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PLUCKY PITCHING.
V?dd?e Sit*?*"! F?at That lan?$*4 a
ChimpwMhip P*r?n?nt.
In the greatwt finish that errt
marked a minor league race New Or
leans and NlAiBk. Southern Vsigue
,-N>ti tenders, bad coroe to the wire neck
and o*ck. On Sef?t IK IMS. they met
is the Gnat and decisive game of the
year opoo exactly even term*. The
entire fighting of the past five months
had centered la that Vme contest. tiv?
months packed Into iwo bonrs of play,
with the resnlt to tell the story of the
rear's success or failure. Manager
Frank of New Orleans. unwilling to
run any needl<*is risk, selected the
wteran Theodore RreltenstelP of St.
L^nla and Cincinnati fame to battle
for his people In the hoi. Manager
Bore hard of Nashville, passing by hla
veterans, selected voting Vedder Sltton.
an ex-collegian. to face the $10,000
wonder of another day.
For six to: ngs so perfect was the
defensive |?uy of both nines that
neither team was able to score. In
the seventh Inning Nashville (?cored
one run. and In the play involved
rosing Sltton slid headforemost Into
th* plate and fell over unconscious
from the blow received Just aboco the
eyes. With the situation as tightly
drawn as It was. disaster looked to
be Imminent. Rernh.ird Immediately
rosbed his entire remaining staff bark
of the clubhouse to be ready for the
call while two physicians worked
above the unconscious Sltton. H*
came to life again Jnst as the Nash
ville team was taking the field for the
eighth Inning with another in his
place.
Staggering to his feet, Sltton insist
ed upon finishing the contest and
Bernbsrd. against his better Jndrment.
gave way The heavy batting end of j
the New Orleans team was np in or
der. With bandaged head, his face
still white and drawn from the shoek.
in no conditio* to stand, still less to
iead a desperate charge. Sltton elcctrl
fled the crowd by striking oot two of
the first three men that faced him. i
In the ninth he added two more vic
tims to the list In bringing home the
victory by the score of 1 to 0. winning
the pennant by the margin of one
point. And then be collapsed. It was
over two weeks before be recovered
sufficiently to be np and about, and
yet New Orleans batsmen relate that
In those ta?t two Innings be had shown ,
more "stuff" by a wide margin than
?t any other stage of the batU*.?
American Magazine.
Firtt AmwicM Latter Box.
A Mttle more than a half century
apo the letter boi was unknown The
Inventor was Joseph William Rrlcc*.
nephew of a fonwr sovernor of Mas
sachusetts. who. as head clerk In the
Ck^vpiaod poetofllce. studied the needs
of patrons and after correspondence
??rlth Tost master General Dennlson
xipoo the subject took a train for
Washington, bearlnp a pasteboard
rv-slol of the letter bos under his arm.
The postmaster general saw the trier
Irs of the plan and appointed Mr
Rrjjcps as special apent to establish
the tetter bo* and letter carrier sys- !
tern. The flrst letter box was attached 1
by clamp* to a lamppost that stood In
front of a Cleveland dm* stoiv. and
not a rear had passed before fifty two
different cities had adopted the system.
?National Mazarine.
None better an? purer than Gibson
rye. Rainier and Oiympia beer. Or j
dc-m by 'phone promptly delivered.
The Mascot tf
The Table d'Hote dinner at the
Pnllen Honee is better than ever.
Why don't you try It Ton are wel
come. tf.
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OUR SENSITIVE PUNEt.
Constant Chanpaa I* th? SHao* ?f th?
Earth's Cruat.
One naturally thinks of tb* pnrthV
crust r* Wnf Hc+ecltngly solid and
stable, oc*pt f^rhaps In tolcanlc re
frions where earthcinskee are of fre !
queat occairenoe. An a dwtter of
fact however, the nbell of owr planet
i i* extremely sensitive and most dell
; cately Ualaaced, eo that under the In
flnencea of cause* that seem altogeth
er toaigniSrant la comfiartson with ihe
Flgantlc bnlk and weight of the earth
I It yield* and fluctuate* in a moat
anurias manner
To an eye so placed as to be capa
ble of taking In at one comprehensive
i glance the whole round outline of the |
clobe tt would not appear of precisely
the same shape dnrlnc an entire day i
j or even an betor. Moat of the changes
referred to are. of course, very slight
when compared with the al?e of the
; earth Itself.
The operation of anaospheric and j
oceanic and other similar causes is j
coatinnally briugtns chnnces in
the shape or the eartb'a ctnst. One
ef the most interesting <?f the agencies
whereby sorh alterations are effected
Is the carrying power of river*. VThor
erer a great quantity of sand and
pravel is Ivtajf brenpht down from the
interior of a continent and poured into
the sea. as, for instance, atone the
northwestern oeast of Kurope or the
gulf coast of tbe United States, the
weight of the ?arth's crust is slowly
increasing, and the consequence is
seen In the gradual subsidence of the
shore.
Such a sinking lias been potng on
for thousands of year* alone the North
sea coast and oa the continental aide
of the British channel. A similar de
pression Is occnrrlnc an the eastern
edge of our own country and along
the gulf of Mexico, ft has Jteen esti
mated that the gulf coast Is sinking |
at the rate of nearly tw# feet in a
century.
Corresponding elevations must. ef
eoan?e. occor elsewhere. And te fbeec
slow changes in the lerel of the eartVa '
crust earthquakes are due as well aa
to the more violent local disturbances
created hy volcanic actio*.? Harper's
SOAP BUBBLES.
TMiimh of tH* Gray Hu?d Film* Juftt
B**or* THsy Bunt
What *5 a soup bobble? Nothlnp but [
* fllm of wntrr moloculp* held topetber I
by the ookealve power erf *oap Hi *o)n- '
tfon. A soap bubble'* Rise and strenpth
depend upon the right composition of
the mixture that furnJsbw It* mate
rial. The colors In a woap bobble are
due to what Is known In physics as the
Interference of Itght, and depend upon
the varying thickness of the fllm of
water
The observer who wat<*e? a bubble
as It 1* blown will notice tfcat the col
ors rapidly chase one another over the
filmy plobe He will also *ee that ,
they vary In hue. pro witty tess and
less bripht at the top of the bubble
because there prarlty rtnetcWes It
downward and makes the film thin
nest
It Is a singular ft*ct that the last
color to appear <*n ? bubble Ju*
before It breaks Is a pray tint. The
thickness of the fllm when this tint
appears upon It Is lees than the one
hundred and flfty-slx -thousandth Of an
Inch.
Were a soap bubble to be magnified
to the sl?e of the earth and the mole
rules majrnlflod In proportion, then the
whole structure would be as coarse
prnlned aa a globe of small leadshot
touching one another at their surfaces.
in the blowing of a soap bubble thorp
Is pnwoted the spectacle of the
stretching of a liquid to the extreme
Itmlt of It* capacity. In this way we
come noan* to a sight of the invisible
molecules <rf matter than could be got
In any other way no matter how elab
orate the experiment.? Exchange
An Eaat Indian Amulet.
In India a variety of gems and
stones are used as The wo?
common Is I he salagraina. * "toni>
about as large a* a billiard ball and
which is perforated with Muck. This
Js supposed to be found only In Oan
daki. a rlrer In Nepaul. The person
vhr ^wssesses one of these rtnws Is
osfoeiwM highly fortunate. He pre
sem* tt In a clean cloth, from whence
Jt Is sometimes taken to be bathed and
perfumed. He belieree that the water
In which It to washed. If drunk, has
the power to preserve from sin Hold
ing It In his hand, the dying Hlnd? ex
pires In peace
Th# Recip*.
"Your novel Is prettj (rood." *ald the
publisher to Scrlbley. "hot. after all.
It needs Just a little more thrill. Can't
you put something stirring In ltT"
"Why, I might." said Scrtbley.
?though Just how to stir things up I
don't know."
"Well," smiled the publisher, "sup
pose you try Just a little more spoon
ing. Nothing like a itood spoon for
stirring, you know." ? Harper's.
H? Didn't Tall.
"Ceo: Now tell me as man to man
what yoa would do If you were mar
ried to that woman."
"You tell roe what you would do. I
am married to her." ? Houston Post.
Con?id?r? te.
ghe- Why did you ask Bolle to go
with us? He? I s*w Rhe was going
anyhow, and I didn't wish her to feel t
mean over It. ? Smart Set.
A Fault Findar.
"Yon were always a fault finder."
growled the wife
"Yes. dear," responded the husband
meekly; "1 found jro."
THE FOUR HENRYS
One of the Most Dramatic of the
Legends of France.
A MEETING AND A WARNING.
Th# Dirt Prediction That Wa? Hurled
at Tlwm Aftar a On* I In th? Dark
and tha Way tha FataM Prophet*
BacaTa a Matter <rf Mtatery.
Of all the French bWflrtrtl legend*
there Ik none more .tnunalir than that
portaltilng to "the Henrya The
tradition la that on a wintry night aa
the rain fell In torrenta ?n old woman
who Passed In the Country for a w. .h
and who Inhabited a mlaecaW* cabin
tD Um. forest of St. tJermain was
aroused hj ? knocking at her
door. She opened tt and
Her. Who unrated "^'"fhl.ck
acrnp of cheese ?nd a tn ^cl of Jdack
bread were all "be art before b m
-I have nothing more. ?W ane.
"8eo. here la all that tithe*. taxes, S"N
aldlea and other el tortious have
me tt. ofTer distressed 'ra relets.
side* wMch my neighbors call me a
witch and rob me of the prodnoe of
my Wile farm."
-Tl? * croel aimatlon." ?M the
yonng man. "and wpr<?1 taxes."
France 1 would suppress the ^
I T,od heara yon." answered the old
^ The Cavalier was about to commence
his wpast when a fresh knock at the
door restrained him. Again a gentle
man. drenched with rain, demands!
8b-^Ttat yon. Henry?" said the one.
-It I*. Henry." replied the other.
The old woman dlacovered from
their conversation that they t<c
to a nnmerona bunting party ?
King Charles IX and that they had
been dispersed by ? storm
-Vf good woman.' *nld the
comer, "have yon nanght else to offw
|P||"
??Nothing." was the repty.
"**>?. then." an Id the other, we
must divide tt."
Th.? ftrst Henry cave rfKM ?? **
fnsil- but. observing the resolute ? e -
and haughty bearing of the second, be
replM ?" " x<me of rhsp1n"
"L>rt ua divide It. then.
Thfv sat down opposite each other,
.nd one bad already COtnWWjd "
with hl? dagger when
ting the bread wiin
a third blow waa rtnw k at
" ' ? vount nobleman entered
^,ln a Henry The meeting waa
T^rS' Henry endeavored to hide
the ^read and cheese The second ?
'?V*hiit! W? ***** nM> nrmC ?f
sari's t. r?. :
"belong* of right to him who know,
host how to defend It
Tbc third Henry col""* and |
haughllly. ?Terhap*U rather
At those word a tne ursi *
hU dagger, the two other, their
aw.nl* They had scarce made
P.W* when a fourth blow aa? **
the door The portal opened,
fonii* Henry* appeared
M the slgM or the nek I
,he Mat comer drew hla own and. tab
?1K the weakeat aide, fought rigorous
'"Vhe old woman, frightened, hid her
*elf and It waa that ahe did. for
i >:rz"n.
thing that came In their _ w*j ?.
1,^ fell, wa* ^t!T?CTlahed ?nd . ?M
font fongtit In the dark. |
of the awonla l?^ed for aotne time
bat gradually dlod away ^
old woman crept out of herl Mdlng
plat*, relit the lamp and beheld the
four combatant., atirtched on the floor.
She e*amlned tttem. Fatigue '
^wered them more tHanlo*, of Wood.
Thfv roae up one a Her
?aliarred of what they ^d^e
~0?tno * Mid one: "let na now aup *?
pood humor and without
rait on looking for tl?e supper they
per.^lTVd It lying
with tbrtr feet and Gained with btnod
The old woman. MtUng In a comer
flt.?d her dark ere* on the anthora of
thr mlach1?<. i
"Whv do r?o 'o?k n*
ner" demanded the flrat Henry.
?l per your deatlnlea ?written In .
foreheads." waweml the Injured wo
"rhe aecond Henry harshly command
ed her to rrreal them- The two o.h
ent laughed ontrlght.
With outstretched arm* the oi<l
man replied: "As yon aO foor WJJ
been united In thb. cabin, you w1H ?U
be reunited In one and the *am< '
tiny As you hare trodden
ard polled with blood the
pltallty. you will trample nnderfoot ??
Mil with blood the power of
will partake. Aa yon have impover
Kt?ed and devastated thl* j
will devastate and impoverish Frmocft
A. yon have all four been wonnded n
0* dark, yon will all perish by treason
and a violent death."
The?e four Henrys wer? the ^ ^
re** of the league-two as Its eh era
sl>d two aa Its enemlcs-ilcnfT
Cnnfle. poisoned at St. Jean d Aneely
bT bis wife; Henry of
ntted at Rlols by the Forty five: Hen^
of Valols (Henry IIU
Jacques Clemmt at Pt Cloud: H^
of Fourbon (Henry l*-'? n*<!^
?t Tart, by Bav.mac.-New fork
Press.
N'othln* ta potltlcally rt?bt wtuch la
norally wn>r.*.-0-Conn?''
,ir? rsr.T> ,, nnj? i-rr.
Many Alaahan Have Heart
It tn?J Profited T*er?fcy.
Ooed h?wt> travefa fa*t," *rw1 th?
th.Mwands of bad bark *>rff?for* la
AJaaka ?ro it taxi to learn ?I?M prompt
rallof In within th?*r rmch. Many a
lamo, w eak ftnrt achln* bar* ts had nn
nwipp, thanks to Dram'* KWnoy PHIa i
Thmwamin ntwm thousand* of p?*opW>
are tnWtn* tho irnrwi now* of their n
poriowo *Kh the OM Qnak/v Romody
Here Is an ftampte worth i -o*Hn*:
Mm. J. H. Cto 4?o Flat B"
Fowrtoorrth W , San FYanrhmo. Cfcl.
say*: '1 derired hattn* botiefR fmwn
Po*n> KMney Pttla and ron?*nien?*y
I am a* in my praW of them
m I was n IW7, when I p??MVcly er
doreod them I ftfwt iwrl Doan'* Kid
ney PW? when Ih-ft* In Canada, and
?hey rpHeved mo of a d?ll. hoary
pain In the KmaH of my bark Othor
symptom* o* kidney ?mnhk? that had
bothered mo w??> dko dfepoMd of
and my enUre ervstom wa* tort#*! tip
Stnoo then I hare had n*? fnrthor no?M
nf a kidney medWn* I ronaldoy K
a dntv ?* wHl a* a ptoawwo. to rorort
Dnan'n KHtvt Pflte
For Mlo by all dealers. Prlee 50
eents. Foeter-Mlfhwn Co.. Rnffato
Now York, sole areata for t*e Unit
ed Rtatos
Remember the nam#-? Dean's?and
lake no other.
(here's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
nit U1 1 in
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