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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
INFLUENCE OF DISEASES
UPON HISTORY OF NATIONS

A very important influence upon his
tory must have been eXeried by various
forms of disease. The black death of
the middle ages is supposed TO have
had much to do with the making of mod
ern England: the early failures on the
Panama canal were largely due 10 ma
lsrial fevers, and the tsctse-fy disease
of horses has greatly hindered the col
onizaiion Of parts Of Africa.
That malaria was a leading factor in
the decline an fall of Greece and Rome
is conclusion announced year or two
ago by w III. S. Jones. The theory has
been confirmed and developed by fur
ther study of ancient writers, and it is
thought TO be pretty certain that there
was little malaria in Greece before 500
b. c., but that it began 10 be common in
Attca from the end of the fifth century
B. G.
The decline of scientific medicine af-
ter 400 b. c. and tho rise of charms and
other supcrstltious practices are looked
upon as possible results of spreading
malaria.
Just before the final triumph Of Rome
the character of the Greeks changed
greatly, and they lost courage and am
bition, cared only for pleasure, and be-
came cruel. brutal and vicious-this
change being largely traceable to the
ravages Of malaria.
That the disease soon brings loss of
vigor and moral sense has been well
proven. The effects in Rome are more
reached the country by 500 3. G.. and
to have ovcrspread it before the end of
the republic, greatly affecting the life
of the people. though it may not have
been one Of the causes Of the fall of the
empire.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Official Baseball Record.

The third annual issue Of Spaldings Of
fetal baseball record which has come to
be recognized as the statistical compen-
dunn of the national game. has just becn
Issued for the season OF 1910. IT is edited
by John Il. Foster OF New York. and
contains a wealth OF baseball information,
being larger than the previous issues.
Resides the official averages of the Ma
ttonal and American and the minor
leagues. the record also contains a dia-
gram OF the race OF each organization.
short account of The contest and notes
OF the game. The Year in Baseball IS
an account OF the seasons happenings rs
recorded day by day for the entire year,
and is interesting matter for the fans.
a system Of arrangement in this years
record classiics into parts l and The
data concerning the past season and that
OF previous years, rendering a more
marked distinction between the two di-
visions than in previous issues. The mat
ter in part is kept up TO date and
historical information that would other
wise never reach those interested and in
the course OF time probably be unattain-
able, Many an old time follower of the
game Will hearken back to other days and
scenes when he reads the name OF some
player whose name was as familiar TO
him In those days as the celebrities OF
and grandchildren. The results OF worlds
series games, since their Inauguration in
1884 to the present time. are also given,
with names of players participating. Rec
ords for the various positions on team,
with results of unusual incidents in the
game, forms another chapter in the
book, while the pictorial end surpasses
previous issues in that particular feature,
worlds series scenes OF 1909 being shown.
with action pictures of the leading par
tlcipants and other players whose re-
markable work during the season en-
titles them TO that distinction, Besides
the pictures mentioned group pictures of
the champion in each league are also
given.
t.
sale by all news dealers or Will be sent
postpaid on receipt OF 10 cents by the
publishers, the American Sports Publish
Ing company II Warren street New
York CITY
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
The Filipino Bartender.

In thc oldcn days, tho day Of the
don, every merchant in the islands
was at times his own money maker.
If he was short of cash 10 meet a
pressing demand, he simply sent his
"chiti Gan American exprcssion)
called in Spanish vale. which was
nothing more nor less than a penciIed
T. O. T., to bis ncighbor for any
sum from | peso up into the thousands
However, much to our discrcdi,. Amer
leans as n rule so much abused the
"chit - system that this crnde form Of
currency is now rarely accepted, except
ing at bars and Tetaurants. Referring
10 hnrrcoms, ono naturally recalls the
American bartender as he is in tho
islands. There he IL yerv much an
autocrat; and. like tho Spaniard, he
Will not wet or soil his icwelod hands
An unsavory calling here at home, it
is II dignifod one in Manila. There
the barkeep sits in front of tho bar
bedocked usually IN spotlcss white from
head 10 foot, with diamond or two
of awkward size glittcriug above his
cravat. Most Of his time is spent hob.
nohbing with the customers. especially
with the moncyed ones, lie takes n
drink every time any one else does, not
forgetting 10 order a round on the
house periodically He is a sort of
walking floor manager. a jovial host.
and an all-round good fellow. Numcr.
Gus Filipino boys, working behind tho
bar and at the tables. do his every
command.-Monroe Woollcy, in the
Rnokkncppr
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
TUBERCULOSIS IS THE
TAX UPON WEALTH
Annual Burden Greater Than
All the Taxes of the
World.

tuberculosis is The great tax upon
the wealth Of society as represented by
the tremendous total value Of all hu-
man lives. The vast unnecessary loss
of Young. organicallv healthy persons
through tuberculosis il IN annual bar
den greater than all tho taxes of all
tho countries of the world
Science is slowly but surely rcduc
ing his loss. Some day il viii he elimi-
mated. and men Will wonder at the
barbaric ignorance OF an epoch which
tolerated such waste OF economic re-
sources
Anot her broad field for science is
presented by the appalling high rate
of infant mortality In the average
large city one-scvcnth of the total mum
Der of babies born die before they arc
year old. Infant mortality in cities
is almost twice as high as IN rural
districts, although. owing 10 better fa-
cililies for medical care and profcs
sional nursing, the city-born baby rs
less likely than his country cousin to
die within two or three weeks of birth.
Hereditary and infectious diseases
are being eliminated gradually from
babvhood terrors by scientific progress
and education of parents in simple
hygiene. Stomach and respiratory
troubles and meningitis must eventual
ly give WAY 10 science.
II remains for better housing, better
food. and general sanitary bettcrment
of crowded communities 10 carry to a
standard Of uniform high grade the
work of saving babies lives and rem
der the vital statistics Of infants re-
markablc for a low instead of large
death rate.-Chicago Journal
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Begging the Laugh.

"Common decency is cheap abroad. -
said the man who had just returned
from his first trip to Europe. "During
all the time | was on the continent
was subjected to discourtesy in but
one instance, and ! think l got away
with it then, at that.
"We were crossing one of the Swiss
passes by diligence, or coach, and
stopped off for luncheon at some little
town, 1t was hot. and / suppose /
made rather comical sight, in my
shirt sleeves and black glasses, with a
handkerchief over my collar, as
stepped out of the vehicle to the road
French in which / tried to ask ques-
tions was pretty ragged.
Anyway, group Of young French
men waiting In carriage while their
team was changed saw in mo their long
lost original scream, and the way they
laughed was convincing, if not hatter-
ing. They weren't backward about
pointing out the real, racy bits in
the picture either, and they only
mildly. Another American and i
trudgcd of for lunch, and when We
came back there was tho bunch ready
to take up the howl at me again. ]
looked AT my compatriot and ho at me
] don't think either of us put the idea
in words, but We began.
1--WE began to laugh. We fell into
each others arms and laughed We
held each other up and laughed. We
laughed till the tears rolled down our
checks. We laughed till we couldn Il
stand: We rolled into our coach, still
laughing, taking inspiration for each
outburst from a glance ut the French
men.
"Wcll, sir, that bunch of Frcnchmen
Just wilted, First they closed their
mouths, then they lost their grins, then
each one began squirting suspiciously
nj the other, trying to make out what
was wrong. Before we'd been at it
two minutes they all discovered they
needed Il drink and sneakcd off TO tho
little hotel. We laughed till we saw
the last Of them. and then we laughed
at the way we had turned the trick
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
NEW SENSATION IN
SW0PE CASE LIKELY
Poison Found in Organs of De-
ceased Millionaire, Accord.
ing to Partial Report.
: Leased Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire 70 The Tribune.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Jan. 22.-Poison
has been found IN the organs of Col.
Thomas II. Swope and his nephew
Chrisman. and upon this finding the
heirs OF the millionaire will demand an
Investigation by The state TO ascertain
the cause OF death, according 10 a def
inite statement today by "A representative
OF the Swope estate. following the re-
ccipt OF n partial report OF the experts
in Chicago.
Poison in Stomach.
The poison, e. Is said. was found in
the liver and not in the stomach OF the
dead man. Whether IL was in sufficient
quantity To have caused death and was
administered for that purpose must be
determined hv n coroner's Inquest. This
Inquest probably will be begun next
Tuesday. on the verdict returned by
this body VIII depend the action of the
county prosecutor.
The exact conclusions reached by the
Chicago chemists arc guarded closely 1t
suing their investigation,
John e. Paxton, executor Of the estate,
who received a message Yesterday from.
DR.. Ludwig Heklen. requesting him TO go
10 Chicago for n conference. announced
today that he would leave for that city
tonight. Mr.. Paxton declined to talk re-
garding the chemists report or TO go
into the case
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Ink the Romans Used.

The ancient Romans commonly wrote
with a metal point (stylus) on wooden
permanent records were written on
parchment with reed pen and liquid
pigment. or ink.
At Haltem, in Westpbalia, near the
site of the Aluso fortress erected by
Drusus in the year II u. c.. was recently
found bronze vessel containing a dried
black mass. which Professor Kassner has
decided to be Roman ink. The mass was
found 20 consist chiefly OF SCOT and
tauuate OF iron. II also contained small
er quantities OF ferric oxide. clay mag
ncsia. gypsum. phosphorus acid. carbopic
acid. alkaljes and sand. These probably
represent chiefly accidental impurities
which have found their way into the old
to the chemical action OF the ink on the
bronze vessel.
The presence OF an aromatic substance
suggests that the ink was imported from
Italy, where the use of perfumed ink
was common.-Scientinc American.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
ADDITIONAL SPORTS
TANGLING STORIES TOLD
REGARDING BIG FIGHT
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire 10 The Tribune.
NEW YORK. Jan. 29.--It would b.
really amusing were IL not 80 painfully
absurd. the way many Of the sporting
editors throughout the country arc
tangling themselves up with their fake
stories abou; the Jeffries- ohnson fight.
One newspaper dope VIII invent story
In which the governor of Utah. TEX
Rickard, Jack Gleason and tho two fight
crs are made to say all manner of fool
ish and ridiculous things and send II
broadcast over the country.
Another dreamer VIII pick up the story
and proceed To decorate II with a few of
his own happy thoughts. and joyously
hurl ii forth OIL crcdulous public as
the essence OF profound wisdom. Then
some other sporting writer, a genius In
his line. of course, Will invent an inter
view which hc'il relate with elaborate
detail. as having taken place between
himself and some or" In authority in
connection with the fight
Somehow they all seem TO get their
inspiration at the same time. The dope
they use is certainly wonder.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Sunny Soutf, Shoot.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 2e.-The ninth
sunny South handicap ended today. There
was an average OF 10 men facing the
traps every day OF tho week and the
scores were OF high order.
The programme for tho last day con :
sisted OF 200 targets.
In tho professional class Fred Gilbert
OF Spirit Lake. Iowa, and Fred Bills OF
Chicago tied for high average with 19t.
G 7. TIensler was second with 1al; Ed,
Forsgard third, with 1SS. In tho amateur
class Lewis and Captain Jack Wolf were
first with 49,: Livingston second with
100. Ditto third with lSS.
In the general average for the week
Fred Gilbert was first among the profess
sionala with 11I9 out of the 1850 targets
thrown, Fred Bills was second with 1t0i
md Ed Forsgard OF Waco, Texas, third,
with 1896 l.. J. Ware OF Dallas, Texas,
was fourth with 1868.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
HELIPLANE Is SET ON
FIRE BY CURIOUS FOLKS

PITTSBURG. Jan. 29.-The first Pitts
burg made aeroplane had successful
ascension near Oakland. Md, last night.
according TO advices received here today
by its inventor. George o. p. Blackiston,
who had spent months perfecting the ma
chine. 1t went up In smoke.
Blackiston called his fiier a "Heliplane"
near Oakland, where he was TO test it
soon Curious folk however. arc said
to havo been impatient 10 see II go up.
and according to the report here. some
one is suspected Of having resortcd to in
cendiarIsm. Tho machine was OF dell
cate construction and Blackiston had put
a great deal of time and money into IT,.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
JOCKEY GEORGE 0D0M
TO HAVE OWN STABLE
BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2o.-George Odom.
the Columbus boy. former jockey and one
OF the best known and most successful
eastern trainers of the younger set, will
take the field next spring with big
stable of his own 2-year- -olds. They are
youngsters which the former jockey pur-
chased last summer with his own money.
No one who follows racing close
" doubts that Odom will have sue
cess with his 2-year- r-olds II they are
capable OF running. Odom has proven q
good trainer as he was q rider.
Later in his career Odom may race
some OF his horses abroad.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Coulon Has Close Call.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan, 29.--It looked
as though johnny Coulon had bid good
bye to tho bantam%eight championship
in his bout tonight with Earl Denim
ing when he went down under a terrific
right swing in the second round. Cou-
lon staggered 10 his feet before being
counted out and fought slowly for tho
seven succeeding rounds. finally sending
his opponent down for the count In the
ninth round.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Fighters Parting.

,is saddle sprang.
rcd was he;
with plaudits rang
fht TO see.
ance In hand.
utres three
and Shaw. a band
''orestrec.
ne circle round.
nntlet far:
uncertain sound
Of war:
pw, Earl BallinSer,
and Taught
tearcrS might Infer
Tie Taft.
could never be
pui lcsc-majesty.
tfsts awaiting the on
indianapolis News.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
LIFE BY
TI0N CEREMONY
The Tribune.

b The Tribune.
n, Jan. 29.-Travis
rmber OF the Jackson
3ear forever the cvi-
fipn by fellow pupils.
place where his cries
ne teachers and held
~ 10" were painted
NO" on the other. On
lfters -, II, s." were
7umbers and letters
n brush, and nitrate
94e students who took
nave bean indefinitely
have not been back
Y day of the hazlng.
M Iumonishcd the boys
v not be tolerated.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
|c ROLL
s MEN
Su Objects Most
b Long Range
asting.
MP SUCH
us LAUGHABLE
h, he to Fit the En-
49, As a Whole.
|s Say.

,n when the appear
l|orc counters of 1910
,Inelc Sam : weather
;IiNnant protest. saws
6ondeut Of the Now
rcrasting,'' saws hi.
! Kansas bureau, is
,srcry mcteorologlst
of = man trying 10
weather will be for
sixtccn months IS
'iIy moro SO than the
10 people who consult
'iat the weather will
..c circulated all over
be snme weather pre-
scction, although in
n happens. The only
u1ch predictions have
itt some OF them are
when they are made
rain is of frequent
lin seasons and STOW
1 a prediction of rain
10 come true some
jry nc the time print
vifally interested in
he future soon find
storm period some
!mcrica on the 22nd,
month docs not help
,es TO knowing what
fcally be at a given
day. IL the long
content to deal with
Tics and keeps his
July and his hot
i the Christmas holi-
AWAY with many Of
is. II is like shoot
z birds with a shot
somc.
comparison of these
pms with the weather
rcd has always I'M
the idea that any
who has had his toes
g May frosts or had
the Fourth Of July
Of rain could have
de a better almanac
/ the fake weather
hat the weather de-
gition of the planets
The planets and the
n schedule time. but
IS that the weather
ith the coniunctions
any Of the heavenly
is that the weather
Ldam discovered that
was on earth, and
% titled the soil he
q variation of the
to the season. but
ound any cycle that
in making a def
70 particular weather.
i any given point or
N ahead or to state
on will be dryer or
pr colder than usual.;'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Long Ohess Match.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2e-The longest
chess tournament on record was con-
cluded today when CASTOR c.. Notter
won tho last gsmo OF q thousand game
match, begun I'm April. 1902. from Emile
Stchli Notter is Frcnchman and Stcbli
Swiss, They have played at the Same
table In a downtown hotel nearly every
afternoon for ten years.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Plea Of Not Guilty.
N"N ~ -'S" A4Nys
IL Leased Mire 20 The Trlhmnn

BY Leased N,re 10 Thc Tribune.
NEWARK. y. T.. Jan. Can old New
Jersey court custom OF compelling lawyers
In Al murder case 10 dress I'm black and
white VIII be revived for the Ocey Snead
case when Mrs. Virginia Wardlaw Mrs
Caroline Martin and Mrs MARY NJ Snead
arc arraisncd charged with the death OF
Ocay Snead. The women were given a
preliminary arraisnment today before
Chief Justice Gummcrc In the supreme
court and each one pleaded mot guilty"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Flynn Whips Negro.

BOSTON. Jan. 2a.-James Flynn of
Boston knocked out Ralph Galloway. "A
negro. OF California I'm tho seventh round
OF a scheduled tcn-roUnd bout tonight
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Passing OF the Grizzly.

By Leased Wire TO The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Jan, CIV. H. Wright
of Spokane. Wash, who is staying at
the Hotel st. Andrew and who is an
authority on the grizzly bear asserts
that that animal Is rapidly becoming ex-
tinct. He has studied bears In every
section OF the country. but especially on
the Pacific coast. from Alaska To Mex
leo, He VIII deliver lecture on bears
under tho auspices OF the board of edu-
cation in the museum OF Natural His
tory on Tuesday evening. lie has many
photographs Of the grizzly, which he
viii exhibit,
Have YOU seen tho battery ad. on
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30

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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-05-06

mead almost as increasingly when the sun
shlnes or the fog wraps us round Men and wo-
men YEARLY walking, sometimes because they
have nowhere to go. sometimes because their
work keeps them late at night and sends them
forth early in the morning, sometimes. because
they are returning from that long quest in search
or labor, the story of which is written in their
oeJected countenances and their Respondent. bent
shoulders; but the stream drives on and the
trans roll by till one o'clock in the morning and
while some in East London Sleep as many wake
But bound for some of the lodging
houses in one of the very worst streets in that
densely populated quarter streets that have the
unsavory reputation of being the scene of some
of Jack the Rippers MURDERS streets that have
been the plague spot of the police, the puzzle of
philanthropiss. the death of the city missionaries
We turn away from the main thoroughfare, down
some of the dark side alleys, and then by the
open doors and the lights see that we
have come to the land of the doss houses as they
are called, where cheap bed can be had for
few pence. Night seems hardly to have begun
though it Is late The downstar rooms are still
full of men and women whose occupation seems
to be one constant passing in and out of the dirty
kitchen to shuttle across the street through the
open doors of the saloon. and here you find the
secret of London's degradation. There are among
that wretched crowd herded In these lodging
houses, men and women who have known days
far different from their present SURROUNDINGS
Some of these men have been in the army some
even have been ministers of religion. Some of
these women have known good homes and re-
fined surroundings, but the gaping doors of the
drink shop could tell the story of their ruin And
you breathe the loaded atmosphere of those
horrible dens you ask yourself why it is impos-
sble to rouse these people to a sense of their
wretched environment, why cannot they be up
lifted and reclaimed? The dull eyes, the heavy
faces the Indifference, the stupor is your answer
-narcotized by drink. 1t is strange that such
quarter of our city should be infinitely more re-
pusive than the so-called Chinese street where
it is true you smoking opium, pale ema-
ciated; but that vice seems nothing in the
clean though bare surroundings of the oriental
In comparison with the horrible squalor of the
English doss house.
We stand for moment at the corner of the
street The clock is striking halfpast twelve
and we watch the closing hour OF the saloon
law has been enacted In England which makes
drunkenness now a crime and men and women
can be arrested for this without its being neces-
sary, as formerly that they should be disordery
as WE'LL but when the customers of the drink
shops are turned upon the streets at closing
time 1t does not seem though the arm of the
aw had reached the offenders, for girls and wo-
zen. young and old men. stagger blindly out into
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-05-06
The Colony House.

Any colony house properly con.
structed is practically an open-front
house when the windows and doors
are open. The openings in the door
and the window should be hinged at
the top, opening. out from the bottom
to keep out the rain during storms.
1t is very desirable to have the houses
so arranged that the attendant will
not have to look after them during
sudden showers and storms. Colony
houses can be constructed after a
great many plans and still be prac-
teal. Plans are modified to suit the
locality and climate or soil.