ï IL lamôur headlight , 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.— London Lancet. 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"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. 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