The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-25
TO THE CAR
AS A BALL PLAYER
Nicholas of Russia Attack
ed by Baseball Fever


Umpire.
ST. Petersburg. June 22.-Thc car
Nicholas is the latest Notable L. s.,-
cumb 70 ball fever" IN his youth
his imperial majesty was fond Of ath-
lctics and practlsed boxing ard bali
punching until his health failed and
physicians prescibed milder exercise.
Then he tool to rowing and riding.
and for a time was an enthusiast III
the English game Of cricket one Of
the gifts which he received on his
birthday, a little over 4 week ago,
was a baseball set. Handsomely mount
ed and with the imperial monogram
done in gold on h handle OF n bat.
Next day the Car had a diamond laid
out within the palace grounds ana
tried his hand at batting and pitehtnc
He did we'll for a novice and cnioXed
the play immensely.
The son of the Gaekwdr Of BafoIa.
who learned to play baseball. among
other things, while at chooI in tn
United states. got up a team when n
was in st. Petersburg. Il couple ii
months ago. He is now carrying the
fame of the game with him To oN-
ford, in England. where he is Cuntlna-
ing his occidental studies The In
dian prince is a good all round attn
lete. In his first oxford cricket
iiatt ht dt1ith j. - III II litA'
more than an hour. thus proving that
q baseball player can handle an Eng
lish cricket bat with little troubl
The bali set now being used bN the
Gar was the gift Of the GaekWtr'S
son.
Regime Of Petty Despotiem Dead.
The old regime of petty despotlSna
is dead and gone forever in Russia.
While some of the st, Petersburg
correspondents still fill their dis
patches with accounts of outraSes
committed against peasantry. indus
trial operatives and others. they arr
c~uriously silent when it comes TO He
swift punishment meted out for all
such offences. Usage always dies
hard, and the Russian governments
deserves some credit for the earntS
ness and consistency With which -
is e~ndeavoring to protect the hlihtrt"
oppressed and convince the local all
thorities that the regeneration Of Rus
STA on a liberal and Constitutional
basis is real.
He is an incident which shows botn
sides of the medallion. Colonel lIil".
of the military staff at kleff. took
a party of friends after supper 70 the
local Apollo Music hall. They had 4
private room and engaged a pianist
to amuse them. At a late hour. when
the pianist had worn his wrist and
fingers out playing all the nieces NJ
could think Of. the colonel demanded
that a certain march, which he o.
seribed. should be played. The mu-
stefan regretfully explained that ~
did not know It and 50 could not p.aF
t tho having the music IN
colonel drew his sword and ran to-
pianist through the neck. killing hum
instantly. The party then left tn"
theatre. owing to the rank n N
fluence Of the perpcrtrator OF tAis
crime the local authorities Uled y
hush the matter up. but it VAS re-
norted to the officers Of the DomTnt
and to the Russian minister Of jus
.icc. At once an investigation was
made. III colonel was arrested.
tried and condemned to death. and
the officials who had tried 70 screen
him were removed from Office and
nunished. as they deserved to be
Gases Of this sort are giving the lthS-
sian up0ple q confidence III the justice
and power Of the new regime winch
promises we'll for the empire.
awakins in his coffin as tho .arth
was about to close on him forever. 4
wealthy Polish landlord named Eas1E
had q narrow escape from Dams
buried alive at ZuraEica. IL had
fallen down in q fit three DAYS before
and as there is no doctor IN the nc.SA-
+. borhood, a veterinary surgeon "h'
called HiFH ctti "a 80
a certificate of death from apoPic1j
\ large number Of his rci1tiNes We're
present at the funeral. and. - ar-
cordancc with the local custom Al
ter the coffin had been lowered iat'
! the gave and the final blessing glF"'
, by The priest they began themselves $
! shovel the first spadefuls ri esTth
ThiS aDDarentiy arOused n $40
posed dead man from his tra7e" ~
s faint cries for help Were heard IRON
the coffin. Most IF the bSstanders
ran away in Q panic, hut the NOR
sensible Immediately helped the pTi-s
10 open the coffin IaSrt Wis cc1
sriotIs and. after "A restorative IA
been administered and he hao nrH'
S helped out of the coffin. was ant L
walk. home with II borrowed or
coat over his grave clothes.