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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
Sporting NezUs
Notes.

Frank Gotch announces through his
manager that he has retired from
the mat. What interests US is: why
the manager?'f
John Ward is an optimist He de-
cIares there is room for four hig
leagues. And this before Il third one
has made n landing.
''Heinie'' Zimmerman, who is put
out OF the game with more or less reg
ularity by umpires, is now put out
by Mrs. g Heinie,'' who is asking a
divorce.
Most of Us have done some fishing
in our time and had some luck. But
there is only one who ever came
across with 4 catch from under the
piano and got away with it.
Maranville : batting average in the
wo-ld 5 series was .30S. For the season
he hit for PSI in l31 games. This in
formation is furnished in response TO
several requests to The Rcformer.
G. Webb Murphy, former president
of the Chicago Cubs, who used to
claim that he ''run Il shoestrino out
to $1,eo0,000,' has Informed the tax
collectors that his wealth is only 5000
Inc string mas Shrun *.
| j. B. Baxter of Boston has LEASED
Hampden park, Springfield, Mass, a,
the playing ground for the Springfield
Federal league team. Baxter declare.
that the Federal league in the Easter
! association and New England leagu,
districts win be an established fac
Saturday.
Connie Mack, who has been in tn
limelight lately because of firing play
ers, has again stepped to the fore, thi
time hiring "Bill' Lee Lee, who wa
with Trenton last season. is rated a
the fastest right handed batsman plaf
ing ball today ana good ball PLAYED
Mack will do most anything to sd
hold of right handed batting outfiefd
ers. s--- -----ss=
That F. W, -(Webb). .CfQyg4tttbe o
Hartford, Conn, who played With III
Trattleboro team two vedrs ago an
with Greenfield last year, is to coac
the University Of Vermont baseba
team has beer confirmed by announce
ment from the University The Bu1
hngton Free Press in the Univereit
notes Of Monday had the following
The statement from Boston printe
in Saturdays FREQ Press under Bo
ton date. that Tom Mccarthy, the Re
SoX scout, had been engaged to coac
the varsity baseball team, was error
eoUs. F. W. CroWther Of Hartfor
Conn. Will coach the team rs was sta
! cd in the University Notes last Mo-
t day"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
W. p. REHG.

Joined the Pittsburgh Pirates a cOu-
pie OF years ago he was called on as
n pinch hitter, The umpire asked him
his name. and Rehg told him. The um-
pire did not clearly understand. so he
said. Glow do you spell it:r Il don't
spell it, replied the busher; Il whistle
it." who are you batting for?" asked
the umpire. We'll. old top" replied
Rehg. Il thought 1 would make a hit
for myself"
And he did. However, the Pirates at
the time We're well fixed with outfield-
ers. and Rehg was sent back to the
minors for further seasoning. The Bos-
ton Red Sox got him last wear, and his
showing is such that he gets another
chance with team. that has no stars
and where he will not be subjected tc
the hardest competition .-.rs- ...-se ~..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
Avoid Worry.

To live above worry is no little
task, especially for persons of a nerv-
GUS temperament, Nevertheless, it is
possible and can be attained through
the ever conquering power of the will.
Then, too. worry is one Of beauty's
greatest destroyers; it lines the face
with burrows that are difficult to re-
move and far from pleasing to look
upon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
Gvosias Unpopular.

Some two hundred thousand Sypsies
wander about Hungary and are regard
ed as a dangerous community. So no
torious are their thieying propensities
that they are not allowed inside the
towns. while the villages tolerate
them for only two days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
Callahan Never Stoned Contract.

James ]. Callahan, former manager
of the White Sox. occupies Il position
IN baseball that is unique. He is the
only man connected with the playing
end of the game who does not sign d
contract. He managed the Sox for
three years and during that time never
affixed his signature to a piece of pa
Der.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
COLD WAVE AT DULUTH.
Thermometers Register 81 70 81 Below
Zero This Morning.

DULUTH, MINI, Jan. 27.-Street
thermometers at, 5. o'clock this morning
showed from - to 81 degrees below
zero. the coolest of the winter. On
the iron ranges the cold was reported
> to 5 degrees lower than in Duluth.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27

Attorney Stoadard is the Youngest
son Of the late Judge f. W. Stoddard
OF Brattlehoro. After era duating from
Brown university he studied law and
ever since his admission to the bar has
he"n connected with the firm Of which
he is now a member
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
BILLY SUNDAY. REVlVALlST.

Former Player Is Holding Successful
Meetings In Philadelphia.
Billy Sunday, once baseball player,
is now a revivalist, which partially an
swers the question as to what becomes
of old players. For some weeks he has
been conducting services in Philadel-
phia and has been unusually success
full He is planning an assault on New
York if the proper arrangements can
be made.
Sunday recently took sides i'll the
baseball war ana advised players to
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
BILLY SUNDAY.

stick to organized ball. He declared
his belief that the Federal league was
likely to be harmful to players, and he
does not think that the decentralization
the new league has caused can have
other than a harmful effect on the
game.
When he was a player Sunday was
regarded as Il pious sort of chap, and
his presence had a softening effect on
the other players. He did not lecture
them, but it was known that he did not
like bad language, and as rule his
teammates were careful of their words
8 when he was around.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
REHG is WITH YANKEES.
esssy Eusher Will Get Real Chance to
Show His Goods.

Esssy EusFer VIII GET Real Chsnos to
Show Ills Goods.
w r Rehg, known when he broke
into the big league lirst AS The '.sassi.
est lid the game had known. has
been turned over TO the New York
American league team by the Boston
Red Sox. Rehg played in eighty-four
games last year and acquired batting
average Of .21S. He played forty-two
games in the outfield, during which he
made forty-five outs and had four as
sists and one error This made him
rank third in fielding.
Rehg is an enthusiastic young man
with plenty Of pep" lust after he
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
Michigan May Allow Ten Round Bouts.

Michigan May Allow Ten Round Bouts.
\ bill will be introduced during the
present session Of the legislature pro
viding for the legalization of ten round
boxing contests in Michigan aud the
supervision of the sport. The measure
contains n provision that decisions be
given by n referee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
Fighter Reforms; Joins the "Force."

Johnny Thompson. Il veteran light
weight pugilist, known to followers OF
the ring as the sycamore Cyclone
has been appointed chief Of police Of
Sycamore. H.. his homo town. The
appointment is for one year. ..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27


Robert Wilson OF Dummerstop was
a guest Yesterday of his. sister, Mrs.
Leroy Wilder. .a.s..#
Alfred Hitchcock Of Springfield,
Mass, visited in town Sunday aud
Monday with friends:
NJ H. Shaw of Marlboro will move
his mill today to Hinsdale on to the
Torrey place, where the buildings
were burned last fall.
Mrs. Alonzo J. Bracket, who under
went an operation at the ALelrose hos
pital yesterday morning, is as com
Portable rs could be expected.
The ninth grade will have a speak
lug contest in Academy hall next Wed
nesday evening. \ small admission
will be charged and the proceeds vii
so towards defraying the graduation
IpxDenSpS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27
WEST BRATTLEBORO
Big Audience Enjoyed Play.


;2q'he farce, Her Weekly Allowance,
witch was given last evening in Acat-
envy hall by the ycung people Of this
town, was seen by packed house. ev-
cry seat being taken. The play, which
is funny from beginning TO end, Great
ed uproarious laughter throughout the
performance. Each part was we'll TAX
en-. the costumes Of We Olden Times
were very funny and the stage set
tings were in Keeping with the play \
musical program which followed was
greatly enjoyed This entertainment
was given for the piano fund of both
the Baptist and Congregational church
es. and $50.s5 was taken IN Mt the door,
which will mean about 50 for each
church
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27

Total toy rredaction of the worl,
yearly Is valued at Sol 100, 900, o.
which $43.22o.000 falls to European
countries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27

When batchelor tires of the simple
life he gets married.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-27

Hope is what leads Us to expect the
unexpected to happen.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21
BUYING BOOKS BY THE TITLE
Two Historic Examples to Show That
This 10 by All Means q Dan
aerous Practice.

In the titles of books lie at times
pitfalls for the unwary. An almost
classic example was afforded by John
Ruskin, when, in 1851, he wrote
short pamphlet on the text, There
shall be one fold and one shepherd.
This. which treated Of the reunion OF
the Protestant churches, was publish-
ed as "Notes on the Construction OF
Sheepfolds'-a title which, appealing
rather to the agricultural than to the
clerical mind, insured brisk circula-
ton among farmers-those OF the Dor
der especially many OF whom ordered
n CODY in the hope that they might
clean therefrom some original hints
and ideas that would be OF use to them
in their calling.
The bucolic mind. indeed. would
seem singularly predisposed to jump
IN basty conclusions, for English far
mora followed but in the wake OF their
Irish brethren-or rather OF their irish
brother, who, an enthusiast on the SUP
tect of cattle breeding, greeted WIN
delight the appearance OF little Vol
ume by Maria Edgeworth, bearing tne
title Essay on Irish Bulls. Although
the name Of the authoress was 70 MIN
unknown, the contents would oouo'
less he considered, be well worth .n'
few shillings he SO willingly ois
bursed: but, alas! although the spir
tod engraving of rampant Taurus tina
prefaced the essay gave deiisn.lu
promise, he had but to read rev
lines to find that he had become pos
sessed of a treatise, not on DOWN
rnminants. but on that particuia
ah,nnder which is commonly supposed
10 be Characteristic OF the irisn nd
ton"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21

wages had crept up from eight dollars
to twelve. All day, from eight to six,
he stood at his high desk. He would
unfasten a huge bundle of the paper
patterns. check of the number of each
one in a book, shifting them along the
desk until he came to the end; then
he would fasten them together and get
another bundle.
II was less the labor than the soul
soaring monotony Of the thing. Mil
lions of patterns must have passed
through his hands in those four years
and the supply was quite inexhaust'
ible. And Lucy was just beginning
where he was now.
The thought OF those endless pat
terms had become a nightmare. Stol'
idly the young man had stuck to his
| post, hoping for better things.
He had wanted to become q sales
man. Deyoe, the sales manager, to
whom he had had letter OF introduc
tion. had told him frankly the pros
poets.
Nov and then we try out new mel
on the road" he said. You'd bettel
get in at the bottom, and some day
when YOU have learned the business
YOUR chance will come. You won't b
forgotten"
That was four years ago, and sine
then nothing had happened. On lie
voa's rare visits to the department
Tom had turned his eyes In dumb IN
ouiry upon him. But Devoe had neve
noticed him, had never spoken.
Tom watched the girl day after day
The Young men in the department ha
left her alone. They realized that sh
was not a sport" as they termed Il
Not for them a girl who couldn't tai
and joke and give them a good tim
when they took her out, and nirt wit
them, and kiss them at parting.
Tom and Lucy had exchanged gree
inss each morning Once he ha
helped her with her sorting. But D
never yentured to speak to her othe
wise until that night when she stage
behind to finish up her bundle.
: She was white from the strain
the long standing. her hands shoe
over her work She could hardly ma
. age to tie up the string.
] when she put GA her hat Tom res
,zed that she was crying. And
mighty rage filed his heart at u
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21
[0s1 STAGE COACH
had Been Buried in the Sand
Forty Years With Its
$4,000 Treasure.
=. eellNA LILLIAN HIGGINS.

Nv SEIsNN
.you must not be discouraged. Alb
80" smoke Mrs. Waldron in her pa
went sympathisins way.
"rm not, mother" was the prompt
-, infinitely weary response. 1T is
=, the loss of business, home and
sssnds What worries me is the fact
not after all my sacrifices, l shall
-, he able to pay my creditors in
.nu It Is . pretty heavy load for
:, ,old man like me to carry
.Remsmber To promise: On whom
Gods hand resteth, hath God at his
hsht hand"
Amer Waldron tried to smile brave
v kissed the dear old patient face
:, his helpmeet, and left the house
=, his accustomed stroll. 1t had
...sed to seem like home for . week
M for It Vas scheduled to follow
4, rest Of his possessions and 90 TO-
ards paying his debts.
Ne had done very we'll in business
CAV until q smooth, smart city pro
.oter had come to Albion. His 70
.her lanes Waldron. the banker. hat
came to the little Michigan town 81
years since. He had left the sor
.ome money, and Abner had built up
profitable manufacturing business
Then the promoter had filled his mine
With expansive ideas. He had branch
cd out the sleek schemer had reape'
. rich harvest. and then-failure.
Abner had turned over every penn,
he had in the world. 1t paid up every
thing except a few thousand dol
lars. Mrs. Waldron had in her ow
right a small farm in an adjoinin
county They had decided to go there
and we're now on the eve Of depar
ure.
Its the older children. Richard an
Maud. that | care about" the though
full bankrupt had told his close friend
1.-THE boy can earn his own living, tn
girl has a fine education, and ca
do the same. But you see, both al
engaged. l expected to give them
good start in life. Now. the wedding
must be postponed 1t seems as thous
nv foolish ideas of becoming a m
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21

honaire have driven happiness away
from everybody who had anything 10
do with me-"
Abner evaded meeting his neigh
bors, and took lonely route out OF
town. He was soon among the SAND
hills He wanted to think, plan out
resignation for the present, content
ment for the future. 1t was a great
sand district about Albion. Lying
along the lake shore. air currents had
piled up great yellow mountains OF the
shifting particles. One wind storm
would build up great hill in night.
A second from q contrary direction
would obliterate this nature-bulidine
within an hour. Abnsr got In among
the dunes, and sat down amid al
lonely and desolate + scene as couio
well be imagined.
The bleak environment chilled MIN,
but at the same time Quoted. Alone
and undisturbed, he reviewed all 'the
past He bravely faced the future
After all, it would be rest and peace
after turmoil and strife. The small
or children would be happy ant
comfortable, and the little farh
might bring IN enough to help him to
pay eventually the debts that harasseo
his sensitive nature like a milestone
about his neck.
A cheerful reaction took place IL
Abner's mind, as he reflected tha'
after all his was not the worst conoi
ton in the world. He had loyal
helpful wife and loving, obedient cnii
dren. From a more comfortable atoi
tude of mind his thoughts idly DRIFT
ed, and he fell to dreaming over event.
10 his past life. Then in q whimsical
way a story of the long ago came U
his memory.
His father had been well nigh run
ed right among these treacherous SAM
hills nearly 20 years since. The even
was the sensation Of the hour throus'
tie whole district James Waioro,
had removed his little country pan
70 Albion from Sankatuck In u
next county. Over $3O,00O Id soi
had been carried in locked iron POKE
N an old stage coach. Its driver Ma
lost his way among the sand hills,
great storm had come up, and ne wa
blown from his seat against TOO
and rendered insensible.
When he came back to consciou'
ness the stage coach. the horses. u
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21
Ask for
What You
Want
By
FRED PAWLING
Copyright. ls,s BY W. q. chapman.)

Copyright. 1slh BY W. q. chapman.)
The new girl in the pattern depart
ment was so pathetically tired. Tom
Roberts watched her furtively all that
FIRST day of her arrival, as she stood
1t the high desk next to his own.
YEARLY sorting and checking the pat
terms for the Ladies' Fashion Realm
company.
The other young men watched her
less secretly. In fact, winks ana
nudges were thick in the pattern de-
partmsnt that morning. For the new
giIi WAS undeniably . beauty. The
other girls had noticed that fact too.
She was hardly more than eighteen,
and there was IN cir Of breeding about
her which more than one girl instinc.
lively resented. Lucy Whitman was.
I in fact, born to better things than this
six-dollar position. Her father had
been = small shopkeeper. with ambi'
tons for his children. When he died
Lucy had to get . position. and the
only one which offered was that Of
waitress in Q restaurant. She stood
that life for two months. But 1t wal
impossible for q girl of her appear
ance to endure 1t longer. Besides, thu
proprietor was angry that she refused
to make up to his customers. A prett!
girl meant increased trade, and h
saw no harm in her accepting tn
cheap badinage of the clerks who fire
quented his place.
Lucy had always resolved to stud
stenography, but when she got hom
she was too fatigued to do anythin
more than slip into bed and fall aslee
exhausted II she had been like tn
rest of them !. but her timid mar
ner repealed the class of men VIII
came into her life, and instinctivel
she recoiled from the advances OF tn
kind who would have made life
least uncompanioned.
The work in the pattern departmer
was terrible Tom Rogers, at twent
9 two, had been there four years. H
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21

treasure. had disappeared. There "a.
search all over the country. n
brought no results. With difficulty the
banker met the great loss. 1t was
generally decided that robbers had
oriVen the treasure away, stage and
all, and no trace of the outfit was
ever found,
The sky had darkened while Abner
sat dreaming A cyclonic gust nearly
swept him of his feet as he got up
10 make start for home. A binding
rain OF sand cut his face. Abner
walked briskly forward, but several
times in his up and down hill
progress he went headlong as the
sand slides took him of his footing.
This Is getting serious!" he ex-
claimed, as he slid nearly the length
q . hill, to land in a gully between
two towering mountains of sand. He
tried to rsascend. 1t was like breast.
Ing An avalanche. The cut was filing
up fast. At one time the sand was
up to hts knees.
Why! l shall be ensulfed! 1t 10
like quicksand!" he reflected In vivid
alarm.
Hts situation was truly critical. He
knew that unless he got out of what
was . natural funnel for the tornado
ar currents. he was lost. He strug-
gled on, came to q turn in the gully,
and 'dimly made out slanting mass OF
| gnarled tree roots. Abner ran to 1t,
slipped, q cavity was revealed, and he
dropped into darkness fully 20 feet
The breath was nearly knocked out
of his body, and 1t was some time be
fore he could arise to his feet He
stood on q sandy foundation. appAr
emily Of some large sheltered void
1t was 30 dark he could not make ou
It's extent. Cropping along, he land
, ed against post. Then it occurred
to him that he had come upon one o
the many sand submerged houses
swallowed up in some tornado year
before. Once he had stepped iAto
: one Of these engulfed structures.
Abner was a smoker He therefor
: carried matches, and feeling in hi
pocket for one, drew it forth an
!, fared it. Then, transfixed, he strair
ed his gaze, wondering if some Alat
din touch had suddenly created fair
> scene for deluded senses.
Before him was an open shed SUI
= ported by posts. Back of it was
great, numbering, old fashioned v
. hcle. Attached were the skeleton
- of a team of horses Thrilled, amaze
- in almost shout the electrified 0
server gasped out:
= The lost stage COACH"
a Yes, it could be no other-it W;
A no other. Like lightning through b
a bewildered brain ran theory elu'
!, dating all the mystery of 40 years al
: more.
Z To this shelter on the night Il
r. bank was moved the horses h
N strayed, to be enveloped, swallow
n up in the great winding wreaths
sand, past rescue and sight until no
More matches, a closer inspectit
N and there, intact, just as they h
MI been originally slowed, were the If
" boxes. Abner found the bank tre
ure-his by right of discovery, his
right of legal inheritance.
So all the dark Glands passed aw'
Dropping root ends enabled the
venturer to regain the open air WI
the sand storm was over, and the ia
lily roof was saved, and soon there w
two joyful weddings.
Copyright, 1918, by W. G. Chapman
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21
.wouId Not Be an Actress.

LITTLE Mary. aged sweet fifteen ana
stage struck, laid down her KNIT ma
Inc with a sigh one night anu
All mother. how I'd like to De one
.hosa great actresses or singers on
the stage!" mo,ner nm.
would you?" said the mother un
Ii. u don't know. It's an I'M
ha.Ithv business. isn't it,
why is it?" asked the daughter
81, must be-" said the mother.
.non,t YOU always see their names N
the paper telling how they've been . TAX
~. ,ne tonics and patent medicines anu
so on?"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21
Wasted Her Breath.

Paul had taken of his shoes and
one still remained In the middle OF
the floor. Little Ruth came running
in and accidentally stepped on 1t. "Oh,
excuse me-" she exclaimed, and she
turned and saw no one except an old
shoe. Angry. she said: why. you
amt no one, and ! wasted my breai
all for nothing"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21
Old Knee Joint.

Estimated by scientists to bs froD
10000 to 275,000 years old. the petri-
Aed knee joint Of . mammoth was IN
earthed at Long Beach, Cal, by work
men twenty-eight feet below the sur
face. The discovery has been pre-
scented to the chamber Of commerce
by Anton Cheroske, the finder. The
knee joint Of the largest species Of AMI
mails that ever roamed the earth ID
well preserved. despite its great age.
It measures Is inches in length and II
aches in diameter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21
The Point Of View.

The astronomers say they have dis
covered a sun spot 100000 miles VIDE.
And yet we suppose 1t doesn't look
any bigger to an astronomer than q
ten.spot does to most people.-Hous-
ton Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21
Mean RUtel

"a woman can't be in two places -
49,. same time" snapped Mrs. Gaon.
"sbe can't, eh?" growled MT. 1aoo.
notice that she can be in the mouse
IA ont of IL at the same time wnen
asrtain people that she doesn't hAe
.,ns the doorbell and try to call Oh
her"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-21
Success.

The Greeks had foot race In wnicn
speed and endurance were not tne
only tests. Each man At the start was
given lighted torch. and the laurel
wreath was for the one who came IN
f,rst, with his torch alight.' Success
in life il not merely reaching the goal.
but more important still. In keeping
the light OF God burning in our hurry
ing souis.-ExchanEe.