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CONTENTS

The Intercepting Sewer 3(M. P. O'Brien)

Typhoid 7(Dr. Fitzpatrick)

Great Workers of History 10

Baseball 12

Plant Talk 22

Roasts 24

Cartoons Van Hook

Art Work . . . H. N. Stacller

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Our ice man came and left some iceOne hot and sultry day;I didn't have the change at handAnd therefore couldn't pay.I told him 1 would pay him whenHe came to leave some ice again;And then he went away.l i e went away—I don't know where;They sent some other man instead.1 could have paid the sum to himHad not the matter left my head—(You know how one forgetsXBut coming home the other nightI surely got an awful fr ight ;T heard the beat of running feetAnd, startled, turned around to meetThe Ice man standing there.His eyes were wild—his hair was wet—His threatening manner made me sweat;He raised his fist—I ducked and clinchedAnd struck at him—he never flinched."Ahw cut it out, kid; whatthehell!Don't act like that—you ain't no call—I got some tickets here to sell—Don't you want a couple tickets forThe ICEMEX'S BALL?

—Cobb.

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Intercepting SewerBy m. P. O'Brien

The Sangamon River, located at theedge of the City of Decatur, is the naturalsource of water supply and at the sametime is used as a carrier of its stormwater and sewage. At this time the sew-ers of the city empty fnto four largetrunk lines which flow directly into theriver at different points below the c i tydam. During the spring months and attimes of high water, there is sufficientdi lut ion of the sewage to make this afairly satisfactory method of disposal,but at most times of the year the normal

flow of water in the Sangamon, particu-lar^ after the greatly increased use ofwater for steam and other industrialpurposes, is of insufficient quantity tocarry off the sewage effluent. As a re-sult there have been many complaintsduring the past ten or more years fromresidents of the southwestern part of thecity as well as from farmers along theriver below Decatur that the water hasbeen dangerous to stock and destructiveto fish, and suits have been filed againstthe city for damages.

View Showing Trench and Part of Pipe in Place.

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About ten' years ago investigationswere made as to the feasibility of sew-age disposal, but in 1914 the first actualtests were made by Langdon Pierceof Chicago, who constructed near theoutlet of the Broadway trunk sewer anImhoff tank and a sprinkling filter. Thisexperimental plant was in operation fromSeptember, 1914, to January, 1915, but un-fortunately tire plant of the A. E. StalcyManufacturing Company was not in oper-ation during this period and no informa-tion could be obtained as to the properhandling of its wastes, which at that timeconstituted probably 25% or more of theentire city sewage and which is one ofthe most difficult of industrial wastesfrom the sewage disposal point of view.

In November of 1915, the SanitationCompany of Illinois suggested to the CityCouncil the advisability of installing theLandreth Electrolytic method of disposal—a scheme combining the use of limeand electricity. During the same monththe City Council, accompanied by theCity Engineer, visited a plant of thischaracter located at Elmhurst. Boroughof Queens, New York City,, where a onemillion gallon unit was in operation. The

council were greatly impressed with thesimplicity and apparent economy of op-eration of this plant and upon their re-turn to Decatur entered into a contractwith the Sanitation Company to installan experimental one-million gallon unitnear the outlet of the Broadway sewerat the expense of the Sanitation Com-pany. The city furnished a chemist tohave charge of tests and costs and theSanitation Company fully guaranteed ne-sults and cheapness of operation. Aftera period of operation lasting throughseveral months, it was decided that thedisposal process was chiefly a lime treat-ment, that electricity had very little todo with the results, and that the cost ofoperation of a full size plant would beprohibitive and that the results of thetreatment were unsatisfactory.

In January, jj 1916. the experimentalplant of Pearse & Greel.y, consisting ofan Imhoff tank and a sprinkling filter,was ordered rebuilt and tests were madewith the combined city and Staley wastes.The results of these tests showed thatthe desired method of disposal was theImhoff process but that a considerablylarger disposal plant was needed than

View Giving Idea of Size of Tile Used.

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View Shewing Trench All Ready to Receive Pipe.

would be required for domestic wastesalone.

On July 1, 1917, a law granting muni-cipalities the right to form Sanitary Dis-tricts with the power to issue bonds andto levy taxes went into effect and onthe next day, Jub' 2, a petition was filedwith County Court of Macon County forthe organization of the Sanitary Districtof Decatur, Illinois. This petition was

allowed by the court on July 31 and atthe election held on August 28 the prop-osition carried by a vote of almost tento one. On September 8 the court ap-pointed the following members of theBoard of Trustees of the Sanitary Dis-trict: Dan Dinneen,' President; W. C.Fields, Vice-President; and Porter J.Millikin, Clerk. The board appointedJames S. Baldwin, Attorney; Preston T.

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Steam Shovel Used in Excavating Six-Foot Sewer.

Hicks, Engineer; and Jerome J. Heger,Clerk. Bonds to the amount of $850,000were issued and the firm of Pearse &Greeley of Chicago were retained as Con-sulting Engineers and were authorized tomake plans for the construction of anintercepting sewer'and a treatment plant.

Some time later the Sanitary Districtsecured title to property near the mouthof Stevens Creek, southwest of the city,

to be used as the site of a treatmentplant. Plans for the sewer were com-pleted and bids were asked for the con-struction of that part between the Illi-nois Central and a point below the Wa-bash Railroad. Birt & Driscoll of De-catur were the low bidders and wereawarded the contract, and immediatelystarted construction. A large part of

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TyphoidBy Dr. Filzpatrick

With the beginning of August we areentering upon what might be called ourtyphoid fever season, the late summerand early fall being the season of itsgreatest prevalence. This does not meanthat the malady is limited in time to theseseasons of the year for serious and de-vastating outbreaks have been encount-ered at all seasons, but weather condi-tions as well as other factors at this timeare most favorable for the developmentof the disease.

Typhoid fever is probably as old ascivilization itself. Tt is recognized inthe writings of Hippocrates (B. C. 460-357), and in those of Galen (B. C. 130-200). Many writers described the dis-ease in the 17th century. John Huphamin 1739 described a "slow nervous fever"which quite certainly was the typhoidfever of today. It was, however, regard-ed as a simple continued fever and it wasnot until 1813 that Pierre Bretanneauof Tours, France, identif ied it as a distinctdisease. The writings of P. C. A. Louis,a French physician and teacher, publishedin 1829, did most to disseminate knowl-edge of the disease and he drew studentsfrom all over the world, many of themfrom America. Win. W. Gerhard and C.W. Pennock of Philadelphia studied thedisease in the wards of the Philadelphiahospital in the spring and summer of1836 and it was there that typhoid wasdistinguished from typhus. In GermanyJ. V. Hildenbrand pointed out the dif-ferences between typhoid and typhus asearly as 1810 but considered them onlyas varieties of the same disease, andthey were thus considered for manyyears in that country. In England SirWm. Jenner in 1850 clearly pointed outthe differences between the two diseasesand since that time correct ideas haveprevailed.

A patient beginning with a typhoid in-fection usually feels weak and "rundown," or as one writer has said,"dragged out," for from a few days toa week or more before he is compelled togive up his usual occupations, lie com-plains of headache and pains in his limbsand other parts of his body. Often hebleeds from the nose. His fever 'ishigher in the evening as a rule than itis in the morning and this elevation oftemperature goes higher each succeedingday for a week or more and then grad-ually declines. There is tenderness inthe abdomen and usually a diarrhoea,

especially if a laxative has been taken.The patient becomes more or less dullmentally, often delerious and may remainin this state for many days, requiringalmost constant attendance of a skillednurse. When recovery takes place it isvery slow and most patients are debili-tated for weeks or months.

Because of the severe drain on thebody and the prolonged disability thatfollows, it is one of the most dreadfulmaladies human beings have to endure.Usually the patient is wasted, having lostmany pounds of weight and along withthis is a loss of strength which is onlyslowly regained. There may be inflam-mation of the veins of one or both legs,causing great swelling, total disability fora long time and a very slow recovery;sometimes permanent damage is done. Ihave known a patient to make an appar-ently good recovery from typhoid but ina week or two die of brain symptoms.Post mortem examination disclosed anabscess of the brain caused entirely bytyphoid bacilli. Really the complicationsand after effects of typhoid fever arealmost too numerous to mention andmany times they are such as to makethis a disease to be greatly feared, andan epidemic in any community a calam-

itv-Just at this time there is a notable

increase in the number of cases of ty-phoid in Decatur and vicinity. It is tobe hoped there will not be many. Con-stant vigilance is the only thing thatwill save us from an epidemic, and thesources of contamination arc so variedand numerous as to make it quite ap-parent that we are totally unpreparedto meet such a,,situation. The cases nowin Decatur may be from a milk-borneinfection and if so the situation may notbe so bad, but if by some chance someof these patients should contaminate ourwater supply it would be a calamity.

Yea*r after year there are reported epi-demics of greater or lesser magnitudefrom all parts of the world. In the pastit was the usual thing for typhoid to be-come epidemic in military camps aboutthree weeks after mobilization, these inmost cases being due to trie presence offlies to carry the infection. Water-borneepidemics are numerous. A most strik-ing example is that of Salem, Ohio. Thisis a manufactur ing city of about tenthousand population getting its watersupply from three groups of deep wells

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from which the water ran by gravity toa reservoir and from this pumped intothe mains of the city. From 1915 to 1920there had been only eight cases of ty-phoid fever in Salem, and these weretraced to a milk supply. No cases hadbeen reported from August, 1919, to Aug.ust, 1920. In September, 1920, there wasan outbreak of bowel trouble, 65% ofthe population being afflicted, but pa-tients with this simple ailment recoveredin about two days. But by October 1,1920, one case of typhoid fever was rec-ognized and from that time on cases ap-peared very rapidly. By October 20,1920, the epidemic had reached its height,54 new cases were reported on that day.There was a total of 882 cases in thisoutbreak with about 50 deaths. As thecases were reported from all parts of thecity it was easy to suspect the watersupply. The water in all the wells fromwhich the city supply came was examinedbut found to be free from suspicion.Next the water as it came from the pipesinto the reservoir was examined. Thatfrom one line was badly contaminated,and this was of course at once shut offfrom the reservoir. Further examinationrevealed that this was a line of vitrifiedtile put down before the state took chargeof the supervision of water supplies.Some of the tiles were found broken andcontamination taking place throuj^hthem. Incidentally it might be said thetile of this line were put down insteadof iron pipe at a "saving of $1500!" Theepidemic cost about $450,000.

One striking fact was demonstratedby this disaster and that is the valueof anti-typhoid vaccination. There werein Salem something over 200 ex-soldierswho had, while in the service, been vac-cinated against typhoid fever, and in thisgroup only one in 70 developed the dis-ease, while in women of the same ageone in eight came down with typhoid.And, too, it showed another welcomefact and that is the length of time pro-tection is afforded. All of these soldiershad been vaccinated two years prior tothe outbreak and some of them as longas three years previous.

In our Spanish-American war therewere about 20,000 cases of typhoid feverin 107,000 men, this being a fly-borneepidemic. It was after this war that anti-typhoid vaccination was introduced.When our soldiers were mobilized on theMexican border, under very depressingconditions, flies were pretty well con-trolled and our men vaccinated. Onlytwo cases of typhoid developed, one manbeing in the early stages of the diseaseupon entering camp and the other insome way escaping vaccination.

In our great war the medical men ofthe allied armies were unanimous intheir approval of the value of vaccina-tion. Germany alone was skeptical ofits benefits, but their failure along thisline can be attributed to the fact thatthe vaccine they used differed very es-sentially from that of the allied armies.An American medical officer recently-stated that the value of vaccination wasclearly demonstrated to him by the factthat they had no typhoid to deal within France in spite of the fact that flieswere a pest. Portions of France maybe said to be simply a great truck gardenand the wealth of the land owner is es-timated by the pile of manure he canacquire to use as fertilizer. Manure pilesmean flies and flies mean the spread oftyphoid under civilian conditions.

Mortality statistics for 1919 showed adecrease in the typhoid death rate ofmen of all ages of 64% while for womenof all ages there was a decrease of only47% in the typhoid death rate. Thisbetter showing for men can scarcely beattributed to anything but the extensiveanti-typhoid inoculation of ex-soldiers.

Bringing this knowledge of typhoidhome to ourselves we must realize theutmost necessity of protecting our watersupply. It is true our water is now welltaken care of by the use of chlorine inthe process of filtration, but that shouldnot make us careless of the watershed ofour lake. Suppose a patient with typhoidfever contaminated a small stream lead-ing into the Sangamon above the waterintake. Under ordinary circumstancesthis is taken care of by our filter plant.But what might happen if for somereason one day's supply of this waterwere allowed to enter the service pipeswithout proper treatment? Just such athing has happened in other communi-ties. It could happen here.

Salem, Ohio, saved $1500 by installingvitrified tile instead of iron pipe. Buther epidemic cost $450,000. We in Deca-tur cannot give our Commissioner ofPublic Flealth enough money to employa full time health officer, one who wouldbe able to make daily bacteriological ex-amination of our water. •

At the Staley laboratory water testsare made from time to time. Severaltimes in 1920 colon bacilli were foundin the city water and several times sofar in 1921. While the colon bacillusdoes not cause typhoid its habitat is thesame and when colon is present weshould guard against typhoid. Thechlorine used in the Decatur filter plantis the best protection against this con-tamination but an enormous or unusualpollution might over tax our present

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plant. It would be well if Decatur hada health officer to examine the waterdaily.

Before the drainage canal was put inoperation to make the Chicago river runbackward a very large part of the prac-tice of Chicago physicians was caring fortyphoid fever patie_nts. Since openingthe canal thus keeping the city's sewageout of the lake, about the only typhoidcases the physicians see in Chicago arethose who have been infected in a ruralcommunity or in some other city.

We cannot be too rigid in the care otour water supply.

Two KindsThere are two kinds of people on earth

today;Just two kinds of people, no more, I say.Not the good and the bad, for 'tis well

understood,The good are half bad and the bad are

half good.Not the happy, and sad, for the swift fly-

ing years,Bring each man his laughter and each

man his tears.Not the rich and the poor, for to count a

man's wealth,You must first know the state of his con-

science and health.Not the humble and proud, for in life's

busy span,Who puts on vain airs is not counted a

man.No. The two kinds of people on earth 1

mean,Are the people who LIFT and the people

who LEAN.Wherever you go you will find the

world's masses.Are alwa3rs divided in just those two

classes.And strangely enough, you will find too,

I ween,There is only one lifter to twent3' who

lean.In which class are you? Are you easing

the loadOf over-taxed lifters who toil down the

road?Or are you a leaner who lets others bear,Your portion of worry and labour and

care?—From the Glasgow Herald "Casual

Column."

Paint DisturbedRedd—Hear your wife had an accident

when she was out in her car yesterday.Greene—Oh. it didn't amount to much."Neither she nor the car hurt?""No, only a little paint knocked off

both."—Yonkers Statesman.

Why Pat Was HappyThe professor of sociology met Pat on

the street one morning. The genial Ir-ishman was whistling and singing byturns, apparently as happy as a lark."Well, well, Pat, you seem to be happy.Would you mind telling me the reasonfor your happiness?" inquired the profes-sor.

"Oi would not, sor," answered Pat. "Oihave just -done three good deeds, an'onny man who has performed three gooddeeds in less thin' tin minutes has reasonto be happy.

"Indeed he has!" commented the pro-fessor. "But pray tell me, what threegood deeds have you performed in such ashort space of time?"

"Well, sor, as Oi was comin' past thecathedral this mornin' Oi saw a poor wo-man wid a wee bit infant in her arms,a-cryin' that hard 'twould melt a heartof stone. Oi asked her phat the matterbe. She said that for the want of threedollars to pay the fees she could not gitthe baby baptized, an' it was a sicklybaby at that, an' liable to die soon. Oifelt that bad for her Oi pulled out a tindollar bill, all the money Oi had in theworld, an' told her to git the poor childbaptized, and bring me back the change.She went inside rejoicin' an' soon re-tftrned, all smiles, give me back thechange and went away heapin' blessin'son me head. Now isn't that enough tomake onnyboddy happy?"

"That's splendid," said the professor."Now what were the other good deeds?"

"Others!" ejaculated Pat. "Why, that'sall."

"But I understood you to say you hadperformed three good deeds.'

"Art so Oi did! Don't you see? Oidried a widow's tears; that's wan. Oisaved a soul from purgatory; that's two.An' lastly, Oi got sivin good dollars fora bad tin."—Contributed.

Not PossibleWhen a lady who was "burning up the

road" on the voulevard was overtaken bya traffic officer and motioned to stop, sheindignantly asked:

"What do you want with me?""You were running forty miles an

hour," answered the officer."Forty miles an hour? Why, officer,

I haven't been out an hour," said the lady."Go ahead," said the officer. "That's

a new one on me."—Pittsburgh Dispatch.

She (in a tantrum)—Absolutely! I'mgoing away to die. Give me my tooth-brush and my powder puff.—Paris Sans-Gene.

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Qreat IDorkers of HistoryJoseph Bramah

Joseph Bramah was like the ring-the-bell machine at a county fair: the harderthe hammer of fate hit him, the higherrose the ball of his success. A lameankle started him in business; and aheavy fall led to his discovery of thehydrostatic press which brought himfame and fortune.

SON OF A POOR FARMERBramah was born in 1748, the son of

a poor farmer who rented the patch ofground in Yorkshire, England, which thefamily tilled. He was the oldest of fivechildren, and it was naturally assumedthat he should follow in his father'sfootsteps. The family was able to af-ford him but little schooling, and beforehis boyhood was completed he was doinga man's work in the fields.

An accident when he was 16 years ofage left him permanently lame, cut shorthis usefulness on the farm, and left himwithout money or education, in need ofwork.

In his boyhood days, however, Bramahhad made friends with the local black-smith. The boy had a fondness f$rwhittling, and conceived the idea ofcarving a violin. He had. however,neither the tools nor the money to buvthem. He did have, though, some oldrazor blades and he persuaded his black-smith friends to shape these to the properdesign. With this equipment Bramahcarved two "cellos and a violin from solidblocks of wood.

The local reputation which these fid-dles gave him proved useful when hislameness set in, for he was able to be-come apprenticed to a carpenter andthereby to gain training whi~h was thebasis of much of his success. Bramahwas always sk i l l fu l with his hands. "Hewas celebrated." says one of his biog-raphers, "for the exquisite finish whichhe gave to his productions."

SPIRIT OF C R A F T S M A N S H I P HISSECRET

Although this skill and care in hand-work was not the thing for whichhe became lastingly famous, yet it was anexpression of his working methods. Hewas an inventor, but not an originalgenius. He examined careful ly everyproduct he made, and looked for oppor-tunities of improvement. It so happenedin more than one case, that the marginof improvement which he made created

a vast difference in the value of the ob-ject.

When he finished his apprenticeshiphe went up to London where jobs weremore plentiful. There he found workwith a cabinet-maker. Shortly after thathe had a heavy fall which kept him onhis back for some time. ,'He spent thattime thinking over the possibilities inhis trade, and when he had recovered heintroduced a new plumbing device whichis in use to this day.

This invention brought him enoughmoney to set up his own shop, and heturned his attention to metal work inwhich he had a more active interest. Hebecame a student of locks, and wrote abooklet called "Dissertation on the Con-struction of Locks." This study broughthim to a consideration of the tumbler-lock. He patented a device on this prin-ciple and offered a reward of $1000.00 toanyone who could pick it. The inven-tion stood unsolved during his lifetimeand was burglar-proof until 65 years af-ter its first -appearance, when Hobbs. anAmerican, solved the riddle after 16 daysof experimenting.

STRONG INTEREST IN SCIENCEBramah's lack of early schooling could

not dull his keen eagerness for books.He was not made indolent by the com-mercial rewards which his lock inven-tion brought, but looked around for newpossibilities in the engineering field. Hisplumbing discovery and a water-clockwhich he invented convinced him thatthere were many uses to which the prop-erties of water could be applied.

The hydrostatic principle was alreadyknown to science. This principle is thefact that when pressure is applied atany point to a body of wate,r, the wateris impelled to expand in the same degreeat every point. That is, when 100 poundspressure is applied on any square inchin a vessel of water, the water is to ex-nand that same amount over every squareinch of its surface.* If it has SO squareinches then the application of 100 poundson one inch creates an expanding forceof SO times 100, or 5.000 pounds.

APPLIED THIS TO MACHINERYBramah took this principle and applied'

it to machines for weighing goods, draw-ing tree-stumps, straining cables, andplaning wood. His wood-planing ma-chine is still used a_t the Woolwich Ar-senal. Similar devices have been usedfor l ift ing bridge supports weighing hun-

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dreds of tons, and for l i f t ing steamshipsfrom their docks.

A simple example will show the greatpower which this practical applicationbrought to the engineering world: Asimple press using a hand-operatedpump like a bicycle pump, injecting waterinto a cylinder with only an 18 in. diam-eter cylinder head could develop 6 tonspressure. Simply because of the principlestated above, that 50 pounds pressure ap-plied by operating the pump to one inchof surface is multiplied by the number ofsquare inches in the area of the waterwhich in the case named would be about240 sq. in. (240 times 50 Ib. to 12,000 Ibs.equals 6 tons).

WON NOTHING EASILYBramah, however, won nothing easily.

There were many attempted infringe-ments on his hydrostatic patent, as therewere upon his lock devices. Both timeand the courts, though, justified hisclaims, and he had more than the aver-age of financial success.

He was not only a careful student andcraftsman but he understood the princi-ples of good business. He picked mencarefully. His shop was full of menwho were interested in their jobs. Someof them afterwards also became famous.

He demanded a high standard of workfrom his men, but he also saw to it thatthey were well rewarded. In dull timeshe tried to develop experimental workand keep as many men employed as pos-sible. He remembered those who hadhelped him. The village blacksmith be-came a foreman in his plant.

KEPT WORKING UNTIL THE ENDAt the age of 66, famous and prosper-

ous, he had no thought of retiring. Oneday while superintending one of his hy-drostatic presses applied to the uproot-ing of trees, he caught a heavy coldwhich developed fatally into pneumonia.A worker and a creator to the end.—W. T.

(Copyright, 1921, Business FeatureSyndicate.)

The candidate, after tiring his audiencethoroughly, wound up as fol lows: "Iwant housing reform: I want land re-form; I want education reform; 1 want

"Yes," shouted a bored voice from theaudience, "you want chloroform."—Ex-change.

All the world's a stage. That's whyso many old maids try to stay chorusgirls all their lives.

Mistaken Identity"Mister," whined the beggar, "will you

give a poor man something for a drink?""You bet I will," said the pedestrian,

brightening. "How much you got withyou?"—Minneapolis Journal.

In Terms FinancialHe—"It's my principle never to kiss a

girl."She—"You can't expect any interest

from me, then."—Williams' Purple Cow.

The Judge (to prisoner)—"When wereyou born? (No reply.) Did you hearwhat I asked? When is your birthday?"

Prisoner (sullenly)—"Wot do youcare? You ain't goin' to give menothin'."—Klods-Hans (Copenhagen).

"John Henry," said his wife, withstrong severity, "I saw you coming outof a saloon this afternoon."

"Well, madam," replied the obdurateJohn, "you wouldn't have me stay inthere, would you?"

Spin Them IvoriesThe important young prosecutor was

trying to make things hot for the burlynegro who had admitted in court thathe was engaged in a craps game at theffme of his arrest.

"Now," he said, "I want you to tellthe jury just how you deal craps."

"Whass dat?" asked the witness, roll-ing his eyes.

"Address the jury," thundered the at-torney, "and tell them how you dealcraps."

"Lemme outa here," shrieked thedarky, wildly. "Fust thing Ah know disgemman heah gwine ask me how todrink a samwich."

MisunderstoodProprietor—"Do«- you drink?"Applicant for Job—"Thank you, sir.

I'll have a small one."—Judge.

"We never needed any of them new-fangled scales in Ireland," said JackHowley. ""There's an aisy way to weigha pig without scales. You get a plankand put it across a stool. Then you geta big stone. Put the pig on one end ofthe plank and the stone on the other endand shift the plank until they balance.Then you guess the weight of the stoneand you have the weight of the pig."

"What is the extreme penalty for big-am v?"

"Two mothers-in-law." — WashingtonSun Dodger.

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ISIMMONS FINALLY WIN

After trying to put over a victory in sixother starts in two seasons the Simmonsteam of Kenosha, Wis., finally defeatedthe Starchworkers on their own ball yardJune 25th.

Earl Howard, the former MilwaukeeAmerican Association twirler, and JackKotzelnick hooked up in a regular hurl-ing duel, each pitcher allowing but sixhits. The Staley slab artist allowed Met-ten, the Simmons shortstop, to drive outa triple in the second after Dobbins hadbeen given a life on Hemingway's er-ror and Ben Dyer, the old Detroit player,had been passed.

The home team added another one inthe seventh when Metten walked, wassacrificed to second by Howard andscored on Adams' single. That was theextent of the run-making for the day.

Howard held the hard-hitting Staleycrew at bay all through the contest and

. turned out one of the best exhibitionshe has shown since taking up his twirl-ing for the Kenosha team.

Buster Woodworth and Pahlman werethe only McGinnity men to solve his de-livery, each securing two blows. One ofWoodworth's was a double, but it failedto get the Staleys anywhere.

Eddie Hemingway showed the Ken-osha fans some high class third basing,having a total of nine chances with onlyone boot. Pahlman also played greatball around the initial sack, while Bealeand Metten featured for the Simmonsteam.

Score: R. H. E.Simmons . . . . 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 *—3 6 1Staleys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 6 1

Howard and Dobbins; Kotzelnick andWatkins.

DROP SECOND GAMEPutting up a poor game in the field

which together with some solid wallopsdelivered by the Simmons nine, the Sta-leys dropped the second game of theseries on Sunday by a count of 9 to 4.

Seib and Young had a bad day on therubber and Boss Joe finally entered thefray during the seventh and eighth in-nings and checked the Zievers crowd.

Close to 3,000 people were in the parkand they were an enthused lot followingthe game, which was the second theKenosha club has been able to win fromthe Staleys out of eight games.

George Beale had a big day with thestick, driving out a pair of triples, whileRay Demmitt also connected for a three-ply smash. Richardson, the Simmonsthird string pitcher, worked his first fu l lgame against the Staleys and held themto eight blows.

Demmitt and Woodworth each secureda couple of wallops while the other fourhits were credited to Meinert, Heming-way, Pahlman and Schaefer.

Andy Lotshaw, who accompanied theclub as an umpire, broke in the Sundaygame in the role of a pinch hitter in-stead of an arbiter and gave the ball aride. It was gobbled up however on hismajesty.

Score: R. H. E.Simmons . . . . 3 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 *—9 8 2Staleys 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 O^t 8 5

Richardson and Dobbins; Seib, Young,McGinnity and McGlade.

SANGAMOS TRIUMPHAfter being rained out in the third in-

ning at Springfield Wednesday, June 29.the Staleys returned to the Capitol Citythe next day and received a coat of calci-mine, the Illinois Sangamos winning 6to 0.

It was "Jack Wieneke" day, for theSangamo favorite was to join the Chi-cago White Sox and had made two at-tempts to pitch his farewell game, onlyto be rained out.

The big south paw sure turned out agreat exhibition for the get-away per-formance, holding the Staleys to threehits, all of them singles. Any time aheaver does that he has something onthe old horsehide.

Kotzelnick, who defeated the Sanga-mos earlier in the season, was McGin-nity's choice for slab work, and whilethe Springfield team touched him for tenblows, some bad work on the part ofhis mates helped them produce their fiveruns in the seventh. Five errors wasthe total made by the Starchworkersand four of them came in the fatal sev-enth.

The home team put over one in thethird, and it would have been enough towin, so good was the work of Wienekein the box for the Sangamos. Fordsingled. Wieneke fanned but Kissingersingled. Watkins threw out Ford atthird on Paxton's rap in f ront of the

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plate. Williams doubled and Kissingerregistered.

In the seventh Wieneke himself startedthe fireworks with a single. Kissingerforced him at second. Paxton was safeon Halas' error. Williams again doubled,scoring Kissinger. Paxton was out atthe plate trying to score. Woodworthfumbled Zook's offering, Williams goingto third. Jansen singled and Williamsscored. Zook tallied when Watkins madea bad peg, attempting to catch Jansenoff first. Frank English singled and Jan-sen registered. Alewelt singled to centerand English counted the fifth marker ofthe inning when Schaefer mussed upthe peg.

The Staleys didn't have a look in withWieneke twirling a three hit game.Woodworth, Hemingway and Pahlmanmade the Staley hits. Ranny Youngpitched the eighth inning after Cham-berlain had batted for Kotzelnick in thesame frame.

Score: R. H. E.Sangamos . . .0 0 1 0 0 0 S 0 *—6 10 2Staleys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 3 S

Wieneke and Ford; Kotzelnick, Youngand Watkins.

DEFEAT BRISCOESThe Briscoe Motors of Jackson, Mich.,

came to Decatur July 2-3-4 to show theirwares, and the club that boasts of RipHagerman's services won one of thethree games. Rip turned the trick in a3 to 2 contest, beating Joe McGinnity,although it wasn't Joe's fault that thegame went in the loss column.

In the first game on Saturday McGin-nity changed his lineup through the factthat Schafer had a bad leg. Woodworthwas put at short, Halas brought in forsecond base duty, while Ray Demmitt,who usually cavorts in right field, wasswitched to lef t with Guy Chamberlaintaking Demmitt's place. Lefty Pahlmanwas moved up to third place in the bat-ting order and the Starchworkers wentto it in great style, defeating the vis-itors by a 12 to 6 count.

Fourteen juicy swats, many of themdoubles and triples while a home run by,Hemingway helped do the business. AlCpllamore, the former Toledo Rail Lightflinger, was the victim of the assault.He worked two innings and was rappedfor seven hits and as many runs, whilea youngster by the name of Standishallowed the other seven blows. His firstinning was also a warm one, for theMcGinnity crew secured four runs offhis delivery.

Clyde Seib was on the rubber for Sta-leys and it didn't look very promising

GUY CHAMBERLAINAlthough Guy Chamberlain is known all over

the country for his football ability the tall N e-braska athlete has made Joe McGinnity a valu-able utility man and during the past few gameshas been cavorting in right field.

Chamberlain has been gobbling up everythingthat comes his way while his stick work hasbeen above the average in nearly all of the con-tests.

for him when the Briscoes put over fourruns in the first inning. After that hehad things his own way.

Seib hit Streeter to start the game.Tooley singled, sending Streeter to third.He stole second. Tooley sent a liner toChamberlain that allowed Streeter to reg-ister. Vic Saier <was walked. Loneysingled, scoring Tooley. Saier pulled upat third and scored when Seib heavedthe ball over Hemingway's head. Loneywent to third on the error and scoredon McElligptt's out. That was the onlytime the visitors looked dangerous.

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We tied the count in our half of thelirst. Meinert singled to center. Wood-worth flew out to Tooley. Pahlman sentMeinert to third with a single. Halaswalked, f i l l ing the bases, and Ray Dem-mitt emptied them with a triple to right.Hemingway hit and Demmitt scored.Chamberlain and McGlade were easyouts.

Three more came in during the secondframe. Seib fanned. Meinert was re-lired, Tooley to Saier. Woodworthdoubled to right. Pahlman scored himwith a single. He stole second and wentto third on Allen's bad peg. Halaswalked again and stole second. Ray Dem-mitt again delivered a hit, scoring Pahl-man and Halas.

Standish started the third round andfour more runs counted. Chamberlainwent to second on McElligott's error.McGlade singled. Seib tripled to le_ft,scoring the pair. Cahill dropped Mein-ert's drive and Seib scored. Meinertwent to third on an inf ie ld out. Pahl-man fanned but Halas singled and Mein-ert scored.

Our last run came in the sixth whenEddie Hemingway cracked out a homer.

Score: R. T l . E.Staleys 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 *—12 14 1Briscoes 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 6 9 3

Seib and McGlade; Collarnore, Stand-ish and Brenegan, Allen.

H A G E R M A N W 1 X SIn one of the best games ever played at

Staley Field Rip Hagerman won a 3 to2 decision over Joe McGinnity and hisStarchworkers Sunday, July 3.

It was a contest in which both sidesfought for every advantage and the gamewas finally won in the ninth on a doublesteal.

McGinni ty turned out the best exhibi-tion he has ever shown Decatur fanssince taking over the Staley club, andthe fielding of his position was of themajor league variety.

I t is t rue that the Briscoes securedten hits to our five, but that is the sameold McGinnity style. He never was astrikeout pitcher, but sure showed someof the youngsters how to use his head.

Eor seven innings neither team wasable to produce a run and in the eighththe Briscoes put over two. Streeterdoubled to left . Tooley singled and hecounted the first run of the game. Too-ley advanced on an inf ie ld out and scoredon Vic Saier's smash to right. The nexttwo men were easy outs.

Although those two runs looked mightybig, the Starchworkers tied it up in theirhalf of the eighth. Woodworth slammed

out a single which was the first cleanhit Hagerman had allowed. Pahlmanforced Woodworth at second, Loneymaking a great stop of the drive. Halaswalked. Demmitt came through with asingle that scored Pahlman and sentHalas to third. Hemingway hit to Mc-Elligott and on his peg to the plate theball hit Halas in the back and he scoredthe tieing run.

The visitors soon took the joy out oflife, for McElligott doubled to open theninth. McGinnity hit Kuhn. Hagermansacrificed the runners up a peg. McGin-nity took Streeter's tap and he got Mc-Elligott at the plate. Kuhn went to thirdon the play. As Streeter started forsecond McGlade shot the ball to Mc-Ginnity and he to Woodworth, wherethey trapped Streeter. Kuhn scored asWoodworth tried to run Streeter down.

It was a great contest full of high classfielding and plenty of fight on the partof the players. The 1,600 fans who sawthe contest were well paid for theirtrouble.

Score: R. FT. E.Briscoes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1—3 10 2Staleys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0—2 5 1

Hagerman and Brenegan, Allen; Mc-Ginni ty and McGlade.

HALAS' HOMER WINSA home run drive by George Halas

won the third and deciding game of theseries with the Briscoes on July 4. Thefinal score was 7 to 5.

Al Collamore attempted to stage acomeback and had considerable more suc-cess than he did in the opening game.He also poled a homer, which gave himthe hitting honors for the Briscoes.

Four runs greeted Collamore in thefirst frame the same as in the Saturdaygame. He walked Meinert to startthings. Woodworth forced him at sec-ond. Pahlman and Halas each took freetransportation. Demmitt delivered atriple that scored Woodworth and Pahl-man. Halas went to third. Demmittstole second. Hemingway singled andtwo more counted. »v We added another in the second. Mc-Glade walked and Young sacrificed himto second. Meiner t singled to left , Mc-Glade stopping at third. Tooley fum-bled Woodworth's tap and McGlade tal-lied. Meinert was out at the plate on anattempted double steal.

The visitors were helpless before thepitching of Young unt i l - the sixth whenthe Briscoes put across two runs. Colla-more delivered his homer to start it.Streeter doubled to right. Tooley and

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Dunckle went out but Vic Saier's singlescored Streeter.

They added one more in the seventh.McElligott walked with one athlete re-tired. Kuhn singled to left and Dem-mitt threw out McElligott with a beau-tiful peg to Hemingway. Kuhn tooksecond on the play and scored on Colla-more's second hit, a single.

In the eighth the Briscoes tied thegame at 5 all. Tolley walked. Dunckleflew out, Saier also walked. Brenegandoubled to left and two runs came in.He was out at third trying for a triple.

The fans were given a real finish inthe Staley half of the eighth when Pahl-man singled infield and then Halas un-corked his four-base blow. The visitorswere not able to do anything in theirlast attempt at bat.

Score: R. H, K.Staleys 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 *—7 10 0Briscoes 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0—5 10 1

Young and McGlade; Collamore andBrenegan.

TWILIGHT GAMEIt remained for the first twilight game

of the year on Staley Field to also pro-duce the first extra inning game theStarchworkers have played on the homelot.

It took Joe McGinnity's nine elevenframes to down the K. I. T. team ofLouisville, Ky. Clyde Seib and Bacon,an old team mate of Lefty Pahlman'sdown in the Texas League, staged aneat hurling battle. Seib had the bestof the argument, allowing but seven hitsand fanning 14 of the visitors.

After the second inning when theLouisville team secured three runs theynever had a chance to win. In the elev-enth Guy Chamberlain came throughwith a double to left that scored Halasfrom second and the contest was put inthe win column just as the sun wentdown.

The K. I. T. team put over a counterin the first spasm. Brooks walked.Thieman sacrificed him to second. Hallshot out a single and Brooks counted.Staleys came right back and took thelead in their half. Meinert shot one atLong too hot to handle. On a hit andrun play Woodworth busted one to deepcenter and Meinert came all the way tothe counting station. Pahlman sacrificedWoodworth to second. Halas fanned butRay Demmitt scored Woodworth with asingle.

In the second the visitors had theirpicnic. Maver walked. Long hit toHalas and Woodworth dropped the pegat second. Schulz whiffed the air. Ba-

con tripled to right, scoring Maver andLong. Hemingway took Thieman's tapand threw wild to first. Pahlmantouched him with the ball as he went bybut the umps said No, and Bacon scoredon the play.

Staleys added one to their total in thefifth. McGlade sent out a single. Seibflew out to Burke. Meinert forced Mc-Glade at second. Woodworth tripled,scoring Meinert.

We tied the count in the sixth. Halashit to . Schultz and he overthrew first,Halas going to second. Demmitt wentout, Long to Simpson, but Hemingwaysingled and Halas scored.

In the eleventh Halas walked. Dem-mitt hit to Long and Schultz took hisfoot off the bag as George reached sec-ond. Hemingway flew out. Chamberlainpicked out one to his liking and droveit to deep left, scoring Halas from sec-ond. It would have been good for atriple.

Hall secured three of the visitors' hitswhile Woodworth and Demmitt eachdrove out two for Staleys.

Score: R. H. E.Staleys 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 — 5 9 2K. T. T 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 7 4

Seib and McGlade; Bacon and Hall.

TRIM SANGAMOSThe Illinois Sangamos of Springfield,

after winning two out of three from theStarchworkers on their own ball dia-mond, came over to Staley Field July 9and 10, where they were given two soundspankings by McGinnity's crew to thetune of 10 to 1 and 11 to 2.

Harry Rush, an old Staley favorite dur-ing the 1920 seas_on and who made thespring training trip with the Browns andthen won several games for ClarenceRowlands' Columbus club in the Ameri-can Association, took a shot at his formermates in the Saturda'y game and wasgreeted with 11 base hits.

While Harry never had a chance to winthe ball game, his mates put up a raggedgame behind him, making a total of 6errors, which helped the Staleys pile upthe runs.

Jack Kotzelnick, who won the onlyvictory the Starchworkers were able tograb on Springfield soil, was in the boxagainst the meter men, and while he waspasted for 12 hits, the old southpaw puton the brakes any -time the visi torslooked dangerous, and they onlv man-aged to chalk up one counter. Williams'triple in the eighth, followed by Ale-welt's single gave them the only run,

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THE INTERCEPTING SEWER(Continued from Page 6)

this section of the sewer was at a depthof thirty feet or more and was con-structed by means of tunnelling throughthe bluffs. The contract price of theirwork was about $325,000.00 This workwas finished the past winter and bidson the lower section, that part lying be-tween the Wabash Railroad and the siteof the treatment plant were requested,and the firm of Birt & Driscoll wereagain fortunate in securing the work,which will be completed by about Octo-ber 1. This part will cost about $140,-000.00.

The lower section of the pipe line isbeing built of concrete pipe five feet indiameter, which are cast near the site ofthe work and hauled to the job one at atime. There they are placed in theirproper location by means of a steamshovel which excavates a trench through

Showing Steel Forms Used for Making Concrel

a bank graded at the proper height lastyear and allowed to settle. Above thepoint where the pre-cast pipe are used,a monolithic concrete pipe is being castin place. The work of setting the pre-cast pipe has just started but the mono-lithic pipe are being placed at -the rateof about 100 feet per day.

Plans for the disposal plant consistingof Imhoff tanks and sprinkling filtershave been completed, and work on itwill probably start about September ofthis year. When completed, the plantwill represent an outlay of about $700,-000.00, and will no doubt be a completesolution of the problem which has beenfacing the City of Decatur for the pastten years or more. The effluent will haveno deleterious effect on fish life or on theatmosphere in the vicinity of the river,and instead of being what it is now, prac-tically an open sewer, the Sangamon willbe one of the playgrounds of Central Il-linois.

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te Tile; the Finished Product Is in Background.

TRIM SAN GAM OS(Continued from Page 15)

We put over a couple in the firstframe. After two were down Pahlmansingled. He stole second and went tothird when Ford's peg went out to centerfield after grazing Lefty at second. Hal-as stepped up to the plate and gave theagate a ride to the right for the circuit.

We kept up the procession in the sec-ond. Hemingway was retired but Cham-berlain doubled to left. McGlade singledand Chamberlain came home. He wentto second on the heave to the plate byAlewelt and took third when the ball gotaway from Ford. Kotzelnick hit a highbouncer that allowed McGlade to scorewhile Rush threw out Kotzelnick.

Rush was master from the second un t i lthe sixth. Pahlman singled in thatframe. He stole second. TIalas flew outto short. Demmitt hit to English and

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Pahlman scored when English tossedthe ball over Rush's head at first.

In the seventh three more came across.English dropped Ford's peg on Chamber-lain's tap in front of the plate. Cham-berlain stole second and went to third onMcGlade^s infield out. Kotzelnick scoredhim with a single. Meinert lined out atriple that registered Kotzelnick. Wood-worth flew out. Pahlman singled andMeinert counted.

• Two more were put over in the eighthon hits by Chamberlain and McGlade anda couple of errors.

Score: R. H. E.Staleys 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 *—10 11 2Sangamos . .0 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 0— 1 12 6

Kotzelnick and McGlade; Rush andFord.

CLEAN SWEEPAlthough they put up a much better

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the Sangamo pitchers, Murray and Che-lewa, couldn't stand the pace against theStaley artillery and the Springfield clubtook another bad beating, the score being11 to 2 this time.

George Halas came through with an-other homer that gave us three of thefour runs we made in the opening in-ning, and there was nothing to it afterthat, with Ranny Young turning out ahigh class exhibition of twirling. Heheld the Sangamos to seven hits, threeof which came in the ninth. Youngwas given gilt edge support by his matesthroughout the game. In the first inningwith Meinert down Woodworth singled.Wild man Murray hit Pahhnan in theback and then Halas lost the ball inthe lumber pile in right center. Dem-mitt counted the fourth run of the in-ning when he walked, stole second, wassacrificed to third by Hemingway andscored on Chamberlain's hit.

After that Murray held the locals hit-less for three innings, but in the fifththey got to him again for four hits.Meinert walked. Buster Woodworthdrove the ball between Alewelt and Zookfor a home run. Pahlman and Halaswere retired. Demmitt tripled. Hem-ingway scored him with a hit. Chamber-lain came through with a hit and thatwas all for Murray. Chelewa, whohurled a few innings for the Hawthorneshere earlier in the season, took up thepitching work and retired the side.

The next inning he was given a'tasteof Starchworkers' hitting. With onedown, Woodworth slammed out his thirdhit of the day. Pahlman walked. Halasdoubled, scoring Woodworth, and Pahl-man drew up at third. Ray Demmittsingled to right and both Pahlman andHalas tallied.

Chelewa got by in good style for theremainder of the game, although Mein-ert's single, his stolen base and a doubleby Pahlman gave us another counter inthe eighth.

By their showing in the two gamesthe Sangamos lost a lot of prestige theyhad earned by taking two out of the firstthree games with the Staleys, but Man-ager Good of the Capitol City team wasso provoked with their work that hefired all but four or five of the ball play-ers and went on a scouting trip for newtalent. He realized they didn't comparewith the Starchworkers.

Score: R. H. E.Staleys 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 *—11 12 0Sangamos . . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 — 2 7 0

Young and Watkins; Murray, Chelewaand McCurdy.

LOSE TO GIANTSRube Foster's American Giants won

the first of a three game series from Sta-leys Thursday, July 14, in a well playedgame by a 4 to 1 score.

The colored players showed a highclass brand of baseball both on the de-fensive and offensive end of the game,being past masters in the art of bunting.

Despite the fact they are known as thebest colored team in existence with aclub made up of players from' the bestavailable talent, the Starchworkersplayed them even with the exception ofthe third stanza, when the defensecracked and they put over three counters.

Grant, the tall first sacker, singled toopen the fatal third. Johnson tappedlightly to Woodworth, and both weresafe when the Woodworth-Halas com-bination went bad on the play, Wood-worth getting credit for a boot. Mai-archer bunted to Seib and he made theplay at third with the runner beating theball to the bag.

Halas retired Grant at the plate whenDe Moss hit sharply to him. Woodsingled past Hemingway, scoring John-son. Demmitt's fine peg to McGladetrapped Malarcher between third andhome. He got back to third but De Mosshad come up from second and Halas ranhim down for a put out. Malarcherstarted for home and Halas had himcaught in a trap only to heave over Mc-Gladc's head, allowing Malarcher toscore. Wood went to third during theexcitement and scored on Torrientie'ssingle.

Their last run came in the eighth.With one down De Moss singled. Woodflew out to Woodworth. De Moss pil-fered second. Torrientie was walked onpurpose and then J. Brown busted asingle that counted the second sacker.

George Halas produced our only scoreof the ball game in the fourth when hedelivered his fourth homer in the lastfive games. The Staley captain hit theball to deep right; the colored boys neverhad a chance to make a play for him. .

Several other Staley rallies were cutdown by beautiful fielding on the partof B. Williams at short, Malarcher atthird and Grant on first.

Johnson, a former l ieutenant in thearmy, opposed Clyde Seib and pitchinghonors were about equal. Seib allowednine hits while Johnson was touched forseven.

Score: R. H. E.Am. Giants . . 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0—4 9 0Staleys 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0—1 7 4

Johnson and J. Brown: Seib and Mc-Glade,

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WE WIN SECONDThe American Giants received a taste

of defeat in the second game Friday andwith their twirling ace T. Williams onthe mound.

Although the Starchworkers made livebobbles during the game, they slammedthe old pill when hits meant runs, andcopped a 6 to 4 contest.

Both teams were fighting for the con-test, and it furnished the fans, to thenumber of 1,300, plenty of excitementduring the nine frames.

Lefty Pahlman, with a home rundrive in the first inning, featured thegame, although George Halas came tothe front with two hits.

It was one of those contests wherethe result is always in doubt, and even inthe ninth the Chicago team had two menon the bases where a single would havetied the count, but the hit wasn't forth-coming.

Ranny Young started the contest forus, although in a weakened conditionfrom an attack of stomach trouble, andwas forced to retire in favor of Kotzel-nick before the first inning had beencompleted. Happy Jack turned out aneat exhibition and won a well deservedvictory.

The Giants put over a couple of runsin the first on Young. Malarcher walked.On a hit and run play De Moss drovethe ball through Halas' territory andMalarcher pulled up at third. GeorgeWatkins had a passed ball and Malarch-er scored with De Moss taking second.Wood sacrificed him to third and thenYoung fanned Torrientie. Guy Cham-berlain misjudged Brown's fiy, the ballfalling safe for a two base blow thatallowed De Moss to score. Young madea wild chuck to secon.d in an effort tocatch the runner napping and he wentto third. Williams was passed and Mc-Ginnity sent in Kotzelnick. Jack caught „Williams off first on the first ball andPahlman, Hemingway and Watkins gotBrown between third and home. Happywas given a big hand by the fans.

They went scoreless until the f i f th ,when De Moss was hit by a wilfl curve.Wood flew out but Torrientie singled,sending the runner to third from wherehe scored, when Watkins' peg got awayfrom Hemingway. A double play unas-sisted by Watkins saved Staleys of con-siderable trouble in this frame.

Hits by Gardner, Grant and T. Wil-liams gave the colored team their lasttally in the sixth. They also threat-ened in the seventh and ninth but couldnot register.

Our first run came in the opening» 19

frame when Pahlman slapped the agatefor a circuit drive. In the second RayDemmitt doubled. Hemingway followedsuit in quick order, scoring Ray. Headvanced to third on Chamberlain's outand scored when Kotzelnick's drive wasdropped by Lyons in left.

Woodworth started the third with asingle. Pahlman went down. Halas gotcredit for a hit on a neat slide to first.Woodworth scored from third on Dem-mitt's infield out.

In the fifth we counted another. Pahl-man singled and stole second. A wildpeg to first by Williams allowed Leftyto register. The final Staley run was theresult of Jack Kotzelnick's double toleft, which scored Chamberlain, afterMarshall, who relieved Williams in theeighth, had walked him.

Score: R. H. E.Staleys 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 *—6 10 SAm. Giants . . 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0—4 11 3

Young, Kotzelnick and McGlade; T.Williams, Marshall and J. Brown.

LOSE FINAL GAMERube Foster caught Joe McGinnity's

pitching staff in a bad way Saturday andromped home with the third and decid-ing game of the series by a score of 14to 5.

Young was sick, Koezelnick hadworked the day before and with thePontiac contest listed for Sunday, withSeib slated to twirl, it was up to Joe togo in the box himself.

The colored team took a liking to hisofferings, and after they had rapped outeight hits for seven runs in the first fourinnings the boss called Chamberlain infrom right field and he did the throwingfor the next five frames.

Chamberlain simply laid them over theplate and the Chicago team secured 13hits and seven more runs. It was a hardblow for the 1,900 fans who came outto see a real battle, but it couldn't behelped.

Foster sent to Chicago for his starsouthpaw, D. Brown, and Brown morethan looked good, holding the Staleys toa couple of hits the first seven innings.In the eighth the Starchworkers got tohim for four hits and four runs.

De Moss and Torrientie were the hit-ting stars for the visitors the former get-ting four blows out of six times up,while Torrientie secured three. A homerand a triple were mixed up among them.Gardner also shot out a homer.

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part of the game with Schaefer going toshort, Halas in the outfield and Wood-worth back to second.

Score: R. H. E.Am. Giants.. 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 4 0—14 21 1Staleys 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 — 5 6 3

D. Brown and J. Brown; McGinnity,Chamberlain and McGlade, A. Watkins.

DEFEAT PONTIACSunday, July 17, the Starchworkers

journeyed to Pontiac, a live little townof nine thousand inhabitants in Living-ston County, to show the citizens justhow the Decatur club plays baseball.

Now Pontiac had been taking all theteams to a cleaning, and with Moose Ro-mine, the former Bloomington Three-Eyestar as their hurler, they figured theStarchworkers would find the goingrough.

Romine found that pitching againstThree-Eye hitters was pie compared tothe Staley sluggers and when the cloudof battle had settled, 15 hits had beenmade off his deliver}', for an 8 to 2 Staleywin.

Five of the hits were neatly executedbunts that had Romine and Ginnichio thethird sacker up in the air, while the restwere solid smacks to all parts of thefield.

Eddie Hemingway, Decmitt and Halaswere the sluggers with three blows totheir credit. Walter Meinert wasn't farbehind with a homer and single to hiscredit.

Seib did the flinging for the Starch-workers and after seeing his mates putover five runs in the third, took thingseasy for the rest of the game, althoughthe home team was only able to counttwice.

Pontiac fans were willing to admit af-ter the game that the Staley nine wasall that had been claimed for them, asthe McGinnity crew besides hitting dida lot of classy base running and fielding.

Score: R. H.E.Staleys O O S 0 1 0 0 2 0—8 IS 1Pontiac . . . .0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0—2 9 5

Seib and McGlade; Romine and Demp-sey.

Mother—"No, Willie, for the third timeI tell you that you can't have anothernickel."

Willie—"Darn it, I don't see where Pagits the idea you're always changin' yourmind."—Judge.

"You look sweet enough to eat," heremarked.

She said, "I do? Where shall we go?"

His Early TrainingThe detail had just arrived near the

front lines when the captain lookedaround and noticed a private, hatless andcoatless.

"Where's the rest of your uniform?" hedemanded.

"Back where we came from.""Go back and get it."The private vanished and later reap-

peared, correctly uniformed but withouthis rifle.

"Where's your gun?""Left it back where we came from."

"Listen!" bellowed the captain. "You'rea fine soldier. What were you in civilianlife?"

"Plumber's assistant."—American Le-gion Weekly.

Ready to ForgetMagistrate—"Do you want a lawyer to

defend you?"Prisoner—"Not particularly, sir."Magistrate—"Well, what do you pro-

pose to do about the case?"Prisoner—"Oh, I'm quite willing to

drop it as far as I'm concerned."—Lon-don Punch.

There Was a Reason"I know a man that has been married

thirty years and he spends all his even-ings at home."

"That's what I call love.""Oh, no, it's paralysis." — Cornell

Widow.

Daughter—"Shall I take an umbrellaand post this letter, mother?"

Mother—"No, stay in the house. Itisn't a fit night for a dog to be out. Letyour father post the letter."—Exchange.

The DrawbackAn American tourist in Scotland took a

great fancy to a handsome collie he saw,and offered to buy it. The owner asked"some questions, and on learning that itwas the would-be purchaser's intentionto take "Jack" to America, refused to partwith the dog.

Just then an English tourist same, andhe also made a bid for the collie, which,though less than the first offer, was ac-cepted. The American was annoyed,and when the Englishman had departed,he said:

"You told me you wouldn't sell yourdog."

"Na, na," replied the canny Scot. "Isaid I couldna part wi' him. Jock'll beback in a day or two, never fear. But hecouldna swim the Atlantic."—LondonOpinion.

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It was in the Heelands o' Scotland, ina quarry. There was a premature blastand after the lapse of a safe interval oftime, Sandy McPhierson ventured outfrom behind the ledge of rock. All a-tremble, he looked about and said:"Whoors Wully Sanderson?" "His haidwas blown off," said the foreman. "Naeluck, nae luck," sobbed Sandy, "do jeken wheer his haid went? Hesmoking my pipe."

The Error of His WaysIt was visiting day at the jail and the

uplifters were on deck."My good man," said one kindly lady,

"I hope that since you have come hereyou have had time for meditation andhave decided to correct your faults."

"I have that, mum," replied the prison-er in heartfelt tones. "Believe me, thenext job I pull, this baby wears gloves."—The American Legion Weekly.

No Irish There(Two Jews in a street car.) First Jew

—"I vill nefer go py Far Rockaway agaenfer de summer. Nothing but Irish ev-erywhere."

Second Jew—"It's de same at Saratoga,Abey it's alive mit Irish. I vish I couldgo vere dere was no Irish."

Mrs. Clancy (on the opposite seat)—"Yez can both go to h 1; y'll find noIrish there."

In these days of great variety of mer-chandise and the multi tude of divergentproducts gathered under one roof, thebuyer must specify.

"I want to look at some ranges," saida shopper recently.

"Certainly, madam," replied the politefloor walker, "rifle, kitchen or mountain?"—Printers' Ink.

"What are your hopes for the fu ture?"asked the solemn man.

"I have none, just now," replied theyouth. "Tomorrow is my girl's birthdayand I am worrying about the present."

Had Him WorriedJudge—"Now I don't expect to see you

here again, Rufus."Rufiis—"Not see me here again, Mr.

Judge? Why yo' all ain't goin to resignyou' job is you, Judge?"—Ex.

HORSE SENSE

If you work for a man, in Heaven's name, workfor him. If he pays wages that supply you yourbread and butter, work for him, speak well of him,think well of him, and stand by him, and stand bythe institution he represents. I think if I worked fora man, I would work for him. I would not workfor him a part of his time, but all of his time. Iwould give an undivided service or none. If putto the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a poundof cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn, andeternally disparage, why, resign your position, andwhen you get outside, damn to your heart's content.But I pray you, so long as yc$u are a part of an insti-tution, do not condemn it. Not that you will injurethe institution—not that—but when you disparagethe concern of which you are a part, you disparageyourself. And don't forget—"I forgot" won't doin business.—Elbert Hubbard.

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Important Changes in Our ManagementJust prior to July 1, too late for an-

nouncement in our July number, Mr. T.L. Wolf, traffic manager, and Mr. J. L.Anderson, starch sales manager, tenderedtheir resignations effective July 1. Thesegentlemen have been with us for a num-ber of years, serving the Company withloyalty, wisdom and energy, and all re-gret their absence. Mr. Anderson is tak-ing a long vacation with his family inWisconsin, prior to taking up the dutiesof his new position with the Corn Pro-ducts Company. Mr. Wolf is also givinghimself a deserved rest during the hotmonths preparatory to organizing a busi-ness of his own in Chicago. The Journalextends its best wishes to both for asuccessful future. Mr. Anderson's dutieshave been assumed by Mr. Johnson, pre-viously Glucose Sales Manager, now Gen-eral Sales Manager. Mr. Wolf has beensucceeded by Mr. T. C. Burwell, form-erly Mr. Wolf's assistant. Mr. Burwell'sformer position is filled by Mr. HarryBechtel, lately with the Wabash railroad.

DeathsThe sympathy of the plant is extended

to Mike Honold, whose daughter, XTellie,died July 19 af ter a brief illness.

To Jim Cook and Henry Dewey, bothof whom recently lost their mothers,their friends at Staleys would also ex-tend their sympathy.

By mistake a letter written by RedMays during his stay in the hospital,thanking the boys for their kindness dur-ing his illness, was not printed in lastmonth's Journal. He wants them all' toknow that he certainly did appreciatetheir thouahtfulness .

W. A. Neil, of the Kiln House, is theproud father of a nine pound boy bornJuly 7. Charley Hanson can stick outhis chest just a little farther because hisboy, born the 17th, weighed one poundmore than Neil's.

Evelyn Grant left the employ of theCompany July 15 to take a position withthe Decatur Brass Works. Sadie Schulzis taking her place in the Sales Depart-ment.

This cheerful youngster is Paul Howard Clark-son, son of Alex Clarkson.

Jack Mintun and Miss Mary Fry weremarried at Peoria, July 28.

Mike Honold wishes to express his sin-cere thanks to the boys for the flowerssent at the time of his recent bereave-ment.

Friend Wife—"You know, I thinksheep are the most stupid of all animals."

Hubby (absent mindedly)—"Yes, mylamb."

Another little girl whose first birthdaycame this month is Miss Persis An-nette Craig, daughter of M. E. Craigof the Packing House. She was bornJuly 7.

Word has been received from BuenosAires that Dorothy Baker Suddarth, ourformer editor, is the mother of a babygirl born July 4. We congratulate theyoung lady on choosing such a patrioticbirthday, and hope we may have herpicture for the Journal some time in thenear future.

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Settling a Big QuestionThe following dialogue recently oc-

curred in one of the tube mills, wheretwo colored workmen had not been get-ting along as amicably as they should:

"You jest keep on pesticatin' aroundwid me," declared one of the men, "an'you is gwine be able to settle a mightybig question for de sciumtific folks!"

"What question dat?" asked the other."Kin de dead speak!"

The ReasonMother—You mustn't ask so many

foolish questions, Gwendolyn. Motherdidn't do it when she was a lit t le girl.

Gwendolyn—I guess that's why thereare so many things that you can't tellus about now.

The Toiler"How is your new hired man?""Well," replied Farmer Jones, "he

broke two hoe handles yesterday.""Working so hard?""Xo, leaning on "em."

He—What would you do if I shouldsteal a kiss?

She—It all depends on whom you stealit from.

"What age would you say I was, youngsir?"

"Half of what you really are, dearlady."—Sans-Gene, (Paris).

The Wrong BottleThe light was always poor in the bath-

room. I had always told Hortense thatit was dangerous to have the medicinechest in the shadow. It was impossibleto tell the difference between the carbolicacid and the witch hazel without takingthe bottle out into the hall.

That night, after we had quarreled bit-terly, I heard her moving about in thebathroom, and then the clink of glassas she moved bottles about in the medi-cine chest. I had always predicted thatshe would get hold of the wrong bottlesome day.

She came out into the hall where Icould see her. She had. In her handwas the bottle of witch hazel.—Life.

About Child ProdigiesWe have a wee lit t le nephew who was

taught to read a story out of the primerabout see the birdie in the tree, etc., andbelieve it or not, that little fellah can nowpick up any old kind of a book and readthe very same story out of it.—"Tinus"in Under Cover.

They Say-That advice is like snow, the softer and

easier it falls, the more good it will do.That labor and capital will find it more

profitable to lock arms than to lockhorns.

That it pays in dollars and cents to getthe other fellow's viewpoint; anyway, itsinexpensive.

That immortality would be of little useto that person t who cannot employ wellan idle hour.

That a candidate should always betreated as a gentleman; if he is anythingelse he has no business in your camp.

That you may vanquish your foesalone, but you will need help when itcomes to dealing with relations.

That which costs but little is, in theminds of most men, worth but little;don't put your price too low.

That people who complain about beingmisunderstood should reflect on howmuch worse it would be to be understoodtoo well.

That the duration of a pleasure con-templated and the length of the repent-ance to follow should be carefullyweighed before indulging.

That Gideon Bibles in hotel rooms forsinful salesmen are good things. Thatbeing the case, the cuss that fixes therates ought to have-a half dozen.

That the "annual member" who comesup once a year to help run the campmust feel an awful sense of responsibil-ity: ever notice his look of self-import-ance?

That the highest criticism is not thatwhich finds fault, but which discovershidden beauty and paths of ascent toheighths hitherto unattained, but acces-sible.

The New TwistBromide—"They say a bird in the hand

is worth two in the bush."Baseball Manager—"Huh! I've got

some birds on my hands that ought to beback in the bushes."

The Right ConditionsThe "Vtan of Law—"But, my dear

madam, there is no insurance money foryou to draw. Your late husband neverinsured his l ife, he's only had a policyagainst fire."

The Wonderful Widow—"Precisely."

Knockers"We have an old family knocker on

our front door.""We have one inside."—Baltimore

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And It Really WasA colored boy came into the Time of-

fice, and Ed Smith, feeling jovial, in-quired, "Is your name Ileger?" "No;"replied the dusky youth, "it's Smith."

Jack Fletcher is going to double his lifeinsurance before he ventures forth toride with John White again.

Art Watkins needs some new pistonsin his new Ford sedan. Mitchell saysthat he will keep tab on the restaurantup stairs and when they start to servingtomatoes, he will get four empty tomatocans, and will put the four new pistonsin for him.

We are wondering if Art hasn't someempty cans, for we hear that he doteson canned fruit .

Stop, Look and Listen!There is a human parasite in Table

House No. 2, known as Edwin Peters.He smokes O. P. cigarettes, chews M. D.tobacco and wears D. P. boots. He tooka friend of his to the show the othernight and on pay day asked him to re-turn the thirty cents. George Long's boy won three medals

for good conduct while in college, butGeorge says he doesn't take after his fa-ther.

Windy says that he has it on the bestauthority that Dutch Sternaman alwayswore celluloid collars until the presentvogue for soft collars began. And thenthey say the world isn't getting anybetter.

Not Quite So Hopeless, DutchDutch—I could dance on like this for-

ever.The Girl—Oh, I'm sure you don't mean

that! You're bound to improve.

L. B. Humiston has left for GraniteCity on a business trip, with a basket,fishing rod and gun.

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R E A S O NO M E R

A QREAT HURRY

Sometimes our boys joy ride out in therural districts and occasionally get intotrouble through disregarding "Keep Out"signs. Recently a farmer "tangled up"with Homer Neal, so Homer tells us,and after interviewing both the farmerand Homer we find it occurred as fol-lows:

WHAT THE FARMER SAID TOHOMER NEAL

Get you away from inside my fence,Crank your Ford and get thee hence,You and others of your ilk,Come slipping in as soft as silk,Disturbing my poultry and my swine,

My horses and my lowing kine:Tramping the grass that's growing fine,Better you beat it down the line;Always when night follows day,.1 have to chase you guys away;My pasture is no place to play.You'd better listen to what I say.

WHAT HOMER NEAL SAID TOTHE FARMER

I am just an orphan boy,Riding around seeking joy,I will do, sir, all you say,Hereafter I will keep away,If there is damage I will pay.I'm sorry, sir, and alas,

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My heart is grieved that I tramped yourgrass,

Yes, sir, I will crank my car.And soon from here I'll be afar.Surely, sir, the air I'll burn,I'll travel as fast as wheels can turn,I'm quite wobbly, sir, at the knees,I'm feeling like a piece of cheese,Be easy on me, Mr. Farmer, please?

OUR ADVICE TO HOMER NEALIt's better to travel the narrow path,Than to excite the farmer's wrath,Stay in the road, don't climb the fence,Then none will say "Get thee hence."Don't give the farmer any "Sass,"Never, never, tramp down his grass,Then you will not need to run.And the farmer af ter you with a gun.We all know how bad you feel,And we are for you, Homer Ncal.

Better stay away from the AuditingDepartment, Johnny, there aren't any G.E. motors there.

Red Mav is drinking buttermilk to getfat.

Joe McGinnity likes his meat rare.

Robacek may be boss at Staley's pump-ing station, but he doesn't get very fararguing with a policeman.

Things look lively around the mill-wright shoo when Stimmel and Adolphagree to disagree.

Looks as if things are getting seriousfor Frank Moore. We hear he is lookingfor a house to rent, and he's not takingany time off so he can afford a trip toMichigan a l i t t 'e later on.

Dudley Bouren has taken out a mem-bership card in the Holy Roller DancingClub, with headquarters at 2600 EastSangamon street. Dudley surely hasWindy backed to the wall when it comesto the old-fashioned square dance.

Dulcie Chandler, our li t t le sewingroom girl, hasn't been the same sincea certain young man got laid off, and isalways asking Heinie when he is comingback. Have a heart, Mr. Broadbear.

John White is our latest Ford expert.Xow he can run everything but a cashregister.

Ed Borchers is keeping his car out inthe yard now to see if the sun won'ttake some of the kinks out of it.

Reul\en Grolla, better known as Otto,is getting to be some swimmer. If youdon't believe it, just ask the gang.

All public-spirited citizens are urgentlyasked to contribute to the fund beingraised to buy Doc West a 'new pair ofoveralls.

Stubby Kolb carried water all morn-ing to earn his way into the circus, andMiller agreed to help pull up the tentstakes if they would let him in.

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Johnny Shyer, who has recently beentransferred back to his old position ofchief electrician oiler, is now King ofthe Fiat-Footed Duck Raisers, havingbought a duck ranch east of the borderline off 7th Street. Johnny will speakon the gentle art of duck-raising everyThursday evening at the Pines. Nodoubt this latest venture of Johnny's is

the result of his desire to compete withhis boss, whose entrance into the chickenbusiness aroused so much public interest.

After looking at the shirt George Wat-kins has been wearing for the last threeor four weeks, the boys want to knowif the lake has gone dry.

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Windy Once More a HeroMorgan O'Brien took his little boy to

see the circus parade and got so inter-ested in the elephants that he wanderedaway and got lost in the crowd. Had itnot been for Mr. Andrew Lotshaw, whohappened along just in time to join inthe search for the missing parent andsucceeded in waylaying him, Morganmight still be following the elephantsand the Staley Company would be minusa safety engineer.

Some ShotThe Irish night watchman at the ob-

servatory was new. He paused to watcha man peering through a large telescope.Just then a star fell.

"Man oloive," he exclaimed in amaze-ment. "You're shure a foine shot."—N.C. R. News.

No DoubtJim—"I wonder what was done with

all of the terrible machinery for destruc-tion left from the war."

Tim—"A large part of it must havebeen taken over for use by Americanlaundries."

Tha'sh RightThe Wobblv One—"Offisher, did you

shee me f-fall?"Officer—"Yes."The Wobbly One—"Had you ever

sh-sheen me before?"Officer—"No."The Wobbly One—"Then how d'did

you know it wash me?"

Polite QueryCape Codders are proverbial for their

calm demeanor and economical languageunder all circumstances.

Hi Brown, a fisherman, was out in hisdorv visiting his lobster Dots, when asailboat filled wi fh summer residents cap-sized. He rowed up to the c^aft and,addressing its late occupants, who wereclinging to the keel shrieking for aid,indicated his boat hospitablv and asked:

"Mornin', everybody. Hadn't ye betterget in?"

A lad in a Chi"aaro school refused tolearn to sew. evidently deeming it be-neath the d i fn i tv of a ten-vear-old man.

"George WashinTt^n sewed." said theinstructor, "he took it for granted that asoldier must Do you consider vourselfbetter than George Washington?"

"I don't know," said the boy, seriously,"time will tell."

It was one of those rare occasionswhen a famous lawyer had lost a case,and he wasn't feeling very happy overit.

"Your profession doesn't make angelsout of men, does it?" said a medicalfriend, teasingly.

"Xo, retorted, the lawyer, "that's onething we leave to you doctors!''—Pear-son's Magazine.

Cohen' (entering delicatessen store)—Gif me some of that salmon.

Prop.—That's not salmon, that's ham.Cohen—Veil. Who asked you what it

vas?—Exchange.

A jolly young chemistrj' bluff,While making a compound of stuff.

Held a match to the vial.And after a while

They found his front teeth and a cuff.—The Pretzel.

A construction gang was working on asection of railroad where the mud wasexcessively deep. The boss was restingin a shanty nearby when suddenly heheard a workman shout:

"Queek, queek, bringa da pick, bringada shov, Antonio stuck in da mud!"

And the boss, making a megaphone ofhis hands, shouted back:

"How far in?""Uo to hees knees.""Well, then let him walk out," the boss

replied disgustedly."Oh, but he can no walk, he wronga

end up!"—Exchange.

A Cat-AstrophyThe small boy's head bobbed over the

garden fence and a meek, l i t t le voiceasked:

"Please, Mrs. Briggs, may I have myarrow?"

"Yes, dear, certainly," she answered,beaming, "Tell me where it fell and Iwill get it for you."

"Please," came the hesitating reply, "1fink it fell into your cat."

At Command"I don't suppose you keep anything so

civilized as dog biscuits in this one-horse,run-down jaytown, do you?" the touristcustomer snarled.

"Oh, yes, stranger," the village mer-chant responded, pleasantly.

"Quite a few folks like you comethrough from the city, and we aim tohave everything called for. Have 'em ina bag, or eat 'em here?"

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HEAR IN THE MOON^-That E. G. Ragsdale is reconciled to the fact that his Ford and fiddle are lost, strayed,

or stolen;That he had his Ford tuned to play Hi Lee, High Low, while he played Dixie on

his fiddle;That the violin was an heir-loom handed down from several generations of ancestors

and made in Kanistatcha during the Stone Age.

That the hot spell on Mother Earth has played havoc with the morale of the ballplayers.

That instead of playing the national game as it ought to be played, they are tryingto eat each other alive;

That ninety per cent of the ball fans want to see clean sport, peace, harmony andteam-work.

That Dutch Sternaman, l ike the patriarchs of old, is going to take unto himself awife:

That he has consulted several mediums and clairvoyants about his matrimonial in-tentions;

That if Dutch were an inhabitant of the Fiji Islands some damsel would put a ringin his nose and lead him around by it.

That Bill Ooten says the largest bridge in the world is located in Vandal ia ;That when the bridge was thrown open for traffic there were three mil l ion people

present;That the Old Home Town is getting more and more attractive to Bill every day.

That it is alarming how many injured fingers the plant fraternity are now exhibiting;That in parading up and down in f ront of the Boss' office the bandaged fingers

are always pointing heavenward;That it seems to have become a fad and the sore finger is a distinctive mark among

you amusing mortals.

That history and tradition tell us the birthplace of Father Abraham was in Meso-potamia;

That Father Klumpp was born in Wurtensberg, one of the German states;That Abraham lived 600 years and Father Klumpp expects to live 700 years.

That white mule has a wonderful effect on some of Mother Earth's inhabitants ;That it makes a man embrace a lamp post instead of his wife, and the pauper thinks

he is a millionaire while under its influence;That it excels the Kentucky mule or Missouri mule, its kick being uncanny.

Yours truly,THE MAN IN THE MOON.

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Roland and Oliver, who lived duringthe time of Charlemagne, fought fivedays without gaining the slightest advan-tage over each other, but their record isas nothing compared to that establishedby some loving wives and husbands.—"Tinus" in Under Cover.

In June—He told the shy maid of his love,The color left her cheeks,1'ut on the shoulder of his coatI t showed for several weeks—

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