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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27
KNOTS INSTEAD OF BUTTONS
Chinese Diplomats Explanation OF the
Various Kinds Used by His
Countrymen.

A Chinese diplomat, dressed in bro
caded silk, was sitting out dance be.
side fountain with Bar Harbor
girl.
Yes" he admitted, my dress ia
pretty, and one queer thing about it Is
that 1t has no buttons-only knots and
knotholes."
He showed her the fastenings Of his
flame colored jacket.
You see?" he said. short cords,
each with knot at the end, and on
the other side knothole, or, as you
would say, a buttonhole. That is sim
pier than buttons, simpler and easier
Do you wear pajamas? Yes? Then
you must know that what say is So"
ION my pajamas," said the girl,
laughing little, 81 have buttons and
buttonholes instead of knots and
ltnotholes."
How foolish OF you'll" said the
diplomat But what was going to
say was that the knots we employ in
place OF buttons are of many kinds
ana they nave many names. There
are plum blossom and cherry blossom
knots for young girls garments. Such
you would wear. There are winter
and snow knots for the aged Soldiers
have death knots"
What kind Of knots are yours?" the
young girl asked.
Miner? he replied. ooh, mine are
Just the usual married mans knots"
And what are they called?" she
pursued
Knots of resignation" he answered,
with a sigh.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27
Nice, Mushy Ice Cream.

THAT kid of yours never seems to
De satisfied. Aren't you ever able
to make the child happy?"
Yes, he was happy yesterday. We
went on picnic, and our ice cream
was improperly packed 1t began to
melt at once and we had to eat 1t an
soon as we got to the picnic grounds.
though 1t was two hours before time
Tor luncheon. The kid was happy
then"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27
Members and the Philadelphia Athletics W
OF the American Pennant and who Will Fight Worlds Championship
HOW CAIRO MEN
WILL WINTER
Weakley May Stay Here and Paiat
Signs Dummy Goes to Louis.
vile to Work in Mill--Oths y
Have Employment During seaso

The season over. the Cairo X. III
7. League players are beginnnirg
to returnn to their homes for tie
winter months. They will be n
Cairo next season--if they are NIT
drafted by faster company
Roland Wolfe, outfielder ana util-
ity man, was the firstt to leave tie
city He departed yesterdag after
noon with his wife and son for Dds
Moines. Ia, where he has employ
llent during the winter months
Jim 6. Hughes, commonly lsonwa
as Dummy" will leave today or to-
morrow for Louisville, KY, his
home, where he has Job In il plow
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27

Il have long believed handicap
Marathon practicable and now MY
theory will be be put to test This.
plan gives even The Inexperienced
runner chance to win. Indiann5
apolis is among the cities that have
arranged to enter five-men teams.
And some of the smaller cities, IN
Guiding Riverside, Ind, and Giles
pie, H., also will be represented in
the race by five-men teams.''
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27

was and the distance Sheckard had TO
cover to reach the ball The catch
robbed us of at least one run. and, as
1t turned out afterward kept up from
winning the game In the ninth inning
when we made a heavy rally after two
men were out and came near grab
bling the game anyhow.
Copyright 1911, by W, @. Chapman.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27
Three ! May Become
A Ten Club Circuit

Chicago. Sept. 26.-Base ball
clubs representing Waterloo and
Dubuque, Ia, will be dropped from
the Three | League according to an
announcement tonight made by
President AL Tierney "A call soon
will be issued for meeting to be
held in Chicago at which the League
will be disbanded and reorganized
Applications from fourteen cities
wanting franchise In the new League
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27

You're looking for new quarters. I
hearT Kidder said at the breakfast
table.
Yes" the laxative boarder replied
"Who?"
Here's an ad In the paper that
should interest you particularly: TO
iet-nice room for gent with gas"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27

i've been received by President
rierney Two Of these cities are
members Of another organization.
1t is planned to form a ten club
circuit. If not. the Three | league
If 1912 will be. composed of eight
clubs.
Peoria, Springfield, Danville and
.uincy are almost certain members
the new organization" said Tier
ney.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
An Even Break.

Chicago, Sept. 26--Chicago and
Boston broke even in double head
er today, the final game of the years
series, Chicago winning the first and
losing the secord.
The score, first game:
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27
BROOKLYN Trounced Again.

Pittsburg. Sept. 26-Brooklyn
made its last appearance of the sea-
son in Pittsburg, winning today's
game easily. Lack of hits at the
proner time lost for the 1911 team.
The score:
Brooklyn ~. ....... g. Z =
Pittsburg ............ 2 6 !
Batteries: Barger and Irwin;
Ames, Hendrix and Simon !. ......
No other games scheduled in the
National league.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27
Senators Easy For Maps.

Washington, Sept. 26-W Washing
ton batted Mitchell out of the box
in the third inning today, easily de-
feating Cleveland Swindell, who
releayed him pitched good ball for
the remaining innings,
The score:
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27
k|bOSH PUT ON
DETROIT HOPES.
Athletics Cinch American Leagu,
Bunting by Trouncing Tigers II
to s Yesterday--0ther Major Lea.
cue Games Were Fast.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Athletics Cinch Bunting.

Phijateinhia, Sept. 26--The
American league championship for
1911 was decided here today when
Philadelphia defeated Detroit by the
score Of II to s. 1t was the fourth
time that q local team piloted by
"Counnie" Mac has won the penant
in this organization, and it was the
first time that philadelphia has won
the title in two Successive seasons.
by repeating this year Philladel
phia earns the right to defined tn,
title Of worlds championship whic'
it won last year III series with the
Chicago National League team
Today's game was won by hard
hitting. Philadelphia drove Willet
off the rabber in three innings and
also hit Works hard. Baker led II
the slugging with two home runs and
a pair Of two baggers in FIVE times a,
bat. His total Of twelve bases is
probably a seasons record for the
major leagues. VIII
Beth Of Bakers hons runs cleare
the right field fenee, 1t being the frs
time hatmaul e"er performed th'
feat In the same game
The score:
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27
White Sox Win in Ninth.

New York, Sept. 26-After tying
the score in the eigth inning today
New York lost to Chicago in the
ninth.
The score:
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27

Philadelphia, Sept. 26.-The
Philadelphia American league team,
the Athletics, having won the pen
nant, the Quaker City is greatly
wrought up over the forthcoming
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27

Batteries: Mitchell, Swindell ane
Easterlay; Adams, Groome and
Henry.
Boston-St. Louis, called off on ac-
count of wet grounds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27

Batteres: Donald and King;
Flapnicka, Richter and Graham.
The score, second game:
Biston :. ..........
Oh innrre u 10 g
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-27

Batteries. Burke, Brown, Weaver
and Raridan: Ruelbach and Archer.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27

different neighboring tribes. To his
followers he was more than a mere
leader. He was also their medicine
man" and supernatural master Yet,
despite all this. he governed SO badly
that soon all but 300 of his men de.
serted. Nothing but Tecumseh's aid
prevented the remainder OF the band
from scattering
But even Tecumseh could not save
MS brothers land. For in 1909 the
government. through Gen. W. II. Har.
rison. bought from the Indians a huge
tract of territory that included all the
prophets domains Tecumseh sought
in vain to combat this purchase. Fail.
ing. the two brothers set to work com.
bining all the western tribes into a
league to destroy the white men.
The climax was reached at the bat
tie OF Tippecanoe. in November. 1871.
Tecumseh had gone southwark to en-.
list new tribes for the league In his
absence the prophet was keeping the
local Indians In a fever heat of war.
like fury. Harrison, with 500 soldiers
tmostly militia) marched to Terre
Haute and thence sent a declaration
to the prophet. The messengers were
insulted and driven back Then Har.
rison advanced upon the prophets
town. camping for the night a shor,
distance from It,
The Battle Of Tippecanoe.
The prophet ordered his men to
make a midnight attack. But HART.
son was ready for them. All night
the battle waged. The prophet him.
self did not fight. He sat in safety
on distant hilltop. weaving magic"
spells and chanting war-hymns. At
daybreak the Indians fed in wild con-
fusion. Sixty white men and forty
savages were found slain upon the
field Harrison pressed on to the
prophets town. found 1t deserted and
burned it to the ground. The prophet
had fled in safety. but his defeat had
forever wrecked the combination of
tribes he and Tecumseh had planned
against the government
The prophet fought for the English
against our country in the war of
1872, and for his services received a
pension from the British government.
On this he lived conf ortably In Can.
ada until 1926. surrounded by a band
OF his admiring tribesmen. Then be
came back to the United States and
settled to the west of the Miss1ssippi
The date and manner of his death are
shrouded In mystery.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27
Authority Is Bitter Against Present
Methods i'm Vogue In Public
Schools.

Mr. Forrest Morgan in spirited
protest against 'simpliEed spelling.
writes to the Springfield Republican
to place the blame for bad spelling
where In his opinion it belongs Mr..
Morgan denies emphatically that the
present spelling is responsible Tor
most of children's slow learning and
bad spelling of words. There is not
one per cent. OF truth in this. Much
of it at present is due to the incred-
IDLY imbecile system so widely preva-
lent, of teaching words without the
alphabet, producing millions who can
not use a dictionary or catalog or
an index to a concordance because
they do not know the order of the let
.ers-witness any library school:
more to the disuse of spelling lessons
and competitions: the rest is nature
in all countries and times. and is just
as true OF foreign children with their
cwn languages IS Of ours They and
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27
When Friendship Counts.

The doors of the deformed man are
always locked, and the key is on the
outside. He may have treasures of
charm inside, but they will never be
revealed unless the person outside CO.
operates with him In unlocking the
door. A friend becomes, to mucn
greater degree than with the ordinary
man. the indispensable means OF dis
covering ones own personality. One
only exists, SO to speak, with friends.
1t Is easy to see how hopelessIy such
q sensitiveness incapacitates man
for business, professional or social
life, where the hasty and superficial
impression is everything, and disas-
ter Is the fate of the man who has not
all the treasures of his personality in
the front window where they can be
readily inspected and appraised
From the September Atlantic
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27
Euskwatawa

A townful or Shawnee Indians, clad
10 weirdiy fantastic mourning. howled
the death-dirge about great wigwam
one day in 1925 In the wigwam lay
q hideous. one-eyed man. whose name
had long been known and hated by
every white settler In the west. He
was Ellskwatawa, the Prophet.
brother of the famous Tecumseh and
deadly foe to the United States gov
eminent
A few days before this scene OF
prophet had been In the act OF light
ing his pipe when he sank to the
ground, lifeless. His followers had
been horror-struck. For they had
deemed him immortal His death
meant the loss OF their wisest. most
powerful leader. They laid the body
In state upon pile of furs in the
wigwam and began the death dance.
When the dancing and feasting were
ended the tribe marched In sad pro-
cessiOn to the prophets bier to carry
him to his grave AS they neared the
pile OF furs the silent figure upon 1t
suddenly sat up
A Weird miracle"
81 have been in Paradise for three
days." calmly remarked the supposed
ly dead prophet. as his frightened
tribe-tolk shrunk back in horror. Il
have talked face to face with the
Great Spirit and have brought you a
message from him. Call the nation to-
gether that | may impart the tidings
to ALL"
When the awed nation" had as
sembied the prophet proceeded to de-
liver his message" which included q
command that the Shawnees cease
from lying, stealing and drunkenness.
and which in various points strength
ened the prophets authority over
them. This was but one of many SIM
liar tricks by which the one-eyed
genius held his peoples allegiance
and reused them to frenzy of 10y
atty toward himself.
The prophet led strange, adven-
turous life. many of whose incidents
can scarcely be explained by natural
causes AS brother OF the mighty
TecumSeh. he won war fame and
wealth He helped Tecumseh by over
awing the Indians with miracles" Be-
tween them the brothers swayed near
ly all the western tribes. In 1908 the
prophet secured large tract of land
where the Tippecanoe and Wabash
rivers join, and he rallied to his stand
ard more than a thousand braves Of
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27
Causes of Bad Spelling

we alike mishandle the normal words
every bit as badly as the abnormal
whose number is dreadfully exapger.
ated. And any one who will teach
chlldren to spell analytically. by
sounds of letter, to build up words
with. will find the child swiftly learn.
ing to spell the few anomalous words
and sense" the exceptional usaees
with actual zest. as mental play. J
have tried II over and over"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27

one day of the wonderful cures made
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and decided to try it,
and it has made me well woman.
My neighbors and friends declare it
had worked a miracle for me. Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
worth its weight in gold for women
during this period of life. If it will
help others you may publish my
letter. Mrs. NATHAN B. Creation,
81 N. Main Street, Natick, Mass.
The Change of Life is the most criti-
cal period of a woman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known
to medicine that will SO successfully
carry women through this trying
period as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
If you would like special advice
about your case write confiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free.
and always helpful.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27

and would travel hundreds of miles to
bring him their troubles for adjust
ment II is probably to some of these
worshipping Indians rather than to
any really authentic facts that we owe
the following tale of Tammany's PROV
ess. story that used to be told and
retold at thousand native camp
fires:
The Evil Spirit" Tor some powerful
and malicious Indian chief who be-
came known by that name. because of
his crimes) coveted the wealth and
peace and easy life of Tammany's do
minions. and sought to gain foothoId
there Tammany knew that If the
Evil Spirit" should once establish a
| home in Pennsylvania the justice and
kindly feeling that had been SO care
fully fostered among the local Indians
must give place to strife and sin. SO
he forbade the spirit" to set foot in
the realm The Spirit" insisted. and
Tammany had to use force to check
his advance.
Battle With "Evii Spirit"
A long and terrible battle ensued.
| lasting several months and dyeing the
green forests red. At last Tammany
overcame his foe and drove him FORTH
| in utter defeat The Evil Spirit" fed
| to Manhattan island. where the god
| less natives received him enthusiastic
ally and made him their ruler, begging
him to remain among them forever.
| The many reports of Tammany's
| wisdom, of his goodness to settlers.
ETC.. led later admirers of him. in
Revolutionary times. to refer to him
as "St. Tammany." and to call him
the patron saint of America" His
name was placed on some calendars
and his festival celebrated on May l.
From 'St. Tammany" a New York po-
| iitical association (founded just after
| the inauguration of President Wash
| ington) took it's name It's first meet
ing was held May Is. 1889. In mem
| DRY OF Its namesake's Indian rank the
| officers we're known as ''sachems."
A '"Tammany Society" was also found
ed in Philadelphia and on it's outings
strove to reproduce the local color
| OF the great chiefs times and Gus
toms.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27
Enqiish Hot Pot,

Fry a chopped onion in two table
spoonfuls of dripping or butter in g
skillet or a broad, shallow pot and lay
IN a pint of cooked or raw beef cut
in one-inch cubes and dredged in four
When the pieces are brown on both
sides, pour in gradually pint or more
of hot water or stock and tablespoon
gently, for one hour, then add three
potatoes, stalk of celery, a carrot
and turnip, all cut the same size as
the beef. bouquet Of sweet herbs
and salt and pepper to taste. Stew
one hour. move and serve like soup In
tureen. More liquid may be added
as 1t cooks away.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27

1ammany-Indfan war chief. saga
more. sachem and friend OF the white
mans best remembered today by
the society that bears his name. But
he was famous a century before Tam.
many Hall was built
Historians were few and amateur
romancers were many In the Pennsyl-
yania wilderness of olden times. SO
for one true story OF the great Tam
many there are 20 fanciful legends.
And oftentimes 1t Is hard to separate
'act from fancy in telling of the old
sagamore's career.
Tammny was ruler of the Delaware
Indians early in the seventeenth cen
fury and was leader or the Lenni-Len-
aape confederation OF New York and
Pennsylvania tribes which in those
days waged eternal warfare against
the fierce six Nations" and the saw
ages who lived on and around Manhat-
tan island He was king, rather than
a chief, and ruled his wide domain
wisely In various native dialects he
Is called Tamenand. Temane. Tam
inCht anu A1iS hO6C pa
ace-w;gwam" is reported to have stood
upon the site of Princeton college.
Welcomed William Penn.
When William Penn and his fellow
Quakers landed in Pennsylvania. with
a charter to settle that region, it was
ramDlany, according TO most accounts
who first greeted the great English.
man and who made him and his com
paniops welcome guests OF his ma
ton" Tammany it was who smoothed
the way for the newcomers and In
duced the neighboring tribes to receive
them peacefully. He is said to have
been party to PENIS celebrated
treaty with the natives, and to have
cemented SO close a friendship be-
tween Quakers and red men that
while English-lndian wars waged con
stantly In nearly all the other colon.
les, Pennsylvania was immune from
bloodshed
So mighty was Tammany and SO
deeply revered that his tribesmen In
later years were wont to bestow his
name upon any person on whom they
wished to confer special honor. The
indians looked on him as q sort OF god
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27
PAPER BAG COOKERY
COOKED IN THIS
MANNER ARE DELICIOUS.
Combines the Advantages of Baking
and Boillng-Deiights Of New
Method Are Many, But 1t
Has Limitations.

The Soyer method Of paper bag
cookery is never better than when ap-
piled to fresh vegetables. A great
many vegetables are better when
baked in the oven than when cooked
in water on the top of the stove, be-
cause the juices are better preserved
But the one great objection to baking
vegetable has been the fact that 1t
Is likely to grow dry with cooking
and acquire a hard crust over the sur
face. When inclosed in paper bag
the moisture arising from 1t as 1t
cooks forms an envelope OF steam
around it and keeps it from drying
The steam cannot escape while In
closed in the bag.
Beets are delicious. cooked in this
way, if the oven is hot and they are
allowed plenty of time to bake. None
of their juices and flavor is lost as
in boiling. but when done they are
perfectly tender and their skins can
be as easily slipped off as when they
have been boiled. Very young car
rots have a most delicious flavor
when baked in one of these cooking
bags. a flavor that is quite foreign
to the when the are boiled In
water. Tomatoes cooked in paper bags
are also delicious They taste much
like the boiled ones. but are better,
and retain their shape perfectly II
sealed TIP tight and placed on a grid
shelf none of their juices will escape
from the bag
New potatoes baked in bags are
without dry, hard crust. the skin
being so tender it can be pulled off
with the hand. but many people will
prefer to bake potatoes in the old
way. as when cooked in the steam
filed bag they are too much like
boiled potatoes They lack something
of the nutty flavor of the ordinary
baked tuber:
Kohlrabi when cooked in this way
does not give forth its cabbage-like
odor as when boiled. but 1t is not i'm
proved in flavor.
If the summer cottage does not fur,
nish stove with good broiling facil-
tiles. and a porterhouse steak is
wanted for dinner. try baking it in a
paper cooking bag in the oven. The
juices of the meat will be retained
and form delicious gravy, which
will not soak through the paper as
might be supposed if 1t Is placed upon
a grid shelf, where the hot air OF the
oven can circulate under it as well
as over 1t. IT makes a very nice
change from hroiling. too. as the
flavor Is different For ordinary oc.
casions. however, many people will
prefer the broiled steak. in spite OF
the fact that some of the juices are
lost in the FIRE. M Soyer allows
about fifteen or twenty minutes to
cook n steak in a paper bag
The delights of paper bag cooking
are many. To the weary housekeep.
er the best Of all is the fact that II
alleviates to some extent the burden
completely, as writer's In search OF
sensation would have one believe.
The originator Of the idea does not
assure the housewife of any such
good luck. Soups. omelettes and sim.
liar egg dishes, the homely cabbage.
with some of its relatives; jams. ex.
cept in limited quantities. and all
pasties, such as macaroni. are baked
by M Soyer from this novel method
of cookery.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27
Dessert.

Four whites of eggs, sixteen prunes,
four tablespoonfuls of sugar, vaniil.,
pinch of salt. Stew pruues without
sugar until tender. drain and cut In
small pieces; beat the eggs to a stiff
froth, with pinch OF salt added. fold
in the prunes, pour the mixture into
a huttered baking dish, and place in
a moderate oven for ten minutes;
then remove the covering to allow the
pudding to brown slightly. Serve cold
in glass cups with whipped cream: If
chocolate f1avoring Is desired, one ia
blespoonful of grated chocolate may
be added.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27
Heavy Weights Transported

AT Swinton. near Manchester. Eng
land. many years ago. during a deluee
of rain. lightning suddenly filed a
brick building, in which coaI waa
stored. full of pestilential, sulphurous
vapor- Suddenly the building. the
walls of which measured nearly foo,
m thickness. was torn out OF the
ground. the foundation being nearly
two feet deep. and transported IL ar
upright position to distance of near
ly 33 feet The weight moved was
estimated at more than eleven tons.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-27
Brown SUGAR Pie.

Two-thirds cup brown sugar, one
tablespoon butter, two tablespoons
milk, cook until waxy looking; then
take yolks of two eggs, one heaping
tablespoon -four, one and one-half cups
milk; mix all together, smooth, add
to the above ingredients, cook until
thick; add vanilla; have baked crust:
use the whites beaten stiff for top;
return to the oven for a minute or two.