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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05

Wilson is now a member OF the
Rock Island team. He may pitch an
other game before the team leaves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05

Score by innings:
Rock island 30 o 5 0 o 10
Bloomington 20 0 OO1O 0 0 O.
Two base hits-Hackett, Kane. Lis
ter. Hupp. Bases on balls-Barker, 3.
Struck out by Lundin, S; Barker, )
Hit by pitcher-Donovan. Time: IS.
Umpire-LObeck
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05

The patrons of the Rock Island team
have been getting their moneys worth
of late
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05

Joe Lobeck. who has been umpiring
in the Three-Eye league the past
month, and whose work here has been
satisfactory, is to be given a trial in
the American league. President Ban
Johnson has ordered him to report at
the close of the Three-Eye season.
Kohley Miller will not play any more
baseball this season, an X-ray exam
ination of the injury he received in
the game Saturday showing a fracture
of the third joint of .the middle finger
of the right hand. 1t appears that
Kohley has been carrying the break
for two days, pluckily refusing to let
himself believe that he had anything
more serious than a sprain. But Sat
urday when he tagged a runner at
second he aggravated the hurt and
was obliged to retire from the game.
Drs. F.. p. Purdue and S. B. Hall exam
ined the hand with the result related.
Kohley will return to his home in
Reading. Pa. At the termination of
the Three-Eye season he was to have
been given a trial by the Philadelphia
National club. but he will have to
content himself with postponing TAX
| ing advantage of his opportunity an
| other year. Kohley will be reserved
| by Rock Island for next season. He
says naturally he would like to draw
major league salary. but if he can't
make good in the higher ranks there
is no place on earth he would rather
be located than Rock Island-and
there is no player that the local fans
would rather have on their team than
Kohley Miller.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05

One game with Springfield tomor
row at the usual hour. 3:45. The re
naming games with the Senators will
be announced later. The team will
remain here until Thursday night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05

Summary: Two-base hits - Hupp
Kruger. Bases on balls-off Lundin, /
off Kinsella. l. Struck out-by Lun-
din. 4; by Kinsella. /. Wild pitch
Kinsella. Hit by pitcher - Thornton
Time-1:15. Umpire-Lobeck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05

Carlisle and Thornton did some
beautiful fielding stunts yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05
Saturdays Results.

Dubuque. Sept dubuque got the
lead in the first two innings. Steele
was sent in to save the game. The
score:
Dubuque ........23OO1 OOO'-6 3
Rockford ........0I2s 1000 100 10 3
Batteries Eastman. Steele and Wolf:
Ballet and Meek
Cedar Rapids. Sept 5.-The locals
poor fielding gave the game TO the
visitors. The score:
Cedar Rapids ..OI2O OOOOO-3 4
Davenport .......S 1000 O. 10 4
Batteries Holmes and Ludwig; Stauf-
fer and Williams.
Decatur. Sept 5.-A three Dagger
by Latimer and a single in the ninth:
inning saved Springfield a shut out.
The score:
Decatur .--. 1911 0 . 0 90 o g : o
Springfield ......0OOO OOO0I-1 5 o
Batteries - Weigand and Krebs :
Schneiberg and Latimer.
Pink cheeks and golden hair,
Blue eyes full of glee;
The secret of her prettiness,
Is Rocky Mountain Tea.
II. II. Thomas Pharmacy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05

Score by innings:
Rock Is. % 000O11 000OO02-5
Spring. ..1OOOOO2OO O1-4
Summary: Runs-For Rock Island,
Lister, Vandine, Hupp. Carlisle. 2; for
ringfield-Lippert, Durkee, Neal and
Ebright. Two base hits - Vandine,
Durkee. Three base hits - Neal.
Annis, Carlisle. First base on balls
OFF Wilson. 4; off Brittsen. 8. Struck
out-By Wilson. 3; by Brittsen. IA
Hit by pitcher-Lippert. Cheek. Balk
Wilson. Stolen bases-Thornton. 2;
Annis, Hupp. Carlisle. Cheek. Ebright.
T!me-3:05 Umpire-Lobeck.
Decatur. =; Bloomington, 2
Bloomington. Sept 5.-The home
team made many errors and Decatur
won easily. The score: T e
Bloomington .........3 C 7
DecdIuT $500. '''..'...-.....8 ~
Batteries-Moore and Donovan;
Weigand and O'Connor.
Dubuque. :; Cedar Rapids. ;.
Dubuque. Sept 5.-Cedar Rapids
was Outplayed in the morning game.
The score: T h e
Duouque ........-I U
Cedar Rapids 6 >
Batteries-Owens and Wolf: Dahl
quist and Ludwig.
Notes of the Morning Game.
This mornings victory was all the
more brilliant because it was fought
for SO earnestly.
The DavenpOrters who came TO
scOff remained 10 pray.
Wilson. the amateur, not only pitch
ed a brilliant game. but he fielded
beautifully and batted scientifically
He uses his head.
The batting honors of the game this
morning went to Carlisle. Sweeney
Annis and Vandine
Lister and Cheek were there as
usual with their ginger.
Hupp's circus catches and Thorn
tons throw in from center field were
the fielding features of the morning
game
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05
DUST FROM DIAMOND.

Ann;s is playing a nice game at
second.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05
GOES is INNINGS
r 1ck Island Beats Leaders in Sensa-
tional Game This Morn
ing.
CHRIS WILSON ON THE SLAB
Amateurs Work Feature of the Con-
test - Brittsen Against
Him.

For over three hours Rock Island
and Springfield battled at the Twelfth
street park this morning. and it was
with a great sigh of relief that the
fans made their way to the cars, after
the home team had brought the game
to a speedy close in the 10th inning.
The locals made an uphill fight and
deserved to win earlier, but eXcusable
errors prolonged the game. Donnelly
sent his star pitcher. Brittsen, 10 the
slab and opposed TO him was Chris
Wilson, d young man who has made
an enviable record pitching for the
Rock Island Independents and other
local teams. Wilson has the appear
ance OF lad not out of his teens, but
in the game this morning he displayed
nerve. and GOODNESS when under fire.
On several occasions he was placed in
some trying positions, but he never
faltcred. He watches the bases close
ly. catching the visitors off of both
second and first several times. fields
his position nicely, can hit well, and
with proper coaching ought to develop
into a find.
Springfeld's first three runs were
due TO errors and the game should
have gone but nine innings. In the
sixth, seventh and eighth the home
team managed to get three, tying the
score. The game then developed into
a pitchers battle. with Wilson having
the best of it. In the 10th Springfield
went ahead. Durkee scoring, after
making a two-bagGer and being sac
rificed to third on a fly hit out to
Thornton. who made a beautiful throw
10 the plate, but Check failed to hold
the ball. Vandine was the first man
up in the Rock Islands half and Britt
sen allowed him to walk. Danny Hupp
also managed 70 work the sOuthpaw
for a base Carlisle, who had already
batted two hits, one of them three
Dagger, then faced Brittsen and laid
down a pretty bunt along third base
line, beating it out and filling the
bases. 1t was up to Sweeney to break
up the game, and he came to the
scratch in great shape, hitting out a
singing single into deep center, scor
ing Vandine and Hupp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05

Summary: Struck out-By Fiene,
q; by Vyskocil, q. Time-1:4O. UNI
pire-Reaoy- Attendance-l'S OV.
D,,,,,,o,,,, co.+ vo..a-,o-,- L..
bIe header rasnlted in an evon breaL
between Rockford and Dubuque. The
first game was forfeited to Dubuque
TO because Capt. Meek was elected
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05

Summary: Struck out-By Fiene,
G; by Vyskocil, 6. Time-1:4O. UNI
pire-Ready Attendance-1,8 800
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20

All the ancient philosophers held Gu
rious ideas respecting the growth, func-
tons, structure, ETC., of the hair and
had many superstitions founded on
these old opinions. The early writer's
on the makeup of the human body al
most invariably refer to the hair as be-
ing an excrement fed on substances
similar to itself. They supposed that
it generated in the fuliginous parts Of
the blood, was exhaled by the heat of
the body becoming firm and fibrous
upon being exposed to the air, just as
the fluid Of the spider web does. In
these days every idea respecting the
growth and character of hair is
changed. 1t is now agreed that every
hair properly and truly lives and re-
ceives it's nutriment from the body.
True, they take upon themselves the
nature of parasitic plants. They grow
as vegetation does, yet each has, as it
were, a distinct life and economy That
they derive their existence from the
juices Of the body there is no doubt,
but that food is not taken from the
nutritious juices, for we know that hair
will thrive even though the body starve
or be wasted by disease, or even after
the animal life has ceased to exist in
the flesh or skin to which it is at
tached
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
Scared the Princes.

Years ago four New Zealand princes
visited England. A friendly English
man entertained them at lunch. The
four princes ate fourteen pounds of
roast beef and promised to tattoo the
face Of their host in return for his kind
ness. The after proceedings were equal
" felicitous until the master of the
house produced case Of stuffed liz
ards. With shrieks and yells the war
riors rushed from the house like deer,
leaped the wall Of the garden and
those Of adjoining ones. A drawing
room window was open. Shrieking In
fear and indignation, they made for
this and at bound were through it.
There sat an elderly lady knitting
stockings. She was frightened nearly
out Of her wits by the invasion. The
terrified princes had never before seen
anything like that which had alarmed
them. The lizards simply represented
devils to them, and they were anxious
not to remain in such company.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
Something Good.

This paper can render no greater
service to it's many readers than to
acquaint them with a really meri-
torious medicine. Re-Go Tonic
Laxative Syrup, advertised in these
columns, is harmless substitute for
Castor Oil, Paregoric and dangerous
soothing drops, and is said to be the
most pleasant and reliable medi-
cine in use for the quick and GER
tain cure for Constipation and
Flatulency. 1t contains no opium,
morphine or other narcotic and
Supplying drugs. For children it
aids nature in digesting and as
similating the food and insures
healthy, natural sleep. Re-Go
Tonic Laxative Syrup is certain
cure for all stomach troubles. Csc,
SOC and $1.00 bottles. Sold by JOS.
Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
MYSTERIES OF NATURE.
Some Of the Many Things That Find
No Ready Explanation.

Some Of the Many Things That Find
No Ready Explanation.
Whatever opens up new doors or
windows for us into the world about
us, whatever widens the field Of our
interests and sympathies, has some
sort Of value, says John Burroughs In
Country Life In America. But much
Of the so called nature study opens no
new doors or windows. 1t affords no
mental satisfaction or illumination or
aesthetic pleasure. It is mainly potter
Ing with dry, unimportant facts and
details. Do you know the edelweiss
flowers or our own matchless arbutus
after you have merely analysed and
classified them? No more than you
know man after having weighed and
measured him. The function Of things
Is always interesting. What do they
do? How do they pay their way in the
rigid economy Of nature? How do they
survive? Why do the roots Of trees
flow through the ground like run
nels Of molten metal" often separating
and uniting again, while the branches
are thrust out in right lines or curves?
Why is our common yellow birch
more often than any other tree planted
upon a rock? Why do oaks or chest
nuts SO often spring up where pine
or hemlock forest has been cleared
away? Why does lightning so COM
monty strike hemlock tree or pine
or an oak and rarely or never birch
Why does the bolt sometimes scatter
the tree about and at others only plow
a channel down it's trunk? Why does
the bumblebee complain so loudly
VIXEN working upon certain flowers
Why does the honeybee lose the sting
when it stings a person, while the
wasp, the hornet and the bumblebee
do not? How does the chimney swal
low get the twigs it builds it's nest
with? From what does the hornet
make it's paper?
I have never been greatly interested
in spiders, but l have always wanted
to know how certain spider managed
to stretch her cable squarely across
the road in the woods about my height
from the ground
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
Frederick's
LabOrS
By SIDNEY HODGES COLE
Copyright, 1901, by NJ. Wood


Mr.. Frederick Brigham leaned for
ward in his chair, his brows drawn in
a frown Of perplexed anxiety.
Surely, Ethel" he said in his de-
liberate drawl, my ears have deceived
me-"
The girls eyes met his own square
ly. Her face expressed very plainly
her disapproval.
81 think you have no cause to COM
plain of defective hearing" she said
stiffly.
"You don't mean what you have just
Said?" he asserted.
II most certainly do mean it,v she
averred.
II never doubted for moment you
would marry me-" said lie. II always
supposed
"Suppositions are not sureties," she
Informed him.
"Ethel," he said coaxingly, 'this has
gone far enough as a joke. It's get
ting to the point where it hurts"
''I'm sorry it hurts, but it isn't a
Joke, Frederick" she said.
He stared at her in amazement and
rumpled his hair thoughtfully with one
hand.
"I'm a pretty steady going Sort" he
said, half to himself Don't drink to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
eeks. That evening she received

her cheeks. That evening she received
q note:
Dear Ethel-Tve thrown up my job.
You didn't seem to favor it. l shall try
another useful one Yours F. B.
The nature of the new job disclosed
Itself two mornings later. Ethel was
in the kitchen giving some instructions
to the cook, when who should appear
at the back door but Brigham, white
frocked. delivery basket on his arm
and whistling irrepressibly.
"Good morning" he said. This is
perhaps somewhat more useful than
window cleaning. People must eat, you
Maow."
Doubtless" said Ethel coldly.
mot SO bad ether,' he went on reck-
lessly. Meet lots of nice girls. Tie
Bentons' cook-she's quite a sumner
firted with me desperately this morn
ing"
"Frederickr' she said and hurried
from the kitchen.
Another note appeared that evening.
II have resigned from butcherdom, =
it read, 'but will persevere elsewhere"
Some days later she encountered him
again. She had been out to the Coun-
try club with young Martin that after
noon, and it was dusk when they
alighted from the suburban train. AS
they hurried along the platform a ia
miliar voice said, "Kerridge. NUNS"
1t was Frederick, decked in the livery
Of old Sam, the Brighams' coachman
"Made $4.75 today" he chuckled
gleefully.
Her face grew tense.
"When is this ridiculous burlesque to
und?" she inquired In a strained voice,
and without waiting for his reply she
hurried after Martin.
The climax came one late February
afternoon. Ethel had left the cross
town car at the corner and was hurry
ing up the avenue When she reached
st. Botolph's she saw quite a crowd
standing on the sidewalk staring up
ward. She, too. looked up. A light
ming rod ran up the brownstone spire,
and on the lightning rod. slowly, pain
fully working his way upward, was a
man. She turned away with little
shiver Of horror, but as she did so a
well dressed man beside her cried ex-
citedly:
by Georgel It's Brigham-Freddy
Brigham ~
She stopped sick with dread. yet she
could not keep her eyes from that
black dot on the spire. She saw him
creep up to the very apex; saw him
climb the rod that supported the
weather vane. There he drew from
someshere a hammer, cleared the
snow from the vane and with several
blows Of the hammer set 1t free to
swing to the wind. Then he came
down the rod to the bell deck and dis
appeared through trapdoor while
the crowd cheered.
Ethel, giddy with the strain of the
last few minutes, entered the church.
In the vestibule she saw Brigham and
the sexton. who was handing him some
bills.
"Hello!' called the former. catching
sight Of her. 1T was really useful
vane showed up, you know, and peo
pie in the vicinity couldn't tell which
way the wind was blowing Did you
want to see the sexton?" he added
pointedly, whereat that functionary
discreetly took his leave.
Frederick Brigham she began
bravely, but suddenly the tears came,
and she began to sob. He watched
her covertly for a moment and finally
decided to risk an arm about her.
perhaps I'm useful, after ALL" he
suggested.
"You are! Oh, you arev she said
wildly.
'sTo your" he limited.
"Of course" she said. clinging to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20

excess, allow myself but three cigars
day and never play over a ten cent
limit. It can't be money, either
"No; It's not money" she said.
"Must be I'm stupid, then"
eff you were stupid" she said, II
think perhaps might forgive you"
81 confess I'm in the dark" he said
Kindly show me the vulnerable point
in my armor Of virtue"
"You have everything in the world
to live for" she said severely. "You
start life with big handicap in your
favor, but all your qualities are mega
tive. You don't do anything"
"Pretty clever with a boat" he re-
linded her. "Play a fair game of
polo
Anything useful?" she FASTENED to
amend.
II see," he said and for several mo-
ments gazed abstractedly at the ceiling.
"rd like to take exceptions to your last
statement" he said at length. at
seems to me I am doing the most use
ful thing in the world for man in my
position. l have plenty of money, and
instead Of crowding out some poor duff
fer who really needs that commodity
keep out of it and give him show"
Her eyes flashed. "What lame ex-
cuse," she said.
MAY be trife spawned" he agreed
cheerfully.
II was going to say it was coward
ly," she said.
ooh, well, if it's that I'll join the
'doers' at once" he drawled. Lets see;
law is what l was trained for, but
fear my legal ability has a fine coat
Of rust by this time"
"There are other fields" she remind
ed him.
He rose and stood before her, look
ing down at her flushed face.
"If l do something useful = some
thing really useful-do l win?" he said
tensely.
eyes," she said. studying the toe of
her shoe.
every we'll, them" he affirmed.
you'd better decide whether it's Italy
or southern California. Goodby."
A moment later the outer door bang
ed, and the usefulness Of Frederick
had begun.
He did not come to see her the fol-
lowing day nor the next. In fact, a
week passed before she saw him again,
and then 1t was quite by accident. She
was walking down the avenue one
morning, and when she had reached
Or. Lawrence's house a we'll known
voice called, "Hello, Ethelv'
She turned, but he was not behind
her. Then she looked up and beheld
him standing on the ledge outside a
second story window. He was clad in
faded blue overalls, and in one hand
was a sponge, while the other held q
polishing cloth. ~.
Begun at the bottom of the ladder,
you seev' he called down cheerfully.
doc says If I'm faithful to the win
dows and the brass knobs / may rise
to be gardener. You'll kindly observe
my occupation Is useful"
She made no reply, but walked down
che avenue. the angry color mounting
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
MONEY TO LOAN.

Parties desiring to borrow money
on good real estate security and
frst-class rates can secure same by
calling on me. Office in the Baxter
block with the law firm of Brown q
brennan. CHAs. M. KLARMAN,
Off ancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20

'Tis said a bottle and a glass
Will make person mellow,
But Rocky Mountain Teas the drink
That livens up fellow. 1;
J. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
Worried Her.

1t was during heavy storm and as
the thunder Iied away little 5-year-
old Margie exclaimed: ooh, dear,
do wish God wouldn't ,grumble SOL"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26

her IN contact with all people. It may be men
toned. incidentally. that these staples cotton and
wheat, require, for their distribution throughout
the world great fleets of carriers that infinitely
prefer 10 bring freights inward any-even nornl-
nal-rates than 10 come here in ballast which does
not repay the cost Of loading and unloading. These
very low freight charges enable New-Orleans mer-
chants TO import goods more cheaply than can any
OF her rivals.
Her next advantage lies in the fact that ships
sailing 10 and from New-Orleans do not encounter
certain perils-and these by far the worst-that
ever menace those that trade with the Eastern
ports-the fogs Of the Grand Banks and the fee
berEs of the North Atlantic.
New-Orleanss vast fleet service and her superior
harbor and dock facilities viii treated Of later
Her greatest advantages that the great rail-
road systems Of which she is the terminus
traverse both the length and the breadth Of the
land. and that, save in the case OF the upper dvi-
sions OF the longitudinal railways their mission
can be pursued uninterrupted by snow and ice in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26
ODE Southern Mefropolis.
NewOrleans's Great Growing Export Trade-Her
graphical Position Destnes Her for Clearing
House the ThreeA

Nsw-Orleans. June 24-This. the second OF a
series OF articles descriptive OF the natural re-
sources, economic conditions and Industrial prog
OF the South, and Of the opportunities II
offers for the investment OF capital and the intro
auction OF manufacturing establishments and 10
skilled and unskilled labor Of every kind has 10
DO with the world rarnfyng and rapidly increasing
export trade OF the souths chief port which
always important the seagate of one Of the
r1ightiest rivers that drain the American Cont
nent and as the tollgats OF that one which IS the
waterway OF the latreT's physically greatest and
commercially wealthest division, has assumed I'm
posing proportions IN the eyes Of the trading
nations, because OF its dominating position with
regard 10 the canal that. more than any other
viii deserve the title the pathway Of nations