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The Detroit times., 1909-04-27
Young and MulIin.

4 Today the Maps will probably play
t,eir trump card In the venerable Cy
foung, only one OF their beavers to
lake the Tigers bite the dust In the
ke games played up TO date. Last
Inc out Cy didn't look so mighty i'm
lsing against the Browns and was
luDdly trimmed He won't be OPP
Used by Bumpus Jones or LATTE this
he but will have to go up against
lat looks like the toughest PROPOSE
IN in the American league this time
iieorge Mullin with the champs be-
BID him. II Cy fails. look out for
cries OF chair.throwing on the Clevc-
The Detroit times., 1909-04-27
fmory Board Starts sunday.

H'VIJ pVdTu O0bTts ouHudy.
score board at the Light Guard
ny goes into active duty Sunday
3oon and will be In use for the
IN OF the Detroit club away from
e from then on. The Light Guard
3nces that Tuesday Will regularly
febrated as ladies' day. Alex.
etan will do the announcing.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-27

,rodny Is the date of the Detroit half
OF the Menninger-Dr ossman- Franz
Gilbert bowling match. the location
being the Palace alleys
The Detroit times., 1909-04-27

|Priptins done right. Times Print
NJ, Is John Il.-st. Phone ll9s.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-27
HEART
TO-
HEART
Wifh the
Sporting
Editor.

DAUSE moment. you Detroit dew
/ otee Of baseball In your study
o. the dope and your Joy In the sue
cess OF your own team. and join those
The Detroit times., 1909-04-27

s. TO beat out the nine OF the Detroit
College of Law yesterday. 9 to ..
Tully pitched.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-27

Fans OF few years ago in Detroit
will remember Frank Pears. the old
time Detroi; pitcher. Well. they cant
keep Frank out OF II. even though ne
Is far past his prime. He is going to
umpire this season for the MISSOURI
Illinois TROLLEY league.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-27

Those who are maintaining that JET.
fries is still the champion will also be
forced to argue that Roosevelt Is still
president OF the United States and
the Michigan football eleven still
champion of the west.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-27

What a peculiar co-incident 1t Is
that. while Bush Is astounding the
baseball world. Shrubb is similarly In
v.ncible In the field OF middle-distance
running.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-27

Some OF the disheartened managers
might accom- plish something by inoc'
ulatng their team with vaccine. II
seems to have worked with New York
at any rate.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-27

While Stanley Ketchel is so anxious
TO stir up trouble. why doesn't he get
himself matched with Tommy Burns?
What lot Of uncertainty such a bout
as that would clear up.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

STANDING.
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his injuries are usually such to cause i'm
mediate death.
Very similar to the risks OF the steel mans
work those OF the steeplejack. Moving
like fly along the face of a factory chimney
a water tower or church spire his daily
bread is gained at the daily risk OF life and
limb. The fear OF high places is not his par.
ticular dread. as that is all in days work.
but every time he is hoisted aloft he CANDLES
with his life an the strength OF strand OF
cable and the coolness OF his assistant.
II is the assistants duty to raise and lower
and shift the man in the chairs position as he
moves up and down and sidewise on the face
OF the building upon which they are engaged.
Many wonderful escapes are recorded in the
annals of these workers between earth and
sky. Only a few days ago a steeple-jack
working on factory chimney in North St
Louis, saved himself when his tackle gave
way by grasping hook at the end OF a rope
suspended from the chimney top and arrested
his fall In midair. where he clung until res
cued by his thoroughly frightened helper
Have you ever noticed the window wa sher
going about his business. Is or 20 stories
above the street level? He stands on a mar
row ledge and his work compels him to lean
far back over the crowded street. many feet
below, as he reaches upward To clean the
upper part OF the glass. A slip OF the foot
on the wet stone OF the ledge, a single
stumble and the crowd of downtown shoppers
would see him dashed TO his death on the
paving at their feet.
Volumes have been written concerning the
terrible life-destroying implements OF modern
warfare. but the government statistics com
piled by the interstate commerce commission.
show that the railroad switchman's work is
more dangerous than that of the professional
soldier A military movement in modern war
fare lasts only few months at the longest,
but the switchman's campaign is every work
ing day. In a great terminal the noise OF tug.
ging engines and rolling coaches and box cars
never ceases. On the procession of cars NOV
ing steadily Ia and out depends the business
activity OF the city and it's surrounding ter
ritory.
Day and night the yard crews dodge back
and forth in this scene OF tireless activity
clambering over and between moving cars
making flying couplings and cutting cars out
Of strings on the tracks as the cowpuncheI
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and be liable to periodical outbreaks
Is therefore not to. be wondered a.
Indian voOdooism, ms Dracticed after
the fall OF the Aztec empire, Is really
nothing more than continuation OF
the old Aztec religion, the principal
feature OF which was human sacrifice.
The victims of the old Aztec priests
suffered death by having their hearts
torn out of their bodies by main force.
After the Spanish had succeeded in
stamping out this barbarous practice
the Indian tribes, still adhering to the
faith of their fathers, though nomi-
nally Christian, took to sacrificing am
imals in the same manner that human
beings had formerly been sacrificed.
and, like all primitive people, thought
TO appease their gods best by sacriNc-
ing that which was considered most
cherished.
In tearing out the animals heart
the object to-day Is To get possession
of the blood contained In IL. TO this
fluid are ascribed u number of miraCu
lous properties of a disease combating
udtuits
The authorities of this city ana
county are in no mood to permit az
noxious "A practice as VoodOOism 10
flourish under their very nOseS.
Though number of arrests have
been made, more important clews are
now being followed, and further de
velopments are anticipated as q result
OF the reward offered
OF all people the lOw-class Mexican
IS the least able to withstand the lure
of money Every effort will be made
20 get the high priest Of the cult into
the clutches Of the law.
The punishments that will be meted
out win no doubt be such as 10 make
adherence TO vOodooism and its at
| tendant features very undesirable.
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The Cubar Opinion, a fortnighuy review,
devoted to C,.ban affairs, has made lts lhiuei
appearance az Havana. While 1t disclaims u
feeling OF hontility toward the government at
Washington md expresses a Willingness 10
draw closer the ties of friendship and coz
diality between the great American nation and
the young Republic of Cuba" yet the tenor OF
its contents Is skeptcal as TO the good faith
of the American people and its tone Is any
thing but friendly. II declares purpose To
defend the national status, the material inter
ests and the good name OF the Cuban people,
a laudabe undertaking in itself yet 1t charges
that there "is a disposition in the United
States to look down upon the Cubans as an
inferior and degenerate racial product from
which nothing worthy or enduring is to be
expected" 1t also says that 1T is this spirit
which constantly NEEDLES with our internal
affairs and attempts to dictate to our govern
ment in short which really considers Cuba
as In reality nothing but an American colony,
without any rights Of her own. temporarily and
somewhat nominally in possession OF race
UNIT to survive. and In time to be supplanted
by Anglo.Americans with their illconcealed
hauteur and their utiltarian ylization."
The Opinion admits. however, that a series
OF unfortunate circumstances has given the
United States an intervention in local affairs
quite out Of proportion to the moral influence
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are scattered over the city. where men work
day after day In the noxious fumes of the
strongest life-destroying gases known to sci,
ehce' Educated men of undoubted scientific
'tt"ihmehts work for hours in the interest OF
commerce or the arts In order to solve some
elusive problem. With rubber masks and
gloves the chemist tries to protect himself
ana succeeds in measure but the laboratory
mas long list of victims TO answer for Sight
Tess eyes, defective hearing twisted limbs
paralysis paresis, insanity and death make up
the counts In the long Indictment
The list of occupations of more than ordi-
nary peril is long one. The tool grinder,
the man who puts the first rough edge on ali
cutting implements, stands hour after hour
IN front OF heavy emery wheel revolving at
a tremendous speed. fault in the wheel a
sudden acceleration or stoppage in its speed
may cause the wheel to burst with the report
and dread effect of six.inch shell. The fly
ing pieces rend walls and ceilings like paper
and crumple heavy pieces OF machinery into
shapeless masses. No employe in the line
OF It's force can hope to escape.
The powder mill employe works in a
walled inclosure within whose bounds lie suf-
bcient explosives to shatter the mighty pyra-
mid of Gizeh to a shapeless mass of rubble
The worker in this place is under stricter
supervision than the Kafir in the South Az.
rcan diamond mines. The utmost caution IL
observed. danger" signs are nailed up ev
erywhere; the grounds are picketed by watch
ful guards: no matches are lighted and a
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-14
vOODOO|SM CAUSES
KILLING OF COWS
LEADS TO THE WANToN sLAUGH.
TER OF MANY HEAD OF
FINE CATTLE.
LIBERAL REWARD is OFFERED
Only the Hide and Heart Are Taken
from the Dead Animals, According
to the Old Aztec Practice.

San Antonio. Tex An ortbrcak ~
voodooism is responsible for the mys-
terious killing Of many Rne COWS in
the vicinity of this city. Many own
ers of cattle living in the suburbs
have looked in vain for their milE
purveyors in the morning.
The gentle friend ur the family was
found To be- missing aud the instituted
search usually disclosed her body in
the chapparul. G.. A. Davis of this
city was one of the FIRST to miss his
valuable Jersey IN this manner aud
since then Others have sustained sim.
lar losses.
The odd feature ~ the ease was
that nothing but the hide and the
heart of the animal we're missing At
first 1t was thought that the animals
had been killed Tor their skins. but =
close watch kept over the dealers w
hides has shown that So far none of
the hides has been disposed of
Sherin Lindsey and his deputies
have been working day and night tn
get a clew that might lead 10 com
pletc solution of the mystery. but So
far they have not been successful. The
offer OF substantial reward has now
been called to their aid.
Though the Mexican population Ot
| San Antonio Is a very orderly and
! law abiding one as whole. there is
| enough of an Indifferent element
among them that would not be averse
TO committing these depredations "
spurred ON by what they would con.
slider religious motive. AS is well
known the Indian strain Is very
prominent in the lower class MeNi-
cans As matter of fact, In large
percentage of them the Spanish nl
other Aryan blood is a negligible
quantity.
That some of the old Indian super
stitions should have survived In them
!
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sional administration of the United States in
Cuba, which has left behind II "a train OF sad
and shameful recollections"
The official acts OF Provisional Governor
Magoon, the Cuban paper claims. are open to
swift censure. IL is alleged that his admins
tration was ready to squander the resources
of the Cuban treasury and that the award OF
$500 900 to the government at Madrid only
three days before his provisional governorship
expired is one OF many transactions OF pc
cular and dubious nature" Among other
false reports the Opinion charges that there
has been a malicious effort in the United
States 10 cast discredt on the Cuban govern
ment in alleging the prevalence OF yellow fe-
YER when In fact, the fever was driven out
in 1901 and the island was kept clean till Oc-
tober, 1906 when II was re-introduced from
New Orleans In spite OF the precautions OF
Cuban quarantine officials
The Opinion shows that there is Sl4i ,600,-
900 of American capital invested in Cuba,
in railways sugar and tobacco Industries, real
estate. plantations, banks, navigation ccnipa-
MES mortgages, etc, while the English invest
ments total $l00,000000, Of which all but
$4,000 600 Is in railways II adds:
THE late provisional administration OF The
United States in Cuba made itself famous TOR
the large number of contracts OF all sorts iuto
which it entered, especially with American
contractors for the construction OF high
roads bridges aqueducts and other public I'm
provements Many OF these contracts were
made in the most informal. not to say i'm
moral manner, and give rise to much scandal
and TO the complete discredit of the proyi-
sional administration. They cost the CubEn
treasury vast sums and II is the general iEi-
preston that in many cases the execution Of
the work has been very deficient
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marked as extra hazardous. On
this list none is more dangerous
than that of the shot Rrer," or the
man who lamps and fires the blast
in the mines. The ordinary miner
faces the menace OF the deadly
damp" that flows like an invisible
poison stream through the lower
mine levels; he faces the danger OF
explosive gases that may drive the
life from his body; the fear of the
cave'in that may fatten him under
tons OF coal and slate is always with
him. All these fall to the lot OF the
"shot-firer,' as well as the dreadful
risks OF handling a high explosive IN
the close-walled caverns and under
ground passages. where its force is
confined and intensified. Such explo-
sives are notoriously unstable. stick
of giant powder may have withstood
the jars of transportation for long
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-14
Russia,s New Naval Base.

London.-The Russian government
has decided to abandon Krondstadt as
the headquarters of the Baltic feet. IL
is considered that Krondstadt, which
is only 20 miles from ST. Petersburg
is much too near the capital to be
safe in these days of long range guns.
The new naval base is TO be Syea-
burg, the island fortress five miles
south of Helslngfors.
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special felt-soied shoe Is
worn. as the chance spark
struck by a steel shoe
nail might cause disaster.
So, In the midst of dan
gers. some of them immi-
nent, some less threaten
ing, the bread-winner in
many occupations follows
his calling year in and
year out. In many lines
OF craftsmanship and efii-
cheney the supremacy OF
American skill is unques-
toned. And to para
phrase our Kipling just a
little.
II life be the price Ot
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Not Interested.

Have you heard the latest news?" inquired
Mrs Bizzibod
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne. ITS very
shocking, isn't ST."
do you know them?'
mo. | haven't the slightest idea as to
the identity of the people. Scandals are like
humorous anecdotes about celebrities; the
same old stories with different names intro
duced."
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PRH1ATURE EXRlO5/ON IN
NINE

which the American ma
tion exercises over Gu
bans. but quotes AN sig
niiicant that despite two
military interyentions,
"and even when the con
dition OF Cuba was the
darkest and most for.
bidding. at no time has
"A political party arisen
advocating. even indi-
rectly. annexation and
that this fact shows how
deep-rooted is the ma
tional sentiment among
the Cubans and how
little the moral influ-
ence, the force OF at
traction of the United
States. Az a result the
people of the two coun-
tries are less In 10y
al understanding with
each other than ever be
fore; "A direct and unfor.
tunate sequence of the
"demoralizing proceed
ings OF the late provi
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risls. For the proof Of this assertion
II is unnecessary to go among the
coolies on the great embankment con.
tracts OF the lower reaches Of the
treacherous Chinese rivers or among
the Hindu railway gangs of the dead
ly lower Indian plains, where scanty
food. foul water. the lurking cholera
germ and the strange machinery of
the foreign devil" all conspire to
count their victims by the score. In
rnaliIN tho Rrnninai
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-14

OW many OF the men IN
the street" the men who
are the bread winners OF
the community. live and
work day after day in
more deadly peril than
the soldier on the firing
line or the buckskin-shirt-
ed pioneer OF the old In
dian fighting days! Mod
ern commercialism has
made human life III
cheapest Of all raw mate
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Cuba's Grievances Stated.

supremacy. Lord God we are paying full.
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cuts a steer out NJ
OF a herd. He "
leaps from NOV '
ing cars, boards
n flying gondola
or an engine pilot where
a miscalculation OF an
inch in his movements
would send him to his
death under the wheels.
Open switches, dead"
switch lamps, derails and
The ever.present switcl
frog lie in wait for hi
unguarded moments.
A few days ago a vet.
eran switchman in the
Frisco yards leaped from
a moving yard engine and
started across a passing
track to make coupling.
His foot caught in a
switch frog. Another
crew had just kicked" a
car in on this spur. and
it came rolling down the
track upon him. He hur-
riedly tugged and pulled
with all his strength to
loosen his foot. As the
car came closer he kicked
and showed with the free
foot a surer method. but
1t failed him now. The
car was now close upon
him as he rolled as far
from the track as the
iron grip upon his foot
would allow and watched
'he heavy wheels roll
over his leg aud ankle
His effort was in vain
as he died on the operat.
ing table. or all the dan.
gerous positiona in rail-.
road work, the switch
mans is the worst. This
is so well known among
railroad employee that
only switchman killed
has become a railroad
saying.
Dozens ~ IaI,a...s
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reality the greatest
toll OF human life and
limb Is taken right
here in America. in
the steel mill, the mine.
the railroad yard and
on the towering steel
structures that dot our
cities and span our riv-
ers.
On the books OF
many life insurance
companies there are
lists Of certain occu-
patiops. ominously
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-03-01
TYPES OF COTTON SEED
Advantages of Careful Seed Selection for the Produc-
tion of Fine Grade of Sea Island Cotton

boil. The narrow end of the seed by
which it is attached is the base, and the
broad, free end the apex.
The quality of the cotton produced on
these types of seeds is not the same, for
it has been repeatedly found that the
quality of that produced on the seed with
a small amount of fuzz at both ends is
the best.
The lint from the clean seeds is also
inferior, being weaker and more "wasty"
than that obtained from the tufted seeds.
During the coming season, it would be
we'll to continue the same method of gen
eral seed selection, viz, discarding the
naked, black seeds with the spine, which
produce cotton of an inferior quality,
and keeping only the seeds with the
fuzz at both ends. The latter, if other
wise plump and fully developed, are like
ly to produce larger percentage of lint
to seed, as well as higher quality of
lint.
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-03-01

The high quality of Sea Island cotton
today is due to the careful seed selection
that has long been practiced by the
successful growers. Through several
generations the planters have selected
seed from the earliest, most compact and
most productive plants, with the longest
and finest staple, until the character of
the plant has been greatly improved.
There has developed on the Sea Islands
a well-defned and uniform system OF
selection. 1t is based on the correct idea
that of discovering the best individual
plant and preserving it's offspring. A
number of superior plants are marked
and carefully compared in the field, then
picked separately, and the seed cotton is
critically examined. The best plants are
retained and the seeds planted in a plot
by themselves, one or two in a hill, MAX
ing perhaps 500 plants in all. If this
plot retains the good qualities of the
parent plant the cotton is picked and
the seeds are again planted separately,
making 5-acre plot the third year. The
fourth year there will be seed enough to
plant the whole crop, all descended from
the single stalk first chosen. A new in
dividual plant is selected every year, so
that fresh supply of seeds is always
being grown.
A writer in the Agricultural News in
commenting on this subject, says:
These variations have been noticeable
in the general growth of the plants, in
the character of the leaves, in the shape
and surface markings of the bolls, in the
length, fineness and strength of the lint,
and in the presence or absence of fuzz on
the seeds.
Three distinct types of seeds can be
separated, as illustrated by the follow
ing figures:
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-03-01
How to Examine a Sick Animal.

First take the temperature of the ami
NAL by placing fever thermometer into
the rectum, allowing it to remain there
from three to five minutes. The normal
temperature of a COW is 1Ol degrees
(Fahrenheit). The normal temperature of
horse is 100 degrees, sheep lOl degrees.
Second, take the pulse of the animal,
which can be found at the angle of the
lower jaw bone. The normal beats of a
cows pulse is from forty to fifty per
minute and that of horse from thirty
three to forty per minute.
Third, count the respiration of the ami
NAL, or number of times it breathes by
watching the sides OF f1anks, or by
pressing the ear to the side. The nor
NAL respiration of the cow is from fif-
teen to twenty per minute and that of
horse is from twelve to fifteen per
minute while resting. If the tempera-
ture, pulse or respirations are found to
be higher or faster than above described.
you will know that the animal is ailing.
David Roberts.