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Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23

UPPER PICTURE SHOWS SCRAMBLE FOR
BALL; LOWER ONE, BASEBALL MEN PLAY
ING PUSHBALL.
fatal. He must take things easy and
gradually work himself into a condi-
ton of fitness.
The first work of the ball pIayer
when he reaches camp is a session in
tossing the ball-just short throws
This is continued for about two hours
in the morning and another two hour
session in the afternoon, always while
the sun is high, because it is necessary
to get up good sweat. The following
day bali tossing is varied with batting
practice. About the second day out
the player is slow getting down to
breakfast. This display of tardiness
does not indicate laziness. But the
player is so sore in every muscle that
he can't move fast.
But once he dons a uniform and gets
working in the hot sun he limbers up
bit and fOrgets the aches. After
about six days of this kind of practice.
with corps of rubbers who knead and
rub the sore spots, the ball player be-
gins to become more active and like
himself. More speed is put behind
throws, and the running around bases
Is faster. The player is gradually be-
coming hardened to the work.
If there are some men on the team
that have taken on weight during the
winter the manager has his men log to
and from the grounds. Usually the
park is about two miles away from
the hotel. This takes off weight and
also improves the wind.
While all this is going on the MANA
ger gives most of his attention to tbe
pitchers, They must be watched care
fully. After a week of pitching slow
ones they are sent in to pitch O few
innings each afternoon when games
are played. This not alone affords
practice for the pitcher. but it gives
the. batters chance to get their eve
on the ball.
The ball player is apt to become
grouchy and shirk his work if the man
ager does not furnish diversion. Some
times during the early practice, when
every Uouy dppedIS tIeu OF playing
ball, pushball is brought out, and
these big fellows cut all sorts of
capers, and they play like a lot of
schoolboys. But the change puts them
in good humor. and if the manager
should say, Come on. fellows; let's
play four innings before we jog back
10 the hotel" everybody jumps in, and
then you see some fast baseball.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
sTAKED HIS HEAD.
The Wager Sir William ST. Clair Laid
With King Robert Bruce.

Edwin Noble in "rht Dog Lovers
Book" recalls the historic story of the
two famous deerhounds Help and
Eold. a monument to which can be
seen to this day at Rosln chapel.
The legend is that King Robert
Bruce while hunting upon the Pent-
land hills had several times started
white deer. but had hitherto been
unable to capture it. II had always
so quickly outdistanced his own
hounds that he began to imagine that
it was gifted with supernatural pow
ers and could not be Overtaken By
mortal dogs. Naturally his mobiles
agreed with him. as there was no one
bold enough to affirm that he owned
hounds which were better than those
possessed by his sovereign
There was. however. one exception,
William st. Clair. who wagered mis-
head that his two favorite hounds.
Help and Hold. would kill the deer
before she crossed the Pentland brook
Bruce accepted the challenge and wa
gered the forest of Pentland moor
against Sir Williams head
The white deer was reused by ceu-
pie of bloodhounds and given a fair
start before st. Clair released his two
favorites. After long chase. follow
ed by Sir William and Bruce on horse
back, the deer reached the brook. and
Sir William. feeling sure that he had
lost his wager, prepared to give him.
self into the hands OF Bruce, but be-
fore the deer could get farther than
halfway across Hold had seized her,
and, Help coming up at the same mo-
ment, they forced her to turn back. In
the end she was killed within the stip-
ulated boundary
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23

In the matter of titles the Germans
show more courage than we do. On a
card which reached London the other
day the sender describes herself as
Frau -, esserhohlschleifeidi-
rektorswitwe. Would any English wo-
man venture to describe herself as wild
owofthemanage razorbladegrin ind
tngworks? When this was shown to a
German friend he produced card on
which the sender was entitled "Staats-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wi t.
we." description which she held to
be her due as the widow of an official
in the national debt ofice.-London
Chronicle
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
The Art of Emba!minq.

The modern embalmerS have not re-
covered the secret of the art as prac-
ticed by the old Egyptians and prob
ably never will. Some of the bodies
known to us as "mummies" buried
1900 or 1000 years ago are still in a
state of perfect preservation. Back
of the ancient art lay religious creed.
The ancient Egyptian believed that
after many thousands of years the
soul came back to find its body and
that If it was not found the soul wan
dered forever in misery and wretrhed-
ness: hence it was absolutely neces-
finally. the embalmers art.-New York
American.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
t0N KlDERLEN-W
TO BE SECOND BISMARCK.
Knows When to BE Rude Even to the
Kaiser.

Imperial Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg must go, Emperor William is
reported to have said after he heard
the verdict of the court acquiring
many of the prisoners arrested In con.
nection with the Moabit riots and Sc
verely reflecting on the conduct of the
police.
Hollweg has steadily LOST favor with
the emperor recently owing TO his lack
of tact The emperor has Informed
several members of his court that the
chancellor would be invited to retire
Immediately after the next reichstag
elections next autumn. At the same
time the emperor left no doubt that
the next chancellor win be Herr Won
Kiderlen- Waechter. who now is the
imperial secretary of foreign affairs.
He observed:
"Kiderlen is tactful, energetic and
not boorish. He will do"
Kiderlen himself mistrusts his luck.
which seems too sudden. Two years
ago when an intimate friend told him
that he would become foreign secre-
tary Kiderlen said.
Nonsense: the emperor hates me-"
The same friend told him recently
that he is destined to be the next
chancellor. Kiderlen no longer doubt
ed the truth of his friends informa-
ton. but expressed fear that his
change of fortune is too sudden to
last.
The emperor's satisfaction with his
foreign secretary is mainly due to
Kiderlen's skillful arrangement of
the negotiations with Russia over the
Persian agreement and also the com
plete change brought about in Ger
many's diplomatic position. which now
completely controls the European sit.
uation.
Kiderlen's friends say he is a sec-
ond Bismarck. with the Iron Chancel-
lor's skill in judging when to be out
rageously rude even to the emperor
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
STRIPPED AND FLoGGED.
Fearful Ordeal of the AcI<ou 6inat In
the Sudan.


Is the black man more stoical or
merely less sensitive than we are2
AT fantasia in the Sudan" says
Mr.. Edward Fothergil in Five Years
In the Sudan" Il have myself seen
the part that a young man plays of
his own free will in order to obtain
the title of ackou binat THE brother
If the girlsD. This ceremony would
turn a reformer's hair gray.
"rhe men and the women Of vii.
lage sit round in circle. leaving a
space in the center Of some six yards
in diameter. | describe it as | saw it
myself. The strongest man in the vii
lage is then picked out of the crowd.
and, armed with whip of hippopota-
mus hide, be and the young man who
is to strive for the title enter the
arena. The women beat their drums,
and the men clap their hands to the
tune.
The candidate for honor is stripped
20 the waist He stands with his arms
folded in the center of the ring. and
the strong man dances ,u9 to him to
the tune which is being played. He
brings the whip round with all the
force of which he is possessed and
lands it on the bare back of the man
in front of him. He dances away;
again he advances, and the operation is
repeated. This goes on until the num-
ber of strokes previously agreed upon
have been dealt In the particular
case l saw it was twenty-five. If the
man who is being dogged winces, If
he so much as moves an eyeiid as the
whip descends. he is disqualified and
branded as coward until such time
as he may choose to undergo the OPP
Grafton a second time
ION this particular occasion he went
through with it like Trojan. Indeed,
the man who was delivering the blows
got tired first. and the last three cuts
of the twenty-five were unsteady and
flickered round the ear and neck of
the brother ] leave my readers to
imagine the state of his back when all
was over. but he appeared to be as
happy as a king. and certainly he was
accorded 4 great ovation by the as
sembled crowd of women"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
HOLLAND OPEN
INVASION,

LTHoUGH the Dutch govern
N ment has been vociferous in
its protestations that II had
not yielded to any foreign in
'fuence in calling upon the states gen.
eral to vote a sum of $40.000,0OO for
the fortification of Flushing. at the
mouth of the Scheldt. and of other
points along its coast, yet there are
few either in the Netherlands or
abroad who do not construe the rejec.
ton of the bill nv parliament, the res.
1gnation of General Cool, the minister
of war. who sponsored it: the with
drawal by the cabinet and the refusal
by Major Colirn. the new minister of
war. TO reconsider IL in any shape or
form otherwise than as severe defeat
OF the kaiser's military scheme and as
a check TO the ambitions of Germany
Nor can the existence of this wide
spread ana very general impression
create very much surprise at Berlin,
for these fgftiiicationS. which would
have converted Flushing into some
thing very much akin to second
Gibraltar in point of military and ma,
val importa anCe. would have proved of
1nestimabe advantage to Germany in
the event of any war between her and
Great Britain
They would have been works not
merely of defense. but also of offense,
against England and could not posi-
bly, be regarded as aimed against any
other natioh than against Great Brit
ain and het ally. France. this under.
standiug being emphasized by the sig
,nificant fac, that Hollands eastern
frontier, bordering Germany. has been
-Aeft wholly unprotected.
Secret Treaty Possible.
In fact, the extraordinary defense
1esspess of the eastern boundaries OF
the Netherlands goes far to confirm the
belief that while there is no actual
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23

treaty III existence between Germany
and Holland permitting the military
occupation Of the latter by the kaisers
troops in the event of his going to war
with Great Britain. he has neverthe
less some sort of a secret understand
. ing with the Dutch crown which Is
equivalent 10 an offensive and de
fensive alliance.
Ii, however. the Dutch dislike the
English-they have always borne a
'grudge against Great Britain for the
part which she played in encouraging
the secession of Belgium and its trans
formation into an independent king.
dom-they fear Germany more. The
one dread of the people of Holland IL
the loss of their political and economic
Independence through absorption By
Germany
They realize that the peril to their
neutrality comes not from England,
but from Germany, and that the forti
fications for which they have been ask
ed to pay so heavily would in the
event of a conflict between these rive
great powers enGanger rather than
safeguard hat neutrality
Were Flushing converted into a sec
ond Gibraltar il would not fulfill any
national ne;rSSity in connection with
the defense of Holland. but would only
serve as a naval base to Germany fer
;na attack upon England and others.
Not only England. but France and
Belgium as we'll were menaced by the
project of converting Flushing into a
powerful stronghold AS the most
cursory glance at the map win show
n fort at Flushing, while 1t could no,
serve the defense of Holland. would
enable the power in possession thereof
TO shut off access from the sea to Bel.
GUMS principal port-namely. Ant
werp. Beigium's neutrality is guar,
aanteed by several Of the great powers,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23

lect. True, there Is supposed to be
an elaborate arrangement for cutting
the dikes and for placing the greater
part of the country under water.
thanks to he fact that probably hall
of the Kingdom lies below the level OF
the rivers. of the canals and OF the
sea.
William of Orange flooded Holland
in 1874 and by SO doing drove out the
Spanish Invaders. and the policy was
adopted ON the occasion of the French
invasion of 1872. The process of in.
undating the country then was mat
ter of weeks. The Dutch have been
taught TO he,ieve that in these modern
times 1t would he a matter not even
of days. but of hours. and that the in
undation could be brou@rt about by
the mere turn OF key at The Hague.
Cavalry Faster Than Flood.
1t is perfectly true that modern
methods have been adapted to this
means of defense of the Netherlands
from the foreign invader. But up to
date and Ingenious as are these con
trivances. they are incapable of ac
complishine miracles. and it would
take forty eight hours at the lowest
estimate to submerge the country &c
such an extent as TO prevent the ad
vance of ths enemy.
But within a few hours a swift
moving force of German cavalry, light
infantry and horse artillery would be
able to reach the first line of defense
by inundat.on--in time. indeed, TO ar
rest and prevent the latter, especially
since there are no Notifications of any
modern type along the eastern border
to prevent their progress The Ger
mans, indeed. boast that they would
be able to reach not merely Arnheim
but even Amsterdam. before the neces-
sary steps had been taken at Amster'
dam to food the kingdom.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
More Territorx

81 envy you" says the very thin
man Il wish ! had your weight
Here | am. skinny. dyspeptic crea-
ture. suffering half the time with
stomach ache"
Envy me-" chuekles the very fat
man. why. what If you do have the
stomach ache half the time? Think
what IL little bit of stomach ache
you can have. Now. when have the
stomach ache it amounts to some
thing Life
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
Il Fitted the Case.

The girl asked the polite salesman
if he had good cheese
I'VE have some lovely cheese" was
the smiling answer
You should not say lovely cheese"
she corrected
why not? 1t is" he declared.
"Because"-w a boarding school
dignity-"lovely should be used to
qualify only something that is alive"
Well" he retorted. III stick to
lovely"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
Knew 1t.

Little Man (threateningly)-I say. Mr.
Straightley, did you tell Mr.. Walker
was liar?
Big Man (coolly)-No. sir. did not
It's my opinion Mr. Walker doesn't
want any telling.-London Tit-Bits.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
DANIEL BOONE A HlRELlNG
Professor Says He and Clark Wers
Land Grabbers' Pawns.

Land GrabberS PaWns.
DR.. c. ". Alvord. professor of west
ern history in the University Of iii
nois. in a lecture under the auspices of
the Sons of the Revolution of Louis
vile. KY, shattered the hero Worship
of the early leaders of the Kentucky
pioneers by saying that George Rogers
Clark and Daniel Boone were merely
pawns In the hands of huge land grab
bfng concerns.
By implication Professor Alvord con
nected Patrick Henry with Governor
Dunmore, who he said inspired the In
dian war resulting in the Clark expe
dition. Although he did not connect
George Washington or the Lee family
and other influential Virginians direct
ly, he showed wherein they were great
ly benefited personally by the war
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
TO GERMAN
ENGLISH ASSERT

notably by England, which in 1870. at
the time of the Franco-German war,
notified both belligerents that she
would consider any violation of Bel
gian neutrality as casus belli.
The only manner in which Great
Britain could come to the assistance Of
Belgium in her hour of need for the
purpose of putting into execution the
guarantee Of the Integrity of her terri
tory would be by way of the Scheldt
Once the mouth of that river, which
gives access not to Holland. but to
Belgium. is closed by citadel at
Flushing Belgium would be cut off
from any assistance by the English
feet and army and would be at the
mercy of Germany.
Sea Defenses Good.
Holland stands in no danger of any
attack by the sea. The approaches to
Rotterdam and to Amsterdam are al
ready strongly fortified Moreover, the
waters of her coast line are so shallow
as to render naval operations by war
ships, save of the very lightest draft.
impracticable. And even were Eng
land or France to succeed in pouring
a force of soldiers into the Netherlands
by means Ct shipping of small draft.
which is improbable. the invaders
would find themselves confronted by
the Dutch army of nearly 100000 men.
who. with Il perfect knowledge Of the
country. of its canals. its dikes and Its
dams. would be well able to hold their
own.
On the other hand. the eastern de.
lenses Of Holland are in an absolutely
deplorabe condition. so much so that
they have repeatedly excited the
amazement Of foreign military ex.
perts and bave at the same time given
rise to all sorts of speculation on the
part of foreign statesmen and dipIo-
matists as 70 the reason of this neg
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
SHEEP HAS SEVEN coLORs.
Texan offerA Specimen to Mayor Gay.
nor of New York

A man in Texas wants to sell Mayor
Gaynor of New York II sheep with
wool of seven coiors The offer came
in letter received from Udo Toepper
vein of San Antonio. who suggests
that the sheep might be valuable ad
dition to the zoo.
He writes that the sheep came from
the mountains of Mexico. that he shear
ed it twice and that the wool e2cti
time was of the same varied coloring
He will not ask the city anything for
The sheep if after the next shearing II
fails to reproduce its spots.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23
Perfectly Natural.

"The supposed young millionaire
bought an airship just before he was
declared bankrupt"
THAT was perfectly natural pro-
ceedlng."
How soT'
"Most people do buy airships before
they go up.'-New York Journal
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23

Nova Scotia's Technical Campaign.
Technical schools for young men are
to be established in nearly every coun
ty in the Canadian province of Nova
Scotia.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23

After crosses and losses men grow
humber and wiser.-Franklin.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23

Poetry is simply the most beautiful.
impressive and widely effective mode
OF saying things. and hence its impor-
tance.- Matthew Arnold. ~
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23

There are no eyes so sharp as the
eyes Of hatred. d.-Hillard.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-02-23

a LTH0UGH the Dutch govern.
IA ment has been vociferous in
its protestations that 1t had
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-04-19
DIAMOND DRILLS TO BE
EMPLOYED IN RESEARCH
OF THE MASON VALLEY

Al arrangements have been com.
pleted for the diamond drill oper.
alton from the No. a level IF tbo
MASON valley; the contract has been
iet' the superintendent to be in
charge of the drilling is here. and
.he machinery is expected daily.
"lthln ten days after the euuipment
arrives it is expected the work will
De on in full blast.
From the No level exploration
VIII be carried on by means of tho
drlils' and sinking is temporarilv
suspended; to determine the dentb
VI the known ore bodies, their width
anu general extent, and the values
win depth is the objective of tbis
departure in the development. Unon
the result will be determined the
manner in which the mine is to no
worked below No. whether bv
holsting shafts or by means of the
'ohg tunnel heretofore mentioned
as contemplated project of the
mine development.
While the sinking at No. is
temporarily suspended, the blocking
out OF the reserves ON levels three
ana Tour continues; at present the
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-04-19

ore chambers are being ENLARGED
at rate which necessitates tbe
placing of $500 tons of four nor
cent ore on the dumps every thirty
days; considering this is the ex-
cess OF the broken ore over tbe
solld only, and is being removed
only because it is absolutely neces-
saly' IL makes wonderful show
ing Tor the property; for the val
ues placed on the dunn eyorv
month represent an aggregate TO-
tailng several times the operatine
cost OF the property. In fact at
no time in the history of the mina
mas the condition been otherwise
and the total ore reserves in the
dumps alone will eventually net tha
company revenue exceeding in
amount the entire cost of devotion.
ment operations from the beginning
10 the present time.
There are indeed few conner
properties that can make like
showing. 1t is entirely due to the
hlgh-grade values encountered. and
their persistent continuity at the
various portions of the WORKINGS
Mason Valley News.
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Seventh Grade.

Number of boys enrolled, 49,;
number of girls enrolled, 16; total
number enrolled, 20; average num-
Der belonging, 2S; average daily
attendance, %; per cent of attend
ance, 80.
Roll of Honor-Gordon Hussey.
Lena Bohm, Mabel Boggs. Josephine
Butler. Charlie Gilbert, Harry La
Montague, Marguerite Hallihan.
Fannie Holmes, Emma La Montague
Henry Gilbert, Mabel Quick. Johnnie
Harrington, Madeline Wilson, James
Rogan, Jay Smith, Lorreta Walsh,
Louis Haviland, Gertie Rippingham.
Fannie Higgins, Roy Simpson. Cath
ernie Ieni, Dora Joiner.
ANNA &. BRADLEY.
Teacher.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-04-19
WILLIAM AGAIN DRAWS
FIFTEEN DAYS SENTENCE

William Agan, formerly of the
Agan cafe, has been awarded a
hfteen days sentence in the county
jail as the result of run in
with his son-in-law, Frank DELANEY.
late OF Texas. 1t appears that there
mas been considerable feeling be-
tween the Delaney and Agan family
TOT some time past, the result be-
ing that the Agan gentleman at
tempted to draw revolver on young
Delaney few days ago, landed
IN the police court and was given
time for repentance in the county
Jail