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CUT .T Wnat, baau't George propose retr "No, what can you expect of a maa iwho won't speed his automobile over fifteen miles an hour." Someone Might Get Hurt. Pietro bad drifted to Florida and was working with a gang at railroad construction. Ho had been told to I) e ware of rattlesnakes, but assured that they would always give the warning rattle before striking. One hot day he was eating his noon luncheon on a pine log when he saw a big rattler colled a few feet in front of him. He eyed the serpent and be Can to lift bis legs over the log. He bad barely got them out of the way When the snake's fangs bit the bark beneath him. "Son of a gunaV yelled Tletro. "Why you do rlnga dafbell?" Every body's Magazine. A Handicapped Official. "Tou let some of the swiftest auto scorchers gt by without a word?" "I know It," replied the village con bl. "My glasses don't suit my ye like U.uy i:rcd to, nnd T esn't do anything with an auto that ain't goin low enough fur me to read the num Jber." World Largest Cemetery. At Hook wood, Australia, Is the largest cemetery In the world. It covers 9,000 acres. Only a plot of . 200 acrea baa been used thus far, In which 100,000 persons of all national! ilea have been burled. ha Was a Big Fighter. Mrs. Benham -Do you remember Whan I bad my coming out? Benham No, but It must have been like tba launching of a battleship. Mualo Weds expression to that for which the epeex-h has no words. Car men Eylva Hard PUZZLED Wort, Sometime, Children. to Raise Children' taste Is of ttimes more ac curate. In aclectlng the right kind of food to fit the body, than that of adults. Nature works more accurate ly through the children. A BrookJya lady says: "Our little boy bad toog been troubled with wreak digestion. We could never per suade bins to take more than one taste of any kind of cereal food. He was a weak Utile chap and we were pus sled to know what to feed hlra on. "One lucky day we tried Grape Nut. Well, you never saw a child at with aw a relish, and It did me good to sea him. From that duy on It seemed as though we could almost eee him grow. Ha would eat Grape Nuta for breakfast and supper, and I think be would have liked the food for dinner. "The dlffrrcnt-e In his appearance is something wonderful. "My bu&b&ud had never fancied co real foods of any kind, but ho be came very fond of Grape-Nuts and has Loeu much improved In health since uulng It "We are now a healthy family, and naturally briieve In Grape-Nuts. "A friend hjm two children who were Tor-nrTy r.lTlictod with rickets. I v.'.ii satisfied that the disease vuj caused fcy lack of proper nourishment. They ahowed it. Bt I urged her to use Crape-Nuts as an experiment and the result in aJuoost magical. "They coetinucd tho food and today . bolV chj?drea tire well and strong as any chUdia In tils city, and, of course, my frtaud Is a firm believer in firape-Nuta for ebe has the evidence before her eye-e every day." Read "Tba lload to Wellvllle," found la pkgs, "TV.rc's a Hcaon." jOmw 4 V a tor latter f A aw 0tmm traa time to tlasa Thar CHAPTER. XXV. Hoping always for the best, after the manner prescribed for optimistic gen tinman who aucf PHsfullv exploit their fellowa. Mr. Dnxlinrv Farley did not deem It necessary to confide fully In hla inn when the rcnresontatlve of American Aqueduct broke orf negotla tlons abruptly and went back to New Tork. Whan the comfortable arrangement with tho pipe trust threatened to mis carry, all he did was to urgo Vincent to hasten the day when Miss Imbney's stock could be utilized as a Farley as set. lYessed gor particular reasons, lie turned It oft lightly. A young man !n tho fever of ante-nuptial expectancy was a mere pawn In the business game; let It be ovor anl done with, so that the nominal treasurer of Chia wassoe Limited could once more be come the treasurer in fnct. Whereupon Vincent, who rode badly at best, bought a new saddle-horse and took his place at Miss Dabnay's whip hand In the early morning rides, tho place formerly filled hy Tom Gordon Which was not the part of wisdom, one Would say. Contrasts are pitiless things; and the wary woman-hunter will break new paths rather than tra verse those already broken by his ri val. Tom, meanwhile, had apparently re lapsed Into his former condition of dis interest, and was once more sponding his days on the mountain, seemingly bent on effacing himself socially, as he had been effaced business-wise by the Farley overturn. A week or more after the relapse, a he was crossing the road leading over tht mountain's shoulder, he came on the morning riders walking their horses toward Paradise, and saw trouble In Miss Dabney's eyes, and on Farley's Impassive face a mask of sullen anger. With the negotiations for the sale to the trust so abruptly terminated, the promoter-president set Instant and anxious Inquiry afoot to determine tho cause. It was soon revealed; and when Mr. Farley found that the pipe-pit pat ents had not been transferred with the Gordon plant, and that Major Dabney had given Caleb Gordon a power of at torney over Ardea's stock In the com pany, there were hard words said In the town ofllces of Messrs. Trewhltt fie Elocumb, Chlawassee attorneys, and a torrent of persuasive ones poured Into the Major's ear the latter pointing to the crying necessity for the revocation of the power of attorney, summarily and at once. The Major proved singularly obstln ate and non-committal., "Mlstah Caleb tioruon is ray friend, sun, and I wai mighty proud to do him this small fa Veh. What his object Is makes no man hen of dlff'ence to me, sun; no man nah of dlffe'ence, whateveh," was all an anxious promoter could get out of the old autocrat of Deer Trace. But Mr. Farley did not desist; neither did he fall to keep the telegraph wires to New York heated to Incandescence with his tppeals for a renewal of the negotia tions for surrender. When the wired appeals brought forth nothing but evasive replies, Mr. Farley began to look for trouble, and it came: flrst In a mysterious closing of the market against Chlawassee pipe, and next in an alarming advance of freight rates from Gordonla on the Great Southwestern. Colonel Duxbury doubled his field force and gave his travelers a frao hand on the price list Persuasion and diplomacy having failed, a frenzy like that uf one who finds himself slipping Into the sharp-staked pitfall prepared for others seized on him. It was the madness of those who have seen the clock hands stop and begin to turn pteadlly backward on the dial of suc cess. Ten days later the freight rates went up another notch, and there began to be a painful dearth of cars In which to Ship the few orders the salesmen were Still able to place. Mr. Farley shut his eyes to the portents, put himself reck lessty into Mr. Vancourt Hennlker's hands as a borrower, and posted a no tlce of a slashing cut In wages at the works. As a matter of course, the cut brod I nmedlate and tumultuous trouble wltit the miners, and In the midst of It tho president made a flying trip to New York; to the metropolis and to the of fices of American Aqueduct to make a final appeal In person. Hut the door was shut Mr. Draooit was not to be seen, though his assist ant was very affable. No; American Aqueduct was not trying to assimilate the smaller plants, or to crush out all competition, as the public seemed to believe. With fifty million dollars In vested H could easily control a market for Its own product, which was all the shareholders demanded. Was Mr. Farley In the city for some little time and would he not dine with the assist nt nt the Waldorf-Astoria? Mr. Farley took a fast train, south bound. Instead, and on reaching South Tredegar, wired his New York broker to test the market with a small block of ("hluwassee Limited. There were no takers at the upset price; and the high est hi was less than half of tho ask tut;. Colonel Duxbury wat writing lot tela nt the Cupola when the broke teler.un was handed him, and he brok a rule which had held good for the bet ter pirt of a cautious, self-contalne lifetime. The following morning th miners and all the white men employ tn In the furnace and foundries an coko yards at Gordonla went on strlk Huxley Kaney had resources, a corn fortalde fortune as country fortunes go, amassed by far-seeing shrewdnes n cilm contempt for the well-being oi h)3 hiiHlncss a.ssoeiates, nnd most of a by a rro.vnlniT gift In the ability ri en;;:ilzo tho psychological moment i which to let t;o i;t under pressure or me combined rlK.isiers lio lost Ills head, quarrel.il w."1: his colder-blooded son, und Pi or Vincent's ungry protests, uei'i'i Hie suicidal process of turning his available asseti into ammunition fif ths fighting of a battle which could havB but one possible outcome. Sirike-breakcrs were imported at !aUi)oi:s expense. Armed guards under pa swarmed at the valley foot, and around the coi.ipuny's property else where. :y book or crook the foundries were kept going, turning out water pipu tor wliH h there was no market, and which, owing to the disturbances nhleh ere promptly made an excuse " the rxllvv.iy company, could not be moved out of the (.'Ida wasirre yard. I.fe- -hert fie striking workmen began to grow hungry, riot, arson and bloodshed were nightly occurrences. A charging of coal, mined under the greatest difficulties, was conveyed to the coke yards, only to be destroyed and half of the ovens with it by dy namite cunningly blackened and drop ped Into the charglngs. For want of fuel, the furnace went out of blast, but with the small store of coke remaining In the foundry yards, the pipe pits were kept at work. By this time the promoter-president was little better than a madman, fighting like a ber serker, and breeding a certain awed re spect In the comment of those who had hitherto held him only as a shrewd schemer. And Thomas Jefferson: how did this return to primordial chaos, brought about in no uncertain sense by his own premeditated act, affect him? Only a man quite lost to all promptings of the grace that saves and softenB could look unmoved on the burnings and rlotlngs, the cruel waatlngs and the bloodlettings, one would say. When he was not galloping Saladln afar In the country roads to the land ward side of Paradise, Tom Gordon was Idling purposefully in the Leban in forests, with the fowllng-plece under his arm and Japhets PettlgrasV dog trotting soberly at heel, as care free, to all appearances, as a school boy home fof "S holiday. It was on an evening a fortnight after the furnace had gone out of blast for lack of fuel that Caleb followed his son oat on tho veranda. The Indian summer was still at Its best and since the early frosts there had been a re turn of dry weather and mild tempera tures, with warm, soft nights when the blue haze seemed to hold all objects In suspension Tom had pushed out a chair for his father, when, he suddenly became awaro that the still air was once more thrum mlng and murmuring to the familiar orb and sigh of the great furnace blowing-engines. He started up quick' iy. "What's that?" he demanded. "Sure ly they haven't blown in again?" Caleb nodded aBscnt "I reckon so. Colonel Duxbury si lowed to me this morn In' that he was about out o' the woods In spite of you, he said; as If you'd been the one that was doln" him up." "But he can't be!" exclaimed Tom so earnestly and definitely that the mask fell away and the father was no longer deceived. "I'm only tellln' you what he allowed to me, son. I reckoned he was about all in, quite a spell ago; but you can't tell nothing by what you see when it's Colonel Duxbury. He got two car loads o' nsw men to-day, and he's shlpptn' Pocahontas coke, and gettin it here, too." "You feazed me a little at first; but I think I know now what has happen that the stock transaction should figure as a farced sale at next to nothing. In which all the stockholders should par ticipate, and that the remainder of the purchase price, which would have been fair figure for all the stock, should be paid to him and his son Individually as a bonus! The old Iron-master groaned. In spite of the hard teaching of all the years, he would have clung to some poor shadow of belief In Duxbury Far ley If he could have done so. "That's all," Tom went on, strident ly; "all but tho turning of the trlok that put them In the hole they were digging for you and the Major. Vint Farley had no notion of letting Ardea bring her money Into the family of her own free will: he planned to rob her first and marry her afterward. Now I'm going down to tell them both what they're up agalnstl Don't sit up for me." He had taken a dozen strides down the graveled path when he saw some one coming hurriedly across the lawns from Deer Trace, and heard a voice the voice of the woman he loved call ing to him softly In tho stillness: 'Tom! O Tom!" Is said, "please wait Just one minute!" But there are emotions mightier, mj- mentarily, than love, and vengeance Is one. He made as If ho did not see or hear; and lest sho should overtake him. left the path to lose himself among tho trees and to vault the low boun dary wall Into the pike at a point safe ly out of sight from the gate. (To be continued.) PITCHER JOHNSON IS MARVEL d." Caleb took tlmo to let the remark ink In. It carried inferences. Buddy, I been suspectln' for a good while back that you know more about this sudden smash-up than you've let on. Do you?" I know all about it, was the quiet rejoinder. "You do 7" Tom held up his hand for silence. A man had let himself In at the roadway gate and was walking rapidly up the path to the . nouse. it was iNorman; nd after a rew nurriea woras in pri vate with Tom, he went as he had come, declining Caleb's InvlUtlon to tay. When the gate latch clicked at Nor man's outgoing, Tom had risen and was knocking the ash from his pipe and buttoning his coat I was admitting that I knew," he said. "I can tell you more now that I could a moment ago, because the time for which I have been waiting has come, you remaraea tut you tnougnt the Farleys were at the end of their rope. They were not until to-day, but to-day they are. Every piece of prop erty they have. Including Warwick Lodge, Is mortgaged to the hilt and this afternoon Colonel Duxbury put his Chlawassee stock into Hennlker's hands as security for a nnai loan so Norman tells me. Perhaps It would In terest you a trifle to know something about the figure at which Hennlkor accepted It." 'It would, for a fact Buddy." "Well, he took It for less than the annual dividend that It earned the year we ran the plant; and between us two, he's scared to death, at that" "Why, Buddy, son! we're plum' ruin ed and so's old Major Dabneyl" 'Don't you worry, pappy. Our part since Colonel Duxbury saw fit to freeze us out. Is to say nothing and saw wood. If the Major comes to you, you can tell him that my word to him holds good: he can have par for Ardea's stock sny time he wants It and he could have It Just the same if Chlawassee were wiped off the map as It's going to be." "But Tom; tell me " "Not yet, pappy; be patient Just little while longer and you shall know all there Is to tell. I'm leaving you with a clean conscience to say to any one who asks that you don't know." Caleb had struggled up out of his chair, and now he laid a hand on his son's shoulder. "I ain't askin'. Buddy," ha said, with a tremulous quaver in his voice; ain t askin' a llvin thing. I m Just a hopln' hopln' I'll wake up blme-by and 11 till It's on'y a bad dream." Then, with sudden and agonizing emphasis "They been butcherln' one 'nother down yonder for four long weeks!" "I can't help that!" was the savage response. "It's a battle to the death and the smoke of It has got Into my blood. If I believed In God, as I used to once, I'd be down on my knees 1 1 1 in this minute, asking Him to let m live lung enough to see these two hypo critical thieves tliutjs sandbaggors hit the bottom!" . He turned away, walked to the nort end of the veranda, where the Hare of the rekindled furnr.ee was redly vlsibl over the knolls, and presently cam back. "I said you should know after a lit tie: you may as well know not. I plan ned this thing; I set out to brea them; and, as it happened, I wasn't moment too soon. In another week yo and Major Dabney would have had chance to sell out for little or nothing. or lose It all. Farley had It fixed to be swallowed by the trust and this Is ho it was to be done. Farley stipulate THE CAT AND THE BABY. Medical Opinion aa to the Tra dition of a Feline Dancer. Several physicians have investigated the ancient stcry that cats suck the breath of babies, and Dr. J. Ilice Glbbs declares that the theory Is ridiculous. Cats occasionally kill children, he de clares, but they do it in a different fashion. "It has been stated that a cat's nos trils are so formed as to make a per fect Juncture with the nose of a baby," said Dr. Gibbs, "and that a little pressure would push thern upward and make them a perfect fit. Then the cat's chin would reRt over and be low the baby's mouth, ipreventlng it from opening to relieve the strangula tion while the cat sucked its breath. That is all rot. The manner In which little children are killed by cats Is this: A cat looking for a warm place to curl up and sleep lies down upon the chest of a little child, and, being quite heavy many cats are as heavy as little babies simply crushes the breath out of the child's lungs, and strangulation takes place, but not through sucking the child's breath. "The idea that only black cats kill little babies Is equally ridiculous. It Is simply beca'use black cats are con sidered unlucky. In former times the black cat was considered the very genius of witchcraft. In those days when a baby died the blame was often fixed upon some hag who, tho Judges said, had sent a black cat to suck the baby's breath. And often hag and cat suffered death at the stake. "Evil omen is still the cry In many parts of the world whenever a black cat approaches a cradle. Many persons are so superstitious that the appear ance of a black cat in a sickroom is considered equivalent to an announce ment of an approaching death. What could be more absurd? "Mothers need not be afraid of cats, black, white or green, sucking their babies' breath and murdering them. It is time that this popular fallacy should be exploded. New York World. CAKE OF F ABBOTS. I i .VL-l""''. J JZ-; fc-.V ;(- ' Y vK7ti I I PITCHER M. BROWN'S START Premier Twirler for Chicago Cubs Tells How He Broke Into Fast Company Was Miner. By Mordecai Brown. (Copyright. 1310. by Jniw-ph H. Bowles.) When I was a boy I had a hard time. My people were poor, and I was lucky to have one shoe and one rubber boot. I started to work In the mines around Coxvlllo, Ind., about the time other kids are starting to kindergar ten. Just when I begun playing ball I can't remember. It must have been when I was a kid seven or eight years old and I always loved the game and played It every chance I got Pretty soon, when I was about fourteen, I began to get real wages In the mine. I became checker, hired by the union to check the coal thnt came up and keep the accounts of the men. The only time I had for base ball was Saturday nnd Sunday afternoons. There were seven small towns nearby and we all had teams. I have walked time and again eight to ten miles and back to play The Proper War to Feed, Case and Tench the iiirda. As few people who own parrots real ly know how to care for them, a few good rules may be of interest. As to their food, it should be seeds canary, hemp (but not too much) millet, boiled maize, linseed, rape and the like. Bread soaked In hot water is good, given twice a day, and fruit in moderation and In variety is whole some, such aa grapes, apples and pears. an occasional raisin and lettuce. Gray parrots are very fond of rice, and almost all parrots appreciate rice pudding and have a taste, too, for bread and butter. Meat la bad for them. Clean, fresh wood should be given them to gnaw bits of elm. birch, larch and chestnut. Fresh dry gravel must be sprinkled at the bottom of the cage every day and fresh water be put in the glass. It is important that parrots should have the opportunity to stand flat foot ed, so If the cage has wires at the bot tom it is well to remove them. Always to have his claws clasping a round perch Is injurious to any bird, and two perches of different size are advisable, so that he may change his posture at will. When a parrot continues to scream he wante water or food or feels 111 and uncomfortable or maybe Is merely dull. Music, which he loves, will cheer him up at all times. A parrot learns to talk only from one who speaks very slowly and dis tinctly to him and preferably when he is about to fall asleep. Last, but not least, a parrot should be carefully cov ered at night. London Mall. Ever since Walter Johnson of the Washington Americans broke Into fast company opposing players nave marveled at his great speed. With an easy motion Johnson seems able to send the sphere through space at such a terrific pace that even though the batsman knows that the ball will come on a straight course, he is unable to meet It with his stick Johnson gets his speed by reason of his wonderful reach. He has longer arms than any other pitcher in the country and pitches with the least effort When his arms are stretched out they measure 77 Inches from finger lips to finger tips. This Is 2 inches longer than Jeffries' reach and ' 5 Inches longer than Jack Johnson's. When he releases a ball after hav ing wound up this long right arm it goes through space with the speed of a bullet. Few, Indeed, are the pitchers who CLARK GUIDES FROM BENCH Jeering of Pittsburg Crowds Drives Leader of Pirates From uame for Season. Announcement conies from Pitts burg that Manager Fred Clarke of the Pirates Is through with playing left field for his club this season. Be cause he is unable to produce a cham pionship club again the fans are angry. When the Giants won a double-header In the last series, and won again the next day the crowd begau to hoot and Joer him. This disgusted Clarke and he decided to give way to Vincent Campbell, who will play left field until the season closes. The climax came the other day when CVarke went to bat and was Jeered by can score strike-out after strike-ou without resorting to the use of curves or spit balls, as does Johnson. He has frequently struck out three men on nine pitched balls without ever using a curve. It is Johnson's speed that makes him one of the most marvelous pitch ers the game has ever produced, and It is his great, long arm that gives him his speed. Every batter of note who has faced Johnson says that the Idaho phenome non lias terrific speed. His fast Pan makes the best batters in tne league, including Ty Cobb, Larry Lajoie, and Trls beaker, break their backs try ing to connect with It. The illustration given above is an excellent likeness of Johnson and Catcher Street. Street has had quite a bit to do with Johnson's success. The illustration shown Is published by courtesy of The Sporting News. 1 I &r ti IN A In Ik' '.T" lwS a JSm The Ft rat 1'antouilma. The first pantomime Introduced to the English stage was "Tavern Bil kers." and was by John Weaver. This was in the year 1702. It was produced at Drury Lane. The great Instltutor of pantomime in England was, how ever, jonn men. who uespiBea mis forai of entertainment in 1717. His flrst emphatic success was in 1724, when he produced Tho Necromancer; or. History of Dr. raustus." So suc cessful was Rich with bis pantomimes that Garrlck. Quln and others became exasperated. Hlch lived to see panto mimes firmly established at Drury Lane and Covent Garden. He dle In 1701. London Stage. Not a HuBucrr, "Mother," said a 6-year-old hopeful, "lBti't it funny that everybody calls lit- tie brother a bouncing baby 7 "Why do you think it's funny, VU lie?" remarked his mother. "Because when I dropped him on tlu floor this morning no uuu i Bounce a bit. He only, hollered. A Square-rigge'J suiy may become a wreck-tangle in a storm. Never Judge a woman's disposition by the alze of ber ar Manager Fred Clarke. nearly every spectator In the stands. He was hooted because he declined to change pitchers when the fans thought It was necessary. . He paid no attention to the rooters, but took himself out and put Campbell In his position. Campbell played a good ame, making three hits. Walsh After 4ranchise. It was reported in Washington the other day that Ed. Walsh, the White Sex pitcher, Is dickering for a fran chise in the Connecticut league, and that he may leave major league base ball to become a magnate. Walsh Is after the Hartford fran chise, It Is said. This Is a good paying proposition, and, If he can land the franchise, he will ask Comiskey for his release this full. It was In the Connecticut league that Walsh made his Btart in baseball, pitching for the Meridan club, in 1!M)3. Record Sunday Attendance. Kansas City fans came close to retting a minor league attendance record a Sunday or so ago when 17, 74S of them turned out to see the lilues give Louisville a double beat ing And Dusty Rhoade:, ex Nap, showed that be knew what a psycho logical moment was by pitching a one hit game In the first half of that double bill, shutting out the Amer ican Association champions. Paddy Livingstone of the Athletics says that Rube Marquard is as good as any pitcher In the game at the pres ent time. Evidently Johnny McGsaw does not think so, as he uses him very little. T. H. Purks, a veteran guard at the white house, is the champion rooter of the Senators. Purks has rooted at every game except two of the Ameri can league schedule played In Wash ington. The Philadelphia club Is said to have lost $20,000 on its hippodrome venture. The club has no money to spend for buying new players and there is no chance to strengthen much for next season. Pitcher Covaleskl and Outfielder Messenger, two ex-major leaguers, en gaged In a fist fight in Birmingham the other day. A little more of that kind of spirit in the game would have kpt them in the big leagues. Ted Anderson, first baseman of the Flint, Mich, team, but who belonged to the Qulncy, 111., team, has been pur chased by the Chicago American league club. He will report at the lose of the Southern Michigan sea son. Some of the critics are advocating a change in the rules of baseball so that a batter who Is hit by a pitched ball can have two bases Instead of one. Paul Meieon really deserved a home run for that "beanlng" he got the other day. Christy Mathewson, the veteran star of the Giants, and Russell Ford, the new find of the Highlanders, will have a chance to show each other up when the two New York teams get together this fall in the post-season champion ship of Gotham. Manager Fred Clarke of the world's champion Pirates established a new record In having four assists from the outfield. Tho record of three assists has been made several times, but nev er four by one man from the outfield In a single game. Eastern sporting men say Philadel phia Is not game and that the Cubs will win because of the sameness they display at all times. However, wilh Plank and nender doing well t hlciigo fans look for a great world's series between tho league winners. Pat Powers, president of tho East ern league, has instructed his umpires to keep managers off the ball field un less the manager is actually taking pa-t In the game. Even with a uni form on the manager Is not allowed to coach In the Eastern league. The manager has no ric,ht to dispute nn umpire's decision. Only the captain has that prerogative. The Springfield club of the Three I league got Meloan from the St. Paul club of the American association for $HU0. Two years bko Meloan played with the Jacksonville, III., team, and ho was drafted from there by tho Springfield club und later went to St. Paul for a trial. He did rot look good enough for Mike Kelly and then went back to Springfield. He need not worry about going back to tho minors any more, for a while at least "Miner" Brown. games. I was a catcher and third baseman on the team and showed so much skill at the game that pretty soon the miners would hire a man In my place to check the coal in order to let me go away and play ball to win for the team. I did not like the miner's life. It did not seem to get a fellow any place and I saw men grow old and worn out and scarcely save enough to bury them. I, looked to me as If I ought to cultivate my ability to play ball and I set to work in earnest. I read in a paper that pitchers were the best paid players and decided to pitch, al though I never had tried it before. I pitched three games for Coxville one fall, and the next spring I was boosted for a job with the Terre' Haute club. I reported to the team, a great big kid. I never had made a cent out of base ball, In fact the only money I ever had mide outside of mining was in acting as protector for a fat boy. His mother paid me fifty cents a week to keep the other kids from licking him and 1 was so anxious to earn that g'ty cents that if no kid made a move at him I licked a couple anyhow to earn my money. The spring I went to Terre Haute they had eleven pitchers for trial and' I never had pitched but three games. I was determined to make good and the only way I knew how was to work my head off. I never worked harder In the mines than I did there. I pitched every min ute and watched the older pitchers work, learning from them. Also 1 started to read and study and worked harder than ever. Finally Omaha got me and I began to be a real pitcher. I always wanted to make good for the sake of the boys in the mines who had 6tuck with me all the way and I al-mos-: broke records at Omaha for num ber of games pitched. I worked so hard I hurt my arm and when St. Ixiuls got me I thought I was going back to the mines. 1 worked the arm around into shr."; and when I got to Chic-go it was r'ht. Everything 1 ever have accom plished has been due to hard work, and little else. I have a great love for baseball, and like o play the game. I realize I owe a lot to it and I want to show it by working all I can. It has given me a chance to meet peo ple, and lo develop into something. I think the game is a good profession, an honorable one nnd one any boy can enter, providing he enters it with the determination to work and win his way. No loafer or "joy player" ever will succeed. EVERY PLAYER BECAME BOSS Former Members or t,ieveiano op.acrw Gets Jobs as Managers in Dif ferent Cities. "I wonder." remarked fatsy Dono van, speaking of the Cleveland Naps, "if all the crowd will become man agers, as did all the old Cleveland Spiders." "All of them?" asked one of tba Red Sox. "I think so." replied Donovan. "Let a see if I can place them all. Yon know, of course, that Ilurkett Is man ager of the Worcester team, that O'Connor Is boss of the Browns, and McAleer of the Nationals. Harry Blake, I think, is manager of the Portsmouth team in the Ohio State leugue George Tebeau was manager of the Kansas City team before ha became a club owner. Dale Gear baa managed a number of teams In the .-on.. Jack McAllister was manager at Buffalo for several seasons. So was Chief Zlnmier at Little Rock, Ed McKean at Dayton and O'Meara at Fort Wayne. "There's a list of ten managers, all graduated from one ball team, a rec ord that no other club that was ever oraanlzi could show. Jockey Ignores Big Retainer. Jocl'.ev Shilling h:is received a hand some offer to ride for Baron Oppen heini In Eurcrc next year. Shilling says ha prefers to remain here and ride for S. C. HUdreth 0 iimilna arm Ma nui ti