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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
A GREAT BASEBALL SERIES.
How Boston and Providence Battled In
the LEAGUE In 1884.

Probably one of the grandest series
of baseball games played by National
league clubs was that between the
Bostons and the Providence Grays in
1854 The Bostons had won the cham
pionship of 1883. and it was the am
bition of Providence cranks, who lived
only forty miles away from the Hub.
to wrest the laurels away from the
Bean Eaters Every game that was
played between the clubs was at
tended by immense crowds. and the
excitement was ut white heat.
The first game of the series in 1884
was one of sixteen innings and result
ed in tic. the score standing l to l.
The pitchers were Charley Radbonrne
and Jim Whitney, and 10000 persons
saw the battle. The next day Provi-
dence won by a score of 9 to l in
nine innings. and Charley Sweeney
struck out nineteen Boston batSmen.
OF the first eight games Boston won
five and Providence three. When it
came time to meet for the four final
struggles the Providence team had
won every series from the other league
clubs and wanted to win the series
from the Bostons too. Radbourne ac-
cordngly was assigned to pitch in all
four games on four successive days.
He was in such magnificent form that
In all of the games the BoStons were
beaten ana scored tlc sum total of one
run. ono of the games lasted eleven
innings. 1t WAS played in Boston and
was finally won by the Rhode Island
ers by Il score of ] t. O. Arthur r.
win, who was the shortstop for ProVi-
dence, drove a long fly toward the
right field fence. and the ball went
through Il hole between the boards. 1t
was a four Dagger ana decided the
game.
Radbournes wonderful pitching in
those days will never be forgotten by
those who saw him perform. He went
into the box game after game and
pitched for nineteen consecutive con-
tests. 1t was his remarkable twirling
that was instrumental in helping Prov
idence to win the pennant that year.
Sweeney jumped the club in the mid
die of the season, and Rad went
along single handed. One feat that
was the talk of the baseball world in
1888 was his pitching in an exhibition
game at Trenton. The home club
would not allow Providence to play
with the regulation league ball and in
sisted upon substituting another OF
lighter weight. Radbourne, however,
accepted the latter ball and proceeded
to strike out every man who came to
the bat until one man had been re-
tired in the sixth inning Then play
er fouled the ball, which had not been
done before. The pitching distance
then was forty-tve feet from the home
plate.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
The Oriqinal New Enuland.

Not one man in a thousand living on
the Pacific coast knows that as mat
ter of fact the accents of our mother
tongue were heard on the beach not
far from San Francisco fOrtyone years
before English was spoken on Plym-
outh Rock. More amusing still is the
fact that the original New England
was on the Pacific coast, for Francis
Drake in 1919, at the close Of a months
stay, took possession of the country for
his sovereign. Elizabeth, and named
the new acquisition Nouva Albion (New
EnglanU because he thought the white
cliffs near what is now Point Reyes
resembled the chalk cliffs near Dover.
Outing
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
PRAYERS BEFORE BATTLE.
Curious invo:ations by Famous His
torical Personaqes.

One Of the earliest records in his
OF Childcric. king of Gaul. pagan,
who before going into battle at Zuel-
pich, some 400 years after Christ
prayed to the God of the Christians to
help him to victory. His foe was At
iila. king of the Huns. and Childeric
vowed if God Woud give him the vic
tory he would embrace the Christian
faith.
Tho PRAYER Of q hungarian officer
before one of the battles fought for the
independcnce of Hungary in 1919 was
As follows: Il viii not ask thee, Lord
10 help US. and l know thou wilt not
help the AUstrians, but if thou wilt sit
ON Wonder hill thou shalt not be asham-
ed Of thy children" This was the
prayer of the Fighting Bishop" Les
lie before one of the battles fought in
ireland: 20 Cod for our unWorthiness
Wc are not lit to claim thy help, but
# We are bad our enemies are worse.
and if thou sccst not meet TO help us
we pray thee help them not but stand
thou ncutor on this day and leave it to
fhc arm of the flesh"
The one offered before the battle of
.,Ggehlu 10y Sir Jacob Ashley was,
Thou knoWcst. O Lord, that l shall
he very busy this day. and if | forget
thee forget thou not me-" and then the
command followed. March on, boys.
As King Edward advanced with his
columns 10 Bannockburn he remarked.
to his aids, seeing the Scotch on their
knees: SEQ, they kneel. The rebels
are asking pardon 'Umphraville
was heard to remark Eyes. but it is to
the King of kings. These men conquer
or die on this field"
Oliver Cromwell had public prayers
before going to battle on several occa-
sions, as, for instance previous to the
battle of Dunbar. 1t is a curious fact
that the English prayer book contains
prayers. or at least one prayer, to be
said before going into action at sea,
while nothing is provided for use be-
fore engagements on land.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
An lshn1 aalita of the Plains,

The dead thing, wherever it lies, still
remains the coyotes choicest feast. A
creature without friend. an Ishmael-
lite whom men and animals have com
bined in despising, the ideal thief and
vagabond of the animal world, this
gray, gaunt figurehead Of the western
world still survives, rs much the own
er Of his empire as he was in the days
when his ancestors looked with cock
cared establishment and staccato ex-
carnations upon the expedition Of
Lewis and Clark feeling It's way slow
ly across that transmissouri wilder
ness whose future was then undream-
ed.-James w. Steele in Outing Maya
zine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
OLD BIRDS NESTS.
Many Feathered Creatures Use the
Same Ones Year After Year.

"That common expression for worth
leSsneSS, 1T has no more value than
q last years birds nest" said bird
fancier, lis often far from correct.
The majority of our birds do leave
their nests after raising n brood, but
many do not, and their nests are used
through n succession of years. | have
known some birds to use their nests
tnn years in succession, and so per-
sistent are they that many times the
female will return even after the nest
has been robbed and the mate killed.
Among these users of perennial nests
are the wrens, some of the swallow
family. biuebirGs, great crested fly
catehars. some Of the owls, eagles,
chickadces and some Woodpeckers.
"Thov repair to the nest each year
and often build it over. \ little wren
has made IT,, most in hoe in Il tree in
my garden and has occupied it for the
last eight wears Each year it has piled
on new STUFF til the hole is almost fill
ed up. Some say that as soon as it be-
comes crowded the birds viii clean it
out. know Of bluebird's nest that
has been occupied for several years. 1t
Is tie same female year after year, for
she has two black wing feathers and
IS lame.
'e.5rls that build in exposed situa"
tons, like hangbirds, always build
anew each season, and some others
tu.n anew for every brood. Some new
er nul Thcy either lay in the nests
Of otlor irds or in the sand. The
eagle ard the owl make 4 framework
OF sticks and slicht repairs are needed.
Many birds nests that you find have
never been used. For instance, the
marsh wren builds several with the
idea that in the case of disturbance
the male will attract attention to the
nests other than that in which the fe-
male is brooding and so shield her from
enemies"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12

Snuff taking is a common habit
among certain classes of the London
poor. II shows It's effects in rambling
speech, pallid aspect and detected de-
meanor, resembling the symptoms Of
The morphia talier. The practice is es-
peclally common among women, and
an observer says that women in the
prisoners dock in the police court will
have their hair decorated with curl
papers which contain each the pinch
of snuff needed for consolation.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
Mems Hats In Great Britain.

There is a difference of two sizes be-
tween the average hats worn in Biz
mingham and Glasgow, and it is gen.
orally conceded that the average size
in Birmingham is smaller than in any
other town in the kingdom. Taking
the whole of England, the average size
of hat required by men is Z, or nearly
Twenty-Five inches in circumference;
In Wales G7S is the average, the Irish
man averages a full, while the cam
ME Scots average is 7B.-Tailor and
Cutter.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
Work and Worry.

II am working too hard. My work
is killing me" The man is mistaken.
Work does not kill. Work IS medicine
to the body and mind and spirit. Work
is the salvation of men. Work cures
thousand ills. Worry kills. Dissipation
kills. Worry is largely matter Of
nerves or indigestion or liver, or it
may be quality of temperament or
it may spring from envy or some other
hateful habit Of thought. In most
cases worry is concerning things pure
ly imag inary-thngs that cannot be
helped. One of the best cures for the
worry habit is work. hard work Of
body and mind. Work requires concen-
tration of effort and mind. That makes
one forget his troubles. Work may be
made a joy, and in the JOY Of work
ing there is no room for worry. Right
living, right thinking. work-these are
specifics for most Of the ills caused by
worry.
Dissipation kils.-Atlanta Journal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
French MisappIied.

We Americans insist on using GER
tain French words instead of our own
good English terms. but when we in
wade France we find the meanings we
have attached to these borrowed
words to be incorrect. In France a
depot is a warehouse for freight; Il
modiste is a dressmakcr not a MILL
ner; dessert never means pudding or
pie but waters with butter or cheese.
Travel Magazine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
Where Ignorance Was Not Bliss.

a story is told Of Il man who. cross
ing a disuscd coal fold late at night,
fell into an apparently bottomless pit
and saved himself only by grasping a
projecting beam. There he chung with
great difficulty all night, only to find
when day daWncd that his feet were
only four inches from the bottom.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
Britain's Debt to France.

One of the chief debts to France is
that she nourishcs our ideas, trans
forms them, makes them her own, just
as she transplanted and TRANSMITTED
the flower of the renaissance in an
earlier day. With all our national van
ity we never dispute the parentage.
1t is only territory and diplomatic pres
tige and commerce about which we
quarrel with our 'sWeet enemy
London Academy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12

One of the Illusions is that the pres
ent hour is not the critical, decisive
hour. Write it on your heart that ev-
cry day is the best day in the year.
No man has learned anything rightly
until he knows that every day is
doomsday. Emerson.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
Its AdVantaq de.

Knicker-Why do you prefer serial
stories?
Flatter-Because it's the only thing
on the installmc0t plan they can't take
away.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
Not Very Elatterind,

She-Emma is the prettest, but Lena
Is the smartest. Now, which would
you rather marry, Leauty or brainsr
He VERY far gone)-Neither. IA rather
marry you.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12

1t is difficult to say who does you
the most mischief. enemies with the
worst intentions or friends with the
best.-BulWer
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
Substitutes.

eve haven't any deviled crabs, SIR"
said the waiter. II can offer you some
very nice deviled eggs"
"Umph! l presume if you were out
Of mock turtle soup you'd suggest
some very nice mock orangesW re-
torted the diner.
"Yes, sir" answered the waiter
calmly at least l would suggest
that you give them mock trial.
uarpers Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12

Conceit may puff a man up, but It
san never prop A4M up.-Ruslda.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
Aconite,

The dangerous character Of aconite
or monkshood leaves is well known to
most grown persons, but children need
instruction to avoid those large palm
shaped leaves which are dark green on
the upper surface. This most deadly of
vegetable poisons causes great depres-
sion, often blindness, tingling all over
the body, parching and burning of the
throat and stomach, and finally death
pnSleS.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
The Anchovy.

The little anchovy is n fish Of no
small importance, being very largely
used in various sauces, besides the
numbers that are preserved in pickle.
1t is common in the Mediterranean and
is also found on our coasts. The upper
jaw Of this fish Is longer than the
lower one. The entire length Of the
fish is usually from four to five inches,
but it has been seen measuring upward
Of seven inches.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12
Dumas and His Money.

Dumas the elder was not in the habit
Of counting his money. but did once,
leaving it on the mantel while he left
the room for a few minutes. When he
returned and was giving some instruc-
tons to servant he mechanically
counted the pieces over again and
found louis missing. We'll" he said,
with a sigh, considering that l never
counted my money before, l can't say
1t pays"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-12

: !. ~. ,.s.ss =. 5000, -.
1872: AZ Sf e x
20 2sa-;S T.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-23
VIROoUA, Wis, Aug. IA. 1907.

Conditions have been generally favor
able for the growth OF crops for num-
Der of weeks, warmth and good showers
contributing to rich and large tobacco.
The crops are very uneven as rule and
the small plants will need favorable
September to bring anything like devel-
opment to them. Notwithstanding the
lateness in planting there are some Of
the finest crops ever grown in the coun-
ty, while there are many very poor out
looks. Everything considered, if Vernon
county growers harvest anything ap-
preaching an average crop in size and
quality they will be thankful Topping
has commenced in small way and be-
fore the close of the month cutting and
shedding will have been inaugurated.~~~
Viroqua and vicinity were visited, last
Thursday evening, by a hail storm which
wrought considerable damage to the
growing tobacco crop. The territory
embraced by the storm was mostly west
and north of town. AS is usually the
case the hail seemed to fall in patches,
and was much heavier in some places
than in others.-Censor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-23

picking up odd lots here and there. The
demand for mild old filters continues
strong, and offerings of this type are
snapped up eagerly. The reports from
the growing crop have not been very en-
couraging, and the general belief is that
it will run to filler rather than binder.
The unevenness of the crop, due to the
disheartening conditions under which it
was set out, has been remarked on by
those who have visited the growing sec
tions.
Sumatra.-Th Western buyers who
invaded the market gave particular at
tention to this type of goods. and it is
said that considerable quantity was
taken by them. The manufacturers
have also been busy in the market, and
while their purchases have not been
large, yet in the bulk they reach consid-
erable proportions.
Havana.-In the local market there
has been small amount of activity, a
few transactions involving small amounts
having taken place. The market in
Havana has been thronged recently with
American buyers, in spite of which the
number and volume IF the transactions
there are reported to be small. This is
due, doubtless, to the high price at
which the goods are being held. The
imports of leaf to this country we're
larger than usual last week.-Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-23
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGRRToN. WIs.. Aug, %, 1907.


The drouth has been broken by un-
precedented rainfalls and heavy showers
doing more or less damage to crops and
buildings during the week. In the wake
OF these storms came some cold nights
that caused some uneasiness to the to.
bacco growers. The harvest of the early
fields will commence the coming week.
fully a month later than year ago.
Warm weather and plenty of it is need
ed to perfect the crop. There is chance
yet for the medium set fields to make
good leaf if we are favored with month
of growing weather. The outlook at best
best is not very encouraging, though the
crop is making marked improvement
since the rains, and with favorable
weather the grower hopes to secure a
reasonable harvest.
The market for old stock brings no
new developments. Samples of last sea-
sons packings are not yet ready for in
spection and transactions are confined to
older leaf for manufacturers needs. In
view of. the prospects for the new crop
packers see no reason for reducing prices
on their holdings.
The shipments out of storage reach
600 cases from this market to all points
for the week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-23
New York
NEW TUTke
Nuw Y0RK Auo II 1907

NEW lOhhi AuSs IL ICOas
Although the condition of the leaf
market is still apathetic for this time of
the season at least, there are two fea-
lures which are likely to bring on rush
in the course of a couple of weeks, such
as may put in the shade even the unpre-
cedented fall rush of last year. One of
these features is the publication in this
issue of the official stamp tax returns
for the fiscal year 1906 1907, ended June
30th last. For contrary to expectations
and the general tenor of expressions on
the part of manufacturers, the output of
our cigar Industry for the year men
toned beats all previous records to an
astonishing degree. Instead of retro
gression or an assumed standstill, the
output of our cigar industry shows in
the fiscal year ended month and half
ago, the unprecedented increase of
nearly six hundred millions and a total
output of over eight thousand and six
hundred Millions figure SO vast as to
stun almost imagination. Now then,
such stunning total and unprecedented
increase must have consumed the raw
material to a finish not only, but will
require much larger supply than was
absorbed last year And right here the
other feature comes into play. The re-
ports from the growing cigar leaf fields
are anything but encouraging for an
adequate supply. In New England it is
estimated that the crop will be fully 40
per cent. below the average, for the sea-
son is late and the plants are small, and
as the frost is expected in 35 days the
plants will not have time to mature.
From Wisconsin the report is to the
effect that compared with other years at
this date, the crop shows up pretty
poorly. The plants have not attained
the usual size for this time of the year,
and great deal of unevenness has de-
veloped And from Pennsylvania our
correspondent after tour of personal
inspection, reports that the plants this
season have failed to respond to the fine
growing weather we have had during
the month of August, that onefourth of
the plants almost stood still, and now
that the season is nearing its close will
not make anything like crop. With
the ever growing increase of the output
of our cigar industry the we'll nigh as
sured shortage of the 1907 crop in the
three largest cigar producing States is
most serious factor to take into consid-
GRAFTON as to the present supply When
the full scope Of these features COM
mences to impress itself on our cigar
industry the leaf market will become a
storm centre for gathering in and hoard.
ing leaf supply.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-23

The governments August crop report
tells of an improvement of l point in the
tobacco situation between July a. d
August l, which will be accepted with
large discount by people on the ground
and familiar with the situation. The fact
of the matter is the crop acted the part
of crawfish during good deal of July.
Uncle Sans statisticans ought to be
able to do better "fggerin'."
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After the panic of 1898 our cigar in
dustry in common with every other in
dustry in the country became demoral-
lied and from it's then high water mark
of an output of four billions and eight
hundred millions it steadily receeded till
it reached it's low water mark in 1897.
The loss of eight hundred millions in
four years instead of natural increase,
left the raw material, that is the cigar
leaf stranded too The price of leaf
dropped to such an extent that it had
lost almost it's value and farmers either
abandoned tobacco raising or kept
housing their crops from year to year.
There was then no trust to kill for the
deplorable depression of leaf prices, nor
State Socialism propaganda to suggest
as a remedy to put all the factories that
refrained from buying the crops and
paying for them the price asked for by
the farmer into the hands of receivers.
Nevertheless the depression righted
itself as if by magic In 1898 the pros
perity wave began to sweep over the
country and the farmer in the course of
the succeeding years disposed not only
of all his accumulated crops with stead
lily advancing prices, but had to increase
his acreage, and yet the supply did not
keep pace to the ever growing demand.
As result the Wisconsin and Pennsyl-
vania farmer received last year ID and l6c
for his crop while just ten years ago he
could not give it away for or q cents.
How long this big price wave will last
nobody can fortell But suppose panic
should set in again, which is bound to
and prices of leaf begin to drop again to
5 and 6 cents, will the cigar leaf grower
then be content as he was fourteen years
ago to let the natural law take its
course, or will he not rather seek and
howl for the Socialistic remedy our gov
ernment has now up its sleeve, Just as
the dark tobacco grower has done? But
the trust having been put out OF busl-
ness in the meanwhile the ousting rem
edy will have to be applied to the in
dividual manufacturers. For it once
refraining to buy the farmers crop at
the price set on it by him be established
iudicially as conspiracy in restraint
of trade for which the guilty party is
subject to be placed under receivership
this principle must hold good against
every one so refraining who will be the
individual packer or manufacturer as
the case may be because there would
then be no more trusts in existence
u. S. Tobacco Journal.