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The Washington times., 1908-03-11
Soaring Song
FOully Slain
By ]. Wilson
Untempered Justice Finds
English Skylarks I'm
desirable Aliens.

James Wilson. Secretary of Agricul-
ture, reached into the empyrean blue
today and cut the throat OF soaring
song.
Firm in his determination TO do the
right and proper thing. ne tore from the
realms OF clouds and sunbeams the bird
that Percy Bysshe Shelley extolied in
melting, fneoordinate poetry. He showed
no mercy, for justice, in the hands of
the Department Of Agriculture, is not
tempered. 1t was his duty to put a
hole in the windpipe of soaring song.
The hole was put.
The English skylark was the songster
that fell under the ban OF his dis
pleasure. The Audubon Society learned
some timo ago that no bird zreets the
dawn with notes thrown out so wildly
well as the English skylark. Therefore.
the Audubon Society gathered together
a large flock on the shores Of merry
England and had them transported BY
boat and train 70 the slopes OF the Pa
cifc coast.
To Pour Harmony Over Rockies.
According to the plan OF the society,
the farmers OF the West would double
quick 70 their labor IN the morning
stirred to enthusiasm By the liquid
melody from the throat Of the lark fly
ing high above them. The English sky
lark would MI the Rocky Mountain
States with such a silver food OF har-
mony as would charm the soul OF any
man.
It was a sweet plan, philantlropic as
a Sl,0o0.0oo donation BY Carnegie, kind
and charitable as grand opera venture
by Oscar Hanmerstein. The Yves,
heard the details and took OF It's hat
to the skylark and the Audubon Society.
But IN tie Department Of Agriculture
the experts in Ornlthology got busy
looking up the menus OF various birds.
They came across what the English
skylaTk likes. IT was written in verse,
as follows.
Little bits Of barley.
Little grains Uf'wheat.
Make a royal dinner
For siIylarks 10 eat.
Music Hurts Crops.
In a trice the truth flashed into the
minds Of the experts. The food OF
music was about 10 annihilate the grain
crops or the West. Right there the fac
Of the immigrant larks was sealed. Sec
rotary Wilson sharpened his knife. with
the agility Of youth. he made that reach
into the empyrean blue and cut the
throat OF soaring song.
And to Tacoma, Wash, went a mes
sage something like this:
Forbid liberation OF English sky
laTks. They must not be turned loose
on the country
Thus has died one more plan to edu-
cate the masses in higb-Class music
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

A curious and impressive experiments sug-
gestive of ancient block art, is given in a new
work by DR.. Gustave LIE Bon. Calcium sulphide
paint is applied to a statuette. which is next
freed from all traces of visible phosphorescence
by several days in absolute darkness, and is then
exposed to the dark infra-red rays from lamp
completely hidden in an opaque box. Though
untouched by visible rays, the mixture of dark
ness causes the image to flash up almost instant
ly and glow brightly. This is almost the con-
verse Of Fresnel's experiment of adding light to
produce darkness through the phenomena of
interference.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

John II. RICHARDSON.
81 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
622-623- 624-625 Law Building, CORTLAND Street,
near Lexington, Baltimore, and Towson.
Residence-z Eastern Ave., HighlandtoWn.
G. & p. Phone.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

Liconite, made in Holland, is a new material
resembling rubber. 1t is mixture of bitumen
and various oils without rubber or guttapercha,
is elastic and tough, and is claimed to be unaf-
fected by water, dilute acids and alkalies. and
neither flows nor cracks in ordinary temper
atures.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

A PPLEiAkTH, HERMAN
IA q REIFSNIDER,
ATTORNEYS COUNSELORS AT LAW.
BaltimOreC County Piper Building ToWsOn
Baltimore City Offce-10 e. Lexington Street.
Long Distance G. & P. Telephone.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

Ordinary ropes tend to rotate or spin when
hosting heavy loads and a non-spinning rope,
designed to overcome this troublesome and
dangerous tendency, has been lately patented.
In this new rope an inner series of wire strands
is wound in one direction over a core, while an
outer series is wound in the opposite direction
on the inner series as a core. The wires of each
of the individual inner strands are twisted in
the same direction as the lay of the strands, but
in the outer layer the twist is opposite to the lay
of the strands. This arrangement gives the in
ner strands tendency to untwist faster than
the outer ones, which is offset by the larger
number of the outer wiras In nraatine- Al
paiance each other. One of the cables has been
put to severe test in q Vermont marble quarry,
and has raised block of stone $50 feet with only
half-turn of the load, no guide rope being used.
@"s
Penguin eggs are novelty in the London
dietary. These eggs are collected on islands of
the west coast of Cape Colony, where the birds
breed in vast numbers, and are shipped to Eng
land in cold storage, being about three weeks on
the way. In South Africa the eggs are eaten for
breakfast after being cooked at least twenty
minutes, and seasoned with pepper, butter and
salt. The white has no particular flavor, but
slight fishiness detected by some in the yolk has
suggested that the best use would be for egg
sauce or prepared in mayonnaise.
"a
Liconite, made in Holland, is a new material
resembling rubber. It is mixture of bitumen
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

CHARLES q ARTHUR HERZOG,
" ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
liz E. Lexington Street, Baltimore, Nd.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29


A mysterious new-power, called nerve force
for lack of better name, seems to be puzzling
French psychologists. The latest of the devices
by which it is shown. the biometer, comprises
closed glass cylinder about 10 inches high and
inches in diameter, in which three-inch copper
needle is suspended by a single cotton fiber,
while horizontal degree-card just beneath is
supported on a 2-inch bobbin wrapped with al
.ternate Myers of plotting paper and fine wire
The bobbin rests on the wooden stand. When
either hand is held for to minutes within an
inch of the cylinder-no other disturbing infu-
ence being near-the needle is DETECTED 2Oo to
CO.,, but returns to the original point after
short period. Light, darkness, heat, cold, noise
and quiet seem to have no influence. The aver
age DETECTION in health is 420 for the right hand
and 81 for the left but sickness lessons the eff
feet by degrees to.the vanishing point, the left
hand giving greatest variation. Neither heat
nor electricity can be the cause of what appears
to be the action of some real force.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

AS pure ozone for disinfection is likely soon to
be produced in the home. Sir Oliver Lodge gives
warning that it should only be inhaled when
properly diluted. It is a powerful corrosive,
and he suffered from nasal catarrh for years as
result of its incautious inhalation.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

r EDWARD sTIRLING,
Os ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
1909 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29
Correspondence Baltimore County linton.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

Cold Storage Effectiveness-The Upper
Air Not Sterile-Dangeri in Ozone-What
Is It2-Lighted by Darkness-Artihcial
Fulgurites--Ai Non Spinning Hosting
Rope-Britain's New Breakfast Food
Dutch Rubber.
How long it is possible to keep meats in a fro
zen state is unknown, but In chemical and mi
croscopical examinations Of beef and poultry
W. d. Richardson has detected no alteration
after year and half. As muscular tissue
cools to just above 300 f., the water separates as
ice, contracting the fibers, and forming an armor
that it is impossible for bacteria to penetrate.
The solution remaining in the fiber becomes
very concentrated, so that bacteria already pres
emit cannot multiply or remain active; and 1t Is
almost certain-though not absolutely proven
for all cases-that all germs artificially intro
duced into frozen meats must lose their vitality
and die. Muscular tissue returns to its normal
appearance when thawed sufficiently slowly.
though the meats must look changed If the thaw-
ing is rapid.
That germs are not absent from the upper air,
as has been supposed, has been proven by DIR.
Flemming, of the German army. In his balloon
observations he has found an abundant micro
scopic life as high as two miles and half, and
noticed little falling of from the surface up to
1900 feet, the organisms averaging 1855 per cubic
foot, while from 1000 to 1900 feet the average
was 105 per cubic foot. Duration of sunshine
affected the number of germs, though rain and
snow showed no influence. The highest species
secrete pigment, this being probably protec-
ton against ultra violet rays, like skin-darken-
ing on high mountains.
az
As pure ozone for disinfection is likely soon to
be produced in the home, Sir Oliver Lodge gives
warning that it should only be inhaled when
properly diluted. It Is a powerful corrosive,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

The glass tubes formed by lightning striking in
sand-half an inch or more in diameter and
sometimes 27 feet long-have been feebly imi-
tated by powerful electric currents discharged
through powdered glass. Compared with Ma
lures product, the tiny pipes, of darning-needle
size and less than an inch long, suggest the ire
mendous energy of lightning.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

~ L. PAINTER,
lie ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dol st. Paul Street, Baltimore. Also, OwinFs'
Mills till $50 A. NJ. daily.
City and county practice. Both Phones.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

TAMES j. LINDSAY,
| ~ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
| Baltimore City Ofice-4l2 Equitable Building.
TOwson Ofiice-Smedley Row.
phonas c,tv CAica G. & psf. Paul 3l43.
Anoneo ivy OAAoe MaryIand-Courtland 1875.
Residence Phone-C. q p. Towson ITO X.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23
GOAL TENDERS.
Affairs of the Sporting World

Springs training TO take on flesh in
stead Of losing it. lie is now 20
pounds under his regular playing fig
IRE, but he has been experimenting
he lumber Jacks in the camp at Con-
way. Mass. and is hard a. nails.
i bested Waddell in 4 great game
in Chicago il 1900" said Clark Crit
nth. by score OF TO o. the contest
going II innings. \ youngster batted
in the only run Of the game with a
two-bagger after striking out four
times on his former trips TO the
plate.
The new uniforms for tie Reds
have been ordered and they will be
quite handsome. The travelling suits
will be gray and the home clothes
white, with black collars and a black
seam down the outside OF the trous-
ers- Both suits will have red caps,
belts and stockings.
Manager Murray believes that Ed
Grant viii be the third base sensation
OF the National league next season.
Grant did very well last year under
severe handicaps. First of all. he
didn't report until June and secondly
he split his throwing hand after play
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23

effectually broken up the Indiana
Ohio league by the use of highland
ed and unfair methods, if the verdict
of the fails is to be believed. Rich
mOnd, the poorest town in Indiana,
has been retained, and yet it is a mat
ter of record that with the exception
of the Sunday games the attendance
at the Quaker town was so slim that
the management had to dig into its
pocket for guarantee money every
game last summer. What is left of
the old Indiana-Ohio, few non-paying
towns, expect to play ball, but it is
believed that none of them will con-
rive to get a team in the field.
Frank RUAyan refused TO come into
the 10. league if the organization
was to be under national protection.
Frank had an outlaw player, Yes.
Maggart and h0 would have been I'M
able to play him had the league Sc
cured protection. Now comes the
Mountaineering report that Maggart
has been sold by Pittsburg to the Ro-
chester team Of the Eastern League.
| What is worse, Yes comes out with
| the statement that he will play with
Rochester.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23

Adult 100000 will be spent in the
south this spring b. the major league
teams in training there.
l. is said that Fred Tcuney will soon
get in the Giant fold. The New York
club has assurances that the first
baseman will he Oh hand for the train
ing trip.
Harry Mccormick Will probably be
first choice for the middle garden as
sianment with the National Phi'lies.
He should prove 4 great running mate
fur the Incompatible Magee.
Pitcher Hogg. OF the New York Am
orleans. has asked his manager To re-
lievc him of coaching duty the COM
ing season He had CLASH with I'M
pire Sheridan last season. and he was
fired from the game He didn't like
the experience and wants no more
run-ins.
Don't pit me against the Lajoie
brigade" is Billy Hogs advice 10
Clark Griffith. but use me twice in
every series against the Athletics, the
White Sox and the Tigers. Those are
the fe lows / can trim if l get half the
breaks Of the game" e-....
Happy jack Chesbro ID at Hot
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23

Washington. Fob. -. - President
Roosevelt consul d with Chaira'a
claims the question of reimbursing
the Southern Pacific Railroad con-
pany to the ext Ont OF $1,000 900, the
amount expended in repairing the
break in the Colorado river. Hearings
regarding the CLAIM are to be begun
by the committee Monday. The money
was spent by the railroad company
pursuant to what it regarded as an IN
Outstanding that the government
should bear the expense.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23
Civil Strife First Threatened
To Knock All Plans of the
Promoters Sky High, But
This Has Ended.
LATEST ATTACK FROM
SEVERAL KNOCKERS.
They Have Prevailed Upon
Sporting Writers to Send
Out Material Against the
lndiana-Ohio Circuit.
(By T ort.)

Since the new Indiana-Ohio baseball
~ this year, it has had a stormy ca
reer. Men less sturdy and with less
lighting blood in their veins than the
promoters of this infant league, would
have thrown up the sponge and retir-
ed from the arena long since.
Civil strife first rent the league and
it was generally predicted after the
tempestuous meeting held at Van Vert
that Frank Runyan and Harry Hall.
who drew steel against their brother
magnates, had delivered q death blow
to the organization. With the league
apparently drawing its last breath
from the effects of the wounds admin,
istered by Runyan and HALL Clarence
Jessup and Frank Gamble got together
and saved the life Of the patient" and
put it on its feet again stronger than
tne organization originally Was. for
they had skillfully amputated Marion.
Kokomo and Bluffton. the three weak
members, from the body,
The latest attack that has been made
ON The league comes from some knock
ers. whose identity is suspected, but
not positively known. These knock
ers prevailed upon sporting editor n
Nuncie to come ont withsa statement
10 the effect that Muncie and Anderson
would withdraw from the league and
would enter the Trolley League" with
several smaller cities in eastern In
diana This statement, It has been
discovered on investigation. is hot air
pure and simple, but lis. effect has done
the league no sood, as such yarns can
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23

not help but destroy the confidence in
the hearts of the fans throughout the
circuit.
Despite the staggering blows that
have been handed to the 10 league, it
is still on its feet and will be in the
ring when the jumps call out their
CHEEKY play b-a-a-aw-l," about the
first of May. Monday Karl Kepler of
the Muncie Starr and Caples Foster of
the Van Vert Bulletin, will meet in
Richmond with Secretary Poundstone.
and at this meeting the constitution
and bylaws of the league will be pre-
pared. Thursday next league meet
ilo Will be held at Anderson
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23
.iJudoer.7unfcN.

Butte. Mont, Feb. 22--Judgs l1s
man T. e. Munson. whose death il an.
nounced at New Haven. Conn. presid.
ed at the first legal trial ever held In
the then territory OF Montana, and
was one of the pioneers Of the stata
Judge Munson was appointed United
States associate justice for Montana
by President Lincoln in 1865. The
first sight that greeted Judge Nun son
upon his arrival at Helena was tbs
body of a man dangling from . tree.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23
Black Hard After Minister,

New York. Feb. -2.-~Fire was dis
covered in The Orient Congregational
church at Greenpcrt, L. l., the pastor
OF which Rev. Dr.. John Alexander
Gray. received in the collection box
at the church service. Il warning that
the Black HAND" was still after him.
The damage 10 the church will
amount TO only about $500, as Dr.
Gray discovered the fire, before L
had secured much Roadway. \ year
ago. after receiving similar warnings,
D.. Grays house was robbod.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23
BASEBALL GOSSIP.

\ Piqua dispatch has the following
To say:
l.ocaI sup,or will not lie depended
upon entirely for the PlQUa base ball
team of tAe Iudiana-Ohio league, but
a score of towns in this and adjoining
counties will be interested enough III
a good quality of ball to attend the
games.
1t is possible that number of
games will be played with indepen-
dent teams before the regular league
season starts and Manager Sank is
making every effort to get his club
together in time for these games.
Sidney. Versailles. Troy. Covington,
Bradford, Urbana and number OF
other places will want to see the
Piqua team leader in the race for
the pennant and will support the
game here nobly. A Nersaines news
paper suggests that there are a num-
Der of splendid ball players in that
section who would be glad Of a berth
on the PiCua team.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23
ing a dozen or so of games.

ms q hoAeh vi So VI 6ahiNS-
A Detroit paper says that Pitcher
Dygert was all in during the closing
days of the season last year, During
the last 10 days Dygert pitched three
shutout games in four days, which es-
tablished league record. so the only
fault of the Detroit critic is that he
missed the truth by several miles.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23
CITY POLO LEAGUE HAS PROVEN TO
Be GREATER SUCCESS THAN EXPECTED

The City POLO league of six teams
has been going since January u, and
has been great success. The Kibbeys
now lead, but all the teams are about
equal in strength. The following
bunch of averages will be of interest
to the polo fans:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23
CHARGE Against q Minister.

Greensburg. Pa, Feb. 22.-chargeA
with having Administered . beating 10
Jennie Sutton. Is, with pick handle,
the Rev. P. d. Runyan. Baptist min
lister. principal of the West Derry
schools. was fined $40 and costs by an
alderman and deposed by the school
board. The services OF a physician
we're required by the girl.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23

Columbus, o., Feb. 22.-Stzts Sem
ator Samuel II. West announced that
he will be a candidate for the nomfna-
ton for lieutenant governor on the
Republican ticket. Speaker OF the
House Freeman r. Eagleson Of o0ern-
sey county is also candidate for the
Republican nomination 70 the same
ONCE.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23
STRANGE Disease of TONGUE.

New Yorh. Feb. c2.-For the second
time in two years Miss Myra Silver
male OF Norfolk. Conn. is in a New
York hospital suffering from a dis
ease OF the tongue. which is said 10
have been contracted through contact
with postage stamps. while she was
engaged as an assistant IN the Nor
folk postofhce. The disease is ex-
ceedingly painful and the hospital sur
geons are at loss to account for il.
but believe it to be the result Of pois-
oning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23
CENTERS.
HALF BACKS.

Snaveley easily leads the goal tend
ers with a percentage of 900. His
good work has aided the Kibbeys con-
siderably in keeping the lead. The
averages Of all the goal tenders follows:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23

have taken special pains in the sclec-
ton of the cities for the league and
as the result of such preference. a
league has been formed in which the
travelling expenses, the death of many
a good league, will be placed at low
figure. The longest jump that any
team will be compelled to make, is
from Piqua to Van Vert, a distance of
80 miles and the shortest from Muncie
to Anderson, a Distance Of ~ miles.
The largest city in the 'nuGuc is Nun
Gle with population Ct &ho''' $4,000
and the smallest being Van W"r, with
about 1000 citizens
The Button Banner pas tHio 10 say
OF a player who appeared many Times
al the Washington street park last
season: The Ions detcrrcd but iucyu-
able has happened: Gus NOGel has gone
to work, This morning he threw
ethics OF base bali PLAYER to the four
winds. dOnued the uniform OF labor
taking a job. not position, at the
King piano factory. HIS photograph
will appear in current issue"
The street car company at MunCie
has announced its intention to extend
one of its main lines distance of four
blocks for the accommodation of pa
irons of the Indiana-Ohio league base
ball team. The Muncie organization
5 that formerly known as the Sham
rocks.
The lndiana-Ohio. along with every
other league in the country, is making
a diligent search for pitching talent.
Good box artists. men who play their
positions with intelligence and vim
are scarce, very scarce in every class.
Manager Hunt has virtually closed
an arrangement for the surplus pitcher
of fast minor league team. in a near
by city. He desires to add at least
five men to the present corps for the
spring try-out.-Van Vert Exchange.
The addition OF Hamilton gives 20
the Indiapa-Ohio the appearance of the
=, strongest six club organization in the
middle west. 1t is understood that the
organization will stand pat or its pres,
ent lineup-Richmond. Muucie. Auder,
son. Hamilton. Piqua and Van Vert
Piqua exchange.
PiQua is carefully nursing several
propositions for players which, if car
ried out. will cause the other teams 81
the Indiana-OHio league to perform the
old time stunt Of sitting up and TAX,
ing notice.
+ My goodness, how sassy those no
komo papers can be. The Tribune in
4 recent issue, still smarting from the
fall that burg received when the I. o
league promoters heaved IL outside
the ramparts. slaps the league tC
sleep and hands Richmond crate OF
ounces in the following outburst oil
skyrockets: -
The king. contingent has
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Ib91NA.
Geld Medal Flour makes delicious. baked
A2A kac-A
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23

The promoters Of the 10. League
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23

PiQua is carefully nursing several
propositions for players which, if car
ried out. will cause the other teams Of
the Indiana-OHio league to perform the
old time stunt Of sitting up and TAX
ing notice"