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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
NEW YORK STATE LEAGUE

AT Trov-Troy. 2: Syracuse. !.
At Scranton-Scranton. 4: Elmira. >.
At Wilkesbare- Wiikesharre. 3; Binghamton, g
At Albany-Utica. ): Albany, l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Harry Davis expects to be back on
first by the time the Athletics begin their
next trip around the circuit, which is next
week in Boston.
The Boston Nationals have been going
along at about the same whirlw'nd clip
since King became one of them as be-
fore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
TRI-STATE LEAGUE.

At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10: Lancaster. 4.
AT Reading-First game: Reading. d; York, +.
Second game: Reading. =: York l..
At Wilmington Johnstown. 4: Wilmington, 3.
At Trenton Trenton. IL: Altoona. .
Pitcher Pfiester's claim against the Chi
cago Nationals for pay has been dismiss
ed by the national commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22

t.lberfeld lost a run in the opening con-
test in an odd manner. lie tried 70 score
o. IN attempted double steal, and actual
j. got past the plate. In lodging Thorn
as jab. however. Elnerfeld sid around
The plate, and Thomas got MIN on the
scc, nd attempt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22

American League pitchers are begin
ming TO fear Delehanty as much as they
do Cobb and Crawford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22

Germany" Schaefer doesn't know
whether he has been compiinentcd or in
suited. Schaefer was called out on
strikes and he made big howl over
the decision by Umpire Esan. As Ger
many walked 10 the bench rooter in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03

amt so well; and stop IN and ask Mis-
Kinney TO come and sell the suppers
fer me, cause don't want 70 leave
the baby"
"Oh. Miss Seliny Lue. is she much
sick?' BenHie's freckled face drew
up into knot with anxiety, for Bios
som was the core of the green ample
that at his age passes for heart.
Yes. honey, she's pretty bad. and I
feel / must see Miss Cynthie a bit
Now run along; and IL you see Mr..
Alan, send him to me, too Miss Sc
line Lue's strong face was grave and
sweet, but had none of the disfguring
marks with which anxiety rayages
many countenances. As she turned
Mr.. Alan entered the back door.
"How's the Blossom? % he asked anx-
iously as he deposited his kit in the
corner.
Looks like can't even want a
thing in my heart without when /
open my eyes there it is" said Miss
Selma Lue softly. The baby amt so
well, am Altered, and I was jest
mean and selfish enough to send fer
Miss Cynthie to come down and worry
with me. l never did hold with shar.
ing worries. but l didn't expect you
back till dark, and it Jest seemed like
had TO have one or t'other of you a
while"
What did the doctor say?" asked
Mr.. Alan as he came and stood by her
in the door.
There was strength and comfort in
the very sight of him. and Miss Selma
Lue frightened visibly as she an
swered
We'll. Mr.. Alan, It do beat every.
thing to me to see a man doctor
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
And So the Honored Guest Found Them.

founder around and hunt for what's
the matter with a baby. It's plumb
painful But this young Teller, what
you and Miss Cynthie say is a spe
cialer with babies, done pretty we'll
with my helping him along He says
| 1t is pneumony with a Iongnamed
side Issue to ii, what call Jest plain
| being threatened with bad Group. II
| 1t was one OF the Tyneses now, OF
Luella Kinney, would think sure J
could pull 'em through; but Blossom
| looks like she wasn't mixed outen the
same ingrejlnts as the other children
on the Bluff. and somehow" Miss
Selma Lue's voice faltered for a mo
ment.
Mr.. Alan took her hand in his ant
said gently: "She is a very specia
sort of flower is the Blossom, and we
all feel that Did the doctor say he
would rather have the trained nurse?'
Il asked him faithful cause prom
Used you. but he jest looked at me and
he said there wasn't no SIGH NURSING
as she had to be bought in the city
And course he knows about y9u walk
ing her nights and Miss Cynthis
a-spelling Of US both. Looks like te
me, too. that they ANT no nursing in
the world that can do as well e.
what comes from the hand of love
If it is guided by common sense"
yes. but skill sometimes is needed
In some"
We'll, amt skill another name fel
common sense? I've done had ex
perience with the lack of EN- both
When Ethel Maud was six months old
Mis- Dobbs fed her a little strawberr,
preserves, and I thought her time had
come when seed the spasm she wen
into. After a spell when / got heI
emptied out and full of hot ginger tea
she woulder quieted down but he3
mother set her afira with a candle she
was holding to see II she was a-breath
ing. And, lands alive, the child wai
most burned TO death fore ! could pu
her out! And what with the straw
berry poison working on her ct the
same time she almost passed from US
And there she is alive and a-settlns
by Blossom as quiet as a mocs0 te
call me II she stsrs-baby-loving and
tending was horned in that child"
Miss Seliny Lue.' called a small
frightened voice, which was followed
by a hoarse cough.
Watch fer Miss Cynthie and brfns
her back to my room. There comes
Mis- Kinney to sell the suppers! CAM
you kinder keep her talking out here,
She do make the baby Jump So"
CTO BE CONTINUED
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03

and laughed itself hungry and l can't
hold 'em back no longer. Miss Cynthie.
honey, did you notice the wreath of
larkspur Mr.. Alan and Bonnie Dobbs
tied around Charity's neck? Don't she
look dressy and proud? And she's
kinder switching her tail perky Trust
woman. if she is jest COW, to skit-
ter some in finery. But I'll go on, and
you follow as fast as you can
The refreshments we're appreciated
| to their limit, and so enticing were
their appearance and favor that Miss
Evelyn first chose "cross-barred," then
accepted 'open-faced," and finally
begged for "kivered," to Mrs. Kinney's
manifest delight. In f4ct, when the
tale was told, there remained only
one Of each persuasion, which Miss
Selma Lue had packed in a basket to
send to Mrs. Jackson Page, whose re-
grets had been profuse though formal.
you walk on up the hill with the
girls, Mr.. Alan, and carry the basket"
said Miss Selma Lue as they began
after unnumbered farewells to take
their departure. Come back often,
Miss Evelyn. You've got friends here
on the Bluff ASH stand TO you the rest
Of your life, and fer them you can't
come too often. Now, Mr.. Alan, hand
them pies to Mis- Page yourself and
don't trust 'em to the girls, for they
are having so much good time l am
skeered to risk 'em."
IL g.
first time before Mrs. Jackson Page
bearing a gift Of rare spices; and
though at first welcomed icily. after
an hours conversation IN which tran
spired, by her adroit maneuvering, his
parentage, and the social and financial
standing thereof, he was invited most
cordially TO dine
Law. Miss Seliny Lue, where can
Mr.. Alan be?" questioned Mrs. Kinney,
as she sat for a few minutes on the
grocery steps in the moonlight. TITS
after ten o'clock. and he amt never
showed up since he tool, them girls
home. He must have on his tar-pants
fer settin! Co'ting oughtn't to be
gave in SIGH hunks; broken doses is
better"
We'll. now, Mis- Kinney. honey"
answered Miss Selma Lue dreamily,
her eyes resting in the long shadows
the blackberry cast across the street.
YOU know folks git married fer a long
time, and 1t do seem like co'ting ought
er go on quite a spell fore they goes
through the door from which they
ART no returning unless by death-or
divorce, which is wusser. And then,
too, amt it Jest one Of the best times
they is TO life? So / fear one say let
It be drawed out into fine STRANDS.
though strong as number forty cot
ton"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03

Leeks. his heart lent wings to his feet.
The hour the four of them spent in
the studio with the pictures was de-
lightful, for Evelyn looked into Miss
Cynthia's eyes for a moment. then
kissed her on both cheeks and-was
merciful and CT .rs.;..g
The pictures SO absorbed all three
nay, all four. for from the first time
Blossom had been transported to the
studio she had gazed at them with
wlde-eyed wonder that had overjoyed
the artist-that when Miss Selma
Lue's beaming face appeared above
the ladder they could scarcely realize
how the time had flown.
Well, well, what a nice time you
all do seem to be having Such a day
as never was on the Blug before, and
everybody so happy! l declare, Mr..
Alan have smiled so much since morn
ing that he's Citing fat. They amt
nobody said a cuss word or slapped a
child since sunup. But come down
everybody, for the crowd has sung
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
IN THE MATTER OF APPLAUSE
clappIng the Hands ls a Poor Method
Of Showing We Are Deeply
Moved.

There is a place and time for man.
ual reclamation. but It is not always
In season or appropriate. II is AT
best a poor way of manifesting ap.
prevail A thoughtful person who has
Just listened to a fine performance OF
a symphony or a stirring apostroDhe
from an orator must feel that to
bring ones hands together repeated
ly and noisily is a lame and impotent
method of showing how deeply one
has been affected. But no better
Tethod. as yet. has been devised.
AS a matter Of fact, as there are
thoughts that do often lie too deep
for tears" so there are emotions
reused sometimes by the performs
ance OF music which seem TO us to
transcend any possible outward dem.
onstration; we are 50 deeply moved
that we are silenced This result is
not to be confused las may easily
happen-with a failure in apprecla.
ton. II is quite the contrary.
Applause, spontaneous and un.
forced. is a great inspiration to one
who appears In public and through
any medium Is attempting to make his
cause prevail or his message heard
The applause of hired claque. the
prolonged artificial enthusiasm when
a standard-bearer is nominated at a
political convention, Is a very diff.
ferent matter Applause means moth.
ing If II is inspired by any other mo.
tive than appreciation and the desire
TO indicate cordial and disinterested
approval
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
TALE OF GRAFT IN NEW YORK
New Man in Office Who ignorantly
Demanded $500 and Might Have
Had $4,000.

This is a little story of New York
graft. according to the New York cor
respondent OF the Cincinnati Times
Star. Unfortunately. the names may
not be used. But It has been the Gus
tom Of a corporation In this city to
pay sort of retaining fee to the hold
er of a certain political Office. just to
be let alone. The corporation heads
did not ask anything else from the
oiiiceholder They merely did not
want to be prodded by crusades which
presumably had an origin in a desire
for reform. The graft payment for
years had been $4,000. Wen likely
have to pay more. now that So-and-so
Is IN Office" said they. when a certain
man was elected He has the name
OF being very grasping."
SO they sent an intermediary to the
newly elected ofIlceholder with power
to negotiate. They were willing to
pay $4,000. # necessary, but not a
penny more. The usual preliminaries
were gone through. Your company
viii have 10 come over" said the Of
tceholder. I'm no cheap man. /
know you've been paying right along.
and you'll have TO pay me more than
you have been giving up to this Office
In the past. When l so grating I go
right" and he sweIled up and
looked very important The interme.
diary was frightened He asked very
humbly how much the ofiiceholder
would demand.
Not a penny less than $500 a
year." said the ofIlceholder. sternly.
The sum was paid. and It was not
until the oficeholder had been out of
Office for months that he learned the
scale on which previous payments had
been made. The information actually
sent him into a decline. He grieved
so over II that he really lost his
health. II one mentions large sum
of money in his presence nowadays
he's apt to burst into tears.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
Jananese Women a, Work.

Can a nation which employs In me
chanical industries nearly twice as
many women as men ever become a
very dangerous enemy in war? Would
not the steady employment OF "A very
large proportion Of women In the In,
dustries necessarily involve a de-
terioration in the vitality Of the race?
These questions are suggested by a
report Of the American consul at Kope,
Japan, who says that Of the total
number of Industrial laborers "a per
cent are men and GO per cent. are
women. They work II hours a day.
Wages paid TO males over IA years OF
age range from IS to 20 cents a day,
wi.ilc females over II receive from 10
to IA CEN. a day Boys under il get
from six TO ten cents and girls under
II from Eve TO nine cents day. So
serious has the situation become that
the government Is considering the adj
visibility Of legislation regulating the
hours Of labor Of women and girls.
The forcing Of women and girls to
work ~ hours a day, even under IA
yorable conditions. would not seem
conducive to the rearing of robust
and vigorous children for the next gen
GRAFTON. although 1t may swell tho
profits IF the present generation Of
manufacturers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
SYNOPSIS.

Miss Selma Lue. spinster guardian angel
~ RIVER Blun- presides over an i'm
promptu day nursery for the babies Of
the nelghborhood in the rear of her gro
Gerry. Her charges are known as Soap
boX Babies." The fact that she is single
makes her an object of sympathy TO the
m9theIs- One OF her friends is Miss Gym
una rage, daughter OF Widow Page.
CyAthla visits Miss Selma and learns that
she has taken another Soap Boxer in
AIan Kent, young artist who wishes to
sStaoIlsh a studio in her barn. Blossom,
PISS I.ue adopted baby, and one Gym
thla is very fond Of shows an evident
preference for Alan. When Cynthia
leaves, Alan hears that her mother is in
udngeF OF losing the old homestead. \
near rukus. Alan admires Cynthia. Sc
una tells how she came to locate in the
pace and start the haven for little ones.
She suspects that Cynthia is responsible
Tor Alan's neglect of herself. Sale of the
mortgaged Page place considered. Alan's
portrait OF Cynthia is discovered. Evelyn
branch, Cynthia's close friend, shows in
ierest IN Alan Kent Cynthia relieves Sc
INA for a day. cooks dinner for Mr.. Kent
ana makes a sorry mess of 1t. Alan de-
elared favorite with all the Bluff folk.
cynthia overhears his confessions of
love. An afternoon tea is arranged, it
proves a grand affair and Alan escorts
Cynthia home
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
AntlnnItv Of Iohacco-

The idea that tobacco has only been
known ia Europe since tho discovery
Of America is incorrect In fact the
Medes and Persians long time be
fore our era smoked narghiIes, as en-
cieut scriptures prove. A philologls,
has suggested that the Greeks and
Romans smoked tobacco at least IL
their colonies. In the Malay archipei
ago the use Of cigars and cigarettes Is
said 10 date much further back thar
the disco cry OF America. The wore
cigar" seems to show that mans
solace and comfort did not originate
in the West Indies. bot is most liaei,
derived from sahara. an Arab wore
meaning smoke.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03

A middle aged man stopped in front
Of one Of the lion cages IN the Central
park menagerIe and gazed iutcntIy at
the head Of the old animal that was
lying down near the iron bars. prefaces
the New York Sun After keeping
his eyes on the inmate of the cage for
several minutes be made passes with
his hand toward IT, The lions head
gradually weUy down onto his paws
al he appeared to be asleep.
Great is science!" the visitor said
The books say one ca hypnotic any
Wild beast # near enough 70 hold his
eye while casting the spell. and / have
succeeded"
Hypnotic nothing That old lion
has been blind in his near eye for
years" the keeper said.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
america "Do Move.

Years ago there was notable an
eccentric individual called the Great
American Traveller But recent Stats
tics would seem TO show that pretty
nearly everybody in this country Is
becoming a great American traveller
Ten years ago the railroad experts
figured out that the total number Of
passengers carried in the United
States one mile was about 1880
10000 Now the number is put at
29.500,0 900 900. an increase Of more
than 800 per cent. OF course this ex.
hibit includes those who 90 only short
distances. But even at that the ahow-
ing is remarkable. The average Amer.
lean keeps ON the move" to an OK.
tent mo- known among his oonteu<
DoraTies elsewhere.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
Her SAVINGS Bank

During furious storm in Paris :
janitor was struck on the shoulder
BY small but heavy tin box which
had fallen from an upper story Of ?
house in the Rue rQuest. The DO,
was found to contain 5000 in golt
and notes. II was claimed at the 81
lice station BIZ an elderly woman. . hf
said that the money constituted re,
entire savings. which she had hidoe7
by tying the box to TIE drain-pipe or
side ber window.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
The Lottery.

If marriages we're entered into on
the installment purchase plan, it is
probable that most wives would re-
fuse 10 meet the second installment
On the ground that they we're deceived
as to the quality OF the goods, while
most husbands would urge as a de
tense against paying It that they were
misled by fraudulent Appearance
Puck
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
CHAPTER VIII.
The WfI.ed aloseoro

Don't nothinf put tho heart II a broke
down woman Ike little loving"
Miss Selma Inc
@'Bennie, honey. run up the bill and
tell Miss Cynthie that ! wish't she
would come righc down. Ter Blossom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
ENGLAND STIRRED
 BY PLEA FOR RAIN
Sir Oliver Lodge Consulted About
 Producing Rain Arti- ficially

London, July S.--(Special.)-The long continued drouth here has started the scientists of this country. offering theories as to what use science and modern in- ventions can be put for the purpose of making the rain come and bringing relief to the parched fields and forests.
 When Sir Oliver Lodge a famous scien- tist, was asked what he could suggest as cure for the weather, he said: The problem is to make the fine particles of mosture-the water dust. as we may say, coagulate. When they have run together to form a sufficiently heavy spot 1t will fall to the earth, and there you have your rain You can demonstrate this in the laboratory If you fill a bell-jar with fog and introduce an electric current you will see 1t begin to rain. In the thunder shower you have precisely the same ef- feet with it's big rain drops which is sim ply the action of electricity on water dust.
 Tn England there Is little use for such methods, as it is seldom that clouds pass over us without breaking. I understand that it frequently happens in Australia and in America that when there Is every prospect of rain the clouds float away and give up no rain for ''the parched landsn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
PUT IN JAIL TO
 GET HER MONEY

Barcelona, July S.-(Special.) .)-How a wealthy woman has been incarcerated that the others might obtain her fortune is being told in case before the judicial authorities at Barcelona. The woman in question Is Matide Andeyro, who up to the age of IA lived In Granada, Her father. a colonel in the Spanish army, then died in the Philippines, leaving her an enormous fortune, and appointing two relatives as trustees. The latter are alleged to have placed Matilde in con vent until she was twenty-one. They then wanted to marry her to person they had selected. Failing in this. they got a ticket Of lunacy and shut her in an asylum.
 The unhappy woman remained in diff ferent 1unatic asylums at Barcelona for nearly thirty years, until she was dis covered by her cousin, Don Francisco Andeyro, who is accusing the trustees. The charge is supported by a certificate of mental capacity signed by celebrated alienest, Dr. Bravo. whose certificate re- suited in her immediate liberty. The cause clebre is rousing much interest in Barcelona, because of the social position of the trustees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
CzAR|NA'S NERVES CAUSING TROUBLE  Specialists Seem Unable to do Anything to Relieve
 Her Condition

| St Petersburg. July S-(Special)-1t
 would be hard to exaggerate the serious | condition of the Czarina. Not only has she not been able to get rid of the eX-
 treme nervousness, which is the most
 alarming feature of her trouble, but 1t is stated on the highest authority, but it is
 steadily progressing and that her majesty
 is subject to fits of mental depression
 amounting almost to melanchola. This, l of course is having a most serious erect
 on her physical well being. She has fre-
 ouent spells resembling a mild form of
 calalepsy.
 Her physicians find themselves utterly
 unable to cope with the trouble or to stop | It's progress The greatest specialists of
 Europe have been consulted, but without
 avail. It Is not unlikely that she will
 take a prolonged sea voyage early in the
 autumn. if the Czar is able to accom- pany her. but not unless.
 | Another member of the royal family Is | in A serious condition. It is the Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch. He has been chosen to represent the Czar at the coronation of King George, but at the Hast moment it was found his health would not permit.
 Yasnaya Polyama, the estate of the 1 late Count Leo Tolstoy is to pass to the government The Tolstoy heirs will be remembered that an effort was made to Interest wealthy Americans in a plan to make the estate perpetual memorial to the great Russian, but it failed The natter was then taken up by the govern ment and the purchase followed.
 l Russia is watching the developments in the near east with the keenest interest. It is no secret that the situation there is giving rise to very grave apprehenslons. There have been quiet interchanges be- tween the foreign offices of St. Peters burg, Vienna, Berlin and Rome and great pressure is being brought to bear on Turkey to force a settlement or the Albanian troubles Already Turkey has shown a disposition to make concessions, but the Albanians are a stubborn, un- tractable race of mountaineers who m sist on the acknowledgement of their full
 programme of reforms
 It is recognized that the position Of the Turkish government is a most dinicuit one It must save its face in Albania or work trouble throughout the entire coun- try There Is a strong faction. through out the empire which would be called conservative in America, comprising the
 old, strictly orthodox Mohammedans. Who
 would welcome the chance to overthrow the present regime.
 Russia. in common with other powers. recognizes this difficulty. but she IS also recognizes the fact that so long as the trouble in Albania exists there isf danger that the entire Balkan peninsula may be
 embroiled and just what the consequences
 of this would be it would be impossible
 to say and the powers will prevent it if possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
"WjndOw" in Jungfrau

dow" has been pierced near the Junsfrau
 Switzerland, to give passengers on the wonderful Jungfrau railway. while in the tunnel, a, superb view of the Guggi Glaci- CT. Unfortunately the presence of snow obscured the view at the opening cere- mony The Jungfrau railway is being ex- tended from Eismeer. above Grindelwald it's present terminus, to the Jungfraujoch, i 1 090 feet above the sea level. and thence ultimately to the summit. The new window is on the far slope of the Monk, at an elevation of 1l.SQQ feeta ,-..------.-.