The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910, February 02, 1910, Wednesday Edition, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textr . , uinnriiiiir.c rnnu inniTim nocnnv iwruiiaiua inuiyi muunu uuluuix I' t SPEND S400.000 ON PROJECT. New Concern Will Build Big Reser voir to Store Flood Water. Laidlaw Oregon's pioneer irriga tion project, begun in 1893 just aa the panic swept over the country, stands in a fair way to' be completed, and tbe settlers wbo have been waiting and watching for the water that never came, may have their hopes realized. For the state of Oregon, represented by the land board, is making an effort to secure the completion of the project with the mo it flattering prospects of success. Laidlaw came into being during the days when settlers expected water and as a matter of fact when water was delivered in tbe ditches. But the sup ply was not sufficient for the lands at tempted to be reclaimed, the acreage reduced and other supplies of water sought. Financial troubles followed, and the company was reorganized. In the meantime it was fully demonstrat ed that a gravity system of irrigation was not feasible and that reservoirs would have to be built to store tbe flood waters of Tumalo creek during the spring and allow water to be car ried over the parching land in July and August, whan the stream carries scarcely any water. The whole scheme resolved itself into bad en gineering, but the engineer was not the man to suffer for his mistake. Three Sisters Irrigation company to wter 27,000 acres of land lying on tbe west side of the Deschutes river, about six to IS miles from Bend, taking wa ter from a mountain stream known as Tumolo creek. The nearest railroad point is Shaniko, about 90 miles dis tant The altitude ranges from 3,100 feet to 8,700 feet. Convention to Carve New State. Med ford The Southern leaders in the movement to carve e new state out ef Southern Oregon and Northern Cali fornia, to be known as Siskiyou, are active with arrangements to call a con vention to devise ways and means. According to present plans the con vention will gather in Yreka, Siskiyou county, California, not later than March 15, and remain in session three days. Prominent men from all over the territory affected have signified their willingness to attend and aid in the movement. As planned, the new state will em brace seven California counties and five Oregon counties. The movement grew out of widespread dissatisfaction with the treatment, alleged to have been accorded the territory by tbe two states. California, it is said by those advocating tbe formation of the new state, has long neglected its northern Dortion. while Southern Oregon has suffered in a like manner, it is claimed, at the hands of Portland and the Wil lamette valley. The move to create the new state is popular through the affect ed territroy. Florence Sees Bright Future. Eusene Florence, at the mouth of the Siuslaw river, has been petitioned by T. J. Monroe of Coos Bay for franchise for an electric light plant Tbe petition will probabply be submit ted to a vote of the people. Florence is growing rapidly as a result ef the beginning of jetty work at the moutb of the river. The citizens are working for a railroad to the Willamette valley via Eugene. It has been rumored that the Southern Pacific company would build a line from Eugene to Florence to each Coos Bay. but the citizens place more faith in the promise of the promoters of the tugene & wet tern company, which has made prelimi nary surveys and expects to begin con struction work soon. Electric Clocks at Klamath Falls. Klamath Falls O. B. Gates, agent for tbe Western Union Telegraph com' any. has secured 12 contracts for in stalling clocks with telegraph service in business houses in the city. The comnanv only sent Mr. Gates 12 con tracts. This is a most creditable bhow Ing for a city of this sise. It was not expected that over three of four clocks could be installed, as that is usually the number used in towns even larger than this. Clean Up Club at Eugene. Eugene A movement has been start ed in Eugene to' form a clean-up club among the pupils of the city schools. The object will be the cleaning op of the streets, alleys and yards of the city. City Superintendent of Schools G. S. Stockton and Manager Freeman of the commercial club, have agreed to work together for the organisation of the pupils' club and the commercial club will give prises for the best work. 8tayton Votes Down Bond Issue. Stayton The proposition to vote at $10,000 bond issue for the new high school building was defeated at a spe cial school election today "by a vote of 76 to 27. Bonds of $850 were voted for the purchase of six more lots for school purposes. Land Board Affirms Loans. Salem First mortgage loans from the school fund drawing 6 pr cent Interest were approved by the land board to the amount of $59,200. There remained $306,000 of the school fund yet uninvested Jumnirv 1. SI.000 for Lane County's Fair. Eugene The Lane County Fair aa oclatioo has decided to ask the county court for an appropriation of $1,000 annually for the fair and appointed a committee to Interview the court at its put meeting. DAIRY EXHIBIT AT STOCK SHOA Opportunity Given Model Dairymen to Show Farms in Miniature. A unique exhibition of proper dairy methods is being arranged by the state board of health in connection with the Oregon Jivestock show at the fair grounds next fall. One of the leading promoters of the plan is E. L. Thomp son, whose model dairy at Clover Hill farm, near Deer island, has won atten tion throughout the Northwest Mr. Thompson said : "The fair next fall will give us the biggest educational opportunity we have ever bad. We want to show cat tle that are best adapted for dairy pur poses by reason of breeding, care and the tuberculin test. We will have a model dairy in all its parts ready for operation. This will, of course, be in miniature, but effective, nevertheless. We will show how feed should -be raised and how it should be mixed for the health of cows, the largest produc tion of the best possible milk. Correct barn construction, the way the stalls should be arranged, sufficient ventilation, adequate gutter- drainage, the proximity of feed, milk rooms and manure heaps, will be gone into thor oughly. We will also show how milk ers should be dressed, and how they should be clean in persou and in hab- ts, to prevent -contamination, and keep dirt from getting into tbe milk, will all be practically illustrated. New Brick School for Klamath Fall Kl imatb Falls Pirns for the new public school building, which is to be erected on tue west side of the river, have been approved by the school board. The building will be two story with basement and large attic, and covers a ground space 8292 feet It will contain eight class rooms, with two rooms in the basement and one large room 25x80 feet in the attic, which will be used as an assembly and music room. The Oregon Library commission has for distribution fifty copies of a circu lar "Forestry in Nature Study" re cently issued by the department of ag riculture. This is a plan for elemen tary instruction in the subject, ' ar ranged by grades, 1st to 8th, and with the work outlined for fall, winter, and spring terms. Tbe sppendix gives ref erences to government publications which can be obtained free of charge and used as text books. Any teacher sending the commission two cents for postage may obtain a copy. Slow Progress on Well. Dallas Serious difficulties are be ing encountered at the oil well. The formation is very hard and the supply of water increases with depth. It possible for the drillers to make less than 10 feet daily. Oil sands are num erous and it is still the conviction of all concerned that the drill is slowly nearing an immense deposit of tbe precious fluid. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices: Bluestem, $1.16(3)1.17; club, $1.06; red Russian, $1.04; valley, $1.06; 40-fold, $1.10. Barley Feed and brewing, $29 29.50 per ton. Corn Whole, $25; cracked, $36; per ton. Uats No, l wbite, x3Z(i)3Z.50 per ton. Hay Track prices: Timothy: Wil lamette valley, $18i;20 per ton; East ern Oregon, 2122; alfalfa, $1718 clover, $16. ; grain hay, $16(:17. Butter City creamery extras, 89c fancy outside creamery, 34(ii)39c per pound; store, 20(ii25c. Butter fat prices average 1 'c per pound under regular butter prices. Poultry Hens, 15()1 6 Kc;springs, 16Xc; ducks, 20(i)23c; geese, 12((()14c; turkeys, live, 22((i24c dressed, 25(ii;27c; sqjabs, $3 dozen. Egg" Fresh Oregon extras, 31 (it 32H per dozen; tasern, zsdii'ile per doien. Pork Fancy, ll(iill)c per pound. Veal Extras, 12(0)12X0 per pound, Fresh FrulU Apples, $l$3 box pears, $l(iC1.60 per box; cranberries, $8Ci9 per barrel. Potatoes Carload buying prices Oregon, 70(ii 90c per sack ; sweet pota toes, 2w2hc per pound. Vegetables Artichokes, $11.26 per dozen; cabbage, $2fJi2,25 per hun dred; cauliflower, $1.75 per dozen celery, $3(j3.50 per crate; garlic, 12X per pound; horseradish, 9($10c per pound; pumpkins, lJiMlHc; sprouts, 7(t)8e per pound ; squash, 2c ; tomatoes, $1.50(1(2.25 per box; turnips, $1.50 per sack; carrots, $1.25; beets, $1.60 parsnips, $1.50. Onions Oregon, $1.50 per sack. Cattle Best steers. $60i 5.50; fair to good, $4.60584.75; strictly good eowv $4.25(4.50,; fair to good cows. $3.604; light calves, $5(f5.60; heavy calves, $4C4 60; bulla, $2.503.75 stags. $3(tf4. - Sheep Best wethers, $5.60(VT5.50X fair to good, wethers, $4.60(U5; good ewes, $5(.i5.60; lambs, $5(ft6.50. Hon Top, $9.10(39.25; fair to good hogs, $8.60(C9. Hops 1909 crop, prime end choice. 20&22Kc; 1908a, 17e; 1907s, llfce per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623 pound; mohair, choice, 25c pound. Hides Dry bides, I8$i8e per pound; dry kip, 18(((18e pound; dry calfskin, liU21e pound; salted hides. 104'10fl salted calfskin, 15e pound green, le lets. ASKS COOLER CRITICISM. President Taft Asks Magazine Pub lishers to be Moderate. Washington, Jan. 31. President Taft told the periodical publishers of tbe Untied States tonight; that, if they overloaded their criticism of men n the administrative authority with unparliamentary expressions and inti mations as to lack of honorable mo tives, nobody is going to pay any atten tion to them. Although he made no direct allusion to "muckraking." it was plainly evi dent at what he was directing his at tack. The president'addressing tbe period ical publishers association of America as their guest at dinner, did not give this advice to the editors assembled from all parts of the nation nntil he had prefaced his remarks with good bumored treatment of his relative po sition to the wielders of public opin ion. 'This is a formidable gathering ' to address," said President Taft, after he bad been presented by C. H. Smith, the toastmaster. . "Gentlemen who act 8 fates as to what is or is not current iterature, would under any circum stances, be formidable to address, and under conditions prevailing in Wasb- ngton and in legislative halls, it re quires a brave man, standing in my po rtion, to face them. 'As to controversies, let me say that all evidence questions of facts must be weighed broadly to reach an ultimate conclusion. It is the case with every trust as much as we con demn them for their iniquities. The evidence must be weighed. It does no good to denounce a person on the wit ness stund, if he testifies agains t you. You controllers of public opinion and controllers of the rulers of the country may hammer a man into indif- erence as to what you say, but at that be will come nearer to doing right than f be tried to fight 'But seriously speaking. I would line to say thst when you. criticise a poordevii exercising a responsible po sition, first give him the benefit en joyed by every criminal, that of rea- nonable doubt ' WILL PRESS MERGER SUIT. Pacific Roads Must Face Trial by Next April. Washington, Jan. 3JL- The president has determined to press to a conclusion the pending suit against tbe Union and Southern Pacific Railroad companies, looking to a dissolution of the merger, and today concluded to deny the appli cation of Mr. Lovett Harriman's suc cessor, for a dismissal of the suit . Soon after Judge Lovett and a num- oer of influential railroad people ap pealed to the president to squash pro ceedings before Judge Vandeventer's courcinSalt Lake City., Mr. Taft, following the course that had been adopted in the case of the famous New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company, wben a similar appeal was made, referred the matter to the at torney general for examination. In the New England case, it was found that, because of action taken by 1 the tate of Massachusetts and the insig nificance of the government's interests, it wouia De Dest to abandon the prose cution of the railroad, and this was done. But Attorney General Wickersham reached a different conclusion in the Pacific railroad merger case, and today he handed to President Taft a volumin ous report, conclusions of which just! fled the president in the announcement tbat there was a good case against the railroads, following the decision in the Northern Securities litigation. There fore, proceedings at Salt Lake City will be pressed. The Btatus of the case at present is this : The government has put in its testimony. The defense must begin in April and the usual evidence in rebut tal must be submitted thereafter. Then the case will go to that novel tri bunal of four judges provided by the anti-trust act known as the expediting court and doubtless in the end it will come before the Supreme court of the United States. Panama Libel Suit Dismissed. New York. Jan. 31. ThA Indict ment against the Press Publishing com pany, publishers of the New York World, charging Joseph Pulitzer and others with criminal libel aminst Theodore Roosevelt President Taft and others, was quashed today in the United states District court Judge Hough ruled that the statute upon which the indictment rested was not sufficient in authority, in other words. that the court bad no jurisdiction. Children Forced to Work. Chicago, Jan. 31. High prices for food in Chicago are driving chil Iran to work. In the last three months 1,000 more permits have been asked of the state factory inspector's office than in the corresponding three months a year ago. This is an increase of more (than 33 per cent It is attributed not to any sudden demand of employes for tbe services of minors, but to the necessi ties of .work ingmene families, which have compelled children to work to buy food. New Cabinet Rebuffed. Budapest, Jan. 31. An early rebuff was met by the recently formed Hed- rvary cabinet when the chamber to day with a large majority voted want of confidence in the ministry. The premier told the deputies be i unable to decide immediately whether to resign or to dissolve' parliament He then drew from his pocket an im perial rescript adjourning the house to March 4. The fjedemptioij El QcvVid (Jorsoi? By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS OpjrUht, 1WS, by TIm Marrfll Caaapaar- CHAPTER XVIL (Continued.) To his own unbounted astonishment this young- man wbo bad Ions: ago abandoned his faith In Christianity, began to plead like an apostle for the practice of Its central and fundamental virtue. - 'My friend." he said, with a new sol emnity in hla manner, you are on the threshold of another world: how dare you present yourself to the Judge of all the earth with a passion Ilka this In your heart?" In the momentary rest the beggar had recovered strength enough to re ply: 'It is t-t-true. I am on the threshold of another world I I didn't use to b-b-belleve there was one, but I do now. There must bet Would it b-b-be right for such d-d-devlls aa the one that wrecked my life to g-g-go un punished T Not If I know anything! They get away from us here, but if eternity is as long as they s-s-say it Is, I'll find D-D-Dave Corson If it t-t- takes the whole of it. and when I f-f-(lnd him " he paused again, gasping and strangling. And so you really mean to die with out bestowing your pardon upon those who have wronged youT" I swear it!" With a heavy heart. Mantel left him and hurried home to report the Inter view to . David. He found him lust returning from hi work, and conveyed his message by the gloom of his ooun- tenanoe. 'Has anything gone wrong T" David Inquired, anxiously, as they entered their room. Casting himself heavily Into a seat and answering abstractedly. Mantel replied," "Each new day of life renders it more inexplicable. A man no soon er forms a theory than he is compelled to abandon it I fear it is a labyrinth from which we shall none of us es cape. 'Do not speak In parables," David exclaimed. Impatiently. "It anything If the matter, tell me at onoe. Do not leave me in suspense. I cannot endure It Is he worse T Is he dying" "He la both, and more," Mantel an swered, still unable to escape from the gloom which enveloped him. "I have at last drawn from him a brief but terrible allusion to the tragedy of your Uvea," "What did he sayT Quick, tell me!" "He said that he had been wronged by those whom he had benefited, and that he would spend eternity in re venging hla wrongs." Horrible!" cried David, sinking In to a chair. "Did he show no mercy 7 Was there no sign of pardon T" "None! Granite is softer than his heart. Ice Is warmer." ' David rose and paced the floor. Pausing before Mantel, he said, pit- soualy, "Perhaps he will relent when Pepeeta comes!" "Perhaps I Have you heard from herr "No, but hr answer cannot be much longer delayed, for I have written again and again." "Something may have happened,' said Mantel, who had lost all heart and hope. "Do not say It" David exclaimed, be seechingly. "It Is a long distance. She may have changed her residence. She may never go to the postoffice. She may be sick." "Or dead!" said Mantel, giving ex pression in two words to the fullness of his despair. "Impossible I" exclaimed David, bis face blanching at this sudden articula tion of the dread he had been strug gling so hard to repress. - - They passed out into the night to gether and hurried away to the bag- sal's room. Each was too burdened for talk and they ' walked In ' silence. Arriving at the house, they ascended the stairs on tiptoe and paused to lis ten at the door. "I will leave it ajar, so -you may hear what he says, and then you can Judge if I am right," said Mantel, entering quietly. He approached the table and turned up the lamp which he had left burning dimly. By its pale light David could see the great head lying on the pillow. the chin elevated, the mouth partially open, the breast heaving -with the painful efforts to catch a few last flut tering Inspirations. Nestling close to the ashen face and licking the cheek now and then with hla little red tongue, was the terrier. Mantel's footfall, quiet aa It waa, dis turbed the sleeper, who moved, turned his head toward the sound and asked in a husky and but ,half -audible voice. Who is tnerer- "It Is L How are you nowT A little better" said Mantel, laying his soft tool hand upon the broad forehead. wet already with the death-damn, "I am getting weaker. It wont last -long," he answered palnfnully. "I do not want to bother you. but I yannot bear to have you die wlthoat talking to you again about your fu turei I must try onoe more to roer- made you not to die without sending tome kind word to the people who nave wronged you." The expression of the white face un lerwent a hideous transformation. "If you do not feel like talking to me ibout a matter so sacred and personal, would you not like to have me send for some minister or priest T The head moved slowly back and forth In a firm negation. "In every age. and among an men. It has seemed fitting that those who ere about to die should make some preparation to meet their God. Have ou no desire to do thlsT If there eb Mutely no word of pardon or of kind seat which you wish to send to those rho have Injured you, as a sort of lag- yey from the gravel" "None!" he whispered fiercely. "Suppose that your enemy should AH Right lovnd come to eee you. Suppose that a great change had come over htm; that be, too, had Buffered deeply; - that your wife had discovered his treachery and left him; that he had bitterly repent- he Could for hla ln- that It waa he' Who haa Imii Mrin. friw vi.i In thAU last hours, could you r.ot pardon him" These words produced an extraordi nary effect on the dying man. For the nrat time he Identified his enemy with his friend, u aa-tha Al upon his mind a convulsion seised and snook- his frame. He slowly and gain fully struggled to a sitting posture, lifted his light hand above his head and said in tones that rang with rau cous power of by-gone daye: "If I had known that T -ara m aatlna- his b-b-bread. It would have choked mei oena him to me! Whin h7 "I am here." said IkvM. nuletlv en tering the door. "I am here to throw myself on your mercy and to beg you, for the love of God. to forgive me." As he heard tha familiar -volna. tha beggar trembled. He made one last supreme effort to look out of his dark ened eyes. An expression of dpair lng agony followed the attempt "I then, with both his great bony hands, he clutched at the throat of bis night robe as if choking for breath, tore It open and reaching . down Into his Dosom felt for some concealed object He found It at last, grasped it and drew It forth. It was a shining blade of steeL Mantel sprang to take it from his hand: but David oushed him back and said calmly: "Let him alone." -res, let me alone," cried the blind man. trembling In tvnrv . 11 mh and crawling slowly and painfully from the Deo. The movements of the dying man Were tOO Slow and weak to rnnvav anv adequate expression of the tempest raging in his souL It waa Incredible that a tragedy waa reallv halne- anant. ed, and that this poor trembling rrea- xure was tnirstlng for the Hfe-MN of a mortal foe. David did not seek to escape. He did not even shudder. There was a singular expression of repose on his features, for In his desperation he so laced himself by the reflection that he for a sin whose atonement had become was about to render final satisfaction otherwise impossible. He therefore folded bis arms across his breast and stood waiting. The contorted face of the furious beggar afforded a terrible' contrast to the tranquil countenance of the peni tent and unresisting object of his ha tred. The opaque flesh seemed to have become transparent and through it glowed the maleful light of hatred and revenge. The lips were drawn back from the white teeth, above which the great moustache bristles savagely. The lids were lifted from the hollow and expressionless eyes. Balancing him self for an Instant he moved forward; but the emaciated limbs tottered un der the weight of tbe body. He reeled, caught himself, then reeled onoe more, and lunged forward In the. direction from which he had heard the voice of his enemy. Again Mantel strove to Intercept him,-and again David forced - ---. Uncertain as to the exact location .of the object of his hatred, he raised his knife and struck at random; but the blow spent Itself in air. The futility and helplessness of his efforts erased him. "Where are youT O-g-glve me some sign!" he cried. . - "I am here," said David, In a voice whose preternatural calmness sent a shudder to the heart of hla Mii With one supreme and final effort the aying man lurched forward and threw himself wildly toward tha amirid via hand, brandishing the dagger, waa up- lutea ana seemed about to descend on his foe; but at that very Instant, with a frightful Imprecation unon hla in the gigantlo form collapsed, the knife cropped rrom tne hand, and he plung ed, a corpse. Into the arms of his in tended victim. -David received the dead weight unon the bosom at which the dagger had been aimed, and the first expression of his face indicated a certain disappoint ment that a single blow had not been permitted to end his troubles, as well aa terror at an event so appalling. He stood spellbound for a moment sup porting the awful burden; and then. overpowered with the horror of the sit uation, cried out: "Take htm. Mantel! take him! Help me to lay htm down! Quick, I cannot stand it; quick!" They laid the lifeless form on the bed. while the little dog. leaping up be side his dead master, threw hla head back and emitted a series of prolong ed and melancholy howls. CHAPTER XVIIL Bewildered by the scene through which he had Just passed, Corson re turned to hla rooms and spent the night In a sort of stupor. What hap pened the next day he never knew; but on the following morning he ao- eompanled Mantel to the cemetery where, with simple hut reverent cere mony, they committed the body of the doctor to the bosom of earth. Just aa they were about to turn away, after the conclusion of the bur ial service, a strange thing happened. The limb of a great elm tree, which had been tied back to keep It out of the way of the workmen, waa released by the old sexton and swept back over the grave. -. It produced a similar tm pression up on the minds of both the subdued spec tators. They glanced at each other. and Mantel said. "It waa like the wing or an angell "Tea,- added David with a sigh, "and. seemed to brush away and obliterate all traces of his sorrow and his sins." They ' did not speak during their homeward journey, and when they reached their rooms David paced un easily backward and forward until the shadows of evening had fallen. Wben he suddenly observed that it was dusk, he took his hat and went out into- the streets. There was something so rest-. less and unnatural about .his move ments aa to excite the suspicion of -his friend, who waited for a- single mo ment and then hurried after him. The night was calm and clear, the autumn stars were shining in a cloud less sky, and the tide of life which had surged through the busy streets all day was ebbing like the waters from the bays and estuaries along the shore of the ocean. A few moments' walking brought David to a weird spectacle. A torch had been erected above a low plat form on which stood a man of most unique and striking personality. . He looked like a giant In the wavering' light of the torch. He was dressed In the simple garb of a Quaker; his head waa bare; great locks of reddish hair curled round his temples and fell down upon his shoulders. H!s massive coun tenance bespoke . an extraordinary mind, and beamed with rest and peace. As he sang an old familiar hymn, he looked around upon hla audience with an expression such aa glowed, ' no doubt from the countenance of tha Christ when He spoke to the multi tudes on the shores of Lake Genessa- ret ' .- '. .... , Closs to the small platform was a circle of street . Arabs, awed Into si lence and respect by the charm of this remarkable personality. Next to them came a ring of women some of them old and gray, with haggard and wrin kled countenances upon which Time, with his antique pen, had traced many Illegible hieroglyphs; some of them young and bedizened with -tinsel Jew elry and flashy clothing; not a few of them middle-aged, wan, dispirited and bearing upon their hips bundles wrap ped In faded shawls, from which came occasionally that mjpt distressing of sounds, the wall of an Ill-fed and un loved Infant crying in the. night Outside of this sons of female mis ery and degradation, there waa a belt of masculine stupidity and crime; mn with corpulent bodies, bull necks, dou ble chins, plle-drlvlng heads; men of shrunken frames, cadaverous cheeks, deep-set and beady eyes vermln-oov-ered, dlsease-divoured, hope-deserted. They clung around him, these concen tric! circles of humanity, like rings around a luminous planet held by they knew not what raalatleaa attraction. The simple melody, borne upon the pinions of that resonate and cello-like voice, attained an almost supernatural Influence over their perverted natures. When it ceased, an audible sigh arose, -an Involuntary tribute of adoration and of awe. As soon as he had finish' " his hymn, this consecrated apostle to the lost sheep of the great city opened a well-worn volume. The Influence which he exerted over the mind of David waa as Irresistible as it was Inscrutable. His language had the charm of perfect familiarity. Every word and phrase had fallen from his own Hps a hundred times In similar exhortations. In - fact they seemed to him strangely like the echo of his own voice coming back upon him from the dim and half-forgotten past (To be continued.) Doubtful Identity. Cricket is the national game of En gland; and It would no more help one to Identify an Englishman by saying that he was a cricket player than It would to distinguish a college man la this country to say that he was de voted to baseball. In his book on the game, "Kings of Cricket," Richard uait relates many amusing things of the sport and of men who have been connected with it One of his stories Is about two Nottingham players of ft common family name with similar Ini tials.." , We had two players of the name of Johnson, one being John Johnson, for years the secretary of our county team, and the other "Isaac Johnson. ' As John Johnson's initial was near ly always written as an "I," confusion arose concerning the Individuality of the two players. ; Charles Thornton, a well-known sup porter of cricket in Notts, once got into conversation with a stranger In a railway carriage. Cricket cropping up In the course of conversation, the stranger happened to say he knew a Mr. Johnson, who belonged to Notting hamshire, who played cricket and asked Mr. Thornton If he knew him. Mr. Thornton replied that he know iwo Mr. jonnsons wno played. "This one," said the stranger, lives In Nottingham." - ''They both live In Nottingham," waa the reply. , . . "This one Is Mr. L Johnson." "They are both I. Johnson," "This one I mean plays with the) Commercial." "They both play with the Commer cial." .., - -"The one I mean la a fast bowlerV "They're both fast bowlers. . "The one I know Is gray-headed.' "They're both gray-headed." , "The one I mean wears spectaAleaV "They both wear spectacles." , The gentleman gave up In despair. MiuWEiiOiirauM. There once lived a woman who never gave her husband a chance to say a word. . The moment he opened hla mouth, she dosed It with a torrent of words. It happened that ha fall sick when his wife was out of town, mwA lufu. . V . I . V . .. u vMvi w mum VUU1U gBl HOUJS QOnW came and took him away. "I would feel better about if aha Is still saying between her sobs, "II I could have been with John when be died. There must have been some last words he wanted to say to me," Atohlson Globe.