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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-02
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

.Ex.dividcnd. 3as per cent
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-02

Cotton prices. furnished by Hayden.
Store & Co, ils-lls Griswold
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-02
LOCAL STOCKS.

Following quotations furnished by
Lewis @. Gorton. l4la Majestic building
Feb L 1909.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-02
EAST BIFFALO-CIose.

EAST BUFFALO. y. y. Feb. L.
values advanced 25Q 40C: prime steers,
s65Oa6.75 1900 TO l.400-lb. steers.
s. so p6.25. 1850 to l,l50-ib steers,
Sal a525. bulls s325G525 Veals--
Receipts $50, active. 25c higher. Gull 20
choice. s615QIO. Sheep and Lambs
Receipts 1900. active. lambs SOC
stronger. sheep advancing 25c; lambs.
S5254s. yeariings $625a7. wethers,
t52545.75. ewes. s+.50G5 mixed sheep
SI5045.25. Gull sheep s2.504i. 25s Hogs
Receipts $3.50. active, pigs 50MTJ
higher. other grades asa 4Oc higher;
workers.. s7WT25. pigs. t650a6.7J:
mixed and heavits. sFi5d7.25. roughs
"a IN G p5. sfnus 81 5Om5
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-02

.Flat.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-02

Total sales. 35S,500 shares
Money. ga per cent
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08
SPORTING PAGE OF THE PRESS
PULLIAM KNEW
HONUS WAGNES

. When Wagner threatened .
. to run out" during the spring .
. there was CONSERVATION in .
. Pittsburg. A season without =
. Honus threatened to be a poor =
. one for the Smoky city mag =
q mates. They argued, they .
. pleaded, they showed him .
. more money. Hans was OBJ .
. durate. .
. The president of the Ma .
. tional league went to Pitts .
. burg to talk with Wagner. At .
. first Pulliam tried the stock .
. arguments. Wagner listened .
. but his reply was always the .
. same. He wanted to quit. The .
. work was hard. Then Pulliam -
. showed his knowledge of char .
. acter. .
. "All right, Hans" he said. .
. If you feel that way about 1t, .
. of course there isn't a chance .
. to persuade you to change .
. your mind. But it will be .
. tough on lot of poor people" .
= How is dot?" asked Wag- =
. ner. .
. Well" said Pulliam, there .
. are people who work in the .
= mills. They work hard, too, =
= but get little money, and have =
= few pleasures. On Saturday .
= afternoon they get off and go =
o. to be ball park. Do you know =
. what they come for?" Z
. ITO see the game, ain'd it," =
= asked Wagner, interested. =
NO, answered Pulliam. =
. They come to see Hans Wag- Z
. ner hit the BALI" 4
= Gimme dose papers, Pull Z
= liam!" said Wagner, gruffly. Z
. Never mind dot money. l 9
= sign anyway" Z
= q q . o = . . q . . q q q Z
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08
LOCAL AND NATIONAL
SPORTING GOSSIP

DAvE WEBER owned by N Womach the big derby race
at Walla Wala yesterday. Mllers
Salt third Time 1861 Derby day yesterday the big
of
still holds first relay and
champions Pittsbug
National
championship Pittsbug
American j.
The gymnasium of the Y. NJ c. A, their
mnt will week for the work The
will Thursday
be
masquerade given
All arrangements have been completed the
the alnaonal baseball
who will the
Johnson of Marquard
Philadelphia Nationals catchers
of York Bliss of
Konetchy Nationals Nationals
Cincinnati Hummel of Brooklyn Ellis of
Snodgrass the Nationals a
catcher and nfeder
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08
AT LAST WON A GAME FROM JENSEN

With Allen pitching great ball
and the champs fielding in fine
form, the Turks managed to slip
one over on the tribe yesterday
defeating them to l. Seattle has
at last won a game from Jensen,
but it was a hard fought battle
from start to finish. The high
class work of Seattle's infield was
partly responsible for the defeat,
as Raymonds playing was re-
markable, having four assists and
taking everything in sight.
Spokane scored their only run in
the first inning. Brinker, singled
but was forced to second by Alt
mans grounder Weed damned a
sizzler to the left field fence, scor-
ing Altman. James went out to
Magee and Nordye went the same
route. Jensen got out of a tight
pinch in the first inning, when
with the bases full and one out
he famed Capron and Magee.
The score.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08
COAST LEAGUE

The Spokane Press. soc a Month.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08

When Butch Macginnity got on
a Cannon hill car he saw ia
miliar face and walked forward
to look at the motorman.
AS ! live" he yelled, eff 1t amt
Doggy Coot.''
Sure enough, it was Doggy, the
best little quarter. that ever funk
ed through botany. He and Butch
were teammates at Lalapaloosa,
where Butch won fame as the best
full that ever busted a rib
Where you been all summer"
asked Coot.
% Round the state" replied
Butch. Had a pleasant trip gath
ering material for Lalapaloosa.
got three line men and a set of
backs that'll carry the ball through
q brick wall.
Its astonishin' the husky young
men thirstin' for the classics and
higher education. / found them
crazy to go to Lalapaloosa for bot
onay. English lit and fott ball"
"Where'd you go, TO the high
schools"
mot much. ! got the pick in a
boiler foundry. ] got a center who
can bend horse shoes with one
fist"
How can you ring 'em in?
They'll ring, all right. Put a
sweater and corduroys on most
anybody and he'll look as though
he's just passed the analytics
final"
There won't be much frat mate
rial in your bunch" remarked
Doggy. giving the wink of the
Pa Delta Flush society.
"Oh, l don't know. Get 'em
dressed up and they'll fool the best
of EN-"
do you remember" continued
Doggy, "the case of Hoghoof
Hunker, the greatest running half
that ever graced Lalapaloosa?
"Ah, gwan,' said Butch.
"That was your first year as
captain. You'd quit V. & X. and
had been playing for the Steelville
Tigers under the name of Smith,
and entered Lalapaloosa when
they promised to make you cap
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08
NATIONAL LEAGUE

The National Ieagre season
ended yesterday, with Boston de-
featin Philadelphia and Brooklyn
taking the last game of the series
from New York. Pittsburg won the
pennant this season, although Chi
cago made a gallant attempt to
overtake the Pirates. The fans
were greatly disappointed because
Brooklyn, st. Louis and the Boston
clubs finished so far down the lad
der. Standings:
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08
PLAYING FOOTBALL

point midway between the knees
and hips. Both arms should 20
around the legs. Every effort
should be directed toward driving
the tackled man backward. The
tackler's shoulder striking the run.
ner's leg is effective.
The long tackle in the open field
is spectacular. Planting himself in
the runners path and diving at the
proper distance, much after the
fashion of a diver in the water, the
tackler should get all the speed
possible into the dive.
Don't tackle too low, or the rum
ner will wriggle loose or leap away
from danger. The most thrilling
tackle is the long dive from be-
hind, the tackle that so often
downs a man near the goal line
after a long chase across the field.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08

|. JOINS ALLENDAT
Terms: $40 down and
$500 per month if you
Price 5000 to $500 per
200 men at work no
tending the Post stree
line t othe addition. {
Full particulars in /
row nights Press.
Allen ( HutChi |
600 Columbia Buill
Phone 1921.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08
CARRYING THE BALL AND TACKLING.

arm. If thrown the runner should
protect the ball with his free hand,
to insure its retention.
In line plunges the ball is held
tightly against the pit of the stom-
ach, both arms and hands being
used to hold it tightly. No matter
what happens, the runners one
thought must be to retain the ball.
AT times a line plunge is SO sue
cessful that the runner shakes the
tacklers. At such times the ball
must be shifted under the arm, CIV
ing better chance to run.
Practice tackling. Unless the
tackle is sure and effective the
man tackled will continue to adj
vance. The tackled man must be
brought down.
In every tackle, under all circum-
stances, the tackler must aim at a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08

tain and gave concessions not
mentioned above a whisper in col
lege circles
Butch smiled.
And you thought you'd get a
crack team and beat Tidewater to
the championship" continued Dog
gy. 80 you went to Steelville
and got Hoghoof to go hunting
education"
Yes" broke in Butch, "and If
the big lummix had kept his mouth
shut he'd be making good living
yet playing foot ball.
You see he looked right. He had
nice intelligent face, and you'd
never know when he had a chew
in his mouth. / took him to the
registrars, answered questions for
him and got him fixed up. Then
| told him to turn up for practice,
not to cut chapel and keep away
from the highbrows.
He kept it up for three weeks.
Then he'd shown class and we
had the championship cinched.
The day before the big game what
does he do? He meets old Prof
, Glutz, the Psychologist. Prof.
says:
I believe this is Mr. Hunker?
"Hogshoof shirted his quid and
said nothin.
May interest you in my lee
lures on the Prehistorictivity of
the Cimex. Lectularius said the
prof. -
Then Hoghoof opened up. Aw,
gwan, you big stiff he said. You
think I'm goin' to let a long-whis-
kered skeeZicks like you kid me
along? Not on your tintype.'
Next day Hoghoof got his
faculty notice"
Yes" said Doggy, laughing,
land he had the pledge ribbons of
the Eta Pieca Pi frat in his button
hole when he left
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08
FIFTH ARTICLE

Getting and retaining the ball
FROM its reception until the play is
stopped is a detail often over
looked. In end runs or in an open
field, the ball should be grasped
with the outside arm the other
being used to straight arm tacklers.
The rear end of the ball should
be tucked snugly against the body.
under the upper arm, the lower
end grasped with hand and lower
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08

summary. Two DdS6 Illus
Lynch, Raymond. Home run-Shea.
Stolen .bases-RaymoEd, Bennett,
Magee, Allen. Struck out-By
Allen 5. by Jensen 6. Bases on
balls-Off Allen 1, off Jensen 2.
Wild pitch-Jensen. Hit by pitch
ed ball-Bennett and Frisk by Jen-
sen. Umpire-Carney.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-08
1T OFTEN DOES

How did that joy ride of your
end?"
In a gloom walk"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07

for an instant Denind the Durly COM
missionaire.
Until tomorrow"
Until tomorrow" she echoed softly
as he handed her into the electric
coupe.
Andrew and he drove down the hill
together. Duncombe was a little i'll at
ease.
There is one thing. Andrew" he
said, (which / should like to say to
you | want you to remember the
night IN your garden when you asked
me to come to Paris for you"
Yes
81 warned you, didn't 1? knew that
it would come. and 1t has,
Andrew smiled in gentle scorn.
"AIy dear Duncombe." he said. why
do you think it necessary to tell me q
thing SO glaringly apparent? have
nothing TO blame you for. 1t was a
foolish dream of mine. which | shall
easily outlive. for, George. this has
been great day for me. l believe
that my time for dreams has gone by"
Duncombe turned toward him with
interest.
What do YOU mean. Andrews"
81 have been to see Foudroye, the
great oculist. He mas examined my
eyes carefully. and he assures me posi-
lively that my cyesight is completely
sound In two months time | shall
see as well as any oner'
Duncombes voice shook with emo
ton. He grasped his friends hand.
THAT is good - magnificent - An
drew" he declared
Their carriage ratified over the cob
blestones as they crossed the square
The white mysterious dawn was
breaking over Paris. Andrew threw his
head back with 4 little laugh.
Back into the world. George. where
dreams are only the cobwebs of time
and mans work grows beneath his
hands like living statue to the i'm
mortals. feel my hands upon it an(
the great winds blowing. Thank God"
THE END.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07
THE COOKS INJURY.
Painful to Her and to the Dinner
Guests ao Well.

Guests ao Well.
There was company mt dinner, and
the platter in front of The host con
taiped a fine roast Of beef. He drew
the sharp carving knife across the
ringing steel q few times. Just because
that is WY carvers have. drove the
fork deep into the steaming beef, de
scribed Il scalpirg knife flourish in the
air ard gracefully began operations.
Two nice and tender slices clear
across the roast had resulted. and he
was turning off the third when the
blade struck skewer made a sliding
upward motion and came cut at the
top, with a result that the proposed
slice looked like Il frost bitten leaf
curled IN by the sun
He could net say intense things in
the presence Of his guests, but he
frOZe his wife with n look. made n
grim joke about the indigestibility of
roasted hard wood. inquired whether
the butcher also ran a woodward. dug
the skewer out viciously and ordered
little Willie. who had made several at
tcmpts to tell something, to keep still
or leave the table His evident temper
led to an embarrassing silence, and
Willie saw an opening that he could
not resist.
Cook has burned her nose orful,'
he announced.
Too bad" said the father, whose
coed humor was coming back. How
did she do it?'
Trying ter pull them skcwers out
with her th"-London Tit-Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07
Bad Attack of Dysentery Cured.

An honored citizen of this town
was suffering from a severe attack of
dysentcry. He told friend if he
could obtain a bottle of Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
he felt confident of being cured, he
having used this remedy in the west
He was told that | kept it in stock
and lost no time in obtaining it. and
Leach, druggist, of WOlcott, Vt. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07
You Have
No Idea

of the amount of good H0stettcr's
Stomach Bitter will do you or you
certainly would not continue. to suf-
fer from Stomach, Liver, Kidney and
Bowel disorders. Don't delay any
longer when relief is so handy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07

Mr.. era wford died seated I'm a big
armchair. gazing out of Il window of
his home ut Sorrento. Italy Before
him spread the beautiful bay of
Naples. into which Il blood red sun
was sinking 1t was one Of these rare
ly beautiful Italian sunsets, and the
novelist drank in its superb coloring
with all the appreciation of his artistic
nature.
His mind was perfectly clear. He
was oppressed by no death racking
pain. One of the family was reading
in n low voice "Plato's Dialogue on the
Immortality Of the Soul In an III
terval they heard the novelist muir
mu-:
Il die with Jesus Christ"
For some time after that he sat quiet
ly in his chair. Then. as the sun was
lust about to sink out of sight, his
family heard him sigh and say:
Il enter peacefully into eternity
The sun disappeared. Marion Craw-
ford was dead. The family was much
affected by the solemnity of the scene.
All We're present except the novelist's
eldest son
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

has benefited so many people during
its 90 ycars' experience that we do
not hesitate in saying it will help
you, too. Try it for dyspepsia, Indi-
gestion, Bioating, Heartburn, Cost
ivcness and Malaria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07
LA VELLE, The Clothier c S III

was a terrible crash, crash of silver
falling among copper. and then the
boy. as the novelists say. knew no
more
When he came to himself he found
the clergyman and his family in rap
lures over his generosity"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07
CHATTER XNNIX.

"A R ALBERT was not often
E~ surprised, and still less
Nv ~ q often did he show it. The
party. however. who troop
ed cheerily into his little restaurant at
something after midnight OH this par
ticular morning succeeded in placing
him at a disadvantage.
First there was the Vicomte de Ber-
gillac. one of his most important and
influential patrons for i my reasons
and whose presence alone was more
than sufficient guarantee for whom
ever might follow. Then there was
the MarGuise de st. Ethol, one Of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07

In Mr. CrawfOrdS beautiful villa,
near Naples. there is in operation Il
modern system of American plumbing.
The devices when introduced We're uu-
!EntT1 to- the native plumbers. and Mr.
Crawford WAS compelled to install the
improvements himself. accepting such
aid as the local mechanics could give.
When tho novelist was about ready to
turn on the water. he ordered Il scrv-
ant TO 20 upstairs and open n faucet
and IA soon rs the water appeared TO
rap on the pipe two times. Seated on
the edge of Il bathtub. serenely smok-
ing his riue. hammer in hand. the serr-
ant awaited the moment when he was
to give the signal. Unknowingly the
man had opened the pipe for the
shower bath. and the waters from over
head descended upon the unsuspecting
mental. He forgot the signal, but
rushed to the cellar shouting that wa
| ter was pouring from all sides.
Why didn't you rapT' demanded
Mr.. Crawford. turning off the water.
Because got orders about water
| coming up from beneath. not from
| above" said the man. trying to drain
the water from his flooded pipe.
A we'll known man of letters was
telling. stories-at a literary club i'm
Boston one night. when he was re-
| minded of an encounter between a
| Bostouian processing a love of art for
arts sake and F. Marion Crawford,
the novelist. In slightly patronizing
| manner the Boston man asked:
Have you ever aspired to write
anything. Mr.. Crawford. that will live
| after you are gone"
| My dear SIR replied Crawford.
fort just now is. to write something
that will enable me to live while 1 am
here"
A missionary bishop told at dinner
in New York story about F. Marion
Crawford. the famous novelist.
Mr.. Crawford went to school," he
said, lin Concord, Mass. and one day
he was taken to call on a Concord
clergyman. ass
1.-The clergyman had a missionary
box on his drawing room table. and,
time hanging heavily, on the boys
hands. he amused himself with trying
whether silver dollar-it was all the
money he had in the world and he
had converted it into the gigantic coin
for safety-would go into the slit in
the bex's top. i
| 1T was n close fit. but unfortunately
L elf "a
! the embryo authors fingers. There
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07
FAME BY. ACCIDENT.
F. Marion Crawford Adopted
Career of Novelist by
Chance Alone.
CLOSE CALL AS STUDENT
Nearly AsphyXiated at Cnc Time
Odd Experience With a Servant
-nit.r
in Italy.

Francis Marion Crawford, the h:I2ar-
lean novelist and historian, who recent
ly died at Sorrento, Italy. became n
novelist by accident. He had met inl
for an English syndicate. had sold the
largest diamond in the world to the
nizaEl of Haidarabad for S2I0,000.
When the British government heard
of it there was protest. Britain con-
tending that the nizam' as Il petty ruler
had no business to spend such sum
for IL jewel When there were so many
better uses fer the money in his terri
tory. A large inStallment of the money
had been paid. but after this protest
the nizam tried TO crawl out of his
bargain. The syndicate. however. would
not let him do so. and the case went
into the English courts
Crawford while In New York in 1892
told this story to his uncle. Sam Ward
who liked 1t greatly and urged him to
make short story out of il and pub
fish t. Crawford wrote one which Tn
Gle sam liked. but the author did not
like it. and he rewrote it in fuller
form. This was MI. IsaaCs." which
swept ut once into great popularity
and turned its author into his life
work of novelist and historian.
When Crawford left Cambridge uni
versity in England he went to Carls-
ruhc the capital of Baden. Germany.
TO continue the study of mathematics
and to learn German. Crawford pos
ScSScl the gift of tongues" Born ut
the Baths of Lucca and not sent until
he WAS twelve years old to this coun-
try. where he spent three years ut 81.
paU!s. Concord. Italian was his IA
tive tongue. and he spoke French
equally well. 1t did not take him
long to learn German ut CarlSruhe. He
joined 4 corps. becaEle Immensely pop
ular among his fellow students and
was the equal of the best of them in
welding The Schagel His attendance
ut one of the corps kaeip2n nearly
brought his career TO an untimely end
1t was the custom in CarlSruhe il
those days. ana may he the custom
now. 10 turn off the gas III the main
at midnight. by which time all good
citizens We're supposed to lie safe ard
| sound asleep in bed, and to turn il on
again ut 6 il the morning Frank
| Crawford one evening left the gas
turned down low in his bedroom when
| he started for Il kneipc. He returned
| 10 his lodgings soon after midnight.
| forgot about having left the gas turn
ed on and got into bed in the dark.
| When the valet Of the corps arrived
| the next morning to awaken him to
attend Il lecture ut the pOlytechnicum
| he found the room fun of gas and the
future author of Mr.. lSaacs" appar-
emily dead. 1t took two doctors sever
III hours to pull Crawford through.