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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21
barbara MADE GOOD RECORD
Cleveland Recruit 5atted 1903 In Fif-
teen Games.

Shortstop Barbara. who was bought
by the Cleveland team from the New
Orleans Pelicans, was the only Ameri-
can league recruit who batted his way
into the 300 class during the 1914 sea
son. He took part in only fifteen
games, his record being sixteen hits
for an average of .3OS. The two Walk
ers. Clarence and Ernest, were tied at
.29S, while Roth of the White SoX cash
ed in with .294 for thirty-four games.
Burns of the Tigers and Cook of the
Yankees We're two first year men who
did we'll with the stick, the former hit
ting .291. while the Texan hit .2S3.
Leary. the Browns first sacker, accu-
mulated an average of .266, while La
van of the same club batted .263.
Demmitt, released to the White Sox
by Detroit, finished with a mark of
80, which was eleven points better
than that acquired by Marty Eava-
nagh of the Tigers. Other averages of
the first year men are: Howard, St
Louis, pa; AIaisel, New York, .239;
Scott, Boston, .239; Roy Wood, Maps,
/ .236; Daily, Chicago, .233; Heilman, De
troit, 20; Boone, New York, .222
Wambsganns, Cleveland, pit; Preton
Chicago, .212; K0pf, Philadelphia, 1879
Holden, New York, 1872; Miller, st
= Louis. 1873; Bisland. Cleveland, 100.
Bisland. Demmitt. DAILY, Miller an6
Kavanagh came into the big league
with averages in excess of 800 behind
them to show for their 1913 season il
the minors
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21
Sporting Notes.

A man named Rush who is the holder
Of the Princeton 100-yard record ought
to be able to get some speed out of the
Tiger football squad.
Leslie Mann assures the reading pub
lie that he will not jump to the Feds
unless Stallings tries to trade him to
some other major league club.
Dartmouth was defeated at basket
ball because substitutes were rushed
into the game against Colgate too early
and Colgate ran away from them.
Cornell, in re-engaging Van Orman,
an end coach, and Reed, line coach,
as assistants to Head Coach Sharpe,
announces that the old system of coach
ing is good enough.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21
AFTER
NORTHAMPTON TEAM
Would Transfer Franchise from New
Britain-Expense Much More Than
in Twin State League.

The directors of the Northampton
baseball club, which had membership
in the Twin State league last season,
are to give n definite answer to the
Scinskis of New Britain. Conn, hold
ers of the Eastern league franchise III
that city, by Feb. l, as to whether
they will drop from the Twin State
league and enter the Eastern associa-
ton.
William and Luke Scinski were in
Northampton yesterday and conferred
at length with Fred W. Bement, for
mer president of the club, and Treas
urer George W. Swift, who promised
to call meeting of the directors of
the club in 2 few days and thoroughly
go over the matter.
| The New Britain men said they
must operate the franchise this sea-
| son or it would lapse and that they
could not afford to remain in New
| Britain another year. They promised
to bring the club to Northampton and
| promised to have William Scinski
manage it providing Northampton fans
63 home games.
With a salary limit of $4,000 a
month for Eastern Association base
ball, as against anywhere from $500
to $500 a week for Twin State league
baseball, the cost would be nearly
doubled.
1t is difficult to see n way clear for
the northampton directors to take on
the additional financial burdens which
membership in the Eastern association
| would require, for the Northampton
team of the Twin State did not pay
expenses and the expense account was
, much less than it would be in the
larger association.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21
A PUzZLING PROBLEM.
$500 Rooster Swallows 1928 Diamond
at Washington Poultry Show.

WASHINGTON, Jan p. - Walter
\. Keller was pointing out the good
qualities of $500 prize winning roos-
ter in coop AZ the poultry and pigeon
show when 4 1925 diamond dropped
from his ring into the pen. The rooster
gohbled il.
@l25 diamond, Keifer told William
\. Grove, the rooster : owner
II cannot afford to Kill a $500 cock
crcl to recover $l25 diamond. Mr.
Grove answered.
And the question OF what shall be
done is not vet settled.
Dem look for trouble unless YOU
know Just what to do with it when
you find it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21
OWEN S. WEEKS.

a bnartbreaking finish too. Sprintine
ut the end of a ten mile race requires
stamina Mr.. Weeks has it.
This elderly athlete has been running
for many years. AS a youngster he
was not particularly speedy, but he
kept plugging away. He has always
kept in condition, and now, at an age
when most men pant and blow if re
guired to run twenty steps to catch a
train, he is able to go two. five or ten
miles at fast clip without feeling any
i'll effects.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21
BONDVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kendall of North
Dakota are visiting at James KendalTs.
Roland Morse cut his hand while split
ting wood Tuesday, Three stitches were
taken in it,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton of Manchester
were guests in town last week, returning
home on Thursday
The big thaw of Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday made the snow look thin and
caused the river to break up.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21
IS SPEEDY AT FIFTY-FOUR.
Owen S. Weeks Runs Better Than He
Did as a Youngster.

Owen s. Weeks Of New York is fifty
four years old and is a distance racer
who asks no odds on account of his
age. No. indeed. He recently ran ten
miles in competition with n score OF
fast men and tied with Il youngster of
twenty-five for first place. That was
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21

One of the senior directors of the
Hamburg-American Line said recently
that although the Vaterland is $50
feet long, another 10 years was likely
to elapse before 1,000foot liner
would be built.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21
Turf Judqe Only Places Horse.

In Australia the official racing judge
at horse races has no other duties than
to place the horses as they finish. The
racing is watched over by three stipen-
diary stewards. who occupy an elevat-
ed stand close to the judges box.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21
shrubb to Coach Harvard Harriers.

S''A NSH ~ SSdNtl E1dTNdTO
The Encouragement of Alfred Shrubb.
the English long distance runner. as
coach of the Harvard cross country
team has been announced. II. It.
Twitchell, captain of the Crimson team,
has received letter from Shrubb ask
ing that the runners begin training six
weeks before the opening OF the col
lege next fall.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21

President Wilson s latest utterance:
Kitchy.coo!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-21

Cured by muscular action.
Plates can lie discarded. We
have cured thousands OF their
foot troubles. Come and see
this patented shoe. The arch
takes care Of itself.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16

looked across the table and smiled in.
diligently at his disguise; for he was
not grown.up, tall, broad-shouldereG
man of thirty-two at all. In reality he
was shock-headed, slightly freckled
urchin of nine or ten, by the name OF
"Smitty' on the town commons. and
TOD" at home.
"Arent you becoming a trihe irrita'
BILE of late, Tod?" she inquired with
solicitude, wilefully suppressing a
smile which flashed up in her as she
remembered that ejaculation. 1t was
shocking in a minister, of course, but
she had ever contended that ministers
we're, and should be. made of clay;
and clay is friable.
"Yes, mother, believe / am" con.
fessed Rev. Smith Boyd, considering
the matter with serious impartiallty
Mrs. Boyd surveyed her son with a
practiced eye.
81 think your appetite's dropping of
llttle," she commented, and then she
was shrewdly silent, though the
wrinkles of humor came back to her
eyes by and by. 81 don't think you
take enough social diversion" she
finally advised him. you should &c
out more. You should ride, walk. but
always in the company of young and
agreeable people. Because you are a
rector is no reason for you to spend
your spare time in gloomy solitude, as
you have been doing for the past
week"
Rev. Smith Boyd would have liked
to state that he. had been very
busy, but he had conscience, which
was nuisance to him. He had spent
most Of his spare time up in his study
with his chin in his hand.
you are quite right, mother" he
somberly confessed. and swallowed
two spoonfuls Of his soup. It was ex
cellent soup, but, after taking bite
of a wafer, he laid his spoon on the
edge of the plate.
81 think I'll drive you out of the
house, Tod" Mrs. Boyd decided, In the
same tones she had used to employ
when she had sent him to bed. 90
think I'll send you over to Sargent
tonight, to sing with Gail"
The rector of the richest church in
the world flushed a trihe, and looked
at the barley in the bottom of his
soup. His mother regarded him quiet
ly, and the twinkles went cut of hel
eyes. She had been bound to get al
the bottom of his irritability. and nov
she had arrived at II.
81 would prefer not to 60" he told
her stlfly, and the eyes which he lifted
to her were coldly green. IL do moi
approve of Miss Sargent"
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
Afraid Of Death.

"The pomp of death" said the wise
Bacon, "frightens us more than death
itself" The king OF terrors has no ter.
rors that we have not lent him And
yet who would disagree with the sen
timent Of the unhappy Oscar Wilder
Death is the only thing that ever ter
rifles me. hate 1t. One can survive
everything nowadays except death"
But Wilde did NOT hate death when
It finally came to release his harassed
and broken spirit. Reason and com.
mon sense bid US neither to hate nor
TO fear death, but simply to ignore 1t
until the hour comes, and then to ac-
cept 1t just as we accept life A Roman
stole philosopher was dlscoursing one
day on life ard death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
FIRST "DICTAGRAPH" IN USE
"Ear Of Dlonyslus" Cot as Good Re.
suits as Does the Modern lnven-
tion for Use Of EaVesdroPpers.

Sicily is rich in Greek antiquities.
Some Of the lest are clustered togeth-
er on the outskirts OF the old town Of
Syracuse a very popular one is the
Ear OF Dionysius," in the Latonia
del Paradise. al old quarry used as
prison by the Creeks Thekwalls OF
this quarry are over 100 feet high,
and lean inward at an angle OF about
thirty degrees-all chisel work. done
by innumeraJlc slaves. The idea was
TO prevent any possibility of escape on
the part OF the hapess prisoners con-
fined here. and as further precau-
tion Dionysius had chiseled Que in the
rolid rock a vast cavity. very similar.
az seen from without. to human ear.
kv means OF which he is said to have
hstened to the conversation of the
captives. The interior Of the cavity
fs In the shape Of the letter 49,"
All gradually tapers until at the ex.
i-.ne summit you might perceive q
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
SYNOPSIS.

NJ vesiry meeting OF tho Market
Square church Gail Sargent listens to
discussion about the sale OF the church
tenenents 10 Edward Il. Allison, local
traction king, and when asked her opin-
ion uf the church by Rev. Smith Boyd.
says u Is apparently a lucrative business
enterprise. Allison takes Gail riding IN
hts motor car. When he suggests he is
entitled 20 rest on the laurels OF his
echi9Vcmenis. she asks the disturbing
question. 'Why?' Gail, returning 10 her
Uncle Jims home from her drive with Al
uson finds cl'd disapprovll in the eyes
OF Rev Smith Boyd. VINO is calling there
~ t bobslrd party Gan finds the world
uncomiortahly full OF men. and Allison
tells Jim Sargent that his new ambition
is 20 conquer the world Allison starts a
campaign for unsolidauon and control OF
the entire transportation system Of The
world. Gail becomes popular Allison
gains control of transcontinental traflc
and srranse5 60 absorb the Vedder court
tenement property OF Market Square
church Cal visits Vedder court and meet
ing Boyd there, tells him that the cathe-
dral Market Square church proposes to
build viii be out of profits Wrung from
sqrniOr She bccomes the center of mag
netic attraction Tor the men Of her aunts
social set
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
An American.

A native of any part of North or
South America is literally an Amert-
can. since he is native of one Of
the American continents Usage. how.
ever, has narrowed the term so that
IAN American" is generally under.
stood to be a citizen or native of the
United States Of America, while a
native of Canada, Mexico. Central or
South America is known as a Cana
Sian, Mexican" Brazilian" "Guate-
malan." or the like. The reason for
the usage does not lie in any feeling
that the United States preempts,
stands for, or overshadows the other
parts OF the western hemisphere, but
simply in the fact that. while Can.
ada, Mexico. Brazil. the United States
OF Colombia, ETC.. are words which
admit of adjective formation. "Ameri-
can is the only adjective which can
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
rector withdrew his throb.


5-----ad and started to raise up. and
bump d the back of his head with .
crack on the bottom Of an open draw.
or, near enough to the top to give him
a good long sweep for momentum.
This mishap being just one degree be-
yond the point to which Rev. Smith
Boyd had been consecrated, he ejacu-
lated as follows:- -
No, 1t Is not respectful, nor proper;
nor charitable, to set down what Rev.
Smith Boyd, in that stress, calculated;
but a beautiful, gray-haired lady, beau
tlful with the sweetness of content and
the happiness of gratified pride and
the kindliness OF humor. who had
paused at Rev. Smith Boyd's open
door to inquire how soon he would be
down to dinner, hastily covered her
mouth with her hand, and moved away
from the door, with moist blue eyes,
around which twinkled dozen tiny
wrinkles born of much smiling.
When the dignified young rector
came down to dinner, fully clothed and
apparently in his right mind, his moth
er, who was the beautiful gray-haired
lady with the twinkling blue eyes,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
Maxim a cnnoreA Buoy.

Reinforced concrete during the last
few years has been invading many
fields which hitherto have been con.
sidered as belonging exclusively to
iron and steel. One of.the interesting
Illustrations OF this fact is the con.
struetion of concrete buoy at King.
ston, Jamaica.
1t is stated that the cost is only
about so per cent OF the cost OF a
similar buoy made of steel
( To prevent the mooring chain from
injurlng the bottom Of the buoy the
latter is made concave -he manhole
cover was grouted into its place after
the buoy was ahoat Leakage is han.
died by means Of a pump-nole.
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globe. From New York to San Fran
cisco a red line had already been
traced. Now he took a pencil In his
hand, and placing the point at New
York, gave the globe a whirl, girding
1t completely. Gentlemen, there is
your empirel'
Again the nasal voice of old Joseph
G. Clark drawled into the silence,
81 suggest that we discuss in detail
the conditions of the consolidation, -
he remarked.
The bell of Allison's house phone
rang.
"Mr. Dalrymple, sir" said the voice
Of Ephraim.
Very WE'LL" replied Allison. SHOW
him into the study. Babbitt, will you
read to the gentlemen this skeleton
plan of organIzatlon2 If you'll excuse
me. I'll be back in five minutes"
"Dalrymple?" inquired Taylor.
Yes" answered Allison distracted
ly, and went into the study
He and Dalrymple looked at each
other silently for moment, with the
old enmity shining between them, Dal
rymple, a man five years Allison's
senior, a brisk speaking man with q
protruding jaw and deep-set gray eyes
had done more than any other one hu
man being to develop the transporta
| tion systems Of New York, but his gifl
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
Fate and Character Alike.

1t took the world many generations
to recognize and to accept the simple
truth that fate and character we're
the same. Even now. though 1t is ad
vocated Nrtually by all creeds and
by all persons who think about the
matter. It Is rather an Idealistic the
.ory than a practical reality To
take II into the mind and the heart.
to care for It sufficiently TO put i in
control OF the feelings. to give IT, IN
other words. loving recognition. Is to
turn from wayward and contradictory
theories and to make right start in
livinR
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man. and that expressIoii was
THE fD

man, and that expression was
terry. These men, by the. sheer ~
of their personality. by the sheer dc =:
nance of their wills. by the sheer virsl
ity Of their purposes, by the sheer dog
ged persistence which balks at no OBJ
stacle and hesitates at no foe. had
fought aad strangled and throttled
their way to the top, until they stood
head and shoulders above all the
strong men Of their respective do
mains, safe from protest or dispute
of sovereignty. because none has risen
strong enough to do them battle. They
were the undefeated champions OF
their classes, and the life OF every
man in that group was an epic! Who
was to be monarch OF the new empire
Allison answered that question as
simply as he had the others
"The best man." he said.
There had been seven big men In
America. Now there we're eight. They
all recognized that.
"Of course" went on Allison, my
proposition does not assume that any
man here will begin by relinquishing
control of his own particular branch
of the International Transportation
company; sugar, beef, iron, steel. oil
and the other commodities will all be
under their present handling; but each
branch will so support and benefit the
other that the position of the consoli-
dation Itself win be impregnable
against competition or the assaults Of
government The advantages Of con-
troll, collection and distribution, are so
vast that they far outweigh any pos
sible question of personal aggrandize-
ment."
Don't hedge, Allison" barked Ar
thur Grandin. you expressed 1t
right in the first place. You're put
ting it up to us to step out of the local
championship class, and contend for
the big belt"
"The prize isn't big enough" pro-
nounced w. I. Chisholm. as If he had
decided for them all AS behtted his
calling, he was slower minded than
the rest There are few quick turns
in banking.
mot big enough?' repeated Allison.
Not big enough, when the Union Fuel
company already supplies every can.
die which goes into the Sudan, runs
the pumps on the Nile and the motor
boats on the Yang-Tse-Kyang, supplies
the oil for the fabrication of the car
of Juggernaut, and works the propel-
Ter of every aeroplane? Not big
enough, when already the organiza-
tions represented here have driven
their industries into every quarter of
the earth? What shall you say when
we join to our nucleus the great
steamship lines and the foreign rail
roads? Not big enough? Gentlemen.
look here!Y He strode over to the big
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
CHAPTER xI.
Gall Solves the vedder Court Problem

Gall Solves the Vedder Court Problem.
Rev. Smith Boyd, rector of the
richest church in the world, dropped
his last collar button on the floor, and
looked distinctly annoyed. The collar
button rolled under his mahogany
highboy, and concealed itself carefully
behind one of the legs. Rev. Smith
Boyd, there being none to see,
laid aside his high dignity. and got
down on his knees, though not for any
clerical purpose, whereat the little col.
lar button shone so brightly that the
rector's bulging eye caught the CLINT
Of It. His hand swung round, at the
end OF long arm, and captured 1t be-
fore it could hide any further. then
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16

the cider districts. where the drink is
still popular. In his Cambridge remin-
iscences Henry Cunning says that in
1888 when he was tutor in Hereford
shire he Witnessed some extraordinary
feats In cider drinking. Farm labor
ers were allo zee to drink as much
as they liked. and 1t was not unusual
for man to gut bis lips to a wooden
bottle containing four quarts and moi
remove them until he had emptied it,
Exchange,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16

sense, we contem-
plate the nativity
OF our Lord and
Savior. The fact
that there is no
certainty as to
the exact month,
or day of the
month, when he
was born, will
n yer initiate
against the OBJ
servance OF the
25th of December
as Christmas day.
Would that 1t
were observed
with more rever-
ence than Il is,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
Eeats Of cider prInkInu.

VIII cider-which was drunk In Eng
land even In the days Of the Romans
increase in popularity as result of
escaping the new taxation? cen.
tury or SO ago enormous quantities
we're consumed. more particularly IN
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
The Virgin Birth
of Jesus
BY REV. JAMESM. GRAY, D. D.
Dean Of Moody Bible Institute
OF Chicago

TEXT-Behold virgin shall be with
child, and shall bring forth a son. and
thoy shall call his name Emmanuel.
which, being interpreted. is. God with us
Matthew 1923.
The blessed season Of the year has
approached again when, In peculiar
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16

They are just the same" he said;
there is no difference between them"
why don't you die, then, II there is
no difference?" one of his disciples
asked.
Because there is no difference" re.
turned the philosopher--Boston Globe
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
Ia cI.an Mother.of.pearI-

Handles of mother-of-pearl or other
articles Of the same material may be
restored by cleaning with pure olive
oil and rubbing with nail brush, fol-
lowed by rubbing with piece OF
chamois.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
MakInn compIete chanue.

One sure way to change knocker
to- a booster is to lead the converse
tion around so as to get him to tx
ing about himself "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16

A man should never be ashamed to
say he has been in the wrong. which
is but saying, in other words, that he
is wiser today than he was yesterday.
Pope.
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Insists on Too Much.

The trouble with the man who
blows his own horn is that he SO
often insists on being the whole or
chestra.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
Not Conducive to sleep.

Porter, this berth has been slept
in!" mo, sab; | assuah you, sah'
Merely occupied. It's the one over
the wheels. sah."--Puck.
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For Iron Rust on Napkins.

Moisten the spots with soft water,
rub cream of tartar and then salt on
both sides and place in the sun TO
dry.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16

small hole through which the daylight
comes 1t was here that Dionysius did
his eayesdropping. The acoustic
properties OF this "ear" are extraor-
dinary. the slightest whisper being
distinctly audible. while loud noise.
like the slamming of the door which
gives access to the ear" produces
a rapid succession of deafening re-
ports.-Wide World Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
History and Men.

For. as ! take 1t, universal history.
the history Of what man has accom-
plished in this world, is at bottom the
history of the great men who have
worked here Carlyle.