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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03

Rube Waddell will not be in the East
erh League next season. Manager Nc
Ginnity of the Indians got the Reuhan
from st. Louis Browns. The American
Leaguers have made deal whereh,,
Waddell will go to Columbus nf ,ps
American Association. We
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03

The bat cave which was set aside for
the critics who tOuted Jim Jeffries as a
sure winner is fearfully overcrowded
| right now. All the scribes who were
boosting the Cubs have forced their wav
in and the original occupants have hard
ly room to breathe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03

While the majority of ball players seek
employment during the. winter months.
II remained Tor Al Bridwell to spring a
new one He has turned to pueilism
Skidoo, you actors, scribes and faTmers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03

Many fans write in. asking the batting
and fielding averages Of sundry players
The omcials are not yet out, and the un.
omcials vary too widely to be used as the
basis Of deciding bets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03

Pembroke Finlayson. the old BROOKLYN
National pitcher, who played with the
lawrence tNew England League) team
Memphis club of the Southern League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03

Barry of the Athletics always thumps
the plate when he goes to bat An in
quisitive fan who asked the reason for
this performance was told that it was to
Kill the hookworms which inhabit the
ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03

Can't beat those Chicago scribes. Some
OF them are now advocating the prac-
-ucabiiity OF having umpires submit to
optical tests such as railway engineers
undergo. Soft job for some oculist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03

Wilferd Osborne, who was released BY
the Quakers last year, looms up like
real wonder In the Eastern League aver
ages Many critics think Ozzy is hi,
league stuff and was fired too soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03

President John H. Farrell of the Nau
York State Base Ball League has jssned
call for meeting of the club owners
to be held Friday afternoon in the Yates
Hotel. Syracuse. Interest centers in the
makeup Of the circuit for next sea son.
II is rumored that two of the New York
State franchises may be transferred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03

Iy Cobb was the only player in tbe
one hundred runs this wear H. orrs.
! ed the plate with 1G6. The other ,eaflinp
run-getters in that circuit were as fol.
lows: Speaker. :f'; Bush, 90 Milan. no.
; Woiter ~: iaJoie. ~; Baker. 81: Collins.
50; Crawford. 81, and HOOPER. S
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
HIS HANDS CRACKED OPEN

IT am a man seventy years old. My
hands were very sore and cracked
open on the insides for over year
with large sores. They would crack
open and bleed, itch, burn and ache
so that I could not sleep and could do
but little work. They were so bad
that l could not dress myself in the
morning. They would bleed and the
blood dropped on the floor. 1 called
on two doctors, but they did me no
good. 1 could get nothing to do any
good till I got the Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. About a year
ago my daughter got a cake of Cuti-
cura Soap and one box of Cuticura
Ointment and in one week from the
time l began to use them my hands
were all healed up and they have not
been a mite sore since. l would not
be without the Cuticura Remedies.
"They also cured a bad sore on the
hand of one of my neighbours children,
and they think very highly of the Cuti-
cura Remedies. John w. Hasty, So Eff
fingham, N H. Mar. s, and Apr. II, '09.'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
Charles C. CIarke's Delightful Remin-
iscences of the Childhood of David
B. Hill, Former Governor of
New York.

In May there died the last of the
original group of men who were as
ISOLATED intimately with Commodore
Vanderbilt in the building up of his
great railroad system. This was
Charles C. Clarke, who as auditor,
treasurer and first vice-president of
the commodore's railroad, was his en-
ployer's financial right-hand man for
years. For more than half century
Mr.. Clarke was a public character,
first as state employe and a banker
and from 1854 until his retirement, as
a railroad man. In that period he
came to meet most of the big men of
his state, and his recollections of Mil
lard Fillmore and Commodore Van
derbilt were particularly vivid. Yet
what he called the most surprising ex-
perience in his long business life had
nothing to do with either of these
great men of yesterday.
when 1 was assistant deputy
treasurer of New York state at the
time Willard Fillmore was comp
troller," said Mr. Clarke, 81 made the
acquaintance of a number of men
engaged in important business under
takings in western New York. One
of these men was establishing a bank
in the town of Havana; he asked me
to take executive charge of it and 1
accepted his offer. That was in the
year 1852.
Soon after l went to Havana it be-
came necessary to make some import
ant changes in the bank building
and Offices, and to do this work l en-
plOyed a local carpenter, very
worthy man, who did honest work.
One day he brought with him to the
job a bright-eyed little fellow, who
was, should say, about nine years
old. The youngster attracted my at
tention and I asked him if he went to
school. He said he did. and then l
asked him what he wanted to do when
he became a man. He replied that he
wanted to own newspaper
''The next day the little fellow again
accompanied his father to work. He
bore a bunch of violets in his hand
which he efficiently held out to me,
the while smiling quantity. You want
to put to put them in a pitcher with
some water he cautioned.
"a day or two later the little fellow
came again to the bank, this time
bringing with him bunch of daffo-
dis. 1 took him between my knees,
and after thanking him for his gift
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
Thomas n. Benton Could Not Afford
to Remain Estranged From Ger
eraI After Latter's Praise of
Henry Clay.

One very warm evening in July,
1881, several members of President
Garfield's cabinet went from the White
House to the lawn and stood a while
in such a position that they were able
to catch the cooling breeze that came
from the Potomac. There were two or
three friends with them, and all were
in a happier frame of mind than they
had been for some time, for the ply
sicians mad reported but short while
before that the president was in a
more comfortable condition than at
any time since he had been shot.
AS they stood thus, enjoying the cool
breeze, Mr.. Blaine, the secretary of
state, who wore a very thin and some
what frayed alpaca coat and straw
hat which had certainly seen service
for several summers, turned to his
companions.
This afternoon, as l stood before
the fireplace in the presidents room.
there came to my mind for the first
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
Little Boy Who Loved FZowers

asked him if he was fond of flowers.
Yes he answered, but l like the
flowers that grow in the woods best
and | know most of them
"As the season passed from spring
to summer the boy marked the prog
gress of the year by bringing to my
office the seasOnable flowers; and one
day, when hot weather was on in dead
earnest, he came bearing very proud
ly bunch of pond lilies which he
said he had gathered especially for
me.
THUS | was shOwered with the
blooms Of the seasons until the car
penter moved away from Havana-at
least, | lost sight of him and the boy.
Two years later I entered railroad
life and myself moved away from
Havana.
More than 80 years passed. Then
one day l found myself in Albany for
a call upon the governor of the state
in connection with some important
business for my railroad company. AS
/ entered the executive offices a gen
tleman, with every evidence of real
plasure showing in his face, came up
to me and extended his hand. Why,
how do you do, Mr.. Clarke?' be ex-
claimed, heartily. I am very glad to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
English Woman Says Ore Carried in
the Purse Pocket Is Sure Safe
guard Against Thieves.

Few wild creatures make more in
teresting and useful pets than the
hedgehog, says the Lady's Pictorial.
In country houses one or two are
often kept in the wine cellars. This
is owing to the hedgehog's fondness
for black beetles and other insects
which they hunt and eat in large guam
titles.
Many people, especially women,
make pets of the creature, keeping it
in smart hutches and during the day
allowing it to roam about the sitting
rooms and carrying its young ones
about with it in their pockets. One
Englishwoman says that there is no
better safeguard against the pickpock-
ct than to carry baby hedgehog in
the pocket in which you also carry
your purse.
She adds, however, that care must
be taken not to forget that the little
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
LEFT TO A WORSE. FATE
Dynamiter. Himself a Married Man,
Knew What Awaited Forgetful
49, Husband.


The business man was sitting in his
office, thinking of starting for home,
when a suspicious looking person
came in with leather bag in his
hand.
IF you don't give me $25,' said the
visitor, coming at once to the point,
Il will drop this on the floor"
The business man was cool. What
is in it?' he asked
Dynamite was the brief reply.
What will it do if you drop it?"
BLOW you up"
Drop it," was the instant COM
mand MY wife told me when l left
home this morning to be sure and
send up bag of flour, and / forgot
it. l guess it will take just about as
much dynamite DIS you have there to
prepare me for the blowing up I'll get
when she sees mel"
He threw himself back in his chair
and waited for the explosion, but it
did not come.
I'm a married man myself" said
the dynamiter, and quietly slipped out
illustrated Bits.
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see vol after all these years. But l
see that you do not remember me-
"T do not recall, governor, that 1
have ever met you. Have To- l was
forced to confess
"The governor smiled. I'll try to aid
your memory, Mr.. Clarke he said.
Don't you remember a carpenter
named Hill who repaired your bank
at Havana? Don't you remember his
little boy, whom he used to call Davey,.
who sometimes brought you flowers?
"'Are you that lad, Governor Hill"
7 gasped. in establishment. And then,
as he smiled at my surprise, l added
truthfully: Every spring l have been
reminded of that little boy by the
sight of violets, daffodils and pansies.
7 have often wonder what had become,
of him. But not once did it ever &C..
cur to me that David B. Hill, governor
of New York, was the little Davey,
who used to bring me flowers and left
me one of the most charming .recoi-
lections of my early manhood.N
eyes. said the governor when I
had ceased i was the boy, Mr..
Clarke. | have never forgotten your
kindness and your sympathetic talks,
with me. And have long hoped that
the day would come when could seeI
YOU again and renew that boyhoodl
acquaintance.
Copyright. 1910, by E. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
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Prophecy That Was Fulfilled

resentatives the morning of the day
we were to leave for Chicago Rather
late in the afternoon Garfield turned
to me, and said: Starin, it is time for
us to start. My gripsack is in the
cloak room, and | suppose yours is
also. Let's go together from the capt.
toll to the railway station, and we'll
keep company all the way to Chica-
CO.
'As l was taking my hat and my
gripsack from the attendant in the
cloak room, l heard some one say to
Garfield do not now remember who
it was, except that it was Democrat:
Garfield, whom are you going to NOM
mate for president at the convention?
You don't expect to nominate Sher-
man, do you? And we Democrats fig
ure that Blaine and Grant will neu-
tralize each others votes.
I'm reply Garfield said: L am to
nominate Sherman in behalf of the
state of Ohio. Of course we all hope
that he will be nominated by the con-
vention.'
But whom are you going to NOM
mate, Garfield?' persisted the Demo
crat
Il remember perfectly how Gar
field locked when that question was
repeated to him. He turned half
around, there was a cordial smile upon
his face-one that was characteristic
Of him-and then he said: Il don't
know. It's very likely to be some
one not now named. 1t is just as
likely to be myself as anybody else
Il was nightly impressed by that
reply. 1t confirmed my own impress
sion that Garfield might be our can
didate l had already said to one or
two friends: We can't nominate
Grant, Blaine cannot be nominated,
and in my opinion Garfield will be the
man. And l am satisfied that at the
time Garfield left Washington for Chi
cago in my company he had reasoned
the situation out exactly as l had
DONE"
Copyright, 1910, by the Associated Lit
erary Press
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
GETTING EVEN WITH MAMMA
IN This Case Child's Punishment Ger
tainty Failed to Have Salu-
tary Effect.

A little girl had been so very
naughty that her mother found 1t
necessary to shut her up in dark
closet-in that family, the direst
punishment for the worst offense.
For Is minutes the door had been
locked without sound coming from
behind it. Not whimper, not a sniff
fle
At last the stern but anxious parent
unlocked the closet door and peered
into the darkness. She could see
nothing.
What are you doing in there?" she
cried.
And then a little voice piped from
the blackness:
Il thpit on your new dress and |
thpit on your new hat, and I'm wait
ing for more thpit to come to thpr
on your new parasol!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
The Place of Honor.

Farmer Hodge was of the good, old
fashioned school, and he always gave
a feast to his hands at harvest time.
1t was harvest time and the feast
was about to commence.
Giles was the oldest hand and the
hostess, with beaming cordially. mo
toned him to the seat by her right
hand. But Giles remained silently I'M
responsive.
Come" said the hostess, don't be
bashful, Mr. Giles"-he was just Giles
on ordinary occasions-"you've a
right to the place of honor, you know"
Giles deliberated moment, then
spoke.
Thank you kindly, Mrs. Hodge,
he said, 'but if it's all the same to
you, I'd rather sit opposite this pud-
dem"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
General Garfield's Yelled Prediction OF
His Own Nomination for Presi-
dency Just Before Starting
to the Convention.

The late John H. Starin, who might
have been governor of New York had
he been willing to accept a nomination
In the late sos, and who was for some
years a member of congress from one
of the New York districts, was es-
teemed by business men as one of the
ablest of American men of affairs. He
accumulated very large fortune, was
prominent in civic affairs, and to him
gratitude for his services in aiding
to establish the subway rapid transit
system.
During a part of the time that
was in congress" said Mr.. Starin to
me several years before his death,
which occurred in 1909, my seat in the
house of Representatives adjoined that
of James A. Garfield. We became
very warm friends, and l conceived so
great an admiration of his ability that
a year or two before the presidential
conventions of 1880 | had come to
hold the opinion that General Garfield
was in many respects the most avail
able candidate from the west for the
Republicans to nominate for the preS1-
dency Of course, later on, as the
delegate from my own state to the Re-
publican convention, I was bound to
support the nomination of General
Grant But l had a lurking feeling
that if we could not nominate Grant,
Garfield would be our man.
ct so happened that both General
Garfield and | planned independently
to go from Washington to Chicago to
attend the convention by the same
train. Garfield was chairman of the
Ohio delegation, which had been in
structed to support the nomination of
John Sherman. We were greatly
pleased when we discovered that we
were to take the same train.
I'VE both were in the house of rep
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
He Made Up With Jackson

time in years an anecdote-or, rather,
two anecdotes-of Andrew Jackson
that | heard on good authority when L
first came to Washington" he began.
But before | tell them to you as they
were told to me shall remind you of
the fact that an intense animosity
characterized the relations that existed
between Jackson and Henry Clay. 1t
was one of the rare cases in which
Clay permitted himself to have a per-
sonal animosity, though frequently, as
we all know, he would be mans pc.
litical enemy to the full limit of his
powers.
well, one day, friend, calling up.
on President Jackson, remarked in the
course of the conversation: Henry
Clay is not only moral coward; he
is a physical coward, as we'll
"Thereupon Jackson got up, knock
ed the ashes out of his corncob pipe
into the presidential fireplace, straight
ened up to his full height, and re
torted:
by God, you wrong him! The
ID scoundrel is as brave as a lion.
l know his weakness and his strength.
Now, for many years Thomas H.
Benton, for thirty successive years
senator from Missouri, beginning in
1920, and Andrew Jackson had been
bitter enemies, although they were OF
the same party. They had not spoken
since 1913, believe, when Benton was
thrown downstairs at the time when
his brother put bullet through Jack
sons shoulder down in North Caro-
lima. At any rate, Benton had not
visited the white house since Jackson
had been it's chief occupant. But it
so happened that day or two after
President Jackson had paid his char
acteristic tribute to Clay's bravery
the man to whom Jackson had deliv
cred the tribute met Benton and told
him of the incident. Benton, clearly
astonished for an instant, eagerly ask.
ed if his informant was sure thai
Jackson had made the remark as
quoted, and the reply was that there
was no doubt about it.
"'Then I will call upon him my
SELF said Benton, with grim deter
mination.
Sure enough, day or two later
the senior senator from Missouri pre-
sented himself at the white house and
his name was taken into his old enc
my. In a moment he was admitted to
the presidents private office. Jack
son was standing before the fireplace
He looked searchingly at Benton, who
remained standing upon the threshold
At last Jackson spoke. is it to be
war or peace? he asked.
For answer, Benton, with both
hands outstretched, went across the
room, the next moment the differences
of years were healed, and the friend
ship thus unexpectedly and suddenly
re-established remained unbroken I'M
til Jackson's death.
"But to my mind" concluded Mr.
Blaine. "the best part of the recon.
Citation of those two great characters
lay in the reply that Benton gave to
his friends when they asked him how
he came to put aside his enmity to.
ward Andrew Jackson Z could not
afford to remain estranged from man
who was brave enough to pay such q
tribute to an enemy as Andrew Jack.
son did to Henry Clay when he de-
clared he was as brave as lion, said
Senator Benton"
Copyright 1910, by E. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reservedl
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
Hedgehogs Are Good Pets

creature is in the pocket and sudden
ly thrust your hand into it.
The hedgehog must be fed on bread
and milk, grass, worms and all the in.
sects that can be caught Both the
young and the old, and especially the
former, are most interesting and anus,
ing. Indeed, there is no prettier
sight than family of baby hedgehogs
at play.
They can be taught to come and
feed out of the hand and to drink
milk from a spoon. They can also be
taught to perform simple tricks. An.
other charm of the hedgehog as a pet
is that if kept out of doors in a cold
cellar it will hibernate during very
cold weather when ladies and children
might find it inconvenient.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
III for II at.

Lloyd c. Griscom, in an interview
in New York, said of party dissen-
sionS:
"They are animated by nasty spir-
it, a tit-for-tat spirit; and they go
from bad to worse.
Its like the case of the engaged
couple at the seaside dance. The
young man, little jealous, said cold
ly to his fiancee at supper:
"Let me see-was it you l kissed
in the conservatory?
"'About what timer the young girl
answered, with a little laugh"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
"Thank You's."

The man who is not thankful for
the lessons he learned in adversely
didn't learn any.
There must be plenty of thankful
ness in the world if those who have
loved and lost could know just what
they have lost.
why are you giving thanks? They
took $4,000 from you in Wall street
a little while ago, didn't they?"
Yes; but 1 got out with $40 they
didn't know I had."-.Tudge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
Prudent BRIDEGROOM,

"The uncertainties of life in New
York are reflected in wedding rings"
said the jeweler. "Of all the wedding
rings 1 have sold this season more
than half were brought back after the
ceremony to have the date put on. The
rest of the inscription was engraved
whe nthe ring was purchased, but in
order that the date might be correct
1T was cautiously omitted until after
the knot was tied"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

lions were like blood
and I arose s to 10
times at night to void
them. I became fright
ened at my condition.
My sight began to
fail and pains in my
back were like knife.
thrusts. I cried for
hours, unable to con-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

troll my nerves. After started using
Doan's Kidney Pills, began to feel
better and soon l was cured. l am a
living testimonial of their merit. -
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents
box
Foster-Milburn. Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
Cliff Climbers Narrow Escape.

The perils of cliff climbing were In
stanced the other day by the remark
able escape of young man named
Frank Egan who, while scaling the
steep cliffs just beyond the Bailey
Lighthouse on the Irish coast, got to
a perpendicular part, and being unable
to get another hold could neither get
up nor down, and was practically sus-
pended by his fingers some seventy
feet above the sea- Egan's companion,
seeing his position. at the risk of his
own neck scrambled down the face of
the cliff, and gave the alarm. Coast
guards promptly arrived on the scene,
and one was lowered by a rope to the
edge of the cliff, but owing to it's over
hanging nature he was unable to get
a glimpse Of the man. The roaring of
the waves made it impossible to get
an answer to repeated shouts. One
man managed to get on to a project
ing bank, and was just in time to see
Egan sliding and slipping down the
side of the rocks. Beyond few
scratches and exhaustion, and a severe
shock, Egan escaped injury.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY

TRY MORiNE EYE REMEDY
for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
and Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart-Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c,
Soc, $780, Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes, Csc, $1.00. Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
More to Be Pitied.

Tramp Ito lonely spinster)-Come
Mis- sus, arst yer husband if e amt got
a pair O. trousers to give away.
Sninster (anxious not to expose her
solilude)-Sorry, my good man, he
eh-never wears such things.-Punch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
Mrs. S. j. Barber saws:

81 thinkLydia e.
Pinkham's Vege-.
table Compound
is the best medi-
cine in the world
for women-and
l feel it my duty
to let others
know the good it
has done for me.
Three years ago
L had a tumor
the doctor
would have