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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-05-05
THE RANSOM
j: OF N ACk,
i Kind Hearted MeddIer and the
Mistake He Made.
BY O. HENRY.

lCopyright, 1907. by the Mcclure Com
pany.I
Me and old Mack Lonsbury. we got
out of that Little Hide and Seek gold
mine affair with about $4,000 apiece.
I say "old" Mack, but he wasn't old.
Forty-one. should say. but he always
seemed old.
"Andy." he says to me, I'm tired of
hustling. You and me have been
working hard together for three years.
Bay we knock off for awhile and spend
some Of this idle money we've coaxed
our way
''1rhe proposition hits me just right"
says I. Lets be nabobs awhile and
see how it feels. What'll we do, take
in the Niagara falls or buck faro?
'For good many years." says Mack,
1--WE thought that If I ever had ex-
travagant money I'd rent two room
cabin somewhere, hire a Chinaman to
cook and sit in my stocking feet and
read Buckles History Of Civiliza-
ton"
THAT sounds self indulgent and
gratifying without vulgar ostentation,"
says l, land l don't see how money
could be better invested. Give me
cuckoo clock and Sep Winners Self
Instructor For the Banjo and I'll join
you"
A week afterward me and Mack hits
this small town of Pima, about thirty
miles out from Denver, and finds an
elegant two room house that just suits
us. We deposited half a peck of mon
ey in the Pima bank and shook hands
with every one Of the $40 citizens in
the town. We brought along the Chi
naman and the cuckoo clock and Buc-
kle and the Instructor with us from
Denver, and they made the cabin seem
like home at once.
Never believe it when they tell you
riches don't bring happiness. If you
could have seen old Mack sitting in
his rocking chair with his blue yarn
sock feet up in the window and alb
sorbing in that Buckle stuff through
his specs you'd have seen a picture of
content that would have made Rookie
Teller jealous. And I was learning to
pick out "Old Zip Coon" on the banjo,
and the cuckoo was on time with his
remarks, and All Sing was messing up
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-05-05
April 28-May H.. -,
CITATION FOR HEARING ON Fl.
NAL ACCOUNT AND FOR

DISTRIBUTION.
Estate Of Erik P. Stengelsen, Dece-
dent.
State Of Minnesota. County Of Mar
shall, in Probate Court. 1922
In the Matter of the Estate of Erik
P. Stengelsen, Decedent.
The State Of Minnesota to Peder
Eriksen Stengelsen. Mari Olson, Paul
Eriksen, Richard Eriksen, Ragnild
Jensen, Bertinius Stengelsen and
Magda Halvorson, and all persons in
terested in the final account and dis
tribution of the estate of said deced-
ent: The representative of the above
named decedent, having filed in this
Court his final account of the admins
tration of the estate of said decedent,
together with his petition praying for
the adjustment and allowance of said
final account and for distribution of
the residue of said estate to the per-
sons thereunto entitled; Therefore,
You, and Each of You, are hereby
cited and required to show cause, if
any you have, before this Court at the
Probate Court Rooms in the city Of
Warren in the County Of Marshall,
State of Minnesota. on the 21st day of
May, 1910. at ten O'clock A. NJ, why
said petition should not be granted.
Witness, The Judge of said Court,
and the Seal of said Court. this 28th
day Of April, 1910.
PETER H. HOLM,
(Seal.) Probate Judge.
julius j. Olson,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Warren, Minnesota.
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the atmosphere with the handsomest
smell of ham and eggs that ever laid
the honeysuckle in the shade. When
it got too dark to make out Buckles
nonsense and the notes in the In
structor me and Mack would light ou1
pipes and talk.
One evening Mack spoke up and
asked me if I was much apprised in
the habits and policies Of women folks.
why, yes,' says l in a tone Of
voice. Il know 'em from Alfred to
Omaha. The feminine nature and ST.
Multitude" says I, lis as plain to my
sight as the Rocky mountains is to a
blue eyed burro. I'm on to all their
little sidesteps and punctual discrep-
ancies.''
II tell you, Andy" says Mack.
with kind Of sigh. II never had the
least amount of intersection with their
predispositions. Maybe l might have
had proneness in respect to their vi
entity, but l never took the time. I
made my own living since l was four
teen. and l never seemed to get my
authorizations equipped with the senti-
ments usually depicted toward the
sect. I sometimes wish l had" says
old Mack.
They're an adverse study" says I,
''and adapted to points Of view. Al
though they vary in rationale, l have
found 'em quite often obviously differ
ing from each other in divergences of
contrast %...-e. -.z.
ut seems to me- goes on Mack,
s'that a man had better take 'em in
and secure his inspirations Of the sect
when he's young and SO preordained.
I let my chance 60 by, and guess I'm
too old now to go hopping into the
curriculum
ooh, L don't know. / tells him.
maybe you better credit yourself with
q barrel of money and a lot Of .eman-
cipation from quantity Of uncontent.
Still. don't regret my knowledge of
'em.' says. st takes d man who un-
! derstands the symptoms and byplays
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-05-05
RENTING A BRIDAL VEIL.
An Incident OF Z Fashionable Wedding
In New York

An Incident Of q fashionable Wedding
In New York.
Not long ago one Of the weafthiest
charge customers Of well known
department store In New York pur.
chased a $500 wedding veil for her
daughter. which was charged to her
account and duly delivered. The wed.
ding was large one and celebrated at
high noon in one of the downtown
| churches.
| It happened that one of the girls
from department store went out for
luncheon at this hour and, seeing a
fashionable wedding in full swing,
slipped into the church with the crowd
and into one Of the back pews. After
the ceremony was over she hurried
back to her place behind the counter
too busy with her special sales to even
THINK about It.
The next morning, however, when
| she read an account of the "magnif,
cent wedding in -- church and a de.
tailed description Of the wonderful
veil worn by the bride, valued at
| $780," she laughingly told her numer.
GUS friends in that department that
she "had been one of the honored
guests and had seen that $500 veil
with her own eyes," Just at this thrill.
ing point Of her story one of the floor
men stepped up to her and said:
| you are wanted at the managers
Office, Miss B."
| AS she entered the Office. to her per.
feet amazement. she beheld the identi-
cal bridal veil just unde: discussion.
miss B., can you tell me If you ever
saw this veil before?'' asked the man,
ager.
Yes. sir; saw it yesterday"
''Where did you see it?'
| She took from her pocket the clip
ping from the morning newspaper
with the account Of the great wed.
ding, the costly veil and a picture OF
the bride. Laying it upon the desk
she sasa.
''Ii1is is picture OF the vefi.''
"How did you happen to be at this
wedding instead Of in your place here
in the store?'
1T was my luncheon hour, and !
went to the wedding instead of tc
lunch"
The manager smiled.
| "Can you positively identify this veil
as the one you saw yesterday?'
Miss 3. took it up in her hands and
unfolding it. ran her fingers through
the mesh and into the tiny folds where
the orange blossoms were caught, then
with some difficulty picked out three
| little pieces of rice and handed them
| to the manager.
| She went back to her counter, and
the charge customer" whose &C.
counts ranged in the thousands each
year. was rendered a bill for 1890
for the use of bridal veil worn by
her daughter"
A check for the $500 was immediate.
~ sent, and the wealthy ''charge Gus
toner" still continues to charge.-Chi
cago Record Herald.
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OF women folks to take care of himself
In this world. -
We stayed on in Pima because we
liked the place. Some folks might en-
joy their money with noise and rap
ture and locomotion. but me and Mack
we had had plenty Of turmoils and
hotel towels. The people were friend
~; All Sing got the swing Of the grub
we liked; Mack and Buckle were as
thick as two body snatchers. and !
was hitting out cordial resemblance
to Buffalo Gals. Can't You Come Out
Tonight?" on the banjo.
One day got a telegram from
Speight, the man that was working a
mine l had an interest in out in New
Mexico. I had to go out there. and I
was gone two months.
When l struck the cabin nearly
tainted. Mack was standing in the
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-05-05
April 21-May rs.

Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale
Notice is hereby given that default
has been made in the conditions of a
mortgage given by Aurora Gilfoy and
Thomas E. Gilfoy, her husband, mort
gagors to First State Bank of Thief
River Falls "a corporation organized
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
Curiosities of Lightning.
rom the London Spectator

From the London Spectator.
A young girl in charge of two children,
sheteriIg under tree on Chslehurst
Common, was struck by lightning and
killed of those dreadful instances of
the sort of personal touch with which
lightning seems to select its victim for
though one child is reported to nave been
thrown down, neither. apparently was
injured. There are many instances of
course OF this strange selection due in
most cases probably to some accident
of clothing. There is we'll remembered
case which happened some years ago at
Cambridge, when three young men were
walking across an open space of ground.
and the middle one of the three was
struck dead. while the others were I'M
touched. The inquest showed that the
young man who was killed had nails in
his boots. whereas the others were wear
ing boating shoes.
The phenomena of thunderstcrmS have
been the subject of much study in Amer
lea But if thundeistorms can be CLASH
fed, they are still rot thoroughly under
stood. We do not yet know what are the
exact conditions which lead to dis
charge of electricity in the form OF a
lightningfash from cloud to cloud or
from cloud to earth We cannot repro
due thunder ard lightning In a labora-
tory. We do not know what is the origin
of the identification manifested in d
storm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04

he saw that the body punch didn't worry
me he began TO run away.
Il figured when he came up for the last
round that had the fight won easily, put
wanted to knock Armstrong out now
that the end was so near. He stood up TO
me for a moment and 1 swung my ieit
hard enough TO do the trick. Bob saw IL
coming and in his hurry to get away Ieii
on the floor. AS he got up / went AFTER
him and, landing both hands on his Jaw.
drove him back into his own corner
Armstrong; seconds were yelling to MN
that the end of the round was near, ana
the big black turned his back to me ana
covered up like a turtle. / was pounding
away at his back ribs to make him turn
round when the last bell rang. REFEREE
Charlie White gave me the decision at
once
Armstrong though having led some
what of sporty life, still retains much
of his physical strength and makes an
ideal heavy worker for Jehrles. Jim'
while pulling his punches some. stlll can
cut loose to a certain extent with Arm
strong as heavy gloves are used In the
training bouts. Armstrong is famlIlar
with many of Johnson's pet blows ana
has given Jeffries some grand workouts.
Farmer Burns.
Last but not least of Jeffries training
retinue is Farmer Burns, the veteran
wrestler 1t was because of daily bouts
with him that Jeff was able to get In
shape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
TRIES SUICIDE IN CELL
YOUNG MANARRESTED IN ANA
COSTA HANGS HIMSELF.
Cut Down and Hurried to Casualty
alphabetically
Will Recover.

Using his handkerchief and suspenders
to form a moose, Charles f. Wilson, a
painter, twenty-siX years of age. at
tempted suicide by hanging himself this
afternoon in the eleventh precinct po-
lice station in Anacostia. When Capt.
Anderson visited the cellroom about
O'Clock he found Wilson suspended from
the overhead bars. He was apparently
dead. Drs. Mundell and Holbrook were
summoned and administered stimulants
which partially revived the young man.
Wilson was taken in haste to the Cas-
uaity Hospital in the hope of saving his
life. Late this afternoon the surgeons
said he will recover. '''.@=
Earlier in the afternoon Wilson was
arrested in Twining City by Policeman
A. c. Ogle. charged with committing
an assault on Leland Nesbtt. He be-
came morose after being placed in a
cell and seemed to keeny feel the NOR
LITIGATION of his situation He resides at
2;S1a I4th street southeast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
LUCKY BASE BALL.
twenty-five Per Cent Playing and
Seventy-fve Per Cent Luck.

BASE ball" states Charley Babb of the
Atlanta team, els % per cent playing and
rs per cent luck" And good many ath-
letes and moguls agree with Mr.. Babb
along those lines. AS a matter of fact the
Iuck-or the break-of the game plays a
good bit bigger part in base ball than It is
entitled to play. Ii every manager and
player would make up his mind that base
ball is 25 per cent. playing and Is per
cent MUCK, luck wouldn't figure so far
AS il runs, let a ball club draw a few bad
breaks and nine-tenths of the team imme-
diately begin doping it out that the stuff
is all against them and the rest is no USE
They're unlucky, and there is nothing
else to it, And after few bad breaks of
the game up goes the sponge and they
begin to sit back and wait for the right
break to come. If a club would only
make up it's mind to fight all the harder
when the break was bad-to try and offset
it-this tough luck of the game would be
good many points shy of 70 per cent to-
tal-or a % per cent either. The harder
the game goes against you, the harder
you've got to go against the game in this
or any other pastime il you figure on
pushing the correct merchandise across
Babb cites an example turn last
season when his club won nineteen out Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
SAYS IT'S JENNINGS.
Cobb Insists That Detroit Manager
Is Great Factor of Clubs Success.

Ty Cobb, the star outfelder of the De-
troit Tigers, is an enthusiastic admirer
of Hushey Jennings. Tyrus will give you
the strongest kind of an argument If
you would insinuate that Jennings is not
the greatest manager in the word.
While some critics insist that Cobb is
the big factor in the Tigers success. Cobb
contends that the one big factor is
Hughey Jennings. According 10 Cobb,
Jennings uses fewer signals than any
other manager in the majors. Cobb says:
Jennings always impresses on his play
ers the fact that they have some gray
matter and eight times cut of ten he al
lows US 10 use our own judgment as to
what 10 do when we step 10 the plate.
IF we think we can pull OFF the hit
and-run better than successful bunt,
that's just what he wants to do. OF
course, every now ard then he maps out
the plan OF play. but invariably he puts
the matter up to the base runners and
the batter.
Cobb contends that i4ugheys coaching
on the base lines IS responsible for many
hit by the Tigers. when you are up
in pinch Jennings talks necessarily and
that you are in trying position. His
chatter Is one of confidence. his belief in
you that you will make good. and the
first thing YOU know he has impaired the
feeling OF confidence TO you. and in base
ball. as in everything else confidence. is
half the battle
Tyrus delights in telling how Jennings
took the Detroit CLUB when harmony
was entirely lacking and built up great
machine in which harmony is the watch
word According to Ty, Jennings after
taking over the re;ns of tho club. Giscov-
cred the feelings that existed among the
players ana then started to break up the
spirit of disscnsion. Now the Tigers are
one big happy family. The fact that they
have won three pennants is proof of this
Their one hope is to break base ball
tradition by "copping' the fourth PEN
nant. AS to the worlds SERIES they re-
fuse to be interviewed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
HEAVY RAIN FAILS
TO DAUNT ATHLETES
First of the Municipal Games
Held in the Field North of
the Swimming Pools.

In spite of a heavy downpour of rail-
which struck the first annual municipal
games just they were starting of thi
afternoon, about 800 contestants managed
to flop through the mud in the various
| track events. Washington is in need o
fast municipal track-that was tn,
sentiment expressed by nearly every ath
lete who competed this afternoon. Thu
qNarter-mile cinder path. on which wer'
held the Olympic games of this com
munity-the capital city of great ma
tIon-was made almost single handed b,
Dr.. William b. Hudson. the superin
| tendent of the bathing beach.
The field is placed just north of the
municipal swimming pools. where aquati,
events were held before the rain spoiled
the comforts of athletes and spectator.
at the track.
The results of the events which hae
been finished before The Star went tt
press follow:
Schoolboy Events.
Schoolboy events, fourteen years ant
under.
25-yard dash for 12-year-old boys-Wor
by f. Fuller. jr: second. N. Grace; third
George Crawford. Time. 3c-5 seconds.
50-yard dash-Won by J. G. Young
second, Owen Mead; third. Henry Cole
man. Time, 63-a seconds.
50-yard sack race-WOn by Leigh Hunt
second. Lee Holland: third. George Craw
ford. Time. IL seconds.
Standing broad Jump-Won by Lewis
second, Meade: third, Young. Distance
s feet 101a inches.
Trip to the terminal. Each contestan
ran 100 yards. with suit case and clothes
Put street clothes on over running suit
back-Won by Charles Brainard; second
o. Lawrcnson; third. Lee Holland
Senior Events.
Seventy dash, open, for nov
ices-Won by f. w. Thrall: second. NJ B
Maynard: third, f. Robinson. Time, T.;
seconds.
One hundred-yard dash for boys un6e
100 rounds-Won by Leonard Bowen: sec
ond. r.. F.. Stokes: third, T.. w. Thrall
Time. l. % seconds.
22O-yard dash-WOn by Stokes; sec
ond F.. ". Thrall: third Chas. King
Time, ~ 2-5 seconds.
50-yard potato race-SchOlastic-W
by o. Lawrenson: second. Lee Holland
third, Charles Barnard. Time, So sec
Onds
Swimming Races.
5O-yard swim-J. c. Young, first; 10
seph Rafferty,, second; Carl Carrick.
third. Time, O.33 3-:.
1oO-yard swim-R. Rutherford. first;
Harry Woods. second: j. NJ. Cults, third
Tome, LOB %.
Diving, plain front. plain back, jack
knife-J. C. Young. first: Carl Carrick,
second; J. Christoph. third.
1OO-yard swim. for boys-J. c. Young
won, Carl Carrick second, Karl Chris
toph third. Time, 1.:; %.
22O-yard swim-Wood won. Cults Sec
ond. Burch third. Time, 30 %.
440-yard swim-Cu its. first; Burch, sec
ond: Sale, third.
Tub race-Christoph. first; Carroll Sec
ond: Freeman Roberts, third.
Diving for seniors-Harry Wood. first
Prentiss Sale, second: De LashmUtt
third.
Diving for dstance-F. Bruner. GIL:
feet. first Wood, IS feet, second; kenOw
81 feet . inches, third.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04

twenty-thFee games and then proceeded to
drop fifteen out of the next sixteen. 1T
was the same set of men all the way
through explains Charley. If that
wasn't lnck-what was it? Easy enough.
After winning a few games Babb's team
figured the break was with them at last
and hustled harder than they had hustled
all year. We saw them in the middle of
their run and you could never have told il
was the same ball club Then the break
switched back TO the rut. and in place OF
hustling the attack was lfeless and the
defense dazed and uncertain. If this club
had continued hustling as 1t did through
the winning stretch. the odds are better
than even that he would have COPIED
eight games or more in place of one out
of the sixteen that followed. When the
luck doesn't come to you, you've got to
go after 1t. and the old pluck will bring it
home nine times out Of ten. In full sea-
sons run there will be no great diner
ence In the actual luck of the game one
way or another among the eight clubs.
But there may be big difference in the
way the different contenders meet the sit
uation. The ball club that hustles the
hardest and hustles all the time in the
long run will be the luckiest and you can
put this In your dope stick and smoke 1t
to finish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
LERMAKER. ALWAYS
ACAREFUL FIGHTER
Took Punishment Twice to
Show He Could Stand It
and Then Got His Men.

Jen has always been careful fighter.
and brain work has been in evidence In
all of his contests. That he has SUI
peru defense when he fights man con-
sidered dangerous hitter has been
proven on more occasions than one. In
his first battle with Bob Fitzsimmons
he was on the defense the greater part
of the time, and Fitz landed very few
blows on him.
The same is true of his twenty-five
round go with Sharkey, and while Sailor
Tom was carrying the fight to him all
the way through Jeffries blocked nearly
all the dangerous swings launched by
the able seamon or got inside them.
countering hard on Toms body in every
round. Few persons fully realized how
much punishment Tom Sharkey suffered
in that furious fight. for body blows are
not all seen by the spectators and the
man landing them does not appear to be
doing much execution as if he was
sending his blows to the head and face.
Sharkey was sent to the hospital for
several weeks with three broken ribs.
sustained in that fight, and he has never
put up a good battle since. He admits
that Jeff is powerful hitter, as. in fact,
do all men who have encountered the ex-
boilermaker.
thing like carelessness, and that was in
his second bout with Fitzsimmons. He
had been tantalized by certain sport
writer's about being eternally on the de-
Tense, and seine OF them nettled him by
comparing his never axe chance
style 10 the bulldog aggressiveness of the
old-time champion, John l.. Sullivan.
Smarting under these taunts, Jeffries said
he would show his critics that he could
win a fight without utilizing his old safe
guard the crouch, and he went in and
fought old Bob in an erect posture. The
result we all know. Bob beat him to
FRAGILE for four or five rounds, literally
breaking his hands on the iron jaws of
the boilermaker. jeff stood the terrific
blows of the old warhorse uninchinSly,
and when Fitz had exhausted all his re-
sources Jeffries stepped in and put him
down and out with few short hooks
from his deadly left.
In his second fight with Jim Corbett, at
Frisco, JEFF stood erect and outfOught
Corbett in every round. winning under
wraps He toyed with Gus Rubin and
beat him at will after taking the Akron
mans hardest wallOpS for two ar three
rounds jeff was never extended in any
of Ills fights while champion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
FAIR THIS EVENING,
is WEATHER PROPHECY
Unless There Is Downpour, Fire
works Display Will Begin
at 8 O'Clock.

Fair weather is the prediction for this
evening, and unless some untoward down
pour happens around O'Clock the dis
play of fireworks on the eilipse, scheduled
to begin at $50 O'Clock will gladden. the
hearts of thousands of youngsters of the
District.
The exhibition will include many pyro.
technical novelties and surprises. Fol
lowing it Pennsylvania avenue will b.
Illuminated from 80 TO IL ~ this evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
Amateur Photography on the Wane
From the London Times.

Complaints are rife of decreased inter-
est in Photographic societies and in pho
tographic exhibitions. There are certain
" fewer of the latter than there were six
or eight years ago. and societies. If no.
actually less numerous, are on the whole
weaker both in numbers and in enthusi-
asm. In the United States their numbers
have decreased 30 or 80 per cent at least.
IL Is easy to deduce from this a decay of
interest in photography and lessening
of the number of amateur photographers,
and, indeed, this easy operation has been
performed. Simple deductions on COM
pick questions should always be regarded
with suspicion, and in this case suspicion
develops into increduiity when it is found
that side by side with the degeneration
of the Photographic society an increased
and ever-increasing business is being done
In plates, films and papers.