DAKOTA CO. HERALD
DAKOTA CITY, N KB.
anus II. HKAM,
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Publisher.
OLD-AGE PENSIONS.
The expected has happened, a bill
for old-age pensions ha been Intro
duced In the house of representatives.
The Introducer Is William Bauchop
Wilson of Blossburg, Pa., former coal
miner, former International secretary
of the United Mine Workers of Ameri
ca, who now intikes a living for his
ten children on a farm, when he is not
lucky enough to be drawing a repre
sentative's salary, says Brooklyn
Eagle. The provisions of the bill give
$120 a year to each man or woman
over the nee of sixty-five who has
neither property worth $1,500 nor an
Income of over $240 a year. Modesty
Is to bo expected of an entering
wedgo. Hut Wilson's measure Is toa
modest by half. This la a rich coun
try. How can It expect a person over
sixty-five years old to live comfortably
on $120 n year? If the old-age pension
In ench case were fixed at. say $S,000
a year, more money would be put In
circulation and anyone would have a
motive for seeking longevity. Nobody
would he silly enough to nurse thrift
or to pursue Industry any farther than
would be needed to keep life going till
the nge of sixty-five should be reached.
For that matter, why not make the age
forty? This Is an era of humanitarian
experimentation.
The mosquito season Is at hand, and
New Jersey, where the objectionable
Insect most abounds, is moving in the .
matter of destroying the pest. Bayonne j
is one of the towns In which energetic j
and organized action has been taken, i
Infested sections are to be oiled and '
ditched, and It Is believed that by ths j-
methods emnloved millions of larvae !
will be killed and thus grave conse
quences will be averted. It has been
shown that combined and systematic
effort. Including the most sclentlflo
means of fighting the evil, can be very
effective, and New Jersey, which has
been a great sufferer from the ravages
of the mosquito, may add vastly to
health and comfort by general war
aimed at exterminating tho mos
quito. Is Cuba to furnish the means of
lafeguardlng the forests and producing
paper at a moderate cost? It Is an
nounced from that island that expert
ments in manufacturing paper from
.sugar-cane fiber have proved entirely
I successful, and that the product can
"be turned out at much less cost than
from wood pulp. Of course the cane is
what is left after the sugar has been
extracted, and thus another by-product
comes Into play. It has also been as
serted that American cornstalks may
bo converted Into pnpor. As there Is
practically an unlimited supply of such
material, making good the assertion
should bo a very important step lu
conservation.
Crossing ,the English channel in an
airship semes to have become almost
a bnblt. Louis Blerlot led the way
nearly a year ago and '-as followed by
Jacques de Lesseps May 21 last. Doth
those aviators were Frenchmen, and
they flew from France to England.
Now Charles Stewart Rolls, an Eng
lishman, has made the trip from Eng
land to France and back again without
a stop, and therefore holds the record
in this particular line of achievement.
And he did the trick in a Wright aero
plane, so America gets at least part
of the credit
Dispatches from Seattle report an
almost unprecedented rush to the gold
(fields of Alaska. This does not look
as though there were general accept
ance of that story that a Scranton al
chemist has discovered a method of
transmuting baser materials Into gold
and silver, which, it actually done,
would Inevitably minimize the value
of the yellow and white metals. In
short, the modern prospector or specu
lator has no use for the philosopher's
stone, so eagerly sought by the an
cients. The movement for the devising ol
sanitary rules for all passenger tralni
and railroad stations Is not aimed at
the carrying operations, because It
originated among tbem, and was sug
gested by Dr. W. A. Applegate, chlel
surgeon of the Southern railway. Th
railroads have always been leaders In
promoting the safety and comfort ol
the traveling public, and they will co
operate earnestly with the United
Btates public health and marine hos
pital service In combating germ dl
eases.
How will coming generations get
their physical exercise In outdoor rec
reations? The motorcycle has played
hob with the bicycle, and tne powef
boat has the sailing boat and the oars
men on the run. A tiny motor now
pushes the light Indian canoe over the
shallow lakes and streams, and foi
some the paddle is too strenuous oi
too slow. Shall we next see the pedes
trian tuck a motor in his pocket and
get over the ground without the laboi
of moving his feet?
Down In Connecticut recently
woman died decause a fortune had
been left to her. People who km
waiting for rich uncles to pass away
jwlll agree thnt her action was wholly
unJuBUflable.
A Boston gentleman has succeeded
In breeding a blue rabbit In other
towns, certain men have been able to
produce polka-dotted ones, without
having a single Burbank up their
sleeves.
FORMER CUB NOW MANAGESTHECOLONELS
BEFORE
opened
the big lengue season
Del Howard, substitute
..rst baseman of the Chicago Cubs,
was sold to Louisville of the American
association.
Several weeks after the season be
gan Charles W. Murphy, president of
the Cubs, his brother, and a confiden
tial man of Charles P. Taft, supposed
owner of the Cubs, visited Louisville
and held conferences with President
Grayson of the Colonels. It was ru
mored at the time that Taft and Mur
phy were dickering for the purchase
of the Ix)ulsvllle team. Everybody de
nied it
Then comes the report that Del
Howard had been made manager of
the Colonels, succeeding Pletz, 'Who
led the team to the winning of the
pennant Inst year.
When Howard was with the Cubs
he used to be the field captain when
Chance was out of tho game. If the
team went out of town for an exhibi
tion gnmo Howard was the acting
mannger. There was some surprlno
when he was released to Loulsvlllo by
the Cubs.
Now, tho fans are asking, what does
it mean? Has Murphy gained control
of the Colonel? There are some foxy
people connected with the great na
tional pastime but none of them has
anything on Charles Webb Murphy.
The development of star pitchers Is
proceeding at a fearful pace, but the
development of stnr batsmen seems
to be utterly at a standstill. At the
way things are going there will be
regiments of classy pltchors In a few
more years, while the art of batting
will die out as soon as the present
I crop of sturdy old hitters is extinct
Q . . Bummer ou
cnn B,,e an,Dlt011B youn(? pitchers at
WOrk, flinging, curving, learning tho
tricks of the pitching trade, and so
completely overshadowing the young
bntsmen that big strike-out records
navo become me rule, not tne excep
tion, at school nnd college.
It was Jim Hart, a few years ago,
who told an ambitious youngster to
train himself for a third baseman, not
a pitcher, because pitchers did not
last, whereas inflelders could play the
game for years and would always be
In demand. Still, the modern pitcher,
with any sort of good behavior, out
lasts the modern lnflelder. Yes. He
actually does. Despite the wear and
tear upon his arm, the modern pitcher
Is good for a longer diamond life than
most of his teammates, and the rec
ords show It, too. tz
How many men are now on tho m
Giants who were there when Matbew
ion began?
Take Cy Young, Mordecal Brown,
Jack Powell and Tom Hughes, for In
stance, nnd see if you can think of
many inflcldors who have been In the
game longer than they have.
Does it happen that any of you fans
remember Hudson, the star twlrler
who did box work for the St Loula
Browns along In tho '80s, and later
with the Detroit Tigers? Ho twirled
bis last game with Detroit In 189!.
Charley Comlskey of the White Sox
lost one of his star pitchers, Carru
thers, while In St. Louis, and while
grieving over his bereavement ho
strolled Into a barber shop to get
shaved. In n Joking manner he asked
the barber If ho knew where he could
get a good pitcher. The barber snld
yes. Charles asked where, and tho
barber said that he himself was one
of the greatest that ever heaved the
pellet towards homo. Comlskey prom
ised to glvo him a trial. That barber
was Hudson.
Manager Dooin of tho Phillies has
refused to waive on Harry Lumley,
the former mannger and outfielder of
tho Brooklyn club. Luniley was given
his release recently by Brooklyn. He
said at that time that he wanted to
rest this season, because of the re-
ceut death of his wife, but he has as
sumed the management of the Bing
Bob Unglaub, first-Backer of the
Washington club, has been In the
American league for close onto eight
years. During all that time he has
used but one bat, while for his first
base play he has hud but one mitt.
His bat he guards as though it were
a priceless Jewel. He does not lay It
with the other bats in front of the
bench, but has it up in one corner
where he can keep his eye on It He
docs not use it lu practise, but during
the progress of a game depends upon
It altogether for bunting as well as
slamming out long hits.
Besides being a good base ball gen
eral. It cah not be forgotten that Stall
ing Is some-David Harum when it
comes to selling players. Neal Ball
was sold to Cleveland for $5,000 and
Washington paid the same price for
Kid Elberfeld. Detroit put up $8,000
for Qttorge Morlarty and the Boston
have Just paid $2,500 for Clyde Engle
and $2,500 for Klelnow. Rochester
gave $2,000 for Blulr, and so on. Yet
Stulllngs seems to have a better ball
'.cam than ever.
Connie Mack made Detroit a btg of
fer for Catcher Beckendorf, but was
turned down. Mack was pretty sweet
on Beckendorf when he first attracted'
the attention of the big league scouts,
but Detroit beat him out Tbeu Mack
offered Detroit $5,000 for the catcher,
which was refused. It is understood
that Mack thtB time boosted the for
mer figure considerably, but Detroit
is not going to do anything to strength
en a rival.
Manager Hughle Jennings unloos
ened the family wallet the other day
and visited a Detroit hat store. There
be purchased or left orders for straw
bonnets for each of the Tigers. Jen
nings promised the Tigers bats if they
won three of four from the Athletics
and cleaned up with St. Louis. They
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EVERS CAN'T HELP IT.
It seems that Johnny Evert,
i) second baseman for the Cubs,
Just can't help It. When the
if. season began "the Crab" said
he had made up his mind not
to scrap with the umpire any
more. "It doesn't pay," said
Evers, "and I'm going to cut
It out." The little fellow stood
It as long as he could, and
then three days' suspension
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for his. For what?
Umpire Rlglcr.
Jawing
in
bamton, New York State let gue tenm.
It is deemed thnt be wili be carried
as a utility outfielder If he JoUis the
Phillies. With Mngee, Bntes and Titus
hitting, fielding and running the bases
In top form, it is not probnble thnt
there would be a place for the ex
manager on the team Just now.
Manager McGrnw of the Giants says
bases are not stolen on the catcher,
but on the pitcher. He says It Is up
to the pitcher to keep a base runner
close to first base. "If tho pitcher al
lows too much of a start, the best
throw In the world can not stop him,"
says McGraw. "Of course, the catch
ers make bad throws occasionally, but
they would make very few if the base
runners were held close and throws
did not have to be made in a hurry."
did. Only one member was stung.
George Morlarty saw some bargain
hats at $1.98, reduced from $2, and in
vested before the manager sprung his
little treat.
"Mldgo" Craven, fleet right fielder
of the South Bend club, leading base
runner and run-getter of the league
in 1908, will quit baseball to manage
a cigar store and pool room In Grand
Rapids, Mich. South Bend fans who
have been watching the pennant-winning
race of the Bronchos are taken
aback by the announcement. Craven
has been with the Bronchos three
years.
Scout Mike Kahoe has purchased
Catcher Atnsmlth of the Lawrence,
Mass., team, the star receiver of the
New England lengue. Alnsmlth will
not Join the Washington team until
the end of the New England league
season. It Is understood that Pitcher
Joe Hovlik figures In the deal and will
report to Lawrence at once.
McIIale, pitcher of the University
of Maine, and Pond, a hard hitting out
fielder of the same team, have Joined
the Boston Red Sox. "Hap" Myers, a
utility man recently recovered from
Hi-urlet fever, also went with the re
crultb to Join tho Bostons.
Shortstop Derrick of tho Greenville
team (Carolina association), has been
sold to the Philadelphia Americans for
$1,500. nnd Catcher Wlngo has been
sold to the St. Louis Nationals for
$1,000. They will report at the close
of the season.
Manager Kelley of St. Paul Bays
Dave Brain has been purchased for a
utility man and that be regards Bouch
er as the best third baseman In the
association.
The Cincinnati National league club
has purchased Pitcher Benton of tho
Mucon, Ga., club. Benton Is a left
hander, and the purchase price, It Is
stated, la "the largest ever paid for
a less than claus A player."
Robinson, an lnflelder recently ob
tained from Milwaukee, has been re
leased by Cincinnati to Louisville for
Woodruff and a cash consideration or
another player.
Corns, Fort Wayne's star southpaw,
held Dayton to two bits a few days
ago. For some reason Harry did not
get started right, but has now ap
parently "come back."
ZEIOER SAYS CONFIDENCE
IS BIG THING IN GAME
GOOD PITCHINQ, BATTING ANC
HARD WORK ALSO ESSENTIAL
DECLARES WHITE 80X
CAPTAIN.
BY "ROLLIE" ZEIOER.
(Copyright, 1310, by Joseph B. Bowleg.)
It may sound like a Joke at thi
present stage of the race for me U
tell how I win, so I will write on bom
I think any player ought to play tc
win. They are my ideas and I thins
they will work out If followed stead
lly.
Confidence Is the big thing, pitch
Ing the next, and then batting an
hard work. Those aro the thlngi
that make winning teams, and none a
them Is any good unless every man li
working together, helping each othet
and studying the game every minute
pr course I do not know as mucl
about It na the fellows who havt
been In the big leagues for years, and
I realize that they have something
on me In knowing more about each
other. But the fact Is that the sam
things thnt were true when I wai
playing on a country team in Indian
aro true In the major league.
I think a player must have the de
termination to win and the forgetful
ness of everything else In him if h
Is to be a good player. There must
not be any side Interests after s
game starts. A fellow must go oul
there and work nnd fight to the fin
lsh fight for runs nnd fight to stor
the other team. He must fight foi
every inch of ground. But I take II
for granted a player has that in him
before he starts. No matter what nil
position he must study It from everj
point, nnd study the men around him
what their, habits are, how far thej
can go to the right or left, whethei
they take thrown balls well, whethei
they hear quickly and will stop when
called upon. The fear of colllslom
costs many ball games, especial!)
when the players are not familial
with each other.
If a man is an lnflelder he must
study the ground until he knows everj
bump and soft or hard spot, as wet
as study the batters. He must watct
every move of the players on his owi
team, and know, either from theli
movements or their signals, what the
will do or try to do on the next play
An lnflelder ought to be a good Judg
of speed and distance, and to decld
instantly not only how a ball wll
bound, but how he will take it
whether between bounds or on ths
high bound. . In deciding he must
know the speed of the runners, for
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"Rollle" Zelder.
he can back up and take a ball on the
easy bound on some runners while
on others faster men he must dive
forward and take chances on fum
bling In order to get his man.
It Is in this point thnt a lot of play
ers fall. That Is why I think the play
er who hears what the crowd says, or
pays attention to criticism is not as
good as one who Is deaf to everything
except what his manager or captain is
saying or his fellow player calling.
The player who wins Is one who takes
chances, and the best players make
more errors usually than those who
back up and take the ball on the easy
bound all the time fearing to risk an
error and playing It safe.
The one who takes the chance and
fumbles wins the games, and a player
ought to try for everything he can
reach In any way, whether he can
get it or not If he keeps trying he
will get a large per centage of the
balls that gat r.v.uy from others who
play safe, or who get discouraged
and quit trying
Decatur Franchise to Taylorville.
Decatur's franchise In the Northern
association has been transferred to
Taylorville because of lack of Interest
and small attendance. Taylorville will
finish Decatur's schedule. Decatur
hopes to get back into the Three I
league next year.
Jack Dalton to Brooklyn.
Brooklyn has corralled a new player,
one Jack Dalton of Des Moines of the
Western league. This may or may
not bo the same Jack who has stolen
the valuable papers In many a melo
drama of former days.
Graham Goes to Minors.
BUI Graham, the St. Louis Ameri
cans' pitcher, has been old to the
Chattanooga club of the Southern
league.
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SOLVES PROBLEM OF AUTOMATIC
THE- CttHMTMAN FLYING MACHINE- """""J&lwT.;?....
THE government authorities are anxiously awaiting further tests of the Chrlstman flying machine with a
view to purchasing some of these remarkable aeroplanes for military use. The wonderful feature of this
device of Dr. William W. Chrlstman is that it seems to hove solved the problem of automatic equilibrium.
It Is self-balancing In flight without the use of auxiliary balancing devices of any kind. The harder the
wind blows, the stlffer and more stable It becomes, thus eliminating the heretofore great danger of flying in
windy weather. The machine Is the only one in existence which can "hover" or remain perfectly still In the
air when the engine Is Inoperative. It has a lifting capacity of 1,500 pounds. Seventy-five callous of gasoline
can be carried, giving a range of travel of 300 miles or more without coming to tho ground.
BAR WOMEN AT HUNT
English Sportsman Shows Indig
nation at Cancellation of Race.
Reference to "Marsports" Demon
strates Fact That Games Calling
for Grit and Determination Are
Dwindling In Popularity.
London. The woman's role on the
hunting field has been a continual
source of discussion among English
fox hunters, but the close of the pres
ent season sees the subject crop up
in a new light
Point to point races are a regular
feature of the winding up of the hunt
ing with moat of the packs, and of
late years women's races frequently
are included in the program. This
year the Essex hunt's point to point
races were to have Included a woman's
race, but that event was canceled at
the last moment, although five women
had entered. .
The Incident caused speculation in
hunting circles, and now the affair
gets additional interest from a sporting
challenge by Sir Claude de Cresplgny,
who, although over sixty years old, is
a fine, all around sportsman and an
adept with the gloves. Sir Claude has
sent the following epistle to an Essex
paper:
"At the point to point meeting I
was informed the women who had in
so sporting a spirit entered for the
race were furious at the event being
struck off the program. I beg to in
form them that I share their indigna
tion, and the elimination was without
my knowledge or approval.
"So far as I can make out some
silly old women, not of female sex,
set about worrying the honorable sec
retary, threatening to absent them
selves If the race was left in. What
difference would their nonattendauco
have had on the meeting?
"A much greater sportsman than
any of these marsports offered to pro
duce twelve women from his own hunt
who would pound any twelve men of
any hunt.
"If any of the objectors resent my
description of them they will know
where to find me."
Sir Claude's reference to twelve
"Lady" Bootblack is Latest
Parlors to Be Established In All Parts
of Gotham to Accommodate
Fair Sex.
New York. Innovations in the form
of women shoe shiners are to be intro
duced to New Yorkers in the near fu
ture by the United Shoe Shining com
pany. The women are to shine the
shoes of the members of the fair sex
in parlors that will be established In
all parts of the city for them exclu
sively. Other parlors for men will be estab
lished In all the principal hotels, con
gregating places and street corners.
At least, the prospectus of the com
pany says so. The company declares
it has an authorized capital of $1,500,
,000, with shares at one dollar each.
The stock Is being underwritten at 35
cents a share.
Shoes will be cleaned and polished
according to the very latest ideas,
the prospectus states, and shabby
places will have to give way to "con
veniently located, sanitary, orderly
and tasteful 'establishments, where
RED, WHITE AND BLUE ROSE
Californian Is Already Two-Thirds
Successful In His Patriotic Ex
periment With Tree.
Los Angeles, Cal. Having a rose
bush which produces a red and white
flower, Park Superintendent Long of
Long Branch thinks he can make it
rdd a blue shade also, and thus he
will have a national flower.
Last year a bush in Paci4a park
bore snow-white roses. This season
the flowers are beautifully tinged
with red. Long attributes this fact to
the proximity of a red rose bush and
says that by next year, when the
roots of the bushes mingle, the red
stripe will be even more pronounced.
He is now planning to force the red
and white bush to take on the shade
of blue.
By Way of Variety.
"What will you do when you get too
old for your monologue, Jlmfriest" "I
guess I'll go on the stage with a prlxe
Csht" Louisville Courier-Journal. .
Jv :;rxs.r
women who would pound any twelve
men of any hunt gives a point to the
lament raised by a contributor to the
Weekly Nation over the decadence of
British sport The games which call
for grit and determination, he says,
are dwindling in popularity. He espe
cially refers to the fact that while fox
hunting attracts larger fields, the
standard of horsemanship has not im
proved among men. This, he thinks,
due to the fact that In the rising
generation men for the most part de
vote their attention to motoring
rather than horsemanship.
"Fortunately," he continues, "the
women seem, upon the whole, to ride
better than they used to do, and to
be growing keener about It Plenty
of men will, of course, tell you that
women who ride across country quite
fearlessly do so in almost every In
stance through ignorance of the
danger.
"That theory Is a false one. Dozens
Discover Rest for Weary
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Berlin Specialist Claims to Have
Found Cure for Tired Feeling
Experiments With Dogs.
Berlin. Prof. Loewy of the Berlin
Agricultural High school, a famous
specialist, has arranged so that no
body need ever be tired any more
has found how to inoculate us against
that exhaustion of vital energy which
we call getting fagged out Perfectly
serious he is about it
He has discovered that a substance
called spermln Injected under the skin
removes the symptoms of exhaustion
and enables weary creatures to go on
working long after nature usually
cries "Halt!"
Some trained dogs were set like
prisoners to run everlastingly uphill
over an electrically-driven treadmill.
They were kept at this until the poor
beasts looked ready to drop with ex
haustion and the chemical tests
showed that the drain on what consti
tutes energy in dogs and men was too
great to be longer maintained. Then
the professor injected large doses of
spermln under the dogs' hides.
will be found the very latest newspa
pers and current literature."
Options on the principal shoe
shining parlors have been obtained, it
Is reported, and new stands will be es
tablished as well. The business will
be conducted on "chain" lines similar
to restaurants and cigar store sys
tems. Sends Twenty Thousand Tulips.
Paris. The queen of Holland has
made a charming gift to Paris. Twen
ty thousand magnificent tulips, of all
sizes, kinds and colors arrived from
the celebrated collection at The
Hague, and have been planted at
Bagatelle, Bols de Boulogne, where
for a time the beautiful queen of
France, Marie Antoinette, lived In se
clusion. Bagatelle is famous for its
tulips, of which there are 100,000 In
the gTOund.
Not Everything.
"You play poker as though It were
everything in life." "But it Isn't
There's a limit to everything and the
aina oi poaer i piay nas no limit"
Tiniest Baby
Smallest Infant In World Had Power
to Move Amusement Park Brass
Band and Stand.
Chicago. The tiniest baby in Chi
cago, and probably the smallest in
fant in the world the other day, had
the power to move a brass band and
a band stand.
The little one Is a baby girl weigh
ing 18 ounces. She was born at
South Chicago. The family physician
rushed the tiny mlto to a Rlvervlew
infant Incubator to be scientifically
cared for until it could be safely
handled at home. In the meantime a
band stand and bally hoo band had
been planted CO feet from the incu
bator building to attract the crowd.
The first bally hoo piece was "Baby
Mine." The little one strenuously ob
jected. She wanted to sleep.
Mrs. Couny, M. D.. who has charge
of the babies, protested. She said It
.was. acase of. life -UajJfovthe
EQUILIBRIUM
w.' t.r rYV&'Sy'ttr I
of times I have seen women, who
well know the risks they ran In taking
certain lines of country when the
hounds aro running hard, give men
who were hesitating at an awkward
fence a lead over, for woman's intui
tion and her quickness of thought and
decision serve her in tho hunting field
Just as they do elsewhere.
"It Is curious, but it may be sig
nificant, that while the vast propor
tion of men of the well-to-do class
seem to be satisfied with amusements
needing neither nerve nor grit, the
women are becoming more addicted
to games and forms of sport that call
for the risk of limb and sometimes
life.
"Whether tho fashion of riding
astride, which steadily has spread
since Mrs, Alex Tweedie set the ef
ample. Is to be recommended It is
hard to say."
When one notes how the women o
England are growing taller, stronger
and hardier, while there is a general
tendency toward physical degenera
tion in men, one wonders If an Ama
zonian England Is a possibility of tha
future. '
In three experiments the immediate
result was a great recovery from ex
haustion and the dogs were set to
work again on their treadmill and trot,
ted off. if not as fresh as ever, yet dis
tinctly no longer overtired.
Why spermln produces this extraor
dinary effect Professor Loewy has not
yet ascertained.
BEGINS A WAR ON MOSQUITO
New Jersey County and Several Rail,
roads Co-Operate to Exterminate
Pest
New York. Escorted by Commis
sioner William Delaney of tho Hudson
county board of health, the Bayonne
board of health and Drs. John T. Con
nolly and Charles J. Larkey of the
medical staff of the city have in
spected the rendezvous of the Bay
onne crop of mosquitoes. They found
a few hundred thousand larvae and
wrigglers. The breeding places were
near the Central railroad tracks.
The Bayonne board decided to ask
the council to make a special appro
priation at once, so the breeding spots
may be destroyed before the mos
quitoes get on the wing, which will
be about ten days hence. Prof. John
B. Smith, state entomologist has
promised to have the state pay half
the expense of the fight against the
pests in Bayonne.
Commissioner Delaney said a sys
tematic fight would be made through
out the county and that the Pennsyl
vania, Central and Lehigh Valley rail
roads would spend about $35,000 In
their share of the work.
Mother of Triplets Honored.
London. According to time-honored
custom, King George has forwarded
to Mrs. Jackson, wife of a Hull tram
wayman, a king's bounty of $15 that
is given to every one giving birth to
triplets. Mrs. Jackson now has nine
children. The whole town of Hull is
proud of the event and is raising a
big local fund for her benefit
Cafe Brings $300,000.
Paris. The Cafe Anglais was sold
the other afternoon at auction for
$300,000 to a Belgian group after spir
ited bidding. The price per square
meter almost equaled that of the high.
est price obtained for New York city
I land.
Stops Music
world's smallest baby. The band and
stand were moved.
This baby is a trifle less than tea
inches in length. Its head Is shaped
proportionately with the body and the
hands measure but seven-eights of aa
inch across the widest part The fore
finger Is half an inch long and one
eighth of an Inch in width. Her par
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ander
son 8933 Belmont avenue.
Bust of Mark Twain Completed. '
New York. A bust of Samuel Li.
Clemens (Mark Twain), to adorn the
proposed memorial to bo erected, ha
boon completed by Louis Potter, sculp
tor. The memorial Is to be paid for
by women admirers of the author'
works.
What a Widower Is.
A widower is a person who thinks
It makes the widows mad to see bint
going around with a young glrL G
reatoa Newa. A