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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-01
APrEIED.

Yeast-"I see in 2 far eastern city q prison has been unearthed and the mummies are supposed to have been prisoners" Crimsonbea Hardened criminals, without doubt. "- Yonkers Statesman.
 Professor(to graduating class of girls) --"And now. young ladies. feel sure you VIII all retain your high ideals through life!" Edith Heavens, girlsl He must think we are all too homely tp get married. "Judge.
 Upgardson--"A Panama has is expen- sive oc course. but 1t will last forever The longer you wear them the tougher they get" Atom" Yes. I've been notic- ing it. think it's the toughest hat ever saw."-- Chicago Tribune. Johnny Pa. what Is the law of sup ply and demand the papers tell about?a Wise pa-"It Is universal law. my son. that when man is well supplied with this worlds goods he demands more. Boston Transcript.
 Harry-"w nonsense to say hel description wsa photographic! It wasn't bit like It." Dict-awhen fused shs word photographic had in mind some os the aictnres her brother Fred takes with his camera. Boston Transcript.
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., ithe batter Sagan. The s.su ., of the game intruded .r,s Insos \. | ,eats who went to college found more thsn their Ae nOinespuh suits of which they were Io proud on leaving home out of oa9 me Dali aama was' aIIl changed. They had to ,,sa ! round club instead of paddle to bit tlne balI They had to change thelr tactics aI through the game. They found the 1iteher not intent: on throwing ; haII that could be hit. but so that it would be hit atiand nlissea. The bases were laid off with great accuracy. They could be put out in so many un- known and surprising ways. They could not wander at will over the field, but must occupy certain positions. All was changed. All has been chang ing since. The expert or even twenty wears ago would be lost to-day. The game of ball'' has been growing more scientific. and when 1t becomes wholly scientific, and when the element of sport and speculation are eliminated. it will diminish in public favorable. per- haps. The change is not only rapid. but universal. The homespun-clad boys who returned home on vacation expect ing to show off and teach their former companions the game of bah up-to-date discovered that the innovation had pre- eeded them, and those who had not left the old haunts knew all about the game, excepting the very newest wrinkles. And they knew something which the college boys had not learned.-Mem- phis Commercial-Appeal.
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BEFORE BASEBALL
 SCIENTIFIC,
BECAME

Time will not turn backward in his
 flight. but the mind can travel back to
 the days before baseball, or at least to
 the days before baseball was So well known and before it had become so
 scientific. There were ball games in. those days in town and the country. ball
 game was an event. There were no
 clubs the country boy of those days
 was not gregarious. He preferred
 fiocking by himself and remaining inde-
 pendent. On Sunday afternoons the neighborhood boys met on some wetf-. cropped pasture. and whether ten or forty. every one was to take part in the
 game. Self-appointed leaders divided
 the boys into two companies by alter
 nately picking one, until the supply was exhausted. The bat, which was no round stick, such as is now used, but 1 a stout paddle with a blade two inches thick and four inches wide, with con- venient handle dressed onto it, was the chosen arbiter. One of the leaders spat
 on one side of this bat, which was honestly called the paddle" and
 asked the leader of the opposition forces, Wet or dry?' The paddle was then sent whirling up in the air, and
 when 1t came down whichever side won went to the bat. while the others scat tered over the fields. The ball was not
 what would be called a National
 League ball" nowadays. but it served
 every purpose. It was usually made on
 the spot by some, boy offering up his
 woollen socks as an oblation, and these
 were raveled and wound round a bullet,
 a handful of strips cut from a rubber I overshoe. a piece of cork, or almost
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anything. or E&g when anything was not availaH Ehe 1inding of this ball was an artA lwhok kver could ex- eel in this arf looked upon as a superior beingA m ball must be a perfect sDheren the threads as regularly laid aiJU wire on the helix Of a magnetid nature. When the winding was 9CYete. the surface of the ball was tfhd Hhly sewed with . large needle a-kread to prevent it from unwinding thread was cut. The diamond not arbitrarily marked off asEgA Sometimes there were four bases. sometimes six or seven. They We oAPt equidistant, but were marked by fortuitous rock or shrub. or depH n in the ground where the stee Ire wont to below and paw up tkaLk krth. One of these | telluraI cavities almost sure to be selected as .thhef now called the | home plate. The ere no masks, or mitts, or protet There was no science or chieaIn now called head work. " The strapldg young oafs, err- bryonic preacher Rt Rtesidents and pre- miers. were toosDbest for this. The | pitcher was the ond1ho could tbrow a | ball oyer the "den and few could do this. His object fs 10 throw ball that could be hit.
 The ,paddleman,s eject was to hit the ball. and is he strgk at it--whieh ne heed not do unless chose and missed lit, the catcher. stanlng well back fried to catch it after it hd lost its momen- tum by striking fe earth once and bounding in the tf-..on the first bounce it was eaRd-and if he sue ceeded the paddlemn was dead and another took his piae. If he struck 1t,
 and it was not caght in the field or lelsewhere, in the airsr on the bounce,
 he could strike tice more, but the
 third time he wascompelled to run There was no umIfe and very little
 wrangiing. There sas no effort tc bounce upon basrunner and toucE
 him with the ball. Any one having il
 could throw 1t at hit and if t hit him
 he was sdead,-aIlpst literally some
 times. If he doged te ball, he kept or
 running until the hen' was reached I Some of the players heapne proficient iri l lducking. dodging, anhcide-stepping and
 others learned t6 1row the ball witt
 accuracy q rahe lullet. No matter
 how many playe1s wte on a side. eacl and every one gladto to be put out X And If the last ofe made three sueces,
 sive home runs, he brought in his side" and the outdeIaers. pitcher. ant catcher had to de all their work ovel
 again. The boyWlp could bring in his
 side was Il heto NJ victorious general was ever proudei or more lauded
 Horatius at the brdge was small DO.
 tatoes in comparison He was the uil. crowned king. Therewere no foul hits
 If ball touched ee paddle ever st
 lightly 1t was a tick, and three ticks
 meant a compulsory rul. The score was kept by some one ecuttflg in a stick. ani
 the runs during an afternoon ran up il. to the hundreds. If tln bal was los
 in the grass or rolled lndes a Scotcl
 thistle. the cry Host blll'' was raise, : and the game stopped unil 1t wa found.
 Only the older country hllpli,yers car remember those days andEames The! did not last Ions WhR tho chang,
 came 1t came suddenly. sechrdealitie | and rules began to sreep Tricks be tween the pitcher and tlt tcatdher de
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Go ,o tho Ans.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard
 And learn what 1t is to work; She hustles all day like a crazy jay
 She hasn't got time to shirk, She runs thousand good ant miles
 To get twelve inches away, In search of food to store, yet she s-
 Is wise, philosophers say! Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
 She'll show you strenuous pace As she hunts for fly, that Is dead ana
 dry
 And, iinding it. loses her place! She takes an hour to get back home
 (To see if it's still thereJ, Then off she Dranees to get the ny,
 And drag him back to her lair. Go to the ant. thou sluggard!
 For energy zone to waste She takes the bun-though It must pc iun
 To never grow tired of haste! Go to the ant--or do my way GA lazy mans plan, that's $ tfuel, Just have a picnic in the woods, And the ant will come to you! Cincinnati, Commercial Tribune.
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inform appendix. he called his wife. w1o is a trained nurse. and gave her aninute instructions as to an operation. He then took an anaesthetic. Unsssist- ed and guided only by these instruc- tions. Mrs. Logan with the instruments of the missionary physician performed the hazardous operation with entire success.
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ApyERTls1NG RATES.

lIu sitnations. Wants. Rents, and other small iia advertisements. One Cent Word each ln- @ sertIon. Five Cents Word for ful wees (seven tlsnesl.
 Display advertisements. per Inch. one in, lc sertlou S1. 20; each subsequent inserLons So d cepfs; one week. s3.20; one month, Slo; ons e Obituary Notices, Tn prose or verse. ID a< &uts per line. Notices of Births. Mar.I' )nlJ 5ss Deaths, and Funeral. 50 cents eaen- Iorx <ocaT Notices. 15 cents per line. : iE YearIy advertisers are limited to fneix nnn&Fn immediate business fa.l matter to pc
 ,Nfnopjstcionable). and their contracts do not nu$ucl.Ite Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
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Australia wants sOO,Ooo British wives. Canada wants. soOOO. and the Cape would like 8O,ooo. As there are nearly 100000 more women than men in the British isles the colonists can be hope full.
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There will be little money floating around soon. The July dividends in New York alone will reach the enor- nous total of s1s7.ooOOoo. This is s5.- eoo,eoo greater than the January dis bursements.
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ssh residents of Greece are much Sht up over the action of the gov It in accepting the offer of a for Capitalist to erect a gambling ca in the old British cemetery in Cor si the Ionian IslSpds We're ced- kland to Greece in 1864 it was
 provided that the cemeteries hain undisturbed. The new cIudes q hydropathic institu- Tt hall and casino, where a
 t. will be run after the fash
 Carlo.
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lcording to records of lynchings, as \ by the Chicago Tribune for seven wears, there are but four States Asnusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode and Utah--in which mob ven has not prevailed. The South nished four-fifths of the record .ngs, having executed 2,oSo out
 illegally killed. Of the total
 negroes.
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policemen's school in St. b train applicants for the Ire is a museum combined chooI where the pupils make ! familiar with the tools of ajinrnies. drills. chisels and 5 for robbing collection box ecial field of Russian thieves. Sian passport system is studied s aThe duties of the dvorniks. a
 salt police. are taught.
 h on the residences. re- AbitsSof thetenants. their aine the papers of new lirect them to report them she police station.
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A Maryland justice of the peace, in de- ciding an action against railroad cont
 pany kor killing cow near a road crossing. decided the case in favor of the plaintiff for the reason that "the de- zfendasst had no sign up at the crossing. <
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Shat is graesome story which comes iron China and tells how Dr. w. H. lsogaA formerly of Bethany, Illinois. was opSated upon by his wife for ap- penoi ic'li'and his life saved. The mis- sionafs na nareturned to his station and resull''so A'' ork. Dr. and Mrs. Logan efl So1ig ig in a place eight hun. les froa4 Grs5 r-s N sti
 can ph M N ei { 'sf'ii M
 alizing '' s'li s ss'Aeil
 tne his only hope for aoval of tie yer.
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White Clematis Soap,
 --7c cake, 64c dog. Oatmeal (smalD. Oatmeal (inedium)
 -8c cake, 85c dog Silyerware Soap, --1Oc, CSC dog. Demulcent Shaving Stick,
 -15c, $1.40 doz.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13

horted them to brave and heroic deeds
and the women melted them to acts of
valor. When the time came for the
march they stole as cautiously as pos
sible across the desert, and, on nearing
the main camp of the Yumas, sent out
their scouts ahead to determine how
and when the great attack should be
made. Fortunately for them the Yumas
were in the worst possible condition
for the encounter. Their hunters had
just brought back an unusual quantity
of deer, and the whole people, warriors
and all, were SO gorged to repletion as
to be unable to fight. After full con-
sultation it was decided to steal upon
them at night and fight at close quar-
tiers with battle hammeg, battle ak,
dagger of sharp deer's horn, and the
few steel weapons they had obtained
from the white man.
Stealthily they crept upon their un-
suspecting foes. The latter had not
only eaten to excess, but many of them
were stupefied with drink they made
from the root of bush called mo-
mump. The root of this is sometimes
taken and chewed. For few hours it
produces an exhilarating effect. some
what similar to that produced by
hasheesh. Then the victim succumbs
to deadly stupor from which it takes
him several days to recover.
1t can we'll be imagined what con-
dition the Yumas were in to receive
their foes. The San Diegans fell upon
them and slew quite number without
any resistance. Then, flushed with
victory, after scalping their dead foes.
they took captive several of the wom-
en-, whose lives had been spared. and
one little girl. What became of the
women have never yet been able to
learn. Possibly, as has often been the
case, they became wives of their can
tors and soon lost their identity as
members of different tribe, but with
the little girl it was different. She had
keen memory and loving heart and
constantly cried for her father and
mother, whom she had seen slaugh-
tered on the banks of the Colorado
river. Even in those days there was
something of town at San Diego. The
Indians, too, were reasonably friendly
with the whites. Indeed, they were so
much so that several of them used to
60 up into the mountains and camp
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near the Indians in tents at what In
now known as Aqua Caliente at War
ner's ranch. The hot springs from
which this village gained its Spanish
name are known to be very good for all
kinds of diseases, and ever since they
have known of them white men have
not been slow to avail themselves of
their healing virtues.
One of the white men from San
Diego, who had gone to the hot
springs, somehow came to learn of the
presence of this captive little girl. He
saw her several times and soon became
very much interested in her. When
he learned her story he determined
that, if possible, he would remove her
from the influences that were so pain
ful to her. With an interpreter he
went to the man who owned her and
threatened him with the punishment
of the white mans law for the murder
of the child's father and mother unless
she were Immediately and irrevocably
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
HIS w1FE's FAULT.
Ne Contracted Rhe'um atism from the
Dampness Caused BY Hes
Weeping.

They were speaking of the pessimistic
member, relates the New York Times.
one.
NO" added another. Moreover. if
there's any way for him to shift the blame
for his misfortunes on others, rest as
sured he'll do it,
Quite So" concluded third. "Why,
the other day they told me of his wife,s
devoted nursing Of him during his recent
attack of rheumatism. In spite of his
faulttinding, his spouse did everything she
could to alleviate his pain. Often his suf
ferings would cause the poor thing to burst
into tears as she sat by his bedside Well,
one day friend dropped in to see how the
invalid was getting on.
Badly, badly, walled the pessimistic
one; And, do you know, it's all my wife's
fault
" Impossiblep gasped the friend in sur
prise.
=. Quite true, / assure you,' murmured the
sick man. 1T is this way. Damp places
are bad for me; yet there that woman
sits and cries just to make the air moist
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given up to him. After some demur
the Indian acceded to his request.
With his new acquisition the man from
San Diego FASTENED home. His wife
was woman of large and loving ma
ture and her heart instinctively went
out to the poor little Indian orphan.
The couple agreed to adopt her as
their own. 1t was not long before the
little one responded fully to the love
that was so generously given her, and
she came to regard herself as the
daughter of the white man and woman.
Years passed by. The little girl
grew up to womanhood. She had been
educated as became the daughter of a
well-to-do citizen and was respected,
honored and loved by all who knew her.
Several children were born to the
couple, and as these grew up they were
taught to regard the Indian. girl as
their own sister.
There is no>doubt that had the In
dian girl desired to remain she might
have married some white man and be
living to-day, honored and respected,
in or near the home of her adopted
parents. But, yielding to that mysteri-
Gus impulse that renders us incapable
OF denying our parentage, she felt an
uncomfortable instinct or desire to
return to her own people and become
one of them. In vain her foster broth
ers and sisters pleaded with her. Sor-
rowfully, but nevertheless with deter
mination, she decided to cross the des-
ert and go back to the place of her
birth. When she arrived among the
Yumas they received her with suspi-
cion. She did not know single word
of their language, but SO powerful did
instinct work that, with very little diff
ficulty, she won her way into their
hearts and soon was able to speak her
native tongue as if she had never
known any other. In short time she
married, and children were born to
her. Her husband, a full-blooded Yu-
ma, has always regarded her as SUI
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perior being, and throughout the tribe
her opinions are largely deferred to.
While she lived with the whites she
was known by the name of Maggie.
When she went back to her people she
told the whites who came in contact
with her that her name was Maggie
Scott. When I asked her why she as
sumed the name of Scott she replied:
"While l was in San Diego read
great ,uany novels but there were
none that pleased me so much as those
of Sir Walter Scott. Consequently,
when l had to take name for myself
l chose his, and when my first son was
born called him Walter, after the
great writer whose works gave me SO
much pleasure during the days of my
civilizat tion."
GEORGE WHARTON JAMES.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
CAUGHT ON TO THE JOKE.
The Chinese Secretary of Legation
Was Not Much Perplexed by
AwcrIcau MittJcism.


Have you ever been naturalizedw
Yes; but it didn't take"
NOW, that is what we Americans call a
joke. explained the Washingtonian to the
brand new secretary of the Chinese legation.
who has indicated his desire to become con-
versant with the customs, of this country.
In spite of the alleged humor, however, he
failed to laugh, and his informant consid-
cred full explanation proper, relates the
Washington Times.
you see" he continued, "the word natu-
rallied has been confused with vaccinate."
The meaning of the two words was then
defined, together with the phrase didn't
take"
when we say the vaccination didn't
take, we mean that the virus didn't have tho
desired effect"
With this the Chinaman expressed his ad-
miratlon for American wit, and a broad
smile overspread his face.
The conversation was continued in gen.
eral way until the wise resident of Wash
ington suddenly fancied it would be humor-
GUS to relieve himself OF a joke at the ex-
pense of the Celestial. With patronizing
air he put a query to the attache in jaw
breaking words, and then laughed at his
own brillancy.
The secretary stared blandly at him for .
moment, utterly bewildered by the question
His face was expressionless, but he gave
faint smile when the American explained he
had been joking.
"a joke-yes; but it didn't take" he re.
piled, with . naive smile.
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TRUE TO HER PEOPLE
The Interesting Story of a Faithful
Indian Maiden.
Was Captured by Hostile Tribe, Res
eued and Educated by a White
Man, But Remain ed n Yuma
at Heart.


7HILE many Indian tribes have
w lived together in close proxim.
ity for many years in peace and
harmony, it is equally true that in
many other cases there has been a
great deal of quarreling and fighting.
With primitive people as well as with
those who are more advanced in civili-
cation it is very true that tiny spark
will often kindle great flame. A dead
ly insult has often been read into a
few insignificant words. The refusal
of the hand of a maiden in marriage
has often provoked war. Hundreds,
nay, thousands, of lives have been lost
in disputes over tiny strips of territory
that were practically barren and value-
less. Whole villages have been often
destroyed because of fancied insults
offered to the gods.
The secret of the enmity between the
tribes that for centuries inha bited the
mountains of what is now San Diego,
Cal, and the Yumas, who dwell on the
Colorado river, have never been able
to learn. Both people were warlike,
proud and brave. The former were
supreme in the mountains, the latter in
the desert and by the river. Again and
again conflicts took place between
them.
In the neighborhood of 40 years ago
the iumas had been particularly ag-
gressive and had severely punished the
San Diegans on several successive occa-
sions. This aroused the national pride
of the mountain tribes and they gath
cred together in great powwow
where the war chiefs unanimously
counseled large raid upon the Yumas
which should SO humble and humliiate
them as to keep them peaceful for at
least generation or more. Again, for
days, the warriors assembled around
the dance fire, where the chiefs ex-
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
England Under Water.

French fishermen report that England is
now entirely submerged. The cause is said
to be the great increase which Great Britain
has recently made in her already nonstrous
made the displacement of her channel fleet
considerably greater than that of the island
itself, and as consequence the highest
spires are now many fathoms under water
Parliament, when last heard of, was seated
in rowboats, drifting over the spot where
London was last seen. The government was
trying to push through a measure ordering
the entire navy up the Danube, but the lib
erals had strong tide in their favor, and the
Irish members were rocking and splashing
SO that it was impossible to take a standing
vote.-N. Y. Sun.
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An Old Lady. Discovery.

Garnett, Ark, May lSth-For Is years
Mrs. Mary Dunlop Of this place has suf-
tered with Kidney trouble, which was so
bad at times that it made her life burden.
She tried much medicine and many treat
ments, but got no better.
AT last, however, Mrs. Dunlop claims to
have found a perfect remedy, and she is so
pleased at the wonderful cure She herself
has received, that she is telling all her
friends and praising the medicine to every
one she meets.
The name of this medicine is Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills, and it has done wonderful work
for Mrs. Dunlop.
Everybody is talking about it, and some
people are claiming to have been cured Of
Rheumatism by it.
A Mrs. Garrett who lives in Brazils, this
state, was at the point of death with some
Cerebro-Spinal trouble, and was saved by
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
1t is certain that no other medicine ever
introduced here has done so much good in
such . short time.