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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Cab" said Mr.. Pickwick.

Cab" said Mr.. Pickwick.
"Here you are, sir!" shouted
a strange specimen of the human
race in a sackcloth coat, and
apron of the same, who with a
brass label and number round
his neck, looked as if he were
catalogued in some collection of
rareities. This was the waterman
Here you are, sir. Now then,
fust cab!" And the first cab hav-
ing been fetched from the public
house, where he had been smok-
ing his first pipe, Mr.. Pickwick
and his portmanteau were
thrown into the vehicle.
Golden Cross" said Mr.. Pick
wick.
"Only a Bob's worth, Tommy"
cried the driver, sulkily, for the
information of his friend the
waterman, as the cab drove off.
How old is that horse, my
friend" inquired Mr.. Pickwick,
rubbing his nose with the shtll-
ing he had reserved for the fare.
"Forty-two," replied the
driver, cycling him askant.
WHAT" calculated Mr.. Pick
wick, laying his hand upon his
notebook.
The driver reiterated his for
mer statement. Mr.. Pickwick
looked very hard at the man.
face, but his features were i'm
movable, SO he noted down the
fact forthwith.
"And how long do you keep
him out at a time?" inquired
Mr.. Pickwick, searching for fur
Their information.
1.-TWO or three weeks" replied
the man.
"Weeks!" said Mr.. Pickwick,
in establishment - and out came
the notebook again.
"He lives at Pentowil when
he's at home" observed the
driver coolly, "but we seldom
take him home, on account of
his weakness"
reiterated the perplexed Mr..
Pickwick.
Gle always falls down when
he's took out O. the cab," contin-
ued the driver, "but when he's in
it we bears him up VERY tight,
and takes him in very short, so
he can't very we'll fall down,
and we've got a pair of precious
large wheels on; so ven he does
move, they run after him, and
he must go on-he can't help it."
Mr.. Pickwick entered every
word of his statement in his note
book with the view of communi-
eating it to the club, as a singu-
lar instance of the tenaeity of
life in horses, under trying cir
cumstances. The entry was
scarcely completed when they
reached the Golden Cross. Down
jumped the driver and out got
Mr.. Pickwick.
Mr.. Tupman, Mr.. Snodgrass
and Mr.. Wrinkle, who had been
anxiously waiting the arrival of
their illustrious leader, crowded
to welcome him.
Here's your fare" said Mr..
Pickwick, holding out the shill-
ing to the driver.
What was the learned mans
establishment when that unac-
countable person flung the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Bmnyfo

ing, discovered the "cab" thought
him an "informer" because he
had been writing things down
about him.
Ultimately it was happily end
ed by long, tall, cadaverous-
looking person denoted in the
Pickwick papers as the
stranger" who was afterwards
the cause of almost getting Mr..
Wrinkle into a dueling affray.
But that's another incident.
GOOk for another Pickwick
story in tomOrrOw's paper-EDI-
TORY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
If you were happy yesterday. if you

were enthused with the real Christmas
spirit, if you gave to be happy and to
make others happy, if you went to
church to again hear the story of Christ,
1T you observed the thousand and one
things that Christmas only gives you
the opportunity to observe, then you
spent very enjoyable Christmas. But
don't stop with Christmas. Keep her
up if it IS in you.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
All DELAYS Avoided

Charles Myers last week visited
an uncle at Hudson who is suf-
fering from asthma and is expect
ing death at any time. He has
his coffin at home ready and has
selected his grave in the cemetery.
Cor. Edgerton Earth,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Public pests:
Book agents.
The "Masher. !"

The saddest words of tongue
or pen these days are: mo, mad
am, we sold out all those 50-cent
handkerchiefs for 10 cents an
hour after the sale opened this
morning. You oughta seen the
Jam. Well, we may have more,
but | doubt it. Anything else?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Jim Was Well Chaperoned

Jim Elliott attended the fat
stock show last month in charge
of a yearling colt for Albert Her
sher of Mark Center. The colt
weighted 1875 pounds.-Amsden
Co. Edgerton Earth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Now that Judge Arntson is going to

write book about what he has seen
and felt in police court, why not get
some of the fellows who have appeared
before him to write the preface.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

Somebody has to work always. The
men who worked yesterday made their
jobs much easier, however, for they had
the Christmas spirit in 'em.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

With all the thousands of personal
injury damage suits taken out of court
by the workmen' compensation law,
the legislature might well inquire into
the question whether there are not too
many judges in some of the counties
now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
The way local philanthropists went

into the byways and hedges to seek out
the weary and heavy laden indicates
that the milk of human kindness has
not entirely soured, and the'world after
all may be growing better.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
That $4,000, 900 order for new cars

by the Northern Pacific shows better
than lot of talk that the financiers of
the country are going to insist on pros
perity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

Either the service is nightly i'm
proved or the holiday spirit is taking
possession of the people, for there has
not been kick on street car service
for a week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
JOSH WISE SAYS:

A girl who is too delicate to
walk five squares in the open
air to get a new dishpan for NAV,
can dance 35 miles In a hot hall
and holler for more.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
AND SO, WHAT NEXT?

'Whi the
bnatons which competition mpracicae declares the
the United States
Fairy translated that corporations: eve
combining compete
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

BERLIN, Dec. 2s.-"Filmers-
dorf" (Filmvillage) is the name
of tract of land near here that
a moving picture concern has
leased and that is being laid out
with parks, houses, forests and
streams.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

1t is possible to obtain a d.
vorce in Michigan and be married
within five minutes afterwards.
From the frying pan to the fire
isn't SO far when you hurry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

If all counties in the state line up as
will Pierce county, capital punishment
will be abolished at the coming legisla-
tive session.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

Isn't there somebody to take
the con out of congress?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Don't forget that there are few more

working days before the new year
comes. Better put in some good ticks,
for you'll never have another chance in
1912.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

If you miss the city hall chimes don't
blame the clock-it's the city commits
siOners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Where Won Wake I'm

Alarm clocks that will wake
you in time at the jewelry store.
Pandora Times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

Strange to say, alcohol was dis
covered by a chemist who blum
dered on it 100 years ago, while
seeking an "elixir of life."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Two Kinds.

"Quee Boston man over in that
corner. l can't get him interest
ed in Emerson or Longfellow OIL
Phillips Brooks"
Try Joe Wood on him.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Wouldn't it have been better to have

waited to test Green river water until
after the sanitary police have cleaned
up the watershed?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

It certainly would be fine for the
mayor and city engineer to take three
months in Europe next summer. Lets
all of us go.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
For New YOrk's 400

THAT plump little Widow Fit
ters, who is just going by, is
quite an accomplished woman,
isn't she?" inquired the picture
enlarger, who was fairly we'll ac-
quainted with the hamlet.
You betcha!" triumphantly re-
piled the landlord of the tavern
at Polkville, Ark. "She's caused
four men to be shot within the
past two years-smart a woman
as there is in town! Be an orna-
ment to the Four Hundred of
New York, l reckon"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
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LET'S SMILE AWHILE

Adrianople is forced to eat
dog. Imagine finding a tag in
your stew.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

Does 1913 look superstitious to you?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

The husky gent you often see
shooting the ball with such vim
down several miles bowling alley
per night is the slowest mortal on
earth when it comes to rassling
with the furnace.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

There's many a footing horn in the
homes today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

About the only thing man
loses In being punctual is an hour
or SO waiting for the other fellow
to show up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

Ignorance of the law does not
prevent the losing lawyer from
collecting his bill.-Puck.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Doctor Makes Boy An Entirely
New Eye And Saves His Sight

BY Remarkable Operation He Recreaes Ruined
Vision.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

One by one they wed, alack!
One by one divorces grieve us;
One by one they wander back.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Keeps in Practice.
a REPEATER

cit did Jack no good to marry
his stenographer, for she contin-
ued the habit of the office in
their home"
"How SOP"
when he starts to dictate she
taos him down. Baltimore
American.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Modern Life.

One by one our children leave
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

Filmy Occupation.
Zones is making a holy show
of himself"
Cutting up capers again?"
No; he is taking part in a
passion play for moving picture
concern"
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Effective.

Clerk--Mr. Sapleigh complains
IN his letter that he is not hear
ing anything further about his
suit.
Lawyer-Send him bill
Fliegende Blaetter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
No Time.

No Time.
Louise-Clara married her
husband to reform him.
Julia-Did she succeed?
Louise-No. He only lived 40
years after the wedding.-Life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-25
REAL FOOTBALL
 YEAR STARTS NOW
GAMES AGAINST SMALL COLLEGE RIVALS.

Yale and Cornell are the only big colleges to open the 1912 football season with midweeke games. The other mem bers of the Big Five will not start the slaughter of the minor college teams until next Saturday.
 Yale opens the new season against the formidable eleven from Wesleyan College at Yale field today with a team which has been we'll drilled in the new rules. Although nothing has been learned as to. the chances of the smaller colleges against Yale there is nothing to indicate that the weight and strength of the New Haven team will fail in the first attempt to dem onstrate that the new rules have proved handicap.
 New Haven coaches have develop ed backf1eld which has power to even at this early stage should prove that strong backs of the old tyne will be the deciding factor in struggles under the revised rules.
 It is likely that Yale will adhere 10 the old 1Ine-sma shing plays, and will not make many attempts at the forward pass. It is hard for the coaches to reconcile themselves to the plan of tossing the ball into the air for anyone 10 get, and the team with the old-fashioned backheld which can consistent gains will not be likely to make use of the passing game
 scbeG0Ted be60nTdary 3or interest tde in the games appearance of the Cornell men under the new coaching system. Al Sharpe, the old Yale player, has made a de- c1ded hit at Ithaca, and it only re- mains mains. to be seen whether he can arouse the big red team from the iethargic state Cornen's game with Aileghany College has been cancelled and Washington and Jefferson substi- tuted.
 Carlisle plays it's second game of the season today when the Lebanon Valley eleven faces the Indians. There IS nothing but condolences for Le- banon in this game.
 Piucky little Lehigh starts the ball arolling at South Bethlehem in a, bat tie with Albright, which was beaten 5o to by the Indians last week. As the teams are fairly well matched thls should prove a close game
 On the other college gridirons the scrimmages, which will be continued until Friday, when the real work will
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-25
ARRANGE WORLDS
 SERIES SCHEDULE
NEW YORK AND BOSTON ON ALTERNATE DAYS.

Final arrangements for the worlds s series between the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox are to be completed by the National Baseball Commission in New York today. Ban Johnson, president of the American League and August Hermann, chair man of the commission, arrived late last night for a conference with Presl- dent Tom Lynch, of the National League. Neither of the magnates would give the least inlkling of the cornni iseion's plans for the conduct of this great baseball classic.
 What chiefly interests the fans just tickets will be distributed. Next in importance is the schedule to be adopted Both these matters will be opening game will be decided by the flip of coin. as usual While no official declaration has been made It has been hinted in very good authori- ty that the games will alternate daily between New york and Boston.
 This policy was pursued l., last las t year year, were the scenes of action. Such course will again be practicable, be- cause of the fact that the trip to the Hub requires but six hours. Such schedule would be popular with the fansLand the rai1roads-if not with the players. It would also be abso-
 Naturally, the players do not relish the idea of even such a short short jump n1I, after esch contest. But eitner Ieam efrs the first two games staged at the rival town. There is distinct ad- vantage in playing before home sym pathy, and when one team gets two home games before it has to appear on foreign field it means an excel lent opportunity to get a. winning jump Alternate games reduce ma turaI handicaps to a minimum.
 Ban Johnson, dictator of the Amer ican League, came to town in his war paint Ban eays he will stand TOT Ma tioual Commission supervision or the sale of tickets in Boston He says that the American League will De responsible for its own sales, ana that 4I,e Nationeh League wiH Ihave to stand sponsor for the New York dis tribution of pasteboards.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-25
(.BY " agner)


 The fact that only two players were drafted by Class A. A clubs from the Connecticut league yester- day and not one player was taken by the big leagues makes it look as if the managers in this circuit don't realize the value of developing young players to be sold at a fat profit New England league In yesterdays proceedings so the Connecticut league is doing well as it's nearest neigh bor.
 In recent years the Connecticut league bosses have fallen into the habit of picking up a lot of old tim of getting youngsters. The old boys are steady performers but in most cases they have lost their pepper. They go out on the the, field I. as if if it t.aan vas They go through the motions of play ing the game and that's about all. u It's different with the yoqngsters he's crazy to play He runs around the bases as if the sheriff were chas ing him and he shows lots of ginger this style of play. They like to see a player show signs of life even if he does make mistakes:
 Tom Connery, the Hartford man. sending material to higher leagues He picked Kid Rehg and Lefty High out Of a. Trolley league Tn st. LOUIS a few years ago: Rehg was sold to the Boston Americans for a good sum and later secured by Pittsburgh High has been sold to Detroit. Catch CT Billy Vann has just been drafted by India napolis Vann came to Hart ford as a first basenan but Connery saw he was too slow and developed him into a catcher. In 1910 Hartford sold Pitcher Buck O'Brien to the Boston Americans and in previous years sold Infelders Gardner and
 
 and Ray Fisher % the New York Americans You can see what a bunch of money Hartford has made out of baseball. It is safe ito say that next year the Connecticut league bosses will go in for young talent and try to make some money by the sale of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-25
JACK BRITT0N IS
 TOO CLEVER FOR FAST JACK REDMOND

Jack Britton of Chicago made punching bag of Jack Redmond or Milwaukee, Young Sammy Smith of Phfla de1phia stopped Billy West Of Newark in the ten round and Waiter Moore of Brooklyn outpointedt Artle Edwards of New York in the three ten-round star bouts at the opening of the New Star A. c. of New 4ork last night
 The Britton-Redmond bout was one-sfded, the clever and hard-h1tt1ng Chicag goan giving the Milwaukeean terrific lacing. Redmond was batter ed from post to post. but showed great gameness and continually bored in for more. Britton shot in hard punches from every angle and drove home his shots straight to the mark. stamina Redmond managed to last through the gruelling ten rounds.
 The only knockdown came in the seventh round, when Britton slid in with a left shift. catching Redmond off bal1ace with a short hook and topping him over on his launches. Redmond took a count of nine and rose to his feet, stalling through the few remaining seconds of the round.
 In the eighth Redmond laced lucky left to the jaw that shook up Britton, who came back with a vic ious right swing that sent Redmond reeIing to the ropes In the last two sessions Redmond was groggy, but stood up under a fusillade of rapid fire punches. He was cheered for his great display of grit and gameness at the bell.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-25
BOXING"

From time to time, under police su-
 pervision and with special permits
 countersigned by the chief executive
 of the city exhibitions of the manly art-prize fights in col1oquia1 discus
 sion, always boxing exhibitions" for
 the purposes of advertising-are held
 in this city. A moderate public in terest is manifest, as a rule, this in terest being commensurate with the popularity of the participants in the boxing events, or the faith the admir- CTS of this particular line of brow ess hold in the mana cement of these enterprises. Of recent years the notably successful boxing exhibitions hereabouts have been few indeed and far between. This is due to several reasons, notably the general lower ing in the standards of the attractions offered. Another element has enter ed into the boxing game that is like ly to bring discredit upon the sport, and financial disaster even to well meaning prom moters. This is the per sought to conduct these affairs with the sole thought of financial gain and no reckoning of the discredit that their questionable methods may bring upon pugilisn in general Men of few scrup1es and less resp onsibii- ity have broken into the boxing game in Bridgeport. They have from time to time secured legitimate permits. The unsuspecting public, has always ofi1 in vering numbers, to patronize the shows. New York state has sought to solve the problem of boxing exhi- bitions with boxing commission. Politics it is charged have entered into the game. Yet conditions there are somewhat improved. There Is need of radical change in Connec- ticut's boxing procedure. A commis- sion might help matters. Until this is done, it is up to the city officials to be chary of granting permits 10 irresponsibleS. But if the public, in the light of former experiences with such undertakings, continues to pa- tronize them, without full knowledge of the identity of the promoters and the conditions of the show, it is the public that pays, and no one else. The officials can only do their share. Of ten the members of clubs organized with entirely superior motives are brought into disrepute through the unwarranted exploiting of the club name by the promoters of the show, who know too well that mere an- nouncement of the real identity of the parties in interest would mean disas- ter for the show.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-25
FITZSISIMONs' FAMOUS FIGHT
 WITH AUSTRALIAN DAN CREEDON

It was eighteen years ago. come to-
 morrow, that Ruby Robert F1tz-
 ed title to the mfddlewefght cham
 pionship of the world by knocking out
 his countryman, Dan Creedon. at New
 Orleans. When Bob left Australia
 he left vacant the mfddleweight cham
 pionship of that country. and ft vas claimed and successfully defended by Dan Creedon. The later determined
 to follow Bob'e course and came t0
 America with the express purpose Of
 challenging F,itz- Creedon defeated
 all the best American fighters of hts
 class, and then sent a def to Frsct<Ied
 Bob A New Orleans club offered
 s5,OOO for the bout. to be divided af.o00 the weight to be 15s pounds rinsside, and Bob accepted. The weight and
 conditions were such as to give the
 victor a clear title to the worlds the fight Fftz announced that it would be his last as a middieweight. and that he intended to go after the good advisers in Jack Dempsey. the former Iniddleweight champion; and odnds Kid McC9y, S,s eedon Boe weignsa ssS SniE st the limit 15s pounds. The challenger had a shade the best of 1t In the first round. landing several hard jolts. In the second inning Creedon went down before a stiff one to the jaw. but got up at the count of nine. He had no sooner got to his feet than Fftz was after him, and sent over several blows to Dams face. Creedon war groggy, while the freckled fellow was as cool as a. cucumber, and made every blow count. A hard left to the jaw and a stiff right on the same spot put Creedon out of commission, and several minutes elapsed before nc was able tot sit up and take notice. In the meantime Bob was waving the United States flag over the prostrate body of his foe, and the fans were cheering wildly. When quiet waa Fa- stored John Duffy, the referee, @-1~ nounced that this battle was Bo~~s last in the middIeweight division. and that he would challenge Jim Corbett to battle the heavyweight title
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-25
PRESIDENT AT
 ANNIVERSARY OF
 LOYAL GOVERNORS

Altoona, Pa, Sept. 25-This being Presidents Day in the celebration of the 5Oth anniversary of the meeting in Altoona of Loyal Governors in the Civil War, the head of the nation. Governors, Senators, Representatives and other great men assembled to participate in the functions.
 Altoona was bedecked with flags and bunting. In the hotel corridors crowds of army officers in full dress uniforms were in evidence.
 The big parade was led by the big marine band of Washington and in cluded the 18th coast artillery of Fort Dupont, Del. The school children also took part.
 Then followed a meeting attended by thousands. The program included patriotic music and speeches. Cover nor John Tener, of Pennsylvania. made an address and was made pre- siding officer The big feature was the address of President Taft. The oration of the day was delivered by Dr. Edwin Erie Sparks, president of the Pennsylvania State College
 When the President finished his speech he returned to his private car and started on the return trip to Beverly, where he will arrive Thurs day morning. The President was given a cordial reception by the1 thousands along the line of the pal