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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

Chicago il surely the banner sunday
town OF the world. mink OF nearly
1900 persons witnessing game OF
no extraordinary Importance Sun
day game between Chicago and Clncin-
natl. This bona Ode attendance breaks
the record. In addition to the turn
stile admission OF 27tSs, about 1000
people we're turned away. as there was
no possible room for them. besides the
tickets ran out. no such crush having
been anticipated.
80 great was the crush at the gates
that men were swept away By the
pressure OF the crowd behind them
from the ticket windows after they had
handed In their money hut before they
could grab their tickets OF admission.
Hundreds OF men and boys mounted
the fence and formed a complete black
| fringe around the grounds. In view o'
| the unprecedented attendance one cal
not help wondering what would hap
pen should the Chicago team happel
10 be nrst or second In a neck ans
neck race at the nnish and the con
GLIDING series with the nearest club bs
played at homer Think also OF the
money thrown away before the Hart
regime by the Chicago clubs persist
ent refusal for sixteen years to play
Sunday games at home or abroad
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16
BASE BALL TOPICS
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF
THE GAME.
Tho Circuit FlSer- sun iIarPinE on
Their fa,orite subject idi" Taik Of
League Circuit Reduction suu In
dulg.d In ChIcsEois sunday Record.
WIN ne No Nhanar.

Some Louisville sensationallst re-
Gently revived the story that the Cleve-
land and Washington clubs would be
dropped by the league and the circuit
cut down to ten clubs. The story had
no other foundation than the idle gos-
sip Of players. induced by the recent
postponement OF some Cleveland
games owing to the death OF Mr. Robl-
sons daughter and the further dispo-
sal Of players by the Washington club.
The magnates at large take no stock
whatever In reports OF circuit reduction
and they ought to know what is going
on II anybody does. Messrs. Hart and
Brush, In fact. have taken the pains to
again emphatically deny rumors that
really need no contradiction. Mr. brush
said ponicdly THE Cleveland aud
Washington clubs are In the league
partnership until the end Of the sea-
son OF 1901. and to the best OF my
knowledge they will remain until that
time. II Ia certain that both teams
will play out the season. II that is
not enough for the doubling Thorn
Asses" we may add that everybody con-
nected with the Cleveland club Ia om-
phatlo In the declaration that that club
will play out the season no matter
how much II may lose. while the
Brooklyn-Baltimore people make the
same assertion anent the Baltimore
club. As for Washington. the owners
Of that club must hang on. Willy nilly
pending the coming reorganization, OF
lose all as they are not likely to mud
a purchaser for the club In view OF the
uncertainty regarding the fate OF The
twelve-club league itself. to say moth
ing OF the future status In base ball ol
the city OF Washington.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16
NEW ANIMAL
70. Hide Turns Rin. nails, Ass u IAy-.
IA south A-s.rtr.


Natives Of the interior OF Brazil have
been exciting naturallsts for years
with accounts OF certain wonderful
animal. which. from their description.
had never set been seen by civilized
man. Dr Florentino Ameghlno, an
Italian naturalist, who has been ON
the continent pursuing researches for
length OF time, at last determined
to penetrate to the regions In which
the beast was said to have been found
and see II there was anything In It,
Ramon iista. Chilean. since deceas
ed had told the scientist Of an en-
counter with an animal something Of
the order described. lie had come
across It In the dark. and, although he
fired point-bank at II from point
less than Ave yards. his bullet made
no apparent impression. Armed with
these particulars Dr. Ameghlno set ont
some time last winter. and. after tray.
cling hundreds Of miles into the heart
OF Brazil. at last came upon the oh
ject Of his search. lie saw the animal
three different nights before bringing
II down. The repeated manner In
which his shots lid not ell convinced
him thu the reports OF the natives
as to the impenetrabllity OF the ami
mails skin must have been correct, a
belief in which. after securing the
beast by shot In the eye. and then
finding that the hide could not be pene-
trated by a Ratchet. he was more than
confirmed. The Naomylodon Listal,
named by the doctor. partly In honor
OF the Ramon Iistal who FIRST saw II.
and partly from H. characteristics. re-
sembles more nearly than any other
animal the short-tailed pangolln or
scaly ant eater. II is larger than the
pangolin. being some six feet In
length. The skin Is more than an Inch
thick. ana 80 tough that no weapol
at the disposal uf the scientist suiiiced
10 cut II. lts surface shows an epider'
mis-. not scaly. but covered with
coarse. reddlsh-gray hair an inch and
a half long. the ossicles being buried
in the skin like paving stones in the
street. The ossiclee resemble those o
the fossil Mylodon. though smaller
Tho pangolin. n its traits may be as'
signed To this new beast. IL more Z
lizard than n mammal. They have nc
weapon Of defense against man or thu
larger animals. and are 50 far as 4
known perfectly harmless. The skin oI
the pangolln has often been known Il
turn a musket ball. Its habits are noe
turnal. and It shows great tlmidity II
the presence Of man. DIR. Ameghln,
states his intention OF securing speci
mems alive for the old world zoologl
cal gardens.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

One day In 1896. Bin Joyce. who was
then with Washington. stood poised on
FIRST base while Tacka Parrot. who
was playing center for st. Louis.
chased a fly In deep field. relates John
b. Sheridan. "Tacks" had habit OF
touching of his catches with a run OF
ten or nftuen yardn. lust TO show how
hard they we're. BM wnA acquainted
with thin weakness, and the minuts
the ball hlt PARROTS mitt he was on
when he struck second Parrott was
still running with his back 20 the In
neld Bill kept on. shot past third
and came straight home. When the
lnnelders saw him 20 for third they
yelled to "Taeks," and that wild
worthy sent In the BALL but Bill had
the plate a mile. think this Is tho
only case In which runner scored
from irst on a field out on which no
error was made.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16
rll.,,. JOKE. On IIaIford.

]. whtcomb Riley did his first lit
erary work. In the early seventies, for
the indianapolis Journal, under an as
sumed name. The frst pay he ever re-
oelyed for poem was a suit OF clothes
from the late George Harding, OF the
indianapolis Herald. About 1876 Riley
went east aud was welcomed by
Holmes. whittier and Longfellow. The
New England newspapers made much
OF his visit. and when he returned he
was hero. II can remember" said
an old journal man the other day.
when Riley. with his smooth, boyish
face. slender figure, clad In sacerdotal
garb. used to come around the office
and sit on my desk and dash OF non
sense verses In that same copper-plate
microscopic handwriting that he uses
today. 'Lige Half0rd, now a major In
the United States army and President
Harrison's private secretary, was the
editor and It used to be Rlley's chief
delight to submit some Of his most
meaningless Jlngles to Halford for the
editorial page. The major, who never
had the slightest sense OF humor, spent
many a weary hour trying to compre-
bend them. You'd better draw a dia-
gram to go with this, he would say.
Then a shout Of laughter from the boys
would show him that there was joke
loose somewhere and he would retire
into his Office TO avoid IT,"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

I 40 not know New York. that a SIGHT
like that would result in wholesale
butchery. that assassination would
Turk IL every dark hallway and alley
Well the meanest coward who walks
the tarth can die a natural death; It
takes a man to face death for noble
cause. believe New York would be
bstter on n some NJ you gentlemen
were In heaven tonight II might bu
pretty hard ON heaven. but n you died
I'm the hght. It would wake the rest OF
the country mp to the fact that the
question now facing 1t II whether we
shall suppress this iniquity or he sup
pressed by H. The potato crop may
survive the dry-rot. This republic
cannot live on and endure the wet
rot"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

Casey IL doing better work for
Brooklyn than he did for Washington.
That's natural, however, considering
that faster team IA carrying him
along with H.
Clark Grifith has been trying hard
TO have that club-inflcted s25 fne for
removal from game reacinded. but
President Hart. AZ a matter Of disci-
pine refuses 10 relent'
Manager Hanlon thinks there arc too
many New England men on the League
stan. lie Is inclined TO consider that
handicap on other league clubs In
'aVor OF boston
AZ Louisville those patrons who In
suit the local players-"knockers"
President Dreytnss calls them-are TO
be regularly elected from the grounds
ny oruer % MI p'eyi"SS'
Manager irwin mas rearranged his
senatorial team slagle goes TO short
held cassidy TO third base Mercer TO
lett hela, ue'lman TO center held ana
Vp'len w 'u' p'"o"'
How times have changed. There Ia
not today IN the National league
player who can not write his name.
whereas years ago signatures TO
contracts were p'eh'iiul
That whitewanh OF Baltimore on
April 20 was pitcher Dunn's first shut
out since he broke into the lengue.
To date Dunn mas proved Brooklyn's
winning pltcher'
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

One OF the most remarkable ad-
dresses on the liquor question which
has been delivered In recent years.
was that Of Mr. c. n. Howard. OF
Rochester. n. V. who was one Of the
principal speakers at the great meet
Ing at Cooper Union. New York. the
other day. lie said. In substance. N
God ever gave q people country that
was worth hghting for. worth living
for, worth dying for. he has given II
to the people Of the United States. It
holds the key to the future destiny OF
the race. In the sense that Paris is
France. America Is to be the world
King Of commerce. King Of science.
king OF civilization. have faith in
my country. / have faith In the peo-
pie. But | stand here to say. that II
America Is to be king OF anything.
we must down the whisky king. He
always owns the political party that Is
In power. II We are to hll our divine
ly-appointed mission as the ciyilizer
OF mankind. II we are to carry the
blessings Of liberty and self-goyern-
ment around the world. we have got
TO raise the standard OF public life at
home We have got to reform our
civil service from the bottom up and
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16
saltlr.l Mn,er In lhr MorId.

The saltiest water in the world. apart
from the brine OF the salt mines, ae-
cording to recent investigation, is the
Lake OF Urumla. in Persia, situated
more than four thousand feet above the
sea level. II Is much saltier than the
Dead Sea. the water having bsen found
on analysis TO contain nearly 20 per
cent Of salt. as against s.5 per cent. ao-
cording to Mulhall In the water OF the
Dead Sea Lake Urumla In eighty-Iour
miles long, twenty-four miles broad
and It's northern coast Is encrusted with
a border OF salt glltterlng white In the
sun No living thing, except very
small species Of jelly fish. can survive
In H., The three saltiest pieces OF sur
face water In the world are Lake Uru-
mia, the Dead Sea and the Great Salt
Lake Of Utah.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

able. Out OF SO times at bat he crack
ed out 81 singles. six two-baggera. two
triples. ave home runs and two sac
rifice hits. lie was the fastest man on
the team going to first base. and his
basesteaiing record was equal TO that
OF DAILY and Waldron. and he also pos
sessed a staunch wing" throwing the
ball swiftly and accurately from deep
field to the plate or bases. Beaumont
Is a native OF Rochester. Wis, aud be
attracted the attention Of Connie Mack
last year. when be was catching the
delivery OF Adkins on the Waupun
team. His terrific batting and speed
marked him as phenomenal ball
player, and acting under Mack's advice
he doffed the wind pad and began to
play the outheld. position In which
he exhibited marked ability, He also
played at second base Mt times last
spring, while attending Beloit College.
but most OF bis work was done In left
garden. During the summer he re-
Joined the waupuns and played with
the Prison City team until August,
when be Joined the Milwaukee team.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

From Boston Globe This year it's
the champion Bostons against The
field. with the chances about even.
Brooklyn. st. Louis and Chicago VIII
work with a hope OF seeing Boston 90
against hard luck. for In liz present
condition not a club in the league has
an honest chance Of beating BOSTON
The three teams above mentioned, ~
well as Cincinnati. will turn tricks
that Boston will refuse to consider.
Inside" base ball will hnd willing
students among the clubs OF Brooklyn.
st. Louis and Cincinnati. and In Han
Ion, Ewing aud Teheau the three above
clubs viii have managers who VIII
plan campaigns that Manager selee
would refuse to allow his Boston team
TO pass through. The Boston cham
plons this season have no ideal to fol-
low by all odds they constitute the
finest all-round team ever organized.
with perfect harmony and string OF
players as easy to handle as a college
team. nothing but clean. straightway
ball need be looked for.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

Coed Zip for Young Players.
Young players will 10 well TO follow
as close as possible the style Of living
pursued by player who has been over
twenty years in the spangles and ID
stlll the king In his position. McPhee.
second baseman Of the Cincinnati team.
plays ball on practically an empty
stomach. "on days that I take part
in game eat very little at the noon.
day meal" said McPhee yesterday.
Some tea or toast. or something equal.
ly as light Ia enough for me until aftef
the game. found long ago that VOC
cannot expect to do good work on fun
stomach"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

- ~ AhbN AM
from the top down. To fathom the
depths Of political incRpacity and de-
bauchery In the great cities OF this
country. would require sounding
line that would reach from Hoboken
TO Helena. Mont Public scandal Is the
order Of the day. Pick mp your New
York papers; what say those big types
at the head OF the column on the front
page7 Public Scandal II used TO
be said that a man was rich In this
town II he owned his own home. To-
day man In New York who owns
only hts own home. must sell II to
some rich man who can AFFORD to pay
the taxes on II. and must move his
family into "A rear tenement or garrett,
where lack OF sunlight. toul air and
NTH are making pig-sty out OF the
American home. In New YORK ana
Chicago the great corporations escape
taxation. The poor people must pay
oil. Public scandal ana pohucal cor
rupuon are making u 700 expensive
Tor the common people 10 U'e' ana
the conn trust Is making IL luxury
TO die. The water WORKS scandal In
Philadelphia has smitten That city
with the plague OF Vpholu' that mas
slain more people In ten weeks than
died OF the result OF wounds III the
war with spain. Inc Guy hail III Ohi-
cago was last WINTER the scene OF
mob that threatened 10 Nhch 'he AZ
dermen Wno hau peen oousht up IKE
cattle oy the street ra'roau ''nes vi
thht city hu' ms oe'leNe wa"
hham anair anu 'n' "e'o'S III u ue
served hanslhs az inucn as Tue aIue,-
men, 80 ueep are 'he JuhsieS Oh pom
ues In great cities hohest country
people You 40 not suspect you eau
not belieVe what N so'ns on "a. OF
Louis whefe Organizer pronlp'-
ton union OF 'ChrlSuah men last feo-
ruary, an excise commissioner iocat-
ing sh'ooha "''','" '"o p''e''1eu -
Its OF places OF worship ana puphc
schools, ana accepting the peuuoh OF
boys VINO owned o'eyeIes as hNpay-
ers against the remonstrahees OF their
parents, who owned the mouse po-
lice commissioner VINO Instructed
bummers to ignore the state law, re-
curing license TO sell rum so long
as they patrohi1ed MS brewery ga
looms operating the observation-disclosures
living picture machlhes' thht would
outrage the moral sense OF perdltlon'
The devil has fused the saloon and
the brothel Into one colossal machine
20 attack the great eenters OF modern
civilization. and unless we can fuse
the patriotic, law-abiding, God-serv-
Ing citizens OF the country and meet
organized iniquiv with organized
Righteousness, the situation Is without
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16
The riti.burs ou,asldsr.

Clarence Beaumont. who has been
drafted by Plttsburg from Milwaukee,
IL one OF the few players who have
jumped at one bouno from their first
minor league engagement into the Ma
tional league. lie Joined the hilwau-
kee team on Aug. 6 Of last year From
that date to the close OF the season
he played In "a games and finished
with a batting average OF 1854. lead
ing the Milwaukee team IN that re-
spect. while his fielding record was
.s07, In the brief period he played In
the Western league. however. he deep
ly impressed all the magnAtes and
critics by his ability and was hailed
on all sides AZ n rising outnelder. his
batting. baserunnlng and speed In the
outheld making him particularly yalu-
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

Young Mr. Bliss Dust marrled) Pm
going to start housekeeping and you
can give me a hint or two, can't your
! suppose the biggest item OF expense
will be the house rent, chr Mr.. Chill
ders--For the first few years, yes.
Bllss-And then? Childers-B Boots aud
shoes -Tit-Blts.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

The life OF an editor In servla Is
not delightful one. Within the last
two years a weekly paper has had
sixteen editors. Fifteen OF them are
In jail for too keenly commenting
upon government AFFAIRS, and the six
teenth has Just been hustled on TO
Join them for the same offense.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16
a, the Wrong Track

always think before you speak"
murmured the loquacious Filipino
philosopher who was being lntrusted
with a flag OF truce. "You want TO for
get about that proyerb while you are
attending 10 this business" said the
general "Just you say we surrender
as quickly as you can. II you stop 10
think they'll give us another whipping
IN The interim. w Washington Star.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16
AN OLD FRAUD.
How Hi. Pretty stenoErapher went out
10 Lunch.

How Hi- Pretty stenoEraph-r went out
10 Lunch.
The framing OF half the criticism In
the world Is dependant upon the way
one looks at thinga. says the New York
Commercial Advertiser. "rherei' ex-
claimed the cynic, In triumph. pointing
across the restaurant with lean I'm
ger. II told you the old mans platy was
fraudulent. Just look at hlm--bring-
Ing his stenographer here to lnnchi"
The stenographer part OF the charge
was true and. to make II more dreadful.
she was proyoklngly pretty, THE old
mana merchant OF years and repute
looked toh. sorrow. TO tell 10 quite
unashamed. lie threw aside the bill OF
fare. gave n hurried order to the walt
er and a nod TO the fair stenographer.
The latter promptly produced a book
and began taking notes ut his dictation.
The cynlc fairly Rugged himself,
oh" he whispered. what bluffl
Pretending he's bringing her here to
work. Boys. isn't II splitting"
The boys" agreed that Il was. The
elderly merchant dictated swiftly and
the pretty stenographer's pencil few
over the paper. In twelve minutes the
walter appeared bearing dainty dishes
and-the elderly merchant dismissed
the pretty stenographer and proceeded
to enjoy his luncheon. leisurely and
alone. "The beast,- sighed the cynlc
softly, ito send rs sweet a maid as that
away hungry" And the boys agreed
to that. too.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16
jim BROWN. BIG MAN.

This Is a picture Of Jim Brown.
nicknamed Jumbo. who was one OF the
heaviest violin players In the world
He was born In Detroit, Mich. and
when 80 years old. the time the photo
graph was taken, he weighed 4s2
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16

twenty-five years ago France was
nble TO put as many soldiers in the
feld as Germany Today II falls short
BY about 100000 men.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16
THE PEOPLE MUST.
THE WHISKY KING" MUST BE
DETHRoNED.

Mr.. Howard Of New Nork d In Tavor
Of Taking summary Acilon-. says THAT
This nation l. worth Fighting Dor
Even 20 the DEATH.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-31
SECRETS CT MALARIA.

4 correspondent writes from Sierra
Leone. under date Aug. IS: The med
ical research expedition sent by the
School of Tropical Diseases, Liver
pool, arrived here on the 10th by the
steamship Fantee 1t consists of Ma
j0r Ross of University College. Liver
pool, formerly OF the Indian Medical
service; DR. Annett, also OF University
College. Liverpool. a pupil of DR.. Koch.
and Mr.. Austen entomOiOgist Of the
British Museum They have been busy
ever since their arrival in making eX-
periments and in investigating fecer
cases The expedition could not have
come ait a more oppOrtune time, as the
weather is exceedingly unhealthy at
present and fever cases are prevalent.
one most important discovery has been
made--that u.s. that the An0pholes mos
quito. which absorbs and transmutes
the fever parasite. abounds in this coli
ony: also that the fever parasite eX
lists in IL after III has bitten a fever pa
1ienl-L The -feNeF +.4--t---frfrT TfSU DVpTI
found i'm large numbers I'm the blood Of
fever patients in the military hospi-
tails Another remarkable discovery IS
that OF the tsetse fly. which apparent
ly thrVeS i'm this climate. This dis
Covery viii account to "A great extent
for the reason why horses invariably
die after a short time spent here, ana
for the great mortality among cattle
1T is worthy of note what little i'm
terest has hitherto been taken In Sierra
Leone. Although IL has been in our
possession for 100 years and hundreds
OF horses must have died during that
| period, yet no Investigation has ever
| been made TO find ont If the mortality
| among horses was caused by the tsetse
| fly; on the contrary il was always
! supposed that the setse fly did not ex-
ISL, and that horses died from loin dis
| ease caused by eating the grass NJ the
| country. The expenses and disadvan-
tages OF humane transport might have
induced the government to ascertain
II the tsetse did exist on the west coast
| of Africa"