was wild.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-16

If the Baron team had remained intact if ts nrobable that Moles worth's bunch would now be high in the first division.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
is CRISIS SERIOUS?

bulletins Of revenues and expenses OF
steam roads I'm the United States pre-
pared by the bureau Of statistics and ac-
counts OF the interstate commerce com
mission, Statistics for 1910 are advance
tgures subject 10 minor revisions The
Item left blank cannot be obtained as
yet The above figures represent sub
stantialy all the mileage In the United
States. The item Net Earnings" used
above, refers to the earnings from opera
tlon Of all the railroads I'm the United
States after suhtractlng all operating ex-
p'nsrs. which include: D the cost OF
transportation and traffic expenses; ~
the cost Of maintenance Of equipment:
CD the cost Of maintenance Of way and
structures; and 90 general expenses
The statistics given for 1908 1909 and
1910 are not compiled entirely according
TO the rules of prior years because NJ
changes IN the rules Of the commission
taking effect during the fiscal year 1905
hut the final results In the foregoing
table are close enough to Justify tho com
pnrlson given above for the purpose
stated
Study of this table reveals two i'm.
portant facts, One is that in the last
ten years changes amounting to a
revolution have occurred in the bust.
ness of operating railroads. these be.
ing brought about by greater traffic.
improved methods, larger and better
cars and locomotives and more stable
rOadbeds, The last column of the
table shows that the average net earn.
ings for each mile Of railway in the
United States increased about 10 per
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Pest Without Drink.

The Medical Brief says; without
doubt men who drink no spirits hold
out better and do their work better
than those who drink Armies made
of men Of the former class march bet.
ter hold up longer under fatigue en-.
Joy better health, can bear exposure
better and consequently are free
from drunkenness, suffer little from
disease and crime. 1t lessons the pow.
er of resistance In expo ure to great
cold and becomes dangerous to use it,
It may excite for a time, but is always
followed by great depression. This
has been clearly demonstrated in are.
tic explorations. In exposure 20 great
heat the evidence is equally conclu.
siye against it's use The array Of
testimony is indisputable."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Rumsellers in Politics.

Men may be drinkers without be-
ing content that the laws shall be
made for them by the dealers in rum.
Indeed, It strikes most men as a
humiliation that in politics, especially
in the cities, the liquor dealer is con
sidered as an important factor. and
the Liquor Dealers association re-
ceives more attention and courtesy
and favor than any other class or ele-
ment in the community The ten.
dency in this has been to place rum.
sellers in innumerable positions of
public trust. which have been gen
orally most unworthily and viciously
filled by them.-New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
New Branch to Be Taught at Famous
School-Grant of Land Is
Eagerly Awaited

London. 1t is likely that within
a very short time oxford university
will be augmented in notable degree
by a new school Of learning and new
facilities for special research and
study.
The subject of agriculture has been
taken up eagerly at oxford, and Ok
ford men, likely in after life to have
control of land, are encouraged to
study agriculture and kindred subjects
as a proper part of their training,
This branch of university learning,
which owes very much to Professor
Somerville, who left the board of agri-
culture to take up this work at Ok
ford, promises we'll but the lack of
land for practical experiments. and of
money for carrying them on. has
hitherto prevented such develop
ment as has taken place in Cambridge,
where the university hGJ done splen'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Railroad Companies Have Made
Big Increase in Earnings.
Argument That Advanced Rates Are
Necessary for Continued Payment
Of Dividends is DisproVed by
Figures From Reports.

Within the past ten years the cost
OF labor and supplies has increased
so greatly and so rapidly that the rail
ways are facing a serious crisis. un'
less they are permitted to raise freight
rates, they must cease to pay diyi-
dends and will be forced out Of busi-
ness.
Such is the burden OF the argu'
ments that the people of the United
States have heard and read frequent
ly Of late, and so often have the state
ments been repeated that the people
are beginning to wonder If they are
not in a measure true.
But there is another side to the
story, found in the reports OF the rail
way companies themselves, and this
shows plainly that though the operat-
ing expenses have increased in bulk,
the earnings have made a still greater
Increase. Annual reports of their eX.
penses and earnings are made by the
railway companies to the interstate
commerce commission and these. com.
plete for the years from June 30,
1887, to June 80, 1907, and in part for
1908, 1909 and 1910, are at hand
From these reports the commission's $
bureau of statistics has prepared the
following table:
GROSS EARNINGS FOR OPERATION
The earnings OF American railroads
from the organization OF the Interstate
commerce commission down To the pres
ont time from June 30. 1887. to June 3O
1910 ~
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
STUDY FARMING AT OXFORD

did agricultural work. especially in
the domain of research. -.
1t is hoped that these obstacles are
to be removed, and that private gen.
erosity will presently enable the best
brains in oxford to investigate prac-
tical agricultural science on such n
scale as to rival not only Cambridge,
but such splendid institutions as the
Macdonald college in Canada. For
this work much land, as well as other
equipment will be necessary in the
nelghborhood of Oxford, and the pro.
vision of both is understood to be
within the scope of the scheme.
It will be cause of the greatest re.
joicing among past and present Ok.
ford men If "pious founder and
benefactor" should give to oxford the
opportunity Of leadership and useful
work in a subject so full of national,
indeed of human. welfare.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
WHISKY NO GOOD FOR COLDS
Persons Partaking Of Alcohol Are
More Likely 10 Suffer From EN'
posure Than Others.

Al this season Of the year the advice
Is freely given, take little brandy or
whisky TO keep out the cold or drive
away chill To all such we com.
mend the teachings of Or Norman
Kerr than whom on this subject there
Is no higher authority.
When he was asked II brandy or
whisky was good to ward off a threat
aning cold or drive away a chill?
No" replied Doctor Kerr "On the
contrary, it is an entire iallacy to sup.
pose that brandy or alcohol, In any
shape or form, either warns the sys.
tenn or keeps of cold As matter OF
fact alcohol, after very temporary
rise of temperature, extending over
few minutes only, lowers the vital TEN.
perature, In consequence of which the
drinker is actually robbed of heat IN.
stead Of acquiring an additional sup
ply. Persons partaking alcohol are
more likely to suffer from cold or OK
posure to It than those who abstain
from It. II is for this reason that In
climates such as Lower Canada the
soldiers ON guard are instructed never
TO take alcohol when about TO 20 on
duty have known several deaths
arising from dsobcdicnco TO this
rule"
Brandy then" said his friend. rs
practically useless"
Certainly" replied the doctor
Brandy does not warm the system, as
so many suppose; It merely warns the
skin, and has paralyzing action on the
nerves which control the blood supply
This accounts for the flush which one
sees on the face of a person who has
Just taken glass Of spirits Brandy.
In short, causes a relaxation of the
blood vessels, and is responsible for
the flush on the skin Intelligent voy.
ayers never now take alcohol with
them, unless II be In minute quantities
in their medicine chests. have been
in the arctic regions myself and
know very well that brandy cannot
only be dispensed with, but that one
is decidedly better without IT, An i'm
mense number OF people, whenever
they feel a chill. resort to alcohol on
the mistaken assumption that it warns
the body, It is pity they do not know
that It has an absolutely contrary ef
feet"
On being asked what he would rec.
ommend in cases Of cold he said.
There is nothing better than simple
hot water and getting under the blan.
kets. The water can, OF course. be
Favored with lemon or orange, accord.
ing 10 taste good drink OF hot wa.
ter has all the beneficial effects OF
brandy and none Of its accompanying
risks. II the feet can be put into hot
water at the same time, so much the
better. Spirits generally are worse
than useless in cases of Illness. An
enormous number of people have taken
rum under the impression that it keeps
the influenza NJ a distance, As fact,
however rum invites the influenza,
from the depressing effects OF alcohol
on the nervous system. 4 nervous sys-
tenn depressed through the agency Of
alcohol Is much more likely to take on
any form of epidemic than one not sim.
ilarly affected, Inasmuch as the vital.
ity is lowered
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Population Of District Tributary to
City Is Estimated at 100000
Few Figures.

New York.-One thing from which
New Workers did not swear off on
January | is committing, since figures
Just compiled show that this city's
army Of commuters, the daily travel.
ers by city and suburban transit lines
is over 100000
The population of the area, including
those who do business in the city, is
nearly 100000. The exact figure Is
G,SiG,097 which is more than 100000
greater than the population of iii.
nois, the third state in the Union, in.
GLIDING Chicago, the country's second
city.
This commutation district, consist.
ing of the territory lying within thirty
miles Of Times square, contains one.
thirteenth of all the people in the con.
tinental territory Of the United States
II equals the population of six large
southern states, with 100000 to spare.
It exceeds the combined population Of
Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina by something over 100000
Going west one finds that the dis.
trict of New York has greater popu.
lation than the IL westernmost states,
with nearly 25O,OOO in population still
unmatched, Notwithstanding that two
of these states, Washington and Call
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
A Transaction in Stamps.

The stamp vending machines in
stalled in many stores and shops about
the city are not favored by woman
who hurried into drug stord in Mas
sachusetts avenue several days ago.
where there is a branch post o9ce.
How do you sell your two-cent
stamps?" she inquired Indignantly.
Two cents apiece replied B-ssett-
We'll that's all right" she replied.
while she tished in her purse for a
coin. This Is the fifth place | have
visited after stamps At all the ot'' p
places they had those slot machines
where you have TO spend nickel for
two two-cent stamps. ] made up my
mind not to be held up ii | had 90
walk all over the city. Give me two
stamps"
The woman laid down a dime and
hurried out with two two.cent stamps.
leaving six cents in change lying on
the show case. She did not return
Indianapolis News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02

cent. between 1898 and 1910, while
between 1883 and 1898 the increase Of
such net earnings was almost negligi.
ble-only eight.tenths of one per cent
for each mile of road Thus in a
decade the development of methods
Of operation was marvellous.
In the column showing the average
revenue for each ton hauled one mile
is revealed the second great eco
nomic fact namely that the com.
panies In the years of their greatest
earnings have been able to prevent
further reductions In freight rates
Assuming that the character of com.
modities hauled has not changed sub.
stantially, the statements OF reve-
nue. for each ton-mile is a fair index
as to the average rates charged.
though the variation in long and short
hauls would make II not exactly ac.
curate
The % years covered in the table
divide themselves into two periods.
the first being the II years from 1888
to 1898, and the second the IL years
from 1899 to 1910 inclusive. The first
period is that in which competition
caused a reasonable distribution
among the shippers and consumers Of
the country OF the profits resulting
from the development of the railroad
industry For while during that period
the annual net earnings of the rail.
ways increased about Sl0O,OOO,OO
there was a decline of about 25 per
cent. in freight rates This was I'm
line with what is expected and what
generally has resulted from great
strides in industrial progress. But
with 1899 came a great change. In
that year the annual net earnings OF
the railways began to increase rapid.
ly, and since then they have increased
almost $500 100000, and the net earn.
ings for each mile have increased
more than GO per cent. Have the
freight charges decreased correspond
ingly? Glance at that colmun of ton.
mile revenue and you will see that the
ldNtS nave tulItly Ntdbtu W utLllho
and that consequently the people have
been denied for more than a decade
any share in the profits resulting from
the immensely greater volume of traf'
fee and the rapidly increasing net
earnings of the railways For IL
years the freight rates fell steadily,
and then all at once the decline was
checked and the railways began to
withhold from the public all the bene-
fits resulting from their new prosperi'
ty and new methods being enabled to
do this through the tremendous con
solidations that largely destroyed COM
petition Half billion dollars year
increase in net earnings and freight
rates practically stationary-that Is
not a good argument for further In
crease in transportation charges by
the railways of the United States.
What is a reasonable rate of return
and what is the value OF the property
entitled to such return are questions
upon which the railway magnates
must depend to prove their conten-
tion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
MANY NEW YORK COMMUTERS

fornia have more than 10000 each.
Many foreign countries have armies
and nayies and pretensions to being
world powers have smaller populations
than the New York district. Among
them are the Netherlands, exclusive OF
colonies, with 5,59l 200; Portugal prop
er, with 5,423,OOO Sweden, with 5.29i.
600; Argentine Republic, with G,2lO.
600; Chile, with 100000; Greece and
Denmark, with an aggregate popula
ton Of about 100000, while the dis.
trict is within few hundred thou.
sand Of all Belgium.
In view of these figures It is not diff
ficult to understand the reason for the
millions Of dollars which are being
spent here for transportation improve.
ments.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Tolstoi's Grave Is Mecca.

Moscow.-Tolstoi's grave at Yasmi
Poliana is likely to become one of the
chief places of pilgrimage in the EN-.
pire. Since the funeral large numbers
of peasants arrive there daily They
come mostly on foot, and many are
now on the way there afoot.
AT the grave many hundreds may be
seen on their knees chanting and kiss.
ing the soil. The pilgrims are allowed
to pass through the rooms which Tol.
stoi occupied. where nothing has been
disturbed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
To leach Police Roxlnn-

London. - Baron Albrecht Won
knoblesdorf Brenkenholl, who was for
ten years an officer in the German
army has been appointed official in.
structor to the city police in wrest.
ling and the art of selfdefense.
He gives lessons three times a week
to young policemen and is very proud
of his pupils. While engaged in
military life the baron w.s celebrated
as a steeplechase rider, and he
owned Pensioner an English jumper,
which he rode to victory on several
occasions, Later he took to wrestling.
boxing and jiujitsu.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
The Rest We Seek.

Human nature is restless There is
restlessness caused by the greatness
of our nature, as well as that caused
by sin. We were made for God, and
we cannot find satisfaction In things.
Only the divine fullness can satisfy
our aspirations. Circumstances are
tluctuating, the angel In us contends
with the carnal nature, our fellow
men oft deceive and dlsappoint US;
only in God can we find rest LIES
restless sea with all its roaring bill
lows of uncertainty. is held In tho hoi.
low OF Gods hand.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
ln,osIoants on Board steamers

The consumption Of intoNicants on
board of the large ocean steamers ply
ing between New York and European
ports reaches a large aggregate. The
New York Sun gives from the stew.
ards department of the Cunard fleet
for a year the following figures Of the
quantities of wines and liquor used
Eight thousand and thirty quarts
and 1858 pints Of champagne, 1884
quarts and 1910 pints of claret, $500
quarts of other wines, iS9,3i4 pints OF
ale and porter. l7l,92l quarts of min.
eral waters, and $4,000 quarts Of spir.
ituous liquors" OF this enormous
liquor consumption on shlpboard it is
undoubtedly true that by far the larger
portion is by European voyagers, but
It is also true that many Americans, a
great many too many drink n full
share of these wines and liquors. A
total abstinence mission is nowhere
more needed than among those who,
as well-to,do passengers, 90 down to
the sea in ships.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Gold Eillinns as Property.

San Fraucisco.-A new way to col
lect dentists bills has been invented
by the state board of dental eXamin
ers. The first case under It is that
of John Doe" Dreyfus, who has beer
arrested on the charge Of obtaining
property by false pretenses. The
property in question is gold put in the
teeth of said Dreyfus by Or. NJ. II
Schord of this city. DR. Schord seeks
to collect $50.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02

Richard Croker at dinner in New
York, expressed a distrust for aero
planes
There's nothing underneath them,
he said. IF the least thing goes
wrong, down they drop.
81 said to Londoner the other
day;
How is you son getting on since
he bought a flying machine%
'On crutches, like the rest OF
them, the Londoner replied"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Liability for Death.

The Pennsylvania supreme court de.
cides that II any person meets vio-
lent death at the hands OF man who
is intoxicated, under the civil damage
act, the dependents of the deces1>,,
person can recover damages rs
those who sold the liquor which lntox-
lcated the one who committed the VIC.
lence.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02

as aiohe, says Mrs. Harrison
10 'he cry of the liquor trafick-
4, Let us alone" was of old the
VI evil spirits when the great,
4 oG, aI hearted brother of men came
give deliverance to the captives.
y,a' s'anu today by the side of the
1, ' ~. and answer back, I'VE will
H., "I you alone until every broken
aed 20 nealed' every captive liber.
rnn,,ey very prison cell opened, every
""''u factory abolished"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
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NEW YORkA T.
N mill A
the Steel
o a
from humble wealth business
capacity his loyalty his associates Farrell
Irish inch his stocking
athletic white
o
years experience n
mere manufacturing departments
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Puts Ban on HatpIns.

Rochester. N. Y.-The common
council has unanimously adopted an
ordinance making it a misdemeanor
for a woman to wear a hatpin that
protrudes more than half an inch
from the crown of her hat. Violation
is punishable by fno or lmprison
ment
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
House Cleaning Proves Profitable.

House Cleaning Proves Profitable.
Newark, ~ J.-No one in this sec.
ton of the state has found house
cleaning more profitable than has Miss
Ida Simonson, who got $4,000 as the
result of her annual oyerhaullng of her
homestead in Vernon, N. j.
While cleaning a closet she lifted a
loose board in the floor and brought
to light the treasure, $500 in gold and
the remainder in bills of large denomi.
nations. The money probably was hid.
den there about 40 years ago by a rel.
ative, who died soon after.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Nothinn Much.

81 don't know whether | ought 20
recognize him here in the city or not
our acquaintance at the seashors
was very slight"
you promised to marry him. didu't
you?"
"Yes, but that was all"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02

"But why is It that you always serve
toast with each slice stood up on
edge?"
"Oh, just got into the habit; you
knew we lived in Hat when We we're
first married"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Regulate
and invigorate stomach. liver and bowels
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy 20 taxa
AZ candy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Led by the Nose

PA. what Is a leading wonan'?"
ANY woman. my son "---Bo ton
Transcript
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02

Several types of cameras are now
made for taking snap shots from or
of aeroplanes.