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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
syrncnrc Cots Gnmc.

Syracuse. y. T., March S.-Thc Wcs-
ieyan basketball quintet succumbcd
under the rapid passing and shooting
of the Syracuse quintet here Tonight.
The final score was 80 to -. The
Orange led from the start. The game
was the fastest ever played here.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09

afternoon. The athletes hit the green short
ly before 1880 o'clock. and worked until
practically o'clock The practice
usually spirited. Tho regulars arrive to-
morrow. Starting Monday. Stahl said ha
would give squad two workouts daily pro-
balmy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09

The Crickcts won the basketball game at
the y. w. G. a. last night. The game was
fast and clean throughout. few fouls being
called The Crackerjacks put up stout,
resistance and the result in doubt until
q finish
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
Colts Defeat Spiders,

The Colts defeated the Spiders OH the
Thrty-second Street diamond yesterday by
the score OF to g. The features of tho
game were tho pitching Of sloan, who struck
Sloan, Lois and Wilson, Of tho Colts.
Score by Innings: r. n. D.
S SsiSsr .'''''''''..''...'.'9 ooSiodsIL
Betteries--Sloan and Gallagher for the
Colts Dan. and Mills and Johnson for the
Spiders, -.ss.. "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
rcnnis mt Country CInh.

Tennis began at thc Country Lrub OF vir-
Sinia yesterday, when number OF enthus-
lasts occupied the courts. Four new courtsl
have been lnycd out. making twelve In ally
and prosperous season ia expected by thoset
In charge.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09

U U
Hot Springs Ark. March S-Graced nv
me prettiest sort OF -prng day. weather
OF the brand that Boston enjoys in mid
summer. Manager Stahl gave his batteries
their daily workout at Alaiestlc Park nj.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
Tigers Win Meet.


Princeton y. J., March 81 margin OF
ono and one-third points, which came in the
last event gave tho Tiger gymnasts IL vic-i
tory over the Pennsylvania performers in aS
heinz u "a ~ % L. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
G GIg. Ne x,,b 4 I CHANCE TO FRFF

/ took my own medicine. 1t cured nv
rheumatism after had suffered tortures Tor
thiriy-si years. spent $50. 600 befors l dis
covered the remedy that cured me- hut III
nothing.
II you suffer from rheumatism let me send
you Il package of my remedy absolutely free
Don't send amy money: want to give II to
you. want you to sec for yourself what II
VIII do. The picture shows how 1 suffered
Maybe yon suffering the same way
Don You don't need 10. I've got this REM
coy mat VIII cure you and It's yours for the
Delano Bldg. Syracuse. New York aud I'll
send you free package the very day l get
your letter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
sNnxx Gets First blood.

AnnapoIis Nd. March Sin ono Of tina
preliminary. matches OF the tournament OF
the intercollegiate Fencing Association. the
finals of which will take place In New York
The herald., 1913-01-02
Ti,S Retreat From Moscow.

NapOleon's army for the invasion G.
Russia numbered over 100000. Only
10000 returned. During the retreat
thousands Of horses lay grooming on
the route, while thousands Of nak"'
wretches were wandering like SI-c
ters who seemed to have no sight or
sense and who only kept Keeling on ill
frost. famine or the Cossack lance pm,
an end to their power Of motion. In
that wretched state no nOuriShmeni
could have saved them. Innumerabie
dogs crouched by the bodies Of their
former masters, looking at their faces
and bowling their hunger and their
loss. Besides their suffering from the
cold and for the want Of food. they
were assailed on all sides, not only 10y
Russian soldiers, but by peasants
through whose country they passed.
Altogether, Napoleon's retreat from
Moscow was a complication Of misery,
Of cruelty, OF desolatiOn and OF DIS
order that can never have been e1.
ceeded In the history Of mankind.
The herald., 1913-01-02
The Second Foot OF Water.

Second foot" os defined by the
United States geological survey. is an
]abbrevation for cubic foot per second
and Is the unit for the rate OF dis
charge Of water flowing In a stream
one foot wide. one foot deep, at a rate
OF one foot per second. 1t IS generally
used as a fundamental unit In meas
uremeuts Of stream flow.
Second feet per square mile Is the
average number of cubic feet OF wa
ter flowing per second from each
square mile Of area drained. on the as
sumption that the run of is distributed
uniformly both as regards time n
area.
An "aCre foot" IS equivalent to 49,
$50 cubic feet and Il the quantity re-
quired to cover an acre to the depth
of one foot. The term is commonly
used in connection with storage for ir-
rigation work. One second foot flow
equals 7.4S United States gallons n
second Ass gallons a minute, or
846.3l7 gallons a day. AS a California
miners inch" equals 0.1S7 gallon a
second, there are forty California
miners inches in one second foot
The herald., 1913-01-02
When Riaht Seemed WRONG.

Brown. a stranger in a Canadian
city. stopped a pert looking newsboy
and asked directions 10 a well known
park. He grew wrathy as he repeated
the urchin's instructions.
Take any old street car" Brown
echoed.
YES"
"And at the end OF the line change
TO the first young street car. Is that
what you sald?"
"Yes." answered the boy. with a grin
Then he SHE'D off at the gentleman's
gesture toward his cheek.
You'd better rum Brown called af-
ter him. You needn't try your smart
tricks on me or I'll thrash you" He
walked away, stopped at a newsdeal-
er's to buy a city guide and found the
directions to the park as follows:
Take any Ode street to end of
line. then change tc Yonge."- New
York Press.
The herald., 1913-01-02
weIIinoton's Ide. Of Himself.

81 hope to God" Wellington said one
day. that ! have fought my last bat.
tie. II is a bad thing Ia he always fight
ing. While in the thick of il ! am too
much occupied TO feel anything. but it
is wretched just after. |. is quite i'm
possible 10 think of glory. Both mind
and feelings are exhausted. ] am
wretched ever ut the moment of vic
tory. and | always say that. next TO a
battle lost. the greatest misery Is a
battle gained" . The express
sion Of his face. which was liz up by
an intensity of feeling, gave those sim
pie words an ]elOquence which went
straight 10 the listeners heart. ! was
that listener.
at is experience" he said another
time. that gives me the advantage
wei every other officer. Nothing new
can happen TO me. and | always feel
confident that ! shall succeed. The
troops feel the same confidence in me.
For that reason | firmly believe that II
anything had happened TO NE ut Water
loo the battle was lost. | told Lord
CXbrfdge so 49, Soon after n ball
hit him. Ii must have passed yer me
or my horse. But the finger of God
was upon me."-Diary of Frances. Lady
Shelley.
The herald., 1913-01-02
One Of the Family.

James Seymour. the artist, was born
in London in 1902. lie displayed a
fondness for drawing and painting in
bOyhood and subsequently gained ce-
lebrity by his skill in designing horses.
Once the proud Duke of Somerset EN-
ployed Seymour to paint a room at bis
seat in Sussex with the portraits of his
running horses. Having admitted the
artist to his table. he one day drank to
him, saying:
Cousin Seymour, your health"
The painter replied. MY lord, real
~ believe that ! have the honor OF be-
ing Of your grace's family"
This hurt the pride of the duke so
much that he rose from the table and
ordered his steward to pay Seymour
and dismiss him. Finding, however.
that no one in England could complete
the pictures begun, he c~ondescended to
send for his cousin. The painter re-
sponded to the message In these words:
MY lord, | will now prove that am
Of your grace's family. for | won't
come"
The herald., 1913-01-02
Rrnken China Roused Him.

When Canon Rawnsley was collect
ing information in the lake district
about Wordsworth, he came upon an
old man who had been a servant at
Rydal Mount. This whilOm retainer
told many interesting stories.
Wordsworth. II seemed, was very
absentminded. He always forgot the
dinner hour.
I'D goa" the old man remarked, ito
study door and hear him a-mumblln'
away to 'sself.
Dinners ready, SIR I'd ca ont,
but he'd go a-mumbling on like a deaf
man. va see. And sometimes Mrs.
Wordsworth 'ud say: Goa and brek
a bottle, or let q dish fall, just outside
his door in passage Eth, dear, that
maistly wad bring him out, wad that
1t was nobbut that as wad, howivver.
For, We kna, he vas a very careful.
man and he couldn't do with brekking
t china."-Pearsons.
The herald., 1913-01-02
Americans and Soap.

There IS IA serious absence Of cake
soap from the hotels on the tourist belt
Of west Scotland, and nearly all of the
soap supply is In liquid or powder form
A correspondent of the London ChrOn
icle reports that the spray and the trio
kle were safeguards against the Yam,
KEGS. No American tourists, he vas
told, can see a hotel cake Of soap with
out putting it In his pocket, provided
be is unObserved. They are n splen-
did people To deal with" said one of
the hotel keepers. but unclaimed, port
able soap Is their undoing."
That matter of soap is one of the
international quarrels Of manners" Oh
serves the Chronicle. The whiteSt
American is as dishonest about Il cake
Of soap as the blacklist OF his com
patriots is about chickens. He will
steal anybody's cake of soap.
And just across the channel you find
countries where you carry your own
soap and would as soon think Of a
public cake of soap as OF a public
toothbrush"
The herald., 1913-01-02
Eyes That Become Stars.

The most remarkable belief or super
stItion concerning the human eye is
one that is current In Australia.
Among the natives OF that country IL
Is the general belief that the left eye
Of every chief becomes a star the mo-
ment the chief in question is done with
1t. The sun. they say, is the eye of the
greater god and the moor the eye of
the 'lesser god" All the stars were
once the left optics of human beings
of high rank. Shungle. a celebrated
chief. once ate the eye of a valiant
chief. thinking thereby TO increase the
brilliancy of his own "eye star" But
the eye burned through Shungle and
killed him. whereupOn his wv left eye
became Joined TO the n he had eaten,
and the two may now be seen as a
beautiful double star lying Just to the
east Of the Southern Cross.
The herald., 1913-01-02
When Hoops Began.

When were hoops "in" for the first
time? According to Strut, ''trundling
the hoop is a pastime Of uncertain or
igin, but much In fashion at present
QSOD. DR.. Murray's dictionary, Incl
dentaIly remarking that the original
hoop affected by boys was a barrel
hoop, gives no English reference to IT
earlier than 1892. But the hoop was
well known to ancient Greek and Ro
man boys, who called 1t a "trochus"
(wheeD. Their hoops were made OF
bronze. and representations Of them on
gems show that they were driven by a
little hook with a wooden handle, very
like the modern boys hoop stick. This
was called by the Greeks "elater"
driver and by the Romans CLAWS
key). Sometimes the ancient hoop had
bells attached to it-London Mail.
The herald., 1913-01-02
American Restaurants.

What disconcerts the European in the
great American restaurant is the eX-
cessive. the occasionally maddening
slowness Of the service and the lack Of
interest In the service. Touching the
latter defect. the waiter is not impolite;
he is not %neglectful. But he is too of
ten pasgively hostile or at best neutral.
He or his chief has apparently not
grasped the fact that buying a meal is
not like buying a tor or coal. If the
purchaser is to get value for his money
he must enjoy his meal, and If he is to
enjoy the meal it must not merely be
efficiently served, but it must be eff
GENTLY served in a sympathetic atmos-
phere. The supreme business of a good
waiter is to create this atmosphere
Arnold Bennett in Harper's.
The herald., 1913-01-02
A TeIepathic Clock

Here is a strange yet absolutely true
story, In which a clock plays a mystic
rious part: 1t vas a small American
timepiece which stood on a mantel-
piece in a sitting DON in a Liverpool
builders home. At 11:30 n morning
the timepiece fell from the mantelpiece
to the floor. When picked up 1t was
found to be quite uninjured and still
going. as If nothing unusual had hap
pened. There seemed to be absolutely
no reason why 1t should have fallen.
but an hour later when the builder
came home to his midday meal he re-
marked that It 11:30 he fell from the
top of a building, but happily without
sustaining any injury. His wife then
described how the clock had fallen at
the same time and the couple ponder
in vain over the curious and utterly
Inexplicable coincidence. - Liverpool
Post.
The herald., 1913-01-02
An Official Report on the Cat.

The commander Of a commiSSariat
department in one Of the large Prus-
sian towns received from the board Of
control the following official inquiry:
why was there a daily expenditure
of > pfennig about 3 farthingsl for the
cat of the military stores depot, while
for the cat of the forage depot only 3
pfennigs were required for the pur,
chase Of milk"
Not such an easy question!
The explanation officially furnished
by the commander ran as follows:
The cat of the forage department is
nourished on the mice which have fat
tened on the corn and meal, but the cat
Of the military stores department has
only the mice which get a scanty liv-
ing by gnaving the leather straps.
This Is the reason for the extra ex-
pense for NIX for the latter"
The exp hation must have suficed'
for thereafter the milk ration for the
depot cat remained undisputed. Lon
don Tit-Bits.
The herald., 1913-01-02
Order Of Gybqoggles.

1.-The gybgoggle is one of the rarest
and most curious animals in existence
and is found only in Madagascar and a
part of Australia" didactically began
Professor Lickcipher, the schoolmaster,
during a recent session Of the Sit n
Argue club. at is a sort Of a vampire,
something like a cross between a kan
CARGO and an enormous bat, and can
swim and fly with equal ease. It.
Fine, finer snarled the old codGer.
whose rheumatism was hectoring MIN
with unusual severity. Swell name Tor
a new lodge-'The C~oncatenated Order
of Philanthropic ~Gybgoggles.' or some
thing Of the sort-and what a jo-darter
of an emblem a little gold gybgoggle
would make to yea on u watch
jobsr'-Kansas City Star.
The herald., 1913-01-02
The Explosion of a Flower.

Sometimes the floral spathe of a
great palm tree will fly open with a
sound like a detonation in a mine
Such an event occurred in a botan'
ical garden In Algiers recently. The
spathe. nearly three feet long, was pro-
jected to a great distance and for
some moments the head of the palm
tree was wreathed with golden dust
formed Of the debris of the flower.
The suns heat had roasted the flower
to the color of rust. The director OF
the garden explained the explosion as
being due to a fermentation in the
flower caused by the extraordinary
dryness of the air. A violent sirocco
had just passed. In Algiers ostrich
eggs explode in the same way and
from a like cause.-Harper's.
The herald., 1913-01-02
Declined Her Own Medicine.

There is always more or less talk
current about ab~olishing position and
dispensing pelf. The trouble Is to
know just where to begin the destruc-
tive reconstruction and to find reform
ers who are willing themselves to be
reformed. An English great lady was
once entertaining the Labor member
Of parliament. Henry Broadhurst. the
Duke Of Argyle and others at her coun-
try seal. She was a strong Liberal,
and one evening inveighed against the
house of lords. 1t would be swept
away If 1t did not reform, she said
with fervor.
"Yes." agreed Broadhurst, land how
will you like that, Mrs. Pr
Lady F.. II you please. SIR" In
stantly corrected Broadhurst's hostess.
drawing herself up haughtily.
The herald., 1913-01-02
An English Bellman.

Some occupations attain Importance
simply by surviving. The bellman was
not held in much esteem when he was
really useful. but now in such places
as he still pursues his calling" he is
quite a parsonage. In n fashionable
west country health resort the bellman
goes around in a smart uniform. mount
ed on a pony and when he has cried his
news, generally offers of reward for
lost property. delivers a discourse to
his hearers concerning himself as the
only mounted belIman in England and
then produces picture post cards with
his photograph. which seem TO have a
ready sale.-London Standard.
The herald., 1913-01-02
The Metaphor of the Spider.

Better than most metaphors that
have been drawn from the spiders
way of life is the delightfully."- human
one Of Alphonse Karr's in his voyage
Autour de Mon Jardin." The spider, he
says. Is more truthful than a When
man says, 'If my wife does not love
me | shall die" he does not die. But
when a spider says so he knows he Is
speaking the truth. for If his wife does
not love him she kills hlm.-London
Saturday Review.
The herald., 1913-01-02
Sneezinq.

Sneezing Is the best brain clearer
known. Mary persons conclude an
attack of faintness or fainting with a
violent sneeze Our ancestors took
snuff from n belief in the efficacy of
sneezing. But tobacco so taken is In
part absorbed into the blood and hurts
the system. Tickling the n~ostrils with
a feather or straw will act as well as
taking snuff. Try 1t when you feel
faint. II cannot do harm.
The herald., 1913-01-02
The Fork.

II is about 1900 years g since the
fork made its appearance in Europe
I'm 90 A. ID. a son of the doge pietro
Orsolo had welded in Venice the RriZ
zantine Princess Anglia. who produced
at the wedding breakfast a silver fork
and gold spoon Then the high Nene
,ian families followed suit. and these
martyrs to fashion pricked their lips
with the new instrument. The fork
prOspered, however. and spread over
Italy. In 1873 1t had Travelled "a far
as France, and In 1GOS a traveller took
1t direct to England. .
The herald., 1913-01-02
Buttons.

Buttons are certainly as ancient as
the siege of Troy. In the ninth century
before our era, for, both in that unfor-
tunate city and at Mycenae, DR.. Schlie-
mann discovered objects of gold, silver
and bronze which could have had no
other use than that Of buttons. In
medieval times the clothing Of the
common people IA generally fastened
with wooden pegs of the type and form
of those resorted to in emergencies
by the country boy Of the present day.
Buttons covered with cloth were pro
hibited by George l. in 1920 to en-
courage the manufacture of metal but
toms
The herald., 1913-01-02
Pronunciation.

Here Is a curious couplet which Illus
trates in one sentence the various val
ues of the combination 'ough" and
shows how s~trikingly inconsistent are
the spelling and pronunciation of some
English words. The lines may be sup
posed to be the words Of an invalid
who had a strong will and was deter.
mined to live In spite Of his ailment:
Though the tough cough and hiccough
ploughed me through.
Yet DER life's Tough my course / will
pursue.
The herald., 1913-01-02
Rovaltv's Game.

Cards have always been a royal
game. Queen Elizabeth played cards
and lost her temper over them fire.
%auently. She was no Anne of Austria.
to play like n queen, without passion
of greed or gain" In her reign was
commanded to be played lat Wynd-
sore a Coincide or Moral devised on
the game of cardes," which resulted
In the performance by the children or
her majesty's chapel of alexander and
Campaspe." In which the pretty lines
occur:
Cupid and my Campaspe played
At cards for kisses. Cupid paid.
London Chronicle.
The herald., 1913-01-02
AVOIDING the Doctor.

DR.. Sanderson. an old Scotch physi-
clan. wa a queer character, but a clev-
er doctor.
So roughly did he handle his patients
that the ignorant were chiefly anxious
to escape him. The story goes that as
he was passing along the street one
day a sweep rolled from the top to the
bottom of a staircase outside one of
the houses.
"Are you hurt?" called the doctor,
running forward.
"Not a bit. d~octor-not a bit" replied
the man in haste. Indeed, / feel a
the better"
The herald., 1913-01-02
CHARTER

OF Fl. C. SEYMOUR & COMPANY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF Or
LEANS.
Be It known, that on this Goth day of
November, 1912, and of the Independence Of
the United States of America the one hun
dred and thirty-seventh (137l, beofre me,
In and for the parish of Orleans, state of
Louisiana, and In the presence Of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned.
personally came and appeared the several
scribed, who declared that, availing them
selves Of the provisions Of the constitution
and laws of the state of louisiana relating
to the organization and formation Of corpo-
The herald., 1913-01-02
Aoin the Government,

what do you t'lnk Of dis gov'ment
ownership idea, Weary?"
"My experience makes me agin it"
'Your e~xperienceT'
Yes: de gov'ment runs de 1ails,
don't dey? Well. de way dey does II
don't make no hit wit me."-Boston
Transcript.
The herald., 1913-01-02
Moro Class.

Little Bess-What does your father
do2 Little Nell-He's a horse doctor.
Little Bess-Oh, dearl / guess I'd
better not play with you then. I'm
afraid you don't belong to our set
Little Nell-Why, what does your IA
Their dot Little Bess-He's a vet'nary
surgeon.-Chicago News.
The herald., 1913-01-02
Tho Great Difficulty.

zone half the worlds happiness Is
solved when a person learns to mind
his own business"
Eyes. but it's the other half that
causes the most trouble"
whats that?"
Getting other people to mind theirs"
Home Notes.
The herald., 1913-01-02

the II. c. Seymour & Company, on file and
OF record In my nOtarial office. In faith
whereof, | have hereuntO affixed my official
seal and signature.
New Orleans, La, November 21st, 1912.
SIDNEY J.. GAUTIER,
(Sea) Notary Public.
nov % dec 3 - 10 &c ian . 1913
The herald., 1913-01-02
Swift Birds

II has been estimated that a crow
flies at the rate If twenty-five miles an
hour and that the elder duck can go
ninety miles an hour. while swifts and
hawks sometimes make the astOnish-
ing rate of 100 miles an hour.
The herald., 1913-01-02
His Art

Mrs. Syille-My husband takes a
deep interest In art. Mrs. Oldar-You
surprise me. Mrs. Syille-Well. 1t was
a surprise to me, but heard him tell
ing Jack Rownder last night that II
was a good thing to study your hand
before you draw.
The herald., 1913-01-02
S%Isnderino a Saint.

Fifteen years ago." said the aged
brother, addressing the congregation,
81 gladly gave my heart to the Lord"
"And that's the only cheerful gift he
ever made" whispered the deacon
whose business 1t was to collect the
annual subscriptions.
The herald., 1913-01-02
The Supply Held Out,

Tommy cat the supper table,-Now.
ma. may ! have a piece Of chocolate
cake? You said ! might after the min
lister had taken three pieces, cause
that was enough for any man. saint or
sinner.
The herald., 1913-01-02
The Difference.

Tell a woman her face Is her fortune
and she is compllmented. Hint to a
man that his cheek is his most valu-
,ble asset and he is likely to get mad.
Chicago Record Herald.
The herald., 1913-01-02
Believable!

"Do you know that ] had two offers
of marriage last week." asked a plain
girl of a friend.
"Oh. I am delighted. dear" the friend
exclaimed. Then the report that your
uncle left you his money Is really
true?'
The herald., 1913-01-02
A Too ominous Beginning.

Shelf a girl proposed to you. you
wouldn't dare to refuse her. He'll a
girl had the nerve to propose TO me l
wouldn't dare marry her.-Boston
Transcript
The herald., 1913-01-02
Sarcastic.

That's arrant nonsense" said Mr..
Henpeck. "about there always being
room at the top"
"Oh." his wife sarcastically replied.
when were you up there to seer
The herald., 1913-01-02
Fla Leaves.

The story is told Of a young lady
from the east who, seeing a fig tree
for the first time, exclaimed. "Why, |
always thought fig leaves were larger
than ~thatr-San Francisco Argonaut
The herald., 1913-01-02
No GUESSING.

Amateur Palmist-I think you are
going to be married twice. Young Lady
You think. Well. I'd rather you were
sure I was going to be married once
Boston Transcript.