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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-08-06

! thud to which he had been long accus-
toned. Then something happened.
whether that trunk contained ball
of Greek fire or a section of the San
Francisco earthquake he never knew.
There were noise and shock and almost
a panic while the air seemed full of
everything An ambulance carried off
two baggage smashers to the hospital
to be mended. What did mt? Only a
stick or two of dynamite that the in
nocent Ivan, the Greek miner, had in
advertently packed in the trunk with
his other belongings.
When q great thing is once discov-
cred, how perfectly simply it appears
like the agg Of Columbus. Anyone can
do it, How many times have you suf-
fered and sworn, in silence, to see your
favorite trunk brought down to the
floor from pile of others with q
crash that Threatened to break lock,
and strap, and rope For a moment
you would be willing to have dozen
sticks Of dynamite in that trunk just
tn get revenge on that callous-hearted
baggage fiend. But his reign is over.
The day of deiiverance has come. A
few sticks of dynamite judiciously dis
tributed through pile of trunks will
teach these satraps of the straps due
caution. They will have well stuffed
pads which they will spread carefully
upon the floor TO break the fall and
prevent being Wanted to the hospitals.
1t Will not be necessary to load ev-
cry trunk in this way. For instance,
YOU are packing three; one for your
I self, one for your wife, and one FOR
your mother-ln-law. Into this last
slip your stick of dynamite. Who
would not be willing to see his devoted
mother-in-law's lingerie floating
through the station for the sake of
getting even with the baggage smash
er, should ne happen to fall from grace
into his former sinful and destructive
habits2 People might now and then
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LETTERS FROM The PEOPLE.
Greek Bearing Trunk Does Good Pub
lie Service.
Editor Journal and Courier:

Editor Journal and Courier:
An item of more than passing inter-
est appeared in that conservator of or
thodox journalism, the N. Y Tribune,
on the 29th ult. 1t must be rescued
from possible oblivion and a new name
mounted on the pedestal of undying
fame. Ivan Dorneter was probably
born in the usual way, of poor but re-
spectacle parents, but by a single act
achieved a greatness denied to most.
Only think of it. Yesterday poor
miner, but "a Creek" That must ac-
count for it. The mood of thousand
Leonidases may course through his
veins-and blood tells.
According to the account published
Ivan Dometer packed his trunk in APP
palachian, w. Va, and, so far as the
record goes was entirely ignorant of
the ways of the average baggage
smasher Of the American railways. All
went well with Ivan and his trunk I'M
til he reached st. Louis. There His
Majesty, the Baggage Fiend, got in his
finest work There, too, he met his
Waterloo. Wholly ignorant of the
Sibylline warning to beware of the
Greek when he brings his trunk, he
gave that particular Greek trunk his
choicest jiu jitsu, which brought it
down to the floor with that peculiar
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pack an extra trunk, prepared aftes
the ivan recipe, and send it forwarS
upon the railroads on purpose to hell
on this great reform. The inveteratH
sn1asher would soon be eliminated from
the service. Peace and content would
return to our torn and weary breasts
AS with most geniuses, Ivan packed
better than he knew. Just a hint
another direction
Here is a worthwhile suggestion foiT
those Of us who take our lives in ouI
hands every time we cross the streets
trying, often in vain, to dodge the on.
coming automobiles II we must dig
and the preachers and the chauffeurI
both say we must, and the latter arr
determined that we shall-let's die 4
some purpose! Perhaps future genera
lions will build us a monument.
Therefore, let few brave soulT
when they sally forth to meet tn
deadly perile Of the highway, slip
stick Of dynamite in the pocket at tn
side and in the rear, and then go With
brave hearts, knowing that their fragl
II6IltS VIII 1itt NC SdSHCAS w Nb SsAS-A
The next hegoggled chauffeur will n
more careful If tits sweet to die fdI
the public good. surely you would FIN
1t here when with your last expirin
gaze YOU saw the machine that struc
you down scattered over a ten acre ID Il
and the dismemberad chauffeur, viii
has already boosted of his victims b
notahes on his wheel, spreading him
self over tie telegraph wires in multi
tudinous fragments. Surely, Iyal
Dometer, the GreekS miner of Wei
Virginia, viii yet occupy his niche
the Hall of Fame while the Carnegl
Hero fund may well be invoked in bd
half Of those who pocket danger an
death for the purpose # eliminatin
tho undesirable chauffeurs and auto
mobile owners from The public stree
and highways.
Ivan, Ivan. here's to thee
APPRECIATION.
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four times a week will not lead you
anywhere If you attempt to figure from
this The amount used up. Tt takes more
than enc game to put ball out Of
commission. Still, there are times
Wien the round things wing away from
the home coop. Then balls are lost
voulting over fences and in other
Ways, and the fact is that the general
consumption is very large The aver
age number secured by the eight man
ayers Of the clubs for one season varies
from $50 400 dozen, which is prob
ably just half the supply that one of
the major leagues uses.
The American Association has a rule
requiring sixteen new balls for every
game, and it is figured that each club
in that circuit sends fifty dozen to
the dump every year. The Western
Association is credited with smashing
thi1ty-five dozen to each club in a
season. One who has followed the vital
statistics of the curves and wallopes
figures that each one Of the American
and National league clubs batters from
ftrty to fifty dozen of baseballs out
of existence in their chases for the
pnHrants. One man says that the New
York ana Chicago teams use sixty doz-
en- each a season, and places an aver
age Of nine balls a game for every
maGinee on the home grounds. Ameri-
can league teams are very likely to
toss OUT brand new ammunition when
the umpire announces a shortage. Tt is
figured that an Eastern League club
will get away with thirty dozen a sea-
son, and ten to fifteen dozen is placed
AZ the amount for the small league
teams.
or couY' e, the number of baseball
Mines in the land Is Constantly increas-
Ing, leagues are tecomine more nun :
Gus and the game Is teins played as It
never was before. II is next to impos-
sibls To atteiapt t, set an estimate Of
the nurnber Of balls used III rne season
by all teams, 50 mlny are the clubs
that are playing, They are playing
the game in several places besides
H1lyoke, Springfield anc Indian Or
chari. ami tneyn be banging home
runs in he wilds IF South Africa some
day when Ludlow is the locus quo for
the real city sports, Down in South
America big shipments of baseballs
are received, and there are also big
amounts of exports t. the PHILIPPINES,
Cubs and other distant iands.
Tic making &c a bali TO bang around
the lots requires mere skill and care
than the average fan imagines. The
ball must he perfect sphere of GER
tain weight and circum ference, and
any slip dp in tine early stages OF its
building win throw il completely out
of kiltur at the tiuish. The rules say
than the h2ft rlust at be more than
8 IA ounces The circumference must
be between 9 and 9 ia inches, SO the
mark aimed at is is. The ball in its
first stage is a small spherical piece Of
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SAFER SUMMER RESORT HOTELS.

The Long Beach hotel was a good
type of the old-fashioned order. On a
beautiful spot, difficult to reach, one of
the largest hotels on the coast was put
up in three months and had a select
patronage so small as to give pre-
carious return even on the limited in
vestment. For a brief part of the sum-
mer, however, the hotel would be com
pletely filled, and so it was when the
fire came which licked up quarter of
a mile of kindling wood in short or
der That nobody was killed and few
badly injured speaks well for the dis
cipline of the employees and the pres
cree Of mind of the guests. After pic
tUresque adventures in search of food
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Trolleys in Crash.

Naugatuck, Aug 5.-About $40
last evening near Woodbine street, in
Union City, two trolley cars collided.
The cars were running close when the
first car stopped at Woodbine street,
and the second car came around the
curve When the motorman applied
the brakes they would not work, and
the result was a crash which damaged
the cars considerably. No one was
hurt, but the passengers received quite
a shaking up.
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Killed the Snake.

New Britain Aug. 5.--Charles
Knight, of this city, had q fierce fight
with rattlensl5ae at Pinnacle Noun
tain to-day, but finally killed it. He
was so exhausted by the effort that he
had to lie down in the road and rest
for half an hour, The snake measur-
ed three feet seven inches and had
nine rattles
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In Offering this clock 10 the public The Darlington
it is giving opportunity to obtain an article Of gen
price much below lis actual value at the same time usi
home industry THE NEW HAVEN CLOCK COMPANY
We have avoided, and will continue TO avoid the
MUM schemes relying rather upon the merits Of the
newspaper to make it welcome to our citizens as its pre-
amply tesifes> that ii Is.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31
A LIVING MONUMENT
To a Dead Soldier.
(New York Sum-

There is river birch tree on the
banks of the Pond Fork branch of the
Little Coal River in Boone County, West
son, w. Va, "and it would go hard
with any man who put an ak to it. That
tree has story.
when the Mexican War began, in
1916, a recruiting officer visited a lum-
ber camp in the vicinity of Madison,
seeking enlistments from the sturdy
woodsmen who were at work there.
Among them was a giant lumberman
named Jim Martin.
HE was using handspike made
from river birch sapIing recently cut
and still green. Eager to go to the
front, he thrust his handspike deep in
to the soft soil of the river bank and
went away with the recruiting officer
The handspike Jim Martin used was
too big and heavy for any of his fel-
lows to handle, and it was left sticking
where he had jabbed it into the ground.
The next Spring it was noticed that it
was putting forth green shoots, showing
that it had rooted in the ground.
1T was left undisturbed, and it grew
to be a great tree, and it stands to-day
on the spot where the patriotic Jim
Martin thrust it into the earth as bat
tered handspike 81 years ago. Jim
Martin was killed in battle, and his
bones lie somewhere on Mexican
ground, but he has his monument in
this still sound and vigorous tree, which
is a revered landmark in all that coun-
try"
The National tribune., 1907-10-31
= Wants Their Helm.

Editor National Tribune: 1 would
like to know If any of the boys are
living who were among the 800 men
of different commands left at Hum
bolt, Tenn, to blow up the commissary
stores there that they might not fall
into the hands of the enemy. These
comrades, after having done their duty
as ordered, were captured by the ene-
my, on Dec: 20 1862, and held for nine
days apd@then released on parole They
were taken on the u. S. transport John.
Warner and carried to st. Louis, and
all went to their homes, and some of
them were never ordered back to their
company. They were not. exchanged,
and by reason of rot being with the
command when il was mustered out
never got discharge. / would par
ticularly like to hear from any mem
bers of the 1921 Ill. who were among
those prisoners, and perhaps / can help
them or they help me to get an honor
able discharge. Should this catch the
eye of any such comrades, will they
please write me, and l will surely an
swer most gladly.-W. A Pratt, Olathe,
The National tribune., 1907-10-31
WHY DISCRIMINATE?
Some Reflections the Pennsylvania
Pension Bill.

If the boys of the sos had seen all
that was just ahead of them no amount
of money alone could have induced
them to get on the inside of the blue
garments. Patriotism alone would have
done it. When the General Govern
ment and several States have given the
veterans all they feel able to in the way
of pensions, the entire amount will be
almost as nothing compared with the
hardships endured and the immense
wealth the comrades bestowed on our
country by bringing the war to a sue
cessful termination. "Therfl's my sem
timents." I always feel like fighting
for the under dog, especially when
am one of the under dogs myself, and
so the question comes to me, brought
up by the Pennsylvania pension law,
why discriminate against the non-resi-
dents? The General Government never
refuses to pension the veterans because
they have gone to live in foreign lands
And yet that would seem less unjust,
for the reason that they have left their
own country, while those moving from
pennsylvania to another State still re-
side in the same country of which Penn
sylvania is a part. The lesson we taught
our friends In the South during the
war was that we were a united coun-
try. and not lot Of small Governments.
Pennsylvania, thru her lawmakers,
seems to be ignoring the very principles
her sons fought to maintain. Uncle
Sam would have the veterans go and
pioneer the wild, woolly West" and
"Pappy Penn" would cuff them for CO.
ing. If Pennsylvania does not owe her
veterans anything it would seem un-
just to tax the people in order to PEN
sion them. If she does owe them any
thing it is for service only, and not for
permitting them to live within the
State. If L am correctly informed, the
pension law provides that a substantial
barbed-wire fence be constructed all
the way around the State lest some
poor vets, who have q fair prospect of
living year or two yet, might attempt
to work their way back across the line.
The Pennsylvania veterans who after
the war responded 10 the call, tGo
West, young man." were as brave fel-
lows as ever pulled a arigger. Such men
could be counted on wien hard fighting
was the order of the: day. They ,aEe,
gray-headed now ard feeble-kneed;
many of them are very poor and need
help, but the money. consideration is
not all. 1t is not Ettle bit discour-
aging and Misunderstanding when they
feel conscious that thay did their best
in the time of their cpuntry's need, to
find themselves now treated as offcasts
by their mother State. knowing they
have right to her slniles of recogDi-
ton and words of praise and TO a share.
in any benefits she may bestow upon
the other comrades Of the State. We
boys out here in California have been
rather loud in our beastings that we
were Pennsylvania soldiers; but how
about it now? Shall :we continue to
boast or shall we confess 1t with
shame? Prank D. Stevens, 18th Pa
Res, Pasadena, Cal
The National tribune., 1907-10-31
Where Met asunnfreIl.

Editor National Triht.ne: During the
Summer of 1864 my regiment was at
Pine Bluff, Ark. We We're the cavalry
pickets. These pickets. were stationed
on all leading roads that led into Pine
Bluff. My duty at this time was Ser
geant of the outpost. We would be on
duty two, sometimes three, days before
relieved. Our orders were very strict
We could pass people in, but not out
without passes. One morning while on
duty my videt, who was posted in the
advance, called for the Sergeant of the
Guard. / made my way to him. He
had halted a couple of ladies, who were
mounted on nice horses and were nicely
dressed. They wanted II be passed into
Pine Bluff to visit some friends. OF
course. / could pass them In. They said
that they would be back in the after
noon. l told them that they would
have to get passes to come out, so they
passed on in after chatting with us a
little while and we looked for them to
return in the afternoon but they did
not, nor the next day either A few
days later the citizens of Pine Bluff
boasted that Quantrell lad visited them
in disguise in woman's clothes and had
spent two days in our lines This is
where / saw him.--Charles D. Field,
Washington, ID. G.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31
Battery VI. I'd u. s. L.. A.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
me short history of Battery NJ, I'd U.
S. l.. A.-James Hamilton, Tombstone,
Ariz. 't'.'
For some years Battery NJ, I'd u. S.
l.. A, was in Kansas with the force of
Regulars sent to preserve the peace. In
1850 it was sent to Fort Brown on the
Rio Grande. Henry J. Hunt, afterward
Chief of Artillery of the Army of the
Potomac, commanded the battery. 1t
was included in Twiggs's surrender. but
II managed to bring OFT its guns, aitho
it lost its horses. Upon reaching New
York it was sent to Fort Picsens. but
brought back from there in time to
participate In the Bull Run campaign,
where it was commanded by Maj. Hunt.
1t took prominent part in the PENN
sular campaign, and its Captain, Bron-
son, was mortally wounded at Malvern
Hill, Aug. S. 1t had distinguished
career in connection with the Cavalry
Corps Of the Army of the Potomac,
where 1t was known as Pennington
Battery. Lieut.. A. c. NJ. Pennington
commanded it with great brilliancy.
Upon his promotion the command of
the battery fell to Lieut.. Woodruff
Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31
That Boy Lynched Mt Macon.

Editor National Tribune:HI read the
article in your issue of Sept.-5, "a War
Time Tragedy" The event took place
at Macon. Ga, June. 1854. The boy
who was lynched by the friends of Mr..
Anderson, the jailor of Macon, told me
he belonged to the I'd Wis. Cav. In
order to locate some of his comrades
it would be well to state this fact. He
had been a prisoner at Andersonville,
and made his escape by carrying out
dead men from the prison. He lay
down among them until dark, when he
escaped. He was 10 or 20 years of age.
about five feet six or seven inches in
hight dark complexion, would not
weigh over f30 pounds or SO. In your
article you did not state the regiment
he belonged to. The old Jail is still
standing.-Thomas Kinds. Co. A, 1st
Md. Cay.,, Malone, N. Y.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31
A Confederate Anecdote.
(From the Richmond Dispatch.)

Away back in the early '90's, when
the writer was a member of the Vir-
ginia Legislature, it so happened that
met at breakfast at the old Exchange
Hotel the witty member from Fauquier
and Maj. Howell L." who happened
to be in the city.
Said Mr.. P: Good morning, Major;
how do you come on? How are you
making a living these peaceful times?"
Maj. L.: by blank, sir, 1 am making
my living, sir, by engaging, sir, in the
honest but humble occupation, sir, of
cutting hoop-poles on soil made sacred,
sir. by the blood of heroes"
Mr.. T.: Major, do the spirits of the
gallant dead ever come back at night
to visit that sacred soil?'
. Maj. L.: "Yes, sir; they do; and I
make a rule. sir, at the solemn hours
of the night to 60 out upon the battle
fields of Spotsylvania and commune
with the spirits of the Confederate
dead"
Mr.. P: Major, I wish to ask you a
serious question. You know 1 was a
Confederate cavalryman. Now, when
you were communing with the spirits
of the dead Confederates, I want to
know, Major, if you met the spirit of a
dead cavalryman
Maj. L.: ''Mr. p, will answer very
frankly and with perfect candor I
have communed with the spirits, sir, of
dead infantrymen, artillerists, scouts,
and, indeed, sir, with all branches of
the army; but sir, never in all my Ca
reer have l ever seen or communed
with the spirit of a dead cavalryman. -
The laugh which met this response
echoed all over the large hall, and it
proved that for once the witty member
from Fauquier had met his match.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

Rehan was the same hight According
to the usual measurements the perfect
hight for a woman should be eight
times the length of her head, and at
| the hips and shoulders should be the
same and twice the length of the head.
]. G.. D., Waterbury. Conn, asks:
What is the Huguenot Society?
The Huguenot Society of America is
patriotic organization with headquar-
tiers in New York, which admits to
membership persons descended from
organization in South Carolina, with
headquarters in Charleston.
A. J. N. Greensboro, N. c., asks: How
many members are there in the Eng
lish House of Commons?
The House of Commons consists of
$40 members, divided as follows: Eng
land. 465; ireland, 1903; Scotland, 70,
and Wales, 80.
D. H. McC., Paducah, KY, asks: Into
how many States is the Dominion of
Canada divided?
1t is divided into the following Prov
inces: Alberta. British Columbia Mani
toba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, On
tario. Prince Edward Island, Quebec and
Saskatchewan. and the following terri
torial districts: Mackenzie, Ungava,
FRANKLIN, Keewatin and Yukon.
w. A. Y, Rochester, N. Y, asks:
How many people does it take to form
a "COrporars guard?
The number of CorporaPs guard
must not exceed eight men.
C. L. p, Charlotte, N. c., asks: What
does a so-called mackerel sky signify :?
We can best explain that by the fol-
lowing old weather rhymes:
Mackerel scales and mares tails
Make lofty ships carry low sails.
Mackerel clouds in sky,
Expect more wet than dry.
A mackerel sky,
Not "a hours dry
c. A. NJ, Bordentown, N. j., asks:
What is the melting point of alumni
mum?
625 degrees Centigrade, or 1,157 de-
grees Fahrenheit.
S. o. H, Pittsburg, Pa, asks: What
is the flag with white stripe, bearing
the letters N. A. S. NJ, with a green
stripe above and below?
1t is the flag of the Holland-Ameri-
can Steamship Line
J. G. S., Augusta, Me-, asks: Are
there any dock-yards in Germany?
There are two, one at Kiel, where
there are two docks that will take any
ship, four docks that will take a ship
up to 10000 tons, and two floating
docks. The other is at Wilhemshaven,
where there is one dock that will take
any ship, one for any ship up to 10000
tons and three floating docks.