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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1908)
ROUND THE CAPITAL Information and Gossip Picked Up Here and There In Washington. Virtue That Abides in Clean Linen WASHINGTON. Tho nation's capi tal is sincere in Its crusade for cleanliness, and promises to prove herself a worthy exnmplo to the other cities of the land. The activities of Dr. W. C. Woodward the past week have contcrcd In tho effort to reform the laundry business of the city. Every person who launders for pay tho clothing, sheets, pillow cases, tahlo cloths or similar articles belonging to any other person will he required to register with tho health officer. "What tho health department de Hires," saya Dr. Woodward, "1b to bring under better control the many homes of tho poorer classes in which washing Ih dono for biro to supple ment tho scant wage of tho head of tho household. Too often these houses are In an uncleanly condition. Envoys Notorious UNCLE 8AM Is getting wise on one point and that Ih that foreign coun tries llko to have him send millionaires as his representatives to their hinds there to spend American gold lavishly, hut aro disposed to be decidedly niggardly when it comes to thoir rep resentatives spending money In America. Secretary Root Is credited with be ing about to turn this situation to good account. Mr. Hoot resents tho position of tho foreign governments in requiring money qualification of an Amorican ambassador. Of courso what ambassadors and ministers spend hero on private en terprises for thoir governments can not bo reckoned. Hut their entertain ments and goneral modo of living are an open page. Tho man who draws tho biggest salary In Washington is Are Turning from FHOM the preliminary roport of the commissioner of internal revenue It Is apparent that the consumption of whisky and other ardent spirits Is on tho decrease and that tho consumption of boor Is Increasing. During tho lis cal year which-ended on Juno 30, last, $131,789,242 was paid (o (ho govern ment as revenuo on whisky nnd other Bplrltuous liquors. For tho year previ ous $147,550,281 wns paid, a loss in revenuo of $15,7(57,038. Thoro was dis tilled during tho year which ended Juno 30, last, 110,808,102 gallons of dis tilled spirits, a decrease over tho pre vious year of ll.333.G72 gallons. During the past year 58,747,030 bar rels of beer, ale, etc., worn made, a Would Make Work of Mining Safe THE groat number of mlno accidents ami tho appulling Ions of life there from has promptod the United States govornmont to Invite Cheat Britain, Gorinauy and Helglum to send their leading exports in such matters to this country to co-opernto with (ho efforts now being made through tho United Stntea geological survey to establish an experimental station at Pittsburg ami to Inaugurate tho work thoro of touting explosives used In coal mining. CongreHH nt its Inst hobbIoii appropri ated $150,000 for this purpose, and (IiIh Hum Iiuh boon turned over to (he survey. It Ih huIiI tlmt abroad mlno ox plotdvcH nru tested, and those which are deemed standard for ttto purpoHo of mining are labeled "pormlHMble." "And Micro Is reason to bellovo that In many cases, especially In (ho sum in or bcuboii, wlien heating water for washing not only (IIiiiIiiIhIich the profit of (lie operutlon, hut uluo adds to the dlHconifort of the household, (he wn tor used Ih not properly heutod, nnd clothing from various sources I passed successively through (he Htimo dirty wiiter; und, moreover, tlmt Iron lug, wlilch, when efficiently done, Is a reasonably .safe disinfecting process, Ib not done In the manner hcut adupted to t ho accomplishment of that end. "While the niont effectlvo regula tion of the business of laundering can not he hrought about until some ays tern of licensing Is established, as is proposed In the pending hill, yet it would Bceui that It may he pousihlc to facilitate the inspection of places where laundering Is done hy requiring registration at the health office. If they ho registered (hen (hey can he systematically Inspected, at least from time to time, as lunchrooms and other similar places are now being inspect ed, Instead of being visited only occa sionally, in tho courso of the routine work of the department." as "Tightwads" James Hryce, who gets $50,000 annual ly and an additional $10,000 n year for contingent expenses. Mr. Hryco has one of the finest mansions which the capital can bonst, completely fur nished, with an extra fund to pay for any necessary repairs or new equip ment, lie has linen, silver and glass at tho expenso of the Hrltish ex chequer, and even the liveries of his retainers come from the public fund. Yet with this vast sum at their dis posal, few people live more unpre tentiously than the Hrltish ambassa dor nnd Mrs. Hryce. Their social rec ord during tho last winter contained fewer events than any of the Immedi ate predecessors. Mrs. Hryce gave about six small afternoon receptions during tho season, when tea and small confections were served. Hut little more can bo placed to the credit of the French ambassador and Mine. Jussernnd, second on the list of big Kiilarles. M. Jusserand gets $12, F00 a year, about $10,000 for oxtru ex penses. The dean of the corps, the Italian ambassador, Huron Mayor Des Planches, is almost out of the social running. Whisky to Beer gain of 201,509 over the preceding year. On this beer, ale, etc., the gov ernment received as revenue the sum of $58,747,(580, a gain of $201,509. Tho receipts from all sources of in fernal revenuo for (ho year aggre gated $251,GC5,950, being a decreaso of $17,99S,072 from the rocolpts for tho fiscal year wlilch ended Juno 30, 1907. Tobacco of all sorts yielded a reve nue of $49,802,754, a loss of $1,948,315, the figures of tho year which ended June 30, 1907, being $51,S11,0G9. This year cigars contributed a total sum of $20,714.27(5; little cigars, $545,050, and cigarettes, $4,879,340, and tobacco of other kind., Including chewing and smoking, $2l,84G,G03. Oleomargarine paid revenue to the extent of $954,301, a gain of $GG,GG3 over tho previous year. This repre sents (9,107,302 pounds consumed. Renovated butter was a close second to oleomargarine. 50,240,708 pounds being manufactured, upon which $125,. t01 revenue was paid. There is no such condition hero, nor has tho geological survey tho right to Imposo It. It may. however, endeavor to ascertain tho facts by InvestlKatlon. and thou set them forth for tho hone- lit of mine oporators and for tho In- formation of ntnte legislators. Last year 3,200 men were killed In the mines and tho year heforo 2.061. Tho rato for 1906 was 3.34 for ovorv thousand men employed, while for 1907 It was still greater. In four mines alone nearly 500 men woro killed slnco hiHt December 35G In the disaster at Monongah, W. Vn., said to bo tho most appalling, so far as the loss of llfo Is concerned. In tho history of mlnlnir: 25 moro In the disaster at tho Darr mine, In Pennsylvania; 32 In tho Naomi mine, In Pennsylvania, and Gl In the olnndo mlno, in Alabama. Tho experts who will come to thlH country aro Cunt. Doshorouirh. in. Hpeetor of explosives under tho homo oftlce, Great Ilrltulnr llerr Meaner, chief of the German mine service, ami Victor Watteyue, englneer-lu-ohlof, ad- luluhtirutloil of mines, Medium. WIT-AND-RUN GAME IS BROWNS' LONG SUIT Qo Says Mannqer McAleer in Talking of the Success of His St. Louis Team. With the St. Louis Urowns sternly chasing the pennant, with good chances of eventually winding up with the hunting, tho question nntural ly arose as to what change In the style of playing this season hrought about this result in contrast to the work of the club last season, when McAleer could only land his team in sixth place. In other words, why Is Mc Aleer such a big succobs this season when he was considered such a fail ure last year? McAleer himself has not changed so greatly and those who know his system of play realize (hat there has been no change In his tactics, with possibly the one excep tion of his taking out pitchers with more frequency. Even here the poor condition of his pitching staff has had much to do with his more fre quent, changes, and as his t.wlrlers show form he Is taking them out witli less Buddenness, even when they are getting hit pretty hard. McAleer's own i espouse to a re quest to explain his success conies mighty near being the correct solu tion: "My success this season Is dliectly due to the Tact that I have players who can gurry out plays when they are ordered and who can think for themselves when they are not," Is the way he puts It. Going further into detail, McAleer considers tho hit-and-run play the most dangerous and at tho same time the most effective play In base ball, as ills greatest single cause for success. Furthermore, this is a log ical outcome of his first statement nnd In lino with it. Working the hit-and-run play depends for Kb success on the co-operation of the butter and runner, and the runner especially must, have much faith in the man at bat to make it a success. With a batter up who is game and has a good eye, the play is a fairly safe one and one which practically breaks up a game when It is worked right, the result being to send a base run ner around from first to third and put another runner on first. Even if tho play only partially succeeds, It advances a man to second base with the penalty of an out for the batter. With a poor base runner and poor batter the outcome Is liable to bo a double play. Comparison of the use McAleer has made of the play this season and last shows what he means. This play was signaled for by McAleer many times last season and most of the time with disastrous results. Either the base runner failed to do his part hy getdng such a start for second base as to cause the shortstop or second baseman to start (o cover the bag, this, of course, making (ho hole for the batter to push tho ball through, or the batter failed to hit the ball, and 'the runner looked bad when he was caught on what looked like nn attempted steal. Naturally under such conditions a manager grows timid about using such a play and falls back on less effective but more sure methods of advancing run ners and scoring points. This season McAleer is using the play pretty near as often as he desires, and It is prov ing especially deadly . with Jimmy Williams and Hobo Ferris handling tho bat. NOTES OF THE DIAMOND Some one suggested to Moiiarlty of tho Yankees that ho ought to go down In Florida and play this winter. "Not for mlno," replied Moriarity. "I know those grounds. When a ball is hit you go down after a grounder and come up with niahuia." When Detroit, played at Philadelphia one of the baseball writers of Philadel phia took Jimmy Dygert to task for falling to stop a hot drive off Sam Crawford's bat. Sam drove the ball right through tho box and by tho time Oldrlng had thrown it In Mullln, who had been on second scored. Instead of finding fault with Dygort, tho wrltor should have complimented him for not committing suicide. When Crawford hits a hall far enough to scoro Georgo Miillin from second base that ball must, ho traveling some. Uuohlo to win a gamo and routed on six dlfforent occasions by his oppo noiite, Glen Llobhardt faced tho Tlgors, expecting his usual dose, Hut tho 'champs woro not a bit hostllo and Llobhardt was able to win his first game of tho present season. Ills rec ord th o; was as follows: Games won, 1; games lost, l; percentage, .143. Dr. Erh, famous specialist, examined Terry Turner and found that tho liga ments of his shoulder had become stretched from hard throwing. Mo ad vised Terry never to play at Hhort again and said he ought not to play ban in any position this year. A man who never takes lilnmelf ho rlouBty Is not likely to succeed. The trouble with moHt of uh Ih that we lake ourselves serloiiHly at tho wrong tlin. PREMIER TWIRLING ARTIST WIZARD VICTOR WILLIS Willis, of Boston, s of the tall, angular type that seems to give a pitcher such a big advantage over the short and stocky builds. He gets the speed on the ball because of his long swing and he has been a puzzle to the National league batters for many a year. BOGEY OF BALL PLAYERS' EXISTENCE IS OLD AGE They All Fear for Livelihood as Years Pile Up, Yet There Are Many Good "Old Boys." Tho ball player Is peculiar on the age question. No matter how great a game many of them play they fear the signs of age. They dread tho tlmo when their arms will get stiff and they will have to give up the sport in which they have spent a life time of pleasure. They dislike tho sugges tion that they are getting gray or bald becauso it suggests the time when they shall have to make way for stronger men. "It makes a hit with me the way some 'colts' pass on their age," says Bill Donovan. "They are like school girlSj You could not get some hall players past the age of 23 with a der rick. There's more four-flushing on ago in the game than there is in any other business. The theatrical pro fession not barred. It's impossible al most to find a hall player still in ac tive service who has passed the age of 30, If you believe what he says. The most wonderful part of Cy Young Is not his pitching record; It's the fact that he Is willing to admit he's 41. I'm willing to wager some coin that Cy isn't tho only man In the major loaguo who bus reached that age. Ten to one they aro being written up as colts, just breaking In." Detroit last year hud a colt pitcher who passed as a young fellow. He said he was 25. Nobody had tho heart to wake him up to the fact that he was not getting away with it, and so he continued with the bluff. Such and such an event of a few years ago was "before his time." He had a lot of fun posing as a coy green young thing. After ho had left 'the club to seok new fields of endeavor, It was found that he had a son of 15 years of age. The "colt," us a matter of fact, was 37 years old, and he was just breaking into the majors. Cy Young has a wonderful record of having worked for IS or 19 years as a major league pitcher with a per centage of games won well over tho .500 mork, but his age is really noth ing wonderful, or would not be con sidered so If the ages of somo of the diamond stars still doing buslnoss could bo truthfully tabulated. There Isn't at the present time ono mustache in baseball. It is just an ovldonce of the geneml tendency of tho hall player to dodge signs of ago. Tho hirsute decorations have a habit of becoming tinged with gray oftimes and when the hall playor gets slow on his feet nnd does the "stalling" stunt starting late for a ball and pro tending ho niado a desporate effort to got it ho doesn't want tho manager reminded of his age by any such plain evidence as a mustache. "Hlg Ed Delohnnty always used to bo grouchy about his age," says Hill Coughlin. "Whenever any of tho boys would pull off the gag about pay lug 50 conts to see him play when they woro children ho would always como back nt them with: " 'Woll, straighten up or you'll soon be paying 50 cents to see mo again.' " McGi jw Likes Doyle. Johnny McGrnw, tho manager of the New York Giants, Hays that larry Doylo, the fast youngHtor, will be the heat second sucker in the business In 1909. Says McGrawr "I wouldn't trade Lurry even up for Johnny Event, If tho trade were offorod. Since his HlcknoBH at the beginning of the sea son Doylo has been getting two and three hits every day Ills Holding has been wonderful, his speed helping him pull off plays that any other nocoud ituckor would not ovuu attempt " SOMETIMES PITCHERS SHOOT BALL TOO TRUE1 So Says "Long" Tom Hughes In Ar tide on Things That Happen to the Twirler. BY "LONG" TOM HUGHES. Do you know that there is such a tiling as a pitcher being too true? I haven't hit a hatter this year and I am paying the penalty for it in getting beaten in these 1 to 0 nnd 2 to 1 games I ought to win. I nm not in favor of this thing of aiming tho hall at a batter's head to drive him away from the plate, but in these days of low scores, when everything almost depends on the man in the box, it sometimes becomes almost imperative. Let a pitcher onco get a reputation for keeping the ball over the heart of the plate and the batters will hear all about It quickly enough. You will see them coming up there like little majors, fairly embracing the plate in tho knowledge that they are practical ly Insured against a crack on the head or in the ribs. Last year I hit two men with the ball. One was Claud Rossman. He had hugged the plate until it becamo exasperating in the extreme and so I shot one at his cap. He dodged just in time to escape a good headache and the ball hit his shoulder. I didn't want to hit It, but It kept him from making love to (he plate for a good long while. It's all right, this thing of having perfect control, as Cy Young, Addio Joss and a few other pitchers can testify, but once in a while it pays to forget (hat (he hatter has any feelings and keep him from choking (he plate as ho will when he knows he Is tnklng no risk. I think I could have knocked over a walking stick if it had been stuck In the ground back of the plate the other day. Someway the ball simply obeyed my every command. Hut just to illustrate how small a thing may turn the tide In a baseball gamo let me say that I lost that contest by pitching a high fast ball to Liehhardt, when all my reasoning told mo I should servo it) a curve. I pitched Just one bad ball out' of the 175 or 180 balls I had to pitch and It cost me the game. Perhaps if I had aimed ono at Glenn's head and driven him away irom tne plate I might have won. But that only goes to illustrate what I said" ot the start that there Is such a thing as a pitcher having too good control. Donlln Stars with Wife. Mike Donlin, tho hard-hitter of tho New York Giants, makes his debut as an actor with his wifo In vnudoville at a New York theater after the close of the baseball season. Donlin nnd his wife, known theatrically as Mabel Hlte, signed contracts with a firm of managers whereby tlioy will got $20, 000 for a ten weeks engagement. Donlln'8 theatrical career will make tho end of his baseball history. Ho wants to quit the game while at the height of his popularity, and will go out of tho National leaguo In a bla.o of glory this season. Ills theatrical engagements will keep hint busy all through the winter and until late in the summer, so that hall playing will ho out of tho question. Donlln and his wife aro very well off. Hoth have boon monoy-gottors, and, although they have lived woll and had every thing (hoy wanted, they havo put a lot of money Into Long Island real eu tate. A season or two together on (lie wtago will make them nliHolutoly In dependent. A Word from Josh Wis. I reekln truth Ik eternal, hut out Ideas uz f whut lw truth uie ulwv chauuiu'.