CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE .300 BATTERS
Ed Walsh, Premier P itcher of White Sox.
Pity the poor, hard working Amer
ican league batsman, who is about to
be robbed of much glory! The cry
has gone that pitchers of eight clubs
are in a conspiracy to "bust” the Cobb
Jackson-Lajoie combine of .300 hitters.
These pitchers, it is alleged on good
authority, are determined to exter
minate many of the .300 species and
drive others back to the bushes, writes
George Robbins in the Chicago News. !
Improved pitching seems the order
on every club in the American league, ;
except the Philadelphia Athletics anjl
the Boston Red Sox, who do not re
quire so much high class slab work
aa other teams that could be mention
ed. The pitching has improved to such
an extent that base hits are becoming
a precious article and managers may
have to resort to the sacrifice game to
dribble in the trying runs.
"We're mighty lucky to get base
hits nowadays. The pitching is be
coming more and more of the air
tight variety up here,” said a big
leaguer who had suffered a batting
slump.
Improved hurling in the American
league is more pronounced in west
ern teams, and the greatest advance
In this department has been made
by the Chicago White Sox. Cleveland,
St. Louis and Detroit, however, seem
to have cornered some reliable slab
Walter Johnson.
workmen, who have joined the ever
increasing band of hit exterminators.
In the east Chance’s New York High
landers have made the greatest ad
vance In the pitching department. The
Boston and Washington teams already
possess winning slab quartets.
Even the Philadelphia Athletics, who
failed to succeed themselves as world’s
champions, promise the fans of their
city an improved slab staff this
season.
Following are the “combines” of
fllngers who are doing much to cause
consternation in the ranks of bats
men in the American league from Chi
cago to Boston:
.Chichgo White Sox—Ed Walsh,
Jimmy Scott, Doc White, Eddie Ci
cotte, Albert Russell, Frank Lange
and Joe Benz.
Washington—Walter Johnson, Tom
Hughes, Carl Cashlon and Bob Groom.
Boston Red Sox—Joe Wood, Hugh
Bedient, Charles Hall. Buck O’Brien
and Ray Collins.
j Philadelphia Athletics—Eddie Plank,
Chief Bender, Jack Coomb3 and Re
cruit Pitohers Brown, Hoack and Pen
sock.
New York Americans—Russell Ford,
Ray Keating. Ray Fisher, George Me
‘/i . “Li' - r':'
connell, Jack Warhop and Ray Cald
well.
Cleveland Naps—Vean Gregg, Wil
lie Mitchell, Bill Steen and Cy Falken
berg.
St. Louis Brown—Carl Weilman,
George Baumgardner, Earl Hamilton,
Roy Mitchell, Leveracz and Allison.
Detroit Tigers—Jean Dubue, George
Mullin and Recruit Pitchers Klawitter,
Hall and House.
Even the New York Highlanders,
with Chance's trailing Yankees, have
had uniformly clever pitching in most
of their scheduled games this season.
McConnell, working for the Highland
ers, outpitched Walter Johnson in the
first contest of the season in Wash
ington, but lost 2 to 1. In the second
game of the New Yorks, played at
Boston, Chance's men were again
nosed out 2 to 1, Caldwell pitching
splendid ball all the way. Joe Wood
worked for the world's champions. Ray
Keating, the former New England
league pitcher, who led that circuit
last season, has been a winning slab
asset for the Yankees.
Washington is certain to have an
other great season with its trio of clev
er hurlers, with a possibility of Carl
Cashion breaking in and completing a
great rotation quartet.
There is joy in Gotham now that
Christy Mathewson has rounded into
form.
* * *
Rumor has It that Jimmy Shecka-d
will be the next boss of the St. Louis
Cardinals.
• • •
Hughie Jennings claims that rook
ies pitch better ball in the spring than
the veterans.
• • •
Gus Williams, the Browns’ young
outfielder, is one of the best fielders
in the country.
• • •
Chick Gandil's excellent batting Is
helping the Senators to be a factor in
the pennant race.
* • •
Lefty (Texas) Russell can be class
ed as one of the sensations of the sea
son in the American league.
• * •
Manager Griffith picks the New York
Giants to win the flag in the National
league and the Senators in the Amer
ican.
ft ft ft
Christy Mathewson hopes to smash
all pitching records this year. This
is Matty’s thirteenth year in the big
show.
* * «
Jack Barry, the Athletics’ staT
shortstop, is playing a great game at
the short field for the former world's
champions.
• • *
Manager Connie Mack is trying to
persuade Harry Mueller, the crack
Navy catcher, to sign a contract with
the Athletics.
• * *
They say that Home-Run Frank
Baker of the Athletics carries as many
hats with him as an actor carries imi
tation clothes.
• • •
Frank Chance says he turns to the
box score to see what his old team is
doing before he looks at any other
part of the paper.
• • •
Capt. Larry Doyle of the Giants
praises Clark Griffith’s team. Larry
believes the Senators will finish near
the top this season.
• • •
Chief Meyers claims to have no
ticed that when ball players are trav
eling and the train stops they want to
eat. Yes, and they frequently expe
rience the same desire when the train
is moving.
TOOK DUBUC YEARS TO LEARN
Frenchman Spent Long Time in Per
fecting Slow Ball Delivery—
Worked It Out Himself.
It took Jean Dubuc of the Detroit
Tigers three years to gain control of
his slow ball.
Jean made this statement while
talking with a party of friends regard
ing his famous delivery, and the pitch
er skid that there are times even now
when he finds it a difficult task to
control the delivery.
"I cannot tell how many days I
worked on the delivery." said Jean.
“I know that there were countless
times, at first, when I felt like throw
ing up the sponge and forgetting that
there was such a thing as a slow ball
delivery.
"It has been said that Clark Grif
fith taught me the delivery. That
isn't true. I worked it out myself,
and month after month I practiced it,
aiming to get the same motion with
the slow ball that I did with the fast
one. I did not experiment witn any
batters until several months after 1
had started work op the delivery, but
when I did start I succeeded in fool
ing some of them.
"I got It quite near the perfect
stage when with Montreal in 1911. but
last year, with Detroit. I had it going
at its best. Many persons think 1
use it on numerous times during the
game. I don't. If I use it five or six
times I am resorting to the delivery
quite often.
“The use of the ball depends on the
hitters and the clubs. There are some
batters in the American league who
murder a slow ball, while others can
not hit it. Naturally, then, I depend
upon the delivery when facing men X
know are weak before it.
"My slow ball has never been hit
for an extra base but once, and that
time it was slammed by Neal Ball of
the Boston Red Sox. He caught it for
a double, but I can say, wdth pardon
able pride, that there were times after
that when Ball was helpless before
the delivery.
“Tris Speaker hit It the hardest.
We were playing the Red Sox in De
troit one day when I tried to cross
Speaker. He caught the ball squarely
and drove it on a line to Cobb. That
was a close shave, and I thought
when the ball left the bat that it was
ticketed for a home run.
“The slow ball Is the hardest de
livery of any to master. It's easy
enough to throw curves or the spit
ball. but in acquiring the proper de
livery for a slow ball a pitcher has to
have a world of patience."
QUAKER CITY FANS REJOICE
Beth the Athletics and the Phillies Are
Displaying Great Form—
Pennants Seen.
There is a strong hope in the breasts
of the Philadelphia fans that the
world's championship series will be
fought out in the Quaker City next
fall between the Athletics and the
Phillies. Connie Mack's team has
given evidence that it will be a for
midable contender for the American
league pennant. The majority of the
critics concede that it Is stronger
than ever. The Phillies have also
shown great speed at the start off and
may cut a figure in the National
league pennant fight. The Phillies on
paper appear about as fast as any
team in the league, but somehow or
Manager Charlie Dooin.
other they do not appear able to put
forth their best strength. Last sea
son they were picked as the team to
give the Giants the hardest fight, but
injuries to star players and revers
al of form of their pitchers were
causes that resulted in their downfall.
This season, with the good run of luck,
the Phillies may come up to the ex
pectations of their friends. If they
do Charley Dooin will be hailed as
among the greatest of .managers.
Season Starts Too Early.
Charles H. Ebbets, owner of the
Brooklyn Dodgers, delivered himself
of an oration in the grand stand, at
the Philadelphia grounds the other
day, saying the baseball seasons start
too parly. He wtfhld rathpr have
them extend Into the other end of the
winter.
San Antonio’s Record:
San Antonio has already established
one baseball record for 1913. Pitcher
Davenport, 6 feet 714 Inches tall, ia
the lengthiest toflser in baseball.
Scott Drops Spltter.
“Death Valley Jim” Scott of the
White Sox has dropped the spit ball.
TOTAL STRENGTH °f ARTTT
VAR TOOTING
PEACH FOOTING C
• * m. o ^
I MOflOO Ufftp SWTta cr MITAM MfMi AUSTRIA FRANOt GtRMAIW RUSiiA I
INCREASE FOR ARMIES AND NAVIES COMBINED.
Estimated
Country. 1SSL 1S9L 1901. 19IL Excess 1911 Total for
Over 1SSL 30 Years.
Austria-Hungary I66.1S2.00O 64,317,000 $65,424,000 tS7.3t4.000 $21,062,000 $2,094,540,000
France . 156.154.000 185.44S.000 204.5SO.000 270.91S.000 114.761000 6 035 640 000
Germany . 102.509,000 144.434.010 295,783,000 31S.446.000 215,D.".C<» 5.606.945.000
Great Britain .. 126,255.000 157.575.000 445,115,000 341.820,000 215,564 000 6 367 280 000
Ita‘y . 49,455,000 80.777,000 7S.709.000 120,676,000 71,221.000 2 445 515 000
Rusa'a . 193.SS1.000 143,206,000 20S.S11.000 319,770.000 215.SSS* 000 5 65S 423'300
United States.... 51.654,000 66.5S9.000 190.728.000 2S3.0S6.000 231.422,000 3.996.870,000
To,a,s .$556,091,000 $844,346,000 $1,402,150,000 $1,741,960,000 $1,085,869,000 $32,215,215,000
Excluding the
United States and
Great Britain.,$47S.1S1.000 $C20.182.000 $766,307,000 $1,117,054,000 $63S.S73.000 $21,841,065,000
HE cost of a single war is
only equaled by the
price the world pays for
peace. While the world
is staggered by the mil
lions poured into such a
struggle as the present
conflict In the Balkans,
the cost of the armed
peace maintained by the
nations not now engaged in war is not
less stupendous.
Never before did the leaders of j
peace societies in all countries have -!
such financial arguments to direct !
against the governments responsible ‘
for the armed camps of the world. ■
The nations foremost in their prepara- |
tions for war have received new im- ;
petus from the Balkan conflict, and
are increasing the already huge ex
penditures for battleships, armies and ;
munitions of war.
Never before has the world seen
anything like the present situation. :
Extra taxation in Germany, increase I
of the reserves and length of military
service in France, more than a quar
ter of a billion dollars for battleships
In England, together with a big out
lay for airships—these are the symp
toms of the war fever that holds Eu
rope in its grip.
Even the most enthusiastic believer
in insurance begrudges the money
paid out as premiums, for which he
gets practically no return so long as
all goes well. Is It any wonder then
that millions of the governed all over
the world are protesting against the
tremendous assessments made upon
them by their governments to pay the
cost of insurance against war?
Those who advocate the present
enormous and annually increasing ex
penditures for armament answer that
they are fully justified if they serve
to keep the peace. Which is better,
they ask of the disarmament advo
cates, taxes for armament or the
risk of the nation’s prosperity and
even its existence, by exposure to at
tack through unpreparedness for war?
Which is preferable, a diversion of
part of the national revenues to pay
for armies and warships, or the de
struction of property and the loss of
life inevitable if war should come
upon the unprepared? Certainly, the
Tact that within little more than a
year the world has seen two wars In
the Mediterranean goes far to refute
the assertion of the peace advocates
that war is at an end and armament
therefore unnecessary.
I onslderlng the fact that they hold
a brief for those In favor of.the aboli
tion of war preparations, it is not,
after all, so strange that figures of
the cost of armed peace are most
available at the headquarters of the
peace societies. Not that the war and
navy departments at Washington do
not keep a careful record of their own
expenditures, and also keep in touch
with what other nations are doing;
but the men intrusted with the re
sponsibility of preparing the United
States against war are more con
cerned with what other armed na
tions have than with what it costs
them. Therefore, it has remained
largely for the peace advocates to
collate the figures and dress them up
as impressively as possible.
Their figures are impressive enough
without any innocently intended pad
ding. To begin with they present the
stupendous, incomprehensible sum of
$2,250,000,000 as the combined annual
expenditure of, all the civilized nations
for armaments in- time of peace. This
vast sum takes no account of the cost
jf putting Europe on its present war
footing or of the cost of the recent
Turco-Italian or the present Turco- j
Balkan war.
One could make many comparisons |
to show just what this vast sum repre
sents. Suffice it to say that it is a bil
lion dollars more than the entire
money wealth of the United States
government, reserve, securities and
all. which it is going to take twenty
or thirty men in the treasury depart
ment three or four weeks to count as
an incident of the change of admin
istration.
More than two-thirds of this sum is
expended by Great Britain and the
nations of the European continent.
Mexico and the states of South Ameri
ca make up a scant $105,000,000, while
the United States, Japan and British
India 9pend the rest. On the other
hand, taking the ten leading nations
of the world, their expenditures for
armies and navies and incidentals of
military preparations equal almost the
grand total. Austria-Hungary, France,
Germany. Great Britain. Italy, Japan,
Russia, Spain, Turkey and the United
States spend together each year at
least $1,900,000,000, or nearly two bil
lions of dollars.
For these ten nations, which are
leading in the race for greater arma
ments, figures of one year are eclipsed
by those of succeeding years, so that
two billions of dollars probably by
this time represents the sum total of
the annual military bills which the
people of those countries must pay.
Here is the table for the cost of
armies and navies to these ten na
tions, compiled from the latest figures
available:
COST OF ARMIES AND NAVIES.
Total
Expended Expended military
Country. for army, for navy, charge.
Austria
Hungary ..*73.513.000 *13.731.000 *57.244.000
France .1S7.632.000 83.2S6.000 270.918,000
Germany ....203.93S.000 114,508,000 31S.446.000
Great Brifn. 138,900,000 203,020,000 341,820,000
Italy . 81.033,000 39,643,000 120.676.000
Japan . 49.196.000 43,406,000 92.601.600
Russia .2®,642,000 54.128,000 319,770,000
Spain . 37,671,000 13.696.000 51,367.000
Turkey . 42,071.000 6,223,000 48,294.000
U. S.162,357,000 120,729.000 2S3.0S6.C00
Totals ...1,241.853,000 692.3®,000 1,934.222,000
Though these figures are undoubt
edly presented by the peace advocates
in all good faith they are a little mis
leading as far as. the United States
expenditures are concerned. The to
tal of $283,000,000 charged to the
United States for the upkeep of its
military establishment on land and
sea is too large by about $50,000,000
if expenditures for actual war prepa
ration are meant. The sum given in
cludes expenditures for river and har
bor works, which are carried on by
the war department, and for other
Help In Healing Fractures '
Scientists Have Arrived at the Con
clusion That Caressing Strokes
Will Do Much for Recovery.
Surgeons are now employing mas
seurs to aid them In healing frac
tures. The first distinguished surgeon
to practice massage in such cases
was the famous Frenchman, Lucas
Championniere. and his disciples have
developed its use in many ways.
James Mennell read a paper on the
subject before the Medical Society of
London a few weeks ago, in which he
described the massage as consisting
of slow, light, rhythmical stroking in
the neighborhood of the injury, the
movement being merely a "caress”
and almost resembling a mesmeric
pass,” the actual site of the injury
being scrupulously avoided. It con
sists of two elements—passive move
ment and active movement. When
the dose of passive movement is be
ing given the patient must be made
j to co-operate by actively relaxing the
whole part.
The Medical Record remarks that
the underlying principle of the treat
ment is that “movement is life.” This
form of massage differs from the ordi
nary in that the latter aims at com
pulsion, whether of the blood in a
given direction or of some movement,
while the massage advocated by Lu
cas-Championniere attempts by its
reflex action through the nervous
system only to restore the tone of the
vaso-motor system.
Many Such Doves.
"Like the dove in Noah's Ark. which
was allowed out a number of times
and always returned, except on the
last occasion." was the North London
magistrate’s simile for an Islington
man who deserted his family. “We
have a lot of doves in our ark," said
the Guardians’ representative.—Lon
don Tit-Bits.
things not at all military in their na
ture, though under the jurisdiction ci
that department.
The same correction must be borne
in mind when considering the follow
ing table, which Bhows the proportion
of military charges to total govern
ment expenditures. For this year, for
example, when there was another bil
lion dollar congress, the total appro
priations propbrly chargeable in the
maintenance of armed peace, are
$241,383,000, out of total appropria
tions amounting to $1.098.647;fi00.
Thus the total expenditures for mili
tary purposes are only about 21 per
cent., even though those exposes
have increased in the few years since
the peace society figures wer* com
piled:
PROPORTION OF TOTAL MILITARY
CHARGES TO TOTAL EXPENDI
TURES.
Total Cost of
artr^
Country- expenditures, and Livy- Pet
Austria
Hungary ....$ fQO.B56.00 $ 8' 244.000 9*
France . 877.292.000 27'-.91S.000 30.»
Germany . 731,286.000 3S;.446,0O9 43.5
Great Britain. 997.410,000 3f-l,820,000 34.1
Italy . 600,595.000 '20.676.000 24.1
Japan . 2S4.452.000 92.601.000 32.1
Russia . 1,360,054.000 J19.770.000 23.5
Spain . 224.526.000 51.367.000 22.S
Turkey . 154.033.000 48.294.000 31.4
U. S. 654.138.000 283.086.000 43.1
Totals ..-.....*6.674,442.000 *1,934.222,000 29.C
Non-military appropriations and pen
sion appropriations have increased
more rapidly than the military bills.
Consequently in the table above the
percentage accredited to the United
States is much too«high. aSythe figures
will show.
How these war expenditures, or
rather expenditures to prevent war, au
they are termed by those responsible
for them, have mounted to such tre
mendous figures, is shown by the
table, giving the cost of the world’s
armies and navies for every ten years
in the last generation. The totals for
each nation mount into the billions
since 1881.
Though the United States holds
fourth place, according to these fig
ures, in amount of expenditures for
war preparations, it is really far be
hind if judged by results. The United
States government pays higher for
preparation for war than any other
nation in the world. It pays its sol
diers and sailors higher wages; their
food is better, and costs much more
than that of foreign soldiers and blue
jackets; their clothing Is more ex
pensive; the American government
must pay much higher prices for bat
tleships, guns and all munitions and
materials of war. Consequently, with
one of the biggest military bills to
foot, the United States really has less
to show than that of any country per
dollar expended.
The graphic charts above show the
military preparedness of nine coun
tries: Mexico, United States. Great
Britain. Japan, Italy, Austria, France,
Germany and Russia. As is readily
seen, despite the millions it spends on
the army, the United States is a dwarf
among military nations.
Wolf Hunt In Boston.
The first wolf hunt Boston has seen
since the Indians left town took place
t few days ago along the railroad
banks of the South Cove. Police re
serves and a score of railroad em
ployes took part .and captured the
quarry only after he had become help
lessly confused in the network of
tracks and switching wires in the
train yard.
The wolf,' a large gray animal, bound
by express from Cambridge. O., to a
Lynn man. gnawed his way out of a
*
wooden crate as the train drew into
the south station. He was the first
one off the train. Dashing through
the station he stampeded a thorusand
home-going commuters. A call to two
police stations brought a squad of
heavily-armed officers, who, rein
forced by railroad men, made a pris
oner of the beast after an hour’s care
ful maneuvering.
$5,000 Bibles.
Even that veteran English authority
of the curio world, J. F. Blacker, is as
founded at some of the prices recent
ly brought at Sotheby’s, London, for
early manuscripts and rare printed
books. In one of these sales a vul
gate Latin Bible brought $5,000. It
was of the thirteenth century, illumi
nated manuscript on vellum, in Gothic
letters, with 146 line small initial
miniatures. The same price was paid
for a Frenph Bible, fifteenth century
manuscript in vellum, illuminated with
197 miniatures, 202 large ornamental
capitals, and hundreds of smaller let
ters in gold and colors.
Generous Scotch Aristocrat.
Three separate ceremonies, each
the outcome of the generosity of the
Duke ' of Buccleuch, ’ were carried
through by the Dalkeith (Edinburgh),
[own council on a recent Saturday
afternoon. Early in the afternoon a
new infectious disease hospital erect
ed at Stitchhill at a cost of £5.000,
was opened with fitting ceremony. At
a later hour in‘the afternoon about
1,500 persons gathered ht the new
water works at the iron mills. The
members of the corporation and other
public bodies afterwards assembled
at tbe new bridge which has been
erected to connect the public park
with its Eskbank entrance. The
bridge bears a suitable inscription,
referring to the Duke of Buccleuch’s
generosity in giving the public park
to the community.
Two Confessions.
The new hubby and his new wlfey
were being whirled away from the
church in the hack with the white
horses. Presently he came down out
i '
of the clouds sufficiently to notice
that she was sobbing* on his shoulder,
"Dearest.” he murmured, tenderly,
“why do you cry?”
"Oh, Philemon,” she sobbed. “I have
deceived you—basely, horribly."
“.This is awful!” he groaned. "‘Tell
—tell me—the worst—at once!”
“I c-c-can’t c-c-cook!" she sobbed.
His face cleared as if by magic.
"Oh, pshaw!” he cried. “Is that all?
You needn't worry over that, darling.
I'm a poet, and there will be precious
little to cook!”
Sad Fact.
“Two are company.”
“Yes, until they are made one."
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Their Location.
"I have been looking over your
master's wardrobe. Where are his
spats?”
“Mostly with the missus, sir.”
HANDS BURNING, ITCHING
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“The trouble began by my hands burn
ing and itching and I rubbed and
scratched them till one day I saw lit
tle red sores coming out. My hands
were disfigured and swollen, and trou
bled me so that I could not sleep.
They were cracked and when the
small sores broke a white matter
would come out. I could not do any
hard work; if I did the sores would
come out worse. For two years no
body could cure my eczema, until one
day I thought I would try the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. I used warm wa
ter with the Cuticura Soap and after
that I put the Cuticura Ointment on
my hands twice a day for about five
or six months when I was cured."
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Adv. —
Last Civil War Veterans.
1 was informed by the United States
pension office that the last soldier of
the Civil war w ill die in 1955. That is
the estimate made by those who
make a study of vital statistics. If
the last veteran survives until that
date he will have lived 90 years after
the surrender of Lee.
Kronk, who died a couple of years
ago in New York^state, was the last
soldier of the War of 1812, and he
lived considerably more than 90 years
after peace had been signed. Bake
man, the last soldier of the Revolu
tion, lived for 86 years after the peace
of 1783.
Here is hoping that some man who
wore the blue or gray may fool the
pension office and round out a full
century after Appomattox!—Philadel
phia Ledger.
No Room for Speeding.
Mr. Atkins was driving over his
property with his daughter and a
young man whom he was beginning
to look upon as a possible and very’
desirable son-in-law.
The chauffeur, not unnaturally, was
inclined to show off the motor car.
but Mr. Atkins himself had higher
thoughts. As John, the chauffeur,
quickened his speed, he leaned over
near him, and said, in a whisper:
“Not so fast, John, not so fast.
You make my estate look too small."
The love we miss for a while we
value all the more when its sweet
ness is returned.—Royston.
‘H.IKE MAGIC"
New Food Makes Wonderful Changes.
When a man has suffered from dys
pepsia so many years that he can't re
member when he had a natural appe
tite, and then hits on a way out of
trouble he may be excused for saying
“it acts like magic.”
When it is a simple, wholesome
food instead of any one of a large num
ber of so called remedies in the form
of drugs, he is more than ever likely
to feel as though a sort of miracle has
been performed.
A Chicago man, in the delight of re
stored digestion, puts it in this way:
“Like magic, fittingly describes the
manner in which Grape-Nuts relieved
me of poor digestion, coated tongue
and loss of appetite, of many years
standing.
“I tried about every medicine that
was recommended to me, without re
lief. Then I tried Grape-Nuts on the
suggestion of a friend. By the time
I had finished the fourth package, my
stomach was all right, and for the past
two months I have been eating with
a relish anything set before me. That
Is something I had been unable to do
previously for years.
“I am stronger than ever and I con
sider the effects of Grape-Nuts on a
weak stomach as something really
wonderful. It builds up the entire
body as well as the brain and nerves.”
Name given by the Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
“There’B a reason,” and it is ex
plained in the little book, ‘The Road
to Wellville,” in pkgs.
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one appears treat tine to time. They
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