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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04

A eoIe of the London Sportsman
AZ Dcc. Il last has been received
hy the sporting editor Of The Star
n paOsrs New York CORES pond
on deals a. great length with the
stories OF the nurns Notr fight
Nred b. the representatives IN
London tn their papers Ia this
country A few extracts follow
The result Of the championship
oalt II the National Sporting club
between Tommy Burns ana Gunner
Mole caused little surprise here 9hHt
n yellow Press 400 class ~
poor spartsmeu can only see Il II
N n.ht Of another proc Of Eng
iafef'S lnferiority auo the uncbnoi
ed supremacy % Aso,rsrsn 9Th
Spss' Prey.0o 10 toe fobt aeo
when. oo course. teeFv 40 4 esHht
As % tte ueicouss. toe rio.f 81
Miruss Ca.oos5noo 10 represent
Oneooa o. % toternse son1o roo
orr xoos Feees-s t.Dse sesssss 90 =
n 9sy eoas suce aolor h1to woo ets
ueeory wpeio e,s.s oesa esso0 o,
tlss@tor91o Tsss resort.
weos extraordinary luad,ers do
rtat ws5fetAF oo9 ~ auses there j.
s.iaesSnsfs8asss srne aoaoaG1o us 90
Dr. nfa eoat roaaz al the soUqiiu,G
usfiNsis q a,sttssG OF bitpxruess 20
Ua0nis Bssa oai sportRnsp. whom
Fesst s&nsqatlsz-t arsod stories as fslSe
IS tiesy are exaggerated cl~he0
in ass tt4s aatfseatbaas Of thr dis
aFs1ftlsul hfbth Assa Da4eh. aa0 ioeis
slnimaIly. TIM circulsst ton OF the ga
uasos
Flfs Sborna1asM hbss contains 40
xnsagsat - a heaeflt tesdere1 10
SIC HaEEnoaa8. nRnaRef of the Va.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04

dropped directly on the third base
line. aud upon hearing the cry a.
run he arose. Hnarzi afted busting
up the first chaN line he saw.
which happened 10 be The third
base line
lie onlY ran fsu feet wheu he
saw his mistake. aud. stopping
started for the bench
Everyone on the grounds. from
the bat hoy 10 the spectators,
laughed. and even narrowa. At that
time managing the Tigers. osassn'i
rrpreua "a smile
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04
JEFF DENIES WIFE LED
HIM HOME BY The EAR

Thursday nikht. aAd that az no
time during the evening. Was he a
member Of a drinking party
AceordinE to story published
yesterday. leffrieH and several
friends were drinking Ia an Eddy
st, resort when Mrs. Jeffifes oL
tered took the champion by tho
ear. led him to her automobile and
drove to their hotel.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04
ATTEu SAYS IT MUST
De AT III NGSIDE

he believes Il Ia not fair 60 the
puddle. which Is Ia danger OF being
sapeiutrd.
I'd Sealer Is considerably mlfled
d The VA battling Scisoa ran cut
,,a nina after articles had been sikh
- 20 he fight tn Los Angeles.
100 Is c0tisr about Tor some
uthe caanee lie and his man.
ae'r are talking OF Fight with
leossy FraSnr. and II + possible
Bhs the hoss viii siFn up siIA q
s25e slGt bet Then they viii be
ones for offers aud would probably
ught either In Hakerufield Or
MarYsYille
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04
OARsMAa is DEAD

Word comes from Toronto 10 Il.
effect that Edward Hanlau -
champion oafHfnhn OF he word !
dead The veteran suocumbes e
pneumonia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04

SAN FRANC'~CO. Jan A.
James ] jetirles. re ret heavy.
weight champion ol the world. TO.
day vigae0.siy denied the e.sry that
Mrs. ieffTles Thursday night drAC
Eed him out az saiooa b. the ear.
ahd forced him 10 accompany her
home Thes biz fellow asserts that
he took Mira ieftrles TO the theat y
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04
Los ANGELES

First raoe. eieYen-alxteenfte mile
Hereafter log fPrcsfOnl. 8 to 2.
won. HahOu. %. second. Progress.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04

an entire year hf-lre "a be- al
loved ~ compete in inter club
athletics
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04

Joe Kelley. formerly first base.
Oias asd manager 81 ,he Cincin.
nsu ciuo. will manage the bosios
National league team next ~asps
Kelley pulled the reina over the
Toronto Eastern League teAod last
se1ssss. aas his showing com q <
ffren last 20 nFst plUe tickiyo
George Dewey 10 such an extent
tau es insisted upoa Re Acspt.
los 80 oOn FOR too neat three
years
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04

WI AAkAAhhH AFFNH " INV wv - ~
Enterprise Association.
Among the features of baseball
games are the iauShahlc incidents
that occur during the course OF a
contest. In ossiet TO truly appre
eiats these humorous sidelsetta. Il
Is often necessary 90 personally
know the different players directly
connected with tho soke
Most OF the fea.nfnsoking iaci.
dents arr directly due TO the char
acteristlcs OF the different men
Hence the reason In apparent Why
the player should enjoy the fun
more than the spectator.
rRs spectacle Of a man trying 10
touch a base runner At second when
the runner was still AT first. was a
scream fof the patrons Of IA. game
~ Cleveland one day a few seasons
aEe
It happoped ia this manner The
Maps we're playing 81 Louis aud
DIet padden was covering second
for The browns Harry hay alnHi~d
e. ecutef, and. Ra Is the custom With
hlm. ran down to first ~ fast as he
could. aud turning the haE at top
speed started fof second
Dick watched him a. he turned
FIRST. and. taking u fur granted that
he was coming through. turned To
got the throw from koehlers
tie got the throw directly'oyo the
bag. with his back turned towards
fltt lie wheeled 50 the left aud
swung tho bali low. as u he we're
touching a Fuuger
Not finding anyone there. the
thought must have entered Pad
IDEAS miud that he VAS going ~.
wrong Nay aud that has vas aid
ing around the hag. Instead Of on
the inside. 80. turning around a.
fast a. he could. he tried "a put the
hell on the supposedly ogroming
To- a. he aid ia on the other side
Elmer Fllek pulled off a stunt
that amused the South Side fans IN
Chicago ons day during the s"ason
Of De-
Tho score hoard 90 comiskey'a
grounds Is Ia right field Il IA
built against the fence. and ln order
that Il may be tn plain sight 81
rNerYuoe. il built ap pretty high.
The boy that hangs up the scores
las = ladder that be uses to get up
on toe platform.
Oee meolber - the Sos hit long
~ 10 right. an0 f.imrr seeing Il
So onlnE b. bit the score board
oappeA ano uaits0 10 get Il "A Il
ossi I'D ID lsask
Tres oail must have struck Npne
tblfs ard notiea off TOE platform.
awsy over on tee nooef slds from
earrs d DIT
~Grnse vea isohlon for toe tssll
10 eaeam oses fruao soDut whore
II afaek and oiosf tee u Nhso Il
ian cs.d ON ms Hre.amsi
10 ter mes otlnse tos oater san
seAFtnE sreur6 tbs oauas an fast a.
htH hsKA wowso e8uFg ofn Eimsf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04

matter how easy the chance may
seem, had often been dsmensirat
ed. Tho failure 60 do thla caused
Jack Doyle 20 be the laughing stock
Of Cleveland audience, one time,
when he was member Of the
Washington club.
Jack hadn't bern numbering eeY
of The infisldoru with terrific tine
drives that season aud WAS nHtnr
ally dlaEnatod with the manner In
watch ~ was Alttias
lie hadn't ssads a hit that day.
aud along about the etshth Inning.
when II looked AS thescs he would
not have many more chances. he
drove = fairly hard Eroundef at
Hickman. Charley was covering
first. aud. ne On. ball came 20 him.
be stopped as though TO gather II
in
Instead Of the ball finding rest
inF place In Hicks" waiting hands.
II took a contrary hop and rolled
through his iega. continuing on Its
way TO Elmer Flick.
Doyle. after hitting the haii. and
seeing that Il Was bounding direct.
Is at Hickman. turned towards the
bench aud dinEnatedly threw the bat
amons the rest OF the sticks
As he would hayewsde the third
out Jack i9tHurely started towards
first. as though going 10 don HIS
glove fof the next inulug.
~ the mesnLlme. Flick. who 81 a
glance appreciated the ,itnHtlpn.
came tearing Ia o. the hall and
picking u mp tossed Il % "iiick'
Doxle vas out a mile
The nest inning Doyle. y b. Gas
never Asoes 10 do any coaGsing.
alayna on first 20 Deiehauty left
the bench aud started towards Doyic
as shoi0fs he iaisssase IN ds tee
coscsils stnsi Jack waved hits
back. ban Del kefs IN eoeliug.
Whes - 90 sitois q fsw tcss 81
Opyie. o. slo eao@a so- os.s-
tor Jack einee wo~o osye 700 b.
eo8as a ceaeerf"
Nuet - Year. easelBrse eeoaxa
Doyle. bet yps ras Eaoole al 700
have tess ] ao Huiop 30 .tay here
the rest Of tbs io,us ! e,oco't les
nerve Ia face iaotie" aao tack
vas az 900 ~ III word
ooe u tos fisr a,.e to3osca eye,
ga ~ 90 t0e lsoi f0oh 90 eIaeaSa in
Detroit a 6sw years 0So Frank
kltBan. 900 tporssa 10 ksouao
City last acAn0o Vac iae player 20
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-04

The sas-s,stallty al rsnro 40 qua
all balls ia to ar infieider. ne
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-05

Say, did you ever think that town
or city is only what the people make
it? There are dozens Of towns, hun
dreds of them, yes, thousands, that
have been killed off and made
grazing places just because the people
of the place who had in their hands
the direction of its destiny were not
of the right spirit. There are exam
pies all around of how few penurious
mentalities killed off every prospect
of advancement, and prevented some
town becoming city of more than
ordinary Importance. 1t is the people
that make town or build up city
Enterprise Is what wins. Talk about
one-man towns! Dozens of them can
be named-Anaconda, city of $4,000,
in Montana, was built up by the work
of one man-Marcus DAILY; Jerome,
Ariz., is the work of w. A. Clark. a
multimillionaire who has the richest
copper mine in the world there; Pull
man. ILL.,, was built up by George Pull
man, and thousands of other towns
and cities have found their existence
and development through a few enter
prising mortals. Read the census sta
tistics of the United States for the
past ten years; note the advancement,
and then think! Stand up for your
town. A half dozen men with
brains and the will to work can do
more for a town than a dozen skin
fiints who hoard their money and sap
the life out of the poor farmers and
business men who become their debt
ors. Merchants, business men, get
together, pull together, and for the
good of your town! Tell the world
of the advantages that it offers. Start
enterprises that will employ people.
Work to keep the dollars made at
home. Pick out the ones who send
away for their supplies and persuade
them to patronize home stores. Don't
be niggardly. Work with will. Get
together and make your town a
good one.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-05
Coat Made from Looms Breasts.

The breasts of S65 looms made into
a coat! This is the strange garment
shown in the window of downtown
shoe company. The manager knows
little of the history of the coat except
what is told on the card exhibited in
the window.
THE company is sending the coat
around to be shown in it's various
stores" he said. How it came into
its possession l do not know"
The breast of loon is about four
inches square and each bears a
white spot in it's center. The number
of pieces in the coat, therefore, can
be counted readily. AS these birds are
very difficult to shoot, many years
must have been required to make the
ollection-Kansas City Star.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-05
SAVED BY THE TYKE
INSTANCE OF QUICK THINK ING
ON CRITICAL OCCASION.
Probable Total Loss of Man-of War
Averted by Mere Apprentice
His Warrant Officers Uni.
form Well Merited.

Quite a number of former appren-
tiCes are wearing the uniforms of war.
rant officers in our service because
they were quick thinking boys on
critical occasions.
One of them was extraordinarily
handy with his knife one day when
the ship on board nC which he was
serving as apprentice had a swell
chance to go to the bottom. hut for
him. They were having heavy gun
and coming tower practice. The skip.
per was doing some firing from his
position in the coming tower by touch,
ing the electric button alongside OF
him. The apprentice was acting as
the shippers messenger during that
practice.
Proiectilc and charge had been
rammcd into one of the siX-inch guns
on the main deck. Some confusion in
orders came about At any rate the
skipper had his finger within a couple
of inches of the electric button ready
to press it. and thus discharge the six.
inch gun. when the apprentice was on
the job. Standing just outside the
coming tower and having from that
position a view of the gun ahead TO be
fired, the yOungSter observed that the
breeCh of the SiX-inch gun hadn't yet
been closed, and there was the skipper
on the very pin point Of touching the
button that would fire the gun with
the unlocked breech. If the gun went
of in that condition there was the
finest kind OF a chance for the recoil
of the immense piece to drive the gun
right through the ships bottom.
The apprentice didn't have much
time to think, but he didn't need much.
He figured it all ont in an instant that
if he yelled at the skipper that the
breech wasn't locked the suddcnneSs
of the yell might so startlc the skipper
that his finger would invOluntarly
come down on the button and thus
knife with the big blade was in his
left. hand shirt pocket hanging there
for its lanyard. lie had it out and
the blade open in an incredibly short
space of time, aud he made one cat,
like dab with the sharp blade of the
knife at the electric wire belonging to
the button that led right alongside
where the boy was standing by the
coming tower. The blade cut the
wire in two fraction Of a second be.
fore the shippers finger reached the
button, breaking the electric ConneC-
ton and in every likelihood prevent.
ing a tremendous calamity.
The boy was only tYkc and not
very strong, and Just as soon as he
slashed the wire he fell forward on
his face in a dead faint--an odd thing.
too, that, for boy serving on a
man-o' war, and yet the incident wasn't
any ordinary one The skipper raised
| his head the instant he touched the
button and saw what had happened &;
| the loose ends of the cut electric
wire, the prone boy and all the rest OF
| 1t. Then he darted ont of the coming
| tower and saw the breech of the big
gun still unlocked. He understood ii
all long before the boy was brought
| around to consciousness That boy
had no sooner finished his days of ap
| premiership before he wore the war
rant officers uniform of gunner.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-05

To-day a remarkable execution has
taken place in this city. the like of
which has never happened even in the
annals of Chinese executions.
The man who was executed was
found guilty of highway robbery and
sentenced to be bcheaded. He is the
seventh of the family to suffer the
extreme penalty in this city.
The parents gave birth to eight
boys, and from whatever causes it is
impossible for me to say, the whole
family have Just given themselves up
body and soul to evil. The poor old
mother escorted this. her seventh son.
to the execution ground wailing her
dreadful fate the whole way On ar
rival the magistrate, fearing she might
cause trouble. had her forcbly re-
moved outside the crowd until all was
over, when she ran back to the bleed
ing headless body of her poor boy
and again took up her wailing.-Sui.
fnu correspondence Shanghai Mercury.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-05
OHIO STATE NEWS
Latest Happenings of Interest Prepared for Our
Readers
AGE LIMIT
Put On Child Labor BY Senate, Despite
Employers Struggle.

Columbus, ON marked contrast to
the desultory work of the many weeks
that the general assembly has been in
session were the actions of both
branches. In the upper body there
were enacted into laws. save for the
governors signature, two highly i'm
portant bills in the interest of the la
boring classes. One of them, the Rey-
Iolds child labor bill, limiting the
hours of work to male children under
lS to eight hours a day, or As hours a
week, and absolutely prohibiting all
children under IA years from working
at any time, was vigorously opposed
by the manufacturers of the state en-
ploying child labor in departments
The other bill. known from the name
of IFS author, Representative Metzger,
OF Cleveland, places upon the statute
books of Ohio recommendations Of
President Theodore Roosevelt concern
ing the liability of railway servants.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-05
PLEASURES OF FARM LIFE.
Science and Invention RsvoIutionize
Methods in Agricultural Districts.

Old-fashiOned life on the farm is
fast disappearing. Things have quick
ened some and science has wrought
changes for the better. Drudgery has
been obliterated through improved
machinery and there is no reason why
the farmer of to-day should not lead a
life of comparative gentle ease. In
stead of following the Ulow he rides
the plow. The sowing of the crops
and all this cultivation is done by ma
chinery. 1t Is no uncommon thing to
find the farm house equipped with all
modern conveniences known to the
city folks, gas or electric lights, hot
and cold water and every sanitary in
novation. The telephone and the
rural delivery bring the farm close to
the town, and no longer need the
average farmer be behind the times as
to passing events. He has sufficient
leisure at his home fireside to acquire
a greater fund of information from the
daily papers and other good literature
which he receives than has the busy
merchant or professional man who re-
sides in the city.
This closer communion with the
world at large has revolutionized farm
life and has robbed it of many unde-
sirable phases. No longer does the
farmer feel abashed when among
townspeople on account of his lack of
information; rather he is proud of the
fact that he is quite as up-to-date and
well informed as any intelligent citi-
zen, it matters not where he may re-
side. This feeling on the part of the
farmer has changed his attitude
towards the home town. He has come
to realization that the distance be-
tween the farm and the town has been
annihilated and that his work on the
farm is an important thing in the
maintenance of the nearby town. He
is interested in good roads. he Is in
terested in all local Improvements.
These are matters of Importance to
him just as we'll as things directly re-
lating to his farm. The farmer is be-
ginning to realize, even more than the
merchant, the relationship of the agri.
cultural district to the home town.
1t is now up to the residents of the
villages and the small cities to study
into conditions and to place the proper
estimate upon the Importance of the
farmers work in town maintenance.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-05
OUR COUNTRY EOYS
CHANCES THAT THEY SOME
TIMES OVERLOOK.
BRAINS FOR THE BIG CITIES
Opportunities for the Rural-5orn Youth
to Gain Success by Making
His Start in His Home
Town.

There is no use in complaining be-
cause you perhaps were born on 4
farm and fortune destined that you
must get your initial business expert
once in the four-corners' grocery
store, or some other business estab-
Eshment in the home town. The aver
age country boy has kind of banker
ing for city life, and for a chance to
climb to the front. Some, however,
never stop to think that if they are
built of the proper material they will
drift there without realizing the
change. Yes, the country town is
the kindergarten of success, and if
you don't make a winning there you
might as well make up your mind to
go back to the plow.
Business men, much like poets, are
born, not made. and if one has not
the talents requisite for success in
mercantile life, he will have a hard
road to success. Business principles
are the same the world over, and the
little country store affords the gaining
of knowledge that is, necessary to the
winner The most successful mer-
chants in the world gained their start
in the country store. The greatest
statesmen found their ambitions while
following the plow. Then the country
boy should not be sorry that he is not
in the big city. The one with brains
and ability in these days will win
out. The country is the fertile field
for the growing of brains for city
use. Therein is held in reserve the
energy that goes to move the world of
business Study into the lives Of the
| great men of to-day, and you Will
find three-fourths of the most sue
cessful ones the product of the farm
and the country town. Then, if you
are country-store clerk, be thank
| full, and if you use honest endeavor in
! time you will find that instead of you
seeking the city, the city will be seek
ing you. Merit always finds its re-
ward.
What you learn, learn well. BE
thorough in everything you do. Better
be a good grocery clerk than a poor
lawyer, Better be a good plow boy
| than poor clerk. Brains backed up
by industry and honesty of purpose
are essential to success. Hours spent
in study of whatever business you may
enter are hours we'll spent. You can
never learn too much, if you only
learn rightly. Ambition is one OF
the things that assists in working
wonders. Have an aim in life, and
| let that aim be your loftiest ideal
| Once you decide upon worthy accom-
| plishment never rest until you sue
ceed. The small country store or bust
ness place gives splendid opportunity
to study. 1t has advantages that the
city store never affords. There arc
spare moments that can be profitably
utilized. Make the best of them
and remember that well-stored minc
is great capital in business, and the
talent that enables you to make the
best of what you know is an important
factor. Study, improve every min
ute; don't grumble; keep at work
and your chance will come
| d, NJ CARR
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-05
Arrested for Alleged EmbezzIement.

Troy, O. Jerry NJ. Hudson, Sec
retary-treasurer of the Piqua Core
Manufacturing Co., who, it is alleged,
has failed to give a satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION regarding $35, 900 in his keep
ing, has been arrested on a charge of
embezzlement. He asserted his inno-
cence and gave $1,500 bond pending a
preliminary hearing. William Goldie,
of Pittsburg, large stockholder,
claims Hudson failed to account for
$4,000 on January Is. When he left
the company Hudson turned over $15,-
500 worth of stock. Since then, it is
claimed, more than 5000 was not ac-
counted for. The affidavit was fled by
Goldie.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-05
NOW GOES TO THE GOVERNOR.
County Unit Bill Passes the House 5O
Vote Of 70 To SO.

Columbus, O.-The Rose county unit
local option bill passed the house by
vote of 79 to &c.
There were five abseHtees, four OF
whom were compelled to be away
either on account of sickness or death
and one of whom, DR.. Nye. of Pike
county, states that he was called out
just as the roll was about to be called
by a friend in the corridor.
The vote was conclusive. That there
were seven more than twice the mum.
ber of votes for the bill than against
it shows that the claims of the oppO-
nents Of the measure that it would be
amended or defeated were founded up
on the flimsiest sort of thin air.
The bill passed the senate several
weeks ago by vote of "a to 13. II
now becomes a law as soon as the gov
ernor attaches his signature and he
will promptly sign it.