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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-19

lighted bedrooms upstairs, with a
bathroom between them opening of
from the hall.
You can have as many Ct thes
closets as you want by building EN-
under the low part of the roof the
sides of the bedrooms, in space L at is
not otherwise utilized.
In designing this little house the
cost has been kept down as mus as
possible by making it very plail and
leaving out all unnecessary furb, ows
that cost extra without giving pl por-
tomato returns.
Such houses are very much il de-
mand on large farms. If farmers ould
build houses like this and place them
in nice locations near the higl ways
they would have less difficulty Sc
curing good farm help. One ason
why men object to farm work / hat
their living accommodations ally
are about hundred years behi the
times. 8his is unnecessary. is
time for farming communities t. AXE
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-19

comfortable home for small family
at a moderate cost and that is what
this design is intended for
After you become thoroughly tired
of paying rent and decide to build for
yourself, if your family is small and
you can manage with two bedrooms,
then study this plan over carefully. 1t
is very compact, has three comfortable
rooms down stairs and two good we'll
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-19
up to the demands Of modern civiliza-

ticn.
Houses built after this design look
very well when made Of cement and
it often happens that a cement house
can be built in a village or country
place as cheap or cheaper than wood
When sand and broken stone can be
easily gotten together the cost of mix
ing and putting the materials together
in the mold is often less than the car
penter work on frame house, but this
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-19
ARCHITECTS
AUcTloNEER
M. M. FsENDAL'L

M. NJ. F1ENOAEE.
Real Estate and Merchandise Auc-
pioneering Speciality.
Feb. 10, 1s09-E[ouse and lot at ZIG
North Third avenue, at $3.50 p. M, also
vacant lot at 500 North Second street,
at $3.50.
Tuesday, Feb. IS, 1sOs-House and
lot at 6o3 North First avenue lat 2:30
p. m.
Cali or write for dates. Room IA,
woodbury. building Marshaltown, Ia.
office phone "a, residence phone 3o7
red.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-19
The Philosopher Of Folly

The Philosopher Of Folly.
when a man thinks about how
great man his baby IL going to be
when he grows up" says the Philos-
opher of Folly, "he bushes at his own
comparative insigniflcance." - Cleve-
land Leader.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-19
After the Failure.

HIk0b Iu0 0u0sSs
Mrs. Scraggs-My husband hasn't
Q dollar In the world, and l think l
am entitled to a divorce.
Mrs. Baggs-On what grounds?
Mrs. Scraggs-On the ground that
I married him for money.-Puck.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-19
Race Riot.

Mrs. Thims-Land sakes, Maggie!
What's all that disturbance in the
kettle?
Maggie-That's jist the potatoes
nghtin' wit the sausages, mann
Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21

this lesson and he has contributed a
large share of the 172 in comparison
to his yanking of slabmen in other
years. The hitting is not so strong as
in the past. That is shown by the av-
erages. 1t must be that the managers
are growing wise.
Who is the most dependable pitcher
in the league right now? Fans ask this
question and there is a solution. He
is none other than that ancient hero
of the slab, Stoney McGlynn, the Mil
waukee twirler. This old tar has been
yanked but once this year and that
was in Columbus when he was sick
man. The slabman who can go the
full route every time but once, win
ten and lose six, get six shutouts, a
one-hit, two-hit, five-hit and two each
of three and four hit games is going
at some pace. Olmstead of Mime
apolis, is another remarkably reliable
twirler. He has gone the full route
every trial but once and has won IL
and lost six; five of his victories being
shutouts.
McCIoskey took McGlynn with him
from the ST. Louis Cardinals. He has
been pitching for 20 years and is still
a good one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21

this are countless in number and
varied in style, but there is a special
weakness for the fussier thing. Such
materials as admit of pretty handwork
-tucks, embroidery and dainty lace
edgings-are much to the fore for out
of-town wear.
Everything now shown, in fact, sug-
gests GOODNESS, guimpes and sleeves
being only an excuse for concealment
with their unlined nets, tucked gauzes
and open eyelet needlework; while
coats have dropped sleeves entirely
and headgear assumed something like
touch of reason.
Altogether, there is a rural flavor
upon the town; Powered calico holds
a choicer place than silk, as far as the
counter goes, and in the milliner's
window field posies and pale grasses
vie with the farmers fruits for no
tice, their simple prettiness quite put
ting the more gorgeous flowers to the
blush.
The lingerie headgear is most
charming, and though the prettiest of
this is, of course, for misses and chill
dren, there are very smart muslin hats
for women, which, with their frills
and ribbons, go delightfully."- with GER
tain quaint frocks in the same ma
terials.
A misses gown of almost classic
simplicity is pictured here, but if the
material is carefully chosen a gown
in this model could be worn on the
most festive day occasion and even on
a smart evening one. The dress is
suited, however, to any service, for
all that is needed is to suit the ma
terial to the use required. For really
fine frock, white or pale cream shan
tung, both of which wash beautifully
often, and always clean superbly, will
be a rewarding material, as no matter
how plain a gown is, this rich silky
texture creates a look of great ele-
gance.
The scallops in this case could be
done of hand embroidery, and the but
tons be Of silk embroidery, while a
somewhat handsomer textile than net
should be employed for the long
sIeeved guimpe. A parasol in the
same material as the dress makes the
get-up very fetching, and the deep
basket hat would be lovely if of pana-
ma or leghorn, with a white, deep
blue, rose-colored or black ribbon.
For this little dress eight yards of
shantung, pongee or linen q inches
wide, and two yards of tucked net IS
inches wide, will be required by
medium figures.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
WHY LEFT-HANDED BATTERS
CANNOT HIT SOUTHPAWS
Curves of Right-Handers, Which They
Are Used to Reversed, Given
as the Cause.

If left-handed batters cannot hit
left-handed pitchers as well as right
handed hitters can, several fans
have written to know why a left-hand-
ed hitter cannot hit right-handed
pitcher better than right-handed hit
ter can?
1t is true that left-handed hitters
usually have great trouble in hitting
left-handed pitchers, but it is also true
that right-handed hitters have a lot
Of trouble themselves at times. That
does not answer the question, how
ever, for their troubles are not so
great.
AS a rule, all batters prefer to hit
a ball curving in toward them rather
than one curving away from them. A
bail that curves in so as to come di-
rectly over the plate is "pie" for the
heavy hitters. Such a ball is easier
to hit than fast one outside, and the
players frequently refer to it as zone
in the groove"
There are in reality only two balls
thrown-the curve ball and the fast
ball. The others are merely varia-
tions. The curve ball of right-hand
pitcher, commonly known as an "out-
curve" always curves to the left from
the man who throws it. That is, it
curves away from a right-handed bat
ter. Naturally, it curves in to left
hand batter. The left-handed hitters
get in the habit of hitting this curve in
all it's variations thrown by a right
handed pitcher, and when a southpaw
comes along they are lost.
The curve of the left-hander is ex-
actly the reverse of that thrown by the
right-hand batter and away from the
left-hander. Having been trained to
hit the ball curving into them, the
left-handers find themselves reaching
out for the curve of the left-handed
pitcher and missing it. Another thing
that gets them is for the left-handed
pitcher to start a curve ball straight
for their bodies and bend it over the
plate. If a Highlander should throw
a curve like that to left-hander it
would be wild pitch, as it would go
behind the left-handed batter. Then
when they dodge the southpaw's curve
it breaks over the plate and they are
left standing there looking foolish.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
A TabIier for New Gown.

Swinging stoles, or tabliers, richly
embroidered or incrusted with beads
and weighted with fringe, are fea-
ture of new Paris frocks for cere-
monious wear. One handsome cos
tune shows five of these tabliers
hanging over a satin gown and laced
together to give the effect Of tunic.
Over black lace or net evening frock
a gold-embroidered tablier is very
stunning, and any woman could make
this dress accessory at home. The
tablier should hang straight from the
bust or high girdle, and should be at
least four inches wide at its narrow
est part. The lower edge, near the
foot, is rounded off in broad tab fash
ion, and is weighted by fringe. The
tablier is embroidered with soutacbs
braid or coarse silks, and the Pharaoh,
or Egyptian, patterns are most popu-
lar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
Old Cub Leader Dead.

Frank G. Selee, for IL years man
ager of the Boston National league
baseball club and later manager of
the Chicago Nationals, died at the
Elks home for consumptives at Den
yer, Col. Selee was one of the most
noted major league managers in base
ball During the time he was in big
league company, he brought out seven
championship teams, his great success
being achieved with the Boston Ma
tionals. Selee's record was five pen
nants, all gained in his II years serv-
ice as manager of the Boston club.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21

The Boston Red Sox have pur-
chased ''PIumduff'' Duffy Lewis, the
sensational slugger of the Oakland
club of the Pacific Coast league.
Manager Bresnahan of the st. Louis
National league baseball team has re-
leased Pitcher More to Boston and
Pitchers Higgins and Rhodes to the
Little Rock (Ark.) team. Pitcher Bar
ton has been purchased from the
Portsmouth club of the Ohio State
league.
There are former Highlanders with
every American league team-Niles
the Athletics, Unglaub and Conroy
with Washington, Ball and Goode with
Cleveland, , Moriarty with Detroit,
Dougherty and Hahn with Chicago,
Howell, Powell, Williams and Hoff-
man with st. Louis.
First base is being better cared for
in the American association this sea-
son than in any time since the league
operated in 1902 as an outlaw thorn.
Look at the hitting of OdYell, Free
man, Gill, Flynn, Beckley and Carr,
and you will find nearly all of them
800 men or Whereabouts. Mccain and
Sullivan are not far behind either
as timely swatsmen. All of these
men are above the average, too, as
fielders.
Ban Johnson says Detroit will have
no cinch for the pennant. ''Those
Athletics are coming awfully fast, =
says Ban.
Detroit has turned over to Little
Rock one Pitcher Allen, a collegian,
who is in need of more seasoning.
There was no room for him on the
Tiger staff.
Catcher E. V. Spencer, familiarly
known as Tub" has deserted the
Boston Red Sox, declaring he will
join the California outlaw" league.
Tub" packed his buds and hiked for
the coast.
Bob Spade, the Cincinnati heldout
pitcher. has been reinstated by the
national commission upon payment of
the customary 500 fine.
Ted Sullivan, the globe trotter, is
now looking over a few eastern play
ers for the Chicago White Sox.
Manager McGraw of the New York
National league baseball club is ne
gotiating with the Boston Nationals
for the return of Catcher Bowerman.
1t is understood that Boston will ac-
quire several players in exchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
Fred Clarke Will Stick.

"All reports that I have announced
that I would quit baseball next fall
or at any other time are false" says
Fred Clarke, manager of the Pitts
burg club. 'I have always said that
when I got ready to quit I would tell
Barney Dreyfus first. haven't told
him, and don't expect to, as long as
1 can manage and play with as good
a team as the Pirates" Clarke doesn't
look as though he was old or feeble
or tired. He admits he is the hap.
piest he has been since he won a
pennant in 1903.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
Biooest Break on Spit Ball.

Speaking of spitballers. the Toledo
American association players are a
unit in saying Grover Gillen had the
biggest break of a splitter ever in the
American association. Grover couldn't
quite control it, and often didn't use
it, for the Toledo catchers couldn't
handle 1.-THE break was so sharp
and so big. Grover never knew just
where it was going and circumstances
forced him to abandon it and leave
Toledo for Denver.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Hoping for much in others is help.
ing them to it.
Every shadow in life is evidence of
a sun somewhere.
Lifting little loads helps lot more
than describing big ones.
Good intentions in sowing tares Will
not make them come up as wheat.
The only way to move mountain
tomorrow is to take pickax today.
The more man you put into religion
the more religion you will give men.
Big words in the meeting do not
make up for short weight in the mar
ket.
The home is never frightened by
the roseate hues on the end Of a
nose
The straightest road to heaven is
that one on which you can do most
good.
The only powers that know en-
joyment are those that find employ
ment.
Your faith is not measured by
your appreciation of the faults Of
others.
He who does not preach with what
he is will never persuade with that
he says.
The dead saints are the only good
ones according to the canon of mega
tive virtues.
Too many think they are saints be-
cause it makes them sad to see
child happy.
No man ever knows anything about
heaven except as he tries to make
some one happy.-Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21

1t is becoming apparent that Wild
Bill Donovan, late premier twirler of
the American league, will be of little
use to the Detroit Tigers this year.
He is again under the care of an os-
teopath, who assures him that his arm
will come around all right" But
the fact remains that the season is
half gone and Bill has appeared in
only three games. One he won, one
he finished, but blew up, the other he
was knocked off the slab. Jennings
processes hope for him, but the fans
have little.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
SUMMERS CYNIC.

When an old girl needs spectacles,
how she fights the idea!
Men always admire a woman who
wears white underskirts.
Every man must do certain amount
of whining to some woman.
A good many of your tragedies prob
ably look like comedies to others.
If you want to please your friend,
get through talking so he can begin.
The Missourians say hat when a
woman begins to make money she
never lets up.
There are some houses that always
look as if the front hadn't been opened
since the last funeral.
Don't make a nasty muss by blowing
your brains out. if you want to kill
yourself, drink lots of ice water.
We hope that when the girls go to
heaven their gowns will not gap in the
back, and be source of continual
worry.
If couple remain engaged long
enough, the people are as surprised
when they get married, as if they had
not gone together" at all.-Atchison
Kas., Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
MOST DEPENDABLE PITCHER
IN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Stoney McGIynn, Veteran of MiIwau-
kee Team, Taken Out Only Once
Thus Far This Season.

Are pitchers in the American Assoc
citation getting weaker in their ability
to go the route or are managers yank-
ing them oftener or again are the bats
men harder to repulse? Accurate dope
on slabmen indicates that 172 times
pitchers have been changed for fresh
man so far this season. This is an I'M
usually large number for so early in
the year.
1t means likely that managers are
awakening to the fact that there is a
proper time to pull twirler to save
games. Clymer is beginning to learn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
FLASHES OF PHILOSOPHY,

Blood money leaves stains upon the
careers of it's takers.
The girl with the dreamy eyes isn't
apt to put men to sleep.
Thoughts of what might have been
are an injustice to today.
Every one has sweet tooth, for we
all like taffy now and then.
A woman is as out of place at ball
game as a man is at a tea.
1t isn't so much an invitation 10
have a drink that does the harm, but
''have another"
Don't decide to do a thing some day,
for that period will never appear on
The calendar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
FOR WARM WEATHER
NUMEROUS PRETTY THINGS IN
TUB TEXTURES.
White Gowns, Both Plain Tailored and
Elaborate, Are Much Worn
Smart Muslin Hats Also in
Great Favor.

Midsummer materials show. de-
surely nothing is more comforting to
the body in warm weather than a Gov
ering which can wash, and which
soothes the eyes and nerves besides
with immaculate whiteness or delicate
flower tints.
White has it's usual tremendous
vogue and plain tailored gowns in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
Chattanooga Lands Pennant.

The second penDant to be decided
in the south this year in organized
baseball has been awarded in the
South Atlantic league, Chattanooga
landing the flag in runaway race.
The club is managed by John Dobbs,
former Brooklyn and Cincinnati out
fielder. Another season has been
started.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
"Takenp siqn on All Players.

According to Tom DAILY, scout for
the Brooklyn National league team,
80 per cent. of the remarkable play
ers for major league trials for next
season have been sold or figure in
some sort OF deal with the minors
Every promising youngster," said
DAILY, 'is discovered and has been
secretly or publicly sold"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21

Paying a debt the moment it is due
beats the best mercantile agency.
The sting of bee is only one-thirty-
second of an inch long; it is only your
imagination that makes it seems as
long as a hoe handle.
A tall man applied for a position
as overseer. ''What do you know
he was asked. 81 don't know any
thing" he replied, "but I'm tall enough
to look over all the men you've got
A boy told one of his playmates he
was getting ready to run away to
sea. Several months afterward the
boys met and the playmate wanted to
know if the other had been at sea.
eyes," was the reply; 81 was found
out, and went on a whaling expedition
with father"
Was there ever q better example OF
the witty and concise form OF express
sion than the answer of the grim man
who. when asked about the character
of a neighbor, sententiously replied:
Mister. [ don't know much about
him, but my, impression is, he'd make
a first-cIass stranger"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21
FLASHLIGHTS.

Paying debt the moment it is due
beats the best mercantile agency.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-21

Don't make a nasty muss by blowing
your brains out. if you want to kill
yourself, drink lots of ice water.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
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Kills WouId.be Slayer.

A merciless murderer is Append
citis with many victims. But DIR.
Kings New Life Pills kill 1t by pre-
vention. They gently stimulate stom-
ach. liver and bowels, preventing that
clogging that invites appendicitis.
curing Constipation, Biliousness,
chills. Malaria. Headache and Indi.
gestion. CSC at Wilkinson G. Co., j. F.
Kiedaisch & Son.
Jerome Beacher. living southeast OF
New Providence. was kicked by a
broncho last week and his thigh bone
broken
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
THE AUTO EYE
rs NEW AILMENT
Motor Car Passengers with New Trou-
BILE Which Has Been Discover.
ed by Specialists.

A new trouble has been discovered
which specialists designate the "Au-
tomobile eye" The Automobile arm"
has come to the attention of the local
physicians, it being a lameness pro-
duced by the strain and jar of the
wheel in steering an automobile. The
Automobile eye" is also contracted
while in an auto.
The Automobile eye" is found
mostly among women and 1t develops
mostly in the off eye. 1t consists of
graduated lid, but is termed the EAU.
tomobile eve" to distinguish it from
granulated lids, which bricklayers and
stone nasons are subject to- 1t is
practically the same thing, but to
be able to claim an Automobile eve"
1t must be produced while riding In
a machine. If particles OF dust hit
the eve of a pedestrian while waiting
for an auto to PASS and produce a
soreness, that IS merely graduated
lid, but If the same dust hits the
eyes of those riding in the auto, then
it is an Automobile eve
A specialist of the city in speaking
of the matter says: I'VE have SO
many cases of graduated lids lately
in persons who are automobiles that
we term it the Automobile eye" II
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
Y.W.C.A. NOTES

A meeting of the educational com
mittee of the Y. w. G.. A. was held
yesterday afternoon at four o'clock
at the association rooms and brief
outline of some of the work to be
taken up during the coming season
was talked over. another meeting
will be held some time next week to
talk over educational matters more
thoroughly at which time the different
classes in shirt waist making and
others that were held last year viii
be spoken of and something definite
decided on by the committee ladies
Today there will be a junior com
mittee meeting to plan for work
among the juniors for the season. On
Saturday afternoon junior rally vii
be held at the association for ar
afternoon OF enjoyment.
There will be a Bible study commit
tee meeting this evening to plan fol
work in that department for the win
ter 1t is proposed to have some very
interesting classes in this line this
winter and some good results are ex
pected from this evenings meeting.
Nothing has been done by the
+ physical work committee up to the
present time but meeting of tha
body will be held soon to plan FOL
! the years work.