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The Washington herald., 1909-03-21
Independence Lenrue We.

The board Of managers OF the IN
dependence Baseball League will meet
tomorrow evening at the residence Of
President y. T. Worley. "A r street
northwest. when the seasons schedule
viii come up for discussion. and all Of
the clubs contending are requested to be
present.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-21
ANOTHER ON WADDELI.
True story of How the Eccentric
Pitcher Was Named "Rube."

About time 10 give the Wadden stories
the gate: so here goes for the last one
until the season starts. at least. George
Edward never lived on a farm in his
life. Farms are too slow for him The
fans have often wondered how the
pitcher got the nickname Rube. His sis
ter, Mrs. F. II. Austin. lives in Mobile,
Ala. She tells the following about G. E. /:
1T was in football game many years
ago and 'Rube was playing half-back.
He landed at the bottom OF one OF the
scrimmages and was badly hurt. The
spectators thought he was killed, but in
again.
There was a man in the crowd who
thought II was strange he could play
again. He said. Nobody but a rube
could do that and ever since that he
has been known as 'Rube "
The Washington herald., 1909-03-21
DIR BROWNs-

Tune Of Ny Dream Of the L. S. Al
I saw Hobe Ferris line one down TO center field.
7 saw Stone. steal two bases.
] saw Rube Nsddsl strike three men ont
And Jones running IN great haste
] saw McAleer coaching az first bsse.
And Hughey Jennings a. third.
And they both played for the rennant;
In ny dream of the baseball game
] saw schWeitzer field in center field
I saw Bobby Wallace at short
saw Williams cover second base
And FidGiy Ferris third.
I saw all the trne fans roofing
Waving their hats With glee.
Ard our Browns they won that uennaut
In ny dream Of the baseball game
If "Our Browns article Of baseball /,
in the same class with that verse Nc.
Aleer and his team will have an eas,
time OF II nesting in last place all year
The Washington herald., 1909-03-21
NINE-F00T MUMMY WOULD
HAVE BEEN SOME PITCHER

Atlanta. Ca. March 8-Pitcher Jack
Rowan. Outsider Bob Bescher. and a couple
OF the other young Reds took in the CYCLIC
rama H TIE battle Of Atlanta at Grant
Park yesterday. Among the exhibits in the
eyclorams building are two Egyptian mum
mics. and one Of an Indian over nine feet
tall
Jack Rowan stared at the remains Of
what was once wonderful piece Of human
machinery. and then, unable 70 rep7ess his
admiration, ezclaimed. Gee. I guess that
Ty wouldnt have been something OF a
pitcher. eh!"
The Washington herald., 1909-03-21
]. STERRET ENTERED
Southern POle-vaulter for Y
NJ. C. A. Meet.
WRESTLING BOUTS a FEATURE

Entries for AssOciafiOn's Annual In
door Carnival VIII Close TO-mOr-
row NiEht-StHrs to Compete in
Field and Track Events-BaItimore
Cracks Also TO Compete.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-21


its season Of match games next SaUur-
day. when It viii tackle the Naval Acad-
emy team on the Annapolis grounds.
Cotton" Birk. last seasons find, who
worked with some success against the
Jack Tars. will probably pitch for Cal
laudet
Although the basketball committee ot
the South Atlantic Association has taken
no definite action on the championship Sc
ries. il has been suthoritatively stated
that the Washington Y. NJ. C. A. and
the Baltimore Central Y. NJ c. A viii
fight for premier honors the latter part OF
the coming month
The management Of the Royal alleys Is
arranging a billiard tournament open 10
all Washington cue artists. Entries are
now being received and present indica-
tons point 10 some red-hOt competition
The Central High track squad viii start
outdoor training in the side yard OF the
school Monday afternoon. Manager Ken
nedy has prepared a strenuous programme
for the outdoor season. and the candidates
have been instructed 10 get down 10
business.
Mckinley School baseball nine viii play
it's initial game next Saturday with the
Episcopal High School Tech and Epis-
eopaI are old rivals. and an interesting
gsmesis assured
Beuning and BrightVood race tracks
are scenes OF uninterrupted activity these
days. Many prominent owners have
chosen the Washington tracks as train
ing quarters for their stee6s.
The high school rife teams are begin
ming 70 hang up some classy scores in
preliminary practice for the interschol-
astic shoot. scheduled 70 take place in
Winter Armory the latter part OF the
coming month. Other high schools
threaten to deprive Central Of the school
cup
officers OF the recently disbanded Nfiii-
sary Basketball League have already de-
cided that in the event OF the reformation
I Of the league next season the Basketball
Protective Association. Of New York. and
not the Amateur Athletic Union. viii gov
ern the affairs OF the league Elastic
clauses IN the constitution OF this weN-
I known organization make il possible 70
evade several OF the strict eligibility rules
Of the Amateur Athletic Association.
Frank II. Parsons, the former Wash
ington athlete. better known as "Tur-
key" Is In the city Is the guest OF
! friends. Turkey is now living, OF
rather existing, IN PhiladelphIa, and
claims 70 have lost none OF his old-time
/ interest in athletics. He has been invited
/ 10 join the Vesper Boat Club, Of the
/ Northern city. but has declined tie Offer
IN order 10 represent his district N Con.
greEs.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-21
CLUB IN GOOD HANDS
RiVerdale A. c. Looks For
ward to Fine Season.
FAST BALL CLUB PROMISED

Management Announces List of Can
didRtes Trying for TeRm-Track
Also to BE Taken UP-GaIt and
Tanning Arc Particular stars in
This Braneh-History of Club.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-21
TURFMEN LOOKING UP
Better Conditions Already
Predicted for Season.
BELIEVE CRUSADE BENEFICIAL

Race Tracks Are Now Cleared OF
Former Banefui Influences, Such
ming Sure to- See One Week OF
the SpOrt-Other News.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-21

Pitcher George Upp. a Columbus hold
out has finally signed his contract.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-21

OF National Guards Annual
Meet Next Friday.
EQUIPMENT RACE IS BOOKED

Wall Scaling, Rifle shooting, and
Wrestling Also on the Schedule.
Jack Sterrct VIII Attempt to
Lower POIe-vauItIng Mark--TriaI
Heats to BE Run on wednesday.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-21
Bits of District
Sporting Gossip

GsTaudet College baseball nine opens
its season Of match games next SaJur-
day. when It viii tackle the Naval Aead-
emy team on the Annapolis grounds
Cotton Birk. last seasons find. who
worked with some success against the
Jack Tars. will probably pitch for Gal
laudet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
WOMAN'S WILD WASTE
1t Is Severely Criticised by Prof. Willett
of the University of
Chicago.

CHICAGO, H., July 1o.-ln a lee
ture on the Social Teaching Of tn,
Prophets" Prof. Herbert l.. Willett o
the University of Chicago Diyinit,
school blamed the society germ for tn,
oppression of the poor and the reckless
ness of the rich and drew striking anal
ogies between the state of affairs il
Bible times and contemporary life. Aft
or saying that the grand old patrio
Amos was worried to death by women
Prof. Wilett declared that the mora
levels 81 nation can never rise highel
than its womanhood. This was true il
the times of Amos and Hosea and it il
true today. Many of the evils Of societ!
have been and are due to the socia
aspirations and extravaganza of WON
en- In the times of Amos the womeI
were willing to take money obtained b.!
bribery and they used it to secure lux
urieS. IIoseas great contribution to lit
erature is his terrible datribe agains
atnities, which were common in hit
day. He was himself a victim of th'
affinity craze. Amos had pure foot
law that was rendered void by graft ant
bribery. Women have not changed il
5000 wears,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
FRIGID REMEMBRANCES.


The contrast between the life or the
young in the twentieth and In the
early part of the nineteenth century
Is most striking, and one wonders
how the Scotch children of former
times survived their early training
Lady Richie gives In "Blackstick Pa
pers" a description Of home life In
Scotland in 1906, which she took from
the Memoirs Of Highland Lady"
Although seldom ailing, we inherit
ing great care during our infancy. In
those days 1t was the fashion to take
no care OF It, All children alike were
plunged into the coolest water, sent
abroad in the worst weather, fed on
the same food; our life was one long
misery.
In town a large, long tub stood In
the kitchen court, the Ice on the top
of which had often to be broken be-
fore our horrid plunge into 1t. We
we're brought down from the very top
OF the house, four pairs Of stairs, with
only q cotton cloak over our night
gowns, just to chill US completely be-
fore the dreadful shock. How
screamed, begged. prayed. entreated to
be saved, All no use.
Nearly senseless, ! have been TAX
en- to the housekeepers room, which
was always warm, to be dried Re
vived by the fire, we were enabled to
endure the next bit Of martyrdom, an
hour upon the low sofa, our books In
our hands, while our cold breakfast
was preparing. My stomach rejecting
milk. bread and tears generally did
for me-"
Six years later In the Highland
home austerlties seem still part of
the education.
I'm winter we rose without candle
or IRE or warm water; and really in
the Highland winters, when the breath
froze on the sheets and the water in
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
A Vegetable Cow

The Japanese have discovered a
very cheap and good substitute for
the mich COW In the form of tiny
bean. The Juice extracted by a spe.
cial process from the bean is said to
be an excellent vegetable milk. the
properties Of which render 1t highly
suitable for use In tropical countries
The preparation Is obtained from
the Sofa bean. member Of the legu-
minous family of plants, and a very
popular article Of food among the
poorer classes Of Chinese and lana.
nese. In making the vegetable milk
the beans are first of all softened bv
soaking and are then pressed and
boiled In water. The resultant linuid
Is exactly similar to cows milk in an.
pearance. but Is entirely different In
its composition This SOFA bean mill,
contains OPS per cent water 800 per
cent protein, 2.13 per cent fat. O3
per cent fibre, 1SS per cent non.
heterogeneous substances and O41 per
cent ash. Some sugar and a little
phosphate Of potassium are added In
order to prevent the elimination a.
the albumen. and then tn. mixture is
boiled down till substance like con.
densed milk Is obtained This con.
densed vegetable milk" is of a yellow.
ish color and has very pleasant
taste. hardly to be distinguished from
that OF real cows milk.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
PAPERS R 4np PEOPLE,

irremedale breach she naturally takes her daugh
ters side of the difference she is to do her best to
heal It, Besides in time of trouble, who is ready
to help and to comfort the wife's mother?
The prejudice against mothers-inaw Is modern one
for which Thackeray is largely responsible The moth
ersinaw whom he portrays are drawn with lampblack
and acid and It is difcult how any man. though
endowed with the patience OF job could dwell In peace
and harmony with such women as those whom he In
nicted upon Give Newcome and Philip. But Mrs. Mac
kenze and Mrs Bayues unusual, let us hope as
Improbable as any Of tho villains of fiction, and 1t Is
grossly unfair to accept them normal types Just
why Thackeray. whose written cynicism in the main
was kindly and who in social intercourse was among
the genial Of men, should have shown such
towards mothersin-law is hard to guess. Certainly it
from personal experience. since his wife had
long been an orphan when he married her.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
DIES BY MISADVENTURE
This Is Coroner's Verdict in Case o,
American Who Passed Away in
Dentists Chair

LONDON, July 10-The inquest into
the death of Prof. Lawrence Marshal
Byers of Des Moines, Ia, who died il
London July during an operation foi
an liberated tooth, was held today, anc
the coroner's verdict was death by mis-
adventure, From the evidence it ap
pears that Prof. Byers had compliance
about his teeth before landing at Liver
pool June 20. The professor saw {
doctor in London and had a wisdom
tooth removed. The doctor testified thai
Prof. Byers took ether remarkably well
but that the dentist was unable to tax,
out the tooth. The professor quickly
recovered from the effects of the ether
on this occasion, and on July 7 decideC
TO Undergo another operation. Ether
was again administered but the patienl
died within Il few minutes from as
phyXia, due to swollen throat anc
septic poisoning as we'll as the auaes
thetic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
The Goat is the Friend of Man.


The problem Of clearing of cut-pver
land in northern Wisconsin has been
greatly Simpihcd 10y the introduction of
AnGura goats.
The Augura goats do not pull up
stumpS nor cut down standing timber.
hut they clear off brush and young trees.
James L. Carroll, of Alma Center. says
that they have enabled him To clear his
land aud keep il cleared mt cost of
only 81 an acre lie puts them into
hve-ucre lot, aud lets them stay in it
till the entire piece is clean. They will
girdie aud kill young trees four and five
inches In diameter, and they like brush
better than grass. Their wool is val
liable aud they are sure breeders. though
the do not multiply rs fast rs sheep,
For lp these many years the goat has
been favurite butt of the comic car
tooni~t. who has shaken with laughter
while depicting him III the act of chew
ing up i tin can or deypuriug the family
wash as il hung on the line. The goat
may have done these things when he was
forced hv man Ia live in the euvirons
Of populous cities, The goat loves free
dom His natural home is on the edge
Of the wilderness Evidently ii pays 10
put him where he belongs. Soon he may
figure in historic paintings as a useful
ally of man in the extension of the from
tier.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
MUST AID THE PEOPLE.
New York Pastor Says They Must Be
Built Up Before the
Church

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 1O.-Rev.
Charles Stelzle of New York delivered
the principal address at the Christian
Endeavor convention this morning, his
subject being THE Labor Problem and
the Church" He said in part: what
the people need today is unseldsh drec-
ton in their struggle toward democracy.
They are fighting the battle for indus
trial democracy, and no human power
can stop their onward march. just
what the nature of that democracy shall
be no sensible man dares prophesy.
"lf the church is TO lead the people in
their battle for all that is just and fair.
they must be made to believe in the
church's sincerity. Betrayed so often by
those who have posed as their friends,
the workingmen have become suspicious
IF every movement which pretcnds to be
in their interest, and sometimes the very
men who have betrayed TENN in political
and economic life have been prominent
in the work of the church Let's talk
less about building up the church and
more about building up the people.
The church is simply a means to an
end, and not an end III itself"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
WRIGHT PLANS FLIGHT,
Oville Will Try Out Aeroplane for First
Time Since the Machine Was
Overhauled.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 10
Orville Wright this afternoon Mt s
o'clock will try out his aeroplane for
the first time since the machine was
overhauled. The trial is conditional on
the weather conditions being satisfac-
tory. The Wrights do not promise my
thing sensational, nor will the presence
of large crowd cause them to make a
flight if the conditions are not satisfac-
tory. The aeroplane has been thorough
ly tuned up. and is undoubtedly capable
of making better flight than Oryilc
Wright has made since he has returned
to Fort Myer to complete the govern
ment trials.
DOVER, England, July 1O.-IIerbert
Latham. the aeronaut, who is awaiting
favorable opportunity to fly with his
monoplane from Calais, France, across
the English channel, notified the Dover
authorities today that on account of the
inclement weather he will not attempt
the flight until tomorrow.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
SOME MARRIED MEDITATIONS.
BY Clarence L. Cullen.
~~~~~N~~~

Many woman who imagines that
she is the apple Of her husbands eye
Is really only the crabapple Of his WIS.,
Ion.
A small boy with his first drum isn't
In 1t as nuisance with the woman
that develops what she thinks Is tai
ent for sarcasm.
You don't know what being in bad
means until your wife becomes ac-
quainted with a bunch of women who
can easily afford to pay 500 apiece for
their hats.
When you hear Ratchet faced, vim
egar-mouthed woman exclalm "All
men are devils" don't you wonder
what facilities she ever possessed for
finding all that out?
After a baby comes, a woman real
ICES that the lesson In patience she
had to learn to get along with her hus-
band was only the b of what she
had to learn later
When q man is a nagger he general
self-contempt. But when a woman Is
a termagant she goes to her grave
without ever finding 1t out.
We know a male jelyflsh who Is i'm
beetle enough to permit his wife to
make him eat onions, although he de-
spises them and they like him not, Just
because she herself wants to eat
mess Of them.
Why Is 1t that woman will begin.
at the breakfast table, to tell her hus-
band an interminable, intricate, and
meaningless dream that she has had
when she knows that he Is already
twenty minutes behind his office-reach-
ing schedule?
The soured old harpies who buzz
around young women and advise them
to take the reins from the start"
never by any chance go through with
1t and elucidate how they themselves
made out at that personally conducted
reins-handling Job.
Why is 1t that when a woman In
the public eye, whose reputation al
ways has been considered unimpeach-
able-a certain noted female singer.
say-gets her name dragged into d.
vorce case the women who read alout
1t generally appear to be oh-so- GLADLY
glad?
When two or three over-indulsed
women who pretend to believe that
their husbands mistreat them get to-
gether at shopping luncheon, the en-
suing rataplan makes a blank cart
ridge skirmish drill sound by comparl-
son like the rustling Of autumnal
zephyrs among dead leaves.
The self-same woman, whose bus-
band always takes Off her shoes when
she returns from a wholly unnecessary
day Of shop gadding generally Is the
one who says to her woman cronies
Deed I've got picture Of myself
pressing my husbands trousers
huh!"
I'D rather die or work In some
body's kitchen than take cent Of
your detestable money" IS what tbnv
all say while the details of the mn
tual agreement divorce are being ar.
ranged. But when the decree IS hand.
ed down they line up greedily at the
alimony counter all the same.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
SIOUX CITY is FLOODED
ON THOUSAND PEOPLE DRIVEN
FROM THEIR HOMES.
Cloudburst North of City Sends Rush of
Water Down Creek-Loss Will
Be Heavy.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, July 10.-One
thousand people were driven from their
homes and many thousands of dollars
damage was done by flood early today
in Perry creek, small stream which
separates the east and west sides Of
Sioux City. The flood was the worst
in the city's history.
There We're many narrow escapes, but
no lives have been reported lost. \
cloudburst north of Sioux City is be-
lieved to have been the cause. The food
m., and the worst is believed to be
over.
1t is estimated that in the densely
populated district along the creek, ouD
homes are surrounded by water. Tho
plant of the Sioux City Traction com
pany was flooded. No cars are running
and thousands We're compelled to walk.
In the wholesale district, near the
Missouri river front, water from the
creek ran along the streets and Hooded
cellars, causing heavy loss. At Fourth
and Water streets there was foot of
water on the first floors of the stores.
The gas mains to the west side were
broken by the flood and thousands of
people were forced to eat cold break
fasts.
Farmers upstream telephoned to this
city at midnight news of the coming
flood. AS quickly as possible all avail
able steam whistles here were blown,
and residents in the threatened districts
were aroused by police and fremen, but
the flood came so rapidly that many per-
sons had close calls.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. July lore
newed heavy rams in northwestern Mis-
souri, and in Kansas Friday night sent
mp the Missouri and Kansas rivers and
their tributaries today, but no serious
result will follow, according to the local
weather observer
At Kansas City the Missouri river
came up three-tenths of foot, the
gauge marking 25i. 4 further rise Of
one foot at this point IS predicted be-
fore the Missouri becomes stationary
At Topeka an inch and half of
rain fell. and the small streams were
once more bank full. The Kansas river
there rose nearly half foot and today
was still rising. The waters of the
Marais des Cygncs river at Ottawa,
Kan. also came up as result of the
rains.
In the northern part of Dickinson
county, in central Kansas, n fall of nine
inches of water last night was reported
and hundreds of acres of wheat were
said to have been ruined
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
CENSORED PLAY is PRODUCED.
Shaw Piece Given Private Hearing
Unoftiensive, Say Critics.

LONDON, July BERNARD Shaw'i
prohibited playlct. Press Cuttings,
was produced privately At a matinee Al
the Court theater Friday, which seem,
destined To- do more toward achieving
the abolition Of the censorship of tn,
drama than all the serious agitation that
has been going on To- that end.
The morning newspapers express
themselves as at an utter loss to lndcr
stand why the censor put a ban upor
such an unofensive skit." One paper
goes so far as to say that Mr. Shaw sci
n trap into which the censor has un.
warily fallen, and that the only thing
now to be done is to free the stage from
this anachrouism.
The play is a bur!csque of current Do
litica topics, especially the sunragett,
agitation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
YOUTHS ARE ACCUSED,
ing Money by Means of Threat
ening Letters.

CHICAGO, H., July 1O.-Fritz Neebc,
IL years old, was arrested today in con.
ncction with an attempt by 1J-ycar-old
ebert label to cXtOrt money by means
Of threatening letters to William Graes.
sic, druggist. The label lad was ar
rested Friday night, and, according to
the police. confessed to the letter writ
ing and implicated the Neebe boy. The
latter. ii is said. admitted having helped
label write the letters, and did so under
the impression it was only n joke. The
label boy asserts that he sent the let
tiers to get even" with Graessle because
the latter had discharged him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
$4,000 ON HIS LIFE
arthur c. Langham Carried This Amount
X lied by Explosion of Cannon
Cracker.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 10.--Tht
late Arthur G. Langham Of Louisville
the well known insurance man, who
was killed by the explosion of cannon
cracker, carried $4,000 of life insur
ance and $4,000 of accident insurance
the latter becoming claim owing tc
the circumstances of his death. 1t il
that Mr.. Langham had about
100000 III property i'll addition to his
n