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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19
The Pitcher.

lie FIlCfleT.
There was time when the American
small boy yearned to grow up and be-
come president of his country. lie
might still take the job If it were thrust
upon him, but he is too busy trying to
become great baseball pitcher to
waste any time In vain yearns.
The pitcher is the human gatling gun
who shoots the ball at the batter. e
is his mission to protect the ball from
all injury at the hands of the latter. de
is the handspring of the team and the
care with which he winds himself up
for each throw shows that he appre-
ciates the fact. A successful pitcher
can fill a baseball park twice week
with admirers of baseball delsarte, con-
tortion work and target practice.
The pitcher must not only throw the
ball violently. but he must deceive the
batter as to his intentions. 1t is beau
tiful to watch q good pitcher doing
this. He balances himself on one toe,
wraps the other about his waist. loops
both arms about his neck, rubs his
nose on his trousers. ways his left ear
to the catcher as q signal, and then
uncoils like a catapult. In this way he
retains such an influence over the ball
that 1t will frequently hesitate half way
to the plate, and almost come back to
be Rugged some more.
Occasionally a pitcher who has tied
himself up in this fashion, forgets the
combination and the result is very dis
tressing. He must be taken entirely
apart and reassembled before he can
get his neck out from under his shoul-
der blades.
There are two kind Of pitchers-wet
and dr.. The latter curves a ball with
out the aid of glue, saliva or porous
Mast The former ticks the ball with
his long glistening tongue, and then
hurls it at the batter, who is either
drowned or Is deceived into striking at
the spray. Spitball pitchers are usually
very effective until they go dry in the
seventh inning II there were any way
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19

1t is easy to tell an old time catcher
by his fingers They look as IL they
had been braided up and allowed to
set that way. Formerly, catchers did
not wear armor. but 1t cost the man
agement so much to dig baseballs out
care Is now taken Of them. The catch
err now wears a two bushel glove, a
wind shield on his chest. wire con-
ming tower on his head, and shock alb
sorbers on his legs. Thus equipped, he
is able to survive any reasonable bonn
bardment. A great many catchers who
went to the Spanish war sustained
sprained fingers. however, while catch
ing cannon balls two sizes larger than
the regulations provide.
Being a catcher Is pleasanter than
trying to stop an automobile with bare
hands. but not much more. Besides
snatching the sizzling ball from the adj
jacent vicinity, or digging it from the
hard ground in front Of him, the
catcher must at all times be prepared
to snatch off his mask. and run two
blocks over bat boys. water pail and
spectators after fouls. He must also
bear in mind while uncoupling his
spine. in order to reach farther for a
swift outshoot. that the base runner is
on the way to second and that he must
have the ball there to serve as a reccp-
ton committee. He must talk fluently
with the batter. who will snub him,
and with the umpire who will not be-
lieve him when he catches ball in an
other ward, and jerks 1t back over the
plate. 1t is also his priceless privilege
to stand in front of the home plate and
allow 1S0-pound base runner to slide
into his shins feet first.
Good catchers train for the season by
massaging their hands in a cornsheller,
and allowing bulldogs to gnaw their
ankles until they have become properly
calloused. A good durable catcher will
last for many years. But after 40,
most of them retire. and take up some
light occupation. such as coal mining
or stacking cactus
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19
VEST POCKET ESSAYS
Ru EnNrUn Fitch
BY George Fitch.
Illustrations by William Stevens.

OF training an artesian well as pitch
er. batting averages would become al
most invisible.
The pitcher has to begin his career
very early in life. A boy may fool
around for 80 years before determin-
ing to become president, and still land
the Job all right. but pitcher. has to
start before the age Of 10, or he will
be Oslerized before he gets out Of the
bush league. The young pitcher must
earn how to throw a feminine ball
which changes its mind three times In
so feet He must learn how to watch
the catcher, the umpire and second base
at the same time and to enjoy the taste
of wet horsehide and how to dig the
ball out of his thorax, where 1t has been
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19
Rhode I.Iand FIr.t 70 Have Navy.

fWHoo6 JBJdHu rVT1t 20 rIdSS Ndvys
Rhode Island was the first state to
create navy of its own. and captured
the first prize, British frigate. OH
Newport. Seeing its success, the con-
tinental congress chose Rhode Island
to execute plans for colonial navy.
and Essex Hopkins. the first command
er-in-chief, and three-fourths of all
the officers were from this state. In
the later war of 1912 1t was another
Rhode Islander, Commodore Perry.
who fought the immortal battle on
Lake Erie when he met the enemy
and they are urs!"-National Maya
zine.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19
To Mend an Umbrella.

To mend an umbrella that tears
lose from the rib at the point, when
you are on the street and needle and
thread are not available, close the un-
brella and bringing the cloth in pc.
sition. insert; a small hairpin in the
hole Of the RIB, and wind securely
round cloth. This first aid to the in
5ured" is SO efficient you will, be
tempted to leave it permanently.--Na-
tiOnal Magazine. '
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19
Terrible Suffering
eczema All over Baby's Body.

when my baby was four months old
his face broke out with eczema and at
sixteen months of age his face, hands and
arms were in dreadful state, The
eczema spread all over his body. We had
to put mask or cloth over his face and
Tie M up his han r,' Finally we gave him =
he was entirely cured. Today he is q
healthy boy" Mrs. Inez Lewis, Barring,
Maine. N
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures blood diseases
and builds up the system.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsnacbs.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19

and trade him fat pig for a new side
board. and patent washing machine.
And likewise he will have to get out
OF his automobile and go home on the
interurban, because his daughters best
young man is home from college and
wants to come out and spend the even
If it. were not for the farmer we
would all starve So let us drop a tear
for him and pity him as he tolls far out
In the country. where the fire engines
never pass by.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19
some shakespeare statlstlcs.

A Shakespearean enthusiast with a
turn for statistics has discovered that
the plays contain 106,007 lines and
814,7S0 words. Hamlet" IL the long.
est play, with $3.50 lines, and the
Comedy of Errors" the shortest.
with LIT lines. Altogether the plays
contain 1927 characters, of which 157
are females. The longest part is that
of Hamlet. The part with the longest
word in it is that of Costard In
Loves Labor. Lost" who tells Moth
that he is mot SO long by the head as
lcabilitudinitatibus."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19

tons. III you sus-
pect your Kidneys.
begin using Doan's
Kidney Pills at
once.
e. r. Wilson.
Emmettsburg. To-
wa, says: 81 was
completely laid up
with kidney COM
plant and infam-
matory rheuma-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19
The Rooster-Our young friend,
Mr.. Pig. is making hit on the stage
The Duck--Whst is he playing?
The Rooster-Ham-iet.

according TO a Dutch paper, the de-
fensive measures taken by Holland in
preparation for possible Franco-Ger-
mar war have revealed a state of utter
unprerareufess and confusion in the
country military establishment.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAKa

There are two ways to tell IL you
have weak kidneys. The first is
through pains in the back. The Sec
ond by examining the kidney secre-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19
Not Surprised.

II am sorry, my dear young lady, but
you have black future before YOU"
That's no news. I've just been pro.
noted to the mourning department in
the store where I am employed"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19

rDnVTD IMMEDIATE RELIEF
NNVOI WITHOUT DANGER, by
-----.- out ward application
Sedgwick's Group Iiniment should be In
every household. 1t opens the air pas
sages and causes the phleghm to disap-
pear like mage; cannot produce nausea
or vomiting Sold by all druggists.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19

The novelty business Of China II
drifting into the hands Of the Japa-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19

ment There is no accounting for
tastes. Some people amuse themselves
by, going over Niagara Falls in bar
rel.
The catcher Is supposed to scoop in,
deity all the things the pitcher throws
at him, brushing the bat out of his eyes
in the meantime. This requires great
tenacity of purpose. a magnificent
reach and a great disregard of fingers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19

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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19
Tipping.

Once upon time a greedy man
went early to banquet. and when
he saw the table heaped up with good
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19

Money makes the airship go-and
come down for more gasoline.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-19

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The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
STREETS COMMITTEE AGAIN
PASSES UP BRICK QUESTION
Neither Mayor Nor Hasrer Able To
Attend Meetlns-Fresh Veto
Goes To Council.

The council committee on streets
again passed up the brick question,
for the time being, Tuesday morning
A quorum was present at the appoint.
ed hour, 10 o'clock, but neither Mayor
Thompson nor Commissioner Haarer
was available at that time and no
meeting was held. Later Aid. Thei
sen, the. chairman, and two other
members, Harpfer and Merritt, called
on the mayor, at the latter's request
His honor again called attention TO
the offers made by various concerns,
notably the Metropolitan company. to
furnish the city with guaranteed
brick, so there would be no opportun.
ity for Commissioner Haarer or any
one else to claim, II streets are torn
up over winter that, this condition Is
due to an inability to get brick.
Boiler Inspector McCabe tested III
of the samples recently sent here by
tho Metropolitan company, In the
rattler. Tuesday morning. They
showed an abrasion of only 14.48 per
cent, and the company offers to ship
the city as many Of these brick as
might be required. These brick are
what are known as Century block.
Mayor Thompson will send a com
munication to the council, Iuesday
night. vetoing bills aggregating VI
400 rs for Speedway brick, allowed Dy
the council last week. An average ol
nine tests of Speedway. made by Boil
or inspector McCabe, showed an aver
ace of 24.25 per cent abrasion. The
MAYORS limit Is 21 per cent.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
VIEWS BODY OF HUSBAND
SHE'S ACCUSED OF KILLING
Mrs. vina Behrman Protests Love AZ
She Gaxes at His Remains
In Moruue.

BAY CITY, Mich, Aug. 29.-Sob-
bing Historically and supported by
Sheriff Kinney and his wife, Mrs.
vina Behrman was led from the coun-
ty Jail to the morgue to view the body
Of her husband, whom she is charged
with Staying last Friday, after bring
ing him back from Buffalo, where she
says she found him living with an
other woman. He was buried this al
ternoon.
At the sight of the man, lying cold
in death the frail little widow broke
down completely. "Oh, Hetnie. my
Heinie," she cried. "If he could only
speak to me. I can't have him torn
from me this way"
The brothers OF the dead man, hve
In number. the sheriff, one Of her at
torneys. and a couple Of newspaper
men turned away with moist eyes
Outside hundreds Of people were
lining up on the street, care-free and
merry, securing places OF vantage Tor
the circus parade that was scheduled
to come along shortly.
The woman, with the charge OF muir
der hanging over her head, was slow
ly led back TO the county jail and
given a lounge In the sherins parior.
The defense has retained Dudley j.
Kavanaugh and Edward ID Anneke'
Mr.. Kavanaugh has waived examina-
ton to the circuit court, but after flir-
ther deliberation, Mr.. Anneke seeks
"a have the case. reopened and the
woman given o police court examina-
,tion. The inquest was started last
might and adjourned till "Wednesday
night
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
NAGEL IS GIVEN
CENTRAL DISTRICT
Assessors, Though, Will Act Together
In Fixing All Land
Valuations.

Without hint Of opposition, City
Assessor John Nagel, Democrat, was
awarded tie central district for Nfha
coming year, in the iongdeferrec
meeting OF the board of assessors
Tuesday morning, both Mr.. Nagers
Republican associates voting favor
ably on the proposition. Assesso;
Plass gets the western district and
Assessor Marx the eastern distric.
Last year, Nagel had the eastern,
Plass the central and Marx the west
err district
"a the eastern district, last year,
Mr.. Nagel made some Wholesale In.
creases in valuations and planned 70
carry on the work In the central dis
trict, II he could get control OF 1t
Heavy property owners In the down,
town section, realizing this, brought
pressure to bear on the Republican
members, urging them to keep Nagel
out OF their territory. However, In
the last few days, matters have been
arranged satisfactorily among the as
SCISSORS and the vote this morning
was In the nature of compromise
Assessor Marx made the motion,
awarding the districts as already In
dicated, but providing that the land
values for all the districts be assess
ed by the board as body, not later
than Jan. /. Thus any boosts that
Mr.. Nagel makes individually will be
on the buildings. The Marx resolu
ton was adopted unanimously.
The assessors made several
changes in the assessment districts,
The Third ward was taken out OF the
eastern and added to the central,
while the Fairview district, which
was formerly assessed by the entire
board, was added to the eastern. The
Eighth ward was taken from the cen
tral and added to the western dis
trict. The central district, under the
new arrangement, comprises the
First, Second, Third, Fourth and
Sixth wards; the western, all the
west-side wards from the Eight, in
elusive, and the eastern. all the east
side wards from the Fifth, inclusive,
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
BEATT|E'S COUNSEL
ASSA|LS DAMAGING
STORY IN VAIN
Spends Two Hours in Effort To
Break Down Story of Prisoners
Brother, But Witness Sticks
To His Testimony.
Announcement Il Then Made That
Accused Wife Slayer VIII
r. Take the Stand.

CHESTERFIELD COURTHOUSE.
Va, Aug. 29.-After two hours OF vain
battling to break down the damaging
testimony of Paul Beattie, counsel for
Henry Clay Beattie. Jr., today an
nounced that his client would take
escape the electric chair.
When the resourceful attorney, Har-
ry M. Smith, chief counsel for the de-
Tense. sank back into his chair, after
pounding at the slight, nervous youth
ful cousin OF the accused man, the
damaging story related by Paul yes
terday, stood practically unchanged.
For two hours Smith had ragged at the
witness, shaken his fingers at him.
waving the record In his face and
hred questions full of vituperation
and sarcasm. But the youth sat
through 1t all with no trace OF the
weakness that caused his collapse at
the inquest. He admitted contradic-
tions In his testimony, but blamed
them on his state of mind and the
strain just after the murder.
Beattie's testimony will undoubted-
ly embrace a blanket denial OF PauPs
story. In anticipation Of this the de-
tense today began TO build up repu-
tation for veracity and high moral
character for him. John Sandifer and
Luther Wells, friends OF Beattie who
were called by the state to corrobor-
ate a part OF PauIs story, were asked
as to the prisoners reputation.
With testimony corroborative OF
Paul Beattie's dramatic story, the
state will close It's case today.
Following yesterdays dramatic SEES
son OF the trial, the lawyers for ths
defonse took up seriously the ques-
tion of pleading insanity for their
client. Weeks ago alienists were en-
gagged by the defense with this IN
mind. But Beattie, his father, and
his brother, bitterly opposed such a
plea
Harry M. Smith. chief counsel for
Beattie, arrived on the scene today.
prepared FOR an elaborate assault on
Paul Beatt!e, whose Testimony Yes
terday put the final link In the chain
OF circumstantial evidence forged by
the state. Not until the slight, ner-
vous youth took the stand, had the
defense expected the sensation that
ne TeVealeQ-d COulcoolOn AAOm AAch
ry Beattie to his cousin that he
wished to God he had not done It."
The hiss of breaths swept the court
room as Paul quietly related his
cousins words. AS he concluded,
Smith was on his feet shouting ques-
/ tions at him In cross-examination. To-
/ day he was scheduled for as hot a
grilIing as the little Chesterfield Court
house has ever witnessed.
Despite the damaging effect OF Paul
Beattieis story, the prisoner appe ared
today as light-hearted and debonalr
as ever. But his gaiety was palpabiy
forced. The father of the prisoner
alone showed the strain and worry
caused by the sudden trend OF events.
F His care-worn face was even more
deeply creased today and he could not
summon smile. He aged years In the
last two days.
Although confident that Smiths
cross-examination would not break
down the story OF Paul Beattie, the
(Continued ON Page sevenD
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
ADVERTISING TALKS.
WRITTEN By
WILLIAM G. FHEEMAN.
No 226.


From Atlantic City comes
|the following letter:
"As per the suggestion made In sew
eral OF your Advertising Talks. we
tried, by advertising, to right pub
| lie wrong, and the results so far
|llhve been very good.
Cordially yours,
GROVES & STEWART"
1t seems that there has been
some trouble about automobile
licenses of visitors in the state
of New Jersey, and a protest
was made against the ruling of
the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles.
1t did not have any effect, so
these people got together and
decided that they would TRY
no AROUSE PUBLIC SENTI-
MENT, THROUGH PAID AD-
VERTISING in the daily news
papers. ...
This was done, and, while the
matter is still pending, THE
RESPONSES TO THE ADVER-
tCs.tinsed on last psgey.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
TIGERS MUST GET
A PITCHING STAFF
Detroit Manager Says Some Means
Must Be Taken To Radically Re-
construct His Club.
-HUGHIE JENNINGS.

The Detroit club needs Q new pitch
ing staff.
Every Detroit bns knows and ad
mits the fact. Every player on the
team lays the clubs failure to anne,
IA fourth lpennant this year. TO th'
failure OF the local slabbers. Man
ager Hughie Jennings Is almost the
last to wheel into line with the same
declaration. 81
"It looks as IL our pitching star
never the strongest In the league, had
completely collapsed" said Hughie
on Tuesday. I'VE, must start soms
radical reconstruction"
Tuesday morning, Jennings ant
Manager Navin held a long confer
ence, at the end of which messages
were dispatched to managers Of sew
eral clubs owning pitchers whom the
Detroit club has recently purchased
The messages made the request thai
the men De shipped on at once. Re
manos OF Butte, and Taylor of Aus
tin, are two Of the pitchers WHOM
Jennings desires to try out immedi
ately.
But jennings feels that II Is q very
doubtful matter IL the Tigers will b.
able to construct a new staff entirely
out of untried material. He declares
that some means must be found FOL
securing several experienced twirlers
Undoubtedly the local management
would be willing to spend an In
definite sum of money in the purchase
of real star pitchers but this is oul
OF the question. II such men are tc
be secured, IL will be In a trade fol
some tried material Of the club. Jen
nings admits that deals of this sort
will be put through IL the Detroi'
management can arrange them.
Although Jennings would not admit
LIT, the understanding Is reached from
his conversation that the club stands
ready to trade any of the 40 odd play
ers on its list with the exception o
Cobb, Crawford, Gamer, Baumann
Bush and Stanage.
Its a downright shame, SAID
Manager Jennings in discussing thu
situation, that q club which can bat
run bases and field like the Tigers
should be compelled to finish league
race a hopeless second. because of the
failure of It's pitchers. As matter
of fact, the club hasn't reliable
winning pitcher on it's list"
Jennings Is particularly grievec
over Mullins poor form. Beyond
question, this pitcher has been the
teams main reliance in past seasons
His inability to pitch winning ball o.
late is undoubtedly excusable In part
on account OF his own illness and tha
of his little daughter, however.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
PrCKPoCKET SKATERS
MANS DREAM OF HAPPINESS
Touches Albert Mort For RoIi Of $3.50
~ Saved For Trip Abroad 70
- Claim Bride.

In one brief night. the fruits of Al
bert Nort's three years OF grinding
toll were torn from his and his dream
Of future happiness was shattered.
From Seattle. Wash. he was on his
way to his old home In Belgium,
where his promised bride awaits him.
He had $3.50 In cash. He had passage
for himself to Belgium. He had pas
sage back for himself and for her.
There would have been wedding and
everybody would have been happy.
Then they were to return To America.
But Mort stopped OF In Detroit He
looked at the circus parade. While he
was looking. his money disappeared.
undoubtedly taken from him by sneak
thieves.
Mort, broken In spirit, came 10 po-
lice Headquarters, Tuesday morning,
and reported his loss. He said he In
tended turning in his steamship tickets
and returning to his work in the fields
I'm washington.