GREAT EXPECTATIONS OF WASHINGTON FANS
Pilcher Groom of Washington.
There *u a time when Washington
would have bee* satisfied with sixth,
k id hilariously happy at the thought
'f fifth place Now it's worth one's
life ever to talk cheerfully and as one
satisfied at the possibility of a mere
first division team Its pennant ot
wotting The tans have it all figured
how the tag is to be landed and even
Manager Grtib thinks he has a
CRACK TRIO OF OUTFIELDERS
Boston Wed Sc* Have Fastest and
Strongest Outfield in the Amer
ican League.
Take* mlteiliriy and considering
every port! of the pastime the Boston
Red Sox boas' of the greatest outfield
parading ia the mayor leagues, ia l*rft
Fielder Lewi*. Center Fielder Speaker
and Right Fielder Hooper Other
teams la both leegues have their
bright stars, hat none can claim a trio
'hat measures guile so high as that
that nnk* after the Red Box's gar
den* Lewi* Speaker and Hooper can
do all that is a ecru try on the dls
Right Fielder Hooper.
mead- Cark raa throw like a shot,
their arms b* ag hand by all the base
runners nek can Beld covering tbc
territory cosing in gotng bark or hop
pt»g to bis right or left, and aa bit
tern they to supreme. At present
Speaker leafs the American league's
swat rokn) and Isewis and Hooper
are up wits the leaders as batters and
Cuts Let of Credit
Jack Rpa the veteran ca’cher who
Is acting as coscn lor the young pitch
ers on the Washington team, and also
making a few scooting trips for Grlf
M. Is d>ta a lot of credit tor the
peasant grand sboatag of the Wash
ington team Manager Grtflth de
_ nests the major portion of It. how
Neis Tesne-Oklahosra Officers.
At n meeting of the TexaaOklghoma
Hmsbi.t* league at which ail towns
w*-r» represented except Wichita Falls.
P«esdep» P ft Xeaeomb and Sect*
t**-y E C Harder resigned H U
Wanes gad K A. Atkina, both of
GnsaavU-e. Tex. were elected pres)
d(«l and secretary, respectively.
CrajrtM Der.es Yam.
Willis- Grayson of Louisville says
Gere I; nothing in the story that W
H Watjdnn win acquire aa Interest In
the ck-h or that Jimmy Burke win
aarose* Tigte as manager Watkins
k’mse • says he intends to leave the
Far Carving a Rati.
A Veu York feslu has Invested a
garth. 1 cap arrangement for pitchers
tn wear on their fingers which be
aavs arts carve a ball. The greatest
need of pitchers, however. Is not ■
egfuur but n controller
JaOnooa and Walds In Race,
f, niter Johnson and Ed ’Walsh, twe
of dm 'Iron men of the America*
league, are having a merry race (kit
m—- Johaaoa excels In small-bit
ga uea having pitched two 2btt. oc<
ihv. three 1 hit and cne l hit games
| chan< e. if he can land a couple of ex
perienced pitchers to help out John
son. Groom and Hughes. Already he
has bought Harney Felty, and it is said
j that be has put in a bid for George
j Mullin, on whom Detroit has asked
waivers Right now pitching is the
only thing over which Griffith feels a|e
prebensive. Right now Pitcher Groom
1s in rare form.
Hioomincton released Moxey Manuel,
former White Sox pitcher.
Rut>e Benton has defeated every
ciuh in the National league at least
once.
Charles Sterret. the Princeton catch
er and this year's captain, has signed
to play with the Yankees.
Jerry Downs is a pretty valuable
utility man He is another Heine Zim
merman and that's saying something.
Oiey Crandall is certainly the handy
man of the Giants. The outfield, the
’■field and the pitcher's box all look
alike to him.
O'Day says that the Reds are as
good as the Giants, except for slab
men It may be. Hut that's a whale
‘ of at exception.
Pitcher Withers of the Kansas City
club was released by Manager Carr
to the Grand Rapids (Mich.) club of
the Central league.
George Burns, the Giants recruit, be
gan as a catcher, and says that any
t' ::e all of the backstops are injured
be will go behind the bat.
Many baseball men are of the opln
on that l^roii Ames would work bei
er if worked oftener. When in forih
he has few superiors as a pitcher.
Pitcher Ashenfelter has been re
called from Springfield bv Indianapo
lis He was the leading southpaw of
the Springfield club and noted for his
contro!.
George Tebeat: has bad a couple of
major league offers within the last
, »eek for Red" Corridon. his short
stop. Tebeau will no* part with him
at present.
Tr.s Speaker is certainly out for
leading honors in batting this year.
He wen’ the entire baseball menu in
a recent game at St. Louis when he
got a single, double, triple and &
homer.
ONE MISTAKE BY HANK O’DAY
Did Not See Bunt Fly Caught by
Frank Dwyer in Game Between
Cincinnati and Baltimore.
Reference has been made, says the
New York Sun. to the fact that Um
pire Carpenter is now in the twelfth
year of service with tbe Southern
League Hank O'Day umpired fifteen
years for the National League and
continuously Bob Kmslie has been a
National league umpire still longer
Apropos of O'Day. his success as a
: manager this year makes him the
most popular and revered man in Cin
cinnati. but le hasn't always been so
regarded there Soon after Hank be
gan umpiring in the National League
he was officiating In a Baltimore-Cin
cinaatl game Frank Dwyer was pitch
mg and an Oriole bunted the ball
Hank made tracks for first base, think
ing tbete would be a play there, but
Dwyer caught the bunt on th° fly.
IStnk didn't see that, and be called
the bat'er safe at first base. Up to a
short while ago they were still harp
ing on that mistake of O Day's in Cin
cinnati However, there never was a
better umpire than O'Dav and a few
boots can be forgiven him.
Fine for Smearing Ball.
President Lynch has promised to
plaster such a fine cn tbe next man
who puts cfl. turpentine, liniment,
pepper or anything else on the ball
that he will te all summer paying it.
He says he is tired of the poor sports
manship of tbe players who have it in
; for the spit ball pitchers.
New Umpire Appointed.
President Baum of the Pacific Coast
1 league has appointed Jack McCarthy
of San Francisco as umpire in place of
S Sam Meries, resigned
POLITE GAME OF BASEBALL
- *
Cld Baltimore and Boston Teams
| Tried to Play Courteous Game—
Agreement Soon Forgotten.
“You can try to refine and civilize
baseball all you want,” remarked Joe
Kelley, the present Toronto manager
who was once an Oriola star, “and you
can make a parlor game out of it by
giving the umpires power of life and
death, but you can’t kill off the players'
tongues unless yon stun 'em with an
ax. Baseball can be made a gentle
manly game, all right, but you can't
get the Ix>rd Chesterfield stuff into it,
no matter how much the writers and
magnates talk about its progress to
ward perfection. Nothing doing. The
pubiic can't hear the line of talk that
still goes on, and it's just as well the
pubiic is out of rubbering range.
"Years and years ago. 1 well remem
ber. two bail clubs tried to pull a
polite and courteous ball game, just to
see how the thing would work. The
old Baltimores and the old Bostons—
which were real ball clubs, both of
them, held a conference one after
noon. There had been a lot of talk
and newspaper criticism about. .(.toll
house work and bad language, and
wanted to show press and public that
umuu uc ftuuu, ueireui peuyif, aiier
all. We agreed to try out the polish
ed conversation and the golden rule
stuff for this one occasion, and Tim
Hurst, who was slated to umpire,
agreed to help the good work alon;*. It
would be some conversion, too, be
lieve me, if we could get Tim Hurst
into the parlor process for Tiin was
never built for cotillon liaes.
"The first half-inning went by some
thing lovely. Even when Tim called a
strike on-Tom McCarthy that was a
foot over his head, there was no out
break. Says Tom, very gently, "Wasn't
that ball a trifle high, Mr. Umpire?’
and says, Tim, ail courtesy, ‘I U ar I
may have erred in Judgment, Mr. Mc
Carthy. Kindly overlook it, if you
will.* And in our half, when Jack
Doyle went down to second in a cloud
of dust, and Tim said ’Out,’ Jack tump
ed up. red in the face, yelled 'What the
-’ and caught himself in time. 'Par
don me.' says Jack, ‘but I honestly
thought that Mr. Long failed to
touch me!’ And says Herman lx>ng.
equally polite, 'I am under the impres
sion that I did touch Mr. Doyle.' Just
as nice and Chesterfleldish as you
could read in a book of etiquette.
"And in the very next inning the
blow-off came. Three on and two gone,
with Hughey Jennings batting. Keit?
made a dash for home on what he
thought was a passed ball. The Boston
catcher recovered it, but as he dove for
the putout Jennings wandered against
him and knocked him ten feet away.
Out for the interference!' yelled Hurst
—and then everybody arrived at the
plate in a bunch.
“ 'You Irish loafer,’ shrieked Reitz,
what am I out for?' ‘You rri-headec
stiff,' roared the Boston catcher at Jen
John KcGiaw.
niiigs. '! oughta knock yer block off.
an' for two cents I'd do it!'
"'You're a piece of stinking cheese.'
snarled Jennings, and this him um
pire is a porch-climbing robber!'
" 'Fer Moses' sakes remember,’ I in
terposed, ’that this is supposed to be a
polite and courteous game, iust to
sbow how well we can behave—' And
somebody hit me across the nap with
a catching glove.
“ 'I can lick every wan av y?x,' howl
ed Tim Hurst, 'and I'll do >t, too, if
ye're not back in yer places inside av
half a minute!' «
•' 'You're a cheap crook,' -said John
McGraw.
*' 'You're all a bunch of ye'.low dogs,'
said Herman Ix>ng. addressing the
whole Baltimore team, sort of imper
sonally.
“And when the police arrived the
rules of etiquette had bee-; fractured
so badly I never heard of ihelr being
reinstated. That was, I think, the
first, last and only time that a courte
ous ball game was staged in a big
league company.”
Delahanty With Wilkesbarre.
Wilkesbarre has picked up Outfield
er Joe Delahanty to replace Homer
j Smoot in right field. Delahanty play
ed last year with Toronto, but this
season has been playing In the United
I States league. Hallman has returned
to his home in the west. He is
through with baseball and went to
Wilkesbarre Just to help Clymer out
in the hour of need.
Six New Leaders.
The appointment of George Stovall
as manager of the St. Louis Browns
leaves the American league running
with six new leaders. Jennings and
Mack are the only managers who hold
over, now that Wallace has be«n pass
ed along.
COWS AND CLOVER MAINTAIN
QUALITY OF SOIL FERTILITY
Raising Abundant Crops of Legumes for Farm Stock and
Selling Butter Should Enrich Any Farm—Sowing
Orchard Grass and Clover Together
Makes Good Pasture.
What should be a strong Inducement
to every owner of a farm with cows
to make and sell butter is the fact
that this form of dairying makes it
possible not only to maintain the soil
fertility, but to constantly add to it.
While the solids in the milk con
tain the most essential elements of
fertility, the butter fat contains no
element of fertility at all. Hence, the
selling of milk in large quantities in
evitably reduces the productiveness
of the farm, unless a large proportion
of the feed for the cows is bought oft
the farms, instead of being grown on it.
On the other hand, butter contains
practically nothing that constitutes
an element of fertility in the soil, says
a writer in Farm Progress. For this
reason, if one has a poor farm, and
As I have found that even work
stock can be kept in good condition
on well-cured hay. if allowed to eat a
full ration at each meal, 1 have about
concluded that on the great majority
of farms a large portion of the grain
fed to work stock may be eliminated
if plenty of good, bright clover hay is
fed to all stock, and sufficient time
allowed for the horses to eat it. This
may seem to be a sort of heresy to
the vast number of men all through
the big corn states, who feed little
grain, except com. and some of them
no roughage part of the year except
corn fodder. Rut I know whereof I
speak; some of the best teams that I
have ever seen are never fed anything
except clover hay. unless by chance
that runs low, and it is necessary to
A Profitable Bunch of Youngster*.
wants to adopt a line of farming that
will soonest and most economically
make it productive, the best plan will
be to keep cows, and sell the crearn
or butter. And the more feed one
buys, and the less he takes off his
own place, except clover, the sooner
the soil may be made rich.
Having had considerable experience
with eiover. cowpeas. Canada ]>eas
and other legumes. 1 have concluded
that for soil improvement the red
eiover or alsike. will be found the
best thing for the purpose. 1 would
only use alsike in ease the land
to be improved was rather moist, as
on that sort of soil it will usuallv
make a better growth than common
red or any other, except white clover,
anti that does not make a sufficiently
bulky growth to serve the purpose
best.
In some experience of my own. I
have found that sowing orchard grass
and clover together makes a most ex
cellent pasture; and. if one keeps the
stock off. it is possible to get a
growth that will make a fine mixture
for hay : but when eiover is cut at the
right time and properly cured, there
is no more nutritious forage that can
be grown.
EXCELLENT FEEDS
TO FATTEN LAMBS
Use of Alfalfa for Roighait
Simplifies Question Con
siderably—Peas are
Recommended.
,By J. R. M'NTI.TY. Colorado Agricul
tural College.I
The great question which the suc
cessful lamb feeder is now trying to
solve is that of the most economical
concentrate to be used in fattening his
lambs.
The fact that most feeders are using
alfalfa for a roughage simplifies the
above problem considerably. Alfalfa
supplies the protein, and when fed
with a fattening concentrate, as corn
or barley, reduces the amount of feed
required for a pound gain to the mini
mum. Experiments prove that corn
Is just a trifle better, pound for pound,
than barley when both are fed in con
nection with one of the legume hays,
as clover or alfalfa. There Is little
data on the economy of feeding corn
alone with upland or timothy hay or
with corn stover. This follows from
the fact that such a ration would lack
considerably in protein. Doubtless
barley would somewhat excel corn,
pound for pound, when fed with rough-,
ages lacking protein, as the ones last
named. Whole barley may be fed
very successfully to fattening sheep
The fact that cotton seed meal can
be purchased for a price comparing
favorably with that of com in Colors
do has suggested the feeding of this
concentrate with alfalfa hay for fat
tening lambs. In this combination,
however, we have two feeds high in
protein and consequently an unbal
anced ration. Oil meal is fed quite
feed timothy hay; and, when that is
done. £ feed of corn is given along
with it.
It always seems to me very remark
able that so few men use clover as the
principal feed for their stock, when
there is such inducement to do so. I
have never known of a case where
any one was not pleased with the re
sults in feeding clever bay to work
horses, if he had good, bright hay
and gave a reasonable grain ration
in the shape of com with it.
Where the chief grain fed is oats,
the clover is not suitable, because the
percentage of starchy matter or its
equivalent would not be properly,
proportioned to the proteids. As I
know men who have for years not fed
an ounce of grain to horses doing
farm work daily, and they have'kept
in fine condition, and at steady work
on nothing but nice, clean, bright,
well-cured clover hay. it seems to me
that a great many men are wasting
money in their method of feeding.
are failing to improve their soil
because they do not sow the clover.
Probably the latter is the more im
portant point to be considered. Com
mon sense and clover are mighty
i good factors in successful farming.
1 extensively with timothy hay and
roots, ir. which combination it gives
very good results. On the other hand,
'erv few records of sheep fattened on
i ottonseed meal and alfalfa are avail
able. for. as a rule, protein rich feeds
(alfalfa and oil meal) are the most
expensive nutrients of a ration and
are not usually combined. It is very
probable, however, that some cotton
seed meal can be fed when alfalfa is
; fed. if we use a mixed ration of corn
and cottonseed meal. The best pro
l portion would perhaps be one-third
I cottonseed meal and two-thirds com.
: either shelled or cracked. This com
bination should give good results and
at the same time be much less con
ducive to digestive disorders than a
ration of cottonseed meal and alfalfa.
Peas are strongly recommended for
fattening sheep. When fed in combi
nation with either corn, barley or
oats, equal parts, better gains are
made than when either of the above
cereals is fed alone. This is especial;
ily true where timothy hay or corn
stover is fed as a roughage.
Hog Pasture.
Purdue university. Lafayette. Ind..
has published a circular on Supple
mentary Pasture Crops, referring espe
cially to supplying continuous pasture
for hogs. It shows clearly the value
of the different crops commonly used,
tells approximate time of sowing, time
of pasturing, number of hogs per acre,
etc. It may no doubt be had for the
asking.
Cement Wallow for Hogs.
A cement tank, if sunk Into the
ground and filled with water, is just
what pigs need during the hot days. If
the yard immediately surrounding the
tank is made of gravel so that the
water may drain away there will be
no unsightly mudhole.
USE OF GYPSUM
OR LAND PLASTER
Practice Nearly Always Increases
Yield of Clovers and
Peas—How to
Apply It.
Plaster nearly always increases the
growth of the clovers and peas. Mixed
with an equal quantity of wood ash.
it is largely used by gardeners and
truckers to stimulate the growth of
early potatoes, corn, beans and cab
bage.
Plaster is a sulphate-of lime, and
both the sulphuric acid and the lime
are active principals in plant growth.
The time to sow plaster on clover and'
oata and peas Is when the plants are
making their first leaves. Sow at the
rate of two bushels to the acre.
On land that has been recently
limed the application of plaster has
little effect. The only way to find out
the value of plaster is to measure off
an acre of clover or an acre of gracs
and clover pasture and sow. say. two
bushels to the acre, leaving the ad
joining acre unplastered. .The growth
of the plastered clover will prove Its
value in a few weeks after the plaster
has been sown. When plaster can be
had for |10 per ton it will pay to sow
it at the rate of two bushels to the !
acre on dry upland meadows and clo
ver fields, on pastures, oats and peas
and on all the bean family. It is also i
valuable for sowing on clover stnbfcle
after the first crop has been cut for
hay. The dressing of plaster at this
time will greatly encourage the second
growth clover. On most every farm
there are a variety of soils, and a fer
tiliier that will prove of value for one
kind of soil and crop will prove of lit
tle value used on an adjoining field,
but having an entirely different char
acter of soil. Test each field and
keep a record of these tests, as they,
will prove valuable.
Preparing Soil.
It Is Just as necessary to have the,
soli In a state of high fertility for
tree planting as it is for corn plant
ing. i
" Every Day
Is Bake Day
at Our House!**
writes an accomplished house
wife, an enthusiastic patron of
. PRICE'S
Cream
BAKING POWDER
“It is Hot Biscuit, Muffins, Sally
Lunn,Waffles,Pot Pie, and almost
daily, now that the season has
come, a Fruit Sliort Cake all
home - made, home - baked of
course, and perfectly delicious!
Home-baking, thus, with the aid
of Dr. Price’s Baking Powder,
provides the most tasty food,
which I know to be of absolute
purity, clean and healthful, and
with considerable economy.
Our correspondent has written for
us the whole story.
DR. PRICE S
GREAM BAKING POWDER
Makes Home-Baking
a Success and a Recreation,
with food more healthful, desirable, and
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Singing and the Lungs.
It is well known that singing, like
! whistling, is a fine exercise for the
lungs, and some doctors advise those
i who fear consumption to go in for
singing for this reason.
At the same time they, of course,
do not advance the claim that singing
alone will save anyone from or cure
consumption. Acquire the habit of
taking the big deep breath, which is a
primary requisite of any kind of sing
ing, bad or good, and the physical
joy derived from it will never allow
you to relapse into lazy breathing.
Ruling Spirit Still Strong.
Mrs. J. L. Story, who has just pub
lished a volume of reminiscences, tells
: of a lady relative who had all her life
; been afraid of damp sheets. When
, she was dying Mrs. Story entered the
; room, to find the fireplace barricaded
j with a large assortment of bed linen.
| She was having her winding sheet
! warmed.
“I never have lain in damp bed
j clothes while I was alive.” said the
I old lady in a feeble whisper, “and I'm
' not going to do it when I'm dead.”
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Cheerful Outlook.
''Father, dear," said Amaranth.
! ''Willie Smitbers is going to call at
your office this morning to ask you
i for my hand. Isn't there some little
hint I can give him before he goes
so as to make it easier for him?”
"Yes.” said Mr. Blinks, “tell him to
take ether before he comes. It will
save him much pain.”—Harper's
Weekly.
Stop the Pain.
^ The hurt of a bum or a cut stops when
cole’s Carbolisalve Is applied. It heals
Itnckly and prevents scars. 3c and Sue bv
druggists. For free sample write to
J. W. Cole & Co.. Black River Fails. Wig.
And Prized Above All.
Other things may be seized by
might or purchased with money, but
knowledge is to be gained omy by
efftrl.—Landor.
One always thinks there is a lot or
money to be made in any kind of busi
ness that he isn’t in.
Helpmates and soulmates are not
always synonymous.
Wilting to Oblige.
A story comes from a town where
firms advertise to sell fish direct to
small purchasers. Tbe glowing ad
vertisements asked for the sending of
half a dollar with a list of the
varieties of fish preferred. One letter
read:
"1 want two salmon, a dozen whit
ing. a dozen fresh herring, some Soun
ders, and if you have them you can
add a lobster. '
The next day the lady received a
letter, which ran:
•'Dear Madam: Please send another
dime and we will forward the fisher
man.'—Dallas News.
Her Special Advantages.
James Fullerton Muirhead in his
book. "The Land of Contrasts,” tells
of an American girl who was patroniz
ing! > praised by an Englishman for
the purity of her English and who re
! plied: “Well, I had special advan
j tages. inasmuch as an English mis
sionary was stationed near our tribe.”
To keep artificial teeth snd bridge
work anl isept ieally clean and free
from odors and disease germs. Paxtine
Antiseptic is unequaled. At drug
gists, 25c a box or sent postpaid on re
ceipt of price by Tbe Paxton Toilet
Co, Boston. Mass.
Stern Call of Duty.
Reform is not joyous, but griev
ous: no single man can reform him
self without stern suffering and stern
working; how much less can a nation
of men!—Carlyle.
Wet) Defended.
He whose study is among tbe shad
ows and lights of nature has an un
suspected coat, of mail defending him
among all tbe turmoil.—Mrs. Ollphant.
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Two indispensable Supports.
. Of ail tbe dispositions and habits that
lead to political prosperity, religion
and morality are indispensable sup
ports.—George Washington.
'Vru n Ir. nee! i>] r. good llistivr give Gan
field Tea a trial and l *■ couv ([>**-*! of it# uiorits.
Ills madeenlirr h from pure herb;.
If some coc-kb land in heaven they
will be awfully annoyed to find that
they leave.
| Oaken Bucket
filled to the brim with colo,^
'dear purity—no such water
nowadays. Bring back the old
days with a glass of