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The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
FEW POPULAR sUPERsTITloE|
Many Little Things That Estsst'
Good or Bad Luck-Fatllna 1p
stairs Is Sign Of Wedding.

1t is said that If a black cat foloa
you 1t betokens good luck, but u 4 q
leaves the house which has been Y y
home some misfortune Is about Y Y
happen.
If you put on your stocking or soea
the wrong side out 1t Is luck, bll !
you change 1t to the right side aoss
ing will come of 1t.
If, when unfolding clean llnellt "
find diamond shaped crease, snsEa' z
a sign of death within year
Never let child look into = hlr ],
ror till 1t Is twelve-month old, Y Y Y
luck will follow 1t through llfe.
If you cannot get a fire To burn soa
sweet heart is In bad ternp
To stumble on going upstairs stair Il I ! J
sure sign of a wedding; tive speolsI's y
one saucer the same. ,.,
If you cut a baby's nails lasse Z
biting them, it will be ligntnngeisss,. !.
To open an umbrella IL 4 noasss' y
a portent of misfortune; 70 Grey ,,.s u,
a disappointment; but II anyons y. Y.
picks 1t up the disappoin ell5 0ass's ''
on to him or her. Il.
If a piece Of cotton gets INTO 3 : ssss 81
hair it Is sure sign Of . letteIi y
the cotton must not be remover Y !.
stranger, or no letter will come 2ss55
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
ing SO nicely thought I wouldn't
wake you up. What are you going to
do with me7"

ing SO nicely / thought I wouldn't
wake you up. What are you going to
do with me?"
Nothing.
"But I'm caught with the goods
on!"
Looks like 1t, but when the ice
man, the coal man, the tailor, the
grocer. the dry-goods man and the
shoemaker are grating on me why
should I make an example of you7
The other day some one stuck me
with a bogus half-dollar. Did ! throw
1t into the ash can? No, ma'am! !
went half mile out of my way to buy
cigarettes and work that coin off on
the tobacconist. I'm what they call
an honest man. and yet did that"
"Then it amt the coop for me-" ask
ed the girl
"Not at all. That would simply be
one more person behind the bars, and
what would that amount to? I'm not
even going to ask you to be good. To
get into that window you must have
incurred a big risk. I shall let you
out by the door. If my landlady sees
you she will raise a great howl be-
cause let you go, but the other day
| left dollar on the rug to test her
honesty and she pocketed it,
Would you mind IL fell In love
with you?" asked the girl after long
silence. "My name Is Janet, and
have never met man like you. We
cant get married, of course, but
should like to be In love to see how 1t
seems"
.Then go right ahead, You are en-
titled to your romance as much as any
other woman"
Thanks. I'm sorry I was going to
rob you"
"Not at all. Do you find any of the
trusts apologizing?"
81 most think I will give up steal
ing"
might think 1t over, but don't act
on impulse. That Is, don't give up
stealing and turn to something worse,
as many reformers have done. Tell
you what you might do, though, to
make the old town assume more ar
tistic look. You might wash your
face and comb your hair and sew I'D
some of the rents in your wardrobe.
And now think will bow you out"
AS he held the door open for her to
pass out she was smoothing back her
tangled hair and showing more shame
than when caught plundering. The re-
huke had hurt.
Almost every morning Mr.. Manton
had stroll. During an evening he
sometimes sauntered through the
tenement streets. On a certain even
ing as he sauntered he was hit across
the back of the neck with a sandbag
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
BIG LEAGUES RAID
Soon Begin to Grab Up Miner
Baseball Stars.
Average Life of Professional Player in
Major Company Is But Four
Years-Game Has Advanced
Along Scientific Lines.

One of the laws Of organized profes'
sional baseball provides that between
May 20 and August 20 Of each season
the 16 clubs which comprise the Amer.
lean and National leagues can carry
but 25 players on their rosters. This
means that during the three most I'm
portant months Of the campaign 400
players are maintained on the salary
lists of the major league clubs. OF this
number nearly one-sixth-65, to be ex-
act-have been playing in the two
principal organizations Of the great
Outdoor leagues" for eight years and
more. After August 20 the big leagues
will begin their annual raid on the
stars in the minors.
It has been said by those who have
made profession Of baseball for
years that the average life of the pro-
fessional player in the two major
leagues Is four years. This can read
lily be understood when it Is recalled
how many athletes are drafted or pur-
chased by these clubs, taken south
and then fail to show ca1iber enough
to GUST some seasoned veteran from
his regular berth, and are sent back to
the minor leagues.
There is still another point Of honor
to the credit of the 65 favorites
who have performed for eight years
and more. Baseball has advanced in
a natural progression along scientific
lines
The following are the men who have
remained in the American and Nation.
al leagues for eight years Or more:
Giants - Christopher Mathewson,
John J. McGraW, Leon Ames and
George Wiltse.
ighlanders-Charles Hemphill.
Washington-James McAleer, Nor
man Elberfeld, "Wid" Conroy, 'FTotn"
Hughes and Harry Gessler.
st. Louis Browns-"Bobby" Wallacs
and "Jack" Powell.
st. Louis Cardinals-Roger Bresna-
han.
Chicago Cubs-Frank Chance, James
Sheckard, John Evers, Joseph Tinker
and Mordecai Brown.
Chicago White sox-William Sulli-
van, James Callahan, Harry White
and "Pat" Dougherty.
Boston Nationals-F'red Tennuy,
PATSY" Flaherty, John King and
Harry Steinfeldt.
Boston Red Sox-"Pat" Donovan
and "Jack" Thoney.
RssHsa delphia Nationals = Charles
...-.gs~.s, John Titus, William Bransfield,
Pat" Moran, John Lobert, Bob"
Ewing and Earle Moore.
Philadelphia Athletics Connie"
Mack, Danny Murphy, "Topsy" Hart
sselvn9arry Davis, Eddie" Plank and
CH9sf" Bender.
Pittsburg-Fred Clarke, 'ATommy"
Leach, John Wagner and Charles Phil.
lippe.
Cincinnati Clarke Griffith.
Brooklyn-"Bill' Dahlen, Harry
Smith and "Bill' Bergen.
Detroit-Hugh Jennings, George
Mullin, Bill" Donovan and "Davey"
Jones.
Cleveland-"Cy" Young and Naro
leon Lajoie.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
NEWS 161. tie
YOUNG
PEOPLE
AMUSING GAMES OF MARBLES
"Bounce Eye" Is Played While Stand
ing Perpendicular, Letting the
Marble Drop to Ground.

Every boy likes to play good game
Of marbles. Here is one that perhaps
you do not know Do you know one
called Bounce Eye?" It is played by
several boys who each put down a
marble in a small ring. One player
then stands in a perpendicular position
over the cluster of marbles, and. TAX
ing his own bounce in his hand, let's 1t
fall from his eye on to the heap, and
those forced out Of the ring by this
method are considered won. Ii he
does not succeed in this, and his mar
BILE falls within the ring, it belongs
to the common stock, and is there I'M
pounded.
There is another game called Con
queror," which is extensively played in
some places. A piece Of hard ground,
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09

Life was very easy for Gordon Man
ION. bachelor. He had the fortune lett
by an aunt--he had very few worries
he was a bachelor with no thougns
of marriage-he had no lads to Keep
him awake at night.
Mr.. Manton could have spared the
money to build three or four free libra
rtes, but he didn't build them. In q
vague way he realized that the world
ought to be made better, but he knew
that 1t was sure thing the first man
he reproved for profanity would hit
him on the jaw. The poor suffered
for ice In summer and for coal In
winter; but the rich suffered from I'M
posters. thieves and burglars the year
round. and that appeared to be an on
set.
He had only to glance over his
morning paper, to see that this was a
very wicked world. 1t ought to be so.
however, to furnish contrast to
Heaven II the world were good
enough then what would become of
the arguments Of priests and minis
ters7 IT.
One summer afternoon Mr. Manton
lay down on the lounge for nap. He
knew that thousands Of the men
around him couldn't indulge in this
luxury and earn their bread at the
same time. but in sleepy way he re-
fected that those thousands had their
glasses Of beer every night, while he
positively disliked the liquid. He had
slept for an hour when he quietly
awoke to find an intruder in his room.
It was a ragged girl Of fifteen. She
was down on her knees rifiing a bu-
reau..
"1f you knocked or rang I didn't
hear you," he said as he sat up.
The girl rose up and looked him In
the eyes for half a minute.
1T was over the roofs and through
the window for ne, You were sleep
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
Honesty Rewarded.

A charming story Of working girls
good fortune comes from High Wy
comb, Buckinghamshire, England. A
few days ago the girl saw something
fall from a passing motor car. She
Immediately signaled to the occupants,
who turned back, and when she
handed up the find" sovereign was
placed In her hand, to her great
amazement. When asked what she
would have done had she not attracted
their attention, the girl said she would
have taken the package to the police.
The party thereupon took her for a
trip to London and back to OxforA.
and in the end presented her with a
gold watch and chain.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
LITTLE THINGS aMlkEs M
Grandmother Tells the Younsat., II
Proper Thing to Do to Rscom,
Known as Gentlemen,

Grandmother always knew IN, /.
proper thing for boy to do, ant ~ n
times she would get her grandao.s n
gether, and, peering over tie in. II
her glasses severely, would NJ NJ
them:
Boys. II you want to Be k,,ta, u
little gentlemen remember TIM M
following things should be done.
Hat lifted in saying Gooab g
How do you do?'
'sHat lifted when offering q seatia
car or in acknowledging a favor
s1Keep step with any one yeu MA
with.
always precede a lady upsttsirs M
ask her If you may preceds her h
passing through q crowd Of #ppbhI
place.
''Hat off the moment you entsf 1
street door and when you. step intp !,
private hall or office.
s'Let a lady pass first alWays, anlss
she asks you to precede her.
''In the parlor stand till eFary ls1l
in the room is seated, also older IL,
pie.
Rise If a lady comes Iii after III
are seated and stand until she tasesl
seat.
.tLook people straight Ii. .ha lsla
when speaking or being spokenta
Let ladies' pass through q toorisss
standing aside for them.
''In the dining room take yourassaag
after ladies and elders.
Never play with knife for fforg II
spoon.
Do not take your napkin ii Hill
in your hand. Y
@ Eat as fast or as slow as piiggIIsl
and finish the course when they
Rise when ladies leave The sssaaSa ssaaSa
and stand till they are out. 81 4
out together gentlemen stand by d
door till ladies pass.
Special rules for the mouth all
that all noise in eating and sTnaehkss
Of the lips should be avoided.
"Cover the mouth with hand or laf
kin when obliged to remove anytllHll
from it.
use your handkerchief unobtHal''esE u
~ always.
Always knock at any private raa
door,
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
THE MOTH.

found him sitting on a. rose:
He was SO fine and small
'Tis almost to exaggerate
To say he was, at all,
He stood and tilted on nv hand.
He stepped as If he thoI,,rtt.
His tiny sails Of white and blue
OF sheerest fancy wrought
He raised e.1, and famed, ana famed again.
me ne common n, ar was all too rough
Baek a1 ,a to ms r. rose Sc bore him then:
And on the breathing Of Tho roe
Was spirited away.
Alice Reid, in St Nicholas
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
Mr.. Manton's Methods
By CLAUDINE SISSON
Copyright. 1917. by Associated Literary Press)

and went down. When he recovered
consciousness he was in bare room,
hands and feet tied, and a couple OF
hard-looking men waiting for the
event. They had gone through him.
but that was-a mere trif1e, They
wanted five thousand dollars to give
him his liberty. Mr.. Manton d1dnt
rage 1t was straight business prop
osition. Only that day he had read
Of thirteen members Of state 1eg1s'
lature being arrested for offering to
sell themselves. Was this crime
worse? He didn't charge that It was.
He simply refused to buy himself at
the sum named.
The kidnappers were not cruel men
They simply wanted their money. They
fed their captive and waited with
what patience they could And then
one night came Janet She entered
by the skylight, but her hands and
face were clean and her hair brushed.
She cast the captive loose and then
said:
ST ain't stole a thing since that
day"
.That's pretty fair" replied Mr.
Manton.
"And don't you think look nieer?"
'You surely DO"
''1t's because you let me fall In love
with you want to please, you eknow,
An uncle Of mine is In this job Go
ing to bring the cops down on him
when you get out?'
'Not at all. young woman. Two
weeks ago a real estate man who Is
called eminently respectable came
near beating me out Of twenty thous-
and dollars. Why should blame q
couple OF men not SO eminently re
spectacle for trying to do me out OF
quarter of that sunni"
Il guess you'll be glad to hear I've
got place In box factory at four
dollars a week?"
'Yes, that's good. Most all thieves,
robbers and burglars admit there's no
profit in their trade
you rather be loved by a factory
girl than by thief, know. I'm
thinking of you most all the time.
Well, we've got to shin up the rope
and make over the roofs.'
Fifteen minutes later Mr. Manton
was on the street and walking home
wards. He met several patrolmen and
passed two police stations. but he had
nothing to say. Janet's uncle and his
pal had tried to extort money from
him, which Is a prison offense. He
passed hundreds Of buildings whose
owners were squeezing tksAsss~snts
down to the last cent to pie up their
own profits. Why not law to punish
them?
Two weeks later the bachelor re
ceived scrawl on postalSsshich
read: s-s7'.ss~
Il guess you1l be glad to hear my
wages have riz to five dollars a week.
Janet
Yes; he was glad. II was three
months before another card came. It
read:
my wages has riz to six dollars
week and / have bow, but I'm low
ing you still"
Then year passed, and a third
card announced "riz" to eight dol
lars and more love- and four months
later the climax:
Il am now the lady, and have got
married to Tony Griggs, but he says I
may still love you. Respectfully, yours.
Janet
"And II ! had preached reform TO
her where would she have beenl"
asked the bachelor of himself as he
laid down the postal Seems to me
it's just about as well to let things
work out by themselvesi"
Hall.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
MIGHTY TY COBB is. FOOLED
On One Of Chicag ago-Detroit Worlds
Championship Games Miner Brown
Outguessed Slugger.

A striking example Of q pitcher out
guessing the batter Is afforded in one
of the Chicago-Detroit games for the
world championship, says the Outing.
The Tigers came to bat In the fourth
anning with the score to 0 against
chem, Both teams were playing close
from the opening inning it had been
conservative baseball, with 10 daring
chances. O'Leary, the chunky De-
eroit shortstop, led off with a singh.
and big Crawford followed with an
other OLeary was stopped at Sec
0nd.
1t looked like Detroit rally, and
the crowd was stamping its feet and
uttering joyous howls. Cobb danced
up to the plate with his confident
ewagger. Everybody knew he would
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09


outguess Cobb. He delivered a bail
that Cobb could bunt with the great
est accuracy. He actually invited
Cobb to make the play that seemed
SO advantageous to Detroit.
But, with the delivery, Brown
dashed from the pitchers box to a
position on the foul line halfway be-
tween third and home. It was exact
ly where Cobb dropped his perfect
bunt from the perfect pitch. So
Brown swooped on the ball and drove
1t to steinfeldt, forcing out O'Leary,
who was speeding from second to
third. So astonished were the Tigers
at this magnificent outguessing Of
Cobb that Crawford, mulling over the
play at second base was caught on
throw by Catcher King.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09

beaten 10 to 5, but they scored thres
runs in the last OF the ninth and
had three men on bases with none
out says the Sporting News.
''The Buffalo catcher hit q ball that
seemed to travel about mile. 1t fell
foul by two or three feet, but the
umpire called 1t fair, and four runs
scored.
I'VE kicked on the decision. The
umpire said: Well, don't want to
see my home town boys lose, and
don't want to cheat Greers, so I'll com.
promise and call it a doub1a.' That
just beat our team"
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09

bunt and everyone knew Detroit would
have three on base.
II Cobb rolls the ball along the
third base line, it is almost impossible
TO put him out, his speed Is SO great.
Brown, the Chicago pitcher, knew this.
The stereotyped play would have been
40 pitch Cobb q ball that he would
have difficulty In bunting. So Brown.
with remarkable nerve. planned to
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09

Pitcher Harry Krause Is a full
dedged member Of the "come-back"
club. The southpaw pitcher showed
great class against the Tigers re-
Gently.
Krause has had remarkable ca
reer. short one, but prolific. He
made his debut in the big league in
1909. His record included run Of
ten consecutive games before St.
Louis took his measure. That year
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
Turning Nluht into Day

When the doors opened in the ilssle
Indiana theater a farmer wandered In
and looked around.
Ticket, please" said the doorkeep-
er.
THE only thing I've got agin these
here op'rys." said the Hoosier as be
walked away, SIS that they don't be-.
gin till bedtime. Success Magazine
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
UMPIRE MAKES UNIQUE RULE
Willing to Compromise on Foul Ball
That He Had Declared Fair BY
Calling it Double.

Joe Jackson, the Cleveland star,
tells this one on how an umpire de-
cided a championship game between
two rival South Carolina towns:
II was playing with Greers against
Buffalo," said Joe. I'VE had Buffalo
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09

he oficiated in 26 games, winning IL
OF them and winding up his average
with the splendid percentage Of
.692.
Last season he could never get
right, but Connie Mack nursed him
along, with the result that he has a
great pitcher to help his team In the
turbulent conflicts that will mark the
games in the American league this
year.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
- "
PAPER AND PENCIL PASTIHFE
interesting and Instructive Way of
Passing Evening or Rainy -
noon-SeveraI Can Play.

An interesting yet instructive way
Of spending an evening or a dull,
rainy afternoon can be done with the
aid Of few pieces of paper and pen
ellis. Poetry making, crambo. paro-
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
Interesting ia kna,.

Both Harvard and John Hopkins mi
versittes are trying to find o,,+ MI mba4,, -, :,
sr me eancatlon OF animals is accom-
plished by the gift of imitation or the
force of instinct. 80
The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-09-09
Teach childra.

sac'. Shifdren to Swim,
School children in Germany are
taught to swim by going through the
motions without entering the water
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-04-29
BURN HISTORIC MANSION
sieard Residence Sacrificed TO Furnish
Moving Picture Film.

The historic Sicard mansion at New
Rochelle, n. Y, which was built $50
years ago by a Huguenot family, and
the scene Of many festive meetings OF
aristrocratic society IN colonial days,
Is a mass OF blackcncd ruins II was
sacrificed 70 furnish a spectacle for q
moving picture film
The site Of the house was recently
purchased for a rev Episcopal church
and the mansion. offered az auction.
was bid in by moving picture com
pany With the permission OF tho
city authorities the company set fire
20 the house in order to obtain a series
OF realistic pictures OF the rescue OF
a child, a village bucket brigade in nc.
tion, and mourning family viewing
tho ruins.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-04-29
kraune Shows Old Form.

Unless all signs 80 wrong Connie
Mack has another pitching asset Of
rare worth I'm Harry Krause. who two
years ago looked like the best mounds
man In the American league He has
come back this year IN the best form
OF his life.
Ira Thomas says that Krause was
"too good last year. that he could PUT
n ball In a hat at thirty feet and that
IL why his offerings were dubbed by
the enemy. This season he has added
n lazy fioater. sharp inshoot. that
hops and then drops 20 his catcher.
and he stood the first team. the worlds
champions. ''on their ears" when they
tried 10 bang II In practice game
With Krnuse going In his old form
Bender. Coombs and Morgan pecling
them across the size OF n pea. II il
going TO be hard TO stop Mr. McGilli-
cuddy from taking another American
leaguc pennant.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-04-29
MISSING PAPERS END sui
starkweather Case Thrown Out bv
Judge Geleen.

MI Clemens. Mich. April 27.-The
hearing in the civil suit OF Attorney
John L. starkweather, OF Romeo
against the estate OF his sister Mrs
Marie Thorrington. in which the
plaintiff alleged there was due him an
attorneys fee of $4,000, came 10 an
abrupt halt when Judge Golden of The
Monroe circuit threw the case out OF
court.
This was brought about IN a rather
unique manner. When the case was
called, il was found that several I'm.
poriant papers were missing. Coun.
~ Clerk Kracht was instructed 10
search his Office but that official was
Obliged 70 90 upon the stand and testi.
fy he was unable to find the missing
documents The case had been tried
several times and each time Stark.
weather lost, lie will appeal 10 the
supreme court.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-04-29
FARM FIRES COST LIVES
Aged Woman and Two Children Vic.
Tins Of Flames.

Grand Rapids, Mich, April 27.--Mrs
John B, Olan, aged Go years, and her
three-yearold granddaughter were
burned 10 death when the Olan farm
home, six miles west OF Sand Lake
In the northern part OF this county
was destroyed by fire Elmer Wolfe.
father OF the child, is an invalid and
was being cared for at the home OF n
relative when the fire occurred
Ludington, Mich. April Gin a fire
that destroyed the farm home OF Mrs
Charles Henry. a widow, living ten
miles east OF here. her four-year.old
son persisted. The child had been
playing with kittens, in the attic, and
II Is thought struck a match and SET
fire 10 some straw. His body was
found in the ruins.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-04-29
FREEDOM FOR FILIPlNOS
Congressman Cox of Ohio Is
f, Heading Movement

Cox OF Ohio is at the head OF a
movement OF Democratic congressman
TO make the Philippines and their In.
dependence a party measure at this
session OF congress. At the next meet
ing of the majority caucus he will ask
that a resolution calling on the war
department for statement showing
what the islands have cost the United
States since the American occupation
be made a part OF the majority pro-
gram.
This resolution Mr. Cox regards as
an entering wedge toward neutraliza.
ton OF the islands.
The Philippine situation said MIR.
Cox, us the most menacing before us.
Wars OF the future will be over lands
in the orient If the people could see
what the Philippines have cost am
positive the islands and their future
would be accorded serious and imme.
date consideration Neutrality OF the
islands could be arranged for by
treaty"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-04-29
FINDS SHOOTING JUSTIFIED
Coroner's Jury Exonerates captors
OF Fugitive De Hartler.

MI. Clemens, Mich, April 27.--The
body OF ID. X. De Hartier, the aged
Canadian, who was killed by a posse
on Lake 81. Clair nearly thirty hours
after he had seriously wounded Depu.
~ Sheriff Matthews. while resist ting
arrest, was shipped TO Ann Arbor.
The coroner's jury exonerated De
Hartier's captors OF all blame for his
death, deciding they were justified In
taking the life OF the aged fisherman
Deputy Sheriff Matthews will leave
the hospital this afternoon.