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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-10

Copyright. by Bobbs-Merrill Coz u
By HENRY l.. KINER

The door slowly opened, and a hui
man head appeared in the ofing. The
head was set with a pair of intense
black eyes, and matched with thick
masses of black hair.
Lander, proprietor of the Square
Deal cafe, removed the toothpick from
his teeth and stared at the head. Then
he transferred his gaze to Col. Fay, en-
throned, as usual, at the writing desk
near the entrance-end of the bar. Col.
Fay was noncommittal. He shocked
up his red hair, flushed his red face,
and batted his red eyes at Lander, but
left him adrift.
The stranger, seeming to have reas-
sured himself, stepped within, removed
his sombrero-like hat, and whisked the
rain from it.
WET evening"" he smiled, glancing
first at Lander and then at Col. Fay.
Some subtle sense of antagonism
caused both men TO avert their eyes.
~Unabashed, the stranger continued to
whisk the March rain from his black
garments, smiling enthusiastically.
1T brings to mind" he again sought
the unresponsive eyes of the two men,
who watched him furtively in the glar-
ing gaslight, the r%ollicking little poem
which | was accustomed to rscite in
my schoolboy days. | fitted a kind of
tune to it, in fact, and sang it, also.
1T rains" cries the schoolboy. "Hur-
rah!" and his shout
Is echoed through parlor and hall,
While quick as the wing of a swallow
he's out,
And his schoolmates respond to his
call.
THAT amt quoted correctly"
growled Landor. The strangers as
sumption of literary skill was, some,
how, distasteful to Lander.
why, the very first go-off," snarled
Lander. The poem says 1t SHOWS"
q merely adapted the verses to the
weather" said the stranger, ~suavely.
But it is odd what a .porridge of
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DARING ACT OF A TRAINMAN.
Climbs to Front of Engine and Makes
Heroic Rescue.

Marion r. Lux, a locomotive fire
man or the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad, was awarded a silver
medal and the sum of $1,000 toward
the purchase of a home for his act
in %rescuing a child from in front of his
locomotive.
The train was running about 25
miles an hour when the engineer saw
a child on the tracks about six or
seven car lengths ahead. He whistled
and put on brakes. Lux, realizing that
5..nething was wrong, sprarg from his
seat on the left side Of the cab, and,
looking ahead, saw the child, who
had then fallen across the rail. Luz
went through the cab window and
along the running board TO the pilot
beam and then over the handrail, but
seeing that he Conld not reach the
f]ootboard of the pilot in time, he
plunged forward with arms extended,
intending to clear the rail and knock
the child from the tracks.
Instead he landed on his stomach,
but instantly rolled over and clear of
the track, carrying the child with him,
the wheels of the locomotive, which
had then been slowed to ten miles
an hour, almost grazing the two.
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impossible.

Bishop Potter" said a New York
clergyman, was progressive, but he
thought that some churches went too
far in their effort to attract the pub
lie.
He was talking TO me very serious
ly one day about churches that give
moving picture entertainments, and
hire actors and opera singers, and
have billiard rooms, and allow smo-
king-and all of a sudden he broke
off with a laugh.
why, JIM he said, if this keeps
on things will come to such a pass
that when the wife, putting her head
out of the window at three in the
morning and sternly asking her hus-
band where he has been, will be met
with the startling reply:
"I been-hic-to church, m DEAR"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-10

Moroccan situation. Germany's rec
ignition of Muley Hafid as the actual
ruler of Morocco has stirred UP French
feeling, and considerable excitement
IA caused by the recent clash at
Casa Blanca between French gendar-
merle and deserters who had taken
refuge in the German consulate. Mu-
ley Hafd, however, is regarded now
as the sultan de facto, and he appears
TO be willing to fully recognize the act
If Algeciras which was binding upon
his brother, Abdul Aziz, whose throns
ne now occupies. His recognition by
the powers Is expected to pacify Mo-
rocco. Diplomatic circles are eagerly
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in the Kitchen or on the roof. Lizzie
thought it was time to move the boat,
go she took her friend down the din
'ng room BY that time she was black
In the face and hot under the collar.
1T wasn't long before the human
anchor got tired of torturing the pan,
and she invited Mrs. S~tarve-em up to
meet her friends. The old lady lost no
lime climbing the stairs, and was in
reduced all around.
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errors some people do make Of the
English tongue" Here he gave his
long black cOat a more than ordinary
flip, to shed the water, and a huge
roll of bank bills fell to the floor. AS
he stopped to pick up the money. he
kept repeating 1T rains" 1T SHOWS"
at rains 1T SHOWS as if he found
the repetition ~grOtesquely amusing.
The size of the roll was not lost on
Landor nor on Col. Fay, while Bud"
Filler, tout and card-sharp, who had
emerged from his customary booth at
the far end of the long room, just in
time to see the strangers "wad,"
murmured something about it's being
big enough to choke a COW.
ut rains! 1t snows," The man in
black stood stripping a string from the
roll: And I've been admonished for
not quoting correctly! /, an honor
man at Harvard; TO- head of the Eng
lish department at the CRATER Prepar-
atory school. When the principal paid
me off the other day, retaining me for
another year, he called me master of
the tongue. And here ] am subjected
10 criticism by a saloon keeper with a
hash annex! Oh, this is rich! This is
indeed rich!"
Look here" struck in Lander.
angrily, Il don't know who you are,
and don't care; but you m~isquoted
that poem, and /"
ITO err is human. We all do it,"
said the man in black, Strengthening
out the bills, which he had laid care
lessly on the counter. ct rains and
1t SHOWS are short sentences, but I'll
a that there's not a man in the
room who can repeat them after me
correctly, With the addition of another
sentence of two words
Landor's keen eyes searched the i'm
passive face of the stranger.
do you take this for a feeble-mind-
ed institute?' flashed the now exas-
perated proprietor.
There it goes again." The mans
tone was patronizingly compassionate.
This good man means to ask If l mis-
take this beanery, but he says take
for mistake No, no, he could never
say three little sentences correctly"
Maddened, Lander walked behind
the counter. straight to the safe, and
brought forth a stack of bank notes.
ITS a case Of the other fellows
game cautioned Col. Fay. In a
whisper.
Game. n%othing!" fired Landor. "!t's
no game. II can't repeat three two
word sentences after they're plainly
pronounced. then it's me for the SIM
ple-house. I'm going to skin him. He
has rooms to let" Lander spoke In a
low Rrowl, tapping his forehead with .
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Wants New Fire REGULATION.

Chief Belt of the Washington fire
department is working for a new regu-
lation TO prohibit the stabling of horses
On any but ground floors of buildings
IN the District OF Columbia. In all Of
the numerous stable fires that have
occurred il The District of Columbia
during the last 40 years" says the
chief, Il have never known of a horse
being rescued when il was stabbed
above or below the ground floor and
the fire originated on the first floor
Disregarding the danger to which
horses are exposed when stabbed
above or below the ground floor of
any building, it should also be borne
in mind that the rescuing of horses
from a burning stable is one of The
most hazardous duties devolving upon
the members Of the fire department.
These animals become panic-stricken,
cannot be led. and the firemen are con.
stantly exposed to the danger of being
knocked down and trampled p
This Is true in the case of horses
stabbed on the first floor, and when
they are kept on any floor above or
below the first floor the danger Incl.
dent to their rescue is corresponding.
ly increased"
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Idols at Ten ShiIlinss a Dozen.

Confirmation has just been given at
Birmingham police court to the often
made assertion that that city is the
birthplace of many of the idols and
images which collectors bring from
abroad. An auctioneer's porter was
charged with stealing over 100 Japan
csc images. 1t a stated that they
were manufactured in Birmingham
from material bearing a resemblance
to ivory. and were sold to the trade at
ten shillings a dozen. The porter was
sent t o jail for three months.-London
Tit-Bits.
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The best-dressed man in the world
is the young king Of SPAIN" said a
tailor. Lock at his photographs in
the weeklics. For grace and correct
ness his clothes are unique.
"Everything is right in this young
mans get-up. His hair, his hat, his
boots, the fit and height of his col
lar, the knotting of his tie, the cut OF
his coat, the hang of his trousers
everything is right, and makes a rule
that the world goes by.
King Edward for Is years has been
hopelessly out of it as an arbiter Of
fashion. The prince of Wales, little
and i~nelegant, had never any inlu-
ence. King Alfonso fills a long-felt
want. Indeed, before he grew up the
world was p~aradOXically saying that
the only well-dressed man was Miss
Vesta Tilley, the male impersonator."
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BOARDING HOUSE JOYS
Last Night a Certain Party Called OF His
Friend Lizzie.

There was a woman there who bur-
led a husband and six children all in
one week, and the old lady was right
in her glory. She came back with her
own bushel of troubles, and how she
put two of the grandest meal tickets
that ever lived under the sod; though
you know yourself the last one beat
everybody in the neighborhood, even
to the poor blind newswoman on the
corner. Then the old lady lost her
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.AD

fat forefnger.
I'd like some of that, friend" SAID
Filler quietly.
Plenty for all while it lasts The
stranger lingering his money, watched
Filler Q~uestioningly. Filler made it 500
1t was promptly covered.
let us understand this, now" NUT
tered Lander from behind the bar, as
he faced the stranger. This man
he turned to Filler and the colonel
'is to pronounce three sentences in
plain English; two of these sentences
are to be 1T rains 1T SHOWS Like
these, the third sentence is to be of
two words. If l repeat after him these
three sentences, / win. If | don't pro.
nounce them the first trial, | lose. AS
Col. Fay is not betting, I'll suggest
him as judge and stakeholder. Are
these the terms" addressing the
stranger, "and is the judge agreeable
to you?"
1T is all understood, and your selec.
ton of ~referee-you should have said
referee, not Judges entirely salts,
factory"
The man watched Landor's hand7
with a humorous CLEAN in his eyes, as
If he knew of Landor's baleful glare.
The hands having angrily counted of
a thousand dollars, the stranger took
up his roll, and stripped off a like sum
The money was then all turned owe to
the tender though uncertain mercies
of Col, Fay.
"Landor, still facing the stranger
across the bar, braced himself for the
ordeal. His face was set, the lines
hard-drawn, like the face of a wrestler
nerved for a supreme effort. The
stranger, smilingly confident, leaned
yer the bar, getting his face as close
as might bs t. Landor's Filler hardly
breathed.
1T rains"
The tones of the stranger were
melodious and distinct.
1T rains"
Watchfully apprehensive, Lander
breathed hard, though he pronounced
the words correctly. There was a mig
when and how would he jump? Ian,
dor, deep down where he lived, wished
himself well out of it.
1t snOWs!"
StiIl smiling, the man in black
leaned far over the bar, and looked
the blinking eyes of Lander.
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New Dignitary at the Capital.

The Guatemalan minister attended
a reception in Washington recently
AS he was leaving he said to the
negro who called the carriages: Call
the carriage OF the Guatemalan min.
ister-you understand; the Guate
malan minister" yes, sir, under
stand perfectly, sir" he replied, and
then shouted az the top Of his lungs:
"The carriage for the watermelon
minister"
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THEIR MENTOR LOST
LEGISLATORS WILL MISS AIMS
WORTH r. sPoFFoRp.
Head Of National Library, Recently
Deceased, Credited with Most
Phenomenal Memory of Any
Man That Ever Lived.

A man who will
be missed is Aims
worth r. Spoford.
librarian of con-
gress between
the years of 1864
and 1897, and
from 1897 until
his death in New
Hampshire h e
other day, Chief
Assistant Libra
rian Of congress.
All told, he had
been attached TO
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london's New Architecture.

Every one who uses his eyes In the
streets Of London must be aware that
q remarkable effort Is now being made
to produce q new kind of architec-
ture, both practically and esthetically
suitable to its conditions.-London
Times.
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Idaho Ahead of Egypt.

America has now triumphed over
Egypt and India in holding what will
soo be the largest irrigated tract OF
desert land in the world. This is what
in the State of Idaho. The ultimate
area under irrigation, when the entire
Twin Falls project shall have beer
completed, will be 100000 acres.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-10
Locomotives for Austria.

American and English locomotives
are to be used largely on the private
railroad lines in Austria, about 1000
miles of which are TO be purchased by
the government next year at q cost
of about $15, 000, 600.
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At the time he casts his first vote q
man is too young to realize that he
doesn't know Ii all.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-25

Y A hot one to the right field by
Johnny Mackin in the ninth inning
scored two runs for Spokane and
won the game against Butte yes
terday by the score of 3 to 2. That
makes four out of six in the Butte
series. 1t is doubtful IL ever before
SO many people have crowded the
grandstanL and bleachers. They
were sandwiched in, sitting in the
aisles and standing up, as crowded
as the average late streetcars.
Galaski pitched for five innings
that slow ball Of his and the husky
miners couldn't much more than
rap it out of the infield. In the
sixth. however, Jensen was sent in,
as Galaski was weakening fast and
knew it, For the rest of the game
Butte got no runs or hits. Up to
the fifth they had secured five hits
and two runs off Galaski. But that
was all they got.
Spokane made one run in the
second inning and Jocko Thomas.
who wasn't in the best shape pos
sible, with fine assistance held the
lnjuns in hand until the ninth.
Jocko gave eight hits and walked
four
Claffin was all in Saturday at the
finish and forced in the winning run
of an II inning session with a
base on balls after he had hit two
men. He had just finished a des-
perate try for third base on a long
hit that Clynes headed off at third
with perfect throw from deep
left. Hall should have pulled Claflin
out. Wright was in bad shape also,
and Jensen went in for him at the
last. Clynes tied the score in the
eighth with frightful steal home,
and Clafin's helplessness ended it
In the 18th, although the Indians
must have got 1t anyhow. for their
horseshoe was working. The score
was 4 to 8.
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SUMMER HOMES FOR OFFICE BOYS
Y. NJ C. A. BOYS CAMP ON SHORE OF LAKE CHAPLAIN,

NEW YORK. May pa country
home for every New York Office boy
for So a week!
That liz what the New York Y.
NJ. c. A. Is Offering
When the office boy, or any other
boy for that matter, finishes his
days work. he can board the com.
muter train or the interurban car
and perchance ride home beside his
millionaire employer, who is like
wise headed for the hills and the
smiling arch of the blue country
sky.
All the different branches OF the
Y. NJ. c. A. maintain camps in some
section of the state. as convenient
as possible to the city. 1t Is posi-
BILE for the boys to live in these
camps for about So week. and go
work every day,
The largest camp conducted by
the state department of the Y. M.
G. A., located on the shores OF Lake
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-25
AUDITORIUM.

The Shirley Co. has another of
the productions it is strong in this
week with "The Mlssourians." The
play supplies the usual heroic, vii
famous and comedy parts Of melo-
drama staged to the necessities of
the occasion. Ethel Won Waldron
is playing the leading part this
week with George McQuarrie, and
they emerge into blissful matri-
mony through tangle of war and
woe that brings out some good act
ing Jack Amory heads the com.
edy list as a Missouri sheriff, and
the caste has plenty of opportunity
in working out the climax.
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ing stunts which amazed the major
leagues.
Theoretically a first basemAn
should be long and rangy," said the
Yankee wonder, discussing his posi-
ton. He requires height and
reach to get the high and wide balls
shot toward him from all corners
during the season. He must be well
muscled, for the position requires
so much reaching and stretching
that muscle is required to cover
quickly from some of the positions
one is drawn into.
"A young first baseman ought to
begin by trying to cover as much
ground as possible. Sc should play
not only back of the bag, but as far
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-25

Champlain. has been in existence
for a number of years, and is call
ed Camp Dudley in honor of the
founder, Sumner f. Dudley. A per
manent site has been secured on
which the camp is to be located
every summer.
The camping season usually COW
ers a period of 10 weeks. During
this time the boys sleep in water
proof tents and live in the open air.
A lodge. now in the course of con-
struction. includes a kitchen. store
room. ice house, dark room and a
mess hall seating POO.
The camp has workshop. Ii
brary, base ball and athletic field,
tennis courts and swimming appar-
atus. A hospital tent is also a part
of the institution and Is under the
supervision of a skillful physician
The camp expects to enroll over
1000 members this year. from July
to September
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-25
COLUM BiA

The new bill opened last night
with the Lewis and Lake company
in musical comedy, THE Egyptian
Princess" The feature of this was
Coming Around the Horn" sung
to the accompaniment of musical
effects that gave'a very pretty rep
resentation of the fleet sailing into
the Pacific. The management was
disappointed in a couple of vaude-
vile numbers, which are expected
to be here for tonight's bill, but
there was no complaint on last
evenings entertainment, the house
being packed for both perform
ances. The comedy bill for the
week brings out a lot of fun, and
the chorus work is better than
usual
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-25
ALL The KIDS CAN
GO TO the CIRCUS

The Sells-Floto circus. to be here
June 4 and S. will entertain free
during their engagement in Spo-
kane the newsbOys of the city. H..
II. rammen. general manager of
the show and owner of the Denver
Post. began his successful business
life as newsboy.
The big show has also invited to
be their honOred guests the after
noon of June the children of the
Home of the Friendless, the ST.
Joseph's home and the Northwest
Homefinding society.
The Sells-Floto circus is en- route
to Chicago, where for two weeks it
will exhibit under the Shriners for
charity. This will be the greatest
circus charity event ever pulled off.
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NEAR
SECOND PLACE

II Aberdeen loses and Spokane
wins their next games, the Indians
will then be settled in second
place for the first time this season.
Spokane has appeared to have the
goods on Butte during the past
series and there seems no good
reason why she shouldn't trim
Butte on the Butte grounds this
week.
But Aberdeen will have some,
thing soft in Vancouver, so 1t will
be nip and tuck between Spokane
and the Lumberjacks for that Sec
onu place.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-25
PANTAGES

The house has collection OF
queer things in the line of vaude.
vile this week and none of them
are bad. There is Della phone, the
human telephone, for instance And
there Is the Golden Gate quintette,
featured on the bill in colored song
and dance and impersonation
With them are the Bananas. really
great club swingers. and the Yalto
duo In breakdown dances that make
you dizzy. Rose Bush furnishes the
single act musical feature with so
prano selections. and Crawford and
Meeker do fast monologue stunt.
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WASHINGTON

The new bill this week is merry
mixup with good musical special
ty in Oscar Lorraine, violinist. he
is a peculiar and fascinating play
err. The big athletic number is the
Elton-Polo-AldO troupe in aerial &C
robatics of sensational flavor. The
rest of the bill is all fun. Thos. Leo
and Jessie Chapman have a warm
thing in a sketch called Wanted
A Donkey" and there is another
neat little farce, "A Phantom
Rival" by Lillian Hale and COM
pany. Harry Pilcer has new and
happy hit song to go with his
dancing,
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head off a runner at second or third
by getting the bunt quickly and
shooting the ball to the sack guar
dian
Practice picking up ground balls,
for the man who can scoop out of
the mud poorly thrown ball is a
valuable asset to team. Many an
otherwise crack-a-jack first base
man falls down when it comes to
picking a ball out of the dirt. The
fact that the man making the throw
is responsible for the error does not
enter into the calculation. The first
baseman is there to get the ball and
he must leave nothing undone to
make him as nearly perfect as pos
Sible"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-25
SEATTLE AND TACOMA
win ON COAST

At Seattle yesterday Aberdeen
and Dugdale's heroes gave a fine
exhibition of corner lot baseball.
Score: Seattle II, Aberdeen 10.
Aberdeen used three pitchers and
Seattle used two.
At Tacoma yesterday Vancouver
was defeesed 5 to 6. Erickson S
wildness in the pinches caused Van
Couver's defeat.
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AT THE THEATERS
NATATORlUM.

The cold weather that has follow
ed the Virginia Brissac Co. for ev-
cry opening was on tap last night
for Eugene MOckbee's production,
Where Men Are Game" It's bit
of cowboy drama that ought to go
well, as the company is putting on
some first rate acting.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-25
Special Correspondence to The Prsss

special correspondence TO The Press
NEW YORK, May 25-Hal Chase
is the greatest first baseman living.
The California boy set the baseball
world on fire when he joined the
Yankees. He has it on other first
basemen SO far that there is no use
comparing him with anyone else.
1t was Chase who showed the 9th
re fellows how to come in on bunts.
Instead of moving in a few feet, he
dashed up almost to the plate, leav-
ing the bag to the care of the sec
ond baseman. 1t was Chase who
demonstrated that it was possible
for first sacker to cover almost as
much ground as a shortstop and
who uncovered doben other field
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-25
BRADLEYS LEAD LIST

The Bradley Engineers defeated
the Cubs Z to A, and the Union
Iron Works won from the Dodds
4 to 3, in the City league yesterday.
The Bradleys are now well in the
lead for the pennant.
Phil RAM, who plays left for the
Bradleys. slammed out three triples.