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N ash.) nives siliceut and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at her home No.193 ilain street. CLAI RVOYAN r. Madam Le Normand is at the Mahack- emo Hotel, South Norwalk, and can be consulted at Room 10, second floor. 'on all affairs of life, from 1 to 6 o’clock in ..he afternaon, and 7 to 10 in the even- lug. .‘Horace E. Dann’, EXOELSIOL Livery and Sales Stable. Muuuuuvuv uu5\ _ Opposite Danbury and .. Norwalk Railroad depot' Norwalk. Conn. Stylish . Single or Double Team ‘ with or without drivers Safe horses for 'women '1. ‘ sndchildren. . SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY ,the pitcher. I THE EVENING CURVES AND CATCHERS. . Methods of Men Behind the Bat in Baseball. How They Signal to the Pitcher Where to Put the Ball— One of the Most Important Factors of the Game. “._.: Baseball cranks are all familiar with the fact that to be successful a pitcher must govern his delivery by signs which he receives from his catcher. But very few enthusiasts know howr these signs are given. There are va- rious methods in vogue, but as a rule they do not last long, for eagle-eyed players soon discover them, and that knocks them sky high. All a catcher cares to know is whet-her his pitcher is about to throw a curve or a straight ball. This is absolutely necessary in order to prevent 3. passed ball, and the signs that the catcher gives are also a help to the infielders, who watch for them, to play their positions properly. In these days the most effective meth- od used by catchers in giving signs is by placing the fingers of the right hand in the center of the big mitt worn on the left hand. The catcher stoops until one knee rests upon the ground and then turns the inside of the mitt toward If he puts one finger in the middle of the mitt it means a straight ball or an inshoot; two fingers in the mitt call for a. curved ball, and all the fingers bunched is the signal for a. slow ball. The only trouble found with this method is that if a man is on second base he can readily see the signs and make them known to the batsman. Some catchers have another way of doing the act which is also considered good. They place their hands upon their knees and work their arms. If the arms are perfectly straight the pitcher knows that a straight ball is wanted; if the elbows are bent out a curve ball is the proper caper. Catchers sometimes work their hands while. they are resting on the knees. With the fingers of both hands turned in it means a straight ball or an inshoot, while putting the fingers on the out- side of the knees signifies acurve W'orking with the feet 1s also popular with some backstops. By turning the toes of the shoes out a curve must fol- low, while a straight fast ball is called for by standing with the feet parallel. In this method it is necessary to do some “faking” by moving the feet about so as to throw off watchful coachers. “Doc” Bushong, the veteran catcher, had a system that he clung to while a member of the St. Louis cham- pions. He held his hands out with the‘ palms together and moved them back and forth in this way: By holding ‘them on a line with the outside corner of the plate he gave a sign for a curve; with his hands on a line with the in- side corner of the plate he called for an inshoot, and by putting them be- hind the center of the rubber he asked for a fast one right over. In order to be even more puzzling several league “receivers” with their mouths. hands over the sides of their masks and open their mouths for a curve, and keep them closed for a shoot. At times they also wink their eyes on the same principle. Mike Kelly had some novel signs that were not discovered for a long time. When he caught a. ball he threw it back to the pitcher in a certain way. If his throw was over-hand it meant that the next ball had to be straight, while an underhand or round - arm throw told the pitcher that “Kel” wanted a. curve. Last year Dad Clarke and Schriver, his catcher, had a laughable experience in a game played at Boston. Dad told Schriver to turn one foot outvfor a curve and one in for a. straight. The game was close and both teams were fighting hard to win, when suddenly Clarke put on a. look of disgust and pointed at Schriver’s feet. The red- faced catcher had become rattled and stood behind the bat w ith both feet turned in. Clarke w- alked up to him and said: “What’s the matter with yer feet, cull?” “I can’t control ’em, Dad!” said Bill, dejectcdly, whereupon Clarke whis- pered: . “Well, wink your eyes, then!” “I can’t do that, Dad,” replied Schriver, “for me eyes are too small!” Then Dad walked back to the box and tossed them in any way, while his catcher was kept on the jump until he wilted—N. Y. Sun. To Be Expected. The “new woman” orator coming eloquent. “Shall we permit man, our former tyrant,” she demanded, “to flaunt in our faces forever that which shall serve to remind us of our days of docile and servitude ‘2”. Intense excitement and “Never!” “Never!” . “Let us wipe out all that savors of that past life!” cried the orator. “Let us blot out the memory of it for all time!” was be- cries of Cries of “Hear! hear!” '1 “Let us put the Goddess of Liberty in bloomers this very day!” shouted the 01ator, in conclusion. and the shout that went up nearly wrecked the build- ing. —-Chicago Post. Appallingly Near. ‘ Our fair city came appallingly near lying in ruins last night. A fire broke out in an ash barrel in the rear of the residence of our fellow- townsman, Mr. Balsam B. Binns,. and had it not been for the fact that the ash barrel was situated about 100 feet from any other building and that there was no wind blowing and it was rain- ' ing, and had not Mr. Binns discovered the fire and put it out in its incipiency, it might have been our sad duty to—day to record a frightful conflagration Such as the city has never known ,and such as we pray heaven it may never know. —Bossville Banner, quoted in the N. Y. World. give signs 1 They put their ‘ 11 . FUN ON THE FARM. Memories Which Cling to " the Grown-Up Farmer Boy. They Follow Him Into ms: City Life \Vhen 111 After Years, He Becomes a Resident of the Metropolis. It is probably true that a large pro- portion of the most ardent and enthu- siastic sportsmen are those whose hpy- hood days were spent upon the farm; whose early associations w ere with the woods and fields, and whose recreations were largely found in hunting and fish- ing. Led by inclination or the force of circumstances to the large towns, con- fined to sedentary occupations and dc- pIived for the greater part of the year of open air and freedom and exercise, men find that although the cords w hich bound the boy to his country home were very elastic when he pulled away, later in life they become tense and tug at the heart. Echoes and whisperings of the old days come back to the city man at his desk or counter, in the crowded streets -or amid the whir of machinery. The odor of a. flower, the note of a bird may bring the past all back to him; the subtle influence will be potent- and, a barefooted boy, he will again drive the cows to pasture through the dew of the morning. Again, the bubbling song of the bobolink or the clarion call of the bluejay w ill be borne to his ears; again the odor of the fresh-turned soil or th. .. smell of the ripening corn will greet his nostrils: and yet, again, visions of sums mer fields rippling in the heat, or still autumn woods, whose leaves are falling “at the jarring of the earth’s axis,” will appeal to him and draw him—aye,ldrive him—to the meadow and forest once more. In the sparselynsettled farming dis- tricts of the north one is apt to find his sympathy and commiseration going out- to the children whose homes are in these lonely and seemingly unattractive places. Remote from towns and vil- lages and compelled through scant com- radeship to rely upon their own re- sources for enjoyment, it would indeed appear that in their isolation and home- ly surroundings were things to be re- gretted. But if we knew all that these little people know, perhaps, we would find that they have less need of pity than ourselves; they are very close to nature, and nature takes care of her own. The first messages of spring are given to the farmer’s boy. The mild south wind which softens the ice and sets the meadow brooks to overflowing also causes his spirits to thaw and over- flow. It is to him that the first blue- bird calls out her sweet and cheery wel- come, and it is his sharp ears and eye-s that discover the pioneer robin in the top of the tall maple. In his brown fist The brings home the earliest spring flowers, blue violets, anemones and ad- der’s tongues. The pussy willow blooms for him before others see it, and all the creeping, crawling and flying things report their advent to him before the rest of the world is aware of their ar- rival. It is not always he who travels furthest that learns the most. The in— telligent boy who has spent a. dozen years or more on a 50-acre farm, almost every square foot of which he has worked over with hoe or ax or scythe, gets to have a very thorough knowledge of a. large part of the earth’s surface, even though he may never have crossed the limits of the county in which he was born. Being for the most part mechan- ically employed, his faculties are alert to what is going on around him. He sees the wild creatures in- all their moods, surprises them on their most furtive errands, and sooner or later draws their secrets from them.——Forest and Stream. ' His Opportunity. “Mean! Why, he’s the'meanest man that ever lived!” “What has he been doing?” “He has made a collection of all the presentst that his wife has made him in the course of their married life—dress- ing-gowns, embroidered suspenders. shaving sets, slippers, neckties and hat bands—” “And then ‘2” “Why, ever since she has put on bloomers he has been‘ giving them back to her as anniversary presents on the an- niversary of everything connected with their married ilfe. In that time he hasn’t bought her a single thing that pertains to femininity.”—Chicago Post. By the Roadside.’ Boss Tramp—Here, w "at s dat awful smell in camp? “’21 ’t’s up? Lazy Bones—O, dat Sw oggles faked a clozeline las‘ night, and brung in a hull bundle of clean cloze. The smell on ’em ' is makin’ us all plum sick. “Dat's it. My nose is mighty sensi- tive, and I kin smell a washtub furder’n I kin see it. Here, Swoggles, take dem cloze over to leeward 0’ camp, where de wind’ll be away from us on ’em. Hain’t you no consideration for our feelin’s ‘2" —National Tribune. The Gem of the Collection. Baron X had been going over the museum of a little country town, and when about to leave he asked the cura- tor if there was anything more to be seen. “Yes, baron,” was the reply; remains a. little casket.” “N o doubt used as a deposit for the jewelry of some eminent personage?” inquired the baron. a “No, sir; that is where I put the tips given to me by visitors to the museum.’ ——L’Illustration. “there Complete Annihilation. Perhaps you will allow me to send you the following specimen of a “bull” which I heard from a Roman Catholic pulpit in England. The preacher may have been an Irishman, but 'I am not sure. He was speaking of the transi- icriness of earthly things. “Look at the great cities of antiquity!” he ex- claimed, “where are they now? Why. some of them have perished so utterly that it is doubtful .if they ever existed.” —-London Spectator. ' . GAZ /El‘TE E MUTUAL LIE INSURANCE 00. OF NEW YORK. RICHARD A. MCCURDY President. amen m eYem ingllec. 31. 11195. . $221,213,721 33 194,347,157 58 $26,866,563 75 Assets. Liabilities . , ' . Surplus I Total‘Income . . Total Paid Policyvholders in 1895, Insurance and Annuities in force, Net gain in 1895 actually Issued and pald for in cash 13 Included. I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. a CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report of the Examining Office of the Mutual. lite Insurance company At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18t h day of December last, theundersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual Statement for the year ending December 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com- parison with the assets of the Company. The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified therein are in possession of the Company. , In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of the investments of the Company and express their approval of the system, order and accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in general transacted. H. C. Von Post, (harles R. Henderson, , James C. Holden, Committee. of New York, February 11,1896. Robert Clyphant, Wm, P. Dixon, J. H. Herrick. . ROBERT AfcRANNIs, Vice-President. - WALTER R. GILLETTE General Manager. ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, WILLIAM J. p EASTON, Secretary, FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasur IOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier EMORY MoCLINTOCK LL.D., F. I. A., JOHN TATLOCK, JB., Asst. Actuary. '33" CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr. ., Cor. Secy. ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Secy. er. JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Trees EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier Actuary. WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp. JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies, EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. MEDICAL DIRECTORS GUSTAVUs s. WINSTONhM. D. ELIAS, J. MARSH, M. D. GRANVILLE M. WHITE. M. - JOHN W. NICHOLS. New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. Local Agent. $48,597,430 51 888.126.72845 . $899 074,453 78 861, 647, ’645 36 NOTE—Insurance merely written, Is dlscarded from this Statement as wholly mlsleading, and only insurance } Committee D. 3
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