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TUESDAY, JUNE 9. “The Story of Waitstill Baxter” Kate Douglas Wttfgin i Author of “Rebecca * Sunnybrook Farm” PROLOGUE. ► Strength and interest of qu lives in the New England three-quarters of a century a provide the framework of “Tl Story of Wait still Baxter.” The is the skeleton. The flesh an< blood of human beings, livin and loving and moving in a wort of their own that is a miniatur picture of the greater world oh side, are also there. The stor is a cross section of life as see and described by a woman wh• has been well called “America . greatest living woman novelist. Amid the hills of New Englan< are many men and women lik Waitstill and Patience Baxte and their father, Ivory Boynio, and his afflicted mother aw funny Cephas Cole, who woo hopefully,ibut with small chanc of success. They find their wc. into books bat seldom, for i takes a master hand to describ faithfully the doings of reu people. And that is the reasor. why “The Story of Waitstill Baxter" has won highest praise from critics who know a gooa book when they see one. (Continued Prom Yesterday.) “Every day?" ».;■ repeated longingly Waitstill took off her hood and knell on the floor beside the bed, hiding her face In the counterpane to conceal the tews. “She Is coming to live with ue, dear Come In, Rod, and hear me tell her. Waitstill Is coming to live with us Isn’t that a beautiful thing to happen to this dreary house?” asked Ivory, bending to take bis mother’s hand. “Don’t you remember what you thought the first time I ever came here, mother 7' and Waitstill lifted her head and looked at Mrs. Boynton with swimming eyes and lips that trem bled. “Ivory Is making It all come true, and I shall be your daughter!” Mrs. Boynton sank farther back into her pillows and, closing' her eyes, gavt A long sigh of Infinite content Hei ■voice was so faint that they had to stoop to catch the words, and Ivory, feeling the strange benediction that seemed to be passing from his mo.th er’s spirit to theirs, took Rod’s hand and knelt beside WaltstUL The verse of a favorite psalm was running’ through Lois Boynton’s mind and in a moment the words casu clearly as she opened her eyes, lifted her hands and touched the bowed heads. “Let the house of Aaron now say that his mercy endureth forever!” she said slowly and reverently. And Ivory, with all his heart, responded. “Ames!” CHAPTER XXVIII. Aaron’s Rod. fi Ivory stirred in a sleep that S had been troubled by too great happiness. To travel a dreary path alone, a path leading seemingly nowhere, and then suddenly to have a companion by one’s side, the very sight of whom enchanted the eye, the vary touch- of whom delighted the senses—what Joy unspeakable! Who could sleep soundly when wakeful seas brought a train of such blissful thoughts? "Ivoryl Ivory I” He was fully awake now, for he knew his mother’s voice. In all the years, ever tbonghtful of his comfort and of the constant strain upon his strength, iiols had never wakened her son at night. "Coming, mother, coming!” he said when he realized she was calling him And, hastily drawing on some lug, for the night was bitterly cold, he came out of his room and saw bis mother standing at the foot of the stairway with a lighted candle in her hand. “Canyou come down, Ivory? it Is u strange hour to call you, but 1 have something to tell you— something 1 have been piecing together for weeks, something I-, have Just clearly remem bered.” "If it’s something that won’t keep till morning, mother, you creep back into bed and we’ll hear it eomforta bly,” he said, coming downstairs and leading her to her room. "I’ll smooth the covers, so; beat up the plllows there!—and throw another log on tin sitting room fire. Now, what’s th, matter? Couldn't you sleep?” “All summer long 1 have been trying to remember something—somethin; untrue that you have been believing some falsehood for which 1 was re sponsible. I have pursued and pur sued it, but it has always escaped me Once it was clear as daylight, for Rod man read me from the Bible a plain answer to all the questions that tor tured me.” “That must have been the night that she fainted,” thought Ivory. “When 1 awoke next morning from my long sleep the old puzzle had come back a thousand times worse than be fore, for then I knew that I had held the clew In my own hand and had lost It Now, praise God, I know the truth and you, the only one to whom I can tell it are close at hand!” Ivory looked at his mother and saw that the veil* that had separated then mentally seemed to have vanished in the night that had passed. Often and often It had blown away, as It were for the fraction of a moment and then blown back again. Now her eyes me. his with an altogether new clearness that startled him, while her breath came with ease and she seemed er than for many days. “You remember the winter I was here at the farm alone when you were at the academy?” “Yes. It was then that I came home and found you so terribly 111. Do you think we need go back to that old time now, mother dear?” “Yes, I must, I must! One morning I received a strange letter, bearing no signature, in which the writer said that If I wished to see my husband I had only to go to a certain address In Brentville, N. H. The letter went on to say that Mr. Aaron Boynton was 111 and longed for nothing so much as to speak with me, but there were reasons why he did not wish to return to Edge wood. Would I come to him without delay?” Ivory now sat straight in his chair and listened keenly, feeling that this was to be no vague, uncertain and mis leading memory, but something true and tangible. “The letter excited me greatly after your father’s long absence and silence. I knew it could mean nothing but sor row; but, although I was hulf ill at the time, my plain duty was to go, so I thought to go without making any explanation In the village.” All this was new to Ivory, and he hung upon his mother's words, dread lng yet hoping for the light that they might shed upon the past. “I arrived at Brentville quite ex hausted with the journey and weighed down by anxiety and dread. I found the house mentioned In the letter at 7 o’clock in the evening and knocked at "the door. A common, hard featured woman answered the knock and, seem ing to expect me, ushered me In. I do not remember the room; I remember *>nly a child leaning patiently against the window sill looking out into the dark and that the place was bare aud cheerless. “‘I came to call upon Mr. Aaron Boynton,’ I said, with my heart sink ing lower and lower as I spoke. The woman opened a door into the next room, and when I walked in, instead of seeing your father, 1 confronted u haggard, death stricken young womau sitting up in bod, her gfeat eyes bright with pain, her lips us white as her hollow cheeks and her long black hair streaming over the pillow. The very sight of her struck a knell to the little hope I had of soothing your father's sick bed and forglviDg him if he bad done me any wrong. “ ‘Well, you came, as I thought you would,’ said the girl, looking me over from bend to foot in a way that some how made me burn with shame. ‘Now, alt down In that chair and hear what I’ve got to say while I’ve got the strength to say it. I haven't the time nor the desire to put a gloss on it Aaron Boynton Isn't hers, as you plain ly see, but that's not my fault, for he belongs here as much as anywhere, though he wouldn’t have much Inter est In a dying woman. If you have suffered on account of him so have 1, and you haven't had this pain boring into you and eating your life away for months, as I have.’ “I pitied her, she seemed so dis traught, but I was In terror of her all the same and urged her to tell her story calmly and I would do my best to hear It In the same way. “ ‘Calm,’ she exclaimed, ‘with this agony tearing me to pieces! Well, to make_ beginning and end Intone, Aaron Boyni Ou ..... kuouatiU lot lliiet years.' “I caught hold of the chair to keep myself from falling and cried, i do not believe it!’ 'Believe it or not.' she an swered scornfully, it mukes no differ ence to me, but I can give you twenty proofs In as many seconds. We met at a Cochrane meeting, and he chose me from all the others us Ills true wife. For two years we traveled together, but long before they came to au end there was no hnppiuess for either of us. He hud a"consclence—not much of a one, but just enough to keep him miserable. At last i felt he was not believing the doctrines he preached, and I caught him trying to get news of you and your boy Just because you were out of reach, and neglecting my boy and me. who hud given up every thing to wander with him and live on whatever the brethren and sisters chose to give us.’ “‘So there was a child, a boy!’ 1 gasped. ‘Did—did he live?’ 'He’s In the next room,’ she answered, ‘and it's him I brought you here for. Aaron Boynton has served us both the same. He left you for me aud tue for heaven knows who. If I could live 1 wouldn’t ask any favors, of you least of all, but I haven't a penny inAhe world, though I shan’t need one very long. My friend that’s nursing me hasn’t a roof to her head, and she wouldn't share it with the boy if she had—she’s a bigoted orthodox.’ “ ‘But what do you expect me to do?’ I asked angrily, for she was stub blng me with every word. “ ‘The boy is your husband’s child, and he always represented you as a saint upon earth. I expect you to take him home and provide for him He doesn’t mean very much to me— just enough so that I don’t relish his going to the poorhouse, that's all.’ “ ‘He’ll go to something very like that if he comes to mine,’ I said. “ ‘Don’t worry me with talk, for 1 can’t stand it.’ she walled, clutching at her nightgown aud Hinging back her hair. ‘Either you take the child or 1 send somebody to Edgewood with him, somebody to tell the whole story nr ——rmn "My poor, poor Rod!" Some of the Coehranltes can support him If you won’t, or, at the worst. Aaron Boynton’s town can take care of his son. The doctor has given me two days to live. If It’s a minute longer I've warned him and I warn you that I’ll end It myself, and If you don’t take the boy I’ll do the same for him. lie's a good sight better off dead than knocking about the world alone. He’s Innocent, und there's no sense In his being punished for the sins of otb er folks.’ ” “I see It all. Why did I never think of It before, my poor, poor Rod!” said Ivory, clinching his hands and burying his head In them. “Don’t grieve, Ivory. It has all turn •d out ao much better than we could have hoped. Just listen to the end. Bhe was frightful to hear and to look at, the girl was, though all the time I could feel that she must have had a gypsy beauty and vigor tlrft answered to something in your father. “ ‘Go along out now!’ she cried sud denly. ‘I can’t stand anybody near. The doctor never gives me half enough medicine, and for the hour before he comes I fairly die for lack of It, though little he cares. Go upstairs and have your sleep, nnd tomorrow you can make up your mind.' " 'You don’t leave me much freedom to do that,’ I tried to answer, but she Interrupted me, rocking her body to and fro. ‘Neither of us will ever see Aaron Boynton again—you no more than I. He's In the west, and a man with two families and no means of providing for them doesn’t come hack where he's known. Come aijd take her away, EUssa! Take her away, quick!’ she called. "I stumbled out of the room, and the woman waved me upstairs. ‘Y,ou must not mind. Hetty.” she apologized. 'She never had a good disposition at the best, hut. she's frantic with the pain now, and good reason, too. It’s about over, and I’ll be thankful when It Is You'd better swallow the shame and take the child. I can't and won't have him. and It'll be easy enough for you to say he belongs to sortie of your owi folks' (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Todays Financial and Commercial News AUGUSTA COTTON MARKET Middling closed today, 14*4c Tone Steady. Middling Last Year 12c closinoTquotations Good ordinary 11 1-1 Strict (rood ordinary 12 8-8 Low middling 13 8-3 Strict low middling 14 Middling 14 1-4 Strict middling 14 1-2 Good middling Tinges, first 14 Tinges, second 13 3-8 Previous Day’s Figures Good ordinary 11 7-t Strict good ordinary 12 3-8 Low middling 18 1-2 Strict low middling 14 Middling 14 1-4 Strict middling 14 1-2 Good middling Tinges, first 14 Tinges, second 13 S-8 Receipts For Week Sales. Spin. Shlpt. Saturday 48 39 Monday 109 101 807 Tuesday 231 158 439 Wednesday , . . —— —— Ihursday. . . . —— —— Friday • Totals 427 298 946 Comparative Receipts 1913. 1914. Saturday 179 1)0 Monday 3!) 108 Tuesday 33 460 Wednesday .... Thursday Friday —— Totals 251 755 NEW YORK COTTON New York. —Cotton opened steady to day, one to four higher In sympathy with steady Liverpool cables. Pros pects for clear weather In the western belt Inspired scattered selling snd sent active months a couple of points net lower after the call but there was no Indication of needed rains east of the river and prices firmed up on foreign buying, covering by recent sellers and scattering trade demand. Noon quotations were. Demand became more active late In the forenoon and active months sold five to eight points net higher before midday but the market turned a shade easier after the publication of the weekly bu rau and prices sold off three or four points from the best. NEW ORLEANS COTTON New Orlcsns. —Cotton futures today opened one point up to one point off compared with yesterday's dose. In the early trading prices first stood at a net rise of one to two points and then at a netde dine of one to three points. Fluctuations during the morning were narrow. At their best up to noon the trading months were at a net rise of three to eightpolnts. LIVERPOOL COTTON Liverpool.—Cotton spot firm; good middling 8.37; middling 7.79; low mid dling 7 91. Sales 4,000; speculation and export 300. Receipts 10,000. Futures steady. June J'JL June and Juty 7.118,4 July and August 7.261* August and September 7.14 October and November 6.82% December and January 6.73*4 January and February 673 March and April 6.74*4 LIVE STOCK MARKET CHICAGO HOO AND CATTLE MARKET Chicago, Ills.— Hogs: Receipts 16,000; dull' hulk of sales 305a81B; light 785 - MB-'mixed 78Bafil5: heavy 770*815; rough 770a785; pigs 700a770. Cattle: Receipts 8,000; slow; beeves 720a926; steers 68a0*10; Stockers and feeders 630a825; cows and heifers 370a -870; calves 700a10.25. Sheep: Receipts 14.000; firm; sheep 8855640; yearlings 635a750; lambs 650a -885; springs 760a895. MONEY MARKET New York.—Mercantile paper 3 3-4a4. Sterling exchange steadv: 60 days 486.30; demand 488.35. Commercial bits 3-4. • Government bonds steady: railroad bonds steady. Call money steady 1 7-Ba2; ruling rate 2; closing 1 7-Ba2. Time loans steady; *0 days 2al-4; &0 days 2 l-4al-2; six months Sal-4. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET New York.—An early rise in stocks was carried further during the morning, although the average gain wa* not great. The Street was filled with reports that the decision in the freight rates case would be announced this week and much of the buying, particularly of railroad equipment shares, was baaed on this ex pectation scarcity of stock was evident. Activity wan curtailed In the after noon and the hulls lacked initiative al though the government's report on weather conditions In the crop regions was highly favorable The showing was supplemented by similarly good stats re ports and forecasts of private experts. Tobacco shares roa* materially on small buying and there was a brisk demand for various minor specialties. London was a free seller here, despite the Im provement In condition* abroad. Ronds were steady. The merket closed steady. Traders reallzlno caused some recessions In the late dealings, but the general undrton* was good HOURLY TEMPERATURES Degree* « A. M 76 7 A. M 78 8 A. M 80 9 A. M 64 0 A M 88 11 A. M 92 12, M 95 1 P. M. 96 2 P. M 98 NEW YORK FUTURES. Nek York.—Cotton futures closed steady. July 18.20; August 13.08; Octo ber 12.71; liecember 12.78; January 12.69; March 11.85. Spot quiet; middling 18.65; gulf 18.90. White Satin Pumps. Price $3.50, at the Bootery. Stocks and Receipts Stock in Augusta, 1913 28,402 Stock In Augusta, 1914 21,345 Kec. since Sept. 1, 1913 334,073 Itec. since Sept. 1, 1914 369,623 Augusta Daily Reoeipts 1913 1914 Georgia Railroad 12 171 Sou. Rallawy Co 11 92 Augusta Southern 3 16 Augusta Southern lty.. .. Cen. of Ga. R. R Georgia & Florida 1 —— C. and W. O. Ry 3 A. C. L. R. R 3 Canal —* River ... —— NeV receipts 33 279 Through ... . 181 Total 33 460 Port Receipts Today. Last Yr. Galveston 3734 1035 New Orleans 1249 2150 Mobile 1245 Savannah 2980 i2O Charleston 1 10 *■ Wilmington —— Norfolk 980 2011 Total ports (est.) 12000 Interior Receipts Tortnv Lait Yr, fTouaton 1551 Hn Memphis 107 60 St. T oula Cincinnati • • * • —~ Little Rock Weekly Crop Movement,. End ing Friday, June 5, 1914. I*l4. 4918. Ml*. Shipments . 30.628 15.221 20.457 Stock . ... 59,903 44,355 35,513 Receipts ... 268.512 295,510 188 316 Come In St. 97,254 83,603 76,091 Crop In St. 13.780,188 12,921,061 14.926,028 Vis Sup.... 4,561.911 4.024.94 b 2,951,910 CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET Chicago, Ills.—Soiling due lo the bear ish Influence of the government <*.'o|. re port carried the wheat market today to a lower level. An Increase In the Eu ropean visible supply counted somewhat Hgainst the bulls. Prices after opening 1-Sal-4 to 1-2 down, rallied a little but then sank lower than before. Better weather In Argentine was more than offset by reports that shipments of corn from there would he small. The opening which ranged from 1-453-8 off to a shade up was followed by a gain ull around. Oats swayed with com. Lower prices at tins yards acted as a weight on provisions. . A reduction of 8-4 to lc in export bins at Boston was an element of wheat weakness. The c'ose was steady at 1 1-8 to 1 1-4 net decline. Corn fell back, the result of profit taking by longs, and closed steady 1-8 off to a sixteenth up, net Open. High. Low, Close WHEAT— July . . . 8616 86% 8514 Sept .! . . 84% 84% 83% 83% July ORN .“. . 71% 71% 71% 7114 Sept .... 68 68% 68 66% OATS— July .... 4 0 40 % 40 40% Sept .... 37% 3814 37% 38% PORK July .. . .4100 2100 207 5 2075 Sept .. . .2015 2015 1990 1992 J u Vv AnD : . .1012 1012 1022 1007 Sept .. . .1027 1030 1022 1025 JuT K . . 1137 1137 1130 1132 Sept .. . . 1140 1135 1140 AUGUSTA RETAINS THE ENCAMPMENT (Continued from Page 1.) aa to whether your troops will at tend camp at Augusta or not is requested. All organizations In your state designated to attend Joint camp must camp .same place during the period. "SIMPSON." Bleasa to Call Conference. Whether the South Carolina troops will participate In the encampment of tho 9th dlvlaion of the four states at Augusta, Ga., will be laid before a conference which Governor Bleaae w|H call of the high officials of the mili tary to meet at hi* office probably this afternoon. When asked ov#- the telephone about the matter the gov ernor said he would probably call Into conference Asslatant Adjutant Babb, General Wllle Jones and Colonels Lewis, Legare, and Cogswell, and go over the whole situation. A definite announcement will likely be made af ter the conference. Governor Bleaee had no comment to make on the action of the department of the East In reissuing orders for the troops of North Carolina, Kouth Caro lina, Georgia and Florida to encamp at Augusta after they had revoked such ordere form«Wly Issued and ordered the troops of each state to encamp within their borders. Time Very Short. The governor called attention, how ever, to the short time In which the troops would have to prepare If they should participate in the encampment. It would aurprlse no one In touch with the situation here If the Booth Carol na troop* do not go to 'Augusta at all, es pecially as there has heen so much "dllly dallying” in the matter. It will be recalled that at first the Isle of Palms was selected for the encamp ment of the 9th division, and the owners of that restart spent » great deal of mon ey In preparing for the encampment. Then came the revoking of this encamp ment after the passage between Gover nor Bleaae and Secretary of War Gar rison Later the encampment was awarded to Augusta, only to he follow ed a few days ago by a telegram revok ing that. order after Governor Bleaae had said he ould not allow the troops of Booth Carolina to partlc pate until the outcome of the peace negotiations between Mexico and the Untied State*. The military leaders hsre In conference with Governor Please Saturday adjourn ed without fixing th# sit* for the en campment of the troop* of this state, and wired tho federal authorities for more and definite information of their plans. Th* answsr came tonight from the Department of the East, saying that the 9th division would snoamp at Au guste, Ga., end urging South Carolina to get ready and notify them Imme diately. , Whether South Carolina mllllamen will go to Augusta, Ga.. or not dspends on the conference of the military officials with Governor please and tho decision of the governor, who has the final Bay so In the whole matter. WANTED' SEVERAL HOYS TO CAR ry Th* Hereld Apply Bub Station Aio. 1, Kollouk street. ti Proposed Extention of Amusement Tax Protested Berlin. —The proposed extension of the existing amusement tax now levied upon variety houses, moving picture theatres, circuses and other amuse ments in Berlin, so as to apply to the dramatic stage has evoked strong pro tests from many sides. The tax has already forced one circus to close its doors after an existence of many years, and has driven a number of cinemato graph houses out of business. The theatre managers declare that the tax will he even more disastrous for legi timate drama. There is no reason to doubt the managers' assertion that the conduct of a theatre In Berlin is an extremely risky venture. Within the last four or five years at least sixteen theatres have gone into bankruptcy, and in the last two years only two new ones have been opened, a number out of all pro portion to former figures. Even the most successful pay small dividends, as low' as five per cent, in the case of one of the leading houses of the great er city. A director of three of the best known and most profitable thea tres of Berlin declares that. In case an amusement tax Is placed upon his business, he and his comrades will im mediately begin liquidation, since fur ther existence will be profitless and most probably result in direct loss. The president of the Association of German Actors has filed with the city authorities a formal protest against the proposed tax. Not only will it make It impossible in most cases to maintain existing theatres, he de clares, biu It will also result In a low ering of actors' salaries and In making conditions In the business, already notably bad, still worse. AUGUSTA QUOTATIONS GROCERIES. PROVISIONS D. 8. Reg. Ribs. 50-lb 1214 D. 8. Reg. Plates, 8-lb. av 11 D. 8. Clear Plates 30 D. 8. Bellies, 25-lb 1814 Pearl Grlles, 96-lb., all sizes 1.95 Yellow Corn 95 Red Cob White Corn 98 Mixed Feed Oats 52 Best White Oats 55 Fancy Head Klee 0514 Medium Head Rice .06 Japan Head Itlce 0814 Fancy Green Coffee Ml 4 Choice Green Coffee 1314 Fair Green Coffee 12 Tencent Roasted Coffee. 100 pkgs.. .97 Arblickle's Coffee, pr. rs., 100-lb 19.10 Arbuckle's Ground Coffee, 36-1b5...19.30 R. A J. Coffee, 60-lh. pkgs 15 Heno Coffee, Ground. 100 1-lb 21 P. H. Molasses, bhls 20 Cuba Molasses, bbls 28 Rebelled Ga Syrup, 14 bbls 80 N. Y. Gr. Sugar, bbls. or bulk bags 4.30 N. Y. Gr. Sugar, 4 26 bags 4.35 N. Y. Gr. Sugar (60 2 erths), p6r lb 4.55 N. Y. Gr. Sugar (60 2crtns), par lb. 4.65 N. Y. Gr. Sugar 82-314 crlns, par lb 4.55 12-nz. Evaporated Milk 3.76 Peerless 5c Evap Milk, 6 do*. ... 2.86 M. & L, Stick Candy 30-lb. boxes.. .0614 Ground Pepper, 10-lb. palls, per lb. .1814 Mixed Cow Peas, per bu 2.09 White Cow Pear per bu 2.3$ Tanglefoot Fly Paper 2.7# 1- Chum Salmon 90 2- Tomatoes 70 Old Man Chadwick Was a “Nature Fakir . ” Archaeology Tells of the Antiquity of Baseball New York—The chap named Chadwick who claims to have discovered or In vented baseball about 40 years ago, was a '‘nature fakir” or something on that order, according to a little tmoklpt that came Into our possession today. After remarking that “archaeology contributes Its testimony to the antiqu ity of ball playing" the booklet goes on to tell us about a huge number of stone slabs that have been uncovered In re cent years to show that baseball became a popular pastime shortly after Noah's ark cast anchor on Mount Ararat. Some of these slabs 'tls said, show th# picture o f a shortstop who had huge pa wb, was bow legged, and who talked with a heavy German accent. The writer of the article did not say whether this picture was that of Hans Wagner or of his father. The article failed to aay whether it was a Reach or Spalding ball. Further on the article slates: "In the twelfth Egyptian dynasty, a Coptic artist sculptured on the Beni Hassan, a large number of figures In the net of throwing and catching a base ball." In another bit of sculpturing work that goes to prove that hsseball Is a very ancient game, It Is said there are two figures, one standing In front, and Ihe other behind, and that the figure In the rear Is In the sot of soaking ths fel low In front. 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The pattern Is good for tub silk, crepe, poplin, ratine, linen, lawn, ging ham, ohambray or challle. It Is cut In four slaes: 14. 16, 17 and 1* years, and requires 2 3-4 yards of contrasting material for skirt, and waist trimmings, and 4 1-8 yards of plain material 24 Inches wide, for a 14-year size. The skirt measures 1 1-3 yard at the foot In a 14-year size. A pattern of this Illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cento In sil ver or stamps. Na Mss Name •Street e>d Me, < State ONE OLD SALT HAPPY. Father Neptune (to group of mer mslils)—Well, glrla. It* more comfort able, nww I can wnde around under an American tnan-o'-war without cutting my feet on broken bottles.—Judge. known ths name of the teams that won the pennant In 7091, B. C.. owing to the fact that th# tablet that carried the league standings for that year, and also chronicled the world series stuff. Is s# hadly blurred that deciphering the chls* til rig has been Impossible. However, down near the bottom of the slab, and listed after a heading "World Series Pitchers” there are soma letter* that stand out above the blurr. These are “Be——” “Slat ” —and “Pi .“ Many persona may think that they rec ognize these letters ns being part of th* names of certain pitchers, who have In* d gnntly denied that they have been pitching slnre the game began. “In the sixteenth century.” declares the booklet, “the game of bell was very popular In the courts of the princes of Europe, cHpeclally In Italy and FV.ince. The Chinese have played ball from re mote antiquity, and the game had been known for centuries In Japan. The an cient Greeks prized the game very high ly bar* use It gav* them grace and elasticity.” Nons of the tablets that have been discovered showed whether Bill Klein used to umpire back in the old days, nog do any make mention of sn umpire. However. It Is believed that they did have umpires In those days, because on* of the slabs shows an object, shaped Ilk* a beer bottle, hurtling In ths direction of the face of a person who Is seen wearing a blue rap and a bins alt, and whoa* pockets are bulging the same way that one's pockets bulge when one’s pockst* are filled with baseballs.