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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-07
Agricultural Teachers in Demand.

The United States bureau of edu.
cation recently issued an appeal for
agricultural teachers in high schools.
The salaries of the majority of the
male teachers in the high schools OF
the country average only $500 year
while teachers of agriculture are re-
ceiving an average of $1,000. The diff
ference in wages is explained on &C
count of the scarcity of agricultural
teachers.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-07
&c Bakln6 Powder Biscuits

Three cups -four; x to 4 CUP short
exixg;; ; kieL teaSbooMtMk K c Baklng
RowIf,:; about / cup milk Of, zVater;: I
keasp00MfnI salt.
Sift three times, the -four, salt and
baking powder. Work into the flour the
shortening, using lard or butter for
shortening. Then mix to very soft
dough with the milk. The softer the
biscuit enters the oven, the lighter it
comes out. Never knead baking powder
biscuits: press the dough into shape and
roll lightly. Cut in small shapes and
bake on sheet or very shallow pan in
hot oven. In placing biscuits in the
pans place well apart, not allowing edges
to touch. Small biscuits are better than
large ones. Large biscuits do not have
the proper amount OF time to raise and
bake.
Have you seen the new K c Cooks Bookt
Brimful Of appetiziug recipes that simply must
be successful every time if the few simple direc-
tons are carefully followed You would gladly
pay 50 cents for this valuable book. yet we send
II absolutely free upon receipt of the colored GER
ti6cate packed in every 25-centcan OF X G Baking
Powder. JAQuEs MFG. Co.. Chicago. Small
cans do not have Cooks Book certificates.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
COTTON VALUES
CONTINUE FIRM FIRM

New York, Sept 6. - The cotton
market was less active, but continued
nervous and unsettled, owing to the
Washington news regarding the pro-
posed tax on trading in futures.
The opening was firm at an adj
vance of 10 to 81 points, in response
to strong cables.
Active months sold 81 to q points
net higher, shortly after the call on
trade buying and covering. Scattering
liquidation continued heavy, however
and the market later eased off to with
in or 10 points of yesterdays close.
Rains were reported in the eastern
belt and the forecast was for unsettled
weather in Texas.
The market rallied partially and
closed steady at net advance of IL
points to decline of points.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
ATLANTA 5, CHATTANOOGA 0.

Atlanta, Ca, Sept 6.-(Special.) >
Thompson was too much for the Look
outs and the Crackers won the last
game of the season, to 0. Atlanta
jumped on the visitors at the start of
the fray and piled up two runs in the
first. The Crackers fielded and batte1
like fiends. Howell was on the firing
line for Kid Elberfield and the Crack
ers found him when hits meant runs.
All Atlanta is pulling for New Or
leans to take the measure of Mobile
Sunday afternoon. But if Mobile does
cop the rag the Atlanta rooters will
still feel that Atlanta has the better
team. The score by innings:
r. H. T.
Chattanooga 900 900 OOO-O 5
Atlanta ....... .202 600 01x-5 8 z
Batteries-Howell and Graham
Thompson and Chapman.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07

Mobile and Atlanta are still tied up
for the Southern league rag. Both OIL
the teams won yesterdays game and
the official standing remains the sama.
Mobile has to play New Orleans this
afternoon and on the outcome of the
game hinges the pennant.
If Mobile wins, then the Gulls will
fly the rag next season. If the Peli-
cans cop, then Atlanta will be the
winner of the race. AS it stands both
teams have won and lost exactly the
same number of games.
1t has been reported by the Mobile
papers that the Mobile moguls have
told the Gulls that if they cop, the
entire receipts of today's game will go
to them. This should make Mike and
his crew strain point to win.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
AGE OF ALPHABET.
Prof. w. VI. Flinders Petrie Says 1t Is
Older Than The Phenicians.
Boston Globe.)


The celebrated Psychologist, Prof
w. NJ. Flinders Petrie, has published
a new work called "The Growth CT
Signs" in which he attacks the theory
that our alphabet is Phenecian. Prof.
Petrie says that the most commonly
accepter theory is that the Phenecians
derived heir alphabet from the ancient
Egyptian hieratic writing, that they
developed it and added to it and pass
ed it on practically in the form We
have it today.
The professor, on the other hand
maintains that the signs composing the
alphabet originated in many parts OF
the world as far apart as Asia Minor
and Spain, that they were gradually
brought together by the nations dwell
ing around the Mediterranean and COLI
densed by them into our convenient
system, and that while the Phenecians
used this system they were in no
sense parents of it.
He was first started on the way 70
these conclusions when he discovered
in Egypt signs similar to those of the
alphabet that were older than hieratic
or hieroglyphic writing. He found
these signs dating from the twelfth
dynasty.
He then traced the existence of other
alphabetic signs in other various parts
of the world, which could have been
derived from the Phenecians. He has
compiled list of signs found in 81
ancient languages from which he un-
dertakes to show that our alphabet
was derived.
He attacks the old idea that our
letters are drawings of animals and
things that suggest the sounds that
we give to the letters. For insance, J
has been said that "a represents a
bulls head, because the letter sounds
like the believing Of an animal; that
IS" represents the serpent, because
the sound of the letter is like the hiss
ing of the reptile and so on.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
A MOUNTAIN THAT DIED
cleveland Plain Dealer

|
A mourtain is dying out in Wyom
ing. One of the big rugged granite
hills OF the Rockies, cast up from tn
depths ages ago, has suffered a NOR
tai hurt.
1t bears the name of Sherman Hi
the name given it being in honor Ct
the distinguished general of the Unitei
States army. 1t is historic point in
the Rockies for it was the one spot n
that section over which a trail was
found before railways were built. 1t
was over the same trail the Union Pa
cific engineers laid the tracks when
the steel rails were stretched from
coast to coast
For some reason, and scientists have
not yet found that reason, the red
granite is disintegrating. In place of
being the solid, immovable mountain
of stone, it is a great mass of mater.
ial easily handled and found useful.
Years ago the discovery of its use
fulness was made and since that tim,
the Union Pacific has taken out mil
lions of tons of the disintegrated rock,
using it for ballast along the tracks
The mountain, once the barrier to
mans progress, has become in its
death the friend of man and is used to
insure comfort and speed in travel.
In it's disintegrated state the mass
may be picked up with steam shovel
and handled with ease. Distributed
along the tracks it becomes partially
plastic, adapts itself to the purpose of
ballast, is practically dustless, and re-
tains its position so as to insure a
permanent and safe roadbed Unlike
many other substances used for ba,-
last it does not absorb moisture and SO
does not tend to hurry the decay OF
ties.
Ultimately the disintegrated grant ,
will be used to ballast all the lines q
the Union Pacific. Nearly three mil
lion tons have been employed in the
ballasting of the new second track the
road has completed across the state o.
Nebraska and several other million
tons had already been placed on the
main line. Ultimately much of the
mass of Sherman Hill will have been
carried away for use and the great rcd
cash in the mountain range will mark
the spot where ance stood bold and
defiant, the mountain that died.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
The Hero Of The Plains, The
Life and Adventures Of
BUFFALO BILL,
1.-THE king OF SCOUTS"
8 Reels, 5000 Feet
Acted by Col. ". T. Cody
500 Real Indians

The greatest frontier pro-
duction ever produced in
motion pictures. Replete
with thrilling battles and
heroic deeds. See
The battle of the old San
ia Fe trail.
The attempted stage coach
hold up.
The capture of Buck Nc
Candells, the notorious ban
dit.
Buffalo Bill with General
Carr.
The famous duel between
Buffalo Bill and chief Vel
low Hand.
The first scalp of Custer.
Many Other incidents in
the life of the last great
scout.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
Why 1t Was a Village
milwaukee wisconsin,

milwaukee wisconsin,
He was quite evidently from the
country and he was also quite ev'-
IDENTIFY a Yankee, and from behind his
bowed spectacles he peered inquisit-
lively at little Jew who occupied the
other half of the car seat with him.
The little Jew looked at him depre>
catingly. mice day." he began, po-
litely.
you're a Jew, amt your" queiel
the Yankee.
Eyes, sir, I'm a clothing salesman
handing him card.
But you're a Jew"
Eyes, sir, I'm a Jew" came the
answer.
We'll" continued the Yankee, Tin
9 Yankee, and in the little village in
Maine where l come from I'm proud
to say there amt a jew"
Dot wy it's village" replied the
little Jew, quietly,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
MOBILE A, NEW ORLEANS 3.

Mobile, Ala, Sept. 6.-(Specal)--
New Orleans made a squirt in the
eighth and came near putting a crimp
in the Cults pennant hopes, but Mike
and his warriors managed to win out by
the scant margin of one run. The
game was witnessed by the largest
crowds that has. ever attended game
in Mobile.
Hogg pitched for the locals and was
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07

Remember every Tues
day is candy day; every
child gets a box of candy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
, y \ \ \ \ y + \ \ \ 4
; GREAT statesmen ,

= What every dealer needs in this 4
= world is, first, to have people
y know what he has for sale, and,
4 second, to be able to get it & to !
= those that want it at fair price.
= The great distributor of goods !
\ is and should be the local mer-
\ chant. I
+ And the great salesman of the 4
= United States should be the
= country editor, the man who
4 alone reaches the substantial, (
y solid population of the country 4
= and of the small towns.
= The editor who can reach
\ thousand or five hundred of the
= dwellers in villages and in the
= country should be worth more as
I salesman, properly used, than I
= any other in the United States. 4
4 And in proportion to its circu- (
: lation has newspaper is infinitely I
= the Most valuable advertising me-
I dunn in the United States.
\ This we have said and shall
4 repeat until the big manufactur-
\ ers, the big national advertisers,
= realize what it means to them.
= The country local editors are
= the national policemen, the only
= superintendent that watch for
! the public welfare in the small !
- places.
= 4 4 ! = 4 4 4 4 Z 1
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
LiyerpooI Cotton.

Liverpool, Sept. Cotton; Spot in
limited demand; steady; middling fair
1893; good middling 1857; middling
7.35; low middling 7.13; good ordi
nary 6.53; ordinary GIG. Sales 5000,
including $500 American.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
MOBILE and ATLANTA BOTH
WIN; TIE STILL UNBROKEN
Prtest Race Ever Staged in Southern League Will ERd
Today When Mobile Either Loses or Wins From
New Orleans

strong all the way New Orleans play
ed errorless ball but the locals man
aged to win on clean hits. Campbell
relieved Hogg in the ninth and check
ed the batting rally.
Sunday afternoon we will take on
the Pelicans again. We know that i
is win the game and win the pennant,
and lose and vice versa. Campbell
will pitch. The score by innings:
r. H. E.
New Orleans 900 600 OSO 3 {
Mobile ..... 1908 O1O OOx-4 IL l
Batteries = Hogg, Campbell and
Schmidt; Peddy and Adams.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07

Occasionally you meet man that
i so civil towards women that he tips
his hat to even his wife.-Philadelphia
Exchange. Down here men of that cal
ibre are plentiful.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
! Direct From the Diamonds /

Southern League.
Atlanta 5, Chattanooga o.
Memphis 2, Montgomery 3.
Mobile 4, New Orleans 3.
Birmingham, not sched-
uled.
American League.
Washington 8, New York /.
Cleveland 8, Detroit 1.
st. Louis 4, Chicago 0.
Philadelphia 9, Boston 2.
National League.
Pittsburg 4, st. Louis 2.
First game Boston 4, Philadelphia
1.
Second game: Boston 7, Philadel-
phia 2.
Chicago 5, Cincinnati 3.
New York 0, Brooklyn 2.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-07
New York Futures.

New York, Sept. Cotton futures
closed steady.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-20

national game. perhaps none is as
well known to old-timers as the one
which happened to Cliff Carroll. on
the St. Louis grounds. when he was a
member of the famous Browns" :"
Perhaps you have wondered why base
bail players have plain shirt fronts.
and why SO few players have breast
pockets. Cliff Carroll is the reason.
He was running forward to take a
base hit on the first bound. The ball
bounced crooked and hit him on the
chest. He grabbed at the ball hastily
and. as he clutched it. he showed it
Gown into the handkerchief pocket on
his shirt front. The runner saw Car
roll tugging and straining to tear the
ball out of the pocket and instead of
stopping at first. he sprinted on to sec
ond while Carroll still trying to dis
lodge the ball. ran to second The
batter passed the fielder and turned
for third with Carroll in pursuit At
third. Carroll stopped and tried in vain
to release the ball, and the runner
kept on across the plate and scored
the winning run. Chris Won der Abe,
who at that time was at the head of
the euphonic trio. Won der Abe. Muck
enfuss and Diddlebock. which operat-
ed the club, was furious and ordered
all pockets removed from baseball
shirts. Other teams followed and the
pockets never have been restored, ex-
cept by few players who are willing
to risk the repetition of the accident
OF all the good luck freaks that
ever heard -recounted, the best was
that which happened to Frank Isbell
when he was playing with ST. Paul in
the old Western league. In those
days baseball on Sunday was not per-
mitted within the corporation limits
OF st. Paul. and Sunday park had
been erected outside the c:ty's juris-
diction. The ground was extremely
small and was inclosed by a high
fence. So small was the inclosure
that batters hitting the ball hard
against the fences were compelled to
sprint to first, because IL the ball hap
pened to rebound directly to the field
er. he could throw a slow runner out
AS 1t required about four hits of their
equivalent in errors to yield a run,
small scores were the rule. In the
ninth inning of this game Milwaukee
had two runs the advantage and there
were runners on first and second with
1sbell at bat st. Paul's only logical
hope was for home run over one OF
the high fences. Isbell hit a hard
line smash to right field against the
fence. The runner on first was 2
slow man and the fielder squatted,
expecting the ball to rebound to him
and to whirl and force the slow man
at second base. ending the game. But
the ball didn't rebound. 1t impaled
itself on wire nail about ten feet up
the fence. and while the Milwaukee
outfielders were hunting a ladder, Is
bell circled the bases and won the
game.
Another peculiar play once gave the
Chicago White Sox a game that
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-20
ECZEMA ALL OVER BODY

IFS East St. San Francisco. Cal.-'T
used the Cuticura Remedies while in
business in San Francisco before the
earthquake and fire. | was a terrible
sufferer from eczema for several years.
/ had it all over my body except my
hands. neck and face, my legs and
arms being the worst. l had to put
stockings On my hands at night to
keep from scratching. and whenever
1 did scratch the parts burnt like fire.
My limbs got SO bad that from my an
kles to my knees there wasn't a par
ticle OF skin on them. and the flesh it.
self turned perfectly blue and raw.
continually throwing off a moisture.
and l had to keep them wrapped in
oiled silk cloth to keep my under
clothes from sticking fast to my limbs.
II tried all kinds OF ointments. -,
-, and a thousand others, and took
all kinds of internal medicine. but
with no relief Then bathed my body
with Cuticura Soap and kept 1t anoint-
ed with Cuticura Ointment and my
skin is now as smooth as a baby's.
They cured me completely" tSigned)
Harry A. Jones. Feb. 10, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept L. Boston" /"
Adv
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-20

made that way. Schaefer rad no
right to first base but was free 10 re.
turn to second IL ne could escape be-
ing touched, as no runner Is out on
the bases unless touched or forced.
Chicago. evidently ignorant of the
rules. was arguing heatedIy and Man
ager Duffy ran from the third base
coaching line to the pitchers slab to
appeal to the assistant umpire. Final
ly the ball was thrown to first base.
but behind Schaefer. who instantly
started for second and when the ball
was thrown to second Milan made a
dash for the plate. Schaefer achieved
his purpose. even though Milan was
caught at the plate. Then Washing
ton protested the game. in case OF de-
feat, on the grounds that. when the
play was made. Chicago had ten men
In uniform on the playing field
The game went to the twelfth in
ming and finally. with a runner on
third base. and Schaefer again on
first, the batter drove out a clean sim
gle that ended the contest. Still
unsatisfied with the freaks of the day
Schaefer ran from first down to sec
ond. stopped. looked around to see IL
anyone especially an umpirel was
looking. walked all the way around
second base without touching it. and.
satisfied that he had duplicated Mer-
kle's famous play. came of the field
grinning. That evening he held a
celebration to gloat over the White
Sox and the umpires. not one OF whom
had observed his failure to touch the
bag.
Among the abnormal incidents that
figured in the earlier history of the
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-20
New York,s New PostottIee.

New York's new s6.0OO,OOO post
office building. a massive pile of pink
granite five stories in height and two
blocks long. facing the rear of the
Pennsylvania station, is the greatest
building of its kind in the world. From
the curb to the topmost piece of
granite is 101 feet. There are 1885,
900 cubic feet of granite, $4,000 tons
of steel, 100000 bricks and 100000
square feet of glass in the building.
The main corridor. corresponding in
length to the outside coionnade. is a
combination of bun marble. white
plaster and glass. two stories high, 20
feet wide and $50 feet long There
are 100000 square feet OF working
space within the building.-Popular
Mechanics.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-20
uniaue Suicide.

A safe was used by man nam
ed Jacob Rabinowitz. fifty-four years
old, of Philadelphia, Penn. to COM
NIT suicide. a few days ago. FIRST he
lacked up an 800 pound safe with a
block of wood. Placing his head be-
meath 1t he drew strap as tightly as
he could around his neck. Then he
knocked the block from under the
safe and the heavy weight fell upon
his head. He was found by his wife.
but died before a physician arrived.
He had been Respondent for several
weeks because he lost lawsuit.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-20
EnqIand,s Oldest Bowling Green.

Which is our oldest recreation?
There are not wanting archeoligists
who profess to be able to trace refer
ences to football and baseball on
Egyptian moral tablets. However.
when it comes to actual records. the
fine old English game of bowls would
appear to be as old as any.
Southampton. Eng, has records
showing that one of the local bowling
greens was in existence in 1893.
Many interesting customs are asso-
ciated with the game on this historic
green Every summer a fire jack
competition is held. and an order of
knighthood is conferred on the win
ner who kneels in the center of the
green while the other players gather
round him and the master touches
him with a sword and dubs him "sir." !"
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-20
BOILED EGGS BEIRAY THEM
Nationality of Diners Is Shown in
Their Various Method of
Eating.

Sherlock Holmes might have figured
this out, but he did notl
The average Englishman will al
ways demand his egg boiled just
three minutes, then he places it in an
egg cup. just large enough to have
the egg fit it. taps the top of the
shell, and removes the broken shell
with his fingers. The egg is eaten a
spoonful at time.
A Frenchman. much like the Eng
lishman. likes his eggs of three min
utes. exactly. He then "peels" them,
places them in a glass. stirs and
mixes well together with salt, pepper
and butter. He makes a practice of
dipping bread into the mixture. and
eating 1t along with the eggs.
A Spaniard wouldn't think OF letting
his egg boil more than one minute.
He then breaks it. and lets the con-
tents run into a glass, and consumes
it as IL he were drinking glass of
wine.
An egg is only fit In an Italians
estimation when 1t has been placed
in cold water. and removed just as
the water beings to boil. He then
breaks it. pours it on a plate, and
proceeds to sop it up with bread.
The German, like the Italian, de-
mands his eggs as near the liquid
state as possible He breaks his eggs
in an unsightly cup, and scoops the
liquid out as If it were soup.
The American is about the only one
who prefers his eggs boiled hard.
When they are served up to him, he
knifes them in half. removes the con-
tents into a glass, after which he
adds plentiful supply of pepper, but
ter and salt. He then minces the
eggs fine, mixing them well with the
spices, and eats them with his toast
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-20

plate. Schaefer. dazed by the shock.
reached for the ball, and. In sitting
position. with last effort before go
ing out" threw wildly to the infield.
In hope that someone would catch it
and stop the runner at third. He
threw without aim. but the ball. go
ing over Rossman's head. struck the
grass. and went on the first bound
into Schmidt's hands at the plate, re-
firing the runner who was striving to
score from second. Philadelphia fail
ed to score. Detroit won the game.
won the series and finally won the
pennant In the last fow days of play.
This play reveals the manner in
which one turn of fortune may change
an entire seasons outcome and upset
all the calculations of the baseball
world. No one ever has been able to
figure out the percentage of luck In
the national game. I have heard play
ers estimate that luck is 20 per cent.
while others claim It is at least s5 per
cent
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-20

stitute position on the team more
than one more season. made two
three-base hits and each OF them gave
the White Sox a victory.
Hal Chase lost game for New
York last season In a peculiar fash
ion. Two runners were on the bases
and two men were out when an easy
bounder was hit to third. Hartzeu
made perfect throw and the inning
seemed over, but as the ball came
near to him Chase lodged suddenly,
threw up his hands as IL to protect
his face. two runs scored and the
Highlanders recorded another hard
luck defeat. 1t developed later that
a photographer was squatting on the
ground outside the coachers' box and
the sun reflected from the metal of
the camera dazzled Chase Just at the
critical instant and caused him to lose
sight of the ball.