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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
Bronze.

Tin added to copper gives a prod
uct more fusiblc and better suited
for casting than copper alone. The
more tin used the harder and more
brittle is The resulting medium
Seven parts Of copper to one Of tin
makes very hard bronze. In pre-.
pairing bronze for statues the most
desirable qualities are fu>ibility.
hardness and readiness to acquire a
fine patina. the green corrosion 50
desired BY collectors. In the usual
statue bronze has about so per cent
Of copper to 20 Of tin. Bell metal
for large bells has three parts OF
copper to one of tin. for small bells
four parts Of copper TO one OF tin.
Exchange.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
Giving Them a Chance.

Ben Johnson. representative from
Kentucky. is a resourceful person.
While he was presiding over long
and spirited congressional Investigation
not long ago two or the attorneys in
vOlved began to call each other liars in
parliamentary language. Finally one
of them went almost to the limit by
saying:
'"That statemrn, you made was false.
and you made il knowingly"
Every one looked for fight. while a
peaceably inclined congressman Sng.
gested tina, the matter be stricken from
the record.
~ suggest" said Representative
johnson. standing 0p TO his full height.
which is over six feet. that the com.
mittee take shor, recess so that the
gentlemen ipvoivth viii moi be bonnd
by parliameatart laws In their n,aDner
Of setiIin: thei, differences"
There was M anire calling of names
during that tear,us Washington Star
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
Rankins News

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Timmons from
Vonare are visiting relatives here this
week.
Miss Gyspie Redwine has returned
home after few weeks stay with her
sister in Vonore.
w. IL. Strange and daughter, Miss
Estelle are visiting in Knoxville this
week.
l.. l.. Gait from Del Rio was visit
or here SUNDAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Caltee from Lead
vale spent few days here this week.
Miss Nell Calfee from White Pine is
visiting friends herelhis week.
Miss Dixie Miller has returned home
from Knoxville, where she has been
visiting iler sister Mrs. Mac Bibee.
Chess Calfee from Bridgeport spent
Sunday and Monday with his parenss
uere.
Miss Docia Strange spent Tuesday
in Newport.
Misses Ruby ana Ruth Clark are
spending the week with Misses Marie
and Christine CLARK.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
A Plentiful Portion.

While looking through one OF the
large department stores n young wo-
man carefully inspected u beautiful cut
glass dish that was shaped something
like Il platter 1t was one Of those spe-
cial conceits made tn serve ice cream
in brick form.
What Is this?" the young woman
asked the salesman.
THAT'S an ice cream DISH" said the
salesman.
Gracious cried the miss. IL Won
der who would want TO eat that much
ice cream at one time?"-New York
World.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22

GET FAT QUICK RECORD.
Malissa Gained Over $50 Pounds In
Five Months.

Malissa Gained Over $50 Pounds In
Five Months.
Savannah.-All get fat quick records
were broken by Malissa Cooper. col
ored, who died at her home at Grayson,
Gwyette county, Ga. 1t took fourteen
men to put her in coffin.
She weighed 613 pounds when her
heart stopped beating. and the doctors
say she would have been as heavy as
a small elephant had she lived month
longer.
Five months ago the woman appar-
emily recovered from serious illness,
and then-she had never before weigh
ed more than LOO pounds-she began to
put on fat at the rate of almost 100
pounds month.
She could be seen to grow fatter and
fatter almost from day to day. Her
skin stretched aud stretched. and what
kept it from cracking and splitting
wide open was puzzle to the many
physicians who 1ocked to study her
strange case.
The whole countryside got interested
in Malissa. 5and the people went to
Grayson' in droves. lust to see her
grow" She grew while they waited.
AT the last her neck was yard In
circumference. and it was III inches
around her waist
Why she took on such prodigious fat
is Il question the doctors will inyesti-
gate for science.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
Satisfied.

A sccdy looking loafcr, having or
dcrcd and eaten Il large and sumptn-
ous dinner. explained to the waiter
that he had no money! The waiter
immediately Told the restaurant pro-
frietor. who sent for policeman.
The proprietor. going up to the IN
welcome guest. explained that he
had sent for policeman.
"Thank goodness YOU didn't send
for a stomach pump" the seedy one
replied, with "A huge contentnent.--
Illustrated Bits.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
The Rich Man Speaks.

Otto Kahn. returning from Europe.
praised the music and the drama in
which be had participated in his trav-
els.
st is a great privilege" he said ito
go abroad from time to time. The
poor. who cannot enjoy this privilege.
are to be pitied.
81, you know. am not In the same
class as the broker who said:
1.-The poor are TO be enyied. Pow.
erty is blessing
Goodness" exclaimed listener re-
specially. i didn't know you were
as rich as all that"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
J. M. Kyker & Son

Several from this place attended the
funeral Sunday of Andrew McMahan.
Beryl Calfee of Hot Spring n. G..
spent Monday here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Title and family
attended the Decoration at Chucky
Sunday.
Mrs. Kern Shipley is visiting in
Ashvilie this week.
Mr.. Robert Ponder has accepted a
position in Knoxville.
Clifford Clark from Cleveland spent
few days here this week with his
father Mr.. John Clark.
Billie Susong and Howard Clark are
attending the farmers Convention at
Knoxville this week.
Charlie Fox and Horace Morgan
made a flying trip TO Morristown Sun
day.
Misses Clptia and Neil Caiee are Wis
in in White Pine this week.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
BILL FOR WOMEN POLICE.
AssembIyman Thinks They Would Look
Well on Force.


Well on Force.
Albany. INSPIRED by the demand Of
the sufrragettes for women police, AS
sembymaa Lewis introduced bill
compelling the police commissioner Of
New York city to appoint twenty pa
troll women to stand on the same plane
with male members of the force
Women police. it is argued by the
suffragists, would be effective agents
of the city in the fight against vice.
No woman under thirty years or over
forty-five shall be qualified for the job
of patrol woman.
They are to wear the police shields
and uniforms similar In color to those
worn by patrolmen, They may be as
signed by the commissioner to public
parks. dance halls and moving picture
shows or to do general patrol duty to
protect wOmeil and children.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
RAILROAD MEN
SEE DEPOT
Officials Here Tuesday and Dis
cusSed Situation With Town
Officials.

Messrs Loyal, Simpson and AKers
of the Southern Railway Company
were in Newport Tuesday for the pur-
pose of looking over the depot situa-
ton. They Brought with them their
original plans of the erection of the ex-
tension which was torn down by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, but
these specifications did not suit the
Board, and the arguments here were
for the ineed of new station. The
railroad men will consider the matter
before the railroad commission makes
its visit here June Is.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
LORD LEIGHTon's ARROW.
And the Futile Effort of q Brother
Artist to improve 1t.

fptist 10 improve u.
Frederick Lord Leighton, the
famous English painter and presi-
dent OF the Royal academy, had a
frank, open mind that accepted ad-
vice and criticism us freely as it Of
fered them. George Boughton, fel-
low artist and fellow member of the
Royal academy, once gave such ad-
vice, with amusing results, as he
himself tells in Mr.. William H.
Rideing's "Many Celebrities and a
Few Others"
1t was the year that Leighton ex-
hibited his "Rcscue of Andromeda."
On one of the members vanishing
and touching up days I found on
the line and next neighbor to it a
picture of my own, forget which
one. Leighton was up. on staging
working for some hours in perfect
silence, which ! did not seek to in
terrupt. After time he descended
from his altitude and, taking me
back few steps, demanded a
searching criticism.
eff you see anything to suggest,
now is the time, my boy, to out with
it or else forever after hold thy
peace"
"Wel, | do see one small but i'm
portant matter that will mention
since you invite remarks"
"Good! And that Isl
"Well, it's the insufficient look
ing little bolt from the blue that
seems to cause such agony to the
stricken monster of the Deep"
sNot devilish enough"
"Not much more fatal than a big
paint brush handle"
Leighton laughed and asked,
"Have you any idea Of what such a
bolt or shaft or arrow should be?"
NOT at this very moment, !
urged, ''but"-
At that he handed me his palette
and brushes and said:
"Now, my son, look out for my
return in half an hour, and during
that time you have carte blanche
to create some lethal weapon that
would be likely to annoy if not to
Stay the monster. No fireworks.
you know
| mounted the presidents scat
fold, his palette and brushes in
hand, and tried hard to conjure up
some deadly arrow of destruction.
| need not say that this honor thrust
iuponme was soon observed by some
of the older members and taken to
be some weird joke of mine.
"Come down from there! Send
for Leighton at once, somebody"
They must have thought me sud
denly gone mad, for only said:
go away. have leave to finish
this splendid work"
They wanted to throw me out
and might have done SO but for the
return of Leighton, who calmed
their fears By assuring them that it
was all right. was evolving a
heaven sent arrow to stagger the
monster. The laugh on me came
when ! was obliged to own that !
had done nothing to the picture ex-
cept to stare idly at it,. Then their
fears were appcased, and they de-
parted.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
Showing No Favors.

The ragged little boy aud the well
dressed little boy were having n seri-
GUS argument.
Pointing nm accusing finger at the
ragged little boy. the well dressed boy
cried indignantly:
Aren't you ashamed not to believe
in Santa Claus:"
Nav. I amt" detiantly retorted the
ragged little hoy. and why should l?
He don't seem 10 believe in me-
Youngstown Teiegrlni.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
new TALES
THAT ARE TOLD
Not a Pen Expert.

Representative William c. Adamson.
chairman Of the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce. can
perhaps claim the record III the house
for illegible chirography. He will I'D
NIT that 1t Is sometimes Impossible for
him to read his own handwriting after
1t has grown cold
One day client entered his law Of.
fee at CarrolltOp, Ga., and handed him
letter
"Mr. Atkinson" he said. Il received
that letter In the mail yesterday and
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22

am unable to read 1t. | wish you
would translate 1t for me-"
Mr.. Adamson took the letter. which
was scrawled on aplain sheet of paper
and regarded 1t for long time. Then
he handed it lIa,k with the remark:
THAT Is not wrl,ln. some lunatic
has been trying to play II JOKE on you"
Straightway the visitor handed Mr.
Adamson the printed envelope in which
the letter had been mailed.
This letter evidently came from
your Office. Mr.. AdamSon. Your name
is printed on the envelope" he said
mildly.
But Mr. Adams0n's remarks were
not mild-in fact. they have been ex-
plunged from the record.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
Plenty Of Time.

Mr.. Young-Mv little girl is
nearly two years old and hasn't
learned to talk vet.
Mr.. Pcck-Don't let that worry
you. My wife says she didn't learn
to talk until she was nearly three.
and now
But Mr.. Pcrk'S voice at this point
was checked with sohs. STRAY Sto-
rics.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22

Miss Willie Trotter, of Jefferson
City, and Mr.. Earnest Murphy of
Sevierville, has returned TO their
home after few days visit, with the
Misses Clara and Nellie Drummer.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22
oday.

ANY one can carry his burden.
however heavy. Till nigh!rall. ANY
3nc can dot!is work. however hard.
for one dav. ANY one cau live
swectly. patiently. lovingly. purely.
till the sun goes down. Ard this il
all that life ever really means.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22

Mr.. and lIrs. Alvin Price, of Crest
mont, spent Saturday and Sunday
with homefolks of Newport.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-03
Joe Tinker.

hands and allows the ball to bound off
his feet or legs, kicking or "booting"
It, Why does he waste his efforts
booting baseballs" inquired Boze Bull
ger Of a new infielder, when Yale is
mourning the lack of a punter?"
Break (The)-The turning point of
a game of ball; the critical play which
starts stampede of the defeated teaA
and fusillade of hits by the attacking
club. Also the breaks" are used to
expess the luck of the game. THE
breaks were all against us" means
that in every instance in which luck
entered into the play, it favored the
opposing team.
Bunt-A ball. struck with the bat
with the intention of dropping or roll
ing 1t onto fair ground and only a
short distance. forcing the infielders to
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-03

nTOWNR5
" HELPS
PLANTING TREES TOO CLOSE
Mistake That Too Frequently Mars
the Appearance Of Streets Of
American Cities.

The close setting of trees Is largely
Responsible for the deformed arboreal
growth we now have In our cities. We
occasionally see rows Of trees that
have become hedges forty and fifty
feet high with numerous dead branch
es on the inside and whole dead trees
here and there, though nearly all such
examples are In rural districts. Out
In the open we see trees growing so
close together that no one of them
has good form. Each Is struggling
to get out into the light 1t is the
hardest thing In the world to induce
men to look forward for twenty-five
years and take the growth Of trees into
consideration.
Said one man to the writer: well.
I want something that will look well
In my lifetime. When | am gone 1t
doesn't matter to me how the trees
look. They will not get too large In
to interfere with each other in my life
time"
This, we must concede, is not the
right spirit to control the tree plant
err He. more than most men. plants
for the future. Perhaps some Of our
ancestors reasoned that way fifty
years ago. and as result we have
h mass of deformed trees now, many
of them At only to be grubbed out
and cast into the fire. When we are
planting trees there is no reason why
the planting should not be done In a
manner that will give us satisfaction
now and those that come after US in
future years. Besides. even In our
lifetime symmetrical tree with sun
shine all around 1t is perhaps as beau
tiful as the tree whose branches min
gle with those OF adjoining trees.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-03

and to pitch it over the plate between
the batters knees and shoulders when
necessary, Control is the pitcher s
principal stock in trade, as a pitcher
who can throw the ball near where
he wants it to go needs few curves
and not much speed.
Crab-A Grabbed player, Crouch. y
The verb to crab means to show a
quarrelsome or complaining spirit.
Many of, the worst "crabs" in base
ball are the pleasantest and most ge-
NAL when off the field, their grabbed
ness evidently being the result Of the
nervous strain Of playing.
Crash-Verb used in baseball, not to
signify single sound, but a series
of hard hits. A team Starts crash
ing" when three or four batters in
succession make hits.
Crowd (Verb)-To stand close to
the home plate when batting, the pur-
pose being to hamper the pitcher and
sometimes to force him to hit the
batter The team that crowds" per
sistently is a hard team to beat, as
in many cases batters will be hit, and
many times pitchers, over anxious
through fear of hitting them, will pitch
outside the plate and give them bases
on balls.
Curve-In professional baseball the
only curve spoken of as such Is the
fast breaking ball, pitched overland.
that darts down and out from a right
handed batter, All other curves are
qualified as sidearm, out, barrel hook,
slow. drop. No one speaks of an in
curve among major leaguers. See
Putting Something on 1t, and The
Jump.
Dirt Gilt the) Slide-Usually heard
in connection with an order to play
err Managers always reprove play
ers who stop standing up" and or
der them to "hit the dirt" partly be-
cause standing up is risky way of go
ing into base, and partly because
so many players are injured by not
sliding.
Double-A two base hit, or two
Dagger"
Double Playa play in which two
runners are retired or put out, before
the ball ceases to move, or in one
continuous play The commonest
double play is from the short stop to
the second baseman to the first base
man.
Double Steal-A steal OF bases by
two runners simultaneously. The steal
when made with runners on first and
second is seldom called a double
steal, as the runner on second steals
third and the other runner merely
trails" The double steal, as meant
by the expression, is made with run
ners on first and third. The runner
starts from first and, as the catcher
throws to catch him, the runner on
third trier to score before the ball
can be returned to the catcher. The
play is used chiefly when two are out
and the chance of scoring in any other
way is small.
Double Steal (Delayed)-With run
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-03
MADE PLEA FOR SMALL CITY
Ex-Ambassador Bryce Recognized
Evils That Accrue Where Millions
Are Gathered In Metropolis.

Ex-ambassador Bryce says: Instead
of letting few huge cities grow to
more than a million in population. 1t
would be far better to have more and
smaller cities not exceeding 100000
population, or perhaps even lOO,OOO.
This would furnish all the things that
are needed for comfort and social en-
joyment."
Many authorities place 100000 as
the limits of city's population. be-
yond which there Is loss for the city
and the country at large. Thus we
see that so long as Ex,ambassador
Bryce stuck to the problem everybody
was agreed When he ventured into
the fringe of the remedy opinions
varied
We must not get the idea that bad
housing only exists In the huge cities
OF a million or more Mr.. Ball OF the
Chicago health department has Sgam-
ined the housing In Washington, New
York, Louisville. st. Louis and Duluth.
and he says that the their problems
only differ in details.
Professor Tufts has made hous-
ing survey of small cities, towns and
villages in Illinois. and his testimony
is that the variance is only In de-
tails
Professors Condra and Bailey and
other men who have written on rural
homes, and Professor Blair. who has
reported on rural schools, all say that
no pot can call the kettle black.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-03
NAMING the Streets.

Under the head Short Names for
Streets" writer in the Dresden Volks-
blatt says that sentiment, patriotism
and hero worship should play no part
In naming streets. Rather" says the
reformer, draw upon good sense and
remember that the hero or the scien-
fist OF today may be dIscredited tomor-
row. In America they have the proper
method. There the alphabet and nu-
merals are popular as street designa-
tions. The evidence Of a former policy
is represented in New York city by
honored names attached to unattrac-
tive streets" AS examples the writer
quotes Baxter. Varick. Delaney and
Mott Streets
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-03
The Baseball Primer
BY Hugh S. Fullerton
tCOpynght, lOlS By ". G. ohapmanl

Baseball needs a Webster and a
standing-revision board to keep the
dictionary of the game up to date
The sport is building its own language
60 steadily that, unless some step soon
is taken to check the inventive young
men who coin the words that attach
themselves to the pastime, inter
prefers will have to be maintained In
every grand stand to translate for the
benefit of those who merely love the
game and do not care to master 1t
thoroughly.
Joe Campbell, the Chaucer Of base
ball literature, was sitting In his office
one evening, lamentlng to me that his
paper (The Washington Post) would
not permit him to write as he pleased,
but insisted that he confine his writ
ings to straight English. reached
over and took the sheet he just had
finished. "And Annie Rusie" it ran,
made a Svengali pass in front of
Charlie Reilly's lamps and he carved
three hicks in the weather" What
could be palmer or more expressive
of the fact that Rusie had hypnotized
Reilly into striking out? Or what
could be more graphic than Lennie
Washburn's description Of = ball that
was hit hard and instead of bound
ing, "hugged the dirt" as the players
say, and tore it's way through the
grass.
The following does not pretent to be
a complete dictionary Of the base
ball language. 1t merely Is the prim-
er, containing some of the commonest
words and phases, with an explana-
ton of their meaning:
Air (up in)-Excited, unnerved. A
term used to describe the condition of
pitcher who loses his courage or
presence of mind at critical stages of
contest.
Bean (N)-The head Of a player
(V) to bean-to pitch or throw and
hit the batter in the head (see
Lima).
Bean Ball fast ball pitched at
or near the head Of player who is
standing too close to the plate with
intent to drive him back Often used
to drive timid batters away from the
plate, after which the pitcher susu-
ally throws fast curve.
Big One (The)-The third strike.
After two strikes are called the big
one" is left. The percentage of safe
hits made by batters after two strikes
are called is extremely high, and the
| term probably results from that fact
Bingle-A clean base hit. the ball
being driven clean over or past the
fielder without presenting chance for
any possible play
Bite-A term applied to batters who
are weak in that they cannot resist
the temptation to strike at a curve
ball, especially at l slow curve. The
message He will bite" passed through
a league among the players generally
means the end of the usefulness of
that player
Bleachers-Uncovered field seats on
baseball parks. Term originated in
the south where the colored spectators
were forced to sit in the sun, and
we're "bleached.'
Boner-A stupid play; blunder in
the science of the game. Term adapt
ed from the idea that player max
ing stupid play has head composed
entirely of osseous tissue.
| Bone-head-A player noted for max
| ing stupid plays; one adapter spoke
of players head as his "armored
turret."
Boot-An error, in the making Of
which the player fumbles with his
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-03
ideal CITY of Today.

It controls It's physical foundations;
It is not controlled by them. 1t subor-
dlnates property to humanity; It per
mIts the freest possible play Of individ-
ual initiative so long as the individual
does not interfere with the common
veal At the same time 1t reserves to
itself the right to determine where the
freedom OF the individual must end
and the activity OF the city begin; and
when the city does make an invest
ment 1t keeps for itself as large a por-
ton Of the spectators profit as 1t
can. 1t pages for It's parks and ita
boulevards, its docks and its wharves
from out the resale Of surplus land
which it acquires in excess OF itO
naedg