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The Washington times., 1915-06-04
Cason Here They
Harry Lord Manager
Of Buffalo Federals

BUFFALO. N. Y, June 4.-Harry
Lord. former third baseman with the
Boston and Chicago American League
teams. was today named TO succeed
Larry schlahy as manager Of the local
Federal League club. Lord, who joined
the Buffeds only a week ago, was given
his unconditional release by Charlie
Comiskey a short time ago. II was
thought that he would invest In the
Y,rtland. Me-, club, Of the New England
League. Instead. he came here and
Joined the Feds
The Washington times., 1915-06-04
SMITH IS RELEASED,
MAY TRANSFER TEAM
Newark InternationaIs About to
Quit Before Feds and Apathy
on Part of the Rooters.

The International League club in New
ark may yield to the assaults of the
Federal Leaguers and quit the field. 1t
is contemplated to transfer the fran
chise, to Harrisburg. Pa.
Yesterday Harry Smith. who Joined
the team In 1912. and won a champion
shin for the first time In the history of
the city in 1913. was released. The game
scheduled with Providence was post
The Washington times., 1915-06-04
Bill Bingham to Lead
Harvard's Track Team

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, June I-WYIiisnn
J. Bingham. 'i5. whose home In AZ
Methuen, Macs. and who prepared for
college at Phillips Exeter Academy. WAS
elected today captsin Of the Harvard
members who have won their varsity
letters. Bingharn Ia one of the best
middle distance men Harvard has had
and this year won the half mile events
% dnsi ssmes. % He was not % pIaesa ~ ~ Hms Hms
intercoflesiates. not being In the best OF
shape.
The Washington times., 1915-06-04
Amateur Games.
TODAY'S GAMES.

IODA1'S D GAMES.
Potomac League-G. II. J. VS.. Drillery
Congress Heights League-No game.
Terminal Y. NJ. c. A. League-Union Sta
ton VS.. General Office.
N. W. 8. s. League-Brightwood VS.. Whit
ney.
Z. w. 8. s. League-Reformation VS.. Ad-
vent.
Departmental League-Interior VS.. Treasury.
Rosedale League-Columbia vs Gibraiter
Home Club League-Survey VS.. Pension.
YESTERDAYS RESULTs.
Potomac Lesgue-Machinists, s: q. H. T., g.
Ind, O.
The Washington times., 1915-06-04

Lee Fohl. here today as acting-mana-
ger of the Cleveland Indians. Is a mon
made a reputation in the big league.
In this regard ,he is like Pants" Row.
land, the White Sox leader. But Fohl
has worked wonders In the tall grass
sn the Ohio-Pennsylvania and Ohio
State leagues he won fiags SO often that
the fans tired OF victories. He has de-
veloped such sterling good men as Guy
Morton and Elmer Smith. now with the
The Washington times., 1915-06-04
Feds to Meet

CHICAGO, June 4.-The Fed
eral League moguls have been
called together for a session
here tomorrow, and rumors are
running around that some mo-
mentous decision is about to
be made. The independent cir
cult is in a bad way financially,
owing partly to the unfavor-
able weather.
The Washington times., 1915-06-04
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Standing of Clubs.

TomOrrow's Games.
Buffalo at Newark
Baltimore at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at Chicago.
Pittsburgh at Kansas City
TOday's Games.
Brooklyn at Buffalo.
St. Louis at Chicago.
Pittsburgh at Kansas City.
Yesterdays Results.
Brooklyn. 10; Buffalo, 7.
Brooklyn. g.; Buffalo. l.
st. Louis, 8; Chicago, g.
Pittsburgh. 2: Kansas City, l.
The Washington times., 1915-06-04
League Standing
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing Of Clubs.

Tomorrow Games.
Cleveland at Washington.
Detroit at New York.
St. Louis at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Boston.
Today's Games.
Cleveland at Washington.
Detroit at New York.
Chicago at Boston.
St. Louis at Philadelphia
The Washington times., 1915-06-04
Yesterdays Results.
games postponed (rain).
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing Of Clubs.

Tomorrow's Games.
New York at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh
Boston at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at St. Louis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
SEDIMENT CARRIED TO SEA
Figures Show an Almost Incredible
Amount Transported by China's
Mighty River.

Some estimates Of the discharge OF
the Yangtze-kiang river and of the
amount of sediment it carries have
recently been published by Prof. Kon-
rad Keilhack of the Berlin School OF
Mines, who visited the river in Sep
TENDER, 1913, when the stage of wa
ter was unusually high. From meas
urements of depth made at Wusung,
Marking, and Hankow, and estimates
of width and velocity, this authority
concludes that the discharge below
Hankow (685 miles from the MOUTH,
amounts in time of food to 100000
cubic feet per second. The annual
mean is estimated at 1,750,00O cubic
feet per second Filtration measure
ments made at the mouth, near WI
sung, taken in conjunction with the
above figures for discharge, indicate
an annual transport Of sediment at
the average rate of 1880 pounds per
second, or a total of 584 100000 tons
per annum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
BAD HABITS OF COLTS
Trick Once Learned Becomes
Harder to Break Each Day.
Example Cited of City Man Who At
tempted 10 Approach Head of Young
Animal of Extremely Nerv-
Gus Disposition.

The secret Of breaking a colt prop
erly is TO keep him from learning bad
habits, not curing him Of them after
they have been acquired, although the
latter must be done if he has acquired
them, providing you want z we'll
broken horse.
A bad trick once learned soon be
comes z set habit, becoming harder
to cure each day if not stopped in the
earliest stages.
Let me cite an example: A neigh
Dor of mine has a very fine colt that
he put in the hands of a trainer 10
break to light harness, double and
single, and also the saddle.
The trainer knew his business and
in a months time the colt was fairly
steady in harness and under the
saddle, but, being of a nervous dispo-
sition and rather suspicious of human
beings, had to be handled very care
fully.
He was especially nervous when
anyone approached his head, whether
he was tied in his stall or to a hitch
ing post, and inclined to run back
against the halter or bride if sp-
preached too hurriedly.
The trainer-a real horseman-
noticed all peculiarities of the many
different horses he handled from time
to time, was extremely careful not to
excite this particular colt and GER
70 in 1u ut yIrhor hn moe Tod
Consequently, the colt, although
showing signs of nervousness at times
never attempted to really pull back
and break away.
The trainer left, after his work was
done, and soon afterward a city cousin
a good fellow, but no horseman, paid
my neighbor visit and he was given
the colt to ride.
Now, although the city man was nc
horseman in the strict acceptance OF
the word, yet he was devoted to horse
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
CURIOUS TRAP FOR SNAKES
Naturalist Tells of Seeing a Biscuit
Can Used by Natives TO Cap
ture a Cobra.

A naturalist tells US Of an odd
kind of snake trap that caught its
victim securely. It was biscuit can,
and in the bottom Of it were some
macaroons.
A cobra sPied the can, but a mouse
was ahead Of the cobra. The little
thief was having a good time regal
ing himself OF the macaroons, all IN
conscious that a snake was preparing
to regaIe itself on mouse. Into the
can went the head of the snake, but
the head that went in was destined to
come out less easily. The rough edges
Of the can irritated the cobra, and in
voluntarily it dilated its hood. That
made it a prisoner. With the hood
dilated the head could not be with
drawn, and the cobra remained in its
tin prison until morning, when it was
easily captured and killed.
Stradling, who knows the natives
of India as well as he knows the
snakes of that land, tells of an in
teresting theory held by these peo-
pie. They are firmly convinced that
Tor every human being a snake bites
it loses one joint. When the number
of deaths the snake has caused equals
the number of it's joints, the venomous
head alone remains. The snake has
now reached the height of its wicked
desires, and at this point it develops
wings and triumphantly disappears.
An exception to this rule is found
on the other side of the world, in
the case of the rattlesnake, for the
natives of many parts of this country
are said to believe that this snake
gains a thimble for every man it kills.
By counting these some folks pretend
to an ability to calculate with pre-
cision how many persons particular
rattlesnake has bitten. But this IS,
| of course, as great a superstition as
that held by the HiuduS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
A WeII-Trained Colt.

back riding and in his riding toys cut
quite a respectable figure.
He called on the writer one after
noon, tying his mount, the abOve-men-
toned colt, to tree
Later, as he was about to leave, he
walked straight to the colts head; the
latter edged away, backing the full
length of the reins; the rider then
extended a gloved hand straight in
the colts face with the idea of pat
ting him on the nose, but the now
trembling young animal mistook the
abrupt motion, and, swinging back.
broke the bride at the headstall and
galloped off.
The city man was somewhat sur
prised when I suggested that he
should have quietly united the colt
and then patted him, holding on to the
reins the while.
He enticed the colt into my stable,
fixed the bride, and my friend mount
ed and rode off.
Since then this horse has broken
loose several times, and it will require
something stronger than an ordinary
halter and bride to prove to him that
he must stand hitched,' as the say
ing is.
A heavy rope halter tied around his
neck and then passed through a ring
of the bit so as to draw equally on the
neck and head will probably stop the
bad habit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
a Voice for Potatoes

Most persons in this country have
pitied the men and women on the con-
tinent of Europe who are compelled
TO eat bread made wholly or partly
Of potato -four. Yet here come eX-
perts of the home economics depart
ment of Cornell telling US that pota-
toes and meat may be a better food
combination than bread and meat.
These experts declare that there is
good reason for favoring potatoes.
Meat, eggs and cereals, they say, con-
tain mineral elements which give an
excess of acids, while vegetables, fruit
and milk have an excess of bases that
neutralize the acid. Meat produces an
excess of acid, and the food that &C
companies it should, therefore, give an
excess of aIkai. Rice, bread, maca-
roni and cornmeal produce acid, and
so do not fill the need But potatoes
are the natural accompaniment of
meat, because they produce bases.
Most persons" according to these
experts, should make it point to eat
more potatoes than they are now con.
Stunning. Buffalo Express
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
JUST WHAT is BAD AIR?
Experts Prove That Overheated Rooms
Without Proper Ventilation Produce
Serious Physiological Defects.

Air is bad when it is overheated,
when it contains an excess of mois-
ture, and when it is chemically con-
taminated. This is the conclusion Of
the New York state commission on
ventilation as summarized by Prof. c.
E. A Winslow, chairman.
The first indictment against had
air shows that an increase in tempera-
ture beyond the normal seventy de-
grees produces serious arrangement
of the vaso-mOtOr mechanism of the
body, resulting in a rise of tempera-
ture, increased pulse, and a lowered
blood pressure, with a corresponding
decrease in efficiency, both physical
and mental In addition to this, over
heating conduces to an undesirable
congestion of the mucous membranes
of the nose, thus possibly paving the
way for colds, sore threats, and at
tacks of various germ diseases.
The work of the commission also
proves that chemi al accommodations
in the air as a result of air stagnation
bring about a decreased appetite for
food, which in turn must have an I'M
favorable effect on the entire body.
In the commissions experiments, the
people living in fresh air ate Az to
Is per cent more than those living
in stagnant air.
These experiments" says Profess
sor Winslow, indicate that fresh air
is needed at all times and in all places.
While we have changed our ideas as
to what causes bad air, ventilation is
just as essential to remove heat pro-
duced by human bodies as it was once
thought to be to remove the carbon
dioxide produced by human lungs, and
it is now proved also to be essential
for carrying away chemical products
which exert a measurable effect upon
the appetite for food. People who
live and work in oVerheated and I'M
ventilated rooms are reducing their
vitality and rendering themselves an
easy prey to all sorts of diseases,
such as tuberculosis, pneumonia,
grippe, ETC."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
Genuine Heroism.

The characteristic of genuine hero
ism is its persistency. All men have
wandering impulses, fits and starts of
generosity. But when you have re-
solved to be great, abide by yourself,
and do not weakly try to reconcile
yourself with the world. The heroic
cannot be the common, nor the COM
mon the heroic. If you would serve
your brother, because it is fit for you
to serve him, do not take back your
words when you fine that prudent peo-
pie do not commend you. Be true
to your own act, and congratulate
yourself if you have done something
strange and extraordinary, and broken
the monotony of a decorous age. 1t
was high counsel that / once heard
given to a young person: always
do what you are afraid to do."-Em-
erson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
REASONS FOR poor FEEDER"
Foreign Bodies Often Found Embedded
in Tongue of Animal-Wire and
Nails Lodge in Stomach.
nv H s EAKINSN

Every year it has been noticed
among cattle in feed lots, that few
individuals would not make the gains
expected. Various causes have been
attributed to this condition as poor"
teeth, indigestion, infectious diseases,
etc.
Upon post-mortem inspection of
several thousand beef cattle in some
Of the packing houses of the West,
the author has frequently found for
eign bodies, as barley boards, or fox
tail, embedded in the tongue, in some
instances resulting in abscess forma-
ton, or even actinomycosis (wooden-
tongue); or penetrating through the
wall of the second stomach (honey-
comb short piece Of baling wire
or a nail. Sometimes this piece of
wire or other foreign body has pene-
trated a lung, pneumonia ensuing; or
into the heart or its coverings, re-
sulting Outlines in gangrenous infam-
nation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
Oil Cans Save Life.

A novel idea was responsible for
the saving of many lives from the
cruiser Rermes after the ship was
torpedoed in Dover straits. A sup
ply of the life-saving pneumatic col
lars ordered By the admiralty had
been expected, but the Hermes had
to put to sea before these were re-
ceived.
When the vessel was torpedoed no
assistance was at hand. She was set
ting down, and a great disaster
threatened, when someone thought of
petrol tins, of which 400 we're on
board. The order was promptly given
to empty The tins and screw down the
shoppers, and on these tins scores of
men who must otherwise have been
drowned kept af1oat until help ar
rived.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
GIVE SHEEP SOME ATTENTION
Stand on Wet or Muddy Dirt
FIoors-Avoid Rangy Breeds.

No man who understands his bust
ness will ever allow his sheep to stand
on wet or muddy dirt floors
When selecting sheep for breeding
beware of the long-legged, rangy
breeds Get those that are close to
the ground There is no money in
raising sheep legs.
If the pastures are short this fall
the sheep must have some grain or
they will fall back to a point where
all profit will be lost in bringing them
up again.
When pastures get short the sheep
will eat the roots of the grass right
out of the ground if too many are
kept in one lot Better feed some
grain and save the grass.
Ever notice that the pastures where
sheep are kept grow better grass than
those used for horses or COWS?
A South Dakota man has kept coy
otes and even dogs away from his
flock by setting up scarecrows in the
shape Of a man. These he changes
from one part of the pasture to an
other every day or two.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
Reasonable Excuse.

Reasonable Excuse.
Woman-Why are you a tramp?
Wanderer-It's so homelike, mum,
not paying for what you eat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
IMPROVE THE RURAL HOMES
Kentucky Club Formed to Stimulate
Farmers Interest in Crops and
Beauty Their Premises.
Rv /. P. BROWNING J

tlSN L. +. bGGOW MIMI
A commercial club in Kentucky has
appropriated a sum of money to be
given as prizes among the residents of
a certain section of the country for
the best-kept lawns and the best dis
plays of farm and garden products.
The idea of the club is to, induce the
people living in that section to i'm
prove their surroundings and beautify
their premises. 1t believes in the
value of keeping up appearances and
that there is a profit in Identification
which rural communities are not apt
to appreciate. This organization
thinks there are many rural homes
that could be greatly improved in ap-
peaTance by neatly kept lawns, at
tractive shrubs and well-cultivated gar
dens, and has come to the conclusion
that timely attention given to details
of this character by the farmer would
not only vastly improve the appear
ance Of his place, but stimulate his
interest in the success of all his crops.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
Up to Them.

Little James, aged six years, had
been taught to pray each night for all
his relatives and friends, and conse-
quently the list had grown quite large.
So one night when it came time for
the customary prayers he refused to
say them.
We'll. WELL james," said his moth
er. why won't you say them? All
good little boys say their prayers"
Yes, but I'm too tired"
"Oh, my, that's no excuse. Come
now that's a good boy
Well" relented James, Il guess I'll
have to. But. anyhow. I'm not going
to pray for everybody. I'm going to
cut lot of EN- out. Some Of EN-
will have to save themselves. "-Har,
per's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03

A politician is like a circus in the
respect that his performance never
comes up to his advertising notices.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
MORE LIVE STOCK Is NEEDED
Unless More Attention Is Given to
Farm Animals Fertility of Soil
Will Be Depleted.
CBy WALTER B. LEUTz.)

Unless American farmers grow
more live stock in the future the fer
tility of the soil will be wasted at
such a rate that farming will prove
generally improbable. Such is the
conclusion which has been reached by
students of the problem, as well as
practical farmers in every commu-
unity of the United States.
The farm animal is absolutely nee
essary. There are many reasons for
this. Live stock enables much Of
the waste about the farm to be con-
verted into meat, milk and work.
Much of the crops on the farm can
be marketed in smaller packages,
when converted into butter, milk and
meat. The boys and girls on the farm
are far more liable to become inter
ested in farming if an interest in live
stock can be awakened.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
DON'T MIND PlMPLES
cutieura Soap and Ointment VIII Ban
ish Them. Trial Free.

These fragrant supercreamy emol-
Hents do so much to cleanse, purify
and beautify the skin, scalp, hair and
hands that you cannot afford to be
without them. Besides they meet
every want in toilet preparations and
are most economical.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
GOOD EGG GAMBLING OUTFIT
Simple and Practical Device May Be
Made Out of an Ordinary Paste
board Box and Lamp.

In spite of the greatest care, it VIII
sometimes happen under ordinary
farm conditions that an occasional
bad egg viii appear among those sent
to market. 1t would be wise to candle
every egg shipped Gambling is ''the
process Of testing eggs by passing
light through them so as to reveal the
condition of the contents" A simple
Gambling outfit may be made of an
ordinary pasteboard box, sufficiently
large to be placed over q small hand
lamp after the ends have been re-
moved. The box should have a hole
cut in it on a level with the flame Of
the lamp. Several notches should be
cut in the edges on which the box
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
See Battle of Whales.

Capt. J. P Taylor, Doctor BIZ K
man and H. w. Cousins are authority
for the truthfulness of a whale story
the like of which has never before
been listened TO in Long Branch.
While fishing a mile from shore
their attention was attracted to a
titanic commotion in the water a mile
seward. With marine glasses the fish
ermen say they witnessed for more
than hour battle TO the death be-
tween two California gray whales and
a thrasher whale. The thrasher was
victorious, they say.-Long Beach Dis
patch to Los Angeles Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
Jealous Youth,

Employer-If my wife calls up, say
that l have just gone out.
Office Boy-Yes, sir; I'll say it every
time she calls up.
Employer-You mustn't do that. My
wife would have a poor opinion of
your truthfulness.
Office Boy-Yes, sir; she has it now.
Employer-What do you mean?
Office Boy-Why, she called me up
this morning and asked me if 1 was
the new boy. And I said, Eyes,
ma'am." And she said it was no place
for truthful boy. She said you had
no use for truthful boy. Then she
said Did you ever tell Iie?'' And
said No, ma'am."
Employer-And what did she say?
Office Bey-She said You'll dol"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
Simple Gambling Outfit.

rests, to supply air to the lamp. The
box ought to be sufficiently large to
prevent danger from catching fire. The
box should be made Of corrugated
pasteboard, but ordinary pasteboard
will serve the purpose. Gambling Is
done in the dark, or at least away
from strong light, and the egg is held
against the hole in the side of the
box when it's condition may be seen.
An egg that shows any defect should
not be marketed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03

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