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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13
MEASUREMENTS OF A MULE.
Why Those Bought For British Army
Must Meet Certain Requirements.

Why Those Bought For British Army
Must Meet Certain Requirements.
Three hundred mules with empire
waists and chest measurements of six
ty-one inches are preparing for a tour
of India" said Robert L. Mcdonald Of
Kansas City last night.
"A British officer has been in Kan
sas picking them up. The party will
sail in December, and this will be a
chance for these rovers, who turn up
when the British want muleteers, to get
ride In a transport to Calcutta. This
is as far rs the mules will be taken by
the muleteers, but they themselves are
to 20 up the Himalaya mountains. In
dia, being a fearfully hot place, Is
Stunned by the aristocratic officers OF
the contingent Of the army there. The
poor subaltern spends his leave Of abb
sence on the coast, where 1t Is cheap.
The real swell goes to the Himalayas.
There is where the Missouri mules
are going. Their baggage will consist
Of machine guns and ammunition. They
will travel in parties, one carrying a
small cannon, another a pair Of wheels
for it, another the carriage, and the
balance will carry ammunition. 1t Is
not for the looks Of things that the
British now demand mule with a six
ty-one inch chest measurement but
because the Britisher never overlooks
a bet. He set out to carry his mountain
guns on Missouri mules and he found,
after his experience with tens Of thou
sands Of them during the Boer war,
that the best mule born for Tommy At
kins's job is short coupled mule from
fifteen to fifteen and one-half hands
high and sixty-one inches around the
girth.
Harness was made by the trainload
for this sized animal, and that explains
why the officer now in Kansas Is so
particular as to the girth measure
ment. The harness for singing the
parts of a machine gun consists Of
leather and steel or brass parts. Our
mule packers, who get $75 a month
in our own army, know the advantage
of having q mule fit the pack or the
pack fit the mule. When he gets both
he is happy transportation boss. The
British make that an actual state Of
affairs by making their trappings all
one size and then finding mules to fit.
The advantage Is realized only when
mule falls in action and an understudy
has to shoulder his load, or, during
the march, when 1t is necessary to re-
lieve the gun train by fresh mules.
"The Empire waist means a short
coupled mule. The. British army buy
ers' rule is for a head like a picture,
legs like bars Of iron and feet like
masons' mells, short in his couplings
and intelligent To this Is added In
the mule department chest measure
ment of sixty-one inches. Muleteers
are paid for the outward bound trip OF
the British transports and are return
ed to Kansas City. II they elect to re-
main at the foreign station they sacrt-
flee their right to claim passage home
later on. They ordinarily go direct
from the United States, but are brought
back via England" Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13
TOLL OF THE SEA.

Lost Ships That Have Loft No Trace.
Practically all hope OF hearing any
thing more Of the missing liner Nicara-
guam has beer abandoned, says Tit
Bits. She is now more than two months
overdue, and her name has already
been added to the list Of missing ships,
the fate Of which will never be known
until the sea gives up Its dead.
Within recent years there have been
several parallel cases to that OF the
Nicaraguan. Possibly some readers
still remember the disappearance OF
the White Star liner Naronic, which
vanished in 1893. This vessel, which
was over $500 tons, was practically
new, splendidly equipped and COM
manded by a highly experienced and
capable captain. Nevertheless, when
she set sail in February, 1898, she
passed from all human ken, and the
only clue to her fate was the discov-
cry, three weeks later Of two OF her
lifeboats floating about bottom up
ward.
Nine years later, in February, 1902,
the Allan liner Huronian quilted Glas-
cow on n voyage to st. Johns, New
foundland. Here again was fine
steamer, Of large tonnage, possessing
the highest repute, equipped with every
appliance for safety known at the
time, we'll manned and we'll command
ed. Yet the Huronian shared the fate
of the Naronic and disappeared.
The loss Of the British gunboat Con-
dor in the Pacific in December, 1901,
is another ocean mystery. The Con-
dor, with about $50 officers and men,
| was known to have been cruising near
Cape Flattery, in British Columbia,
about the date mentioned. 1t was also
known that there was a great storm
at that time, and the Condor apparent
ly foundered and all the crew perished
In addition to these sensational dis
appearances, quite a number Of small
er vessels have completely vanished
during the last fifty years. In 1859, for
instance the Blervie Castle sailed
from London docks for Adelaide. She
was once spoken, but never seen
again. Twenty-one years later, on
February II. the City Of Boston sailed
from New York to England, and added
one more to the tragic mysteries of
the sea. The only clue to her fate was
a board picked up on the Cornish
coast, bearing the words, I'VE are
sinking" What heartrending story
lies behind those three words?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13

vestigation. He said he considered
that it would be a most dangerous
doctrine to lay down that because a
person was dreaming while commit
ting an offense he or she was not res
ponsible for the act.
AT the subsequent trial, however
the Judge viewed the matter more
mercifully. If the prisoner, he said
really did this with the idea that II
was the best means Of insuring the
safety Of her child, the jury would be
justified in concluding she was not
guilty. And the jury very properly de-
clined to convict.
"a frequent delusion, particularly
among the women and girls, Is that
they are possessed by devils or witch
es, and invariably the delusion comes
Of dreaming. Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13
SELF-RELlANCE.
The Lesson That Was Taught to Hem
ry Ward Beecher.

The Lesson That Was Taught to Hem
ry Ward Beeeher.
Henry Ward Beecher used to tell
this story Of the way in which his
teacher of mathematics taught him to
depend upon himself:
II was sent to the blackboard and
went, uncertain, full Of whimpering.
THAT lesson must be learned said
my teacher in a very quiet tone, but
with a terrible intensity. All explana-
tions and excuses he trod underfoot
with utter scornfulness. I want that
problem. don't want any reasons
why you haven't It, he would say.
81 did study two hours
That's nothing to me. 1 want the
lesson. You need not study it at all
or you may study it ten hours. just to
suit yourself. l want the lesson
1T was tough for green boy. but it
seasoned me. In less than a month
l had the most intense sense Of intel
lectual independence and courage to
defend my recitations.
"One day his cold calm voice fell
upon me in the midst of a demoistra-
ton, MOI
II hesitated and then went back to
the beginning, and on reaching the
same point again MOI uttered in a
tone of conviction, barred my progress.
1.-The next And I sat down in red
confusion.
He, too, was stopped with MOI but
went right on, finished. and as he sat
down was rewarded with Very we'll!
why whimpered I, I recited it
just as he did and you said Mo-
why didn't you say Yes and stick
to it? 1t is not enough to know your
lesson-you must know that you know
it. You have learned nothing till you
are sure If all the world says Mo-
your business is to say Yes and prove
it."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13

that his best friends deserted him and
shot him down.
IT is a matter Of history that his
classmate, also a captain Of the Vir-
ginia Military institute, was captain
Of the Cheraw guards during the oc-
currences related above and that this
friend was ordered by the governor In
capture Cash dead or alive.
But the last duel in this state wa
between Col. Cash and Col Shannon,
for the South Carolina general assem-
bly, soon after the duel, enacted an
anti -dueling law, which is yet on the
statute books Of this state.-J. H. Cod
frey in Daily Mail
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13

III A Liverpool man Of wealth sup
plies envelopes free to all business
houses willing to permit him to print
upon the backs texts from the Script
ure. He spends $4,000 or $4,000 a year
in this curious way.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13

38~ OF every man and woman living
today at the age Of 25, one out Of two
will live, according to the tables. to
be 65 years Of age.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13

,f9- The Austrian emperor Is a man Of
the simplest tastes. but still he is said
to spend s25O,OOO year on the palace
tables
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13


with the melodrama she had seei
there, it had affected her sleep.
She dreamed that her baby was be
ing cruelty tortured and that she coul
hear it screaming. Waking up, with
Shrek, she rushed to the little co
where the sleeping infant lay, and ha
her husband not caught her in tim
nightmare would have been responsi
BILE for another tragedy.
| And l have a most vivid recollec
ton, too, Of still more extraordinar,
instance which came before me in
northern city many years ago. A ser
geant of police while going his round
heard a female voice exclaim: oh, m.
children Save my children!' He pro
ceeded at once to the house whence tn
cries came and eventually found tn
room and gained an entrance to It,
Where is it?' the woman cried
Where is it?'
"'Where Is what?' asked the ser
geant.
Then, with an agonized OH sh'
threw her arms into the air and fel
down unconscious. It was her baby
and she had thrown it through th'
window.
THE woman, who ordinarily wa!
quite sane, had been dreaming tina
the house was on fire. So vivid wa!
tho vision that when she awOke sh(
thought she could smell the burning
wood and hear the cracking Of the
flames. Hastily raising the bedroom
window. she seized her youngest child
and, calling out to the imaginary crowt
below to catch it, she threw it dowr
to the street.
Not the least remarkable circum.
stance in this case was the strange
statement made by the police court
magistrate during the subsequent .in-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13

IA There are forty publications In the
world devoted to Esperanto.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13
IS YOUR CLOCK RUNNINGl

T HAT old Clock that has been
j. standing for years, and which you
would like to have keeping time again;
but which you think cannot be fixed
at a reasonable price. Bring 1t to
me-
I do reliable, honest work on
Watches.
FL D. MARLEY
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13

D. Woodmen of the World receipt
books for monthly dues, at The En-
quirer office, 30e.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08
WANT EVERYTHING.

Two competent Judges have New
Castles attitude toward baseball
sized up.
Cover at New Castle they want
every play that looks anywhere near
close declares Umpire List. "Ir
: less tnan yard they are after
it. If IS more than a yard they II
consent to let the visiting team get
the decision. New Castle is the
hardest town TO umpire IN around
the circuit and Youngstown about
the easiest.
"We never have won n game on
merits over in New Castle" re-
marks Manager Walter East OF
Akron. " Last year we took several
over there. The umpire robbed New
Castle every time. believe We
might have won at least one game
fairly, anyhow
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08
BATTER MADE HALF A HOME RUN;
HE WAS HALF OUT AND HALF SAFE

That play Decoration Day when
Burke OF New Castle, caught Law7
rence's fly in the crowd and it was
contended that Mike should have
two bases, anyhow, according to the
ground rules, incites A. c. McClin-
took to nlrrate the tale of pos
err that was put up 10 an umpire in
a game over in Pennsylvania several
years ago. A. G. swears its SO and
proves 10 by Bill Bannon, who play
ed first base for one of the clubs.
1t was the ninth inning and the
score was tied according TO Mac
(d's always the final minute with
thd counts even in these reminiscent
ses Two hands were down and the
last man up hit the ball a terrific
blow. The leather hurtled through
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08
THE POOR UMPIRE

His Umps Last seems TO be about
Ithe only handler of the Indicator In
tie circuit that mas not been giving
considerable dissatisfaction since the
season orened Tho fans in every city
that Latham has appeared are now
sore and the sporting writer's have
'rCaste HIM several times. Latham
declared a gar,c forfeited because a
roote in Mansfield was put off the
borundS,
Akrun then Ioasted him. His latest
shot comes FRI Newcastle where they
say he made decisions that were real
! ~ Ia Fghable and that he benched
Manager Smith They have also
placed the bug on Hart and Bannon
There. List has officiated I'm Newcas-
TIC anS no ki,ks We're made AGAINST
him.
Stelnherg AMI Hart have been hand
cd theirs in n wark and the sporting
writers theme state some of their de-
clsioG3 were So far off they received
the jeers of the fans. And they were
roasted even when Newark won the
game.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08
A BAD PRACTICE .

Another bad practice in different
department of the game is 10 over
rate he strength of a pitcher. A
batsmS n, for instance, strikes out
and comes ba K to the bench with
tale something like this: "That
ritdhe. has everything today. He
made monkey OF me and had me
guessing right A speech like that
glvea the oth"r D'embers OF the team
the feeling thGt they are beaten be-
fore they go to Ohe plate. A good
manager will -ant a speech like this
from his players when they return
unsuccessful: What do you think of
that That ic1ster hasn't thing
and he struck me out! The next
time go up am going TO knock
the o)yer off that ball " Such a
spac11 insDites lconfhtnce. Players
are human of course and all these
things effect batting averages to an
apEr2, liable degree.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08

,he ozone and dropped square on top
of the left field fence. Broken glass
had been placed ON top of this fence
10 prevent the Juvenile fan from
over, and the ball, falling
with terrdic force on a piece of the
sharp crystal, was cut squarely in
two. One-half fell inside the fence
and the other half outside. The half
which dropped inside was recovered
by an outilelder an relayed home in
lime to datoh Iahe swAtter at the
plate. With the wisdom of Solomon
the arbitrator declared that teh base
runner WAS half safe and half out 9.
that he had had made half home
run and that his side had won the
game by the score OF l2. 10 q
Akron Times.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08
LIME BURNERS
AGAIN STUNG.
BY the Old Fellow Named
]. Pluv.
GAME WITH MOULDERS
Called off on Account tf
Rain at Newark.
All the Players on the Hospital
List are Rounding into Playing
Form Once Again.
HOW THE CLUBS STAND.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Marlon at Newark.
Mansfield at Lancaster.

This habit of the Lime Burners of
hitting all Of the bad spots on the
map proved true again yesterday and
Jupiter p. put on the big rain be-
fore time to cal the game at New
ark. I'D is hardly likely that e
game will be played today but the
teams will probably he able to get
together tomorrow.
Charles Luskey, the popular little
catcher OF the Lime Burners expects
to get into Sundays game and will
do the regular work Shafor, who
u - been ibacksltopp.ng H. iLuskey's
absence, catches good ball but ladlls
the exThrience of the famous BUS
ter. Iaiskey has a knack OF making
the FINGERS pitch good ball and his
head work has been responsible for
the winning of several games. Tom
my Mylett, has recovered from q
threatened attack OF the fever and IS
scheduled to get into today's game.
Tine Lime Burners are at present
in sixth place but the fans are not
discouraged The team has been bad
ly crippled up but during the week
of rl.tt given by the. weather man
has rounded to in good shape and
will soon be up among 'em again
Wilmot is the slab selection for
tollyi and lLucts VIII work ltomor-
row On Monday the Lime Burnors
will play at Webb park with The
Lancaster team as their opponents
and 1T Is probable that Gus Fox, the
new tw.rler secured by Drumm will
be ON the firing line. The local team
will play here three games next week
concluding the week with three games
at Lancaster.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08
THAT SQUEEZE PLAY
WORRIES The SCORERS
President Morton Gives Di-
cision on Play.
Rules Say Batsman Cannot Get q
Hit Under Ordinary
Conditions.

Here's question which has been
botheriGg more than one scorer since
the squeeze play" has been recog-
uized as one Of the permanent fea-
lures oC modern base ball:
WILL a man on third che batter
comes up ordered to bunt the first
ball pitched. He pulls off the play
successfully, but tie infielder, who
fields the ball peg 90 the plate in
vain attempt to cut off the run. Had
he cht sen instead to get the latter at
first, he could have don" so with
east, lut he didn't anG bo,h men
are safe.
Wha. shall the batter be credited
with?
Manv scorers would give him a hit
| Istill ore would give him a sacrifice
Init. but neither, according to Presi-
dent MOrton's ruling, Is right. The
bate mist DE given first base on q
if,elders choice, and although he went
IthrouPa his part OF the play perfect
Ily, he gets a time at bat which
counts against his batting average
! It's an unfortunate condition, due
rO d0rbt, to the tlEl, that THE
squeeze play" had not yet become
universally recognized as a factor IL
the game at the time when the rules
we're last revised. The batter receives
his crters, carries them through will
cut. y slip, scores the base runner
by his bunt-and lowers his batting
avsraGr thereby.
He cannot be credited with n sac.
rifice hit under the scoring rule re.
latinc to that subject, which says
that &c sacrifice hit shall be credited
to ths batsman who when no one 1!
out or when but one man is OUT ad
vance a runner a base by 4 bun
hit Which results in the batsman be
ing Tut out before reaching first. o.
woul so result II il were handled
without error" The batsman ism
rGt out, and, while he advances th,
hase runner, he does not get lft
through any error I'm handling tn,
ball. Nor can he get Il hit. as h,
would have been an easy out had tn
ball, felded clcanly. been thrown 4
first.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08
BASES ON JALLs
LOSE MANY GAMES

More games are lost through bases
on ball!' than arc won by timely hit
Ting. That is the declaration of a
student of the national game whose
knowledge is practical, for the man
Is leader of one Of the siXteep big
teams and gained an cnviable repu-
iation as a player before he adyanc-
ed to his managerial job.
Command is a twirlers stock in
trade says this expert, land bases
on balls causes more disaster 20
teams than most people credit. II
the gift gIver be a star twirer. with
tear of colts behind him, who go
into the game with the idea that
they can win only by the gilt edged
work OF the man on the rubber. tF @
issuance of couple of passes Is
more than likely TO mseitle the kids,
and they viii go on ballooning ex-
NeditSons. Take a team that Is not
NlttlnS. and by hook or crook. a
weak batter gets to first on four wide
ones. See how his mates ginger up
end 20 arter the unhEtable one.
I'm close games a base ON balls is
sure tc turn the tide. and If you look
over the l TO 0 battles that have
been TLayedI this season you will
see that am right. | have kept
my ctidcs on eight engagements
marke' by this score in 1907, run
off in the National league up to a
week ago, and ii ! am not mistaken
the lore tally in five of them was
started through a rift"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08
WELL KNOWN WRITER HAS A SOLUTION
FOR THE FAMOUS MOVING BALL PROBLEM

tion of these stone balls "The rate
of movement is very slow, prob
ably less than one revolution in
two or three years. but is always
in the same direction from north
west TO southeast. -
The explanation is that a small
amount Of water leaks between the
bail and spherical cavity in which
it rests, thus Gusing the expansion
and contraction, due to alternate
melting and freezing, sufficient to
lift the ball. In melting, the south
east side, which receives the morn
ing sun, melts first and drops back
ON the die, losing a fraction Of an
inch every time it freezes. When
the side away from the sun melts
it drops back, but does not get back
as far as it was before freezing
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08
FRANK DEWBERRY TELLS The NEW
CASTLE PLAYERS WHERE TO ALIGHT

There's war on at Newcastle, the
spcrtlrc writ. Of the burg have OPP
enly charged Catcher Murphy with
creating c dissa:a ion among the players
ana made other statements regarding
certain players on Billy Smiths team
which are Objectionable 10 the latter
serts. Frank Dewberry, or big BIZ
as he signs himself isn't frightened
particle by the rumor that the ac-
cused players are after his scalp, and
IN an article which appeared in the
Newcastle Herald he says:
"Weli we have had all kinds OF
trouble last night. Murphy accused me
| o. having WI tten an article to the
Ieffect that he had tipped off an op-
POSING player. | reminded Mr. Mur-
ply of the fac, that he might be
guilty of the latter but [ was innocent
Iof the latter. Five inmates later
hhclos up against Paddy Green--man
lwi:h dayiled crabs in his shoes-Pad-
ldy's s re becg Use I said he wasn't an
Gngel, lut he /, be one OF all right all
light Of he ever crosses my trail and
I'm or the scout, for I've got about
as much for Turb ball player as
have for tarantula and know just
ow fast they cDr pace.
"Now this present incumbent Gresr
let third base Is a false alarm. Not
only that lie is a disturber of thi
peace and together with Murphy, Is
ltryins to stampede the bunch. Billy
Smiths out tails morning trying tC
uount 'em up. He'll do It., too, fol
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08
CHAMPS PLAYING
GREAT INSIDE RAIL

T9ey are saying In Akron now
That the Champions are great ball
team. This is the way they look at
YOUNGSTOWN: A we'll balanced team
with team work down to marvellous
degrsa OF perfection for this stage OF
the season; a team on which six
u EN- get into p'av If there is room
for six, a bunch that Is fighting all
The time and team that doesn't
follow a set style of play.
That inside ball Is winning Is a
grea' deal higher compliment than
to have 1t said that the pitching
staff OF hitting brings home the big
end )i the scores. They are saving
in Akron. too. that this years team
is better than the Champions OF last
year. iflE ElkFYlNW
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-08

A recent edition of scientific
publication known as Popular
Mechal les" contains an article eX-
planning the phenomenon OF the
turning of stone balls on the tops
Of monuments. In the Marion cem-
etery is probably the best known
example of this phenomenon in ex-
iStence.
On the top of the Merchant mon-
ument is II stone ball which has re-
volycd completely on its circumfer-
ence and is now almost back to its
original starting point. When the
phenomenon was first discovered
and made public it was discussed
by scientists in this country and
Europe.
The writer IN popular Meehan-
les says. in regard TO the revolu-