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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-08

flying machine for a walk on a few
blue-edged clouds. Cupid was awfully
busy with the pen all spring and signed
contracts with both Montgomery in the
Southern and Baltimore in the Eastern
League. He accepted one wad of ad-
vance in his right hand and then cross
ed his fingers While he reached his left
NIT for a bundle from the other fell
lows.
| st. Louis patrons of the national
game read about contests, told in Ian
guage like this. from the Globe Demo-
crat:
Both pitchers did fine work three in
nings and the batterS went out like
clockwork. A storm cloud showed on
the horizon for st. Louis in the eighth,
but, fortunately, it did not break. Pow
ers started off with a safe fly. which
he dumped back of third. Bender hit
sharply to Wallace, and Rhody gather
ed the leather in, then made a dash
to touch second and by a fast throw
just did nip Bender at first. 1t was a
good thing he did. for Hoffman came
along with a long fly to left which
neither Burkett nor Heidrick could get
to. He went to third, but died there,
owing to chickering's out to Burkett.
The Post Dispatch used this kind of
language:
"Rube' waddell, the e~rratic. and
"Boilermaker" John Powell tilted
against each other on the rubber
Powell neve had a look-in, for in the
first three innings his mates allowed
their opponents to gain such a lead that
they played on velvet during the re-
naming innings.
Both pitchers were touched up hard,
but tickle fortune perched on the
'Rube's" shoulders, while all the hard
breaks went against the st. Louis
twirler with the herculean shape.
In strike-out Powell had the better of
the argument. Six Athletics famed.
WaddelI. who made IS Brownies fan the
air last Friday, only sent four men to
the bench by the three-strike route
Tuesday. With an even break in luck
Powell would have registered a victory
on his performance.
In Kansas City, a minor league city.
the Journal. telling of a game. says:
1t was Milwaukee day with a big NJ,
and in figuring out the direct cause for
the Kansas Ctyans' defeat one has only
to look at the hit column Here was the
trouble that turned a large Sunday
crowd homeward with the figures of s
to , recalling an afternoon of hard at
to make six hits win a game. To
be concise. pointed and pertinent, the
Blues were unable to make heads or
tails out of Meredith's offerings, while
the Brewers waded into McDonald's
slants from the start. The southpaw
off his game. and the visitors were
in their batting stride. In the seventh
when the clouds were looming up
still darker for the Gearites. Mcdonald
was relieved on the slab by McGau-
ghey. who checked the pretzel bunch's
rush, allowing but one hit during the
remainder of the game.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-08
MONT BLANC sNowsL1pE.

Crashing. tearing, roaring. sweeping
everything before it. down. down. came
the snow and ice from Mont Blanc's
lofty summit. The little hamlet of Plus
one Mite is blotted out and lies be
meath thousands of ions of ice. Great
blocks that had rested for ages on
RIanc's side. overhanging crags of crys-
tai. pillars Of curious design all united
in forming the great Y of destrue-
ton.
The path of the suddenly oosed
glacier is strewn with shattered beauty
and Jagged ice canons mark the way OF
the fury. Help from the continent Is
arriving and America of the United
States has shown her sympathy for the
uu~fortunates. Shiploads of Dougi
Patent Closets are OH the road. Thus
speaketh Bath. the plumber
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-08

just now there is one very serious
drawback to this portion of the stand.
There are along the very front of the
section four posts. to support the roof.
The space is so short that the posts
are less than ten feet apart, and the
result is that the vision of visitors will
be seriously hindered. This defect in
the plans was quickly apparent to
Contractor Lucas, and he said yester-
day that in his opinion there would be
no difficulty in making a change so
that the roof could be supported by a
truss, and the front cleared of posts.
The cost of such a change would be
small, and the added comfort to spec
.tators would more than compensate for
the alteration.
The entire stand will be provided
with benches, the flooring being put
down of the very best materials, so
that there will be absolute safety for
the club rooms below. The rises are
so great that from every seat in the
stand a perfect view of the field can
be had. There is ample protection
from wind and rain. and it is safe to
say that more comfort cannt be had
than will be found in the stand when
it is turned over to the trustees, more
than a week ahead of the contract
SO much for the comfort of the spec
tators, the players will be well cared
for too. Beneath the stand there are
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-08

provided a half dozen rooms for dress
of the clubs. In addition there will be
shower paths so that the men who will
play will find everything at hand for
their convenience and comfort. The
plumbing is good and there Will be
circulating spaces, so that the clothing
and uniforms will be preserved. There
is a keepers room, which will ensure
the safety of the stuff left on the
grounds.
The field has been entirely changed.
Before work commenced there was a
heavy stand of algeroba trees, cover
ing the greater portion of the park.
All of these with the possible exception
of a few in the extreme corner have
been cut down and the field presents a
fine appearance. OF course it Will be
impossible to grass it over his year,
but this will come later. The trees
were uprooted, and now the whole
field is receiving a coating of loan. The
teams are busy hauling this upon the
field, and the surface is being leve1led
and raked so that there will be few
stones which might cause a bad bound
of a ball. The steam roller will be put
on the grounds this morning, and there
will be as much rolling given them
as possible during the week. The in
tention is to make the surface as near
~ 1-fAaT &c -, he CO fLnf 4I. yIa-v
may be of the very highest quality.
From the progress made, and yester-
day the visitors found more than IS
per cent of the field levelled, and hard
work going on to complete the remain
der, there will be presented a fine
ground when the play commences next
week. The loan is being kept well
as it is spread, and the re-
suit is a well packed filling. There
has been some ak of trying the plan
folIowed at the tennis courts of using
a light application of oil on the in
field to make it finely surfaced, but this
has not been decided. The effect OF
keeping down the lust would be &C
ceptable. but there is thought to be a
danger that the ground might harden
to such an extent that it would he
if there should be a fall.
1t was the opinion unanimously that
the left field is too short. The dis
from the home plate TO the
fence is $50 feet, which is 100 feet less
to the right field limits. 1t is
he opinion of some that there viii be
necessary a netting addition of six
FEET on top of the eight feet fence to
the field entirely safe for the
hitters OF the teams.
The diamond was laid out and sur
and measured. The field faces.
hat is the batter stands, almost due
auth. This gives the least possible
rouble from the sun which will be be-
the first baseman, and will not
rouble more than two men of the field.
he left and third base positions.
Ample arrangements for crowds, for
he ticket taking, for the entrance of
.arriages on both the King and Bere-
ania street corners and for the seat
ng and exist of the crowds, are made,
nd the trustees who have been in
barge of the work have shown the
thought and care in the COM
,letion of the labor. The opening next
saturday will be made a special feat
ire. but these plans will not be known
intil after the league meeting TO be
-, - .l;z o=+1-,oo- ~ :
clock, TO settle details. I.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-08
BASEBALL GROUNDS ARE
READY FOR USE
Trustees and Club Officials Look Over
the Field and Lay Out
Diamond.

Trustees of the League, captains and
ers, gathered yesterday morning at
the new baseball park, on Beretania
street, to inspect the work and COM
plete the laying out of the grounds. It
was an early morning meeting n the
progress made pleased everyone pres
ent.
The grand stand, which has been
erected for the accommodation of the
baseball crowds, is ample and satisfac-
tory. The stand when completed will
seat 1000 people. There is a central
section, with two wings. That portion
Immediately behind the batter, is at
right angles to the field of play, or
rather to the course of a pitched ball,
and its occupants will have the finest
view of the entire field. This section
will from the first be specially benched
and reserved, so that it's occupants will
be given special advantages.
This will constitute in fact a ladies'
section, where, owing perhaps in great
part to the fact that there will be an
extra charge for the seats, there VIII
be an absence of the smoking and loud
language which might make it IN
pleasant for ladies in attendance upon
the games. The front of this section
will be protected from oul flies by a
which will not interfere in any
with perfect vision. That is, II
yet be perfect, but as it stands
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11

A tragic story of forgotten wed
ding ring is told in the Lives OF the
Lindsays." He should have been at
church when Colin Lindsay, the young
Earl of Balcarras, was quietly eat
ing his breakfast in nightgown and
slippers. Reminded that Mauritia OF
Nassau was waiting for him at the al
tar, he hurried to church, but forgot
the ring. A friend present gave him
one, which he, without looking at,
placed on the brides finger.
After the ceremony was over the
countess glanced at her hand and be-
held grinning deaths head on her
ring. She tainted away, and the omen
made such an impression on her that
on recovering she declared she was
destined to die within year, present.
iment that probably brought about Its
own fulfillment, for in q few months
the careless Colin was widower.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11
For Currant Worms.

Among the pests that go for the cur
rant bushes few are more destructive
than the well known greenish white
currant worm. Use paris green not
once, but persistently until the cur
rants are one-eighth of an inch in di-
ameter and then hellebore, both in wa
ter, about one tablespoonful to the gal
Ion of water. This pest comes on early
and feeds and grows rapidly. In about
ten days time from Matching 1t is ready
to go into the ground, and second
brood comes out, so that an early ap-
plication is more effective. Spray with
the bordeaux mixture and paris green
until the berries are one-eighth of an
inch in diameter and do not use the
bordeaux mixture again until the fruit
is gathered, because it would adhere to
the punches and injure their sale. The
use Of paris green is not advised gener-
ally, as hellebore is nearly as effective.
The foregoing is the advice of Pro
fesSor S. J. Maynard.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11

If scholarly men more and more re-
ject the church as the means by which
they will influence opinion and con-
duct and replace 1t by educational, ed
itorial and administrative agencies, the
nextcentury may be altogether guided
in Its intellectual decisions and In
those of its actions which depend on
intellectual judgments by forces out
side the church. Our grandfathers
looked to the minister for advice not
only upon religious beliefs and moral
practice, but also upon most matters
outside their own direct acquaintance.
The minister prescribed for the educa-
ton of sons, solved social problems
and acted as the source and Judge OF
truth In matters of general knowledge.
Our sons seem likely to regard the
ministry as a body Of men fitted to
deal with mems religious welfare. but
less fitted to be generous mentors In
others. The direction Of the people In
other than purely religious activities
may pass wholly out of the hands OK
the church.-Professor E. L. Thorn
dixie in Century.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11


with some sixteen of those pieces ar
ranged symmetrically in the frame,
four in the length and four in the
height of the frame. With little la
Dor from the bees. we had Il very good
comb with no drone cells. except an
occasional one at the seams.
To hold the combs in place we Use
light wire, say No. l6. of about the
height OF the frame and with both
ends bent at right angles so the wire
may be driven into the wood at the top
and bottom 1t is well to punch small
hole previously with an awl, for it
helps in driving the wire into the wood.
A number of these are put on one side
of the frame, and the frame is laid on
the table with the wires on the under
side; then the piece of comb is fitted
and more wires nailed on top of it.
To fit a piece of worker comb into
gap from which drone comb had been
removed lay your spare piece of work
er comb on the table. then put the
frame down upon it with the empty
space over the comb. You can thus
mark with a sharp knife the exact size
and shape of the piece to be cut. If
the cut is made exact and the combs
are rather old. the fit will be so good
that no support will be needed. and the
bees will have them fastened together
before there is any danger of the
patch coming to pieces. In putting in
small pieces shorter wires may be
used. tSee engraying) There is no
need of leaving the wires on after the
combs have been repaired by the bees.
If you leave them, 1t will spoil row
of cells all the way up and down along
each wire. Usually week is sufficient
to have the combs patched and in good
order.
If transferring Is to be tried during
a honey flow, it is necessary to extract
the honey out Of the combs first. I'm
der no circumstances would a good
apiarist transfer combs during hot
spell of weather, especially if there
was much honey, unless the combs to
be handled We're old and .tough.-C. 2.
Dadant in American Bee Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11
For Potato Sea b.

For potato scab, corrosive sublimate,
one ounce; water, seven to eight gal
Ions This is valuable as preventive
of potato scab. In n wooden vessel
dissolve the poison in one gallon of
water, then dilute to the full amount.
Place the scabby seed potatoes in a
sack, immerse them in the solution
and allow them to soak one to two
hours. The solution and the treated
potatoes are extremely poisonous.
! Formalin, 40 per cent solution of
formaldehyde gas in water, is being
used extensively as n preventive of po-
tato scab and of the grain smuts apd
gives most excellent results. 1t Is
cheap, efficient and nonpoisonous. For
potato scab soak the seed two hours In
the following solution: Formalln, one
half pint; water, fifteen gallons. For
grain smuts soak the seed for one to
two hours in the following: Formalin,
one pint; water, fifty gallons.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11
Irritation and Pain.

A sharp definition should be drawn
between irritation and pain. Irritation
is not pain, but only a frequent cause
of it. Thus crumb lodged in the
larynx near the vocal cords produces
violent irritation and prolonged cough
ing, which often result in actual pain.
So, too, speck of dust in the eye sets
up violent irritation and Inflammation,
followed by acute pain. OF the sur
face of the body the finger tips and the
end of the tongue are most sensitive
for instance, a burn on the fingers Is
much more painful than one on the
back would be, while one on the tongue
would be more painful still. Deep
wounds are not painful, as rule. save
as regards the surface injury.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11
No. "a.
PUZZLES I'M SPELLING.
They Arc Liable to Catch You In .
Most Mysterious Way.

They Arc Liable to Catch You In .
Most Mysterious Way.
What queer Quirks good and ODE
dent mind will sometimes take! A
clergyman OF exceptional scholarly at
tainments tells me that he once wrote
what he ut the moment conceived to
be the word righteous" The nature
of his calling ought to suggest that OF
all words this one should be among the
most familiar TO him, and indeed 1t
was. Yet when he had written 1t It
did not look right. After puzzling over
1t for some time he concluded that It
must end with ''ious" instead OF teous,"
as he had written it. Finally In q
mental muddle he went to his una-
bridSed dictionary, but was amazed at
finding no yS9ch word there Deferring
further search for the nonce, he COM
pleted his letter and then opened the
dictionary again. This time he found
the word all right and in its proper
place, fact which, he said, would
have been n warning to him II he had
been a drinking man.
The explanation of 1t was that by
some unaccountable freak he had got
1t into his noddle that it was spelled
'ritcheous." He had spelled 1t SO In
hts letter and had of course looked on
the wrong page Of the dictionary for 1t
In the first instance. By the time he
looked again the crotchet was out Of
his mind, and he knew how to spell the
word as well as Webster did.-Brook-
lyn Eagle.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11
WHAT TO DO.
when Help IL High In Price and Al
most Unobtninnble.

When Help IL High In Price and Al
most Unobtninnble.
Adapt your farming operations to the
circumstances. If you cannot get COM
petent help at such wages as you can
afford to pay, curtail your operations.
Raise stuff enough to live on first of
all. Grow such crops as require the
least amount of manual work, but that
can be handled as much as possible by
machinery.
Some farmers are changing their op-
erations very much because of the
scarcity of help. In some cases they
are putting in forage crops with a
view to winter dairying. because they
can take care of the cows themselves
during the winter, when not busy with
the summers work on the farm. In
other cases these crops are being pro-
duced as feed for beef cattle next fall
and winter. In still other cases men
who have been in the habit of cultivat-
ing large areas are planning this
spring to put in just enough to keep
along their families. together with a
small amount of live stock.
The reasoning of these men has much
to commend it. They say. What is
the use of working like slaves and en-
ploying a lot of hired help when the re-
ceipts of what we raise will not afford
sufficient profit over and above the
wages paid to make it worth whilef"
Another advantage of this policy
which has not yet been mentioned is
that its adoption by any considerable
number of farmers will materially re-
duce production and thus enhance
prices. This thing is bound to even it
self up sooner or later.-American Ag-
riculturist
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11
A Medieval Survival.

1t may interest some of your readers
to know that the archaic method OF
reckoning by tallies is still in vogue In
Pau. While there / saw bundle OF
tally sticks there called tailles) sus-
pended in q bakers shop, and on In
auiry I found that most of the poorer
country people thus registered their
purchases until they were able to pay.
The tally stick is cut down the center,
the baker and purchaser each retaining
n half, and when loaf is sold the two
halves are fitted together. and q notch
is made across them, the purchaser thus
keeping an exact check upon the bak-
er's score. Upon any payment being
made corresponding number Of
notches are shaved off.-London Athe-
nmum.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11

ture of the crop. the character OF the
season and the growth of the crop.
With the cabbage crop there was a
yield OF but 90 prime heads per acre
when mo nitrate of soda was used.
When 800 pounds of the nitrate We're
applied per acre in two equal dress
incs the number of prime heads OBJ
tanned was $3.50. When the same
amount was applied in three equal
dressings. the yield of prime heads per
acre was $3.50. on the plat which had
received 400 pounds of nitrate of soda
per acre in two equal dressings the
yield was AGO prime heads per acre,
and when this same amount was ap-
piled in three equal dressings 1850
prime heads were obtained per acre.
Applying the nitrate in three dressings
proved more effective in increasing the
yield than increasing the amount 100
pounds. Not only was the yield much
greater than on any other plat, but the
quality of the cabbage was much i'm
proved. the heads selling for 30 per
cent more than those from any other
plat
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11

IN THE APlARY.

Transferring Worker For Drone
Comb-Smali Pieces Useful.
Ii must be borne in mind that drone
comb may be removed with the best
.rsults when The combs are dry. and so
tke time fo. this work is early in the
s0r.ns or during Il dearth of honey.
VIXEN examining the frames, set aside
all that Lave more drone comb than
worker comb and cut out everything.
This Will give you number of pieces
If .oOd worker comb to use.
1t does not matter how small n piece
IF worker comb you may have, do not
destroy it unless it is absolutely too old
and dirty or crooked. My father when
! was yet boy used to transfer into
orr hives the combs of small boxes in
hicll we had received imported
queens from Italy. Each comb was
about ; by Il. inches. My father would
make very decent frame of comb
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11
The Farm Woman.

"Why Is it that women farmers are
nearly always successful?" This is a
question we have come in contact with
more than once. The answer is simply
that woman who has energy and de-
termination enough to undertake the
work has enough to carry her to sue
cess in anything she undertakes. We
know some striking examples of the
successful management of large farms
by the widows of the former managers.
In these cases the farms lost nothing
by the change of management.
Girls make better berry pickers than
boys. We have tried it and speak from
experience and fully indorse what a
Wisconsin grower says on the subject:
1--WE prefer girls for picking because
they do the work much better. They
talk less, they do not get tired and
want to 60 and they attend to the
work much better than boys and are
not so full of mischief and play" Also
they give better heed to instruction
and are much more easily kept in or
der.-Farm and Ranch.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-11
PEOPLE WHO CAN'T SLEEP

Many people go TO bed-not to sleep,
but to think-to tumble and toss-to get
ur, walk about until tired Nature gives
way and few fitful hours of sleep are
obtained just before dawn-a sleep that
does not rest-a sleep from which one
wakes weary and tired. wholly untitled
to take up the daily routine of house
hold shop or Office duties That this
condition goes on uncared for is almost
criminal when the wel]-known, time
tried and tested powers of DR.. A. w.
Chases Nerve Pills to give restful
natural sleep have been SO fully proven
III such cases.
Mrs. Maggie Edwards of 246 West ST,
Bntler, Pa. says:-''My boy, aged II
years, who by reason of overwork ran
down-could not eat or rest. He was
nervous and did not sleep we'll at night.
He needed lifting mp and got some of
DR.. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills for him
at D. H. Wuller's Drug Store 112 South
Main ST. The medicine has acted in a
more than satisfactory manner He
sleeps finely now-strength coming back
now-nerves steady and sleeping well.
There is no question but that short
time will put him right again. The
gain in health has been very rapid.
soc box at dealers or DR. A. w.
Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. See
that portrait and signature of A w.
Chase, M. D., are on every package