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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-26

by errors Bethany 1: Grace. 3. Left on bases
Bethany. 3: Grace, 2. First base on lals-On
Kerr. 3: OF Collins. 2. Struck ont-By Kerr. ~:
by Collins. !. Two-base hit--McCormick Stolen
bases-Le Mat. Copeland. Champion. Clements.
Conway. Double play-Clements. unassisted.
Hit by Pitcher-Ry Collins. I. Wild pitch
Kerr. Umpire-Mr. Hughes Time OF game-1
hour and 20 minutes.
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Burns Does the Act While
Fielding a Blunt.
GREAT PITCHERS BATTLE
But Three Hits Allowed by Each
Twirler
CLEVELANDS HERE TODAY
Middle States Tennis tourney.
Races at Belmont Park-Big
Chess Tourney.
s+.ndino If American League Clubs.
Standing of National League Clubs.
Standing of Union League CLUBS.
American League Games Today.

Cleveland NJ Washington
Detroit III Philad 'lphia
St Louis 1T New York
,'h.cas" at Boston
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Union League Games Today.

Washington nj Allentown.
Baltimore AT Elizabeth.
Philadelphia nj Reading
Wilmington ut brooklyn
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Totals. 927 IL OF Totals. . 6341
Boston. ............. . @ o It
ST. lDuis. ......... o q y %
Left on bases-Boston, s.; st. Louis j. First
base balls-On Young. 3: on Powell. l. Struck
out-By Young, !: by Powell. L. Three base hit
-Ungiaub. Sacrifice hits-LDrd. Wallace. Stolen
bases-Wagner, Lord. Double play-Fcrris r
Jones' Impire-Mr. Connolly. Time Of game
hour and SO minutes.
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Down we went "kerslap'' into last place
last night. Boston getting out with three
straight victories over st. Louis Can
you beat it?
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BASE BALL NOTES.

king Larry. kindly put in a right
hand pitcher. We need the money and
also games.
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National League Games Today.

Ia>ten al Piis Shurg
New York chiraG"
f.rnhiym at Cincinnati .
Philadelphia at 81. Loui
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NAPOLEON LAJOIE.

defeated the Wallach Athletic Club by
to !. The winners put up fine fielding
game. which fact helped to keep the runs
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Davis worked in excellent form in III
box for Gurley yesterday, and his tear
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An entrance has been constructed for
the tifty-cent patrons, which will reduce
the jam to the grand stand.
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The Eastern League race just at present
is the liveliest tussle in base ball.
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Capt. Ganley's Double

SchaeIer getting the ball deep and the
batter beating the throw to first Shipke
closed the inning with d dy to Rossman.
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INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE.

Game Today -Twinlng VS.. NJ. 5. e.. at 5:i3
Davis Pitches Guriey to Victory.
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CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.
STAINING Of THE cIJTRS
Printers Beat Brentwood.

Game today: st. Stephen VS..
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The Philadelphia Nationals have shut
OUT opponents four times on the present
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Zone out when winning run scored.
Bethany ......... O @ 0 o o.
Grace. ..... o o 0 ID
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The double play made by the New York
Americans yesterday was their first in
nearly a week
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Hans Lobert says that he would just as
soon quit playing base ball as play with
the St Louis team. Fail to see any diff
ference
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A western paper quotes Bresnahan as
saying that the Giants will win the PEN
nant although he comedies they are off
badly. Guess we can make ii unanimous
on the "off badly
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Neal Ball. who is quite filling the
vacancy left by Elberfeid at shortstop. is
also RAINING the ball at the tune of .Sol.
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George Stallings' Newark team now
leads the Eastern League. The boys
will have to go some this season TO beat
out Ed Hanlon and George Stallings with
their Baltimore and Newark teams.
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Shortstop O'Leary of the Tigers was
feeling so i'll before the game started
that lie had to give up the idea of play
ing and rested on the bench during the
contest Dutch Schaeffer took his
place at short and Downs went to sec
ond. This pair played exceptionally fine
ball in their new positions. OLeary
case was not serious and he accompanied
the team TO Philadelphia last night.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
Old Age.

AS he stands out there, in the mid
die of the fat Suffolk field, there is
little to show he is not the ordinary
inanimate scarecrow. He stands mo-
tionless for five minutes at a time,
and only when bird is tempted by
the fresh corn just appearing above
the ground does he show any sign OF
life But then it is that the scare.
crow moves; he hits an old tin can
with the rusty handle of shovel and
frightens the birds and makes them
fly quickly out of sight.
So he spend his day. this old bent
man, and at the end he is paid eigh-
teen pence (thirty-six cents). He is
the village scarecrow.-London Daily
Mail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
Gunners' Deafness.

The imminent danger" says Sur.
geon-General Rixey, ''of the serious
and in a measure preyentable acct.
dent. rupture of the eardrums, de.
mands consideration in preparation
Tor target practice or battle, and
every man should be compelled to
employ pledgets of cotton or worthy
substitute for filling the auditory orr.
fees. The necessity of compulsion
in matter SO rational may be sur
prising, but the fact is neither officers
nor men take kindly to the use of
such artificial protection, though the
practice is more universal than it
was a few years ago. Many of the
gun crews in the navy suffer from
deafness of variable duration after
target practice, and in a severe naval
action IL is probable that the impact
OF suddenly compressed air or re-
peated violent air vibrations conse-
quent upon big gun fire and the
bursting OF the enemy's shells would
produce not only deafness (tempo-
rary or permanently among the per-
SSA4ACA Va INC OQl dloO d udLeQ
mental condition, which is a recog-
nized result, that would have the
effect of physical disablement.
Prevention can alone deal with it.
and the medical bureau hopes that
some action may be taken by the
Navy Department. The bureau has
been making some study of the var.
ious expedients and devices of indi-
eating those deserving recognition
and from among which choice may
be made, but the adoption of any one
to the entire exclusion of others with
in the range of efficiency is neither
necessary nor desirable. Action is
needed only to the end that some
efficient protection be made obliga-
tory among those exposed to the con-
cussion of gun fire or shell explosion.
and the bureau has recommended a
general order to that effect. Wash
ington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
Good Roads in France.

The United States is constantly
drawing information from other
countries through its consuls, ana
from Consul-General Skinner, OF
Marseilles, comes a recent report OF
the French roadway system. He says
the French roads are generally recog.
nized as the best and most complete
in the world. The highways OF
France are good, not because OF any
superiority of raw materials, not be-
cause of any special talent for road
building, but because of the constant
intelligent supervision of its depart
ment having charge of them. France
has 316,S9S miles of local highways,
built at cost of $30S,S00,OOO, OF
which the State furnished $S1,OOO'.
900 and the interested localities
$227,740,00O. In addition to these
local highways, the national system
consists of 1856 miles of national
roads, which cost the nation $685..
$4,000 to build. The nationai
routes traverse the entire country
and connect the important centres
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
Improving Rural Roads.

The purpose expressed by the Coun.
ty Commissioners to improve the
county roads meets with universal
approval. 1t is way the people like
to have their money spent. The con.
dition of country road is an index
of the character of the community.
1t tells the sort of education the PEG.
pie have been favored with. Good
roads mean good homes, better farms
and intelligent neighbors. There are
many ways of spending the peoples
money that don't do them any good,
but improving the rural roads is not
one of them. That is as straight
good as rolling a barrel of flour into
the kitchen.
And then the economic value Of
good roads is we'll known. 1t is econ.
omy TO pull 1000 pounds instead OF
600 and the saving is divided between
the producer and consumer. If fine,
smooth roads radiated from Column
bus, twenty miles in every direction,
what a Joy it would be to come and
go, and how many advantages would
the trade between the city and the
country enjoy.
Now is the time to begin the work
Summer is the season for road max
ing, for then it is cheaper and better
done.-Ohio State Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
WEAK FATHERS HAVE SONS.
Weak Mothers Have Daughters
New German Theory of Sex
Determination.

DR.. Romme, following up Profes.
sor Schenck's researches regarding
sex, has reached the conclusion that
a boy is born when the father is the
weaker Of the parents and girl when
the mother is the weaker. He con.
tends that it is a law of nature that
the child resembles the weaker par.
ent.
He points out that in all countries
los or LOG girls are born to 100
boys. This proportion is mathemati.
cally regular except only after
great war. Thus among barbarous
races in Africa and Oceania, which
are constantly warning, the births
show an overwhelming preponder-
ance of boys. DR.. Romme contends
that this proves his law, as the best
and strongest men are sent to fight
and get killed while the weakest re.
main at home and survive.
Again, when an old man marries
a young woman their progeny are
most often boys md vice versa. DR..
Romme asserts there are practically
no instances where the strength of
both parents is equal. Worry,
passing illness or mental depression,
is enough to turn the scale ana cause
the temporary weakness of one or
the other.
He cites the case of the Kaiser,
who had five sons in succession, and
the Gar, who had four daughters
New York Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
Want the Laws Published.

At recent meeting of the County
Association at La Sale, ILL.,, the SUBJ
ject of requiring the publication Of
the session laws of the State was ably
discussed in an address by President
Terry Simmons, of the Marseilles
Plaindealer Mr.. Simmons advanced
the passing of resolution looking to
the enactment of a publication of the
laws in manner similar to that by the
State of Wisconsin, to submit that in
dorsement to the Illinois Press Asso-
citation for its approval and favorable
action, then have the combined ener-
gies and power of the press of the
State directed toward securing the
enactment of publication law and
to continue it in force. The resolu.
ton was adopted.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
A Subtle Difference.

Mrs. Blank, wife OF a prominent
minister near Boston, had in her EN-.
ploy recently engaged colored cook
as black as the proverbial ace OF
spades. One day Mrs. Blank said to
her:
Matilda, l wish that you would
have oatmeal quite often for break.
fast. My husband is very fond of it,
He is Scotch, and you know that the
Scotch eat great deal of oatmeal"
"Oh, he's Scotch, is he?" said Ma
tilda. well, now, do you know, J
was thinkin all along dat he wasn't
des like us" -Woman's Home Com.
panion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
Road Maintenance.

With the increasing interest that :,
almost everywhere observed in tba
South in the matter OF good rood.
there is an equal awakening amons
public spirited citizens as to the naaS
OF some kind of system in the mai,
tenance of public roads in order tho.
the people may be saved from an 80
nual waste in the expenditure ~
funds for roads that of itself would
soon secure the much coveted results
There is scarcely any work which
can be inaugurated for the deyel.
opment of the South that cvar.
shadows this in practical importance
for it applies with equal value 10
the towns and the farms Of tho
South, since the former are directlv
depending upon the latter for their
prosperity and progress. Given good
roads, all the towns and cities NJ
this section would take on new life
for these would then be possessed
of resources in living supplies that
would guarantee such economic con.
ditions among all classes as no other
portion of the civilized world could
excel.
These conditions would insure sta
bility to industry and enhanced VAL
ues to all farming interests, so that
it would be difficult to give even an
approximate estimate of their finan.
cial worth to the South, and VET
these facts are almost entirely ig.
nored in dealing with this matter
everywhere in his section.
AS general rule the entire South
is spending nearly ten times the
amount of money that would suffice
to keep in repair the public roads of
this section, simply because no sys-
tenn has been adopted that intelligent
~ supervises road construction and
road maintenance.
The old plans of working the pub.
lie roads whereby local road over.
seer or supervisor is given certain
roads that he attempts to work once
or twice year by those subject to
road duty, or even where man is
employed by county supervisors and
who is empowered to employ labor
for working public roads, all these
plans contemplate only Temporary
expedients that leave the same class
of work to be repeated over and
over again, and is where this waste
comes in.
There is absence of system in con.
struction of public roads and absence
of intelligent effort to maintain them
after construction, and these are the
deficiencies that must be corrected
before the public can hope for value
received for their expenditures on
roads.
There are now being sent out by
the government road experts who
instruct local or State officials in the
principles of road building and these
are becoming available in all portions
of the South. but even these will fail
in securing the desired benefits unless
a proper sentiment shall demand sys.
TEN in caring for public roads after
their construction the Chat.
tanooga Tradesman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
More Time Given to rivals IN EnoIan,

Why do trials generally last longer
than they did? That they have grown
more protracted is among the many
interesting and significant facts to be
gathered from the new volume of Ju-
dicial Statistics. In 1906 the aver
age number of actions tried by each
Kings Bench Judge was as low as
IFS; ten years earlier-in lS97-it
was as high as 10. Lord Justice
vaughan Williams attributes the I'M
welcome result to the abolition of the
nice rules of pleading" which de-
fined the issues to be tried and kent
the speeches of counsel and the OBJ
servations of Judges within the strict
limits of relevancy. The real explana-
ton is to be found not in any increase
IN talkativeness. either on the bench
or at the bar. but in the greater com.
plexity of the cases which Low come
before the courts.-Law Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
Little Pay For Much Work.

The editor in proportion to his
means does more for his town than
any other man, says the East Prairie
(Mo) Eagle. He ought to be sup
ported, not because you happen to
like him or admire his writing. but
because local paper is the best in
vestment a community can make. 1t
may not be crowded with great ideas,
but financially it is Of more benefit
than both teacher and preacher To-
day editors do more for less pay than
any other men on earth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
A School For Dogs,

A school for dogs has been estab-
lished in Paris The object is to
teach them politeness. The animals
are trained to welcome visitors by
jumping up, wagging the tail and CIV
ing low bark. When the visitor
leaves the dog accompanies him to
the door, constantly wagging his tail,
and bows his farewell by bending his
head to the floor. He is trained, like
wise, to pick up handkerchief, glove
or fan that has been dropped and re-
turn it to the owner.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
Profession of Motherhood.

In no other profession but that OF
motherhood would it be permissible
to enter on responsible duties with
out any previous knowledge. AS we'll
might an unframed chauffeur conduct
party through the intricate traffic of
the streets, as young woman in per-
feet ignorance gaily adventure herself
on the bringing up of a child.-The
Graphic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26

pied room has been lighted. or if the
gas is escaping from any jet not
lighted. The device also acts as a
prevention of misunderstanding from
the accidental escaping of gas due to
a failure TO light the same. or due to
the gas having been blown out after
being lighted. The apparatus i:
shown in the illustration. and con.
sists of an ordinary burner and sup.
ply pipe Attached to the latter, di
rectly over the burner, is smoke
bell. connected 10 an electric circuit
The stop cock regulating the flow OF
gas is at the end of the smoke bell
AS soon as the stop cock is turned or
the electric circuit is closed and bell
or indicator located at any desired
point is operated to call attention TO
the fact that the gas has been turned
on When the gas is lighted. the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
TRAMP AND THE RAILROAD.
Pennsylvania Lost 1896. 900 Last
Year by THETA Conference of
Powers.

That the Pennsylvania Railroad
lost s436 900 last year by thefts by
tramps is shown in figures just made
public to prove the seriousness of the
problem the railroads of the country
face in dealing with trespassers. This
sum was paid cut in 1907 in claims
for losses traced to thefts.
According 10 these figures on the
tramp nuisance. Also arrests for tres
passing and illegal train riding were
made on the Pennsylvania right of
way and 466 men were arrested for
larceny. At the same time sos men
were killed or died from injuries re-
ceived while in the act of trespass-
ing.
The railroads of the country are
about to take concerted action look
ing to an abatement of the tramp
nuisance and it is to be one of the
important matters to be taken up at
the next annual joint meeting of the
State Railroad Commissions. Ac-
cording to the railroad officials, local
authorities often refuse to make
arrests at all, whereas if the State
and county authorities would CO.
operate with the railroads thu rail-
road tramps would quickly decrease
in numbers.
The New York and Chicago Rail
road Managers Association has taken
up the matter, and an attempt is to
be made to enlist the supper. of the
authorities in suppressing the evil
which the railroads contend is the
backbone of all vagrancs New
York Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
Wifely Curiosity.

Henry, dear, / tried on a suit of
YOUR clothes the other day and It
fitted me to perfection.
May / ask your object in taking
such a liberty with my garments?"
Why, Belle Green said she heard
Tommy Tolliver say that you wasn't
much bigger than shrimp-and I
was just wondering how big shrimp
is. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-26
.sssseessssssseseseseesccs
, FROM THE CHILDREN'S :
POINT OF VIEW :
esssssseeeesseoeesseesoeeS

In all the talk we have had for
and against race suicide, l have no.
ticed little consideration of the chill
dren's point of view says Christine
Terhune Herrick. in the Woman's
Home Companion.
In the first place. why. do people
want children? How many bring
them into the world with the thought
that for the sake of the country they
should have offspring, and that pat
riotism demands large familyo
would also like to know how many
bear children with the thought that
their progeny will not only make the
world a better place to live in, but
will, on their own account, be so
happy, so useful, so valuable to them
selves that the parents could not feel
justified in refusing them existence.
If these questions were answered
truthfully, believe that in nine hun
dred and ninety-nine cases out of a
thousand it would be shown that par
ents desired children for the sake of
their own personal happiness when
they think of the matter at all)-
for what the children would mean &c
them of JOY and interest. Such feel.
ings are entirely natural. but they
can hardly be counted 10 the parents
for righteousness. If a man and
woman choose to have children be.
cause of the pleasure they will them.
selves receive from it. do not think
they should be looked upon as civic
benefactors, only as ordinary human
beings who have made wise invest.
ments on their own account which
turn out to be also an advantage 70
the community at large"