The Winning Score BY TRAY (Copyricbt. igil, by Awocuiad Litaraiy Hfaat.) li e slatlon guard slammed the gale iliut as Hetiion reached It, suitcase In land, lie get hla baggage down and iopped his are disgustedly. "Hung It! If I express my real feel ings this would be no plane fur a Jiii'y " Someone slumped llm on the shout- dr with a laurtli. "First time I ever ' krew you to gmt left at anything, old : le low." J ; t) ton wheeled around, bin fare lighting with pllasure. "Hy the eter nal. It's Tom Hartley. You look good 'to me after a year's absence. If any ''tM..g could make up to me for losing 'any train, utid having to stay over. It votild be your having turned up., LMdn't know a soul In the place, and j van picturing to myself the hilarity J of going to my hotel and reading all tlie evt-nlng." I l:irt ley drtw him over to a bench end handed him a clgnr. "Sorry Ben Ion. but I am leaving In fifteen nilu 'ii'es, myself, for a three months' trip. V.'Wh w e could make an evening of It and talk over old times. Haven't - tmly seen you twice since we left col lege. You certainly used to play a devllh h lot of Jokes on me. Wish wa could be thrown together occasionally, iperuaps the lust four years have de Teloptd my mentality enough for ma to come back at you." Kenton, chuckled remlnlscently. "I ould willingly let you try your hand at It, Tommle. If only you could relieve Ibis deudly dull evening that yawns before me. Don't know a soul la the blooming city." "1 could give you a note of Introduc tion to the dearest girl living," Hart ley answered enthusiastically, "she t fcus the reputation of being the wit tiest girl In town and would make you think missing your train was the fleasantest thing that ever happened." Benton looked at his business suit dubiously. "I couldn't call In this get up " "No.isense! She Isn't that kind of a girl at all, not the least bit snobbish. Let n.e write the note Heuton, you can use It or not. but you might decide that you would like to kill an "Hang It!" evening's monotony, and I'll vouch for It that you don't often meet a girl that compares with tulB one." lie took a curd from bis pocket and rrtibbled several Hues with his foun tain pen. "Here's luck to you, old fel low, and I think that's my truln they are culling Tickled to death to run Into you." Ilentou checked his baggage and talked severul blocks before he de cided that It wns not every mortal that was so favored by the gods as to have the opportunity of meeting the wittiest girl in town, then finally took a cab and gave the addre.s Hartley hud writ ten on the curd. Hartley hail written "Introducing my old college chum, Ilichard Button, who Is in town for the night only, and who doesn't know a (-on). If you haven't an engage ment, be nice to him. He's O. K., ex cepting a tendency to play practical Jokes, but probably bis mania In that direction will not crop out lu a (.Ingle ceiling." The nolo was characteristic of Hart ley's old style, and while It's lack of dignity was apparent, It would prob ably cause no surprise to any friend of his. When the cab stopped and ilenton went up the steps, his courage weuk ted slightly, as be had not expected anything quite so m&gniflcent as the Iioubo ne was entering. The butler took his card and left him sitting In the library wondering if he bad not teen foolish to act upon Hartley's Im pulsive suggestion. Checking the In a New York telegraph office where economically minded persons with limited correspondence facilities have the habit of dropping In ond writ ing personal letters on telegraph Wanks the watchman has adopted tac tics discouraging to epistolary extrav agance. After a correspondent baa filled out several forms with band writing the watchman approaches and ays: "1 trust you are not writing any tiling on those blanks Important enough to be produced lu court as evl fuce. If you are please understand it would not hold In law unless the printed matter was admitted bIbo, and us that expressly states that every message must be repeuted to make It Uncling you can readily see that un less you write your communication all ever ngiiin It would be rejected by competent authorities." Koiisibly the scribbler la writing nothing more lik-iy to be contested In court than a vacation poem, but the watchn-.ua'a solemn warning acarea urn iw I I - MoriROC ALLISON When his courage bad reached low ebb Miss iJllton came to. She uotsl tated a second, and ber grey ey seemed to analyze (Wnton. Sde str tclied out her hand cordially, fop Kenton's win a face tlat women1 trusted. "Mr. Ha'tley couldn't have kent you at a more opportune time. I had stayed In tonight expecting my mother and father to come So on the train from New York, but Have Just hud a telegram 'that they wljj not be here until midnight, so there was the prcspect of a lonely evening." Kenton gated, and thanked tie gods and Hartley. The soft, slua lovll neHs of Iter was wonderful! She But orr tfr divan near film, a mirthful twinkle In her eyes "Mr. Hartley's card says that you are- prac tically perfect with the except ton of a prediction for practical Jokes-" "Poor old chap! It's a shame the way I've Imposed upon his good na ture, for oo matter how mud the laugh was on him, he always su- the point of the Joke and enjoyed Iti He has vowed he- will get even with nie sometime, but I am not losing any sleep over hla Intention." Miss Hilton's smile of appreciation cntne mar developing into a giggle. "1 think we may credit him with buy ing made a successful effort" ber eyes full of mirth. Kenton looked at her In surprise. "Did be write anything else on the back of the card?" he asked quickly. "Nothing at all. See!" she held It up before him. "Rut I am safe In prophesying that you will acknowl edge thut he has paid off all old cores." "Has he 'phoned to you since ha left me?" His tone was puziled. ' "No, he hasn't telephoned. Shall I tell you the point of the Joke?" sh Itaned forward, smiling ' He gazed fascinatedly at the white ness of her throat where the Dutch neck of her white gown left It ex posed. "I'm consumed with curiosity." "Well suppose I told you that Mr. Hartley didn't telephone me tonight, that he never has 'phoned to me, and that, furthermore 1 never met him In my life, nor had I ever beard bis name until you sent up hi card tonight" He rose to bis feet In astonishment. "What!" be shouted "Never," she responded laughing. "I hope you are as good-natured as you represented blra to be for the Joke Is certainly on you." i His face flushed with shame. "What must you tl.lnk? If you will allow me a moment to make bumble apologies I will make as graceful a retreat as the circumstances permit." Miss Dillon smiled and pressed the electric button beside ber. "1 have always had a weakness for playing practical Jokes myself, and this seems an unusually good one. Suppose, since w i have already met and conversed at longth without proper Introduction, you remain until John brings some sandwiches and tea. and you can tell me some of the college tricks that led to the Just retribution that bas be fallen you tonight." His relief was visible on bis fare. "The gods have not only been merci ful," he said softly, "they have been most amazing kind." Three months later Kenton entered the lobby of his hotel and ran Into Hartley. Hartley's face expanded la his old-time grin. "Glad to run Into you again, Kenton, have you been stalled here ever since I left you at the station lust full?" he asked. "Not exactly ull the time. I have been stationed in New York as uaunl, but have ' run down to Philadelphia some few dozen times," Kenton an swered. "Thought you didn't know anyone In town?" Kenton smiled and led the way Into the grill room. "Didn't, until you gave me that curd of Introduction." Hurtley slupped him on the shoul der energetically "So you really went to call on her?" he howled gleefully. "Yes, Indeed! And I have called dozens of times slnre " HartUy's eyes opened wide. "Ky Jove! have been wanting to meet that girl for the lust two years, and I didn't know a soul among her ac quaintances. You don't know the good thing you have stumbled Into, Kent, old boy, she Is the swellest of the swell, and practically thj belle of the city. ..et's call bygone bygoties," he paid pleadingly, "and fix up some plan to have me meet her." "With the greatest pleasure but you will have to postpone it a few weeks the lady In question Is very busy at present she Is to be married tomorrow." "Just my luck," Hartley growled disgustedly, "who Is the lucky man?" "1 am," he answered, briefly. Scribblers. htm out and be finishes fc.'i writing elsewhere. Birth Rate and Death Rate In France . Dr. Kertillon. the French authro pologist, Is despondent over the re turns of births and denths In France for 1910, which have Just been pub lished. Kirths numbered 774.308 and deaths 703,777. The number of births Is the lowest for the last century, bar ring that for 1909, which was 4,000 less. In 1859 over a million children were born in France. The decrease In the death rate also falls to give him any hope, He points out that it Is solely due to the dwln dllng birth rate. The reduction Is ob servable only among children under one year. The only reason therefore why there are fewer deaths Is that fewer children are -born. Meanwhile, as Dr. Kertillon remarks despondent ly, the excess of births over deaths In the German empire last year was 884.000, as compared with under TJ)W In Franca, c;g southpaw is ij -.'fi: ' i'8? -I 1 Bill Bill Burns, the former Washington twirler, who waa recently purchased from Cincinnati by the Philadelphia Nationals, after Detroit failed to land Mm, Is probably the sleepiest athlete who ever held down a berth In the big leagues. Kill has all others backed oft the boards when It comes to taking uaps, and he Is not In the least par ticular about the time he picks out for anooze. It wus because of this that Burns was put under suspension by Clarke Griffith and later sold to the Phillies. During a recent game at Boston the Cincinnati twlrler in the box was not going good and Burns was sent for to warm up. He pitched three or four balls to a catcher and then went to the clubhouse and fell asleep. At Brooklyn he was sent out to warm up 'or Caspar, and repealed the perform ince, falling asleep ou the clubhouse iteps. BENDER'S PLAN WAS UPSET ' Crack Athletic Pitcrer Tells How Worst Ball He Pitched Won for New York Highlanders. "That crly goes to show how a little thing will knock the starch out of baseball r' "s." sagely commented Chief Bender, talking about a gume which he lost against Russell Ford in New York. "You know, Johnson had a three bagger, and It looked as If we would be able to get him there. I figured on nailing, Sweeney and Ford on strikes, then passing Wolter and getting Dan iels. That would have left the Swede sticking on third. "I got the two strikes, all right, on F.ddle. Then I gave him a ball that dropped down and out. It was as rot ten a ball as you could find, almost hitting the ground as It broke. I thought he might swing at It and miss It. or else pass It along, apd then 1 would Btlck a fast one across and get him. "Itisteud of thnt. Sweeney uppercut the bull and smashed It on the fly to Dunny Murphy. It was a Barriflco. all right, and Johnson came over. It wus a cinch to get the next men. That Is what 1 mean. I don't sny that we would have won the game, as we Chief Bender. couldn't hit Russ Ford. But the game might have been different If Eddie Sweeney hadn't poked at the worst bull I tired all duy. That's baseball for you. It Is always a case of you never can tell." Likely Youngsters In Bushes. Kill Murray, the free lance scout for Pittsburg, says there la not much of a yield In the bushes this year. "There are plenty of good young fel lows to look over," says the veteran discoverer of baseball stars, "but what's the use? They have to bo wonders to And room on a one, two, three team like Pittsburg," but the dis coverer of Harry Davla, Fred Parent, Mike Doolan, Goorge Gibson, Kddlo Grant, Karl Moore and a dozen other lights does not deny that he already has covered up a clever pair for early inspection. w prize slumberer. Burns. liven during a game In which be la working, and where every other play er l on edge because (if the closenesa of the con' bat, Burns does not change bl tactics. During hla career with Washington he pitched a game In Chicago In which the score stood 1 to 0 for the Natlon ala lu the eighth inning. The players were on a tension watching every move, but while the Washington play ers were on the bench In the ninth Burns fell asleep and actually had to be aroused to pitch the flnut inning. Then he was so sleepy that the White Sox pounded him for two runs and won the game Many Players "Beaned." "To hean or not to bean, that Is the question" among most of the American league pitchers at present. Hardly a box score is passed that at least one batter Is not hit It looks as If Tenney bas a pitcher In McTlgue. "Can Mike Donlln come back?" la a baseball bromide. Ty Cobb believes thut hU brother Paul will make good. Mike Mowrey Is developing Into a murderer at the bat. Old Cy Young takes It as a Joke that they have asked waivers on him. Walter Johnson Is beginning to get back to his lust year's speed. Bill Dahlen manages to draw fines, although he docs not play any more. "Kbbets after players," reads a newspaper headline. Krooklyn needs them. Young Is playing a better third base for the Boston team than many old timers. Stuffy Mclnnes of the Athletics hn9 a brother pitching in the New Eng land league. Ty Cobb seems to be going after whatever the manufacturers have to offer this year. President Charles Somers of the Naps denies he Is Interested In the New Orleans club. Hnl Chase expects Jim Vaughn to be as effective as ever, how thnt he Is In condition again. Jerry Downs has been regarded ns a failure on first base for Columbus and Is shifted back to second. Jocko Mulligan, the former Eastern league star, has ben appointed scout for the Buffalo team. Hugh Nlcol, director of athletics at Purdue university, has been engaged to scout for the Ci inuatl Rods. Christy Mathewson appears to be making pretty good, although ho Is said to have cut down his speed. Davy Jones of the Detroit Tlger9 has been beaned once and sent to first base three other times by being hit. Most baseball trades remind one of the magnate who traded hU star for a yellow dog and then shot the dog. The campaign for earlier finishes brought a 50-minute advance In start ing time for the St Louis fans at Cardinals' park. Inside baseball: To take a pitcher who has hit for two safeties out of the game to make room for a pinch hitter who fans out Hughle Duffy Is keeping an eagle eye on the doings of the Providence club because he still owns a third Interest In it. Joe Jackson is to become a high brow player If the Cleveland manage ment can assist him to that He Is going to college this winter. Gus Dundon, now utility man and pinch hitter for the Lincoln club pf the Western league, but formerly of the Sox Infield, Is bitting around the .400 mark. Tom Jonea, the veteran first base man Detroit sold to Milwaukee last spring, Is playing such goad bait some major U;agiie club may bo tempted to draft him ujialn. r5cDltering IDbmonitfJ BASEBALL CURE FOB INSANE Treatment Is Not Altogether New Expert Says It Quickens Sluggish Brains and Wits. Baseball dope, the batting averages, league stnndlt gs, vital statistics and l lie n st of the uaiorted, first ald to-tho-cutious Information, is now being put to pruetlcul use In curing back ward minds and Ineorrlg'ble students In the Newton Technical high school, Boston However, the use of baseball for the treatment of ailing minds Is not alto gether new, for 4Dr W O. Krohn, for mer professor of psycholcgy at the University of Illinois, and h.ad phy sician at the Kankakee csylutn, as serts that butebull was used most ben eficially while he was at the state In stitution and fie had us an asistant Frank PftfTer, who pitched for the Cubs last ypar and this yeur Ih with the Boston Nationals Dr. Krohn Is a firm believer In the use of baseball as a treatment for the insane, but says that It Is especially valuable In quickening dull wits and speeding the sluggish brain Into ac tivity. "You might say without departing f.om the literal truth that basebull makes the insune aune and the sane Insane," said the doctor. "At least the sane often give manifestations of violent Insanity while the Insune seem rational while under the Influence of basebull " The new curative baseball scheme became effective when It was found that baseball was something which. If properly applied. Instilled a new In terest Into the fading Intellects of the unfortunates. It made smiles of In telligence come on their faces Tbelr I.stless eyes brightened for a moment, apathy was dispelled, the half open mouths clontd all at the mention of Hans Wagner's batting average and Its comparison to Lajole's cunning. Dr. Krohn Is an all around heavy weight expert Id the psychological lore, and talks Interestingly of his ex perience with the Inmates of the state Institution. "In Kankakee there are' men lu natics who sit from day to day and don't move a muscle or think a thought," said the doctor. "They don't live; they merely endure like a piece of furniture.. Come up behind a group of them and whisper to them, 'How about a little game of ball.' and you'll see a change thnt Is surprising " ' Dr. Krohn told of the successful teams that had been organized from the material found In the asylum. "They'll take their positions In the field when the game Is called. A man who Is in for believing himself to be the mWslrig link Is pitcher."' Another whope ailment results from imagining himself a complete Egyptian dynasty Is catcher. The first baseman Is the same sad fool you will see at other times, walking around with bis bead thrown back He Is balancing his nose for fear It might fall'off bis face if he didn't. And so with the rest of them. Crazier than a quilt. "And the fans. They're still craay, only in a conventional way for the time being. "The first ball Is thrown. It s bit. The batter runs to first base His mind Is as clear as a looking glass. "The whole thing Is only a rase of making the person occupy himself with something thnt Is Interesting to him and basebull Is one of the very few things thnt can Interest the In sane. "With the same Idea In mind, fac ulties of schools for backward and In corrigible students have stimulated the feeble minded by maKlng them employ their- time working at something they liked, and the faculties learned that there was nothing as generally popu lar as baseball dope." JIMMY COLLINS IS RELEASED Jakey Atz, Second Baseman, Appoint ed Manager of Providence East ern League Team. Jimmy Collins, manager of the Providence Eastern league team and formerly with the Boston Americans, has received his unconditional release from President Crowley. Jake Atz, the Jakey Atz. veteran second baseman of the Grays, was appointed to succeed Collins. Dissatisfaction with the way th team has been directed Is understood to Lave caused the owners to make the change. President Crowley said that every effort would be made to strengthen the team. Cubs Get Big Money. The highest salaried big league team Is Frank Chance's Chicago Na tional league club. There Isn't a doubt of this In spite of the fancy price paid to Mathewsop at New York and Cobb, Crawford and Mullln of the Tigers. The three Cub outfielders, Schulte, Shecknrd and Hofmnn, draw down a total of $12,000 a year, Hofman get ting more than either of the other two. Evers and Kling are close to the $5,000 mark, Mordecal Brown Is over It and Tinker gets In the neighbor hood of $4,000. Chance himself pulls out $10,000 straight salary and also shares In the dividends of the club. I iVHY ONE MAN GAVE UP WINE Mark Rutherford In His Autoblograph) Gives His Rea-ont for Complete Stop In Liquor Hat It. In the autobiography of Mark Ruth erford he tells us why he gave up the use of wine. He had been led to use It because of physical weak ness and depression of spirits. Ke was very miserable sometimes, and n '. knowing what e'se to use resort ed to wine. He found after a time that the drink habit was taking strong hold of hlrn. So he resolved that he would touch no wine In the day time, but would do his work and then take somethlne at nleht. There was a new development men, lur iuuuu himself eager for night to come so he could Indulge In dr'nk. not In an Intemperate way, but far enough to overcome his physical sufferings. Presently, as he felt the strong craving all the day long for drink and found that he waa no. entering with proper spirit, but listlessly. Into the day's employment, he startled him self by demanding whether he was going to be the slave of the bottle or be a free man. Such slavery he saw meant degrada tion, mornl and Intellectual. If he kept up the drink habit he must re linquish all hope of making anythiug of himself. He must give up bis chosen pursuits In which he had taken so mnrh de'lght. He must drop down to mere bod!'" Indulgence, and be nothing more than hundreds and thousands of other young men who bad gone the same road Into obscurity and uselessness. He balanced the two. In one srale wns what were offered by wine tem porary relief from physical pain, and temporary elation of spirt's In the other Bcate the opportunity of grow ing along the lines of study which he loved, and the prospect of making his mark somewhere In the world He derided that he was not going to be such a fool as to lose what was beat for whut was so Inferior. Whatever drink offered was only for a little while anyhow, and If his ex perience would be like that of others before him, the temporary relief and exhilaration would be followed by greater pain and depression. The young man had too much good sense to turn away what was noble for what was base, sn he stopped using vine, stopped completely, and never regretted having done so. No one ver does regret sue' a step. . , . ., r I... r I EVIL EFFECTS CF- ALCOHOL Exercises Immediate Paralyzing Ac tion on Nervous System and Pro duces Premature Decay. It must never be forgotten that even If all gross Intemperance were done away with there Is a vast deal of material and moral Injury done by alcohol taken In quantities which most men consider moderate. Here lies the impossibility of getting rid of the effects of drink by any other rule of life except total abstinence For, of course, the liquor has to be swal lowed before any effects can be pro duced; then It Is some time before any marked effects are obvious and meanwhile there has been ample time to, take more. When It has once bien swallowed It Is not likely to be. re turned and the consequential action on the system must follow, whatever It may be. It has further been shown that harm Is done by doses much smaller than any which the .'onsu til er can himself perceive to have done any barm. We have no doubt that any moderate drinker who may read this will repudiate the Idea that he is doing himself any Injury. This self delusion is one of the reasons for the slow progress of our cause. But It re mains the fact that alcohol exercises an immediate paralyzing action on the nervous system and Its continued use produces degeneration and premuture decay. All reforms and reduction of license good as far as they diminish drinking must never be permitted to cause us to relax our efforts to attain to absolute sobriety, which can only consist with total abstinence. Medi cal Temperance Revhw. Great Misery In Alcohol. Caesar Lombroso, the well-known Italian anthropologist, published a book, In which he deals at length with the subject of criminality. He at taches special Importance to the Influ ence of alcoholism on criminality and the great misery It causes. He goes back sometimes for several genera tions to find why a man Is a criminal. He says that of 97 children born of alcoholics only 14 nre normal. The abnormality may not always show Itself as criminality, but when It does In one generation some abnormality can be shown In every generation. Of 100 crimes alcoholism Is the cause ot 60 In Fiance and of 41 In Germany. Cheap Beer Is Handicap. A Munich employer of many skilled workmen speaking of the difficulties of competing with foreign and even North German concerns, laid stress upon the cheapness of Munich beer as one of his great handicaps. "If we were on equal terms In every re spect," he said, "the fact that my men's brains and bodies are sodden with beer day and night would put me behind in the race." Liquor Ttafflc In Africa. Major Lugard, the African explorer declares that the liquor traffic In Af rlca Is an unmitigated curse, and calls upon the governments of England Germany and France to come to soni( agreement which will In -time effectu ally prohibit the Importation ol liquors. i Money In Maine. Maine has more money In the sav Ings bank per capita than any state In the Union, because the money thai would have gone for drink has gone into the savings banks. To Get Its Ekrtoftcial Effects; Always Buy the Genuine CvDIIDof and lIKIR manufactured lyihe Sold by all leading Drvqqists OneSize Only, 504 o BoMe IN EUGGVILL. Willie Fly Heaven: I'm caught la a cycloue! BABY'S HAIR ALL CAME OUT "When my first baby was six months old be broke out on his bead with little bumps. They would dry up and leave a scale. Then It would break out again and I' spread all over his head. AH the hair came out and bis head was scaly all over. Then his face broke out all over in red bumps ind It kept spreading until it was on bis hands and arms. I bought several boxes of ointment, gave him blood medicine, and had two doctors to treat him, but be got worse all the time. He bad It about six months when a friend told me about Cutlcura. I sent and jot a bottle of Cutlcura Resolvent, a cake of Cutlcura Soap and a box of Cutlcura Ointment. Iu three days utter using them be began to Improve. He began to take long naps and to stop scratching his head. After taking two bottles of Resolvent, two boxes of Ointment and three cakes of Soap he was sound and well, and never had any breaking out of any kind. His hair came out in little curls all over his head. I don't think anything el.so would have cured him except Cutlcura. "I have bought Cutlcura Ointment and Soap several times since to ua for cuts and sores and have never known them to fall to cure what 1 put them on. I think Cutlcura Is a great remedy and would advise any one to use It. Cutlcura Soap is the best that I have ever used for toilet purposes." (Signed) Mrs. F. E. Harmon, R. F. D. 2. Atoka, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1910. The really great never stek noto riety, neither do they like to have It thrust upon them. They are too btisj to want to be taken notice of. CuiiMtipation ciitian mnny wriou di etui's, it is thoroughly cured by Br Pierce's Plenmmt Pellets, ttne a In xative three for cutluirtic. Any man can get Into a fight, but sometimes It takes a certain auiotiut of courage to keep out of one. When you want the best there is, ask your grocer for iglsla1 n vv'. ?Z YE YG -It I I grocer tor libby's j Pickles I ' and 0 j OliresM 1 Lm' 161 i McNcm A Libby JSjUe Wjj rt6" Hi
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