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The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

Farley. and Walter Down, Business
High School catcher.
Teams desiring games should address
DR.. Charles T. Conrad. Fourteenth street
and North Carolina avenue northeast
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

La.xford and Gs.ssat snftA sign.
New York. March 7.-Gunboat Smith
and Sam LsnEford. the Boston ..r.r
Baby. : were matched the other day 10
box twenty rounds at the Olympia. in
London. on June 20. The night win ba
promoted by p. cochrane, a ueaItbv
Americsn now living in London.
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waddeIl Was Speedy.

When / say he had speed / know
whereof speak, for the first time l
batted against him, he hit me in the
small of the back. was out OF the
game for week, and you can bet that
after that / never crowded the plate
when Waddeli was in the box.
In rooo. sfter.a yy.ad<ai,-ssr~
and Hans Wagner had gone to Pits
burgh, the Pirates and Cubs were red
hot rivals, and Waddell was the pitcher
we most feared. ] myself hooked up
with him IN more than one exciting
game. We set new record for that
season, going fourteen innings to o
to score, considered quite feat in
those days.
Personally, my acquaintance with
Waddell had TO do onlyswith the base
ball field. Rube was not popular with
the players, and tolerated only because
he was a great pitcher. The many es-
capades credited to him always had to
do with nights spent, in some barroom.
where ne made good fellowo himself
with a lot of worthless buns.
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Disappeared Quite Often.

Waddell could not be depended upon.
He would go off on sprees for several
days at a time, disappearing completely,
and only returning to his teammates
after money and credit had been ex-
hausted.
How he ever pitched great ball for
Connie Mack will always remain-a mys-
terry to me, but whenever he entered the
box the opposing team had the fear of
the Lord in their hearts, Just as do our
opponents when Walter Johnson is an
nounced to work.
One of the best stories ever told about
Wsddell, and true one it is, had to do
with the intense rivalry between the
Boston Red Sox and Connie Mack's
Athletics back in the early 'oo's.
These teams were bitter enemies and
Rube Waddell was always a thorn in
the Boston clubs side
On the Boston team was Frank
(candy) Lachance, the big French Ca
madam first baseman, and the Boston
crowd hatched up little scheme to put
Waddeli hors de combat on the eve of
an important game.
Lachance Wrestles Rube.
Lachance was powerful fellow, and
somewhat of a wrestler, so he strolled
into the Athletics dressing room Just be-
fore the game in question and am
nounced in loud tones that he could
throw any member of the Philadelphia
team in finish match, for fun, money,
or marbles.
WaddeIl swallowed hook, bait, and
sinker, for the great pitcher also was
an aspiring grappier, and before his
4Hew I felt when Jack chesberu
ball pitcher" win be the subject Of q,
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Teuxh spets for Giant..

Probably one OF the greatest crises ever
to break IN baseball was when MerkIe
Ianed 70 touch second base. have been
asked time and again by outsiders how
the other PLAYERS on the club treated the
New York hrst basemAn In the club
nouse aIter that game II any of US men-
uoned Ne matter ID him n was to say
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Lachance wrestles Rube.

1How felt when Jack penaant and e ;
ball pitcher win be the subject Of abEsAed 81
urouH Herald
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

Compares Him with Plank.
Waddell and Eddie Plank are e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-14

THIS COUPON and lac for
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Observation-Disclosures Depart
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The Republican journal., 1914-01-29
THE CHURCH TOO COLD FOR HER

In the February Woman's Home Com
panion Bruce barton writes an intense
ly interesting article entitled "Why Fifty
Won en- Do Not Go to Church." Mr. Bar
ton wrote to several hundred representa-
tive women living in various parts of
the country, asking for candid express
sion of opinion, About two thirds of
those he asked did not answer the ques-
lions at all. OF those who did answer,
means-if the same perez ntage may be
supposed to prevail throughout the wom-
ems club membership of the country
that one club woman in every four, a
woman of leadership and talent (for
these were officers of women's clubs,
not merely members) has made I'D her
mind that church attendance contributes
nothing to her own development or the
development of the community which
justifes her in continuing it. Only few
laid the blame at their own doors. The
rest blamed the church, either that it
was too cold, or too reactionary, or too
neglectful. Following is a letter from
one woman, who found the church too
chilly to suit her:
''The Ladies Aid Society met one day
in every week in the last church where
l became member. The people were
cordial enough on the day that we met
to sew and have luncheon together, but
very few of them would remember me
if we met elsewhere, even at the Sunday
morning services, which my husband and
l attended regularly. If I spoke to
them outside of these once-a-week meet
ings they would look at me in amazement
and wonder. 1t is needless to say that
my letter did not remain in that church
longer than three years; at the end Of
that time l was frozen through and
through. and have not been able to find
q! church since that is warm enough to
thaw me out
The Republican journal., 1914-01-29
HAVE YOU HAD The GRIP?

There are certain disorders, such as the
grip, that especially debilltate and make
the body an easy prey form dangerous
diseases. Ask those who have had tho
grip regarding the present condition Of
their health and most OF tnrm will answer:
''Since had the grip have never been
well.' They still have profuse perspira-
ton, the persistent weakness ofthe limbs,
the disordered digestion, shortness of
breath and palpitation OF the heart caused
by the thin blooded condition in which
the grip almost always leaves its victim
after the fever and influenza have SUBJ
sided. They are furthermore, at the
mercy of relapses and of complications,
often very serious. In an attack of the
grip there is a rapid thinning of the
blood and not until the blood is built up
again is complete health restored.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills quickly make
the blood rich and red, drive out the
lingering germs from the system and
transform respondent grip victims into
cheerful, healthy men and women.
Try the pills for any form of debility
caused by thin blood.
All druggists sell Dr. Williams Pink
Pills. Get box today and begin at once
to regain your health. Write for free
booklet, "Building lp the Blood" to
the DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Schen-
ectady, N. Y.
The Republican journal., 1914-01-29
Probably the most remarkable con-

Probably the most remarkable con-
tribution to the February American
Magazine is description of an execu-
ton, written by F. P. Dunno of "Mr.
Dooley" fame. Mr. Dunno was a Chi
cago newspaper reporter at the age of
seventeen and as reporter saw three
men hung. This experience he describes
and interprets with such vividness and
wisdom as to make perhaps as wonderful
document on capital punishment as any,
where exists. Hugh Fullerton begins a
series of articles entitled american
Gambling and Gamblers" Ray Stannard
Baker begins series of letters from the
field entitled ''Seeing America" George
Fitch, the Illinois humorist, describes the
"Homeburg Weekly Democrat" in
sketch of life in a small town; Walter
Prichard Eaton describes a great and
successful fight against loan sharks now
being made in Atlanta; W. P. Eaton, the
theatrical critic, writes entertainingly
and ably on the subject "What Is
Moral Play?" and j. Breckenridge Ellis
contributes an article entitled ''The
Finger Test of Literature" which is an
account of blind mans idea of litera-
ture gained from the slow process of
finger reading. Edna Ferber, Kate Jor
dan, Alfred Ollivant. Samuel Merwin
and Maravene Thompson contribute fic-
ton. Prize-winning letters are publish
ed in the contest entitled ''What Is a
Crimiral?'' The Interesting People de-
partment contains five short articles
about remarkable living Americans.
James Montgomery Flagg, Kin Hub
bard, Ed. Howe and Oliver Herford
make humorous contributions.
The Republican journal., 1914-01-29
DISASTERS IN RECENT STORM.

Following is the list of notable marine
disasters in the recent severe storm:
Steamer Cobequid, wrecked on Trinity
Rock, off the Nova Scotia coast, 1O8
saved.
Schooner John Paul, sunk in Nantucket
Sound, five saved and one lost.
Schooner Greta, sunk in Nantucket
Sound, six saved.
Schooner Grace A. Martin. foundered
off Matinicus Rock, Ia saved.
Schooner Fuller Palmer, abandoned off
Cape Cod, Is saved.
Schooner G. M. Porter, abandoned off
Bass River, six saved.
Schooner Ladysmith, abandoned off
Nantucket lightship, six saved.
Schooner Gen. Adelbert Ames, wreck
ed off Monomoy Point, eight saved.
Schooner George w Anderson, ADAM
doned off Isle of Shoals, five saved.
Schooner Prescott Palmer, abandoned
at sea, Is probably saved.
The Republican journal., 1914-01-29
PITTSFIELD PERSONALS.

A. E. Sargent of Troy was in town
Saturday on business.
Fred Seward. who was called here
from Belfast two weeks ago by an acct
dent which befell lis father, Geo. w.
Seward, and which resulted in his death,
left Monday for Belfast to resume his
work.
Mrs. Kate Dow of Searsport has ar
rived in town to spend the remainder of
the school year with her daughter, Miss
Katheryn Dow, who is student at
Maine Central Institute. They are To-
Gated with Mrs. Henry Woodruff on
Nichols street.
Friends of Frank Murray, who lived
in Pittsfield several years ago when a
young boy, since which time he has lived
in Massachusetts, will regret to learn
of his death which occurred: at the home
of relatives in Freedom last week.
Pittsfeld Advertiser.
The Republican journal., 1914-01-29
vELoPINc THE DAIRY CALF
Raising the Future Mixer.
e. X. PARKINSON.

e. X. PARKINSON.
The development of a dairy calf
should begin in the sire and dam back
several generations. To illustrate. If
there Is land enough to keep a COW
and money being distinctly an object
1t is decided to buy heifer calf and
raise it. With this end in view the
milkman or butcher Is interviewed.
and, being an obliging chap. he finds a
pretty little bossy. drops SO into his
pocket and the prospective mixer is
installed. For two years the beast is
fed, petted and watched over. and at
last the eventful day arrives when.
with new milk pail in hand, the fam
lily gather in the barn to watch the
milking-the result, about eight quarts
daily. At first that sounds very we'll.
but wait moment The Massachu-
setts Agricultural college has found the
keep of a COW feed. insurance. taxes.
depreciation. etc., costs $146.O4 per
year, so let us do some figuring: Eight
quarts for 300 days the COW being
dry two months yearly gives 2,4OO
quarts, which if sold at 6 cents per
quart would return $144. a loss of
$2.O4-not quite what we had reckon
I'd on, Is it?
How to Feed.
Therefore future dairy COW should
come from line Of good milkers-at
least, on the sire's side-and will cost
as a calf about $25, but the money is
well expended. and the calf once
purchased the Importance Of spending
thought as well as feed in its develop
ment should not be forgotten. espe-
cially during the first six months.
Feed new milk the first two or three
weeks. four to six quarts daily divid-
ed into three feeds then gradually
substitute skimmilk and continue SO
to feed until six months old Skim
milk and well cured hay. alfalfa or
flower fed three times daily should
make the bulky part OF the ration.
Silage may take the place of one feed
Of hay when three months old and
may be fed twice daily after six
months. In addition to bulky feed.
the calf requires grain to furnish nn-
triment and stimulate growth. Feed
little at first. about a half a pound a
lay In a clean wooden box. and grad
ually increase until two pounds are
given. A good mixture consists of
cornmeal. ground oats and wheat bran
In equal parts and half part of lin
seed meal. Feed the spring calf in
the barn the first summer and when
year old turn her into a good pas
Alre. when no other food will be re-
quired. Fall calves should not be
obliged to depend entirely on pasture
Until eighteen months old. Keep the
heifer growing. feed her well. but do
lot fatten her
The Republican journal., 1914-01-29
Marketing Eggs
[ From the Washington Post.

Eggs intended for market lin fact all
eggs) should be kept in an even temper
allure after collection. They should be
free from stain. They should be sorted
for size and color and thereby made to
look attractive. When you have started
business of selling fresh eggs you will
find that these things count much in
making your work successful. If you
display your eggs in nice clean basket,
or in clean boxes with each egg carefully
laid on tissue paper, and yourself looking
clean, you will have little trouble in SELL
ing your eggs, and you will also get a
good price for them, probably premium
for your cleanliness. If you keep your
product looking high class you can get
high-class prices, though the eggs them
selves are like other fresh eggs.
The Republican journal., 1914-01-29

Visions of the Ash Hopper, Open Fireplace,
Attic Room, Bootjack and Other Relics
Conjured.
From the Washington Post.]
By strict attention to the points imme-
diately at issue, Government bulletins
manage to comprise much wisdom in
small space. At the same time they are
not without hints that tend to send the
Grant mind wandering far into the past,
in whose bosky dells dwelt undiluted
joys. Thus it is with a department bull
letin which urges American housewives
to save their suet for soapmaking and
other useful purposes.
Suet and soapmaking! Also ash hop
pers! Alas and alack, that venerable
institution is no more. The modern pros
pectus for rural habitations and accesso-
ries provides no place in the landscape
for that once indispensable adjunct to
farm life and it's blessedness.
Dye mind the ash hopper in the back
of the house, just around the paling
fence? An inverted pyramid it was, into
which the debris from the great fireplace
was poured. with buckets of water
thrown on later, or else left to the sweet
rains from heaven. Then the I've caught
in the old iron kettle with the piece
broken out of one side-it was once used
for making apple butten After that.
the soap hoiling-then the soap. Fine
stuff, that soap-took the dirt out, all
right and removed the hide, too, if you
weren't careful.
But the ash hopper has gone, along
with the roller towel, the mackerel kit,
hog jowls, red apples and winter turnips.
The open fireplace, too, has passed, be-
fore which you used to fry on one side,
while icicles formed on the other. Nor
is there any attic room under the shin
giles where the boys slept, with pap's old
cavalry saddle in one corner, and sickly
geranium roosting precariously on the
window sill. Nor do we see the old-time
boots, slicked up with mixture of NUT
ton tallow and beeswax, which, however,
didn't prevent need for the services of
four blacksmiths and plumber to get
'em off O. nights, when the bootjack
failed. And the bootjack itself-say,
when you come to think of it, depart
ment bulletin has got more real senti-
ment and "insides" between its covers
than can be fourd in Kipling's Soldiers
Three" or than Rossetti ever dreamed
of in his visions of Blessed Damozels and
that sort of thing. O you modern house.
wives!
The Republican journal., 1914-01-29
POULTRY FARMING A DIVER
SIFlED INDUSTRY
II. r. LEWIS,


N. J. Agricultural Experiment Station.
No branch of our present agricultur-
al development offers greater latitude
in diversity Of effort than poultry hus-
bandry. 1t is made up of so many diff
ferent branches and has so many diff
ferent sources of income that the be-
ginner may select the line which will
best fit his particular conditions. Be
fore selecting or developing any
branch of work careful study OF
market conditions and features Of To-
cation and transportation must be
made There is constant demand
for strictly fresh table eggs and for
high class market poultry. The prob
lem, then is to choose a line of produc-
ton and by improved methods pro
duce high quality. and no anxiety need
be felt over distribution
The most profitable and easily man.
aged branch of poultry production is
market eggs. the aim being to so hatch.
rear and manage birds that maxi
mum Of eggs are produced during win
ter, when prices are high. The requi-
sites are strong, vigorous pullets.
Matched during April and reared on
free range and given in winter plenty
of good food and congenial environ
ment The latter necessitates plenty
of room, an abundance of sunlight and
fresh air. together with entire Tree
dom from moisture. Eggs command
ing highest prices are infertile--that
is, males should be kept from the pens
except during breeding season.
capons and Day Old Chicks.
Next in order of possibilities comes
the production of market poultry. such
as broilers. roasters, capons and fowls.
Broilers may be produced as side
line or as specialized business, prefera-
bly, the former The surplus males
which occur in the Matching and rear
ing of pullets may be marketed young
as broilers or kept until fall and solo
as roasting chickens. With the lighter
breeds the former method usually
brings the best returns, while in the
case Of the American and Asiat1c
breeds 1t will often be much moro
profitable to hold them for roasting.
The advantages Of capon production
are larger and heavier birds at killing
time, a sweeter and finer favored meat
and a much higher selling value. to-
gether with a lower cost of produc-
ton.
The day old chick business offers ex-
ceptional opportunities to the man
with a small piece of land. and Gus
tom Matching is one of the modern de-
velopments Of the past decade.
Possibilities In raising of breeding
stock and in production Of Matching
eggs are limtless Success depends
upon quality and ability to advertise
The Republican journal., 1914-01-29
SUCCESS ON A ssiALL FARA
What One Woman Did.
KATE ST. MAUR.

Can a family make u comfortable
living on small farm?
Yes. NEST emphatically yes. IT they
possess ordinary common sense and In
dustry. My own personal experience
Is an undeniable demonstration of that
fact | started on a rented place with
really no capital. as a business disas-
ter had swallowed up all our savings.
30 that know what it Is to commence
at the very bottom Of the ladder.
| The place we found was an old fash
loned homestead There We're two
large barns. corncrib. Toulouse and
several odd sheds. 1t was really a
farm of $50 acres, but the owner let
us have tie house and twelve acres. in
GLIDING the orchard. for SIS a month.
on a three years lease with the privi
| lege Of taking over the additional 1GS
acres at any time during our tenancy
| for an additional 50 a month. with the
option of purchase.
Stock Bought From Savings.
Stock had to be bought in small lots
as l saved money from our living eX
penses at first. So bought few ole
hens-broody ladies that wanted to Sc
and raised forty-eight chickens the
first summer. The old hens had COST
$40; extra eggs for setting. S.: feed
81 And on the credit side there Were
ninety chickens sold as broilers. which
brought 500. fifty-eight young pulets
kept for stock and all the eggs We
wanted for our own table. From a
trio of ducks bought early in the
spring l sold sixteen young ones when
nine weeks old for $3.50. In Novem-
Der of the same year thirty more We're
sold and twelve retained for stock.
can't give the exact cost of feeding
because no separate account was kept.
but certainly 500 would cover it. The
old birds cost $3.50. so the profit on the
investment amounted to nearly $50.
The apple orchard was in very
badly neglected condition. but still we
realized $50 from sales in the fall.
and our vegetable garden had supplied
our own needs and furnished a bounti-
full supply for picking, preserving and
canning for winter. Having balance
on the right side of the ledger. we
built new chicken house and bought
COW. The place was entirely sell
supporting by the eighteenth month
and from that time on stock grew so
rapidly that it seemed advisable to
take on the rest of the land and raise
all our own feed for the stock
The great secret in starting on
small place is. | think. to commence
with poultry. garden and berry fruits
and gradually increase stock and crop
raising operations. as success and mar
ket. to say nothing of your own expe
Renee. makes growth feasible.
The Republican journal., 1914-01-29
APPLES AND PEACHES; WHERE
AND HOW TO GROW Them
Necessary Locations and Soils.
4. A., GULLEv.

A. A. GUllEY,
College Of Asri., storrs, Conn.
Northeastern states offer innumera.
BILE satisfactory locations for the grow
ing Of apples and peaches, and the
former in most of its varieties will
make congenial home in almost any
spot In which one might choose to
live, except in the very mountainous
districts.
In picking out land for fruit grow
ing bear in mind that apples. pears
and peaches are bulky; therefore near
ness to transportation facilities is most
important. On the other hand, where
capital is limited. land farther from
market costs less and. as far as the
fruit is concerned. may be just as de-
sirable. Wherever chosen the land
should have a fair elevation. not on
top Of a high hill exposed to strong
winds, nor yet in the bottom of a
narrow valley, but gently sloping hill
sides are ideal, and the direction is of
often lie between rough or rocky fields
costing but little or those much easier
to cultivate and SO more expensive at
the start The latter are, as a rule.
cheaper to handle as time goes on. but
success may be had from either
Whichever spot is chosen it should be
naturally or easily drained. for water
must never stand near the surface in
an orchard.
The apple allows wide latitude in
the matter of soil. and some varie-
ties will grow on almost any land
strong enough to grow trees. For the
varieties generally grown gravel or
clay gravel soils are very satisfactory.
but lighter lands are also successful
when supplied with humus. The par
ticular nature of the soil is less impor-
tant than location and drainage. and
many so called run out farms can
Readily be fitted for fruit growing.
Peach Trees Are Particular.
The needs of the peach are quite
different from the apple, and to start
an orchard in locality where the
mercury drops more than degrees be-
low zero is very risky: also unless To-
Gated near a large body Of water
that tempers the cold. Only elevated
positions are safe even in favorable
localities Good air drainage must be
had. hence the tops Of hills or the
most elevated parts OF gently sloping
hillsides should be chosen. Then. too.
she peach buds must be protected from
madden changes of temperature. Choice
If soils is also restricted as success can
only be assured where there is a nat
nral drainage and warm. sandy soil
10 conmenial 70 the peach
The Republican journal., 1914-01-29
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the partnership
consisting Of S. M. Weber and C. L. Bailey,
both Of Searsport, Maine, doing business
under the firm name Of C. L. Bailey Co. at
said Searsport is hereby dissolved by mutual
consent.
All debts due the partnership are to be paid
to S. M. Weber and all demands against said
firm are to be presented to him for payment.
& Dated the 9Th day Of January, 1914. 8wl