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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

Selma Jubilant
 Selma, May 6.-(Special.) .)-The formal
 opening of the first season of the re-
 gently reorganized Southeastern league
 will take place on Monday afternoon at
 4 o'clock. The opening games of the sea
 son will be played in Selma, Decatur and | Rome and a record breaking attendance
 is expected in each of the three cities.
 On next Thursday afternoon the open ing games in the other three cities which
 form the circuit of the Southeastern league Anniston, Huntsville and Gads-
 den, will be played Throughout the cir
 cult considerable interest has been mani-
 fested in the opening of the season for
 several weeks past and large crowds are
 expected to attend the six opening | games.
 | As the season of the league opens the
 indications are that it will be good one
 for each club and that at the end of the | season there will be found a surplus in | the treasury of the six clubs. In each Of the towns a good amount of money has 1 been expended on the different plants and | it is believed that the Southeastern league will be a fixture in baseball for several years to come
 AS the six towns that composed the circuit of the league are about the same
 size the strength of each club compares favorably with each other This equality in the makeup of the different clubs will make the games throughout the circuit interesting all during the summer and good and healthy baseball is assured in the league.
 The opening games of the league in Selma will be played at Riverside park with the Anniston club. The majority of the business houses of the city will close lo,, Q. .on +@ allow clerks and owners to attend the opening of the league The opening cere- monies will be simple, the two clubs form ing in front of the Young Mems Christian association on Broad street and led by a brass band a parade around the busi- ness district will be made and then to the ball park across the river. Mayor J. L. Clay will toss the first ball towards the home plate when the umpire calls Play ball' and the fight for the first Southeastern league pennant will be on with a vim.
 In friendly spirit of rivalry each club in the circuit is trying to see which city will turn out the largest crowd to the opening game. It is predicted that the opening game will be witnessed by not less than 5000 people, many of whom will come to Selma from the surrounding | country to see the opening contest. During the exhibition season of the past few weeks the Selma club has made a good showing, losing only two of the
 games which have been played. The fans here believe the club is among the strong est in the league and this early it Is pre- dicted that the first pennant of the league will come to this city unless the club meets with hard luck and receives some severe jolts at the beginning of the sea son.
 | The different clubs which compose the circuit have some very promising base ball material and it is predicted that a
 number of the men who will play in the | league will prove fast one and the sea-
 son a profitable one for each club is pre-
 dicted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
Presbyterian Brotherhood
By PAUL GANONG

Well, at last, the Volunteers rolled in front of the Buddies last Sunday, but we worked hard to do so. The Buddies beat us in attendance but we got four new members and went one point to the good The members are Alan M. Dodge, Delma M Daniel. Ralph Snider and Harry Bell. The standings of the classes are, Stiggins, 36; Scouts, 3; Volunteers, 3, and the Buddies, "A. It's between the Volunteers and Buddies now. which will wear the aprons June 1.
 Saturday, April 29, we went to New mans chapel and beat the baseball team to 4. Out at Woodlawn last Thursday we were tied 0 to o at the end of the filth inning, both balls were lost and could not proceed with the game The class A team defeated the Cumberland Presby- terian team Saturday, April 20. by the score of to 2. A good game. MT. Dixon announced In Sunday school last Sunday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
Taking Care of the Horse =. t..l..a.lan, ifc

rom SuDuTDdil lIilts
 The Connecticut Humane society has is- sued circular on the treatment of the horse in winter, which contains many pertinent suggestions, the following among others: Warm the bits a alittle on freezing morn ings. Take the chill off the water he drinks
 Be careful about exposing him when overloaded.
 Blanket him when he stands in the cold.
 Have his shoes sharpened when the streets are slippery.
 Take no risks of injury to him in skat- ing over asphalt.
 Attempt no hard pulls up steep or slip pery inclines-
 Rub him down when he comes in wet
 Feed carefully and well during the win- ter.
 Blanket and bed him sufficiently on cold nights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
Flying Fishes Nests

From the Chicago lnter-Ocean.
 Science is beginning to know a good deal more lnan 1t formerly did about that strange drowned meadow in the Atlantic ocean southwest of the Azores, which is called the Saragossa sea.
 It Is, as is well understood, a vast ac- cumulation of kind of seaweed, which, uph cid at the surface of the water by .nnumerable little air vessels that act az floats, Is continually renewed by tho breaking up of it's fronds and the growth of the broken parts. Many fishes have established their home in 1t as well as numerous swimming crabs small cutie fish, and quite variety of other creatures.
 Most remarkable of all Its inhabitants is the mouse fish, which has pectoral f1ns developed in such a way as to re-
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 semble arms. By these it holds on to the fronds of the weed--a creature of solitary habits, highly carniverous, and always waiting for some prey to come within reach. It Is a fish of very pecu- liar appearance. with ever so many cueer-looking appendages, and in color it initiates closely the plant that affords it sh. lter. being green, with white spots.
 The flying fishes that inhabit the floating meadow make ball-like nests out of fronds of the weed as big as two fists. Such balls are found floating and appear as if knit together With elastic threads. They are filled with eggs Prof. Louis Agassiz mistook them for | nests of the mouse fish, but Dr. Theo- dore Gill, sn eminent auth ority, haa recently proved this to have been an | error Each one of these nests Is com posed of single frond,I which. by com mencing with the slenderest outal branchlets and peeling them successive- l ly of. can be spread out entire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

Several very interesting games were played in both the Junior and Senior leagues of the grammar school tourna- ment last week, and some surprisihs sbake-ups in the standing of the teams re- suited. Several managers failed to send in the report of their games last week. and therefore 1t was impossible for the secretary to include in the standing pup lisbsd below. Managers of winning teams should see that the results of their games reach the secretary immediately following the end of the game. Many teams also have postponed games which should be played off as soon as possible. A list or the postponed games is as follows:
 Junior league: North Birmingham vs. Kingston: Bush vs. West End.
 Senior league: Wylam vs. Minor; Barker vs Avondale; Minor vs. Pratt.
 Eastern division. Scores, Powell G. Woodlawn D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
K. o. K. A. Notes
By cowLEs s..MAHEN, JR.

We had our regular monthly second de- gree meeting last Friday night. By . vote of the lodge we will have another second degree next Friday. Three candi- dates have already promised to be on hand. This means that we will have an other fine meeting.
 The officers held a meeting last Thurs day night. Among other important busi- ness the chamberlains were appointed. This, of course, means that there will be more interest in the limitations
 Saturday a week ago we played the Lakeview team, d$featinS them by the score of to s. Friday we put up fine showing against the Wheeler Business college but were finally defeated in tho eleventh inning by the score of 12 to 9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
Shop Strike Spreads

Pittsburg, May e.-The strike of the Pennsylvania railroad. shopmen spread today to the Monongahela branch of the Pittsburg division, where 75f men quit at the Ormsby shops on the south side.
 The strikers claimed that 325 more would join them during the day A few men quit at South Fork on the main line of the Pittsburg division. The call boys there have gone out in sympathy with the shopmen and when the railroad company began placing telephones in the homes of the 137 engineers and firemen,, some of the men refused to permit the installa- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
Highland Leaders
By JAMES DOwNEY, Jr.

At the regular meeting of class last Sunday we discussed the camp and the boys were so happy talking about 1t they didn't give MT. Kennedy a chance to say word.
 Last Saturday we were supposed to play the Methodists, but they didn't show up. This we dreaded, because a game won is better than a forfeit.
 The Sunday school track meet Is not far off and we are fast getting into condition. We will be sure to win the S5-pound relay, the S5-pound, 10o-yard and
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and another 1t for several
 years. Then when you think
 you are cured, pitifuI mercury
 symptoms often break out, and
 you ind that your bones have been rotting all the while. You! teeth may begin to lQosen and your tissues. glands. brain and vital organs show the terrible destructive power of tho mer- cury and. potash, Locomotof Ataxia. Fsralysis, Imbecility ana Premature Death are then aImost inevitable. Medical au-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
HOWARD WINS SERIES

Auburn, May 6.-(Special. )-How- < ard had no trouble in defeating < Auburn this afternoon, the score : being Ito 8. Pruitt pitched we'll for : Howard. while Newell was hit op- portunely. Towards victory gave the visitors the series. Four home i
 runs were smashed during the : game. Captain Manning and Allen : were in Birmingham and Auburn : was weakened on that account
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that we all would go on a picnic to Springvile May 20, and what a time we will have, Nobody will know unless they are there with us
 Yesterday the c team added another to it's list of victories, defeating the Cum berlands to g. After the first inning it was easy sailing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
Oxford Declines Harvard's Challenge

Oxford, Eng, May 6.--Oxford has de- ciined the challenge of Harvard university for a boat race on the ground that there would be insufficient time to prepare for the contest before the date of the Henley meet and the opening of the october col- lege term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

high jump in the 110-pound class. We will win the mile and high jump, making the total of 25 points and, of course. we will not win the meet, but will put up the strongest fight for any class that has only IS members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

lam 4; Moore 8, Pratt 4; Minor 26, Fair view [; Bush 8. Fairview 2; Pratt P. West
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Umpires Assigned

Rome Ga, May 6.-(Special. )-Presi- dent O'Neall has assigned umpires as follows for opening games: Bob Alex ander to Selma, Devaney to Decatur and Wood to Rome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
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The terrible results of mercury and poissn pn blood poison arc well known. Tho most these drugs can do l. to drive tho blood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
Senior League
STANDING OF TEAMS.

Southern division. Scores, South High lands 12, Lakeview D. Vocational g. Ult-
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What The Young Men Of
 Birmingham Are Doing
Surprising Shakeup In Grammar School LeagueBoys Are Talking of Camps and Picnics-Live News By
 the Boys Themselves

End 4; Moore D. Wylam 1; Moore 13, Vest End 5; Bush Is, Wylam 0.
 STANDING OF TEAMS.
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READY TO
 CRACK FIRST REAL SEASON
Selma .Jubilant

Watkins; Selma, Billy May. Each club is limited to 12 men,
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Western division. Scores: Bush Wylam o; Minor 'ys. Pratt, no report
 STANDING OF TEAMS.
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Northern division. Scores: North Bir- mingham g. East Birmingham g. Martin vs Kingston, postponed. STANDING OF TEAMS.
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Northern division. Scores: Martin H. North Birmingham 5; Barker vs. Avon dale, no report. -
 STANDING OF. TEAMS.
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Southern division. Scores Powell g. Ullman 5; South Highlands 2, Lakeview 1
 STANDING OF TEAMS.
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Junior League

Eastern division. Scores: Barrett G.. Robinson 5: Gibson 8. Woodlawn 3-tie.
 STANDING OF TEAMS
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-26
Katy Can Issue Its Bonds.

The Kansas state board of railroad
commissioners have granted the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railway CON-
pany a certificate to issue $24,0O,000
of bonds. John Madden, general at
torney for the road, said the money
would be used for batterments and
construction work in Kansas, Okla
homa and Missouri. Some time ago
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail-
way company applied to the commits
sion for a certificate to issue $l07,-
100000 of bonds, for refunding and i'm
provement purposes. The commission
wanted the application made more
specific The road withdrew that ap.
plication and applied for permission
to issue $24,OOO,OOO Of bonds, which
was granted.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-26
Uniform OIL Laws Wanted.

A step of interest to Kansas oil
refiners and jobbers was taken at
the ST. Louis meeting of the indie
pendent Petroleum Marketers' associa-
ton of the United States to secure a
uniform oil inspection law in the var
ious states of the Union ]. S. Long
shore, state oil inspector for Kansas,
who attended the meeting, stated that
committee was appointed to confer
with the various state oil inspectors,
and representatives of the Standard
Oil company at meeting which the
governors of the various states are
to be requested to call. At that con-
ference it is planned to draw up q
uniform set of laws providing for uni
form inspection Of oil in all the
states. This law will then be present
ed to every legislature in the United
States for passage.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-26
Mandamus Writ for Judge.

The supreme court issued an alter
native writ of mandamus requiring j.
H. Wendorff, judge Of the LeaN en-
worth county district court, to rece1e
from orders which he made recently
in the land case or show good cause
for the orders.
Before Wendorff became judge he
was an attorney in the land case,
which was tried before Judge William
Dill. Wendorff then was elected dis
trict judge to succeed Dill Dill was
made judge pro TEN to sit in the land
case, which was started before him.
Judge Dill appointed receiver for
the land. Judge Wendorff then took
charge of the case, and set aside the
appointment of the receiver.
The attorneys opposed to VENDORS
when the case was originally tried
before Dill. came to Topeka to ask
for a writ Of prohibition, which was
changed to a writ of mandamus The
supreme court ruled that the only
right Judge Wendorff had in the case
was to grant a change of venue.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-26
MXSSEJ 5. GRA/YT

At ten years of age he astonished
everybody by his ability to manage
horses. He liked farming; he saved
his money; and he was always will
ing to haul and pillow. When he was
not busy otherwise he would haul pas
sengers to Ripley, to Maysville or to
Cincinnati. When he was thirteen he
drove two lawyers to Toledo; when
his father was asked II he was not
afraid to trust his boy on such a long
trip, he replied that he could take
care of himself From eleven years
of age until he was seventeen, he did
all the work done with horses, break
corn and potatoes, bringing in the
crops when harvested, hauling all the
wood, besides tending two or three
horses, a COW or two, saving wood for
stoves, while still attending school.
He was never scolded or punished by
his parents. No objection was made
to rational amusements, such as fish
ing, going to the creek a mile away
to swim in summer, taking horse to
visit his grandparents Is miles off >, or
taking a horse and sleigh when there
was snow on the ground. Ulysses got
his share of punishment at school,
however; the teacher, John D. White,
used to compel the boys to bring in
switches in bundles from a beech
wood near the school house, and often
a bunch would be used up In day.
Ulysses was good swimmer, could
play ball well, and could ride stand
ing on one foot on the back of gal
Looping horse. The girls liked him; he
had team and sleigh to take them
riding. He was short, strong and
sturdy. His parents belonged to the
Methodist church and Ulysses was
trained to respect the Sabbath, and
his mothers religious spirit made a
deep impression upon him.
When he was sixteen his father
wished him to help in the tannery.
He told his father he disliked it, but
he would work for him till he was
twenty-one but not day more. His
father replied that If he did not mean
to stick to 1t he need not go into the
tannery now, and he asked what he
would like. The boy said he would
be a farmer or river trader or get
an education. So his father arranged
for him to go to Ripley o., to an acad-
envy there. That winter he spent the
Christmas holidays at home, and dur
ing his vacation his father received a
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-26
OUR STATE CAPITOL LETTER
DOINGS OF THE
KANSAS
STATE OFFICERS.
A Brief Resume OF What Our
"Hired Men" Are Doing, How
They Spend Their Time. Etc.
Stubs May Aid Grain Office.

Attorney General John S. Dawson
has ruled that Governor Stubs may
use his contingent fund to aid the
state grain inspection department un,
til the present fight on the inspection
law passed by. the last legislature Is
over.
The new law is being fought bit
terly by grain producers and shippers.
Upon the advice of e. j. Smiley, sec
rotary of the Kansas Grain Dealers
association, grain men are shipping
grain into Kansas City,, Mo-, and sell
ing by sample. Attorney General
Dawson brought action to compel the
railroads to collect the inspection fees
for the state. About 1000 gram pro,
ducers and shippers asked to be made
parties defendant, claiming that the
law is unconstitutional ana the
charges exorbitant. The fight has as
sumed large proportions.
1t was intended by the legislature
to make the grain inspection depart
ment entirely self-sustaining from the
fees collected. But the fight against
the law and the new plan of shipping
to Missouri has reduced the collec-
lions tremendously.
To keep the department going With
full force, the governor offered to aid
it from his contingent fund. Mark
Tulley, state treasurer, checked up TO
AttOrpov Conara1 dawson tha uueS
ton as to whether or not the COVER
nor's contingent fund can be used for
that purpose. Mr.. Dawson holds that
a contingency exists calling for the
exercise of the governors powers, and
rules that the governor may aid the
grain department during the present
fight.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-26
teachers Study Agriculture.

The summer term for the rural
teachers who desire to study agrioul-
ture is to begin June Is and end July
81. The agricultural college has ar
ranged special courses for these
teachers. Under the law enacted by
the legislature last winter, effective
July l, all grade and normal school
teachers must pass an examination in
elementary agriculture. Every de-
partment at the agricultural college
concerned in this branch of teaching
has prepared an agricultural primer
for the teachers course. At present
So young women are taking the re
quired course.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-26
Ibsen Puzzle to Himself

ishment. Then he broke out into a
fit of rage, full of reproaches for her
spying.
While at Bergen, Ibsen fell little
in love with a pretty girl, who used
to bring the young poet flowers from
the wood. One day, while walking
with her, the pair were suddenly met
by the young lady's father, who had
no respect for an impecunious poet
Ibsen, like Goethe, was no hero, and
incontinently fed, leaving the girl to
explain as best she might. 1t was
to her that the poem Flowers of the
Wood" was written.
AS young man Ibsen was by no
means certain of his vocation. Until
he was 80 he believed himself to be
born for painting In fact, a fairly
large exhibition might be got together
of the .canvases painted by Ibsen in
the days of his early manhood, and
scattered now throughout the farm
houses and country villas of Norway.
He remained all his life profoundly
interested in art, and his judgments
of ancient and renaissance art in
Italy are always original. OF Raphael
he said: "Raphaels art has never
warmed me. His beings belong to
the Garden of Eden before the fall"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-26
Some Day a Critic Will Tell What
Mean in My Plays, Great Dra-
matist Said.

AS every other great author Ibsen
was perpetually asked to explain what
he meant by his plays. Just as per-
petually he pretended not to know.
Somebody" he once said, will one
day come and tell me what / do
mean. The critic is always ready to
see a double meaning in everything
In "A Dolls House. for example,
there is the scene In which Nora en-
tiers, followed by porter carrying
Christmas tree. Nora takes her
purse and gives the porter a shilling
instead of the usual sixpence. A Swe-
dish critic, if you please, found SYM
bolic meaning in the act. Nora, he
thought, was a Socialist, who desired
to equalize wealth, and Ibsen was a
Socialist propagandist!"
you never notice anything" Ibsen
once said to a friend. For instance,
you don't remember at this moment
the color of the wallpaper in your own
bedroom. But when l enter a strange
room l notice the very smallest de-
tails. Nothing escapes me. Yes. l
see everything"
once when Ibsen was engaged in
writing a play he by chance dropped
a scrap Of paper on which were the
words. the doctor says" Mrs. Ibsen
determined to have joke. and one
day casually remarked: who is that
doctor In your new play? suppose
hen say some interesting things!"
Ibsen at first was silent with aston
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-26
Ten.FoId Gasoline Growth.

The sale of gasoline has far out
stripped the sale of coal oil in Kan
sas in the last few years, according to
]. S. Longshore, state oil inspector.
The reason he gives is the tremendous
use of the automobile in Kansas.
where four years ago 100 gallons OF
gasoline were inspected" said Mr..
Longshore, 1000 gallons are inspect,
ed now. Every time l make trip
out over the state I-note the effect of
the automobile business on the gaso-
line trade. We have established
many new inspection stations, due in
many instances to the invasion of the
automobile"