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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
CLEVER WHITE SOX PITCHER
Picked UP by Comiskey from Fort
Worth Team at Draft Prices, He
Rapidly Developed Into Star.

Ewell Albert Russell, better known
as Rebel Russell, the left-handed pitch
er of the Chicago American league,
was born on a farm near Albany,
Miss, on March II, 1889. When
year old his family moved into Texas.
He worked as farm helper until he
was fifteen years of age, when he be-
came a teamster, which gave him
chance to play ball at odd times with
independent teams He was finally Of
fered a chance with the Bonham club
of the Texas-Oklahoma league early In
1912. His work was so good that he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
William lanes Is PonuIar.

Pitcher William James is quite q
popular character in major league
base ball this season. There are only
three of them, and recently, strange
" enough, all three got into action
the same day. William James of the
Maps, William H. James of the st.
Louis Browns, and William L. James
of the Boston Braves, are the James
boys in the big league this season
The day they all worked the Maps
lost in Washington, the ST. Louis man
retired with flying colors before his
team beat out the Yankees, while
the Boston gent walloped the Pirates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
MOTIFS

Russell Ford is more than holding
his own in the Federal league.
Hal Chase is now a Buffed, and bets
are now in order as to the length Of
time he'll stay there.
The trip around the world has hurt
Joe Benz so much that he has pitched
only a no-hit and a one-hit game.
Marty O'Toole, whom the Pirates
bought from st. Paul for s22,500 q
few years ago, will be turned loose.
John McGraw of the Giants is said
to be jealous of the success Charlie
Herzog Is making as manager of the
Reds.
Connie Macks pitching staff is do
ing so poorly that rival pennant pros
poets are having a close fight for Sec
ond place.
Grover Land, the beefy catcher of
the Tip Tops, would be far more val
liable If he could run as fast as the
average backstop.
After the Lincoln teams name was
changed to the Tigers they recovered
from long losing streak. The Ante
lopes" was their Jonah.
Just as he developed Marquard and
Tesreau for the Giants, Wilbert Rob-
inson says that he will make a star
pitcher out Of Big Ed Pfeffer
Where did the Feds get the $4,000
they offered Walter Johnson to jump?
Maybe it was raised by popular sub
scription among American league bat
tiers.
Young Troy Agnew, brother of Sam
Agnew of the st. Louis Browns, is
credited with a wonderful throwing
record in a California State league
game.
Charley Herzog, the former Giant,
has won yorktown for his clever man.
agement of the Cincinnati Reds. His
superb shortstopping has made the
fans forget all about Joe Tinker.
Thomas Fairweather, former ball
player, now lawyer and partner with
Frank Isbell in the Des Moines West
ern league club, has been nominated
for state senator in Iowa by the Re-
publicans Of the Des Moines district.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
FATHERS TURN TO THlNK
ton Must Have Given Him
Something of Jolt.

1--WE oldsters set for the youngsters
higher standard than we set for
ourselves. Forgetting that you can't
make silk purse out of a sow's ear.
the stupidest and ugliest failures of
parents expect their sons and daugh-
tiers to grow up miracles of beauty, in
telligence and success"
The speaker was Wilton Lackaye,
the occasion the Lambs Gambol in
New York. He continued:
Sometimes, though, such parents
are called sharply to themselves. The
jolt is unpleasant.
A father said to his pretty daugh-
ter one evening, with scornful, angry
laugh:
That young Jamson has the face
to want to marry you! A mere book
keeper!'
But, father said the girl, love
Mr. Jamson. What is your objection
to our marriage?'
Why roared the old man, why,
he couldn't support you decently.'
"'But, father said the girl, neither
can you"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17

ern appears as we leave the steamer,
but after a short pull the little bark is
brought to point where the rock wall
is darkened
The small boats are by now clus-
tered at the entrance. One by one
they disappear. The ladies of my party
are in one of those ahead and my COM
panion is German who knows no
English. We manage to extend our
selves In the bottom of the boat, at the
oarsman's command, and draw our
heads below the gunwale. The boat
man grasps a chain and pulls US
through the low opening.
Hurried Trip Through Grotto.
For moment after entering the
grotto, it seems to be all that the en-.
thusiasm of preceding visitors has
painted it. The light from the entrance
gives the water marvellous blue tone,
impossible to describe, and the oars
are as of silver. But the boatman
quickly makes the round of the room"
and is soon back near the opening,
where already dozen other boats are
collected, while more are entering.
The blueness fades as the grotto fills.
Away back, opposite the entrance. a
candle is burning, and two youths in
negligee stand specially on a ledge
waiting to be bargained with for dive
into the water for a lire. This is
reputed to be a remarkable ehenome-
non, the boys body showing silvery in
the refracted light beneath the sur
face. But so quickly are we rowed
around that there is no chance to ne
gotiate for the dive, and almost before
We realize that we have been inside of
the famous "grotto aura" of Capri
we are lying down again in the bottom
of the boat, the oarsman is pulling at
the chain and we have popped out into
the sunlight. Our visit has lasted Just
six minutes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
In Order to Escane

One day young man entered stu
dio to be photographed. In posing
he hunched his back, as If 1t were
broken and twisted his face into
dreadful mask
Here" said the photographer,
what's the matter with you? Are
you crazy?"
GO on he said. Take me just as
/ am. You see, I'm trying to get out
of an engagement with a girl, and I've
written her that I've been disfigured
in a motor accident, and l want to
send her this photo to show how I
look
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
Clifford Clarence Cravath.

annualled in favor of prior purchase
by Horace Fogel.
He went to Philadelphia in 1912 for
$4,000.
He claims that he began his big
league career in earnest on his thir-
tieth birthday.
His greatest year was the season Of
1913, when he batted for .341, led the
league in number of hits and total
bases, and drove in a record number Of
runs.
He claims that he is not come
back, but rather started late.
He Is a slow runner, mediocre
fielder, and an unknown quantity on
inside baseball But he is one of the
greatest smuggling hitters who ever
lived.
In his youth he played professional
football, but his favorite sports at
present are hunting and fishing.
He is married, and has one child
q daughter.
His winter home is near Los Ange-
les, overlooking the Pacific.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
To Shorten Ball Games.

A new order from President Tener
has been put in force. 1t prevents the
use of practise ball between the In
nings. 1t has been the custom to
throw in an old ball for infeld prac-
tise while the teams were changing
places after an inning, but this has
now been forbidden. The reason for
the prohibition is that the use of the
practise ball tends to delay the game.
President Tener has also issued in.
structions to enforce very strictly the
rule by which runner at third base
is declared out if the coacher stops
him by putting his hand on him. II
the coacher simply goes out and pats
him on the back he is to be declared
out hereafter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
LATE START" CLAIMED
Cactus" Cravath Denies That
He Is a ''Come-Back."
Ono Of the Greatest Slugging Hitters
Ever in Baseball Is Slow Runner,
Mediocre Fielder, but Leads
National League.

He was born at San Diego, Cal.
March %, 1882.
His name is Clifford Clarence Graz
vath.
He goes by the nickname Gravy
Or Cactus"
He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, and
weighs 1876 pounds.
He played baseball as a catcher on
the local high school team.
He left home at the age of fifteen
years to make his fortune, and for
three years didn't see baseball.
He worked at various jobs during
these three years, and eventually
learned to be a telegraph operator.
He first played semipro ball at San
Diego
He began his professional baseball
career at Los Angeles as a catcher.
He was shifted to the outfield be,
cause of lack of good outfield materially
and has played there ever since.
He played for five years at Los An,
geles before he gained admittance to
the mayor leagues.
He was the property of three Amerii
can league clubs in succession, the
Red Sox, White Sox and Washington,
failing to make good in every case.
He was taken to Minneapolis of the
American association by Joe Cantillo1
in 1909, where he remained three
years.
During these three years he made a
great reputation, and was annually
drafted by major league clubs.
His experience was a glazing ar!
raignment Of the draft rules, which al,
In the minors.
He was finally accorded to Pitts
burgh by draft, only to have the claim
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
ChIp on the Shoulder

we love and we value peace" said
Jefferson I'VE know it's blessings and
experience; we abhor the follies of
war, and are not untried in its dis
tresses and calamities." A God-fear-
ing nation confides in it's strength
without boasting of it and respects
that of others without fearing it. The
weak nation. like the weak man. car
ries chip on the shoulder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17

of his life. with but little interruption,
on this island, had the victims of his
wrath flung to death on the rocks of
the shore.
Remains of the largest of the IL
villas erected by Tiberius on Capri ap-
pear a short distance back of the
edge of the cliff, on which compare
lively modern chapel stands, bold
and commanding site for place of
worship. The ridge of the island falls
away to the westward to an elevation
OF $50 feet, about a third of the east
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
Dwarf Trees.

The Chinese influence on interior
decoration extends to the wonderful
dwarf trees which, once almost prohib-
itively expensive, are now to be had
at really popular prices, commencing
at about 60 cents for diminutive yews
and cedars that look as if they had
come out of a 'Kewpies' garden.
Stately oaks, sycamores, cedars, stand
ing at least 20 inches high, are won
derful with their gnarled and twisted
branches and close foliage; they APP
pear like ancient forest trees viewed
from afar and through the wrong
end" of a telescope.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
Good Word for RELIGION.

This is broad-minded age, and the
gentleman on the last tram, who was
in what one may define as the talka-
tive stage, shared the characteristics
of the times, I've nothin' to say
against i'm evan If he does belong to
p. s. A. I'm M bigot, not bit of It.
An 1 say this, that considerin' all
things, I've not found these religious
chaps to be worse than ordinary
fellers like you an me."-Manchester
Guardian
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
Picture of Umpire's Life.

Griffith wordpaints this awful pic.
ture of the umpire's life: His lo,
is far from happy one. He is hated
by the fans, hated and feared by the
ball players, and ostracised as com
pletely as if he were leper" All oil
which Is enough to tinge his life
slightly with bitterness, but so long
as he does not hate himself and does
not have to go to Molokai he can beal
mn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
CENTRAL NAPLES

on here-a sojourn in this peculiarly
Illuminated cavity in the rocky coast
of Capri would be well worth the trou-
BILE necessary to reach it, writes G. A.
Lyon, Jr., in the Washington Star.
Capri Is Picturesque.
Capri itself is sufficiently picturesque
to repay close inspection, without
reference to the holes in the rocks.
The eastern extremity is a sheer cliff
rising 900 feet from the sea. almost
perpendicular. This is the place where,
according to tradition, the Emperor
Tiberius, who spent the last ten years
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
Adenuafe Prouocation.

why did you beat Dobson so ter
ribly?" said the judge, indicating the
bebandaged figure of the plaintiff.
II asked him why horse had run
away, your honor" explained the pris-
oner, and he told me that it was be-
cause the animal had lost it's equine
unity
Him." said the Judge. dis
charged. '-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17

was bought by Fort Worth of the
Texas league for $3.50. President Co
miskey heard of Russell, and sent
scout to look him over, with the re-
suit that he was taken at the close of
1912 at the draft price by the Chi.
cago Americans. He joined the White
Sox in the spring of 1913 and rapidly
developed into star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17

H
small Winnie
children He
Previous he
either with the Nebraska Indians abort
circuit
Western league with which he
California with the White Sox
April @
the Cincinnati club
This
April join the City
injunction. which Foen
justm made
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
The Knockers and the koncke,

Watch the man the knockers are di-
recting their hammers against. He is
accomplishing something. No man
ever made any Roadway without op-
position. The further he advances
the greater the anvil chorus. Failure
is always jealous Of success.-New-
ton Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
NarroW-Minded Policy.

Says the New York Sun: Refusal
of clubs in organized baseball to rec
ognize the Federal league teams In
the same city at least to the extent
of posting scores can be classed as
very narrow minded. Posting the
score is for the benefit of the fan.
not the Federal league.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
LII previous reading about the
attractions of Naples had told
! us that visit to Capri in or
10 thu runrld 70


blue grotto was an absolute
requirement; that not to make the
voyage across to the queershaped
rocky island, which forms the most dis
tinctive feature of the outlook from the
harbor's edge was to forfeit all claim
to the title Of conscientious sight-seers.
The names of Naples and Capri are
virtually identical and it is also en-
joined upon the tourist to take advan-
tage of the first favorable day, with a
calm sea and no wind from north or
northwest, to make the journey, with
out which a sojourn in Naples is a
waste of time.
So today, conditions being favorable,
we went to Capri, and saw the blue
grotto and, inasmuch as this Is a frank
and truthful chronicle Of happenings
and impressions, candor compels me to
declare that the expedition was not the
tremendous success that from previous
advertisements it was expected to be.
To be sure, the blue grotto is blue;
that cannot be denied, and probably
in other than the circumstances which
prevailed today-incidental in part to
the fact that the tourist season is still
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
Mean.

Employer-Good morning, Robert.
morning.
Office Boy (unsuspectingly)-Yes,
sir, thank you.
Employer-Inl glad to hear it, Rob-
ert. There is to be a baseball game
this afternoon, and / was afraid it
might have fatal effect on some of
them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
For Bills and Receipts.

For the woman who boards receipts
there are bill or receipt books covered
with cretonne in so many designs that
one can match almost any room. These
bill books open and shut like an accor-
dion, and the cover and flaps are also
Of cretonne.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
Natural Affinity.

How did that couple ever come to
gether?"
You see, he is a man of IRON"
YES, / know"
"And she is very magnetic"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
Quite Similar orinln

"a lyric Of ancient times was 9
story sung by Tyre"
Like the modern fish story?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
Amateur Workmanship.

He's a self-made man"
81 know. He surely made mis-
take in not consulting an expert"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
Such a Difference,

"You say Funniman, the comedian
10 very entertaining on and off?"
mo. said CT and on"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17
No Chance for an Argument.

Walter, there's a green hair in this
SOUP" said the diner.
"'Yes, sir. Yes, SIR replied the
waiter. Its the very latest thing,
SIR
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17

The trip around the world has hurt
Joe Benz so much that he has pitched
only a no-hit and a one-hit game.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-17

Russell Ford is more than holding
his own in the Federal league.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-19

Mary Dix is in Sherman working
at Harold Plumb 5.
Will Faulkner has finished work at
l.. H. Sawyer's and is now stating at
Willard Faulkner 5.
Mrs. Frank Pike and a lady friend
from Buclliand, Mass, have been visit
ing relatives and friends in town this
week.
The Ladies Benevolent society will
give supper and entertainment in
the ehuIeh vestry Friday afternoon
and evening.
J. r. Gillett, with number Of teams
and men, is putting in state road
work in the south part of the town,
below T. L. Brigham $.
Two men from Springfield, Mass,
came this week to put in some tile
floors in l.. II. Sawyer's house. They
are boarding at Fl. \. Wheeler s.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Faulkner and Miss
Stella Butterfeld went to Mortified,
Mass, Sunday, to visit Pearl Faulkner,
who has just entered school there.
The play, Uncle Josh, given by home
talent here Friday night, was largely
attended and much enjoyed by all.
About $50 was Melted for the Green
Mountain club.
Selectman NJ A. Butterfeld is super
intending the job of putting in two
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new cement bridges in South Whiting
ham by the old Cutting pond He has a
number Of gnoael tands teams at work
there.
Miss Dion, a former teacher here,
who is teaching now in West Dover,
visited at H. a. Wheeler S over Sat
urday. Mrs. Wheeler and the present
teacher, Miss. Gibsan, carried her back
to her boarding FfaacS Sunday.
Edward Ste estsoga of Springfield,
Mass, cafaeS sIddsdae for a short STAY
in his mothers native town. He is
boarding at f. A. Wheeler :, where
his grandfather. Elmer Reed, is stay
ing while he is earpentering for L. II
Sawyer.
Mrs. G, S. Goodnow returned Saturday
from Williamsburg, Mass, where she
had been visiting her sister, Mrs
Frank Bisby. She also attended a
Ireception given By Mr. and Mrs. RAJ
lmond Warren to his brother. Robert
iand bride the bride being Mrs pte0d
Inow 5 daughter, Dora Cross.
Rev Frederick Emerson and laugh
ter have been staying at the hotel tn,
past week. while they are dispQsing OF
/ and taking care of Mr. Emerson
! household goods. They have sold b.
private sale the greater part. OF then
and the rest VIII be shipped 10 til,
homes Of his children Mr. Emerson :
place is being taken at present by
young minister, Rev Mr.. Mcdonald o
/ New Jersey, VINO is boarding at tn
/ hotel
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LANDGROVE.

Ruth f. Harris is staying with her
sister in Weston and Is attending school
there.
Mamie Beers is having a few weeks
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. b. W. Beers.
Horace Fuller has been having bay
window added to his house and other
Improvements made.
The last few mornings have been
cold with hard frosts followed by days
of beautiful sunshine.
Dana Macdonald is doing some car
pentrv work for j. T.. Fem, fixing up
their house, laying new floor, etc.
Master Leslie Taylor. who was at NJ,
u. Bates : several weeks. returned to
his home in New York city recently.
Angelctte Abbott of Windham is
staying with her grandmother, Mrs. A
! W.. Abbott. ami attending school here
! Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Sheldon am
! little son of Rutland are spending ;
few days with her parents, AIR. an.
/ Ms. James Barton
Master Keith Sheppard of Weston
who had been with his uncle. Gcorgt
! Thomson, two weeks helping hay, IL
4 turned home to attend school this week
spending q few days this week visitin;
his daughters, Mrs e. NJ. Harris O
this town and Mrs. b. IL. Mehuron O
South Londonderry.
Among those who went to the Rut
land fair from this town were Mr.. an
Mrs. j. +. Thomson. Mr.. ana Mrs \
\. Towslee, and Mr.. and Mrs. jaime
Barton, Fred Eailc Of South Loudor
derry taking the first four in his auto
mobile and Aaron Sheldon the tw
others.
:. Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Eddy of Fitcl
burg, Mass, and Mr. and Mrs. NJ. |
10 Jaquith of Leominster, Mass, spcr
several days at George Thomson 5 las
: week, making the trip from Fitchbur
i'll Mr.. Eddv's automobile Mr.. Edd
and Mr.. Jaquith returned to Massachl
+ sets Sunday, leaving Mrs. Eddy an
u Mrs. Jaquith to stay a week longer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-19
WESTMINSTER WEST.
Lake-GoodeIl wedding.

A very pretty wedding took place in
the home of Hugh Goodell Monday
evening, Sept. II, when his sister, Miss
Maude Louise, was married to Henry
Clark Lake of Keene, \. IL. Rev
George f. Chaplin of Saxtons River
performed the ceremony. Only the
members of the two families were pres
ent The house was beautifully decorat
ed with pink and white asters, which
were raised in the home garden, and
the lawn was lighted with japanese
lanterns. September IA has become a
celebrated day in the Lake family, as
Mr. Lake s grandfather and grand
mother, his father and mother and his
brother were all married on Sept. IA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lake left Immediately
after the ceremony for a wedding trip.
For the present, after their. return, they
will live on Mr.. FAKE s father s farm
in Surry, n II. 49,.
The aged grandfather of the bride
groom. Clark Lake of Saxtons River,
now over 50 years old, attended the
wedding.
The bride is a graduate of Vermont
academy and has been successful
teacher for a number of years. She
also has been superintendent of schools
for the town Of Westminster. Mr.
Lake is q graduate of the Keene higt
school and took a special course al
Vermont academy. He has been as
ISOLATED with his father, II. F. Lake
in the piano business III Keene.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-19

In the United States cities there was
last year one bank to every 1900 peo-
pie, and in Canadian cities one to every
300 persons. In the United States
there are p goo banks, or Il bank to
every 3,4o7 persons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-19

An apple tree on farm in Long
meadow has the remarkable spread Of
branches of so feet 6 inches. 1t is a
fine sight, especially when it is covered
with blossoms.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-19

Express packages in nearly all large
railway stations are now handled by
electric trucks and elevators.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-19

The area of corn harvested in the
initcd States last year was los. s2e,e0a
aercs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-19

1t costs the farmers of the United
States $l5,0oo,o00 year TO fight in,
sCctS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-19

Since the foundation Of the United
States - 1.539, S2L6S has been paid
iii pensions.