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Arizona silver belt., 1903-12-10

The new union passenger station at Washington, D. c, to cost sl4, ,OOO, ,OOO, will be the most magnificent structure of the kind in the world It will be built of white marble. The interior will have an area apprOXimating 100, GOO square feet. The main waiting room has 100 foot high ceilings barrel vault-and is in single apart ment l6O feet in width and 25O feet in length. The main dining room is 6j by 100 feet with height of 30 feet, while the barrel vaulted hall given over to ticket faciliteS-the ticket lobby it is Called-is 65 feet high, 30 odd feet wide and l10 feet long. Twenty thousand people could move about she train approach without overcrOwding. A perfect model of the Washington station, on scale of one inch to the foot, will be erected at
 he St. Louis world fair.
Arizona silver belt., 1903-12-10

To improve the appetite and streng- then the digestion, try a few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab let's Mir J. H. Seitz, of Detroit, Mich, says, They restored my appetite when impaired, relieved me of bloat- ed feeling and caused il pleasant and satisfactory movement of the bowels. :" There are people Tn this community who need just such a medicine. For sale by H. c, Hitchcock. Every box warranted.
Arizona silver belt., 1903-12-10

A glass or two of water taken half an hour before breakfast will usually keep the bowels regular. Harsh cathartics sEould be avoided. When purgative is needed, take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are mild and gentle in their action. For sale by H. c. Hitchcock.
Arizona silver belt., 1903-12-10
SOCIETIES. LODGES ETC.

For sals by H. 0. Hitchcock, Globe
Arizona silver belt., 1903-12-10

A St. Louis family has just been augmented by its fifsh pair of twins. This is another argument in favor of St. Louis as the proper place to re- nominate Roosevelt.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12
PurQatcry and Tndul0ences

have no means of knowing. This nm,
among the mysteries which are known ,.,I, 'sgaiA
and thus the whole computation or p 10 Vol
Bronta is dissipated to the winds. 'olossor
The Catholic Church believes that rh.r.
a penalty to be undergone for sin, even, 81 .'Han
have been forgiven as to their guilt and the .ey
punishment due to them. This pcuaIt, tfRa,
this case was death was suffered bv o,,r es.'eh IN
ents. and continues to be suffered by their ~ Par
even after the sin was forgiven as to i+ .I.'ijy,
was endured by the Israeitcs who - 1t
against God, and were obliged ta wapIa, !, 'Ofel
lands for forty years, so that the mllrmurar 'er,
all die there, and only their children -h..r 'lo0d
the land Glowing with milk and honey ,Fal '.e g
had promised to the nation This puni.brar, '"i
also inflicted after the sin was forgiven Vas
Over this temporal punishment due r.. 81. ,
Pope has control, whereas to St. P.tar ' 'ne
Head of the Church, Christ gave power f.. I.I Ir't
loose the bonds which delay our admi,sior N
heaven. N'
1t is for the purpose of remitruc rl. ta,.,.
punishment of SIM in part or entirely. thar "a,
Pope issues indulgences We know that -E '
dugences are ratified in heaven. because -1f. p 'a
acts with the authority transmitted from S D. ys
but we do not know the exact extent 10 rhiub ,I'
are applied to the souls in purgatorv. and ,r..l
fore, we do good works for their benefit. Irarin.
to God in His infinite mercy to accept rrar, .t
value at which He estimated them. F
An indulgence granted for stated ra,;l
whether of years or days, does not mean ~ W..
BrOnta pretends, that the pains of purga+orv s
diminished for that term. 1t siguif., that t
are issued as an equivalent for certain canor;a@
penances which have been ordered by the Cbn.,g
to be imposed on pentents for that period or cr,
on account of certain sins They have rcfarerr.
a term of days years of earthly, and mo-. of nm,
gatorial penance. From these explanation, # Min
be readily seen that Professor Brouta's commit.
tions are as malicious as they are absurd
We must here also remark another point an
which the professor is in error:
1t is not known to what extent any panarv IN.
dulgence is gained by any individual person VIII,
performs the conditions.
To gain a plenary indulgence completely. # !,
necessary to give up all affection for venaI q,
well as mortal SINS and it is impossible to e,tmo.
how many persons attain this very complete Dcri
ence. This is matter known only to God and Ian
estimates thereof made by man must be fantasicai
and fallacous. To those persons, therefore. rh
fulfill the physical and mental condition, enune,.
ated as necessary for the gaining of the indulgence
plenary indulgence Will become partial if rlar
fall short of the deestation of all sins which +, 70
quired for the attainment of the desired grace in
its fulness.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12
Baseball as Ii Was Played i'm the EARLY Days
Cincinnati Commercial Tribuno.1

Cincinnati Commercial Tribunel
Time will not turn back in it's flight,
but the mind can travel back to the days
before baseball or at least to the days
before baseball was so we'll known and
before ii had become 50 scientific. There
were bah games in those days in town
and country, and the country ball game
was an event. There were no clubs-tne
country boy of those days was not gre
garious. He preferred flocking by him
self and remaining independent. on Sun
day afternoons the neighborhood boys
me ton some well-crossed pasture and
whether ten or forty, every one was to
take part in the game. Self-appointed
leaders divided the boys into two COM
panies by alternately picking one. until
which was no round stick, such as is
blade two inches wide. with a convent
ent handle dressed onto it, was the chos-
en- arbiter. One of the leaders spat on
the side Of this bat, which was honestly
called "the paddle and asked the lead
er of the opposition forces, wet or dry
The paddle was then sent whirling up in
the air. and when it came down which,
ever side won went to the bat while the
others scattered over the field.
The Nall was not what would be called
a National league ball'' nowadays but
Ii served every purpose. It was usually
made on the spot by some boy offering
UP his woolen socks as an oblation, and
these were raveled and wound round a
bullet. a handful of strips cut from a
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12

called-and. if he succeeded the paddle
man was dead" and another took his
place. If he struck IL, and it was not
air or ION the bounce" he would strike
compelled to run. There was no umpire
and very little wrangling. There was no
effort to pounce upon a baserunner and
touch him with the ball. ANY one having
1t could throw 1t at him, and if 1t hit him
he was "dead''-almost literally some
times. III he lodged the ball he kept on
running until the der" was reached
Some of the players became proficient in
"ducking, dodging and side-stepping, and
others learned to throw the ball with the
accuracy of a rifle bullet. No matter how
many players were on a side. each and
every one had to put out. And il the
last one made three successive home runs
he brought in the side and the outfield-
ers, pitchers and catcher had 10 do all
their work over again. The boy who
could bring in his side" was a hero.
No victorious general was ever prouder
or more lauded. Horatius at the bridge
was small potatoes in comparison He
was the uncrowned king. There were no
foul hits. If a ball touched the paddle
ever so lightly it was a tick, and three
ticks made compulsory run. The score
was kept by some one cutting notches
In a stick and the runs during en- after
noon ran into the hundreds If the bali
was lost in the grass or rolled under a
Scotch thistle. the cry ''lost bali' was
raised. and the game stopped until it was
found.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12

| man being. without distinction of party
or religion.
He has often pawned his pastoral
ring to get ready money for the poor,
and deprived himself and his family
alike of every luxury, claiming that he
is only the trustee not the master, of
the money which comes through his
hands. 1t is stated that upon his cleo
tion to cardinal he bought the gar
ments of state from the waiter of his
predecessor, to whom they had been
given, and had his own bishops sash
dyed purple, rejoicing over the econ
omy which enabled him to do little
more good, be it even so little, than he
could otherwise have done. He may
be, If his antecedents keep good, such
q pope as the church has not seen for
g long time.
Not long before his election he de-
clared his readiness to kiss the foot of
all the eminentissimi. while he hated
ne thought of their kissing his own;
and that is exactly what he cannot
prevent now. For the rules of the
church are the proudest and most un-
sWerving in the world And when, as
the writer had the change to do. one
has seen the triumphal procession of
the pope in st. Peters, and then heard
the poor villagers of Riese talk of him
and of the times in which he was plain
Don Bepi," the contrast is tremen-
dously impressive.
we mad been accustomed to hear his
tory talk of the swineherd who was
SlXtus V, and of many others like him,
Dut 20 see the very same thing happen
now, In our modern world, is indeed a
good subject for astonishment as well
as thanksgiving.-Bosto Transcript.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12

| That happened many years ago; the
following is quite recent: Just before
| he left Venice for the conclave a lady
OF the aristocracy, taking leave of him,
expressed her heartfelt wishes that the
Holy Ghost should descend on the
person of His Eminence Sarto, thereby
designing him to the pontificate Mad
a11e," replied his eminence, ALLOW me
to remark that you have a very poor
opinion of the Holy Ghost"
To his resolute disposition the follow
ing may bear witness: While he was
still poor priest the curate's house in
which he lived. having a little garden,
he used to spend his spare hours in the
open air, reading his breviary. A wall
separated the garden from the public
road, and in this, once, several young
men stopped to talk excitedly, and ont
OF them resorted to profane words No
sooner had he spoken than Don Giu-
seppe, leapiEg over the wall, bestowed
upon the irreVerent fellow such a tre-
mendous blow that it stung him for
some time and inspired the others with
a wholesome consideration for Don
Giuseppe's persuasive powers. He was
already cardinal when he boasted still
with we'll known monsignor of being
able ito frighten, alone, a gang of
llilCNCo VI iODDSIS dl lllSnI. ana proved
II by confronting once in a lonely
country road handful of ruff1ans VINO
attempted to disturb him. and by often
going out in the night, all alone with
a latch key in his pocket, to render
assistance to the sick and dying.
once, among others, he was informed
that man who had long been a friend
of his, although free thinker, was OF
his death bed. The hour was quite
late. He sent to inquire whether, the
dying man would like to see once more
his friend Sarto." The answer was
affirmative, and the Bishop Sarto went
as friend, not as a Roman Catholic
priest. to comfort with pure human
myapthy the death Of the atheist. That
speaks well for him. So does the fact
that he has been known to maintain
personal friendly relations with Jews
and other individuals of various polit-
ical opinions, and that his courtesy and
charity are unfailing toward every hu- !
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12

rubber overshoe. piece of cork, or al
mcst anything or nothing, when anything
was not available. The winding of this
ball was an art, and whoever could excel
IN this art was looked upon as q supc-
rior being The ball must be a perfect
sphere, and the threads as regularly laid
as the wire on the helix of a magnetic
armature When the winding was COM
pete the surface of the ball was thor
oughly sewed with a large needle and
thread TO prevent it from unwinding
when thread was cut The diamond
was not arbitrarily marked off as now.
Sometimes there were four bases. and
sometimes six or seven. They were not
equidisrant, but We're marked by any for
tultous rock or shrub or depression in the
ground where the steers were wont to bel
low and paw UP the earth. One of these
teilurial cavities was almost sure to be
selected as the den." now called the
nome plate. There were no masks or
mitts or professors. There was no science
or chlcanery. now called 'headWork.
INC strapping young OATS, embryonic
teachers. presidents and premiers were
TOO honest for this. The pitcher was the
one who could throw ball over the
den" and few could do this. His OBJ
lect was to throw a ball that could be
The paddleman's object was to hit the
bali, and IL he struck at it-which he need
not do unless he chose-and missed it, the
catcher, standing well back, tried to catch
II after IL had lost its momentum by
striklng the earth once and bounding in
the air-"on the first bounce" it was
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12
Popular Tom JOHNSON

Qn New York Sun shortly after his cleo
ton as mayor of Cleveland)
Cleveland-a man who knows Mayor
Tom Johnson. Cleveland's new mayor
very well, was speaking of how swamped
he is with work and callers and how
hard it was to get at him. and he said
that if you wanted an hours talk with
him the way to get it was to get him to
give you ten minutes and then start the
subject of taxation. And taxation, of
course, with him, leads in the end
straight back to Henry George, and from
Henry George is but a short cut to the
sentimental side of a character which
so far as eXternals CO. hangs out about
as few indications of latent sentimental
lty as any you might meet. On general
principles one would assume that a man
who began life as newsboy, and at the
age of 46-Mayor Johnson will not be a
until the 18th day of next July-had accu-
mulated fortune of $15,000,000 or $50 Co.,
0Oo. would not have had much time to
develop sentiment even if it were latent
within MIN. But there is a sentimental
side to him, and you get a glimse of it
very quickly when he begins to talk of
Henry George. He speaks of him with
something more than mere admiration
There is touch of tenderness in his very
voice, which is the tenderness of genuine
affection. whenever he mentions Mr..
Georges name.
He was the noblest man that ever
lived" he said in speaking of him. at
was through my father [ first met MIR.
George. My father had been to hear him
lecture. and after the lecture had a talk
with him, in which he said Mr.. George.
have son who is great admirer of
yours. / had been reading Henry Georges
books then. and had talked to father a
great deal about him. SO when Mr.
George said he would like to meet me |
went with my father to his house one
night. l said to him: Mr. George, | have
no way of saying or writing things, but l
believe can make money, and l would
like to help you on in your work in that
way He told me not to be so sure l
could not write or speak, and asked me
If l had ever tried / was with him from
that time on-ail through his campaign
for mayor in 1886, during the DR.. McGlynn
times, you know. He was a wonderful
man--Henry George. That tremendous
mind of his wore out his poor. frail body.
1t was like putting a 10000 horse power
engine into a little naptha launch
One day last week some document in
French turned up in the mayors office, |
and there was talk of sending out and
having it translated, but the mayor said
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12
Not With Malice Prepense.

j. L. Harbour. one Of the ediL0rtib iLurtbor.
the Youths Companion and an 'caners
for nnconscious nee IS % Rumor. nor He says til2it Si
scriptions of weddings are lnXa'Iite va cites
funny and among the instances ne eeulogy
is q paragraph which indulges ll IN, and
concerning the bride and brldegr OIL III hae-
concludes with. I'VE wish them az COINS
mem % and G 50 ISM is Mary Go He also Ies Of ia sst
minute description of gifts whlcn osisn ai OF
forth in rural papers on the occsSb .,icb q
a marriage. and says that III - IN the
paper he found: 'The bride 5ll-t,oSe Of
s 9Gm famlS MSs and aIsS hers hl Aunt Emma Ls@Sa
presented the couple with q naHS9tther fsther
motto. Fight on The brlde eS5ilsrims
gave her a copy Of Bunyan bo,ind 10
Progress and one Jersey co"
leather
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12

We may not take up the broken threads Of the
life that is gone and weave them into web of ior
and hope; but to those who are still left us. who
have ears to hear and hearts to throb with pain
and grief, we may be generous and just, forgring,
loving and kind
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12
After a Bargain.

The new woman had applied for mar
riage license.
How much?" she asked in a business
like way.
Two dollars" replied the clerk.
Make it $685. she said, 'and I'll take
two of them"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12
Fred's Lie.

Dumley-There goes Fred's grand
mother.
Corliss-What are you talking about?
That's Fred's wife
Durnley-Then what did he want to lie
about ii for? / asked him if she was his
mother and he said no: grandmother
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12
Nobody at Home.

''We goes out in de worl' ter hunt fer
happiness. says Brother Dickey, zen
wen happiness slips in by de back gate
deX's nobody ter open de Co en- let him
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12

It has been fortunate that most of our greatest
men have left no descendants to shine in the bor
rowed lustre of great name.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-27
CARDINALS AT WORK
IN DALLAS STORM.
Donovan Puts His Pitching Staff
Through Couple of Hours
Work on Wet Field.
SMITH SHOWS GOOD FORM.
st. Louis Team Will PLAY Cham
pions of the Texas League at
Corsicana To-Day if
Weather Permits.
SMITH SHOWS GOOD FORM.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Dallas, Tex, March 2s Though a minia-
ture Texas storm stole into camp to-day
Just before noon. the regular programme
OF Camp Donovan was followed without
interruption. and Patsy put his pets through
hard two hours labor.
AS the infield is now in a very fair con-
Gfiton. the practice of exercising Will
again taken up. Davy Brain was again ex-
tnsed from working, as his slight cold was
DER the weather, but Manager Donovan is
not taking any chances by overworking the
Buffalo man.
Kansas City Smith filled his shoes and
day. The army of twirlers again went in
Ior their daily loosening-up gallop. Joyce
ONeil has rounded to nicely, and Is ready
TO go any old route, he says.
The king Is again as spry as a kitten,
Eddie Murphy left himself out several
notches in the morning work and the spec
tators witnessed some pretty speedy twirl-
ing from the collar man.
As the rain served to dampen the field
considerably, when the whistle blew for
the second workout of the day. Pat ex-
cused all but the pitchers from going out
to the grounds. After two hours of twirl-
ing and tossing the sphere, they returned
to camp.
Tomorrow Manager Donovan will send a
team over to Corsicana to engage the home
team In battle. Should the present rain
storm continue, however. the chances are
the game will be declared off. Weather
permitting, the club will leave here at 10
o'clock.
Bob Wicker, who is now down tc playing
weight and in splendid condition, will work
on the slab at Corsicana in company with
Miner Brown. Shadow Weaver will do
the receiving. The tall manager himself
will go to Corsicana and cover the right
garden.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-27
DECK OF YACHT RELIANCE
IS PRACTICALLY COVERED.
Captain Barr Soon VIII Inspect tho
Defender, and Preparations Arc
Under Way for launching.

Bristol, R. l., March 2e-The deck Of the
yacht Reliance was practically covered in
to-day.
There has been much talk to the effect
that the deck had been made too light. by
the use of aluminium for plating. but those
who have had most experience in yacht
construction express the opinion that the
deck beams Of the Reliance are SO close
together that the boat will equal the Column
bia in strength. Since the smoothing Of
the underbody, has begun. the lower por-
ton of the boat looms up with great bril-
liancy.
Considerable hustle was noticeable to-day
in the setting up of the deck fittings. in
Guiding the windlass. ringbolts and trav-
elers.
1t has been decided to remove a portion
of the west end of the shop in order to
launch the new boat, as the doors are not
Of sufficient width to insure a safe exit.
Captain Barr and his mates are expected
here Monday and c. Oliver Iselin. the man
aging owner who is now in South Carolina,
will be here few days later.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-27
CALLAHAN SIDE-STEPPED
BROAD ENGAGEMENT.
Philadelphia Light Weight Said He
Had Sprained Wrist and Could
Not Get In the Ring.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBILc SPECIAL
Hot Springs. Ark. March 9-T1m Gala
han. the Philadelphia light weight. side
stepped his engagement to fight kid
Broad here Tonight, using as an excuse
that he had hurt his hand. This was wired
to Manager Mulligan of the Wilmington
Park Club several days ago.
Mulligan Immediately closed contract
with ''Cocky' Boyle, who recently made
such good showing against both Young
Corbett" and Terry McGovern in Philadel-
phia, to take Callahan's place. and Boyle
arrived to-day. Now the match will take
place Monday night
Charles ('Parson'D Davies. who has
KID Broad In charge, stated to-day that
he would match Broad against the winner
Of the Young Corbett-McGovern fight at
Log. 1N or LIS pounds. and had posted with
Honest John" Kelly 81, 900 to show good in
tentions
He further alleges that he is willing for
the winner to take all.
1t seems the PEARSON" means business
for If he is unable to take on the winner
he will take on the loser, and In the event
neither of them will tackle Broad he will
try to arrange a go with Jimmy" Britt at
100 pounds at p. m.
Davies figures that Broad is the best in
his class to-day. and is anxious to arrange
battle with one of the "top-notchers."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-27
Defeat Cotton State Leaguers in
Easy Game by the Score
of 10 to 3.
WALLACE AST0NIsHEs NATIVES.
Surprises the Southerners by His
Work at Shortstop-Sudhoff
in the Box for the
Browns.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Natchez. Miss. March 26.-The largest
crowd that ever attended a ball game here
was present to witness the work of Nc
Aleer's Browns Of st. Louis against the
champions of the Cotton States League in
their first exhibition game of series OF
three to be played here at Concord Park.
McAleer's entire team played faultless
game. without an error to their credit. and
made several home runs. The sensational
playing Of Wallace. the Browns shortstop,
was revelation to the local fans.
The Natchez team was badly Handicapped
by two Of their crack players being alb
sent. their captain and first baseman, Big
Somers Of Indianapolis. and Third Baseman
Paulig not having arrived.
They made very creditable showing con-
sidering they were against a strong team,
and hope to do better tomorrow.
The weather was clear and pleasant. The
Browns. before the game was called. were
busy chasing around the half mile race
track at the grounds. After the game they
all ran q race from the ball grounds to
their hotel in town. e,,-s
They are working hard and going through
all kinds of hard exercise to be in perfect
condition when they get back home.
Score by innings:
St. Louis ..................0 Q SO