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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-05
HANS WAGNER.
The Way the Great Star Got His First
Baseball job.

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THE career of Wagner in baseball
has been interesting says Hugh S.
Fullerton in the American Magazine.
He was reared in Carnegie, Pa, be-
fore it was Carnegie, and he and his
brothers played the game there. John
I wonder how many admirers of
Honus, or Hans, know his name is
John P.-waS not good player as
boy. The brothers thought he was
bit too awkward and barred him eX-
cept when he wanted to pitch. His
arms were tremendously long. and
they assert around his home that
when he was kid and his legs
were even more bowed than they are
now he could walk along and pick
up apples without STOPPING. That i'm
mense length of arm has been one of
the physical advantages that have
gone to make him the greatest of all
players. Besides. he has shoulders
almost as wide as his arms are long,
and he could throw a ball with terrific
speed Because he could throw so
hard all the other boys boasted no
catcher could hold John and there
upon made him pitcher.
presently Al, who was Johns old
er brother, became professional play
er and got job playing third base for
team at SteubenviIle, 0. George
MOreland. who now is the chief base
ball statistician Of the country, WAS
seized with mania for owning and
managing teams. and he had bought
the Steubeuville club and hired Al
Wagner, Moreland needed 4 pitcher
in the summer Of 1893 and could not
find one To complete his pitching staff
until Al Wagner came to him agd
said, Why don't you give my brother
John chance" can he pitchE asked
Moreland. 1 don't know replied al.
But it won't cost much for you to
find out
"Iionus was playing on the lots
around Carnegie. and MOrelaud wrote,
asking him if he would sign CON
tract to pitch for Steubenyille. and
the second day thereafter there came
postal card on which was written:
Yes. When do you want me-
wagner ignored the salary question
entirely. and MoreIand called Al into
consultation. What Will your brother
want" he asked. Oh anything will
suit him replied Al.
The salary limit Of the Steubenville
team was $500 month, and Moreland
was within $50 of the limit set by the
league, so he wrote Offering John Wag-
ner $50 4 month to pitch for him. The
following day came another laconic
card: All right. Will accept
'Moreland telegraphed Wagner to re
port Immediately and wired a railroad
order for transportation. The tele-
gram was sent at S o'clock in the
morning, and the first train leaving
| Pittsburg for Steubenyillc started at
noon, reaching Steubenville at about
$50. shortly before ! o'clock Claude
| Ritchey. who was playing his first
professional engagement. said. Here
| comes the big Dutchman,' and Hans
Wagner. covered with cinders saun-
tered up to begin his baseball career
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-05
American News Via Ennland.

We must go to Europe to get accu-
rate news about SPORT in America.
For example, read the following from
the London Sphere:
Football in Great Britain is a fair
ly popular game among spectators.
but it is nothing to the American va
riety. At the match between Yale
and Harvard there were 100000 peo-
pie. and $3.50 per seat was cheerfully
given by the rich"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-05
Alexander's Airship.

At the museum at Innsbruck. in Aus
tria, there has been for a number of
years a piece of pottery in the form of
a basin which experts We're unable to
locate as to age. 1t has now been de
termined that it was made in the
twelfth century, and the great bowl is
remarkable more for the design which
it bears on the inner side than for its
age. 1t shows Alexander the Great
riding in an airship which is propelled
by griffins Alexander stands holding
with a great rod food over thu heads
of the griffins
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-05
Notice to Contractors.

Bids will be received by the Board Of
County Commissioners Of Garrett County,
Maryland at their Office in Oakland. Md,
on Nav 8, 1910, at2 O'Clock p. m. for labor and
material required for the completion of Ger
tain walks, approaches and steps as shown
by plans on file with the Clerk OF the County
fleets. HolmbOe Latferty at ClarKsbur9,
West Virginia.
Proposals must be accompanied by a Ger
titled check in amount of $4,000 as a guaran-
tee that the bidder awarded the work viii
enter into contract and furnish bond to com
plete the work as specified.
The Commissioners reserve the right to re
ject any ana all bids.
By order of the Board,
\. G. ROSS, Clerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-05

Vandiver and City Boss Mahon, both of
whom are bitter opponents of local
option, and allowed them to smash
themselves on the local option issues
in order that they might be more easily
eliminated, why that is a horse of an
other color. Time alone will tell, for
the Governor never will.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-05

If the English sparrow could read
what is now said against him the re-
tort that the American gray squirrel
is the object of quite as much protest
in England would be in order \ few
years ago a titled Engishman import
ed several pairs of gray squirrels from
this country 10 give more animation
to his woodlands. The American SPUR
rel became fashionable, and the first
colony was succeeded by many 9th
ers. Now the Complaint is heard
that the gray coats are driving out
the good old fashioned British brown
squirrel and altogether deporting them
selves with strenuousnesS shock
ing to the best traditions They are
declared to be more belligerent than
their British kin, fercer and more i'm
pudent, though admittedly intelligent
Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-05
Goethe and the Canals.

Among all the anecdotes and sto-
rie> which the forticrh anniversary of
the completion of the Suez canal has
called forth no mention seems To have
been made of Goethe's prophetic words
on the subject" says a writer in a
Vienna paper. "On July 81, 1927,
Goethe said to Eckermann: so much
is certain: If a channel could be cut
through the isthmus Of Panama broad
enough and deep enough to allow the
passage of ships from the Mexican
waters to the Pacific the whole world
would be greatly benefited. should
like to see this. but fear | shall not
live long enough. | should like also to
see the English build a canal at Suez,
but would probably have to live an
other fifty years" The canal became
a fact forty-two years after Goethe
propheSied it.-EXchange.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-05
Road Petition.

Notice is hereby given that thirty days az
ter the first publication of this notice appli-
cation will be make to the Board of County
Commissioners for the appointment of view
erS to view and locate a new county road in
Election District No. ?, beginning for the
same at point about forty rods west of the
McDermott house on the upper farm and
running thence through the lands Of James
McDermOtt william Umbel, Joseph Thomas
and NJ. NJ Thomas, a distance of about one
ard quarter miles. to intersect the county
road at the Pennsylvania State Line near the
gatehouSe.
JOSEPH THOMAS,
w. NJ. UMBEL,
Cat NJ. NJ. THOMAS, and So others.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-05
BOUGHT $4,000 Worth of EIou,

Since the organization of Pioneer
grange of Michigan a little over two
years ago the members have bought
$4,000 worth of flour and feed through
a contract of their own making. be-
sides patronizing state grange CON
tracts literally, says the Michigan
Farmer
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

what benefit has been-derived from
this road improvements was asked
w. j. Fitzgerald. lieutenant governor.
a large merchant in Dodge City.
That's hard TO answer" he said.
because the benefits have been so
many and varied. The town people
have had an increase IN business, and
the farmers have made more on their
produce because Of the ease In which
they get their stuff 10 market But.
above all. the farms south of town.
whose owners had to depend upon the
old road, have increased in value ~
per cent. This is not an estimate, but
founded upon the transfers actually
made since the new road was built.
Our people. who year ago were de-
spondent and saw no remedy for the
bad road conditions. are now enthusi-
astic good roads builders"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12
CONVICT ROAD BUILDERS.
Inmates of Georgia Prisons 5eautifyine
Highways.

Inmates of Georgia Prisons 5eautifying
Highways.
The roads of Swainsboro, Ga. are
fast being converted from veritable
sand beds into beautiful turnpike clay
roads. The county chain gang. which
is now about fifty strong, including
thirty felony convicts. Emanuel's quo
ia of the state convicts. is doing line
work in road building. under the SUI
pervision of NJ. Il. BOatright. who has
had much experience in practical road
building.
However. the people of the county,
while awakening somewhat to the
fact that they must be up and doing
in matters pertaining TO roads IL they
would keep apace with their neigh
boring counties. still do not show the
proper interest in the construction of
their roads. or, rather. in the keeping
up of the roads after they are built by
the chain gang. There seems to be an
idea abroad that 1t is the chain gangs
province to keep up the roads as well
as TO construct them. and this idea
must be eliminated before thorough
good road movement can be Installed
and substantial improvements made
on the county's highways.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12
JOY OF LIVING
WITHOUT COOKS
Carthage WOman'S Scheme to
Solve Servant Problem.
LARGE ROOM F0R CHILDREN.

A House Has Been Rented and Co.
operative Kitchen Established Where
the Members Go Daily For Meals and
Share the Expense.
The cooperative kitchen founded
receutly by women in Carthage, Mo-,
has passed the experimental stage and
will now become permanent institu-
ton.
A number of women who had been
troubled by the servant problem de-
cided a few months ago to pool their
interests, or, rather, troubles, and en-
deavor by their combined efforts to
secure servants and crafty their APP
petites without communicating the
feminine portion of their several fam
lilies with the odor of the kitchen.
Many were skeptical when the idea
Of the undertaking was first suggested,
but those even most positive of the
failure Of the undertaking have now
applied for admission to the dreamful
kitchen, where servant troubles are
only horrid nightmares, delicious meals
the regular order and contentment
reigns supreme.
Furnished Their Own Tables.
1t was decided to lease the Johns
residence on South Garrison street and
convert it into the cooperative kitch-
en-. The large music room and the two
smaller rooms were made the dining
rooms. Each family furnished its own
table and chairs. and every one chip
ped in to furnish the kitchen and sec
Ond floor, where one large room is used
for the children. A nurse is always
waiting to take the crying baby while
the old folks are enjoying their meal.
The balance of the second floor is used
as the servants quarters.
A regular menu is served. but should
any family wish something special it
is bought and charged extra. Mrs.
John G. MCGEE, leader i'm Carthage
society, has been appointed to super
wise the cooking and TO act as man
ager Of the institution Each member
bears her pro rata of the expense.
An Opportunity For Gossip.
The social side Of the kitchen is one
Of the most pleasant. All Of the mem
bers are friends. so an exchange OF
greetings-and possible gossip-thrice
daily is not TO be dcspised by the wo-
men. while the husbands may discuss
the latest news of the north pole and
the probable weight Of Jim Jeffries at
the time he goes into the ring.
The children Of 1.-THE Kitchen" of
whom. by the way. there are a great
many. can visit and play on the lawn.
But. whatever the minor virtues Of
the Kitchen may be. the good meals.
served by neatly dressed girls. prove
the greatest and most brilliantly en-
loyable feature of the institution.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12
PLAN TO STOP SMUGGLING.
Dealers In Gems Form Association to
Aid Authorities.

Dealers In Gems Form Association to
Aid Authorities.
TO stop the smuggling OF gems. espe-
cially diamonds and pearls. a move
ment has been begun in the Maiden
lane district of New York city. Thirty
of the largest wholesale firms have
formed an association for the purpose
of cooperating with the federal au-
thorities in running down all snug
glerS, whether dishonest dealers or re-
turning tourists.
one Of the means proposed for elm
mating the gem Smugglers or at least
curtailing their activity is to induce
the London diamond syndicate or the
British authorities TO keep accurate
records of shipments, as is done by the
customs authorities i'm New York. In
addition. the members of the new assO-
citation in New York are to obtain and
give information that will assist the
authorities i'm tracing shipments and
sales i'm New York and abroad when
ever there is a suspicion of smuggling.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

The fact that in all existing clubs 1t
Is against the rule to use the premises
for business purposes has suggested
the formation of new club to com
bine business with social facilities.
The proprietors Of the institution. the
premises of which are IN Piccadilly,
London, have called it the London
club. In addition to the ordinary club
rooms. there will be business recep-
tion ROOM" where members can dis
cuss business with each other. Boards
will occupy the wall space, on which,
by permission of the secretary. the de-
tails of business y-opositions in which
members desire cooperation will be
displayed.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12
How to Avoid Making Ruts.

Serious damage soon results from
the common practice Of driving in the
track made by preceding vehicles.
especially with heavy loads on narrow
tires. Ruts would scarcely, If ever, APP
pear on a well constructed road If
drivers would vary their track even
only a few inches. 1t would be no.
ticed that. no matter how deep the
rut. IT will disappear when a sharp
turn occurs as the horses vary their
course around a corner and traffic
spreads out over the full width of the
road. This is one OF the principal
road and could easily be remedied with
a little care on the part of the drivers.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12
A WTetched Mistake

to endure the itching, painful distress
of Piles. There's no need to. Listen:
81 suffered much from Piles" writes
Will A. Marsh, OF Siler City, N. c.,
''tll / got box of Bucklen's A,nica
Salve, and was soon cured" Burns,
Boils, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eczema,
Cuts, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
vanish before it. 25c at Sewers Drug
Store.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12
Bad Highway Building.

There ought 10 Ice Il law TO stop fools
building highways This idea that the
outer edge of n highway-sOd. dirt and
stone. all-should be thrown into the
center of the road ought TO entitle the
people who do it TO ninety days in
jail"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12
ANTI-CHRISTMAS CLUB.
Five Dollar Fee For. Assurance of Inn
munity From Gifts.

Five Dollar Fee For. Assurance of Inn
munity From Gifts.
Jolly old st. Nicholas will have his
troubles when he goes to Cleveland.
o.. in 1910-that is, If the anti-Christ-
mas gift movement grows. IL has
been inaugurated by DR.. John Mohr.
The idea is for an organization to be
known as the "Anti-Christmas club"
the purposes OF which shall be to cur
tail, not absolutely eliminate. the ira
ditional habit
The membership fee of So will en-
title members TO cards assuring them
immunity from promiscuous givers.
The fund raised by the fees is to he
used for charitable purposes exclusive
w.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

A lazy liver leads to chronic dyspepsia
aud coustpation-weake the whole
system. Doan's Regulets Us cents per
box correct the liver, tone the stomach,
cure constipation.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12
Making Life Safer.

Everywhere life is being made more
safe through the work OF Or. Kings
New Life Pills in Constipation, Bilious
ness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Liver
troubles, Kidney Diseases aud Bowel
Disorders. They're easy, but sure, and
perfectly build up the health. Csc at
Sewers Drug Store.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12
An Elephants Courtesy.

At the conclusion of a children's
performance at Old Medium an ele-
plant proceeded along narrow road
with a pail i'm its trunk for the pur-
pose OF procuring water from a pump
A little girl Glanced to get in the ami
mails way. and. the road being only
wide enough TO accommodate his sub
stantial body. the elephant laid down
the pail. picked up the child with his
trunk and gently lifted her TO a place
OF safety. afterward resuming his jour
ney to the pump for the water.-West-
minister Gazette.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

COR SALE-A splendid stand for druggist
and physician In good town surrounded
by good, prosperous farmers. This Is just
the place for SOME young physician TO step
into a good practice and a good drug business
An old established physician wants to retire
Is the reason for selling. For further partlc-
ulars address JNO. d. BABBAGE, Clover
port XIV.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

CO ono For 1860 acres four miles west OF
p%,OOU Glendeane, miles from branch
railroad all fresh land; 100 acres In cultiva-
ton; 80 acres In grass; will produce the best
corn, wheat aud tobacco In neighborhood;
plenty la ting water, well at door OF dwell
Ing; log dwelling, rooms and side room;
good stable; tobacco barns; tenant houses.
Plenty OF good tmhs for farm purposes;
good land to clear. Price s.. 900 u cash.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

For SALE-A farm containing $50 acres and
all under fence. A nice cottage CT five
l5l rooms, two cisterns, a walled cellar with
store room over it, two good stock barns:
one tenant house; about $40 apple and peach
trees. also pears. ounces and apricots; most
all kinds OF small fruits, including a nice
vinyard OF choicest grapes; 200 acres cleared
balance In woods. 1y5 acres in grass; several
groves OF black locust sufficient for posts tc
wire the whole farm in IL lies near Ekror
on l.. IL. & st. l.. r. X. price Is IS, 600 or
long and easy payments.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

kz ACRE FARM, 5 room cottage, hall and
w porch; in good repair; good 1-stali stock
house and hen house and variety OF apples,
peaches and grapes a good well and never
failing spring for stock water. 200 yards east
OF Hardinsburg In easy distance to the High
School building when erected
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

CO OEO 352 acres on Hardinsburg and
%, 1OO Falls OF Sinking road, miles
from Sample. improvements, two one-story
dwellings, three big barnes. hog house and
blacksmith shop, all necessary out-houses.
1870 acres under cultivation and pasture, 222
and sugar tree, all good size. Plenty OF good
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12
NOTICE

Please do not ask us to publish card
of thanks, resolutions or obituaries free
Jno. ID. Babbage
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

So 800 80 @ afsss front %si ir 'FG$ sG's %s
watered: lays well; good young orchard; good
timber on rural route; school house few yards
fro " house; improvements; good four room
dwelling with kitchen on back porch; two
good barns; barn and tenent house and els
tern back In the field; meat and hen house;
wood shed; will sell on easy payments; plenty
OF smull fruit. Further particulars address
Jno D. Babbage, Cloverport, KY.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

IN : mile from Webster; ~ miles from
lOO IrvlngJun; 80 acres I, I fresh land and
so acres IN grass; no waste land new house
and large new barn built last year For fur
ther particulars write to Jno. ID. Babbage.
CloverpOrt. Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

Ct ZSO 1856 acres on Hardinsburg and
from Sample. Improvements, dwelling and
a good, big barn. 80 acres Ia oak and beech
timber. The oak timber is good tie timber.
Beech never been worked. Timber can be
land, both bottom and hill. Suitable for
tobacco and fruit. Plenty good water year
round. Terms, one third cash. balance in
easy payments.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

For SALE-Store house and dwelling COM
- bined. corner First and High Streets
Cloverport, Ky. Cistern, basement whole
length of building. VIII sell at h .rgaln or
exchange for dwelling house In Davenport
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12
JnO. ID. Babbage.

water the year round. One-third cash and
good easy terms on balance.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-12

Two room cottage on Murray Avenue
Well located. Rents for IS per month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-29
BAD FOR ECZEMA
Water Frequently Aggregates Skin
Troubles.

In certain inland European districts
where water Is seldom used for bath
ing purposes the people are almost i'm
mune from skin affections. The best
authorities now agree that soap and
water are to be avoided in the treat
ment of skin diseases, particularly
eczema when present in the scalp or
on the feet, as water is an trritant, ana
when not actually the cause of the dis
ease, at least aggravates it. For this
reason prescriptions put up In liquid
or soal form. or containing grease or
alcohol, have always failed.
The new skin remedy, Poslam, Is a
fesh-colored ointment. containing no
grease. Under it's directions soap and
water are forbidden. 1t may be used
on the tender skin OF infants with
soothing and beneficial effect. and in
eczema ceases stops the itching imme-
diately, rapidly restoring the skin to
its normal condition.
Every druggist keeps both the So
cent size (for minor troubles) and the
81 Jar, and either of these may be OBJ
tanned at the Rosser Drug company
and Fred A. Shows, as well as other
reliable drug stores.
But no one is even asked to pur-
chase Poslam without first obtaining
a sample package, which viii be sent
by mail free of charge, upon request.
by the Emergency Laboratories. 80
West Twenty-fifth street. New York
City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-29
HERINGTON's SLOGAN FAMOUS.
Four Cities in East Adopt Kansas
City'S Trademark

Herington, Kan, April 29.-The
Harrington Commercial club is feeling
proud of the slogan it adopted few
months ago. This slogan-or really a
city trademarl-has attracted such
widespread attention over the country
that four cities in four different states
in the east have adopted the mark as
their motto.
The Commercial club advertises
Harrington with this inscription: Her
ington. Kansas. the Tri-County Mar
ket, 10000 in 1912" Just under the
"Herington, Kansas" is q map of the
three corners of Dickinson. Marion and
Morris counties. with arrows pointing
to a huge star marked Harrington"
The towns following Herington's suit
in this trademark are Powell. Mo-;
Clinton, o.; Sidney, N. Y, and Ottum-
wa, Ia. All of these cities are situated
so as to be a favorite market place of
the people OF three counties and they
are advertising as Harrington.
The Commercial club is planning an
extensive campaign of the advantages
of this city, which has grown TO
lively town of 5000 people.