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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14

Auburn, January 13-(SpeciaD- Basket ball is having great vogue among the college men of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, in a degree that gives hope of the extension of the sport into the realm of intercollegiate athletics. Auburn man agers are endeavoring to instil interest for the sport in other colleges, pointing to the Auburn success as an example
 Now that basketball season is well un- der way at Auburn. about forty men are out for practice with the squad each night and more than half a dozen teams are put in play in the course of the nightly practice. Work in basketball is hampered to largo degree by the laciS of gymnasium facilities. as it Is in many colleges and universities of Auburn's inn mediate vicinity but despite the handi- capa Coach Domaine is developing a team which bids fair to show a fair degree of talent.
 tensive trips in the course of it's schedule, and a few games will be played in the local gymnasium. A dearth of teams Is noticeable in the Auburn schedule, most of the games being with Y NJ C. A and athletic club teams of the larger cities. However, Coach Donahue announces with assurance the fact that several of the colleges of the South will develop basket ball teams in the near future and that
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ifested in the opinions Of the various managers and presidents of the Nation al and American league teams regard ing their outlook for the coming base ball season. Here you have what they all say. You may take your pick:
 Mack-"The Athletics won in 1910 and -1911. Next years team will be stronger than those of the past two seasons. Infer what you like"
 McGraw-"The Giants were the best team in 1911l We proved it in one of the hottest fights on record, and we will repeat it for good measure in 1912.
 ngs-"Detroit was second in 1911 despite poor pitching. I believe I have picked up the necessary pitching strength to land the team first.'
 Chance="The Giants were mighty lucky. Our pitching will be better in 1912 and we will beat the Giants. With good pitching we would have won cas- fly"
 Davis-"The Maps finished third3with h bunch of youngsters. Next year they will be better. l believe the tmprovf ment makes Cleveland a big factor Clarke--"Thes in jury to, Hans Wagneh beat us out of the pennant With any thing like an even break next season. We will win another pennant beyond doubt.p
 Callahan-"C Chicago just hit it's ga.t when the season closed. Therclty series showed our possibilities. At this gait next season there's nothing to it'
 O'Day-"There is tot in the Reds that wil come out with the right sort of handling. l believe the team has al first rate chance to land first
 Woolverton--"New York Is strong team, and if the pitchers show their real form, the Highlanders will be the most troublesome team in the league.'l
 Bresnahan--"The Cardinals proved to be the National league surprise last year, and they will be a sensation in| 1912. The winner must beat us believe q me-"
 Griffith-"I will give supporters of Washington a surprise. They will for get the cry First in war, first in peace, and last in the American league.
 Dahlen-" Brooklyn has Just .aboul reached the point in it's development where it will demonstrate it's real 1abil-| ity Supporters will be content. .""....-.a.
 Mathematician is too good a base | ball town not to have the very best The fans here want to be shown and we intend to deliver the real goods
 Dooin-"The Phillie's will be the Ma | tional leagues representative Tn the| worlds series next year. We will playI the championship off in Philadelphia
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the Giant pitcher, has left among the fans on the island. Unlike many other stars who have transformed them, Matthewson did his best in every game he pitched, and the Cubans have un- bounded admiration for him.
 The Cuban fans seemed to be most pleased at "Matties" visit because of his great success, and when he ran up against Mathewson and was defeated he was greatly surprised. This is what La Lucha, a Havana paper, says about "Matty':
 He Is acknowledge to be the greatest pitcher that ever struck these parts. The great pitcher has done what very few ball players who have visited Cuba have done, and that is, he has lived up have done, and that is, he has lived up goods; he has shown the people of the island who were willing to be shown, what real classy, consistent work is. Other great players have visited Cuba. Addie Joss lost a one-hit game here; Mordecai Brown did not fare well here. Mullin. Willetts. Camnitz, Summers, Bender, Plank, Coombs, Chalmers and a lot of those who have been considered star twirlers of the United States have been to Cuba but to anyone who has seen them in the grueling campaign of a league season 1t could be easily seen that they did not put forth their best efforts.
 But it is different with Mathewson. He has taken his turn In the box, and he has done his work so well and cheer fully that whether be lost or won he could be admired.
 Especially will the resident Ameri- cans in Cuba be grateful to Mir. Math- ewson for the operation he has perform ed, greatly assisted by his team mates. He has perceptibly reduced the swelling from the headpiece of one Senor Mem deg, which ailment was about to ruin a really good pitcher; in fact, he is a great pitcher, but there are others. And after the process of reducing the swell ing, which has not been altogether painless, Is fully established, the great Cuban pitcher can once more resume his place as the greatest living pitcher in Cuba
 Supreme confidence is generally man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
AUBURN FIVE WILL PLAY
 ATHLETIC CLUB JANUARY 26

the game will be put on the basis of inter- collegiate sport.
 The schedule for the season, of which two games have been played, is:
 January 9-Columbus Y. M. c. A., Au- burn.
 January 12-Columbus Y. NJ. c. A., Co., lumbus.
 January 13-Meroer, Macon.
 January 17-Mobile Y. M. c. A., Au- burn.
 January 19--Athens Y. NJ c. A., Athens. January 20-Atanta Athletic club, At lanta.
 January 25-Bessemer Athletic club, Bessemer.
 January 26-Birmingham Athletic club, Birmingham.
 February Birmingham Athletic club, Auburn.
 February 10-Louisiana State University, Auburn.
 The schedule as above is substantially complete, although an attempt will be made to arrange an extra game or two for the longer trips.
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The By-Product

The By-Product TYHE best things of life come incl s:.'.'lg: ss.a Z. n,...,..,.
 Before you gain wisdom in experience you fancy the battle of life is easiest to win by frontal attack and you smash away at 1t. Later on you come to see that a flank movement is best.
 That Is to say:
 You try to do something by direct effort and fail. Then you turn your attention to something else, and. 10, you find that which you sought at first. | For instance:
 You want to be happy. You try to make yourself happy. You try hard and fat. Then you quit trying and conclude that | happiness is not won in that way. Sou conclude that it is best to make others happy. You try that and the first thing you know you are happy. | It is the byproduct.
 In looking for something else what you want turns up. You have won by the flank movement.
 There's popularity.
 You want to be popular and you try to | be. But somehow your smiles do not win. i Somehow people some to see that you ] are working at the popularity business | You fail. Then you concluue IL is pettcr ] to deserve popularity than to win It; that 1t is better to try to be lovable than to be | lovely.
 | Then you are popular. woman wants to be beautiful. She follows the directions of the experts of the Sunday papers, haunts the beauty par lors, uses face creams and cosmetics-anc fails. She concludes it is better to have good health and a beautiful soul. She | perseveres and | She Is beautiful. It may be so even in making money. | You try to get rich quick. You fall. Then you conclude you are not cut out TOT a millionaire. You decide to go siowiy ana safely and be content. | And the money comes. | It is so of fame. He who sets out to be famous and thinks only of fame Is apt to | fail When he reorganizes his lie ana concludes that it is better to deserve fame than to acquire it he is going rightly about the matter. When he merits his fame he gets 1t.
 It is the byproduct. | We are built that way.
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Blessed Are the Merciful

| Judge Porterfeld of Kansas city, pre- | siding in the famous Hyde murder trial' | asked this question: Has any man on thls Jury ever peeh ] convicted of felony? l There was no answer. | Afterward, however, one of the jury
 men sought the judge in chambers and | said
 .sI am an ex-convict, convicted % years | ago. Since then I have been leading a square. honest life. couldn't stand up m the courtroom and confess; I couldn't for
 my family's sake"
 | The iuryman explained he had been given two years in prison for shooting | scrape.
 Said the judge: | "T know you. You are a good citizen. | You shall not have to tell your story to any man, and 1t shall not pass this door. | And that is how this Jean Valjean found a judge with bowels of mercy. But" you say, would any one hinder
 the reform of such a man or hurt ms prospects, a man who has suffered his punishment and now is living an upright life?" Fl, Is true
 An ex-conyict of exemplary record was paroled by the state board of pardons and went to an Iowa town where he had hved | in all good conduct ana Jollleu ShuiNii' He was asked to take part in the pro | eramme of a church entertainment.
 Now, there was a, certain woman. | This woman learned by some means | that the man had served time Tn prlson'
 whereupon she withdrew from the enter | tainment committee. l Well.
 Learning the woman's action, the poor | man said he would step aside. It was m ~1A ". averring they preferred to let the woman | 20 out of the church rather than lose him. | He was firm | What else could he do? He wrote to the parole board, told the
 story and asked to be permitted 10 re-
 move to another town in the state, which was granted. d.s=ss .l, ---.- r-t,. Somebody ought to thunder in that woman's ear, '1f ye forgive not men their trespasses," how will God forgive you? Merciful Judge Porterheld! Hard hearted woman!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
SOME SIDE LIGHTS ON PAST
 AND FUTURE BASEBALL EVENTS
By MANHATTAN

New York, January 1s.-The schedule committees of the big baseball leagues acted wisely in the arranging of the
 schedules so that tho worlds series games may be played off early in De- tober.
 These games have not been played
 further south than Philadelphia for a
 good many years and it Is not likely
 that they will be played further south
 for some years to come.
 There arc few days after the middle of October when one can watch game with any degree of comfort and there are fewer days when the temperature will permit players to do themselves full justice on the diamond. Hence the l action in ending the seasons of the big
 leagues early and together is a wise one for players, fans and magnates. It is,also gratifying to note that Ban Johnson's fierce defi of the National | league and National commission was a 1 sizzler. It was about as scary as a Chinese paper dragon at the start and nobody really believed the president of
 the American league really had any ioea of taking his rag dolls and playing by himself, but it Is well that the Ma tional agreement should have been re- newed. especially in view of the reports that there Is to be established an out law big league.
 am from Missouri on this proposition and am waiting to be shown that men
 with money are back of the scheme to
 start an outlaw league in big league
 cities. It would be a right expensive and very risky undertaking. With
 SUI hclent backing and the right quan- tity of baseball sense such league might succeed. And 1t is possible the
 money Is there, but where will the base
 ball sense come from.
 No major league ball player has ever
 gone to Cuba and made the favorable impression that Christy Matthewso..,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Furnishing Laziness

In California laziness is a crime. Last month Edward Westlake of Sacra mento was sentenced to two years I'm prisonment for refusing to work and pro vide for his family, and Admirable justice! He is now employed on the public hign' ways at wage of sl.50 per day. And What is still better, the county pays every cent of Westlake's wages to his family.
 LaZiness is a vice. It is more than a weakness. The mas who is able to work and has the oppor' tunitv and will not work Is vicious, Everywhere such men are to be found who refuse to work when the chance i' given them. who throw the burden of th' | support of the family on the wife anS | children or upon the community. And
 | finder the laws of most states the fam | ily and the community are helpless m | men may be arrested as vagrants or TO lettering and thrown into jail. But una helps nothing.
 In fact that flinders. because
 The man is not cured of his idleness, bu | is confirmed in it. The state feeds ant | cares for him comfortably and after cer tain period turns him loose again. In tn | meantime his wife and children sure and in many cases would starve but TO | the state. How society blunders.
 When the future historian comes t' write of our treatment of derelicts he vii blister that page.
 Sacramento has the sane idea.
 It Is taken for granted there that tn man who is able to work and will not Il a vicious member of the community.
 The state punishes the crime of whici he is guilty-poetic iustice-by his com mitment to hard labor.
 And
 While 1t punishes the state provides fo
 the rest of the family It steps in--in loc'
 parentis ct husbandis--takes the place
 the husband and father
 Isn't that a simple way? And effective? And just? And mercifulT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Mendine Her Broken Heart

This is the story of the woman Wnc welded again her broken heart.
 A few years ago Mrs Norah Burke lived in comfortable house in an old fash toned street in New York. Life for her was full and joyous. A good husband loved her. Children played about the house. Up the street lived her father and mother Across the big bridge were g brother and sister.
 Inside of two years came the end of he, world.
 In that time, strangely enough, hus band children, parents. brother and sis ter died and she sat desolate in the old house. It was a house of torturing and pathetic memories and peopled by the vague shadows of the loved and lost.
 She almost went mad.
 Sleeping or waking recollection told he, weary brain the sad history of bereave. ment Finally she grooed her way to the church where she was christened and welded and told the old minister shs must have relief or go insane.
 My, daughter said the priest, "wher youg feel you are going mad go out and find some one sadder than you and try to comfort that one"
 But there is no one"
 "Oh, yes. there is, Look around you"
 That day she took Q car to the most mis-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14

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Heart To Heart Talks
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erable quarters of the east side. and there she found woman who had flung herself on the dead body of her child, killed by an automobile.
 Where is your husband?" she asked the woman.
 He is in prison for life"
 She had found a life sadder than hers. She helped to bury the child, took the woman to her own home, loved her back to sanity and found her work. And every day she sought to comfort some miserable one.
 She was too busy to think of her own sorrows.
 Finally the authorities, learning of hcr work. made her probation officer of the juvenile court.
 She works IS hours a day. And always the old house is overrun with the pook kids of the street. She has no time to brood.
 In self forgetfulness she has found her refuge. And 1t Is said there is no sweeter smile on any woman's face.
 Thus did "the angel of the children 8 court" fuse and weld again--in the flame of human pity-the fragments of her broken heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Deceitfulness of Riches

Pity the sorrows of the poor million
 aire!
 Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati, him
 self the possessor of millions, in a recent address before the Business Mems club or that city. said:
 "The millionaire is an unhappy man" Why not?
 | He is a disappointed man. Having made his millions by squeezing back all that is | best in him, he has fancied large wealth will bring him large happiness, only to learn his mistake. l It Is the human way. | Humans grow tired of any state Of life | when 1t is long continued, and the state of being rich is no exception. Being millionaire gets to be monotonous. And then If the millionaire hopes by buying lux ury he can satisfy himself he is doomed to | further disappointment. He is like the
 boy whose appetite is oloyed with much
 candy. Luxury, like everything else, soon pals.
 He cannot buy what he wants Midas of old discovered that he could
 not eat the golden streets. The millionaire who thinks to satisfy himself with money
 is like the famished traveller of the des- ert who found a bag which he hoped might contain some food. Upon exarlina- tion he, hopeless, threw 1t away, saying: .'Oh, it's only goldi' Tired of his millions the rich man yearns
 for something he cannot get. He wants
 the things that are denied him. which Is the human way also. But" you say
 .I should like to make the experiment"
 No doubt. But we know not what we ask. Inexperienced in the investment and conservation of money, we should no
 doubt make a mess of our stewardship. Give the money away? That is the most difficult thing the mill lionaire tries to do. It requires higher | order of talent than to make money. The rich man finds that he is deceived at every turn and worked upon. Seldom does. he meet with gratitude. Therefore it may be said, not in irony. | but in very truth: | Pity the sorrows of the millionaire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Stockings

From the Manchester Guardian.
 It appears that Henry II when pre- pairing for the marriage of his sister in 1859, first gave the idea for silk hose and was the first to wear silk knitted stockings at that epoch making event. A hundred years later one Hindres established factory for stock ings in the Bois de Boulogne.
 This was the first factory In France. It was success at the start and whom 1t received protection from tho then ministers 1t was kind of gold mine. In 1866 the venture was turned into company From 1t arose the Society of Stocking Makers. At this time ribbed stockings were made in England. but it was not until nearly century later that such wear was introduced into France. The idea, to use . vulgarism, caught on'' and factories were estab- lished In Paris and at Lyons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
The Turkey Trust
From an Exchange.

From an Exchange.
 Capt Sol Jacobs of Gloucester. who is known as the "Maekerei King" said at recent fish dinner:
 "The successful fisherman ia the mas who can take advantage even of ad. verse things-head winds storms. biis- yards. and so on.
 word the successful fishsrmar ia like the little boy who entered . ,- .S.ers shop and said:
 "Is it true that there's turkss trust, sir?' :,
 ".Yes, my boy, I am sorry to say Il is true there is 8 turkey trust the poulterer replied. "'Then, sir the little fellow went on ma says will you please trust her fo' a plump young turkey Of nine or ter pounds?"
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The Price

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 How much do you expert to get for defending that slugger?"
 About s2Oo0o.
 Do you think it is going to be worth as much as that?''
 No; but I understand his friends are going to be able to raise about that IOnrh r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Bedbus Caused Divorce

From the Kansas City Journal A bedbug is the direct cause of . di- 1, vorce suit in Hutchinson. He got In the
 bed used by the husband. He moved tho bed out into the other room. hoping 10 ge rid of the bug. His wife sued TOT oi- yorce because her husband deserted her bedroom. Tom Cordry. who used to live in Hutchinson. says the man can
 put up an alibi. He can show that the
 bug moved the bed-that is, if Hutohin-
 son bugs are as biz as they weTe when Tom lived there.
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Work of College Women


 | Modern social service hath its heroines no less than war. It is one of the glories of the wonaens colleges that they should teach that cv- cry educated woman owes something to
 the cause of social welfare, which only
 may be paid by unselash service. Women readily respond to such plea. There was Carola woerishofer. who un- fortunately lost her life In an automobile accident while inspecting some labor camps.
 | Miss Woerishofer, who was a graduate | of Bryn Mawr college, was a wealthy young woman. who might have lived a life of ease and luxury. Instead she worked | in the city laundries during the hot summer months from early morning until
 midnight She hired out as domestic. lmpersonating an immigrant girl, and did tho Heavy work of servant. whyf That she might know of the actual con- ditions under which such women were ern- | ployed and that she might intelligently work for their betterment. | Can you think of greater self abnesa- l ton for a just cause? | Miss Marjorie Johnson also. | Miss Johnson, who is western girl a | graduate of Wisconsin university, has during several years past spent many | a weary day working in department stores
 and candy shops during the holiday sea- son.
 | It was voluntary service. | She did it in order that she might know I the exact status of these women work CTS Out of her experience she has pres pared data and arguments with which she will go to the legislature asking for laws regulating the hours of service and condi- tions under which shopgirls do their work. These instances are but two of largo
 number of college women who are zeal ously engaged in the work of social bet terment
 The cause of the weak and oppressed appeals strongly to the woman who knows.
 Woman Is full of pity. And centuries of self sacrifice are be- hind her. Hold up to her the ideal of in telligent effort on behalf of her suffering sisters and you have heroine in the making.
 As unseashly as she serves her own
 family will she serve the larger family.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-12-06
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Mrs. Frank Stambaugh, OF Ohio.
and Miss Lula Stambaugh, of STAN
baugh. were the guests of Mrs. Lid
die Stambaugh Monday
Ruthard Witten was the guest of
Henry vanhoose Saturday night.
Monterville Stapleton was calling
on Miss Effie Crider Sunday after
noon.
Harry Stafford, of Mt, Sterling
was the guest of Garfield SIAM
baugh Saturday night.
Mrs. Tommy Vanhoose, of Van
Lear is here visiting relatives.
Mrs. Suna Sublett, assistant post
master of Paintsville, visited home
folks Sunday.
Miss Oracle Vanhoose and cousin
Lionel d. Sublett have returned
home after an extended visit at
Gracie's brothers Tommy Vanhoose
at Van Lear.
Major Vanhoose is suffering a
great deal from a hog bite he receiy-
ed some few days ago. The wound is
very serious yet.
Mrs. Coonie Osborne is thought
to be improving.
Miss Dot vanhoose, Jane Rice,
Mrs Martha ]. Rice and II. ]. Van
hoose spent Thanksgiving with Mrs.
Prebie Conley at Rockhouse.
Miss Lulie Stambaugh spent Sat
urday and Sunday with her cousin,
Miss Jane Rice.
Misses Lizzie Mckenzie, Nollis
yanhoose and Oracle Rice were call
ing on Oracle Vanhoose Sunday af-
ternoon
Mrs. Daisy Stambaugh, Mrs. Maud
Estepp and Miss Fanny Stambaugh
were the guests of their sister, Mrs.
Saddle Estepp Friday.
Morgan Stambaugh went to Will
bur last Sunday.
Rev. Roberts, Of Hazel Green was
here last week visiting friends.
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