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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-18
un.lc's prediction Comes True.

, KANSAS CITY. MO- Nov. II
when Ralph Jchnssone. who ras
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-18
&C i0EMY ELfvtNS FIGHT
TO DRAW At PORTSMOUTH
ST. vincent's Speedy Eleven Unable
to Repeat Performance Of
Two Weeks Ago. Sc

ST Vincent's Academy football
eleven was unable to repeat it's per-
Torrance at the Casino two weeks
ago at Portsmouth yesterday after
noon and as the result the return
game between it and the strong team
of st. Pauls Academy resulted in a
no score draw. st. Vincents was
outweighed twenty pounds to the man
and the eleven put up truly remark
able fight against heavier odds and
both the players and students were
jubilaRt yesterday over the outcome.
In the first quarter after holding
for downs on their ten-yard line, st.
Vincent's rushed the ball down the
field 10 Portsmouth's fOur-yard line.
where the referees whistle for the
end of the quarter prevented them
from scoring. In the second and
third quarters neither team was in
danger OF being scored upon. but in
the f,nal quarter Fay tried for goa
from placement on the twenty-yaru
line. missing by inches, and then ST
Paul,a rushed the bali to the locals
ten-yard me, where the game ended.
5 Fay. Mackey. Carvil and Tighe
starred for the ST. Vincent's. while
Kirchpicr. Nolan. Albert and Kellum
did tie best work for st. Pauls. The
81. yincent's line men played a great
game both on the offense and de-
tense.
The teams linedup as follows:
st. vincent's. Position. st. Paul's
Fenimore ........... Lattimes
Right End.
It.Chtf ohAiet
Right Tackle
Tierney ........ Kirchmier
Right Guard.
Schwalenberg ........--..-... DAVIS
Center
SCul n AtuSoO
Left Guard
Antinori tWhite) ..--....-. J. Russo
Left Tackle.
CarTCH .-...-..-r -...-----. rear Sun
Left End.
r dH - " Notit'tt
Quarterback
Mackey Nolan
Right Halfback.
Carvil Miaho
Left Halfbaek.
Tishe .-.-.....--.---- heilum
Fuliback.
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FOR SALE.

PIANO TO TRADE FOR HORSE OR
will sell cheap. CARDWELL. Old
Point Comfort College. 20.
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WANTED

WANTED-EXPERI SALES
ladies in dry goods. Send refer
ences to Box 403, Hampton, Va.
30. ~
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been instantaneous as tombstone S
back and both legs were broken. the
bones OF his thigh being forced
through the flesh and the leather gar
ments he wore.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-18
CHOICE HOFFMAN WINS

Continued Prom First Paseo
Morris tribune., 1910-09-23
ThA Silver PannN.

According to high authority, the sill
yer penny of King Alfred is the earli-
est authentic Saxon coin that can be
traced with certainty to the London
mint Athelstan, about 928. was the
first British king to enact regulations
for the government of the mint, but
the coinage was debased by the mint
ers during the several reigns follow
ing. To such an extent was this fraud
carried on that in the reign Of Henry
l. dealers in the markets refused to
accept current money, and when the
king summoned the minters to appear
at Winchester only three men out of
n1nety-four escaped mutilation and
Punishment. Henry l. is said to have
instituted a mint at Winchester in
1925, but the English do not seem to
have been proficient in the art of coin
ing, for Stow relates that in the reign
Of Edward l. the mint was kept by
Italians. In Henry Ills time English
money greatly improved in appear
ance, and in his reign took place the
first gold coinage in that country. In
the following reigns money was again
debased, and it became so bad that
Queen Elizabeth called in all corrupted
coins. and new ones we're issued, for
the first time having the edges milled.
Morris tribune., 1910-09-23
Ways of the SomaIi.

A correspondent gives a good de-
scriptiOn of the SOmali, who as
fighting man is not first class. though
he is fond of drill and proud of his
uniform. But he is by nature decided
ly effeminate. His toilet is a constant
source of anxiety to himself, and the
pains he will take to curl his crisp
black hair by the application Of vari-
GUS substances to his head are incredi-
BILE. He is fond of f1nery. of luxurious
and indolent habits and keeps up an
incessant fire of chatter. He is grasp
ing and in the matter of food is
greedy. Timid in the presence of the
European. he is easily excited and
quickly loses his head. Dancing is one
of his chief pastimes, accompanied by
the loud clapping of hands and con-
fnuouS and monotonous wall which
no doubt does duty for a song. Somali
women never dance and scarcely ever
smile. They are completely cowed by
the men. who treat them in most cases
unkindly If not actually cruelty. The
Somali is most punctiIious in the per-
formance Of his religious rites. but ha
seems hypocritical to a degree.-Lon.
don Express.
Morris tribune., 1910-09-23
STORIES
OnEIEHEI EIHEIVHlNlEIIE.
The Oklahoma Out
fielder.
By WILL GAGE CAREY.

subject of baseball yourself, will tell
you. 1t was this way:
| Il had just blew over the line from
Oklahoma. l was tourin', so to speak,
the state of Kansas-afoot. One comes
in touch with the people in this mode
of travel and with incidents"
"Ah, yes" l observed. You were,
| believe, about to mention one OF
those Incidents"
He looked around at me quickly.
There was no trace of reproach, how
| ever, in his glance nor in his voice
as he continued:
"I had recently experienced a terri
BILE fall-from the water wagon My
clothes were in tatters; was on Woo
zy boulevard for fair. | was passin'
along a dusty country road when be-
fore me, at the distance of a mile or so,
| spied a tranquil hamlet nestlin'
among the hills. | crawled into the
harbor and dropped anchor at the first
thirst parlor | came to-"
my friend, you forget, do you not"
l broke in, that Kansas is a dry
state?"
'"The state of Kansas wasn't half as
dry as was just then" was his reply.
81 had no difficulty whatsoever in To-
catin' a wet goods counter. / pushed
across my last remaining jit in ex-
change for a tub of suds. Just as
I raised the foamy to my eager lips
some one touched me on the shoulder
"'Little Bright Eyes. a word with
thee, l prithee,' some one said to me.
"When l had quite finished my drink
I looked around at the speaker. Before
me stood big gazabO in a baseball
suit. He was quiet boy, with gen
tie gaze like that Of a Roman gladia-
tor. He drew himself up, proud an
naughty like, an sized me up.
"'Say, Shorty he snorted out at
length, kin you play baseball?
"He made me mad. 4 Dunno says
/. 4 never tried
"About half the population of Kan
sas had gathered around by this time
and gave this real gazaZa the ha-ha.
He began to swell up fore an aft, but
QuI0Ieu tight uOWu again Wueu uS sd W
wasn't goin' to sidestep any mixup
he might care to bring to me. Then
he says polite an friendly-like:
"'Bo, we're up against it. We've got
game to play this afternoon, an
we're short an outfelder. Now. if you
kin get in the game an make good
there's a five spot in it for you
"A five spot. l nearly swallowed
my Adams apple, but in moment l
had recovered myself sufficiently to
talk carelessly concernin' so much
money. l could see myself turnin' off
on to Pleasant avenue. Could l play
baseball? Well, well!
Gentlemen l said, turning to the
crowd and liftin' my lid, do you OBJ
serve this strawberry birthmark upon
my brow? Look closely at its outline;
you will see that it is the shape of an
outf1elder's mitt. | was destined from
earliest infancy to become ball play
er. Gentlemen. you see before you the
greatest Outfielder that ever came out
of Oklahoma
"The populace yelled Justify. 4 offer |
you my services today continued, |
AN. while don't exactly need the ma
Morris tribune., 1910-09-23

GENTLEMEN, DO YOU OBSERVE THIS
STRAWBERRY BIRTHMARK UPON MY
BROw2"
yuma, as an evidence of good faith
you may tender me the FIVE spot in
advance
"Old Sparticus peeled off pictured
bill an crowded it upon me. In an
other minute | was bitin' my initials
into a ham sandwich at the gents fur
n1shfn' counter
My companion paused to relight the
remainder of a cigar he had found in
an inner pocket. do l bore you.
pard?'' he queried between puffs.
"On the contrary" replied, you
interest me exceedingly. Pray pro-
ceed"
"Well," be resumed. 1t seems this
little jay town had ball team that
had been cleanin' up everything around
They were scheduled to play a game
that afternoon with a team from an
other county. which team was also
right pert on the cleanup This Wis
itin' team was on hand. an it's support
ers had brought over a wagon load of
Morris tribune., 1910-09-23
money. all of which had been prompt

money, all of which had been prompt
ly covered
"Then suddenly word spread that
the left fielder on the home team was
sick an couldn't get in the game. He
wasn't half as sick as the townsfolk
were when they heard the news; they
had a big bunch of green up an were
plannin to rake in a load of easy
money on the result. They couldn't
find any one to put in, an it began to
look as though all bets were off. 1t
was at this moment that l blew into
town an signed up as stated.
81 felt the change of the 'V' in my
pocket, an it seemed too good to be
true. l feared that l was goin' to
wake up any minute an find it was
only pipe talk; that had merely been
dreamin' out loud.
"But it was no bogus line Of CONVEX
sation. In a few minutes an imp0r,
tant lookin' dub in a big benzine buggy
choo-chooed up an piped the gang to
quarters. They scrambled out in a
hurry to flash the glad tidin's to him
concernin' the 'phenom' they'd dug up,
meanin' me.
''Well, this big smoke was tickled to
death. He made me get right into the
busy barouche with him, an we steam
ed away to the ball park.
GAS we bore away down the street
under full head of gasoline, with the
Morris tribune., 1910-09-23

| IL SIhUCh SQUARE IN The MIDDLE OF
MY AIITT-AN' STAYED THERE!
speed lever pulled over the limit, I
! could see the people turnin' an point
in me out as the hero who had come
to save the day. In the distance l
could hear the music of a band, an
life seemed as blithe an roseate as
| the love clinch in the last act of a
melodrama.
| Little did | realize how soon the
| winds would be blowin' chilly across
the mOors!
1--WE were soon at the ball park AL
ready the bleachers were packed an
jammed. The huge pagoda back of
the home plate was filled to overflow
in; feminine loveliness was there ga
lore, whisperin' excitedly to gallant
escorts, all in a tremor of suspense an
eager anticipation. Outside, at the
ticket gate. crowd of pie eyed fans
were still strivin' to kick their way in.
"'Some few people out today | re-
marked pleasantly to my escort as he
was shown me the way to the dressin'
room.
"'Well, yes,' he replied beamin'ly,
you are right; there are few people
out today But there were a whole
lot more people out that day than he
surmised at the moment.
'"They had considerable difficulty in
gettin' a uniform for me, one which l
would not be nervous to appear in in
polite society. Finally they got me into
one, an ! scampered playfully out
upon the green Bermuda. Say, pal,
mebbe didn't make a hit!
'It took the bleachers an the folks
up in the pagoda about a minute to
get over the sudden shock. Then they
began to say some personal things con-
cernin' me, an more particularly con-
cernin' my shape.
"'Where did you find itY Who's de
skinny guy in the bathin' suit? were
the shouts which arose on all sides
eve took the field for practice. Hon
estly, bO. hadn't been turned loose in
a lot to daily with a baseball for
somethin' like eighteen years! Every
fly they knocked in the air | thought
was sure goin' to hit me in the head
when it came down. got stage fright
the worst kind, an every time l tried
to run my knees knocked together till
it made my teeth rattle.
"Gradually l got my nerve back.
however. an began to fit hither an
thither in my abbreviated kilties in
we'll meant effort to give old Sparticus
a little run for that five spot.
"At length the batter hit long, high
fly out to left. That ball went a mile
high. l got dizzy in the head tryin to
watch it an stepped on my own feet
when I saw it comm down on top of
me.
II shut my eyes, stuck out my big
mitt an prayed that the ball would
sail on over the fence 1t didn't. 1t
struck square in the middle of my mitt
an stayed there! A howl of joy
went up from the pagoda. The bleach
ers were plumb locoed.
"'Did ye see that? heard 'em
shout With one hand. too" 'Whoop
eer Watts the matter with little Dol
~ Warden. huh? 'Catchin'? Some
yesr
81 tried to throw the ball back to-
the infield 1t went about halfway
rolled peevishly along the ground an
stopped.
"'He's savin his arm for the gamer
came the shout from the blearhers
Good hoy Good boy" But | wasn't |
thinkin' anything about Savin my :rTn
Morris tribune., 1910-09-23

right into my hands. had only to
catch it an the game would be over
4 to g.
The narrator paused. STOPPING slow
ly, he began to adjust his shoestring.
which had become united.
Go on, man" | exclaimed. clutch
ing my cane convulsively in my emo
ton. "Finish it! Finish it! What
happened then?"
''In a minute" he replied Then,
when the string was adjusted to his
satisfaction. he continued:
"At that instant the little joke of OIL
King Coles flashed across my mind
his warnin' to the pitcher not to hit
me for fear Of iniurin' the ball. !
Morris tribune., 1910-09-23

concluded to retaliate by handin' him
a few nervous chills an creepy feelin's
while had the chance So instead OF
waitin' for the bah | pretended that
thought It was comm down way
behind an turned an started to run
back like startled faWn.
"The groan of agony that went up
frOm that multitude was music to my
ears: an. above 'em all, l could hear
the lament of OF King Cole. didn't
really intend to throw the game-only
just to throw a scare into 'em-so in
about a quarter of a second or there
abouts | turned an went racin' toward
the ball again.
Il almost had it when I stumbled,
an before l could recover myself the
ball hit me an awful whack between
the shoulder blades an rolled off to
the fence.
For a moment all was still as the
four runners raced home. Then sud-
denly l heard an awful roar. 1t grew
louder-louder. Then / could distin-
guish angry shouts an cries Of Lynch
him! Lynch him!
81 turned an saw that the whole
maddened populace was swarmin' out
on to the field an comm in my direc-
ton. They were comm quickly, an
they were headed by OF King Cole.
In another second was over the
fence an dippin' my oars for distant
shores.
From the moment that bunch got
the flag on the breakaway they had
me kickin' the yards off behind me
faster than | had been wont to travel
for many long moon. Say, would
have made those Marathon sprinters
>ook as though they were nailed to the
track.
TRY as l might. that howlin', riot
GUS, ungentlemanly mob kept right at
the tails Of my flying kilties. with OF
King Cole leadin' the van, putin,
blowin'. moppin' his bald head, but
with no idea in the world Of givin' up
till they had me.
But fortune had not altogether for
saken her little child, for just as I
was passin' the corner of the depot I
pullin' out. With one last mighty
squirt l caught her. with my kilties
futterin' triumphantly in the breeze as
l turned an waved one long, last, pas
siOnate kiss to OF King Cole an his
eager. bright eyed retinue.
AN whenever | think of that fat,
baldheaded man standin' there by the
4u, ,a1r @Hnl SvoS h 1Ses G1A1
pufin', blowin', moppin' his head with
his handkerchief, why ! just have to
laugh an laugh an nearly die a
laughin'v
He leaned back against the wall and
hawhawed until the rafters shook.
For the last half hour l had been sup
pressing my emotion by only the great
est effort; now l could stand it no
longer Springing to my feet, l re-
moved my hat and stood before him
with the glare of the lamp falling full
upon my glistening dome.
The expression of excessive mirth
faded from his countenance, to be fol-
owed by one of abject and unquali-
led CONSERVATION.
"Ol King Cole"' he gasped feebly.
Before could utter another word he
lad ducked nimbly under my out
stretched arm and was out Of the door
nto the darkness Of the storm. For
moment stood listening to the splash
ng as he hurried off down the muddy
Dad. until the sound died away in the
distance and all was still. Again
ook my seat inside by the fire.
Another home rum" | reflected
heerfully-"another home run by the
from Oklahoma!'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-08
To York County M. B.
Policy Holders

While 1t is a fact that in due time
each Of you will receive the usual an
nual address Of President Frelinghuy-
sen relative to the record Of the Mu-
tual Benefit for the year 1909, still
beg to advise that advance informa-
ton Is to the effect that the year just
closed was the most prosperous, from
every viewpoint, In the history Of the
grand old company, and especially
with reference to savings by reason
Of the mortality expense, amounting
to nearly 100000 less than normal,
and because of this fact, notwith-
standing the dividend scale for 1910
had already been increased something
like 1870 over the scale for the pre-
vious ten years, the directors have de-
cided that during 1910, $675,000 shall
be distributed among the policy hol-
The dividend will be paid in cash to
those who have paid up policies, and
will be applied to still further reduc-
ing the premium Of those not fully
paid up. This Is but another illus
tration Of the fact that the manage
ment never retains the money Of pol
icy holders beyond the amount neces-
sary to absolutely safeguard the lat
ter's interests. In this connection
beg to advise that there are now in
force in York county nearly $50 poll
cies, representing about s525,000 in
surance on the lives Of her citizens,
the individual policy holders carrying
from 100000 to $15,00O.00 and from
one to five policies each. It Is to your
interest, as we'll as that Of your
neighbors and friends, that you as
sure them of the fact that you have
found the Mutual Benefit to be all
that was claimed for 1t, and more.
SAM M. GRlsT, Special Agent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-08
shakespearean Discussion.

Recalling the interesting If not ia
nous agitation aroused by the late Ig-
natius Donnelly of Minnesota, over the
authorship of Shakespeare's plays, Ad-
lai Stevenson writes that Mr.. Donnelly
as a member Of congress when the con-
troversy was at its bubbling point met
the famous Colonel Wintersmith on
Pennsylvania avenue.
After a cordial greeting the colonel
remarked, Il have been reading your
book, Donnelly, and l don't believe
word Of It,"
"What?" inquired Donnelly, with
great surprise.
"Oh, that book Of yours" said the
colonel, 'in which you tried to prove
that Shakespeare never wrote Hamlet
and Macbeth and Lear and all those
other plays"
my dear sir" replied Donnelly with
great earnestness, II can prove beyond
all peradventure that Shakespeare new
er wrote those plays"
"He did," replied Wintersmith, che
did write them, Donnelly. saw him
write three or four of them myself"
"Impossible!" exclaimed Donnelly,
who was as guiltless Of anything that
savored Of humor as the monument re-
Gently erected to the memory Of the
Hon. John Sherman. Impossible, COL
onel, that you could have seen Shake
speare write those plays; they were
written 800 years ago."
Three hundred years, 300 years,
slowly murmured the colonel in pa
been so long? Lord, how times do -
fiy!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-08
Too Much For His Faith.-"Tl

Too Much For His Faith.-"The late
Bishop Hare" said Sioux Falls ply
sician, used, very reasonably, to i'm
pute scepticism to misunderstanding.
He once told me about a Philadel-
phia business man Of sceptical tenden-
cies who said to him:
MY dear DR.. Hare, 1 do not refuse
to believe in the story Of the ark.
can accept the ark's enormous size, its
odd shape and the vast number of ami
mails it contained. But when l am
asked, my dear doctor, to believe that
the children Of Israel carried this un-
wieldly thing for forty years in the
wilderness-well, there, I'm bound to
say, my faith breaks down. detroit
Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-08

that charmed the courtly company,
promising that in return, If fortune
favored him, he would some day LAY
an English frigate at her feet"
It was a daring boast, but in A. c.
Buell's biography Of Paul Jones it is
related how he kept 1t. Within two
years occurred the marvellous victory
Of the Bonhomme Richard over the
Scraps, concerning which the victor
wrote the duchess a letter ending,
1.-THE enemy surrendered at thirty-five
minutes past 10 p. m, by your watch,
which I consult only to fix the mo-
ment of victory"
That was a phrase to delight So
ciety that reveled in pretty phrases,
and the duchess was amply satisfied.
When Paul Jones reached Paris she
gave a grand banquet in his honor.
Just before 1t ended he reminded her
Of her gift and his promise. SER
want was sent to his room and return
ed with long leather case, which the
duchess took amid the exclamations
and eager curiosity Of the company.
your royal highness perceives the
impossibility Of keeping my promise
in kind" explained the knight Of the
sea, smiling. "The English frigate
proved to be a forty-four on two
decks, and she Is now at Lorient with
French colors flying The best can
do toward keeping my word Of two
years ago is to place in your dainty
hands the sword Of the brave officer
who commanded her. I have the
honor to surrender to the loveliest OF
women the sword surrendered to me
by one of the bravest Of men-the
sword Of Captain, the Hon. Richard
Pearson Of mis- Britannia majesty's
late ship, the Serapis.'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-08
PAUL JONES' PROMISE.
Our Great Naval Hero and the Ouch.
ess of Chartres.

Our Great Naval Hero and the Dueh-
ess of Chartres.
The duchess Of Chartre5 was an en-
thusiast in the cause Of American lib
erty and warm friend Of its great
naval champion, Paul Jones, whom
she nicknamed the UNTITLED Knight
Of the Sea-" The duchess was royal
princess and a very great lady, and
Captain Jones was a sailor, self edu-
Gated and the son Of Scotch garden
er, but in the exchange Of gifts and
compliments which, according to the
custom of the day in France attended
their friendship, he was not to be
outshone.
At a luncheon which she gave just
before he sailed from France in the
Ranger on that famous cruise of his
which carried the war to the very
shore Of Britain, it was the good for
tune of Paul Jones to share in con-
versation touching a French naval en-
gagement in which the grandfather
Of the duchess had borne a conspicu-
Gus part and to defend and explain
his maneuvers on that occasion, show
ing a knowledge of every ship and
every captain engaged, and winning on
the spot the ardent personal adherence
of Nine. de Chartres.
At the close Of the feast she pre-
sented him a valuable watch which
had been her grandfather's. Taken
by surprise, the American captain
nevertheless accepted 1t with grace