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New-York tribune., 1908-02-10

teams with the latest model Of twirling artillery.
In vain will conservative "rooters noiu pea.e
conferences to urge universal disarmament AT
best they will succeed only in preventing un-
necessary cruelty in the new warfare. Alpt
tration committees will fix the maximum press
ure in the compressed air tanks OF the p1tcnins
machines while the men behind the guns VIII
he heavily fined for throwing dead balls But
there will be no return to hand made curves >
ON the contrary 1t is far more likely that pat
ting machines automatic back stops ana eiectf'
cal first bases will be invented to cope WIN the
Harvard terror. Does not the history OF naval
DEVELOPMENT warrant this prophecy?
Naturally the older "roOters" Will not nno tne
heart to shout themselves hoarse over machlne
made baseball Twas ever thus at every stage
in the industrial revolution; there still i've men
who firmly believe machine made shoes and era
vats to be an abomination. The younger gen
Grafton however will argue that baseball Is no
moro mechanical when the ball is pitched oy
compressed air than when hurled by dollar
power The widely separated points OF view Oh
the passing and the coming generation make
agreement upon this matter impossible. Tnere
ought TO he no dissensioD, however. over the ad-
visibility of installing mechanical umplres-
we'll built ,lmpring machine would add greatiy
to the enjoyment of the spectators by encourae
ing them to express their disgust at decisions
more freely through the medium OF bricks anu
dead cats than the police now permit.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10
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West.
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seasons and Winter Carnival
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NTpEpS MUSIC HAlG-S:la-BurIesqoe o. 4he HioAiS
WIDOW
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10

also that in some contingencies. the possi-
biitv Of which must never be ignored the
greatness of those interests may constitute n
commensurately greater temptation to alien at
tack. Precisely the same principle which dc
tates to Great Britain the necessity OF MAIN
tanning her seaward protection Of her coasts
aud of her commerce bids every other nation
to have similar regard for the security or its
essential interests, reckoning the cost OF SO
doing as nothing more than a businesslike pre-
MUM paid upon national insurance policy
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10
TO PENSION FoUR-FooTED SERVANTS

From The Boston Transcript.
The Committee on Cities gave a hearing on
Mayor Hibbard's petition for legislation TO permit
heads the fire. police, street. sanitary other
department the city of Boston to transfer TO Red
Acre Farm Stow horses used In their
partments which have become unfit for use by rea-
son Of either disability or disease Fire Commis-
sioner Wells spoke In favor OF the bill, saying that
OF the most unpleasant duties of the commits
sio Is O condemn these horses and compel their
sale by public auction. Is done. Fire horses
are selected in part for their intelligence and after
ten or twelve years association with the OF
the department attachment springs up. and IL
seems almost inhuman after they have had the
best of care and food for many years. send
them to auction to go no one knows where.
Henry c. Merwin. representing the farm. said there
are at present accommodations for twenty-five
horses, but IL Is proposed to increase the number
of stalls. He said horses sold or let for
hire. ask they given the SsSt af treatment.
There was opposition
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10

Yet in the very nature of the case it is one OF
the very easiest ordinances to detect violations
OF and it should be one of the easiest to ENFORCE
1t is a civic disgrace that in single DAY nun
dreds OF citizens should suffer actual INJURY anu
that tens of thousands should suffer discomfort
and danger because people neglect to obey and
the authorities neglect to enforce an ordinance
of elementary importance
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10
Nssn7lcrk Dailz, Ntbn,se
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1905

This newspaper is oicned and published o3
1be Tribune Association q Nctc York corpora
s:or o-fce nrf principal place of business. 7r'b-
Gne Building, No. l54 Nassau street, Ne" fo'N'
Ogden Mills, president; Nathaniel TWue' sec
veto-p and treqsurer The address Of the off,
eers is the Office of this newspaper
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10

II ia reported that, in damage suit Drought
bv a Harvard graduate against an express CUM
pany for the loss Of his medical diploma ries'
dent Eliot and Harvard professors tes'ineo 'ha'
"a diploma has only sentimental 'aiue- i"''
deposition apparently explains why STUDENTS al
allowed to earn diplomas by pursuing studles OF
sentimental value. Economically college di-
nloma is thus made a quid pro quo "in Kind
,o- courses IN Mesopotamian Mezzotints and ths
F-so..ric Mental Calisthenics OF Hegelianlsrn
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10
HOWARD CHANDLER cHRlsTY BETTER

Howard Chandler Christy. the illustrator We"
has been IN with pneumonia at hts home -
broadway and I36th street. was said last eNens
by Mrs Christy TO have passed the crisis
Walter NJ Sedgwiek. OF Nc. 500 West lSoth s'l -
who has been attending Mr. Christy. said -
IL no complications set in hks patIsnf WOW
AROUND In two weeks.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10
chased In the Chicago option market at over w
cents q bushel.

Can il be because of Mr.. Lawson's iateiy pro-
claimed opinion that the people are ali Ioo''
that Mr. Bryan. who has not hitherto 1ouho
them so wished to hold a consultation WITH INC
Boston thinker?
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10

Once more 1t is announced that China ana
Russia have come to terms on the Mancnuriah
boundary and that China Is to be permitted %
establish her regular customs service along tha1
line Let US piousy hope that this time the re-
mort is true and that the custom houses VIII
actually be opened this time. so that Russian
eoods will nav the same import duties that those
do from other lands and there will be on further
reason for not establishing the same system at
Tafren and elsewhere
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10

The news that the Deputy Commissioner OF
Street Cleaning had found that snow removing
cartmen had trick of getting their CARDS
punched twice for each load they dumped comes
in unfortunate juxtapositicn with the announce
ment that 1.-The 9th District broke all snow re-
"movaI records last week, the cards showing
that $3.50 loads had been dumped"
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10

In declining to row against Cornelfs junior
eight at the Memorial Day regatta, do the oars
men OF Columbia University Indicate rear tnat
the willy Ithacans may repeat the trick they
played 80 successfully when they put young
woman on their debating team?
New-York tribune., 1908-02-10

Having banqueted in merry communion the
first and second Thaw 1uries organized per-
manent Association of Thaw Juries, and re-
solved 10 hold an annual dinner. The new So
c,etv will prove stern training school for past
mastication speakers Any member who can
arise at any banquet after the third annual one
and say something at once witty and relevant TO
the occasion will be a word wizard. The Society
of New Yorkers Who Dote on Lobster or the
Union OF Tim Sullivan's Benefciaries can find
more themes of common interest to discourse
upon with wit and wisdom than the Thaw Jurors
can.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31
HE WAS STILL COUNTING.

A doctor, now eminent, was at one
time serving as inferno in one OF the
Philadelphia hospitals as well as hold
ing his own with a coterie OF rather
CAV friends. On a certain morning
the physician awoke to find that ne
had badly oversight Sleepily donn-
ing his attire he hastened to the hos
pital and soon stalwart young Irish
man claimed his attention,
"Well, my man, what seems to be
your troubles this morning. in
ouired tthe doctor, conccaling a yawn
and taking the patient by the hand
to examine his pulse,
Faith, sor, it's all in me breathin,
doctor. can't git me breath at all,
at all"
"The pulse is normal, Pat, but let
me examine the lung action a mo
ment," replied the doctor, kneeling
beside the cot and lying his head on
the Irishman's chest. "Now let me
hear you talk" he continued, closing
his eyes and listening attentively tor
sounds of pulmonary congestion
A moment Of silence.
"What will | be saying, doctorT'
finally asked the patient.
"Oh, say anything, Count Count
one, two, three and up, that way,
murmured the physician, drowsily,
EVAN, two, three, fur, six"
"When the young doctor, with q
start opened his eyes, Pat was con
tinuing weakly, "tin hundred an
sixty-nine, tin hundred an sivinty, tin
hundred an sivinty-wan. Success
Magazine.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31
RUINED BY Al SURE THING


A Sure thing" an inside tip" has
ruined more men than almost any
thing else. A splendid man com
mitted suicide in New York not long
ago because he lost everything on an
inside tip" for which he drew six
teen thousand dollars from the saw
ings banks-every dollar he had In
the world.
II had taken him many years Of
careful economy and self-sacri6ce to
accumulate his little fortune; but II
was all lost In one foolish investment.
We thought he was going TO make
Dig fortune; but, instead Of that,
the stock he bought went down, his
margins we're completely wiped out,
and he found himself penniless
The recent financial panic brought
to light many good illustrations Of
the possibility Of being ruined by a
"sure thing" Scores Of people who
went down, lost their money on what
they were led to believe were per-
fectly solid investments that were
Sure to win"
Thousands Of clerks, and many
other people, with their small savings
like flock OF sheep, followed the in
side tip OF some fnancier who is be-
lieyed to know what is going to hap
pen, and were ruined. The truth is,
even the most leyel-headed business
men and the most astute hnanciers
do not know what Is going to happen,
as is shown by the fact that many Of
them we're caught and seriously Grip
pied in the late panic.
There are vast multitudes OF peo-
pie living in this country to-day in
poverty, many Of them homeless
and even without the ordinary neces-
stiles, not to speak Of the comforts, Of
life, just because they could not
resist the temptation to gamble, to
risk enough to make them comfort
able in some get-rich-quick scheme,
which they were told was "sure
thing. success Magazine
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31

Phil Corell told how he and Fred
Ritschy were put to bed one night by
a motherly southern woman In her
guest chamber, tucked In lust like
mother used to do at home" and then
given q good night kiss by the tender
hearted Virginia lady, who had boy
OF her own in the field fighting against
them. Next morning their hostess
gave them fine breakfast and then
loaded them down with yams.
Some years ago the Wisconsin legis-
lature voted gold medal to Fl. e.
Francisco, living at that time In Ma.
son City, Ia, in the belief that he was
the youngest Union soldier who served
in the civil war. Francisco had en-
listed at fourteen years Of age, Very
soon stories began to appear In behalf
Of other youngest soldiers" Q, II.
Wynn Of Sioux City, Ia, had enlisted
at the age of thirteen years and eleven
months. ]. L. Keplinger Of Detroit
gave his enlistment age as thirteen
years and four months. Andrew II.
Links Of Chicago reduced this record
by one month.
Then came Gilbert Van Zandt, also
of Chicago, to take away the laurels Of
Links. Van Zandt's enlistment was on
Aug. 81, 1862, at the age of ten years,
eleven months and eleven days. He
showed that he had Joined Company
D, Seventy-nlnth Ohio volunteers, on
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31

furrow IN the neck OF AdjutaDt Bar.
tholomew, who. crazcd by the shock
and pain. staggered outside the Fed.
erhl formation and wandered almlessly
about between the lines In zone OF
Gre from both armies.
Jennie" saw what happened 10
his friend. lie rushed to the wounded
man and managed 70 pilot him 70 a
place OF reasonable safety. Giving Bar
tholomew n drink OF water from his
canteen, the little drummer dashed
away to find the reglmental surgeon.
The doctor probed the wound with his
fingers and told the boy that the adJu-
tant was done for and Il would do no
good TO move him. But after the doctor
had gone 10 other duties the boy hunt
cd up the big drum major, Charles WI
ley. who helped him carry Bartholo-
new 10 house When the Union
forces were driven hnck. Jennie" re-
fused 10 leave bis friend 10 fall into the
Eutll1 y uuHhAs AAN HhAhhNbNh ~ eN@
ting the officer into an army wagon
aud remained In attendance until Bar.
tholomew was safe In the Federal hos.
pital on Roanoke island. The adJutant
recovered and told what the boy had
done for him. More than thirty years
later Judge Langbein received the
medal OF honor for that service,
Two other young drummers from
New York we're Fred w. fsitschy and
Philip Corcll both with the Ninety.
ninth volunteers These boys were
boon companions throughout their serv.
ice OF three years. After they returned
home and grew up they married sisters
and for many years lived within few
blocks Of each other Like Jennie
Langbein, these boys saw much service
In the region near Norfolk. Va. Mr..
RItschy In later life told some interest.
ing facts about the life OF the drummer
boys.
I'VE lived the same as the soldiers
he said, "beIng served with the same
sort OF uniforms, generally too big,
and the same sort OF ratIons."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31

that date at Port
William, Clinton
county, o., by
special permis.
sion from the
war department
and that he was
mustered out at
Camp Denison
on June 9. 1865,
He drew a SOL
dier's pay and
did a soldiers
duties for nearly
three years. He
was In the battle
Of Resaca, but
later was assign
ed to duty at
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31
THEATRICAL NOTES.
Henry B. Harris Announces Plans
For Next Season.

Mr. Harris will make his first offer
ing of the year carly In August by the
presentation in New York of new
comedy BY James Forbes, author Of
"The Chorus Lady"
The sixth season Of the Hudson
Thcater will be inaugurated on Au-
gust 24th with Robert Edeson in a
new play, "The Call Of the North
by George Broadhurst, and founded
on Stuart Edward Whites story.
"Conjuror's House" Marjorie Wood
who made her debut with Mr.. Edeson
in "Strongheart' in 1904 will be Mr..
Edesons new leading woman.
Others who have been engaged 10
appear in this play are Mr.. De Witt
Jennings, Miss Beatrice Prentice, Mr..
Burke Clarke, Mr.. Macy Harlan, Mr..
David Terrence, and Mr., Lawrence
Eddinger.
Rose Stahl will open her third sea-
son In James Forbes comedy. "The
Chorus Lady at the Grand Opera
House in New York on Monday, Sep.
tcmber 9Th, after which she will make
a 28 weeks tour OF the West.
Early in September, Edgar Selwyn,
now appearing in "Strongheart," un-
der Mr. Harris direction, will be seen
in pierre Of the Plains" new play
by Mr.. Sclwyn from Sir Gilbert Par
ker's pierre and His People"
Thomas w. Ross will also have a
new play which is now being written
for him by well-known author
Henrietta Crosman, whom, in con
junction with Murice Campbell, Mr..
Harris il offering in "The Country
Girl" will open her annual New York
engagement early in the season in
this play.
Three companies Of "The Lion and
the Mouse" will be retained and sent
through the country. Company "a
opening in Pittsburg, Pa, on Septem
ber lst; Company "B" opening IN
Norfolk, Va. on September l4th; and
Company &C" opening in New Rach-
ellie, N. Y, on September 9Th. For
the first company Edmund Breese
and Dorothy Donnelly will have the
chief roles, both Of whom will be
withdrawn some time in November
in order to appear in new plays, Mr.
Breese in "The Nebraskan," four
act play by Edith Ellis; and Miss
Donnelly in a play by Charles Klein.
Mr. Harris will also produce dur
ing the carly part Of tthe season
new play by Elmer B. Harris, who
collaborated with Miss Bonnar in
SHAM" and a new play by Martha
Morton entitled "The Bell of Lib
erty."
During Mr.. Harris visit abroad he
will make arrangements with Miss
Ruth St. Dennis who appeared under
his management two seasons ago in
number of special matinees of East
Indian dances, to appear in series OF
matinees in the principal cities OF the
United States during the season OF
1908 %.
Arrangements will also be made by
Mr.. Harris while in London for the
presentation at one OF Charles Froh
mans London theatres Of Rose Stahl
in James Forbes comedy, "The Chor,
us Lady"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31

Whom he went N Washington % be
mustered out liis pony wns taken away
from him. He wanted 10 take the ami
NAL home, and he went 10 President
Andrew johnson and stated his case.
Tho president personally wrote On or
der that the boy be permitted to keep
tho pony,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31

Whooo wn' sta, %,
Union sol.
dier In tho civil
war3 Every III.
tic while this In.
tcrcsting auee.
tion N asked.
| N N 0 dia tely
springs up u arop
OF claimants. el.
thcr for them.
selves or for 9th.
ers, Very prob.
ably the young.
esI soldier ls not
now alive. aud II
alive he IL n
grlszlcd veteran.
for II is forty.
three years since
the war ended.
Mere boys were
plentiful on both
sides OF the terri.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31

headquarters to carry dispatches, Van
Zandt rode a pony during this. service.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31

Did you read Mr.. Eilers' "good
advice" TO n friend In buying a
plano published in our previous
issuef
II not, hunt up last weeks
paper and read II, because II
gives an unbiased and unprejud-
iced opinion from one OF the
best informed piano men in the
United states 10 one OF his
friends. Mr.. Eilers. the president
OF the Eilers Piano House-with
forty stores under his personal
control and with many years
experience in factory works.
beyond question better informed
on musical instruments of all
kinds than any other man In the
West, consequently his advice was
given intelligently.
To show Mr.. Eilers' thorough
ness in seeking reliable and au-
thentic information, only last
year he Travelled to Europe
thousands OF miles--to Investigate
one manufacturers product. Many
dealers would have merely taken
the instruments and sold them
regardless of what the future
might bring to the buyers - not
so MIR. Ellers--he must know, and
SO K has been with every piano
- every musical instrument -
placed in his stores for sale to
the public. and In profiting by
his experience you buy safely
and are guaranteed absolute sat
isfaction. hence the Eilers money
back IL not satisfied" guarantee
the strongest possible insurance
to their customers.
Mr., Eilers said to his friend
"Buy a Kimball pianO"-and he
gave his reasons why.
No doubt the reader is consider
inc kha r~--1>
The Detroit times., 1908-09-08
OOMlQUE Randolph & Gratloi

DeGrsw q Fuller, Comedy Acrobats.
introducing acrobatic feats and ground
tumbiinR. A Positive Juror Darling
A. Duye, Advanced Dramatic Folks.
Dancing Mckee, Dancing Master. I'ic-
torlnl Ballads, Lillian Knox ana Arthur
FIest. self-Explnnatory Animated Fea-
ture Pictures. Performance going from
loo 20 II d. m.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-08
10000 in Attendance Monday.

BY actual count. nearly 10000 per
sons attended the state fair on La.
Tor day II was NOT a jam for few
hours, but a steady. continuous rush
that began early ia the morning and
kept up until night. Thousands who
had gone elsewhere during the day
took advantage OF the cheap admission
offered in the evening and came after
nightfall.
Despite It's size. ii was a very or
derby crowd. The day was fdeaf for
business. for the multitude was there
discomfort usually incident to big
crowd Every show and eating place
on the grounds was doing a thriving
business for the multitude was there
TO see things and TO partake OF solid
and LIQUID nourishment at frequent
intervals
From IL o'clock on. the Midway was
scene OF constant excitement and
merriment The Oriental theater. the
wild west show. the wonderful clock
and the Igorrote village-all the hun
dred or so OF novelties. theaters and
plain fakes that support that noble
thoroughfare' population-were play
ing to capacity constantly.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-08


"The heads OF those highest placed
are never set too firmly. adding
shoulders; see what happened in
Portugal"
The writer OF these letters, whose
name is furnished to the public sim
ply as soldier. has been tried by
court martial and sentenced to six
days imprisonment. with the benefit
of the first offenders act. which
means that he goes scot free.
The only explanation offered for
this amazing leniency is that a medi-
cal examination showed that the pris-
oner suffered from mental weakness.
A confederate. whose name and ad.
dress he gave. has apparently not
been tried at all. Even the notorious
nervousness OF the authorities I'm deal
ing with army discipline fails to ex-
plain the virtual acquittal OF this self.
confessed Matchmaking terrorist.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-08
AIrship's Fitch. Successful.

The evening flight OF the airship was
the most successful yet attempted.
With practically no wind Lincoln
Beachey had the opportunity 10 run
his craft without trouble or danger
and he had the big gas bag going In
straight lines and angles at a speed
that must have been nEarly 20 miles
per hour. At times the searchlieht
man lost him and the crowd below
could merely catch the Outline of tue
dark bulk and hear the constant whirr
OF the engine as the airship sped
above.
Beachey's afternoon flight was cut
short by his taking along too small a
supply OF gasoline so that he had to
alight in the Midway after traversing
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Only One Accident Mars Day.
There was but one accident OF any
importance during the day. The Ocean
wave swing broke during the after
noon and spilled two score OF its pat
rons onto the ground. II was repaired
before evening. however, and was
whirling them around again at the
same old rate.
Peter j. Abt's ambulance corps was
TO the front at all times and took care
OF the people injured In the swing ac-