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LAR&£ *\D SMALL FAMILIES
* *br -» lup j ipt
cultural «M Isolated. atd »tir. iabor
*» scarce. the fct—is proud :c
mas a arp family. lor ike U>r« is
i» «1B kip to lift tke labor (me his
skrisli i-ra. tU also ibrrt U alvays
*****T at mark lor tkr g.ris to do a tea*
*hr (ara. Mottcerr. food b plentiful
■nd ffkr tabn are lev Bat no sack
A»tU for a large fast!; euisis la
•rtM K*. vher* it is aflev necessary
vkirk (cant to tke tnadn*al>:!t:y of a
•»■**«» |n«nt. says Indianapolis
Par Moreover, as tke Individual
rtv» in tke social scale former desires
kesse present needs. Tke routing of
numerous tkikrca mould mean tke
•Acrskte of these needs by tke parents,
tke descent to a lover standard <f tiv
kt and tke parents sill act consent.
Finally srbsrc kas show tkat a
MeaH family veil taken care of mates
a letter showing in future generations
than a large family poorly looked
after. Tke fever ckildren of tke veil
provided ley family will actually shew
a more numerous progeny in tke tklrd
genemtM* tkaa vtt 'hr underfed and
••elected children of tke larger family
Eugenics is a Mg gvrstioa. and a con
pkstlws Investigation of it sill con
rtece anyone tkat dogmatic assertion
la tkat firlc is a hazardous perform
naee b is a general rule in biology
tkat species vitk tke most numerous
c^spnag are those tkat hriag fes est
perfect and eMdent individual: to tna
tnrtoy.
A kfc'de Island travettsg igent she
vss Cisaj ;minted is tke demand in a
certain sertloa for tke fireless cookers
•kick a vaa offering discovered that
tke farmers of “Little Rhody- Jure
taken to tke uoe <4 tkeir incubators for
summer coking Like tke discovery of
roast ;g ta <hiaa. this utiUratk* of
rke incut*-or sas tke result of accl
dent A husband vko had forgotten tc
kef °* the pork and Leans in accord
•»« vKh a promise to a vile “out
akopjanc.- dashed the beans into as Is
mhnior. ikoa aavlsg his tacos at tbs
rapense of a lev chirks vhlck vere
maod «« to dentk is a fervent pork
nad-kenns auncvpherc Tke idea of
both raising and cooking chickens Is
•ncshoiuo is depressisg to the oasa
faeturera of fireless cockers
Taft tu signed orders
for tbe tur'hf-T *1tb
landa tram entry and
for edslfif pfirpoMi
of aucfc * !Un»M
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i tka! tk* noraoia area la
> la to lw pronerrtd by tbe (or
knacftt for te^aritka la tbe fstart
a*4 tkat Kbauie laU late the bands
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Oa»l land* os; be open to a*
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it if
tbe several Interest
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fall of water
a nrtfaW-nlatkai la mltnir
to 'bat wbicb r a used
of tbe Frrers submarine
id tbe orovalac of ter en
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tbe Caatise. tbe
»* tbe line of doty.
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tndr os tbe port of
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to dire under a pas
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LIGHTNING PLAYS
11
PERFORMS MANY QUEER STUNTS
IN A NEW JERSEY
NOME.
NEVER TCUCHED OCCUPANTS
Furniture and Decoration* Are Tom
cr Netted- But No One Is Hurt.
ThetgH tie Ectt Had to Dodge
Them.
Lightning hr.- In n known to piay
;ueer (mb but a streak of the Jer
sey brand which ftruck the home of
John Art erwaana in Rochelle Park.
X J. a few days ago. seems to hate
lone more queer things in a moment
ban had lieen done since Ajax defied
he C_id From remotiog the four
-aster? of a tabl ■ to snipping oT the
i el sub of a pen «it fa which a young
tor. an «ai writing in r.n adjoining
souse the zigzt-ggir.g liolt manag ed to
iUnqt or injure most everything in
is j>ath
The l oh melted the telephone wire
ieU t -tlec tb. molten meta! again-! a
window with such force as to make
ncsaics *i! several panes, the sj*auer
r.g fc. • n. :al -o dee-ply engraining it
--If in h- glass that there has been
no r'!»f it out
<*r- sid. of the hal! was ripped out
ind from there the lightning flashed
into the parlor. where a broken lamp
ird scat ••-red at. 1 broken bric-a-fcrac
old of its pat-..g- through that apart
ment.
Then it journeyed to the dining
room. where Mr. Ackerman was sit
ing Tb. halis. blackened, seared
xnd bulg. d out on three- sides, show
that the holt struck the room in three
places, and Ack* man is still mar
veling how it was that the lightning
flashed ail around without ever touch
ing him
In ib kitchen was an cld-fashioned •
rlcrk. quite heavy and fully two feet
In height Tb- lightning removed this
from the kitchen and deposited the
wreck in the dining room. The west ,
?ide of the kitchen wall was blown
:>ut The kitchen floor was blown up
ward The kitchen table was splin- ,
lered into bits and the range was shat
tered into many pieces.
A young woman next doer was writ- i
The Bolt Crasned Down on Them.
!®g a letter and her pen-point disap
peared a* the bolt shook the place.
Tet. strange to say. although there
were four persons In the house at the I
time not one of the occupants suffered
any injury from the freakish bolt,
other than the shocked surprise that
voold be expected on such an exciting
occasion
William H. Jacobs and his son j
Charles H Jacobs, of Aberdeen. Md . !
had a most remarkable escape from
death during a terrific thunderstorm.
A U»lt of lightning struck their barn
In which both were occupied at the
time In unharnessing a horse The
lightning came through an end of the
building like a flash, and struck the
animal, killing It immediately, but
both men were only momentarily
shocked. They recovered within a 1
minute or so and returned to the
house There was a large quantity of
hay tc the barn. but. strange to say. i
oothtnt caught on fire. The only evl i
fence of the visitation of the electrl
cal hot'. Is the dead torse and a hole
In one end of the barn
Negro Turning White.
Chester Pa.- Fred Hopkins, a ne
gro. is gradually turning white. Until
a coupe of years ago there was not
a white spot on him. but gradually bis
skin began to bleach aud his hands
and arms are now as white as those
of the Caucasian race, and the skin
on his face and neck is covered with
large* white spots A few years ago
Hopkins married a young white worn
cn. and they live happily together.
Preached in Dark Church.
Newcastle. Pa — Rev R. N. Merrill
of the Methodist Episcopal church at
Mahon.ngion advertised that be would
preach in the dark The lights were
extinguished because of the beat. The
church was crowded wLen the minister
entered the pulpit and more than
tbrre-cuarters oi the congregation
were young folk.
WIFE DEFIES CREW AND
KEEPS DEAD BODY 42 DAYS
SEA CAPTAIN'S WIDOW. AIDED BY
MATE. FIGHTS OFF SUPER
STITIOUS SAILORS.
Philadelphia. Pa—The body of Cap
tain James Lorenz of the bark John
Ena, whose death occurred while the
vessel was just off Cape Horn, was re
moved from the cabin of the bark on
arrival here and shipped to San Fran
cisco. the late master's home.
Accompanying the casket was the
young widow of the captain, who for
42 days and nights sat and watched
by the side of the rough pine box in
whtch the body was incased by the
ship's carpenter, while the crew
grumbled end threaiened mutiny if the
body was not cast overboard, accord
ing to the custom of superstition.
Mate Oleson of the vessel, armed
Demanded That the Body Be Cast
Overboard.
with a revolver and a belaying pin.
was compelled to use force a number
of times to check the mutinous spirit
of the crew, which was made up of
Japanese. Porto Ricans, Sandwich
Islanders and a few white men.
The members of the crew declare
that they knew something was going
to happen w hen a black cat. belonging
to Mrs. Lorenz, was discovered on
board shortly after the beginning of
the cruise from Honolulu to this city,
and the sailors demanded that the
animal be cast overboard. It was
Mrs. Lorenz' pet and the captain and
Oleson refused to comply with the de
mand.
When Just off Cape Horn. Captain
Jim. as he was called, was seized
with an attack of Bright's disease. For
two days his wife put up a heroic fight
for his life, but without avail.
For several days the captain's death
was kept a secret from the crew, but
when they learned of it they demand
ed that the body be cast overboard.
Oleson. the mate, refused to comply
with the demand, and watched over
the young wife and her dead, day and
night until the vessel was towed to
her anchorage here. It was Mrs.
Lorenz' first trip with her husband,
though they had been married a few
years.
GETS MEDAL AS BRAVE MAN,
Young Englishman Plunges Into the
Gas-Laden Hold of Ship and
Rescues Three.
Yonkers. N. Y.—Thomas A. Broad
bent. a slender young Englishman who
came to work as a machinist in a fac
tory here six months ago. has just re
ceived a king s medal from the British
government in recognition of his hav
ing performed "the most heroic act of
the year 15*09 In all the English mari
time service.”
Hroadbent was on the ship Fantee.
which left Liverpool for the west coast
of Africa. Off Cape Palmas. Liberia,
the ship ran upon a reef and it became
necessary for all hands to get to work
shifting the cargo. The cargo in
cluded some jars of an acid, which
when mixed with water generated a
deadly gas. In a lower hold, where six
men were working, the ship's carpen
ter. the captain and the first mate, in
haled the gas and dropped dead.
Three seamen who were just outside
the death zone fell unconscious. When
this was discovered there were calls
for volunteers to bring back the living.
Broadbent volunteered and. wlih a
rope about his middle, was lowered In
to the chamber of death.
One at a time, he brought the three
sailors to the fresh air and then, late
ly conscious, he was lowered again at
bis own request to bring up the cap
tain's body.
This time he collapsed and was de
lirious for five weeks. The ship itself
subsequently was succored by another
British vessel and Hroadbent came to
this country.
Lady Cops in Spokane.
Spokane, Wash.—Three women are
; now full-fledged members of the police
department of Spokane. They wear
regulation stars and will don uniforms
of dark blue when on duty. Their
I ouarters are In the city jail, where
they are designated as matrons, and
they have full charge of all women
prisoners. The three women have di
■ vlded the work tnto three shifts of
eight hours each, so that one is on
- duty all the time.
Writing in Bible Times
Prot Flinders Petri* un that
there to nothing abnormal, nothing to
he es rationed, ta the general ootUnes
of the Bible story of the exodun He
toot wide that the spread of writing
«h thane days baa been enormously
It to my Arm cooeietioo." ha says,
far more OlKerate than the east era
world in the Bible tinea We have.
for Instance, a papyrus containing a
cook's account* scrawled la a vary
clumsy hand, with the reckoning ail
wrong, but it show* that even a com
mon servant of those days know hor,
to write. We have another ooatnhrihw
a petition from a peasant. These
tag the probability a**dnc«M»taiy<
records of a historical
at the tlma."—Jewish
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VETERAN PITCHER IS MARVEL
**Cy" Young.
"Oy" Young won the fire hundredth game of his long career recently
when Cleveland defeated Washington in the second game of a double-header
5 to 2. The contest went eleven innings. Young allowing but one hit in
eight.
McGRAW PICKS CUBS TO WIN
Manager of New York National League
Team Gives Reasons for Select
ing Cbicagcs.
That so eminent a baseball author
ity as John McGraw should scan the
baseball situation with an unbiased
eye and frlve the Cubs the best chance '
of winning the pennant this year has
cheered that team considerably. They
know that many things—unexpected
Manager McGravo.
to be relied upon when he talks base
ball In a purely Impersonal manner.
This Is what McGraw has to say
about the pennant race:
"1 am nor giving up the fight yet—
not by any means, believe me. Neith
er Clarke nor Griffith should giTe It
up. either, for baseball Is a mighty un
certain sort of a game, and you and I
know that many things — unexpected
things—may happen that would
change the whole complexion of the
i race.
"Still. If you were to ask me. not as
the leader of the Giants, but as a stu
dent of form, both of men and of
horses, who was going to win this
race. I’d be obliged to say, "The Cubs."
"Reason? Not their pitching staff.
No. and not their individual or collec
tive experience as players. It’s slm
P'y This: Their experience and the
steady, consistent play they can keep
up without the rattles interfering
r*oa t you see? If they we re so old
that they couldn't stand the strain,
that would make things different.
1 heit experience wouldn't save them
then. But they are still young enough
to go the route, believe me; and that,
with their long training in the field of
championship hall, will carry them
through.
"There are three teams out of the
first four that cannot put up the steady
concerted game needful to heat the
Cubs."
NOVEL RULING BY CHIVINGTON
President of American Association Or
ders One Inning to Be Played
to Settle Dispute.
President Thomas Chivington of the
American association promulgated
one of the strangest decisions in base
ball history, ordering the second game
of the double header between Colum
bus and Minneapolis on June 30.
which went only sevea and one-half
innings, to be finishei after a regu
lar game to be played here soon.
Od June 30 Umpire Guthrie called
the game with Minneapolis ahead. S
to 4. on account of darkness. Man
ager Friel of Columbus protested the
contest, and it was established that it
was light enough to continue play.
Boston Nationals hare made IS
tome runs this year, and the team is
in last place.
Heine Peiti, the deposed manager of
the Louisville Colonels, is now man
aging the Lancaster team in the PO
league.
Artie Holman, center fielder of the
Cubs, is batting .316 in S3 games. Ma
gee ofq Philadelphia is batting 32T in
82 games played.
Fred Tenney is the latest addition
to the authors among the ball play
ers. He will become a full-fledged
writer after the baseball season this
fall.
Snodgrass of New York Is leading
the league in batting with .392 in 37
games played Campbell, former Cub,
Is second, with .363 in $0 games
played.
Jerry Downs, who was a member of
the Senators before going to the
American association, is slated for a
berth with the Cleveland team for
next season.
Bill Burns reads magazines between
tunings to keep his mind off the game
That is one of the reasons, he says,
that he has been able to pitch so well
since he Joined the Reds.
Patsy Donovan of the Red Sox says
the fight for the American league flag
is to be a four-cornered affair. AH of
them seem to think the Tigers will be
in there before the finish.
Bescher of Cincinnati has stolen 29
bases and Paskert of the same team
has St to his credit. Magee of Phila
! delphia has stolen 2S. Hofman of the
Cubs has stolen 19 and Chance 12.
Ban Johnson, president of the Amer
ican league, has signed J. H_ Colli
} Sower as r. regular league umpire
j He comes from the South Atlantic
i league, and was formerly a pitcher
Paul Smith of the Canton HU.) leatn
; has been signed by President Murpbv
for the Cubs. James Murphy, who is
scouting for the Cuts, discovered the
youngster and says that he is a
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HOW PuRTELL GOT HIS START
Clever Little Third Baseman Says Its
Hard to Play Ball but Harder
to Sit on Bench.
fFv WIIJ.JAM ri'RTKTJ-) i
My father was a ball player and I
think he always wanted his boys to
play the game professionally He was
an infielder and in his time one of the
best and fastest men in the same. He
played at Syracuse and with other
eastern teams, but retired from base
ball while still j eung. because he
could make incr? money in other
ways. The love of the game still was
strong in him. and even up to the pres
ent time he Is hard to beat.
I think he meant one of h's boys to
be a player, and when we were little
fellows he used to take us Into the
yard and coach us and teach us the
same, as it should be played.
1 started playing with kid teams
around Columbus. Ohio, my home, and
then with the high school team. At
r.ight after a game I would talk the
plays over with father and ask his
advice as to how the plays ought to
have been made. In this way 1 learned
a lot ar.d also became known among
the fellows, because I could tell them
things about the game. I pitched and
played th:rd for tae high school team.
I was scarcely more than a "kid"
when 1 went to Oecatur as a third
baseman, or short stop. I fld pretty
well there and was much pleased
when Columbus wanted me. as 1 hoped
to play br.sKat home, whete I could
see the people and be patted on the
back.
player is a pretty tough one for a kid
starting out. and there were lots of
b.itter nights for me then, when I
wanted to quit and run home. It was
rough experience especially for a boy
who has been praised and applauded
in a school tear.!, but it was valuable
to me because it taught me the game
and made' me fight.
1 did not stay in the minors long.
Twice Columbus called me back and
Billy Purtelt.
sent me away again. and then Chicago
bought me and put me on bench duty*
If playing ball is hard, playing on the
bench Is harder. I had a lot of that
bench work, fretting my heart out be
cause I couldn't be in there playing
the game and longing for a chance tc
show them I could make good. They
shifted me around in positions, too
which made it harder. One thing 1
learned was to jump in. do the best
1 could, obey orders and not make ex
cuses no matter what happened. 1
was playing with older and much
more experienced men. and I watched
them and tried to learn from them. 1
found I could learn even from the
worst ctf them something that might
help me.
I was nearly killed by a pltchec
ball, and for a time it shook all the
nerve out of me. I determined to fight
It out. and after a time was surprised
to find myself less afraid than ever
and more determined.
NEW CURVE BRINGS SUCCESS
Wonderful Achievements of Russel
Ford of Highlanders Due to
Spitball Curve.
The wonderful success of Russel
Fbrd. the star pitcher of the Highland
ers. Is due principally to derelopmen:
of a freak spitball curve Lajoie was
unable to find it the other day anc
did not get a single drive off the
voung architect. The regular spitbal
is thrown by covering the tips of the
first and second fingers with saliva sc
that the ball will slip off those finger?
and not take a rotary motion. The
ball, therefore gets its direction fron
the thumb and wabbles to the plate
in a peculiar, jerky feshion. The onlj
trouble with that curve is the in
ability of the pitcher to make it break
•in" or "out” to the batter according
to the wishes of the twirler. Ford has
• solved that problem by inventing ?
way of making the curve break in
Ford found that fcv moistening the
knuckl^ of his third finger with salivs
that the ball would slip off from the
side instead of the tips of the fingers
and as there was no friction on the
right side of the ball it would grad
uallv drop "inside- of the plate He
controls it perfectly. He can al«t
make the ball break outward be
moistening the thumb.
Buffalo Team Crisp ed
These are the bancWaps unde,
which the Buffalo team is laboring
George Merritt, broken right arm
Charles Starr, broken bone in rigk
hand; Fdward Sabrre. twist* ankle;
two
Matrimonial Depreciation
A cartons esse ku Just been tried
at St. Gall, and a more curious verdict
lira.
A schoolboy, aged fourteen, was re
cently bit In the face by a dag and an
ugly cicatrice remained on the boy's
upper Bp.
The victim's tether brought an ac
Dos against the deg's owner and ob
tained the following damages oa all
the charges: “Pour pounds damages.
£1« medical expense*. £4« for the
suffering endured, and lastly. £100 for
the matrimonial depredation suffered
by the boy."
The boy's lawyer made a "feature"
of the future haodicap of bis client In
the matrimonial market resulting from
the disfigurement. The owner of the
dog. who Is a wealthy man. paid up,
and laughingly remarked >>»..
hoped the boy s "dot" would find him
a pretty atfe to recompense k, .
^Fal‘ usMneeT^X, for
»Po«leaco Pall Mall torre
&- Sargent of Harrard 8*4, th^
he pwt.t d.y “tfergragtir., *“*
lach taller and lour oraZ?* “
bearler than the undergra^IJ^*^
> rear* ago. and he >.*. of SO
I *« **£ St ££ n« XT**
the generally better^ f,« tjjt * *°
. mothers are taller uui »aat their
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Genuine M-tu* Signature
INFECTION IN THE PRISON
Peculiarly Favorable Field There for
the Spread cf the Scourge
of Tuberculosis.
Only twenty-one prisons in fifteen
states and territories have provided
special places for the treatment of
their tuberculous prisoners. These in
stitutions can accommodate, however,
only S00 patients. In three-fourths of
«ne major prisons and in practically
all the jails of the country the tuber
culous prisoner is allowed freely to
infect his fellow prisoners, very few
restrictions being placed upon his
habits. When the congregate mode of
prison life is considered, the danger of
infection becomes greater than in the
general population. New York and
Massachusetts are the only states
where any systematic attempt has
been made to transfer all tuberculouf
prisoners to one central institution*
The largest prison tuberculosis hospfr
tal Is in Manila, where accommods
tions for 200 prisoners are provided
The next largest is Clinton prison hos
pital in New York, which provides tot
150.
On Seme Ministers.
The worst o’ these here shepherdi
ts. my boy, that they reg'larly turn*
the heads of all the young ladier
about here. Lord bless their littl#
hearts, they think It's all right, an^
don't know no better; but they're thy
wictlms o' gammon. Samlvel. ttaey'rg
the wictims o' gammon. Nothin' else
and wot aggregates me. Samlvel, it
to see 'em awastin’ all their time an4
labor in making clothes for copper-col
ored people as don't want 'em and tak
ing no notice of flesh-colored Chris
tians sws do. If I'd my way. Samlvel
I'd just stick some of these here lazy
shepherfls behind a heavy wheel bar
row, and run 'em up and down >
14-tnch plank all day. That 'ud shak«
the nonsense out of ’em. if anythin
vould.—Mr. Weller. Quoted by Charles
Dickens.
Mr*. Wiggin's Idea of Londcn.
During the recent visit of Mrs- Wig.
gin. the American author, in Lor .ion
an interviewer called on her. With
pencil poised, the interviewer asked:
"And what do you think of London.
Mrs. Wigginr*
"Ton remind me." answered the au
thor cheerfully, "of the young lad
who sat beside Dr. Gibbon at dinner.
She turned to him after the soup.
“ Do. dear Dr. Gibbon.' she said, tell
me about the decline and fall of tha
Roman empire.’ “
Faults In American Character.
In an address on botanical educa
tion in America. Prof. W. F. Ganong
remarks that "disregard of particulars
and a tendency to easy generalities
are fundamental faults in American
character." and he insists upon the
necessity of laboratory and experi
mental work in all scientific study.
Books "ease the wits.” but independ
ent observation is the source of sound
knowledge in science.
Isn’t it shocking when you hear a
nice man complain of anything’ ^
Cut Out , 1
Breakfast
Cooking '
Easy to start the day
cool and comfortable if
Post
Toasties
• , , I
are m the ps.ntrv ready I
to serve right from the !
package. No cooking j
required; just add some
cream and a little sugar.
Especially pleasing
these summer morning*
^ith berries or fresh
fruit.
One can feel cool *n
hot weather on proper
food.
**Tbe Memory Linger*
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