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VOLUME 13.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1905.
NUMBER 33.
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THE FfiiST BASEBALL
HOW THE GAME WAS PLAYED IN THE
DAYS OF ITS INCEPTION.
Then a Mnn Co old Be Pat Ont br
"SonkliiK" Him With the Ball The
I'mpire Took It Easy While the
Teams I'lled Ip Half a Hundred
nans.
Tlio first newspaper report of a base
ball game that I remember reading
was nn account of a game played at
Hoboken, N. J., In 1859. It appeared In
an Illustrated weekly and was such a
novel and Interesting event that the
weekly gave a double page Illustration.
There was no baseball schedules In
those days. All that was needed was
an occnslon such as a Fourth of July
celebration, a county fair, a house rais
ing or some other event of that nature.
The occasion for this particular game
was tlio entertainment given to a team
of English cricketers then touring this
country. We had evolved a game from
the old English "rounders," which we
called baseball, and we wanted to show
our cousins what a high old game It
was.
It may hove been the "humors of the
day" editor who wrote the report,
which was as follows:
"Baseball differs from cricket, es
pecially in there being no wickets. The
bat is held high in the air. When the
ball has been struck, the 'outs' try to
catch it, in which case the striker Is
'out, or, if they cannot do this, to
strike the striker with It when he Is
running, which likewise puts him 'out.'
"Instead of wickets there are at this
game four or five marks called bases,
one of which, being the one at which
the striker stands, is called 'borne.'
"As at cricket, the point of the game
is to make the most runs between
bases. The party which counts the
moBt runs wins the day."
The fact that the reporter thought it
necessary to explain how the game wos
played indicates the extent of the pub
lic's knowledge of baseball at that time,
and even be wasn't Quite sure whether
there were four bases or five. When
he says a base runner may be put out
by hitting him with the ball he makes
no mistake, for that was an actual fact,
and it was considered a good play on
the part of a base runner to draw a
throw from the pitcher, for usually the
runner would dodge the throw anil
gambol around the bases while the
fielders were hurrying after the bull.
This rule was abolished as soon as the
game became popular, for a baseman.
Instead of touching a runner with the
ball, would often "soak" him at shun
range, which generally brought forth
unprintable remarks from the soakc
The artist In Illustrating this game
was not far behind the reporter. The
picture shows us several hundred spec
tators, and, with the exception of a few
ladles and gentlemen seated In car
riages, the only person sitting down i:i
the entire assemblage Is the umpire,
and, as if to show the perfect tranquil
lity of his mind and bis contempt for
foul tips, he leans gracefully back in
his chair with his legs crossed. The
basemen. Instead of "playing off," are
standing, each with one foot on his
base, and a base runner Is "glued tj
third," although the pitcher is about to
deliver the ball. In short, the general
aspect of the field is enough to give the
modern baseball captain nervous pros
tration, i
The year 1870 saw baseball well es
tablished and deserving the title of na
tional game. Of the amateur clubs the
Harvard university team was one of the
strongest,- virtually defeating the fa
mous Red Stockings in one game. The
score stood 17 to 12 in Harvard's favor
at the beginning of the ninth inning,
and with two Reds out, Goodwin, the
Harvard pitcher, was hit by a batted
b" vid injured. He recovered suffi
Furniture
We say without fear of contradiction that we
have the largest and finest line of
FUKNITURE
in town.' Get the prices from the exclusive stores,
then see us.
ciently to pitch the game out and then
fainted, the Reds meanwhile piling up
eight runs and winning. The game was
played in Cincinnati.
Anotljer notable achievement of n
Harvard nine was the twenty-four in
ning and no run game In 1S77 with
the Manchester (X. II.) club. In this
game Catcher Tyng of the llnrvnnls
(yes, Jim Tyng, perennial Jim Tyng)
made the unprecedented record of
thirty-one put outs and three nsslMts.
While this game was Interesting and
exciting in its early part. It grew some
what monotonous after the fifteenth
inning, owing to the fact that the dead
ball used became "punky," mid the
batsmen were unuble to knock It out
side the diamond. The pitching of
Ernst amused the spectators, however,
and I think Ernst must have been the
pioneer contortion pitcher.
It was customary in those days for
pitcher to stand erect and deliver the
ball with the hand below the shoulder,
but Ernst had a way of tucking the
ball behind his back, looking over his
right shoulder and elevating his left
leg as he pitched. That seemed to
the spectators a bad case of monkey
business and always called forth de
risive remarks from the small boys.
His record of fifteen strike outs and
but four flies knocked into the out
fields as outs shows that be knew bis
business at all events.
The scores of a few games played
by leading clubs in 18(19 show that the
player's occasional request for a sub
stitute to run a few laps for him was
not without reason:
Hnrvards, 89; Lowells, 10.
Clippers of Philadelphia, 87; Nation
als, 9.
Lowells, 102; Andersons of Lynn, 8.
Clncinnatis, 70; Unions of St. Lou
is, 9.
Eckfords, 45; Atlantlcs, 25.
These are fair samples of the scores
made by the best clubs. Those of some
of the minor clubs oftentimes resem-
oled the scores of a billiard match.
Outing.
FORMIDABLE GUNS.
The Bombard t'sed liy the Turk. In
the Fifteenth Century.
In 1478 Mohammed II- in forming
the siege of Scutari, In Al'i.iula, em
ployed fourteen heavy buiujards. the
lightest of which threw a stone shot of
370 pounds welglit, two se::t sl.ots of
COO pounds, one of 73 J pounds, two of
8u0 pounds, one of 1.21K) pounds, five
of 1.500 and one of the enormous
weight of 1,040 pounds, enormous even
in these days, for our 80 ton guns
throw only a 1.700 pound projectile,
our 100 ton throws one of 2,000 pounds,
and the 110 ton throws an 1.B00 pound
shot with a hlyh velocity.
The Btone shot of Mohammed's
guns varied between twenty and thirty-two
Inches in dinmeter, about the
height of a dining table. 2,5:14 of them
fired on this occasion weighing, ac
cording to a calculation of General
Lefroy's, abort 1.000 tons, and were
cut out of the solid rock on the spot.
Assuming twenty-four Inches ns the
average diameter of the shot fired at
the siege, the total area of the surface
dressed was nearly 32.000 square feet.
At this siege the weight of the powder
fired is estimated by General' Lefroy
to have been 250 tons. At the siege of
Rhodes In 1480 Mohammed caused six
teen basilisks or double cannon to be
cast on the spot, throwing balls two to
three feet In dinmeter. Chambers'
Journal.
Hot He Won Her.
A Frenchman who.je wife deserted
htm amused his neighbors by telling
bow he got her back without trouble.
"Did I run after her and beg her to
come buck?" he dramatically asked.
"No; I did not run after her. I shust
publish in z pspaire K;t I have drawn
fifty t'ousaud francs In ze lottery, and
she vaa back much quicker can in uo
time."
For 1905.
I
Incident of the French Revolution.
time, de Crequey, a French court
lady who was Imprisoned in the Lux
embourg at the time of the revolution,
tells In her diary of "a small, pale
woman" who never said a word for
the two or three days she was in the
same room, never went to bed, but sat
in a chair watching a casket she bad
brought with her. "One morning on
returning from the yard," she says,
"we found tbe little woman gone and
only the casket remaining. A Jailer
came in about an hour after to fetch
It: Mme. Buffaut boldly asked him
whether the owner would return. His
only answer was to pass his hand
across the back of his neck. Then be
proceeded to break open the casket. It
contained a man's bloody shirt, with
out a collar, which was always cut off
before an execution; also a handful of
silky black hair and a piece of paper
in which was written, 'For my mother.'
Our Jailer never would tell us the name
of this unhappy woman, nor did we
ever discover who and what her son
Was."
Keep the Month Street.
Nothing is more uncomfortable or
even dangerous for an invalid than a
neglected mouth. If the vitiated secre
tions are allowed to remain there is
great danger of disease germs finding
lodgment in the mouth and thence being
absorbed in the stomach. A good mouth
wash Is eight or ten drops of tinc
ture of myrrh in a glass of water. With
this the mouth should be rinsed thor
oughly two or three times a day. An
other excellent wash is listerlne. It la
less expensive buying It In the seven
ounce bottles. A half teaspoonful or
more In a wlneglassful of water Is a re
freshing mouth wash and a good tooth
wash. If the mouth is very dry, a good
wash Is one tnblespoonful of glycerin
and one teaspoonful of lemon Juice to
a glass of water, as the glycerin does
not evaporate nnd consequently stays
on the tongue and In tbe mouth longer
than clear water.
Addlpus Don't you hate to be as
lean as you are? Sklnnlcus No; some
times I find It's a decided help. ,1 can
cross my legs In a crowded car without
taking up any more room that I did
before. Chicago Tribune.
The noblest question In the world is,
What good may I do in it? Franklin.
Special
Drive
for
January.
Six pounds nice new meaty
Prunes for 25 cents. Sold reg
ularly 8 cents per pound.
Six pounds clear flinty Caro
lina Rice for 25 cents.
Robinson
&
Mundorff.
' Fastness of Russia.
The Great Size of the Empire I Rot
Generally Recognized.
Few persons realize how vast Is the
area of t):e Russian empire. Into that
enormous country you could put1 nil of
non-Russian Europe and yet only take
up a Utile more than one-eighth of tiie
czar's domains. Then you could uud
the United States, lucluding Alaska,
and still have almost enough territory
left to place Canada In. In fact, the
Russian empire comprises one-seventh
of the land surface of the globe.
Though not comparable In extent of
territory with the empire of the czar,
the United States seems of enormous
area when compared witli the Euro
pean countries other than Russia.
The state of Texas alone would take
in Germany, Greece, Holland and Swit
zerland and still luive room to spare.
Belgium would simply be lost In the
Maine woods. In fact, you could put
two Relglums Into the state of Maine
and have a state left as large as New
Jersey.
France could be stowed nway up In
Montana and Wyoming, with endugh
territory left over to take In Portugal.
Sweden would fit Into California, with
lots of room to spare, and Spain would
almost, but not quite, fit into Nevada
and Idaho.
To make Spain comfortable, we
should have to borrow 4,000 square
miles from Arizona, but that would
still leave Arizona enough territory to
take in Italy, leaving out Sardinia.
As for the British isles, we could
stow them away in New Mexico and
have land to spore afterward. The
dual empire of Austria-Fungory would
be a more dilUcult mattti to deal with,
and In order to give It elbow room we
should have to devote the stntes of
Colorado and Oregon to it and then
borrow 43,000 square miles from Wash
ington, which would still leave Wash
ington room in which to put the king
dom of Servia and have enough left
over for a fair sized state.
The kingdom of Roumanln could be
placed in Arkansas, with about 5,000
square miles to spare, and Bulgaria
would have more than enough room in
Oklahoma.
Turkey's possessions in Europe are
about as large as Missouri, and Nor
way could be placed in the two Da
kotas, with lots of room left over. The
pieces left over from the various states
and territories mentioned would be
more than enough to mnke an area as
large as Denmark and the other odds
and ends of non-Russian Europe not
mentioned.
But if we did not want to spare so
much territory of the western states
and territories, we could economize by
placing Germany, France, Italy and
Belgium up in Alaska, and the British
Isles could be distributed among the
Philippines, Hawaii ,and Porto Rico.
Washington Post.
Classified.
"Uncle Bill," sold little Reginald,
"did It hurt you when the men caught
you with the dredge and grappling
hooks?"
"AVhy, I don't understand you," said
Uncle William.
''Well, that's the way the natural
history book says they get 'em."
"Get what?"
"Sponges. When pa said you was
coming nm said: 'What? That old
sponge coming here again?' "
Not Always Popular.
Graycc Why Is It that Edythe Is so
unpopular in society? She's very care
ful to speak nothing but the truth
about people. Gladys And that's Just
what makes her unpopular. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Opportunity sooner or later comes to
all who work ond wish. Stanley.
If you wish to please people you must
begin by understanding them. Reade.
SHOES
are lavontes with
i.every
woman.
Why?
They FIT perfectly, they
WEAR better than other
makes, they make the foot
r si
look SMALL, they give the and .50.
foot EASE and COMFORT, they are made of the BEST
LEATHER, they have FAST COLOR eyelets, they have
STYLE that excels any shoe at the same price. Come to
us and "have a fit" and you will have no more trouble
with sore, tired feet.
Our shoes at 81.50, $2.00 and
$2.60 are right.
He Iiit Him Caae.
' "Judge Emerson, one of the most elo
quent men Illinois ever produced, was
once taken down completely in a speech
at Decatur," said an attorney of Chi
cago. "He had a case in which there
were some peculiarly pathetic circum
stances, the rights of a young glr
whose property had been squandered
nnd who was reduced to destitution be
ing Involved. Judge Emerson made the
most of it, and as he closed bis speech
a solemn hush bad fallen over the
courtroom.
"Tears stood in the eyes of the
Jurors, und even the Judge coughed
sympathetically and hid his head be
hind the trial docket. His opponent,
whose name I have now forgotten, saw
thnt the spell had to be broken In some
way or his case was lost. Arising
slowly to his feet and In a volee of
deep solemnity and with slow dellbera
tlon, he said, 'Gentlemen of the Jury,
let us continue these solemn exercises
by singing the One Hundred and Fif
teenth Psalm.' A roar of laughter fol
lowed from the audience, and Judge
Emerson lost his case."
Etiquette of the Smoker.
The etiquette of the smoker is not
observed In Philadelphia, according to
a globe trotter. In many countries,
especially In Spain and Cuba, where
such etiquette Is most Jealously guard
ed, a man who Is smoking must be
sure, when asked by another man for a
light, to present his cigar or cigarette
for the putvose. To offer a match is
to Imply the social Inferiority of the
man who asks for tbe light, so that be
tween two strangers such an offer Is a
deadly Insult nnd sometimes sufficient
to cause a duel. When, however, the
difference In social grade Is so marked
as to be visible In clothing and accou
terment the match may be offered
without offense. When the lighted
cigar Is offered it must not be thrown
nway until the man who has offered
It has taken at least one puff. Other-
Wise the insult is greater than would
have been the offering of the match.
Philadelphia Record.
Vlattln Card.
The Chinese, who seem to have
known most of our new ideas, used
visiting cards 1,000 years ago, but
their cards were very large and not
really the prototypes of our visiting
cards, as they were on soft paper and
tied with ribbon. Venice seems to
bave been the first city in Europe to
use cards. - Some dating from the lat
ter part af the sixteenth century are
preserved In a museum there. The
German cities followed the Venetian
custom 100 years or so. Then London
followed suit actually followed suit
for the first visiting cards In Great
Britain were playing cards or parts
of such cards bearing tbe name of the
bestower on the back. Tbey were first
used in England about 1700. We do
Dot know when they were first used
n this country, probably not long after
their first Introduction Into British
society.
Old Ocean's Joke.
"There's another bunch of bridal cou
ples on that ship," remarked Father
Neptune.
"Yes," replied the Atlantic ocean.
"I'm being crossed In love pretty regu
lnrly these days." Philadelphia Press.
Of the best society It used to be sold
Its conversation affords Instruction,
while Its silence Imparts culture.
Goethe.
Harrowing Renae,
The Grammarian It always mikes
me tired when I bear a man say
"don't" when he should say "doesn't"
The Other Party Don't it, though?
Cincinnati Times-Star.
A worthless man always has his sign
out. Atchison Globe.
Gold Seal and Snag Proof
Rubbers the best made.
I tiios. i Evans
; Contractor
and
Builder
' &
Has bought Solomon
Shaffer's lumber of
fice and lumber yard
at this place and will
continue the lumber
business at the same
old stand. He will
sell any and all kinds
of
Lumber Lime,
Cement,
Sand or Plaster,
Main St., Reynoldsville,
Wanted!
Girls to learn Weaving . and
Winding,
Enterprise Silk Co.
t Nati
OF REYNOLDS VILLI
Capital
$50,000
$50,000
Surplus
Scotl mcCIelland, President)
j. v. iviiiif.vn c presidents
John H. KancherCaalilt-r
Directors:
Scott McClelland J. O. Kins Daniel Nolan
John II. Corbett J. I. Kaucher
G. W. Fuller R. H. Wilson
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the accounts of merchants, professional men.
others, promising the most careful attention
to the business of all persons.
oare deposit Boxes ror rent.
First National Bank building, Nolan block
Fire Proof Vault.
MBS.
I JENNIE B. PINNEY
u
Solicits the patronage so
generously tendered to
her husband, the late N.
G. Plnney, of Brookville.
All of the
1!
Insurance Companies
represented by blm bave
appointed her as "his suc
cessor. JOHN TRUDGEN,
Solicitor for Mrs. Plnney In Reyn
oldsville. !
Tired-Out Women.
Faeeed-oat women, uffurlnir from hn-tr
oche, unable to fltand long or walk far, or
with symptoms incident to the weakneases
peculiar to tbesex such women needafriend
to tell them thut many men symptoms are
tbe rennlt of physical conditions thut can be
remedied only by building up tbe strength.
This building up can be done most effect
ually with Celery King. It cleanses the stom
ach and Dowels, giving restful sleep and tbe
appetite of girlhood. .
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