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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-11-06
BY Capt. GEORGE [. K,LHER. Late q. s. U.
a L the close of October. lst3, III,
fM Federal Army OF the Cniu {.
land. coinnEtnded by tiener

George H.. thomas, wls pre-
pairing to fight for its existence .:
Chattanooga, Tenn. Tie l'edera.she..st
Chattanooga. as the saying is. but ow'-'
ing to the lay of the land Bragg's Coz
fedelHte army on the outside held tl:s
Federals.S They couldn't get out Wit!
out running the gauntlet of Confesi
crate batteries and muskets. TIL.
couldn't stay without rations. CT It
tanooga lies in bend of the Tenne.;
see river, shut in on the north whe.v
the Federals approached it by rugse
mountain barriers. The narrow val & \
of the river and the tributary Lookout
valley opening to the west gave ie
only means Of ingress for supplies ras
sible to the beleaguered army.
The Confederates held the west -,
south banks of the river. includ !,
Lookout valley. and the only rela
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-11-06
The War Fifty Years Ago

Events of the Confederate Siege at Chattanooga Tenn
Dearth Of Rations In the Federal Camp Confeder-
ate sharpshooters Harass the Federal Supply
Trains-Bold Night Adventure Of the Federas.
The Enemy Disodeed From Points Of Vantage.
Night Battle at Wauhatchie- Confederate Attack
Repused- --Federais Seize Lookout Valley as
Route of Supplies For Rations and Ammunition.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
Silent Hardness

Mother-Are you quite happy. Ber-
tina? One Of your neighbors said the
other day he heard you and your bus
band quaWeling awfully. Rertha-
Pure fabrication. mamma. We haven't
spoken to each other for fortnight
Fliegende Batter.
Deceived by the Title.
In the titles Of books lie at times
pitfalls for the unwary. An almost
classic example was afforded by John
Ruskin when in 1851 he wrote a short
pamphlet on the text. There shall be
one fold and one shepherd" This.
which treated of the reunion of the
Protestant churches, was published as
"Notes on the Construction of Sheep
folds"-a title which, appealing rather
to the agricultural than to tae clerical
mind. insured a brisk circulation
among farmers.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
A Crank La the Common.

:ir. Farmer-Atkinsou was q curious
psychological study. An astute man
Of business, he was founder and 6rSt
president Of the chamber Of shipping
of the United Kingdom. But In the
house he proved a veritable crank"
One of his habits was to stalk In
ghOstly fashion from behind the chair.
suddenly to utter some unexpected and
irrelevant remark in a stage whisper
into Speaker Peers ear and then van.
ish. Poor Mr.. Peel stood It patiently
for awhile. At last. however. 1t got
on his nerves. Old parliamentary
bands remember the sensation that
was caused one night when the speak
er was obliged to appeal to the house
for protection" ssainst these persist
ent annoyances. Soon afterward Mr..
Farmer-Atkinson withdrew from pub
lie life on grounds Of Ill health, and
Westminster saw him no more.-Lon.
don Dispatch.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
NEW PILLOWS.
Pretty Designs Suitable For Library or
Living Room.

Pretty Designs Suitable For Library or
Living Room.
The square pillow no longer enjoys
Its former popularity, the oblons pill
low having usurped its reign.
Lovely designs are displayed, stamp
ed on backgrounds Of heavy crash,
pongee or burlap. Berries are always
effective decorations for the library
pillow, 60 a pillow embroidered with
this design should be provided for this
room. Using several shades Of green
silk, work the leaves solid and pad the
berries heavily with darning cotton.
covering this with silk Of bright scar.
let If preferred red wooden beads
may be purchased at the needlework
shops, and these can be sewed to the
pillow, forming the berries. Pad the
stem lengthwise and work over this
crosswise with the silk, laying each
stitch carefully 80 that a perfect out
line is preserved. II the berries are
embroidered outline each one With
black.
Pussy willows and butterflies are n
pretty combination, and If care Is ob.
served when embroidering them to
heavily pad them they are lovely.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
Sens In Verse
OLD FAVORITES.
FAITH.

FAITH.
~ ECURELY cabined In the ship be-
Through darkness and through
~ storm cross the sea.
a painless wilderness OF waves to
But yet do not fear, because know
That no who guides the good ship DER
that waste
Sscs in the stars her shining pathway
traced.
Blindfold I walk this lifes bewilderinE
maze.
Up ninty steep. through frozen mountain
pass,
Through thorn set barren and through
deep morass;
But strong in faith tread tho uneven
ways
And bare my head unshrinking to the
blast,
Because my Fathers arm is round mo
cast,
And II the way seems rough I only clasp
The hand that leads me with a firmer
grasp.
Anne c. Lynch Botta-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
ALSATlAN MOUNTAINS.

ALSA IAN MUM AIMS.
~ the blue Alsatian mountains
- Dwelt a maiden young and fair
- Like ;.,t the careless flowing foun-
Were the ripples of her hair,
Were the ripples OF her hair;
Angel mild her eyes SO winning.
Angel bright her happy smile,
When beneath the fountains SpinninE
You could hear her song the while,
AIDE, AIDE, AIDE.
Such songs viii pass away,
Though the blue Alsatian mountains
Seem to watch and wait Away.
BY the blue Alsatian mountains
Came stranger in the spring,
And he lnger'd by the fountains
just to hear the maiden sing,
just to hear the maiden sing;
Just 20 whisper in the moonlight
Words the sweetest she had known;
Just to charm away the hours
TILL her heart was all his own.
AIDE. AIDE. AIDE,
Such dreams may pass away,
But the blue AlBatian mountains
Seem to watch and wait Away.
BY the blue Alsatian mountains
Many sprinBtimes bloom'd and pass'A,
And tho maiden by the fountains
Saw she'd lost her hopes at last,
Shed lost her hopes at last,
And she wither'd like q flow'r
That is waiting for the rain
She will never zee tho stranger
Where the fountains fall again.
AIDE, AIDE, AIDE,
The years have passed away,
But the blue Alsatian mountains
Ever watch and wait Away.
AIDE, Ado, AIDE,
The years have passed away,
But the blue Alsatian mountains
Seem to watch and walt Away.
Unidentified.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
Round and Round.

1t seemed a very difficult thing to
make little Bessie understand that the
earth revolved round and round. One
day she came in from her playing and
said:
Mother, 1 believe the earth does
turn round"
What Is 1t that has convinced you,
DEAR" asked the mother.
81 can see 1t whirl.' said Bessie,
when L twist up my swing and then
untwist."
Isn't it you that whirls," asked the
mother, INSTEAD OF the earth?
But" explained Bessie, ut goes aft
er l stop."-New York Post
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
Spooninq ParIor.

He-Is that new place that's Just
been opened on your street a tailors
shop or public spooning parIor? She
"A spooning parlor! What do yeu
mean? He-Why. noticed a sign in
the window, Hand Pressing Done
buffalo Commercial.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
Anxious For tho Fun.

Mamma. what would you do If that
big vase in the parlor should be bro
KEMP" said Tommy.
81 should thrash whoever did It,"
said Mrs Banks, gazing severely at her
little son.
"Well. then. you'd better begin to get
up your muscle" said Tommy gleeful
ly, "cos fathers broken it."-Exchange
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
THEY KNOW NOT.

MANY are strong and rich and would be
AL just,
But live among their suffering fellow mon
Az IL none felt. They know not what they
do.
Shelley.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
"sE KIND TO THE LOVED ONES"

"5E KIND TO THE LOVED ONES"
~ z kind to thy father for when thou
vert young
Il sYho loved thee so fondly as he?
49, Ife caught the first accents that
feil|from thy tongue
And Joined in thine Innocent glee.
Be kind to thy father for now he 10 old.
His locks intermingle with gray,
HIS footsteps now feeble, once fearless
and bold.
Thy father 10 passing away.
Be kind to thy mother. for, 10. on her
brow
Many traces of sorrow be seen!
Oh, well mayst thou cherish and comfort
her now,
For loving and kind has she been.
Remember thy mother, for you she will
Az long as God Rivsth her breath.
With accents Of kindness then cheer her
lone way,
Fen to the dark valley of death.
30 kind to thy brother. His heart will
have dearth
II the smile OF thy love be withdrawn.
The flowers OF feeling will fade at their
birth
II the dew of affection DO gone
Be kind TO thy brother wherever you are
The love OF a brother shall be
An ornament purcr and richer by far
Than pearls from tho depths OF the sea
Be kind to thy sister. Not many may
know
Tho depths OF true sisteriy love.
The wealth OF the ocean lies fsthoms be-
low
Tho surface that spsrkles above
Thy Kindness shall bring TO thee many
= sweat hours
And blessings thy pathway to crown.
Affection shall weave thee a garland of
flowers
More precious than wealth or renown.
Author UnknoWn.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
CONSTANcY.

OUT upon 1t, have loved
Three whole days together
And am like to love three more
II 1t prove fine weather.
TN1ME shall mott away his wings
Ere he shall discover
In the whole wide world again
Such a constant lover.
put the spite on t Is, no praise
Is due at all to me.
Love with me had made no stays
Had 1t any been but she.
HAD II any been but she
And that very face
There had been at least ere this
A dozen In her place.
Sir John Sucking.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
FOOTPRINTS.

IVES Of great men all remind US
We can make our lives sub
lime
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time,
FOOTPRINTS that perhaps an
other,
Sailing DER life's solemn main.
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
"A Psalm OF Life"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
Crampinq tho Bank,

Cashier Ito lady cashing check foI
f15)-How will you have it. madam,
gold or notes? Lady-Oh, all gold,
please. If you've got it-London Punch
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-09
Fine Idea,

Insurance Man-If you lose a hand
we pay you $1,000. Pat-Pll spake to
me brother Mike. He's a contractor
an do be losin' hands all the tonne
Puck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28

Rider, Joseph Mohaud, e. n. Goodman
and Harry Krauss. rolling q total Of LIZA
for three games. The previous mark wa
Lie. In the tenpin game the principal
incident OF the year WAS the staging In
this city Of the first OF what Is to be an
annual inSercity tenpin tournament. With
Washington, Baltimore and Richmond
the cities competing. Events among
teams. doubles and individuals were
corded. The event this year Is to go to
Richmond. Despite this affair. the big pin
game lost in interest. and there are only
two tenpin leagues left in the city.
Outside of Washington. however. and
especially In the northwestern part of
New York state and in the west gener-
ally, tenpins doomed as never before. At
the American Bowling Congress tourna-
ment, held in Toledo, the big event Of the
bowling werld each year. there was a no
dceable increase in the quality Of the
rolling, and in two events record scores
were necessary in order to land stheir
makers ahead. In the team competition
the Flo De Knispels of st. Paul, MIMI,
composed OF H. Muggiey. c. Sutherland.
A. Nystrom, Fl. Dornfeld and e. Heden-
strom, rolled q total of 1905 for the three
games, beating the previous mark for this
event in the A. B. C. tourney by A. pins.
In the two-man event p. Schultz and j.
Roster Of Newark. N. j., won with 1921.
The previous mark was 1,3O4.
The coming tournament OF the A B. G.
will be held In Buffalo. n. Y, where the
tenpin game Is enjoying a great boom,
and it would not be at all surprising for
one of the many entrants in that affair to
bowl perfect score. The National Bowl
ing Association will stage its meet at At
lantic City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28
BASE BALL THE ONLY
PROFESSIONAL SPORT

IL is rather remarkable that there is
practically but one professional branch
If athletics supported in Washington
that being base ball In that. though,
the followers OF sports have had their
measure Of success. There was only one
thing better they could have asked for
a pennant-and that may not be so very
Tar away.
Clark Grifhths policy of developing
Dung players has proved Of inestimable
value and has made the Nationals con-
tenders in two pennant races. The work
of the team has been of such a high
rharacter that ii is now picked as one
q the three having a chance for the
american League championship next
season. Griffith is continuing the policy
lie adopted when he came here and will
probably start next season with the same
lineup as that which finished last fall,
though he has been making efforts to Sc
cure a harder hitting outfielder to take
The place OF Shanks.
The team started last season in a Grip
bed condition. mostly owing to an at
tstek OF typhoid fever which kept Eddie
foster out for a month. Gandil also was
compelled to lay off for a while because
- AN injury. Had these two men been In
he game all season Ii is possible the Ath-
TticS would not have won the champion
siup. !, is certain that the Washington
cam would have got off to a better start
han ~ did had il not been for the handi-
raP. IL would not have had to win many
more games at the beginning of the year
% have finished on even terms with
Macks organization.
The pitching staR last season was very
~apabe. and that il was composed mostly
~ young fellows, not yet at their best
peaks we'll for the prospects for the 1871
Season- Enge' and Boehiing especially
showed exceptional merit at times enough
20 cause many critics to say they had &
ehance TO become as good pitchers as any
IL the American League. Shaw a Young
.ster whom Griffith farmed out early il
me spring. also came back in the fall anc
ave evidence of remarkable ability
While he has not done as much as Enge
and Boehlng. IL is possible that he vii
outshine them when he gets into his
stride In regular games.
But the most brilliant performance at
iributed 10 any of the Nationals was The
wosk OF Walter Johnson He not oni,
rroved himself 10 be the best pitcher has,
hall has ever developed. but his splendid
denleanor on the ball field won for hin
respect and adipirat ton wherever he went
The work of the catching staff was con
<isteEtly good. while Gandii PLAYED int
eall I'm the infieid all through the season
leading the team In hitting He Is con
,.eded to be the best first baseman In III,
league.
Not little credit should go To Clarl
Griffith for the manner In which he han
died the team. He diagnosed the pIay o.
opposing teams accurately and wa
neady to meet emergencies with counte
moves which proved successful rnucl
more often than not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28

was trotted out in this tourney. w. ..
Ballanfyne, a Columbia youngster, prov
ing to be the winner. The second six
teen went to George Il. Freeman of Chevy
Chase, while Donald Woodward of Co
lumbia won the fifth, the others going
to out-of-towu players. In the consoia-
tons the first sixteen went to Sam Dalzell
OF Chevy Chase. Connie" Doyle of Co.
Iur1bia taking the second +. Lodge Hill
of Columbia, the third n. S. Duker OF
Baltimore, the fourth and A. g. Hoover
Of Columbia, the fifth. Chevy Chase took
the gross score prize in the handicap
event, when W. S. Reyburn turned in an
So. G. T. Cunningham and G. III. Chad
well, both of Bannockburn, taking first
and second low net, respectively.
The two other tournaments held were
smaller affairs and were strictly local
ones. no out-of-town players competing.
Earl Wheeler of the home club won the
first sixteen i'm the first annual tourna-
ment of the Washington Country Club
defeating +. p. Brooke Of Bannockburn
In the finals. Edward b. Eynon, jr., OF
Columbia won the low gross score in the
handicap event, and he also took the
qualification prize in the annual fall Ban
nockburn tournament. Harlow Hurley OF
Columbia won the first sixteen prize in
this latter event, while the winners of the
other sixteens were Alpheus Winter. CO.
llAnbia; Lee Crandall, jr.. BannockbuI>l.
and A. ii. Mccormick. Washington Coun-
try Club. respectively. In the handicap
c. c. Van Leer Of Columbia won the low
net score price, while Allan Lard, Chevy
Chase. and A. S. Mattingly, Columbia,
tied for the low gross score.
Local golf clubs Jared exceptionally
we'll in the fight for the trophy in the
home and home matches for clubs In
the Middle Atlantic Association. Chevy
Chase and Columbia both reaching the
finals. the former winning out. Ban
nockburn won the consultations.
The Chevy Chase Club held three big
annual closed events during the year
those for the presidents cup, the
"Siamese cup and the "Oden Memorial
cup The first-named of these events
went to John w Childress, Sam Daizeii
winning the "Siamese cup, Wolcott
Tuckerman was victor in the last, a
seventy-two-hole event, at medal play.
Monthly tournaments were held at Co
iumba during July, August and Sep
tember. and these We're very popular,
five sIYteens competing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28
BASKET BALL HAS
RECEIVED A BOOM

Basket ball has attained greater popu-
larity in the last twelve months than it
has ever before known in the District.
Not only have the colleges and schools
taken it up more generally than in previ-
Gus years. but the athletic clubs and
Fairgrounds associations are putting out
a greater number of teams. Five col
leges supported this branch OF sport last
season, and all did well, two having ex-
ceptionally strong congregations.
There was much debate Is 10 Wheth er
or not the Georgetown or Catholic Uni
versity auint was the better. Both play
ed brilliantly at times, while at others
they found il extremely difficult to hold
their own. AS a matter of fact, VIII lie
there was no way Of settling the conten
ton. there were times WHEN either team
would have beaten the other. For in
stance. had Georgetown met Catholic
Univ ersity the same evening that il did
Princeton there is not the least question
that IT would have won, but had it been
compelled to play the Brookianders at
certain other periods the latter would
have come out with the long end of the
score.
The season at Catholic University and
Georgetown was successful The Brook
landers had the most capable team II
their history. and claimed the South At
lantic championship. while Georgetown
and Washington and Lee put forth afgu-
ments for the same honor. 1t would have
been difficult to decide which really was
the best and that could not have beer
done satisfactorily unless the teams ir
question could have entered a three
cornered series in which conditions would
have been as nearly equal as possible.
The Maryland Aggies put out a uuint
for the first time In several years They
PLAYED a short schedule, eleven games
winning FIVE and losing six. which was
not q poor record, considering the greer
material and the poor facilities for de-
veloping the men. Their best victories
were those over the Baltimore Medica
College and the Mount st. Joseph's Col.
lege-
Gallaudet and George WASHINGTON hae
quints of about the same caliber The
Kendall Greeners had a rather mex
perienced bunch OF players. though the,
made a creditable record. George Wash
ingtoD got into the game for the frs
time in many years. and could MOI
be expected to do much II made prog.
ress though, as is attested by the mucf
superior quint playing this season under
the Buff and Blue.
The Y NJ. G.. A. won the championshir
in the City League rather easily, ther.
being no other team in a class with il
The association five was stronger thar
any Of tho other club organizations
which is dye undoubtedly to the expe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28
GEORGETOWN DEVELOPED
VERY FAST RELAY TEAM

The most remarkable feature of the
track season was the rise of Georgetown.
Not only did it put out one of the fastest
mile relay teams in the east, but it also
developed squad which swept things
in the indoor meets. The four Won every
race in which it participated, while the
team as whole won the point trophy
in three of the four meets held in this
section, and it PROFESSIONALLY would
have been the Voctor in the other had it
entered.
For the first time in seven years the
Blue and Gray relay four won from vir-
ginia. The Charlottesville aggregation,
realizing that the best men it could put
on the track would lose to the Hilltop
pers, made kind Of a farce of the race,
failing to run the best men, who were
kept out for competition. in the open
events. Besides accomplishing victory
over Virginia. the relay team went
north on three or four occasions, beat
ing Holy Cross, Pennsylvania and SYRIA
cuSe.
The Maryland Agricultural College had
a relay team during the indoor meets
which won from two Of it's state rivals,
the only two it met. st. Johns and
Western Maryland. The Farmers made
little or no attempt to enter big squads
IN any OF the games. though several in
dividuals were placed in competition for
experience. The Aggies finished second
III the state intercollegiate meet, st.
Johns winning.
Gallaudet did not make an attempt to
develop a big squad, but turned out a
very capable four. II won the relay race
III the Maryland Agricultural College
meet Catholic University also developed
fairly capable four, one which prob
ably could have come near to meating
any of the smaller colleges in the south.
None of the schools in the District did
much In the way of outdoor track work.
The Maryland Agricultural College did
| more along that line than any holding a
meet, III which there were more than 800
| entries The main reason why little was
| done in the way of outdoor work was
| probably because of the lack of competi-
| ton and suitable tracks
| Horter, Terwilliger, Gallagher and
| Stebhins were the most brilliant middle
distance runners not only in the District
but in the south as WELL They made ur
what was probably the fastest relay -four
developed in a southern college in many
years. Eller and Brewer were also yer.
good men, the former being the best all.
around track performer In the section
| Patterson of Gallaudet, Horn of Catholic
| University and Grace of M. A. c. were
above the average.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28
FOOT BALL SEASON
WAS ABOVE ORDINARY

Two Of the local college foot ball teams
were much above the ordinary through
out the season. They were the Maryland
Agricultural College and GalIaudet. The
former attempted to play a very difficult
schedule. longer than that Of any other
college in the south. which probably was
The main factor of its defeats in the last
NO games. but in the part OF its schedule
which II valued most highly il carried
of all the honors. The Aggies won the
Maryland state championship for the
first time in its history, In the four
championship games the Farmers scored
100 points. while their goal line was not
crossed. The team felt the effects of this,
though. in the last two weeks of the
sylvania Military College.
GaiIaudet had one of the strongest
teams in its history. II went through
it's season with only one defeat, and that
was received at the hands OF Washington
and Lee. The most notable eriumph OF
the Kendall Greeners was their victory
over the Maryland Aagies. the first since
the fall of 1907. Their work was brilliant
and their snappy play was IN great con
trasf OF the iistIess manner in which
the Farmers performed.
Catholic University went through a
season without victory until the last
game. II won from Western Maryland
in Westminster the Saturday previous &c
thanksgiving. A lack of material was
the main reason for the poor showing.
started by losing it's first four big games.