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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-29
PROF. Goodwin's
Lecture on the
English Sparrow.

II reminds one Of some of the so-called,
seif-made people who have left so large
part of their work undone. He lacks
utterly in the direction of thek finer
qualities; he has so long been COM
PEELED to care for himself and to make
ms way in the world, that from force
Of habit, perhaps, he does this with
out any respect for others or for the
rights and feelings Of others He
pushes himself forward and into the
more desirable places without one
thought apparently, of any other bird
that might be interested. In other
words. he is coarse in bis tastes and
habits, inexcusably rude and unpoIished
in his manners, and a selfish, thick
necked, heavy-faced, pointed headed
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| ter; around the corrals that are out
/ away from the highways--in every
I place, in fact. where men have a hab-
/ itatiOn. In this 1t is true TO its right
name which is house sparrowLnot
English sparrow. The latter name was
probably given it because the ances-
tors of our sparrows were brought from
England: but the bird might just as
properly be called the German or the
French sparrow as the English, mas
much as they have spread over all Eu-
rope.
Food of the Sparrow.
In the matter of food, these birds are
not at all particular That is a char
acteristiC which has made it possible
for them TO live in any part of the
country. If they cannot find what they
prefer, they take what they can get,
till what they want is obtainable. IN
common with the family of which il is
a member, this sparrow is a seed eater
But, in addition, he includes i'm his bill
of fare, all sorts of garden vegetables:
being especially fond of new lettuce
and pea vines. He loves fruit, and
helps himself TO nearly all kinds, in
Guiding apples and peaches. He likes
berries and grapes, as well as buds and
blossoms of fruit and other trees He
can pick w a living i'm the highway
and along the city streets: he does not
draw back from the work of a scaven-
ger and he feasts royalty in the grain
fields as harvest approaches-frequent-
ly stripping of their grain the stalks
of wheat and oats that happen to be
nearest TO fences and highways Some
times they viii take all of the grain
on strip several rods in width, and en-
tirely around the field. OF the differ
ent grains, he takes corn, and buck
wheat. and wheat and oats. and rye
and barley, and rice. etc He is very
fond of the eggs of other birds, and
after destroying the eggs found in a
nest. he will-with utmost impudence-|
wipe his bill on the doorstep of the
house he has desDOiled He does not
draw back from meats of various kinds.
and finds young birds. which belong 10
other members of the feathered clan. es-
pecially to his liking. He sometimes
takes insects, when il is not too much
trouble to get them and, when obliged
TO do so, from want of other kinds Of
food. he Will have recourse TO the weed
patches. but he very much prefers to
go to the hen yard at feeding time.
Such are some of the sources from
which this bird draws his food supply.
No True Song.
The power of song is not as well .ie-
veloped in this bird as are some other
characteristics; in fact. it has no song,
worthy of being so designated. While
many other members OF the family to
which this sparrow belongs have mu-
steal ability of power and sweetness.
this bird is restricted for the most part
10 harsh, jangling notes; it is so often
engaged in depriving other birds OF
their rights, and enforcing its own by
of beak and shrinness of in
vective, that il has lost the power, if |
it ever possessed it, of being musical |
Its calls and notes are vigorous, ex-
piosiVe, rasping and expressive
In connection with the habits of this
bird much may be said but nothing, I
think. which would greatly increase
our respect for it. In certain respects |
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professor GoOdwins demon .
STATIONS on the birds of Utah are {.
delivered each Friday from to {
and from TO D. m. at the (:
university, before the classes in &:
nature study. They contain so Z:
o much that is both interesting and &
inaccessible to bird lovers that. f.
y at the request of the superin- {.
% tendent and public school teach (.
ers of this city. l have pleasure Q
In reporting some of them for 6.
=, the public good. II. p .
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\ There is much, in scnool and outside
OF IL, that tends TO lead the children
away from the common things of life.
We place in the hands of children hero
stories. or teachers read TO them from
books of that character Often. in one
way or other, attention is fixed upon
achievements of great men; the IN
usual In life and attachments is con-
stantly held before them; they are
taught 10 plan for doing the remark
able thing in business or in the profess
sions-to covet the position of the man
Of five talents and 10 ignore the fact
Of the one talent. That which is real
~ out OF the usual receives very much
stress. and this is well. Hitch your
wagon to a star" is good advice. We
must have high ambitions and ideas
for ourselves. and hold such before the
young, but this is almost certain to
have one result, among others. when is
not so often considered. That is. with
many children the course indicated
leads them 10 ignore the common
things of life. The little things. if you
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please, are passed by in order that at.
tention may be given 10 matters which
1 viii somehow distinguish the individual
kabove his fellows.
y Now. if as a result of our work OF
any part of il, the children under our
care are led away from the common
thinss-frOm those facts and forces
which are at our very doors-then We
deprive them of some of the best
things and some of the richest expert
ences which life can give. For you
and / know that not in one lifetime DO
we sound the depths of the simplest
forms of life which are everywhere
about US.
The great laureate spoke truly when
he wrote.
Flower in the cTannied wall
] pluck you out Of the crannies
- 7 hold YOU here. root and all. in my hand
Little flOWeT-but ii / could understand
What you are. root ana all. and all in all
I should know what God and man is
X But such thoughts do not come to
one who, because of the character OF
the training received, or from lack OF
training of the right sort. habitually
ignores the flower by the wayside, the
bird of the street or garden, or the 81
lent shadow that moves over the
rugged sides of the mountains. lsav-
Ing no trace behind.
The English Sparrow.
II occurred to me that / might make
use of a bird to illustrate somewhat of
what may be done with one of the
coinmonest of creatures. and that the
character of that bird, and its unsaycry
reputation-fully merited-might give
an added emphasis to the lesson.
The bird I have selected for this pur-
pose is an Ishmaelite among both birds
and men-a foreigner whose evil ten
: denotes had been known for genera
tons. and who should have been de-
Aported on his arrival upon our shores
as we now return to their own country
the demented, and the halt, and the
blind. and the helpless. and the dis
eased. because they would be a menace
to the health and prosperity of our
land.
The bird thus marked as an outcast
in all countries, as a result of .ndict-
ments too numerous TO be mentioned,
is. as you may have surmised. the E.nG-
fish sparrow. The children and the
teacher know somewhat about this
bird: il is always at hand, i'm the flesh,
and may be observed during every
month of the year and. ordinarily.
without leaving ones yard. or the
house, even.
Why Brought Here.
The sparrow was first brought to this
country in the fall of 1850. At that
time certain directors of the Brooklyn
institute imported eight pairs. cared
for them during the winter. and liber-
ated them in the following sprinv
These birds, however, did not thrive,
born of knowledge. directors of the
same institution proceeded TO bring
over others. The second importation
did better. and this success inspired
people in other parts of the country
mainly along the Atlantic coasc-to
llant colonies OF sparrows in different
cities. From such beginning, the
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begin piling rubbish ON top, as is
their custom when building their OWL
nests.
A year ago last May | saw a half
dozen of these rascals destroy the
nests of a colony of caves swallows
and drive them away. There were
twenty-five nests under the caves of
a barn at.Heber. and the sparrows
proceeded TO take possession, eat the
eggs, where any were to be found.
and make themselves perfectly al
home. The swallows. of course, could
do nothing but fly about and squeak
pitifully in their helplessness.
When the government investigated
the doings of the English sparrow, it
was found that fully 100 of our use
full native birds were habitually suf-
ferers from the depredations of this
sparrow.
Nesting Habits.
II is not needfui to spend much
time upon the nests of this bird. They
are placed within the globes of arc
lights: in the coTnices Of buildings
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
MERSEREAU HURT
Another Yale End Suffers a sprained Ankle, This Time
 in Signal Practice.
HOWARD JONES AT FIELD
With Frank Hinkcy He starts to Train Men for Places of Burch
 and Fitzpatrick.

Frank Hinkey yesterday began his work as coach of the Yale football eleven, assisting Head Coach Biglow, and will remain here for the rest of the season. Another coach at the field was Howard Jones, who Is coach of the present strong Syracuse team Howard Jones expressed himself as pleased with the tie score against Princeton.
 The principal work laid out for the coaches yesterday was the develop ment of some ends to take the places of Captain Burch and John R. Kill patrick. Both Hinkey and Jones are ends and two better men for this work could not he found Mersereau was tried out at left end, but before he had been in the game any length of time, sprained his ankle and had to retire. Then Naedele and Logan were used
 Andrus and Hobbs were in their old positions at guard and tackle on the varsity yesterday and this inspired the men with more confidence than they have had for the past week With practically half the team laid up by injuries the remaining men have bad hard time, but they all felt better yesterday when the line was filled up with regular men Cooney also played a little while in the line and then his place was taken by Buster Brown. Fred Murphy was not at quarter back yesterday, having not entirely re- covered from the injury to his hip. Bingham and Corey played the posi- ton alternately, but there was nc scrmmage for the varsity. Field Cap tain Coy has gone out into the country for q few days and his place at full back was taken by Tony Haines.
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Ford and Coden who gave a very cred liable exhibition of wooden shoe danc- ing,
 The first bout was scheduled to go six rounds and was between Eddie" Kelly ot Bridgeport and Young" Ma loney Of New York After seeing that Kelley was no match for the New York hoy the referee stopped the exhibition near the end of the second round.
 The second preliminary bout was a rattling go and lasted ten rounds Eddie" Walsh of New York was matched against Tommy" Carey of Philadelphia and the referees decision of the go appears to be a very accur- ate one.
 Carey was somewhat handicapped in weight and reach especially in the lat ter as his opponent landed left and right jabs to his jaw almost at will. Both boys however were well trained and showed a clever knowledge of the game.
 cWey's fast inhghting and his con- tinued rushing would have earned him the decision were 1t not for the telling blows that Walsh got in on his kidneys and ribs The fight started with Carey landing a stiff uppercut on Walsh's chin and from then on 1t was a case of blow for blow until the final gong sounded. Careys clever slde-stenping a number of his opponents swings and uppereuts that would have been disas- trous was a very clever,
 In speaking of the entertainment con siderable praise is due to the members of ihe Russell \ A. who had charg, of the affair and who carried out tho evenings program without a hitch. The order that was maintained among the spectators by the police and the husiness-like manner Tn which the bouts were put deserves special praise.
 During the intermission of one of the preliminaries and the'main bout. the announcer, "Andy" Dargan, of the sharkey A, c of New York, gave out word to the effect that the club in- tends to run another exhibition in about a month and it is expected that Harry Lewis the former welterweight champion, will be one of the principals in the main bout
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
PLAN OF GYMKHANA
Auto Club Officials Hold Enthu. siastic Meeting Last
 Night.
EIGHT PRIZE CUPS CHOSEN
Second Regiment Band to Furnish Music at Opening Sport--Other
 Arrangements Announced.

At an enthusiastic meeting of ths Auto club of New Haven,s governing board held at the Temple street rooms last evening final arrangements for the clubs opening meet, a Gymk- hama, at Elm City park, Saturday, were made, assuring a rousing suc- cess
 President Thomas C. Bennett, Vice President Jacob P. Goodhart Treas urer William Il. Douglass and Com mtteemen Frank G. P. Barnes, Charles M. Robinson and W. T. Dill were present, constituting almost a full executive board.
 Eight handsome loving cups. two to be awarded in each of four events, were selected and will be placed on display immediately. They were do- mated by Messrs. T. c. Bennett, J. P. Goodhart, II. Grant Thompson and w. H. Douglass, together with an award of S8O in gold by E. c. Ben nett to be given in three prizes of $15, s10 and $5 in the chauffeur's ob- stacle race.
 An encouraging entry list was an- nounced but 1t is the urgent appeal of the board of governors that every member of the club enter himself or driver or both in this, the first event of tho New Haven club, that a good showing may he made.
 Entry blanks may be obtained from w. T, Dill of 67 Broadway.
 It was announced that a sanction has been received for dhe five-mile motorcycle race, and that from 25 to 40 motorcyclists were expected to compete.
 The Second Regiment band was formally engaged to furnish music, both at the Gymkhana and club din- ner at the Rock.
 One of the largest gatherings of motorists ever seen in this city is ex- i pected at the park and the amusing nature of the several events Is sure to afford tip top sport. The officials will be as follows Judges, John Day Jackson, Col. c. w. Pickett, Philip i Troup; starter Charles Marcy Robin- | son; timers Sameul F. Hoyt, William C. Dole; clerk of course, W. Thompson Dill. w. Matthews; announcer, James 1 R. Lyons.
 An autost of national prominence | is to be secured as referee and Dr. W. II. Grove of the New Haven Driv' ing club is to be asked to oficiate as a third timer. The program is i as follows:
 1. Obstacle race for drivers.
 9 One eighth mile backward, i three -eiGhths forward race.
 3. Turning contest.
 4. Ring spearing contest l 5. Five-mile motorcycle race.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
TRIMMERS INCREASE LEAD.
Take Three Games from Clinics in
 Y. M. R. C. Tournament.

The Trmmers Increased their hold on first position in the standing in the Young Mems Republican club tournament last evening, taking all three games from the Clinics in easy style. Kelsey with a high single of 22S, was credited with that honor and Hall was high three string with 60j. The score follows:
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
OLD OFFICERS ELECTED.
Connecticut Baseball League Holds
 Annual Meeting.

Springfield, oct 26.-At the annual meeting of the Connecticut Baseball leagite here this afternoon the old of ficers were reelected as follows:
 President, W, J. Tracy of Bristol, Conn. vice-president, A. B. Taylor of Chicopee: secretary and treasurer James H. O'Rourke of Bridgeport, Conn: supervisor of umpires John E.. Kennedy of Bristol, Conn. In recogni- tion of President Tracys efficient ser- vices, his election was for term of two years instead of one year as for merlyi The pennant was formally awarded to Springfield.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
JEFF" ISSUES CHALLENGE.
Doherty WilIing 10 Fight Winner of
 lasl NigM's Nna,ell Bont.

Jeff Doherty the New England lightweight champion, who recently defeated Dick Miller, the New York middleweight at the metropolis, would like 10 arrange a bout with the win ner of last nights main struggle at the Russell A. A,
 Florio Barnett Jefs manager has much confidence in his favorite and last night said that Jeff the local boxer, could easily defeat either Marto or Deshler in quick style
 Jeff has been matched to fight Mickey Cannon the Pttsburg iron man, in Philadelphia in the near flu .ture
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27

are 23350S005 chickens of laying age in the United States. These are valued at $7O,o)ooOo, and the eggs they lay would, if divided allow 208 eggs annu- ally to every person-man, woman and chlld-in the United States The value of all the fowls $S5,sOO,0oo, would en- title every person in the country to SLIP, If they were sold and the pro- ceeds divided All the weight of the animal products exported the pork, beef, tallow ham, bacon and sausage, weigh S46 S60 tons, while the weight of the eggs laid yearly tips the scales at 970, 3G3 tons
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
WORK OF RUSHERS.
How the Fast Men in Polo stand to
 Dntc


 The ending of the first week of Ma tional League polo has given a chance to show where the rushers stand in goal getting and scoYting to the mid de Lincoln of Brockton, although in team way down in the leaNle, has the greatest number of goals and by far the greatest number of rushes to his credit, Curtis of Providence is second and this is not so much of a surprise. Loxson of Worcester is third and Duggan of New Britain fourth, with Mccarthy of Fall River fifth. Schiller of Hartford, alas, is way down the list. There is one interesting thing about a study of the table of rushers, which Is given below, and that is that. out of the five leading rushers, four are from teams in the second half of the league. There is something of q lesson in this if one stops to think, It proves conclusively that star rushers do not, in themselves, win games And 1t shows that team work does-if mo- body has happened to guess it befores The table of rushers follows
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
.wFIYsTFIy TRIMS TRUDo.

Tn one of the closest pool matches seen around the city in some time Bar ney Weinsten defeated Albert .Trudo at the Academy parlors last evening Tho match was one of the eleverest tbat could have been arranged and much credit is duo Wcinstein for his victory, The score follows. Weinstein, 6, 1O G. 9, 1, 10, g. 8, 12 10,
 [, 7--l0),
 Trudo, [. .. 9, 6, IA, 1, 12, ', 3, 5, 4 6,
 2,--99
 on Wednesday night Filler and Mul- vey will shoot it out.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
CRr 1hn nnclrl scnrnr I

The same cruel fate that visits all teams, last night paid its respects to the New Haven Roller Polo team, and accordingly left them in possession to the tail-end If a 10 score The in- yincihlc champions of the first week found the winning pace a tough propo- sltton and lost their first contest of the season, as well as first place in the National league, by losing to the Capital City quintet at the Quinnipiac rink
 In some strange and uncaled for mannor tho Hartford contingent snug slei in 2 few goals and gradually kept the locals behind It was bad enough to lose to the the Senator's but to see our trim and natjy athletes attired in their blue uniforms fall down before the misht aggregation of the winners was disgusting
 Starkic's gang presented a miserable sight with their patched up and val ried ways of different uniforms and only caused considerable comment Remnant stands and pawnbrokcr shops must have been devastated. for the paraphernalia of the visitors was outrageous for an organized club rep. resenting a city like Hartford
 Barney Doherty was on hand with Starlies' band, and poor. poor Barney was so twisted bS the war-hoors, cat calls, shrieks and scornful remarks of tho audience that our friend Tommy Leahy couldn't just help calling three fouls on Sir Barney The furious in- dividual merely struttcd about the goal and was always in the way when the Boneyards became strenuous
 The game started beautifully egg fruit being served both squads the first period. George Bone the evei agile worker, was on hand and soon copped the first goal, but alas, schiffer was also on hand for the visitors and when least expected, the sturdy rush shot the pill for the cage for four goals During the carly part of play Griffith, tho local center, was accidentally hit in the eye by schffcr's hockey, but plnckily finished the contest
 Although the visitors led with a to 1 bulletin in the last period, the Boneyards made a gallant bid for the game by rushing the Senators oil oyer the floor nohertys third foul dimin- ished the visitors score by one and then Warner caged a beautiful goal. The excitement became great and l2 seconds later Bone cut down the Hartford's lead to one point. Matters looked bright for awhile but Schiller slammed the lid on the fans hopes, by caeing a goal for Hartford The Inc
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27

Meteors prove that the air is still dense enough to make those little bodies incandescent through friction at a height of 100 miles, but up to the present man has succeeded In eXplor- ing tho atmosphere to a height of only sixteen miles, The greatest authentic height attained by q human being is S5,500 feet Kites have flown to q height of 21,000 feet, and an unnamed balloon, carrying recording instru- ments, has reached S5r5OO leet---a little more than sIXIeen miles.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
ofcial statistics from Japan are f,

Official statistics from Japan are fa- vorable in regard to the rice production this year It appears that the crop will reach 96,3o),oOO hectoliters, which is an increase of 1 & per cent over the pro- auction last year. The value of that crop. at the minimum price of twenty one francs, 35 centmes the hectoltcr amounts to more than 2,000,O00,00 francs. and this abundance will result in increased exports,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
Hammers.
lIXtractors.
SLEEPING GIANTS sLUMBER.
True to Name They Allow Old Bridges
 to Take Three Games.

On the Academy alleys in the In- dustrial league last evening the Slcep- ing Giants, true to their name, slum- bered anon, while the old Bridges car ried off all three games.
 Dicklow again was the star per- former carrying off high single with PIP and high three strings with 5S9. The score follows.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
Two sister. Harriet S. and

Two sister. Harriet s. and Pauline r, Devereux, upon the completion of their course at Mount Holyoke college in the class of 1900, established the DeyereuX company as a partnership and start ed in the coal and wood trade at Cas- tlne Me As a result of their energy and attention to business two years later they were able to establish a branch at Bucksport During the last year they have more than doubled the capacity of both yards.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
PASTTME ELEVEN READY.

The Pastime football team would liks to arrange games with some 120-lb. teams, the Kimherlys or West Haven Independents preferred. Send all chal- lenges to James Keegan, 69 Hallock street New Haven.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
T'rinlnlcrs
DOS 9o7 Soi-27ot
Clinics

After the game Phillips of the Clir- ics rolled in his head off taking high three string total away from Kelsey who had 666 in the contest for the Hardy Hat. Phillips rolled phenom- enally his scores following. 214 229, 247--690.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-27
EXTRACTORS TAKE TWO.
Leave Hammers Gin the Lnrch" in
 Winchester Bowling Contest

In the Winchester Bowling associa- ton on the ' M R c allies the Ex- tractors ronped away with two games from the Hammers Raymond was high single with lS2 and Dearborn was high three string with 460.
 The score follows: