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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

The committee appointed st yesterdays
mass meeting to select a site for KanSas
CiU1s exposition building should keep two
ideas conspicuously TO the front In max
ing their &uvas The site must he am
pie and j; must BE centrally located-ihe
more central the better. II shoUl be 50
viii he IN demand for business purposes.
Business men viii not occupy rooms thai
are ont OF convenient reach OF the people
who come down town ~shopp;ng. II II is
centrally located il will be near 10 several
car lines. which is essential TO the sue
cess OF the undertaking,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
Reflections of n bachelor.

From the New York Press.
Everybody dreams, only some dream
truer than others.
The man who teaches n girl TO smoke
cigarettes remembers Eve.
when n man Is really in love every
girls picture looks like one girl.
As soon as a woman thinks she loves n
man she takes the Lord into her confidence.
With the men it's wine. women and song:
with the women it's ice cream soda, men
and grand opera.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
An Improvement

From the Chicago Tribune
Il am trying a new brand OF shaving
soap. sir" remarked the barber. How
does Il seem to Eo?"
ITS rather better than the kind you've
been using lately said the customer.
Seems to soften up the beard better,
doesn't it?'
"Ycs. and then IT'S a change. I was get
ting tired OF the taste of sassafras.'
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
Snd AGnIr.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
Prison Visitor-"Why are you here, my
poor mani"
The Poor Mau-"Fer takin' a loaf o.
bread and a ham bone. num-
How sad!'
"You bet your life IL was sad. wy. lady.
right alongside o. that bread an meat was
a dozen bottles o. beer. and l didn't know
nothin' about I'll"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
FIRST FOOTSTEPS.

A little wav. moro SOFT and sweet
Than fields a-ncwev with MAY,
A babes feet. VenturinR. scarce complete
A little way.
rr-.
Eyes nUH OF dawuinE day
Look Ur for mothers ewes TO meet.
Too blthe FOR som to say.
Ola as the golden spring 90 greet
Its hrst live leaflets play.
Love, laughing. leads the little feet
a little way.
-AlEernou Charles ~SwInhurne.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

She would not stir a single setty lash
To hear me praised; but when my life
was blamed
Her PsTian checks were kindled like a
fash.
And from her heart a sudden love TIP
famed.
-g,-,,- R1rF,-,g, Nrrrv.-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

From the Chicago Tribune.
Several times during the delivery Of his
commencement day Grafton no paused and
took a drink Of water. He was very dry
you mean he was very thirsty
Eyes, he was thirsty, too"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

While having no grDdge against Nash
vile. oficeseekers ST Washington regret to
see the president absenting himself from
the capital, where there is such important
business demanding. o-eseeching and clam
orins for his attention.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
No Abatement.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
Watts-"Getting a little rest out your
way since that piano girl took to the wheel.
aren't your"
Potts-"Naw. Her bicycle suit Is louder
than the piano was"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
Some curiosities of Misquotntion.

From the New York World.
The title OF Mr.. LanCaster's very clever
farce-comedy-"A Wise Child'-which was
produced last week. suggests some refec-
tons on the curiosities OF misquotation. In
COn:non with pretty nearly everybody else.
Mr.. Lancaster assumes that Shakespeare
once wrote 1T is a wise child that knows
his own father In fact. Shakespeare
never wrote anything of the kind. He did
write, in "The Merchant OF Venice" act H..
scene 2: 1T is a wise father that knows
his own child" But that is an entirely
different thought and a much Whittier one.
Yet everybody accepts the other as Shake
sreare's utterance.
In the same way even so scholarly and ac-
curate a writer as Richard Grant White
once quoted the elder Weller as advising
Sammy TO beware of vtdders." What the
wise old coaChman really said was: BE
VERY careful O. widders all your life,
sammy"
Blu Mr.. White was excusable. for even
Dickens on one occasion forgot what old
Tony Wener's name was. and worse sim
made old Tony himself forget. In n pas
sage where Sam asks dutifully after his
stepmother old Weller is represented as
putting his reply into the form of an Off
cial report. and saying at the end: Signed.
s. Weller, Senior" Surely Mr.. Weller knew
that neither the name Anthony nor its all
I AaAlou lbllN a SENAAtA va III -
Thackeray made a like mistake in Van
ity Fair" c~onfoundins the two Sedleys.
Charles Reade in the early editions OF
Every Hard Cash" printed r f~ootnote in
whic he spoke Of "Cervantes' character.
DR.. Sangrado." though DIR. Sangrado was
not created by lie Sage until fun n hundred
years after Don Quixote' was written.
Everybody quotes the Declaration OF In
dependence on "inalienable rights" though
Thomas Jefferson in writing that document
used the better English, "unalienable
rights" When the poet wrote Peace hath
her victories no less renowned than war"
he made a metrical line which the average
Quoter of IL distorts into prose by making
Il Peace hath her victories no less re-
nowned than those of war"
SO the poet who wrote Westward the
course of empire takes Its way" wrote
sense. But those who quote him make
balderdash of IL by saying Westward the
star of empire etc. 1t Is in this perverted
form that the quotation appears in the cpl
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
weather Forecast for Sunday.

Washington. June Z-For Oklahoma and
Indian Territory Generally FAIR; slightly
w6rner south winds.
Fer Missouri and Kansas. Fair, contfn-
ned high Temperature. south winds.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

In order 10 believe that Kansas Populists
charged with bribery are guilty it will he
necessary TO doubt their veracity. They
have all given positive testimony that they
are innocent. Is there anyone 50 warped
in p-srtisanship that he would hesitate to
accept the word Of a Kansas Populist?
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

II is said Missourians are finding the
weather rather chilly at Washington. Con-
siderins the part Missouri took in creating
this administration, the state is receiving
very generous treatment at its hands.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

Rev. Thomas Dixon's dea that msa
needs backbone more than less m be
true as s general proposition. but there
are times when legs are the most useful
part OF the body. Those who ave daily
experience in lodging bicycle scorohers
will appreciate the force Of this remark
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

Let US hope that the Republican har-
mony at St Joseph will not progress any
further IN its present direction than the
mica and couriplaster stage.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
A, che Mission school.

From the New York Press.
Sunday School Observation-Disclosures
children. what became OF the city of
Tyrc7"
Wabbly Tim-"De Lord punctured It."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

One hundred and hfty-seven new post
masters in one day. And vet there sre peo-
pie In kansas who said Bristow was not
qualified
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

States.
Nj. Lancaster e entirely justified IN
ISM the Shakespearean Interpretation "a
!ts accepted form. But the fact that this is
its accepted form is an interesting one that
ought TO suggest TO some OF our puRdits
Al essay on the laws Of interpretation.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

The street car companies at ST. Joe would
be warranted in demanding an extra fare
for the privilege OF fighting aboard their
1arQ
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

The Turks are stiTl drafting recruits and
sending them TO the front That vacation
Of Thessaly is evidently going to b a gor-
Eeous affair.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

Tsmmany is ready to do business on its
old platform of Principles be BANKED. Let
US st the public treasury"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

ish jubilee but he will be very close TO it.
That is TO say. the queens carriage.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

The Company, PuhiisherA-
journal Building. Tenth and Walnut.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

NEw SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
QCATRAIN.

Algornon Charles swlnburne.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
RULES OF THE ROAD.
Some Valuable Suggestions for BIZ
cycle Riders, Old and New.

Below is "a set of road rules collected by
an old wheelman, which, he thinks, should
be called to the attention of all riders, old
and new:
When melting riders, pedestrians and
vehicles keep to the right. When passing
them keep 10 the left.
When turning corners to the left keep TO
the outside of the street
When turning corners to the right keep
as far out as possible without trespassing
on the left side of the road.
Never expect pedestrians to get out of
your way: find a way around them.
Never ride rapidly by an electric car
standing to unload passengers.
Never coast down hill having cross
streets along the way.
When meeting other riders ascending a
hill, where there is but one path, yield
the right of way to the upriders.
Bear in mind that a rider meeting an
electric car carrying a strong headlight
is unable to see beyond the light; keep out
of his way.
When riding straight ahead never vary
your course suddenly to the right or left
without first assuring yourself that no
other rider is close In your rear on the side
toward which you turn.
Do not ride too close to a novice, and in
meeting novice give plenty OF room.
When riding after dark always carry a
lantern.
Those be good rules, and they ought to
be remembered.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
LEFT HANDED PITCHERS.

One idol that the base ball world has
worshipped with growing fervor for sew
eral years past is in imminent danger OF
total demolition. Already it is hooted at
by the irreverent, and even among the
faithful who would fain cling to it, doubt
is fast gaining ground, and many pass 1t
by who but little while ago
bowed in homage before its throne.
The doomed false deity is the much lauded
and ostentatiously exploited left handed
pitcher, or as he is known in base ball
dialect, the South paw"
The causes contributing to his rise and
widespread popularity were simple enough
and the reasons for his retrogression are
even simpler.
The left handed pitcher made his ap-
pearance as a freak, a puzzle. He upset
the calculations of the man at the bat.
and, for that matter, very frequently OF
the man behind it. His Opposite meth
ods of delivery were for the time being
an enigma hard to solve. To be sure, few
examples of the species have ever at
taned any remarkable speed, but just so
long as batsmen were unable to solve left
hand delivery success attended the mis-
sion of this comet OF the base ball firma-
ment.
Now, however, a change has given On-
mistakable signs of setting in. The en-
igma is unraveled and naturally ceases to
puzzle or attract. The facts are simply
these. The left-handed pitluer is no lon
ger a drawing card. He has been over
done. He has little speed, and that little
does not last him long. If one is put in
the box at the beginning of a game the
chances are that he either cannot last
through it, or il he does, that in the last
three innings he will be an easy mark for
even the weakest batsman of the opposing
team. In the majority of cases 1t has been
found, though arrangements are 10th TO
admit the fact, that after few innings
the much-vaunted left hand loses not only
its strength but it's cunning, and curves,
drops, and rises are obliterated, all
merging into a fatally weak featureless
delivery. In edition, few left-handed
pitchers are accurate even at the start,
which in itself is serious enough fault.
but added to 1t is the fact that almost ali
after a little time in the box develop symp-
toms of wildness that not only permit too
many men to reach base on balls but also
opens the doors for some most glaring
errors and consequent defeats.
Managers are beginning to realize all
these shortcomings. but it is hard to shat
ter a cherished idol that one has pinned
faith to, so it may be some little time be-
fore the end. A careful comparison OF
the two classes of pitchers, however ought
70 convince any one who Is willing to see
that the left-handed variety does not pay
for all that has been expended upon its
cultivation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
AROUND THE ROPED ARENA.

Joe Walcott whipped Dick O'Brien in
one round, Mysterious Billy Smith did
1t in three. Dan Creedon in nine and
kid" Mccoy in ten rounds. OBrien must
be somewhat of a mark.
kid Mccoy gets more glory; this time
for whipping a stiff. when he comes to
go up against Dan Creedon the argu-
ment will be more bitter.
Tommy Ryan took s1,7OO, so ne saws,
out of Rochester last Monday night,
Tommy bet Si00 in small sums that the
fight would not last twenty rounds. That
is why Ryan finished Reidy az he did.
Give or take six POUNDS in a match be-
tween bantam weights is a great deal
but when it comes to welter, middle and
the heavyweight class it does not make
so much difference
Billy Musdoon. tmekeeper Of the Cor
bett-Fitzsimmons fight, attempted to de-
tend his counting in the disputed six
rounds at an exhibition of the fight pic
lures at New York OH Wednesday. He
was greeted with mingled cheers and hiss
es and finally choked off by the manage
ment.
The olympic Athletic club Is reported to
have made these matches: Spike Sulli-
van VS.. owen Ziegler, Jimmy Murphy
Isador Strauss or Jack DAILY; Tommy Ry-
an VS.. Tommy West, for a $500 purse
about the latter part of June, and Joe
Hopkins, of New York. VS.. George Dixon,
of Boston, for the featherweight cham
pionship of the world.
An intimate friend of Jim Corbett says:
"l think Corbett will fight some of the
other heavyweights If Bob Fitzslmons
persists in not giving another chance to
him. Corbett is worth about $4,000 and
does not need to fight. He wants, how
ever, to get another crack at Titz and
he may meet the winner of the Sharkey-
Maher fight" Apropos of this the New
York Sun says that Corbett would consent
to meet Maher or Sharkey in 20-round
bout at San Francisco athletic club next
fall.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
UNMERITED DEFEAT.
Miners 0utplayed WiIkes-Barre at Every
Point, but Lost the Ten
Inning Game.

All the powers and fates and several
other old things were against the
Miners in yesterdays game at Wilkes
Barre when the latters club won by one
run in the tenth inning.
The Miners had the argument safe
by a score of 5 to 2 when the ninth
inning began, but the Barons made four
runs which boosted the score up to Sc
and gave them lead of one. Scranton
tailed one in the last half and made
the contest a tie. In their half of the
tenth with two out, the Wilkes Barre
ans scored the final run in rousing
finish, although in the Scranton half
with one out Boyd singled safely but
couldn't be batted in.
If that wasn't a pace fast enough to
suit the lovers of an exciting wind-up
they will never be satisfied. The
Wilkes -Barreans were outbatted and
outflelded. That is one reason for say
ing that the poorer club won, but there
were other reasons. Beard slowed up
while running to the plate in the ninth
and was put out when he would have
scored if he had kept up steam. Again,
Bonner let an easy grounder go through
him with none out in the sixth and
missed a chance for at least one out,
possibly a double play, and the error
made two runs possible. There was
another ''if." Wellner fumbled bunt
and let the bases fill in the ninth with
none out, and all three scored on the
next two up. There was a fourth "if."
heefe called Mcguire out on a steal to
second when he was manifestly safe
and would have scored on a single by
Wellner.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
DONI'S FOR wHEELWOMEN.

Don't borrow a pump Of a man you
do not know and forget to return II.
Don't hesitate to accept assistance from
a man in case you are in trouble with
your wheel. That is AN occasion when a
woman may take well meant help from a
stranger of the opposite sex.
Don't wear club pins outside your coat,
and never wear two large crossed flags
on your lapel
Don't Tide down elderly or unexperi-
enced cyclists just because you have
more control of your machine than they.
Don't coast in the city. You may fall,
and there may be a bike cop" watching
you.
Don't argue with policeman II he tells
you TO slow down. Remember that police
men are all good riders and that they
have the law on their side.
Don't ride a tandem on Sunday after
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
CORBETT is HOPELESS.
viii Retire from the Ring II Fitz
Wont Fight Him.

New York, May 2S.-1n an interview
ex-Champion James ]. Corbett was
rather respondent as to another match
with Fitzsimmons. He said: "If Fitz
doesn't give me some announcement
very soon will give up all hope of
ever getting on a match with him, and
will retire to private life.
II Will fight nobody else, and will
probably never be seen in another box
ing contest. There is no use talking
any more about the matter. Fitz won't
fight and there is nothing else for me to
do but give up the idea"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
PatersOn-Lancaster.

Lancaster, May 2S.---Hepting after pit CHI
ing six innings against Paterson today, in
which five hits were made off him, was
taken out of the rox and West substituted
The change lost the game for Lancaster
as the visitors fell on West savagely and
made seven hits in two innings, which
yielded SIX runs. Lancaster's S ilelding was
erratic, Henry's work at third being par
ticularly sleepy. Score: R.HE.
Lancaster ...........0 0 o. l o o. 6 8
Paterson ............0O 0 @ 0324 Ill u 3
Batteries-Hepting, West and Wente;
Jones and Smink. Umpire-Snyder,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
SCRANTON.

Earned ruEs-WilkGs- Barre, !; Scranton,
q Two-base hits-Wellner, Sharrott,
Bonner Stolen base-Sharrott. Double
plays-C. Smith to Mills to Goeckel; c.
Smith to Mills to Goeckel; Meaney to
Bonner; Meaney to Massey. First base
on balls-Of Coakley 2. Hit by pitched
ball-3onner, Belts, Odwell. Struck out
BY Wellner, 2. Passed balls-Diggins, 2.
Left on bases--Wilkes-Bar G; Scranton,
10. Time-2 hours. Umpire-Koefe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
rRBuNE--sAruRpAY MORNING,

noon except with a man. Two women on
tandem is an invitation to every rude
man to make loud remarks of personal
nature.
Don't wear more than one color IN your
whole costume, including hats and boots.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29

Nolan; financial secretary, James OIL
yer; captain, John Farley; first lieu
tenant, VIM. Murdoch; second lieu
tenant, T. A. Quinn; sergeant, p. Nc
Andrew
The club starts with thirty members.
II will have its first run to Scranton
today.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
BY Associated Press.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. May SIT took ten
innings to decide the game between
Wilkes-Barre and Scranton today. The
home team tied the score in the ninth on
We!lner's error and Coakley's base hit.
Scranton would have scored the winning
run in their half of the ninth had Beard
heen correct on the bases. Three singles
gave the locals the winning run in the
tenth.
The Scorp.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
ChicagO.PhiIadelphia.

Chicago, May 2S.-The Qua11ers pounded
Denser at will today hammering out
doubles. triples and home runs until they
made his head swim. Score: R.H.E.
Chicago ..............1 o. O20 4 0 o. Z 10 /
Philadelphia ........2 0 / 4 2 0 | Ill is !
Batteries-Denser and Kittridge; Fifield
and Boyle. Umpre-Hurst.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
NEW CYCLE CLUB.
Was Organized in Avoca Thursday
Evening with Thirty Members

The Standard Cycle club was fully
organized at Avoca Thursday evening
by the election of the following Off
GERS: President, Alex. Allan; vice
president, r. H. oliver, secretary,
Walter Anderson; treasurer, Thos.
Mcmillan; assistant secretary, Thos.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
Springfield Defeats the CIam-Diggers
in Two Close Games.

Springfield, Mass, May 2S.-The Ponies
defeated the champions twice today by
single run. Good stick work in the criti-
cal stages was responsible for both VIC
tories. The feature was the work of both
Harry Lyons and Allie Smith in center
field. Several of their catches being sem
sational. Score:
First game
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29

Earned runs-Springheld 4: Providence,
4. Sacrifice hits-Gllbert, knight, Massey
tD. stolen bascs-Fuller. Scheffler Smith.
Two-base hits-Scheflier, Brouthers (9,
Coughlin, Dixon. Three-base hit-GreeE
Home run-Drauby. First base on balls
OFF Coushlin, 8; off Braun, 2 Struck out
-Rv Coughin, /; by Braun, 1. Hit by
pitched ball-By Braun, l. Double plays
-Rrouthers and Fuller; Braun, DrauDy
and Dixon. Passed ball-Duncan. Time
lao. ITmpire-Gaffney.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
Tn tbe WprId Of Sports.

Beard. Daily singled. Massey few out
to Belts.
In the eighth Sharrott opened up
with a two-baser. Goeckel hit a fly to
short LEFT field and the chances were
that Meaney couldn't reach II. Shar-
rott took long lead for a scramble
to the plate but Pat made the catch
on run and shot the ball to Bonner,
making q double. Belts was out at
first. The Miners went one better.
Bonner hit for two-bases to left-center
and scored on Wellner's single after
Mcguire and Boyd had gone out on
flies to Odwell. Meaney went out from
Coakley to Goeckel.
With the score 5-2 in the Miners favor
they felt certain of the game when the
Barons opened up the ninth. Odwell
was hit by a pitched ball, went to third
on Mills single and scored on a single
by Diggins Mills going to third. Smith
bunted and Wellner should have made
1t an easy out but in his anxiety to
make the play he fumbled the hall
long enough for Smith to reach first.
With the bases full, none out and one
run in Gonding went out from Beard
to Massey, Mills scoring, Diggins going
to third and Smith going to second.
Coakley brought the two runners home
on a single, which made a total of
four runs fer the inning and put the
Miners one in the hole.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
PROVIDENCE.

Earned run-Springield, /. Sacrifice hits
-Cooney (0. Stolen bases-Green, Schef-
fer (2). Gilbert, Bassett. Lyons. Two-base
hits-Fuller, Duncan, Inks. Home run
Duncan. First base on baHs--Off Inks, g.;
off Rudderham, g Struck out--By Inks,
g. Hit by pitched ball-By Rudderham, l.
Time-l.S5. Umpire--Gaffney.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Rain cut somewhat of a figure yes
terday and prevented all but two of
the games scheduled for the National
league. Philadelphia defeated Chicago
and the Giants won from st. Louis.
The games between the two latter
clubs have been transferred to the met
rODOlis,