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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10

anXiously to see who is the next hitter.
Holy smoke. you find the fellow coming
up is just as dangerous as the one you
have al bat Ii you walk this fellow at
bat you will be Kissed and catcal,ed. but
YOU don't care for that. You are going to
play the string out, and why?
Because the next fellow at bat may hit
ball hard where one of your infielders
may be able to knock il down with one
hand and he has force play at every
base. You have created the opportunity
for force play by filling the bases and
you have done right
single it has cost your club more runs.
but nevertheless you have taken the wise
end.
Many Angles to Consider.
If you have a slow man on third base. it
changes the situation again. If the pitch
er is inclined to be wild that day, you
would hesitate about having him pitch
out too much, as his lack of control would
likely get him into trouble.
One could write all night on conditions
and circumstances which would cont1n-
ually change the character of this play
There is no given rule to follow and plays
of this kind where quick thinking is re-
quired and great judgment displayed will
make the memory of Buck Ewing. Duke
Farrell and Mike Kelley live always. They
and Johnny Killing to the hearts OF Chi
cagO fans.
Bill LANCE. whom you all remember,
had an effective way of making this play
when on third base, and did it better than
any one else who ever attempted 1t that
way. His size helped him. Bill weighed
40 pounds in condition.
He would hug third base closely until
the ball was almost in the catchers hand
and then dash for the plate. He would
never get so far that he couldn't get back
to third
You know, all catchers are not Killings
and Sulivans. The catcher seeing Lange
coming, and seeing he had him. would
whip the ball to third Lange would re-
turn toward third and attempt to get in
line with the bail so it would hit him.
He could judge that from where the third
ba seman stood to receive it.
have seen him hit with the ball in
this manner and have it glance off and
roll so far that the fellow who had started
from first would score also. l have seen
him beat the play back. slide or bump
the third baseman, upset him. the ball go
ing to left field. He was seldom caught.
as he timed the distance wonderfully. and
had the twist slide down to perfection
Figure it out your own way the next
time this play comes up at game under
similar circumstances. You and your
companions can have an argument about
It, anyway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10

The Pirates say that Catcher Rariden
OF Boston is the biggest surprise of the
season. The youngster was looked upon
az joke when Harry Smith recon-
mended him and Boston introduced him
TO fast company. but he has developed
into a strong catcher. He does not fight
the ball. has the trick of steadying the
Wild pitchers. can peg to the bases and
is clever at catching fouls. 1t was d
strange coincidence that Harry Smith
recommended the man who crowded him
of the team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10
Eight Scoreless Games.

Those who have been arguing that il is
a difficult proposition to score under the
new rules may find some justification for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10

\ mighty good man was uncovered by
the Buff and Blue management in Rich
ardSon. at fullback.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10

Speaking about the prevalent idea that
the Cubs will do a lot of base stealing
against the Athletic catche.s. an eastern
critic sacely rises TO remark that they
will have to get on the bases before they
car do any of this fancy stealing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10

\ minor league manager wired Fred
Clarke of Pittsburg: Send a team o.
substitutes to play an exhibition game.
In righteous Indignation Clarke wired:
'.Wili not be a party TO any scheme TO
fool the public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10

When the Hopkins team was on the
Maryland Aggies' 1-yard line Saturday ii
seems that il was kept from scoring
because one of Hopkins guards ran to
the side lines to give his manager his
false teeth. causing his team to be PEN
allied 10 yards.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10

A politician named Blank got place
Tor 4 clerk during one of the sessions
of the Legislature of his state. The
clerk was very grateful, says the Sat
urday Evening Post. At the end of
the session he came around to Blank
and said: mir. Blank, | want to tell
you how puch | am indebted to you
for your kindness In getting me the
place | have had. 1t meant more to
me. Mr.. Blank, than you may think.
thank you from the bottom of my
heart. Also | want to say, Mr.. Blank,
that If there ever comes a time when
can do anything for you-anything at
all-you are to command me. will do
anything you may ask me to do. am
at your service"
Blank thanked the man, and he
started to go. AS he reached the door
he turned and said, "Of course, Mr..
Blank, would prefer that II should be
something honorable"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
Followed the Book.

Die. Bertrand Maltravers" hissed
the villain. And the hero of the piece
prepared to fall and perish. as per in
structions of the prompt book.
But, alack. the revolver with which
the fell deed was to be executed failed
to do fits horrid work! The villain.
however, was a man of resource.
He stole behind his victim and smote
him on the head with the butt end
of the refractory weapon. and the hero.
thinking one death as good as another,
fell to the ground.
All would have gone well now, but
the promoted super. who was taking
the part of the policeman who discov-
cred the body, was late in taking his
cue. He walked on and in due course
found the body. He was not Il funny
man by any means. but still his first
words caused yell of laughter.
"Shotr' he cried tragically. Hes
been shot through the back"-London
ScraDS
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
Fathers Method.

During recent slight illness the
fve-year-old Teddy. usually so amia
Bile. latly and obstinately refused to
take his medicine. After n somewhat
prolonged and Intellectual argument
with him his mother at last set the
glass of medicine down, leaned her
head on her hands and played" that
she was crying. A moment passed,
and the tender hearted Teddy, unable
longer to bear the sight of his mothers
stricken attitude, inquired, What's
the matter. mother. dear" With
out removing her hands from her
eyes she replied. I'm grieved that my
son won't take his castor oil for me-"
Whereupon Teddy sat up in bed and
offered consoingly: "Oh. wouldn't
feel bad If were you. mother. dear.
Father will be home soon, and he'll
make me take it."-Delineator.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
"Correct to a Tu

Our earliest quotation for this or for
the kindred phrases Ito suit one to a
t" ito fit to T." ito know one to
T." is of 1903. Can any one help us
to an earlier example? No one of our
many instances throws any light upon
its origin. A current obvious conjec-
ture would explain "a IT, as meaning
"a square," but to this there are va
rious objections. We have no evil
dence as yet that the name 'T square
goes back to the seventeenth century
and no example of its being called
simply "a r." and in few IL any of
our instances would the substitution
of "a T square" for "a T' make any
tolerable sense The notion seems
rather to be that Of minute exactness,
as it were ito the minutest point"
But the evidence is mainly negative
If examples can be found of "T
square" before 100 or of its reduction
simply to "T'' or of earlier examples
of "to I" they may help to settle the
actual origin. - London Notes and
Queries.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
Tombs of AbeIord and Heloise

OF the hundreds of thousands who
make pilgrimage to Pere Lachaise
on All Saints day few doubt the au-
thenticity of the most famous tombs.
One in particular is never questioned
that Of Ieloise and Abeard, the
story of whose unhappy love is SC
grandly told by Pope. This monu-
ment is the work Of Alexander Lemon,
the sculptor. and dates toward the end
of the revolution. The tomb was
built by Lenoin with fragments of a
chapel of the convent of the Paraclete
at Nogent-sur-Marne. of which Heoise
was the abbess. Lenoiu managed to
bring some glass from the windows
of the old chapel, and two medallions
which adorn the tomb the sculptor
purchased from a religious house il
Paris. This is all that is genuine
about the tomb.-Lonlon Globe.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
OSTRICH BATTLES.
The Great Birds, as Strong as Horses
Box With Their Feet.


Ostriches battle for supremacy with
as much ferocity as stays. bulls, buf
faloes and other animals. An ostrich
fight is n uusing, inasmuch as il
amounts practically to boxing match
with the feet, wherein the combatants
lightly dance around each other.
There is, however, this ditference-if
any human boxer could hit as hard
with his hands as can an ostrich With
its feet the championship would be
decided by a single blow. In sparrinG
the ostrich stands on one foot, with
the other foot and the wings raised,
the bill wide open and the neck dis
tended. He strikes with the force of
a trip hammer
Sometimes Oh an ostrich farm a
keeper will become involved in such n
mixup. in which event it is not infre-
quently the case that the human
emerges from the scrap with q broken
leg, arm or head.
Under modern training an ostrich
equals q horse in power and indeed
can perform many of the stunts"
whereof his equine colleague is capa-
bic In one respect, however, he ex-
GELS the horse, for by the aid of its
wings the ostrich can leave behind
the swiftest running thoroughbred. In
harness an nstrich has at Hot Springs,
Ark, paced in about n horses time
Harper's Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
"ANOTHER'S Shoes"
A Phrase That Had Its Origin In an
Ancient Custom.


The expression stepping into an
others shoes" like many another COM
mon phrase. had its origin in an an
cieut custom.
The old Morse law required that
person to be adopted must step into
previously prepared shoe. This shoe
was made from the skin taken from
the right hind leg of ''three-winters-
old bull"
The skin was flayed from above the
hook. and out of this the shoe was
made. The person to be adopted step
ped into this shoe, taking into his
arms one at time, it is presumed, the
younger sons of the man making the
adoption. If there were also sons who
were of age they stepped into the shoe
afterward, by this sign showing their
consent to the adoption.
A man In this way could adopt an
illegitimate son, making him his law
full heir. but In that case the father
was obliged to step into the shoe first.
If there were any full grown sons,
they stepped into the shoe afterward;
II there were llO Iull BloNu II SOiS, tilSb
the next of kin did the stepping, and
without his consent, by the way, this
special adoption could not be made.
Witnesses to the ceremony In the
use of the shoe were required to es-
tablish its legality.
1t will be seen that this was con-
sidered an important ceremony, and
done it is not strange that the eXpres
sion as now used passed into common
peech.-Chicago Record-IerH a.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
LINCOLN'S LESSON.
The Way He Learned to Tell When a
Thing Is Proved.

Thing Is Proved.
Abraham Lincoln was once asked
how he acquired his wonderful logical
powers and his acuteness in analysis.
Lincoln replied: 1T was my terrible
encouragement which did that for me-
When | was young man | went into
an Office to study law. | saw that
lawyers business is largely to prove
things. l said to myself, Lincoln.
when is thing provedT That was a
poser. What constitutes proof? Not
evidence; that was not the point. There
may be evidence enough, but wherein
consists the proof? | groaned over the
question and finally said to myself,
.Ah, Lincoln, you can't tell Then l
thought what use is it for me to be in
n law office If can't tell when a thing
is proved?
80 l gave 1t up and went back
home. Soon after returned to the old
log cabin ! fell in with a copy of Eu-
cid. | had not the slightest notion of
what Euclid was, and | thought L
would find out | therefore began at
the beginning, and before spring had
gone through the old Euclid's geometry
and could demonstrate every PROPOSE
ton in the book. Then in the spring,
when had got through with it, ! said
to myself one day, All. do you know
when n thing is provedr and l an
swered. Yes, sir; do. Then you may
go back to the law shop and went"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
A GREAT ORATOR.
Where the "Holer" Was More I'm
pressive Than the Words.

Where the "HoIler" Was More I'm
pressive Than the Words.
Tie appeal that fine flow of oratory
will make to men and women was
umusingly eXemplified one night at
meeting in West Philadelphia, says a
Philadelphia paper. \ noted speaker
was appealing to gathering to give
funds toward the work of cleaning the
slums, making life healthy and happy
for the poor and other utopian schemes
of men and women whose hearts throb
with longing to help their kind.
For half an hour he drew pictures
of the conditions; then with expressive
gestures and his voice throbbing with
enthusiasm he poured out a flow of
rhetoric.
Our duty, our flag, our country"
dotted the speech with italics. The
audience shouted and cheered, and the
women wcpt, while storm of ap-
plause swept the room when the
speech was over.
That's going some, eh?" said one
man to another in the cloakroom later.
Zine sentiments, real feeling-great
great"
I'm so deaf spoke up another,
with disappointment in his voice, that
l couldn't hear. What did he sayF'
"Say-say" stammercd the others,
looking into each others faces. why
-he-he-er-ha hanged if know" And
to this day they don't know. 1t was
only the "holler" that got them, not
the words.
This is, however. what makes the
orator
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
Spanish Surnamea,

In addition to three or four Christian
names the Spanish child bears the CON-
bined family names of his father and
mother. When the surnames are dou-
bled or connected by the y, meaning
land" the first is the more important
one and the only one that may be TAX
en- alone, for it is in the fathers name,
while the last is in the name OF the
mother. In Spain they know no sen
ior" and Junior" Father and son
may bear the same Christian name,
but each takes his own mothers name
as a distinction, the father being. for
instance, Pedro Diaz Castillo and the
son Pedro Dlaz y Blanco.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
$3.50 Recipe Cures
Weak Kidneys, Free
Reliever Urinary and Kidney Troubles
Backache, Straining, Swell
ing, Etc.
Stops Pain in the Bladder, Kid.
neys and Back.

Wouldn't it be nice within week
or so to begin to say good bye forever
to the scalding, dribbling, straining,
or too frequent passage of urine; the
forehead and the back of the head
aches the stitches and pains in the
back; the growing muscle weakness
spots before the eyes; yellow skin
sluggish bowels swollen eyelids or
ankles; leg cramps; unnatural short
breath slepelessness and the despond-
ency?
l have recipe for these troubels
that you can depend on, and if you
want to make a quick recovery, you
ought to write and get copy of it.
Many a doctor would charge you So. 50
Just for writing this prescription, but
have it and will be glad to send it
to you entirely free. just drop me a
line like this: DR.. A. E. Robinson, k45S
Luck Building, Detroit, Mich. and
will send it by return mail in plain
envelope. As you will see when you
get it, this recipe contains only pure,
harmless remedies, but it has great
healing and pain -conquering power.
1t will quickly show it's power once
you use it, so l think you had better
see what it is without delay. I will
send you a copy free-you can use it
and cure yourself at home.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
Tit For Tat.

newspaper man who called on a
local manufacturer the other day to
pay a friendly visit found the latter
in no mood for friendly calls. He was
In q white heat
whats the matterY" asked the Wis
3tor. "You don't seem pleased to see
me-"
'Oh, would be pleased TO see you."
said the other, "if wasn't SO mighty
mad at the meanest piece of petty
hoidup ever saw. Here's q check
from q fellow who owed me bill for
ninety days, and darned If he hasn't
mailed the check at last and subtract
ed the 2 cents for the postage stamp
that brought the letter."
Can you beat that" exclaimed the
visitor as he eyed the check.
81 can." said the other as he reached
for a telegraph blank. II am going to
wire him a receipt in full. and I'll wire
it collect Newark Call.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
His Unlucky Day.

Even the least superstiious are often
struck by the misfortunes which at
tend some persons on certain dates. A
large firm In the city has In its en-
ploy q living instance of the fact. On
June 12 an employee lost his left arm
by coming in contact with machinery.
The accideD' disabled him for his then
employment. and he was given that
of n messenger. On another June II
he was run over in the Strand while
on an errand. Result, a broken leg.
The next accident was a fall on the
stairs in tue firms buildings-again
June l2-the right arm broken this
time. The fourth mishap on another
anniversary broke three ribs. The
firm took the case into consideration
and issued an order that in future the
employee was to take a holiday Oh
that date, an order with which he has
now complied for several years.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
Snnt. - .!1e Niolfn.

Louis SpUhr, The greatest Of all Ger
man yioliaistS and man whose name
is otherwise mdrlibly written on the
pages of musical history, was born at
Brunswick Oh April >, 1874, just fifteen
days after his great contemporary and
rival Nicolo Paganini, first saw the
light of the world Two greater con
trasts than these two men could not
be imagined. Paganini, the brilliant.
dazzling, comet-like apparition, over
awcd the masses, for whose favor he
made high bid. while the German,
the serious. dlgnifed, deep artist, ap-
pealed to the conuoisseurs and cultur-
ed musicians. Spohr both by prccept
and example eXerled tremendous in
fuence ON violin playing and violin
composition and, in fact, on compost
ton in general. The greatest musi-
clans of his day stood in awe of him,
and even Richard Wagner after Spohr
had produced The Flying Dutchman"
at Cassel in 1913. where he was then
conductor of the opera. in a letter writ
ten to the great violinist displayed q
sense of gratitude of which in later
years he seemed incapable. Spohr died
at Cassel in 1S59-ArGonaut.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
NORWAY'S BILL OF FARE.
Fish and Boiled Potatoes Served Day
After Day.


After Day.
LAS we sat cozily before the cheer.
full blaze" writes Caroline Thurber in
a delightful account of "A Motor In.
vasion of Norway" in the Century,
1--WE INDUCED in mathematical calcula'
tions and found that we had eaten
forty-two consecutive meals Of fish,
with potatoes never otherwise than
boiled. One of the women of our party
once cried from her soul to a sympa-
thetic looking host, Why, oh, why,
are there no chickens in Norway?
"'There are. madam, but they are
for laying purposes.
"Then why, oh, why, do you always
boil your potatoes?
1--we are different from you. mad
am. We don't like them messy. We
prefer to know a potato as a potato
when we eat it.
in our passage through the country
we had certainly encountered new
and unpalatable foods. but we were
always nourished, for good milk, but.
ter and eggs We're everywhere at hand,
and we developed powers Of digestion
previously undreamed of. Even so, one
supper menu staggered us-nota bene:
Sausages. three kinds; raw salmon,
picked anchovies. shrimps, cold fried
fish, cold fish pudding, cold meats, tive
varieties OF cheese. pickles. oranges
and gooseberry marmelade. tea. four
kinds of raised bread. fat bread with
caraway, English biscuit, Norwegian
rusks. fried eggs. hot stew (yariety
unrecognizedD and boiled potatoes"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
THE BABY TURTLE.
He Has to Paddle His Own Canoe
From the Moment of Birth.

He Has to Paddle His Own Canoe
From the Moment of Birth.
Just so soon as baby turtle energies
from the egg off he scuttles down to
the sea. He has no one to teach him,
no one to guide him. In his curious
little brain there is implanted streak
of caution based upon the fact that
until Il certain period In his life his
armor is soft and no defense against
hungry fish. and he at once seeks shell
ter in the tropical profusion of the
gulf weed. which holds within its
branching fronds an astonishing abun-
dance of marine life. Here the young
turtle feeds unmolested while his ar
NOR undergoes the hardening process.
Whatever the young sea turtle eats
and wherever he eats it, facts not gen
orally ascertaincd, one thing is certain
it agrees with him immensely. He
leads a pleasant sort of life, basking in
the tropical sun and cruising leisurely
in the cool depths.
Once he has attained the weight of
twenty-five pounds. which usually oc-
ours within the first year, the turtle is
free from all danger. After that no fish
or mammal. however ravenous, how
ever well armed with teeth, interferes
with the turtle
When once he has withdrawn his
head from lis position of outlook into
the folds of his neck between the two
shells intending devourers may strug-
gle in vain to make an impression
upon him -Harper's Weekly
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
Swallowed and Climbed.

A woman newly rich was invited to
an arlstocratic dinner party. During
the course of fowl and salad this wo-
man noticed with dismay fat, furry
caterpillar on her topmost leaf of let
tuce. CHANGING up, she met her aristo-
cratic hostess eye. The hostess, too,
had seen the caterpillar. Her gaze i'm
plored the guest to save the dinner
from catastrophe. The guest gave her
hostess a reassuring smile. Then she
doubled a lettuce leaf around the cat
erpillar and swallowed 1t calmly. The
look of awe and gratitude that her
hostess gave her was an assurance
that her footing In society was at last
firmly established.
did you think" said Mrs. Newly
rich to her daughter afterward, that
I'd lose a chance of establishing the
family socially for little thing like
a caterpillar"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-10
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SEAL HUNTING.
Eskimo Methods In Dealing With the
Wary Creatures.


Writing of far northern hunting
methods, Harry Whitney thus de
scrihcs In Outing how Eskimos kill the
vary seal:
"Nany seals were seen on the fresh
made ice. and Eiseeyou. my head man,
expressed Il desire that take charge
On his dog team while he stalked some
of them. Seals are extremely shy, and
great caution must be practiced in ap-
preaching them. The Eskimos use a
blind In the form of miniature
sledge. about eighteen inches In length
by six in width. with bearskins tackled
on the runners. Fore and aft are two
upright crotched sticks. upon which
:he rifle rests and to which 1t is lash
I'd. On the front of the sledge cross
par sustains two long perpendicular
sticks. over which piece of white
cloth is stretched, or when that is not
attainable hareskin Is substituted.
Through hole in this cloth screen
the muzzle of the rife protrudes.
Holding his blind before him. he
was enabled to walk within 300 or 400
yards of a seal without startling it.
Then he dropped on his hands and
knees and pushed the little sledge be-
fore him. Thus hidden behind the
cloth screen. which so blended with
the ice as to arouse in the seal no sus-
picion of danger, he approached with
in fifty yards before shooting. Seals
always lie close to their holes. and 1t
is necessary to hit them in the head
or under the shoulder and have the
bullet penetrate the heart and kill
them instantly; otherwise they will
flop into the hole and sink before it is
possible to reach them"