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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-28
TWO MORE PLAYERS
cassiboine and HedIey, lnfield-
ers, Join Rock Island
Team.
TO BE TRIED AT SECOND
Big Crowd Expected at First Sched-
ule Game of Season To-
morrow.

Two new infielders have been signed
They are Howard Cassfboine and
Frank Hadley. The latter Is loaned
by Dubuque and has arrived in the
city. Cassiboine will be here tonight.
Both Will be given a trial at second,
Shields, of Canton. H., who mas been
covering that position, having been re-
leased.
Cassiboine comes from Madison.
Wis. He was with Minneapolis in the
American association in 1902 and last
season was manager of Duluth in the
Northern league. He is a seasoned
player. Hadley is youngster and is
said to be fast. He continues under
contract with Dubuque and must re-
turn there whenever ordered to do 50
by Manager Hunl1y Hines. These men
are secured to cover the second bag
pending the arrival of KOhley Miller.
L. +. DOnahue. the new Outfielder.
is ON the ground. and will practice
with the team at the park this after
noon. He Will probably male his
first appearance in left tomorrow in
the opening game of the season.
Season to Open Tomorrow.
Tomorrow Will mark the beginning
of the fourth season of the Thrcc-EVe
Baseball league, which was organized
at Peoria in the spring of 1900. Cedar
Rapids will he at Rock Island. Daycn-
port at Bloomington. Rockford ut De-
catur. and Dubuque ut Sprin slield.
The game at the Rock Island park
will be called at $3.50 o'clock. and with
favorable weather the Indications are
there will be Il banner crowd. Pre-
ceGing the game there will he Il par
AIDE by trolley car over the three cit
les by the Cedar Rapids and Rock Isl
anu teams. accompanied by Bleuer's
hand. The local team will line up as
follows: Thornton. center: Eebschcr.
short; Lister. first; Nandine. third;
Lally. right; Moore. catch: Donahuc
or Charnier. left: Cassiboine. second.
II has not been decided who viii do
the twirling. The manager will Sc
lcct the box artists after practice this
afternoon.
In Ma Jor Leagues.
National League-Chicago ), Cinciu-
natl >: New 1Ork-Brooklyn. postpon-
ed; Pittsburg-St. Louis. postponed;
BOstun-Philadelphia. postponed.
American League-Detroit >, Chica
go 3: New NOrk-Philadelphia. post
poned; Cleveland-St. Louis, postpon-
ed; Neutrality-suspicious. postponed.
American ssociation-KanSas City
:. Louisville ;; indianapolis 9-S. Mil
waukec 60; Toledo-St. Paul. pOstpon-
ed: Minneapolis. postponed.
Western League-Denver II, Des
MOines o; Sioux City !. st. Joseph l;
Colorado Springs 10, Omaha ,.
Southern Observation-Disclosures hviIlC
no game; Memphis I. New Orleans /;
Il. Birmingham :; Little
Rock ) Shreveport >.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

On the coast of England several
years ago diver, trained diver, one
OF the best on the coast, renowned
for his endurance, went down and
was pulled up so slowly when he gave
the signal that he was under water
about two minutes and five seconds.
He was drawn out of the water in
sensible, with blood flowing from his
nose and ears, and it was only after
long and arduous work that his re-
covery from the effects of that two
minute stay under water was assured.
Drowning is a quick death. Even
though the water is kept out of the
lungs, insensibility will ensue in one
minute, and complete unconsciousness
in two. The stories of people who
have been in the water five minutes
being resuscitated are generally mis-
takes or untrue. A man could not be
in the water five minutes without
coming to the surface several times,
and be restored to life. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31
Got Rid of Agent

Blivins had learned by many years
of experience that one of the sure
signs of spring is the activity of the
life insurance agents. He has for a
good many years been paying premi-
ums on several thousand dollars more
insurance than he feels like he is
able to do, and for that reason he
considers the spring insurance solic-
itor as one of the worst ills of the
season.
Ingenuity has always been the one
marked characteristic of Blivins, and
after the first one of the agents
tackled him the other day and began
telling him how soon he was to die
and in what an awful state he would
leave his family and creditors, Blivins
hit upon new scheme.
The next morning Blivins took to
his office all the old photographs he
could find. On each one he tied a
little crepe rosette and then hung
them on the wall, stood them on his
desk and put them at every point
in the Office where they could be
seen.
Blivins had not been in his Office
for an hour when an insurance agent
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

came in and began reading Blivins'
obituary. The latter heightened his
face out an inch or two and drew
out his handkerchief and mopped his
eyes.
Il fully realize the value of insur-
ance,' said Blivins. as blue as indigo,
land I wish l could get a million dol
lars on my life, but"
You are the man like to talk tor
said the agent enthusiastically. Our
company will write a million dollars
on your life and"
Isn't that too bad?" said Bliyins
Il am sorry, but can't get a policy
for cent. See that dear face?" he
said, pointing to one old picture.
That's dear Uncle Ephraim. Con-
sumption did it. There is dear Cou-
sin Seth. Consumption. And there is
grandfather. Consumption And
there is"
The life insurance agent had turned
purple. He arose, bowed. and told
Blivins there was no hope. AS the
agent went through the doorway Bliv-
ins leaned back in his chair, laughed.
and then arose and picked up a 200
pound letter press and swung it I'M
der the table.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31
On Muleback in Bolivia

G. ]. Post. who is travelling through
unknown South America" for Har-
per's Magazine. writes in the March
number of dangerous ride through
the mountains of Bolivia:
I'VE kept on ascending between
winding walls" he says, Eat length
emerging on narrow table land-the
top of the cliffs we had seen from the
decks of the Limari. A short distance
over the level ground, and then from
the farther edge we looked down on
the fiat, stony bottom of the Vitor Val
ley-a ragged gorge that wound tor
tuous course through the desert. A
narrow trail with short, sharp angles
zigzagged down steep gully to the
bottom. The mules carefully picked
their way down among the loose
stones. hating inquiringly at times to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31
Scraps Are Worth Money

In the successful management of
the railways of the country there are
many seemingly insignificant matters
that require constant attention. Thou
sands of dollars are saved to the COM
panies each year by detailing men to
look after and care for their scrap.
the pieces of iron and steel that fall
off moving cars, that come from aban-
doned machinery or from broken
pieces of equipment.
Almost all the big transportation
companies in the United States main
tain what they call scrap departments.
AT two or three points on the road.
generally where there are any con-
struction or extensive repair shops.
this scrap is gathered from all parts
of the system.
One of the duties of the trackwalk-
ers and repair gangs is to pick up and
throw into little heaps along the track
all bits of iron and steel that may be
found along the right of way or that
may be left whenever any piece of
work is completed. At irregular
intervals a scrap train is sent over
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

Spilkins is a man with a father-in-
law. He has not been married a
great while, but being a philosophical
sort of fellow he has about the same
regard for the opinions of his newly
acquired dad as country boy has
for birds nest This father-in-law
is not a bad fellow. In fact, he is a
very congenial sort of an old codger,
who thinks the world of Spilkins. He
likes his daughters cooking pretty
well, too, considering everything, and
every Sunday he goes out to the new
ly wed couples little fiat for din
ner.
Spilkins' one objection to this
father-in-law is the stale old jokes
and stories he is always working off
as brand new material. The old man
has told the young fellow the same
stories time and time again. During
Spilkins' courtship he heard them re-
peatedly, and since the wedding they
have become intolerable.
Last Sunday afternoon the old
codger rang the bell at SpillSins fiat.
Spilkins, wearing a demoniacal smile,
rushed to the door, grabbed the old
fellow by the arm and dragged him
into the little parlor.
"Oh, must tell you, father, l must
tell you before l forget it. Did you
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

used on board ships can be so con.
structed as to initiate certain sounds,
Thus different phonetic syllables may
be obtained which could be used to
form an international alphabet. BY
this ingenious contrivance attached to
this wonderful instrument it is possi.
BILE to see reflected in a tiny mirror
the vocal chords of a singer.
By the same device, one can also
trace their action, and see how, as
the note gets higher, the aperture be-
tween them becomes less and less,
until when the top note is reached it
is almost closed. AS the force of air
current expelled becomes stronger the
opening decreases in size. 1t increases
as the force becomes less. The small
er the aperture the greater the vi
bration. This is how human beings
get their singing voices. There is
no mystery about it," declares DR..
Manage. 1T is a purely mechanical
process, based on known laws of high.
er mechanics. Sketch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

the road for the purpose of gathering
up these odds and ends. They are
taken to the gathering point and there
carefully sorted.
Some ingenious mechanics have de-
Vised machinery to separate and
handle these scraps. After being run.
through a sort of hopper that divides
the small and the large from the 9th
er different sizes men are put to work
to pick out from the various heaps
what may again be utilized. Bolts,
nuts, bars, couplings and the like
which may be used again are worked
over for further use.
The refuse, amounting to thousands
OF pounds, is shipped to some iron
works that has a contract with the
company for using all this waste iron
and steel
This plan of Systematically caring
Tor the waste iron of railroads is of
recent origin. 1t is one really of slow
growth. Of course, pieces of iron and
steel waste material or the refuse of
shops or wrecks has been taken care
OF for years, but only in desultdry,
haphazard way.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31
Drown in Short Time

The story frequently repeated
about professional divers who have
been able to remain under water for
over two minutes is silly" DR.. Joseph
Boehm tells me- mo one can remain
under water that long without drown.
ing, whether they are trained divers
or not. AT Navarino, where the
sponge divers are reported to be able
to remain under water three and four
minutes, tests were made recently
and resulted in conclusively proving
that none of them remained down as
long as a minute and half. Ninety
seconds seems very long time to the
watcher on shore, and it is about the
limit of a Divers endurance under
water At Ceylon, where time tests
were also made among the famous
pearl divers, it was ascertained that
few of them remained below the sur
face as long as a minute, and other
tests made on the Red sea among the
Arabs proved that minute and a
quarter was the longest they could
endure without a fresh breath.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31
When the Worm Turned

ever hear-no, you haven't. It's
new one. Well--a young Irishman by
the name of Pat"
Spillins stopped to laugh, and the
old man laughed too. Then the young
fellow continued his yarn.
Here, here" said the old fellow.
as soon as he recognized his favorite
story, one he had told Spilkins a hun
bred times. Here, what are you try
ing on me now. | told you that
once"
mo, it's a brand new one" said
Spilkins.
But the story was told and then
came another one of the old moss
grown yarns, and then another and
still others, until the father-in-law be-
gan to get little ruffied.
"Confound it, boy, what is the mat
ter with your" he said. Those are
my stories. I've told them all to you
time and time again"
"Oh, have you?"' said Spilkins.
"Then beg your pardon. I'll not
tell another one, but say, have you
heard about"
Yes, yes, I've heard it," said the
old man, throwing up his hands, land
I'll never tell you another one either"
And Spilkins feels relieved.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

choose perhaps shorter cut. If it
seemed to their instinct feasible, they
gathered their hind legs under them,
their front hoofs sticking stiff1y out in
front, and slid down on their bellies,
in cloud of dust, and carrying with
them a small avalanche of loose shale
as they landed in section of the trail
below. You sit back in your saddle
all saddles in these parts have crup.
pers and breastplates to prevent your
Sliding over the animals ears as you
go down or slipping off behind as you
go up mountain path-and as you
watch the tossing line of packs below
the speculation forces itself as the
consequences of a mules misstep.
That it is not all idle speculation is
shown by the scattered skeletons be-
low in the valley, bleached to varying
degrees of dull white."-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31
A Machine That Talks

A talking machine that has created
no little sensation is that Just pro-
duced by DR.. r. Manage, a well known
member of the French academy Of
medicine. 1t is an interesting device,
which reproduces with perfect accur-
acy The sounds of the human voice
not, as in the case of the photograph,
by merely repeating words spoken by
person, but by a process which is
purely mechanical from start to fin
lsh, and in which no word is spoken
by any human being The sounds are
produced by system Of vibration.
Attached to the machine are a series
OF plaster heads, five in all. repre-
senting the five vowels, a, e, /. O. II.
They are each perfect model of a
PERSONS mouth, fitted with p1iable
lips and perfect teeth. Air currents
set in motion by the machine are
made to pass through the dummy
mouths, which are fitted with sirens.
Through his invention, DR.. Marage
has discovered that the steam sirens
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31
Not MiltOn's Great Work

When William Morris was playing
in "The Lost Paradise" some years
ago the company happened to be book
ed in a Western town noted for it's
religious tendencies, where theatre
Gals were viewed askance. Compan-
les played there only when the exigen-
cies of booking made it absolutely
necessary.
What was our surprise, therefore"
said Mr.. Morris, when we got to the
theater and: were informed by the
manager that the house was sold out.
Say he asked, what sort of a
show is this, anyhow? Sort O. religi-
Gus, amt it?'
Our manager outlined the plot to
him. Never did 1 see such trans
formation in mans face; then, with
one short, powerful expletive, he
started down the street on a dead
run.
THAT night the theater was filed
to overfiowing-men with elongated
locks and clerical bearing. a perfect
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31
Ghost of John Gear

In his coffin bed John Gear lay dead,
But John Gears ghost stood near;
And the clergyman talked at the funeral
And the ghost bent low to hear;
The waiting ghost of the man who was
dead,
He fingered to hear what the clergyman
said
So the clergyman spake and the people
wept,
And the ghost looked on and the dead
man slept
And the dead man slept.
'"The man who is dead" the clergyman
said.
WAS the true, true salt of the earth;
Who shall gauge the good of his well
spent life
And the measure of his worth?
For he was a man of the olden type
OF the honest, noble, sterling stripe !"
Shame fell on the ghost as he stood nigh
For he alone knew these words were a
lie
These words were lie.
And the, ghost was afraid and was sore
dismayed
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

symposium of parsons, preachers and
theologues. Every last one Of them
held book open before him. For an
overture the orchestra played Near
er, My God, to Thee" and the audi
ence raised its voice in chorus.
well, we didn't get far in the first
act before pandemonium broke loose
One old preacher jumped over the
footlights and called me every name
in both Testaments, and several that
were in neither
And what do you think it was all
about?
''The town was the seat of theo-
logical institution, and every mothers
son of them, and daughter, too, see
ing the name of the play, The Lost
Paradise had come to hear a reading
from Millions Paradise Lost
THAT was the way the manager
had billed it.
I'VE left on freight that night,
and didn't play return date. New
York Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

As he heard the words of praise;
And he thought of the wreck and the
wrong he had done
Through, the stretch of the long-gone
And a Woman'S face that was h1anohed
with tears
Loomed up from the vast of the clannor-
ing years
But the. ghost. while he heard all the
praise of the priest
the beast
The mark of the beast.
And the priest preached on, but the ghost
of John
Heard naught but the woman's tears.
FOR the silent tears of her silent life
Were thunder in his ears
And the priest still preached with hss
words of praise
And the face doomed up from the long
gone days;
The priest still praised and the people
wept 1920
And the ghost passed on and the dead
man slept
The dead man slept.
Sam Walter Foss.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31
End Bent of Barn Frame.

shown on plan, and as there are four
bents the same as shown, you will
arrive at the number of posts the
beams require
The joists in each NOW would run
lengthways of barn and could be made
out of round stuff from 8 to 10 inches
in diameter flattened on one side for
floor to lie on; the joists should be
2 IL feet apart The joists in drive
way should run the opposite way in
order to have the plank in driveway
run cross ways of driveway. The
driveway should have inch lumber
overlaid with 2 inch plank. For this
3S5 feet of inch stuff and the same sur
face measure of planking would be
required
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

Bordeaux mixture should be made
freshly whenever required for use. For
convenience sake the dissolved blue
stone and lime may be kept as stock
solutions, but the quantities of each
to the gallon must be remembered. or
carefully noted on the barrel, so as
to use the right proportions. 2. It
is most imported to use fresh un-
slaked lime. Lime can only be kept
from shaking by storing 1t in a per
fectly dry place. In an open shed Il
should be kept in closed barrels.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

That Pittsburg woman who has in
vented woman's comb that will hide
itself in the hair may mean well
enough, but what is the use of wear
ing comb unless other women can
see it and wish they had one like it?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

In the old fashioned log school
houses Of long ago in Missouri, where
the boys sat on one side and the girls
on the other, the latter were cheerful
and generally looked en- the sonny
side.-St. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

Nature is also taking hand in the
reform of the Balkans. Twenty-Five
persons were killed, forty injured,
i 800 houses destroyed and much dis
tress caused by an earthquake.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

The Gar Of Russia is going to the
front. But he win be accompanied by
police force that is to be large
enough to run the Japanese army If
it attempts to take liberties with his
majesty
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31
Bordeaux Mixture.

w. e. E-Have used Bordeaux mix
ture on my potato crop with consider.
able success, but would like to ask a
few questions. Does the Bordeaux
mixture lose its strength standing in
the barrel week or two? 2. viii
slaked lime do, or is it necessary to
have unslaked lime? How can It be
kept to prevent it from shaking?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

Ans.-The walls of a refrigerator
should have layers of insulating ma
terial and dead air spaces. Inside of
the brick wall there should be the
following layers: Joists, inch lumber.
building paper. inch lumber, paper
and inch lumber. A wall built In this
way will not admit heat or cold.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

The $500 organized school teachers
in Chicago are pledged neither to pur-
chase nor accept box of candy
which does not bear union label.
When one considers the amount of
candy which 1890 women could and
would consume in year, this fact as.
sumes an appalling significance.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

Harry Lehr's lapdog probably does
not resent the numerous changes of
ribbons half so much as it does the
necessity of appearing publicly in
company with Harry.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

frenchman and at least 25 years old.
ne must have served four years in
certain forms of business. He must
De personally acceptable to the agent
from whom he would purchase the
seat, and often to his family. including
the ladies'. He must be passed upon
Dy the Seventy with formal voting, as
II ne were joining some select club.
which he is. There must be no stain
On MS business record and no slur ON
ms personal character. A candidate
was rejected recently for bad habits,
and another for no fault of his own.
out because his brother had been con-
cerned in questionable transactions.
with all this faborably settled. there
Is I'LL needed the approval of the min
ister Oh finances and the approval of
ehe president. This makes it clear
enough why many of the ablest on
the bourse have not been members of
the parquet, but of the coulisse. They
could not get into the paruuet..-Cen-
fury.
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turtles. The church is a veritable mn
scum Oh national art, and some of the
pieces stolen are priceless from the
point OF view of antiquity and work
nianshlp. The robbers were seen to
ieaVe the church, and entering the
iasE motor car with their booty. drive
away before an alarm could be given.
an examination of the building
showed that the affair had been most
skillfully planned.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

Prof. Richard Burton formulates a
great literary truth when he tells
writer's in his lecture on Literary
Men and Women" that it is a great
deal easier to be good on paper than
in life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

A Patagonian king is to be on ex-
hibition at the Louisiana Purchase Elk
position. 1t is understood, however,
that he has no desire to marry an
American heiress.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

A Chicago evangelist predicts the
end Of the world in ninety years. This
gentleman seems to have confined
himself to study of the local stu
alton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

Santos Dumont says that air cycles
will become fashionable in the course
of time. Here is more trouble for
the police, whose business 1t is to
stop speeding.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

Peary has deferred his next arctic
trip for year. He is convinced that
the pole will keep, owing to the ex-
cellent cold storage facilities in that
vicinity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

General Ma has been decorated
with the order of the Double Dragon
and is now intent upon avoiding
further honors in the shape of the
double cross.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

Not only should the automobiles
wear numbered tags, but they should
be required to eat cachous for their
breath
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

1t is not in the heart of the right
feeling man to cheer so Justify for
the victors that he has no tears for
the vanquished and the dead.