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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12
Red Sox Land Collins
For Two More Years

HOT SPRINGS, ARK, March r.
After holding two conferences with
Pitcher RAY Collins President Ian
min, Of the Boston American League
club, late last night announced that
Collins had signed a contract TO play
with his team during the 1914 and
1878 seasons While tho terms were
not make public. Lannigan admitted
that the Fcderas made him bid
high for his left handed pitcher.
Pitcher Hugh Bedieut Joined the
team in training here to-day Speak
or and Wood are now the only alb
senteeS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12
Scouts to
Play Boston Braves

AMER1CUS. GA, March 12.-The
Cleveland Scouts, who are training
in Ameticls and the Boston Braves,
who are taxing the kinks out of their
arms in M~con. will play two exhibit
ton games I'm Americus Monday and
Tuesday Manager Sheckard of the
Scouts, and Stallings, ~ the Braves,
closed a deal to-day " bling the
Braves here.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12
Stubs Is Elected
Captain Of Mercer

MACON. GA, March - LIZ J. b.
Stubs, of Macon, was yesterday
elected captain of The Orange and
Black five for next season Stubs has
played forward on the Mercer team
for two years and should make an OK
Cellent leader
Basketball Ms were awarded to the
following men: Westmoreland (cap-
tain), Stubs, Grace, Cochran, Sans,
Clements and Forester
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12
By Frank &. Menke.

ATEW YORK, March 12.-lt must
v make the veteran fans and the
old time twirlers giggie a bit
behind their goatees when sporting
scribes Of the present day attach the
title of iron man to every finger
whose name figures III upward of S5
games each season
In this day and age random slips
the laurel to and goes into rartures
over the remarkable endurance pow
ers' shown by Ed Reulbach, big Ed
Walsh, Walter Johnson, Jack Coombs,
"Rube' Marquard and a few others
who have worked in about 40 games a
season and emerged with a rather
healthy winning percentage
But in the days that are gone a
pitcher was considered mighty lazy
and useless bloke if he didn't work in
at least 80 games and 80 games, in
those days. meant SO complete games.
In these days it quite often happens
that a pitcher whose name figures in
40 games worked in only about 80
full games, and that in the other 10
games he worked only an inning or
two as a relief pitcher
r AZING back along the trail that
" leads to the yesterday Of base
ball. one finds some achievements by
the old time pitchers that overshad-
ow even the remarkable present-daN
performances Of Christy MatheYson,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12
st. Louis FederalS
Arrive in Monroe

,,a... 'AHOE, LA. March 70 Unable TO
,sss" The rain which departed with
Rrl. rom st. Louis, Manager Mordecai
~. and the St Louis Federals par
a. rived in this hustling little South
b,,,- at 6 O'Clock last evening. one
oui oehlnd schedule time The party
-i- .aa Of thirty, twenty being bail
M, three accompanied by their
~ 'e ladies' being Mrs Brown,
andall and Mrs Hartley
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12
R|TCH|E
ENDS HIS
TITLE TONIGHT
|WoIgast Gets Chance to Re-
,sir the Championship in Ten
Round Bout at Milwaukee.
Bv Ed W. Smith.


xIT.WAUKEE, March 12.-When
N one sizes up Willie Ritcnie
" lightweight champion, and Ad
,kols.s ST. former holder of the hon
u as combatants in the ring, one
snsr necessarily come to the conclu-
In hat each is a champion. Tech l.
ssca., Ritchie is owner Of the title
aet+ing down to the undercrust OF
scBDleality. Wolgast is just as much
Il champion as Richie.
Fnid not Richie get the title on a
I'M decision by a San Francisco ref
NJ Was not Wolgast fighting
ziur5i,v steadily in that sixteenth
hnn5 at DAILY City that afternoon
me- that low Punch-entirely acct
ssnta if there was such punch, de-
Mare Wolgast--Went through and
Ritlaje went down?
lATHAT might have happened had
Nv the remaining rounds of twenty
teen fought out?
What would have been Referee
eriain's mind at the end of the TWEEN
heth had the fight gone along nor
naIlyo
4 Would he have taken Wolgast's tt
Ia away and handed it to Richie on
4 fga- that was fairly even?
So YOU can see. these things all
considered, that Wolgast's oft-re-
beated claim that he is just as much
/ champion as Richie has some mer-
II and basis in reasoning.
sIIE never licked me, so why is he
IL such a great Champion walls
b.
But what of It? They're going to
battle again tonight, and shortly be-
bore Il o'clock this evening the world
trobably win have a much better idea
kf the merits of the men than it had
b 10 O'clock, when the first bell viii
b. sounded in Tom Andrews auditO-
tum arena in this city. At least hum
treis of fight fans who are paying
brand opera prices to see the strug-
ke will have a pretty fair idea of the
merits Of the men.
4 Betting on the match hasn't been as
frss as battle of this kind usually
FAIRIES but before the lads get into
/ ton it is likely something close to
$4,000 win stand awaiting the out
home odds favor Richie. The bet
me is DO to :. Some fans are Of
fmng odds of 10 to / that Wolgast
0es not score a knockout.
|pOTH lads issued statements to-day.
p Said Richie:
"If there is any doubt as to whether
am real champion, the master of
+ Wolgast. it will be dispelled to-
hgHt beat him in our four-round
.hs1t.e and had him licked when he
tou'ed me i'm the title match. To
lIg5t jH give him a licking that Will
forever convince him and the world
ida' Im his master. | am out to
stop him. and ! believe can ac-
Compish my aim. | have the punch,
and 81. use it. look for hard
fight hat I'm not entertaining any
fears Of defeat"
Sad WoIgast
ri have it on Ritchie. and always
did The only reason he is champion
IS because Referee Griffin took what
was knockout punch and called it a
fowl tn show that I am the real
comeback kid Never in all my
.arear have l been better fitted for =
Hsnl and never was that confidence
sotl So strong. I'm going in to stop
'lm, hu' if that shouldn't be my good
fortune. TIT pile up a lead so big that
even the most ardent Richie admir-
lis "fl have to concede me the win
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12

CHICAGO March TO- Thomas Cbiy-
iugtou. president Of the American AS
ISOLATION announced that the schedule
committee of the association would
meet at The Congress Hotel here ON
saturday MarVh "a 10 compete the
playing schedule for 1914
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12
aR0BLEM ZOE INGRAM.

-'UTN TENAS, Mlrth I3.-Wn0
third base is the problem
p6rpleXing Manager McGraW,
.ants to-day. The leader how
confident of having as good a
Shdter when the season opens.
'" Nn his arrival yesterday forced
merry pace and viii make
Ha'f hard to-day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12

ATEW YORK, March 12,-It must
~ make the veteran fans and the
old-time twirlers giggie a bit
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
A Wonderful Bird.

One day wonderful bird tapped at
the window OF Mrs. Nansen's twife OF
the famous arctic explorer houae at
Christiania- Instantly the window was
opened. and I'm another moment she
covered the little messenger with
kisses and caresses. The carrier plgeon
had been away from the cottage thirty
long months. but it had not forgotten
the way home. Ii brought note from
Nansen. stating that all was going well
with him and his expedition Inn the
polar region. hansen had fastened a
message to the bird and turned 10
loose. The frail courier darted out into
the blizzardly air. IL few like an ar
row over a thousand miles OF frozen
waste and then sped forward over an
other thousand miles Of ocean and
plains and forests and one morning
entered the window OF the waiting
mistress and delivered the message
which she had been awaiting so anx-
iously.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
Wise Eskimos.

Everything in the Eskimo dress has
a reason for its existence, writes Cap
tain ROald Amundsen in THE North
west Passage" The members Of Cap
tain Amundsen's expeditions had be-
come accustomed to the Eskimo dress
and had adopted it. but many Of them
thought it ridiculous for. grownup
men to go about wearing fringe to
their clothes. so they cut it off. ! bad
my scruples about this. says the au-
thor. as | had already learned that
most things in the Eskimo's clothing
and other arrangements had their dis
tinct meaning and purpose. so | Kept
my fringe and put up with the ridicuie.
He laughs best who laughs last one
fine day the anovaks. sort OF tunlc
reaching below the knee. made OF deer
skin. from which the fringes had been
cut or. commenced to curl up. and II
the fringe had not been put on again
quickly they would soon have looked
like neckties-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
TRUE TO THE END.
And After Many Years Came Her
Tragic and Pathetic Reward.

And After Many Years Came Her
Tragic and Pathetic Reward.
A number Of years ago some miners
In Wales. in exploring an old disused
pit. found the body OF young man
dressed in a fashion long out OF date.
The peculiar action of the air OF the
mine was such as preserved the body
so perfectly that it appeared asleep
rather than dead.
The miners were puzzled at the CIR
cumstances. No one in the district had
been missed within their remembrance
and at last it was resolved to bring IN
the Oldest inhabitant. an old lady over
eighty years old, who had lived single
In the village all her life.
When she was taken into the room
where the dead man lay a strange
thing occurred. The old lady fell on
the corpse and kissed it and addressed
It by every term OF endearment spoken
In a bygone generation. He was her
only love, and she had waited for him
her long life. She knew he had not
forsaken her.
The old lady and young man had
been betrothed sixty years before. Her
lover had disappeared mysteriously,
and she had kept her faith during the
long interval.
The miners removed the old lady to
her house. and that night her faithful
spirit rejoined that of her long lost
lover.-London Telegraph.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
RECENT DEATHS.
Pierce.

Miss Ellen M. Pierce, ST. Johns
bury Academy class of 1856, died
Jan. oath at the Hanover hospital.
Her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Aaron
Pierce were residents of Barton for
many years but the deceased was
born at Weathersfeld, March Is,
1882. After her graduation from the
Salem, Mass. Normal school she be-
came principal of an A. M. A. school
at Charleston, S. G. Later she was
at Mobile and in 1874 was sent by
the American Board to Aintab, Tur-
key. She was an eye witness of some
of the fearful Armenian massacres in
1895. She remained until 1904 when
she retired because of blindness. The
funeral was at Hanover and the in
terment at Barton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
CAUGHT BY A POSTAL TRAP.
The ~Twopenny Detective" ls Often
Employed In England.


Detectives. lawyers clerks and 9TH
ers often experience great difficulty In
obtaining an undoubted specimen OF
certain persons signature. In one
case recourse had to be had to a mar
rfage register. In another the only
signature procurable was on the hy
leaf of a book which the suspect had
presented to a relative, and only two
or three years ago a testimonial to a
sea captain was brought into court.
because among the signatures to 1t
was one for which the police had long
hunted In vain.
One of the most common expedients
resorted TO for overcoming this diff
Guilty is employing the ''twopenny de
tective"-that is. sending a registered
letter to the person whose signature
IL wanted. And this is frequently
successful. Thinking the postal packet
contains money or valuables. the ad
dressee unsuspectingly signs the re-
ceipt only to discover that inside the
envelope there is nothing but a FAX
ed letter
This trap once caught an anonymous
letter writer-a woman-who, on be-
Ing Intercepted shortly before. had
declared that she could not write, and
whose friends believed her to be IL
literate. 1t was, I'm fact, mainly in
strumental in getting her six months
Imprisonment.
The receipt for a registered letter,
it should be carefully noted. is not
given up to anybody. but can be OBJ
tanned only in certain cases to further
the ends of justice.-London Tit-Bits
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
LIS. JEWETT
ST. JOHNSBURY, VT.
LOCAL GATHERINGS

The fire truck was called to 30
Railroad street at 10:4O, January
29. 1t was a chimney fire, and was
soon extinguished.
About 20 of the young people of
the Methodist church went on a
barge ride to Concord last Friday
evening. Supper was served in the
church there and games enjoyed.
A very successful entertainment
was given in Hardwick, Friday even
ing by the st. Johnsbury Girls Glee
Club under the direction of Miss Ella
Brownell, assisted by Miss Madeline
Randall reader. 1t was given in the
opera house, and consisted OF musical
numbers, readings and folk dances.
After the entertainment, a reception
was given the girls.
The local Carpenters Union, No.
500, will give a free entertainment on
the evening of Feb. IA, at Red Men,
hall to which all carpenters and their
families, whether members of the
union or not, are invited. The pro-
gram will include card playing,
dancing and a supper.
The st. Johnsbury house will be
closed after February 9th until April
LIST. While it is closed Mr.. and Mrs.
Moore will spend the time visiting
the principal hotels of Vermont.
Greenfield and Springfield, Mass.
New York and Boston. Every effort
will be made to have the re-opened
hotel here first-class in all ways.
Pupils of B. Frank Harris will
give a piano recital in Pythian hall,
Thursday, February 8, at 4.3O. The
recital is open to all.
-Brightlook Hospital Aid Associa-
ton will hold a sewing meeting at the
home of Mrs. George III. Cross, Mon
day afternoon, February 9, at 1880
The Newcomers Club were enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. Clark p.
Amey last Thursday afternoon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
WALKING TO ASIA.
This 10 Not Difficult When Boring
Strait Is Frozen.

Strait Is Frozen.
On Aug. 10 we sailed through Be-
ring strait and were at last In the
arctic. The straits are thirty-six miles
wide. with East cape. a rounded, dome
shaped mass of black basalt. on the
Asiatic side and on the American side
Cape Prince of Wales. a headline Of
sharper outline, but neither so lofty
nor so sheer. In between the two
capes and in line with them lie the
two islands OF Big and Little Diomede
Through the three narrow channels be-
tween the capes and the islands the
tide runs with the swiftness OF a riv-
er'S current.
The Eskimos constantly cross from
continent to continent in small boats.
In still weather the passage can be
made in a light kyack with perfect
safety. The widest of the three chan
nels is that between Big DiOmede and
East cape. and is. | should say. not
more than fifteen miles across. While
we were passing through the straits
we saw a party Of Eskimos in skin
boat padding leisurely across from
America to Asia. They no doubt had
been on a visit to relatives or friends
on the neighboring continent. We were
told that in winter, when the strait
is frozen solidly, the Eskimos frequent
ly walk from one continent to the 9TH
er-From "A Year With Whaler," by
Walter Noble Burns.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04

The regular services we're held
in the Catholic churches Monday and
Tuesday of this week. Monday being
for the benediction OF the candles,
and Tuesday the Feast of St. Blaiz
and the blessing of the throat.
Robert Lewis has opened his
lunch room in his building which is
very attractive in appearance.
Charles Flint has purchased the
John Woods farm in Kirby about
two miles from the East Village.
The patients at St. Johnsbury
Hospital this week are. Admitted,
William Lane of st. Johnsbury;
Dismissed, Bertilio Orlando, Iva
Goodheart, and Miss IF. Garant.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
Our
SeTni-Annual
CLEARANCE SALE

b Is now on. You Profit
We LOSeI All our Win
ter Suits and Overcoats in
our store have been reduc-
ed, some a quarter, some a
third, some a half. A glor-
iouS opportunity to invest.
All our excellent high
grade Clothing too. You
cannot afford to miss our
Clearance Sale and neither
can you afford to take
what's left, SO call soon.
The purchasing power OF
your dollar will be nearly
doubled during our great
Sale.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
DISEASE GERMS STICK.

Hence II 10 Almost Impossible 20 Have
Really Clean Hands.
That the sIOvenly habits or i'll health
OF the cooks and walters who serve US
In dining cars, hotels, restaurants and
our own homes may be an even great
er menace to our health than defective
plumbing is the fact brought out by
some interesting Investigations made
by Surgeon Cummins of the British
army.
1t used to be thought that If our serv-
ants hands-and our own-were wash
ed with reasonable frequency we were
Bafe, but DR. Cummins shows that even
the most scrupulous cleansing will not
relieve hands that have been In contact
with disease germs from the liability
Of injecting others. In short, DR.. Cum
minis declares that so long as we live
IN this world of dirt and microbes our
hands can never be really clean.
To prove his contention DR.. Cummins
dipped the tip OF his forefnger in a
liquid containing millions of typhoid
baciln. The finger was next rinsed in
an antiseptic solution, then in very
cold water and then in water that was
almost boiling. After all this cleansing
1t was washed in a small quantity Of
sterile water This water when ana
lyzed showed no less than 313 colonies
OF typhoid bacilh.
Not satisfied with this discouraging
proof OF the futility OF clean hands, the
doctor proceeded to soak his infected
finger tip in pure alcohol. Then he
washed it again in sterile water. This
time the analysis of the water revealed
four colonies Of typhoid bacilli.
Another experiment made by DIR.
Cummins was to rest a typhoid laden
finger tip for just an instant on the
surface of bowl of soup The soup
was then allowed to stand for twenty
four hours. When finally analysed it
revealed nearly 10000 typhoid bacilli to
every cubic inch.-New York Ameri-
can.
Leaving Earth.
She-My husband has lust left
earth. He-How's that's he dead?
She-No: he's just gone up in an aero
plane.-Pele Mele.
involuntary Fasting.
A remarkable feat of involuntary
fasting was performed twelve years
ago by a corporal in a regiment of
French colonial infantry. On his way
to work one morning a man heard
cries proceeding from a disused mine
near Brest. At the bottom of an ex-
cavation nearly 100 feet deep Corporal
Andre Desrats was found in so weak
a condition that he could scarcely ar
ticulate a word. When he recovered
his rescuers learned that after acct
dentally falling into the mine Desrats
had been imprisoned for twenty-eight
days without anything to eat or drink.
But a pig can beat a man. DR.. w. B.
Carpenter in his Manual Of PhysiolO-
gy' records that a pig weighing $50
pounds was entombed by the fall of a
portion of the chalk cliffs at Dover.
1t was dug out 160 days later and
found to be still alive. but reduced in
weight to forty pounds.-London Mail.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
THE AUTOMOBILE BACK.
Medical Advice Showing How 1t May
Be Avoided.

The automobile is coming into such
general use that any advice to its
users is of general interest
4 great many people in cranking
their cars strain their back or drop a
stitch and if this is once started it
usually happens more easily another
time. Many people. after riding for
any length of time. are tired in the
back when they get out If this is
kept up the pain or weakness in
creases until many times the person is
laid up with what is called lumbagO or
rheumatism Both of these conditions
are commonly due to the wrong way
of using the muscles of the back.
In cranking keep the back straight.
like the oarsman's back" Bend from
the hips. swapping the crank over by
strengthening at knee and hip. but do
not bend at the middle or the waist
line
In sitting in the car keep the back
straight also. Get the hips we'll back
against the back of the seat. and, if
the upholstery make the shoulders
drOop put robe. a cushion. a book or
anything at the hollow of the back to
prevent this. Do not SLOUGH in the
seat and do not sit on the lower part
of the spine This reverses the normal
curves of the spine and must mean
strain. with at times much gripping
Journal of American Medical Associa-
ton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
Harvey.

kilograms. received here Monday
from Miss Kathrina Harvey announc-
ed the death of her father, A. G.. Har-
vey at his home in Washington, Sun
day afternoon. He was taken ill on
Thursday with heart trouble ana
gastritis but seemed better Sunday
morning, the end coming quite sud
denly at 1850 that afternoon. Mr..
Harvey came here in 1868 and was
for many years one of the leading
business men of the village, being
in the hardware and grocery business
at first, later in the clothing business
in company with George P. Moore
who sold his share of the store to Mr..
Harvey in 1885. In 1895 Mr.. Harvey
sold out to Frank Harris, and retired
from active business. After living
here for many years he went to
Washington, D. c., where he built a
very beautiful home. Mr.. Harvey
was a senior member of the official
board of Grace Methodist church,
having united with it October 10,
1869. The funeral was held yester-
day afternoon at Washington and the
interment was there. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Field Har-
vey, two daughters, Kathrina and
Mrs. A. S. Field, and three grand
children, Robert, Helen and Theo-
dore Field.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04

A man with a very red face met a
friend on the street and the following
conversation took place:
you look warm
Yes; been chasing a hat"
did your hat blow Off"
1T wasn't my hat! It belonged to
someone else-there was a pretty girl
under it."
did you catch itY'
81 should say 1 did. My wife saw
me chasing itv'-New York American.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
Suspicious.

At the Ancestral Castle-Old Retain
er (confdentiallyJ-Yes sir; most of US
In the servants all as been in the
hearts, family for forty years The
EarIs Father-in-law from Chicago)-
Well. I'm sorry for you. but you can't
get any forty years back wages out of
Ime.-Puck.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
Unconventional.

"But, Maria, why should we make q
trip abroad when we've seen so few Of
the places of interest in our own coun-
try? Let US visit those first"
ooh. John. you do say such dread
fully crude and unconventional thingsw
Tribune.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
Home Vaudeville.

whats the trouble now?"
Dispute between our parIor maid
and our cook as TO which is the head
liner of the household. - Washington
Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04

"Poets are born and not made"
"But they amt born tagged" Opined
q rural philosopher. Their fathers
consequently halter go ahead and ed
dictate 'em. jest as If they was going
to be good fer hing."-L0uisvill
Courier-Journal
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
No Need to Show

''You ought to brace up and show
your house.
1T isn't necessary. She knows
Houston Post.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
The Doctors Dues.

1.-THE world owes a great deal to
medical science"
"And it will be the last debt paid"
declared the doctor somewhat bitterly.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-04
GENUINE JAPANESE
Drawn Work

We place on sale for this day a large
assortment of splendid patterns, every
piece is an excellent value at $1.OO
Friday your choice SO cents.