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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29

return to the United States, and Just
roy he is discredited in France ana
England, where II has been shown
that he made crooked deal with
Moran. johnson In barred In 80 many
countries that IT ID not likely he will
ever figure in a championship fight
again, so Willard had better pay his
attention to Gunboat Smith. Carl
Morris and other heavyw eig hts. and
when one Of them shows he Is better
than the others he will be the new
champion. and johnson and his usa-
savory record will be forgotten.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
Wants LAst of Arrests.

Mayor Ainslie yesterday received
a letter from A. r, Bishop. of Rawl.
ings, Va, asking that a list of al,
arrests made In Richmond between
June ~ and % be sent him. The
mayor replied that compliance witr
the request would entail much copy.
ing. and that II Mr.. Rawlings wouio
give the name Of the person sought
among those on the books, he wouid
gladly send same.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
PETERSBURG DOWNS
ROANOKE TIGERS
JOHNSON TRtJM PHs OVER NELSON
IN FAST PITCHING
CONTEST.

special 10 The Richmond vtrginian,l
Roanoke va, Aug. 2s,---Petershurg
won from Roanoke today. TO Q, in a
pitchers duel between Toison and
Johnson The winning run was scored
In the seventh Inning on hit hatsman
and two punched hits.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
Lawn r~te and Hay ride.

Lawn Fete and Hay Ride.
A hav ride followed by lawn fete
at the homo of w. A, Horne. located
few miles outside OF the city limits on
the Broad Rock road. will be held
next Wednesday night, September :.
All who desire to go should meet the
large auto truck at the head Of Clopton
street at o'clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29

New York. Aug. 2s.-The Yankees
started iambasting the sphere early in
the game and before the conclusion of
the second frame they had amassed a
total Of seven taliies They scored two
more during the rem ainder of the game
and won. to s..
Score by innings: r. III. u.
~. Louis .,. oI0 o02 oe2-~5 II S
New York - 40 100 1913 10 8
Batteries. Leverenx. Hoch and Hale;
McHaie and Nunamaker. Empires
O'Loughlin and Hildebrand.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
Ty Cobb'a Hit Wins

Boston, Aug. 2s.--With two on bases.
Cobb doubled in the eighth. this after
noon and scored himself when Scott
dropped Crawford's infield fly. The
three runs were all that figured in the
game.
Score by innings: r. RI. II.
Detroit ......... 900 600 oao-~3 /
Boston .,.... 900 900 600 /
Batteries: Cavet ald Stanage; Leo
nard and Carrigan. Umpires-Egan
and Dineen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29

Results Yesterday.
Chicago. 8; Philadelphia. tealled
end nth. rainl
Detroit. 3; Boston. o..
New York, Q; ST. Louig 5.
Washington Cleveland. rain
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
Uncle Sam Raises Limit.

Washington. Aug. 2s.-The house
and senate today adopted the confer
ence report on the bill increasing to
81, 900 the limit on individual deposits
that may be made In postal savings
banks The present limit is $500.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Columbus Minneapolis, rain.
indianapolis Milwaukee, rain
Louisville, IL: Kansas City. J.,
Toledo st. Paul. rain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Buffalo, s. Kansas City, 2.
Toronto, 3. Newark. 0,
Rochester. 2 Providence. /,
Montreal. Is Baltimore, 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
FEDERAL LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday.
Buffalo. 8; Brooklyn, 2.
Baltimore Pittsburg, rain.
Others not scheduled.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
Portsmouth.

Score bN lnntnNs. II.
Norfolk ......4... o e1 o ! / o---s
Portsmouth ...s.. o 0 0 o o ! o---i
Summary: Three base hit-~Foiies,
Home run-~CieveIand. Stolen bases
Presley. Cleveland, Double plays
MfElveen 10 Foiles: Mcmahon to Press
ley. Base on balls--0n Marklev. ;: off
Hall. l. Left on bases~-Norfolk 5.
Portsmouth. Z. Hit by pitched balis-~.
Mcmahon, Boyd. Alexander. struck out
by Markle, 2. by Hall, &. Passed
baIl--t'lrieh. Time Of garae-2:ao. TIM
pire--Clark.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29

sBafted for Sloan In ninth inning.
sco~p hv innings. II.
f-~-~rort News -. 600 2@4 20
p.r,mnna .ue8 Gt9 GGo
summary: stolen bsses~~f1Vnk
fr,ira and Rahe. Sacrifice hits
Iserdola f2). and Mace struck out
-Pv Murphy. :: by sloan. = Bases
T.. lai's---Off Sioan /. Hiss~-0ff
kaarrSv 4 ana no runs In Is times at
kEs in four innings; off Lewis. ; and
run in Is Tires Al hat IN fohf
wings LET on bases Newport
sws 9 Richmond, ; First en-
k~rore-New port News hat ny
! ftcaed na T. Newton by NurpnF'
Empires r'asevs Rarton ana Grimes
Zine Of gayre Ia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday.
Newport News. 2. Richmond. i.
Norfolk, s.; Portsmouth. /.
Petersburg, !, Roanoke, 0.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday.
All games postponed. rain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
FEOERALS
WIN FROM BROOKLYN
e..
BIsoSS wALLop PELLET HARD AT
OPPoRTuNE TIME AND !.
DOWN TIP TOPS.

New York. Aug as4-The Buffalo
Federais won from the Tip Tops today
by the score OF : To 2, Moran domi-
mated the situation after the first In
ming. when the home team made it's two
runs
Score by innings r. II. Z,
Buffalo ~ oo1 lol 0on---3 10 j
BROOKLYN ....... zoo zoe 00e-2 5
Batteries Moran and Blair: Maxwell
and Land and Watson.
AT Baltimore fttshurg, rain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29

Gnmes Today.
Chicago in St Louis.
indianapolis In Kansas City.
P,ttsburg In Baltimore.
Buffalo in Brooklyn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
Standing of Gibbs.

Games Today.
Boston in st. Louis.
Brooklyn In Pittsburg.
New York In Chicago.
Philadelphia in Cincinnati.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29

Cameo Teddy.
|R.chm ond In Newport News.
Petersburg In Roanoke.
Norfolk in Portsmouth.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09

preparation. handed It and . check to
the man. smiled. and thanked him.
The visitor looked at him in amaze
ment
where do you como froms" he
asked. How did you get heref'
1t was q rough inquiry. but the
young man. in his bashful. quiet way.
told the gentleman in . few words
who he was and where he came from.
and then the gentleman told him he
was mighty glad to meet him..
II went over to the drug store In
the Astor house to get this thing" he
said. "and 1 was insulted. The fool
In that place told me sneeringly that
they did not sell five cents worth Of
anything. came over here ready to
fight, and you treated mo like q gen.
ueman. am glad to know you. young
man."
Then the gentleman gave his card
to Perry. The gentleman was Mr..
Sweetser of the great firm Of Sweet
ser. Pembroke 4 90. He was one Of
the greatest merchants of New York
and a millionaire many times over.
He felt 30 good over the treatment he
had received in getting that i've cents
worth of nag root that he spent $1s
on toilet preparations before he left
the establishment Next morning he
was at Hudnut's again. He had pre-
scription written by the famous Doc
tor Seguin. He presented 1t challeng-
ingly to young Perry.
"Can you fill that?" he asked.
YES" Perry replied.
The drugs called for were very rare.
and Mr.. Sweetser knew II.
Made Host Of Friends.
Most Of the drug clerks downtown
at that time took themselves very
seriously. They were pompous and
self-assured. Men like Sweetser found
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Birth, and Death, In tbe Air.

> The international congress for the
codification of laws regulating marri-
ages, births. and deaths on board aeri-
al craft, which has finished its labors
in Geneva, has formulated definite
recommendation only in the case of
a death taking place In the air. 1t
recommends that the pilot in charge
shall be legally bound to declare the
fact to the authorities at his nearest
stopping place. or. If travelling in a
foreign country. to the nearest consul.
Though 1t is admitted that the ques-
ton of aerial marriages is not of press.
ing importance. 1t is pointed out that
the precedent for a birth in the air
was established during the Paris ex-
hibition in 1878, when child was born
in a captive balloon 1000 feet UP.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Faith In Men.

A graphic account of how Adjutant
s. H. M. Byers of the Fifth Iowa in.
fantry, carried to Grant before Rich
mond the news OF General Sherman's .
advance through North Carolina on
his march to the sea In 1866 is told in
Harper's Weekly. After perilous
Zip, he finally reached Grants head
quarters at City Point.
T ripped open my clothing. handed
him my dispatches. and excitedly
watched the pleased changes on his
flushed face while he hurriedly read
the great news l had brought from
Sherman" says Mr.. Byers. General
Ord happened in at the moment. and
the good news was repeated to him
Ord clanked his spurs together, rubbed
his hands and manifested Joy. I had
my fears. had my fears he muttered.
And l, not Bit said Grant, springing
from his seat by the window, I knew
Sherman-I knew my man."
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09

have gone, but now and then you will
see the Brisbanes, the Wardmans, the
Reicks, the young Pulitzers, the Seitzs
and the other giants OF metropolitan
Journalism in Perry's chatting with
the doctor. You are likely to find. too.
great merchants and great lawyers.
All the mayors from Oakley Hall down
to Gaynor have been his friends. All
the supreme court Justices of the first
department drop in to see him. With
out him Park row would seem un-
natural.
Sticks to Old Customs.
He has done more acts of kindness.
more acts of charity and more acts of
courtesy than probably any other man
In all New York. And he has done
them all modestly, bashfully. He
sticks to old friends and old customs.
He occupied the same room in the
Astor house for more than score of
years. He has been the first man to
vote in his precinct in the First as
sembly district in every election for
the last 35 years. He would feel mis-
erable II he were not busy or II he were
not polite. He will not live uptown
because 1t distresses him to see per-
sons over-crowded and suffering in the
subway and in the IL" trains.
His friends are not confined to the
big men of New York. With the eX-
ception of Joe O'Reilly, no one has
more earnest well-wishers in the po-
lice department or in other branches
of civil service. A fair number of his
employees have been with him from
the day he went in business for him
self. To dismiss any one is grief to
him. For the hurly-burly world Of
Park row he certainly is an odd char
acter. Everybody knows him. and yet
few know the real man.
One of the strangest things about
him is, that although he never wrote
an article In his life, and never worked
a day on a newspaper. he has one of
the finest senses for news Of any man
in New York. No one knows this bet
ter than James Gordon Bennett, for
twice Mr.. Bennett has offered the edi-
torship of the Herald to this modest.
bashful man who has built up a great
business on the rock of courtesy.
Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
business within specified hours. but
Perry Is open all the time.
Modest and Kindly AZ Ever.

business within specified hours. but
Perry is open all the time.
Modest and Kindly as Ever.
He has not changed bit In manner
from the day he went into Hudnut's
as soda water boy. He is Just as
modest. Just as bashful. Just as kindly.
just as courteous. No one ever has
known him to lose his temper. He is
a student-a student of the people.
He knows the retail business a. few
men know II. Once, when he was .
boy. he NAV q woman carrying babe
In lower Broadway. Perry was strong
and vigorous In those days. He asked
the privilege Of carrying the child 80
that the woman, who seemed ailing.
might rest herself. He carried the
child from Bowling Green to Vesey
street. and he was nearly exhausted
when he turned 1t over to its mother.
That taught him . great lesson. Never
does woman enter his establishment
now with q child in her arms or
child by her side that he or . clerk
does not hurry forward with a chair
for her to rest on. 1t is not only an
act of courtesy and an act of kindness.
but good stroke Of business. for he
knows. and every good retail merchant
knows. that once you get customer
to sit down. he or she feels from that
time forward that that store is his or
hers
A lot of men have preached that po-
liteness costs nothing and Is the
soundest OF assets. They are half
wrong and half right. Politeness is
an asset. but It often entails sac
rif1ce.
The Perry Of today works Just as
hard as the Perry of 1868. He has
the same faculty for making friends
and holding them. The Hendersons.
the Danas. the Reids. the Raymonds
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Breaking It Gently.

tThe bearer of bad tidings ap-
preached the cottage. He had been
told to break the news gently. and he
meant carrying out his instructions.
"Your Bill was struck by cricket
ball an hour ago." he explained to
Bills wife.
"Is he hurt?" she inquired in ason-
lied entreaty.
"a bit. Just took his breath away.
That's ALL" was the reply.
How is he now?" she asked.
"Now?" he answered. "Oh. well, he
hasn't got 1t back yet"
he left her to work 1t out
W sekly Telegraph.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09

It a pleasure to deal with the kindly.
bashful young night clerk at Hudnut's
What Is more. they went to Hudnut
and told him about 1t. but Hudnut kept
this fact to himself.
There never was drug clerk down
town who made SO many friends as
Charles ]. Perry. or who had SO many
odd experiences. and no man has rea-
son to know more of the value OF
courtesy. Once he had a man come to
him in the early morning and put out
handful of gold.
Isn't 1t nice money!" the man
asked.
1T is." Perry replied.
Take it in your hand" said the
man.
Perry did 30. When he expressed
his admiration again Perry started to
give the gold back.
mo, it's yours; keep 1t. You have
earned every dollar of 1t for your kind.
ness to me-" said the man, and walked
out.
For 18 years Perry worked for Hud-
nut. The highest pay he ever received
there was $29 a week. He had offers
innumerable from other druggists.
They offered him twice what he was
getting from Hudnut, and then, when
he declined that, asked him to name
his own price. Business men. big and
little, were not slow to realize what
this modest, courteous man was worth
in business. and they suggested that
he open an establishment for himself,
and that they would back him. A
hundred such offers were made to him.
but he declined all of them until Oc-
tober 8. 1885.
Opened His Own Store.
Then the New York Sun came out
with q big. nrst-page story with the
heading. Something New Under the
Sun. It told how Charles J. Perry. the
Little Father of Park Row." had
opened drug store Of his own under
the Sun" 1t was one OF the most
graceful bits of free advertising New
York newspaper ever gave to kind
ly, worthy man. And there probably
never was another man In New York
who started business under just such
conditions as did Charles ]. Perry.
The moneyed men associated with
him put up the money. He did not
have to invest one cent. but he got
q controlling interest in the corpora
tion because of the trade value OF his
courtesy.
That was a queer drug store under
the Sun" You had to go up three
steps to get into It, Such thing IN
New York was unheard of, but it made
no difference with Perry's friends.
He took nearly all the trade OF Hudnut
with him. The gold mine was moved
from the Herald building to the SUM-
When the Pulitzer building was built
Perry became its hrst tenant. For
some years he conducted one estab-
lishment in the Sun building and one
in the World. Now he has Just tho
one in the Pulitzer building and pays
$25, 900 rent for the space he occupies
There is not another drug store In
America like 1t. The business 1t does
Is immense. 1t does the largest SODA
business in the world. There are
some other places that do as much
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Queer EnoIIsh Custom.

1t is customary in the Peake dis
trict Of England for the unmarried
girls to peep through the keyhole OF
the house early on st. Valentines
morning before any one else In the
house 1t astir. They believe that II
this is done fasting, omens of the year
to come will be seen. For instance,
should a cock and hen pass together.
the girl may be sure that she VIII De
married ere the year Is out; II she
sees a robin alone 1t Is sign that
she will have fortune left her; II
sparrow fly up to the door and peck
about as though for crumbs, she may
take It as a warning to be careful,
and that her good name will be In
danger unless she take heed; while. II
q hen stroll by, it is sign that she
will be an old maid.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
INSTRUMENTATION
German Boy Who "Made Good
in Splendid Fashion.
RSmanee That In Many Respects Re.
ssmbIes the Famous Story That 10
Told Of the English Dick
WhIttIngton.

MarQuart Won Bardewick. . leading
merchant and patrician Of Lunbeck,
took in poor orphan waif and saved
him from begging or stealing by CIV
ing him employment as kitchen lad
or scullion. The lad was handsome.
honest and Industrious. making him
eelf generally useful so that he was
popular with every one. After time
his master. thinking him too good for
the work. frequently urged him to
emigrate or go to sea. but the boy was
so attached to his masters little
daughter, six years younger than him
self, that he found 1t difficult to tear
himself away until he was twelve.
In the meantime. however. he had
consulted man who had como from
the flourishing German colony Of Riga.
where he was in business. as to the
best way of making a beginning, and
the Rigan had given him some money
and told him to get as much education
with 1t as he could, as that would
help him succeed
Acting on this advice he had taken
lessons. learning reading, writing.
reckoning, and such other things as
2s teachers knew. When he wcs
anus equipped he departed. without
telling any one where he was going.
merely leaving q note to say that he
had followed his masters advice and
gone to sea. Arriving at Riga he was
given a place in his friends business.
where he succeeded so well that when.
after several years. that friend died he
left him as sole heir.
More than ten years had passed. and
young Bertram was forgotten by most
OF those who had known him in Lu-
beck, when one day q handsome.
bearded stranger arrived at Marquart
Won Bardewick's house and produced
. che bill of lading of large and valu-
able cargo of goods which had been
consigned by the successor OF Jakob
OF Riga, who had already consigned
a number of costly cargoes, SO that
the value of the property belonging to
this unknown successor in the hands
of Marquart represented large for
tune
No one recognized the stranger, but
as a wealthy customer he was invited
to dine the next day. and as soon
as he entered the room MarQuart's
daughter recognized the stranger and
cried out: "That is our Bertram." Mar
quart gladly took the young merchant
Into partnership. The business be-
came the leading one in Lubbock.
OF course Bertram married Mar
quarts daughter.-From Wilson Kings
German Free Cities"
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Center Of United States.

The center of area OF the United
States. exclusive of Alaska, Hawaii
and other recent accessions. is in
northern Kansas about ten miles
north Of Smith Center. county seat of
Smith county. In latitude 35 degrees
and 55 minutes, and longitude 9S de-
grees and so minutes. The center of
population is 81 miles south, and 657
miles east Of the center of area
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
New Dosert Bird.

The French officers in Algiers are
experimenting with a vehicle for des-
ert travel. 1t is a sort of sledge mount
ed on six wheels, and equipped with
a propeller moving in the air. and
driven by a 50-horsepower motor. It
travels easily over the rolling sand.
and 1t is hoped that by fitting It with
wings 1t may be able to leap over
obstacles. No scheme for Transports
ton seems absurd in these airship
times.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
MYaterioua Island.

Falcon island suddenly made its ap-
pearance among the Tonga islands Of
the Pacific about twenty years ago. A
loyal British trader promptly annexed
It. and proudly hoisted the union Jack
on its highest point. 1t existed for
about dozen years. banana and CO.
coanut trees began to grow upon 1t.
and then one day 1t disappeared in
Just as mysterious fashion as 1t had
come
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Fatal insertion.

Look here!" thundered the large
and impressive man as he rushed into
the office of the Daybreak Trumpeter.
ARE you trying to ruin me?"
Whats wrong, my dear senator,
what's wrong?" asked the startled edi-
tor
Here you say. Senator Goodthynge
has promised to submit Mr.. Martins
name for postmaster. for a considera-
tion," instead of for consideration
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Capital Punishment.

A more humane way OF administering
capital punishment has been discov-
cred. A well-known scientist, who for
jome years has been professor of
chemistry in the College de France.
Paris. has suggested the use Of car
bouic oxide for the production OF death
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Small Cause. Of FIeree War.

Borrowing a tobacco pipe and fail
ing to return 1t kindled civil war
which lasted for years among the
rival Faces in Pamir and Afghanistan.
A dispute as to the relative attractions
of snails and vipsrs a. food started
nifty years Of fighting between Milan
and PtsA.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09

for criminals as employed for the de
struction of stray dogs. He states
that this is quiet and painless death,
and one that does not shock the sensi-
bilities.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Assured.

Librettist-That's q great chorus
they Have in the new show at the Cal
SUM theater.
Critic--Yes. I knew It would be .
success before the curtain had gone
up two fNet.-Lifs.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Unreasonable,

How could you expect that man
to take an abstract view Of municipal
government"
why not?"
He can't take an abstract view of
anything. He's a concrete contrac-
tor"
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
AddIno to the Pleasure,

"Mama. may have two pieces of
pie?"
"I guess SO. But you don't want
both pieces at the same time. do your"
"Yessum. want to look at one
while I'm eatin' the other"
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
9ure ThIna.

-Jobbins never carries a gun or any
kind Of weapon when he goes hunting,
and yet he always finds what he's
looking for"
What does he huntf'
Trouble"
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Just 40 Fatal.

Depressed Luncher-Have you any
prussic acid?
Waitress-No. sir.
Depressed Luncher-Then bring me
one of your steak and kidney pud.
dinRs.-T1tler Uondon).
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
Not Guilty.

You are charged with speeding"
do you know anything about motor
cars, judge?"
"A little"
Mines Jix. Last years model.
Do you think 1t could exceed the speed
limit?"
mo. You are dicharged."