The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-04
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
Many Interesting Facts Clipped ard
CuiIed From Exchanges.
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Temps 10 explain the reason why the GER
man language is fast giving way TO English
i'm the parts Of the West largely settled by
Gcrmans II might be supposed That the
simple TACT that English is the language Of
this country would be sufficient To account
for this by no means extraordinary pine
nomcnon.
But this sapicnt observer aScribes il alto
gether 90 baseball. He SAYS that 1.-The
German baseball reports cannot be under
stood in the German language, because
there are no equivalents i'm that language
for the technical terms used in describing
baseball leXercises, and he points out that
1.-THE Milwaukee Herald confessed that At
could not describe baseball Games intclli-
gently To young Germans IN their Ian
ruacc." Therefore tine Germans are COM
rellyd 10 learn English in order TO bc able
90 read about the national came.
Thi. is am Ingenious theory. But we DO
not see that the situation is much improved
for the German Young men. oven after they
have sacrificed their mother tongue in their
hunger for baseball information. The
English language will really stand them in
little stead until they have gone further and
mastered the basel I'D yernacular.
They must learn that men and women are
rarely seen 40 baseball games. Only
fffltiN~ Eil Alt'- tIiIit AitN tls''i NV Va i ii
see the game from the "hicaching boards.
There are very few pitchers in the game
now: they are an "tWirlcrs." They do not
pitch the ball: they send i'm "twisters' or
famous curves until they are pounded
Out of the box" The batsman. on his part,
often fails 20 connect with the curves
but sometimes he finds the "twistcr.' or
pops up ily": or. again. he may send 20
Sky .crapcr' over the fence cor 20 "hylns
out"
y special course in dialect IT, needed iu
order 10 enable one to understand the aver
age baseball report or in lieu OF tins lnc
German Young men and all other young
men VIII lind IL advisable ~ read lhc stars
baseball reports. that are aiwdos inicl!i-
gent and intclheihle.
Inter state Commerce In Liquor.
Sew York Times
IT ha. been claimed by pohibiioui,is
that thi, decision of thc supreme Court VIII
interfere With tine successful maintenance"
to a hieh-licon-e policy. bu' We do mot 80
understand 70. II would. OF course. Doc po~
~iblc for any man 10 send out of his own
stat. % obtain liquor. instead oi getting it
from tine licensed dealers within the state.
bat there would bc 1elN little traffic oi That
Kind where "a license system existed. lnc
restriction 90 state authority implied IN
/ this decision would not stand in the
way of any regulation of saloon traffic that
might Doe deemed adyisahp nor would IL
prevent ihr recurrence "i i''l ''' az "t..
rate ol Ices indl tn' ie-l',"'''' "e d,
nigh fix for lhp sale oI liquors brought
/ into Che state and sold hy -torrkeeprr- lu
/ the original p'rNa-tH' d. -ihiif 7.7'"i"S
the r-hi io nave lhem e' drought lh "n"
so.d. ii hI-h-li'' nee p'li'' "c' poo
Doe c'ilbl-hed I'D 0i''tt ~ C'"ias
/ am! Oh DIS 'itiIrh0 H'-"' ''
/ 10 % low-iicrE@e or h"-Iceh7e ''"ie i'I 10 d.
/ liquors. DE- they Wl7n'd I'D 40 ''' ane in"'
ri-ht ha. never "een iltstl" l'u "ul9i"' Di %
/ prohibition State, bui me extent lo Mll'n
/ That would Doe DONE would h1l zoe 7"IH'lt H'
/ 10 impair llc checi 'l 'hr system 'l 't,
least. I'D SNORT ll seems ID US li"l 'ne "n
/ PRACTICAL result ~ me o'ci'ioh i9 I'D eng
citizens of "a prohibition ~laie I'D eei iAe'i
/ liquor, elsewhere, ana ihi- ,hcN nave AWAY 5
/ been in the h .hit OF doing without the lnc-
/ tom OF the supreme Court, iowa UNI !
loon I'D lIefch'-l' "it n"9 i"'"u 'li"' IT. -
h'i nue. .'''', ",,'
-,
nc" oIh hci"'"'l
If Prince Bismarck should appear in the
German litich-tag as plain deputy inai
would BE- singular spectacle Dut surely
not more striking than the appearance "i
cN-Iresident Cleveland before lhe Hulie hla
/ Court yesterday, To DE sworn IN as Il member
| Of the Bar OF that nigh tribunal. NE scene
as described by orr -pondeut. was
notable only because il was genuinely
/ Democratic. lie who was lately the 1niei
/ Executive and ruler of sixty millions OF free
men was ushcreG before the Court by hl,
| former Attorney General. who moved TIC
admission at Mr.. Grover Cleveland. VINO Is
/ duly qualified under the rules, where
upon the chief Justice, whom the cN-
/ President had named 10 That great Once.
directed lAv 'ieiN oi 'ila Vouit ~
Ter me lt' iui''u '',i' "iI 'ii' .iI
'n.,,,i ~. ~ ten doiiars received bis
/ csef;liroto and Thar. an end. No fuss. no
/ cerenon. ..arcaly even "a reporter pro sent.
iI',,;il ,,r. .antit. ,,f.ad before the Court.
and lat..,. an h. maV-,,ho knows-ra.ume
i,i. ,'i.,,.o i'm fba ,Vl'ife Tiouso FIR q socnul
form ~, ttn Precedence.
,.,,,.,.
M ~
lN'" OF" 7""'
/ Certain lnical malaperts chidc 'theiai
! Harrison because ihe musical Programmes
Of the entertainments at the hiie House
/ last week contained some comic songs.
/ Why didn't the President encourage elias
steal music| asked these lmperuneni per-
l sons. OF -eltid' reasons .'"""4s' ~ i'
| 'ticI" li"it'7u" ''"' "l. ''"' l'1"S O."
li,...i mute ,.iii sn,,'it. without holm en-
! cnfr,ooJ H., INN. Hnsidas. a man who has
toe.f in Inc shade cf John Wonamaker for
si, ~. s,',, ,ia,.sin 3, vol vafuraIl, VENTS
- i,e soo,bed vim ligbt and iiyeiv tunes.
A. tho s,mc time we must agree with the
critics in thinking thar no band with "A
nrone,. sense of nroprietv or of regard for
| E.n,r,l IIorrison's FEELINGS would ulay
Where DID You Get That Iiargr or Down
Went Mc(iutv." in the White House.
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-, 80.
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IL is alleged mat the mann reason MI'
,haDui.l VANS ~ O''t VI, "O'"'1 - a""' nv
a. '''' 49,, ,,,aa,,,.s An, Do,no,,.,ti
Senator'S would defeat il bv talking il 10
death II is highly probable that they
would take that course if they could not
defeat an obnoxious measure i'm any other
way. There are Democratic Senators who can
talk for six or eight hours ON stretch and
they can do il every other day i'm the week.
There are two. ut least, who deserve the