The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17

las ways tHat soreiy puzzle me;
Behind. he wags friendly-tail:
BEFORE nls Growl would turn you pale
His meaning isn't wholly clear
On Is the Wag or Growl sincere?
| think I'd better not descend
his Bite is at the Growing End.
New York Times.
The Civil War and Baseball.
one prominent baseball writer
claims that he can prove that one of
| the founders of the old Knickerbocker
club came on the field one day in the
early forties with the original game of
| paseball worked out and described on
| a sheet of paper. and that this game
! was tried and liked SO well that the
| game was adopted then and there, and
4 the Knickerbocker club was organized
| to put it into effect.
/ Certain it is that, with the organiza-
ton of the Knickerbockers, Septem-
Der %, 1845, the first rules of baseball
/ were published Until 1857 this club
| prescribed the rules of the game, and
then. at convention of those inter-
| ested in the sport held in New York,
| the National Association of Baseball
| Players was formed. 1t was an anna
teur association. comprising twenty
| five clubs-all from New York city
and the nearby country. Indeed, up
1 to 1851 baseball was confined almost
wholly to this section. How the sport
| came to spread through out the country
|
The Civil war broke out. and New
| York sent her sons to the 'front.' Among
them were many who had acquired
| skill in and a fondness for baseball.
pastime in camp. And it was not con-
| fined to the Union army for the
sport took root in the army of the
Confederacy. and was played by the
boys in gray. Thus 1t was. at the close
of the war. that the game was carried
to every section of the country-al-
most to every town-by the returning
soldiers, and 1t was eagerly seized on
by boys and men. north, south, east
and west as the ideal outdoor sport.
Baseball, as a widely recognized pas
time, dates from the Civil war-from
the time when the country was re-
glory of being our national game
Henry Beach Needham in Success
Magazine.
The College Graduates Opportunity.
A crucial period comes into every nor
NAL life, the psychological moment
which, if grasped, brings success. 1t
comes to the young surgeon when, per-
haps, after long waiting and years OF
drudgery, studying and experimenting,
he is suddenly confronted with his first
critical operation. An accident has hap
pened and the great surgeon is absent.
Life and death hang in the balance;
Will he be equal to the emergency?
If So his reputation may be made. But
if he has dawdled whep he should have
been studying, if he has idled away his
precious hours at college. the opportun-
ity will offer only danger to the patient
and ruin to his reputation. Everything
depends upon the accuracy of his
knowledge.
lawyer. In a critical case, fortune
or a life may hang upon his skill, upon
the faithfulness which he has put into
his preparation. Has he laid solid
lar cases? Does he know all the pre-
cedent? Can he convince the jury?
Will he drag into his brief and plea
the wasted hours which he has put IN
to his preparation. the neglected oppor-
tunities in his law study: or will he
bring to bear a sharp, keen insight
born of earnestness. exactitude, thor
oughness, conscientiousness? His. OPP
portunity cOnfronts him. What Will ne
do with it?
Every now and then a critical oppor-
tunity confronts clerk in store. A
member of the firm has died or retired,
or the firm changes hands, and they are
looking for a partner, manager. or SUI
perintendent. This test will bring out
what is in the clerk. Has he been
watching the clock-steaiing the time
putting in short hours of service all
these years? Has he been Indifferent,
impudent, gruff, or curt to his custom
ers. or has he been polite and oblig-
ing? The opportunity confronts him. |
What will he do with ITO. 8. Mar |
den in Success Magazine.
A Delicacy of the Season.
An amusing incident occurred in a |
cheap cafe in Philadelphia not long |
ago. A tall cadaverous individual, &C
companied by an exceedingly short |
and stout woman. entered the place
and took a table near the door.
do you want oysters, Nary" ask
ed the man, as he glanced over the bill |
of fare.
Eyes, john" answered the woman,
who was the while vainly endeavoring
to touch her toes to the floor. land
want a hassock. too"
John nodded, and as he gave his
written order to the waiter, said:
Bring a hassock for the lady,
zone hassock?" asked the waiter
with what John took to be more than
ordinary interest. AS the guest nodded
air. wrote down the additional order.
Still he did not go. but brushed the
with a towel and rear
ranged the articles on the table several
times, while his air of dubiousness
deepened. Then he gave another
glace at the written order.
Finally the waiter approached the
man who had given this unexpected
order and, speaking soto voce, said in
his ear:
Excuse me. sir, but I haven't been
here long; so some things is little I'M
familiar to me. VIII the lady have the
hassock broiled or fried ?''-Harper's
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
lFrom the Chicago News.1