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AKRON DAILY BBMOOKAT. 3rOOTAT. ATJGrTTST IB, i.
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AT LAST
The Kcnts Bowed
to Akron.
Kirkwoods Won the
Game.
Websters and South Ends
Played 13 Innings.
Simms as a Base Ball
Player.
Program of Races Arranged For
the County- Fair.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Cleveland 4, Chicago 3.
Detroit 10, Milwaukee 5.
THE STANDING.
W.
Chicago W
Jlostan fil
llaltlmoro IV
Detroit..... It)
I'hllmlolpiilA 8.1
Cleveland .. 87
Wnshlnnton 8i)
Jlllwnukco . 8.1
l'rdt
x M7
117 MO
', M
iu r.H.i
11 I!U
Bl 111
Ou 1153
Atheltlcs nt Boston.
Baltimore at Washington.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 2;
TittS'
burg 5, Chicago 1.
THE STANDING.
W. li. 1'r.Ot
rittsbtirf! ll m bos
I'blladalphlu U 117 fol)
Ht. l.oulJ Gl SO t7il
Brooklyn I" 1.1 iws
llOStOll IJ IS IKI
NewYuilc 17 48 III
Olnrlnmul i.ii 62 too
Clilcngo ;i7 U Ml
TODAY'S GAMES.
Boston lit llfooUlyn,
New York ut Philadelphia.
Cincinnati nt St, liuls. t i
About 7 p.m. Saturday night "n tall
young man of countrified appearance
"met up" with a friend on Howard
btrcqt und said: "Hollo, Llge, f-ei:
iinytiilng ' tlio fellers?" "Llgc,"
Ii&rulug that IiIh neighbor wax look
ing for iiit'inlici'N of tin' Kent
hall (cam, Informed him tlnil they hud
taken tlm (1 p.m. ear In n hotly for
homo. They pi-dhnhly wanted to hy
among the quid, rmiilllur hcoiu'M to
think It over ami wonder how It hap
pened. Thin nt .lenient v. Ill not ho
news In iihiuit .')i)ii c.jUitjs'jihiN who
went to llueliti'l grounds Mtittutl.ij mid
eaw the Millwoods take Hwect it
venge for the diuhhliig they leeched
ut Knit a week ngo. The Kents were
nil there incept Hriicki'ii, and the Hit
cnptuln, the mighty Spade, the agile
Denning, and the promising joung
catcher, (iuuss, and all the other
stnrs tasted the bitterness of defeat
nt the IiiiuiIh of the fast hoys who
,wenr tlm blue.'
It wan a ball game worth going
miles to nee, and everybody left the
proiuiilH In good humor mid feeling
that the. great uubentubicH are no
morn and that thu hoodoo that hits
followed Akron teams In Kent Is
broken up. Tlio eiedlt for tho nlco
.victory belongs to tho team as a
.Whole, although lluek AVasheri,'
pitching was the great (.tumbling block
to tho Kents, and :i three bagger and
Jive Mingles, of which two worn
Rcrntchcs, was the total of tho Kents'
ntJclc work. Muck was a tilth) wild,
and gave llvo bases on balls, but wan
very steady with men on bases, ami
held thein close lo tho bags. The
Kents came on full of confidence and
nn anticipation of another easy vic
tory, but befnro tho Hist Inning was
OTor they realized that they weie up
against n real game, ami tried every
thing In their dope book to beat the
Kirkwoods, hut It was no use. Tho
best they could do was little punk
files and weak gioiindeis tn tlm iminiii
Bulley even tried to put Jiuck In tlui
S air uy a ludicrous attempt to steal
third While Buck was holding tho
'a inll In tho box. Buck refused to bo
'''. "mi lossea tlm ball to l'rlce,
who caught tho llery haired second
fcaseroan 20 fvet oft tlilul, after
.which bo sat down back of thlid und
bad an earnest consultation with tho
i captain. Tho Kirkwoods played tho
game all Uio time, und ran tho bases
; Jlko veterans. They -bit Spado when
Ihey needed hits and took advantage
ftf ftVPrv nnmilnr.. .iffo....! mi .. .
off In fiont and wero never headed,
although tho Kents made u game
struggle, and fought down to tho tin-
! ish. The gaino abounded In fast ulavs.
and, no Jeag thun four doubles were
icaae. TJjreo by the Kirkwoods and
one by Kent. Tho features wero
grout running catches by J. Denning
In left, Howland at second and E.
Dcnnings' one hand catch of Crlles'
fly In tho 8th. Brewster led at the
bat. Ho took kindly to Spades' bend
ers, nnd got a double that hit tho left
Held fenco a foot from tho top nnd
two singles. His base running was
also a feature of tho game.
Klrkwood started tho trouble In
tho first Brewster led off with a
flno single. Crllo was hit by tho ball.
Cross hit for a base and Brewster
came home. Howland smashed a sin
gle to center, and Cross, who had
stolen second, canto home. Howland
easily stole second nnd wont to third,
while l'owley was going out nt first
Prlco got four bud ones nnd stole,
while Howlnud scampered home with
tho fourth run, as Gnnss' throw was
way off the mark to catch Price.
Washer fanned and Sbarpless Dew to
Bailey.
Spade got his bearings after that,
and they could do no moro business
until the Oth, when Washers' single
got past .T, Denning nnd nllowcd Buck
to take Rceonil. Bharpless scored him
with n nice single, but was left.
They got tiiree moro In the 7th.
Smith dropped, Brewster's easy fly.
Ho went to second on a wild pitch and
scored with Crlle, who had lauded
on second tluougli n base mid steal,
as Cross got his second single to
light. Howland nently sncrltlccd
Cross to second, and he scored on
Powley's single. Brewster hit the
fence with a beautiful two bagger In
tho 8th, but two men were out and
he was loft. These proved enough,
as tho Kents were helpless before
Washer, and could not connect with
any regularity.
They got a run In tho second on
Hunt's baso on halls, a passed ball,
and Bailey's bad bounder, which got
away fiom Brawnier.
Their second en mo In the Oth, when
J. Denning got, i llfo pn Brewster's
slow throw. Ganss' single put him
on second, and on Crlles' attempt to
catch him napping Howland booted
the ball to center Held and Donning
scored. They looked u bit dangerous
In the 8th and scored three. E. Den
ning got ii ivo ticket to lirst, Stev
ens flow to H.jvlund, und .T. Denning
got a single, and then Gauss sneaked
one over Rowley's head In left for
three hasps, sending both Denulngs
home. Crlle caught Ganbs olf third
n moment later, und ho should huvo
been mi easy out, but l'rlce in ie
turning the tlnow hit Ganss w 1th the
bull, and his ruh counted. Washer
then took nn extra hitch In his Jeans
nnd struck out. the captain nnd rotlred
Hunt nt lirst. This, was their last
gasp nnd they went out easy In tho
lUli, although young Smith hit a line
Hlnglo (o center, but was left when 15.
Denning How out .to Cross.
The score:
Kirkwoods ' Ab.R.H.Sh.Po.A.E,
Brewster, sa .,.'... r 2 :i o n :i i
('rile, e :i i o o :i i o
doss, Jb ;i ii u to o :i
liuwiiind, 2b . ,. :i i t i i : ii
l'owley, If o 1 (1 1 0 0
l'rlce, ;th ;t o o o i ii o
Washer, p- II 1 0 0 .) 0
ShmpleiH, rf ...-. -I o t 0 o o o
Twin, cf . o o o 2 0 0
Totals :i:i 8 t) i 2 27 1
Kent- Ab.It.IIiSh.l'o.A.E.
13. Denning, ss .. 2 1 0 1 1 (1 1
hteveus, lib Jt 0 I) 0 (l t o
.1. Denning, If .. :i li l t too
Gauss, u i j 0 (1 0 0
Franco, Jb I 0 0 o 1) o o
Hunt, rf :t tool 0 o
Bulley, 2b ...... 0 1 0 5 0 0
.Smith, cf 4 0 1 0 J 0 1
Spade, p ( o i o 0 0 0
Totnls .. .. 30 5 0 2 21 10 2
Score by Innings:
n.H.E.
KlrkwoodH .40000130 - n J
Kent ...... 0 10 0 0 10 3 0-5 (I 2
Thrco bnso hltsT-Ganss. Two huso
hlts-Brnwster. Stolen bases-Cross,
Ilowlantl, Price, Crllo. Double plays
Howland, unassisted; Bulley, unus
slsteil. Crllo to Cross, Howland,
Brewster to Cross. Bases on balls
Oir Washer, 5; off Spade, 3. Struck
nut -by Washer, 2; by Spade, 5.
Hit baUmifn, Orlle. Left on bnses
Khkwoods, 5; Kept, 1. Umpire,
Mid..
NOTES OF THE GAME.
The grounds were In flno condition.
Washer hart speed to burn.
Crllo made good behind the bat.
Not n man attempted to steal on him.
Tho Akrop crowd, with one of two
unimportant exceptions, rooted hard
fur tho Kirkwoods.
Pi Ice coud have easily caught
Cuuss ut the pinto In the 8th If he
had stepped off tlm lino before throw
ing to Crlle, Tho ball hit tho big
catchpr In tho back.
Tlm Kirkwoods rarrled quite ii
hnudlcnp In Bucks' five bases on balls
and four errors In tho Held, but they
were overlooked when thoy gots hits
with men on babes.
All the KontH 10 assists wero made
by Stevens and E. Denning.
The crowds should tar tho limit of
tho stands when they hook up iigaln.
Tho Kents played a cleun, fust
game, and their good work was lib.
ernlly cpplnuded by thy crowd. Ganss'
throwing arm wae not n the best of
order, Ho jurobubJjr needs practice.
Gymnastic
Will do much to develop a mnscultr
body. But the itrength of the body is
not to bf mtunirca by Its musclo, but by
Its blood. If the' blood in impure, the
body, in spite of IU bulk and brawn, falls
an easy prey to qib
ease. There is no medi
cine equal to Doctor
Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery for
the purifying of the
blood. It carries off
the poisons which
contaminate the life
fluid. It increases
the activity of the
blood-making glands
and gives the body
an increased aupplv
of pure, body-bulla-ing
blood. It builds
up the body with
sound, healthy flesh
instead of flabby fat,
promotes the appe
tite, feeds the nerves,
and so gives to weak,
nervous people vital
ity and vigor.
There is no alcohol
contained in "Golden
Medical Discovery,"
and it is absolutely free from opium,
cocaine and all other narcotics.
" I feel it mr duty to write to you of the won
derful curative power of yeUr ' Oolden Med
ical DlseoTcry.' " write. George 3 Henderson,
Esq. of Donlud, Lee Co., Florid.. "I had a
baa bruise on my right ear and my blood was
tindly out of order, I tried local doctors, but
with no jood remits. Flually I wrote you the
particulars Is my case and you advised your
'doldeu Medical Discovery. ' which I began to
lake, from the flrt bottle 1 began to feel
better, nnd when I had token eight bottles the
sorr was healed up, I wish you success."
T)r. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, hi paper covers, Is sent free on
receipt of a I one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address Dr.
R. V. Tierce. Buffalo, N. Y.
E. Denning had to lift his cap after
his great one hand catch in the 8th.
RACES AT THE FAIR.
The program of tho Summit County
Agricultural society is now out nnd
nnnounccs tho following list of
elassca and purses for the fair this
full:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2.
2:10 trot, purse 200.
2:20 pace, purse ?2i0.
Ituiilng race, ya nillo and repeat,
purse ?100.
THURSDAY, OCT. 3.
2:27 Hot, puise $250.
2:17 pace, purao $300.
2:22 trot, purse $250.
FRIDAY, OCT. 4.
2:18 trot, purse $300.
2:30 pace, puree $200.
2:21 pace, purse $250.
'Running, one mile and repeat,
purse $150.
Entries will closo September 25, nt
11 p.m. Records made that day will
not be considered a bar.
Here are tho eondltI6ns Imposed
by tho society which will govern the
races nnil horses:
CONDITIONS.
All rneea to bo mile lieuts in har
ness, best threo In live, under rules
of the National Trotting Association,
Running races, best two In three.
Special piovlslous, Id distance rules,
to govern.
Entrance 5 per cent of purse, and 5
per cent additional from winners.
Miy horse distancing tho Held or
any part thereof entiled to one money
only.
Five to enter ami four to start.
Section 2 of rule 0, (Abolishing Hop
pies), will not be enforced.
Thu right Is lescrved to change the
order -of program, poslpono or de
clare olf, bul entrance mouey In races
declined olT will be returned.
Straw, hay and stabling will be
furnished during the meeting to
hoises actually entering In races.
WILLOWS VS. RJVERSIDES.
Randolph Park was the scene of a
lively contest between tho Willows
and Riversides Sunday. The Willows
won by 10 3, and will pluy tho River
sides another game before long,
CADILLAC WON ONE.
Tho Cadillac; won tho Hrst of tho
series of races against tho Canadlun
yacht Invader Saturday In a closo
race. Beginning today, tho other
four races of tho scries will bo con
eluded this week.
THE YANKEE WON.
WIgan, England, Aug. 12,-Spl.
Hurvey Pinker, tho American middle-weight
wrestler, Saturday nlcht
defeated ".Tack" Smith, champion of
England, in a cateus-entch-can
match In straight falls. Tho match
was for a purso of 50 pounds.
SHAMROCK IS HERE.
Sandy Hoolc, N. J., Aug. 12.-Spl.
Shamrock II, Sir Thomas Lipton'u
second challenger for America's cup,
Iu tow of her consort, the big steam
yacht Erin, arrived off Sandy Hook
lightship shortly nftcr It o'clock Sat
urday night and anchored for tho
night Just inslijo tho lightship half un
hour later.
TUOHHY TALKS.
And now tho wrestlers, fluding that
like tho pugilists they must got Into
something eUo, have taken to chin
music as a side profession, and tho
land is (Hied with walls, countcrwalla
and much anguish, liberated by griev
ing stranglers and strong men.
George Tuohey, uuiuuger for Tom
Jenkins, bus conK-uted to bo Inter,
viewed with roferonce to tho MeLcod.
Jenkins squubbjo nnd tells plaintive,
ly of tho presumption of Mcl.eod.
He offers, however, o piatch tho
dissatisfied Dan. for a match at catch-
I $T '1
I IV r K I I
1 -(kxJEJV i
as-catclvcan, no holds barred, and tho
Invitation should bo plain enough to
settle any llngorlng doubts In Mc
Lcod'a mind as to whether Tuohoy
means business.
WEBSTERS WON.
Wcbstere still lead tho South Ends
In tho national game, having defeated
tho latter team Saturday at. Summit
lnke park after 13 innings of as Inter
esting a game as Akion has seen this
season.
Pitchers for both sides were In
great condition, hits wero kept well
scattered on both sides and the fovr
errors made by each team wero moro
than counter-balanced by phenomlnal
stops nnd catches of a spectacular
order, which both sides had to their
credit.
At tho end of tho eighth inning, the
score was O'to 0. From this time on
it required flvo hotly contested, ex
citing innings before the Websters
finally gained score and won the
game.
A largo attendnnco of fans for
both sides lent color and variety to
tho oceawlon and their cheers nnd
gratuitous advice was given their
players nt every opportunity. Fol
lowing Is tho line-up:
S. E. A. 0. Stephens, ss; Allen, c;
McAllister, 3b; Shanks, rf ; Mahon, 2b;
Shoonmakcr, lb; Wiese, If; McShaf
fcry. cf; Fox, p.
Websters Volk, ss; Krohmer, c;
Bedur, 3b; Nichols, rf; Moon, 2b;
Boyce, lb; F. Limric, If; Cassidy,
cf; Helsler, p.
KENT'S CONSOLATION.
Kent Is just naturally a base ball
town. Although tho official Kent
team was defeated Saturday. Tho
Kents No. 2 defeated an Akron tenm,
the Buckeyes at Kent by a score of
9-0.
MR. KELLEY CHAMPION.
The Portage Golf club's champion,
E. E. Andrews, drive as ho would, uso
all manner of strategy though he did,
went out to defeat In his match
with J. W. Kelley, Saturday. Mr.
Kelley won by two up, his scoro, of
87 being nearly equalled by Mr. An
drews' 89. Tho loser has challenged
Mr. Kelley for another match next
Saturday and tho gentlemen will
ngaln demonstrate their prowess at
golf.
SIMMS AS A BALL PLAYER.
Art Slrams Is varying his training
with a break Into another field of
athletics. In a letter to the Democrat
which was received Saturday, AJrb
tells In nn Interesting way of his life
nt Strutford. Tho fever tho fighters
havo been subject to with regard to
the wrestling gnme has not stuiek
Simms with any extraordinary force.
While, as ho bays ho found It the
fashion to get Info some other branch
of sports, the wrestling gnme did not
appeal to him, nnd ho' bus taken up
baseball instead. Although Art had
played no ball for moro than two
years, ho begun practlco with thu
Stratford team, and was so success
ful In his practice that ho has se
cured .a position with tho tenm, for
as long a time as he remains In the
town.
Shams Is a, second baseman, and
will give local guardians of that
bug a hustle for their positions when
ho comes back.
Bert Dormnn, who guided Slmms'
destinies when he was In England,
before, Is making an effort to match
Art with boino of tho English fight
ers. If tho effort Is successful Art
will go across tho pond and try his
luck ngaln. Dorman's challenges
are directed toward Jubcss White and
Jack principally. English fight
ers continue to light shy of a go with
Art, and the probabilities aro that
ho will bo unable to get any satlsfac
tton from tho English pugs. Tho
Akron man Is feeling fine, and wll
give Young Corbel t tho fight of his
llfo.
JOB FOR POTTS.
ritcher Potts, of the Kent team, has
signed with tho Dayton tenm of tho
Intec-Stato League and will finish tho
season with the Dayton aggregation.
Totts' work In Akron was not of a
nature to cause local funs to wild with
enthusiasm over his ability as a pitch
er, rerlmps his Akron pitching was
dono on nn off day, however, for tho
management of the Duyton team Is ac
credited with a largo supply of the
quality known to the profession at
largo as acumen.
A petition for dlvorco was filed Sat
urday by Mrs. Mlimln Miller, who de
sired separation from her husband,
Thomas Miller on tho ground of will
ful absence and neglect
A lame shoulder Is usually caused by
rheumatism of tho muscles, nnd may
bo cured by a few applications of
Gliamborlaln's Pain Balm. For wilo by
all druggists, E. Stelubaehcr & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Still In Ilobt For Lost Yoar'a Hat.
"I supposo you enjoy these flippant
flings that you see in tho newspapers
about Easter bonnets," she remarked
la a tone of gcntlo forbearance.
"No, I don't," answered Mr. Blrius
Bnrker. "I don't eujy anything that
brings up the. nhJct."iVYaBhln.gton
Star. ,- -
Ilia Ilnlr Stood on nnd.
"Up to flvo years ago," said a proa
pector to a St Louis Republic reporter,
"I didn't believe In such a thing as a.
man's hair standing on end." And
thon the old gentleman told tho story
of the fright that led him to change
tils mludt
"1 wns In tho mountains of Idaho
With a friend, and we ran short of
fresh meat, so one day I took my gun
nnd started off alone. I went Into a
ravlno and was making my way along
a little brook when I came suddenly
upon a queer sight. Not four feet In
front of me, In the full blaze of tho
sun, lay four mountain lions asleep.
"For half a minute I thought them
dead, but as I stood staring at them,
with my heart In my mouth, every one
of them sprank up with a growl. And
they faced around at me, looking ugly,
(milling the air, with their whiskers
drawn back, showing the white line
of their teeth, switching their tails
and looking like demons.
"As for me, I stood rooted to the
spot. I couldn't movo from sheer fright
A queer, numb sensation began In my
ankles and crept up my body, and I
literally felt my hair rise.
"I stood there motionless for several
minutes. Then one of the beasts drop
ped bis tall and whined. The others
followed his example. My presence
mystified them. A fow sccondB later
they turned about and crept away
down tho ravine, looking back stealthi
ly two or three times to see me.
"When they wore out of sight I be
gan to.broatho again. I didn't care to
hunt any more that day and made for
the camp at top speed. That was tho
time my hair stood on end, and my
scalp was soro to the touch for a week
afterward."
A Careful Mother.
This Is n story one woman Is never
tired of telling of a mother whose child
had been ill with scarlet fever. She
always emphasizes the fact, too, that
the mother was possessed, upon ordi
nary occasions, with good sense and
would bo called a more than ordinarily
Intelligent woman. She was, too, a
moro than ordinarily careful mother,
and It was as an Illustration of this
that sho told the story of the care of
hor boy to the friend who now repeats
It Not as much was known about
sanitary conditions then as now, but
It was not In a time of primitive igno
rance. "I always believe In taking the great
est care to prevent contagion In any
disease," said tho mother, "and with
the fever I was extraordinarily care
ful. Why, when tho skin began to
peel I rubbed the child down with my
hands ovcry day to remove every looso
fragment let it fall Into a cloth, and
then I gathered It up carefully and
shook it out tho window."
Tlfo Hasher to that story laughed
then and there, to tho great surprise
and Indignation of tho mother, and
laughs now at tho ridiculous Ignorance
of a4woman who claimed to have even
a vestige of common sense. New York
Times.
WHAT HE LIVED FOR.
tie Saw Vim Abend and Wanted to
p Be on Iland.
Ilo's&t on a log In front of his shanty,
sujoklng some sort of leaves or weeds
In his, homemade pipe, and when I rode
up to and saluted him I thought him tho
most melancholy Individual I ever saw.
"Down on your luck?" I queried as
I offered him some smoking tobacco.
"Waal, no," ho slowly replied. "Xost
ray mewl by snake bite t'other day,
but Blch things are to be expected."
"You dpn't look well."
"Guess not. I've bin sick fur about
threo m'onths, and this Is my fust day
out. Wo must expect sickness, how
ever." "I see you havo no crops In," I said
as JJooked over the rank fields.
"Not a crop,' and I'm kinder glad on
It I won't hov no hustlln to do this
fall."
"Haven't you any poultry or llvo
stocks".
"Noap. Had to sell my cow last win.
ter, und tho coyotes carried off tho
chickens. Had two hogs, but they died
of cholera. Noap no llvo stock to
worry about."
"Provisions pretty scarce?" I per-
apnea, seeing no was wining to taiK.
"Dunno. All wo live on Is Johnny,
cake and corn coffee. Shouldn't won
der, though, If provisions was kinder
Bkeerce."
"And don't you get discouraged?"
"Never."
"But will you toll me what on earth
you are living for?"
"I will, strnugor, I wlH," ho answered
as he got up and throw a pleco of sod
it a barking pup dog. "This 'ere claim
Is wuth about $500."
"Yes."
"And sho'a mortgaged fur $000."
"Yes."
"And the money Is all gone, and tho
mortgage Is to bo foreclosed next
month."
"I see.'
"Waal, I'm llvln to sco tho fun when
tho fulo who lent $000 on $500 wuth of
land sits around 'ero to forecloso on
mo and tako possession. Arter that
I'm goln out nnd lot a snnko blto me
and die." M. Qhab.
A Nnlaanoe.
City Visitors I suppose you love tho
country, llttjo girl?
Girl Oh, yes, 'cept In sumimer, when
I'm bothered by a lot of Inquisitive
city folks. New York Journal.
No 'Comparison.
Mr. .Ferguson was later than usual In
coming borne, and as his wife met blm
In tho hallway with her usual kiss ho
said apologetically:
"Tbe train was crowded, Laura, nnd
I had to ride In tbe smoking car, I sup
pose I smll like a tobacco factory."
"No, George," said Mrs. Ferguson,
"yon do not. The smell from a tobacco
factory, as I remember It U not at all
oflewlyiV'.-Chlcaso Tribune.
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2.v ialaaala?BanL
THE KICKER KICKED.
MR. BOWOER HAS AN EXCITING EX
PERIENCE WITH A COW.
After Studying Up on tho Germ The
orr Ho Ilooldet) tho Family Maat
Only Drink Fnro Milk nnd Inresls
Forty Dollars In an "Aldernor."
Copyright, 1901, bjr O. D. Lewis.
Mrs. Bowser happened to look out of
A back window the other afternoon and
was astonished to seo Mr. Bowser In
tho alley along with a cow nnd two or
three strange men. The cow was evi
dently tho subject of conversation, as
Mr. Bowser walked round and round
her nnd seemed to be sizing her up, and
she was Anally led Into a stable, and
tho men disappeared. Half an hour
later Mr. Bowser entered tho house,
nnd to her query of why he happened
to get homo so early ho replied:
"Oh, business was rather slack, you
know, nnd so I thought I'd como home.
Havo wo any book In the house relat
ing to germs I mean germs of typhoid,
consumption, etc.?"
"I don't think we havo."
"Well, norer mind. I guess I'm pret
ty well posted as It Is. If you havo
time, I'd llko to talk with you for a few
minutes. How much milk do you use
per day?"
"Four quarts."
"Four quarts, eh? With an averago
of 000,000 germs to tho quart, that la
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THE COW AND THE DOOR WENT
2,400,000 germs to tho gallon. By John,
but when I see the cold figures staling
me in the face I can't repress a shiver!
What on'enrth has preserved our lives
I can't make out"
"What Is It about germs?" sho asked,
with some anxiety.
"Simply this, my deav woman: You
have In your system nt tho present mo
ment probably 00,000,000 germs of ty
phoid and consumption. I have tho
same number or more. They are gam.
bollng up and down through tbe veins
and playing tag In tbe arteries, and we
sit hero ns calm and placid as if the
danger wero a mile away. For the last
seven or eight years we havo been ab
sorbing 000,000 germs per day, and
why we wero not removed from earth
long ago Is a positive miracle."
"You mean there are germs In milk?"
"Billions of them, Mrs. Bowser bil
lions. That Is, they are in the milk
you buy from tbe milkman. They
come from the hands of the milkers
nnd tbe cans."
"But they wouldn't be In the milk of
your own cow?'
"Not a one not If I took proper pre
cautions. No; If we had our own cow
wo should not be walking around our
own graves every hour of tho day. Wo
should have tho purest of milk, tho
richest of cresm, and what wo pay In
doctors' bills for six months would buy
the cow and keep ho,r tho year round.
I havo It all Agured out here. See? It
has simply resolved itself down to
this: Shall we fill up on germs ovcry
day tn tho year and suddenly develop
typhoid or consumption, or shall wo
buy &. cow of our own nnd live to bo
83 or 00 years old? As to the germs,
let mo show you how they look. I
will draw you two or three on a rough
scale. Horo they are. Of courso they
are enlarged."
Ho passed Mrs. Bowser the paper
on which be had sketched two or threo
Insects resembling grasshoppers, and
after a long look she said:
"Well, I suppose you bought the cow
of thoso two men I saw In tbe alley
with you, but sho looked to mo like a
poor creature."
"Oh, you were looking, eh? Well,
yes, I bought the cow, and I am going
now tub annus look.
to nslc you to como out nnd see bor.
1 think I know a thing or two about
cows, and If this one Isn't a good ono
I'll go out of tbe business. She's new
milch, you know, and sho gives an
average of 10 quarts at a milking. Just
think of 20 quarts of rich milk per day
-20 quarta without a germ to bo
found r
"But how can we make use of It?"
"We'll manage to drink half of It
iomo way, and tho rest goes to the
poor. Kill two birds with ono stone,
you know. Come on and tako a look
at our antlgorm fountain."
Mrs. Bowser found a ono horned,
wild eyed cow standing In tho stable,
ner tall had been cut off, her ribs stood
out llko barrel hoops, and tho dogs had
worried her ears. The animal looked
moreflt for hurdle racln or cato lumr-
Ing than milking, and that was the
opinion-expressed of hor.
"That shows how little you know;
about cows," replied Mr. Bowser.
"Why, womnn, do you know that her
owner's flrst figure wns $00 and that I
spent nil of an hour In beating him
down to $40J"
"And you paid $40 In cash for that
that thing?" she gasped.
"Certainly I did, nnd I know she's a
bargain if there over woo one. Per
haps you camo out hero expecting to
find something gold plated from bead
to heel. If you had ever seen a cow
before, you'd know this one for an A1
derney of purest blood. Look at that
head, that back, that udderr'
"Yes, I'm looking!" sighed Mrs. Bow
ser. "I don't think she's much of a
cow, but she may turn out all right
after all. Doesn't sho look wild to
you?"
"Just a little, but you seo she natu
rally regards us as strangers and Is
wondering what designs wo havo
against her. Two or threo days will
see ner looking as docile as a cat tsn.
lost that missing horn whllo protect
lng her owncr'B child against on at.
tack from a dog. Got love and affec
tion as well as milk, you see."
"And who's to milk her?"
"That's my little Job and no oni
else's. I'm going to get a Jumper and
a pair of overalls, and I shall be Farm
er Bowser twice a day. I'll do th9
milking, and you'll play the dairymaid,
and we'll snap our Angers at typhoid
DOWN THE ALLEY TOGETHER.
ana consumption. Now, yon run and
get a pall, and well soon have our flrst
ten quarts. No moro tea, coffee or
wlno for us, but pure milk and all wo
can drink."
When Mrs. Bowser returned with the
pall, sho felt to caution Mr. Bowser
against that wlldness of tho eyes, but
with a laugh he removed bis coat and
cuffs and made ready. Once upon a
time he had seen a man milk a cow,
and tho late owner of this particular
bovine had spent ten minutes In post
ing hlra. He therefore felt a supremo
confidence In himself and naturally
neglected soveral little signs and to
kens that made Mrs. Bowser doubtful.
"By John, but this is homcllkel" he
said as be drew op tbe box. "If we
only bad a pig squealing In a pen and
a few hens cackling around, It would
bo"
The cow humped up her back In a
threatening way, and Mrs. Bowser call,
ed out in alarm.
"She Just humped a fly off hor back,
said Mr. Bowser as be took hold ngaln.
"Of course we've got to get used to
each othor. It won't bo three days be
fore" There were a hump and a Jump this
tlmo, accompanied by a bellow, and be
fore Mr. Bowser could let go the pall
was kicked out of bis hand. Ho start
ed to fall back, but tho cow's leg
swung around, and her hoof found bis
body and sent him rolling over tho
floor, while Mrs. Bowsor yelled at the
top of her voice. There wero other
bumps and kicks and bellows, and
then tho "new milch" charged tho alley;
door like a bull going for a haystack.'
Thero were a crash and a smash and
a cloud of splinters, and tho cow
and tbe door went down tho alley to
gether. "Aro you dead?' asked Mrs. Bowser
as she went over to where tho antl
germlst was lying on the floor.
Mr. Bowser slowly sat up, with a va
cant expression on his face, and stared
around.
"This Is tho twentieth century, and
you have bought a new milch cow,"
sho continued, hoping to bring his
memory back.
It returned. Ho drew himself up
and looked around blm, and when bla
eyes finally lighted upon her ho pointed
to the open doorway and hoarsely whls.
pered:
"Wo-woman. retlrol Get outl Be
gonel I 1 will seo you later on and
agrco upon the amount of tbo all.
monyl" M. Quad.
It Drlnaa Her, Etc.
"What do you do when your wife,
gets sulky and refuses to talk to you?"i
"Why. I begin to praiso Mrs. All.
good across the street or somo otbec
womnn I know sho detests."
"And that brings her, eh?"
"Yes, it brings her and sometimes;
everything throwable that happens to
be In her reach too." Salt Lako pity
Tribune.
Mr. D.'x Supposition.
"Since Splfilns lost his teeth ho can't
speak distinctly nor eat proper food,
remarked Mr. Bloomfleld.
"I suppose he has to llvo on gum
drops and speak gum Arabic," added
Mr. Bellefleld. Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph. Could "Shed" Very Llltlo More.
Mrs. Schermerhorn Oscar, you look
llko a lobster In that red bathing suit
Schermerhorn (pointedly) Well, you
look like a shedder In yours. Brooklyn
Eagle,
Did Her Beat.
Louise (In surprise) You don't mean
to say Grace Pretty married a million,
aire old enough to be her father? Good
gracious! Why did sho do such a
thing?
Muriel Why, sho couldn't catch ono
eld enough to bo her grandfather.
Brooklyn Life.
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