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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-30
Tuesday, August 80, 1904.

Who said August was hot month ?,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
IN THE PRESS BOX.
Where Professional Scorers and Re-
porters Keep Track of Game.

Where Professional Scorers and Re-
porters Keep Track of Game.
At the grounds where the profession
al clubs play baseball you may have
noticed a small boxlike structure
perched on the roof of the grand stand.
It's position directly back of the home
plate and on a line with the pitcher
is the best possible for a view of the
game, and if you are lucky enough to
be invited up by some Of those who
have right there, you will be sur
prised to find how much better you
can watch what is going on than from
a seat nearer the ground.
This little house with the wire net
ting over the front to guard against
foul flies is called the press or scorers
box. The young men who sit there
have need of every facility for observ-
ing the game because afterward they
must present an absolutely accurate
record of it. If the contesting mines
belong to an important league and
play in large city there will be an Of
fetal scorer for each club, besides re-
porters from each of the daily news
papers. The scorers have to record
every move of the game, and when it
is over. present to the managers of
their clubs a complete set of figures,
from which anybody who understands
the sport can tell exactly what each
player has dOne-how well or how
poorly he has played.
Watch a scorer at work. Before
him is an open book with the names
of one club written down the left
hand side of one page and those of the
opposing team inscribed on the page
opposite. After each name is a line
of checker-board squares, curiously
marked off, and at the end of these
on the right of each page are several
perpendicular columns, headed A j.
II, B, S B, S II, 2 o, A, and f, fol
the summary. These stand for, re
spectively, times at bat runs, The
times a player has reached first base
stolen bases. sacrifice hits, put-outs
assists and errors. The symbols uset
by professional scorers are compare
lively few, and easy to remember ant
anyone familiar with the game ough
to be able to use them after half al
hours study. followed by a little prac
tice.-St. Nicholas.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

age, representative of the convictions
of many millions. So great was the
pressure of American applications for
transportation, that the original allot-
ments as to delegates-such as New
York, %; Michigan, 10; Ohio, 81; ILL
nois, 80. ETC., We're modified, and book
ings allowed, irrespective of the terri
tory from which the applicants came.
The Grosser Kurfuerst sailed from
New ork in March with 800 delegates,
400 more to board ship at various Eu-
ropean ports. The ardent picture was
in every mind of passing a few days
among the tents dotting the hill on
which Christ was crucified. Many of
the delegates had attended the three
previous notable conventions of the
body. had been at the first convention
of July, 1889, at London, where $50
American representatives attended, at
which the Earl and Countess of Aber-
deem were prominent, and great honor
shown to the delegates by the Lord
Mayor and other dignitaries. Many,
too, had been present at the second
convention at St Louis, in September,
1893. where delegates were welcomed
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

the Dardanelles, passing ancient
Troy. the pilgrims proceeded through
the sea of Marmora, arriving at the
capital of the Ottoman empire, and de-
voting two full days to visiting Con
stantinople.
On the first day of April the COM
pany passed from the European to the
Asiatic side, and gave twenty-four
hours to Smyrna. Those having Da-
mascus for an objective point, left the
ship at Beyrout; those who had plan
ned for a run through Galilee and Sa-
maria, left at Caifa. Down the west
coast of Palestine the Grosser Kur-
fuerst ran, until the pilgrims witness
ed the dropping of the anchor at Jap
pa, from where delegates passed on to
Jerusalem, to be present at the four
DAYS session of the convention.
The convocation was in a measure
one of the most unique in religious
history. involving as it did a trip Of
seventy-one days, while the delegates
present came from every quarter of
The globe, and represented an aggre-
gate membership of over 25,000,000
Sunday school workers. The actual
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
GOETHE AND PANAMA.
Poets Prophecy in 1927 About the
Great Canal.

Poets Prophecy in 1927 About the
Great Canal.
The Frankfurter Zeitung of Feb. 20,
1904, in an editorial states that the
Panama Canal treaty has been ratified
in Washington, and that thereby the
legal basis for the construction of the
canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific
has been created, and that the great
work can be completed in a compare
lively short time.
1t is perhaps pertinent, the paper
adds, to recall what Goethe said con-
corning these matters. During a con-
versation with Eckermann in 1897
with reference to Humboldt's travels,
he said:
This much is certain: If by n
crosscut of this kind it could be accom-
plished that vessels with all sorts of
cargoes and of every size could go
through such a canal from the Gulf Of
Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, quite III
calculable results would follow for the
entire civilized and uncivilized human
race.
II, however, would be surprised If
the United States would miss the
chance to get such a work into her
hands. 1t is to be fOreseen that this
young State, with its decided tendency
toward the West, will in thirty to
forty years have also taken possession
of. and will have populated, the large
areas of land on the other side of the
Rocky Mountains. 1t is Furthermore
to be foreseen that in this entire coast
of the Pacific Ocean, where nature has
already created the most roomy and
safest harbors. in course of time very
important commercial towns will carry
on large traffic between China and
the East Indies with the United States
In such a case it would not only be
desirable, but almost necessary, that
merchant as we'll as war vessels
should be able to have quicker connec.
ton with the western and eastern
coasts of America. l therefore repeat
that it is entirely Indispensable fol
the United States to make a passagf
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific
| Ocean. and / am certain that she will
accomplish it."-COnsular Report.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
JERUsALEM-Tn MOSQUE OF OMAR.

could devise was brought into requisi-
ton for the comfort and pleasure of
the ship load of delegates that this
continent sent to the little spot in the
east, where three continents join. They
had q musical director and an official
photographer of their own, and the
steamship company spared no pains to
make the long sea voyage as joyous
as possible. The run from New York
to Gibraltar was marked by one call,
that at the home of Christopher Co
lumbus after 1873. Passing the frown-
ing cliffs of Spain, the next port of
call was Algiers on the African side of
the Mediterranean. The ship ran into
the harb0r of Valetta, the capital of
Malta, and thence through the archi-
pelago to Greece. Sunday service
was held on Mars Hill. On through
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
HELD IN THE HOLY CITY.

from Scotland, Sweden, Germany,
Denmark, Switzerland, Norway,
France, Italy, Holland, and where ORR
entail representatives made powerful
appeals for India and Japan. A still
greater number recalled the third con-
vention Of July. 1898, again held at
London under advanced and encourag-
ing auspices. All these meetings had
been notable, but that of Jerusalem
seemed invested with interest far
greater than thatattaching to these for
mer conclaves,as crystallizing the relig-
ious convictions of many peoples. 1t
was a reverent journey, to a country
where Christ had made His home,
where they might trace the paths He
trod, view scenes familiar to Him,
hallowing His memory, vivifying His
sufferings, and charging the concep-
ton of salvation through His atone
ment.
About everything that human skill
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

sary to carry the great project to a
successful issue.
The most conspicuous line of prepa-
ration was the chartering of two large
steamers-the Grosser Kurfuerst for
the American and Canadian delegates
and the Fuerst Bismarck for the Brit
ism and European representatives.
One uniform incentive prevailed to
see Jerusalem, for centuries the center
of the religious life and history of ma
lions, from period to perod and gener-
alton to generation maintaining its po-
sition, unique in the world, as the
chief city of the country, where Christ
was born, taught and died. An in
spiration has always attended the in
Vulnerable crusades of the past for
conquest, but the highest ideal SEEM
ed expressed in this peaceful pilgrim
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
GREAT NAMES IN CONGRESS.
Men Whose Patronymics Mark Them
for Other Mems Notice.


We cannot depend on the House Of
Representatives of the United States
Congress for q great deal, but we can
always trust it to supply a roll call
that is interesting and diverting read
ing-until it becomes an old story, says
the New York Mail and Express. Why
is it that men Of picturesque and even
remarkable cognomens tend to drift
into Congress, especially in the South
and West? Is it that the very nature
of their names seems to devolve upon
them the duty to render these names
illustrious? Perhaps it is.
The Fifty-eighth Congress is no ex-
ception to the rule. There are men
here whose names ought to have made
them famous even if they had never
gone to Congress or done anything else.
Not to speak of Prince Cupid Kalania-
naole of Honolulu, whose name may be
the Hawaiian Smith for all we know,
we have on this new roll of our coun-
try's fame the priceless name of the
Hon. Swanger Sherley Of Kentucky,
that of Hon. Phanor Brazeale of Louis
/ lulld anu lldl VI l1OL- JuotAh ~ OON
ersock Of Kansas. The Hon. Jefferson
Brick is now absent from the councils
of the nation, but the family Is ably
represented by the Hon. Abraham
Brick of Indiana.
There are others. Let us pick out
few patronymic gems at random:
Thetus w. Sims, Tennessee.
o~;cb Go,+o- To+o Gaoroio
Ollie James, Kentucky.
Halvor STEVENSON, Minnesota.
Champ Clark, Missouri.
Jack Beall, Texas.
Carter Glass, Virginia.
Arsene P. Pujo, Louisiana.
The names of Pou, Shook, Moon,
Dick Crumpacker, Mudd, Skiles. Shull,
Snapp, Gooch, Licernash, Kluttz, Sho-
Der and Spight continue to decorate
the roll They surely were not born to
die. But why, may we ask, is the
name of Bird" so popular among poll
ticians? The present House has on It's
list Adam Byrd of Mississippi and II.
Burd Cassell of Pennsylvania, and
= have we not our own Bird S. Coler
anu Asa DlI0 OdIQlnCl d4M dJ Will
us?
= Many a congressional surname Of de-
cided commonplaceness is relieved
D from that fate by the given name.
0 That of the Hon. Choice B. Randell Of
:. Texas is an instance, the Hon. Vespa-
e sian Warner another and the Hon
= Ariosto Wiley another. But for the
most part the Congressman were con
i demned by their parents to bear the
= plain names of John. James, William
q Joseph and so on. These parents fail
: ed to realize that if man couldn't
a get his name into the megaphone OF
fame in any other way it might bt
.. done for him with a quaint curious
= and mouth-flling baptismal designa
ton.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
According to his Folly.

A young Japanese compositor en-
ployed on a Japanese paper in New
York was riding downtown in City
Hall train the other morning He was
engrossed in his morning paper, and
paid little attention to the other pas
sengers.
But fresh-looking young man who
sat next to him, and who had been
eying him all along suddenly asked:
what sort of 'nese' are you, any
way? A Chinese or japanese"
The little Jap was not caught nap
ping. Quick as a wink he replied:
what sort of a key are you, any
way7 A monkey, donkey. or a Yam
kee"
The fresh young man had no more
to say, and left the train quickly when
the City Hall station was reached.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
The Wooden Indian.

Behold the wooden Indian, ~
Who stands outside the door,
And guards, with frown and Ratchet
The old tobacco store.
He never beat a grocery bill,
He never told a lie,
He never took a longing look
At bourbon, fzz, or rye.
Behold the wooden Indian
A mass of oak and paint;
He never made a crooked move,
In faith, he is a saint.
He never bought a stack Of chips
And sat into a game;
He never rushed a chorus girl,
Or flirted with a dame.
Behold the wooden Indian,
Who. on the other hand.
Was never known to help the poor
That fill our glorious land;
Who never heard the piteous cry
OF him who starved alone
Who never gave a hungry dog
So much as one small bone.
Behold the wooden Indian
(And clay is much like wood,
Who never did a bit of harm,
Nor yet a bit of good.
His family is not extinct
In fact, one often meets
A lot of wooden Indians
A-walking OH the streets!
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
No Lightning Rods for Them.

During a drouth in the government
of Perm, Russia. last summer church
official had a lightning rod put on his
house. The peasants were greatly in
terested in it, but when they learned
that it was used to divert the thunder
bolts they got greatly excited and con-
cluded that it had caused the drouth.
They promptly proceeded to demolish
it, and rain happening to come along
soon thereafter they were confirmed In
their belief.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

the worlds fourth
international con-
vention in the Holy
City was first sug-
gested at the tenth
meeting of the In
ternational Sunday
school convention
at Denver, Colo, in
June, 1902. The
late b. +. Jacobs,
of Chicago, was APP
pointed chairman
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
Unoie Sans Women Employees

The largest number Of women en-
ployes in any line Of work are In the
United States Postofice Department
More than one-third of them are past
middle age and some are past 10. They
I'LL all kinds Of positions. even many
of the rural free delivery routes being
dllsd By them.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
E. X. WARREN.

mittee but upon his death the mem
bers elected Edward X. Warren, of
Three Oaks, Mich, to succeed him,
with w. \. Hartshorn, A. B. McCrillis
and f. c. Clark as associates, and
these four accepted the labor neces-
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

enrolment of delegates was 1b26,
Church of England having most dele
gates, and Toronto receiving MAORI
ty of the votes as the point of meet
ing for the worlds fifth convention.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

Casey-Oi see there's bin another
railroad wreck due to an open switch.
Cassidy-Ay, it's a pity some wan
don't invint a switch thot'll stay shut
when it's open.-Philadelph Press.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

"Going to Jerusalemw became the
war cry of the Sunday school army of
the world, when the idea of holding
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-29

dayT I give 1t up. st. Pathrick's
Day. Valentines Day, Pay Day. What's
tn answer But think 1 give II up.
It's tn annyvarsary iy our weddin''.
Oh says he, so It Is. I'd clean for
got. That's right. raymimber 1t
well now that ye mintlon II. Well,
betther luck mex time. There take
that he says. An he salutes her on
tn forehead an goes down In tn Gel
lar to wurruk on patent skid that
will rlvoluchionize tn grocery bust.
ness. II he suffers twinge Nv remorse
later he tells her to take two dollars
out " tn housekeepin' money an buy
hersilf a suitable prisint.
Hes pleasant in tn avenln'. At
supper, havin explained his daily NAL
aides at full length, he relapses into a
gloomy silence, broken on'y be such
sounds as escape firm man dhrinkin'
hot coffee. Aither supper. he figures
on tn prob'ble market f'r rutybagy
turnips, while his wife r.reads tn ad
vertisemints ~ tn theaytTes. 'Jawn
Drew is here this week. says she, is
he? says Archybald. That's good hc
says. I haven't been to a theaytre
since Billy Emerson died. he says. 1
hate tn theaytre. 1t amt a bit like
rale life as ! see II in business hours,
he says. Afther awhile whin Belinda
begins to tell him thrillin' says-she
about wan iv tn neighbors, he lapses
into a pleasant sleep, now an thin
arousin' himsilf to murmur: 'Um.m.
At nine o'clock he winds tn clock, puts
tn dog out f'r tn night, takes off his
collar on tn stairs an goes to bed
Belinda sets up a little later an
dhreams Richard Harding Davis wrote
book about her.
But tn five years ARE up at last
Wan mornin' Archybald is glarin' firm
behind newspaper in his customary
jaynial breakfast mood, whln his wife
says: Where will | sind ye'el
clothes?" What's that?' says he
Where dye live tomorrah?' Don't
be foolish, OIL woman. What dye
mean?' says he. I mean says she
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-29

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thir'y touay' II rT"hs out. like sc'
Archybald, but | think I'll have to let
We go. Tn property has run down.
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-29

II but wanst an tn hired girl said tn
lady was not at home. No wan will
liver tell ye. Most marrid men give
ye tn impression that their wives
stole thin firm their agoniZed parents.
But. anyhow. well suppose that Ar.
chybald. layln' a silk handkerchief on
tn carpet an pullin' up tn leg Nv his
pantaloons to prevint baggln', hurls
himsilf impetchoosly at tn feet ~ his
adored wan an cries: Belinda, ! can
on'y offer ye tn love iv an honest
South Wather sthreet compassion
merchant an mimber iv tn Brother
hood iv Wholesale an Retail Grocers.
VIII we take me f'r life? Belinda
bushes a rosy red an replies: Ar
chybald, ye ask too much. ! cannot
take ye f'r life but III give we a five
year lease an resarve tn right to re-
new at tn end Nv that time she says.
Will that do? says she. 1 will thry
to make ye happy says he. An she
falls on his manly bosom an between
her sobs, cries: Thin let us repair
at wanst to tn Title Guarantee an
Thrust Comply an be made man an
wife she says.
well, aither Archybald Is safely
marrid, his good opinyon w himsilr
rayturns. Belinda does her share to
encourage him an befure long, he be.
gins to wondher how as fine a fellow
as him come to throw himsilf away.
Not that she amt good creature,
dye mind, an slavishly devoted to
him. He hasn't anything again her,
still, think iv what he might have
done II he had on'y known his thrue
worth. Whin a man gets a good repy'
tatiOn, he doesn't have to live up to II,
So bimeby Archybald, KNOWN firm
what his wife says that he Is han'some
enough without amy ARTIFICIAL aid
frgets tn mannycure an tn hair
dhresser. Sometimes he shaves an
sometimes he doesn't. So far as he Is
consumed, he thinks tn laundry bill
Is too high. He adyertises tn fact
that he wears a red flannel chest pro
tictor, His principal conversation Is
about his lumbago. He frequently
J mintions tn fact that he likes certain
, articles iy food but they don't like him
Whin he comes home at night, he
plays with tn dog, talks pollytlcs with
his mex dure neighbor, puts his hat
an pair " cuffs on tn piannah, sets
down in front iy tn fire, kicks off his
Aaat.
slippers an thin notices that tn wife
Nv his bosom is on tn premises. Hell
10, oil woman he says. 'How's all
ye'er throubles?' he says.
"Wanst a year, Belinda meets hin
at tn dure with flower in her hair
Well he says, what are tn decora
tions about?' he says. Don't ye know
what day this is?' says she. Sure,
says he; it's Choosdah.' No, but what
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-29
Corporation Notices.
GRocERs' NOTICE.

In accordance with our desire to give
our customers the. best possible sew
Ice at the lowest prices. we have de.
cided to discontinue the practice OF
allowing a discount Of per cent. on
retail monthly bills, and therefore
give notice that on and after the LIST
of November, 1904, no discount what
sOever will be allowed on any grocer.
les sold In our stores. All groceries
will be sold at net prices, on a basis
of spot cash or thirty days settlement.
and there will be no exception made
TO this rule. Purchases made In our
retail departments up to the 1st OF
November will, OF course, be subject
to the per cent. discount as hereto
fore.
The discount question has frequent
ly been the cause of disputes and dis
satisfaction and We believe this ar
rangement will improve our relations
with our patrons, while 1t will at tho
same time enable us to more adequate
ly meet the keen competition prevail
ing in our line Of business, and to give
our customers the benefit Of the clos
est prices.
II. MAY & CO., LTD,
LEWIS & CO., LTD,
{. j. DAY & CO.,
C. Q. YEE HOP G. co.
Honolulu, Oct. 20, 1904. 29O3.U
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-29

who is George Meredith" asked
Mr.. Hennessy.
I'VE can search me-" said Mr.. boo,
ley. What is tn charge again him?'
"Nawthin'," said Mr.. Hennessy, but
! see he's in favor Nv short term mer.
rSdges."
What dye mean?" asked Mr.. boo
ley. "Reducin' tn term FIR good be.
hayyor?"
NO" said Mr.. Hennessy. "He says
people ought to get marrid f'r three
or four years at a time. Thin, If they
don't like each other or If wan gets
tired. they break up housekeepin'.
We'll" said Mr.. Dooley, ut might.
MT be a bad thing. TIL throuble about
'mathrimony as have observed 1t firm
me seat in tn gran stand Is that af-
ther fifteen or twinty years, 1t settles
down to an endurance thrile. WON
en- as Hogan says, are creatures Nv
such beaucheous mien that to be
loved they have but to be seen, but,
he says, 'wanst they're seen an made
secure he says, we first embrace, thin
pity, thin endure he says. Most Nv
tn OIL marrid men | know threat their
wives like a rockin' chair, great com
fort whin they're tired but apt to be
in tn way at other times. Now, II
might be diff'rent If tn ladies instead
~ bein' secured FIR life was On'y held
on a short term lease. Whin Archy'
bald, tn pride iv South Wather sthreet
make up his mind that II wud be well
f'r his credit II he entered tn holy
bonds iy mathrimony an selects tn
target iy his mad affections, he thinks
that all he has to do Is to put a gee
ranyum in his buttonhole an inthra'
jooCo himsilf be his first name TO be
carrld TO tn altar. But tn ladies
Gawd bless thin, are be nature skilled
In this game, an befure Archybald
has been coortin' two weeks he begins
10 shift his idees lv his own worth. lie
finds that at best he has on'y an out
side chance. He wonders II he Il
really worthy w tn love iy an limo
clint young girl ~ thirtytwo. Has he
money enough to support her as she
shud be supported? lie even has
doubts f'r tn first time in his life "
his own rayishin' beauty He detects
blemishes that he niver see befure
He discovers that what he used to con
Bidher merry twinkle Is a slight cast
in tn right eye an that tn fillin' shows
l.. II
an hair dhresser an buys tn entire
stock iv a gents iurnishin' store
Thin whin he's thurly humble, he goes
thremblin' TO Belinda's house raysolv
ed that If tn fair wan rayfuses him al
she prob'bly will an surely ought to
he will walk off tn bridge an end all
tits at this time that tn short tern
contract shud be sprung. dom
know how men propose. niver thrled