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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1910-09-23
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
In Major League

Bill Burns is pitching winning
ball right along for the Cincinnatis
Looks as if somebody made a mis-
take in letting him go.
Thirty-six pitchers were used in
the big league games Saturday.
Jack Doyle, the old New York
and Oriole first baseman, Jays Chase
Is a dream around bag No. l.. ''The
best l ever saw in my life," he de-
clares.
A man who plays the string out as
Roach did in the eleventh Inning
last Saturday would be a handy mar
to have in the game every day.
Purtell doesn't get much putting
or breaking into display type often.
but he is about as efficient a third
baseman as there is In fast company.
baseball, with Jimmy, of Provi-
dence; Eddie, of Philadelphia; the
White Sox Collins and the Red Sox
Collins.
Wiltse has the Cubs on his stan.
Twice this season he has teken their
measure.
Bill Dineen is umpiring better
than several arbitrator who have
been in the harness for years.
Bearing in mind that the Western
teams come East last this year, the
Giants pennant chances are as good
as the Cubs. Wonder If the old
Athletics Giants feud is to be re-
newed this fall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
PERTH AMBOYS BEAT MARIONS;;
FRANKL|NS DOWN ST. ANTHONYS
CATCHES
OF WEAKFISH

Henry Stegmeyer, nine; William
Curley, eleven, and Mortimer Day,
eight.
B. A. Robinson, William O'Don-
nell and George Robinson fished Off
Keyport Cove yesterday morning,
and when they returned to Morgan's
Station they had about twelve blue
fish, and all of them weighed over
two pounds. They were out in the
launch Robin.
The blues and weaklsh kept a lot
of fishermen busy along the Shrews-
bury river Saturday and yesterday.
William Farmer caught eleven blue
fish and three weakhsh. John
Hopf, twelve bluefsh; Henry Sex
ton, fourteen weakfsh; James Hen
derson, thirteen weakfsh; Fred Fill
ger, twenty-five weakfsh and three
fiuke, and George Simpson, seven
teen weakhsh.
"Hey, Mister, four men in a boat
caught a lot of bluefsh today and
they were beauts." said a small ur-
chin to the writer at Morgan's Sta
ton Saturday night. 1t was first
thought that the "beauts' referred
to the four men until 1t was discov-
cred that the party consisted Of
Henry Murray, Frank Thompson,
Roy Porter and one of Ryerson's
captains, who had them out fishing
In the launch Kit. They caught
about eighteen bluefish and two
weakhsh. and had a bully good time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11

Many parties from this city tried
their luck at angling yesterday and
some good catches resulted. 1t took
a deep-dyed-in-the-wood fisherman
to fish from an open boat yesterday.
The weather man had q full head of
steam up and the sur seemed to pick
out the fishermen Just to show its
friendliness for the faithful.
Weakish are either fooling the
fishermen or else they are acquir-
ing different tastes sin different
places. Along the Shrewsbury they
prefer shrimp; along Raritan Bay
and Staten Island sound, shedder
crabs catch the most. In Jamaica
Bay the bloodworm has the call and
Gravesend Bay fishermen use only
soft or stew CLANS. Soft CLAIMS are
ten cents q bunch, bloodworms if
teen cents q dozen, shrimp. twenty
five cents q quart and shedder crabs,
a dollar q dozen. There must be
some class to the Raritan Bay weak
fish. 4.>1
A number, Of men who fshed Sc
warren yesterday were asked Ii the
weakfsh caught there tasted of oil
and they said mo" Charles Weber
landed fifteen there Saturday and
eight yesterday. Thomas Brennan
caught ten Saturday night and five
morning. Some Of the
other catches were: Joseph Muir
ply, fifteen; Adam Burbank. ten;
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
MATCH SHOOT
Is W0 BY
W. HARTMANN
Special to tAe EVENING NEWS.

Morgan Station, July 11:-There
was no match shoot here Saturday,
although a monthly contest of the
Morgan Gun. Club was scheduled.
Several Individual contests and
sweepstake events were held near
Ye Old Spye Inn.
Billy Hartmann proprietor of the
inn, beat Mr.. Music, of South River,
in a twenty-five bird two-man CON
test. He broke twentY-four to TWEEN
ty-two by his adversary. The match
was for a purse. In a second match
shoot Hartmann secured twenty-five
birds and Music nineteen.
A three-cornered contest followed
In which Hartmann led with twenty
three birds; Music secured twenty
one, and Mr.. Ohle, Jr., of Newark,
got nineteen. A second three-cor-
nered affair resulted in Bloodgood
taking the lead with twenty-three
birds; Music followed with twenty
one and Walter with twenty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11

The history of hatmaking In the
United States dates back to very early
colonial days. In 1862 the assembly
of Virginia enacted a law Offering ten
pounds Of tobacco for every good
wool or fur hat made In the colony.
Delaware In 1853 offered a prize Of
40 shlllings for the neatest and best
hat manufactured in the lower coun-
ties. Soon after the close of the Rev
oIution the manufacture OF hats had
become OF great importance In Penn
sylyania, and from that time the In
dustry has continued to flourish.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
Latter Teams In
a Is Inning
Contest.
AT THE PARK

Two of the best games OF baseball
played at Amusement Park were
seen there yesterday. Albert G..
Waters Perth Amboys treunced the
Marion A. G. to the tune of 4 to 2 in
a real lively contest. but the settling
Of odds between the st. Anthonys
and Franklins resulted in the best
fifteen-inning encounter witnessed at
the park in many a day. The Frank
Lin Field Club finally won out with
the tally 4 to 3.
The Franklin and st. Anthony
teams shared grounds in the opening
contest. 1t was their third meeting
out Of a series of seven games and
the Franklin boys have thus far cap
tured two out of three. Yesterdays
encounter proved that the members
of these clubs at times put up real
professional ball. Boys on both
sides played In such a way as to
arouse the admiration of the hun
dreds of fans on hand. One-hand
stabs, running catches and otherwise
difficult stops were often made, but
Losers one-hand running catch of
a long drive In centre garden was
one Of the big features of the game.
The game went on for seven in
nings before either side scored. The
Franklins opened in the eighth, fol-
lowing with two more runs in the
ninth. The Saints followed suit in
their half of the ninth and the tally
was tied until the fifteenth frame,
when, with none out, Bath scored
for the Franklins. Bath had lined
the sphere in to centre field where
it wasn't handled properly by
reach third on a steal; Miller follow
ed with a rightfeld liner, scoring
Bath.
The St. Anthonys were the more
aggressive throughout and scored
the least number of errors. 1t was
one of those things fortunate for
one side and unfortunate for the
other that happened in the fifteenth
stanza and gave the Franklin team
the game.
Perth Amboys and Marions.
The big game that followed was
also interesting from start to finish.
Up to the sixth inning it was any
body's game. The tally then stood
2 to / In favor of the Marions. A
small smuggling rally in the sixth
melted Waters men three runs and
the game belonged to them.
August Ulmer twirled for the
Perth Amboys and he performed In
effective style. The Marion hitters
couldn't touch him except at such
intervals when 1t awaited them little.
On the other hand the Marions used
the services of two twirlers, that
gave Waters batters a total of eight
hits.
The score of the big game:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
A PIank,s Inside and OUTSIDE,

There is In inside, also an outside, to
every plank Or board, the outside be-
Ing the side farthest removed from the
"pith," or center, of the tree from
which the plank was cut. The careful
workman always bears this In mind
when fixing boards. He leaves the out
Is exposed to the atmosphere the ear
Her layers will ultimately shell out In
shreds and strips owing to the action
of the air destroying the timber's %
hesive properties. AS a result the even
surface will be destroyed, a serious
defect In better class work.-Pearson's.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
Read the NEWS every uay.
NOTICE To -ooNTRAcToRs.

Sealed bids will be received and
opened by the Board of Education of
the Borough Of Roosevelt at School
No. 10, Carteret, N. r., on Tuesday
evening, July 10, 1910, at s p. M, for
the erection and construction of fire
escapes to Carteret Hill School, known
as School No. 10, on Railway avenue, in
accordance with plans and speciAea-
tions on file with George w. Morgan,
District Clerk, Carteret, N. J. Also with
J. Ben Beatty, Architect, T2 Broad
street, Elizabeth, N. J
A certified check for $4,000 payable
to order of Charles A. Brady, Borough
Collector, without any conditional en-
d~orsements whatever, must accompany
each bid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
jeet any or all bids.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Borough Of Roosevelt, MI.
EDWARD J. HE'LL, President.
GEO. w. MORGAN, Dist. Clerk.
Dated May 31st, 1910.
1306T-7-6-10t.
$lS27.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
ALMANAC FOR THE WEEK,
His MisapprshensEen.

The small boy backed up against the
cool brick wall and painted heavily.
Teacher licked you awful hard,
didn't she, JimT' said his sympathetic
chum.
"You bet she did," replied the vic
tim. "She never licked me so hard be-
fore. She thought l had my geogra-
ply In my pants an I didn't."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
MATAWAN Is
DEFEATED BY
KEYPORT nine
ssecIcI to the EVENING Ngws.

heyport July 11:-The Century
A. G. baseball team, of this place,
put the "kibosh" ON their old rivals,
the Matawan nine, on the Cutlery
diamond here, Saturday afternoon.
Walling, who was the slab artist~for
h Centurys, proved to be too diff
fcult a proposition for the visiting
team, and they were beaten BY a,
score of'10 to 4. Walling, pitcher of
the Centurys, was relieved by L.
Armstrong in the sixth, inning. The
score by innings was:
Century A. c. 100000 90 DO
Matawan ,....0 2001100 0-4
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
PURITAN A. G..
LOSES A GAME
At FAIRHAVEN

An inadequate supply of pitching
material was mainly responsible for
the Puritan Athletic Club nine, of
this city, losing to Richard K. Fox's
team at Fairhaven yesterday after
noon. The Police Gazette mans
nine won by a o of 6 to 2 prinei-l
pally because Louis Ellie, on the Pur-
itan slab, assembled In the second
frame and the club had no other
twirler to substitute.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
s. A. c.. is
DEFEATED BY
THE ORIOLES

Rough grounds were mainly re-
sponsible for the Danish Sociable
Athletic Clubs baseball team giving
up a victory to the Orioles, of Red
Bank. yesterday afternoon. fine
teams crossed reeds at Red Bank
and the home club won by a score of
10 to Z. Poulsen's stop of a wild
throw and Neisby's difficult catch
were features Of the game. The de-
tail score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11

Two base hits, M. Petersen, Mar
vim and Angelo. Bases on balls, off
Koehler. 2; Simonsen, /; Marvin, A..
Struck out, by Koehler. 8; Simon
sen, 6; Messy, 3; Marvin, 4. Dou-
BILE plays, Yenk to Dahl; Marvin to
Jones. Umpire. o. Dwyer. Attend
ance, 400.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
BASEBALL.
Results of Games Played In National
and American Leagues.
NATIONAL, TEAGITE

MAMMAL hANfAG OG'
At Chicago-New York, 10; Chicago,
9. Batteries = Crandall, Raymond.
Ames, Drucke, Meyers and .sehleii
Cole, Kroh and King.
At Cineinnatt-Brookiyn. 2; Cincin.
natl, 0. Batteries-Rucker and Der.
gen; Suggs, Casper and Mclean.
At st. Iouis-Postponed on account
of wet grounds.
Second Game-Boston, 8; st. Louis,
2. Batteries-Mattern and Graham;
Willis, Bachman. Lush. Corridor and
Bresnahan.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
So 4 IL As 10 4
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SIS 10 Az 2

"None out when winning run was
scored.
st. A. 00oOo00o 100000 -S
Two-base hits, Yenk, Miller, Fos-
ter. Toolin. Struck out. by Apple
gate. g.: by s~eibisnsht. t6. Bases on
balls. of Apologize, 1; off ~Scibienski,
stolen bases, Sullivan, 2; Fos-
ter, l; Apologize, l.; Tooiin. 1;
Cooley, 1; Seguine, I. Double plays
Toolin to Celey; Samsoe to Sullivan
Fullerton to Bath to Sullivan. Time
Of game, two hours and fifteen min-
utes. Umpire, Mr.. Dunn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11

Two-base hit, Doherty, l. Home run,
Art. Palmer. Struck out, by Dougber-
ty, IA; by Mulford, 2. Bases on balls,
off Dougherty, S; off Mulford, g..
Double play, milford to NJ. Moran to
F. Moran. Left on bases, Tottenville
A. c., 8; Arrows, 6. Umpire, H. Kreis-
cher.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
T0TTENV|LLE A. G. is
VICTOR OVER ARROWS
MARIONS BEAT
SCOTCH PLAINSI
TEAM, 7 TO 3

!, The Marion A G. took all honars In
their game with the Scotch Plains B. b.
c., at ScotG~PIains. Saturday after
noon; They won by ge-ef7 te
8. The detail tally:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
Oxford.

The University of Oxford has the
reputation of having been founded by
King Alfred In S72.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
TINE OF HIGH WATER.

Any affair, or happening, or CTR
make q want ad. worthwhile as an
adjusting force Is too small to worry
cumstance which Is too small to
ahnut 7sgt
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11

Aay affair, or happening or cir
e~umstance which is too small TO
make 8 want ad. worth while as an
adjusting force Is too small to WORRY
shout
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
METUCHEN CHURCH WINS.
rectaI to the EVENING NEWN

Metuchen, July IA church
nine of this city walloped the Pres
byterian church team, Of Wood
bridge, here Saturday afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
LEAGUE.


Some of the 'snewa OF your imms-
diate neighborhood may be found In
the want ads today
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
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Marions.

*Carroll out, hit by batted ball.
Marions 1 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 CO
P. A. -. 0 O / 0 0 8 0 0 x-4
Umpires. Fitzpatrick and Bird.
PRELIMINARY GAME.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-06-04

A. L. Stroup has sent in his
resignation as forest supervisor TO
take effect the 30th Of June. Mr..
Stroup owns 800 acres Of San Luis
valley land and will hereafter dc.
vote bis attention to ranching.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-06-04
times as large as the Egyptian

| SA'no0 no AoA6C 90 tuO 10y pI4ou
pyramid.
The Mayas, who erected these
wonderful pyramids in Mexico,
colonized Egypt, Persia, Arabia
and many Asiatic countries. The
land Of Mesapotamia, along the
Euphrates and Tigris rivers, was
settled by this same race. Any
one who can read the cuniform
writings found N Egypt can read
the inscriptions on the 28S,OOO
clay tablets found by DR.. Hilprecht
of the University of Pennsylvania
under the ruins of Nippur, Nine
vah and Babylon, and can also
rea l the sacred books of Yucatan,
and of other parts of southern
Mexico.
The historical books of Yucatan
reach back to S,745 years before
the Christian era-or 1865 years
from the present year. Beyond
thie tradition and mythology reach
10000 to 10000 years.
The historical events recorded
in the Maya sacred writings are
correlated with astronomical data.
For instance, it is recorded that
Quetzacoatl commenced the WON
derful road, already described, 100
days after total eclipse of the
sun which was on certain hour,
day and year. Astronomers have
verified this eclipse. 1t was in
June, B. G. 7745. Calculations
prove that this eclipse was visible
in that country on that day and
hour. One hundred days after
this eclipse would fall on Septem-
Der Is. This road was commenced
according to this calculation, ON
September Is, B. G. 7745 or 1855
years ago!
Many dates are fixed by refer
ences to eclipses of the sun and
moon.
The Mayas and other SURVIVOR
shipping nations had a much better
system of dividing time than have
the Christian nations. The Mayas
made observations on the sun each
December. Their years began on
the first day that was longer than
the preceding day, i. 9. December
25. Their system kept their civil
time in harmony with astronomi-
cal time. The Christian nations
have changed the day of the week,
month and year three times in
LOO years Constantine the Great
added 80 days to the year A. D.
1856. Pope Leo \, added 10 days
to the year A. D 1865. This con-
fusion was not necessary under
the Maya system.
Perhaps the most wonderful in
vention by any man in any age is
the calendar wheel. It is recorded
that Quetzacoatl invented this
wheel more than 5000 years ago.
1t is a perpetual calendar. It does
not have to be brought to date as
do our modern almanacs.
Representations Of this calendar
wheel are found engraved on rock
tablets in many places throughout
southern Mexico.
A emigration diverged from
Yucatan the arts and sciences Of
that country were introduced into
other lands. But they were grad.
ually lost in the lapse Of ages.
The knowledge Of the method Of
making cement was used in the
southwestern part Of the United
States. The line that divides the
ruins containing cement mortar
from those containing mud mortar
10 loosely described ~ follows:
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-06-04
settlements of the Mound. build.

was waged, no doubt for ages, ex-
tended from Omaha, Nebraska, to
St. Charles, Louisiana.
So far as now known the most
important battle ever fought along
this line was in eastern Oklahoma,
two miles south of Redlands, and
twenty-five miles southwest of Fl.
Smith, Arkansas. Here the Maya
Aztecs buried over 10000 of their
dead. Over l4,OOO skeletons were
uncovered in the building of the
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf
railroad in 1895. And four and
one-half acres only were excavated
in this cemetery! 1t includes
about 80 acres. More than one
half the skeletons show violence
j. g. broken bones, battle-axes and
arrow points in skulls etc. About
three miles eas.erly are three
large mounds that are supposed to
contain the bodies of the Mound
builders killed in this great battle.
Southern Arizona, in ancient
times, was densely populated.
One sunken city in the Salt river
valley contains about $4,000
rooms. There are hundreds of
miles of ruins along the Salt and
Gila valleys.
Chaco canyon which opens into
the San Juan valley near the
southwestern corner of Colorado
contains 80 miles of ruins-of the
Clitf-dwellers. Princeton Univer-
sity had corps of men collecting
relics in this canyon for three sum-
mers-and their exploring was
confined to one seven-story build
ing. 1t yielded many carloads of
relics which were shipped from
Durango.
The Cliff -dwellers cultivated one
kind of wheat, squash, pumpkin
and tobacco; and two kinds of
beans and corn.
They buried all of their dead in
a sitting posture in walled pits. A
bowl with ragged hole broken in
its bottom was upset and placed
over the head of each dead body.
The bodies Of the distinguished or
prominent people had finely pull
verified charcoal tamped around
them. Mummies taken from these
pits show the color of
eyes, hair and complexion. In
the valley Of the Sapello, a tribu-
tary Of the GiIa river in Grant
New Mexico, the mummies
have blue eyes, fair compilations
and light, tlaxen hair.
The Clitf.dwellers first settled
New Mexico, Arizona and south
ern Colorado before the last noun
tain uplift-the last volcanic era.
Dana says this era was 'at least
%, 600 years ago" LIE Conte says.
''about 10000 years ago"
How do we know the Cliff
dwellers lived before this volcanic
era? Because the floors of some
Of their houses have been lifted
and inclined until one cannot walk
on them; and they are now under
from 20 to 40 feet of lava and vol.
canic ash.
The ancient Mayas understood
the use Of the lever. screw, wheel
and many mechanical devices.
They excelled in engineering, rs
their roads, acqucducts, culverts,
bridges, buildings and pyramids
prove. They excellel in art, as
their ststuary. bas reliefs, frescoes
and general architecture attest.
They understood mathematics
ut least some branches Of il. They
had some knowledge OF chemistry.