Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1907 — Page 8

Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

'Remington. jy RIMIHOTON R. R.TIMETABLE. ■ ABT. j THAINB. I WBBT. tnoa.m. klail and Pstwnjer 8:38 a. m • :38 a. m. Local Freight 12:42p.m 11:88 a. m. Mall and Passenger 5:12 p. tn 8:10b. tn. Passenger (Sun.o'ly) 7:50p.m

Mr». John Teter and daughters visited in Wabash last week. Miss Daisy Morris of Rensselaer was the guest of Miss Carrie Lewis last week, C. H. Littlefield, the jeweler visited his brother,’N. Littlefield, at Rensselaer Sunday. The continued rains of the past two weeks have greatly delayed the farmers with their work. The Beal sisters and brothers camped on the Tippecanoe, north of Monticello, several days last week. Mrs. David Shearer of Chicago is visiting her brothers, George and Wil) Chappell at this writing. Miss Maude Linn of Indianapolis was the guest of Miss Ida Beal last week and camped with the Beal party at the Tippecanoe. Considerable stock has been killed .by lightning in Benton county lately. About a dozen horses are reported to have been killed last week. - . According to the Monticello papers some Remington autoists got “gay" in White countv Saturday and were arrested and heavily fined. Goodland Herald: Max Harner, tinner at Burgess & Jak way’s hardware store, has been laying off most of the week, just getting over a case of the mumps. Fowler Leader: Tim Harrington and wife shook the dust from their shoes and departed from Remington Tuesday. The boys and girls were all around them and it was "Tim do this and Tim do that, you darling hoy," but when they come back from Old Ireland, it will be “Howair you, Mister O'Harrington, I hopes 1 find your highness well."

I’ll stop your pain free. To show you first before'you spend a penny—what my Pink Pain Tablets can do, I will mail you free, a Trial Package of them—Dr. Shoop's Headache Tablets, Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache. _ Period oatns. etc,. are _ due al one to blood congestion. Dr. Shoop’s Headache Tablets simply kill the pain by coaxing away the unnatural blood pressure. That is all. Address Dr. Shoop, Racine. Wis. Sold by A. F. Long.

Jlebifland John Ahlers of Francesville was here on business Saturday. James Linder of South Bend, is visiting his parents here this week. There was a dance at Fred Wall's Saturday night. All report a good time. T. M. Callahan and family visited Mr. Sayler and family west of Rensselaer Sunday. Alf Collins of Rensselaer brought out a load of flour and meal to our merchant Saturday. Mrs. Wtn Whited of Ketsey visited relatives here and at Gifford from Saturday till Monday. > The farmers have begun cutting wheat this week. The straw is heavy and the indications are that there will be a good yield. /)ur train has been hauling from Pleasant Grove to Kersey from four to nine car, loads of stock every day for about ten days. T. M. Callahan took S. J. Tombs to Kankakee, 111 . Tuesday and while there, sold to Mr. Tombs the Chas. Walker farm of ijd acres at $55 per acre.

War Against Consumption. All nations are endeavoring to check the ravages of consumption, the "white plague” thatclaims so many victims each year. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds perfectly and you are in no danger of consumption. Do not risk your health by taking some unknown preparation when Foley's Honey and Tar is safe and certain in results. The genuine is in a yellow package. Sold by A F. Long.

Fair Oaßs We are still having too much rain. Bruce Moffitt is preparing to shell his corn this week. Rev. Law occupied the pulpit in the M. E. church Sunday at 3 p. m. ' One of Al Moore’s little daughter’s is suffering with a severe attack of tonsilitis. Sherman Richards came up the latter part of the week and papered the Cox hotel. 'Bert Warren and wife visited relatives near Medaryville from Saturday until Sunday. Mrs. Ike Kight went to Lacross Tuesday to visit het son John and family a few days. Matt Karr and two little Bovs are operating a saw mill over near Morocco nowadays. Will Warren and wife and Miss Hannah Culp spent Sunday at Gabe Parks’ near Surrey. The bridge gang got the bridge in across the Moffitt ditch on the county line Tuesday, Most all of the old sidewalks on Front street have been torn up and replaced with new ones. Hazel Isreal of Rensselaer visited her grandma Casey here a few days the r latter part of the week. Mrs. S. B. Moffitt and baby and son Lewis visited hei; father, W. L. Bringle, west of Rensselaer Sunday. Cloyd Clifton and Corda Umfrees and Ed Burns and Mattie Chupp Rogers spent Sunday at Cedar Lake. Hiram Howell returned to Lacross Monday where he is engaged in carpenter work, after a few days at home with his family

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o John Mundon has again been employed by the C. it E. 1. Ry. He runs from Momence to Brazil. He will move his family to Momence soon. Uncle Bill Hurley, wife and son Perry returned from the west the latter part of the week, looking well. He says he has improved in health very much. Paul Lebeck sold his team last week to Eli Hooper and will leave in a few days for North Dakota. Eli will continue to team some. His eyesight is very poor and be is almost blind. G. R. Beech ot Pontiac, 111., is in these parts this week looking after his farm in Newton Co., a few miles west of here. He contemplates building a new barn on bis place as soon as he can get carpenters to do the work. The Ripples show which exhibited here Monday evening, arrived on Sunday. It was fairly well attended. The most there was about it was six or seven mostly empty large covered wagons and eight or nine old bony horses and a trick mule. They went from here to Parr.

Cured of Lung Trouble. "It in now eleven years since I had a narrow escape from consumption," writes C. O. Floyd, a leading business man of Kershaw, S. C. "I had run down in weight to 135 peunds, and coughing was constant, both by day and by night. Finally I began taking Dr. King’s New Discovery, and continued this for about six months, when my cough and lung trouble were entirely gone and I was restored to my normal weight. 170 pounds.” Thousands of persons are healed every year. Guaranteed at A. F. Long's drug store. 50c and sl. Trial bottles free. "

Surey Not very good harvest weather. Wheat and rye are fairly good and in the shock, Jap Wright shipped a load ot cattle Tuesday night. A real good meeting was held at the school house last Sunday. Nathan Chupp, who is staying near Julian, was over to see his parents and best girl Sunday. Mts. G. Hildher of Wisconsin, and LHlie Zacher are making the home folks avisitsincetbe4th. Gilmore and Clemons are hauling the large tile for the Makeever ditch, which will soon be under construction. The corn prospects aren’t very encouraging for this time of the year, but the late warm rainy weather has improved the oats very much. Charles Parks had a good milch cow die Sunday night. The symptoms were that she had been bitten by a snake, It was his only cow, too. Our township was lucky not to have the assessment either raised or lowered, but it does seem as though the outlook for a crop would justify a reduction of about 50 per cent all over the state.

Wise Council From the South. “I want to give some valuable advice to those who suffer with lame back and kidney trouble,” says J, R. Blankenship, of Beck, Tenn. "I have proved to an absolute certainty that Electric Bitters will positivelyVure this distressing condition. The first bottle gave me great relief and after taking a few more bottles. I was completely cured; so completely that it becomes a pleasure to recommend this great remedy." Sold under guarantee at A. F, Long's drug Store. Price 50c.

Lee Harold Lamar was at Lafayette Sunday. Grandma Renegrin is still very low at this writing. Frank Birch of Palestine wjts in our burg Tuesday. '■ ■■ Clayton Cadwalder has gone to Lacrosse to work. Johnny Brown and family spent Sunday with John Jones.’ Mr. Schrader of Linden is working for McCollum '& Whitlow. Asa Holaman and Albert Hanna were in South America Tuesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Jahns andchildren spent Sunday vyith Mr. Jones’ near Monon. Mr. and Mrs. Whitelow and children called on Albert Hanna's Sunday-eve-ning. Mr. Sandbe?ger of Jockey Corner called on Mr. Cadwalder Sunday afternoon. , Mrs,Clarence Carrothers and children raturned to their home at Danville III.; Sunday.

Piles get quick and certain relief from Dr. Shoop's Magic Ointment. Please note it is made alone for Piles, and its action is positive and certain. Itching, painful, protruding or blind piles disappear like magic by its use. Large nukle-capped glass rars 50 cents. Sdld by A. F. Long.

Pine GrotJe. Cultiing wheat and rye is the order of the day. Creola Torbet took dinner with Pearl Hayes Sunday. Villas Price spent Saturday night with his uncle, Newt Jenkins. Mr. and Mrs. Vest Austin took dinner with Mrs. Chas. Jenkins Sunday. t Simon Cooper and Earl Boulden spent Sunday with Charley Britt. Newt Jenkins and Roy Torbet took dinner with Bluford Torbet Sunday. Bessie Ropp and Chloae Torbet took dinner with Mrs. Wayne Gwin Sunday. G. D. Gregory the Baker Medicine Co., agent, spent Tuesday night with J. M. Torbet, . Clarence Hurley and family were guests of Mrs. McCleary and family Sunday.

Bertha Cooper spent Saturday night and Sunday with her brother and family near Gifford. • "• Tena Nuss. Owen Barker, Stella Nuss and fame* Campbell took dinner with the former's sister, Mrs. Art Snow. Mr, and Mrs. Joe Williams and daughter and Mrs. Theodore Snow and family spent Sunday with Chas. Shroyer and family. Mr. and Mrs, John Hellengreen and daughter Alma and granddaughter Emma of near Valma were guests of James Torbet and family Sunday. Those that spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gwin and nephew were: George and Ben Hopkins, Willie Miller, Bruce Baker, John Torbet, Emnvi Nelson, Alma Hellengreen, Chloae, and Creola Torbet, Pearl Hayes and Charley Torbet.

Was In Poor Health for Years. Ira W. Kelley, of Mansfield, Pa., writes: “I was in poor health for two years, suffering from kidney and bladder trouble, and spent considerable money consulting physicians without obtaining any marked benefit, but was cured by Foley’s Kidney Cure, and I desire to add my testimony that it may be the cause of restoring the health of others.” Refuse substitutes. Sold by A. F. Long. J. C. Porter willl write yonr tornado, cyclone, wind-storm, tire and lightning insurance on both [ live stock and buildings. Now, is the time to insure in an old and I reliable company. 22.

I will mail you free, to prove merit, samples of my Dr. Shoop's Restorative-, and my Book on either Dyspepsia, The heart or The Kidneys. Troubles of the Stomach, Heart or Kidneys, are merely sy mptons of a deeper ailment. Don’t make the common error of treating symptoms only. Symptom treatment is treating the result of your ailment and not thecause. Weak Stomach nerves—the inside nerves—means Stomach weakness, always. And the Heart, and Kidney's as well, have their controlling or inside nerves. Weaken these nerves, and you inevitably have weak Vital organs. Here is where Dr. Shoop's Restorative has made its fame, No other remedy even claims to treat the “inside nerves.” Also for bloating, biliousness, bad breath or complexion, use Dr. Shoop's Restorative. Write me today for sample and free book, Racine, Wis. The Restorative is sold by A. F. Long. You can save t $ by leaving your cream here. Chicago Bargain Store. Stimulation Without Irritation. That is the watchword. That is what Orlno Laxative Fruit Syrup does. Cteanes and stimulates the bowels without irritation in any form. _______ Now is the time to buy your summer suit, special discount at Rowles & Parker’s big clothing and shoe store. Get a free sample of Dr. Shoop's “Health coffee.” at our store, If real coffee disturbs your Stomach, your Heart or Kidneys. then try this Clever Coffee imitation. Dr. Shoop has closely matched 010 Java and Mocha Coffee in flavor and taste, yet it has not a single grain of real Coffee in it. Dr Shoop's Health Coffee Imitation is made from pure toasted grains orcereals. with Malt, Nuts, etc. Made in a minute. No tedious wait. You will surely like it. Sold by A. F. Long. Try a Sharpies cream separator before you buy. Phone 36 and we will give you a free demonstration Chicago Bargain Store, How to Cure Chilblains. "To enjoy freedom from chilblains," writes John Kemp. East Otisfield, Me.. “I apply Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Have also used it for salt rheum with excellent results,” Guaranteed to cure fever sores, indolent ulcer, piles, burns, wounds, frost bites and skin diseases. 25 cents at A. F. Long's drugstore. We pay the express and Elgin top price for cream, loan you cans and give you as good or better test than elsewhere. Chicago Bargain Store. During the summer kidney irregularities are often caused by excessive drinking or be-„ ing overheated. Attend to the kidneys at once by using Foley’s Kidney Cure. Sold by A, F. Long, - Take the fresh air cure in a Roberts rig of your own. If you want the best for the least money, buy of C. A. Roberts, the buggy man. Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers. Foley’s Honey and Tar affords immediate relief to asthma sufferers in the worst stages and if taken in ttme will effect a cure. Sold by A. F. Long. Light weight summer suits at from 10 to 25 per cent discount at Rowles & Parker’s Big Double Store. The Right Name. Mr. August Sherpe, the popular overseer of the poor, at Fort Madison. la. says: "Dr. King's New Life Pills are rightly named; they act more agreeably, do more good and make one feel better than any otlter laxative." Guaranteed to cure biliousness and constipation. 25c at A. F. Long's drug store. Three dollars gets The Dem o crat and Chicago Daily Examiner each a full year. Q. B. Burhans Testifies After Four Years. G. B. Burhans, of Carlisle Center. N. Y.. writes: "Abou our years ago I wrote you stating that I had beet! entirely cured of a severe kidney trouble by taking less than two bottles of Foley’s Kidney Cure. It entirely stopped the brick dust sediment, and pain and symptoms of kidney disease disappeared. I am glad to say that I have never had a retnru of any of those symptoms during the four years that have elapsed and I am evidently cured to stay cured, and heartily recommend Foley’s Kidney Cure to any one suffering from kidney and bladder trouble." Sold by A. F. Long.

For Sale:—Lots of good celery plants. Charles Ramp, I ’Phone 14. Rensselaer, Ind.

FOR THE CHILDREN

Whirling Dervishes. Many circuses and wild west shows have a “whirling dervish” for one of their attractions, and they are certainly wonderful creatures, says th(» Chicago News. They are Mohammedans from PerBia. a set of men who devote, or are supposed to devote, their entire time to religion, and are perhaps as nearly like monks as anything else. Fasting for days at a time, with continual prayer, at last affect* their minds and they see wonderful visions which they disclose to their superstitious brothers, over whom they have great* Influence. They are always miserably poor, living on charity, and earn what little they have by being hired to mourn at funerals, or to conduct religious ceremonies. Some of these men perform most wonderful tricks, such as fire eating. Juggling and walking on broken glass. How they do them will never be known, but they are supposed to be Invested with supernatural power, which Is. of course, untrue. We are all familiar with the “whirling dervish.” This takes years of practice, but finally they become so expert, and are so used to it, that they can whirl for hours without becoming dizzy. A Shrewd but Sleeping Dog. A dbg wb > usually accompanied h’s master on evening visits to a neighbor's house fell asleep there one night and was forgotten. Long after his master had gone the sleepy fellow awoke to find himself alone and in the dark. The door was shut anti locked and the family asleep in other rooms, so his whining was not noticed. Though the windows were closed, one blind was open, and the dog. determining to go home, leaped through the window, breaking glass and sash as he went. Some time after he tyas spending the evening with his master In the same house, and as before he went to sleep, but not In tho usual place. When the dog's owner prepared to leave, bis hat and cane were missing. A search showed not only the missing articles, but something else. The cane and hat had been taken from the rack and lay on the floor, while by their side rested the sleeping dog. But one paw was on the hat and the other across the cane. He did not mean to be left again, and he wasn't. Boston Telegrams. This game, as its name suggests, is more difficult than the ordinary telegrams. The players are seated in a circle, each with pencil and paper. No. 1 writes the letter A at the top of his paper; No. 2, B; No. 3. C, and so on. All are then asked to write a telegram of ten words, every word to begin with the letter written at the top of the paper. Time allowed, fifteen minutes. When this is done each passes his telegram to his right hand neighbor, who must write a telegram in answer, every one of the ten words to begin with the letter first assigned him. For example: “Adorable American, ardent admirer, asks affection and affinity. Answer affirmatively.” The answer: “Blundering British bore, begone. Bright Boston banker brings betrothal bracelet” The Lamb Plant. Old time travelers In China and Tartary spoke of a plant they found there with the shape and appearance of a lamb. It had. so they said, heat!, feet and tall distinctly formed, and its skin was covered with soft down. It would turn about on the stalk on which It grew and would bend toward the herbage on which it fed, and when the grass failed it would dry up and wither away. A singularly shaped plant recently discovered shows that there was some foundation for this remarkable story. This plant has a woolly covering, and the peasants amuse themselves by trimming it and adjusting the long silky hairs that cover it in such a way as to give it the appearance of an animal. Walk, Moon, Walk! Walk, moon, walk. Is a nice game. Moon Is selected from among the players and blindfolded. He then stands with his legs wide apart, while the other players throw their knotted handkerchiefs through the arch formed by bis legs. When this is done they all start crying, “Walk, moon, walk!" and the moon steps about until he puts his foot on one of the handkerchiefs. The boy whose handkerchief is trodden oh theii becomes moon, having first “run the gantlet” between two rows of his comrades, who hit him with their knotted handkerchiefs as he runs. A Monster Devilfish. A monster devilfish was caught some time ago off the coast of California. It measured fourteen feet from the end of its body to the end of its longest tentacle. It had eight arms, on which were more than 800 sucket*. The body was nothing but a soft flabby sack, about two feet long. Its eyes were about an inch In diameter, and It had something that looked like a mouth. The real name of this terrible sea monster Is octopus.

Her Answer. | “My kitty tries to tell the truth," Said little Norah Gray, “But she came near forgetting it Three times this very day. I asked her. ’Tell me. kitty, dear, Who made your basket bed?’ And just as plain as plain could be, •Me-you!’ that kitty said. I shook my finger at her. ’Now, Who has a dress that’s blue. With narrow ruffles running roundT I asked. She said, ‘Me-you!’ •And who’s been scratched like every thing And spit at. too, beside f I asked, and I was 'stonished when •Me-you!’ that kitty cried!” —Youth’s Companion.

A JAPANESE STORY.

The favorite tale of Japan, the tale which every Japanese child knows as inevitably as an English boy knows his “Robinson Crusoe,” is the story of “The Faithful Ronins.” “Robinson Crusoe” is a tale of wandering and adventure, and that is bemuse the English are a Wandering race. Until a short time ago the Japanese never traveled. They were even forbidden to build Junks above a certain size lest they might be tempted to go too far in them. Nowadays there are tine Japanese steamers, but at the time when the good stories grew their theme in Japan was almost always courage and devotion. _ !n the year 1701 the head of the Ronin family, or clan—for this tale, like “Robinson Crusoe.” is founded on fact —was insulted by a superior officer and attacked him with a sword. For this crime the chief Ronin was condemned to slay himself, that being the usual punishment in Japan; also it was decided that his cattle and property should l>e taken away and his people driven off. Accordingly the chief Ronin killed himself. The new head of the Ronins was named Kurarosuke. He Is the national popular hero of Japan, much like Ethan Allen or Francis Marlon In this country. It was Kurarosuke’s duty to avenge Ills master’s death lu some way. So he called the clan together to defend the castle against the soldiers who were to take it. This was quite proper, according to Japanese Ideas. When they were all gathered together Kurarosuke said: “We have not met to defend the castle, for that would be useless. We should only lu the end be taken and slain. , Let us all slay ourselves after the old Japanese manner and thus die with our beloved master.” To this sixty-three of the Ronins agreed, but the rest went away shaktng their heads. The cunning Kurarosuke, however, had no notion of killing himself. When the sixty-three were all together he was sure they at least would not reveal his secret, and he said to them: “We shall neither defend the castle, yttiich would be useless, nor kill ourselves, which would be no better. But we shall be patient and wait, wait, wait, until we can kill the man whose insult caused our master’s death.” Then he explained his plan, and forty-seven of the sixty-three agreed to It According to Japanese ideas, what they endured was worse even than suicide, for they did nothing. Instead of trying to avenge the Insult they wandered about and became mere vagabonds. It looked as If they were going to make no effort to avenge their master, and this made every one despise them. Even the children would call out after one of them as he staggered past: “Hey! There goes a Ronin. Drunkard! Coward! ’Fraid eat! ’Frald cat!” or something Japanese to the same effect. The Japanese children are usually very polite—because they eat no meat, some say—but nobody thought It worth while to be polite to a coward. Of course all this was terribly hard for the Ronins to bear. They knew they were not cowards, but they could only wait—some day, though, and some day came at last. When everybody had come to the conclusion that the Ronins had no pluck at all, these fortyseven vagabonds came together one night and carried the castle of their enemy by assault. Then they put him to death and quietly awaited their own fate. They were taken, of course, and condemned to kill themselves, as their master had done. As they were led away in three parties a servant of the house called “First Companion,” a man of too little consequence to take part in the fighting, stood to see them pass that he might carry home the news. One of the Ronins was a real drunkard, vagabond and without need of making believe. His name was “Red Hedge.” and he was a pretty low down fellow. bo that “First Companion” feared that “Red Hedge” might have been drunk the night before and have been left out of the attack. But no. At the head of the third flvision of the captured Ronins marched “Red Hedge,” very proud in his armor. Seeing the servant kneeling In the snow. "Red Hedge” gave him messages and threw him the pennon of his lance for a memento. Then “First Companion” turned to the lookers on and cried: “Look at him! Gentlemen, that Is Sir Red Hedge, the brother of my master. He Is a Ronin by adoption only. But see him today among the avengers!” And in his delight the faithful old servant hurried home and kept as relics not only the lance pennon, but “Red Hedge's” hat and bottle. Of course all the forty-seven had to kill thejnselves, but they have become national heroes, especially Kurarosuke, the brave and crafty leader, and “Red Hedge,” the poor drunkard, who succeeded in keeping for one night sober enough to go’to his death with the others. Not only Is their memory kept green In this story, which every one in Japan knows by heart, but the grave of Kurarosuke is one of the numerous national shrines to which pilgrimages are made. Even the emperor himself about twenty ago caused distinguished official honors to be paid to .the grave of Kurarosuke, to stamp his patient fidelity with the mark of government approval.—New York Journal. For His Health. Mrs. Hamhash—Mr. Boothby, I believe you were about to leave this house without paying what you owe me. Boothby (the actor) Madam, you wrong me. I was merely Intending to take a little stroll of 500 miles or so.— Puck. ...__

The SPORTING WORLD

First Tims Cross Ever Released. Lave Cross, who since the spring of 1906 has been playing third base for the Washington Americans, was recently given his ten days’ notice of release. Though Cross has been playing ball In the neighborhood of twenty-three years, this is the first time that he has been released outright. The Washington club would no doubt have disposed of him to some other club had Cross’

LAVE CROSS.

contract permitted this. But there was a clause in it which did not allow the dfcib to sell or trade him. Larry Schlafly was also disposed of by Washington lately to the Boston Americans. An effort was made to get waivers on Schlafly, as it was the intention to send him to Baltimore, but Boston refused to waive, and the offer of that club for the Infielder was at once accepted. Doc Hlllebrand, a left handed pitcher, who has been on the Washington club's list for several years, was also disposed of to the Boston club, though it is most likely that Hillebrand will not play professional ball.

John L. Throwing “Bouquets.” In a recent comment on modern fighters John L. Sullivan, who between monologues takes great pleasure in criticising the h«ivy weights of the present, made these strictures: “The idea of having five or six seconds, some with oranges, lemonade, ice for the back of the head, parasols for the sun, kid gloves and tape under the gloves, smelling salts, etc.! The idea of wrestling with bears, tigers, ponies and the like! The idea of taking three and four months to get in shape, fighting once a year or so! The idea of picking your opponent and passing up other tough ones because they are not drawing cards! The idea of touring the country afterward and telling them in every little town how you did this and that!” Then Sullivan laid back in his chair and howled with laughter till the tears ran down his cheeks. It certainly Is a most amusing situation—for Sullivan. But the mighty* John L. should not laugh too loudly, for his armor Is full of holes In the matter of dodging challengers. He didn’t dodge Peter Jackson, Frank Slavin and Jod Goddard because he thought they were not good drawing cards, but simply because he thought any one of them would beat him. Sullivan’s fights were about three years apart, and in the Interim he traveled about the country telling everybody what a great man he was and knocking out easy marks. Nervy Penn Cricketer*. , The cricket team of the University of Pennsylvania has sailed for England, where It will meet the crack British teams for the next two months. It is hardly to be expected that the American cricketers will bring many laurels back with them, for at cricket the Englishmen are better versed than the Americans, it being really their national game. In the course of % few years It may he that an. English baseball team will be sent here to compete with some of our college teams Such contests are not to be thought of at this time, because baseball in England Is in Its in fancy, but the game has caught on there and ball players will be developed In a few years. Jim pelehanty. Jim Delehanty played his first game with the Washington Americans recently, and he gave a very good account of himself. He went to bat five times, scored a run, got two hits, one a double, a base on balls and made a . sacrifice which cut a figure in that first inning. In the field he handled everything that came his way with ease, and two at his chances were rather difficult. Del seems Jo be satisfied with his berth, and he will no doubt play tetter ball for Cantillon than he has for some time. Pitcher Nick Maddox. Pitcher Nick Maddox has, upon Barney Dreyfuss’ advice, returned to the Wheeling club. Maddox was drafted from Cumberland by Pittsburg and released to W’heeling. Wheeling refused to pay him the S3OO a month he wanted. Dreyfuss told Maddox that if he showed speed Pittsburg would take him back next year. President Murphy Only an Agent? President Charles W. Murphy is up in arms at a statement printed In a ClncH-natl paper that Charles Taft and not he owns the Chicago National ball clftb. Mr. Murphy admits that he got the money frdtn Taft with which to buy out James A. Hart, but insists I that he owns in his owneame the ma- | jorlty of the stock now. .. .J——