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DAY IS PAST WHEN
\
“Loss Is Nerve” Pointed to
as Chief Trouble in Wall
Street Today
IS REFLECTED AMONG
ALL BIG FINANCIERS
Tariff Is Rarely Mentioned and Busi
ness Interests Are Now Eager to
Have It Passed as Speed
ily at Possible
By HOI.T.AM)
New York, June 9.—(Special.)—The day
(a past when any single group ran doml- |
nate the money market as Commodore
Vanderbilt and Daniel Drew were able to
do when they thought it best, although
neither of them possessed more than $15.
000,000 when they did occasionally corner
the market. Today $15,000,000 Is not es
teemed a very larg^ or influential capital,
end the man who possesses no more than
that would not have to be reckoned with
in important financing.
Jay Gould was able, as be thought, to
corner the gold market 40 years ago, hut
no man could do that now, nor could any
group of men. Therefore, whatever be
the cause for the demoralized conditions
which have prevailed so long in the securi
ties market or whatever influence may
have created the money stringency i.iese
cannot be attributed to any group of
bankers or to any individual who pos
sesses very large capital. The influence
and the causes are nation wide. The
Wall street exchange does no more than
reflect feelings that prevail throughout
the country* and, to some extent, In conti
nental Europe.
One valuable lesson, it is believed here,
may be learned, at least by those who
want to learn, by recent market disclos
ures and conditions. That is that the se
curities market In this city is not a local
institution at all, but is representative of
economic conditions throughout the coun
try and reflects these conditions. Jn the
disastrous collapse in the quotable values
of securities which occurred last week
there was little of local significance. Much
the greater part of the selling of securi
ties reflected necessities in Europe or die
apprehensions which prevail throughout
mi- 1’nited .states respecting business and
financial conditions. There have been in
ti mu lions that some renewed investiga
tions into what Is generally called “Wall |
street" are speedily to be begin. Hut!
if these investigations are commanded j
and are fairly conducted they will disclose;
that investors all over the country at
tempted to market their securities and
naturally sought the country’s chief mar
ket for transactions of this kind.
The Lost Nerve
A statement recently made for publica
tion by Sir George Paish, the leading
English authority upon economic ami
financial subjects, contains an expression
or single term which has been accepted
here ns an epigrammatic definition of.con
ditions which have for some lime charac
terised the United Slates. The demonstra
tion ol these conditions! has been for many
months made in the New York Stock ex
change quotations, as well as the stag
nation of barter and dealings.
Sir George is quoted as having said for
publication that investors in the United
States have, like investors in France and
Germany, lost their nerve. Everyone who
is familiar with the daily course of events
in the New York Stock exchange for the
past tight or 10 months lias explained
the lethargic and at times demoralized
condition by saying that a great wave of
apprehension, timidity, lack of confidence,
has made American investors, or the pub
lic, timid. This feeling lias been attrib
uted to several causes. Some of them are
world wide, like the Balkan war diffi
culty and the excessive demand for new
capital, which lias been made both by na
tions ami by private or corporate interests.
In addition, the suspicion is strong that
American capital lias become timid for
political reasons. It is a fact that many
business men still wonder whether they
are carrying on their affairs in obedience
to the Sherman law and to state statutes
or whether they have unwittingly violated
the laws.
There is no question that the prosecu
tion of men hitherto of unlmpeached rep
utation and unsullied personal character,
a class represented by Herbert L. Sntter
iee, Mr. Morgan's son-in-law, and Charles
F. Brooker, a man of great public spirit,
identified with important manufacturing
interests, member for some years for Con
necticut of the republican national com
mittee, tended to unnerve business men
all over the country. These men were in
dicted, prosecuted and punished because
of alleged conspiracy in creating a certain
business pool. It was demonstrated that
the instant the members of this alleged
pool were told by counsel that their agree
ment might be found by the courts a vio
lation of the Sherman law the pool was
dissolved. Two years later these reputable
men were prosecuted, although they never
had intended to disobey' the law, and aban
*'fd their agreement when advised that
they possibly were violating the statute.
x lie government won a victory, but It
has always been felt that it might have
been better had the government been
satisfied with a ptoral victory. For al
The Hills
Are Always Healthy
The mountain people are proverbially strong and sturdy. The
dry, high altitudes are a-tingle with vital forces. If you’re spent
and worn; if your mind is sluggish; if your ideas come slow; if
you’re jaded, tired and draggy—it’s time to cut the traces of your
tasks and strike out for Colorado.
Don’t charge the trip to your expense account—enter it as an
investment. You’ll do so much more for the rest of the year—
you’ll work so much better—so much faster, you’ll think so much
more clearly, you’ll be so much more efficient and alert that you’ll
profit both physically and financially. The
Rock Island Lines
m
through sleeping car to Colorado
offers the best service to the Rockies. Electric lighted, fan cooled
sleeper through to Colordo Springs, Denver and Pueblo, via
Memphis and Kansas City. Dining car service all the way.
The Colorado Flyer from St. Louis and the Rocky Mountain
Limited from Chicago, one night on the road trains—offer splendid
service for those desiring to go by St. Louis or Chicago.
If you can afford to go anywhere,you can afford a Colorado vacation
Board and room $7 per week up.
Hundreds of good hotels and boarding houses offer good board for as low
as %1 per week, and rooms at $3 per week.
Low Fares Daily, June 1 to September 30
Write or call for handsome Colorado hook; and let this
office help you plan your trip.
H. H. HUNT, District Passenger Agent
18 North Pryor Street, Atlanta, Ga.
Telephone, Main 661
DR. E. G. GRIFFIN’S
ALABAMA DENTAL ROOIVIS
109 1-2 IV. 20tti St. Over Collier’s
Phone 6001 Hour** 8-0; Suutlitya 0-1
| Platen mn<le In 8 bourn
$5
Set of Teeth ..... .$5
Gold Crowns.$4'
Bridge Work.$4
Fillings in Proportion
All Work Guaranteed
Consultation Free
Louis V. Clark & Co.
GENERAL INSURANCE
Bonds, Liability, Steam Boiler, Fire
CALL—PHOXR—WRITE
Pavrtk Avenue and 20 tb S* Pbonc 007 P. O. Box 9S1
though these indicted conspirators were
compelled to pay fines each of $1000, there
by establishing warnings for all business
to heed, nevertheless the warning itself
has made business men of the highest
character and of unquestiohed personal In
tegrity excessively nervous. They wonder
if they are unwittingly violating the law
like Mr. Satterlee and Mr. Brooker.
This undoubtedly was a contributary
cause to a condition which Sir George
Paish describes as a loss of nerve in the
United States.
Not the Tariff
Should there be any investigation into
the activities or the lethargies of the Wall
street district, one thing is likely to be
clearly established, and that is that the
certainty that a new tariff law will be
enacted within a few weeks, practically
on the lines of the Underwood bill, lias
had little or no influence In creating the
demoralization of the Wall street district.
There the tariff is seldom discussed. The
Underwood bill is accepted as a certainty.
The hope is that the bill will speedily be
come law, so that business can the sooner
adjust itself to its Provisions.
The (ireat Crops
But there is some apprehension lest ttn*
very magnitude of the promised crops
may of itself entail serious financial em- I
barrassment this fall. A very great crop
in a \ <*ar of money distress is an embar
rassment. There was experience of that
last fall when just at the moment the
American banks were attempting to care
for the movement of the crops there came
dangerous conditions in JSurope. These led
to the selling of American securities in
enormous amounts. It is not expected that
next fall any difficulties due to a warlike
atmosphere will appear, notwithstanding
Japanese possibilities, but If the harvest is
to be as great as is its promise of today,
its very magnitude may entail great diffi
culties.
To Strengthen the Nerve
The opinion has been unanimous not
only in this financial center, but in all of
the larger ones of the United States, that 1
a great tonic would be furnished if the
interstate commerce commission should ,
grant the request of the eastern railroad
managers for a 5 per cent increase in
rates.
This opinion is vigorously expressed by ■
Sir George Paish, who says emphatically ,
that in considerable measure the distrust j
. oncerning American securities is trace
able to the refusal of the interstate com
merce commission to permit American1
railroads to raise their freight rates. Sir ,
George states, without any qualifications,
that if the commission now permits the
railroads to raise their freight rates ■'» per
cent much of this loss of confidence will
disappear. The best judges say that the
present is not the time for drastic or irri
tating political or legislative measures.
It is a time for such action as will tend
to renewed confidence, and to restore to
American business the nerve which Sir
George Paish says the country has now
lost.
Society
(Continued From Page Six
appended: "Miss Carter is a great favorite
in Montgomery, where she has often vis
ited her aunt, Mrs. John D. Carter. She
is exceptionally pretty and in addition
possesses a beautiful soprano voice, which
lias several times delighted Montgomery
audiences. She gave her graduating re
cital in music in Atlanta during the past
week.
♦ * *
Mrs. Charles G. Davis and her little son,
Charles Davis. Jr., left Saturday for Sil
ver Plume, Col., where they are at this
time making their home. In Denver they
will be joined by Miss Dorothy Davis and
Miss Eleanor Davis, who have been in a
convent this winter. Mr. Davis will re
main in Birmingham a short time com
pleting some business arrangements be
fore joining his parents in the west. The
departure of Mr. and Mrs. Davis is sin
cerely regretted, as they are favorites
among their old friends in Birmingham.
* * *
Miss Loomis Logan, who for several
years was connected with the local Asso
ciated Charities, and who returned to Vir
ginia a few weeks since, sails from New
York June IS on the steamship Mendoza,
Lloyd-rtallianna line, for Naples. From
Naples she will go to other points on the
continent.
* * •
Miss Elizabeth Carstalrs. who has been
the guest of Mrs. Jelks Cabaniss for sev
eral weeks, left Sunday for a visit to Miss
Nouna lllges in Columbus. Ga., before
I sailing for her home in London.
* * *
Mrs. Carl Lundgren. who has spent a
week with her sister, Mrs. C. M. Stanley,
will leave today for her home in Spartan
burg, S. C.
* * ♦
Mrs. W. K. Brown ><111 spend several
weeks at Blount Springs.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Kranz (Mary IjOu
Harris) will arrive today from Huntsville,
and will be at the Hotel Hillman for a
week.
• • •
Mr. William Dement Greer has returned
to his home In El Paso after a visit to
his sister, Mrs. C. M. Stanley.
• * •
Miss Veta Ventress gave a reeital last
week ill West Blocton. which was enjoyed
by a number of her patrons and friends.
The Blocton Enterprise commented In
high terms upon the excellent work of
her students, and the attractive appear
ance of the music room in which tne pro
gromme was presented. Miss Ventress,
Who bus a number of friends tn Birming
ham. has gone to her home in Clayton for
the summer.
Teachers Are Elected
for the Coining Year in
Birmingham Schools
(Continued From Page Five)
mus; grade 5. Katherine Prehn; grade 0.
Irma Gruner; grade 7. Nan Walshe; unas
signed. Lena Talbott.
Hemphill School
Principal. H. P. Burruss. Kindergarten,
Jane Hartwell; grade 1 A, Mamie Henry;
grade 1 B, Mattie Walker; grade 1 C\
Ruby Looney; grade 11 A. Ruth Ledbet
ter; grade 11 ft. Ruth Williams; grade 1
A, Lockey Wlngo; grade 2 B. Bessie Pat
terson; grade 2 Richard Snead; grade 4
A Fay Murphy; grade 4 C, Lula Cook;
grade o A, Margaret Phillips; grade 5 B,
Allen llen'ry; grade 5 O, Mabel Mellett;
grade d A. llaynle Smyer; grade « B.
Matt Turner; grade 7 A, Annie Frost;
grade 7 11. W. K. Norton; unassigned,
Mrs. A. W. Thompson.
Pratt School
Principal, E. O. Banders. Kindergarten,
Lida .Stillwell: supernumerary, Ella Calm
lan; grade 1 A, Zoella Stiles; grade 1 B.
Nelle Crawford: gride 1 C, Ellen Gayle;
grade 2 A. Lois McKenzie;- grade 2 B.
Drusle Whitson; grade 2 C, Esther Lind;
grade 2 A, Mrs. Mai Hickman: grade 2 B.
Ella McRee; grade 2 C, Hattie Coplan;
grade 4 A. Vivian Elliott; grade 4 B. Ad
die Goode: grade 4 C, Maud; Kahle; grade
.7 A. Emma McLean; grade 7- B. Mamie R.
Her,rv: grade 6 A. Annie Mae Zimmer
man: grade B. Mattie West; grade C,
Ellen Davis; unassigned. Ada B. Stan
ley.
Bush School
Principal, T. \Y. Smith. Kindergar
ten. Josie rievelund; gyade 1A. .Jessie
Wells; grade 1 ». Alice Forman, grade
2 A. Hallie Jordan; grade 2 13, A Vice
IJmond; grade 3, Hat tie Bentley; grade
l. Johnnie Stewart; grade 5 A, Olga
Traxler; grade ft B, Hary Brown; grade
f, A. Hallie Scruggs; grade H B. Sa
bine Dupont; grade 7 A. Glover Moore;
grade 7 B. Julia McDaniel; unassigned,
Noma Dobson.
Minor School
Principal, C. P. Bowman. Kinder
garten. Florence Finch; grade 1 A,
Mary Motlow; grade 1 B, Oeclle Wil
son; grade 2 A, Myrtle DeFreese; grade
2 B, Heater Pratt; grade 3 A. Georgia
Kyscr; grade 3 B, Sadie Kroman; grade
4 A, Lottie Coplan; grade 4 B, Carolyn
Beleer; grade 5, Opie Overturn grade
6. Mary J. Cain; grade 7. .lames M.
Farris; unassigned, liuby Moor.
Moore School
Principal. J. E. Jeffery. Grade 1 A.
Chrlsste Champion; grade 1 B. Lot
tie Wager; grade U A, Frankie Enzor
grade 2 B. Lillie Fair Smith; grade 3,
Dixie Motlow; grade 4. Johanna Fries*
leben; grade 5, principal; supply, Eu
nice Vann.
Fairview School
Principal. C. C. Haworth. Kinder
garten. Frances Stillwell; grade 1 A,
Robbie Walker; grade 1 B, Gene Scott,
grade 2 A. Angry McLeod: grade 2 B.
Hilda Glenn; grade 3 A, Hula Record;
grade 3 B. Mary Lacy; grade 4 A. Cora
Estes; grade 4 B, Susan Sawyer; grade
f> A. Georgia McLemore; grade 5 B,
Ethel Bush; grade 6. Lizzie Love; grade
7. Willie DeBoe; unassigned, Mary Lou
Eboni.
Wylam School
Principal. C. .1. Fssery; kindergarten.
Tussle Friedman; Grade 1 A. Susan Se
vier; grade 1 B, Julia Goodloe; grade 2 A.
Myrtle Averv; grade 2 B, Ruby Sargent;
grade 3 A, Emily Burleson; grade 3 B.
Sarah Gilbert; grade 4 A. Irene A rants;
grade 4 B. Willte Florence; grade Z A.
Lela Nall; grade 5 B. Elizabeth Lowrnan;
grade 6, Mallie Brown; grade 7, Ola Sam
ple; unassigns I. Grace Jones.
Paul Hayne School
Kindergarten. Theona Stubblns; Grade
1 A. Ellen Willis; grade 1 B, Florence
Dickson; grade 2. Annette Webb; grade
3 A, Martha Ezell; grade 3 B, Ethel Hat
ton; grade 4, Mary Rittenberry; unas
signed, Charlotte Neal.
Baker School
Grade 1, Katherine Averyt? grade 2,
Eeona. Davis; grade 3 A, Lucy E. ^hite;
grade 3 B. Francien Lacey; grade 4 Au
gusta C. Redwood.
Cate City School
Grades 1 and 2. Delia Truss; grades 3
and 4, S. A. Berry.
West Thomas School
Grades 1 and 2, Minnie Morris.
East Thomas School
Grades 1 and 2, Christine Reynolds:
grades 3 and 4, A. H. Holcombe.
Monte Sano School
Grades 1 to 3, Abbotte Spratlen.
East Fairfield School
Grades 1 and 2. Flora Harrison.
Alley School
Grades 1 and 2. Olena Dobbs.
Negro Schools
Industrial High School
Principal, A. H. Parker; assistants, If.
C. Terrell, Orlean D. Kennedy, Etta A.
Deace, Elsie Baker. Lillian Harris Ger
trude Fisher; manual training, Malacbi
Wilkerson; cooking. Zadie Hadnott; sew
ing. (’ora Ridgeway; supply, Alice Wins
low.
Slater School
Principal. Phillip M. fiavis; Grade i A,
Ethelyn Simmon?; grade! B, Annie Jack
son; grad© 1 C, Minnie Peters; grade 1 D,
i Bessie Williams; grade 2 A, Maggie
Brown; grade 2 B, Gertrude Bell; grade
3 A. Hattie Butler grade 3 B, Gertrude
Ragland: grade 3 C, Estelle Lewis; grade
4 A, Mallalieu Shumpert; grade 4 B, Flor
ence Kemp: grade 5 A, Mary Ragland;
grade 5 B, Flora Scott; grade 5 C, Bessie
aPrker; grade A, Charlotte Moore;
grade f> B, Bessie Williamson; grade 7 A,
Francis Agnew; grade 7 B, Mary Sigman;
unassigned, Susie Holmes.
Lane School
Principal. G. S. Lewis; grade 1 A, Isa
bel Brooks: grade 1 B, Nannie Watson;
grade 1 C, Katie M. Sheffield; grade 2 A,
Mary Crawford; grade 2 B. Eva Carter;
grade 3 A. Wilma Byrd; grade 3 B, Ma
I hala Morris; grade 4 A, Elizabeth Mc
Clanahan; grade 4 B. Mary Taylor; grade
5. Jessie Parker; grade «, Fannie White;
grade 7, principal; unassigned, Willie
Stewart.
Cameron School
Principal. Fred D. Edmonson: grade
1 A, Brunetta C. Hill; grade 1 B. Min
nie Tolar: grade 2 A. Emma Wyatt;
grade 2 B. Anna Dudley; grade .3 A,
Annie V. McCarroll; grade 3 B, Ruby
Warwick; grade 4 A. Alice L. Neely;
grade 4 B, Minnie Williams: grade 5.
Juliet R. Bradford; grade fi, Bessie
Cooper: grade 7. principal; unasslgned,
Theresa L. Long.
Thomas School
Principal. W. C. Davis; grade 1 A,
Nancy Lowe; grade 1 B, Fannie Saw
yer; grade 1 C, Katie Tabor; grade 1 D.
Carrie Neeley: grade 2 A, Tobitlia
Odom; grade 2 B, Sarah E. Jackson;
grade 2 C, Louise Jones; grade 3 A.
Mabel Bibb grade 3 B. Annie I-. Har
vey; grade 3 C, Fannie Good game;
grade 4 A. Matilda Griffin; grade 4 B.
Lillian Wyatt; grade 4 C, Beulah Moore:
grade 5 A, Florence Lewis: grade 5 B.
Lula Webster: grade 3, Mary Mason;
grade 7, Otis Council; unassigned, Emma
Vines.
Avondale School
Grade 1. Effie Md'aw: (trade 2. Alice
Garner; (trade 3, Alice Harney, princi
pal.
East Birmingham School
Grades 1, 2, Mary Kennedy.
Kingston School
Grades 1. 2, Mabel Moore; grade 3.
William Ford.
Patterson School
Grade 1 A. Annie Garner; tirade 1 B.
Emma Booth; grade 2, I.udle Mims;
grade 3. Mary Harris; grade 4, S. T.
Wilson, principal.
East Lake School
Grades 1-3, Jeanette Malone.
North Birmingham School
Grades 1, 2. Mery B. Harris; grades
3-5, Eugene Snelllng.
Graymont School
Grade 1. Sallie McDowell; grade 2,
Mary E. Wilson; grade 3. Rula De
Yampert; grade 4, Samuel K. Harris,
principal.
Washington School
Grade 1, Edna DuPont; grade 2, Essie
Howard; grade 3, Fannie Caperton;
grade t, .1. IT. Brown, principal.
Princeton School
Grades 1-2. Roxle Kennedy; grades
3-3, Rachel E. Hill.
Cleveland School
Grades 1-2, Elvira T'tum; grades
3-4, Annie S. Moreland.
South Pratt School
Grades 1-4, Josie Wilhite.
Pratt School
Grade 1 A, Kate Jones; grade 1 B,
Minnie J. Johnston; grade 2 A. Jessie
Collins; grade 2 B, Belle O. Scott; grade
3, Susie White; grade 4. Emma Dixon;
grade 5. Hary Simms; grade 8, Marie
M. Taylor; grade 7, G. W. Scott, prin
cipal.
Davis School
Principal, W. R. Wood; grade 1 A,
Annie E. Payne; grade 1 B, Ada R. Ber
ry; grade 2 A, Sadie M. Harris; grade
2 li, Janie R. Wood; grade 3 A, Hat
tie Johnson; grade 3 B, Sallie B. Rus
sell; grade 4, Ida Halfacre; grade 5,
Annie M. Anderson; grade 8, Victoria
Johnson; grade 7, principal; unassigned,
Della Clark.
Wood School
Grade 1, Maude F. Clark; grade 2,
Jennie R. Youngblood.
Thomas Furnace School
Grades 1-2, Rililan Headen; grades
3-4, Alice G. Mims.
So Like a Woman—and a Man
From Judge.
Husband—My love, we must get rid of
that cook. Did you ever see a worse look
ing chop than the me I’ve just put on my
plate?
Wife—Yes, dear; the one you’ve just put
on mine!
Their National Game
From the Pittsburg Post.
"I understand the office boys in Bos
ton are all excited.”
"About what?"
"Seems the symphony orchestras have
begun preliminary practice.”
APPORTIONMENT OF
SCHOOL FUND BY
To Use $35,000 in Improve
ment of Number of Public
School Buildings
GIBSON ON HAND
AS A NEW MEMBER
Teachers for the Year Also Elected
at Yesterday's Meeting—Name
of Ensley Colored School
Is Changed
Pending the bond issue for the en
largement of the public schools of
Greater Birmingham the board of edu
cation at their meeting yesterday ap
portioned the $35,000 for the enlarge
ment, improvement and needed repairs
of the schools which was appropriated
several weeks ago by the board of city
commissioners. They also elected the
teachers for all the schools of the
greater city for next year.
All the members of the board were
piesent including Dr. .7. H. Phillips,
chairman; Dr. D. P. Hogan, Ben M.
Jacobs, George R. Byrum and J. B.
Gibson. This was the first regular
meeting attended by Mr. Gibson, who
was welcomed by the other members.
He entered into his duties with an
evident knowledge of the situation ami
proved a valuable member to the tTe
liberations of the educational body. I
The regular routine of business was
transacted which included the exam
ination and authorization of the month
ly accounts. The several reports were
read to the board and approved. The
question of enlargements to the schools
were brought up and the following ad
ditions were decided upon. A four-room
college adjoining the Barrett school
at East Bake; a four-room college ad
joining the Kennedy school at Wood
lawn; a four-room college adjoining
the Woodlawn central school; a six
room college adjoining the Gibson
school, Woodlawn; a four-room college
adjoining the Minor school, Ensley.
a four-room college adjoining the
Wylam school.
The negro schools wore also looked
after and it was decided to build four
room colleges to the r^ane and Cameron
schools on the Southslde, and to the
Council school at Ensley. The latter
school was formerly known as the JDa
\ Is school and was changed by the
board at the request of the colored
patrons who sent in a lengthy petition
asking for the change. Mr. Byrum
stated that the school was named after
the first principal of the school, who
has since been sent to the peniten
tiary and the name of Prof. W. II.
Council of the. negro normal school
was suggested. The board decided to
rent additional rooms adjoining the
Slaton scbool on Fifth avenue and to
make additions to the negro industrial
high school on Eighth avenue and
Elevehth street.
The special appropriation of 535,000
was made by the city commissioners
on the recommendation of the build
ing inspector, W. O. Mathews, who,
with the members of the board of ed
ucation, visited all the schools of the
city. The amount will be used for the
building of the new additions and for
the much needed repairs on the pres
ent buildings and for the purchase of
additional equipment and furniture.
Nearly all the old teachers who made
application were re-elected and the
vacancies by resignation filled. The as
signments of the teachers are subject
to change as the occasion requires.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(Continued from Page Seven)
Peckinpaugh, ss.. 2 1 2 2 1' 1
Ford, p.2 1 0 0 1 o
Totals . 37 4 S 27 10 2
•Batted for Cicotte in sixth.
••Batted for Range in seventh.
Bat ted for White in ninth.
Score by innings:
Chicago . 000 000 100—j
New York . 000 040 00*—4
Summary: Sacrifice hits, Ford.
Sweeney, Peckinpaugh. Stolen bases,
Rath, aMttick. Double plays, Cree to
Sweeney; Peckinpaugh to McKechnie
to Borton; Rord to Chase to Weaver.
Bases on balls, Ford 2, I^ange R White
1. Struck out. Ford 0, Cicotte l. Range
1. White 1. Hit by pitcher, White (Bor
ton). Wild pitch, Cicotte. Hit, Cicotte
MANY ANIMALS HAVE
CHARACTER AS WELL
Male Partridge Always Al
ways Assists Mate When
Possible—Wasted En
ergy of Rooks
Prom the London CJlobe.
From time immemorial the ant and the
bee have been held up as the most praise
worthy exponents of animal industry, and
there is no doubt. that •rach of them is
well entitled to the honor. At the same
time there are many other creatures
whose energy is justly entitled to n an a
admiration, »i)d some of them might cer
tainly be Included in the mine category
as; the first two mentioned. The wasp is
a good case In poin*. for it is, according
to its own lights, and if It is to be judged
with absolute impartiality, just as In
dustrious as the bee The latter certainly
works more days in the year, but then
the wasp has no choice in this matter,
seeing that it has been ordained by na
ture not to begin its annual labors until
some months later than Its rival. But
once the wasp sets to work it puts in an
even longer day than the bee.
The various degrees of selfishness and
unselfishness which enter into the life
work of every creature afford an endless
theme of interest. The British cuckoo is
probably as selfish a worker as could be
found in the whole world* not quite so
lazy as it was once declared to be by tin*
schoolboy who defined It as being "a bird
what doesn't 1.1/ hs own eggs”; but every
one knows that beyond he accomplish
ment of that necessary effort toward the
continuation of its race, it has no fur
ther interest in the matter. No other bird
in the world is quite so lazy as this, but
there are many others which dispense as
tar as possible with the execution of what
would seem to he their first duty in life.
In some species the labor of nest build
ing is left entirely to the female, while
in others even the feeding of the off
spring Is wholly neglected by the male.
Though said to he an exemplary bird in
his native land, the average cock pheas
ant of our woods takes practicall.v ro In
terest in domestic matters once his con
sort begins to sit, though It must be said
i:i justice to this ordinarily lazy bird that
he has been discovered on very rare oc
casions assisting the process of incuba
tion.
The cock partridge, on the other hand,
makes It his duty to assist his mate on
all possible occasions. Not only does he
assist in the hatching*—he Is invariably to
be seen sitting <>n the nest with the hen
bird just previous to the appearance of
the young—hut he .also displays the most
7 in 5 innings. Lange rt in 1. White 1 In
2. Time, 1:45. Umpires, Evans and
Egan.
Bender Twirls Finely
Philadelphia. June 0.—Render's great
pitching for Philadelphia today defeated
St. Louis, 5 to ft. The visitors two hits
were of the scratch order and they never
had a chance to score. Johnston running
after a fly in the seventh fell over the
cement coping, but later resumed play.
The score:
St. Louis— AH. R. H. O. A. E.
Shotten, <-f. 4 0 0 0 0 1
Stovall, lb. 4 0 1 0 2 0
Johnston, If. 4 0 0 1 to
Pratt. 2b. 3 0 1 2 1 0
Compton, rf. 3 0 o t ft ft
Balenti, ss. 3 0 0 3 4 1.
Austin. 3b. 3 0 0 4 5 0
Agnew c. 1 0 0 3 2 0
McAllister, c. 0 0 0 0 2 0
Hamilton, p. 3 0 0 1 3 0
♦Williams . 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals . 29 0 2 *21 20 2
Philadelphia— AR. R. H. O. A. E.
E. Murphy, rf. 2 0 o n o o
Walsh, rr.. . 0 o 0 ft ft o
Oldrinp. If. 4 0 1 5 o 0
Collins, 2b. 3 0 2 0 3 0
Baker. 3b. 4 1 1 0 3 o
Melon is, lb. 4 1 2 14 0 0
Strunk, of. 3 0 1 10 0
Barry, ss. 4 0 116 1
Sch-ang. c. 3 2 2 « 1 o
Bender, p. 1110 2 0
**P. Murphy . 1 0 0 0 0 o
Totals . 31 5 11 27 14 l
♦—Batted for Agnew in eighth.
♦♦-- Batted for E. Murphy in seventh.
Score by innings:
St. Louis ...000 000 0<10-0
Philadelphia .000 120 02*-5
Summary: Three base hits, Barry, Ben
der. Home run, Baker. Sacrifice hits.
Strunk, Bender. Stolen bases. Austin.
Agnew’, Collins. Mclnnls, Bender. Base
on balls, Hamilton 5. Bender 1. Struck
out. Hamilton 2. Bender 5. Passed ball,
McAllister. Time, 1:50. Umpires, Pineen
and Ferguson.
assiduous car3 and anxiety for lilts fam
ily's welfare throughout the stage of their
Infancy ami adolescence So much 13
this the case that if any accident should
cause the death of the hen partridge, her
widower will ta?ke u; ..n himself the whole
of the parental duties, and often brings
matters to a successful Issue. The male
Pigeon Is an equally devoted husband and
father, taking turns wdth his mate in
brooding over the eggs and doing ids full
share of protecting and feeding the
young afterward.
It is sometimes difficult, perhaps, to
draw the line between industry and idle
ness in the case of certain creatures, for
even the most painstaking efforts would
occasionally seem to be quite unproduc
tive. A water vole, for example, will
spend the best part of a morning biting
oft’ the rushes on the river bank, and, so
far as one can see, his labor is entirely
in vain. You may watch him ever so in
tently, and yet be unable to discover that
he eats or makes any other use of the
product of his industry.
The rook, again, affords a good exam
ple of what one may call wasted energy.
Tie and his mate will spend weeks in
building a nest, simply, as it seems, for
the fun of pulling It to pieces afterward,
for that is what often happens. And
what a prodigious amount of trouble the
bird takes in collecting material that is
never destined to play any part in his ar
chitectural schemes! Frequently for every
stick that is used in the nest two more
are dropped on the ground beneath, and
it is very rarely that the rook thinks it
worth w’hile to pick up that which he has
taken so much pains to collect, possibly
from a long distance. Most birds waste
a great deal of their nesting material,
and some seem to use far more than they
really need. There is a great deal of
difference betwen the nests of individuals
of the same species, particularly in the
case of the tits, the nests of some being
often twice the size of those built by
ot hers.
The pluck that some creatures exhibit,
in their industrial undertakings is truly
remarkable, and can only be likened to
tl»e wonderful perseverance of the prim
itive savage, who. with a flint tool, first
worked out the stem of »t tree into a serv
iceable boat. The beaver cheerfully sets
to work to fell a tree that will take him
weeks to gnaw through, arid the wood
pecker labors incessantly for weeks on
end to bore a bole in the unyielding trunk
ot some massive oak. It is quite a mis
take to suppose that this bird always
chooses for its operations a tier that is
rotten toward its core. The hardest tree
in the world must yield to the admantlne
strength of the woodpecker’s bill and the
determined energy of its owner. Hut
even tin* woodpecker’s industry is perhaps
not. equ^l to that of tlie sparrow anti
many other birds which never rest more
than a few minutes in the course of the
day from the almost endless task of feed
ing their clamorous offspring.
An Invisible Savage
From tlie Youth's Companion.
The shyness of the pine-marten, or
American sable, one of the most valu
able of fur bearing animals, Is In strik
ing contrast with the boldness of some
of its relatives. Martens are so plen
tiful in the Canadian wilderness that
no amount of trapping has any visible
effeet on their number. They show no
special fear of man or his works; yet
whenever civilization reaches out to
ward their haunts, they leave suddenly
and forever. Tt seems strange that the
marten has not discovered that, Ilka
the mink, the weasel, and other ani
mals of its size and habits, it can 11
comfortably in the vicinity of man, and
learn, like them, to avoid guns and
traps. There are many parts of Nmv
England, New York state, and the re
gion of the Alleghenies, where sables
could travel for dozens of miles through
wild woods, with hollow trees and rocky
nooks In abundance, and where there
would be few trappers or other ene-,
mies to disturb them. Partridges, rab
bits, and squirrels, which form their
principal food, are almost as plentiful
as they were before the country was
settled. Apparently the marten would
not have to change Its habits In order :
to thrive in those places. Yet none j
of the little animals remain on this ■
s*do of the lonely Canadian forests. The
same is true of the pekan or fisher. It
seems impossible for the animals to
nourish or multiply except in a prime
val forest.
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