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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-31
SPECIAL.

Evansville. Ind, May eo.-One thousand people
saw the game here to-day between the Evans,
Mount Vernon. Evansville won by . score OK
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pITTsBURG "a, CINCINNATI 2-s-
Pirates Make 1t Two Straight Over tn
Reds.
MORNING GAME
n. Mo-, ~ TIL

PltfSDUfR, Fd., Ndy V.
..hogged' both performances by one run to.
day. The features of the morning contest
were the pitching Of Philippe for Pittspurg
and the fielding of Corcoran and Magoon
of Cincinnati. Attendance. 7.016. Score:
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High School Wins Championship,
for Third Time, Defeating Blees,
Smith Academy and Manual.
AFTERNOON CAME.

McFetrldge 3. Passed b~aIIs-Zimmer I. Time-.O0
hour and forty-nine minutes. Cmpire-JohnstooA
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REPIRL1c
SPECIAL
SPECIAL

Sorrento. H.. May so-The ball game here to
day between the Missouri Trust Company am
Sorrento resulted in a victory for the visitors b.
u score OF 4 to .. Batteries: Missouri Trust Com
and Malloy.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11

An American woman who was lately
in London for the first time Is con.
WINGED that whatever the language
may be which the cockneys speak 1t IL
not English. One Of her experiences Is
related by the Washington Post
The woman wished TO see the city all
by herself. Somebody told her that II
she went to the terminus of some bus
lines. 1t did not matter which, and
waited little SHE would hear the con
ductOr call out the places on the route
and then could choose that which she
wished TO visit.
She found a place where buses were
arriving and departing and waited
She heard many curious names, but
failed 10 understand much that the bus
men said. Every now and then the
man on the step OF bus would call
out. "Moblotch. Moblotch" and she
wondered what pnrt OF London Mob
lotcl" might be She had never heard
Of II before. and she had been studying
London for six months. At last she
ventured TO address n conductor who
looked approachable.
"Will you kindly tell me-" she said.
where one takes the bus for the Mar
bic archi"
The man looked at her pltylngly
Her American accent was thick upon
her. and he perceived also thut she
must be deaf He leaned toward her
and drew n long breath. Then he bel
lowed:
This is your bus. ma'am." and be
gan to shout, "Moblotch. Moblotcb"
The visitor had let seven "Moblotch"
buses go because she never once
guessed that that Is the way Marble
arch Is pronounced In London.
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toy house. with Il wheel in the gable
of 1t that was running rapidly round,
impcliad by the Insignificant gravity of
common house mouse. For l shil-
ling | purchased house, mouse and
wheel. Enclosing II In n handkerchief,
on my journey homeward | was com
PEELED TO contemplate its favorite
amusement. But how to apply half
ounce power, which is the weight of a
mouse, to n useful purpose was the
difficulty. At length the manufacture
ing Of sewing thread seemed the most
practicable"
MIR Hutton had one mouse that ran
the amazing distance of eighteen miles
day, but he proved that an ordinary
mouse could run ten and half miles
on an average \ halfpenny's worth
of oatmeal was sufficient for its sup
port for thirty-iivc days. during which
1t ran 73G half miles lie had actually
two mice constantly employed in the
making of sewing thread for more than
Il year The mouse thread mill was
so constructed that the common house
mouse was enabled to make atouemeut
TO society for past offenscs by twist
Ing, twlning and recling from 100 TO
120 threads day, Sundays not except
ed. 10 perform this task the little
pedestrian had TO run ten and half
miles. and this journey 1t performed
with case every day. \ halfpenny's
worth of oatmeal served one of these
thread mill culprits for the long period
or five weeks. In that time Ii made
$500 threads of twenty five inches, and
rs n penny WAS paid TO women for cy-
cry hank made In the ordinary way
the mouse ut that rate earned nine
pence every six weeks, Just one far
thing a day, or Is. Cd. year.
Taking siXpcncc of for board and
allowing l shilling for machinery, there
was n clear yearly profit from each
mouse of 6 shillinGs. MIR. Hutton firm
ly intended TO apply for the loan of the
empty cathedral in Dunfermline, which
would have held, he calculated, 10000
mouse mills, sufficient room being left
for keepers and some hundreds of
spectators Death, however, overlook
the inventor before this marvellous
project could bc carried out. Ehin-
hurgh Scotsman
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Tall hats, "pearking UP like the splre
the Crowne." ns II sixteenth century
writer describes them. were known In
the time of Elizabeth, and the Purl-
tans affected them until they merged
into the old fashioned beaver of our
grent -grandfnthcrs days Top hats Of
SILK appeared first in Florence about
1900, and twenty years later silk hats
with felt bodies were introduced into
England.
About 1910 the French silk hat was
placed on the market and at once
adopted In the familiar chimney pot
shape There were several varieties
OF 1t, such ny the Wellington Int, with
the ycomnn crown; the Anglcsca hat,
bell shaped at the top. and the B'Orsay
hat, with ribbed silk binding aud II big
bow.
The color also varied. Thus the
Earl of Harrington started n craze for
green top hats by wearing one In his
garden with the idea of not frlghten-
Ing the birds. He also tested his silk
huts by standing upon them. The top
hat, however, was never so favored
by any great parsonage as TO account
for It's general adoption London An
swers
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11

A lady palmist was recently prose
cuted, and an amusing incident was
noted in connection with the ease. One
Of the witnesses called by the police
was an individual who did not appear
10 be overburdcncd with intelligence.
During smart cross examination de
fendant's counsel asked him
ION first going into the r,am did you
pay n shilling fee 10 the doS,ndantI'
Yes" was the reply.
what did she tell you in return for
the money!
ooh" said the witness, "she towld me
lots o things, some on 'em true, some
On 'em half true AN some on 'en lees
"Now," continued the counsel after
the laughter had died away. this Is
the point | wish 10 get at. Was there
any attempt at imposition? Did the
lady impose upon you nj allY
"Oh, dear, no" was the response. Il
knowcd 1t wor all CANNON, so there
couldn't be no imposition Besides, IL
wor n bad sbillin as guy her, to start
S1'r- Tit Bits.
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RUN BY MOUSE POWER.
/ Thrifty scOtcbmnn's scheme For
Operating His Thread Mills.

Thrift Is generally acknowledged TO
be one OF the leading characteristics of
the native OF Fifeshire, and 1t never
was more forclbly exempllficd than In
the person of David Hutton, a native
OF Dunfcrmllnc, who actually proved
that even mice, those acknowledged
pests Of mankind, could be made not
only to earn their own living, but also
TO yield a respectable income to their
owners.
About the year 1890 this gentleman
actually erected small mill Mt Dun
fermlIne for the manufacture oothread
a mill worked entirely by mice. 1t
was while visiting Perth prison In
1872 that Mr.. Hutton first conceived
this remarkable idea of utilizing mouse
power In an old pamphlet Of the
time, "The Curiosity Coffee ROOM" he
gave an account of the way In which
the idea dawned on him. in the sum-
mer OF the year 1872" he wrote. II
had occasion to be In Perth, and when
inspecting the toys and trinkets that
were manufactured by the French pris-
oners In the depot there my attention
was iuvoluntarily attracted by little
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11

| saw that marvellous set of ctchlngs
printed. LII fact. the bulk of them
We're printed In my own printing room,
room which had especially arrang.
ed for the muster. aud II was In this
little printing room of mine that Wills
tier taught me the art of printing from
the copper plate This WIS my first
insight into Whistler us IL great mas
ter, and one of his characteristics ms
great muster WIS that he would
have perfection. No matter how small
the detail II must he perfect 70 he
GIN with, he always insisted upon hav=
ing old paper upon which To print his
etehingS and preferably Dutch because
of n certain golden tone, uuobtainable
with new paper, which this particular
Whistler and | have spent weeks In
Holland poking about dirty little shops
In search of old paper, and sometimes,
after having discovered II fine collec-
tIon of 5000 or 1000 sheets, have
seen Whistler literally tremble with
excitement and scarcely know how to
ask the price for JOY. Then again he
was very particular ns to the choice Of
oil for mixing with the ink; also with
regard to the temperature of the plate,
the pressure of the press, the condl-
ton of the blankets, and, In fact, ev-
erythlng had to he absolutely right
Mortimer Mcnpes In Studio
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Stnd, Themi nnn,t XII,

If, instead of shooting the birds,
scotehing the snake, smashing the
beetle and pinchlng the tiny life out
of the butterfly. we were to watch any
one Of these creatures on summer
day the day would pass like an hour,
SO packed with exciting experience It
would seem. Through what mystic
rious eoverts of the woodland, into
what haunted underworld of tunnel
ed banks and hidden bitches and Sc
cret passages the snake would show
us the way, and we should have
strange hearts if. as we thus watched
II through its mysterious day, we did
not find our dislike of the clever little
creature dying away and even chang
Ing into n deep tenderness toward the
small. self reliant life, SO lonely a spcek
OF existence in SO vast world. Sue
cess
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11
The IsI,ysietau

popular impression prevails that
the physician. by reason Of the prlvi-
leges conferred upon him by the stnte
is In the absence Of an adequate rsa.
son for not so doing. required to re.
spOnd 10 all calls to render professional
services This IL clearly erroneous. ex-
eept where the physician has already
undertaken the treatment OF the ease
DR. except where he Is an officer Of the
government charged with specific du
ties which he thereby violates.
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cnce in Paris this would never happen.
says Flora Mcdonald Thompson i'll
1larper's Bazaar
Such order of living readily permits
great economy. One has not to waste
time, good clothes or house room In
daily preparation for the unexpected
guest. Six days of the week q French
woman may run her sewing machine
in the middle of her salon IL she likes,
secure from the interruption of chance
callers. II Is said that the chief func-
tion of the petit salon of Paris apart
ment is TO provide storage room for
ball gowns which on reception days are
taken down from the chandelier and
locked up in bedroom till the guests
have departed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11
The HOME IN FRANCE.
II LIS Mainly an Adjunct TO Life on
the Outside.


The father and mother in Paris eat
at home when they do not eat out, but
absolutely no informal social Inter
course invades the apartment, which IS
more than anything else n sort OF fac
tory In which Is produced whatever
the family needs for life outside. A vast
amount of sewing Is done here. French
girls of even wealthy parents, after
they finish school, attend courses OF
dressmaking and millinery and to a
great extent the industry which turns
out the French woman as a model OF
good dressing, to be followed by the
world, is carried on by the women OF
the family In what would be the home
IL the French knew the meaning OF the
word.
A reception day Is vigorously kept,
and much entertaining ut dinner ana
dejeuner may be done, but always OF
formal character. A person having the
penetrating qualities of book agent
might venture to try dropping In" on
n French woman on day when she Is
not regularly receiving, but in the nat
ural course OF ordinary social expert
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11

Lillian Is not sure that she loves
Walter, Sometimes she thinks she
does, and at other times she's con.
WINGED she doesn't"
"And yet she is going TO marry him.
ooh, yes, that's all settled"
But If she Is not sure she loves him
why doesn't she break the engage
mcnt?"
Because sle Is twenty seven Kan
sas city Journal
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smile from that ladyl for the extremeIy
kind communication herewith printed at
her request. Our readers We are positive
will appreciate II as II contribution to ba
valued
ITO the Editor OF The Gazette:
Admired Sir Eighteen months of pc
rusal of your esteemed publication has
endowed me with uudoubted qualifications
for achievements along educational lines
and l hereby proffrr TO you the adVnn-
tages of my services for $40 n week-beinR
now attained to the age OF nineteen years
strong. healthy and Of commendable APP
pearances-for the furtherance OF the In
terests of your interesting periodical and
TO enable myself To be elevated to be an
inmate OF some desirable institution in
future where my talents Will receive due
appreciation
Address me I'm care of Mrs Timothy
Shields. Partridge Corners | am working
for her. Print this, please With my best
respects.
'TABITHA KITTREDGE GROoT."
We deeply deplore our inability TO avail
ourselves OF Miss Groots courteous prop
ostttou and trust our correspondent will
pardon us for triiing changes In her let
ter made necessary for the enlIghten-
ment of our readers our sincere advice
to this young lady IL decided opinion
that she keep right on working for Mrs.
shall bring her modicum OF common
sense and some knowledge OF English
composition. else her desirable instltu-
ton will surely he the poorhouse-
A cry of anguish from Tabltha stop.
ped Peters lahorcd enunciation. He
did not laugh. but sprnng from his
chair and held the bowed head In his
great hands. with his face against her
bright hair.
Never mind, dear he whispered.
If they don't want you. | do. Look
up. Tahitha. Say you will"
The girl, still sobbing. lifted II tear
stained face and nodded. Her lover
kissed her I'm rapturous relief. Then
Tabitha spoke. and her speech was
emphatic. "fll never look inside that
old paper again, she said.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11

The Saknis, or tee jewellers, of the
Malay peninsula build their houses In
forltcd trees dozen feet above ground
and reach them 10y means of bamboo
ladders. which they draw up when
safely housed out Of harms way. The
house itself Is II rude kind of shack,
nude of bamboo, and the flooring IL
lashed together piece by piece and
bound securely TO the tree limbs by
rattan.
These curious people are rather small
and lighter In complexion than the Ma
lays, though much ugller. They have
no form of religion at all-not even
idols-no written language. and speak
corrupt form Of Malay.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11

just after the late Duke of Rich
mond and Gordon received the latter
half of his title-he was created Duke
Of Gordon In january, 1876 lie WAS
sent TO this country rs president of the
British commission TO our centennial
exposition. While in this country he
heard of certain picture owned by n
country woman in which he thought
he might be interested. and SO wrote
TO her, using the official stationery of
the commission and signing himself. as
peer does, simply by the names Of his
title, "Richmond and Gordon"
Much To his surprise and good deal
10 his disgust he had precise ideas
as TO his dignity as n dullc-the letter
which he received In answer to his was
addressed. "Messrs. Richmond X Cor
don" and began, "Gentlcmen"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11
The lIelodcrin.

The yenomous lizard, hcloderm, lives
In the warm zone between the Cordille-
ras Of Central America and the Pacific
ocean. 1t secretcs II poisonous saliva
and has the curious habit OF throwing
Itself on its back when struck. Its bite
Is not always SO dangerous as popular
opinion makes 1t, and after severe pain
1t often rapidly heals. Recent observa-
lions show that the saliva Is sometimes
very poisonous and sometimes very IN
offensive. The poison acts by coagulat-
ing the blood aud first increasing then
diminishing the irriiabillty of the
nerves
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11

AT the bow OF the steamer sit the two
happy young people.
How sweet 1t seems tonlght.' sigls
the girl. How sweetly solemn Is the
view spread before us. Even the sea
seems to be sleeping as it lies so placid
ly ahead Of the boat"
Eyes. love. agrees the young man
1T IS asleep IN front OF Inc boat, hut
II Is a wake behind Judge,
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A the S0cinI,Ie.

Mr., SIiptonguc-I have mol met your
Wife. Is she here this evening?
Mr.. IIansome-Ycs. but Just ut this
moment she is engaged over there ut
the piano
Mr.. Sliptongue with affected cnthu-
sInsm) An | see! She is that goddess
like beauty who is playing nm accom-
panImcnt for the mountain of flesh
who Is singing.
Mr. llansome (stinly) My wife does
not play: she sings r. London Telegraph
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11

Don't you think that the ideals OF
craftsmanship are higher now then
they used 10 bcW
"Sure they are" answered Senator
Sorghum "Ive known the time when
$500 was considered big money. Now
you can't get man that amounts TO
anything TO look at less than $1,000
Washington Star.
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''IIaye you ever done anything to
make the world happier" asked the
solemn looking person with the nm
barbcrcd hair
'Sure," answered the jolly man with
the double chin. # was once invited to
sing in public and declined - Indian
annlIs Sentinel
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I.roat with the brush.

do you think 1t possible for a man
who Is clever with the brush to make
living these days." asked the dis
cournged artist
yes" responded the cruel eynic, III
he Is bootblack. "-Philadelphia Rec
ord
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81 don't see anything remarkable in
that mule" said the prospective pur-
chaser. except that he's stone blind"
"Yes. sub" replied the mules propri-
etor. ''hc bin in his eye, but you DIES
orter see him feel fer You wild his
heels" Atlanta Constitution.
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LOsIng nm OpportmrIty.

THE curtain goes up at SIS. so wen
be Just In time"
"But If we have n box 1t really seems
n shame TO 1c so punctual" u Brooklyn
Life
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IrIsInK The HInme.

"'rhe trouble amt with the farm"
said the old man. "If the farm didn't
have TO do anything but support itself,
1t could be made to pay. but II don't
seem to be able 10 carry the BURDEN 81
MS livln' on II, 50 | reckon we're TO
blame" Chicago Post
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Plenty Drowned.

Fighter / suppose there's money to
be picked up In the stock market
Fluttcrcr There ought to be. Why,
1 myself have dropped considerable Of
It there Boston Transcript
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Some people want you to give them
everything for nothing. including your
life, your liberty your labor and your
pursuit Of happiness. Schoolmaster
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Well" WAS the guarded reply. you
might say that he carries his money In
o purse that shuts n good deal easier
than 1t opens" Chicago Post
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-11

We are greatly indebted to Miss Tabitha
Groot VI Partridge Corners Ia satisfied
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-22
.FUNNYSIDE WINS
\ ALBEMARLE STAKES
With Speed in the Stretch the
Race sWrested from Flam-
muld and LetOld iii
(Hy Associated prets.l

NEW YORK, Sept. 2l.-Closing with
n great burst OF speed In the stretch
Funnysde, Mt eight to one, won the AL
bemarle selling stakes at Gravesend to-
day Flammula and Letola raced away
In front to the stretch, where Funnysde
closed and won driving. Two favorites
won. Summary:
First race-about six furlongs-st. VAL
entine e to y first, Mneoln a to y
second, Sails $50 to y third. Time, 1:1o 40.
Second race-handicap, steeplechase,
about two miles and marlborough "a
To y first, Baron Hopper GEO to 1D second,
The Ragged Cavalier Q2 to y third.
Time. 5:l7 is.
Third racc-handcap, one mile and n
MISUNDERSTANDING Ground Is to y first,
Eugenln Burch O3 to 81 second, Mollie
Brandt e to y third. Time. 1:40 3-5.
Fourth race-the Abemarle. five and a
bali furlongs-Funnyside Is to y first,
Flalnmula az to 10) second, Letola e to
y third. Time. 1907 15
Fifth race-solllng, one milo and FUR
long Embarrassment q to 81 first, Ma
bel Richardson a to y second, stonewall
eco to y third. Time. 153 Ia.
Sixth merchandising. about six fur
longs-Mamie Worth g to % first, High
Chancellor 6 to y second. Invincible go
to y third. Time. LOO 4-6.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-22
GENERAL MALES
!. NEXT MOVE NOW.
His Action on Report Of Capt.
Myers Awaited with Inter-
est-Here Tomorrow.

Interest in military circles regarding
the action Of Captain William NJ. Myers,
Of tho sHowitzers. In refusing to allow
Captain Bossieux to Inspect his battery
when requested to do so by Colonel stern,
1.-the ground Of absence Of proper or
ders, Is unabated.
Adjutant- General Nallc Is still out Of
the city. 10 him the report OF Captain
Myers will ultimately go, and from him
must come tho order for new date Of
inspection. Military interest Is now
dressed on the acknowledgement 1t Is
his move next. Gcneral Nallo is expected
In the city Tomorrow morning. Colonel
Stern and Captain Myers are regarding
the fabtual silence expected from SOL
dlers. Colonel Stern went to Hampton
yesterday afternoon to inspect tho ctnl-
pany there last night, Captain Myers
made his report to his immediate supe-
rlor, Major Simons, who in turn will
transmit 1t to General Male.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-22
CRAlCEN TUNNEL
FIRE A HEAVY LOSS.
An Officer Kills the Man Who
Shoots Him While Max
IND an Arrest
lspcclal 10 The Tlmes-plspatch.l

loI)cclul W = NO 1'''SS7A|'SPnlSi'l sr-.f.
CARTERTON, VA, Sept. 2l-Tho ex-
tinquishIng of the fire In the Craigen Tun-
mel near hero was very difficult job. All
efforts to put 1t out were futile until the
dams We're built at either end ana the
tunnel filled with water At frat it was
thought tho fire could be put out With
n fro engine. and one was sent from
Roanoke, but did not do any good.
The fro In tho tunnel was something
furious for while. and 1t was impossl-
BILE for men to work In It until the ilre
WAS put out. aa ~
The hre has been great loss to the
Norfolk and Western Railway Compnny,
rs all westbound and eastbonnd freight
mad to so to Bristol and over tho virginia
and Southwestern Railway,
:, a man by the name Of Long, Of st,
Paul, Va, was shot and instantly killed
az that place by Policeman Noah Castle
While resisting arrest last "Wednesday,
rest. and when he attempted to arrest
him he. Long) drew q pistol md shot
Castle in tho thigh; then Castle drew
ms pistol and fired, hitting l4ons IN the
Temple, Killing him Instantly
Long had been drinking FOR seYeE1'