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Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-09-11
.No sir" was the nuffy reply.

"peen too busy putting up curran'
iell Ell? Better think 1t over.
a vital question to both OF us. you u
never find another man to agree wiz
Won more heartily than l DO tha'
shrinking a convert beats immersion
all hollow. We may diner aDou'
DanI in the lions den. but we never
shall about sprinkling. 81,
Amt you going to get me loose'
she asked.
"Certainly | am. I-don't expect
woman caught fast on rail fence 10
going to give much thought to matfi
mony, but think it over when you ee'
home | might walk along and refuse
to do a thing till you had SAID yes
to me. but I'm a fair-minded man. MrS'
Nixon-a fair-minded man.
Mrs. Nixon decided to return nome
but not to think. She kept saying u
herself that she wouldn't give the car
penter's words one single minute
consideration, and then she sat down
and thought over them for Two lohs
hours! He was a queer man, was
her conclusion. She neither liked nor
disliked him. She wasn't gong u
ask him to call, but if he did call she
wasn't going to turn him outdoors.
A couple Of weeks again went Dy'
Such villagers as had got to know MI
Hackett were saying that he was d
very nice man. The widow expressed
no opinion. She had been to the post
office, half a mile away, one alter-
noon, when a sudden thunderstorm
came up. She thought she could beat
it, but was forced to take refuge III
the porch of church. The thunder
was rolling, the lightning flashing ana
the rain descending in sheets wneh
Mr.. Hackett came running up tne
steps to grasp her arm.
You must get home, even II you
get drenched The spire OF THIS
church may be struck by lightnlng'
Come on, and after you have got lnto
dry clothes, think it over. | am a
fair-minded man. and will take no
advantage of a woman in a thunder
STORM"
AS he threw her into the gate OF
her home a thunder-bolt hit the splre
and knocked it into a continental
cooked hat, and flames followed and
consumed the church.
The widow Nixon did some hard
thinking. She kept at it until she mad
thought it over" She almost wished
that Mr.. Hackett would call, but he
didn't The next she saw OF him was
when she was out for row on the mill
pond with another woman. An oar was
lost, and the other woman Jumped
overheard and struggled to shore.
This left Mrs. Nixon alone and help
less, and drifting slowly toward the
high dam. She was getting ready TO
yell when along came Mr.. Hackett In
a boat.
Its high dam, widow" he calm
ly observed.
"Oh, l shall be drowned"
mo one that's gone over it has es-
capped DEATH
"Oh, save me, Mr.. Hackett!"
Il shall save you, but have you
thought it over?"
Il have-I have
Haven't l said to you on sew
eral occasions that l was fair mind
ed MANI"
You have-you have!"
And l shall continue to be. !
might take advantage of you on this
occasion, but l shall not Widow,
there isn't a drop of water pouring
over the DAM"
And l can't be drowned?"
Not any more than on dry land
"But-but-"
But your answer"
"Why, I'll have to say yes, sup
pose! can't keep on having
my life saved every few minutes,
can II"
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
HUGE Prairie Dog Town

A prairie dog settlement in Colorado Is
estimated to contain 5000 900 inhabitants.
We're the snakes. owls, rabbits. lizards
and horned toads which live with the
dogs to be counted III the population
Of the place would reach the 100000, 900
mark.
The figures are not strictly accurate,
for the government has never counted
these dogs in the censuA But any one
who has seen such city knows there<are
more than 100 dogs to the acre, and this
city is 40 miles long by so miles wide.
containing 4.4s0.0O0 acres, says Our Dumb
Animals.
They dig deep burrows with so many
chambers that the railroad which is be-
Ing put through their city will have to de-
stroy a large number of dogs and their
homes In order to avoid accidents from
caving in of tracks.
The city was founded centuries ago. It
has been known to be about it's present
size for 50 years Families grow rapidly
and the young ones staylat home till there
Is not room enough for all and some are
pushed out to dig homes for themselves.
They live on four kinds of food, cactus.
roots of wire grass, tender green shoots
Of sagebrush and sreasewood These are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
ANNOUNCEMENTS


Today is homecoming day for the MEM
bers and friends OF the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church and Sunday school,
special programme has been prepared
and will begin at 9:s0 o'clock. taking the
place of the regular Bible school at that
hour.
Boys Day is to be observed atsthe
Vine Street Presbyterian church today.
An interesting programme will be given
and it will take the place of Sunday
school, the exercises beginning at $3.50.
The Eighty-third Street Presbyterian
church has been holding a series of re-
yival services the past week and both
services at this church today will be in
the nature of revival.
The Epworth league will be in charge
of the evening service at the East Lake
Methodist church this evening. An inter-
esting missionary programme has been
prepared and the Meredith chorus will
furnish the music.
The Eleventh Avenue Methodist church
will hold its annual rally day and promo
ton exercises this morning at II o'clock.
The programme prepared is to be an in
teresting one, it is said. and a good at
tendance is expected. The music at this
church is acknowledged to be among the
best to be found in the city.
The Highlands Methodist church is to
observe today as Homecoming" day
The members have, for the most part, re-
ua ca a Of
them are urged to make special effort
to attend this mornings service. A spe-
cial programme will be rendered at 10
o clock in connection with the promotion
exercises.
The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church
announces that today Is homecoming
day for the Sunday school and church.
All members are expected to be present.
A programme of unusual interest has
been prepared.
1.-THE Boys Bible school will be opened
at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Third
Presbyterian church, Avenue u and
Twenty-second street.
At Wesley Chapel this evening at 8
o'clock the following musical programme
has been arranged:
Praise Ye the Father" Gounod.
"Open the Gates" Knapp (soprano solo).
Mrs. j. NJ. Griffin.
20 Perfect Peace Barnby.
Thou Will Keep Him." Speake CLASS
solo), G. II. Crain.-
ut Fell Upon the Midnight Clear Sui
Ivan.
God Is q Spirit Bennett (quarteD.
Zion Wakes" Costi
Organ selection (offertory).
1.-THE Lord Is My Shepherd, Warren.
Come Unto Me-, Farrell (soprano solo),
Miss Flora Jones.
1.-THE Cross of Calvary Gounod.
Sweet the Moments" Dreisler Quar-
tet.
"rhen Crown U.s. Evans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Methodist Churches

First Methodist Sixth Avenue and
Nineteenth Street North-The Rev. j. w.
Johnson, pastor, will preach at the morn
Ing service at IL o'clock and again in
the evening at 5 o'clock. His morning
topic will be THE Beautiful Ministry
at the Beautiful Gate The subject for
the evening will be Saved by Faith
The auditorium of the First church has
been newly decorated and now presents
very beautiful appearance. The music
Will be special feature at both services
today. In addition to the regular quar-
tet, Miss Norma Scholar, who is widely
famed as a dramatic soprano, will sing
at the morning service. Miss Mitchell
and Miss Evelyn Going will augment the
quartet in the evening.
Highlands Methodist, Five Points-Dr.
E. G. Mcvoy, pastor, will preach this
morning at IL o'clock and. this evening
at 8 o'clock. His morning subject is
Rest Then Work" Prayer meeting on
Wednesday, night at s O'Clock. Promotion
exercises this morning at 10 o'clock.
Eleventh Avenue. corner Eleventh Ave-
nue. and Twelfth otreet-The pastor, the
Rev. Henry NJ Stevenson, will preach
this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Instead of
the usual II o'clock morning service the
promotion exercises of the Sunday school
will take place. An interesting pro-
gramme has been prepared.
First Methodist of Woodlawn, corner
Fifty-fourth Street and First Avenue
The Rev. w. Il. Morris, pastor. will
preach this morning at IL o'clock and
this evening at 7:45. His morning sub
ject will be ''Redeeming the Time and
that of the evening "rhe Mission of a
Man. Sunday school at 9:45. The music
of the Woodlawn church is excellent and
is featured at all services.
Simpson. Seventh Avenue and Twenty
fifth Street.-The pastor will preach at IL
o'clock this morning. His topic is to
be "Barnabas Successful Worker, He
will officiate at the evening service at
s o'clock and will preach on 1.-THE Meas
nre You Aete.' Sunday school at $3.50
this morning.
Ninth Street, corner NintR Street and
Third Avenue-The pastor will preach'
this morning at II O'Clock on Neutrality
Impossible" The Rev. L. A. Buzbee will
fill the pulpit at 730 in the evening. Sum
ing.
East Lake, corneA ASeventy-eighth Street
and Hillman Aven1e-There will be no
preaching at this church today. There
will be a special installation service this
kmorning at IL o'clock. when the new Of
flcers and teachers of the Sunday school
will be inducted into office. The Epworth
league will be in charge in the even
ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
UPSET STOMACH, C0STVE, BILIOUS,
CASCARETS TONIGHT Dime A BOX

lit isn't indigestion--its biliousness
and constipation. Try Cascarets; they
sweeten the stomach, remove the sour.
,fermenting food and foul gases; take
bill from the liver and carry off the
CON tipated waste matters from athe
bowels. Then your stomach trouble is
enddl. A Cascaret tonight straightens
you out by. morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

That awful sourness, belching of acid
and foul gases; that pain in the pit of
the stomach, the heartburn, nervous
ness, nausea. bloating after eating. feel
ing of fullness, dizziness and sick head
ache, means your stomach is sour
your liver Is storpid--your bowels con-
stipated 1t isn't your stomachs fault
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Episcopal Churches

Trinity Mission, Cotton Avenue near
Hemphill House-The pastor will preach
1t 4:3o this afternoon. Sunday school at
LAS this morning
ST. Mary 's-on-the-Highlands, Twelfth
Avenue and Nineteenth Street-Services
mis- morning at II o'clock. Sunday school
1t $50.
All Saints Mission, Twenty-ninth
Street and Avenue F-Services at IL a.
m. and 7:45 this evening. Sunday school
at $50
Grace, Fifty-eighth Street and First
Avenue-Morning services at IL o. clock
and evening services at 7:45 Communion
1t 7So this morning and Sunday school
at $50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Catholic Churches

ST. Paurs, Twenty-second Street and
Inird Avenue--Masses today at $50. 40
s:so and 1890 o'clock. All are low masses
Ine $3.50 O'Clock mass is for the SUNDAY
schooi, High mass will be resumed
week from today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

the only specimens Of plant life found in
the western deserts where prairie dogs
are native. In spite of the sameness OF
their fare they manage to keep sleek and
fat on food which ground squirrel would
Consider starvation diet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Presbyterian Churches

South Highlands, Highland avenue and
Twenty-first Street.-The pastor, the Rev.
DIR. Henry M. Edmonds. will fill the pulpit
at II o'clock this morning and again at
the sevening service. His morning topic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28


will be with Christ in Cod and that
of the evening ''The Young man Who
Took Short CUT
Eighty-third Street, corner Eighty-third
Street and Walker Avenue-Services this
morning at Il O'clock and this evening
at 7:30 o'clock Both of these services
are special revival meetings and the Rev.
j. M. Alexander, visiting minister, will
preach at each service.
Birmingham Cumberland, corner Tven-
ty-seventh Street and Twelfth Avenue,
North--The Rev. William II. Butler, pas
tor, will preach this morning at II o'clock.
His subject is to be 1.-THE Discourage
Fisherman" Sunday school will begin at
$3.50 clock.
East Lake Cumberland, Sloss Avenue
and Seventy-fifth Street.-The pastor will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Alutruian Society

DR.. L. A. Fealy. pastor, will preach
this morning at 10:S0 His topic is to be
The Hidden Treasure
FIRST. Eleventh Avenue and Twenty
iirst street, South-Services this morn
ing at IL o'clock. The topic is s.Realitv y,
testimonial meeting Wednesday evening
at o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Giants Score Few Runs

During the last two or three weeks
Mathewson Marquard and Tesreau
have lost games because the Giants
could not score for them One or two
runs in a number of instances was the
margin which gave opponents Of Nc
Graws club the victory. The pitchers
have held the opposition. down all that
could be expected, but the New York
ers could not register at the plate.
New York has shown more even
strength than the Athletics in the trend
Of the race. The Giants. until Sep
ebr 21. had lost as few as four games
to one team and as many as eight to
another, their average against each
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
BAPTIST Churches

Southside, corner Eleventh Avenue and
Nineteenth Street, South-The Rev. DR..
preston Blake, pastor. will preach this
morning at IL o'clock and again this
evening at 7:45. The morning topic is
Added to the Church, and that for the
evening is THE Prophets vision.'' Sun
day school at $50 O'Clock.
West Woodlawn, Forty-seyenth Street
and Fifth Avenue. North-Services this
morning at IL o'clock and this evening
at 7:So. The PASTOR the Rev. John w
stewart. will preach at both services. His
morning topic is After the Association.
Wnaty' The evening subject will be "A
vain Search for Happiness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Contenders in Big Series
Evenly Matched, Says Cobb
Continued From Page Fifteen,

--~----->------
the averages which I have before me
When you can count on five PLAYERS
batting 300, you have an asset on the
orIense that has got to be recxoned
with.
New York has only one man hitting.
over the 300 mark. Meyers, the
catcher Fletcher, though, can practt-
cally be called 300 batsman. It looks
to me as If this last mentioned player
mas corrected batting fault, and-I sus-
pect he will beNa much feared man
when at the plate in the big games.
Now the Giants with only two men
around the 800 division, appear very
weak on the attack. If their pitchers
should happen to fall down and not
deliver aS they did during the season.
OF II that seasons stride would not be
good enough to withstand the five or
six 300 hitters of the Philade;phians.
them the Athletics would have an easy
time slugging their way to the worlds
championship. 1t is just such points
that make important series interesting
and BATTLE the man who tries to select
the winner
1t is not hard to see that the Mack
pitchers, weak as they have appeared
at times. may have an easier time
holding the weak appearing hltters OF
the Giants than the New York crack
FINGERS will have against the slugging
MacklDen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

christ English, corner Seventh Avenue
ana Twenty-third Street North-The Rev.
~. II. Copenhaver, pastor, will fill the
pulpit at the morning service at II o'clock
and again this evening at o'clock. His
morning topic is to be Requirements of
God Sunday school at $50 O'Clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
SERVICES AT THE
CHURCHES OF BIRMINGHAM

preach this morning at.s1i o'clock and
TINS evening at. o'clock. His morning
subject will be Victory of Life" and
mat OF the evening "The Way to Find
chrlst- Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
Vine Street, corner Vine Street and Cot
ton Avenue-The pastor, the Rev. Will
lam b. Holmes, will preach at II o'clock
tnis morning and at 7:45 this evening.
Ihe morning sermon will be especially
20 boys and his topic will be THE Bat
tlef Tor Manhood" His evening subject
viii be Harvest Time and Preparation
Tor Reaping. Boys Day will be OBJ
served at $3.50 a. m.
Fifth Avenue. corner Fifth Avenue and
Eighteenth Street-Services and preach
ing this morning at II o'clock and this
evening at 7:45. The pastor, the Rev.
j. M Broadly, will officiate at both sery-
Ices and his morning topic will be Retro
speet of % Years" Sunday school at
$3.50 o'clock
First, Fourth Avenue and Twenty-first
otreet-The Rev. DIR. J. S. Foster will
preach this morning at II o'clock and
this evening at 745. His morning SUBJ
Ject wiA be a psalm of Life and that
OF the evening Spiritual Indifference y
sunday school at $50 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Lutheran Churches

Zion, corner Avenue and Nineteentb
Street.-The Rev. H. Reuter-, pastor will
III the pulpit at the 10: 80 a. m service
HIS subject will be BLESS the Lord. oh
NY Soul, and Forget Not All His Bene-
hts' Sunday school at $50 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

Ninth Street. corner NintR Street and
Third Avenue-The pastor will preach'
this morning at II o'clock on Neutrality
Impossible" The Rev. l.. A. Buzbee will
fill the pulpit at 7:30 in the evening. Sum
day school at 10 o'clock in the morn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

Post Wheeler, secretary of the Ameri-
can Embassy at Rome, Is returning to
Washington to make an explanation of
harges which have been preferred
lgainst him by an American whose
aame has been withheld.
Details Of the charges also have been
Kept secret. although one allegation is
said to relate to the alleged evasion of
the duty on gasolene imported into Italy
for his automobile.
Evening journal., 1913-07-23
CHINKS HERE
TOMORROW TO
PLAY ALL STARS

While the Chicks are playing Tren-
ton in Trenton tomorrow. Whining
ton fans will have the opportunity of
seeing the famous Chinese team Of the
Hawaiian University line up against
the All-Wilmngton star at Front and
Union streets.
The Chinese while touring this
country have defeated many of the
strongest college and professional
mines. Since leaving California the
Celestials have won "A games and lost
but two. Their record is all the more
remarkable when it is considered that
they have only been playing our dia-
mond game in Hawai- for a few
years.
What are some Of our teams going
to do with the invading Cinnamon
when they have a pitcher with a spit
ball who Is called "the Matty OF the
Far East" several players who make
four and FIVE hits a game and third
baseman so fast that he runs a 100
yards in 10 seconds? It's been the
work of these stars, together with
fine knowledge of the game that has
made the visiting Hawaiians a ter
ror to many OF our teams. Brown
and Shoellenberger will be the bat
terry for the Wilmington stars.
Evening journal., 1913-07-23
ALLENTOWN
GOES AHEAD
In The nth
Chicks Drop Third Game to
TeutOnS 5 to Z After
FrrCr
WILMINGTON USES THREE
TNIkLERS HOPING TO WIN

ALLENTOWN, Pa, July 2S.-Al-
lentown won an thinning battle from
Wilmington here yesterday, to T..
II was a stirring contest from the
start, each club scoring four runs in
the first inning. After this both
teams braced and played in cham
pionship form. Singles by McGeehan
and Monroe Marhefka's boot and a
sacrifice hy by Manning gave the
Teutons the victory in the eleventh
inning
Ritter started for The Chicks. but
lasted only one-third of an inning. lie
was relieved by Tobin, who retired
in the ninth to allow Shollenberger
to bat for him. Allen Russell pitch
ed two innings and was responsible
for the .css of the game. Lefty
Russell was badly spiked in he foot
IN the fourth inning and had to re-
tire:
The score:
Evening journal., 1913-07-23
TENNIS CLUB FOR GEORGETOWN.
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL

Special to The EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN, Del, July 23.-The
Georgetown Tennis Association has been
formed with the Rev. James W. Colona.
president; Howard J. Cooke. secretary
and treasurer. Daniel J. Layton. Jr..
Norman Jones and Robert Pepper have
been selected am executive committee 70
formulate rules, and about August I will
hold a festival 20 defray some of the ex-
penses incident 20 the preparation of the
grounds. etc. The local association has
already received a challenge from Presi-
dent Davis, of Easton, Md. TO enter into
the tournaments that are TO be conduct
cd on the Eastern Shore of MARYLAND
this summer The Salisbury. Md. club
has also issued a challenge Some Of the
best players in the town have Joined the
ASSOCIATION. and interesting tournaments
are expected TO take place here within
the next few weeks. The locals are en-
gaging in practice daily and there is a
likelihood Of Seaford being the nrst town
TO be challenged.
Evening journal., 1913-07-23
MUST STRENGTHEN TEAM.
York Directors Finally Decide TO Get
Several New Players.

YORK. Pa. July 23-The directors Of
the York Tri-State baseball club met in
the parlors OF the Hotel Penn and decid
ed that players were needed who would
play bail, whether or not they had a
reputation.
Martin Kelchner. the young second
baseman who was signed last Saturday
and who participated in the two games
with Harrisburg yesterday, was given
his release last evening and Eddie
Manning viii be given another trial at
second u was also decided to get an
other catcher. man who win put some
lite and energy into his work.
II was further decided TO transfer the
double-hea for Friday with Allen
town to Saturday-thus giving Booster
day. which will be observed next Satur-
day. a double header.
Evening journal., 1913-07-23
FINAL SHOOT FOR
E.E. DUPONT TROPHIES

at the DUPONT Gun Club on Saturday
the twelfth and final contest for the Eu-
gene p. DUPONT cups will take place
These three handsome silver cups. which
have been in competition since July l3,
1912. have been competed for under novel
conditions which were suggested by the
donor, Mr. DUPONT.
The conditions were as follows;
Open 70 an amateurs, members Of the
DUPONT Gun Club. Contestants TO ne
classified according to their classification
for the Coleman DUPONT spoon contests
Handicap allowance II misses as
breaks as follows; Glass A, added tar.
get; Class B. 81 Glass e, 8 and Glass
,.
All contests at 25 targets per man. le
yards. Teams 90 consist Of two men
but no team may be formed of men who
are IN the same class; and no two men
ran shoot ar o team moie than twio,
! during the twelve monthly competition