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The Physics
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Tho tlmt law of physics Is that all
that goes up must como down; nl
ways excepting tho cost of living. Tho
flrnf law of baseball Ih not to let It
como down.
Tho dlfferenco between tho physics
of tho classroom and of tho diamond la
that tho student lenYns tho laws gov
erning Inertia, velocity, dynamlcB, tho
curvilinear trajectory of proJoctlleB,
resisting power of nlr, nttractlvo pow
er of masses; and tho ballplayer, by
experiment, deals only with tho freak
"variants of these laws. Many tlmoH
tlio student who makea IiIb college
team Ih apt to think Hint tho prof. waH
stringing him when ' ho laid down
tho lawB of motion, mass and ve
locity. For u basoball under skilled
manipulation and control seems, like a
trust, to como ns near violating nil tho
laws ns posslblo. Tho ball always Is
striving to do exactly what tho laws
of Physics say It should do, with half
a dozen other forces striving to com
ipol It to do something else, and with
tho bnd boys In uniform trying to In
vont now methods of making It violate
ttho law.
If tho supremo court should find tho
flaw of gravitation unconstitutional,
or If tho ball playor could broatho In
an ubsoluto vacuum, baBcball would bo
a slinplo proposition. Tho ball would
'keep on going In a straight lino until
sotno ono stopped It. Lino hits would
continue to travel in a straight Una
until soino fielder, standing on tho
jneedlo point or Infinity, Jumped and
Ipulled It down with ono hand.
There Ih a professor of physics In
a great eastern university who wroto
imo inquiring as to tho physics of tho
isplt ball, and who later lectured to his
classes upon tho subjoct I asked sev
eral great pltchors to demonBtrato for
tho benefit of tho professor how they
hold tho bnll, swung tholr arms, re
leased it with their fingers, nnd how
much power thoy applied and to what
point on tho surface of tho sphere.
Among thorn was Clark Griffith, a muB
tor in theory, who ujod to bo past-master
In practlco. I nsked him to tnko
tho professor to tho grounds and show
him thlngB. Tho result wns a noto
rrom Griffith, in which ho Bald:
"Don't Fond any moro bugs to see
mo."
The point Is that tho playors do not
care what scientific phenomena thoy
develop so long ns tho opposing bats
men tako tholr hcalthlos (I. o., BWlngB)
tit the ball and miss. Tho collcgo pro
fessor does not caro much whether
Walsh strikes Collins out throo tlmoB
with runners on bases so long as ho
can domonstrato that tho laws gov
erning rotation, air pressure, fric
tion, retard and accelerated motion,
etc., etc., are proved by tho actions of
the ball. So physics and basoball as
tudloB have kept aloof from each
other.
Yet every move in a ball gamo af
fords a problem. There aro basic con
ditions which, In thomselveB, aro
worthy of study. Consider atmospheric
pressure Did you know that a man
AV!-V-
Clarke Griffith.
vho can throw a baseball 3G0 feet on
tho Polo grounds, Now York, on a
dead calm dny, cau throw tho Bamo
ball almost 400 foot on tho Denver
ball park?
In studying tho physics of baseball
lot us commenco with tho chlof imple
ments of tho gamo the bat aud ball.
Tho ball Ib composed of a small core,
with a heavy layer of highly trentcd
Para rubbor, then wound with two
kinds of woolen ynrn, over which 1b a
gluo Bubstanco, upon which Is a horso
hldo cover. Tho ball Is noml-pnoumat-Ic,
both tho rubbor nnd tho gluo upon
which tho cover la pnsted tending to
hold air. Tho dlffcrcnco oven of a
ttxtcenth of an inch in tho thickness
of tho rubber makes tho ball so fast
that It scarcely can bo handled. Tho
tankers experimented for years to get
tho ball tuned to tho proper pitch of
elasticity, and appear Anally to have
of Baseball
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accomplished tho aim of making a ball
not too "dead" and not too lively.
Tho shock of tho bit ngnlnst tho ball
dlspola tho nlr gradually and nt tho
samo tlmo causes a molecular change
In tho rubbor so that a ball, aftor bo
Ing bntted hard, loses much of Its ro
slllont power. Tho disarranging of
tho molecular forco causes a ball
which, to an outsldor may Beem ns
firm nnd Bolld ns over, to becomo a
"mush," dead and lifeless, and likely
to slow tho entlro gamo If pormttted
to remain In play. Tho bats used aro
almost nil of Bocond growth ash of tho
flnoBt nnd strnlghtest grain, and
carefully dried. Thoy nro supposed to
rofiln tholr resilient qunlltlcB Indefi
nitely, but after a month or two of
nam usage tho Bat no longer possesses
tho "drlvo" necessary for linrd hit
ting. Yet batB that havo lost "Hfo"
often will, when kept in storage a few
months, recover their lost "ring" and
bo ns good as ever, although tho sec
ond tlmo thoy "dlo" moro quickly.
This boiibo of feeling nnd hearing
among players Is a wonderful thing.
Tho object of each battor is to"hIt
it on tho trade mark" with that part
of his bat botweon four and six Inches
from tho end. Ho does not exproBB It
that way, but he alma to hit tho cen
ter of masB of tho ball with tho con
tor of percussion of tho bat so he
Bays, "squnro on tho noso." Tho cen
ter of percussion of tho bat varies ac
cording to tho grip of tho batter's
hands, and it 1b tho object of tho
plichcr to forco the ball to rovolvo so
us to avoid meeting the center of per
cussion. A bnll weighing flvo and eight
ounces nnd with a clrcumfnrncn nf
nlno InchcB, pitched at an approxi
mate velocity of 280 feet a second
over a distance of CO foot, Is struck
squarely upon tho center of percus
sion of a bat weighing 40 ounces and
swinging nt a velocity of 1,250 feet
per second, will travel how far? Per
haps tho professor of physics can
llguro It out, but if ho doea ho la
wrong. Ho would havo to know more
than thcBo statistics beforo ho could
mako tho correct calculation. He
should know tho forearm strength of
tho batter, tho muHclo leverage, tho
mooting anglo of ball and bat, tho ro
tary motion of tho ball, tho condition
of tho atmosphere, direction of wind
and a fow other thlngB. It is much
easier to havo Voan Gregg shoot up
a fast ono. let Lurry Lalolo hit It. and-
uneasuro tho distnnco, than to tako a
poBt-graduato courso and calculnto it.
Every ball that lu pitched, or
thrown, or batted has somo rotary or
oscillatory movement all Its own fur
ther to complicate attempts to solvo
problems In baseball physics. Tho
ball hns a wonderful ability to ub
aorb and retain motion no matter how
imparted. Tho spit ball, which was
so fully and exhaustively treated In
the lectures of my friend the pro
fessor that I expect to seo about 120
Walshes graduato from his school In
tho noxt two years, la tho result of
skillful applying of an unnatural force
to counteract the natural rotation of
tho ball. Tho professor disputes thla.
Possibly ho dooa not know that a ball,
gripped with tho thumb and two
lingers, and thrown directly over
hand, has a natural tendency to ro
tato upward and "hop," bb tho pitch
orB say. All good fast balls rotat
ing this wny take a sudden Jump In
tho air. Tho spit ball pitcher wets
tho aurfaco of the ball, grips tho low
er sldo tightly with his thumb, lets
tho ball slide off tho fingers. Tho ef
fect Is thnt two conflicting forces
causo tho ball to "wobblo" for a dis
tance, nnd then, yielding to tho Intlu
unco of tho thumb prebsuro and tho
attraction of gravity, It darts down
ward. When a ball thus pitched la
hit It still refuses to surrender Its In
clination to rotnto. It Btarts toward
tho Infield with two forces still
struggling for mastery. Each tlmo tho
ball touches tho earth It takes a dif
ferent English. Tho Inflolder scoops
tho ball and throws. If ho clutches
tho bnll hard enough to kill all mo
tion, nil Is well. If ho seizes It light
ly and throws with tho samo motion
tho ball takes fresh nnd renewed .Eng
lish as It leaves his hand and is moro
llkoly to shoot out of reach of tho
batsman toward whom he throws.
The pitched ball, manipulated so as
to rovolvo unnaturnlly, takes "Eng
lUh" In tho air Just as a billiard ball
does ngnlnst cloth and cushion. Many
persons havo told mo that tho atmos
phere on a still day offers practically
a uniform resistance to a projectile
It does not. Wo know now that tho
air Is llllod with eddies, currents and
pockets, oven on tho calmest of days.
Hut admitting that it la uniform In
density, a ball does not follow tho
physical law of constant decroaso In
speed In ratio to tho reslBtnnco of tho
air. It oven Is capnble of accelerated
motion, and of both In tho samo CO
feet. That Is, a ball may bo mado to
Blow up and then resumo a faBter
rato of speed. Tho professor of phys
ics doubts this, yet It Ib a fact that
any experienced ballplayer will vouch
for. They havo seen a ball setnt to
hesitate, and then proceed at an ac
celerated gait. It may sound Impoml
bio but nt somo spot In the path
of overy spit ball, slow ball orknucklo
ball, it suddenly changoa paco.
Wo experimented onco with a pneu
mntlo gnu tho rilling In the barrel of
which gnvo It heavy rotation in uny
desired direction. It was merely an
exaggeration of tho curve. Wo shot
balls under 30 pounds of pressure mak
ing them curve sometimes a hundred
feet. Putting tho up curvo motion on
tho ball (which always tends to curvo
In tho direction of its rotation), we
aimed tho gun at u target exactly on
a straight line, and tho ball, going
straight for perhaps a hundred feet,
suddenly seemed to Blacken speed,
thon It leaped upward and rpso rtt
a torrlflc rato until It passed over tho
cross bar of tho ling-polo In tho cen
ter field, 70 feet above tho ground.
Yet tho ball was not disobeying tho
laws of physics, rnthor proving them.
In Its terrific speed It had encounter
ed an nlr billow which it could not
penetrate, and It had bounced oft thla
denser bunch of air and rolled up
ward. '
Ono would think thnt If n baseball
is hit Into tho air Is Will follow a ball
latlo curvo in ratio to tho anglo of
ascension reduced by tho amount of
air pressure Physics says It should.
It will not, and no man can draw tho
ballistic curvo that any fly bnll will
follow. Tho greatest range of any
projectile In theory, Is gained by an
nngla of 45 degroes. Military authori
ties know thnt, owing to air resist
nnco, tho greatest distnnco Is attain
ed at nn nnglo Just under 40 degrees.
Hnvlng both tho theory nnd tho prac
tice, therefore, ball players to mako
homo runs should hit tho ball at an
anglo of 40 degrees minus. Ono of
John Kllng.
Frank Daker's world'B series homo
runs wns near that anglo, tho other
scarcely 30 degrees, It went farthor.
Ab a matter of fact, oven, If a ball
player could hit a ball at any dcBlrcd
anglo, ho could not bo certain whero
It would go. It would depend too much
upon tho rotary motion of tho ball.
Last summer I saw a hard lino hit
driven Btralght at Charlie Herzog of
tho Giants. Ho put up his hands to
catch the ball, then suddenly threw
his head aBldo Just In time to avoid
being hit in the face, the ball missing
his hands by two feet The ball had
"shot" suddenly from Its true path.
In n gamo between Washington and
Chicago late last fall, Walter Johnson
hit a ball at an angle of close to 40
degrees, and with terrific forco. I
should estimate that it was nearly 90
feet high, at Its greatest elevation.
Had It followed the truo balllBtlo
curve, It would have passed over the
center field fence. Tho ball sudden
ly stopped, started to drop straight
downward, then caught In another
current of air. and Dodlo, who was
running after tho ball, ovortook It com
ing toward him, as if tho battor hnd
hit It from center field. Under condi
tions such ns theso a study of aero
nautics would help playors moro than
physics would.
Tho outfielder who "gets the Jump"
on tho ball at tho crack of tho bat
figures Us trajectory at a glance,
sprints desperately outward and turns
exactly upon tho spot whero the ball
will nllght, then catches It, has all
tho calculations over devised beaten.
Physics assumcB that balls, thrown
with equal forco, following tho samo
angle of projection over tho Bamo
range, will bo alike. I never doubted
It until I practiced at second base with
Mnlachl Klttrldgo nnd tho lamented
Tim Donohuo throwing tho ball dowu
to mo. Donohuo throw faster, and
seemed harder, yet tho ball camo Into
the hands ns lightly as If tossed. Kltt
rtdgo's thrown ball camo moro slowly,
but It Jarred and bruised tho hnnda.
ThlB peculiarity of throwers Is un
derstood well by players, nnd one of
the first Inquiries concerning a now
player Is whether ho throws a light
or a heavy ball, which refers to tho
striking forco of tho bnll, and not Its
weight. A bnll rovolvlng naturaly,
and thrown over tho linger tips, as a
fast ball Is thrown, has a tendency to
lift, is light. Ouo thnt loses Its ro
tary motion, and OBcIllntes rather than
rotates, is "dead" nnd heavy. Every
player throws a different kind of ball,
tho variations depending upon tho bIzo
of tho hnnds, tho length of tho fingers
and tho manner of holding tho ball,
Tho man who know enough nbout
physics, and also about basoball, could
till a book on tho physics of pitching.
It Is simple, while Booming complex,
it was not bo very long as;o that
Tyng, tho Harvard pitcher, developed
u curvo ball that btaitod a protract
ed argument which llnnlly resulted In
n group of learned professors gn th
elitis to decide whether a ball actual
ly could bo made to curvo In tbo nlr.
Tho professors who doubted tho poa
alblllty of a ball curving based tholr
doubts upon tho allegod Insufficiency
of air resistance. They admlttsd the
theory, nnd doubted the fact, lovrry
curve, shoot, "hook," "fadeaway," and
Blow ball depends upon tho Bamo prin
ciples, revolution and air pressure. Tho
Way n ball curvnn ilpnnmln iitimi tlin
forco with which It Is thrown and tho
amount of rotation. Its direction do
pondB upon tho amount of friction ap
plied by tho fingers to a given point on
the surfneo of the ball. Tho ball al
ways curves In tho direction of tha
heaviest friction applied by tho hand,
nnd nway from the heaviest nlr
friction. Tho curvo increases in tho
ratio of tho amount of Its revolu
tion. Perhaps tho moat frequent question
asked of a baseball writer is, "How
far can a ball bo mado to curvo?"
Of courso they mean by a normal
pitcher not UBlng mechanical assist
ance. I never have been ablo to find
tho limit of the curvo, nor, Indeed, to
calculnto tho curvo accurately, al
though I havo mado soma experi
ments. I refer to tho nctual curvo of
tho ball duo to Its rotary motion nnd
nlr resistance. I do not think that
tho real curvo of tho ball in 50 feet
(distnnco from tho pitcher's hand
when ho roleases tho ball, to tho homo
pinto) can bo moro than 20 Inches.
I havo heard ballplayers declaro tho
ball curveB from bIx Inches to flvo
foot. I tried It onco with Orval Over
all, who had, I bellevo, tho moBt
BWeoping nnd widest fast curvo ball
1 ever bhw.
Wo placed 12 big sheetB of tlssuo
paper between slats, 8 of them at
Bhort Intervals ovor tho first 15 feet
In front of tho plate, tho rest scatter
ed at wider Intervals until tho last
ono wiib C feet In front of tho pitcher's
Blab, nnd, to my surprise, his hand
struck tho paper ns tho ball was ro
leased, proving tho actual dlstanco
of tho pitch Is much shorter than
usually Bupposed. Of courso Over
all's reach was much greator than
tho average but I do not think thn nnb
ual pitching dlstanco, from hand to
plato, Is more than 50 foot.
Overall pitched his wldo overhand
curve. The ball entered tho first
sheet four feet to the right of tho
Btrlng, which wns placed through tho
center of tho two plates at a height ol
five root, and almost six foot above the
ground (he was pitching off a slight
elovatlon). Ilia hand hit the papet
and toro a hole a foot lower, showing
ho had released tho ball beforo his
arm reached the extromo limit of its
swing. Tho ball went through tho boo
ond Bhcet, which was 10 feet from the
first Just four Inches lower than
through the first, nnd a llttlo over
two and a half feet from tho right ol
tho lino. It was less than a foot from
the llito when It struck the first of tho
olght Bheots placed closely together In
front of tho plate, and It tore through
tho next ono a trifle higher. Then It
oegnn its truo curvo. Nino feet lr
front of tho plato it "broko" and shot
downward nnd outward and crossed
tho sheet at tho homo platd ten Inches
abovo tho ground and nearly twelve
Inches to tho "outside" (that Is, for a
right-handed batter) of tho center of
tho plato. Tho ball had dropped flvo
feet two Inches downward, through tho
forco of gravity, tho anglo at which it
was pitched and tho curve, and had
angled and curved practically flvo feet.
Tho closest calculation wo could mako
was that tho ball actually curved, aa
a result of Its rotary motion, approxi
mately 17 Inches.
The air resistance, which was dis
puted at Tyng's experiments, has, of
courso, became a known factor with
tho study of the science of aeronaut
ics. The amount of resistance can
be computed closely by the us of the'
barometor. The ball curvea in the di
rection in which It revolvea. Tho
amount of the curvo dopenda upon tho
Christy Mathewion. "
rato of rotation nnd the weight of air.
Tho entlro sclouco of pitching con
Blsts In tho deft application of fric
tion upon somo point of tho ball which
makes it rotate lu a certain direction,
or, which counteracts Its natural ro
tation and causo It to "wabblo" or
float with llttlo rovolvlng motion. Tho
slow balls, fadeawayB, knuckle balls,
all have as their object tho preven
tion of rotary motion, or to glvo falsa
rotaVy motion of "rovorso Engllth."
Tho ball that presents tho most nlr
aurfaco to tho rcslstnnco of tho at
mospuero slows up quickest and yields
moro rapidly to gravitation. Tho ono
that spins oftenest (not necessarily
fastest) curves most.
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AMP FIPP
STIRRING SIGHT ON POTOMAC
Pen Picture by Private of Dull Days
Before Early Woke Up Washing
ton In July, 1864.
Somo tlmo in June, 18G4, wo came
up from New Orleans, and went Intu
a fort on a hill back of Alexandria,
Va. Thero Is a low rango of hills
thoro that cxtendB up and down, over
looking tho Potomao river. On this
elevation a chain of forta had been
built somo time before, nbout two
miles or bo apart, but at this tlmo
thero wero only a few soldiers In
them. For somo milcB toward Manas
sas tho country Is rolling, with hero
and thero a deep ravine nnd lino wood
lands nnd nice streams of water.
Alexandria was an old, sleepy town,
tho wheels of progress wero stopped,
and one would think tho war waa
over to seo tho farmers comlug in
with their butter and eggs to excuango
for goods. Thero Is a vnlloy and qulto
a largo brook running through It that
empties into tho river on ono sldo of
tho town. A little way up was an
old gilstmlll with a largo overBhot
wheel, writes Oscar Pelton, of
Portland, Ore., In tho National Trib
une. Some blockhouses wero be
ing built along tho roads going up
tho valley. Over in Washington every
thing was quiet. Tho sidowalks would
bo crowded Eome days with one-legged
and ono-armed soldiers hobbling along
with a sprinkling of officers aud men
with tanned faces and Bhabby uni
forms that would tell you at a glanco
that they had seen hard service at
tho front. Everyone folt safe, no
danger, and many wero going to the
theater and having a good time. It
was tho calm before the storm.
On July l wo had been drilling on
the big gns and having target prac
tice for somo days. At night a great
squad would bo sent out over different
roads leading out of Alexandria, and
men wero sent with dispatches at
midnight from one fort to tho other
all along Arlington Heights.
It waa- thought that Mosby might
mako ub a visit. I think it was about
July 10 or 11. A lot of us had beo'n
out on tho road loading back toward
Manassas all night and were coming
lu in tho morning. It was very hot
weather. Wo got In tho fort at 9 or
10 a. m. We had coffee and a lunch.
It was so hot that a fow of us went
out under Bomo trees. Wo had a lino
view of tho rj,ver for ten miles.
"What's up?" wo usked. "Thero
Isn't a boat to bo seen on tho river
this morning." Wo all looked. "It
never has been that way slnco wo
havo beon rere."
Below Alexandria tho rlvor bends
around, so boats coming up would
seem to como out from behind tho
timber to ub. As we were sitting tin
der the trees later we happened to
look down, and saw a great fleet of
transports coming out from behind
the timber.
It was no tlmo before they wero
nearly up to Alexandria, and still they
kept coming out from behind the
timber. Wo all Jumped to our feot,
and one Bald: "What's up?"
All the garrison came out to watch.
It seemed that every boat waa trying
to see which would reach Washington
first They were now passing Alex
andria. Wo would see by the foam
dashing out from behind the great
sldewheel transports that every pound
of Bteam was crowded on. The last
boats were passing us, and they filled
up the rlvor for nearly ton miles, and
their decks were crowded with boI
dlers. Tho muBlc struck up on some
of tho transports, and thore nover
will be such a grand sight on tho old
Potomac again. A dispatch bearer
camo to tho fort, nnd reported that
thero was a largo Confederate army
beforo Washington, and 40,000 woro
being brought from tho Army of tho
Potomac to relnforco the fortB north
of tho city.
Wo had heard cannonading, but
thought It target practice, but the old
private was not supposed to know
anything, anyway.
On Quarterdeck of Mula.
On the capture or Morris island the
whole mass of men was thoroughly
pervaded by that feeling of hilarity
that follows a quickly successful en
gagement soldiers and Bailors shout
ing, singing, happy,
A bronzed blujacket had captured
a mule, and without difficulty mounted
It Ho perched himself near the ani
mal's tall, the mule objecting In every
known way of a mulo and In somo
ways until then unexhlblted.
"Jack, sit more amidships," said
Hardy, tho first engineer of tho Wee
hawkon, "and you will ride easier."
"Captain, this Is tho first craft I
was over In command of," said ho,
"and It Is a pity if I can't stay on tho
quarterdeck."
Bees and All.
While tho Army of thoJ3umbor!"nd
was on tho mnrch from Drldgeport,
Ala., to Louisville, Ky ono brigade
was commanded by Colonol Wllllch
of tho Thirty-second Indiana. Ho hnd
boon an officer In tho Gorman army.
Ono dny a planter camo to camp and
complained that tho boys had taken
nil of IiIh honoy. Tho colonel nsked
him If tho boya had taken bis bees.
"Oh, no," snld ho. -
"Ohi veil," saJd tho colonol, "dot Is
nodtngs den; in do oldt country va
tako poes and all."
Entertaining Literature.
"I wish I had u fairy talo to read."
"Here'B tho seed catalogue."
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thing, oftem tbe yum, rcdac loflamm
Uoa,allaj plnsura wind oollcJOa bvtUi
Taking the wholo of Europe into
consideration, there aro 107 Inhabb
tants to tho Bquaro mile.
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"May I ask you bow old your wlia
Is?"
"Certainly; you may ask hor, too, 11
you wish."
Her Interest
"Your mother asked mo If I smoked
cigarettes. Does sho disapprove?"
sold tho fiance. -"Not
at all. She's saving coupons,"
said tho flauceo.
Foolish 8elf-Condemnatlon.
No comfort for tho living or the
dead can be won from vain self-condemnation.
No consolation can be
gained while you nurao tho imagining
that a certain trouble might have been
avoided. What wo havo to do is to
try to cscapo from other troubles that
aro truly avoidable troubles of a
uselcBB rcmorso, a present neglect, a
llstlcsa upathy that will not roach
forth for tho good things still to be
gathered. Exchange.
Remains of Old Civilization.
Scattered throughout tho Caroline
Islands, notably at Ponapeo and Lelo,
aro massive ruins, ono of a sort of
Venice, whoso origin is wrapped In
mystery. Hundreds of acres in somo
localities are covered by tho remains
of walla, canala and earthwork of a
stupendous character. There aro old
roads paved with stono blocks, an
cient stono platforms, and on the
lagoons ruins of what wero once fish
weirs. The Islands offer a rich field
for tho archaeologist.
The Lesser of Two Evils.
A gontleman from the north was en
Joying tho excitement of a bear hunt -down
in Mississippi. The bear waa
surrounded In a small cane thicket
The dogs could not get the bear out
and tho planter who was at tho head
of tho hunt called to ono of tho ne
groes: "Sam, go in thero and get the bear
out"
Tho negro hesitated for a moment
,and then plunged Into tho cuno. A few
moments after tho negro, tho boar and
tho dogs wero rolling upon tho ground
outsldo.
After tho hunt was over the visitor
said to tho negro:
"Wero you not afraid to go into that
thicket with that bear?"
"Cap'n," replied tho negro. "It wua
Jest dis way. I nebber had met dat
bar, but I wus pusBonally 'quainted
wld old boss, and I Jes' naturally tuck
dat b'ar."
Vacillating.
At a dinner not long ago Thomas
W. Lawson was talking on the sub
ject of success.
"Succobs In finance," said Lawson,
"la due In a great measure to prompt
action. The doubting, hesitating, Ham
let type of men ha'd best keep out of
finance. He Is quite sure to be
swamped. The street hasn't much
use for him. I had a boyhood friend
of this type named Grimes. He waa
a falterer, a doubter, a Hamlet of th
most exaggerated type.
"Cne evening I stopped to call oa
him and found him in a deep study,
bent over a whlto waistcoat, lying ou
a table.
" 'Hello, Grimes,' I said. 'What's the
mattor?'
"'This waistcoat,' he replied, hold
ing tho garment up to my view, Is
too dirty to wear, and not dirty
enough to send to the laundry. I
don't know what to do about it'"
Everybody's.
MEMORY IMPROVED.
8lnc Leaving Off Coffee.
Many persona suffer from poor
memory who never suspect coffee has
anything to do with It
The drug caffeine in coffee, acts
Injuriously on the nerves and heart
causing Imperfect circulation, too -.
much blood In the brain at one time,
too little. In another part This often
causes a dullness which makes a good
memory nearly Impossible.
"I am nearly seventy years old and
did not know that coffee .was the
cause of the stomach and heart trou
ble I suffered from for many years,
until about four years ago," writes a
Kansas woman.
"A kind neighbor Induced me to
quit coffee and try Postum. I had
been suffering severely and was
greatly reduced In flesh. After using
Postum a little while I found myself
improving. My heart beats became
regular and now I seldom ever- no- .
tlco any symptoms of my old stom
ach trouble at all. My nerves are
steady and my memory decidedly
better than while I was using coffee
"I llko tho taste of Postum fully as
well as coffee"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Crook, Mich. Write for booklet "The.
Road to Wellville."
Postum comes In two forms.
Regular (must be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn't require
boiling but is prepared Instantly by
stirring a lovol teaspoonful In an or
dinary cup of hot water, which makes
it right for most persons.
A big cup requires moro and some
pooplo'who llko strong things put In
a heaping spoonful and temper It with,
a largo supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
nmount that pleases your palate and
have it served that way In the future.
"There's a -Reason" for Postum.
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