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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
PITCHERS AND MOISTURE.
Jones Wishes to See Spit Ball Abolished
from Game

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
NEW YORK, June S.-Fielder Jones
wants the ''spit ball abolished He
says: '"Two years ago, when | made
my first kick against the spit ball. ,
Chesbro and Howell were practically
The only spit ball pitchers. Now, in
Che American league, Chicago has
Walsh and Smith; Cleveland has Lieb.
hardt, Berger and Rhodes; Philadelphia
Dygert; New York. Orth and Brockett;
Boston, Winter and PrIitt: Detroit,
Mullin and Willctt, and st. Louis.
Howell and Morgan. By another year
there may be twice as many, and il
would be no surprise 10 see all the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

Music in our Grill Room from to
8 every evening. Royal Cafe.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
OLD F|Tz IS STILL
GAME TO FIGHT
Edwards Trying 10 Arrange a
Fistic Carnival for the
EIkS.
rrtoune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service
NEW YORK. June s-lf ali the
plans of Harry Edwards of the Ma
through. the week between July -
and % will see the making Of some no.
table prize ring history. He expects
TO have three great bouts on for the de-
lectatiou Of the EIks, who will hold
their grand lodge in the Quaker City at
in prospect:
Bob Fitzslmmons VS., Jack Johnson.
Joe Cans VS.. Jimmy Gardner.
Abe Attcll VS.. Tommy o 'Tooln
There arc at least FIVE great fighters
in this list. and Fitzsimmons may prove
that he is still great None of the
matches have been closed. but Fitzsim-
mons has said that he will meet any
ono and that he viii NOT draw a Mason
and Dixon line, so that he viii not
hesitate at the color of johnson. All
the big men of the country have been
sidestepping the black man for two
wears or more. Sam Fitzpatrick is
handling johnson s business affairs, and
as he has said that the big negro is
anxious to meet the Cornishmsu the
managers of the club do not anticipate
much trouble in closing the match
The contest between Joe Cans and
Jimmy Gardner viii be the most inter
esting of the fights. Both of these men
arc top.notehers. and Cans is probably
the greatest man al his weight in the
ring today Gardner has Just added TO
his laureis by beating Harry Lewis at
Denver Cans, who Is now in Balti
more, has told the managers Of the club
that he is willing 10 fight if there is
anything in IT, and it is believed that
he will be satisfied with Gardner AT l35
or 40 pounds
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
It Costs $500 to Open the Doors for
Boxing Contests in Nevada.
Tribune Special Sporting Service

On this showing, in order for The
club to make any profit, the gross re-
ceipts must exceed Sl1.7so, as the
windup attraction receives 30 per cent
Of the entire gross gate receipts.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

pitchers within n few years using this
delivery, which Injuries the game Now
is the time 10 act. Let the league in
strucJ its umpires 10 call ball every
time n pitcher uses saliva. and this dc,
livery viii be killed in short order.
Then we will see stop put to star
pitchers being made Of twirIers who
have nothing bpt plenty of moisture,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
Miss Sutton Is Defeated.

MANCHESTER, England, June s.
In the northern champion tennis meet
ing here today MAY Sutton of Cali
fornia was defeated in the final by
Mrs Stcrry (formerly Miss Cooper, the
English champion, by I-3. 90.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
Teams Trade Pitchers.

BOSTON, June S.-Pitcher William
Dvnecn, OF tho Boston American base
bali team, has been traded to the ST
Louis team of the same league for
Pitcher Jacobsen and cash bonus of
Sl500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21
HYHAWKER JOTS

Although kind words are said never
to be lost. the Marysville Register is of
the opinion they are frequently mis-
laid.
acres has been rented for five years for
$4,000 a year. That is eight per cent
on $4,000. There are 100 acres of alfalfa
on it, so it is worth the price.
Estelle Riddle: Love is the only king
who rules by divine right. It's
easier to pick quarrel than it is to
pick winner. The man who
says women reason with their emotions
and not with their intellect is the same
man who cannot argue three minutes
without calling names.
/ Here is a real corn-shucking record,
vouched for by the Canton Pilot. 1t
says: Ray Hallenbeck who is here
from Nebraska shocking corn for Chas.
Lowe west Of town, made a good record
shocking corn last week. For ten days
he averaged 116 bushels and one day
he shucked 1877 bushels by weight in IL
hours. Who can beat this record?
A Concordia man has a copy of the
Ulster County Gazette, printed in King
ston, N. Y, on January A, 1870. 1t con-
tains a full account Of the burial of
George Washington, who died December
A. 1899. What a tremendous circula-
ton the Ulster County Gazette must
have had! They bob up everywhere.
How advertisers must grieve that they
did not get into it!
Lawrence World: ct want the World
to come out good and strong against
these fool rummage sales" snorted a
man who is usually very timid, as he
came into this office this morning.
Here I am shivering around in my
summer suit this morning, because
my wife sent my only everyday winter
suit as her contribution to a rummage
sale. Yes" he continued, you can
print my name If you want tor and
the desperate boldness of that last as
sertion showed plainly that, at last, the
Worm had Turned.
Governor P P. Elder, of Ottawa,
thinks currency Is plentiful enough
compared with ancient days. He tells
it thus: ct remember one day Very dis
tinctly when would have given hum
bred dollars, and given it gladly, to
have seen the top of that old stage
coach come up over the river bank on
the return trip from Lawrence" Cover
nor Elder and John Walruff ran bank
before the days of a railroad. I'm
checking drafts, they had us to the
bottom of the money drawer on this
day I speak Of" said Governor Elder,
"and the afternoon was only fairly
started I would run to the door and
nervous chill every time 1 saw some
body heading toward the bank. Thu
stage had $4,000 on board for US. but I
couldn't tell whether it would get here
in time. Finally, when we still had q
few dollars left. the coach drew up and
landed what looked like all the money
in the world. on our counters There
isn't such thing as tight money since
that day." said the governor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21
PAYING TAXES AND DEBTS.

1t is a matter of much comment that
there is a great amount of debt-paying
now in progress all over the country
a species of liquidation. This is es-
pecially noticeable in regard to tax
paying People have until December
20 in Kansas in which to pay the first
half of their taxes, yet in many coun-
ties an unprecedentedly large amount
of taxes are being paid more than a
month before it is necessary. Not only
are this falls taxes thus being liquida-
ted much earlier than usual, but a
great portion of those that are not due
until June are likewise being paid 1t
is said that the receipts by some coun-
ty treasurers are now running from
two to three times as much as usual
at this time of year; that those who
usually receive an average of about
SO, 900 a day during the middle of No
vember are now receiving from $40 600
to $25, 900 a day.
An explanation of this procedure is
that the people know they have to pay
taxes anyway. and as long as they have
the funds available the quicker the
debt is paid the less risk they will run
of losing their money.
Just how general the debt-paying
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record

rF'rom the Philadelphia Record
A sharp appetite can get along with
a dull knife
The man who is long-headed is sell
dom short-sighted.
Revenge is sweet. but 1t may be a
case of sour grapes.
1t is hard to keep UP appearances and
also keep down expenses.
Truth is generally the gnat at which
we strain; lie is the camel we swal-
low.
The ideal man only exists in the mind
of a woman before she marries him.
1t seems as though some mems char
acters are never formed until they are
reformed.
The fellow who marries on SO week
embarks on the sea of matrimony in
the steerage.
Hoax-'I understand you are a light
sleeper" Jox-"Yes, but I can sleep
Just as well in the dark
wigg-"Did DR.. Bigfee do you good %
Wagg (who has just received his bilD-
Yes, he did me-good."
Nell-"His conversation is frightfully
heavy" BELIEVES. and yet his words
don't seem to carry much weight
bbs-'Everything goes wrong for
me-" Slobbs-"Why don't you put
something by for a rainy day?' Blobbs
II did once, and the next day it
showed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21
"IN THE SHADOW"

| The editor of the Lawrence Journal
was talking recently with a man who
is near death. He has been suffering
for years and said that for the past
six months he has been not only recon
ciled but waiting for death. He was
asked his feelings on the subject of
the life to come Standing in the shad-
ow of the tomb, with life in the back
ground it is interesting to know what
are a mans feelings.
This man is a physician, a man of
learning and mature judgment. He
said: ITO me the future life has only
one. doubt and that is the kind of a
deal 1 shall get. To me there is no
doubt about the future life or the gen.
eral nature of it. AS I near the end.
as see the body becoming weaker day
by day, 1 wish that I could have a
letter from someone there to tell me
what to expect. The nearer the end
comes the more I want to hear from
my mother, dead these many years.
Spiritualisrn does not appeal to me. 1t
is the vulgarism Of religion. What I
want is word from some one there to
know what are the requirements. I
have no doubt about the life there, my
only doubt is about the requirements.
Have I lived the right kind of a life?
Have I made the necessary prepara-
tons? These are the questions that are
in my mind and they bother me not
little.
ct have tried to live the right kind
of life, have not Intentionally wrong
ed any man and have been as nearly
square as 1 know how but somehow I
cannot help worrying about the result
Possibly my standards have been too
low. possibly what may satisfy me may
not be satisfactory there.
IT can say to you that in this the
end of my life I have no regrets ex
cept that I have not lived better.
will be dead a long time and I wish
I knew what were the requirements"
This man is a good man." adds the
Lawrence Journal, "a man of unblem-
ished reputation. He has lived a use
full life and yet his only fear in going
to the other world the world untried
and unreal, is that he has not met the
requirements He believes strongly in
God. strongly in Jesus Christ and says
that standing in the shadow he has no
doubts about the truth of the Cos
pe1s.'
This wonder about the unseen world
has come to every person who has al
lowed himself to think seriously on the
subject, for it is inevitable that every
individual must face the change soon
er or later. Happy is he to whom is
given a faith SO great in immortal
truths and promises that the transi-
ton seems more like an illumination
than shadow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.]

lFrOm the chicago News
Transgressors should be made to pay
road tax.
Some people marry for love and re-
main married for spite.
A confidence man has very little con-
hdence in other men.
1t is said that every man has his dou-
ble-even the single man.
Many a mans downfall can be traced
back to desire to get even.
If man is unusually polite.a woman
is apt to be suspicious of him.
And many a girls shirt waist is rum
pied because of too much pressing.
Anyway Ananias was never accused
of being the author of tombstone in
scription.
After accomplishing some things it
takes lot of watching to keep them
accomplished.
About the first thing child learns in
this strenuous old world is how not to
behave.
The man who invariably looks before
he leaps never acquires much of rep
utation as leaper.
It's the easiest thing in the world
for timid girl to fool a man into be-
lieving she will let him have his own
way after they are married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21
KANSAS COMNENT
THE BRIGHT SIDE.


me money stringency is not such a
nao idea after all If it kept up a.
little longer it might teach many yalu-
aoie lessons of economy and thrift.
ror instance young man who draws
salary OF thirty dollars, more or less,
usually spends every cent of 1t. 1t
goes not go in rIotous living exactly,
Tor such living you can not secure In
Sabetha even if you are SO inclined.
But his entire salary is probably frivol-
led away on little nothings, just be-
cause ne does not need it for the neces-
stiles or life. and has no real cause for
saving 1t. However, when he took his
check to the bank to be cashed during
the late f1nacial furry, he could only
get ten dollars. He was obliged to
leave the twenty in the bank. In this
way he started bank account in spite
OF himself. Thereby was implanted
hrst taste of the pleasure that is act
ually gained by owning nest egg. He
made perforce his first step on the
upward path as a bloated bOndhOlder.
Ii Is not probable that he will want to
take out that $20, particularly if the
money stringency will hold off until
the approach of next pay day. When
he finds out how we'll he has gotten
along on ten dollars this month, it will
good part of his next month s salary
where his last one lies. Finally when
this young man wants to get married
he Will not have to work like a Turk
saving money and denying himself and
his best girl buggy rides to save for a
home, but he will gradually have ac-
cumulated little pile for that pur-
pose. So here is to continuance of
the money ringency.-Sab etha Her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21
A COMPARISON,

| Everybody understands what ''cal
| Famine is. The tonnage of the coun-
try grows to an extent where it can
not De accommodated by the number
of freight cars available and a car
Famine is the result. A currency fam
Inc Is similar matter. The CONNER
c1al transactions have reached such a
volume that there isn't enough cur
rency to carry the business. The sea-
son for movement of great crops ar
rives and finds a peculiar situation in
the currency created by stock gam
bling. In obedience to the small panic
created by these purely speculative
transactions. money begins to hide.
Confidence becomes impaired and our
currency, never abundant, becomes
scarcer at the very time it is most
needed. Business then stands still I'M
til currency is turned loose by a re-
stored conhdence.-Wichita Beacon.
And the car famine becomes worse
when the cars are delayed at some par
ticular point When they are kept
moving steadily and speedily-when
they are in circulation, in other words
"A comparatively small number of
cars will do more work than many
more will do If they are not kept NOV
Ing. When car of merchandise is
brought from Chicago to Kansas in
four days, and then is Immediately
loaded with wheat and sent back in the
when it is set out on a sidetrack for
several days at a time in each direction
because of a congestion or lack of
motive power, so that twenty days is
required for the round trip instead of
eight, 1t can be seen that two and a
half times as many cars would be re-
quired to do the work as would be
necessary under the other conditions.
The same thing is true of currency.
When it is kept in circulation. when it
is kept moving. a comparatively small
amount will do great amount of
business But when a lot of it is drawn
out of the banks and hidden away in
socks or buried, it is just like cars on
a sidetrack-it does no good and ac-
complishes nothing.
Don't sidetrack the currency. Keep 1t
moving. If you have nothing to spend
it for yourself, deposit it in a bank
where it can be kept moving. 1t is
safer there than if you keep it hidden,
ANYWAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Some men lay something up for
a rainy day. but every time it clouds
up little they think it means rain
and they spend the rainy day fund
D. Il
Some men cast their bread upon the
waters-it is usually stale bread-and
then do nothing but stand around
watching for it and kicking because 1t
doesn't blow in the next day.
& x
However. the prohibition wave has
not yet swamped Union avenue in
Kansas City.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
new gold coins are severely criticised
because the eagle looks as though he
has Dantalettes on. this department
will not turn any of them down on
that account
From Winsted, Conn. comes the
story of how James Brokett, while
kissing his sweetheart, Miss Hattie
Leonard, good night, Friday, frac-
tured his collar bone. He blames his
prospective father-in-1aw for his mis-
fortune, because, he says Samuel
Leonard shouted from his bedroom,
There is another night coming; why
got to make butter tomorrow"
Brokett embraced the girl. He slipped
on the frost covered porch and both
went tumbling to the bottom. The
father then had to get up out of bed,
hitch up team, and take the young
man to a doctor. Fathers cannot be
too careful about thus startling pros
pective sons-in-law. Let this be a
to them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21

tbanl<f,,l that the surprise had happen
ed. He felt ahat 1t had been good
thing to take Madge by surprise, Aor
when two people have laughed togetna
they have rapidly progressed III eHe
on the very first day Mrs. Vaughn
had looked at the two with compre-
hension in her eyes, and as the Weeks
grew into months she felt reasonably
sure that Madge would never go back
"Why should she." whispered the
older woman to herself. when pros
willing but obviously anxious to
monopolize her."
The day before he was scheduled
to go back to the city, new man, by
reason of Pinecroft air and agreeacIe
companionship, they took the big red
and blue kite to the top of nearby
hill to fly It, 1t scared clear above
the trees as the man slowly unwound
tho long yellow string. Inc glri
watched it rather sadly Tor as yer
tween them, and she realized that she
had grown to care so much that II was
hard not to let him see 1t. she reIt
glad though. that she had nor iee nm.
girl in the city to whom he was bound
and she-well she had her work at
the office. The tears had come INTO
her eyes and now they splashed over
me young lOOkC0 dP 80
to catch sight of them, and letting the
string go he turned and caught her
in his arms.
Dear" he whispered, what Is 1t"
She did not speak, but she did not try
to get away either. and after mo-
ment he said:
"Is it because I am going away
is it Madge?" She shook her head
"Why then" he urged, tell me-.
Suddenly she began to laugh-a sort
little laugh that made the man hold
her closer.
ct was only wondering" she said,
whether or not there was girl
you bet there isl he interrupted,
her. Which sentence. slangy as 1t
was. seemed to be wholly satisfactory
to Madge.-(Copyrigh 1907. by e.
G. Parcells.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21
FROM OTHER PENS
PROTECTION FOR BIRDS.

The statisticians who foot up the loss
to the country resulting from the killing
of misunderstanding birds, and from our
further neglect to intelligently protect
and foster these winged Scavengers of
the air, put the gross sum at $500, 000,-
900 per year. We do not know upon
what facts or what basis of computa-
ton this enormous total is reached ;
but If it is one-tenth part true it is a
startling showing. The proposition of
the federal government to set aside bird
reservations and breeding grounds
where our feathered friends might be
protected in life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness seems to rest upon sound
economical grounds. It is a measure Of
safety for ourselves as well as for the
birds.-PhiladelphiaR Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.

[From the Atchison Globe.1
Every mans conscience talks in too
small voice to suit his wife.
You never know what a good time
you are having until 1t is over.
The trouble with a person who has
strong likes is that he also has strong
dislikes.
The opening stocks of the mer-
chants for holiday displays indicate
that this will be unusually trying win
ter for Poor Father.
Some of the girls are using a per-
fume that smells as II they didn't
leave enough vanilla in the bottle to
make a small sized batch of cookies
A clerk remained a long time at
dinner; When he returned. one of
have had something mighty good to
eat"
An amateur singer said to this
writer lately: When you sing. you
of it! singer doesn't want to get
out of it.
When Death rides up for some wo-
men, and ties his white horse in front
Of the gate they will say. wait a
powder rag over their nose.
When a little girl has spent the
night with friend, and comes home
in the morning, she says, mysterious
~: II know a lot or things I won't
them all.
man known as Chicken Thief
Waddy. who has been away from
town several years, returned last SAT-
urday; 1T beats ALL" he said to an
acquaintance, how cold the town ia
I have called at the houses of three
different relatives, and found no one
at home" Probably they had notice
of his coming.
An Atchison man lately lectured at
Coolidge. After he had been talking
five minutes, he stopped suddeniy
pointed TO man In the audience and
said: There will now be an internnis-
sion of five minutes. Unless tbs+
man is carried out, 1 will take INV
things ana go home" The man was
removed. He had a mean sheer on HE
face that annoyed the lecturer II
turned out that he was the Town Crit
ic, sign painter, sour because he
hasn't been invited to New York to
exhibit in the Metropolitan Art Gal.
lery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-21
HUNOR or THE Day

she-Did you ever take your motot-car
He-We1l, not exactly. 1 have taken IT
to pieces to see how 1T didn't work.
why. that coat doesn't fit bit.'i said
Edgar's sister. 1T all waves up and down
your back"
said you had to expect that because 1t
was a surge suit!''
Have you a match?' asked the gossip
who had dropped into the busy mans of
flee for a chat MY cigar has gone
out"
''It seems to have the advantage Of
you" remarked the busy man.
How's that?"
1T knows It's place"
Bobbie-Mamma?
Mamma-Weu.
you married papa, or did you just feel
sorry for him?
Genius" said the philosopher. sis the
infinite capacity for hard work"
young man, lis the inability to make 9TH
ers do the hard work for you"
Old Growells (sternly)-What was going
on in the oarlor last night that kept you
up so late, young lady?
Pretty daughter (holding up her hand)-
This engagement ring, papa. Isn't II
beauty?
which is proper" asked little Robert.
est?'
"It doesn't make any difference If she's
old and homely." replid the child's father,
but if she's young and pretty, richest
auburn IS the way to say It,"
Husband (to wife)-Do you believe in
tht theory that the greatness of a father
often proves a stumbling block to the adj
vancement OF his son in life?
Wife, certainly do. 1 am thankful.
John. our boy will never be handicapped
in that way.
Purchaser-You told me that parrot I
bought of you was the most intelligent
bird in your collection, while the fact is
he doesn't tclk at all.
Dealer-That's what I meant when
spoke of his intelligence"
Clara-Coming home from the dance the
other night ] met Charlie Spooner in a
crowded car. and he didn't even offer to
give a seat.
Maud-Perhaps he knew you had been
sitting down all evening.-Life.
Gentleman Lodger-I say, Mrs. Napier;
1 don't care for your bacon this morn
ing 1t doesn't seem fresh.
Mrs. Napper-Very strange, sir. The
shopman said 1t was only cured last
week
Gentleman Lodger-well, It must have
had r. relapse.-Punch.