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Left Fielder Wheat.
WIkmi Manager "Bill" Dahlen commenced to "reconstruct" the Brook
lyn team nt the beginning of the season, about the first player he secured
was outfielder Wheat Jrom the Mobile team of the Southern league. Wheat
has crtalnly made good. He Is near the top of the list of the National
League sluggers and his fielding has been equally as good.
THE classification legislation In the
Nr.tlonal association national
HKn i'meiit will he revlr.ed at the
annua! meeting of that organization In
Chlcat'o nxt fall. The system may
rot undergo radical thangu, but there
will be modifications that will do away
with abuses uii'l injustices that have
arisen in the course of the develop
ment of the game, to individual, minor
leagues In all sections of the country.
The major leag'toa are interested in
the matter, because the draft price
of the player Is di-termlned by the
rank of the minor league of which the
club to which he b'.-long3 is a mem
ber at the time of hU selection, but
the parties of the first part In the
agreement will have no part In the
new grouping of thj minor leagues.
This power Is delegated to the minors
by section 5 of Article G of the na
tional agreement, which reads as fol
lows: The National association shall hav
the clasFiflcation of its leagues and
the adoption of a salary lor its clubs
according to such classification and it
agrees to withdraw protection from
any lei gue w hich allows auy of its
clubs to exceed the salary limit pre
scribed for leagues of its classifica
tion. The succeeding section fixes the
price for selecting a Class A player by
a major o' lb at $1,000; If a class B
player at "; of a Class C player at
$500 and of a player "from a club of
lower closs." at ;i00 The quoted
words were manlfestlv employed in ex
pectation of the creation of classes be
low D and are assuredly sufficiently
elastic to Include the rest of the letters
of the alphabet. However, It is ap
parent that, although the National as
sociation has solo control of the
grading of its leagueu in rank, throe
classes A. B and C must be retained
in order that the drafting rights of the
major leagues under Section 6, Ar
ticle 6. may be exercised at the price
fixed for each of the ranks.
"Are the Tigers out of the pennant
running this year? Decidedly not."
said Manager llughey Jennings the
other day. "We've git to work hard
er than ever before, that's all. Who
do I think will win If we fall to get In
at the finish. Well, frankly, I like the
looks of the K-d Sox. The Red Sex
team haB even chances with the Ath
leticB of landing first in the race, de
spite the big handicap the Connie
Macks now have on Taylor's men. As
iong as this lied riox smash bang hit
ting continues tithing in the world
will stop the t ?am. Oreat pitching by
a remarkable pliching staff such as
fhe Athletics have will win a pennant,
.timea. tut when you have to
the game clean nnd attractive to the
best people, and he Is succeeding in
his intention. '
More than $3,000,000 will bo paid out
this year in salaries to baseball play
ers. This does not Indue the enor
mous expense of keeping parks In or
der, buying supplies and paying travel
ing expenses. The total expenditure
for the baseball of the two big leagues
during the season this year will run
close to $10,000,'i00. Baseball is a
paying Institution. Ansust Herrmann,
chairman of the National Baseball
coninils. Ion, predicts that this season
will pay eight per cent, on the money
Invested in basnball. "Baseball Is the
greatest business In the land," he
says. "It is a progressive business
and : continually giowing."
Paul Smith, left fielder of the Can
ton team of the Illinois-Missouri
league, was purchased the other day
by President Murphy of the Cubs for
$j00. .lames Murphy, a brother of the
president, located the nineteen-year-old
player on a Hcoullng trip. Smith
Is six feet one Inch tall, weighs 1&0
pounds, nnd has been butting close to
the .320 mark. It Is his first year in
professional baseball and he will re
main with Canton until the Illinois
Missouri league season closes.
Jack Sheridan has been created the
tutor of the young "arbitrators" of the
American league. Ban Johnson could
not let the veteran get away from him
and made a new Job for the man that
has been calling balls and strikes In
the league ever since the start ten
years ago.
The baseball fans of St. Paul are
watching and waiting for the blow up
of that Minneapolis club, and If the
bottom of the Miller sack does not fall
out within the next two weeks there
will be several suicide tricks turned
in the city or the Saints.
ntcher Walter Manning, who has
been with the New York American
league club since 1R08, has been re
leased to Kochestor of the Eastern
league. Lawrence McClure, the form
er Amherst college twlrlur. has been
turned over to Jersoy City.
Lord, who was recently traded by
the Naps to the Athletics for Infield
er Hath, is killing the ball for Mack.
ehoose between a team that is playing j He made four hits In the first game of
great ball In the field and hitting fair- a double-header the other day against
ly well behind wondertul pitchers, and ' his former teammates Just to show
a team that is bubbling over with con- j McOulro's poor Judgment.
All of the White Stockings went
flrtence which has resulted rrom a
nrt, .tretch of victories Is uble to
start a batting rany wuicu mean . owiwhumb u.-, uaj nuuruy an
tverywhere from threv to four singles er they bad reached Detroit. They
to six or eight bits with doubles ar.d didn't return until supper time. Kven
triples scattered anions them, and bas .tne there mo'1 Ufa enough In the
a couple of great left handers, who Bel- j "I"1"! " start an argument.
dora pitch thre-s, four' or five bit!
games, but who never get hammered I Wly Sunday is to be a close n-)lgh-out
of' the box either, why, give ra J uor u' UMy Sullivan near Roaeburg,
ih chaps who are hitting and who r- Sunday's fruit orchard will be
bavo the confidence, it would be a
great thing for Boston to win the pen
nant, and it we cannot climb In there,
why, my best wishes to Pat Donovan's
team."
'resident Lynch has been closely
observing the work of his umpires. He
Is (airly well satUfld with the way
they are performing, but U anxious to
lmprovo the staff at much as be can.
Next year ha expects to hav two or
three new men ot intelligence anjl
good Judgment. ' In order to get high
class men for the position,' said the
leaguo cblof, "It la uccenury to make
the work attrac'Jve. Intelligent men
will not stand for constant dally abuss
on the field, and I am doing my b.tt
to eliminate the uo of bad luguaga by
players. It we call kufch up the rough
fellows It will b easy. to. get a fine
class of men to do the umpiring, for
It Is Interesting work." I tiling w ar
making progress along that Una.
Every case of profane or obscene lan
guage used to an umpire calls for a
fln or suspension, and this rule Is
being rigorously enforced." Mr. Lynch
Is very aarnest In his duslrs to niakt
near enough to penult the two vater
ans to get together tor a funning bee
every once In a while
Dick Cooley has his rooters pretty
well trained out la Topeka. After the
Topeka team lost twice the other day
the fans took after the umpire and
chased the poor fellow a mile nnd a
naif, but Tin O'Neill would not have
him on bis staS If he was not a gjod
runner.
Frank Navln, president of the De
troit Tigers, wuuts young men to help
the champions. The recent slump or
tbu team has caused Navln to send
Jimmy Casey, and Mjlachl Klttrldge
scouting along with Hob Lowe and tbu
orders are to bring lu young players
to take the place of the veterans Hint
are showing signs of decay.
Fred Tenney may become the base
ball: coach at Harvard uext year. His
salary will be 13,000 and In Ills spare
moment be would be furnished with
other remunerative employment. Pretty
sort for the veteran Giant first base
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RUNS WiN3 PEWITS
JOB TINKER O- CHICAOO CUBS
SAY3 HIS TEAM WON THREE
CHAMPIONSHIP FLAG3 BY CO
INS AFTER SOLITARY
SCORES.
TtY JOR TINKER,
(fnpyrtnlit, 1910, by Joseph B. Bowles.!
Playing for one run at a time, and
making sure of that one. Is the way to
win nt baseball. The day of big bat.
ting avernges Is over, nnd the team
that can advance runners steadily and
work together at the bat, nnd on the
bncf-s, Is the winner. In the first place
the pitching has become bo good that
one run counts for twice as much as
It did even ten years ngo and the
first run In a game counts for more
than that.
I think a team wins that has a good
man, eppt dally n good waiter, who
also can hit, leading off. It the first
man up In a game gets to first, Is sac
rificed down, t.nd either of the next
two bnttcrs can get him home, that
game Is almost won right there. The
other team Is hnndicapned. Is unable
to play as resourceful and mixed up a
game ns It could do if ahead, or on
erpril term?, while the team that Is
lending can take chances and vary the
stylo of attack, standing a much bet
ter chanco of making more runs sim
ply because It can afford to take
chances, while the other team must
play a desperate defensive game, play
close und take desperate chances to
cut off runs.
The Cubs have won three pennants
by playing for one run at a time, be
cause their pitchers have always held
the other teams down to low scores,
and I think we have the best team at
making the one run that ever was or
ganized. The way to get that one
run Is to have a resourceful attack,
and to keep outguessing the other
team all the time and never allow the
style of pluy to become machine-like.
By that I mean to hit the first ball
when the pitcher is expecting you to
wait, to wait when he expects
you to hit and to wait him out to
the limit if he shows any
signs of unsteadiness. We fre
quently wait out pitchers for three or
four Innings, perhaps without getting
a hit or a base, and then switch
the system and hit the first ball that
comes over. We fight all the time
to get that first man on bases. Then,
if the opening is made, we change the
gamo and try to surprise the other
team. If they are creeping in, expect
ing bunts, we may switch and play hit
and run. It Is merely trying to do the
unexpected, and our whole scheme of
attack Is based on getting one run
across. I tblpk we have been so suc
cessful at this because we have a per
fect signaling system. Each batter
has three signals with the three men
Jo Tinker.
ahead of him, and three with the
three who follow him. Ordinarily
Chance permits us to use our own
Judgment as to what to do at bat and
on bases, but if he gives a signal
from the bench It Is carried out. If he
signals bit, the batter hits, If bunt, he
bunts, and It Is that working together
and hitting together that has won for
us.
No matter how good a player may
be, he is worthless to a club until ha
learns to forget himself and his bat
ting average and bit for runs. It is
team work and team bitting that win
games.
O'Rourke to Play One More Game,
Expressing a desire to round out 40
years ot professional baseball playing,
Jumes H. "Orator" O'Rourke of
Bridgeport (Conn.) League, lawyer,
former owner ot the Bridgeport team,
and ono of the oldest, if not the oldest
professional player In the country, will
probably catch ono game for New Ha
ven during the present season. When
the Bridgeport man spoke of bis de
sire, Cameron said he would be
pleased to have blm play In any game
the veteran might find convenient
This will make O'Rourke's thirty
eighth year in baseball. He says he
wishes to play one game a year as
long as he Is able to do st. '
Sox Can Now "See Kelly."
The National commission has de
cided that the Chicago American'
claim to A. M. Kelly la valid and that
the Holyoke club must strike his name
from Its suspended list. The evidence
showed that terms submitted by Kelly
were not accepted by Holyoke. Kelly'a
claim for Balary will be considered
lutcr.
FAULT IN TRAINING
Courtney In Bad Shape.
Charles K. Courtney, famous as the
epaca of the Cornell crows. Is serious
ly 111 with acuta Indigestion at his
summer homo on Cayuga lake. So
alarming woro tho reports of his con
dition that J. W. Dugun. graduate
manager of alhlotlcs, and Judge
Frank Irvlno of tho Cornell Athletic
autfocUllon Imstcnod to his bedside.
speaker Hitting Ball Hars.
Speaker's hltlhig ij vlnnlng many
sanies for those Boston Ked Box. He
is always there In a pinch, and prom
ises to give LuJoie and Cobb a hard
run for the premier batting honors of
the American Iaguo.
TOO MANY PARENTS NOT CON
SISTENT WITH CHILDREN.
To Laugh t Prank Today and Punish
for It Tomorrow Is Something
of a Puzzle to the In
fant Mind.
One of the greatest' faults In train
ing our children Is a lack ot con
sistency. We make a great mistake In
laughing at cunning baby pranks that
will some day cease to be amusing.
When the two-year-old baby feels her
pelf badly misused nnd sulks In the
corner with a comical look of offended
dignity on her face It Is laughable, but
when thn six-year-old girl screams In
a passion because she cannot wear
her new dress out to play In It Is not
so funny. And yet the principle In
volved In both Instances Is the same
and thn poor child Is the sufferer.
Little William had been taught not
to touch the piano and very seldom
disobeyed, but one day be grew rest
less, and watching mother and Aunt
Mary out of the corner of his eyes
w nt cvr to the piano and down came
the 1! 'Jo fist on the Bhlny keys. He
walked away with such a look of
complete Innocence that mother and
auntto both laughed heartily, and
auntie caught him up with a kiss and
carried him out to see the kittens.
But the next day when mother nnd
William called on the new minister's
wife the little boy soon discovered tho
piano and started to play. His mother
spoke to htm, but be paid no heed,
so she rone and started to close the
piano, but Master William objected
and there were angry screams and
mother had to carry the little boy to
her chair. And wh not? Yesterday
It had been a play; they had laughed
at birr then, so why not today? i
was Injustice to his baby heart and ho
rebelled. If no attention had been
paid to the baby when she sulked she
would have soon tired of her lonesome
cprner nnd forgotten her grievance,
nnd If William In his restlessness had
been gently reminded of the piano be
ing a forbidden thing and his atten
tion directed to something else, he
probably would not have troubled fhe
piano again. A good Idea If the hnby
sulks Is to leave the room Immediate
ly. With no attention a baby's offend
ed dignity wears off, and with no
audience a screaming child will soon
tire of Its tantrum. But babies de
mand attention, and If we laugh at
them for some little mischief one day
they think they are cunning and will
expect us to laugh at the same prank
another day.
War and Culture.
So hostile to culture Is war that
the artisans of France have never
been able to attain to the standards
of workmanship which prevailed un
der the old monarchy. Latin has been
mispronounced In England ever since
the wars of the commonwealth. Our
national culture started with the
handcap of a Fcven-years' war, and
was always a little behindhand. Dur
ing the nineteenth century the Ameri
can citizen was buffeting the woves of
new development. His, dal'y life was
an experiment. His moral, social, po
litical Interests nnd duties were Inde
terminate. Nothing was settled for
him bv society. Was a man to have
.an opinion? Then he must make It
.himself. This demands a more serious
labor than If he were obliged to manu
facture his own shoes and candle
sticks. No such drafts upon dividual
Intellect Is made In an old country.
You cannot get a European to under
stand this distressing overtaxing of
th Intelligence In America. Noth
ing like It has occurred before, be
cause In old countries opinion Is part
of caste and condition; opinion Is the
shadow of Interest and of social
status. John J. Chapman In Atlantic.
Gypsy Wordless Language.
To communicate with one another,
gypsies now use letters and they use
the telegraph, too, when necessary
rspeclally in this country. But the
modern Romany also follows the "pat
taran," tracing the footsteps, or wagon
tracks, ot his friends on the road by
the same method employed by his an
cient prototype, reading directions
where no words are written as clearly
as thi gorglo does a roadside sign
board. But the pattaran can be read
by the gypsy only It Is hidden and
secret, although it may be In plain
sight, as a signboard Is open and
public. The pattaran may be formed
of sticks or stones or grass, placed
cross fashion at the parting of roads
In such manner that only a gypsy
would Instantly notice and understand.
To blm It means much; first of all, the
direction taken by Romany predeces
sors. From Riley M. Fletcher Ber
ry's "The American Gypsy" in Century.
Pennsylvania
llnrrisliurg. Bid filed with the Stats
Department of Health for t lie rnnl ruc
tion of the building of the new Mate
TillierculosU Sanitm-iuni nt ('reason uliow
that the work will cot the State about
$2.10,001). The totals of the bids are ns
follows: 1'. . Finn, Alto.mu, if:t44.llli(l
.1. .. Menotigli, York, f3i 1,1)40: .1. K. &
A, h. IVnnnck. Philadelphia, $27.:t7 t L.
L. Kreider & Co., Winner. 2!itl,n:t4; Ley
Conntructinn Comnnnv, Pittsburg, $320,
01.1 ! M. V. Wells, Philadelphia, i7l).40Hi
Mi-uls & Johnson, Oil Citv, i:iol,Nli7
Marten & Summers, Butriil'o, 2iil.H00;
Fay A Son, Philadelphia, 2.1S,lli4i Wood
man Lumber Coinpmiv, Cressnn, 2411,
4:i; ; Miller A Son, Pittsburg, iWIS.Xt.V,
l.folin L. Elder, Kbanslmrg, lf;ilil.77.1 i
Melger & Wells. Philadelphia, $270.74.1 1
t.ieorge A. (ilcnn 4 Co., Philadelphia,
HO40..100.
The bids are being tabulated to deter
mine who is nctttnlJv the lowest bidder.
lli'tlilehem. The mystery surrounding
the sudden dentil of Mrs." Arthur Olni-iti-nd
at a boarding house here was
clciiiil up, when following the investiga
tion of Coroner A. .1. Ketlierolf. County
Detective ,1. Johnson ami Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Asher Seip. it was de
clared the womnn was 11 suicide.
During her husband's absence nt work
at the Bethlehem Steel Works, the wom
an swallowed a dose of cyanide of pot
nsli. nnd other poisonous Ingredients,
which Olmstend had mixed for use ns
11 silver polUh. Just before her dentil
the womnn stated that she had taken
medicine which her hnslinnil obtained
from 11 local physician. The county au
thorities found this was not true. Tim
woman killed herself, it was learned, Is-cuu-e
she was not satisfied with the
wa;res her husband was getting ns a
machinist.
Wilkes-Barre. A. J. Davis, n retired
millionaire coal operator of this pity, died
at his summer home nt liar Harbor from
d complication of diseases, aged 77. lie
was one of the most successful individual
operators in the anthracite region.
Heading. Amanda Savacool, a stock
holder of the Herks Auto Tradie Com
pany, filed a bill asking for a receiver
for that corporation, which was char
tered ill Delaware. The company con
ducted an automobile service between tills
city and llertiville, eighteen miles nwny.
Douglassville. John II. Egolf, one of
the most widely known residents of lower
Herks County, died suddenly of heart
disease, aged 07 years. For forty years
he was a telegraph operator on the Penn
sylvania Uailroad t this place.
Marietta. Tacob K. Snyder, the oldest
resident of East Petersburg, nnd one of
Lancaster county's most prominent re
tired nonagenarians, is dead, aged 00
years. He was a prominent Mennonito
and of a charitnhlc disposition. This is
the third nonagenarian to die in Lancas
ter county in less than a month.
York. At a meeting of the Iioard oj
fiovernors of the York Oratorio Society,
H. II. Peters, of Haltimore, was elected
director to succeed Joseph S. Pnche,
resigned. The new director is organist
of tlie Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Hai
ti more.
Lewistown. Patrolmen nlong the Mid
dle Division of the Pennsylvania Rail
run d have been instructed that in future
the act of persons crossing the trucks nt
any point, except nt public crossings, will
he interpreted as a violation of the tres
i.iss uct. This will be especially hard
on those who have erected club houses'
011 the side of the railroad opposite the
river as they will be compelled to walk
miles. This refers not only to the pub
lic, but also to employees who are not
ut the time engaged in the performance
of some duty for the company.
Ilobesonia. The lirown family reunion
Whs held on the farm of Harry lirown
nnd was largely attended. A number of
addresses were delivered. The vocal
music was in chnrg.i of C. I!. Kint.er,
Jr., of Womelsdorf. All kinds of out
door games were engaged in by old and
young.
Stroudtburg. Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, sec
retary of the State Came Commission nnd
State (iame Protector, lectured nt the
Water Gap House, Dcjutvare Water Cap;
on "Vnlue of liird Life to a Community."
Dr. C .M. Urowncll, i.f Stroiidsburg, was
chairman of the meeting which was
largely attended by Iiionroe county
sportsmen. After the lecture an import
ant conference was held.
Oregon Man's Insect Catcher.
In tho country all sons of homely
devices are UBed to catch the bugs
and kill them, and an Oregon man,
who probably bad bis apple orchard
overrun by some destructive species,
patented trap for the pests. A bar
rel has ploces cut out ot the upper
portion and Is bait filled with rotten
or bruised apples or some other odor
iferous fruit. On top of the barrel is
place 0 pan partially filled with wa
ter, oil or some poisonous liquid. From
the apex ot a tripod that keeps tho
basin from falling oft the barrel bangs
a lantern. In the daytime the Insects
will be attracted by the odor of the
fruit, and -in flying up to feast many
of them are likely to fly Into the wa
ter. At nlgbt the lantern Is lighted
aud bugs will come from afar to flut
ter against it and meet tholr death in
the liquid bolbw. Chicago Tribune.
Scranton. Rev. D. Frank Mathews,
Raptist clergyman of Scranton. died at
the home of his son, Charles M. Mathews.
Death followed a physical decline extend
ing over a iiiiiiiUt of years. He was
born in Philadelphia, lie' first took 11 1
medicine, but lu.er changed his vocation,
mid met with success in the ministry. Ha
important of which was the First Hap
tist Church of this city.
Pottsville. Four hundred deeds tor
properties disosed of recently in Scliuvl
kil Icounty at the treasurer's sale of un
claimed lands, wore placed in the hands
of the purchasers. These were sold for
non-payment of taxes. Albert Thomp
son was just in the nick of time to re
deem valuable coal lands in lllythe, Hot
ter, Cass, Mahunoy, Ryan and NewcnstU
township, the tux pavment totalling
412.000.
Not Quite a Failure.
"When he was a boy his mother
thought ha would be a president some
day."
"He'll never get there."
"I'm afraid not Still, he gets a lot
ot satisfaction out of being a big man
in bis lodge."
Astute Professor.
"How Is Professor Fllmmer getting
along with his memory school?"
"He's swamped with applicants."
"What's the secret of bis success?"
"He collects tuition In advance and
teaches bis pupils to remmur every
thing but their debts."
Taniaqus. A the result of a big fall
of coul and dirt in the No. 11 Mine o!
the LehicJi Coal & Navigation Company)
George Murphy, fire boss, of Coaldiilc.
ws instantly killed. Peter Rnyle. nt
Coahlale, was - burled alive, nnd Hug!)
Hollywood, of Conldals, wa budly in
jured. Norristown. John Duck ley, aged 35.
helil a number of pastorates, the most
night engineer of the Swedeland quarry
of the McCoy Lime Company, was foimi)
drowned in a forty-foot quarry pond. It
is thought that he was drowned accident
ally while at work.
Shenandoah. According to the price of
real at tidewater, United State Com.
missioner ot Labor Charles T. Ncill, noti
fied the anthracite coal operator that
mine workers were entitled to two per
runt, .above the basis for August, an in
crease of one per cent, over July.
Sliainokin. The Shamokin Hoard of
Education voted to have taxpayer! In
dortt a loan of f 150,000 to erect a new
High School building, the present ono be
ing too small for the number of student.
The Issue will be decided at the. No'
vember election.
New Jerusalem. While plusierln'r nt
house et Oley Line, Hcnjaiuin Angitadt
and hi eon, Jsnie. rncounU-red a make
three feet long, of the itripi-d specie
which had furty-one young snakes with
her, each from ix to eight inch' in
length. All thn -ake were killed.
fTvYrvtiTT
.by WILBUR p HEmT
Smmw
The dusty road lay lonx and itlll
To where It broke across the bill:
The weary breeze would come and lift
A pufT of dust, and let it drift
Against the haggard clover bloom
That gave but shadows of perfume.
And on the grass that was as gray
As ever any dust that day.
The trees stood, thirsting, lank and lean.
With famine-yellow In their groen,
With leaves as shriveled as the band
Of some old man who scarce can stand
Because of all the year he feels;
The wagons moved wth rattling wheels;
The bees with angry hums sailed by.
The birds chirped to the empty sky.
The twilight came without a breath
Of wind, and was as still as death;
And all the night the hot stars glowed
While cricket clacked a crackly ode;
The dawn woke white, and brought a
sense
Of the Sahara's heat Intense,
And the thin dogs lay roundabout
With their long, red tongue lolling out.
Then auddenly a breeze laughed by
And tossed a haze against the sky.
And runnnlng, racing down the hill
Came raindrops, with a subtle thrill
As when sdme rippling dance-note (urge
Across the droning of a dirge.
And brook and river, hill nnd plain
Leaped up and ang: "The rin! The
rnln!"
The Tussock Moth.
The tussock moth Is so called be
cause of Its color, it being a fashion
able shade ot tussock.
It flutters about upon the scented
breeze, gaily laying an egg hither and
yon in the foliage. Then it retires
from circulation.
After a time the eggs hatch out. If
the moth bad to sit on its eggs to
hatch them it could not effect such a
complete distribution. One mosquito,
for instance, will lay 80,000 eggs In a
day, but most of them will produce
mosquitoes that Immediately go to
some summer resort. The offspring of
the tussock moth Is the tussock cater
pillar, which is a slow traveler and a
vegetarian. It Is what entomologists
call a "beautiful specimen," but its
beauty is not even skin deep.
The caterpillar locates in some town
where the city council does not see
the need of gratifying the Idle whims
of nature lovers. One caterpillar is
assigned to each leaf of the vines and
trees that have been raised by hand.
A few days later there is no necessity
of spraying the foliage, for it isn't
there.
The tussock moth Is our leading
anti-conservationist
Maud Missed the Trip.
A charming young- woman named Maud
Was planning a trip far abraud.
She missed all that bother
For one day her father
In cornering wheat, dropped hi, waud.
In Bad Odor.
"And so," grumbled the rich uncle,
"they say my money Is tainted."
"Yes, uncle," replied the diplomatic
nephew, "but I always ask them what
they can expect of a fortune amassed
through a corner on Umburger
cheese."
6h Knew.
"You are so proud of your new hat
and dress," growled the husband, "that
It is a wonder to me you haven't left
the price marks on them'.'
"What's the use?" gurgled the happy
wife. "Every woman I know has
priced them and glvon they up In de
spair." .
To Bavs Time. '
'They say she has been married six
or eight times," is the comment as the
beauteous lady sweeps down the
-dining hall with her latest husband.
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she lnelsts on using all the names of
all her husbands 00 her cards."
"Hyphenated, of course." ,
"Certainly, and tnatead of a period
after the last name, she uses a
hyphen, so the contlnuatiea may bo
accomplished without change la punctuation."
Unconscious.
The editor ot the niasa-jln opens
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"Dear Sir," the letters begins, "I
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Jim Gruet is terribly absent-minded.
Jack I should say sol I've knowa
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if he was in.
Advice.
"Doctor," called little Blngle, over
his telephone, "my wife has lost ber
voice. What the dickens shall I do?"
"Why," said the doctor, gravely, "It
I were you I'd remember the fact when
Thanksgiving day comes around, and
act accordingly."
Whereupon the doctor chuckled as
he charged little Blngle $2 for profes
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The Summer Girl.
"How'd you like to be engaged to a
millionaire?"
"I was engaged to one all last sum
mer, and he seldom spent a dime. I
want to be engaged to a young man
who Is down here for two weeks with
about $300 In his roll."
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Didn't Want His Chewed.
Bill Don't you like to see a deg
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Jill Yos, If It's not one of my own.
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