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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Motoring
Jack Johnson Is
 .Afraid Of PaIzer Champion Doesn't Want Flynn to Meet New Yorker
 Before Next July

Chicago, Jan. s-A white hope'' has at last turned up to give Jack Jonno mn son some concern Al Palzer IS the man. Just how great the black cham pions Interest is may be conjectured. He showed his row of worries when asked about Tom O'Rourke's protege, but he declined to make an estimate of the latest prospect.
 Yesterday, when articles were signed for the proposed bout with Flynn somewhere in Nevada and sometime fireman to call off his bout with Pal ger in New York on February 15. Ac- cording to the articles, Flynn is not forced to accede to such request, but it shows the trend of the Ethiop- ian mind
 The posgibility-and probability-of Flynn being beaten by Palzer may have accounted for Johnson's anxiety. stake out the New York ''hope" for himself and future action. Wha atever caused the champion to make his re- mark is locked in his own breast Sti'l, it shows that he Is thinking, and Palzer is being considered. No mem tion twas made of a fight scheduled between Flynn and Al Kubiak in To- been En the habit of having Kubiak served for breakfast, and the last named is in no way a dangerous per son.
 1t seems unlikely at this writing that the F1ynn-Johnson bout will ever become a certainty. No forfeits were posted. Tim Sullivan was named as stakeholder and it was agreed to hand him the coin not later than Febru- ary 1s-but that date is a long way off
 The idea of guaranteeing Johnson $31, 100 for his end of the fray is con- sidered preposterous. In only two fights during his long career has John son drawn anything like that sum into the box office. Both times ft was the prowess of his white opponents Tom my Burns and Jim Jeffries-that made the big gate. To class Flynn with either of these men is a huge joke. Flynn beat Kaufman and Carl Morris, but a lot of mediocre men have beaten him. Few spectators, 1t is argued. would make a trip to the Nevada desert to see Johnson toy with Flynn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Art BueS After
 Jack Munay's Job
Manager McGraw of Giants Said to be Figuring on Seattle
 Slugger For Outfield

Enter Arthur Bues, exit John Mur- ray. It would not be surprising if that change in the programme was made by John McGraw; the Giant manager, before many weeks of the 1912 season have rolled by. And there is good and sufficient reason for this change, if Bues lives up to the repu. tation he established in the Northwest last season.
 Bues was acquired by the Giants from the Seattle club of the North western league. He is a third base man. but McGraw has the happy fac, ulty of converting players and making stars of them in new positions. So it is likely to be with Bues. Bues is a slugger and will probably be shifted from third base to the outfield He led the Northwestern league in bat ting in 1911, with 1851. His fielding was not extraordinary his average being but 907. He made 219 hits. 31 of which were doubles, 4 three-bag- gers and 27 circuit smashes
 He led the country in making home runs. He had only 4 sacrifice hits to his credit and pilfered only S22 bases. The latter. does not speak well for his fleetness of foot. but that may be disco tinted by the fact that he rarely got a chance to steal, for he was busily engaged in making extra base hits
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
rennxsen,a Rhxmea.

As an example of faulty rhyming the great Alfred TennySon Is being held up by an English critic as in the very forefront of offenders. He is shown to have taken license as great poet that would have damned any small rhymer. The critic gives as ex- ampIes of Tennyson's imperfect rhymes river and --ever." given and "heav- en-" which are considered too conven- tional to be criticised He then passes on to the famous Charge of the Light Brigade" where Tennyson. with the inaccurate. ear of the thorough Brfton. rhymes onward" and hundred" ''said" and 'Adismayed." ''hundred' and '-thundered." ''hundred'' and "blunder- ed" hundred" and wondered" all in that one short poem. One may look in vain through the works of Longfellow. Bryant. Lowell or any American poet of the first rank for such orthoepical blundering. which passes without Ques- don among Britons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Tn. coIor cun

To cure smallpox was apparently 6 very simple matter in the good old times John of GaddeSton. court d0c- TOT to Edward H.. has recorded ths8 he got rid of the disease by the simple expedient of wrapping his patients in red cloth. Let scarlet red be taken he says. ''and let him who is suffering smallpox be entirely wrapped in it in some other red cloth. I did thus when the son of the iIlustrious king of England suffered from smallpoX- took care that all about his bed should be red. and that cure succeeded pery weII.''-I.onrion 7-atior-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Rlufed H ov


 The stories of the embaFFaGgnent unsophistocated diners when faced Q highly sophisticated menu cards aea endless and usually amusing. A man whose career had confined hls kna edge of things to eat to such standard products as ham and egga and poEH and beans found himself among e company who ordered inteilIgentl from an extensive bill Of fare. Tt con tained 50 many classified dlshes ag "a make a fair sized book. the pages oa which be paved simlessly and tn digs may. The waiter. who needed only haa order to go to the kitchen. vas stand ing at one side deferentially. with biz order slip and P~DcH ln hand The ds lay was noticeable and irritating, t the unskilled diner. and GnaIly ha pointed blindly to the middle of a pass with his finger.
 "Give. me some of that.@ he Gsid
 The waiter looked over his shouEde3 and remarked:
 That's mayonnaiss dressing giE.'
 A7 know it. ! can read"
 %But" apologetically. "What win y have it on. sirF''
 ''on a plate. you bonehead Do y feed your customers in troughs heEs Chicago PosG
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
To Drill Players
 Just Like Actors Manager Callahan of Chicago White SOx Says Men Will RehearSe Sliding to
 Bases

Jimmy Callahan Of the Chicago White Sox, recently witnessed a thea trical company rehearsing a new pro- duction, and now believes the stage folk have the right idea of attaining perfection. Jimmy had this to say one day last week:
 ''The bit of stage experience that I had opened my eyes to some things that I think should apply in baseball. I watched the rehearsal for a show recently, and never before realized what a lot of work actors have to do to prepare a play for a public audi ence. They~went over every minor for hours and hours. It must have been terribly monotonous, but they perseYered until they reached perfec- ton. I couldn't help thinking as I watched them what a howl some base ball players would make if they had to Eehearse things in that way
 However, think it should be done, and. howl or no howl, there will be some things done that way next spring by my players. And if they don't attain perfection in the spring, they'll continue practidng in the morn ing, when we get back home. For one thing, sliding into bases will be ner. Did you ever see a manager make his players practice, that way for any length of time? I understand that McGraw makes his men do it to a considerable extent and the records show he has always had good base running team-''
 Among other things Comeback Jim my said the White Sox would win the American League pennant in 1912 However, Connie Mack need not worry None of the Chicago scribes took Jimmy'S remarks seriously.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Tonaues eeLrav rhena.


 The man who in Massachusetts says Le-o-minster at once reveals himself as a rank outsider.
 But If the Massachusetts man goes up into New Hampshire and inquiries for what he calls Goose county or Cooze county the natives of Coos county wonder where he went to school.
 And. in Maine. Saco Is the test word that betrays the stranger within the state. For variety of pronunciation by those who don't know that word of only four letters is believed to hold the record.
 They used to tell the story that as each train bearing summer visitors started up from Biddeford. just across the river. the brakeman announced thus:
 .sThe next station is Sayko-Sacko- Sarco- -Sawko- Sayso Sasso Sarso-Saw soI''
 Maine people will tell you that it is pronounced exactly as it is spelled G-a-c-o. Sawko.
 Any Maine man recognizes a fellow Maine man at once by his pronuncia- tion of town name.-Boston Globe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Chinese and chfnaman,

On the subject of surprising modern words it is notable that the Oxfort: dictionary finds no earlier instance O. "Chinaman." in the sense of native of China. than 1854. when Emerson ss used it. The previous word was ''Chi ueSe." from which the. plural ''Chi neses'' was formed by Milton and hi. contemporaries. and the false singula "Chinee'' by modern Americans Bu 'Chinaman" in another sense. that 0 a dealer in china. was in use long be fore 1854 The Oxford dictionary give three instances of it from London di rectories of 1TT2. 1901 and 1879. bu does not notice that in 1T63 one 'Johl Crowther. Chinaman." was gazetted bankrupt "China woman" in sini lar sense goes back to Ben Jonson-- London Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
The Here's of Thrrst.

There is no horror like the hoFEoF e thirst-no physical suffering compara- ble to fl. A traveller over the desert ID Egypt describes man who had lost nis way. wandered about for days without water and finally came atags gering into his camp. The mans eyes were bIoodshot. his lips swollen @ twice their natural size: his tOuguss blue. parched and swollen. hung out of his mouth. To allow sucb a man Co drink water at will would be like pumping cold water Into a redhoa steam boiler. It would kill him. This man required Co be held forcibly bg four men in his eaEerneSs to get at drinking water. while a fifth man aIs lowed few drops to trickle down the throat of the sufferer at long inter vals He had to be cooled OR little bY little, like an overheated boiler
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
BOXING


 ' New York, Jan. S-A slashing bout is scheduled for Thursday night, at the National Sporting Club, when Pal Moore, the Philadelphia ''phenomo- non'', meets Matty Baldwin. Borh have passed the 1S3 pound limit and will enter the ring at catch weights.
 New York, Jan. s-Knocloout Brown. regarded as one of the best light weights in the business, went into hard training today for hEs 10 round fight on Jan. IS, with Abe AttelI. Brown win go in 12 pounds heavier than Attell.
 New York. Jan. s-officials of the Madison A. c. have about come to terms with Packey Mcfarland, the Chicago stockyards champion, and One Round Hogan, whereby these two star Hghtweights will meet tn a 10 round bout here the middle of next month. The boys probably will weigh in at 133 pounds at o'clock
 New York, Jan. Slack Denning. the middleweight, who took all the hope out of Marcel MoFeau, the French champion, will meet Terry Mitchell in a 10 round go before the Carlyle 4. C., in Brooklyn tonight
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Nothinn Like Optimism.

There's nothing like optimism. Arm ed with its breastplate, fitted with it's rose colored spectacles, you can with stand any pessimistic foe. see any rainbow of hope. These thoughts were forced upon a friend of ours who was waiting on the corner for his wife the other afternoon. Minutes, hours. passed and she came not. An opti- mistic friend joined him and shared his vigil.
 Look again and see if Theodora isn't coming" begged the husband.
 s'No. T don't see her yet" answered the optimist cheerily. But have cour- age. The women who are coming along the street look more and more like her every minute" - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
rounds.


 Red Farfel, 'the Fighting Newsboy'', is training on snowbal's and clam fritters to get into shape. He says that on the level he will meet any 105 pound boy in the city. Red doesn't think he will go back to hts old job of being mascot for the Bridgeport baseball club He is 8 holdout and threatens to jump to the outlaws un- less Manager McCann raises his salary from 50 to 75 cents day.
 Dode Paskert, the fleet outfielder of the Philadelphia Nationals, is holding out for a higher salary. He thinks his showing last season entities him to .Inore money.
 Manager John McGraw of the New York Giants will sell his billiard hall in the Marbridge building, New York, to Willie Hoppe, the cue champion. It is said that McGraw and Mike DonIn will open a new billiard parlor at Broadway and 18th street.
 Sandow Mertes, the former New York Cant outfielder, who played on McGraw's worlds champion team of 1905, has been appointed an umpire in the Pacific Coast League.
 Big Bill Massey, who formerly play ed first base for Holyoke, says he will play In Oklahoma next season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
FRED JEAN PLAYS
 POLO AGAIN FOR
 SCHENECTADY TEAM
Injunction Brought Against Him by National League Waived by Court.

Albany, N Y, Jan. S-Capt. Fred Jean of the Schenectady roller polo team, against whom an injunction is pending, restraining him from playing with the Empire State League, played Saturday night at Schenectady against Poughkeepsie, the injunction having been waived Saturday before Justice Chester of the Supreme court by the attorney for Joseph A. Burke, owner of the New Bedfords Mass, team, who is sndeavoring to secure Jeans Ser vices.
 In an argument before Justice Ches- ter, Burke's attorney declared that Jean broke his contract with the New Bedford team and that because of his absence the team had been greatly crippled.
 Jean's attorney argued that Jean has legal T1ght to leave the New Bedford team to play in this State and that the player had been given to understand by the management of the. New Bedford team that the Ma tionaI League, of which it is a mem Der. might not continue. Justice Chester reserved decision.
 Schenectady won the game by score of 6 to 2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Capt. SpaIding Ot
 Yale Eleven IEI
Unable to Leave Home in Chica go and Coaching Announce
 ment Will be Delayed

Chicago. Jan. S.-Jesse spaldlng. who succeeded Arthur Howe, as cap4 tain of the Yale football team for the season of 1912, is i'll at his home here. Spalding has been suffering for some time with tonsiIitis. A fsW days ago he was seriously i'll althous.H no apprehension was felt over hia condition. He is recovering FapiaI4 and will be able to leave for New Haven by the latter part of the week It is announced that the illness eE Captain Spalding will hold up the sn- nouncement of the plans of footbs8E coaching for the coming year. SpaIa@ ing was ill at his home during Eaa holidays.
 New Haven. Jan. s.-It was ana nounced by football players here AaaE night, that SpaIding is expected ta town, Saturday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
BILL BURNS GOES
 TO MINNEAPOLIS
Manager Dooin of PhiIIies Decides to Send Veteran Pitcher to
 Minors.

Philadelphia. Jan. s-FStcher Burns of the Philadelphia National League baseball team will be sent to the Min neapo1.s team of the American Asso- citation as the result of a conference held here yesterday between President Fogel and Manager Dooin of the local club.
 Dooin and F'ogel met for the first time yesterday since their disagree ment and outlined their plans for the coming season. Thirty-five men will be taken on the spring training trip, which will start for West Baden on Feb. 24. Five days will be spent at that resort, after which the team wtll be taken to Hot Springs, where prac- tically the whole of the month of March will be spent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Dudley Has Best
 Bowling Average Arcade JrS. and ClintOns Having Great Race For First Place
 in City League

According to the latest averages of ley has the highest Individual figure with the fine mark of 97.S2. Coles is second with 95.05 but Grinrod is real age of 95 in 24 games while Coles has taken part only in six.
 The Arcade Jrs- lead in marks, having made 15O spares and 25 strikes. spares and 12 strike es. The league race is a hot one. The Clintons and Arcade Jrs. are tied for first place with the West Ends and Wonders close up. The averages:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
BASKETBALL GAMES AT
 EAGLES HALL TONIGHT.

The Industrial basketball league will have two games at Eagles hall tonight. Crane No. 1 and Crane No, 2, which are tied for first place, will battle and the Locomobile and Singer lives will clash. The change in date was necessary because the hall can not be obtained for Friday night. There will be dancing after the games.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Self conxietad.

Say, pa,'' Queried small Bobby, what is gossiping, anyway"
 ''Gossiping, my son. replied the old man, sif we get right down to the plain, unvarnished facts, is lying. But why do you ask?"
 Because" answered the young 1n- vestigator, ma says you do a lot of gossiping every time your business keeps you late at the ofice.'' = Ex- change
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
SEA SIDE HAVING
 FOUR TOURNAMENTS

The members of the Seaside club are busy now with four tournaments. Bridge, billiards, pool and cowboy pool are being played and great inter est is manifested by the members. The first round was played Saturday night and the time limit for the sec ond round is January l2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
poubIe Work ', the choir.

Village Tenor thearing complaints of the singing in the choir on Sunday)- We'll, I do all I can. ma'am, but it's them boys, you know; always 'as to 'urry with my tenor and go back anG 'elp 'em with their treble. - London PuUcb
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Foley Kidney PiIIt

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 HAVE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION
 S. A. Dayis, 627 Washington St., Connersyille Ind, is in his S5th year. He writes us: q hay lately suffered much from my kidne and blat der had severe back ches and my kidney actio was too freq ent, causing me :o lose much slee at night, and in gny bladder there was constai pain. took Foley Kidney Pills for some tim, and am now free of all trouble and gain able be up and around. Foley Kidney Pills have rn highest recommendation
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Aer A-h;t;on

Mrs Rich-Tell me, please, Mime. Beautydoctor, how soon will you make me handsome enough to wear colors that aren't becoming to me?-Smart Set.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Games This Week.

y-Newspapermen vs. George c. Batch el1er Go.
 TueSda ay-LocomOb Go. vs@ Bull lard Machine Go.
 Wednesday = American Grapho- phone vs. Coulter & Mckenzie Co.
 Thursday-Warner Bros. Go. vs. A. & B. Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08

He has not learned the lesson of life who does, not every day surmount a fear,-Emefson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Standing of Clty League.
Games This Week

Tuesday-west Ends vs. Junior Five dneSday-WonderS vs. Arcades. Thursday-Arcade Jrs- vs. Clintons. FTtday-Penfields vs. East Sides.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
Factory League standing.

High three strings. Banks, .S19. High team, three strings, Warner Bros. Co.,, 611.
 High team total, Warner Bros. Co.. 142e.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-23

"My dear we can't go on In thls
way. You simply must find some way
to c,it down your household expenses
1--WE been cutting them down right
along. Twice last week ! refrained
from ordering celery. and on Thursday
telephoned to my dressmaker, saw
ing 10 cents car fare that would nave
been wasted if | had gone to try on
my new gown. which wasn't ready
So YOU see I'm doing my best. bu
you can't expect me to do all the econ
omizing. What are you doing to re-
duce your expenses"
ME? Great heavens. How can yo'
ask such a thing? l saved 5000 last
week"
six hundred dollars. Why. George
you haven't got 5000 to save."
81 know it. but | saved 1t all the
same. A friend Of mine who claimed
TO have inside information concerning
stocks gave me a pointer. and II had
borrowed 5000 and done as he advised
I'd have lost every cent Of it."-Chica-
go Record Herald.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-23
A Carved Cherry stone.

Dr. Peter Oliver, who lived In Eng
land during the early part of the eight
eenth century. tells Of seeing carved
cherry stone which would be wonder
even in this age of fine tools and fine
workmanship. The stone was one
from common cherry. and upon 1t
were carved the heads of 124 popes.
kings, queens. emperors, saints. etc.
Small as they must necessarily have
been, it is announced on the authority
of Professor Oliver that with a good
glass the heads of the popes and kings
could readily be distinguished from
those of the queens and saints by their
miters and crowns. The gentleman
who brought this little wonder to Eng
land purchased it in Prussia, allowing
the original owner $4,000 for his treas
ure. Think of it-$25.000 for cherry
seed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-23
When Bic Guns Crash.

The effects of two ten-inch turret
runs fred simultaneously on board a
war vessel are rather astonishing.
correspondent on board the vessel
saws. For several moments Won
dered what hit me and where | was
hit. The glass that protects the helms
man from the weather and the win
dows OF the charthouse. the glass OF
which is one-third OF an inch thick.
were smashed to atoms An ink bottle
that stood on the table In the chart
house jumped about six inches. and
every drop of ink sprang out, but the
bottle dropped back to the spot from
which it jumped Three water bottles
and three tumblers were on the table
in the smoking room, all being full OF
water. When the guns were fred the
bottles and the tumblers jumped into
the air. Three gentlemen who were
in the room also left their seats The
bottles and tumblers fell back into
their old places. but every drop OF wa
ter had been spilled upon the table,
though nothing had been broken
This suggests a rather unpleasant out
look for the sailors In case OF bat
tle.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-23
A Rsayar,s DAYS Work.

A young beaver In Regents PARK
gardens, London, was once placed at
work upon a tree twelve feet long and
two feet six inches thick just as the
town clocks sounded the hour OF noon.
The beaver began by barking the tree
foot above the ground. That done,
he attacked the wood He worked
hard alternating his labor with dips
In his bathing pond He bathed and
labored alternately until 4 o'clock In
the afternoon, when he ate his supper
OF bread and carrots and padded about
In his pond until half past o'clock.
Ten minutes later, when only one inch
of the trees diameter remained intact,
he bore upon his work, and the tree
fell Before 1t fell the beaver ran as
men run when they have fired blast
Then as the tree lay on the ground he
portioned it out mentally and again be-
gan to gnaw He worked at Intervals
all night, cut the log into three parts
rolled two OF the portions into the wa
ter and reserved the other third Tor
his permanent shelter. The work done,
he took a bath.-Harper's Weekly.