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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-27

Icy" Ent no such thing. On sOin% 10
the office the mysterious article was
produced, in his own hand"rltihe, \
and. as he confessed, it was quite the
best piece of work he had ever done.
He had NO recollection whatever oi !
HAVING written it, and there IS no
coubt that he must not only nave
writtcr it, but posted it in bis ssce@
No long ago | had patient 10
whom such feat as this would nave
$, cmcd commonplace. lie was clev-
,,l ,omposer, and he told me that tor
wears most of his work had been done
in his sleep; so much SO that he rare
II, ever tried to work during his wax
iua hours. Morning after morning, ne
sad. he opened his eyes to see, on the
t.,blc by his bedside, pages OF music
which he had composed during the
,den,. and not a note of which he re-
r,embered writing. II he wished TO
c,u,ose a song he would study the
words carefully, and commit them 10
memory just before retiring; and al
mo-, invariably the finished cOmp0-
sjrion was there to greet him wheh
he woke. THIS man was highly ncu-
,otic abnormal in many ways, and
II cas not al all surprised when at
il.,i his brain gave way altogether.
hut there are many quite sane, even
ilrosaic people who have this mystic
,,ous lift of unconscious brain work
There is (I fancy he is still alive)
vicar in the Midlands who would fire
oacnily rise in the middle of thu
risht and sit down to write sermon
| When his work was finished, b.
would put on his vestments, mount
chair, and deliver his homily, wit
appropriate intonation and gesture
: jusr as IL he we're the pulpit.
That he could not see his manu-
script was obvious; for once, vile
, some blank pages were put into
y hands in place of his manuscript h
e dc claimed his sermon word for wor
y ius, The same-and this although b
~ memory was DO poor that he invar
le ahly read his sermons in church
Is It'd Bits.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-27
lust Look at These Prices

/ guarantee my stock to be strictly Fresh and
Eirs,-class. Give me trial and be convinced
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-27
FEATS OF SLEEP.WALKERS
Painters Have Painted Pictures and
Writers Written Stories While
Slumbering

We are all more or less familiar,
said a well-known Drain specialist,
with the ordinary cases OF sleepwa'N-
ing. which are probably as old aa hui
manity itself, But the start h%
forms il has taken in recent years
are little known to the public AZ
large. AS they are mysterious ana Ih-
canny even to men like myself, whose
business il is to study the va;,atica 81
the brain.
These new, amazing manifestations
G somnambulism are probably the re-
suit of the severe strain put on the
brain by the almost ceaselcss high
pressure at which it has to work; but
whatever the cause, it Is fact that
there are hundreds OF people today
" no often do in their sleep, while alb
,olutely unconscious, all and even
more than they can do when awake.
Only last week a lady came to con-
sui, me about her son, whose doinsS
were causing her great alarm. lie is
a young painter of considerable pro-
mise. and is engaged on picture for
next years academy. Night after
night, his mother told me, he would
leave his bed, dress, 60 to his studio
and paint away at his canvas Tor
hours at time, and every morning
he would be amazed at the progress
of his picture and the good work that
} had mysteriously been put into it. He
} had no recollection whatever of hav
ing done the work himself, and re
fused to believe his mother when a
!, last she ventured to tell him thu
P truth.
In another case lady artist Of m!
acquaintance had been commissioner
TO paint a portrait Of herself for on
Of her patrons, but the result was $
, disappointing that she was driven t
the verge Of despair. One night sh
left her bed, put on her dressin
J gown, and, taking a mirror with hel
went to her studio, where she worke
, with feverish haste for some hours
Her husband, awaking, missed he
and going in search of her, found h
in the studio, but was afraid to wax
e. her The following morning the lad
was considerably astonished to fin
10 her task completed with skill viii
she had never attained before. 81
had as she said when her husbar
+. told her the truth, painted far be
ter in her sleep than awake!
t. Almost more remarkable Is anoth
case which was brought to my n
tice last year. An author had bel
requested to write an article on
very difficult subject. He tried aga
\ and again, and each time with SD
poor results that he flung his man
script on the fire. At last he "
obliged to confess to the editor th
- the task was beyond him.
- A few days later he was amazed
receive a note from the editor than
ing him, in most complimentary
terms, for the very article he b
- been unable to write! Naturally,
- thought the editor was pulling
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-27

A gentleman was one day. in the old
coaching times, travelling by q coach
which moved at q very slow pace.
"Pray," said he to the guard. what
is the name of this coach?" THE
Regulator" was the reply. And q
very appropriate name, too" said the
traveller, "for see all the other
coaches go by it,
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Rirey hilly Pitcher, Now
Star Of The 1912 Recruits

paratively short time one of the most
popular members of the Phillies. He
seldom fails to make friends with
all who come in contact with him.
College Career Mapped Out.
When Rixey left high school col
lege career was mapped out for the
young man. Father Rixey was anx.
ious that his young son be given
every advantage to prepare himself
for the battle of life.
During his first college year in the
University of Virginia, Rixey became
a pitcher. Always handy with the
ball, and with every requisite Of a
pitcher, Eppa was taken in hand by
Umpire Rigler, then coaching the
university baseball team.
/ Rigler saw possibilities in Rixey
and took particular pains to develop
the tall man. It is to Umpire Rigler
all credit is due for not only discov-
erfng Rixey but for tipping of Ross
Doom.
Rixey,s college career was little
short of wonderful. He had strike
out record which averaged fifteen to
every game. AS batter Rixey can
hold his own. and in college he led
them all with an average of 1867.
RieIer Favors PhiIlies.
Two years ago Rixey gave Rigler
his promise to sign with the PhiIa
delphia National league club. Had
Rixey not given this promise it is
doubtful that Doom would now be
harboring another young phenom
Eppa was offered at least four con
tracts, each one calling for more
money than the Philliesa had offered
him. But Rixey is a gentleman, sub
and southerner's word is stronger
than a contract, signed, sealed and
delivered, and thus Rixey came te
Philadelphia.
! President Fogel, however, has of
fered Rixey bonus that will come
up to the amounts offered him By
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PHILADELPHIA, August H.
About this time last year all the
baseball world was talking about the
wonderful performances of the great
Alexander, the pitcher Boss Doom
had dug up out of the minors and
who was making good with a ven
geance.
Managers all over both circuits
were asking themselves, why did we
not get Alexander"
Today, while the name of Alexan.
der still strikes terror to the hearts
of opposing batsmel, there is new
star in the ascendency. Boss Doom
has again dug up young man who
gives every promise of carving for
himself niche in the hall of fame.
Eppa Rixey, Jr., whose very name
sounds like cross between col.
lege fraternity and comic opera
stars nom de plume, is the youth that
has startled the world recently with
his performances on the diamond
And again managers are asking them.
selves: why did We not get Rixey?
Youngster Wins Praise.
Within the last two weeks three
managers and as many club presi
dents have proclaimed the Phillies
new star as the greatest pitcher who
has broken into baseball in years
Greater far than Marquard" was
the exclamation of President Charles
Murphy of the Cubs. when Eppa shut
out the hard hitting Cubs. Greater
far than O'Toole," was Hank O'Day's
opinion when Eppa beat the Reds
Greater far than Mathewson," was
the way President Ward of the
Braves expressed himself when Xix
ey shut out Boston. ....s
And scribes over the circuit al
agree that Eppa Rixey will live t.
see his name spoken of as the great
est of all pitchers.
Rixey is a modest, unassumins
gentleman and has become in com
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BRITISH P0LOISTS
CONFIDENT OF 1913
VICTORY OVER U. S.

NARRAGANSETT PIER, r. Wv.
A. Rembert Hall of the Polo Month
ly has announced that he will have
500, 900 of English money to bet that
the English polo team will lift the
cup from the American team next
year. In his statement he. says:
The English feel quite confident
this year that they will win the inter
national match. So confident are they
that money is now on the way here to
cover some American bets. We have
one lot on England of $4,000 and an
other lot with New York banker Of
$4,000 to place that the English team
will win three straight matches. He
goes on to state that for months
agents of the Duke of Westminster
have been searching for polo ponies
and now have practically all worth
having in England.
1T is not generally known he said,
"but it is quite true that every pony
played this season at birmingham and
Ranleigh was owned by the Duke OF
Westminster The English are out, to
win next year and they are leaving no
stone unturned TO crown their next
efforts with the successful raising Of
the cups
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More racing talk is going the rounds
now. The Labor Day meeting started
the ball with vengeance. and while it
decided several disputed points OF SUI
periority, it also developed several
more, which can only be settled by
actual work on the merry-go-round.
For instance, John Fernandez is
more than anxious to have another try
at John, 0'Rourke's Merlingo, with his
fast mare Lizzie Moore. The latter
cast shoes in most inexplicable way
in two races, after just having been
shod, and Fernandez is clamoring for
another chance under more favorable
conditions. He is willing to back his
opinion with real coin, and there is
talk. of match race on the afternoon
of Regatta Day
So far as a regular meeting on that
date is concerned, however, it would
not seem good policy to try and pull
off another so soon after the Labor
Day races. The time is too short, and
then there is the financial end to con-
slider. In the last meeting the purses
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BRITISH ROWING
METHODS Are
DISCUSSED
Authority Gives Advice on the
Training of 0arsmer- of In
terest to Honolulu Boating
Men

Rowing is the sport of the hour in
Honolulu, and everything pertaining
to it is of interest to many men who
bend their backs over the oar, and
straighten their legs off the slide. OF
late there has been lot Of discus
sion over training methods. and it is
of interest to note the advice given
to English oarsmeri. Here is the
receipt of Guy Rixon, British au-
thority on both rowing and sculling:
"A good coach, in the early stages
of training of crew not under
his eyes all day, will suggest to the
men that they shall do without some
of their luxuries, dropping them by
degrees, so that they will not feel the
effects of suddenly doing without
those things they most desire. To a
smoker, u should say give up two
pipes, or three or four cigarettes, at
the beginning, and gradually increase
the number relinquished as the days
60 on. In addition to such luxuries as
smoking and drinking. the daily food
OF the oarsmen must be reduced, or
perhaps should say properly organ
Used.
Good Diet Necessary.
1T is perfectly safe to say that all
fat-producing edibles should be cut
out of the daily list. and, if neces-
sary, good muscle-forWing substances
substituted. The amateur must, how
ever, not fall into that very common
habit of letting the body run down.
In training, it is not so much the
quantity of food eaten as the quality.
Fish, eggs, poultry, meat mot pork
and fruit can all be eaten. But. ba-
con, butter (except in small quanti-
ties), sausages and such like articles
must be forsaken.
After q few weeks of dieting the
amateur will find that although he
may lose weight. his body will actu-
ally gain in strength and vitality. In
addition to the question of the actual
food which the oarsmen should eat
comes theaqueetion when to eat It.
In this manner strict rules must be
laid down and kept TO- The univer-
sity crews breakfast about $3.50 a. M,
lunch at p. m. dine at Z p. m.
These times may not suit all men.
the Only 4tntHS 10 10 81 ltAs YOUR IluiSS
and see that you get your meals at
those times. Both breakfast and din
ner should be eaten as early as pos
sible.s
Americans Carefully Watched.
In most well organized rowing In
stitutiohs the man who is out of con-
dition has to step out of the boat.
Americans are more closely watched
than the Englishmen, and they go to
the post in just a little better con-
tiition. But the British oarsman gets
so much hard work that he finds
himself in difficulties If he negleets
to abandon his luxuries at a fairly
early stage. Training is not SO much
of. a serious business as it used to be,
and is on saner lines than it was in
the old days.
Time was when the oarsman was
taken out on a run after hearty
dinner with the idea of working the
food into him." It is a marvel of
most men how some of the old Har-
ward and Yale oarsmen ever survived.
!
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oUR21, 600, 600 HORSES
The Country Not Quite So Mo
tor-Mad as People Think

The claim that this country Is auto
mobile mad is not horne by the repCNL
Of the Secretary of State Of New York
for the first quarter OF the year'sre gis-
tration. It shows that there are Still
enough people in the world not own
ing autos.
In fact it appears that only $3.50, 0nn
of the people in the State owns autos,
while in New York city and the metro
politan district Jess than 75-100 an
tOmobile registrations In this country.
OF which about 10000 relate to trucks
and delivery wagons. Against these
totals It is recalled that there arF. APP
proximately q, 600. 900 horses in the
United States, that about 1000. 600
horse drawn vehicles are In daily use
and that American manufacturers are
still producing yearly some 1,750, 00p
more.
In view Of these facts it cannot be
said that the horse is as yet passed. !"
says the Mail Order Journal 1t Is
also fact that while the cost Of
Ecrses and horse feed has been con-
stantly advancing the prices of auto
Eiobiles and motor vehicles. gasoline
and electricity have been steadily on
the decline.
Some interesting figures concernins
the worlds supply of horses are fur
nished by the Horseshoers' Journal
| According to these statistics the mum.
I Der of horses in the world Is about
81 600 coo. There are 100000 In
Europe; in America, $4,000 900: Asia.
900 900. Australia, 100000 and
Africa, 500.00c. It is to be noted, how
ever, that in Asia the counting a
| horses is done only in British Indis
and Japan. We do not know how
many horses are In the wide deserts
of inner Asia. In Africa the count
! ings have been only in Capland, Al
gier and Tunis.
We will not miss bv far if we nre
sumo that in the entire world tsSr;
are at least 100. 100000 horses. Amons
the civilized countries European Rus
STA ranges first in the wealth of
horses 1t possesses over 27.0en, 99f
pieces; then follow the United States
with 21,000,000, and IN 3 long dis
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lover the rival shortstop's grounder.
Al. Akana busted one through second
and when Schmick put the boots to
Kan Yen's tap Ayau again denied the
rubber.
systems the defense behind Smith
frightened up and the Orientals never
again had a chance Of scoring; a.
though Ayau lifted one for the last
out to Lejeune which lacked only a
few feet of hurdling the fence.
But 1t wasn't so easy for us to
break into the run column. Lejeune
broke HIS home run bat trying to lash
one out of the lot, the fruit of his ef.
fort being a puny pop to second. To
start the seventh anspiciously, L.
Akama in left muffled liner square
in his mitt from Koehler's war club.
After Leieune struck out Apan Kau
issued his only free ticket to Mont.
gpmery. Earkwell forced Montgom.
cry and was safe himself, beside put.
ting Koehler on third Barkwell
stole second and Schmick drove one
to center, good for two bases through
the misjudgment of the center field
er. which sent home the pair ahead
of him. Schmidt rammed one to left
which got l. Akama for a double and
Schmick scored the run which repre-
SCENTS the margin Of victory.
The game, aside from its novelty.
was played vastly better and was
more interesting than the final of the
Wheeling series the day previous.
The Chinese students win play today
at Portland, Mich, and Saturday and
Sunday at Detroit.
And don't let anyone tell you they
the not adopts at the American game.
They are. Yesterdays figures attest.
Here they are:
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MYRTLE CREW IS
TAKING EARLY
SPINS
Senior Six Out at Daylight This
Morning for Practice ii the
Harbor - kulumanu II Used
for Healani Coaching Launch

The Myrtle rowing men are not ht
ting the Healanis steal any marches
on them. even II the latter have q
brand new boat with which they en-
pect to sweep the HarbOr Regatta
Day. The Red oarsmen are ucing
some tall hustlIng 70 get their crews
In the best possible shape for the big
doings Of the list and with thI1 idea
in view the senior crew Il turning onf
Tor daylight practice. a. well as taking
the usual shutdown spin.
This morning At $50 the N-rtle1on-
Tor six was IN the barge. skinnling the
smooth surface Of the harbor. and 4
fine sight they made for the Dansen-
gers OF the two incoming steamers.
Ventura and Chiyo Maru.
The freshmen Of the Healani Club
had chance to test ont the new
Large yesterday afternoon. getting n
to the boat after the seniors had been
out for q spin It was found that q
couple Of the oarloeks Wers TANNED
and after only 4 few minutes On tho
slides, the Freshmen came Ii and
trans.shipped to the Kulumenu The
new boat was rapidly put ii shape
however. and win be nsed srsin this
afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon James 4tzers
fast power yacht Kul1Denu II WAS
akain used hs 4 coaching isilnrh ae
companying the Healani oarsiden on
their workout. The Yacht ls about
the only thing IN tire karAof thu can
keep up with crew when ne men
bend their backs to the oars and e
makes splendid craft to 10th View
and coach from
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SUMMARY

SUMMARY.
Runs Koehler, Barkwell, Schmick;
A Ayau 2. Two-base hits-Schmick,
Schmidt. Sacrifice hit-A. Akana.
Stolen bases. Lejeune. Barkwell, Kan
Yen. First on balls-Off Smith 1, off
Apau Kau 1. Struck out-By Smith
5, by Apau Kau 8. Left on bases
Grand Rapids 8, Chinese z. Time
1.30. Umpire Sterzer.
NOTES OF THE GAME.
cit was a nice game said Manag-
er Edward X. G. zap, the kind we
like to play. No scrapping and nc
insults from the spectators. We
would have a great team If our play
ers could hit little better. Our
players, you notice, are very quiet
on the coaching lines. We had q
pretty noisy yell when we played the
college teams, but we cut it out when
we began playing the professionals.
But we can coach in half dozen
languages, although most of it is in
Chinese or Hawaiian"
The Chinese players are all college
graduates now striving for university
degrees. Part of our mission said
the manager, lis to show the Ameri-
cans that not all the Chinese are
laundrymen or chop suey restanra-
tours" We have been shown.
And bv the way notice the box
score: The lower part of our own
looks nearly as Chinese, or some
thing of the sort, as that of the oppo.
sition. How is this for the windup?
Schmick. Schmidt and Smith.
Today's game is the last. but two
scheduled for the home folks. Let's
lot of US improve the opportunity.
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sportsmen, who officiated as judges.
- 81 q . . 90 q q % q 80 % .
were out of all proportion to the NUM-
Der and class of the entries, and the
meeting didn't pay for itself by a long
ways. Racing deserves all the en-
enlargement possible. but it cant last
If conducted at a loss, and horsemen
can't expect purses that compare fa-
vorably with those hung up for selling
races on regular tracks, when here
the same three or four horses work
overtime in race after race. What Ho-
nolulu needs is more horses, and II
the next meeting is arranged we'll
ahead of time, and well advertised,
there is no doubt but that entries will
be attracted from Maui and Hawaii, to
fill the card.
On the other hand, the only way to
attract high-class entries Is to offer
purses which make a campaign worth
while, but these two points have to
work in together, and strike q happy
average. You can't have good races
without. good purses, but you certainly
can't keep the game going by over
playing the hand at the first sitting.
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the four other clubs. So the youna
man will not lose anything by his
act of living up to his word.
ITO point to his record since ar.
irving in the big league: The first
time Eppa started was In Philadel.
phia shortly after arriving in town
Upon that occasion Rixey was not n
the best of condition. and was knock
ed off the slab In four innings. Els
second appearance was in Boston.
Rixey had his arm In good condition
then and shut out the heavy hitting
Graves. This performance looked
good, but Ross Room simply smiled
and waited. He had watched other
young twiriers break into the big
league and pitch one or two games
and then blow.
Lucky Hit Brought Defeat.
Not so with Rixey. His second per.
Torrance was nearly as coed Is his
first. Marty O'Toole. the $z2,500 Fl
rate opposed him In that second en-.
counter, and for six innings not q
man saw second base Then lucky
hit, with two out, followed BY triple,
which many think Magee should have
caught, but did not, cost Rixey the
game, for his club was poWerless be-
fore the slants Of O'Toole. Few hits
and but two runs were scored against
him. Nothing daunted. Rixey started
again against Cincinnati. and let the
Reds down with one run and few
hits.
It was in this game that the Vir.
gilman showed his mettle. In tbs
ninth inning Of the game Rixey was
in trouble, or at least Killifer, who
was catching him. thought he was.
With a man on third and another on
second, and Bob Beacher. the heavy
hitting left gardener Of the Reds, al
bat, Rixey got out Of trouble.
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All efforts of the steamer Horizon
to pull the Sycamore, the second lar
gest of the Lake George steamers from
the Hague sandbar upon which it
grounded have been in vain.
An old covered bridge at South
Reading, Ohio, collapsed and five men
and three teams were thrown into the
water. Two men were killed.