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ATHLETIC CATCHER BETTER THAN EVER. Ir« Them**. !•» i -a. a* I* (4ti catcher oa j ta» staff of Philadelphia Athletics, laeae fretter th.e Mstoe than he ever did. He e*arted hie twee hall -areer « Har-t *d He see drafted from •**•*»«» t»e» by (be Sea York Amen a*e He then seat to Detroit and •■»*«!• '-be oa!* par la the arorld'e s»nes which the Tigers won from the Cubs. His ins w ent bark on him and he was purchased by Connie Mack on the chance that he would recover the use of his arm. His work since join ing the Athletics shows that his arm •* in good shape and few bases are stolen on him • QUICKEST TRADE ON RECORD *n*t be-a* a->S Dt Hs»a*-s £* c * * - i*3 hr Beaten ana Chicago Ci«.aa BHcr Game. 1 e* «*« ? tea* train ntrnr main la the -■-€ -nagan *w bntweca tin Cuba a Ed Bm’ftmm a r«-» >«r» »co Xnvt Ran ttt! »m ;-'ar»a* rt*bt a*ld for Cfcl I I ' ung Mr. Good seems to be the goods. Larry Lajoie has batted .300 for thirteen seasons. P**oria has secured Pitrher Ed Sykes irom Indianapolis Jack Pfe'.ster finds the going a lit tle hard in the A. A. That is what one gets for haring a David Harum reputation. Baseball players figure the bigger they come the harder they falL Billy Sullivan usually gets his hita when one least expects him to do so. Howr does it happen the Doves have a playing manager and field captain, too? Stony McGlynn Is back In his old form and pitching fine ball for Mil waukee. Ping Hodic seems to be the "goat” for the jokes played among the Ameri can leaguers. By the way. wasn’t Jimmy Sheckard the man who was "all through” a year and a half ago? Slim Caldwell of the Highlanders Is hitting 357. harder than any regular pitcher on the staff. Jimmy Sheckard made five runs and yet only figured one time at bat In the recent Doves’ trap shooting matinee. Waterbury released the veteran Pop MrPartlln and he now threatens suit, as be says his contract stipulated that he should not be released or traded during 1911. Jackey At*, the Providence second sacker. met with a peculiar accident. He strained his back swinging at a ball and had to be carried back to the bench. Secretary William Effingham Shetts llne of the Phillies says that be would not be willing to trade Hans Lobert back to Cincinnati for all the four men ’be Reds got last fall for the four Phillies Shortstop Jacobs of Peoria is touted aa about the best bet at that position that the league has ever seen. Since Arnold Hauser. Neal Ball and others have played the position In this cir cuit. it is saying a good deal for Jacobs. Infielder Hugh Bradley of the Red Sox. who ha* been laid up with a sprained ankle and later with watsr <m the knee, bad the plaster cast tak er. off and hope* to be out for light practice next week. Fielder Jones 1* reported to be en gaged as Aanager of the Naps next year. Fielder has not been heard from, i but It Is quite likely he wrlll use the same form of stereotyped reply that he has used forty-seven times before. I Connie Mack Is not asking any such | a price for Pitcher Russell as he gave 1 for him last year, but he would be quite willing to let him go If he could place him where he would not be dan icroui. Two years ago Detroit traded Sec ond Baseman Schaefer to Washington for Second Bateman Delahanty. When the two teams met In a series of games recently, both men were play ing first base. 0*1 Meerard ago iiom a.-d •» oatfielding th* kw» card. Botl hm oat to the C*m* and un.lormeg tbemaolrea—tbes 'here «aa a coetereac* beteeen the aaaaager* At game time the umpire •moo*'--* Bet tree* will be Orph aad Ompt for Chicago Ouch and Orrrb ter Bortoa Randall will play right field tor Bootee: Howard will Play right Reid for Chicago" The •r»«e hag beam made Jan in time for the hoy* to exchange uniform* Bb»«M*s Gat Barm W»h BUI Ban*, the Quakers bow Ba*a Jrar •'iCiacicnaCl pitchers—Row a* B~ehe. C»ta* aad Bans Clark OrtBU still say* be aide no mistake whoa be lot acy a€ that quartet go PITCHERS DON’T LOOK GOOD World’s Champions Predict Jennings’ Youngsters Won’t Stand Gaff Through Season. On the basis of their showing against the world's champions, the Juvenile pitching talent of Detroit does not look like any parade of ex ceptional merit. In fact, against the Macks the youngsters looked like a punk and bush outfit, and it was the wonder of the champions how the deuce they managed to stand up as well as they have shown. None of them proved to be stars, i-lvely has a fair spltball that, when It is breaking well. Is likely to fool some of the weaker vesesls, but he his nothing else, and the Mackmen spun his shoots all over the lot. Cov ington looks fairly good, but doesn't shine. Works Is no better than he ever showed, and Lafitte has been ill. Thus a fair estimate cannot be made of his ability. The veterans are In no shape, and on this basis alone it is hard to see where the Tigers can keep up their pace unless their twirlers deliver more than they showed against the Macks. If the Chicago pitchers, the New York pitchers and the Athletic twirl ers keep up their usual standard of pitching they will form an alliance that will ??ke the starch out of the junga leers. MEYERS ON RUBE MARQUARD Indian Catcher Thinks Giant South paw Has Great Future Before Him—Has Everything. Big Chief Meyers, Indian catcher of the New York Giants, is an interest ing character. Talk baseball to him and you are entertained. He studies the game. He has an opinion upon every question that arises. Talk to him long enough and you are bound to be profited. This Indian also has ideas. One of bis opinions is that Rube Marquard. the southpaw on the Gient squad, has the making of a great pitcher and that the day will come when the fans will applaud McGraw in advising his purchase at the tre mendous price which was paid for him. "Marquard is destined to become a great pitcher,” said Meyers. “The young soutbpaw has been pitching bet ter baseball than be did last year. Even then Meyers was absolutely cer Chief Meyers. tain that Marquard would one day be a great southpaw. "The only thing that Marquard needs is age.” continued the Indian. "He is young. He doesn't take base ball seriously. Whenever he awakens to the fact that baseball Is a business as well as a sport, he will become one of the greatest left-hand twlrlers that the game has produced.” "Why?” the Indian was asked. "Because he has everything,” was the reply. v "Marquard has wonderful curves. He has great speed. He has a change of pace. In a word, he has everything that a pitcher needs. The moment that he fully realizes that baseball la a serious proposition that moment he will begin to develop into a great twirler. This he Is now beginning to realize. “Marquard today Is a greater pitch er than he was at this time last year. It is all because he Is becoming more serious as he becomes older. His view point is changing. A year ago base ball was a game, a sport, a pastime that he took pleasure in indulging in. But nothing more.” It is interesting also to talk to Mey ers about Mathewson. Here is the one man who is the idol of this Indian backstop. If any man attempted to tell him that the game ever produced a gf?kter twirler, then there would be an argument. The Indian Is firmly convinced that the Giants will lick the Cubs in the pennant race and that McGraw will be the manager of the National league team which fights for the world's championship. Milan Sold for $100. Edgar Willett of Detroit started Clyde Milan on his road to success. Edgar got Milan for $100 and not in cold cash, either. At the time of the Milan purchase. Willett was playing with Wichita. Willett went to Shaw nee, Ok., with Instructions to look over a young outfielder who was re ported to be doing things at Shaw nee. 'WUlett went to Shawnee, saw and believed. He reported to the Wichita owners that Milan was worth $100 and the sale was consummated. From Wichita dated the success of Milan. National league Traders. Clark Griffith and Fred Tenney must be grouped In about the a^ioe class as traders. WILL LEAD ARMY TO GAIN VOTE Capt. Paiva Couceiro, Last of King Manuel’s Officer* to Sheathe His Sword, Now Draws it for a Free Ballot to Show Whether the People Want a Republic or a Monarchy. _ TUY, Spain.—The chief of the Portuguese Royalists, who are at present arranging in the lit tle town on the Spanish fron tier to invade the territory of the republic, is Senor Captain Hen rique de Paiva Couceiro, now living at Orense, about six hours' journey by railway from the frontier. As if his attempt succeeds, he will at once attain very great prominence, and as in any case he seems bound to make his mark on current Portu guese history, a description of him at the present moment cannot be out of place. Clear Headed, Resourceful. He !s about 35 years of age. but looks younger. His mother was Eng lish, he speaks Englis' like an Eng lishman. and the cold determination with which he is planning the over throw of the republic betrays the methodical Briton rather than the | volatile Lusitanian. He is clear-head ; ed, resourceful, gifted with excellent 1 judgment; above all he has great mil [ itary talent and enjoys an extraordin ary popularity among the Royalist and Conservative elements in his na tive land. His campaigns in Africa were con ducted with great brilliancy and skill, ana even If they were waged against negroes we must remember that even ! negroes have, from time to time, giv I on great trouble to English. French and German troops. During this Afri | can warfare Palva Couceiro also dis ; played extraordinary persona: brav | ery. This quality will stand him in good stead during his coming invasion | of Portugal with a handful of men. j During the October revolution Cou , ceiro was the one man on the Roy alist side who fought well, and he would easily have crushed the rev olution had it not been for the cow , urdice or treachery of his superiors ; and of the prime minister. "Tien the revolution broke out. ! Couceiro was captain in command of a battery of artillery at Quehuz on the i outskirts of the capital. When he heard the first shots he went to the general staff for instructions but found that Institution in a state of panic and confusion. The local general of division was sick and had left every thing to subordinates. The minister of war, a man of singular incompet ance, revealed at the critical moment a depth of Ignorance of which even his worst enemies bad never suspect j ed him. Demanded Order to Fight. Paiva Couceiro, irritated at this i spectacle, asked for permission to : bring his troops into action. But he could not get an answer. The inde cision and confusion was too great. Nobody knew what to do. Precious tours were lost in futile discussions and the drawing u.> of fantastic plans. Meanwhile, the great b-_:k of the for i ces which would have died to a man ; for the monarchy were immobilized and useless. Paiva Couceiro at length quitted the general staff in great anger and, taking a carriage drove to Queiuz at full speed. Before he reached the battery bis resolution was already taken. If the monarchy must fall it were better that it should fall in the blood of its faithful soldiers than that it should go down without a blow be ing struck in its defense. Like “Bon ny Dundee" he declared that "e'er the kings crown shall fall there are crowns to be broke." In other words he ordpred out his battery and tried to persuade his fellow officers in com mand of other detachments to accom pany him. There other officers were as loyal as himself but, in the absence of orders from the general staff, they felt obliged to decline the Invitation. Paiva Couceiro went without them. He forced his way on to the heights commanding the city, drove before him various bodies of republicans wbo attempted to bar the way, joined forc es with a loyal infantry regiment which bad still kept the king s flag flying, and finally took up a position on the heights occupied by the peni tentiary, that Is, in a situation com manding the whole revolutionary force. Here then began between the two redoubts a formidable artillery duel which was the most terrible incident FINE OLD ENGLISH GARDENS Some Noted for Their Mazes, Others for Unusual Hedges, and All Are Beautiful The maze at Hampton Court ts world renowned and there is a good maze in the garden at Hatfield. The grounds of the latter go back to the days of Queen Elizabeth. There is an old-fashioned garden and a yew tree garden, where rows of thick yews make dark and sheltered pathways. And there Is also a walled vineyard, where grapes for the sacramenul wine were grown by the monks of past centuries. Some country houses are noted for the special hedges In their gardens, says the Queen. Raby Castle has enormous yew hedges; Howth Castle. In Ireland, has fine, upstanding beech hedges; Meikleour House, in Scot land. owned by Lord Lansdowne. has a beech hedge IS feet In height and a quarter of a mile in length; there are nuge holly hedges at Tyningham. which belongs to Lord Haddington, and a holly edge at vast proportions CHIEF OF PORTUGUESE REBEL FORCES of the revolution and which lasted more than half an hour. Had it con tinued a few moments longer the rev olution would have failed. As a mat ter of fact, all the officers of the regu lar army who had joined the insur gents fled, leaving only Machado San tos, a non-commissioned marine offi cer, in command of a disorganized mass of men wildly searching for somebody to surrender to. This is not exaggerated, though it may seem to be so. Innumerable ac counts of the revolution have since been published by republicans, and they all admit that at this peridd all was regarded by the insurgents as lost beyond redemption. The fugitive reb el officers did not stop their motor cars till they had reached Spain, and nothing surprised them more than when they were told next day that the republicans had succeeded. lists. After some months' observation of political development in LJsbon he became convinced that the country was drifting toward a precipice, that the insubordination in the army and in all departments of state would quickly lead to chaos, from which Port ugal would only emerge without any of her oversea possessions, from which she might never emerge as an inde pendent nation. He therefore proposed to the government that it should re sign in favor of another provisional government of imperial character, but military in its nature. This second gov ernment was to take a national plebis cite as to the form of regime which the country wanted. Whatever the result of that referendum might be, Couceiro promised to approve of it, and to serve the government which the people chose. That Couceiro should have seriously presented such a proposition to Pres ident Braga shows bow lofty and at the same time naive was his character. The provisional government refused of course to abdicate, whereupon Cou ceiro declared that henceforth he would devote his life to ejecting that govern ment by force, that he would go abroad and spend all his time plotting the : overthrow of President Braga, Aftcnso Costa & Co. He would, however, re main in Lisbon 24 hours so as to give the republicans an opportunity to ar rest him. Beginning of the Revolt This time limit passed without the government making any move, where upon Couciero went to Vigo and set on foot the great royalist plot which threatens at present the existence of the new regime. This step caused an immense sensation in Portugal and though the republic proposes to re gard the captain's preparations with indifference, it has 6hown its intense fear of him by bringing pressure on the Spanish authorities to move him from place to place, and by protesting continually and loudly through its rep resentatives in Madrid at the captain’s presence near the frontier. In con sequence of this Captain Couceiro has been moved from at least two places. Vigo and Santiago. Mysterious Order Obeyed. But at this critical moment two offi cers rode up to the chief of the roy alist battery and commanded him In the name of the general staff to retire. How such an order came to be given is one of the many mysteries of this extraordinary day. But Paiva Cou eiro could not disobey it, and he fell back. His retreat, effected slowly and in perfect order, was watched in per fect silence by the shattered revolu tionists in the rotunda. These gentle men could hardly believe their eyes. His retreat was followed by great confusion in the royalist infantry regi ment wfiich supported him. That con fusion was increased by hand grenades thrown among those faithful troops by the Carbonarios. Paiva Couceiro then returned to his house, discarded his official uniform for civil attire and sent his resigna tion to the minister of war. It was a courageous act. for he has no pri vate means and has been living on his pay. It also meant apparently an end to his rapid rise in the only career for which he cared. But this act of self-sacrifice and of moral dignity has given Couceiro more prestige than his victories in Mozambique and his suc cessful governorship of Angola Refuses Promotion. The republicans knew bis value, so that they not only refused to accept his resignation, but immediately pub lished a decree promoting him to the artillery general staff. He was the only royalist whom the victorious re publicans thus honored, but he persist ed in his refusal to serve the new re gime. Private friends brought the greatest possible pressure to bear on him, and evidently be could by a word have procured his advancement to places of great importance and of large emoluments. That he resisted these almost irresistible appeals to his van ity. his ambition and his natural long ing for an assured and highly remu nerative position shows him to be a more than ordinary man. But he could not. by accepting office under the re public. condone the disgraceful murder of officers by privates which had cer tainly stained the victory of the revo lutionists. He could not excuse the way in which tbs common soldier had been corrupted hy secret society men. Goes to Teaching. At first he taught English in a pri vate school at Usbon while still al lowing his name to appear on the army In moving him the Spanish authori ies act with great ceremony and sym pathy so that Couceiro's wanderings semble the progress of an exiled mon arch rather than the fittings of a con spirator moved on by the police. Paiva de Couceiro has issued two or three proclamations which have been distributed everywhere throughout Portugal. In these he points out that he does not care whether Portu gal is a republic or a monarchy. He wants 't to let him know which form of government it wishes. At the pres ent moment it is unable to make its wishes known, all anti-republican news papers and organizations having been suppressed and all conservative propa ganda having been prevented the elec ; tion. Most of Couceiro's supporters are. however. Manuelists. In another proclamation Couceiro makes the very singular statement that Spain is anxious to Intervene in Portugal and that Germany is strong ly encouraging her to do so in the hope that some of the Portuguese col onies may fall to the Fatherland. The more respectable a sinner Is the more dangerous he is. is to be seen at Keele Hall, In Staf fordshire, which was for so long rent ed by the Grand Duke Michael and Countess Torby. Gardens with grass paths and with paved paths have a charming old world appearance. Grass paths may be seen to perfection at Knole, Lord Sackville's wonderful old home near Sevenoaks. Knole. by the way, was the Vauxe of Disraeli's Lothiar. And the grass paths at Sntton Place, which belongs to Lord Xorthcliffe, are also most exquisite. Paved paths are also a pleasant variant from commonplace gravel. Helmingham. Lord Tollemache's place in Suffolk, has 1U garden paths paved with stone, and the same may be aeen at Hackwood Park, which is now owned by Lord Curzon of Kedleston. Blue tiles are used as paths and as edges to flower beds at Wood End, Sir Hugo de Bathe's place, near Chiches ter. Some people go in for specialties in [ horticulture. The fuchsia walk at ! Penrhyn Castle is a sight to see. and eo are the rhododendrons at Heron ' Court. Lord Malmesbury* nlace near ! Christchurch. In late spring a valley like part of the park seems a blase of brilliant colors—pink, red. mauve, yellow and orange. Two rivers, the Avon and the Stour, run through the grounds, and later on this latter will be covered with water lilies. Lady Ilchester's garden at Abbots bury is rich with the pomp of mag nolia and c&melia. and gay with spiraea, mimosa and coronilla. Lady Pembroke’s garden at Wilton is very fair to see. Near the Italian garden is an evergreen oak with a girth of 20 feet and the cedars are older than those at Warwick Castle. Woman Is Chauffeur. Mrs. Herbert L. Cox of Winchester, prominent In Jos ton society, just has applied for a professional chauffeur’s license She has driven her automo bile more than tea thousand miles. Besides running her car, Mrs. Cox also is capable of making repairs. Tire troubles cause her tittle concern, for she can take off a shoe, put in a new tube and replace the tire as well as a professional driver. She began run ning a machine last summer. Hoods Sarsaparilla Cures all blood humors, all eruptions, clears the complex ion, creates an appetite, aids digestion, relieves that tired feeling, gives vigor and vim. Get it today in imifc! liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. WHERE THEY DRAW THE LINE Naturally Men Disapprove of Extrava gance When Their Own Purse la Concerned. Mrs. William B. Leeds, who took Mrs. George Keppel's house In Lon don for the coronation season, came from New York with 40 huge trunks, all the same size, all mounted with shining brass, all claret-colored, and all as lustrous as the body of a motor car. Mrs. Leeds, as her 40 trunks imply, dresses very beautifully. She spends a large amount on her wardrobe, and discussing the fact that woman’s dress is so much more expensive and so much less durable than men's, she once said: “We women dress foolishly, and we will continue to do so till men disap prove; but”—she smiled on the men at the table—"no man in the world ever disapproved of dress extrava gance in a woman unless she hap pened to be his wife.”—Detroit Free Press. Why He Quit. “Haven't 1 the privilege of making suggestions to the man fixing the lawn?" she asked, with tears in her voice. “Why. certainly,” he assured her. “Well, just because I made a sug gestion to him he threw all his toqls in '.he wheelbarrow in an angry man ner and went away without saying a word." "Why, what had you said to make him act like that?” “I just asked him to plant a few nice dandelions in the lawn." Thackeray's Kindness of Heart. Thackeray was the gentlest satir ist that ever lived. As editor of the Comhill he could hardly bring him self to reject a MS. for fear of hurting his would-be contributors. The story of his actually paying for contribu tions that he never printed, in order to conceal the fact that he had reject ed them, may be true or false. We do not remember exactly how the evi dence points. But even if it be a story, such stories are not told of men made of the stern stufT of the Thack eray commonly misknown. Some Aviation Records. Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is the first crowned head who has made an aeroplane flight. The aviator who took him up is the first man who ever was knighted in midair. Prince Henry of Prussia is the first professional aviator of royal rank. Mr. Roosevelt is the first prominent statesman to have made an ascension in an aero plane. Arthur J. Balfour is the sec ond. Lead in Salt Industry. The six leading states In the salt industry are Michigan, New York. Ohio, Kansas. Louisiana and Cali fornia, and in 1909 these six states : produced salt valued at $7,714,557. The salt from these states is obtained j from rock salt, sea water and natural brine—in other words, from all the known sources of salt. With Emphasis. Mistress (hastily sticking a finger | into either ear)—Kittie. for heaven's | sake! What does that frightful noise ! and profanity in the kitchen mean? Kittie—Oh, that's nothin’, ma'am! j It’s on’y cook rejectin' a propcs’l av ! marrij from the ashman!—Harper's i Bazar. I_ Bribery. Mrs. M.—Who did you vote for? Mrs. N.—I don't remember his name I He gave me his seat in the street cat j last week. Any man can get into a fight, but | sometimes it takes a certain amount i of courage to keep out of one. HEART RIGHT. When He Quit Coffee. Life Insurance Companies will not insure a man suffering from bearl trouble. The reason is obvious. This is a serious matter to the hus band or father who is solicitous for the future of his dear ones. Often the heart trouble is caused by an un expected thing and can be corrected II taken in time and properly treated. A man in Colorado writes: “I was a great coffee drinker foi many years, and was not aware of the injurious effects of the habit till 1 became a practical invalid, suffering from heart trouble, indigestion and nervousness to an extent that made me wretchedly miserable myself and a nuisance to those who witnessed my sufferings. “I continued to drink coffee, how ever, not suspecting that it was the cause of my ill-bealth. till on applying for life insurance I was rejected on ac count of the trouble with my heart. Then I became alarmed. I found that leaving off coffee helped me quickly, so I quit It altogether and having been attracted by. the advertisements of Postum I began its use. “The change in my condition was re markable. All my ailments vanished. My digestion was completely restored, my nervousness disappeared, and. most important of all, my heart stead ied down and. became normal, and on a second examination I was accepted by the Life Insurance Co. Quitting coffee and using Postum worked the change.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek., Mich. “There's a reason,” and it is ex plained in the little book, “The Road to Wellvttle,” in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A am voe appears froaa time te time. They are wemaiae, tree, amd fall af haau iaterest.