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The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

Why is the Republican party
beoet by lis present difficulties?
This question can be answered
with one word-tarifi.
The tariff was originally en-
ployed to meet the expense of
the Civil war. To raise money
for this emergency the govern
ment decided to tax every article
os manufacture. The home nan
ufacturers justly complained of
this. They said the taxes were
50 heavy as to be ruinous, be-
cause they could not compete
with imported articles which did
not have to carry this tax. So
II plan was devised to protect
the American manufacturers.
"We will place tariff on all
imported articles" said the gov
ernment, (which will put you
on an even or better-than-even
footing with your foreign COM
petitors."
Everyone understood this pro-
tective system was to be but
temporary, to meet an unusual
condition, and that the tariff on
imports would be abolished when
it became no longer necessary
to require the American manu-
facturers to pay tax on their
manufactures.
But in the meantime the priv
ileged few had discovered that
in the tariff lay means by
which they could build up enor.
nous fortunes. These fortunes
were pointed to as an evidence
that the tariff was a good thing.
The plOtectiOnlsts fooled the
people by making them believe
that these fortunes had come
from "the foreigners, when the
fact was that the fortunes had
been wrung from the common
people who had been forced to
pay artilicially high prices for
the things necessary to life.
The protectionists knew in
their hearts of this deception,
and then and there did humbug
and fraud become part and par
eel of politics. But the people
have learned at last that tariff
for protection, that a tariff for
any other purpose than to raise
sufficient revenue to meet the
expense of the Government, has
no excuse in logic or economics.
1t needs no argument to con-
vince the average man now that
to reduce taxation is to reduce
prices.
From the first, the manufac-
turers have never been satisfied
with IA reasonable amount of pro.
lection, but they keep on de-
manding more and more. The
result is that the American con
sumers are today paying divi.
dends on trust capitalization of
thirty.three billion dollars, sew.
enty per cent. of which is water,
while American working men
and women, particularly those
who labor for the most highly
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

We often have wondered what
good could come from a man like
Billy Bradley, but we can now
clearly see. He comes in handy
at National Republican Conven.
tions to yell 'Liar, Liar, Liar" F"
and answer "fOols".
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

We observe several residents
of Clay CITY laying in their sup
ply of coal for next winter and
upon close investigation the fact
is disclosed that nearly all of
these are Republicans. They
are, doubtless, preparing tofare
the very best possible after
being showed under the first
Tuesday in November.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

We hate to kick man when
he is down and this humane dis
position of ours will account for
the mildness of the editorials in
these columns this fall when re-
ferring to our Brother Repub-
licans.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

The arrest and Jailing Of the
kid supposed-to-be Wesley Ed
wards, one of the gang who shot
up the Hillsville, Va, court
house has given the daily papers
considerable news to print for
several days. If other little in
cidents occurring in other places
are enlarged as were the facts
in this case it is no wonder that
what is read i'm the modern dali
les is passed off as "well that is
just newspaper talk"
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

If all persons charged with
misdemeanors were as innocent
and harmless as most of them
look to be when before a trial
jury there would be a lot of false
prosecution in this county.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

projected trusts, are receiving
wages as low So, 81 and So a
week.
And this is the reason why
the Republican party is beset by
its present difficulties.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

The sole reason for T. RS
candidacy is out at last. He
says, "The presidency Is big
school," All he wants Is Post
graduate course of about four
years.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

These southern colered dele
gates who refused to tell how
they stood were simply trying to
get up competition among the
bidders.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

Teddyfobia is the name of a
new disease that is prevalent all
over the country, with many
very serious cases at Chicago
this week.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

The latest Interpretation of
G. o. z. which has always been
an adjuct to the Republican par
ty is "GlOomy old Party"
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

The colored brother is appar-
emily the deciding factor in the
Chicago convention.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

Just for the sake of another
queer style, the girls have bOr-
rowed mothers towels to make
hats of.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20
SWEET CLOVER

A great fertilizer, and a hardy
vigorous forage plant for hay and
pasture. Will grow in any soil, q,
even in rocky places. Can be sown
with spring oats, or sown alone in
Nav for meadow, and sown in with
corn at the last cultivation. Prices
of seed, and circular how to grow it
sent on request.
BOKHARA SEED CO., Falmouth, Ky.
Box 80.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

The Colonel was anxious t.
apply his "recall of decisions" t.
the National Committee.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

If coffee keeps on going W
there won't be much going
down.
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20

Woe is in store for the unseat.
ed delegates. All the spectators
seats hapashaan-A D1h-..A-
The Clay City times., 1912-06-20
CLUB RATES.

For the convenience of our SUBJ
.c'lbers, we have arranged club rates
with the following papers at prices
below mentioned:
The TINES and
Courier-Journal $1.00
" Cincinnati Enquirer Ito
&C Louisville Herald 80
" Home and Farm rs
IL land Farmer LOO
American Farmer 90
q" Southern Agriculturist IS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
HOW COACH ROBINSON
 GOT KIRBY FOR GIANTS
Queer Methods Used By Scout iIl
 Picking Up Young Pitcher.

An interesting story is told of how 1 Wilbert Robinson of the New York l Giants landed Pitcher Larue kirbs from the Traverse City team of the Michigan State League for McGraw and it throws light on tsRobby's" busi- ness-like way of doing things. When Robinson was sent to Traverse City he expected to watch Kirby work in l a, game, but it rained in Traverse City and there was no game T cant wat over until tomorrow, said "Robby, and if do it may rain some more, so I guess I'll take you out in the rain and let you pitch to anyh now. ball and then I'll tell you what l think about it,'''
 They went forth and Kirby pitched to "Robby.' while Michigan raindrops, which were as big as radishes, broke around them and splashed consider ably.
 Kirby had worked long enough. CT m hungry" remarked the New York coach Come on to the best restaur- ant in the city and we'll have a bite.''
 So they went to the only marble caparfsoned inn which Traverse City boasts. Never mind if the marble did look suspiciously like oi1c1oth; it Was a clean and wholesome esta blish- ment. Outside there was an odor of pine lumber, the perfume which the traveller encounters the moment he there was an odor of home made cooking.
 I'm not looking for shrimp, lob sters or squab,' said "Robby.' What would you recommend?' ?''
 The ham and GEES go pretty. well, '' mouth and the eggs are home grown"
 So they sat down and ate ham and eggs Kirby ate and 'Robby'' ate. the time the young ball player was waiting to hear what the coach
 That isn't quite Virginia ham, said Bobby but it will do. Ever eat Virginia ham? Say, boy, you've got something coming to you. Here. son." addressing the waiter, whats the check ?''
 Fifty cents for two''
 Fifty cents for two. For the love of Mike if I'd known that I'd bought some more and taken it back to taa folks with me for curiosity. Been $2.50 in New York
 train to arrive. "Robby'' and Kirby went to the train. Not a word about the future.
 As the 1ocomtive whist1ed down tho bag and remarked: Say. Kirby, how long will it take you to pack up and start East?''
 An hour or so,' was the reply "RoPby" didn't say word.
 The train rolled into the station. 'T guess you better get ready to start d1S e1iliV upC1i tiS IeCOIpI OI q ttIS- gram said "Robby,' as he stepped up to the platform of the car. Good bye.''
 The telegram went the next day.
 Somebody asked t'R obby'' what Kir- by had that made him look like valuable pitcher. f'I'I1 tell you.'' was the answer. Hes got one of those hook curves like that of Mordecai Brown. a reverse curve that is as good as any that I ever saw. and q round arm curve that is wider than a hogshead of New Orleans sugar, and speed with all of it. A little time and I think that he will be LID there pitching with any of them.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
AL PALZER TO
 QUIT THE RING
MOST PROMISING WHITE HOPE
 DISGUSTED WITH CONDITIONS . IN NEW YORK

According to statement made by Al Paizer yesterday. the foremost white hope of the country has made up his mind to retire from the ring for time and go back to the farm AL though the burly Iowan farmer has
 worked his way to the forefront of all his numerous mpetitors he has be- come thoroughly discouraged over his inability to get bouts- This is due to the management the man who holds a contract on his services.
 T have decided to go back home next week. said the big fellow in tell dng his troubles. If Tom O'Rourke would put up a bond guaranteeing to give me fair treatment I would be repeatedly refused to do this [ can't trust. him, and I will never fight un- der his nlanagenent again unless I know am going to get a square deal.
 T hava been trying to get a court decision on whether my contract will hold good. but I can't get any action on 1t. As the matter stands it is up to OFRourke to make the first move, but he keeps putting it off I have been hanging around doing nothing long enough, and I am tired of it all. am young yet and I have lots of time. I think I'll go back to the sarn and wait until the contract runs put I am. going home next week; any way and unless O'Rourke will rome to terms with me I will not come back until I am a, free agent again"
 o@NC4 iS AGS4AiS very OAbIST uOI OhAy toward O'Rourke but the New York promoters @s we'll who he declares are not treating him fairly. He realizes that what he needs most of all at this stage of his career is plenty of work In the ring It irks him sadly to see the other big fellows whom he char acterizes as easy marks" getting the money while he is forced to remain Idle
 Palzer hints darkIy of many wheels within wheels in the boxing situation and intimates that he could tell tale that would cause certain persons to sit up and take notice if he cared to.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
WASHINGTON AS A JUMPER.
The Father of His Country Was a
 Champion In His Day.

The Father of His Country Was a
 Champion In His Day.
 There is an athletic record of which every American ought to be proud, all though it is not found in any sporting chronicle. It was made by George Washington of Virginia and was a running broad jump of twenty-two feet three inches.
 Exactly when and where Washington made this jump is not known, but it seems to be historical
 Thackeray refers to it in s'The Vir4 ginians," where he tells of the jumping match between Harry Warrington and Lord March and -Ruglen. Harry wins with a jump of twenty-one feet tffsee inches against his lordshfp's eighteen feet six inches. In his letter to Vir- ginia, Harry says he knows there was another in Virginia, Colonel G. Wash ington, who could clear foot more.
 If Thackeray's figures are correct Washington must have been a wonder ful athlete He could easily have won any intercollegiate championship com petition up to 1889 and most of the na- tional championships. Then, too, it must be remembered that the future Father of His Country did not wear spiked shoes like the athletes of today, nor did he have a cinder path for his rum nor a five inch plank for his sstake-off," these improvements not hay ing come into general use as early as the middle of the eighteenth century. Washington today would be a record breaker.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
KETCHEIs, AT 16, MEE HELD HIS OWN AGAINST
 @ 19O-POUND PUGILIST

Stanley Ketchel, who, had he lived, would be twenty-five years old tomor- row. fought his first important ring battle with Nose LaFontise,. and put him to sleep in the twenty-fourth round of a bout at Butte, Mont. Nose was a really clever pugi1ist who was touring the country, posing as a sreeny, and taking on local boys. In ketcheI he caught q Tartar, ali i though Stanley at that time had no knowledge of the science of boxing. and fought in a hit miss style hetche1 was only sixteen years old although big for his age, when he
 consented to meet Rudolph Hing, q heavyweight, at Miles City, Mont Hing. who had been a miner was q fairly good tighter. and tipped the scales at 190 pounds, while Stanley
 weighed hardly 40 pounds The
 match was for twenty rounds and al
 though it was declared as draw, Stan @ nad continued to finish. Morris Thompson was the first man to de feat ketchel, getting the decision in six rounds. and in second meeting knocking out the future champion in three rounds. ketchel won a number of vlctoEiese that year to offset these defeats. It was not until 1906, when he had cleaned up all the men of his weight in Montana. that Kid Ketch- el began to seriously consider fighting as a profession. He naturally turned to California as the place where real money was to be picked up in the fighting game, and in May of 1907 he stepped off train at Sacramento, pre- pared to show the Golden State sports his line of fsticuffs. Perhaps it was mere boyishness, but more likely a knowledge of the advertising value Of such an attire, that led him to invade California clad in sombfero. flannel shirt, leather trousers, high-heeIed boots, spurs, and belt with a revol- yer in 1t. Tn any event, the newspa- per reporters Of Sacramento gave the Cowboy Fighter a great welcome, and the story of his arrival occupied many columns in the San Francisco and Los Angeles papers. His defeat front rank of the middleweights, and
 his subsequent defeats of Billy Paplze gave him the acknowledged leadership of his division.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
rhaokarax,s Eaxorite Books.

Tn her introduction to the Round about Papers, in the centenary edition of Thackeray. Lady Ritchie speaks of her fathers favorite books Thackeray had an old Montaigne, which he al ways kept on the table by his bed. He had a second copy, still older, bound in white vellum. on the book shelves in his study. Lady Ritchie cannot re- member that he had any particular feeling for special editions. He used a cheap, battered old Boswell with dou- bIe- columns, the companion with whom, as he said. he could have been quite content to dwell for year upon that problematical desert island He loved his Don QuiXote.' He also liked his shabby. worm eaten copy of John sons poets. They had been to India and back, and bookworms are very common out there.'' Milton's sonnet to Shakespeare in Jonnson's poets was, Lady Ritchie adds, one of the last things Thackeray ever read.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
Swiss Chard.

Chard is the b1eached leaves, leaf sticks or midribs of certain plants, as of the globe artichoke and white beet also a variety of white beet; Swiss chard beet, leaf beet. Tn cooking Swiss chard for greens the wide white mid ribs are cut out and the green leaves served alone, the ribs being cooked separately and served like asparagus for which they are an appedzfng sub stitute. Then, for a change. 8 dish of leaves and ribs together is served as greens, but this always seems waste of good material when either is better alone. The hens greedily eat any that may be left when the table is cleared or the cows and pigs will dispose of it, so that not a leaf need be wasted All things considered, Swiss chard is one of the most satisfactory plants a gardener can raise.-Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
A MANS MOTHER.
Just Little Reminder to the Son Who
 May Have Forgotten.

dust Little Reminder to the Son Who
 May Have Forgotten.
 But your mothers life has not been easy. Your father was a poor man and from the day she married him she stood by his side. fighting the wolf from the door with her naked hands, as a woman must fight.
 She worked not the eight or ten hour day of the union. but the twenty-four hour day of the poor wife and mother.
 She cooked and cleaned and scrubbed and patched and nursed from dawn un- til bedtime and in the night was up and down getting drinks for thirsty lips, covering restless little sleepers, listening for croupy coughs.
 She had time to listen to your stories of boyish fun and froIic and triumph.
 She had time to say the things that spurred your ambition on.
 She never forgot to cook the little dishes you liked.
 She did without the dress she need ed that you might not be ashamed of your clothes before your fellows.
 Remember this now while there is yet time, while she is living, to pay back to her in love and tenderness some of the debt you owe her. You can never pay it all. but pay down something on account this very night. Ladies Home Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
They Mere Once sIana.

If we had never allowed slang to Iegitimize itself in orthodox language where should we be today? A refer ence to old slang dictionaries gives the answer. Take Crosses, published at the end of the eighteenth century, the dictionary of the vulgar tongue ' by the first Photographer who recog- nized the word slang" itself. We find him chasing under it such words as bay window, bedizened, bet, bisss- ter, budget, brogue, capon, grouse, churl, coax. cobbler, eur, donineer. eyesore, f1abby. fog, fiout. founding, fuss, gag, malingerer, messmate. saun- ter, slump. sham. rascal. trip and yelp. Wait until the next anti-slang purist uses one of these words and then con found him by reference to Grose.- London Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
Extra Sporting Page

to the very low rates and to the mon ey accumulated by the townsmen from the wealthy people who attend the races by the thousands. AS a result of it's racing industry, Doncaster stands unique among English cities in having no borough rate at all, and Its total rates, including district and county, are only about half of the av-- craze rates for other English cities. Moreover, Doncaster has in it's muni- cipal treasury 8, tremendous surplus, said to amount now to over three million dollars. St Leger week at Doncaster always attracts a uemen- dous crowd, owing in part to the an nual sale of yearlings, the biggest sale of race horses held in England Some of the greatest race horses the turf has known have been sold here, and with buyers from all over the United kingdom, Canada, the United States and Australia, the bidding is spirited, the prices realized for promising anil masl ranging up to $2O.000 each. A thousand special trains will be run into Doncaster to-day from every part of England, and the citizens of the town will doubtless reap a richer har- vest than ever before
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
MIKE GIBBONS TO TAKE ON M'GOORTY

Declaring that he was in deadly ear- nest when he made the statement that he intended going after the middle weight title, Mike Gibbons now an- nounces that he will arrive in New York next week ready to take on all ana sundry of the men who stand be- tween him and the title. Next Satur- day the St. Paul crack will try himself out after his long rest in a bout with oung Mccartney at the National A. c. of Philadelphia and will then come to this city and begin training for an- other campaign.
 ing bout with Eddie McGoorty. pro- v1d1ng the terms are satisfa ctory, there is little doubt In a letter to friend Gibbons asks for infOrna ton as to how McGoorty sizes up, what his drawing powers are and how such a match would be regarded by the fans asks for similar information relating to Jack Harrison. the recently arrived English boxer which indica tes that Gibbons has lost none of his liking for matches with opponents of unknown quality.
 With the case Of Sid Burns fresh in mind the St. Paul artist evidently f1g- ures on another easy match. But in any event Gibbons will now be forced to take on a match with q top-notch- CT now and then or he will lose caste. The McGoorty match appears inev1- table if McGoorty is able to make 158 pounds ringSide. That he is able to do this there is room for plenty of doubt.
 It is highly probable that Gibbons would have much the better of the Welghts at the middleweight limit, as making that figure would weaken the man from Oshkosh materially. Gib- bons states that he has taken on sev eral pounds during his vacation and that most of this is solid flesh and muscle that will not have to be re- moved by his training operations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
DORCHESTER, ENGLAND, HAS
 MUNICIPAL RACING COURSE

Perhaps the only important muni- Eipal racing plant in the world is that st Doncaster. England, which will witness the renewal today of the his torfc Sr. Leger Stakes, worth $35. 900, the last of the five great annual clas- sics of the British turf Doncaster holds three race meetings each year, but the one now in progress is most Interesting and is highly profitable to the municipality. The St Leger dis lance is one mile six fur1ongs and I22 yards. and many horse owners re- gard a victory in this stake as a higher honor than capturing the Ep- Eom Derby, on account of the longer distance. The Doncaster race course, the only one in England municipally owned. is g source of considerable profit to the city. It is managed on strictly business lines. and clears on an average $50. 900 a year. all of which goes to reducing the rates to the tax fsayers. The town moor on which the S- Leger is run has been the scene Of horse racing for over three centur- les and during the whole of that long period the meetings have been under She control of the municipal corpora tion The town is to-day and has been for centuries one of the most pznaperous in the kingdom, due in part
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
Learnina His Fathers Business.

"what:" exclaimed the wealthy Cleveland papa who had put his son to work in order to teach him a few things What? Fired after working one week?'
 ''Yes, dad; was discharged.'
 ssWhat was the troub1e?''
 "Taey said I was too green for them.
 What was your mistaken
 .I paid a bill the first time the col lector called.'
 Aha. And now you see how foolish you were?'' "Yes, dad. I'll never do it again"
 My son, have served your ap-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
ABE ATTELL AND HARRY
 THOMAS TO BOX TONIGHT

New. York, Sept. 1S-Fhe Dix inter pretation of whats a prize feht. '' question now disturbing ring side sports, will be demonstrated in the Madison Square Garden when Abe At tell and Harry Thomas meet tonight
 Sheriff Hamburger, who was ordered to stop the WoIgast-M Mcfarland bout because Governor Dix said it was to be "prizefght. said he would do the same thing, tonight, if there was a 'prizefi ght''
 The state athletic commission has construed the Fraw1ey law to refer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
His cor1position.

'eNow. Johnny" said the teacher aft CT she had explained the meaning of the word, II wish you would write 8 sentence containing the word defeat" After struggle which lasted for about twenty minutes Johnny announced that he was ready to be heard. Please read your composition" the teacher di- rected. When you git shoes dat's too tite," Johnny read. its hard on de feet."-Chicago Record Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
Very Observing.

Muggins-Do you believe women are more observing than men? Buggins- We'll, my wife met friend oh, the street today for two minutes, and it took her two hours to describe what the other woman had on.-Ph1ladel- plaia Record