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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
Wonders of This Age.

The study of contrast is one of life's
most delightful studies. Thru it we
learn the progress that we have made
in business, morals, or mentality.
Placing today by the side of ten years
ago we discover how far We have
climbed ON the hill of life. Today's
work and its result is known to be an
impossibility for us when we were ten
years younger than we now are. The
years have given US knowledge, dis
cretion, grace, symmetry and beauty.
Tho today may have its hardships and
difficulties, they are not the difficulties
of ten years ago, because our should
ers are stronger, our muscles more
supple and our ability to perform
greater. So the contrast of ten years
reveals the progress we have made.
Use makes many things common to
US.
It's far cry for us back thru the
centuries, to the time when our fore
fathers carried with them their tinder
box SO that they might kindle their
fires. Aged readers will remember
possibly in the cold winter how care
fully the fire was banked at night SO
that Goals might be had in the morn.
ing. And if perchance the fire did GO
out, the hurried rush thru the snow
to a far distant neighbor's, and the
quick rush back again with the glow
ing embers wrapt insashes so that the
fire might be rekindled. Today, how
ever, the slivered piece of pine woot
that has been dipped in sulphur ant
ignites under friction, is SO common
that when we use it we think nothing
of it. Yet that friction match Is on'
of the towering wonders of the age
and marks the prosssss of the centur
| les.
i Imagine Oliver Cromwell coming
into your Office aud seeing you q
your telephone talking to man ii
Chicago or New York, and by rela
!, of operators talking half way acros
u the continenti YOuta take the receive
/ from its hook get Central. give be
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13

DoIOr0 you are yOurSelf SonQlng the
message. We have used the telephone
so much that use has made it common
Yet the telephone is one of the tower
ing wonders of this age.
We read with great interest of the
story of the embarkation of the Pill
grims in the summer of the year 1920.
We watch the Speedwell and the May
flower as they start on their long jour-
ney. Knowing the conditions that
surrounded them we are not surprised
that the people on the Mayfower had
the courage to 60 alone. We read
how these intrepid people, seeking
land of freedom, were tossed in the
trough of the boisterous Atlantic for
three months ere they landed at what
they Immediately called Plymouth in
honor of the land they last saw across
the sea. Today the same voyage is
made In six days time. But we think
nothing of it. Use has made great
vessels like the Lusitania and the
Mauritania common. Yet these ves-
sells are among the towering wonders
of this age.
When we read of the free schools of
Scotland 100 and 200 years ago we
are apt to think of those schools as
similar to our own. The study of the
surrounding conditions, however, re-
veals our mistake. Where in the
United States today do you find boy
starting from home with great chest
| filled with oatmeal which he is to mix
with water and make into porridge
which shall be his only food for six,
nine or ten monthsp Today our pub
lie school system, gathering the child.
rem of tender years into the kinder
4 gartena, training them thru youth
sending them out into life well
equipped for life's battle, is one OF
the towering wonders of this great age
So with nearly everything with
which we are surrounded. The sharp
shrill scream of the locomotive, awak,
ening the echoes, is a wonder in itt
way. So also the trolley car and the
automobile. Yet use has made al
these things common, and ofttimes
because of their very commonplace
ness. we fail to appreciate them.
Contrast the past with the present
and you will find that the towering
wonders of today with which we ar,
surrounded made yesterday seem lik'
a horrld nightmare, and reveal th'
truth that today is the golden age O.
the world. Instead of talking abou
the good old times, remembering th'
] facts in the case, we ought to call then
the bad old times, for today, as ever!
today must be, is the best day tn
: world has ever seen.
!. Wonders there are on every han,
that have been developed by man NOR
wonderful. Greater wonders ther
I will be, because man is growing NOR
wonderful every day that he lives
And the longer he lives the more ther
. is for him to know, the more he know
,. that he knows but little. Hence eve
learning, ever striving, he comes
better things, and each age is bette
= than the last. Today is full of ta
inheritances of the past, and is bi
: with prophecies for days that are
be. TOday's strength and to day
prophecy is the most towering wondt
s in this wonderful age.-John Ande
" son Jayne, in Minneapolis Tribune.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13

Energy will do anything that can
be done in this world; and no talents,
no circumstances. no. opportunities
will make two-legged animal d man
without Goethe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
MAUI RUNNER
COPIED PURSE

While to the ordinary observer the
sport Of kings" appears TO be dead
IN Honolulu, q keen interest continues
TO be taken in all that pertains 10 horse
flesh and every now and again differ
enee Of opinion as to the comparative
merits Of local Pretty PolIys and Mont
gomerys arises which IS only 10 be set
tied by match race.
4 grey pony hayed and eorned at
fhe Territory Stables and white pony
owned by a. II. Jungelaus have Of late
furnished bones of contention FOR their
respective admirers and a week ago
yesterday a race between the two was
brought of at KapioIani park Catch
weights prevailed ana the distance was
three-eighths Of mile Jungrlaus
mutt won handilv, ridden ably by
Jockey Joe Leal
The race didn 7 satisfy rhe other
parties. however. and they demanded
satisfaction which was gladly accord
- and another match under similar
conditions made
The race took place On Saturday aft
ernoon Al the Waikiki track, J. Colburu
III being up On the grey AMI Bob
Opiopio on the white.
4 couple Of hundred Of people turn
ed cut 70 witness the race and 70 have
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17

WON BY A BLOCK

LONDON, January 3a.-George Hack
enschmi5t. the worlds champion
wrestler. easily defeated Joe Rogers,
the English challenger for the title.
at the Oxford Music Hal IN this city
this afternoon The Russian LION took
the contest. which was a catch-as-
catch-can struggle. best two out o.
three fails. with but little effort The
first fall went to EackenschTuidt IN
: minutes IS seconds, and after a ten
minutes rest he grappled with Rogers
again and secured the second and win
ing fan after s minutes IS seconds
The contest. which was for the title,
drew an immense crowd, the capacity
Of the building being taxed TO the
limit. HaekenschnIdt VII now COM
plete his arrangements for q visit 70
the United States. where he Is prac-
ticaIlv matched 70 meet Frank Gotch.
the American Wrestling champion
The match between Hackenschn7idt
and Joe Rogers aroused considerable
interest II this city and vicinity be-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
AUSTIN WHITE
VICTOR AGAIN
Golf Champion Gets Another
Leg in White Rock
Trophy.

Eighteen cards were turned in at
Haleiwa yesterday with scores OF the
competitors in the twenty-fifth White
Rock golf tournament.
The winner turned up in Austin
White who playing scratch made the
two rounds IN r.
]. D. Gaines. net 81, was the runner
up. His handicap was II.
f c. Smith and W. woon tied for
third place with a net score Of 81
The winner captured the golf cham
pionship last year at Moana1ua, win
ming from scratch. with a net score
of So.
He won the White Rock cup at Mo-
analua last July with handicap Of
4, his net score being 81.
White, who Is only fifteen years old,
is a son of z. 0. White. Of this city,
and his record last year was an excep-
tionaIly fine one.
He won the second White Rock prize
in January Of last year; was second
in the match play Of the Honolulu Golf
Club at the Moanalua links in March;
was second in the Fourth Of July tour
nament held at the Country Club: and
also performed as stated above.
He and ". Simpson, who won the
cup last month. ara the only two play
ers who have won the trophy twice.
Tia z0o~eS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
ALFRED SHRUBB
GIVES 4 POINTER
He Says That Distance Runners
Keep Body Off Ground
Too Long.

Alfred shrubb. the famous English
champion at Iong-dlstance running, is
the despair Of those who are working
10 have him in condition
shrubb resents what we cau form. -
He says ne made all his records and
Won all his laurels by doing exactly
opposite what our trainers say IS nee
essary He holds both the amateur
and professional records from one TO
twelve miles.
America does a great many things
better than we poor bloomin' British
ers,' said shrubb the other day, but
We wot-ye don't hit 1t right in dis
tance running. That's why you've got
no A No. Is better than the mile.
while we've got lots OF good 'uns at
any distance from the mile TO ten. You
bloles keep the body too long Off the
ground when you stride: you take too
long stride. That brings the body
down each time with such force that
it weakens the ankles, knees and hips
more than would be the case with a
short. snappy stride that wouldn't car.
ry the body too far from the earth"
What is known as "Shrubb's Style
has become recognized by all long-dis-
lance runners It is somewhat freaky
to the amateur observer. but 10 stu
dents Of distance work it Is plain that
Shrubs idea is correct.
''I cover distance with my short.
quick strides while you American run
ners are up in the hair. That's d
bloomin' American joke. ain't It?
say? But it is just what mean" said
shrubb. II sounds good. but of course
shrubb doesn't know where the
laugh is
Fact is" shrubb continued. form
is all tommyrot. Form takes the
strength out Of bloke. 1t lasts while
your Flll powers are left, then stroke
me, it's all in my bloorntn' heye. Your
pace slackens and it's wotto, Bill, yer
all in"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
kAP|OLANI
LEAGUE MEETS
Officers of Teams Appointed
Some Salutary Rules
Adopted.

There was meeting Of the Kapio-
lani Park Baseball League yesterday
at the residence of J. r Silva, the
promote of the league.
A committee was appointed to draw
up bylaws for the league, which Will
be presented for discussion at a meet
ing to tie held on Wednesday night.
The following team officials have
been appointed:
Reliaace-President, n Gonsalves;
manager, J. F. Silva; captain, Louis
Freitas.
Waikikis-President and manager, D.
K Kaeo; captain, ". Dole.
Highlands-Pregident, Joe Limo;
manager, H. Freitas; captain, Joe Enos.
Standards-President. Adolph Undo:
manager and captain, Manuel Joseph.
Young Tidal Waves-President, Joe
Nadeiros; manager, F. Freitas; captain,
Joe Martin.
The league officers viii be elected at
Wednesdays meeting and schedule
will be drawn up at the same time.
Each club in the league viii con-
tribute IS toward fund with which
TO purchase a suitable trophy. This
SIM viii in a way be forfeit, for
any team failing to appear for a
scheduled game viii forfeit the amount.
League teams win be required 10
play IN regulation uniform and should
player violate this rule his club win
be fined fifty cents.
Each team win be permitted TO sign
three players in the winter leagues Of
1907 and 1908, but such players may
neither pitch nor catch. Violation of
this rule viii mean forfeiture Of the
game by the offending club.
Ne senior league players viii be al
lowed 70 take part IN these games.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
THE GAME WAS
SIMPLY AWFUL
kaalaS Nosed Out Cinnamon
in Championship Series
Baseball.

The first game Of the championship
series between the mines Of the Kaala
Athletic Club and the Chinese Athletic
Club, OF the Kalanianaole Baseball
League. was played at Aala Park yes
terday afternoon and was witnessed by
an immense crowd of enthusiastic root
ers.
\ close game was expected. and this
anticipation was realized. As far as
good baseball was concerned the game
was rank. The members Of the teams
seemed to have the worst kind of
stage fright and the list Of errors was
something appalling.
The score was 19 10 IS, an it please
you, with the Kaalas al the long end.
The Chinese started Of with a rattle
and a bang and annexed six bfngles
in the blessed first inning. Al the end
of the third inning the Chinese led by
a score of to 3. and odds OF 10 l
were freely bet on them TO win II
looked to be all over, bar the fire.
crackers
The conclusion Of the sixth saw
the score Is to in favor of the Celes-
tlals. but in the marvellous and fatal
seventh the Kaalas got them 1e-TEN
count 'em). TIE Cinnamon managed
TO scramble the eggs good and prop
erly. If they had committed such a
crime in the FTowery Kingdom, the
whole kaboodle would have been given
the cangue for the term OF their nat
urai life. Talk about errors-nay. let
Us discuss a pleasanter theme.
The Chinese came with a wet sheet
al the finish and Melted three in the
ninth They were beaten by a nose by
the KaaIas, however, and II the Sun
COX Bo Wuck doesn't have deroga-
tory editorial today II will only be be-
cause the editor hasn't seen the score.
The horrible details:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17

cause Of the fact that Rogers. although
English born. has lived for many years
in New York Il vas rot expected that
ne would Be able TO wrest the title
from Hackenschmidt- one Of the great
est wrestlers that the world has ever
seen, for Rogers, although a large and
muscular man, has never proved So
perior TO his American rivals. His
showing. against Hackepschindt was
nothing compared with that made By
Tom jenkins. the American title hold
q, N the bout with Eackenschrnidt a.
the Madison square Garden two years
ago. IN that contest the Russian
threw jenkins IN TWO straight fails.
but the tire consumed vas nearly four
times as long as in the London bout
OF the soth Tit.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

7 Unfinished. q Absent.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
PHOTOGRAPHERS

know the work. trouble. 1nconveni-
enees disappointment. ana expense
OF the old darkroom way % develop
ing
The slow tedious tiresome rocking
Of each Individual plate in a hot.
stuffy dark room: the strain on the
eyes in the weak light the running OF
plates BY under or over exposure. and
the waste Of time are enough 20 make
the game seem hardly worth the
candle.
All these Objectionable features are
automatically done away with. and
pleasure substituted. by
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
SUMMARY.

Bases on balls-On Kamakau. /: Nc
Candless. >; Apau. 5. Leong. ?,
Struck our-By Kamakau, l; Nc
Candies. >; Apau, L
Two-base hits-Sing Chong. Mark.
Apau. All Toon, Souza, Bailey, Glenn
ent; II. Leslie, ?
Sacrifice hirs-Sing Chong. Apau,
Clement. Correa. McCandless-
Hit by pitched ball-H. Leslie.
Passed baIls-Bailey. I: Clement, !;
c. Bui. >.
Wild pitehes-Kamaka u, I. McCand-
less. / Jeong. I.
Tmpira-Ed. Fernandez.
Time Of game hours s. minutes
Scorer-W. T. Raposo.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
RULES FOR THE
NEW FOOTBALL

Rule 1.-The forwards must wear
handouts TO prevent all chance Of
fighting The half backs must be muz-
zled 70 prevent them from biting The
quarter must be chIoroformed before
each play exciting.
Rule Each player must be guard
ed by trainer. two physicians. two
umpires, a policeman, and eleven polit-
icians. A chaplain too must soothe him
at frequent intermissions.
Rule 3.-Don't use rough language.
tempers must be smooth as any satin,
the gridiron's not a proper place to
wrangle and combat inf you must
use profanity. please swear in Greek
or Latin.
Rule ITO bar out all professionals
We favor this appliance: each student
is disqualified. despite his fierce def
ance, who has not gained his Pm. D. in
calculus or science.
Rule s.-Tf someone takes the fan
from You. don't try by force to drop
him; stand still and thunder 'hait''
three times. and If this should not stop
him, call up q constable at once ana
have the copper cop him.
Rule "a fulIback who has caught
the ball before he tries to kick f.,
must take It 10 the referee and get a
credit 4icket-each coupon good for
seven yards Cyou must not bend Or
nick IT'D.
Rule I'm running ends each player
la precautional provision must have
q eolorea lantern as guard against
collision; disputes must be referred to
the Supreme Court for decision--WaI-
lace Irwin II Live Wire.
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their little bit on their fancy. The
grey was the better looking Of the two
but the white brought reputation
from Maui which number Of wise
acres discovered to their sorrow-after
the race
JHngcIaus' pony jumped off in the
lead and making every post a winning
one passed under where the wire ought
10 have been. four clear lengths 70 the
good.
Jack seuIly acted as presiding Judge.
The tine was Il seconds.
r would not be surprising # there
Is revival Of racing in Honolulu
before long New horses are coming
into the country all the time and 2
promising crop Of young horses Is com
ing OF. Maui and Hawaii are prepar-
ing 70 give bigger meetings this sum
mer THAI they have ever done before
and f the graBdzrauj in Kapiolani park
had not been foolzhIv removed the
chances are that Kamehameha Day this
year would have seen some kind of a
meeting, OF waikiki . classic course.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-16
A Thoughtful Conductor.

Ignorance often saves much dispute
the woman whose first experience in q
railway train ended with an accident.
Thrown from her seat and shaken up
generally, she nevertheless retained
her eluanimity. When asked If she
We're frightened she replied: Fright
ened! No. l didn't know but that was
the way the. always stopped" 1t is to
be hoped that the trolley passenger in
Mr.. Howell's anecdote. introduced into
Confessions of Summer Colonist,"
was possessed of the same trust In the
event. The conductor, ut least, preserv-
ed his presence of mind. Says Mr..
Howells:
Il had long expected to see some one
thrown out of the open trolley car at
some of the short curves. One day a
woman was actually hurled from her
seat into the road. Luckily she alight-
ed on her feet and stood looking about
as if in daZe.
"'Oh. OH exclaimed a passenger
She's left her umbrellav
"The conductor promptly threw II
out.
"'Why, did that lady wish to get
out?' asked
"Tbe conductor pondered moment
befos e answered:
"'Well, she'll want her umbrella any
way.'"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-16
WON AN HEADS MOB
AND SHOOTS NEGRO
Probably Fatally Wounds Black Who
Had Assaulted Her Daughter
officers Prevent Lynchins.

Powder Springs, Ga, Sept. 16.--Af-
ter forming and heading posse to
chase Robert Bostick, negro, who
had attacked her year old daughter,
Mrs. Sarah Reed, wife of prominent
citizen. shot the negro as soon as he
was cvertaken.
Bostick was employed at the Reed
home and enticed the little girl into
an clubhouse, where he attacked her
and then fed. When the girl told
her mother, Mrs. Reed, her husband
not being at home, armed herself with
a shotgun, formed a posse of neigh
bors, and led them in pursuit of the
negro. After a long chase the negro
was discovered hidden behind log
in the woods.
Mrs. Reed called on the members
of the posse TO stand back, raised hel
gun, and discharged both barrels int
the negro, probably fatally woundins
aim. She began to reload the gun
when the sheriff and deputies rode
up and took charge of the negro. Mrs
Reed, sobbing, begged the sheriff tt
let her finish Bosticn. The sheriff
hurried the negro to Marietta to pre-
vent a lynching.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-16
Ruby Glass.

In his book on 1.-THE World Of the
Infinitely Small Professor Gruner Of
Berne gives an interesting account of
ruby glass. Genuine ruby glass is ex-
pensive, because it is prepared with
gold. 1t owes its color to the presence
throughout its mass of particles OF
gold too small to be seen with the
microscope. Only the ultra microscope,
which renders visible objects percepti,
bic by means of their diffusion of light,
Is able to show the existence of these
minute particles. With the ordinary
microscope the glass appears as uni-
form transparent mass, but the ultra
microscope shows that it is filed with
points of light resembling stars an a
black background. These points In
dictate the presence of the particles OF
gold to which the color of the glass u
due
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-16
see SURE VICTORY
State Democratic Chiefs Predict
Stevenson Will Easily Garry
Illinois This Fall.
HIscAMPAlGMBElNG PLANNED
Names of Advisory Press Committee
for National Fight Appointed by
Colonel Watterson.

Chicago, Sept. 16.-State democratic
chiefs who gathered at the Sherman
house for committee conferences yes
terday claimed sure victory for Ste
venson this fall.
The advisory, finance and labor COM
|mittees started their work and it was
decided that the first two should work
in harmony.
General Stevenson came to Chicago
today and there were number of
conferences on the campaign. So far
the candidate has been mapping out
his own itinerary. Beginning today,
however, he has placed himself abso-
lutely in Mr.. Peabody's hands. The
latter has announced that from now
on there won't be more than three
speeches a week from General Steven
son if he can help it.
Advisory Press Committee Named.
The membership of the democratic
national press advisory committee Sc
lected by Henry C. Watterson of the
Louisville Courier-Journal was made
public yesterday. In Illinois its mem
bers are: H. N Wheeler, Quincy Jour
nal; H. M. Pendell, Peoria Journal
H. P. Simpson, Rock Island Argus
Fred j. Kern, Belleville News-Demo
crat; H. w. Clendennin, Springfield
Register. q.
In New York, Norman E. Mack,
chairman of the democratic national
committee, won place on his own adj
visory committee by. virtue of his edi
torship of the Buffalo Times. The 9th
er New York publishers who got places
are: Colonel Fred Feigh, .Tamnany
Times; Ralph Pulitzer, New, York
World; w. ]. Corners, Buffalo Courier
and Enquirer; Herman .Ridder, New
York Staats-Zeitung; Andrew Mclean
Brooklyn Citizen; w E. Hoyt, Albany
Argus; Martin Glynn, Albany Times
Union.
The following were named in Iowa:
B. F. Tillinghast, Davenport Democrat
Fred fischer, Davenport Der Demo
rcrat; G. A. Hoffman, Des Moines Trib
une; L. E., Murphy, Dubuque Tele
graph-Herald; C. F. Duncombe, For
Dodge Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-16
Jenny Lind and Goldschmidt.

When Jenny Lind first sang in Leip-
sic she appeared at a Gwandhaus con-
cert under Mendelssohn's direction.
Naturally there was great demand
for tickets. despite the fact that the
prices were raised. 1t was therefore
decided that the students of the con-
servatorium must waive their usual
right to free admission to these con-
certs. But the students objected with
yigor. They were as anxious as any
body to hear the Swedish nightin-
gale" A protest was made, and young
Otto Goldschmidt, aged sixteen, was
the student deputed by the others te
interview the authorities In the END
he won the day. He little thought then
that In half dozen years he would
be equally successful In winning the
singer herself.