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The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

There are many applicants tOl
the vacancy made by the promo
ton of Senator Knox to the head
of the Taft Cabinet. The most
conspicuous of these, from his
long experience in Congress, is
Hon. John Dalzell, a stand-patter
scarcely less distinguished than
Speaker Cannon himself, to
whom more than any other man
the tin plate annex of the steel
trust Is indebted for the increased
duty OF $50 d ton ON tin Thelt
is no doubt but that the bene-
6ciaries OF the tin plate duty will
send a big delegation from Pitts
burg in behalf of Representative
Dalzell, when the choice of q
senator comes before the Penn
sylvania legislature.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

No person can really live whose
heart is cold and shriveled. Love
and lite are one and the same.
Life grows richer as love deepens
and broadens. The empty life
is always selfcentered. To save
yourself be spent for others. Self
ishness is a high form of suicide.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
sage of cheer means to heavy
heart.

The human beings killed by
cobras. tigers and other wild
beasts in India last year mum,
bered nearly two thousand. Why
should not Thee dore Roosevelt,
"faunal naturalist try his guns
in India instead of in Africa
There are man-eating tigers in
that country and it is not un.
usual that a village is depopula-
ted through alarm at the prox-
unity of one or more OF these
animals.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
pisposition Worth strivino For.

There is no more desirable trait for
a companion in the journey of life
than that of cheerfulness, the yokefel-
low of good temper. "a merry heart
doeth good" But cheerfulness is not
rerelv hilarity and fun. 1t includes
the ability to look on the bright side,
to make the best of everything, to re-
fuse to meet trouble half way, and to
do ones best bravely and hopefully
Such a disposition is inva liable, and
the worth of its owner is above rubies.
Beans and Bacon.
An old Scotchman surprised us all
by remarking: Your famous New Eng
land dish of pork and beans came d
rectly from England, where for cen
turtles it was the reigning favorite
with all classes. The English called it
beans and bacon In New York you
have corned beef and beans-the same
old beans. | never could understand
why beans and bacon were never
naturalized in the Land O. Cakes l
cannot charge myself with ever hav-
ing seen such dish in Scotland"
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Congress is deeply offended
that the President ever thought
it necessary to use the Secret
Service for the purpose OF inves-
tigating congressman. Is this
righteous Indignation or plain
fright?
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Sorrow has it's own language
nobody but those who taste the
bitter can understand it. Suffer
ing furnishes a splendid oppor-
tunity to learn just how to SYM
pathize. In that region alone is
the place to learn what mes
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
The Wavs and Means Commit

The Ways and Means Commit
tee of Congress is proposing a
higher duty on millinery as a
means of making woman sup
port the home made hat. AS the
Wavs and Means Committee is
made up of married men it is
wilful ignorance to presume that
making imported hats more ex-
pensive will prevent women from
buying them.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Think of the land that gives equal opportunity to ALL Where
caste class distinction religious intolerance holds back deren
aes the is INDUSTRIOUS thrifty God-eang
and resolved to rise
That wonderful heritage for those born here glorious oppo
unity for the who makes his Land Hope
IT. have been happy here this visit why should be?
from land that old and has known pvaOn and
land that progressive where every has equal
chance land that and forward Some will that
the opportunities for the and the there
But this mistake Some of the old opportunities
have passed. but they there have opportunities that
To old opportunity that has passed there have the growth of
this great nation been substituted opportunities that await
the greater ue,oivlu
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Over the bodies of her MARTYRS
the world has stepped to free
dom.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

You can invariably measure
the greatness of a man by his
enemies.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Don't be forever bounding and
spying-they are alike detestable,
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

You can be patron without
being a funkey for a gang of
grafters.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

You may fool the other fellow
but you can't fool yourself.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Lots of fellows expect to get
to heaven on a scalpers ticket.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
Publication Office: Mail Building.

Somebody has said that hate
is love turned wrong-side out.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
No Cause
to Kick
Americans Should
Enjoy Their
Advantages
By CARDINAL LOGUE, OF IRELAND,
Who Has just Visited America.

I have nothing to criticise in America but this,
that you of America do not realize fully the advan-
tages you enjoy. I told that there is much protest
here this and that and the other. Not that pro-
tests against what is not right not healthy and
helpful; but while l would not gansay the protest
against what may be wrong and harmful, still with the
protest there should be no pessimism.
1t is an imperfect world and the wrongs of CEN
turies cannot be rghted in the reform of day, and
to my mind, with the resolve of civic and indusr
betterment there should be appreciation of the
blessings that have been given THIS new, strong
derful country of yours
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

How long will the world con
tinue to sacrifice her SaviOrS.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

No one is great until he feels
the pangs of crucihxion.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

All subscriptions payable in advance
Every subscribers paper will be stopped at
expiration of subscription.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19
many runners to get away from them.
Have Many Tricks. '>-

many runners to get away from them.
Have Many Tricks. .>
Runners constantly practice means
OF clrcumventing the tag. ~, ..::ss.s ,.s.a
The light, speedy men like Hartsel.
Cobb, Tinker, Herzog have all kinds
OF ways Of going to bag without ex-
posing more than a minimum Of their
bodies to probability of being tagged.
These men can do as much by wrig-
Cling and lodging as the more reck-
less runners can achieve by smashing
right into the man with the ball.
These runners have sudden move
ments that are very deceptive. Often
only an arm or leg is exposed, and by
sudden swerve even this poor sur
face will be jerked out of danger long
enough to let the runner reach the
bag in safety. "
1t is not possible to do away with
spikes. The ball players must have
them both to field his position and
when he is at bat and on bases.
Therefore premium is put on cour-
age for the equipment of the infielder,
and the nerve must be supplemented
with good judgment and a mastery OF
every trick of touching out the man
before he can land. l.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19

the average spectator. He can see and
thrill when long hit is made, a diff
tlcult running catch completed, a one
handed stop and accurate throw put
through, but the skill aud nerve nee
essary to escape the spikes and touch
out the base runner are features Of
the game lightly esteemed by the man
with knowledge Of the jnside.
In Imminent Peril.
A close play is never made but that
the baseman is put in imminent peril.
In his eagerness to reach the bag
the base runner has no time to be
careful. If he showed any undue eau
ton he would be voted a qnitter, and
would soon find himself out of Job.
He must come straight through, never
thinking of consequences, either to
himself or to the man he is seeking to
elude. s... -..@.
In fact, a large percentage of run,
ners now slide even to first base or
hunts or slow grounders whenever
there is chance of beating them out
Therefore not even the first base
man is immune from the peril of get
ting mixed up with the spikes.
Cases Of intentional spiking ara
rare, OF many ball players will in.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19

He has mastered the trick of put
ting the ball On man with a mini
mum danger to himself.
Doom is, a student of the game.
None of his plays is result of chance.
When he first broke into fast COM
pany he found out that he was con-
stantly being knocked over and
jumped around while tagging runners.
Now he has new system. He
cheerfully falls with the runner, but
lie makes it a point to fall on top, and
it is a thing virtually unknown for him
to be damaged.
Cobb Is Cyclone.
Men like Ty Cobb of Detroit. the
sensational young player who in
couple of seasons has taken a rating
with the greatest stars known to the
history of baseball, is one of the
hardest men in the game to tag.
The Detroit cyclone has not single
impulse of fear or caution when he
is on the bags. He is there to score,
no matter how, and regardless or how
much he or any one who tries to stop
him may be damaged in the process.
That is why all the base guardians
have to be little extra careful when
Tyrus is speeding around the paths.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19
NO GOLDEN SPIKES IN THIS.
Yet the Work Just Completed Was 4
demonstrating. Piece Of Rail.
reading All the Same.

Just 40 years had elapsed on May
10 since the rails Of the Union Pacific
moving westward met the rails of the
Central Pacific moving eastward at
Promontory Point near Ogden, Utah,
and the first transcontinental railroad
was completed.
When Thomas Durant Of the Union
Pacific and Gov. Leland Stanford OF
California drove the last spikes in the
first continent girding line on May 10,
1869, the whole country, says Leslie's
Weekly, was metaphorically looking
on.
Things were very different 40 years
later when, without any golden spike,
without the presence Of ahy Of the
principal officers of the company, the
last rail on the Pacific coast extension
OF the Chicago, Milwaukee e st. Paul
railroad, now known as the Chicago
Milwaukee & Puget Sound railroad
was laid at a point two miles east of
Missoula, Mont, just before the five
o'clock whistle blew on March 81 last
There was no celebration of any
kind, and the only speech was the re-
mark of the contractor to the fore.
man, "Bill, that's a good job" The
length of the extension just completed
from the Missouri river to- Seattle and
Tacoma is trifle over !, 400 miles and
brings the total mileage OF the Chica.
go, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad up
to 5000 miles. The completion of the
new transcontinental line creates a
worlds record for rapidity of railroad
construction. The first shovelful of
earth on the new line was turned
April Is, 1906. No Pacific coast line
OF any railroad and no line of equal
length crossing three mountainsranges
has ever been constructed within the
short period of three years.
During this period 100000 cubic
yards of material have been excavated
100000 yards of tunnel driven, &c
miles of bridges erected, and 200, 600
tons Of 85-pound rails laid at total
cost OF $ccS,aaq g0 TIE brslasting oil
the new transce Sc II5te will be
completed some time June, and reg
ular freight and local Passenger serv
ice will be established thereafter. The
new line as far west as the city OF
Butte, Mont, has been in regular oper
alton since September, 1908.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19

the message of the twentieth century
OF luxury and Of progress.
Two hundred white men were Their,
arrayed in the garb of convention, tn,
plain black and white of evening
clothes.
But the glow and glitter of ban
quet service did not take from the
Indian his impressiveness, and either
of these redskins, Chief Ironshell OF
his son could admirably have beer
the model for the statue to which the
speakers made reference.
The nodding p!umes and painted, i'm
passive faces Of the redskins made a
curious contrast to the whole note OF
the dinner, yet none could say that the
redskin guests lacked dignity or fail.
ed to represent their race with credit
Many Superb Figuses Still.
Even in the present passing condi.
ton of the race there are still many
such superb figures in the tribal lands
of the West, and the sculptor who
gets the assignment to prepare the
bronze statue will not find any
trouble to get model who will ex-
press the true dignity and power OF
the Indian as he was in the primeval
days.
The plan as at present outlined is
to have the statue of bronze, to be ex-
ecuted by some American sculptor and
placed on Governors island.
Here it would face Ambrose chan,
mel and would be right in line with
the route of the big ships as they come
into the inner harbor.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19

tentionally MAIN a fellow PLAYER. Yet
IN the anger and excitement of the
game men lose their heads and often
make accusations that in their sober
senses they regret.
Catcher Most Exposed.
The catcher is more exposed to the
spiking peril than any of his fellows,
for the probable reason that plays are
at the plate more bitterly contested.
Here is the final station. The base
runner has moved around to the last
stretch of his journey, but as far as
the vital question of run making goes,
he might as we'll never have gone to
bat unless he can cross the plate.
Therefore extra recklessness in
spires him when he gets to this point.
The catcher is correspondingly anx-
ious to stop him. This is a combina-
ton that leads to many serious smash
ups at the home station.
One catcher, Roger Bresnahan, was
so ofte nthe victim Of spikes that he
invented the use of shin guard SIM
liar to the one that figures in cricket,
and his example has been followed
by other catchers, notably Schlei of
New York, and Mclean Of Cincinnati
Some catchers wear protection under
meath their stockings. It is not in evil
dence, it does the work, nevertheless.
Doom, of the Phillies, is one of the
most skillful backstops in the country
in putting tie tag on the runner, and
that in spite of the fact that he is
one of lightest catchers in the game.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19
With the Wreckina Crew,

A member of the local wreckins
crew told me that he had answered
the five blast call, going out to assist
at serious mishap, when he was
scarcely able to stand with sickness
and sickness OF course excused him
from compulsory duty, says writer
in the San Francisco Call. There is
something in the very summons itself
which sets the wrecker's heart to steel
and prompts an almost instructive an.
sWering of the summons, despite all
OBTAINING circumstances. I know per-
sonally of an ex-wrecker, some months
discharged, who jumped aboard the
emergency train of an eastern division
as it was leaving the yards in answer
to summons, and when discovered
by the wreck boss who had discharged
him pleaded to be allowed to work as
he had always done, even without pay.
And for six hours subsequent toll, to
which he had raced like an old fire
horse answering the old call, he did,
as matter of fact, receive no pay.
Similar incidents, l am told, are com
mon. There is something in the life
which allures. =.
If wreck seems serious enough to
warrant it, the wreck master sends for
the repair gang. provided such gang
has not gone with the crew at the
start, and within an hour or two a tenn.
porary spur of track has been laid
around the obstruction, and blockaded
trafns-often enough with six or seven
sections impatiently waiting behind
the wrecked one-are permitted to get
into some sort of schedule again.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19
PERIL OF SPIKES TESTS
NERVE OF BALL PLAYERS
Daring Base Runners Make Capital Of the Fact II Is Known
They Are Reckless.

That baseball will, soon be as
dangerous as football unless a means
ls found to do away with "spiking, is
the opinion of many experts.
Hardly day passes that some
player in the big league is not put
out of the game as result of being
gashed by the sharp steel plates worn
on the ball players shoes to keep
him from slipping and Gliding over the
grass.
Both -baserunner and guardian of
the bag must display absolute cour-
age in making close plays. The run.
ner dares not slow up for fear of be-
ing put out, and losing chance to
score run that will perhaps spell
victory, and for his part the guardian
OF the bag must be reckless!y indiffer-
ent to the peril of collision. Conse-
quently they ere smashing together
all the time, ankles, feet and legs are
cut, bones are broken, and injuries
sustained that take valuable men out
of their teams.
Managers have come to so thorough
ly understand the perils that go with
putting tag on a baserunner that al
most the first question they ask when
they are inquiring into the abilities
of a newcomer is: ... .-
Can he touch out baserunners? ?"
This looks easy, It might be expect
ed to be a simple feature of an infield-
er's work, but as a matter of fact it is
the hardest.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19
MINNESOTA
HIST oRICAL-
S2.4O PER YEAR.

Cobb does not mean to be rough,
but daring base running is his spe-
cialty. It has been large factor in
his success, and he probably banks
largely On the fact that most of the
opposition know him to be entirely
reckless, and instinctively prepare to
give him little leeway.
Cobb slides both ways, head first
and feet first, but like most base run
ners, he prefers the latter. He is a
master at arriving at base just the in
slant the ball reaches. there, and many
a time the force of the impact jolts
the sphere out of the baseman's hands
and Tyrus is safe.
The cloud of dust that obscures
close plays of this kind is great help
to many a little bit of sharp practice
The great second basemen and short
stops know the fine art of getting the
tag On runner, and it is generally ad-
mitted that the knowledge is of para
mount value in guarding second base.
Here great number of plays come
off where quick action is required, FOR
base for an objective point, and in
most of the double plays secondbase
is one of the stations for which the
| runners are trying.
Bobby Wallace Is King.
It is generally admitted by sharps
that the most skilled applier of the
tag in baseball today is Bobby WAL
lace, the veteran shortstop of the St.
Louis Americans.
Wallace is not big man, he has
not the bulk of many infelders, but he
seldom gets hurt, it being another
case of knowledge carrying him
through in safety.
Killing and Sullivan, the two great
catchers of the Chicago Nationals and
Chicago Americans, are the finished
product in getting the ball on runners
at the plate, and neither of them gets
hurt very often, nor do they permit
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19

abused by those who have had causes
OF grievance against him.
In picking out model for the
statue to be erected in New York it
will not be found difficult to get he
roic models from among Indians who
are living today.
The primal virtues of men living
In the open and close to nature came
to the red men as a gift Of his life,
and in the tall, straight, powerfully
muscled men of the. forest were to be
found century ago some of the finest
specimens Of manhood in the world.
o.- Heroic In Native Garb.
The fascination the Indian has ex-
erted over the grown up boy as wen
as the small boy, undoubtedly results
in part from the heroic appearance he
presents in his native garb. BY con-
trast nothing could be more pitiful
than a redskin wearing the garb Of
civilization. 1t is an effort as gro
tesque as to put evening clothes on a
statue of Apollo. -
Before the government by a policy
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19

Of branches of contract and a sane
tioning of graft and plumber, gradually
stripped the Indian of all he pos
sessed, the race in this country pre-
sented a notable display of virility.
At a recent dinner in New York
which Rodman Wanamaker gave in
furtherance OF his project to rem
der tardy tribute to those whom the
whites dispossessed of the land of the
republic, there were present two IN
dams.
In the white and gold banquet hall
of Sherry's they might have been ex-
pected to look singularly out of place,
for everything else there was modern,
and spoke the white mans civilization,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19

Thus every incoming steamship
would come close to the great statue
where the Indian would stand forth
in his native garb, a memory of great
ness that once was.
When the white man first came to
the new world, the Indian met his
ships. Many of the red men came in
kindness, and but for wrongs executed
by the newcomer, would have lived in
peace with the white man. =
But the page of history has been
written. The Indian has gone the
way of the buffalo. A memorial of
more than poetic justice.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19
Roads Remarkable Record.

A report just issued by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company shows
that in 1908 the company made the re-
markable record of carrying al $780,
543 passengers over it's $4,000 miles
of track without having killed a
single passenger in a train accident
The number of passengers carried
during the year decreased by 1884
Alb, a loss of IA per cent, but the
total number of passengers injured in
train accidents was only 102, a reduc-
ton Of 452, or S1.6 per cent. These
figures include every case which re-
quired surgical or medical attention,
however trivial it might be. Counting
every injury, no matter how slight,
the Pennsylvania lines injured only
one traveller in every 51,38S,819 car
ried.
1t is said that the number of pas
sengers carried distance of one mile
during the year was 3,454,671, 1862, so
that for each passenger thus carried
the proportion of injured was one in
33,SSS,739. The passenger trains of
the Pennsylvania travelled during the
year total of 5S,44O, 449 miles, and on
tracks running parallel and close to
the passenger tracks, the company
made total of 6O,293,996 freight train
miles.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19

Services on a Church Tower.

Services on a Church Tower.
The Rev. ]. Enraght, vicar: OF Ran.
worth (Norfolk), and the church
choir mounted to the top Of the
church tower and there offered pray.
ers and sang hymns and psalms, in
voking the Almighty's blessing upon
the growing crops.
Despite the altitude Of the tower
and good breeze, every word was
audible to the congregation assembled
in the church yard below and on the
road.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19

Killed Hawk With a Stone.
H. w. Han1in, Hanover township
farmer, who was baseball pitcher
years ago, has no forgotten how to
.'put them over" With stone re-
Gently he killed a big hawk he dis
covered devouring one of his chick
ems.
Standing thirty yards away Hanlin
hurled stone wit hsuch accuracy that
t struck the bird squarely on the
head. The hawf measured four feet
six inches from tip to tip.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19
They co Toaethe

They Go Together.
use headwork," urged the man
ager Of the department store.
Yes, sir" said the salesman.
For instance, If lady buys lawn
it ought to be easy to sell her some
hose"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19
A caIkino Time

81 Seaver to Village Smithy-I SUD-
pose you blacksmiths reap harvest
shoeing horses in this icy weather?
Village Smithy- Well, yes, reckon
as how I've had perfectly calking
time durin' tn past week or SO.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19
Incompatible Qualities.

He doesn't mind what he says
But, my dear, he is very bright
man.
Then he ought to be more pol
ished."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19

Advance Of Less Than Century.
In 1880 the world contained only 210
miles of railroad; now there are over
$50, 900 miles Of line.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19
Also to Pay for Ticket

Traveler-Can go through to chi.
cago without change?
Ticket Agent-Not comfortahIv
madam. You should have a little tin
to the porter.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-06-19
Vaguely Understood Il.

- HSOSIy OH0SI0IOOO Its
Sunday School Teacher Clarence,
do you know the meaning Of the word
.amen?"
Little ClarenceYes'm. ! means
ring on