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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-25

There Is new story regarding 4
player hold out for salary. The man.
aSer asked the player how much money
he wanted. and was told $500 a month
and his cakes. The manager replied.
Report Labor day" The season closed
on that date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-25

Frank Cree IL the smallest man ON
the Yankee team. He IL even shorter
than Willie Keeles. and that Ia going
some. And he 10 some ball player.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-25

That George etovall will have the
best year In his career this season 10
the opinion Of several OF the Cleveland
scribes who have seen him at work II,
the practice games at New Orleans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-25

Neal Ball. who can hit. may draw
an outfield berth with the Yankees.
Now they say that Jack Knight can't
play short and that E1berfeld must 60
back to the position. So.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-25

Harry Wolverten and Joe McGinnity
of Newark don't think that Marquard
will make good for the Giants this SEA-
son ana are CONFIDENT thoa Manager
Mc0raw will turn him over e them Tor
more seasoning tn minor leGAlU COM
pany. According to reports iron the
form as any Of the other players. and
Is sure to be retained by the Giants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-25

committee Of the United states Con-
sress Is considering the introd action
of bill for staSnp tax on tickets TO
places OF amusement, base ball and
theaters In particular.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-20
Long Goats Equally Popular

Il VERY new Shipment Of the charming and popul;
~ thing novel and pleasing in the way of trimming
y stylish. Women delighted to find that they ca
for the extremely low price of $3.50 If the pc
gee IS too light in color weight there heavier N
terais just as smart i'll effect; in fact, the new bl
serges of the most popular of the Summer mode
and these are both serviceable and durable yet
the least costly.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29

q years, with a face full of good
natured imbecility. 1t seemed evident
at once to the examining officers that
the man would know no better than to
commit murder, and would commit ii
under provocation, the last thing to
enter his thick head being the fact
that he. with his grade of intelligence,
would not have one chance in a thou
sand of escaping the penalty. He as
serted his innocence of the charge, but
in a halfhearted manner, as If he was
very far from realizing the serious
ness of his position. He said:
IF old Swartz is dead. I'm sorry. l
didn't do it. He always treated me all
right, and l wouldn't do him dirt. If
l knew who did I'd lick him good"
What did you go away from your
room for without telling anybody
of it?"
"Shucksl didn't have no time. It
was most IL Saturday night when
knowed It first myself The boss, he
says: Fanny he says, how'd you like
a vacation he says. Everybody but
you and me is taking a vacation, he
says; it's the fashion nowadays, he
says. You go tonight, Fanny, he
says, and I'll go when you git back.
You can stay a week. he says, and
here's two weeks wages. That will
do you he says. Then he counted
out $26 dollars from the big roll he
had in the safe"
$50 he had big roll in the safe. did
he?" the captain interrupted.
"Surel He had just put 1t in there
SPAS He says: 'Flanny, this Is the
biggest day we ever had. and I'm a.
going, he says, to give you vacation.
because, he says, 'Flanny. you're all
right. and we can afford to be in the
fashion, he says"
swell, what did you do them"
II says II I'm going I'd go then, SOS
to git the 11:45 train and be home
Sunday all day. So he says go ahead,
and | goes"
"You went to your room before
taking the train?"
For surel / had TO git my glad
rags And started to shave, but
didn't. didn't have time"
you had time to drop into num-
Der of places on the way down to the
station, didn't your"
Flanagan grinned slyly.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
H'm Salome," Chanted Margaret,
Twrling on One Toe.

hair in a braid and doing a Salome
lance, appropriately clad.
"B-bless my soul" exclaimed the
doctor when he got his breath.
'W-what does this extraordinary con-
duct mean, young woman"
But Margaret answered not. She
lust kept on dancing, sliding her arms
iinuOusly about, singing the queer. wall
ing tune, with her eyes fixed on the
doctors as if to her he represented
John the Baptist Around his chair
she circled slowly and the doctors I'M
sasiness grew every second.
GO way" he cried. Are you
crazy? Suppose some one should
come. Go way"
I'm Salome," chanted Margaret,
twirling on one toe. Il saw Eva Tan
quay do it at the - l don't care!
don't care!"
Then the doctor telephoned police
headquarters, and when two police
men came they had their hands full
with Margaret Kelly. She refused to
out on any more clothes, and when
DR.. Tompkins came he found the two
policemen holding a blanket about
her.
TOO much Eighth avenue whisky"
The doctor said. and he bundled Mar
garet, still protesting that she was
Salome, off to hospital.
Mrs. Newfield engaged Margaret
few days ago from an employment
agency, The girl is young and pretty
and had excellent references. When
she sent her trunk to the Newfield
apartment it was so big that it had to
be put in the attic.
But it didn't hold much" Mrs New
field said. "One of the other servants
saw her unpack it and told me that all
1t contained was a lot of fancy gauze
stuff that must have been the Salome
costume she was practicing in"
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
TERRIFIED BY WILD MAN.
Taunton Citizens, Fearing Mysterious
Person, Appeal to Police.

Taunton, n. IA wild man is
haunting the vicinity of Prospect Hill
in the north end of the city, and scores
Of residents, frightened at his peculiar
actions, have appealed to the police to
investigate his case. Roaming about
on the outskirts of the woods and
often appearing near the edge of the
roads. he has spread such a reign of
terror in the locality that mothers will
not let their children run about as be-
fore.
He was sighted on the summit of
the hill, wildly waving his hands
toward the sky and singing as if in
prayer, but before anything could be
done to effect his capture he disap
peared. Other reports say that he has
been seen running like hunted deer
through the underbrush and tearing
down bushes and small shrubbery in
what appears to be a maniacal desire
to destroy.
He is described as very poorly
dressed and his unshaven face and un-
kempt hair give him every appearance
Of wild man. Residents of the neigh.
borhood are planning concerted &C.
ton to effect his capture the next time
he makes his appearance upon the
summit of the hill. Some believe that
he may have escaped from the insane
hospital which is located nearby.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
THE woNDEReERRY.

Mr.. Luther Burbank. the plant Wiz
ard of California, has originated a
wonderful new plant which grows any
where, in any soil or climate. and bears
great quantities OF luscious berries all
the season. Plants are grown from
seed, and II takes only three months
to get them in bearing, and they may
be grown and fruited all summer In
the garden. or in pots during the win
ter. 1t is unquestionably the greatest
Fruit Novelty ever known, and Mr..
Burbank has made Mr.. John Lewis
Childs, of Floral Park, N. Y. the in
PRODUCER. He says that Mr.. Childs ID
one Of the largest. best-known. fair
est and most reliable Scotsman In
America. Mr.. Childs is advertising
seed OF the Wonderberry all over the
world, and offering great inducements
to Agents for taking orders for IL.
This berry is SO fine and valuable, and
so easily grown anywhere, that every
body should get 1t at once.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
'hlzZAzzZ.AAzZ lis RAap0pcN>NpzzME5h MhHazzE"

=. zen you went out at the door
where did you go?"
ITO Tim Foley's place first, and
then to Randalls, and then to my
room"
Did you talk with anybody in those
places?"
Only the barkeeps. They was
hardly anybody around then. It was
closing time for those shops. They
amt victuallers."
did you see anybody at your lodg-
ing house?"
mo. The lights was out and went
In quiet. Everybody was abed."
when you came out where did
you go?"
81 took a car for the south station"
Ibid you talk with anybody on the
carr"
'I can't think. / don't think So"
"You don't think? Can't you say
positively What you had taken at
Foley's and Randall's hadn't begun to
affect you, had it,"
We'll, / h'isted 1t in quick, and a
lot of IL, and my head was going some,
all right"
Up to this moment Flanagan had
been talking in a normal manner. The
Doctors gaze had put his face through
the preparatory stages of change only.
But now, from startled, then earnest,
passing to a peaceful and contented,
expression, his eyes leaped to that of
absorbed thought, and he continued in
a monotonous voice:
II think somebody was there; some
body ! didn't know very we'll. think
/ spoke to him. But don't remember
IL he said anything to me. II was an
open car, and l guess he was way
over on one end of the seat and was
on the other"
WAS he on your right or your left
side?"
Il don't know. Seems to me he was
sort of behind me- I'm pretty sure
didn't see him. sort of felt him,
guess, and asked him"
He hesitated, a strange, intent, In
Prospective look in his blue eyes.
ASKED him?" suggested DIR. Furni-
vail, softly.
"Asked-him-what -time-it-was"
He proceeded thus hesitatingly.
cropping in his mind for the clew to
the impression family traced there.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
Premonitlon Saves woman's Life.

Altoona, Pa.-Premonition OF danger
saved Miss Lillian Jeffries, assistant
postmistress of Bellwood, from seri-
ous injury while returning from Pitts
burg over the Pennsylvania. Change
your seat" something seemed to tell
her. She did, and IA short time later
a stone was hurled through the win
low, striking and perhaps fatally in
Turing a child that had taken her
place.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29

81 wouldn't II I'd shaved" he an
swered
That ended the examination as far
as it need be given here. Swartz was
found hanged in his store, to which
only he and Flanagan had a key,
Swartz' key was in his pocket, Flan-
nigans key was in his pocket, and the
store was locked from the outside.
Flanagan had run away, and when
caught had told cock-and-bull story
of vacation, luxury never heard of
before in connection with any employe
of Fatty" Swartz, or even with
Swartz himself who had been for 10
years In that store every day of his
life except Sundays, and all day. The
notion that he should suddenly propose
such thing to Flanagan at IL o'clock
at night, make him a present OF a
weeks pay and pack him of at once,
was preposterous-just the kind of a
foolish story that a man Of Flanni-
gan's caliber would be likely to in
vent. Only one thing seemed strange
to the police: What had Flanagan
done with the s24S?
The next day after Flanagan had
been committed for trial without bail
a little old woman with beady black
eyes, a wrinkled, yellow skin, highly
nervous manner and a very shrill
voice called on DR.. Furnivall, and an
nouncing that she was Flannigan's
mother said that her son was Of
course innocent, and as she had no
money to pay a high-up lawyer and
detective to prove It, she had come to
him as the only thing left for her to
do.
DIR. Furnivall was given access to
Flannigan's cell He commanded:
"Flannigan. carry your mind back to
IL o'clock Saturday night, and tell
me what happened to you them"
Why" he answered without hest
tation, the boss was giving me rs
plunks to go on vacation with"
did you leave the store them
II left as soon as put the shutters
up TO the front windows. The old man
said he'd fix the back one"
Was he In the store when you
left?"
Yes, sir"
"Alone?"
Yes. sir"
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
GIRL IS SALOME MAD;
CAN'T RESIST DANCING
CIRCLES AROUND BEFORE DOC
TOR UNTIL HE HAS HER SENT
TO HOSPITAL.

New York.-Dr. A. w. Newfieid sat
reading in his study in his apartment
on West One Hundred and Forty-first
street. His wife, his daughter and
the latter's husband had gone to
theater. Soon the doctor dozed, he
doesn't know how long. but suddenly
he was awakened by a low, wailing
cry right In the room. The doctor
looked up with a jerk, adjusted his
glasses on his nose and then fell
back limp in his chair.
In front of him, swaying and pirou-
citing, with her hands chasing each
other in snakelike fashion. stood his
housemaid, Margaret Kelly. with heI
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29

Oxpropylendlisoamy is the
name of a new heart stimulant. The
dose is one syllable three times day
after meals.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
In the Divorce Colony.

The little De Jones girl is talking "a
her playmate, Lucy van Smith.
"Oh, Lucy" said she. I'VE have q
new papa!"
Have you? What's his manner"
"Mr. jones'"
ooh, pshawl We had him, too, but
we didn't like him. "-Lippincott's.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
Red. Weak, weary, watery Eye.

Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com
pounded by Experienced Physicians. Con-
forms to Pure Food and Drug Laws. Mu-
rine Doesn't Smart Soothes Eye Pain.
Try Murine in Your Eyes. At Druggists.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29
IL CertalnIy Ia.

"You shouldn't cast your pearls be-
fore swine"
IT know II; but it's hard telling who
In on the hog these days"
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29

Strong drug cathartics simply aggravate
the conditon-the true remedy for consti-
patton and liver trouble is found in Car
field Tea, the mild Herb laxative.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29

PILES CURED IN TO IL DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed 20 cure any casa
OF Itching Blind, Bleeding or ProIruding Piles In
6 to Ia days or money refunded. Doc.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29

+ $50 In the
morning a laborer
with two cents for
his breakfast milk
warm in his hand
stopped in front of
Swartz' provision
store and stared
blankly at the
closed door and
shutters. The place
was always open
at five at this time
of year, and he
was in n hurry
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-29

Arms and laws do not flourish to-
gether.-Caesar.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23

You ought to have been ashamed of yourself"
 How about the girl?"
 "Oh there was no excuse for her whatever. She must have been with out any principle or modesty."
 Why will one woman proceed to pass judgment on another without hearing anything of defense l was angered.
 The girl kissed was as pure as an angel" said with warmth.
 "ln your sight
 "ln the sight of God and the saints"
 You didn't say you were in love with her"
 This was a thrust had not counted on. warded it off by explaining that the affair occurred long while ago. but since l was only twenty-two my position was weak
 She was old enough to know better or you wouldn't have cared 10 kiss her"
 l secretly resolved to punish Amy for this condemnation of one 1 had had tender regard for. But in my vocabulary a tender regard and love were not synonymous terms. l had never been in love and didn't know where the tender regard ended and love began.
 "She was but fourteen" 1 replied.
 This piece forms the stern of the boat and this the bow. and this goes in between the boy and the girl"
 "lt's fortunate" l remarked, that there's piece to go in between them. since you're so prudish."
 II prudish?'
 Yes. if should rest my arm on your waist you would be hopping mad"
 dropped my hand on her waist She might have been absorbed in the pug gle or bereft of sense of feeling. for she did not notice tue act. A slight motion of her head again drew the strands of her hair across my cheek now felt confident of paying her in her own coin for blaming the girl I had kissed.
 This piece" she said. putting it in a place where it fitted. lis the chimney 10 the cabin
 And this is the boys arm holding an oar" added, trying to put piece in place where it didn't fit reach ed for another piece and in doing so brought my head still nearer Amy's. She drew away. but the movement
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23
Burke as a Bore.

The most eloquent essay carefully prepared beforehand when delivered by one wanting the orators gifts may as a speech be an utter failure. Burke is perhaps the most striking example of this. He simply drove everybody away. This is well and amusingly de- scribed by Lord Erskine to the Amer ican ambassador, Mir. Rush. who had asked him about Burkes delivery.
 Tt was execrable," said he. Il was in the house of commons when he made his great speech on American conciliation. the greatest he ever made. He drove everybody away. l wanted to go out with the rest. but was near him and afraid to get up. So squeezed myself down and crawled un- der the benches like a dog until got to the door without his seeing me. re- joicing in my escape. Next day went to the Isle of Wight. When the speech followed me there, l read it over and over again. could hardly think of anything else. 1 carried it with me and thumbed it until it got like wad- ding for my gun Westminster Ga Zpttp
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23
Success of One Piece of Music.

Very few know anything about Sup pc. the composer of "Fatinitza" and several other operas and the father of the Poet and Peasant" overture. The latter was composed 10 an entirely diff ferent piece and fell flat. The author then tried it at intervals of six months and year with two other plays and no one found it pretty. Lastly. be- cause there was not time 10 write a new overture, it was used with long forgotten farce called Poet and Peas ant" The farce was successful and people endured the overture. Then somebody asked permission to publish it in a journal. arranged for the piano. Soon everybody was playing it. Then a music firm bought of Suppe for $25 the right and published the score. They made a clear $40OO0 with it.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23
THE GIRL THAT
 HE KISSED BEFORE,
By JAMES C. HINES.

ICopyright, 1909, by American Press Asso-
 ciation1
 Amy and l were putting together a picture puzzle. We had the parts on n table in cozy nook in the garden. The hour was twilight. The moon was half full. There was a perfume of flowers.
 Il wonder if we haven't it upside down." l remarked.
 No; that's sky on the top"
 "Or water
 "Or rushes."
 They all look the same till combin. rd in the picture. l have it. The boys head goes in here"
 And the girls in here"
 No said Amy thoughtfully. that would bring it too near the girls You wouldn't have them sit at op- posite ends of the boat. would you?" l objected
 Our own heads were quite near at the moment
 You don't understand me. When the picture is finished you won't find the two heads so close together
 And the old woman raking hay is spying on them. No: you are right the artist wouldn't have drawn his picture that way"
 Why, what would the old woman be watching?''
 ITO see that the boy didn't steal q kiss"
 There's no harm in a kiss" Amy replied after pause, "when they're engaged"
 ''I confess to have kissed girl once to. whom l was not engaged"
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23
Euphonious Female Names.

Referring to a recent note on eupho- nious female names, it may be said that the eccentric Christian name at tains it's ripest vigor in the highlands. There the natives have few names natural to the sex. such as "Baroac" though Barbac may be the name of the family cow-"the dear one, the dun one" The great ma jority of fe- male names are. however. frankly compounded from male equivalents. "Wilhelmina' is known in the south. and on the same principle Andrew finds it's female counterpart in An drewina.' while "Malcolminas" and "Donaldinas" are as thick as backber- ries. One unhappy child among the relations of the present writer was mercifully known as Ava" and Ava she will be all her life. Her real name. when magnificently set forth. is Alex andrina Victoria Andrewina." and the abbreviation is formed from the initial letters. s.-London Standard.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23
In MourninQ.

A peer, who was the master of fine hunting pack, died, and his widow refused to let the hounds go out. Whereupon friend asked former chief justice of England, who was himself huntsman. whether any harm would be done if the hounds were allowed to run with pieces of crape round their necks. "I can hard ly think that even crape is necessary" was the reply. Ut would be sufficient if the hounds were in full cry."-Lon- don News
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23

are taken by the stems and slapped against the floor with a force that to the uninitiated would seem to be enough to break them to pieces. This is done to bring out the fiues or bar bules. the miniature feathers extending from the barbs. and gives the plumes Il fluffier. richer appearance. A good ostrich plume will have two or three layers of feathers; it's tip should be perfect, and it should have no trans verse cuts along the vane. For the retail trade two plumes are usually
 mounted together.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23

was so faint that did not consider it by any means a repulse. With the hand about her waist drew her a bit nearer.
 It's a dangerous thing for a young man to permit himself to work out a picture puzzle or any other kind of a puzzle in a garden with girl. for the girl may be working out puzzle of her own. I was bent on punishing Amy and forgot my caution. l did not realize that Love. with his bow and quiver and matrimony, with a wife and children. were perched on the limb of tree behind me. l put my cheek so near Amy's that sheet of paper wouldn't go between. Then. turning her face toward me- kissed her.
 confess l was surprised that she should so meekly permit what few minutes before she had condemned in another. l had intended to hold up to her the injustice, the inconsistency of her course. but there was some thing in her nonresistance that made me ashamed of myself l thought l must say something, so l said some thing to make matters worse:
 "I don't blame you"
 "Do you blame yourself?' she asked fy way of reply.
 Myself? No; yes. Why should I?" Do you consider it right to kiss a girl to whom you are not engaged?" The moon shone. the flowers exhaled perfumes. the air was still So was l Finally l spoke:
 "l'll make it right love you" And so l was caught. After 1t was all over she confounded me by saying:
 Do you wish me to tell you who was the girl you kissed before? Well. she was l. You forgot the fourteen year-old miss. but she didn't forget you"
 Ostrich Feathers of Tripoli.
 The usual kinds of ostrich feathers known to the trade come into the Tripoli market. These are whites, blacks. feuhnas. byocks. spadonas, boOs. drabs and floss. The Arab deal CTS bring them in unsorted packages | containing feathers in various qualities of each kind. and it therefore requires expert knowledge to buy advantage ously from the natives. The goods are sold by the "rotl." (The Tripoli rotl is about eighteen ounces,
 The feathers are washed and sorted. but not dyed or Curled. They are washed i'll soapy water, and when still wet are beaten. X handful of them
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23
No Use For Him.

"Mildred.' murmured fashionable young man, sinking on one knee, for your birthday gift l offer you-my self.'
 Thank you" was the cold reply. But l only accept useful presents."- Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23
REMOVAL NOTICE

HALLS TEXAS WONDER will remove Kidney, Bladder and Rheumatic trouble. S1OO bottle contains 60 days treatment and seldom one bottle fails to cure. Sod by Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23
His Pun.

She (watching the steerage paSSen- gersl-See those two German girls, What lovely hair they have! Now that's what call real golden hair. He-Nonsense. Can't you see it's plaited ?- Philadelphia Press.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23
A Novel pialoaue.

Man (under the bureau)-If l get hold of that - collar button Ill- Tll-
 Collar Button (from under the bed)- Quite so. And you'll get it in the ueck.- Brooklyn Life.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-23
No Doubt About It.

"Was he wounded seriously" asked the reporter, hurrying to the scene of the affray.
 He was." briefly answered the po- liceman. Did yez think 1t was in fun? n?'-Exchange.