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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-25
Linnelan Return. From rrip

II had fine trip" said M. E. Linne-
han. who returned Saturday after an alb
sence of about three weeks. LAS state dep
uty of the Knights of Columbus 1 at
tended the annual convention of the order
in Boston. The sessions lasted five days
and every day was full of interest and
pleasure. l was honored by being made
chairman of the committee on resolutions
of respect to our American cardinals. Bos-
ton entertained the knights royalty. There
were banquets, balls and clambakes The
official reports showed a very large gain
in the membership of the Knights of
Columbus, both in insurance and nom
insurance brothers.
1.-The meeting next year will be held in
st. Paul, and it is understood that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-25
The stock Market

| Henry Clews in his Saturday review
attributes reactionary tendencies dur
ing the past week to damage to the
corn crop and disturbing Mexican ru-
mors. AS to the Mexican rumors, the
situation has Frightened very materi-
ally since Saturday and this will doubt
LESS be reflected in the stock market
today.
Mr.. Clews says In part:
"The Mexican situation has naturally
disturbed confidence. and more per-
haps than is necessary. President Will
son has a strong grip upon the gov
eminent and very exceptional inf1u-
ence upon Congress. 1t is known that
he is resolutely opposed to any such
thing as war with Mexico, and mis- quiet,
patient but firm manner of dealing
with the problem is more likely than
any other course to lead to peaceful
and satisfactory solution. In general
business there are symptoms Of revival.
Some of our largest distributors both
| in the west and in this city report busi-
ness fully as large In volume as they
| expect. A conservative mood still pre-
| walls among all classes of business men,
chiefly owing to tariff and currency
| uncertainties, also to the general polit-
ical tendencies of today. October is
now set as the date for passing the
tariff bill. and the currency bill at
best cannot be secured until some
weeks later The currency, measure
at the moment is much confused by
opposition, but here again the sound
reasoning and calm resolution Of the
President is an element which may
have much influence in securing favor
able results 1t is altogether too early
to give up hope of securing a reason
ably good currency bill before the
present Congress adjourns. Much will
depend upon the action of the confer
ence of bankers in Chicago, now in
session"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-25

Football stars are already looming large
upon the collegiate horizon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-25
a busy STREET

From the Manchester Guardian.
Wullie Dalziel, the old shepherd, had
retired at last from active service, after
spending the whole of his life In a lit
tie cottage away at the back of the
hills, full three miles as the crow
flies, from the nearest road. He moved
into a. house near the head of the val
ley above Crashie Howe, situated on
the side of the lonely road. But Wullie
was not quite happy. He was distracted.
He was worried by the traffic. He told
a friend that there was no peace In
this bit of an auld body Three
bicycles and cart in the same day.
Mon, it's a fair toon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-25
DIVINITY THAT SHAPES STYLES

From the September Womans Home
Companion.
"And what did you learn at school
today?"
''Oh, about the myths and goddesses and
things"
'And what about them?"
II forget them--all but Ceres
"And who was she?'
.Oh, she was the goddess of dress
making
why, how in the world
well, teacher said she was the goddess
of ripping and sewing"
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Entered at the Birmingham Ala.
nastofffea as second class matter nnder
Act OF Congress March 3, 1879
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-25

TELEPHONE
Bell tprIvnte exchange conheetihs ~i.
siepnrtments), Main 4oOO.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06

Hank oDay likes to watch CincIn-
natl play.
Walter Johnson is called the human
gatling gun.
Bill Dahlen's team is trying to live
up to that new field.
Joe Tinker predicts the Dodgers will
finish well up in the first division.
Billy Lush has been engaged to
scout for the New York American
club.
Bert Shotton. the Browns out
fielder, it leading the batters of the
st. Louis team.
The Mackmen continue to wear
those atrocious looking caps, the style
popular years ago.
National league batters consider
Christy Mathewson the greatest pitch
er in their league.
Casey Hagerman, one OF the reliable
pitchers of the Denver team, is study
ing to become a doctor.
Ed. Konetchy of the Cards will prob.
ably be the only pitcher that will
have LOCO average at the end of the
season.
Evers will keep his hand off his nose
for the balance of the season when
talking to any of the National league
umpires.
Manager Jennings would like to get
first-class baseman. Hughie would
take Hal Chase of the Yanks If he
could get him.
Outfielder Reilly of the indianapolis
club of the American association in
recent game poled out FIVE hits In
as many times at bat
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06
CAREER WAS SPEEDY
Roscoe MiIIer's Short Stay In
Major League Company.
Recent Death Recalls Somewhat Sen.
sational Rise and Extremely Rapid
Decline Of Pitcher at One
Time With Detroit.

News of the death of Roscoe Miller,
near Coryden, Ind, his home, will
awaken memories in the minds Of fans
who recall the somewhat sensational
rise, and extremely rapid decline. Of a
pitcher who at one time promised to
be one of the brightest luminaries of
major league baseball. Miller had but
one really successful season, apart
from good year in the minors. His
luck left him when he deserted the
club that had given him his first
chance, Detroit, and the only town In
which he ever completed major
league season.
1t was in 1901, the year that the
American league invaded the east, that
Miller gained recognition as a coming
star. Detroit carried a small pitching
STAFF that year, Miller, Siever. Cronin
and Yeager being its dependencies,
with Miller the strongest Highlander
of the lot. He had much to do with
placing the team third in the race.
Detroit that year was one of the best
cards of the circuit, because of its
speed and its fighting qualities. 1t had
Dillon, Gleason, Elberfield and Casey
on the infield, and Barrett, Holmes and
Nance in the gardens. Buelow and
McAllister did most Of the catching.
Miller's success, in a way, went to
his head, and he was susceptible to ad-
vances that, were made to him the
next year. when National league ennis
saries sought to induce him to jump.
He was induced to believe that Detroit
was not using him as it should, and
when the Baltimore blow-off came,
most Of the players of that team going
to New York or to Cincinnati with KEEL
ley, Miller, who was at Washington
with the Tigers, was induced to join
those who jumped to the Giants. And
that move was the real end of his ca
reer.
With New York he was never able to
do any of the pitching that had en-
abled him to win games for Detroit.
Before the season ended he was given
his release. Pittsburg claimed him,
but his stay with the Pirates was brief,
and he was not listed among those
who finished the year That ended his
career in the majors. He went to the
minors and had one season in which
his work was so good that It looked as
If he had come back
But no one who was looking for
pitchers seemed to have faith in him.
He was left in the little leagues. Miller
became moody and respondent over
his failure to get back, took to dissi-
patton and then tuberculosis finally
claimed him.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06

Extremes in age - baseball age -
have been prominent in the big league
pitching this season, prominent by eff
fective work Such pitchers as
Mathewson and Plank are arguments
In favor of reversing the fixed custom
and building up with age. Each has
begun the 1913 year with display of
form up to anything displayed in more
youthful times, as If the further away
from youth they get the more youth
full they become.
We find a considerable number Of
veterans going along with no appar-
ent diminution In skill and effective
ness, among them Mathewson, Plank,
Ames, Hughes, Rucker, Walsh, White,
Falkenberg, Sallee, Richie and Cam
nitz. II any of these men have gone
back nothing that has happened this
year is a symptom to that effect; and
II any or all Of these men have passed
the Inevitable time at which a pitcher
begins to go the other way the signs
or that retrogression are hard~to dis
cover and the retrogression very
slow. Crack pitchers such as Matty,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06
surveying for $4,000 Road Repairs

Gallup.-It is reported that the state
engineer will in few days be at work
making survey for the western ex-
tension of the Canine Real, and as
soon as this road has been outlined
the counties OF Mckinley and Valencia
stand ready with their $4,000 to be-
gin work to put 1t in shape. The state
is also going to spend $4,000 on this
road, which will make a total of $780,
OO0 The road as outlined will be a
state highway leading from Los Lunas
through Gallup to the state line of
Arizona.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06
Charged with EmbezzIement.

Albuquerque.-Robert s. Randall,
alias Joseph w. Gordon, a former
Colorado legislator, wanted here on a
charge of embezzlement preferred by
a mercantile company, was arrested
at Enid, Okla. Randall, who was a
prominent citizen at the time OF his
disappearance some months ago, will
return to face trial without a requisi-
ton. An officer left for Enid to bring
him back.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06
RANGE IN FINE SHAPE
DECLARE THE sTocKMEN LIVING
NEAR CARLSBAD.
Sheep Have increased lover Ninety
Per Cent; Cattle In Fine condl-
ton and Many Sales Made.

western Newspaper Union News Service
Carlsbad, N. M.-"This is the best
season | ever saw, and I've been in
this country since some time back"
said j. l.. Taylor, big stockman, who
was in Carlsbad. Continuing, he said:
u never saw such good grass come so
carly. My sheep have increased over
ninety per cent. this season and the
lambs are all strong and healthy. My
Calf crop will be over seventy-five per
cent. increase, and what few stock
forses | have are in good shape"
Taylor came in from Gap Wells,
northeast of Carlsbad. He is one of
the few big cowmen in this vicinity
who have not yet bought automobiles.
The spring season seems to have
been remarkably good one on the
range, both east and west of town. l..
A Swigart, who has big sheep inter-
ests in the northeast end of Eddy
county and the southern part of
CEaves, said:
This is the best season that I've
seen in Eddy county for long time.
The sheepmen out on the plains are
having as good a lambing season as
I've ever known. The average of in
crease on the whole is over seventy
five per cent. In some of the flocks
1t will run nearly ninety, but a good,
70 Nryfn nj
IN my part of the country at that fig
ure. Cold storms may have killed a
few early lambs, but in my opinion
the bad weather that we had then was
On the whole very good for the sheep
men, for it put out lots of grass and
water, and the lambs that came later
are much stronger and healthier in
consequence"
Asked for some figures regarding
the value of the lamb crop for the
country this spring, Mr.. Swigert said:
ut would be hard to figure out just
the value of the lambs born on the
plains in Eddy county this year, for
the sheep camps are rowing about all
over the Lovington country and are
located sometimes in Chaves and
sometimes in Eddy county. l should
Judge, however, that there are about
$4,000 ewes in that part of the coun-
try. An increase of from seventy-five
to eighty per cent. would figure out
about 10000 srring lambs. There
have been very few sales of young
stuff this year, So that it would be
hard to give the market price, but
judging from last years values, this
crop of lambs is worth from $4,000 to
100000. Tops sold at $500 last year
although buyers took nothing under
sixty pounds"
A large number of cattle sales have
been made in the Carlsbad country
recently.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06
NEW MEXICO
IN BRIEF
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Dates for Coming Events.

June 16-1S.-Twelfth Reunion of Scot
fish Rite Masons, at Albuquerque.
July l-6.-Christian Endeavor Meeting
at Santa Fee
Aug. 12-2l.-Chautauqua Meeting at
Mountainair.
Sept. 29 to oct. 4.-State Fair at Albu-
querque.
october-Pumplin Pie Day at Max
we'll
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06
erasshOpper. RuIn crops In Path.

Clovis.-The great army of grass
hoppers which invaded New Mexico
on the east, reached Ellda, Roosevelt
county. The army is twenty miles
long and four miles deep and the
grasshoppers are literally stripping
the county in their path. They are
moving westward across the central
part of the state at the rate of mile
day. Growing crops already have
Teen destroyed by the grasshoppers
aud the range haTed OF grass.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06
Mrs c. E. Mason Appointed.

Roswell.-Mrs. c. e. Mason has been
informed that she has been appointed
by Governor w. c. Mcdonald dele
gate for the State Of New Mexico to
the fortieth session OF the National
Conference of Charities and Correc-
tons, to be held in Seattle. Wash,
July 5th to 18th.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06

diamond are over: "As the time ap.
preached for fitting south to the train,
ing camps a feeling of unrest began to
throb through my veins, even though
| had retired from active participation
In the game. At this particular time
my thoughts revert to the grand old
sport which l played for 30 many
years. My love for it is as great as
ever. and my chief regret is that can
no longer perform with the agility Of
the past"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06

Walsh, Rucker and Plank seem to
travel along for years on a plane
which may have it's occasional depres-
sions in the way of effectiveness, but
which to all outward appearance
maintain an almost level standard of
excellence.
But the king is dead; long live the
new king. The sos were in another
century. The year 1913 A. d. not only
finds veterans going at their best, but
has brought out dashes of tip top work
by youngsters. Notable among these
are Seaton, Heating, Demaree, Perrltt,
Mayer, Russell and Johnson (the In.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06

diam, all of whom have pitched one
or more games of conspicuous excel
lence. Also such pitchers as Hub Pur-
due. Gregg, Alexander, Weilman, AL
len, Steen, Hendrix and Robinson,
comparatively late corners, are going
well.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06
Must Stop SMOKING.

Joe Tinker has ordered all the Reds
to stop smoking from now on until the
end of the season. Many managers
have tried this before. but with indif
ferent success. II is hard to enforce
such ruling on a big league club,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-06
ONCE NOTED FIRST-BASEMAN
Fred Tenney, at One Time Considered
Peer of All Initial sackers,
Tells Pathetic Story.

Fred Tenney, one-time famous first
baseman, is now a prosperous shoe
manufacturer in Lowell, Mass.. and re-
cites the following pathetic tale of how
a player feels after his dGys on the
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-19
why She Shops Early.

'Tm going TO start my Christmas
shopping right now and get 1t over
WITH" said Mrs. Jones at the breakfast
table.
"Ah. TO aid the poor, tired shOpgirl
and help the movement for early de-
liyeriesr her son remarked in tones OF
commendat ton
Never thought OF that" was the
lisconeerting reply. I'm going to buy
all my presents at Smart & Co.'s, and
shops like theirs have handsome de-
livery wagons | want all the neigh
bors TO see the wagons stop at my
aoor Last year bought lot or these
things at expensive shops. and not a
parcel was delivered until after dark.
For all the neighbOrs know they might
mare come from those pay by the week
stoBes IN unmarried wagons"
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Saving Up For Christmas

A well dressed mannin a Market
street car rendered the conductor a
one dollar bill In payment for two
fares and, receiving his change, care
fully selected the ten cent pieces and
placed them In a separate pocket
From the LIST Of September until
Christmas 1 never spend dime" he
explained to his companion. Every
time get one keep 1t separate from
my other change. and when get home
deposit my dimes in one Of those
savings banks that don't open until
they contain $40. l am one Of a
very large family addicted to the
Christmas present habit. and some
times | am obliged to give as many as
thirty or forty gifts. BY not spending
my dimes l create Christmas fund
without really feeling 1t. ! have done
this for several years and find II an eX-
cellent plan."-PhIladelphla Record
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-19
SWAPPING THE CRANBERRY.
Dinner Game Suggested, but Not Rec
commended.

Dinner Game Suggested, but Not Rec
commended.
This Is a game to be played at the
Christmas table When the cranberry
sauce is brought on each guest must
place a cranberry on the end Of a
knife, holding the knife in the left
hand with the right hand close behind
the cranberry. At the word snap"
given by the hostess, the cranberry
should be snapped with the first I'm
ger of the right hand at the target.
The game shall be continued until each
player has shot away all Of his cram
berries. The score is counted thus:
Hitting the hostess with cranberry
counts one.
Hitting grandpa counts two; grand
ma, three; Uncle VIII. four; Uncle
Tom, five, and so on. depending on
whom the guests and those around the
table are
A cranberry that goes on the floor is
out of play, but one that falls in any
persons lap or sticks In the hair or
on a coat OF dress can be picked up
and played again Anybody that hits
anybody else squarely on the nose
counts fifty to the lucky players score
This Is highly diyerting game and
one that all will enjoy. especially the
hostess.-New York World.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-19
A Feel In the Christmas Air
By JAMES wHITCoMB RILEY

ST>HEY'S kind o. feel in the air to me -l
Il When the Christmas times sets in
That's about as much of mystery
AS ever I've run aG'in
Fer instance, now. whilse Gain in weight
And Gneral health swear
A kind o. feel in the air.
They's feel in the Christmas air goes right
To the spot where man lives at!
1t gives Teller appetite
They amt doubt about that!
And yit they's somepin-I don't know Wnat-
That follers me here and there rs
And ha'nts and worries and spares me not :
A kind o. feel in the air.
They's feel as say. in the air that's Jest I.
AS blamed-on sad as sweet !trf
In the same ra-sho as feel the best -
And am the spryest on my feet
They's alIus kind o sort of q ache ~
That can't locate nowhere.
BI1t it comes with Christmas, and no mfStake- s
A kind o. feel in the air. go. (
Is it the racket the children raiser q
Why no !-God bless 'em, no! .-s.-1ASSsf9 -
Is it the eyes and the cheeks ablaze. TSSS1C
Like my own long ago?
Is it the bleat o the whistle and beat 49,.
O. the little toy drum and blare
o. the horn? No, no! 1t is jest the SWEEP Sfz.
The sad-sweet feel in the air. s4-s
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-19
Little Jack HOrner
e and
Hills Christmas Pie
with Variations In the Style
of the Poets
HiBy cALLY RYLAND

WTTTLE Jack HOrner sat in a corner
{ Eating his Christmas pie.
hoHs put in his thumb and puIlec
II out plum
1SaaAnEt said, "What good boy am l."
HdEdgar Allan Poe Had Written Il.
ekee Jack Horner in his corner
With his pie.
sJAhere's HIS ma? Will no one warn her?
He will dieI
with -thurnblet that is doting
- While he's gloatlng. gloating. gloating.
die Is fishing for the floating
Plum, oh, myl
=fnAlls his boast OF being good, o
znareful Of his daily food.
TSTSfinkles merrily within his saucy eye.
ey eye, eve.
ssRsbsE Browning Might Have Done II.
s-ARastEy's all or nothing; It is not mere
dodough
<rlzhonied and pulled and puzzled over. sir.
-SzeAur twhiteness or for llghtness-and this
piepie
sEzKaS OF the very stun O. life, sir.
-s1IfpRs OF your blundefing bits Of work, but
pes Ennaite1y. .eatable. Well. Horner sat there
: 81hmhating. 4, Twas Christmas, ruminat-
indng time
it,Kou say. and you are right, sir
Aifgzly alive and open mouthed he sat,
iseNBstng the pastry tickle at his lips.
s9et asearcely knowing how to fathOm 1t.
~ when of a sudden-oh. the fellows keeni-..
- a610uurred his thumb 70 him. whereupon
sitraightway he plunged It in the sweet
stiood boyp quoth he. and pulled out 4
~ dadamp mum
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-19

As instances OF the amount OF food
some birds consume. the Rev. c. T..
Phillips, vicar OF IveEill, we'll
known Cumberland naturalist, the 9th
or day found in the crop OF a wood
pigeon he shot 1l0 beech nuts, whilst
another wCod-pigeOn had devoured
more fnely-chopped trump leaves than
~ could hold In the palm OF Ais hand
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-19

The loganberry. = hybrid OF the
blackberry and raspberry. u said to
make the fneat OF jelliss. Jams and
pies. introduced q few years ago In
the vest. lie popularity has been
steadily increasing, and the demand
now outruns the supply. Western
Oregon and Washington are the
greatest producers Of ths new berry
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-19
saddsnlna.

"what makes little Tommy so sad
on this happy Christmas dayI" asked
FOsdick.
''His presents are all unbeatable.
replied Keedlck.-TOwn Topics.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-19

Today = your day and mine.
only day We have. the day IN w
We play our part. What our pari
signify In the great whole. We
not understand; but this wo knd
II II a part Of action. not OF Will
Of love. not Of synicinm. II - N
10 express love IN terms OF
heipfulnesa.--Dayid Starr Jordan
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-19
A EIn 3. sI.eI. cata.trophs.

Twas the night preceding Christmas.
And Santa far away.
Ne lacked enough OF gasoline
10 run hts deerless sleigh.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-19
+ \ r

srhlk Would Be Walt Whitman's Style.
alsinG the Christmas pie.
Ehe'fiour. the lard. the butter that COM
pespose It;
aThb.rfchness Of its stuffing
Avdjvine nimbus exhales from IT,
IA attracts with fierce. undeniable attrac-
tGtion.
aranI drawn by its breath no less than
JatJack Horner. who holds II upon his
Sndnees.
4 Tam one with the plum concealed in its
g,amammoth vastness
9 aosoosen myself pass freely and am at
hethe door of HorneT's lips smacking
10 to taste it's ingredients.
. sA3nt he does not know how to get at you'
oiepie.
Eas8ESs sits. sleepily considering the pose Of
hishs head his puffed out lips, betray-
nging his gluttony.
<f-Rresently fine smile comes on to his
lacface. He lunges into the pie with
hrrdrm thumb. Its crust yields.
u 4ISspossesses himself OF its richness.
;shOh9 young men, would not have you sit
IA an a corner considering pie stufhngs
s5sdls,lb bold. Hou-whoever you are-are all
iowiowed the eternal purports Of pie.
r 1g1Oved a certain Christmas pie ardently
anhnd II gave me indigestion.
tY,Rsatout OF that haYe written this song)
s3aanethS Great William shakespeare
Style.
"ns6Neet pastry. do not scorn me. do not
eligible
And frOwn at me with crusty surliness.
a know that in your haky depths is hid
deIden
q Asmammoth plum. which. DDS my little
,ifclifel
zRM have it IL must swing for T." Thus
JpcJncques,
.aAho othereuponi with smashing stab Of
ihethe thumb.
sepsmOtso through the crispy lid. which srss
bel held tight
a sAnd with triumphant shout "'Ods bodi-
hiakins,
ma good lad n" Withdrew the sought for
pluplum.
.agAlSsrnon Charles Svsinburne's Styia-
fieHers where the world Is quiet.
IT, Here upon Christmas day
NWith plums and pie for diet
lr II corner sat Horner.
No feast was ever sweeter.
No finger was ever neeter
To yank plum with alec 20
mouth that gapes Away