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PILFERING A BASE
AN ELUSIVE BONE,
BLUNT ANDREW JACKSON.
Hickory’s" Caustic Advice te
James Buchanan.
One of the Most Closely Calcu Stories of Andrew Jackson are likely
to lie |>ointed and to have a practical
lated Plays In Baseball.
, anpllCHtiou. as do the stoiles told of
Franklin. In Mr. J. W. Forney’s "An
ecdotes of Public Men" there Is given
WORKING A DELAYED STEAL a story as it was told by James
Buchanan at bis own table. Although
The Way This Clever Trick, That Waa it contained a reproof from tbe presi
dent Io one who was to succeed him.
Invented by Harry Stovey, Used to
It is said to have been a favorite story
6» Pulled Off by “Big Bill” Lang». at that board.
Anson’s Wasted Sacrifice Bunt.
Shortly after Mr. Buchanan's return
“Base stealing, the gentle art of from Itussia In 1834. to the court of
sprinting and hitting the dirt,’ Is the which country he had been sent by
finest drawn and most closely calcu Jackson in 1832. and immediately fol
lowing his election to tbe senate be
lated play In baseball and the one that
called upon "Old Hickory” with a fair
above all others, reveals tbe mathe English Indy whom be desired to pre
matical exactitude of tbe national sent to tbe head of tbe American na
game.“ says Hugh & Fullerton in tbe tion.
American Magazine. "A player who
Leaving her tn tbe reception room
cun run eighty live feet in three and downstairs, be ascended to the presi
oue tblrd seconds from a flat footed dent's private quarters, where he
start ought to reach second base ex i found General Jackson unshaved, tin-
actly tied with the ball, nine times , kempt, iu his dressing gown, with his
out of ten starts, if the play Is -per- slippered feet ou the fender, before a
fectly made by tbe runner, pitcher, j blazing wood fire, smoking a corncob
latcher and baseman. Tbe slightest pipe of tbe old southern pattern.
inaccuracy or hesitation decides the
He stated bis object, and General
play.
Jackson said that be would lie very
"It seems a simple matter to run glad Io meet tbe lady whom Mr
ninety feet while a ball is being Buchanan desired to present.
thrown sixty-elgbt feet and caught
Mr. Buchanan wns always careful of
and thrown back approximately 132 his personal appearance and In some
feet, caught again and beld tn position respects was a sort of masculine Miss
to touch tbe runner. Yet there are art Frlblie. addicted to spotless cravat»
and science in tbe feat.
and huge collars, rather proud of a
"There were great base runners In foot small for a man of his large stat
the old days. This was chiefly because ure and to the last of his life what the
In the early days steallug second base Jadies would call "a very good figure.”
was the chief aim of the game. Mike
Having Just returned from n visit to
Kelly. Billy Hamilton, who tn two the fashionable circles of the contl
successive seasons stole over 100 bases, nent after years of thorough Inter
and Big Bill’ Lange. who stole 100 course with the etiquette of one of the
times In one season, were all grent stateliest court« lu Europe, he was
runners who would be great under somewhat Rhocked at the Idea of the
present conditions.
I recall vividly president meeting tbe eminent English
I ji age's one hundredth stolen base,
lady tn such a guise and ventured to
which established his record. He wits
ask If General Jackson did not Intend
od second base with no one out. and
to change his attire. Thereupon the
Chicago needed one run to win tbe
old warrior rose, with his long pipe in
game. Anson was at the bat. and.
bls band. and. deliberately knocking
after bls stolid, businesslike style, be
tbe ashes out of tbe bowl, said to his
poked down a perfect sacrifice bunt friend:
and went lumbering townrd first base.
"Buchanan. I want to give you a lit
Lange started for third base, stopped
tle piece of advice, which I hope yon
and trotted back to second. Halfway
will remember. I knew a man once
to the bench Anson discovered where
who made a fortune by attending to
Lange was and came near having a
his owu business. Tell the lady 1 will
stroke of apoplexy.
Lange bad de
see her presently.”
liberately permitted bls captain to sac
The man who became president In
rifice without advancing. Then by a
185” was fond of saying that this re
wonderful dashing start Lange stole
mark of Andrew Jackson humiliated
third base, scored on a fly. and the
him more than any other rebuke he
game was won. Because be won the
had ever received.
game Anson forgave him, but the mod
He walked downstairs to meet the
ern player who attempted such a thing
lady In his charge, aud In a very short
would be suspended and fined.
time President Jackson entered the
•The most effective steal ever de vis
ed is the 'delayed’ steal, which, al room, dressed In a full suit of black,
though used during the early develop cleanly shaved, with bls stubborn
ment of tbe game, was neglected for white hair forced back from his fore
many years until revived by Manager head. and, advancing to tbe beautiful
Chance of the Chicago Cubs. It was visitor, be greeted her with almost
used with great effect by Rill Ijinge kingly grace.
As she left the White House she said
and appears to have been Invented by
to her escort. “Your republican presi
Harry Stovey, a wonderful base run
ner of the early days. Tbe theory of dent Is the royal model of a gentle
the steal Is to catch the catcher and man."
tbe infielder unprepared and out of
position, and Its success lies entirely In
Its unexpectedness
“Lange, the leading exponent of the
delayed steal, made it after this fash
Ion. As the ball would be pitched he
would leave first base al top ><|>eed
and »print as bard as be could perhaps
twenty-eight to thirty five feel. tbet
stop short, hesitate and act as If be
bad blundered aDd Intended to try to
regain first base. If he succeeded in
drawing the throw to first base be
proceeded to second at top speed But
In the great majority of case« tbe
catcher would not attempi to throw to
either base, but would keep motioning
as if threatening to throw, and all
the time IA age would be edging back
Inch by inch, toward first. Jockeying
with the catcher. The catcher, satis
lied that danger was past und that it
was useless to throw to first would
relax from throwing position, ease
down bl» arm and get ready to toss
the ball back to the pitcher.
Tbe
momept I-ange saw tbe arm drop and
th» catcher change tbe position of bis
feet be would dash at top speed for
second pase. Th» catcher would leap
back Into throwing position, raise his
arm again and throw, provided tbe
•bortstop and second baseman hnd not
deserted tbe base and waFked back to
ward their regular positions. If they
lost a fraction of a second In recover
Ing the base Lange would beat tbe
ba IL Tbe fatal hesitancy of tbe catch
er and baseman gave him bls oppor
»unity.
“Stealing third base from second Is
much easier In reality than stealing
second from first, although It Is at
tempted much less frequently. Tbe
runner 'moving up with bls arm* can
take more than twice the lead from
second base (ban from first and. be
sides tbaL it la mneb easier to gain a
flying start
It has. however, been
declared bad Judgment to steal third
except In close games with one out
and tbe opposing pitcher going well
and preventing bitting. In such cases.
•Ser, ooe run will win or tie. stealing
Third Is advised by many. It to more
Fifilcalt to see tbe pitcher's movement»
from behind him than from one «Ids.
Still, tbs runner need not start as
Ruk-kly. but can start at top speed
iwhen be sees tbe pitcher swinging .hia
■rm advance a third of tbe way to
»bird base and then retreat la safety
beesuae tha catcher's throw to mock
longer Also he to In moch better pw
•Irion to take advantage of any sUffM
Blip In tbe work of tbe battery."
•Old
Napoleon’, Tribute to Frederick.
When, nfter tbe battle of Jena. Na
poleon invaded Prussia he visited
Potsdam, which contains the mortal
remains of tbe Prussian kings. The
sepulcher of Frederick tbe Great occu
pied a prominent site In the mauso
leum. When entering the latter Na
poleon uncovered bls head and went
directly up to tbe sarcophagus of tbe
noted warrior.
For a moment tbe
conqueror stood still, seemingly ab
sorbed In deep thought Then with
the forefinger of bls right band be
w-ote the word "Napoleon” In the dust
of ibe huge stone cnsket and. turning
to hl« marshals, said:
"Gemlenten. If be were living I would
not be here.”
Lux Is Said to Be Indestructible, but M
Is Hard to Locate.
Much acbolarabip and anatsmtml
knowledge have been employed from
time to time in efforts to identify tbe
bone lux, said by ancient Hebrew
writers to be tbe nucleus from which
tbe body la reconstructed at tbe resur
rection. There are many marvelous
stories of tbe indestructibility of lox,
and tbe bone has been located by rival
claimants to the bouor of discovering
It in various parts of tbe human skele
ton.
The moat careful searching of tbe last
published and amplest treatise on oste
ology will not result in tbe discovery
of the bone called lux. It will be nec
essary to go to the Frankfort edition
of tbe ‘Theatram Anatomlcum" or
Caspar Baubinus (1621) for a descrip
tion: “It la stated by Hebrew writers
to be a bone which cannot be destroy
ed by fire, water or any other element,
nor be broken or bruised by any force
Its site Is In tbe spine from tbe eight
eenth vertebra to tbe femur.
"We read that tbe Emperor Hadrian
once asked Habbi Joshua. tbe bos
of Chnum. bow God would resurrect
uinil in tbe world to come. He made
answer, 'From tbe bone lux in tbe
spinal column.’ Wbe% Hadrian asked
him bow be came by this knowledge
and bow he could prove it tbe Itabbl
Joshua produced tbe bone ro thut tbe
emperor could see It When placed In
water it could hot be softened; It was
not destroyed by Are. nor could It be
ground by any weight; when placed ou
an anvil and struck with a hammer
tbe anvil was broken In sunder, but
tbe bone remained intact." Hieronymus
Magius represents I bat. according to
the Talmudists, tbe real bone Is uear
tbe base of tbe skull, whether It tie in
the base itself or I d tbe spine. Venalius
writes that this ossicle is described by
the Arabs as resembling a chick pea In
size and shape, and Cornelius Agrippa
describes It as "magnltudlue clceris
muridati" (the size of a shelled |>eei.
Different anatomists have beld It
variously to be tbe sacrum, the coccyx,
the twelfth dorsal vertebra, one of the
Wormian bones In tbe skull and one
of the sesamoids of tbe great too.—
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LIFE OF THE WORLB.
Traditions That It Will Last Only SI«
Thousand Years.
There is a general and widespread
notion, which the curious Investigator
will find scattered throughout both
medieval and modern literature, that
the world will last 6,000 years from
the date of Its creation. An Inscrip
tion tn one of Martin Luther's books
rends as follows: “Elijah, the propbet,
said tbat tbe world had existed 2.000
years before the law was given
Adam to Moses), would exist
years under the Mosaic law
Moses to Christ) and 2.000 years
tbe Christian dispensation, aud then it
would be burned.”
In the Etrurian account of tbe crea
tion (by Sulda«) there Is a similar tra
dition. "Tbe Creator spent 6.000 year»
In creation, and 6.000 more are allotted
to the earth.”
In the black letter edition ot Foie's
"Aeta and Monuments" (1632) there
la a whole sermon given with the
<1.0(10 year limit of tbe earth's duration
as a text.
Some writers contend that the "»lx
days” referred to in Holy Writ really
mean «.000 years and ibai tbe "aev-
rntb day" Is a type of the coming mil
lennium. or "Sabliatli of a thousaud
years” The psalmist «ays, "For a
thousand years are In thy night as yea
lerday” tl'salm xc, 4 See also II Peter
111. Si.
in woo
AMERICAN
Different Ivories.
“IX's go down and bar» a g«m»
Millards."
*
"Escasa me. but I'm a greenhorn
billiards.”
•f.’rwnhom? I sm «nrprised. »tr
Why. yon told me yoa were at borne
wtlti the I forte« "
■Ho I am. air I am a deatteL"-MU
waukee Sentinel.
On« Comfort.
"Nothing Is so bed that It couldn’t bs
worw.' «piote«! tbe wise guy.
“tea.” »greed tbe simple mog. “we
can’t suffer from Insomnia and night-
mare at the a»me ttme."-PblledetpMff
Recaed.
Drswing a Censleslsw.
"And on what do you bane yoar tw-
rluatona that «he In not a IsflyF'
"Tpon whnt I overboard her «ay
when «he heard that another lady had
aald atoe was no lady."—Boostea PaaL
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In tbe plain« on the western border»
of the Chinese empire. In the heart of
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low. «mall and conical. Tha woodea
door frame la no higher than half a
window frame In English houses. but
tbe tent, although not equal to tbe
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Fi.rteey.
"How does tbat stupid fellow hap
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Distributer»
an Francisco
A Joke That Failed.
Once when Henrik Ibaeo waa ea-
gaged in writing a play be by chance
dropped a «crap of paper on which
were the word«, "tbe doctor says.”
Mrs I been determined to bare a
Joke and one day casually remarked:
"Who la that doctor In your new play?
I suppose be’ll say soma interesting
things?”
Ibsen at Brat waa »llent with aston
A Change of Venue.
ishment. Then be broke out Into a lit
”1 never was so surprised la my Ufa
of rage, full of reproaches for bar spy
as when I beard tbat County Treasurer
ing.
Rilke« hnd sbaconded with SSO.OOO of
the county money,” said BHtbem
Tenuity.
The convivial boarder aa ba aat "When be was nominated It struck
me It was a perfect case of the offlcs
down explained tbat if anybody prca-
it waa seeking tbe maa.”
ent noticed an odor of clovi
“It Is yet.” said Dobbleigh. "only I Me
due to bls having been trying to relieve
time If» the district attorney'» offlcu
s toothache.
"Among the permissible synonyms that's seeking him."—Harper’s Weekly.
for 'thin.' ” observed tbe taciturn
boarder, breaking tbe long silence tbat
followed, “are gauxy. -diaphanous,
■exiguous' and •angullllform.’
Mrs
Iron«, where are tbe pickles?”- Chi
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