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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23
CLOSE RACE FOR REMNANT
In THE MINOR LEAGUES
Strenuous Championship Fights In
Many Organizations-Some of
the Final Standings.

The National and American leagues
were not the only organizations in
which the race for the remnants was
not settled until the final games. In
the Southern league the Nashville and
New Orleans clubs decided the cham
pionship on the result of the final
match, Nashville winning by shut
out. In the Western league the con-
Guiding game between Sioux City and
Omaha decided the championship in
favor of Sioux City, home run by
"Ducky" Holmes winning the contest.
In the American association the
championship was decided by the re-
suit of the games played two Gays be-
fore the end of the season, Indi1napo-
lis beating out Louisville.
In the Eastern league the Provi-
dence team was beaten out Ger the
pennant by margin of IL points by
the Baltimore nine, the last weeks
play deciding the championship. IL
the Connecticut league Springfield
beat Hartford by five points. n the
Three "I' league the Springfield team
won by margin of four points by
beating Decatur, its nearest opponent,
four straight games in the final games
of the season.
The final standing in some Of the
leagues in which there were unusually
close finishes this year will be forud
appended:
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plume across the heavens, superb
and impressive spectacle. Astrono-
mers tell us that the most probable
explanation of a comet is that while
the head consists of more or less
concentrated swarm of meteors en-
veloped in gas and dust, the tail is a
current of gas and sometimes dust
proceeding from the nucleus.
What if Mother Earth came into
collision with one of these peripatetic
objects from out the depths of space?
More than 200 years ago HALEY pom
dered over this very possibility. MAY
the great good God" said he, "avert
a shock or contact of such great bod
les lest this most beautiful order of
things be entirely destroyed and re-
duced into it's ancient chaos" In 1919
(and again in 1861 our orb actually
did move through a comets tail. No
one, however, experienced the least
shiver of apprehension. Notwithstand-
ing this, quite different state of af-
fairs is conceivable, so we are told.
Prof. w. H. Pickering of Harvard Col
lege observatory, remarks in this con-
nection that were the earth to strike
the nucleus Of large comet, like that
for instance of 1858 Oonatis), it
would be impossible to foretell what
might happen; in all likelihood the
temperature and shock would be such
that within several thousand miles of
the DOint of contact there would he
a cessation of organized life
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Copyright, 1908. by q. w. Dillingham; c
BILL SAW HIS CHANCE.
Willing to Pay Three Dollars to Get
Rid of "Old Woman"

Bill, who was employed in the ca
pacity of ostler at a wayside inn, was
standing at the yard gates with the
inevitable bit of straw in his mouth,
wondering If life was worth living.
Before leaving home in the morn
ing he had engaged in wordy war
fare with his wife, and had decidedly
come off second best
In the midst of his meditation a
break, filled with ladies on their way
to well-kpown resort, pulled up to
allow the driver to bait his horses.
After seeing to the animals, Bill and
the driver adjourned inside to refresh
the inner man.
mot much of day for a drive"
said Bill Where's yer going with
that lot?"
Co." said the driver, in an offhand
manner, "Tm going to Burnham."
After thinking deeply for few min.
utes, Bill inquired, Got room for
one?"
"Yus," was the reply. "Cost yer
two and half"
Hurriedly Bill clutched the driver
by the arm and excitedly whispered,
"Do us a favor, mate, and wait ten
minutes while / go home and fetch
the old woman and I'll give yer three
dollars, if you burn 'em good
Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
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BIG EASTERN COLLEGES
SEEKING QUARTER BACKS
All Teams, Save Princeton, Find It
Hard Work to Secure Suitable
Men for Position.

= 1t is the quarterback question tf~at
is worrying the coaches at the big
colleges. Barring Princeton, all the
members of the big five are up against
a serious proposition regarding the
most important position on the team
The Tigers have Capt. Eddie Dillon,
who is one of the greatest quarter
backs in the country. Unless the I'm
expected happens Dillon will easily be
premier quarterback of the season.
Yale loses TAD Jones, the regular
quarter, and also Dimes, the first sub
stitute for the position. Who will play
The position is a mystery. Already the
blues have tried several men.
Hopkins, of last years freshman
team, and Bingham, second substitute
on the 1907 varsity, are likely candi-
dates. There is, however, a strong
possibility that either Wheaton or
Philbin may be moved into the all-im-
portant position. These players both
played half-back last year. Wheaton
seems the most likely candidate. The
coaches are DESTROYS of having Wheat
on on the team on account of his ex-
cellent drop-kicking ability. If pos
sible, therefore, he will be broken in.
Harvard, like Yale, has lost its 1907
quarterback, and also it's principal
substitutes. Newhall played the po
sition, and although he was not such
brilliant player as Jones, Harvard
will feel his foss even more than the
Blues will note the absence of Jones.
Three men are standing out prominent
ly as the most valuable candidates for
the position at Cambridge. There is
not much to choose between them, as
all are of fair varsity caliber. G. G..
Brown, Cutler and Sprague are the
players, and each is being thoroughly
tried out by Coach Daily.
Although Cornell and Pennsylvania
both have veteran quarter-backs on
hand, each university has to face the
problem that is confronting Yale and
Harvard. Keinath is the regular quar-
ter-back of the Pennsylvania aggrega-
ton, but the coaches in Philadelphia
are either dissatisfied with his work
or are afraid that he will not be able
to last out the season.
Gardiner and Caldwell were at the
all-important position on the Cornell
team last year, and both are back this
fall Neither is particularly brilliant,
and some one may cut them out before
the season is over. Another quarter
back who will not be seen this year is
young Mount Pleasant, the star of the
Carlisle eleven of last fall.
1t is hard to get good quarterback
these days. The position has changed
so much that the man chosen must
have more attributes than any other
player on the team. He is virtually a
half-back, and so must be heavy and
strong, besides being quick and active
and the general mainstay of the team.
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MISSED POINT OF INTEREST.
When HoWeIIs Failed to See Birth
place of Famous Man.

1t was fit that on our way to Boston
in England we should pause in passing
through Cambridge That was quite as
we should have done at home, and
can only wish now that we had paused
longer, though every moment that
kept us from Boston would have been
a loss. There it was all gain, and all
joy, the gay September "a that we
went this divine journey. My compan-
ion was that companionable archeolo-
gist who had guided my steps in
search of the American origins in Lon
don, and who was now to help me fol.
low the Pilgrim Fathers over the
ground where they sojourned when
they were only the Pilgrim Sons. At
divers places on the way, after we left
London, he pointed out some scene as
ISOLATED with American saints or he
roes. We traversed the region that
George William Curtis people came
from, hard by Roxburgh, and Eliot's,
the apostle to the Indians; again we
skirted the Ralph Waldo Emerson
country, with it's big market town of
Bishops Stortford; and beyond Ely,
where we stopped for the cathedral
and luncheon, not unworthy of it,
at the station, he startled me from a
pleasant browse 1 had fallen into in
our railway carriage, with the cry:
There! That is where Capt. John
Smith was born" where? Where?"
1 implored too late, looking round the
compartment everywhere. Back
where those chickens WERE"
That was the nearest came to see.
ing one of the most famous Virginian
origins.-W. D. Howells, in Harpers
Magazine.
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A Taste for NecroIouy.

The east side school teacher had
been telling her small class some facts
concerning the life of Lincoln, and
she was now asking the children to
repeat to her such incidents of the
story as they had understood and re-
membered. One little boy volunteered
the information that President Lincoln
was dead. Immediately very small
girl in the front row raised her hand
and waved it energetically.
well, Sarah," asked the teacher,
"what did you want to say?"
please ma'am," exclaimed Sarah,
"Mr. Ickelstein in our street, he's dead,
tool"
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JOf IN fENRM
BY GEO. v. HOBART, rHUeH MHUeH.Y

Dear Bunch: Say, Bunch, I don't
think women have any business play
ing poker, anyway-that is most
women
There are few cheerful exceptions,
of course.
Take Monday evening for example.
George Riggaby dealt, and 1 being
next, passed.
Then we waited while Maude said
to Peaches, ooh! yes, I think a
bodice trimmed with moire antique
and with white chiffon over the cor
sage is perfectly stunning, but 1 want
to get house dress of green silk with
lace insertion-oh, did you see Mrs.
Wilson's new automobile coat? If she
isn't perfect fright; well, l hope"
"Pase! Pass! Pass" I yelled.
Then Mrs. Lorrenz, paying no at
tention to US, unburdened herself to
Peaches: "And do you know, our new
cook lost one Of my handsome silver
spoons that's been in our family for
generations, and I didn't dare say any
thing to her about it, because she'd
leave, and l know what trouble 1 had
last time finding a cook. But hand
some silver spoon"
What do you do?" 1 shrieked at
Peaches, who sat next to me.
What do l do? What do you
mean? What do l do"
do you pass, or do you open it,"
ooh! l pass. You needn't yell so,
I'm sure. Do you know, Mrs. Lorrenz,
the same thing happened to us, only
ours was fork; yes, a silver fork,
one of a set that Aunt Martha gave us
for wedding present, and don't you
know, when"
Then all of sudden Maude yelled,
ooh, open it. No, don't-I thought
had an ace-darnalucki"
Whereupon Mrs. Lorrenz laid her
hand down and began to count her
chips, declaring that white one was
missing.
After looking over the table and I'M
der the table and on the mantelpiece
and all around the room, she finally
found the white chip under the hand
sue udu IdiN uOWu.
When peace was restored George
Rlggaby said. "Tll open it for ten!"
~Whereup0n Mrs. Lorrenz screamed
"No, you won't. I'll open it for five!"
But you said you passed"
81 didn't"
Pardon, me, I thought you did"
Pardon, me, thought 1 didn't"
Cards." asked George, resignedly.
"Gi'me three" l said.
Three said Peaches. mo, two
no, three--wait a minute! Cline one
no, wait; that's diamond. Give me
two-no, no; give me three cards!"
That's the way with me-" said
Maude to Peaches; II get so confused
sometimes. 1 remember one evening
we were all playing over at our house,
and the baby"
"Cards?" screamed George.
Maude gave him whitening glance,
and Mrs. Lorrenz said, Zone card,
pleased" .
George gave his mother-in-law the
card, took three himself and laid the
deck down.
WELL I'd like to know where my
two cards aref" inquired Maude
scathingly.
well, I thought you stood pat"
said George.
STOOD pat; the ideal" snapped
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FOOTBALL NOTES

Yale and Princeton paid Joe Pendle-
ton a well-deserved compliment when
they chose him to referee their annual
game. Since he was graduated from
Bowdoin college In 1890 he has had
first the experience in the minor and
major school games. including those
at Andover, Exeter, Groton, and st.
Marks, college freshmen games,
games for Dartmouth, Brown, Am
herst and Williams, and latter
~ important late-season games at
Harvard and Princeton. November IA
will bring him his first experience as
a referee of championship game be-
tween two members of the "big four, -
but it is safe to predict it will not be
his last.
Jack Minds, who will umpire the
Yale-Princeton game, was one OF the
greatest halfbacks University of Penn
sylvania ever had. Incidentally the
selection of Minds is an Indication of
better feeling between the three col
leges, as Yale and Princeton hereto
fore never have had officials from
Pennsylvania.
Glenn Warner is working out three
elevens at Carlisle. He handles the
first team himself; Johnson, the bril-
liant quarterback of several seasons
ago, has the second team, and Exen-
dine last years captain, is In charge
Of the third squad.
Columbia will again have inter.
class football, but will remain out OF
the game as far as intercollegiate con
tests are concerned.
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"Pass! Pass! Pass!" Yelled.

"Pass! Pass! Pass!" Yelled.
Maude. IT never did such thing in
soy life. I'd like two cards, please"
Its too late now" I butted in.
you'll have to play your hand or drop
ont"
,"Drcp out, indeed. Well, I guess
not! George Riggaby, you give me
two cards!"
"Chn't do it; against the rules" said
George.
Against what rules?"
"Hoyle."
"Who cares for Hoyle. You gi'me
two cards!"
And so to keep peace in the family
she was given two cards-and won
the pot.
Then Mrs. Lorrenz got mad and
wanted her ante back, all of which put
US another half hour to the bad.
If / had to play hen poker very
often, Bunch, I'd have roller rink in
my pot story.
A little later on that evening
opened a jackpot, and everybody
dropped out except Mrs. Loyrenz and
Peaches.
You know, Bunch, I like Peaches.
She's the only wife I we're had, and
the only one 1 ever wish to have, and
so 1 say it from my heart that she
plays poker like a Welsh rabbit,
which is without form and full of dark
surprises.
From a social point of view
Peaches is the best fellow that ever
drew ca IDS, but judged solely on her
skill as pokerine she is what the
ancient Greeks would call Patricia
Bolivar.
Well, anyway, Bunch, to make a
long story lose it's cunning, Peaches
waved farewell after losing four dol
lars, which was all in the family any
way; bTt Mrs. Lorrenz bit her lip and
trailed.
Yes, sir, she trailed with all the
danger signals set until she had sent
seven of her good dollars to the Bad
Lands, then she called me.
Whsn ] laid down four typews5ters
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23
A Kentuckisn Tried the Process and
Found 1t Success.

There is a way to beat the storage
commission merchant and the old hen
herself; to have fresh eggs all the
time, in fact" said Marshal Raymond,
a lawyer of Paducah, KY.
"This method may be as old as the
Chinese-at least learned 1T in China
when I made a trip through the east
more than a year ago. happened to
run into the American consul general
at Shanghai while over there and when
l left he presented me with what he
said were eggs.
although they didn't look like eggs
at all-looked, indeed, more like elon-
gated mud pies with stone stuffed
in them-I faithfully brought them
home. and at last opened one.
"Sure enough, there was an egg in1
side. and when it was broken it proved
to be entirely fresh, although it may
have been in that mud for year or
more. Well, with that knowledge of
how the Cinnamon keep eggs fresh I
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Fifth avenue, and after the fifth bet
she felt wealthy enough to go there
in a cab.
Soon came the awful awakening,
and she had to put the dress back in
the store.
I don't think Mrs. Lorrenz will ever
quite recover from the shock.
She will be a saddened woman all
her life unless a rich relative dies
somewhere and leaves her seven dol
lars.
And to make matters more like a
life insurance investigation, about ten
minutes later George Riggaby stung
Uncle Gregory for 1913, which caused
uncle to go up in the air.
After bouncing between the floor
and the ceiling for five minutes he
had an internal fit, which nearly be-
came epidemic all over his system
And thus it happened, Bunch, that
these two members in good standing
in the ancient order of the Com
parions of the Cold Feet had to sit
there all evening and play them close,
trying to get their money back, which
they didn't.
The mills of the gods grind slowly,
Bunch, but once in while they grind
out something worth while.
Play poker if you must, Bunch, but
always keep your rubbers on.
This goes for the neck as well as
the feet,
Yours to the finish,
JOHN.
Copyright, 1905 by G. w. Dillingham; Coz
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on
WOMEN
AND
POKER

she called me again-but I'd hate to
tell you what
Never before, Bunch, in the history
of the game did one woman get mad
in so many different places at the
same time.
You see, Bunch, she had four deuces
all the time, and after the first bet
she began to buy new dress.
After the second bet she selected
the trimmings.
After the third bet she changed the
material and took something more ex-
pensive.
After the fourth bet she decided to
pick out an imported dressmaker on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23
FIGHTS DEv|Lf|sH
IN VESSELS HOLD.
DIVER ATTACKED BY GIANT SEA
MONSTER UNDER THIRTY
FEET OF WATER.
HACKS FOE WITH AK AND KNIFE
Finally Drives Blade Into Head of O.
topus and Is Pulled to Surface
Painting and Nearly Crushed
to Death.

San Francisco-The story of a life
Hugo's 'Toilers of the Sea" has just
been brought to this city. Wrapped
in the tentacles of a giant devilfish,
Martin Lund, a diver employed by the
Coast Wrecking Company, fought four
hours against strangulation in the
hold of the wrecked steamer Pomona,
which lies in 80 feet of water in Fort
Ross cove off the Marin county coast.
Lund arrived here after an experience
which comes to few men, and he will
take prolonged vacation before again
donning divers dress.
The devilfish had evidently entered
the vessels hold during the night, and
Lund was at work some time before
he became aware of its presence. A
giant tentacle, four inches in diameter,
first gripped one leg. Before Lund
could realize what had happened an
other had encircled his thigh.
The diver began to chop frantically
at the rubberlike bonds and at the
same time signaled to the barge above
that he wished to ascend. Unable to
free himself in time, two more ten
tacles squirmed out of the darkness
and one twined about his neck. The
efforts of the men on the surface to
comply with his signal threatened to
pull his helmet off and he was forced
to signal them to desist.
With only his left arm free, Lund
hacked at the tentacles until they
were partly crippled, but he was be-
ing drawn toward the deadly beak
when he saw the outline of the devil
fish's body. Plunging suddenly toward
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23
Easy to Keep Eggs Fresh.

sailed waole barrel of them to see
how they would do under American
mud.
81 bought them at the time of year
when they were cheap, not caring
much whether they kept or not, but
willing to try the experiment. buried
them under more than foot and
half of earth and left them for several
months.
when winter came along and eggs
went up to some enormous figure just
dug down into the earth and pulled out
that barrel. Opened to the light of day
the eggs looked as they had just been
laid. They tasted, too, as if they had
never been put away in the earth for
many weeks"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23
Leading Batters in Big Leagues.

Honus Wagner, the Flying Dutch
man of the Pittsburg club, has carried
off the batting honors again in the Ma
tional league this year. This is the
third year in succession that Honus
has led the major league in hitting. He
took part in 148 games and clouted
the ball so hard that he secured per-
centage of 1852. Mike Donlin, captain
of the Giants, who tried hard to sup
plant Wagner as the star swatter of
the league, finished second, his per-
centage being 1927. kitty" Brans-
field, the first baseman of the Phila,
delphia club, is third on the list with
a percentage of .309. Ira Thomas, the
utility catcher of the Detroit team.
leads the American league in hitting
with percentage of 1927. "Ty" Cobb,
of the same club, is second with 1926.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23
The Diver Fought FranticaIly to Free
Himself.

it, he drove the knife with all his
force into the head, repeating the
blow until he had slashed it into Sec
tons.
In it's death throes the octopus
frightened it's tentacles until the diver
was almost crushed in it's embrace.
Lund finally cut himself free and was
brought to the surface in a fainting
condition.
Another diver brought some of the
severed tentacles to the surface, and
it is hoped to raise the body and bring
It to this city for exhibition.
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Passed Male Connections.

Three women were among the SO
applicants who recently took the ex-
animation for postal clerks at Buffalo.
The highest grade, 1910, was obtained
by Miss Mary Pfann. All of the wo-
men applicants were successful, while
only 35 per cent. Of the men passed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23
Irish Wit,

An Irishman who was trying to sell
his horse was asked by the possible
purchaser if the animal was timid.
Not at all, at all, SCR. He sleeps in
a dark stable all alone every night
which is the same as saying, soir, that
he's brave fellow" replied the Irish.
man. And he sold the horse.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23
Our LEGISLATORS,

"WeIl there's one thing to be said
for public servants
whats that?"
when yau hire one, you never
have any trouble keeping him
Cleveland Leader.
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TWO Points OF View.

Old Graybeard-It's a pity 20 keep
such a pretty bird in cage.
Mrs. De Style-Isn't it shame
How perfectly exquisitely lovely Il
would look on hat!-Half-Holiday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23
Money Well Spent.

Health is an important factor to TIE
people of New York city and the pub.
lie treasury expends $1,000 each day
in looking after it.
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To Protect American Patents

To protect american Patents.
Arrangements will soon be per-
fected for the proper protection Of
American patents in Japan. At pres
ent the Japs appropriate anything they
fancy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23

Johnny Poe, Princeton, 1895, Is
helping out the Tiger coaches, as Is
also Capt. H. L. Dillon of the 1908
eleven.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-07-16

Fau
President
otcr appontees not
was lennsylvannn f1e gentleman
the
1863 He continued to reside Ynkton
age OF elghytour The
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-07-16
SHERMAN DROPS AN OFFICE
TO RETIRE FROM COMPRESSION.
Al BODY CHAlRMANSHlP.
Canvass of Political Situation Causes
Decision Of Candidate for the
vlce-Presidency.

Washington, July 11.-Representa-
tive James 8. Sherman, candidate for
vice-president on the Republican
ticket, In q short time will retire from
the Republican congressional commit
tee. of which he is the chairman.
This determination has been reached
by Mr.. Sherman and other Republic
an leaders within day or two. The
announcement of Mr.. Shermans pros
pective resignation was made here Fri
day by Senator Hemenway Of Indiana,
who, accompanied by Representative
Mckinley Of Illinois, arrived In Wash
ington from Hot. Springs, Va, where
they had been in conference for sew
eral days with Judge Taft.
The decision Of Mr.. Sherman to re-
tire from the committee was reached
only after very careful consideration
Of the entire political situation. 1t
was finally deemed wise for him to re-
linquish his duties as chairman Of the
congressional committee, largely on
account of the duties and responsible
tiles which will devolve upon him as
one Of the national candidates. 1t has
not been determined yet who his sue
cessor as chairman of the committee
will be. It is likely that Mr.. Sher-
mans formal resignation and the an
nouncement Of the name of his suo.
cessor will be made simultaneously.