BIG SPORT EVENTS MARK 1914 CALENDAR
^ me at Vtioca Broca. L. I™ Doling Polo Game Between British and Amer
ican Players.
A* ha* bees U re<a»t for several
months the roBsInf rear promises lo
•ULi <■-t as a record breaking period
‘a international sport competition,
wirh the I tind State* acting as host
for a Maker of cup hunting contest
ant* ' ‘haiienges hare already been
rer-e.»•<! for the America's >arht cup
aad the polo cup The Imrts tennis
trophy w'.IS hare To be defended. and
Osfocd university has accepted an in
vitation to enter a team at the t'nt
**T»:ty of Pennsylvania's relay < arnt
*ai t. be held on April 25 These are
hot lb* forerunner* of other interna
tional event* ye» to be announced, and
It hemarf autre evident each month
that the I'etted States sportsman Is
g-< ar :o ha»* an ei< .~<li!.gly busy sea
ms defend:--.* t - rarlous trophies
during !»!« Confronting »he situation
a r«%aar of th- loading and defend
ing *tr* agtfc of rhailengt-rt and uppon
ntr Is both logical and timely
H> all odds the most important eren
af the comm* year mil be the effort of
Sir Tht-r :it l^p' n to regain the Amer
ica's cup with Shamrock IV The
«"• ehaller.ger. nos building at Gos
port. Is empected to be the last word
•a Kngiish speed yachts, and. accord
to I v signer Charles E Nicholson,
•ill »how a surprising turn of speed
and f rera innovation* in the way of
haild and rig \\ H Burton, an Eng
iish amateur yachtmat. of renown, will
•ail Shamrock IV and Albe-t Turner
■til act as captain
The sat nation from a defending
•tandpo at * more com pin at*d. since
*t least thr -e TS-f< -ters are assured as
wadi-late* for the task of defeating
Shamrock IV
While the yachtmen are In the
throes of tuning up race*, the sirtb
natal for tie International polo cup
• til be w»tie:*ed probably at Mendow
Brook L I.. and here again the Cnlied
States is going to bare a lively time
defending the cup against the attack
of laird Ashby St hedger's challenging
four As was the case in 1913. un
limited money is at the disposal of the
challengers and the world is being
searched for the fastest polo ponies
in order that the English team may
not t»e handicapped by slow or poorly
trained mounts. According to present
plan- Iajrd St. hedger does not in
tend to leave the least little thing to
chance
According to announcement made
immediately after the polo matches
■ f 15*13. the American 'Big Four,” con
sisting of ("apt 11 F. Whitney, harry
Waterbury. Monte Waterbury and
IV-vereux Milburn. decided to cease
cup defending as a team, but it is
thought that when the battle cry
sounds again a majority of the four
will be found in the saddle.
htiless there is a most unexpected
upset in the Davis cup preliminaries,
the tennis Menace of 1914 will come
from Australasia. The semi-official
statement that Norman F.rooks. An
thony Wilding Stanley Doust and A.
B Jones will probably form the team.
gn*-s a line on what may be expected
n the way of opposition for the Amer
ican I»av!s cup defenders. As safe
guards the rnited States has Mc
Ixiughhn. Williams. Bundy. Johnson.
Johnston and Strachan among the
younger generation of players, while
rumor has it that William learned and
Malcolm Whitman, players without a
peer in their day. will endeavor to re
gain their previous prowess with the
racket and offer their services as cup
defenders If such a comeback feat
is possible a combination consisting
of I-arned .McLoughlin. Williams and
Whitman would daunt even the fa
mous Antipodeans. Wilding and
1 Brookes
DANNY MAHER AGAIN IN LEAD
Fo»~f' An-er can Jockey Scored More
T*ien Ore hurer-a W.ne on Eng
*n Tjrf During P«*t Veer.
I>UD) V it-r 1» a*».:l (bn trading
ytrk'-f am tbr Kt,« >h tun’ and tbr
*■!> rtdrr to arc** tuorr that: »:na
fh<- fwrainf Hartford rr.idr^t had 11a
irni
Oancy Matter
•rat *s I be seaaoc's sport. whuh a ms
awriM'4 rec* ntl» ml Manchester
Ptisk WaetUo was second with SI
—cressinl nuut;t>
PEANUTS COST CfliCER JOB
Munchixu; peanuts ran l»u <’ri
ser. the veteran catcher his Job ms
and of (b* fit boms Krosns
Kmiij is ths 1>13 cajnt<*i*n the
Brows* were |>L)ms New York
tad Krui f'haste went to bat out
at tors The Yankee manaper siu
* *!•< starun* a ralit whk-h beat
sit l>JttH Mean while «'rl*er was
■awkiiif teanuta os the Brown
beta- s and when the official Mltr
at iW»>- park tried to attract his
■ffisMts* Lou restated and c:»n
flawed to -at has peanuts That vic
tor? helped New York noee out the
Browns lor seventh place and in
rsdesr.alt? east ('riser his berth
vrsth Ksrkr> • teats
Vae.aeeo.it Cup to Coast.
The historic Vanderbilt Cup race.
Che In' aatuesufci-le cosiest to become
a classic ta America, and the equal
ly important Grand Prise are to be
course at Santa Monica February 21
and » The auKMincemeat was made
follow .ug a meet in* at Santa Monica
of the Santa Music Bay chamber of
Commerce 1 he purses will he |15.
saw. divided equally between the two
Loop Auto Baca.
OUt Daria el Sac D-e*o won the
/ 570.4 mile auto road race .rom I»s
t»P Cal. to Phoenix Aril. in 18
hows and M minutes Grey Ball came
GOSSIP Y
YAMOSIG I
i SPORTS,
Rochester will try to organize a pro
fess lonal basket ball league.
Massachusetts and also Michigan
agricultural colleges are to have new
athletic fields
Richmond Amateur Athletic feder
ation is talking of erecting a $25,000
mun.ripai club house.
Th* Reds -ill use a swimming pool
of salt water at their training camp,
Alexandria. 1-a.. next spring.
Ed < i -enems. once coach of the St.
1x>u;b university. and later Karnes,
may coach at Preighton next season
First Base mar, Blulim of the Toledo
Hens is to be shifted to the New Or
leans club, and Kutina given in ex
change.
• • •
John Si-gie of frbana. O., has been
appointed manager of the Huntington
team in the Ohio State league, succeed
ing l>ee Fohl.
In reply to a query. 123 out of 159
college* replied that they required of
fr-»i:imen physical exercise under
proper instruction.
• • •
Tom White, & well-known Austral
ian trainer ot greyhounds, is now in
England with the team sent from Aus
tralia by Oscar Asche.
• • •
Jack Dillon made un impression on
the miners of Butte. Mont., by his
great milling against Sailor Petroskey.
a solid piece of fighting material
The Boston Braves have been given
permission to use Fenway park, the
American league park, until July 1,
when their new stands will be com
pleted
The Notre Dame basket-ball sched
ule was given out the other day. and
it includes one of the greatest east
ern trips ever taken by a western
college
Jack Britton had a tough time with
Mike Gioi.-r cf Boston at New York.
Glover, who is a clever fellow, got
credi' for a shade over Britton in sev
eral papers.
• • *
Henry 1-a us sat Geyelin was elected
pr» - Uent of the Athletic association
1 of the i'nlrersity of Pennsylvania for
I the twentieth successive year at a
j me<ting of the board of directors.
Althougn Jake Daubert led the Na
tional league with the willow, he didn't
! pole out many extra base hits. Dau
j bert smashed out but seventeen dou
j blea. seven triples and two homers.
* * *
Norway is to have a stadium at
Foogner. t'hristiania. that will accom
modate under cover, it is said. 200.000
people. There Is to be a big athlet
I ic carnival on the new grounds next
May
HOLY CROSS MEN HAVE KICK
Athletes Are Wrought Up Over Method
of Dividing Out Class Letters,
Claiming Discrimination.
The awarding of letters to the Holy
Cross athletes brings to light a queer
situation. Of 50 men who reported and
slaved through the season, 20 were
given letters, which is a greater num
ber than is usual at the institution,
but the puzzle conies in the naming of
the games in which the men must play
to get the coveted letters.
Holy Cross played Princeton. Yale,
Harvard and several smaller elevens,
but in naming the games where play
ing counted in getting letters, both
Princeton and Yale games were left
off. and Kordliam, Worcester Tech and
Georgetown were named, says a Uos
ton dispatch to the Detroit Free Press
Why the Tiger and Eli games were
not rated as high enough to warrant
the issuing of letters is hard to un
derstand.
They certainly were bigger games
than that with Worcester Tech, which
Holy Cross won by an overwhelming
score of 72 to 0 for Holy Cross. An
other uuique turn of affairs at Holy
Cross kept Captain Metiver from win
ning his letter. He was injured at the
time of three of the four' big" games—
Fordham. Worcester Tech and Georgs*
town—but played in the Yale. Har
vard and Princeton games. In other
words, he played in the real games
and did not get his letter, while sub
stitutes played in the easy games and
received their letters.
WHERE CHAMPIONS ARE MADE
Sidney Marvin. Wealthy Resident of
San Francisco, Developed Mc
Loughlin. Johnston and Others.
• _
Developing tennis champions is the
favorite pastime of Sidney K. Marvin
of this city, a man of wealth who de- j
votes his spare time to the promotion
of juvenile athletics. His success is !
measured by the progress of Maurice
E. McLoughlin. I'nited States cham- ;
pion; William M. Johnson, winner of j
the Longwood cup at Koston. and John ]
Strachan, winner of the national clay ]
court championship at Omaha. This !
trio was graduated from the club j
which Marvin founded ten years ago
and his directed since.
It was Marvin's idea that if through
constant tournament play, great ac
curacy could be obtained with the |
j speed developed on the asphalt courts
.
William M. Johnston of California.
| of California, a series of champions
| would be produced. At the outset he
engaged a veteran professional to in
struct his young charges, and monthly
ournaments for high class trophies
! have stimulated interest in the game.
"Mr. Marvin's boys," as they are
hnown on the Pacific coast, develop
championship caliber early. McLough
in was only eighteen when he first
was sent to Australia a6 a member of
the Cnited States team of challengers
for the Davis international trophy.
Johnston, who eliminated such players
Touchard and Clothier at Longwood
on his invasion of the east and his
first imporant competition on grass
courts, celebrated his eigtheenth birth
day only recently. Strachan, the new
clay court champion, is the same age.
Fighters Sail for Australia.
Ray Bronson, Eddie McGoorty and
young Saylor have departed for Aus
tralia to fight the rising stars of that
island. It is a recognized fact that
lighters take on weight very fast in
the Antipodes, so It will not be re
markable if these fighters come back
ns heavyweights. The most striking
example of this occurred to Cyclone
Johnny Thompson. A lightweight on
ieaving, but after staying away for
two years, came back to the Cnited
States and lought Bob Moha. Papke
and other light heavyweights.
Where Stars Come From.
Baseball stars, that is. the rea! shin
j iag lights of our national pastime.
! tome from points far remote to the
I tiig cities. The boys in the country
have more space for practice and are
not affected by the glare of night
, life, so, consequently develop a higher
grade of material than the city lads,
i Ty Cobb comes frem Royston, Ga.;
I Yank Baker put Trappe, Md.. on the
j map; Hans Wagner, when at home,
tats at Carnegie. Pa.; Rucker is also
from Georgia; Walter Johnson calls
a small town in Idaho home.
Baseball Prosperous.
Nearly a third of a million more
persons paid admittance to American
league games last year than in 1912,
according to a statement made by Ban
►Johnson. Up to the last month the
| turnstiles had recorded 500,000 more
than any other year, but the Athletics'
failure to slump made a large fall-09
in the latef days of the champion
ship season.
MAINTAINING AN EARTH ROAD
Rain Falling on Highway Properly
Crowned Will Run Quickly to Side
and Not Soak Into Surface.
If you look at the ordinary county;
road after a shower you will see smalll
puddles along the wheel ruts and)
sometimes larger pools. This water
stays on the road surface beside ditch
es. If you look closely you will see
side ditches which have grown up with
bushes and weqtfs in many cases, and
which are so far from the traveled
part of the road that the rain water
does not drain into them. That part
of the roadway where the wagons trav
el is called the traveled way. To pre
vent water from standing on the trav
eled way the road should be raised in
the center and should slope gently in
to broad shallow ditches. It is then
said to have a crown. If it is ten
feet from the center of the road to>
the side ditch, the surface at the side
ditch should at least bo ten inches
lower than It is at the center where
the horses travel. The road then has
a ten-inch crown. The rain that falls
on a road properly crowned will run
quickly to the side and not soak into
the surface or form pools. The side
ditches for surface water should run
parallel to the right of way. and should
be open at every low point so that
the water can run out of them into
neighboring brooks or streams. If the
ditches merely collect the water from
the road surface and it can not run
away, large pools will be formed along
the roadside, which will gradually
6oak into the soil beneath the road
and make it so soft that the wheels of
the wagons will cut through the road
surface and soon destroy it.
Sometimes water runs from land
along the road into the road and
forms a little stream down the wheel
tracks or in the middle where the
horses travel. When driveways into
farmyards are built across the side
ditches they frequently form channels
for water from the farmyard to run
into the road. The pipes under drive
rubbish and the water can no longer
run away. If the driveways that stop
the ditch water were rebuilt so that
no pipes were necessary and the ditch
could be left open, much trouble from
surface water would be stopped.
Sometimes a road runs across low
ground or through a swamp where the
road cannot be drained by side ditches
alone. If the road were built higher
like a railroad embankment across
such low land and made with a crown,
it would be dry and hard. Sometimes
a road passes through what is called
a cut. This is a place where the earth
has been dug out so that the road can
go over a hill without oeing too steep
The water which always flows quietly
under the ground on hill sides is
known as ground water. In road cuts
such water sometimes makes the road
very muddy, and the road then needs
what road builders call underdrain
age. A good kind of underdrainage is
a trench to go along under the side
drain and about three feet deep and
a foot and a half wide. In this trench
a pipe is laid near the bottom and cov
ered with loose stones no bigger than
an egg. When the trench is com
pletely tilled with loose stones the
ground water, instead of soaking into
the roadway, will stop among the
stones and flow down the hill through
the pipe.
To keep a road smooth and crown
ed the best method is to drag it with
a road drag. A road drag is made
easily with two halves of a log which
has been split.
CONCRETE AND GRAVEL ROADS
Time Will Come When Permanenc)
in Thoroughfares Will Be More
Highly Appreciated Than Now.
A prominent good roads advocate be
longing to the American association
says: “It is a waste of time to build
roads of anything better than gravel
and not so good as concrete.” By
which he means that if the road is to
to be anything less than absolutely
permanent, it should be of gravel or
plain earth. One thing is sure, the au
tomobiles are putting macadam roads
in the category of things which will
not do, says the Baltimore American.
Concrete roads built over 20 years
ago have been kept in repair under
country-town conditions at an annual
expense rate of $15 a mile, and are
still better than any macadam road
Is likely to be in one-tenth the time
In this age of rubber tired vehicles.
The ideal road would seem to be a
narrow concrete roadway with earth
or gravel ways at the sides. The mo
tor cars will follow the concrete, and
in ordinary going the drivers who con
sider their horsse' feet will keep on
the pleasanter and softer track at the
side. In bad weather all could use the
narrow concrete roadway with earth
gravel road should run alongside every
macadam, brick or concrete way. It
keeps teams off the motor path and
makes pleasanter going for both horse
and horseman. The time will come
when permanency in our roads will
be more highly appreciated and work
ed far more generally.
Thrifty Turkeys.
On farms having high, dry land
which has a light growth of grass, and
where a new breeding gobbler has late
ly been introduced, the largest flocks
and the most thrifty-looking turkeys
are found.
Avoid Winter Troubles.
If fowls are started out right in the
fall they will go through the severest
winter without trouble. Do not house
your stock closely in the fall. Get it
accustomed to the weather condition*
as they come.
Cloth Gown Suitable for Daily Wear
AS comfortable and easy hanging
as a morning gown bnt with every
mark of afternoon apparel, this de
sign is the simplest of all interpre
tations of our present modes. The
skirt and bodice appear to be cut in
one, but are separate.
The skirt, made of two pieces in
goods of average width, might be
draped on the figure from a single
width of the widest materials. It is
shaped in at the hips and there is a
little fullness at the back. The shap
ing and gathers afford just room
enough for the swell of the figure at
the hips.
The waist line is high and very
easy in order to make a free move
ment of the arms possible. It is cut
with long shoulders and large arms
eyes. The fullness at the bust is ta
ken care of by a group of plaits at
each side terminating under the belt.
It is in its careful finishing touches
that the gown displays the talent of
its noted designer. All very simple
models must rely upon finish and clev
erness in cut or drapery, to rise out
of the class of the commonplace.
The square neck is shaped and fin
ished with a piping of velvet. The
front is cut into a double breast, the
overlapping side fastened down with
two buttons. Its lower edge lies over
the top of the skirt where bodice and
skirt are joined.
A narrow belt, with rounded ends,
is finished with a piping and fastened
with a fancy button at each end. It I
does not encircle all of the waist, al- j
lowing a straight front appearance
(which is smart and clever) in the ,
interval between the ends.
There is a small turnover collar in j
the sailor shape, of fine embroidered !
batiste. The neck is filled in with a
folded chemisette of fine figured net. ;
A plaited ruffle of the same net fin-!
ishes the sleeves.
A strand of large pearls and a long- j
er one of smaller pearls finishes the !
pretty toilette. But pearls might be j
replaced with strands of any of the j
many fashionable glass beads that !
harmonize with the gown in color.
This model is well adapted to the
unusual new shades In which fashion
able fabrics are made. Mustard col- j
or, gold, green, paprika, mahogany j
and the curious blues and greens that !
are displayed in cloth and silk look
best when made up in the simplest
manner. But the design is good in
the colors which we know well, such
as royal blue, amethyst, golden brown
and dark green. It would be pretty
developed in black, and is an especial
ly good model for velvet.
Colonial slippers and silk stockings
are worn with it, and such a dress
calls for a simple and well dressed
coiffure. Lake all simple things it will
not grow tiresome to the wearer, and
might be used daily during the reign
of our easy going fashions.
JULIA BOTTOM LEY.
DRESSING THE BABY
WHEN HE GOES OUT
IN COLD WEATHER
rHE baby must have his airing
every day no matter if the weath
?r be sharp. He must be thoroughly
protected against the cold and never
illowed to get chilled.
Besides the clothes he wears in the
aouse he Is to be provided with ar
ticles which he will need to fortify
dim against the cold. If he is dressed
is the right way a jaunt in the open
air can do him nothing but good ant1
he will like it and thrive on it.
An extra flannel skirt and long soft
woolen stockings should be added to
the clothes he wears in the house,
when he is going out. at this time of
the year. His little boots of yarn are
to be worn over the stockings. His
mittens of silk and wool are knitted
double, and his little cap is very
closely knitted of the softest yarn.
In making the cap it' is not only
closely knitted but made large enough
so that it turns back at the front.
This gives additional warmth, and as
he grows larger rapidly, allows the
cap to be turned back less, so that he
may wear it for some time. Narrow
ribbon run through it at the nape of
the neck ties in a little bow at the
back. This allows the cap to be ad
justed to the tiny head and let out
afterward as needed. The ties are
either of narrow ribbon or soft mull.
A small close-fitting silk cap may be
worn under the knitted cap.
His little boots and shoes are often
made of flannel embroidered with silk
and laced with ribbon. They are cut
out of a pattern and are soft and
pretty. Knitted or crocheted boots are
made with quite long tops for the
baby's outing, and fastened with soft
crochet cord and small zephyr tassels
at the ankle.
When his head and hands and feet
have been protected, he has the added
comfort of his co&t. Finally he is
tucked into his carriage under a robe
of fur or eiderdown and the top ad
justed to protect him from the wind
if there is any.
The baby is sometimes kept too
warm in the honse, and is fretful on
this account. In steam heated apart
ments particularly, he will not need a 1
lot of flannels. He must always wear
his band over the bowels, but a pin
ning blanket is not needed. He wears
a flannel petticoat and a light slip.
But for a house not so warm, or when
he goes out, he must have an ample
supply of extra clothing.
His dresses and skirts are not made
as long as they used to be. Twenty
seven inches now is the standard
length. They are not much trimmed,
but are made of very fine materials
and finished with fine face edgings,
little tucks, small sprays of hand em
broidery and scallops. Feather stitch
ing is much admired. One who knows
how to sew nicely can make all his be
longings in the beet manner at hon»
Tea Apron of Finest Batiste.
Daintiest among afternoon tea
aprons is the one made of a half yard, i
half width, of finest batiste or organ
die. finished at the lower and side i
edges with cotton lace pi cot border
ing that is scarcely more than a series
of long, loose loops, and at the top
slightly gathered into a waistband of
narrow ribbon, decorated at both ends
with bowknots, from which fall a half
dozen or more ends in quarter inch
wide ribbon, bowknotted midway of
the length. The center of the apron
Is ornamented with two insets of em
broidered filet lace. One of these,
placed six inches below the waistband. 1
is a fonr-inch square, and the other,
placed six inches above the lower
edge, is a two by four inch oblong.
Of course, lace of any other substan
tial sort could be employed and white
net. soutache embroidered, is equally
as pretty as filet
Duvetyn, which has made so strong
an appeal this fall for suitings, has
much in its favor besides the exquisite
colorings In which it is to „e had. It
is not only soft and scfple, but >»«■»
considerable warmth.
LUBE OF LOG CABIN
Rich Philadelphians Show Prefer
ence for Structures.
John T. Morris of Quaker City Seeks
Quietness and Seclusion in One on
His Estate at Chestnut Hill—
Others Do Likewise.
Philadelphia.—The boyish fancy for
building a log cabin and playing In
dian is being exemplified in children
of a larger growth. On many of the
estates of rich men log cabins are
being built. Thus in a secluded cor
ner of the estate of John T. Morris
at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, a tiny
log cabin has been erected.
The interior consists of only one
small room, neatly furnished in con
ventional log cabin style, with a Nava
jo blanket on the floor and a few sim
ple articles of furniture. Here the
owner of the mansion and its big
grounds retires to read when he has
a fancy for complete isolation.
A little rustic bridge leads across
a brook in front of the little cabin,
and in fine weather the owner of the
cabin can sit on a tiny porch and
listen to the rippling water and be
happy in complete seclusion and qui
Wealthy Man's Log House.
etude, far from the big house
and free from the annoyance of such
modern demons of unrest as the tele
phone.
Another iog cabin has been erect
ed on the estate of W. H. Newbold In
one of the suburbs of Philadelphia.
This is a more pretentious structure
than that of Mr. Morris. It is model
ed after the log cabins that sheltered
the patriots at Valley Forge.
The floor well waxed for dancing
and there is little furniture except the
setees around the wall. A feature
is an immense fireplace for the burn
ing of logs. A more Interesting place
for a country house jollification can
scarcely be imagined.
BIG FLEET OF DIRIGIBLES
German Inventor Would Carry 300
Passengers Across the Atlantic
in Sixty Hours.
Vienna.—The German airship in
ventor, A_ Boerner, is here trying to
raise cap.tal to finance a line of trans
atlantic dirigibles each capable of car
rying 30C passengers and of crossing
the Atlantic in 50 hours.
French experts state that the new
airship certainly is the most practica
ble yet designed for long voyages. The
inventor says It will bring Vienna with
in 60 hours of New York. The ships
are to be a6 luxurious as the Impera
tor. with a length of 800 feet and a
width of SO. There are to be 300 cab
ins, dining and smoking rooms, a
promenace deck, kitchens and electric
lights. Built in a semi-rigid car run
ning the entire length of the ship will
be 34 motors of 150 to 200 horse power
each, so arranged that no ballast will
be carried.
Engine breakdown or explosion will
be theoretically impossible. Three
separate gasbags in a single envelope
will lift the 6hip. The ship will be able
to make a nonstop flight of 4,000 miles
at an average of 68 miles hourly, land
ing without external aid.
It can descend on the water, along
the top of which it can travel 35
miles hourly with no danger of a
wreck.
Eoerne* is trying to raise sufficient
mone^‘ to build six ships requiring $5,
000,000.
BOUND BOY TAKES TO HILL
Youth Rolls Himself Almost Back to
School After Hold-Up by
Bandits.
Pottsville, Pa.—The State police are
investiga ing a queer hold-up reported
to them by the school authorities.
James Wentzel, a thirteen-year-old
boy, while on his way to school, stood
near a stable and overheard two men
plotting to steal horses.
The men caught Wentzel eavesdrop
ping and bound and gagged him, leav
ing him, as ♦hey supposed, helpless.
Although unable to break the thongs.
Wentzel was able to roll himself out
of the stable, and then he allowed him
self to roll down the steep Race street
hill.
This kosened the ropes about his
feet, and in this bound-and-gagged csn
dition Wentzel was able to shuffle
along, ard presented himself to his
teacher. Miss Mae Snyder, in the Jack
son street building.
WASHINGTON AD IN OLD PAPER
Baltimore Publication of 1773 Says
General Has 20.CC0 Acres
for Lease.
Johnetta, Pa.—In searching among
old books and newspapers which had
come into his possession, I. E. Allen
of this place found a copy of the first
edition of the Maryland Journal and
Baltimore Advertiser, dated August
26. 1773. The paper, yellow with age,
contains an advertisement inserted
by George Washington. The adver
tisement states that George Washing
ton has obtained patent to 20,000 acres
of land along the Ohio and Kanawha
rivers and he ofTers to lease the land
at “reasonable rates.” Thomas
I’.rereton, a broker, advertises that he
wishes to purchase a ‘‘negro girl abonS
twelve years old.”
