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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-26
The Iollying.

or course your friend gives you the best character
IN the world. which manIfestly delights the agent
He remarks that you of the best fellows
he hns met and that he is glad to have been In
srumental in your making n very splendid Invest
ment. The friend prcks up his cnrs Investment
what Investment? What sort of policy did you take?
He becomes curious and the agent tells him of your
policy and of other policies which extraordinary
Investments also, and Of one In particular which Is
dclca,cly calculated TO meet his own
And thus the agent becomes introduced. Hc calls
thereafter every little WHILE" nslstent smiling
amIublc, but immutabe fate. You are on his card
index Che has thousands of names In b and he
ticks your name o0 each time be visits you so that
he may calculate the intervals OF chilling He Is
continually thinking up variations OF policy for
you, each aimed at some vulnerable point which he
has learned during his friendly calls
Indeed. 1t Is IN this character judgment that tho
subest of his tricks shown No really competent
ngent VIII approach quarry OF Importance without
special proposal suited 10 his prospective vic
Tins temperament and condition which be has pains
takInsy learned beforehand. How? Arc there not
clerks in the great mans outer office who may bo
made friends with and (all unconscously) pumped7
Are there not domcstlcs who, though they live
below stairs know much OF what traDsplres abovef
know an agent who, with the wisdom of the SER
pent, subscrbes 10 press clipping bureau, which
sends him accounts OF all small accidents near
edents within his radius Provided with these he
sallics forth doubly armed The ground has been
seeded beforehand. The responsible gentleman who
has almost Ind automobile collision the week be-
fore has had the mutabity of human affairs brought
TO his door front, speak; the worthy citizen who
has even slipped in tho snow and given his all too
human flesh something of shock has been faced by
prospects of the eternal. They promising sub
jccis for the militant agent, who probably reaps In
stead of another person with a scythc
Think where your family would have been II that
policeman hadn't pulled you back" with
fatal accuracy at such time. Such Is the valuo of
incubated information.
Looks Him Over Fast.
Then II can" said one to me, IL look
before | interview him. sit him when he eats
bis lunch-at the next table, perhaps, With what
you already know you get a good line on him
that way. Then I'm ready to send my name In
And the manner of the sendlng9
The methods, OF course. vnrlous as the men,
but lacking tho OF friend TO for intro
ducton the Creation of Curiosity Is the method
successfully employed
Tell him that Mr.. W, H Reed wishes to him."
with Impressive emphasis upon the w. H., IS
example of adroltness In this respect. W. Ii, Reed:
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-26

Twenty -four thousand dollars, said l.
ITO this day the look of hopeful astonish-
nent that TRANSPORTED the face of poor Zan, who no
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-26
There Are Tricks in His Trade, for
Without Them Hov Could He Ever
Get Past the Guardian Of the Office
Gate and Spread His Net for the Busy
Business Man?
BY GARNET WARREN.

eepysht 1892 by The New YORK Herald An
- the bright lexicon OF youth" wrote DR..
- Johnson, there Is such word as fail" II
is rythmic truthful statement, and is only
II unfortunate In that II was uttered before the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-29

case. either TO the president of his own
league or to the national commission,
The player who has failed to. report 70
his club in the spring or violated (per-
haps technically some fractional part
of his contract finds himself in trouble.
His case is taken up behind closed doors
by tho national commission and he is
fined without chance being given him
to present a defense. or TO offer an eX-
planation. 4 club owner who is called
before the court is told to prepare
a defense against the charge which has
been made against him. frequently the
commission, or one member OF it. states
weeks in advance of hearing what the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-29

decision will be, and that before CON
sulting other members of the commits
sion.
The demand of the players is for an
impartial court of three to five men
not vitally interested in baseball. men
who have no baseball connections,
especially no financial ones. The players
desire that this court shall codify and
print all existing laws, and submit them
to all members of the agreement for
ratification. Finally, they demand that
the court shall sit openly at stated in
tervals to hear causes and take evidence
on both sides.
To Be Continued |
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-29
ne Science
{ Baseball
CHAPTER III.
BASEBALL LAW

sIIfEtand in the first place that
Hlaw' is illegal, contrary to
~, in direct violation of the
h laws regulating combines and
'sklist, and in principle, directly
Y nee of the constitution and of
Dilhts of man. Yet, because of
ire of the peculiar business, the
part of baseball law is neccs-
'lllr accumulated at great expense
M ormous labor q baseball team
w of winning, and upon which
1.-The value of large investments
|and structures, tho owner of q
,,snt;tled to some pruJection. And
We first it has been the principle
/. aseball organizations that there
liver be an appeal co civil law.
| rfact, drawn in the form adopted
! l1ized baseball, Will hold in civil
he owners of clubs playing un-
national agreement openly bind
res to the policy of blacklisting
g players and depriving them
;en conspiracy from their means
ng livelihood. They enforce
aims of absolute ownership of
( ices of players by an iron-clad
1 nt never to employ any player
rtny way offends against the 9th
: ss to the agreement and compel
!. ers to sign contracts which, In
r. and effect, are life contracts
unconstitutional.
9 facts are indisputable and adj
u Baseball club owners and Off
n we placed themselves beyond
az by agreement; have pledged
n, es not TO appeal to the courts,
? unish anyone who makes such
\ They Justify this action on the
3f the peculiar nature of the
h :ofessional baseball player, hav-
la signed his name to the con
y cred by any club, becomes the
g property and asset of that
: ii sold. released on ten days
Y raded into the bondage of an
= nb, or drafted by club Of
= lass. He may be sent to any
= ardless of his own wishes and
II may be fined, suspended or
b ID for a term of years or for
has no voice in his own
. eyond Intellectual protest, and
!, attempt TO appeal TO civil
h hardly possible any club owner
ves.re employ him, as by doing so
Z q owner would forfeit his rights
.z-fion and TO territory.
user or not baseball law is
- to the welfare and safe con.
y he game is scarcely a question
,.s.tnent here The greater part
. : aseball code was adopted be-
v necessities arising from situa-
tz1olving property rights. Base
EE peculiar business, and because
,uliarities the club owners and
m { leagues claim their laws are
ssowners of newspapers through
n United States were TO adopt
hscode Of laws and attempt 10
"a freserve contract, which
UTsi writer's to sign another con-
The expiration of the existing
agreement would be smashed
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Live Stock Manure Value.

It is we'll known that such foods as
clover, alfalfa, taIkage, bran, mid
dlings, etc, have 4 high per cent. OF
protein, and that the manure Of live
stock largely fed IN these is much the
most valuable for the soil. An agri-
cultural writer touching this matter
calls attention to the fact that Chem
istry of the Farm" by Warrington,
says that when fed to oXen all except
80 per cant. OF the nitrogen of the
food is voidcd either as a solid or
liquid ~eEc:e'GcIt. that 1875 per cent.
is voiGcl az liquid o"cremeDt, hence
the Importance Of keeping plenty OF
absorbent at Land.
We also find that 14.7 per cent. Of
the nitrogen is retained in the body
whom the food is given TO pigs. Twen-
ty-one per cent. is voided in the solid
cxcrement and CAS- per cent. voided
as liquid eXcrement.
There is d marked difference be-
tween The OK and the pig in this re-
spect, due to the rapid growth OF the
pig.
AS to the ash constituent of food,
the sane author says that % per
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Culinary Fame.

Nine. Lydia Lipkowska, the opera
singer, has brought suit against a
Boston hotel because an admiring
chef added to the hotel bill Of fare a
m%ellifuous drink called the Cup
lydia" and a delightful gastronomic
aria denominated "Sofie u fraises
a Ia Lipkowska." Could anything be
more ungrateful? Could anything
show q more absolute disregard OF
true foundations of posthunous
fame? Where now would be the
memory of Nesselrode, that great
statesman who nce dominated Eu.
rome. but for the delectable pudding
by which an inspired cook perpetu'
ated his fame? Where would linget
any recollection of the Imperia,
Charlotte of Russia but for the wide.
flung Charlotte Russo? There is also
the Peach Melba, immortalizing the
Australian diva. Surely the canta'
trice cannot be ignorant Of these m
many more instances wherein the
cook book has become the record OF
a fame otherwise lost in oblivion.
The only explanation is that the
singer tasted the Cup Lydia" and
the "SoufHe Lipkowska". and found
them wanting in the elements OF
greatness. A good cook, as has otter
been proved, can hand down a name
to the admiration and gratitude oil
unborn generations; but a bad cooR
can only hold it up to the execTation
of a feeting, dyspeptic moment
. However, let the Boston chef be moi
: chagrined at the lack Of appreciation
on the part of Nine. Likpwska. II
he has really achieved something
great his work will live and the
singers name be perpetuated in spite
of herself.-New York Press.
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The Neryou Laugh,

The French say that we do not
laugh much, and that when we do it
is in a measured, deliberate manner.
The French can never have seen an
English audience at a play Of senti-
ment. An English audience where
pathos occurs is a most peculiar
thing. It treats the danger Of ap-
pearing to be affected. by sentiment
just as the average pedestrian treats
the danger Of being run down by a
cab. 1t laughs. When a man has
escaped being impaled on a shaft or
fattened into jelly by the bonnet OF
a motor, his first feeling is n Of self
consciousness, and he emits the Ner-
vous Laugh. 1t is the same in the
theatre. The theatre-goer adores
pathos, but resists it. Often one
thinks that now at last the audience
has surrendered itself to the grip of
a scene crammed with fearful beauty.
And it is just then that something in
the house goes snap, and the nervous
laugh breaks the tense silence. We
hope that the actors on the stage do
not misunderstood this laugh. 1t is
not ridicule. 1t is the greatest trib-
ute that an English audience can pay
to pathos. We think that everybody
should unite in bolstering up the ner-
vous laugh. Already we have noticed
a sort of rival to it. During a senti-
mental passage the other night the
laugh was drowned by the Riven Soul
Sneeze. Surely the Nervous Laugh
Is to be preferred.-London Globe.
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OUMNDcKBOUI
HgEME HOU&EG5

Brush pie crust with cream to IN
sure a rich, brown color.
Whip cream in 4 pitcher. 1t whips
more quickly than in all open bowl,
with less spatter.
Grass stains should be washed with
cold soft water before tho garment
is put in the tub, and they will disap-
pear.
a woman from California Think
that half a dozen ra:sins dropped into
the breakfast coffee pot are essen
tial.
A very good bed-wa-me: for the
children on a cold night is a bottle
filled with hot water. 1t will not
leak and will keep hot for hours.
Always put a caulifower in plain
water, so as to draw out any insects.
If salt is placed in the water it kills
the insects and they arc left in the
vegetable.
Small side dishes, once 60 numer-
Gus, are now used for nothing save,
perhaps, a thin apple or rEubarb
sauce. Rarely moro than two vese-
tables are served with the meat
course.
Oysters for frying Ray be rolled in
cornncal and no asg is needed. When
the fish man sends rather small oys-
tiers, take two a. 4 time, slightly over
tapping each ether, with bread or
crumbs, and fry in the usual way.
Cats, they say, need grass for their
physical wcllbeing. Az catsnip alone
does not suffice, it is we'll for anyone
who has a pet est to plant some oats
in a flower pot. They grow easily
and with very little care if kept in .
warm place.
When the leaves OF beSonias turn
brown and drop off. says tho Delinea-
tN', stir in we'll around the roots 4
teaspoonful of sulphur. 1t will re-
store them quickly to q luxulian:
growth. Especially useful is this
treatment in winter, when tho plant:
have to be kept in the house.
Some of you have Il white or can
lace and net waists of which you are
getting tired. AS they have the pro-
nounced OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ay-
pearance that is never dressy, but ii
you would have them dyed to exactly
-e~tch some colored suit you have,
~Qd give them a dressy look and
~ Nd seem like new to YOU.
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Euthanasia Again.

Another of those peculiar phllan.
thropists who propose to benefit the
world by summarily removing from
it all who cumber the soil has ap'
peared-this time in Missouri, where
he holds, and has held, several pub
lie Offices. These drastic rcfoTmers
'arise to remark" every now and
then that the way to make the world
better and happier is by poisoning
the derelicts. Some want to asphyx.
late old people; some to knock the
%cripples on the head, and some TIC
cause incurables to cease from trou'
bling by an overdose of morphine.
DR.. Hudson, the latest to demand at.
tention for the euthanasia system OF
reform, proposes merely to admins.
ter large doses of prussic acid to the
insane and idiots. He is 4 county
physician, and has offered to put his
theory in practice at the county farm,
But evidently his proposed reform is
not thorough enough, for greatly to
his disgust permission has been re-
fused him to administer his mercy
tablets" There is always just the
ghost OF a suspicion, in spite OF the
incontrovertible logic with which re.
formers like DR.. Hudson advocate
their plans for the relief of mankind,
that the people who go about clamor-
ing for permission to kill their fellow
men are in need of mercy tablets"
theuselvcs.-NeY York Press.
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The Value of q Farm.

There are few farmers or gardeners
who place a proper estimate upon the
value of their farms; l do not refer to
the salable value of the land alone.
What does it matter to you OF me
what our farms will sell for if we do
not care to sell them? The question
for us to decide is what is our farm
worth to US for the purpose of fur
nishing a home and a livelihood? Sup
pose you havo a farm with comfort
able buildings, which you can sell for
$4,000, says Southern Fruit Grower.
This farm furnishes a house in which
you and your family abide. a garden,
a playground about the house, barns
for stablilg your horses, cattle, food
for these animals and almost all that
you consume in the family. In other
words, the farm very largely supplies
the wants of your family and provides
you with horses and carriages for
travelling wherever you wish to go.
Now suppose you sell this farm for
pOVVV i IL cash cuu LlONe W Tic lily.
You car scarcely buy a house and a
small lot without barns that are as
comfortable as your own for $4,000.
In the city you are taxed for city taxes
at least one hundred dollars. Your
expenses are increased in the city for
car fares, for cost of everything you
have to do, since you find it necessary
to wear better clothes which cost you
more money; you also have your
amuscments and other expenses
which are increased in the city life.
In other words the $4,000 which in
the country almost provides for your
living, in the city simply provides a
shelter from the storm. But there is
another trouble in the city, and a
most serious one. Your $4,000 is in
vested in your house and you have no
business, where as the farm has not
only furnished a home but a paying
business also.
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cent. Of the ash of the food is stored
up in the body and that 97.7 per cent.
is voided in the sxcrement when the
feed is given to an OK, while a pig
will retain As per cent. of the ash or
the food and void 95.5 in the excre-
ment. The figures show that only a
small per cent. of the plant food is
sold off the farms when animals are
fed the products, and that the rapid
exhaustion of the soils fertility is a
result of carelcssness and lack upon
the part of the farmer OF properly
managing the various farm opera
tions.
By a judicious management and
the feeding of farm animals 1t has
not only been possible but practicable
to increase the production of the farm
from year to year without spending
large sums of money each year for
commercial fertilizer.
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For the Skin and Scalp.

Because Of its delicate, emollient,
sanative, antiseptic properties derived
from Cuticura Ointment, united with
the purest of cleansing ingredients
and most refreshing of flower odors,
Cuticura Soap is unrivaled for pre-
serving, purifying and identifying the
skin, scalp, hair and hands, and, as
sisted by Cuttcura Ointment, for dis
polling itching, irritation and infam-
nation and preventing clogging OF
the pores, the cause Of many disfgur-
ing facial eruptions. All who delight
in a clear skin, soft, white hands, a
clean, wholesome scalp and live, glossy
hair. will find that Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment realize every ex-
p%ectation. Cuticura Remedies are
sold throughout the world. Potter
Drug & Chem. Corp, sole proprietors,
Boston, Mass. Send to them for the
latest Cuticura Book, al authority on
the best care Of the skin, scalp and
hair. 1t is mailed free on request.
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The Paris Revue in order to find
out how men Of thought and action
stand toward the feeling of being
afraid, has asked some notable
Frenchmen whether they know fear.
M. Alfred Loisy, the well known pro-
lessor of the College de France, ex-
plains that he has not the military
temperament, and though he cannot
boast Of bravery he has never. known
fear. Perhaps" he adds modestly,
lit is because I have never been in
great peril" M. Victor Marguerite,
the author, boldly avowed that
sometimes" he had been afraid, but
that fear Is more of a physical trou-
Bile than a feeling''-in fact, ike be-
ing hot or cold, hungry or thirsty.
M. A. Meziere, though he has never
trembled, not ever under fire, knows
what fear is, for he looked into its
face one day when %galloping along
on horseback he suddenly found him.
self facing an express train. III.
Lucal-Championniere, of the Acade-
ME Of Medicine, owns up to frequent
pangs of fear, and points out that
those who have never been afraid
must be blind, because they have
never seen danger, or dense, because
they have not felt it's threatening ap-
proach. M. R. P%oincare, the orator,
while explaining that he knows NO
fiercer battles than those fought at
the bar and the tribunal, admits that
he never goes to these without fear.
But, he adds, the remedy is always
the same, GO ahead! You are afraid
as you put your armor on, afraid be-
fore the battle, afraid as you rise to
speak; but once you are on your feet
and speaking you are no longer
afraid "-Westminster Gazette.
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Squash Fritters.

One cupful -four, one-haif cup sour
milk, one egg, one-fourth cup slfted
squash, one teaspoonful nutmeg, one
half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon soda;
beat the egg we'll, add the sour milk
in which the soda has been dissolved;
then add the nutmeg, sal! and squash
and last of all the -four; drop by
spoonfuls on to a we'll creased, hot
griddle, and fry a golden browu' n
must not have quite as hot a fire as
for the ordinary buckwheat griddle
cakes, else they will be done on the
outside and not in the middle, for it
will take a longer time for them to
cook through, the dough being of a
little different consistenc.' from the
other kind.--Mrs. Clarence A. Noble,
in the Boston Post.
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Discovers Then on the Sly.

At 4 dinner recently Professor Per.
cival Lowell told an amusing story OF
an old woman he cnce had as house
keeper, to whom he made . sporting
Offer.
Janet" lie said to her n day,
"tbc very next planet ! discover
will make you a present OF So
You a-e very kind, sir" she re-
piled, and l am sure l hope you will
soon discover one
Several months went by and no
planets we're discovered.
The fact Of the matter is, lnaam,'
conGdcd the old woma at last to
Mrs. Lowell. Il do thiES tho professor
goes cut at night and discovers plan
cts on the sly."-W2shi1gton Star.
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KILLINGS Pudding.

Rudyard Kipling at an early stage
entertained rather advanced theologi-
cal views. His sister was a few years
the elder, and, after the manner OF
her kind, considered it necessary to
assume a very critical attitude to-
ward her juniors manners and NOR
ais. One day little Rudyard had left
a small quantity of pudding uneaten.
"You must finish that" said the sis
ter, cor God will be very angry with
you" boo, boo," said the delin-
quent, then I shall change my God
New York Press.
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Vassar Cakes.

These little bites, which, Of course,
are named after the great school, are
cornmeal hoecakes, served hot and
eaten with strained honey, brown
sugar or New Orleans molasses. But
the hoe has nothing to do with them.
A batter Is made of cornmeal and cold
water, seasoned only with salt. The
batter must be so thin that 1t literally
pours from a tablespoon, one of which
is put at a time on a hot iron griddle
for the cake. The usual griddle holds
three or four cakes, and as soon as
these cook they are thinly coated
with butter and served in hot plates.
The sugar, honey or molasses is put
on at the table.-Detroit News.