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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04

The superiofA played Kent AZ the
Cream Citi aad the game wosnf up
tn a dispute In the first half Of the
ninth. with the score . To 6 In favor
~ Kent. the superiors got two runs.
had the bases filled aud mono out
II started 10 rain and the Kent UNI
pire called the game The Superior
umpire. however. ordered the teams
20 continue playing Upon Kent r.
fnsiug he gave the game 20 tho an
usriors. , to o The Kent team IN.
tends protesting the game.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04

yesterday aud walloped BLACK nla
mond all over the lot. winning hy a
store of ne to 4 Bedford, the Iclee
trle pitcher, was In fine form aud
allowed only four hlta. striking out
ii mon.
Among the colleges Princeton
won a close game from Yale by a
score Of J 10 :. aud Cornell beat
Harvard TO the tune Of TO 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04

The claim that every day before
he walks upon the diamond Tim
Hurst. the umpire. eats only two
pounds Of raw meat. IL probably a
base eauard. lie must have stored
away half beef the other day when
be stopped clark Griffith's CONVEX
satianal aperture with buuy fist.
Tim Hurst IL the Jim 1rfffien ~ tho
diamond He r. afraid Of nothing
that walks Or talks aud se IL always
~ as a fiddle for fisht. Just what
Urffith said o. him II matter %
conjecture what Tim itd 70 Gnff Is
baseball history
Hurst - regarded as one 81 the
best umplses In the business A
good tuEa ~ base plays. nearly per-
feet In deciding balls aud strikes.
not "a be bnlidosrd b. irafs players.
cool headed 40 a general thing, he 10
just the sort ~ individual needed
fot the trying position he occupies
Hurst paed 60 upmlfe In the Ma
tionat league During a game az
Cincinnati the fans baratsd him in
q manner acandaious 70 hear Beer
T. sold IA the stands ct Cincinnati
and some Wild eyed heaHy fan threw
a beer Klaaa 81 him. That Nss the
signal for shower og baer glasses
Hurst stood hls ground and finally
picked up a glass aud hurried u into
the stands. cutting. a cash IN the
head - are Of his tormsniefs Then
the rollrs held tbs crowd back
~ Cleveland one dsY . psFtiru-
iaris offensive Fan roasted Hurst
until fosbsarzaes ceased TO be a vir-
tue aud Tim climbed aH into the
stand and caught hla iormsator aud
held him tlll = l.ailc.msn came and
elected the tan from tbs Erean5~
During = game At naitimnrs years
sap Hurst as nags~d b the naiti.
mafs players fur nine laaE tnuinE..
Aiong Ia the srventh inning he
walked ovef . the Baltimore bench
ard announced
-Tii be up 1T yeoF afe.ssns rooms
afth@r tn game an lake SesH on
van at time tlii I've licked all o.
ysE Dent forget that
Tin as as good as hls woFs In
appearing a. the dressing roam.
where he invited the players indi-
sidmaiiy aud collectively 70 come
cut and b. whipped. bus houtilitiss
vent no further
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04
GRATEFUL LAD
PICKS WINNERS

Louis Y nsii. ths well known New
York stock broker. who anee owned
Harnis aud Sold him "a ". r.
Thomas fof So o00. tells the follow
ing
Talking 81 tipstsra." Re aaid. II
with a Xii lie was a nuuh noned
young pefN1u with holes tn hts
ripc kings and a general air Of run
downneas. and first noticed him
running efrnnds IN the building
wh~fs ! have my office one day.
several weeks ago. he caIus into my
office and marched right up 10 ms.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04

Hurst tells this story on himself.
4 VAS umpifine q game IN Bas-
iou when an involved and difficult
play came up. II took me several
seconds 60 ntraiKhten out the tan
sizes while Nan thus engaged !
saW febeau running toward me.
co baoki Go back ! yelled at
him Leave me alone now. want
10 think
Listen. Mr iturst he said
Taias 81 that from Pat 'kfr. Hurst
Then. facing me around 90 that all
cultured people ia uoston's grand
stand could hear him. Patsy said
lie careful. now. Mr. Hurst.
Your future depends on this teri-
ainn. II you caunat iiiuminats your
safk. please don't obfuscair a.
Uhfuscats wen the point with
ne. didn't hsvs the least lsea
What The word meant. bat I gave
the decision IN Patsy. favor. Hut
where 90 you suppose Tsbeau syef
heard osfuacafs -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04
Needed Clothes.

1.oosnhers. he said. i need
clothes, l don't need TO tell you that.
but with the duds rm wearin' now
INA ., hard 10 get a Job thatn pay
me enough 10 support my family
on
4 quite agree with you | said.
looking him over. hut wheFe DO l
come in
We'll he said. I though II YOU
Enough. ! said. Come with me.
and I took him out and boaRhi him
ar OUTFIT from the skin out when
he was ttieked cat he save me a
wink ana asked mo " I didn't feel
= little bit embarrassed To be seem
with him. as he was sure be out
eiasaed me. When I Acknowledged
that ] DID. he thanked ne and left.
A day of tao before the Metropoii-
tan Handicap he ssuntered into the
office and asked uie n had any
loose money. ! replied that GER
tainly had not that such a enSnmod-
ity VAS mighty scarce with me.
Wen. he said. I don't want II
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04

Bellinxham heat Anacortea c 10 0
In spite OF the fact that Anacnrtes
was alleged 10 have runK IN Belt.
tho ex.pltcher of the siwaEhrs. IN
dor an assumed name
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04

from the coaching lines sugden
would remark Tim. don't forget
that 10 my mask and chest protector
you are wearing
The remark became rather
monotonouH 10 Hurst. and after the
seventh inning he turned 10 Joe and
said Certain persons won't be
needinK chest protectors ana masks
mueh longer"
And Joe said 40 more during the
game.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04

Az Port Townsend the Colts beat
Port Ludlow. 10 3
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-04

Tho very latest creations. all the
new effects IN Wash Ties are
here. ~ Inches wide. lust the
thing for June days; Tuesday.
ssss sssfs ssa.s +ssts cess kDc
Windsor Ties. plain white. also
embroidered ends. surely the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
NATIONAL NICKNAMES

The other nickname for the United States,
Brother Jonathan, although it is now rapidly
falling into disuse, can boast an older and
more historic origin. During the Revolution,
when Washington had fallen short d ammuni-
ton, he called meeting of his staff to see
whether anything could be done. None of his
officers, however, was able to make any prac-
teal suggestion; SO Washington declared, We
must consult Brother Jonathan, then" refer
ring to Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Con-
necticut. Brother Jonathan proved equal to
the occasion, and Ito consult Brother
Jonathan" Immediately became stock phrase.
Samland, the new name of transatlantic liner,
is the latest attempt at a national nickname.
The term John Bull was first applied
nickname for the English people by DR.. Ar
buthnot in "The History of John Bull satire
on the Duke of Marlborough published in I7I2.
John is there represented in the character he
has retained to this day, a blunt, kind-hearted,
bull-headed farmer.
The more common nickname for the French
people, Jean Crapaud, or Johnny Toad, is SAID
to owe its origin to the armorial device of the
three toads erect, satant.'' The word was
first used to designate Frenchmen in the six
tenth century, when Nostradamus wrote,
THE ancient toads shall Sara take" When
Louis XIV. captured the town of Aras, the
French recalled the prophecy, for Sara is Aras
reversed. To himself however, the French
man is known as Jacques Bonhomme, or, as
bourgeois, Monsieur Prudhomme.
AS far as can be learned, the earliest instance
of the use of the nickname John Chinaman as
a designation for Celestials is in "a Letter to
the Committee of Management of Drury Lane
Theater," published in London in 1910.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

60 universal is the passion for nicknames
~ that almost every nation is known by
some familiar term. Uncle Sam, Brother
Jonathan, and John Bull are sobriquets whose
application is known to all. In the same cate
CORY with them may be placed the nicknames
for the inhabitants of the three smaller sections
of Great Britain.
From the time of Elizabeth, the Spaniard
has been known in England as Don Whisker-
andos. Cousin Michael is the European term
for the Germans and Mynheer Closh, or simply
Mynheer, for the Hollanders. The collective
name for the inhabitants of Switzerland IS
Colin Tampon. The Danes are known as
Danskers and the Italians as Lazzaroni.
Uncle Sam as a nickname for the United
States dates from the War of 1872 Large
quantities of army provisions were stored at
Troy, New York, and during the war Ebert
Anderson, an army contractor, had occasion to
make visit there. The inspectors at the place
were two brothers, Ebenezer and Samuel
Wilson, the latter of whom was always famil-
iarly known as Uncle Sam. number of work.
ingmen were one day overhauling consign-
ment of casks purchased by Anderson, all OF
which were marked "E. A.-U. S"
One of the men, being in a facetious mood at
the time, when he was asked the meaning of the
marks replied that he did not know, "unless
they meant Ebert Anderson and Uncle Sam"
abiding naturally to the inspector. As all the
provisions purchased for the Government were
marked ~. S." that is, United States, the
name of Uncle Sam stuck.
Samuel Wilson died at Troy in August, 1854,
at the age of eghty-four. In the notice of his
death published by The Albany Argus
at the time reference was made to the fore
going circumstance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
SINKING OF THE MAINE
Continued from page 4

to Sagua with provisions and was relieved in
Havana by the Montgomery: During all
this time the officers and crew of the Fern fur
nished a willing service in working about the
wreck. Their ship being small, there were not
many of them, and the work was often severe
for the warm climate. 1t was to Ensign
Powelson of the Fern that the discovery of
many convincing facts was due: such as the
great bend in the keel, where it was blown
nearly to the surface; the center of effort of the
explosion, and the direction OF its force as
shown by various parts of the ships structure.
Everything was done to give decent burial
to the victims, and every effort was made to
identify as many of the bodies as possible.
After the war the bodies were brought to the
United States and reburied at the national
cemetery at Arlington.
Divers Get to Work
RIVERS came from the feet in the Man.
- grove and were soon followed by pro-
fessional divers in the tug Right Arm OF the
Merritt G. Chapman Wrecking Company, and
later by more when the full expedition arrived
under the charge of Captain Sharpe. There were
valuable Government papers and books to be
recovered and the bodies of our lost comrades
to be sought for; the wreck to be examined so
as to report on the possibility of raising the
Ship and also as to report to the Court OF In
quiry any facts that would throw light on the
cause of the disaster. The papers and books
were recovered by the naval divers, and they
made careful examination of the hull. The
bodies were recovered, and the hull was ex-
amined by the wrecking company's men; and
both naval and civilian divers were called
before the court
A Court of Inquiry was ordered soon after
the news of the disaster reached the United
States. 1t was composed of officers whose
decision was sure to be held as just and sound
by all men who knew of them by reputation,
and this knowledge was not confined to our
own country
No one who has not watched the divers day
after day can understand how firmly their
evidence established certain facts, and those
the most important, in deciding the question
as to whether the Maine was blown up from
the outside or by an internal explosion. The
question of the care exercised on board to pre-
vent internal explosion was investigated most
carefully by the court The stowage of ex-
plosive materials, such as certain kinds of
paint, turpentine, ETC., and of high explosives;
the temperature of the magazines and Of the
ammunition: the various regular inspections
was clearly shown that everything had been
suggest. This was mere negative evidence.
In spite of all precautions, the magazines
might have been exploded from some cause
necessary was to show whether the effect of
the stores inside was such to indicate that
the original explosion had taken place from
the inside or the outside of the Maine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

the bottom of the ship had been driven above
water by the force of the explosion, and that
near this point the keel was broken in Two,
making an angle with the vertex near the
surface OF the water, thirty feet higher
than its natural position Their testimony
made it possible to construct drawing that
showed the condition of the forward part of
the ship, about the area of the explosion 1t
was done that the diver himself could not
tell how his reports were affecting the result.
The divers were intelligent men, and suf-
ticiently acquainted with a ship to recognize
general points in construction under ordinary
conditions; but without the drawings
before him could keep the run of the distances
apart of the various details.
The drawing put in evidence con-
Structed from measurements made by the
divers and communicated to Mr.. Powelson
by signals the lifeline. The distances
apart of frames, of valves, of manholes, were
measured by the divers, one always checking
the other, until it possible to say at what
point the keel was fractured and how much
of it was bent upward. 1t was as we'll deter
mined as it could have been if the entire wreck
had been exposed above water.
Most of the naval divers showed skill and
courage They removed the breech plugs of
the after ten-inch guns when the turret was
under water, and examined the after maya
zine, which required diver in the turret to
tend the man in the magazine. AT times
their courage became recklessness, for in the
tangled mass of steel, covered by mud or
muddy water, it required great care to prevent
getting damned, or chatting the lifeline or air
tube. Seeing was impossible, even with the
aid of the divers electric light One of them
finding his lifeline in his way, tied it to a
beam and wandered off, crawling on the armor
shelf for some distance. We noticed this from
the boat as the air bubbles rose to the surface
far from the lifeline. Had he fallen from the
shelf into the mud, or failed to find his line
his return, his life would have been sacrificed.
Handicapped by Mud
THESE men were both brave and honest. 1t
L is not surprising that they found portions
of armor plate early in the work and could not
find them at later date, when it is remem-
bered that not only was the water too thick
to anything unless the sun was directly
overhead but also that the masses of mud,
driven back from the wreck by the explosion,
flowed in gradually and covered much that
had been exposed Immediately after the Maine
sunk.
The wrecking company worked hard and
faithfully, and sufficient ordnance was saved
to repay the Government for the expenses of
the contract. More could have been done, had
it been deemed wise to use dynamite. Ger
tainly the two ten-inch guns in the after turret
could have been recovered As dynamite
could not be used to clear away the wreckage,
and as the body of the ship was too badly in
jured to permit raising, the contract was closed
The Fern remained with General Lee at
Havana; but the flag on the Maine was hauled
down when the wreckers left.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

disappearing in the GLOOM the second mates voice rang
alive. Hump yourself, now.'
The culprit meekly crawled forth.
NOW, then, jump into them shrouds unless ye want
the toe o. my boot along yer spine No skuking here.
Pile up there in hurry!''
Paul stole glance at the mate-the 'ttle bulldog'
the sailors had dubbed his heavy seaboots and
concluded to follow the of port watch. With
his heart in his mouth he sprang into the rigging AMI
slowly and cautiously made his into the maintop.
Here the sailors lay along the yard taking canvas,
and when they the reehorn creeping along the foot
rope they gave him 1sseptiG1
Bet he's glued to the ropes!''
Somebody throw him fshlne!"
'Put half hitch round him!''
was good natured banter if triae rough, but the
lad paid little attention it. for wind
whisting about his and singing in them that
might as well have been dirge for Paul expected
to get back alive. However, he kept his teeth tightly
shut and dogged took up position the precarious
imagination ,
Over the boom he bent and with hand grasping
the jackstay employed his right in scoopng in sail Still
maintop- galantsail, but for first attempt Paul con-
euded he had done enough and he had join
them Waiting until all the sails neatly fured, he
crawed out to the end of the yard began the
AS he had scorned to take advantage of the ubbers
and bravely swung himself into the futtock shrouds until
his body assumed the shape of rightangled triangle.
Fo1 moment he hung in Space then his feet caught the
with his heart beating like aftrp-hammer he reached the
lower shrouds and jumped to deck where he leaned
heavily against the bulwarks to steady himself.
But the Ebuldog'' was laying for him.
Hello! skulkin' again eh'' exclaimed the mate,
catching sight Of Paul's trembling figure Blast
hvely.''
The remainder of the night Paul spent in scrubbng
pa1ntwork on the BRIDGE his efforts being expedited by
constant growls from mate who seemed to take
a keen delight in worrying the lad
The youngster was buying his experience pretty dearly
these days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
(To be continued.)
Poppies 1000 Years Old.

The extraordinary resuscitating power of E:.,t has
received very curious illustration in the silver mines at
Laurium. The mines had been abandoned more than
2OoO years unavoidable and consisted for most
part of the produced by the working mines
An enterprisng Englishman discovered that the mines
contained plenty of silver, which could easily be re-
moved by the superior modern appliances He dscov-
cred, however, something far valuable than the
silver VIZ some peoples of species which had dsap-
Peared for twenty centuries the seed of which had laid
dormant beneath the Stag for 1000 years.
When the Stag was removed to the furnace the next
visit to the mine found the entire space covered with
tures rest they had boomed vigorously as ever with
out the aid of single drop of water any restorative
other than the rays of the sun.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
THE SOUVENIR BUTTONS

PAPER printed provided prize winner nor NJ. 81.
mention" Only Junior sutton given
and without application. new year 80.
Sept 16, 1905. ~
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" An Honor is awarded accepted con,h,.,
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ether With order for |. book ~
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THE sToRYTELLER.
States who is the nt grade may contr,bute 70
~ Stryteller stories Action and ma
any subject preferred by the writer They not b, sa
nan 200 words n length, than 400 - -
- TOPICS FOE oUT-0F-TowN WRfrEls
An writer's outside Of Minneapolis the topics
headed Town Topics Pupils in the public schools
Junior. use only the topics rnce- sAs. had
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

.plenty,'' asserted.
the committeeman
nj charge of the
bill. "Year after
year this will
mount up, and in
time will become
a formidable sum.
I would ask the
gentleman fl 70 m
Virginia to re-
member that Rome
was not built in a
day. NO, re-
piled the Virgin
ian, "Rome was
not built in a day;
and if Romulus
and Remus had
been members Of
the committee on
agriculture, Rome
would not be
finished yet. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
He Was Attached tn IT,

Gilbert seemed listess and feverish so his mother
sent for the family doctor.
"Now, my little man, - the doctor said, pleasantly
when he had felt Gilberts pulse, f'let your
tongue"
Gilbert put out the tip of his tongue.
emo, no." said the doctor, put it right out-clear
out.': ="
Gilbert shook his head feeby and tears gathered in
his eyes,
II can't get it clear way out doctor; it's fastened
to me'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
On the Church Tower.

In England there is an old yew tree growing on top
OF square church tower The tree is not quite three
feet HIGH but thought be about 100 years old Down
in the churchyard grows older yew tree. Probably
long birds eating the fruit this tree
and left seeds the One the seeds found
soft place in the mortar between the stones grew
into this tree.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
Compared with the Past.

When the agricultural bill before the house Of
representatives congressman from Virginia sought to
increase the fund for the experiment station Arlington
to $25OOO Fifteen thousand dollars annually great
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1906-02-15
QUARANTINE
REGULATION
important Edlet Of Secretary
OF Interior Touching intro
duetiOa Oi Cattle.

Tie Department of tie Interior
has csasei ~ te promulgated a qaAr.
Aniine regulation that aiil plaY havoc
with shippers of southern cattie Into
TIE Chsfokee nation sinoe the arsf
daf oi February this year
The laa, ia effect is that 40 cattle
stall b. shipped into that part of the
Uhsfokse nation north oi a line run.
ming doe east from ne northeast
eufuef Of the Greek nation q short
disiaues bslos Choateaa, 10 the Afk.
Ansas state ilne This includes re.
eanilu9 districts uamisrs one % afu.
Cattle brought into this section are
Required "a - dippgd 10 beaumont
Ell and inspected s. . government 10.
speciof beioie being admitted the
penalty Is a heaFy Hue Many ancs-
men evidently are uot aeafu of this
as puieiases Arc helng made .o rems
nos with the intention 81 shipping
hgfs,