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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24
? GU are q lover Of the quaint,
the picturesque, the old, or you
would not find yourself in the

Y you are q lover or the quaint,
" the picturesque, the old, or you
would not find yourself in the
"A old slave mart of LIE Vieux
Care de New Orleans on a glowering
day, when the storm clouds over
hanging the East are sending out
streaks Of lightning.
Presently you pass through an or
nate entrance to the ground floor of a
huge old wrinkled building, peeling off
for it's final plunge into oblivion. 1t
is the historic Hotel St. Louis, erected
in 1886. Don Pedro, emperor of Brazil,
and afterward his grandson, were it's
guests. Here banqueted statesmen,
princes and famous men, and here, be-
fore the changing of the tides, were
Bittings of legislative bodies, says the
Kansas City Star.
AS you stand in the listening 81
lence, in the dampness Of mold and
decay, you unconsciously visualize the
life of a long-gone yesterday. Now
suddenly you start, disturbed by an
impression of sound down long,
dark, dusty passageway. 1t is only
the rain seeping in, drip, drip, every
spatter echoing hollowly in the empti-
ness. Again you drift back to your
dreams, and again your nerves twang,
this time at the scuttle of rat in the
broken wainscoting behind an old
slave block, showing the crumbling,
though quite distinguishable, name of
a famous auctioneer of ante-bellum
days. Beyond the block and the mart
about it your searching eyes find q
wide expanse of earth and cement
floor bordered by rows of cells almost
wholly stripped of bars, where slaves
were held before their appearance
upon the block to be sold to the high.
est bidder.
With swift intake of breath you
reach the rusty gratings and peer into
the dusky interior. You catch a Whit
of chill, earthly air and the plaintive
chirp Of cricket. 1t requires but q
slight turn of your imagination to
people the prison with soft-eyed pa
tient slaves awaiting orders with the
stolidity and obedience that was part
Of their nature. You see the old and
the young, the strong and the weak,
and all the various types, from a
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24
COMPOSITION Of Coal.

Coal may be composed of three rec
ognizable OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES (canne'
loid), modified wood Gignitoid, and,
less commonly, relatively unmodified
carbonized wood or charcoal. Tha
properties of coal depend largely upon
the proportions Of the original consti-
tuents. Goals rich in spores, such as
cannels, bog-heads and oil shales, are
highly bituminous, and in some form
or other are the mother substance OF
oil and gas. The spore contents OF
coal determine the fairness, and prob
ably have a definite relation to its
cooking properties; while the ligni'
told constituents reduces the bitumin.
osity and cooking value of coal.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24
Control of Impulses
Is Great Factor
BY w. B. Darlington. Wilmington. Del.

longer Of any you will you direction
The onv wav to make them eceab restraint
with the aid of
by this underestimate the value of intuition
which particular have 1t warns
them when danger lurking call it woman intuition for want
and often trust intuition when common
find way out for you.
don't do anything the of the moment Impulse IN con-
junction with sober thought will the right
will lead where bound to regret
you angry let impulse drive put
Speech you later that have grounds for
but YOU have put the things have
said give impuve Sit down and it out
reflection conclude to something
the offender then have at least grains right on your
side.
write letters the impulse of the moment Remember you
writing the recipient will read in another and
your meaning quite different light Govern impulses with
discretion wish to make them useful
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24

lish be heard down BEAUFORT way.
Even the churches bear this same
front Of secret watchfulness, from the
Chapel of the Ursulines on the Mill,
built in 1641, twice burned and three
times reconstructed, where sleeps
Montcalm after the fever of battle, to
Notre Dame des VICTORIES, least al
tered of all, standing in the lower
town, it's cross aloft to the winds that
welcome the Jack as once they haunt
ed the Fleur de Lis.
The English cathedral, built in 1914
seems older than it's years, carrying as
it does the SCARED battle flags of the
old Sixty-ninth, flags that saw Bala-
klava, and that were replaced by new
ones presented in 1870 by Prince Ar
thur. Today, as duke of Connaught, he
annually takes his seat inside the gold
en- rails of his pew in the gallery TO
listen to service during the time ne
lives at the citadel.
Hard by the cathedral is the duke or
Ke1.t's house, where Queen Victoria s
father spent three winters in the sew
enteen nineties, to the great f1utterlng
of Quebec society. Almost across the
street is the quaint little white mouse
where Montcalm died. The visitor
who is wise enough to knock at the
door. take a look at the famous paint
ing of the hero which goes with the
lease Of the place, and wish for ms
hearts desire the while he gazes, VIII
assuredly and for certain attain there
unto within six months-or so at least
the old Quebecoises will tell you.
But it isn't until you swing under
the gateway of the Chateau Frontenac
that you really find the heart OF the
CITY. In the old days the brave de
Galissoniere walked in the governor
garden, where now the big rink hashes
with gay skaters; and the wickedly In
comparable Bigot bit his nails ana
cudgeled his dark brain for fresh VII
lainies on the spot where Jean Paul
serves the visitor with orange pekoe
and buttered crumpets. If Quebec had
q Calyinist soul, so much grim history
might be depressing. AS it is, ghosts
add spice to gayety.
Up here the view is remarkably me-
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24
Short and Sweet,

As way to beat lawyers who thrive
on longdrawn-out will contests we
recommend the last will and testament
ing an estate of $4,000. This was
his will, fourteen words in all:
Il direct that all my property be
distributed according to the laws Of
California;
AS an example OF multum in parvo
this will is entitled to rank as a
classic. Maybe this mans will was
superfuous, but he had the fun Of
making a will, which is all the satis-
faction that many of them get OUT
of 1t.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24
F QUEBEC didn't partake Of the
light-hearted F'renchiness Of a


Il light-hearted Frenchiness OF a
Poiret skating cap it could never
live out the life of a twentieth
century city, clinging aslant and jaunt-
lily as it does to seventeenth-century
mountain with it's mouth full Of guns.
Quebec began at river-level, humbly
yet aspiringly, when the gallant" Mar
quis de Montcalm in 1908 laid down
the cross and the sword for moment
while he dug foundations for his
house, situated near what is now the
Lewis Ferry pier in the lower town,
says A. Lyman in the Boston Tran
script. There was hundred-and-eighty
foot cliff behind the little home, with
it's gay garden af1ame with all the
flowers of Versailles for the sweet
marquise who was to come over the
Atlantic, and before the door stretched
the loveliest of rivers, fading into the
distance beyond green Orleans. But
Quebec could never be satisfied to live
in one place, planted and at rest. So
1t climbed the great mountain, perch
ing Frontenanc's beautiful Chateau st.
Louis where now the Chateau Fronte-
hac stands. And after it had filled the
hill with buildings, it flowed over the
top and down into the valley of the
st. Charles, where you can see it to-
day, multiroofed and a-twinkle.
Thus it comes that the streets of
Quebec lead varied and exciting life,
from Mountain hill, which is too steep
for the old man to climb and Sous lie
Cap, which is too narrow for the big
car to get through with dignity, to
such roads as Ste. Anne and Fabrique
that go upstairs and downstairs in a
life of perpetual hide-and-seek with
the prophecies Of streetdom.
Reflections Of Normandy.
Along these thoroughfares are plant
ed tall Norman houses with grim roofs
pulled down over their eyes. They
stand in close formation, shoulder to
shoulder, mindful of the old days when
the Iroquois might drop over from
Lewis in his canoe or the cursed Eng:
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24
Good Chance Offered
for American | urf
| By HARRY M. WILLIAMS. New York

racing national institution Conditions abroad
made possible purchase hhcass oroughbds that in times
of peace would go to the sales ring
American thooughrcs driven out in vast numbers by the
adverse legislation imperative ock the
farms if the breeding of thoroughbreds was to continue
many purchases and this fall of these
Engsed auction Others have been brought
over by breeding purposes, and to
within few years this infusion of English blood will
benefit the American strains There stout old
but they be better benefited than by the infusion
Of ENGLISH blood lust the time time strength
made better by French German American horses
Racing much than the running of horses around track
important in national Defense and pretty
that the thoroughbred the horse above all others
to produce the army horse
should make the great big sport above the proac that
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24
GETTING Even.

when left home twenty years ago.
nobody thought I would ever amount
to anything" said the prosperous man
ufacturer.
"You fooled 'em, eh?"
81 should say so! Just for spite I
leased every available billboard and
plastered my name all over my native
village"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24
Q|I Don Label Persons,
but Know Them
By B;shop Charles D. Williams. Detroit. Mich.

ting acquainted distinctions America
What is the capitalist to the worngman? Simply man
jobs give What the wogman to the capitalist! Simply
@ number.
Take word foreigner The moment give that !abe! to
mt he becomes something entirely different from us
And such things determine whole attitude.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24
What She Hopcd.

Evelyn-Why, | thought you were
to sail for Europa yesterday.
Reginald-That was me-aw-inten-
ton, doncher know, but I-aw-changed
me mind at the lawst moment.
Evelyn-Glad to hear it, and hope
you got better one IL the change.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24

Just at this time the
American turf has its OPP
portunity. The opportu-
nifty comes with the very
natural curtailment of rae
ing in England, France,
German and Austria,
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24

1T is just like everything
else. So long as you con-
troll your impulses you will
find them helpful to you in
many ways. But the min
ute you allow your impulses
to govern you they are no
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24

The problem of the work.
ing girl who lives at home
is not only an economic one
but is a basic problem OF
life, in which the individual
pays through service the
debt she owes society. The
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-24

Nine-tentis of all our 50
cial strife, our hatreds and
our Indifference towerd our
neighbors is because we do
not know them-because we
give persons numbers OF
labels instead of really get
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
DAN PATCH NEVER
LOST A RACE

The recent death OF Dan Patch, ,:'
famous PAGER, has led TO much dise1sI
sion among horsemen as TO wheiss
the marks he set will ever be loE
cred.
Dan Patch was foaled Apri. %. 1874
on an Indiana farm. AS a three-ys,'
old he began TO show his speed to sa
trainer and the following year pace:
his maiden race over the half-ni
track at Boswell, Ind. In all his lot
career on the turf Dan Patch nsTs'
lost a race and he raced against q
the high class PAGERS of his day
He held many records. his mtrI
sensational performances being as 10.
lows: One mile in l55. one mile 2
l.55h, two miles in 256i4, three mils
in 1.66, fourteen miles averaging lS1l
thirty miles averaging 1914. forVl
five miles averaging LIS. seyenty.n''l
miles averaging 1924, one hundnl
and twenty miles averaging 2.027, or
hundred and thirty-two miles ayer'i
ing 2.04a., lowered worlds reeort,
fourteen times. mile record. 1906, L@i
mile wagon record, 1914. two-nAs
record, All; mile TO high wheel sslgl
2.04S.; half-mile record. SO; half-ns'
TO wagon. .5si3. half-mile on half-nii
track, Ssh; half-mile track reeo'a
POI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
Cobb BetterS His Average
Robertson Still at the Top
Daubert and Wagner in
Tie fOrSecOnd HOnOrS
i'm National.

Ten hits during the week were enough
to keep Davey Robertson at the top OF
the National League batters. The Giant
outfelder found the pitching in the
West to his liking and maintained his
lead over Jake Daubert. the Robins
captain. The Giant player is still bat
ting 1855 to the 1888 points of Daubert.
Hans Wagner is coming along at a
fast pace, and has now amasscd hits
enough TO place him on the same level
with the Brooklyn slugger. The Pitts
burgh player gained five points and
raised his average to 1893.
The Robins are now leading the clubs
in batting. with team average of 200.
The Giants are close behind. with .253,
the same average as maintained by
Cincinnati.
Max Carey, with twenty-nine stolen
bases. leads the base runners. Benny
kauff is second. with twenty-three
bases to his credit
These averages include the marks Of
the men who played in fifteen games
up 10 and including July IS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
COMMODORE POTTS'S ELF
BEATS BORDEN'S RUMPUS

Rumson, y. j., July l5.-Only six sec
onds apart at the finish, Commodore
William B. Potts's Elf and Bertram II.
Borden's Rumpus crossed the line first
and second, respectively, in to-day's
third race for the seasons cup.
Nine one-design knockabouts of the
Rumson Country Club started at 4:0l,
and all finished. A light easterly
breeze was blowing, and the red and
some green colored balloon jibs were
used TO advantage. and made a pretty
sight for the spectators, who were also
watching polo match from the club
house veranda and automobiles
The Ell. well sailed By Edward c..
Fielder. made the eight-mile race on
the South Shrewsbury in 81 minutes Is
seconds. Samuel Skier. jr.'s. Frances
was third, the Margaret fourth, Made
line fifth. Puff sixth, Brisr seventh,
Trouble eighth and Elseador ninth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
Seven American Leaguers
Hitting in 300 Glass
Tiger Team Leaders.

Ty Cobb added seven points 20 his
batting average during the last week
but Iris Speaker did as much, and
the relative positions Of the Georgia
Peach and the Texas Typhoon arc un-
changed.
Cobb is hitting for sn average Of
.S44. while Speaker is booming along
at a 1856. and threatening to burst
into the 400 ranks at any time. In
deed. Spoke is hitting harder than
Cobb just now The Georgian is get
ting on base as often as not through
his terrific burst of speed down to
first. lie is topping the ball badly.
The Tigers continue to lead the
league in club hitting, with a mark OF
.257. with the Indians second and the
Yankees third. Cobb. as usual, Is far
ahead OF the base runners. He has
pilferod thirty-six hassocks TO date.
These averages include the men who
have played in fifteen games up to
and including July Is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
ACTION IN M'CRAW
CASE IS POSTPONED

Cincinnati, July 15.-The case of
John j. McGraw. manager of the New
York Giants, who was charged yester-
day in a warrant sworn 10 by John r
Reed, Cincinnati fan, with disor-
derby conduct, was continued until
August 20 in the Municipal Court here
to-day. The case Of Fletcher, the New
York shortstop, against Reed on a like
charge. was continued TO the same date.
McGraw and Fletcher were repre-
sented by an attorney whom they had
engaged before they departed for St.
Louis last night
The charges against the Giants
leader and Reed were the result Of an
alteration which occurred at the ball
park after the game yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
Y. n. H. A. MINES
REACH SECOND ROUND

At meeting of the baseball commit
tee Of the Metropolitan League OF
Young Mems Hebrew Associations, held
yesterday, the schedule for the final
round Of the baseball tournament was
decided upon. The final game OF the
first round will be played tomorrow.
and the highest four teams being al
ready definitely known, each will play
the other three teams once.
The four teams which have reached
the second round, namely, 92d Street,
Borough Park, Mount Vernon and West
Side, will receive pennsnts, and the
ultimate winner will be presented with
handsome silver cup.
The schedule for the balance of the
season is as follows:
sunday. July 10. Bath Beach a. West Side 49,
Mount Vernon at West Side; 30. Borough Park az
Nouns Vernon. s9d Street Al West Side.
August s. Mount Vernon Al 500 Street. West Side
al Borough Park; -. Borough Park Al s2d Street.
ErrA nE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
Champions Must Be Reck'
oned With in Pen
nant Race.
BOSTON'S PITCHERS
NOW AT THEIR BEST
Matty's Days as Star Twirler
Ended-Dooin Passes
to Minors.
BY FRANK O'NEILL.

Before consulting the time tables ano
engaging your accommodations on IN.
fast trains between Cleveland ano
BROOKLYN for the worlds series, or De
fore you make ready TO spend at leas'
mart Of the second week IN oc'ooei
watching the Yankees and Braves mau
o,cb other. pay close attention TO the
Boston Red Sox.
Rating of the pace. and in good po-
sition to make their drive, which cri'ics
believe ia about to begin in earnest, tne
,vorld,s champions are in third place, q
scant score Of points behind the lea"
ers. -
After a period early in the season IN
Which tho vicissitudes Of fortune were
felt the champions have forged on 70
tbs front through sheer ability. SICK
ness tore I'D tho infeld combination
and reIogated some of the pitchers 70
the reserve list. George Foster was
slow in finding himself, Ernie Shore
,yas forced TO rest for a while, and the
clever Jack Barry was out. Neediess
70 saw. the loss Of Iris Speaker mas
been felt heavily. Then Duffy Lewis
fell of in his work. But through II al
The Ped Sox were still the Red So1, sho
they kept right on going.
Red sox in the Fight.
The Red sox proved beyond all
question that they are to be recKonenn
with BY the decisive manner IN Wnicn
they walloped the invading Chicago
White Sox in two double-headers'
Ernie Shore. George Foster, Duten
Leonard and the mighty Babe Rutn
were the siege guns unloosed by bllI
Carrigan. and against such hurilng
the pale-hosed crew wilted and passed
out. 1t is just that pitching that IS
bound to count in the drive through
until the cooling breezes OF Septem-
Der afford some compensation lot tne
suffering in the dog days OF August.
Every last one of those red-hoseo
hurlers is at his best. and then there
is the left-handed Carl Mays TO step
in at off moments and make me un-
bearable for the hitters. Mays mas
been lost in the glitter surrounding
tho afore-named quartet, but he Is
considerable pitcher, just the same
Duffy Lewis is swinging back into MS
stride. and is whaling the cover on
the ball when not engaged in running
all over the lot to attend TO those
nossjble hits which require his atten-
ton. Clarence Walker is far from
Sneaker. but he is a serviceable man:
and neither Harry Hooper nor oiaf
Henriksen requires explanation nor
defence.
1t may be said that the Boston Red
Sox are playing a game worthy OF the
fine traditions Of the team, and when
the final reckoning is made, Carri-
CAMS men will doubtless be there or
thereabouts.
Reports from the West state that
Christy Mathewson has a detached rib
and that his days as pitcher are
over. His loss to baseball will be
more than local. Mstty is credit 70
the game in every way, both on and
off the field. There have never been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
Aiken RedbirdS
Min Match from
Point JuditkS

Narragansett Pier, r. l., July 10
Polo had its inaugural for the season
to-day at the Point Judith Polo Club
where the championship tournament
begins on Wednesday, and teams will
arrive from all corners of the United
States. The game was get acquaInt-
ed one between players of the Point
Judith and Aiken 5. {. clubs.
No turf could have been brighter TO
the eye or softer for the hoofs of the
mounts. IL was gay scene when the
wearers of the brightly colored silks,
green and white predominating. began
their dashes for the ball in the evening
sunshine. The onlookers. grouped at
little tea tables, under big red and
white awnings. were keen with excite
ment. A detail OF the scene was lines
of huttering green and white pennants
lust back Of the boards like a hedge
along a fence.
The teams played regardless of han
dicaps. The Point Judith four were
Jay Coogan, Rodman Wanamaker. p. S.
p. Randolph and +. g. McVitty, OF Pas
adena, Cal, while ". L. Goodwin. Earl
W. Hopping, Max C. Fleischmann, of
Cincinnati, and Kent Legare, OF " ash
ington, lined up for the Aiken red
birds.
1t was a dashing, aggressive game,
Point Judith leading by goal at half
time and holding the advantage until
nearing the end of the final period
when Fleischmann scored the goal that
gave the Aiken Redbirds their first
lead and the game.
The score was 4 u TO Si2 in favor OF
Point Judith at half-time Randolph
and j. Coogan promptly added two
more to the lead at the opening of the
fifth interval. At the start of the
eighth period Point Judith still led by
81. to 81 goals, but fine hit earned a
count for Goodwin, and as the period
was closing Fleischmann gained the
winning tally, making the score Ia
for the Aiken Redbirds to Ga for Point
Judith.
81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
SECOND GAME.

Two base hits-Lenis. Walker t2l. Hooli,1ell
Iliree base hlts-sisler Hoblitsell. Stolen bases
Mirsans ~. Sacrifice hits-Johnson. Gardiner
Double p.ay-Lavan to Pratt TO siser Ien on
bAseS-St Louis. :: Boston. s. First base on errors
DaTenport ! OF Baumsardner. / on McCabe. /.
OF Ruth. ,. on Wyckor. ?. Hits and earned runs
on Davenport. hits and 3 runs In is inning.
on Park. ! hit and run IN % inning: on Baum,
gardner. hits and 4 nuns In 23 inning, on Nc
Iape. hits and no runs IN l-3 inning. on Ruth
s hits and ! nun IN Innings. OF Wyckor hi,s
AID runs In innings FIT BY pitcher-By Daren-
port tBsryl: BY McCabs (Lewis). Struck out-By
Ruth. 4 BY Wyckor. ,. Wild prh-Park I'm
pfes-Osens and Connolly Time-2 o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
WHITE SOX CAPTURE
TWO FROM ATHLETICS

Philadelphia, July l5.-The Chicago
White Sox won both games from Phila-
delphia to-day by scores of to l and
to 0. Only one error was recorded in
the two contests, Witt making tumble
in the first
Each game was marked by excellent
twirlng. In the first Scott had the
better Of battle with Sheehan. two Of
whose bases on balls resulted in runs,
while SCOTS passes had no effect on
the scoring.
The scores follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
RED SOX AND BROWNS
DIVIDE DOUBLE.HEADER

Boston. July 15.-St. Louis and Bos-
ton divided to-day's double-header. the
visitors winning the first game to l.,
while the second was Boston's by the
wide margin Of II to 4.
Gardner made bad throw in the
first inning OF the opening game, paw
ing the way for both tallies After
the Red Sox began hitting in the third
inning Of the second contest visit
ors piled up many errors and none
Of the four pitchers could stop the
slugging fest.
The scores follow: