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The Prescott daily news., 1912-01-20
AN ss CRY.

"My wife had three-minute cry the other day that cost $S," said the man, but she says she got her moneys worth, and 1 guess she did. It was her birthday. She had not seen her mother for two years, and in generous spirit beftting the day I had arranged that she and the old lady should have a little chat over the long distance telephone. It was a dead secret. 1 had made all the plans on my own initiative, and the call came to her as complete sur prise. l answered it myself.
 Belle, said I, what do you think? Your mother wants to talk to you
 "She nearly tainted. Oh, mother, she shouted into the receiver, and then began to cry. With the excep- tion of occasional repetitions of oh, mother,' that was all she did for three minutes. l had it from her afterward that her mothers vocabu- lary was equally limited. Personal ly l considered the interview fail ure, but my wife insists that both she and her mother had one of the loveliest experiences of their lives" New York Sun.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-01-20
WHAT STARTED THE CONFLICT
Gen. Fred Grants Story Told to Illus trate the UseIessness of
 Arbitration.

Gen. F. D. Grant, apropos of the uselessness of arbitration as exem- plifed in the case of the Turko-Ital- ian war, said the other day in New York:
 'It reminds me of a story. Ac- cording to this story, war was go- ing on, and one day, the papers be- ing full of the grim details of a bloody battle, woman said to her husband:
 ""This slaughter is shocking. It's fiendish. Can nothing be done to stop it?"
 "1'm afraid not her husband answered.
 "Why don't both sides come to- gether and arbitrator she cried.
 "NThey did, said he. They did, way back in June. That's how the gol-durned thing started. '
The Prescott daily news., 1912-01-20
FOUGHT A DUEL WITH EGGS
Two Philadelphia Men Had Bloodless Combat but Used Up $200 Worth
 of Eatabes.

Determined to fight a duel, but equally determined not to risk life and limb, Walter Hawthorne of Twenty-third and Tasker streets and Michael Cuddy of South Beechwood street, went to the freight yards of the Pennsylvania railroad yesterday morning and opened on each other aiyA cakes of oieomargarine, butter ald srgs. The missiles flew thick
 nd fasr, and upward of $500 worth of eatablas had been srattered around when Railroad Detectives "','i.,,;ccc2s and Campbell arrived on '.A2 scene.
 The two duelists forgot each other for a moment, and opened fire on the two officers. They were finally ar rested, however, and held under $500 each bail for court, charged with breaking into car and maliciously destroying the contents.-Philadel- phia Record.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-01-20
BELLS STRANGE EFFECT.

The Church of St. Nicaise, in the city of Rheims, is surrounded with pillars. When a certain bell in the tower is rung the top of one pillar al- ways sways to the extent of seven inches on each side, although the base is immovable, and the stones are so firmly cemented as to seem like a solid piece of masonry. Not withstanding that each of the four bells is about the same distance from the trembling pillar, none of the others has the slightest effect on it. -Argonaut.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-01-20
SUCH A HoRRlD JUDGE.

The woman jury had been out for hours.
 The judge looked tired, the clerk yawned, the loungers slept.
 The bailiif, after listening at the keyhole several times, shook his head with a discouraged air.
 And then, quite unexpectedly, the jury announced it was ready to re- port, and the 12 women filed in. l Have you agreed upon yer dict?" the judge demanded. 1 The forelady nodded and smiled. "We have agreed upon 12 verdicts, your honor," she told him in her futelike voice.
 "You are discharged~ P roared the judge.
 Isn't it horridw said the women. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-01-20
FROM BALBOA TO RODGERS
Two Dramatic Views of the Pacific Ocean, More Than 400 Years
 Apart.

When Balboa "gazed on the Pa- cifc, silent upon a peak in Darien," he was the central figure of won- derful moment. Something more than 400 years later another man gazed on the Pacific under quite as dramatic circumstances. This other man had come out of the air. He had left the other ocean 4,000 miles across the continent whose narrow extremity Balboa had crossed, and all the way he had travelled in the thin currents about the land and water.
 Cal. P. Rodgers, of the unroman- tic name, has done that which "stout Cortez" and Balboa thought possible only to witches and night fears.
 Our epics tell of heroes in small spaces-Achilles and Hector, Aeneas, Roland and Oliver and Arthur even Ulysses, the wanderer, had a little earth and heaven. When our modernity shall be antiquity we, too, will have furnished epic incl dents and persons moving on vaster planes.-Kansas City Times.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-01-20
NATURAL ERROR.

"How did that story pan out about the man up in the Bronx who found the big hailstone on his back stoop this morning?" asked the city editor.
 Nothing in it." replied the re- porter. He discovered it wasn't a hailstone, after all. The iceman left it there. ."-Woman's Home Con- panion.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-01-20
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that by yirtue ot ! decretal order rendered by the Nevada Conns ty Chancery Court. at it's December term A { D, 1911, in certain case therein pending wherein w. A. Forbes and others were nlaiss' tifs, and Tommie Milburn and others were aa' fendants that the undersigned. as specie, Commissioner in Chancery will on the
 FEBRUARY ., S91z
 sell the following described lands in Nevaa. County. Arkansas, to-wit
 An undivided one-haIf interest in and to tha Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quartar. the W est Half of the West Half of the Sonth,, east Quarter of the Northeast Quart CT. tha Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Ouartsr. the East Half of the Southwes Quarter. tha East Half of the Northwest Quarter of tbs Southwest .Quarter; the East Half of tbs West Half of the northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter: the East Half of the Southwest Quarter ot the Southwest Onar. ter; the East Half of the West Half of ina Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Onsr ter; and the West Half Of the Southeast n an in Section Twenty-six t26), Township Twelva Q2) South. Range Twenty-two (22) West. con. taining 305 acres more or less. at public oot cry to the highest bidder. on a credit of three months, in front of the Back of Prescott in Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas (tha Bank of Prescott being the building in wbicb the Clerks office is now kept. pending inc erection of the new court-house there beino no courthouse in Nevada County) The nnr chaser will be required to give bond with ar. proved security for the purchase price and in. terhSt.
 Witness my hand as Commissioner of said court on this. the 3d day of Januaty, 192
 F. E, MURRAH. Commissioner,
The Prescott daily news., 1912-01-20
THEIR NATURE.

Coal strikes ought not to be con. lsidered big news"
 "Why not?7
 Because they are bound to b lclassed as miner sensations"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12
BOSTON TEAM HAD ALL THE
LUCK ACCORDING TO RUDE
MAROUARDS VLEWOFGAME

will never be al the Giants again.
Please paste this prediction in your
bonnet.
| don't believe Boston would have
ever scored on Tesreau had he taken
more time out there on che rubber.
Over in Boston ! used to look around
at the outfield, wipe my forehead, pull
at my belt. and do everything else
TO kill time. / would 30 through all
these motions after / received the
return throw from Meyers. In the
meantime the Boston batter up there
at the plate. swinging his bat. was
going through terrible nervous strain
waiting for me 10 pitch. And then
| when he would get out OF his stride
| to ease up would bust the old pill
across.
Tesreau worked altogether too fast.
| | advised him 10 take his tina. bit
he failed TO listen to my advice, or
| maybe he forgot it all when he got
out there with the +0.00o-odd fans
yelling, some giving encouraging
shouts ana others trying 10 rattle him.
II Might Have Been.
Let nee show you how we should
have some runs that we didn't get
| just because of the slow ground
| In the second inning, with one
down, Merkie dropped a single 10
| right. He stole second and would
| have Tailed easily had Herxog's wick-
ed welt got past Yerkes. The ball
WAS travelling mile a. minute. but the
| ground brought II anost to dead
step by the time Yerkes got TO ii.
In the fifth inning we were out
| tucked OF another run Merkle shot
a terrific grounder over second. But
the slow ground stopped the ball
gnr "
gloved hand and get the h1tter at
first on shade decision HerzoS
beat out drive that glanced off
| Stahls shins This would have put
Merkle on third by all rights. Meyers
famed No kick there But fetch
! er hit the hardest ball OF his young
career and Ii was tioketed for sim
gle II not double, But the ball
dug into the soft soil and Wagner
again made swell one hand spear.
getting the ball to Stahl in the nick
OF time
Again in the sixth We were beaten
out of run by the ground Tes-
reau laced swell single 10 lief, ana
Devore bounced a drive OF Woods
Feet for an infieId hit. DOYLE popped
weakly to Yerkes but both Snodrras.
| ana Murray beited the ball with all
their might to ferkes' right. and both
times the Boston second baseman
managed to knock down the bali and
get II 10 wagner in time for forced
out On last ground these would
have been the cieanest kind Of hits.
The seventh, whoever Called II
lucky seventh" found us up against
old Dame Fortune again. With Ma.
kle out, Herzog singled solidly. New
ers raised to Speaker And then
Fletcher doubled to right. forcing
| Herzie. Mccormick. batting for Tes-
reau. drove a sizzling one over second.
out again the ball slowed up to :,
trot and Yerkes knocked it down.
Fletcher turned third fast. axurinr
1t sure hit as 1t would have been
| any other day. and Yerkes having
recovered the lucky stab. had no trou.
Die mailing Arthur at the plate.
Now there are four runs that We
We're beaten out of all because sure
hits were killed of by slow sod.
But you can't beat luck any more
than you can fxed wheel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12
Ry RUBE MARQUARD.

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.--Hats off
TO the Red Sox. ] have no excuse
to offer for our defeat today. But
that Boston team sure had all the
breaks with them. while our boys
were unfortunate in their hitting.
Before / go any further, let lie say
that the Giants are still very much in
the running. and that we will cop.
Wood Is out of the. way now. The
only chance he has OF working again
will be IL the series stretches out
until next Tuesday. And he won't
be any TOD good then. for he put
everything he had on the ball today,
and I noticed as he walked 10 the
bench after the seventh and eighth
innings, that he rubbed his right
forearm, All OF which means that the
old wing must have baen tieing UP
on him.
Matty will turn the trick for us
tomorrow He went In "Wednesday in
Boston and held the Red Sox to an
eleven inning tie. and he didn't have
a thing either, just his noodle often
a pitcher has a day that he can't put
anything on the ball. Matty was IN
that fix Wednesday. but they couldG t
beat him.
Tomorrow he'll be there with every
thing, and as l have predicted before,
he will twirl a Shut-out game.
AS / came down to the station to-
night, two fans were arguing as ta
who would pitch tomorrow for the
Giants, Matty or yours truly. On:
of them said that i would sure be
sent back. Well, let me tell you
that there isn't chance In the world
of me working before Monday.
l believe 1 could go in there to-
morrow and win my game. but
wouldn't want to take a chance. The
old arm is still a little sore. and
won't be in topnotch form before
Monday. But watch my old hop bal
sail over then.
Tesreau will be at his pest b.
Tuesday, and believe me, that boy
is sure 10 get an even break from
Dame Fortune by that time. He GER
tainly deserves to have his share 81
luck before long, 1t has been break
ing against him too much so far.
Slow Ground Work Responsible.
Slow ground beat Jig out OF to-
days game. If the fnfieid had beer
hard and fast. two Of Wagner's as
sists and two Of Yerkes' would have
gone for hits that would have scored
runs We were hitting the pill god
and hard. and on the ground too. but
the soft soil slowed UP the drives,
must give credit to Joe Wood for
the great game he pitched, Ills fast
ball was not az good as tuesday, l'u'
! his curve waa working much better
than IL did the other day. But he
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12
KELLY KING WINS
HARNESS Event
SUPPLIES SOME SPORT AT STATE
FAIR, WITH DILL A CLOSE
SECOND.
ALL CARDS ARE GOOD
ONE sTEED DROPS his MOUNT
GOING OVER RUDDLE, But
RIDER is NOT HURT
MUCH.

Kelly King carried off the honors
grounds yesterday afternoon, and in
cfdentaify furnished more than urdt-
nary excitement to the crowd of sew
erai thousand enthusiasts by figuring
in a dead heat with Dill. Switzerland s
brown gelding from Mt. Olive, n. c.
This interesting harness event was
pulled off In the second heat, both
trotters coming down the stretch neck
and neck all the way from the bend
in the track to the finishing point
After that, Kelly King captured three
straights, thus winning the laurels
Dill took a slump in the remaining
heats, but still succeeded in landing In
second place. Baroness Todd finish ed
third and William Strott fourth.
The racing was well to the standard
OF the preceding DAYS. the running
events being especially good and at
tractive In the second carded event
2:15 pace, purse $500, as in the
previous event, Tomalian. proved ar
easy winner. capturing three straights
his best time being 2:l1 Ia.
AT the start-off OF the fifth race
the Richmond steeplechase for three
year olds and upward. DR. Heard, q
chestnut gelding. dropped his mount
Cy McClain. going over the initia
hurdle. but In no wise daunted, chased
around the course. making short cuts
at times much to the amusement OF
the onlookers. The riderless steel
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12

WOODS SMOKE GONE
ey JOHN "cHlEF MEYERS.

NEW YORK, oct. I1.-TOday un-
fortunate defeat at the hands of the
Red Sox somewhat complexities our
task of winning the worlds series, but
more in the end, a heap more money
fer the magnates. / have no doubt
at all that We will win in Boston to-
morrow. Back on even terms with the
alleged speed boys" we'll show them
such d finish as will make their nair
stand up on end.
Wood beat us today. predicted
that he wouldn't be able to come back
so strong as he started. and / was
right. IL ever there was a day maue
to order for such smoke" as Wood
showed US Tuesday, he enjoyed 1t at
the Polo Grounds today. But the
speed wasn't there. He depended al
together on his curve bail in the
pinches, and by his very holiness.
Crossed the Giant batters for sew
eral innings. But l think that every
one who saw the game Will agree with
me that toward the end we were hit
ting him harder than he has been ait
In the majority of his games this year.
The Red Sox have no greater I'D
vantage over us than they enjoyed
after the opening game. We went 10
Boston and fought them to a stand
tsilI on their own grounds, What We
have done We should repeat. Wood
is the only pitcher Stahl showed us
who puzzled us the least little bit. He
has won two games for Boston. he
will have to win as many more II we
are to be cheated in our aspirations.
do not thing he can do this. Inc
first game took the edge off him. he
cannot come back with two days rest.
Boston will be forced to use him Mon
day to take second place in the stand
ing once let us out in front ARD there
will be no stopping us.
Boston Shouldn't Have Won.
Boston never should have won a
game from us so far Tesreau out
pitched Wood in the opener. and we
kicked off the game behind Matty
TSat ended in tie. Today's game.
though 1t spelled defeat for us. show
ed which is the better club. In the
box score only did Wood outpfteh
1890
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12
Fair Crowd Attends
Fourth Day S Sport

LEXINGTON, KY. oct. 1.-THE
fourth day Of racing at the Ken
lucky Trorting Horse Breeders as
ISOLATION course here brought out a
fAir attendance The weather was
clear and the sport as whole above
the average.
The card contained three events, the
pacing division OF the Kentucky fu-
turity being the feature. This event
WAS won by Anna Axme. which, after
suffering bad break at the start in
the hrst heat. came back strong and
had no trouble in annexing The next
three Another feature OF the day
vas the trial OF Ahian. 1853. and Lewis
Forest, 2:0s Ia. against the world q
record to pole Of 2:07 "a. These two
great trotters accomplished the feat,
Ma1ing the mile in 2.es1-s. Tho
fractional time was 81 "a 1900 a.,
1:tt -. 3.011-4.
The RAGS Tor 2:IS class trotters went
- 11im Davis In straight heats. The
9seN fxok wAs left unfinished Doc
'10e xEM1k 4Na ~ afst heat and lack
~ - knlfAt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12
TRREE-M MAN COMBINA TON IS
TOOMUCHFORNEW YORk MEN
FOURTH GAME OF SERIES

and took up their station in their sec
ton behind third base.
When the Giants appeared Oh the
field, Louie Mann, the actor went out
among them under cover OF velour
hat and some one In the resa box
yelled for him to get out. telling him
that the Giants believe he Is a ''jinx.
This hurt Mann's feelings, but he com
promised by going over to the Fox
bench with the idea of putting the
black curse upon them.
At the end of the game the Giant
and the Sox left for Boston. 1t Is be-
lieved that Stahl will now give Hugh
Bedient chance to start q game for
himself while McGraw will probably
fall back upon Mathewson. although
he may start Vanguard again, and
! give Big Six n rest until Monday
| iris Speaker has a very bad leg
and II was rumored for g. tina today
| that he would not play Heroz has a
| bad hand but t Will not keep him
| out Of the lineup.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12
Motoring Notes,
GoodRoadsNews
and Trade Matters

The monumental waste and inefn-
cheney OF the old time road district
with it's supervisor. and the working
out" Of the road taxes in sort OF pic
mic. rather than in fear and tremo-
ling" as salvation is said to be alone
attained. has been largely abandoned.
Efficiency marks the new plans. Men
who know something about road
building are being employed by town
ships and counties as road engineers
or ''superintendents.' where the term
engineer" rouses distrust in farm
ing population. New machinery and
new methods are being adopted at
every turn. In fact, the 2,161.ooo
miles of roads and near roads that
We have in rural United States are,
as has been expressed by one person
of unknown nationality. now on the
highway of improvement"
The automobile" still quoting from
the same gentleman, has been po-
tent factor in this improvement, In
| both directions. 1t has proved a great
stimulus for the good roads idea In
the towns and cities, and among the
| farmers who own autos. On the other
/ hand, II has created a good deaf OF
| opposition TO the whole scheme Of
road improvement among farmers who
do not own machines
The introduction Of automobiles has
worked toward road improvement
| There have been a good many cases
where the automobile has been more
than a moral agent in that direction.
! 1t has been hitched to road drag
and made to make smooth the rough
| places itself To its credit he Il said
that where the automobile has been
put to such work II has done wsll
| and quickly what would otherwise
have been left undone.
The spiit-log drag has been turnel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12
Football Games
Football games scheduled for

Football games scheduled for
today:
Lafayette at Yale
williams at Harvard,
virginia Poly" at Princeton.
Swarthmore at Pennsylvania.
New York University at Cornell.
Leh 9Th at Annapolis.
Rutgers at West Point
Carlisle at Syracuse.
Wesleyan at Brown
Hobart at Colgate.
Bowdoin at Trinity.
Washington and Jefferson at
Pennsylvania state.
Pennsylvania Freshmen at
Yale Freshmen.
Buckreil at Pittsburg.
Springfield at Amherst.
Stevens at Haverford.
Gettysburg at Ursinus,
Vermont at Dartmouth
Rochester at Hamilton.
St Johns at Dickinson.
Lebanon at Delaware.
Rhode Island at Maine.
Norwich at Holy Cross.
Maryland "Aggies" at Johns
Hopkins
Albright at Franklin and
New Hampshire at Tufts.
Washington and Lee at
Georgetown
Washington College at West
ern Maryland.
Westminster at West Virginia
wake Forest at North Caro-
lima.
Texas at Austin.
Southwestern at Sewanee.
Alabama at Georgia Tech"
Hampdon-Sydney at Virginia
Michigan "Aggies" at Mich
igan.
Washington University at
Illinois
Westminster at St. Louis.
Belott At Northwestern College.
Depauw At Wabask
Kansas "A9gies" ~ Nebraska
Wlscennin.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12
Play First Game
of Season Today

NEW HAVEN, CONN, Oct. IT,,
Yale and Lafayette will play their
first game Of football tomorrow, and
while Yale expects victory. the Ellis
coaches think that the match will
prove one of the fastest and most
stubbornly contested Of the season.
Head Coach Howe said tonight thar
he regarded Lafayette stronger than
the defeat Of that eleven by Swarth.
more last Saturday would indicate.
Today's practice consisted OF fully
two hours signal rehearsal. All the
work was secret. the little squad az
spectators being denied almittaucs
till the football players left the field.
Only the resident squad Of Coaches
Howe, Scully, McDevitt and Vaughan
took the players In hand. Rain felI
throughout the practice. and a mud
soaked playing squad left the Grid.
iron. The lineup announced Tor to-
morrow is:
Left end, Gallauer: left tackle. Tai.
bot: left guard, Cooney; center.
Ketchun: right guard, YORK: rirhf
tackle. Warren: right end. Averv.
quarterback. Cornell: left haifback'
Philbin: right halfback, Spaldinr:
fulibacx. Flynn.
Castles. Madden and Camp a. half
backsi Carter. end; HARRISON ana
Pendleton. tackles; shaw and Green.
guards. and MacNeili, center. viii bc
used In tho second half.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12
viraini.n VIM Golf Match.

WARRINGTON. Oct. 1.-THE FIRST
and second rounds were played here
today in the annual fall golf tourney
OF tho Columbia Country club. H. H
Lurton. OF the Country Club Of Wiz
ginia. won from w. c. Balientyne, OF
Columbia, IN the hrst round Of the
NTH. sixteen by default
In the afternoon rodhd Lurton. de-
faulted to y. !. Bartlett. OF Bannock-
burn.
Walter Travis. AZ Garden City,
reached the semi nnals today phea ~
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600 0t0 020 O0Q--3 II I
Chicago Americana
100 600 oo2 ooo-3 IL 2
Called darkness.
Batteries: Cheney and Archer; CT
coffee, Walsh and Sullivan and Easter
". umpires-Dineen Brennan, Con-
molly and Owens.
Score by innings: K. II. Il.
Phils delphian Nationals
/ 0 o 0 l. 0 0 %
Philadelphia Americana
0 0 0 0 o x--5 0
Batteries: Rixey and Moran and
Walsh. Brown and Thomas. Cmpires
Hart and tombstone.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12
Totals l..-.,s2 3 8 81 10

SBatted Tor Iesreau IN seventh.
Score by innings: r..
Boston ...-.0 0 Ia
New York ...0 0 0 0 0 0 / o e--1
Summary: Two-base hits-Fletcher,
Speaker. Three-base hit-Gardner.
Sacrifice hits--Yerlees, Stahl, stolen
bases-Merkie. Stahl Double play
Fletcher to Merkle. HHs-Off Tes-
reau, in Z innings; off Ames. 3 in
innings First base on errors
New York, /. Left on bases-Ros
ton, Z: New York, 7. Bases on balls
OF Tesreau. 2 (Hooper. Gardner; off
Ames (WagnerD. Struck out BY
Tesreau. tCaiy. 2. Lewis. Stahl
Wagner; by Wood. 8 (Devore. Muir
ray. g Tesreau. Snodgrass. Meyers.
Merkle. ~. Wild pitch---Tesreau.
Time. 20s Umpires--Messrs. Rigler
behind the bat, OLoughlin en- bases
Klein in right field, Evans in left
field.