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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-15

Copyrighted. 1911. by I. J. Robinson.)
There Is always a choice cluster of
Ifs" when a league campaign IL over
"a bunch Of reasons for misfortunes
and defeat. The eager bugs can hug
these Ifs to their bosoms all through
the winter, figure out what might or
should have been, and sit back in
blissful expectancy or rapt magma
ton. Surely the Ifs Of 1911 won't
occur again In 1912?
1t is just as we'll to think so-what
would life be worth to losing fans II it
wasn't for the "ifs"?
The Ifs" of 1911 were extremely
numerous, too, and each Of the four
clubs that had pennant dreams but
failed to win has a good, logical,
wholly believable excuse for its failure
to arrive. There were no IFS" to
handicap the Giants. McGraw's men
went through the season in the best Of
health, and seemed immune to accident
or injury. The Cubs, however, had
far more than a proper share Of trou-
BILE. Chance-not only the peerless
manager Of the club, but one Of its
most potent factors in the actual play
ing-was put out of it early. Repeat
ed thumps on his head-pitched balls
full upon the bean-retired him from
the field, and the Cubs lost their cap
tain, first baseman, star batter, and
best baserunner. Taking Chance out
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Men Who Were Traded

who likewise went 10 Cincinnati In tho
deal; played the best ball Of all the
traded players his hitting, fielding, and
baserunning being Of the grandest char"
acter.
The Giants and the Boston tail-end-
ers brought off a deal In mid-season
whereby Herzog, a player who was dis
satisfied with his surroundings, was
sent to New York in exchange for
Bridwell and Gowdy. Both teams did
we'll by the shift. Bridwell, a high
class shortstop, bit well and 6elded
prettily for Boston, and Gowdy. a
strong young first baseman, showed
signs Of future greatness that make
him we'll worth keeping. Herzog was
put on third base by McGraw, and his
speed both on the bases and in fielding
his position proved Of material aid to
New York in dragging down the flag.
Mike Donlin was also given to Bos-
ton, some say as part Of the deal,
others as a sale at the waiver price,
and the eminent actor surprised people
by the manner in which he "came
back" and pounded the leather.
The Cubs made two or three deals
with Boston. One trade gave Boston
Ingerton, a young infelder, and Pitcher
Pfeffer, while the Cubs got Davy
Shean. Later, the Cubs gave Boston
John Killing, two pitchers named Griffin
and Weaver, and an outfielder named
Kaiser, for Pitcher Curtis, Catcher Ora
ham. Outfielder Collins, and Outfelder
Good. This deal, at the time. was de-
nounced as deliberate attempt to
cinch the Cubs the championship at
the expense of the weaker team, but
the trade certainly yielded the Cubs
but little. Graham caught only a few
games for Chicago. Collins f1zzled and
went back to the minors. Curtis did
little for the Cubs, and was finally
traded for Rowan. Good played center
for awhile, did not do much, and was
relegated to the bench. On the other
hand, King became the regular catcher
Of the Boston team, Griffin and Weaver
pitched some very fair ball for the tail
enders, and Kaiser played the outf1eld
in good, even If not dazzling fashion.
Cincinnati gave the Pills Outf1elder
Beck for Pitcher HUMPHREYS. and both
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PAGE EIGHT.
Killing
AO.ST0~ NIL

'<copyrighted. 1911. by I. J. Rooinson)
Some big baseball deals were pulled
OF during the winter OF 191O1f, and
others during the playing season-
deals that caused much comment at
the time, much caustic criticism and
talk Of goldbrick methods and occa-
sional yells about syndicate baseball.
Calm review of the year, however,
makes the 'goldbrick" theory vanish
utterly; the talk Of syndicate baseball
dies down to nothingness after the
Philadelphia Nationals Knocked the
Cubs out Of the flag. and most Of the
deals seem to have been wholly benef1-
cial to both the players and their teams
The big four-for-four trade between
Cincinnati and Philadelphia created the
most excitement Of all the deals, and
each side alternately exnlted and then
declared itself swindled. As 1t turned
out, both sides did fairly well, while
neither had much margin on the other.
All four Of the pitchers involved in
the trade-Moren, McQuillan, Beebe,
and Rowan-proved worthless-one Of
the strangest happenings of years.
Moren's arm went bad, and he never
pitched a game for his new team. Nc
Quillan likewise was troubled with a
bad wings. and. after losing several
games, was shipped to the minors.
Rowan fizzled out and the Phils trans
fcrred him to the Cubs-who didn't
use him. Beebe fell down, and was
sent to the Eastern League. Not one
Of the four proved worth a nickel to
the team that had acquired him in the
trade.
! Lobert played a good third for P:..ila-
helphia, stole a bunch Of bases, hit
well, though not up to his Cincinnati
form, and gave general satisfaction,
especially BY the ginger and pepper
THAT he put into his playing. Paskert.
the outnelder gained from the Reds In
the deal, helded grandly, but did not
hit or field as we'll as he had done for
Cincinnati. Grant, whom the Reds took
in the exchange, fell of seriously in
batting, but played so strong game
In the field that all Cincinnati declared
they never had third baseman to
equal Harvard Eddie. Johnny Bates.
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one person bringing set of pictures
here every year for personal emolu-
ment.
Whatever the pronunciamento to the
contrary.
Or whatever paeans of praise offered
at the shrine of disinterestedness.
The art association was the product
of the local artists, not they Of it. 1t
is an admirable institution distorted.
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An Economical Cake.

The following will make an excel
lent as we'll as au economical cake.
which may be used either in loaf form
or in layers: Have on hand q third Of
cupful of butter, a cupful Of sugar.
an egg yoik. half a cupful Of milk.
three egg whites. one cupful and a
half Of -four. sifted. with one tea
spoonful and half of baking powder
Cream the butter in the usual way
with the sugar. add the yolk and milk
then stir the mixture into the -four
and baking powder. Last Of all, fold
the -four through the whole and bake
in creased pan.
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A loophoie.

why do you always tell people to
give up the things they most enjoy?"
Because" replied the physician. ~
am pretty sure they won't do 1t. and
then If they don't recover they cant
blame e"-Exchance
OF the signatures to the Declaration
of Independence in 1875, hardly a
single one is legible today. About six,
and the press copy absorbed the ink
from nearly all the names.
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good all-around game for New York
Laporte hit we'll for the unhappy
Browns, and Austin's play was fair to
middling.
One Of the men who seemed to i'm
prove by transfer to new surround
ings was Matty Mcintyre, for years
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men did good work with their new
clubs.
Trades in the American League were
very few. The winter deal by which
st. Louis got Laporte and Austin, while
Hartzell went to the Highlanders, was
the most notable. Hartzell played a
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Widely Separated.

Are you related to Barney O'Brien?'
Thomas O'Brien was once asked.
every distantly." replied Thomas
II was me mothers first child; Barney
was the sivinteenth!'
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Some doctors say a regular diet of
beef makes people ill-tempered and
cross.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
WHO'S WHO IN THIS TANGLE?

When Edward F. Nehrik was ar
ralgned on a lunacy charge at Day
ton, Ohio, the other day. curious
family relationship developed. Nehrik
Is the father by marriage of the wom-
an once his wife, he is the grandfather
Of his own daughter, while his son is
stepfather to the child as we'll as her
brother. Mrs. Nehrik is mother-in-law
to her husband. Mrs. John Nehrik.
divorced wife of Edward, filed the in
sanity papers against him. In 1900 she
welded Edward Nehrik and by the
union came daughter, Pearl. In
1906 she was granted divorce decree
and custody of the child. Nehrik' 8
son, John, by his first wife, married
his fathers divorced wife, or his own
stepmother. At the hearing the court
declared him sane.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
IS ALIVE AFTER FUNERAL"

After formal funeral services had
been held at his former home in
Washington, and his near relatives
had donned mourning for the man
supposed to have met his fate and
been buried in far-off India, word was
received the other day stating that
Bert X. Emrick, widely known and
well-to-do oil man, was alive and well
and was planning to start for home
within a few days. Emrick went to
near Singu, in Upper Burmah, India.
about 10 months ago, for the Burmah
OIL company. Recently word reached
his people by way of the company Of
fees that Emrick had been killed by
breaking of a cable at one OF the wells.
1t was afterwards discovered that the
original report of the tragedy was a
mistake.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
JAPANESE KITE FLIGHTS

In Japan there is an annual feast
day for boys, when each house having
male children hangs out strings of pa
per carp, which inflated by the breeze
become lifelike monster fish.
1T was on this feast day." says a
writer In the Wide World, that we
left Yokohama for Kamakura, once
the eastern capital of Japan, now
merely quiet little seaside village.
AS 1t was such an important occa-
sion the whole world made holiday,
some families hurried to the seashore
to fly their enormous humming kites,
from which the parents appeared to
derive quite as much enjoyment as
the children. The loud hum emitted
by the soaring kite as caused by a
piece Of thin bamboo, which Is
stretched tightly across from shoulder
to shoulder.
This taut bamboo filament not
only acts as a aeolian harp but bends
the whole kite, so that its surface Is
concave instead of being. as in our
kites, plane. The noise when some
threescore or SO of these monsters are
in the air at the same time is deafen-
ing.
1.-THE Japanese kite has no tail, but
is furnished with numerous long
streamers. Great competitions are
held by the owners of the kites, and
occasionally a mimic battle will be
fought in the air, the rival factions en-
deavoring by means Of powdered
glass, which has been previously
worked into a definite length of the
kite strings, to saw through a rivals
string, and so bring the vanquished
kite tumbling ANONYMOUSLY to the
ground"
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
NEEDLE ENDS LONG TRIP

A pair of tweezers were used the
other day by Edmund c. Gaskill, a
lawyer of Atlantic City, to remove a
needle that had been in his body
twenty-three years. 1t had worked it's
way from his knee to his shoulder
He found 1t there when bathing the
shoulder in the belief he had rheuma-
tism. When eight years old, Gaskill
fell against his mother, who was sew
ing, and the needle was jabbed deep
in his knee A doctor failed to find 1t.
1t was forgotten when the puncture
healed. That the needle took SO long
in working through his body may be
explained by the fact that he is six
feet eight inches tall.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
LLAMAS IN HARNESS

An interesting attraction in one of
the European geological gardens is a
pair of tame llamas that draw passen.
gers about the grounds. They are de.
clared to be the only creatures of their
kind in Europe that have been trained
for this purpose. The animals draw
light carriage and at recent test it
was shown that they could easily pull
a load of $50 pounds. They are quite
docile and readily answer to the rein.
In their native Andes they are the
beasts Of burden.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28

glad did, for 1T has cured me.
81 know of so many cases where vo%.
men have been cured by Lydia e. PINK
hams Vegetable Compound that I can
say to every suffering woman if that
medicine does not help her, there in
nothing that will."-Mrs. JANETzEI,.
1868 Arch ST., Chicago, Ill.
This is the age Of substitution, ana
women who want a cure should insis6
upon Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound just as this woman did, ana
not accept something else on which the
druggist can make q little more profit
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any Of those distressing ills Pc
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
of the fact that for thirty years LYDIA
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs.
has been tire standard remedy for fo-
male ills. In almost every community
you will find women who have been
restored to health by Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28

This is the second tower telescope
constructed at the Mount Wilson OBJ
servatory, in California, from a new
design by Professor Hale. The first
was IS feet high, and it was so sue
cessful that the larger one here shown
was built, which is $50 feet In height,
while the we'll containing the specto
graph and spectro-heliograph is rs feet.
BY the later instrument photographs
can be taken Of the whole face Of the
sun, showing the vapors across It's
disk. The coelostat and secondary
mirrors are mounted at it's top, and
after rejecting from them the suns
light passes vertically downward on
to lens placed near them on the top
Of the tower. A horizontal image OF
the sun, II inches in diameter, is
thence obtained in a plane near the
ground.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
Unfortunate Man.

A tourist in the mountains of Ten
nessee once had dinner with a queru-
lous old mountaineer who yarned
about hard times for Is minutes at a
stretch. why, man." said the tour
list, you ought to be able to make
lots of money shipping green corn to
the northern market" Yes, sorter,"
was the sullen reply. You have the
land, | suppose, and can get the
seed" Yes, | guess So" Then why
don't you go into the speculation"
mo use. stranger" sadly replied the
cracker; "the old woman is too lazy
to do the plowin' and plantin'."
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28

A favorite talisman among the Mo-
hammedans is the Lid ell Fatima"-
the hand of Fatima. Mahomet must
have reproduced in silver the hand of
his favorite daughter, of that Fatima
through whom his blood has descended
even to our days, for ever since then
every Mohammedan, and especially
every Mohammedan woman, has al
ways worn a silver hand. The greater
The glory Of the saint who consecrated
It, the more intense the magic pow
err of the relic over those who put
themselves under it's protection.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
Buyinq LEGISLATORS in JobIots.

One day, writes Sloane Gordon in
Success Magazine, former member
Of the Ohio house displayed, mad
vertently, a large roll of bills in the
Neil house lobby. A fellow member
gazed in awe at the show Of wealth.
Il just sold a drove of hogs" ex-
planned the former member rather
hastily and confusedly.
The observing one was thoughtful
He did not reply for the half-minute
beat of his mental processes. And
then
"Yaas," he drawled, "and I'll bet
I'm one O. them hawgs."
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
BUY SHEEP AND
LAMBS NOW
But Don't Be a Sheep.
A COMMON EXPERIENCE.
Don't Follow the Crowd.

Don't Follow the Crowd.
In chasing the market for profit, the
fellows who blindly follow the crowd
are generally the ones who get left.
The successful man buys when he has
the least competition, at the lowest
prices and with the greatest margin
for profit, which usually brings his
selling time during period OF COM
parative scarcity at market, and he
therefore gets higher prices and most
always makes a good profit in his
dealings.
Here's a Chance for Gain.
The present very low market val
ues of feeding sheep and lambs, being
less than the cost Of production, Of
fers such an opportunity to those who
are prepared to properly care for
them.
Feeders Are Selling Cheap.
Wellbred, thin but thrifty lambs of
the growing kind can now be bought
on the Chicago market for $525 to
$3.50 per 100 pounds; wethers of sim
liar description, $3.40 to 1915; year
ling wethers, $4.25 to $3.50; yearling
breeding ewes, $500 to $3.50, and good
feeding ewes at $3.50 to $2.S5. These
prices are about S1.75 lower than a
year ago for feeder lambs, and the
lowest since 1904. Feeder sheep
prices also are unusually low.
Now Is the Time to Buy.
In view of the fact that prices Of
feeder sheep and lambs are now be-
low the cost of production, and that
present prices of lamb and mutton are
out of line with all other meats and
must therefore soon rise because of
the increased consumption invited
thereby, the conclusion is inevitable
that now is the best time to buy feed
er sheep and lambs for all those who
are ready to prepare them for market
during the early part of next year.
A leading sheep owner and dealer
says: Fat is made pretty cheap on
the Fall feed that otherwise would
be wasted, and the sheep and lamb
feeding proposition from the stand
point of fertility is worthy of most
careful consideration"
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
GOING TO COLLEGE AT 80

Mrs. A. d. Winship of Racine, Wis,
Is the oldest university student In the
United States. When Mrs. Winship
was seventy-eight years old she en-
tered the University of Ohio. She is
now eighty years of age, and has COM
pleted her freshmen and sophomore
years. Her speciality was psychology.
At summer school this year Mrs. Win
ship won a prize for excellence in her
studies
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
T OUTOFThEORlINARY
III
VAST RICHES OF CHINA

An astonishing impression Of the
variety and popularity of the natural
riches of China is given by the store
houses and factories of the Hankow
export firms. Whereas the export OF
tea, the monopoly of few large Rus
sian houses, has for some years re-
NAMED almost stationary, the value
Of the export Of oil seeds from Han
kow, to take one example OF COM
paratively unimportant article, rose
from 3.S million taels in 1907 to 10.5
IN 1909
Boats bring wood tar from the up
per Yangtze in big round baskets lined
with paper to be refined and remelted
in the factories; they bring astonish-
ing masses Of the greasy product OF
the tallow tree used in European
technical industries, also cotton and
beans, gallnuts, pigs brlstles; also
skins, which are sun dried in the
yards of the storehouses and packed
by means of hydraulic presses for
sea transport.
Millions OF ducks eggs are, during
the few weeks Of the season, manu-
featured by the hand labor of coolle
women and children into masses of
pure dried yolk and albumen, smelling
like biscuits. The albumen is used in
the Photographic industry, the yolk
in the European sweet stuff manufac-
ture. On the same bank of the Yang
tse are the new cold storage houses
and the great tobacco factories Of for
eign firms, and near by are ore REIN
cries, in which anthony, lead and
zinc are prepared for export.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
Mot All Smoked,

L. White Busbey, Secretary to for
mer Speaker Cannon, was explaining
that the speaker did not smoke so
much as people thought he did.
my understanding suggested one
of the party, lis that he gets away
with about 20 cigars q day"
"Oh, WE'LL" said Busbey, "but he
eats half of 'em."-Sunday Magazine.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
TOMMY MURPHY,

The great horseman who is winning
most of the big races for fast trotters
with that farm horse; "R. I; c." record
CURE is the best remedy for all forms of
Distemper and coughs I have ever known.
] have used it q number of years" All
druggists or send TO manufacturers. SOC
and 81 n bottle. Spohn Medical Co., Chem
lists, Goshen Ind, L. S. a.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28

and / went to tho
store to get q. bottle
of Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vege t able
Compound, but tho
clerk did not wan&
to let me have it
he said it was 10
good and wanted ms
60 try something
else, but knowing
all about it i in
sisted and finally
got it, and I am SO
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
Sfop the Pain.

The hurt of burn or n cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve is applied. 1t heals
quickly and prevents scars. Csc and Soc by
druggists. For free sample write to
j. W. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls, Wis.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28

Mrs. wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma.
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc bottle.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
Needed at Home.

Brown-That is the worst behaved
kid | ever saw. Do you know his
parents?
Jones-His father is one Of those
scientific management eXperts-Puck.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28

Sergeant Alt! Take Murphy's
name for talkin' in the ranks.
Corporal-W'y, sergeant, e weren't
talkin'.
Sergeant-Wasn't e? Well, cross
1T hout and put i'm in the guard room
for deceivin' me.-The Tattler.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28

Sunshine is worth more than gold,
when it is real sunshine and not fox
fire.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28

It's one kind of tough luck to strike
oil when boring for water.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
SHE GOT
WHAT SHE
WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but it Paid

Chicago, Ill.-"I suffered from TO-
male weakness and stomach troubla.
The Yale expositor., 1911-09-28
Cement Talk No. Z

i
ly every day the story of
some fire disaster involv-
ing the complete destruction
of great property values and
sometimes the loss of human
lives. The annual fire losses of the
United States are measured by the
millions; in fact, it is stated that over
two hundred and fifty million dollars
worth of property was wiped out by fire in
the United States last year. While it is true
that the precautions TO prevent fire and fire
fighting systems are often inadequate, the
main trouble lies in fimyy, EOr-frepr0gf
building contraction. Experience has proved
that fireproof construction is both practicable
and economical. In some industries hreproof
building is compelled by law. Reinforced
concrete has come to the front as the most
important agent in building against fire. The
use of cement in building is becoming more
and more common, due to its freproofness,
durability and economy. When building any,
thing from the back porch steps to an Office
building, concrete construction may be safely
adopted. The use of UniVer5aI Portland
Cement in the concrete will insure cement of the
best quality possible to manufacture. Univer-
sal is handled everywhere by the best dealers.
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT CO.
cHICAGo.PITTSBURG
ANNUAL OUTPUT 100000 BARRELS