Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1910 — Page 2

DIPPER IS POPULAR

Bathing Parties on Private Beaches in Chicago. * ■ - - ■ 4, ' Nsvsr Before In Its Recortled History Has Lake Figured so extensively as Social Factor as This Summer. E| Chicago.—You are not really in the pwim this summer unless you have attended a bathing party, says the a statement Is tact, not facetious, lever in Its recorded history has Michigan figured so extensively social factor as this summer. The talnlng possibilities on the lake >y the lake have been appreciated i many years, but “parties" In the have attained a popularity this (summer that swamps the record of (Other years. Every resident of the (north shore whose dwelling Is within short walking distance of the wsker plays host two or three times a Veek. These water parties rejoice In various names; beginners generally call (them “aquatic agonies,” while hard j«ned entertainers speak of them sb (“delightful dips,” and the participants as "dippers.” “Refreshing refrigeration” is a compromise that Is easily ottered with chattering teeth. 1 North shore dwellers no longer tell their more centrally located friends (to "come out where It Is cool,” but Issue paradoxical invitations to [“come out and get In.” A beach Party may include any number of guests, an even number not being necessary, as many persons look odd any way when arrayed In a bathing suit. I The guests come provided with one bathing suit and many forebodings, (while host and hostess supply dressing rooms In the!* "home and a line of optimistic conversation relative to jthe probable warmth of the water. Those who get cold feet before entering the water are told with much emphasis that Lake Michigan in Its bed Is much warmer than in a tub. The more oompletely equipped i households are supplied with a number of long and engulfing garments In which the members of the party Wrap themselves for the dash from house to water. Some of the groups that wander lakew&rd through Edgejyater and the north shore suburbs these summer nights are striking If

TERRIBLE FLY PEST

Rubbish Piles Declared to Be Breeding Ground. f Resident* of Postwlck, Little Town In i y England, Engaged in War to Ex- • , terminate—Traps pilled With Thousands of Insects. London.—Rural Postwlck continues to be vexed with a plague of flies, and lesplte the war waged against them by the villagers their numbers show no K prod able diminution. The cause of e plague it is said is the Norwich fcorporatlon’s dust heap. [ Dr- Herbert Back, medical officer of Pfalth for the Blofleld rural district, {jridch Includes Postwlck, resides outthe danger sone, eight miles away (from the swarms of Postwlck. He fiies er® directly due to the Norwich corporation's giant rubbish beeps. For some months past the corporation has been sending the contents of the dust carts down the Yare on lighters to some land it owns on the shore opposite Postwlck. It is not •©wage of coarse, but lust refuse of various kinds—everything found in the town’s dust *«*»■ The rubbish tip being across the stream, is not in my district, but the deplorable state of Postwlck is very much my affair. “Many villagers had not connected the flies with the smells of the rubbish heap till this week, but it Is quite obvious -o me as a medical man th«t the dust from dwellings and offices contains myriads of eggs of house flies which hatch out in that hotbed. The larvae feed on rotting vegetable mater, which, by the way, causes Tile smells, and when they become fully developed flies they roam about f/ *°r choicer food and adventures, and Postwlck is the first village they encounter. f, “I have received an offer from a .London firm to exterminate the flies and to send me the necessary materials free of charge. This offer I have passed on to Councillor Ewing, who lives at Postwlck, and he has r&celved a keg containing 66 pounds of fly killer for the dust heap and six dozen tins of It for the villagers to use In their homes. _i “i the buzzing millions .of files Is very bad for the nerves of villagers, but the danger of their infecting food is infinitely more serious " (concluded Dr. Back. \ **■ Leeder, the village blacksmith, Ishowed his fly cage, a son of meatpafe of narrow-meshed zinc, with a bebrllderlng entrance underneath. It was full of flies that their restless buz«dns positively made it roar. ; His neighbor. Mrs. Culling, droWn®d the occupants of her r.imn« r u y eagre. [“I drown them that way. Just

WAR VESSELS FOR YOUNG TURKEY

TURKEY, under the rule of the progressive “Young Turks,” Is to have a strengthened navy, the first step In that direction being the purchase of the German battleships Brandenburg and Worth for a sum said to be five million dollars. These sister vessels are declared to be too slow for the special needs of Germany, but will serve the purpose of Turkey very well. It would appear that the ex-eultan of Turkey will pay at least some of the purchase money, though against his will, for It Is said that certain moneys in the Deutscher bank to the credit of Abdul Hamid will be turned over to the German government In part payment for the warships.

not picturesque In appearance. Slippers slap along and bath robes blow In the night breeze; generally the host's orders are to "leave eyeglasses, puffs and dignity In the room, or you'll lose 'em.” Eyeglasses may be recovered. Once on the beach no time Is lost In getting into the water—and not Infrequently in getting out aagln. What constitutes “cold” water Is a question on which beginners and old-timers never win agree, but as more and more water parties are given, and the number of beginners Is consequently reduced, the opinion Is gaining that any water temperature above 613 is “fine;” it Is sometimes difficult to convince a chattering beginner, however, that the water is much above 82. The duration of a water party depends largely on the plumpness of the majority of the guests. Persons of rotund build can remain for an hour or more, and still feel far from frozen, while those toward whom na-

like ml eg,” she said. “Fly paper costs too much. “The files pile themselves up In the corners of cupboards and I have to sweep them out with a feather in the evenings when they are drowsy. “All the babies In Postwlck have been bitten,” added Mrs. Culling, “aad in church drumming in your ears makes your head ache.” Postwlck and the neighboring villages are now so full of the Idea that the swarms and the smells are associated that a dread of what one very aged rustic called “Jams" has become uni versa L The poor lunatics of Thorpe asylum near Postwlck are perplexed and perturbed at the noisome hordes of Insects which are certainly more pungent than ordinary bouse flies, though outwardly of the familiar type. Inspector Sllpperfleld of Blofleld and Sergeant Wedd erf Thorpe are watching the movements of the swarms.

Two-Thirds Supply Comes to U. S.

London.—America purchased $2,000,000 out of the $3,000,000 available gold supply on the London market today at a price half cent below the last transaction. The rest of the gold went to India and the continent.

Woman’s Dream Comes True

Saw Her Sister and Happy Family ReUnion Follows After Separation of Many Year*. Gloucester City, N. J.—Separated tor 47 years and reunited through the agency of a realistic dream. Mrs. Louis Corletto, of this city, and her sister, Mrs. Laura Collver, of Newark, N. J., had a Joyous feast with a lot of glad tears at the home of Harry Johnson, son-in-law of Mre. Corletto. The sisters, both then married, parted at Baltimore soon after the death of their father and f rifted into different parts of the country, and as the years sped on and they heard nothing of each other, they supposed that death had ended aIL Recently, at her Newark home, Mrs. Collver dreamed that her long-lost sister was alive and living in Gloucester. At first she paid no attention to the dream, having not the slightest idea how her mind came to be Impressed with Gloucester, as she had never heard of her sister having gone there. The vision seemed to grip her, however, and finally she Induced her husband, a Civil war veteran, to write to Postmaster Anderson of Gloucester asking If Mrs. Corletto lived there. The postmaster happened to know her and her family, and he promptly supplied the necessary Information. The happy reunion quickly followed and the aged Bisters have been hard at

tore has been more niggardly in the matter of fat feel like a dish of ice cream after five minutes in the Water parties are a matter of temperature, not temperament On a hot night however, nothing can be more refreshing than a plunge—and very often a scream—in the i<»ke And the delightful glow of warmth tnat follows once the guest Is in street clothes again la worth all the doubt and prefatory shivering. The final feature of the parties Is the “bit to eat" supplied, sometimes on the shore around a big bonfire of driftwood—lf the policeman doesn't threaten the entire party with arrest and make them smother the embers In the sand—ana sometimes In the h-me of host and hostess And what appetites! Liquids and solids are consumed with the avidity of castaways who have been adrift without food and water for a week, and North side grocers are growing rich satisappetites of the “dippers.”

HONEYMOONERS IN ONE CAR

“Sleeper Sympathy” Groans Under Heavy Load of Newly-Weds on Way Northward. New Orleans, La.—Through no intentional arrangement on the pdrt of the railroad officials, but purely through accident, the sleeping car "Sympathy” leaving New Orleans the other day for the north, carried nothing bnt bridal couples. The “Sympathy’s” load was the resuit of instructions from a local passenger agent who gave orders that all excursionists from nearby rural points be put in one car. When the bombardment of rice began an investigation showed that all the ruralists were on their honeymoon.

Cures of Skin Diphtheria.

London.—A series of remarkable cures of diphtheria of the skin have been effected by diphtheria antitoxin at SL John's hospital. Skin diphtheria, which is lmpetlgenoua eczema caitsod by diphtheria bacillus, was until the present treatment was perfected, one of the most Intractable skin diseases under antitoxin treatment

Giant Snails Ravage Ceylon.

Colombo.—Some of the m»nn Qf variety known as achatina reulicata, which are working such havoc at KaL utar, weigh one pound each.

work ever since trying to tell each other all that has happened to them and' their children in the years have intervened since they parted.

CHURCH BOWS TO “SKEETERS"

New Jersey Pastor Compelled to A bait don Evening £ervlce Until Frost Comes. South Orange, N. J.—The pastor of the Hilton Methodist church. Rev. A. Boylan Fitzgerald, has never taken much to the idea of summer vacations. He has been holding services regularly both morning and evening end they have been well attended. But for a while the evening service will be replaced by the vesper service at about four o'clock In the afternoon until frost comes and drives away the mosquitoes. . Far several weeks each Sunday night the pests have kept the pastor Blapplng jst them while conducting the service. Tie provided screens for the doors and windows but the mosquito of 1910 defies screens. - 4On Sunday It was announced from the pulpit that hereafter until the mosquito season ends the congreg*. tton will steal a march on the borers and get all the services out of the way before he leaves his haunts ad the shades of evening falL

S TART OF PITCHER ED WALSH

•ftent Much Time While “Warming Bench," Watching Other Pitchers—Got -Near-Balk".

By ED. WALSH.

Whatever success I have had to baseball Is doe to two things; first, the patience and confidence in me shown President Comiskey and Manager Jones, and second, hard study and hard work. When I came into the American league, I was a raw, green fellow,' strong and willing, but what I didn't know about baseball would have made good pitchers out of half a dozen fellows If it could be scattered around. Prom the first both Jones and Comlskey seemed to think that some day I would be a good pitcher, and It was their confidence in me that kept me there. After I got used to the surroundings I settled down to watch/ what the other pitchers were doing. I had sense enough not to ask many questions, but to keep my eyes and ears open and try to learn all I could. In those days the White Sox had a lot of smart pitchers, men who did things, and who used their heads all the time. Every time I saw one of them pull off something I made a sneak over toward the clubhouse and tried It myself to see whether or not I could do it. I worked as hard in those days as ever a man worked In a mine or & mill. I was determined I was going to be a pitcher. Comiskey and Jones both coached me, told me what to do, and how to do it, but they could not make me a pitcher. A fellow has to do that for himself. When I began to use the spit ball I worked like a horse. I must have pitched two or three games a day trying toget control and make that ball go where I wanted It to go. No one ever watched baseball closer than I did. When Borne good pitcher for a visiting team was working I never lost a chance to crawl as close behind the catcher as possible to see what he was doing, to study how he pitched to certain batters and how he used his curves. I think I spent nearly all of one season trying to get a balk motion that was not. a balk, and finally I succeeded. I defy any umpire to say honestly that I balk, and no one can do It without straining the rules. I was three years, almost, on the bench before I got my chance and when It came I was ready. I was as confident as If I had been pitching all the time. And then, after I had be-

Ed Walsh.

come a winner, I did not stop, but kept hustling and working and trying to learn more all the time. I knew that a fellow must work and' Improve steadily, must learn something new or the batters will learn to hit what he has. So I kept at It, and managed to hold up nay end.

PLAYERS BRING GOOD MONEY

Blx Central League Teame Sell Talent to Big Leagues for the Sum of iss^oa Six Central league clubs will this year realize about $20,000 to $25,000 from the sale of players to the higher class organizations. Of this amount South Bend has already received $4,000 from Pittsburg for Shortstop McCarthy and Outfielder Carey and expects to secure at least $3,500 more through the sale or drafting of Wells, Welschonce, Kroy, Liqdsey and Koehler. Next to South Behd, Dayton has the most profitable aggregation. Manager Knoll having disposed of aCtcher Martin to Pittsburg for $1,500 and Shortstop Starke to Brooklyn for $2,000. Knoll also expects to lose Nee and Justus by draft Terre Haute has sold Pitchers Henn!s and Alberts to the St Louis Nationals for SI,OOO each, and secured another thousand for Outfielder Wheeler, who has Joined Cincinnati. Pittaburg is expected to buy First Baseman Sommerlot, or at least draft him, and an American association club will probably take Third Baseman O’Donnell of the same club. Evansville has sold Pitcher. Coving: ton to Detroit for $1,250, and will get the draft price for Outfielder La June. Fort Wayne expects to lose Pitchers Robertson and Miller by draft and will return First Baseman Oalnor to Detroit

Baseball In Heaven.

“Baseball In heaven” was the subject of a sermon preached recently by Rev. C. Julian Tuthill, pastor of the Congregational church. Mattapoisett, Mass. "Heaven is but an evolution of this world,”' he said. "A Christian may love a ball game and remain a Christian. Why, then, is it not safe to prophesy that the game will have Its place In heaven?”

BACKBONE OF THE PIRATES

It is not difficult to trace the recent wonderful brace by the Pittsburg champions to the “rounding to” of the veterans on the team. Wagner, Clarke and Leach are unquestionably the backbone of the combination, and while those three stars were out of their stride the club continued in the rut They are going like mad now, however, and turning the laugh on the critics who declared in midßeason that they were all In. It is doubtful If any

DIAMOND GOSSIP

Umpire Colliflower Is said to resemble Connie Mack in appearance and actions. Frank Arellanes has been released by the Red Sox to the Sacramento (Cal.) club, yr- - ~ President Hedges of the SL Louis Americans has released Pitcher Klnsella and Outfielder Fisher to the Denver club of the Western league. “Red” Faber of the Dubuque (Iowa) team tied Cy Young's record, allowing no hits and no Davenport player to reach first in a nine-inning game. Tommy Leach handled twenty-two out of twenty-three chances without any hesitation In the recent Brooklyn games.' “Tommy the Wee” Is playing a grand game In the outfield. American league fans have practloally conceded the pennant to Philadelphia. The slump Boston has taken on it western trip has practically settled tile chances of the Beaneaters. Jimmy McAleer thinks the Athletics will win from the (pubs if they play In the world’s series. Manager Jim thinks the Philadelphia pitching-staff has a little something on the Cubs* pitchers. Baker Borton of the Ottumwa Central association team has been signed to play first base for the Brooklyn Nationals. Borton first attracted attention while playing with the Centralia White Sox. Hugh Jennings does not say it Is hard luck that has kept the Tigers down this year, but candidly admits It has been poor playing. Overconfidence was the start of the downfall of the Champions. Latest reports from Addle Joss, the star flinger of the Naps, are that he Is Improving Blowly, but there is little hope that he will be able to pitch again this year. Addle Is mowing lawns at his home In Toledo for exervise these days. Stanley Robison Is reported to have bought the Terre Haute club of the Central league. The price paid is to be $15,000, and the Cardinals will use the new property as a farm to grow big league players for his St Louis team, where ho Is in great need of them. George Cnppy, former Cleveland pitcher, has trften to trap shooting. He is president and captain of the Elkhart (Ind.) Gun club and is the elub’s beat shot He weighs 200, which Is $0 pounds more than when be pitched for Cleveland. He has waxed wealthy as proprietor of a hotel In Logansport, Ind.

HONUS WAGNER.

one of the three ever played better ball than at present, and therein is found the zeal secret of Pittsburg's spurt toward the top of the ladder. The work of Wagner, in particular* is the cause of no little enthusiasm. The big fellow is stinging the balll again In the style that made him the batting wonder of the age In his best days. He is comfortably over the .300 mark row now and Is still climbing.

SLATE SEYMOUR FOR MINORS

Manager McGraw Will Ask for Waivers on Giants’ Fortner Btar Batter and Outfielder. That “Cy” Seymour has played his last game for the Giants and will be passed to one of the minor leagues la the gist of a statement at Cincinnati the other day by Manager McGraw of that team. McGraw said Seymour la through with major league ball and' that he will ask for waivers In a few, days and then sentLhim to some minor

club. He Bays that sevt.-a of the minor league managers have told him they will pay a good price for Sey* mour to ÜBe in the outfield and have asked him to let them know when he is ready to sell the man who was once the leading batter of the league and one of its greatest pitchers and outfielders.

First Base Recruit for Chicago.

Ted Anderson, first baseman for; Flint in the Southern Michigan league, has been sold to the Chicago White Sox for $1,600, according to an announcement by the Flint manage ment Anderson will report at the close of the Southern Michigan ms> ■ oß * ... ...

“Cy” Seymour