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The wageworker., 1910-04-01

executive officers, one prominent ten
dency has been manifest throughout.
The old war horses of the railroad
game, who have spent their lives
in the service, and who by their ef-
forts have made the American trans
portation system what it is. as well
as having been responsible in a meas
ure for what it is not. have stepped
aside. and their places have been
filled with men of lesser years, just
as the battle SCARED furniture of
their sanctums has been replaced with
new mahogany.
And the new men seem to be ma
king good. as far as can be judged
from the achievements of those whose
promotion to leadership has not been
of too recent date. No one is claim
ing that they are made of better tim
Der than their predecessors. but they
seem to be able to arrive sooner.
They have had opportunities for
education. not always school educa-
| ton, but access to the ideas of others
| not possessed by the pioneers. each
| of whom had to blaze his own trail
without the guidance of custom or
precedent, and often without knowl
edge of what his fellow workers IL
the same lines of endeavor were do
ing or had already accomplished.
Another characteristic is noticeable
in the new officers as in the new fur
niture. They seem to be smoother
more polished and brilliant. and muct
of their training has been along the
lines of diplomacy, The\"public be
damned" theory is not dead, bu
where it exists the theorists who still
hold to it are wise enough to keel
| it buried as deep as possible
Where the previous generation of rail
road chiefs was wont to get what I
4 wapted or thought it ought to hav
by any means that offered. and Will
it had not time for palavering in al
emergency, the newer set OF RAILROAD
officials proceeds along different lines
preferring to gain it's ends by co-oI
Grafton with the public and by les
strenuous methods.-Chicago Tribune
The wageworker., 1910-04-01
NAMING OF RACE HORSES
PERPlExING TO TURFMEh
OWNERS WIVES AND DAUGHTERS
SOMETIMES HAVE A VOICE
IN THE SELECTIONS.

The question of the naming Of
horses has always been a perplexing
one to turfmen. Annually several
thousand colts and fillies have to be-
named, and at that the jockey club re-
quires that names for these young
sters must be filed for registration on
March 1 of their two-year-old form.
For failure to comply with this rule
it costs an owner $50 whenever he
sends his youngster to the starting
post.
The jockey club also does not per-
NIT the use of a name that has been
registered within five years, but back
of this period an owner can take any
name for present use that is within
the lids of the English and American
record books.
OF late years none of the great
stables has had the uniformity in
names that marked the strings of the
noted turfmen of days long since past
and gone. The late Pierre Lorillard
bestowed on his great horses Indian
names. such as Iroquois. Parole. Sac
hem, Papoose, Pequot and Powhattan.
while j. w. Hunt Reynolds, the noted
Kentucky clubman, chose famous mu-
sicians and musical terms for names
for his most brilliant race horses, of
which Falsetta, the sire of The Picket
| and Sir Huon, and Mendelssohn were
a fair sample.
Few stables have ever raced that
were as fitly named as the horses once
owned by the late Charles Fleisch-
mann of Cincinnati, and his son, Ju.
| lius, former mayor of the Queen city
| 1t has always been understood that
| Mrs. julius Fleischmann performed
| this service for her father-in-law and
husband. Some of the names she Sc
lected were surely hard to beat. Fol
instance, she called colt out of Prom
'enade Stroller and Smart Set was
picked out by her for colt out oi
Fashionable.
]. E. Madden has at times struck q
few names that fitted as well as those
selected by Mrs. F1eischmann. as
above noted. For example. he named
the produce of Blissful, Single Life
rather grim selection at that, as he
was then soon to pass out of the mar
ried state, and it was surely stab al
his divorced wife, now Annie Louise
Bell. Good Luck as another brigh
name he selected, as that son of i'm
ported Sandringham is out of Pocket
piece, and Skillful, Jackful, Aceful ant
Witful, the get of imported Mirthful
were all well named.
J. r. Keene has also struck it hap
PLY in naming some of the get o
Ben Brush-Birch Broom, Brush B.
and Sweep-all being by that Subur
ban handicap winner.
The late Maj. B. G. Thomas once
owned the stallion imported King Bal
and he adopted the form of namin.
the get of that English horse with
Ban prefix, and Ban Fox. Ban Chief
Ban Himyar, and Banbridge. Banbur;
and others of their like are as a re
suit recorded in the racing guides ant
the record books.
The wageworker., 1910-04-01
Minnesota-Wisconsin League.

At the annual meeting Of the, Min
nesota- Wisconsin Baseball league at
Red Wing, Red Wing and Rochester.
Mimi, were admitted to membership.
Strict Endorsement of the $3.50
monthly salary limit was agreed upon,
the number of players being limited
to 12 for each club. including mana
ger. The league, this year will be
composed Of Duluth, Winona, Red
Wing and Rochester in Minnesota
and Superior. Eau Claire. Wausau and
La Crosse in Wisconsin.
The wageworker., 1910-04-01
Sunday kali in Capital? Hardly.

Washington is aroused over a bill
introduced by Representative Coudrey
OF Mississippi. making Sunday base
ball in the District Of Columbia law
full. While there is little chance of
such a measure running the gauntlet.
religious and civic bodies are holding
uaily meetings and planning an ener-
getie campaign against the proposed
legislation.
The wageworker., 1910-04-01
M[ lll[ TN lu[M.

be surprising to see them finish ahead
of Cleveland.
Reports from California have not
been favorable to the Chicago Sox and
although Comiskey has spent a large
sum to get new material, the WISE
acres don't seem to have much con-
f1dence in his team.
The others are placed about as they
finished last year and the dope on
them seems to be better than that on
the teams that are expected to be in
the top division. Dope on baseball is
more uncertain than that on the races,
and these selections may be put down
as mere guess work at best
Manager McGraw made the rather
surprising remark several days ago
that he expects Rube Marquard to be
one of his best winning pitchers dur
ing the coming season. Since the
training season began Marquard has
been kept very much in the background.
He pitched in very few practice
games, and has done comparatively
little work of any kind on the side.
Il think we worked Marquard most
too hard last spring." explained Nc
Graw. "And he was so anxious to
make good that he overplayed his am
bition. His first disappointment at not
making good after having been talked
about all over the country as a Sill
900 player took the art out of him and
his nerve to certain extent went
with 1t. If we can get that $1,000
idea out of his head and make him
pitch as naturally as he did at Indi
annapolis. think the Giants will have
a most valuable man.
'They may say what they please
about Marquard," said McGraw. "Bu,
I know that he is good pitcher. H.
has everything that a good pitche,
ought to have, and no man could have
done what he did before coming te
New York without having been a gooo
| man.
| Marquard has been working on q
curve similar to Matty's fadeaway
ball. the only difference being that il
is thrown from the port side AS il
is perhaps well known, the fadeawa,
is slow curve thrown by right-hand
ed pitchers. 1t breaks to the outside
of the plate. and that is what make.
the fade-away such puzzle. Mar
guard is showing wonderful progress.
in developing the left-handed fade
away. and If he ever succeeds in con
trolling it SO that he can make 1t dro,
away from the batter. just as Matty.
curve drops in toward the batter, h,
will have wonderful puzzler
The Giant camp Is so enthused owe
the unexpected pitching brilliancy O
Parsons, the former star of Bucknel
college. that the annual christening O
new curve balls has become a fad.
They have their sneeze balls, thei
Whit balls, their sinker balls, thei
stop balls and all that line of stuff,
says Catcher Robinson. "but ain
kiddin' you when say that this felloy
Parsons has got curve that is al
solutely new to baseball. The onl
thing l can think of as a name 70
: it would be the fish ball."
1t was thus recorded. Parsons ha
the fish ball." and If anybody can sto
that for a brand-new curve it's jus
like money in his hand
Parsons is already known as "Slim
and skinny" He is SO tall that b
I, has to low bridge on electric fans, an
he is so thin that McGraw barred hil
!, from the hot baths to prevent hill
from evaporating.
The wageworker., 1910-04-01
BUGGY CAUGHT on Engine.

When the buggy in which Mrs. Myr-
tie Lorton. her four-year-old son
Ralph and farm hand were riding
was struck by fast Chicago & Alton
passenger train at Whitehall. ILL.,. the
buggy with its occupants was torn
loose from the horse and was carried
on the pilot Of the engine for a quar-
ter OF mile.
In the strange ride Mrs. Lurton's
skull was fractured. The boy and
the farm hand escaped unhurt. The
wrecked buggy had held to the pilot
until the train was stopped. Then Il
slipped of before the train crew
could run to the front of the engine.
The wageworker., 1910-04-01

changes in the
executive organi-
cation Of several
of the leading
western railroads
and they have
been far more fire.
quent during the
last few months
than usual-have
demonstrated this
conclusively.
Taking no ac-
count for the
present of the
causes W b i c b
have led SO many
of the principa I
railroad systems
to reorganize the
personnel of their
The wageworker., 1910-04-01
Hovdout Since 1907 sians with D.

HoIdout Since 1907 Signs with Doves.
The Boston National league base
ball club has received the signed con-
tract of F. B. Joy. the Hawaiian. Joy
was bought from San Francisco in
1907 by the Boston, club, but refused
to report. having been a holdout all
that time. Joy has been sent transpor-
tation and will join the Doves at Au-
guSta.
The wageworker., 1910-04-01

Hines, Doves Catcher in 1882, Dies.
Michael p. Hines. catcher for the
Boston National league baseball club
from 1882 to 1885, died several days
ago in New Bedford. Conn. He was As
years of age.
The wageworker., 1910-04-01
To Learn American Methods.

One OF the big Brazilian railroads
has just perfected plan by which 1t
will send four of it's mechanics to the
United States every six months and
put them at work In some OF our big
railroad shops SO that they may be-
come familiar with American meth
eds.
The wageworker., 1910-04-01
NATIONAL.

This is the season when the fan be-
gins to pick the probable winners of
the races In the big baseball leagues
and the foregoing is a concensus of
opinion as expressed by experts" In
cities where there are major league
teams.
IT may be noted that Pittsburg Is
placed in second position this year.
most of those who expressed opinions
believing the bad luck that kept Chi
cago from winning the pennant in 1909
will not hit the Cubs In 1910. Frank
Chance. manager of the Chicago club.
Is in good shape thus far this season.
The wageworker., 1910-04-01
The Dog skiIIfuIiy EIuded the Bulls
Charges.

from the great wound in the bulls Jaw
and as he shook his head in rage .le
life fluid covered the dog.
Crouching low, the dog awaited the
bulls next attack AS the animal
rushed, Jack sprang to meet the
charge. This time his teeth reached
tn, proper spot. Into the throat of his
huge foe the dog sank his tangs With
a growl, the first sound ne had uttered
during the fierce encounter. Jack hung
on.
Al efforts on the part of the bull to
shake the dog off were futile. The
bull reared. lifting Jack from the
ground. The master of the herd tried
to paw the dog off. but 1t was useless.
JACK had a death hold and knew it,
Commands of the master and the
little playmates were alike unheeded.
The dog was there to fight to the
death and nothing less than the bulls
lifc would satisfy him. The attempts
of the bull to shak~ OFF the dog grew
weaker and weaker. and finally the big
animal sank to his knees. Jack held
on. Then the bull rolled over on his
side. Blood was flowing in a stream.
The dog was nearly choked, but he
would not let go. At last with a shud.
der the bull gave up and Hawkins
rushed into the pen. With great diff.
Guilty he pr!ed open the jaws Of the
doc. The bull was dead.
The wageworker., 1910-04-01
CHOOSE YOUNG MEN
CHANGE IN POLICY OF RAILROAD
DIRECTORS.
Veterans Are Being Superseded and
New Generation Has Arisen
The youngsters" Seem to Be
Making Good.


This is the day of the young man
in the railroad profession Recent
The wageworker., 1910-04-01
PHILADELPHIA AND
CUBS 1910 CHAMPS?
WisEAcREs SELECT MACK AND
CHANCES TEAMS TO WIN
THE REMNANTS.
DROP TIGERS AND PIRATES
Sknowing Ones" Think Last Seasons
Winners viii Not Finish Above
Second Piace-BasebalI Dope Un-
certain-McGraw lauds Marquard.

AM ERICAN.
Philadelphia,
Detroit,
Cleveland,
Boston,
Chicago,
st. Louis,
New York,
Washington.
The wageworker., 1910-04-01

from the great wound in the bulls Jaw
and as he shook his head in rage .le
life fluid covered the dog
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-06-30

tanned; but l fancied caught a sud.
den glance at Gertrude, flash of
something that died as it came.
AS quietly, as calmly as l could, !
went over the whole story, from the
night Liddy and had been alone up
to the strange experience of Rosie
and her pursuer. The basket still
stood on the table, mute witness to
this last mysterious occurrence.
There Is something else," I said
hesitatingly, at the last. 'Halsey, !
have never told this even to Gertrude,
but the morning after the crime
found, in tulip bed, revolver. It
it was yours, Halsey."
For an appreciate moment Halsey
stared at me. Then he turned to Ger
| trude.
MY revolver, Trude!" he exclaimed.
why. Jack took my revolver with
him, didn't he?"
"Oh, for heavens sake don't say
that" ! implored. THE detective
thinks possibly Jack Bailey came back,
and-and the thing happened then"
'He didn't come back" Halsey said
sternly Gertrude, when you brought
down revolver that night for Jack
to take with him, what one did you
bring? Miner"
Gertrude was defiant now.
mo. Yours was loaded, and was
afraid of what Jack--might do. gave
him one have had for year or two.
1t was empty"
Halsey threw up both hands de-
| spairingly
IF that isn't like a grill" he said.
why didn't you do what asked you
to, Gertrude? You send Bailey off
with an empty gun, and throw mine
in tulip bed, of all places on earth!
! Mine was 3S caliber. The inquest
| will show, of course, that the bullet
that killed Armstrong was 3S. Then
where shall be?"
You forget" / broke in, that /
have the revolver, and that no one
knows about it,"
But Gertrude had risen angrily.
IL cannot stand 1t; it is always
| with me" she cried. "Halsey, / did not
throw your revolver into the tulip
bed. think - you - did-it--your.
self"
ITO pE CoNTINJrI,nN
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-06-30
OREGON HAS KINDEST MAN
Panjab River Hermit Refuses to Kill
Wild Animals That Destroy
His Crops.

IL you lived In the woods where
bear, deer and cougars actually inter-
fered with your farming operations
and devoured your crops, would you
have any hesitation about killing the
offending varmints? Frank Lotion, a
German hermit living alone on the
Panjab river in the Blue mountains,
in Oregon, thinks 1t wrong to kill
wild animals and they bully him un-
mercifully.
Although for years he has lived in
district where all sorts of wild anil
mails are numerous, he has never
killed one yet. They frequently cause
me much trouble" he says, but it Is
wrong to kill them"
Recently he awoke in the morning
to see two large cougars glaring at
hif through the windows of his cabin
The mountaineer could easily have
killed both of them, but he said he
had no objection to have them inspect
the interior of his house. After watch
ing him for several minutes, the wild
cats skunk away into the timber.
"A hCiu VI SOi IL PiduISu dHu CultlVdC
ed by Lotion with great care, was de-
stroyed by herd Of deer Several
acres of the corn was eaten to the
ground. Mr.. Lotion could easily have
killed the deer the morning after the
animals devoured the corn, but he did
not modest them. A big deer recently
created havoc with the irrigation
scheme Mr.. Lotion has carried out on
his farm. Wallowing in the spring
from which the water is drawn, the
deer squeezed mud into the outlet
pipe, stopping it up, and the crops
suffered before the cause of the trou-
BILE was discovered.
Taking all these things into
account, Oregon may claim to have
the kindest man.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-06-30

l lighted the living room and we
went in there. Only half-hour be-
fore / had sat with Mr.. Jameson in
that very room, listening while he
overly accused both Gertrude and
Halsey of at least a knowledge of the
| death of Arnold Armstrong. Now Hal
sey was here to speak for himself /
should learn everything that had puz-
zled me.
II saw it in the paper tonight for
the first time" he was saying. ut
knocked me dumb. When / think of
this houseful of women, and thing
like that occurring"
Gertrude's face was still set and
white. That isn't all, Halsey," she
said. you and-and Jack left almost
at the time it happened. The detective
here thinks that you-that we-know
something about it."
"The devil he doesl" Halsey's eyes
were fairly starting from his head. Il
beg your pardon, Aunt Ray, but-the
fellows a lunatic."
Tell me everything, won't you, Hal
sey?" l begged. Tell me where you
went that night, or rather morning,
and why you went as you did. This
has been terrible 48 hours for all
of u.s.
He stood staring at me, and could
see the horror of the situation dawn
ing in his face.
Il can't tell you where went, Aunt
Ray" he said after a moment. "As to
why, you will learn that soon enough.
But Gertrude knows that Jack and I
left the house before this thing-this
horrible murder-occurred."
Mr.. Jameson does not believe"
Gertrude said drearily. "Halsey, If
the worst comes, If they should arrest
you, you must-tell."
Il shall tell nothing" he said with
new sternness in his voice AUNT
Ray, 1t was necessary for Jack and
me to leave that night. / cannot tell
you why-just yet AS to where we
went, If ! have to depend on that as
an alibi, shall not tell. The whole
thing is an absurdity, a trumped.up
charge that cannot possibly be seri-
GUS"
HAS Mr.. Bailey gone back to the
CITY," demanded, 'or to the club?"
Neither" defiantly; "at the present
moment do not know where he is"
"Halsey," / asked gravely, leaning
forward, have you the slightest sus-
picion who killed Arnold Armstrong?
The police think he was admitted
from within, and that he was shot
down from above, by some one on the
circular staircase"
Il know nothing Of it," he main
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-06-30
A Burglars Text Book.

The police of New York found upon
burglar, arrested by them, treatise
on safe-cracking that is said to be the
most remarkable document that has
ever fallen into their hands. The con-
tents are so well compiled that the
police unhesitatingly declare the au.
thor past grand master in his pro-
fession, and, according to Popular
Mechanics. are somewhat anxious to
find out just how many copies are In
circulation throughout the country.
For the most part the manuscript
is in the yegg code, lingo freely used
by thieves the country over. II de.
scribes the two kinds of safes recog-
nized by the profession, namely, the
fireproof and the burglar-proof. assert
ing, however, that there is no genuine
burglar-proof safe, and that kind that
are drill-proof are only called SO by
courtesy. Minute directions for
cracking a safe are given, together
with diagrams to illustrate the treat
Use,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-06-30
TIL CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

road man stepped out of the bushes,
and held his arm like this, spread out,
SO l couldn't get past. He said--he
said-'Not so fast, young lady;
want you to let me see what's in that
basket"
She got up in her excitement and
took hold of my arm.
1T was like this, Miss Innes," she
said, and say you was the man.
When he said that, screamed and
ducked under his arm like this. He
caught at the basket and l dropped it..
! ran as fast as could, and he came
after as far as the trees. Then he
stopped. oh, Miss Innes, 1t must have
been the man that killed that Mr..
Armstrong;"
Don't be foolish" I said. who
ever killed Mr.. Armstrong would put
as much space between himself and
this house as he could. Go up to bed
now; and mind, If 1 hear of this story
being repeated to the other maids, /
shall deduct from your wages for
every broken dish find in the drive"
! could fancy Liddy's face when she
missed the extra pieces of china-she
had opposed Rosie from the start. If
Liddy once finds a prophecy fulfilled,
especially an unpleasant one, she
never allows me to forget it. 1t
seemed to me that it was absurd to
leave that china dotted along the road
for her to spy the next morning; so
with sudden resolution, opened the
door again and stepped out into the
darkness. AS the door closed behind
me half regretted my impulse; then
l shut my teeth and went on.
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have never been a nervous wom-
an, as said before. Moreover, a min
ute or two in the darkness enabled
me to see things fairly well. Beulah
gave me rather start by rubbing un-
expectedly against my feet; then we
two, side by side, went down the
drive.
There were no fragments OF china,
but where the grove began picked
up silver spoon. So far Rosie's
story was borne out; l began to won
der If 1t were not indiscreet, to say
the least, this midnight prowling in
neighborhood with such a deserved
ly bad reputation. Then / saw some
thing cleaning, which proved to be
the handle of cup, and step or
two farther on found V-shaped bit
of plate. But the most surprising
thing of all was to find the basket sit
ting comfortably beside the road, with
the rest of the broken crockery piled
neatly within, and a handful of small
silver, spoons, forks and the like, on
top! / could only stand and stare.
Then Rosie's story was true. But
where had Rosie carried her basket /?
And why had the thief, If he were a
thief, picked up the broken china out
of the road and left it, with his
booty?
1t was with my nearest approach to
nervous collapse that heard the IA
miliar throbbing of an automobile en-
CINE. AS it came closer I recognized
the outline of the Dragon Fly, and
knew that Halsey had come back.
Strange enough it must have
seemed to Halsey, too, to come across
me in the middle of the night, with
the skirt of my gray silk gown over
my shoulders to keep off the dew,
holding a red and green basket under
one arm and a black cat under the
other. What with relief and JOY, be-
gan to cry, right there, and very near
ly wiped my eyes on Beulah in the
excitement.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-06-30

Warner in an ulster and a pair Of
slippers, over heaven knows what.
Jack Bailey was not there. got In,
and we went slowly and painfully up
to the house.
We did not talk. What we had to
say was too important to commence
there, and, besides, it took all kinds
of coaxing from both men to get the
Dragon Fly up the last grade. Only
when we had closed the front door
and stood facing each other In the
hall did Halsey say anything. He
slipped his strong young arm around
my shoulders and turned me so ]
faced the light.
poor Aunt RAY" he said gently
And nearly wept again. Il must
see Gertrude, too; we will have O
three-cornered talk"
And then Gertrude herself came down
the stairs. She had not been to bed
evidently; she still wore the white
negligee she had worn earlier in the
evening, and she limped somewhat
During her slow progress down the
stairs l had time to notice one thing:
Mr.. Jameson had said the woman
who escaped from the cellar had
worn no shoe on her right foot Ger
trude's right ankle was the one she
had sprained!
The meeting between brother and
sister was tense, but without tears
Halsey kissed her tenderly, and l no
ticed evidences of strain and anxiety
in both young faces.
us everything-right? she asked
Right as can be-" with forced
cheerfulness.