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lowest minimum assessment rates consistent with permanent security.
Twelve assessments per year. "No more, No less."
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J. O. ROOT,
Sovereign Commnader, W. 0. W. Bids., Omaha, Neb.
JOHN T. YATES,
Sovereign Clerk, W. 0. W. Dldg. Oinoho, Neb.
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LEAGUE OF VANISHED STARS
Luminous Hubesm Hold Inteintinc Heot-
h aad Tell Old Tiki.
KOW VON DER AHE TABOOED POCKETS
Ber Foil Manager Telle It Himself
and Bill Gleaaon Helntes the
' Fleeh-Colored stocking
I ' story.
This Saturday night'. meeting of In
Katlonal League of Vanished Star wai
late In bolng called to order besaua an
hour before meeting time Pre.ldcnt Anion
wai accosted on, hi. way to KMuriie'e
place on Fifteenth street, where the
league meets, by a country cou.sl.i (rem
the old farm in Iowa, who 1iis1h(;1 on
eouring the promise of "Ana" to dine
' With him Sunday.
For this meeting a goodly "gathering of
the old boy. - had come from different
cities. Besides Cap. Anion and Jimmy
Ryan from . Chicago, both Bill - and
Jack Oleaaon, old George Mclnnla and the
Inimitable Chris, von Der Ahe of 8t.
louls, Johnny Ward of New York, Buck
Ewlng of Cincinnati!. Stovey of Phila
delphia and many other vnlahed .tar.
were present. It waa to be an "experi
ence" meeting and the old fellows had
ome cocked and primed with yarne which
they were eager to reel off.
The meeting, will come to' order," an
nounced Prealdent Anion, ne he glanced
ver hi. "apeca" at the rotund form of
"Der Poaa Manager" that had ju.t rolled
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"I have here a tekgrim from Mr'.
Comlakey In which he .end hla regrets
at being unf ble to attend," aald the presi
dent; "he .ay. for me to tell you ho ia
too busy winning the American league
pennant to come,"
"Aeh. dafa him, dat'a Charley for you,"
exclaimed Von Der Ahe In subdued tunc;
"shuat like ven ve vae der four dime vln
ners .ready, ahuat der rame. He'a .1
vaye vlnntng sometings." . .
Ar.d.thon old Chris reached . for hla
"ateln."
"Well, our time la ahort and I mu.t ask
each gent to be brief In his remark.." con
tinued Anaon. "First, 1 will call on Mr.
Von Der Ahe to tell ua something of the
old 8t. Louis Browns' daya. And the
veteran owner of that great ball team
went away back to the daya when Cliff
Carroll waa playing center, even before the
late Curtis Welsh, "King of Fielders,"
Joined the team.
"Did you ever hear vhy It vns I pro
hibited f.cr use of pockets in shirks?" asked
Chrlw Seeing a look of Ignorance on the
face, of all aav. the Oleaaon brothera and
McQinnls. he added. "Veil, I see you
don't. Von day a ball Is knocked .oud to
center field und Carroll, ho scoops It up
somehow, but forgets where It vent und
after der runr.er makes a homo run. Cliff
he Hilda der ball In hla ahlrt pocket. D.t
trttled It. - Dor next duy all dom d d
pocketa Is somevhere else und Uat vaa der
luat uv dam for der Browns."
Plmk Colored Stoeklnga.
The story was much enjoyed and after
taking a few around Bill Oleaaon. the
once famous ahort atop of the Drowns, who
get rich and then lost all on the racea and
la today back on the St. Louis fire depart
ment, arose. Everybody cheered. The
dignity and popularity which attached to
that great short stop of former days, were
still present.
"I wish Chris had gone further In his
reminiscences about the; wearing 'apparel
reforms he effected and told you how near
he came to substituting flesh-colored stock
ings for the brown, worn by the team," ob
served Gleaaon. 'Til tell you." And then
he glanced over McQinnls', way, but the big
ex-pitcher was asleep,' which elicited a re
monstrance from Gleaaon that every mem
ber should remain awake, or at . least
conscious, I while business was being trans
acted. McGinnls came to and' the narrator
continued:
"It was McGinnls' 'day to pitch. Wo
used to march out from the dressing room
beyond the rljht field to first base, -when
each man would go to his position for prac
tice. McGinnls didn't march out that day.
Comlskey had to go back to the room and
remind him that It was time to get on the
diamond. Finally, Just before play was
called, George came out and walked to
the box. Instantly an uproar came from
the grandstand nnd Von Der Ahe burst
through the little gate opening onto the
diamond by the home team players' bench.
He waa terribly npltated and was calling
to Comlskey. but Comlskey was on first
and he merely waved him back when Chrla
started out to epeak to htm. The umpire
had called 'play ball' and McGinnls pro
ceeded to pltoh, unmindful of the ftr-t that
he only had on one sork. At the end of
the first Inning he was sent back to the
dressing room.
"Von Der Ahe Insisted on the tenm wear
ing flesh-colored socks' nfter that, but with
Comlskey's aid we convinced him even that
attempt at deceiving the funs would not
do, and. securing n pledge of reform from
Mac, we continued to wear the brown."
Makes ( arlt Sore.
"Aeh. glf us a reat," protested Chris.
"It's on the square, all right, all right,"
put In McGinnls.
And then Jimmle Ryan told of the time
big Bill Lunge sent George Van Haltren
7U illuMraie the plain
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three feet under earth for a batted ball.
Van wai In center, Lange at the bat, and
one Chicago man on first. The game was
with New York on the West Side grounds
In Chicago. The 'score was 1 to 0 In favor
of New York ar.d there were iwo outs In
the ninth Inning. Lange hit the ball and It
headed ' for center. Van ran ' up and
stopped it on the ground with one hand. It
looked like It might be good for a double,
but as the mail who was on' first turned
third 'and tore' for home and Xange was
approaching third the crowd was nmaied
to see Van Ualtren lying prostrate on his
face. Both runners scored before Van
could reach the ball that had sunk to ths
bottom of a hole which, by some strange
means, had been made In the ground.
"And youse fellows von der game," Inter
posed tho Irrepressible Von Der Ahe, draw
ing away from his ateln for the moment.
"Yea. we won," replied Ryan.
"Veil, I be , don't dat beat der dlck-
ens?"
Pinochle Prealdent Butta In.
"I would like to state " But the
speaker,-, who was McGinnls, was inter
rupted by President Griswold of the Omaha
Pinochle club, which' also holds Its meet
ings here, with the announcement that his
olu had scheduled a tea party for the
evening and desired to know If "you wind
jammers" were going to smoke all night.
The Vanished Stars did not take kindly
to this sort of attack, but generously re
frained from Insisting on a riot. President
Anson declared the meeting adjourned, an.
nounclng that Mr. Ward and others not
ullowrd to apeak this time would be put
at the head of the battlns ltt a week hence.
AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL
Description of Remarkable and
Isefnl Invention Bronsjht Oat
In England..
Consul J. L. Griffith of Liverpool, In a
report to the Department of Commerce
and Labor, calls atteutlon to an exceed
ingly llmely, and from all accounts suc
cessful, system of arresting trains auto
matically. It Is said to be of great value
In cases of danger. While no description,
except one with drawings and photographs
ever docs Justioe to machinery, the follow
ing report of Mr. Griffith may serve to
excite Interested parties to send for full
dft.irlptlon, or, better still, to cause the
machinery to be examined by a competent
engineer. The coumil writes:
For about two year, a system of auto
matic train control has been In use on tt
portion of the lines of the North Stafford
shire Railway company. The officials of
tho company were so pleaaed with the
efficiency of the . system that they deter
mined recently to test It In a larger way by
placing It in service at one of their moat
important junction pclnta where the traf
fic Is unusually heavy. Representatives of
several of the leading railroad. In England
were prcaent att thl. teat, and expressed
great satisfaction with the result. When
ever It Is prudent, on account of a danger-
l oua curve, auch as caused the recent dis
aster at Salisbury, or for any other reason,
to permanently reduce the speed of trains,
it Is claimed that this can be automatically
accomplished so that the safety of pa
Benrer. will not be jeopardised by careless
or recHe.a engl"eer. Tte following descrip
tion of the invention waa published in the
Liverpool Pest and Mercury:
"The system, of which Mr. Thomas E.
Raymond Phillips, of Liverpool, la the In
ventor, Is r.markable for Its Ingenuity and
aimpliclty. Its most commending merit Is
Its reliability.
"For a long time a ayatera of aignallng
has been almoat unlvereally la use which
repeat. In the signal cabin the condition
of the alfnaui which are ceutrvpea from
that cabin. So many signals are hot visible
from the cabins from which they are op
erated that the value of this safeguard
is quite obvious. The Raymond Phillips In
vention carries this principle a further
stage, and achieves an even more notable
and important precaution by repeating the
state of the signals not only In the signal
box but also In the cab of the locomotive,
and so Insures that the driver shall at all
times have a clear view of the condition
of the signals governing the ' road over
which his engine is to run. This Is ac
complished by means of pneumatically op
erated miniature semaphores fitted up In
the cab of the locomotive. Opposite each
line signal a set of 'trippers' In duplicate
is placed In the four-foot way. The trippers
are mechanically and electrically connected
with the ordinary signaling apparatus, and
stand erect or He flat according as the
signals show 'danger or 'line clear.' Be
neath the locomotive there are two striking
levers moving either way, which project
such a distance as to meet the trippers
when they are erect and to pass over them
altogether when they are lowered. When
'danger' Is signaled, therefore, the striking
lever Is thrown back by the upstanding
trippers, with the Instant effect that the
semaphores In the cab of the engine faith
fully reproduce the signal, and the levers.
after striking the trippers, remain securely
locked until released by the driver. But
that Is not all. Should the driver for any
reason disregard the signal his train Is
automatically pulled up quite Independently
of his own operations, and simultaneously
a warning note la sounded by a horn on the
locomotive, so that he Is warned of his
position both by A-lsual and audible signals.
At the some moment the ' signalman Is
warned of the ' Irregularity by ' means ef
a special repeater fitted In the signal box,
and an alarm bell is set going and continues
ringing until he acknowledges It by press
ing a plunger in the repeater. .
"In actual operation all thla Is very much
simpler than perhaps appears from the de
scription. So easily and with such prompt
response does every part of the apparatus
work that the probability of any portion of
It being thrown out of gear is, to say the
least of It, exceedingly remote. But In the
event of such a contingency occurring,
either from accidental breakage or deliber
ate tampering, the mishap can scarcely be
attended with any element of danger. Com
plete provision Is made for a contretemps
of that sort. The immediate effect of the
failure of any part of the apparatus to
fulfill Its appointed task would be that
both the driver and signalman would be
warned, and the line upon which the acci
dent occurred would be blocked. It the
tripper mechanism, for Instance, were to
be put out of action, the signalman would
be given Instant warning a disk would fall
on the repeater la front of htm, disclosing
the words, 'Out of order,' and at the same
time an alarm bell would ring. Moreover,
If any breakage should take place, Its rec
tification would be a matter of very little
time and very little trouble, as all ports cf
the system are Interchangeable. Break
ages, Indeed, would be very rare. Judged by
the working of the system up to the pres
ent. For nearly two years the Phillips
Syndicate liave had a locomotive fitted up
with their apparatus, and although It hat
been In constant use there has been' no
occasion to replace a striking lever, and
every part of tho mechanism la still in
first-class order."
Weather Wisdom of Fishes.
"In their way," said the old fisherman,
"fishes are good weather propheta. If a
storm is approaching the fish stop biting
and they won't bite again until the storm
is well over. They appear to know when
a storm Is coming and when It haa really
passed. And to fishermen and farmers
living along the shore, fish foretell the near
approach of cold weather. Houra before It
comes fishes leave the shallow waters In
shore and seek deeper water, which in Its
depths will stay warm and keep an equable
temperature after the shallower and sur
face waters have turned cold. Oh, yes,
fishes know a thing or two about the
weather." Neir York Bun.
Crossing tho I, In.
One of the most persistent of popular
fallacies Is the belief In the "line skorm."
or great gale which ajways appears on or
about September 2X to mark the autumnal
equinox.
In spit of weather bureau records the
oldest Inhabitant recounts the equinoctial
gales of the past, and among the people In
general there Is a deep rooted belief that
the line which separates summer from au
tumn la crossed by ths sin only after a
struggle with throes, the WTect of which
reaches even thla far-aay planet
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