jNTHCjfcELICHT
IS PROMINENT IN CONGRESS
that Williams is on his feet. Williams, knows how to debate. With him de
bate is not merely contradicting what some other fellow has said, or else ap
pealing to the constitution of the United States as the Bible of all political and
economic philosophy. He debates with deftness and style. He uses his
tongue"--and his mind—as a fencing weapon, and the man who is off bis
guard is sure to get spiked.
He speaks with vigor, humor and sense, three qualities not always found
in working harmony. His style is a running one—it carries you and his ideas
swiftly and pleasantly alo^g on its current.
| NEW LEADER OF THE REDS
The job of handling the Cincinnati
team has fallen to Hank O’Day, for
many years a well-known National
league umpire. A number of the best
known players in the country were
mentioned for the position of maanger,
but the selection of O’Day was in the
nature of a big surprise. O’Day was
a pitcher before he joined the ranks of
umpires 12 years ago. He twirled for
the New York Giants and other of the
big league teams and was accounted
one of the best box artists on the dia
mond. He has never been tried in a
managerial position and there will be
much interest manifested in the man
ner in which he will succeed in Cin
cinnati, where so many good baseball
pilots have made failures in building
up a strong team.
O’Day is a man of excellent judg
ment and tact and has the necessary
amount of nerve to back up his opin
ions. When brought up against a
ticklish proposition he has never been
found wanting. The best evidence of the fairness and courage which are
notable portions of his character was furnished in that September game in
New York in 1908, when he made a decision against Merkel which cost the
Giants the pennant, and which he could have sidestepped, if he had been that
kind of a man. The decision cost the Giants the pennant, and O’Day was
roundly criticised by the partisan fans of the Giants, but he cared nothing
for that.
By baseball men familiar with the rules he was warmly applauded for his
action, which was simply in line with the spirit which has prompted his work
as an umpire all through his career. With these qualities at his disposal he
should succeed as a manager and he will command the respect of the players
and the fans alike.
MODERN ORIENTAL PRINCE
and very popular in London, visited the United States last year accompanied)
by his wife to get ideas on the development of manufacturing in his state,
one of the smallest, but one of the most important in India. As one of the
three Indian rulers entitled to a salute of 21 guns the Gaekwar is held in ven
eration by his people. The other two are the Nizam of Hyderbad and the Ma
haraja of Mysore.
■FIGHTING DICK' IS OUT
The official life of “one of the great
est fighters, best fellows and most be
loved officers the service afloat has
ever had” expired the other day, when
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright re
tired from active service, owing to the
age, limit.
No officer in the United States navy
was better known or better liked than
“Fighting Dick” Wainwright. His
record of service is long and efficient.
He graduated from t&6 Naval Academy
In 1868, but it was not until the early
90’s that his name began to be heard
outside the service. He was executive
officer of the Battleship Maine when
she was blown up in Havana harbor.
When war was declared with Spain
Capt. Wainwright was among the first
to apply for active service. He was
delighted when he was placed in com
mand of J. Pierpont Morgan’s trans
formed pleasure yacht, the Corsair.
The little vessel was renamed the
Gloucester, in honor of the Massachu-
setts city where Wainwright was bom. The Gloucester lost no time in join
ing the blockading fleet at Santiago. When the Spanish fleet attempted to
escape the Gloucester pounded and destroyed the two torpedoboat destroyers,
Pluton and Furor, ere they scarcely had begun their reckless dash from the
harbor. For the “eminent and conspicuous conduct” displayed at Santiago
Capt Wainwright was advanced ten numbers.
John Sharp Williams, senator from
Mississippi, is one of the picturesque
figures in congress. Two things make
him so. One is his deafness, which is
considerable, and which they say ip
growing on him. As a result of it he
continually keeps his hand hollowed
to his ear and frequently has to ask to
have the question repeated to him. The
other is his habit—a result; prob
ably of his deafness —of moving about
the senate during debate. He does
not like to sit still. He walks—softly
and gracefully —from his chair toward
the man whom he is talking at, with
his right forefinger extended and ac
cusing his opponent, and with his left
hand helping him to hear. Apparently
he never for a moment thinks that
he Is conspicuous or picturesque.
Williams is attractive in speech as
well as picturesque in garb, and man
ner. The press gallery, that collection
of cynics and expert listeners, usually
fills up when the rumor passes around
The Gaekwar of Baroda is essential
ly a modern monarch. His palace is
furnished in many respects quite like a
New York mansion, he has a big
bank in the capital of his state, which
was organized by an American, his
son is being educated in an American
college, his wife is encouraged to go
in for the “fripperies” beloved of
American women —and now the Gaek
war has been named co-respondent in
a suit for divorce!
Some unhappy Englishman, not
identified as yet, who wishes to be
freed from his wife, claims the fas
cinating Gaekwar is to blame for his
domestic troubles. Through his attor
ney, the latter, although he doesn’t
bother to deny his connection with the
case, claims loftily that being a prince
of India, he is outside the jurisdiction
of the court. This idea the opposing
counsel turns down flatly and the
point is being argued at great length.
The Gaekwar, who is well kmwii
BOM BO!
Youth Arrested as Stowaway In
volves Four Nations.
Immigrant Officials at New York Find
Perplexing Problems In the Case of
an American High |
School Lad.
New York.—Higher educatibn and
travel in the case of Samuel Goulden,
a stowaway on the Prinz Sigismund,
have given the immigration authorities
some perplexing problems to solve in
which four big nations are inter
ested.
They don’t quite know whether
Goulden, an 18-year-old high school
graduate, must be sent back to Jamai
ca, a British colony, or to Russia, or
whether he has a right to remain
here.
The boy Insists that his father and
mother came to this country from Rus
sia when he was six years old and
that his father became a naturalized
citizen..
The boy was graduated from the
high school of Thomas, W. Va., where
he says a search of the records will
show that his father became a cit
izen, thus making him also a citizen
of the United States.
Goulden's troubles came about
through the fact that his parents dis
agreed and parted, 'whereupon he
went to Oklahoma to seek his for
tune. He failed to find it and after
beating his way back home decided
to go to Panama.
He thought his education equipped
him to work on the big canal and
on November 30, with $1.50 in his
pocket, acquired by pawning two of
his rings, went aboard the steamship
Prinz August Wilhelm. For three
days he mingled with the first class
passengers and appeared regularly at
his meals. Then it was discovered that
he had not paid for his passage.
At Kingston, Jamaica, Goulden was
turned over to the British arthori
tles and thrown into jail. When the
Prinz Sigismund stopped there on Its
trip to New fork, the boy was put
aboard.
—
GAVE AWAY STAGE, MONEY
Property Man of Burlesque Company
Startles Bowery by Generosity
and Suffers Brokers Nose.
New York—William Klosterman,
property man for the Cherry Hill
Burlesque company, now playing in
Jersey City, decided when the ghost
walked for him he would come over
to New York and blow off all the boys.
As one preparation he wrapped a real
S2O bill around a big bundle of stage
money and then ambled from saloon
to saloon in New York buying for
every one in the house.
At two o’clock in the morning Po
liceman Kirk of the Mulberry street
station, was told that a Rockefeller
was giving away money at Houston
street and the Bowery. The cop in
vestigated and found that Klosterman,
who had been giving away the stage
money, had fallen down an areaway
and in spite of a broken nose had
gone peacefully to sleep. The cop
locked him up and arraigned him in
the Tombs police court.
"Suppose that had been good money
you were giving away,” said Magis
trate Herbert, “think of what it would
have meant to you. You were so
drunk you would just as likely have
given away good money.”
"Believe me, judge,” said Kioster
man, "if I had that much in real
money I would be staying at home
minding it. If you ever catch me
drunk again you can send me up for
life.”
“I guess the broken nose is punish
ment enough for you,” said the magis
trate. "Discharged with reprimand."
HOG RESENTED BEING ROPED
Exemplar of Western Methods Hap
pens to Speed With Porker, and
He Is Reluctant.
New York. —Herman Oechli, a farm
er of Sandy Ground, a hamlet on the
west end of Staten Island, called in
three of his neighbors, John Foster,
William Farley and Robert Brinley, to
help him kill his prize porker.
"This Is some hog,” commented
Oechli, as he pointed proudly to a pen
where grunted a 400-pound Berkshire.
"We’ll get him out of the pen,” said
Foster, who formerly was a cowboy
in Wyoming. The hog was driven
from the pen and Foster hurled a las
so about his neck.
“That’s the way we did the trick in
Wyoming,” he laughed.
The pig objected to the lariat and
started off. Foster held back, winding
the rope about his arms and body.
Then the pig decided he was good for
a distance.
“Stop me!” yelled Foster.
His three companions started in pur
suit The porker broke through a
gate, reached the road and made off
in the direction of St. George
“Can’t you stop me?” Foster con
tinued to yell.
So fast did the hog run that soon
Oechli, Farley and Brinley were dis
tanced. Foster wanted to be dis
tanced, but the rope would not permit.
A mile down the road Foster was
still yelling, “Stop me!” and seemed
really put out when persons he met
stepped aside to give him and the hog
a clear track.
When the hog at last stopped to get
breath Foster was so winded he could
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NEW YORK.—“The Coronation of St. Catherine,” by Rubens, recently ar
rived in New York, having been purchased from the duke of Rutland.
It is one of the most important canvases of the great master, and was
painted in 1633 for the altar of St. Barnabas in the Church of St. Augustin
in Malines. The picture Is 8% feet in height and 7 feet wide, and its fig
ures are life-size. It has been bought by a well-known American collector.
Prophetess of Paris Makes a
Dark Forecast.
Mme. de Thebes, the Famous French
Seeress Predicts Many Kinds of Ca
tastrophies in Europe During
Next Twelve Months.
Paris. —One long horrid vista of ca
tastrophes is all that Mme. de Thebes,
the famous Paris “prophetess." can
see in the history of the approaching
year. She states that 1912 is “The
Black Year,” and predicts for human
ity practically every misfortune except
housemaid’s knee.
War will come at the end of the
year, when the French armies will go
forth. There is just a sporting chance
that the cataclysm may be postponed
till 1913, but it is absolutely certain
to come then. It will be so great that
"it will not only turn Europe upside
down, but other continents as well,
and particularly Asia. We shall reach
the paroxysm of the peril when the
earth quakes at home. We shall be
at the end of our ordeals when the es
sential substances, particularly milk,
are lacking.
“There is a hard winter in prospect,
a muggy spring, a heavy summer and
a bitter autumn.” There will be most
frightfr’ storms and the wine will be
second rate.
“Blood and fire everywhere,” is the
next item in 1912, "particularly at
Brest, Toulon and Paris." Conspira
cies, treacheries against the state, for
eign gold, assassinations, fierce riots,
epidemics, floods and possibly total
ruin will come to Paris, besides the
usual number of passionate dramas.
not disentangle himself After his
three friends released him he sput
tered:
“It’s my pleasure to kill that hog,”
and he did.
TOO PRETTY FOR POOR MAN
Husband Gets Divorce From Wife on
Odd Plea—Couldn't Purchase Autos
and Other “Necessities.”
San Francisco, Cal. —A wife with a
comely countenance is too great a
luxury for a workingman, William J.
Gallagher told Judge J. J. Van Nos
trand in the superior court, while tes
tifying in support of his complaint
for divorce from Mrs. Blanche Galla
gher.
“I could not afford to pay for the
automobiles with which she thought
her good looks entitled her to be
supplied,” said Gallagher. “She also
thought she should wear clothes en
tirely too expensive for a man earning
only $5 or $6 a day. I did the best
1 could, but she was too pretty for a
poor man and became discontented.”
After listening to the husband’s de
tailed recital of the wife’s necessities
the court granted Gallagher’s petition.
Sermon Bares a Theft.
Cincinnati. —Steve Callahan, a ne
gro, was so influenced by a sermon
delivered by a colored evangelist,
that he confessed to burglary and re
turned to the home of Frank Holmes,
206 Sycamore street, a fur coat he
had stolen. Today he told the police
he had committed more than a score
of other thefts.
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An actress will play a vital part in
affairs of state.
The calamities will be by no means
confined to France. Spain will have
conspiracies and fusillades, but the
royal family is saved. “After 1912
there will be no Hohenzollern and no
dominant Prussia. The kaiser’s days
as emperor are numbered.” England
also is menaced by an evil destiny.
Mme. de Thebes recalls the tale of
the French editor, anxious for “sensa
tions,” who camevinto his office and
asked his deputy what had happened.
“Nothing,” he was told, “except that
a man’s nose has been bleeding in the
Place de la Concorde apd a chimney is
on fire in Montmartre.” "Enough,”
said the other, and wrote the placard:
“Blood and Fire in Paris!”
NO CARS IN YOSEMITE PARK
Interior Department Believes Automo
biles Would Interfere With
Stages.
Washington.—There is one place in
the United States where the motor
car is seeking in vain for admission.
That is the Yosemite National Park.
The interior department has been re
ceiving numerous requests for per
mission to operate motors in the park.
All of these were refused and it was
decided that “it is impracticable to
permit cars in the park because their
presence would practically eliminate
travel by stage, the roads being in
such condition that it would be dan
gerous for teams and motor cars to
meet.”
The department also has made a
rule that no visitors be allowed to
carry firearms into the park.
DOG GUARDED A LOST BOY
Even a Chicago Policeman Couldn’t
Rout “Fox” From His Little
Master’s Side.
Chicago.—Every child who has read
with tears in his eyes the third read
er story of "Faithful Fido,” the dog,
shot by his master because he had
tried to remind him of forgotten sad
dle bags of gold, will have respect for
this pet fox terrier.
Irvin Spitza, 4 years old, wandered
far from his home. “Fox” knew that
the child was doing wrong, but decid
ed to keep good trace of him. The
dog remained at the child’s heels until
the latter fell asleep in a doorway.
The dog was the aggressor later in
an argument with a policeman, who
found the pet cuddled on his little
master’s lap. The policeman was un
able to rout the dog with safety to
himself, so he called for a patrol
wagon. At the same moment his tele
phone message reached the station
the father of the boy was there ask
ing that a search be made for his boy.
When the wagon reached the place
the lad was awakened and father, boy
and dog were overjoyed.
Girl Lassoes a Coyote.
Gillette, Wyo.—Miss Alta Scott, a
school teacher, while riding in the
country, lassoed a coyote which her
dog had scared up.
The noose caught one foot of the
animal and Miss Scott held it until
the dog attacked the coyote.
Then she dismounted and seizing a
big stone, threw it, killing the coyote
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catch cold we
at once take
Peruna.”
Stomach Trouble
Mrs. Wilson Robinson, 704 Nessle St,
Toledo, Ohio, writes:
“I feel like a new person. I have no
more heavy feelings, no more pain, don’t
belch up gas, can eat most anything
without it hurting me. I want to be
working all the time. I have gained
twenty-four pounds.
“People that see me now and saw me
two months ago seem astonished. I tell
them Peruna did it. I will say it is
the only remedy for spring and all other
ailments."
Ask Your Druggist for a Free Peruna
Almanac for 1912.
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pay besfcprleei Writ* ■
for weekly price Hit
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And sometimes the girl’s father for
bids a young man the house, when
It wasn’t the house he wanted.
Uncertainties.
"A number of men who get to the
front are mere accidents."
"Yes," responded Senator Sorghum;
“I sometimes think that what our
government most needs is some reli
able form of accident Insurance.”
SUDDEN DISCOVERY.
giplll®
Mrs. Haymore—How is that mule
you bought of the deakin, Silas; is he
fast?
Haymowe (limping)—No, not en
tirely; I discovered his hind legs are
loose.
IN MATCHTOWN.
fortunately no Faith Was Required,
For She Had None.
"I had no faith whatever, but on the
idvice of a hale, hearty old gentleman
who spoke from experience, I began to
use Grape-Nuts about 2 years, ago,”
writes an Ohio woman, who says she
Is 40, is known to be fair, and admits
that she is growing plump on the new
diet.
“I shall not try to tell you how I suf
fered for years from a deranged stom
ach that rejected almost all sorts of
’ood, and digested what little was forc
ed upon it only at the cost of great
distress and pain.
“I was treated by many different
doctors and they gave me many differ
ent medicines, and I even spent sever
al years in exile from my home, think
ing change of scene might, do me good.
You may judge of the gravity of my
condition when I tell you I was some
times compelled to use morphine for
weeks at a time.
“For two years I have eaten Grape-
Nuts food at least twice a day and I
can now say that I have perfect
health. I have taken no medicine in
that time —Grape-Nuts has done it all.
I can eat absolutely anything I wish,
without stomach distress.
“I am a business woman and can
walk my 2 or 3 miles a day and feel
better for do’ng so. I have to use
brains in my work, and it is remark
able how quick, alert and tireless my
mental powers have become.” Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek,
Mich.
“There’s a reason,” and it is explain
ed in the little book, “The Road to
Weilvllle,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterT A new
one appeara from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.
