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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-08
Gets His Board Free.

There was never but one guest at
this here hotel that stung me while
was on the job" the landlord confid-
ed. Several have beat us, but not
while l was awake. But this here
Teller certainly got one on me. Say,
he's Twin here yet, an he amt never
paid me cent. Why don't collect
his bill? How can 1? Wait till I
tell you. ~
He'd been stoppin' here for near
two months when approached him
on the subject Of gettin' something
on account. He was cheerful. / was
polite. Finally / got mad and put it
up to him straight.
Young man. says /, You can't
leave this hotel till you pay your bill
"'Will you put that in writin'? says
he. And before ! knowed what I
was don / done it,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-08
Elem Was TaiIor's Assistant, and
Worked His Way to Italy
to Study.

Ziem, sitting cross-legged on Ia
BILE beside window, worked as tall
or's assistant for several years. His
life was thrown into new channel
by the arrival lin the courtyard OF an
Italian family in which there was
handsome, authenticated girl, VINO
sang as ballad singer. The fatner
played hurdy-gurdy, the mother made
lace, and a boy performed divers gym
nastic feats. The girl had a tine
voice. Her father wanted a new coat
and asked the elder Ziem to make II
and Nine. Ziem to take in part OF
the family as dodgers. She took IN
the boy and girl.
The latter lifted the future painter
out of himself with her Venetian songs
and accounts of the glorious city 10
which she hoped soon to return. Her
name was Caterina When she went
away Ziem felt miserable. He LOST
spirit and could not shake of the sort
of paralysis that had seized on all ms
faculties. At last he determined
with the help of his needle ana MS
talent, as he thought, of portrait pant
er and violinist--to make his way 10
Venice. They answered to his hopes
of going down by waterfto Marsellles'
for he knew no geography. and thence
to Rome.
It would be now curious to see the
portraits of Saone and Rhone captains
of barges, wine and wood RATS tnat
he did for them in lieu of passage
money. II Rome he got in with paint
ers and tourists. The former helped
him to enlarge his artistic culture, and
the latter took him about as guide
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-08
Unable to Classify Mounds.

The problem Of the innumerable
small mounds scattered over north
eastern Texas has been brought to no.
tice in a recent water supply paper of
the United States geological survey.
These mounds vary from 20 to 100 feet
in height, and are usually circular in
outline, but are sometimes elongated
a little in a northeast and southwest
direction. An explanation OF their
origin Is wanted. Human or animal
agency, water erosion, glacial action
and wind are among, the causes sug-
igested. but no theory has been estab'
lished by satisfactory evidence.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-08
Good Idea.

A youth who lives on little farm
in Elizabeth township recently got the
stage fever He sought an audience
with his father and explained his po-
sition.
Pop, want to leave the farm"
What for?" SOM"
ST want to go on the stage"
''My son, that may be a good idea.
One of the best paying acts in vaude-
vile last season was wood-chopping
turn. Suppose you grab that ak and
practice up. No telling what you car
do."-Pittsburgh Post
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-08
on,v KNOWN Fountain Of Youth,

So often have men and women
sought and failed to find the fountain
of youth that the experiment of Mrs.
Francis White, of Baltimore, will be
watched with interest. At the age of
eighty Mrs. White. the widow of the
financier, has decided to go to England
to enter Cambridge university for
course in English classics Probably
she is not in quest of the fountain OF
youth, but If that fountain can be
found anywhere 1t will be in the limit
less depths and wonderful possibilities
of knowledge.-Washington Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-08

looked into mine in the rain and the
storm upon the rock to which l had
carried you after l had fought for you,
| knew that l loved you. knew that
the love that had come into my heart
was the love of which had dreamed,
that everything that had gone before
was nothing, that l had found the one
woman whose soul should mate with
mine"
"And this before had said word
to your"
what are words? The heart
speaks to the heart, the soul whis-
pers to the soul. And so it was with
us. had fought for you, you were
mine, mine. My heart sang it as
painted and struggled over the rocks
carrying you. 1t said the words again
and again as I laid you down here in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-08
AS II Sounded to Him.

A teacher in Kansas City, Kan,
was having her class quote the Tween
ty-third Psalm. When the last verse
was reached, Surely goodness and
mercy shall follow me all the days of
my life" etc., little boy near by was
heard to say: Surely good Mr.. Muir
ply shall follow me all the days of my
life; and / will dwell in the house of
the Lord forever"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-08
Great Painters Early Days

But Caterina and Venice lay on his
heart, and he took the bold resolution
of going on foot to the city Of his
dreams. He so fell in love with it the
first day he went on the Lido that he
did not break his heart when he heard
that Caterina had not turned up, but
had gone to Paris to serve as model
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12

midsummer and the 's.iron man was pressed into service to win the flag, and his brilliant work accomplished. the feat This is one of the records. that Marquard would have to beat
 Tn 1886 James Mccormick the sen- satfon of the league then, won A straight games, and not even tie was mixed up in his string Of victor ies The record of Mccormick has
 been published so often it is not nec- essary to reprint it. It is worth while remembering that Mccormick pitched for Springfield before he went to Chi
 cago. Another record that the Giant twirler is trying for is that of John Luby a member of the Chicago Ma tiona1 league in 1890. This was the year that the Brotherhood and Amer ican association were in the field, and almost pushed the grand old league into eternity. Fans at that time did not take much notice of anything the players of the old league did, as all eyes were on the players who thought they could run a league better than It had been done in the past, and who tried it themselves for one year, and were glad thereafter to be just plain ball players. A
 Well, in that time Luby had been doing some pitching. He was only kid, having graduated from the minor league ranks that spring, but he was there with the goods, as string of 20 straight victories will show. He was winning when the season closed. How many more games he would have won had the season lasted longer? Ilu- by started his string of victories July 8, and it lasted until October 8, the. closing of the season.
 This brings us down to the modern style of pitching. Do many of the present day fans know the difference between the pitching of the present day and that in the sos? The major ity of the fans then did not take on so much interest in the games as they dc now. Those who attend the games. now and see Marquard trying for the record say: ''Oh, well, it is harder to pitch now than it was then. But is it? What were the rules in the days of Radbeurne. Mccormick
 They pitched but 50 feet and were placed in a box 51z feet long and 4 feet wide. At least, Lrby pitched from a box that size. Radbourne and Mccormick worked in box by 6. The pitchers were compelled to deliv- CT the ball with one foot on the rear line, only one step being allowed. The batter could ask for high or low or fair ball, and the pitcher had to de- liver it or stand the consequence of having the ball called on him. The balls in those days were lively, some thing like the ones the fans yelled themselves black in the face about last season, when their favorite club did not win Besides the players did not have the protection of gloves and i. pads like the present day players have, but were compelled to handle barehanded hot liners as though shot out of gun. The records of modern times as fans speak of it, were made. by Chesbro in 1904, with the New York Americans, and by Ed. Ruel- bach, with the Chicago Nationals in 1909, when each captured IA consec- utiye games
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12

contests were marked up in 1908, with Wiltse, of the Giants and Buck CT, of Brooklyn, cast for the role of heroes. Tn the, American League. Jimmy Callahan, of Chicago, was the first pitcher to put over a no-hit game, back in 1902. Cy Young turn ed the trick for Boston in 1904, with the Athletics his victims. TannehiIl, of Boston, also twirled a perfect con. test in the same year, and in the following year Henley, of the Ath- 1etics, scored a no-hit game. Young added a second no-hit game to his string in 1908. Addie Joss, of Cleve- land, did the deed in 1908 and again ini 1910, and Chief Bender, of the Philadelphia Athletics, also achieved the feat that year. In 1911 Joe Wood, of Boston, pitched a perfect game against the Iowly St. Louis Browns. The late Addie Joss, Cy Young and Mathewson are the only pitchers of recent years who have pitched two perfect games. Young and Joss, by the way, were the only modern big league pitchers who ever twirled games in which no opponent got to first. While a no-tit game has aI- ways spelled victory in the major leagues, it is not necessarily so, and in the minors there are recorded in- stances in which the victims of no-hit pitchers have nevertheless won the game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
FROM HIGH SCHOOL
 TEAM TO MAJORS
ROY CHAPMAN, YOUTHFUL sHORTSTOP BOOKED TO JOIN
 CLEVELAND.

From the infield of a country town high school nine to the American league in three years-such has been the flash across the baseball firma- ment of Roy Chapman, the chain lightning shortstop Of the Toledo Am erican association club and the lat est sensation of baseball.
 Chapman will be a member of the Cleveland club before the season is over. Charles Somers, owner of both the Cleveland apd Toledo franchises is now. trying to induce his fellow magnates in the major league to let him Send Third Baseban Olson to Toledo in trade for Chapman.
 Like Roy Capron, that other sem sation of the association, Chapman is a. speed marvel! He used to do a hundred in 10 2-5 seconds and the 220 yards in 23 fiat, when a student in the Herrin (Il1.1 High school and was quite some football player.
 Chapman has been burning up Athe association this season, and it has only been a question of time when he would be sold, traded or drafted into one of the major leagues.
 fair chance at Chapman, the record of $22,5Q0 set by Barney Dreyfuss when he bought Marty O'Toole woitl 1 be broken. Tn fact Frank Farrell, owner of the New York American league club, said he would make this price look cheap if Somers would put his star upon the block.
 But Somers isn't spelling Chapman mot while the Maps need men like him---and they do right now. At the beginning of the season Olson was the Nap captain, but a little matted of boxing skill between him and Pitcher Mitchell resulted in his re- dS 411Zx 41xs k
 nent of the brains of the Cleveland team-Joe Birmingham.
 Chapman is shortstop, and a whirlwind shortStop, too. He has a powerful throwing arm and the abil- ity to throw from almost any posi- ton. He is So fast that he gets in front of the ball when another would be trying for it with his finger tips, Every big league scout has looked at Chapman this summer, although each knew the time was wasted.
 In 48 games Chapman stole 20 bas- es, and from his. position as cleanup batter, foufth, scored 37 runs. He made 61 hits, his average being 1851. And best of all, he hits in the pinches. his base running one of the marvels of the game.
 Chapman hesitated, when he left high school, between a scholastic in- ducement and a contract from the Springfield Three league club, finally accepting the latter.
 Lack of experience held him back, and Springfield was about to release him when Davenport, of the same league, bought him for $250. This was a. league joke, but in 8 short time Chapman had them all watching him.
 Bill Armour. then president of the Toledo club, bought Chapman for $1,- 900 last summer. Chapman played for Toledo one month last fall, but it was late and his skill was over looked. On the first trip this spring he started like an explosion of gun cotton and has continued at the same speed since. sv
 Chapman is the real thing, suro enough. and if he plays the same game on the big ring that he has aev.- erywhere else his name will become a household necessity before the peach crop is picked.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
MARQUARGS PITCHING
His Record Not as Good as That of
 Some Old Time Twirlers.

Richard (Rube) Marquard is to-day
 the pitching sensation in the major
 baseball leagues. Marquard by win ming 19 games in a row has bettered modern pitching records, and though
 interrupted at Chicago, the fans. are expecting to see him start another long string of victories His feat will surely rank with the greatest, yet it must be admitted that while heI has pitched sterling ball he has also had the best of luck. There is no getting away from the fact that he has been lucky as we'll as brilliant At least three times his winning string would have been interrupted before had he not been favored by unusual circum- stances. Marquard once a joke soon after the Giants paid $ff,000 for him, has made good and is taking the place of prominence slipping away from Christy Matthewson.
 Marquard's victorious work suggests other notable pitching successes. In the Providence club, that won the pennant that year. pitched in 72 con- tests. Imagine a pitcher of the pres ent day being asked to pitch half, that number Radbourne not only pitch ed the p games, but he won 59, and the IS games Buffalo defeated him by a score of to o. He then started on another string of victories, winning eight more making 26 victories out of 27 games. How long was he whining this number? From August z until September 13. During that time, 43 days he worked in 27 games. It was while the worlds record of 20 straight games was being made by the Provi- dence club that Radbourne was call ed upon. to do this wonderful pitching. Charles Sweeney, the other pitcher of the team (about two pitchers those days were plentyl jumped his club in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12

There is nothing that so delights the heart and soul and gizzard of the -dyed-ins thewool baseball fan as a no-hit garne-provided, of course, it Is the twirler of the home team whose "soup- -bone'' performs the difficult feat. And no-hit game is truly a wonderful performance. In the last dozen years there has been an aver age of only about one such contest in each major league each annum. 1t will be dozen years tomorrow-July 12, 1900-Since Hahn, of Cincinnati, performed his great no-hit feat by re-. tiring the Phillies without a hit. That was the only hitless game of the year. Tn 1901, Christy Mathewson turned the trick, with the St. Louis Cardi- na1s in the role of victims. Next year no National League pitcher got away with such performance. In 1903 Chick Fraser of the Phillies, got into the Hall of Fame, with the Chicago Cubs as his opponents. In 1904 there was not a perfect exhibi-s tion of slabcraft in the National cir cult, but next year Mathewson the great repeated. In 1906 there were two no-hit games, Nal Eason of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Billy Lush of the Phillies turning the trick. Mad
 dox, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Pfeffer, of Boston, broke into the hon. or list in 1907. Two moro no-hit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12

this solution depends as to what is the cause and remedy of the present high cost of living. The farm is the only hope of our national salvation creased and produced cheaper, we can haFel no material relief from the pres enhshighs cost of living." U Our rneople for generation have been focking to the cities and our farms are deserted. and yet the French peaSantry are the most pros porous (money saving) of any people on the face of the earth. We must de- wise some method to make our farm ing attractive to our young men and profit must be the greatest attraction.
 We talk about the beef trust being responsible for the high cost of liv- ing and yet never has beef brought as high a price on the farm as to. day-our grain foods are equally as high, our population increasing and our production per acre decreasing.
 THE REMEDY.
 There is. no relief in sight, except the spirit of agricultural enterprise, and we appeal to you that it is the duty of every citizen of Connecticut tos encourage agricultural enterprise or the time will soon come when tlfe high cost of living will close the mar ss9f the world to our manufactur-
 odF lands are not worn ,out-they simply need proper scientific cultiva tion.
 Why give financial aid to the land show in New York, where our agri- cultural products cut such pitiful figure in comparison with other states-a little interest and very small financial contribution will work won- ders on our Connecticut farming in- dustry.
 .s One of the greatest educators in agricultural lines is the agricultural fair.
 The Connecticut State Agricultural society has now taken on a new lease of life and desires interest and SUD- port from all classes of people in all parts of the state
 The management rests with life members and to become life mem Der the expense is but $10..
 Life membership carries with it the power to vote in the management of the Connecticut State Agricultural so- ciety and also a free membership ticket to our fair which is held at Berlin in the fall of each year.
 It will be of interest to be n1ern- Der and 1t would certainly interest us to have you among our members.
 By becoming member you help materially in the agricultural devel- opment of the state.
 Agriculture in Connecticut is not dead, but simply lies dormant and re- quires only a little encouragement to revive.
 CHARLES M. JARVIS,
 President.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
OLYMPIC RrDGNG CONTESTS
 WILL BEGlN TOMORROW

When the entrants in the interna- tional horsemanship competitions of the Olympic games go to the post to- morrow, nearly every important nation
 will be represented by crack army
 teams. The contests will begin tonor- row and continue five days, and will be held in the Stadium, in an open rectangular court: Sweden, Russia, England, the United States, France, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Holland,
 Norway and Austria will each be rep- resented in one or more of the three events on the program. The inaugu- ral competition will be the military jumping contest Of combined team and individual competition. It is open only to officers in active service, rid ing either army horses or those reg istered in the army as service horses. The event is divided into five tests, and the rules require that it be com pleted within three days. The Elm peror of Germany has donated a chal- lense cup to be given the winner of this event. Next will come the prize riding competition, open to all horses except those belonging to the army and attached to government riding schools, not to individual officers, for purposes of instruction. The Elm peror of Austria and King of Hun gary's Challenge Cup will go to the
 WA1ISI. LA0 p1I@S Jumping COInp6~ tition is divided into two sections. one being for teams and the other for in dfviduals. Nineteen obstacles will have to be negotiated, and no com petitor has been permitted to try the jumps before the real competition The individual winner will receive Count Geza Andrassy's Challenge Cup, and the team victors will get the King of Italy Cup. The most valuable and coveted trophy of all is the Swedish CavRlry's Challenge Cup, to go to the country whose representatives total the greatest number of points in all three competitions. Individual win ners in all the contests will receive gold, silver and bronze Olympic med als. It is hardly to be expected that either America or England will win in these riding eompeti- tions, as other nations have entered larger teams. Russia and Germany now appear to be the strongest. The Czar's officers are world-famous for their wonderful horsenanship, and are confident of victory in the coming events.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
TO FIND PARENTS
 OF ABANDONED CHILD.

The charities board is wondering what to do about the baby who was found in a room at 360 Main street, five weeks ago. Mrs. Spinelli, who conducts the house, volunteered to adopt the baby when it was found, but doctors have since discovered that the baby Is not in good health. There fore Mrs. Spinelli has decided not to adopt it. An effort is now being made to find the child's parents
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12

A. M. Mason, farming near Canaan, Me, was badly crippled with sciatie rheumatism due he says to uric acid in his blood Foley Kidney Pills en- -tirely cured me and also removed numerous black specks that were con- tinually before my eyes" Foley Kid- ney Pills are a uric acid solvent and are effective for the various forms of rheumatism. F. l.. Curtis. *135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
HOLY NAME SOCIETIES
 TO ATTEND COMMUNION

The senior and junior Holy Name societies of St Marys church will go to holy communion in a body Sunday morning at the 7:30 mass. There will be IA sections of the senior body and six of the junior society.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
Tremendous Sacrifice Sale
 Bankrupt Stock st s d ,bs.I nfysfsa s.iI 5ries es

THIS STOCK CONSISTS COATS, SKIRTS WAISTS SACQUEs, HOUSE DREssEs UNDERWEAR HOSIERY CLOVES MENs fOH  SALE 7ac IongI Lawn imo . Fancy Lawn Fancy Lawn Dress . .
 
  NensB oIens 5Oc Night owns Linen IinenN : % adiss and Misses Ifngerie
 
 Ladies and  "~-' 4S and Tafeta !. -x
 
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
JAMES B. REYNOLDS
 SECRETARY OF 6. O.sP.
 NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Washington, July. 11s-Jan1es; B. Reynolds, assistant secretary of the treasury under President Roosevelt and member of President Taft's tariff board, has been named. as secretary of the Republican national commit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12

I'm a self-made man." said the proud individual
 Well, you are all right except as to your head" commented the listen CT
 ''How's that2''
 ''The part you talk with is too big for the part you think with. .''-Milwau- hee Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
ASHES OF ROSES.

Soft on the sunset sky Bright daylight closes, Leaving when light doth die Pale hues that rnfngling lie Ashes of roses. When loves warm sun is set Loves brightness closes; Eyes with hot tears are wet; In hearth that finger yet Ashes of roses.
 --Eline Goodale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12

.'We call that girl 'Juarez''' As'Why ?t'
 s'She's been captured six times al- ready this season. ."-Kansas City Jour nal
The Alaska citizen., 1912-07-01
SIXTY SHR|NERS LEAVE FOR ALASKA
 T0CONDUCT CANDIDATES INTO ORDER

SEATTLE. June 30. Officers and members of the Nile Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. to the number of sixty or more, will leave here July for Juneau. the first city to be touched on their long trip through the North to con fer the high degree upon those in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon who are eligible to initiation. From Juneau the Shriners will go to Skagway, White Horse, Dawson. Fairbanks. Nome and other north ern points to guide the new ones through the mysteries of the Shrine. They will leave this city on the steamer State of California and will get away from Nome six weeks lat CT on the steamer Victoria. if they keep up with their itinerary as map ped out.
 Ernest B. Hussey, inspector-gener- al for Washington, Oregon and Alas ka, left for the North Tuesday to confer the thirty-second degree upon many Alaskans who must reach this mark to become eligible to member